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It's a question I struggle with — when should I buy disposable, and when should I buy stuff made to last?
My first impulse is always to to buy stuff made to last. That hits the right note in at least two ways. Over the long term, it ought to be cheaper, plus it ought to produce less impact on the environment, by using less resources and by taking up less landfill space. (See also: Fix Energy in Tangible Form)
Reality is more complex.
For a summer in in the late 1970s, I worked as a day camp counselor. That was when everything was being made disposable — and reacting against it was very trendy. At the day camp, kids and counselors were strongly encouraged to bring their lunches in reusable containers. (The kids got tokens as a reward for good behavior. We got our pay docked if we showed up with our stuff in brown paper bags, or if we used disposable plastic bags to hold individual items.)
Now, I understood that actual environmental impacts were only a secondary consideration. The main goal was to get the kids to think about issues like resource usage and landfill space. But containers for sack lunches seemed like an odd place to make a stand.
To my way of thinking, those brown paper bags after which the brown-bag lunch is named are a pretty sound choice both financially and ecologically. The resources required to make them are modest and largely renewable, they take up minimal space in a landfill, and they are biodegradable. That's pretty serious competition for the alternative — a reusable lunch box of some sort.
Consider a few of the possibilities. The sort of steel lunch box that workmen used to carry would require vastly more resources to construct, starting with mining iron ore. Of course, a steel lunch box might last for decades, but it would probably take decades before you'd have used as much energy making brown paper bags as you'd have spent smelting and then rolling the steel to make the lunch box.
Almost certainly worse were the cardboard-and-vinyl lunch boxes that most of the kids actually used. They were reusable, but generally only lasted a year before the vinyl cracked at the hinge points. (And they would be printed with a graphic that was dreadfully out-of-date a year later, and in any case inappropriate for a kid a year older.) The vinyl was a non-renewable resource, which was probably never recycled in practice (because of the effort needed to separate it from the cardboard). It wouldn't take as much energy to make as a steel lunch box, but enough to make many brown paper bags — probably more than the 180 paper bags that would be the break-even point, given the expected lifespan of one year.
I ended up using a nylon draw-string bag that I'd gotten for organizing small items in my backpack when I went camping. It was about the same size as a brown paper bag, was reusable, and served my purpose well. Of course, it was also made out of non-renewable resources, but it probably didn't require nearly as much energy as making a steel lunch box.
As an aside, much later I won (in a raffle) a fancy lunch container that was a big stainless steel thermos bottle, designed with stackable containers that you could pack with hot food in the morning so you would still have hot food at lunch time. I still have it and use it occasionally when I'm having that sort of lunch, but I'm rather doubtful that I'll ever use it enough times to justify the resources that must have gone into making it.
Part of my point here is that this sort of question is hard to answer analytically. What is the environmental impact of cutting down a forest versus operating iron and coal mines? Are the chemicals released into the water when making paper worse than those released into the air when smelting iron? How does a petrochemical plant compare to a steel foundry? And, of course, there's the issue of the unknowable future. What if you only use the steel lunch box for a year, and then start eating at the cafeteria? What if treating your vinyl lunch box with great gentleness makes it last three years?
The financial questions are a little more tractable, if only because you actually know the prices of the alternatives. If a steel lunch box costs $12 and a brown paper bag costs 2.5 cents, then the steel lunch box wins if it lasts at least 480 lunches — less than three years of school; less than two years of work. (Properly speaking, you'd want to discount the initial investment to account for the fact that you've lost the use of the whole $12 up front. But if the potential investment return is roughly equal to the inflation rate on brown paper bags, the simple calculation is close enough.) But even the financial questions founder on the unknowable future. What if you lose your lunch box? What if a bully pitches it under the wheels of a school bus? What if the actor depicted on the front gets involved in a scandal?
Without the ability to determine the answer analytically, we're inevitably reduced to answering such questions intuitively. To aid that, I've come up with a new rule of thumb:
You can really see this rule at play in items where there's an intellectual property premium added to a durable item. A metal lunch box printed with characters from a canceled TV show can probably be had almost for free at a salvage store or a garage sale (until the series has been canceled long enough that the item starts having some retro appeal).
If you have the data and the inclination to analyze the financial and environmental costs of the various alternatives, that's a worthy effort, especially for a major purchase such as a car. But for smaller purchases, and ones where the data to produce an analytical solution are hard to come by, this rule of thumb is a useful guide.
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text: The poems in Synergos smack of Whitman and Martí, two of Roberto Manzano's most important influences; they outsoar anything pedestrian, even in celebrating the here and now and the close-to-hand. Translated by Steven Reese, the collection covers Manzano's poetry from his earliest to his most recent work, which won the 2005 Nicolás Guillén Prize, one of Cuba's highest awards. The text includes a substantial amount of interview material that clarifies Manzano's poetics and places it within the traditions of recent Cuban poetry. Manzano's writing offers a window into contemporary Cuban life in its attention to the local landscape and environment, an attention that won Manzano the 2007 Samuel Feijóo Prize for Poetry and the Environment. But its greatest achievement lies in making, from the local and everyday, a poetry that is unmistakably universal. "Manzano's poems go beyond the traditionally circumscribed lyric, beyond the often humble and household range of so many contemporary poems. Translating those poems, and talking with Manzano about his work, was to experience that energy and ambition at close range, too close indeed to avoid being affected by it permanently Manzano offers one of the great gifts of translation—to be changed oneself in the process of that other, impossible change: moving a poem out of one language into another."—Steven Reese, translator of Synergos


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Author Raymond Chandler introduced mystery fans to hard-boiled gumshoe Philip Marlowe in his first novel, "The Big Sleep," in 1939. Chandler's "white knight in a trench coat" would go on to become one of the most popular sleuths in the history of the crime fiction genre, and the success of subsequent novels soon spread into other mass media as well - most notably the classic 1944 film noir, "Murder, My Sweet" (adapted from Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely"), which starred former movie chorus boy Dick Powell as the detective. Powell was also instrumental in bringing the Marlowe character to radio, reprising his screen role (along with co-star Claire Trevor) in a "Lux Radio Theater" production of the film over CBS Radio on June 11, 1945. Philip Marlowe's first regular weekly series, "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe", premiered over NBC Radio June 17, 1947 as a summer replacement for "The Bob Hope Show," and starred actor Van Heflin as Chandler's famous creation. The author wasn't particularly thrilled with either Heflin or the series, remarking to his contemporary Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason, that "it was thoroughly flat." The Marlowe character would then return to the airwaves on September 26, 1948 in a series for CBS with radio veteran Gerald Mohr as the titular sleuth. (Chandler grudgingly admitted satisfaction with this incarnation, remarking to one of the show's writers that Mohr's voice at least "packed personality".) Mohr was an accomplished performer whose impressive acting range in radio covered both drama ("The Whistler," "Escape") and comedy (he had a recurring role on "Our Miss Brooks" as French teacher Jacques Monet), and he clearly made the role of Marlowe his own; a brash, forceful tough-guy who could readily let fly with either a fist or a wisecrack at a moment's notice. Although the series was not considered a prestige show, it was fortunate to have experienced professionals at the helm - people like producer-director Norman Macdonnell and music director Richard Aurandt. The scripts were tough, gritty and focused on hard-hitting "blood-and-thunder" action, with scribes like Gene Leavitt, Robert Mitchell, Mel Dinelli and Kathleen Hite contributing much of the program's dramatic content. The supporting players for Marlowe were also first-rate, showcasing many of the distinguished actors and actresses from Hollywood's Radio Row, including Lawrence Dobkin (who had a recurring role as Lt. Matthews), Jeff Corey (as Lt. Ybarra), Betty Lou Gerson, Lillian Buyeff, Junius Matthews and Harry Bartell, to name but a few. Roy Rowan capably handled the show's announcing chores. Aside from brief periods of sponsorship on the part of Ford Motors and Wrigley's Gum, "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" was mostly sustained by CBS throughout its two-year run. But, though it had difficulty landing an "angel" to pay the bills, the series did have a devoted fan in CBS patriarch William Paley. (Paley pressed upon both Macdonnell and CBS' director of programming Harry Ackerman to create a "Philip Marlowe in the old west," a request that was nurtured for several years before finally giving birth to "Gunsmoke" in 1952.) After returning to CBS for a brief summer run in 1951, Philip Marlowe folded up his radio tent - but fortunately for radio fans, most episodes of the series have survived today -- including the twelve shows in this third collection, restored and remastered by Radio Archives for your listening pleasure. Also included in this collection is a rare rehearsal program: "The Pirate's Bed" from August 4, 1950. The actual broadcast version of this show is not known to exist, but this rehearsal gives Marlowe fans a fascinating behind the scenes look at a typical program in the process of its creation. The Bedside Manners Tuesday, May 30, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sustained The Uneasy Head Tuesday, June 6, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sustained The Face to Forget Wednesday, June 14, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum The Gold Cobra Wednesday, June 21, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum The Pelican's Roost Wednesday, June 28, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum The Girl from Pitchfork Corners Wednesday, July 5, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum The Iron Coffin Wednesday, July 12, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum The Last Wish Wednesday, July 19, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum The Glass Donkey Friday, July 28, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum The Pirate's Bed - Rehearsal Friday, August 4, 1950 - 23:00 - CBS The Quiet Magpie Friday, August 11, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sustained The Soft Spot Friday, September 1, 1950 - 30:00 - CBS, sustained


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* Bast Fibers in Japan
2014/11/22 | Filed under Linen | Tags bast fibers, hemp, Linen, ramie, textile history.In 2009, I made a presentation about 'Asa' (= bast fibers in Japanese )at Artextrina conference held at University of Leeds in UK.
Now I am trying to brief its context adding some more images, as I hope it could be some reference for some colleagues from linen industry or textile historian (with apology for this belated upload to my colleague at Artextrina who requested this written form )
In Japanese, we have a term 'asa' '麻' which means 'bast fibers'.
When we say 'asa' , there are several different plant variations; hemp, ramie, linen, kuzu-fu (葛布、Kuzu is pea family, Pueraria lobata), Basho-fu (芭蕉布 Basho is a plant belongs to the same family as banana, Musa basjoo) and so on.It is said that there are nearly 20 species as material for bast fibers here in Japan.
Cotton is not included in 'asa' , instead we say 'men' or 'momen' to differentiate cotton.
Normally from the word 'asa', Japanese people can imagine the dry, natural and somewhat stiff fabric made from plant stalks. In ancient times, hemp and ramie were the most popular 'asa', but nowadays, linen has become the most popular 'asa' in Japan.
(The history of hemp in Japan)
(↑unbreached hemp cloth made in traditional way)
(↑old cloth likely to be indigo dyed hemp)
Hemp is not native to Japan, but from alcheologic studies it is said that hemp had been used in Japan already around one thousand B.C.. Hemp can be grown in any soil including poor soil, narrow mountain areas and in colder climates in northern parts of Japan.
(↑hood likely made with hemp cloth, from northern eastern part of Japan, where neither cotton nor ramie can be raised.)
It is used not only for clothing, but for rope, Kaya (蚊帳 =mosquito net), Noren (暖簾 = entrance curtain), zabuton (座蒲団= cushion) and the edging of Tatami (畳) flooring.
Hemp is also considered to be a holy plant in Japan. Firstly, hemp is important in Shinto (神道), which is an indigenous religion to Japan.
(↑Curtain with emblem in Shimogamo Shrine, should be made with hemp originally, but unknown material actually)
Shinto is considered an amalgam of several streams of folklore religions. Shinto is not based on a written doctrine, but based on the worship of nature and ancestors. That is to say, it consists of, respect to, and fear of, nature. As you can see in the photo, Shinto shrines are typically surrounded by trees and forests, with a large entrance gate called 'Torii' that designates the divine place from the common place.
Hemp is used to make the ceremonial clothing of Shinto priests, and for Nusa (幣 = a white fringed stick to be shaken in rituals). The emperor as the top archbishop of Shinto, dedicates hemp cloth to the shrine at the time of the major ritual.
↑hemp and silk clothes are the important alliterate in Shinto. The white clothes and the bunch of fiber are hemp.
The word '大麻'taima' which literally means hemp is also used to mean a talisman.
It is not clear how and why hemp gained the status of a holy plant in Shinto. We are tempted to imagine that the ancient Japanese Shamans used the psychoactive effect of the hemp plant to hear 'the voice of gods'; such voices are central to the teachings of Shinto.
But it is not formally discussed in Japan, as we cannot find any written evidence.
Another interesting issue, as you know, the latin name of hemp is 'Cannabis' which is said to have its origin in Schytian or Trachian language. In Shinto, there is a word pronounced 'Kamnabi' (神無奈備) which means 'the place of the gods'. It should be noted the pronunciation of 'kamnabi' is similar to 'Cannabis', but the exact relationship remains unclear.
( Hemp and Ramie)
In ancient Japan, ramie, called 'Karamushi '(苧) was perhaps the second most popular crop for fiber production, following hemp. While hemp (Cannabis sativa) is a yearly crop, ramie (Boehmeria nivea) is perennial and easily found, sometimes abundant in wild habitats in Japan, except in northern areas.
I have mentioned that hemp was considered a divine plant, but to the contrary ramie has never gained such a kind of holy character, instead regarded as a naturally occurring , 'easy to access 'plant.
(↑Karamushi(ramie) growing in wild , along riverbank and small waterway of my neighbor in Kyoto)
However, these 2 materials have been variously confused throughout Japanese history. This ambiguity mainly derives from the fact that hemp and ramie fabrics look similar to each other.
Or sometimes no clear discrimination for the material was required actually at that time, because sometimes hemp and ramie were used together to make one fabric, like warp from hemp, or weft from ramie .
By the 7th century, the ancient government had established rule over mainland Japan, and had introduced a taxation system called So-yo-cho(租庸調). In ancient tax records, vegetable fibers including hemp and ramie were sometimes indicated by the term 'nuno' (布), which simply means 'fabric' nowadays.
Thus, by the term 'nuno', it was impossible to identify which material it was made from, just like our modern term 'asa'.
By the middle ages, some of those regions had established a reputation for their 'asa' production.
At the same time, ramie or hemp fiber 'Ao-so' (literally means,Green hemp or green ramie) was in wide distribution. This fiber was sold at markets in big cities, so city residents who could not raise their own crops, were able to obtain raw material to make yarns and clothes by themselves. It must have been a good way for farmers to get income, and for city residents, it must have been a good way to save on the cost of their clothing rather than purchasing expensive woven fabric.
(↑Ancient Kimono for boy likely made with ramie)
Those 'asa' fibers and fabrics were indispensable in Japanese daily life, until the end of the 15th century, when cotton was introduced via China and Korea. Making fabrics from cotton was far easier than using 'asa'. As a result cotton production increased very rapidly, boosted by the demand for it in daily use and also for military purposes (uniforms for soldiers, flags andso on). The era was an age of civil war in Japan, so the weakened government had no power to organize a tax imposed on cotton. For that reason, cotton became the first commodity in Japan to be distributed under the free economy.
As cotton fabrics had taken the place of 'asa' as the preferred fabric for daily use, 'asa' became a kind of 'luxurious' material for summer and other special occasions, or remained as an old fashioned self-sufficient material especially in the northern regions which were not suitable for cotton cultivation because of its climate.
(Introduction of linen to Japan)
In 1868, after the end of the samurai government in Edo (江戸 = ancient name of Tokyo), the reign of Emperor Meiji began. This period was notable for the introduction of modern technology to Japan following the lead of western countries. Under this policy, linen was introduced to Japan for military purposes, in keeping with the prevailing western style.
Hokkaido was selected as a suitable area to grow flax, and Constance Huybrecht(1851-1922, lived in Wevelgem in Belgium), as an expert instructor, was invited from Belgium.
In 1887, the Teikoku Seima Kabushiki Kaisya (Imperial flax and linen Company) was established, and as a consequence the flax and linen industry in Japan grew remarkably.
There are, in my view, several reasons why the flax and linen industry evolved so quickly:
1 ) Linen was introduced for military purposes, the urgent need of the nation.
2) A Linen industry was already well developed for mass production in Europe, and Japan could simply import the whole industrial system from the West.
3) Japan have had long tradition for producing the other bast fibers, so those pile of the knowledge makes Japanese feel open to accept new bast fiber, linen.
4) The era was the rapid growing and industrialization associated with the new political system-democracy-,which were under huge influence from western countries. It gave Japanese mentality that all things from western world is good or developed. Linen and flax could be prevailed and gained popularity because of this mentality. Linen had been called 'Lin-ne-ru' in Japanese at that time, and also this term played a role in some literatures in that age to convey intellectual or westernized way of life .
5) Practical reason: Finer yarns are easier to make from linen than hemp and softer yarns are easier to make from linen than ramie.
↑ Very rare photos of Japanese flax industry as an agricultural sector at the end of 19C. photo courtesy by Teikoku Sen-i.
By the time of World War I, the Japanese linen industry had developed and reached a level sufficient to produce very fine yarn and fabric. Japanese linen was exported to Britain, India and southeastern Asian countries because of supply interruptions caused by the war.
From that time, the linen industry was recognized as a 'profitable' business in Japan.
Even though the linen industry had developed rapidly, hemp and ramie production had also continued as an art and craft in traditional production areas such as Echigo, Ohmi, and so on mainly for Kimono(着物). (Japanese traditional wear).
At the time of rapid growth of linen industry in the first quarter of 20tn century,manufacturers who were involved in traditional hemp and ramie production and distribution were rather reluctant to change their ways to mass production. However, due to the influence of the linen industry, ramie production tried to develop to meet the needs of the mass market.
After the popularity of linen declined because of the introduction of synthetic fibers at the end of the 1960s, flax cultivation disappeared in Japan. Now Japan relies 100% on raw materials imported from overseas. Because of the shrinking market for linen as a result of the decline in military demand, no large weaving mills are in operation in Japan.
(Cannabis Control Law)
In 1948, whilst under US occupation, 'the Cannabis Control Law' was passed. Hemp cultivation was strictly limited to licensees, mainly Shinto shrines. Hemp came to be regarded as a kind of 'taboo', due to its psychoactive effect as a 'drug'.
Following this legislation, the Ministry of Trade and Industry stipulated in the Household Goods Quality Labeling Act in 1962 that only linen and ramie could carry the label of 'asa' (麻), while imported hemp fabrics and products could only be distributed with a label simply stating 'unspecified fiber'.
↑bleached hemp cloth handwoven in traditional Japanese way.
So the ambiguity of 'asa' has continued but the constituent materials have changed.
It is a pity that, in modern business thinking, ramie is sometimes mixed with linen to cut costs using the label 'asa', because ramie is less expensive in Japan.
Looking back in history, we can say that, within 'asa', hemp was traditionally regarded as a divine fabric, but it has recently been replaced by linen.
These days, argument is getting more often that the strict control for Cannabis should be removed, and there are the possibility the Cannabis or hemp will be lifted the ban.
(Modern Innovation of Linen in Japan)
After Japan gained high economic achievement in 1960-1970s, Japanse lifestyle changed in a large scale. Amongst consumers, with more opportunities to travel abroad, recognition for the specific material 'linen' has grown.
↑'Linen ga Suki' (Everyday with Linen):Author:Mayumi Maeda published in 2002, from Bunka Publishing Bureau.
After writing the book about linen in 2002 and having it published, I had received the massive reactions from the readers. The most empathyzed point was the sustainability gained eventually from its durability and holy image that I have mentioned in that book.
↑Flax in bloom, decorated in Expo Lin in Doudeville, Normandie
There are many Japanese trend leaders such as magazine stylists , life style book creators ., etc who had played major role to re-introduce innovated image of linen.
They often have met linen for the first time as antiques.
Those elegant European antique linens in pure white color with delicate monogram embroideries are the essential image for those Japanese linen trend leaders, and linen had been introduced with that image,
The whiteness conveys holiness and purity in its image,and antique linens stored in the linen cupboard as a trousseau looks like promising happy and healthy life. Also the pure image of linen is very friendly with the simplicity and serenity which is most favorite of Japanese culture.
Now linen ended up its role in military or the other hard substantial purposes, then it became an emotional icon of what Japanese really value in its culture from ancient time.
Also wearing linen garments like the girls in Kate Greenaway's illustrations, is still being one of popular trend in Japan.
I consider this is not only because of its relaxing function, but also it can be suited Japanese culture in which we have basic restrain toward sexual appeal, or excessive awkwardness to show the body shape more Japanese female have in mind than in western culture.
Additionally Japanese consumers are attracted by the image of linen as an icon of 'purity'. That 19th century girl's style, denoting the image of virginity strengthens the holy image of linen.
By the way, I have mentioned in previous chapter that in the late 19C, at the time of the opening of the country and pursuing development to catch up western civilization, Japanese gained the idea that all things from western world is good or developed.
However on the other hand, in my view, Japanese have had the same kind of idea all the time from ancient time.
Located far extreme of the east, far from everywhere, Japan is in a remote geological condition. It is also the goal of all the people with their own culture from everywhere in Eurasian continent, sometimes as refugee evacuated from their own land. Throughout the Japanese history, we can always find many influence originated from the continent, not only from China and Korea, but also Persian, Indian, Mongolian or ancient Jewish, and also European.
Thus Japan is a unique country which has initially very positive attitude toward 'foreign' culture. In ancient time, Japanese learned letters from China, and many developed knowledges were introduced from the continental countries. That history formed Japanese mentality which tend to regard anything from foreign countries are basically good or intelligent.
In addition, basic idea of Shinto, in which 8,000,000 gods exists in nature , is also back-up to respect any foreign religion without harsh conflict (as long as it is not anti-social cult). It may sound disrespectful for some people, but Japanese mentality accept any foreign god as one of 8,000,000 gods. So Japanese can happily cerebrate Christmas, for example, even if they are not christian actually.
Therefore, I consider that Japanese rather emotional evaluation toward linen has a relation to that mental tradition in Japan.
Additionally, the earthquake and nuclear plant disaster in Japan in 2011 was crutially influential on Japanese mind . People are getting more nervous about environment and health. Asa, as nature friendly or environmentally harmless fiber is becoming one iconic image of sustainability.
(Current controversial situation)
From the consumer's point of view, the ambiguity of the quality of the label 'asa'(麻) can cause some problems, because linen and ramie should be treated in different ways. Linen can be machine-washed without any problems, but ramie should be hand-washed because its fiber can be heavily wrinkled in machine washing.
Indeed, it wasn't a big problem at the time when washing machines were not in use, but nowadays with machine washing, it can cause problems.
However, the more controversial issue is that, because of that bast fiver mixing up tradition and the convenient and ambiguous term 'Asa', many people in Japan do not have clear knowledge about the material of Asa. Most people knows cotton plant, but very few people know real flax, hemp and ramie plants, or even they do not know 'asa' has such variations in materials.
Thus, in some occasion, ramie and linen are confused, or intentionally mixed to get the price lower. Ramie can be added in flax fiber, then can be legally sold under label 'Asa' in Japanese market. For the daily use, it is very tricky though.
To protect fine linen quality, the traceability for the process of 'Asa ' yarns production is required. And, If it is ramie mixed flax and then less expensive, that should be clearly indicated for end users.
However on the other hand, I personally have a thought that we should value ramie as well, because it has a long tradition in Japan, and many people in Bast fiber industry are involved in ramie manufacturing. Clear indication of the material and the accurate information should be given without damaging the ramie image and its industry, avoidingto be a kind of negative campaign of ramie.
↑antique patterned Asa cloth for Kimono.We cannot tell the actual material, ramie, hemp or mix.
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Prosecutors announced Friday they will not seek criminal charges against a firefighter who ran over and killed a survivor of the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe sent out an e-mail with his decision Friday. The name of the firefighter has not been released.
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"I have concluded that there is no criminal culpability for any individual involved in the response to the airline crash," Wagstaffe said in his e-mail. "The death of 16 year old Le Mangyuan was a tragic accident that did not involve any violation of our criminal laws."
Wagstaffe said his office now considers the case closed.
Authorities have said 16-year-old Chinese student Mengyuan survived the July 6 crash only to be run over by a fire truck while she was covered in firefighting foam.
San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White reiterated her initial statement on the finding saying,
"This was a tragic accident." She said her department will remain vigilant "in exploring areas in our operations, strategies and tactics where improvements could be made." (Full statement below).
In all, 304 of the 307 people aboard the Boeing 777 survived the crash, although dozens of people were injured.
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Ye and a friend were seated at the back of the plane that came in too low and too slow, clipping its landing gear and tail on a rocky seawall just short of the runway.
It was unclear how Ye got from the airplane to the spot where she died. Investigators believe she was down on the ground and not standing during the aftermath of the plane crash.
Anthony Tarricone, an attorney for Ye's family, said he was not surprised criminal charges were not filed.
"It's really not the subject of criminal prosecution,'' he said. ``It's properly the subject of civil action, which we intend to prosecute.''
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Statement by Joanne Hayes-White:
I remain extremely proud of the valiant efforts of the members of the San Francisco Fire Department who responded to the Asiana Airline incident on July 6, 2013. They performed extremely well under the extraordinary circumstances they were faced with. 304 people survived the violent crash. Many of the injured were in critical condition. If not for the professional rescue, triage, treatment and transport operations that were conducted by all involved agencies, it is likely that there would have been a greater loss of life. I want to reiterate my initial statement regarding the death of Ye Meng Yuan, "This was a tragic accident." The San Mateo County District Attorney, Stephen Wagstaffe, has confirmed that there was no criminal culpability by any of our members. The San Francisco Fire Department remains vigilant in exploring areas in our operations, strategies and tactics where improvements could be made. The NTSB investigation is ongoing therefore the Department will not be commenting further.


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Staying sharp: New study uncovers how people maintain cognitive function in old age
Not everyone declines in cognitive function with age. Elderly people who exercise at least once a week, have at least a high school education and a ninth grade literacy level, are not smokers and are more socially active are more likely to maintain their cognitive skills through their 70s and 80s, according to research published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study followed 2,500 people age 70 to 79 for eight years, testing their cognitive skills several times over the years. Many of the participants showed decline in cognitive function. Fifty-three percent of the participants showed normal age-related decline and 16 percent showed major cognitive decline. However, 30 percent of the participants had no change or improved on the tests over the years.
The researchers then examined what factors made the people whose cognition stayed sharp different from those who lost some of their abilities over eight years.
"To this day, the majority of past research has focused on factors that put people at greater risk to lose their cognitive skills over time, but much less is known about what factors help people maintain their skills," said study author Alexandra Fiocco, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco.
The study reported a unique profile that differentiates people who maintain cognitive function from people who show age-related decline: people who exercise moderately to vigorously at least once a week are 30 percent more likely to maintain their cognitive function than those who do not exercise that often. Those who have at least a high school education are nearly three times as likely to stay sharp as those who have less education. Elderly with a ninth grade literacy level or higher are nearly five times as likely to stay sharp than those with lower literacy levels. Non-smokers are nearly twice as likely to stay sharp as those who smoke. Finally, people working or volunteering and people who report living with someone are 24 percent more likely to maintain cognitive function in late life.
"Some of these factors such as exercise and smoking are behaviors that people can change. Discovering factors associated with cognitive maintenance may be very useful in prevention strategies that guard against or slow the onset of dementia," Fiocco said. "These results will also help us understand the mechanisms that are involved in successful aging."
Source: American Academy of Neurology (news : web)


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The partnership between the Chu-Griffis Art Collection and the Charles E. Shain Library attained new prominence with the announcement in early 2001 that John and Heidi Niblack would honor Professor Emeritus Charles Chu with a major gift to support the construction of the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room on the library's main floor. This was soon followed by a substantial gift from Agnes Gund '60 and her husband, Daniel Shapiro.
The spacious, handsomely appointed room, completed in the 2001-02 academic year and immediately visible to all who enter the building, serves as both a quiet reading area and as a permanent exhibition space for Asian art. The reading room typically hosts three to four traveling exhibits of contemporary Chinese artists and two to three exhibits from the Chu-Griffis Collection. The room also provides shelving for a selection of books and periodicals on Asian art that complements the library's main holdings in the stacks and the Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives.
The Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room reflects the long-standing interest of Dr. and Mrs. Niblack in Asian art together with their admiration for Charles Chu, himself an accomplished painter and revered teacher who came to the United States from China in 1945 and began the Chinese language program at Connecticut College in 1965 during the presidency of Charles E. Shain.
The room was designed by the Boston firm of Schwartz/Silver Architects from criteria prepared by a committee composed of Dr. Niblack, Professor Chu, vice president for information services and college librarian W. Lee Hisle, special collections librarian Laurie Deredita, Dayton Associate Professor of Art History Abigail Van Slyck, May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor of Psychology Ann Devlin, manager of planning, design and construction Steven George, and Bachman Clem '01. It was the architects' intent to design a serene and beautiful environment, to maintain the original openness of the space while creating a new coherence and unity, to establish a distinctive character for the room while preserving its relationship to the rest of the library, and to highlight the exhibited art while retaining the wide-angle view of the surrounding trees and grounds provided by the building's architects in 1976. Given the visibility of the room, both inside and outside the library, its design is also intended to intrigue and attract passersby. By emphasizing simplicity, tranquility and elegance, the Schwartz/Silver concept reflects the traditional Asian design principles so creatively embraced by Charles Chu in his own painting and in his curatorship of the Chu-Griffis Art Collection.
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Atlanta, GA, January 09, 2018 –(PR.com)– EasyVote Solutions, a leading supplier of process automation software to more than 175 state, county and local election offices across 13 states, has been named to the 2018 GovTech 100, a compendium of 100 companies focused on and making a difference for state and local governments. The GovTech 100 companies are active in one or more market segments: administrative, service delivery, intelligent infrastructure and civic-tech focus areas. Now in its third year, the list is compiled by Government Technology magazine, a respected source of information for municipal, county and state governments.
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Bogota, 14-15 February 2013 — The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Verification, Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), joined forces to assist Colombia in its implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). This two-day workshop was the result of an official request by the country and was carried out in collaboration with the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The workshop brought together national representatives from all sectors of the Government including the health, commerce as well as the security and justice sectors. Several research and investigation organizations as well as private industry representatives also participated in this innovative workshop to discuss and review the main obligations contained in the BTWC.
Representatives from UNLIREC, VERTIC and the BTWC Implementation Support Unit provided national authorities with technical and legal guidance for the drafting of new legislation related to biological weapons. VERTIC's comprehensive legal diagnostic served as the basis for the debate. The 2012 study compares current national legislation with the provisions found in the BTWC. The Seminar also provided an opportunity to discuss the creation of a national commission which would be responsible for the coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the BTWC. As a result of the Workshop, an informal working group chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was formed. This working group will spearhead the establishment of the national commission and legal reform process. The working group will also be responsible for the preparation and submission of Colombia's 2013 Confidence Building Measures Forms to the BTWC Implementation Support Unit.
The UNLIREC and VERTIC partnership will continue to focus on raising awareness among States in the region of the obligations set out under the BTWC and providing legal assistance in the revision and drafting of national legislation to ensure consistency with the obligations found in the Convention, as well as other non-proliferation instruments.
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Judge Cooke decided today that Padilla is mentally competent to stand trial, but warned that this decision is without prejudice to any future ruling on Padilla's claims of Outrageous Government Conduct:
A federal judge decided Wednesday that alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla is mentally fit to stand trial on terrorism support charges, despite his attorneys' insistence that he is unable to help them prepare a defense.
Padilla was in court when U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke announced her decision, but he showed no reaction.
"This defendant clearly has the capacity to assist his attorneys,'' Cooke said just hours after she finished a four days of competency hearings.


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Opencart Marketplace
The Marketplace is without a doubt, the strongest assets we have, as it really does allow the everyday user to customise their OC to their heart's content. Beside the fact that most extension are still extremely affordable, you can also take advantage of the large range of free extensions..
To access & use the Marketplace for the first time, you'll need to registered with the Opencart Company, (not to be confuse with the Opencart forum registration).
Once your registration is activate, you should be immediately able to purchase the extension you need or download the free ones... It may sometimes happen, that you are asked to provide extra form of ID before your download is enabled. This request is there to protect the developers from customers that have been flagged or have been reported as fraudulent.. The proof of ID can be triggered by several factors, such as your country of origin (IP based) or simply by your other personal details like name, surname or email. Please don't take this too personal, as sometimes it stops even the honest people from completing their purchase. In most cases, within 24 hours or less, a member of the OC Team will correct the problem..
The only thing to do in this case is to contact the team and let them know of your concern.
Leaving posts on the forum abusing people because you are not allowed to download an extension you just paid for, does absolutely nothing, as the forum has nothing to do with the Marketplace. While you are absolutely entitle too, it obviously doesn't help asking for a refund or opening a Paypal dispute either. If anything, that normally does add another 48 hours to the original problem. At the current moment, there is no way around this issue but it could improve in a near future.
Developers that operate in the Marketplace do come from all over the world. Some do speak English fluently while other may have a bit of trouble in communicating with customers. But this doesn't make them or their extensions any less valuable than the others.. At the same token buyers are also from all over the world, and sometimes hard to understand... Patience and willingness to understand each other, are the keys here...
Some people call them Extension while other prefer call them Modification. If you are using older version of Opencart, you will also quickly learn other terms like VQmod and OCmod. It may seem all confusing in the beginning, but as you get involved and learn the ropes, you will quickly realise how actually simple the system really is.
In a nutshell, you purchase an extension/mod from the market and based on your requirements/OC version you can pick (if both version are available) which one to use Vqmod or OCmod. Ocmod was developed to be part of the OC software. They both do offer advantages and if carefully planned, they can both coexist in a single OC installation. If in doubt, just use the OCmod as it tend to be a bit easier for novice users..
Due to the nature of the way OC is written, there is really no way to tell if the new extension you just purchased will work out of the box. It should and 99% of the times it will, but that 1% is there and it is real and it will sometime play little games with you.. Most developer will have no problem into getting the new extension to work on your server, but you could come across some incompatibly problem between two or more extension, especially when your system start to become heavily modified... In that case it pays to do some search and ask lots of question before moving forward. In saying this, it is not that common that an extension cannot be fixed to make it work with other. In those cases, the best approach is to ask either developer for help, but understand that it doesn't always come for free as the developer obligation is only towards a clean install not an already modified version of OC!
Lately, the Marketplace has just gone under a complete new facelift (same as this forum), but not all bugs have been ironed out. If you think you have found something that doesn't seem right or just simply not working, please just reported HERE and it may also pay to reported it in the Marketplace Support by opening a ticket
In the Marketplace you also have comments & Ratings related to the extension. It always paid to spend a bit of time before parting with your money, to read the comment and also to check when last the developer did work on the extension or did reply to the comments.. While Opencart does host the extensions, that doesn't mean that Opencart is also responsible for the developer behaviour. Here the "Buyer Beware" is not optional!
If in doubt, just ask even in the forum, where you could also see or come across some of the developer suggestions/replies to other members... That in itself, could be an indication of how the developer do operate, but not all developer have understandably time for the forum... Some developer also contribute to the community with excellent Tutorials available in the blog and in the forum.
If you have either downloaded a free extension or purchased one and are encountering issues with it, please follow this list:
- Contact the developer either by using a provided email, developer ticketing system or a clickable link within the extension in the Admin
- If not successful with 1, and you have purchased the extension, open a ticket with the Marketplace Support and let them handle it for you (Mon to Fri)
- If 1 and 2 are not successful (like on a Weekend or public Holiday), you can always try the forum
Searching capabilities for extensions has improved a lot in the past 12 months but if you still can't find what you are looking for, you can always ask here on the forum where we have excellent members very good at finding things around the Marketplace. If such extension is either not longer available or simply doesn't exist, you can always jump into the Commercial Support Area and ask a developer to assist. If the language is a barrier, you could also use your international forum and ask there for help, so that someone may be able to point you in the right direction...
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When You Talk to Your Friends About Jihad, Try to NOT Scare Them
A FRIEND of mine and I were waiting for an event to end, and we had about 20 minutes with nothing to do. With a smile on my face, I said, "I have an idea! Let's talk about Islamic jihad! She gave me a look that said, "Please let's talk about anything but that." I've talked to her about it before.
So I said, "I've been meaning to ask you, for research purposes, why don't you like talking about jihad?"
She said, "It creeps me out."
"You mean it's scary?" I asked.
"Yes," she reluctantly admitted, as if she was embarrassed to say so.
I said, "Well there is some good news. The majority of Muslims ignore the Qur'an's instructions to subjugate infidels. People are people, and in many places in the world, Muslims did not choose to be Muslims. Somewhere along the line, they lived in a place that was converted to Islam by whatever means, and now they are Muslims, but may have never read the Qur'an in their own language, don't really know what's in it, and don't follow most of the things prescribed in it.
"They are casual Muslims. They're just living their lives, going about their business, raising their families, and are not interested in taking over the world."
But at this point, I couldn't help myself. I said something scary: "Of course, the children of these Muslims are vulnerable to the fundamentalist Muslims who come into town (as they have done in many places) and start saying to the young men, 'Your parents are hypocrites. They say they are Muslims but they don't know what's in the Qur'an and they don't practice real Islam.' Young teenagers being what they are, are very open to this message, and already prone to seeing something wrong about their parents, and they are easily recruited to the jihad."
I then started talking about something a less scary, and we kept talking. But I'd gotten some good information in there, and she might see the news a little differently now, and maybe eventually she'll get a chance to vote on immigration laws or sedition laws, and she'll be more informed about what's at stake.
It's hard to talk about jihad without being scary, but it's something we should all work on. Our fellow infidels need to know about this stuff. It is ugly and unnerving, but there are many ways to make it more interesting and less upsetting.
Even though I didn't really mean it as a technique, when I asked my friend why she didn't like talking about jihad, she became more open to talking about it. I was at least acknowledging her feelings, and after we talked about it, we both knew each other a little better, and that makes it more comfortable to talk about anything, including jihad.
So that question could be used as a technique when you see someone's hesitancy about talking about jihad-related things. Ask the person why they don't like talking about it. This will give them a chance to relax and open up, and it'll give you some insight into what is going on in the minds of your fellow citizens.
If you have tried to talk to someone about jihad recently, we would love to hear about your experiences, good or bad (leave a comment on this post). One of the best things we can share with each other is what kinds of approaches we have tried that worked well, and what didn't work very well.
And if you haven't been talking to anybody about it, try the approach above, and then come back here and tell us about it. We can help each other get better at this. One of the great things about the internet is you can share your personal experience and it can help thousands.
Read more: How to Change Someone's Opinion
Read more: Know the Koran


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Wave of protests continue against anti-Islam film
| Timergarah, Pakistan
Hundreds of protesters demonstrating against an anti-Islam film torched a press club and a government building in northwest Pakistan on Monday, sparking clashes with police that left at least one person dead. Demonstrations also turned violent outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia.
The attacks were the latest in a week-long wave of violence sparked by the low-budget film, which portrays Islam's Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a child molester. Many of the protests have targeted U.S. diplomatic posts throughout the Muslim world, including one that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, forcing Washington to ramp up security in select countries.
Protesters have directed their anger at the U.S. government even though the film was privately produced and American officials have criticized it for intentionally offending Muslims.
Several hundred demonstrators in Pakistan's northwest clashed with police Monday after setting fire to a press club and agovernment building, said police official Mukhtar Ahmed. The protesters apparently attacked the press club in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Upper Dir district because they were angry their rally wasn't getting more coverage, he said.
Police charged the crowd, beating protesters back with batons, Ahmad said. The demonstrators then attacked the office of a senior government official and surrounded a local police station, said Ahmad, who was had locked himself inside with several other officers.
One protester died when police and demonstrators exchanged fire and several others were wounded, police official Akhtar Hayat said.
The violence came a day after hundreds of protesters clashed with police when they tried to storm the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi. One protester was killed and over a dozen were wounded.
Pakistanis have also held many peaceful protests against the film, including one in the southwest town of Chaman on Mondayattended by around 3,000 students and teachers.
In neighboring Afghanistan, hundreds of people burned cars and threw rocks at a U.S. military base in the capital, Kabul. Many in the crowd shouted "Death to America!" and "Death to those people who have made a film and insulted our prophet."
Police officers shot into the air to hold back about crowd of about 800 protesters and to prevent them from pushing toward government buildings downtown, said Azizullah, a police officer at the site who, like many Afghans, only goes by one name.
More than 20 police officers were slightly injured, most of them hit by rocks, said Gen. Fahim Qaim, the commander of a city quick-reaction police force.
Later in the day, protests broke out in other areas of Kabul, including the main thoroughfare into the city, where demonstrators burned shipping containers and tires. The crowd torched at least one police vehicle before finally dispersing, according Daoud Amin, the deputy police chief for Kabul province.
At a separate protest in front of a mosque in southwest Kabul, several dozen people shouted anti-U.S. slogans and called for President Barack Obama to bring those who have insulted the prophet to justice.
The rallies will continue "until the people who made the film go to trial," said one of the protesters, Wahidullah Hotak.
A number of Afghan religious leaders urged calm.
"Our responsibility is to show a peaceful reaction, to hold peaceful protests. Do not harm people, their property or public property," said Karimullah Saqib, a cleric in Kabul.
The Afghan government has blocked video-sharing website YouTube to prevent Afghans from viewing a clip of the anti-Muslimfilm. Officials have said it will remain blocked until the video is taken down. Other Google services, including Gmail, were also blocked in Afghanistan during much of the weekend and access continued to be denied on some providers Monday.
In Jakarta, hundreds of Indonesians angered over the film clashed with police outside the U.S. Embassy, hurling rocks and firebombs and setting tires alight outside the mission, marking the first violence seen in the world's most populous Muslim country since international outrage over the film exploded last week.
At least 10 police were rushed to the hospital after being pelted with rocks and attacked with bamboo sticks, said JakartaPolice Chief Maj. Gen. Untung Rajad. He said four protesters were arrested and one was hospitalized.
Demonstrators burned a picture of President Barack Obama and also tried to ignite a fire truck parked outside the embassyafter ripping a water hose off the vehicle and torching it, sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. Police used a bullhorn to appeal for calm and deployed water cannons and tear gas to try to disperse the crowd as the protesters shouted "Allah Akbar," or God is great.
"We will destroy America like this flag!" a protester screamed while burning a U.S. flag. "We will chase away the American ambassador from the country!"
Demonstrations were also held Monday in the Indonesian cities of Medan and Bandung. Over the weekend in the central Java town of Solo, protesters stormed KFC and McDonald's restaurants, forcing customers to leave and management to close the stores.
The wave of international violence began last Tuesday when mainly Islamist protesters climbed the U.S. Embassy walls in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and tore down the American flag from a pole in the courtyard.
The U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, was killed Tuesday along with three other Americans, as violent protestersstormed the consulate in Benghazi. Protesters have also stormed the U.S. Embassies in Tunis and Yemen and heldviolent demonstrations outside other posts.
Associated Press writers Heidi Vogt in Kabul, Matiullah Achakzai in Chaman, Pakistan, Sherin Zada in Mingora, Pakistan, Riaz Khan in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report.


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'Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists
An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period.
Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of 30 medics equipped with cameras and closed circuit television.
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During the period, he neither ate nor drank and did not go to the toilet.
"We still do not know how he survives," neurologist Sudhir Shah told reporters after the end of the experiment. "It is still a mystery what kind of phenomenon this is."
The long-haired and bearded yogi was sealed in a hospital in the city of Ahmedabad in a study initiated by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the state defence and military research institute.
The DRDO hopes that the findings, set to be released in greater detail in several months, could help soldiers survive without food and drink, assist astronauts or even save the lives of people trapped in natural disasters.
"(Jani's) only contact with any kind of fluid was during gargling and bathing periodically during the period," G. Ilavazahagan, director of India's Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), said in a statement.
Jani has since returned to his village near Ambaji in northern Gujarat where he will resume his routine of yoga and meditation. He says that he was blessed by a goddess at a young age, which gave him special powers.
During the 15-day observation, which ended on Thursday, the doctors took scans of Jani's organs, brain, and blood vessels, as well as doing tests on his heart, lungs and memory capacity.
"The reports were all in the pre-determined safety range through the observation period," Shah told reporters at a press conference last week.
Other results from DNA analysis, molecular biological studies and tests on his hormones, enzymes, energy metabolism and genes will take months to come through.
"If Jani does not derive energy from food and water, he must be doing that from energy sources around him, sunlight being one," said Shah.
"As medical practitioners we cannot shut our eyes to possibilities, to a source of energy other than calories."


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Limiting carbs could reduce breast cancer recurrence in women with positive IGF1 receptor
Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for the IGF-1 receptor. The study, "Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Associated with Carbohydrate Intake and Tissue Expression of IGFI Receptor," will appear in the July issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.
"There is a growing body of research demonstrating associations between obesity, diabetes, and cancer risk," said lead author Jennifer A. Emond, an instructor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. "There are similarities between the biological pathways that underlie all of these conditions, and there is some evidence to suggest that over-activation of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor axis, which increases the availability of IGF1 in the blood, may relate to a poor prognosis among breast cancer survivors."
Receptors for IGF1 have been found in breast tumor tissue, and expression of those receptors may contribute to treatment resistance among breast cancer survivors. Since diet can influence insulin activation, the researchers wondered whether diet could impact breast cancer prognosis based on expression of the IGF1 receptor in the primary breast tumor tissue.
Using an unusual approach, this study assessed the combined association of two factors implicated in tumor growth—carbohydrate intake and IGF1 receptor status—to test whether activating the insulin/insulin-like growth-factor axis can impact breast cancer. Since carbohydrates stimulate the biological pathway that can increase concentrations of IGF1, the researchers focused on carbohydrate intake. The women they studied were part of a larger intervention trial called the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) study conducted between 2001 and 2007.
"We found an association between increased breast cancer recurrence in women with a primary breast cancer tumor that was positive for the IGF1 receptor, which is consistent with other studies," said Emond. "We further found that a decreased carbohydrate intake was associated with decreased breast cancer recurrence for these women."
This is the first study to suggest that it might be possible to personalize recommended diets for breast cancer survivors based on the molecular characteristics of their primary tumor. Further research is needed to confirm these findings, and Emond notes that breast cancer survivors should not be concerned about dramatically lowering their carbohydrate intake based on this study.
"There are still many unanswered questions regarding this study, including what type of carbohydrate-containing foods may be the most important foods that breast cancer survivors should limit," she said. "Breast cancer survivors should continue to follow a plant-based dietary pattern as suggested by the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Cancer Association, which means eating lots of fiber rich vegetables, legumes, and fruits; consuming whole grains and also limiting refined grains, starchy vegetables, and added sugar."
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Here's how children can complete our Climate Challenge survey ahead of crucial COP26 summit
Soon the UK will be hosting the COP26 climate summit and ahead of the conference we want to hear from young people for their views on environmental issues.
At the end of this month world leaders will arrive in Glasgow alongside many negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks and negotiations.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is keen to hear from young people before meeting with other world leaders at the COP26 and our quick Young UK Climate Challenge survey enables children to answer a series of questions on the environment as well as leave their comments and opinions.
The Young UK Climate Challenge survey will be open from Wednesday October 20 until Tuesday October 26.
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On Friday night, Yo La Tengo hit the studios of WFMU 91.1 to lend their support to the station's annual pledge drive. As they have every year for over a decade, the Hoboken trio spent three hours performing listener-requested cover songs. Listeners were encouraged to go obscure, requesting songs the band had never played before (though presumably there was some filter, since no Miley Cyrus deep cuts slipped through). Given that they already played 44 new covers just a couple months ago, that sometimes meant pretty obscure. We've got 'em all below. Continue reading »
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