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Food labels tell you the nutrition facts about the foods you buy. You don't have to do any calculations -- it's all on the package.
Pay particular attention to these items on the label:
- Serving size
- Total carbohydrate
- Dietary fiber
- Calories
- Total fat
- Saturated fat and trans fat
Always check the serving size first: the information on the label refers to this specific serving size but your package may have more than one serving. If you eat more or less than the specified serving, you need to adjust the numbers. For example, the serving size for spaghetti is usually 2 ounces (1 cup). If you, like many people, eat 2 cups at a meal, you have to count this as two servings. This not only affects total calories, but also the grams of carbohydrate and fat that you just ate.
Check the total carbohydrate next. It is listed in bold letters to stand out. If you are counting carbohydrate grams, count this amount against your goal for your meal or snack.
Sugar, other carbohydrates, and dietary fiber are part of the total carbohydrate listed on the label. Since carbohydrates turn to sugar, the total grams of carbohydrate affect your blood glucose not only the grams of sugar in the particular food item.
Dietary fiber is listed just below total carbohydrates. Look for whole-grain foods that are high in fiber. In addition to checking for the word "whole" in the ingredients, also look for at least 3 - 4 grams of dietary fiber.
The calorie information tells you the number of calories in one serving. Adjust the number of calories if you eat smaller or larger servings.
Check the total fat in one serving. Pay particular attention to the amount of saturated fat in one serving. Choose foods that are low in saturated fat. For example, drink skim milk rather than whole milk. The former only has a trace of saturated fat while whole milk has 5 grams of saturated fat per serving. Similarly, 3 ounces of fish has less than 1 gram of saturated fat while 3 ounces of hamburger has more than 5 grams.
It is important to know that if a food item has less than 0.5 mg of saturated fat, the manufacturer is allowed to say that there is no saturated fat. This is especially important to know if you are eating more than one serving at a time because you may be getting a lot more saturated fat than you realize. For example, if you eat two servings of a food item that says "0.0 mg of saturated fat," you may be eating as much as 0.8 mg of saturated fat.
The Food and Drug Administration requires that trans fats in a food are listed on the food label. Trans fats are a type of fat created from a process called hydrogenation in which liquid oils are transformed into solid fats. These fats raise the LDL-cholesterol (bad) and lower the HDL-cholesterol (good). They are mostly found in processed and prepared foods like snack foods and desserts.
Pay attention to trans fats on any food label. These fats raise your LDL ("bad") cholesterol and lower your HDL ("good") cholesterol. Trans fats are measured in grams. Look for foods that are low in trans fats (1 gram or less).
The % Daily Value is listed on the label as a guide. These values are based on a 2000-calorie diet with percentages for calories, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, sodium and fiber. These goals may not be appropriate for you. Know your own goals for calories, carbohydrate and saturated fat. A registered dietitian can individualize your nutrition goals.
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They can't all be world premieres, you know. So quit your complaining and suck up the cream of the other festivals, lovingly curated for you by an underpaid festival staffer. Floating on the surface of the great cinematic morass are the new film from Steven Soderbergh (good news, it's shorter than Che!) and Michael Caine adding some dodder to Death Wish. Among the documentaries, the wistful trembling of Michel Gondry's family tree is matched only by the weirdness of the global baby market. Click on the titles for trailers where available.
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A guy sitting behind the desk is not everybody's idea of entertainment. Spalding Gray, however, wasn't everybody. His monologues explored history, show business, and his complex personal history and ailments in a way that was as riveting as open-heart surgery. Collaborator Steven Soderbergh has drawn on 90 hours of footage to fashion the late performer's neurotic autobiography.
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Cinema has never really gotten to grips with the lonely hell of the stand-up comic. Maybe spritzing for a living is just too much of a one man show. Director Justin Molotnikov's Scottish take adds a helping of revenge to the patter. Joey (Stephen McCole) tells a funny tale onstage about an old school friend. Alas, the buddy is in the audience and he ain't laughing. This is one heckler Joey is going to regret snapping back at.


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Anna Calvi | 05/08/13
Domino is pleased to announce the release of One Breath, the new album from Anna Calvi on 7th October 2013. One Breath is a bold and confident record that begins an exciting new chapter in this uniquely talented artist's career.
Produced by John Congleton in Blackbox Studios, France and mixed in Dallas, Texas, USA, One Breath was written in a year and recorded over a few intense weeks.
One Breath is a more personal record than its Mercury and Brit nominated predecessor. Reflective and vulnerable, it strikes a balance between optimism and despair, beauty and ugliness. The fiery elements of Anna's debut remain, but One Breath is more instinctive and urgent, revealing a wider spectrum of textures and emotion.
"One Breath is the moment before you've got to open yourself up, and it's about how terrifying that is. It's scary and it's thrilling. It's also full of hope, because whatever has to happen hasn't happened yet." – Anna Calvi
One Breath, with all music and lyrics written by Calvi, will be available on CD (WIGCD284), LP (WIGLP284) and digitally (WIG284D). There will also be a special edition heavyweight gatefold LP (WIGLP284X) with a bonus 7" featuring two exclusive tracks, 'Endless World' and '1970s Wind', plus a limited edition print. The first 500 CDs and special edition LPs pre-ordered through Dom Mart will be signed by the artist. Pre-order the album HERE.
The tracklisting is as follows:
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2 Eliza
3 Piece By Piece
4 Cry
5 Sing To Me
6 Tristan
7 One Breath
8 Love Of My Life
9 Carry Me Over
10 Bleed Into Me
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Anna Calvi will be performing her new album in a handful of intimate venues in London, Milan, Paris and Berlin this September. The London show (which is now sold out) will take place at Wilton's Music Hall on September 12th. She will then be performing across Europe and the US until the end of the year, with an album launch show at the Islington Assembly Hall in London on October 8th. Full dates are as follows:
Sept 12 – UK: London, Wiltons Music Hall - SOLD OUT
Sept 19 – Italy: Milan, Teatro Parenti / Elita
Sept 26 – France: Paris, Gaite Lyrique - SOLD OUT
Sept 28 – Germany: Hamburg, Reeperbahn Festival
Sept 29 – Germany: Berlin, Heimathafen - SOLD OUT
Oct 8 – UK: London, Islington Assembly Hall
Nov 11 – USA: New York, Music Hall of Williamsburg
Nov 16 – USA: Los Angeles, Royce Hall
Nov 17 – USA: San Francisco, The Independent
Nov 26 – France: Lille, Le Grand Mix
Nov 27 – France: Caen, Le Cargo
Nov 28 – France: Angers, La Chabada
Nov 30 – France: Vannes, L'echonova
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Dec 6 – France: Strasbourg, La Laiterie
Dec 8 – France: Clermont–Ferrand, La Cooperative de Mai
Dec 10 – Spain: Barcelona, La 2 de Apolo
Dec 11 – Spain: Madrid, Teatro Lara
Dec 12 – Spain: Valladolid, Lava
Dec 13 – Spain: San Sebastian, Intxaurrondo
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Dec 16 – Portugal: Porto, Casa da Musica
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The biblical writers, in a rich variety of ways, confess that God is giving a newness. That newness from God is the center of Hebrew Testament faith. And for Christians, the life of Jesus is the quintessential exhibit of God's newness in the world. Three things strike me about that constant assertion of God's newness. First, it is beyond explanation and beyond our own conjuring. It depends wholly upon God. Second, the Bible is concerned with the community that receives, trusts in, and embraces the miracle of newness. It knows that this community, synagogue, and church is summoned to a radical way of obedience in the world, a way so radical that it evokes the hostility of the world. But third, those vexed by such a summons turn to God in hope and trust that God will overrule such hostility.
It strikes me that these texts, especially in the season of Epiphany, are stunningly contemporary for us. The world in its fearful anxiety grows more hardhearted and violent. Clearly such a bent can never lead to well-being. The question is, how can that vicious cycle of deathliness be broken? The answer given here is that it is broken when a community boldly acts in response to God's self-giving jubilee. The ground for enacting jubilee in our world is baptism, entry into an alternative existence that is not beholden to the old orders of death.
Walter Brueggemann, a Sojourners contributing editor, is professor emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
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Trump: 'Can't say I'm happy' with border security dealBy Jordan Fabian - 02/12/19 12:14 PM EST President Trump on Tuesday knocked a bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown while providing some funding for barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border."I can't say I'm happy. I can't say I'm thrilled," Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting.He did not say whether he would sign or veto the proposal but added he would hold a meeting to discuss it later.The proposal would provide $1.375 billion in funding for roughly 55 miles of new barriers along the southern border, well short of the $5.7 billion Trump demanded.In exchange, Democrats dropped their insistence that Congress place a hard cap on the number of immigrants that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is allowed to detain at a given time.morehttps://thehill.com/homenews/administration/429603-trump-cant-say-im-happy-with-border-security-deal
In the same exchange, where he says 'I'm not happy,' he also said he took ownership of the last shutdown, always had, and was proud of it. He's not even pretending to be honest, anymore.
I'm starting to get bored with this game...ETA: I'm talking about the President's game....
He shouldn't be thrilled....if he signs a deal like that it's bye bye 2020.
I'm tuning out until its all over. Results are all that matter.
It would seem that his best move, at this point, would be pocket veto. That way, he would not have to suffer the potential embarrassment of an actual veto override, blame passage on Congress, and also be able to say he did not actually sign it.
Doesn't the Congress have to be out of session for that? If he refuses to sign or veto a bill, it becomes law anyway....
If Trump rejects the latest agreement does he declare a national emergency, or use his executive authority to direct construction using available funds from various depts.?
Doesn't the Congress have to be out of session for that? If he refuses to sign or veto a bill, it becomes law anyway....ETA: I missed this part when I first read your post: "...blame passage on Congress..."
He could have done this two years ago. All of these games were not necessary (unless the game was the actual goal instead of the wall).
That's where I've been for a while. It's become more difficult than ever trying to suss out what's going on. In December Trump sounded like he was going to sign a bill with no wall, then he did a 180. This "feels" the same.
The CR in December allowed $1.6B for 'border security,' but no wall. During the negotiations with the incoming Congress, Pelosi had said she would not give one dollar for the wall. Now, you can technically say she caved, because this bill has $1.3B for wall construction. However, I doubt she will take much fire from her side over it.
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- Going to top schools is seen as crucial to getting into the best colleges
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BEIJING — Pausing on his scooter in a Beijing back alley, real estate agent Wang Xubang shoots pictures of a shabby, five-story block built by the Chinese artillery in 1980. Some of its apartments still have squat-style toilets, he says. But sit down before you hear the asking price: $800,000 for a 646-square-foot apartment.
The key reason for rocketing house prices here lies on the very next street, where a sign at the Huangchenggen Elementary School reads, "Children's hearts turn to the Party, and they inherit the classics." Long favored by China's ruling Communist Party, the school is among the capital's most coveted, and feeds into a top high school that in turn supplies China's top colleges.
Like parents across the USA, Chinese families plot and save to get their kids into the best possible schools. In a society famous for stressing education, parents across China must now pay sky-high costs to own property — as rentals don't count — in the enrollment districts of well-regarded establishments.
The rising financial barriers frustrate many Chinese, as does the ability of the well-connected to pull political strings to gain entry, while the entire system actively discriminates against pupils from outside the cities, who often must resort to poor-quality schools at risk of closure. Such frustrations and inequalities highlight the contradictions of a super capitalist economy run by a Communist Party now in its seventh decade of power.
"So many people these days ask for 'school district housing,' even before they marry," says Wang, 26, the boss of two real estate shops who is close to closing with a couple who want their son, an only child under China's strict family planning regime, to enter Huangchenggen. Over the past two years, local house prices have doubled to over $1,214 a square foot. "Even us working in the industry believe it's so expensive," he says.
Despite its communist trappings, few expect egalitarianism in today's China. After parking their Mercedes-Benz, well-heeled newlyweds often drop in to Shang Xuejing's stationery shop beside Huangchenggen, hunting apartments for sale. "I'm not jealous of them, but I am jealous of their children," says Shang, 26, who moved here three years ago with her husband, but has no illusions their son, Guo Weiyi, 2, may attend the adjacent school.
"Why can't the same children have the same opportunities? We all want the best for our kids," asks Shang, but she already knows the answer. As rural migrants from another province, they lack the all-important urban household registration, known as hukou, that determines whether Chinese enjoy urban benefits such as social welfare and access to local education.
The "school district housing" phenomenon has recently grown more prominent and expensive and will continue for a long time "because education is a matter of the highest importance for a Chinese family," says Yang Xiong, director of the Youth Research Center at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
"Developers and real estate agencies created this bubble, and also parents don't just want good schools, they want the best schools, but 'best schools' are rare," says Yang. In Beijing and Shanghai, they're still more likely to be state-run than private, he says.
Some schoolmasters, during enrollment season, try to hide from the annual tide of "note students," whose powerful, well-connected parents, often government officials, write demands for admission, even if they fall outside the enrollment district or performed poorly in entrance exams, says Yang. "I wish the Party could crack down harder on such corruption and unfair practices," he says.
In Shanghai, some parents buy expensive, small and unattractive apartments merely as an "admission ticket" close to a good school and never live there, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported this month. Others suffer the nightmare of enrollment-area borders shifting before their child enrolls.
Entering the right school dominates discussions between parents, says Beijing father Jia Wei, 43. He appreciates the good luck of being born in the city's Xicheng district, home to Beijing's best schools, where his 11-year-old daughter now enjoys ready access. But they still leave little to chance: To prepare for later exams, she already attends eight hours of extra lessons each weekend.
Liu Benlin, 18, endured a similar schedule and thanks his parents for paying the $5,000 "sponsorship fee" to enter him for Shijia Elementary School, a Beijing landmark, that led to Beijing No. 4 High School, the storied institution opposite Huangchenggen. "I can understand why parents buy expensive houses just to increase the chance to go to a good primary school. Competition is fierce in China at an early age. A good school could change someone's life," says Liu, confident of entering a top college next year.
While China's economy remains more robust than the moribund West, there's no guarantee a degree will deliver here, either. This year's record number of graduates in China, about 7 million nationwide, will enter a job market where companies are hiring fewer people than before.
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Even on a big Broadway stage, Colin Quinn comes across as a knockabout Brooklyn guy who's the funniest person in the room – and, if you listen closely, quite possibly the smartest.
Not that he's showing off, or anything.
The blunt comedian hopefully will get the big audience he deserves Saturday night with the premiere of his HBO special, "Long Story Short," a taped version of his Broadway show tracing the history of the world in 75 minutes. The one-man effort elevates Quinn from earthy comic to a stand-up philosopher for our times.
Quinn's take is that little has changed over the centuries. He's adept at drawing unlikely connections, likening Caesar to modern-day gangsters and comparing Antigone's agony over the loss of her brother to Snooki weeping over the loss of her cell phone.
"We haven't changed since time began. That's why it's the same stories in the Old Testament and the New York Post," he quips.
The conceit, as clever as it is, seems on the surface unlikely to propel a whole show, either on TV or Broadway. But Quinn craftily builds on the concept, firing off layered one-liners like, "While the Greeks were busy thinking, the Romans came in, conquered them and said, 'What do you think about that?'"
We've always liked Quinn, whose stint as "Weekend Update" anchor on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1990s didn't get the recognition it warranted. He may have suffered in some eyes for approaching the gig like a stand-up comic going off on tangents based on the news, rather than sticking with the familiar fake-news format.
But a more nuanced variation on his "Update" shtick works well in "Long Story Short," in which he's unafraid to take his time getting laughs as he power walks through history.
We suspect the show, which we enjoyed on Broadway with its minimalistic set featuring faux-stone Roman Coliseum-like steps, will translate well to the small screen. That's due in no small part to the involvement of Jerry Seinfeld, who directed "Long Story Short" in its various incarnations. Seinfeld's observational humor sensibility meshes well with Quinn's, who adds some rough edges and the twist of juxtaposing past and present.
"When Socrates died, one of his last statements was, 'I know now that I know nothing' – kind of a d--- move, right?" Quinn asks.
We might not know much, but the long and the short of it is that Quinn's funny and insightful trip through time is well worth the 75 minutes.
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Airbus to use composites
Reversing field, Boeing rival will base A320 successor on them
Airbus will follow The Boeing Co.'s lead and build a plane with a composite fuselage, despite earlier suggesting that such construction wasn't safe because no one had done it before.
At a news conference Monday in Paris, the co-chief executive of EADS said that Airbus plans to develop a new generation of planes to replace its A320 family and that they will be built with light-weight composites.
"Today, we are actively preparing the launch -- at a date I'm not going to reveal -- of new generations of medium-range aircraft with fuselages that are mostly made of composite materials with very low-cost production," Noel Forgeard was quoted by Agence France-Presse as telling reporters.
Forgeard, the former chief executive of Airbus, is now co-chief executive of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., which owns 80 percent of Airbus.
Airlines want lighter planes because of the high cost of aviation fuel, he said.
"If kerosene is very expensive, what is important is to have an ultralight plane... ," he said.
Composites are layers of carbon fiber material used to make products ranging from lighter golf clubs and tennis rackets to Formula One race cars. They have been used widely on the wings and tails of commercial jetliners, but with the introduction of the 787 in 2008, Boeing will be the first to use composites for a large commercial jetliner fuselage.
Forgeard's apparent embrace of a composite fuselage for an A320 replacement was interesting because the company has said that the technology has not yet advanced far enough to make that leap.
In a report last week about composites in The Times of London, an Airbus spokesman was quoted as saying: "Boeing has missed out on several smaller steps in using composites, so it is trying to do it in one giant leap. There is a certain amount of risk that goes with that."
Airbus pioneered the use of composites on a commercial jetliner with the tail fin of its A310 in 1985. It will make the wings of its A350, a midsize jet that will compete against the 787, of composite material.
But the A350, scheduled to enter service in 2010, won't have a composite fuselage. Instead, the fuselage will be made of an advanced aluminum alloy that Airbus says will be much less dense, and therefore lighter, than aluminum.
Nor is Airbus using composites for the fuselage of its A380 superjumbo. The fuselage will use both metal and a material called Glare, which is made up of alternating lawyers of aluminum sheets and glass fiber reinforced bond film.
In response to criticism from Airbus about the 787 composite fuselage, Walt Gillette, head of the 787 development program, has said it is really Airbus that is taking a chance by using Glare instead of composites, which have been used on military and commercial jets for many years
The tail structure of Boeing's 777 is made of the same composite material that will be used for the 787 airframe, and it has never had a maintenance issue, Gillette noted.
Boeing has already made several fuselage test barrels in Seattle and in Wichita, Kan., to demonstrate production methods needed for the 787. The one-piece, carbon-fiber fuselage barrels -- some on the 787 will be more than 40 feet long -- are baked in huge ovens known as autoclaves.
The end result is a pressure vessel that has fewer parts and weighs about 20 percent less than one made of aluminum.
In addition to the 787, Boeing's product development team is already studying a composite replacement for the single-aisle 737 family of jets. In an interview with the Seattle P-I last month, Boeing Commercial Airplanes boss Alan Mulally said a 737 replacement could be ready for airlines as soon as 2012, though it's more likely to be between 2013 and 2015.
But Boeing and Airbus have a lot on their plates that must come off before they can be expected to take on the development costs of another new jet.
Boeing must get its 787 in service by mid-2008, and then develop the bigger 787-9 by 2010. The even bigger 787-10 would follow, probably in 2012.
In addition to the 787, Boeing is developing a bigger jumbo jet, the 747-8, which will use the 787 engines and is scheduled to enter service in 2009. Boeing is also developing a freighter version of the 777-200LR.
Airbus must get its A380 into service by the end of this year. The plane is already six months late. And Airbus must develop the A350-800 followed by the bigger A350-900 before it can take on an A320 replacement. It is also studying a bigger A380.
Early on, when Boeing announced that the 787 fuselage would be composite, many airlines expressed concerns, especially about "ramp rash"-- when an airplane is hit and damaged by equipment while parked at an airport.
Airlines considering the 787 wondered how ramp workers could spot damage to a composite fuselage and how easily and quickly ramp damage could be repaired.
Boeing's sales team soon hit the road with a large piece of the composite material that will be used on the 787 and asked airline executives to smash it with a large hammer. They did, repeatedly, and found they could not damage it.
Next, Boeing came up with what it said would be a quick and easy fix if a 787 fuselage were damaged at an airport.
Airlines did ask Boeing to increase the thickness of the composite material on the 787 around areas such as doors, which typically receive the most ramp damage.
Many industry experts believe the 787 will give Boeing a big advantage over Airbus when it comes time to develop jets to replace the 737 and A320. That's because Boeing will be able to take lessons learned from the 787 and apply them to its next new jet.


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LED daytime running lights are becoming extremely popular nowadays. Unfortunately, this optional feature is not available to all makes and models. For example, unlike its brother Subaru BRZ, Scion FR-S in the US does not come with LED daytime lights. This car has a tuner ready shell and LED daytime running lights are not part of the agenda. However, the popular rising aftermarket brand, Rocket Bunny, begs to differ as the version 2 body kit on the Scion FR-S comes equipped with high power LED daytime running lights.
The Rocket Bunny Version 2 body kit for the Scion FR-S features a total of 10 pieces high power LED daytime running lights mounted onto the bumper right below the headlights. The Rocket Bunny Version 2 is an aggressively styled body kit and the LED daytime running lights is just icing on the cake to complete the design. Although the cost of the Rocket Bunny Version 2 kit is well over $5000 US Dollars so it would not make sense to purchase the kit just for the sake of the LED daytime running lights. iJDMTOY's 10W high power LEDayFlex Style LED daytime running light kit can help you achieve a similar look to the Rocket Bunny Version 2 front end for a small fraction of the cost.


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Historic Photo Archives
The Historic Photo Archives consist of dozens of collections of photographs, negatives, and slides, primarily of people and places from Milwaukee's past.
Historic Photo Collection
The Historic Photo Collection (MHP-6) is the largest collection within MPL's Historic Photo Archives. It contains tens of thousands of photographs of Milwaukee, ranging in date from the late 19th century through the latter part of the 20th century.
Historic Photo Collection Index
The online Historic Photo Collection Index, linked above, is list of headings and sub-headings into which these photos have been organized. A more detailed index is available in print format at the Frank P. Zeidler Humanities Room reference desk.
Milwaukee Historic Photos (digital collection)
This digital collection contains digitized images of a growing number of photographs from the Historic Photo Collection.
Other Historic Photo Archives Collections
Historic Photo Archives Collections - Alphabetical List [pdf]
Browse by collection type:
Albums Negatives Photographs Slides Other Formats
Using the Collections
To learn more about these collections, please visit the Frank P. Zeidler Humanities Room at Central Library or call 414-286-3061.
Except as otherwise noted in the collection descriptions, Historic Photo Archives materials are available to be viewed upon request in the Humanities Room. Annual completion of a Special Collections Use form is required and will be kept on file in the department.


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Healthy Dessert
Bananas that are getting past ripe work perfectly in smoothies. Peel them, wrap them in plastic, and freeze them.
Melted chocolate, chocolate chips, and nuts make a great combo for these cookies.
You don't need ice cubes if you freeze the cherries before blending.
Each serving contains about 145 calories, 8 g protein, 9 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 24 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, and 100 mg sodium.
You don't have to tell anyone these are homemade, healthy granola bars. Just let your guests enjoy the chewiness of the oats and dense chocolate flavor from the highest-quality dark chocolate you can find.
Cook chopped apples and cranberries in the microwave for 4 minutes. Then stir in sugar or sweetener and mash with a fork to desired consistency.
Serve this with a bit of gingered whipped cream for a special dessert.
Here's a sweet treat without the calories from sugar.
Blend fresh mango, reduced-fat sour cream, and lime juice.
Fresh peaches and blueberries are nestled under a topping flavored with ginger and lemon.
Put peaches, yogurt, ice and all but 6 raspberries into blender and puree. Serve in tall glasses. Garnish with reserved berries. The smoothie will be thick enough to float them on top. Add fresh mint leaves if you have them.
Just 3 ingredients: pineapple chunks, vanilla yogurt, and ice. Quick and yummy!
In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla, and confectioners' sugar with a whisk to make no-cook pastry cream. Put mixture on top of graham cracker crumbs. Top with berries.
Cover the salad loosely and refrigerate, unless you're ready to eat it at once.
Chill overnight, then top with fresh strawberries and a drizzle of melted raspberry jam.
The sugar-free crust needs to chill before rolling out.
Wanton wrappers make these little desserts a snap to prepare.
Naval oranges, ripe strawberries, and sliced bananas are served with a yogurt-ginger sauce.
Nothing sweeter, or more simple, than a baked apple for dessert!
A quick English dessert of cooked berries layered with whipped cream.
This takes some patience, but you will be rewarded with a rich, seedless sauce, perfect for topping anything from fruit, to meat, to chocolate cake!
This cake gets its moistness from the apples and raisins, so it requires little oil.
Nothing makes an occasion more festive than a beautifully presented cake.
Your children can help you make this easy dessert that's colorful and good for them to eat. Have all of your supplies and ingredients ready before you begin.


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CAFs and arrays can be used to memoize functions
eg. if we had a function which typically took a long time to calulate (i.e. not like the example that's coming up) we could memoise this using an array. This would incur some extra time the first time the function was evaluated but afterwards would return the result in constant time.
import Array
isUppercase :: Char -> Bool
isUppercase x = let ox = ord x
in (ox >= ord 'A' && ox <= ord 'Z')
isUC x = uc!x
uc:: Array Char Bool
uc = array bnds [ (x,isUppercase x) | x <- range bnds]
where bnds = ((chr 0,chr 255) :: (Char,Char))
-- ChrisAngus
Memoising constructor functions gives you HashConsing, and you can sometimes use MemoisingCafs to implement that.
The MemoisingCafs idiom also supports recursion.
Consider, for example:
wonderous :: Integer -> Integer
wonderous 1 = 0
wonderous x
| x `mod` 2 == 0 = 1 + wonderous (x `div` 2)
| otherwise = 1 + wonderous (3*x+1)
This function is not at all understood by mathematicians and has a surprisingly complex recursion pattern, so if you need to call it many times with different values, optimising it would not be easy. However, we can memoise some of the domain using an array CAF:
wonderous2 :: Integer -> Integer
wonderous2 x
| x <= maxMemo = memoArray ! x
| otherwise = wonderous2' x
maxMemo = 100
memoArray = array (1,maxMemo)
[ (x, wonderous2' x) | x <- [1..maxMemo] ]
wonderous2' 1 = 0
wonderous2' x
| x `mod` 2 == 0 = 1 + wonderous2 (x `div` 2)
| otherwise = 1 + wonderous2' (3*x+1)
When using this pattern in your own code, note carefully when to call the memoised version (wonderous2 in the above example) and when not to. In general, the partially memoised version (wonderous2' in the above example) should call the memoised version if it needs to perform a recursive call. However, in this instance, we only memoize for small values of x, so the branch of the recursion that passes a larger argument need not bother checking the memo table. (This does slow the array initialization, however.) Thanks to LazyEvaluation, we can even memoise an infinite domain, though we lose constant time lookup. This data structure is O(log N):
type MemoTable a = [(Integer, BinTree a)]
data BinTree a = Leaf a | Node Integer (BinTree a) (BinTree a)
wonderous3 :: Integer -> Integer
wonderous3 x
= searchMemoTable x memoTable
memoTable :: MemoTable Integer
memoTable = buildMemoTable 1 5
buildMemoTable n i
= (nextn, buildMemoTable' n i) : buildMemoTable nextn (i+1)
nextn = n + 2^i
buildMemoTable' base 0
= Leaf (wonderous3' base)
buildMemoTable' base i
= Node (base + midSize)
(buildMemoTable' base (i-1))
(buildMemoTable' (base + midSize) (i-1))
midSize = 2 ^ (i-1)
searchMemoTable x ((x',tree):ms)
| x < x' = searchMemoTree x tree
| otherwise = searchMemoTable x ms
searchMemoTree x (Leaf y) = y
searchMemoTree x (Node mid l r)
| x < mid = searchMemoTree x l
| otherwise = searchMemoTree x r
wonderous3' 1 = 0
wonderous3' x
| x `mod` 2 == 0 = 1 + wonderous3 (x `div` 2)
| otherwise = 1 + wonderous3 (3*x+1)
Naturally, these techniques can be combined, say, by using a fast CAF data structure for the most common part of the domain and an infinite CAF data structure for the rest.
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WTF: Some White Lady In A Small Town Of Ohio Says "Im Afraid If Barack Obama Wins. The Blacks Will Take Over"
As the US presidential campaign enters its final weeks, both the Republican and Democratic candidates are hitting the swing states. But misconceptions and rumours abound and many voters have their facts about the candidates all wrong. Some believe that Democrat Barack Obama is a Muslim, for instance. Casey Kauffman talked to some Republican supporters after a rally by Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, in Ohio. Shout out to George
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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Drew Berry is a biologist-animator whose scientifically accurate and aesthetically rich visualizations elucidate cellular and molecular processes for a wide range of audiences. Trained as a cell biologist and microscopist, Drew brings a rigorous scientific approach to each project, immersing himself in relevant research to ensure current data are represented.
His three- and four-dimensional renderings of key concepts such as cell death, tumor growth, and DNA packaging, capture molecular shape, scale, behavior, and spatiotemporal dynamics. His groundbreaking animations of DNA replication, translation, and transcription enlighten both scientists and the scientifically curious. Drew received B.Sc. (1993) and M.Sc. (1995) degrees from the University of Melbourne. Since 1995, he has been a biomedical animator at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. His animations have appeared in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Royal Institute of Great Britain, and the University of Geneva. In 2010 he was named a MacArthur Fellow.


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App platform changes
If Windows 8.1 is judged by its desktop features, it will have failed. Here at Build, it is clear that Microsoft's strategy remains centered on the Modern platform. You can say I suppose that this is now version 1.1 rather than 1.0, and it is considerably refined. In Windows 8.0 apps display in fixed sizes: full screen, or most of the screen, or a snapped view docked to the side. Windows 8.1 abandons the snapped view, allowing you to resize apps freely (but only horizontally). You can display up to four apps side by side per screen, if your screens are large enough. Apps can also support multiple monitors, displaying different views on each. With multiple windows and resizable windows, the Modern platform comes a little closer to the flexibility of the desktop.
Live Tiles now come in more sizes
The API for the Windows Runtime is considerably extended, including new controls such as Hub, Flyout, CommandBar, DatePicker and Hyperlink. A severe Z-order bug in the Web View has been fixed, raising a cheer from Build attendees. The DirectX API is extended.
Another key change is that apps downloaded from the Windows Store can now update automatically, subject to user control. The Store itself has a new look and easier navigation.
Internet Explorer 11
Delivered as part of Windows 8.1, Internet Explorer 11 supports WebGL, a standard previously opposed by Microsoft on security grounds, enabling hardware accelerated graphics in the browser without a plug-in. DRM support for web video means that sites like Netflix can also deliver content without a plug-in. There are still two browsers in Windows 8.1, one for the desktop and one for the Modern environment, with no integration between them, though they share the same rendering engine. Improved touch support in IE 11 means you can use awkward controls like hover menus. You can open up to 100 tabs per window, with tabs suspended when not in use for efficient use of memory and CPU.
Enterprise features
On the business side, Windows 8.1 packs in a range of new features, some of which depend on Server 2012 R2. Workplace Join gives IT administrators some control over devices accessing business resources without requiring full domain join.
Workplace Join is a middle ground between Domain Join and unmanaged devices
Work folders allow users to synch their user data to machines that are not domain joined, subject to certain policies, and this data can be remote wiped if necessary. There is built-in VPN support for several clients including CheckPoint and Sonicwall. All editions of Windows 8.1 (including consumer) now support device encryption.
Other features
An eye-catching addition to Windows 8.1 is integrated support for 3D printers. The effect is that applications will be able to support 3D printing directly, rather than users having to run a dedicated application for each printer.
SkyDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage service, is now baked more deeply into Windows. Many settings are stored in SkyDrive and roam to other Windows 8 machines which use the same Microsoft account. There is an option to have the File Save dialog always default to SkyDrive. The Modern SkyDrive app now supports offline use, like the desktop version, and shares the same store.
A common Windows 8.0 complaint is that settings are split between the Desktop Control Panel and the Modern UI PC Settings. Microsoft has extended the latter, reducing the need to run Control Panel, though it is still not comprehensive.
Where next for Windows?
Step back from the Build activities and you can observe a disconnect between the content of the sessions, where the Modern platform dominates, and the real-world usage of Windows, where the desktop dominates. That disconnect cannot continue forever. There does not seem to be a plan B, and if Microsoft fails to establish the new platform it is unclear how Windows can progress.
In this context, Windows 8.1 is a smart move. It is a smoother experience for desktop users, which may win over users previously reluctant to move from Windows 7. The operating system as a whole feels more coherent; the dual personality remains, but does not get in the way to the same extent.
At the same time, Microsoft's commitment to the Modern platform does limit the appeal of Windows 8 for users who are content with Desktop apps. Another issue is that Windows 8.x devices will continue to be awkward and expensive hybrids, until the Modern platform is well enough supported that tablet-only usage is viable.
The future of Windows remains hard to predict, but 8.1 is a big improvement and makes the first release feel rough and ready in comparison. You can get Windows 8.1 Preview here, though note Microsoft's warning that this is not intended for general use and in most cases will require an eventual full reinstall. ®


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What is the difference between the Democrat's budget proposal that failed passage last week and Governor Schwarzenegger's proposal?
The irony about the Democratic budget that failed passage last week is that 45 percent of the proposals we voted on were the exact same proposals as those in the governor's May revise. Of the remaining portion of the budget proposed last week, at least 93 percent contained a portion of the governor's budget proposals. ( It may be ironic, but I doubt readers will applaud how aligned with the governor the Dems are. Best not to draw attention to the similarities, since most people seem to loathe the governor's proposal right now.
How about instead: The governor's proposal to bridge the $24 billion deficit does so with $16 billion worth of cuts which slice deeply into the social safety net.
The budget I supported saved programs assisting the state's most vulnerable and needy citizens, protected local governments, state parks, and CalGrants. The governor's budget would have eliminated CalWORKs, Healthy Families, and Adult Day Care, would have borrowed $2 billion, or 8 percent of of local government revenues, closed 220 state parks, and phased out CalGrants. The Democrats budget raises $2 billion dollars by taxing cigarettes, oil extraction and establishing a $15 vehicle fee to fund the parks.
Over the past few weeks, the Budget Conference Committee held hearings that were attended by thousands of Californians. Teachers, counselors, nurses, and education support professionals, who had already received layoff notices, testified as to the harm that would befall our students if the governor's proposed budget reductions were made. Californians receiving In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) testified that the governor's virtual elimination of the program would have forced them, along with approximately 394,000 other IHSS recipients, into more expensive state-funded nursing homes. College students stated that if the governor's plan to phase out CalGrants was implemented they would most likely have no other option than to drop out of school.
The governor's plan was not balanced and did not ask every Californian to sacrifice in order to help the greater good. While the Democratic budget plan still had to make funding reductions to vital state programs, it asks that everyone share the pain. In my opinion, the Democratic budget proposal made painful but responsible choices.
The Budget Conference Committee recently recommended a proposal to keep the state parks open. What does the proposal entail and how will it benefit California's state parks?
I strongly disagree with the governor's proposal to close 220 California state parks because their safe operation is essential to sustaining local economies and to the very preservation of life. California's state parks are economic engines that generate over $4.2 billion in jobs and revenues to local communities. Park staff also provide life-saving interventions and last year engaged in 133 aquatic rescues and 47 major medical incidents in Santa Cruz County alone. Elimination of these services will most certainly result in the loss of human life.
The proposal by the Budget Conference Committee would keep the state parks open with a $15 per vehicle registration fee, and generate $420 million annually. This idea was first proposed last year by former Assemblymember John Laird and would pay for all the expenses associated with operating the parks statewide and permit any vehicle with a valid California license plate to enter a state park. It is working well in other states, and could work here, too.
This option represents a reasonable alternative to the closure of parks and I encourage those who would like to keep the state parks open to contact the governor to let him know they support this targeted fee increase.
Recently, Assembly Bill 761 (AB 761), by Assemblymember Charles Calderon, was heard on the Assembly Floor. Can you describe the intent of this bill and explain why you voted against it?
AB 761 seeks to enact vacancy decontrol in California mobile-home parks. Currently, local governments have the ability to institute rent control policies for mobilehome parks and if AB 761 becomes law it will allow owners of mobilehome parks to increase the rental rate of any unit by as much as 100 percent upon the vacancy of a unit starting in 2017.
Mobile homes are an affordable housing option for people interested in living on the Central Coast and a large number of mobilehome residents are senior citizens on fixed incomes. For many mobile home owners, their mobilehome is not only their residence, it often represents the investment of their life savings.
AB 761 threatens to destroy the value of these investments and I could not in good conscience support the bill when it was heard on the Assembly Floor. Unfortunately, the bill passed out of the Assembly and is currently in the Senate. I encourage those concerned about this issue to contact their State Senator and express their opposition to this damaging measure.


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Hi everyone!
Forgive me if my problem is fantastically simple to solve, but I'm a first year Computing student, beginner programmer and this is driving me nuts. As part of our portfolio task, we have been asked to make a Ping Pong Table. The code that represents the table, the paddles, the ball movement, the ball bouncing off the walls and some key event listeners to serve the ball, start a new game and quit are all working perfectly.
However, the issue I'm having is with trying to get the scores to work.
This example code, at present, is making the score go up by one until it reaches the score required to win. That score is stored in a final int variable elsewhere. But let's say for example the maximum score is 3. When the player scores a point, the score goes from 0 to 1, then if they score again, 1 to 2. But, when it hits that maximum score ("WINNING_SCORE" in the code) the score just seems to add one forever.
I've tried adding the kidScore = kidScore + 1 to a while loop but that has resulted in the score no longer shifting from zero.
Here is the code as it is so far:
}else if (ballX < BALL_MIN_X){ //Discovers if the co-ordinates of the ball have entered the "score" zone of the table kidScore = kidScore + 1; //Adds one to the score table.setMessageText("Computer: " + computerScore + " Kid " + kidScore); //Sets the score in the table MessageText if (kidScore<WINNING_SCORE){ //Whilst the player's score is below the winning score, the game just carries on from the kid's serve ballX = KID_RACKET_X; ballY = KID_RACKET_Y_START; ballServed = false; }else if (kidScore==WINNING_SCORE){ displayScore(); //If the player has the amount of points to win, this calls the displayScore method }
Any thoughts on how I could fix this?
Many thanks!


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Star Trac Supports Dinosaur Dash Run
Star Trac supported and cheered 10K runners during the Tustin Public Schools (CA) Foundation's 17th Annual Dinosaur Dash Run on Nov. 4. The company provided water at its Myford Road office building, which was near the 10K course. The run raised money to finance special learning programs in Tustin public schools and benefited the private, not-for-profit Tustin Public Schools Foundation.
Extreme Fitness Keeps Up With Air Force Academy
Extreme Fitness Inc. is working on a new rack attachment system for the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, as part of its 21-year working relationship with the academy. Extreme Fitness Inc. currently supplies the academy with its MSP rack and platform training systems, as well as glute-hamstring machines, a selection of free weight equipment and 12 specially designed standing leg isolation curl machines.
"We have supplied more than $750,000 worth of fitness equipment over the years, and we will continue to serve to build the best fitness equipment to train male and female athletes as well as cadets in the United States Air Force," says John Huerta, vice president of Extreme Fitness.
HyperStrike Sponsors Xtreme Fighting Group
HyperStrike, an interactive online fitness service, is sponsoring the Xtreme Fighting Association, a mixed martial arts company. HyperStrike offers programs with 600 multi-view, life-like 3-D workout videos created by certified personal trainers.
Matrix Third-Quarter Sales Up
Matrix Fitness Systems' U.S. third-quarter sales increased by 98 percent over the corresponding 2006 period, the company announced. Over the same time frame last year, global sales grew 55 percent. Chris Clawson, president of Matrix, attributes the growth to the company's new products, including the Ascent Trainer, Incline Elliptical and the Hybrid Cycle.


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The only word to describe its facilities is brilliant, from the moment one enters the lobby. The terrace also features
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Seems like everyone, even PopcornBiz, is going a little crazy anointing Jennifer Grey front-runner status on "Dancing with the Stars" this weekend. Her husband, actor/director Clark Gregg is asking for cooler heads to prevail.
"Some people have said she's a favorite," he tells PopcornBiz. "But she's really up against it."
Don't believe the dancing pro-hype. Gregg cautions that his wife of nine years got her iconic role as Patrick Swayze's dancing partner Baby in "Dirty Dancing" despite not having formal dance training.
"She's not a dancer," says Gregg. "She's a tremendous actress who took some jazz classes and really had to struggle to learn the stuff. And that was 20 years ago."
To boot, Grey will be up against a world of competition in the best season of the celebrity show which brought made weekly celebrity news last season when it enlisted celebrity mother Kate Gosselin last season.
Amazingly, this season looks to be even more potent. Even former "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell was impressed with the signing of iconic David Hasselhoff and his devoted following. "Genius booking," he told Extra.
"I will put money that he will win," Cowell said.
But the competition goes deeper than this. There will also be room for Mama Bears and Tea Party advocates as Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, will also be dancing in the crew as well as "Jersey Shore" stand out Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.
Normally that would be enough magic for any season. But then add on crooner Michael Bolton, Brandy, Margaret Cho, Rick Fox, Florence Henderson (from the "Brady Brunch"), footballer Kurt Warner and reality show star Audrina Patridge and you have the makings for the best season ever.
Forget that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Sylvester Stallone and Richard Branson have turned down the show in the past. "Dancing With the Stars" has never been on a roll like this and any one of these dancers could capture America's (and the judges') imagination.
So you can understand Gregg's reluctance to have Grey zooming to the top of the expectations board early on. This is going to be a dog-fight to the end.
Further, the actress is coming off a chronic injury, the result of a long-ago car accident. She had it checked out by a neurological spine surgeon who repaired the damage in two neck-fusing operations last year, according to Zaptoit.com.
During the procedure, the doctor found what turned out to be cancerous nodules in her neck which also had to be removed.
Despite it all, Gregg admits he's been impressed with the stuff he's seeing from his wife.
"She can move," he adds. "Man, can she move."
The same can be said of Gregg, who will continue his role as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson in "Thor," out next spring. We'll also be able to see Coulson in his this continually expanding super hero role in the "Iron Man 2" when the DVD/Blu-ray is released on Sept. 28.


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RF Toolbox™ provides functions, objects, and apps for designing, modeling, analyzing, and visualizing networks of radio frequency (RF) components. You can use RF Toolbox for wireless communications, radar, and signal integrity projects.
With RF Toolbox you can build networks of RF components such as filters, transmission lines, amplifiers, and mixers. Components can be specified using measurement data, network parameters, or physical properties. You can calculate S-parameters, convert among S, Y, Z, ABCD, h, g, and T network parameters, and visualize RF data using rectangular and polar plots and Smith® Charts.
The RF Budget Analyzer app lets you analyze transmitters and receivers in terms of noise figure, gain, and IP3. You can generate RF Blockset™ testbenches and validate analytical results against circuit envelope simulations.
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On The Hook: Commercial Fishing Reaps Billions
Taxpayers provide commercial fishing subsidies, some may contribute to overfishing
U.S. taxpayers doled out more than $6.4 billion in subsidies to the commercial fishing industry between 1996 and 2004, possibly accelerating the ongoing collapse of fish stocks worldwide and adding to the devastation of large ocean fish species.
U.S. subsidies, calculated for the first time by Renee Sharp, director of Environmental Working Group's California Office and renowned fisheries economist Ussif Rahid Sumaila, director of the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia, amounted to 21 percent of the $31 billion U.S. commercial fish harvest between 1996 and 2004. Some kinds of subsidies can be good, if they encourage conservation and careful management of fishery stocks or if they equip under-employed fishers for other lines of work, for example. But there is general international consensus that some other kinds of subsidies can contribute significantly to the depletion of ocean fish.
The Sharp-Sumaila study published in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management and supported by the Lenfest Ocean Program has determined that direct federal and state subsidies to commercial fishing operations totaled $6.4 billion and averaged $713 million annually (in 2007 dollars) between 1996 to 2004.
50 percent more boats than needed to bring in the fish...
There is ample evidence that the U.S. commercial fishing fleet has over-exploited marine fish stocks, in some cases to the danger point. An April 2008 report entitled "Excess Harvesting Capacity in U.S. Fisheries" and published by the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) found that 12 of 25 U.S. commercial fishing operations it examined had 50 percent more boats than needed to bring in each operation's total fish catch for the year (NMFS 2008a). Having too many boats is one component of overcapacity, which is a more complicated metric that relates to the amount of fish that all vessels in a fishery are able to catch.
The logical result of overcapacity is overfishing, meaning, that more fish are harvested than can be naturally replaced. Reports on the current status of U.S. fish stocks are bleak. According to NMFS data, in 1997, 32 percent of the nation's 269 monitored fish stocks were considered overfished, meaning seriously depleted (NMFS 1997). In 2007, a decade later, 24 percent of 190 monitored fish stocks were still categorized as overfished, and another 17 percent were deemed subject to overfishing (NMFS 2008b). The global situation is similar: In 2004, the last year for which subsidy data were available, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that the proportion of overexploited and depleted world fishery stocks approached 25 percent, up from 10 percent in the mid-1970s (FAO 2004).
Although fishery management failures have long been recognized to play a key role in the growing problem of overfishing and overcapacity, more recently a consensus has emerged that government subsidies to the fishing industry are also an important contributor (FFITF 1999, UNEP 2004, USCOP 2004). As the Federal Fisheries Investment Task Force noted in a major report on U.S. fisheries subsidies in 1999 (FFITF 1999), "A number of studies in recent years have been issued... concerning subsidies and capacity in world fisheries. The consistent conclusion is that there is overcapacity worldwide, that government subsidies have contributed to this overcapacity, and that overcapacity has contributed to the decline of many marine fishery resources."
44 percent of federal and state subsidies support fuel costs
Fishing subsidies also have significant environmental impacts that stretch beyond the sea. EWG's calculations showed that fully 44 percent of federal and state subsidies between 1996 and 2004 went for fuel for fishing fleets. Supporting fuel costs has may not have only helped promote the needless expansion of commercial fishing operations, it has also likely caused wasteful fuel consumption, air and water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate global warming.
Unlike motorists and truckers, commercial fishing operations are exempt from all federal and state fuel taxes and some state sales taxes on fuel. EWG found that these tax breaks were worth $2.8 billion to the fishing industry over the 1996-2004 period, or $314 million per year. The U.S. fishing industry is estimated to use about 800 million gallons of fuel each year. While not the only industry to receive hefty fuel subsidies, they nonetheless provide commercial fishing operations with less incentive to conserve. A 2008 World Bank report concluded that at the global level, each ton of fish caught uses almost half a ton of fuel, much of it wasted as too many boats chase too few fish (World Bank 2008). Moreover, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (2006) recently concluded, in its major study on the implications of fisheries subsidies, that the environmental impacts of fuel tax exemptions are "potentially significant" (OECD 2006).
Majority of funds went to harmful subsidies....
While it is impossible to predict exactly what kind of effect a particular subsidy will have on a given fish stock, some subsidies are more likely to be harmful than others (OECD 2006). The worst are those that contribute to overfishing and/or overcapacity under virtually all circumstances. The best are those that contribute to conservation and appropriate levels of fishing capacity under virtually all circumstances. EWG calculated that from 1996 to 2004, the majority (56 percent) of government funds went to harmful subsidies, the largest being fuel subsidies and state sales tax exemptions.
The rest, 44 percent, went to "ambiguous" subsidies, so termed because they could be beneficial, neutral or harmful, depending on the exact nature of the program. Funds for fisheries research, for example, are often -- but not always -- beneficial: EWG's research found that at least some funds were being channeled to research into increased fisheries exploitation. Similarly, disaster aid programs can be designed to retrain out-of-work fishers for new jobs, or they can essentially support repeated "boom and bust" cycles of overfishing and fishery disasters.
It is important to note that when most people think of subsidies, they may imagine direct payments to fishermen. While such types of subsidies do exist, they more often take other forms such tax exemptions or preferences, favorable loan rates, money to bolster demand for U.S. fish at home or abroad, fisheries research, or other such types of less commonly thought of types of subsidies.
The first study to attempt a detailed accounting of individual U.S. fishing subsidy programs
The Sharp-Sumaila study is the first to attempt a detailed accounting of individual U.S. fishing subsidy programs on both state and federal levels and is perhaps the most in-depth examination of fishing subsidies ever conducted for any country. Such a detailed examination can reap surprising results.
EWG found, for instance, that while only a fraction of the subsidy pie could be attributed to specific fish species or regions, there were some big recipients in both arenas:
- Salmon and tuna fishermen together received more than half of the $70 million per year that could be linked to specific fish.
- Fishermen in Alaska and the Western Pacific area (Hawaii and American Samoa) were the main beneficiaries, pulling in 23 percent and 28 percent, respectively, of the roughly $200 million that could be traced to particular regions.
- More details on individual subsidy programs, breakdowns by geographical region, fish species, and federal vs. state money can be found in the peer-reviewed publication (Sharp 2009), and in additional databases available only on EWG's website.
In all scientific endeavors with time and money constraints, increasing a study's depth requires limiting its breadth to some degree. For this reason, EWG was forced to exclude from its analyses some indirect fishing subsidies. When the approximately $1.1 billion the U.S. spends yearly on fisheries management and services are considered, annual government support for U.S. commercial fisherman rises to $1.83 billion –- more than half the total value of the yearly catch.
Subsidies of such magnitude have great potential to distort market forces, undermine voluntary conservation efforts and complicate international diplomatic and trade initiatives. These data, along with data from other similar studies, help explain why global stocks of fish are in dire straits.
Right now, no one is winning.
Rolf Willmann, a fisheries expert with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and co-author of The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform, published last October by the FAO and World Bank, described the situation this way:
"Right now, no one is winning. The real income levels of fishers are depressed, much of the industry is unprofitable, fish stocks are depleted and other sectors of the economy foot the bill for an ailing fishing industry" (World Bank 2008).
A Global Problem.
While the problem of fishing subsidies in the U.S. is significant, it is an even more serious problem in many other countries. Globally, fishing subsidies are estimated to total more than $30 billion per year. The U.S. has been in the forefront of efforts to limit harmful fishing subsidies through the World Trade Organization.
In fact, as a part of the so-called Doha Round of global trade talks, the U.S. has pressed for strong WTO rules that could even require some of the subsidies identified in the Sharp-Sumaila study to be eliminated or re-programmed towards more sustainable uses, such as promoting the reduction of excess fishing capacity or the adoption of more selective fishing techniques. Unfortunately, the Doha talks have been repeatedly delayed by diplomatic disagreements over agricultural subsidies and industrial tariffs, and the timetable for completing the Round is still an open question.
Even if a WTO agreement is eventually reached, it remains to be seen whether the new rules really take on the most dangerous forms of fisheries subsidies. Fuel subsidies, for example, are widely used, and are considered politically sensitive by many governments around the world. While the U.S. and other governments have pledged to eliminate subsidies that drive overfishing, it remains unclear whether they will really deliver WTO rules that do the job. It would be a critical oversight, for instance, if WTO rules do not eliminate or sharply reduce fuel subsidies, since cheap fuel not only contributes directly to overfishing but also undermines international efforts to slow global climate change.
Some reasons for optimism
There are reasons to hope that at least the U.S. might be tackling the longstanding problems of overfishing and overcapacity. In December 2006, for example, the U.S. Congress enacted a set of ambitious amendments to the 1976 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, calling for an end to overfishing by 2011 and setting, among other measures, mandatory annual catch limits for species subject to overfishing. While these reforms do not address subsidies, and not enough time has passed to evaluate their effectiveness, they are nonetheless encouraging because they represent what is perhaps the strongest U.S. legislation ever enacted on the issue.
Another reason for optimism is President Obama's nomination of Dr. Jane Lubchenco, a well-known marine fisheries biologist who has long advocated stricter conservation measures for the oceans and more aggressive action on climate change, to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the agency responsible for managing the nation's fisheries.
In addition, while they still have a way to go, the U.S. has been one of the proactive countries in terms of addressing the issues of fishing subsidies. Not only has the U.S. been leaders in the WTO process, it was one of the first countries to start looking at their own fishing subsidies in 1999 when it appointed a Congressional task force to study the issue.
The bottom line, however, is that as the oceans become more and more depleted it is becoming more critical to address subsidies - both in the U.S. and around the globe.
EWG urges the new administration and Congressional leadership to:
- Shift subsidies away from programs that encourage overfishing and overcapacity to those that are beneficial to the long-term health of commercial fishing and fisheries such as direct investments in conservation, retraining for out-of-work fishermen, increased data collection for data-poor fisheries, and the transition to management structures that allow fishermen to have an ownership stake in fisheries. Fuel subsidies, in particular, should be curtailed and the revenue used to fund the establishment and maintenance of marine reserves for the key commercial fisheries. Any subsidies designed to reduce capacity must be desgned to appropriately to ensure they do not have unintended consequences.
- Work towards successful completion of the WTO fisheries subsidies talks, including a global ban of harmful fishing subsidies such as fuel tax exemptions government support for for vessel construction and modernization. Such multilateral action is essential not only because trade pressures make it difficult for individual countries to reduce subsidies if others aren't, but because some species are wide-ranging and are fished by many different countries' fleets.
- Aggressively implement the 2006 Magnuson-Stevens reforms and ensure that the government's financial policies (including subsidies) are tightly linked to management plans. Fisheries cannot become or remain healthy over the long-term if subsidies are encouraging expansion of fishing fleets or days at sea.
- Work at home and abroad to make fisheries subsidies programs more transparent by requiring publication of details about subsidies and how they are used.
Federal Fisheries Investment Task Force (FFITF). 1999. Report to Congress. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Available: www.nmfs.noaa.gov(March 2008).
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2004. The state of the world's fisheries and aquaculture. FAO, Rome. Available: www.fao.org(March 2008).
National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS). 2008a. Excess Harvesting Capacity in U.S. Fisheries. Available: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2007/docs/042808_312_b_6_report.pdf(January 2009).
National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS). 2008b. National Marine Fishery Service 2007 report to Congress: The Status of US Fisheries. Available: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/domes_fish/StatusoFisheries/2007/2007StatusofUSFisheries_Report_to_Congress.pdf (February 2009).
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 1997. National Marine Fishery Service report to Congress: Status of Fisheries in the United Sates. Available: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/Fstatus.html(February 2009).
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 2006. Financial support to fisheries: implications for sustainable development. OECD, Paris. Available: www.oecd.org.(March 2008).
Schmid, RE. 2006. Overfishing May Harm Seafood Population. Washington Post. November 3, 2006. Available: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR2006110300217.html(February 2009).
UNEP (United Nations Environment Program). 2004. Analyzing the resource impact of fisheries subsidies: matrix approach. Available: www.unep.ch/etb (March 2008).
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. 2004. An ocean blueprint for the 21st century. U.S Commission on Ocean Policy, Final Report, Washington, DC. Available: www.oceancommission.gov (March 2008).
World Trade Organization (WTO). 2008. New draft consolidated chair texts of the ad and scm agreements. TN/RL/W/236. WTO. Negotiating Group on Rules. December 19, 2008. Available: www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/rulesneg_e/rules_dec08_e.doc (February 2009).
World Bank. 2008. The Sunken Billions. World Bank and FAO. Available: http://go.worldbank.org/EKE38PW3O0(January 2009).
Worm, B, E Barbuer, N Beaumont, JE Duffy, C Folke, BS Halpern, JBC Jackosn, HK Lotze, F Micheli, SR Palumbi, E Sala, KA Selkoe, JJ Stachowicz, R Watson. 2006. Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314(5800): 787-790. Available: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/314/5800/787(February 2009).


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DARIEN, Conn. -- Alan Schwarz, an investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, will speak on the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at a talk and book signing at the Darien Community Organization on Nov. 14.
The evening will include a panel discussion with Jamison Monroe Jr., founder and CEO of Newport Academy, which manages a series of evidence-based treatment centers for teens and families healing from mental health issues, such as eating disorders, trauma and substance abuse.
Schwarz is well known for his New York Times series on concussions in the NFL which led to nationwide safety reforms. His new book, ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic, looks at the history of the diagnosis, the drugs that have been developed to treat it and the resulting overmedication of children and teenagers.
"This book sheds much-needed light on the atrocities perpetrated by the pharmaceutical industry," said Monroe, who shared his personal story of addiction with Schwarz for the book. "I've experienced and observed the wide-ranging impact of ADHD misdiagnosis first-hand over the past 20 years in my own life and for the last decade, in my professional life, treating adolescents in recovery."
According to Schwarz, ADHD has become the most misdiagnosed condition in American medicine. "I passionately hope that ADHD Nation will wake us up as a society to what's happening around us," Monroe said. "Parents must educate themselves about the highly potent prescription narcotics being prescribed for their children and about the many non-pharmaceutical approaches that have been proven to be just as effective," he said.
The event is co-presented by Newport Academy, Insight Counseling, Communities 4 Action and the Life Solution Center and will be held on Nov. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Rd.
"I hope to see many community members come out to learn more about this very important issue," said Monroe.
To register, contact Iris Maclean at email@example.com or (203) 997-7178 or visit Newport Academy's website. Books will also be available for purchase at the event.


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Happy Wedding Wednesday!
I completely forgot that today was Wednesday, isn't that weird? I was sitting in my office and thinking about today and things I have to get done and what popped into my head but Wedding Wednesday! :)
On Monday August 11, 2014 the fiance & I had another meeting with the priest. That day we were scheduled for a hour and a half meeting. We were scheduled to do an "inventory" exam. I had no clue what this would entail and I also had no clue what an "inventory" exam was!
So there Fiance and I go, after driving early in the morning from our home town to where we work (hour and a half away), worked from 8-5, and then drove home another half hour to get ready to meet with the priest for a hour and a half. Needless to say I was not looking forward to it!
So basically the Focus Inventory exam for Catholics is like any standardized test you would take in school. It consisted of 200 questions that were fill in the bubble. We were placed in a room (together) and given this booklet of questions and an answer sheet. Of course the fiance and I conversed (quietly) about some of the questions. Some of them were just odd. Anyway, here's a list of the top three types of questions you should expect to see on the Focus Inventory exam if you're having a Catholic wedding:
1.) Have you and your fiance discussed fiances for your future? (so many of these questions and for good reason, it's the main arguments most couples have!)
2.) How do you and your fiance plan to raise your children? (a lot of variations of this questions)
3.) How will religion have an effect on your relationship?
The priest said that he will need to send in our answers and we would need to schedule another meeting to meet with him in 2 weeks to discuss our answers and issues he may see in our relationship.
Needless to say, I was not expecting that! I had no clue I would be questioned on some things (like intimacy) and how we would raise our children, etc. But I think they have it in place for a reason so I'll keep my thoughts to myself. Haha.
Anyway, here's the outfit I wore to have the meeting with the priest:
Stripped Blazer: Kohls/Ruffle Tank: Forever 21/Black skinny pants: Forever 21/Flats: Tory Burch/Watch: Michael Kors
The fiance and I have been doing a lot of packing tonight, so this is my break away from it. He is all packed and ready to go, tomorrow I will finish my packing. Isn't it always harder for a girl to pack than a guy? A guy just puts together a couple outfits and is fine with it. Not me, I need to try things on. It's a process!


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DWTS Season 17, Week 5 – The Phone Flaps!!
OMG so much complaining about phone issues this week. One actual significant one….and one that is about people being pissed of cuz they were outed as being stupid. 😀
Phone Flap #1 – The wrong phone numbers posted at the end of the show. This one is actually pretty significant to people who are casual watchers and, therefore, potentially unaware that those numbers were WRONG. See the photo, below:
Heidi: Gee, you'd think that people who WORK ON THIS SHOW would know that the phone number to vote for a couple stays the same over the course of the season. But some yahoo in production made the list match the actual dance order of monday night. :::rolls eyes::: Lawd have mercy. Christina and Jack's numbers are the only two out of the nine that are actually correct and that was just dumb ass luck. I have a feeling we'll get an announcement at the beginning of next week's show that the east coast phone votes are going to be tossed, and that's a damn good thing. Much like last season, if you throw them ALL out, then no one gets an advantage or disadvantage.
Courtney: You had ONE JOB, Muppet in the control booth – ONE JOB. And the fact that you screwed it up unfortunately doesn't bode well for really anyone. While they will likely decide to throw out all of the east coast phone votes, I have to wonder if someone like Snooki (who hails from New York) might get cheated out of some needed phone votes as a result…I think it's entirely possible that the biggest chunk of her phone votes probably came from the east coast. And this is basically a reverse of what happened at the end of last season, when they threw out the online votes – while throwing out the online votes and keeping the phone ones served to level the playing field a bit (since it basically limited the number of votes an individual could cast), I think throwing out some of the phone votes and keeping the online ones gives a little bit more influence to the power voters, who could sway the outcome a bit more. I don't think there's any resolution to it, unfortunately – but it makes me slap my forehead and go "D'oh!" and hope that this snafu doesn't cause some unexpected elimination catastrophe 🙁
Heidi: Excellent points, all, Court.
Phone flap number 2 – Chris Colfer tweeting Amber's phone number, saying it was his cell. Frankly, if you didn't see this one for the joke it so clearly is, you're an idiot. 😀
Heidi: But yes, apparently people were up in arms about it – me thinks they are pissed that they were outed as stoopid.
Courtney: This was an ACTUAL STORY over at E!. Woooo hot, controversial topics, E! Such hard-hitting and scandalous stuff. I'm sure you guys peed your pants 2 years ago when the Kardashian harpies tweeted out Rob's voting number and claimed it was Justin Bieber's cell #, right? Or a year ago when Kirstie was also claiming that her voting number was really Bieber's cell? Yes? No? But c'mon, people – it's a goddamn 800 number. Even a low-functioning meth addict could probably take a look at it and go "Wait a minute…that don't look right." So if you were dumb enough to think that a) that was actually Chris' cell #, and/or b) that he was actually dumb enough to tweet it out, you deserve to inadvertently vote for Amber & Derek…oh, the humanity! Such a sadistic punishment!!! *desperately trying to feign horror*
Heidi: Not mention that an ACTUAL reporter would look at Chris' timeline (see below) and note that the number he tweeted exactly matches the number in the tweet of Amber's that he retweeted a couple hours before. Credit where due – Ali of The Bachelorette was on E! when Gulianna the dim was complaining about this being "cheating" and she loudly says "Come on! It's an 800 number!!" LOL – not good when you're bested in the smarts department by a Bachelorette. Pssst…what are the odds that the Colfer fangirls and boys were already voting for Amber anyway? Yeah, I thought so. 😀
Courtney: Giuliana is an ostrich in a Posh Spice wig. Pay her no mind as she squawks inanely 😉


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