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By Molly Freeman, Hollywood Staff
Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 2.
Ding-dong the king is dead! Okay, we know, we shouldn't cheer for the death of a teenaged boy (no matter how badly he treated Tyrion, Sansa, Ned Stark, the whole Stark family, or the entire kingdom). But now that we've had time to react and come to terms - as well as laugh at everyone else's reactions on Twitter - let's break down who's behind the Purple Wedding.
(Book readers, we'd appreciate it if you could keep your psychic-level knowledge of the aftermath to yourselves because we're only going to talk about clues directly from the show.)
Clue #1 - The Cup
Given the nature of Joffrey's death, we can assume he was poisoned and didn't choke on a piece of pie, but what exactly poisoned him? Well, if you watch closely, the last thing Joffrey eats or drinks is wine out of his goblet. But how or what was used to poison him?
Clue #2 - The Necklace
In the season four premiere, "Two Swords," Sansa is given a necklace by Dontos - a knight that Sansa saved Joffrey's wrath in Season 2. When he originally gives her the piece of jewelry, it has seven crystals. However, when Sansa wears the necklace during the wedding scene, only six crystals can be seen. So one of those crystals makes it into Joffrey's cup and, inevitably, poisons him.
Clue #3 - The Misdirect
Since it's Sansa's necklace that would mean she's the killer, right? Nope. Although Sansa has the perfect moment when she picks up the cup and hands it to Tyrion, she isn't the killer. We know because after the king drinks from the cup, he's fine. So, although you might easily suspect Sansa, she's not the culprit.
Clue #4 - The Monster
That's not to say Sansa isn't important to the plot to kill Joffrey, though. Remember in season two when Sansa has lunch with Margaery Tyrell and her grandmother, Olenna? In that scene Olenna asks Sansa to be frank about Joffrey's nature. When Sansa admits he's a monster, Olenna replies: "Ah, well, that's a pity." Hmm.
Clue #4 - The Queen
If Olenna is concerned for Margaery's well being as Joffrey's bride-to-be, couldn't the Tyrells just back out of the wedding? Nope. In season two after Renly is murdered, nullifying Margaery's engagement to him, Petyr Baelish asks Margaery if she wanted to be queen. She responds, "No. I want to be the Queen," and she can only become the queen if she marries the rightful king of Westeros.
So who had motive and means to kill Joffrey? Olenna Tyrell, the Queen of Thorns.
Technically, Tyrion handed Joffrey the poisoned cup, but before that it sat on the table right beside Olenna throughout the entire pie-cutting ceremony. (And who had put it on the table? Margaery.) Olenna had plenty of time to slip the crystal into the cup.
You know, the crystal that the Queen of Thorns stole from Sansa's necklace as she told the young Stark girl how horrible it was that Robb had been murdered at a wedding. We see what you did there, Olenna, you sly fox - or should we say "flower"?
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Foreign broadcasters, including British, German and Italian TV outlets, also had offices in the high-rises.
Two missiles made a direct hit on Al Aqsa TV's 15th floor offices, said Bassem Madhoun, an employee of Dubai TV, which has offices in the same building.
Building windows were blown out and glass shards and debris were scattered on the street below. Some of the journalists who had been inside the building at the time took cover in the entrance hallway.
Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, an Israeli military spokeswoman, said the strikes targeted Hamas communications equipment on the buildings' rooftops. She accused the group of using journalists as "human shields," and urged journalists to stay clear of Hamas bases and facilities.
The repeated militant rocket fire on Tel Aviv and a volley fired Friday toward Jerusalem have significantly escalated the hostilities by widening the militants' rocket range and putting 3.5 million Israelis, or half the country's population, within reach. The attempt to strike Jerusalem also has symbolic resonance because both Israel and the Palestinians claim the holy city for a capital.
Israeli radio stations repeatedly interrupted their broadcasts to air "Code Red" alerts warning of impending rocket strikes. In the southern city of Ashkelon, rocket fire damaged a residential building, punching a hole in the ceiling and riddling the facade with shrapnel.
With fighting showing no signs of slowing, international attempts to broker a ceasefire continued.
Nabil Shaath, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who was in Cairo, confirmed that the Israeli envoy had arrived in Egypt for talks, saying there are "serious attempts to reach a ceasefire." There was no immediate Israeli confirmation.
Hamas' prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, spoke to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. He told the Egyptian leader he supports such efforts, provided Hamas receives "guarantees that will prevent any future aggression" by Israel, his office said in a statement.
Morsi over the weekend hosted talks with Hamas' supreme leader, as well as leaders from Hamas allies Turkey and Qatar. He also held contacts with Western leaders.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visited Israel on Sunday to offer his country's help toward forging an "immediate ceasefire," the French government said.
Meeting with Fabius, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman thanked him for "France's efforts to prevent casualties" but said "the moment that all the terror organizations announce a ceasefire, we can consider all the ideas that French foreign minister and other friends are raising."
Aron Heller contributed reporting from Beersheba.
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At 27, Elizabeth was a bit older than the rest of the patients wearing orange t-shirts for the 15th Annual Fetal Family reunion. She's also a newcomer to the group of patients helped by CHOP.
Pregnant for the second time, Elizabeth learned her unborn child had spina bifida, the most common birth defect of the central nervous system, affecting about 1,500 babies born in the U.S. each year.
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The Philly Phanatic welcomed Elizabeth to her first fetal family reunion. Pregnant with her second child, Elizabeth recently underwent prenatal surgery for spina bifida at CHOP. Both Elizabeth and husband Christopher are active members of the U.S. Army. For more photos from the reunion, see our slide show.
It was the U.S. Army that suggested Elizabeth and her husband Christopher, both active military personnel, travel to CHOP to be evaluated for prenatal surgery for spina bifida.
Experts at CHOP co-led a landmark study showing that fetal surgery for spina bifida improves outcomes.
The Wisconsin couple had been stationed in Alabama, so moving to Philadelphia was a significant obstacle, but one they met with the help of CHOP.
On June 1, a large multidisciplinary team led by N. Scott Adzick, MD, performed prenatal surgery for spina bifida on Elizabeth and her unborn child. Elizabeth stayed in the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit for a few days. Then she was connected with Hosts for Hospitals, a nonprofit agency that provides free lodging and support at volunteer-host homes to patients who come to the Philadelphia area for specialized medical care.
"It's been such an amazing experience in every aspect," Elizabeth said of her time in Philadelphia. "The doctors have been amazing. The nurses have been amazing. My stay in the Special Delivery Unit was amazing. And now, it's amazing to find people who will let us stay with them."
Elizabeth feels confident her unborn child with spina bifida is in the best hands with the team at CHOP. And she knows her 14-month-old daughter is safe with both sets of grandparents in Wisconsin.
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Dateline: Germany—Two Germans ended up in the hospital after a supermarket battle involving cold cuts. The fight took place in the western city of Aachen when a 74-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman tried to take possession of the same shopping cart. As the elderly man wrestled the cart from the hands of his rival, the woman's 24-year-old brother stepped forward and decked him with a punch. The brother and sister, along with their 53-year-old mother, took their four-wheeled spoils of war into the store. But the defeated pensioner followed them to the deli counter where he snatched up a tube of salami and started clubbing the younger man. Thinking fast, the 24-year-old's mother grabbed a sharp, 4-pound wedge of Parmesan and used it to fend off the meaty blows of the salami. At some point during the food fight, the 53-year-old woman was knocked over, hitting her head on the deli's glass countertop. Police eventually arrived to break up the melee. Two of those involved were treated in at a local hospital for minor injuries. According to London's Daily Telegraph, the trolley was undamaged.


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Systematic risk of CDOs and CDO arbitrage
Abstract"Arbitrage CDOs" have recorded an explosive growth during the years before the outbreak of the financial crisis. In the present paper we discuss potential sources of such arbitrage opportunities, in particular arbitrage gains due to mispricing. For this purpose we examine the risk profiles of Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) in some detail. The analyses reveal significant differences in the risk profile between CDO tranches and corporate bonds, in particular concerning the considerably increased sensitivity to systematic risks. This has farreaching consequences for risk management, pricing and regulatory capital requirements. A simple analytical valuation model based on the CAPM and the single-factor Merton model is used in order to keep the model framework simple. Then, the conditional expected loss curve (EL profile) is studied in some detail. In the next step, the asset correlation associated with a CDO tranche is estimated treating the structured instrument as a single-name credit instrument (i.e., a loan equivalent). While tractable, the loan-equivalent approach requires appropriate parameterization to achieve a reasonable approximation of the tranche´s risk profile. We consider the tranche as a "virtual" borrower or bond for which a single-factor model holds. Then, the correlation parameter is calculated via a non-linear optimization. This "bond representation" allows to approximate the risk profile (expressed by the EL profile) using a single-factor model and to express the dependence on the systematic risk factor via the corresponding asset correlation. It turns out that the resulting asset correlation is many times higher than that of straight bonds. Then, the Merton type valuation model for the corresponding bond representations is applied for valuation of the CDO tranches. Using a sample CDO portfolio, some opportunities for "CDO arbitrage" are described where it is assumed that investors are guided solely by the tranches' rating and ignore the increased systematic risk for pricing. In the next section we discuss how tranches with high systematic risk can be generated and how CDO arrangers can exploit this to their advantage. It comes as no surprise that precisely these types of structures featured in many of the CDOs issued prior to the outbreak of the financial crisis. --
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Market to open lower as budget cuts are set to commence Friday.
U.S. equity futures were down in the premarket after Chinese PMI came in at 50.10 Thursday night, worse than the 50.2 that was expected. The fiscal sequestration is also set to go into effect today.
In other news, Italian PMI came in below expectations at 45.8; expectations were for 47.60.
French PMI was reported better than expected at 43.9; expectations were for 43.6.
German PMI beat expectations at 50.3, more than the 50.1 that economists were anticipating.
- S&P 500 futures down about 8.50 points at 1504.75.
- The EUR/USD was lower at 1.3002.
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Asian shares were generally lower following the disappointing Chinese PMI report. The Hong Kong Hang Seng slipped 0.61%, while the Shanghai Composite was down 0.17%. The exception was Japan's Nikkei 225, which rallied 0.41%.
European markets
European shares were broadly lower. The FTSE shed about 0.73%, while the DAX fell 1.07%.
Commodities largely down. Gold fell 0.59% to trade at $1568.80, while silver shed a more dramatic 1.25% to trade at $28.03. Crude oil dropped 1.68% to $90.50 and natural gas slumped 0.40% to trade at $3.4720. Copper and palladium were most severely hit. Copper fell 2.03% while palladium shed 2.17%.
The U.S. dollar showed relative strength on Friday, with the dollar index rallying 0.44% to 82.36. The GBP/USD and EUR/USD were both big losers, falling 0.82% and 0.44%, respectively. At the same time, the USD/CHF rose 0.56% and EUR/GBP added 0.35%.
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Stocks moving in the premarket included:
- Groupon (GRPN) shares were up nearly 5% after CEO Andrew Mason was fired Thursday night.
- Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) shares rallied over 7% in the premarket after falling over 11% Thursday. Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded the stock to a "buy" rating.
- Best Buy (BBY) shares rallied over 2% after reporting better than expected earnings.
- Salesforce (CRM) shares were up over 4% after posting earnings Thursday night.
On the economics calendar Friday, investors personal income and personal spending are due out at 8:30 a.m. ET At 9 a.m. ET, the U.S. manufacturing PMI will be released. At 9:55 a.m. ET, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment indicator will be reported. Then, at 10 a.m. ET, ISM manufacturing is set to be released.
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What are the educational implications of holding on to objective truth in a culture that values relativistic truth?
Besides conflict, of course! This question is deliberately broad, not focused on teachers, students, curriculum, or institutions specifically, so that the soil of it may be tilled as completely as possible through discussion.
Let's start here: if one holds that objective truth exists, then the interactions with culture, peers, professors, course content, and even the disciplines themselves must be flavored and shaped by that assertion. In a postmodern, relativist culture, this questions is somewhat pressing: there are movements in education that favor both types of truth, and that can make plugging into education, for a student, disciple, or apprentice of an opposing view, feel something like a 120V appliance being plugged into a 220V outlet. Without a transformer, step-down or step-up, these learners seemingly would not be able to approach, apprehend, or socialize around the learning because the premises behind its whole gestalt are out of phase. Or could they? What are the transformers necessary to do so? And the greater question: what are the implications for our culture? Can folks who have these two views, and therefore different educations, inherently, create a functional society together?
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Jul 5 2013: Well, you leave yourself open to different points of view and fresh ideas are always able to pour in. I would characterize myself as an objective truth type of person, but many of the "level 10" problems society faces today require "level 10" solutions which can only be contrived through a collaboration of sound thinkers - not too mention that we objective folks may be able to sang a few reletive folks for our side (lol).
Jul 5 2013: THANK YOU for not immediately shutting down upon reading 'objective truth'! I absolutely agree with the collaborative effort of finding those solutions! There is a premise that I notice has climbed in to almost everyone's post, and that is that objective truth people are either a) closedly religious; b) out of touch with reality; or c) just nuts. : ) Most have failed to see the hypothetical nature of this problem, and most have tipped their hand on being prejudiced to boot. I've been very surprised to see this, really. It looks like a problem for sociologists, psychologists. theologians, and children, because they're the ones who are going to have to grow up in this kind of world.
That said, your last sentence hits the mark on what I'm wondering: HOW can that connection occur in a classroom? There are some hurdles to overcome, certainly. What would you say would be the primary set, from the students' and/or the teachers' perspective? I would assume trust and humor are givens, neither of which have manifested themselves in this thread until you came along. Thank you.
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If a 19th-century serial killer/detective story based on the genre writing of Edgar Allen Poe feels like a weird match for a director whose previous credits include "Ninja Assassin" and work on virtually every Wachowski Brothers film, then director James McTeigue would probably suggest you take a pass on "The Raven." Likely imagined as a mix between Depp's "From Hell" and the Downey Jr "Sherlock Holmes" films, McTeigue's John Cusak vehicle manages to impersonate neither of those films well enough to pass muster.
Good news Harry Potter fans! Mr. Elijah Wood has been confirmed to be taking on the lead role in the upcoming "Maniac" remake. Yes I know he didn't play the little wizard boy but now that I mention it they do kind of look alike right? Man it's fun to do things. A remake of the 1980 cult classic, Wood will play the role of a serial killer who stalks his pray while experiencing strange hallucinations. Avada Kedavra!
Ryan O'Nan is the latest name to be added to the ever growing cast list of "Frozen Ground". The film, which stars John Cusak and Nicolas Cage tells the story of a real life serial killer who hunted people like game on his land in Alaska. O'Nan will play a state trooper who helps with the hunt. I don't think I've ever seen a movie this guy was in so I'm really drawing a blank on any witty comments. I'm sorry I've let you down.
It's time to throw another shrimp on the barbie and drink a spot of tea! Why you might ask? Because the 1978 Australian flick "Patrick" is getting the remake treatment. The movie, which tells the story of a man who starts to flex his psychokinetic powers when he goes into a coma after killing his mother and her lover, will have a release date sometime in 2012 and will be directed by Mark Hartley. A cast is already shaping up and right now I don't see Paul Hogan's name anywhere on the list but I assume it's only a matter of time.
NBC has given the thumbs up to a new series titled "Hannibal" which will be based on everyone's favorite cannibal Hannibal Lecter. The show will skip the whole pilot process and go directly to 13 episodes in the hopes that the kids will go gaga for it. Not little kids though. It would be weird if you sat a 3 year old down to watch a show about a guy who eats people. That's just how I parent though. I'm not judging you.
We've all been so in love that when our better half decides to leave us we feel like ending it all. If you're going to go all the way though pick a better solution then this guy in Florida who decided to overdose on Flintstone Vitamins. Not only will you not die, you'll probably be in better shape and might even live forever.
A Texas mechanic is in hot water after he took a bunch of up-skirt photos of a costumer while she was waiting for her... lube job. not going to lie, I'm a little confused. Based on numerous movies I was under the impression girls not only enjoyed this sort of thing while at the auto shop, they rewarded it in a big big way.
The first trailer for "The Raven" staring John Cusak has hit the tubes my friend and it's chock full of birdy goodness. I think at least. Honestly I couldn't even watch the trailer because it kept locking up my computer. I can tell you the movie tells the tale of Edger Allen Poe who joins forces with a detective to stop a serial killer. You enjoy the trailer though and let me know how it goes.
Robert Zemeckis has set his eyes on "Charles Fort" as his next project. A period piece that tells the story of early-twentieth-century ghost hunter, the movie will be based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name. I wish I had something sarcastic to say about this but it just sounds so darn delightful.
Show of hands, who out there hasn't had a Tara Reid/Cloris Leachman three way fantasy? No one, that's what I thought. Well get excited because they're both on the new poster for "The Fields", a film set in 1973 that tells the true story of a Pennsylvania family who are terrorized by a strange presence in their corn field. I could sop this poster up with a biscuit! I realize that makes no sense.
Blah blah blah Rob Zombie blah blah blah "Lords of Salem" casting blah blah blah Billy Drago blah blah blah creepy guy from "The Untouchables".
Like candy but hate all the spooky connotations surrounding Halloween? Well you're in luck! This year you can celebrate Jesusween with a bunch of wack jobs who believe... well I'm not 100% sure what they believe but I'm 99% sure it will end with a military stand off and some sort of death pact.
Remember when you played football in middle school and you had to walk past the other team after the game and say "good game" to them? The funny guys would always say crap like "'eff you" and whatnot instead? Well here's a funny guy from Ohio who decided to put a tack on his glove and give the entire opposing team a make-shift stigmata. What a hoot!
Looks like "Tales From the Crypt" might be headed back to the little screen sometime in the not too distant future. But before you go getting your Crypt Keeper thong dusted off you should know that the series will in no way resemble the original series that went off the air some 15 years ago. The show will be an hour long series with a continuous storyline focusing on characters from the comic book, meaning no anthology here. The project still needs to be pitched to networks so there's a good chance this might not even land on HBO. God willing it'll at least be on cable though. No blood and boobs would just be sad.
Everyone's favorite cuddly Brit Simon Pegg is set to star in a new horror comedy title "A Fantastic Fear of Everything". The movie will follow a children's novelist turned crime scribe who is researching serial killers and becomes paranoid that the world is out to get him. I hope he ends up combining the two genres and eventually begins fearing little baby murderers because that would be adorable.
While we all sit and wait patiently for a "Con Air" sequel it looks like Nicolas Cage and John Cusak are teaming up for a new film titled "Frozen Ground". The movie is based on the true story of serial killer Robert Hansen who abducted 24 women, let them loose in the Alaskan wilderness and hunted them. Cusak will play Hansen and Cage will pay the law man who cracks the case. So it's kind of like "Con Air" if it had made you want to cry in the shower for an hour or so after watching it.
Legendary director Robert Zemeckis is in talks to get behind the camera again for a new sea beast flick currently titled "Here There Be Monsters". The films story focuses on Revolutionary War naval fighter John Paul Jones and his battle with sea monsters. I can't confirm this but I think it's based on a true story. The film is still in it's early stages but I'm already excited for the "Sea Men" jokes on the podcast.
An Arizona man is under arrest after he reportedly murdered his girlfriend after she confessed to cheating on him and then proceeded to continue living with her for about two months. But that would have to smell you might be thinking. Don't worry, he covered her in carpet cleaner and deodorizer. Problem solved.
And here's a warm little story about a man who took the only action you really can when you're refused alcohol at a restaurant because you're too intoxicated. He took out his manhood and shook it at the waiter. Just a warning though that the "only action" is also very much illegal and will get you tossed in jail.
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This short story looks at people's assessment of their own well-being by different ethnic groups using the April 2011 to March 2012 Annual Population Survey. As well as providing estimates for ethnic groups and ethnic group by sex, it provides further information that may explain some of the differences observed.
Asking people to provide their own assessment of their own well-being is part of ONS's approach to measuring the well-being of the nation. Showing differences for different population groups is important as it allows for debate about why these differences may exist and provides useful information for policy making. This short story considers the differences in well-being between different ethnic groups and offers some potential reasons for these observed differences. It is published as part of the ONS's Measuring National Well-being programme which aims to monitor and understand the well-being of the UK.
As well as a range of demographic and labour market questions the Annual Population Survey asks a cross section of 165,000 adults aged 16 and over to make their own assessment of how they feel about their lives.
Figure 1 shows that when asked how satisfied people are with their lives, respondents from the White ethnic group gave an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 in 2011-12.
This was in contrast with people from the Black ethnic group who gave the lowest ratings with an average of 6.7 out of 10. This was also lower than the Bangladeshi (7.0 out of 10) and Mixed/multiple ethnic groups (7.1 out of 10) who also gave significantly lower ratings on average than the White ethnic group. The Black ethnic group is made up of Black, African, Caribbean and Black British people.
In contrast, people who identified themselves as Indian (7.5 out of 10), Chinese (7.4 out of 10) and Other Asian backgrounds (7.4 out of 10) gave similar ratings on average to the White population.
As well as asking about how satisfied people are with their lives, the Annual Population Survey also asks to what extent people feel the things that they do in their lives are worthwhile.
The White ethnic group, with an average rating of 7.7 out of 10, was higher than all the other ethnic groups. The lowest average rating for this question was given by Bangladeshi respondents who reported an average of 7.3 out of 10.
Pakistani, Chinese, Black, and the Other ethnic group all reported a rating of 7.4 out of 10.
As well as asking people to make an assessment of how their lives are going overall, it is also important to understand how people's day-to-day emotions differ when making an assessment of people's well-being. For example, the Annual Population Survey asks about how happy and anxious people felt in the previous day.
The ethnic group that provided the lowest average rating for the 'happy yesterday' question was the Black ethnic group (6.9 out of 10), significantly lower than the average for the White group (7.3 out of 10). The Indian and Other Asian background groups both reported the highest ratings of 7.4 out of 10.
Figure 2 shows that for 'anxiety yesterday', all other ethnic groups reported on average higher levels of anxiety than the White ethnic group.
Indian respondents reported significantly higher levels of anxiety (3.4 out of 10) compared with the White ethnic group, which is in contrast to happiness yesterday, life satisfaction and worthwhile things in life, where their responses were similar. Bangladeshi (3.6 out of 10) and Pakistani (3.5 out of 10) groups also reported significantly higher ratings compared with the White group (3.1 out of 10) meaning that on average people who identified with these ethnic groups reported being more anxious in the day before interview.
Overall, regardless of ethnic group, according to the 2011-12 Annual Population Survey women in the UK reported on average slightly higher levels of life satisfaction, worthwhile things in life, the same levels of happiness yesterday, but higher levels of anxiety yesterday than men (ONS, 2012).
Figure 3 shows that when looking at the differences between men and women broken down by ethnic group the differences were also small for each group. Given for some ethnic groups the sample sizes are small, caution should be adopted when interpreting the differences between men and women as they will often not be statistically significant.
Some of the largest differences between men and women for different ethnic groups were for the average ratings for the question that asked about the extent to which people feel the things they do in their life are worthwhile. The averages for White men and women for this question were 7.6 and 7.8 out of 10 respectively.
The largest difference between men and women were for the:
Pakistani ethnic group (7.2 for men vs. 7.6 for women), the
Bangladeshi ethnic group (7.1 for men vs. 7.5 for women), and the
Other ethnic group (7.3 for men vs. 7.7 for women).
However, sample sizes are small, particularly for the Bangladeshi group which is not a statistically significant difference. The Chinese group is the only ethnic group where men reported on average higher levels of feeling things are worthwhile than women, however again the sample is small and this is not a statistically significant difference.
There are distinct differences in the average ratings between ethnic groups, and these are unlikely to be explained by different ratings given by men and women, as these differences are also small.
So what could be the main reasons for the different average ratings given by people in different ethnic groups?
The differences may in part be due to what can be described as 'cultural bias'. This may be because people from different cultures may interpret the question scales differently or be more likely to give more extreme or moderate ratings when asked to make an assessment of their life in this way. However, although the research literature suggests there are some cultural differences in the patterns of observed responses, it is difficult to say to what extent this represents error in the data rather than genuine differences in how people feel, or how they assess their lives (OECD, 2013). This presents a challenging research agenda for the future.
An alternative to the cultural bias theory is that these differences exist because they reflect people's responses to the circumstances that they find themselves in.
As Figure 4 shows, unemployment rates for Pakistani, Bangladeshi and the Black ethnic groups are amongst the highest. In October to December 2012 they stood at 18.4%, 20.0% and 15.7% respectively. Given the large association between unemployment and subjective well-being this may go some way to explaining some of the reason for the lower average life satisfaction, worthwhile things, happiness yesterday and higher average anxiety levels for these ethnic groups (ONS, 2013).
Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups also on average report the highest rates of poor health and limiting and long-standing illness or disability (ONS, 2008), other factors highly associated with subjective well-being.
Within the broader ethnic groupings, pupils of any Black background have historically been least likely on average to achieve 5 or more GCSEs at grade A* to C or equivalent including English and mathematics GCSEs or iGCSEs (DfE, 2013).
Further, more complex analysis is required to look in more detail to better determine how much these differences in circumstances can explain the observed differences in average ratings of subjective well-being between ethnic groups. The Annual Population Survey with its large sample and wide variety of different variables of interest is a useful source for further research in this area.
Many of the specific measures that are related to an individual's well-being are also related to each other such as age, employment status, marital status and health. ONS is currently analysing1 the relationship between each measure and subjective well-being. A methodological report providing more detailed results will be published in May 2013.
The questions developed and included in the Annual Population Survey were developed with expert academic advice as well as benefiting from discussions between members of the National Statistician's Measuring National Well-being Advisory Forum and Technical Advisory Group.
The questions that ONS has asked on the Annual Population Survey include:
Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays? (Evaluative approach),
Overall, to what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile? (Eudemonic approach),
Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday? (Experience approach),
Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday? (Experience approach).
All answered using a 0 to 10 scale where nought is 'not at all' and 10 is 'completely'
Further information on the ONS approach to measuring subjective well-being can be found in the paper 'Measuring Subjective Well-being' (240.8 Kb Pdf) published by ONS in July 2011.
When comparing differences between mean ratings for groups or areas it is important to realise that these comparisons are made using aggregate statistics based on samples with those characteristics. Just because the average of the sample has a certain rating of subjective well-being does not necessarily mean that all people with that certain characteristic have that particular outcome.
For example, even though women on average have higher life satisfaction than men, it is important not to infer that all women are more satisfied with their lives than men.
It is also important to note that although subjective well-being estimates in this report have been analysed by people with different characteristics we are not inferring causation, even though some groups are more likely to give higher life satisfaction ratings on average, it may not be the particular characteristic that is causing them to have higher subjective well-being.
There are other factors that could also be influencing people's ratings which would need to be controlled for in a regression model, and even then causation is often difficult to infer.
The size of differences between mean ratings of subjective well-being for groups of people with certain characteristics or in different circumstances can appear fairly small. These differences must be interpreted in light of the fact that subjective well-being is affected by many different life circumstances with a variety of factors having a bearing on a person's subjective well-being.
For example, if someone is in poor health, that is only one aspect of their lives so when making a cognitive judgment about how satisfied they are with their lives overall, although their poor health may have a bearing, other factors may mitigate against that and mean they do not give such a low score as we may perhaps first expect.
The Annual Population Survey, first conducted in 2004, combines results from waves one and five of the Labour Force Survey and the English, Welsh and Scottish LFS boosts. The survey asks 155,000 households and 360,000 people per dataset about their own circumstances and experiences regarding a range of subjects including housing, employment and education.
The survey provides enhanced data on key social and socio-economic variables. For the subjective well-being questions responses by proxy are not collected. That is only people who respond directly to the survey are included rather than including responses made on behalf of other people. For this reason the sample size for the subjective well-being data is around 165,000.
One of the benefits of collecting subjective well-being data on a large scale survey such as Annual Population Survey is that large sample sizes, all else being equal, produce smaller standard errors. The standard error is an indication of the accuracy of an estimate and gives users an indication of how close the sample estimator (in this case the mean subjective well-being rating) is to the population value: the larger the standard error, the less precise the estimator. Large sample sizes also allow for comparisons across population groups and areas. The Annual Population Survey is a mixed mode survey and uses both face-to-face and telephone interviews. Different collection modes can affect responses and subjective well-being estimates are no exception.
This article is published as part of the ONS Measuring National Well-being Programme.
The programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation - how the UK as a whole is doing.
Measuring National Well-being is about looking at 'GDP and beyond'. It includes headline indicators in areas such as health, relationships, job satisfaction, economic security, education, environmental conditions and measures of 'subjective well-being' (individuals' assessment of their own well-being).
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Thanksgiving Sides: 5 Alternatives to Green Bean Casserole
Yesterday we gave you some non-marshmallow ideas for sweet potatoes. Now we're tackling another old-fashioned dish that frequently shows up at Thanksgiving: the green bean casserole. We've modernized it before, but the recipes below are entirely new creatures (and most of them are really easy, too).
Our goal with these recipes was to keep some of the flavors and textures of the original intact. A few of these have some crunch—or some fried—that will satisfy you if you're craving those canned onions. A few have the oniony flavor elsewhere. And there are some mushrooms sprinkled in as a nod to the cream of mushroom soup that's in the casserole.
Also, we added two brussels sprouts recipes, since we love them and they're a great alternative to beans.
• 1. Green Beans with Golden Raisins, from Martha Stewart. Ok, these have neither onions or mushrooms, but they're simple and feel like they'd fit right in with a Thanksgiving meal.
• 2. Brussels Sprouts with Shallots and Wild Mushrooms, from Gourmet. This is a deliberate riff on green bean casserole, with the frizzled shallots scattered on top. Yum.
• 3. Fried Green Bean Bundles, from Paula Deen. The beans are tied with a green onion, so you get a smidge of that taste, and then they're battered and fried for crunch. Labor-intensive, yes, but you could prepare everything else and leave these as the last thing you do.
• 4. Greek-Style Braised Green Beans, from the Kitchn. With onions, tomatoes, and a hint of cinnamon.
• 5. Brussels Sprouts with Onion and Almonds, from Simply Recipes. We really could devote an entire roundup to brussels sprouts; they're a classic dish, too. We love the toasted almonds for some crunch on top.
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Here's another one: Szechuan Green Beans
In a wok or large skillet, saute some ground pork sausage until it is crispy crunchy and nearly blackened. Add sesame oil. Throw in some green beans that have been precooked so they are wilted. Continue sauteeing until beans have a slightly blackened/fried state. Toss all together with some sesame seeds. Yummm! Alternately, add some minced garlic too.
The beauty of green bean casserole (and I will admit to being a fan) is that it stays hot. So many other sauteed bean recipes, while tasty right out of the pan, are cold by the time the last person gets their serving.
I was invited to bring a dish to Thanksgiving this year and I offered up choices from roasted root vegetables to an awesome cauliflower gratin or these maple ginger carrots I make frequently... and was shot down right away. They asked me to bring a "garden salad" (read: iceberg tomatoes) or "green bean casserole".
Blecchh. (and Meh.)
I may as well pick up something from Old Country Buffet or Perkins - they wouldn't know the difference. I get the whole "comfort food" idea - but does it have to be crap from a can? Granted, my family never made that stuff while I was growing up in NY, but Thanksgiving always included turkey and lasagna! I suppose you like what you know. I just don't know green bean casserole.
Without hesitation, Brussel Sprouts Chiffenade... cooked in chicken stock with toasted hazelnuts and lemon zest. Recipe was either from Country Living or Country Home, and the BEST vegetable side I've ever had.
Only downside, they are a "serve immediately" kind of dish that wreaks havoc with four-burner schedules!!
I make brussels sprouts sauteed with butter and pecans for Thanksgiving nearly every year (we were never green bean casserole-lovers at my house). I make it in a big iron skillet and keep a lid on it so that it stays hot while everyone is making their way through the buffet line. But the above recipes sound so good I might have to switch it out this year!
Suateed green beans, toasted pine nuts, garlic, paprika, lemon juice, olive oil. I'm legendary (in my family) for this dish, simple as it is.
I'm using a recipe from Body Soul magazine this year - steamed green beans with toasted walnuts and roquefort cheese (you just put little lumps of the cheese on top of the beans). Simple, but it looks gorgeous. And frankly, I could use a simple recipe w/ everythin else going on in the kitchen.
Keltru can you share your recipes with me? the carrots sound great!
I've tried brussel sprouts on my family and they just don't like them (I love them!)
We tried out the brussel sprouts with shallot and wild mushrooms this thanksgiving. Big hit! Added maple bacon and mmmm it was so good. Thanks Gourmet!


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TUESDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise programs meant to prevent falls in seniors may also help prevent injuries caused by falls, according to a new review.
Fall-related injuries are common among seniors and a major cause of long-term pain and disability. They also increase the risk of having to go to a nursing home and have a high economic cost.
The new findings, published online Oct. 29 in the journal bmj.com, suggest that "reducing the risk of falling and improving protective responses during a fall may be an important and feasible means of preventing fractures and other serious injuries in the elderly," the study authors wrote in a journal news release.
Well-designed exercise programs can prevent falls in seniors living at home, but there is a lack of evidence on whether such programs can help prevent fall-related injuries, said French researchers Fabienne El-Khoury and colleagues.
In this review, they analyzed 17 studies that looked at whether fall-prevention exercises lowered seniors' risk of fractures and other injuries caused by falls. More than 4,000 participants were involved in all.
Tai Chi was the exercise in two of the studies, but most of them used gait, balance, strength and functional training, which involves workouts that help people do normal daily activities.
Most of the programs reduced fall-related injuries and appeared to significantly curb falls that lead to fractures, serious injuries and medical care.
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Rectal culture is a laboratory test to identify bacteria and other germs in the rectum that can cause gastrointestinal symptoms and disease.
A cotton swab is inserted into the rectum, rotated gently, and removed. A smear of the swab is placed in culture media to encourage the growth of bacteria and other organisms. The laboratory technician watches the culture for growth.
When growth is observed, the organisms can be identified. Further tests to determine the best treatment may also be done.
See also: Sensitivity analysis
The health care provider does the rectal examination and collects the specimen.
There may be pressure as the swab is inserted into the rectum, but the test is usually not painful.
The test is performed if your health care provider suspects that you have an infection of the rectum. It may be done when gonorrhea is suspected. It may also be done as an alternative to a fecal culture if it is not possible to get a specimen of feces.
The rectal culture may also be performed in a hospital or nursing home setting to see if someone carries vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) in their intestine, which can be spread to other patients.
Finding bacteria and other germs that are usually found in the body is normal.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your health care provider about the meaning of your specific test results.
Abnormal results may mean you have an infection, such as bacterial or parasitic enterocolitis or gonorrhea. Sometimes a culture shows that you are a carrier, but you may not have an infection.
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US economy adds 155,000 jobsBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
The Associated PresS | January 05,2013WASHINGTON U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff.
The solid job growth wasnt enough to reduce the unemployment rate, which remained 7.8 percent last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The rate for November was revised up from an initially reported 7.7 percent.
Each January, the government updates the monthly unemployment rates for the previous five years. The rates for most months dont change.
The government said hiring was stronger in November than it first estimated. Novembers job increases were revised up 15,000 to 161,000. Octobers increase was nearly unchanged at 137,000.
The gain is perhaps better than it looks given that firms were probably nervous about adding workers with the fiscal cliff looming, said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics.
Even so, hiring hasnt been strong enough to quickly reduce still-high unemployment. The job gains for December almost exactly matched the average monthly pace for the past two years. Hiring has been steady but modest as the economy has grown slowly since the recession ended more than three years ago.
For 2012, employers added 1.84 million jobs, an average of 153,000 jobs a month, roughly matching the job totals for 2011.
Robust hiring in manufacturing and construction fueled the December job growth. Construction firms added 30,000, the most in 15 months.
That increase likely reflected hiring needed to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy and also gains in home building that have contributed to a housing recovery.
Manufacturers added 25,000 jobs, the most in nine months.
Other higher-paying industries also added jobs. Professional and business services, which include positions in information technology, management and architecture, gained 19,000. Financial services added 9,000 and health care 55,000.
Lower-paying industry sectors were mixed. Restaurants and bars added 38,000 jobs. Retailers cut 11,300, a sign that the holiday shopping season might have been sluggish. But those cuts followed three months of strong gains.
All the job gains last month came from private employers. Governments shed 13,000 jobs, mostly in local school systems.
The stable hiring pace shows that employers didnt panic during the high-stakes talks between Congress and the White House over tax increases and spending cuts that werent resolved until New Years.
Thats an encouraging sign for the coming months, because an even bigger federal budget showdown is looming. The government must increase its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit by around late February or risk defaulting on its debt. Republicans will likely demand deep spending cuts as the price of raising the debt limit.
Fridays report did point to some weakness in the job market. For example, the number of unemployed actually rose 164,000 to 12.2 million. Approximately 192,000 people entered the work force last month, but most of them didnt find jobs.
The unemployment numbers come from a government survey of households; the number of jobs added each month comes from a separate survey of businesses.
A broader category that includes not only the unemployed but also part-time workers who want full-time jobs and people who have given up looking for work was unchanged in December at 22.7 million.
Despite the still-modest job growth, the economy is showing signs of improvement. Layoffs are declining. And the number of people who sought unemployment aid in the past month is near a four-year low. Banks are lending a bit more freely.
The jobs report showed that hourly pay is staying slightly ahead of inflation. Hourly wages rose 7 cents to $23.73 last month, a 2.1 percent increase compared with a year earlier. Inflation rose 1.8 percent over the same period.
The once-depressed housing market is recovering. A measure of U.S. service firms business activity expanded in December by the most in nearly a year. And Americans spent more in November. Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic growth.
Manufacturing is getting a boost from the best auto sales in five years. Car sales jumped 13 percent in 2012 to 14.5 million. And Americans spent more at the tail end of the holiday shopping season, boosting overall sales that had slumped earlier in the crucial two-month period.
There is little doubt that the seeds of faster growth are being planted, James Marple, an economist at TD Bank, said in a note to clients.
But most economists expect little improvement in hiring this year. A 2 percentage point cut in the Social Security tax expired Jan. 1. That means a household with income of about $50,000 will have about $1,000 less to spend. And the government will may impose spending cuts this year.
Both the higher taxes and spending cuts, along with uncertainty about future budget fights, could restrain growth and hiring.
That likely means acceleration in the labor market will remain elusive for the time being, said Ellen Zentner, an economist at Nomura Securities.
Don Brown, chief executive of Arteriocyte, a medical device maker, plans to hire more people this year. But he is worried about potential cuts in government spending that could cut into his Cleveland-based companys revenue.
One such cut is a 2 percent reduction to the reimbursements Medicare provides to doctors and hospitals. It was delayed temporarily as part of the agreement this week. If that cut is implemented later this year, it would lower revenue for the hospitals and surgeons that buy his companys advanced products.
Our entire customer base is unsure about what their reimbursement landscape is going to be, Brown said.
The Obama administrations health care reform also imposed a 2.2 percent sales tax on medical devices. Brown estimates that will cost the company $400,000. He had hoped that tax would be eliminated as part of the fiscal cliff talks.
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