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This is encouraging news.
If you have a parent who's suffering from Alzheimer's disease and you're worried about the future, there may be really good news for you and your parents: scientists in Great Britain may have found a solution to stop all neurodegenerative brain diseases, including dementia.
Prior to the most recent discovery, the best scientists could do was terminate brain cells dying in an animal in 2013. Unfortunately the drug used caused organ damage.
But now, two drugs used at the MRC Toxicology Unit in Leicester have been safely used in people. Prof Giovanna Mallucci, from that unit, is so excited she wants to start human clinical trials on dementia patients. DailyWire
Two drugs that show potential are already being used on humans
Two were shown to prevent both a form of dementia and prion disease by stopping brain cells dying.
Prof Mallucci told the BBC News website: "Both were very highly protective and prevented memory deficits, paralysis and dysfunction of brain cells."
The best known drug of the pair is trazodone, which is already taken by patients with depression.
The other, DBM, is being tested in cancer patients. BBC.
Drugs have potential to work on several conditions
Dr Doug Brown, director of research and development at Alzheimer's Society said: "We're excited by the potential of these findings.
"They show that a treatment approach originally discovered while researching prion disease might also work to prevent the death of brain cells in some forms of dementia.
"This research is at a very early stage and has not yet been tested in people – but as one of the drugs is already available as a treatment for depression, the time taken to get from the lab to the pharmacy could be dramatically reduced."
"The drug blocks a natural defence mechanism in cells which is overactive in the brains of people with frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's, so has the potential to work for several conditions.
"So far it has only been tested in mice with frontotemporal dementia but Alzheimer's Society is now funding the researchers to test it in models of Alzheimer's too." Leicester Mercury


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Please summarize the 3rd and 4th selections in the satire "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.I mean from the paragraph which starts with "I shall now...
Please summarize the 3rd and 4th selections in the satire "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.
I mean from the paragraph which starts with "I shall now therefore humbly ....... " till the paragraph which ends with " ......... are happily delivered from the evils to come."
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The selection you have indicated begins with Swift's "humble proposal" of his thoughts on how to solve the famine in Ireland and the subsequent social problems that this has led to. He starts off by saying that an American has assured him that a healthy child at one year old can be transformed into a "nourishing and wholesome" dish for consumption. Swift therefore comes up with a system of using most of the Irish children as an alternative food source, leaving an appropriate number for breeding. He details the way that a child can be used in different ways to feed a number of people over a period of time. He talks about the cost of "infant flesh" and also who will be eating them. He talks about the various costs and how money will be saved by using children in this way, and the way that you can cook a child in many versatile manners.
He goes on to tell of how another "worthy person" refined this scheme by suggesting that the lack of venison for hunting might be made up for by the hunting of young Irish teenagers. Swift begs to differ because their flesh would be too "tough and lean" and they could be breeders.
It is important to remember that this is a "satire" - not for one minute is Swift being serious! Look at how his language and reasonable tone is trying to shock his readers into action.

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The Sneak Doormat Weight Scale: The Unwelcome Mat
Obviously this would be more to our liking and more Unplggd in spirit if this was a digital scale, but we couldn't pass up the amusing idea behind this (un)welcome mat which incorporates a visible body scale design, reminding guests to watch what they're eating during the holidays before entering your home to celebrate.
More about The Sneak Doormat Weight Scale here (translated version).
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Rockefeller family
The Rockefellers [l=2:14:08]
From Wikipedia: Rockefeller_family
|Place of origin
|Ehlscheid, Germany
|Notable members
|John D.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
Nelson Rockefeller,
David Rockefeller,
Jay Rockefeller
The Rockefeller family (pronounced /ˈrɒkɨfɛlər/), the Cleveland family of John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) ("Senior") and his brother William Rockefeller (1841–1922), is an American industrial, banking, and political family of German origin that made one of the world's largest private fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th century, primarily through the Standard Oil Company.[1] The family is also known for its long association with and financial interest in the Chase Manhattan Bank, now JP Morgan Chase.
Their ancestor, Johann Peter Rockefeller, moved to North America in 1723 from what is today Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Construction and Restoration of Buildings
The family was heavily involved in many real estate construction projects in the U.S. during the 20th century. Chief among them:
- Rockefeller Center, a multi-building complex built at the start of the Depression in Midtown Manhattan, financed solely by the family
- International House of New York, New York City, 1924 (Junior) {Involvement: John D. 3rd, Abby Aldrich, David & Peggy, David Jr., Abby O'Neill}
- Wren Building, College of William and Mary's, Virginia, from 1927 (Renovation funded by Junior)
- Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, from 1927 onwards (Junior, Abby Aldrich, John D. 3rd), historical restoration
- Museum of Modern Art, New York City, from 1929 (Abby Aldrich, Junior, Blanchette, Nelson, David, David Jr., Sharon Percy Rockefeller)
- Riverside Church, New York City, 1930 (Junior)
- The Cloisters, New York City, from 1934 (Junior)
- The Interchurch Center, New York City, 1948 (Junior)
- Asia Society (Asia House), New York City, 1956 (John D. 3rd)
- One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York City, 1961 (David)
- Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, 1962 (Nelson)
- Lincoln Center, New York City, 1962 (John D. 3rd)
- World Trade Center Twin Towers, New York City, 1973-2001 (David and Nelson)
- The Embarcadero Complex, San Francisco, 1974 (David)
- Council of the Americas/Americas Society, New York City, 1985 (David)
- In addition to this is Senior and Junior's involvement in seven major
housing developments:
- Forest Hill Estates, Cleveland, Ohio
- City Housing Corporation's efforts, Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, New York City
- Thomas Garden Apartments, The Bronx, New York City
- Paul Lawrence Dunbar Housing, Harlem, New York City
- Lavoisier Apartments, Manhattan, New York City
- Van Tassel Apartments, Sleepy Hollow, New York (formerly North Tarrytown)
- A development in [[Radburn, New Jersey[2][3]
- A further project involved David Rockefeller in a major middle-income housing development when he was elected in 1947 as chairman of Morningside Heights, Inc., in Manhattan by fourteen major institutions that were based in the area, including Columbia University. The result, in 1951, was the six-building apartment complex known as Morningside Gardens.[4]
- Senior's donations led to the formation of the
University of
Chicago in 1889, where the first American Nobel Prize in Science was
produced in 1907, and notable for the
Chicago School of Economics.[5]
This was one instance of a long family and Rockefeller Foundation tradition
of financially supporting
Ivy League and other major colleges and universities over the
generations - seventy-five in total. This includes:
- Harvard University
- Dartmouth College
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Yale University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Case Western Reserve University
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
University of Pennsylvania
- This financial assistance extends overseas to institutions such as London School of Economics
- University College London, among many others.[6]
- Senior (and Junior) also created
- Rockefeller University in 1901
- General Education Board in 1902, which later (1923) evolved into the International Education Board
- Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in 1910
- Bureau of Social Hygiene in 1913 (Junior)
- International Health Commission in 1913
- China Medical Board in 1915.
- In the 1920s, the International Education Board granted important fellowships to pathbreakers in modern mathematics, such as Stefan Banach, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and André Weil, which was a formative part of the gradual shift of world mathematics to the US over this period.
- To help promote cooperation between physics and mathematics Rockefeller funds also supported the erection of the new Mathematical Institute at the University of Göttingen between 1926 and 1929
- The rise of probability and mathematical statistics owes much to the creation of the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris, partly by the Rockefeller's finances, also around this time.[7]
- Junior also financially supported numerous other major institutions:
- Notable among them his ongoing support for the highly influential foreign policy think tank
- The New York Council on Foreign Relations, established in 1921.
- In 1978 the Rockefeller Foundation initiated the founding of the financial advisory council called the Group of Thirty, as well as many grants to a myriad of universities, think tanks and other institutions.
- Junior was also responsible for the creation and endowment of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, which operates the restored historical town at Williamsburg, Virginia, one of the most extensive historic restorations ever undertaken.
Beginning with Rockefeller Senior, the family has been a major force in land conservation[citation needed]. Over the generations, it has created more than 20 national parks and open spaces, including the Cloisters, Acadia National Park, Forest Hill Park, the Nature Conservancy, the Rockefeller Forest in California's Humboldt Redwoods State Park (the largest stand of old-growth redwoods), and Grand Teton National Park, among many others. Rockefeller Jr, and his son Laurance (and his son Larry) were particularly prominent in this area. Most of these efforts were accomplished without public fanfare.
The family was honored for its conservation efforts in November, 2005, by the National Audubon Society, one of America's largest and oldest conservation organizations, at which over 30 family members attended. At the event, the society's president, John Flicker, notably stated: "Cumulatively, no other family in America has made the contribution to conservation that the Rockefeller family has made".[8]
International politics/finance/economics
The family has been awarded the annual UNA-USA's Global Leadership Award, along with other recipients over time, including Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg. Members of the Rockefeller family into the fourth generation (especially the prominent banker and statesman David Rockefeller, who is the present family patriarch) have been heavily involved in international politics, and have donated money, established or been involved in the following major international institutions:
- The Council on Foreign Relations - David, David Jr., Nelson, John D. 3rd, John D. IV (Jay), Peggy Dulany, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
- The Trilateral Commission - David, Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
- The Bilderberg Group - David, John D. IV.
- The Asia Society - John D. 3rd, John D. IV, Charles, David.
- The Population Council - John D. 3rd.
- The Council of the Americas - David.
- The Group of Thirty - The Rockefeller Foundation.
- The World Economic Forum - David.
- The Brookings Institution - Junior.
- The Peterson Institute (Formerly the Institute for International Economics) - David.
- The International Executive Service Corps - David.
- The Institute for Pacific Relations - Junior.
- The League of Nations - Junior.
- The United Nations - Junior, John D. 3rd, Nelson, David, Peggy Dulany, Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
- The United Nations Association - David.
The family archives
The Rockefeller Archive Center, an independent foundation that was until 2008 a division of Rockefeller University,[9] is a vast three-story underground bunker built below the Martha Baird Rockefeller Hillcrest mansion on the family estate at Pocantico (see Kykuit). Along forty-foot-long walls of shelves on rails, patrolled by ten full-time archivists, is the entire repository of personal and official papers and correspondence of the complete family and its members, along with historical papers of its numerous foundations, as well as other non-family philanthropic institutions. These include: the Commonwealth Fund, Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, and the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.
In total, it holds over 70 million pages of documents and contains the collections of forty-two scientific, cultural, educational and philanthropic organizations.
Only the expurgated records of deceased family members are publicly available to scholars and researchers; all records pertaining to living members are closed to historians. However, as Nelson Rockefeller's researcher, Cary Reich, discovered, in the case of Nelson's voluminous 3,247 cubic feet (91.9 m3) of papers, only about one-third of these files had been processed (that is, each page vetted by the archivists) and released to researchers up to 1996. He reports that it will be many years before all the papers will be open to the public, despite Nelson having died in 1979.[10]
The Center maintains that this repository of records, covering 140-plus years of the records of the family, in addition to non-Rockefeller philanthropic collections, gives unique insights into United States and world issues and social developments in both the 19th and 20th centuries.
Records in the collection are only available up until the early 1960s, generally 1961. Major subjects in the collection include:
- Agriculture,
- The Arts,
- African-American history,
- Education,
- International Relations,
- Economic Development,
- Labor,
- Medicine,
- Philanthropy,
- Politics,
- Population,
- Religion,
- Social Sciences,
- Social Welfare,
- Women's history.[11]
Family wealth
The combined wealth of the family – its total assets and investments plus the individual wealth of its members – has never been known with any precision. The records of the family archives relating to both the family and individual members' net worth is closed to researchers. Independent researchers have valued the current assets of the Rockefeller family much higher, some approaching amounts as high as $110 billion.[12]
From the outset, and even today, the family wealth has been under the complete control of the male members of the dynasty, through the family office. Despite strong-willed wives who had influence over their husbands' decisions – such as the pivotal female figure Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, wife of Junior – in all cases they received allowances only and were never given even partial responsibility for the family fortune.[13]
Much of the wealth has been locked up in the notable family trust of 1934 (which holds the bulk of the fortune and matures on the death of the fourth generation), and the trust of 1952, both administered by the Chase Manhattan Bank. These trusts have consisted of shares in the successor companies to Standard Oil and other diversified investments, as well as the family's considerable real estate holdings. They are administered by a powerful trust committee that oversees the fortune. It has consisted over time of high-profile individuals, who have included Paul Volcker, William G. Bowen (former president of Princeton University) and John C. Whitehead (retired co-chairman of Goldman Sachs).[citation needed]
Management of this fortune today also rests with professional money managers who oversee the principal holding company, Rockefeller Financial Services, which controls all the family's investments, now that Rockefeller Center is no longer owned by the family. The present chairman is David Rockefeller, Jr.
In 1992, it had five main arms:
- Rockefeller & Co. (Money management: Universities have invested some of their endowments in this company);
- Venrock Associates (Venture Capital: an early investment in Apple Computer was one of many it made in Silicon Valley entrepreneurial start-ups);
- Rockefeller Trust Company (Manages hundreds of family trusts);
- Rockefeller Insurance Company (Manages liability insurance for family members);
- Acadia Risk Management (Insurance Broker: Contracts out policies for the family's vast art collections, real estate and private planes.)[14]
Family residences
Over the generations the family members have resided in some notable historic homes. A total of 81 Rockefeller homes are on the National Register of Historic Places.[15] Not including all homes owned by the five brothers, some of the more prominent of these are:
- Kykuit - The landmark six-story home on the vast Westchester County family estate, home to four generations of the family;
- Bassett Hall - The house at Colonial Williamsburg bought by Junior in 1927 and renovated by 1936, it was the favorite residence of both Junior and Abby and is now a house museum at the family-restored Colonial Revival town;
- The Eyrie - A sprawling 100-room summer holiday home on Mount Desert Island in Maine, demolished by family members in 1962;
- Forest Hill - The family's country estate and summer home in Cleveland for four decades. Built and occupied by Senior, it burned down in 1917;
- Golf House at Lakewood, New Jersey - The former three-story clubhouse for the elite Ocean County Hunt and Country Club, which Senior bought in 1902 to play golf on its golf course;
- The Casements - A three-story house at Ormond Beach in Florida, where Senior spent his last winters, from 1919 until his death;
- 10 West Fifty-fourth Street - A nine-story single family home, the former residence of Junior before he shifted to 740 Park Avenue, and the largest residence in New York City at the time, it was the home for the five young brothers. It was later given by Junior to the Museum of Modern Art;
- One Beekman Place - The residence of Laurance in New York City;
- 740 Park Avenue - Junior and Abby's famed 40-room triplex apartment in the luxury apartment building, which was later sold for a record price;
- The JY Ranch - The landmark ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the holiday resort home built by Junior and later owned by Laurance, it was used by all members of the family and had many prominent visitors, including presidents, until Laurance donated it to the federal government in 2001.
A trademark of the dynasty over its 140-plus years has been the remarkable unity it has maintained, despite major divisions that developed in the late 1970s, and unlike other wealthy families such as the DuPonts and the Mellons. A primary reason has been the lifelong efforts of "Junior" to not only cleanse the name from the opprobrium stemming from the ruthless practices of Standard Oil, but his tireless efforts to forge family unity even as he allowed his five sons to operate independently. This was partly achieved by regular brothers and family meetings, but it was also because of the high value placed on family unity by first Nelson and John 3rd, and later especially with David.[16]
Regarding achievements, in 1972, on the 100th anniversary of the founding of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy, the Carnegie Corporation, which has had a long association with the family and its institutions, released a public statement on the influence of the family on not just philanthropy but encompassing a much wider field. Summing up a publicly poorly grasped but predominant view amongst the international philanthropic world, one sentence of this statement read: "The contributions of the Rockefeller family are staggering in their extraordinary range and in the scope of their contribution to humankind."[17]
John D. Rockefeller gave away US$540 million over his lifetime (in dollar terms of that time), and became the greatest lay benefactor of medicine in history.[18] His son, "Junior" also gave away over $537 million over his lifetime, bringing the total philanthropy of just two generations of the family to over $1 billion from 1860 to 1960.[19] Added to this, the New York Times declared in a report in November, 2006 that David Rockefeller's total charitable benefactions amount to about $900 million over his lifetime.[20]
The combined personal and social connections of the various family members are vast, both in America and throughout the world, including the most powerful politicians, royalty, public figures, and chief businessmen. Notable figures through Standard Oil alone have included Henry Flagler and Henry H. Rogers. Contemporary figures include Henry Kissinger, Nelson Mandela, Richard Parsons (Chairman and CEO of Time Warner), C. Fred Bergsten, Peter G. Peterson (Senior Chairman of the Blackstone Group), and Paul Volcker.
In 1991 the family was presented with the Honor Award from the National Building Museum for four generations worth of preserving and creating some of the U.S.'s most important buildings and places. David accepted the award on the family's behalf.[21] The ceremony coincided with an exhibition on the family's contributions to the built environment, including John Sr.'s preservation efforts for the Hudson River Palisades, the restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, construction of Rockefeller Center, and Governor Nelson's efforts to construct low- and middle-income housing in New York state.[22]
The Rockefeller name is imprinted on numerous places throughout the United States, most notably in New York City, but also in Cleveland, where the family originates:
- The Rockefeller Center - A landmark 19-building 22-acre (89,000 m2) complex in the center of Manhattan established by Junior: Older section constructed from 1930–1939; Newer section constructed during the 1960s-1970s;
- The Rockefeller University - Renamed in 1965, this is the distinguished Nobel prize-winning graduate/postgraduate medical school (formerly the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, established by Senior in 1901);
- The Rockefeller Foundation - Founded in 1913, this is the famous philanthropic organization set up by Senior and Junior;
- The Rockefeller Brothers Fund - Founded in 1940 by the third-generation's five sons and one daughter of Junior;
- The Rockefeller Family Fund - Founded in 1967 by members of the family's fourth-generation;
- The Rockefeller Group - A private family-run real estate development company based in New York that originally owned, constructed and managed Rockefeller Center, it is now wholly owned by Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd;
- The Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors - is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advises donors in their philanthropic endeavors throughout the world;
- The Rockefeller Research Laboratories Building - A major research center into cancer that was established in 1986 and named after Laurance, this is situated at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center;
- The Rockefeller Center - Home of the International Student Services office and department of philosophy, politics and law at the State University of New York at Binghamton;
- The Rockefeller Chapel - Completed in 1928, this is the tallest building on the campus of the University of Chicago, established by Senior in 1889;
- The Rockefeller Hall - Established by Senior in 1906, this building houses the Case Western Reserve University Physics Department;
- The Rockefeller Hall - Established by Senior and completed in 1906, this building houses the Cornell University Physics Department;[23]
- The Rockefeller Hall - Established by Senior in 1887, who granted Vassar College a $100,000 ($2.34 million in 2006 dollars) allowance to build additional, much needed lecture space. The final cost of the facility was $99,998.75. It now houses multi-purpose classrooms and departmental offices for political science, philosophy and math;
- The Rockefeller Hall - Established by Senior and completed in 1886, this is the oldest building on the campus of Spelman College;
- The Rockefeller College - Named after John D. Rockefeller III, this is a residential college at Princeton University;
- The Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center - Completed in 1969 in memory of Nelson Rockefeller's son, this is a cultural center at the State University of New York at Fredonia;
- The Michael C. Rockefeller Collection and the Department of Primitive Art - Completed in 1982 after being initiated by Nelson, this is a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
- The David and Peggy Rockefeller Building - A tribute to David's wife, Peggy Rockefeller, this is a new (completed in 2004) six-story building housing the main collection and temporary exhibition galleries of the family's Museum of Modern Art;
- The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden - Completed in 1949 by David, this is a major outdoor feature of the Museum of Modern Art;
- The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - Opened in 1957 by Junior, this is a leading folk art museum within the complex of Junior's Colonial Williamsburg;
- The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Hall - The freshman residence hall on the campus of Spelman College;
- The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Building - Completed in 1918, it is among other things a student residence hall at Spelman College, after the wife of Senior and after whom the College was named;
- The Rockefeller State Park Preserve - Part of the 3,400-acre (14 km2) family estate in Westchester County, this 1,233-acre (5 km2) preserve was officially handed over to New York State in 1983, although it had previously always been open to the public;
- The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park - Established as a historical museum of conservation by Laurance during the 1990s.
- The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway - Established in 1972 through Congressional authorization, connecting Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks;
- The Rockefeller Forest - Funded by Junior, this is located within Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California's largest redwood state park;
- Either of two US congressional committees {in 1972 - John D. 3rd and 1975 - Nelson dubbed the Rockefeller Commission}.
- Rockefeller Park, a scenic park featuring gardens dedicated to several world nations along Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. between University Circle and Lake Erie in Cleveland.
- The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute of the University of Arkansas System was established in 2005 with a grant from the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust. The educational center with conference and lodging facilities is located on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas, on the original grounds of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller's model cattle farm.
- The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.
- The Rockefeller Quad at the Loomis Chaffee School
John D Junior, through his son Nelson, purchased and then donated the land upon which sits the UN headquarters, in New York, in 1946. Earlier, in the 1920s, he had also donated a substantial amount towards the restoration and rehabilitation of major buildings in France after World War I, such as the Rheims Cathedral, the Fontainebleau Palace and the Palace of Versailles, for which he was later (1936) awarded France's highest decoration, the Grand Croix of the Legion d'Honneur (subsequently also awarded decades later to his son, David Rockefeller).
He also funded the notable excavations at Luxor in Egypt, as well as establishing a Classical Studies School in Athens. In addition, he provided the funding for the construction of the Palestine Archaeological Museum in East Jerusalem - the Rockefeller Museum.[24]
The family, with its far reaching philanthropy, as well as its oil, real estate, banking, and international institutions, remains a benchmark for extreme wealth ("as rich as Rockefeller"), as "Senior" is still regarded as the wealthiest man who has ever lived, worth over $300 billion in today's figures, easily surpassing Bill Gates, in terms adjusted by inflation indexing.[25]
Generational philanthropy
The members of the Rockefeller family are noted for their philanthropy; a Rockefeller Archive Center study in 2004 documents an incomplete list of 72 major institutions that the family has created and/or endowed up to the present day. Historically, the major focus of their benefactions have been in the educational, health and conservation areas.
Family leaders in both philanthropy and business have included John D. Sr., John D. Jr. ("Junior"), John D. III, Laurance Rockefeller and David Rockefeller, who is the family's current patriarch. Several family members have held high public office, including Vice President of the United States (Nelson Rockefeller), United States Senator (Jay Rockefeller), state governor (Nelson, Jay, and Winthrop Rockefeller), and lieutenant governor (Winthrop Paul Rockefeller). Another noted family member was Michael Rockefeller, son of Nelson Rockefeller, an anthropologist who came to media attention after he was presumed killed in New Guinea in 1961.
The corporate, financial and personal affairs of the family - numbering around 150 blood relatives of John D. Rockefeller - are run from the family office, Room 5600, known officially as "Rockefeller Family and Associates". It comprises three floors of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center; all private family legal matters are handled by the family-associated New York law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Room 5600 is also the base of the current family historian, Peter J. Johnson, who assisted with David Rockefeller's Memoirs, published in 2002.
To distinguish the generations and facilitate communication, the fourth generation is generically known as "The Cousins" (24 in all, with 21 still living) and the younger family members are known as the "Fifth/Sixth" generation. Many if not all of these family members are involved in institutionalised philanthropic pursuits. Family links are solidified through the practice of ritualised family meetings - which started with the regular "brothers' meetings" held in Room 5600 or in their respective private residences, beginning in 1945. Family get-togethers are held today at the "Playhouse", in the Westchester County family estate of Pocantico, in June (the "cousins weekend") and December of each year (see Kykuit).
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The Adsense Blog notes that they are now Introducing expandable ads on AdSense sites. (Tip of the hat to Frank Reed)
We're excited to introduce to you expandable ads, a new type of ad that can appear on your pages. Expandable ads are rich media ads that can expand beyond the original size of the ad unit, following a user-initiated action. This creates more real estate for the ad, allowing for more interaction from interested users. For instance, expandable ads may stream a movie trailer, show video game clips, or display various views of an item for sale.
Expandable ads will be served as third-party ads and will be created by Google-certified rich media vendors for the top display advertisers in our network. And like other Google ads, you'll earn based on whether the expandable ads on your site are priced on a cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-impression (CPM) basis. Keep in mind that you'll generate earnings from CPC expandable ads when a user visits the advertiser's landing page, and not when a user simply clicks to expand the ad.
It seems a win/win situation since if you do not click on them, then they do not expand. The only major criticism that Darren Rowse of Problogger seems to have is that they are not yet available in Australia. Pity.


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Our first event is a Firefly Walk on July 9, 2016 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Indian Lake County Park in Cross Plains. The walk brings together diverse groups of people to enjoy an evening under the stars.
Picture this: Looking across a field of twinkling fireflies, anything is possible. Sitting around a fire generates a unique sense of community. Whatever our age, heritage or circumstances, we are all human under the night sky. Nature sets the backdrop for an evening of community building, learning, caring and fun.
Activities: Make a fun firefly craft, eat a s'more around the fire, and learn about fireflies. P.J. Liesch, UW-Madison's Entomologist a.k.a. "The bug guy," will be on hand to explain what makes fireflies light up. Our special guests includes off-duty officers from the Madison Police Department.
Together we can build relationships using nature as a catalyst.
The event is free, so sponsors and individuals are needed to pay the way for families to attend. The goal is to generate $1000 for this event, which pays the way for 50 people to attend.
Want to support this event and the work of Outdoors 123? Here are some
Sponsorship Levels.
$20 Individual
$40 Family of four
$100 Group
$500 Partner
$1000 Platinum
Thank you in advance for your support of this event.


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Man struck by hit-and-run driver
Published 5:35 pm, Saturday, September 21, 2013
SAN ANTONIO—A man crossing Old U.S. 90 not far from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium was struck by a driver who didn't stop to help.
Just after 1 a.m. Saturday, Martin Cardenas, 49, was crossing near Jerome Street when he was hit by a pickup headed east, according to a police report.
The driver failed to stop and render aid or call for help, the report said.
Cardenas was responsive when EMS got there and was taken to University Hospital. The only description of the pickup was a white Ford "F" series, according to the report.


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News Story
Nicolet College - Brittany Hazelquist named Nicolet College Student Ambassador
Brittany Hazelquist named
Nicolet College Student Ambassador
Posted Monday, March 14, 2011
Brittany Hazelquist of Rhinelander was recently selected as Nicolet College's 2011 Student Ambassador, the highest honor the college bestows upon a student. As ambassador, Hazelquist will work to promote Nicolet and help inform residents of the opportunities Nicolet has available to them and their communities.
"All four faculty members who nominated Brittany praised her talent and 'can-do' attitude toward her studies," said Julie Morgan, Nicolet Student Life coordinator and Ambassador program organizer. "She has a genuine appreciation for the depth and quality of education that students can receive at Nicolet, making her a great choice for Student Ambassador."
The Student Ambassador program is a statewide program of the Wisconsin Technical College System. One student from each of the state's 16 technical colleges is selected for the honor based on high academic achievement, community involvement, leadership, and a commitment to higher education.
Hazelquist is a student in Nicolet's Graphic Design associate degree program. After graduating from Nicolet she plans on transferring to a four-year university to earn a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design.


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Saint George the Martyr, Queenscliff
Key milestones in the development of the St George the Martyr Anglican Church in Queenscliff.
1853 The township of Queenscliff was surveyed
1854 A timber Church of England school house opened
1862 The Queenscliff township was formally gazetted
1863 The church of St George the Martyr was constructed, designed by Albert Purchas in the style of early English Gothic architecture
1864 The church opened for worship in the February
1865 The vicarage was built in Mercer Street to the north of the church, also designed by Albert Purchas
1868 St George the Martyr church was consecrated
1872 Construction started on the School Hall, designed by Albert Purchas in Victorian Gothic style. It was completed in 1902
1877-78 The castellated Bell Tower designed by Albert Purchas was added to the church
late 1800s St George's conducts services at Point Lonsdale
1887 The chancel of the church was extended
1951 St James separated from St George's and became its own parish
1967 The vicarage in Mercer Street was sold
1967 The new brick vicarage was built on land between the church and School Hall on Hobson Street.
2002 The parishes of St James and St George's began working together in a co-operative arrangement
St George the Martyr interior features many Ferguson and Urie stained glass windows, the restoration of which was completed in 2008.


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Even the Libertarians Are a Sideshow
If I were to sum up my personal politics, I hew most closely to the Libertarian platform. The problem is, they can't put forth a candidate worthy (or likely) to be elected dog catcher.
Gary Johnson is this year's nominee for President, same as 2012. Failing to secure the Republican nomination, he went to the Libertarian ticket as a consolation prize. Johnson isn't bad; he's just uninspiring. Still, he has more mainstream name recognition than anyone else in the party, so they might as well nominate him in 2016.
The big problem is his pick for Vice President. William Weld was governor of Massachusetts for two terms in the 1990's. During his tenure, he supported very strict gun-control measures and government seizure of private property under eminent domain. Both of those positions run absolutely counter to Libertarian ideology.
Weld claims to have dialed back on some of those positions, but when pressed on his support for gun control, he gave Jake Tapper a response I find far less than convincing.
I'm a lifelong hunter and gun owner (…) I distinguish between, you know, hunting guns and guns that don't seem to have any hunting purpose or potential purpose. That's an area where Gary and I can find common ground.
The "hunting purposes" rhetoric has long been a strategy of the gun-control lobby. The idea is to drive a wedge into the gun-rights camp, separating the "hunters" from the supposed nutjobs who don't want to give up their "military" weapons. Advocates of this approach usually resort to craven emotional manipulation about "compromise."
Notice that Weld spoke in the present tense in those comments. He hasn't changed, and if Johnson can find "common ground" with that, he'll be selling out one of the central planks of the Libertarian platform.
It's sad to see the party decline from largely irrelevant to utterly surreal, especially when the mainstream choices are a dangerous blowhard with impulse-control issues, a serial liar who may find herself under indictment, and a socialist progressive whose own rhetoric makes him incompatible with the current political landscape. With better nominees, Libertarians might have actually had a chance this election.


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Checky Herrington is a new member of Mississippi State's Office of Public Affairs, where he oversees marketing initiatives that support recruitment, growth and advancement goals.
With more than three decades in marketing, public relations and brand strategy development, the Louisville native has produced a consistent record of exceeded expectations while earning multiple local, regional and national recognitions, said Sid Salter, chief communications officer and Office of Public Affairs director, in making the announcement.
"Checky brings a great deal of relevant experience, credibility and talent to this new position with Mississippi State," Salter said. "We feel fortunate to have him join our team as we seek to raise our profile as one of the nation's premier research universities. Checky will be a key player in that effort."
Specifically, Herrington is managing brand strategy and development, while monitoring the university's overall marketing plan. He holds an MSU communication degree, with emphasis marketing and public relations.
Prior to returning to his alma mater, Herrington served nearly 30 years as a marketing communications leader for Entergy Corp. During his tenure there, he received numerous honors, including the Public Relations Society of America's prestigious Silver Anvil Award for work as a team member during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Before joining Entergy, Herrington was a member of Gov. William Winter's administration, where he directed the media relations effort that contributed to the successful passage of Mississippi's 1982 Education Reform Act.
He earlier was a reporter with the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson and, before that, the Winston County Journal, his hometown newspaper.
He is past president of the International Association of Business Communicators. In addition to the PRSA, his other professional affiliations include the Southern Public Relations Federation and Mississippi Press Association.
He and his wife, the former Chellie Ladner, met while both were attending Mississippi State. Their adult children, Sara and Daniel, are graduates of the university's Bagley College of Engineering.
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Earlier today Portugal, by the skin of its teeth, sold €1 billion in 6 and 12 month Bills, which however may be its last auction before the country is forced to beg for a bailout: the yield on the 6 Month bill rose from 2.984% three weeks ago to 5.117%, while the 12 Month surged from 4.311% to 5.902%. This is simply a ridiculous yield and at this rate pretty soon the country will be paying more to issue Bills than Bonds. "I suspect that as far as the market is concerned, funding at these levels can only be viewed as a temporary measure," said Peter Chatwell, rate strategist at Credit Agricole. "There has been a very important signal from the banks for the future," said BNP Paribas analyst Ioannis Sokos. "Portugal can still make it through April, but probably won't get to June without a bailout." Which incidentally is when the country is going to have new government elections: cruising through a period of insolvency without a man in charge is probably not the best idea. But what is worst is that the country's social security fund is once again rumored to have been a buyer of last resort. Since these bonds will eventually default, Portugal's pensioners will not be happy to find out that a notable portion of their retirement capital will soon be wiped out.
From Reuters:
Two business newspapers said the public social security fund has been selling overseas financial asets in the last few days to help finance the state by buying sovereign debt at auctions.
Jornal de Negocios and Diario Economico said the Social Security Financial Stabilisation Fund planned to buy T-bills in Wednesday's auction. No one was available for comment at the fund.
The Portuguese banks suggested the government should seek a bridging loan, but neither the EU nor the IMF is likely to offer such temporary finance without negotiated formal conditionality.
Analysts say the high yields, which have already topped 10 percent for five-year bonds, are unsustainable. The fall in the value of the bonds also undermines its banks, who have been substantial buyers of government debt.
"The rating actions follow the downgrade of Portugal's debt ratings and also reflect the weakened standalone credit profile of most Portuguese banks," Moody's said in a statement.
The banks concerned included Caixa Economica Montepio Geral, Caixa Geral de Depositos, Banco Comercial Portugues, Banco Espirito Santo, Banco BPI, Banco Santander Totta and Banco Portugues de Negocios.
Portugal has to repay over 4.2 billion euros in maturing bonds on April 15, and then another 4.9 billion euros in June. Including coupon payments and deficit financing, its requirements until June are put at 12 to 15 billion euros.
"From the pure cash perspective, April should be OK, even with coupons and deficit financing, but then if the domestic bid disappears, there's not much room for manoeuvre," Commerzbank's Schnautz said, referring to the local banks' threats.
He expected the six-month T-bills to yield between 5.5 and 6 percent -- about double the 2.98 percent average yield in the previous auction on March 2 -- while the borrowing cost for the 12-month paper should rise above 6 percent compared to 4.33 percent in mid-March.
At this point we are merely seeing a repeat of what happened in Greece last year. And the longer it takes Portugal to admit defeat the greater the cost for everyone involved. But all shall be well: after all there is a big, fat CDO at the bottom of it all to bail everyone out. And let's not forget that the ECB is about to hike rates and set off a chain of events that will end the Eurozone.
Surely this will end so very well.


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Three best beautification springs in Japan
Just getting in the spring will give you smooth skin... Hot springs with this incredible reputation are called "beautification springs" (bijin-yu). Among these wonderful springs are three springs said to be the "three best beautification springs in Japan": the "Ryujin hot springs", located along the Koya-Ryujin Quasi-National Park and Hidaka River; the "Yunokawa hot springs", home to an ancient tragic love legend; and the "Kawanaka hot springs", which have a just-right water temperature.
- Kawanaka hot springs[Gunma prefecture] The spring water comes out of a river, and the spring quality is sulfuric. The popularity of this spring as a beautification spring is said to be linked to the beautiful white skin of the local women who used it in days of old.
- Ryujin hot springs[Wakayama prefecture] This is the best colorless and clear sodium hydrogen carbonate spring (sodium bicarbonate spring) in Japan. It cleans away dirty natural skin oils, promotes liver vitality, and promotes beautification not only in the surface skin but from the inside of the body as well.
- Yunokawa hot springs[Shimane prefecture] This is a hot spring area amidst the mountains that hid a tragic love in days of old. A legend exists of an ancient princess who washed away her travel fatigue and became even more beautiful. Experience the magic of romance here.


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A fireman who rescued a man from certain death has been nominated for a national award.
James Hallett, 44, was off duty when his car collided with another man's vehicle on Aston Clinton roundabout near the A41 on October 5.
The collision caused the other driver's car to flip onto the roundabout, trapping him upside down in the car.
However, Mr Hallet used his expertise to break into the car and help clear the male driver's airways.
He also helped rescue his fellow passengers.
The Northolt fireman will discover whether he was won the CAPITA 999 award for outstanding bravery on Monday evening at the annual Flame Awards.


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Rediscover the spark of life you were born withWritten by Amie on June 7, 2012 – 1:07 am -
You have the power to change the course of your life
In order for life to begin flowing through you again, you must learn to listen to that voice that tells you, "No! I don't like this", or "I don't want to do this anymore", or, "I really don't enjoy this experience", or "I really love being with this person", or "I really love doing xyz." Start honoring that voice! *That* voice is your spark of life, and once you open up to it, it will lead you to experiences that are for your highest good! You will start becoming aware of opportuities you may not have noticed before. We are all energy, and we must let our spark of life force energy flow through us in order for us to feel alive and healthy. If you are shut down to life, you are shut down to everyone, everything, and all opportunities for growth. If you are shut off from your life energy, your flow of aliveness, you can't feel anything. You turn off your truth. This is the reason depression is rampant! You have been conditioned to shut down who you really are in order to become someone or something that is "more acceptable" in the eyes of the society around you. It is normal to feel very angry about this!!! It happens within our families as well. We have to turn off who we are in order to be what our family needs us to be. And, since the majority of people come from dysfunctional families, (sorry, but I believe that statement to be true),we must learn to adapt to the dysfunction of the family. We receive messages about ourselves based on the level of dysfunction our parents and past generations have. This in't anybody's fault, it has just been the evolution of humanity up to this point. But the key now is to BECOME AWARE! You have the power to change the course of your life, which also has the potential to change the course of your family! Awareness is the beginning! Don't let people tell you that because so many people in your family are depressed, you must be too, and that you will just have to learn to live with it! That is a bunch of crap! Sorry, but it is! That is part of the dysfunction! Keep doing the same things, and we get the same results.
We received messages from many sources that told us who we really are was not acceptable
Earlier today I was remembering how closed off I felt from everything in life when I was in a deep depression. I was closed off to many people, most experiences, and really to life itself. It may not have looked that way to someone looking in from the outside. It looked like I was happy. I didn't realize how I had shut myself off from feeling anything at all. All I knew is that I felt lifeless. I was just going through the motions of what I thought it meant to "be normal". We are all born with a spark of life energy. When I was depressed, that energy could no longer flow through me. Let me explain more. When a person is depressed, they become shut off from life energy. It is not uncommon for this to happen. If a person is severely depressed, their main goal is just to get through the day. So, life energy is shut off. When I say "life energy", I mean "who you were really meant to be". As children we lived in the moment, at least for a short time, hopefully. As we grew older, we received messages from many sources that told us who we really are was not acceptable, that we needed to be a certain way in order to live within the society we live in. So, slowly, our true self, the one we were born to be, started being covered up by who we thought we were supposed to be. Many people can continue on this way for the rest of their lives, basically just living, but not really being "alive". There is a huge difference! Going through the motions of daily life, doing what we need to do to get by, this is not being alive! This is existing!
You always have a choice
I did this for years. Many people do it. It is the norm of what we are taught is "the way to be". Go here, do this, get this, do this, have these things, be this kind of person, say this, don't say that…..etc etc….basically it is like being a robot who may or may not smile occasionally. Living this way means not having any time to feel anything. Keep yourself so busy and so focused on what has to be done next, that there is no time to tune into your inner life. It is always there, it never goes away. But it does get quiet if you never pay any attention to it. You were born with a spark of pure life energy! This is so exciting to me! It can never be taken from you, not ever! So, that is the great news! You always have a choice to look within to rediscover the spark of life that resides within you. No matter how old you are, no matter what you have been through, no matter how depressed you are or for how long, you can choose at any moment to reconnect with that spark of life within you! Being numb to life is a survival tool; a coping mechanism. When we are younger, we have to do this to survive our daily life if we don't have anyone supporting the truth of who we really are. When we get older and have the freedom to live life our own way, we have to start questioning everything we were conditioned to believe about ourselves. I mean every single thing!!!!
dig deeper inside and really be honest about how fulfilled and connected you feel to life
There is a cure for depression, and it is called saying "no" to all of the BS we have been conditioned to believe. It is standing up and saying, *THIS* is who I really am, and *THIS* is how I am going to live my life. These are the things *I* believe, and I am going to live my life accordingly. Too bad if family members or friends don't like it or disagree! It is your life, not theirs. Do you feel my passion?lol This is a very passsionate subject for me. Do you know why? Because I am in love with the person I found inside myself that I had forgotten about for what feels like a million years! I had to go through a lot of anger over the subject of ,"I can't believe I had to hide this beauty for so many years. I have so much to offer this world, and so many years I had to hide that." SO, please listen to me when I say that your depression is covering up an extraordinary, magnificent being!!! You are depressed because all of those negative experiences, messages, traumas, beliefs…all of the times you felt forced to conform so that you could fit in….are stuck in your body, and they overrule your true self right now. They have been in control for far too long.
Throw them away! Let them go!
These are the blocks to your inner beauty. Start little by little questioning every single thing you think in every single minute. Are they true?? Unless they are positive thoughts about yourself or things that lead to your growth, then they need to be disguarded. Throw them away! Let them go. Be gentle on yourself, this is not always an easy process. Little by little, your magnificence will emerge!!! Don't believe the sayings, "this is the way I have always been," or "my life is ok, I have food, clothes, shelter, and a family"……dig deeper inside and really be honest about how fulfilled and connected you feel. If there is emptiness and loneliness, your true life energy is turned way down. Become aware of what dreams or thoughts make you feel butterflies in your stomach, even if that dream feels impossible. Keep thinking about those things. Not in a way that you have to figure out right this second how to get them, just keeping them alive in you. *That* feeling is your truth, that feeling is *life* itself, that feeling is what you deserve to be feeling every single day! Really, I promise! It is possible, and it *will* happen, when you begin your journey of awareness. Question, question, question!!!!!
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You'll find a list of this week's Rite Aid deals here.
If you're new to The Drugstore Game, these new starter transactions will help you get your feet wet and show you how The Drugstore Game can save you money on things you already buy. If you don't understand the transactions, read my Drugstore Game Primer, Common Sense with Money's FAQ (which has a handy explanation of acronyms), and my explanation of How to Play The Drugstore Game at Rite Aid.
Be sure to sign up for a Wellness+ card – you'll need it for the following deals (get it in store instead of online so they give you the card right away). You may also need to register for Rite Aid Video Values to get some of the coupons listed below.
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1 Bayer Aspirin 81 mg Tablets (32-36 ct.) @ $2.99
2 Carefree Pantiliners (18-22 ct.) @ 2/$2
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$1/1 Bayer Aspirin via Upromise Deposit or SavingStar ecoupon
$3 +UP from previous transaction
$1.49 +UP from previous transaction
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1 Chloraseptic Sore Throat Spray (6 oz.) or Lozenges (15-18 ct.) @ $3.99
1 Rite Aid Regular Hand Sanitizer (8 oz.) @ $1
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thank you everyone
sorry i posted this twice.
excellent thank you Kezza
I've seen this plant in an article about posionous plants and i have one in my garden, can anyone identify it please?
thanks you
i have aphids on my chilli plant that has been inside all year no idea where they came from!!! have sprayed with lots of soapy water but they still keep coming back it seems... any ideas??
boiling water does a great job on ant hills, although it does leave you with a bald patch on the lawn
thank you,
i suppose there isn't much i can do about that short of bringing them inside.


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The bad news is that almost all of us know someone who has had cancer, with more than 12 million Americans getting the disease each year, according to the National Cancer Institute. The good news is that the latest research is getting us closer than ever to finding out what causes the "c" word; how to cure the dreaded disease; and how to prevent getting it in the first place. Check out the latest cancer news to help protect yourself.
Ordering meat well done may hurt your prostate. You may already know that diets high in red meat up your risk of prostate cancer, but ordering your burger well done could increase your risk of advanced prostate cancer by as much as 40 percent, according to The California Collaborative Prostate Cancer Study. Specifically, men who ate just one-and-a-half servings of pan-fried red meat per week increased their advanced prostate-cancer risk by 30 percent, and guys who downed more than two-and-a-half servings upped their odds by 40 percent. In fact, researchers discovered a rise in prostrate cancer and men who regularly ate any type of pan-fried meat (including fish and poultry). Researchers speculate that DNA-damaging carcinogens—chemicals linked to prostate and other cancers—produced at high temperatures could be to blame.
Cancer treatment may get customizable. We may be getting closer than ever to winning the war on cancer, because researchers have come up with a single drug that can treat many different kinds of cancers, such as melanoma, breast cancer, and leukemia. Drugs such as Kevetrin, now in Phase I clinical trials at Harvard University's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, work with the body's natural defense system to target what's known as the "guardian angel gene" (a.k.a. the p53 protein) to program it to either fix a cancerous cell or make it to self-destruct. If FDA-approved, this customizable cancer drug could especially benefit those with rare types of the disease that don't get much funding.
Sugar may feed cancer. Cutting back on sugar might cut your cancer risk. While the jury is still out on whether or not eating a diet high in sugar directly causes cancer, high-sugar diets are directly linked to other conditions, such as diabetes, that increase your odds of getting cancer. For example, when researchers scoured the data from more than 175 countries, they found that for every additional 150 calories of sugar a person had access to a day (about as much as in a 12-ounce can of soda), diabetes rates went up 1 percent—even after controlling for obesity and physical activity.
The study basically shows that diabetes may have less to do with the number on the scale and more to do with the amount of sugar you eat. Changing your diet is an easy but effective way to lower your risk of cancer and other diseases. Try swapping sugary soda for seltzer mixed with frozen lemon wedges and sugar-packed muffins for oatmeal topped with blueberries or strawberries for added sweetness.
Aspirin could prevent melanoma. Anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin may do more than ease pain and help your ticker—they may also ward off skin cancer. Women who regularly used aspirin had a 21 percent lower risk of melanoma compared to those who didn't pop the pill, finds a new study in the journal Cancer. Be sure to talk to your doc before you add aspirin to your daily diet: Regular use of NSAIDs have been linked to ulcers and internal bleeding.


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Owls Wait On Premier League Striker
Wednesday boss Brian Laws is today hoping to secure the loan capture of a Premier League striker, according to the Sheffield Star.
Laws has targetted a goalscorer as a main priority to bolster his squad before the loan transfer window closes this week.
The Owls gaffer was due to talk to a striker from a top flight club today in the hope that he'd agree a switch to Hillsborough in time for this weekend's visit of West Brom.
It's yet to be known if the club in question will pay the player's wages whilst he's at S6.
If they do, Laws will still have cash to further add to his squad, but if not he's prepared to use all his available budget to get his man.
Stoke City's Tom Soares has already been linked with move to South Yorkshire, although his favoured position is in midfield, not in attack.
Keep checking Vital Sheffield Wednesday for all the latest transfer news.


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DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group announced that it has released its first quarter 2016 home entertainment report for the United States.
For more information visit: www.degonline.org
Unedited press release follows:
Home Entertainment Category Stable for the Quarter
4K Ultra HD TVs Show Dramatic Sales, Exceed 1.5 Million Units in the Quarter
4K Ultra HD Disc Sales Outpace Blu-ray Disc Sales Twofold in the Same Period of Early Launch
Consumer spending on home entertainment was stable for the first quarter of 2016 compared to the year earlier period, but outperforming the box office. Notably, consumers have purchased more than seven million 4K UHD TVs to date in the brief period since the product came to market, sparking strong demand for content for the next generation TVs.
Among the highlights for first quarter 2016:
• Total U.S. home entertainment spending was nearly $4.6 billion for the first quarter, flat over the same period 2015 and outpacing the box office value on video release by nearly 10 percentage points.
• 4K Ultra HD players launched in the U.S. market and were quickly purchased.** With 26 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases available in the first quarter, 4K Ultra HD discs experienced impressive sales with consumers buying more than 80,000 discs in their first weeks of launch. This number is two times that of Blu-ray Discs sales in its first weeks of launch.
• More than 1.5 million 4K Ultra HD TVs sold in the first quarter, up 210 percent, bringing the total number of sets sold to date exceeding seven million.
• VOD platforms continued to grow in the period, up seven percent for the quarter, and reversing the downward trends seen in early 2015.
• Subscription VOD (SVOD) had strong growth with a 19 percent rise for the first quarter over the first quarter of 2015.
• EST growth slowed to four percent in the quarter due to a smaller slate of new releases but continues to see robust catalog growth.
• HDTV penetration is now approaching the number of U.S. households. The DEG estimates that nearly 95 percent – 104 million – of all U.S. homes have at least one HDTV. All Blu-ray playback devices (including set-tops and game consoles) are in more than 84 million U.S. households***.
If you would like to discuss the DEG's First Quarter 2016 Home Entertainment Report, please contact the DEG at 424-248-3809.
* Please note, these numbers are preliminary. Final numbers will be available in late May. Please contact the DEG for an updated version.
** With only one manufacturer in the market place, the DEG cannot report sales figures.
*** This is a restatement adjusting for duplication rate and cross-device ownership calculations for all Blu-ray Disc set-top players and game consoles.


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MONT-SAINT-GUIBERT, Belgium, Sept. 10, 2015 /CNW/ -- intoPIX today announced Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, has successfully integrated intoPIX TICO lightweight compression into a suite of its live production solutions providing support for 4K 1-wire transmission. TICO 4:1 visually lossless compression carries a high-quality signal across a single wire, which eases the broadcast transition towards IP and 4K/UHD while simplifying connectivity.
"By leveraging this technology, we are able to deliver robust, fully integrated solutions that enable 4K 1-wire in our LDX Series cameras and K-Frame switchers, increasing the viability of 4K/UHD business models for live production," says Mike Cronk, senior VP of strategic marketing, Grass Valley. "Grass Valley is proud to bring to market a solution that makes it easier for broadcasters to transition to 4K/UHD and IP when the time is right for them."
"Grass Valley evaluated a number of compression solutions before selecting TICO, but none of them offered the right features and advantages to serve broadcaster's needs," said Gael Rouvroy, CTO, intoPIX.
Grass Valley chose intoPIX's TICO lightweight compression for five main reasons:
TICO compression is a breakthrough technology that allows broadcasters to transition to 4K/UHD and IP workflows as business needs dictate, with high performance and low cost. Visit Grass Valley (Hall 1, Stand D11) and intoPIX (Hall 10, Stand D31d) to learn more through hands-on tutorials and demonstrations at IBC 2015.
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Fat Girl Friday allows us to heed the calls of our inner temptress, break out of our typical temperance, and indulge in the full range of flavors of life.
"Well that is just asinine."
It is about 2 weeks before my departure for Italy and the judgmental verbal slap comes from someone close to me. I have just said that (after 8 months of doing so in the states) I plan to stay fairly vegan while abroad.
As I wrote on CBB when I started my veg*n journey: Food is profoundly personal.
It is not my intention to get into diet choices here, weighing the pros and cons of this versus that. As my friend/inspiration Matt at NoMeat Athlete wrote recently, the bickering does nothing to help people make better, more healthful choices.
As a Fat Girl Friday post, my message here is to remind others and ourselves that sometimes it is good and right to suspend labels and judgement completely and enjoy the blessings of the day.
Buying Indulgences
One of our favorite Aperitivo spots in Firenze is a place called Kitsch. Aperitivo generally is put on by bar/cafe/restaurants in the pre-dinner hours and the deal is you buy a drink and then have access to a small buffet as kind of a hors d'oeurves snackfest. Kitsch, however, goes all out. It is easy to have a complete meal and I especially like all of the vegetable options.
We have a standard saying on the evenings we enjoy their spread: "There is no judgement on Kitsch Night."
For it is often that one will return for just one more round, excusing themselves from the table with an embarrassed smile and an "I just want a little more of that yummy…" to which, as good friends, we say "there is no judgement on Kitsch night."
It is the essence of the idea that is Fat Girl Friday.
As a conscious consumer of real food, I worry (probably too much) about what I put into my body 95% of the time. It is nice, right, good, worthwhile, and splendid to forget all that for a meal or a snack, suspending judgement of myself first and foremost, and indulge in one more blessed round of the tantalizing spread.
I think we all can get on board pretty easily with the "There is no judgement on ______ night." Right?
Stop with the food labels
The more sticky wicket is trying to explain to others my eating habits and similarly not having judgments creep into the conversation. (see: "asinine") What is disturbing to me is the strictness that others place on us — if we eat a certain way then we HAVE to stay that way ALL the time or face even worse questioning and criticism.
We are all quick to label things. Shorthand is often helpful to understanding. But sometimes it is not. As one who eats outside of mainstream SAD (standard american diet) labels do not come nor stay easily.
While I am trying out "I eat a plant-based diet," the best I have found is: "I am a vegetarian with a lactose sensitivity."
I wish I didn't know that my body is healthiest and happiest when staying strictly vegan. Oh how do I love baked goods and cheese — preferably together. But I do know. My kitchen at home is vegan and I try to stay that way as much as possible… but sometimes it isn't worth it to stick to the letter of the vegan laws.
Or shall I say, sometimes it is worth it to break the rules.
What. Tiramisu isn't vegan?
What I love about my true friends — especially the traveling sort — is they don't bat an eye or get all indignant when I order or indulge off the vegan straight and narrow. I can have a taste of real gelato, order pasta I know is made with eggs, have some goat cheese on my salad or, yes, *gasp* even have a small bite of the best fish ever cooked on the planet earth… all without judgement.
I can savor the taste, flavor and experience and not worry about the labels.
Sure, a joke might pass my way — of late the "_____ isn't vegan?" is common. But that is it. I am able to laugh along too and say in my head if not out loud: nope.
It is in the same spirit as the "fat" in "fat girl."
It doesn't negate my choices the rest of the 95% of the time. It doesn't mean that tomorrow I will start gorging on bacon and
milkshakes, loading up on processed crap from the center isles just because tonight I had pesto in the city where it was invented.
There are exceptions to the rules and we don't have to justify them.
Labels should help with conscious choices, not hinder them. Condescending judgement and criticisms shouldn't have a place at any table amongst friends, but especially not the dinner table. When we get too wrapped up and strict in food labels and packaging, we hurt our — and other's — end goals.
Sure, we should all encourage others to eat healthfully and conscientiously — whatever that means for the individual body. Equally important is to enjoy our indulgences and encourage our family and friends to do the same.
There is no judgement on Fat Girl Friday.
What labels do you choose to ignore 5% of the time? Oh, and have you liked us on Facebook yet? No judgement there either, promise.
PS – Happy Bourbon Day! Go celebrate pseudo-responsibly with something delicious!


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If you were hoping to toss out your Calgary speeding tickets after a CBC News investigation into whether police radar equipment in Canada is accurately calibrated — not so fast!
The report found that police forces across Canada using the same radar equipment have different testing routines.
It also revealed that several have done away with the traditional tuning-fork method, where a piece of steel with two prongs is struck against a surface, resonating at a constant pitch that mimics the reflected pulse of a moving vehicle.
But the Calgary Police Service (CPS) still tests its radar with tuning forks — and officials stand by the method's accuracy.
"I'm very comfortable knowing that the people that we're stopping for speeding are actually the people that are speeding, and the speeds are accurate," said traffic section Staff Sgt. Paul Stacey.
While most Canadian jurisdictions also continue to use tuning forks to ensure radar devices are properly calibrated, the Ontario Provincial Police dropped the test more than a decade ago, in part over doubts about its necessity.
In Calgary, the tuning-fork test is still done by every police officer before every speed monitoring shift, Stacey said.
"We were directed by our Crown counsel to maintain using the tuning forks, even though the manufacturer at the time told us we didn't have to," he said.
"It's a legal issue that the Crown has to be comfortable with."
The CPS has two tuning forks – one calibrated to simulate the sound wave of a vehicle travelling at 40 km/h and another at 64 km/h. The force also uses an electronic version of the tuning fork that emits a pulse at a simulated vehicle speed of 50 km/h.
"Radar has come a long way, the equipment has come a long way in its sophistication … but one thing is certain, is it still works off the same principle, and the tuning fork is a tried-and-true method," Stacey said.
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Denver Broncos Are New England Patriots' KryptoniteOctober 2, 2012
When the two greatest NFL quarterbacks of this generation meet, it is sure to be an interesting game. Many teams tremble when they have to play Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. There aren't many teams who can keep up with the Patriots, but there is one team who gives the Patriots trouble: the Denver Broncos.
The Broncos have a 25-18 lifetime record and are the only team the Patriots have lost to twice in the playoffs. Tom Brady is 2-6 lifetime against the Broncos and the Patriots are 2-12 when playing in Denver in the last 30 years. The Broncos have also won six of the last 10 games against the Patriots and, from 1984-1998, beat the Patriots 11 consecutive times. It's safe to say the Denver Broncos are the New England Patriots' kryptonite. And this year they have a new weapon in Peyton Manning.
Some of the Bronco players' most memorable moments have come during games against the Patriots.
- Champ Bailey has a career 16 tackles, one forced fumble, two intercepted passes and four broken up passes against the Patriots. He also had a 100-yard interception return in the AFC Divisional Playoff game on January 14, 2006.
- In one game (Oct. 20, 2008), Elvis Dumervil made eight tackles and two sacks for a loss.
- Last season, Demaryius Thomas caught seven passes for 116 yards in the 2011 regular season meeting.
This year will likely be even more exciting with Peyton Manning under center. Manning is 7-12 against the Patriots, but has over 4,700 yards and 38 touchdowns.
So far this year, Manning has completed 64.7 percent of his passes for 1,162 total passing yards and a 2-2 record. He also has eight touchdowns and three interceptions.
One thing the Broncos offense needs to be wary of is the number of sacks allowed. Manning has already been sacked eight times. Peyton Manning definitely needs to have the protection to be able to make plays in order to keep the pace with Tom Brady.
With Manning at center, the Broncos are more likely to continue their history of being Tom Brady and the New England Patriots' kryptonite. This Sunday's game should be a must-watch for every NFL fan.


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Paerson Edges Kostelic in Giant Slalom
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Sweden's Anja Paerson won her third race of the season, edging overall World Cup leader Janica Kostelic in a giant slalom Sunday.
Paerson's combined time of 2 minutes, 32.48 seconds was 1.10-seconds faster than Kostelic.
The Croatian, 14th after the first run down the Olimpia Tofane course, had the fastest second run in 1:13.63 to finish into second.
Paerson added the win to slalom victories in Aspen and Sestriere. Her previous best finish in a giant slalom this season was second two weeks ago.
Italy's Karen Putzer finished third, 1.43 seconds behind.
Kostelic increased her lead over Putzer in the overall standings to 503 points. Putzer moved into first place in the giant slalom standings, replacing Switzerland's Sonja Nef, who missed a gate and failed to qualify for the second run.
American Caroline Lalive finished 10th, and teammate Kristina Koznick was 27th.


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Visa Bulletin Updates from Mr. Charles Oppenheim (June 2015)
Our office closely monitors not only each monthly Visa Bulletin but also any developments and updates from here in Washington, DC which may give us some idea on upcoming movements and surprises. Our goal is to share any and all credible information with our clients and readers in order to allow proper planning and to set expectations as realistically as possible.
Mr. Charles Oppenheim, who is the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the U.S. Department of State and the person who prepares and publishes the monthly visa bulletin, has provided some thoughts and his expectations for the upcoming few months' Visa Bulletin movements. These comments are as of June 12, 2015.
EB-2 Worldwide (ROW)
Mr. Oppenheim reiterated that there has been a significant increase in the demand of visa numbers in this category with demand far in excess of the historical patterns of the previous five months. As an example, Mr. Oppenheim indicated that there was 80% demand increase from February to March 2015 and demand increased more than 100% between February and April 2015. Despite this significant increase in demand in EB-2 ROW visa numbers, it is not expected at this time that there will be a cutoff date for this category and it is likely to remain current.
EB-2/EB-3 India
As a result of the significant forward movement in EB-2 India earlier this year, additional forward movement for the next few months is unlikely mainly due to EB-3 to EB-2 upgrades. Additionally, because demand for EB-2 ROW has more than doubled unexpectedly over the past few months, EB-2 India cut-off date had to be held steady in the July 2015 Visa Bulletin. Unless there is a significant decline in EB-2 ROW demand, Mr. Oppenheim does not anticipate any forward movement in EB-2 India for the rest of this fiscal year (September 30).
EB-3 India is expected to continue to advance by one to two weeks per month. This has been the recent trend over the past several months.
EB-2/EB-3 China
Demand in EB-2 China has been steady and gradual forward movement is expected over the next several months. The EB-3 China cut-off date is expected to remain the same through the rest of the fiscal year (September 30).
EB-5 China
EB-5 China is expected to continue to advance,very likely as far as November 2013 towards the end of the fiscal year.
EB-3/Other Workers Philippines
After the category became unavailable in the July 2015 Visa Bulletin, it is expected to remain unavailable for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Mr. Oppenheim's comments are extremely helpful to get a sense of the visa cutoff dates over the next few months. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can review your case, answer any questions or schedule a consultation.
We also invite you to subscribe to our free weekly immigration newsletter to receive timely updates on this and related topics. Finally, if you already haven't, please consider our Visa Bulletin Predictions tool which provides personalized predictions and charts helping you understand when a particular priority date may become current and what are the movement patterns.


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The Scots, after gleefully dumping me into the sea in gratitude for securing enough wine for the duration of the gathering, simply turned away, slapped themselves on the back and let me flounder in the gathering surf.
The Scots, after gleefully dumping me into the sea in gratitude for securing enough wine for the duration of the gathering, simply turned away, slapped themselves on the back and let me flounder in the gathering surf.
I sputtered and splashed in the very cold of the grayness and hauled myself onto the sand, now twice my weight in soggy clothes. I would find that the Scots rewarded and punished in a way which could be described as "largess."
During my stay at the gathering I was treated with enormous kindness and respect as a guest, and I think this was mainly due to my friendship with Ian but also as the "Securer of Drink," which became my handle for the time I was there. Almost every time I was introduced, after my name came the moniker, "Securer of Drink," and just about everyone nodded or grunted in complete understanding and approval.
The gathering was very well-organized, with well-maintained latrines, aid stations, water stations and communal food sites strategically located throughout the pastures. There were also "helpers" with yellow vests wandering around giving assistance to those in need. A cleaning crew regularly swept through and also made sure that the banks of showers were functioning well. I was (and still am) impressed with the entire affair.
All meals were communal and eaten in large tents. There were events happening all over the site at all times with a sheet showing where and when an event would be. These events included everything from music, poetry readings, fly fishing and fly-tying clinics, first aid demonstrations to lectures on the history of Scotland. These were held on the pasture side of the coastal road and some of the sports were held on the beach.
I was assigned, not surprisingly, to the wine wagon next to the ale wagon. Alcohol was strictly allocated, which, given the number of people and the close quarters, was a good thing. No glass was allowed and everywhere one could find thermoses of every size and shape. The ale wagon had stainless steel kegs with a picnic hand pump attached to the leading keg at the end of the flatbed. These kegs held equivalent to about 13 U.S. gallons each. Our barrels, which I had paid a hefty deposit for, held about 50 gallons and were siphoned from the bung with a clear plastic (very high-tech) hose. Officially, no drinking was "allowed" before four in the afternoon, but, of course, this was impossible to enforce with so many "hidden" flasks and "spirited" thermoses. Open inebriation was given "one pass" then expulsion from the site. Astonishingly, I only witnessed two expulsions as well as only a few groups of kids my age by the pond smoking pot.
Stupidly, it turned out, very stupidly, I had mentioned that I had "played" soccer. Actually, I had played in P.E. in high school and fancied myself "pretty good" at the sport. It's best to remember (in a feeble defense of myself) that soccer was practically unknown in the United States in 1968 so I had really no idea what I was doing on the field of play. This may be the all-time Lorn Razzano knucklehead move, and before long I found myself on a team, on the pasture, with far too many witnesses in attendance. I lasted 3 minutes and 42 seconds, flat. When I awoke on my back, framed against the French blue of the sky was the face of an angel with hair the color of soft rose petals. My God, I had died and had gone to heaven!
Lorn Razzano is former owner of the Wine Cellar in Ashland and still works there part time. Reach him at email@example.com. For previous columns on his adventures as a wine intern in France, go to www.dailytidings.com/razzano.


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MUNICH (May. 15)
Inadequate indemnification legislation is responsible for the fact that a third of all Jews in Bavaria exist on pensions or aid from Jewish welfare funds, it was reported here today at a meeting of "Landsverband Der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinden in Bayern."
About half of the Bavarian Jewish community–which today is smaller than the community living in Munich before 1933–consists, according to the Landsverband, of sick, old and disabled persons.
Bavarian Minister of the Interior Dr. Wilhelm Hoegner told the Lower House of Parliament here yesterday that he would "prevent with all means at my disposal the return of national socialism." If necessary, he said, he would use police force to maintain peace and order.


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Tree Lighting Ceremony presented by SmartPark
Friday, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Thousands of Portlanders will gather at the Square to celebrate the official start to the holiday season by lighting the spectacular 75ft Tree provided by Stimson Lumber Company. This year's event will feature a holiday sing-a-long curated by Thomas Lauderdale with members of Pink Martini, The Pacific Youth Choir, The von Trapps, and more. Download a copy of this year's songbook here! Strobe lights will be used during the event.


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Iowa Dog Eats Own Tail to Surviveby Free Britney at . Comments
On the heels of North Korea cannibalism reports comes this:
Goldie, a golden retriever from Forest City, Iowa, astonishingly ate her own tail in order to survive nearly three weeks without food in an outdoor kennel.
The elderly pup, who is now recovering and happy at the Humane Society of North Iowa, consumed half her tail, leaving the bone painfully exposed.
A distressed landlord recently calle the Humane Society to inform them that an evicted tenant had moved out and left behind eight filthy and malnourished dogs.
Goldie, 7, was one of them, and she was locked in an outdoor kennel for nearly three weeks, with no access to food and only a limited water supply.
"Goldie's story of survival shows us just how resilient this beautiful girl is," Sybil Soukup, executive director of the Humane Society, said in a statement.
"She endured three dismal weeks of neglect and abandonment, confirming that pets are not disposable or something you leave behind when your life moves on."
The emaciated pup showed up at the shelter weighing a horrifying 46 lbs, 20 less than a dog her size should weigh, along with a half-eaten tail.
And yet the remnants of her tail were wagging, a sig she was happy.
In a little more than two weeks at the animal shelter, Goldie's tail has been successfully amputated and she's already gained 6 lbs of that back.
After she fully recovers, she should be placed up for adoption (the rest of the dogs found at the residence have already been placed in homes).
Until then, she's making friends and keeping herself busy with toys.
"All she wants is a loving home," reads the shelter's Facebook page.
"And a tennis ball!"