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On April 20, Kaylyn Kyle was trying her best to beat the Houston Dash. Little more than a week later, her adversaries that day became her teammates.
The Dash announced the signing of the Canada national team veteran on Tuesday via a trade with the Boston Breakers that sent defender Nikki Washington to New England. Kyle goes straight into contention to start for the Dash against FC Kansas City on Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium in the second NWSL home game in franchise history (7 p.m. CT, TICKETS).
Dash head coach Randy Waldrum was pleased to see the influential midfielder exit the field when she was substituted by the Breakers after 65 minutes. With Kyle a spectator the Dash carved through Boston's midfield and scored two late goals, rallying for a 3-2 victory. "She was on our scouting report as one of their key players," Waldrum told reporters on Wednesday at Houston Sports Park.
Now he is delighted to have her on the pitch in Dash colors and ready to play a major role for her new team. "There's players around the league that you always look at, saying 'if that player was to ever become available we'd certainly have an interest.' And she was from day one somebody that we'd always thought about, I just didn't know that we'd have that opportunity to do it," he said.
Waldrum is sad to lose Washington but knew that bringing the 25-year-old to Texas was a chance to add an experienced, high-caliber performer to the midfield, helping to fill the hole caused by the season-ending knee injury suffered by Brittany Bock in the opening-day defeat to Portland Thorns FC.
Washington had started each of the Dash's three NWSL matches at left back, but the defensive ranks will be bolstered in a few weeks when USWNT players Whitney Engen and Meghan Klingenberg join up following the UEFA Women's Champions League final with Swedish club Tyresö FF on May 22.
"It's always hard to make a trade, especially when it's somebody that you get attached to. Nikki being a Dallas kid I've known her for a long time, way before her [college] days, so it's really hard to make that trade when you lose somebody of her quality," said Waldrum.
"At the same time, in building the team in knowing what our needs were, with Brittany going down with an injury we had to shore that midfield up. The players we've had in there we're happy with, but they're young and they don't quite have that international experience so we just felt like it was a move we needed to make, to make our team better.
The club also announced another signing on Wednesday, with prolific Austrian international forward Nina Burger set to join from SV Neulengbach pending receipt of her visa and international transfer certificate.
From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Kyle has five goals in 79 appearances for Canada and was a bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics, as well as starting all three of her nation's fixtures at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She spent last season with Seattle Reign FC, who beat the Dash 2-0 last Sunday.
Waldrum expects Kyle to be a vital cog as he attempts to improve the team's passing, poise in possession and transition from defense to attack. "She's not exactly like Brit but she's similar with her tenacity and physical presence in there. She's got a toughness that I think she can bring some bite in there, but the thing that I think she does really well for us, with her international experience she's just really composed with the ball," he said.
"You can play to her with people around her and she can solve that puzzle … she also can really stretch the field with her passing range, that's something that you need out of a deep-lying midfield player. I just think she brings back what we lost with Brittany."
Kyle only arrived in Houston on Tuesday afternoon, plunging straight from the airport into rush-hour traffic. But she looked sharp the following morning in her first practice session and said afterwards that the facilities at Houston Sports Park had made an instant impression.
"I'm excited to be here. The club, it's just amazing, so professionally run, they really treat you like a professional athlete. And then having my first training session with the team today, it's fun, the girls are exciting and we have a really good squad here," she told reporters.
"With MLS here they obviously know how to run a soccer franchise. I know a bunch of people in MLS that have said nothing but positive things about this environment, the organization, so for me it was a no-brainer, when they said 'Houston' I was pumped to get on the flight and come here and help the team."
Kyle also likes the Dash's team chemistry and tactics. "They're just a fighting team, they have each others' backs, you can see that on the field and they work well together," she said. "Even watching the Seattle game this weekend they wanted to play, they were down a goal and they were still trying to play while a lot of teams would have just bombed on with long balls and tried to get in behind, and so I really liked that. It's the style of soccer that I love to play, keeping the ball and moving it and kind of playing that tiki-taka style."
Kyle has a positive, seize-the-day mentality that seems partly formed out of a near-fatal accident that happened 18 years ago, when she was knocked off her bicycle on the way to a park and suffered serious injuries including a shattered pelvis. She spent about a month in hospital and said that wearing a helmet likely saved her life.
"People take life for granted a little bit sometimes, I think with sport there is so many ups and downs and a lot of battles both on and off the field that people deal with. I just think it's pretty cool to be doing what we're doing. I just look at how many girls would love to be in our situation and for me to be living my dream," she said. "Every day I'm thankful to do something that I love."
Tom Dart is a contributing writer to HoustonDynamo.com and HoustonDashSoccer.com. Former editor and reporter for The Times of London and reporter for SI.com, Dart currently freelances for The Guardian.


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Support Your Puppy's Growth
When New York City resident Diana Lambert was readying her home for her soon-to-arrive dachshund puppy, food was often on her mind. "She was just being weaned, and I wondered how I was ever going to give her as much in terms of nutrition as her mother had," remembers Lambert. "I was going to be responsible for this little living creature, and I wanted to make sure she was getting everything she needed to grow up healthy."
According to Dr. James Cook, a veterinarian and professor at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, Lambert needn't have been too concerned. A quick trip to her local pet store to pick up a puppy-specific formula could have saved the day. Says Dr. Cook: "The pet food companies do a remarkable job with products that address overall nutrition. The science that goes into commercial pet foods these days is remarkable. It's great as a veterinarian because it makes advising our clients what to feed that much easier." Here's what the perfect puppy food should contain, and everything that your pup needs to grow into a healthy dog:
The Basics
A puppy needs up to twice as many calories per pound as an adult dog. That's why feeding a food especially formulated for pup needs is key. "Puppy diets support growth," says Dr. Trisha Joyce, DVM, of New York City Veterinary Specialists. Too much growth, though, isn't necessarily a good thing. "We don't care how rapidly small-breed dogs grow, but we do want to slow down the growth of large-breed dogs because rapid growth puts them at risk for orthopedic problems [difficulty with the skeletal system or associated muscles, joints and ligaments] down the line."
Choosing the right formula, then, becomes not only about age but also about size. Look for small-, large- and giant-breed puppy foods on pet store shelves. And go in armed with the following knowledge: A small-breed pup is one that will reach up to 20 pounds at maturity, while large- and giant-breed puppies are those that will ultimately reach 50 and 90 (or more) pounds respectively. Ask your veterinarian or breeder if you are unsure about your dog's future goal weight.
Beyond the Basics
Puppies need a high-quality source of protein. The first ingredient listed on the product's label should be a straightforward protein source, such as chicken. Try to avoid foods with artificial preservatives, as they may be harmful to dogs over time.
Growing dogs also require a whole host of essential vitamins and nutrients, but that doesn't mean you should start stocking up on canine vitamin supplements. According to Dr. Sally Perea, veterinary nutritionist and professor at the University of California, Davis, a commercial food with an AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) seal of approval will keep your furry friend vitamin-rich. "Complete and balanced commercial dog foods provide the needed vitamins and minerals, so additional supplementation is not needed," she says.
Another important ingredient for your new love? The omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids found in fish and vegetable oils. "[Omega-3] is especially essential for puppies, because these fatty acids are important for normal brain and retinal development. [Omega-6] is important for skin and coat health," notes Dr. Perea.
When and How
Of course, once you've chosen a formula for your puppy, the next thing you have to do is feed it. Your little one should be fed between three and four meals a day until it is at least 8 months old. Consistency of both time and location are important. Your pup should be fed in a cool, dry area that is ideally free of foot traffic -- especially of the young child variety. Choose a ceramic dish over a plastic one, as plastic can breed bacteria. The dish should ideally be cleaned daily or even after each meal. And fresh water should be available 24-7.
One last thing to remember: While puppies need a lot of food, they don't need too much food. According to Dr. Joyce, obesity is a growing problem in dogs, and it's easier to prevent than to fix. Follow the portion recommendations on the label of your dog's food, and whatever you do, don't get in the habit of feeding table scraps. "I'm pretty strict about not feeding people food to dogs," says Dr. Joyce. "It contributes to obesity as well as other health problems."
As for Diana Lambert's dachshund, Frida, she appears to be thriving on her small-breed puppy kibble. "She gobbles up each meal in, like, two minutes," says Lambert. "I think she must like it as much as what her mom used to make!"

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Dr. Sara Mednick Explains The Science of Naps & Why They're So Good For You
We recently came across a great article about sleeping at Healthy Holistic Living (HHL), and wanted to archive it on our website alongside a few that we've already posted on this subject. Sleep is still somewhat of an enigma in the scientific world — from the correct way to sleep to why we need it, the study of sleep still has a long way to go before we fully understand its intricacies.
As HHL points out, approximately 85% of all mammalian species sleep more than once a day, and scientists still question whether humans are naturally monophasic, or if we're really polyphasic. Has modern society conditioned us to be so, just as it has influenced so many other aspects of our health?
If we examine the topic from a historical perspective, the work of historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech is a good place to start. In 2001 he published a paper that included over 15 years of research and cited an overwhelming amount of historical evidence showing humans used to in fact sleep in two separate blocks of time. You can read more about that (and access the paper) here.
Regardless of our historical sleep habits, however, it's clear many human beings suffer from a lack of sleep for various reasons, one of which very well may be that we don't take time out during the day to nap.
Various studies have outlined the many health benefits associated with napping. For example, a 2008 study showed that naps are better than caffeine for improving verbal memory, motor skills, and perceptual learning.
A NASA study from 1995 looked at the beneficial effects of napping on 747 pilots. Each participant was allowed to nap for 40 minutes during the day, with the average pilot sleeping for about 25.8 minutes. Nappers "demonstrated vigilance performance improvements from 16% in median reaction time to 34% in lapses compared to the No-Rest Group."
In a study carried out in Greece, researchers found that adult males who took an afternoon nap at least three times per week were 37% less likely to die from a heart-related disease compared to men who never take a short afternoon nap.
The health benefits of napping are clear and substantial. You can find out more of those benefits from the HHL post here.
Below is a great TEDx talk by Dr. Sara Mednick, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Her work on sleep research continues to shape the way we understand the importance of healthy sleep hygiene. In her talk, she argues for everyone to take a break.
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Updates On The New Coronavirus Vaccine – Are You Going To Take It? Will It Be Mandatory?
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Multiple companies have started clinical trials and testing of potential vaccines for the new coronavirus.
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Vaccine hesitancy is at an all time high, will the coronavirus be mandatory, and what will be the penalty for those who refuse?
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The coronavirus is taking the world by storm, and many pharmaceutical companies are in a race to develop the vaccine that will be put into circulation for the public. Obviously, it takes some time to develop a vaccine, usually just over a year, but there have been some initiatives put in place to potentially fast-track the coronavirus vaccine. We will have to wait and see.
As of now, media outlets are reporting on multiple developments. For example, tests in mice of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus have shown that it does indeed induce an immune response against it, at levels that could possibly prevent infection. According to Global News,
A team at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the United States said they were able to move quickly in developing a potential COVID-19 vaccine after working on other coronaviruses that cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
Forbes is reporting that the second phase of human trials for a new vaccine from Moderna may start this spring. Moderna's cofounder and chairman Noubar Afeyan told CNBC that, while it's challenging to put a timetable on the vaccine's progress, "We expect [phase two trials] to happen in the spring, perhaps early summer."
The second phase involves expanding to hundreds of people in different groups based on certain characteristics like age and physical health. The third phase is potentially the last with the vaccine being given to thousands of people to test its efficacy and safety. Many vaccines also go through a fourth phase after they've been approved and licensed.
And President Donald Trump had this to say:
We're working with the best scientists, doctors and researchers anywhere in the world, we're racing to develop new ways to protect against the virus, as well as therapies, treatments, and ultimately a vaccine and we're making a lot of progress. (source)
The Big Questions
So, it seems to be coming. The big questions are: When? Will it be mandatory? Will You Take it?
According to organizations like the American Medical Association and the World Health Organization, vaccine hesitancy continues to increase among people, parents, and yes, even health professionals and scientists. The latter was a big concern for some high-profile speakers at the World Health Organization's recent Global Vaccine Safety Summit.
No longer a secret, challenging vaccine safety has become a very popular topic over the past few years alone. In fact, the World Health Organization lists 'vaccine hesitancy' as one of the biggest threats to global health security. This is discussed in the introduction of this study (one of many) published in the journal EbioMedicine:
Over the past two decades several vaccine controversies have emerged in various countries, including France, inducing worries about severe adverse effects and eroding confidence in health authorities, experts, and science (Larson et al., 2011). These two dimensions are at the core of the vaccine hesitancy (VH) observed in the general population. VH is defined as delay in acceptance of vaccination, or refusal, or even acceptance with doubts about its safety and benefits, with all these behaviors and attitudes varying according to context, vaccine, and personal profile, despite the availability of vaccine services (Group, 2014,Larson et al., 2014, Dubé et al., 2013). VH presents a challenge to physicians who must address their patients' concerns about vaccines and ensure satisfactory vaccination coverage.
This fact has been emphasized by Professor Heidi Larson, a Professor of Anthropology and the Risk and Decision Scientist Director at the Vaccine Confidence Project. She is referenced by the authors in the study above.At the WHO conference, she emphasized that safety concerns among people and health professionals seem to be the biggest issue regarding vaccine hesitancy.
The other thing that's a trend, and an issue, is not just confidence in providers but confidence of health care providers, we have a very wobbly health professional frontline that is starting to question vaccines and the safety of vaccines. That's a huge problem, because to this day any study I've seen–and we're constantly looking on any studies in this space–still, the most trusted person on any study I've seen globally is the health care provider, and if we lose that, we're in trouble.
So, the point is, vaccine hesitancy is increasing around the world. Given this fact, it's safe to say that many people are not going to be interested in taking the coronavirus vaccine. This includes many scientists and doctors. Will it be mandatory as some vaccines are for children to attend public school?
The Greater Good?
The vaccine space right now is truly something else at the moment. Those who wish to maintain their freedom and keep informed consent in place are receiving a harsh backlash from Federal Health regulatory agencies who wish to take this freedom away, it seems, in the name of the 'greater good.'
Scientists and doctors who are creating awareness and explaining why they don't believe vaccines should be mandatory, or as safe as they're marketed to be, receive a large amount of pushback and censorship. Platforms like Collective Evolution are having their social media platform distribution and reach completely cut. Physicians for Informed Consent is another one of many examples.
Because of all of the attacks and censorship of our ability to discuss vaccine safety concerns, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons are suing Rep. Adam Schiff for "censoring vaccine debate." You can read more about that here.
Again, we ourselves have also received a tremendous amount of backlash, demonitizaton and more as a result of sharing peer-reviewed research and expert opinion that questions the safety of vaccines. There are many examples, the latest one being presenting the work of Dr. Christopher Exley, a Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry at Keele University. In our article, we explained why he believes aluminum is playing some sort of role in Autism. And no, he doesn't mean that aluminum is directly causing autism, we made that quite clear. We also presented multiple other studies questioning the safety of the aluminum adjuvant in some vaccines. You can read that article here.
Why are we being censored for presenting such science? Why are scientists like Exley subjected to so much character assassination when his questions, concerns, and science is solid? This CE article about Exley was flagged by 'fact-checkers' as false news, despite the fact that it is scientifically sound and simply presents the opinion and research of multiple scientists and experts.
Since when is science supposed to stop asking certain questions? What was actually 'false' about the article cannot be adequately explained, and perhaps this is why Facebook or the fact checkers will not reply to us nor even have a discussion about it. They've simply flagged the article, one of many, and greatly reduced the reach of our social media platform without replying to our inquiries. We go into more detail about what we and others are experiencing, in the article Proof: Fact Checkers Are Misleading You.
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The Takeaway
At the end of the day, I didn't want to go too deep into the issues that are being brought up with regards to vaccine safety, as much as I wanted to outline that a coronavirus vaccine is coming, while simultaneously pointing out that vaccine hesitancy is still on the rise. This combination no doubt will spark even more controversy and censorship in the near future, when really, there should be full transparency of all sides and the concerns raised.
Terms and 'hostile language' such as "anti-vax" should not be used. Encouraging people to ask questions about vaccine safety is in everyone's best interest. After all, it makes sense–in order to make our vaccines safer and more effective, you would think everybody would be on board with constant questioning and examination. That's just good science.
These times also highlight how much trust the public has lost when it comes to trusting government and federal health regulatory agencies. Perhaps this is not a result of misinformation, but a shift in consciousness and so many examples of lies and deceit. Our world is starting to question measures and actions like it never did before. People are waking, people are thinking, people are becoming much more intelligent, not the other way around.
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The "Inconvenient Truth" About Mental Illness & Prescription Medications
In Brief
- The Facts:
Prescription drug sales and deaths are at an all time high. With side effects and dangers, and a lack of safety testing in some cases, are they always the best and only option for mental health treatment?
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Why are alternative treatments for mental health lacking? Is it because they are not as effective as prescription medication or do not turn a profit?
A worrisome trend has emerged in the last few decades that many physicians are choosing to ignore: As the amount of psychiatric drug prescriptions increase, our mental health declines. It's time we swallow the hard pill and ask ourselves, are psychiatrists doing more harm than good?
I know that, to some of you, this question seems absurd. Why would licensed medical practitioners purposefully harm their patients? But that isn't really what's happening here, as the issue relates more to the over-prescription and misuse of mental health drugs, and the corporately funded miseducation that prompts this behaviour, than any malicious intentions on the part of individual people.
The "Inconvenient Truth" About Mental Illness and Prescriptions
In 2013, approximately 17% of Americans were prescribed at least one mental health drug, in comparison to only 10% in 2011. The amount of people on psychiatric prescription drugs has drastically increased over the past 10 years and now 12% of adult Americans are taking some form of antidepressants alone (source).
It's not just adults affected by the over-prescription of these drugs; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 11% of children between the ages of 4 and 17 were diagnosed with ADHD as of 2011. However, the American Psychiatric Association maintains that even though only 5% of American children suffer from the disorder, the diagnosis is actually given to around 15% of American children. This number has been steadily rising, jumping from 7.8% in 2003 to 9.5% in 2007. The simple reason for this increase? Profit.
However, despite the fact that the number of mental health drugs prescribed increases every year, our mental health has actually decreased. The amount of people who are considered to be so disabled by mental illness that they require Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) has increased by almost two and a half times between 1987 and 2007, from one in 184 Americans to one in seventy-six. Not surprisingly, the rise in the number of children affected by this is even worse, with a thirty-five-fold increase in that same timeframe (source). So, if the number of prescriptions are increasing, why is our mental health declining?
This phenomenon is what Thomas Insel, former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, refers to as the "inconvenient truth" of mental illness. Suicide rates per 100,000 people have reached a 30-year high and substance abuse, especially with opiates, has become a national epidemic.
Edmund S. Higgins, MD and Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, explains, "More people are getting treatment and taking medications today than ever before, so what is going on? I would argue that a lack of precision and objectivity in diagnosing and treating mental illness has stalled our progress." Furthermore, Big Pharma has played a crucial role in creating the mental health drug epidemic.
Big Pharma's Role in Increasing Prescriptions
This seems to be the general consensus of the North American population: If an advertisement or a misinformed MD says, "There's a pill for that," you take it. Our reliance on pharmaceutical drugs didn't form by accident, however; it was carefully planned and funded by Big Pharma. The pharmaceutical industry manufactured it by heavily advertising drugs, bribing physicians, and funding health studies.
Big Pharma has done an excellent job of feeding the public propaganda through advertisements and education, as the more pills you take, the more money they make. The pharmaceutical industry has played a substantial role in increasing the amount of prescriptions and overall diagnoses of A.D.H.D. in the U.S. (read an article I wrote about this here) and other mental health illnesses. As Dr. Irwin Savodnik of UCLA explains, "The very vocabulary of psychiatry is now defined at all levels by the pharmaceutical industry."
Doctors typically use the knowledge from the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to diagnose and treat mental illness. But the DSM has had its fair share of criticism, as it favours the use of pharmaceutical drugs over therapy and other healing modalities. Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report Daniel J. Carlat, M.D, criticized the DSM, stating, "In psychiatry, many diseases are treated equally well with medication or therapy, but the guidelines tend to be biased toward medication."
Holistic mental health practitioner Dr. Tyler Woods further explains:
The DSM tends to pathologize normal behaviors. For instance, the label "Anxiety Disorder" can be given as a result of some kinds of normal and rather healthy anxieties but the DSM will have experts view it and treat it as mental illness. In addition simple shyness can be seen and treated as "Social Phobia", while spirited and strong willed children as "Oppositional Disorder". Consequently, many psychotherapists, regardless of their theoretical orientations, tend to follow the DSM as instructed. (source)
In fact, Big Pharma has played a significant role in manufacturing our very definitions of mental illnesses and how they form in the first place. For example, the U.S. considers A.D.H.D. a neurological disorder whose symptoms are the result of biological disfunction or a chemical imbalance in the brain, much like many other mental disorders. However, other countries such as France see these mental disorders, including A.D.H.D., as a social context issue rather than a biological one, with many contributing factors and recommended treatments other than drugs. Dr. Marcia Angell, a physician, author, and the Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, states:
When it was found that psychoactive drugs affect neurotransmitter levels in the brain, as evidenced mainly by the levels of their breakdown products in the spinal fluid, the theory arose that the cause of mental illness is an abnormality in the brain's concentration of these chemicals that is specifically countered by the appropriate drug. For example, because Thorazine was found to lower dopamine levels in the brain, it was postulated that psychoses like schizophrenia are caused by too much dopamine. . . .
That was a great leap in logic . . . It was entirely possible that drugs that affected neurotransmitter levels could relieve symptoms even if neurotransmitters had nothing to do with the illness in the first place (and even possible that they relieved symptoms through some other mode of action entirely).
Why Pills Cannot Solve All of Our Problems
I'm not saying that you shouldn't take prescription medication for mental illness; that's something that you and your doctor should decide. However, if your doctor fails to address any other means of dealing with your mental health, always choosing pills first rather than as a last or even second resort, then perhaps you should think about finding a doctor who understands the benefits of at least considering alternative options.
It's important to note that even if prescription drugs are the reason our mental health is worsening, they're certainly not the only reason. We've increased our amount of time spent using technology, staying indoors, and being sedentary, as well as worsened our diets and overall physical health with fast food, chemicals, toxins, animal products, and more — all of which may contribute to this decline in mental health.
However, there's no denying the fact that Big Pharma has had a tangible and worrisome role in the psychiatric drug epidemic. Medical journalist and Pulitzer Prize nominee Robert Whitaker addresses this "inconvenient truth" by using depression as an example. Depression used to be considered a self-limiting illness that, even in severe situations where a patient requires hospitalization, could be cured within six to eight months. Very rarely would patients relapse, and if they did it would typically be many years later.
When antidepressants hit the market, our outlook on depression completely shifted. Even though antidepressants may have been created with good intentions, the reality is that patients taking these drugs are relapsing more quickly and more often. Whitaker explains that many patients on antidepressants will only recover partially in comparison to the full recoveries he's seen in people who never took them in the first place.
In fact, only around 15% of those treated with antidepressants actually go into remission and maintain their mental health long-term. The other 85% are continuously relapsing or experience chronic depression.
It is clear that in many cases, we need to stop looking for outside help when it comes to our mental health. Our mental health is just that — it's ours. It's controlled by us, whether we like it or not. Many mental illnesses don't stem from biological issues, contrary to what Big Pharma wants you to think, but are rather the result of different stressors in our lives. So, if we were able to connect with ourselves on a deeper level and actually get to the root of the problem, perhaps some of these disorders wouldn't be so severe.
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Fact-Checking The Fact Checkers About Coronavirus & Vitamin C Treatment – Is It Really "Fake News"?
In Brief
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The idea that vitamin C can have some potential in treating and preventing the new coronavirus is being invalidated and even labelled as 'fake news' by some. If this was true, why are clinical trials for intravenous vitamin C underway in China?
- Reflect On:
Can we rely on our medical system to provide the best possible solutions, or will profit always come first? How much trust have they lost among the general population over the years?
An article published by LiveScience, a mainstream science website, states that "Vitamin C is extremely unlikely to help people fight off the new coronavirus." Mainstream media has been attacking the idea that vitamin C could have some potential to prevent or even treat the new coronavirus. This rhetoric follows statements that have come out from government health regulatory agencies. Take Health Canada, for example, who recently tweeted that there are no natural health products "that are authorized to protect against" the new coronavirus. They go on to state that "any claims otherwise are false."
This is a problem that's plagued our world since the introduction of the mainstream medical industry. Arnold Seymour Relman, a former Harvard professor of medicine and former Editor-in-Chief of The New England Medical Journal, states this problem clearly:
"The medical profession is being bought by the pharmaceutical industry, not only in terms of the practice of medicine, but also in terms of teaching and research. The academic institutions of this country are allowing themselves to be the paid agents of the pharmaceutical industry. I think it's disgraceful." (source)
The question people need to be asking is, where does government loyalty lie? Perhaps it's with the industry that spends two times more than any other lobby in congress. This is why nothing can be used as a treatment, for any disease, unless it's patented and presented to us by a pharmaceutical company. "Alternative" treatments are always branded as 'fake' and even 'dangerous'.
Vitamin C Trials and Treatment
This recent coronavirus outbreak might provide the latest insight into this matter. Going back to the statement above from LiveScience that states "Vitamin C is extremely unlikely to help people fight off the new coronavirus": if this is really the case, then why would China start multiple clinical trials to examine whether or not intravenous vitamin C can be helpful in treating people with coronavirus?
The article in LiveScience did not acknowledge this originally, but they added an update stating that researchers at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University had launched a clinical trial with 140 patients in February to test whether ultrahigh doses of vitamin C, delivered intravenously, could treat the viral infection more effectively than a placebo. The test group will receive infusions twice a day for seven days, with each infusion containing 12g of vitamin C. (The daily recommendation for an adult man is only 90mg.) The trial will be completed in September, and no results are yet available, according to ClinicalTrials.gov.
That being said, Dr. Richard Cheng, MD, has been updating everyone via his YouTube channel about vitamin C treatment cases out of China. We have been covering his updates as he is in direct contact with this treatment and isn't simply an armchair scientist at the moment. We feel at this time this is a very important detail as he is seeing and hearing results first hand, not simply theoretically. Dr. Cheng is a US board-certified anti-aging specialist. He claims that vitamin C is now in the Shanghai Government treatment plan.
Dr. Cheng was paramount in bringing high-dose vitamin C to the table as part of potential treatment and prevention measures. Unfortunately in the West, this option is still being denied by much of mainstream media and governments are not talking about it. Instead, it's fear and chaos which we do not feel helps anyone to stay healthy or get better.
According to Cheng, 50 moderate to severe cases of Covid-19 infection were treated with high-dose IVC. Dosing of IVC ranged from 10,000 – 20,000 mg a day for 7-10 days, with 10,000 mg for moderate cases and 20,000 for more severe cases. The first bit of good news was that all patients who received IVC improved and there has been no mortality. Secondly, as compared to the average of a 30-day hospital stay for all Covid-19 patients, those patients who received high dose IVC had a hospital stay of about 3-5 days shorter than the other patients.
In one particularly severe case where the patient was deteriorating rapidly, an extra dose of 50,000 mg IVC was given over a period of 4 hours and it caused the patient's pulmonary (oxygenation index) status to stabilize and improve as the critical care team observed in real time. You can watch all of the updates from Cheng via his Youtube Channel.
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So, at the very worst we can officially say that we don't know, but there are some positive signs thus far, which again, is obvious due to the fact that they would even begin a clinical trial, and the explanation as to why such a hypothesis exists is explained within the clinical trial website listed earlier. To say that it's false or extremely unlikely is, in fact, the false news.
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Is it really safe and truthful to make the claim that "Vitamin C is extremely unlikely to help people fight off the new coronavirus"? This is the rhetoric we've been hearing from mainstream media sources for quite a while, and articles posted on social media providing evidence that it may show some promise are being flagged by fact checkers as fake news. Again, if it was extremely unlikely, why use so many resources that are required to start a clinical trial in the first place? Why are we getting a completely different perspective from an MD in China that's providing the world with updates? These are important questions to ask, as this example simply highlights one of the biggest problems that plagues the mainstream medical industry, which is a complete denial of the potential of natural treatments. Because these treatments cannot be patented and turned a profit, they are ridiculed, ignored and brushed off.
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Strategy: Led by All-Pro defensive end J.J. Watt, the Texans have one of the most aggressive and physical 3-4 defensive fronts in the NFL. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips isn't afraid to blitz and he sent pass rushers in waves at Tennessee Titans quarterback Jake Locker. That style of play puts pressure on his defensive backs to play tight man coverage, something that can be exploited. Offensively, they're the same old Texans, relying on Arian Foster and Ben Tate to carry the ball on zone-blocking runs and rolling out quarterback Matt Schaub on play-action bootlegs. But now they have another big-play threat in rookie wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.
Personnel: The Texans are one of the few NFL teams that still predominantly use two-back sets or two-TE sets. They do go three-wide sometimes, but they like having the extra bulk to pound opponents with the running game. They are most effective when they run left behind their trio of Pro Bowl offensive linemen in left tackle Duane Brown, left guard Wade Smith and center Chris Myers. On defense, they have playmakers at every level, from Watt on the defensive line to inside linebacker Brian Cushing to cornerback Johnathan Joseph in the secondary. Shiloh Keo has been starting at free safety with Ed Reed sidelined, but Reed could suit up this weekend.
What went right: The Texans ran all over the Titans from the start, rumbling right down the field to score a touchdown on their first drive. Foster and Tate combined for 172 rushing yards and averaged 6.1 yards per carry. Their defense tightened up against the run after Titans running back Chris Johnson had success in the first half and they flustered Locker with blitzes. At one point early in the fourth quarter, he had just 41 passing yards. Despite dominating the game, they found themselves down eight points with a few minutes left in regulation and showed poise while rallying to win in overtime with an impressive leaping touchdown catch by Hopkins.
What went wrong: The Texans had some coverage breakdowns, both in man coverage and in zone, when they weren't able to get to Locker. They allowed Johnson to get to the second level on several occasions, but the Titans back couldn't break free for a touchdown. And they also struggled to defend screen passes. Offensively, the Texans also struggled to pick up the blitz and Schaub was intercepted twice, once by former Ravens safety Bernard Pollard and another by cornerback Alterraun Verner, who returned it for a touchdown to put the Titans up, 24-16, in the fourth quarter. Kicker Randy Bullock missed three field goals, including a would-be game-winner at the end of regulation.
Turning point: Down by eight points with just over three minutes remaining, Schaub took a hard hit deep in Texans territory while completing a tough throw to Hopkins. That play seemed to kick-start Schaub and the offense. He completed two more passes to Hopkins and another to star wide receiver Andre Johnson as the Texans quickly marched down the field to tie the game.
X-factor: Watt is the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year for a reason. Watt, who had 20.5 sacks last season, sacked Locker twice and hit him two other times. He also swatted a pass at the line. He often lines up at left defensive end in their base defense, but they like to move him around, something they may considering doing often against the Ravens to keep Watt from being lined up across from Pro Bowl right guard Marshal Yanda.


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In honour of the Emmys, Vogue posted this throwback photo. A good choice, right? Sarah Jessica Parker "liked" it. When this photo was taken in 1999, HBO was the be-all and end-all of prestige TV. Sex and the City was provocative and a cause for panic (like the Who Needs a Husband? Time Magazine cover Full Story
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Been waiting for new shots of SJP because for a few days now there are have signs that a third Sex & The City movie might happen. First Jennifer Hudson mentioned on a radio show saying that someone wanted to talk to her about it. Then SJP and Kristin Davis were squealing back and forth at each other on Twitter. Full Story
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They're dating??? 80% of you just clicked away when you realised this story is about a writer. But not just any writer! Few writers have the Aaron Sorkin profile. Writers are not supposed to live in front of their words. But somehow the Sorkins and the Diablo Codys of the world have become part of the conversation too. Full Story
Take refuge among Hello Kitties
SJP and co left the States just in time to escape critical evisceration of their movie and the uncomfortable reality of a tepid box office. As noted in today's open, Sex & the City 2 is one of the worst reviewed movies of the year. But not for the Hello Kitties. My people, we Asians, we are major consumers of designer goods, perhaps part of the reason why luxury is no longer luxury. Full Story
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I am angry about Sex & the City 2 right now but what SJP is doing on the carpet tonight in London for the premiere is pretty f-cking amazing. If it's anywhere you want to do this, it's obviously in England. Definitely spectacular. So of course there are more photos of her than of the other girls. Full Story
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Major spoilers ahead. You've been warned. I have a friend who told me: Never see a movie featuring white people on camels unless it's an historical drama. Word. Oh but you will go see SATC2 anyway. Even though it's getting annihilated by critics, even though I'm about to annihilate it here, you will see it for the Dress Porn, which is fine, if that's all that the film is declaring itself to be. Full Story
Dialogue not important
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So there's a new Sex & the City 2 trailer. And thanks God there's no mute Asian baby, but there's also not much of a city. They open with Empire State of Mind and they end up on camels in the Middle East... why isn't this sh-t called Sex & anywhere BUT Manhattan? This after all was a foundation point of the show. Full Story
MUCH better than at the Oscars
Most of us agreed that SJP did not present very strong at the Oscars. Hell na. Or have you forgotten? Click here for a refresher. It was busted from head to toe. Last night SJP, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis were in Vegas for ShoWest. Full Story
She still looks mute
They're continuing to shoot Sex & the City 2 in New York. A familiar prop was back on set today: The mute Asian baby! Photo Assumption says she's still mute. They put her at the lunch table again. Where are her crayons? How will they use her as a lame plot device this time? Let's give it a stab: Anthony and Stanford get married. Full Story


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For Christmas: 'Untreatable' TB Patient Gets Gift From Afar
With the help of an American reader of The Wall Street Journal, Rahima Sheikh last month bought back the family farmland she had mortgaged years ago in her desperate six-year quest to get cured of increasingly more drug-resistant tuberculosis.
This Christmas, that same reader, Alabama home mortgage firm owner John "Chip" Moore, decided to surprise Mrs. Sheikh—a Muslim who lives in a remote village in northeastern India--with another gift: $200 in seed to plant the field.
"Even though Christmas is not a Muslim holiday, we can still call it a Christmas gift," he said in an email. "In that context, it actually may mean more."
After reading The Wall Street Journal story earlier this year chronicling Mrs. Sheikh's journey that left her impoverished and with virtually untreatable TB, Mr. Moore wrote to The Wall Street Journal wanting to help.
A reporter connected him with another reader, Anjul Srivastava, a software engineer living in the San Fransisco area, who earlier had also written to the newspaper seeking a way to assist.
Mr. Srivastava, a native of India who speaks Hindi, began telephoning Mrs. Sheikh and her husband, Tabarak, to understand their needs and how outsiders might help. The two men in the United States then arranged to send the Sheikhs $700 to buy back their family field, and hundreds of dollars more to consult with doctors and pay for expensive TB medicines when the Indian government's shipments come late.
The Indian government committed to paying for Mrs. Sheikh's medicines after The Wall Street Journal wrote of her struggle to pay for treatments for virtually untreatable TB, which cost about $100 a month.
Now, with planting season approaching, the Sheikhs were eager to work the field they had just bought back, but they didn't have the money to buy seed. They had previously supported themselves on Mr. Sheikh's $100-a-month job as a migrant worker tailoring clothes in the distant city of Mumbai.
But with Mrs. Sheikh struggling with a toxic regimen of experimental medicines, trying to get cured of TB, she needed her husband home to help take care of her. The experimental drug regimen has been keeping her disease in check, but she is often breathless, unable to walk more than a few steps.
The U.S. readers, Mr. Moore and Mr. Srivastava, decided their role would be to help the Sheikhs become financially self-sufficient in their home village so Mr. Sheikh wouldn't need to live in Mumbai, far from his family. In addition to sending the Sheikhs a monthly stipend of $200, enough to keep them fed and clothed, the two men have also been discussing with the Sheikhs the possibility of sending them money to buy chickens so they can become chicken farmers or open a small village convenience store.
But as the discussion over whether the Sheikhs will become chicken farmers or store owners continues, planting season was fast approaching.
Mr. Srivastava, who is Hindu, encouraged Mr. Moore to send his Christmas gift to the Sheikhs.
"The thought and spirit of Christmas would totally befit the timing of your gift. I myself was raised Hindu, but like most Indians I loved the concept of Christmas and Santa Claus; so don't hesitate to wear a hat to the bank," Mr. Srivastava wrote in an email to Mr. Moore.
Mrs. Sheikh, at home in her village, said in a telephone interview that she had heard the gift was coming, but she hadn't yet received word from the local wire service company to say the money had arrived.
"My whole life has been saved by these two Americans," Mrs. Sheikh said. "One day they buy back my field for me, the next day they are buying me seed to plant it. I thank Allah every day that such people were born."
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Pella, Iowa (CNN) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Tuesday she has not made up her mind yet about whether to run for president in 2012 despite her daughter's claim that she has.
Palin spoke to reporters in Pella, Iowa, where she attended the premiere of "The Undefeated," a sympathetic feature-length film that takes a look at Palin's record as governor.
"We're still thinking about that," she said in response to a question about whether or not she would run.
Palin worked the crowd after the premiere, taking questions as she shook supporters' hands and signed autographs.
Earlier Tuesday, Palin's daughter, Bristol, said her mother has made up her mind about whether to run, but is keeping it a secret.
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"You know what I told Bristol when I heard that? I said, 'Bristol! What we say on the fishing boat stays on the fishing boat. You don't need to be announcing anything,'" Palin said.
Somewhat cryptically, she also said: "Bristol is a smart and independent and strong young woman. Listen to her."
Although Palin has not said whether she will run, her appearance in Iowa -- especially now -- will undoubtedly fuel speculation that she is.
Palin's visit to Iowa came just one day after Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, launched her own presidential campaign there and coincided with President Barack Obama's visit to Bettendorf, Iowa.
Iowa holds the first contest in the presidential caucus and primary calendar. How "The Undefeated" is received there could be a barometer of Palin's appeal in the state.
The film, produced by conservative filmmaker Stephen Bannon, cost $1 million to produce. It takes a flattering look at Palin's record as governor of Alaska, including reform efforts. It also covers her entrance onto the national political stage as Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential election.
After watching the film, Palin described it as "awesome" and "all about America's values."
To a group of people who attended the premiere, she said the film tries to set the record straight and talks about issues ignored by the "lame-stream media."
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The idea for the National Museum of Women in the Arts grew from a simple, obvious, but rarely asked question: Where are all the women artists?
NMWA's founders, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay and Wallace F. Holladay, began collecting art in the 1960s, just as scholars and art historians were beginning to discuss the underrepresentation of women and various racial and ethnic groups in museum collections and major art exhibitions. Among the first to apply this revisionist approach to collecting, the Holladays committed themselves for over 20 years to assembling art by women. By 1980, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay began to devote her energies and resources to creating a museum that would showcase women artists, and the Holladay Collection became the core of the institution's permanent collection.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts was incorporated in November 1981 as a private, non-profit museum. During its first five years, NMWA operated from temporary offices with docent-led tours of the collection at the Holladay residence. Special exhibitions also were presented. In 1983, the museum purchased a 78,810-square-foot Washington landmark near the White House, formerly a Masonic Temple, and refurbished it in accordance with the highest design, museum, and security standards. It won numerous architectural awards.
In the spring of 1987, NMWA opened the doors of its permanent location with the inaugural exhibition, American Women Artists, 1830-1930, a definitive survey curated by one of the country's foremost feminist art historians, Dr. Eleanor Tufts.
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Welcome to Gene's RV & AC Repair
Gene's RV and A/C Repair is a mobile repair company – THAT'S RIGHT! We will come to you! But, there are some jobs that just need to be done at a shop (plus some customers prefer to bring their RV in), so we have recently opened a service facility here in the heart of Mesa, AZ. Gene's RV has provided excellent service to the valley for over 25 years. We are family owned and operated with an exceptional reputation for customer service. We provide an honest, straightforward RV and AC repair service. We are licensed, bonded, and insured.
Our service team prides themselves on providing quality work for a fair price. We will listen to your concern and take care of your service needs. We also do general maintenance on all types of RV's. Did you know that many warranties are VOID if you do not perform the manufacturer's scheduled maintenance? Speaking of warranties, we are an authorized service repair center for many RV and appliance manufacturers including Dometic/Duotherm, Coleman, Norcold, Suburban, Keystone and many more. We also take insurance jobs! We will do our best to take the headache out of dealing with the insurance companies.
Our services include (but not limited to):
Recreational Vehicle Air Conditioning Repair and Service
Home Air Conditioning Repair and Service
Car / Dash Air Conditioners (in-shop only)
Recharging your A/C Unit
Furnace Repair
Refrigerator Repair and Service (sorry, we do not work on home or commercial refrigerators)
LP Systems
Plumbing Systems
Electrical Systems
Collision Repair (in-shop only)
Most Engine Problems
Basement AC repair & installation
Generators (gas, diesel, and LP)
Axle flips
Trailer bearing packs
Truck to trailer wiring
Hitch installations
Minor welding & fabrication
Trailer brake installation and repair
RV washers & dryers
General Maintenance (oil changes, brakes, belts, hoses, etc.)


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The list of 324 athletes from 57 nations includes 196 artistic gymnasts, 96 rhythmic gymnasts and 32 trampolinists entered for the quadrennial competition, which kicks off July 27. For artistic gymnastics, both the men's and women's side includes 12 five-gymnast teams (down from six in 2008) plus 46 individuals.
Russia will be the most represented nation in London, qualifying full teams in men's and women's artistic gymnastics, two individuals and a group in rhythmic gymnastics, and individuals in men's (two) and women's trampoline (one). Belarus, Germany and Ukraine also have at least one entrant in every discipline.
One of the most popular Olympic sports, artistic gymnastics will see new champions crowned in several events. Absent from the competition in London are Americans Nastia Liukin, the 2008 all-around champion, and Shawn Johnson, the balance beam champion. Vault champion Hong Un Jong is also absent, as are all gymnasts from North Korea; the FIG handed North Korea a two-year ban in 2010 for falsifying Hong Su Jong's age at several world championships. China's He Kexin (uneven bars) and Romanian Sandra Izbasa (floor exercise) will attempt to defend their respective titles.
On the men's side, the 2008 Olympic champions in four events are absent this year: China's Yang Wei (all-around), Xiao Qin (pommel horse) and Li Xiaopeng (parallel bars), and Poland's Leszek Blanik (vault). Zou Kai (defending floor exercise and high bar champion) and Chen Yibing (defending still rings titlist) are both on China's roster.
Notable among the participants are artistic veterans Oksana Chusovitina (Germany) and Jordan Jovtchev (Bulgaria), both headed to a record sixth Olympic Games.
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Ritual Steve Ballmer humiliation isn't just for blogs anymore! Nope, now even Microsoft's corporate class—in this case Microsoft Developer Division VP Scott Guthrie—is in on the joke. Way in.
This clip comes from today's Mix Keynote, where Guthrie was running through the nuts and bolts of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 development tools, demonstrating an app called Marionette. Ballmer, to his credit, appears to have been in on the joke, contributing a slightly strained audio clip to the gag. Even Steve Ballmer likes making fun of Steve Ballmer!
So, are we allowed to laugh at this anymore? I think so?


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What's worse than February?
This recurring "news" column, that's what. This barely informative, self-gratifying, irregularly updated EXCUSE for videogame journalism.
I feel sorry for anyone who's about to read it, frankly. But hey, everyone's gotta bite the bullet and eat a shit sandwich at some point in their lives. For the lot of you, that day is today.
So let's get this over with.
Megaphones Ahoy! Celebrates its 50th Podcast
A lot of you probably don't need to be informed of this, but for those of you who don't listen to Lusipurr.com's Megaphones Ahoy! Podcast, there's never been a better time to start. Both myself and Ethos guest star in this special, double-sized 50th podcast. I'm there for the whole thing, while Ethos' airtime is limited to a 15-minute pre-recorded segment. Kinda stupid, actually, but so is he.
Click here to download the cast. Alternatively, you could get it on iTunes. Or you could click that big freaking banner to the left to go straight to the website itself. Choices, choices!
Mass Effect 2 Sells 2 Million
We have our first official videogame blockbuster of 2010, folks, and it's Mass Effect 2. Here's some PR spin for you:
Forty perfect scores. Two million units. One pop culture phenomenon. BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that Mass Effect™ 2 has sold-in over two million units worldwide in its first week of release*. Lauded for its intense shooter gameplay and deep, hand-crafted story, Mass Effect 2 has earned an average review score of 96** — making it the second highest rated game of all time on the Xbox 360
I'll admit to being a little surprised. I knew Mass Effect 2 would be big, but 2 million units in a week is huge.
Then again, I've never seen so many people at my GameStop for the game's midnight premiere. Not even for Modern Warfare 2. (VG247)
Heavy Rain Requires 4.2 Gig Install, Lets You Make Origami
Quantic Dreams' interactive movie, Heavy Rain, will size in at a whopping 4.2 gigabytes. 4.2 gigabytes that you'll be required to install before booting the game up. But never fear, because Quantic Dream was reportedly nice enough to include a 12-step origami minigame that you can play while performing the install.
I'm not sure that a 12-step origami piece will be enough to occupy the average gamer for 4.2 GB worth of install time, but hey, the effort is appreciated.
I haven't talked much about Heavy Rain on Riddlethos.com, but I'm actually really looking forward to the game. I'm somewhat familiar with Quantic Dream's previous works, having played approximately half of Indigo Prophecy back in the day. I really liked it, too – which makes me wonder why I stopped playing it.
Not interested in Heavy Rain? This video might change your mind. It features the main (female) protagonist naked. No, really. There are boobs and everything. Damn nice ones, too, as far as digitally rendered stuff goes. (VG247)
Sony Hopes to Bring More PS1/PS2 Classics to PSN, Considering Charging for PSN
IGN recently interviewed Peter Dille, Sony's senior vice president of marketing. He's also the man "in charge" of Sony's PSN service.
The interview is very, very good, and there are more than a few things to latch onto and discuss. Two things in particular caught my attention: the discussion of PS2 games coming to PSN, and the possibility that Sony may go the way of Xbox Live and charge for their online service.
When asked about PS1 and PS2 classics on PSN, Dille responded that they're "working really hard" on making more of them available. From the interview:
By all means, I think people can look for more of that because once the third-parties see how this works, it's just found money. There's not a whole lot of work that has to go into it and once we can get it up on the network, it finds an audience pretty quickly.
"Found money" is an excellent way to put it. On all accounts, there is absolutely no reason for PS2 games (and more PS1 games) to be on PlayStation Network. Peter Dille said it himself. I suppose it's a matter of getting third-party developers on board, but frankly, that shouldn't be difficult for Sony to do. So. Where are the PS2 classics?
IGN asked quite a few questions about Sony's PlayStation Network, and one of them was if Sony ever planned to charge for it. From the interview:
It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at. I can confirm that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about. What's the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You know, no announcements at this point in time, but it's something we're thinking about.
And… ugh. I am not in support of this. I buy multiplatform games for the PS3 for a few reasons, and the main one is that if I ever feel like playing online, I can do it for free. I don't play enough to be considered "hardcore," and certainly not enough to justify a $50 Xbox Live subscription, but I enjoy the occasional round of, say, Modern Warfare 2.
If Sony does introduce some type of subscription model, I sincerely hope it only applies to "premium" content – like, say, exclusive demos or videos.
I know $50 a year isn't much to ask, and I know that people have the idea that it "pays for the stability." But playing games online is not and should not be considered "premium content."
I encourage you to check out the full interview here.
Here's a few rapid-fire headlines for you. Short, sweet, and not really worth writing about at length.
Final Fantasy XIII Will Ship on Three Discs – As long as one of them doesn't sit in a paper sleeve. (I'm looking at you, Lost Odyssey)
Final Fantasy XIV Is Coming to Xbox 360 – According to VG247, this has been "obvious for a while," but it came as a surprise to me.
And just because we have a bit of a Simpsons thing going this week, I figured I'd include this image from the latest episode:
I should watch that show more often.
Well. Between a long night at work and frequent South Park-induced distractions, this thing went up a bit later than I anticipated. But hey, at least I did it, right? If nothing else, it means you don't have to suffer another one of Ethos' pathetic attempts to match my news-condensing prose.
Which is almost as bad as February, but not quite. 'Till next time!
Tags: Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, Lusipurr!, MAP, Mass Effect 2, PS3, PSN, Sony


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Stadiums do not bring economic benefits to cities – studySaturday, February 2nd, 2013
The following CBC article confirms what we've always known: sports stadiums simply do not deliver on their extravagant economic promises. Just as with casinos, the millionaire proponents of stadiums always claim that these big arenas will make a city rich. But just as with casinos:
1. stadiums do not in fact bring any appreciable economic benefits to a region, and yet


text: Seems even retired warmongers are feeling the pinch at the pump these days, as everybody's favorite former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, has purchased the least-aggressive form of transport in the world, a Vespa. Yes indeed, Rummy has picked up a shiny new LXV 150 to use for scooting around the Maryland seaboard while getting 60 MPG and being ridiculed by every biker he passes. Wonder if he will be followed by a phalanx of secret service boys in black Suburbans? [Examiner]


text: By my sun and my stars, what great news! Just last month rumors of casting for the brutish Drax the Destroyer in the new Marvel Guardians Of The Galaxy movie had narrowed the part down to three actors. Allegedly Isaiah Mustafa, Brian Patrick Wade and Dave Bautista were up for the part. But thank goodness Marvel threw them all out when the stallion who mounts the galaxy showed up. According to Latino Review's sources Jason Momoa walked away with the role of Drax moments after he auditioned. Hell yeah Drogo! This Guardians Of The Galaxy cast is shaping up pretty nicely.


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It is to late to get this posted as an actual event on Geocaching.com but let's do it anyway!
Many of you may be planning on attending or thinking about attending the Resurrecting Beer and Wings Event (GC15Y3R)in Bangor this coming weekend. Some of you, I know, are planning on staying over Saturday night and this may convenience others to do so.
Team2Hunt, Foxgloves and I were talking and thought it would be fun to get together for breakfast Sunday morning. So a plan it is:
Sunday morning, 10:00 AM, Central Street - Bangor, at the Bagel Shop. (I will post coords later this week.) Everyone is welcome - dutch treat of course. The Bagel Shop is kosher and offers a large variety from bagel, eggs, to cream cheese & lox. There should be something for everyone.
After we have filled our tummies, a few of us are planning to go tackle the cache "Cool Tools" (GCVPHQ). Others may choose to head in another direction - we will start the day together and disburse from there.
Just a light and fun wrap up to a weekend. If you are considering joining us, please post a note. There is no reserve seating but we will do our best to save you a spot.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elena Kagan says she and her fellow Supreme Court justices aren't the most tech-savvy group of people and still communicate with one another the same way they did when she was a clerk in 1987: with paper memos.
In an appearance in Providence on Tuesday, Kagan acknowledged the justices have a ways to go to understand technology such as Facebook, Twitter and even email.
"It's a challenge for us," Kagan said, while also noting that she herself uses email, goes online and reads blogs.
Kagan, 53, was appointed to the court in 2010 by President Barack Obama. She previously served as solicitor general of the United States and dean of Harvard Law School, among other accomplishments. She is the youngest justice and the one most recently appointed to the court.
When asked whether the justices email one another, Kagan said things are the same as when she clerked for the late Justice Thurgood Marshall three decades ago. She says justices write memos, which are then printed out on ivory paper that looks like it came from the 19th century. The memos are walked around the building by someone called a "chambers aide."
"The justices are not necessarily the most technologically sophisticated people," she said, adding that while clerks email one another, "The court hasn't really 'gotten to' email."
Kagan appeared Tuesday in a conversation with Ted Widmer, a historian and librarian at Brown University who has been an adviser to the Clintons. The event was part of a celebration of the 350th anniversary of Rhode Island's colonial charter and was hosted by Gov. Lincoln Chafee and sponsored by Roger Williams University School of Law.
Widmer brought up the National Security Agency and Edward Snowden, who leaked classified documents exposing NSA programs that monitor Internet and phone data, suggesting the high court would likely hear more cases related to electronic surveillance.
Kagan said it was hard to predict what cases the court will address in the years to come, but she said she expects there will be new issues related to privacy, emerging technology and electronic snooping.
"I think we're going to have to be doing a lot of thinking about that," she said.
Kagan said the justices often turn to their clerks, who are much younger, to help them understand new technologies.
But they also try to learn on their own. In one case, involving violent video games the first year she was on the court, justices who had never played the games before dove in and gave them a try, Kagan said.
"It was kind of hilarious," she said.
She didn't say which games they played.
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Andrew Gelman and his co-authors build on results from a recent paper to draw some fascinating maps of what the 2004 presidential elections would have looked like if only (1) poor, (2) middle income, or (3) rich people had been able to vote.
These maps show some obvious class differences (as well as illustrating the importance of poor voters to Democratic electoral prospects), but also suggest (as does the paper) some interesting relationships between how people at different income levels vote in rich and poor states.
For poor voters, there is no systematic difference between rich and poor states. But for middle-income and especially for rich voters, there is a very strong pattern of rich states supporting the Democrats and poor states supporting the Republicans.
In short, rich people and poor people who live in poor states have very different voting preferences from each other. Rich people and poor people who live in rich states have much more similar voting preferences. Gelman et al. don't have any hard and fast explanation for this (they note that race explains about half of this disparity, but only half). However, their results do suggest that some of the conventional wisdom of American journalists on class, voting and geographic location stands in sore need of revisiting.


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If you read the paper in the mornings, you may already have seen the news — the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes a study showing that all diets work the same, it's only calorie intake that matters.
Some previous studies have found that low carbohydrate diets like Atkins work better than a traditional low-fat diet. But the new research found that the key to losing weight boiled down to a basic rule – calories in, calories out.
"The hidden secret is it doesn't matter if you focus on low-fat or low-carb," said Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which funded the research.
Limiting the calories you consume and burning off more calories with exercise is key, she said.
In between quotes like this and "success stories" from two program participants, this particular article does get around to mentioning that all participants started regaining weight after a year. Some articles don't. The version I saw in the commuter paper coughed and whispered it at the end, but headlined with "All diets the same!" and touted the supremacy of calorie counting. Most people who read coverage of this study could be forgiven for coming away thinking that no matter how many carbs you eat, what really matters is staying below a set number of calories — just another version of "well, FAD diets don't work, but I'm just on a regular calorie-counting diet so it'll work for me." Because for the most part, that's what the articles say.
Well, I read the study. And here's the rest of the story:
- The study only followed people for two years, not five, but already saw weight regain in almost all participants. Nor were they surprised. The researchers said that they chose a two-year period because "weight loss typically is greatest 6 to 12 months after initiation of the diet, with steady regain of weight subsequently."
- About half the participants who completed the study ended up weighing more than baseline at the two-year mark.
- Participants in every group were on average eating FEWER calories at the two-year mark, when they were regaining, than they were at the six-month mark, when they were still losing weight. (ETA: Almost every group. Kate double-checked me and one group was eating about 22 calories more on average at two years than at six months.) (ETA: No, I was right the first time.)
- One of the researchers reports the following conflicts of interest: "Dr. Greenway reports receiving consulting fees from or serving on a paid advisory board for Anian, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clarus Health, Encore Pharmaceutical, Leptos Biomedical, MDRNA, Novo Nordisk, General Nutrition Corporation, Catalyst, Jenny Craig, Orexigen, Lithera, and Basic Research, receiving lecture fees from BAROnova, Lazard, and Biologene, and owning equity in Lithera."
- ETA: From MissPrism: "They also wouldn't let 'insufficiently motivated' people on the study to begin with, and haven't published the questionnaire or criteria that they used to determine level of motivation." Depending on the definition of "motivated," this could easily disqualify anyone who practices HAES.
The Globe and Mail coverage reported this as "all diets work." It looks to me more like "no diets work." And hey, that's how it was reported last time someone did this study, less than two years ago, when researchers analyzed the results of 46 different weight-loss studies and found that there wasn't much difference between various diets because they all sucked. It's interesting how "there's no material difference between diets" is now being reported now as "all diets work as long as you cut calories," even though the primary desired effect of diets — weight loss — isn't being observed on even fairly short time scales. How, pray tell, does that mean diets "work"? A broken Ford and a broken Honda both "work the same" too, but since neither of them does what they're designed for, we call them both lemons.
Now granted, they did find that the participants' diet and exercise changes resulted in lower triglycerides, higher HDL, better metabolic function, etc. And what else besides diets could possibly have this effect? Gosh, I thought you'd never ask.


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- Goal Orientation: Methods, techniques and theories support to achieve individual learning goals.
- Maximum participation of all participants: Instead of sitting around ordinarily and listening passively, the focus of our training is on active participation.
- Theory for practical application: As a foundation, theories and techniques only gain value through repeated use in general life.
- Learning transfer being an indicator of success: The overall goal of our participants is to be able to cope with everyday business situations more successfully.