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Nutritional genomics
Nutritional genomics is a science studying the relationship between human genome, nutrition and health.
It can be divided into two disciplines:
- Nutrigenomics: studies the effect of nutrients on health through altering genome, proteome, metabolome and the resulting changes in physiology.
- Nutrigenetics: studies the effect of genetic variations on the interaction between diet and health with implications to susceptible subgroups.[1] More specifically, nutrigenetics studies how individual differences in genes influence the body's response to diet and nutrition. For example, people with an enzyme deficiency caused by mutations in the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase cannot metabolize foods containing the amino acid phenylalanine and must modify their diets to minimize consumption. With modern genomic data, severe gene mutations with less severe effects are being explored to determine whether dietary practices can be more closely personalized to individual genetic profiles. However, there have been few validated studies for these kinds of classical gene mutation effects.[2]
- 1 Gene-diet-disease interaction
- 2 Nutrigenomics
- 3 Nutrigenetics
- 4 Academic resources
- 5 References and notes
- 6 External links
- 7 See also
Gene-diet-disease interaction[edit]
97% of the genes known to be associated with human diseases result in monogenic diseases, i.e. a mutation in one gene is sufficient to cause the disease. Modifying the dietary intake can prevent some monogenic diseases. One example is phenylketonuria, a genetic disease characterized by a defective phenylalanine hydroxylase enzyme, which is normally responsible for the metabolism of phenylalanine to tyrosine. This results in the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products in the blood and the decrease in tyrosine, which increases the risk of neurological damage and intellectual disabilities. Phenylalanine-restricted tyrosine-supplemented diets are a means to nutritionally treat this monogenic disease.[1]
In contrast, many common diseases, such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases, are polygenic diseases, i.e. they arise from the dysfunction in a cascade of genes, and not from a single mutated gene. Dietary intervention to prevent the onset of such diseases is a complex and ambitious goal.
Recently, it was discovered that the health effects of food compounds are related mostly to specific interactions on molecular level, i.e. dietary constituents participate in the regulation of gene expression by modulating the activity of transcription factors, or through the secretion of hormones that in turn interfere with a transcription factor.
Nutrigenomics refers to the prospective analysis of differences among nutrients in the regulation of gene expression i.e., it studies the effect of nutrients on the genome, proteome, and metabolome. It involves the application of high-throughput genomic tools such as DNA microarray technology in nutrition research. Nutrigenomics is a discovery science which aims at understanding how nutrition influences metabolic pathways and homeostatic control and how this regulation is disturbed in the early phase of a diet-related disease.
Biomics technologies[edit]
The recent advances in nutrigenomics studies are owed to the completion of human genome project and the new biomics technologies that provide means for the simultaneous determination of the expression of many thousands of genes at the mRNA (transcriptomics), metabolites (metabolomics) and protein (proteomics) levels. Genomic and transcriptomic studies are mostly conducted by DNA microarray technologies. Proteomics and metabolomics have no standardized procedures yet, but usually, proteome analysis is done by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, while metabolome analysis is conducted through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-nuclear magnetic resonance. Usually, these technologies are applied in a "differential display" mode, i.e. by comparing two situations (e.g. diseased versus healthy) in order to reduce the complexity in data by examining only differences.
Example of applications[edit]
An example of the application of the nutrigenomic approach was a study that simultaneously identified a mechanism for the regulation of sterol uptake in the intestine and the basis for sitosterolemia (a genetic disorder characterized by hyperabsorption of dietary sterols leading to hypercholesterolemia with a high risk of developing atherosclerosis). In the study, a group of mice was treated with a lipid metabolism-altering drug and DNA microarray technology was used for mRNA expression profiling of various tissues. Differential display mode was used by comparing differences in expression levels with a control group of mice. This led to the discovery of an unknown gene. Through computer simulation techniques, it was found that two proteins produced by the newly discovered gene were responsible for the regulated reverse transport of animal and plant dietary sterols out of the apical surface of intestinal cells. By exploring human gene databases, a human homologue of the mouse gene was identified. This explained why dietary sterols, which are structurally similar to cholesterol, are not absorbed in normal individuals. By scanning sitosterolemic individuals for this gene, it was found that all of them had a mutation in this gene responsible for their uncontrolled hyperabsorption of dietary sterols.
Nutrigenetics is the retrospective analysis of genetic variations among individuals with respect to the interaction between diet and disease. It is an applied science that studies how the genetic makeup of an individual affects the response to diet and the susceptibility to diet-related diseases. This necessitates the identification of gene variants associated with differential responses to nutrients and with higher susceptibility to diet-related diseases. The ultimate goal of nutrigenetics is to provide nutritional recommendations for individuals in what is known as personalized or individualized nutrition.
A number of companies have begun offering nutrigenetic testing, but the recommendations are often highly generic, and could provide a false sense of security. As these companies are not offering specific clinical advice, they do not qualify for regulation beyond the accuracy of the genetic test applied. Objections to such testing kits in the UK have led to the voluntary suspension of commercial testing activity there, and in the US severe criticisms have been leveled against various testing companies by the Government Accountability Office.
A number of genetic variations have been shown to increase the susceptibility to diet-related diseases. These include variants that have been associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, some autoimmune diseases and cancers. Nutrigenetics aims to study these susceptible genes and provide dietary interventions for individuals at risk of such diseases. Some examples are shown below.
Nutrigenetics and Type 2 Diabetes mellitus[edit]
A number of genes are involved in regulating lipid metabolism and insulin sensitivity, and thereby affecting the susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus. Among them is the gene responsible for sterol response element binding protein-1c or SREBP-1c (a membrane-bound transcription factor which can directly activate the expression of several genes involved in the synthesis and uptake of cholesterol, fatty acids, triglycerides and phospholipids). In mice models, overexpression of SREBP-1c led to fatty livers, hypertriglyceridemia, severe insulin resistance and finally type 2 diabetes mellitus. Later, SREBP-1c was identified as a candidate gene in the regulation of human insulin resistance. Two missense mutations in exons coding the aminoterminal transcriptional activating domain of SREBP-1c were found in individuals displaying severe insulin resistance. Another association was found between an intronic single nucleotide polymorphism (C/T) between exons 18c and 19c and the onset of diabetes in men, but not in women. These studies suggest that mutations in SREBP-1c may increase the sensitivity to developing diabetes.
Furthermore, SREBP-1c appears to be susceptible to diet, and thus it can be a target for nutritional intervention. Studies in mice have shown that SREBP-1c mRNA expression was highly induced in mice having one polymorphism (–468 A/G) after the consumption of high fructose diets. This implies that a single nucleotide polymorphism can also modulate the sensitivity of a gene to dietary intervention.
Nutrigenetics and cardiovascular diseases[edit]
Hyperlipidemia is usually associated with atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Therapy includes lifestyle changes as alterations in the patient's diet, physical activity and treatment with pharmaceuticals such as statins. However, individuals respond differently to the treatment. This was attributed to genetic variations within the population. Genetic variations in genes encoding for apolipoproteins, some enzymes and hormones can alter individual sensitivity to developing cardiovascular diseases. Some of these variants are susceptible for dietary intervention, for example:
- Individuals with the E4 allele in the apolipoprotein E gene show higher low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (bad cholesterol) levels with increased dietary fat intake compared with those with the other (E1, E2, E3) alleles receiving equivalent amounts of dietary fat.
- One single nucleotide polymorphism (-75 G/A) in the apolipoprotein A1 gene in women is associated with an increase in High density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels with the increase in the dietary intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Individuals with the A variant showed an increase in the protective HDL (good cholesterol) levels following an increased consumption of PUFA compared with those with the G variant taking similar amounts of PUFA.
- One polymorphism (-514 CC) in the hepatic lipase gene is associated with an increase in protective HDL levels compared with the TT genotype (common in certain ethnic groups such as African-Americans) in response to high fat diet.
Nutrigenetics and cancer[edit]
Nutrients can contribute to the development of cancers especially colon, gastric and breast cancer. Several gene variants have been identified as susceptibility genes. One example is the N-Acetyltransferase (NAT) gene. NAT is a phase II metabolism enzyme that exists in two forms: NAT1 and NAT2. Several polymorphisms exist in NAT1 and NAT2, some of which have been associated with NAT capabilities of slow, intermediate or fast acetylations. NAT is involved in acetylation of heterocyclic aromatic amines found in heated products especially well cooked red meat. During cooking of muscle meat at high temperature, some amino acids may react with creatine to give heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAA). HAA can be activated through acetylation to reactive metabolites which bind DNA and cause cancers. Only NAT2 fast acetylators can perform this acetylation. Studies have shown that the NAT2 fast acetylator genotype had a higher risk of developing colon cancer in people who consumed relatively large quantities of red meat.
Academic resources[edit]
References and notes[edit]
- ^ a b Public Health Nutrition, ISSN 1475-2727 (electronic) 1368-9800 (paper)
- ^ Rawson, N. (October 24, 2008), Nutrigenomics Boot Camp: Improving Human Performance through Nutrigenomic Discovery, A Supply Side West VendorWorks Presentation, Las Vegas, Nevada
- ^ Cambridge University Press. "Public Health Nutrition". Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- Mutch DM et al. "Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics: the emerging faces of nutrition." FASEB J. 2005; 19:1602-1616.
- Ordovas JM and Mooser V. "Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics." Curr Opin Lipidol. 2004 Apr;15(2):101-8.
- Gillies PJ. "Nutrigenomics: The Rubicon of molecular nutrition." J Am Diet Assoc. 2003; 103(12):S50-S55.
- Kaput J. "Diet-Disease Gene Interactions." Nutrition 2004; 20:26-31.
- Corthésy-Theulaz I et al. "Nutrigenomics: The Impact of Biomics Technology on Nutrition Research." Ann Nutr Metab 2005; 49:355-365.
- Brigelius-Flohe R and Joost HG (2006). "Nutritional genomics: Impact on health and disease". Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & co, 3-17. ISBN 3-527-31294-3.
- Bijal Trivedi "Hungry genes?" New Scientist-20/01/2007;
External links[edit]
- GB HealthWatch, a nutritional genomics and digital health company, provides an extensive database for exploring the gene-nutrition-health connection along with free gene-based, nutrition and health eTools. HealthWatch 360 is a free iPhone app that provides mobile access to online tools and nutritional genomics information.


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Hand-Thrown Fire Extinguisher Appears to Be Effective
I can't tell you much about this item because the information is in Japanese. The video at the link, however, shows men throwing two canisters into a burning box, and those actions alone extinguishing the flames.
Link | Product Site | Photos: Rakuten
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I suppose it's useful if you have a fire in a box.
Welcome to the 19th century!
Awesome, but clearly not for wheelchair users. shame.
It's like the bizarro-world version of a Molotov cocktail!
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Skip to comments.ROOSEVELT CAUTIONS VICHY, APPEALS TO PEOPLE; GERMAN PLANES ENTER SYRIA TO ASSIST IRAQ (5/16/41)
Posted on 05/16/2011 5:55:38 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Luftwaffe conducts the last night Blitz
Friday, May 16, 1941 www.onwar.com
Over Britain... German fighter-bombers raid southeastern England. The last bombing of the "night Blitz" on British cities is carried out by 111 Luftwaffe aircraft striking Birmingham and West Midlands.
In the Mediterranean... There are powerful German air attacks on the island of Crete. These are in preparation for the coming landing and are designed to subdue the garrison and compel the RAF to withdraw its few aircraft from Crete.
Over Germany... The RAF attacks Cologne, causing fires on both banks of the Rhine.
Over Occupied Europe... RAF raids targets in France and Holland.
Over Iraq... German He111 bombers strike Habbaniyah, causing serious damage.
In Bolivia... The government nationalizes the German-owned airline Lloyd Aero Boliviano.
From Berlin... Rommel is instructed to concentrate the German Afrika Korps against the British at Sollum and leave Italians to guard Tobruk.
In Occupied Denmark... The Icelandic Parliament issues a formal declaration of independence from Denmark.
May 16th, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: Mr Percy Barnard Weller (d. 1979), a worker in an explosives plant, rescued a man from a blazing building after a blast. Unfortunately the man died. (Edward Medal)
Corvettes HMS Lavender and Jasmine commissioned.
Frigate HMS Exe laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY: U-385, U-386 laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
LIBYA: The British withdraw from gains achieved yesterday near Halfaya Pass on the border of Egypt and Cyrenaica.
Rommel is ordered to attack Sollum and leave Tobruk to the Italian army.
ETHIOPIA: Amba Alagi: The Italian army is seeking terms of surrender. The Duke of Aosta and his 18,000 troops had made a last stand here in the arid mountains of Tigre. The defences seemed unscaleable, but the morale of the Italians weakened. The Eritrean levies deserted them when they learnt of Britain's promise to give self-determination to Eritrea.
With over-stretched defences, and believing that the main attack would come through the Falaga Pass in the east, the Italian western defences crumbled when attacked by Indian and British troops.
TURKEY: Iraqi-Soviet exchange of notes at Ankara establishing diplomatic relations.
IRAQ: Baghdad: Iraqi Headquarters announced:
No change on the western front. on the southern front, three British aircraft released several bombs over an Iraqi city. The ground defenses succeeded in shooting down one Wellington bomber. The Iraqi air force undertook reconnaissance flights over enemy bases and all aircraft returned undamaged. Our aircraft overflew the area around Ar Rutbah and successfully bombed enemy armoured vehicles. British aircraft attacked our military barracks but no major damage was done. One enemy aircraft was probably shot down. Our troops in the desert fought throughout the day and are continuing to keep the situation under control.
3 German He-111s of the special Junck unit, bombed the British at Habbaniya. Then the aircraft of the British Fleet Air Arm raided the Iraqi airfield at Mosul and destroyed one He 111 bomber and 2 Me 110 destroyers of the Junck force.
Corvette HMCS Shawinigan launched Lauzon, Province of Quebec.
Corvette HMCS Levis commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
ICELAND: Iceland severs personal union with Denmark.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: At 0548, the unescorted Rodney Star was hit in the stern by one of two torpedoes from U-105 about 420 miles WSW of Freetown. The ship was hit in the bow and amidships by two coup de grâce at 0620 and 0746, but remained afloat. The U-boat surfaced and fired 91 high explosive rounds and 22 incendiary rounds from the deck gun into the waterline. During this action, the deck gun on U-105 exploded, wounding six crewmembers. Shortly before the ship sank by the stern in 05°08N/19°15W at 0930, a shell exploded in the barrel which was tore apart and wounded six men of the gun crew. The survivors were picked up after six days by HMS Boreas and Batna and landed at Takoradi on 23 May. (Dave Shirlaw)
Day 624 May 16, 1941
Operation Brevity. Colonel von Herff wants to withdraw, believing the British force to be bigger than it really is. Rommel suspects the Allied attack is a major breakout from Egypt to relieve the besieged forces at Tobruk and orders von Herff to counterattack. In the face of German reinforcements, Brigadier Gott withdraws British tanks and infantry from the desert around Sollum and Fort Capuzzo, Libya, to consolidate a hold on Halfaya Pass.
Amba Alagi, Ethiopia. At 7.30 AM, with the drinking water of the Italian fortifications contaminated, Duke of Aosta sends an envoy, Colonel Tramontano, to request fresh water. When the British refuse, Tramontano asks for a ceasefire until 7 PM to allow a senior officer, General Volpini, to negotiate terms for surrender. However, Volpini is killed en route by Ethiopian guerrillas who have begun terrorizing the Italian troops. British extend the ceasefire until noon tomorrow.
Luftwaffe bombs British anti-aircraft emplacements and RAF airfields on Crete, to weaken British air defenses in preparation for the invasion (2 Hurricanes of 33 Squadron at Maleme are shot down). Suda Bay is also bombed, sinking several freighters and causing further damage to crippled British cruiser HMS York. Destroyer HMS Encounter in drydock at Malta is hit again by German bombers.
Iraq. 3 Heinkel He111 bombers attack RAF Habbaniyah (1 British Gloster Gladiator shot down, 1 Heinkel is damaged and ditches in the desert). Kingcol is attacked for the second day by Luftwaffe aircraft, causing some casualties but no damage.
Between 5.48 and 9.30 AM 400 miles off Sierra Leone, U-105 sinks British SS Rodney Star with 4 torpedoes and shellfire (all 83 hands escape in lifeboats, picked up 6 days later by destroyer HMS Boreas and SS Batna). A shell explodes in the barrel of U-105s deck gun wounding 6 of the gun crew.
10 miles off Aberdeen, Scotland, German bombers sink British troopship SS Archangel carrying troops back from the Orkneys (40 crew and 12 troops killed, 35 crew and 400 troops rescued by destroyer HMS Blankney).
Overnight, RAF bombs Bramsfeld in the industrial Ruhr Valley, Germany, hitting the Atlantik rubber works.
When the tunnel was first proposed many NY politicians objected and instead wanted a six-lane bridge built instead.
It's remarkable but in those days wonders like that tunnel were common events in this growing country.
And meanwhile, in Hawaii:
"His real name was Ensign Takeo Yoshikawa; under the cover name of [Tadishi] Morimura he had been detailed to Hawaii for espionage purposes...
"The nature of Morimuras business in Oahu was clear. [Navy investigator, Lieutenant Denzel] Carr noted with an underline on May 16 :
'Morimura seems to spend most of his time outside the office.
At first I assumed it was a coincidence or that he was sick, but now have decided he is the outside man.'
[Carr's associate, FBI agent Frederick G. Tillman, who was the case agent assigned to Morimura] "initialed the report and highlighted it for Washington.
"Morimuras espionage operations in Hawaii fall into two phases: from March 29 to August 21, 1941, and from August 21 to December 6.
In the first phase he sent twenty-two messages to Tokyo.
The Army and Navy intercept stations at Corregidor, San Francisco, Fort Hunt, Virginia, and Mackays Station X in Washington obtained nineteen of the messages.
In these intercepts, Morimura reported on types of warships and aircraft he saw operating from Pearl Harbor and at Army airfields.
He located the Navy and Army radio transmitting facilities on Oahu, but missed Station H.
Station FIVE, General Shorts intercept unit at Fort Shafter, also escaped scrutiny not only by Morimura, but by Japans new Consul-General Nagao Kita and by Okuda.
During a ceremonial visit to Fort Shafter in April to honor Kitas arrival at the diplomatic post, both failed to notice the unit, which was located in an old laundry building near the main gate.
"For over fifty years top FBI officials have denied knowledge of Morimura/Yoshikawas activities prior to December 7, 1941.
Their denials are another major Pearl Harbor cover-up.
"Two dozen FBI and Navy documents dated before the attack link Morimura with espionage in Hawaii.
According to these documents, senior American intelligence officials, including the President, knew of Morimuras espionage at the Honolulu consulate.
His reports clearly pointed to Pearl Harbor as a prime target of Japanese military planners."
Stinnett, Robert (1999). Day of Deceit, chapter 6
A little something for the conspiracy theorists:
The eighth Washington (BB-56) was laid down on 14 June 1938 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 1 June 1940; sponsored by Miss Virginia Marshall, of Spokane, Wash., a direct descendant of former Chief Justice Marshall; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 May 1941, Capt. Howard H. J. Benson in command.
Her shakedown and underway training ranged along the eastern seaboard and into the Gulf of Mexico and lasted through American entry into World War II in December 1941. Sometimes operating in company with her sistership North Carolina (BB-55) and the new aircraft carrier Hornet (CV-8), Washington became the flagship for Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Commander, Battleship Division (ComBatDiv) 6, and Commander, Battleships, Atlantic Fleet.
Assigned duty as flagship for Task Force (TF) 39 on 26 March 1942 at Portland, Maine, Washington again flew Admiral Wilcox' flag as she sailed for the British Isles that day. Slated to reinforce the British Home Fleet, the battleship, together with the carrier Wasp (CV-7) and the heavy cruisers Wichita (CA-45) and Tuscaloosa (CA-37), headed for Scapa Flow, the major British fleet base in the Orkney Islands.
While steaming through moderately heavy seas the following day, 27 March, the "man overboard" alarm sounded on board Washington, and a quick muster revealed that Admiral Wilcox was missing. Tuscaloosa, 1,000 yards astern, maneuvered and dropped life buoys while two destroyers headed for Washington's wake to search for the missing flag officer. Planes from Wasp, despite the foul weather, also took off to aid in the search.
Lookouts in the destroyer Wilson (DD-408) spotted Wilcox' body in the water, face down, some distance away, but could not pick it up. The circumstances surrounding Wilcox being washed overboard from his flagship have never been fully explained to this day; one school of thought has it that he had suffered a heart attack.
At 1228 on the 27th, the search for Wilcox was abandoned, and command of the task force devolved upon the next senior officer, Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen, whose flag flew in the cruiser Wichita. On 4 April, the task force reached Scapa Flow, joining the British Home Fleet under the overall command of Sir John Tovey, whose flag flew in the battleship HMS King George V.
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Hi there. I seem to have botched the end of SuperNovember! Sorry about that! There are a multitude of issues on my end of the monitor including my nth cold in two months, weird awful eye strain, unpleasantly large TA duties, and a writing deadline. But if you could just see how adorably charming I am, you'd forgive me. I am, however, pleased to see that The Fly Bottle has remained a venue of vigorous discussion. FYI, I am largely in agreement about whatever you like with the indefatigable Micha Ghertner.
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I'm sorry I was lame over Thanksgiving. I am, however, thankful for each and every one of you, and I hope you kicked back and took a day to really enjoy the fat of the land.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Eat up.
Baptists & Bootleggers
If you've ever heard Bruce Yandle's delightful lecture on "Baptist's and Bootleggers," you'll enjoy Todd Zywicki's comments on Ralph Reed and the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America.
The Demography of American Democracy
Here is the Economist column by Adrian Wooldridge ("Lexington") I mentioned a few days ago. Demographic upshot:
Mr Bush's optimistic message gave him a commanding advantage in pro-growth America. Joel Kotkin, a Los Angeles-based writer who knows as much about the grassroots economy as anyone, points to the close relationship between growth, both demographic and economic, and a propensity to vote Republican. Most of Mr Kerry's base was in stagnant America. Democratic strongholds such as Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and Mr Kerry's Boston have been losing people and jobs.
Mr Bush's America, for the most part, is booming. This is not just because the red states that voted for Mr Bush are growing faster than the blue states that voted for Mr Kerry. It is also because Mr Bush did well in the fast-growing suburbs and "exurbs" in both red and blue states. Mr Bush's triumph in greater Phoenix, greater Houston and greater Atlanta was perhaps predictable. But Mr Kotkin points out that he also triumphed in what he calls the "third California": the vast inland region that is producing the bulk of the state's growth at the moment.
Also interesting: Republicans reproduce.
Getting Serious About Getting Serious
Justin Logan takes Ryan Sager to the cleaners regarding the "seriousness" of libertarian foreign policy. Jim Henley has a funny follow-up.
Hey! Whatcha Chewin' on There Buddy?
OK, enough public reason. Why not look at a picture of a panda bear!?
Public Reason in Bad Faith
I've been meaning to comment on Matt's skeptical post about public reason. In a nutshell, Matt worries that folks are offering arguments in publicly acceptable terms in "bad faith." That is, they are motivated by their comprehensive views, which they know not everyone shares, and so they give an argument that is more broadly acceptable, even if they don't really believe it.
Sez Matt:
. . . I am totally unconvinced that the "public reason" arguments against gay marriage are being offered in good faith. I know perfectly well that people who oppose gay marriage do so overwhelmingly either out of religious conviction or simple prejudice. I also know that people understand that such arguments cannot be presented in elite media contexts and so forth and that, as Beinart writes, it's considered (even by people who haven't studied Political Liberalism) to be a kind of 'debate foul' to just pound the Bible. So they gone out into the world, searching around for a tolerable public reason argument that will reach their favored conclusion. But the motivating issue for (the vast majority of) these people isn't demographic shifts in Scandinavia, it's the religion stupid. As a result, I have little incentive to take the empirical arguments offered by the anti-gay folks, and as a result of that, they have little reason to bother to make their arguments convincing (since they know no one will be convinced no matter what) rather than simply providing a kind of "public reason" cover for their real agenda.
I think Matt's largely right as a matter of fact, but the relevance of Matt's observation isn't clear. Rawls is doing a bit of what he calls "ideal theory," and although I don't think Rawls conceives of ideal theory in the right way, it remains that norms of public reason are offered by Rawls as part of an ideal normative conception of a well-ordered society, and not as a description of actual norms of public discourse. The observation that people, as a matter of descriptive fact, offer public reasons in "bad faith" has the same standing as the observation that people, as a matter of descriptive fact, only grudgingly pay their taxes under the threat of sanction. That, of course, does not mean that it is okay for people to pay their taxes only grudgingly. It may be that they ought to recognize and be motivated by a duty of justice.
Rawls at one point talks about the way a society might move from a mere modus vivendi (a kind of truce or detente) to an order that is stable "for the right reasons," i.e., because enough people have come to affirm a public conception of justice. Relatedly, we don't just begin with full-fledged norms of public reason. These must develop over time. The fact that many folks recognize that some "arguments cannot be presented in elite media contexts and so forth and that, as Beinart writes, it's considered (even by people who haven't studied Political Liberalism) to be a kind of 'debate foul' to just pound the Bible" is a very important step on the path toward more widespread and robust norms of public reason.
I think we should consider it important to reinforce these norms, to make sure that people know what is an is not a debate foul. This is not something worth doing just for its own sake. For one thing, we need to do it so that we can have a debate at all, and not just the assertion and counter-assertion of incommensurable considerations. But mainly, we need to do it to reinforce the ideal of a pluralistic liberal order. We have to remind people, and keep reminding them, and keep reminding them, that we do not all agree on certain fundamental matters, and that therefore we should agree to refrain from using politics to impose our vision on others.
Now, I agree with Matt that the ideal of public reason is "in a great deal of tension with human nature." I therefore don't think that we can realize an order that is stable for the "right" Rawlsian reasons. The best we can hope for is some kind of modus vivendi. But this kind of stability need not be fragile. It can be fairly robust and self-equilibrating, and is quite worth having. It is unlikely that even most people will ever internalize norms of public reason. But if enough of the right kind of people do so, that can have a deeply positive effect on the neutrality and stability of our social order. So keep the faith.
Warning: This Post Contains a Discussion of Public Reason, Which is Just a Theory
Kriston links to a funny sheet of textbook advisory stickers and discusses some matters of public reason.
Which puts me in the mind to say this: You know, I wish that some folks on the left (and I don't mean Kriston or Matt, unless the shoe fits) would be more frank about the fact that they really do seek to use the manifold powers of the state to impose their secular liberal comprehensive conception on the unwilling. (The right seems to be pretty frank about its intentions.)
But, I suppose, if you're really up front about this, then you simply CANNOT pretend to be shocked, shocked when you end up in a cultural-political battle with the right. And you can't be properly surprised and appalled when the right wins, and ends up imposing some of their comprehensive conception on you, because this is exactly what you wanted to do to them, but you lost.
So, if you would just cop to your designs of imposition through the power of the state, then it wouldn't be so grating to me if you went ahead and railed full bore against warning stickers on textbooks and those creationist oafs and whatnot. But please don't ALSO bitch about the fact that public schools are a politicized battleground for competing conceptions of truth and goodness. I mean, I guess it's a cagey bit of rhetoric to pretend that sex ed classes and environmental consciousness-raising units and good old Darwin aren't all part of a scheme to impose your view of the world upon other people's children, so that you can then turn around and scream bloody murder when some zealots wants to put a sticker on a textbook because the textbook doesn't teach what they (as opposed to you) want their children to believe. But, please, be serious.
I think that if you're a political liberal, and sincerely don't want to impose your comprehensive view on people, then you're obliged to support something like vouchers for religious schools, so that you don't end up imposing a secular comprehensive conception by means of crowding out the institutions through which people are able to raise and educate their children as they see fit. If you're not willing to go quite this far, then it seems to me extremely unreasonable to complain about a sticker on a textbook. In fact, I don't think you can complain about the sticker, be against vouchers for religious schools, and claim to be a political liberal all at the same time. If you do, then you're really just an "impositionist" liberal of the first sort who has at least tacitly assented to the principle that those with the political power get to impose their views.
Having endorsed this principle, you should be pretty worried to find yourself on the wrong end of the power, but you shouldn't pretend to be shocked that the right is trying to use its power to at least insulate elements of their comprehensive conceptions from the influence of we atheist, Darwinian liberals. Right?
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Have you ever heard a band at a wedding and thought: "man, they're good! Where else can I see them?" Live bands that play at family events are not often touring or recording artists. But here are 10 Read more →
Indie Arcade #1: Indie Games Every Steam User Should Own
Are you tired of waiting months at a time for the "good" games to release on the consoles? Are you sick of shelling out 60 bills just to play a game for two weeks that you'll trade-in for only $20 in store credit? Are you done being asked if you want to reserve the same game that came out last year (I'm looking at you, Madden)? Look no further, fellow gamers, for I have the solution. You've likely heard about how big the indie game scene is becoming over the past couple of years, and while you've wanted to get into some of those games, you still don't know where to begin. Fear not, for I am here to tell you all about the best indie games around.
Note: I may or may not have accidentally picked some of the most aggravating indie games this week.
Sorry about that.
If you're a fan of those classic side-scrolling 8-bit NES games a la Zelda or Megaman, and you enjoy chiptune music similar to Anamanaguchi, VVVVVV (that's 6 "V"s and yes, that's actually the name of the game) is the game for you. It's a relatively straightforward story about a spaceship captain whose ship gets stuck in another dimension, and it's up to you to navigate some crazy timing-sensitive puzzles by reversing gravity to find his crew and return home in one piece. It may look easy at first, but the difficulty ramps up, and many of the shiny trinkets you can find on the way will leave you headbutting your keyboard in agony. You can pick it up on Steam today for only $4.99.
Imagine a 3v3 version of Megaman X with a tower-defense premise similar to that of League of Legends, except this game has a really badass theme song and animated intro movie when you boot the game. Awesomenauts is that fun pick-up-and-play MMO you've been looking for that doesn't involve grinding a bipedal cow to level 85, and the character designs are better. It's incredibly easy to learn and follow, and it also supports local multiplayer. Jump into a match with one of 12 different characters (and more on the way) and have a blast. It's fun, it's addicting, and it's only $9.99 on Steam. (Also available on Xbox Live Arcade)
Super Hexagon
All I can say about this game is that not only is it harder than it looks, but it might make you want to punch a few walls. Super Hexagon is, by far, one of the hardest, most addicting games I have ever played. Very simply, you move a small arrow around the outside of a spinning hexagon while trying to avoid the walls moving toward the center of the screen. Sounds easy? It speeds up after a few seconds and gets harder over time. The ultimate goal is to survive for 60 seconds, but I can guarantee it might take longer to do this than you'd think. Catch Super Hexagon on Steam for the low, low price of just $2.99. (Also available on iOS, Android, and Blackberry)
The Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac is like combining the dungeon randomization of Diablo with a puzzle-less version of the dungeons from the first Legend of Zelda and adding more than double the power-up and item variety than your average Super Mario game. The game is simple and easy to pick up, yet addicting, and my 58 hours of gameplay are a testament to how mind-numbing it can be to get 5 floors in and lose to those damn teleporting babies, but still show just how enjoyable the game can be. For just $4.99 on Steam, you can experience one of the best, most addicting games I have ever played.
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Thanks. Didn't know VVVVVV was on Steam.It ought to be a PS Mini.


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1916 H801-9 Globe Clothing Store #36 Charles Comiskey - SGC NM/MT 88 - Highest Graded!
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Graded NM/MT 88 by SGC. Highest-graded example! In fact, the next highest grade by either SGC or PSA is EX. This is a blazing example of one of the most-sought after cards of "Old Roman." The 1916 H801-9 Globe set is identical to M101-4 Sporting News except for the different advertisement on the reverse. Though M101-4s are listed in the American Card Catalog as being issued with various backs, Jefferson Burdick elected to assign the Globe Clothing Store backs their own catalog number (H801-9). The card is bright, crisp, and perfectly clean, front and back, with superb photo contrast, four sharp corners, and dead-on centering. The reverse has the "The Globe" advertisement boldly printed in black. This is a superb and very rare high-grade Hall of Famer example from the H801-9 Globe Clothing Store set that would be a worthy addition to any world-class vintage baseball-card collection. Consigned directly from the family of legendary collector Paul Pollard. Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000+. SOLD FOR $1,303.50
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Jotted Heart Die and I simply embellished with a few little pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty, a slanted bow and a little mini paper clip. Pretty simple, but oh so cute!
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Paper: Road Trip Collection by KaiserCraft, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso cardstock by Stampin' Up! Ink: Black Soot, Vintage Photo Distress Inks by Ranger
Accessories: Jotted Heart Die by Verve Stamps, Polka Dots embossing folder by QuicKutz, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder by ProvoCraft, Crumb Cake Seam Binding by Stampin' Up!, dark chocolate pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty, Mini Paper Clips by Tim Holtz
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How PRETTY!! I love the colors, and layout!ReplyDelete
Ohh!.. It is so cute!!!ReplyDelete
I love this card. I collect bears so I klove the saying!! so cute!!ReplyDelete
a tilted ribbon!! you are a rebel!! This is the cutest little bear and perfect with this sentiment...I trust you and Mark had a wonderful birthday adventure...it's really a party week down there!!ReplyDelete
Oh my word, Julee, this is adorable! I love polka dots and you have used them to perfection on this card! Love the bear on the heart with the sentiment panel. You are making this set very hard to resist! My little creative gene freaked at the skewed ribbon LOL, but it looks absolutely fabulous. Just don't put it on a sketch for me to have to try, okay LOL! Trusting you and Mark had a great Valentine's and B-Day celebration (((hugs))).ReplyDelete
Oh so cute, for sure! Love that slant on the ribbon!ReplyDelete
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If there ever was an opposite to yesterdays hate mail, and I do mean HATE mail, this review from Gamers Daily News would be it.
"When BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger was released it was hailed as the obvious successor to Guilty Gear, maintaining that series' tradition for detailed character designs and a very in-depth engine. Unfortunately, what started as modest balance problems later became so severe that a major update was necessary. Yet instead of a balance patch, we're getting a sequel in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, and the result is quite good. $40 will net you a much improved version of the original game, with new characters joined by significant tweaks to the old cast and game rules, most of them for the better."
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Need For Speed Hot Pursuit
I know that this is an "old" game since it was released in 2010, but from my personal point of view this is the best game of the series. Last year the producers have launched the latest version of the game, but to be honest it is not that great. Too much publicity has been made for nothing. I expected more from that game and I am a little bit sorry that I bought it. But enough about it, let's talk about NFSHP and where can you read more information about this awesome game.
When I first played this game I was amazed by the great landscape. The producers may have put all their good stuff in this game because you have it all: you have sun on the coast, rain on the forest, snow on the mountains, day and night action. What could you want more? You can check out best news about more games, but still this one is most certainly the best.
The graphic of the game is a 10 – the attention to the details is awesome. The arcade gameplay is well done and fun at the same time. The action takes place in the Seacrest County, an amazing region created by the producers, filled up with great landscapes, a region that includes 160 km of open roads: national roads, motorways, forest roads and various shortcuts.
The career is pretty good for that time, you can be a cop or a driver. Both sides have good equipment, new weapons on their cars like spike stripes and EMP (electromagnetic shocks). As a cop, the best action is when you are on a team and organize jams or you call the helicopter to help you. As a driver, you can block the communication between cops or you can activate the Turbo mode when you happen to be on the edge.
The list of cars is pretty generous and there are good marks like BMW, Audi, Chevrolet, Nissan and also Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Maseratti and so on. Whether you are a cop or a driver, you will be able to choose almost all the cars from this list, just a couple of them are designated for one the categories.
As I said above the day and night action is a good one so you are able to explore the Seacrest County anytime of the day or night with one of the super cars that you have. The radio station has good songs (I have played other car racing games and I need to say that some of them had pretty annoying songs on their playlist).
All this been stated, let me ask you something: what can be more amazing that to drive your favorite car in a world where all depends upon you? Critics have stated the fact that this game lacks of realism, yet they didn't reveal more details, but who cares when you have a great time. Playing this game is a real pleasure for me and from time to time I play it all over again.


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New boss at MSD Ballydine heads up a team of over 450
Leading healthcare company, MSD, has appointed Ger Carmody as Associate Vice President, Plant Management, for its site in Ballydine, Co. Tipperary.
In this role, Ger will be responsible for overall operations and management of the Ballydine facility, leading a team of over 450 highly-skilled people with a core focus on a range of new and innovative products that are developed and supplied by MSD for export across the globe.
Ger was previously the Executive Director of MSD in Hangzhou, China, where he spent three years as plant manager for the existing manufacturing facility and project lead for the construction and start-up of a new manufacturing site to supply Asia Pacific markets. Prior to that, he held the role of Director of Technical Operations for the Asia Pacific region at MSD in Singapore.
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Austin Museum of Art
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There's a lot going on at this place. Modern exhibits, art house film showings, and their awesome permanent collection. If you're in Austin and want to take a day off from drinking, definitely check this place out. There's always something new here, and it'll admission to the downtown museum will only set you back $5.


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Obituary: Jean Servat
It is with great sorrow that we have learned of the passing of a long-time friend of FACE, Jean Servat, on 24 November at the age of 83. Trained forest engineer fervent conservationist and passionate hunter, Jean Servat was the Director of Nature Protection at the French Environment Ministry during the 1970s, and at that time the chief negotiator for France during the development and adoption of the Birds Directive in 1979. Notably, Servat instigated the provisions for derogations for certain methods of regional hunting in this European text. From 1983 onwards, he was for many years the Director-General of the National Hunting Agency (ONC) as well as Administrator-General of the CIC in Paris. Even after his retirement, his dedication for hunting continued as President of the Federation of Hunters in his native Pyrenees where he loved to live and hunt (and where he is now buried), the Ariège.
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Once I get something stuck in my head, especially when it comes to food, it is nearly impossible for me to forget about it until my taste buds have been satisfied. This weekend has been quite a story. A story of tragedy, inspiration and finally, a long awaited victory.
The weekend started out like any other weekend, with me getting up at the crack of dawn. No matter how tired I am from the week and how much I look forward to sleeping in on Saturday mornings, it just never seems to happen. As my husband and daughter peacefully slept into the late hours of the morning, I sat on the computer and browsed recipe after recipe, basically just torturing my stomach. You know that feeling when you are having a food craving, but you just can't figure out what it is that you want? That was me. My search seemed endless...
About the time I was about to give up on my food quest, I had a moment of clarity. What I wanted was a beautiful breakfast mixture, full of eggs, bacon and cheese, all wrapped up in a cozy tortilla. But it wasn't a burrito...No, no! What I wanted was a hybrid, a love-child, if you will, of a good ol' country breakfast and a warm, cheesy, enchilada. It would be glorious!
Just as I sprung from my chair to head into the kitchen to make my vision a reality, my late-waking husband was walking into the kitchen to get some coffee and reminded me that we had a birthday party we needed to be at! Darn. My dreams were shattered. Still, my daughter was very much looking forward to this party, as was I, so out the door we ran.
I'm going to be honest with you, while my body was physically present at the party, my heart was at home, in my kitchen, with my delicious little creation. I obsessed over it.
To make a long story, short...er.... Sunday came and went, with too many activities to fulfill my culinary obligation to myself and I feared that I would have to wait until the next weekend to finally make my creation. But then It happened... after my husband and I dropped my daughter off at school on Monday morning, my husband turned to me and said "You know what i'm really craving? A breakfast burrito." Clearly this was fate.
Country Breakfast Enchiladas: |Print Recipe|
12 eggs
1/2 pound of bacon
3 medium potatoes (diced into 1/4" cubes)
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons butter
Salt & pepper
12 flour tortillas
3 cups shredded cheddar cheese (divided into 12 parts)
1 package country gravy mix (prepared according to directions. I could have made my own, but I was lazy!)
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (for topping)
Sliced green onions (garnish)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease your baking dishes. I use a large lasagna pan.
In a large pan over medium heat, place oil and butter. Once heated, season potatoes with salt and pepper and add to pan. Cook for 12-14 minutes, or until potatoes are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
While potatoes are cooking, in skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp, about 2-3 minutes per side. Remove and place on paper towels to drain. When it's cool enough, crumble and break it up into smaller pieces.
In a medium bowl, beat eggs, season with salt and pepper, and pour into the same skillet you cooked the bacon in (yes...grease and all! Yum). Cook eggs over medium heat for about 2 minutes, then add bacon pieces and potatoes to egg mixture. Cook until it's the consistency you like.
Place 1 tablespoon of gravy onto each tortilla, 1/12 of the cheese and 1/12 of the egg mixture and roll. Place into the baking dish. Repeat with all 12 tortillas. Pour remaining gravy over the top and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of cheese.
Bake in the oven for 18-22 minutes, or until cheese is melted and everything is nice and hot!
Garnish with sliced green onions.


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An infant photo shoot is always a fun and exciting experience for the parents. They are excited to see how their cute little ones will look in the pictures. These pictures are expected to display the innocence and charm of the baby. And since these moments (particularly newborn days) happen only once in a lifetime, it will be a regret to see such moment pass without being captured on camera.
Infant photo shoot requires time, patience, determination and good will between the parents and photographer for it to become successful. You cannot take great infant photos if your client – the parents – won't cooperate. As a professional photographer, you need to plan, be prepared and discuss important matters to the baby's parents before the scheduled session.
There are things you need to discuss with the parents so that everything will be set in place before the pictorial.
The infant's comfort is of utmost importance. There are several ways to make the baby feel relaxed and comfortable. Heating up the room, feeding the baby ahead are two of the best ways to make them comfortable. It is best to advise parents to heat up the room if the pictorial will be done in their house. They should also ensure that the baby is full so it will be in deep sleep throughout the session.
Safety measures
You need to inform the parent's ahead on what poses you are planning for the baby to make. Assure them that their baby is in safe hand and that you have an assistant who will always keep an eye on the baby in case it rolls over. The parents can also assist if they want to. Photographers of calgary newborn photography always make sure there is an assistant at least a foot away from the infant.
Discuss also the props that should be used for the shoot. Are they going to bring some props or would they like you to lend them some? The props must clean, freshly washed and free from pointed objects. Professional photographers like wedding photographer andover are very meticulous with the things they use in photo shoots.
The best time for the photo shoot is during the baby's sleeping time. Baby's sleeping hours are unpredictable but you can apply ways to make them sleep in your chosen time. You can tell the parents to play with the infant a few hours before schedule until several minutes before schedule.
Talk also about what the baby should wear – 3 to 4 clothes would be enough. Furthermore, advise them to dress their baby in loose clothing either button-up o zip-up before the shot. It will be easier to remove clothes and move the baby without waking it up if the clothes have buttons or zipper.
Specific Shots
Present to the client your plans for the shoot so they will know what to expect and how to help prepare for it. You can tell them your planned poses and discuss the importance of having them (parents) to be in some pictures with the baby. This photo session is special and this can be made more special with the parents or siblings presence in the pictures.
By discussing important matters related to the infant photo session, the pictorial will flow smoothly and successfully.


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How the US economy is being recalculated
The way the US economy is measured has changed, to include the amount spent on intellectual property outlays such as pop song production and drug patents for the first time.
"GDP is probably the single most important statistic affecting businesses, households, and governments," says Steve Landefeld, director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), which measures gross domestic product - the total amount of goods and services produced in the US economy during a given quarter.
Calculating GDP, he says, is incredibly difficult, because "it's a continually changing economy that we're chasing".
Now, in what the BEA says is the biggest change in the calculations since 1999, the way that US economic activity is reported has been updated.
The goal is to finally include something many have already noticed: the shift away from the production economy of factories and farms towards the knowledge economy - the investment and economic production in intellectual property, which includes everything from the amount spent on writing a hit TV show to researching a cancer cure.
Why are the calculations changing?
Think back to 2007. It was the year of the franchise: Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third topped the box office.
For economists, these films were some of the most mysterious products created in the US economy that year.
Although revenues from the box office, as well as DVD sales and TV subscription fees, were included in the GDP calculations, not a single cent spent on making these films - or any song or TV show ever made - has been included in the way economists calculate GDP.
In fact, the BEA estimates that in 2007, the total amount spent on producing creative output such as films, TV and music was $70bn (£46bn at today's exchange rates).
However, because of the way GDP was calculated at the time, none of that was included in the output figure.
If you added in the amount spent on research and development - such as producing a new blood pressure drug or computer chip - that's another $300bn that wasn't counted.
Now, those expenditures, as well as tweaks to how pensions are calculated as part of economic activity, will be included in the figures.
How do you measure the value of "Single Ladies"?
It's easy enough to understand how the investment in Beyonce's latest single contributes to the US economy (beyond the dance moves, of course). Songwriters are hired, studio managers put in extra hours and so on.
But putting an actual figure on how much is invested is "really hard", says Mr Landefeld, particularly when it comes to the economic contribution of intellectual property such as patents and copyrights.
"This stuff is not bought and sold in markets. You don't say: 'Hey, I need a patent for a new drug, let me go out and buy one.'
"There's no marketplace, like there might be for a new building to evaluate prices."
So the statisticians at the BEA have tried since 2005 to figure out the best way to tabulate the economic output of all of the intellectual property production that we can intuitively tell is going on around us.
They've essentially created approximations of pricing models, using input from businesses and leaders around the globe.
"The most similar change we did to this was back in 1999, when we first capitalised [included in GDP] computer software," says Brent Moulton, head of national accounts at the BEA and the man tasked with creating and implementing the GDP revision formula.
"I think we learned that it would be better to first develop this type of estimate where we could go around and talk to users and experiment with different approaches."
Adding $370bn to the US economy seems like a lot. What's the impact of these changes?
"Overall it's a very significant addition to GDP - around 2.5%," says Mr Landefeld.
Some claim that the decision might be seen as a political ploy by the Obama administration to inflate the US economy - although this is a view that's widely been discredited.
But on the other hand, the impact won't be as big as you might expect, as it's not just this quarter's GDP figure that is being recalculated: all the data, going back to 1929, is getting updated.
So while the overall size of the economy will appear bigger, there will not be a significant change in the growth rate.
"What [GDP revisions] probably won't do is change our picture of the momentum in the economy - these changes probably aren't going to have a big effect on that," says Lewis Alexander, chief US economist at Nomura and a former adviser to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
But Mr Landefeld of the BEA does think that by acknowledging the role that research and development plays in economic production, the numbers could help organisations, such the US government, in better estimating the impact of funding choices on areas such as the National Science Foundation in the future.
"A large range of public and private decision-making will be affected by this and informed by this," says Mr Landefeld.
How does this compare with the way GDP is calculated in other countries?
Part of the reason for the change in calculations has to do with a co-ordinated effort among the world's biggest economies to standardise the way their economic output is calculated. The approach came out of what is known as the System of National Accounts, which happened in 2008.
Already, Australia and Canada have started implementing similar changes, and the European Union and the UK are set to follow suit.
"As the world becomes more and more global, it's just harder to track down these production relationships," says Mr Moulton.
"You hear about production taking place all around the world and it's really hard to sometimes take that global production process and figure out how much can be attributed to a particular economy."
The hope is that by better co-ordinating measurements, a clearer picture of both global economic growth can be created, as well as more accurate data that can help world leaders better co-ordinate policy.


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This Week's Revivals
By Richard von Busack
Boxed Up/Superhero
The Almaden Valley's Sean McCarthy is an independent who isn't yet 30 and who has made some 80 films—features, commercials, shorts and rock videos—on the sly and on the cheap. I think he's the most broadly talented local filmmaker I've encountered since I started writing for Metro more than 20 years ago. Boxed Up delivers 22 chaotic minutes with flashbacks, but the gist of it is the vengeance-crazed rampage of a woman warrior. She is played by Sean's sister, Syra. She is trying to solve the case of a masked maniac who is drugging and killing local girls. We see her on both sides of her transformation from an ordinary student to a tigress. What made her go on the warpath was personally witnessing an everyday act of domestic violence. Superhero shows McCarthy's gift as a comedic filmmaker. McCarthy plays chronic dweeb Montgomery van Chance, who believes himself to be a superpowered vigilante. A British documentary crew watches him on his rounds. The sequence of Montgomery breaking and entering on the empty house of a criminal suspect—actually a soccer-mom neighbor he has the hots for—displays Richard Lester–worthy visual invention matched with the keen raunch of Judd Apatow's comedies. (Plays Dec 6 at 7:30pm at 7:30pm at Camera 7 in Campbell.) (RvB)
Hot Saturday/Double Harness
(1932/1933) Cary Grant plays a notorious wastrel millionaire in the small, gossip-ridden town of Marysville. When word gets out that a local girl (Nancy Carroll) attended a wild party at his estate, she ends up with cooked goose and reputation shot. The young Grant's mannerisms here are like Tony Curtis' imitation of him in Some Like It Hot; he's a bit predatory, which isn't like the star he became in later years. BILLED WITH Double Harness Anne Harding tricks William Powell into marriage, but learns to win his heart later on. The director is the multitalented John Cromwell. (Plays Dec 7 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946) Frank Capra's based-on-a-pamphlet fable is animated by James Stewart's kindliness as self-sacrificing George Bailey, who decides to take his own life when he's ruined by a chortling banker (Lionel Barrymore). Bailey is saved by a silly apprentice angel (Henry Travers) who decides to show him what the world would be like without him. If the film alternates moments of film-noir clarity with more typical Capra clowning, remember that Dorothy Parker, Clifford Odets and Dalton Trumbo were among the hands that sanded up the screenplay. McBride notes that Trumbo's version had Bailey as a suicidal politician who'd gone corrupt: "He was his own Potter." The movie has smothered such self-doubts and fantasies of celestial redemption, in such a way as to eventually make it the most American Christmas movie ever. (Plays Dec 8 at noon at Camera 12 in San Jose and Dec 9 at noon at Camera 7 in Campbell.) (RvB)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington/American Madness
(1939/1932) A Boy Ranger leader (James Stewart) goes to Washington to clean up the Senate, with only his secretary (Jean Arthur) for help. Meanwhile, a chorus of cynics predicts doom. The great character actor Thomas Mitchell co-stars with Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette, Guy Kibbee and Edward Arnold (Avarice, Gluttony, Sloth and Wrath—that's four of the Seven Deadly Sins right there). The film was thundered against by Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley. Sen. James Byrnes of South Carolina was more specific: "Here is a picture that is going to tell the country that 95 out of 96 senators are corrupt; that the federal, state and municipal governments are corrupt; that one corrupt boss can control the press of a state; that the newspapers are corrupt; the radios are corrupt; reporters are corrupt. ... The thing was outrageous ..." (quoted in Joseph McBride's essential Capra book, The Catastrophe of Success). Today's viewers may be less than shocked by these conclusions. The film's intimate moments—such as the drunk scene between Mitchell and Arthur, supposedly coached by Howard Hawks—outdo the big patriotic heartstring-pullers: Stewart's filibuster is, instead, a vague blob of populism. Still, there's real bravery in this film, and it was Capra's highlight, before the coda of It's a Wonderful Life. BILLED WITH American Madness. Walter Huston stars as a populist banker who rescues the institution from both his doubting employees and the suspicious customers. A hot button film at the time, with bank collapses occurring everywhere in the United States, it's still reputed to be one of Capra's fastest and most urgent films. (Plays Dec 8-11 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
Niles Essanay Film Museum
Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. Tonight: Conductor 1492 (1923) with the obscure silent comedian Johnny Hines. Hines plays an immigrant who goes to work on the streetcar lines, just as local gangsters are muscling in. Making a Living (1914) is Charlie Chaplin's first film, and he's not yet in Tramp costume—he even has a mustache and a monocle. Chaplin plays a society slouch who sleazes his way into the newspaper business. "We sent it out under various titles, such as A Busted Johnny, Troubles, and Doing His Best," remembered Mack Sennett. "No matter what we called it, the film was a flop." Also: Bromo and Juliet (1926) with Charlie Chase. Greg Pane at the piano. (Plays Dec 8 at 7:30 in Fremont at the Edison Theatre, 37417 Niles Blvd, Fremont; www.nilesfilmmuseum.org.) (RvB)
Psychotronix Film Festival
Among the films not showing at this offering of celluloid peculiarities: 1956's Somewhere My Love Lies Sleeping with sultry Peruvian sex bomb Sensualda! Born just plain Sensualda and discovered at Los Noches Charismaticos de Lima 1932, Sensualda was given a nose job, a skin peel and an exclamation point by the publicity department at Monotone Studios. Also not billed: a 1942 Edgar Wallace mystery, The Mystery of Edgar Wallace, about an immensely prolix crime novelist who is secretly the viceroy of the Soho underworld. Not following is The Fungus Among Us (1956) with Rex Reasonable as an astrophysicist who detects mold from Uranus. At 9:15, not playing is episode 12 of the serial Biff Grogan, Commie Basher (1951). FBI agent Grogan (broad-shouldered brute Moultrie Corncrake) continues to punch his way to the Kremlin, in his never-ending mission to "slug Joe Stalin right in the mustache." Here, Grogan busts his knuckles on a kindergarten teacher (Evelyn Tremble) who voted for Henry Wallace in 1948. Finally, not playing is an episode of Yoo Hoo, Jezebel! the long-redacted (for flagrant, mind-roasting racism) 1956 TV show about an all-wise maid (Delta Smelt) and the Krumhorns, the bird-brained suburbanites for whom the belle toils. Is this the episode where Jezebel spills a red-hot tureen of lobster bisque into the lap of special guest celebrity L. Ron Hubbard? No, it is not. But maybe they've got an episode of Johnny Sacco and his Flying Robot or some other crazy crap like that. (Plays Dec 8 at 7pm at Room 5015 in Los Altos Hills at Foothill College as a benefit for KFJC. Bring $2 in quarters for the evil parking machines.) (RvB)
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Little Ditcher is a small and dirty A-frame crane, and is therefore, one of the smaller floating cranes to be found in the port. He is sometimes used for dredging up-river at Mittsville or for oyster fishing in the estuary, as well as various other jobs. His size makes him unsuitable for rescue operations. He is good friends with the Star Tugs.
Voice Actors Edit
- Timothy Bateson (TUGS)
- Lenore Zann (Salty's Lighthouse)


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I once worked a company run by neo-Nazis, who did a lot of testing of their workforce. OK, they were not real Nazis, neo or otherwise, just fans of the extreme materialistic ideology we normally associate with Nazis. The real Nazis borrowed eugenics and managerial socialism from American Progressives of the early 20th century. The Efficiency Movement was a totalitarian fad that sought to squeeze out waste in all aspects of society. If that meant slaughtering people or neutering them, well, so be it. Listen to Obama talk about ObumblesCare and you can hear the same themes. Kathleen Sebelius is obviously a big fan of Margaret Sanger with her lust for baby killing and exterminating the unfit.
Anyway, that long wind up is to get to the fact the company in question had a thing for IQ and psychological testing. They tested all new hires for math, vocabulary and IQ with the Wonderlic Test. Once someone was considered management material, they administered a battery of personality tests and more advanced IQ tests. I had to go through all of these in my youth so I've learned my way around them. The IQ tests are what they are, but the personality tests are crap if you know how they work. You can really fuck with the tester if you are so inclined, which I did, of course. Immediate supervisors were supplied a copy of the results and that file followed you around as long as you were employed.
One of the things I eventually learned (after breaking into the bosses office and reading the secret management manual) is they did not want high IQ people in most low and middle management jobs. If someone tested high average or better they would be flagged. If their personality suggested they could function independently then they would be guided to an analysts job or maybe a creative position. If not, then they would transfer them to some hellish backwater. The reasoning was that people with a high IQ would ask too many questions about policy or try to improvise to solve problems and that was never to be tolerated. That and they would not hire blacks and women, but that's a story for another day.
What does this have to do with Tebow?
I thought of the IQ ceiling while listening to sports radio this AM. They were discussing Tebow and it was the usual blather. They wanted Boston Blockhead to call in and say bad things about Tebow. That's not hard as Boston has an unusually high percentage of stupid sports fans. It's strange. They are crazy passionate about their teams, but they don't know much about the sports. I've seen crowds at Fenway boo a sac fly or moving a runner along with a bunt. Spend time at a Pats tailgate and you begin to wonder if a local school for the retarded did not dump their students out into the parking lot for a party. Philly has the same problem.
Boston Blockhead calling in is nothing new, but the hosts are just as dumb. Once in a while a savvy guy will turn up on sports radio, but they never seem to last. Phil Wood in DC is a brilliant baseball guy. He never stays in a job very long, other than Nationals work. John Kincade is a guy out of Atlanta who knows his stuff and his limitations. In Boston, the only guy even close to having an IQ above room temperature is Dale Arnold and he can't draw flies on the radio. That suggests to me that being too bright is bad for being a sports radio guy. If you are an opinionated moron, you can get and hold a large audience on sports radio.
Anyway, the fact that these simpletons are spending another day talking about a guy who will never see the field this year is proof enough, I suppose. Tebow gets the locals worked up because he is a devout Christian from crackerville. That's it. The team thinks he could one day be a backup and is willing to invest a little to find out if they are right. That's the business of the NFL. As soon as they determine he will not work for them, he is gone. There is no room for emotion in their business.


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Britney Spears Covers 'Glamour UK' October 2011
Britney Spears strikes a pose on the cover of Glamour UK's October issue.
Here's what the 29-year-old pop star had to share with the fashion mag:
On turning the big 3-0 this December: "I think the older you get, the wiser you get. I can't wait. I'm really excited and definitely gonna celebrate and do something spectacular. I'm gonna be in South America so I'll have to do something pretty fun. A carnival of Britney?"
On the possibility of Prince William and his wife Kate attending one of her London concerts: "That would be amazing. That would be really crazy and cool. I think they're a beautiful couple. Unfortunately I didn't get to watch the [royal] wedding, but I heard it was beautiful."
FYI: Brit will be kicking off her European tour Sept. 22 in St. Petersburg, Russia. For the full list, as well as dates for her South American tour, check out BritneySpears.com!


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The Internet
The Internet is a hip-hop/soul duo and one of many sub-groups within the Los Angeles, California hip-hop collective OFWGKTA. It consists of Odd Future's sound engineer, audio mixer, and live DJ Syd Tha Kyd on vocals and Matt Martian of The Jet Age Of Tomorrow on production. The duo released their debut LP, Purple Naked Ladies, digitally on December 20, 2011.


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Traditional Polish Songs - vocal workshops
Join Deep Roots this Autumn for a series of innovative and exciting choir workshops led by Corby-based Polish musician, Anna Plaminiak.
Anna will be teaching a range of traditional songs from her homeland sources across 300 years of Polish folk music.
If you are interested in signing up for these sessions, please contact Ros on: 07717597063 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Further sessions will then continue every Monday evening at The Arc Theatre, Rockingham Primary School leading to a celebratory performance in December 2018.
This is a CHANGING CORBY event: Changing Corby is a series of unique and innovative workshops and events exploring the diverse cultural heritage of Corby - find out more HERE.
The Arc Theatre, Rockingham Primary School, Rockingham Road, Corby, NN17 1AJ
Mon, Sep. 3, 2018 7:00pm — 9:00pm


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The new CCIE R&S Lab Workbook Volume 2 Version 5 Lab 1 is now available. Click here to download it. Also the first of our new CCIE R&S Lab Meet-Up Series, starting today at 9:30am Pacific time, is open to all users. Simply follow this link to join: http://ieclass.internetworkexpert.com/vol2v5lab1/ If you are planning on attending I would highly recommend printing out the lab and its diagram prior to us starting, as the majority of the class will be held on the command-line.
The schedule of following lab meet-ups will be posted shortly, as well as a projected timeline for the release of the rest of the volume 2 version 5 labs.
Hope to see you on class!
About Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593, CCDE #2013::13:
Brian McGahan was one of the youngest engineers in the world to obtain the CCIE, having achieved his first CCIE in Routing & Switching at the age of 20 in 2002. Brian has been teaching and developing CCIE training courses for over 10 years, and has assisted thousands of engineers in obtaining their CCIE certification. When not teaching or developing new products Brian consults with large ISPs and enterprise customers in the midwest region of the United States.
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7 Responses to "Vol2 Ver 5 Lab 1 Posted + Free Lab Meet-Up Starting Now!"
Does this mean (the fact that you are starting on Volume 2) that Volume 1 v5 is completely finished, because I would like to get a new print version if 5.0 Volume 1 is complete.
Are you going to offer this session on-demand? I don't live in the US; 9:30am PST is a bit late for me.
Hi Brians
Any soecific reason for not including the WAN section in demo lab 1 that u have posted .
Things liiked quite good to me ( specially 2 diagrams merged in one ) but dodnt understood why u provided WAN (FR etc) preconfigured
Total Confusion. So is lab 10 Meet-Up free or not?
Is it on Thursday the 18th at 9am (per your post) or Friday the 19th (per the schedule)?
so when you expect the reset parts of the Volume 1 Version 5 (like BGP, multixast, IPv6) will be available?
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
What if Hillary talked like Trump
I don't know but with me I thought a lot about what if Hillary or women talked
like Trump or somewhat like? I am a sick man, but the point is about
Trump running the government being the way he is... He is unfit to run!
This is what we have in office now so you see why many are boycotting
Trump's inauguration. And also for me I don't want to see banjos being
played at the capital! I do expect to see some people with confederate flags there!
Anyway... This is something to think about really!
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I'm sure everyone's been chomping at the bit for a website update. I honestly haven't had the energy or desire to do much of anything tri-related in a while... so it goes.
But I wanted to use this first update in a while to congratulate Caltech Triclub member Steve Vass on a successful outing at the Alcatraz triathlon last week: 109/174 of overall and 1/2 in his age group. The man is a stud.


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