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Part I: Understanding the Basics of a Facebook Application.
Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Facebook Application Development.
Chapter 2: Building Your First Application.
Chapter 3: Delving Deeper — Understanding Your Application and Navigating the Application Setup Process.
Part II: Integrating with the Facebook.com Environment.
Chapter 4: Targeting Integration Points.
Chapter 5: Targeting Brands through Facebook Pages.
Part III: From Fishers to Farmers — Building Facebook on Your Own Site.
Chapter 6: Turning Your Web Site into a Facebook Page with Open Graph Protocol and Social Plugins.
Chapter 7: Integrating Facebook on Your Web Site through Graph API.
Chapter 8: Knowing What Information You Have Access To.
Part IV: Delving into APIs.
Chapter 9: Understanding OAuth 2.0 — The Basics of Facebook Authentication.
Chapter 10: Understanding the Essentials — Basic API Calls Every Developer Should Know.
Chapter 11: Getting Updated with Facebook's Real-Time API.
Chapter 12: Searching with Facebook's Search API
Chapter 13: Integrating Facebook into a Mobile Experience.
Chapter 14: Testing Your Application.
Part V: Turning Your Facebook Application into a Legitimate Business.
Chapter 15: Helping Your Business and Brand Benefi t from Facebook.
Chapter 16: Preparing for the Worst: What Every Facebook Application Developer Should Know.
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Grading Records
The following is the grading system first developed by Goldmine Records. Virtually all methods currently in use for the grading of records, is based in some way, shape, or form, on this system. Rather than offer some variation of the original system first developed by Goldmine, the Record Collector's Guild will display the Goldmine record grading method in it's entirety.
Visual or Play Grading?
In an ideal world, every record would be played before it is graded. But the time involved makes it impractical for most dealers, and anyway, it's rare that you get a chance to hear a record before you buy through the mail. Some advertisers play-grade everything and say so. But unless otherwise noted, records are visually graded.
How To Grade
Look at everything about a record. It's playing surface, it's label, it's edges...under a strong light. Then based on your overall impression give it a grade based on the following criteria:
Mint (M)
Absolutely perfect in every way. Certainly never been played, possibly even still sealed.(More on still sealed under "Other Considerations"). Should be used sparingly as a grade, If at all.
Near Mint (NM or M-)
A nearly perfect record. Many dealers won't give a grade higher than this implying (perhaps correctly)that no record is ever truly perfect.
The record should show no obvious signs of wear. A 45 RPM or EP sleeve should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling.
An LP jacket should have no creases, folds, seam splits or other noticeable similar defects. No cut-out holes, either. And of course, the same should be true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves and the like.
Basically, an LP in near mint condition looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap.
Near Mint is the highest price listed in all Goldmine price guides. Anything that exceeds this grade, in the opinion of both buyer and seller, is worth significantly more than the highest Goldmine book value.
Very Good Plus (VG+)
Generally worth 50 percent of the Near Mint value.
A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it.
Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experiences. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are "OK".
The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. The center hole will not have been misshapen by repeated play.
Picture sleeves and LP inner sleeves will have some slight wear, lightly turned up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP jacket may have slight signs of wear also and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation or corner indicating it was taken out of print and sold at a discount.
In general, if not for a couple things wrong with it, this would be Near Mint. All but the most mint-crazy collectors will find a Very Good Plus record highly acceptable.
Very Good (VG)
Generally worth 25 percent of Near Mint value. Many of the defects found in a VG+ record will be more pronounced in a VG disc. Surface noise will be evident upon playing, especially in soft passages and during a song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise. Groove wear will start to be noticeable, as with light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound.
Labels may be marred by writing, or have tape or stickers (or their residue) attached. The same will be true of picture sleeves or LP covers. However, it will not have all of these problems at the same time, only two or three of them.
Goldmine price guides with more than one price will list Very Good as the lowest price. This, not the Near Mint price, should be your guide when determining how much a record is worth, as that is the price a dealer will normally pay you for a Near Mint record.
Good (G), Good Plus (G+)
Generally worth 10-15 percent of the Near Mint value. Good does not mean Bad! A record in Good or Good Plus condition can be put onto a turntable and will play through without skipping. But it will have significant surface noise and scratches and visible groove wear (on a styrene record, the groove will be starting to turn white).
A jacket or sleeve will have seam splits, especially at the bottom or on the spine. Tape, writing, ring wear or other defects will start to overwhelm the object.
It is a common item, you'll probably find another copy in better shape eventually. Pass it up. But, if it's something you have been seeking for years, and the price is right, get it...but keep looking to upgrade.
Poor (P), Fair (F)
Generally worth 0-5 percent of the Near Mint price. The record is cracked, badly warped, and won't play through without skipping or repeating. The picture sleeve is water damaged, split on all three seams and heavily marred by wear and writing. The LP jacket barely keeps the LP inside it. Inner sleeves are fully seam split, crinkled, and written upon.
Except for impossibly rare records otherwise unattainable, records in this condition should be bought or sold for no more than a few cents each.
Other Considerations
Most dealers give a separate grade to the record and it's sleeve or cover. In an ad, a record's grade is listed first, followed by that of the sleeve or the jacket.
Still Sealed (SS)
records, let the buyer beware! Unless it'a a U.S. pressing from the last 10-15 years or so. It's too easy to reseal one. Yes, some legitimately never-opened LP's from the 1960's still exist. But if you're looking for a specific pressing, the only way you can know for sure is to open the record. Also, European Imports are not factory-sealed, so if you see them advertised as sealed, someone other than the manufacturer sealed them.
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The hall of fame coaching career of Bennie "Coach Mac" McMurray is now in the books. McMurray, a 38-year coaching veteran who coached at four different schools, including his final stop at Lancaster High School, is retiring from coaching.
Lancaster County school board members, expressed nearly unanimous displeasure for a County Council proposal that would reduce potential school district revenue from "Project Vino" in favor of funding future economic development projects.
The reaction came during the board's monthly meeting Tuesday evening, Oct. 15, where district officials touted increased student participation in AP courses and issued a report on the district's move toward Common Core Standards.
By Chloe Gould
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Rows of first-graders sat cross-legged in their elementary school's library, chattering to kids in other classes in fits of nervous excitement.
They pulled on the laces in their sneakers and were reminded, time and time again, to keep their bottoms on the ground.
"If I see Cocky, I'm going to pee my pants," said one student at W.B. Goodwin Elementary School in North Charleston.
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The University of South Carolina's expansion to three full semesters is underway, with classes beginning this week.
Officials say student response, particularly among juniors, has been strong to On Your Time: Summer at Carolina, a new program of summer courses offered over eight sessions that range from one to 12 weeks. Because of its flexible design, course registration for the later summer sessions is still open, allowing students to progress toward their degree and working toward the goal of graduating in four years.
With no real movement in Washington, D.C., toward avoiding the year-end "fiscal cliff," Lancaster County School District officials are preparing for the possibility of losing a significant chunk of federal funding next year.
The sequestration is a package of $109 billion in automatic, across-the-board federal spending cuts set to go into effect Jan. 1 should Congress and the White House fail to reach a budget deal before then to reduce the federal deficit by $1.2 trillion.
Five roads remained closed Thursday, Sept. 20, after more than 6 inches of rain fell on the eastern part of Lancaster County on Monday, Sept. 17.
However, residents on two of the most damaged roads got some welcome news and much-needed relief Wednesday.
Doster Road, which runs between Pageland Highway (S.C. 9) and Deerwood Road and is maintained by S.C. Department of Transportation, reopened to through-traffic Wednesday afternoon.
Parents eagerly anticipate the moment when their child first begins to talk, but for some parents it is a time of anxiety because their child struggles to get words out.
As many as five percent of preschool children nationwide have repetitions and prolongations of sounds severe enough to be of concern to their parents.
A new DVD in English and Spanish, Stuttering and Your Child: Help for Parents, helps parents detect stuttering and take action toward helping their child and is available now at Lancaster County Library.
The 2012-13 school year begins Aug. 20, and faculty and staff are preparing for their students' return.
The project to build a new elementary school in Indian Land is set to move forward in earnest with major developments announced during the Lancaster County school board meeting Tuesday, July 31.
In an update to board members, Lancaster County schools superintendent Dr. Gene Moore said the district had finalized the $1.1 million purchase of a 26.5-acre property on Harrisburg Road earlier in the day.
More big news came when Moore offered board members a first look at the prototype floor plan district officials want to build on the site.
In just a couple of weeks, more than 6,000 students will begin boarding school buses to ride to and from school; more than 70 buses will operate in Lancaster County School District to accomplish this task.
When the school year ends, our buses will have traveled more than 1.25 million miles during the 2012-13 school year.
School bus travel is statistically one of the safest modes of transportation on the road; this safety record directly results from the intense training our drivers receive and the safety design of our buses.
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This could also easily turn into a shootout...6-4 or something along those lines. I'd love to see Gonch break out for a 1 goal/4 assist night and get his 500th point in the process.
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I've been told that when applying for a teaching position, your reference letters can be written by anyone who is familiar with your teaching capabilities in detail. I feel that this primarily just means students, but I wonder if there's some unspoken rule that reference letters should come from people in positions of authority, e.g. professors for whom I've served as TA, administrative staff in the math department, etc. In reality, it's the students who know my teaching capabilities in detail, and perhaps to a lesser degree my friends, whereas professors and administrators have no direct knowledge my teaching abilities whatsoever, and might only have heard things here or there from students, or have read my student evaluations and seen the scores.
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Bales & Lamb's Marketplace was founded over 60 years ago by the Findley and Lamb families respectively. In 2004 Signature Northwest, LLC a locally owned investment group was formed to specifically address the need for the continued presence of the successful local independent grocery store. They believe that the locally owned and operated grocery store is an integral part of a vibrant community and help strengthen the economy by providing jobs with competitive pay, supporting local farmers, ranchers, and other like-minded businesses. The acquisition of Bales Market and Lamb's Market will assure the continued presence of these integral local grocery stores to their communities.
Today Signature Northwest LLC operates four Bales & Lamb's Marketplace in the Portland Metropolitan area that continues in the tradition of what the Findley and Lamb families started by focusing service, quality, and value while supporting the community.
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I love heavy metal! But I especially love EPIC heavy metal. Heavy metal bands that create great epics can take us on journeys to far off times and places or to the deepest inner workings of the human mind. They bring us on musical excursions through wistful acoustic episodes and thunderous explosions of power. And they lead us on emotional adventures of triumph and tragedy. These are ten of my most cherished epic heavy metal songs.
- Song must be over 7 minutes in length (or damn close)
- Song must feel epic
- It helps if it tells a story
- One song per band
10. Judas Priest – Victim of Changes
Judas Priest basically wrote the book on epic metal if not metal itself. Right out of the gate on their first album they presented the brilliant and melancholy epic metal masterpiece Run of the Mill. And this was in 1974! Then they follow it up on the next album with Victim of Changes! Well there you go folks, some of the earliest and best epics of all. It seems Halford's voice is capable of anything and he certainly knows how to tell a story and take the listener on an emotional journey. And the KK's guitar solo on this song is a journey in and of itself. A true classic.
9. Enslaved – Lunar Force
Blistering Intensity is natural to Enslaved. They are masterful songwriters skilled in dynamics, melody, primitive fury, and philosophical explorations. They are truly one of metal's best bands and have produced a string of crushing epics throughout their history. It's hard to pick a best one but Lunar Force stands out for for its juxtaposition of haunting melodies, otherworldly atmosphere, and bone shattering power. Delving into the sparse lyrics reveals an epic and tragic theme that is both surprising and multidimensional.
8. Queensryche – Suite Sister Mary
Queensryche has two inspired grandiose epic metal songs, Suite Sister Mary and Roads to Madness. Roads is incredible but I give the edge to this one. I just love the arrangement. There are not many riffs in the song but it moves along and captivates. Geoff Tate is exceptional. The main riff is pure metal bliss – deceptively complex and driven by a simple bass (drum) thump by Scott Rockenfield. But what makes the song truly haunting is Chris Degarmo's stunning clean picked theme. A theatrical masterpiece.
7. Manowar – Bridge of Death
Manowar is one the greatest epic metal bands of all. It's really hard to choose a best epic from them. You've got Mountains which I just love. You've got Battle Hymn, Guyana, Gates Of Valhalla, Revelation, and March for Revenge. "For When We March Your Sword Rides With Me" – that's got be one of the most epic lines in all of metal history! I could really have placed any of these exalted metal classics on the list but, Bridge of Death is so awesome with its superb melodic riffs and imagery. And it's so evil!
6. Fates Warning – The Ivory Gate of Dreams
Well here's longest song on the list. A whole side of an album (if that means anything anymore). 21 minutes! And not one second of boredom. This song appeared on 'No Exit' which was new vocalist Ray Alder's debut with Fates Warning. He undoubtedly had some huge shoes to fill and rose to the occasion in a big way. His screams are legendary as is his passionate and melodic delivery. Songwriter Jim Matheos really went all out on this song, piecing together eight distinct parts into an expansive and moving vision. Their previous epic songs with John Arch like Exodus or Prelude to Ruin are arguably better, but this song has a special place in my heart for its sheer ambition, passion, intensity, heaviness, and diversity.
5. Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
Ronnie James Dio is responsible for taking metal fans on many epic journeys throughout his career. Heaven and Hell is one of the best. When he teamed up with Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler it was pure magic. It's a testament to these massively talented guys that they have been involved in so many monumental metal projects. Just listen to classic main riff of this tune! Pure metal through and through. And I love Dio's majestic yet "open to interpretation" lyrics. Yes you will see Black Sabbath again on this list but I get a pass because this is Dio-Sabbath, and Dio-Sabbath is especially worthy of note to say the least.
4. Mercyful Fate – Satan's Fall
I've always been in awe of the genius of this song. The riffs never fucking repeat for 11+ minutes (until the very end)! But it still sounds like a focused and coherent song. Riff after brilliant riff, a flurry of catchy diverse vocal melodies, superbly creative drumming, one clever transition after another, and a slew of great solos – unbelievable! And it's all packaged up to propel the listener on a wicked voyage to the depths of hell. The song is a beast that takes few listens to digest but it's worth it. By the time that intro riff comes back around again you really feel like you've witnessed the rescue of Satan from a perilous demise.
3. Black Sabbath – War Pigs
There's no metal fan who hasn't heard this song is there? If anyone can claim to have invented metal it's Sabbath. Well, they invented epic metal too. As soon as the haunting overture of War Pigs hits you, with sirens wailing, you know you're in for a dark and sinister trip. Then the punch of the simple 2 chord riff and Ozzy's chant-like vocals take us ever onward into the black oblivion of war and unchecked power. Sabbath has a long career of brilliant epic heavy metal classics. The Writ deserves special mention for its mind-blowing arrangement and shredding vocal performance by Ozzy. But War Pigs is one of metal's most respected songs for good reason, it's just brilliant on every level. And you will get little argument with that.
2. Iron Maiden – Hallowed be Thy Name
Here we go again. It's nearly impossible to pick just one epic metal song from Iron Maiden. They are one band that is known for their epics. And why not? To Tame a Land, Alexander the Great, The Rime (not Rhyme) of the Ancient Mariner. These are some of the best metal tunes of all time. Hail Steve Harris for weaving so many tales into enduring epic heavy metal songs. Hallowed be Thy Name is such a perfect song it seems. It's so ominous, so filled with catchy riffs, so descriptive in its storytelling, so perfectly arranged, and so expertly performed.
1. Rainbow – Stargazer
This is perhaps the grand daddy of all epics. Towers, wizards, stars, rainbows – this is the textbook of epic metal imagery. But it's so much more. The tragic nature of the song leaves a lasting impression. And the riff! Ritchie Blackmore has written so many great songs in his long career but this riff is perhaps the most meaningful in that it is the foundation for one of the best songs in the genre. And I can't forget the magnificent solo which takes you to the brink of the precipice and tearfully nudges you over the edge. Add to that a truly magical performance by Ronnie James Dio and by the time you get to the fade out you never want it to end.
Here are a few runners up that deserve mention:
- Opeth – Godhead's Lament (Opeth's best)
- Voivod – Jack Luminous (Not known for epics but they crafted an awesome space epic!)
- Ozzy – Diary of a Madman (too short but massively epic feel)
- Metallica – Master of Puppets (doesn't feel quite epic enough but a killer song)
- Helloween – Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 (a classic epic indeed)
There you have it. There are always dissenting opinions so if you feel compelled, add a comment below! And if you hunger for more, check out my own attempts at epic metal glory ('The Endurance' is our 9 minute epic)!


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The History of Herbal Medicine
The history of herbology is inextricably intertwined with that of modern medicine. Many drugs listed as conventional medications were originally derived from plants. Salicylic acid, a precursor of aspirin, was originally derived from white willow bark and the meadowsweet plant. Cinchona bark is the source of malaria-fighting quinine. Vincristine, used to treat certain types of cancer, comes from periwinkle. The opium poppy yields morphine, codeine, and paregoric, a treatment for diarrhea Laudanum, a tincture of the opium poppy, was the favored tranquilizer in Victorian times. Even today, morphine-the most important alkaloid of the opium poppy-remains the standard against which new synthetic pain relieves are measured.
Prior to the discovery and subsequent synthesis of antibiotics, the herb echinacea (which comes from the plant commonly known as purple coneflower) was one of the most widely prescribed medicines in the United States. For centuries, herbalists prescribed echinacea to fight infection. Today, research confirms that the herb boosts the immune system by stimulating the production of disease-fighting white blood cells.
The use of plants as medicine is older than recorded history. As mute witness to this fact, marshmallow root, hyacinth, and yarrow have been found carefully tucked around the bones of a Stone Age man in Iraq. These three medicinal herbs continue to be used today. Marshmallow root is a demulcent herb, soothing to inflamed or irritated mucous membranes, such as a sore throat or irritated digestive tract. Hyacinth is a diuretic that encourages tissues to give up excess water. Yarrow is a time-honored cold and fever remedy that may once have been used much as aspirin is today.
In 2735 B.C., the Chinese emperor Shen Nung wrote an authoritative treatise on herbs that is still in use today. Shen Nung recommended the use of ma huang (known as ephedra in the Western world), for example, against respiratory distress. Ephedrine, extracted from ephedra, is widely used as a decongestant. You'll find it in its synthetic form, pseudoephedrine, in many allergy, sinus, and cold-relief medications produced by large pharmaceutical companies.
The records of King Hammurabi of Babylon (c. 1800 B.C.) include instructions for using medicinal plants. Hammurabi prescribed the use of mint for digestive disorders. Modern research has confirmed that peppermint does indeed relieve nausea and vomiting by mildly anesthetizing the lining of the stomach.
The entire Middle East has a rich history of herbal healing. There are texts surviving from the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India that describe and illustrate the use of many medicinal plant products, including castor oil, linseed oil, and white poppies. In the scriptural book of Ezekiel, which dates from the sixth century B.C., we find this admonition regarding plant life: ". . . and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and leaf thereof for medicine." Egyptian hieroglyphs show physicians of the first and second centuries A.D. treating constipation with senna pods, and using caraway and peppermint to relieve digestive upsets.
Throughout the Middle Ages, home-grown botanicals were the only medicines readily available, and for centuries, no self-respecting household would be without a carefully tended and extensively used herb garden. For the most part, herbal healing lore was passed from generation to generation by word of mouth. Mother taught daughter; the village herbalist taught a promising apprentice.
By the seventeenth century, the knowledge of herbal medicine was widely disseminated throughout Europe. In 1649, Nicholas Culpeper wrote A Physical Directory, and a few years later produced The English Physician. This respected herbal pharmacopeia was one of the first manuals that the layperson could use for health care, and it is still widely referred to and quoted today. Culpeper had studied at Cambridge University and was meant to become a great doctor, in the academic sense of the word. Instead, he chose to apprentice to an apothecary and eventually set up his own shop. He served the poor people of London and became known as their neighborhood doctor. The herbal he created was meant for the layperson.
The first U.S. Pharmacopeia was published in 1820. This volume included an authoritative listing of herbal drugs, with descriptions of their properties, uses, dosages, and tests of purity. It was periodically revised and became the legal standard for medical compounds in 1906. But as Western medicine evolved from an art to a science in the nineteenth century, information that had at one time been widely available became the domain of comparatively few. Once scientific methods were developed to extract and synthesize the active ingredients in plants, pharmaceutical laboratories took over from providers of medicinal herbs as the producers of drugs. The use of herbs, which for most of history had been mainstream medical practice, began to be considered unscientific, or at least unconventional, and to fall into relative obscurity.
Today, the U.S. Pharmacopoeia, with its reliance on herbal compounds, has been all but forgotten. Most modern physicians rely on the Physician's Desk Reference, an extensive listing of chemically manufactured drugs. It is important to note that each entry in this enormous volume, in addition to specifying the chemical compound and actions of a particular drug, also includes an extensive list of contraindications and possible side effects.
Rather than using a whole plant, pharmacologists identify, isolate, extract, and synthesize individual components, thus capturing the active properties. This can create problems, however. In addition to active ingredients, plants contain minerals, vitamins, volatile oils, glycosides, alkaloids, bioflavanoids, and other substances that are important in supporting a particular herb's medicinal properties. These elements also provide an important natural safeguard Isolated or synthesized active compounds can become toxic in relatively small doses; it usually takes a much greater amount of a whole herb, with all of its components, to reach a toxic level. Herbs are medicines, however, and they can have powerful effects. They should not tee taken lightly. The suggestions for herbal treatments in this book are not intended to substitute for consultation with a qualified health care practitioner, but rather to support and assist you in understanding and working with your physician's advice.
There are over 750,000 plants on earth. Relatively speaking, only a very few of the healing herbs have been studied scientifically. And because modern pharmacology looks for one active ingredient and seeks to isolate it to the exclusion of all the others, most of the research that is done on plants continues to focus on identifying and isolating active ingredients, rather than studying the medicinal properties of whole plants. Herbalists, however, consider that the power of a plant lies in the interaction of all its ingredients. Plants used as medicines offer synergistic interactions between ingredients both known and unknown.
The efficacy of many medicinal plants has been validated by scientists abroad, from Europe to the Orient. Thanks to modern technology, science can now identify some of the specific properties and interactions of botanical constituents. With this scientific documentation, we now know why certain herbs are effective against certain conditions. However, almost all of the current research validating herbal medicine has been done in Germany, Japan, China, Taiwan, and Russia. And for the most part, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for licensing all new drugs (or any substances for which medicinal properties are claimed) for use in the United States, does not recognize or accept findings from across the sea. Doctors and government agencies want to see American scientific studies before recognizing the effectiveness of a plant as medicine. Yet even though substantial research is being done in other countries, drug companies and laboratories in the United States so far have not chosen to put much money or resources into botanical research. The result is that herbal medicine does not have the same place of importance or level of acceptance in this country as it does in other countries.
As of this writing, there is no national licensing or certification for herbalists in the United States. If you wish to locate a qualified herbalist, the best place to start is probably in your local herb shop or health food store. They may be able to refer you to a knowledgeable herbalist who can advise you. If you are unable to locate an herbalist this way, you may wish to contact the Herb Research Foundation, located at 1007 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302 (www.herbs.org) for suggestions.
An herbalist may assess your child's health needs in a variety of ways. Along with taking your child's history, methods of observation used by herbalists include pulse and tongue diagnosis, abdominal diagnosis, and iridology, which involves the correlation of minute markings on the iris with specific parts of the body.
After making an evaluation of your child, an herbalist can be expected to suggest individual herbs or herbal combinations known to be beneficial for your child's particular condition. An herbalist will often recommend herbs or herbal combinations to both strengthen the underlying system or organ and to relieve symptoms. Ask your herbalist when the preparation can be expected to effect an improvement in your child's condition. When you administer an herbal prescription, observe how the preparation makes your child feel. Promptly report improvement, lack of improvement, or any side effects to your herbalist. If the specified amount of time passes without any change in your child's symptoms, it is important to report this, too. A change in prescription may be indicated.
The power and potency of the healing herbs are very real. Every herbal treatment suggested in this book has specific healing properties, carefully balanced to create a particular action within your child's body.
Natural medicines are not like manufactured drugs. Herbal preparations work gently, so they take time to act internally. When you give your child an herbal preparation, begin with a small amount. Watch closely for signs that symptoms are easing. Observe how the preparation makes your child feel. Using herbal treatment requires observation, coupled with good judgment.
Natural herbal preparations are generally well tolerated by children. Most herbs are nontoxic, with few, if any, harmful side effects. However, it is important to know the action and possible side effects of an herb before you give it. Although it is very unusual, some children may show signs of sensitivity to a particular herb. Reactions can include a headache, an upset stomach, or a rash. If your child has a reaction, discontinue use of the herb.
If your child is responding favorably to the herb, but the reaction is too intense, either decrease the dosage or discontinue use of the herb. For example, say your child is constipated and you administer a laxative herb. If your child begins having diarrhea, you have obviously achieved relief of constipation. It's the right idea, but the reaction is too intense. Use your judgment and discontinue the herb. Likewise, if you are giving an herb with expectorant properties and your child begins coughing up large quantities of mucus, you should consider decreasing the dose so expectoration is manageable.


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He joined the queue in a Foot Asylum store with £771-worth of hats, trainers and tops.
But he was left red-faced when his card was declined at the till...three times. Cringe.
The talent show champ, was then seen making an urgent phone call asking someone to transfer cash into his account.
And as Simon Cowell, 53, is holidaying in Barbados, we imagine it wasn't him.
But there was more woe for James, 24 – because it seems whoever was on the other end of the phone couldn't help.
Eventually, with an increasingly irritated line of shoppers behind him, it dawned on the singer that he probably wasn't going to get hold of the money to pay there and then.
So he decided to exploit his new-found fame and asked the manager if he could take the goods home and return at a later date to settle the bill.
Luckily for him, the manager agreed and the mortified lad didn't leave the store in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, empty-handed.
We're left wondering if it takes longer than three weeks for an X Factor advance to appear in his bank account.
Or maybe his bank was alerted to "unusual activity" on his card?
After all, a £771 shopping trip is pretty unusual activity for someone who until recently lived in a bedsit.


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COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama, responding Tuesday to controversial statements by Republican rival Mitt Romney, said "not a lot of people" think they are victims.
In an appearance on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman," the president suggested Romney was "writing off a big chunk of the country" with comments that 47 percent of Americans "believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them."
Romney's comments emerged Monday with the release of a video of his address to campaign donors in Florida in May.
"When I won in 2008, 47 percent of the American people voted for John McCain," Obama said Tuesday in an interview with Letterman to be televised Tuesday night. "They didn't vote for me and what I said on election night was: 'Even though you didn't vote for me, I hear your voices, and I'm going to work as hard as I can to be your president.'"
Obama said people he meets as he travels the country believe in "the American dream."
"There are not a lot of people out there who think they're victims," he said. "There are not a lot of people who think they're entitled to something."
Romney has defended his remarks as "not elegantly stated."
In an interview Tuesday with Fox News Channel, he largely reiterated comments he made at a hastily called Monday night news conference in Costa Mesa, Calif., that his comments addressed "a question about direction for the country."
The question is, "Do you believe in a government-centered society that provides more and more benefits? Or do you believe instead in a free-enterprise society where people are able to pursue their dreams?" he told reporters.
"We have a very different approach, the president and I, between a government-dominated society and a society driven by free people pursuing their dreams," Romney said.
In the video, posted online by Mother Jones, a liberal magazine, Romney says, "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president, no matter what.
"All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you-name-it -- that that's an entitlement -- and the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what," Romney says in the video.
"These are people who pay no income tax," Romney says. "Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect. So he'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. I mean, that's what they sell every four years.
"And so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. What I have to do is convince the 5 to 10 percent in the center that are independents, that are thoughtful, that look at voting one way or the other, depending upon, in some cases, emotion -- whether they like the guy or not."
White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday: "When you're president of the United States, you're president of all the people."
"What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us," he said.
Carney did not say whether President Barack Obama had seen the Romney video.
"Setting aside what Governor Romney thinks, I can tell you that the president certainly doesn't think that men and women on Social Security are irresponsible or victims," he said.
While conservatives including commentator Bay Buchanan and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu defended Romney, the leaked video has generated political difficulty for the campaign among other high-profile conservatives.
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a conservative former member of Congress, said, "You're going to start seeing suburban voters, swing voters, storm away from the campaign as quickly as possible unless he fixes it."
New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote Romney is "a kind, decent man who says stupid things because he is pretending to be something he is not -- some sort of cartoonish government-hater."
"But it scarcely matters. He's running a depressingly inept presidential campaign. Mr. Romney, your entitlement reform ideas are essential, but when will the incompetence stop?"
The author of the Mother Jones article told The Washington Post the fundraiser took place May 17 in Boca Raton, Fla., at a the home of Marc Leder, co-chief executive officer of Sun Capital Partners Inc., a private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt and other investments.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement Monday evening it was "shocking" Romney would "go behind closed doors" to describe nearly half of the country the way he did.
"It's hard to serve as president for all Americans when you've disdainfully written off half the nation," Messina's statement said.
At the White House press briefing, Carney brushed off a question about a similar controversy involving Obama, when he said during an April 6, 2008, fundraiser people in rural Pennsylvania, bitter over economic circumstances, "cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them" to explain their frustrations.
"That happened four years ago and was discussed in abundance at the time," Carney said, noting that the president had not said he was not concerned about such voters.
In the video, Romney predicts stock markets would likely rise if he wins in November.
"There will be a great deal of optimism about the future of this country," he says. "We'll see capital come back and we'll see -- without actually doing anything -- we'll actually get a boost in the economy."
In an audio clip of the same fundraiser, Romney jokes he would have had an easier time winning the election if his father had been born to Mexican parents.
"My dad, as you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company," Romney says in the clip. "But he was born in Mexico and, uh, had he been born of, uh, Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this, but he was not," as the crowd laughs.
"But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico," Romney says. "He lived there for a number of years. And, uh, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be, uh, Latino."
The recordings surfaced on the same day the Romney campaign pledged more specific policy details and rolled out a set of new TV ads.


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The task force wants to take this opportunity to thank all the members, both as individuals and as representatives of and participants on AAA committees and sections, for your thoughtful engagement with this process of drafting principles for a new code of ethics over these past several months. These principles can now be reviewed and discussed as a whole by the AAA membership to examine whether this complete draft document adequately and coherently addresses key areas and concerns of anthropological practice.
During this process, we have reflected on what it is that a Code is supposed to do for its members. One purpose is to state clearly that anthropologists are responsible for engaging in an on-going process of ethical thinking and practice that grapples with dilemmas that necessarily emerge in conducting research and other aspects of our professional lives. Another is to assist faculty members and their students in teaching and learning about ethical dimensions and laying foundations on which anthropologists can continue to build throughout their careers. A third is to be of real value to anthropologists in the actual contexts in which they make ethical decisions. Finally, this framework must be flexible enough to adapt to diverse circumstances and adjust to the wide range of contexts of anthropological practices, while providing core principles informing ethical practice in real-world situations.
Our sense is that a new Code can more squarely address the third and fourth challenges, but only if seen as one resource among many. No code or set of principles or guidelines can anticipate every unique circumstance of practice, nor dictate direct actions in specific situations; instead the draft principles presented here are meant to provide a preliminary place to start the ethical decision-making process. Persons using the Code as a guideline are encouraged to seek out additional resources to help make manifest the principles in the code, including examples of the sorts of problems that anthropologists currently face and discussions as to how to approach them; such examples will eventually be available through the AAA Website. This Code of Ethical Practice affirms that anthropologists are responsible for making carefully considered ethical choices and are prepared to make clear the assumptions, facts and issues on which those choices are based.
The principles were initially released one at a time for several reasons. First and foremost was to allow members to focus on each individual principle in turn; we wanted to encourage deliberate and substantive discussion on the merits of each as a meaningful and relevant principle on its own. Second, the work of the Task Force itself was — and remains — ongoing, with additional meetings and discussions scheduled throughout the remainder of the year until we submit the final report to the Executive Board in November. Finally, this was meant to be part of an iterative process in which ongoing discussion by the membership would determine both how each draft principle should be revised and how many additional principles might be needed to adequately address the concerns identified from discussion by the membership.
The Task Force invites your comments and suggestions on these draft principles through the end of August. We will then take all member comments and concerns and continue working on these principles, as well as crafting the preamble and introductory sections, and compiling other resources to help contextualize these guidelines.
Do no harm
Anthropologists share a primary ethical obligation to avoid doing harm to the lives, communities or environments they study or that may be impacted by their work. This includes not only the avoidance of direct and immediate harm but implies an obligation to weigh carefully the future consequences and impacts of an anthropologist's work on others. This primary obligation can supersede the goal of seeking new knowledge and can lead to decisions not to undertake or to discontinue a project. Avoidance of harm is a primary ethical obligation, but determining harms and their avoidance in any given situation may be complex.
While anthropologists welcome work benefiting others or increasing the well-being of individuals or communities, determinations regarding what is in the best interests of others or what kinds of efforts are appropriate to increase well-being are complex and value-laden and should reflect sustained discussion with those concerned. Such work should reflect deliberate and thoughtful consideration of both potential unintended consequences and long-term impacts on individuals, communities, identities, tangible and intangible heritage and environments.
Balance competing ethical obligations due collaborators and affected parties
Anthropology is an inherently social enterprise, whether in terms of teaching, inquiry, or professional practice.
Anthropologists develop collaborative and often interdependent relationships with, among others, research participants, students, professional colleagues, employers and funders.
These varying relationships may create conflicting, competing or crosscutting ethical obligations, reflecting both the relative vulnerabilities of different individuals, communities or populations, asymmetries of power implicit in a range of relationships, and the differing ethical frameworks of collaborators representing other disciplines or areas of practice.
Anthropologists have an obligation to distinguish the different kinds of interdependencies and collaborations their work involves, and to consider the real and potential ethical dimensions of these diverse and sometimes contradictory relationships, which may be different in character or change over time. When conflicts between ethical standards or expectations arise, anthropologists should make explicit their ethical obligations, and negotiate an ethical approach. Recognizing that anthropologists work in diverse settings and that research projects are shaped by anthropologists and their collaborators, nevertheless anthropologists remain individually responsible for making ethical decisions.
Collaborations may be defined and understood quite differently by the various participants. The scope of collaboration, rights of the various parties, and issues of credit, acknowledgment and data access should be openly and fairly established at the outset. Collaborations normally involve compromise, and anthropologists must be sensitive to relationships of power and whether such compromise is freely given.
Be open and honest regarding your work. Make your results accessible.
Anthropologists should be clear and open regarding the purpose, methods, outcomes, and sponsors of their work. Anthropologists must also be prepared to acknowledge and disclose to participants and collaborators all tangible and intangible interests that have, or may reasonably be perceived to have, an impact on their work.
Transparency, like informed consent, is a process that involves both making principled decisions prior to beginning the research and encouraging participation, engagement, and open debate throughout its course. Achieving transparency should not conflict with the primary obligation to avoid harm to the individuals, communities, environments, or resources being studied.
In general the results of anthropological research should be made freely available, except in cases where restricted dissemination serves to protect the confidentiality, privacy, safety, and/or dignity of participants, and/or protect cultural heritage or tangible or intangible cultural or intellectual property. Dissemination of the results of anthropological research to the participants is expected; however, when sharing results with participants is deemed to be inappropriate the reasons must be clearly explained as part of the consent process so that all involved are aware of any reasonable limitations prior to consent.
Research that by design does not allow the anthropologist to know the full scope or purpose of a project (i.e. compartmentalized research ) is ethically problematic, since by definition the anthropologist cannot communicate transparently with participants, nor ensure fully informed consent. Researchers who mislead participants about the nature of the research and/or its sponsors; who omit significant information that might bear on a participant's decision to engage in the research; or who otherwise engage in clandestine or secretive research that manipulates or deceives research participants about the sponsorship, purpose, goals or implications of the research, are not fulfilling basic requirements for openness, honesty, transparency and fully informed consent.
Balance the responsibility to disseminate with its potential consequences
The results of anthropological research are complex, subject to multiple interpretations and susceptible to differing and unintended uses. Anthropologists conduct research in order to expand our understanding of lives, histories, cultures, and communities. Thus a general goal is communication of new knowledge in a timely fashion. However, anthropologists have an ethical obligation to consider the potential impact of both their research and the communication or dissemination of the results of their research. Anthropologists should consider this issue prior to beginning research and throughout the research process. Explicit negotiation about dissemination and data access with sponsors/clients may be necessary before deciding whether to begin research.
Anthropologists should not normally withhold research results from research participants when those results are shared with others. There are circumstances, however, where restrictions on disclosure may be appropriate and ethical, such as where participants have been fully informed and have freely agreed to limited dissemination. In some situations other kinds of limited dissemination may be appropriate where such restrictions will protect the safety, dignity, or privacy of participants; or protect cultural heritage and/or tangible or intangible cultural or intellectual property. Proprietary, classified or other research with limited distribution raises complex ethical questions which must be resolved using these ethical principles. Anthropologists must weigh the intended uses of their research and work to evaluate potential uses of their research and the impact of its dissemination now and in the future.
Limited dissemination poses significant risks. There may be equally great risks associated with dissemination itself. Once information is disseminated, even in a limited sphere, there is great likelihood that it will become widely available. Thus, anthropologists should consider situations where preventing dissemination may be the most ethical step.
Informed consent is a dynamic, continuous and reflexive process
Anthropological researchers working with living human communities should obtain in advance the informed consent of persons being studied, providing information, owning or controlling access to material being studied. The degree and breadth of informed consent may be influenced by the nature of the project and its setting. Minimally, informed consent would include sharing with potential participants, in an understandable form, the research goals, methods, funding sources or sponsors, expected outcomes, and anticipated impacts as well as establishing expectations of anonymity or credit. Researchers must present to research participants the possible impacts of participation, and make clear that despite their best efforts, anonymity may be compromised or outcomes may differ from those anticipated.
Consent must be freely given, and anthropologists must be sensitive to circumstances in which consent may not be truly voluntary or informed. In the event that the research changes in ways that will directly affect the participants, forms of participation should be revisited and consent renegotiated. The informed consent process is necessarily dynamic and continuous; the process should be initiated as part of project design and continue through implementation as an ongoing dialogue and negotiation with those studied. Informed consent does not necessarily imply or require a particular written or signed form. It is the quality of the consent not its format that is relevant.
Protect and preserve your records
Anthropologists have an ethical responsibility for ensuring the integrity, preservation and protection of their work. An anthropologist's ability to protect and use the materials collected may be contingent upon complex issues of ownership and stewardship.
Researchers have an ethical responsibility to take precautions that collected data and materials will not be used for ends other than those specified at the time the data were collected. These issues are not always clear at the time of data collection, but the researcher is responsible for considering and communicating all likely or foreseeable uses of a subject's datasets as part of the process of informed consent or obtaining permission. Researchers are also responsible for consulting with research participants regarding their views of generation, use and preservation of research records. This includes informing research participants whether data and materials might be transferred to or accessed by other parties; how they might be transformed or used to identify participants; and how they will be stored and how long they will be preserved.
Researchers should use appropriate methods to ensure the confidentiality and security of field notes, recordings, samples or other primary data and the identities of participants. Ethical decisions regarding the preservation of research materials must balance obligations to maintain data integrity with responsibilities to protect research participants against future impacts. Given the multiple constituencies for and new uses that are often made of anthropological research, such as by heritage communities, the interests of preservation ordinarily outweigh the potential benefits of destroying materials for preserving confidentiality. Researchers generating object collections have a responsibility to ensure the preservation and accessibility of the resulting materials and/or results of analyzed samples, including associated documentation.
In the absence of other agreements or obligations, an anthropologist is presumed to own her/his notes and records, and has an ethical responsibility to ensure their integrity and continued accessibility after the anthropologist's death. Other factors (source of funding, employment agreements, or negotiated agreements with collaborators, among others) may impact ownership of records. Anthropologists should determine record ownership relating to each project and make appropriate arrangements accordingly as a standard part of ethical practice. Researchers should be aware that records may be subject to legal claim based on applicable laws and jurisdictions.
There is an ethical dimension to all our professional relationships.
Whether they work in academic or applied settings, anthropologists should strive to maintain respectful relationships with colleagues. In mentoring students, interacting with colleagues, working with clients, or supervising staff, anthropologists should comport themselves in ways that promote a supportive and sustainable workplace environment.
In their capacity as researchers, anthropologists are subject to the ethical principles guiding all scientific and scholarly conduct. They should not fabricate evidence, plagiarize the work of others, or otherwise knowingly misrepresent information. They should also be alert to the potential of bias to compromise the integrity of anthropological work. When they see evidence of research misconduct, they are obligated to report it. They should not obstruct the scholarly efforts of others when they are carried out responsibly.
In their role as teachers and mentors, anthropologists should provide instruction on the ethical responsibilities associated with every aspect of anthropological work. They should facilitate, and encourage their students to engage in, dialogue on ethical issues, and discourage their participation in ethically questionable projects. Anthropologists should publicly acknowledge student contributions to their research and writing, and compensate students justly for any assistance they provide. They should give students appropriate credit for the authorship of their ideas, and encourage the publication of worthy student work.


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Brie and Michael had an incredibly beautiful wedding this past weekend. The location was Hyatt Lost Pines just outside of Austin, Texas. The wedding was put together by CLINK, and what a job they did! Everything was perfect, from the grass hill ceremony to the after party dance club, no detail was left untouched.
There were so many details and events we could not show in this trailer but it's a great teaser for their upcoming Short Film. What a perfect day it was!
Brie + Michael's Ingredients -
Wedding design and Planning - CLINK
Venue - Hyatt Lost Pines
Photographer - The Nichols
Party band - Downtown Fever Band
Jazz band - Kris Kimura Quartet
Lighting - ILIOS
Florist - Merveille
Cake - The Cake Plate
Hair - West End Salon
Makeup - Nisa Nicole
Kessler Stealth Dolly
Lens Pro To Go - Awesome lenses!
Song licensed at The Music Bed // bit.ly/n94IGC
Camera 2 - Hussain Pirani
Assistant Camera - Brandon Gray


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Waving goodbye to a teary-eyed daughter and in front of a crowd of about three-dozen supporters and media members, Marblehead resident and environmental activist Christopher Swain, 41, began his 1,000-mile Swim for a Healthy World Wednesday, Earth Day.
Waving goodbye to a teary-eyed daughter and in front of a crowd of about three-dozen supporters and media members, Marblehead resident and environmental activist Christopher Swain took the leap into the Atlantic Ocean off the pier at town landing off State Street Wednesday, Earth Day.
The 41-year-old started his Swim for a Healthy World with the sun shining high, and to cheers and applause. He then stroked his way around Marblehead Neck, stopping at times to catch his breath. His stroke was crisp except for a few instances when the choppy waves pushed him back.
The Marblehead sendoff was just day one of what is expected to be a two-year effort to raise awareness about issues facing the environment. During that time, Swain will swim intermittently about three days a week. In the meantime, he will visit 2,000 classrooms along the Eastern seaboard as he travels from Marblehead to Washington, D.C., hopefully inspiring students to work on their own projects of change.During Swain's campaign, he will swim approximately 1,000 miles, an average of about six hours per day for 200 days. His route will take him route out and around Cape Cod, down the Atlantic coast, into Chesapeake Bay, and up the Potomac River. This won't be the first time Swain has stroked through cold, dirty water to launch an environmental education project. He is the first person in history to have swum the entire lengths of the Charles, Columbia and Hudson rivers, as well as Lake Champlain. "We're facing two major environmental challenges right now, global climate destruction and all sorts of threats to the web of life and to biodiversity," Swain said before the swim. "If we don't solve those two problems, the planet will be too hot to live on, and it won't be able to support life."
Swain said he's reaching out to the younger generation so that they will put the pressure on their parents to make better decisions.
"It's very difficult for adults to convince other adults to change their behavior," he said. "I'm part of the problem, and I don't want to hear it from other adults who know what I should be doing. But I do listen to my kids, even if it's just because they bug, bug, bug me."
One of Swain's biggest supporters of the mission is his mother Kristin Mellen, who was at the landing to see him off. She said she's proud of her son for taking on such a challenge.
"A lot of people talk about it, but he feels you can't just talk, you have to walk the talk," she said.Or swim the talk.
Swain, who will be in and out of town throughout his journey, had one last thing to say to those who might find what he's doing a bit crazy.
"If wanting to find a meaningful solution to global climate destruction and ecosystem destruction is crazy, then I am completely insane," he said.
To read Swain's personal updates on his journey, visit www.changents.com/christopherswain.


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If you are Stephen Colbert – or any American for that matter – now might be a good time to look at the Winter Olympic medal table.
On Wednesday, the United States did not only "Defeat the World" – as the Colbert sticker posted around Vancouver implores – it crushed them.
Indeed, something happened Wednesday that had never before happened: The United States won six Winter Olympic medals in one day – one short of the now-defunct East Germany's Winter Olympic record. For perspective, remember that in 1988 the United States won six medals during the entire Winter Olympic Games.
Yet something else also happened that is less definable, but far more impressive: On Wednesday, three United States athletes won gold medals with performances so dominating that the rest of the world could do nothing whatsoever about it.
Bear in mind, the world is pretty good at this Winter Olympic thing.
Between 1952 and 2002, the United States finished higher than fourth in the overall medal table only twice – both in Olympics it hosted. For the bulk of recent Winter Olympic history, America has been also-rans, picking up medals in a few specialty sports like speedskating and figure skating, but otherwise watching the Winter Olympics with a sort of bemused indifference.
Nordic combined: Ski jumping and cross-country. And that would be fun, how?
Sunday, it was a riot, with the US finishing second, fourth, and sixth.
And Wednesday, the Winter Olympics were like a Saints Super Bowl party, minus the beads.
Lindsey Vonn was already the best downhill skier in the world before the Olympics began. But her gold medal Wednesday was something akin to spiking the ball in the end zone.
Bum shin? Devilish course? All the pressure NBC can muster?
Her response: I'll take all that and still beat every non-American in the field by 1-1/2 seconds – the skiing equivalent of the entire Pleistocene age.
Surely, Colbert will be wanting to sign her thigh next.
And what of speedskater Shani Davis, owner of the 1000-meter world record and captain of the Olympic Buzzkill team?
The question was less whether he would win the 1000 meters on ice teammate Chad Hedrick likened to "running uphill," than whether he would acknowledge that a human being named Chad Hedrick exists.
Check and check. They even held an American flag together on the podium without prompting or outright bribery from Bob Costas or Shani Junior.
First, Bode Miller becomes all warm and cuddly. Now, Shani Davis?
What is this world coming to?
The only constant in a Winter Olympic world gone mad, perhaps, is the Flying Tomato (a.k.a. Shaun White, a.k.a. the Animal). Here is world domination that America can comprehend without flash cards or smelling salts. After all, we've always been good at this.
Canada might have invented modern hockey, and Norsemen might have invented virtually every winter sport that America is bad at, but we invented the halfpipe and the slacker Olympian.
Or did we?
For those determined to see the stereotype in him, White makes it easy, speaking in dude-isms and spending a seemingly inordinate amount of time in the act of grooming.
But what about that last run Wednesday night – the one that he really didn't need to make because his first run was already good enough for gold?
It was a tableau of the inner Animal, a testament to an athlete determined to reach perfection with every impeccable hand grab and pinwheeling trip out of the pipe.
Out of a perfect 50, White scored a 48.4 – the closest Olympic snowboarding has come to its Nadia Comaneci moment.
In the end, White had the best two runs of the final, meaning that he should appeal to the International Olympic Committee for the gold and the silver.
"What separates Shaun is his focus and his motivation," said bronze medalist Scotty Lago after the event. "He is a perfectionist."
After his only loss of the year, White canceled a trip home to visit his family and instead traveled to Park City, Utah, the next day, where he began to teach himself the signature trick no one else in the world can do, the double McTwist 1260 – two flips and 3-1/2 twists (all in the air, mind you).
In the end, his domination of the snowboarding circuit is so comprehensive that he didn't need it. But in his second, "victory lap" run, he threw it in as his last trick, landing it despite not really having the speed he needed.
"That showed the power of his will to get that trick done," said coach Bud Keene.
The power of a snowboarder's will.
Before Shaun White, that might have seemed like a misprint. Kind of like the United States winning six Winter Olympic medals in one day.
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Harrie Bakst was 22 years old when he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare salivary gland tumor. During his treatment, Mr. Bakst came to rely on the expertise and support of his doctors, nurses, and fellow patients. Completing treatment meant that it was time for him to move forward.
Just five months after his last radiation treatment, Mr. Bakst ran his first New York City Marathon with his brother, Richard Bakst – who recently trained as a radiation oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering – and other members of Fred's Team to support head and neck cancer research. Mr. Bakst went on to found the sports philanthropy firm Carnegie Sports & Entertainment, and has run six marathons with Fred's Team.


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Stevia as a Sweetener
Stevia is the sweetener of the future. Because the human body does not metabolize the sweet glycosides (they pass right through the normal elimination channels) from the leaf or any of its processed forms, the body obtains no calories from Stevia. Processed forms of pure Stevia can be 70-400 times sweeter than sugar. Whether these products are called Stevia, Stevioside, Rebaudioside, Stevia Extract, or Stevia Concentrate, if they are in their pure unadulterated form they do not adversely affect blood glucose levels and may be used freely by both diabetics and hypoglycemics. For people with blood sugar, blood pressure or weight problems Stevia is the most desirable sweetener.
In all of its current forms Stevia has a taste unique to itself. Along with its sweetness there is also a bitter component. The poorer the quality of the leaf the more bitterness is evident in the taste. In good consumer products, however, this bitter flavor disappears as does the slight licorice taste of whole-leaf products when appropriately diluted for consumption. Unlike artificial sweeteners, the sweet glycosides do not break down in heat which makes Stevia an excellent sweetener for cooking and baking.
Stevia as a Dietary Supplement
The vast majority of reported health benefits, both from the research laboratory and consumer experience, comes from daily use of a water based whole leaf Stevia concentrate. Scientific research has indicated that Stevia effectively regulates blood sugar and brings it toward a normal balance. It is sold in some South American countries as an aid to people with diabetes and hypoglycemia. Since its introduction into the US, numerous people have reported that taking 20-30 drops with each meal brought their blood glucose levels to normal or near normal within a short time period. Obviously each individual's condition is different and such experimentation should be done under the supervision of a qualified physician. An important benefit for hypo-glycemics is Stevia's tonic action which enhances increased energy levels and mental acuity.
Studies have also indicated that Stevia tends to lower elevated blood pressure but does not seem to affect normal blood pressure. It also inhibits the growth and reproduction of some bacteria and other infectious organisms, including the bacteria that cause tooth decay and gum disease. This may help explain why users of Stevia enhanced products report a lower incidence of colds and flu and why it has such exceptional qualities when used as a mouthwash or added to toothpaste. Many people report significant improvement in oral health after adding Stevia concentrate to their toothpaste and using it, diluted in water, as a daily mouthwash.


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There is a political tussle going on, at present, to move public opinion in favor of, or in opposition to, HB617. This is a bill that seeks to raise the NH gas tax, in increments over a four-year period, by a total of 15 cents, with the accruing revenues earmarked to pay for the cost of fixing the state's ever-increasing number of crumbling roads and failing bridges.
The bill received unanimous support from the House Public Works and Highways Committee, was passed by the House with a bigger than expected margin, and now sits with the Ways and Means Committee.
Proponents of the bill point out that there has not been a gas tax increase in over 20 years, while the cost of construction and repair materials like asphalt has soared. They note that New Hampshire currently has the lowest gas tax in the northeast region, and maintain that without the extra cash to allow state roads and bridges to be fixed, and cities and towns given help to fix their decaying transportation infrastructure, the state, as a whole, will suffer competitively. An e-mail currently circulating from Concord, also asserts that the bill will fund 1,000 construction jobs, and get the state back onto an 8-10 year paving cycle.
Opponents of the bill, as typified by Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire, call the gas tax increase "massive," "outrageous" and "unwarranted," "a crushing blow to our families" and a bill that will destroy jobs. Accordingly, AFP-NH has launched an online petition asking people to register their opposition to the hike.
There is no doubt that the high cost of gas is having a negative impact on the economy of the entire country, and an AP story (with no writer credited) this week noted that although the U.S. is increasing oil production at a record rate, and while demand is dropping, prices remain high at the pump, as well as for home heating oil. Quoting an unnamed "expert" (something responsible newspapers don't normally do), the AP writer put the blame squarely on increased demand in China.
Common sense would indicate that increased world demand for oil is a factor, but how much of a one is at issue. In the past, wire service stories have blamed rising gas prices on kidnapped oil workers in Nigeria, drilling platforms going off line in the Gulf as bad weather approaches, and refineries closing down for maintenance. When these issues get resolved, the price doesn't seem to come down again.
Less than a year ago, folks in the know — the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) and the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) — made public they have a different set of suspects: oil market manipulators and speculators.
"On behalf of our members and their consumers," they wrote, "we applaud the President for his statement regarding the need to step-up efforts to address the harmful effects of excessive speculation in the energy commodity markets. His statements are long overdue and are encouraging considering the harmful effect that unchecked financial activities have had on businesses, consumers and the broader economy."
"We agree with the President," they continued, "on the need to step-up oversight of the energy futures and swaps markets, fully fund the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) to put the cops back on the beat and increase the penalties for market manipulation."
We wonder if Wall Street and the traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange batted an eyelid at that salvo, for in the months since then little has changed for working people buying gas to get to work and go grocery shopping. Indeed, some people believe that high gas prices suit the President's "green" agenda because wind and solar power becomes more competitive.
Just a couple of weeks ago, the high price of gas was the subject of a discussion on the respected Kudlow Report on CNBC. During the segment, Kudlow's guest mentioned that refiners used to get $7 for every barrel of oil (42 gallons) they refined, but that this was now $40. (We would ask readers to do their own research rather than accept this number outright, for the oil market is extremely complex and facts hard to verify.)
If this were true, the current market price for West Texas Intermediate Crude along with the refinery charge, could arguably account for over $3.10 of the price of a gallon at the pump, with the remainder being distribution costs, federal and state tax and a few cents of profit left for the gas station owner.
All this makes life the more difficult for New Hampshire decision makers, struggling with the gas tax hike issue. No one seems to argue that many roads are in a state of decay and that red list bridges, those with serious structural faults, are numbered in the hundreds. They must be fixed — and the main source of revenue to do so is the gas tax — or the state will start to resemble Appalachia.
We note that one of the gas tax opponents mentioned above, Americans for Prosperity, is chaired by David Koch, vice president of Koch Industries, a major private company with oil refineries and a pipeline distribution network. A billionaire and noted philanthropist, Mr. Koch perhaps could be approached to fix our roads and bridges, and the gas tax could be waived.


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Hayden Panettiere says she was "floored" by the support given to her after she spoke out about and sought treatment for postpartum depression.
The 26-year-old "Nashville" star said last September she had battled the ailmentfollowing the birth of her and fiancé Wladimir Klitschko's daughter Kaya in December 2014. The actress later checked into a treatment center.
"I was always so terrified that people weren't going to accept me," Panettiere told Yahoo! Style, which features her in a photo spread. "I finally just went, 'I'm tired of living afraid. I'm tired of living in fear of what people are going to think, so you know, I'm just going to put it all out there on the table and I'm not going to worry about the judgment.'"
"The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people," she added. "I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way."
Her "Nashville" character, Juliette, also battles postpartum depression.
"It was strange having to throw myself back into that frame of mind," Panettiere told Yahoo! Style. "The way I do things is to pull from my own personal experience and sometimes even turn myself into what I'm portraying so that I can pull from my life and step into that person's shoes by being able to relate."
Nearly 15 percent of women suffer from postpartum depression after giving birth. Treatment includes counseling or antidepressants.
Some people feel postpartum depression is not a real ailment. Such thinking angers Panettiere.
"It's like you have no idea what you're talking about," she told Yahoo! Style. "If you think for one second that a mother wants to feel that way towards her child, you're outta your mind."
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It is said that wars begin in the minds of men. Considering the people charged with running Israel and Iran today, this is indeed a frightening prospect. But it's also a chilling insight into the workings of the human mind in general. Why? Because our minds are filled with biases – unconscious and systematic errors of judgment – that make war with Iran an increasing possibility. We are, as psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman argues, hardwired to find hawkish arguments more convincing than dovish ones.
Kahneman's lecture was given in 2006 (the english begins 1:48), but the implication for the current and escalating conflict between Israel and Iran are clear. Below I have selected a number of cognitive biases (not all mentioned by Kahneman) that I believe are influencing the recent bellicose rhetoric emanating from Jerusalem and Tehran. For the sake of familiarity I will concentrate on the Israeli hawkish narrative (you can read a recent example here). Continue reading


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How Warner Bros. Should Have Responded To Harry Potter Leak
from the seriously? deptNot this again. With the news that the the first 36 minutes of the new Harry Potter movie have leaked online, Warner Bros. has gone the traditionally braindead, clueless path of demanding the heads of the leakers:
"Last night a portion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was stolen and illegally posted on the internet," Warner Bros. said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. "This constitutes a serious breach of copyright violation and theft of Warner Bros. property. We are working actively to restrict and/or remove copies that may be available. Also, we are vigorously investigating this matter and will prosecute those involved to the full extent of the law."This is, of course, reminiscent to the leak of Wolverine last year -- except even more ridiculous on the part of Warner Bros. As we noted when Wolverine leaked, there were plenty of ways that the studio could have responded to this that didn't involve acting like overprotective children, but instead got fans excited. I came up with a "suggested" response at the time, and I'll do the same for Warner Bros here (no charge!):
Hey Harry Potter fans! We know how excited you all are for the next installment of the Harry Potter movie series this weekend. We're pretty excited too. Obviously someone here was so excited that they went and leaked the first 36 minutes of the film online. We didn't authorize this, and really wished it didn't happen, but it's out there. We're sure many of you will probably want to check it out, but we think that the full movie experience in the theater is really something quite special. If you really must watch the leaked clip, be forewarned: you're going to have to wait until the end of the week to find out what actually happens, and you're going to be dying in suspense, so we'd suggest you hang on and see the whole thing in the theater this Friday...Or something like that. Once again, can you imagine how much better fans would respond to that sort of thing than to the chest-thumping silly threats? Besides, this is only 36 minutes of the movie. A bunch of movie studios have already released the beginnings of various movies to try to get people interested. If I remember correctly, all the way back in 2000 or so, the movie Chicken Run released the first 30 minutes or so to get people to go to the theater and other films have done that as well. So I'm having a really hard time figuring out exactly how this could possibly be bad for Warner Bros.
Well, unless the first 36 minutes absolutely sucks... But if that's the case, it shouldn't be about running to the authorities, but to the folks who made the bad movie.
Filed Under: harry potter, leak, movies
Companies: warner bros.


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