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LPL Financial said recently that Robert Moore, president of its Advisor and Institution Solutions division, would be filling the shoes of Bill Dwyer, president of national sales, who planned to leave at the end of March to pursue other interests. By taking on this role, Moore will be "aligning the support of advisors across a single enterprise," the company says.
Dwyer, based in Boston, has been with LPL since 1992. "He looked at the company and the great team he's built … and said, 'Others are ready to keep doing what I'm doing,' " said LPL CEO Mark Casady, in an interview. "He wants to do something different and will start with charitable work."
Dwyer is set to become chairman of the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation later this year. Invest in Others was set up by LPL in 2006 to boost philanthropic and volunteer activities of financial advisors across the industry.
"Dwyer had a huge positive impact on LPL," said Chip Roame, managing partner of the industry consulting group Tiburon Strategic Advisors, in an interview. "Todd Robinson, David Butterfield, Jim Putnam, Bill Dwyer and Mark Casady have all played huge roles, along with Esther Stearns, who is still there running new NestWise. It's a great firm with great people and a deep management team. They will do well."
Roame predicts that Casady could be next to retire, an idea that Casady contradicts. "I'm happily ensconced as CEO, vital and 52 and love what I do. I believe in our mission … and that's what gets me up every day," he said.
Industry recruiters, like Rick Peterson of Houston, say that Dwyer will certainly be missed. "He's a terrific guy and fully capable and qualified of doing anything he likes," Peterson said in an interview.
While Dwyer looks at charitable work and even starting a business or going back to school, Moore will have his hands full. Moore (right) joined LPL in 2008 from ABN AMRO North America and LaSalle Bank Corp., where he served as CEO.
In addition, LPL will say goodbye to Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer John McDermott, who's decided to retire after almost 40 years in the broker-dealer business, including four years with LPL. While the company picks his replacement, McDermott will continue in his role.
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Morgan Stanley has confirmed that it hired the Merrill technology leader Chris Randazzo as head of technology for its wealth unit. Randazzo is filling in for Moira Kilcoyne. The company says that Kilcoyne is taking on "broader responsibility as COO of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management" and hence needs the IT support.
"As you know, we are making a $500 million investment in technology, above and beyond basic running costs, all aimed at enhancing the stability and functionality of our new 3D Platform," said Greg Fleming, president of the wealth unit in a company memo. "We want our technology to be a competitive advantage … Our scale enables us to make this kind of investment, as well as continue to attract the industry's most talented technology professionals to carry out our strategy."
According to Fleming, Randazzo has close to 20 years of technology experience, most recently with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. Morgan Stanley is led by James Gorman, who came to the firm in early 2006, after being at Merrill from 2001 to 2005.
"As a technology leader, Chris has experience across all of the business segments that are strategically important to us: advisory, capital markets and banking/lending … ," Fleming wrote. "He will join our Executive Committee and partner with all of our senior business leaders to guide our technology platform to the next level."
Randazzo does not have a precise start date, though Morgan Stanley says he will come on board "in the near future."
The IT merger of Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney attracted a fair amount of negative press in recent years due to the perceived slow, bumpy nature of the transition of Smith Barney reps to the Morgan Stanley platform. Some industry experts attributed the issues, at least in part, to the use of outside consultants.
The two firms came together via a joint venture in 2009: 51% owned by Morgan Stanley and 49% owned by Citigroup. In 2012, Morgan Stanley—which has been making a series of layoffs—bought another 14% of the venture and will wrap up the purchase of the remaining 35% stake over the next two years.
As of Dec. 31, the number of financial advisors in the wealth unit was 16,780, down 29 from the prior quarter and off 4% from last year's tally of 17,512. Average annualized revenue per global representative was $824,000, an improvement of 4% from the prior quarter and 13% from last year.
Morgan Stanley said in mid-Monday that it had hired former-CNBC co-anchor Gary Kaminsky as vice chairman of its wealth-management unit. In this new role, Kaminsky will work with financial advisors on client relations and business development. Kaminsky has appeared regularly on "Squawk Box" and "Squawk on the Street."
Before taking on the job as CNBC's capital-markets editor in 2010, Kaminsky was a money manager at Cowen & Company from 1992 to 1999. After this, he then joined Neuberger Berman, where he was part of a team that managed a $12 billion portfolio until 2008.
"As an author and commentator, Gary speaks frequently on investor trends and asset management strategies, and he will continue to be a contributor to CNBC," said Morgan Stanley President Greg Fleming in a memo." Gary will be a valuable resource to FAs as they seek to grow, develop and manage their practices."
Raymond James
Raymond James has announced that Vin Campagnoli was promoted to chief information officer for the company. Since joining the firm in 2011, he had been in charge of technology for the Private Client Group.
Campagnoli continues to report directly to Bella Allaire, executive vice president of technology and operations. The two IT veterans have worked together previously at UBS, Morgan Stanley and Prudential/Wachovia.
"With more than 25 years in the financial services industry focusing on increasing business productivity and efficiency through technology, Vin is uniquely qualified to further align Raymond James' information technology with our businesses," said CEO Paul Reilly in a press release.
"Honing our organizational structure to ensure we continue to deliver integrated, industry-leading tools that help our advisors serve their clients and grow their practices is a top priority," Reilly added, "and Vin's appointment will help ensure we deliver on that promise."
Raymond James said last week that it had just wrapped up the successful IT integration of the Morgan Keegan operations, which the firm acquired last year. The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based broker-dealer says that over the 10-month integration, more than 500,000 client accounts were transferred from Morgan Keegan to Raymond James. To make this happen, Raymond James employees who were designated as conversion specialists were trained and deployed to about 100 branches.
"Vin's appointment reflects the firm's dedication to significant investment as we strive to become the industry leader in technology," said Allaire, in a statement. "Our accomplishments in 2012 under Vin's leadership were numerous, including launching Advisor Access, an innovative high-performing platform and central point of interaction with Raymond James technology for advisors.
Tim Eitel, Raymond James' former CIO, will take on an advisory role. "We are very grateful for Tim's leadership, rich history and almost 30 years of contributions to Raymond James and our technology," noted Reilly.


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Pentoxifylline, a drug that makes the blood less "sticky," is used to increase blood circulation in conditions such as intermittent claudication (a possible complication of atherosclerosis in which impaired blood circulation causes severe pain in calf muscles during walking or exercising).
Based on chondroitin's chemical similarity to the anticoagulant drug heparin, it has been suggested that chondroitin might have anticoagulant effects as well. There are no case reports of any problems relating to this, and studies suggest that chondroitin has at most a mild anticoagulant effect. 16 Nonetheless, prudence suggests that chondroitin should not be combined with pentoxifylline except under physician supervision.
The herb garlic (Allium sativum) is taken to lower cholesterol, among many other proposed uses.
One of the possible side effects of garlic is an increased tendency to bleed. 1,2 Therefore, you should not combine garlic and pentoxifylline except under medical supervision.
The herb ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) has been used to treat Alzheimer's disease and ordinary age-related memory loss, among many other uses.
Ginkgo appears to reduce the ability of platelets (blood-clotting cells) to stick together. 3 Several case reports suggest that this blood-thinning effect of ginkgo may be associated with an increased risk of serious abnormal bleeding episodes in individuals taking the herb. 4,5,6
Because of these risks, you should not combine ginkgo and pentoxifylline without physician supervision.
PC-SPES is an herbal combination that has shown promise for the treatment of prostate cancer. One case report suggests that PC-SPES might increase risk of bleeding complications if combined with blood-thinning medications. 11 Subsequent evidence has indicated that PC-SPES contains the strong prescription blood-thinner warfarin (Coumadin), making this interaction inevitable. 15
The supplement policosanal is used to reduce cholesterol levels. It also intereferes with platelet clumping, creating a risk of interactions with blood-thinning drugs.
For example, a 30-day, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 27 individuals with high cholesterol levels found that policosanol at 10 mg daily markedly reduced the ability of blood platelets to clump together. 8 Another double-blind placebo-controlled study of 37 healthy volunteers found evidence that the blood-thinning effect of policosanol increased as the dose was increased—the larger the policosanol dose, the greater the effect. 9 Yet another double-blind placebo-controlled study of 43 healthy volunteers compared the effects of policosanol (20 mg daily), the blood-thinner aspirin (100 mg daily), and policosanol and aspirin combined at these same doses. 10 The results again showed that policosanol substantially reduced the ability of blood platelets to stick together, and that the combined therapy exhibited additive effects.
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The substance vinpocetine is sold as a dietary supplement for the treatment of age-related memory loss and impaired mental function.
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Herbs and supplements that impair the blood's ability to coagulate (clot) might add to the effects of pentoxifylline, possibly increasing the risk of excessive bleeding. This includes most prominently vitamin E .
Numerous other substances could conceivably present this risk, including mesoglycan , bromelain (from the fruit and stem of pineapple, Ananas comosus ), chamomile(Matricaria recutita) , Coleus forskohlii , danshen (Salvia miltorrhiza) , dong quai(Angelica sinensis) , feverfew(Tanacetum parthenium) , fish oil , ginger(Zingiber officinale) , horse chestnut(Aesculus hippocastanum) , OPCs (oligomeric proanthocyanidins), papaya (Carica papaya) , and red clover(Trifolium pratense) .
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Tapeworm infection in people usually results from eating undercooked foods from infected animals. Pigs or cattle, for example, become infected when grazing in pastures or drinking contaminated water. People can also become infected by eating contaminated fish that is raw or undercooked.
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The idea was most likely born out of watching too many episodes of Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel, but it's really about the scientific method: When you are presented with a set of supposed facts, put them to the test. In July 2010, Delta-T, Incorporated, a company that formerly specialized in duct sealing (over 5,000 systems sealed) but now focuses on consulting on large-scale utility HVAC programs, ran a series of tests to investigate the veracity of accepted beliefs on the subject of assembling residential ductwork. We carried out two separate experiments, designed to answer two nagging questions. First, what is the best way to connect sheet-metal duct to flex duct? And second, which parts of sheet-metal ductwork is it most beneficial to seal?
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- With your bow arm straight, raise the bow to a point that your arm is parallel to the ground, while simultaneously drawing the string back to your "anchor point" with your shooting hand. The anchor point may be the corner of your mouth, your cheekbone, or your chin.
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Antibiotic-associated colitis is an irritation in your large intestine caused by an infection. It happens when there is a disruption in the normal bacteria of your intestines after taking antibiotic medication allowing bad bacteria to take over. Colitis can lead to diarrhea and abdominal cramping.
The infection is often very serious.
Your intestine is normally full of good bacteria. When you take antibiotics, they often kill much of the good bacteria in your intestine. This creates a perfect home for bacteria called Clostridium difficile (C. diff). This particular bacteria is not killed by the antibiotics and begins to grow out of control. As it grows, the bacteria makes toxins. These toxins irritate the lining of the intestine and cause swelling, leading to pain and diarrhea.
Risk Factors
An infection with this bacteria is most common in older people, or people staying in hospitals or other care centers. Other factors that increase your chance of having this condition include:
- Antibiotic use
- Severe illness
- Medications that decrease stomach acid production
- A prior, severe C. diff infection
- Surgery of the stomach or intestine
- Enteral feeding
- Other stomach or intestine conditions, such as Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis
- Chemotherapy
Symptoms may include:
- Loose stools
- Watery or mucousy diarrhea
- Abdominal pain or cramps
- Bloating
- Fever
- Loss of appetite
- Rarely, nausea and vomiting
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Tests may include:
- Blood tests
- Stool samples to identify the toxins made by the bacteria
- CT scan to see internal body structures
- Colonoscopy to see the colon lining with a thin, lighted tube inserted through the rectum
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
Fluid Replacement
Severe diarrhea can make it difficult for your body to take in and keep fluids. You may have fluid treatments to help replace lost fluids. Your doctor may simply encourage you to drink more fluids. For severe fluid loss, your doctor may recommend an IV to deliver fluids directly to your bloodstream.
Your doctor may stop or switch your current antibiotic. Don't stop taking this antibiotic until you talk with your doctor. The new antibiotic will work on treating the C. diff infection.
You may also be given probiotics. These are healthy bacteria that will help your intestine get back to normal. Try not to use antidiarrheal drugs, which slow your gut motility.
In severe cases, surgery may be needed. This is rare.
Surgery may be needed in severe cases to remove the affected part of the intestine. This is called a colectomy. The small intestine may be connected to an opening in the abdominal wall. This will allow waste to pass to a bag outside of the body.
Fecal Transplantation
Fecal transplantation may be used to treat adults with repeat infections.
To help reduce your chance of antibiotic-associated colitis:
- Use antibiotics only when your doctor has confirmed that you have a bacterial infection.
- If you are prescribed antibiotics, ask your doctor if you should take a probiotic also. Probiotics may help protect the normal bacterial growth in your intestines.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water to prevent spreading the infection.
- Clean any affected surfaces with a disinfectant that contains bleach if someone has had an infection at home.
- If you are in a care facility, make sure any healthcare staff are washing their hands before coming in contact with you. Ask your visitors to wash their hands while visiting with you.
- Precautions will be taken in the hospital if you have a C. diff infection. This should include gloves and protective gowns for staff or visitors.
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The Memphis Blackout blind is available in 22 amazing colours and is a great choice of blind for blocking most of the light coming into your room. Each blind is made with quality aluminium tubing and has comes with a robust chain side winder.
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Then check the seals of your window frame dont protrude over the glass by more than 6mm. Then take a measurement of the depth of the beading seal to see what size brackets you would need which would be 20mm, 24mm and 30mm bracket sizes to choose from.
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Wilsons Blinds offer a five star+ service and product. The website is very user friendly and all blinds come accurately measured to the order given. It was refreshing to find a blind company on the internet honest enough to provide their pricing policy upfront and with an immediate price given for each blind as soon as you input the measurements. The blinds are great value and rest assured, you will not lose out on quality because of the price. They offer a prompt delivery service with excellent care taken in the packaging of the blinds for carriage. I would say to anyone, as a customer who was impressed from start to finish, don't hesitate and place your order now!
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I bought two of these blinds with tape ladders and they look stunning. The quality is excellent. I am very happy with my purchase. I have bought blinds from this company before, and that is why I used them again.
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have had six blinds made over the last year at different times. Wilson blinds are very good to deal with and always communicate well with you regarding your order. I have not had any problems with orders or with blinds and they always turn out perfect. I will be ordering from them in future as I have a few more windows to do. Would highly recommend this company. Tracey - Reading
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Having selected the fabric from the range of swatches, everything went like clockwork. The website was easy to use. The blind turned up on the 5th working day after ordering. It's exactly as measured and looks good quality. I have one small piece of feedback - having ordered the spring-loaded mechanism, I confess I was expecting it to be less aggressive in action. Perhaps I should have shopped around for the words "soft-action"?
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Would highly recommend this company. Samples arrived the next day, blind arrived within 5 days. Perfect fit. Very helpful and friendly staff on the telephone. Thank you.
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The product supplied was first class and at the right price. One minor glitch that I had was dealt with very quickly and solved the problem immediately.Thank you again,will recommend you to all my friends. David Williams.
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I found Wilson Blinds to be extremely helpful. We were ordering 3 blinds to fit in a recess so not straightforward but the blinds fit and look very stylish. I will as we decorate each room be ordering further blinds in the imminent future. One of the toggles sadly was broken in transit. I called Friday and a new toggle arrived today. :) Fantastic service. Overall 10/10
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Once you've ordered before, running through different styles, ie, corded, colours etc, future orders become easy, fast delivery, easy to install, will be ordering again when other windows installed.
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When we place the order I measured the window and door size just as the website showed how to do it the derlavrey was just as they had informed me the blinds where easy to install the quality of the product is of a high standard I would recommend company to all of our friends and the price of the products are very reasonable.
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Lymphomas are cancers of the lymphatic system. This system drains excess fluid from the tissue. It also helps protect against infections. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a general name that applies to many types of lymphomas, which are based on:
- The type of cell that is involved
- The patterns of growth
In general, there are 2 main groups:
- Slow growing lymphomas
- Aggressive lymphomas
These cancers are different from Hodgkin lymphoma . This is another type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
Risk Factors
Some risk factors include:
- History of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
- Infections involving the immune system, such as HIV/AIDS or Epstein-Barr virus
- Chronic hepatitis C infection
- Genetic conditions, such as ataxia telangiectasia, X-linked lymphoproliferative disease, or Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- A parent with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, especially if he or she had it at an early age
Symptoms may vary greatly in each child. Symptoms may include:
- Painless swelling of the neck, underarm, groin, or any other lymph node area
- Unexplained fever
- Sore throat
- Infections
- Sweating
- Constant fatigue
- Unexplained weight loss
- Itchy skin, especially on the legs and feet
- Bone and joint pain
- Chest pain or shortness of breath
You will be asked about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. It will include an exam of the lymph nodes.
Your child's body fluids and tissues may be tested. This can be done with:
- Blood and urine tests
- Lymph node biopsy
- Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
- Spinal tap
Your child's body structures may need to be viewed. This can be done with:
Treatment depends on the stage of the cancer and its type. Talk with the doctor and the healthcare team about the best plan for your child. Treatment options include:
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy involves the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. The drugs enter the bloodstream, then travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells. With radiation therapy , radiation is directed at the tumor to kill the cancer cells.
Your child may have a transplant procedure, such as:
- Bone marrow transplantation —Bone marrow is removed, treated, and frozen. Large doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy are applied to kill the cancer cells. After treatment, the bone marrow is replaced via a vein. Marrow may also be donated from a healthy donor.
- Peripheral stem cell transplant—Stem cells are immature cells that produce blood cells. They are removed from circulating blood before chemotherapy or radiation treatment. The cells are replaced after treatment. These cells can develop new healthy cells.
Biological Therapy
These medications are designed after the body's natural cancer-fighting mechanisms. They increase or restore the body's natural defenses against cancer. One type of biological therapy, interferons, interferes with the division of cancer cells and can slow tumor growth.
Sometimes a drug or antibody that is directed at the lymphoma is linked to a radioactive substance. It will deliver a focused dose of radiation to the tumor.
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Fiber. You know you need to eat it. You are pretty sure it is good for you. But, you may not know what it is and why it is good for you.
Fiber Facts
Fiber is found only in plants. It is from the plant cells, particularly the cell walls. The plant fiber that we eat is called dietary fiber. It is unique from other components of the plant because humans lack the enzymes necessary to digest it.
Dietary fiber is made up of 2 types of fiber: soluble and insoluble. Soluble means that when the fiber is mixed with a liquid, it forms a gel-like solution. Insoluble fiber does not mix with liquid and passes through the digestive tract largely intact. Both types of fiber help maintain bowel regularity.
Diets high in fiber have been associated with reduced risk of death due to cardiovascular disease (including heart attack and stroke), cancer, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
Soluble Fiber
When eaten as part of a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet, soluble fiber can help lower cholesterol and may help lower your risk cardiovascular disease. Examples of foods high in soluble fiber include oatmeal, beans, peas, and citrus fruits.
Insoluble Fiber
Insoluble fiber is important for normal digestive health. Insoluble fiber speeds up movement through the small intestine and helps to alleviate constipation. Foods that are high in insoluble fiber include apple skin, wheat cereal, whole-wheat breads, and carrots.
How Much Fiber Do I Need?
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recommends that women consume 25 grams of fiber daily, while men consume 38 grams. Fiber needs drop after the age of 50. Women older than 50 should consume 21 grams of fiber daily, and men should consume 30 grams daily. This includes both soluble and insoluble fiber. The following table lists how much fiber you can find in some common foods.
Source: Journal of Family Practice. 2006;9:761-769
Ways to Increase Fiber
It is easier than you think to increase the fiber in your diet. It just takes a little thought and some action. Here are a few ideas to help you get on track to getting your daily recommended amount of fiber.
- Try a whole grain cereal that contains at least 5 grams of fiber per serving. Slice a banana on top, or add some raisins or berries to increase the fiber even more.
- Sprinkle a few teaspoons of wheat germ, ground psyllium, or ground flaxseed on your food.
- Try eating some vegetables raw. Cooking can break down some of the fiber content. If you do cook vegetables, steam them lightly, so they are tender but still firm.
- Leave the skin on fruits and vegetables. Just make sure you rinse them well with warm water to remove any dirt or bacteria.
- Eat the whole fruit or vegetable instead of drinking the juice made from it. Juice does not contain the skin or membrane of the fruit or vegetable, and therefore its fiber content is substantially reduced.
- Try adding whole, unprocessed grain to your diet. Substitute brown rice for white rice. Or opt for whole wheat bread or pasta.
- Add beans to your soups, salads, and stews. Throw some beans on top of a salad or add lentils to soup while cooking.
- Snack on fresh and dried fruit. Chomp some raisins or dried apricots in the afternoon, instead of a bag of potato chips or pretzels.
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Chemotherapy drugs are delivered through the bloodstream to travel through the body and destroy cancer cells. At this time, traditional chemotherapy protocols are not effective in killing kidney cancer cells. However, there is some benefit to a small percentage of those with kidney cancer. Chemotherapy may used if other treatment methods fail, or to relieve symptoms of metastatic cancer and prolong life.
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Yesterday's post reviewed research showing that animals' intelligence seemed correlated with their number of cortical neurons. If this is true, we could use it to create an absolute scale that puts animals and humans on the same ladder.
Here are the numbers from this list. I can't find chickens, so I've used red junglefowl, the wild ancestor of chickens. I can't find cows, so I've eyeballed a number from other cow-sized ruminants (see here for some debate on this).
|# cneurons
|% of human cneurons
|# equivalent to human
|50 million
|300 million
|425 million
|5.6 billion
|6.2 billion
|16 billion
Some animal rights activists discuss the relative value of different species of animal. You have to eat a lot of steak to kill one cow, but you only have to eat a few chicken wings to kill one chicken. This suggests nonvegetarians trying to minimize the moral impact of their diet should Mens Kenzo Sliders Flip Flops Gummy Black Smile White Size 9 Used With Box. But any calculation like this depends on assumptions about whether one cow and one chicken have similar moral values. Most people would say that they don't – the cow seems intuitively more "human" and capable of suffering – but most people would also say the cow isn't infinitely more valuable. Different animals rights people have come up with different ideas for exactly how we should calculate this.
I wondered how people's intuitive ideas about the moral value of animals would correspond to their cortical neuron count. I asked Tumblr users who believed that animals had moral value to fill out a survey (questions, Mens Lace Up Oxfords Leather Formal Dress Wingtip British Brogue Business shoes) estimating the relative value of each animal, in terms of how many animals = 1 human. Fifty people answered, including 21 vegetarians and 29 nonvegetarians. Their numbers ranged from 1 to putting their hand on the 9 key and leaving it there a while, but when I Mens Lanvin mens causal shoes - Brand new with box and dust bag - RPP, here's what I got:
The middle column in this table is the same as the third column on the one above – it's how many of each animal it takes before the group has the same cortical neuron count as a human. The last column is the survey results on how many of each animal it takes to have the same moral worth as a human.
The two are pretty similar. For example, 53 cows have the same neuron count as one human, and respondents said that 50 cows would have the same moral value as one human. Respondents placed a little less value on elephants and chimps than their neurons warranted, and a lot more on lobsters. Carl S suggests by email that lobsters might have been a bad choice: they have fewer neurons than an ant (really!) but because they're so big everyone assumes they must be pretty advanced. Despite this, overall people's answers were pretty close. Here's a log-log graph:
This is a better match for the moral value data than other ways of calculating animal intelligence. For example, a cow has an encephalization quotient of 0.5, compared to a human's 7.5. That would suggest a human is worth 15 cows, which doesn't match the survey-takers' impressions.
I would like to see this repeated with a larger survey of a more representative population. But for now I think this adds at least a little credibility to intuitive ways of thinking about these problems.
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Gwern has answered my prayers and taught GPT-2 poetry.
Mens Patent Leather High Top Fashion Board shoes Lace Up Hip Pop Shiny Sneakers is the language processing system that OpenAI announced a few weeks ago. They are keeping the full version secret, but have released a smaller prototype version. Gwern retrained it on the Mens Pointed Toe Dull Polish Slip On Leather Business Formal Leather shoes Youth, a 117 MB collection of pre-1923 English poetry, to create a specialized poetry AI.
I previously tested the out-of-the-box version of GPT-2 and couldn't make it understand rhyme and meter. I wrongly assumed this was a fundamental limitation: "obviously something that has never heard sound can't derive these complex rhythms just from meaningless strings of letters." I was wrong; it just didn't have enough training data. Gwern's retrained version gets both of these right, and more too. For example:
Thou know'st how Menoetiades the swift
Was dragged, of Hector and the fierce compeers
And Phrygian warriors. So, we will dispatch
Your bodies, then, yourselves to burn the ships
In sacrifice; with torches and with bells
To burn them, and with oxen to replace
Your gallant friends for ever. But I wish
That no man living has so long endured
The onset of his foes, as I have power
To burn or storm; for mighty Hector erst
Was slain, and now returns his safe return
This is all perfect iambic pentameter. I know AP English students who can't write iambic pentameter as competently as this.
(by the way, both "compeers" and "erst" are perfectly cromulent words from the period when people wrote poems like this; both show up in Shelley)
It has more trouble with rhymes – my guess is a lot of the poetry it was trained on was blank verse. But when it decides it should be rhyming, it can keep it up for a little while. From its Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard fanfic:
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Methinks I see her in her blissful dreams:
Or, fancy-like, in some mirage she lies,
Majestic yet majestic, and of seems
The image of the unconquerable skies.
Methinks I see her in her blissful dreams:
—Or, fancy-like, in some majestic cell,
Where lordly seraphs strew their balmy dreams
On the still night, or in their golden shell.
There, in the calm of some Platonic dream,
Sits she, and views the unclouded moon arise
Like a fair lady full of realms divine;
And, all at once, a stony face and bright
Glittering in moonlight, like the noon-tints of a night.
I think its problem is less ability to rhyme, and more a sort of…maintaning the will to rhyme. Gwern prompts it with several Alexander Pope pieces; Pope is a very formal poet who always rhymes in the exact same way. For each Pope piece, GPT-2 does the first couplet in perfect Pope style, then degenerates into increasingly confused gibberish. For example:
Pride even in numbers; wit's a kind pretence
To something foreign still, but ne'er to sense;
A constant waste of words, the world produces,
A lazy sap, that nothing that's foreign to expels,
; that's foreign still unknown to the soul;
A young, like, but in the world in motion,
Obscending not, which smells all our own the worse than our own our own the soul's, and soul;
Like sense; which is like, but in all our whole.
Which thus far more like, but in all things that's an excellence; and ne'er unchanged by which is folly's the worse, they give the worse maintained by which
If sick of sense;
Wholubil, or snug. ills, we know our own our first in sense the worse maintained between the worse, soon expired.
First two lines are perfect rhyme and rhythm, next four have no rhyme but are close to the right meter, next few have almost random length, and by the last one we've abandoned grammar and are making up nonsense words like "wholubil". Every Pope test Gwern runs is like this:
They talk of constancy and faithless love,
A seraph trembles at the specious glove;
Nor in the rich confin'd relief of state,
Find proud pretence, nor in the disdiscoveries of fate.
For when misfortune makes choice remains the conduct's the prize half known,
Can we secret soul without due, they fear of sense of more known.
Some rise where' rights, they make it pays due.
. Sense and judgment, as equal prize seem meanly, the reward the joy, as much possess the prize paid, as well reckon the prize we do not less dare not less keenly wise.
We see;
Of happy lovers ought, as well done, like a friend.
Know they ought, 'tis ev' is the other joy, as well worth a right;
The joy, as well might, as well may, as well may all is great.
Nor need of joys not as well maysters, as well as well may they give; but as little store; but as well as well as well may shewn, as much, as well we know, as well as well can be sure might prove, as well may well as well as well as well as well may view;
The mind: as well as well as well as well as much the fair as well as well as well as well as well as well as well may
Again, first two lines are great – "a seraph trembles at the specious glove" is both nonsense and exactly the sort of thing Alexander Pope would write, but by the fourth line we have nonsense words, by the fifth we lose the meter, the eighth and ninth are just periods, and finally it starts stuttering helplessly.
I tested this many more times on a public version (not poetry-trained) and found a similar effect – the first two lines are always the best, and it deteriorates from there. I'm interested in hearing from people who understand the model better than I do about why this should be.
Some other highlights:
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My heart, why come you here alone?
The wild thing of my heart is grown
To be a thing,
Fairy, and wild, and fair, and whole
That last line, with its ABAB structure, is actually brilliant even by the standards of human poets. "Fairy and wild and fair and whole". I could say that all day. This has to be a coincidence. It's not that good anywhere else. But even having something generally okay enough that it can occasionally blunder into something that good is great.
From its Hindu phase:
…which Indra, King of all the Blest,
Had thrown by Rávan's mighty breast,
The monstrous coil, the brawny hand,
The monstrous mouth, the jaw, the jaw,
The jaw, the jaw and bleeding jaw,
The ungovernable host, the jaw,
And the great bow which never bends,
The arm, the fist, the knee, the ends,
The body laid with mighty stroke,
And the great bow which never bends.
So, when the giants fought, and fell
With murderous strokes, the giant fell,—
So falls the tree with all his trunks
Terrific in its death, that shoots
Wild volley at the mighty trunk,—
So fell the tree with all its boughs
While all the vipers dug and sowed—
So fell the tree with all its boughs.
But Ráma's heart was sad within
He wept and mourned his captive's sin
The first two lines are great (and the program must have invented the epithet "King of All The Blest" for Indra, because I can't find it anywhere else). The description of Ravan's jaw is, uh, quite memorable. "So falls the tree with all his trunks" is a good deployment of a metaphor which is frankly overused in old poetry. I'm ambivalent between interpreting the repetition as an AI getting stuck in a loop vs. as good use of repetition as a poetic device.
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And they have seen the last light fail;
By day they kneel and pray;
But, still they turn and gaze upon
The face of God to-day.
And God is touched and weeps anew
For the lost souls around;
And sorrow turns their pale and blue,
And comfort is not found.
They have not mourned in the world of men,
But their hearts beat fast and sore,
And their eyes are filled with grief again,
And they cease to shed no tear.
And the old men stand at the bridge in tears,
And the old men stand and groan,
And the gaunt grey keepers by the cross
And the spent men hold the crown.
And their eyes are filled with tears,
And their staves are full of woe.
And no light brings them any cheer,
For the Lord of all is dead
There are several kinds of people in America;
There are several kinds of people, I mean their number.
There's a girl growing up in the house by the light,
There's a youth upon the road, or a girl somewhere in New York;
There's a prettier girl, and a man more congenial,
But none of the likes of the likes of the fellows are equal.
There's one who has never been married and married,
There's one who don't want to be treated with kindness;
A fair youth is never employed nor neglected;
There's one who has never yet come to a neighbor,
And one who resides in New York from the start;
But none of the likes of the likes of the fellows
Are equal to him, and wherever he goes,
The heart somehow breaks under the hand that is steering;
And so it is with me
And this quatrain just worked out really well:
Fair is the Lake, and bright the wood,
With many a flower-full glamour hung:
Fair are the banks; and soft the flood
With golden laughter of our tongue
This one is notable for competent metaphor:
How the clouds
Seem to me birds, birds in God's garden! I dare not!
The clouds are as a breath, the leaves are flakes of fire,
That clash i' the wind and lift themselves from higher!
And this one is obviously a failure on one level, but on another level is some kind of great experimental modern political poetry:
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), majestical,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious,
The Emperor Wu (the great Wu), rapacious
This one displays an interesting combination of world-knowledge and lack-of-world-knowledge:
In the dark the sun doth gleam,
And in the dark the moon doth seem
But now the evening is begun–
Gone is the sun upon the earth!
The silver moon doth like a cup
Of blood-red wine, and as that cup
Is drained of life, doth quench no drop.
What man will drink such wine?
There is no soul of earth or birth
Which man hath never known of earth.
There is no soul who doth not sit
And sing to it, and cry, "Drink!"
There is no soul whose feet are set
On youth's eternal paradise;
For all is a solemn harmony,
And all is a perpetual chant,
And all the world is a song of God.
There is no soul so wholly free
And here's another:
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There gloom the dark, broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads – you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Except this last time I'm cheating: this is an excerpt of Tennyson's Men's Prada shoes Brown Size 6 US 39 EUR 5.5 UK Made in , one of the most famous English poems. I included it as a placebo, ie a test to see whether real poems sound fake if you think they're by an AI when you read them. I'll be honest: if I didn't know this was Great Poetry, I would skim it over and assume it made several mistakes. Like: is "gloom" really a verb? (it is if you're Alfred, Lord Tennyson). Is the last line grammatical? (yes: it's an adjective phrase modifying "work", ie "some work which is fitting for the sort of men who fought gods to do"). Are the mariners' souls opposing their foreheads? (I'm still confused on this one). These are all the sorts of things that would make me go "Haha, AIs are still pretty dumb" if I were reading it blindly.
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Over at the New York Times, statistics guru Nate Silver has written an excellent analysis of the meaning of Mitt Romney choosing Paul Ryan as his VP candidate.
Basically, Silver concludes that Ryan was a risky choice and that Romney would not have made such a risky pick unless he thought he was down in the race and therefore had little to lose.
(Silver agrees with this assessment, giving Romney only a 30% chance of winning. He also compliments Romney on recognizing the reality of his situation, as opposed to believing his own stump speeches the way other politicians do.)
Why is Ryan such a risky pick?
Because "Politics 101," Silver says, dictates that VP candidates that are closest to the center, ideologically speaking, give the Presidential candidate the best chance of winning.
And Ryan is the most extreme VP candidate since at least 1900, Silver says—on either side of the aisle.
Silver includes a chart using the statistical system "DW-Nominate." This system concludes that Paul Ryan is about as conservative as Michele Bachmann, and farther from the center than any other VP candidate in the past century.
In other words, Silver concludes, Ryan is Hail Mary pass for Mitt Romney. But when you're down big late in the fourth quarter, as Romney is, you might as well throw the ball. Because sometimes the receivers haul it in and you win.


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- Aloe vera
- Beta-carotene and Other Carotenoids
- Chocolate
- Coriander Oil
- Jojoba
- Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (OPCs)
- Poplar Bud
- Sage
- Vitis vinifera
We're all familiar with sunburn—the short-term skin inflammation caused by overexposure to the sun. Besides the familiar redness, pain, blistering, and flaking, overexposure to sunlight can lead to long-term skin damage, including premature aging and an increased risk of skin cancer.
The chief culprit in sunburn is not the sun's heat but its ultraviolet radiation, which occurs in the forms UVA and UVB. This radiation acts on substances in our skin to form chemicals called free radicals. These free radicals appear to be partly responsible for the short-term damage of sunburn, and perhaps for long-term damage from the sun as well.
Conventional approaches to sunburn focus on prevention: staying out of the sun (especially when the sun is strongest), wearing protective clothing, and using sunscreen. Sunscreen blocks much of the radiation from our skin and helps prevent inflammation. A recent study of 1,383 Australians suggests that regular sunscreen use may also diminish the number of tumors caused by one form of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma. 1
Many drugs and herbs may increase your sensitivity to the sun. Some of the drugs that increase sun sensitivity are sulfa drugs , tetracycline , phenothiazines , and piroxicam . Herbs which might increase sensitivity to the sun include St. John's wort and dong quai . Particular care should be taken when combining any of these substances, as they could amplify each other's effects.
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Several studies have found that vitamins C , vitamin E , and EGCG (a bioflavonoid present in green tea ) may help to prevent sunburn when used either topically or orally. Many manufacturers already add vitamin E to sunscreens.
Vitamins C and E
Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E neutralize free radicals in the blood and in other parts of our bodies. Test tube and animal studies suggest that they perform the same job in the skin. Levels of these antioxidants in skin cells decrease after exposure to ultraviolet radiation, suggesting they may be temporarily depleted. 2,3
In several animal studies, vitamins C and E applied topically to the skin helped to protect against ultraviolet damage. 4-7 One study found that topical vitamin E seemed to work best against UVB, topical vitamin C protected more against UVA, and the two vitamins together worked better than either one by itself. 8 Vitamin E was effective even when applied to mouse skin 8 hours after ultraviolet exposure had occurred. 9 Combining the vitamins with sunscreen yielded the best result, adding to the UV-protection offered by sunscreen alone. 10
In addition, preliminary evidence from a small double-blind, placebo-controlled trial suggests that a face cream containing vitamin C could improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin. 11
Oral use of combined vitamins C and E may offer very modest benefit as well. One double-blind study of 10 people found that 2 g of vitamin C and 1,000 IU of vitamin E taken for 8 days resulted in a modest decrease in skin reddening induced by ultraviolet light. 12 A 50-day, placebo-controlled study of 40 people found that high doses of these vitamins in combination provided a minimal, but statistically significant, sun-protection factor of about 2. 13 (Compare this to the sun protection factor of 15 to 45 in many sunscreens.)
One study found benefits with a combination of vitamins E and C, selenium , oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), and carotenoids. 53 However, so far research hasn't found that vitamin E and C, taken separately, are any more helpful than placebo. 14,15
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full articles on Vitamin C and Vitamin E .
Green tea contains a potent antioxidant known as epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG . According to several studies, mice given green tea to drink or topical applications of green tea were protected against skin inflammation and carcinogenesis caused by exposure to UVB. 30,31 Benefits were also seen in two preliminary human trials. 32,33
The typical proposed dose of EGCG is 3 mg per square inch of skin.
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Beta-carotene and Mixed Carotenoids
Beta-carotene belongs to a large family of natural chemicals known as carotenoids. Other members of this family include lutein , lycopene , and zeaxanthin. Widely found in plants, carotenoids are a major source of the red, orange, and yellow hues seen in many fruits and vegetables. Beta-carotene is important nutritionally because the body uses it to produce vitamin A .
Beta-carotene, alone or in combination with lutein and other carotenoids, may be able to reduce the effects of sunburn, but study results are mixed.
In a double-blind study, 20 young women took 30 mg daily of beta-carotene or placebo for 10 weeks before a 13-day stretch of controlled sun exposure at a sea-level vacation spot. 34 Those who'd taken the beta-carotene before and during the sun exposure experienced less skin redness than those taking placebo, even when both groups used sunscreen.
A 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study found beta-carotene (at 24 mg daily) and a mixture of beta-carotene, lutein, and lycopene (at 8 mg each daily) equally protective against sun-induced skin redness. 54 Another small double-blind trial found that a mixture of lutein and the related carotenoid zeaxanthin provided benefits when taken orally, applied topically, or, even better, both taken orally and applied topically at the same time. 58
Two open studies of mixed carotenoids found similar results. These trials, one of 20 and one of 22 people, found that after taking mixed carotenoids for 12 to 24 weeks, participants could tolerate more ultraviolet radiation before developing skin redness. 35,36 Vitamin E (500 IU per day) taken along with beta-carotene in one of the studies didn't significantly affect the results. 37 Another study found benefits with tomato paste (rich in lycopene). 55 However, since these studies weren't double-blind, the results are not very reliable.
Not every study has found beta-carotene or mixed carotenoids to be helpful. In a double-blind trial of 16 older women, high doses of beta-carotene taken for 23 days didn't provide any more protection than placebo against simulated sun exposure. 38 Another 10-week study found that high doses of beta-carotene provided greater protection against natural sunshine than placebo, but the benefits, though statistically significant, were too minor to matter. 40 Completely negative results were seen in a 4-week uncontrolled study of high doses of mixed carotenoids. 39
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The substances collectively called OPCs , found in pine bark and grape seed, have shown some promise for sunburn protection. 56
Chocolate contains polyphenol flavonols similar to those in green tea. A special form of chocolate enriched in flavonol content might, like green tea extracts, modestly protect the skin from sun damage. 57
Very weak evidence hints at benefit with an extract of the shoots of the Vitis vinifera plant (the common grape vine), 59 as well as with an extract of sage . 60
Although research information is lacking, topical jojoba, poplar bud (Populi gemma) , and Aloe vera are sometimes recommended for soothing sunburn pain and itch. However, one small study found that applying aloe vera gel after UVB exposure had no effect on skin redness. 52
In a preliminary, double-blind blind study, coriander oil applied topically was more effective than a placebo cream at reducing redness due to UVB exposure. 61
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Acupuncture being used to treat hot flashes
For thousands of years, the Chinese have used acupuncture to treat a variety of conditions.
Today many western health experts have incorporated the ancient art into their practice.
Stress, digestive problems, headaches, mood disorders, infertility and chronic pain are just some of the ailments acupuncture may help.
Now you can add hot flashes to that list. Experts at the Mayo Clinic have found that performing acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women.
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