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TUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Use of an artery from the
arm rather than a vein from the leg doesn't lead to better outcomes
for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients, according to a
new study.
U.S. researchers looked at angiographic patency -- which means
that the graft is open and unobstructed -- in more than 700
patients who underwent elective first-time CABG. The arm's radial
artery was used in 366 patients and the leg's saphenous vein was
used in 367 patients.
One year after the procedure, the patency rate in both groups
was 89 percent. In addition, there was no difference in the number
and types of adverse events, including serious adverse events,
according to the report published in the Jan. 12 issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
"Although most clinicians assume that compared with vein grafts, arterial grafts have an improved patency rate, there are little multi-institutional prospective data on radial artery graft versus saphenous vein graft patency," Dr. Steven Goldman, of the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center in Tucson, and colleagues wrote in a journal news release.
CABG is one of the most common surgeries done in the United
States, with more than 163,000 of the procedures performed in 2008
alone, according to background information in the study. The
success of the grafts depends on the long-term patency of the
arterial and venous grafts.
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text: Shifting Plates, Shifting PeopleAndy Dayton, associate web producer This week we're wrapping up production on our program with French geologist Xavier Le Pichon, which will be released on podcast this Thursday. Krista and Le Pichon cover a wide range of topics — from his childhood in French Indochina to underwater plate tectonic research in submersible vehicles, to life in a spiritual community aiding the disabled in southern France. With such a wide scope, there seems to be countless jumping off points to different ideas throughout the conversation. One of those points is Le Pichon's mention of what the German philosopher Karl Jaspers referred to as the "Axial Age" — the period between 900 and 200 BCE when many of the great spiritual traditions of the world began. As Krista mentions, the Axial Age is also central to Karen Armstrong's recent book, The Great Transformation (preview above). Armstrong has been a guest on our program before, when she spoke to Krista about the roots of her "freelance monotheism." Armstrong writes about the "Axial Age": This was the period of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, and Jeremiah, the mystics of the Upanishads, Mencius, and Euripides. During this period of intense creativity, spiritual and philosophical geniuses pioneered at an entirely new kind of humane experience. What I found most engaging about Le Pichon's conversation with Krista is his ability to link seemingly disparate parts into a unified whole — an ability which he links to his daily prayer routine. It's in this spirit that I see his worldview and Karen Armstrong's book connected in unexpected ways. They both deal with the grander, sweeping evolutions of our world — Le Pichon with the shifting of our planet's tectonic plates and Armstrong with the spiritual evolution of the human race. And while geology might seem unrelated to spiritual evolution, perhaps by sheer scale alone they share a unique vantage point of the human race. 5 years ago 15 notes Tagged: #karen armstrong #xavier le pichon #axial age #humanity #religion #history Comments


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With his top-ranked Brighton team in need of a jump-start, Bengals forward Taylor Fankhauser twice was able to find Matthew Coffey for goals in Brighton's precise 3-1 victory at Jordan on Wednesday.
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"We just have something between us," Coffey said. "We just talk a lot, we just have some telepathy or something."
Coffey and Fankhauser both were starters for Brighton a year ago, when the Bengals were the second-best team in the state throughout the season, right up until a crippling overtime loss to Alta in the Class 5A state championship.
That was when the chemistry between the two forwards — Fankhauser is now a senior, Coffey a junior — began.
"I just feel like we know what we're going to do what we're going to do with the ball when we get it," Fankhauser said.
Fankhauser leads the Bengals (7-1-0, 3-0 Region 3) with five goals, but Friday he was a distributor. The first time he assisted Coffey, he beat his defender on the end-line and shot a short, quick pass to Coffey in the six-yard box. The second time, on a two-on-two, he dropped an even better pass just beyond Jordan goalkeeper Brandon Arnold, setting up Coffey perfectly.
In the second half, Fankhauser was just as effective, just to a different teammate with whom he is closely bonded. On a breakaway, he assisted his brother, junior Seth Fankhauser.
"The chemistry's good up top," Brighton coach Russ Boyer said, "with Taylor and Coffey — and also to Seth, the brothers have a good little thing going up there."
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The guests had gone home with nothing on their lips but tales of the previous night's burglary. It was said by at least two gentlemen that Mr. Pufferton had engaged in fisticuffs with the rapscallion and come away with a black eye. And everybody was under the impression that Argyle St. James had slipped slightly back into his old ways and had, while in the shadier parts of the city, hinted that the Pufferton estate was ripe for the picking. Both claims were utter foolishness; Mr. Pufferton had not engaged in fisticuffs of any sort since a boyhood brawl gone bad, and Argyle had not once spoken to any of his friends from his days before entering Mr. Pufferton's service.
Lady Colchester, of all people, was the most suspicious of Argyle despite having showered him with affection every time she visited. As she was being escorted out the next morning by Mr. Pufferton himself, she leaned up and began to whisper in his ear, "I say, Mr. Pufferton, is it wise of you to trust that Argyle? He's seemed a perfect gentleman, but last night... for someone to steal my magazine after he himself went to go buy it? It sounds like something out of one of your mystery books! And I think we may have red-handed the culprit."
Mr. Pufferton sighed at Lady Colchester's innocence. "No, my dear, I trust Argyle implicitly. And the phrase is "catching one red-handed," not "red-handing one." It means to catch a criminal in the act of committing the crime."
"Yes yes yes, it's all the same, isn't it?" Lady Colchester read nothing but her magazines. "But promise me, Mr. Pufferton, promise me you won't let him out of your sight? I would hate for you to wake up one morning with a knife to your throat!"
Mr. Pufferton assured her that Argyle would sooner strangle him than kill him with a knife and sent her out the door with even more worries than before. "That blasted woman," he mumbled even as he waved goodbye to her. "Makes me want to give up money some days."
The last of the guests gone, Mr. Pufferton sat down to a small breakfast of bacon, sausage, toast, and three different varieties of omelette. Argyle stood at attention, interested to know what his master had thought of the burglary during the night.
"So, Puffs... how about that fuss last night?"
The sound of chewing was all the answer he got. Breakfast was not a thing to be interrupted.
Near on an hour later, Mr. Pufferton sipped borovan out of a china mug and pondered Argyle with his beady black eyes. Breakfast was now over, and conversation might now be initiated. "Argyle." The name was spoken as if by a god of old, calling a prophet to his side. "There are some things which needs be accomplished today."
"All good, Puffs. Monday after all. Standard shopping trip?"
"No. Do you have an idea who the burglar of last night might be?"
This struck Argyle as a passing odd question to pose during the creation of the day's itinerary, but he responded as truthfully as he was able. "Might be this Grarrl fellow was poking around the bookshop yesterday. He offered me a hundred grand for the mag! Should've taken him up on it, I figure."
"Quite. You're to find him today and follow him wherever his path might lead. Do what he does. Talk to whom he talks. You still remember how to tail somebody?"
Argyle's emotions rushed together and tangled themselves inside his heart. He had not planned on getting involved in a muddle such as this, and tailing the Grarrl would likely be an all day affair. On the other hand, it had been quite some time since his more unsavory skills had been put to use, and it would be good to stretch his legs. "I've still got it in me somewhere, I think. What about the weekly shopping?"
Mr. Pufferton waved a flipper dismissively. "I can send Chef for food, and the rest will keep until tomorrow."
Argyle nodded his approval. "And what'll you be up to? Lady Colchester won't show her old mug around here for a week after what happened."
Mr. Pufferton seemed to seriously consider the question of his daily business before saying solemnly, "I believe I'll go into the city as well, Argyle. There may well be a matter there that needs my direct attention."
It took most of the morning to get to Neopia Central. Mr. Pufferton, who did not walk if he could help it, often called upon the service of the sons of one Lord Marshbanks, a local Usul who owned a large share of the National Neopian Bank. They were strapping young lads and, when given the proper monetary incentive, were more than willing to pull a sturdy cart laden with four hundred pounds of red Bruce. Techos, however, were not part of the scheduled load.
"Don't see why you get to ride in the cart all the way here..." grumbled Argyle as he watched Mr. Pufferton descend regally from the back of the cart. "It's not like I like walking any more than you."
"My dear Argyle," retorted Mr. Pufferton, "They day you become as morbidly obese as me is the day you too will be able to ride in the cart. Now, how much would you boys like today?"
"Two thousand ought to cover us all just fine, Mr. Pufferton, sir." The eldest Marshbanks boy, Roger, had a quick mind and knew just how to get the most money out of a situation. It was a characteristic he had inherited from his father.
"What, to split between the three of you?" Mr. Pufferton pretended to look aghast.
"Aye, sir. It was only a few miles."
"Nonsense. I won't see you boys off with any less than two thousand each." He motioned to Argyle, and the Techo began handing out notes to the beaming trio.
"Thank you very kindly, sir! And will you be needing to be picked up as well?"
"I imagine so. I don't know the precise moment at which I shall want to return to the Downs, so you boys would do well to remain here in the city. Which means..."
"Yes, sir?" The Usul's eyes shone with anticipation.
"You'll all be needing some spending money to keep yourselves occupied. Argyle, I believe five hundred apiece ought to do nicely to cover the day's expenses."
The command was obeyed unquestioningly, and the Marshbanks brothers soon found themselves much richer than they had been that morning. At Mr. Pufferton's command, they ran, hooting and laughing, into the twisting streets of the city.
Argyle watched them go. "You know, that's precisely the reason why you need to keep bringing Lady Colchester over."
"It doesn't hurt to grease as many wheels as possible, Argyle. Or have you forgotten how I once greased yours?"
Mr. Pufferton's jab hit its mark. Argyle glowered darkly at his employer. "Don't you question my memory, Puffs. I know what's what."
"Good. Now, you had best be off to look for our Disco friend. I'm sure he'll be quite busy today after yesterday's events."
"Whatever you say, Puffs. Don't hurt yourself now." And with that, Argyle disappeared after the Usuls.
Alone at last, Mr. Pufferton turned his bulk in the direction of the towering skyscrapers that made up Neopia Central's financial district. Every major corporation in Neopia had a building there; if it wasn't their headquarters, it was at least their tallest office. Mr. Pufferton knew the district well, and he knew that a certain magazine publishing house would be more than happy to see his highly charitable face.
The lobby of the skyscraper headquarters of Bindinghouse Publishers was maroon. That was really the only word that could be used to describe it. The walls were maroon. The carpet was maroon. Even the plush armchairs that were scattered sporadically throughout the spacious room were maroon. The Christmas Uni receptionist fit in marvelously, and Mr. Pufferton couldn't help but wonder whether he had been only been hired for his color.
As he approached the receptionist's desk, the Uni looked up, and his eyes fairly leapt out of his head. "M-mr. Pemberly! You're back! Sir, we... we didn't expect you back until tomorrow!"
Mr. Pufferton began to deny his being Mr. Pemberly when a notion struck him. "Er... yes, quite. I had to cut things a bit short."
The Uni rubbed his hooves together nervously. "Did everything go alright, sir? I know you were worried that Kendlebrook wouldn't accept your offer."
Mr. Pemberly, then, was evidently someone in charge. "Kendlebrook has been taken care of, and now I am returned. Is there anything that needs my immediate attention?"
The Uni startled Mr. Pufferton with a sudden burst of laughter. "Oh, Mr. Pemberly, you never fail to amuse! Aren't you the one who always says 'Raph, my boy, a CEO's job is never done?' I shouldn't wonder if someone's waiting for you in your office right now!"
Had Mr. Pufferton been the sort of Bruce to look at the Who's Who of Neopia Central (or the sort to look at the portraits lining the lobby,) he would at once have noticed his acute resemblance to the Chief Executive Officer of Bindinghouse Publishers, Mr. Albart Pemberly. They were both fat red Bruces with a fondness for the finer clothes in life. The only difference was Mr. Pemberly's rather obnoxious handlebar mustache. Aside from that, they were almost perfect duplicates.
"I suppose I'd better go up to my office, then. Good to see you again, Raph." Mr. Pufferton waddled over to the stairs and looked about for a sign that might tell him where exactly Mr. Pemberly's office was. If the two of them looked anything alike, and assuming the CEO didn't have a death wish, the office couldn't be above the third floor.
He had just made up his mind to begin the long trek up to the second floor when a nasally voice wormed its way into the cramped stairwell. "Mr. Pemberly, sir, you're back." The sentence was a statement of fact rather than a question. Mr. Pufferton looked around to see a scrawny Moehog climbing the stairs up from the basement levels. He was dressed casually in a button-down shirt and khakis, but he had an insolent look in his eye. "Raph said you weren't coming back until tomorrow."
"There was a change of plans. Now... was there anything I could help you with?"
The Moehog reached the ground floor and leaned back against a corner of the stairwell. "Harlan's been looking for approval on the new Pizzaroo advertisement in Feasts and Fetes. I told him you were out, but he says that the pizza bosses have been coming down on him like a ton of bricks. Says that they'll have his skin if he doesn't get the ad put into the new issue. Ha. I told him that you'll have his skin if he does anything stupid-like."
"Yes, I've seen the ad. Tell Harlan it's good to be put into the issue."
"Yes sir, Mr. Pemberly. 'Course, I won't need to tell Harlan that."
"And why not?"
"He's already gone and put it in. I told him you wouldn't be happy, but the guy said Pizzaroo would wring his neck if the ad didn't get in on time."
Mr. Pufferton placed the tips of his flippers together. "Remind me... we do a lot of Pizzaroo advertisements, yes?"
The Moehog snorted. "One every issue, that was the deal. And different every time. Makes a Moehog wish for a company like Hubert's. Now there's a food joint with some integrity. Same advertisement week after week, and you don't see their business drying up."
"No... no, you don't. Now, if you don't mind, would walk me to my office? I've had a very tiring journey back from Kendlebrook's."
"You wouldn't believe the things I've seen today, Puffs! I thought it was bad enough when I found that Grarrl hanging around The Sodden Puppyblew, but he took me right into a neighborhood filled with Transparents! Can you believe it? I was right scared, Puffs, right scared indeed. Those pets give me the willies, and I won't lie."
Dinner time was rapidly approaching, and Mr. Pufferton found himself resting mildly uncomfortably in his wooden cart beside an equally uncomfortable Argyle. The Techo, upon returning from his escapades, had stalwartly refused to walk back to the estate, and no bribe or threat could change his mind. The Bruce had finally caved and allowed his manservant to squeeze into the back of the cart with him.
"That is dreadfully unfortunate, Argyle. In the future, I'll do my best to ensure that you won't have to be so frightened by a perfectly normal color."
"Ain't nothing normal about it, Puffs. We've got skin so we won't have to see what's on the inside! Any pet that's got a problem with that has got a whole bunch of other problems, if you ask me."
"And yet no one did. But this is beside the point. What have you managed to discover, Argyle? Has our bright friend given any indication as to why he was so interested in our dear Lady Colchester's magazine?"
Argyle shook his head. "Nothing. He's a right scoundrel, I can tell you that, but I didn't see a page of that rag all day. I saw any number of other shady things, and a few sinful things I won't dare mention, but nothing I wouldn't put past half the other thieves in the city."
Mr. Pufferton closed his eyes; to anyone else, he would appear to be sleeping, but Argyle knew better. He braced himself for the question, the one question that Mr. Pufferton had hoped to have answered by the day's adventure. "Did our friend purchase another copy of Feasts and Fetes, by any chance?"
Argyle smiled to himself. "That he did, Puffs. Watched him through the window of the bookshop. New issue only just came out this morning, and that Grarrl's already got himself a copy."
"And do we have a copy as well?"
A green hand reached into a shopping bag and threw a glossy stack of paper onto Mr. Pufferton's lap. "I figured you'd want one, so I took the liberty. I don't suppose I'll be getting reimbursed for that one, yeah?"
"I don't suppose you will."
"Figured as much. Ah well, I trust it was worth it?"
Mr. Pufferton opened the magazine and began to look through it. The vaguest hint of a smile began to curl across his beak. "I believe it was most worth it, Argyle. Most worth it indeed."
To be continued...


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The grounds of this hotel, which enjoys a view of the famous lake, lie in the chic West End of Glasgow. The hotel is located close to the Botanical Garden and only 3 km east of the city centre. The surrounding area offers stunning shops, elegant boutiques, antique shops, auction houses, beautiful architecture as well as plenty of cafés and restaurants in the small alleys. Within 35 minutes guests are able to reach Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, one of the most idyllic areas of Scotland. Public transport lies just 30 m from the hotel and the nearest train station is around 500 m away. In addition, the airport is around 13 km away.
Renovated in 2006, this hotel lies in the Victorian quarter within an elegant Georgian Terrace. It consists of a total of 137 rooms over 4 floors. The hotel is well equipped with a lobby, a 24-hour reception, a safe, a cloakroom and a lift. In addition, guests are offered a modern bar, a restaurant, a number of conference rooms, Internet access and a business service. Laundry services as well as 24-hour room service and a car park round off the offerings.
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Asexuality: An Ideal Future?
I've recently realized that nearly all the information about sexuality I've observed has failed to touch on a very important orientation. Many people either fail or refuse to consider asexuality a sexual orientation since there are so many opinions as to exactly what it is. Many believe that Nikola Tesla was asexual. That theory, I believe, should be considered more carefully.
Could asexuality be a path for human evolution? By asexuality, I'm referring to the most logical definition (for procreation purposes.) According to a Wikipedia interpretation, it could be viewed as having no uncontrollable sexual/reproducing urges, yet still possessing the ability to do so if necessary. Some prefer to be involved in a romantic relationship, but don't feel sexual urges nearly as often as the average person. On most occasions, when aroused, an asexual person might prefer D.I.Y.
There are many reasons why a person might feel this way towards sex, however, asexuality due to an overactive mind is the preferred cause. As an example, Tesla was supposedly "celibate" his entire life. In turn, he accomplished more than most of us can comprehend. If only everyone was so productive. Hans Rosling, in his TED Talk, "The Magic Washing Machine" addressed the revolution that the washing machine brought about for women's education. By freeing so much time, women were able to dedicate themselves to activities like reading and learning.
Sex takes up FAR more time in our lives than we might realize. We are much like the domestic house cat. When in "heat," the female will "flaunt." The male, in response begins to "prowl." This is reflected in humans as females decorating themselves (spending many hours and dollars) and males constantly searching....all with one thing in mind, regardless of whether or not they act out in the end. Is asexuality just an abnormality in the thinking process or could it create a biological branch from the current path of evolution? Would it be beneficial or harmful?
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Aug 26 2012: I think that we can go no where in most discussions unless we all dealing with the facts which are not only 'out there' but easy to find. Let's talk facts. Here is a good TED talk which explains what appears to be the facts which are taking a crazy battering here on this discussion:
Sexuality and Asexuality have a lot of FACTS that are not so easily dismissed.
Aug 27 2012: Thanks for the informative video, however, it's just a bit off from what I'm suggesting. I'm not indicating that the cause is due to PHYSICAL differences like a common birth defect. I'm saying the changes occur by shifting your thoughts willfully. Some people are so curious about the world that they begin to get the same joy from the Eureka effect as they would from sex. Scientists, writers, musicians, artists and even body builders like Arnold have said that the elation they get is similar to the joy received from sex. I'm not saying that we immediately give up procreating, but if more and more people chose to spend more and more time learning, exploring and inventing, then through evolution, we could end up with several different outcomes depending on countless possibilities. Among those possibilities is that some day, similar to the sci-fi movies, we might design a way to leave our bodies. Another possibility is that as we evolve, our organs will shrivel up and we'll be forced to find another form of reproduction. I guess that's why- as crazy as it sounds, people's descriptions of grey aliens makes sense to me. I can understand their claims that the aliens have no sex organs, tiny mouths, speak telepathically and absorb nutrients through their skin rather than oral ingestion, etc. If I could travel into the distant future, I would not be surprised to find that grey aliens are "human."
Aug 27 2012: Please, NICOLE!
You cannot dissect the human life soooooooooooooooooo easily. These are facts of human physiology and this woman took this understanding all the way to connections with the American Constitution and considered even political perspective. i will always know that I tried.
You do realize that many on TED do spend their lives learning and IF what you are saying is a possiblity it will not happen volitionally?
Aug 27 2012: I don't think our Founding Fathers were expecting us to be wiring nanotechnology into our bodies, spending hours talking to people on the internet (using little more that our brains/eyes and our fingers) or discovering the Higgs Boson.
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Excellent, excellent, excellent analysis of the lack of strikeouts in the Phillies' bullpen by the Daily News' David Murphy: Free Mike Stutes | Philly | 04/20/2011.
Just when you think you know exactly how a Phillies game is going to finish, they go and hit two homers and win 4-3. Suddenly, you go from "85 wins, here we come" to "OMG WFC 2011!!!". You can talk big picture all you want, but each game gets under your skin. [Or is that … Continue reading
Roy Oswalt looked comfortable as the last person off the field after Sunday's win. Perhaps his back is feeling better? (Hope, hope.)
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Recently, I picked up Wilson Valdez off of the undrafted free-agent pool in my fantasy league. Don't get me wrong, I'm not someone who thinks the Phillies won't miss a beat substituting Valdez for Utley. But, as is usually the case in our keeper league, "Harry's High Hopes" is off to a slow start. Like, … Continue reading
An excellent tutorial on why not all 120+ pitch-counts are created the same: Roy Staying In For the CG: Not An Issue | Brotherly Glove.
The Fightins.com has returned. Let the awkward/hilarious screen caps commence.
As you may have heard, WOGL, a Delaware Valley radio station, has begun broadcasting a 24/7 Phillies station. Leave a comment here if you'd like the station to create downloadable podcasts of their shows and/or stream the station online. Crashburn Alley � Blog Archive � �Stathead� Airs @ 3 PM ET Today on 98.1 WOGL … Continue reading
TG: Tom, we've got 9 games under our belts and the Phillies are off to quite a start. It's not what we thought it would be on paper –the starting pitching has had some ups and downs and the lineup has been a hitting machine– but we'll take it, right? TD: I should say so. … Continue reading
As I write this, I'm on the train to Citizens Bank Park–my third game in a week. As with the Phillies, it's too early in the season to draw firm conclusions about the ballpark, but a few general observations can be made: � The new HD scoreboard is both a thing of beauty and a … Continue reading


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And while Dimon's testimony at the Senate last week was kind of blah, this one promises to be much more exciting. One reason for that: Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank. He's known for his sharp tongue and quick wit, both of which have only gotten more pronounced since he announced his retirement last year.
That said: He just landed his first punch on Wall Street. Frank was questioning the CFTC's Gary Gensler about Dodd-Frank and how practices would've changed what happened in JP Morgan's Chief Investment Office. Gensler replied that it would've meant more transparency all around.
Frank replied:
"Some of my friends in the financial services community view competition as a spectator sport, only to be participated in by others."


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For Cuban, my go-to place is Zafra. Owned and operated by the same people who run Cucharamama, it's a terrific meal.
Basile's pizza, which recently opened on Washington Street, has to be a contender for best pizza.
And brunch or any meal, my favorite restaurant is probably the Elysian Cafe.
I had the good fortune to eat at Luke Palladino's recently. The meal was superb. My personal highlight was that breadstick appetizer. They were brushed with truffle butter and wrapped with proscuitto. Mighty tasty.
Don't rely on the map of the London underground for a sense of distance/proportion. It's been intentionally distorted. Some stops are literally a 5 minute walk apart from each other, but look like they're miles apart on the tube map and can take an hour of riding underground.
If you haven't already, get the London A to Z map book.
The first hockey game I can remember watching on TV, I became a Devils fan. I was 10 years old.
My father, a Flyers fan, hated the Rangers. In 1994, he wanted to see the Rangers lose at all costs. I decided to join him to watch a game. I had been aware that New Jersey had a hockey team, but this was the first time I paid attention to hockey, and to the Devils, so I decided then and there that this would be my team.
The kicker?
It was the infamous Game 7. Me and my dad cheered when the Devils tied the game, and he cursed and I had my heart broken to the cries of "Matteau! Matteau! Mattaeu!" In one fell swoop I learned to love the Devils and hate the Rangers.
Three cups later, I'm pretty happy to be a Devils fan. Here's hoping for a fourth!
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Marty Brodeur's campaign in 2003 was pretty inspired. 7 shutouts during the playoffs, with 3 of them coming in the finals.
That being said, Claude Lemieux has my vote as well.
Game 7 against the Flyers in 2000 is my favorite memory. That whole series, even. What an incredible comeback. Looking at the Stars, Belfour was scary good those days, but after we beat the Flyers, I felt like the Cup belonged to the Devils.
The Direwolves looked *awesome.* I got chills seeing Robb's direwolf sidle up next to him. That scene was very well done.
Also loved the introduction we got for Melisandre, that red priestess. She delivered her lines with a great flair for the dramatic. I thought it was all great. Glad this show's back on!
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I've been drinking coffee since I was 7. I used to stay with my grandmother when my parents worked, and she had a friend who we called Coffee Joe who would come visit. Not to make me feel left out, he'd give me some coffee (very heavy on the milk). Nowadays I have a cup of coffee every day. Sometimes two!
I'd argue I turned out just fine, but I suppose that could be subject to debate...
I am on your side on this one. Any soda before noon is verboten. Ditto any non-breakfast foods.
There is only one exception in my mind - if you're having a lunch-y brunch, then a soda a little bit earlier than noon is okay. But I still feel weird about such things, and this is how I end up having a burger and fries with coffee for brunch.
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The Bayville area, it seems. Having grown up near that region, I can attest to the fact that there seems to be an odd number of Rangers supports.
Great song. It took me way too long before I started listening to Steely Dan, and now they're a fixture in my iTunes rotation.
Great trailer - can't wait!
I particularly loved the judges this year: DMV employee of the month, an appeals judge and Western Ohio's birthday clown of the year for three years running
For me, I'd have to go with chocolate covered pretzels
I don't have any green dye, but I do have some spinach linguine that's nice and green. This looks like a fun Halloween-night meal!
I like driving up Rte. 35, from Island Beach State Park to Point Pleasant. It's not a very long drive at all, but it takes me along some of my favorite Shore spots (cruising past the Coin Castle or the Jenkinson's boardwalk are great). Plus some of the houses along the way are massive and fun to look at.
I also like Bloomfield avenue, from Newark on out. The scenery changes so radically as you go from Newark to Caldwell and so on. It really illustrates New Jersey's diversity.
Route 72, which goes across 539, mentioned in your article, takes you clear through the Pine Barrens, also fun.
Wendy Williams is also from New Jersey (Asbury Park, I believe)


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Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has filed a second entry for the 97th Indianapolis 500, increasing the entry number to 35 for "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."
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No driver was listed for the No. 99 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda/Firestone. A backup car was entered.
Schmidt Peterson's second entry was the 35th for this year's race, which will breed even more competition for the 33 starting spots during Pole Day qualifying Saturday, May 18 and Old National Armed Forces Bump Day qualifying Sunday, May 19.
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The Obama administration on Friday urged a secret U.S. court that oversees surveillance programs to reject a request by a civil liberties group to see court opinions used to underpin a massive phone records database.
Justice Department lawyers said in papers filed in the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that the court's opinions are a unique exception to the wide access the public typically has to court records in the United States.
If the public had a right to any opinion from the surveillance court, the possible harms would be "real and significant, and, quite frankly, beyond debate," the lawyers wrote, citing earlier rulings from the court.
The American Civil Liberties Union had asked the court last month to release some of its opinions after Britain's Guardian newspaper revealed a massive U.S. government database of daily telephone call data, prompting a worldwide debate about the program's legality.
The Guardian's report was based on a document provided by fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, since charged criminally with leaking U.S. government secrets. Snowden is believed to be at an airport in Moscow, his U.S. passport having been revoked by Washington.
To justify the database, U.S. officials point to a provision of the U.S. Patriot Act that requires companies to turn over "tangible things," although before the Guardian's report it was not publicly known that the Justice Department and the surveillance court interpreted the term to mean entire databases in bulk.
Some U.S. senators had said in 2011 that Americans would be stunned and alarmed if they knew how the government was interpreting parts of the Patriot Act.
Although the Justice Department said the surveillance court should not grant the ACLU's request, it wrote that the court is free to release opinions on its own under certain rules. The government is considering declassifying yet more records to help the public understand the surveillance programs, it added.
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"Justice Department lawyers said in papers filed in the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that the court's opinions are a unique exception to the wide access the public typically has to court records in the United States."
A "unique exception"??????
Where in hell the 4th Amendment does it allow for such "unique exceptions", to wit:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Again, would someone please tell me where in that 4th Amendment does it allow for "unique exceptions"…particularly the widespread interception and storage of people's private e-mails and telephone calls to forever keep on file in some CIA, NSA computer "just in case".
Where is the "probable cause" in any of THAT activity?
Sadly, the United States has now become an ever-expanding "police state" of overpaid bureaucrats and lawyers (not to mention a burgeoning para-military armada at the federal, state and local level loosely called "law enforcement") with FAR too much unaccountable power.
Clearly, the US Judiciary has become yet ANOTHER willing co-conspirator in the massive, pumped-up fraud called the "War on Terror".
It is often said that we get the government we deserve. I'm more inclined to say we get the government we allow.
Indeed, there are over 15 Million people in the United States who are now "functionally illiterate" (that is, people with reading and writing skills that are inadequate to perform the activities of daily living). Then there's the tens (if not hundreds!) of millions more who don't have a flipping clue as to how the US Government works….and could care less.
With upwards of half the people in the country who can't comprehend what US Constitution says (or could care less) along with some 15 million more who can't even read it, it's no wonder we are now getting the "government we deserve".
To me, so-called "government" at all levels in the United States of America is no longer a "government of, by and for the people".
It's now become a "police state" run by (often un-elected) power-hungry "law-enforcers", over-paid bureaucrats along with crooked politicians in bed with dirt-bag lawyers.
What most people don't realize as myself, the FISA court has been in existence since 1978.
It's composed of a rotating panel of mostly judges that were Republican administration appointees. The judges are rotated and serve a seven year appointment to the 'secret' court.
First of all secret courts are anathema to the American justice system. It's a politically created monster, unchallenged by the people's reps in the House of Representatives, who seemingly have been facilitators for such even prior to 911.
There's no ad hoc jury in the grand jury sense to listen to the evidence presented and for citizens to make a determination whether the government case to surveil anyone or institution is valid.
This secret court is for the most part a 'rubber stamp', kangaroo styled form of injustice.
"If the public had a right to any opinion from the surveillance court, the possible harms would be "real and significant, and, quite frankly, beyond debate," the lawyers wrote, citing earlier rulings from the court." …extract from article
"Some U.S. senators had said in 2011 that Americans would be stunned and alarmed if they knew how the government was interpreting parts of the Patriot Act." …extract from article
These extracts along demonstrate how our now elitist government thinks of "We the People"; I.E., the tax slaves who pay the freight for these arcane, unconstitutional briefs
"If the public had a right to any opinion from the surveillance court, the possible harms would be "real and significant, and, quite frankly, beyond debate," the lawyers wrote, citing earlier rulings from the court." …extract from article"
As I noted earlier, if the "public had a right" to view opinions from the surveillance court, my hunch is that most couldn't comprehend the meaning of what they were reading. And a good chunk of the rest could care less.
That's because upwards of 100 million Americans have never had even a basic civics lesson as to how the US Government works.
And, for certain, at least 15 million functionally illiterate Americans (which, by the way is nearly 5% of the total US population…and fully HALF the population of Canada!) wouldn't even able to READ the damned things!
Hi Keith…
I agree with your assessment, but it's my feeling with only federal judges impaneled to sit on this 'secret court' their should be a counterbalance of some form; I.E., a "We the People's" advocate/attorney/s within the chamber to offer counter arguments to whatever is being proposed such as gathering telephone records from all carriers as well as emails from domestic sources and whatever other cockamamie unconstituional schemes they might be hatching against our citizenry.
Our Constitional government was designed to operate from a brilliantly constructed system of checks and balances. These illegal though Congressionally enfranchised court proceedings have no checks against, bad, unilateral and possibly politically motivated decisions in terms of the surveillance of American citizens.
Upon viewing a link concerning the FISA court, I thought it interesting that the majority of the judges are Republican appointees and there seems to be a lack of balance, not that modern day Democrats are much better. President Obama is a Democrat and he wants to maintain this 'secret court", business as usual. Since it was founded in 1978, which was on President Jimmy Carter's watch, what does that tell us? Seemingly the Democratic party has long since not been a friend of the common man with an interest in protecting their 4th Amendment rights. The Republican have always been identified with the monied class along with their 'conservative views' and we know how they stand. They no doubt consider the unwashed masses a threat to their incumbency and societal status…no?
With the majority of judges having been Republican era appointees, I'd say they would whole-heartedly be following a rabid neocon agenda when it comes to law enforcement. We'll never know for sure, but assuming such is not far out of line.
The only thing I can do as a citizen is to contact my Congressional District rep as I've done to date and so too contribute to the Rand Paul class action lawsuit against the NSA. I suggest more citizens do the same if they care about possibly reining in this nasty situation.
The average John and Mary Q. Citizen has no need to get involved with the minutes of such proceedings, but surely there should be a contingent of educated attorneys representing targeted individuals within these proceedings rather than leaving it up to a group of federal judges to decide who should be surveilled up to including who lives and who should die in the case of targeting designated enemies of the state with drones in time. Indeed, this is a scary situation for freedom loving peoples for all time and places…!
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"…but surely there should be a contingent of educated attorneys representing targeted individuals within these proceedings rather than leaving it up to a group of federal judges to decide who should be surveilled up to including who lives and who should die in the case of targeting designated enemies of the state with drones…"
It seems to me this is what the 2nd Amendment (vice the 4th) is all about.
With some 300 million firearms now in private hands in the United States, I'm just waiting for the first NSA, CIA or police state drone that takes a round of buckshot in a critical place (or collides with a commercial jetliner in flight due to an idiot "pilot" who doesn't know how to fly the damned thing) which causes one (or both) to come tumbling down into some populated urban area and kills a bunch of people.
Only THEN might the American people begin to wake up to the horrendous loss of freedoms our bloviating politicians and snooping bureaucrats have been stealing from us over these many years
Right now, as you so eloquently point out, their dastardly deeds are all being done out of plain sight.
These extracts alone demonstrate how our no elitist government thinks of "We the People", I.E., the tax slaves who pay the freight for thse arcane, unconstituional briefs and opinions from administration toadies.
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Note: my apologies for the break. I fat-fingered my keyboard and accidently sent prior to proofreading the doc.
I especially like how in one step the gov. will claim that certain digital things can be taken (or copies thereof) because they're not physical goods and don't really exist, but then they turn around with the next step and say that tangible goods do include the exact same thing, under some other "law".
As an addendum to related commenatary for this July 6 article, I ran across a link where a former FISA Court Judge, James Robertson, concurs that the court needs a 'people's advocate' providing counter arguments to requests for surveillance on behalf of the NSA vs. "We the People".
Judge Robertson who resigned in 2005 claims the court is not simply a "rubber stamp" process, but for judges to reach decisions properly they need to hear two sides of an argument whereas that is not possible under the current arrangement.
So too the court proceedings degenerated from simply a process for surveilling individuals and organizations to forcing them to endorse wholesale monitoring of various classes of communications during the Bush era and has no doubt continued under Obama & Co. without any genuine ability to oppose such on their behalf which in a way forces them to become a 'rubber stamp' op for the NSA's benefit, so too our now seemingly anti/unconstitutional rogue leadership.
I'll provide the link so others can read the content of this fascinating expose' concerning the inner workings of the FISA Court.
Carl Nemo **==
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4 midsummer stock buys
August downtime gives you an opportunity to review your holdings. Use these picks to plug holes in your portfolio.
With the summer now more than half over and perhaps some August downtime approaching, this is a good time to reassess where your portfolio stands and make sure you're taking advantage of the best opportunities in the market.
With that in mind, I thought I would use my Validea.com Guru Strategies -- stock-picking approaches that are based on the strategies of investing greats like Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett -- to find some stocks that fit specific needs right now.
Need: Dividend Yield
Stock: Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDS.A)
Yes, Europe continues to struggle with a massive debt problem and weak economy, so it might seem risky to go with a Netherlands-based company. But this oil and gas giant ($213 billion market cap) is active in more than 80 countries around the world, giving it a pretty diverse source of revenues. It's also offering a dividend yield of 5.1%, despite paying out a lower portion of profits (40.6%) than it has historically (46.2%). That indicates it has room to raise its payouts. The firm is a favorite of my Peter Lynch- and James O'Shaughnessy-based models.
To find attractively valued stocks, Lynch famously used the P/E-to-Growth ratio, adjusting the "growth" portion of the equation to include yield for slow-growing stocks like Shell, which has grown earnings per share at a 3.2% pace over the long-term (I use an average of the three-, four-, and five-year EPS growth rates to determine a long-term rate). Yield-adjusted P/E/Gs below 1.0 are acceptable to my Lynch-based model. When we divide Shell's 8.0 P/E by the sum of its growth rate (3.2%) and yield (5.1%), we get a yield-adjusted P/E/G of 0.96, indicating it's a good buy right now. Another reason the Lynch approach likes the stock: Shell's debt/equity ratio is less than 20%.
My O'Shaughnessy-based value model, meanwhile, targets large firms with strong cash flows and high dividend yields. Shell is plenty big enough, has $12.75 in cash flow per share (nearly nine times the market mean), and sports that 5.1% yield, so it makes the grade.
Need: Protection if the Economy Weakens
Stock: Big Lots Inc. (BIG)
Ohio-based Big Lots ($2.5 billion market cap) offers brand-name closeout and bargain merchandise -- which is what many consumers have turned to in recent years, and what they'll likely continue to turn to if the economy weakens.
Big Lots is another favorite of my Lynch- and O'Shaughnessy-based models. The Lynch approach likes its very reasonable 13.5 P/E ratio and stellar 20.03% long-term growth rate, which make for a solid 0.67 P/E/G. It also likes Big Lots' lack of any long-term debt.
My O'Shaughnessy-based growth approach looks for firms that have upped EPS in each year of the past five-year period, which Big Lots has done. The model also looks for a key combination of variables: a high relative strength, which is a sign the market is embracing the stock, and a low price/sales ratio, which is a sign it hasn't gotten too pricey. Big Lots has a solid 12-month relative strength of 77, and its P/S ratio of just 0.48 comes in well below this model's 1.5 upper limit.
Need: Strong, Reliable Growth
Stock: LKQ Corporation (LKQ)
Chicago-based LKQ is an auto parts firm that offers a variety of original, aftermarket and used parts and systems, with more than 450 locations in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. That might not seem like a big growth business, but LKQ has upped EPS in every year of the past decade.
Its growth rate has been about 28% over the long term, and it accelerated to about 35% over the past year, part of the reason my Martin Zweig-based growth model likes the stock. The Zweig-based approach also likes that EPS growth has been driven by sales growth (which is also about 28% over the long haul), and not one-time cost-cutting measures. Plus, for a company producing such strong, accelerating growth, LKQ's shares are reasonably priced, trading for 21.2 times trailing 12-month EPS.
Need: Risk, Upside Potential
Stock: Credicorp Ltd. (BAP)
While I examined a safer play above, the odds are that given how fearful most investors are about the global economy, your portfolio is more likely tilted too far away from risk than it is toward risk. If that's the case and the economy surprises to the upside, you could be left lagging the market significantly.
This Peru-based firm ($9.4 billion market cap) is involved in a variety of financial endeavors, including commercial banking, insurance, and investment banking. It's been a very strong grower, increasing EPS at a 22.4% rate over the long term. But it still trades for just 12.9 times trailing 12-month earnings, likely because of concerns about slowdowns in some of the big Latin American countries. That makes for a stellar 0.58 P/E/G ratio, a big reason why it gets strong interest from my Lynch-based model. For financials, Lynch used the equity/assets ratio and return on assets rate, and the model I base on his writings uses targets of at least 5% for the former and 1% for the latter. At 10% and 2.33%, respectively, Credicorp easily passes both tests.
I'm long RDS.A, BIG, and LKQ.
John Reese is the founder and CEO of Validea Capital Management and Validea.com and the author of The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History's Best Investment Strategies.
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