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For gardening cooks, chard is as much fun to grow as it is to eat.
A favorite in Mediterranean cuisine, this nutritious vegetable also is a perfect edible ornamental in the winter garden. Its attractive leaves can form a dramatic backdrop to annual flowers as well as a ready source for tasty greens.
Claire Splan, Bay Area garden blogger ( An Alameda Garden) and author of California Fruit and Vegetable Gardening (Cool Springs Press, $22.99, 256 pages), regularly grows chard.
There isnt much to not like about chard, Splan said. Its very easy to grow and, even though its grown as an annual, if you harvest only the outer leaves, you can keep the plants growing for well over a year in milder climates (such as ours).
I also like that some of the newer varieties with colored stems actually look pretty in the garden, so you can stick them in here and there among ornamentals, she continued. Its also very nutritious, containing vitamins A, C, and E, plus fiber, magnesium, manganese and potassium. That much nutrition packed into a plant that takes up little garden space and provides an ongoing harvest makes it a really high-value plant, in my opinion.
Although chard varieties can look very different, they all taste pretty much alike.
Said Splan, I dont find any real difference in flavor with the varieties Ive tried, so I prefer the more colorful varieties for their eye-appeal. Bright Lights, Neon Glow, Neon Lights and Garden Rainbow are all mixed-color varieties with stalks of red, pink and gold. Renees Garden Seeds has a new variety this year called Peppermint Stick with hot pink and white striped stalks Im anxious to try that one.
Whether from the garden or the farm, chard is on the rise nationwide. Expect to see more chard on menus.
Chard hits two major trends (for 2014), said Christopher Krohn, president of the dining deals site Restaurant.com, which features more than 15,000 restaurants. Its a superfood, in the same family as kale, (and) its closely related to beets. But it also hits the Mediterranean trend; chard is very popular in Mediterranean cooking.
In restaurants, were (primarily) seeing chard two different ways baby chard leaves in salads or (mature chard) cooked as a side dish or ingredient like traditional spinach, Krohn added. It can show up anywhere from soups to entrees.
Besides flexibility, chard has another asset: color.
Chard looks very pretty, Krohn said. It has these wonderful multicolor stalks. As a garnish, it automatically adds color to the plate.
Remember when kale was just a garnish?
Kathryn Anible, a Brooklyn-based nutritionist and personal chef, loves chard, too. Its among the star ingredients in her new book, The Leafy Greens Cookbook (Ulysses Press, $15.95, 130 pages).
All of my clients like to eat healthier, Anible said in a phone interview. Ive tried to integrate vegetables (into meals) in as many ways as possible. The cookbook was a great way to showcase some of these ways and make leafy greens more user-friendly. A lot of families dont eat enough vegetables. These are familiar ways to try something new.
Many people view chard like its cousin, collards, as something best slow-cooked for hours (preferably with bacon or ham hock). But that can be impractical for busy modern families, and doesnt do justice to chards versatility.
Instead, think of chard as two vegetables in one. Treat the central rib like celery, the leafy greens as spinach. (Just remember: If that rib is red, it will bleed like beets.) When using both leaves and ribs, allow the ribs more cooking time.
Anible tucks chard into breakfast burritos and quiche and adds it to fish baked in paper. She saves the red stems for strawberry-chard smoothies.
What I like best about chard is its color, Anible said. It makes something a little more special. Instead of just green, youve got gorgeous red, gold, pink, yellow and, of course, white.
Chard can substitute for kale in some dishes. It has a slightly different flavor, she said. My favorite chard recipe is the simplest. I sauté it, stems first, with a little garlic and onion, salt and pepper. Thats a total win fast and easy. And it preserves the beautiful color.
Splan also sticks to basics with her chard crop. She picks leaves as she needs them.
I keep things simple, she said. I usually just sauté chopped-up chard with olive oil, garlic, crushed red pepper and salt. That mixed with pasta or served with a grilled chicken breast is a fast meal. I also like to just throw some chard in a pot of chicken stock with some fresh tortellini for a very quick soup.
For salads, Anible recommends baby chard. One of her favorites is the chard panzanella featured in her cookbook.
Baby chard has a way more mild flavor than mature leaves, and the texture is like lettuce, she said. Its really fun and packed with nutrients.
Colorful chard is readily available in farmers markets, but Splan urges gardeners to try and grow some, too.
Chard will work in just about every type of California garden, Splan said. It grows in containers as well as it does in the ground. It can handle partial shade. It can handle light frosts. You can plant it almost any time of year. Its not fussy and it doesnt have major pest problems.
Growing your own chard has another benefit: Its cheap.
A pack of seeds that will cost less than $3 will give you a substantial, healthy harvest for many months, if not longer, Splan said. I cant think of another edible plant that is quite so easy and so versatile.
Prosciutto polenta
Start to finish: 15 minutes
Serves 2, generously
Recipe from J.M. Hirsch of The Associated Press. He says the chicken broth is the key to giving the polenta its depth.
4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small yellow onion, diced
1 bunch chard, roughly chopped (with stems)
4 cloves garlic, minced
¼ pound thinly sliced prosciutto, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 cup instant polenta
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Bring the broth to a boil in a medium saucepan.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sauté until soft, about 4 minutes. Add the chard and garlic and sauté until the greens are wilted, about another 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Stir the prosciutto into the chard and onions, then cover and set aside.
When the broth has boiled, add the polenta in a slow stream while whisking vigorously. Continue whisking until the polenta thickens, about 1 minute. Add the Parmesan and whisk to combine.
To serve, spread half of the polenta over a dinner plate, then mound half of the chard and prosciutto over it. Season with pepper.
Spaghetti with chard, mushrooms and pine nuts
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 4
1 pound spaghetti
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, smashed
1 large bunch chard, stems removed, rinsed, chopped, about 6 cups
1 package (8 ounces) sliced white mushrooms
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts, see note below
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain. Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook garlic until golden, about 2 minutes, stirring often.
Add chard; toss to coat with oil. Cover, simmer until the leaves wilt, 5 minutes. Uncover; raise heat. Cook until any water evaporates. Remove chard from pan; set aside.
Pour remaining 1 tablespoon of the oil in pan; heat. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring often, until browned, about 5-8 minutes. Return chard to skillet; add pine nuts. Turn heat to low; cook to let flavors mingle, about 1 minute. Put pasta in a serving bowl; top with chard mixture. Sprinkle with cheese.
Note: Toast pine nuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, until aromatic, about 5 minutes.
Per serving: 641 calories; 23 percent of calories from fat; 16 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; 9 mg cholesterol; 92 g carbohydrates; 32 g protein; 258 mg sodium; 8 g fiber.
Spanish-style chard with white beans on toast
Prep time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 4
This dish uses the stems from Swiss chard as part of a nontraditional take on sofrito, the aromatic base used to season sauces and braised dishes in Spain. Almonds add texture, pimenton brings a little smoky flavor and sherry vinegar brightens the mixture. The dish can stop there if you are eating it as a side or collection of small plates, or you can scoop it onto toast smeared with a quick white bean purée and add a poached egg for an all-in-one meal.
Make ahead: The sofrito can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. The beans can be pureed and refrigerated for up to 1 week. The eggs can be poached and stored in water in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
From Washington Post Food editor Joe Yonan, author of Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook (Ten Speed Press, $24.99, 204 pages).
2 pounds green Swiss chard
2 cloves garlic, each cut in half
1 small onion, cut into large chunks
1/2 cup roasted unsalted almonds
1 teaspoon sweet smoked paprika (pimenton dulce)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt, plus more to taste
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup sherry vinegar
1 cup cooked or canned no-salt-added white beans (if using canned, drain and rinse)
1 tablespoon water or bean cooking liquid
4 large pieces rustic wheat bread, toasted
4 large eggs, poached and warm (optional)
Several grinds black pepper
Strip the chard leaves from their stems; thoroughly rinse and dry the stems and leaves, reserving the stems separately. Stack the leaves, roll them tightly and cut them crosswise into thin slices.
Cut the stems into big pieces and transfer them to the bowl of a food processor. Add the garlic, onion, almonds, sweet smoked paprika and the 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt; pulse to form a slightly chunky paste.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the chard stem-almond mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the pieces of stem lose a little of their crunch and much of the liquid evaporates, about 5 minutes. Pile the sliced chard leaves on top, pour over the sherry vinegar, cover and reduce the heat to medium. Cook until the leaves have wilted, a few minutes, then use tongs to stir and blend the mixture.
Wipe out the food processor bowl. Pour in the beans and water or cooking liquid and sprinkle with a little sea salt to taste. Process until smooth.
Spread a quarter of the bean mixture on each piece of toast, set the toast in serving bowls, then spoon the chard mixture over the toast. Top each portion with a poached egg, if desired, and sprinkle with sea salt to taste and a generous grinding of black pepper.
Per serving: 370 calories; 17 g protein; 48 g carbohydrates; 15 g fat; 2 g saturated fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 940 mg sodium; 12 g dietary fiber; 7 g sugar.
Slow cooker risotto with Swiss chard
Serves 6 to 8
Recipe developed for The Kansas City Star by professional home economists Kathryn Moore and Roxanne Wyss.
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
1 1/4 cups uncooked Arborio rice
Two 14-ounce cans fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup dry white wine
Dash salt
1/2 bunch Swiss chard, rinsed clean, well dried and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
Heat oil in small skillet. Add onion and cook until softened, 4 to 5 minutes.
Place in slow cooker. Add rice and toss well to coat. Stir in chicken broth, wine, salt and Swiss chard. Cover and cook on high 2 to 21/2 hours or until all liquid is absorbed. Stir in cheese and serve.
Per serving, based on 6: 209 calories (16 percent from fat); 4 g total fat (1 gram saturated); 3 mg cholesterol; 33 g carbohydrates; 11 g protein; 413 mg sodium; trace dietary fiber.
Per serving, based on 6, with Parmesan cheese: 219 calories (18 percent from fat); 4 g total fat (2 g saturated); 5 mg cholesterol; 34 g carbohydrates; 12 g protein; 454 mg sodium; trace dietary fiber.
Chard panzanella
Serves 6
Panzanella is an Italian salad made with bread and tomatoes. This version gets a kick of color and flavor by adding chard. Its from Kathryn Anibles The Leafy Greens Cookbook (Ulysses Press, $15.95, 130 pages).
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 large slices crusty bread, such as ciabatta
Pinch of salt
Pinch of pepper
2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
1⁄4 cup basil leaves, chopped
3 cups loosely packed de-stemmed, chopped chard leaves
4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, divided
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon agave nectar or light honey
Preheat a grill or medium skillet over medium heat. Brush 2 tablespoons of the olive oil onto the bread and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill the bread, turning once, until lightly charred on each side. Remove and let cool. Once cooled, slice into 1-inch cubes.
Mix together the cherry tomatoes, basil and chopped chard leaves. In a small bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons more olive oil, 2 tablespoons of the balsamic vinegar, and the garlic and agave or honey. Add the dressing to chard mixture and massage it into the leaves to gently bruise the leaves and evenly coat them with dressing. Add the remaining 6 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, add the charred bread cubes, and gently toss together.
Allow the salad to sit for 10 minutes before serving, so the bread can absorb a small amount of dressing, but dont let it get soggy. The salad is best eaten within 2 hours.
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Can anyone recommend free software for converting a DVD I have created to DivX? I have DivX convertor but it is sooo slow.
ffmpeg might work but I've never used it to convert from dvd so I can't offer any more advice really.
Unfortunalty ripping a DVD to DivX is quite a resource hungry task and will take time no matter what software you use. The thing that will make the difference is hardware spec.
Whatever flavor of mpeg4 codec you use to encode it will take a while as transcoding formats is a really CPU intensive job. You may be able to speed it up by decreasing the quality of the output file but I don't think you will see much improvement in speed by switching from DivX to XviD.
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A joint production by six international organizations, this manual explores the conceptual and theoretical issues that national statistical offices should consider in the daily compilation of export and import price indices. Intended for use by both developed and developing countries, it replaces guidance from the United Nations that is now more than a quarter-century old and thus badly outdated. The chapters cover many topics; they elaborate on the different practices currently in use, propose alternatives whenever possible, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. Given its comprehensive nature, the manual is expected to satisfy the needs of many users in addition to national statistical offices and international organizations, particularly businesses, policymakers, and researchers.
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- 1. A Summary of Export and Import Price Index Methodology
- 2. Unit Value Indices
- 3. The Price and Volume of International Trade: Background, Purpose, and Uses of Export and Import Price Indices
- 4. Coverage, Valuation, and Classifications
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Can the European Union (EU) survive and help the continent to thrive?
The EU is composed of countries with surprisingly little in common, other than geography. As such, the EU will not survive another ten (10) years and will begin losing its relevance in very short order.
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Feb 28 2013: The only problem I see with the EEC is it got too big and too many poor members. Also - wouldn't it be better to have several such groups rather than trying to make one so large. Germany and France and some of the other members fit together well. Okay maybe we wouldn't want to pair Greece and Turkey together, but I see some real adbantages even there. Turkey, Iran, Iraq and a few others seem a good match. Why Jena wanted to leave India makes sense except history suggests Pakistan would have been better off in a richer greater India. Poland and the Baltics would seem to mesh well with the Old Russia, but they don't think so at all. Maybe I don't get it, but i feel smaller confederations of independent states is a better idea. Why can't these larger units work better together.
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LOL how could i forget broski!! Sick seeing you two, I knew Ye's set was gonna be similar to his coachella but it still didn't stop me from going absolutely going ape shit! Sofaking good and i still get to see him once more Tuesday for Melbourne Sideshow :D
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Maaaaaaaan, i wish taking my bike into the city wouldn't be so taxing on weekdays. I hate having to stand with my bike on the train on my work days so half the time i don't bother. I only bring it out on Sunday when there a very few people taking the train into the city; meaning i can go on the end carriage and sit with my bike.
Although there was this one time where this old foreign woman went to sit right where i was at the back of the train, she had me move my bike so she can sit down. I mean c'mon lady the carriage we are on was virtually empty and you had to come sit in the small area of the train where i was to have me move my bike for you? ><
But it ain't usually like that on Sundays, it's more relaxed and i can take my bike off at my stop easy and enjoy ridin' immediately!
But on weekdays, it's a different story - too packed and such a lengthy travel to make with a bike coming from my area, just wish i lived a hell of a lot closer so i wouldn't need to take a train.
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Harder than it looks and requires a bit of commitment at the end (and some friction!)
Was a bit quieter at this end of the crag too.BelayBunney - 2nd O/S - 22/Sep/12 with Francois
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Still, unless Congress and the White House reach an agreement by year's end, federal taxes will jump and deep spending cuts will kick in. Should that happen, the Congressional Budget Office says, the economy would likely fall into another recession.
Given the size of the U.S. economy, further weaknesses could worsen the slowdowns in European and Asian countries that depend on sales to American consumers.
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Unemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro is already at 11 percent, the European Union's Eurostat office reported Friday. It's the highest rate since the euro was introduced in 1999.
European countries have been struggling with their debt crisis for three years. Three nations — Greece, Ireland and Portugal — have already required bailouts because of unsustainable levels of debt.
Austerity has been the main prescription for the crisis. But spending cuts and tax hikes are causing economies to shrink across the eurozone.
In a blunt warning, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi last week called the existing setup of the euro single currency "unsustainable" without stronger political and financial ties among eurozone countries.
The fear is that Greece will drop the euro, and other weak countries, such as Spain and Portugal, will be forced to follow. Financial chaos could rage across Europe.
Spain is facing punishing borrowing costs on bond markets because investors fear it won't be able to pay its debts. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declared Saturday that his government will stick with harsh austerity measures as long as necessary.
But Spain's unemployment is already 24.4 percent. For those under age 25, unemployment is 51.5 percent. Businesses are being crushed.
"This shop has been here for close to 100 years, and I've worked here for 48 years," says Manuel Cabrejas, a salesman at a cushion store in Madrid whose shop windows were covered in signs saying, "Closing down sale, big discounts, everything must go."
"For the last two years, we have only just been covering running costs," Cabrejas said. "It's time to let go."
Since the global recession ended in 2009, the world economy has been fueled by rising powers in the developing world led by China, India and Brazil.
Now, all three are running into trouble.
China's manufacturing weakened in May, according to surveys out Friday. Factory output was the weakest in three months.
Some economists say China's economic growth will fall to an 8 percent rate in the April-June quarter. That's high by Western standards, but it would be the weakest growth for China in nearly three years. In response, China is rolling out an economic stimulus program.
Having rebounded strongly from the recession of 2007-2009, China's economy grew a sizzling 10.4 percent in 2010 and 9.2 percent in 2011. For the past two years, it's helped drive global growth. Australia and other Asian countries have come to rely on Chinese markets for their exports.
India is suffering an even sharper slowdown. Its economic growth slowed to a 5.3 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter, the lowest in nine years. Output from India's factories has declined. Its consumers have seen inflation — which has averaged 9.2 percent a year since the start of 2010 — devour their wages.
"It's beyond anything that we would have imagined," said Samiran Chakraborty, head of research at Standard Chartered in Mumbai. "Real wages are falling ... The consumption slowdown along with the investment slowdown has been a double-whammy for the GDP number."
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After Heart Attack Most Patients Stop Taking Lifesaving Drugs
Recovery from heart attacks is best served by continuing to take prescribed medications. Yet more than half of patients who have had a heart attack stop taking these lifesaving medications within three years, according to results from a Mayo Clinic study presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2007 in Orlando, Fla.
The Mayo data also show that in the short term, smokers are more likely to discontinue taking all of their prescribed heart medications, whereas in the long term, data show that patients enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation programs tend to continue their medications at a higher rate than patients who do not enroll.
Floating effective for stress and pain
Relaxation in large, sound- and light-proof tanks with high-salt waterfloatingis an effective way to alleviate long-term stress-related pain. This has been shown by Sven-Åke Bood, who recently completed his doctorate in psychology, with a dissertation from Karlstad University in Sweden.
The dissertation confirms what earlier studies have indicated: sleep was improved, patients felt more optimistic, and the content of the vitalizing hormone prolactin increased. Anxiety, stress, depression, and perception of pain declined.
Cancer children more apt to survive if parents did
Children whose parents beat certain types of cancer have a better chance of doing the same if they get the disease themselves, according to a Swedish study suggesting that survival traits are passed on.
The research, published in the November issue of Lancet Oncology, said good survival—defined as living for at least 10 years past the cancer diagnosis—extended to breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers.
Protein may be key to gestational diabetes
A protein in the pancreas of mice may offer insight into the mechanism behind gestational diabetes, a condition that affects about 4 percent of all pregnant women, researchers said on Thursday.
Researchers at Stanford University found the protein menin acts as a natural brake in the pancreas, controlling the production of cells needed to make insulin, which helps the body convert sugar into energy.
Allergies may protect against brain cancer
A history of allergies may reduce the risk of a particular type of brain tumor called glioma, investigators report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Little is known about what causes glioma, note Dr. Eleni Linos, of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues. "Atopic (allergic) diseases are on the rise in western populations, with increasing interest in their long-term health consequences," they point out. "An inverse association between (allergy) and the risk of glioma has been observed."
Parents less distressed than non-parents: survey
Parents may complain that their kids "drive them crazy," but results of a survey suggest that the opposite might actually be true.
The survey of more than 33,400 U.S. adults identified lower levels of anxiety, depression, or other measures of psychological distress among parents than among non-parenting adults of the same age.
Peripheral arterial disease prevention and prevalence: study
Peripheral arterial disease, whether symptomatic or not, refers to occlusive disease of lower-limb arteries. It is most commonly caused by atherothrombosis, but may reflect other disease, such as arteritis, aneurysm, and embolism. In recent years, it has become evident that PAD is an important predictor of substantial coronary and cerebral vascular risk.
Increased awareness of the prognostic importance of PAD has led to a search for sensitive diagnostic markers. The ankle–brachial pressure index (ABPI) has emerged as a valid and reliable marker of PAD and its attendant vascular risk, particularly in patients without clinical features of PAD.
Obesity Common in Children with Heart Disease
Obesity is common in children with heart disease, a population already at increased risk of a shortened life expectancy.
More than 25 percent of children with congenital and acquired heart disease are overweight or obese, say researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Hospital Boston in a study released in the current issue of Pediatrics. While this 25 percent prevalence is similar to the rate found in the general population, the researchers stress that health risks from obesity are added to the children's separate risks from their underlying heart disease.
Exercise Trumps Vitamins for Heart Disease, Cancer Prevention
Most experts agree that supplements add little, if anything, to a well-balanced diet. Exercise, however, is proven to achieve the benefits claimed for vitamins, even for people who eat properly, reports the November 2007 issue of Harvard Men's Health Watch.
One leading reason people take vitamin supplements is to protect against cancer. But sadly, this strategy has been a flop.
Pet Scan Helps Distinguish Alzheimer's from Other Dementia
A PET scan (positron emission tomography) that measures uptake of sugar in the brain significantly improves the accuracy of diagnosing a type of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease, a study led by a University of Utah dementia expert has found.
The scan, FDG-PET, helped six doctors from three national Alzheimer's disease centers correctly diagnose frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's in almost 90 percent of cases in the study—an improvement of as much as 14 percent from usual clinical diagnostic methods. FDG stands for fluorodeoxyglucose, a short-lived radioactive form of sugar injected into people during PET scans to show activity levels in different parts of the brain. In Alzheimer's low activity is mostly in the back part of the brain; in FTD, low activity is mostly in the front of the brain.
Link between a sleep-related breathing disorder and increased heart rate variability
A sleep-related breathing disorder, common in heart failure, increases one's heart rate variability. Further, central sleep apnea (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) produce different patterns of heart rate variability, which are likely to reflect the different pathophysiological mechanisms involved, according to a study published in the November 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
Matthew T. Naughton, MD, of Alfred Hospital and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, evaluated 21 patients with heart failure who were referred for polysomnography for investigation of a sleep-related breathing disorder. For each subject, two conditions were examined: a sleep-related breathing disorder and stable breathing.
Soy Food Effects on Semen Quality
Isoflavones are plant-derived polyphenoloic compounds with weak estrogenic activity found mainly in soybeans and soy-derived products. High isoflavone intake has been reported to be associated with decreased animal fertility. The impact of high isoflavone intake on human fertility is unknown. This Cross-sectional study assesses isoflavone intake in males of sub fertile couples who had semen analyses. The questionnaire was designed to assess intake of 15 soy-based foods in the last three months was collected.
100 men with semen data and completed questionnaires were studied. There was an inverse association between soy food intake and sperm concentration that remained significant when evaluated with respect to age, abstinence, body mass, and caffeine, each of tobacco intake. There was no impact on sperm motility of morphology.
FDA approves combo eye drop for glaucoma
U.S. regulators approved a new glaucoma treatment—Combigan, an eye drop that treats the potentially blinding eye condition with two drugs that work through different mechanisms, Allergan Inc said Wednesday.
Blacks more likely to leave hospital against advice
African Americans are more likely than their white or Hispanic counterparts to check themselves out of the hospital against their doctors' advice, a new study has found.
In an analysis of more than 3 million discharges from U.S. hospitals in 2002, the researchers found that 1.4 percent were made against medical advice. Compared with white patients, African Americans were 35 percent more likely to opt for such a "self-discharge," the researchers report in the American Journal of Public Health.
Exercise, diet improve obese kids' motor skills
Obese children who lose weight through diet and exercise may become stronger and more agile in the process, a study shows.
German researchers found that a program that focused on physical activity and diet education was able to not just help obese children shed pounds, but to also improve their endurance, strength, balance and coordination.


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Forecasting consumer spending: should economists pay attention to consumer confidence surveys?
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One night in 2006, a call goes out to NHK and the Tokyo police, giving notice of a suicide jumper from the then-incomplete Tokyo Sky Tower. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be ''too'' unusual, except for one small detail: Akiko Yamaguchi, the suicide jumper, is a MagicalGirl. She has fought a long, lonely war against {{Cult}}s, a CircusOfFear, and the embodiments of fear itself for years and has reached her breaking point. She transforms on live television and takes the plunge. But before she becomes a wet crimson smear on the pavement, a black-clad angel swoops in to save her - [[LyricalNanoha Fate Testarossa]], with Nanoha Takamachi flying in shortly after.
In response to the news that they ''aren't'' the only ones with magic in the world, {{Magical Girl}}s and their support groups all around Earth come out of the woodwork and close ranks. In so doing, the magic which has kept TheMasquerade in place since the fall of [[Franchise/SailorMoon the Silver Millennium]] comes unravelled and TheMagicComesBack. The people of Earth must now come to terms with the extremely magical world they live in; the enemies of Earth must contend with public knowledge of their existence; and the defenders of Earth lock arms against the encroaching darkness.
''[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/battle-fantasia-project-14.239116/ Battle Fantasia Project]]'' (older links: [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=218325]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=216821]]
[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=215941]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=215073]]
[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=213039]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=211138]]
[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=184379]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=186615]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=193597]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=202098]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=206024]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=206194]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=223440]] ) is a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''-style MagicalGirl MegaCrossover. Hosted at the [=SpaceBattles=] Creative Writing Forum, it is a multi-author collaborative effort. At present the project is still mostly in the planning stages due to one author handling the entire first arc on his own, but numerous snippets of plot have been written by various authors and the thread broke the 100-page mark in just over a week. Feel free to drop by with your two cents.
[[strike:Chapter One of the First Arc, Unity, was released on October 6th, 2011 on FanFictionDotNet. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7441415/1/Battle_Fantasia_Unity Link]].]] ''' ''CURRENTLY, THE FIRST ARC IS UNDERGOING A PROCESS OF REVISION AND STREAMLINING. [[TwoLinesNoWaiting ONE HALF]] OF THE NEW VERSION CAN BE READ [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-nagasaki-heroes-battle-fantasia-project-story.239060/ HERE]].'' '''
The project has also created two {{Spinoff}}s:
* [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=185147 Lyrical Chronicles]]: Described by the Author as "The VideoGame/{{Super Robot|Wars}} Route" of Battle Fantasia. It appears to be working towards a CrisisCrossover with LyricalNanoha's [[SubspaceOrHyperspace Dimensional Sea]] as its enabler.
* [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=186588 Paved With The Best Intentions]]: An AlternateUniverse sharing the same setting as the main story, but with greater focus on ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/girls-of-the-sorcerer-oneshot-unofficial-bfverse-madoka.235768/ Girls of the Sorcerer]], a One-Shot concerning the MGA's first confirmed brush with the Puella system.
[[http://bfp.wikia.com/wiki/BFP_Wiki Has a wiki]], for easy record keeping of ideas.
Unfortunately, as of 2013, the project seems to have collapsed due to politics and infighting among the various contributors.
As of January 2014, a group of Italian fanwriters have resurrected the project [[http://battlefantasiaita.forumfree.it/ here (Italian only, for now)]].
Not to be confused with either ''VideoGame/BattleFantasia'' or the MagicalGirl [[RealTrailerFakeMovie Real Trailer Fake Game]] movie clips from which the name is borrowed.
!!''Battle Fantasia Project'' provides examples of:
* AdultFear: Several parents have to face the fact that their daughters are Magical Girls engaged in life-or-death battles with the forces of evil. In an early version of the story, Shoutan Himei briefly undergoes a bout of PTSD when she finds out her daughter became a Puella Magi.
* AlternateUniverse: ''StrikeWitches'' and ''InfiniteStratos'' are here in spirit [[PragmaticAdaptation if not in canon]], with their characters and concepts uprooted from their original settings and replaced here in convenient places.
** To elaborate: ''StrikeWitches'' is more or less directly imported from the alternate 1940s setting it takes place in, with the Neuroi being among the numerous extradimensional invaders harassing Earth and the Striker Units being the military's attempts to subvert PoliceAreUseless via {{Magitek}}. ''InfiniteStratos'', likewise, covers life at a magic academy [[NanohaStrikerS where Nanoha is one of the top combat instructors]], with the IS units being Earth-produced devices reverse-engineered from Belkan and Mid-Childan tech.
* BreakingSpeech: One of the tools favoured by the Nightmare Factory.
* BroadStrokes: The general concepts of various series such as ''FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' or ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' are used, but not the full continuity baggage.
* CarFu: Akiko [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome resorts to this]] in a prequel Snip, using a cement truck and a tank of gasoline to kill a monster which is resistant to her magic. [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5731326&postcount=1614 Observe.]]
* CatchPhrase: For the Alliance, "You are not alone". The thread itself also has the unofficial motto '''''"[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica INCUBATOR MUST DIE!!!]]"'''''
* ClearMyName: Due in part by their [[DarkMagicalGirl Unorthodox]] [[EldritchAbomination appearences and powers]], and Akiko's reaction to them in the new version of Akiko's revelation, the majority of the cast assume that [[Franchise/BlackRockShooter Mato and the girls]] work for the Nightmare Factory.
* CombatPragmatist: Akiko, who missed a power-up due to her familiar's death and has to fight season 3 enemies with season 2 magic. She compensates by use of unorthodox tactics like CarFu and using her magic rather... ''creatively''.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Akiko's experience as a magical girl has more in common with ''SailorNothing'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' than with ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' or ''Anime/PrettyCure'' due to the fact that it shows how mentally scarred and traumatised one would be after fighting alone for seven years, with no support network and no PowerOfFriendship to back her up.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Deconstructed in ''the cruelest manner possible'' by the Nightmare Factory's MindRape of Nanoha, who twisted her canon motives around and accused her of simply beating Fate until she was more scared of Nanoha than of Precia.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossing it was what led Akiko to jump.
* DreamWithinADream: The method by which the Nightmare Factory trick Signum into revealing everything she knows about the LyricalNanoha crew.
* DrivenToSuicide: Akiko right at the start. She gets better.
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Earth is drawing an unusually high amount of Dark Kingdom activity and an equally unusual number of magical girls.
* EnemyWithout: The Nightmare Factory makes a point of manufacturing these things as part of their modus operandi, but only one has any real plot significance. Unfortunately, that enemy is [[spoiler: Dark Nanoha]]. ''[[OhCrap Both of them]]''.
* HeroicBSOD: The Nightmare Factory's primary weapon.
** The Factory's success rate with this tactic tends to vary depending on how at peace their target is with themselves. The Senshi and [[Anime/BlackRockShooter Team Black Rock]], having faced their fears many times before, can NoSell them and turn the tables on their attackers with no problem. Nanoha on the other hand...
* ImmuneToBullets: Double subverted. Small arms can work against mooks, but [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] need tank-killing or anti-structural munitions - a bad idea in UrbanWarfare - while top-tier enemies and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s require magic to hurt them at all.
* LateToTheTragedy: [[FutariWaPrettyCure Honoka and Nagisa]] were busy with diplomacy business on behalf of the Dusk Zone in some of the local sub-dimensions when TheReveal happened. They came home to find the newspapers raving about Akiko and other magical girl sightings.
** Two of the [[Franchise/SailorMoon Outer Senshi]] go to America to help a suspected Magical Girl... Well... Just look at what trope this is listed under.
* MagicalGirl: OF COURSE!
* TheMagicComesBack: Not that it ever really left to begin with, it's just not hidden anymore.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]]. Moreso than in the original series, because the existence of [[Franchise/SailorMoon the Galaxy Cauldron]] means that the heat death of the universe is ''impossible'' and the Incubators have ''other'' purposes in mind for all that energy they're gathering.
* TheMasquerade: Deconstructed. Yes, fighting in secret helps to protect your identity and your family from your enemies, but it also hides you from potential allies.
* MegaCrossover: Far too many series to list them all exhaustively, but for a quick sample of some of the core series:
** Anime/BlackRockShooter (OVA and using elements from a [[RecursiveFanfiction fanmade]] TabletopGame)
** Manga/CardcaptorSakura
** FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya
** LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}
** LyricalNanoha
** Anime/{{Mai-HiME}} and Anime/{{Mai-Otome}}
** Anime/PrettyCure
** PrettySammy
** Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica
** RoninWarriors
** Franchise/SailorMoon
** SailorNothing
** Franchise/GIJoe
* MercyKill: One of the reasons Akiko is so messed up. When she was ten she had to beat her best friend to death with a barbell. She was transformed by the Circus into one of their monsters.
* MultinationalTeam
* NoodleIncident: Akiko's tenure as a MagicalGirl will largely be this. Not because the authors can't come up with anything horrifying enough, [[SerialEscalation but because they can, and they can't dial it back]].
* NoSell: High-level monsters and eldritch abominations can do this to all mundane weapons regardless of how much 'boom' they have due to the [[{{Slayers}} mazoku-like]] quality of having their true forms hidden away in the astral plane, where only magic can reach them and hurt them.
* OCStandIn: The ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' cast includes a few characters that weren't in the OVA, with [[OriginalCharacter associated real-selves]].
* OriginalGeneration: Since the vast majority of all magical girls reside in Japan, a host of original characters (of [[SturgeonsLaw varying]] quality) has sprung up to fill out the international community. Few of these characters are involved with the core plot, save for Akiko and the Nightmare Factory.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with. Because of the way the project uses the ImmuneToBullets trope, police and military are only effective in direct combat against low-ranking mooks. However they can still support the Alliance with training, logistics, transportation, and various other forms of support that the magical girls can't manage on their own.
* RecursiveFanfiction: The ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' team takes elements (including terminology) from a fanmade TabletopGame based on the OVA. This was before the 2012 anime was released, [[{{Jossed}} which had it's own take on things]].
* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: Things start off very dark; suicide and weaponised mindfuck are not things that come up in the usual MagicalGirl work. The work will eventually move to less grim pastures.
** In the meantime, several snippets set during the current arc help to balance this out a bit, especially the ones featuring the Kampfers and PrettySammy. Turns out that weaponized love and happiness is Super Effective against creatures made of nightmare fuel, and the Kampfers introduce a healthy dose of comedy, especially through [[GenderBender Natsuru's]] "[[PlayedForLaughs nightmare]]" of [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5791226&postcount=4146 becoming a pregnant housewife]] at some point in his future.
* SharedUniverse
* StealthHiBye: Gamlain's take on [[Franchise/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]] is fond of using this trick.
* TalkToTheFist: Deconstructed. Using violence to [[ShutUpHannibal get Hannibal to Shut Up]] rather than beating him through reason won't help clear the seeds of doubt he planted. Furthermore, if the Lecturer's main thrust was that you're a trigger-happy belligerent, why, you're not doing yourself any favours, dear [[spoiler: Nanoha]].
** Also played straight in the case of Strength and the rest of the Anime/BlackRockShooter girls, though, who've already dealt with most of their issues in advance and can completely NoSell the Nightmare Factory's attempts to BreakingSpeech them.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Japan has an unusually high number of magical girls.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Senshi are pegged somewhere in between their anime incarnations and their "love and justice-powered eldritch abomination" manga versions, while Tuxedo Mask has been dubbed Batman!Mamoru for his awesome usage of the StealthHiBye. [[PrettySammy Sammy]] is also slated to get a power-up from Tsunami to make her powers more suited for fighting evil, while Ayeka and Ryoko have inherited powers vaguely similar to those that their TenchiMuyo counterparts possess.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Lindy ''told'' them not to charge into uncharted enemy territory. [[spoiler:Didn't she Nanoha and Signum? Akiko faced these guys for ''four years'' and it results in her attempting to commit suicide? Did you ''really'' think you could wipe them out in one hit?]]
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The new version of Arc I will be split in two: One plot focusing on Akiko and a number of magical girls in Tokyo, and the second will focus on the [[Franchise/BlackRockShooter Black Paradoxes]] helping out a newly discovered team in Nagasaki.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The premise.
* WeakButSkilled: The Nightmare Factory is no match for high-powered girls like Nanoha and Signum in terms of pure firepower, but they make themselves a threat by using psychological warfare. Akiko herself, having missed quite a few powerups due to her familiar's early passing, has also had to fight in... unorthodox manners.
* WorldOfBadass: It's been observed by some that this version of Earth is basically the TSAB's version of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Cadia]], having been under siege by demonic and extradimensional forces since ''at least'' the fall of the Silver Millennium 10,000+ years ago.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[Anime/BlackRockShooter Strength]] uses this on one of the Nightmare Factory's minions, pretending to break down and have a HeroicBSOD in the face of a BreakingSpeech, then turning around and [[WrestlerInAllOfUs suplexing]] the minion for a OneHitKill when it takes the bait.
* YouAreNotAlone: The very core of the whole story.


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- Jason Wolfe
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What is the difference between a sermon and TED Talk?
Alain de Botton asked and answered "What's the difference between a sermon and our modern, secular mode of delivery, the lecture? Well a sermon wants to change your life and a lecture wants to give you a bit of information."
I have always felt that TED Talks are more than just giving some information. Sometimes I feel that my life has been changed by a TED talk...and then I stop and look at all the time I spend watching them and the time I donate to TEDx events in my community and I am certain that my life has changed.
Being involved with TEDxTokyo has brought me into a community of people helping other people for the common good. Sounds like some of the things de Botton was talking about.
Is TED already doing some of what he is asking for?
Is TED then a type of religion ?
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Apr 4 2012: I would say they are similar. Both address issues that are relevant to the audience and cultural context. A sermon is just an exposition on the written, living word of God. Or a testimony to the working of God in ones life. Ted talks are expositions of some thing someone has expertize on or believes in. I would argue in some talks the subject is an Idol to the presenter. A false God in which they put all their hope, meaning, worth, time, money, energy into. One other difference is that Ted speakers achieve their result through their own power while a pastor giving a sermon SHOULD be intent on getting out of the way and letting the holy spirit use him to bring a message to those listening. Ultimately it is the spirit that "changes peoples' lives" not the speaker. He is just a tool. (in a good sense of the word)
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We need to unplug more often.
Science has already shown that the constant stream of data overwhelming us has altered the processes of our brains. What is it doing to our kids who grow up in this increasingly chaotic world?
Recently, we decided to drop our cable television service. It was hard, but only for a few days. We miss the shows we like, but with a digital antenna, we can still get half a dozen stations of regular network tv, although there isn't much that we like to watch. We usually watched SyFy or Discovery network shows or The Hub. That's it, but we needed digital cable to get many of the channels we wanted. We kept the cable internet, but we save $100/month by taking back the cable box. The cable was mostly on for background noise.
We need some form of entertainment on occasion, however, so we picked up a Roku box and signed up for Netflix and Amazon Prime. Now, we don't have to miss the shows that we really like but don't need any of the hundreds of other idiotic shows out there.
I also keep the tv off more often now, and you know what?
We don't miss it, and I have seen that my kids have benefited. That's right. I grew up with four tv stations, no cable and before the internet. We lived on a farm and had to work or use our imaginations to figure out a way to pass the time. I created stories with my brothers and acted them out or played with toys that didn't do stuff on their own because of microchips and batteries. We didn't have money, so we made do with what we had, which is where I became so involved with horses.
My kids are normally very creative; every child is if given the chance. My kids have electronic gadgets, like one of my old laptops, a 3DS, Leapfrog devices, and ereaders. However, there are restrictions on what we allow and they're actually not always interested in playing on them. We've tried to encourage our kids to play with friends–one is a social butterfly, so she BEGS to play with her friends–and to use their own imaginations. These kids come up with the darndest ideas! Then again, our kids have been brought up with movies and tv like Avengers, Justice League, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, Farscape, etc. so you can see where they get some of their wild ideas. No dramatic, whiny teen shows allowed in this household.
My kids also have had responsibilities in the form of chores since they were two, starting with picking up their toys. That progressed to folding their own clothes by the time they were four, then emptying the dishwasher by the time they were each four or five, and has expanded to include cleaning their bathroom (parts of it), cleaning windows, vacuuming, and so on. They know if they don't, beloved toys will get taken away.
However, when toys get taken away, they find some other way to fill the gap. The day after I took the cable box back to the company, they took a bunch of cardboard waiting to be recycled and made swords and shields (with a little of daddy's help). A friend posted a picture of his son on Facebook. His son had misbehaved and had his computer taken away, so he made himself a pretend computer, complete with cardboard USB receiver. My girls most recently converted more cardboard into cat houses, one with a tiny yard fence, for our cats. (I finally took the cardboard to the recycle place.) Our tape supply was severely depleted.
That's the point I'm trying to make. Unplug yourself and your kids. It won't be easy and you don't have to go completely off the grid, but just fill your surroundings with silence and soon your mind will fill with ideas. Readers know how this works. Readings is a solitary activity that takes us away from all the noise and lets other ideas fill our heads. This is how I can get so much writing in. I need the silence to work, because silence really is golden. Silence is the key to true creativity.


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America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs 2012 (via Bloomberg Businessweek)
Rather than start an environmental group to clean up polluted water, scuba-diving aficionado Brian Linton started an apparel brand, United by Blue. For every product it sells, the company promises it will remove one pound of trash from waterways during cleanups it organizes. United by Blue's measurable approach—it has removed more than 120,000 pounds since it launched in 2010—helps explain why it can charge $34 per T-shirt online and at retailers like Nordstrom (JWN). It also explains why Subaru and Sperry Top-Sider partnered with United by Blue to make co-branded apparel lines earlier this year. "[They] can position themselves in a much bigger way than they would be able to if they were simply donating to a nonprofit," says Linton. "They [have] a great story to tell their consumers."—NL


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darren carter
Gender: Male
City: Manchester
Stand: Gwladys Street
Country: United Kingdom
About darren
season ticket holder in the lower gwladys, been supporting everton since i was 8 years old through thick and thin. ETID
First Game
cant remember, it was that long ago
Favourite Everton Moment
beating the redshite
Favourite All Time Player
Duncan Ferguson. Because he didn't have a care in the world and took anybody on
Favourite Current Player
Royston Drenthe. he is like a little rocket and legs, hope we can keep him. sign him up
Favourite Manager
David Moyes. because he is probably the best manager we have ever had. end off
Favourite Game
beating the redshite
Favourite Goal
any against the redshite
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the vanilla one from last season
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Summary: This text anticipates and solves problems encountered by students learning chemistry for the first time. The authors present the basic principles of general chemistry in a concise and down-to-earth fashion so that complex material is easier to learn. Assuming students have little background in science--let alone chemistry--Daub and Seese stress analogies to explain fundamentals. A review of basic mathematics (Chapter 1) is also provided.
Begins each chapte ...show morer with a countdown that consist of five review questions from previously covered material. the countdowns tie together various chapters and allow students to review earlier material Provides a short essay at the end of each chapter called either Compound or Element that focuses on substances already familiar to students and shows how chemistry plays a role in everyday life.
Adds a new appendix called Your Calculator to provide easy-to-understand instructions on proper use of this tool.
Focuses on building problem-solving skills. in-chapter examples are paired with practice exercises to reinforce concepts immediately after they are learned
includes tasks and objectives at the beginning of each chapter that are keyed to text examples, exercises, and problems (general problems are not grouped by section and require comprehension of several topics)
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