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How would you like your startup to win deals not only when you win a customer evaluation, but when you tie — and even sometimes when you lose?
That sounds great. But is it even possible? Amazingly, yes — but you need have a halo effect working to your advantage. What is a halo effect? Per Wikipedia,
The halo effect is a cognitive bias in which an observer's overall impression of a person, company, brand, or product influences the observer's feelings and thoughts about that entity's character or properties
There's a great, must-read book (The Halo Effect) on the how this and eight other related effects apply in business. The book is primarily about how the business community makes incorrect attributions about "best practices" in culture, leadership, values, and process that are subsequent to — but were not necessarily drivers of — past performance.
I know two great soundbites that summarize the phenomenon of pseudo-science in business:
- "All great companies have buildings." Which comes from the (partly discredited) Good To Great that begins with the observation that in their study cohort of top-performing companies that all of them had buildings — and thus that simply looking for commonalities among top-performing companies was not enough; you'd have to look for distinguishing factors between top and average performers.
- "If Marc Benioff carried a rabbit's foot, would you?" Which comes from a this Kellblog post where I make the point that blindly copying the habits of successful people will not replicate their outcome and, with a little help from Theodore Levitt, that while successful practitioners are intimately familiar with their own beliefs and behaviors, that they are almost definitionally ignorant of which ones helped, hindered, or were irrelevant to their own success.
Now that's all good stuff and if you stop reading right here, you'll hopefully avoid falling for pseudo-science in business. That's important. But it misses an even bigger point.
Has your company ever won (or lost) a deal because of:
- Perceived momentum?
- Analyst placement on a quadrant or other market map?
- Perceived market leadership?
- Word of mouth as the "everyone's using it" or "next thing" choice?
- Perceived hotness?
- Vibe at your events or online?
- A certain feeling or je ne sais quoi that you were more (or less) preferred?
- Perceived vision?
If yes, you're seeing halo effects at work.
Halo effects are real. Halo effects are human nature. Halo effects are cognitive biases that tip the scales in your favor. So the smart entrepreneur should be thinking: how do I get one for my company? (And the smart customer, how can I avoid being over-influenced by them? See bottom of post.)
In Silicon Valley, a number of factors drive the creation of halo effects around a company. Some of these are more controllable than others. But overall, you should be thinking about how you can best combine these factors into an advantage.
- Lineage, typically in the form of previous success at a hot company (e.g., Reid Hoffman of PayPal into LinkedIn, Dave Duffield of PeopleSoft into Workday). The implication here (and a key part of halo effects) is that past success will lead to future success, as it sometimes does. This one's hard to control, but ceteris paribus, co-founding (even somewhat ex post facto) a company with an established entrepreneur will definitely help in many ways, including halo effects.
- Investors, in one of many forms: (1) VC's with a strong brand name (e.g., Andreessen Horowitz), (2) specific well known venture capitalists (e.g., Doug Leone), (3) well known individual investors (e.g., Peter Thiel), and to a somewhat lesser extent (4) visible and/or famous angels (e.g., Ashton Kutcher). The implication here is obvious, that the investor's past success is an indication of your future success. There's no doubt that strong investors help build halo effects indirectly through reputation; in cases they can do so directly as well via staff marketing partners designed to promote portfolio companies.
- Investment. In recent years, simply raising a huge amount of money has been enough to build a significant halo effect around a company, the implication being that "if they can raise that much money, then there's got to be a pony in there somewhere." Think Domo's $690M or Palantir's $2.1B. The media loves these "go big or go home" stories and both media and customers seem to overlook the increased risk associated with staggering burn rates, the waste that having too much capital can lead to, the possibility that the investors represent "dumb money," and the simple fact that "at scale" these businesses are supposed to be profitable. Nevertheless, if you have the stomach, the story, and the connections to raise a dumbfounding amount of capital, it can definitely build a halo around your company. For now, at least.
- Valuation. Even as the age of the unicorn starts to wane, it's undeniable that in recent years, valuation has been a key tool to generate halos around a company. In days of yore, valuation was a private matter, but as companies discovered they could generate hype around valuation, they started to disclose it, and thus the unicorn phenomenon was born. As unicorn status became increasingly de rigeur, things got upside-down and companies started trading bad terms (e.g., multiple liquidation preferences, redemption rights) in order to get $1B+ (unicorn) post-money valuations. That multiplying the price of a preferred share with superior rights by a share count that includes the number of lesser preferred and common shares is a fallacious way to arrive at a company valuation didn't matter. While I think valuation as a hype driver may lose some luster as many unicorns are revealed as horses in party hats (e.g., down-round IPOs), it can still be a useful tool. Just be careful about what you trade to get it. Don't sell $100M worth of preferred with a ratcheted 2 moving to 3x liquidation preference — but what if someone would buy just $5M worth on those terms. Yes, that's a total hack, but so is the whole idea of multiplying a preferred share price times the number of common shares. And it's far less harmful to the company and the common stock. Find your own middle ground / peace on this issue.
- Growth and vision. You'd think that industry watchers would look at a strategy and independently evaluate its merits in terms of driving future growth. But that's not how it works. A key part of halo effects is misattribution of practices and performance. So if you've performed poorly and have an awesome strategy, it will overlooked — and conversely. Sadly, go-forward strategy is almost always viewed through the lens of past performance, even if that performance were driven by a different strategy or affected positively or negatively by execution issues unrelated to strategy. A great story isn't enough if you want to generate a vision halo effect. You're going to need to talk about growth numbers to prove it. (That this leads to a pattern of private companies reporting inflated or misleading numbers is sadly no surprise.) But don't show up expecting to wow folks with vision. Ultimately, you'll need to wow them with growth — which then provokes interest in vision.
- Network. Some companies do a nice and often quiet job of cultivating friends of the company who are thought leaders in their areas. Many do this through inviting specific people to invest as angels. Some do this simply through communications. For example, one day I received an email update from Vik Singh clearly written for friends of Infer. I wasn't sure how I got on the list, but found the company interesting and over time I got to know Vik (who is quite impressive) and ended up, well, a friend of Infer. Some do this through advisory boards, both formal and informal. For example, I did a little bit of advising for Tableau early on and later discovered a number of folks in my network who'd done the same thing. The company benefitted by getting broad input on various topics and each of us felt like we were friends of Tableau. While sort of thing doesn't generate the same mainstream media buzz as a $1B valuation, it is a smart influencer strategy that can generate fans and buzz among the cognoscenti who, in theory at least, are opinion leaders in their chosen areas.
Before finishing the first part of this post, I need to provide a warning that halo effects are both powerful and addictive. I seem to have a knack for competing against companies pursuing halo-driven strategies and the pattern I see typically runs like this.
- Company starts getting some hype off good results.
- Company starts saying increasingly aggressive things to build off the hype.
- Analysts and press reward the hype with strong quadrant placements and great stories and blogs.
- Company puts itself under increasing pressure to produce numbers that support the hype.
And then one of three things happens:
- The company continues delivering strong results and all is good, though the rhetoric and vision gets more unrelated to the business with each cycle.
- The company stops delivering results and is downgraded from hot-list to shit-list in the minds of the industry.
- The company cuts the cord with reality and starts inflating results in order to sustain the hype cycle and avoid outcome #2 above. The vision inflates as aggressively as the numbers.
I have repeatedly had to compete against companies where claims/results were inflated to "prove" the value of bad/ordinary strategies to impress industry analysts to get strong quadrant positions to support broader claims of vision and leadership to drive more sales to inflate to even greater claimed results. Surprisingly, I think this is usually done more in the name of ego than financial gain, but either way the story ends the same way — in terminations, lawsuits and, in one case, a jail sentence for the CEO.
Look, there are valid halo-driven strategies out there and I encourage you to try and use them to your company's advantage — just be very careful you don't end up addicted to halo heroin. If you find yourself wanting to do almost anything to sustain the hype bubble, then you'll know you're addicted and headed for trouble.
The Customer View
Thus far, I've written this post entirely from the vendor viewpoint, but wanted to conclude by switching sides and offering customers some advice on how to think about halo effects in choosing vendors. Customers should:
- Be aware of halo effects. The first step in dealing with any problem is understanding it exists. While supposedly technical, rational, and left-brained, technology can be as arbitrary as apparel when it comes to fashion. If you're evaluating vendors with halos, realize that they exist for a reason and then go understand why. Are those drivers relevant — e.g., buying HR from Dave Duffield seems a reasonable idea. Or are they spurious — e.g., does it really matter that one board member invested in Facebook? Or are they actually negative — e.g., if the company has raised $300M how crazy is their burn rate, what risk does that put on the business, and how focused will they stay on you as a customer and your problem as a market?
- Stay focused on your problem. I encourage anyone buying technology to write down their business problems and high-level technology requirements before reaching out to vendors. Hyped vendors are skilled at "changing the playing field" and trained to turn their vision into your (new) requirements. While there certainly are cases where vendors can point out valid new requirements, you should periodically step back and do a sanity check: are you still focused on your problem or have you been incrementally moved to a different, or greatly expanded one. Vision is nice, but you won't be around solve tomorrow's problems if you can't solve today's.
- Understand that industry analysts are often followers, not leaders. If a vendor is showing you analyst support for their strategy, you need to figure out if the analyst is endorsing the strategy because of the strategy's merits or because of the vendor's claimed prior performance. The latter is the definition of a halo effect and in a world full of private startups where high-quality analysts are in short supply, it's easy to find "research" that effectively says nothing more than "this vendor is a leader because they say they're performing really well and/or they've raised a lot of money." That doesn't tell you anything you didn't know already and isn't actually an independent source of information. They are often simply amplifiers of the hype you're already hearing.
- Enjoy the sizzle; buy the steak. Hype king Domo paid Alec Baldwin to make some (pretty pathetic) would-be viral videos and had Billy Beane, Flo Rida, Ludacris, and Marshawn Lynch at their user conference. As I often say, behind any "marketing genius" is an enormous marketing budget, and that's all you're seeing — venture capital being directly converted into hype. Heck, let them buy you a ticket to the show and have a great time. Just don't buy the software because of it — or because of the ability to invest more money in hand-grooming a handful of big-name references. Look to meet customers like you, who have spent what you want to spend, and see if they're happy and successful. Don't get handled into meeting other customers only at pre-arranged meetings. Walk the floor and talk to regular people. Find out how many are there for the show, or because they're actual successful users of the software.
- Dive into detail on the proposed solution. Hyped vendors will often try to gloss over solutions and sell you the hype (e.g., "of course we can solve your problem, we've got the most logos, Gartner says we're the leader, there's an app for that.") What you need is a vendor who will listen to your problem, discuss it with you intelligently, and provide realistic estimates on what it takes to solve it. The more willing they are to do that, the better off you are. The more they keep talking about the founder's escape from communism, the pedigree of their investors, their recent press coverage, or the amount of capital they've raised, the more likely you are to end up high and dry. People interested in solving your problem will want to talk about your problem.
- Beware the second-worst outcome: the backwater. Because hyped vendors are actually serving Sand Hill Road and/or Wall Street more than their customers, they pitch broad visions and huge markets in order to sustain the halo. For a customer, that can be disastrous because the vendor may view the customer's problems as simply another lily pad to jump off on the path to success. The second-worst outcome is when you buy a solution and then vendor takes your money and invests it in solving other problems. As a customer, you don't want to marry your vendor's fling. You want to marry their core. For startups, the pattern is typically over-expansion into too many things, getting in trouble, and then retracting hard back into the core, abandoning customers of the new, broader initiatives. The second-worst outcome is when you get this alignment wrong and end up in a backwater or formerly-strategic area of your supplier's strategy.
- Avoid the worst outcome: no there there. Once in awhile, there is no "there there" behind some very hyped companies despite great individual investors, great VCs, strategic alliances, and a previously experienced team. Perhaps the technology vision doesn't pan out, or the company switches strategies ("pivots") too often. Perhaps the company just got too focused on its hype and not on it customers. But the worst outcome, while somewhat rare, is when a company doesn't solve its advertised problem. They may have a great story, a sexy demo, and some smart people — but what they lack is a core of satisfied customers solving the problem the company talks about. In EPM, with due respect and in my humble opinion, Tidemark fell into this category, prior to what it called a "growth investment" and what sure seemed to me like a (fire) sale, to Marlin Equity Partners. Customers need to watch out for these no-there-there situations and the best way to do that is taking strong dose of caveat emptor with a nose for "if it sounds too good to be true, then it might well possibly be."


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I have a friend (as brilliant as he is) who recently spent a day or so recovering from a self-induced, internal drought. He was miserable.
If you're an active person, you've probably experienced an imbalance between water intake and water loss at one time or another during an extended period of exercise. It's not pleasant and greatly impacts your performance whether you're out for long mountain bike ride or playing a hard-fought tennis match. Exercise capacity can be compromised when a person is dehydrated by as little as 2% of body weight. That's not much.
We often focus on food sources of fuel, but fatigue during exercise may be the result of dehydration as much as from lack of nutrient intake. It takes much longer to recover from a hydration deficit than it does from a food (energy) deficit. You can eat a banana or a handful of jelly beans and feel better in minutes, but if fluid intake is compromised, it takes a lot longer to recover. If you're feeling like a saguaro cactus—hot, parched, and moisture-deprived—it will take hours for fluids to trickle back into your blood plasma, muscles, and intracellular fluids. It's best to make sure you're well-hydrated to begin with and take measures to stay hydrated while active.
Sip, sip, sip.
And guess what? Food counts as hydration. At least some food does. Processed food contains no water. Raw vegetables and fruit contain quite a bit and come with a supporting cast of nutrients, including sodium, potassium, and magnesium—critical electrolytes lost through sweating.
Power-packed, pre- or post-exercise smoothie (a great combo of ingredients for hydration, performance, and recovery)
Makes one mega serving, or two if you're forced to share
1-1/2 cups coconut water
1 small banana
1/3 cup frozen cherries
1/3 cup chopped cucumber
1/3 cup chopped raw beets
1 stalk celery, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon flax seeds, ground
Place all ingredients in a high-powered blender and pulse until smooth. Makes about 22 ounces (1-3/4 cups).
PER SERVING: 350 calories; 7 g fat; 70 g carbohydrate; 8 g protein; 13 g fiber
Nutrition Bonus: vitamin C; magnesium; phosphorus; sodium; potassium; thiamin; selenium; zinc
For a detailed post on the differences in high-powered blenders, check this post from my friend Alexa at Lexie's Kitchen. She's the blender guru. I have a VitaMix and I love it, but there are several other blenders on the market that will also pulverize chopped beets and celery.
Peace, love, and plant power!
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THURY, LOUIS-PIERRE, priest, missionary in Acadia; b. c. 1644 at Notre-Dame-de-Breuil in Normandy; d. 3 June 1699 at Chibouctou (Halifax, N.S.).
Abbé Thury had probably begun his theological studies in France. He arrived in Canada about 1675, where he finished his theological studies, and was ordained by Bishop Laval* on 21 Dec. 1677. He first served some parishes on both shores of the St. Lawrence and became bursar of the seminary of Quebec.
In 1684, as the institution was planning to found a mission in Acadia, Bishop Laval sent Abbé Thury on an observation tour from Percé to Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.). The missionary sent the bishop a long account and chose to settle at Miramichi, where Richard Denys offered a piece of ground for a mission. He remained there for three years, receiving the visit of Bishop Saint-Vallier [La Croix*], and occasionally went to the Saint John River and Port-Royal.
On Abbé Petit's* advice, he then went to settle at Pentagouet (Castine, Maine), near Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie* de Saint-Castin, where he remained for eight years. He acquired great influence over the Abenakis and took part in their expeditions. In 1689 he accompanied Saint-Castin on the raid which resulted in the destruction of Pemaquid; of this he left a detailed account. In 1692 he went along with a war party against York (Maine). Two years later he applied himself to thwarting the endeavours of Phips, who wanted to keep the Abenakis neutral; Thury played an important role in retaining them under French influence. He took part in the attack against Pescadouet (Oyster Bay), and was present with Robinau de Villebon and a party of Abenakis at the capture of Pemaquid by Pierre Le Moyne* d'Iberville in 1696.
The bishop of Quebec made him his vicar general in 1698 and appointed him to be the superior of the missions in Acadia. About the same time Abbé Thury founded a new mission at Pigiguit (on Minas Basin) and planned to group the Micmacs in one huge settlement between Shubenacadie and Chibouctou. The court looked with favour upon this plan and granted him a sum of 2,000 livres. His death prevented him from carrying out this undertaking.
He died on 3 June 1699 at Chibouctou and was buried by the First Nations under a stone monument. Dièreville* saw this monument and heard the hymns which the missionary had translated into Micmac.
Endowed with great qualities, Abbé Thury had a full career and was a great missionary. His political role is more open to discussion and has been variously judged. The French officers praised his activity and Charlevoix* represented him as a "true apostle," whereas Parkman considered him merely an "apostle of carnage."
AN, Col., B, 17, 19, 20, 22; C11D, 2, 3. ASQ, Documents Faribault, Lettres; Polygraphie; Séminaire; passim; A.-E. Gosselin, "Notes pour servir à la biographie des prêtres du Séminaire de Québec," with marginal notes. Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier, Estat présent de l'Église de la colonie française dans la Nouvelle-France . . . (2e éd., Québec, 1856), 45–52, reproduces the report of Thury to Bishop Laval.
H.-R. Casgrain, Les Sulpiciens et les Prêtres des Missions étrangères en Acadie (1676–1762) (Québec, 1897), 31–48, 139–143 (extract from Thury's account of the destruction of Pemaquid, from Charlevoix). Parkman, Count Frontenac and New France (1st ed.), passim. Webster, Acadia, 198f.
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This recipe is, I'm afraid, the last in the group of those photographed whilst I was away visiting Katherine a couple of weeks ago. While this wouldn't usually be a problem, as many of you will know, the frugal household is without a properly functioning kitchen. However, the hob and oven are now in, as is the sink. So, it is possible that I'll be able to cook something and photograph it in the coming days, thus bringing to a close this most turbulent period in my life, in which I've experienced withdrawal symptoms aplenty. Seriously, I've not been able to actually grip anything for the past two weeks; my palms have been simply too sweaty. The less said about my recurrent heart palpitations, the better.
This post is my 124th, but oddly enough it is the first that has been specifically geared towards breakfast. I don't know why, but breakfast has never really enthralled me. To start my day I tend to eat a rather popular chocolate cereal, have a piece of toast with marmite and soft cheese, or simply refrain from breaking my fast at all. This is all very bad practice, but to be honest, I'm not very good in the mornings and would rather have a quick and easy breakfast than get up, cook an impressively time consuming meal and get about my day. However, this may change over the course of the next couple of months, partly because I like taking photos of my food using only the light of the sun and partly because I really should make more of an effort!
Do you like my little pancake pan? I bought it as part of my graduation present whilst visiting Katherine and haven't looked back, despite having only used it once. It's brilliant, in that it virtually ensures that one's pancakes are exactly the same size every time. I'm a little pedantic about that sort of thing, so in my world it was an ideal buy. Though, it's really much better for the American style of pancake, by which I mean thick and airy, than for the British style which is essentially a crêpe. Apologies for any offense which my pancakes may inflict to the body of my American readers, the naming is simply the observation of one potentially naïve British citizen.
American-Style Buttermilk Pancakes
Makes 12-14
• 100g plain flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• A pinch of salt
• 80ml of buttermilk
• 50ml of cold water
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• Oil or butter for frying
1. Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. In a separate jug, mix together the buttermilk and the water. Gradually whisk the wet mixture into the dry, before beating in the eggs one at a time until smooth.
2. Using a large, thick based frying pan, or small purpose-built pancake pan, fry off roughly 1 ½ tbsp of the mixture in a little oil or butter. If using a very large pan doing two or three of these at once may be possible. Each pancake takes roughly 1 minute on each side to turn golden brown. Keep them warm in a low oven until ready to be devoured with a little maple, or golden, syrup.
Cost: An entire batch of these pancakes should be achievable for a mere £1. Though, I suppose that one could spice them up a little by adding some dried fruit, which would make them a little more expensive to produce. Enjoy!


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Articles - August - 2007 Issue
AE Services Part 3: Current Price Estimator
By Michael Stillman
This month we look at one of the Americana Exchange's most useful tools, its current price estimator. It updates values of prices in the 1.6 million-plus AE Database (AED) of book records to their current estimated value. It helps you make sense out of old priced records, those which go back as far as 1914. This tool comes with all subscriptions to the AED, which contains over 1.6 million book records from auctions, catalogues, and bibliographies, most of which include prices.
Here is how it works. The AE price estimator takes a price from any given year and updates it to 2007 values, based on typical increases in book values since that year. For example, the average book value has increased fivefold since 1980, fifty times since 1936. So, the current price estimator will take a book that sold for $2 at auction in 1936 and provide a current estimate of around $100. If a book has sold multiple times since 1914, it will provide a current estimate for each year's price, and even average out all of those estimates for a cumulative current estimate for all sales combined.
How accurate is this? We certainly would not claim these are definitive values. The rate of increase is based on what we have seen across the broad spectrum of records within the AED. Therefore, they represent the overall trend in pricing. However, not every book has appreciated at the average rate. In general, the rarest and most historically important texts have appreciated at an above average rate. On the other hand, some fiction and poetry that was popular years ago, but has since fallen out of favor, has stagnated while the world around it rushed forward. What these numbers most clearly do is convert the price the book sold for years ago into today's book dollars. On average, that is the same as current value, but can vary for individual items.
Fortunately, most books appear in the AED multiple times, providing several looks at its value. The averaging feature is very helpful here. Also, looking at price trends based on current estimates is very useful for understanding value. If more recent sales translate to higher current estimates than older ones, this is a good sign that the book is appreciating at a higher than normal rate. It may be a better investment than a book trending in the other direction. Naturally, more recent sales are likely to provide estimates closer to current value than ones from the distant past. Nevertheless, this tool will place even those oldest records into sufficient context to be meaningful.
Obtaining pricing data is one of the most difficult challenges for sellers and buyers alike, yet it is undoubtedly the most important item of practical information each needs. Few collectors can afford to seriously overpay, while sellers don't want to undercharge or price so high they cannot sell. Many people look to online listing sites such as Abebooks for pricing information. The problem with this is that Abe values are asking prices, not selling ones. Often, someone will post a price pulled out of thin air, and then others will follow like lemmings with similar figures. Those books can stay unsold seemingly forever, all sellers locked in to the first posted, unrealistic price. In other situations, prices for similar items can be all over the place, one seller wanting $10, another $100. What is this book worth? Who knows? None of these represent actual sales, and it is not clear which, if any, prices were posted by knowledgeable sellers versus rank amateurs.


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First Reading 1 Kings 10:1-10
1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
3 And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king which he could not explain to her.
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
5 the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he offered at the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king, "The report was true which I heard in my own land of your affairs and of your wisdom,
7 but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report which I heard.
8 Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel for ever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness."
10 Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones; never again came such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Psalms 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40
5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
6 He will bring forth your vindication as the light, and your right as the noonday.
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
39 The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.
40 The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
Gospel Reading Mark 7:14-23
14 And he called the people to him again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand:
15 there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him."
17 And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,
19 since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
20 And he said, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man."


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To Keep Mouths Safe, Don't Just Wear a Mouthguard; Keep it Clean!
To Keep Mouths Safe, Don't Just Wear a Mouthguard; Keep it Clean!
Fractured teeth, neck injuries and abrasions in the mouth, also known as sports-related dental injuries, are ever present among athletes. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, sports-related dental injuries account for more than 600,000 emergency room visits each year.
One may assume that mouthguards should serve as a preventive measure. In some 200,000 cases annually, mouthguards have been known to avert oral injuries and cut the risk of concussion by 50 percent. However, while a mouthguard may be popular for its ability to prevent the injuries that may temporarily and sometimes permanently disfigure a person's appearance, what many may not be aware of is the importance of proper maintenance, cleanliness and care to prevent disease transmission and infection.
According to a study that appears in the September/October 2007 issue of General Dentistry, the AGD's clinical, peer-reviewed journal, mouthguards harbor large numbers of bacteria, yeasts and molds that can possibly lead to life and/or health-threatening infectious/inflammatory diseases.
"Everything that a microorganism needs to survive, including food and water, can be found in a mouthguard," says Thomas Glass, DDS, PhD, lead author of the study. "While mouthguards appear solid, they are very porous, like a sponge, and with use, microorganisms invade these porosities."
"These concerns are similar to using an infected toothbrush repeatedly or using silverware that has not been cleaned properly," says AGD spokesperson Bruce Burton, DMD, MAGD, ABGD. "Although a mouthguard is recommended to prevent permanent damage to the mouth and teeth, we know it also has the potential to be a reservoir for bacteria that can cause gum infections or the bacteria that help promote tooth decay."
There are warning signs that can alert athletes that he or she may be suffering from a contaminated mouthguard. Those include "difficulty breathing, wheezing, diarrhea and nausea to the point of vomiting," says Dr. Glass. As a high school football coach for 25 years, Dr. Burton witnessed many poor habits athletes practiced when handling their mouthguard. "Chewing on the mouthguard until it no longer serves the purpose of protecting the dentition is one poor habit," says Dr. Burton. "In addition, some athletes throw the mouthguard in with dirty, sweaty gear and never clean it."
Mouthguard maintenance:
• Brush teeth before wearing a mouthguard.
• Never share a mouthguard with teammates.
• During sporting events, have a backup mouthguard.
• Purchase disposable mouthguards.
• Clean mouthguards before storing them.
Original content of this reprinted with permission of the Academy of General Dentistry. © Copyright 2007-2009 by the Academy of General Dentistry. All rights reserved. Read the original article here.


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For the first time since its inception in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act no longer exists. House Republicans of the 112th Congress failed to renew the legislation, which is credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives by providing important protections for victims of abuse and designating millions of dollars for battered women's shelters, abuse prevention programs and law enforcement. The Senate approved an updated version of the legislation in April.
Had it been renewed, this new version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) would have provided life-saving policies for women on tribal reservations, who were unfairly left out of previous versions of the law. It also contained altered, nondiscriminatory language that made the act apply to members of the LGBTQ community. The bill additionally contained important protections for undocumented immigrant women, who are too often afraid of being deported to report abuse.
Apparently, extending VAWA to these groups was too much for House Republicans, who instead passed a watered-down version of the Senate bill. According to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.),
For the leadership in the House of Representatives, passing a bill with life-saving protections to these new communities of women was simply not politically acceptable. So just weeks after the Senate passed our bill, in a purely ideological move, House Republicans passed a bill that specifically stripped the new protections for immigrants, the LGBT community and tribal women, and even removed protections that exist under current law.
She continued:
Surely no police officer should ever have to ask the sexual orientation or immigration status of a woman who lies bruised and battered at the scene of a crime. Yet, the House bill drew those lines.
With no compromise between the two bills, and no House vote on the Senate bill, VAWA has simply expired.
So what's next? CNN writes that supporters of the law hope to revive it in a new Congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) noted that passing VAWA is an early priority for the 113th Congress, which convened last Thursday. Hopefully this time around it will succeed in passing through the House. As Murray emphatically states:
Every moment the House continues to delay is another moment vulnerable women are left without protections they deserve. In the next Congress one of our absolute first priorities must be passing an inclusive and bipartisan bill to extend protections to the millions of new women included in the Senate bill. As a nation we cannot accept further discrimination or delay from House Republican leaders.


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This season is full of hustle and bustle, with everyone working hard to make holiday magic. In all the frenzy to make a big impression, it's easy to forget to take a moment for yourself.
Brew a cup of coffee and treat yourself to a Cinnamon Latte. Enjoy alongside a piece of Chocolate Maple Cake with Chocolate Maple Mousse. Both are easy to make, giving you an extra moment in your busy day.
Chocolate Maple Cake with Chocolate Maple Mousse
Prep Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Yield: 12 servings
Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Hungry Jack® Original Syrup
1/4 cup strong brewed Millstone Breakfast Blend K-Cup®
portion pack
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup Pillsbury BEST®
All Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups heavy cream,
2 1/4 teaspoons Hungry
Jack Original Syrup
8 ounces milk chocolate,
Fresh fruit
Chocolate Maple Cake:
Heat oven to 350°F. Coat 8 x 8-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
Melt chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat. Cool 5 minutes.
Combine sugar, syrup, coffee, buttermilk, egg, vanilla and chocolate mixture in a large bowl.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Stir flour mixture into chocolate mixture until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
Chocolate Maple Mousse:
Bring 2/3 cup heavy cream to a boil.
Combine syrup and milk chocolate in medium bowl. Pour boiling cream over chocolate mixture. Wait 30 seconds then stir.
Stir in remaining 1 1/3 cups heavy cream to mixture with electric mixer on medium speed. Chill mixture for 1 hour.
Beat mousse until soft peak. Spread over cake. Top with fresh fruit if desired.
Cinnamon Latte
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 1 serving
1/2 cup milk
3-4 tablespoons cinnamon flavored syrup
1/4 cup hot, fresh strong brewed coffee
Whipped cream
Smucker's® Sundae Syrup™ Caramel Flavored Syrup, for garnish
Ground cinnamon, for garnish
Pour milk into 1-quart microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until hot but not boiling. Whisk until foamy.
Pour cinnamon syrup into standard-size coffee cup. Microwave on HIGH 20 seconds to warm syrup. Stir in hot coffee.
Add steamed milk to brim of cup. Top with swirl of whipped cream. Drizzle with caramel flavored syrup. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve.
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Bloody hunks and sexy zombies seeking firm flesh abound in Boys Night Out.
Taking a cue from The Queen of the Damned, Wicked Pictures presents Curse Eternal which promises that, "the dead will rise" (see what they did there, aint that clever?)
Yes, yes it's called Queer of the Damned...because they are ... queer and ... uh...they are damned...funny, they look pretty happy all things considered.
Kudos to the producers for really putting some thought into the box cover of A Wet Dream on Elm Street...are those vibrators on Freddy's glove? Brilliant!
They're here, they're queer, and chances are they suck more than just blood!
So I had to look at this cover several times until I I caught the gag. That said, great cover - but why not a tad more thought in the title?
Nekid nasty boys are being spied on, or something like that in the epic, When A Stranger Cums.
Honestly, if I did not know better, I'd have thought this was an ad for a film on The Lifetime Network.
And last but not least, Dante promises us a hell many of us would probably not mind.


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Bill Clinton's Birthplace Achieves Historic Status
The newest presidential home on the National Park Service roster celebrates the early boyhood of the nation's forty-second president
Billy Blythe's Hope
Close to America's center is a half-forgotten railroad town called Hope. Located just off Interstate 30, not so far from the Texas border, this Arkansas burg retains two notable claims to fame.
For one, its farmers grow whopping great watermelons. The biggest of them, in fact, weigh a good deal more than does the town's other notable product, namely, favorite son Bill Clinton. He was born within Hope's borders on August 19, 1946.
Historic Site Status
Effective January 1, 2011, the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace on South Hervey Street entered the rolls of the National Park Service as its newest historic site, celebrating the early boyhood of the nation's forty-second president.
To be frank, the place is no Monticello. Built in 1917, the home is a classic foursquare, with three bedrooms upstairs and a living room, kitchen, and dining room down. If it isn't a memorable architectural monument, its efficient design, with a squat pyramidal roof with wide overhangs, and the generous porch out front, conveys a sense of southern comfort.
Bill Clinton's Early Years
The architectural story isn't really the point here. When newborn William Jefferson Blythe III left Julia Chester Hospital a few blocks away, he and his mother, Virginia Dell Cassidy Blythe, arrived on her parents' doorstep. A single-mother, Virginia had been widowed at the death of her husband three months earlier in an auto crash on a Missouri highway. For the next four, formative years, Billy lived with his grandparents, as his mother came and went (she was completing her nurse anesthetist training in New Orleans).
Both Edith and James Eldridge Cassidy would help shape their grandson's character, but it was "Papaw" that Clinton's remembers as shaping his values. In the dedication of his autobiography, My Life, written more than half a century later, former President Clinton cited Eldridge Cassidy as the man "who taught me to look up to people others looked down on, because we're not so different after all."
Visiting Bill Clinton's Birthplace
On a recent visit to the house, which was restored by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation prior to the Park Service taking possession, the overwhelming sense was that Ozzie Nelson might walk through the door at any moment. Or even Hopalong Cassidy, television's first cowboy hero. Young Billy's boyhood worship of "Hoppy" culminated in a broken leg at age five when he tried to clear a rope in cowboy boots, and there's a black cowboy hat on his bed in the restored house.
Looking beyond the atmospheric memorabilia, the visitor learns something of the character of Hope, Arkansas during Clinton's earliest years. His grandfather's nearby general store sat on a fault line between the white and African-American communities; in segregated Hope, his store was among the few places where the races mixed freely. As presidential nominee Bill Clinton told America in his acceptance speech at the 1992 Democratic convention, "when his customers, whether they were White or Black … came in with no money, well, he gave them food anyway. He just made a note of it. So did I."
Young Bill Blythe soon moved on with his mother and new stepfather to a bigger place — Hot Springs, Arkansas — and adopted his new father's surname. But he often returned to Hope to summer with his grandparents and, in spirit, the place certainly informed his later life.
Want to visit? Find more information here.


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Did Jan Brewer Punch a Reporter for Asking Her about Global Warming?
Jan Brewer, Arizona's MIA governor, is not afraid of confrontation. So when KTVK reporter Dennis Welch asked her about global warming this weekend, Gov. Brewer let him have it, and the video of her response instantly went viral.
It's the stuff political viral video dreams are made of, with Brewer asking "where in the hell" the question came from, and denying that global warming is man-made. Then an aide ushers Brewer away, and that was that. Until a photographer from a local newspaper reached out to the media blog Romanesko, describing via email what he saw after the cameras stopped rolling.
From photographer Michael Clawson's email:
He had turned to a camera operator and seemed to be putting his microphone away. Brewer took her left hand, balled it into a fist and with the back of her hand she slugged the reporter on the back of his right arm. Not hard, but with enough force that he spun around to see what was going on. She leaned in real close and looked up (she's a shorter lady) and said in a whisper loud enough for most of us to hear, "Where the hell'd that come from?"
When Romenesko reached out to Welch for comment, he responded:
"I'd say this is a fair and accurate account."
And we never saw Jan Brewer ever again.


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Exercise Basics of Gaining WeightK
calories. You have to stress (workout) your muscles to a point where they become damaged. When they heal, they'll become bigger and stronger.
Unlike losing weight, when you gain muscle you can choose what part of your body you want to focus on. This can be problematic if you work one part of your body more than another. You want to have a balanced workout that hits all areas of your body equally.
Workout Routine
Your first step should be to figure out your routine. There are two basic options. You can use the ACSM workout and go to the gym 2-3 times per week. This workout requires that you do 1-2 sets per muscle group and hit every muscle group during your workout.
The other option is to split up your workout into different groups of muscles each day. A popular split is: day 1: chest & triceps, day 2: back & biceps, day 3: shoulders, day 4: legs. With this type of workout, you should do 6-12 sets per muscle group (12-24 sets if you do two muscle groups in one day). Remember to leave at least 48 hours between working out the same muscle group.
If you have never worked out before, start with the ACSM workout. If you follow their guidelines you shouldn't be in the gym for more than an hour. The second workout could take between 60 and 90 minutes. The ACSM workout also only calls for you to workout 2-3 times per week where the second routine would require 3-4 times per week depending on how many days you have in your routine. You don't want to do too much too quickly as this could cause you to quit all together.
Once you have a routine, you need to pick the exercises you'll be doing. There are plenty to choose from but when you first start out you should try and use the machines rather than the free weights. Once you're comfortable on the machines, you can move to the free weights. Keep in mind that free weights (especially if your form is off) do not necessarily provide a better workout. A good routine will combine machine and free weight exercises.
If you chose the ACSM workout, you'll need to pick one exercise for each muscle group (quads, glutes, hamstrings, calves, chest, back, shoulders, biceps, triceps, abs). If you chose the split workout, you should do 2-3 sets per machine (or free weight).
With both the ACSM workout and the split routine, you need to workout the bigger muscles first. If you do the ACSM workout, start with legs and move on to upper body. If you do the split routine and pair back with biceps and chest with triceps, make sure you do your back and chest before your biceps and triceps.
The last thing you need to keep in mind is to change your workout. Overtime, your muscles become used to the workout you do and when this happens you need to change your exercises and the order that you do them in or you won't progress. You can also write down all the weights and repetitions you do in a workout log. It'll save you time when you do the same exercise during your next workout since you won't have to guess where you left off.
The Bottom Line
While eating is very important in gaining weight, sticking to your routine is crucial in gaining muscle. If you eat without exercising hard you may soon find yourself needing to lose weight.


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William P. Kain, Jr., and Thomas F. Molanphy, for petitioner.
Herbert Brownell, for respondent.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Justice BLACK, with whom Mr. Justice DOUGLAS joins, dissenting.
This contractual controversy is bound in the end to be resolved either by arbitration or by a judicial trial, but the court below has required the parties to go through the inconvenience and expense of arbitration before they can obtain a binding decision that the arbitration forum is in fact the proper one. Since this gross waste of time and effort is neither required by the applicable statutes nor consistent with fair and efficient judicial procedure, I would grant certiorari and reverse. The dispute over which tribunal should determine the merits of this case arises in this way. Cunard, the respondent, chartered a ship owned by petitioner and also acted as stevedore in unloading the ship when it reached New York. A longshoreman employee of Cunard was injured during Cunard's stevedoring operation and sued petitioner, the ship's owner. Petitioner owner then claimed that Cunard was liable to indemnify it for any damages it might have to pay Cunard's employee. If the claim of indemnity is considered to be a dispute arising under the charter contract, that contract governs and the controversy must be arbitrated in London. If, however, the controversy arises not under the Charter but under the stevedore's warranty of workmanlike service implied by law, Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp., 350 U.S. 124 (1956), then the case must be tried by the District Court in New York. The District Judge decided that the dispute arose under the Charter and stayed the judicial proceedings pending [389 U.S. 852 , 853] arbitration. The Court of Appeals, while expressing considerable doubt as to whether arbitration was in fact proper, nevertheless followed what it considered to be the requirements of Schoenamsgruber v. Hamburg Line, 294 U.S. 454 (1935), and ruled that the District Judge's order was not yet appealable. I think decent and expeditious judicial procedure requires that the principles governing appealability announced in Schoenamsgruber be repudiated and that the Court of Appeals be held obligated to determine the proper tribunal now, either on the ground that the order is a 'final' judgment and appealable as such, 28 U.S. C. 1291, or on the ground that it is an interlocutory decision amounting in all substance and effect to an 'injunction' and therefore appealable under 28 U.S.C. 1292(a)(1).
Section 1292(a)(1) permits appeals from 'Interlocutory orders ... granting, continuing, modifying, refusing or dissolving injunctions ....' An order should be appealable within the meaning of this statute if in substantial effect it is equivalent to an injunction, and as a matter of fact we have so held. Ettelson v. Metropolitan Insurance Co., 317 U.S. 188 (1942). It is true that some doubt has been cast on the Ettelson test by City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance Co., 337 U.S. 254 (1949), and Baltimore Contractors v. Bodinger, 348 U.S. 176 (1955). But these more recent cases have introduced confusion and technicality into the law, requiring resolution of this statutory question in terms of the fiction of separate law, equity, and admiralty 'sides' of the United States District Court. I think the time has come to abandon this outmoded fiction about 'sides of the Court' and return to the sound principles announced in Ettelson, supra. Here as in Ettelson plaintiffs are 'in no different position than if a state equity court had restrained them from proceeding in [a] law action.' Ettelson, supra, 317 U.S., at 192 , 63 S.Ct. at 164. Since the stay entered [389 U.S. 852 , 854] in this case was an injunction in every practical sense, I would hold that it was an injunction in the statutory sense and allow the present appeal.
I also think this order was 'final' within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. 1291. Our cases dealing with the meaning of finality have provided no satisfactory definition of this term, as this Court has itself repeatedly recognized. McGourkey v. Toledo & Ohio Railway, 146 U.S. 536 (1892); Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp., 338 U.S. 507 (1950). Certainly we have time and again departed from the statement in Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 239 , 636 (1945), that the decision to be final and appealable must be one which 'leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment,' and we have held numerous orders final and appealable which had left open major questions in litigation but were nevertheless 'in that small class which finally determine claims of right separable from, and collateral to, rights asserted in the action, too important to be denied review and too independent of the cause itself to require that appellate consideration be deferred until the whole case is adjudicated.' Cohen v. Beneficial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 546 , 1225 (1949). See also Roberts v. United States District Court, 339 U.S. 844 (1950); Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294 ( 1962). The same practical test of finality has been applied to determine whether the judgment of a state court is 'final' within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. 1257. Local No. 438, Construction & Laborers' etc. v. Curry, 371 U.S. 542 (1963); Mercantile National Bank v. Langdeau, 371 U.S. 555 (1963).
Accordingly, I do not regard as conclusive the fact that in cases of this kind '[t]he parties are still before the court and further proceedings may be moved after the arbitrators have acted.' Compare Lowry & Co. v. S. S. Le Moyne D'Iberville, 372 F.2d 123, 124 (C.A.2d Cir. 1967). The order in the present case stayed the [389 U.S. 852 , 855] judicial proceedings petitioner had commenced in New York and required the parties to go to London and conduct an arbitration that may prove costly and time consuming. Under these circumstances the question whether petitioner had a right to prompt determination of his claim in a judicial forum is 'too important to be denied review and too independent of the cause itself to require that appellate consideration be deferred until the whole case is adjudicated.' Cohen, supra. The court below was correct, of course, in noting that if the arbitration award proves satisfactory to petitioner, the question of arbitrability will then be moot, but in that event petitioner's right-if it has one-to avoid the costs and inconveniences incident to a foreign arbitration will have been irretrievably lost. It was this very danger that was the controlling consideration in Cohen, supra, 337 U.S., at 546 , 69 S.Ct. at 1225.
It is also true that postponing review will prove to have been the more efficient approach if the District Judge's ruling is ultimately affirmed. But the probability of such an outcome can never be assessed from the present vantage point. There is at least a strong possibility that when review is finally had, the ruling will be found erroneous by the United States courts. In that case it will be necessary to proceed at long last to trial. At the moment all we can say is that we must risk either an unnecessary appeal or an unnecessary arbitration. The former may be somewhat bothersome for the appellate courts, but the latter will be such a serious burden for both the parties that I would unhesitatingly choose to avoid it. I would grant the writ, reverse the judgment below, and require a ruling now on the only controversy between the parties that is ripe for decision at this time-should the case be arbitrated or tried in court?
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High-Fat Diets Could Pose Danger to Young MS Patients
These regimens raised the risk for disease relapse, study found
A fatty diet may up the risk of relapse in children with multiple sclerosis, according to a new study.
But eating a diet rich in vegetables could cut relapse risk in half, the researchers found.
The findings may provide early evidence that dietary changes could help some patients with MS manage their condition, said the research team led by Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant. She's a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system thought to affect more than 2.3 million people worldwide. Symptoms, which often affect movement and vision, can be disabling.
Since young people with MS have a higher rate of relapse than adults, Waubant and her colleagues wanted to explore the effects of diet on children with the disease.
Food questionnaires were filled out by 219 young patients treated at 11 different MS centers across the United States. All were diagnosed with the relapsing-remitting form of multiple sclerosis or clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) before their 18th birthday. CIS is the first episode of neurological symptoms, usually lasting at least 24 hours. Relapsing-remitting MS means patients have attacks, then are symptom-free for periods of time.
The researchers analyzed the patients' dietary data and monitored their health for almost two years on average.
During this time, roughly 43 percent suffered a relapse of their disease.
The researchers found that every 10 percent increase in calorie intake that came from fat was linked with a 56 percent higher risk of relapse.
Moreover, most of this risk increase was tied to consumption of saturated fat, found in many baked goods and beef, cheese and butter. Every 10 percent increase in these calories was associated with a tripling of the risk for relapse, according to the study.
But every additional cup of vegetables was linked with a 50 percent reduction in risk for relapse, regardless of how much fat the children ate, the study found. This was true even after the researchers considered other possible contributing factors, including age, weight and medication.
It's possible that excess fat intake may be triggering the release of inflammatory chemicals and affecting the composition of bacteria in the gut, the researchers said. Animal fat is also associated with a number of chronic inflammatory conditions, while a vegetable-rich diet has the opposite effect, Waubant's team noted.
The findings were published online Oct. 9 in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
The study doesn't prove a causal relationship, however, and more research is needed to investigate how diet affects MS.
"Ultimately, the role of diet in MS is an actively evolving area of research," said Dr. Kathryn Fitzgerald, of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. She wrote a commentary accompanying the study.
More information
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Written by Mary Elizabeth Dallas
SOURCE: BMJ, news release, Oct. 9, 2017
Last Updated: Oct. 10, 2017
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is another one of those puzzling Twentieth century diseases without an obvious cause. Like arthritis, SLE, which effects at least one in a thousand patients (a figure that doctors believe is highly conservative), is an autoimmune
disease, where the body begins producing antibodies against itself, causing steady tissue damage anywhere in the body immune system meltdown in slow motion.Unlike arthritis, SLE attacks and destroys the body's connective tissues, the skin and eventually the vital organs. The aches and pains accompanying it can feel like arthritis of the entire body.
While orthodox medicine only knows how to throw powerful suppressive drugs at the problem (which slow down this destruction considerably, but often at great cost), a handful of unorthodox nutritional pioneers are achieving great success with lupus by treating it as an allergic reaction.
Perhaps the most interesting work is being done by an Australian, Dr Chris Reading. Dr Reading has postulated that most of our illnesses stem from certain inherited weaknesses. To make his diagnosis in individual cases, he asks his patients to fill out their family trees that is, the illnesses suffered by all blood relatives. In studying the family trees of more than 2000 patients, Dr Reading has discovered a number of family patterns which correspond with certain illnesses or factors, making family members vulnerable to certain illnesses. In the case of SLE, Dr Reading usually finds other evidence of autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, pernicious anemia, vitiligo, thryoid, depressive illness, leukemia and/or cancer. "When cancer, arthritis and depression keep bobbing up in a family," he says, "you think of SLE."
This is what he terms an "autoimmune pattern" which is mostly caused, he finds, by food allergy.
In the experience of Dr Reading and also our panel member Dr Jonathan Wright, the biggest culprits are grains, milk, eggs, beef and yeast. As with grains, each of these other substances contain subfractions like gluten which actually cause the disturbance. After years of consuming allergenic substances which interfere with digestion, patients often have serious problems with nutritional deficiencies, which eventually suppress the immune system.
Perhaps most exciting, Dr Wright and Dr Reading are discovering patterns invariably linking certain foods with certain diseases; grain allergies, for instance, seem to be linked such illnesses as learning difficulties in children, depression, diabetes, thyroid and SLE.
Although their information and results thus far are anecdotal, the success that doctors like Wright and Reading are achieving on a large number of patients argues for taking their work seriously and investigating it further.
It's time for medicine to lay the germ theory to rest. The reasons we get ill are complicated and individual, a combination of factors, and not simply a bug that we "catch." Increasingly, it appears that the biggest enemy out there is not a microbe but some of the food we choose to put on our table.


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Workday and MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is one of the world's leading global hospitality companies, operating a peerless portfolio of destination resort brands, including Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, and The Mirage. The company has significant holdings in gaming, hospitality, and entertainment, and owns and operates 15 properties located in Nevada, Mississippi, and Michigan.
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Order today to benefit from our special back-to-school offer - from 120€ purchase.
Marie Louise Paris Gift Card 100€
The size does not fit? Exchange is free
We offer you Delivery from 100€ of purchase :)
If the size does not match we will change it for you for free!
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Valid for 12 months from date of purchase.
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Free and simplified exchange in Europe. You have 14 days from receipt of your order to return or exchange your item. Learn more
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How best to wash myself:
-Wash me in a washing net
-Use the gentle cycle 30°C
-Wash me with similar colors
-Turn me over before putting me through the machine
-Use a mild detergent
-Do not use fabric softener
-Remove the cups before putting them in the washing machine.
-Caps should be hand washed separately
The best way to take care of myself:
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The opinions of our very dear customers:
+10,000 women have tested our sports sets. We thank you for your constructive opinions and your loyalty!
Francine Dod
Comfortable for my yoga sessions
I bought sports leggings from Marie Louise Paris and I am quite satisfied with my purchase. The quality of the materials is good and the leggings are comfortable for my yoga sessions. The cut is well fitted and the emotive colors offered are modern and elegant.
I love their bra + responsive after-sales service
I love their bralettes, they are so beautiful and super comfortable. The customer service is very fast and very professional, my package had been lost in the mail and they were very responsive in sending me one! I recommend without hesitation 😀
Practical and elegant!
I bought several sports outfits from Marie Louise. And I'm totally addicted! Practical and elegant, for me as a big sports fan, it's great!
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I will buy again soon for the holidays
Comfortable sports brand with a very attentive team, I recommend this brand. Slight delay in delivery but nothing major.
I will buy again soon for the holidays
Delighted to have discovered Marie Louise Paris
I decided to try Marie Louise Paris' sportswear after hearing good feedback from my friends. I purchased several items and I was not disappointed! I am delighted to have discovered this brand!
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2 sets which have not moved
I ordered 2 sets last year (shorts + T.shirt including 1 woolen set)
The woolen set has not changed in 1 year, no deformation or pilling.
This was my first order and certainly not the last!
I recently purchased €200 worth of sportswear from Marie Louise Paris and was very happy with my shopping experience. Although my order took nine days to arrive the quality of the clothing more than made up for the waiting time. This was my first order from Marie Louise Paris and certainly not the last!
I received several compliments on this combination
I bought the wisdom suit from Marie Louise Paris and I am very happy with my purchase. The material is soft and comfortable. And the cut is very flattering. I have received several compliments on this combination from my fellow Yogis.
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Soft, stretchy fabric that allows me to do my asanas
I am a yoga enthusiast and I have been looking for a long time for leggings that would be both comfortable and aesthetic. I finally found what I was looking for at Marie Louise Paris. The leggings are made from a soft, stretchy fabric that allows me to do my asanas with ease.
Everything is perfect
Nothing to say, everything is perfect, the quality of the sports clothing is very good, the delivery is on time, the customer service by email and Instagram is very cordial. Marie Louise Paris is a serious brand, there is nothing to worry about. 😊
I ordered for my wife
I ordered 3 sports bras for my wife + 1 free. She was delighted. In fact, the bras received in a beautiful pouch with the name of the brand. My wife finds them pretty and comfortable but I was able to make a good choice thanks to Manon from customer service who was able to guide me through the models and the choice of sizes! Very good service I would recommend to those around me :)
Delighted with my order.
Delighted with my order. The outfits are beautiful, soft and pleasant to wear. I use them for fitness and bodybuilding, the bras offer good support. Great discovery!
Want to know more about us?
What is the story of Marie Louise Paris?
The idea of creating Marie Louise Paris was born from the personal and moving journey of its young founder.
Passionate about sports , she went through a difficult time, and it was her devotion to physical activity that helped her overcome those dark times . This experience transformed his life and gave him the impetus to achieve his dreams and aspirations.
Driven by a deep desire to share her passion for entrepreneurship and personal development through sport, she decided to create a clothing brand that would allow women to feel good in their body and mind. Marie Louise Paris thus embodies the very essence of resilience, strength and inner beauty that every woman carries within her
If the set doesn't suit me, can I exchange it?
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What sports are your clothes suitable for?
Marie Louise Paris offers a wide range of sportswear specially designed for women. Our collection is suitable for various sports activities such as yoga, pilates, running, weight training, crossfit, and fitness. Among our products, you will find bras, leggings, tank tops, t-shirts, shorts and coordinated sets. All our clothing is designed to offer ultimate comfort, great freedom of movement, good support and a modern, trendy aesthetic.
Is Marie Louise Paris committed to sustainability in the production of its clothing?
Marie Louise Paris is committed to sustainability and ethics in the production of its clothing. The company is implementing several actions to minimize its environmental impact and guarantee ethical working conditions.
One of our main commitments is to offer high quality clothing, designed to last over time. The satisfaction of our customers is proof of this quality, since those who have supported us since our launch in 2020 still have clothes in excellent condition, more than 3 years later.
We produce in small quantities to avoid waste and excess stock.
Marie Louise Paris is also developing capsules made from recycled materials, thus reinforcing our commitment to sustainability.
In addition, we support responsible events and make donations for tree planting, contributing to the fight against deforestation and global warming.


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YouTube added the "wonder wheel" visualization tool for exploring related searches interactively. The feature has been launched last month for Google search and it's now available in a different context.
Type a general term in YouTube's search box, click on "Search" and then click on "Wonder wheel" to find some suggestions. As you click on the suggestions, YouTube shows the search results next to the wheel and it lets you go back to the initial search terms.
"The Wonder wheel visually presents connections between related searches and your search term as an interactive diagram. Click the different nodes in the diagram to see how searches can branch out," explains Google.
While the idea seems interesting, I didn't find the "wonder wheel" very useful. It only works for some searches and the suggestions aren't diverse enough.
June 17, 2009
YouTube Adds the Wonder Wheel
Posted by Alex Chitu at 6/17/2009 02:14:00 AM
Labels: Visualization, YouTube
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its somehow giving broader genres instead of narrowing down.ReplyDelete
not a very impressive feature.ReplyDelete
Where does the wonder wheel pop up? I tried the search [robot] displayed in your screenshot, but nothing seemed to appear.ReplyDelete
You should see two things:ReplyDelete
* a message that says: " Try using YouTube's new visual browsing tool Wonder Wheel."
* a link to the "Wonder Wheel" below the advanced search option.
You can download youtube videos with Bywifi (Video Streaming Downloader). Bywifi is a free program for downloading, transcoding and accelerating video streaming.ReplyDelete
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Contributing to the transformation of the Sultanate of Oman's public transport infrastructure, MAN Truck & Bus is currently delivering 33 state-of-the-art MAN Lion's Coaches to Mwasalat, a government-owned public transport firm in the country. MAN Truck and Bus' official partner in Oman, Arabian Engineering Services LLC (AES) is managing the delivery process and will work closely with the national bus operator to ensure effective after-sales support for the coaches.
Mwasalat is the first company in the region to add to its fleet MAN's safest-ever Lion's Coaches that are equipped with advanced technology to reduce accidents, improve passenger comfort and ensure efficient and safe driving.
The advanced and emergency-braking MAN Lion's Coaches, which use industry-leading accident prevention features, such as Emergency Brake Assist (EBA), Lane Guard System (LGS) as well as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), will replace the older Lion's Coaches with more than 4,000,000 operated kilometer in the Mwasalat fleet of public transport vehicles.
The Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Emergency Brake Assist (EBA) systems use radar and onboard cameras to detect the speed and distance of other vehicles ahead of the MAN Lion's Coach on the road. The vehicle automatically adjusts speed to ensure a safe distance is maintained at all times, and the Emergency Brake Assist will initiate braking if the driver fails to react to warnings of potential collisions. Likewise, the Lane Guard System (LGS) will warn drivers if they are drifting out of their lane.
"With the delivery of our safest-ever Lion's Coach, we have reiterated our commitment to supporting Mwasalat's vision of encouraging the use of public transport to reduce congestion in the Sultanate's roads by providing attractive, safe and environment-friendly mobility services. The best-in-class Lion's Coach will drive greater value to the company as the vehicle provides excellent total cost of ownership. Moreover, the MAN Lion's Coaches are equipped with efficient safety technologies that will complement the government's efforts to improve road safety by bringing down the number of accidents involving heavy vehicles," said Franz von Redwitz, Managing Director, MAN Truck & Bus Middle East.
Commenting on the new milestone in their partnership with MAN Truck & Bus Middle East, Mohammed Saud Bahwan, Chairman, Arabian Engineering Services, said: "It is encouraging to witness the successful outcome of our collaboration with the region's leading commercial vehicle manufacturer. Our services have always been aligned with the Sultanate's vision of providing affordable, reliable and comfortable public transportation facilities for all nationals and residents in the country. An unprecedented achievement like this has reaffirmed our commitment".
In addition, Mwasalat also added 35 Lion's City buses to its fleet to overhaul the country's public transport infrastructure. Some of the state-of-the-art buses will be used on different routes in the capital city, while others will be used for airport services.
The Lion's City buses are already popular in several cities in the Middle East and around the world for their efficiency and economy. Owing to their high passenger capacity and low fuel consumption, the Lion's City buses are well known for being cost-efficient.
Ahmed Ali Al Bulushi, CEO of Mwasalat, said: "The addition of the new safest-ever MAN Lion's Coaches is part of Mwasalat's efforts to extend our services in order to enhance connectivity in Oman. Furthermore, the first order of buses contributes immensely to the Sultanate's 2017-2025 vision for public transport that envisages reducing cars on the road to ensure smooth commuting for the public and improving the environment by an extensive public transport network."


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Wednesday, August 26th 2020
Here's how it works:
- Make an appointment for one 30 minute slot of browsing time at Manheim Community Library's off-site location: 26 East High St, Manheim/Wolf St entrance.
- At this time, only 1 person will be admitted for the browsing appointment. We anticipate adding family appointments in the near future as we continue to expand services.
- You will be able to browse and check out the SELECTED materials.
- Want a specific book, audiobook, or DVD? Use the Holds system. See manheimlibrary.org/library-to-go for directions.
- Want Library staff to choose books for you? Use the Library to Go – Library Pick service. See manheimlibrary.org/library-to-go for directions.
- You must wear a mask appropriately, practice social distancing, and comply with safety guidelines in accordance with the CDC, state government, and Library.
- You WILL NOT be permitted entry into the building until your scheduled time and MUST leave promptly when the time is up to permit proper sanitation of the space before the next appointment.
- Library to Go browsing appointments are available on Thursdays between 3:15 and 7:30 PM.
- Patrons at "high risk" (elderly, immunocompromised, or other health risks) are invited to make a browsing appointment on Wednesdays between 9:15 and noon. Please go to that event to register.
- Books may be returned during regular Library to Go service hours. The book drop at the Library remains closed at the time.
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Campagnolo Super Record 11 just got better. From Campagnolo:
The whole new groupset weighs less than 1,900 grams and it includes components forged using state-of-the-art materials like carbon fiber and titanium. It is the most aggressive and best performing groupset ever built.
Dominate your bike at every turn, relax on the long straights, and prepare for the final sprint: whatever your racing position, ErgopowerTM controls, with the exclusive Campagnolo® mechanism allows you to shift up 3 sprockets at a time and down 5 sprockets. Make every movement natural, fast and precise. The Super Record™ series Ergopower Ultra-Shift™ controls, now also available with red or white hoods, are the top product in terms of technology applied to ergonomics ? all to the advantage of safety, speed and precision in using the controls. Your every wish is a command.
WEIGHT 330 g
Shifting to ''higher quality''; the new chainrings have 8 pins to lift the chain and 2 to lower it.
This whole re-designed system makes shifting from one chainring to the other very fast and efficient.
The result: faster and more precise shifting than ever before, a huge step forwards compared to the past.
CULT™ bearing technology guarantees a smooth and efficient pedaling action and a long lasting performance.
For those who only want the best and look for unique and exclusive components, the central pin crank set and titanium fixing bolts will offer a very unique bike.
WEIGHT 680 g. standard with BB ? 640 g. Titanium option with BB
The masterpiece of the 2011 Campagnolo® model range!
Speed, precision, smoothness and better looks: the first rear derailleur with carbon fiber upper and lower body will amaze even the most demanding of cyclists. Lower and upper bodies, outer plate, parallelogram: all carbon-made components.
The white '11' on the red rectangle printed on the carbon fiber gives the Super Record™ 2011 version a more aggressive and unique style.
WEIGHT 155 g.
The Super Record™ derailleur is light, fast and precise, thanks to the careful selection of materials and Ultra-Shift™ geometry that helps components perform at their best. Thanks to the new chainrings and chain design, the shifting system is much faster and more precise than ever.
WEIGHT 72 g.
Maximum performance and low noise with no compromise on components. With this in mind Campagnolo® engineers designed our Super Record™ sprockets with double frame on the last two sprocket triplets. This results in a more solid and lighter frame, thanks to the use of titanium in the 6 larger sprockets. The Ultra-Shift™ teeth design has been upgraded to make shifting faster, with perfect synchronization and to eliminate chain stress.
WEIGHT 177 g.
All your power is transmitted by the transmission component: the chain.
Super Record™ groupsets include Record™ chains: fast, long-lasting and safe. Links and pins have been designed to adhere perfectly to the teeth of chainrings and sprockets to reduce friction.
There is no power loss and component life is extended.
WEIGHT 239 g.
For a fast descent you need a safe and reliable braking system that is powerful and adjustable.
The Super Record™ system guarantees shorter braking distance and complete control of breaking power thanks to our Skeleton™ arm design and new brake pads.
In its standard version Campagnolo® offers the classic front brake Dual Pivot and rear brake Mono Pivot design to provide maximum braking power modulation.
But for those looking for the maximum braking power, even at the rear, Campagnolo® offers the rear brake Dual Pivot option.
WEIGHT 272 g.
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One of my pet peeves when it comes to management is when someone tells me, "I'm sorry, but I don't have time to explain."
When that happens, I think that person has been watching too many action movies. If you're on the run from a secret government conspiracy, you probably don't have time to explain your actions. But the same doesn't usually apply to your upcoming marketing campaign or product release.
In the startup world, it's rare to have assembly line workers who are just supposed to do as they're told. (as a side note, the Toyota Production System has already proven that even assembly line businesses are better off with engaged workers who focus on process improvement)
We hire smart people, and give them a lot of freedom. That's one of the main reasons that startups run rings around their clumsy competitors. But the only way people will be able to contribute is if you give them the big picture.
Conveying the big picture takes explaining, which takes time. And because speed is so important, we often begrudge this time. But skipping explanations is a false economy.
Skipping explanations will put you in a death spiral of micromanagement. The less you explain, the more you will have to specify future actions. Eventually, you simply run out of time (and employees).
If you feel like you don't have time for explanations, that's probably a sign that you're unfocused. Get a few crucial things right, make sure your entire team understands those things, and rely on their judgement to get the lesser things right.


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LAS VEGAS — Today, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto partnered with The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility's Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix program to encourage 350 8th graders at Dell Robinson Middle School to "say 'YES' to a healthy lifestyle and 'NO' to underage drinking."
"These students are at a critical age where they need to realize the decisions they make today can and will affect their futures," said General Masto. "Ask, Listen, Learn presents the perfect platform to start the conversation about underage drinking in the classroom and encourages the dialog to continue at home using the educational materials online."
General Masto cheered on students as they tested their fast feet on the interactive Ask, Listen, Learn game. The game enables youth to learn about the negative consequences of underage drinking and the benefits of making healthy decisions while they exercise. The premise is based on research by Harvard Medical School's Dr. John Ratey, showing that for a person's brain to function at its peak, the body needs to move. The multimedia program includes the game and print materials, with the website presenting a pledge to live a healthy lifestyle, online games and pages featuring Ask, Listen, Learn Superstars.
"Our students have loved having the Ask, Listen, Learn program in our classrooms," said Dell Robinson Principal Cheryl Trupp, "They can get up out of their seats and run, jump and shout out answers with their classmates to learn about healthy life choices in a fun, interactive setting that's more fun than teacher lectures."
"The availability of alcohol to underage youth has declined for more than a decade, yet 11 percent of 8th graders report they have consumed alcohol in the past month," said Ralph Blackman, President and CEO of The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility. "We are thrilled to have General Masto help us present this program to Las Vegas teens to keep them on track for a healthy transition to high school, which most importantly includes saying no to underage drinking."
About Ask, Listen, Learn
Ask, Listen, Learn is the most widely distributed alcohol education program of its kind. Ask, Listen, Learn's initiatives include Asklistenlearn.com, a website that encourages kids to "say 'YES' to a healthy lifestyle and 'NO' to underage drinking" by offering kids interactive and educational games and videos. Kids can read about positive role models and take a pledge to make healthy choices. Parents and educators are also encouraged to visit the site for tips on how to facilitate these conversations and read interviews with gymnast Aly Raisman's parents on how they talked to their kids about underage drinking. Ask, Listen, Learn is also on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest constantly promoting a healthy lifestyle message.
About The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility
The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility is a national not-for-profit leader in the fight to eliminate drunk driving and underage drinking and is funded by the following distillers: Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.; Beam, Inc.; Brown-Forman; Constellation Brands, Inc.; DIAGEO; Hood River Distillers, Inc.; and Pernod Ricard USA. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility promotes responsible decision making regarding beverage alcohol and develops and implements innovative programs and public awareness campaigns which ignite action through strategic partnerships. Established in 1991, their initiatives are highlighted online at www.www.responsibility.org and www.asklistenlearn.org.