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Frank is an engineer in IBM's Software Group and lead author of Eclipse Modeling Framework: A Developer's Guide (Addison-Wesley, August 2003). He can be contacted at [email protected]
The idea of building applications by first modeling them, then transforming these models into implementation code has been around for many years. Providing a higher level abstraction for defining software would seem to be a natural evolution. Twenty or so years ago, structured programming languages replaced assembly language, or machine code, as the most popular way to write software. About 10 years ago, object-oriented programming languages became entrenched as the most predominant languages, again raising the abstraction level. Lately, there's been a lot of talk about model-driven development as the next higher level abstraction.
Each step in the evolution of software development has been accompanied by skepticism, and model-driven development is no different. The skepticism is usually the result of overly grandiose visions and promises, opening up the visionaries to attack from the more practical types. Many programmers think that class diagrams might be helpful to document their designs, but they know that implementing complex systems by simply "transforming a picture" is a pipe dream. They know that all the expressive power of a programming language can't be available in a model because if it was, it wouldn't be any simpler (higher level). It would just be another programming language.
That said, most programmers do recognize that generating some of the code that they write over and over must be possible. How many copy-and-paste operations do you need to do before you start to wonder if there couldn't be a way of specifying parameters for patterns that you want, and just have the code generated automatically? Clearly, these patterns must represent some higher level abstraction that, if only it could be specified (modeled), could enable us to write a lot less code. The problem is that the lack of simple and seamless ways to enter the parameters for these patterns has tended to limit the use of automatic code generation in mainstream development environments.
So, to foster the evolution of widespread model-driven development, a low-cost way to gradually introduce it is first needed. The Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF; http://www.eclipse.org/emf/) has emerged as a middle-ground in the modeling versus programming worlds. Integrated with the Eclipse Java development tools, EMF provides an easy way for you to define models, from which many common code-generation patterns are generated. It leverages the fact that just about every program we write manipulates some kind of data model. It might be defined using Java, UML, XML Schema, or some other definition language. EMF aims to extract this intrinsic "model," thereby giving programmers an easy way to get some of the benefits of modeling, without necessarily becoming a full-fledged modeler overnight.
Defining the Model
Have you wondered how many of the applications you write manipulate data? The answer is pretty close to 100 percent. So where is the description of the data that your program is manipulating? Is the data simply defined by the interfaces in a Java program? Maybe you have an XML Schema that defines the data? Maybe it's a relational database (RDB) schema? Maybe you're already a modeling enthusiast and have a UML class diagram? Whatever the case may be, you either already have a "data model," or are about to implicitly define it in the code you're going to write.
Say that you want to write a program to manage purchase orders for some store or supplier. A purchase order includes a "bill to" and "ship to" address, and a collection of (purchase) items. An item includes a product name, quantity, and a price. If you're a Java programmer, you'd probably start by writing some Java interfaces, something like Listing One.
The abstraction provided by Java itself doesn't explicitly define anything more than simple interfaces and methods, but through naming convention and comments, these interfaces do define the model. For example, the get/set method pairs (or Bean properties, if you want to look at it that way) represent data, or attributes, in the model. The getItems() method indicates that the purchase order aggregates, or is associated with (references), its corresponding items. Using this model information, one could easily imagine generating an implementation of many of these methods.
Another common way to describe a data model like this one is by using an XML Schema. In this case, the same model information could be provided using XML Schema complexType and element constructs; see Listing Two. Notice that XML Schema is serving two purposes here. In addition to defining the model, it's also specifying the persistent format of the XML file, into which the data will presumably be serialized. This dual-purpose role of XML Schema can lead to complexity, especially when some of the more advanced constructs are used, but it is becoming one of the most popular ways of modeling data structures these days.
A third, and the simplest, way to represent the purchase order model would be with a UML class diagram, as in Figure 1. Not surprisingly, the UML diagram is the most concise representation. As you can see, it provides all the same information as the other two forms of the model, only this time in a simple picture.
Identifying an application's data model has two big advantages:
- It gives you a nice, high-level way to both communicate the design and to share data with other applications.
- You can potentially generate some, if not all, of the implementation code.
Today's applications are becoming increasingly less monolithic and more integrated with other applications. The key to supporting fine-grain data integration between applications is a common understanding of the datathat is, a modeland ideally a common implementation framework. Being able to generate some of the implementation code is also the key to increased productivity and high quality and reliability of these increasingly complex integrated applications.
Modeling with EMF
EMF is a framework and toolkit that extends Eclipse's Java Development Tooling into the world of model-driven development. EMF provides a metamodel (that is, a model of a model), called "Ecore," for describing EMF models. Ecore, which is essentially the class diagram subset of UML, is based on the Object Management Group's (OMG) Meta Object Facility (MOF) specification.
The canonical form of an EMF model is an XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) serialization of an Ecore model. However, one of the main strengths of EMF is its flexibility with respect to the means by which the Ecore model can be defined:
- XMI; you can create an (Ecore) XMI document directly, using an XML or text editor, or using EMF's simple tree-based sample Ecore editor.
- UML; you can define the model using a commercial UML modeling tool such as Rational Rose, or using an Eclipse plug-in such as Omondo's free EclipseUML graphical editor (available at http://www.omondo.com/).
- Java Interfaces; basic Java interfaces with a few simple (@model) annotations can be used to describe an Ecore model.
- XML Schema; an XML Schema defining the data structures for the model, can be converted to an Ecore model.
- Others; EMF is a highly extensible and customizable framework/toolkit. Support for other forms of model definition is not only possible, but expected.
The first approach is the most direct, but generally appeals only to XML gurus. The second choice is the most desirable if you are already using modeling tools, while the Java approach provides the benefits of modeling in a pure Java development environment like Eclipse's JDT. The XML Schema approach is most desirable when the tool or app is intended to manipulate XML data that is already defined using an XML Schema (as with web services). Regardless of which input form is used to define an EMF model, the benefits are the same.
Given an Ecore model of the classes, or data, of the application, EMF provides a surprisingly large portion of the benefits of modeling. The mapping between an EMF (Ecore) model and Java is natural and simple for Java programmers to understand. At the same time, it's enough to support fine-grain data integration between applications and provide a significant productivity gain resulting from code generation.
From an Ecore model, EMF's generator can create a corresponding set of Java implementation classes. Every generated EMF class extends from the framework base class, EObject, which enables the objects to integrate and work in the EMF runtime environment. EObject provides an efficient reflective API for accessing the object's properties generically. In addition, change notification is an intrinsic property of every EObject and an adapter framework can be used to support open-ended extension to the objects. The runtime framework also manages bidirectional reference handshaking, cross-document referencing including demand-load, and arbitrary persistent forms with a default generic XMI serialization that can be used for any EMF model. EMF even provides support for dynamic models; that is, Ecore models that are created (in memory), and then instantiated without generating code. All of the benefits of the EMF runtime framework apply equally to them.
In addition to the core EMF framework, another framework, EMF.Edit, extends and builds on the core, adding support for generating adapter classes that enable viewing and command-based (undoable) editing of a model, and even a basic working model editor.
Generating a Model
It is straightforward to use EMF to convert an XML Schema (the purchase order schema example) into a model, then generate an implementation of the model including an XML model editor for instances of the schema. I start from an Eclipse Workbench with the purchase order schema (SimplePO.xsd) in its workspace; see Figure 2. To create the EMF (Ecore) model from the schema, all you need to do is use the EMF Project Wizard to import the model:
- Invoke File->New->Project... and select EMF Project.
- Name the project, that is, "simplepo."
- Select Load from an XML Schema and then locate the file SimplePO.xsd.
- Proceed through the remaining wizard pages, following instructions and accepting any default values.
Doing this creates a new Eclipse Java project initially containing two model-related files with the following suffixes:
- ecore, an XMI serialization of the Ecore model corresponding to our XML schema.
- genmodel, a generator model, which is a wrapper (decorator) model of the .ecore model that provides options relevant only to the code generator (for example, the directories in which to generate the code, and choices for other user-selectable implementation patterns).
At this point, you have extracted the EMF model of the application and can now display the UML equivalent of your XML Schema by opening the .ecore file using a graphical UML editor, such as Omondo's EclipseUML. Given that the XML Schema-based model doesn't include graphical layout information, the UML model is presented using a default layout. The purchase order model looks nice, but more complicated models may need a bit of graphical editing.
To generate the model's corresponding Java interfaces, as well as implementation code, close the .ecore editor and open the .genmodel using the EMF code generator. A popup menu in the generator lets you generate model implementation code (Generate Model Code), adapters that support editing and display (Generate Edit Code), and even a working model editor (Generate Editor Code). Generate All generates all three. Both the Ecore and the generator models (.ecore and .genmodel) are EMF models themselves. That is, Ecore is its own metamodel, as well as the metamodel for the generator model. Both models have been generated with the EMF code generator, and the EMF code generator is even an EMF-generated editor, like the one just generated for the purchase order model.
Now that you've generated the Java interfaces and classes, you can look at the third form (Java) of the model by opening the Java files using the Eclipse Java Editor; see Figure 3. Because you're inside the Eclipse Java Development Environment, the generated Java code has already been compiled and is ready to run. Launching a runtime workbench, you can now create and edit XML instance documents to edit purchase orders and their corresponding items. The generated editor, although simple, is surprisingly powerful, even supporting drag-and-drop and unlimited undo. After editing the purchase order, you can save the file by invoking File->Save. The serialized form will, as expected, be an XML instance document conforming to the original schema (in SimplePO.xsd); see Figure 4.
The generated EMF editor provides a good example of the recommended style for EMF model editors and can be used as either a test application or as a starting point from which to start customizing. This is practical because of another important advantage of EMF: You can regenerate a model after changing any of the generated source code, without wiping out your changes. The EMF generator produces files that are intended to be a combination of generated pieces and hand-written pieces. You are expected to edit the generated classes to add methods and instance variables. You can always regenerate from the model as needed, and your additions will be preserved during the regeneration.
Code Generation Patterns
Code generating tools often generate code that isn't particularly clean, simple, or elegantor even intended to be looked at. It's just meant to be a behind-the-scenes function that you simply rely on to work. EMF's code generation, on the other hand, is expected to be viewed, extended, and even modified, so a great deal of effort went into designing clean and elegant patternsthe kind of code you would write by hand. The intention is to solve the repetitive and sometimes difficult problems that you face over and over. Among the available patterns are:
Feature Access and Notification. Simple EMF features (properties) are generated using the standard JavaBean pattern. For example, the get method for the shipTo attribute of the purchase order example simply returns an instance variable like Listing Three. The corresponding set method simply sets the same variable, but it also sends a notification to any observers that may be interested in the state change; see Listing Four. Notice that to make this method more efficient when the object has no observers, the relatively expensive call to eNotify() is avoided by the eNotificationRequired() guard.
More complicated patterns are generated for other types of features, especially bidirectional references where referential integrity is maintained. In all cases, however, the code is generally as efficient as possible, given the intended semantic.
Bidirectional Reference Handshaking. The implementation pattern generated for bidirectional references provides a great example of the value of EMF's code generation. Look at an example of a simple doubly linked list of purchase orders. In UML, it might look something like Figure 5. Here you define a simple 1-to-1 bidirectional relationship, which could be used to create a chain of purchase orders. The "next" and "previous" references are used to access a purchase order's following and previous order, respectively. By defining this as a bidirectional reference, you're saying that the "next" reference of a given purchase order and the "previous" reference of its following order should always be kept in sync.
If you use Java interfaces to declare this same association, you use @model annotations in the Javadoc to indicate that the two references, "next" and "previous," are opposites (that is, reverses) of each other, rather than simply a pair of independent references; see Listing Five. Because the two references are opposites, you can set the association from either end, and the other end is automatically updated. This may even involve removing references from other objects. For example, consider the case where three purchase orders (p1, p2, and p3) are initially linked as in Figure 6(a). If you now want to change the "next" reference of p1 to be p3, instead of p2, call the setNext() method on p1:
As a result of executing this single statement, the three objects in Figure 6(b) are updated.
As you can see, there is significantly more happening than simply updating the "next" reference of p1. In fact, all of this happens:
- Remove p1.next pointer to p2.
- Remove p2.previous pointer to p1.
- Set p1.next pointer to p3.
- Remove p3.previous pointer to p2.
- Remove p2.next pointer to p3.
- Set p3.previous pointer to p1.
- Send notifications (changes to p1, p2, and p3).
To do this, the generated EMF implementation of the getNext() method looks something like Listing Six. Notice that, in addition to adding and removing all of the required references, the notifications are queued and only dispatched at the very end when all of the objects are in their final consistent state.
Although implementing something like this isn't that hard for good programmers, the bottom line is that it isn't trivial and can be hard to get right. By simply leveraging the higher level EMF concept of a bidirectional relationship, we get an efficient, proven, correct implementation pattern for free.
Object Persistence (Proxy Resolution and Demand Load)
The ability to persist, and reference other persisted model objects, is one of the most important benefits of EMF modeling; it's the foundation for fine-grain data integration between applications. The EMF framework provides simple, yet powerful, mechanisms for managing object persistence.
Many EMF models use the default XMI serialization provided by EMF to persist their models. Others implement customized serialization, allowing the model to be persisted in its natural (native) format. For example, XML Schema models can be made persistent as .xsd files, Java models as .class files, and so on. Other models, for example, mappings, are typically persisted using (the default) XMI, although specific types of mappings may be serialized differently. For example, XML Schema mappings can also be serialized in XSLT format.
Regardless of the actual persistence format, the EMF framework provides generic support for resource saving and loading, including cross-resource linking with proxy resolution and demand load. An object serialized in an XMI file, for example, can reference another object serialized in another format, or possibly even stored in a relational database. EMF's resource cross-referencing and demand-loading mechanisms tie them together with one simple and uniform Java API.
EMF is an open-source project at Eclipse.org providing a framework and code-generation facility for building robust applications based on surprisingly simple models. Models can be defined in several different waysJava interfaces, XML Schemas, UMLfrom which EMF will generate a large part of the application. The generated code is clean, efficient, and easily hand modified. You can even regenerate the model after changing the code, without wiping out your changes.
EMF provides low-cost modeling for the Java mainstream by leveraging the intrinsic model in an application. With EMF, no high-level modeling tool is required. There are two fundamental benefits from using EMF. First, it results in a productivity gain by providing a nice, high-level way (UML) to communicate the design and then generate part of the implementation code. Second, EMF allows applications to integrate at a much finer granularity than is otherwise possible. The designers of EMF believe that it mixes just the right amount of modeling with programming to maximize the effectiveness of both.
public interface PurchaseOrder { String getShipTo(); void setShipTo(String value); String getBillTo(); void setBillTo(String value); List getItems(); // List of Item } public interface Item { String getProductName(); void setProductName(String value); int getQuantity(); void setQuantity(int value); float getPrice(); void setPrice(float value); }Back to article
Listing Two
<xsd:complexType name="PurchaseOrder"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="shipTo" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="billTo" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="items" type="PO:Item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType> <xsd:complexType name="Item"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="productName" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="quantity" type="xsd:int"/> <xsd:element name="price" type="xsd:float"/> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType>Back to article
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public String getShipTo() { return shipTo; }Back to article
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public void setShipTo(String newShipTo) { String oldShipTo = shipTo; shipTo = newShipTo; if (eNotificationRequired()) eNotify(new ENotificationImpl(this, Notification.SET, POPackage.PURCHASE_ORDER__SHIP_TO, oldShipTo, shipTo)); }Back to article
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public interface PurchaseOrder { /** @model opposite="previous" */ PurchaseOrder getNext(); /** @model opposite="next" */ PurchaseOrder getPrevious(); ... }Back to article
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public void setNext(PurchaseOrder newNext) { if (newNext != next) { NotificationChain msgs = null; if (next != null) msgs = ((InternalEObject)next).eInverseRemove(this, POPackage.PURCHASE_ORDER__PREVIOUS, PurchaseOrder.class, msgs); if (newNext != null) msgs = ((InternalEObject)newNext).eInverseAdd(this, POPackage.PURCHASE_ORDER__PREVIOUS, PurchaseOrder.class, msgs); msgs = basicSetNext(newNext, msgs); if (msgs != null) msgs.dispatch(); } else if (eNotificationRequired()) eNotify(new ENotificationImpl(this, Notification.SET, POPackage.PURCHASE_ORDER__NEXT, newNext, newNext)); // touch notification }Back to article


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Kurt Nimmo
April 18, 2011
Following the false flag attack on September 11, 2001, the Bush administration announced it planned to go after the so-called "axis of evil," specifically Iran, Iraq and North Korea. Following Bush's January 2002 speech, United Nations ambassador John Bolton quietly added three countries to the list – Syria, Libya and Cuba.
CIA, State Department organized demonstrations grow in Syria.
For a time, Libya was removed from the hit list after Muammar Gaddafi agreed to abandon his WMD program. Gaddafi's announcement was treated with much fanfare and touted as an accomplishment in the bogus war on manufactured terror. The Libyan dictator has wanted diplomatic relations with the United States since U.N. sanctions were imposed on the country in 1992. In fact, Libya has struggled for international legitimacy since 1986 when transnational oil corporations began abandoning the country, at least publicly.
Syria cooperated with the United States following the September attacks, but this did not prevent a propaganda campaign against the country, including the assertion (cooked up by the Israelis) that Iraq's missing WMD were moved to Syria.
The Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 was part of the effort to demonize the country and its leader, Bashar al-Assad.
In 2006, while speaking in Alabama, Gen. Wesley Clark recounted his conversation with a general at the Pentagon in November, 2001.
Gary Leupp quotes Clark:
I said, "Are we still going to invade Iraq?" "Yes, Sir," he said, "but it's worse than that." I said, "How do you mean?" He held up this piece of paper. He said, "I just got this memo today or yesterday from the office of the Secretary of Defense upstairs. It's a, it's a five-year plan. We're going to take down seven countries in five years. We're going to start with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, then Libya, Somalia, Sudan, we're going to come back and get Iran in five years. I said, "Is that classified, that paper?" He said, "Yes Sir." I said, "Well, don't show it to me, because I want to be able to talk about it."
The Bush neocon clique considered the overthrow of Syria an important element in its war against Muslims and Arabs in the Middle East.
In late 2005, Richard Perle, at the time described as the Prince of Darkness, attended a meeting at the home of Farid Ghadry, the head of the Syrian Reform Party. Ghadry had met with Dick Cheney to strategize about regime change in Syria. He told the Wall Street Journal that Perle's pal Ahmad Chalabi "paved the way in Iraq for what we want to do in Syria." Ghadry was close to major players in the neocon think-tanks and foundations.
Or put more frankly, the Bush neocons and their "thinkers" (as Bush called them), envisioned the same sort of widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure, social support sytems and staggering loss of human life in Syria as they had successfully inflicted on Iraq.
Now we learn that this concerted effort to violate Syria's national sovereignty and meddle in its internal affairs was passed on from the Bush neocons to apparatchiks in the Obama administration.
"The State Department has secretly funded Syrian opposition groups, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks," the Washington Post reports today.
The cables reveal the State Department has funneled around $6 million since 2006 to a group of Syrian exiles to operate a London-based satellite channel, Barada TV, and finance activities inside Syria, according to the newspaper.
Syria is the next piece on the geopolitical chessboard.
Barada TV began broadcasting in April, 2009, and ramped up operations to cover the mass protests in Syria that began last month as part of a campaign by intelligence agencies to overthrow regimes in the Middle East. These color revolutions are supported by establishment NGOs and the CIA through USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy, and Freedom House. NED and NGOs are now used by the CIA as the preferred way to overthrow governments. Others claim Freedom House is a tool for the CIA and terrorists.
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"What happened in Georgia with the Rose Revolution and Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2003-2004 was part of a long-term strategy orchestrated by the Pentagon, the State Department and various US-financed NGOs like Freedom House and National Endowment for Democracy to create pro-NATO regime change in those former Soviet Union areas and to literally encircle Russia," author and researcher William Engdahl told RT in January.
"What is going on in the Middle East with the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia that we saw a few days ago, and now in Egypt with Mubarak in his 80s, and obviously a regime that is not exactly the most stable one, we have a food crisis taking place as a backdrop and the IMF coming and telling these countries to eliminate their state food subsidies so you have, of course, the explosive background for popular unrest. Within that you have these NGOs, like Freedom House, training activists and trade unions and various other organizations to demand democracy, demand human rights and so forth," he added.
The Wikileaks cables reveal an intimate relationship between several Syrian exile groups and the State Department through a program called the Middle East Partnership Initiative. The State Department funneled money through the Democracy Council, a Los Angeles-based NGO. The group is praised by folks associated with the United Nations and RAND corporation.
According to the cables, the Democracy Council received $6.3 million from the State Department to run a Syria-related program called the "Civil Society Strengthening Initiative." That program is described as "a discrete collaborative effort between the Democracy Council and local partners" to produce, among other things, "various broadcast concepts." Other cables make clear that one of those concepts was Barada TV, according to the Post.
In late March, Secretary of Defense Gates instructed the Syrian military to depose leader Bashar al-Assad and "empower a revolution."
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"I've just come from Egypt, where the Egyptian army stood on the sidelines and allowed people to demonstrate and in fact empowered a revolution. The Syrians might take a lesson from that," Gates added.
A CNN Arabic poll conducted in 2009 revealed that Syrian leader Assad is one of the most popular leaders in the Arab world.
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text: Dear Moo, I wanted to write and tell you what I liked most about my trip to Africa with my grandmother and Thomson Family Adventures. The guides were really nice and they knew a lot. We saw so many animals. I really liked seeing the chases – they were really exciting. I really wanted to see the Big Five and was so excited that we did! My favorite animal to see was the leopard, but the baby monkeys were really cute. It is really hard to tell you about my favorite things because there were so many awesome things to see. I thought it was interesting to meet my pen pal and tour his village. I had so much fun and learned so much. It was a great trip. I hope I get a chance to go again.


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After the monthly KCPUG meeting half a mile from home: "Are you riding because your car is broken? I can give you a ride, man."
(in response to the trailer): "... or you could just drive your car."
Is there some new wave of anti-bicycling advertisement I'm missing? In other news, my wife thinks my bike trailer looks like something a homeless bum would use. I think the blue bucket of doom just needs a camouflage paint job and/or a few (dozen) bumper stickers on it so it more closely resembles something designed for the zombie apocalypse.
Speaking of Zombie Apocalypse, I spotted this last week. It turns out I know the owner.
Monday, August 20, 2012
I actually like my bikes, thanks.
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If you could somehow decorate the box to make it look like you're hauling organs for transplantation, or perhaps highly infectious samples for the CDC, people would just steer clear.
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That's so crazy, it might just work...
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The knee-jerk answer: "It Certainly Seems That Way"
In addition to not getting any hits over the weekend in Tampa Bay (though he did reach base six times) and made it through April without hitting a ball over an outfield fence, Ortiz failed to get a hit in 22 consecutive plate appearances --
What? That skid was from August 16-21, 2004? I guess he was cooked as a hitter back then, too. Ortiz's current slash averages -- .222/.319/.333 -- are certainly poor, but he went through several month-long stretches with few home runs even when he was The Man:
3 in 27 games, May 16 to June 16, 2004There is concern -- and then there's overreaction. Saying Ortiz "certainly" seems "done" as a hitter is premature. He's not out of the woods yet, but last night in New York, Ortiz was on base four times in five trips to the plate, with two doubles down the right field line and two walks.
3 in 24 games, July 16 to August 10, 2005
4 in 27 games, May 3 to June 3, 2006
Jon Lester was not concerned about the consecutive pitches that Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira hit for home runs:
They weren't up, they were just middle. That was one thing that I was actually happy to see, cause most of the home runs I've given up this year have been pitches up and out over the middle of the plate. These were down, just balls that were mislocated. I can deal with that.Terry Francona thinks Julio Lugo's rusty glove and reflexes are due to coming back too quickly:
I don't think he's moving yet like he's gonna. ... I think putting him out there sometimes is a little unfair. I thought [Sunday] he got put in some situations where plays were hard for him to make.Jason Bay is 9-for-15 (.600) against the Yankees this season, with two homers and seven RBI. ... Kevin Youkilis left the game in the sixth because of a tight left lower back. ... Rocco Baldelli, who went 0-for-3 as Pawtucket's DH last night, may play in the outfield today. Daisuke Matsuzaka will start for the PawSox.


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With The Dark Knight hitting theaters on July 18, many are wondering which trailers they can expect to be released with such a highly-anticipated movie. ComingSoon.net has now confirmed which trailers Warner Bros. Pictures will be debuting.
There's been much speculation that we'll be seeing the first trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but it looks like Harry Potter fans will have to wait a bit longer for the first footage. Our guess is it will be shown with the studio's Star Wars: The Clone Wars on August 15, but that's not confirmed.
Instead, what you can expect are the first trailers for Warner Bros.' Terminator Salvation (May 22, 2009), which of course also stars Christian Bale, Zack Snyder's graphic novel adaptation Watchmen (Mar. 6, 2009), and the Ridley Scott-directed thriller Body of Lies (Oct. 10), with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
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Ghana to Become Tech-Friendly Hub for Innovation – FORBES
ALL AFRICA – One of the world's influential business magazines, Forbes, is predicting an enviable status for Ghana within the next decade in terms of technological advancement, should various interventions in the sector proceed unhindered.
The September 2013 edition of the Forbes Africa Magazine based its projection on a number of planned infrastructural developments being promoted by the government, private firms, international consortium and some individuals.
Forbes' Muyiwa Moyela reports that "a consortium of Ghanaian and foreign firms look set to transform Ghana into a modern, tech-friendly hub for innovation in Africa".
He cites the $40 million Ghana Cyber City, Appolonia City, King City and HOPE City Projects being promoted by a number of world class institutions, including the Renaissance Group of Russia, Xalles Ltd. in Washington, USA, Ernst & Young New York and the Dubai-based AGAMS Holdings, whose leading subsidiary, Rlg Communications Group is expected to commission a $100 million PC and mobile device manufacturing center, the first of its kind in 2014.
The magazine singled-out AGAMS Group' CEO, Roland Agambire who is promoting the $10 billion technology park with residential and office accommodation including the tallest buildings on the continent to be sited few miles from the Ghanaian capital, Accra.
A section of the international media, including the BBC and CNN have described the HOPE City project as ambitious, given the youthful nature of its promoter, 39 year old Agambire, who is also credited with pioneering the innovation of mobile phones and computer assembling for the first time in that part of Africa.
"This is turning out to be my biggest and most exciting challenge yet. I am extremely passionate about transforming Ghana into knowledge -driven economy", Agambire, who is described by the magazine as an "incurable optimist" is quoted as saying.
He expressed optimism about the ability to raise funding from both local and international markets, promising that "any investor who invests in HOPE City will recoup his investment within 5 years, including making a projected turnover of over 250%".
The HOPE City Project was unveiled in March this year, and is expected to be completed in three years time.


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Health Benefits of Yoga
Chronic Backpain
When doctors at the HMO Group Health Cooperative in Seattle pitted 12 weekly sessions of yoga against therapeutic exercises and a handbook on self-care, they discovered the yoga group not only showed greater improvement but experienced benefits lasting 14 weeks longer. A note of caution: "While many poses are helpful, seated postures or extreme movement in one direction can make back pain worse," says Gary Kraftsow, author of Yoga for Wellness, who designed the program for the study.
Low brain levels of the neurotransmitter GABA are often found in people with depression; SSRIs, electroconvulsive therapy, and now yoga, it seems, can boost GABA. Preliminary research out of the Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard's McLean Hospital found that healthy subjects who practiced yoga for one hour had a 27 percent increase in levels of GABA compared with a control group that simply sat and read for an hour. This supports a growing body of research that's proving yoga can significantly improve mood and reduce the symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Yoga and Diabetes
Speeds Nerve Impulses
One of the major problems from long term diabetes is nerve damage due to constant high sugar levels in the body. This nerve damage leads to the slowing of nerve impulses, decreased sensation, numbness of the feet, and poor bowel function. Can yoga help? Scientists at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, in Delhi, India, studied a group of 20 type 2 diabetic subjects between the ages of 30-60 years. Their aim was to see whether Yoga asanas had any effect on nerve conduction. The Yoga asanas included Suryanamskar Tadasan, Konasan, Padmasan Pranayam, Shavasan, Pavanmukthasan, Sarpasan and Shavasan. The Yoga exercises were performed for 40 minutes every day for 40 days in the above sequence. The subjects continued their normally prescribed medicines and diet. Blood sugar and nerve conduction velocity of the median nerve (in the hand) were measured and repeated after 40 days of the Yogic regime. Another group of 20 type 2 diabetes subjects of comparable age and severity, called the control group, were kept on prescribed medication and light physical exercises like walking. Their initial & post 40 days parameters were recorded for comparison.
At the end of the 40 days, those who did the yoga had improved the nerve impulse in their hands. The hand nerve conduction velocity increased from 52.8 meters per second to 53.8 m/sec. The control group nerve function deteriorated over the period of study, indicating that diabetes is a slowly progressive disease involving the nerves. The authors conclude that Yoga asanas have a beneficial effect on blood sugar control and improve nerve function in type 2 diabetics who have mild nerve damage. Dr. Sahelian says: In addition to Yoga, I recommend my patients with diabetes take a nutrient called lipoic acid which has also been found to improve nerve function in diabetics.
Yoga Lowers Blood Sugar in Diabetics
Certain yoga asanas, if practiced regularly, are known to have beneficial effects on human body. Researchers at the University College of Medical Sciences, in Shahdara, New Delhi evaluated 24 patients aged 30 to 60 year old who had non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, also called Type II diabetes. Diabetics who require insulin are called Type I, while Type II diabetics are treated with diet, exercise, and oral medicines that lower blood sugar. The researchers evaluated the baseline fasting blood sugar levels of the patients, and they also performed pulmonary function studies. These pulmonary function studies measure lung capacity and the amount of air that can be exhaled within the first second of a rapid exhale.
After performing these basic tests, yoga experts gave these patients training in yoga asanas. The yoga practice was done 40 minutes a day for 40 days. These asanas consisted of 13 well known and common postures, done in a sequence. After 40 days of yoga asanas regimen, the testing was repeated. The results indicate that there was significant decrease in fasting blood sugar levels from about 190 initially to 140 after the 40 day period of yoga activity. Fasting blood sugar in people without diabetes is usually below 120. The lung studies showed an average improvement of about 10 percent in lung capacity. These findings suggest that better blood sugar control and pulmonary functions can be obtained in type I diabetics when they stick to a daily schedule of yoga asanas and pranayama.
The exact mechanism as to how these postures and controlled breathing interact with physio-neuro-endocrine mechanisms affecting blood sugar and pulmonary functions remains to be worked out.
A preliminary study at the University of California, San Francisco, found that menopausal women who took two months of a weekly restorative yoga class, which uses props to support the postures, reported a 30 percent decrease in hot flashes. A four-month study at the University of Illinois found that many women who took a 90-minute Iyengar class twice a week boosted both their energy and mood; plus they reported less physical and sexual discomfort, and reduced stress and anxiety.
Stress Management and Relaxation
Using Yoga to Relieve Stress
To combat stress, many people turn to meditation or other mental stress reduction tools. But stress also creates physical response in the body and, as such, can be managed with exercise -- in particular, with yoga.
"Stress sends the entire physical system into overdrive," says Garrett Sarley, president and CEO of the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Lenox, Mass. "The muscles tense, the heart beats faster, breathing patterns change, and if the cause of stress isn't discontinued, the body secretes more hormones that increase blood sugar levels, raising blood pressure. Yoga is one of the few stress-relief tools that has a positive effect on all the body systems involved."
Recognizing the detrimental effects of stress, especially in the area of heart disease, the preventive and rehabilitative cardiac center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles began offering yoga to their patients more than 10 years ago.
"Over the years, yoga has become one of our primary therapies for stress management," says C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., director of the preventive and rehabilitative cardiac center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Yoga-based guided relaxation reduces sympathetic activity judged from baseline levels.
35 male volunteers whose ages ranged from 20 to 46 years were studied in two sessions of yoga-based guided relaxation and supine rest. Assessments of autonomic variables were made for 15 subjects, before, during, and after the practices, whereas oxygen consumption and breath volume were recorded for 25 subjects before and after both types of relaxation. A significant decrease in oxygen consumption and increase in breath volume were recorded after guided relaxation (paired t test). There were comparable reductions in heart rate and skin conductance during both types of relaxation. During guided relaxation the power of the low frequency component of the heart-rate variability spectrum reduced, whereas the power of the high frequency component increased, suggesting reduced sympathetic activity. Also, subjects with a baseline ratio of LF/HF > 0.5 showed a significant decrease in the ratio after guided relaxation, while subjects with a ratio < or = 0.5 at baseline showed no such change. The results suggest that sympathetic activity decreased after guided relaxation based on yoga, depending on the baseline levels.
Asthma and Breathing
Asthma is a lung condition involving chronic inflammation of the airways (bronchi) which can narrow and go into spasms. During asthma attacks, the smooth muscle cells in the bronchi constrict, the airways become inflamed and swollen, and breathing becomes difficult.
Symptomatic control of episodes of wheezing and shortness of breath is generally achieved with fast-acting bronchodilators.
The role of yoga breathing exercises, as an adjunct treatment for bronchial asthma is well recognized. One hundred twenty patients of asthma were randomized into two groups i.e Group A (yoga training group) and Group B (control group). Each group included sixty patients. Pulmonary function tests were performed on all the patients at baseline, after 4 weeks and then after 8 weeks. Majority of the subjects in the two groups had mild disease (34 patients in Group A and 32 in Group B). Group A subjects showed a statistically significant increasing trend in % predicted peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced mid expiratory flow in 0.25-0.75 seconds (FEF25-75) and FEV1/FVC% ratio at 4 weeks and 8 weeks as compared to Group B. Thus, yoga breathing exercises used adjunctively with standard pharmacological treatment significantly improves pulmonary functions in patients with bronchial asthma.
Obesity rates in the United States have reached epidemic proportions: 58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; Eight out of 10 adults over age 25 Overweight; 78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations; 25% completely Sedentary; 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990; In 2001 25% of all white children and 33% of African American and Hispanic children were overweight.
Solution: Vigorous Power, Vinyasa, or Ashtanga yoga classes done for 90 minutes at least 3-5 times a week will produce weight loss. Yoga keeps people more in tune with their bodies making them aware of aware of bad habits, such as eating because of stress, boredom or depression. The first study investigating the effects of yoga on weight was recently conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA.
General Stats: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 percent of children (over 9 million) 6-19 years old are overweight or obese -- a number that has tripled since 1980. In addition to the 16 percent of children and teens ages 6 to 19 who were overweight in 1999-2002, another 15 percent were considered at risk of becoming overweight. ("Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 1999-2002"; Oct. 6, 2004)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over the past three decades the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years. ("Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 1999-2002"; Oct. 6, 2004)
Heart Disease
Lower blood pressure, cholesterol, heart rate and other heart disease symptoms
Several trials have found that yoga can lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and resting heart rates, and help slow the progression of atherosclerosis—all risk factors for heart disease, says Erin Olivo, PhD, director of Columbia University's Integrative Medicine Program.
While almost any exercise is good for the heart, experts speculate yoga's meditative component may give it an extra boost by helping to stabilize the endothelium, the lining of the blood vessels that, when irritated, contributes to cardiovascular disease. Since the lining is reactive to stress, and meditation can lower stress hormones, yoga may be causing a cascade of events that could reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke.
Retardation of coronary atherosclerosis with yoga lifestyle intervention.
Yoga has potential for benefit for patients with coronary artery disease though objective, angiographic studies are lacking. We evaluated possible role of lifestyle modification incorporating yoga, on retardation of coronary atherosclerotic disease. In this prospective, randomized, controlled trial, 42 men with angiographically proven coronary artery disease (CAD) were randomized to control and yoga intervention group and were followed for one year. The active group was treated with a user-friendly program consisting of yoga, control of risk factors, diet control and moderate aerobic exercise. The control group was managed by conventional methods i.e. risk factor control and American Heart Association step I diet. At one year, the yoga groups showed significant reduction in number of anginal episodes per week, improved exercise capacity and decrease in body weight. Serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels also showed greater reductions as compared with control group. Revascularisation procedures (coronary angioplasty or bypass surgery) were less frequently required in the yoga group. Coronary angiography repeated at one year showed that significantly more lesions regressed (20% versus 2%) and less lesions progressed (5% versus 37%) in the yoga group. The compliance to the total program was excellent and no side effects were observed. : Yoga lifestyle intervention retards progression and increases regression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with severe coronary artery disease. It also improves symptomatic status, functional class and risk factor profile.
The overall benefits of yoga on risk factors for heart disease were evaluated by researchers at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Medical Division, in Mumbai, India. (Mumbai is the new name for the city formely known as Bombay. The name was changed in the mid 1990s. The effect of yoga on the body, psychological well being, and cardiovascular risk factors was studied in a group of middle aged patients. Twenty patients (16 males, 4 females) in the age group of 35 to 55 years with mild to moderate high blood pressure underwent yogic practices daily for one hour for three months. High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, stroke, and kidney damage. Biochemical and psychological parameters were studied prior and following period of three months of yoga. These biochemical parameters included blood sugar, lipid profile including cholesterol, and blood levels of catecholmines (stress chemicals like epinephrine or adrenaline). The overall results were quite positive. There was a decrease in blood pressure along with a decrease in blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides. The patients also reported an improvement in overall well being and quality of life. There was also a decrease in the levels of catecholamines, suggesting a decrease in sympathetic activity. A decrease in sympathetic activity indicates that the patients were calmer and experienced less tension and stress, and that their blood pressure would be lower. The authors of the study conclude that yoga can play an important role in decreasing the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in those with mild to moderate hypertension.
Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research in the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics. The autonomic nervous system regulates the heart rate through two routes — the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The former causes the heart rate to rise, while, the parasympathetic slows it. When working well together, the two ensure that the heart rate is steady but ready to respond to changes caused by eating, the fight or flight response, or arousal.
Yoga Benefits for Cancer Patients Yoga's gentle exercises have numerous well-known health benefits. Practicing yoga can lower blood pressure, improve coordination and reduce stress. For those coping with a chronic illness such as mesothelioma or other types of cancers, a yoga routine can be added to a treatment regimen, whether it is holistic or traditional treatment. Like any treatment, yoga should be individualized to meet specific needs. Unsurprisingly, cancer patients often do not have enough energy and do not feel well enough for much physical activity.
Especially during treatments such as chemotherapy, even simple tasks like making dinner can become daunting chores. Cancer patients often suffer from fatigue and muscle soreness, as well as various other ailments like shortness of breath caused by mesothelioma of the lung. These problems often can be relieved by implementing a gentle yoga routine. For patients who may have trouble integrating physical activity into their lives during treatment, yoga stretches and poses provide a low-impact, low-stress technique for rejuvenating and reenergizing the body.
A patient should incorporate yoga in whatever way works best for his or her schedule and body. Some cancer patients find that a weekly 30- to 60-minute yoga session is enough to improve physical wellbeing and reduce stress. Others benefit from a daily or twice-daily practice. A short 10-minute session in the morning and another before bed can have significant physical results without imposing on a busy schedule. As with any such lifestyle change, a new yoga practice should be approved by cancer patients' doctors.
Doctors can advise their patients with regards to each specific diagnosis and condition and may even be able to recommend a therapeutic yoga instructor. In addition to communicating with their doctors, patients should tell their yoga instructors of the special circumstances and any other relevant physical problems.
Fatigue in Cancer Survivors
Yoga improves fatigue in cancer survivors
Cancer can be a devastating disease that saps energy often due to radiation and chemotherapy. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York assigned more than 400 cancer survivors to one of two groups.
Most had been treated with chemotherapy for breast cancer. The first group did gentle Hatha yoga and restorative yoga twice a week for a month. The other group did not engage in such activity. The individuals who did yoga were able to cut back on sleeping pills and slept better. Yoga also increased their energy levels and improved their quality of life.
Cancer Patients and Survivors
Yoga Helps Cancer Patients
A gentle form of yoga helps those with lymphoma sleep better. Lymphoma is a cancer that arises in the cells of the immune system. The investigators found that among 39 patients being treated for lymphoma, those who participated in only seven weekly sessions of yoga said they got to sleep sooner, slept for longer, and needed fewer drugs to fall asleep. Study author Dr. Lorenzo Cohen, of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, explained that living with cancer can be a very stressful experience, as patients cope with a diagnosis of a life-threatening illness and the side effects of treatment. As is well known, stress can often interfere with patients' sleep habits. Over the years, studies have linked yoga to a number of health benefits, including lowering blood pressure, beating fatigue and easing chronic pain. In the current report, Cohen and his team asked half of the patients to participate in seven weekly sessions of yoga and the results were compared to other patients with lymphoma who did not participate in the yoga program. Some studies have suggested that up to three quarters of cancer patients struggle with sleep. This may have important health consequences since sleep disturbances have been linked with problems with the immune system, and an increased risk of illness or death. Individuals with cancer should be cautioned that while undergoing or recovering from treatment one should adopt a gentle routine, and avoid excessively strenuous routines. This is particularly true for cancer patients who have metastases to the bones which would make the skeletal system more prone to fractures. There is good reason to expect that a gentle form of yoga would be beneficial to not only patients with lymphoma, but those suffering from other types of cancer.
Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years to improve physical and emotional well-being. Several recent studies have been conducted with cancer patients and survivors. Nine studies conducted with cancer patients and survivors yielded modest improvements in sleep quality, mood, stress, cancer-related distress, cancer-related symptoms, and overall quality of life. Studies conducted in other patient populations and healthy individuals have shown beneficial effects on psychological symptoms, as well as other aspects of physical function. Results from the emerging literature on yoga and cancer provide preliminary support for yoga interventions for cancer patients, although controlled trials are lacking.
Dr. Ray Sahelian comments: I started yoga 20 years ago and I love it. It makes me feel so relaxed, revitalized, and supple. I heard someone once say, "You're as young as your spine is flexible." Although not completely true, part of staying younger is to have flexibility of tendons and ligaments. No amount of a healthy diet and supplement intake is going to replace the benefits of yoga or other forms of stretching practices. Although I realize how important yoga is, sometimes I don't have the patience to attend a one and half hour class, so I do it at home at 20 minute intervals a few times a week. There are several yoga programs on TV, particularly the public funded channels, and you can tape some and do the yoga postures at your leisure. Or, you can attend a local yoga class.
Yoga for cancer patients and survivors
Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years to improve physical and emotional well-being. Empirical research on yoga has been ongoing for several decades, including several recent studies conducted with cancer patients and survivors. METHODS: This review provides a general introduction to yoga and a detailed review of yoga research in cancer. RESULTS: Nine studies conducted with cancer patients and survivors yielded modest improvements in sleep quality, mood, stress, cancer-related distress, cancer-related symptoms, and overall quality of life. Studies conducted in other patient populations and healthy individuals have shown beneficial effects on psychological and somatic symptoms, as well as other aspects of physical function. CONCLUSIONS: Results from the emerging literature on yoga and cancer provide preliminary support for the feasibility and efficacy of yoga interventions for cancer patients, although controlled trials are lacking. Further research is required to determine the reliability of these effects and to identify their underlying mechanisms.
Breast Cancer
Research is becoming clear on this: Women who do yoga during and after treatment experience less physical discomfort and stress. Earlier this year Duke University scientists reported results of a pilot study in which women with metastatic breast cancer attended eight weekly yoga sessions. The doctors found that the women had much less pain and felt more energetic and relaxed.
Yoga and Breast Cancer
Women who took yoga classes during breast cancer treatment reported they could function better physically and felt better about their health. Sixty-two women who were undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer were randomly assigned to attend yoga classes twice a week or be put on a waiting list to start yoga after their treatment. The women who practiced yoga reported better physical functioning, such as the ability to walk a mile, climb stairs and lift groceries, said Lorenzo Cohen, director of integrative medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. They also felt better about their overall health and reported less fatigue and problems sleeping. No difference was seen, however, in rates of depression and anxiety in the two groups. In the study, instructors emphasized breathing and relaxation and excluded positions that would be difficult for patients with weakened range of motion. The average patient in the study was 52 years old.
Breast cancer patients benefit from a yoga program
Researchers in Ankara, Turkey evaluated twenty patients between the ages of 30 and 50 years who were under routine medical treatment for breast cancer. Eight sessions of a yoga program were included in the program such as warming and breathing exercises, asanas, relaxation in supine position, and meditation. After completion of the study, testing showed that patients' quality of life scores were better than scores obtained before the program. After the yoga sessions, there was a significant decrease in anxiety. It can be concluded that yoga is helpful to achieve relaxation and reduction of stress, helps cancer patients perform daily and routine activities in an easier manner, and increases the quality of life in cancer patients. In addition to yoga, there are foods and supplements that can be of benefit in reducing the risk or improving survival outcomes.
Yoga side effect and danger of YogaEven though in most cases yoga is safe, there are times that certain positions could lead to low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, hip or knee problems. For instance, should stands could aggravate neck problems. Back bends could aggravate back problems. If you have a musculoskeletal injury, take it slow and don't try to do every position the yoga instructor recommends to the class.
Yoga and Heart Failure
A regimen of yoga is safe for patients with chronic heart failure and helps reduce signs of inflammation often linked with death. More than 5 million Americans have chronic heart failure, a long-term condition in which the heart no longer pumps blood efficiently to the body's other organs.
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta who measured the effects of an eight-week yoga regimen on heart failure patients found the yoga routine improved exercise tolerance and quality of life.
Yoga and Weight Loss
Yoga practice is associated with attenuated weight gain in healthy, middle-aged men and women.
Yoga is promoted or weight maintenance, but there is little evidence of its efficacy. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether yoga practice is associated with lower mean 10-year weight gain after age 45. Participants included 15,550 adults, aged 53 to 57 years, recruited to the Vitamin and Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort study between 2000 and 2002. Conclusions: Regular yoga practice was associated with attenuated weight gain, most strongly among individuals who were overweight. Although causal inference from this observational study is not possible, results are consistent with the hypothesis that regular yoga practice can benefit individuals who wish to maintain or lose weight.
Yoga, Weight Loss, and Teenagers
Teens bent on losing weight may want to bend into the downward dog pose -- or any other yoga position. Researchers at Hampton University in Virginia report that a program combining yoga and breathing exercises helped teens shed unwanted pounds. The study included 60 overweight high school girls and boys who were divided into two groups. One group received 40 minutes of yoga and pranayama (quiet, deep and forced breathing) four times a week for 12 weeks, while those in the control group did their normal activities. After 12 weeks, the average body mass index (BMI) in the yoga / pranayama group went from 22.8 to 21.5 (a 5.7 percent decrease), while the average BMI in the control group increased from 22.3 to 22.4. The decrease in the pranayama group could be attributed to two factors: the pranayama and yoga exercises themselves, and a possible decrease in daily caloric intake by the participants in the pranayama group because of decreased stomach size.
Yoga, Meditation and Consciousness
Increased dopamine tone during meditation-induced change of consciousness.
This is the first in vivo demonstration of an association between endogenous neurotransmitter release and conscious experience. Using 11C-raclopride PET we demonstrated increased endogenous dopamine release in the ventral striatum during Yoga Nidra meditation. Yoga Nidra is characterized by a depressed level of desire for action, associated with decreased blood flow in prefrontal, cerebellar and subcortical regions, structures thought to be organized in open loops subserving executive control. In the striatum, dopamine modulates excitatory glutamatergic synapses of the projections from the frontal cortex to striatal neurons, which in turn project back to the frontal cortex via the pallidum and ventral thalamus. The present study was designed to investigate whether endogenous dopamine release increases during loss of executive control in meditation. Participants underwent two 11C-raclopride PET scans: one while attending to speech with eyes closed, and one during active meditation.


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So, the Book of Nine Swords gives us the opportunity to become the %race% of steel and pure awesomeness, it gives us maneuvers that make the character into one-man-army and stuff, and that's really great. However, there is one thing that keeps bothering me
I found NO maneuvers for epic martial adepts-at least, as far as I looked. There are no epic maneuvers for 20+ levels in the existing 9 schools, nor there are any additional schools to get that swordsage something equal to 10th level spells.
So, the question is-where can one find anything about "what to do next"? If some swordsage just creates his own 10th level maneuvers like a mage would do, the fact that he can perform it repeatedly and after he ran out of his maneuvers he can replenish them with just one turn of being passive, it kind of breaks the balance-so, I guess, there should be something else, right?


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Did a defrag on my 80GB NTFS volume and immediately after....the whole thing died a horrible death. Over 5000 unreadable file segments...prob more but I hit the big X to shut the damn thing down because it made me sick.
What would cause this given that my drive seems ok now? A reformat fixed it. Why did I have to lose 65GB of precious precious precious (they were really precious) files?
Anyone else have probs with defrag? Never seen this happen before.
Weird too because I defragged C and it was ok. But D: was not readable and was causing major lockups. Windows shell does not respond to drive/file-system failures very well.


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Joy Lindholm wrote:There are so many great factors in what encompasses terroir - soil type and nutrients, elevation, sunlight exposure, weather, etc. that it is hard to generalize in a broad sense (ie. California wines do not display terroir because it is too hot). Many wines lose their essence of terroir (and typicity) due to over-ripening or manipulation in the cellar, but when you narrow it down to a specific region (and decent wine making), you can really see where little differences like temperature and elevation make a difference. I just returned from Willamette Valley and left with a great understanding of the different AVAs and their microclimates, soil types, etc, whereas previously I just thought in the broader spectrum "Willamette Valley Pinot Noir". The method is far from scientific, but when you taste Pinot (or any variety) from the same producer made from grapes from different locations in the same winemaking style, you start to see how the different areas stand out. I'm sure the same is true in Burgundy and other areas like Germany where Rieslings made by the same producers show very differently based on where they were grown.
I hope you'll post some tasting notes and impressions (in a separate thread, of course.) Or did I miss it?


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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Our World Upsidedown
30 comments:
- Outside My Comfort Zone said...
You, Laura, Michael and the rest of the family are in my prayers. I can only imagine the anxiety of all of this. God's grace and peace be upon you and most of all His wisdom for you and Michael as you make the decisions that are put before you.
- September 1, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Monica said...
Praying constantly and knowing that Laura is in good hands, the Lord's hands.
- September 1, 2010 at 7:39 PM
- Brenda@CoffeeTeaBooks said...
You are definitely in my prayers.
We went through heart tests with Christopher twice, once a couple years ago and another just this summer.
Although ours turned out to be something else, I know what waiting for tests is like... awful.
You are in the best children's hospital in the WORLD. I pray the Lord guide their hands as well as their tests.
She will be fine.
- September 1, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- rubia said...
I'm down around the medical center quite often. Would you want a visitor sometime? --Laura P. (2RP)
- September 1, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- liz nelson said...
we are praying for you-- both for laura's health and for peace and comfort for you guys.
- September 1, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- Mama10EE said...
Poor sweet thing....I am a bloggy friend of Alaina's and she mentioned your family on Facebook tonight. I will be praying for your baby and your family. God Bless.
- September 1, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Catherine said...
Heather, we are praying for God's peace and comfort for your family, and for wisdom for the doctors and healing and strength for Laura.
- September 1, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Laura said...
What a Blessing it is to know so many people are gathering together in prayer for little Laura and her family... we are standing together to see the glory of God... and His handywork... thank you everyone.. God Bless you...
- September 1, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- Candice said...
Heather, Michael, and kids, we are praying and will look forward to hearing how little Laura is doing.
- September 1, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Amy K said...
Sweet Laura and all of you are in our prayers!!!
- September 1, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Please know that you are being lifted up in prayer -- for peace, comfort, and complete healing!
- September 1, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- Michelle said...
I just had the picture in my mind of the day I ran into you and Laura at the hospital when she had different tests being run. You had such a peace that day. A peace that only God can give. I 'hear' that peace in your words tonight and pray that God will continue to wrap you and your family and especially your precious Laura in His perfect peace. We will be praying!!
- September 1, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- Heather said...
You know we will be praying for you all and that little Miss Laura will be well and home quickly!
- September 1, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Megan said...
Loving on your family from Dallas! Praying for peace, wisdom and healing.
- September 1, 2010 at 11:51 PM
- SueJ said...
Will be thinking about you & your family.
- September 2, 2010 at 1:35 AM
Oh, Heather!!! So sorry to hear about this. But so glad that the long-term prognosis is good and that God is sustaining you and you're getting lots of help! :) Prayers are with you!!
- September 2, 2010 at 3:36 AM
- Unknown said...
Heather -
Thanks for blogging to keep everybody updated. I assume someone may have told you (or you may already know) but Lew & Linda Owens' daughter Heather had a similar surgery at a very young age at Riley. The doctors there are so great! We'll keep all of you in our prayers.
- September 2, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Franck Barfety said...
Praying for her.
- September 2, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Emma@christmascupboard said...
Sorry to hear that Heather, I can not even imagine the worry youmust be going through...Thinking of you all and sending your Laura Get well wishes and lots of positive energy, Hugs x
- September 2, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- willow said...
Heather, so sorry to hear this news. I will be thinking of you all.
- September 2, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- Margaret said...
Philip and I are praying for you and your family.
- September 2, 2010 at 1:37 PM
I got your email/blog re the covie-net and those of us in Wichita will be praying for you and your sweet baby girl!
- September 2, 2010 at 2:40 PM
We are praying for you and your family and especially for little Laura. May God's peace sustain you and hold you up during this time.
- September 2, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- southseaislandhome said...
Oh Heather - thank you for letting us know - we will be praying for you and for Laura especially. I know what it is like to live with the uncertainty and anxiety, but God will give you peace as I'm sure He is already. Thinking of you so much at this time.
- September 2, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- Bonnie said...
I have never visited your blog before but did so at the recommendation of Brenda (Coffee, Tea, Books, and Me). I thought that I would share a story with you. 10 years ago, a couple who are dear friends of ours came to our town (Gainesville which has a large university hospital)in order to have their newborn evaluated for heart issues. They were just considering adopting this baby boy and it was a huge decision. Naturally, they were devasted by the medical news, but decided to go ahead and step out in faith. We met them at the hospital and prayed with them. The baby underwent heart surgery at that time and other surgeries since and has done very well. This past weekend, they returned to our area for a church re-union(he had been our pastor in the late 70's) and they had their son with them. He has done amazingly well and has no developmental problems at all. They have been very blessed. All of us live one day at a time with our children and with trusting the Father. I pray that you will find the peace to do this. One day, you will be able to share your story and encourage others walking this same path. God's Blessings to your family!
- September 2, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Unknown said...
Heard about you and little Laura from Megan - you and your family are in my prayers!
- September 2, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- Katrina said...
Have been praying and will continue to do so. Lots of love.
- September 3, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- Andria said...
Oh Heather...I just found out about this. When Todd and I heard we stopped right then to pray for Laura and each one of you. We will continue to lift her up in prayer. Praise God for wonderful physicians who are looking after her so carefully. You must be exhausted. I will pray for strength for you, too. I can only imagine. Please, please keep us posted. Love you.
- September 3, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Heather, I am back from my trip and quickly looked to see if there was an update on your blog. I am so shocked and so sorry to hear such news. I know you feel bewildered right now, but your right to be so very thankful for having such a wonderful hospital to care for Laura! She is in such great hands! I have and will continue to pray for you and the family. Please let me know if I can help in ANY way! Love to you and yours - StephanieK
- September 5, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- Silvia M. said...
I found your post through Christina Wall's blog. My youngest son, now 5, was diagnosed with a murmur two days after he was born and then diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot the next day. He had a whole between the two bottom chambers of the heart, a narrow pulmonary artery and malformed corresponding valve, deviated aorta and a tendency for an enlarged ventricle. He had surgery at 6 months and later a stent put in as well. He is doing very well and has no restrictions or sequels from his problem other than a fairly long scar on his chest and the need for an artificial valve sometime in the future, probably late teens. He does need cardiology check ups yearly.
I know what you are going through. My son was at the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital and everyone was wonderful there as well.
If you have any questions or just need to talk please feel free to contact me. It's so anguishing, the wait and knowing that open heart surgery will be needed. I really hope everything will turn out well, as I believe it will. Although we've never met, I'm sending you hugs and lots of hope.
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Austra's early show at Sugar Nightclub on Saturday night came as a blessing. Even with two encores, the show wrapped up at 10:00 PM sharp. The show's early curfew allowed those scheduled to run in The Goodlife Fitness Marathon on Sunday morning to go home, carb-load and get some rest, while other, more thrill seeking concert-goers, were able to make it down to Lucky Bar to catch Fucked Up; unfortunately, this reviewer was part of the carb-loading tribe, though I heard Fucked Up played a hell of a show at Lucky.
The night began with an impassioned opening set by Moon King. Led by parka-clad singer, Daniel Benjamin, Moon King did an excellent job of warming up the non-parka clad crowd (Sugar Nightclub has a mandatory coat check*—I'm still unsure how Benjamin managed to sneak past the eagle-eyed security staff) with a rousing and energetic set. Along with guitarist/harmonist, Maddy Wilde, Benjamin cavorted his way through an engaging set of songs ranging from beautiful pop-induced harmonies to gritty punk rock songs. Moon King is strikingly young, and on Saturday night they proved themselves to be a band worth watching: I picked up their debut 12", Obession, and it is most excellent.
Sugar was near capacity by the time Austra took the stage. The first thing that struck me, aside from the band's beautiful, and aptly fitting umbrella light display on stage, was how tiny lead singer Katie Stelmanis is. One would never guess, from listening to Austra's powerful and operatic vocals, that Stelmanis incredibly short in stature. Even with platform shoes on, Stelmanis essentially peered over the monitors lining the front of the stage for most of the band's set.
Flanked by a band clad in some similarly interesting apparel, including the keyboardist's spandex onesie, Stelmanis gave an energetic and delightful performance to wrap up the band's long North American tour. The show, mostly comprised of material from Austra's newest album, Olympia, which was released earlier this year, fully displayed how far Austra's come since their debut, Polaris-Nominated release, Feel It Break.
While the crowd was more responsive to material from Austra's first album, particularly standout track, "Lose It" which most of us sang along to with full vibrato, the band's darker new tracks were every bit as stunning, proving that Austra wasn't the slightest bit affected by the sophomore slump. While Olympia is indeed a grower, the songs performed live on Saturday night were undoubtedly more raw and engaging in their live skin. As we walked down Sugar's massive staircase, and out into the early evening air, we did so with massive smiles slapped upon pink cheeks.
*I heard many-a complaint about Sugar's mandatory coat check policy on Saturday night. While I fully understand the safety logistics motivating the coat check, I agree with other patrons that the three dollar charge for each checked item is a bit steep (one person I talked to was charged $9, as she had to check three items). I think it would be great if Sugar lowered their charge, or donated all monies collected from their mandatory coat check to deserving local charities.


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This social evolution occurred much more recently than scientists ever thought -- only 20 million to 22 million years ago, compared with the social evolution of other insects, which evolved more than 65 million years ago.
"We believe that climatic change was a critical factor in the evolution of social behavior in these bees," said Bryan Danforth, associate professor of entomology at Cornell. Sweat bees are eusocial, he explained, which is a type of social behavior in which the animals have permanently sterile worker castes (among other traits). Eusocial animals include honey, bumble, carpenter and sweat (halictid) bees, ants, termites, many wasps as well as certain kinds of shrimp and the naked mole rat.
Danforth's study, to be published in a forthcoming issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences, used both fossils as well as more than 2,300 base pairs of DNA sequences from three genes to infer the evolutionary history, or phylogeny, of the family's eusocial lineages and their relatives. The DNA sequencing sheds light on how divergent the various species are from each other, and the fossils allow the researchers to represent the phylogeny in terms of a timeline in millions of years.
In 2002 and 2004, Danforth showed that the social evolution of the various species of halictid bees arose multiple times independently. The study on the timing of that social evolution, however, began as an honors thesis for former Cornell undergraduate Adam Pearson '03, now a graduate student at the University of Connecticut, in collaboration with Danforth and two former Cornell postdoctoral researchers, Sean Brady and Sedonia Sipes.
"What's so interesting is that the social behavior that's characteristic of these insects arose 'simultaneously,' that is, within 2 million years, which is a very narrow window in evolutionary terms," said Danforth. "It's also news to us that the origin of sociality in halictid bees was so recent."
Once the team dated the evolution of the social behaviors to just 20 million to 22 million years ago, they researched what might have been going on in this time frame that would trigger the development of social behavior in so many species at the same time.
"We discovered that the Earth underwent a warming trend from 15 to 26 million years ago," Danforth said. "In modern halictid bees, social behavior varies among species and even within species as a function of latitude and altitude such that species and populations at low latitudes and in warmer regions are often fully social, whereas they are solitary at higher latitudes and altitudes, which are colder."
Warmer regions have longer growing seasons, he explained, which allows two broods to emerge instead of one. The first brood (workers) helps raise the second brood (reproductives).
Danforth, who teaches Alien Empire: Bizarre Biology of Bugs (Entomology 201), a two-credit course in insect biology, and maintains a Web site on bee phylogeny, http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/BeePhylogeny/, is also struck by the social flexibility of sweat bees.
"Other social insects (such as ants, termites, paper wasps and honey bees) have reached 'a point of no return' in social evolution in which members of the lineage are now unable to revert back to a solitary condition. These insects, however, seem to be able to revert fairly easily," he concluded.
Halictid bees, which are important native pollinators in the Northern Hemisphere, where there are about 1,000 species, are nicknamed sweat bees because they are attracted to the salts in human perspiration.


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How many bikes in your household? Maybe there are 6 people and only 2 bikes. Maybe you're single and have 6 bikes. Heck, JR has more than 20 all by himself! Whatever the case, I want to see how many you've got.
Have an interesting story behind some of your bikes? Tell us about them in the comments.
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New Poll: How many bikes?
How many bikes in your household? Maybe there are 6 people and only 2 bikes. Maybe you're single and have 6 bikes. Heck, JR has more than 20 all by himself! Whatever the case, I want to see how many you've got.
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- dvicci said...
In order of appearance:
1991 Giant Perigee
1993 Kona Fire Mountain
2003 Torelli
2004 Fuji Roubaix
All are mine but the Fuji, which is the GF's. It's at my place more often than not, so we consider Shawnee it's home.
I'll be adding another following the TBP, though... likely a newer bike to replace the Kona on daily commutes.
- January 22, 2008 8:52 AM
- Noah said...
We have 4 right now:
1999 Diamondback Sorrento SE (Hartail MTB, winter beater, singletrack beast)
1998 Diamondback Outlook (Rigid MTB Hybridized with road-friendly gearing, clipless pedals and slick tires)
2006 Trek 1200 (Fair-weather commuter, long ride machine)
2007 Electra Townie 3S (Wife's bike-path and utility cruiser)
- January 22, 2008 11:22 AM
Late 1950's Russian 3-speed cruiser original pre-embargo. Found at a roadside Flea market while on a bike ride in Southern Iowa.
Early 60's English womens Rollfast Deluxe, drove 10 hours with wife and kids to save it from my sisters yardsale in Tenn. And put up with my sister for two days.
Early 70's Schwinn pivot front trike, traded off my brother-in-law to save it.
Above not ridden.
Mid 80's Fuji Royale road being rebuilt.
2001 Wick's Tri-muter tadpole trike.
80's Terry Petite (wifes)
91 Giant Allegre (daughters)
Box store front suspension MTB (other daughters, doesn't ride)
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- January 22, 2008 3:09 PM
- Dan said...
I'm the only bike rider in the family, but there are three bikes in the garage that aren't mine. The one with the best story is my son's Specialized. I bought it for $40 from a guy that 'liberates' abandoned bikes from University bike racks in the summer and spruces them up for resale. I figured my son would use it during that summer before the driver's license, but he never hopped on after the first test ride. I've used it a couple of times, including my snow ride.
My wife has a $400 Trek that she's ridden 4 times for a total of about 50 miles. That's $100/ride, or $8/mile.
- January 22, 2008 8:22 PM
i have:
1981 Bianchi Limited. Ridden 3,000 plus miles over the course of about nine months over winter. currently the frame is retired, awaiting possible resurrection as either a fixed-gear or a 650b road bike. no extra money for either however,
1992 Bridgestone RB-1. Replaced the bianchi. ridden as a daily commuter as well as my "weekend rider." i take it with me wherever i go, but usually it's the one taking me.
1989 Bridgestone MB-4. Purchased to take up the rainy day commute duties (the bianchi was both, but the RB-1 isn't versatile enough for bad weather). ovalized headtube due to broken headset on a long, steep off-road descent. damn.
1993 Bridgestone MB-4
Aquired to replace the '89.
- January 23, 2008 12:02 AM
- steve said...
Nishiki Olympic (my road bike, restored garbage find)
Cypress Giant Hybrid (set up for touring and groceries)
Giant Iguana (my winter beater)
Norco Bush Pilot (wife's bike)
Mallmart rigid mountain bike (daughter's bike)
Child's bicycle with tricycle conversion kit (son's bike, he has cerebral palsy so can't use a regular bike).
- January 23, 2008 5:03 AM
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Euclid author publishes book on relationship with God
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"Death Never Crossed My Mind," a new book by Anne Allen, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.
Accepting God in your life can truly change you as a person. In her deteriorating health due to a brain tumor, the author tells a piece of her life, how God healed and cared for her during her times of great need. She tells how the Word of God became her source of strength and comfort whenever she feels frail, and how she falls back and finds herself again in the comforting love of God.
The book discusses different aspects of the author's life and what she thinks about the past as she looks at it now. She shares lessons learned from many years of struggle, pain, doubt, hatred, and jealousy, but also shows enough of the happiness that God and her loved ones have imparted in her life.
Death Never Crossed My Mind, by Anne Allen, is a selfless pouring and sharing of wisdom gleaned from a fruitful life's journey.
Anne Allen was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She is now retired and resides in Euclid with her husband of thirty-five years, and dedicates her time to serving the Lord and helping other people.
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