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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Stevita Stevia
I feel horrible because Stevita Stevia sent me a big package of stevia-goodness a while ago, and I have been so slow to post my review. I have been thoroughly enjoying their products, because I am a stevia addict! I don't like to (white) sugar coat it, and stevia is my white powder of choice!
Stevita has several lines of straight stevia powders. First there is simply stevia- no fillers, just concentrated stevia. Then there is Stevia Supreme which is blended with xylitol for a filler, and less bitter taste. But I thought both lines were very high quality, did not leave a bitter taste, and while it may not be the most sustainable, I love having the little packets to throw into my purse.
I was so excited to try the gum, peppermint and cinnamon, but was disappointed. It was sweetened with xylitol, an sugar alcohol, and I was hoping it would be only stevia. And the flavor does not last long either, which was a bummer.
They also sent "Stevita Flavored Powder"- Think Crystal Lite without the artificial sweeteners!! It is very sweet, and can easily be diluted in more than 32 oz. They come in Strawberry, cherry, lime, and orange.
The final product I tried was their liquid stevia, which was a first for me. They have a wide range of flavored liquids, everything from toffee to mango. I tried the vanilla and the lemon, and I'm using the vanilla every day!! It's the perfect flavor addition to everything from oatmeal to raw desserts!! This was definitely my favorite of the samples they sent.
I highly recommend that you check out their website for all of their stevia line and definitely give their liquid stevia a try if you see it in your local whole foods or health food store! Thank you Stevita for letting me try your products!
Do you use stevia? Any brands you like more than others?
7 comments:
- Vegan Valerie said...
Hey Miss Jarrard! I was just reading your profile and seeing that you like to jog and you like ZUMBA! Oh so do I! Both! And we're vegan, and concerned about good health? Wow! We should be friends!!! It is a wonderful feeling to meet like-minded individuals! I just love it! I kind of get a high from it! Is that bad?
Well, I just wanted to say hello to you, Elizabeth! Keep up all the good work that you do! Oh and if you want to meet another awesome vegan, zumba maniac :) just head over to
and meet Michal. She's cool too, just like you!
I hope we talk again soon! :D - March 4, 2010 at 6:28 AM
- Jess said...
Congrats on the big name change!!
- March 4, 2010 at 7:18 AM
- Ricki said...
Congrats on the dedicated domeain! I've tried Stevita's chocoalte liquid and LOVE it. The other brand I really love is NuNaturals--I've used their liquid and powdered pure stevia and really don't taste a bitter aftertaste AT ALL. I'm hoping to do a write up of their products in the near future, too. Looks like some great samples! :)
- March 4, 2010 at 7:29 AM
- Amanda said...
How is Stevia for baking? I want to start using it for baked goods--but does it substitute 1:1 with white sugar--and is there a "brown sugar" equivalent? My baked-goods tooth needs some change!
- March 4, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- Elizabeth Jarrard said...
Thanks @ Jess and Valarie!
@Ricki I've been wanting to try NuNaturals. As soon as my stevita supply runs low-it'll be my next taste test!
@ Amanda-stevia requires a bit of experimenting to figure out what works, amongst the different brands and consistencies. This is a good resource http://cookingwithstevia.com/stevia_conversion_chart.html and Ricki has an excellent blog with plenty of delicious stevia-sweetened baked goods @ www.dietdessertanddogs.com !
love the stevia love! - March 4, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Gina said...
I love that they have the drink mixes, I have been looking for something like that. I haven't seen them anywhere yet, although I do have this brand's liquid chocolate (not chocolatey in case you were wondering).
- March 5, 2010 at 5:33 AM
- Herryponting said...
The Natural Choice in Stevia; Dietary Supplement; Stevita Stevia Supreme starts with the highest premium quality stevia extract available.
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Despite the impressive 16%+ rebound year-to-date, Research In Motion's (RIMM) battered shares are still down 76% from the 52-week high of $70.54.
Most investors following this company are well aware of all of the various reasons for the downfall. The decline of the smartphone's U.S. market share has been well chronicled, and the recent execution problems have all been covered to death. These are not the focus of this article.
What I intend to do is to come up with the absolute worst-case valuation for RIMM, based on the worst-case scenario of it closing down its business at any moment, liquidating all of its assets, and returning the proceeds to shareholders. I will then compare this scenario with the current market price.
Analyzing a company's liquidation value is a theoretical but useful part of fundamental analysis because it provides a solid floor for its valuation. As a company trades at or below liquidation value, it becomes more valuable broken up as scraps than as a going concern. It would become a hostile-takeover target for vultures who can profit from selling its assets and its patents, even against management's will. And most importantly, in this particular case, RIM is still cash flow positive (and will remain so for the foreseeable future according to even the most pessimistic analyst predictions), which means the longer we delay this eventuality, the stronger the cash balance becomes, which leads to even better liquidation value in the future. All of these reasons make this a good worst-case scenario analysis for RIM.
The calculation will be based on the most conservative assumptions:
- Wallstreet estimates Research In Motion's patent portfolio to be worth between $3-$10 billion. Let's assume the worst case of $3 billion for this exercise.
- Assign a value of $0 to the brand, factories, and all other long-term assets.
- Include all liabilities from the balance sheet.
- Assume the low-end of analyst estimates for this quarter's earnings.
Worst Case Scenario | |
Q4 Complete shut-down and liquidation | |
Patent Value | 3,000,000,000 |
Current Assets (Q3) | 7,202,000,000 |
Long-term Assets (Q3) | 0 |
All Liabilities (Q3) | (3,840,000,000) |
6,362,000,000 | |
Number of Shares Outstanding | 524,160,000 |
Liquidation Value Per Share as of Q3 | 12.14 |
Current Quarter Earnings | 0.73 |
Liquidation Value Per Share | 12.87 |
So if Research In Motion decides to call it a day and get rid of everything in a fire-sale this month, it can return $12.87 per share to investors at a minimum, based on these very pessimistic assumptions.
As of Monday February 6, the stock closed at $16.575. How does this compare with the worst-case liquidation value? (I will ignore CAD/USD conversion rates for now, given that they are currently very close to par and will not change the conclusion materially.)
Based on the lowest earning estimate from First Call analysts, RIM will earn about $3.28 per share in the next two years, which will put its liquidation value at 16.15. The average estimate is actually 5.85 in the next two years, and the high-end estimate is 9.21. These will produce liquidation values of 18.72 and 22.08 in two years, respectively.
Evidently, as illustrated by the pessimistic assumptions above, to bet against RIM at the current market price is to bet that it will definitely go out of business within the next two years. Obviously, this is a very unlikely scenario because no company would voluntarily liquidate when it is still cash-flow positive. But this goes to illustrate the irrational valuation that the market is currently assigning to RIM.
There is more to the long case - we are obviously not buying RIM in hopes to earn peanuts in the event of a liquidation - but this provides a very good floor of how much the company is fundamentally worth.
Any scenario beyond liquidation is pure gravy - if the company (a.) is bought out at a premium, or (b.) successfully licenses out its OS, or (c.) breaks-up the businesses into separate profitable units, or, heaven forbid, (d.) flawlessly executes a transition to the BB10 platform and re-conquers the U.S. market, then sky is the limit.
Regardless of which scenario pans out, it is indisputable that the current market price of RIMM provides a very favorable risk/reward profile for longs.
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Nicolaus Lau regains the lead from Clementz! It's a right old ding dong battle between those two!
Joe Barnes is up to 5th! Matt Simmonds still in 10th, Chris Ball 11th, Joe Rafferty 18th. Aimee Dix 48th overall (4th women), Hannah Barnes 50th (5th women) with two days to go!
Day 5 of Mavic® Trans-Provence showed in equal measure the spirit of cooperation and support that has always been the part of the spirit of Mavic® Trans – Provence, but also the transition of the event, the sport, and the concept of multi day enduro style racing. From a mostly amateur affair to a to a recognised discipline in its own right, and with it the need for more stringent rules and the application of penalties for those that break them.
Day 5 itself is a very physical day with some of the hardest pedalling, Special Stages of the week and still really technical. If you're not already spent after four days of riding and racing the days Special Stages are punctuated by big asphalt climbs over two Cols.
So lets talk about the spirit of the event then, and what makes it so special. Yesterday saw Fabien Barel happily lend his spare Mondraker to one of our amateur racers to ride after he broke his own bike. No fuss , no drama just another rider helping out another rider – Watching the riders face as he was handed Fabien's nearly brand new Mondraker was a priceless moment.
More of the spirit of camaraderie was seen at the top of the second Col, and the start of Special Stage 3. Mixed groups of riders clean the last of the climb, maybe led out by a pro downhiller with a xc world cup racer in tow, the most unlikely grouping of riders imaginable taking turns to slug it out in front. Taking time to catch their breath, sitting along the edge of the start of third Special Stage to cheer each other on through the first few switch backs . Imagine dropping in to a section and being whooped and whistled for your efforts by Mark Weir, Fabien Barel, Nico Vouilloz , Nicolas lau , Matti Lehikoinen ,Anne-Caroline Chausson and Adam Craig to name but a few and you're just a regular rider who's out for the week to take part. Where else are you going to being cheered on by some of the fastest riders in the world? All of this happens, and it only happens at Mavic® Trans- Provence!
Those of you that have been following the event will also be aware that yesterday for the first time in the history of Mavic® Trans-Provence time penalties we're given out for cutting corners on sections.
This year , perhaps reflecting the way the event has changed, rules have been added regarding cutting corners through switchbacks , as much as anything to protect the trails that we're privileged to be able to use, and secondly to keep competition fair , whilst we cannot police every corner if riders are openly cutting corners in front of riders , they will be and were time penalised.
Ash Smith, Mavic® Trans- Provence 's Race Directors official statement.
On the Mavic® Trans-Provence 2012 Day 5 (Thursday 27/09/2012) approximately 15 riders were accused of, and subsequently admitted to, "cutting the course" at the start of Special Stage 17.
However, the complex set of circumstances of which the stage start situation was comprised, and the lack of information from Mavic® Trans-Provence staff sources regarding rider discussions, decisions and actions, leads Mavic® Trans-Provence race director to believe that the standard 3-minute course cut penalty cannot not be applied. Nevertheless, due to the fact that most riders did ride the corner in question correctly, a penalty reflecting the time gained by the offending riders was applied. The penalty given was 30 seconds.
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Inhabitat Visits the New LES Ecology Center E-Waste Collection Warehouse in Gowanus
by Leonel Ponce, 02/06/12
The Lower East Side Ecology Center opened their e-waste warehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn just last week, and Inhabitat got an inside look at the new facility. The permanent facility will complement the organization's ongoing electronic waste collection events throughout the city, serving as a storage and sorting depot where anyone can bring their old computers, televisions, stereos, and the like to ensure that the precious metals, plastics, and toxins inside are properly extracted and recycled. Because of New York State's recently passed Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, proper recycling of electronic products will gradually become law for businesses and private citizens, making spaces such as this crucial to the process. Click ahead to see more from our tour of the space and learn more about the e-waste sorting process.
The warehouse, located at 469 President Street, accepts computers, televisions, monitors, radios, printers, cell phones, and most other electronics. The facility, and the Lower East Side Ecology Center's recycling program in general, does not accept media, such as floppies, cd's, zips, VHS tapes, or home appliances such as refrigerators, microwaves, air conditioning units.
When equipment is dropped off at the warehouse, owners must fill out forms describing all items delivered, and they may acquire a tax deduction for their donations. Items are organized by type, with special attention paid to toxic metals such as lead in CRT (cathode ray tube) televisions. Each pile of materials is bundled and made ready to ship to a recycling facility. Computers and televisions are sent to WeRecycle! in Mount Vernon, NY, where materials are separated and shredded to create more manageable scraps of plastic and metal. All of WeRecycle's material processing happens in the United States, under strict auditing and vetting, to prevent the contamination of soil and water that is prevalent in metal processing facilities and dumpsites in the developing world.
The space itself is a simple industrial shell, which reduces operating cost and energy usage to a minimum. Some natural light streams in through skylights, while High Intensity Discharge lighting complements the natural illumination. The 2-story tall space is occupied by a rows of shelves that almost reach the roof; during our visit most of the shelves laid empty, but the Ecology Center expects shelves to fill between each outgoing load. A loading dock is occupied by the Center's compost truck, which sometimes serves as transport for electronic waste from collection events.
At the back of the warehouse, a small education center and art exhibit can be found. In this room, visitors can learn more about different types of recycling techniques and rules, take in some upcycled trash art, and even appreciate a collection of antique and rare electronics saved from the shredder by warehouse employees. This facility serves not just as a step in the recycling process, but as an agent to change general perceptions of waste and resources.
The LES Ecology Center's new warehouse represents a crucial step in the development of a new solid waste management paradigm in New York City. With the rising cost of raw material and fuel for intensive processing, manufacturers are increasingly looking to mine pre-used products for metals and plastics. New York City, with its high population density and gadget-inclined residents constantly looking for the next product release, can play an important role in this new market in the United States. LES Ecology Center and WeRecycle! are working to capitalize on this opportunity while maintaining responsible stewardship of the natural and human environment. The city's residents can help in this process by properly disposing of their waste at the warehouse, which is open Tuesday through Saturday each week. With the help of organizations such as the LES Ecology Center, we can easily do our part to reduce NYC's waste stream and our collective impact on the environment.
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Just Duo It
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Occasional inconsistency.
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New York strip, half chicken, sticky toffee pudding.
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Mushroom ravioli, warm leek salad.
Duo, you could say, is the ultimate neighborhood restaurant. A meal here is comfortable and relaxed, a blend of rustic dishes, mismatched cloth napkins, exposed brick walls, and shabby-chic windowpanes strung together as a playful divider between bar and dining room. Coffee-shop banter—dialogues about recent art shows, discussions of local politics, recommendations of books read and loved—rises from the 17 wood-topped tables. There's the sense that this is where Highland residents gather and break bread night after night.
Chef John Broening, who lives just a few blocks from the restaurant, cooks a menu that mimics his environment. His food is simple, even lighthearted, but he resists the urge to stack ingredients and create art with a capital A. This is food to relax by, for spending an uncomplicated evening spooning in smooth butternut squash soup, chatting over warm leek salad, and sharing bites of savory mushroom-filled ravioli.
The restaurant strikes such a comfort chord that sometimes it's easy to overlook a misstep: the muttony lamb shank, a tepid apple tart, a thin vegetable soup. When you love something dearly—when you want it to work—it's easy to forgive and forget food that satiates but doesn't satisfy.
One of those subpar dishes, the salt cod fritters ($5), tasted predominantly of bland potato filler rather than mild fish—even when dipped in an intense lemon and garlic aïoli. Another evening, the duck confit appetizer ($6) was equally disappointing, especially considering that the same dish at Brasserie Rouge, where John Broening presided before it closed, was a brilliantly executed combination of salty, crackly confit and meltingly tender breast. At Duo, the duck was dry and not at all complemented with parched straw-potato cakes, a shred of mustardy mizuna, and a mere dab of fig compote. I was left to ponder how the same chef could create such a fine dish one place and get it so wrong at another. One glance at the open kitchen sheds some light: Broening was absent from the line.
But when Duo is on form, the food is seriously good. A roasted half chicken ($16), served with a side of saffron rice, arrived with a light, crispy golden crust that subtly tasted of the best Southern fried. The New York strip ($19), cooked to order and pink and tender, had a side of twice-cut golden and crispy oversize potato wedges. One evening when Broening manned the burners, I tempted fate and ordered the confit dish again—the appetizer was excellent, with duck meat so succulent and tender it held its own against the potato cake.
Dinner, even with a slipup or two, is one reason to visit Duo; dessert is another entirely. While many restaurant selections of staid and mediocre cakes and puddings don't warrant a second glance, Duo's are worth every blessed calorie. Diners are encouraged to save room for Pastry Chef Yasmin Lozada-Hissom's creations. Lozada-Hissom is a wizard with cream, butter, and eggs, turning out sweets that are delicious and perfectly orchestrated. Favorites include a delicate honey-glazed apple tart with black currant purée, creamy hand-churned ice creams (coffee is one of the best), and caramelly, sticky toffee pudding.
Pair bites of decadence with sips of strong, French-press coffee poured into mismatched cups and saucers. Contemporary pink-and-silver cups mix with classic bone-thin china (that happens to be sourced from one of the owner's grandmothers, neighborhood garage sales, Ebay, and Craig's List) for an effect that's charming and easy, friendly and communal.
At the end of the night, it's this familiar sense, and the comfort of a neighborhood restaurant done right, that brings you—and everyone else—back to Duo.
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By Carol W. Maybach
Flatz Restaurant
500 Flatiron Blvd.
The Draw
Welcome to the new hotel restaurant—it's upscale, looks like a mountain lodge, and serves good food.
The Drawback
Vegetables and sides are consistently undercooked, and the desserts need some attention.
Don't Miss
The lobster bisque, the Flatz mountain chili, the mixed grill, and the Colorado porterhouse lamb chops.
Vegetarian Options
Flatz signature salad, tomato mozzarella salad, roast-vegetable ravioli.


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Thai Stocks Biggest Losers in Asia as Protests Spur Swings
Anuchit NguyenThailand's stocks are falling at the fastest pace in Asia as an amnesty bill for political protesters spurs demonstrations in the streets of Bangkok and threatens to delay the nation's biggest-ever infrastructure spending plan.
The SET Index, which rose 328 percent from October 2008 to this year's high on May 21, has since dropped 13 percent through yesterday as shares of Krung Thai Bank Pcl and billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont's CP All Pcl tumbled. Stock swings in Thailand have almost tripled in the past six months while trading volumes fell 52 percent, the most among 45 emerging and developed markets.
Police closed roads around parliament this week on concern as many as 5,000 people may join rallies against the ruling Pheu Thai party's bill, which would exonerate protesters jailed after the nation's military coup in 2006. Debate over the legislation may delay approval of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's $64 billion plan to build high-speed trains and highways across Thailand, where government spending accounts for about 24 percent of the economy.
"Political tension and economic slowdown will be the main risks to the Thai market," Petcharat Powattanasatien, the head of equity investment at Bangkok-based Kasikorn Asset Management Co., the nation's biggest private money manager with $27 billion of assets, said in a July 31 phone interview. "Any delay in the government's spending on new infrastructure projects will have a negative impact."
Volatility Jumps
Thailand's SET index rose 1.2 percent to 1,447.16 today after better-than-estimated Chinese trade data eased concern that the biggest emerging economy is slowing.
The gauge's 30-day historical volatility jumped 180 percent to 25.2 as of Aug. 6 from 9 at the end of January. That compares with a 33 percent drop for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and a 16 percent increase for the Shanghai Composite Index in China, the biggest emerging market, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Thirty-day average volume in the $390 billion equity market, the 11th-biggest in Asia, declined to about 9.8 billion shares from 21 billion in January, which was within 5 percent of a record high. Volume fell to 4.7 billion shares on Aug. 5, the lowest since Nov. 21.
The last time trading in Thailand slowed this much, in November 2010, the SET index dropped about 4 percent during the next 12 months. That compares with a 3.7 percent gain in the S&P 500, the data show.
Relative Value
The SET gauge has more than quadrupled since November 2008 as bond purchases by the U.S. Federal Reserve spurred demand for riskier assets in emerging markets. The Thai economy rebounded from a 7 percent contraction in the first quarter of 2009 to post an average expansion of 4.9 percent during the following three years. Growing consumer demand in the nation of 67 million people boosted car sales to an all-time high in March and lifted earnings at SET index companies to a record.
The Thai stock measure will probably climb about 15 percent this year as earnings growth lures foreign investors, said Korawut Leenabanchong, the chief investment officer at UOB Asset Management (Thailand), which oversees about $6.4 billion. Profits in the SET will probably climb 28 percent in the next 12 months, versus 14 percent for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The SET Index is valued at 12.5 times analyst earnings estimates for the next 12 months. That compares with a multiple of 18 for the Philippine equity gauge, 16 in Malaysia and 14 for Indonesia. The MSCI emerging markets index is trading at a multiple of 9.9.
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"Thai stocks have been overpunished," said Korawut, whose Thai Value Focus Equity-Dividend Fund has returned 16 percent this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "The overall fundamentals of the Thai market remain strong."
Equities have rebounded after past periods of political tension. While the SET Index lost as much as 13 percent in four months after Thai military leaders sent tanks to block Bangkok's Government House and said they'd seized control of the capital on Sept. 19, 2006, the gauge recouped its losses by May 2007.
The SET index's decline from its 19-year high on May 21, the day before Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in congressional testimony that the central bank could reduce stimulus if the economy improves, is the largest among equity gauges in 18 Asian nations tracked by Bloomberg. Foreign investors sold a net $2.7 billion of Thai shares since the end of March, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
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"Trading should slow and volatility will remain high in the second half with investors' lingering concern about the U.S. Fed's monetary policy," Charamporn Jotikasthira, president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, said in an interview in Bangkok on July 23. The "economy will also face risk from economic slowdown as exports and domestic consumption are still weak."
Manufacturing production declined 3.5 percent in June from a year earlier and exports dropped 3.4 percent, according to government data released on July 26. The Thai Retailers Association cut its 2013 forecast for retail and wholesale revenue growth to 9 percent from 12 percent on July 25. The nation's gross domestic product expanded 5.3 percent in the first quarter.
"We are starting to see the first cracks around the edges" for the economy, Mark Matthews, the Singapore-based head of Asia research at Bank Julius Baer & Co., said in an Aug. 6 e-mail.
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The amnesty bill, proposed by ruling party lawmaker Worachai Hema, would exonerate protesters involved in demonstrations stretching from the coup in 2006 until May 10, 2011. The legislation is designed to help innocent people in prison as a result of political conflict, Worachai said on Aug. 5, according to a comment posted on the party's website.
Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, now an opposition leader who faces murder charges for authorizing soldiers to use weapons during political unrest in 2010, has rallied supporters to protest the legislation.
The bill will undermine the country's judiciary by freeing people who were convicted of serious criminal acts, and may lead to a pardon for Yingluck's brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was removed from power during the 2006 coup, Abhisit told a rally in Bangkok on Aug. 5.
Demonstrations by Thaksin's supporters and opponents since 2006 have led to an airport seizure, business center blockages and arson attacks in Bangkok.
Trading Slump
Thaksin has lived overseas since 2008, when he fled a jail sentence stemming from charges filed by an army-appointed body. His party won two general elections since the coup even as two prime ministers he endorsed were removed by the constitutional court. Thailand has had nine military coups and more than 20 prime ministers since 1946.
"There is a bit of nerves ahead of the amnesty bill in the next parliament session as this might cause more protests," Andrew Yates, the head of international equities at Asia Plus Securities Pcl, the country's second-biggest stock brokerage by market value, said by phone on Aug. 2. Trading volumes have dropped to levels normally seen around holiday periods, he said.
A draft bill to approve 2 trillion baht ($64 billion) of spending over seven years is stuck in parliament. The legislation would lead to construction of high-speed trains, railway tracks and superhighways as part of the Yingluck administration's attempt to reduce energy consumption and transportation costs.
Forecast Cut
At the same time, about 350 billion baht earmarked for water management projects in the second half has been held up by a court order for the assessment of their impact on health and the environment.
The delays may weigh on the economy and heighten concern among foreign investors, Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong told reporters in Bangkok on July 24. Credit Suisse Group AG cut its 2013 economic expansion forecast for Thailand to 4 percent from 4.7 percent on Aug. 5, citing investment delays and weaker-than-estimated exports.
Investors should reduce Thai equity holdings and increase cash because of the political outlook, according to Maybank Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Pcl, the nation's largest stock brokerage. Downside risk and volatility in stocks may increase this month amid street protests, the Bangkok-based firm said.
"Political tension may prolong and pressure the stock market even though no major violence is expected," Sukit Udomsirikul, the head of research at Maybank Kim Eng, said by phone on Aug. 5. "Investors should wait and see until the political situation has been settled."


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The Indian mob-mentality showed its ugly self yet again. Hriday Ranjan explains how the spinelessness of the society keeps on resurfacing time and again.
In the last three overs of the Indian innings in the ICC World T20 2014 final against Sri Lanka, one could have guessed a storm was brewing. Many logged onto Facebook to check out Yuvraj Singh's page, and found people trolling him. Some of the posts were really funny. When one scrolled down some more, then there were a few that were not very funny, some that were poor attempts, and finally, some that really lacked in taste.
Which is why the author was not surprised the next day when headlines read of Yuvraj's house getting pelted with stones. People wished that he had died of cancer, than to come back and play in the final.
Whenever such an incident comes up, there are two common explanations. The first explanation for it is that we as Indians are emotional people. That we love cricket as a sport and it is the frustration of people whose only bright spot in life and popular culture is films and cricket.
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This is an absurd explanation. But if we were really passionate about the sport, we would know that a team sport is dependent on the entire team. If they scratched a little more, they'd also know that a team sport is dependent on a variety of external things — luck, strategy and playing conditions. And if they really had an IQ of 80-plus, they'd know that it is really difficult to hit yorkers outside the off-stump.
The second is that it comes with being a sporting icon. When people love you, you enjoy the success, the grandeur, the fame and the wealth. If you go through the ups, you also have to grin and bear the downs.
Ahem, no?
Because we are not Taliban?
Because we are a supposed civilised democracy in 2014?
Come to think of it, what really did he do? Did he fix a match? Did he pursue and hack someone to death? He had a bad day at work. In the way that you and I do. Now when your boss asks you to come meet him, do you stone his house and blacken his face?
Na. He has power over you.
That is the second thing about the mob frenzy.
Has anyone seen stones pelted at a politician's house? What about N Srinivasan — the guy who has been accused of running a betting racket? Or A Raja? Or Suresh Kalmadi — that other Indian who was really passionate about sport?
Or the police officers who roam the streets like modern day Razakars? Or the builder who built that pathetic road outside your house? Na. No, sir.
You know why? Because they are powerful. Because if you try to get near their house, their bodyguards will punch you till your small intestine becomes your large intestine and your liver becomes a dier.
And so we always choose the easy preys. Actors, authors, cricketers, social workers and women in pubs. Those not powerful enough to defend themselves.
If somebody was watching from Uranus, they'd shake their heads and laugh. To start with, the hundred crores of us follow only one sport. A sport that only eight other countries play at the top level. The others just make up the numbers.
It's sad in a pathetic way.
(Based in Hyderabad, Hriday Ranjan blogs at http://heartranjan.wordpress.com/. His first book Xanadu Nights should be out shortly. His Twitter handle is @heartranjan)


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From an article by Olga Naidenko, Environmental Working Group Senior Scientist
American water utilities are increasingly switching to chloramines, a mixture of chlorine and ammonia, for final disinfection of drinking water. Chloramine was supposed to be a "safer" water disinfectant than chlorine because it reduces formation of toxic chlorination byproducts. A 2005 survey by the American Water Works Association found that approximately a third of all utilities now use chloramines. Water disinfection byproducts are associated with increased risk of cancer and possibly adverse effects on the development of the fetus, so minimizing their levels in drinking water is a good thing. Yet, chloramines drastically increase the leaching of lead from pipes.
Two thirds of the U.S. municipal water supply is artificially fluoridated in an effort to prevent tooth decay. But fluoridation additives in tap water are not the same form of fluoride as found in toothpaste. Typically, water is fluoridated with fluorosilicic acid (FSA) or its salt, sodium fluosilicate, collectively referred to as fluorosilicates. In contrast, fluoride in toothpaste is usually in form of simple sodium fluoride salt, NaF.
Fluorosilicates have a unique affinity for lead. In fact, lead fluorosilicate is one of the most water-soluble forms of lead. When fluorosilicates in water pass through lead-containing pipes and metal fixtures, the fluorosilicates extract high levels of soluble lead from leaded-brass metal parts. Researchers have found that the mixture of the two chemicals: disinfectant (whether chlorine or chloramine) with fluorosilicic acid has a drastically increased potency, leaching amazingly high quantities of lead. This lead goes into our drinking water and right on into our bodies, where they wreak havoc by poisoning our heart, kidneys and blood, causing irreversible neurological damage and impairing reproductive function.
Chlorine and chloramine are probably here to stay for some time. On the other hand, fluoride, or, specifically, water fluoridation with fluorosilicates, is quite dispensable. There is clear evidence that fluoride dental products significantly reduce the incidence of cavities. In contrast, a substantial and growing body of peer-reviewed science suggests that ingesting fluoride in tap water does not provide any additional dental benefits other than those offered by fluoride toothpaste and may present serious health risks.
In case of fluoridation and chloramines, what emerges at the end of the pipe (our faucets) is a potentially highly hazardous mixture of fluorosilicates, lead, and residual levels of disinfectants. To protect the health of our families today, we can buy a water filters to remove heavy metals and disinfection byproducts from my drinking water with a simple pitcher filter.
Water treatment chemistry is still insufficiently understood by scientists and specific water quality outcomes depend on the particular chemical interactions found in each water treatment and distribution system. To protect the health of the entire nation, we really need to consider if our current methods of water treatment can withstand scientific scrutiny, or whether they should be re-assessed so as to provide safe, healthy tap water to all Americans. (EWG EnviroBlog, 7/13/2009)


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The Seaspray - Eighty-three foot sailing schooner on the maritime adventure THE ADVENTURES OF THE SEASPRAY/SYN/1967-68. The Seaspray was the home base of John Wells (Walter Brown), a widowed Australian freelance writer who cruised the South Seas looking for ideas for stories.
Wells lived onboard with his daughter, Susan (Susanne Haworth), and sons Mike (Gary Gray) and Noah (Rodney Pearlman). A Fiji crewman named Willyum (Leoni Lesinawi) assisted Wells on the voyages. The series was filmed entirely in Australia.
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...plus c'est la même chose: "Our plan was to try to hold them to field goals ... and then take your shots offensively," Fisher said. "Get your points and have a chance to win the game at the end." Jeebus. So much for that year off. http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=320909008
On the outside it looks like Fisher put on team on the field the kept up with the Lions. Anyone seasoned Titans fan knows he will always be 'close'. Plus, take away Finny's pick 6, not looking so good.
That guy just never thinks further than "have a chance to win at the end." I would imagine Bill Belichick would wretch uncontrollably if those words ever fell out of his mouth. Half-assed coaching, half-assed team.


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The City and County of San Diego have entered into a partnership with the United Way to house and treat 25 chronically homeless people.
SAN DIEGO The City and County of San Diego have entered into a partnership with the United Way to house and treat 25 chronically homeless people.
The chronic homeless make up a small segment of the homeless population but consume a very large percentage of the costs to law enforcement and emergency medical services.
That's why San Diego is launching Project 25. Brian Maienschein is with the Home Again program of the United Way. He said the project will identify 25 chronic homeless and provide them with housing and services.
"The homeless provider will work with them to bring them in, and to immediately not just improve their lives but reduce their cost to all of the taxpayers of San Diego County," said Maienschein.
A study found that 15 homeless San Diegans consumed $1.5 million in medical services over a year and a half. One person landed in the emergency room 68 times in a single year. Maienschein said Project 25 will operate for three years and then be re-assessed.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Friday ordered a California hospital to keep a girl declared brain dead on life support following what was supposed to be a routine tonsillectomy.
The ruling by Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo came as both sides in the case agreed to get together and chose a neurologist to further examine 13-year-old Jahi McMath and determine her condition. Another hearing was set for Monday.
The girl's family sought the court order to keep Jahi on a ventilator while the second opinion is sought. They left the courtroom without commenting.
The family says doctors at Children's Hospital Oakland wanted to disconnect life support after Jahi was declared brain dead on Dec. 12.
After her daughter underwent a supposedly routine tonsillectomy and was moved to a recovery room, Nailah Winkfield began to fear something was going horribly wrong.
Jahi was sitting up in bed, her hospital gown bloody, and holding a pink cup full of blood.
"Is this normal?" Winkfield repeatedly asked nurses.
With her family and hospital staff trying to help and comfort her, Jahi kept bleeding profusely for the next few hours then went into cardiac arrest, her mother said.
Hospital officials said they couldn't discuss the case because the family hasn't given them permission to do so.
In a statement late Thursday, Dr. David Durand, the hospital's pediatrics chief, wrote of Jahi's case: "We are unable - without the family's permission - to talk about the medical procedure, background or any of the details that are a part of this tragedy.
"We implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission - which it has been withholding - that would bring clarity, and we believe, some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case," the doctor added.
In an interview at Children's Hospital Oakland on Thursday night, Winkfield described the nightmarish turn of events after her daughter underwent tonsil removal surgery to help with her sleep apnea.
She said that even before the surgery, her daughter had expressed fears that she wouldn't wake up after the operation. To everyone's relief, she appeared alert, was talking and even ate a Popsicle afterward.
But about a half-hour later, shortly after the girl was taken to the intensive care unit, she began bleeding from her mouth and nose despite efforts by hospital staff and her family.
While the bleeding continued, Jahi wrote her mother notes. In one, the girl asked to have her nose wiped because she felt it running. Her mother said she didn't want to scare her daughter by saying it was blood.
Family members said there were containers of Jahi's blood in the room, and hospital staff members were providing transfusions to counteract the blood loss.
"I don't know what a tonsillectomy is supposed to look like after you have it, but that blood was un-normal for anything," Winkfield said.
The family said hospital officials told them in a meeting Thursday that they want to take the girl off life support quickly.
"I just looked at the doctor to his face and I told him you better not touch her," Winkfield recalled.
Hospitals do a barrage of sophisticated tests to determine brain death, said Dr. Cristobal Barrios, an associate professor and a trauma and critical care surgeon at the University of California, Irvine. He is not involved in Jahi's care and spoke about general hospital protocols.
The tests include touching a patient's cornea to elicit a blink, moving a breathing tube to stimulate a gag reflex, tickling the back of the throat to bring on a cough, and applying pressure or pain.
If the patient fails to respond to all of those tests, doctors remove the breathing tube for a few minutes. If there is any brain activity, the patient should begin breathing within a few minutes, he said.
In some cases, doctors will also draw a blood sample, add radioactive tags and re-inject it into the body to track where it flows. If the blood doesn't flow to the brain, Barrios said, there is no brain activity.
Generally, two teams of specialists must run the tests and determine independently that the patient is brain dead, he said. At UC Irvine, those evaluations must take place 12 hours apart if the patient is a child.
Barrios said it's not unusual for family members to resist a diagnosis of brain death.
While the hospital is not obligated to keep life support going after that diagnosis, Barrios has left brain dead patients hooked up for up to five days while family members move toward acceptance, he said.
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"People pleasers feel more intense pressure to eat when they believe that their eating will help another person feel more comfortable," study lead author Julie Exline, a psychologist at Case Western Reserve University, said in a university news release. "Almost everyone has been in a situation in which they've felt this pressure, but people pleasers seem especially sensitive to it."
But there's an emotional cost to this behavior, according to the report published in the current issue of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
"Those who overeat in order to please others tend to regret their choices later. It doesn't feel good to give in to social pressures," Exline said.
The study included 101 college students who completed a questionnaire that assessed their characteristics for having a people-pleasing personality, such as putting others' needs before their own, worrying about hurting others and being sensitive to criticism.
Each of the participants was then seated alone with a female actor who posed as another study volunteer. The actor was given a bowl of candy and took a small handful (about five pieces) before offering the bowl to the study participant.
Being a people pleaser was associated with taking more candy, both in the laboratory experiment and in a second study involving the participants' recollection of real-life eating situations.
People pleasers "don't want to rock the boat or upset the sense of social harmony," Exline explained.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship will visit the Canadian province of Manitoba for the first time as Winnipeg's MTS Centre hosts UFC 161 on June 15.
UFC President Dana White confirmed the plans with USA TODAY Sports on Monday.
According to White, a rematch between Brazilian veterans Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (21-7 mixed martial arts, 5-5 UFC) and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-5, 4-2) has been booked for the evening's main card, which will air on pay-per-view.
Brazilian website Tatame first reported the possibility of the matchup, though a location for the card was not reported.
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Additionally, former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans (17-3-1, 12-3-1) could face ex-Pride and Strikeforce titleholder Dan Henderson (29-9, 6-3), White said, adding Henderson was awaiting medical clearance.
Winnipeg becomes the fifth Canadian city to host a show.
Evans looks to end a two-fight losing streak after dropping back-to-back decisions to current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Nogueira.
He had flirted with the idea of a potential move down to middleweight in recent months but instead will likely face Henderson, who dropped a close split decision to Lyoto Machida last month at UFC 157.
The bout was the first in 15 months for Henderson, who missed out on a promised title shot with Jones while he recovered from a knee injury in 2012.
Rua and Nogueira, meanwhile, renew a rivalry that began in 2005 when the two faced off in the quarterfinal round of Pride's middleweight grand prix.
In a fight that many news media outlets dubbed fight of the year, Rua earned a hard-fought unanimous decision victory. Rua went on to win the star-studded and historic 16-man tournament a few months later.
The two fighters have seen mixed results in recent years. Rua has alternated between wins and losses during his past eight fights, which included a brief UFC title run from 2010-2011 and a December defeat to Alexander Gustafsson. Nogueira, meanwhile, recently halted a two-fight losing skid with back-to-back wins over Tito Ortiz and Evans.
As MMAjunkie.com previously reported, UFC 161 also is expected to feature a welterweight bout between Jake Shields (27-6-1, 2-2) and Tyron Woodley (11-1, 1-0).
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Apple Allowed to Intervene in Lodsys Case
This may be a bit of old news at this point, but its still great news. Apple can now offer a defense to those developers being attacked by Lodsys. Hopefully they can defeat them, and then Lodsys will be out of business.
A sad note to come out of this is that some developers caved and started paying Lodsys. I understand the logic (saving money), but its only a short term gain. If they fought and lost, they would pay regardless. But by paying, they only funding Lodsys to go after developers like me, and that hurts the whole industry. And they also set a precedence for other patent trolls to come after small developers. Sure, its only 1% now, but when there are 50 companies asking 1% because nobody fault, then that's a huge problem.


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Seared Cod with Peas, Pancetta, and Wilted Lettuce Recipe
Quick and easy recipes that prove that great French food doesn't require a tall hat and a fancy kitchen.
Petits Pois à la Française is a classic, if unusual, dish. It features ham or bacon and peas—sometimes cooked with onions, stock, or cream. But it's always accentuated with that one ingredient that makes it "à la française": lettuce. It may sound crazy, but it is so good. Adding sweet sucrine lettuce at the last second means the leaves add a nice crunchy texture to the meaty, creamy, but also light and bursting, sweet peas. I hearten it up by topping it with a fillet of crisply seared cod. Heaven!
About the author: Kerry Saretsky is the creator of French Revolution Food, where she reinvents her family's classic French recipes in a fresh, chic, modern way.
- Yield:4 servings
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:15 minutes
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- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cod or hake filets (about 6 ounces each)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 ounces diced pancetta
- 4 cups thawed frozen peas
- 1 head of baby gem or romaine lettuce, finely sliced (about 2 cups)
- 2 tablespoons of chopped flat leaf parsley, plus extra for garnish
- 4 tablespoons crème fraîche
In a large nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil over high heat until shimmering. Season the cod with salt and pepper and place presentation-side-down in the hot skillet. Cook without moving until the fish takes on a nice golden crust and lifts easily from the spatula, about 4 minutes. Carefully flip fish with a thin metal spatula and cook on second side until cooked through, about 1 minute longer. Remove skillet from heat and transfer cod to a paper towel-lined plate.
Add the pancetta to the same skillet, and return to medium-high heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until pancetta starts to become crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the peas and warm through, stirring often. Add 2 tablespoon of water, lettuce, parsley, and crème fraîche. Stir over the heat until the crème fraîche has melted and the lettuce is just beginning to wilt. Season with salt and pepper.
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1. In a mortar, combine the paprika, chipotle, adobo sauce, garlic, cumin, caraway and olive oil and pound until a paste forms. Season with salt and pepper. Spread half of the harissa all over the chicken. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
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[edit] Input Method and Desktop Integration
[edit] Summary
Improve input method integration on the desktop so that input methods can be started, stopped, and switched dynamically.
[edit] Owner
- Name: AkiraTagoh
[edit] Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 10
- Last updated: 2008-03-19
- Percentage of completion: 90%
- Remain to be completed
- Qt/KDE support
- Implement code in Qt to switch immodule against QtSettings dynamically.
- XIM support
- --(Implement code to switch XIM server.)--
- Implement a dummy XIM server acting for @im=none.
[edit] Detailed Description
Currently there are annoying limitations when using input methods on the desktop: for example it is necessary to restart the desktop to enable or disable an input method. There are also key conflicts between input methods and applications. This feature plan is to improve the integration at the toolkit level to fix the above issues.
[edit] Benefit to Fedora
This feature will improve the usability for people who use input methods, and also for those who don't and are annoyed with input method hotkeys conflicting with applications hopefully, because input method could be being started/stopped as needed and take an effect without restarting. this feature would be useful and helpful for Live image.
[edit] Scope
This feature can be broken down into:
- disabling/enabling the input method without restarting the desktop, which means the input method is being started/stopped as needed.
- changing the input method without restarting the desktop
- hotkey configuration
[edit] Test Plan
- make sure all the changes, including enabling/disabling/changing the input method is applied immediately for GTK+ applications
- build an infrastructure to bring up the input method on demand
- im-chooser support)
- apply to the GTK+ applications on Xfce
- apply to the Qt applications
- apply to the X applications
[edit] User Experience
Users isn't required to restart the desktop to do something for the input method.
[edit] Dependencies
Patches to gtk+, input methods, other toolkits, and desktops need to be accepted upstream.
[edit] Contingency Plan
Revert to current xinput.d and environment variables system as a fallback.
[edit] Documentation
Promoting on flash movie is: http://tagoh.fedorapeople.org/im-chooser/imsettings/imsettings-demo.html
[edit] Release Notes
not yet.
[edit] Comments and Discussion
See Talk:Features/IMDesktopIntegration