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Submission + - Complete Neanderthal genome sequenced (esciencenews.com)
FiReaNGeL writes: "Researchers have produced the first whole genome sequence of the 3 billion letters in the Neanderthal genome, and the initial analysis suggests that up to 2 percent of the DNA in the genome of present-day humans outside of Africa originated in Neanderthals or in Neanderthals' ancestors. The researchers compared DNA samples from the bones of three female Neanderthals who lived some 40,000 years ago in Europe to samples from five present-day humans from China, France, Papua New Guinea, southern Africa and western Africa. This provided the first genome-wide look at the similarities and differences of the closest evolutionary relative to humans, and maybe even identifying, for the first time, genetic variations that gave rise to modern humans."


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HONOLULU, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Having reached key labor agreements with its pilot and flight attendant unions on the introduction of new aircraft, Hawaiian Airlines today announced that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement with Airbus to acquire 16 new A321neo aircraft between 2017 and 2020, with rights to purchase an additional nine aircraft.
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The transaction, which finalizes the Memorandum of Understanding announced in January, is the latest step in Hawaiian's phased fleet plan designed to supplement its current wide-body fleet of 26 aircraft, expand its long-range fleet, and enable it to open new domestic and international nonstop services to Hawaii. The long-range, single-aisle A321neo will complement Hawaiian's existing fleet of wide-body, twin-aisle aircraft used for long-haul flying between Hawai'i and the U.S. West Coast.
"Adding the superior comfort and operating efficiencies of the A321neo will secure Hawaiian's position as the Hawaii market leader in service quality, cost efficiency and choice of destinations from the U.S. West Coast throughout this decade and beyond," said Mark Dunkerley, president and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines.
"The A321neo will be the most fuel-efficient aircraft of its type after its introduction in 2016. With its slightly smaller size, we'll be able to open new markets that are not viable for wide-body service, while also being able to augment service on existing routes to the West Coast of North America," Dunkerley added.
"Airbus prides itself on being part of our customers' growing successes, and this order is the perfect example of how the right plane at the right airline can alter not just a business culture, but a local community," said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers. "The A320neo Family brings a further greening of our product line, and considering the environmental consciousness of the Hawaiian people, this aspect of the aircraft is another driver for eco-friendly, sustainable growth at the airline. It's also the most comfortable single-aisle flying today."
Terms of the purchase agreements were not disclosed. The order has a combined list-price value of approximately $2.8 billion if all purchase rights are exercised.
Hawaiian's A321neo aircraft will seat approximately 190 passengers in a two-class configuration (First and Coach) and have an operating range of 3,650 nautical miles. Hawaiian's A321s will offer the more comfortable seat widths found in its twin-aisle A330s.
The A321 fleet expansion is expected to generate roughly 1,000 additional jobs at Hawaiian.
"This is a significant investment in the future of both Hawaiian and Hawai'i. Our tourism-based economy and local employment will benefit as we continue our strategy of diversifying our business while improving the efficiency of our operation," Dunkerley commented.
Hawaiian currently operates a fleet of 44 aircraft, comprised of 26 wide-body, long-haul aircraft (294-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft and 264-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft), and 18 narrow-body 123-seat Boeing 717-200 aircraft for Neighbor Island flights.
Hawaiian's existing aircraft orders include an additional 12 new A330s between 2013 and 2015, and six next-generation, longer-range A350XWB-800 aircraft starting in 2017. The existing fleet of 16 Boeing 767s will phase out over the next 10 years.
About Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past nine years (2004-2012) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai'i.
Now in its 84th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai'i's biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. mainland. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawai'i from more U.S. gateway cities (11) than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, and Tahiti. New nonstop service will begin between Honolulu and Taipei, Taiwan on July 9, 2013. Hawaiian also provides approximately 160 daily jet flights between the Hawaiian Islands.
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA). Additional information is available at HawaiianAirlines.com. Follow updates on Twitter about Hawaiian (@HawaiianAir) and its special fare offers (@HawaiianFares), and become a fan on its Facebook page (Hawaiian Airlines).
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ORLANDO, Fla.--As expected, Samsung took the wraps off of a new tablet today at CTIA 2011, and there's not just one brand-spanking new device but actually two: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Not to be confused with the other Galaxy Tab 10.1, which was introduced at Mobile World Congress, this version, along with the Tab 8.9, claim to be the "world's thinnest tablets" at just 8.6 millimeters thin. By comparison, the iPad 2 is just a hair thicker at 8.8 millimeters.
Samsung has a tendency to make a lot of these claims, but we had the opportunity to check out the tablets last night (though they wouldn't turn on) and they really are quite slender. In addition, the rounded edges make it comfortable to hold and grip, and unlike the company's 7-inch Galaxy Tab series, these tablets have a solid, premium feel to them. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 weighs 16.6 ounces and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 weighs 20.9 ounces.
Both run on Android 3.0 Honeycomb, but they will also be the first tablets to support Samsung's new TouchWiz UX for tablets. This includes a live panel that you can customize with different content, such as your pictures, bookmarks, and social feeds. There's also an application tray that gives you access to more commonly used apps to help ease multitasking. Other highlights include resizable widgets and a nifty wireless manager.
We got a live demo of TouchWiz UX on the first Galaxy Tab 10.1 and was quite drawn to it. Though customized user interfaces are always a polarizing topic, we thought TouchWiz provided a more user-friendly experience to Honeycomb. You can check out more shots of the UI in our photo gallery below. We should also note that the TouchWiz UX won't come on the tablets out of the box. Instead, it will come via a software update some time after the tablets are launched, but Samsung couldn't provide a more specific time frame.
The rest of the tablets' features are similar to the already announced Galaxy Tab 10.1. This includes a rear-facing 3-megapixel camera and a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video calls, a dual-core processor, 1080p HD video playback, and both sport WXGA (1,280x800) touch screens, but obviously one measures 10.1 inches and the other 8.9 inches.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 are expected to ship globally this summer with Wi-Fi and HSPA+ (21Mbps) models. In the U.S., the Wi-Fi version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will cost $499 for the 16GB model and $599 for the 32GB model. Both will be available on June 8. The Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab 8.9 is expected to ship this summer, with the 16GB model going for $469 and the 32GB model going for $569. The company added that LTE and WiMax versions will come out later this year, but pricing and carrier support were not announced at this time.
CTIA Super Mobility Week
CTIA shows off what's new in smartphones, accessories, and all things mobile.
Sep 16This 'smart' wheelchair knows to send repair notices, health alerts
Sep 16A smart wheelchair means you're never disconnected (pictures)
Sep 11Under Armour: In the next few years, all our products will be smart
Sep 11Windows 10 finds a new smartphone ally: Alcatel OneTouch


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Benoît Charest , Jim Doxas
A decade after he brought it to the stage, Benoît Charest revives the music of the film Les Triplettes de Belleville with a remarkable array of collaborators (Dan Thouin, Jim and Chet Doxas, Dany Roy, Dave Martin and Simon Meilleur). Get ready to be transported to the pre-war era of the '30s on a magic carpet of jazz and cabaret, all of it swinging like a hammock in a hurricane! With the voice of Betty Bonifassi (via computer) and the feature film projected behind the musicians, it's Les Triplettes in excelsis.
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3 'Spillers (Amy, Fuel, and Shane) – 3 Stones Playlists. Enjoy.
I was born in 1960. I knew the early Stones tunes from the radio mostly. Caught the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, even at 3 years old, i somehow knew this was an important thing to see. Amazing, actually. But never knew a peep about the Stones on there. First Stones album i bought was Hot Rocks, followed by More Hot Rocks which i figured had all the oldies i ever needed. Never saw any reason to get the older albums – they all had pretty much the same songs on them anyway! So there are still plenty of oldies i've never heard. Wanted to get a sampler of some of them on the list, but Shanes' covers list made my job a lot easier – there would have been a lot of duplicates – and most of those songs probably aren't new to folks on here anyway. Shane's Empty Heart was newtome and great, i hear echoes of that one, and Heart of Stone and Time is on My Side in the snotnose garage bands i'm liking now. Under My Thumb and Play With Fire would have probably made my list – i think they foreshadow some of the darker tunes yet to come. Some other standouts for me – Ruby Tuesday, As Tears Go By, Lady Jane, Sitting on a Fence, Spider and the Fly, Not Fade Away, The Last Time, I'm Free – although biggies like Get Off of My Cloud (sorry, Fintan), Satisfaction, Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, and Mothers' Little Helper still don't do much for me.
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Man Who Moved Monsters
Ray Harryhausen, the man who moved monsters for a living, and in so doing, created an entire pantheon of creatures that moved me and my generation, is dead.
Of all the creative credits that graced the silver screens of the 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s it can truly be said that Harryhausen's was unique. Those of us who formed the half-pint cognoscenti that were aware of his name at all would silently cheer (or not so silently) when his name appeared on the screen, because we knew that, even though the stories, acting, and other production values might be be mediocre at best, the movie would be great -- and not just because there would be monsters in it.
Because they'd be Ray's monsters.
I guess the onscreen credit that was most often associated with his name was something like "Creator Of Special Effects". This would include all kinds of on location trickery (most FX were "practicals" back then, done in the camera or somehow managing to fool the lens, as opposed to "opticals," which were done post-shoot; sometimes months afterward). But the ones to which I quickly learned to react in Pavlovian response were the "Animation Effects". And even though they definitely fell into the category of "opticals," they were where the magic happened.
Let's be clear here: Ray didn't invent the concept of what came to be called "tabletop animation." That honor belongs (I think; someone correct me if I'm wrong,) to his mentor, Willis O'Brien, who was responsible for bringing to life one of the first, and without a doubt one of the best-loved and most-feared (two sides of the same coin in this case) monsters ever -- King Kong. But Ray learned at the feet of the master, and that was mighty clear water. From O'Brien he learned the styles and techniques that allowed him to shoot, with meticulous attention to detail, a great many of the most famous and instantly-recognizeable animated creature sequences in all of movie history: the Ymir in 20 Million Miles To Earth; the Rhedosaurus inThe Beast From 20,000 Fathoms; and the eponymous Mighty Joe Young, the biggest gorilla aside from Kong himself.
The great thing about Harryhausen's creations was that they weren't just big mean ugly critters that could bite your head off down to your belly button (although that was certainly part of their appeal). Many showed emotion, had that extra spark of humanity (or monstrosity) that you appreciated all the more when you realized how much extra work went into giving them some bit of business to do. It might be only a few seconds' worth, but at an animation rate of 24 frames per second, that could consume some time. And even though you were taking your chances with some of the movies (It Came From Beneath the Sea, anyone?) No matter how bad they got, we always had Jason and the Argonauts.
Ah, Jason. One of the first Harryhausens I ever saw, and still one of the best. A retelling of the story of the Golden Fleece, it had one jaw-dropping sequence after another, until after awhile you just gave up and left your lower mandible lying there in the sticky morass of Milk Duds and Good'n'Plentys. The battle with Talos, the attack of the Hydra, and best of all, the climactic battle with the Children of the Hydra's Teeth ...
Ray Harryhausen not only made animation his career; he helped animate mine as well. Thanks, Ray.
6 comments:
- mark slade said...
Hi Michael,i just wanted to leave you a note saying how much i enjoyed the episode of MONSTERS TV show you wrote, perchance to dream. I run a story podcast and i'd love to have one of your stories featured. If you are interested, let me know. i'll leave a link to the website http://darkdreamspodcast.blogspot.com/ my email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
thanks for writing some wonderful things.
---mark slade - May 12, 2013 at 8:36 PM
- Sarah said...
Hi Michael,
I hope you're well. I have been asked to determine if the film and television rights to VOODOO CHILD are currently available. Could you please advise, or direct me to the party currently handling these rights on your behalf?
Many thanks in advance.
firstname.lastname@example.com - September 16, 2013 at 12:10 PM
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- December 19, 2014 at 7:30 AM
- fantasytracker said...
I loved Dungeons and Dragons and in learning more about it...I discovered that an un-produced story exists and realized an audio file does exist.
Have not listened to it yet...but I will.
I think the time good to bring a reinvented Cartoon to television based on your work and those great characters.
I would love any insight or help you could give me since I want to find a way to bring back the show, in a reimagined retelling, after a fashion.
I found this blog as I try and learn more about how I might best recreate the now latent magic of such a great show.
Any thing I say about the disease you have could come off as trivial or even catering...so I will say this: It takes more bravery than people often realize to endure a hardship that only becomes heavier with time.
My grandmother had Alzheimers for 15 years before she died and for the first seven she horribly understood she was losing her mind. - December 19, 2014 at 7:41 AM
- M San Francisco said...
I really love your work, but I am sure you have heard that numerous time...so much so that you have become desensitized to the compliment...at least it seems that way as I read through your website (michaelreaves.com)
Just curious why you took the site down. I saw your blog which is suppose to document your life with parkinson's, but that too seems to be sparse in content. - January 14, 2016 at 8:48 AM
- Jake Cannon said...
Hi Michael,
My name is Jake Cannon, I'm a writer and stand-up comedian that works in animation as an Art PA on the Paramount feature Amusement Park. I'm reaching out because I'm currently gathering research for a personal project: an oral history of Recess focusing on Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere.
The plan is to produce an oral history podcast using the interviewees' actual voices to tell the story of Paul and Joe's winding journey to Disney. I also plan to turn it into a book. I've already recorded multiple interviews with Paul and Joe and would like to include your experience in their story.
Their path intersects with yours in many ways when Disney Television Animation was having a changing of the guard. I would love to hear your perspective on Disney Television Animation and specifically your work on Gargoyles.
If you are interested in being interviewed, please let me know. We can record your interview over Skype or in person.
Jake Cannon - February 1, 2017 at 1:50 PM


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InGamer is a true 2nd screen fantasy sports game that makes watching live sports better.
Our heads-up experience allows sports fans to be actual head coaches during games they are watching. Users can compete for prizes on a per quarter, game, week, month, season basis and because of the innovative new stat – The IGA – multi-sport fantasy contesting is now possible.
InGamer is a casual and social game where your audience becomes head coaches during live sporting events and can win sponsored prizes by playing just once. For each game they play, they pick players, collect points in real-time, change their players each quarter, and compete and chat with friends, fans, and celebrity VIPs.
Partner with InGamer and extend your bottom line by keeping your audience tuned to you, whenever and wherever live sports are broadcast.
Click to see how our unique platform and partner-focused model works:
InGamer drives viewers and builds brand loyalty. It seamlessly extends your brand and content and cleverly integrates your sponsor advertising, whenever your audience is engaged. With the chance to win prizes, they're now invested in every second of your broadcast, even if the game gets boring. And here's the kicker... When upcoming games are on competing networks, your audience returns to your InGamer experience to play with you.
InGamer partners have a perspective on the game nobody else has with exclusive access to the real-time feelings of the audience and real-time calculations of each athlete's all-around value in every segment of every game. Our unique scoring systems makes watching the game on your network or your site more interesting, fun, and personal than on your competitor's.
Standard online practices don't make the cut. InGamer is a platform to build event-aware marketing campaigns for emotional audiences who are engaged for hours. Send people to play and then pitch personalized messages, contests, and time-sensitive specials at the most exciting moments of each individual's games - increasing their desire to buy into your message. You get ownership, engagement, frequency of brand and message, and integrated ads.
The C100, October 15, 2012
Nic Sulsky, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Innovation, June 8, 2012
Rob Lewis, TechVibes, May 3, 2012
Sean Stanleigh, The Globe And Mail, March 14, 2012
Edward Keenan, Yonge Street Media, March 21, 2012
Chris Zelkovich, Toronto Star, January 9, 2012
Carolyn Nolan, Accelerator Centre, March 15, 2012
Rob Lewis, TechVibes.com, March 14, 2012
Rob Lewis, TechVibes,February 5, 2012
Ryan Poissant,Mars Commons, February 2, 2012
BNN, October 20, 2011
Alicia Androich, Marketing Magazine, September 7, 2011
Liam Britten, TechVibes, February 14, 2011
Michael Oliveira, Canadian Press, 2011-03-09 (picked up by many news outlets)
Liam Britten, Tech Vibes, 2011-02-14
Jon Cook, Reuters, 2011-02-06
Edward Keenan, Yonge Street Media, 2011-01-26
Krista Jones, MaRS, 2011-01-25
Krista Napier, IDC, 2011-01-20
Angle Media Group, 2010-07-14
InGamer Press Release, 2010-05-27
In North America, 30 million sports fans play fantasy sports, representing $2B in annual revenue. In addition to targeting that market, we're on the cusp of reaching the untapped 100 million casual fans who watch the games and don't play along at all. InGamer makes live sports more fun and personally engaging, without the risk of gambling. It's free to play and gains market access by partnering directly with broadcasters, publishers, and brands.
We're not a bunch of kids with an idea and a dream. InGamer is live, funded, growing. You'll work with senior experts in their fields - our board even includes one of the 16 people in the Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame.
We believe success comes from a team of happy, balanced people, who work hard and have opportunity to grow and do significant things. You'll get equity stake in a growing, funded startup, healthcare benefits, and what might be the most awesome smart phone plan on the planet.
You are important. Every day, you need to contribute to the bottom line of the company so that we all succeed. You'll fit in with super-smart geeks who make fun things happen. And if you enjoy working on difficult problems and a freaking awesome technology platform, or are into games or sports, you'll have a great time at InGamer.
Join us and you'll work from our office in the Communitech Hub, a great networking opportunity in itself. We're still small enough that you can get in early and have a large impact on many aspects of the company.
If you think you would like to join the team write to firstname.lastname@example.com including:
Before focusing on evolving real-time content consumption at InGamer, Nic was an accomplished producer, a successful marketer, and a competitive Rugby player.
Nic gets things done. He has produced, directed and hosted several television and broadband series and built his own content marketing firm; working with clients ranging from Molson to TSN to Elections Canada.
Nic is a decade old voice in the sports world. He is a regular guest on various Canadian sports talk shows and was responsible for creating and co-hosting The Fantasy Hockey Report on TSN.ca.
He is also an avid runner, reader, and a proud two-time champion of the Voodoo Bowl Fantasy Football League.
There are geeks, uber-geeks, and then there's Simon, our technical co-founder. Simon has been pioneering web technology for startups since the mid-nineties. As if being a technical demigod isn't enough, prior to InGamer, Simon was the Vice President of Operations for Snap Media for seven years, where he determined budgets, timelines, resources, and overall production strategy for a team of 25, creating web experiences for over 20 television shows.
Simon brings the deep leading-edge knowledge of web development needed to make sure InGamer is awesome and scales. He has worked with most of the Canadian broadcasters, has the community contacts, and relevant leadership experience to make InGamer a home run.
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Let's straighten this out, my little man, And reach an agreement if we can. I entered your door as an honored guest. My shoes are shined and my trousers are pressed, And I won't stretch out and read you the funnies And I won't pretend that we're Easter bunnies. If you must get somebody down on the floor, What in the hell are your parents for? I do not like the things that you say And I hate the games that you want to play. No matter how frightfully hard you try, We've little in common, you and I. The interest I take in my neighbor's nursery Would have to grow, to be even cursory, And I would that performing sons and nephews Were carted away with the daily refuse, And I hold that frolicsome daughters and nieces Are ample excuse for breaking leases. You may take a sock at your daddy's tummy Or climb all over your doting mummy, But keep your attentions to me in check, Or, sonny boy, I will wring your neck. A happier man today I'd be Had someone wrung it ahead of me.
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Capitol Chatter: White Earth plan little heard, but still around
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota legislators talk little about a White Earth Band casino proposal to increase state revenue, but the band leader says she will continue to push it as lawmakers struggle to find money for everything from a stadium to schools.
To answer one of the critics' nagging questions, White Earth hired former Minnesota Chief Justice Eric Magnuson to look into constitutionality of the state allowing the northwestern Minnesota band to build a Twin Cities casino. He opined: "Legislation authorizing casino gaming, including slot machines, would survive a challenge based on the Minnesota Constitution."
But even tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor, who continues to push hard for a new casino, admits the plan likely would land in court, Nathan Bowe of Detroit Lakes Newspapers reports.
The small Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Band, operator of the state's biggest casino, Mystic Lake, probably would be joined by other tribes in fighting the White Earth proposal.
"They're shackled by money, power and greed, and you can quote me on that," Vizenor said. "But White Earth is doing the right thing for our people and the state of Minnesota; the resistance and pressure and attacks will not thwart me."
Besides other casino-owning tribes, conservatives who oppose gambling could challenge the plan in court.
Gov. Mark Dayton has said he opposes using casino revenue, including allowing slot machines at horse-racing tracks, for stadium construction funding because a court case could delay the money for five years.
Magnuson said there has "never been a general prohibition on gambling in either the Minnesota Constitution or state statutes." But, he added, Minnesota courts have not ruled on questions about the plan to allow the state lottery to extend its oversight to casinos.
"It is our opinion that the state could, if it so chooses, define casino gaming as a lottery to avoid any constitutional issue of whether such gaming is, in fact, a lottery as that term is used in the Constitution," Magnuson said.
Vizenor pointed out that state and tribal governments have worked together on casinos in Wisconsin, Michigan and other states.
White Earth says the state could received up to $1 billion in the first five years of a Twin Cities casino operation.
Franken vs. carp
U.S. Sen. Al Franken is pressing key senators to find a way to fight an Asian carp invasion that threatens Minnesota waters.
He wants congressional approval to expand the Army Corps of Engineers' authority so it can take emergency action to erect barriers and take other measures to fight the fish that can eat so much that native species lose their food sources.
The Minnesota Democrat sent a letter to senators in both parties asking for the change, saying Asian carp threatens the $7 billion Great Lakes fishing industry and thousands of jobs in the region.
Minnesota officials have plans to fight the carp's northward spread, but they depend on the Corps of Engineers putting fish barriers in locks they control. Corps officials in Minnesota support the idea, but it appears there is too much red tape to do the work this year.
Too optimistic?
Optimism may be good, but state Rep. Morrie Lanning says that is not the case when it comes to public employee pension funds.
The Moorhead Republican sponsors a bill that likely will receive a full House vote soon to reduce that optimism, in the hope that there will be money to pay future pensions.
The state's pension plan has expected a return of 8.5 percent, the highest in the country. But in the past decade, the return on investments has been lucky to hit 5.9 percent.
That means, Lanning said, that pensions are being paid out at rates higher than the state can maintain.
Lanning's bill, and a similar one in the Senate, would scale back the expectations, and thus could lower pensions for future public employees. However, he said, current and former public employees' pensions would not drop.
Without the change, Lanning said, the state runs the risk of making promises it cannot keep.
Franson: Leadership lacking
State Rep. Mary Franson says the Legislature lacks what she calls "genuine leadership."
The first-term Alexandria Republican wrote in a Star Tribune opinion piece that she finds "an institutional pull toward the passive, the safe, the groupthink."
While that may be understandable, she added, "what this fosters is all too often a lack of genuine leadership."
Original ideas suffer because of that, she said. "Big ideas are not welcomed in either party; the respective caucuses fight each other over a very narrow band of ideas. It recalls nothing so much as the futility of World War I trench warfare -- high costs for little gain."
GOP Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislative majorities in Wisconsin passed major changes, Franson said. "Nowhere in America are differences within the same political party greater than those between the Wisconsin and Minnesota Republican parties."
She said nothing suggests Minnesota Republicans will turn to a Wisconsin-style "principled leadership."
Prettner Solon elected
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon has been elected the second vice chairwoman of the national Democratic lieutenant governors' organization.
Prettner Solon ran with now-Gov. Mark Dayton in 2008 after nine years in the state Senate. She had been treasurer of the lieutenant governors' group.
Courts go electronic
Eight Minnesota courts will serve as pilot sites for an initiative allowing court documents to be filed electronically rather than by paper.
State Court Administrator Sue K. Dosal said the eCourtMN initiative, is "the most comprehensive work re-engineering effort ever undertaken by the judicial branch."
The plan is for all courts to eventually move to electronic filing in new cases, as well as putting closed and active cases on the computer.
The pilot courts are in Cass, Clay, Cook-Lake, Dakota, Faribault, Kandiyohi, Morrison and Washington counties. Ramsey and Hennepin county courts already handle some cases electronically.
Don Davis reports for Forum Communications Co.


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Moussaka is one of those dishes I start to crave when the snow begins to fly. The hearty Greek casserole, typically with layers of sautéed eggplant and ground lamb topped with béchamel sauce, is warm and filling and perfect for mid-winter evenings.
For years, my go-to place for moussaka has been Yanni's Greek Restaurant in Greenwood Village. But recently, I discovered Axios Estiatorio, a four-month-old Greek restaurant in Berkeley (in the space formerly occupied by Brasserie Felix). I've been utterly won over by its take on moussaka. In Axios' version, thin slices of potato have been added to the layer of eggplant, the béchamel topping—a good inch thick—is extraordinarily creamy, but not too rich, and the dish exudes the irresistible aroma of cinnamon and allspice. Plus, with a portion this generous, you're guaranteed to take half home with you.
Also try: The dolmades—grape leaves stuffed with pine nuts, onions, and rice that, in an unusual twist, have been cooked with red wine. The creamy lemony topping finishes the dish nicely.
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Forums >Health and Nutrition>Heel pain - PF?
I don't half-ass anything
"I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death' and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up." - Celia Rivenbark, You Can't Drink All Day if You Don't Start in the Morning
Kunland... I know how you feel. PF can be nasty. I has a very serious bout with it for 5 months last year. One of the causes of PF is tight calf muscles. I tried all the usual treatments. Nothing worked for me until I discovered the Footlog. You can read all about this on our PF page:
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I woke up with bottom of foot tenderness Sunday. Pretty much all the contact points with the ground other than the ball of my foot and toes. I took Sunday & Monday off & it was mostly better it so I did an easy 4 miler yesterday. It's killing me today, but the pain is in my heel. It is worst at the very back of my heel. Could this be a heel spur or PF? I have a race on Sunday and I feel like it would be pointless to see a doctor at this point
As a matter of fact, as far as I'm concerned it's pointless to race this Sunday at this point. I know you've had some foot issue before. It seems to me you tend to keep on running with a bad foot and your foot never has a chance to heal. I would STRONGLY suggest you take some time off, go see a professional, no self-diagnosis or on-line crap-shooting diagnosis, and clear up your issue once and for all. That way, your experience with running is a happier one.
Nobby, I know that I need to rest & I HATE it. Not that it makes anything better, but it's the foot that has been good all along that's hurting. The other one is fine now. Gotta love the irony. I really wish I enjoyed cycling & the elliptical. :/ I'm not sure if I'll do my race Sunday or not. I'm sick & tired of being sick & tired.
Most probably your "other" foot was overworking to compensate the bad foot. I would suggest you check your body's alignment to make sure you are balanced. Stand in front of a wall and have your hubby take a look and see if one side of your shoulders is lower or higher than the other. That's a sign that, most likely, your hip is tilted. Once you find that out....well, what you do from there, good luck with that!! ;o)
Most probably your "other" foot was overworking to compensate the bad foot.
That was exactly my thought as well. Don't let this get too far past or you may have to take a much longer break than you would like. I have had PF for a year now and it is nothing to mess around with, but even if that isn't what you have, you do not want to make an injury worse.
I had the 'curse' of PF starting last Aug on one of my feet. I went to the Dr and in fact he diagnosed it as PF but the odd part is that my right side is "out of line", while my left side is very "well aligned" and it was the left foot that started to hurt and eventually laid me up (you would think the right side which is so out of line would be where my problems would be). My Podiatrist said that its very common to have one side of your body out of line and often you'll overcompensate on your 'good side' and that is where you will have your pain and issues.
LISTEN TO NOBBY...............He will give you good advice......
We all hate to take time off but PF is nothing to fool around with.....it more like a running 'curse' than a running injury.
You need to know for sure what the problem is and don't let a bunch of internet 'hacks' like me diagnose your problem and give you solutions becasue we'll likely make your issue worse...
FWIW, my PF was solved by Strapping my foot, (this is one example - but here are many other ways to strap your foot for PF), taking Aleve to relieve the pain (for a while), taking about 6 weeks off of running. Then for a period of time I wore some over the counter orthotics in my running shoes after I started back up and it relieved the stress on my PF (I was hesitate but it worked).
Then after reading BORN TO RUN (while I was laid up), I started running at least 50% of the time in minimal shoes (Adidas AdiZero Racing Flats)....
Over a period of a few months some combination of all the above worked for me and i now run pain free......BUT THAT BEING SAID - None of this may work for you and all of it might work for you.........
Your first stop your DR office for some professional advice and then you can take it from there.......
BTW - My Dr said I could do anything I wanted to do as long as one foot touched the ground....I could walk, elliptical, ride a bike or what ever, just not run for about 4 to 6 weeks....
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I developed PF 1 week prior to the Monkey. I was doing a lot of hill training, up and down. I ran the Monkey. I am just now returning to running.
Be cautious.
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As usual, Nobby and the rest of y'all have great insight. The theory about my alignment sent me to the chiropractor today. My S-joint (basically hips) was way out of whack. He said that the misalignment has likely been causing my right foot pain which has likely led to my left foot pain. He also said that from where I said the pain is he doesn't believe it's PF. I sincerely hope he's right and have a podiatrist appointment on Tuesday to try to get myself straightened out once and for all.
I struggled with a bad case of Achilles tendonitis for at least 3 years--to the point where I thought I'd have to have a surgery. It appeared to have come from the alignment issue. Lorraine (Moller) fixed it for me (by talking to my subconscious...that's a whole different story...!) and, along with several other factors, it is COMPLETELY clear now. Every little thing we get has the origin; the cause. It may be around the area of the actual issue; but it could also be somewhere completely different. IF the cause of your foot pain is originated in the alignment issue, you can work on your foot, change lacing system, maybe get some stability shoes or something; but you'll continue to have something along the way all the time because the actual cause is still there.
I managed to get in with my podiatrist today. He didn't have a solid diagnosis but said it's probably very early stages of PF and possibly a heel spur. He gave me a steroid pack and again suggested orthotics because of my high arches. I may break down and actually try them since the Dr keeps insisting. And I'm going to either take some time off from running or drastically cut back until the first of the year. Maybe I'll even start applying myself at work instead of ducking out early to run every day.
Nobby, thanks again for the tip about my hips. You were spot on. I feel like I'm on the right track to figuring out what the heck is going on.
FWIW, my PF was solved by Strapping my foot, (this is one example - but here are many other ways to strap your foot for PF)... taking about 6 weeks off of running...Then for a period of time I wore some over the counter orthotics in my running shoes after I started back up and it relieved the stress on my PF (I was hesitate but it worked).
I am just coming off 8 weeks of almost no running. I had PF and the doc said it became a "stress reaction"(whatever that means) in my heel. Stretching, exercises, deep tissue massge, ice, heat, PT, calf/lower leg rolling all helped temporarily but I didn't realize any long term relief until...
The PT K-taped my foot for PF. I went from barely being able to walk to no pain at all. After two weeks of K-taping, I began strapping the arch in a similar manner as the video, but using K-tape. I am now able to stand/walk all day at work and I can run again!. There is still some occasional pain after removing the tape but now the stretching and massage can work it out relatively quickly.
I'm optimistic I can resolve this issue to a point where I don't ever need to tape.
A new pair of GT-2170's hasn't impeded my recovery either.
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I agree with Nobby on the alignment issue and working on balance as it can solve so many of our aches and pains. I had PF issues pretty much the entire year and my performances were crappy. I tried to ignore, take a few days off, maybe a week or just mask it with some taped arches and race through it. It was a disaster.
Definitely do the simple test to see if your shoulders are level. And consider looking into options to improve alignment.
Another factor you have to deal with is the pain in PF and workout the damage that already exists. I'm a new advocate of Graston technique as it got through the adheshions in my feet and calves and got me through a rough patch and now I'm working on rebuilding and strengthening my feet and ankles by similar ways Phidippides did. I don't want orthotics or super shoes to try to correct. I want to do it the right way and already feeling improvements. My next step is to work on and my alignment and preventative measure to keep these issues away. I still wobble when trying to stand on one foot, so that tells me something still off.
After all this blabber, the biggest thing that got me through the hump was REST. You need a clean slate so you can have something to start with. It's hard to stop training even when we're injured but how far do you want to dig a hole? Only gets harder to get out. I refuse to lose another year to half-ass training and crappy racing times.
This time I'm going the route the others are suggesting.
Drink up moho's!!
PF is slow to heel as that part of the foot gets little blood flow. Stretch and ice it. I have been trying to stretch the foot out in the morning before getting out of bed. Some days I am forced to take some ibuprofen in the morning to get over the discomfort until I get it stretched out more during the day.
I have been dealing with it since early April but have not had to take more than a few days here and there off for it, ran 5 marathons this year as well with the GDMFing PF.
Does anybody know what kind of tape she used on her foot in this foot strap video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4FX8x2CFLQ


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As reported earlier by Rik Ferguson, users are facing more waves of Skype spammed messages. These attacks are being used to distribute various threats, including ransomware and infostealers.
These attacks, which arrive as Skype messages, ask if the user has a new profile picture:
The link (which includes the user name of the recipient) goes to a file hosted at a legitimate file locker service. The file downloaded is a variant of the DORKBOT malware family, which is detected as WORM_DORKBOT.DN. This malware allows an attacker to take complete control of the user's system. Its capabilities include password theft form various websites (including pornographic sites, social media, file lockers, and financial services), and launching distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks. The behavior that a user may see can vary significantly. It also has the capability to download other malware depending on the link provided by the C&C servers, including ransomware and click fraud malware.
To spread via Skype, it downloads a separate component (detected as WORM_DORKBOT.IF). This component sends the same message to people in the user's contact list, restarting the cycle all over again. WORM_DORKBOT.IF checks the system locale and sends the message, lol is this your new profile pic in a language depending on the user's geolocation.
As Countermeasures Blog reported, Trend Micro has detected and blocked over 2,800 associated files in a span of 24 hours.
We're currently monitoring this threat. We'll update this blog entry with more details as they become available.
Update as of October 10, 2012 3:47 am PDT
The number of blocked and detected files associated with this attack has increased. From 2,800 files recorded on October 9, the total number of blocked and detected files is now at 6,800. Trend Micro product users are actively protected from DORKBOT malware used in these attacks.
Update as of October 12, 2012 7:25 am PDT
Based on feedback from the Smart Protection Network, we have seen 13,221 total infections.


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Studying Relationship between Organizational Justice and Employees' Performance Case study: Damloran Pharmaceutical Company in Borojerd, Iran
Objective of the study: The present survey studies relationship between organizational justice and employees' performance in one of the pharmaceutical companies of Borojerd township in Iran.
Tools and methods: Organizational justice has been analyzed in this survey with three dimensions of distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice and employees' performance has been considered with two indexes of effectiveness and efficiency. Statistical population of the survey included one-hundred seventy nine (179) persons of Damloran–Razak Pharmaceutical Company in Borojerd Township. Number of the sample was calculated equal to one-hundred twenty three (123) employees and thirty three (33) managers. Sampling was conducted through classified random method. Data analysis was accomplished using correlation test, Kolmogoroff-Smirnoff and binomial test.
Findings: according to the research results, there was not any positive and significant relationship between organizational justice and employees' performance.
Conclusion: factors of distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice and generally organizational justice haven't been in a desirable status in the organization under study. This may have plausible results for the organization in the long-term. Therefore, all organizations generally and Damloran-Razak Pharmaceutical Company specially must do their best to reinforce the process of justice in distribution of consequences, procedures and social interactions.
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Emma, king of the underworld, has gone crazy and brought his domain into chaos. Your mission, as Bonze Kackremboh, is to get rid of the evil spirit from Emma and annihilate his followers such as snakes, giant eyeballs, ghosts, and other enemy creatures.His only weapons are bubbles of various colors that can be powered up until they become almost as large as Bonze himself. He can also use these bubbles as special attacks, but once he uses it, the bubbles decrease in size and he must get some items that are the same color as the bubble to increase its size.
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Bonze Kackremboh is actually a Buddhist monk who uses Buddhist prayer beads, called 'mala beads', as his main weapons. Bonze is an English word that refers to a Buddhist monk or priest. Kackremboh is his given name. Emma, the lord of the underworld mentioned in the introduction screen, is Emma-O, the Japanese Buddhist god of the Underworld. Traditionally, Emma-O keeps track of a mortal's life and decides the punishment of those sent to the Underworld in accordance with Buddhist law.Title translation
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For about $10 you can bring a smile to any winelover's face with one of these...Bottles and Books
by Fred McMillin
During this year's classes we found these labels on good $10 wines. Of course, they are on more expensive bottles too, but those aren't stocking stuffers on my budget! The labels:
* Falling Star—Imported from Argentina by F. Wildrnan. Look for the five dollar Malbec-Merlot blend.
* Big House Wines—By the creative Bonny Doon Winery. If you want a fine pink, Doon does it.
* Quady—Califormia's top producer of $10 dessert wines.
* Shooting Star—Wine wiz Jed Steele's second label. The $12 Chardonnay is a winner.
* Dancing Bull—The Sauvignon Blanc scored well, but there are good reds, too.
* Bulgarian Master Vintners—Very nice $8 Merlot.
* Bogle—Want Cabernet Sauvignon? Get the twelve buck Bogle.
* Dallas Conte—Good reds imported from Chile by Beringer-Blass.
And last, but very far from least...
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Four fine paperbacks that cost between $10 and $15 dollars...
* Greek Salad by Miles Lambert-Gocs
A hands-on odyssey of the wine and food of contempory country Greece, with facinating echos of ancient times. Publisher: Wine Appreciation Guild* The Boys Up North by Paul Pintarich
A good-humored account of the meteoric rise of the boys north of California...in OREGON! Publisher: The Wyatt Group
* "Evolution is phasing out man's sense of smell."
—From A Natural History of The Senses by Dr. Diane Ackerman. Don't leave your bookstore without it; increased my contemplation of wines. Publisher: Vintage Books.
* Winery Technology and Operations by Dr. Yair Margalit
This book is a gem. For example, you wonder exactly what it means when your bottle's back label says the wine was "fined." The author has six jargon-free pages that tell you why and how it's done. Publisher: The Wine Appreciation Guild. Text consultant: My former boss and Kenwood winemaker, Dr. Robert Kozlowski.
If your budget can handle $25, we suggest Harvesting The Dream, the Rags-To-Riches Tale of the Sutter Home Winery, co-authored by Global Gourmet's own Kate Heyhoe! (along with Sutter Home's alum Stan Hock)
The above Sutter Home recommendation is totally biased, because the dedication reads in part, "To Fred McMillin, wine scholar and gentleman."
That completes my bragging for 2006.
Fred McMillin, a veteran wine writer, has taught wine history for 30 years on three continents. For information about the wine courses he teaches every month at either San Francisco State University or San Francisco City College (Fort Mason Division), please fax him at (415) 567-4468.
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Thirty years ago, America declared war against fat. The inaugural edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published in 1980 and subsequently updated every five years,
advised people to steer clear of
"too much fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol,"
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fat intake and heart disease. The message has remained essentially the same ever since, with current guidelines recommending that Americans consume less than 10 percent of their daily calories from saturated fat.
But heart disease continues to devastate the country, and, as you may have noticed, we certainly haven't gotten any thinner. Ultimately, that's because fat should never have been our enemy. The big question is whether the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, due out at the end of the year, will finally announce retreat.
The foundation for the "fat is bad" mantra comes from the following logic: Since saturated fat is known to increase blood levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol, and people with high LDL cholesterol are more likely to develop heart disease, saturated fat must increase heart disease risk. If A equals B and B equals C, then A must equal C.
Well, no. With this extrapolation, scientists and policymakers made a grave miscalculation: They assumed that all LDL cholesterol is the same and that all of it is bad. A spate of recent research is now overturning this fallacy and raising major questions about the wisdom of avoiding fat, especially considering that the food Americans have been replacing fat with—processed carbohydrates—could be far worse for heart health.
Last year, Ronald Krauss, director of atherosclerosis research at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, teamed up with researchers in Sweden to tease out some of the more nuanced characteristics of LDL cholesterol and its role in heart health. The term "LDL cholesterol" refers to the cholesterol housed in low-density lipoprotein particles, and these particles come in a range of sizes. Krauss and his colleagues analyzed the LDL particles they found in blood samples taken a dozen years earlier from 4,600 Swedish men and women and discovered that concentrations of the small- and medium-sized LDL particles best predicted whether the subjects later developed heart disease. Larger LDL particles, they noted in their study, which was published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, were essentially neutral with regard to the subjects' heart health.
This finding is particularly interesting in light of what Krauss had uncovered years earlier: Men who switch from a low-saturated-fat diet to one high in saturated fat experience an increase in total blood LDL cholesterol, as expected. But the change is mostly the result of a spike in the concentration of large LDL particles, not small. In other words, saturated fat consumption typically boosts the number of particles that Krauss has shown to be harmless.
Blood tests for LDL cholesterol might not even be a dependable indicator of your risk of heart disease. Take, for instance, the infamous Women's Health Initiative hormone trials. Though women on hormone replacement therapy experienced overall drops in LDL cholesterol, they did not suffer fewer heart attacks. The finding initially baffled trial investigators, but further analysis revealed that the women's LDL particle concentrations had remained exactly the same. Recently, researchers including James Otvos, a biochemist at North Carolina State University, have reported that cholesterol tests—the kind most doctors administer—accurately predict heart disease risk only about 70 percent of the time, because they ignore particle size. (Otvos' company, LipoScience, plans to start selling particle-based cholesterol tests to doctors' offices later this year.)
LDL particles are not the only factor in fat's exoneration. Large population-based studies are, too. A 2006 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, based on data collected from 82,802 women, found that the subjects who consumed the highest percentage of their daily calories from fat (including saturated fat) did not experience an increased risk of developing heart disease later in life. In fact, women who ate the highest amounts of vegetable fat—from foods like olive oil and nuts—had lower risks of heart disease than women on low-fat diets. A meta-analysis co-authored by Krauss and published in the March 2010 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition compared the reported food intakes of nearly 350,000 men and women with their cardiovascular health years later and also found no connection between saturated fat intake and heart or vascular disease.
Ultimately, saturated fat—named because it contains no double bonds, so all of its carbon atoms are saturated with hydrogen atoms—may be neutral for the heart. Meanwhile, some mono-unsaturated fats (which have one double-bond and are found in many nuts) and some poly-unsaturated fats (which have multiple double bonds and are found in fatty fish) could be good for the heart. For instance, a meta-analysis published in PLoS Medicine this month reports that the substitution of polyunsaturated fat for saturated fat can cut heart disease risk.
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Is there a way to set up stand alone pages for an ecourse that someone could page through on Blogger (from a button on your blog) that would require a password to get into? Password so that when they buy, you could send them the password; but then they could access it from your blog.
Yes there is! Blogger does not have password protected pages integrated into its system, but you can use a bit of javascript to do the trick. Essentially, you add a line of code to your template, then encrypt your text, set a password and add it to your page.
If you are planning to use this for lots and lots of pages you might consider making a second blog and password protecting the entire thing, but for a few posts or pages this is a pretty good trick!
1. Go into your template (save a copy of your template first just in case!) and search for </b:skin> Paste this directly after
<!–MBT PASSWORD PROTECT CODE –><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.vincentcheung.ca/jsencryption/jsencryption.js"></script>
2. Create a page in Blogger and add all of your content.
3. Click the HTML button and copy everything you would like encrypted. You can add non-protected text above and below the encrypted portion if you like.
4. Go to http://www.vincentcheung.ca/jsencryption/
5. In the key box type your desired password
6. In the plain text box paste the text you copied and click encrypt
7. Copy the code from the HTML box and paste it back into your page. You can change 'Show encrypted text' to say whatever you like.
8. Save and test it out!
9. For advanced users: You can change it from saying 'Enter the decryption key' by adding another parameter decryptText('uniqueID', 'Enter the password:')
Note: comments are not able to be protected, so you may want to turn those off if you don't want anyone spilling the beans.
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Noor was not the first in her Qatari family to marry a close relative, but she may be one of the last. "I wouldn't say that my parents pressured me, but I felt that society expected it," said Noor, who married her first cousin when she was 19.
They had a son together but the marriage ended after a year and a half. "We broke up because of the family dynamics, all the interference. It's not just the couple that's involved, it's the whole family," she said. "This society has invisible constraints. They're never mentioned, but you have to follow them."
Throughout the Middle East, Africa and parts of South Asia, marriage between family members has been widely practised for thousands of years, largely as a means of securing relationships between tribes and preserving family wealth. At least half of all Gulf Arab marriages are between cousins, with at least 35 per cent of Qatari marriages between first cousins, according to research by the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies based in Dubai.
In Saudi Arabia, the number ranges from 25 to 42 per cent while in the United Arab Emirates, it is between 21 and 28 per cent. In parts of Britain's Pakistani communities, it is in excess of 50 per cent.
At a recent public debate on intermarriage in Doha, much of the discussion focused on the tensions between cultural practices and the science cautioning against consanguineous marriage – defined as marriage between second cousins or closer. The discussion was part of the "Doha Debates", a series sponsored by the Qatar Foundation in which four speakers argue for and against a controversial motion, in this case the idea that intermarriage should be discouraged.
"I'm living evidence that cousin marriage doesn't work," said Salma, a Sudanese woman living in Qatar who was in the audience and spoke during the question and answer period. "My parents are first cousins. My aunt married a first cousin and had two children, both of whom died young. I'm afraid I'll get diabetes, because everyone in my family has it."
In recent years Gulf countries have introduced mandatory premarital testing for genetic diseases including sickle cell anaemia, as well as infectious diseases such as hepatitis and HIV. In Qatar, counselling is required if a potential genetic problem is detected, though the couple are free to marry.
Public awareness campaigns – particularly one started in Bahrain two decades ago targeting university students – have been successful in reducing rates of genetic diseases such as sickle cell anaemia, said Ghazi Tadmouri, assistant director of the Arab Centre for Genomic Studies in Dubai.
Yet even Mr Tadmouri, a geneticist, acknowledges that the social advantages of marrying a family member might outweigh the potential genetic disadvantages. "It's expensive to marry in the Gulf. Premarital financial negotiations are much easier when done among family members," he said. "And it provides a sense of security for the woman. She's not entering into a new world, she's entering a family she knows very well."
Others have expressed concern that testing could lead to social stigmatisation. "Gulf society is a very fragile society. These tests might suggest, 'This girl has a problem, don't touch her'," said Omar, an Omani in his twenties who was in the audience.
Though not prohibited by Islam, Christianity or Judaism, some cite the hadith, or saying, of the Prophet Muhammad, as an injunction against marrying family: "Marry those who are unrelated to you, so your children do not become weak." Others point out that the Prophet married his own daughter to a first cousin. With their tiny population of nationals – Qataris comprise only about 250,000 of the country's 1.7 million people – choices of potential spouses, even those who are not relatives, are limited.
For Gulf Arab nationals, if you don't marry your first cousin, you still are highly likely to marry within your clan or tribe. And if you're marrying within your clan or tribe, it's almost certain that you're marrying a relative, which also carries a certain degree of risk," said Alan Bittles, a geneticist at the Centre for Comparative Genomics at Australia's Murdoch University.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Money Talk and A Recipe
One of the things that occurred to me as I was filling out a few spreadsheets (provided in the book) is that we (my family) spend a lot of money on food, both groceries and eating out! What a waste!
So I set out to do better...starting with a pretty severe cut to my food allowance. Because why go small when you can make a big difference, fast! :)
I allocated myself $200 for groceries for the entire month of January! And a big, fat nada for eating out! Painful! Especially when I'm used to spending five times that amount, and when restaurants appear to be one of my love languages.
I'm so excited though, because God has blessed my extremism and our efforts and made our budget stretch beyond what I was hoping for. On top of that, miracle of all miracles, we haven't eaten out once this month, and I don't feel like bashing my head against a wall.
So today, I thought it'd be fun to share one of my super-cheap-and-easy-to-make-as-well-as-being-kid-friendly dinners. I made this last night and it was a huge hit. Everyone loved it! (Except my three year old, but she doesn't count cause I can't get that child to eat anything other than Gogurt!)
Cheeseburger Macaroni
1 pound ground beef
1 chopped onion (although I only used half and it was plenty)
2 8 ounce cans of tomato sauce
8 ounces of macaroni noodles
1 4 ounce can of sliced mushrooms, drained
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Brown the meat. Drain fat. Add onion and cook over medium-high heat for about 6 minutes or until your meat is cooked through and onions are tender. Stir in tomato sauce, 1 and 1/4 cups water, and the noodles. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 8 minutes, or until the macaroni is tender. Stir in mushrooms and cheese. Serve immediately.
I paired this yummy dish with steamed veggies and thought the whole thing was filling and easy. Bonus: everyone asked me to make it again! (With a skeleton-sized grocery budget, you can bet that I will!)
Share with me: How much attention do you pay to your "food spending" each month? Is it even on your radar? Do you have any tricks for keeping the bill down? And for fun, what is your favorite restaurant?? :)
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Good for you! My husband and I stick to our budget pretty well, but it can definitely be a challenge to eat healthy AND cheap. Cutting eating out was the best thing we did (for both health and saving money, LOL). I stuck to our budget pretty well, but fruit and veggies can get expensive. Sigh.
Maybe I'll read that book. Mike is very financially savvy, but I've got some stuff to learn, I'm sure. ;)My husband and I took the 10 week Financial Peace University last year and it was A-MAZING! We love Dave Ramsey. :) As for food, I'm also budget conscious, but $200 for the month is impressive! Wow. I agree, the healthier we want to eat, the more expensive it gets. But this recipe looks yummy! Thanks for sharing. I'll pin it to my Pinterest board!
ReplyDeleteWe have 3 boys at home, all athletes. One "kid" is 6'2'. He alone eats probably 300$ a month in food. I'm not kidding. Another wee baby is about 5'9'. He's 15. There's another 200$ right there. The baby? He's 10 and 4'9. Sooo, yeah, we don't actually calculate our food bills, because we do not want to know. We just keep feeding them...


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"The test involving MicroRNAs - that regulate gene expression and play important roles in the development of tumours - could diagnose more patients with pancreatic cancer, some of them at an early stage," the researchers said. (Agencies) Latest News from Lifestyle News Desk
Researchers, however, caution that the findings are preliminary and further research is necessary to understand whether these microRNAs have clinical implications as a screening test for early detection of pancreatic cancer.
A research team led by Nicolai A. Schultz, of Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark examined differences in microRNA in blood between patients with pancreatic cancer and healthy participants.
The researchers identified two novel panels with the potential for diagnosing pancreatic cancer. MicroRNA panels are a combination of several microRNAs.
The test has a potential to increase the number of patients that can be operated on and possibly cured of pancreatic cancer, said the study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA).
Further research is necessary to understand whether these have clinical implications for early detection of pancreatic cancer, the study added.
Although there are no specific studies about causes of pancreatic cancer, doctors blame it on sedentary lifestyle, smoking and high alcohol intake.
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A Place So Foreign and Eight More
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Author | Cory Doctorow |
Genre | Science fiction, Short stories |
Publisher | Four Walls Eight Windows |
Publication date
8 September 2003 |
Pages | 352 |
A Place So Foreign and Eight More is a collection of short stories by Canadian-British writer Cory Doctorow. Six of these stories were released electronically under a Creative Commons license. A paperback edition was issued in New York by publisher Four Walls Eight Windows in 2003 with ISBN 1-56858-286-2. The collection features an introduction by Bruce Sterling, and includes "0wnz0red", which was nominated for the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
- "The Kingdom of Magic Junk, by Bruce Sterling (Introduction)
- "Craphound"
- "A Place So Foreign"
- "All Day Sucker"
- "To Market, To Market: The Rebranding of Billy Bailey"
- "Return to Pleasure Island"
- "Shadow of the Mothaship"
- "Home Again, Home Again"
- "The Super Man and the Bugout"
- "0wnz0red"
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- This book is available free under an open source license on the author's web page and blog.
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Publix Greenwise Bathroom Tissue Double Roll
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Sunday, 10 June 2012
New York Fashion Week SS 2012...Kristen
Model Kristen Knapp (Elite), NYC, September 2011.
It's the weekend! Well, actually the weekend is almost over (I was suppose to post these on Friday but life got in the way) so Happy Monday if you are reading this on Monday :) Love this fun, happy outfit on Kristen - perfect weekend wear especially with the cute straw fedora.
Recreate Kristen's look (kind of):
Topshop flower patch dress, Alice + Olivia Tavi pintuck dress, Rebecca Taylor leather trim shirtdress, Alice + Olivia Petunia Bell Sleeve dress, Isabel Marant Joane dress or Paul & Joe floral print dress
Linea Pelle skinny braided hip belt
All Saints vintage lace up boot (in coral)
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Macy's Closing Six Stores This Spring
Macy's Inc. said Thursday it will close six stores in the spring, which will change the affected downtown shopping districts, though not necessarily for the worse. The three largest Macy's stores to be shuttered are a 158,000-square-foot Paseo Colorado in Pasadena, Calif., a 362,000-square-foot unit in downtown St. Paul, and a 791,000-square-foot store in downtown Houston. Macy's is also closing a 99,000-square-foot Bloomingdale's home store at the Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, and two more Macy's units: a 75,000-square-foot one in Belmont, Mass., and an 80,000-square-foot store in downtown Honolulu. Macy's in 2013 and 2014 will open stores ranging in size from 105,000 square feet to 180,000 square feet at the Mall of Victor Valley in Victorville, Calif.; Gurnee Mills in Gurnee, Ill.; the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx; University Town Center in Sarasota, Fla., and in Las Vegas, at the Shops at Summerlin and the addition of a men's store at the Fashion Show Mall. A 200,000-square-foot Macy's unit is being built at Westfield South Shore in Bay Shore, N.Y., to replace an older store in the same center. Meanwhile, Bloomingdale's stores will be built at Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif., Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, Calif., and a Bloomingdale's Outlet unit at Fashion Outlets Chicago in Rosemont, Ill. Macy's also revealed the consolidation of two stores at Ridgedale Center in Minnetonka, Minn., into an expanded store with 286,000 square feet in 2014.
Update: Gap Inc. Acquires Intermix
The transaction closed Dec. 31. The deal expands Gap's presence in the growing global luxury retail market and comes at a time when the $15 billion San Francisco-based retailer, which has been in turnaround mode for more than a decade, seems to have found its groove again. It posted third-quarter earnings in November in which net income jumped 60 percent from last year. Intermix's senior team of Khajak Keledjian, cofounder and chief executive officer, and Adrienne Lazarus, president, will continue to operate the business from New York. Keledjian moves over to the role of chief creative officer. Both report to Art Peck, president of Gap's Growth, Innovation & Digital division. Peck spearheaded the acquisition, working with Glenn Murphy, chairman and ceo of Gap Inc. The specialty chain's seventh New York store, located on the Bowery, is slated to open this spring. Other locations slated for openings this year are Brooklyn, N.Y., and in San Francisco and Montecito, California.
The Intermix deal is a rare acquisition by Gap Inc., which generally has grown brands in-house. The last purchase the retailer made was Athleta in 2008, and prior to that it had not bought any companies, instead developing such formats as Banana Republic and Old Navy. That doesn't mean it isn't always on the lookout — and it has plenty of financial flexibility to do deals. For the third quarter ended Oct. 27, the company said it had $1.8 billion in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.
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The Target and Neiman Marcus partnership with the CFDA and its most famous members featured a collection that was sold at Neiman Marcus and Target. It launched following not only tons of media buzz, but also TV commercials and unfortunately, still failed. In the past, Target designer collaborations have sold out in minutes, this one still has a surplus of inventory after the biggest shopping month of the year on shelves. Currently, items are on clearance for up to 70% off! Among the reasons TIME magazine says it tanked was the improper representation in Target stores, the high price point for the Target consumer, and the obscure item choices (e.g. the Oscar de la Rental dog food bowl). With so many parties involved, it was difficult to figure out what exactly it was. Was it a collaboration? Who was it a collaboration between? How many people were involved? Is the quality more in line with Target or Neiman Marcus or the participating designers themselves? Even the advertising was purposely vague.
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Curry Powder Print Recipe
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Thin crispy slices of sweet potatoes, sprinkled with curry powder is like candy to me! These can act as a healthy version of a french fry, served with veggie or regular burgers. Another idea, serve along side a piece of grilled or roasted chicken or fish. Delicious! Often times I'll cut up 2-3 sweet potatoes/yams for this recipe so there's enough to snack on the next day. Thankfully my husband won't go near sweet potatoes, yams or squash so I don't need to hide them. Like I said, it's like candy to me.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with curry powder
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cover baking sheet(s) with foil. Cut sweet potatoes into thin rounds and half them or julienne for sweet potato fries. Place potatoes into a large ziplock, drizzle in the olive oil, curry powder and salt. Seal bag before shaking the ingredients – mixing everything together. Lay the slices of potatoes onto a baking sheet and add salt and more curry powder if needed – I like them coated. Roast for 30-40 minutes or until nice & crispy.
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The beginning of a thrilling suburban weekend
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Aids/Equipment available for students registered with the Office of Disability Services (ODS):
The student and ODS staff will initial an equipment check-out list and an equipment check-out agreement form. All equipment will be inspected by ODS staff before the student receives the equipment and when the student returns the equipment. Any damaged equipment will be sent to the Director's office. The Director will arrange a meeting with the student to determine what happened to the equipment. If it is determined the equipment was broken out of negligence, the student will be required to replace, repair or pay for the equipment. If the student is not found to be negligent, ODS will be responsible for replacing the equipment. All equipment that is lost by a student, staff, or faculty member will be replaced by the person to whom the equipment is checked out.
ODS has a limited amount of auxiliary equipment and we try to use this equipment as efficiently as possible. Therefore, we rarely check out equipment for the entire semester or for extended periods of time. If you believe your situation warrants having the equipment for extended periods of time, please talk with the Director. The timelines we have established work effectively for our office. Any exceptions to these timelines must be approved by the Director of ODS.