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How to Knock Down A Wall the Wrong Way
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Posted by therockbottom on Dec. 28, 2011
my best friend's mom makes $77 an hour on the computer. She has been out of job for 9 months but last month her check was $7487 just working on the computer for a few hours. Read about it here NuttyRich. c 0 m
I think they forgot the dynamite
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what up whit this new adds bad enough u got pop up add now we got to wacth some friking adds i think im done with break u SUCK
Typical Mexican demolition with one exception: Nobody died.
Gotta Love Third World Countries
Hired the wrong guy at work.
Break, so you put in a "WOW" ad thinking that we are all virgins?
f u break and your chuck norris ads
The most shocking thing was to hear Spanish being spoken.
The moron was damn lucky it fell the wrong way, or else he would have been smooshed when he fell down trying to run out of the way. What a toolbox! lol
Most boring aftermath ever, of all time.
heeeey, bopitty boopitty!
Notice how the workers vanished after it fell?
They should use bombs they are good with that
Which non-USA pathetic third world country is this?
No excuse for this ignorance, this is actually in Argentina (Mexico is not the only spanish speaking country in the world) and there are plenty of VW's in other countries as well
lots of VW's so Brazil or some place in mexico
The people's democratic republic of your mums bum
fail - should have took out the black hatchback
3 minutes too long.
That red car now it's a cabriolet!
Yeah, i assume as real as you.
no soliciting!
wrong way? looks more like a major win!
Bopala Boopie
They would have edited the video that way but they were too busy looking for the next "dubstep" or cat related video to post here....
He ran like a pansy. Stupid pansy. Your silly.
Stupid? he saved himself from getting crushed you dumb ass. Kill yourself retard.
BREAK'S 12 MOST CONTROVERSIAL VIDEOS......but there's only 10. DERP DERP
really that long for a 30 sec video, cmon BREAK. Oh yeah, I need more ads.
fake. gravity doesn't work in third world countries.
Yet the side window on the car survived.
gotta be mexicans LOL
I know nothing happen when hit, I ran
i thought the 'run and fall' only happens in the movies.
and they're on set
Damn Mexicans
WTF is up with the square trees? Square trees, grainy video and stupid construction persons....must be Canada.
"Construction persons"? - you must be mexican.
I'm not ready for the troll scene, am I? :(
how stupid can they be
how stupid can they be
Damn it! I thought the guy in black was gonna pull a shotgun out of his hatchback.
Surprised the video didn't end as soon the wall started falling.


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Just when you thought "Real Housewives of Orange County" friends turned lovers Slade Smiley and Gretchen Rossi couldn't get any cornier ... he goes and shoves a corn dog down her throat yesterday.
He really stuck it to her.
1ts bitche$
2nd bitche$
Good picture
I hope it works out for them. They both deserve to be happy and if they can bring happiness and fun to each other lifes good fot them.
My Kind Of Woman!!!!! Bless her heart.
Just saying...........
O.C. 'Housewife' she isnt anyones wife shes a slut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great story,just great,all the stories in Holly Weird and we post this,congrats
finally, good photo.
A little less teeth baby!
Sorry, but it looks like she's terrible at giving head.
He is like the OLD nasty version of Spencer Pratt. Eeeewwww, gagg (tha't what she said, lol).
he's putting it in her wrong hole
There is something goofy and innocent about her that Id like to destroy..
Without reading the caption, I thought this was Dean and Tori.
Classy couple. I see a leaked home video in their future. Bravo must be proud to be whoring these two out.

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Michael Jackson: Celebrities as Homeschooling Examples
Although somewhat subdued by other drama, Michael Jackson's death brought to light that he had been "sheltering" his children by homeschooling them.
Homeschooling celebrities—do we use them as homeschooling examples, both as role models and as cautionary tales?
It's part of the American culture to put celebrities up on pedestals in general; we wish we had their looks, their fame, their money, their success, their attitudes, their lifestyle. Or, on the opposite end of spectrum, we criticize their fabricated and over-prized looks, their misbegotten fame, their willy nilly use of money, their superior attittudes, and their superficial lifestyles. Americans are not preened to see celebrities as real people. There is an underlying message that celebrities represent something important, one way or another.
Homeschooling celebrities are at once a blessing and a curse to the homeschooling community in general. The more celebrities who homeschool, the more accepted the practice is among the mass population, whether the mass population is aware of this subtle form of influence or not. Also, when a celebrity homeschools, it gives us one more name to add to the list of "famous and successful homeschoolers". It gives us clout, and someone else to direct attention to. "If they can do it, so can we!"
On the flip side, celebrity homeschoolers can create bad press, and as in the case of Michael Jackson, bring up in a very high profile way, concern for children who homeschool.
But I also think that the case of Micheal Jackson's kids brings up something very important that only a few news sources have picked up on; children of celebrities are in a position of living an unreal life no matter what. They are growing up with extremely famous parents, which puts them in a world of paparazzi, awards shows, limos, dinners with big-wigs, and potentially many TV and magazine appearances. This is not a normal American childhood.
For some celebrities, that's OK. Like Will and Jada Smith, they brought their kids along for the ride, and that was their "normal", even if it was different than most children. Will and Jada were comfortable with their kids being in the limelight, for better or for worse. Their kids were not sheltered from the reality of their parents' lives, yet they were sheltered from the normal American kid's life.
Michael Jackson's kids were in an even more precarious situation. Michael Jackson was not just some run of the mill celebrity. He was the celebrity among celebrities. There was no way that his kids could have anything close to what Will and Jana had, let alone what a typical American child experiences. Michael Jackson homeschooled his kids and hooded them in front of cameras. A little extreme perhaps, but totally appropriate for the extremity of his fame.
Celebrities are not good rulers by which to measure the validity of any particular kind of education. Celebrities are the American aristocracy. And in all of history, the artistocracy has educated their children differently than the rest of society. Perhaps partly because of vanity, but probably mostly because of practicality. Comparing the lives and education of children of celebrities to that of the children in the rest of society requires either cognitive dissonance, or focusing on the tip of the elephant's ear instead of recognizing just how big the elephant really is.
Micheal Jackson may or may not have made the perfect choices for his kids, but he was in a world all by himself, with nobody else to use as a role model, and many people at once criticizing and idolizing him. It's amazing that he was able to make any kind of decision at all. Our lives are extremely simple compared to how his was, and look how hard it can be for us. Can you imagine the weight he must have carried trying to be the perfect dad when he basically lived on another planet in an ivory tower?
We can indeed learn from celebrities, but not nearly as much as we can learn from our peers, and people who are living a life that we honestly want to live. People tend to judge their insides by people's outsides, especially celebrities. Don't get caught in that trap. Celebrity homeschooling is not the same as homeschooling for the rest of us.
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Sharks edge out Griquas
A late Wiehahn Herbst try secured the Sharks a hard-fought 25-24 victory over Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday.
Herbst barged over from close quarters at a ruck in the 75th minute to clinch the match points for the visitors. The result means that the Sharks move to the top of the standings for the time-being ahead of Western Province's clash with the Blue Bulls.
Veteran fly-half Butch James gave the visitors an early lead, from the kicking tee after Marnus Schoeman was penalised for playing the ball on the ground at a ruck.
Griquas suffered a setback in the 12th minute when PJ Vermeulen was forced to leave the field with a suspected broken ankle. This after he stumbled over his own feet in an effort to score in the corner after running onto a pass from Nico Scheepers.
There was little action during the next 15 minutes as Francois Brummer replied with two penalties for the home side but James made the score 6-6 with his second three-pointer shortly afterwards.
The Sharks then committed several errors - especially at the breakdowns - and when they were within goal-kicking range Brummer made them pay.
He kicked two further penalties before Sizo Maseko got the game's opening try, in the 30th minute, after gathering a superb back-handed pass from Keegan Daniel close to Griquas' try-line.
Griquas struck back when Marnus Schoeman burrowed his way over the try-line and although Brummer missed the conversion, the hosts were happy with a 17-11 lead at the break.
James reduced the deficit to three points with another penalty, shortly after the re-start, before Burger Schoeman capitalised on a tighthead at a Sharks scrum on the visitors' try-line.
Schoeman gathered the loose ball at the back of the scrum before bursting through two tackles to score. Brummer added the extras to give Griquas a 10-point lead.
The Sharks tried desperately to strike back but they battled to breach the home side's defence. Fred Zeilinga added another penalty, in the 61st minute, for the visitors, after several Griquas players strayed offside at a ruck.
The hosts were battling to keep the visitors at bay and in the process their discipline let them down. Zeilinga added another three-pointer before Griquas captain Rayno Barnes was sin-binned in the 74th minute for a professional foul which paved the way for Herbst's heroics shorlty afterward
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I applied online - interviewed at Fidelity Investments in August 2014.
This review is to cover the initial 20 minute phone call with the recruiter. They are extremely transparent about what they can provide for you. He covered salary, benefits, and a very detailed schedule of the job. He expressed how hard the company worked for you to be successful. Training is 12 weeks from 8-5pm. One thing they don't put on the job posting is that you will be working in a call center, tied to a phone 90% of the day. You will also be given shifts that range between the hours of 7am-11pm Monday-Saturday. Night an weekend work required. This is a starting position and you can work your way up between 6-12 months. Most of the hiring is done internally. Everyone living with you (even if you are not dating/married) is required to move all of their investments over to Fidelity. If you have a live in-this may be a deal breaker for you.
- They really look people passionate about finance. I don't know much, but they didn't seemed bothered. Why do you want to leave your job now? What do you like most about your job (they asked 3 separate times, looking for 3 different answers)? Can you work nights an weekends? What can we do for you, what are you looking for in a company? Answer Question
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Financial Representative InterviewApplication Details
I applied online. The process took 1 week - interviewed at Fidelity Investments.Interview Details
After applying online I was contacted by local HR to do a screening interview. It consisted of standard questions like "what do you know about financial services?" and "are you currently following the stock market?". Overall, relatively basic info to pass to the next phone interview. This one was more detailed, and they go over your resume fairly thoroughly.Interview Questions
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- Give an example of a time where your customer service went above and beyond the normal level of expectations. View Answer
They can only tell you that you may work a shift between 7:00am-11:00pm Monday-Saturday. No guarantee of standard hours.Declined OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
Financial Representative InterviewApplication Details
I applied online. The process took 5+ weeks - interviewed at Fidelity Investments.Interview Details
Submitted resume online for FR position at multiple branches and received a call from the recruiter within 2 weeks. Basic phone screening regarding background and interest in the position. Passed the screening and the recruiter set me up on a interview with the branch manager for the following day. I interviewed with the branch manager and other FR's, lasted about 2 hours total. Unfortunately I did not get that position, but the branch manager was impressed and recommended for another branch. Met with the Service Manger, lasted about 45minutes, basic questions on background and why I wanted to work in the industry and for fidelity. I received a call a week later to meet with the Branch Manager. The interview was pretty simple, as long has you are passionate about customer service. They really put a huge emphasis on the customer experience and we spend a great deal of time talking about my past as it relates to providing excellent customer service. The branch manager also had me roll play as if I had the position and she was a walk in. Caught me off guard, but I guess I did well!Interview Questions
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- What are the top 5 things/characteristics that your past manager(s) would say about you? Answer Question
Financial Representative InterviewInterview Details
Two phone, one in person. The first two calls are to make sure you can speak coherently over the phone, since all client interactions are done over the phone. If you pass, you then have an in person interview on a super day with two managers. Two on one.Interview Questions
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- Tell us about your worst boss. Answer Question
Financial Representative InterviewApplication Details
I applied online - interviewed at Fidelity Investments in February 2014.Interview Details
Applied online and got a call requesting a phone dialogue. The first round was purely informational, and the second was an interview a week or two later with someone (I think from HR?). Very straightforward process, and they do make it clear it's a call center job. They're upfront about salary and the nature of the position, which is refreshing.No OfferEasy Interview
Financial Representative InterviewApplication Details
I applied online - interviewed at Fidelity Investments.Interview Details
What I experience:
First, an informational call with description of job responsibilities to see if you are a good fit. Second, I had an phone interview with one of the HR workers, and after the same interview I was invited to come in to meet with the managers on site. Then after the face-to-face interview with in a day I got the call for an offer. Not took long for everything, if anything I made the process longer because I was interested in different locations.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsNo negotiation. Entry level.Accepted Offer
- All straight forward situational questions. Just try to tell stories that about your personal goals, education, and work experience that relate to Fidelity's values/job requirements . Customer service excellence is HUGE! Answer Question
Financial Representative InterviewApplication Details
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks - interviewed at Fidelity Investments in July 2014.Interview Details
2 telephone interviews with HR and recruiter. One on one in person interview with 2 department managers. The 3rd interview begins with an overview of the company, the site and the position you are applying for. After the overview is the actual interview, with 2 hiring managersInterview Questions
Negotiation DetailsKnow the culture of the site and the company. Be prepared. This is an entry level position with many opportunities for growth. You are receiving paid training, and this is a phone job.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
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Financial Representative InterviewApplication Details
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks - interviewed at Fidelity Investments in March 2014.Interview Details
You are greeted by two people in HR that take you on a tour of the campus. Bring your resume because they take two copies to give to the managers that will be interviewing you. You learn about the company and then get taken to another room to do your interview with two managers. After that you are taken to another room to take a critical thinking test. Got a call later that day to inform me how the interview went.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsI did not negotiate because I was happy with the offer.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
- One of the managers asked if I would recommend he go to Harvard or Yale. He was looking to see how well I could ask questions to identify which one would better fit his situation. Answer Question
Financial Representative InterviewInterview Details
Contacted by internal staffing recruiter. 30 minute phone call with basic fit / personality questions. They just want to get to know more about your background and communication skills. Set up 1 on 1 interview with branch manager and now waiting for second round panel interview.Interview Questions
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- No difficult questions. Basic why do you want to work in this position and why Fidelity? Come prepared with good questions about career path and the job you applied for. Be ready to give examples for questions like " what was your greatest challenge in xxx job." Look over the Fidelity website, read their research, and check out the products they offer. Answer Question
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Financial Representative InterviewApplication Details
I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Fidelity Investments in January 2010.Interview Details
Applied online, got phone interview, got onsite interview, got offer 2 days later. Interview was conducted by middle management who seemed really important at the time, but I now make more than both of them and know more about finance than both of them after 3 years, so don't be intimidated.Interview Questions
Negotiation DetailsNon-negotiable. Starting salary is $35k unless you have experience, but don't let that deter you because by year two I cleared $55k and year 3 I hit $70k. Lots of OT and bonuses. Bonuses are driven by customer surveys, not any type of commissions or sales tactics so they are pretty reliable.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
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• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in bouillon and pepper. Cool for 15 minutes.
• On a floured surface, roll out dough into a 12-in. x 8-in. rectangle. Spread beef mixture to within 1/2 in. of short edges and 1 in. of long edges. Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal.
• Cut into 12 slices. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Bake at 425° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Place two cheese strips over each roll. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
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Dunkin' Manager: Time to Steal the Dough...
Manhasset - (WALK) A doughnut shop operator from East Meadow faces grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing nearly $13,000 from his employer, a Dunkin Donuts in Manhasset.
Raveenthran Priyatharsan, 30, of Ronni Drive, East Meadow was busted when the store owner reviewed banking records and found more than $10,500 was not accounted for. The owner, who police did not name, determined another $2,949 was also missing, according to Nassau police.
Priyatharsan was arrested at a Dunkin Donuts in Greenvale Thursday and taken into custody without incident, according to police. He is charged with grand larceny and was scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead Friday.
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By SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN Why is obesity soaring? The answer seems pretty clear. In 1955, a standard soda at McDonald's was only seven ounces. Today, a medium is three times as large, and even a child's-size version is 12 ounces. It's a widely held view that obesity is a consequence of our behaviors, and that behavioral economics thus plays a central role in understanding it — with markets, preferences and choices taking center stage. As a behavioral economist, I subscribed to that view — until recently, when I began to question my thinking. For many health problems, of course, behavior plays some role but biology is often a major villain. "Biology" here is my catchall term for the myriad bodily mechanics that are only weakly connected to our choices. A few studies have led me to wonder whether the same is true with obesity. Have I been the proverbial owner of a (behavioral) hammer, looking for (behavioral) nails everywhere? Have I failed to appreciate the role of biology? A first warning sign comes from looking at other animals. Our pets have been getting fatter along with us. In 2012, some 58.3 percent of cats were, literally, fat cats. That is taken from a survey by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. (The very existence of this organization is telling.) Pet obesity, however, can easily be tied to human behavior: a culture that eats more probably feeds its animals more, too. And yet, a study by a group of biostatisticians in the Proceedings of the Royal Society challenges this interpretation. They collected data from animals raised in captivity: macaques, marmosets, chimpanzees, vervets, lab rats and mice. The data came from labs and centers and spanned several decades. These captive animals are also becoming fatter: weight gain for female lab mice, for example, came out to 11.8 percent a decade from 1982 to 2003. But this weight gain is harder to explain. Captive animals are fed carefully controlled diets, which the researchers argue have not changed for decades. Animal obesity cannot be explained through eating behavior alone. We must look to some other — biological — driver. © 2013 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 18905 - Posted: 11.10.2013
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Children who do not sleep enough may be increasing their risk for obesity, according to a new study. Researchers randomly divided 37 children aged 8 to 11 into two groups. Each group increased their habitual time in bed by an hour and a half per night for one week, then decreased their time by the same amount the next week. They wore electronic devices to measure sleep time, were assessed for daily food intake three times a week, and had blood tests to measure leptin, a hormone that affects hunger, and high levels of which correlate with fat tissue accumulations. Children consumed 134 calories fewer each day during the increased sleep week than the during the week with less sleep. Fasting leptin levels were lower when the children slept more and, over all, the children's weight averaged about a half pound less at the end of long sleep weeks than short ones. The study was published online in Pediatrics. The lead author, Chantelle N. Hart, an associate professor of public health at Temple University who was at Brown University when she did the study, cautioned that it was small, and looked only at acute changes in sleep and their effect on eating behaviors. Still, she said, "I think these findings suggest that getting a good night's sleep in childhood could have important benefits for weight regulation through decreased food intake." Copyright 2013 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Obesity; Aggression
Link ID: 18884 - Posted: 11.07.2013
Guest post by Bruce Bower Among 16- to 22-year-old U.S. males, 7.6 percent report taking various potentially dangerous substances at least monthly to counteract what they regard as an alarming lack of muscularity. Young men whose insecurities inspire them to use growth hormones, steroids and other body-altering chemicals represent the male counterpart of females whose idealization of thinness prompts them to induce vomiting and otherwise purge their bodies of food, proposes a team led by epidemiologist Alison Field of Boston Children's Hospital. Purging and other eating disorders occur mainly in girls and women. Boys and men so obsessed with muscles that they take substances prohibited in competitive sports are more numerous than researchers and clinicians realized, and have been overlooked, Field and her colleagues conclude November 4 in JAMA Pediatrics. The researchers examined questionnaires that each of 5,527 males completed eight times between 1999 — at ages 12 to 18 — and 2010. Most participants were white and from middle-class families. No information on sports team participation was available. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2013.
Keyword: Anorexia & Bulimia; Aggression
Link ID: 18871 - Posted: 11.05.2013
JoNel Aleccia NBC News Obesity may be a factor in early puberty in U.S. girls, a new study finds. About 17 percent of American kids ages 2 to 17 are obese, according to the CDC. There's yet another reason to worry about the obesity epidemic among America's kids: Extra weight may be sending U.S. girls into puberty earlier than ever. Researchers have found that girls with higher body mass index, a ratio of height and weight, may start developing breasts more than a year before their thinner friends — perhaps as early as second grade. The change is spawning a whole new market of child-sized sanitary pads — decorated with hearts and stars — and deodorants aimed at 8- to 10-year-olds, according to a new study and an editorial published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. "The girls who are obese are clearly maturing earlier," said Dr. Frank Biro, a pediatrics professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. "BMI is, we found, the biggest single factor for the onset of puberty." In addition, white girls are maturing about four months earlier than in a landmark 1997 study that shocked parents with the news that their daughters who played with My Little Pony could be entering puberty. Biro's team followed more than 1,200 girls ages 6 to 8 in three cities — San Francisco, Cincinnati and New York — from 2004 to 2011, carefully documenting their BMI and their maturation process.
Keyword: Obesity; Aggression
Link ID: 18867 - Posted: 11.04.2013
by Tina Hesman Saey BOSTON— Siberians may use genes to stay warm, a new study shows. As part of an effort to catalog genetic diversity in Siberia, Alexia Cardona of the University of Cambridge and collaborators sampled DNA from 200 Siberians representing 10 native groups. The team looked for genes that have more changes in Siberians than would be expected by chance — a sign that the genes evolved rapidly in the 24,000 years since people settled the frigid land. Rapid changes suggest that a gene is important for adapting to an environment. Several of the Siberians' genes have variants that may help keep Arctic dwellers warm during the long winters, Cardona reported October 24 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. Among the candidates for genetic heaters are genes involved in metabolizing fats. Some Siberian groups eat mostly meat, so genes that help convert animal fat to energy are important for creating heat. Another gene with variants unique to Siberians is called PRKG1; it helps regulate body heat by controlling muscle contraction and the constriction and dilation of blood vessels. Muscle contractions are an important part of shivering, which can raise body temperature. The researchers also identified variants in genes involved in thyroid function, which plays a role in temperature regulation. A. Cardona et al. Genome-wide analysis of cold adaption in indigenous Siberian populations. American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting, Boston, October 24, 2013. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2013
Keyword: Genes & Behavior; Aggression
Link ID: 18853 - Posted: 10.30.2013
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The mocked "obesity excuse" of being born with a slow metabolism is actually true for some people, say researchers. A team at the University of Cambridge has found the first proof that mutated DNA does indeed slow metabolism. The researchers say fewer than one in 100 people are affected and are often severely obese by early childhood. The findings, published in the journal Cell, may lead to new obesity treatments even for people without the mutation. Scientists at the Institute of Metabolic Science, in Cambridge, knew that mice born without a section of DNA, a gene called KSR2, gained weight more easily. But they did not know what effect it may be having in people, so they analysed the DNA of 2,101 severely obese patients. Some had mutated versions of KSR2. It had a twin effect of increasing their appetite while their slowing metabolism. "You would be hungry and wanting to eat a lot, you would not want to move because of a slower metabolism and would probably also develop type 2 diabetes at a young age," lead researcher Prof Sadaf Farooqi told the BBC. She added: "It slows the ability to burn calories and that's important as it's a new explanation for obesity." BBC © 2013
Keyword: Obesity; Aggression
Link ID: 18834 - Posted: 10.26.2013
By Tori Rodriguez The digestive tract and the brain are crucially linked, according to mounting evidence showing that diet and gut bacteria are able to influence our behavior, thoughts and mood. Now researchers have found evidence of bacterial translocation, or "leaky gut," among people with depression. Normally the digestive system is surrounded by an impermeable wall of cells. Certain behaviors and medical conditions can compromise this wall, allowing toxic substances and bacteria to enter the bloodstream. In a study published in the May issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, approximately 35 percent of depressed participants showed signs of leaky gut, based on blood tests. The scientists do not yet know how leaky gut relates to depression, although earlier work offers some hints. Displaced bacteria can activate autoimmune responses and inflammation, which are known to be associated with the onset of depression, lower mood and fatigue. "Leaky gut may maintain increased inflammation in depressed patients," which could exacerbate the symptoms of depression if not treated, says Michael Maes, a research psychiatrist with affiliations in Australia and Thailand and an author of the paper. Currently leaky gut is treated with a combination of glutamine, N-acetylcysteine and zinc—believed to have anti-inflammatory or antioxidant properties—when behavioral and dietary modifications fail. © 2013 Scientific American
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 18830 - Posted: 10.24.2013
Doug Greene, WVIT and NBC News staff NBC News Oreos are as addictive as cocaine, at least for lab rats, and just like us, they like the creamy center best. Eating the sugary treats activates more neurons in the brain's "pleasure center" than drugs such as cocaine, the team at Connecticut College found. "Our research supports the theory that high-fat/ high-sugar foods stimulate the brain in the same way that drugs do," neuroscience assistant professor Joseph Schroeder says. "That may be one reason people have trouble staying away from them and it may be contributing to the obesity epidemic." Schroeder's neuroscience students put hungry rats into a maze. On one side went rice cakes. "Just like humans, rats don't seem to get much pleasure out of eating them," Schroeder said. On the other side went Oreos. Then the rats got the option of hanging out where they liked. They compared the results to a different test. In that on, rats on one side if the maze got an injection of saline while those on the other side got injections of cocaine or morphine. Rats seems to like the cookies about as much as they liked the addictive drugs. When allowed to wander freely, they'd congregate on the Oreo side for about as much time as they would on the drug side. Oh, and just like most people - the rats eat the creamy center first.
Keyword: Drug Abuse; Aggression
Link ID: 18794 - Posted: 10.16.2013
By GINA KOLATA William Howard Taft, the only massively obese man ever to be president of the United States, struggled mightily to control his weight a century ago, worrying about his health and image, and endured humiliation from cartoonists who delighted in his corpulent figure. But new research has found that his weight-loss program was startlingly contemporary, and his difficulties keeping the pounds off would be familiar to many Americans today. On the advice of his doctor, a famed weight-loss guru and author of popular diet books, he went on a low-fat, low-calorie diet. He avoided snacks. He kept a careful diary of what he ate and weighed himself daily. He hired a personal trainer and rode a horse for exercise. And he wrote his doctor, Nathaniel E. Yorke-Davies, with updates on his progress, often twice a week. In a way, he was ahead of his time. Obesity became a medical issue by the middle of the 20th century, around the time the term "obesity" rather than "corpulence" came into vogue, said Abigail C. Saguy, a sociologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who specializes in the study of obesity. Taft's story shows that "at least in some cases, corpulence was already treated as a medical problem early in the century," she added. Like many dieters today, Taft, 6 feet 2 inches tall, lost weight and regained it, fluctuating from more than 350 to 255 pounds. He was 48 when he first contacted Dr. Yorke-Davies, and spent the remaining 25 years of his life corresponding with the doctor and consulting other physicians in a quest to control his weight. Taft's struggles are recounted by Deborah Levine, a medical historian at Providence College in Rhode Island. She discovered the extensive correspondence between Taft and the diet doctor, including Taft's diet program, his food diary, and a log of his weight. Her findings were published Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine. His story, Dr. Levine said, "sheds a lot of light on what we are going through now." © 2013 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 18788 - Posted: 10.15.2013
by Erika Engelhaupt Could I interest you in eating the partially digested stomach contents of a porcupine? No? Maybe a spot of reindeer stomach, then. Still no? Well, that's curious. The Western aversion to these dishes is odd, because people around the world have long partaken of — even delighted in — the delicacy known to medical science as chyme. That's what becomes of food after it's chewed, swallowed and mushed around in the stomach for a while with a healthy dose of hydrochloric acid. And, researchers now suggest, Neandertals were no exception. Eating chyme may even explain the presence of some puzzling plant matter found in Neandertal's tartar-crusted teeth. Neandertals didn't have great dental care, and in the last few years anthropologists have begun to take advantage of monstrous tartar buildup on fossilized teeth to figure out what the hominids ate. Various chemical signatures, starch grains and even tiny plant fossils called phytoliths get preserved in the tartar, also known as calculus. Just what Neandertals ate has been more of a puzzle than paleo dieters might have you believe. Isotope analyses of fossilized bones and teeth suggest Neandertals ate very high on the food chain, with high-protein diets akin to those of wolves or hyenas. But wear marks on their teeth suggest the Neandertal diet consisted of more animals in colder high-latitude areas, and more of a mix of plants and animals in warmer areas. Tartar analyses support the idea that Neandertals ate their veggies, and have also suggested the presence of plants considered inedible, or at least unpalatable and non-nutritious. These include some plants like yarrow and chamomile with medicinal value, so one team suggested Neandertals self-medicated. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2013
Keyword: Evolution
Link ID: 18776 - Posted: 10.12.2013
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR They are a mystery to researchers: people who are significantly overweight and yet show none of the usual metabolic red flags. Despite their obesity, they have normal cholesterol levels, healthy blood pressure levels and no apparent signs of impending diabetes. Researchers call them the metabolically healthy obese, and by some estimates they represent as many as a third of all obese adults. Scientists have known very little about them, but new research may shed some light on the cause of their unusual metabolic profile. A study in the journal Diabetologia has found that compared with their healthier counterparts, people who are obese but metabolically unhealthy have impaired mitochondria, the cellular powerhouses that harvest energy from food, as well as a reduced ability to generate new fat cells. Unlike fat tissue in healthy obese people, which generates new cells to help store fat as it accumulates, the fat cells of the unhealthy obese swell to their breaking point, straining the cellular machinery and ultimately dying off. This is accompanied by inflammation, and it leads to ectopic fat accumulation — the shuttling of fat into organs where it does not belong, like the liver, heart and skeletal muscle. A fatty liver frequently coincides with metabolic abnormalities, and studies suggest that it may be one of the causes of insulin resistance, the fundamental defect in Type 2 diabetes. In the healthy obese, however, the fat tends to remain in the subcutaneous padding just beneath the skin, where it appears to be fairly innocuous. "The group that doesn't gain fat in the liver as they get obese seems to avoid inflammation and maintain their metabolic health," said Dr. Jussi Naukkarinen, a research scientist specializing in internal medicine at the University of Helsinki. "There is a complete difference in how they react to obesity." Copyright 2013 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 18771 - Posted: 10.10.2013
By ABBY ELLIN When binge eating disorder gained legitimacy as a full-fledged mental condition in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in May, many people in the eating disorders and obesity communities wondered: Will this inspire us to finally get along? It was a good question, since historically, the two groups have been at odds. Unlike people with anorexia or bulimia, who tend to be excessively thin, many binge eaters are overweight or obese. And much of the focus of anti-obesity efforts — listing calories at restaurants, banning cupcakes in schools, sending students home with body mass index "report cards" — are decried by eating disorder activists, who say such measures can encourage anorexia or bulimia. Anti-obesity activists, in turn, worry that the eating disorder community minimizes the medical risks of obesity, which the American Medical Association classified as a disease in June, and plays down the discrimination many obese people face. "They come out of different traditions," said Kelly Brownell, dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. "Obesity was mainly dealt with in medical professions, and eating disorders were dealt with more in psychology professions." But binge eating disorder, symptoms of which include consuming enormous amounts of food in a two-hour window without purging at least once a week for three months, could bridge the gap between the two worlds, while also reducing the stereotype that only thin people suffer from eating disorders. Copyright 2013 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Anorexia & Bulimia
Link ID: 18770 - Posted: 10.10.2013
by Linda Geddes They are identical in almost every way, except one twin is fat and the other is thin. Now a study of this rare group is shedding light on a medical mystery: how some people can be obese and perfectly healthy. Obesity usually goes hand in hand with metabolic syndrome – high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes – but a minority of obese people escape this fate. To probe the fit fat phenomenon, Jussi Naukkarinen at the University of Helsinki in Finland and his colleagues turned to a registry of identical twins, picking 16 pairs whose body weight differed by 17 kilograms on average. They are a perfect model for studying such differences because they are genetically identical and have usually been raised in very similar environments. Naukkarinen's team started by looking at the siblings' body fat distribution and quickly saw that the fat twins fell into two groups: those that tended to accumulate fat within their livers, and those whose liver fat resembled that of their thin twin. Suppressed activity Next, they looked at other markers of ill-health, including insulin resistance, cholesterol, inflammation and blood pressure. These measures also divided the group. "Basically all the hallmarks of the metabolic syndrome were lacking in the group where there was no liver fat," Naukkarinen says. Researchers also compared samples of the twins' abdominal fat, or adipose tissue. In unhealthy obese twins, genes involved in inflammation were activated – genes that were not activated in their thin twin. The activity of cellular powerhouses called mitochondria seemed to be suppressed as well. But in healthy obese twins, gene expression was similar to that of the thin twin. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.
Keyword: Obesity; Aggression
Link ID: 18754 - Posted: 10.07.2013
by Ed Yong I've just arrived home from 14 hours of flying. The clocks on my phone and laptop have been ticking away the whole time, and it takes a few seconds to reset them to British time. The clocks in my body are more difficult. We run on a daily 24-hour body clock, which controls everything from our blood pressure to our temperature to how hungry we feel. It runs on proteins rather than gears. Once they're built, these proteins stop their own manufacture after a slight delay, meaning that their levels rise and fall with a regular rhythm. These timers tick away inside almost all of our cells, and they're synchronised by a tiny collection of 10,000 neurons at the bottom of our brain. It's called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). It's the master clock. It's the conductor that keeps the orchestra in sync. The SCN is also sensitive to light. It gets signals from our eyes, which allows it to synchronise its ticking with the 24-hour cycle of day and night outside. The SCN is what connects the rhythms of our bodies with those of the planet. But when we travel far and fast, and suddenly land in a new time zone, the SCN becomes misaligned with the environment. It takes time to re-adjust, typically one day for every time zone crossed. In the meantime, our sleep is disrupted and our physiology goes weird. In other words: jet lag. But at Kyoto University, Yoshiaki Yamaguchi and Toru Suzuki have engineered mice that break this rule. They are, with apologies for the awful word, unjetlaggable. If you change the light in their cages to mimic an 8-hour time difference, they readjust almost immediately. Put them on a red-eye flight from San Francisco to London and they'd be fine.
Keyword: Biological Rhythms; Aggression
Link ID: 18745 - Posted: 10.05.2013
By Shelly Fan Disclaimer: First things first. Please note that I am in no way endorsing nutritional ketosis as a supplement to, or a replacement for medication. As you'll see below, data exploring the potential neuroprotective effects of ketosis are still scarce, and we don't yet know the side effects of a long-term ketogenic diet. This post talks about the SCIENCE behind ketosis, and is not meant in any way as medical advice. The ketogenic diet is a nutritionist's nightmare. High in saturated fat and VERY low in carbohydrates, "keto" is adopted by a growing population to paradoxically promote weight loss and mental well-being. Drinking coffee with butter? Eating a block of cream cheese? Little to no fruit? To the uninitiated, keto defies all common sense, inviting skeptics to wave it off as an unnatural "bacon-and-steak" fad diet. Yet versions of the ketogenic diet have been used to successfully treat drug-resistant epilepsy in children since the 1920s – potentially even back in the biblical ages. Emerging evidence from animal models and clinical trials suggest keto may be therapeutically used in many other neurological disorders, including head ache, neurodegenerative diseases, sleep disorders, bipolar disorder, autism and brain cancer. With no apparent side effects. Sound too good to be true? I feel ya! Where are these neuroprotective effects coming from? What's going on in the brain on a ketogenic diet? In essence, a ketogenic diet mimics starvation, allowing the body to go into a metabolic state called ketosis (key-tow-sis). © 2013 Scientific American
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 18732 - Posted: 10.02.2013
By Julianne Wyrick Some people are drawn to the thick smell of bacon, sizzling and crackling in the skillet on a Saturday morning. For others, it's the aroma of freshly baked cookies on a Friday night or the smell of McDonald's fries creeping in through the car window. At this time of year, I find the scent of freshly baked pumpkin muffins irresistible. Of course, I'd like to think I'm not a slave to my nose, at least not when I'm nice and full from dinner. If I were a fruit fly, my outlook might not be so good. Already-fed fruit fly larvae exposed to certain food-related odors ate more food than larvae that didn't experience the smells, according to research published by scientists at the University of Georgia last spring. "They're not hungry, but they will get an extra kick in terms of appetite, so they will eat, for example, 30 percent extra," said Ping Shen, lead author on the study. The scents, which included the sweet odor of bananas or the sharper smell of balsamic vinegar, served as "cues" or triggers that the flies associated with food. The triggers motivated the fly larvae to eat, even when they'd already had dinner. That doesn't bode so well for flies trying to watch their weight. For the fly to feel this urge to eat, the smell has to be transported from sensory receptors in the nose to the part of the brain that regulates appetite—the brain's "feeding center"—via a series of neurons. Part of this signal transfer involves dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with behavior motivated by a cue or hint of something to come, like smells associated with food. © 2013 Scientific American
Keyword: Obesity; Aggression
Link ID: 18730 - Posted: 10.01.2013
By Laura Sanders By hijacking connections between neurons deep within the brain, scientists forced full mice to keep eating and hungry mice to shun food. By identifying precise groups of cells that cause eating and others that curb it, the results begin to clarify the intricate web of checks and balances in the brain that control feeding. "This is a really important missing piece of the puzzle," says neuroscientist Seth Blackshaw of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. "These are cell types that weren't even predicted to exist." A deeper understanding of how the brain orchestrates eating behavior could lead to better treatments for disorders such as anorexia and obesity, he says. Scientists led by Joshua Jennings and Garret Stuber of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill genetically tweaked mice so that a small group of neurons would respond to light. When a laser shone into the brain, these cells would either fire or, in a different experiment, stay quiet. These neurons reside in a brain locale called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, or BNST. Some of the message-sending arms of these neurons reach into the lateral hypothalamus, a brain region known to play a big role in feeding. When a laser activated these BNST neurons, the mice became ravenous, voraciously eating their food, the researchers report in the Sept. 27 Science. "As soon as you turn it on, they start eating and they don't stop until you turn it off," Stuber says. The opposite behavior happened when a laser silenced BNST neurons' messages to the lateral hypothalamus: The mice would not eat, even when hungry. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2013
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 18717 - Posted: 09.28.2013
By Tara Haelle A change in the way anorexia is diagnosed may make it easier to help more teens, not just thin ones, with the illness. Previously, overweight or obese teens were more likely to fall through the cracks when they developed anorexic behaviors. Now, the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has broadened the disorder criteria by taking away the weight requirement. The change shifts the focus of the diagnosis from "being thin" to the behaviors of those with the illness. The previous criteria perpetuated the idea that anorexia is a weight disorder—rather than a psychological one. "A lot of people need help even if they don't narrowly fit the definition of an illness," says David Hahn, medical director of The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia. "This criteria makes clear that the behaviors, even without a very low weight, are pathologic and need to be addressed. The criteria may very much help pediatricians catch an eating disorder sooner and may teach the public and families to intervene more quickly if it's understood that anorexia doesn't only mean underweight." Anorexia nervosa most often begins in adolescence and affects approximately 0.3 percent of teens. An additional 0.8 percent were found in one large study to have "subthreshold anorexia nervosa"—they showed the symptoms but did not meet all the criteria. Overall, about 6 percent of teens suffer from some kind of eating disorder, such as bulimia, binge-eating and other eating issues previously classified in the DSM-IV as "Eating Disorder—Not Otherwise Specified" (ED-NOS). © 2013 Scientific American
Keyword: Anorexia & Bulimia
Link ID: 18704 - Posted: 09.26.2013
Declan Butler Ghost writing is taking on an altogether different meaning in a mysterious case of alleged scientific fraud. The authors of a paper published in July (A. Vezyraki et al. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. http://doi.org/nxb; 2013), which reported significant findings in obesity research, seem to be phantoms. They are not only unknown at the institution listed on the paper, but no trace of them as researchers can be found. The paper, published in the Elsevier journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (BBRC), is not the kind of prank that journals have encountered before, in which hoaxsters have submitted dummy papers to highlight weaknesses in the peer-review process. The paper's reported findings — that overexpression of two novel proteins in fat cells leads to improvements in metabolic processes related to diabetes and obesity in mice — are, in fact, true. Too true, in the opinion of Bruce Spiegelman, a cell biologist at Harvard Medical School's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. He says that he has presented similar findings at about six research meetings, and is preparing to submit them to a journal. He suspects that the BBRC paper was intended as a spoiler of his own lab's work. Now withdrawn, the article lists five authors who are all supposedly from the School of Health Sciences at the University of Thessaly in Trikala, Greece, and is entitled 'Identification of meteorin and metrnl as two novel pro-differentiative adipokines: Possible roles in controlling adipogenesis and insulin sensitivity'. Adipokines are proteins secreted by fat tissue that play an active part in such processes as sugar and fat metabolism, inflammation and obesity-related metabolic disorders, including insulin resistance and diabetes. © 2013 Nature Publishing Group
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 18701 - Posted: 09.25.2013
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online People prescribed anti-depressants should be aware they could be at increased risk of type 2 diabetes, say UK researchers. The University of Southampton team looked at available medical studies and found evidence the two were linked. But there was no proof that one necessarily caused the other. It may be that people taking anti-depressants put on weight which, in turn, increases their diabetes risk, the team told Diabetes Care journal. Or the drugs themselves may interfere with blood sugar control. Their analysis of 22 studies involving thousands of patients on anti-depressants could not single out any class of drug or type of person as high risk. Prof Richard Holt and colleagues say more research is needed to investigate what factors lie behind the findings. And they say doctors should keep a closer check for early warning signs of diabetes in patients who have been prescribed these drugs. With 46 million anti-depressant prescriptions a year in the UK, this potential increased risk is worrying, they say. Prof Holt said: "Some of this may be coincidence but there's a signal that people who are being treated with anti-depressants then have an increased risk of going on to develop diabetes. BBC © 2013
Keyword: Depression; Aggression
Link ID: 18697 - Posted: 09.25.2013


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4 Reasons To Consider Buying This Chinese Internet Stock
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Since coming public in 2011, shares of Renren Inc (NYSE: RENN) are down more than 80%. There are four reasons why I believe Renren is an interesting investment at its current price.
Chinese Internet Stocks Gaining Momentum
As shown by the chart below, over the past two months Chinese internet stocks have been on fire. The rally has been spurred, in part, by the $100 billion valuation being placed on Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. This valuation figure has helped buoy the stocks of nearly all Chinese internet companies. On a different note, Sina (NASDAQ: SINA) recently announced plans to sell a 18% stake in its Twitter-like platform, Weibo, to Alibaba for $586 million. Taken together, both of these deals have helped make the case for beaten down Chinese internet stocks as value plays.
Despite all the positive sector news, Renren shares have not surged higher. I expect it is only a matter of time before money finds its way into Renren sending shares higher. In other words, I am looking for Renren to catch up to the moves made by other small Chinese internet plays.
Options Activity
Option Monster reported on the high level of bullish options activity recently: 3,000 October 2.50 calls were purchased. Previous open interest at the strike was just 535 contracts, so this is a new position. The large block trade likely represents institutional money. Institutional money is usually smarter, thus worth following. In summary, the recent options activity points to upside ahead for Renren over the medium term.
User Based Valuation
Currently, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has 1.1 billion active users, and the company is valued at $63.5 billion (when this article was written). Based on this, each user is valued at roughly $57 per user. Comparably, Renren has over 184 million active users and the company is valued at $1.1 billion (when this article was written). Based on this, each user is valued at just under $6 per user. Certainly, Renren is different than Facebook as the company relies more heavily on its gaming and deals segments than its Facebook-like platform. However, I think it is fair to argue that Renren should be worth significantly more based on per user valuation. Renren users need not be valued anywhere close to the $57 per Facebook user, but it is not a stretch to believe valuations can increase significantly from the current $6 per user.
Short Have Covered
About a year ago, short interest in Renren stood at more than 24 million shares. Without question, the shorts have been right on Renren as shares have moved sharply lower. However, what is worth noting is the fact that shorts have aggressively covered. Currently, short interest in Renren stands at just 3.9 million shares. The profit taking on behalf of short sellers may indicate that the worst is over for Renren. In other words, shorts do not appear to be expecting another major move down.
Possible Takeover
Given Renren's strong user base I think it is fair to say that Renren is a possible takeover target. This is especially interesting given the recent acquisition spree by large Chinese internet companies. Renren would be a good fit for either Baidu or Alibaba, the two most dominant Chinese internet companies.
Due to the building momentum in Chinese internet stocks, recent options activity, low valuation per user relative to Facebook, recent short covering, and possibility of a takeover, it is time to buy Renren.
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Miley Cyrus thinks men watch ''too much porn'' and the x-rated movies give them unrealistic expectations about sex upon entering a relationship.
Miley Cyrus thinks men watch ''too much porn''.
The 'Wrecking Ball' singer - whose engagement to Liam Hemsworth ended last September - believes the women who appear in the X-rated movies ''don't exist'' in real life and by watching the footage guys are giving themselves unrealistic expectations about sex upon entering a relationship, but she thinks girls watching rom-coms have equally unattainable ideas about love.
Speaking in the latest issue of W magazine, Miley said: ''Guys watch too much porn, Those girls don't exist. They're not real girls. And that's like us watching romance movies. That's girl porn, because, like, those guys do not exist.''
The 21-year-old singer isn't a fan of romance and insists she isn't impressed by guys who plan grand gestures to impress her as she prefers dates which are more low-key.
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Green Initiative
Green Program Attaining Significant Results – Sabreliner Reducing Carbon Footprint
Sabreliner's "Green Program" continues to empower all staff members to "think outside the box" to reduce its Carbon Footprint and reliance of natural resources.
The mission directs all associates to think "green" and institute ongoing research, development and implementation of new technologies and processes.
Two continuing programs have provided substantial savings:
- A waste water recycling procedure is being utilized for all aircraft, requiring fuselage stripping prior to painting, resulting in a 98% annual reduction of waste water usage in measured outcomes.
- A highly effective paint stripping technique utilizing steam has also reduced waste water consumption by 75% per aircraft in specific programs.
Sabreliner has pledged, as part of its Global Initiative, to continue its "Green Program" targeting its Carbon Footprint and use of natural resources by adopting new and principled policies which serve to better safeguard the environment.


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"You might call him 'The Leader of the Cult of the Unusual' " —Jules Verne
Edgar Allan Poe, whose creepy tales of terror continue to thrill new generations of readers, lived in a crowded household from 1832 to 1835 at what is now 203 N. Amity St.
Poe, who was born 205 years ago Sunday, had lived in Baltimore on Mechanics Row on Wilks Street, east of the Jones Falls, in 1829. The next year he entered West Point but was dismissed a year later.
Poe returned to Baltimore and moved into the 21/2-story brick rowhouse with green shutters that was built around 1830 for Charles Klassen in a rural area that then marked the western edge of the city.
When he moved into the rented house — then No. 3 Amity Street — that measures no more than 12 feet by 12 feet, he was sharing accommodations with his invalid grandmother, Elizabeth Cairnes Poe; her daughter, Maria Poe Clemm; and her two children, Virginia Eliza Clemm, 11, and Henry Clemm, 14.
During Poe's tenure at Amity Street, he perfected the art of the short story.
These were not insignificant years for Poe, who wrote his only known play, "Politian," while living in the house, as well as "Tales of the Folio Club," which earned him a $50 prize from the Saturday Visiter, a weekly Baltimore magazine.
He had written a number of stories, including "MS. Found in a Bottle," "Berenice — A Tale," "The Visionary," and "Hans Pfaall," as well as numerous poems and literary reviews.
When federal urban renewal swept through the Poppleton neighborhood in the late 1930s, threatening the Poe House on Amity Street, it was the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore that managed to spare it from being demolished in 1941.
Since 1972, the Amity Street home has been listed as a National Historic Landmark.
The city closed the house in 2012, saying it would no longer be able to afford the $85,000 yearly budget to keep it open.
In the wake of this development, Poe Baltimore was established and was aided in its work of caring for and running the house by a $180,000 city grant to the B&O Museum, which worked with the society to develop an operations plan.
"The house was in pretty good shape structurally," said Kristen Harbeson, president of Poe Baltimore. "The house is largely original and undamaged. If you look at the house, you'll see a 4-foot addition in the back that was probably done in the early 1940s. The house was never heavily wired, and there is no real plumbing.
"If Poe walked in today, he'd recognize the structure," Harbeson said. "We don't have a lot of furniture, and we didn't guess at what would have been there. What we do have are artifacts that belonged to the family.
"This was the place where Poe really felt at home. And even though he lived such a troubled life psychologically, Amity Street was very important to him, and for us thinking about his history in that house as a writer."
A recent visitor was given a tour of the diminutive home by James Smolinski, director of grants for the B&O Museum and a member of the board of Poe Baltimore.
Entrance is made into a small parlor with a fireplace, and behind this room is a kitchen with a fireplace. The low ceilings and walls are made of probably the original horse-hair plaster, which in the 1830s would certainly have been whitewashed.
Several whimsical porcelain dishes that date from 1790 and 1810 and were used by the Allan family are on display in the front parlor.
"The floor[board]s are random width, and the carpet that is on them now would not have been there then," Smolinski said with a laugh.
He leads a visitor to a winding staircase that leads to two bedrooms, one in the front overlooking Amity Street and the other in the rear. The stair is single file all the way and could not accommodate two adults.


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There's an astronaut in space right now and he loves making vines.
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"By now, the upper part of the helmet is full of water and I can't even be sure that the next time I breathe I will fill my lungs with air and not liquid."
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Evaluating incentive mechanisms for conserving habitat
AbstractPrivate lands have an important role in the success of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The current command-andcontrol approach to protecting species on private land has resulted in disincentives to the landowner, which have decreased the ability of the ESA to protect many of our endangered and threatened species. Herein we define and evaluate, from an economic perspective, eight incentive mechanisms, including the status quo, for protecting species on private land. We highlight the strengths and weaknesses and compare and contrast the incentive mechanisms according to a distinct set of biological, landowner, and government criteria. Our discussion indicates that market instruments, such as tradable permits or taxes, which have been successful in controlling air pollution, are not as effective for habitat protection. Alternatively, voluntary incentive mechanisms can be designed such that landowners view habitat as an asset and are willing participants in protecting habitat. The incentive mechanism best suited for conserving habitat in a given region depends on many factors, including government funding, land values, quantity and quality of habitat, and the region's developmental pressure.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon had a simple reason for the defense's slow start.
"I don't think we played tough in the first half," said Weatherspoon, after Sunday's 40-24 victory over the Chiefs. "We ended up playing a little bit tougher in the second half and we got some takeaways."
Kansas City moved the ball at will in the first half and trailed 20-17 at halftime.
The halftime meeting with new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan was not very pleasant.
The Falcons defense came up with turnovers on three straight third quarter possessions to flip the tables on the Chiefs and hold them to only seven points in the second half.
Some of the defenders feel that the soft practice schedule, which basically bans tackling in training camp, was a contributing factor to their slow start.
"When [14-year veteran] Mike Peterson first came into the league, camp was camp, and you were going to know how to tackle because you've been doing it for a month," Weatherspoon said. "We don't get that many opportunities, so we kind of used the preseason games for tackling. That's all we have and that has hurt us a little bit. We tackled better in the second half."
Defensive end John Abraham got things started with a sack and strip on Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel.
Safety William Moore followed with an interception and Cassel, trying to make something happen, threw another interception to linebacker Stephen Nicholas.
The Falcons turned those three turnovers into 13 points to make it 40-17 with just 10:44 to play.
"That's how you have to do it," Weatherspoon said. "You have to go in, regroup. We didn't play so well in the first half. The guys knew it. We knew it was on us to go out there and give some support to our offense because they were rolling the whole game."
Nicholas led the Falcons with 12 tackles and also had two passes defensed. The interception was Nicholas' second of his career.
September 9th, 2012
9:00 pm
September 9th, 2012
9:03 pm
Similar game to that of UGA and Mizz. Took a half to figure things out.
September 9th, 2012
9:05 pm
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September 9th, 2012
9:08 pm
We need some big physical DB's, it's going to be a long year with Dunta Robinson, he in not worth a crap !
September 9th, 2012
9:16 pm
I'm happy that the defense actually made some adjustments at halftime, something that was nonexistent when VanGorder was here. It showed as the defense stepped up in the 2nd half!
September 9th, 2012
9:26 pm
I saw some growth in the Falcons this game. I was waiting to see how they would adjust after halftime. They did a great job. It was very encouraging. These aren't the same ole falcons people.
Go Falcons!
September 9th, 2012
9:26 pm
Oh, almost forgot…JULIO IS A BEAST!
September 9th, 2012
10:07 pm
The adjustments were very noticeable. I have to say that this was Dunta worst game since becoming a Falcon. I am afraid that he goes downhill from here. The Chief new how bad he be and targeted him over and over. This is the Falcon worst nightmare because other team will see this and will throw his way all season. Too many people say that Dunta stink because BVG liked to play zone and Dunta was stronger playing man. Well guess what? The Falcon were in man coverage all day and Dunta still stunk it up.
September 9th, 2012
10:25 pm
Still problems getting off the field and I think sometimes Falcons try to be too smart by half. Later in the game after Birds had taken control, they had the Chiefs in a 3rd and like 13. Blitzed Grimes and had Abraham drop back in coverage. I understand you want to keep offense guessing, but that just strikes me as absurd to have your coverage guy rushing and your rush guy in coverage.
September 9th, 2012
10:36 pm
The defense looked awful in he 1st half. But, it was good to see them making adjustments in the 2nd half. That my friends is what you called coaching. Wait until they gel together. this will be an awesome defense.
September 9th, 2012
10:37 pm
Enter your comments here Still no pass rush with the exception of Abraham. Falcons gave the Chiefs way too much time to get rid of the ball. This will cause us major problems before the year is out. Cannot afford to give pro QB's this much time.
September 9th, 2012
10:38 pm
The D made adjustments at half and got after it. Hate that it took a half but glad to see our DC can make adjustments! Only things I might really be disappointed about the D was giving up so many first downs and giving up the 3rd and 14. Keep making adjustments we need them for next week!
September 9th, 2012
10:49 pm
Dent had ZERO tackles, Edwards two-this can't continue-by the way Lofton had eight but we didn't need him, did we?
September 10th, 2012
12:10 am
It's silly to sit here and count Lofton tackles. Did the Saints win the game or not? Did the Falcons put up 40 on KC on their own field? Lofton is not a Falcon any more and he was not missed today. Move on with your life. This was Dent's 1st start and he will be just fine.
September 10th, 2012
1:35 am
Hmmm, something's missing….where's SeenThisB4?
September 10th, 2012
8:03 am
I didn't get to see the game, did Akeem Dent play?
September 10th, 2012
8:04 am
The first half was a combination of two things, no pass rush and a too-soft zone coverage. Give KC props, their OL is huge but atheletic. Clearly, the Falcons better utilized their LBs in the second half. Spoon and Nich had great games, whether it shows on stats or not. And how about DeCoud? Running down Charles…
I think Robinson and Samuels both were releasing their men too early that will show up on film and be corrected. Hope Grimes is alright, he didn't have a particularly good game either, but he is critical to the defenses success.
September 10th, 2012
8:10 am
Oh yeah and Julio is a beast.
Ryan 139.4 passer rating, second only to RG3, looked good, definately more athletic, and starting to trust is receivers in coverage more. Still needs to sharpen up passes inside the 10 more, should have had a couple more TDs.
September 10th, 2012
9:25 am
Right here. What? Do you expect me to be there holding your hand This Gets Old. KMA.
September 10th, 2012
10:48 am
I got a sulotion cut Perrier "BUST" Jerry.
September 10th, 2012
11:13 am
The D will have to be sharper from the start Monday in the Dome against Peyton, but it was good to see them bounce back in the 2cd half. Everyone's back ripping Robinson again, he'll show up, the whole D will improve, it was their 1st game in a brand new system & he drew a tough assignment in McCluster out of the slot. He would have given Grimes or any of our cb's a difficult time in that match up. That being said, I would have like to see him adjust & try to press him at the line more to see in that would have been more effrective. But It also didn't help our secondary that Cassle still had all day to throw, still need more pressure, but again I'm being patient & trusting Nolan's scheme bc we finally have a trustworthy D cordinator.
I thought Nicholas & Spoon had very good games! & was impressed by DeCoud running down Charles
September 10th, 2012
1:24 pm
Yes, Julio is a beast. Question: if you look at the old combine/pro day numbers for Kevin Cone, you will discover his 40 yd time, vertical jump, and 225 lb reps are very nearly the same as Julio's. Cone is 4 lbs lighter and 0.2 inches shorter than Julio which are nil differences. Remembering how Cone looked on the 49 yard catch, two tackle breaks, and acceleration away from defenders, Mr. Cone perhaps can be polished into a Julio look-alike?
September 10th, 2012
1:51 pm
Robinson is a joke. He reminds me of " big play ray ", except he makes more money and is worse. When you pay a man for a job before he does the job — well, look what we got.


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The Boerum Hill Traffic Task Force heard some good news at their monthly meeting last night. Just after telling Department of Transportation Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Joseph Palmieri they were interested in a bike share program in Downtown Brooklyn, they were told they just might be getting one soon.
A request for proposals (RFP) for a bike share program in New York City was issued late last year. The RFP does not specify the geographic locations for the program, but Downtown Brooklyn Transportation Coordinator Chris Hrones said Brooklyn is "absolutely" on the table.
"The winning bidder would propose the area, but we will work with them to get the bike share program where it makes the most sense," he said.
Councilmember Stephen Levin, whose office has sprearheaded recent traffic calming initiatives along with the Boerum Hill Association, said the bike share program would be welcomed.
"It would be my hope that they bring it to Brooklyn," he said.
One Boerum Hill resident and an avid cyclist Louie Fleck said bike sharing would be "wonderful."
"I love the idea of it," he said, adding that he would use the sharing system even though he has his own bike.
The bike share program is slated to launch in April, 2012.
Making the most out of Commissioner Palmieri's attendance, residents and elected officials or their staff raised many concerns related to Boerum Hill safety and transportation issues.
The task force, which , already has a set of resolutions they would like the DOT to look into. They include, among others:
- The installation of red light cameras, countdown lights and LPI's (leading pedestrian intervals) at major intersections on Atlantic Avenue
- The elimination of the 4 - 7 p.m. No Standing Zone on the west side of Atlantic Avenue
- The implementation of speed cameras on Atlantic Avenue
- A 365-day ferry from Atlantic Avenue to Manhattan
- The implementation of a 20-MPH zone across the neighborhood
- The implementation of a bike sharing program
- The expansion of the bike/ pedestrian path from the Brooklyn Bridge to Atlantic Avenue.
Palmieri listened and said his office would look into many of the residents concerns, including the notorious intersection of .
Some measures, like the installation of more red light cameras, cannot be taken under consideration because the number of such cameras is capped, Palmieri said. If Albany passes legislation allowing more than 150 at any given time, then the issue can be addressed. Palmieri said there are 200 in the city, but only 150 can be in operation at the same time.
Palmieri also said 1,500 countdown street lights are scheduled to be installed on thoroughfares the width of Atlantic Avenue within the next year.
As for a 20-MPH speed limit, the DOT is testing the pilot program in the Bronx this summer, and only after the pilot will other neighborhoods be considered for a change in speed limits.
The "20 is plenty" proposal is Levin's top priority.
"That would have a significant impact if done correctly," he said.


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Yes, Jennifer, I want pics, too! So exciting. But what's with your mom saying "if"? PMA!! That's "positive mental attitude". Makes the time a bit easier!
Man, L, C and S both! Sounds like rough times at your house. I hope everyone is on the upswing soon!
Talking about books and plays... Maiya is so sensitive. She can't watch anything. I'm planning on taking her to her first live theater show, Annie, in a bit. I'm quite worried! But we're so active in our local theater, she's been back stage and on stage (not when a show is going, of course! Just to "help".) and even in the booth. I'd love for her to get an idea what it's all for. Still worried, though! Anyone local want to bring their kids, too, so Maiya has some positive peer pressure to not be too scared??
I have exciting news. Out of no where, Maiya actually said "green"! We were talking about something or other, and she said something like "dat's deen, and dat's deen, and dat's green, and dat's deen." So it was just one out of a few, but she did it! I guess all this practice is paying off a bit. I mean, she didn't even say "geen", but actually GREEN.
Ah, it's the little things in life.