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Fucked Up incites pandemonium.
Singer Damian Abraham (aka Father Damian or Pink Eyes) takes pride in the fact that all the injuries suffered at Fucked Up shows have been non-
The band members are no strangers to injury, either. Abraham still has shards under his skin from a pint glass he smashed on his head. The only time Fucked Up cut a set short came after Abraham crushed a lightbulb on his melon. The glass from the bulb flew into guitarist Mike Haliechuk's face. "He was a little upset," Abraham says. "But I was devastated that I did that. It was during the first verse of our first song."
When its members aren't being rushed to the hospital, Fucked Up performs experiments on its constantly mutating species of hardcore. The organism found on more than three dozen 12-inch and 7-inch singles, as well as two full-length CDs, embodies frightening chaos. Fucked Up elicits visions of a car crashing into a phone pole, or a mob of angry drunks knocking each other to the ground. The melee can be dangerous, but there are some surprisingly tuneful moments tucked away under Abraham's barking. The songs are rooted in punk rock vigor, but they can also trip out or charge-up and emit a laser blast of furious arena rock.
Fucked Up's latest album, The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador Records), made several 2008 top 10 lists. Many critics have hailed the band as a punk rock savior.
Abraham spoke with the Alibi while in Philadelphia, a day after Barack Obama became president. He says getting to watch the inauguration while inside a McDonald's was "the most quintessential American Experience."
"Seven-inch [records] are the ideal format for any sort of pop-based music, which punk and hardcore is. The three-minute song is the great contribution of pop music."
What do you make of all the press you've gotten saying your band has saved punk rock?
I don't know. I think the postmortem on punk and hardcore has kind of been given constantly since its inception. It's one of those genres that people have always pronounced dead at every turn. To me there's always been really exciting bands. It's incredibly flattering when people say that we're breathing new life into it. But at the same time, I take it all with a grain of salt, because I certainly have always felt that it's always been there.
Do you guys push each other to go different places creatively?
There are moments where we push each other in places where the other person is definitely going to hate it. We just do our own thing and try and push each other's buttons in a playful, antagonizing way.
Do you ever get angry at each other as a result?
Oh yeah, all the time. The studio is one of the few places where we actually get along as people. It's like kind of a playful antagonism. On the road, it's like a mean-spirited, twisting-
What keeps you guys together through all that?
It's not friendship. I'll tell you that much. I think, at this point, it's more like, creatively this is the most interesting any of our lives will ever be. None of us have any notion that, after this band, we're going to walk into another band and go on to some sort of meteoric rise to fame. So for us it's kind of as exciting as it gets. Also, we're making music that's keeping us interested.
The majority of your releases are 7-inch records. What about that format do you prefer over CDs?
Seven-inches are the ideal format for any sort of pop-based music, which punk and hardcore is. The three-minute song is the great contribution of pop music. So for us, that's why we did 7-inch singles. I can name a thousand great punk singles, but I can probably only name a hundred great punk albums. It's harder to make an album.
What's next for Fucked Up?
I'm going to have a baby in May, so we're just going to take some downtime and do some light touring for the summer. Then we're actually going to start working on the next record, which is tentatively a musical called David Comes to Life.
What made you want to do a musical?
It's kind of like the ultimate rock cliché. I can't think of too many hardcore musicals. It became a joke that, like all things Fucked Up does, was taken too far.
How does it feel to be in this rambunctious punk band and about to become a father?
It's terrifying. It's absolutely terrifying. Sometimes I forget this isn't like a joke. I'm still walking on stage, dropping my pants and smashing a microphone into my head until I bleed. I thought my dad was a bad father figure, but I will prove him to be "Father Knows Best" by the time this is all said and done. That being said, it's incredibly exciting, and I'm glad I'll be able to expose the kid to all this exciting music. I've made a point of keeping a memory box so I can say, Look! Daddy was culturally relevant at one point.


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Notes of a Beer Nerd: Converting the Non-Believers, Part One of Two
***Notes of a Beer Nerd is a column written by resident cellar dwelling mammal, Timperial Stout. Feel free to e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions, concerns or comments***
Stasia is a whiskey drinker. Stasia is not a beer drinker. She would never buy beer for herself. She does, periodically, have beer in her fridge though, but only because she is sometimes paid in beer when she is playing gigs with her band The Endeavors.
She figures there is no sense in refusing it, so she takes it home and keeps it incase she has a visitor that may be interested. Whiskey (sometimes on the rocks, sometimes up) is her drink of choice. Had it been vodka and cranberry juice I probably would have zero hope for conversion, but I feel that beer drinkers and whiskey drinkers are similar is some ways. Malted grains are at the core of both beverages. Some beers are even aged in wood barrels just as whiskey is. There is hope for her.
The obvious first step in this task is to understand the palate of Miss Stasia and what it is that she doesn't like about beer.
Things that Stasia doesn't like about beer:
A bad first experience. Her father let her try some of his Miller Genuine Draft as a child. It was terrible (shocked!).
Carbonation. Burping is un-lady like and uncomfortable. It's also a problem when you have to sing, and often when she is out drinking she is out to play a show.
Caloric intake. All beer drinkers that she knew when she first began to drink had beer bellies. Beer bellies are undesirable.
Hops. Once upon a time she ate hops at Redhook Brewing and felt that they tasted like grape nuts. Oddly, grape nuts aren't all that bad in Stasia's opinion, but the flavors that hops most commonly lend to beer such as pine, citrus, herbal, and most notably bitterness are all undesirable. Stasia is also not fond of sour flavors either.
She might be sounding a little picky at the moment, and we surely are not off to a good start, but there are some flavors that she likes that could work in our favor.
Things that Stasia does like that we can work with:
Coffee. As one of her favorite beverages, she drinks it everyday and likes it very sweet.
Chocolate. It's a woman's best friend.
Smooth and soft liquids. Think about the mouthfeel of her drink of choice, whiskey.
It now seems pretty obvious that a dark stout would fit in nicely with her likes, but when asked about her thoughts on dark beers she cringes.
Why such a guttural reaction? Stasia thinks that the darker the beer, the more it must taste like beer. It sounds like we have a pretty blank slate to work with which could work to our advantage.
I've long pondered the best way to convert a non-beer drinker. Frankly, I feel it my duty to help these people better enjoy life. It seems to me that within the enormous amount of styles that beer can manifest, there must be at least one or two that would/could be enjoyed by any one individual, especially since I personally get such a profound enjoyment out of the beverage. It's what it is to be a beer advocate I guess; a strong desire to educate and to have all kinds of people join me in appreciation of beer.
Hitachino's Nest: Bridging the Gap
For a variety of reasons, Kiuchi Brewery's Hitachino Nest (HN) label has always stood out to me as having a good line-up of conversion beers. The series possesses a certain amount of international intrigue that can be coupled with a sense of class. In other words, drinking HN beers can be an experience very far removed from the stereotypical macro-beer drinking practice (those beer bellies discussed earlier, raucous frat boys, NASCAR, wife-beaters, etc.).
There are unique flavors at play, as well as new and interesting takes on classic styles. That being said, a sip of a HN brew may not necessarily be representative of the beers we enjoy on a regular basis, but conversion should be on a gradual slope, and HN feels like a good place to start.
The labels and glassware design are an added bonus, especially if your convertee is a female. In this particular case, the owl motif simply clinched my decision to go with HN. Anyone who has been in Stasia's apartment knows exactly what I mean -there are owls everywhere.
What does Stasia think about the concept of drinking beer from Japan? Well, she tells me that she never saw any of her Japanese friends drink beer before, so it's an odd concept. She has had other Japanese culinary offerings in the past that she didn't like at first but with time came to respect and enjoy. Exotic ingredients have the potential to shock Stasia and put her in defense mode, which could be an issue when tasting these beers.
8 HN beers were gathered for this tasting. That is a lot of beer when you are just splitting it between two parties, so we decided to taste half in one sitting and the other half at a later date, to be determined.
The first beer poured was the White Ale, a 5% abv witbier. When asked what the "white" in White Ale may refer to, Stasia suggested a white tea flavor, or simply, the color of the beer itself. We, of course, know it's all about the wheat used in the mash.
Stasia's notes:
"It tastes weird, like tin." – Apparently, this beer tastes like the tanks of a brewery smell. Stasia thinks breweries smell ripely of apple juice (not good).
"The carbonation is not pleasant." – I then asked for her thoughts on Champagne, just for clarification, and she isn't fond of that either.
"Sometimes when I drink wine, the first taste is unpleasant, but by the end of the glass it's not too bad. There is potential for that here." – As it turns out, after the initial assault, Stasia's taste buds began to acclimate and it didn't seem so bad.
"It tastes like alcoholic apple juice with less sweetness." – After hearing my thoughts on barnyard funk she was completely turned off (stupid me!).
She prefers to not repeat this experience.
The second beer poured was the Real Ginger Brew, a 7% abv spiced beer.
Stasia's notes:
"I like ginger. Smells like ginger…tastes like ginger…oh wait…oh no…not good at all." – When asked what it was that she didn't like she struggled to answer.
"It's sour I think." – I didn't get much more out of her in regards to this one.
In the end, she would rather have more of the White Ale than even take one more sip of RGB.
Her response was so very strange since this is typically one of the most drinkable transition beers that I can think of out on the market. In my opinion, its straight ginger candy! Oh well, lets move on.
The third beer poured was XH, an 8% abv strong ale matured in shochu (sake) casks.
Stasia's notes:
"I like the smell." – I explained the cask aging and it seemed to intrigue her. Unique is good, and sake…well it's not a whiskey barrel but it could be worse.
"Best first sip so far." – I think the strength and liquor accents just may remind her of her drink of choice. We might be onto something here.
I like the smooth feel of it in my mouth." – Again, whiskey-like attributes are winning us points.
"I get your portion of this one since you finished my last two." – Well then…have at it.
The final beer poured of the first session was Japanese Classic Ale, a 7% abv IPA matured in cedar casks.
Stasia's notes:
"This is drinkable. I'd say it is my second favorite, behind the XH." – This IPA is not bitter in any traditional way, and the wood notes may work to our advantage.
"Bright. Fruit juice comes to mind…apple juice again." – I can't really explain how this flavor could be detected. It is possible that any sort of odd fruity flavors from the hops or sour notes from fermentation are linked to sour apple in Stasia's mind.
"If this was the first beer of the night I probably wouldn't like it, but in comparison to the others and with my apparent 'taste bud acclimation' situation, this is decent." – Well, it sounds like we made some strides in round one, albeit small ones, but hope is still alive.
I ended our Japanese Classic Ale experience with a tasting note of my own that I couldn't keep to myself, since this is the only HN beer in the series of 8 that I'd never had before. I explained that I picked up a distinct "wet paint" scent and flavor that I couldn't get out of my mind. Yet again, I should have shut up because once this little bug infiltrated her mind she was completely put off.
Stasia's ranking:
#4 – Real Ginger Brew
#3 – White Ale
#2 – Japanese Classic Ale
I personally thought that the ginger beer would stack up a little bit better, and the IPA, though it has the wood element, I figured would be last. I few curve balls, but with each new beer experience that I share with Stasia, the closer I am to finding the perfect beer to convert her with. I am very excited for session 2, coming soon to a blotter near you.


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Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo-woo in medicine.
The antivaccine movement and "autism biomed" versus "outgrowing" autism (David Gorski) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-antivaccine-movement-and-autism-biomed-versus-outgrowing-autism/ Autism is a condition of developmental delay, not of developmental stasis. Some children continue to develop to the point that they no longer meet the criteria for the diagnosis and may be considered "cured." The cures ascribed to so-called "autism biomed" interventions may have nothing to do with the treatments; they may be falsely taking credit for improvements that would have occurred anyway in the natural course of things.
Support Cancer Research and Own a Piece of the SkepDoc's Handiwork (Harriet Hall) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/support-cancer-research-and-own-a-piece-of-the-skepdocs-handiwork/The SkepDoc donated an afghan she had knit to the auction run by Skeptics for the Protection of Cancer Patients to raise funds for legitimate cancer research and challenge the infamous Stanislaw Burzynski to match the funds. Auction is now over, but it brought in $510. Donations can still be made at http://www.crowdrise.com/fightchildhoodcancer/
doTERRA: Multilevel Marketing of Essential Oils (Harriet Hall) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/doterra-multilevel-marketing-of-essential-oils/ A new company is selling essential oils though a multilevel marketing scheme that allows distributors to make health claims that the company can't legally make in its advertising, to charge elevated prices, and to coerce customers into buying ineffective products. There's no good evidence to support the use of essential oils for health purposes, and MLM sales tactics are deceptive.
Pandemrix and Narcolepsy (Steven Novella) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/pandemrix-and-narcolepsy/ One brand of flu vaccine, Pandemrix, was associated with an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in Finland and Sweden. A causal link is plausible but not proven. Use of Pandemrix was suspended. This has no relevance to the use of other flu vaccines.
The DC as PCP? The battle continues (Jann Bellamy) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-dc-as-pcp-the-battle-continues/ Chiropractors who are trying to rebrand themselves as primary care providers want to expand their scope of practice to include prescribing drugs. They attempted an end-run around regulations in Colorado and failed. The battle is ongoing in New Mexico, and other states are considering legislation.
One Flu Into the Cuckoo's Nest (Mark Crislip) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/one-flu-into-the-cuckoos-nest/ Influenza is currently going gangbusters, and unfortunately the value of immunizations is being misrepresented. Flu vaccine works. The only question is about the magnitude of the effect and whether the effect is worth the expense. Public health considerations are more important than individual protection.
An Age of Endarkenment? The American Veterinary Medical Association and Homeopathy (Brennen McKenzie) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/age-of-endarkenment/ AMVA policy is that practices that are ineffective should be discarded, but they have never actually discarded anything. A resolution was submitted to reject homeopathy, but they only referred it to committee instead of endorsing it. The victories of the Age of Enlightenment seem evanescent, and we are still rolling those Sisyphean boulders up the hill.


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A high-stakes political drama has gripped Turkey. And now the nation anxiously awaits the next development in an unfolding story that involves coup plots, arrests of journalists and generals, and charges of Islamist subversion.
The country's top prosecutor is on the verge of issuing a 2,500-page indictment against an ultranationalist group that promises to read like a thriller and shine a bright light on the deepening political and social divisions in Turkish society.
At issue are two cases that could redefine both politics and nationalism in ways unprecedented in modern Turkey.
In one, Turkey's top prosecutor is arguing that the AKP and its 70 top members – including the prime minister and president – should be banned for aiming to impose Islamist rule. Arguments began July 1 and are expected to wrap up within a few weeks.
Hours before the court began hearing the complaint against the AKP, the Turkish government made 23 predawn arrests in its own case against an ultranationalist gang called "Ergenekon," which it says sought to sow chaos to prompt a military coup against the elected Islamic-rooted government.
Two retired Turkish four-star generals were locked up Sunday, the latest to be imprisoned on suspicion that they were behind the shadowy organization. Opponents of the government – who often invoke the name of Turkey's stridently secular founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – charge that the detention of "patriots" is politically motivated.
Indictments in the Ergenekon investigation have not yet been issued, even though it has been 13 months since 27 grenades and other explosives were found in an Istanbul apartment, ushering Ergenekon into the Turkish lexicon for the first time as a hard-line group with high-level contacts that aimed to topple the AKP government.
The Turkish media have brimmed with reports of leaked details from the indictment against the alleged coup-plotters, including plans for mass protests, clashes with police, assassinations, and use of the media to provoke fear; all of it adding up to a decision by the military to seize control.
"This is all very mind-boggling," says Mustafa Akyol, a columnist for the Turkish Daily News and a political analyst in Istanbul. "The question is whether this is true, and whether it will be documented and proved."
But in a nation where a staunch secularism has long been a pillar of society – and the military has staged four coups in as many decades, in its self-declared role as the protector of Ataturk's legacy – acts by virulent ultranationalists have rarely been challenged.
"For the first time, patriots – quote, unquote – will be prosecuted and maybe put in jail," says Mr. Akyol. "In Turkey, the common [view] is that if you are a patriot, if you love your country, you are a good guy, and whatever you do has some justification. Now it will be proven that patriots, people who love their country, can be criminals. They can kill."
Such groups have for decades been close to elite power centers in Turkey. They are widely called the "Deep State" – sometimes described as renegade members of the security forces that act beyond the law, and believed to have secret but unproven connections with the military, police, and judiciary.
The arrests have "changed the political landscape in the country for good in favor of civilian supremacy in the balance of power," says Soli Ozel, a political scientist at Istanbul Bilgi University, noting that it may be part of "a big cleaning up process, cleaning up the military from interventionists, from those who [want] to take Turkey away from its Western security orientation."
Among those arrested last week was a high-ranking editor of a nationalist newspaper, and Sinan Aygun, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Ankara who reportedly told police: "I am being taken away because I love Ataturk!"
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been quoted in the Turkish newspaper Sabah saying, "These gangs are not new in our country. Our aim is to get rid of them." Noting the initial police raids, Mr. Erdogan said: "There is a deep Turkey working against the Deep State. This prevents [the gangs] being as active as they once were."
"The tentacles of the Deep State are obviously pretty deep, but … there is no longer a life-support system for them, partially because Turkey, to progress politically from now on, has to cleanse itself from that element," says Mr. Ozel.
He adds that legally the case against Ergenekon and the prosecutor's charges against AKP may not be related, but politically are interconnected.
"If half the things that are being said about [Ergenekon] are correct, can they really have even contemplated this without support from serving military personnel? Obviously you can get to those connections, and [so] whoever is behind the [AKP] closure case may have to think twice," says Ozel.
Despite the political uncertainty, business continues in Turkey – a novel state of affairs considering how past standoffs have crippled the economy, sometimes for even years on end.
It's a fierce power struggle that will be seen as reigniting the battle between Republican secularists and Muslim conservatives, says Hugh Pope, the Turkey analyst for the International Crisis Group. "But it's not a problem that is taking Turkey to its knees."
"The whole question is what is the rule of law, and how should Turkey be run?" says Mr. Pope. "The scene in Ankara is two points of view that can't see a way forward."
And that bolsters suspicions about the handling of both inquires. AKP backers say the case against it is a "farce," while the Ergenekon case, too, has political overtones.
Lack of public evidence means the charges "may have been exaggerated," says Fadi Hakura, a Turkey expert at Chatham House, a London think tank. He says Ergenekon's effort appeared "a bit shambolic and ill-organized."
"It could be true," says Mr. Hakura. "But given the politically charged atmosphere, the timing of the arrests, the way they were done and the critical lack of an indictment does raise a lot of questions."
[Editor's note: The original version misidentified the subject of a forthcoming 2,500-page indictment from Turkey's top prosecutor. It is the ultranationalist group known as "Ergenekon," not Turkey's ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP).]


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We braved a heatwave this week with scorching three digit temps that kept us pretty much held up indoors, which is OK because it's Banned Book Week, so we had some rebellious book reading to do anyway.
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I like the "small squares" style used in Social Media Demographics for displaying demographic data. The "by age" section is hard to read because it lines up so nicely with the site legend. It's also a little confusing to have the sites change axes for the different sections.
Numerous social media sites have witnessed explosive growth of their user bases in the last several years, but it's a known fact that the type of user a site attracts varies greatly. Have you ever wondered which sites attract the most educated of social media users, or those that pull in the highest income? Below we map the demographics of the world's most popular social media sites.
Is MySpace really that popular with the 0-17 crowd? What year is the data from?
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Book Review: Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner
Author: Susie Steiner
Release date: March 2016
Genre: Crime
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Description: Mid-December, and Cambridgeshire is blanketed with snow. Detective Sergeant Manon Bradshaw tries to sleep after yet another soul-destroying Internet date – the low murmuring of her police radio her only solace.
Over the airwaves come reports of a missing woman – door ajar, keys and phone left behind, a spatter of blood on the kitchen floor. Manon knows the first 72 hours are critical: you find her, or you look for a body. And as soon as she sees a picture of Edith Hind, a Cambridge post-graduate from a well-connected family, she knows this case will be big.
Is Edith alive or dead? Was her 'complex love life' at the heart of her disappearance, as a senior officer tells the increasingly hungry press? And when a body is found, is it the end or only the beginning?
My thoughts: I love a good crime novel, so when this book just kept selling and selling I decided to see what the fuss was about. Missing, Presumed introduces D. S. Bradshaw and her teammates, sets up their working relationships and starts to look at some of their individual dramas. In terms of the case they're dealing with, I was intrigued by the title - straight away is the question of whether Edith (the missing girl) is just missing, or presumed dead.
I enjoyed the various twists in the case, as the team follow different leads and uncover new clues. The story is told from several viewpoints, with the most prominent being Manon. As the book progressed I began to have a suspicion of what might have happened, even if I couldn't put together the details of it, but I wasn't sure, and it was good to read through to the end and finally get everything untangled.
While I'm interested in seeing the developments of the police team over future books, Manon's love life in this one did annoy me quite a lot, and I skimmed through large portions of her point of view chapters which didn't relate to the case. She just seemed a bit too grumpy and strange, it wasn't very interesting to read her awkward dating experiences or to see things getting messed up.
Overall, it was a promising start to a series, and hopefully Ms. Steiner can build on it and the characters she has introduced to create a stronger second book. Missing, Presumed was a good, fast read but not memorable once I'd finished - definitely the sort of book I'd class as a 'beach read' or holiday read. I'm giving it 6/10.
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The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a powerful tool that reviews the configuration and settings of your SQL Server 2012 instances. In addition, the tool highlights settings that differ from best practice recommendations. When the tool finds settings that don't meet best practice recommendations, the BPA also provides advice on how to apply settings to help minimize potential problems.
The BPA now includes several assessment features for the entire SQL Server stack. The tool performs its analysis not only on the relational database engine but also on SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The assessment also covers replication and setup settings. The tool provides several checks, including:
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Yesterday I posted a story from the FT that basically says Apple and the labels are talking about an unlimited download subscription for people who buy and iPod or iPhone. Angry about being scooped Bussiness Week posted a story saying the Financial Times has either been speaking with Snoop Dog or smoking his stuff, cause the Apple story was bull. Where is their evidence you ask?
Reports that Apple is discussing an "all-you-can-eat" subscription music service with major record labels are overblown, say people in a position to know.
Thats right they are refuting the Financial Times story by paraphrasing an HR Block tag line. They got people? Wait you say, surely Business Weeks has more evidence then that, they must have a quote, a named source, something more substantial. Here it is, the smoking gun:
[The Apple unlimited subscription] would use that premium to create a pool of revenue, a portion of which would be divided among the major music labels, the newspaper said.
Trouble is, no such talks are under way, according to people familiar with Apple's plans. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment. Insiders at major music labels were similarly dismissive.
So lets review, "people in a position to know" told Business Week's Arik Hesseldahl that nothing was going on between Apple and the labels and this version of the story was corroborated by "people familiar with Apple's plans". The PR Flacks at Apple and the labels hung-up everytime Arik called them and he took it as evidence that the Financial times was wrong.
Now I'm not saying that the FT story was some great piece of reporting or that I necessarily believe all of it, but Business Week needs raise its game a bit. When a venerable news weekly with ungodly sums of money and decades worth of reporting experience sitting on its bench runs with poorly researched crap with no credible citations or sources, its no better then a blog. I dont want major weeklies running with innuendo, rumor and hearsay. Thats what I'm here for. I want them to give me some facts with names of real people attached to them, so I can poke holes and look for flaws or fallacies. There is a reason bloggers are not journalist and its really important that the journalist remember that.


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Sometime back in the early 1990s or thereabouts, Dolly Parton was being interviewed by the famous BBC chat show host, Michael Parkinson. When asked about what diet she used to keep her figure, she replied: "Honey, if you want to lose weight, get your head out of the slop bucket". In other word, just eat less. No truer words were ever uttered in the vast realm of advice on dieting. This year we have seen a number of scientific papers published on sugar sweetened beverages, some designed to boost weight gain and some designed to induce weight loss, all adding to the belief that sugar sweetened beverages are both the cause and the cure for modern obesity. A recent paper from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard will help put things in perspective, but only for those wishing to have an accurate perspective.
The first [1] of the sugar papers looked at four groups each given 1-liter of a beverage per day for 6 months. Group 1 receiver a liter of regular sugar sweetened Coke. Group 2 were given a liter of semi-skimmed milk with an approximate equal calorie level to the Coke. Groups 3 and 4 respectively received 1 liter of diet Coke or water. According to the authors, the consumption of the energy-containing beverages led to a compensation effect with a reduction in the intake of other foods and no overall change in energy intake. No dietary data are provided in the paper but 1 liter of regular Coke would have diluted out its equivalent caloric value from all other foods, leading to a reduction in the intake of the latter by 430 calories per day. This Coke group showed a significant accumulation of fat in the liver compared to others but we will never know if it was due to the absurdly high total intake of sugars (about double the normal according to my calculations) or to a reduction in the intakes of micro-nutrients associated with 430 less food than normal every day. Coke for example, does not contain, the B-vitamin riboflavin, but low riboflavin status will lead to increased blood pressure, and the authors did see a rise in blood pressure with regular Coke.
So, 1 liter of Coke per day did not lead to weight gain ( for example a 1.3% gain with Coke and a 0.8% gain with water). However, two studies reported in the New England Journal of Medicine show that if sugar sweetened beverages in children are replaced with a calorie free version, then weight loss does occur [2]. These studies will be widely cited as evidence that sugary drinks cause obesity. In fact, these studies simply show that if you do as Dolly Parton says, and simply eat less, you will lose weight so the weight loss could have been with any caloric source, not just sugar-sweetened beverages.
Which brings me to the Harvard paper [3]. This study (a subset of a larger dietary intervention) looked at how variation in the distribution of calories in a weight loss regimen influenced weight change and also changes in body composition. Four dietary treatments were used and an energy deficit of 750 kcal per day was the target for each participant. The diets varied the level of fat, protein and carbohydrate. At 6 months, the average amount of fat lost was 4.2 kg and the loss of lean tissue was 2.1 kg. About half of this fat loss was due to loss of fat from the abdominal fat with about a third lost from subcutaneous fat. Only 0.1 kg of fat was lost from the liver but this represented a loss of 16% of liver fat. There were no differences in any of these measures according to the composition of the weight reduction diets, again, upholding the Dolly Parton rule.
In summary, the first study tells us that if you oblige subjects to eat a 1-liter bottle of regular Coke every day, you won't gain weight because you reduce your intake of other foods keeping energy intake constant. The second tells us that extracting calories from children's diets will lead to a weight loss, in this case using sugar sweetened beverages as the target food. The third tells us that Dolly Parton was correct. It really doesn't matter what the composition of your weight reducing diet is so long as the caloric restriction operates.
So for what its worth, here are my basic rules about successful dieting:
1. Never start a diet until you have though about it long and hard given that the relapse rate of weight loss is so high.
2. Never start a diet until you have built physical activity into your daily routine. Physical activity will reverse the negative effects of obesity such as poor glucose management, higher blood pressure and elevated blood lipids.
3. Don't diet on your own. Join a weight loss group and get the benefit of the social network of dieting and maintaining weight loss.
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We are out of step from the rest of the world. Almost every western nation has it at 18. They realize that you can't call soemone too imature to make an adult decision and then call them an adult at the same time. 18 can join the military, can get married, OWN A GUN and own proptery but can't drink! A lot of people like to point out that it prevents car accsidents. I would like to point out the number of alohal related car accsidents have been going up since 1998 and the number of alcohal deaths related to alohcal abuse amoung teens has also gone up becuase they drink in private. Really all they did is take drinking out of the public squear for young people. They still drink Deaths still happen ehtier way. The way we have it now we are discrediting the law and adulthood in the eyes of young adults that break the drinking age law.
At least with lowering the drinking age to 18 we can start an agressive education compagian to encourage SAFE drinking at hightschools and colleges. Stastsiclly speaking in other european countries they have done this with sex and the amount of teen pregnancy went down. They probably still hvaing sex but its safe sex. That is the point. We gotten to the point of a society that we can be a little bad and deal with it.
Really i don't think the government should tell anyone want to put in there body. Its to them to make that choice and they are liable if that choice back fires.
I also would like to point out freedom isn't safe.
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I admit that age restrictions are somewhat arbitrary. They do, however, reflect the average mental development of human beings in that the brain is still in a formative stage and essential connections are still being formed. Chemicals that may interfere with the completion of the development can have repercussions for the rest of the individuals life. The chemicals include not only alcohol but also, Marijuana, cocaine, opiates and other drugs that are "mood" altering. Many depression drugs are also contraindicated for individuals under 18 for much the same reason.
So why does virtually every other civilized country allow both its soldiers and civilians over 18 to drink, without the sky falling? I highly doubt that there are major physiological or neurological differences between Americans, Canadians, Australians, Europeans, etc. And there are other military leaders that believe the drinking age should be 18.
Besides, at 18 one is legally old enough not just to go to war, but also to:
Be executed or tried as an adult
Get married
Raise kids
Consent to sex
Enter into binding contracts
Borrow money
Live on one's own
Drive a car, truck, or motorcycle
Drive a nuclear-powered submarine
Run for some political offices
Carry concealed weapons in some states
Buy and sell cigarettes
Buy and sell questionable "dietary supplements"
Buy and sell "legal highs" like Salvia (most states)
Buy and sell knives, swords, and daggers
Buy shotguns and rifles
Hunt with dangerous weapons
Work in highly dangerous jobs
Join the FBI or other feds
Own real estate
Get your plug pulled
Join a cult
Sell you body (Nevada) or soul (anywhere)
Sell alcohol in most states
You can even OWN a bar in some states
But God forbid you have a beer in America. Honestly, does that really make any sense at all in a supposedly free society?
Its is my descition. I would ask that you respect it and stop using the government to infringe of my rights. I am drinking right now. Not for fun but out of protest. One could make the argument you are causing me to drink :)
My mental age? Then why do I get tried as an adult?! If my mental age is so low. You do realize its acutally a small percenage of teens that go out and drive drunk. What you are doing is punishing people for the acts of a few. Its like saying black ppl are not allowed in my town because stastically they commit more crimes then whites.
How would you feel if jesus freaks says atheist are too stupid to not believe in god so we must force them to?
Well America also full of safety nazis. Yes in Germany the age to drive is higher they also let you drink at 18. So they at least know its time to treat you like an adult. In the uk however its like here. drive at 16 but there drinkign age is at 21.
My problmem is with your post. You are pegging me for what OTHER teens to do there under 18 friends. Don't peg me for the action of others. The iconioc thing is 17 and 16 year olds still drink. Not to mention those who can't do drugs. So realy what this law engourance is drug use for those who can't get .
I think the U.S askes too much of its young people They ask us to defend this country, to get a job, to get marriaed and when I want to have a drink in a bar to get away from it all I can't. Don't infringe on people's rights that done nothing wrong. You want to change things. The only soluation. would be public transportation.
I think the U.S askes too much of its young people They ask us to defend this country, to get a job, to get marriaed
You forgot learn to spell. And where did you get the idea that the US asks young people to get married?
Its called a typo. The jesus freaks. Get all pissy when you don't get married. Peronally. I don't know if i want to get married. Maybe a relationship and maby even a child but marriage seems too much of a sure thing.
I think that people should just live there life without people imposing there morality on others. let people live and learn.
Well the point is not to let them have more power over me. That why I wish to lower the drinking age. Most of those M.A.D.D people are right learning. The president and CEO of MADD said the drinking age is more effective with blue coller people then ivey league elitiest. So they defintatly have a hidden agenda. Not only that. There is a lot of research going on turns out that MADD acutally lied about some of its claims. So people have been dieing because of binge drinkign and been forced to drink behind closed doors over false stastsics and false facts. Reminds you of another dogmatic group? They also left out some interisting statics that in the 70's to the 80's car accident involing young teens with alochol acutally went down 16%. So it was already in a downward trend before the law(or should I say blackmailing the states) was even established.
Just to give you an idea on how useless the drinking age is. More people were saved from making it a law to wear seat belts in 2 years then 20 + of prohibition for young people. Now young people drink in private causing a culture of binge drinking. That been killing more lives then the drinking age is saving.
"If you are looking to have a good time getting drunk cause it feels good, find something else that feels good (sexual intercourse usually fits the bill)"
Drinking and sexual intercourse go hand by hand. :)
You are making all sorts of assumptions about me in your thread.I only want to drink for like you said social reaons. people who drink socially tend to be happier. I get nevrous in crowds. Some drinking can help with that and helps with the other person drinking becuase they are relaxed as well.. What I meant about that thread was just that socialize. I admit I didn't word it like that. You are assuming I am some sort of addict. I am not. If drinking was brought down to 18 today. I would probably only drink with my friends socially.
No I would not drink to get away from some sort of terrible problem or problems. Lol. If I had problems of that magnitude. I would rather buy a shotgun and shoot at targets to take it out on. Then join the NRA.
Hey Ryan,
Let me ask you a question, How old are you? I have been drinking since I was 19 the legal age at the time, and my background is Spanish from Spain. They have no drinking age there, children at 5 years old are given wine. I am sure I have been drinking longer than you have been alive, still drinking is a dangerous sport. It is a very dangerous sport, is alcoholism your goal. Trust me and every older person that wants to keep the drinking age higher, are you really ready to drink responsibly. Do you really want to dance with that devil so young.
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Get rid of the people!
By Henry Lamb
Florida's Senator Bob Graham wasted no time launching another attempt to flood the families who live in the now-infamous 8.5 Square-Mile-Area, at the edge of Florida's Everglades. A similar effort was quashed during the closing days of the 107th Congress. Now, before the new members of Congress even find the restrooms, Graham has re-instituted his devious plan to force several hundred families from their homes, ostensibly, to "protect the Everglades."
In 1989, after vigorous debate, Congress instructed the Corps of Engineers to protect the people in the 8.5 SMA, by building flood control structures. It never happened. Environmental organizations wanted the people out, not protected. Their vision of the Wildlands Project did not include human life in the area they thought should be a buffer zone around the core wilderness area - as prescribed by the Wildlands Project.
Graham, who wants to be your president, would have you believe that it is just a coincidence that UNESCO's Seville Strategy for managing U.N. Biosphere Reserves, requires a buffer zone around core wilderness areas, as does the U.N.'s Global Biodiversity Assessment. The Everglades is one of 47 U.N. Biosphere Reserves in the United States. It is also just a coincidence that UNESCO requires World Heritage Sites which are declared to be "in danger," to be protected beyond the borders of the site. UNESCO has declared the Everglades to be a World Heritage Site "in danger."
There are two problems here: the end, and the means. The "end," - flooding people out of their homes - is definitely a problem. Environmentalists would have you believe that getting rid of the people is essential to saving the Everglades.
Jan Jacobson, Director of the Everglades Institute, a scientist, and a long-time resident and student of the Everglades, is among several scientists and engineers who can demonstrate that the flooding plan so far, has done more harm than good to the Everglades.
The "means," is another horror story. Rather than put the question to Congress in the form of a substantive legislative proposal, so members can study, debate, and vote, Graham, once again, is attempting to attach a rider to the Department of Interior appropriations bill, and get it adopted by unanimous consent.
The language of the rider seeks to "clarify" the 1989 legislation, by saying it was the intent of Congress to flood the area, when the clear language of the 1989 law, says to protect the people from flooding. Moreover, he wants to sneak this language into an appropriations bill without any discussion or debate. And this man wants to be our president?
Washington is awash with environmental organization lobbyists and spin doctors who are trying to divert attention from the real issue, by demonizing those who disagree with them. They dredge up the "anti-environment" label to pin on anyone who questions their wisdom, or has the audacity to oppose them.
Senator James Inhofe, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Richard Pombo, chair of the House Resources Committee, already targets of the environmentalists' demonization campaign, will likely be singled out for more attacks, if they disallow the devious process Senator Graham is trying to pursue.
Graham's effort to flood the landowners who live near the Everglades should be stopped. The entire Everglades Restoration Plan should be put on hold, until there is a better plan that instills some level of confidence that the plan will actually benefit the Everglades.
Advocates of the Wildlands Project contend that simply removing the people, will benefit the Everglades. This same anti-human thinking is what shut off the water to the Klamath Basin farmers; is shutting down logging across the country; and is forcing ranchers and miners off the land.
For eight long years, environmentalists had their way, as Bill Clinton and Al Gore danced like puppets at the end of a green string. Now, as Republicans begin to retrieve the pendulum from the far left, and return some semblance of common sense to the environmental agenda, whining and demonizing by the greens is being ratcheted up a few notches.
It is bad enough that for 13 years, green organizations have been able to prevent the Corps of Engineers from complying with the 1989 Congressional instruction. It is unconscionable for Senator Graham to now attempt to rewrite the law, without debate or recorded vote - to get rid of the people - in order to appease the anti-human influence that apparently permeates Florida politics.
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Now, Rios employs a stance that seems to fit best, which was the culmination of an extended search process beginning with offseason video studies of previous standout years to incorporate into the present.In Wednesday afternoon's game against the Padres at Camelback Ranch, Rios faced Edinson Volquez with his legs spread shoulder width apart, his hands back and just above mid-chest height and in a slight crouch.
"It's kind of like in 2010, when my hands were a little lower and I was crouched a little bit," said Rios, who hit .284 with 21 homers and 88 RBIs to go with 34 stolen bases that season. "So that's where I'm trying to stay the whole year. That's how I feel strong and comfortable.
"When you do constant changes like that, you never feel comfortable in one spot. You are always searching, and when you are searching, you don't focus on your approach. And it's like a chain reaction. Everything piles up, and when you look back, it's too much. Just too much to handle.
"I don't want to go back to the changes," Rios said. "I know that doesn't work. I'm going to stick to it this year and be positive. That's the only thing I can do, stay positive and have a good approach at the plate."
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The reward for information that solves the disappearance of Dylan Redwine, 13, who dropped out of sight Nov. 19 while visiting his father in Vallecito, was increased Wednesday to $30,450.
There was a single, $10,000 private donation out of Denver, said Denise Hess, an Ignacio resident and family friend who has led the community effort to find Dylan.
When I deposited the money today, I learned that the bank had received $450 for the account, Hess said.
The new contributions boost the reward from $20,000, a level reached Dec. 26.
Online auctions, donations and fundraisers swell the reward. Durango-La Plata Crime Stoppers, which administers the reward money, contributed $1,000. The rest has been raised by the committee.
A separate fund at Wells Fargo Bank contains about $2,000 from donations and the sale of bracelets and ribbons, which aim to keep Dylans case in the public eye.
Dylan arrived the evening of Nov. 18 in Durango from Colorado Springs on a court-ordered visit with his father, Mark Redwine. Redwine and Dylans mother, Elaine Redwine, divorced in 2007.
Dylan, who went to school in Bayfield until his mother moved to Colorado Springs in summer 2012, was scheduled to meet former schoolmates early the next day. He didnt show.
Mark Redwine told investigators that Dylan was sleeping when he left the house about 7:30 a.m. Nov. 19 to run errands. Dylan was not home when he returned, Redwine said.
La Plata County Sheriffs investigators, supported by the FBI and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, conducted land searches including with dogs and scanned Vallecito Reservoir with sonar looking for leads. They also went door to door looking for someone who might have a tip.
The case attracted national attention, including two segments on the Headline News show of Nancy Grace and the interview of Elaine Redwine on Good Morning America.
Hess organized search parties that numbered a couple of hundred at one time.
No solid leads apparently have been found. Leads have fallen from several dozen a day to an average of two to three a day, a La Plata County Sheriffs Office news release said Saturday.
Hess said every bit of money received by the Dylan Redwine Fund has gone to increase the reward. The reward could go for a lead resulting in an arrest or information leading to Dylans whereabouts.


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I have successfully used these indexes to locate pertinent records. But I must offer some guidance as you use these indexes. First, all indexes can contain errors or omissions because they were made by humans. Merely because something is appearing on your computer screen does not mean that the computer checked the information for accuracy. Plus, how your family now spells your last name may not be how it was spelled 200 years ago, or how it looked to the person deciphering the handwriting to produce a neatly typed version.
Second, and this is very important, the indexes for deaths can be off by one year. This is because deaths in certain time periods were organized not from January through December of one particular year, but rather from July of one year through June of the following year. You need to follow through on an index entry by finding the original record to verify the name and date of death (and possibly learn names of parents and burial location).
Below is an example of the error in year. Eliakim Marsh died in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey on 15 January 1881. Here is his death certificate copied in Trenton at the NJDARM. (Remember that only the indexes are online. The actual records are housed in Trenton. You need to request a copy by mail or go in person.)
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Yet the indexes at Familysearch.org and now Ancestry.com have the year of death as 1880, off by one year.


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Forgive me if this post is a little light on text. I'm still a little giddy. Basically I went on a tour of the TARDIS set this afternoon, and we were allowed to touch the console and everything. THE. ACTUAL. TARDIS. SET.
So, here are just a few snaps of the stuff which has been been used to create the console. It is, in many ways, a junkshop rummage made into a spaceship, reflecting the mind of the man who flies it.
See? Space hotel bell, space tannoy microphone…
Useful for when the Doctor does his accounts
Notice the plaque there on the side of the console, at the bottom? This is what it says:
Here's how the Doctor watches Doctor Who:
And of course, there's the mighty column in the centre:
Complete with a horn and a bell:
And here's the underneath area:
And look! A fresh wall we've not seen before:
There's are too many things to show pictures of here, but suffice to say the Doctor has a rubber mallet on a string hanging from the console, and underneath are two bass drum pedals (without beaters) and a footpump, of the sort you'd use to inflate a blow-up mattress. Or at least, there are items that resemble these things, but that probably serve a far more technologically advanced purpose.
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Several members of the Hope faculty will be honored during the fall semester Arts and Humanities Recognition Reception on Thursday, Dec. 16, from 11 a.m. to noon in the first-floor lounge of Lubbers Hall.
The campus community is invited. Admission is free.
Hosted by the office of the dean for the arts and humanities, the event will celebrate accomplishments in the division since the previous biannual recognition event on Monday, May 3. The faculty members being honored are:
Art -Tamara Fox, Billy Mayer, Bruce McCombs, Stephanie Milanowski, Steve Nelson, Katherine Sullivan
Dance -Maxine DeBruyn, Alicia Diaz, Linda Graham, Steven Iannacone, Amanda Smith-Heynen, Matthew Thornton
Music -Charles Aschbrenner, Adam Clark, Linda Dykstra, Christina Hornbach, Richard Piippo
Theatre -Jean Bahle, Michelle Bombe, Diana Robins, John Tammi;
English -Jackie Bartley, Rhoda (Janzen) Burton, Ernest Cole, John Cox, Kim Douglas, Curtis Gruenler, Stephen Hemenwey, Marla Lunderberg, Jesus Montaño, Bill Pannapacker, Dianne Portfleet, Peter Schakel, Heather Sellers, Kathleen Verduin
History -Janis Gibbs, Fred Johnson, Jeanne Petit, Gloria Tseng
Department of Modern and Classical Languages -Isabelle Chapuis-Alvarez, Claudine André, Brigitte Hamon-Porter, Anne Larsen, Stephen Maiullo
Philosophy -Andrew Dell'Olio, Jack Mulder, Carol Simon
Religion -Steven Bouma-Prediger


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Cincinnati beats Rutgers 71-51 for 8th straight
CINCINNATI (AP) — Freshman point guard Troy Caupain scored 14 points on Saturday, and Cincinnati overcame fouls that sapped its front line while pulling away to a 71-51 victory over Rutgers, its season-high eighth win in a row.
The Bearcats (15-2, 4-0 American Athletic) have held their last 24 opponents under 70 points, the longest active streak in the nation. Rutgers (7-9, 1-2) didn't have a field goal in the final 11:45, managing only three points on free throws.
Cincinnati is 4-0 in league play for first time since 2003-04, when it was in Conference USA.
Justin Jackson has been a key to the surge. He's had three double-doubles during the winning streak, averaging 14.1 points while shooting 60 percent from the field. Jackson had 11 points and seven rebounds despite foul trouble.
Rutgers was on the road for the first time in more than a month. The Scarlet Knights played their previous six games at home, including an 83-76 loss to Louisville on Jan. 4 in their last game. Myles Mack had a team-high 17 points Saturday.
The Scarlet Knights fell to 1-8 all-time in Cincinnati.
Sean Kilpatrick leads the AAC with 18.5 points per game, but his outside shot has been off-target, forcing him to rely on layups and free throws. He scored 16 points — nine of them on free throws — while going 3 of 13 from the field and 1 of 10 from beyond the arc.
In his last five games, Kilpatrick is 20 of 66 from the field and 4 of 33 beyond the arc.
Neither team led by more than four points in the first half, which had seven ties and eight lead changes.
Rutgers forward Junior Etou hurt his left shoulder and went to the bench with 14:50 left in the half. He returned 5 minutes later and had a fast-break layup and a follow-up basket for a 22-19 lead. The Scarlet Knights pushed the pace and repeatedly got layups — 12 fast-break points in the half.
Rutgers made 11 of its first 22 shots, keeping it close. By contrast, Cincinnati went 5 minutes, 46 seconds without a field goal in the first half, managing only five free throws. The Bearcats worked the ball inside, drew fouls under the basket and went 15 of 20 from the free-throw line in the half.
Jackson opened the second half with an alley-oop dunk off a pass from Titus Rubles, then committed his third foul and went to the bench. He got back in and picked up his fourth foul with 12:04 left.
Caupain hit a pair of 3s and made a fast-break layup off a steal, and Kilpatrick made four free throws for a 52-42 lead with 13:14 to go. Rutgers' Craig Brown, who had a career-high 17 points in the loss to Louisville, picked up his fourth foul with 13:57 to go.
Cincinnati's front-line problems increased when Rubles picked up his fourth foul with 7:38 left. The Bearcats slipped into a zone defense to protect its lead and its thin front line.
Greg Lewis and Wally Judge fouled out for Rutgers, evening up the depth problems for the final 5 minutes.
Cincinnati took control with a 12-1 run for a 64-49 lead with 3:49 left. The Scarlet Knights missed 5 of 6 free throws during the spurt.


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It's always nice to learn about the future. The fans of winter sports, skiing and snowboarding in particular, had the chance to get a glimpse of the future of their favorite sports only last month. During the 2013 London Ski & Snowboard Show top brands presented their latest products and gave the visitors an idea of how the future of their favorite winter sports can look like. Cardiovascular training machines that can help you become a better skier, the Skia Sweetspot Ski Trainer that helps skiers to learn how to find a better balance, new versions of cameras, touch-screen sports gloves (!) for various winter sports are some of the latest gadgets that were presented for the first time to the public.
Did I forget anything? Well, Monarch Airlines interviewed some of the top brands on the field so better check for yourselves if you're interested to find out more about winter sports gadgets and trends. Learn more here.


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Thursday, May 17, 2011
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BOTHELL, Wash. – The University of Washington Bothell and the Children's Home Society of Washington's North Seattle Family Center host the North End Community Health Fair on May 24. The purpose of the event is to provide basic health service and information to underserved individuals living in the north King County area.
The health fair, which is free and open to the public, was organized by Dr. Mabel Ezeonwu, nursing program assistant professor, along with the students in her UW Bothell community nursing partnerships course. Dr. Ezeonwu is a scholar in the Sigma Theta Tau International and Elsevier Foundation Nurse Faculty Mentorship Leadership program, which is partially funding this event.
The health fair will take place at the North Seattle Family Center in Lake City. Additional community partners participating in this event include: UW Bothell Nursing Faculty and RN-BSN Students; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Pacific Medical Clinic, Northgate; and Seattle–King County Public Health.
The event is free and open to the public.
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WHERE: North Seattle Family Center, 3200 NE 125th St. Suite 2, Seattle
WHEN: Tuesday, May 24, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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About UW Bothell Nursing: The Nursing Program at UW Bothell offers access to RN-BSN education in Bothell, Everett and Mount Vernon, and a master of nursing focusing on education, leadership and program development. Both degrees are flexible with classes one day a week in order to accommodate the schedules of working nurses. For more information, contact the Nursing Program at 425-352-5376 or email at email@example.com.
About UW Bothell: The University of Washington Bothell combines the benefits of a small campus with the resources and prestige of a world-renowned university. Offering over 30 degrees, options, certificates and concentrations, its curriculum emphasizes close student-faculty interaction, collaboration among students, and hands-on learning.For more information, visit www.uwb.edu.
About Children's Home Society of Washington:Operated by Children's Home Society of Washington, the North Seattle Family Center provides children and families with parenting education classes (such as Play and Learn groups), health and nutrition programs, life-skills education (like ESL or computer training classes), youth and school success activities, and emergency assistance support. Children's Home Society of Washington is Washington's largest statewide non-profit children's organization, serving over 39,000 children and their families each year. Their mission is to develop healthy children, create strong families, build engaged communities, and speak and advocate for children. To learn more, visit childrenshomesociety.org.


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After waking to the news of Kennedy's death, people went about their daily routines, but thoughts of Kennedy, his life, his work and his inspiration went with them.
Jacqueline Mills, 9, was just a day old when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy visited with her and her parents at Good Samaritan Medical Center.
"He came to Good Samaritan to talk about health care," recalled her mother, Karen Mills, 42, of Easton.
She remembered how Kennedy pronounced her baby's name, "Jacqleen," the same pronunciation as his late sister-in-law, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
"He was a very special person," Mills said Friday, taking time from a back-to-school shopping trip at Best Buy in Brockton to talk about the senator. He died late Tuesday night in Hyannis Port after a battle with brain cancer.
"I knew he was sick, but his death was still a shock," she said.
Kennedy's passing brought back memories of him and his brothers, the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and presidential candidate Robert Francis Kennedy.
"We were born the same year, 1932," said Gerry Gottschalk of Brockton.
"I admired him very much," said Gottschalk. "Who cannot like him?"
After waking to the news of Kennedy's death, people went about their daily routines, but thoughts of Kennedy, his life, his work and his inspiration went with them.
In true spirit of the helping the less fortunate, which the Kennedys will long be remembered for, Gottschalk was driving a disabled woman home from the Brockton senior center.
"He was a good man and helped a lot of people," said Barbara Murphy, 76, of Brockton, who also visited the senior center on Wednesday.
On the other side of the city, at Heights Crossing, an assisted living center on Christy's Drive, folks were gathered around the television.
"It's been full in there all day," said Kathy Hermanson, assistant executive director at Heights Crossing. "They like to stay on top of the news."
Charlie Giannaros, 88, of Heights Crossing, was among those watching. "He was a great politician," Giannaros said.
Max Shatz, 80, of Heights Crossing said Kennedy's passing was "very sad — all these years of service."
"He reminds you of JFK or his brother Bobby," said David Lopez, 23, who works at Westgate Mall.
Kennedy was inspirational to African-Americans growing up in the South, said Emerald Scott, 27, an employee at Westgate Mall.
"He pushed the civil rights movement and made me feel like more of an American," said Scott.
A Haitian immigrant who chose a career in nursing, Laurente Mont-Louis, 39 of Stoughton, remembered Kennedy as a champion for the less fortunate.
"It was heartbreaking," she said of waking up to news of his death.
Dorothy Lord, 61, of Randolph, was volunteering at the gift shop at the Chapel of Our Savior on Westgate Drive. "He was a very kind man and did outstanding things for people an society," she said.
"He did wonderful things for Massachusetts and his family, " added Mary Bulman, 59, of Randolph. "He took care of all the kids after Bobby and Jack were assassinated. He was a father to them all."
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Walk This Way
Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and open wounds.
By Kathryn Jean Lopez
May 30, 2011
(Originally printed in the National Review Online)
Seventeen-year-old Scotty McCreery may have won American Idol singing wholesome country tunes, but playing in the background this season was a blues song older than the North Carolinian teen.
Singing the lead vocal of this heart-wrenching ballad was Aerosmith star and Idol judge Steven Tyler. In his new autobiography, Tyler recalls a then-16-year-old girl from his past. He has talked emotionally about the abortion she had: "It was a big crisis. It's a major thing when you're growing something with a woman, but they convinced us that it would never work out and would ruin our lives. . . . You go to the doctor and they put the needle in her belly and they squeeze the stuff in and you watch. And it comes out dead. I was pretty devastated. In my mind, I'm going, Jesus, what have I done?"
This unveiling story became a duet when that girl, now the mother of six other children, married, and a practicing Catholic, told her side of the story, which differs from Tyler's. She writes: "He has talked of me as a sex object without any human dignity. I have made a point over these long years never to speak of him, yet he has repeatedly humiliated me in print with distortions of our time together. I do not understand why he has done this. It has been very painful."
All of the details of their testimonies do not match. She says the pregnancy wasn't entirely unplanned, that Tyler had thrown her birth-control pills away. She says that he pushed her to have the abortion.
Kevin Burke, who wrote a piece for National Review Online highlighting Tyler's abortion comments, wonders if the soft-porn treatment of his relationship with Holcomb in his autobiography is his "way to avoid the pain and reality of his role in the abortion."
This much we know: There was an abortion, and there are pain and regrets.
Reflecting on her troubled youth, Holcomb writes: "Our nation's young girls, especially those like me, who have experienced trauma and abuse, and are vulnerable to exploitation should not be used as sexual playthings, scarred by abortions to free their male partners from financial responsibility, and then like their unborn children, tossed aside as an unwanted object."
Our nation's boys, too, should know that abortion doesn't quite work like a delete button. Sex involves consequences. Even when you're a rock star on the rise. Abortion doesn't eradicate them. It ends a life and changes people.
"It took great courage for Julia Holcomb to share her abortion experience and road to recovery from post-abortion stress," says Jenny Mohler, a social worker and former director of the Northwest crisis-pregnancy center (which includes a maternity home), in Washington, D.C. "Working at the pregnancy center, we see many women, men, and families who suffer in silence expressing many similar symptoms of post-abortion trauma. Countless times I have heard women state through their own words and unique experiences, as Julia recalls, 'Everyone around me seemed to be moving on with life, but I was carrying a wound that would not go away.'"
For Theresa Bonopartis, director of Lumina/Hope & Healing After Abortion in New York, who had a coerced saline abortion, too, when she was a teenager, the story hit close to home. When she read, "Jesus, what have I done?" she "totally related. No one can ever imagine the horror. It is so hard to even believe what you have just experienced is legal," she tells me.
"I don't think people comprehend the hidden trauma of abortion — even those who are suffering from it," Theresa Burke, who co-founded Rachel's Vineyard with her husband, Kevin, says. "Furthermore, if they need help, they are scared to death to look at any feelings of remorse. They project their guilt and shame onto everyone who might prick the human blood of conscience."
Mrs. Burke's comments gel with many online comments about the Tyler-Holcomb story. And like Holcomb, frequently "men and women who have been touched by abortion long to find a safe place to privately share their story with a sympathetic family member or friend but they often fear their experience will be diminished or exaggerated, that their confidence will be violated, or that they will be judged, keeping them from reaching out for the support they desire and deserve," Michaelene Fredenburg, author of the upcoming Grief & Abortion: Creating a Safe Place to Heal, observes.
People will argue that there is no such thing as post-abortion stress syndrome, as many have in the wake of Kevin's piece. But it's hard to honestly deny there is a lot of hurt out there — including physical and mental pain. Increasingly there are resources online that can help a more anonymous, safe opening up to this reality — websites like Fredenburg's abortionchangesyou.com and afterabortion.com. It's rare, of course, that one opens up in a bestselling autobiography or online piece with a byline. But even talking under the protection of confidentiality is painfully difficult.
After 38 years of legal abortion, the next person you run into may very well have been affected by an abortion. She may have wished she had that child she aborted 20 years ago. He may, too.
It's something to bear in mind when we discuss the topic.
The Burkes, Bonopartis, the Northwest Center, and Fredenburg each represent alternatives to abortion and help to heal those who have experienced or participated in or been otherwise affected by an abortion. And they're not alone.
"I think the experience of Julia and Tyler reflects on a more spectacular and dramatic stage that has happened in the lives of so many who grew up in the time of drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll and may not understand how those sexual activities and abortions impacted their lives," Kevin Burke observes. "A story like this hopefully brings attention to the losses that need repentance, reconciliation, and healing and provides hope that this is possible."
— Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-at-large of National Review Online. This column is available exclusively through United Media.


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Bring homemade signs, posters and placards
by the Historical Association of Lewiston
Grab your Sharpie, markers and some poster board and let your creative juices flow: We need your help in welcoming the judges who are coming to determine which small town in America will be crowned "Best for Food."
Homemade welcome signs, placards and posters are needed to greet our national judges and the Travel Channel for the welcome party as Lewiston competes for the title "Best for Food" small town in the USA.
Pump yourself with enthusiasm, throw the kids in the car, and head down to The Silo Restaurant (115 N. Water St.) this Wednesday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. and get yourself ready to give a rousing Lewiston welcome.
Give judges Mike and Brian (the "Road Bros") a big cheer as they get out of their car and set foot in Lewiston for the first time!
The Silo is randomly giving away 120 free T-shirts. So to commemorate the occasion, have a pen or Sharpie ready to hand the judges so they can autograph your T-shirt. Or have them autograph your poster. You may get yourself on national TV!
There will be a festive music, banners and, of course, a cheering crowd that will welcome our guests with Lewiston's famous warmth and hospitality!
The Travel Channel network will be there, and its cameras will roll for a one-hour "Best of the Road" special on Wednesday, July 25 (8 p.m., hosted by Bert Kreischer). This is our chance to shine and let the world know that Lewiston's restaurants are second to none.
Quick Tips To Help Make Lewiston Shine
Give the judges a rousing welcome as Lewiston rolls out the red carpet. A national audience will be watching.
Here is a quick list of things you can do to help get Lewiston recognized as the "Best for Food" in the USA!
1) When you make your posters, placards or signs, use the judges' names: Mike and Brian. They are also known as the "Road Bros". You can duplicate the Best of the Road logo you see here: http://goo.gl/zW8ZJ.
2) Bring a sharpie or marker and ask the judges to autograph your T-shirts or posters at the reception.
3) You may be on national television, so look sharp and smile! Give the judges a big cheer when they get out of their car and greet the local folks for the first time. (We will attempt to give them a police escort down Center Street and to The Silo.)
4) Get the kids involved in the excitement and the hometown celebration.