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Intolerance to different foods the hidden enemy of dieters
FOOD intolerance is a hidden cause of weight gain, says fitness and nutrition expert JJ Virgin.
She says "healthy" foods, from egg white omelette to non-fat yoghurt, can cause a host of nasty symptoms including gas, bloating, skin issues, fatigue, headaches, achy joints and stubborn weight gain.
In her new book, The Virgin Diet, she tells you how to stop counting kilojoules and find a diet for life.
Top on the list of foods she says are most likely to cause food intolerance: gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, corn, peanuts, sugar and artificial sweeteners.
Typical symptoms of food sensitivity, says JJ, include digestive trouble, sleep issues, congestion, muscle aches and joint pain, dark circles under eyes, dull hair, skin problems, mood problems, poor or unsteady energy, weight gain and premature ageing.
"Food intolerance produces a host of symptoms, which is bad enough. But it also causes a number of interrelated problems.
"One of those problems is inflammation.
"The four classic inflammatory responses are redness, heat, pain and swelling.
"These reactions occur inside your body too when a food triggers an immune reaction."
To reduce inflammation, JJ suggests that instead of consuming inflammatory fats from processed foods, corn, soy, dairy and eggs, you switch to anti-inflammatory fats from wild fish, raw nuts and seeds and olive oil.
"And make sure to avoid damaged fats: any oil that is rancid, refined or hydrogenated (trans fats)."
She also suggests getting rid of sugar, artificial sweeteners and high-glycemic foods.
"Sweet and starchy foods raise blood sugar, which raises insulin which leads to inflammation."
JJ says genetically modified foods are best avoided.
"They can disrupt your healthy gut flora, trigger and immune response and create inflammation."
Lastly JJ suggests you ditch the seven food most likely to cause adverse reactions.
Do you have digestive problems?
JJ recommends these healing supplements:
- Aged garlic extract, an anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antifungal and antimicrobial powerhouse (1 to 3 caps a day).
- Glutamine (1 to 10 grams per day, depending on severity).
- Ginger, an antioxidant that reduces inflammation and supports gut healing (30 to 50 mg per day).
- Quercetin, a natural antihistamine and antioxidant (100mg a day).
- Coconut milk, rich in yeast-killing caprylic acid aloe vera juice.
- Freshly ground flaxseed meal, which contains a gluey substance that soothes and exalts the gut as well as omega-3s to reduce inflammation.
- Apples, which contain pectins to heal the gut.
- Red onions, which are rich in quercetin.


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Support of an AGU Chapman Conference: "Detachments in Oceanic Lithosphere: Deformation, Magmatism, Fluid Flow, and Ecosystems"
AbstractSince their discovery about 10 years ago, oceanic core complexes (OCCs) are now known to form by exhumation of large lithospheric sections by long-lived detachment faults along the flanks of mid-ocean ridges. These structures have increasingly attracted the interest of a diverse group of geoscientists, and of biologists in more recent times, and are actively debated as representing, among many other things:
- tectonic windows providing access to deep-seated rocks and processes, allowing studies of mantle flow, melt generation and migration, strain localization, and crustal accretion at mid-ocean ridge
- a fundamental process in the generation of oceanic lithosphere that can be responsible for >50% of lithospheric accretion along slow and ultra-slow spreading centers
- a system that provides a unique setting for sustaining both long-lived, high temperature hydrothermal circulation as well as low-temperature, hydrogen-rich, serpentinite-related hydrothermal systems, and their associated mineral deposits and micro- and macro-biota
- a fault zone, containing weak hydrous alteration phases, that localizes strain over extended periods of time (in some instances up to a few million years), with associated flexure and rotation of the footwall
- a key to understand continental metamorphic core complexes formed in settings of extreme tectonic extension, as well as to detachment faults associated with extensional magma-poor continental margins.
The increased interest of the scientific community in OCCs has led Dr. Javier Escartín (IGPP and WHOI Adjunct Scientist) and myself to organize and convene the first topical conference devoted exclusively to OCCs, detachment faulting, and associated geological, chemical, and biological phenomena. The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is organizing this Chapman Conference, which will take place in Cyprus during May 2010. WHOI is a world leader in OCC research, so we anticipate significant contributions from WHOI scientists and students to this conference. This proposal will provide travel support for WHOI scientists and students to attend and participate in the conference.

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ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota House Democrats are proposing $250 million in property tax relief including a boost in refunds available to homeowners, new credits for renters and an increase in aid to local governments they say should reduce reliance on local property taxes.
Backers say the proposal unveiled Tuesday would make an additional 225,000 homeowners and renters eligible for property tax refunds and increase the size of refunds for many of the currently eligible.
That's accomplished by a $157 million increase in the state's property tax relief program, and an additional $15.5 million for a credit that provides direct relief to low- and middle-income renters.
Governor Mark Dayton had originally proposed $500 property tax refunds to all Minnesota property owners. But House Property Tax Chairman Rep. Jim Davnie says he's targeting those in greatest need of property tax relief.


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Mexico City is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Water is in short supply there and increasing amounts of groundwater are being extracted to meet the needs. For the last four months, the German Aerospace Center's (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) radar satellite, TerraSAR-X, has been imaging the city from space. Amongst other things, the images show that even within this imaging period, the ground has sunk by as much as 10 centimetres in some places as a result of the water extraction.
The areas of the Mexican capital in which TerraSAR-X has recorded the greatest changes in ground level are coloured dark red. The green areas are those in which no change has been detected via the superposition of the radar images between 20 September 2009 and 30 January 2010. "What is particularly noticeable even to anyone on a short visit is the subsidence in the city centre, where two of its most famous landmarks, the Bellas Artes Opera House and the cathedral in the main square, are sinking rapidly," says Michael Schmidt, coordinator at Conobio, the National Commission for the Exploration and Use of Biodiversity, in Mexico City. "When you look at the cathedral from the front, you can immediately spot that it is leaning."
Built on fine-grained sediment
One of the triggers of extreme subsidence is the extraction of groundwater. The city stands on the fine-grained sediment of a former lake. When water is extracted from the soil via a well, the subterranean volume is reduced. "Even if pumping stopped and the sedimentary layers absorbed moisture again, they would not return to their original thickness," says geologist Christian Minet of the DLR Institute for Remote Sensing Methodology. Instead, steep and deep groundwater funnels would be formed in the Mexican capital - with the result that various districts in the city would subside. This means that at its front, over the fine-grained marine sediment, the cathedral is sinking, but, on the other hand, the rear part is standing on parts of a former Aztec temple.
Few alternatives are available to the nearly 17.6 million inhabitants of the metropolitan area. The city is situated on a plateau at an altitude of 2300 metres and is encircled by mountains such as Popocatepetl. So water has to be pumped across the high volcanic chain into the valleys. Seventy percent of the inhabitants of the capital city are supplied with water from under the ground. Not everyone, however, suffers from a water shortage. "The rich parts of the city are supplied as a matter of priority, so that any districts containing embassies, businesses and select residential areas hardly ever experience any water shortages," says Michael Schmidt. "The upper-middle class and the upper class often experience water shortages only indirectly, such as when their staff do not turn up, because they have no water for washing themselves in the morning." Some parts of the city are still being supplied with water only four days a week on average.
Radar image in 'wide-angle mode'
Particularly in built-up areas, TerraSAR-X is able to obtain good measurement results. For example, the non-coloured areas on the radar image are open spaces that change over time as a result of vegetation or movement. To create this an image, the TerraSAR-X radar equipment was operated in a special 'wide-angle mode', the 'ScanSAR mode', in which a strip of land 100 kilometres wide can be depicted in one piece. As the radar is usually capable of 'illuminating' a significantly smaller area of land – about 30 kilometres across, a special trick has to be used in order to obtain a greater strip width. For this purpose, the radar beam is repeatedly swung from short to long range, so that, first of all, a small area measuring 25 × 3 kilometres is illuminated at close range. Then, more distant areas - offset by 25 kilometres – are illuminated, until four partial strips of the image have been scanned. The process is then repeated. Finally, a montage is produced from the individual scenes. The cost of the larger scene is a reduction in resolution from three metres to sixteen metres, but this causes no restrictions for numerous applications. Such a recording mode is made possible by the electronically steered phased-array antenna, which facilitates the rapid and inertia-free movement of the radar beam.
The image of Mexico City was created by means of a refined scanning method known as Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans (TOPS) mode, which avoids the weakness of the classic ScanSAR – the varying illumination of individual surface patches. The result is an image without any variations in brightness. Numerous applications, especially in oceanography, will profit from this enhancement, including the improved recognition of ships, for example, and the detection of wave patterns and oil slicks at sea. With TerraSAR-X, the TOPS procedure could be demonstrated for the first time from space. Investigations into further refinements of the procedure are being conducted at DLR's Microwaves and Radar Institute as part of a study for the European Space Agency (ESA). Its aim is to implement the standard TOPS mode in ESA's Sentinel-1 satellite, which is planned for launch in 2012.
The TerraSAR-X mission
TerraSAR-X is the first German satellite that has been manufactured under what is known as a Public-Private Partnership between DLR and Astrium GmbH in Friedrichshafen. The satellite travels around Earth in a polar orbit and records unique, high-quality X-band radar data about the entire planet using its active antenna. TerraSAR-X works regardless of weather conditions, cloud cover or the absence of daylight and is able to provide radar data with a resolution down to one metre.
DLR is responsible for using TerraSAR-X data for scientific purposes. It is also responsible for planning and implementing the mission as well as controlling the satellite. Astrium built the satellite and shares the costs of developing and using it. Infoterra GmbH, a subsidiary company founded specifically for this purpose by Astrium, is responsible for marketing the data commercially.


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The Buck Stops Here: $1 Coins to Be Curtailed
Dead Presidents Go Way of Sacagawea
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government, its vaults stuffed with 1.4 billion one-dollar coins bearing the likenesses of dead presidents, has had enough of them. It is going to curtail production.
"Nobody wants them," Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday. That is for sure: The Mint says there are enough $1 coins sitting in Federal Reserve vaults to meet demand for a decade, and the inventory was on track to hit two billion by 2016.
More than 40% of the coins that are minted are returned to the government unwanted, the Treasury said. The rest apparently sit in vending machines—one of the few places they are widely used—or in the drawers of coin collectors.
What the coins don't do is get around much. In fact, the Mint has never had much luck with dollar coins. The Susan B. Anthony dollar (1979-1981, revived for one year in 1999) never caught on; some people said it was too close in size to the quarter. Neither did the Sacagawea Golden Dollars (2000-2008) or its successor, the Native American $1 Coin, which has the same front but a different back.
But that didn't discourage Congress. In 2005, it mandated that the Mint make $1 coins with the likenesses of the presidents, four each year between 2007 to 2016. So far, the Mint is up to James Garfield, the 20th president. Next up: Chester A. Arthur.
"And as it will shock you all, the call for Chester A. Arthur coins is not there," Mr. Biden said at a Cabinet-level meeting of a White House campaign to cut government waste.
Arthur fans needn't fret. The Mint will keep producing the presidential $1 coins on schedule, but will only make enough to meet collector demand and no longer attempt to circulate them. By law, 20% of all dollar coins produced have to be Native American coins, so production of them will be reduced too.
The move, the Treasury said, will save taxpayers $50 million a year—or about 15 minutes worth of the federal deficit.
The decision is a milestone of sorts in a long-running battle between those who think it is wasteful to keep printing dollar bills that wear out and have to be replaced frequently, and those who hate the $1 coin and see it as the real waste of money because Americans don't like them.
Peter Calabrese, a Roman Catholic priest who lives near Niagara Falls, N.Y., close to the Canadian border, is in the latter camp. He noted that Canada phased out its dollar bill when it introduced the $1 "loonie" coin in 1987. "You get used to it," Father Calabrese said.
Other countries, such as the United Kingdom, also phased out small-denomination paper bills when replacing them with coins.
Amid debates over taxes, health care and wars, the dollar-bill and dollar-coin camps have been waging war in Washington for years. A band of House Republicans is backing the Currency Optimization, Innovation and National Savings (COINS) Act that would eliminate the dollar bill.
The two senators from Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown and Democrat John Kerrey, countered with the Currency Efficiency Act, which aimed at curtailing what they said was "massive overproduction" of "the unpopular one dollar coin."
Perhaps not so coincidentally, the company that makes the paper for the U.S. currency, Crane & Co., is based in Dalton, Mass. "There is more convenience in the form factor for the paper dollar and people are quite attached to how well it works," said Doug Crane, vice president of the company. "Coins tend to be a nuisance. They end up in jars or seat cushions."
Americans also appear to be sentimental about their currency. Efforts to eliminate the penny because of the costs of producing it, or its limited utility, have gone nowhere, and the Mint says it is committed to producing the one-cent pieces.
Tuesday's move by the Obama administration incensed those who have been promoting use of the dollar coin.
"This makes zero sense other than getting a cute little headline," said Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste. The anti-waste group is among several members of what is called the Dollar Coin Alliance, which includes the vending machine trade association and the steelworkers union.
The other side cheered, though. "These coins are a textbook case of wasteful spending—something Americans just don't want or need," said Sen. David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, who has introduced a bill to kill the presidential $1 coin program.
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|renilgh [ Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:48 am ]
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This refers to http://trac.slated.org/index.cgi/ticket/25
The first proposed kernel candidate for 90k2 is kernel-libre-220.127.116.11
We need people to test this candidate.
Please follow the HowTo living on http://trac.slated.org/index.cgi/wiki/T ... nelTesting and report back to the TRAC ticket or simply to this thread.
Here's the current version of the HowTo:
It is assumed that you are running BLAG 90k1 on a 32bit machine/system.
1. Grab the latest kernel-libre rpm files:
http://www.fsfla.org/download/linux-lib ... 1.i686.rpm
http://www.fsfla.org/download/linux-lib ... noarch.rpm
By default you don't need the following. Run 'yum info kernel-libre-headers kernel-libre-doc kernel-libre-devel' to see if you might want (i.e. have already been using) one of these and include as necessary.
http://www.fsfla.org/download/linux-lib ... 1.i386.rpm
http://www.fsfla.org/download/linux-lib ... noarch.rpm
http://www.fsfla.org/download/linux-lib ... 1.i586.rpm
2. Install the packages ¶
As root:
rpm -ivh kernel-libre-188.8.131.52-78.2.41.fc9.1.i686.rpm kernel-libre-firmware-18.104.22.168-78.2.41.fc9.1.noarch.rpm
It seems reasonable to skip headers etc. for now and proceed to the end of this document. If you're kernel works well, add the corresponding headers and the like. If you want to update the headers you will need to run
rpm -Uvh kernel-libre-headers-22.214.171.124-78.2.41.fc9.1.i386.rpm
I expect doc and devel to behave the same, but please try it and add the info here.
3. Update your grub.conf file ¶
Again as root:
Fire up the text editor you use to worship and find /boot/grub/menu.lst
The easiest way to update the file is to copy one of the already existing blocks and change the version information.
For example:
title BLAG Linux and GNU (18.104.22.168-libre.45.fc9.i686)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-188.8.131.52-libre.45.fc9.i686 ro root=UUID=72096aa4-eca1-4084-b5$
initrd /initrd-18.104.22.168-libre.45.fc9.i686.img
title BLAG Libre and GNU (18.104.22.168-libre.78.2.41.fc9.1.i686)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-18.104.22.168-libre.78.2.41.fc9.1.i686 ro vga=791 root=UUID=72096aa4-eca1-4084-b5$
initrd /initrd126.96.36.199-libre.78.2.41.fc9.1.i686.img
Save, exit, reboot on the new kernel and post some feedback.
Thanks for your help!
|Junichirô [ Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:10 am ]
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It seems it is solved; because there is no more old kernels linux-libre on fsfla repo.
When we go on noldrin or kimsufi repos it seems there are some files (linux-libre firmware on one or linux-libre-headers on the other) that are not present.
I know we are not on the non-free thread but the absence of old kernels and before a new one make possible to use free b43 firmware forbid people to use there broadcom wifi cards.
|extraspecialbitter [ Sun May 17, 2009 5:16 pm ]
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renilgh wrote:
This refers to http://trac.slated.org/index.cgi/ticket/25
The first proposed kernel candidate for 90k2 is kernel-libre-220.127.116.11
We need people to test this candidate.
I'm finally getting with the program:^)
pablo@bocajuniors=> head -1 /etc/issue
BLAG release 90001 (oxygen)
pablo@bocajuniors=> uname -r
|extraspecialbitter [ Sun May 17, 2009 8:03 pm ]
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an update...
pablo@bocajuniors=> head -1 /etc/issue
BLAG release 90001 (oxygen)
pablo@bocajuniors=> uname -r
|Junichirô [ Wed May 20, 2009 11:00 am ]
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I installed it (same version as extraspecialbitter) on my main computer (Desktop) and now I install it on my lenovo ideapad s10. Fine too on ideapad.
I'll try later the x86_64 on my inspiron 1501.
|Junichirô [ Thu May 28, 2009 10:50 am ]
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Yesterday I wanted to try new kernel on my inspiron 1501; I installed it with some difficulties but at the end it ran. But I had to uninstall gnome-screensaver because of broken packages. After that it was impossible to reinstall it because of dependencies unmatched. I saw it was because on Noldrin no fedora-scrennsaver-theme no more fedorainfinity-screensaver-theme.
After that all went wrong and now my laptop is on installing debian amd64 because I don't want to spend hours with blag netinstall. The only installation of x86_64.
|Junichirô [ Sat May 30, 2009 7:16 pm ]
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I reinstall my blag x86_64 and the last freed-ora kernel with no problem.
And all works fine. My problem (see above) came from a bad removing of old kernels;
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Fergus Cullen: No politics buffer zone - some want issue unsettled
Why are some pro-choice Democrats quietly happy about the recent Supreme Court decision finding buffer zones around abortion facilities to be unconstitutional violations of First Amendment free speech rights? Because given the choice, they'd rather have the issue to use politically instead of the policy.
There is a group of professional advocates and lobbyists at organizations such as Planned Parenthood and NARAL whose livelihood depends on keeping up the appearance that the right to abortion is under constant threat and could be taken away at any moment rather than be settled law. Other Democratic strategists believe the maintenance of such a perception benefits their candidates politically. Every election cycle, it provides a convenient scare tactic to use to mobilize their voters and feed the "war on women" narrative. They never want the issue to go away.
That was what the whole effort to enact New Hampshire's buffer zone law was really about in the first place. Lawmakers and Gov. Maggie Hassan pushed for the law knowing full well that the nation's highest court was reviewing the Massachusetts law on which New Hampshire's was based and that a decision was imminent. The decision to strike down the law was not one of those 5-4 decisions made by an ideologically polarized court. It was 9-0, with even the court's liberal justices agreeing the law is unconstitutional.
Hassan pushed for and signed New Hampshire's law because she figured it was a political winner for her whether the law was struck down or not. On that point she may have been right. National polling indicates a majority of the public, including a plurality of Republicans, supports the concept of buffer zones at abortion facilities, setting aside pesky questions about constitutional niceties.
Meanwhile the decision served nearly every politician's interests. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who once worked as a consultant for NARAL, put out a statement raising the specter of women being harassed outside abortion clinics. Gov. Hassan defended her unconstitutional law. Pro-life candidates Bob Smith and Andrew Hemingway, seeking the votes of social conservatives in their respective primaries, issued statements praising the court's decision. Senate challenger Scott Brown, with an eye toward the general election, defended his votes, as a Massachusetts state legislator, for the politically popular law.
So everyone wins by keeping the issue alive. Politicians get to appeal to their bases and professional advocates keep their jobs and get to send out another round of fundraising appeals when the legislature revisits New Hampshire's law in light of the court's decision next year. After that, another court challenge. Lather, rinse, repeat. If they all can stretch the discussion of buffer zones out over two or three legislative sessions instead of one, even better.
Few people who are pro-life relish the idea that some women at some times may be subjected to protests or unwanted counseling on their way into an abortion clinic. That some who are pro-choice hope that happens so they can use such incidents to their political advantage should disappoint others who simply think buffer zones are good policy.


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August 22. 2013 9:20PM
Former Exeter star Grant finalist for scholar-athlete award
Former Exeter High School halfback/defensive back Tyler Grant is one of 33 finalists for the 2013 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's national scholar-athlete awards, which honor one person from each of the country's five regions for their accomplishments as athletes, scholars and citizens at the high school level.
The five winners will be announced the week of Oct. 9, and will travel to New York City to be honored during the NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon on Dec. 10. First bestowed in 1991, the NFF National High School Scholar-Athlete Award has become one of the most prestigious high school honors in the country.
Criteria for the award include, but are not limited to, academic achievement, athletic accolades and community involvement.
Grant, who led Exeter to the Division I state championship in 2011 and 2012, is one of nine nominees from the Northeast Region. The NFF Joe Yukica/New Hampshire Chapter nominated Grant, who is now playing at Bowdoin College.
With 120 chapters and more than 12,000 members, the NFF Chapter Network impacts more than 500,000 studdent-athletes at 4,800 high schools in 47 states each year.
The centerpiece of their efforts are the annual chapter awards banquets, which recognize more than 3,500 of the nation's top scholar-athletes and distribute more than $1 million in scholarships.


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In light of SimCity's disastrous launch week, publisher Electronic Arts has suspended the marketing campaign for the game, according to an internal email obtained by Polygon.
The email, which was sent to all of EA's marketing affiliate partners, informs them that EA is deactivating links through LinkShare and that "we ask you to please remove any copy promoting SimCity from your website for the time-being."
EA should just announce there is a offline mode patch coming in a few weeks and then i would buy the game for sure. Cause it does look pretty good but there is no reason for it to be online only and im not gonna support that its not like the game can have goldfarmers or bots.
I wish Maxis could sever itself from EA before they get shut down for lackluster sales.Sad to see Will Wright's franchises get destroyed by EA's moronic decisions.
I guess they are in damage control mode now and not let the fire spread as far as it has, which is pretty damn far!
I have a wonder. When EA sends out a memo, how fast does it take to become news?


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The Last Chronicle of Barset
- Letto da: Timothy West
- Durata: 30 ore e 24 min
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- Data di pubblicazione: 01 04 2009
- Lingua: Inglese
- Editore: Audible Studios
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In the last and most complex of the Barsetshire audiobooks, many of Trollope's best-loved characters appear, but the mood of the recording is darker and more uneasy than in earlier volumes.
At the heart of the audiobook is the penniless Reverend Josiah Crawley, first encountered in Framley Parsonage, who in the opening of the story is accused of theft, creating a public scandal that threatens to tear the community apart. As well as this central mystery we find Johnny Eames attempting to woo Lily Dale and the now grown-up Major Henry Grantly falling in love with Reverend Crawley's daughter, Grace, against the wishes of his father, the Archdeacon. The Bishop Proudie and his formidable wife also receive their most dramatic portrayal with Mrs. Proudie finally meeting her match.
This final volume manages to resolve many threads started in the first volume and is a fitting conclusion to the series.
The Last Chronicle of Barset is considered by many, including Trollope himself, to be his best work. A prolific and respected novelist of the 19th-century he created 47 novels and many short stories that have continued to be popular and well-loved.
Narrator Biography
Timothy West is prolific in film, television, theatre, and audiobooks. He has narrated a number of Anthony Trollope's classic audiobooks, including the six Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser series. He has also narrated volumes of Simon Schama's A History of Britain and John Mortimer's Rumpole on Trial.
West's theatre roles include King Lear, The Vote, Uncle Vanya, A Number, Quarter, and Coriolanus and his films include Ever After, Joan Of Arc, Endgame, Iris and The Day of the Jackal. On television, Timothy has held the regular role of Stan Carter on EastEnders (BBC), as well as appearing in Broken Biscuits (BBC), three series of Great Canal Journeys, Last Tango in Halifax; Bleak House, Bedtime and Brass.
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- Michele Kellett
- 17 03 2010
The Clever Mr. Trollope
This is one of the few Trollope novels I had not read. It re-introduces several characters from earlier Barchester Chronicles, wrapping up their storylines. But, to be honest, I had encountered them so many years ago, I couldn't really remember them. So I am pleased to report that this book holds up entirely on its own, as a lovely, comic and touching conclusion to Trollope's clerical novels. I found myself walking miles further because I was on tenterhooks about the fate of these gentle (or ambitious or exasperating) characters, shrewdly characterized by Timothy West. And it contains a long passage about the end days of an aging cleric, whose goodness, mildness and acceptance are both utterly believable, and piquantly contrasted with those among whom he lives, that I pulled over to weep. Whereas Dickens often portrays goodness as treacle, Trollope never loses sight of his characters as people in a closely observed world.
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- Neil Chisholm
- 26 12 2012
A touch bleak but all the ends neatly tied off
I have listened to all six of the Chronicles one after the other with no other books read or listened to between them. One could almost say it was a baptism by complete immersion. That it might have been, but it has meant that it has convinced me that Trollope was a man of total brilliance.
I was in search of a new Jane Austen or rather of gentle comedy of manners in a historical setting. I didn't want abject poverty and daily struggle, or anger, swindle and darsteadly deeds - I've tasted Dickens and he's not to my taste and the Bronte clan with their overwhelming poverty doesn't leave me enlightened just melancholic but Anthony Trollope has delighted me to my very core.
Trollope is a master of characterisation and observation. His main characters are fleshed out and truly appear three dimensional and his minor characters only slightly less so. The pace of the action never gallops along but neither does it dawdle. His humour is gentle, sometimes obvious but always witty. Several times I have been caught laughing out loud.
The Last Chronicle was a bit bleaker than the previous ones but throughout it all and that despite the apparent hopelessness of the situation you knew somehow it would turn out right for all concerned. Characters from the entire series appeared in this last book and it was delightful to have them drop by.
Trollope has the wonderful habit of finishing each novel by tying up the ends of each of the story lines nice and neatly. You are not left wondering what might have happened. At the end of this last book everyone of the story lines were finished off and there was a sense of completeness, total conclusion and satisfaction. I was sad that it was over but there was no sense of doubt, wonder or concern about the fate of a character which was rather uplifting. I wish more books and even movies would do this!
A word about Timothy West - he has to be one of the best narrators. To take on the task of narrating over 120 hrs of book with probably as many characters must be daunting at least but he took it in his stride and brought the books alive with his characterisations. Narration is not acting, there's no positioning, no visual aids to assist with the action, it is voice alone. The voice of the author telling his story and the speech of the different characters, Timothy West did it all with the greatest of aplomb. He was perfect for these books.
Listening to the Chronicles has made me a fan of Trollope and I shall be seeking out more of his books. If you like Jane Austen you will like Anthony Trollope, her literary honorary grandson if you will! If you are looking for a gentle tale among England's green and pleasant pastures in the 1850s this is for you, no windswept moors, no blackened cities, no continually failing crops or trouble at mill. I will be back to visit Barsetshire again in the future and after over 100 hrs of listening you can't get a bigger recommendation than that!
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- Kellie
- 25 04 2011
A fitting end to the beloved series
Timothy West conveys just the right feel for a book from the Barset Chronicles. His reading was sensitive when it needed to be, funny when it needed to be... just perfect. I absolutely loved it and will definitely keep this one to listen to again.
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- Cariola
- 16 03 2012
A Fitting Conclusion
Trollope has really mastered the art of creating irritating characters in this last volume of 'The Barchester Chronicles'--which doesn't make it any less enjoyable. Some are familiar to readers of the earlier novels. There's Mrs. Proudie, for example, the bishop's wife, who seems to think that SHE is the bishop, yammering on about "the souls of the people" while she bullies her husband and everybody else. The namby-pamby bishop is quite irritating on his own accord: he never silences or reprimands his wife until near the end, and then it takes the form of whining and blaming. The focal figure of the novel, the reverend Mr. Crawley . . . well, I wanted to whack him over the head with a 2x4! I understand his forgetfulness and his adherence to principles, but refusing to hire a lawyer (even taking on a free one) when you've been charged with a crime, thus putting your family on the brink of total destitution and disgrace, is unforgiveable, not to mention just plain stupid. Then there's Lily Dale, abandoned in an earlier installment by her lover in favor of a wealthier woman. Devoted not only to him but to her role as martyr, she refuses the love of a good man, refuses to marry the now-widowed lover, and takes a vow reflected in her diary: "Lily Dale: Old Maid."
By now, you're probably wondering why I didn't hate this novel. Well, while all of these characters are maddening, somehow Trollope also manages to makes their trials and tribulations quite intriguing. And at least one of them gets his or her comeuppance. Trollope weaves in several subplots as well, inlcuding that of Grace Crawley, a young woman as principled as her father who refuses the proposal of the man she loves, reluctant to tie his family to her father's possible shame. And John Eames, who has loved Lily Dale forever. There are plenty of other characters to admire, among them those trying to help the beleaguered Mr. Crawley. (Most memorable is the goodhearted lawyer Mr. Toogood.)
As others have mentioned, the subplot surrounding John Eames's friend, the painter Conrad Darymple, doesn't quite fit. Perhaps it's true that Trollope stuck it in to come up with the number of pages required by his publisher. Nevertheless, The Last Chronicle of Barsetshire is an entertaining and engaging book, a fitting conclusion to Trollope's delightful six-volume chronicles.
Timothy West is one of the finest narrators around. I've greatly enjoyed his readings of Trollope and Hardy, among others.
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- Virginia Waldron
- 21 10 2013
Great Book
This book ties all the loose ends of the series together. The performance is masterly and the story delightful. Trollope evokes a setting that becomes tangible to the reader and the characters are ones for which one feels deeply. I was sad to say good-bye to this wonderful series.
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- Meredith
- 15 09 2012
Last Chronicle Is A Beautifully Interwoven Story
First of all, I'll say that I absolutely loved this book! Timothy West is a wonderful narrator and I enjoyed his reading to the end. And what I mean by "interwoven" is that if you've listened to the first five books in the series, you'll see that the families from the other novels are interwoven in this last one. However, as another reviewer has said, this book would also stand on its own. The words flowed so freely and with such energy that I didn't want to stop listening until it was over. No matter what I've done in the last three-four days, I've also listened to this book. There are disappointments for some of the characters (and for me) and triumphs for others, all of which are brought about in an ingenious way. In a world where rank and money is everything, the poor and lowly can be discounted so easily. But Trollope doesn't allow only bad things to happen to good people, and thereon hangs the story of the Crawleys. You'll recognize most of the characters as they enter the story in one way or another, and I felt that it was the coziest way to experience a summing up of the Chronicles. And, as with all of Trollope's stories, the lessons learned from an honest look at the lives of our fellow man are of value in our own.
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- Caroline
- 20 01 2012
Simple elegant story performed magnificently
If you could sum up The Last Chronicle of Barset in three words, what would they be?
Good Day Sir!
What other book might you compare The Last Chronicle of Barset to and why?
Pride and Prejudice- unrequited love, social standings, gatherings, frocks, marriage and flirtation that is all so innocent but terribly enthralling.
What about Timothy West's performance did you like?
Best part- he does the voices superbly. Tone, pace and pronunciation- complements Anthony Trollopes writing style perfectly
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Oh yes- pesky work gets in the way!
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- Katherine
- 11 08 2012
I cannot fully express how much pleasure I have experienced listening to the entire series "The Chronicles of Barset". Anthony Trollope's style is so well written...literate and clever, witty and warm. I generally have a deep dislike for "romance" in my books but not with Trollope whose "Chronicles" have unrequited love as a central theme..... as well as wealth, poverty, social class and the general absurdity of the human race . This only goes to show you the extent to which this writer is able to pull you in to his world.
I have every intention of listening to every book Trollope has written - especially the ones read by the amazing TIMOTHY WEST. This narrator reads these books has though these were his stories.
I hope you will enjoy these books as much as I have. GOOD HEAVENS!!! (inside joke)
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- Judith B
- 24 10 2015
Best narrator
Timothy West is the best narrator I've heard and brings a story to life in a very skillful way. Sad that I've finished the chronicles.
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- Joanna
- 23 09 2017
Timothy West is the BEST!
There is no better narrator for Anthony Trollope's books than Timothy West! 5 stars! !
- Philadelphus
- New Quay, Wales
- 09 04 2009
Audiobook bliss
Timothy West and Trollope simply work. This series of the Barchester novels could compete for the title of Best Ever Audiobooks. The Last Chronicle is the darkest of the series, but Timothy West again brings a warm humanity to the voice of the author and a penetrating individuality to each of the characters without ever falling into exaggeration or caricature, that makes you want to listen to the end (and it's a long book).
Now that we've got to the end of Barchester please can we have the Pallisers and The Way We Live Now?
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- Suki
- Near Bungay, NFK, United Kingdom
- 08 04 2009
An absolute gem
This is a brilliant book read by a brilliant reader. I've now listened to all the Anthony Trollope books and there is no one better at reading them than Timothy West; get this one and no other version. Anthony Trollope's books are long but a sheer delight: he is able to capture a time long gone but which still resonates today. My advice is to listen to them all as they fit together and you meet old friends as well as new characters.
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- Jane Clare
- Uckfield England
- 11 12 2010
The Last Chronicle of Barset
I first fell in love with Barsetshire and its inhabitants many years with the television production of The Barchester Chronicles, but found reading the books rather hard going.However with Timothy West's stunning performance my love has been totally rekindled and this final book of the series is in my opinion by far the best with its different strands of interest. I am now looking forward to his reading of the Palliser novels.
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- kerrymay
- 15 10 2009
Brought alive by reader
I was enraptured by this story mostly due to the brilliant reading. The various characters were brought to live by the subtlety of the actor's voice. The ending was really poignant
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- Nicholas
- Skipton, United Kingdom
- 23 12 2013
Dark but brilliant
As others have said, Anthony Trollope read by Timothy West is audiobook heaven - would that he had recorded more! This is a darker, more troubled tale than most, and one cannot help but be frustrated with the principled obstinacy of the Revd Josiah Crawley. And then to admire his courage and integrity. His showdown with Bishop Proudie (and his wife, of course) is a stunning piece of theatre.
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- Maddy
- 11 01 2015
Another great performance
Another superb reading from Timothy West brings the chronicle to a close. Perhaps a little more sombre than the other books but still a joy.
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- Yokel D
- London, UK
- 27 08 2017
Sublime narration by Timothy West
Timothy West is quite simply unsurpassed in his narration of Trollope. The consistency of his characterisation across each volume is astonishing and means that one becomes more and more familiar with, and close to, each character. Whatever one thinks of Trollope (I happily forgive the melodrama and parochial topicality!) this is joyous listening. Matchless!
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- R. Rokison
- Surrey
- 19 05 2017
I have now listened to Tim West reading all the Barchester Chronicles and I cannot praise them and him highly enough. He makes every character come to life which means that the dialogue is just so vibrant. Trollope' s narrative gives such insight into the characters' private thoughts and feelings. The background to the stories is fascinating, and highly accessible and they are great stories! The whole experience is so much better than watching the stories televised.
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- AReader
- 29 06 2014
Just wonderful
All the Trollope books read by West I have heard are wonderful and this one is no exception. I will not give a synopsis of the plot, but it is complex.
I wonder what will happen now that modern communications mean that the sort of misunderstanding which drives the major plot line here can no longer happen? Today a mobile phone call would avoid the whole issue.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17 08 2018
A masterpiece performance by Mr West, second to none. Absolutely fantastic performance, a joy to listen to.


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Red Sox Manager John Farrell Is A Monmouth Beach Native
It's an irony for Red Sox fans celebrating the team's World Series championship: manager John Farrell comes from the heart of Yankees country.
The 51-year-old rookie manager who led the Boston Red Sox to a World Series championship on Wednesday night is also a Monmouth Beach native and where his mother still lives according to the Boston Herald. He is a 1980 graduate of Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch where he was a pitcher and was also on the basketball team according to his official Red Sox biography.
He is also a member of the Jersey shore sports Hall of Fame, an indication of his connection to the Jersey Shore. Although Farrell attended school in Oklahoma and has bounced around baseball with stops in Cleveland, California and Toronto, he has never forgotten his roots.
A month after his return to Boston Farrell brought his wife and 40 Red Sox employees to Union Beach to help with the cleanup from Superstorm Sandy. Star Ledger columnist Dave D'Alessandro wrote about Farrell finding a baseball card that day turned out to be Farrell's 1993 card from his time with the then-California Angels. He left a note for the owner that read, "Hoping your collection gets back to you, John Farrell, Boston Red Sox and proud New Jerseyan." He wondered to D'Alessandro, "I still wonder whose collection it was."
The Red Sox also wrote a $25,000 check to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey according to the Boston Herald.
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After the Red Sox finished at the bottom of the American League East during the tumultuous 2012 season under Bobby Valentine, the Sox hired Farrell, a former Red Sox pitching coach, away from the Toronto BlueJays to provide a new start for Boston. Because he was still under contract the team had to provide compensation.
"He came in there with a presence," said pitcher Jon Lester. "Came in there with his idea of how he wanted to run this team and stood up there in front of us and told us how he wanted it done."
The Sox spent 158 days in first place and re-dedicated themselves to a winning season following the Boston Marathon shooting. "There's I think a civil responsibility that we have wearing this uniform, particularly here in Boston," Farrell said. "And it became a connection initially, the way our guys reached out to individuals or to hospital visits. And it continued to build throughout the course of the season. I think our fans, they got to a point where they appreciated the way we played the game, how they cared for one another. And in return they gave these guys an incredible amount of energy to thrive on in this ballpark."
- New Jersey 101.5 - Red Sox Win 3rd World Series Titles In 10 Years
- Star-Ledger: D'Alessandro: Jersey guy John Farrell turns Red Sox wreckage into a Boston party
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CCRMA User Group
The CCRMA User Group aims to present short practical presentations by expert users of tools available at CCRMA in hopes of enhancing the community research and creative experience.
CUG will be held each Tuesday: noon - 12:50.
- 1 November 13, 2007 : Using LADSPA Plug-in's with Ardour and JackRack, Using MIDI with QJackCtl
- 2 November 6, 2007 : Looping in Linux and 'Diffing' files
- 3 October 30, 2007 : Ardour Session Basics and DVD Media Backup with K3b
- 4 October 23, 2007 : Ardour Intro, Advanced Jack, JMess, Process Management
- 5 October 9, 2007 : "You don't know Jack!"
November 13, 2007 : Using LADSPA Plug-in's with Ardour and JackRack, Using MIDI with QJackCtl
12:00-12:30 : Using MIDI with QJackCtl - Carr
12:30-12:50 : LADSPA Plug-in's with Ardour and JackRack - Fernando
November 6, 2007 : Looping in Linux and 'Diffing' files
12:00 - 12:30 : Diffing files with the
diff command and Kompare. - Carr
12:30 - 12: 50 : Looping in Linux with SooperLooper and Freewheelin - Fernando
"SooperLooper is a live looping sampler capable of immediate loop recording, overdubbing, multiplying, reversing and more. It allows for multiple simultaneous multi-channel loops limited only by your computer's available memory. The feature-set and operation was inspired by the impressive Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro (EDP). When used with a low-latency audio configuration SooperLooper is capable of truly realtime live performance looping."
"Freewheeling allows us to build repetitive grooves by sampling and directing loops from within spirited improvisation."
"Kompare is a graphical difference viewer that allows you to visualize changes to a file. Whether you're a developer comparing source code, or you just want to see the difference between that research paper draft and the final document, Kompare is the tool you need."
October 30, 2007 : Ardour Session Basics and DVD Media Backup with K3b
This week we'll learn the basics of setting up an Ardour session to record audio and how to backup the session when it is complete.
12:00-12:30 : Ardour Session Basics: Setting up Mono and Stereo tracks, Routing Audio with Jack, Recording Audio, Session Files. Fernando
12:30-12:50 : DVD Media Backup with K3b: Using K3b in Linux to archive digital media. Carr
October 23, 2007 : Ardour Intro, Advanced Jack, JMess, Process Management
This weeks CCRMA User Group presentation will feature these topics:
12:00-12:15 : Process Management in Linux, an Introduction to these commands:
ps, top, kill, killall, kill -9, and the GNOME System Monitor : Carr
12:15-12:30 : Advanced Jack : Fernando
12:30-12:35 : JMess : Juan Pablo
12:35-12:50 : Ardour Intro Toot: Mic In : Miriam
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October 9, 2007 : "You don't know Jack!"
This weeks CCRMA User Group presentation will feature two main topics:
1) A more in-depth look at the architecture and configuration of Jack and Qjackctl by Fernando.
He'll give us an overview of the Jack API and how it relates to the operating system kernel and audio applications. He'll also talk about optimizing Jack settings both in Qjackctl and with the command line. Take a look here for more info:
Jack block diagram:
2) GNOME Desktop Tweaks
- Configuring your panel with application start icons and monitoring applets: CPU and network monitoring.
- Configuring and using 'Workspaces' and workspace switching
- Screensaver, mouse, keyboard and theme tweaks.


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Peacock hostel is located on the sea side close to Saladan ferry pier at Koh Lanta, Krabi. We're very closed to the center and stay among local life of the people in Saladan village. If you looking for the cheap and clean stay with friendly art, please visit us here.
Peacock hostel is the wooden local house style that located on the sea with water under, feeling like sleeping on the sea touching the natural. We have a fan dorm room 2 floor sleeping 18 guests, the bedroom all painting like we are sleeping under the sea world and find more art painting in every toilet and bathroom. If you love an art, you will love here. We have small breakfast service you at the sea view terrace next to the bedroom. Our open air terrace 2 floor that nice for relaxing in your free day, some cute crab and fish will visit us under the house every day. We also stay at the good location, closed to the ferry pier that convenience to connect your next destination and far from the center just 200 meter for enjoy many local food, tour office and shopping.
Enjoy your free time at the open air and sea view terrace, chill out on the net hammock over the sea that only here in Koh Lanta, Pls come enjoy the feeling of freedom with us here, the Peacock Hostel.
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Lua is a dynamically typed multi-paradigm programming language written in ANSI C. Because Lua is written in ANSI C, it is cross-platform which is very beneficial to Unix users. Lua is known for it's small footprint and quick speed. Best of all, Lua is completely free.
In order for you to compile Lua applications, you must have the Lua run-time installed. This can be found on Lua's official site here. However, if you are a Windows user, I suggest Lua For Windows found here.
Comments in Lua are ignored by the compiler. They simply represent a body of text that gives information to the programmer, but doesn't actually execute. There are two types of comments in Lua, the single line comment and the block comment.
A single line comment is represented by two hyphens:
A block comment starts with two hyphens, followed by two inner square brackets and is finished with two hyphens and two outer square brackets:Code:-- this text is ignored by the compiler
Data types in Lua are: nil, boolean, number, string, user data, function, thread, and table. I will not go over all of these in this chapter, but I will go over a few.Code:--[[ This text is ignored by the compiler --]]
A nil value simply represents a non value. It is considered the absence of a value and all global variables declared in Lua are nil by default.
A boolean value is either a True or False value.
A number represents any number including decimals.
A string represents text. Strings are enclosed in double quotation marks:
String concatenation is a way to join to strings together. String concatenation in Lua is represented by two dots:Code:"This is a string"
VariablesCode:"hello" .. " world!" -- this is the same as "hello world!"
Variables in Lua represent a value by using an identifier. Because Lua is a dynamically typed language, you do not specify the data type when declaring a variable; the compiler converts the value to the data type. The simplest way of declaring a variable is to type the variable name(the identifier), use the equal sign, and set the variable's value:
Declaring a boolean value:
Declaring a number value:Code:isTrue = true
Declaring a string value:Code:age = 22
Variables also have the option of using an access modifier. Access modifiers set the accessibility of the variable. In Lua, there are only two access modifiers: global and local.Code:name = "David"
There is no keyword for the global access modifier. Whenever you declare a variable, it's automatically considered a global variable in that code block.
The keyword for the local access modifier is: local. Whenever you declare a local variable, that variable can only be used within it's scope. For example, if I declare a local variable in one chunk of code, I cannot access that variable within a different chunk of code. Here is an example of declaring a variable with the local access modifier:
Input and OutputCode:local age = 22
To print out a statement on the Lua terminal, you call the io.write() function. To read user input, you call the io.read() function.
The io.write() function takes a string input and prints it out on the terminal. Here is an example:
Because Lua is a dynamically typed language, if you try to pass something that is not a string in io.write(), the compiler will try to convert that data type to a string. So it is acceptable to pass a number in the io.write() function. Here is one example:Code:io.write("hello world!")
The io.read() function takes a string that the user inputted into the terminal. Here is an example of setting a variable to user input:Code:age = 22 io.write("You are " .. age .. " years old.")
Code:io.write("Enter in your name: ") name = io.read() io.write("Hello " .. name .. "!")


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Nearly one-quarter of all workers have shifts that are not during the daytime, and more than two-thirds of these workers have problem sleepiness and/or difficulty sleeping. (NHLBI, 2005)
One-third of shift workers state that they sleep less than six hours per night on workdays, and 30 percent report that they only get a good night's sleep a few night's per month or less. (NSF, 2008)
Some studies find that shift workers experience impairment caused by sleepiness at levels equivalent to that of being drunk. (Arnedt et al, 2005)
Shift workers are more prone to developing certain illnesses, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and gastrointestinal disorders. (Drake and Wright, 2011; Folkard and Tucker, 2003)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified "shift work that involves circadian disruption" as a probable human carcinogen. (Stevens et al, 2010)
Some workers experience sleep disturbance and sleepiness even after months or years of shift work. (Drake and Wright, 2011)
Our increasingly 24/7, globalized work world demands that some people work at night, have extended work hours, or rotate between working night, day, and evening shifts. Nearly one-quarter of all workers have shifts that are not during the daytime, and more than two-thirds of these workers have problem sleepiness and/or difficulty sleeping. (NHLBI, 2005) In addition, nearly a third of Americans report working 10 hours or more each day. (NSF, 2008) Such extensive work hours can affect how much time workers have for sleep, as many on a limited time budget sacrifice sleep for needed leisure time, attention to domestic tasks, or multiple jobs.
Irregular or long hours put many workers at odds for acquiring enough quality sleep to function properly and operate machinery and vehicles safely. The drowsiness experienced by night shift workers can be especially dangerous. Not only are night-shift workers prone to serious driving accidents after their shifts end, but major industrial accidents, such as the Three Mile Island and the Exxon Valdez oil spill, have been caused, in part, by mistakes made by excessively sleepy workers on a night or extended shift. (NHLBI, 2005) In addition, night shift workers


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By Caren Bohan and Paul Simao
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte on Sunday threw her support behind a sweeping U.S. immigration bill, calling it a "thoughtful" reform that would ease the burden of illegal immigration and allow companies to more easily hire qualified workers.
Support from Ayotte, who has been courted by the bill's backers, could pave the way for other Republicans to endorse the measure in the Senate, where a vote is expected by the end of June.
"Our immigration system is completely broken," Ayotte, of New Hampshire, told CBS' "Face the Nation" program. "This is a thoughtful, bipartisan solution to a tough problem, and so that is why I am going to support it."
Ayotte, an ally of Senator John McCain of Arizona, one of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" senators who crafted the bill, said it would improve border security and ensure the U.S. economy, particularly its high-tech sector, was able to attract the best workers.
She also said the bill deals with the problem of having 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the nation.
The Senate bill is expected to get strong support among Democrats, but will need some Republican votes to meet the 60-vote minimum required for passage.
Many supporters believe the overhaul of immigration laws faces its toughest challenge in the Republican-led House of Representatives, where conservatives have expressed skepticism about the central aspect of the Senate bill, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
The Senate bill, which is backed by President Barack Obama, also would authorize billions in new spending for enhanced border security and would create new visa programs for high- and low-skilled workers. Obama has made immigration reform a top priority of his second term.
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, another Republican whose vote is being sought by immigration supporters, said on Sunday he was open to voting for the bill, but said he would insist on changes, including provisions to toughen border security.
Paul, who has hinted at a possible presidential run in 2016, has backed the concept of a path to citizenship for the undocumented, but criticized the bill for not having a mechanism to assure that the U.S. border with Mexico is secure. He also wants visa programs that allow companies to hire foreign workers expanded.
"I am the conduit between conservatives in the House who don't want a lot of these things and more moderate people in the Senate who do want these things. I want to make the bill work, but see, the thing is, what they have in the Senate has zero chance of passing in the House," Paul told the "Fox News Sunday" program.
"I'm really trying to make immigration work, but they are going to have to come to me and they're going to have to work to make the bill stronger if they want me to vote for it," Paul added.
Both Republican and Democratic senators are likely to offer amendments to the bill to bolster border security, considered by critics to be a weak link in broad immigration reform.
Skeptics of comprehensive reform warn of the risk of a repeat of 1986 when President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that offered amnesty to 3 million undocumented immigrants, but failed to obtain the level of border security that backers had anticipated.
These critics complain that the 1986 amnesty ended up attracting more illegal immigrants.
Democrats have vowed to fight any amendments - including those on border security - that would create too many obstacles to the 13-year path to citizenship included in the Senate bill.
The "Gang of Eight" senators are trying to preserve Democratic priorities in the legislation while courting enough Republican votes to ensure its passage.
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California's SUV Ban
The Golden State has outlawed big SUVs on many of its roads but doesn't seem to know it.
Unless you drive one of the largest SUVs, such as the Chevy Suburban, the Cadillac Escalade, or the Ford Excursion, I'll bet you've watched them thundering down quiet residential lanes and wondered to yourself: W hy is that monster allowed on this little street?
Well, here's a surprising piece of news. It may not be. Cities throughout California—the nation's largest car market—prohibit the heaviest SUVs on many of their residential roads. The problem is, they don't seem to know they've done it.
I discovered this secret ban after noticing the signs at both ends of my narrow Los Angeles-area street (a favorite cut-through route for drivers hoping to avoid tie-ups on bigger roads). The signs clearly prohibit vehicles over 6,000 pounds.
I knew a 6K pound limit ruled out a lot of the larger trucks that routinely rumble by my house, unpursued by traffic cops. But then I got to thinking: Could some of those bigger SUVs exceed 3 tons? So I did some research, and I hit the mother lode.
It turns out every big SUV and pickup is too heavy for my street. Here's just a sampling: The Chevy Suburban and Tahoe, the Range Rover, the GMC Yukon, the Toyota Land Cruiser and Sequoia, the Lincoln Navigator, the Mercedes M Class, the Porsche Cayenne S, and the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup (with optional Hemi). What about the Hummer, you ask? Hasta la vista, baby!
If you look at the manufacturer's specs for these vehicles, you'll discover that they all have a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 6,000 pounds. (Click
It's no accident the automakers churn out so many SUVs that break the 6K barrier. By doing so, these "trucks" (and that's how they're classified by the U.S. Department of Transportation) qualify for a huge federal tax break. If you claim you use a 3-ton truck exclusively for work, you can write it off immediately. All of it. Up to $100,000 (in fact, Congress raised the limit from $25,000 just last year). Heavy SUVs qualify for similar state tax breaks in California (up to $25,000) and elsewhere. These vehicles are also exempt from the federal "gas guzzler tax" because they're trucks. (And you probably know that many SUVs are exempt from the tougher gas mileage and safety standards of cars because they're classified as trucks, but that's another story.)
Tax advisers actually warn their clients to make sure they buy vehicles that are heavy enough to qualify for the tax breaks. Some offer helpful lists of which SUVs will tip the IRS's scales.
Here's what few people seem to realize: By weighing in at more than 6,000 pounds, big SUVs are prohibited on thousands of miles of road in California. Cities across the state—including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Santa Monica—use the 3-ton cutoff for many or nearly all of their residential streets. State law gives them the ability to do this for very straightforward reasons: The heavier the vehicle, the more it chews up the roads, endangers pedestrians and smaller vehicles, and makes noise.
This isn't an arbitrary weight limit. 6,000 pounds has long been a recognized dividing line between light and heavy trucks. (For example, the Clean Air Act defines "heavy duty vehicle" as a truck with a gross vehicle weight "in excess of six thousand pounds.")
But local officials either don't realize they've banned big SUVs, or they're hoping no one will make a stink. For example, Lombard Street and Los Angeles ban 6K vehicles on numerous streets (including one of San Francisco's main tourist draws, the famously twisty Lombard Street). One L.A. city council member, Janice Hahn (the sister of L.A. Mayor James Hahn), recently proposed that fines for breaking this law be hiked from $50 for a first offense and $100 for a second to $250 and $1,000, respectively. Hahn told me her district, near L.A.'s huge port complex, is plagued by trucks cutting through residential streets.
When I informed Hahn that all the big SUVs also break the 6K barrier, she seemed surprised. "That's interesting," she said.
I asked if she thought the ban should be enforced against them. She answered bluntly: "I don't favor that." Even for 10,000 pound Hummers? "I have my own issues with Hummers and SUVs, but this was not the intent of this ordinance."
She's right—it wasn't the intent. But that's because these weight limits generally predate the 1990s SUV craze that lured suburbanites out of their lighter sedans and minivans.It's the vehicles that have changed, not the law. These ordinances remain on the books and they're not obscure. They're clearly marked on signs in many California cities. In fact, three of L.A.'s affluent neighborhoods have the signs almost everywhere you look.
In Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Pasadena, vehicles over 3 tons are prohibited on every street unless specifically allowed. (Click here for a caveat about Beverly Hills.) The exemptions are a handful of larger roads meant to be used as truck routes.
That's right—every single residential street.
It probably won't shock you to learn that Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Pasadena are also home to a large number of heavy luxury SUVs.
(Similar bans exist not only in cities across California but in other places around the country. Some examples I found online: Minneapolis and Edina, Minnesota; cities in Wisconsin including Wausau, Kenosha, and Brillion; and the Brooklyn Bridge, along with countless smaller bridges all over the nation. [Click here for more on other states.] The penalty in California is usually a fine.)
However, as I can attest from standing on my front porch, prosecution of the Golden State's ban on big SUVs isn't what you'd call robust. In fact, it's a contender for the least enforced traffic regulation in America. Since realizing the connection between weight limits and SUVs, I've noticed streets all over the L.A. area—including major ones like Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica and Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood—where the drivers of metal monsters thunder past clearly posted 6K limit signs without a glance. "I would be surprised if it's routinely enforced against SUVs," Santa Monica's transportation planning manager, Lucy Dyke, told me.
And don't expect to see stickers on new SUVs with warnings like "CAUTION: This Vehicle May Be Illegal On Many California Roads." At a GM dealership in Santa Monica, I asked a salesman (who declined to give his name) whether he informs buyers that the Tahoes and Suburbans he's selling them are banned on most streets in the city. "I'm not aware of it," he said.
I suspect the biggest impediment to enforcing these bans is political will—SUVs are wildly popular, and it will take brave city and state officials to challenge the right of residents to use their own streets. (Of course, like a FedEx truck, heavy SUVs are allowed to use local roads for a few blocks if they have business there—like going to or from a house. But in general, they're supposed to take the shortest possible path between designated truck routes.)
Still, some proponents of heavy SUVs will argue that these weight limits are outdated or that they should apply only to registered commercial vehicles. Nonsense.
Six-thousand pounds does the same damage to roads (not to mention pedestrians) that it did before the SUV craze. I don't know about your state, but California's ongoing budget crisis doesn't exactly leave cash to burn for road repair. (California's Legislative Analyst's Office estimates the average L.A. driver pays $700 a year in vehicle repairs because of crummy roads.) Yet despite the increased road wear their vehicles cause, heavy SUV owners can take tax breaks that mean they pony up much less to the tax system that funds street maintenance.
And frankly, a lot of these heavy SUVs are commercial vehicles by any fair definition. Remember that those owners who take the federal and state tax breaks are declaring they use their vehicles mostly or entirely for work. Often they're doctors, real estate agents, or small business owners. If California and the feds are willing to write off SUVs as work vehicles, why shouldn't the state also regulate them as work vehicles?
As it stands now, big-SUV drivers have it both ways: They use their trucklike status when it benefits them, yet they ignore the more onerous restrictions that "real" truck drivers face.
I think the Golden State has stumbled on a way to end this hypocrisy, and the rest of the country should take notice. Six-thousand pounds is a reasonable and established dividing line between passenger vehicles and trucks. (I even think it's an instinctual dividing line between SUVs that seem large, like the Ford Explorer, and those that seem absurdly large, like the Ford Expedition.)
Why not classify SUVs under 3 tons as passenger cars and regulate them accordingly? Make them meet car gas mileage and safety standards, and let them drive anywhere cars can drive.
For vehicles over 6K, classify them as trucks, pure and simple. Let their drivers use more gas, roll over more often if they want, and take tax breaks. And ban them from residential streets. Make them stick to the truck routes, including truck lanes on highways. (Heck, maybe even require a truck driver's license to pilot one.)
California cities can start by enforcing their current 6K bans, or at the very least making it clear they apply to SUVs. Just as most of us instinctively check our speed when we drive by a police car, these luxury truckers should think twice about cruising illegally down Wilshire past a Santa Monica cop. If a few Tahoe owners got slapped with tickets for driving while overweight, the rest of them might actually start learning where their vehicles are legal.
Update, Aug. 5, 2004: A number of readers have written in to take issue with my use of the gross vehicle weight rating of SUVs as the criterion for whether they violate a 6,000-pound weight limit. While I understand (and have already addressed) their point of view, let me elaborate.
Their argument just highlights the ongoing hypocrisy that surrounds big SUV ownership. The GVWR is the manufacturer's estimate of the vehicle's curb weight, or unloaded weight, plus its maximum payload capacity including passengers and cargo. A number of big SUVs, including the Toyota Sequoia and the Lincoln Navigator, straddle the 3-ton line: Their curb weights are under 6K, but their GVWRs are over (although in the case of the four-wheel-drive Navigator, the curb weight is 5,995 lbs.).
However, those who take the federal and state tax breaks for their heavy SUVs are happy to accept the GVWR as their vehicle's official weight. After all, they must be over 6K to get the write-off. Yet now they're arguing that the actual weight of the vehicle as it rides along California streets may—may—be slightly under 6K. Since the weight at any given time could depend on how many bags of groceries are in the back, and very few residential streets have their own scales, we will never know. (Of course, this isn't an issue for the Hummer and some other vehicles, which break the 6K barrier by any measure.)
In other words, owners say their SUVs are over 6K when it benefits them and under 6K when it burdens them.
Here's my solution: Pick a number and stick with it. If owners of heavy SUVs prefer to use the lower curb weight, fine with me. I won't squawk about them cruising down streets with 6K limits, as long as the feds make them ineligible for 6K tax breaks. But if they want to hold onto their write-offs, and the ability to claim them using the GVWR, they shouldn't turn around and argue the GVWR doesn't apply in other governmental contexts as well.
Correction, Aug. 11, 2004:This piece originally listed the curb weight of the Honda Accord. For consistency, we now cite its gross vehicle weight rating. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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One man in custody after shooting in Eugene Friday
EUGENE - One person is in custody following a shooting in Eugene Friday afternoon.
The individual in custody is one of two people who were shot during the incident in Cole County. Both have been released from the hospital, according to Cole County Sheriff's Department Capt. John Wheeler.
The individual is in custody at the Cole County Jail, but has not been charged yet.
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'Perfect Guy,' 'The Visit' box office stronger than expected
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Perfect Guy" and "The Visit" sailed past modest opening weekend expectations - and budgets - locking in debuts in the mid-$20 million range thanks in part to good timing and robust female turnout.
"The Perfect Guy," a PG-13 rated thriller starring Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy, secured the first place spot with $26.7 million, according to Rentrak estimates on Sunday. The Sony/Screen Gems film cost only $12 million to produce.
M. Night Shyamalan's nail-biter "The Visit," a $5 million production from micro-budget horror-makers Blumhouse, took a close second with an estimated $25.7 million for distributor Universal. With numbers this close, the places might shift when Monday actuals roll in, but both films are resounding successes on a weekend that often doesn't go noticed on the release calendar.
"We're not breaking any records, but this is the perfect weekend for these films," said Paul Dergarabedian, the Senior Media Analyst for Rentrak. "Studios are finding a land of opportunity in weekends that were heretofore `slow weekends' at the box office and proving that audiences are always looking for new content."
Female audiences helped "The Perfect Guy" shoot to the No. 1 spot. An estimated 69 percent were women and 58 percent over the age of 25.
"It bodes well for the longevity of the film. Not only is it a date movie, but it's a film that girlfriends are going to go to together as well," said Rory Bruer, Sony's President of Worldwide Distribution. Audiences also gave the film a promising A- CinemaScore.
"The Visit" also saw a majority female audience (60 percent) on opening weekend, although existing crowds gave this one a B- CinemaScore. This is the eighth successful $20-plus million opening for producer Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions, which specializes in micro-budget horror films including the "Insidious" and "Paranormal Activity" series.
"Jason Blum is really continuing to develop his brand name. People look to those films as having something special about them. It's magical when that combines with M. Night Shyamalan, who has absolutely built his reputation on mining the unexpected. It's a great combination," said Nick Carpou, Universal's President of Domestic Distribution.
In third place, "War Room" continues to prove mightily powerful with $7.4 million in its third weekend in theaters, but the faith-based categorization isn't always a sure revelation. "90 Minutes in Heaven," a Christian film starring Kate Bosworth, opened in ninth place to only $2.2 million from 878 locations. It's a fine result for the film, but pales in comparison to "War Room" which now boasts a $39.2 million domestic total.
"A Walk in the Woods" and "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" rounded out the top five with $4.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively. "Mission: Impossible" also earned a gigantic $91.3 million internationally this weekend, with China accounting for $86 million of the total.
This weekend was in some ways the last gasp before the fall movie season starts in earnest with a number of high profile releases.
"Both `The Perfect Guy' and `The Visit' took full advantage of a perfect release date before `Sicario,' `Everest,' `Black Mass,' and `The Scorch Trials' all open," said Dergarabedian. "It's going to be a veritable traffic jam at the box office next weekend."
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1."The Perfect Guy," $26.7 million.
2."The Visit," $25.7 million ($3.8 million international).
3."War Room," $7.4 million ($300,000 international).
4."A Walk in the Woods," $4.7 million ($300,000 international).
5."Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation," $4.2 million ($91.3 million international).
6."Straight Outta Compton," $4.1 million ($4.3 million international).
7."No Escape," $2.9 million ($1.5 million international).
8."Transporter Refueled," $2.7 million ($5.2 million international).
9."90 Minutes in Heaven," $2.2 million.
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Twelve months of labor will produce the Bears' decision with the 20th pick in the NFL draft Thursday night.
It's a long, winding process of evaluating players in many areas, including film study, off-field character studies and medical reports. Media and fans speculate with mock drafts without the benefit of medical information and sometimes keen insight into off-field pluses or minuses. Teams create mock draft boards to assess how the first round could fall and what will be available when their turn arrives.
In the Bears' case, they have the final pick of the 20 teams that did not reach the playoffs based on their 10-6 finish in 2012. That means they have a substantial wait to select who they hope soon will be a core player.
Some of it involves luck. The Bears selected Tommie Harris with the 14th pick in 2004 as the first defensive lineman to come off the board. They thought Harris could fall to them because of knee issues at Oklahoma that ultimately curtailed his NFL career after three Pro Bowl selections, but it wasn't a sure thing. Four wide receivers were drafted ahead of him. In the last seven drafts, 26 defensive linemen have been selected in the top 14 picks, so landing Harris as the first lineman that far down in the round was an anomaly.
General manager Phil Emery has three scenarios when the team goes on the clock sometime around 9 p.m. If a player the Bears have coveted is available there, they likely will make the pick without considering offers to trade down. If the Bears don't see such a player, Emery probably will work to move near the bottom of the first round and add depth to a draft that right now is without third- and seventh-round picks. If he can't find a suitable player or trade, the Bears will have to use the pick on someone they deem brings the most value.
"That whole grouping at 20, really you may end up having five, six players that you really feel comfortable (with)," Emery said. "You'll have two or three out in front that have a chance to come to you and then you'll include at least another four or five on the back end of that that you'll have in ranked order in case you trade back.
"… If the list is too small when it comes time to trade back and you don't feel comfortable, you have some tough decisions to make. You may have to move even further back into an area of value or you may have to take the best available player there if you don't find a trade."
Many evaluators believe a draft that lacks star quarterback power and a defined No. 1 pick, let alone a top five, has plenty of depth because there is a substantial group with solid second-round grades. The Bears select at No. 50 overall in Round 2 and a trade-down scenario could involve an extra pick in that round.
The key will be what is available at No. 20. The Giants pick at No. 19 and one scout for another team said he believes the franchises both could be eyeing Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert or a linebacker, a need for both defenses. Eifert could generate interest for teams seeking to trade up. Defensive line, cornerback and offensive line are also positions to watch for the Bears.
"You have to have some flexibility," Emery said. "But the planning process is far more important than the days of the draft."
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What's challah taste like? Just ask "Today" anchor Ann Curry.
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Rev. Gevan Spinney couldn't believe he was looking at such a good buck, and then he couldn't believe the distance.
But on Nov. 16, the Louisiana hunter dropped a 12-point buck while hunting in Lincoln Parish that scored almost 166 inches. Spinney told Louisiana Sportsman he thought the deer was closer at first look.
"When the buck stepped out, my eyeball estimate was about 250 yards," Spinney explained. "When I found the buck and put the range finder back on my box stand, I was astounded that the distance was actually 347 yards."
Spinney had seen a smaller buck and let it walk since was going to be hunting with his son the next day. Spinney had been hunting in the club on this parish property for 20 years and knew there were some good bucks there.
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Nick Mamatas has the best response I've yet seen to the frightening-but-somehow-amusing idea of "America's Book Millionaire" (impossible to excerpt, so go read it in full).
It made me think that a good "reality TV" show would not be one along these lines, but rather one that took a bunch of writers of vastly different sensibilities and temperaments and stuck them in a little house together. Call it "Fictional World".
For instance, maybe they could all go live with J.D. Salinger. Wouldn't that be fun? Who would be the contestants? J.D. Salinger, of course, since he's already there. And Stephen King. And Harold Bloom. And Stanley Crouch and Dale Peck for a little lighthearted slapping. Can't have only men, though. Camille Paglia's always fun to hang out with, and I'm sure she'd get along well with all the guys in the house. Maybe add Anne Rice for a fun dynamic, Toni Morrison for a mix of popularity and intellect, and Carole Maso as a wild card.
Need some young upstarts? Well, we could include Heidi Julavits to keep the snark levels low, and Jonathan Safran Foer to be a snark magnet.
If the first season is a hit, I can imagine all sorts of fun later. "Fictional World: Providence" could have various members of the Brown University faculty living with members of the H.P. Lovecraft Society. "Fictional World: New York" could make rural writers like Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder live with the "New York women" recently nominated for the National Book Award. "Fictional World: Oxford" would let M. John Harrison and David Brin live in Tolkien's house.
Oh, the possibilities....


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Seals and sea-lions gracefully careen through today's oceans with the help of legs that have become wide, flat flippers. But it was not always this way. Seals evolved from carnivorous ancestors that walked on land with sturdy legs; only later did these evolve into the flippers that the family is known for. Now, a beautifully…