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On a recent trip to D. C., I was out to dinner with some long-lost family friends and their very accomplished, 20-something daughter who'd just moved to the city after earning her Masters of Public Administration and subsequently landing a seriously fat job working for the government, something she's always wanted to do. She'd come directly to dinner from the office — never mind that it was, in fact, a Saturday. She was tired, but lit up whenever she got to talking about what was going on at work. But the second she left the table, her parents expressed more than a little bit of worry: How will she ever meet anyone when she's working so hard? A standard parental concern, of course, but she seemed pretty happy with her new gig. A gig which, it bears repeating, is seriously impressive — and one she'd worked really hard to score.
I have another friend, a single 30-something living a life in New York City that Carrie Bradshaw would have envied. I've known her and her family for years, and her mom always says, Oh, but I think deep down she really just wants to be a stay-at-home mom.
Then: lunch last week, with yet another friend. Young, super educated and very successful. Not that into kids, but considering freezing her eggs. (To the tune of somewhere around $12,000.)
And finally: just today I got an email from another friend — a journalist whose job has taken her around the world. In fact, she and her husband just returned from a year in Africa, an adventure they'd deemed too amazing to pass up. And they were right. Now that they're back, though, they're thinking baby thoughts. As in, at 36 years old, it's now or… well, maybe never — which means not just baby thoughts, but thoughts about boarding the infertility express. (To the tune around $12,000… a round.)
All of which has me wondering: These are all women — happy women — who have experienced some seriously amazing accomplishments, women who are living lives they are pretty happy to be living. And yet, the perception is that there's no way they could be really happy unless they have a man on their arm and a baby on their hip. Not to say there's anything wrong with a man or a baby — on the contrary! — but these women are happy today. So why the constant focus on what's "missing"?
The conspiracy theorist in me sees a touch of The Beauty Myth-variety dynamics at play. Here's a bit of what Naomi Wolf wrote in the 1991 book:
The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us.
Consider: Recent years have seen major changes in women's position in society (we're now the majority of the workforce, earning more degrees, and an increasing number of wives are the main breadwinner in a marriage) and in our behavior around marriage and motherhood (age of first marriage and first child are rising, and numbers of women who've chosen to be child-free are steadily on the uptick, as well).
And… backlash!
Recent years also have seen an explosion in what might be described as a fetishization of these traditional female roles. Bump watches abound, and weddings have gone off the reservation. (After yesterday's announcement that they're getting divorced, Kim Kardashian's $10 million dollar wedding on Aug. 20 to NBA star Kris Humphries breaks down to $138,888 a day. That must have been one hell of a cake.) Professional "glamour" maternity photos are becoming as ubiquitous as the professional engagement portrait.
I'm not saying that we don't — or shouldn't — want love and marriage and a baby carriage. But if we don't, the cultural forces at work sure do their best to change our minds.
We have more choices than ever before, and we've been told we can have it all. But, instead of fully enjoying what we do have, how often are we worrying over how we're going to get the parts we don't? And — worse! — when we're not worrying over how we're going to get the parts we don't have yet, how much time are we forced to spend explaining that, no, we really are quite happy… time that could be spent, you know, actually being happy?


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Don't expect a game changing tech initial public offering anytime soon. Private tech companies are steering clear of going public as long as they can manage, said Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, on CNBC's "Closing Bell" Monday.
"When you say what's the next big IPO, the brutal truth is I don't know and I'm not sure there is going to be one for quite while because the incentives are so strong to keep these companies private," Andreessen said.
The hangover felt from the dot-com crash and financial crisis has spurred an era of overregulation in the public markets which has essentially caused a backlash from private companies that are refusing to go public, Andreessen said.
Emerging entrepreneurs see the public markets as "incredibly hostile," he said.
"The new running theory among new entrepreneurs is never take your company public or don't do it as long as you possibly can," Andreessen said.
Andreessen, who has invested in tech companies including, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, said that another reason tech companies are hesitant to go public is because of the pain still felt from the dot-com crash.
"A lot of people got burned during the dot-com crash, so I think we are living through the other side of that, I think we are living through sort of the tech depression, is the term I've used," he said. "But at the same time I can tell you that the vast majority of the interesting new companies that are sort of at the $50 million to $100 million revenue stage,that have historically have been the source of the exciting IPOs that put growth into the market, those companies are quite simply staying private, they aren't going public."
While there were about 8,800 public companies in 1997, there were about 4,100 publicly traded companies in 2012, a decline that can be contributed to a war being waged on the public markets via regulations like Sarbanes-Oaxley and Regulation FD, which were put in place to help derisk the market. But these regulations do more harm than good, Andreessen said.
"We seem to have collectively decided as a society that we want to strip risks out of the public markets, so we had the dot-com crash, we had the financial crisis, and we decided that we don't like risk anymore," he said. "So there have been a series of regulatory reforms, a series of corporate governance movements, and the result has been a huge disincentive for companies to go public, and of course the problem with that is if new companies don't go public then you get exactly what we are seeing, which is the number of public companies falling."
Because the number of public companies is falling, growth is being stripped out of the public markets, which will ultimately pave the way for a two-tiered system, he said.
"If you kill risk, you kill growth. If you kill growth you kill returns. And as a result the market is becoming a two-tiered system and I think that is bad," he said. "Funds like ours—that primarily represent, frankly, rich people, rich people's pensions, rich people's colleges and foreign countries' sovereign wealth funds—generally, are doing fine."
However, he said that on the public side, growth is being drained out of the market, and that could hurt many Americans in the long-term.
"Of course the public market is where most ordinary Americans' retirement savings is held in the form of mutual funds and pension funds and if we keep with this approach of overregulation in the public markets, we're not going to have returns for peoples' retirement accounts, which means people aren't going to be able to retire," he said. "And I think that is going to be the big problem that comes out of that and I think that's where we are heading straight towards that right now."

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LAKE STEVENS — Twenty-eight days after she went missing, Ethel O'Neil was found in her car in some blackberry bushes off a private road near Lake Stevens.
The blue 1987 Chevy Nova was wedged in brambles on three sides off of 12th Street NE.
The car couldn't be seen from the road. Nor could the property owners spot it from their house. It took the eyes of a Snohomish County Search and Rescue helicopter pilot on Tuesday to find it.
"It appeared the car was backed in," said Shari Ireton, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
Her family on Wednesday expressed relief that she had been found.
O'Neil was 89 and was in the early stages of dementia.
Her ordeal represents the worst fears for many families with an aging parent with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, which affects more than 5 million Americans. Research shows that 60 percent will wander and get lost at one point or another, said Becca Verda, a spokeswoman for the Alzheimer's Association of Western and Central Washington chapter.
Time is critical when they do roam. If not found within 24 hours, up to half will suffer injury or death, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
While the Snohomish County Medical Examiner has yet to determine the cause of death, O'Neil's disappearance provided a reminder of the importance of tracking bracelets for vulnerable people. It also kindled discussion about whether the state has an effective public notification system when someone with dementia or Alzheimer's goes missing.
Local search and rescue volunteers have long advocated that people living with Alzheimer's or other conditions, such as autism or traumatic brain injuries, sign up for Project Care Track, which provides traceable bracelets to people who are prone to wander.
The bracelets are outfitted with transmitters that send out unique signals that can be tracked by search and rescue teams. A receiver tuned in to the person's bracelet beeps louder as it gets closer to its location.
The signal can lead searchers to a lost person within minutes, not hours. The program costs $15 a month. Donations are available to those in need.
When Rodman Reynolds learned about O'Neil's disappearance in mid-July, the Everett man couldn't help but think about his own mother in Texas and the importance of an effective statewide public notification system.
His mom has Alzheimer's-advanced dementia and in 2012 vanished two times in six months. In one instance, she was found slumped over in her car that was out of gas and had a dead battery, about 160 miles from her home.
Reynolds said he is glad to know she lives in a state with a Silver Alert public notification system. Similar to Amber Alerts for abducted children, the Silver Alert gets the word out quickly to media when people with dementia, Alzheimer's, developmental disabilities or other medical disabilities goes missing.
Washington has the "Endangered Missing Person Advisory Plan" for people believed to be in danger because of age, health or mental or physical disability.
To date, it has been an underused system, Washington State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins said.
"We have some educating to do, including with law enforcement and the public," he said. "We are not at all shy about admitting we have more work to do."
So far this year, it has been used 10 times for a variety of situations, including elderly dementia patients. That's a significant increase from the past, he said. Previous years' numbers were not immediately available.
State Sen. Barbara Bailey has sponsored legislation in the past to include a Silver Alert system in Washington state. These days, she is open to using the existing system if it can be made more effective in cases of Alzheimer's.
Just as an Amber Alert seems to convey the urgency of finding an abducted child, Bailey believes Silver Alert would quickly register in peoples' minds the image of a confused wandering adult with Alzheimer's.
"You want the general public to not have to stop and think: What does that mean?" she said.
Bailey's own mother suffered from the disease. There would be times her mother would wake up in the middle of the night and think she needed to get somewhere.
"When you have Alzheimer's people who are wandering, hours and minutes matter," Bailey said. "They are far more frail. They are far more suspectable to the environment."
Calkins said better training should lead to more agencies using the existing state-wide alert system.
O'Neil vanished July 16. She'd decided go shopping at the Everett Mall, just a three-mile drive from her home.
She was last seen in the 6700 block of 88th Place in Marysville, asking for a map and directions back to Everett. Everett police led the effort to find her and worked closely with several agencies, including Snohomish County Search and Rescue staff and volunteers and the Washington State Patrol's aviation unit.
O'Neil's family was thankful Wednesday that she had been found.
"The bottom line is we have some closure," said her son, Patrick O'Neil, of Olympia.
"She had a good life," he added. "She was a great lady and she had a heart of gold."
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Everett is one of more than a dozen town hall meeting stops to discuss Alzheimer's-related issues people are facing across the state.
The Everett meeting is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Carl Gipson Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave. It is hosted by the Alzheimer's Association Western and Central Washington chapter.
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Many years ago I took a Quadrille Twister class from former CQA (Canadian Quilters' Association) Teacher of the Year Dianne Stevenson. In that workshop, I learned what I believe is the BEST technique for sewing blocks or quilts of like-sized squares together. Dianne learned the technique from someone else and was very happy to share it and now I'm passing it along to you. There's a good chance someone else has done a tutorial on this already, but I've never seen one. Pluse, posted a very brief Instagram photo tute the other night and some of my friends asked for more details.
In my last post, I told you about the thousands of 2.5" squares that I cut from my unwanted, older, not-intended-for-any-other-projects fabric. I am very happily using all of these squares to build a Scrap Vomit quilt. At 49 patches per block, there is ample opportunity for the voodoo to creep in (not that it really matters with scraps). Piecing this could be a tedious bore.
Enter: The Anti-Voodoo Block Piecing Tutorial.
I'm going to show you how to do this with little 2.5" squares, but it can also be done with an entire quilt of 10" blocks, or even a whole charm pack of 5" squares that you want to whip up into a baby quilt.
1. Arrange your squares on a design wall (or if small, beside your machine on your table).


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Uncivilisation, 19-21 August 2011. See you there?
by Shaun Chamberlin on July 23rd, 2011
As regular readers will know, I am an admirer of the Dark Mountain Project – fellow adventurers in uncovering and reshaping the cultural stories that define us and guide our behaviour. Their manifesto is well worth a read.
So I have accepted this contribution from Dougald Hine, one of the co-founders, as my second ever guest post (the first remains one of my favourite moments of Dark Optimism). It was originally written for the Transition Network site, and we hope it will encourage you to join us at the Uncivilisation festival in a month's time. I was at the first one last year, and it was a febrile, fertile space, pregnant with possibilities and realism. Hopefully I'll see you some of you at the second instalment. Over to Dougald:
How do you describe a festival whose contributors range from a poet wielding a scythe, to a former banker talking about the idea of a mortgage strike, to an ex-Wikileaks hacker who's been rigging up improvised internet services in Afghanistan?


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One on One's NFL Friday: Week 9, 2013
Kenny Ducey and Nolan Silbernagel disscuss Geno Smith's incosistency and the rollercoaster ride that has been this Jets season. The guys and beat reporter Kris Venezia tell you what to expect from Gang Green going up aginst the 6-1 Saints. While the Giants are on their bye week, beat reporter Eric Mollo delivers his most interesting Giant report of the year.
USA Today's Jim Corbett joins the guys to disscuss the landscape of the league and hand out some midseason awards. Jim also talks about the injury to Cincinnati's Geno Atkins, the return of 49ers' Aldon Smith, and Dez Bryant's sideline pump-up speech/tantrum. They also put the Kansas City's 8-0 start under the microscope.


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Yes, poem #45 - due to some glitch over at egroups Poem #44 didn't get out, but, as the poet put it, be patiently, brothers and sisters [renumbered -- sitaram]. Also, I didn't have any particular theme this week, so don't bother looking :)
(Poem #44) My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun (Sonnets CXXX)
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound. I grant I never saw a goddess go: My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.
Shakespeare is widely considered the undisputed master of the sonnet form, and while he has written better sonnets than 'My Mistress' Eyes', this one is particularly interesting for the twist it applies to the usual love poem. It is somewhat reminiscent of the self-consciously clever devices the metaphysical poets were employing at around the same time[1], but IMHO rings far truer (I'm admittedly biased here; I like Shakespeare much more than I do the metaphysical lot). Somewhat surprisingly, for people who have been conditioned to think of Shakespeare as 'difficult' or 'inaccessible', most of his sonnets are both easy and rewarding to read. A few snippets of background info for this one: reek: Of smoke, vapour, perfume, etc.: To be emitted or exhaled; to rise, emanate. Obs. [rather than the modern meaning, to stink] 'if hairs be wires': Ladies' hair was often compared to golden wire in Elizabethan poetry. The form is, of course, the Elizabethan, or somewhat self-definitively 'Shakespearean' ababcdcdefefgg. [1] William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Donne (1572-1631) for example, but I don't really know influenced either of them were by the other. m.


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Earning Your Stripes
Whether it's the Friday night game or the one televised on Sunday afternoon, the first thing you see when you walk into the stands or turn on the TV is the field. Many communities and professional stadiums take tremendous pride in providing a top quality playing surface for their team to do battle on. Not only is the surface pristine, but the lines and graphic logos that mark the field boundaries and locations are masterfully placed on top of the playing surface. Many spectators do not realize the time and effort it takes to prepare your fields, especially painting lines and logos. The time it takes and the view you take towards athletic field striping is directly related to the equipment and products you use to perform this task. Athletic field striping is an art and like any good artist, you need the proper tools and products to deliver a quality result.
There are many products on the market that help athletic turf managers stripe their fields. Understanding the operation, the goal and the expectations of your program will help you choose the right products. There are four styles of delivery systems for paint application. Each delivers a line on the playing surface; where they differ is in the method and efficiency of the delivery.
Electric pump systems utilize a small diaphragm pump and electronic motor to deliver the paint. These units are usually small and can maximize efficiencies if used to line only one or two fields. This unit is not ideal for use on a large number of fields. The paint is delivered in a low-pressure platform with one or two nozzles.
Diaphragm pump systems use a large pump and a gas motor to deliver the paint. Units are larger and carry larger quantities of paint. Facilities with multiple fields are a perfect fit for this machine as it can handle the extra workload over the electric pump system. The paint is delivered in a low-pressure platform (30 to 50 psi) with one or two nozzles.
Keep in mind that the integrity of the diaphragm pump system is only as good as the diaphragm pump on the unit. Large industrial-style pumps will have a longer life and better consistency over the life of the unit than their smaller counterparts. You must always clean these units after every use to mitigate the chances of the pump becoming clogged.
Pressure vessel units use a tank system that requires pressure in order to move the paint. The pressure comes in two forms: air or CO
2. The air delivery form incorporates a gas engine hooked to a compressor, while the CO 2form includes an additional tank. The integrity of the pressure tank is key for these units to operate properly. Pressure forces the product through the plumbing. If there is a leak anywhere in the system, you face the risk of the system not efficiently applying the product. The paint is delivered in a low-pressure platform (30 to 50 psi) with one or two nozzles.
High-pressure units use a direct-draw system with a high-pressure pump. The increased pressure of these units results in better atomization of the paint. These units have an operating range from 300 to 1,200 psi and they deliver a precise stripe. High pressure shoots the paint down into the turf and also the soil. However, this can cause difficulties if your program requires a lot of painting because it can lead to buildup of paint in the soil that may need to be mechanically agitated or removed.
One last delivery technique is aerosol paint. While this practice might be perceived as a quick solution, it is very costly when compared to the mixable paints and units that are on the market. If more than one field is being painted, compute the cost of the products used over the season and you will come out with a lower cost per field with mixable paint.
High pressure vs. low pressure is most often decided by the application that you're required to perform. Both types of systems will deliver the same end result. If logos are a major part of your program, then high-pressure units might be a better fit for your operation as long as you understand the effect it will have on the health of the grass.
After you determine what type of unit is required to deliver the desired results for your program, there are a number of other tools needed to make the entire process of painting easier.
The most important tool other than the line painter and the paint is string. String will frame the lines and provide the guide for straight lines. Without string, you have to rely on that the last person who painted the lines kept them straight. Professionalism begins with attention to detail. If the first impression you give of your facility and business is crooked lines, then you will have a hard time improving your systems. Using string to keep lines straight can be a cumbersome practice, especially if you are doing many fields, but it is worth the effort. Keep your string either on a device that you can wind up mechanically or manually. If you paint many soccer fields and have center circles to paint, you can measure out a string that is the proper radius of the circle and then stake it in the center and tie it off to the unit to paint an exact circle.
There are many other products on the market that help improve the painting process as well as tips of the trade.
Stencils are used when logos, numbers and hash marks are needed. You can also purchase line sleds that give you a precise line. These sleds tend to require more labor to move from one point to another.
Carry spare nozzles with you as well as something to clean them if you experience a clog while you are out on the property.
A fresh bucket of water is always good to carry with you to help clean clogged nozzles or to use if a spill occurs.
When using low quality athletic field paint, invest in a good screen to strain the mixed paint before you place it into your tank.
If you have a small opening on your tank you may also want to purchase a large funnel to expand your pouring radius.
Logos may require you to brush or roll paint onto the surface. You can get crisper lines by using splash boards around the edges.
Last but not least, you should have clothes that you do not mind getting dirty. Painting is a messy job. Rags are also good backups for those that need a quick wipe down.
Keeping the paint properly mixed will help assure a quality result. The unit must be able to agitate the paint while it's in the tank. Why is this important? If the paint is allowed to settle in the tank you will run the risk of the paint either gumming up the plumbing of the system or you will have inconsistent line quality.
It is important to understand what makes up the latex paint, as it plays an important role in the quality of the paint and comparisons. There are three primary ingredients: vehicle, pigments and solid portion. The vehicle consists of the solvent (water), binder (latex resin) and a wetting agent or dispersing agent. Pigments are made up of primary and fillers. The primary pigment in most paints is titanium dioxide (white). Fillers can be made up of calcium carbonates, silicates, talc and clay. Most of the pigments utilized today are organic that can be synthetically manufactured. These materials are combined and ground to form the coating. Here is where the cost of the paint can escalate. The cheaper paints tend to be those that do not have a detailed or very aggressive grinding process. This can cause for a lot of sediment or particles in your paint even after you have mixed it well. The expensive paints are aggressively ground and have very little sediment.
Many of the expensive paints also come in a paste form. While this may seem like a good thing, it adds a considerable amount of expense in the mixing and separation of the paint once the desired water concentration is added. Almost all heavy paste style paints will need mechanical agitation to properly mix the paint. The expense comes in the handling of the paint and preparation of the product in order to utilize it.
Many of the cheaper paints are just a lower level of the paste product already diluted with water. Why does this matter? You are already jeopardizing quality when buying lower quality paint. If it is already diluted and you dilute it additionally, your end result (quality) will suffer drastically.
The desired look of the field is dependent on the quality of the paint, the pump system, the planning and the expertise of the operator. Just remember to keep lines straight, your logos crisp, and the coach, the team and the community will cheer your efforts.
Boyd Montgomery, CSMF, SCPS, is a sports field and grounds district sales manager for The Toro Co. (Bloomington, Minn.).
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The following appeared in the 2006.04.15 edition of LE REFLET, a weekly newspaper in the MONTÉRÉGIE, published in Delson, QC. The English synopsis is mine.A resident of Delson, QC, Hubert AUCLAIR died 2006.04.10. He was the husband of defunct Patricia FRIEND. He leaves behind his grieving children: Keith (Sophie), Stéphane (Isabelle), & Shawna (Jean-Michel), 6 grandchildren: Nicholas, Gregory, Anthony, Emeric, Felix & Danik. The funeral was held April 15 at Saint Andrew church in Delson, QC followed by internment at the Protestant Cemetery in Delson.
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The price of oil climbed to near $94 a barrel Wednesday as U.S. demand for heating fuel was expected to rise amid severe winter weather.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. oil for February delivery was up 26 cents to $93.93 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Tuesday, the Nymex contract rose 24 cents to end at $93.67.A deep freeze has spread from the U.S. Midwest to the East and South, setting record low temperatures from Boston to Birmingham, and killing 21 people. The Midwest and the East experienced temperatures colder than much of Antarctica, supporting oil prices as demand for heating fuel rises.
"The big freeze in the U.S. hit
some of the refinery oil operations, causing a short-term shutting down that
helped crude oil prices to move higher," said a note to clients from
Sucden Financial Research in London.
An estimated 190 million people in the
U.S. were subjected to the icy blast, caused by a kink in the "polar
vortex," the strong winds that surround the North Pole. Authorities said
the worst should be over in the next day or two. Warmer weather -- at least,
near or above freezing -- is in the forecast for much of the stricken part of
the country.
Prices were also supported by
instability in oil-exporting countries in North Africa and the Middle East,
particularly Libya, where production never quite recovered from the civil war
that broke out nearly three years ago.
Looking ahead, investors are waiting
for the U.S. government's crude inventory report that is likely to show a fall
in stockpiles last week, indicating stronger demand.
A survey of analysts by Platts, the
energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., showed expectations of a draw of
3.3 million barrels in crude oil stocks and a build of 2 million barrels in
gasoline stocks.
Late Tuesday, the industry funded
American Petroleum Institute reported a fall of 7.3 million barrels in crude
stocks last week. The report from the
Energy Department's Energy Information Administration - the market benchmark -
will be out later Wednesday.
Brent crude, used to set prices for
international varieties of crude, was up 51 cents to $107.86 on the ICE Futures
exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading:
- Wholesale gasoline added 0.17 cent
to $2.6803 a gallon.
- Natural gas rose 3.8 cents to $4.337
per 1,000 cubic feet.
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I'll just highlight a few things that triggered my suspicions:
In mid-February, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Bravewell Collaborative are convening a "Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public." This is a watershed in the evolution of integrative medicine, a holistic approach to health care that uses the best of conventional and alternative therapies such as meditation, yoga, acupuncture and herbal remedies. Many of these therapies are now scientifically documented to be not only medically effective but also cost effective.A "summit" is a "watershed in the evolution"? Even setting the inane mixed metaphor aside, that's inane. The convening of a "summit" is not a scientific advance, it's just people talking about something. And either treatments are supported by scientific testing or they are not. I'm not impressed that "many" alternative therapies have been "scientifically documented to be ... medically effective." The proper distinction is between what has passed scientific testing and what has not. I don't care about the categories "conventional and alternative." If it's proven scientifically it becomes conventional, doesn't it? The proven ones don't get to hang out with the bogus ones, propping up their reputation. [CLARIFICATION: I mean Chopra, Ornish, Roy, and Weil can't be permitted to group the proven ones with the bogus ones.]
President-elect Barack Obama and former Sen. Tom Daschle (the nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services) understand that if we want to make affordable health care available to the 45 million Americans who do not have health insurance, then we need to address the fundamental causes of health and illness, and provide incentives for healthy ways of living rather than reimbursing only drugs and surgery.So, the alternative therapy gurus want their cut of the money. Millions of people need medical treatments, and these guys want money to instruct people about meditation and eating right.
Many people ... have a hard time believing that the simple choices that we make in our lifestyle -- what we eat, how we respond to stress, whether or not we smoke cigarettes, how much exercise we get, and the quality of our relationships and social support -- can be as powerful as drugs and surgery.Oh, bullshit. People believe that — to excess if anything. What they have a hard time with is actually losing weight, exercising, and quitting smoking. Don't waste limited health care funds on these characters who only want to nag us about what we already know. And by the way, this isn't alternative medicine. It's is the routine health advice that any doctor would give you.
Chronic pain is one of the major sources of worker's compensation claims costs, yet studies show that it is often susceptible to acupuncture and Qi Gong. Herbs usually have far fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals.Usually. Look, if those herbs are drugs, test them as drugs and get them approved by the FDA. Don't spread the generic notion that "herbs" are good. That's harebrained hippie talk. And as for acupuncture and Qi Gong: Point me to the scientific studies.
I'm skipping the paragraph that talks about erections. Integrative medicine wants to help you with your orgasms.
Closing in on the conclusion:
It's time to move past the debate of alternative medicine versus traditional medicine, and to focus on what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under which circumstances.Yeah, let's call it all science, and let's just do real science, and cut the bullshit.
It will take serious government funding to find out, but these findings may help reduce costs and increase health.Look, if you have a study you want funded, apply for funding. If you just want public support for a nice chunk of cash to go toward promoting alternative medicine, I say no no no no no no no.
Integrative medicine approaches bring together those in red states and blue states, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, because these are human issues.Oh, shut up.


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Could you please clarify what the term "religious bigot" means when you use it and perhaps provide a few examples of what types of groups would be considered religious bigots according to your definition?
Ethan Post
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>From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:PierceED_at_csus.edu]
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>You can't be serious.
>America has supported exactly the kind of violence that we
>were subjected
>to yesterday against the palestinian people for decades.
>Figuring this stuff out is is not rocket science or mystical alchemy.
>Research the modern history of the Middle East, and you will
>find that at
>the end of WWI, the european colonial powers lied to the Turks
>and Arabs
>and specifically architected a political structure that was
>designed to
>destroy and weaken muslim civilization (not that muslims
>didn't have their
>hands full with their own internal problems) in order strengthen the
>geopolitical and economic position of european powers.
>I'm not "taking sides", those are the facts. Both "sides" in the
>Israeli/Palestinian war are full of racism and religious bigotry.
>Here is a good resource for understanding the problem:
> http://www.tikkun.org
>(see below for excerpt from Rabbi Lerner's article)
>On 12 Sep 2001, at 18:31, David Chance wrote:
>Date sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:31:25 +1200
>> I'm living in New Jersey, and at least 2 of my daughters school
>> friends appear to have lost parents in this tragedy.
>> It's not easy to explain to her how the people doing this
>> actually believe that is what God wants of them.
>> It was very trying watching the news and seeing people in other
>> countries, men, women and even children, cheering the events of
>> today.
>> Maybe thats something I never want to undersatnd.
>A World Out of Touch With Itself: ' Where the Violence Comes From
>by Rabbi Michael Lerner Editor, TIKKUN Magazine
>There is never any justification for acts of terror against innocent
>civilians--it is the quintessential act of dehumanization and not
>recognizing the sanctity of others. The violence being
>directed against
>Americans today, like the violence being directed against
>Israeli civilians
>by Palestinian terrorists, or the violence being directed against
>Palestinian civilians by the Israeli army occupying the West
>Bank and Gaza,
>seem to point to a world increasingly irrational and out of
>control. It's
>understandable why many of us will feel anger. Demagogues will try to
>direct that anger at various "target groups" (Muslims are in
>danger, though Yassir Arafat and other Islamic leaders have
>denounced these terrorist acts). The militarists will use this
>as a moment
>to call for increased defense spending at the expense of the
>needy. Right
>wing may even seek to limit civil liberties. President Bush will feel
>pressure to look "decisive" and take "strong" action--phrases
>that can be
>manipulated toward irrational responses to an irrational
>attack. To counter
>that potential of mass panic, or the manipulation of our fear
>and anger for
>narrow political ends, a well-meaning media will instead try
>to narrow our
>focus solely on the task of finding and punishing the
>perpetrators. These
>people, of course, should be caught and punished. But in some
>ways this
>exclusive focus allows us to avoid dealing with the underlying
>issues. When
>violence becomes so prevalent throughout the planet, it's too easy to
>simply talk of "deranged minds." We need to ask ourselves,
>"What is it in
>the way that we are living, organizing our societies, and
>treating each
>other that makes violence seem plausible to so many people?"
>Its true, but
>not enough, to say that the current violence is a reflection of our
>estrangement from God. More precisely, it is the way we fail
>to respond to
>each other as embodiments of the sacred. We may tell ourselves
>that the
>current violence has "nothing to do" with the way that we've
>learned to
>close our ears when told that one out of every three people on
>this planet
>does not have enough food, and that one billion are literally
>starving. We
>may reassure ourselves that the hoarding of the world's
>resources by the
>richest society in world history, and our frantic attempts to
>globalization with its attendant inequalities of wealth, has
>nothing to do
>with the resentment that others feel toward us. We may tell
>ourselves that
>the suffering of refugees and the oppressed have nothing to do
>with us--
>that that's a different story that is going on somewhere else.
>But we live
>in one world, increasingly interconnected with everyone, and
>the forces
>that lead people to feel outrage, anger and desperation
>eventually impact
>on our own daily lives. The same sense of disconnection to the
>plight of
>others that operates in the minds of many of these terrorists. Raise
>children in circumstances where no one is there to take care
>of them, or
>where they must live by begging or selling their bodies in
>put them in refugee camps and tell them that that they have
>"no right of
>return" to their homes, treat them as though they are less
>valuable and
>deserving of respect because they are part of some despised
>national or
>ethnic group, surround them with a media that extols the rich
>and makes
>everyone who is not economically successful and physically trim and
>conventionally "beautiful" feel bad about themselves, offer
>them jobs whose
>sole goal is to enrich the "bottom line" of someone else, and
>teach them
>that "looking out for number one" is the only thing anyone
>"really" cares
>about and that anyone who believes in love and social justice
>are merely
>naive idealists who are destined to always remain powerless,
>and you will
>produce a world-wide population of people feeling depressed,
>angry, and in
>various ways dysfunctional. Luckily most people don't act out
>in violent
>ways--they tend to act out more against themselves, drowning
>themselves in
>alcohol or drugs or personal despair. Others turn toward
>religions or ultra-nationalist extremism. Still others find themselves
>acting out against people that they love, acting angry or
>hurtful toward
>children or relationship partners. Most Americans will feel
>puzzled by any
>reference to this "larger picture." It seems baffling to imagine that
>somehow we are part of a world system which is slowly
>destroying the life
>support system of the planet, and quickly transferring the
>wealth of the
>world into our own pockets. We don't feel personally
>responsible when an
>American corporation runs a sweat shop in the Phillipines or crushes
>efforts of workers to organize in Singapore. We don't see ourselves
>implicated when the U.S. refuses to consider the plight of Palestinian
>refugees or uses the excuse of fighting drugs to support repression in
>Colombia or other parts of Central America. We don't even see
>the symbolism
>when terrorists attack America's military center and our trade
>talk of them as buildings, though others see them as centers
>of the forces
>that are causing the world so much pain. We have narrowed our
>own attention
>to "getting through" or "doing well" in our own personal
>lives, and who has
>time to focus on all the rest of this? Most of us are leading
>reasonable lives within the options that we have available to
>us--so why
>should others be angry at us, much less strike out against us? And the
>truth is, our anger is also understandable: the striking out
>by others in
>acts of terror against us is just as irrational as the
>world-system that it
>seeks to confront. When people have learned to de-sanctify
>each other, to
>treat each other as means to our own ends, to not feel the
>pain of those
>who are suffering, we end up creating a world in which these kinds of
>terrible acts of violence become more common. This is a world
>out of touch
>with itself, filled with people who have forgotten how to
>recognize and
>respond to the sacred in each other because we are so used to
>looking at
>others from the standpoint of what they can do for us, how we
>can use them
>toward our own ends. No one should use this as an excuse for
>these terrible
>acts of violence--the absolute quintessence of de-sanctification. I
>categorically reject any notion that violence is ever justified. It is
>always an act of de-sanctification, of not being able to see
>the divine in
>the other. . We should pray for the victims and the families
>of those who
>have been hurt or murdered in these crazy acts. Yet we should
>also pray
>that America does not return to "business as usual," but
>rather turns to a
>period of reflection, coming back into touch with our common humanity,
>asking ourselves how our institutions can best embody our
>highest values.
>We may need a global day of atonement and repentance dedicated
>to finding a
>way to turn the direction of our society at every level, a
>return to the
>most basic Biblical ideal: that every human life is sacred, that "the
>bottom line" should be the creation of a world of love and
>caring, and that
>the best way to prevent these kinds of acts is not to turn
>ourselves into a
>police state, but turn ourselves into a society in which
>social justice,
>love, and compassion are so prevalent that violence bec
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and prepare for Hurricapocalypse 2011. LET'S GO!
2011 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS – 9:00PM Sunday (MTV & VH1) MTV's annual salute to videos it never airs is back again. There's no host this year, which I approve of. I know it seems mandatory for a show like this to have some comedian come out for five minutes and make decent jokes that fall flat with the audience because the audience is a bunch of self-involved jerks (Chris Rock was the only decent VMA host), but it isn't. Ever watch the Oscars? The hosts evaporate after the first 30 minutes. They're useless except to give critics something to bitch about. Anyway, this year you get performances from a robust lineup including Beyonce, Adele, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown (duck!), and Lady Gaga. Plus the usual supply of surprise performances and "outrageous" moments that weren't at all conceived in a pre-production meeting six months ago. ANTICIPATION: EDGE OF GLORY!
GEORGE W. BUSH: THE 9/11 INTERVIEW – 10:00PM Sunday (NatGeo - an NBC/Universal Network) The run of 9/11-themed programming continues as we get closer and closer to the tenth anniversary of the attacks. Sunday night, NatGeo airs this hourlong special featuring the former President talking candidly about that day and the impact it had both on the nation and on him personally. Tune in and hear a bit from the man who was in charge when the planes hit. ANTICIPATION: SAD!
LIVIN' FOR THE APOCALYPSE – 10:00PM Sunday (TLC) Meet four downhome folks who are fastidiously planning for the end of the world in 2012. I kind of understand why they're doing it. If you plan for the end of the world in 2012 and then it doesn't happen, well then you're playing with the house money after that, ain'tcha? ANTICIPATION: FLAWED LOGIC!
FLIGHTMARES – 10:00PM Sunday (Biography Channel) Here's a new show about people who survived harrowing moments traveling on airplanes, including a dude who was forced to land a plane after the pilot had a heart attack. Wait, that can actually happen? So my daydreams could become reality? NICE! ANTICIPATION: SCARY!
CURIOSITY: WHAT SANK TITANIC? – 8:00PM Sunday (Discovery) You need two hours to figure that out? ANTICIPATION: IT WAS AN ICEBERG, YOU IDIOTS!
Weekend Watch List: The VMAs Will Scandalize Your Children
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I have a fun little Halloween card to share with you today! It is my card for CPS Sketch #239, where we were sponsored by Want 2 Scrap this week. Of course, I created this card for some other challenges, and those will be listed at the bottom. Here is my card!
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics (raven) & Papertrey Ink (vintage cream)
-Paper Issues challenge- 31 Days of Halloween
-Simon Says challenge- Halloween or Goth
-Top Tip Tuesday challenge #55- designer paper & handmade flowers


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More than 400 special needs teens and adults stepped into glittering gowns and tailored tuxedos on Sunday night to serve as the guests of honor at the 7th annual "A Night To Remember," a formal dinner dance coordinated by Discovery Christian Church in Cranberry Township.
Jodi Brennan, the event's guest coordinator, said the first event in 2012 attracted about 50 special needs adults.
"People just have such a wonderful time that they tell their friends and they tell their friends," Brennan said of the explosion in attendance.
The female guests were treated to free hairstyling, makeup and manicures at the Regional Learning Alliance by a legion of smiling stylists from various salons in the region who volunteered their time.
As the guests and their buddies waited for the stretch limousines to ferry them from the RLA to the dinner dance at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Warrendale, they enjoyed a juggler on stilts, magicians and a handful of Disney princesses who mingled and posed with the dapper guests.
Buddies, dressed in suits and dresses, waited by age groups at the RLA to be paired with a guest.
"I think this is really a great way to help people in our community and it's such a fun thing to be part of," said Discovery Church member Haley Salva, 18. "They deserve to feel as special as anyone."
Carson Brethauer, 17, also a member of Discovery, served as a buddy for the first time on Sunday night. He waited patiently in a white suit and tie as the guests and their families poured into the RLA to check in.
"I've always wanted to help out someone with special needs because sometimes they're not always invited to stuff," Carson said.
Angel Pedley of Butler has attended for the past six years with her sister, Brandy, who has autism. The girls, clad in sea foam and red gowns, respectively, got their hair done in side-by-side chairs at the RLA before the dinner dance.
"It gives everyone a chance to socialize and have fun without being judged," Angel said. "I think it's amazing that they provide this event for everyone."
The girls' mother, Donna Pedley, said Brandy has attended A Night To Remember for each of its seven years.
"It gets her out among her peers, both disabled and nondisabled," Pedley said. "She has a great time."
She marveled at the dozens of volunteers, clad in yellow T-shirts, who traversed the RLA looking for guests who they may be able to help, as well as Discovery Church for hosting the classy evening.
"They really go above and beyond," Pedley said. "Instead of trying to hide the people with disabilities, they bring them out."
Diane Krnaich of North Huntingdon, Westmoreland County, watched her daughter, Taylor, 17, have her hair expertly curled by stylist Cayla Holland of Bella Capelli Salon in Monroeville.
Taylor wore a flowy black dress of cocktail length with a rhinestone bodice. Her blingy shoes matched her dress perfectly.
"She loves any kind of parties like this," Krnaich said.
Taylor admitted to feeling excited about the dinner dance, and most looked forward to eating and throwing down some moves on the dance floor to the sound of her favorite artist, Taylor Swift.
Abigail Caperell, 17, of Latrobe enjoyed the tall juggler and her encounter with Cinderella at the RLA, where she had her hair and makeup done. The first-time guest said the prep party at the RLA was more fun than she imagined.
"I didn't know what to expect," Abigail said. "I feel awesome."
Her mother, Rachel Battistoni, said A Night To Remember is all Abigail has been talking about for the past month, and it did not disappoint.
"They get to feel just as amazing as other girls do at their proms," she said.
Stephen Spinneweber of Knox, Clarion County, dressed in a white three-piece tuxedo for A Night To Remember. He looked forward to the juggler and dancing to country music.
"I just want to have fun," Stephen said.
When the guests and their buddies arrived at the DoubleTree, they climbed out of the limos and beamed at the hundreds of people who waited to cheer for them as they were announced.
Most strutted like celebrities down the red carpet set up at the hotel entrance.
Thumping dance music blasted as Discovery Church member and event founder Bryan Gratton announced each guest when they approached the red carpet. Those in the bleachers and standing along the red carpet erupted in applause and a cacophony of hoots to welcome them.
Many guests waved, pointed, raised both hands or danced down the red carpet before entering the DoubleTree, to the delight of their families who looked on or held their phones up to get a picture or video.
Some guests high-fived those behind the velvet ropes along the red carpet, many of whom held colorful signs welcoming the guests and their buddies to the dinner dance.
Inside, those in attendance were greeted in the well-decorated banquet room by "Star Wars" characters before tucking into an upscale dinner and dancing to music spun by a DJ.
Gratton said a committee spends all year gathering sponsors and planning the event.
He said Jesus counsels his followers not to throw parties for the rich, politicians or those who can pay them back in some way.
"He said to do it for the people who don't get invited," Gratton said.
The party, which included a balloon artist, magicians and other entertainment in addition to dinner and dancing, continued until 9 p.m.


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|Gustav Klimt
Particolare dal fregio di Beethoven, 1901-1902
Materiali vari
|Upper Belvedere, Vienna
|Gustav Klimt
Giuditta I, 1901
Olio e foglia d'oro on canvas
84x42 cm.
Belvedere, Vienna
...This would also be the last time Klimt would accept commissions from the state, remarking: "I've had enough of censorship...I reject all state support, I don't want any of it."
...The paintings were requested for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, but the ministry declined, nervous of what the reaction might be. Klimt then resigned his commission, wishing to keep his work, but the ministry insisted they were already property of the state. Only when Klimt threatened the removal staff with a shotgun was he able to keep his paintings.
We can imagine the scene: Klimt, the frenzied creator of the paintings, armed with a shotgun, challenging some bewildered officers from the state who had arrived to take his creations away. Speaking from personal experience, an artist will protect their creation like a lion ferociously protects their young. I can almost understand why the state felt they had the right to snatch the art in Klimt's case -- in their mind, they had commissioned the paintings. If they were paying an artist, damn it, that artist must be forced to behave according to the Rules of State. However, Klimt was operating under different Rules. He was following the standards set by the Angels from a another world, the World of Art -- like Beethoven -- who had gone before.
When the World of Art collides with the Material World, it is like a nuclear bomb. We must remember that King Ludwig II of Bavaria was the enlightened ruler of the World of Art during Klimt's formative years; Wagner was still going strong. At around the same time, Sigmund Freud zapped everyone awake with psychoanalysis right there in Vienna, and Carl Jung expanded on the theme. It was the turn of the century and The World of Art -- The Real World -- had kicked into high gear, which always spooks the state, which then, in turn, kicks into "crush, kill, destroy" mode. Attempting to radically move the state forward is no easy feat, though real artists never give up trying to do such things.
In any event, Klimt got his paintings back without firing a shot, with the help of his gutsy patrons, August Lederer, and his wife, Serena Pulitzer, together with Koloman Moser, fellow artist and founder of the Vienna Secession.
Then, in 1945, the Nazis destroyed those paintings anyway, but by that time, Klimt had been dead for 27 years, and could only suffer from Heaven.
|Gustav Klimt
Giuditta II (Salomé), 1909
Olio su tela 176x46 cm.
Venezia, Ca' Pesaro -
Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna
One of the main themes of the exhibition is Klimt's collaboration with Joseph Hoffman, the architect and interior designer. These two men strived to attain the total work of art. In 1902, the Secession decided to stage an exhibition devoted to Beethoven centered on Max Klinger's sculpture of the composer. Hoffman was the artistic director, who created three large rooms. In one of those rooms, Klimt depicted the Beethoven Frieze on three walls. I was mesmerized by the work.
Based on Richard Wagner's descriptive interpretation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony -- in particular, Friedrich von Schiller's Ode to Joy -- Klimt illustrates the allegorical theme of Art's victory over adversity.
|Beethoven Frieze
|Beethoven Frieze
Photo at: Secession
From the official Secession website:
The Beethoven Frieze was originally intended as an ephemeral work of art and, like the other decorative paintings, it was to be removed after the close of the exhibition. It was only owing to fortunate circumstances, that the frieze was not destroyed as planned: the Secession was to present the following year a major Klimt retrospective (XVIIIth exhibition, 1903), and it was decided to leave the work of art in place.
In 1903 the arts patron and collector Carl Reinighaus purchased the frieze, which was cut into seven pieces to be removed from the wall and was stored for twelve years in a furniture depot in Vienna, until Reinighaus sold the frieze again in 1915 to the industrialist August Lederer. Lederer was one of Klimt's most important supporters and owner of what was probably the most extensive and important collection of Klimt pictures in private hands at that time.
In 1938 the Lederer family, like so many other families of Jewish origin, was dispossessed. The Beethoven Frieze was thus placed in "state custody" and was only officially returned to the ownership of the family heir Erich Lederer, who had meanwhile settled in Geneva, after the end of World War II. At the same time, an export ban was placed on the frieze, so that Erich Lederer finally decided - not least of all due to the increasingly urgent necessity of restoring the frieze - to sell it to the Republic of Austria.
In 1973 the Beethoven Frieze was purchased by the Republic of Austria and restored over the course of ten years under the direction of Manfred Koller from the Federal Office of Monuments Vienna.
In the exhibition Traum und Wirklichkeit—Wien 1870-1930 at the Vienna Künstlerhaus, the frieze was displayed in a re-creation by the Hans Hollein Studio of its original setting by Josef Hoffmann. It was then transferred to a room in the Secession Gallery specially designed by Adolf Krischanitz.
The stunning Hans Hollein Studio recreation is what we have here in Venice, while the original is on show in Vienna in an exhibition entitled Close-up – GUSTAV KLIMT ~ GERWALD ROCKENSCHAUB – Plattform, which runs from March 23 to November 4, 2012. For more information, please go to the Secession site.
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(dal ciclo Mille e una Notte)
Le principesse e i guerrieri, 1914
Olio e oro su tela, cm 171 x188
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In addition to GUSTAV KLIMT in the Sign of Hoffmann and the Secession at the Museo Correr, there will be a companion exhibition over at Ca' Pesaro, Venice's International Gallery of Modern Art, entitled Spirito klimtiano: Vittorio Zecchin e Galileo Chini e la grande decorazione a Venezia featuring two Italian artists inspired by Klimt.
Venice acquired Judith II after
Klimt's acclaimed participation
in the 1910 Venice Biennale.
GUSTAV KLIMT in the Sign of Hoffmann and the Secession
Museo Correr
Piazza San Marco
San Marco 52,
30124 Venice
Entrance for the public: St. Mark's Square, Napoleonic Wing, Monumental Staircase
March 24 to July 8, 2012
Open Daily
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SPIRITO KLIMTIAN: Vittorio Zecchin e Galileo Chini e la grande decorazione a Venezia
Ca' Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art
Santa Croce 2070,
30125 Venice
March 31 to July 8, 2012
Closed Mondays
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Ciao from Venice,
Venetian Cat - The Venice Blog


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It's Friday on the FDR Drive, and the stockbrokers in the black Beamer keep staring. We zoom along in eighth-mile zips, then slow to stops as traffic clogs, all of us trying to leave New York. The stares persist as we move north along the East River. Finally, at one stop, one of the guys gets out, a huge smile on his face.
"Is that the new Z?"
After six years off the market, the Z is back, and Nissan's reincarnation of its most gutsy sports car has an infectious effect on anyone who sees its sultry lines, in particular turning anything male into a drooling fool. In a recent, all-too-short weekend test drive it captivated everyone from executives at a golf course to a bar full of blue-collar guys and right down to some kids on bikes. It's hard to tear your eyes away.
Yet look quickly. The car looks fast even when sitting still. But start it up and the 3.5 liter, 24-valve V6 gives it blazing speed off the line and down the stretch. The Z corrals 280 horses under its hood, plenty for the light two-seater, which was made with generous amounts of aluminum, in and out. It's small -- there's absolutely no room behind the seats for, say, a pesky child or naggy in-law. And the hatch has just enough room for a bag of golf clubs and a modest suitcase. (Figuring out just how to angle said clubs under the wide bar that sits pressed against the hatch when it's closed takes some practice.) The wheels of the Z are pushed to the corners, widening the car's footprint and adding agility.
Options include a navigation system and an air pressure monitor to keep you at maximum performance. You can buy the car with an automatic transmission, but why? The only way to fully enjoy this machine is with the six-speed stick.
The new model represents a leap in the evolution of the Z, which was launched in the United States in 1969 as the Datsun 240Z. The zippy and chiseled sportster was a hit, and the car morphed into the 300ZX, getting rounder, faster, more luxurious and more expensive until being withdrawn in 1996. This newest version, which went on sale last fall, incorporates elements of the original 240 as well as the 300. At $34,079 for the highest option package, it's even cheaper than the last 300Z sold in America.
But don't buy one if you can't handle being the center of attention.
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Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to fight drug smuggling, sending soldiers to airports and border crossings across the country to take back the guns issued to old inspectors.
The 700 inspectors were replaced with 1,400 newly hired agents who have undergone months of training and background checks to ensure they have no criminal records.
Meanwhile, the U.S. promised more money Tuesday to help increase security along the U.S.-Mexico border. California could get more than $7 million of a proposed $30 million increase.
But the millions promised in June to help place National Guard troops along the border has been held up by political haggling over who will foot the bill.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday at a conference in El Paso, Texas that $30 million will fund the Operation Stonegarden program to fight border violence in Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico. That's in addition to $60 million announced in June.
An aide says Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still waiting for a response to his request for 1,000 more troops.
The funding stalemate lingers even after Obama renewed his commitment to Mexican officials on Monday to reinforce the border and to help battle the drug cartels.
The Department of Homeland Security, which expects to get roughly $44 billion in its overall 2010 budget compared to the Pentagon's $636 billion -- is also reluctant to bear the costs of the proposed program.
Military officials have also balked at having a highly visible uniformed presence at border crossings.
One administration official said an initial Pentagon draft was nixed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates because it suggested that Guard troops could be used to help screen commercial vehicles at the border.
Defense leaders have been insistent that the U.S. avoid any appearance of militarizing the border, and they are opposed to using the soldiers at border entry points to openly inspect vehicles.
Pentagon officials have grumbled that the latest demands come as the U.S. is still fighting two wars, including an escalation of fighting in Afghanistan, and the Guard units are still needed to take on some of the battlefield duties.


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Diabetes drug increases lifespan of male mice, shows smaller effect in females
Researchers leading the National Institute on Aging's Intervention Testing Program (ITP) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio have found that acarbose, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, increases median lifespan of male mice by 22 percent. The drug's effects were smaller in female mice, producing only a 5-percent increase in lifespan. The effect on maximum lifespan was similar in male and female mice, increasing longevity by 11 percent and 9 percent, respectively.
In the same paper, published online October 26, 2013, in Aging Cell, researchers report the effects of three other agents on mice lifespan: sex hormone 17-α-estradiol (EST); antioxidant nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA); and dye and antioxidant methylene blue (MB). None had as large an impact on lifespan as acarbose. EST increased male median lifespan by 12 percent, but did not affect maximum lifespan; it had no effect on female lifespan. NDGA increased male median lifespan by 8 to 10 percent at three different doses; but, like EST, had no significant effect on female lifespan. Maximum lifespan data are not yet available. MB had no effect on male lifespan and only a 6–percent increase on female maximum lifespan.
The researchers say that these findings reinforce the importance of evaluating both males and females in aging studies, since it appears that some interventions have gender-specific effects.
Acarbose, EST, NDGA, and MB are four of several treatments that have been investigated through the ITP, which studies compounds in mice for their potential to extend lifespan and delay disease and dysfunction. So far, 6 of 18 compounds tested have shown a significant increase in lifespan of at least one sex of mice; other studies are still in progress. A noteworthy discovery from the ITP was that rapamycin, an immunosuppressant, significantly increases lifespan of both male and female mice, mimicking many of the health benefits of calorie restriction. Learn more about the ITP.
Reference: Harrison D, et al. Acarbose, 17-α-estradiol, and nordihydroguaiaretic acid extend mouse lifespan preferentially in males. Aging Cell, Epub 26 Oct 2013, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12170.


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SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) Preston Medlin scored 21 points, Spencer Butterfield had 18 and Utah State shot 63.3 percent in the second half to rout Texas State 81-57 on Monday afternoon.
Up 31-23 at halftime, Utah State (11-1, 2-0 WAC) put the game away in the first few minutes of the second half, going on a 19-8 run capped off by Jarred Shaw's old-school three-point play. Shaw scored a lay-up and was fouled by Joel Wright, then hit the free throw to put his Aggies up 50-31 with 12:38 to play.
The Aggies led by as many as 29 in the second half and outscored Texas State 50-34 in the period.
Butterfield had nine assists and six rebounds to go along with his point total and Shaw finished his afternoon with 17 points.
Wesley Davis had 22 points, making 10 of the 12 shots he took for Texas State (4-10, 0-2). Joel Wright had 11 points and nine rebounds.


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Hi Hungry Girl, I have a serious cookie problem. Once I start, I can't seem to stop! Next thing I know, I've eaten HUNDREDS of calories' worth of cookies. Please help me! Cookie-Crazy Catherine
Hi Catherine,
You're definitely not the only one out there who can't control themselves around cookies. Along with potato chips, cookies are a pretty common trigger food -- meaning that once you have one serving, it's hard to keep from going back for more. Luckily, you don't have to avoid them altogether. Here's the scoop... When it comes to store-bought cookies, it's super-important to look for portion-controlled options. Chances are, you'll be less likely to open up a second or third bag of cookies than you would be to just reach back into a big box for more. Nabisco 100 Cal Packs come in a bunch of varieties, like Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, and Lorna Doone. Quaker recently came out with a line of oatmeal cookies (it's about time!) with reasonable calorie counts and some fiber -- large soft ones that are individually wrapped, plus portioned-out packs of small crunchy treats. If you want something that'll seriously fill you up, try Corazonas Oatmeal Squares -- large, dense, chewy bars with 200 calories or less each, and they have good amounts of protein and fiber. Plus, with flavors like Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip, these oatmeal treats will totally satisfy a cookie craving. As for homemade treats, stay away from recipes that make too many cookies (unless you have lots of friends over!). HG softies are fantastic. Chewy and soft, they're kind of like cookie-muffin hybrids -- with really good stats. They're also super-easy to whip up, and each recipe makes just six or eight softies. There's Rocky Road, Peanut Butter Oatmeal, Oatmeal Raisin, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin and, our latest creation, Pretzel Chocolate! Hope I've given you enough options to get your cookie fix the guilt-free way. Enjoy!
Hey Lisa, I'm wondering about the differences between club soda, seltzer, and tonic water. I always assumed they were basically identical. Recently I heard one has as many calories as regular soda -- true or false? In a Tizzy Over Fizzy
Hi T-Fizz,
GREAT question. The short answer? TRUE. Club soda and seltzer are practically the same thing -- carbonated water -- although club soda sometimes has added minerals. They don't have much flavor; they're just bubbly. Both club soda and seltzer are calorie-free. They're great in mixed drinks and even baked goods. Tonic water, however, is a completely different story. It has slightly more flavor because... it's sweetened with sugar! Each cup has about 80 calories. That's pretty much like drinking regular soda. So if you're at a bar and looking for a calorie-free mixer, tonic is NOT the way to go. You can find diet tonic on store shelves, but when you're out and about, you're better off ordering club soda or seltzer. For more tips when it comes to cocktails, click here for our latest Happy Hour Survival Guide. For a tasty cocktail with fizzy goodness courtesy of club soda, click here. Also check out this three-ingredient bubbly punch. And for some guilt-free CAKE recipes that call for club soda, click here!
Today, June 13th, is National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day. It might be a good idea to avoid complicated recipes today... Stick with super-simple recipes like these!
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The probability of a hypothesis, given data.
Why math is useful in data science.
Why statistics are useful for data science.
Statistics is exploring data.
Graphical data exploration
Numerical data exploration
Simple description of statistical data.
Basics of hypothesis testing.
In this lecture, the speaker demonstrates Neurokernel's module interfacing feature by using it to integrate independently developed models of olfactory and vision LPUs based upon experimentally obtained connectivity information.
Enabling neuroscience research using high performance computing
This lecture covers structured data, databases, federating neuroscience-relevant databases, ontologies.
This lecture covers describing and characterizing an input-output relationship.
Part 1 of 2 of a tutorial on statistical models for neural data
Part 2 of 2 of a tutorial on statistical models for neural data.
Introduction to stability analysis of neural models
Introduction to stability analysis of neural models
Oscillations and bursting
Oscillations and bursting
Weakly coupled oscillators
Continuation of coupled oscillators