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4-Port HDMI Automatic Video Switch w/ Aluminum Housing and MHL Support - 4K 30Hz
Switch between four HDMI sources on a single HDMI display, with support for MHL and video resolutions up to 4K
Product ID: VS421HD4K
- Astonishing picture quality with support for Ultra HD 4K
- Solid aluminum housing ensures fixed positioning
- Hassle-free operation with automatic 4-port switching
- 4x1 HDMI switch with MHL support
- IR remote control included
- 7.1 Surround Sound Audio
- Small footprint
- Front panel toggle switch button
- EDID emulation
The VS421HD4K 4-port HDMI 4K switch lets you share a display or projector with four HDMI-enabled audio / video source devices. The switch features four independent inputs that each support 4K resolution and 7.1 surround sound audio.
The 4-port switch also features MHL support on HDMI input port 1, enabling video output video from MHL-enabled mobile devices such as Samsung Galaxy tablets and smartphones.
Astonishing Picture Quality with 4K Support
You'll be amazed at how this video switch maintains Ultra HD picture quality. 4K is supported by the latest A/V devices and delivers four times the resolution of 1080p. Plus, because the switch is backward compatible with high-definition 1080p, you can rest assured any video source will look great in your digital signage application.
Solid Aluminum Housing Ensures Fixed Positioning
Constructed of solid aluminum, the HDMI switch is durable and heavy enough to prevent the unit from lifting or sliding around if the attached HDMI cables are bumped or shifted. Plus, its small footprint makes it easy to integrate the switch into any boardroom, classroom, home theater, or digital signage application.
Hassle-free Operation with Auto Switching & EDID
This switch ensures effortless operation with automatic switching that detects and selects a newly connected device. Automatic switching encourages on-the-fly collaboration among colleagues, by making it easy to share your projector between multiple source devices in a boardroom or classroom environment. The VS421HD4K also supports manual operation using the included IR remote control, or the built-in front panel toggle switch directly on the device.
The switch also saves time during setup with EDID emulation ensuring all of your native settings such as resolution and refresh rate are communicated between your display and video source devices. EDID emulation maximizes compatibility with your 4K display, ensuring a convenient plug-and-play installation.
The VS421HD4K is backed by a 2-year StarTech.com warranty and free lifetime technical support.
- Share 4K television or projector with four different 4K video sources
- Collaborate on the fly with colleagues, by connecting multiple users to the same display and switch between input devices
- Use in digital signage applications to display multiple source devices at different times
- Use in your home theater to connect four AV devices to your television, such as Blu-ray players, cable / satellite set top boxes, and computers
The StarTech.com Advantage
- Take advantage of 4K (Ultra HD) video with HDMI 4K splitter enabling you to handle the latest devices and displays
- Ensure your switch stays where you put it. Unlike plastic splitters that get dragged out of place by attached HDMI cables, the VS421HD4K features a solid aluminum housing that will stay put
- Hassle-free operation with automatic switching and EDID emulation
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Technical Specifications
|Warranty Information
|2 Years
|AV Input
|AV Output
|Industry Standards
|Audio Specifications
|7.1 Surround sound
|Maximum Digital Resolutions
|4K @ 30 Hz
|Supported Resolutions
|3840x2160 (4K)
1920x1080 (1080p)
1280x720 (720p)
|Video Revision
|Wide Screen Supported
|Connector A
|4 - HDMI (19 pin) Female
|Connector B
|1 - HDMI (19 pin) Female
|LED Indicators
|1 - Power LED
|4 - Port selected LED (1 / 2 / 3 / 4)
|Center Tip Polarity
|Input Current
|Input Voltage
|Output Current
|Output Voltage
|Power Consumption (In Watts)
|Power Source
|AC Adapter Included
|5% to 90%
|Operating Temperature
|0°C to 70°C (32°F to 158°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-10°C to 80°C (14°F to 176°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Product Height
|1.4 cm [0.6 in]
|Product Length
|13.9 cm [5.5 in]
|Product Width
|85 mm [3.3 in]
|Weight of Product
|280 g [9.9 oz]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
|52 mm [2 in]
|Package Length
|21.6 cm [8.5 in]
|Package Width
|14.7 cm [5.8 in]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|530 g [18.7 oz]
|What's in the Box
|Included in Package
|1 - 4-port 4K HDMI switch
|1 - IR cable
|1 - remote control
|1 - universal power adapter (NA, EU, UK, AU)
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Before You Buy
Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) allows a standard USB connector to carry digital video signals. To use the MHL output from a mobile device using a micro-USB connector, the MHL output must be converted by using an MHL adapter. MHL can only be adapted to HDMI.
Although many mobile devices use the micro-USB connector and the MHL adapters can plug into your mobile device, the mobile device still requires MHL support. MHL support is a hardware specification on your mobile device, and it cannot be resolved by applying updates of any type.
To determine if your mobile device supports MHL, research the manufacturer specifications for your mobile device. You can also search for your device on the following website: http://www.mhltech.org/devices.aspx.
To make sure that you select the correct adapter, you need to determine if you are using a 5-pin or 11-pin micro-USB. This information can usually be found with the MHL specification on your mobile device.
Different types of Samsung devices that use an 11-pin micro-USB require external power to perform the conversion. First-generation Samsung MHL 2.0 requires external power, whereas the second generation does not. A passive 11-pin cable can be used with second-generation Samsung mobile devices.
StarTech.com 5-pin and 11-pin adapters have a micro-USB receptacle to provide additional power to the mobile device. You can use a standard micro-USB cable with a USB charger to power the converter.
This device outputs HDMI video signals. If you have a display or video destination that uses another type of video connection, there are ways that you can convert the video signal or connection. These options are outlined below and organized by the target connection.
When you consider whether to convert an HDMI video signal to another connection type, it is important to know if the media that is being converted from the HDMI video connection is protected by High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). If the media is protected by HDCP, you cannot convert to analog video connections because they do not support HDCP. You may experience this issue when you use devices like Blu-ray players, DVD players, and certain gaming consoles.
|Target connection
|HDMI to VGA: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=HDMI&filter_AVOUTPUT=VGA.
HDMI to DVI: https://www.startech.com/Cables/Audio-Video/HDMI/HDMI-to-DVI/.
|HDMI to DisplayPort: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=HDMI&filter_AVOUTPUT=DisplayPort.
This device has an HDMI input port. If you have a video source that uses another video connection, there are options available to convert the video signal or connection. These options will be outlined below for each video source connection.
Source Connection
VGA to HDMI: https://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/?filter_AVINPUT=VGA&filter_AVOUTPUT=HDMI.
DVI to HDMI video converters: https://www.startech.com/Cables/Audio-Video/Video-Adapter/HDMI-Cable-Adapters/.
DVI to HDMI video cables: https://www.startech.com/Cables/Audio-Video/HDMI/HDMI-to-DVI/.
DisplayPort to HDMI passive converters: https://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/DP-HDMI/?filter_CONVERTTYPE=Passive.
DisplayPort to HDMI active converters: https://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/DP-HDMI/?filter_CONVERTTYPE=Active.
DisplayPort Passive and Active Conversions
The converter that you require depends on the type of DisplayPort video source that you are using. For more information about converting DisplayPort video signals, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/DisplayPort_Converter_DP_Multi_Mode.
When you troubleshoot issues with a video splitter, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
Video cables
Video switch
Video source (such as a DVD player or computer)
Video destination (such as a monitor or projector)
Note: When you are testing setup components, you should avoid using video adapters. For example, if you are converting a VGA source to HDMI for use with an HDMI switch, you should use an HDMI source when you test the components.
To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the cable, video switch, video source, and video destination in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a different cable, video switch, video source, and video destination in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
Test each cable individually.
Use short cables when you are testing.
When you test the video source and video destination, it is recommended that you do the following:
Remove the video switch from your setup and test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together without the video switch.
Test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together at the resolution that you want to use.
Note: In order for your setup to work properly, the video source, switch, and destination all need to support the resolution that you are using.
When you troubleshoot issues with an MHL adapter, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
Mobile device
Video cables (if required)
To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the mobile device, display, and video cables in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a different mobile device, display, and video cables in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
Test each cable individually.
Use short cables when you are testing.
Note: You should avoid using adapters to further convert the HDMI signal. If you need to further convert the HDMI signal, make sure that all of the adapters and displays are compatible with the output resolution of the mobile device.
When you test your setup, make sure that the following is true:
Your mobile device is MHL compliant. For more information, navigate to the following FAQ: http://www.startech.com/faq/mhl_compliance.
The correct source is selected on your display.
The display is compatible with at least 1080p.
Compliance and Safety
Compliance Letters
Safety Measures
- If product has an exposed circuit board, do not touch the product under power.
- If Class 1 Laser Product. Laser radiation is present when the system is open.
- Wiring terminations should not be made with the product and/or electric lines under power.
- Product installation and/or mounting should be completed by a certified professional as per the local safety and building code guidelines.
- Cables (including power and charging cables) should be placed and routed to avoid creating electric, tripping or safety hazards.
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Date Posted: December 5, 2018
The Bank of Canada maintained its key interest rate today, keeping the benchmark rate 1.75%. This is the interest rate that impacts borrowing interest rates for consumers, specifically the prime rate for variable rate debt.
"None of the economists polled by Bloomberg were expecting an increase this time around, but watchers wondered what the bank would have to say about the plunging price of oil.
The price of the Canadian oilsands crude blend known as Western Canadian Select dipped as low as $14 US per barrel since the bank last met, while U.S. blends never fell below $50. If prices persist, the impact on the broader economy could be enough to warrant a change in monetary policy."
Some economists are predicting that moving forward into 2019, spring would be a the next most likely time for additional increases to the benchmark rate.
"Still, the Bank of Canada is more cautious than it was a few weeks ago. It concluded its statement by saying the pace of interest-rate increases will be determined by a "number of factors," including the effect of higher borrowing costs on spending, the trade wars, the "persistence" of the oil-price shock, and the central bank's "assessment of the economy's capacity."
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Surgery (sleeve) was Monday, 7/6 and today I finally feel a little more human! I've battled headaches, nausea, soreness of course, and I can't sleep more than 2 hours at a time! I am still sore, especially up in my ribs! I'm also very tired and my energy is extremely low. I have a business I work from home but I don't even want to think about it right now! I'm so grateful to have this behind me and finally feel like I am actually on the road to recovery! I'm still on clear liquids until next week. Hopefully then my energy will pick up a bit!!· 1 reply
Hang in there, Judy! I am suffering along with you from a distance. I am hoping that I am turning the corner today. I could really use a good night of sleep too. Cheers with sugar free jello! 😬
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Hope you all are keeping it safe and staying sane during these difficult times.
Stress has never been good for food habits and these are odd times so keep working on your mental game and don't beat yourself up too much for any setbacks.
I enjoyed this little video and wanted to share.
I totally agree with you! Mindset is so powerful! There have been times before surgery, and since, that I have started to feel scared or like just throwing in the towel and crying my eyes out! But I keep telling myself that as long as I can stay positive, my recovery will go smoother and I will be so much happier! It's so hard to do right now with all this other going on, but we have to look out for ourselves!!


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At least 91 people have been infected with an unusual type of meningitis caused by contaminated steroid injections, federal health officials said Sunday, with seven deaths. The drugs were given starting May 21, much earlier than previously suspected, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
They are urging anyone who has had an injection for lower back pain to watch for symptoms of meningitis, which include a stiff neck and balance problems.
Cases have been identified in nine states and health officials fear the numbers will rise as doctors check patients for the symptoms. Doctors and patients alike may not know to look for the unusual infection, which can take weeks to develop after an injection.
"Several of these patients have had strokes related to the meningitis," the CDC said in a statement posted on its website. "In several patients, the meningitis was found to be caused by a fungus that is common in the environment but rarely causes meningitis. This form of meningitis is not contagious. The source of the fungus has not yet been identified, and the cause of infections in the other patients is still being assessed."
The drug in question is called methylprednisone and is used mostly to treat older patients for lower back pain.
The contaminated drugs have been traced to a single pharmacy in Massachusetts, the New England Compounding Center. The pharmacy has closed voluntarily and recalled its products, which include steroids, painkillers and dozens of other drugs. At least one sealed vial of drug has been found to have fungus growing in it, the Food and Drug Administration said. The FDA does not regulate pharmacies like the one in Massachusetts but can be called in when contamination is suspected.
Compounding pharmacies usually make drugs to order, and the steroids suspected of causing the infections did not contain preservatives that can keep fungi and bacteria from growing.
The pharmacy sent products to clinics in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, and West Virginia, the CDC says.
In this case, the patients appear to have had contaminated drugs injected directly into their spinal fluid. CDC says the clinics do not appear to be to blame. The CDC said it has found fungus, including Aspergillus and Exserohilum, in specimens from nine patients.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Bacteria or viruses are the usual cause, but meningitis can also be caused by fungi and parasites. "In addition to typical meningitis symptoms, like headache, fever, nausea, and stiffness of the neck, people with fungal meningitis may also experience confusion, dizziness, and discomfort from bright lights. Patients might just have one or two of these symptoms," CDC said.
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While all the figures aren't in and almost certainly never will be, the Center for Responsive Politics has estimated that roughly $6 billion was spent on the 2012 election, including $2 billion on the presidential contest and something on the order of $4 billion on congressional and state races. This gives us, I suppose, the best government money can — which is certainly not the best we could have.
When I say what was spent, what I really mean is what was raised. While there are typically a few wealthy candidates who largely finance their own campaigns (whoever thought the richest candidate would turn out, in this topsy-turvy world, to be the most independent), most of the money responsible for the awful ads and the endless mailings and the like is raised from people and corporate PACs with every reason to give, as well as corporations who are now free to spend unlimited sums.
For those who say disclosure is the best (and only feasible) protection against corruption, it's worth pointing out the new scam on the block: "GPS" groups pioneered by Karl Rove and now duplicated by the president's supporters that don't even have to disclose the multimillion-dollar contributions they receive.
Why, one of my students asked me, do people donate this kind of money to politics? You could bring health care to tens of thousands of children in the world, build schools for impoverished kids, help seniors living on fixed incomes, clean up dumpsites, fund medical research, do any number of things that would make the world a better place as opposed to another negative ad.
There are some people who give money because they truly believe in causes like these. They believe that supporting candidates is the best way to further such goals. But in my experience, which is overwhelmingly supported by the numbers, most of the money in politics is based on more selfish concerns. Banks and corporations and insurers and lawyers give money to further their business goals, or at least to ensure that those on the other side don't get ahead. They used to bundle contributions in the tens of thousands. Now, you've got to be raising or giving a million to be noticed. And that's just what these folks spend directly on the elections. They also spend big on the lobbyists who ensure that the interests of big money are fully rewarded in legislative and executive actions.
It is a corrupt arms race, with no end in sight and no one willing to take steps to end it.
You can blame the Supreme Court for opening the door to "independent" expenditures that really aren't. Need I add that no recent members of the court have ever run for office? You can blame the politicians who spend more time raising money, with few or no limits on who they'll take it from, without thinking for a moment about what will be expected of them, for whom November is the only relevant object.
Some years ago, when Republicans were consistently outraising Democrats, I asked a leader of my party why we were spending so much time competing in a losing battle that was, in more ways than I can detail in one column, costing us our collective soul. His answer was clear: Unilateral disarmament is a fool's answer.
Much like childrearing, the only way the system will ever change is if we stop rewarding bad behavior. Oh, yes, every once in a while someone gets caught skirting the rules, not being quite clever enough in ing influence. A few years ago, that person was super lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was convicted for not crossing the t's and dotting the i's in his multimillion-dollar relationships with Indian tribes. Abramoff, after serving four years, is now preaching reform.
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most interesting thing he told an audience this week in Rancho Mirage, Calif., is not what he did wrong, but that "99.9 percent of what I did was legal, but so much of it was reprehensible." And with the amount of money being spent on campaigns only going up, it's only getting worse. TMM: Too much money.
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Make Your Own Bird Seed Ornaments
A few years ago, we featured these bird seed ornaments in the magazine. This is such a wonderful project and
A few years ago, we featured these bird seed ornaments in the magazine. This is such a wonderful project and idea that I wanted to share it again. This year, when I make Christmas cookies with my kids, I'm going to sneak in a few "bird cookie ornaments" like this as well. The trick with these is using a gelatin to hold everything together. Here's the recipe we use, though you can definitely make modifications or bigger batches as you see fit.
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 3 Tablespoons corn syrup
- 3/4 cup flour
- 4 cups bird seed (your choice!)
Heat water, gelatin and corn syrup together over a low heat. No need to boil. Mix flour and seed together and then slowly add to gelatin mixture. While cooling, put out parchment paper on our counter, and choose your favorite cookie cutters. Spray those cookie cutters with cooking spray. Next, fill the cutters with the gelatin mixture, pressing in the mixture tightly. Before you remove the ornament, use a straw or toothpick to poke a hole through the ornament (for hanging). Then remove from cookie cutters and let dry for several hours. Once dry, you can attach ribbon or string and hang for the birds!


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If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice). Dr. Jonathan Fielding heads L.A. County's Department of Public Health, which is bigger than some states' health departments. A pediatrician by training and the head of the county's health programs since 1998, Fielding is such a believer that he and his wife, Karin, turned savvy investments into a $50-million gift last year to UCLA's School of Public Health. Here he takes the temperature of the medical and political aspects of his work.
To the public, "public health" may sound outdated. Do we still need the department?
Clean water, pure foods, safe and effective drugs, substandard housing, occupational safety — those are public health triumphs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but we're now finding them in other forms. Water — whether it's drought or fracking or what's seeping into the aquifers. We've never had a time of more food recalls. What toxins don't we know about? People are not aware [of the risks]. It's a core public health responsibility, to let people know what we know and what we don't know.
Maybe "public health" needs a new name?
People say to me, "Oh, you must be providing a lot of indigent care." We are, but it's not the only thing we do. Maybe it could be [called] the health protector department?
C. Everett Koop was our best known U.S. surgeon general. He was high profile to say the least — he even wore the uniform.
Maybe a uniform would be helpful! Chick Koop was amazing. He was a truth-teller at a time when ideology was trumping common sense and knowledge.
What are L.A. public health achievements?
In the county, we're down to 13.1% of adults who smoke. The incredible progress in cardiovascular disease, stroke, lung cancer — a 60% decline in cardiovascular disease, a 40-plus percent difference in stroke. 2006 is the first time we got beyond 80 years life expectancy in L.A. [With restaurant grading], we've shown a 13% reduction in hospitalization for food-borne [related] illness compared to surrounding counties. We inspect multi-unit housing. We're the first public health agency in the country to have an agreement with the FBI; we have [public health] people at the Joint Regional Intelligence Center here. We're a national model for preparations for terrorism.
A West Hollywood man recently died of bacterial meningitis, making a total of four such deaths in L.A. County over five months. It's not an unusual number, but some have used the word "outbreak."
We were on it the same day and made sure people who were exposed to [the victim] had prophylactic antibiotics. There were statements made that this could be the new AIDS, that this was somehow a coverup. Unfortunately, that resonated with some in the gay community because of the terrible history of HIV. We did not have an increase in [meningitis] cases, we had no "outbreak" based on the usual criteria. The CDC has very clear [outbreak] criteria: three related cases within three months and a rate of at least 10 [cases] per 100,000. We weren't there.
We have to be careful because the words we use don't always mean the same to the public as they do to us. "Outbreak" is one. "Plague" — that's certainly another; people have this notion of the Black Death in history. Certainly "epidemic" is one.
Science can be slow, but the public wants information now. How does that affect your work?
It's a question of whether it's a public need or a public demand. Social media has positives and negatives. There's no way in real time that we can respond to misinformation because we have to verify what's actually happening.
There was a report on social media of a gonorrhea superbug. It turns out that there was a naturopathic physician who claimed this was happening. It was not true, but it got picked up quickly. A lot of people don't ever hear the correction, so they're living with the myth. All it takes is the "send" key.
New York and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have been hammered for imposing "nanny state" rules on big sodas, trans fats and the like.
We have to make sure when we're abridging individual freedom that there's a real strong reason for it. Tobacco [restrictions], for example — we've made huge progress. It makes sense, when you can empower consumers. You need to be not authoritarian but authoritative.
Public health is [altered] often by successive redefinitions of the unacceptable. Think about tobacco. I wrote an editorial about 20 years ago about banning smoking in public places. They almost didn't print it. They said it was so outrageous it would never happen. Look at it now.
What about guns as a public health issue?
It's definitely a public health issue. African American males in L.A. County live on average 18 years fewer than an Asian Pacific Islander female. Some of that is the high rate of homicide. There are estimates of 300 million guns [in the U.S.]. If you're starting from that, where do you go?
Vaccines were a 20th century breakthrough. Now some people are refusing to get themselves or their children vaccinated.
Part of the problem is that people have never seen these diseases we've almost wiped out. They've never seen a kid with measles pneumonia. Also, we've increased the number of vaccines, so people say, "You're giving too many shots to my kid." What's very harmful is this fraudulent report linking vaccine administration to autism. It was retracted. We don't know what causes autism, but the one thing we know doesn't cause autism is vaccinations.
I think [resistance to vaccinations] is going to lead to more outbreaks of diseases in these [anti-vaccination] populations. We recently had an epidemic of whooping cough, so suddenly we had huge numbers of people being immunized. I think you're going to see very few people refusing [that vaccine] now.
Even some nurses are refusing to get flu vaccinations.
It's shocking to me. I don't understand that, from the point of view of individual protection, not just protection of the patients.
L.A. now requires that condoms are used by porn productions. How is that working?
Measure B says you can get a health permit from us [if] you're doing pornography, and we've had six applications over the last few months. It's not a very high number. We're working with them and with Cal-OSHA on a training course; they have to have somebody on site who's gone through this training. Our concern is what we're not able to see. We've sent inspectors out, one [for] a complaint and the other was [random]. We haven't found any problems yet. It's not an easy thing to enforce. The chance of us being there when they're filming — even if we were, they'd start using condoms right away. We agree with the intent [of the measure]; I'm just not sure we have a perfect way. A state law would be helpful, and the enforcing authority should be Cal-OSHA.
You know the jokes about people lining up for those inspection jobs.
We have investigators who also go to the sex clubs, which we also regulate, so it's not like we've not had some experience here. It's already in their bailiwick.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a suit against the county alleging misconduct after the county said the foundation overbilled it.
I can't comment on pending litigation.
And now the foundation is behind a movement asking L.A. city voters to create a city health department to sidestep the county department.
We were asked to do an analysis [for the Board of Supervisors], but we are precluded under law from making pronouncements about that.
The county has dozens of ethnic cultures with behaviors that might not conform to health laws. The listeriosis outbreak from unpasteurized Mexican cheese in the 1980s killed more than two dozen people.
We try to be sensitive, but it's a balancing act. Sometimes we have to say, this crosses the line. We've seized a lot of foods. We seize food from illegal vending — these carts, these big trucks, people doing things that frankly aren't safe.
We're not going to let people sell sliced fruit where they don't have any water, no place to wash anything. That is not OK. We're trying to work with [them]. They could sell whole fruit.
We just put something out in Chinese about H7N9 [flu] because that's a problem in China. Our emergency preparation materials [are] in eight or nine languages. We have people who speak all these languages, who go speak to any group on public health subjects. That's the way we work with [ethnic] communities.
How do you expect Obamacare to affect your work?
It's going to achieve what we should have achieved decades ago: people not having to worry about the economic effects of not having insurance. I don't think it necessarily does the best job of controlling healthcare costs, which is a crying need.
The 18% we're spending on sickness care is crowding out so many other things: universal preschool, smaller class size, social welfare programs. It's very difficult politically, so I'm not criticizing anybody, but there is a high cost to what we're not doing that we could be doing.
Even with the county's restaurant letter grades, is it hard for you to go out to eat, wondering what's going on in the kitchen?
I did go outside today and look at the food truck parked outside to make sure they had their permit!
You can follow the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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This interview was edited and excerpted from a taped transcript. An archive of Morrison's interviews can be found at latimes.com/pattasks.


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MINNEAPOLIS -- Trustmark Mutual Holding Co. will acquire Health Fitness Corp. for approximately $97 million.
On Tuesday, Trustmark filed a tender offer statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The tender offer will expire at midnight on Feb. 24.
Once the tender offer has closed, shareholders of Health Fitness will receive $8.78 in cash for each share of Health Fitness common stock tendered in the offer, without interest and taxes. Health Fitness, a provider of employee health improvement services to Fortune 500 companies, the health care industry and individual consumers, will operate as a stand-alone business reporting through Trustmark.
The Health Fitness board of directors has unanimously approved the merger agreement.
"When Trustmark approached Health Fitness, it was immediately evident they had put a great deal of thought and research into their total population health strategy, and that the goals and cultures of the two companies align nicely," Gregg Lehman, Health Fitness president and CEO, said in a statement. "We have developed a great platform at Health Fitness, and our history of growth in the health management market gives us confidence that our success will continue when we join the Trustmark family."


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Closings in Fujita trial Tuesday
Nathaniel Fujita accused in death of Lauren Astley
The trial of a Wayland man charged in the death of his ex-girlfriend is expected to wrap up Tuesday, and the jury could be deliberating Nathaniel Fujita's fate by the end of the day.
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During cross-examination Tuesday, a psychiatrist who testified for the prosecution that rage, not psychosis, drove Fujita to kill Lauren Astley, 18, in July 2011, was questioned about Fujitia's alleged depressive state.
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"There were many instances of rage prior to this incident," Dr. Alison Fife said.
Defense attorneys questioned Fife about Fujita gaining weight and asked if it could be related to depression. She said there was a "suggestion" of weight gain from family members, but no proof because Fujitia was not weighed when she interviewed him.
Fife testified Monday that she evaluated Fujita and concluded he had "the substantial capacity to conform his behavior."
"My opinion is that Nathaniel Fujita had the ability to appreciate wrongfulness," Fife said.
Fife said at the time of the rime, Fujita was "angry, enraged ... goal-directed, and (acting in a) thorough way" and said she believed "the primary motivator was rage."
That testimony refuted what a psychiatrist for the defense told the court last week: That Fujita had a psychotic episode that made him unable to control his actions.
Dr. Wade Cooper Myers testified that Fujita had a "major depressive episode leading up to murder, followed by brief psychotic episode and cognitive disorder from football injuries."
If convicted, Fujita faces life in prison.


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The Nominations
AR has hundreds of freeware games on-site. And this year marked the 5th anniversary of AR. To celebrate our anniversary, our our recent new style, AR is holding a poll. We want to know what our fans and members think are the "Top 10 Freeware Games of All-Time".
Here is how this process will work:
Phase 1: Nominations Thread: Fans and members can openly nominate up to 3 games featured on AR
Phase 2: Voting: The games with the highest amount of nomination votes will battle in a poll, and the top 10 will be chosen.
Nomination Process:
User submits 3 freeware games of their choosing. Each game will be given either 3, 2, or 1 point(s) depending on how they are nominated.
3 Points: Titanium Chef
2 Points: Hairy Harry
1 Point: Puzznic
Now the leader-board:
Titanium Chef - 3 points total
Hairy Harry - 2 points total
Puzznic - 1 point total
As you can see, this is about points, and the amount of votes each game receives. The top 25 games will be in a poll, and then the winning 10 will be crowned.
How to nominate:
Post your nominations just like the example above. Remember, the game MUST be on AR, and MUST link to the game's specific page on AR. Here is how you assign points:
- 3 Points - My favorite
- 2 Points - Love it
- 1 Point - Like it
Each user can only submit up to 3 games. If you don't have any other favorites to fill in any empty spots, you can assign the remaining points to your favorite game. So yes, a game can receive all your points if you wish.
Current Leaderboard:
Last update: 8/06/10
3 Points: Grand Theft Auto
3 Points: Cave Story
3 points: The Ur-Quan Masters
3 points: Island Adventure
2 Points: GameBiz 2
2 Points: Knytt Stories
2 points: The Elder Scrolls Chapter 1: Arena
2 points: Phoenix
1 Point: Transcendence
1 Point: Nethack
1 point: 7 Days a Skeptic
1 point: 1213
1 point: The Abbey of Crime
1 point: Ancient Domains of Mystery
1 point: Dwarf Fortress
1 point: Earl Mansin
1 point: Barn Runner 5
1 point: Ducks
1 point: That Night Before
End Date: TBA
Poll Start Date: TBA
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Between 5 % and 10 % of breast cancer cases are hereditary, arising because the patient inherits from the father or mother a mutation in a gene that is susceptible to causing the illness. BRCA1 and BRCA2 have already been identified as two of the genes to be monitored. It is estimated that 30 % of hereditary breast cancer cases are due to mutations in one of these two genes (which suggests, at the same time, that there are other genes involved, but exactly how is still unknown). In any case, few of the mutations found in BRCA1 and BRCA2 could be clearly identified as pathological. The fact is that the mutations found were numerous; their variation even depending on the population.
Biologist Elena Beristain has been investigating the CAPV-EAE population. Concretely, for her study she took 521 patients mainly from the Txagorritxu hospital in the Basque capital city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, and the Cruces hospital in Barakaldo, near Bilbao: 274 patients with breast or ovarian cancer (given that the latter is also associated with mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes), 115 family relations of these, and another 132 women who acted as a control population. Ms Beristain molecularly characterised the BCRA1 y BCRA2 genes of these individuals; apart from the exon 10 of the CHEK2 gene, also associated with the illness. Her thesis was defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and it is entitled, Genetic study amongst women resident in the CAPV-EAE with hereditary breast/ovary cancer.
Could rise to 12 %
According to the results shown, different types of variations in the genes under study have been found, including pathological ones, neutral ones and those of uncertain significance. As regards the clearly pathological mutations, the frequency is 10 %. Nevertheless, Ms Beristain stressed that, amongst those sporadic cases of under-40s, that is a especially rare condition: only in one case was a pathological mutation found. This is why she suggested discarding under-35s in this type of research, and in which case the result arrived at in her study rises from 10 % to 12 %. In any case, the percentages of pathological mutations found in this genetic study of the CAPV-EAE population turned out to be less than amongst other European populations.
The study has thrown up more data regarding age. For example, the percentages show that, for family-member carriers of mutation in the main genes under study, the accumulated risk of suffering breast cancer at 70 is 69 % for the BRCA1 and 67 % for the BRCA2. This means that penetration is not complete and there exists the possibility that this gene does not, in the end, express itself. As regards the data on gender, it is significant that masculine breast cancer is mainly associated with mutations in the BRCA2 gene.
Different mutations in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
The variability from population to population in mutations in general is also clear from the results of this thesis. Ms Beristain explained that a great number of alterations, hitherto unrecorded, have been found, and from this she concludes that many of the mutations found in the CAPV-EAE are different from those described for other populations. However, she explains, amongst these, no founder effect mutation was found, i.e. there has been no case of some, many or all Basque patients coming from a small population of individuals having transmitted this common genetic characteristic to all their descendents. However it may be, the new types of mutations found represent a contribution to the already existing variability.
About the author
Elena Beristain Mendizabal (Eibar, 1978) is a biology graduate from the University of Malaga and doctor in biology from the UPV/EHU. She defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology of the Faculty of Science and Technology (UPV/EHU), and drew it up under the direction of doctor María Isabel Tejada Minués, Head of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry at the Cruces Hospital (Barakaldo). It is here that she carried out the main part of her thesis, but she also collaborated with the Service of Pathological Anatomy at the Txagorritxu Hospital, with the Oncological Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid and with other teams from the Spanish Consortium for Hereditary Breast Cancer. Currently Ms Beristain is technical research assistant at the Research Unit at Cruces Hospital.
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How Chiropractic Helps the Whole Family
When some people think of visiting a chiropractor, they associate chiropractic adjustments with pain relief instead of whole body wellness. But you don't have to be in pain to visit us. In fact, the beauty of chiropractic is that it can benefit the entire family – from infants to seniors. Here's how:
Babies: When babies are born, the birthing process – even natural births – can cause issues with their spine. Newborns often benefit from care after birth to ensure proper spinal alignment.
Adults: The wear and tear of daily life can cause a number of problems in adults, from posture issues to too much bodily stress and many things in between. Chiropractic adjustments can help calm stressors and regulate the body.
Senior Citizens: Many older patients find adjustments and care to not only help them feel better than they ever have before, but also help improve balance and equilibrium to diminish falls.
Four Foods to Keep You Young
You're never too old to start eating right and taking care of your body from the inside out. Try to incorporate these four foods to help keep your mind and body on the upside of life.
• Apples — they help keep your digestive system going strong.
• Ginger — for aches and pains, ginger is packed full of powerful antioxidants to help fight inflammation and hurt muscles.
• Cherry juice — we need sleep on our side to function optimally into our golden years. If you're having trouble getting to bed and staying asleep, opt for cherry juice in the evening as it has melatonin in it.
• Spinach — full of magnesium, spinach can help maintain nerve function and regulate blood sugar.
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The world is getting more and more synthetic.
People are becoming more and more artificial. They smile at others but they do not really smile. They ask acquaintances how they are doing, whether everything is fine, but they would not mind if those acquaintances were not doing well. More and more, words are becoming artificial, coming more from lips, less and less from hearts. The case can be made that the desire for artificial flavor is growing all over the world. We are encouraged not to like the flavor of tea anymore. Advertisements publicize the flavor of chrysanthemum, pineapple, orange, cherry, and similar tastes. All kinds of artificial fruit flavors get mixed with water, which is now called tea. Some say they love fish, but they can't tolerate the smell of fish, so they add lots of smelly things to destroy the original smell of fish before eating any.The other day I met a man who smelled like mango. Why did he smell like mango, I asked? He smiled and said it was his deodorant. My reaction was that I preferred his own body odor. Men like to have sex with women, but there are many men who do not like the smell of healthy vaginas. What do they want? Well, they want vaginas that smell like jasmine or jackfruit. They want their favorite fruits and flowers inside vagina, and they want vaginal fluid that seemingly turns into some kind of fruit juice! But should women feel embarrassed when their male partners complain about vaginal odor? Women should know that if a strange smell comes from the vagina, it is mostly because of semen or condoms. Both old semen and spermicide have offensive odors. So do bacterial vaginosis, candida vulvovaginitis, trichomoniasis, all not as strange as they sound.
Vaginal fluid is made up of normal vaginal secretions, sloughed off cells from the vaginal wall, and cervical mucous. The vagina is a self-cleaning organ. Like the mouth, the vagina is full of bacteria. It is necessary for a vagina to have a balance of different species of bacteria. Women should avoid disrupting the delicate vaginal balance. Why should women perform vaginal douching in order to make ignorant men happy! Vaginal douching is nothing but applying some annoying, irritating chemicals to destroy vaginal pH and its originality. Douching can push the bacteria from the vagina into the uterus and develop an uterine infection.
Meanwhile, the penis smells fishy, does it not? Sometimes it smells like dead rats. It is because of poor hygiene. Men do not always wash their penis. I haven't heard many women complain about foul-smelling penises. I have heard none who believe that the penis should smell like rose or papaya. Smart women advise men to wash their penises. Smart women do not worry if their vaginas smell like vaginas.
People should try to be real and original. But many people are becoming more and more fake, artificial and robot-like. The smell of robots is everywhere. Why encourage a more synthetic human condition!


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Anti-authoritarian assembly - Saturday 18th February 2012
Hi everyone,
There's plenty going on in Dublin right now and never so many reasons to need to organise. RAG are calling an Anti-Authoritarian Assembly in Dublin 2.30pm, Saturday 18th February in Seomra Spraoi.
We want to invite any Dublin-based anti-authoritarian groups or individuals together for a couple of hours - a chance to chat, to network, to help others, to get advice and to find points of common struggle etc. The proposed format is to give each group five minutes to tell everyone what they are up to and follow that by some facilitated discussion. We aim for a respectful atmosphere and a productive afternoon.
Hope lots of ye can make it along. Confirming your attendance in advance would be great to allow us to get a gauge of interest. Please feel free to forward to others who may be interested.
Similar assemblies were held in Dublin before round 2005 - 2007. At these, the group facilitating the event rotated between each one. We are just calling one assembly for now, to see how it goes.
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In the coming year or years, I believe the shift to fee-based management will be complete. As countless hundreds of thousands of advisors who now rely on commissions are forced to join their fee-based brethren, the classic downward pressure on fees that you can charge will continue.
It's Economics 101.
That means that in order to combat the hated income reduction plan, you have to manage more clients, more assets, accomplish more, and do it all in less time: Time management of course is key.
With this as a context, I want to share with you a program I have discovered and use nearly every day. It helps keep me focused. It helps prevent things falling through the cracks. And it enhances my productivity.
Very importantly, it completely aligns with all of the work I have done over the years in developing a "model day." If you even have a glimpse of how important your own time is, you will want to take a look at the resources I have compiled for you at our time management page. You can check it out here. You will immediately see how the program I am now recommending will help you build a better model day.
The program is Swift To-Do List 7. I'm not sure how I stumbled on it, but I'm coming to rely on it more every day.
I use it to manage my nonclient activities.
Before I give you some of the features I use, let's talk for a moment about what kind of information goes into your customer-relationship management, or CRM, software and what goes in your task manager.
The Role of Your CRM
Every action, every note, every thought about your clients and prospects should be entered into your CRM. This is vital to your survival as a business entity. Remember, it only takes one bad apple to spoil your lovely barrel. Your best defense is meticulously capturing and recording in your CRM all data regarding your clients. I have railed on this constantly. Enough for now.
The Role of Your Task Manager
But what about all of the nonclient tasks you have to do to run your business? You have to plan your seminars and events, maintain your community involvement and networking, and on and on. How do you keep track of all these tasks?
All of these countless "to dos" need to be entered in a task manager. Once you have written them down, you can then prioritize and decide what to do today.
A vital part of a model day is a time block I called simply "Plan your day." Part of this is preparing for any client appointments, and issuing instructions to your team to set up more phone calls and appointments. But there are those tasks that deal with running your business that do not relate to any single client. That's what needs to go in your task manager.
Here's the rule: If it involves a client, it goes in your CRM.
If it is a business or personal task not related to a client, it goes in your task manager.
Too Much to Do
Frankly, that has been a struggle for me. I have tried online task managers such as "Remember the Milk" or "Toodledo." But for whatever reason, I could record the countless tasks that make up a good part of my business life, but I was unable to manage them well with these, and countless other solutions I have tried.
In one case, I wound up with a list of over 300 things I needed to do. Managing the list was taking so long, I finally abandoned that system and started over with some other system.
Striking a Balance
Swift To-Do list strikes a good balance between primitive and too complex.
And it offers a critical feature that is helping me learn to better estimate how long certain tasks take.
I can right-click the task and start a timer running. As I do my daily planning, I estimate how long various tasks will take. Then when I am completed with a task, I note how long it took. The more I do this, the better I'm getting at forecasting how long the vital tasks I need to do will actually take.
Another thing I like is that I can easily sort tasks by the kind of activity they are. This is critical for building and maintaining a "Model Day."
Managing the Model Day
One way to enhance your productivity is to group similar actions together in their own time block.
This morning I am looking at my plan for today—I generally work at home until about 10 a.m. I have three writing projects, five e-mails that require more than just a little bit of time, three personal tasks I need to accomplish, and I have two of what I call "admin" actions left over from yesterday.
I can easily sort by priority. I can filter by due date. And very importantly, I can see my time estimates, as well as actual time spent. Little by little I am getting better.
Consider this blog you are reading now.
My initial estimate was 30 minutes. (Another productivity tool I use is Dragon Naturally Speaking. So instead of merely typing, I dictate to screen. Much faster.)
So how was my time estimate?
As of right now, I'm at 40 minutes. I'm just wrapping up the first draft. I will immediately proofread and make some additional changes.
My new estimate is 50 minutes.
Final result: 50 minutes.
Bill Good is chairman of Bill Good Marketing. His Gorilla CRM® System helps advisors double their production or work half as much; visit www.billgood.com. His seminar program, "No More Pies! ®," helps advisors manage ETF portfolios using technical analysis; see www.nomorepies.net. And his blog, financialadvisorsmarketing.net, has lots of useful information for advisors who need to beef up marketing. To preview Bill as a speaker, see his YouTube channel here: bit.ly/billgoodspeaker.


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By Kirsty OUP-UK
Growing up, one of the highlights of Christmas Day was to tune into Top of the Pops so that I could hear what had made it to the coveted Christmas Number 1 slot. While over the last two or so years the number 1 single has been a result of The X Factor – basically our American Idol, complete with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne – in previous years the bookies have taken a huge amount of money in bets on who would make it to the top spot. And nothing says Christmas like a novelty record or two somewhere in the running. Join Colin Larkin, editor of Oxford's 10 volume Encyclopedia of Popular Music (which has also just launched online) as he gives his expert opinion on Christmas Records of our time.
The celebration of Christmas in popular song must really be credited to the wise old men of Tin Pan Alley USA; more specifically, the pre-Rock 'n' Roll market that existed in the mid-40s to the early 50s. Growing up in this era I was fascinated by the annual treat of a song that would be added to an already strong catalogue of really great Christmas songs. 'White Christmas' by Bing Crosby and others, had already become established since 1942 as 'the' Christmas song. It was followed in 1944 by the magnificent 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' and made famous by both Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Two years later Mel Tormé wrote an all-time gem, 'The Christmas Song', and it was taken to the top of the charts by Nat King Cole in 1946. All three are timeless quality classics and have been recorded by countless artists over the years proving that a good song, is a good song, is a good song. Clearly there was a market for a 'great' Christmas single, but what the world would also learn, was that there was also a market for terrible, wretched, awful, trite, saccharine-soaked, sentimentalist-nonsense, let me out of here rubbish.
Dickens may have captured the literary market with the indispensable Christmas Books, but in my mind, America always had the greatest homeland advantage when it came to Christmas songs anyway: snow (guaranteed in many parts of the USA and Canada). It is so much more evocative to know that chestnuts really do roast on an open fire. In East London/Essex I seem to remember snow on Christmas Day 1963, and that's it!
Where do I begin? Once music publishers had heard the cash tills ringing there was no stopping them and since the 50s things have been steadily declining into a bottomless pit of lower mediocrity that now asks the perennial question; what will be the Christmas number 1? The only certainly is that it will be a real turkey, but, back to the flippant fifties and such memorable pap as 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus', the agonizing 'Christmas Alphabet' by both Dickie Valentine and the very girlie McGuire Sisters (you knew every time you heard it that A-Z had to be completed). Nobody was spared in the 60s either as the opportunistic Dora Bryan released 'All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle' in 1963. Much better was Elvis' 1964 cover of Ernest Tubb's country number 1 'Blue Christmas' and then there was Charles Brown's recording of 'Please Come Home For Christmas' which was reprised by the Eagles in 1978.
Sadly the quality would not eat into the rot, although some corny songs have a way of being around so long they become almost tolerable. I refer to 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' and 'Jingle Bells' (in fact Ella Fitzgerald's scat version of the latter is fantastic). Similarly acceptable was Johnny Mathis' double A-side cracker 'Winter Wonderland'/'Sleigh Ride' in 1958 (although the same could not be said about his laboured 'When A Child is Born' in 1976). By the end of the 60s most major artists had not only made a Christmas single but they had been forced, beaten, bribed or tricked into making a Christmas album. Only here can I reveal the true travesty of the instrumental torture of listening to Jimmy Smith's Christmas Cookin' or Booker T And the MG's In The Christmas Spirit. Even the great Fats Domino made a stinker; Christmas Is A Special Day.
However, the 60s did produce two classic Christmas albums; The Beach Boys Christmas Album is a joy and contains both 'Little Saint Nick' and 'Merry Christmas Baby'. Equally brilliant is Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift For You with fabulous versions of 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town' by the Crystals and 'Frosty The Snowman' by the Ronettes. Both albums are played over and over every Christmas, and they should be in every home.
The 70s and 80s did manage a few more chestnuts that have since become regular favourites, and while America led the way for many years, Britain fought back with Slade's 'Merry Xmas Everybody', Wizzard's 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day', Wham's memorable 'Last Christmas', Queen's 'Thank God It's Christmas', Kirsty McColl and the Pogues' hilarious 'Fairy Tale Of New York' and the Pretenders chiming little treasure '2000 Miles'. Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' and the USA equivalent 'We Are The World' by USA For Africa were both worthy, although, more for the cause that the quality of song. Personally I draw the line at Shakin' Stevens' mawkish 'Merry Christmas Everyone' and Chris de Burgh's turgid 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' and I will throw the radio out of the window if any Cliff Richard Christmas song should get through the barricades of my home. His Christmas list is considerable and would reaffirm why Cliff never made it big in the USA. 'Little Town', 'Mistletoe And Wine', 'Saviour's Day', 'We Should Be Together', 'Santa's List' and the absolute nadir by a mile, the gag-inducing 'The Millennium Prayer.' Yuccch.
Even though our wise American friends gave Cliff a wide-berth (even at Christmas) they do suffer from a plethora of 'holiday albums' as they are now called. I have dreadful compilation albums of Metal Christmas, Blues Christmas, Folk Christmas, Jazzy Christmas, Rock 'n' Roll Christmas and even a Cajun Christmas. Sadly predicable is that there are masses of 'holiday albums' lined up in racks in record shops, even sadder is that it is well over 40 years since the Beach Boys and Phil Spector albums were released, and yet nobody has come near them for quality or sheer feel-good factor. Or is it simply that we have milked this Christmas cow dry and nothing will ever match the likes of the soothing comfort of Nat King Cole or Ella Fitzgerald at Christmas.
And what is my greatest all-time Christmas song, ever, ever, ever? 'Father Christmas' by the Kinks, a 1977 single that never even made the charts, anywhere. Bah humbug!


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If you have read the WHOLE conversation (did you?) then its more then clear that Austere reacted - after Mike´s statement/idea for clear names - like they are in a huff ("If that means we can't post here").
Received an email from Austere offering to send me this album. Never got a reply or the album.
p.s. We're still a 'go' for releasing the new full length Austere - Euterpe album in January on Relaxed Machinery (CDR here in the Hypnos store as always - and gratefully to Mike / Lena). Still sorting some remaining nitpick issues on art and such, but looking like a solid January release.
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So, I've been thinking about the name for a female nemesis. I've also been dealing with this situation. Writing versus life. Then the name of the nemesis was given to me by something happening in my life. I'm calling her Temerity Cann©. Why? Because someone in real life is pissed that women can be strong and bold enough to fight against dickheads.
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SACRAMENTO, CA - Nearly 120 care packages ready to be shipped to Afghanistan were stolen just one week before Christmas.
Move America Forward has been collecting and shipping items to military members overseas for years, but this year, more than 100 soldiers won't be getting their box in time for Christmas.
Move America Forward Outreach Coordinator Scott Raab said thieves broke into a trailer storing the boxes Sunday night, between 20 to 25 boxes stuffed with 120 care packages were taken, which were worth about $5,000.
"We really hope that [the thieves are] going to come to their senses," Raab said.
The care packages included personalized cards written by elementary school students for the troops abroad, as well as food and other items.
Barbara Florian, who has been volunteering with Move America Forward for six years, said she is upset, but she has hope whoever is responsible will do the right thing.
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Barley salad with roasted sweet potato & maple vinaigrette
It is getting chillier these days, the frost is here and the snow will be very soon. With the colder weather comes heartier dishes. Barley is one of those foods that reminds me of that we are soon approaching winter, I usually add it to root vegetable stews and such. I thought I would try something new with it...a salad!
Barley cooks up like rice, and has a nutty flavour, it also packs a descent dose of iron and fibre. I thought it would pair nicely with sweet potato, fresh parsley, and some red onion. I made a big bowl and by morning the next day it was devoured....mostly by me.
Pretty simple to make, you could add pretty much anything you want to barley. Even some roasted zucchini would be nice!
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Sorry, WAF=wife acceptance factor don't see it used much around here but other forums I see it more.
No you don't need one of those fancy/expensive sine wave generators, just a decent regular one will work. Earlier on at MNL people were talking about using generators to charge on the fly, I believe the only issue might be the floating or non bonded ground?? that required you to make a plug that bonded the neutral to ground. I think some people were trying the neutral directly to the ground and others were using a resistor of some particular value but ya they were just using run of the mill generators. Apparently if you didn't bond the neutral and ground your EVSE would trip out with a error code. I purchased a new 7.2kw generator from Costco a few years back(~$600 I believe) which ran not only on gas but also propane. It's 240v L14-30 would charge my Leaf at it's maximum 6.6kw, I was going to try and figure out how to convert it to run on natural gas instead of expensive propane by either swapping out or drilling the orifice larger, then I was going to use it to also power my house during a power outage. Unfortunately I never got around to it and there it sits I figured it was too heavy to carry on a receiver rack but it was also a bit heavy for even 2 to lift in and out of the hatch area but that was the idea. Then I was thinking about a 120v Honda type portable generator, less than 50 lbs and easily liftable by one person, problem was they only put out ~15a @ 120v which would only run the factory EVSE which as you know would be woefully slow to charge on the go. Then I thought of getting 2 and trying to hook them together for 240v, albeit only @ 15a but none allow you to run them in series, many allow parallel operation for double the amps @ 120v but not 240v. Add to that the cost of ~$1000 each and I gave up on that idea and just use my Leaf for what it was intended and in cases it won't work I use my wifes Prius. It gets ~50 mpg on the road so it's not like I'm burning that much gas.
Oh and I didn't realize the Volt required the engine to run to get heat that would require gas for almost 6 months of the year around here but it sounds like the new Prius Prime(PHEV) uses a very efficient heat-pump heater to allow heat while only on battery, albeit down to ~ 20 degrees. I wonder if the new improved Volt might use a similar heat pump heater or if not maybe they've installed a restive type heater for EV use? I would also not want a EV type vehicle that didn't also allow some sort of heat while just on the battery.


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(Oct. 5, 2011) Advanced imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans shows great promise in predicting which patients with inoperable lung cancer have more aggressive tumors and need additional treatment following standard chemotherapy/radiation therapy, according to new research.
Mitch Machtay, MD, of the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and principle investigator for the study, presented the significant data October 5 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in Miami Beach, Fla. The National Cancer Institute-funded trial, led by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) in collaboration with Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), enrolled 251 patients at 60 cancer centers around the country.
"Lung cancer remains the number one cancer killer in the United States. These findings have the potential to give cancer physicians a new tool to more effectively tailor treatments for patients with locally advanced lung cancer," says Dr. Machtay, Chairman of Radiation Oncology at UH Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. "This cooperative group study determined that the PET scan can show us which patients have the most aggressive tumors, potentially enabling us to intensify their treatment."
A PET scan is a unique type of imaging test that reveals physiologic processes in organs such as the lung. Unlike other types of medical imaging that display the body's structure, PET shows changes in metabolic and chemical activity caused by actively growing cancer cells. The scan visualizes areas of greater intensity, called "hot spots," and lights them up to help physicians pinpoint the disease.
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Co-authors on the study are: F. Duan, B. Snyder, J. Gorelick, ACRIN Biostatistics Center/Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI; A. S. DeNittis, Main Line Health-Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA; C. Chiles, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Radiology, Winston-Salem, NC; I. Mahon, ACRIN, Philadelphia, PA; A. Alavi, University of Pennsylvania Medical School (Nuclear medicine/radiology), Philadelphia, PA; B. A. Siegel, Washington University (Nuclear Medicine/Radiology), St. Louis, MO; and J. D. Bradley, Washington University -- Radiation Oncology, St. Louis, MO.
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