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China's Administration of Industry and Commerce is penalizing Nu Skin only $781,000. The slap on the wrist breaks down like this: $524,000 for the sale of certain products by direct sellers that were not registered appropriately in the country, $16,000 for product claims that were deemed to lack "sufficient documentary support", and $241,000 for unauthorized promotional activities carried out by six Nu Skin employees.
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Multi-level marketers like Nu Skin and Herbalife have been criticized because they make their money by selling products to distributors, who in turn sell to other local sales people, rather than the actual end users. For their part, Nu Skin and Herbalife say their business practices are no different from other personal care marketing companies like Avon (AVP).
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Ackman famously feuded with investor Carl Icahn, who bought Herbalife shares even as Ackman was shorting them. The two had a memorable debate, trading insults on live TV last year. Herbalife announced Monday that it will nominate three more Icahn designees to the company's board at the annual meeting. Icahn and related groups hold nearly 17% of the common shares and already have two seats on the 13 member board.


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Re: st: analysing experimental panel data
Joerg Luedicke <email@example.com>
Re: st: analysing experimental panel data
Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:07:38 -0500
Judging from the abstract of the paper you mention, this is a
completely different study design. What they (Milyo and Waldfogel)
have is a natural experiment, i.e. a treatment and control group in a
natural setting with non-randomized group assignment. This is quite
different from the OP's design who has observational data with
repeated measures, but no treatment/control groups.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Yuval Arbel <email@example.com> wrote:
> Matthew, I'm attaching a link to an excellent 1999 paper of Milyo and
> Waldfogel. The authors seem to have done something that reminds your
> experiment
> http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.89.5.1081
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Matthew Sunderland
> <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> Thank you for your reply!
>> You were correct on your initial assumption. 2,000 participants were confronted with both prices and that order was randomised. The advice you gave sounds sensible and we shall try this type of approach.
>> Many thanks,
>> Matthew.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Joerg Luedicke
>> Sent: Friday, 19 October 2012 4:30 AM
>> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
>> Subject: Re: st: analysing experimental panel data
>> On second thought, there might be a source of misunderstanding here.
>> The OP stated that:
>> "We presented participants with two mores set of prices in a randomized order"
>> The way I read this is that all 2,000 study participants were confronted with both additional prices, and that the order in which these prices were presented to them was randomized.
>> However, I can imagine that the OP meant to say that they drew a random sample of 1,000 individuals and assigned them to price a, and the other 1,000 to price b. If the latter is true, then my approach is of course useless here. In this case it looks like a straightforward difference-in-difference design to me, as the Econ folks would call it. That is, you would have a binary variable for treatment a/b and a binary variable for baseline/follow-up and then use these variables including their interaction to estimate the differences between baseline/follow-up for both treatment arms. If these differences are expected to vary across groups one would just need to include additional interaction effects.
>> Joerg
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Joerg Luedicke <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> This is a quite general inquiry and there is probably a lot of wriggle
>>> room in terms of how to analyze these data. There may also be a number
>>> of details that could matter that don't show up in the post. However,
>>> here is one possible approach.
>>> First of all, I would not call this 'panel data' in a sense that time
>>> as such does not seem to play a role here. I would rather just call it
>>> hierarchical data. Another thing is that this study probably does not
>>> qualify as an experiment since there are no randomized
>>> treatment/control groups (at least that is what I gather from the
>>> post, so please correct me if I am wrong). So my first intuition here
>>> would be to fit a multilevel model (aka mixed effects model) with a
>>> bunch of interaction terms. I only consider varying intercepts here
>>> but this could of course be extended to varying slopes as well. I also
>>> only consider 3 groups here, for sake of simplicity.
>>> Let's start with generating some data:
>>> *-----------------------------------------------------
>>> //2k individuals
>>> clear
>>> set seed 1234
>>> set obs 2000
>>> gen id=_n
>>> gen ei=rnormal() //unit-specific error term
>>> //3 groups
>>> gen p1=runiform()
>>> gen group=cond(p1<.60, 1, cond(p < .80, 2, 3 )) label def gr 1"No
>>> cannabis" 2"sometimes" 3"regularly"
>>> label val group gr
>>> qui tab group, g(group_)
>>> //Expanding to 3 observations each
>>> expand 3
>>> bys id: gen treat=_n
>>> label def trt 1"base" 2"min price" 3"tax"
>>> label val treat trt
>>> qui tab treat, g(trt_)
>>> //Generating outcome (count of drinks at a Saturday night) //assuming
>>> only non-cannabis users care about prices gen xb = 0.3 + 0.2*group_2 +
>>> 0.4*group_3 - 0.2*trt_2 - 0.2*trt_3 ///
>>> + 0.2*group_2*trt_2 + 0.2*group_3*trt_3 + 0.2*group_2*trt_3 +
>>> 0.2*group_3*trt_2 ///
>>> + ei
>>> gen exp=exp(xb)
>>> gen y=rpoisson(exp)
>>> *-----------------------------------------------------
>>> In the above data generation we assume that people who consume
>>> cannabis drink more than people who don't, and people who use it
>>> regularly drink even more than people who just use it sometimes. We
>>> further assume that people who do not use cannabis drink less when
>>> prices increase, but cannabis users do not care about prices.
>>> We can then fit the model using a multilevel Poisson model:
>>> //Fitting a multilevel Poisson model
>>> xtmepoisson y i.group##i.treat || id:
>>> And can obtain marginal counts for all treatment by cannabis groups:
>>> //Predicted counts using model fixed effects margins i.group##i.treat,
>>> predict(fixedonly)
>>> after which we can compare differences in drinking amounts using
>>> -test- (possibly with the -mtest- option if we do multiple
>>> comparisons). However, these are not really marginal counts in the
>>> sense that they are not population averaged counts because we
>>> disregard the random error which stems from the variation of
>>> differences in baseline drinking among the 2k individuals. Getting
>>> 'real' population averaged effects here is not easy because we cant
>>> just average over the random effects since the error is only normally
>>> distributed with a mean of zero at the predictor scale, not the
>>> outcome scale. However, an easy alternative would be to just fit a
>>> marginal model:
>>> //Population averaged model
>>> xtgee y i.group##i.treat, family(poisson) link(log) i(id) vce(robust)
>>> And again we can look at the marginal counts:
>>> //Marginal counts
>>> margins i.group##i.treat
>>> and can do some testing, for example:
>>> //Testing the difference in #drinks between baseline and min-price
>>> increase //for people who use cannabis sometimes vs. non-users
>>> test (_b[2.group#1bn.treat]-_b[2.group#2.treat]) = ///
>>> (_b[1bn.group#1bn.treat]-_b[1bn.group#2.treat])
>>> Depending on what you actually want to test it might be unnecessary to
>>> go via -margins-. For example the above test is equivalent to the test
>>> for the group_2#treat_2 interaction term in the model. However, it is
>>> always a good idea to look at some model predictions to check whether
>>> they actually make sense etc.
>>> Joerg
>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Matthew Sunderland
>>> <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi All
>>>> I am seeking advice on how best to analyse data arising from an experiment. We surveyed 2,000 people asking them to hypothetically purchase and consume alcohol for an imaginary Saturday night.
>>>> We collected data for three imaginary nights - First we presented participants with a set of alcohol prices reflecting current prices (baseline). We presented participants with two mores set of prices in a randomized order reflecting price increase resulting from i) the establishment of a minimum price and ii) an increase in the rate of tax. Participants comprise six quotas, differentiated by gender and recent cannabis and ecstasy use. Alcohol consumption is measured by the number of standard drinks, calculated by us from participant reports of how many items of alcohol they would consume eg glasses of wine, stubbies of beer etc. About 30% of the participants did not drink at baseline.
>>>> We'd like to know: Do the two reforms have different impacts? Do people in different quotas respond differently to the reforms? Do people with different levels of base-line drinking respond differently to the reforms?
>>>> One option we've thought of is for us to run two sets of fixed effects analysis (washes unobserved heterogeneity relating to alcohol consumption and quota membership)- using panel data for drinking at baseline and one of the reforms. Another option is for us to simply control for baseline consumption. We're thinking of running the analysis in two steps - a logit for whether or not someone drinks and an OLS regression for drinkers - log of standard drinks consumed, controlling for the predicted values coming from the logit.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dr Matthew Sunderland
>>>> Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research
>>>> Centre The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA 2052
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5.0 (W) - 40.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 (W) - 224 (T) mm)
Digital Zoom
Focusing Range
Normal: 2.0 in. (5cm) - infinity (W), 3.3 ft. (1m) - infinity (T)
Auto: 0.4 in. (1cm) - infinity (W), 3.3 ft. (1m) - infinity (T)
Macro: 0.4 in. - 1.6 ft. (1-50cm) (W)
Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus
Optical Viewfinder
LCD Monitor
3.0-inch TFT Color (wide viewing angle type)
LCD Pixels
Approx. 230,000 dots
LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%
Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture
f/3.0 (W) - f/5.9 (T)
Shutter Speed
1 - 1/2000 sec.
15 - 1/2000 sec. (Total shutter speed range)
Exposure Control
Auto, ISO 100/200/400/800/1600 (in P mode)
Light Metering Method
Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
* Facial brightness is evaluated in Face Detect (Face Detect AE)
** Fixed to center
Exposure Control Method
AE Lock
Exposure Compensation
+/-2 stops in 1/3 stop increments
(Not available when shooting movies)
White Balance
White Balance Control
Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom
*Facial color is evaluated in Face Detect (Face Detect WB)
Built-in Flash
Auto, On, Slow Synchro, Off
Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect.
Flash Range
1.6 - 9.8 ft. (W), 3.3 - 6.6 ft. (T) (50 cm - 3.0 m (W), 1.0 - 2.0 m (T)
Recycling Time
10 seconds or less (Battery Voltage: 3.7V)
Flash Exposure Compensation
Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes
Auto, P, Live View Control, Portrait, Face Self-timer, Low Light, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter, Discreet, iFrame Movie*
*Shooting movies is possible with the movie button.
Photo Effects
Self Timer
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Wireless Control
Continuous Shooting
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Approx. 2.8 shots/sec. (In Low Light Mode)
Image Storage
Storage Media
SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
File Format
Design rule for Camera File System, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
JPEG Compression Mode
Still Images: Exif 2.3 (JPEG)
Movies: MOV (Image data: H.264; Audio data: Linear PCM (2 channel monoaural))
Number of Recording Pixels
Still Images:
[Large]: 4608 x 3456
[Medium 1]: 3264 x 2448
[Medium 2]: 1600 x 1200
[Small]: 640 x 480
[Widescreen]: 4608 x 2592
[Miniature Effect]
1280 x 720*1, 640 x 480*2
[iFrame Movie]
1280 x 720 (25 fps)
[Other than the above]
1280 x 720 (25 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps*3)
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Playback: 25 fps
*2 Shooting: 6 fps / 3 fps / 1.5 fps
Playback: 30 fps*3
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Number of Recordable Images
Image data
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Time of Recordable Movies
Movie data
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Playback Specifications
Playback Modes File
Still Images and Movies:
Discreet, Auto Rotate, Transition Effects (Off, Slide, Fade), Rotate, Search Jump (Shot Date, 10 images, 100 images, Movies, Still Images), Slideshow
Still Images:
Single, Index (4-100 Thumbnails), Magnification (Approx. 2x-10x), Information Display, Histogram, Overexposure Warning, Resume Playback, Red-Eye Correction, i-Contrast, Resize,
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Previous Frame*4, Next Frame*4, Skip Forward*3, Resume Playback
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*2 5 levels (including normal playback), sound not available
*3 Approximately 4 seconds
*4 Rewind and Fast-forward are also available
Erasing Specifications
Erase Modes
Single Image*, Erase All
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Computer Interface
Hi-Speed USB*1 (Dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video*2)
*1 Use of USB logomark is not allowed.
*2 mini-B compatible.
Video Out
NTSC/PAL (unified type dedicated connector (female)) with digital, audio and video
Audio Out
Monaural (unified type dedicated connector (female)) with digital, audio and video
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Power Source
1. Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery NB-11L
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Shooting Capacity
Approx. 175 shots
Playback Time
Approx. 4 hours
Physical Specifications
Operating Temperature
Operating Humidity
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3.75 x 2.22 x 0.96 in. (95.3 x 56.3 x 24.3mm)
Approx. 5.11 oz./145 g (Including the battery and memory card)
Approx. 4.59 oz./130 g (Camera body only)
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Guest Author - Don Bruns
"Don Bruns is a musician, songwriter, advertising executive and award-winning novelist.
Bruns is the author of Jamaica Blue, Barbados Heat, South Beach Shakedown, St. Barts Breakdown and the forthcoming Bahama Burnout, a mystery series featuring rock and roll journalist Mick Sever. Bruns is also the author of Stuff to Die For and Stuff Dreams Are Made Of.
Bruns has also authored several short stories and served as editor of the anthology, A Merry Band of Murderers, which reached #5 on the Independent Mystery Bestsellers List in 2006. He is also a frequent contributor to The Little Blog of Murder.
A former road musician who traveled and performed throughout the US with major entertainment acts, Don Bruns recently released a CD of original songs called Last Flight Out, and performed two original songs at the 2004 Edgar Awards ceremonies.
Don Bruns divides his time between Ohio and South Florida. His website is DonBrunsBooks.com."
Thank you, Don, for taking time to blog today. Now, I'll turn it over to him.
Underappreciated Authors?
I'd always heard that you can't sell books unless you get reviews. Well...be careful what you wish for. I've had my share of reviews, and sometimes a reviewer doesn't see the work the way you did. Sometimes they can be down-right nasty. And then sometimes, they get it exactly right. Like my March release, Bahama Burnout. Here is part of Library Journal's review.
"Bruns's sixth mystery captures the flavor of living in a tropical paradise and is another great read from an underappreciated mystery author." —Library Journal
So what is an underappreciated mystery author? I always suspected I fell into that category. I mean, The New York Times hasn't exactly been hounding me with phone calls.
Publisher's Weekly, until this book, has always been tepid in their response to my writing, and sales have been modest at best. My website isn't deluged with hundreds of fascinated readers (although I did get a note that I could refinance my home at a lower rate yesterday), so I think that all qualifies me as an underappreciated mystery author.
And there are hundreds of us out there. And without really doing much research, I suspect there have always been hundreds of underappreciated mystery authors. My guess is that at one time in his life, John D. McDonald was underappreciated. Certainly Edgar Allan Poe was underappreciated. At one time he was not appreciated at all. (I sincerely hope that I don't have to die in a ditch in Baltimore to finally get recognition.) Sue Grafton once told me she'd written five books before she even had one published, and Keziah Dane didn't exactly set the world on fire. Sue was underappreciated.
I have a lot of writer friends who feel very underappreciated. Some who have been touted as the next breakthrough author, five or six books ago. My good friend, Jay Waggoner, who reviews books for Deadly Pleasures, sees wonderful historical mysteries come across his desk and he can't understand why these writers don't break out. So I guess being underappreciated puts me in pretty good company. I don't want to stay here forever, but for the time being, it beats not being published at all!
Thank you, Don. It really makes me think about other authors who I think are underappreciated.
Don Bruns is giving away a signed copy of his book, Bahama Burnout, to one lucky tour visitor. Go to Don's book tour page, http://don-bruns.omnimystery.com/, enter your name, e-mail address, and this PIN, 7466, for your chance to win. Entries from Lesa's Book Critiques will be accepted until 12:00 Noon (PT) tomorrow. No purchase is required to enter or to win. The winner (first name only) will be announced on Don's book tour page next week.
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- caryn said...
Hi Don,
I never thought about the term "underappreciated" before and what it means. I do hear it and read it often though. Maybe it has to do with the pace of our society. People jump on whatever train is out there in their face all the time, so the new author who makes a big splash may ride that wave for several books, or the big names that are constantly reviewed are the ones people grab in the bookstores and libraries.
It takes time to browse the book aisles looking for something different-time many people don't want to take. Unfortunately, I suspect that's true of the reviewers for the major publications as well. When faced with a huge pile fo new books, they chose to read and review the "big names" and give mere lipservice to many others, relying on the publishers info.
- Becky LeJeune said...
I appreciate you, Don! Love your Stuff series and now it's time for me to read this one, too.
I'd jump on this drawing for Don's new book if I didn't already have a copy! (g) Get it. read it. It's good, even if Bruns doesn't always give you the time of day.
Hey, now I know what I am, I'm underappreciated - beats heck out of broke as the Ten Commandments. Fortunately I just plain like to write so I'll be squeezing ink cartridges out of the grocery list and writing as long as I can see the monitor (and what's more important I love to read and am an 'appreciater' of all of you who are writing those good mysteries.
Best wishes to all of us,
- Lesa said...
OK, everyone. I jumped the gun. I understand I was supposed to post Don's blog next week, which is why Don wasn't here to answer. My fault. Just too much communication about this post, and it got away from me.
I'm sorry. But, I hope you enjoyed the post. I thought it was an interesting idea - underappreciated authors.
- itsamystery said...
Lesa - Thanks for "re-posting"! It's a great blog and I'd have missed it otherwise . . .
Don - Underappreciated is my word for the day. Thanks for sharing - Your blog is very insightful & really an inspiration for all the "underappreciated" people in the world. Let's hope we all don't have the fate of Poe!
- misterreereeder said...
Interesting subject for a post. Don - how did you ever come up with it? I have to say I enjoyed the post and the book was great as well!!!


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Jennifer Chrisler, head of the Family Equality Council, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin today that antigay leader Tony Perkins might "open his heart" if he accepts her invitation to dinner with her family.
Chrisler extended the invitation after Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, discussed his opposition to same-sex marriage and denounced gay parents in an interview with Baldwin last week, and Baldwin challenged him to justify his views, asking him among other things if he had ever been to the home of a same-sex married couple.
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Mark Batterson investigates the life of David and teaches readers how to be the unique person God created them to be. No one is going to be just like you, and everyone is unique to God. He encourages readers to have a holy confidence in what God can do and not to have a confidence in your own self. Mark conveys that God must be the one where you get your identify from. Mark describes his own personal life symbols in his office to remind him of his past. He believes that you need to look at your past to remember where you have been. The past will help reveal who you are today. David's story is shown throughout the different chapters of the book to be an example of how God can take your own personal story and use it for his Kingdom.
Soul Print also has a discussion guide to help you absorb the knowledge of becoming the person God created you to be. Mark will guide you in the process by prompting you to answer the questions after each chapter.
I would recommend this book to anyone who doesn't like themselves. God has made you to be yourself. And we are all created in his image. I love how Mark utilized the story of David and portrayed it. Mark showed how David had to go through some disappointments but God still loved him. Even when you make a mistake God will never give up on us. I enjoyed that Mark demonstrated the whole story of David in Soul Print. He showed the good times and the bad times of the life of David. Soul Print will inspire you to become the whole person God made you to be and not to compare yourself to others. If you struggle with self image problems, this book will lead you to see that even though we are fallible human beings God still loves us. The past doesn't have to define us if you are in Christ you are forgiven.
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Since 1969 Anselm Kiefer has consistently returned to the book as subject matter. As a primary source of knowledge and a repository of world religions, books are a powerful and paradoxical symbol for the artist. Eventually Kiefer's books became freestanding sculptures, massive symbols of the artist's investigation of world knowledge through images. Book with Wings consists of a massive lead book supported on a steel lectern. The pages of the open book sprout two majestic wings. The Museum's book is one of two made by Kiefer, "one triumphant and the other drooping and in repose." The Modern's winged book is the triumphant version, its wings lifting high off the pages, as if about to take flight. Nonetheless, this sculpture, like so much of the artist's work, is ironic—the wings are made of lead, and therefore cannot fly.
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Fundamentals of India are strong: Indra Nooyi
"The fundamentals of our country are very brilliant and I don't see any reason why the great Indian story has lost so fast its sheen and the reason for the pessimism," Nooyi said in a reply to question on corporates and analysts losing faith in the India growth story at a special CII session here.
Last week, Pepisco said it will invest Rs 33,000 crore in its India operations by 2020. The company, which has invested more than Rs 10,000 crore here since the entry in 1989, will invest further in innovation, manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture, among other fields.
Talking about the lessons from the 2008 global financial crisis, the Chennai-born Nooyi said the first lesson the company has learnt is to "accept that turbulence is here to stay." The most successful companies are those that stay calm and think down to earth rather than showing aggressiveness to shorten the crisis period, she added, saying that turbulence is the beginning of a fruitful process of transformation.
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Cueto gets 15th win in shutout
Johnny Cueto's season just keeps getting better.
Cueto pitched three-hit ball for eight innings, Jay Bruce and Ryan Ludwick homered and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 Sunday.
Cueto (15-6) moved into a tie with New York's R.A. Dickey for the NL lead in victories. He retired the Cubs in order in four of the first five innings.
"I was feeling really good with all my pitches," Cueto said. "I was locating my pitches really well."
Back in the lineup after sitting for two games because of a recent slump, Bruce hit a two-run shot into the right-field bleachers in the fifth off Brooks Raley (0-2). Ludwick connected with a drive to left in the sixth.
Aroldis Chapman earned the save for the third game in a row, his 28th of the season. Chapman has converted 20 straight saves and hasn't allowed a run in 21 2/3 innings since blowing a save on June 24.
"He's got a good work ethic," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "He wants it and he concentrates. He has a heck of an idea what he's doing and he's as tough as anybody I've ever had on my team."
The Reds have won three straight after snapping a season-worst five-game losing streak on Friday. Cincinnati's 22-8 record since the All-Star break is best in the majors.
In his second big league start in place of injured right-hander Matt Garza, Raley retired the first 13 Reds. He allowed five hits and three runs over six innings after giving up eight hits and seven runs in his first outing at San Diego.
Chicago has lost 10 of 11, with seven of those losses by two or fewer runs. The Cubs have been shut out four times since July 31.
Cueto, a leading NL Cy Young candidate, has allowed three runs or fewer in 20 of 24 starts and lowered his ERA to 2.45.
The Cubs put runners on the corners with one out in the sixth, the only time they had a runner reach third base. Cueto escaped the threat by getting Anthony Rizzo on an inning-ending double play.
"He was in trouble quite a few times, but got a couple key double plays," Baker said. "Johnny got behind quite a bit but he managed to get back into the count which is the sign of a good pitcher that you can get out of trouble. That was . a nice shutout for Johnny."
Raley matched Cueto in the early innings, not allowing a baserunner until Todd Frazier singled with one out in the fifth. Bruce followed with his team-high 22nd homer of the season.
"(Raley) had a no-hitter, perfect game and Frasier got a big hit to put him in the stretch for the first time in the game . and then Jay got us on the board," said Baker. "That was all the offense we needed with Johnny pitching the way he was."
"Frazier I thought hit a good pitch," Raley said. "You make a 2-0 mistake to Bruce, he makes you pay. That's part of the game. Obviously I'm still learning, got a lot to learn."
Frazier, who singled twice and scored, went 9 for 15 with six RBIs in the four-game series.
Bruce entered the game 0 for his last 12 with seven strikeouts. He sat out games on Friday and Saturday after Baker said his funk was "like being in quicksand."
Ludwick drove in his 20th run in his last 15 games, including six in the four-game set against Chicago. Since teammate Joey Votto was injured on July 15, Ludwick is hitting .341 with eight homers and 27 RBIs in 25 games.


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Kid Rock is asking fans in the new technology world to give some old school courtesy to his upcoming shows.
The Clarkston-based Rock has posted a note on his official web site and social media noting that 'myself, the band and crew have worked harder on rehearsing and putting this tour together than ever before' and adds that 'I do not want it to be spoiled for anyone attending' by having photos or video clips posted online. Rock writes that, 'It absolutely pains me to know people can see all the surprises and different songs we have worked so hard on after the first few shows!' and asks fans to 'try to refrain from all of our addictions' and not post anything online.
In return, Rock promises 'to post lots of goodies and insight on the road through Kidrock.com and other social media throughout the tour.'
The tour, supporting last year's 'Rebel Soul' album, kicks off Feb. 2 in Kansas City, Mo., and includes two shows - so far - with Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band on March 15 in Minneapolis/St. Paul and March 16 in Fargo, N.D. Rock has posted a photo of he and Seger preparing for the dates at his web site.
Rock has not announced any Detroit area dates yet but will play March 22 in Toledo, April 3 in Grand Rapids and April 5-6 in Saginaw. Details can be found at www.kidrock.com.


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Food banks in Norfolk and Suffolk appeal for festive treats as part of Co-op Christmas appeal
Central England Co-operative is urging customers and members in Norfolk and Suffolk to donate festive treats and everyday items as part of its Christmas Food Bank Appeal to help people in need.
The retailer worked closely with dozens of food bank providers last year to collect over 60,000 items as part of a special campaign and this year it hopes to beat that figure by donating over 70,000 items during the five-week campaign.
Alongside items such as tea, tinned fruit and toiletries, food banks have this year asked for people to 'spread a little festive cheer' by dropping off a Christmas treat such as chocolate or a small gift into collection points at stores in Norfolk and Suffolk including Loddon, Brundall and Bungay.
Martyn Cheatle, Central England Co-operative Chief Executive, said: "We are proud of our strong links with our food bank partners, links that have allowed us to collect over 200,000 items so far this year.
"We want to ensure this Christmas that we continue this great work and work with our customers and members to be able to provide emergency food and support to individuals and families in crisis.
"Our Christmas Food Bank Appeal will help create and provide meals for people across the area in need, thanks to the everyday items donated.
"This year we are also issuing a plea on behalf of food banks to help spread a little festive cheer by donating a nice treat or gift into our special collection points.
"All we are asking is that people drop off one or more items into our food banks this Christmas and help make a real difference in their community."
The Christmas Food Bank Appeal will run from November 26 to December 24. The items will then be collected and made into food parcels.
These contain around 11 items and will provide at least three days' worth of meals for those in need.
Items that can be donated include shopping basket staples from tea, sugar and cereals to other essentials such as toiletries and hygiene products to ensure people can maintain their dignity during times of crisis.
Food bank partner Peter Evans said: "We are delighted to support the Central England Co-op Christmas Food Bank Appeal.
"At this time of year it is critical that every food bank is stocked full of basic supplies and little treats to ensure people don't go hungry during the festive season.
"We are appealing to customers to back this vital campaign by donating an item or two and ensuring that the Christmas Food Bank Appeal is a major success."
During Christmas 2013, Central England Co-operative Society trialled an in-store food bank collection and such was its success that the Society now has permanent food bank collection points in hundreds of its stores.
The store food banks have resulted in thousands of people every month from Birmingham to Norfolk being given enough food to cook meals.
The Society now works with over 50 different food banks to provide emergency food and support to individuals and families in crisis throughout the year.
So far this year, over 200,000 items have been donated, helping create nearly 60,000 meals.
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Picture caption: Central England Co-operative colleague Sheena Lee is urging customers and members to get behind the Christmas Food Bank Appeal.
Key items needed by foodbanks during the festive season:
- Cereal
- Tinned food
- Sugar
- Rice
- Dried pasta
- Pasta
- Sauce
- Biscuits
- UHT milk
- Fruit
- Juices
- Tea
- Instant coffee
- Toiletries
About Central England Co-operative
Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retail co-operative societies in the UK.
It is a modern, forward-looking organisation employing over 8,000 staff, with the Society's principal areas of activity being food, funeral services, travel shops, and property investment.
Central England Co-operative has over 400 trading outlets across 16 counties including; West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The Society has an ambitious food store development programme for 2018.
Central England Co-operative is proud of its reputation for ethical business practices and corporate responsibility. It is a member of Business in the Community, the membership organisation that stands for responsible business, and has also won many business awards for excellence. The Society supports a number of charities including Dementia UK and invests a percentage of its trading profit into local communities.
Becoming a member of Central England Co-operative offers a whole host of benefits ranging from collecting points every time you spend in store to earn a share of the profits, access to members activities and community initiatives including the Community Dividend Fund, which hands out grants of up to £5,000 to charities and good causes across the Society's trading estate.
Find out how to become a Central England Co-operative member by calling 0800 0501 601, emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or visiting https://www.members.coop
For more information visit www.centralengland.coop, follow Central England Co-operative on Twitter: @mycoopfood, and on Facebook: facebook.com/centralenglandcooperative
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SEA launches hack to fight phony media narrative on Syria, Infowars stories sent out
Paul Joseph Watson
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Al-Jazeera's 'Stream' Twitter account was hacked today by a group labeling itself the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). As soon as the hackers gained access to the account, they began sending out Infowars stories about the real situation in Syria.
One of the first tweets to be sent out after the hack was a link to a recent Infowars story entitled Syrian Rebels Ransack Christian Churches, which documented how rebels were desecrating places of worship.
Another tweet sent out was entitled "The truth finally revealed about Syria's insurgency," which included a link to our story from yesterday which was a compendium of videos showing how rebel insurgents were responsible for massacres, beheadings and other acts of brutality, as well as staging fake massacre and death videos to falsely implicate the Syrian government.
The SEA have been responsible for a number of cyber attacks in recent months, including one targeted against the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya News. The group also replaced LinkedIn's blog page with a picture of President Bashar Al-Assad in military uniform following a hack attack in April. Harvard University's website was also targeted by the group last year.
The chief hacker who fronts the group is known as "The Pro," a Syrian who lives in Syria. The Pro describes himself as the leader of "thousands of activists" who "reject the onslaught of information and distortion of facts happening in Syria".
Asked by Infowars why the group targeted Al-Jazeera, 'the Pro' cited a video report by Al-Jazeera Stream which was critical of the group's hacking activities. He also mentioned Al-Jazeera's "bad media coverage of what really happening in Syria."
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'The Pro' denied that the SEA were an Assad-backed operation, telling us, "We are not supported by anyone – we started this work since 15 March 2011 when we have seen a large numbers of terrorists spread around our country – so we decided to defend our country."
In a previous interview, the Pro told journalist Faisal J. Abbas how the group were driven by their desire to avenge the murders of two of their members by anti-Assad activists.
As we have repeatedly emphasized, although some claim the SEA is tacitly supported by President Bashar Al-Assad's regime, Infowars is only interested in documenting both sides of the story about unfolding events in Syria, unlike the establishment media which has hyped alleged government atrocities while ignoring those committed by rebels.
We have no allegiance with Assad just like we had no allegiance with Colonel Gaddafi, but to portray events in Syria as a one sided affair, with the rebels, backed by Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists, personified as freedom loving democratic activists, is clearly a phony narrative that is being manufactured to grease the skids for another NATO-led "humanitarian" bombardment.
As we documented in our story yesterday, despite there being innumerable examples of crimes and atrocities carried out by NATO-backed opposition fighters, the media has virtually blacklisted the issue, just as they did prior to the attack on Libya which has now been turned into a sectarian hellhole.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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Now that I think of it, Duana and I were gush-messaging each other back and forth a lot yesterday. Obviously much of the afternoon was spent on Les Miserables and that behind-the-scenes featurette that was released online. What? Of course I'll repost it. I've only watched it 8 times. Anyway, there were a lot of ALL CAP sentences exchanged back and forth between Duana and me about how we can't wait and how we'll hold hands when we see it together and how we'll each take turns crying and also much excitement over Anne Hathaway. I CANNOT WAIT for Anne Hathaway to BLOW ME UP with how awesome she is in this film. Then I can't wait for the inevitable contrarians: she wasn't all that, I don't see why everyone's masturbating over her performance. I am so ready to masturbate over her performance. And already, they're making early predictions that she's a lock for a Best Supporting Actress nomination. It may come down to Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables against Amy Adams in The Master.
Here's Anne last night at the New York City Ballet Fall Gala. The ballet costumes were designed by Valentino, with whom she has a close relationship. She looks glorious in Valentino here, doesn't she? It's from this collection that I posted in July. Every time I see her I want to take a razor to my head. Valentino says he's doing her wedding dress. Maybe he'll do her Oscar dress too.


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McClaren: It is win or bust for Twente
Wednesday 7 November 2012
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Steve McClaren spoke about FC Twente's improving form, "special" European nights and even the weather but there was really only one thing on his mind: victory over Levante UD.
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FC Twente coach Steve McClaren was his usual engaging self on Wednesday, holding forth on his team's inconsistent form, what makes European nights so special and why Levante UD will be tough to crack. Yet almost every considered thought, every reverential air, carried the same appendage: "We need to win."
This is win or bust for the Eredivisie leaders. Their 3-0 UEFA Europa League defeat at Levante a fortnight ago, when their attacking endeavours were clinically dissected, left them third in Group L, four points adrift of the Spanish side and five behind Hannover 96. They can afford no further slip-ups. "It is half-time in the group phase," reasoned McClaren. "We did not have a good first half and need a better performance in the second. We need to win all three matches, certainly our two home games."
Twente are formidable opposition on their own turf, last week's Dutch Cup reverse against FC Den Bosch the only stain on a fine record this season. Sunday's dominant 3-0 victory over Feyenoord put them back on track, the perfect start to a "big week" that will conclude with an Eredivisie trip to third-placed Vitesse. "We have to perform with passion and intensity as we showed on Sunday," said McClaren.
"The confidence is always there, the belief," added the Englishman, who guided Middlesbrough FC to the 2006 UEFA Cup final. "We know what we are capable of and on Sunday the whole club was behind the team. We all fought together – we were all going in one direction, forward." They were not exactly on the back foot two weeks ago in a sodden Valencia, either, and still suffered a heavy loss. McClaren was a frustrated, if impressed, onlooker.
"[Levante] are compact, drop deep and rely on a really quick transition," he said. "They rely on mistakes. Two weeks ago we made mistakes and they punished us. They know we have to force the game this time, be positive; they will be patient, sit back and wait for the mistakes. We showed in Levante that we can play, we can create. We're at home so we must be positive and go for the win."
Twente's ambitions have been tempered by the loss of Nacer Chadli and Leroy Fer to injury, though McClaren reckons the promise of extending their UEFA Europa League campaign can spur his side on against a Levante team who have lost five of their last seven away games. "The players love playing in Europe – the travelling, going to different places, playing against different teams," he said. "It develops players, their development and that of the team. We want to continue into the new year. We need to win."


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You may have seen headlines stating that "FDA Warns (about) Stevia" in a recent FDA enforcement action against the Celestial Seasonings tea company's use of the natural sweetener called stevia and wondered what it's all about. The fact that the FDA action is a bit bizarre probably adds to the confusion. In a formal Warning Letter dated August 17 (but only just now made public) the FDA took Celestial Seasonings to task not because their Zingers Tangerine Orange Tea contains stevia, which it does, but because they were marketing it as a food and not as a dietary supplement. Got that?
Stevia is a natural sweetener derived from the Stevia rebaudiana plant, native to Central and South America, which is also known as sweet leaf and sugar leaf because its leaf extracts are some 300 times sweeter than sugar. And while it's very sweet, it's not related to sugar in any way and actually has no calories. Needless to say, that's made it very interesting to food manufacturers always on the lookout for natural sweeteners to add to their products. So what's the problem?
If you want to use stevia extract as an additive to foods to make them sweet, it has to be approved by the FDA. And for a variety of reasons, that I'll come back to, it isn't. But that doesn't mean that you can't legally purchase and use stevia, which you can. So long as the product is marketed and sold as a dietary supplement (like any other herb, vitamin or mineral for example), it's perfectly fine. You can buy stevia itself in a variety of forms and you can also buy it in other products (like the Celestial Seasonings tea), but they must be sold as dietary supplements not as foods.
That's where Celestial Seasonings went wrong according to FDA, which didn't have any problem with the tea itself, or with its added stevia. No, FDA was concerned only with the package label because it didn't clearly disclose that the product was a dietary supplement and not a food. In classic bureaucratese, FDA wrote to Celestial Seasonings: "Notwithstanding your use of 'Herbal Supplement' to identify the product and your use of a supplement facts label for nutritional labeling, your Zingers Tangerine Orange Tea is subject to regulation as a conventional food and not as a dietary supplement." Read it for yourself at the FDA'S website.
Basically, the FDA said that the average person looking at the products on the tea shelf would assume that this Zinger tea was just like all the others and is simply food. But as we learned above, anything containing stevia can't be sold as a food. It has to be sold as a supplement – what you'd expect to find in the vitamin aisle. So Celestial Seasonings agreed to more prominently disclose that its product is a supplement and the matter was closed.
But that still leaves the larger issue, which is why isn't stevia approved for use as a food additive, like other sweeteners such as aspartame or saccharine? According to the FDA letter, "While FDA has received inquiries and petitions for the use of stevia, or stevia extracts, in food, data and information necessary to support the safe use have been lacking. In fact, literature reports have raised safety concerns about the use of stevia, including concerns about control of blood sugar, and effects on the reproductive, cardiovascular and renal systems."
But according to proponent websites for stevia, the substance is perfectly safe and is the victim of government stonewalling designed to protect the vested interests of the manufacturers of the already approved sweeteners. Not so says the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Their website states: "The bottom line: If you use stevia sparingly (once or twice a day in a cup of tea, for example), it isn't a great threat to you. But if stevia were marketed widely and used in diet sodas, it would be consumed by millions of people. And that might pose a public health threat."
So long as the FDA bans the use of stevia as a food additive while continuing to allow its use as a dietary supplement, there is bound to be both confusion and controversy. I hope I've been able to shed some light on the confusion. I'll leave the controversy for others to fight about.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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Langley MP Mark Warawa is appealing a proposed overhaul of electoral boundaries that would split his riding in two.
Warawa has filed notice of appeal with the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, which has the final say over all matters that relate to the election of MPs.
The Langley MP said he has consulted with the City of Langley and Township of Langley councils as well as the local chamber of commerce, and none support splitting the existing riding.
"The preference [they expressed] has been to leave it as it is," Warawa told The Times Tuesday.
Failing that, the boundaries should be adjusted so that one riding follows the existing Township border and the other takes in all of the City plus a portion of nearby Cloverdale, he said.
That he felt, would be better than the existing proposal that would take all of the city, part of the Township and part of Cloverdale to form one new riding called Cloverdale-Langley, while attaching the remainder of the Township to part of Abbotsford and calling it Fort Langley—Aldergrove.
At the very least, Warawa says, the name of the new riding should be altered to better reflect which communities are dominant.
He said the riding that includes the City of Langley should be named West Langley-Cloverdale while the riding with the bulk of the Township should be named Langley-West Abbotsford.
He says he plans to run in the riding that includes most of the Township, whatever it's called.
"I live in Willoughby and my office is in Murrayville," Warawa said.
No date has been set for his appearance before the committee.
The two new proposed Langley ridings are part of a Canada-wide reshuffling to reflect population growth that has added five new electoral districts to the Lower Mainland, bringing the total to 26.
Before the current riding was created in 2004, Langley was part of two larger ridings, one of which also included part of Abbotsford.
The other had Langley City and a small portion of the Township connected to a riding which was mostly made up of South Surrey and White Rock.
The commission report still has to be debated at a Parliamentary Committee and the final vote in the House of Commons will not be taken until May or June.
The final report of the Commission on Redistribution of Electoral Districts was issued last month.