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Principal Proposed Uses
Other Proposed Uses
- Asthma
- Chemical Dependency
- Depression
- Enhancing Memory
- Insomnia
- Pain Reduction
The herb lobelia was originally used by Native Americans in the New England region. It was subsequently popularized by Samuel Thomson, the founder of an ideosyncratic form of medicine called Thomsonianism. The enduring popularity of lobelia is one of the legacies of this nineteenth century enthusiasm. ( Goldenseal is another herb popularized by Thomson.) The traditional names of the herb capture its traditional uses: wild tobacco, asthma weed, gagroot, and pukeweed. Dried lobelia tastes and smells somewhat like tobacco, and for this reason it was sold as a tobacco substitute. Lobelia was also used to treat asthma and stimulate vomiting.
The Thomsonians additionally claimed that lobelia could relax muscles and nerves. On this basis, they used it for anxiety, epilepsy, kidney stones, insomnia, menstrual cramps, muscle spasms, spastic colon, and tetanus.
What is Lobelia Used for Today?
The major active ingredient of lobelia is a substance called lobeline. It is widely stated that lobeline is chemically similar to nicotine, and on this basis it has been marketed as a stop-smoking treatment . However, this belief appears to be a type of urban legend; lobeline is not in fact chemically similar to nicotine. 1
Interestingly, chemists investigating the lobeline–nicotine myth found that lobeline may diminish certain effects of nicotine in the body, specifically nicotine-induced release of the substance dopamine. Since dopamine is believed to play a significant role in drug addiction, these findings can be taken as hinting that lobeline might be useful for treating drug addiction . Potential benefits have been found for addiction to amphetamines. 1,2,3
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Other proposed uses of lobelia also lack supporting evidence. For example, while studies in horses have found that injected lobeline causes the animals to breath more deeply, 5 it is a long way from a finding like this to the widespread claims that lobelia is helpful for asthma . Similarly, animal studies hint that lobeline might enhance memory6 and reduce pain, 7 and, in addition, that beta-amyrin palmitate, another constituent of lobelia, might have antidepressant and sedative properties. 8-10
However, there have not yet been any human studies on these potential benefits of the herb.
Lobelia is generally sold in the form of a vinegar tincture. The typical dose of this tincture is 20 to 60 drops taken three times daily.
Safety Issues
It is widely stated that lobelia is a dangerously toxic herb. However, herbalist Paul Bergner undertook a review of published literature and discovered that each author who described lobelia as toxic was merely quoting another author, in a kind of game of telephone going back nearly 200 years. 11 The original published reference upon which this sequence of hearsay reporting appears to have been based is a note in the American New Dispensatory of 1810, in which an "eminent physician" is quoted as stating that if a person consumes lobelia and doesn't vomit, death will follow. The ultimate origin of this claim may have been the claims made by the prosecution in a widely publicized trial of Samuel Thomson in which he was accused of committing murder through use of lobelia.
In fact, there are no reported cases of death caused by Lobelia inflata in animals or humans. Considering how widely lobelia was used under the Thomsonians and subsequently, the concern that it reliably causes death appears to be a significant overstatement. Lobelia may present health risks, but if so, they have not been documented.
Short-term side effects that have been reported in association with lobelia include stomach pain, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. 12,13 Lobeline also appears to trigger coughing and a sense of choking, for reasons that are unclear. 14-16
The fact that lobeline restricts dopamine release suggests at least a possibility that lobelia could worsen symptoms of Parkinson's disease (in which dopamine levels are low) and possibly interfere with the action of drugs used for schizophrenia or attention deficit disorder (which also act on dopamine). These concerns are, however, purely theoretical at this time.
Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
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Steam makes heavy usage of the Arial font. A decent Arial font to use is {{Pkg|ttf-liberation}} or the official Microsoft Arial fonts: {{aur|ttf-microsoft-arial}} or {{aur|ttf-ms-fonts}} packages from the [[AUR]]. Asian languages require {{Pkg|wqy-zenhei}} to display properly.
Steam makes heavy usage of the Arial font. A decent Arial font to use is {{Pkg|ttf-liberation}} or the official Microsoft Arial fonts: {{aur|ttf-microsoft-arial}} or {{aur|ttf-ms-fonts}} packages from the [[AUR]]. Asian languages require {{Pkg|wqy-zenhei}} to display properly.
Steam is '''not supported''' on this distribution. As such some fixes are needed on the users part to get things functioning properly. Several games have dependencies which may be missing from your system. If a game fails to launch (often without error messages) then make sure all of the libraries listed below that game are installed. Please install {{Pkg|libtxc_dxtn}} and {{Pkg|lib32-libtxc_dxtn}} as almost all games require it.
Steam is '''not supported''' on this distribution. As such some fixes are needed on the users part to get things functioning properly. Several games have dependencies which may be missing from your system. If a game fails to launch (often without error messages) then make sure all of the libraries listed below that game are installed. Please install {{Pkg|libtxc_dxtn}} and {{Pkg|lib32-libtxc_dxtn}} as almost all games require it.
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See the Steam Wikipedia page and the page in the Wine Application Database for more info.
- 1 Native Steam on Linux
- 1.1 General troubleshooting
- 1.1.1 GUI problems with KDE
- 1.1.2 The close button only minimizes the window
- 1.1.3 Flash not working on 64-bit systems
- 1.1.4 Text is corrupt or missing
- 1.1.5 Error on some games: S3TC support is missing
- 1.1.6 Black screen on (Valve?) games (but audio works)
- 1.1.7 SetLocale('en_US.UTF-8') fails at game startup
- 1.2 Game-specific depencencies and troubleshooting
- 1.2.1 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- 1.2.2 And Yet It Moves
- 1.2.3 Counter-Strike: Source
- 1.2.4 Crusader Kings II
- 1.2.5 Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
- 1.2.6 Dwarfs F2P
- 1.2.7 FTL: Faster than Light
- 1.2.8 Harvest: Massive Encounter
- 1.2.9 Killing Floor
- 1.2.10 Multiwinia
- 1.2.11 Penumbra: Overture
- 1.2.12 Postal 2
- 1.2.13 Revenge of the Titans
- 1.2.14 Serious Sam 3: BFE
- 1.2.15 Spacechem
- 1.2.16 Space Pirates and Zombies
- 1.2.17 Splice
- 1.2.18 Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
- 1.2.19 Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
- 1.2.20 Team Fortress 2
- 1.2.21 The Book of Unwritten Tales
- 1.2.22 The Clockwork Man
- 1.2.23 Trine 2
- 1.2.24 Unity of Command
- 1.2.25 World of Goo
- 1.3 Skins for Steam
- 1.1 General troubleshooting
- 2 Steam on Wine
- 3 See Also
Native Steam on Linux
Install steam from the multilib repository.
Steam makes heavy usage of the Arial font. A decent Arial font to use is ttf-liberation or the official Microsoft Arial fonts: ttf-microsoft-arialAUR or ttf-ms-fontsAUR packages from the AUR. Asian languages require wqy-zenhei to display properly.
Steam is not supported on this distribution. As such some fixes are needed on the users part to get things functioning properly. Several games have dependencies which may be missing from your system. If a game fails to launch (often without error messages) then make sure all of the libraries listed below that game are installed. Please install libtxc_dxtn and lib32-libtxc_dxtn with mesa drivers as almost all games require it.
General troubleshooting
GUI problems with KDE
- Valve GitHub issue 594
If you are using KDE and you have problems with the GUI (such as lag or random crashes) modify the compositing type to OpenGL/Raster. In KDE system settings, go to "Desktop Effects" in the "Workspace Appearance and Behaviour" section. Open the "Advanced" tab. Change "Compositing type" from XRender to OpenGL.
- Valve GitHub issue 1025
If you have your tray icon working you have the option of making the close button close to tray instead of minimize. To do this, set the environment variable
STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE to
1. You can do this by launching Steam using the following command.
$ STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=1 steam
Flash not working on 64-bit systems
- Steam Support article
First ensure lib32-flashplugin is installed. It should be working at this point, if not create a local Steam flash plugin folder
mkdir ~/.steam/bin32/plugins/
and set a symbolic link to the global lib32 flash plugin file in your upper new folder
ln -s /usr/lib32/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ~/.steam/bin32/plugins/
Text is corrupt or missing
The Steam Support instructions for Windows seem to work on Linux also: Simply download SteamFonts.zip and install them (copying to ~/.fonts/ works at least).
Error on some games: S3TC support is missing
Install the following dependencies:
Black screen on (Valve?) games (but audio works)
Check the Steam stdout/stderr for Error lines, some quick dependencies for reference:
- lib32-intel-dri (not confirmed as absolutely necessary)
run steam from console via primusrun steam
SetLocale('en_US.UTF-8') fails at game startup
Edit /etc/locale.gen in your favourite editor and uncomment the line
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8. Then run
locale-gen as root.
Game-specific depencencies and troubleshooting
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
And Yet It Moves
Game refuses to launch and one of the following messages can be observed on console
readlink: extra operand 'Yet' Try 'readlink --help' for more information.
This script must be run as a user with write priviledges to game directory
To fix this, open
~/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/And Yet It Moves/AndYetItMovesSteam.sh in text editor and replace line
ayim_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})")"
ayim_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
Counter-Strike: Source
Game crashes upon joining
If the game is constantly crashing when trying to join a game and in
~/.steam/root/SteamApps/your@account/Counter Strike Source/hl2.sh you have
__GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1, try changing it to
Crusader Kings II
Game is installed into
$HOME/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II.
Game can be started directly, without need of running Steam on background, using command
$HOME/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2.
Saves are stored in
$HOME/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/save games/.
No audio
The default audio driver used by Crusader Kings 2 is for PulseAudio, so an override is necessary:
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten
Game does not start
- Package adobe-air-sdk installs Adobe Air not in the place where the game expects it to be, fix this by creating a simlink (requires root permissions):
ln -s /opt/adobe-air-sdk/runtimes/air/linux/Adobe\ AIR /opt/Adobe\ AIR
- Adobe AIR will want to check whether the EULA was accepeted and fail in doing so. To fix it, issue the following commands (from under your user, not under root):
mkdir -p ~/.appdata/Adobe/AIR echo 2 > ~/.appdata/Adobe/AIR/eulaAccepted
Note that by issuing these commands you're accepting Adobe Air's EULA.
Dwarfs F2P
Game does not start
There was a bug that stopped Steam from fetching all the needed files. It should be resolved, if you still bump into this problem, try verifying integrity of game cache from game properties, local files tab.
Game crashes
In some cases, the game crashes about 2 minutes before the end of every arcade. This bug has been reported, but there's no known solution to it.
FTL: Faster than Light
Libraries are downloaded and and placed in the game's data directory for both architectures. As long as you run FTL by the launcher script (or via the shortcut in Steam) you should not need to download any further libraries.
After installation, FTL may fail to run due to a 'Text file busy' error (characterised in Steam by your portrait border going green then blue again). The easiest way to mend this is to just reboot your system. Upon logging back in FTL should run.
The Steam overlay in FTL does not function as it is not a 3D accelerated game. Because of this the desktop notifications will be visible. If playing in fullscreen, therefore, these notifications in some systems may steal focus and revert you back to windowed mode with no way of going back to fullscreen without relaunching. The binaries for FTL on Steam have no DRM and it is possible to run the game without Steam running, so in some cases that may be optimum - just ensure that you launch FTL via the launcher script in
~/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/FTL Faster than Light/data/ rather than the FTL binary in the $arch directory.
Problems with open-source video driver
FTL may fail to run if you are using an opensource driver for your video card. There are two solutions: install a proprietary video driver or delete (rename if you are unsure) the library "libstdc++.so.6" inside
~/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/FTL\ Faster\ Than\ Light/data/amd64/lib This is if you are using a 64bit system, I suppose that in case you are using a 32bit system you have to remove (rename) the same library located into
~/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/FTL\ Faster\ Than\ Light/data/x86/lib.
Harvest: Massive Encounter
Game refuses to launch and throws you to library installer loop. Just edit
~/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/Harvest Massive Encounter/run_harvest and remove everything but
#!/bin/bash exec ./Harvest
Killing Floor
Screen resolution
Killing Floor runs pretty much from scratch, although you might have to change in-game resolution screen as the default one is 800x600 and a 4:3 screen format.
If you try to modify screen resolution in-game, it might crash your desktop enviroment.
To fix this, please set the desired resolution screen size by modifing your
~/.killingfloor/System/KillingFloor.ini with your prefered editor.
# nano ~/.killingfloor/System/KillingFloor.ini
... [WinDrv.WindowsClient] WindowedViewportX=???? WindowedViewportY=???? FullscreenViewportX=???? FullscreenViewportY=???? MenuViewportX=??? MenuViewportY=??? ... [SDLDrv.SDLClient] WindowedViewportX=???? WindowedViewportY=???? FullscreenViewportX=???? FullscreenViewportY=???? MenuViewportX=???? MenuViewportY=???? ...
Save the file and restart the game, it should work now.
Windowed Mode
Uncheck fullscreen in the options menu, and use Template:Keypress to stop mouse capturing (that was non-obvious to discover..). This way you can easily minimize it and do other other things..and let your WM handle things.
Game will not launch without lib32-openal.
Penumbra: Overture
(Taken from penumbra-collectionAUR and penumbra-overture-ep1-demoAUR)
Windowed Mode
There is no in-game option to change to the windowed mode, you will have to edit
~/.frictionalgames/Penumbra/Overture/settings.cfg to activate it.
FullScreen="true" and change it to
FullScreen="false", after this the game should start in windowed mode.
Postal 2
Postal 2 runs without any additional dependencies.
Revenge of the Titans
- libxtst and lib32-libxtst
Serious Sam 3: BFE
- lib32-libtxc_dxtn with mesa drivers
No audio
Try running:
# pacman -S lib32-alsa-plugins # mkdir -p /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/ # ln -s /usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/
If that does not work, try tweaking ~/.alsoftrc as proposed by the Steam community (Serious Sam 3: BFE uses OpenAL to output sound). If you are not using Pulse Audio, you may want to write the following configuration:
$ nano ~/.alsoftrc
[general] drivers = alsa [alsa] device = default capture = default mmap = true
Game crash
The shipped x86 version of Spacechem does not work on x64 with the game's own libSDL* files, and crashes with some strange output.
To solve this just remove or move the three files
libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0 from
Space Pirates and Zombies
No audio
Apply the fix documented in Serious Sam 3: BFE above.
Splice comes with both x86 and x64 binaries. Steam does not have to be running to launch this game.
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
Start with black screen
The game tries to launch in 1024x768 resolution with fullscreen mode by default. It is impossible on some devices. (for example laptop Samsung Series9 with intel hd4000 video).
You can launch the game in windowed mode. To do this open game Properties in Steam, in General tab select "Set launch options..." and type "-window".
Now you can change the resolution in game.
No English fonts
If you use intel video card, just disable S3TC in DriConf.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Team Fortress 2
No audio
It happens if there is no PulseAudio in your system.
If you want to use ALSA, you need to launch Steam or the game directly with
(From SteamCommunity).
If it still does not work, you may also need to set the environment variable AUDIODEV. For instance
AUDIODEV=Live. Use
aplay -l to list the available sound cards.
The Book of Unwritten Tales
If the game does not start, go to Properties --> Uncheck "Enable Steam Community In-Game".
The game may segfault upon clicking the Setting menu and possibly during or before gameplay. This is a known problem and you will unfortunately have to wait for a fix from the developer. A workaround (taken from the steam forums) is to replace the game's RenderSystem_GL.so with one from debian's repositories. To do that download this deb file, extract it and replace the following file:
~/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/The Book of Unwritten Tales/lib/32/RenderSystem_GL.so
with the one that comes with the .deb package.
- lib32-libxawAUR
- lib32-jasperAUR
The Clockwork Man
Trine 2
- If colors are wrong with FOSS drivers (r600g at least), try to run the game in windowed mode, rendering will be corrected. (bugreport)
- If sound plays choppy, try to edit
/etc/openal/alsoft.confwith values
drivers=pulse,alsa frequency=48000
- If the game resolution is wrong when using a dual monitor setup and you can't see the whole window edit
~/.frozenbyte/Trine2/options.txtand change the options ForceFullscreenWidth and ForceFullscreenHeight to the resolution of your monitor on which you want to play the game.
Unity of Command
- If squares are shown instead of text, try removing
$HOME/Steam/SteamApps/common/Unity of Command/bin/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.
World of Goo
Changing Resolution
- To change the game resolution edit the section "Graphics display" in the configuration file
$HOME/Steam/SteamApps/common/World of Goo/properties/config.txt. For example, see below:
<param name="screen_width" value="1680" /> <param name="screen_height" value="1050" /> <param name="color_depth" value="0" /> <param name="fullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="ui_inset" value="10" />
Skins for Steam
The Steam interface can be fully customized by copying its various interface files in its skins directory and modifying them.
Steam Skin Manager
The process of applying a skin to Steam can be greatly simplified using steam-skin-managerAUR from the AUR. The package also comes with a hacked version of the Steam launcher which allows the window manager to draw its borders on the Steam window.
As a result, skins for Steam will come in two flavors, one with and one without window buttons. The skin manager will prompt you whether you use the hacked version or not, and will automatically apply the theme corresponding to your GTK theme if it is found. You can of course still apply another skin if you want.
The package ships with two themes for the default Ubuntu themes, Ambiance and Radiance. A Faience theme is under development and already has its own package on the AUR steam-skin-faience-gitAUR.
Steam on Wine
Install wine from the official repositories and follow the instructions provided in the article.
Install the required Microsoft fonts ttf-microsoft-tahomaAUR and ttf-ms-fontsAUR from the AUR or through winetricks-svnAUR.
If you have an old Wine prefix (
~/.wine), you should remove it and let Wine create a new one to avoid problems (you can transfer over anything you want to keep to the new Wine prefix).
Download and run the Steam installer from steampowered.com. It is no longer an
.exe file so you have to start it with
$ msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi
Starting Steam
On x86:
$ wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Steam/Steam.exe
On x86_64 (with steam installed to a clean wine prefix):
$ wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/Steam.exe
Alternatively, you may use this method:
$ wine "C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\steam.exe"
You should consider making an alias to easily start steam (and put it in your shell's rc file), example:
alias steam='wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/Steam.exe >/dev/null 2>&1 &'
Consider disabling wine debugging output by adding this to your shell rc file:
export WINEDEBUG=-all
or, just add it to your steam alias to only disable it for steam:
alias steam='WINEDEBUG=-all wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/Steam.exe >/dev/null 2>&1 &'
Additionally, Source games rely on a paged pool memory size specification for audio, and WINE by default does not have this set. To set it:
wine reg add "HKLM\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\" /v PagedPoolSize /t REG_DWORD /d 402653184 /f
Application Launch Options
Go to "Properties" -> "Set Launch Options", e.g.:
-console -dxlevel 90 -width 1280 -height 1024
Activate the console in the application to change detailed applications settings.
Set the application's DirectX level, e.g. 90 for DirectX Version 9.0. It is recommended to use the video card's DirectX version to prevent crashes. See the official Valve Software Wiki http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/DirectX_Versions for details.
Set the screen resolution. In some cases the graphic settings are not saved in the application and the applications always starts in the default resolution. Please refer to http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Launch_options for a complete list of launch options.
Using a Pre-Existing Steam Install
If you have a shared drive with Windows, or already have a Steam installation somewhere else, you can simply symlink the Steam directory to
~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/ . However, be sure to do all the previous steps in this wiki. Confirm Steam launches and logs into your account, then do this:
cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/ mv Steam/ Steam.backup/ (or you can just delete the directory) ln -s /mnt/windows_partition/Program\ Files/Steam/
steamapps subdirectory in your existing wine steam folder instead.
sudo mount --bind /path/to/SteamApps ~/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps -ouser=your-user-name , this is the only thing that worked for me with
Running Steam in a second X Server
Assuming you are using the script above to start Steam, make a new script, called
x.steam.sh. You should run this when you want to start Steam in a new X server, and
steam.sh if you want Steam to start in the current X server.
If due to misconfiguration a black screen is shown, you could always close down the second X server by pressing Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress.
#!/bin/bash DISPLAY=:1.0 xinit $HOME/steam.sh $* -- :1
Now you can use Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress to get to your first X server with your normal desktop, and Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress to go back to your game.
Because the second X server is only running the game and the first X server with all your programs is backgrounded, performance should increase. In addition, it is much more convenient to switch X servers while in game to access other resources, rather than having to exit the game completely or Template:Keypress-Template:Keypress out. Finally, it is useful for when Steam or WINE goes haywire and leaves a bunch of processes in memory after Steam crashes. Simply Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress + Template:Keypress on the second X server to kill that X and all processes on that desktop will terminate as well.
If you get errors that look like "Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server" when starting the second X: You will need to adjust your X permissions.
If you lose the ability to use the keyboard while using Steam: This is an odd bug that does not happen with other games. A solution is to use a WM in the second X as well. Thankfully, you do not need to run a large WM. Openbox and icewm have been confirmed to fix this bug (evilwm, pekwm, lwm do not work), but the icewm taskbar shows up on the bottom of the game, thus it's recommended to use Openbox. Install openbox from the official repositories, then add
openbox & to the top of your
steam.sh file. Note you can run other programs (ex. Teamspeak &) or set X settings (ex. xset, xmodmap) before the WINE call as well.
Steam Links in Firefox, Chrome, Etc
To make steam:// urls in your browser connect with steam in wine, there are several things you can do. One involves making steam url-handler keys in gconf, another involves making protocol files for kde, others involve tinkering with desktop files or the Local State file for chromium. These seem to only work in firefox or under certain desktop configurations. One way to do it that works more globally is using mimeo, a tool made by Xyne (an Arch TU) which follows. For another working and less invasive (but firefox-only) way, see the first post here .
- Make
/usr/bin/steamwith your favorite editor and paste:
#!/bin/sh # # Steam wrapper script # exec wine "c:\\program files\\steam\\steam.exe" "$@"
- Make it executable.
# chmod +x /usr/bin/steam
- Install mimeoAUR and xdg-utils-mimeoAUR from AUR. You will need to replace the existing xdg-utils if installed. In XFCE, you will also need xorg-utils.
- Create
~/.config/mimeo.confwith your favorite editor and paste:
/usr/bin/steam %u ^steam://
- Lastly, open
/usr/bin/xdg-openin your favorite editor. Go to the
detectDE()section and change it to look as follows:
detectDE() { #if [ x"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x"true" ]; then DE=kde; #elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome; #elif `dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner string:org.gnome.SessionManager > /dev/null 2>&1` ; then DE=gnome; #elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE 2> /dev/null | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce; #elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" == x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde; #else DE="" #fi DE="" }
- Restart the browser and you should be good to go. In chromium, you cannot enter a
steam://link in the url box like you can with firefox. The forum link above has a
steam://open/friendslink to try if needed.
No text rendered problem
If there is no text/font rendered when starting steam you should try to start steam with the parameter
-no-dwrite. Read more in the forum thread about it.
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/Steam.exe -no-dwrite


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Other Proposed Uses
Note: There are serious safety concerns regarding vanadium use.
Vanadium, a mineral, is named after the Scandinavian goddess of beauty, youth, and luster. Taking vanadium will not make you beautiful, youthful, and lustrous, but evidence from animal studies suggests it may be an essential micronutrient. That is, your body may need it, but in very low doses.
Based on promising animal studies, high doses of vanadium have been tested as an aid to controlling blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. Like chromium , another trace mineral used in diabetes, vanadium has also been recommended as an aid in bodybuilding. However, animal studies suggest that taking high doses of vanadium can be harmful.
We don't know exactly how much vanadium people require, but estimates range from 10 to 30 mcg daily. (To realize how tiny this amount is, consider that it's about one millionth of the amount of calcium you need.) Human deficiencies have not been reported, but goats fed a low-vanadium diet have developed birth defects. 1
Vanadium is found in very small amounts in a wide variety of foods, including: breakfast cereals, canned fruit juices, wine, beer, buckwheat, parsley, soy, oats, olive oil, sunflower seeds, corn, green beans, peanut oil, carrots, cabbage, and garlic. The average daily American diet provides between 10 and 60 mcg of vanadium. 2
Therapeutic Dosages
In various studies, vanadium has been used at doses thousands of times higher than is present in the diet, as high as 125 mg per day. However, there are serious safety concerns about taking vanadium at such high doses. We do not recommend exceeding the dose given in Safety Issues .
Therapeutic Uses
Vanadium has been proposed as a treatment for diabetes , based on promising studies in animals and a few small human trials. 3,4
Vanadium is also sometimes used as a sports supplement by bodybuilders, but there is no evidence that it is effective. 5
Because studies in mice have found that vanadium is deposited in bone, 6 some practitioners of nutritional medicine have suggested that it may be helpful for osteoporosis . However, since many toxic metals also accumulate in the bones without strengthening them, this doesn't prove that vanadium is good for bones.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Vanadium?
Studies in rats with and without diabetes suggest that vanadium may have an insulin-like effect, reducing blood sugar levels. 7-17 Based on these findings, preliminary studies involving humans have been conducted, with some promising results. 18-23 However, of 151 studies recently reviewed, none were of sufficient quality to judge whether or not vanadium is at all beneficial in type 2 diabetes. 31 The researchers did find that vanadium was often associated with gastrointestinal side effects. At present, it is not possible to say whether vanadium is helpful (or, for that matter, safe) for people with diabetes.
Vanadium has been promoted as a body-building sports supplement. However, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study involving 31 weight-trained athletes failed to find any benefit at a dosage more than 1,000 times the nutritional dose. 24
Safety Issues
Studies in humans and animals suggest that vanadium can cause toxic effects and might accumulate in the body if taken to excess. 25-29 The safe upper intake level for adults has been set at 1.8 mg. 30 Maximum safe doses for children have not yet been determined.
Another potential risk with vanadium involves its purported benefits. If vanadium does, in fact, improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes, the net result could be a potentially dangerous fall in blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia). For this reason, medical supervision is recommended before adding vanadium to a regimen of standard diabetes medications.
Interactions You Should Know About
- If you are taking insulin or oral diabetes medications : Seek medical supervision before taking vanadium because you may need to reduce your dose of diabetes medication.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO CAM Review Board
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
- Update Date: 12/15/2015 -


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Principal Proposed Treatments
Other Proposed Treatments
Metabolic syndrome, also called syndrome X, is a poorly understood condition in which several cardiovascular disease risk factors develop in a single person. These include:
- Abdominal obesity (excessive fat tissue in and around the abdomen.)
- Unhealthy cholesterol profile (some elements of the following: low HDL ("good") cholesterol, high LDL ("bad") cholesterol, and high triglycerides)
- High blood pressure
- Insulin resistance (either frank type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes)
- Prothrombotic state (increased risk of blood clots)
- Proinflammatory state (elevated levels of c-reactive protein, associated with increased rate of hardening of the arteries)
All of these risk factors are separately associated with an increased rate of atherosclerosis , leading to angina , heart attacks , strokes , intermittent claudication , and related conditions. When they occur together, the risk is even higher. Metabolic syndrome has become increasingly common in the United States; according to the American Heart Association, as many as 50 million Americans may have it. 1 Although its causes are not clear, researchers believe that abdominal obesity plays a primary role. Abdominal obesity leads directly to high blood pressure . Perhaps more importantly, it also appears to cause insulin resistance, a condition in which the body does not respond properly to its own insulin. The first signs of insulin resistance include high levels of insulin in the body, impaired glucose tolerance, and disturbances in cholesterol profile . In time, frank diabetes of the type 2 variety can develop. Other elements of the metabolic syndrome may follow.
Exercise and weight loss can reduce insulin resistance; therefore, these two lifestyle "treatments" are the most important for addressing metabolic syndrome. Evidence does suggest that deliberate weight loss through dietary change, accompanied by increased levels of exercise, can in fact help control metabolic syndrome. 4 While any diet that effectively reducing weight would presumably work, there is some evidence that a Mediterranean-style diet—low in refined carbohydrates, high in fiber, moderately high in vegetable proteins and high in unsaturated fats—is particularly well suited for patients with this condition. 6 Beyond diet, the surgical treatment for obesity (eg, bypass surgery) has also been shown to effectively treat metabolic syndrome. 6 The approaches described in the articles on Hypertension , High Cholesterol , and High Triglycerides may also be helpful.
It has also been suggested that deficiency of the mineral chromium may play a role in the development of metabolic syndrome, and that supplementation may help. However, a study of 63 obese, nondiabetic adults with metabolic syndrome found that 16 weeks of supplementation with 1,000 mg chromium picolinate did not improve their insulin sensitivity, glucose metabolism, body weight, serum lipids or inflammatory state. 8 One preliminary placebo-controlled trail suggests that a cinnamon extract may modestly lower blood sugar and blood pressure and raise lean body weight in patients with metabolic syndrome. 7 However, the reliability of these results must be questioned since, even at much higher doses, cinnamon has not been consistently shown to lower blood sugar in diabetics, and there is no other evidence of its favorable effects in high blood pressure.
Another preliminary placebo-controlled study tested a proprietary extract of freshwater algae in 60 people with the syndrome and found some evidence of overall benefit. 3 In addition, a proprietary formulation of nopal cactus tested on 59 overweight women showed some benefit for their metabolic syndrome. 5
One study failed to find that the supplement conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) was helpful for metabolic syndrome. 2
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO CAM Review Board
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
- Update Date: 12/15/2015 -


text: Thursday, February 07, 2013 APTA Expresses Dissatisfaction With Dr. Oz Show APTA issued a letter to the producers of the Dr. Oz Show to express its dissatisfaction with the show's recent segment on "Cutting-Edge Solutions for Back Pain." In the letter, APTA President Paul A. Rockar, Jr, PT, DPT, MS, points out that, "While modalities may be used by physical therapists as part of an overall treatment plan, the focus of physical therapy treatment for back pain is on evidence-based exercises to improve strength and flexibility, manual therapy to improve the mobility of joints and soft tissues, and patient education on ways to enhance recovery, prevent and relieve pain, and avoid recurrence." Comments Well stated! Posted by Richard Romeis on 2/7/2013 2:35 PM Thank you for responding to this ridiculous segment. Now, let's push to have PT's on Dr. Oz to truly set the record straight. Posted by Jody Swimmer, PT, DPT, MAT on 2/8/2013 7:12 AM Thank you! If I had a nickel for every time a patient came in and stated: "Well, Dr. Oz said..." I'd be set for life. Posted by Devon on 2/8/2013 10:12 AM Unbelievable! Thank you APTA! Posted by Dr R on 2/8/2013 4:14 PM I have to agree to this. The show was a misrepresentation of what physical therapists do. Posted by Girish Padmanabhan on 2/8/2013 4:15 PM Thank you APTA! Posted by Aaron LeBauer on 2/8/2013 4:28 PM I watched the show and it was horrible. They presented as "breakthrough" treatment application of Tiger Balm patches. I am glad that APTA got to complain. Dr Oz should do his homework a bit better and the therapist who went on the show she should consider taking some manual therapy classes to identify alternatives to ultrasound and Tigee Balm patches. Posted by DR DIMITRIOS KOSTOPOULOS on 2/8/2013 4:31 PM Good APTA is expressing a comment on back pain. However I would disagree with the inference that improving back muscle strength cures back pain. Yes for improving ab tone,but back pain is a facet joint mechanical strain causing a synovitic reaction in the facet joint, in the absence of discal neurological symptoms. If Olympic athletes who are supremely fit and strong injure their backs,this calls into question the strength issue.I have been around for 50 in spinal practice and have yet to see a "muscular" back pain. John Bonica CMP,NZRP,PT Posted by john bonica on 2/8/2013 4:50 PM The show misrepresented what we do as therapists and to have it view on national TV was degrading to our profession. Thank you for making the statement! Posted by Paula Webster on 2/8/2013 5:05 PM Why do we continually have to explain ourselves with this evidence based nonsense jargon! The treatment we use to help patients has been around a very long time! Use what works and call it what it is "STRETCHING AND STREGNTHENING PERIOD!!!!" Lets not pretend we are doing something sophisticated when its really not!! Posted by michael on 2/8/2013 5:07 PM It seems that patients are accepting Dr. Oz as the guru of everything. The questions that patients are bringing to each session about what Dr. Oz says can be exasperating but that is what we do - we answer patient's questions and help them understand the benefits of flexibility, mobility and strengthening will take them the distance! Thank you, APTA for supporting the PT's who are trying to make a difference in each and every patient that we treat. Posted by Susan on 2/9/2013 9:22 AM @michael......we do more than stretching and strenghtening. If you think that is all we do, than we are no better than personal trainers. There is clear evidence through research that low back pain is a biomechanical dysfunction. There needs to be skilled treatment (joint mobilization/manipulation/soft tissue work/dry needling/stabilization ex/ect). The therapist uses research to justify what we do from the groups that make claims without evidence (tiger balm). Dr. Oz needs to learn this lesson as well.......we should puah to have a qualified PT on his show to properly educate him and the public. We are the experts in muskuloskeletal dysfunction and need to stand on that! Posted by Seth on 2/9/2013 9:45 AM The Feb 4, 2013 issue of The New Yorker had an profile of Dr. Oz entitled THE OPERATOR which is very interesting reading. Posted by Judith Damerow on 2/9/2013 12:58 PM I had a patient who filled out an online survey after that show. She reported positively that she does have back pain on this survey. Soon thereafter, she received a back brace and a spring-loaded sit-to-stand assist lift for her chair. Medicare got billed $1500 for the lot without her consent. Please caution your patients not to fill out Dr Oz's surveys! Posted by Ann Marie Lowers on 2/10/2013 8:21 AM In agreement with Michael. joint mobilization/ manipulation/ soft tissue work/ posture re education including stretching and strengthening, workstation ergonomics etc. are all part of "skilled therapy" Biomechanical dysfunction requires all, many or some of the above approaches. If it were only Stretching and strengthening we used and it truly worked back pain would be greatly decreased. However I got your point Michael. We spend years perfecting techniques and then form the most educated approach for a particular case which takes expertise . I feel like Dr. Oz on so many issues is the "GOD" according to many who watch him and I too am disappointed he did not do his homework better, unfortunately many are ill informed. Posted by Tara Dawn Bach - Martinez, DPT on 2/10/2013 9:33 AM This issue with Dr. Oz is another example of the same problem that has plagued our profession for a long time. I have been a PT for 35 years. Back in the day there was an uproar over how PT was represented on an episode of "Charlie's Angles". I'm sure many of you remember. In my view the problem is this: While all of us rightly value, have high respect and regard for PT and positively know the impact we have on peoples' lives, we think everyone else has or should have the same opinion. We believe the care we provide speaks for our value and it does; but it's not our patients we need to convince, it's the people we don't treat. For the most part, PT is off the radar of the general public. Chiropractors, exercise physiologists, massage therapists, athletic and personal trainers are well known. We must ask ourselves, why Posted by Mark Macri PT, DPT, MS, OCS on 2/10/2013 9:35 AM I am glad that the APTA made a statement about this show, but feel that the APTA is totally misdirecting its energy about this. I watched the outtakes on the show on Dr. Oz's website , and it was not just about US and tiger balm but also about how exercise and flexibility addresses back pain. I do believe that the Dr. Oz show should have done its homework and then would have possibly directed questions towards manual therapy, neuromuscular and postural reed etc as to how to treat lower back pain. I would like to see the APTA ask to come on the air with Dr. Oz vs issue a statement, and educate him as to what we do in total, so that he really understands the full scope of our profession. I understand that there have been a lot of people "outraged" about this show but the outrage needs to be about how little we do get reimbursed from insurance companies. And, to do a much better job of getting PTs into the media and explaining and demonstrating what we do and are capable of doing in not only in the area of musculoskeletal treatment but how about neuro rehab, pediatric rehab etc. When this segment was on TV it was around the time that the breakthrough full arm transplant at Johns Hopkins was announced in the media. Why we as physical therapists and the importance of the role of physical therapists in amputee rehab was not addressed in the news is something that the APTA needs to look at and address internally. It seems to me, that the APTA needs to be much more proactive vs reactive in its approach to getting the word out about our profession in the media. Posted by Tamar on 2/10/2013 10:02 AM For Tamar... We all need to be more proactive instead of reactive. We are the APTA. It is not some entity separate from us. For Mark Macri... Great point in that it is not ourselves or our patients we need to convince...it is the people we do not treat. This requires an on-going Branding process. This was started and needs to continue since it takes time to create and nurture a Brand. Further, we all influence and affect our Brand as Physical Therapists. On a side note, in my opinion, our 'Brand' is very good which is why we are on the list of 'Best Jobs' by US News and others. For Michael... What we do IS special. Does it include Stretching and Strengthening? It depends. Even so, the stretch or strengthening we choose is (should be) based upon our clinical decision making process. Our knowledge supports this process. And, it is our knowledge that must be continually updated with the evidence available, especially since the evidence itself is always being updated. For all... One challenge we have is to practice using the latest evidence, including recognizing that our experience is one level of that evidence. Thanks for the opportunity to share a few thoughts. Bob Posted by Robert "Bob" Latz, PT, DPT, CHCIO on 2/11/2013 6:25 PM I've been a Physio for 25 years and take the very successful approach (for me) in addressing movement dysfunction along with postural and ergonomic fitness as the real issues around back pain. I've also taken a step in a different direction in the language I use and have stopped talking about back pain and, have instead, encouraged a dialog of enhancing back health. Too much of modern health care is disease focused instead of health focused. In addressing the root cause of movement dysfunction and therefore correcting it then teaching correct postural and ergonomic fitness I never have to see my clients again except for new injuries. I only use the modalities of ice and vibration but skilled Physio for trigger point release is sometimes essential. We need to establish ourselves as the experts, above Physicians, in the field of musculoskeletal rehabilitation, so thank you APTA for your support. Karen Posted by Karen Roberts, PT on 2/13/2013 5:40 AM


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Interview: Hugh Jackman embraces 'fresh beginning' of 'X-Men' franchise
Film, stage star makes 7th appearance as Logan/Wolverine
Whether he's sporting adamantium or bone claws, Hugh Jackman is no doubt as sharp as ever as the Logan/Wolverine in "X-Men: Days of Future Past." But perhaps no performance of the legendary character prior to this new chapter in the "X-Men" and "Wolverine" film series stands out more than his three-word cameo in 2011's "X-Men: First Class."
It's a brief, but memorable scene, where the young Erik Lensherr/Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and Charles Xavier/Professor X (James McAvoy) walk into a bar to recruit the grizzled mutant for a new initiative. After briefly introducing themselves, Logan, sitting at the bar and chomping a cigar, says unflinchingly, "Go f--- yourself."
"I remember (director) Matthew Vaughn pitching the idea to me, and I asked, 'Is anyone else swearing in the movie?' and he said, 'No.' So I said, 'I'm in,'" Jackman told me, laughing, in a recent interview. "I literally went in for a half a day, and when I left, I hoped that I'd get a chance to work with these guys again. They were awesome. Michael was in the makeup chair, telling jokes the whole time. We got on really well. Both guys are phenomenal actors."
Of course, at the time, Jackman had no idea at the time that he'd get his wish to work with Fassbender and McAvoy again, much less in an "X-Men" movie -- until the director of the first two films in the "X-Men" franchise, Bryan Singer, approached him about the unique idea of playing the central character in a film that showcased mutants in their past and future incarnations for "Days of Future Past."
"When he sent me a one-pager of the idea, I got about halfway through it, knowing I'd say, 'Yes' to the movie. It was such of an awesome idea," Jackman recalled. "It was such an organic way to bring everyone together."
Opening in theaters in 2D and 3D, and in IMAX 3D on Friday, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" begins in a dystopian future where Wolverine, Professor X (Patrick Stewart), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Storm (Halle Berry) and a host of other mutants are clinging to survival. The world has become overrun by Sentinels -- giant robots infused with mutant DNA -- which have not only decimated the mutant population, but targeted any humans sympathetic to the mutant cause.
As it turns out, there was a key event involving a mutant 50 years earlier which led to the creation of the Sentinels. In the hope of changing the course of events, Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) uses her powers to enable Wolverine's mind to travel back to 1973, where his consciousness would be implanted in a younger version of himself to find the young Professor X, Magneto and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) in a desperate attempt to avert disaster.
While Jackman has been heavily involved in the X-Men universe since the film franchise kicked off in 2000, the actor admits that he was only vaguely familiar with the fan-heralded "Days of Future Past" storyline from Marvel Comics' X-Men canon.
"I had heard about it, but had never read the comic book. So the idea of doing it on film never even crossed my mind until I read the one pager, actually," Jackman explained. "It was really great for all of us. Everyone really loved getting back together again, because we're all like family now."
As Jackman found, however, the storyline turned out to be a double-blessing in a sense for the filmmakers: With a narrative that examines the idea of altering the course of history, it gave them the opportunity to right some wrongs in previous "X-Men" movies that raised the ire of the fan base.
"The fact that it came from a part of the X-Men lexicon only helped give this new movie some credibility," Jackman said. "It's a brilliant device to clear up some of the inaccuracies we had before, and to make it feel like a fresh beginning. It's very, very clever and Wolverine feels more complete now. It was great playing him and doing something a little more out of the box for my character. It's also sort of a wonderful throwback to the first movie, but now it's a complete reverse of what Professor Xavier was doing for my character. Now I'm doing it for his."
Secret weapon
There's no doubt an immeasurable amount of brutal training and commitment for Jackman that went into the creating the incredible physique of Logan/Wolverine for seventh time with "X-Men: Days of Future Past." But the vital element that's often overlooked in Jackman's physical transformation into the character is an unseen weapon that doesn't necessarily happen while he's preparing to play the character for a film, but what transpires in the theater.
The actor's Weapon X, if you will, is called stamina, and it's all thanks to Jackman's three turns on Broadway, and he's soon heading back for a fourth with "The River" (after hosting the Tony Awards for the fourth time, no less) to stay with the flow.
"I often feel after being on stage and going to fill that I feel sharper. It's a great discipline," Jackman enthused. "You have to do eight performances a week and hit it 100 percent. You have to be there at the top of your game. Nothing's harder than eight shows a week. There's performing, dancing, singing. I think the hardest I ever worked was doing 'The Boy from Oz' (which earned him a Best Actor Tony in 2004). I can still tell you the finish date of the production, which was the 16th of September, because it was kind of like crossing a marathon finish line."
Giving it his all, after all, isn't a choice for the Tony winner and Oscar nominee ? it's a way of life, and he's committed to being all there all the time. He's keenly aware of the fact that people spend their hard-earned money to see him, and he never, ever, wants to disappoint.
"For any member of the audience, it could only be the once-a-year thing for them. The theater could be a special outing for somebody, as is the movies. Hey, I know. I have two young kids, so getting to the movies is not so easy," Jackman added.
With any luck, Jackman will continue his trek as Wolverine and entertain audiences for years to come. Of course, in the age of franchise reboots, the fact that role will go to another actor someday is inevitable. At age 45, Jackman admits the idea is definitely weighing on his mind, but he's not going to preoccupy himself with it.
"There's got to be an end date, but I think I can do 21 or 22 more movies, something like that," Jackman told me, laughing. "I just want see the party finishing before someone pushes me out the door. You need to help me out there. Just call me up and say, 'Buddy, this should be our last interview for this character.'"
Tim Lammers is a nationally syndicated movie journalist and the author of the ebook Direct Conversations: The Animated Films of Tim Burton (Foreword by Tim Burton).
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"There's no SRI going on here at all," George Schwartz, CFA and president of Schwartz Investment Counsel, bluntly stated at the outset of the interview. "We do MRI."
For those wondering, SRI is obviously socially responsible investing, but MRI?
"Morally responsible investing," Schwartz said.
Although Schwartz is the manager of the Ave Maria Mutual Funds, he gets quite a bit of input, much of it from notable names. The funds' advisory board is a who's-who of high-profile Catholics; retired football coach Lou Holtz, Larry Kudlow of CNBC, pundit Phyllis Schlafly and philosopher Michael Novak are just a few.
The direction they give is what you'd expect with a fund that invests according to religious prescripts.
"We screen for a narrow focus," Schwartz explained. "Abortion is a big one, of course, so any company that performs abortions or donates to abortion providers is prohibited. That includes drug companies that make abortifacients, hospitals that perform them or insurance companies that pay for them. Investment is prohibited in any company that donates to Planned Parenthood, for instance."
Investment in embryonic stem cell research is also prohibited, though Schwartz was quick to point out that adult stem cell research is not.
"Lastly, any company that makes and distributes pornography is screened out, so that includes some hotel chains and the movies they offer," he added.
What about companies like HBO and some of the racier content they sometimes air?
"We have a number of screening service providers the board has approved that make those determinations."
He noted that companies screened out account for around 150 companies out of the benchmark Russell 3000, so the impact is not great, but it's nonetheless strict. The board's direction provides less room for movement on the issue than even that allowed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. That organization states no more than 5% of a company's revenue can come from the mentioned topics in order to invest; for Ave Maria, it's zero.
"Some might say it's operating with one hand tied behind my back," Schwartz argued. "I don't see it that way at all. For me, it's needed direction. And some of those companies we wouldn't invest in anyway; they're just lousy businesses with poor fundamentals."
What about the ongoing argument that investors must sacrifice returns for their conscience when investing in SRI—er—MRI companies?
"We've outperformed the S&P 500 by 171 basis points over the past five years and 480 basis points over the past three years."
The firm employs a bottom-up research process, one that combines an internal research team with analysis from Wall Street. What they really like, he noted, are dividends.
"We like to know what their prospects are for the future and whether or not the dividend payments are increasing. It's an outgrowth of rising sales and earnings, with low levels of debt or no debt at all."
"The importance of their role as capital allocators is understated," added Executive Vice President Rick Platte. "If you're trying to be a long-term investor, as we are, how good is the company at allocating their resources? Do they sit on cash for a while, which hurts their shareholders, or do they do everything they can to deploy it? So we really like dividends, strategic buybacks and any sort of reinvestment in the company."
It's ultimately a question of how well the management treats its shareholders, Schwartz countered.
"They have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders, as do we. It's something we constantly remind the boards and the executives of the companies in which we invest. It's not a fiduciary responsibility to the government, nor a fiduciary responsibility to the environment; it's to the shareholders and shareholders alone."
Other items of interest to which Schwartz pointed:
Ave Maria recently crossed over $1 billion in AUM, including the Ave Maria Rising Dividend Fund (AVEDX), which Morningstar has given five stars and which has experienced the most inflows in Ave's fund group.
Ave Maria has continued to have strong inflows into equity funds month after month—counter to the industry with around $120 million in net inflows—for a fund family that is a little over $1 billion. With 10% internal growth in six months, they are bucking trends with their conservative, contrarian value investing approach.
The Ave Maria Bond Fund (AVEFX) had its 10-year anniversary in May. With interest rates increasing, many bond funds are down, but Ave's bond fund is beating its benchmark by 415 basis points year-to-date and is in the first percentile for Morningstar year-to-date.
The Ave Maria Growth Fund (AVEGX) also reached its 10-year anniversary this May and is a four-star Morningstar-rated fund.


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The movie studios' version of summer has always begun a little earlier than that of the natural world.
But then there's little natural about a four-month season of superheroes and archenemies, of chattering animals and nattering comic actors all finding themselves in unlikely spots. More than 100 movie will be opening in our area between May 4, when "Marvel's The Avengers" lights the fuse, and Labor Day, when the Telluride Film Festival unfolds in the San Juans.
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Principal Proposed Uses
- Undesired Weight Loss (Especially in AIDS )
Other Proposed Uses
- Diabetes
- Performance Enhancement
- Weight Loss (Enhancing Body Composition)
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are fats with an unusual chemical structure that allows the body to digest them easily. Most fats are broken down in the intestine and remade into a special form that can be transported in the blood. But MCTs are absorbed intact and taken to the liver, where they are used directly for energy. In this sense, they are processed very similarly to carbohydrates.
MCTs are different enough from other fats that they can be used as fat substitutes by people (especially those with AIDS) who need calories but are unable to absorb or metabolize normal fats.
MCTs have also shown a bit of promise for improving body composition and enhancing athletic performance.
There is no dietary requirement for MCTs. Coconut oil, palm oil, and butter contain up to 15% MCTs (plus a lot of other fats). You can also buy MCTs as purified supplements.
Therapeutic Dosages
MCTs can be eaten as salad oil or used in cooking. When taken as an athletic supplement, dosages around 85 mg daily are common.
Therapeutic Uses
Preliminary evidence suggests that MCTs are a useful fat substitute for those who have difficulty digesting fat. This makes MCTs potentially helpful for people with AIDS , who need to find a way to gain weight but cannot digest fat easily. 1,2 MCTs might theoretically be helpful for those who have trouble digesting fatty foods because they lack the proper enzymes (pancreatic insufficiency), but taking digestive enzymes appears to be more effective. 3
Although this may sound paradoxical given the above, some evidence suggests that MCT consumption might also enhance the body's natural tendency to burn fat. 22-24,34 On this basis, the supplement has been proposed as a weight loss aid. Unfortunately, the results of studies have generally failed to find any weight loss benefits. 25,26,29,31,32 Some studies have, however, found that use of MCTs might produce improvements in body composition (ratio of fat to lean tissue). 29,31 A related supplement called structured medium- and long-chain triacylglycerols (SMLCT) has been created to provide the same potential benefits as MCTs, but in a form that can be used as cooking oil. In a preliminary double-blind trial, SMLCT has also shown some promise for enhancing body composition. 30
Athletes often sip carbohydrate-loaded drinks during exercise. MCTs may provide an alternative. Like other fats, they provide more energy per ounce than carbohydrates; but unlike normal fats, this energy can be released rapidly. 14 A number of double-blind trials using MCTs for improving high-intensity or endurance exercise performance have been conducted, but the results have been thoroughly inconsistent. 15-21 This is not surprising, as none of these studies enrolled enough participants to provide trustworthy results.
One placebo-controlled study found hints that use of MCTs by people with type 2 diabetes might improve insulin sensitivity and aid weight loss. 35
Larger studies are necessary to discover whether MCTs are really as useful for athletes as the supplement's proponents claim.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Medium-Chain Triglycerides?
Fat Malabsorption
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study on 24 men and women with AIDS suggests that MCTs can help improve AIDS-related fat malabsorption. 11 In this disorder, fat is not digested; it passes unchanged through the intestines, and the body is deprived of calories as well as fat-soluble vitamins.
The study participants were split into two groups: one received a liquid diet containing normal fats, whereas the other group received mostly MCTs. After 12 days, the participants on the MCT formula showed significantly less fat in their stool and better fat absorption than the other group.
Another double-blind study found similar results in 24 men with AIDS-related fat malabsorption. 12
The body depends on enzymes from the pancreas to digest fat. In one study, individuals with inadequate pancreatic function due to chronic pancreatitis appeared to be better able to absorb MCTs than ordinary fatty acids. 13 However, this didn't turn out to mean much on a practical basis because, without taking extra digestive enzymes, they could only just barely absorb the MCTs; whereas, if they took digestive enzymes, they absorbed ordinary fats as well as MCTs without difficulty.
Safety Issues
Studies in animals and humans tell us that MCTs are quite safe when consumed at a level of up to 50% of total dietary fat. 28,33 However, some people who consume MCTs, especially on an empty stomach, experience annoying (but not severe) abdominal cramps and bloating.
The maximum safe dosage of MCTs in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or people with serious kidney or liver disease has not been established.
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