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Jolts of color new trend in kitchen designs
The kitchen is the heart of the home. For many in Darien and New Canaan, this saying rings true as locals are reinvesting and redesigning the place where they spend the most time.
According to design authorities, like Better Homes & Gardens and HGTV, 2014 will bring new trends while expanding on old ones. Neutrals and classic design are still popular, while jolts of color and unique extras complement and enhance the natural beauty of a kitchen. Local designers agree.
Louise Pascal of True North Cabinets in New Canaan has noticed her clients like to have a focal point in their kitchens. Splashes of color bring a fresh and unique look to a neutral palette.
"A lot of people in 2014 will be using splashes of bright color," Pascal said. "We did a home where the island was painted cobalt blue. (That color) is supposed to be huge this year."
She notes that kitchens are more than just places to cook and eat -- they are areas for a family to hang out and enjoy their environment. And in order to do so, they want to personalize the space.
"There's a lot more self expression and ornamentation (lately). Homeowners aren't afraid to express their personality. We see a lot of jewel colors, gilded frames. The white kitchen will start getting a little old," Pascal said.
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One of Pascal's most memorable kitchens is one with a bright orange glass backsplash -- a very unique look, she said. Another interesting idea is stone.
"Our client wanted durability, an earthy look. We hung huge slabs on the hood wall where the range is. It's a huge trend to clad the wall with slab stone," she said. "It's very dramatic."
A green design continues to be popular with locals. Pascal has noticed her clients are looking for both style and sustainability.
"What we're seeing more of in 2014 is eco-friendly cabinets (which have) no added glues, binders and finishes. These are all growing in popularity," she said. "Much (typical) cabinetry from the Far East is loaded with formaldehyde."
But customers don't have to sacrifice their desired style for a green solution. "There's no change in the look."
Julie Pagnozzi Deterlizzi, the owner of D&D Fine Homes in Darien, said she also find that her clients are looking for a specific image.
"We're not very typical and nor is our audience in Darien," she said. "We cater to specific aesthetic -- (our clients) look for a sophisticated, transitional look. We do a range a lot of high-end homes and comprehensive designs."
Often homeowners look to hire a company that can provide all types of support -- from consultations to interior design to architectural advice to the actual construction. Both D&D and True North provide complete assistance to their clients from start to finish.
"I have an engineer, architect and designer (on staff)," Pagnozzi Deterlizzi said. "We work closely with our audience to create a cutting edge look."
Pagnozzi Deterlizzi has observed her clients prefer more twists on classic designs.
"The trends that we see are definitely a `less is more' look. We use high-grade porcelains from Italy and Spain," she said. "We've seen a departure from stone. Our clientele still appreciates beautiful classic marble, and a lot of customers look for an assortment of materials like metal or glass tiles. They're looking for more rectified, crisp look."
Custom designs are popular at D&D.
"We sell a lot of custom-made, one-of-a-kind plumbing fixture. Clients want a look that's complimentary. They don't want duplicative items that are pedestrian. There's a real desire to not have a commercial look," Pagnozzi Deterlizzi said.
Darienite Stephanie O'Malley hired True North Cabinets to redesign her kitchen last year. After a summer of design and construction, she came away with a highly functional, beautiful and personalized space.
O'Malley looked to Louise and Ken Pascal to guide her toward the future of kitchen design. She had renovated most of her house and the kitchen was last -- it had been nearly 20 years since it was last updated. She invited them in for a consultation and they ended up reconfiguring the entire room.
The first thing the designer said was "`it's dark in here -- how would you feel about getting more light?' So we ended up flipping the kitchen -- the eating space is now where cooking is and the cooking is where the sitting space is." O'Malley said she loved the idea "because it was creative and out of the box."
She finds it hard to pick just one favorite part of her new kitchen. She likes different things about each item in it, and how it came together.
"We picked charcoal gray countertops and the island is beautiful -- it's white with green quartz running through it. They guided us to chunky countertop -- it's spectacular. It's a really a focal point," she said. "We put a lot of thought into the space."
If any trend is the most popular, however, it would be the decision to redesign the kitchen in the first place, rather than move into a home that already has a kitchen that suits the homeowner's needs.
"We see people are interested in investing back into their homes and putting their signature into their homes," Pagnozzi Deterlizzi said.
Pascal agrees.
"One thing we've noticed is more people are staying in their home. People that were planning to move decided to stay and renovate the kitchen instead."
Belinda Stasiukiewicz is a freelance writer.


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One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash in Taranaki this evening.
An ambulance spokeswoman said the two-vehicle crash occurred on State Highway 3 near Eltham, about 45km south of New Plymouth, at 6.05pm.
One person died at the scene and another was taken to Taranaki Base Hospital with serious injuries.

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A new law in Delaware requires that individual health insurance plans provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Legislation being signed by Gov. Jack Markell on Monday requires coverage and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in individuals under 21 years old.
Senate Bill 22 also prohibits insurers from terminating or refusing to renew coverage to an individual solely because the individual or a family member is diagnosed with one of the autism spectrum disorders or has received treatment for autism spectrum disorders.
"We are supportive of the Bill and will make sure that those people with Autism get the services that they need," said Delaware Healthcare Association CEO Wayne Smith.
Markell's expected to sign the bill at an event at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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Teaching of Traditional American History (II-C-4)
The Teaching American History program supports student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history. According to the most recent statistics from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in U.S. history, only 17 percent of fourth-graders, 14 percent of eighth-graders, and 11 percent of 12th-graders scored proficient on the assessment; further, more than half of 12th graders did not reach the basic level. The Teaching American History program helps increase students' knowledge of history by providing funds to school districts to design, implement and demonstrate effective, research-based professional development programs. The program is predicated on the idea that students who know and appreciate American history will be well-prepared to understand and exercise their civic rights and responsibilities.
How It Works
This is a direct federal-to-local discretionary grant program that funds districts, in partnership with institutions with extensive content expertise in American history, to implement high-quality programs that enhance teachers' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of American history. Partnerships should develop and carry out programs that promote the teaching of American history as an academic subject separate from social studies.
Key Requirements
To be eligible, districts must partner with one or more of the following groups: an institution of higher education, a nonprofit history or humanities organization, a library, or a museum. At least one group must have content expertise in American history. Funds should be used to: (1) carry out activities that promote the teaching of American history as an academic subject separate from social studies, and (2) develop, implement and strengthen programs that improve the quality of instruction and the quality of professional development and teacher education activities with respect to American history.
How It Achieves Quality
Districts, working in partnership with groups that have content expertise in history, provide teachers with intensive content training in American history, as well as effective teaching strategies. Through these training activities, teachers gain a stronger understanding of the significant issues, episodes, individuals, and turning points in the history of the United States.
How Quality Is Measured
Grantees must submit annual evaluations to the U.S. Department of Education that demonstrate how their project improves the quality of instruction in American history.
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The cassava makes up part of the diet of nearly 600 million people worldwide. By inserting a bacterial version of the gene for starch production, scientists have come up with a super-sized cassava. Photo: David Monniaux.
Transgenic crops (GMCs: genetically modified crops), main products of agricultural biotechnology, are increasingly becoming a dominant feature of the agricultural landscapes of the USA and other countries such as China, Argentina, Mexico and Canada.
- Worldwide, the areas planted to transgenic crops jumped more than twenty-fold in the past six years, from3 million hectares in 1996 to nearly 44.2 million hectares in 2000. 10
- In the USA, Argentina and Canada, over half of the average for major crops such as soybean, corn and canola are planted in transgenic varieties.
- Herbicide resistant crops (HRCs) and insect resistant crops (Bt crops) accounted respectively for 59 and 15 percent of the total global area of all transgenic crops in 2000.
Transnational corporations (TNCs) such as Monsanto, DuPont, and Novartis, the main proponents of biotechnology, argue that carefully planned introduction of these crops should reduce or even eliminate the enormous crop losses due to weeds, insect pests, and pathogens. In fact, they argue that the use of such crops will have added beneficial effects on the environment by significantly reducing the use of agrochemicals.13 However, ecological theory predicts that as long as transgenic crops follow closely the pesticide paradigm prevalent in modern agriculture, such biotechnological products will do nothing but reinforce the pesticide treadmill in agroecosystems, thus legitimizing the concerns that many environmentalists and some scientists have expressed regarding the possible environmental risks of genetically engineered organisms. In fact, there are several widely accepted environmental drawbacks associated with the rapid deployment and widespread commercialization of such crops in large monocultures, including:3,21,25
the spread of transgenes to related weeds or conspecifics via crop-weed hybridization
reduction of the fitness of non-target organisms through the acquisition of transgenic traits via hybridization
the rapid evolution of resistance of insect pests such as Lepidoptera to Bt
accumulation of the insecticidal Bt toxin, which remains active in the soil after the crop is ploughed under and binds tightly to clays and humic acids;
disruption of natural control of insect pests through intertrophic-level effects of the Bt toxin on predators
unanticipated effects on non-target herbivorous insects (i.e., monarch butterflies) through deposition of transgenic pollen on foliage of surrounding wild vegetation14
vector-mediated horizontal gene transfer and recombination to create new pathogenic organisms
This paper will focus on the known effects of the two dominant types of GMCs: herbicide resistant crops (HRCs) and insect resistant crops (Bt).
Biotechnology, agrodiversity and farmers' options
The spread of transgenic crops threatens crop diversity by promoting monocultures which leads to environmental simplification and genetic erosion. History has repeatedly shown that uniformity characterizing agricultural areas sown to a smaller number of varieties is a source of increased risk for farmers, as the genetically homogeneous fields may be more vulnerable to disease and pest attack.22
Several people think that HRCs and Bt crops have been a poor choice of traits to feature the technology, given predicted environmental problems and the issue of resistance evolution. In fact, there is enough evidence to suggest that both these types of crops are not really needed to address the problems they were designed to solve. On the contrary, they tend to reduce the pest management options available to farmers. There are many alternative approaches, (e.g., rotations, polycultures, cover crops, biological control, etc.) that farmers can use to effectively regulate the insect and weed populations that are being targeted by the biotechnology industry. To the extent that transgenic crops further entrench the current monocultural system, they impede farmers from using a plethora of alternative methods. 2
Ecological effects of HRCs
Gene flow
Just as it occurs between traditionally improved crops and wild relatives, pollen mediates gene flow between GMCs and wild relatives or conspecifics despite all possible efforts to reduce it. Little is known about the long-term persistence of crop genes in wild populations or about the impact of fitness-related crop genes on the population dynamics of weedy relatives. The main concern with transgenes that confer significant biological advantages is that they may transform wild/weed plants into new or worse weeds.
Hybridization of HRCs with populations of free living relatives will make these plants increasingly difficult to control, especially if they are already recognized as agricultural weeds and if they acquire resistance to widely used herbicides. For example:
- Transgenic resistance to glufosinate can be passed on from Brassica napus to populations of weedy Brassica napa, and persist under natural conditions. 25
- In Europe there is a major concern about the possibility of pollen transfer of herbicide tolerant genes from Brassica oilseeds to Brassica nigra and Sinapis arvensis. 8
Economic and agronomic implications
World-wide in 2000, transgenic herbicide resistant crops were planted on 74% of the 44.2 million hectares devoted to transgenic crops. 10 In North America, transgenic glufosinate resistant cultivars of canola and corn, and transgenic glyphosate resistant cultivars of soybean, corn, cotton, and canola are now commercially available. Bromoxynil resistant transgenic cotton has also been developed. The so-called Round-up ready soybeans are the most prevalent GMCs.
Transgenic herbicide resistance in crop plants simplifies chemically based weed management because it typically involves compounds that are active on a very broad spectrum of weed species. Post-emergence application timing for these materials fits well with reduced or zero-tillage production methods, which can conserve soil and reduce fuel and tillage costs.6
However, HRCs also have significant problems.
Reliance on HRCs perpetuates the weed resistance problems and species shifts that are common to conventional herbicide based approaches.
Herbicide resistance becomes more of a problem as the number of herbicide modes of action to which weeds are exposed becomes fewer and fewer, a trend that HRCs may exacerbate due to market forces.
Given industry pressures to increase herbicide sales, acreage treated with broad-spectrum herbicides will expand, exacerbating the resistance problem. For example, it has been projected that the acreage treated with glyphosate will increase to nearly 150 million acres. Although glyphosate is considered less prone to weed resistance, the increased use of the herbicide will result in weed resistance, even if more slowly, as it has been already documented with Australian populations of annual ryegrass, quackgrass, birdsfoot trefoil and Cirsium arvense.7
Perhaps the greatest problem of using HRCs to solve weed problems is that they steer efforts away from crop diversification and help to maintain cropping systems dominated by one or two annual species. Crop diversification can
- reduce the need for herbicides
- improve soil and water quality
- minimize requirements for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer
- regulate insect pest and pathogen populations
- increase crop yields and reduce yield variance.
Thus, to the extent that transgenic HRCs inhibit the adoption of diversified cropping systems that include rotational crops, cover crops and green manure, they hinder the development of sustainable agriculture.
Ecological risks of Bt crops
Based on the fact that more than 500 species of pests have already evolved resistance to conventional insecticides, pests can also evolve resistance to Bt toxins present in transgenic crops. No one questions if Bt resistance will develop, the question is now how fast it will develop. Susceptibility to Bt toxins can therefore be viewed as a natural resource that could be quickly depleted by inappropriate use of Bt crops.15 However, cautiously restricted use of these crops should substantially delay the evolution of resistance. But is cautious use of Bt crops possible given commercial pressures that have resulted in a rapid rollout of Bt crops reaching 8.2 million hectares worldwide in 2000?
The refuge strategy of setting aside 20-30% of land to non-Bt crops to delay resistance is very difficult to implement regionally. Data from the Midwest shows that Bt corn saves on some insecticide use and yields are 2.4 Bu/acre higher than conventional corn but only under high European corn borer infestations (USDA 1999). On the other hand organic corn growers use no insecticides and obtain yields (4.8-9 t/ha) similar or slightly higher than conventional farmers (5.0-7.l t/ha).16
BT crops and beneficial insects
Bacillus thuringiensis proteins are becoming ubiquitous, highly bioactive substances in agroecosystems. Most non-target herbivores colonizing Bt crops in the field ingest plant tissue containing Bt protein which they can pass on to their natural enemies in a more or less processed form. Polyphagous natural enemies (polyphagous: subsisting on many kinds of foods) that move between crop cultures are found to frequently encounter Bt-containing non-target herbivorous prey in more than one crop. This is a major ecological concern given previous studies that documented that Cry1 Ab adversely affected the predaceous lacewing Chrysoperla carnea reared on Bt corn-fed prey larvae.9
These findings are problematic for small farmers in developing countries who rely on insect pest control, which involves a complexity of predators in their mixed cropping systems.1 Research shows that natural enemies can be affected directly through inter-trophic level effects of the toxin present in Bt crops. This raises serious concerns about the potential disruption of natural pest control, as polyphagous predators will encounter Bt-containing, non-target prey that move within and between crop cultivars throughout the crop season. Disrupted biocontrol mechanisms will likely result in increased crop losses due to pests or to the increased use of pesticides by farmers with consequent health and environmental hazards.
Effects on the soil ecosystem
The possibilities for soil biota to be exposed to transgenic products are very high. The little research conducted in this area has already demonstrated:4, 18, 23
- There is long term persistence of insecticidal products (Bt and proteinase inhibitors) in soil.
- The insecticidal toxin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurskatki remain active in the soil, where it binds rapidly and tightly to clays and humic acids.
- The bound toxin retains its insecticidal properties and is protected against microbial degradation by being bound to soil particles, persisting in various soils for at least 234 days.
- The presence of the toxin in exudates from Bt corn and verified that it was active in an insecticidal bioassay using larvae of the tobacco hornworm.
Given the persistence and the possible presence of exudates, there is potential for prolonged exposure of the microbial and invertebrate community to such toxins, and therefore studies should evaluate the effects of transgenic plants on both microbial and invertebrate communities and the ecological processes they mediate.3
If transgenic crops substantially alter soil biota and affect processes such as soil organic matter decomposition and mineralization, this would be of serious concern to organic farmers and most poor farmers in the developing world. These farmers cannot purchase or don't want to use expensive chemical fertilizers. They rely instead on local residues, organic matter and especially soil organisms for soil fertility (e.g., key invertebrate, fungal or bacterial species) which can be affected by the soil bound toxin. Soil fertility could be dramatically reduced if crop leachates inhibit the activity of the soil biota and slow down natural rates of decomposition and nutrient release.
General Conclusions and Recommendations
The available independently generated scientific information suggests that
- the massive use of transgenic crops poses substantial potential risks from an ecological point of view *the ecological effects are not limited to pest resistance and creation of new weeds or virus strains11
- transgenic crops can produce environmental toxins that move through the food chain and also may end up in the soil and water affecting invertebrates and probably ecological processes such as nutrient cycling3
- no one can really predict the long-term impacts that will result from such massive deployment of such crops.
Not enough research has been done to evaluate the environmental and health risks of transgenic crops, an unfortunate trend. Most scientists feel that such knowledge is crucial to have before biotechnological innovations are implemented. There is a clear need to further assess the severity, magnitude and scope of risks associated with the massive field deployment of transgenic crops. Much of the evaluation of risks must move beyond comparing GMC fields and conventionally managed systems to include alternative cropping systems featuring crop diversity and low-external input approaches. This will allow real risk/benefit analysis of transgenic crops in relation to known and effective alternatives.
Moreover, the large-scale landscape homogenization with transgenic crops will exacerbate the ecological problems already associated with monoculture agriculture. Unquestioned expansion of this technology into developing countries may not be wise or desirable. There is strength in the agricultural diversity of many of these countries, and it should not be inhibited or reduced by extensive monoculture, especially when consequences of doing so results in serious social and environmental problems.2
The repeated use of transgenic crops in an area may result in cumulative effects such as those resulting from the buildup of toxins in soils. For this reason, risk assessment studies not only have to be of an ecological nature in order to capture effects on ecosystem processes, but also of sufficient duration so that probable accumulative effects can be detected. The application of multiple diagnostic methods will provide the most sensitive and comprehensive assessment of the potential ecological impact of transgenic crops.
Although biotechnology is an important tool, at this point alternative solutions exist to address the problems that current GMCs, developed mostly by profit motives, are designed to solve. The dramatic positive effects of rotations, multiple cropping, and biological control on crop health, environmental quality and agricultural productivity have been confirmed repeatedly by scientific research. Biotechnology should be considered as one more tool that can be used, provided the ecological risks are investigated and deemed acceptable, in conjunction with a host of other approaches to move agriculture towards sustainability.17
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This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file for the "Arnold Arboretum" (with photographs) and other source material about the arboretum and Frederick Law Olmsted. Arnold Arboretum was written by Alan Banks, Park Ranger at Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. It was edited by Fay Metcalf, education consultant, and the Teaching with Historic Places staff. The lesson was developed as a cooperative effort between the park and Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
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Reid cites dad's suicide in gun debate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid again took the Senate floor to make a very personal plea on Tuesday morning for a vote on gun control legislation.
The Nevada Democrat mentioned the suicide of his father, which happened in 1972. Reid pointed out that as a state lawmaker, he authored a bill to require waiting periods for handgun purchases.
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"In Nevada, if you purchase a handgun, you have to wait three days to pick it up," Reid said. "And it is believed that alone has saved the lives of many people. Sometimes people in a fit of passion will purchase a handgun to do bad things with it, Mr. President, even as my dad did — killed himself. Waiting a few days helps."
It was the second day that Reid took to the floor to call for Republicans to drop their promises of a filibuster on gun legislation.
"I hope Republicans will stop trying to shut down debate," Reid said.
( Also on POLITICO: New gun control strategy: Tax 'em)
He again criticized those Republicans who have called for amendment processes for other bills but are now trying to stop amendments from being considered on a gun bill.
"I was relatively kind of stunned when I got a letter during our break from 13 Republican senators," Reid said. "They're the same senators who scream the most about regular order and amendments."
( PHOTOS: Politicians speak out on gun control)
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office said he would vote against cloture should Reid attempt to move the bill with his own name that includes universal background checks and increased penalties for straw purchases.


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so like, we know from spoilers that there possibly could have been a VERY short pit stop.... my guess? its a TBC! it seems that the challenges in the leg (shemozzle racing, atv, jet boat) are very linear, so it would've been easy to execute a leg..... this is just a theoryif we see any confessionals from sneak peeks, we should check the backgrounds in case they are from Indonesia, then we'd be right!
While checking in at the Pit Stop in Christchurch, New Zealand, YouTube hosts Joey (left) and Meghan (right) find that they are still racing on THE AMAZING RACE.
First time EVER that a KOR leg continues on to A DIFFERENT COUNTRY! This has never been done before
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Fasting is the single greatest natural healing therapy. It is nature's ancient, universal "remedy" for many problems. Animals instinctively fast when ill. When I first discovered fasting, 15 years ago, I felt as if it had saved my life and transformed my illnesses into health. My stagnant energies began flowing, and I became more creative and vitally alive. I still find fasting both a useful personal tool and an important therapy for many medical and life problems.
Of course, most of the problems for which I recommend fasting as treatment are ones that result from overnutrition rather than malnutrition. Dietary abuse problems, more common in the Western world than in Third World countries, generate many of the chronic degenerative diseases that I have written so much about; these include atherosclerosis, hypertension and heart disease, allergies, diabetes, and cancer. I believe that fasting is therapeutic and, more importantly, preventive for many of these conditions and more.
As I use the term here, fasting is the avoidance of solid food and the intake of liquids only (true fasting would be the total avoidance of anything by mouth). The most stringent form of fasting is taking only water; more liberally, fasting includes the use of fresh juices made from fruits and vegetables as well as herbal teas. All of these limited diets generate varying degrees of detoxification—that is, elimination of toxins from the body. Individual experiences with fasting depend on the condition of the body (also mind and attitude). Detoxification might be intense and temporarily increase sickness or might be immediately helpful and uplifting.
Juice fasting is commonly used (rather than water alone) as a mild and effective cleansing plan; this is suggested by myself and other doctors and authors and by many of the European fasting clinics. Fresh juices are easily assimilated and require minimum digestion, while they supply many nutrients and stimulate our body to clear its wastes. Juice fasting is also safer than water fasting, because it supports the body nutritionally while cleansing and probably even produces a better detoxification and quicker recovery.
Fasting (cleansing, detoxification) is one part of the triology of nutrition; balancing and building (toning) are the others. I believe that fasting is the "missing link" in the Western diet. Most people overeat, eat too often, and eat a high-protein, high-fat, rich-food, building and congesting diet more consistently than they need. If we regularly eat a more balanced and well-combined diet, such as my Ideal Diet, we will have less need for fasting and toning plans, although both would still be required at certain intervals throughout the year.
In a sense, detoxification is an important corrective and rejuvenative process in our cycle of nutrition. It is a time when we allow our cells and organs to breathe out, become current, and restore themselves. We do not necessarily need to fast to experience some cleansing, however. Minor shifts in the diet such as including more fluids, more raw foods, and fewer congesting foods will allow for better detoxification; for a carnivore, for example, a vegetarian or macrobiotic diet will be cleansing and purifying. The general process of detoxification is discussed thoroughly in the General Detoxification program; here we focus on fluid fasting—its history, therapeutic use, benefits, contraindications, and, of course, how to do it, along with other aspects of lifestyle that support fasting.
Fasting is a time-proven remedy. Its use goes back many thousands of years, really to the beginning of life forms. As a healing process and spiritual-religious process, it has continued to be more intelligently applied, we hope, in the last several thousand years.
Voluntary abstinence from food has been a tradition in most religions and is clearly a spiritual purification rite. Many religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and the Eastern religions, have encouraged fasting for a variety of reasons, such as penitence, preparation for ceremony, purification, mourning, sacrifice and union with God, and the enhancement of knowledge and powers. From Moses, Elijah, and Daniel to Christ, the Bible is filled with fasters, who employed it to assist their purification and communion with God. Fasts as long as 40 days were employed to cleanse people of sins and the "devil."
The Essenes, authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, also advocated fasting to purify themselves and commune with God. This was one of their primary healing methods. The Essene Gospel of Peace, transcribed by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely from the third-century Aramaic manuscript, suggests that Satan, his evil spirits, and his plagues will be cast out of our being by fasting and prayer. The Essenes believed that disease came from Satan (they claimed that it took three days without food to starve Satan) and from sins upon our body—the temple, which must be purified for God to reside there. To bring God into our life more completely, we would fast on water and "go to the waters (stream, lake) and find a hollow reed, insert it in our rear ends and flush the evils from our bowels."
For many philosophers, scientists, and physicians, fasting was an essential part of life, health, and the healing process needed to recreate health where there was sickness. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Galen, Paracelsus, and Hippocrates all used and believed in fasting therapy. Most spiritual teachers also recommend fasting as a useful tool. In a booklet from the 1947 lecture entitled Healing by God's Unlimited Power, Paramahansa Yogananda suggested that fasting is a way to increase our natural resistance to disease, stating that "Fasting is a natural method of healing. When animals or savages are sick, they fast." He continued, "Most diseases can be cured by judicious fasting. Unless one has a weak heart, regular short fasts have been recommended by the yogis as an excellent health measure." Yogananda referred to an Armenian doctor, Grant Sarkisyan, who had treated many patients successfully with fasting therapy for such disorders as asthma, skin diseases, digestive problems, and early stages of atherosclerosis and hypertension.
Throughout the centuries, many doctors have treated a variety of patients and maladies with fasting, acknowledging that ignorance (of how to live in accordance with nature) may be our greatest disease. Knowledge, not necessarily from books, but our inherent and experienced knowing of how to live according to the natural laws and spiritual truth, leads to the sacred wisdom of life and subsequent good health. Knowing when and how long to fast is part of this knowledge. Through fasting, we can turn our energies inward, where we can use them for healing, clarity, and change.
Physicians with a spiritual orientation tend to be more inclined than others to employ fasting, both personally and medically. Many of my life transitions were acknowledged, stimulated, and supported through fasting; and when I felt blocked or needed creative juice in my writing, fasting would be very useful. In Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet, Gabriel Cousens, M.D., a California physician and spiritual teacher, includes an excellent chapter on fasting in which he describes his concepts of fasting and his own 40-day fast. According to Dr. Cousens,
From a medical point of view, I believe that fasting is not utilized often enough. We go on vacations from work to relax, recharge, and to gain new perspectives on our life; why not take occasional breaks from food? Or, for that matter, we might consider fasts from phones, cars, computers, talking, or from whatever activity/consumption we feel is excessive. Most people cannot break out of the conditioned pattern of eating three meals daily. Eating is a habit, an addiction. Most of us do not need nearly the amounts (and types) of food we consume. I have discussed allergy-addiction in many sections of this book; in a sense, eating itself is an allergy-addiction. When we stop and let our stomach remain empty, our body goes into an elimination cycle, and most people, especially when toxicity exists, will experience some "withdrawal" symptoms, such as headaches, irritability, or fatigue (only pure hunger is a clear sign of need for food). When they eat again, their withdrawal symptoms subside, and they feel better. This situation is worse when it involves allergic people eating allergenic foods.
I believe that fasting is one of the best overall healing methods because it can be applied to so many conditions and people. Those who are acid, sympathetic, or yang types, who tend to develop congestive symptoms and diseases rather than those of deficiency, do better on fasting than do other types. Some acid conditions, including colds, flus, bronchitis, mucus congestion, and constipation, can lead to headaches, other intestinal problems, skin conditions, and many other ailments. Those who follow a basic, wholesome, and balanced diet such as outlined in this book have less need to fast or detoxify, although on occasion it is a good idea for anyone, provided that they are not undernourished. Most of us living in Western, industrialized nations are mixed types, with both overnutrition and undernutrition. We may take in excessive amounts of potentially toxic nutrients, such as fats and chemicals, and inadequate amounts of many essential vitamins and minerals. Juice fasting supplies some of these needed nutrients and allows the elimination of toxins. Excess mucus and clogging of the eliminative systems constitute the basic process of congestive diseases; deficiency problems result from poor nourishment or ineffective digestion/assimilation.
In the General Detoxification program, a number of symptoms and diseases of toxicity that can be alleviated by detoxification are discussed. Juice fasting is mentioned as part of the treatment plans in many other sections as well. It can be used to detoxify from drugs or whenever we want to embark on a new plan or life transition, provided that there are no contraindications to fasting (discussed later in this section). Fasting is very versatile and generally fairly safe; however, when it is used in the treatment of medical conditions, proper supervision should be employed, including monitoring of physical changes and biochemistry values. Many doctors, clinics, acupuncturists, nutritionists, and chiropractors feel comfortable overseeing people during fasting.


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>>>Athlete of the Week Archive
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Senior Martin Dewald (Mannheim, Germany) of the No. 4 Georgia College & State University baseball team (39-15) was named GCSU Athlete of the Week for the week ending May 16. This is the second such honor for Dewald this season and the fifth for the Bobcat baseball squad.
Dewald led the Bobcats to the Southeast Regional Championship title tossing two complete games for a combined ERA of 1.50 in his two appearances. In the 4-3 win over Mount Olive College May 13, the righty allowed three hits and one walk, while striking out five batters.
Dewald impressed yet again in the championship game May 16, as the 'Cats squared off against Francis Marion University. The senior was lights-out in the 9-0 contest, giving up just six hits, walking none and fanning eight. For the week, the German native allowed three runs, walked one and sat down 13 batters over 18 innings.
Advancing to the World Series for the first time since 1995, the Bobcats open up play Saturday in Cary, N.C. taking on No. 1-ranked UC-San Diego at 5 p.m.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Profit-disaster CEO at Blue Coat: I'll get my coat
Mine's the one with the pink slip in the pocket
Blue Coat boss Michael Borman has fallen on his sword following declining sales and profits in fiscal first quarter 2012.
The web security and WAN optimisation minnow saw sales come in at $109.5m (£66.7m) down 9 per cent sequentially and 11 per cent on last year, as profits fell 70 per cent quarter-on-quarter to $2.7m (£1.6m) and 81 per cent on Q1 2010.
The exit of Borman, who only joined the firm early September last year – he had previously been CEO at Avocent – was confirmed at the same time as the numbers.
"Our first quarter results were disappointing as they came in below our expectations," said David Hanna, chairman at Blue Coat. "We are taking the necessary actions."
His replacement, Gregory Clark – most recently president and CEO at enterprise software group Minicom – is set to join Blue Coat from the middle of next month in the same roles.
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Rolling along, Rangers get Beltre back Friday
SEATTLE -- The Rangers were 4-4 and a third-place team after Adrian Beltre's last game. Fifteen days later, they have won 10 of 14 and are in first place in the American League West.
The Rangers will still welcome him back Friday even if it means Kevin Kouzmanoff -- who has been one of their hottest hitters -- has to take a seat on the bench.
SEATTLE -- The Rangers were 4-4 and a third-place team after Adrian Beltre's last game. Fifteen days later, they have won 10 of 14 and are in first place in the American League West.
The Rangers will still welcome him back Friday even if it means Kevin Kouzmanoff -- who has been one of their hottest hitters -- has to take a seat on the bench.
"He means a lot," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "Beltre is our leader and he's our guy, and we'll be happy to get him back."
Beltre, who has been sidelined with a strained left quad muscle, is one of a Major League-high 11 players on Texas' disabled list. The Rangers' mantra going into the season was to try to stay afloat until they started getting key players healthy. Instead the injuries keep mounting and the Rangers keep winning, even when there was a point in Tuesday's 5-4 victory over the Athletics when the three batters due up in the sixth inning were Luis Sardinas, Donnie Murphy and Robinson Chirinos.
They were hitting in the fifth, sixth and seventh spots in the order. Three years ago, in their run to a second World Series, the Rangers probably would have had Nelson Cruz, Mike Napoli and David Murphy hitting in those spots.
But Donnie Murphy and fellow utility vagabond Josh Wilson are thriving in key roles, Kouzmanoff has been reborn as a Major League player and Chirinos suddenly looks like a maestro in working with Rangers pitchers. While Beltre has been down, Prince Fielder and Mitch Moreland have yet to get going at the plate, but all three outfielders -- Shin-Soo Choo, Leonys Martin and Alex Rios -- are all hitting .300 or better.
Matt Harrison and Derek Holland have yet to throw a pitch, but Martin Perez has been almost lights out and so too has Yu Darvish, even if his run support is negligible. Despite all the injuries, Texas' rotation is 7-4 with a 3.45 ERA, fourth-lowest in the American League.
The bullpen is also starting to come together now that Alexi Ogando has figured out his delivery and Joakim Soria has been solid at the back of the line at a time when many managers -- Oakland's Bob Melvin foremost among them -- are still trying to identify a closer.
The Rangers aren't winning with the plan they drew up in the offseason, but they are still winning and it may have something to do more with the culture of the team that has been in place long before Choo and Fielder were acquired.
"We're the Texas Rangers, we play the game for nine innings, we play the game hard and we enjoy it," Washington said. "That's the way we've always been. Our character hasn't changed, we just had to make sure we were all on the same page. It all depends on the attitude you have.
"We talked about attitude in Spring Training and it's showing. We don't have the guys we're supposed to have, so we have to care about what we do have. Just because you don't have who you want doesn't mean you can't win games."
So Beltre comes back Friday night and Harrison is scheduled to pitch Sunday for the first time in over a year. The Rangers still don't know if Choo will have to go on the disabled list with a sprained left foot, but Michael Choice was on base five times in 10 plate appearances, plus a game-winning RBI as the leadoff hitter in the last two wins of an improbable sweep of the Athletics.
Choo's ankle problem doesn't seem as tough as Jim Adduci going down with a broken finger right when he was finding his niche in the Majors as a productive role player after 10 years of wandering through the Minors, or Pedro Figueroa going down with a bad elbow after starting to conquer his command and control demons.
The script keeps getting altered day after day as outfielder Dan Robertson arrives from the obscurity of the Padres' farm system and spot starter Nick Martinez is now suddenly the best candidate as the long reliever. Maybe all of this is why general manager Jon Daniels posed the question earlier this week, wondering if all of this was Washington's best managing job.
That's to be determined, and the possibility still exists the Rangers could struggle as the season progresses and the disabled list doesn't start getting pared down to a more manageable single-digit number.
But as Washington always says, it's not the best team that wins, but the team that plays the best. The Rangers have always known that, and so far, they continue to prove it.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.


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S&P 500 futures have fallen 0.5%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have dropped 0.5%.
International Game Technology (IGT) has dropped 13% to $15.40 after the maker of casino games missed earnings estimates and and said its full-year earnings would come in at the bottom of its forecasted range.
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TUCSON, Ariz. - Three sisters who escaped after being held captive in Arizona for up to two years by their mother and stepfather were confined in filthy conditions in a house with elaborate security and crudely sound-proofed rooms, police said.
TUCSON, Ariz. � Three sisters who escaped after being held captive in Arizona for up to two years by their mother and stepfather were confined in filthy conditions in a house with elaborate security and crudely sound-proofed rooms, police said.
Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said at a news conference yesterday that the house in which the malnourished girls were held in filthy conditions had been elaborately alarmed.
�Their movements were controlled � when, where and how they went to the bathroom, when they were fed,� and they had not seen each other for much of that time, he said.
Loud music was continuously played in the girls� bedrooms, and towels had been stuffed into ducts and under the doors in an apparent attempt to muffle sound, Villasenor said.
The girls� ordeal came to light early on Tuesday when the two younger sisters, ages 12 and 13, managed to run to a neighbor�s house and told them that their stepfather had kicked in their bedroom door and tried to attack them with a knife, according to police.
In a subsequent search of the house, police said they discovered a 17-year-old girl locked in another bedroom and arrested the mother and stepfather.
Stepfather Fernando Richter, 34, and mother, Sophia Richter, 32, were charged with emotional and physical child abuse and kidnapping. The stepfather also is charged with one count of sexual abuse of a child younger than 15.
More charges are expected, Villasenor said.
The girls have been evaluated by doctors and are under the supervision of Child Protective Services, Villasenor said.
Officers also are examining a journal kept by the 17-year-old girl � covering more than 18 months of captivity and abuse � which the police chief declined to describe in detail.
The teenager kept the journal in a satchel with a photo of singer Enrique Iglesias throughout her ordeal. She was overjoyed when the photo was returned yesterday, Villasenor said.
Sophia Richter told police her daughters were home-schooled. The couple has been together for about 10 years, but married for only three or four, and there is evidence that the girls were held against their will in at least one of the family�s former homes as well, the chief said.
Fernando and Sophia Richter are being held in the Pima County jail, with bond set at $100,000 and $75,000, respectively.


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Earlier this month, AgWeb editor Greg Vincent and I sat down with Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the U.S. president, at the Missouri capital. After a day of visiting with Missouri legislatures to keep Missouri's puppy mill law in place, Pacelle said he and his staff also wanted to "challenge some of the false notions about the Humane Society of the United States," he said.
Throughout the interview, Pacelle emphasized his organization's desire to enter into discussions with U.S. farmers. "I think the agreement we hatched in Ohio was I thought a great example. We were heading toward a ballot initiative and then we all sat down together…and we crafted a solution that none of us felt entirely good about but that we all felt we could move forward with," he says.
"Do you think the measures like in Ohio will work in every state? Is that something you are looking for from Missouri?" I asked.
"You know, I've stated publically before that we are not looking to do any ballot initiative in Missouri on farm animal welfare," Pacelle said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because we just decided that we are not going to do it," Pacelle said.
"Do you think Missouri farmers are better at producing their animals?" I asked.
"Well, I think what we want is a general principle, not just in Missouri, is we want to have more dialogue and more discussion, which is part of the reason I'm talking to you guys. We want to have this discussion with farmers," he replied.
What are acceptable production practices? "I just visited one of our member's farms in Nebraska that was a cattle ranch, 1,000 cattle, and I think they are doing a fabulous job. In fact we are forming a national farmers and ranchers council for the Humane Society of the United States," Pacelle said.
"Can you describe some of the practices he was engaging in that would make this an ideal situation?" Vincent asked.
"Well, I think you haven't ever really heard any big criticisms on the production side of cattle production from the humane society," Pacelle said. "Cattle are generally in extensive systems, they are grazing, they have outdoor access. We have been concerned about downer cows. We have advocated for a no downer policy and we think that is a sensible policy from an animal care perspective as well as from the beef industry's perspective. Frankly the beef industry has gotten more the shaft on this issue than more of a dairy issue."
Money and image. HSUS has been most critiqued in regards to financial transparency and their image as an umbrella animal shelter organization. "We have it on our website that we don't run the shelters—we support the shelters, help set standards, publish the magazine for the field, have the national trade show, but there is no group that runs the shelters," Pacelle said.
"You can not measure the direct care work of an organization by saying well the only stuff that counts are the grants they give to local shelters. We have the biggest network of animal care centers in the United States. We have a national veterinary core that deals with thousands of animals. We treat in rural areas where there are no vets. We have an emergency response unit that deploys to raid cock fights and dog fights , deal with puppy mills that go awry—any sort of animal crisis situation.
"We spend millions, tens of millions on direct care of animals…We have our own experts; we have our own staff that give animal care we don't need to give money to another group," he said.
"How much money do you spend directly on animal welfare research through the Humane Society?" I asked.
"Well we don't need to do research to say that dog fighting is wrong. It's wrong and we stop it. Cockfighting—," he said.
"Let's take it back to the ag community," I said.
"We have an agreement with the Ohio groups to together spend money on research to solve some of these issues and to give farmers best practices in moving forward with animal production strategies," Pacelle said. "But you know the whole thing that—HSUS is one group. What do all the farm groups spend on research? I mean, why is all the scrutiny on HSUS about trying to micromanage everything we do? We do things because that is what our board and our members want. The reason groups are concerned about us is because we are very effective."
"What credibility does HSUS offer more than veterinarians and industry professionals? Where does that authority come from?" I asked.
"The authority comes from—these are moral questions. I mean, the Humane Society has veterinarians, it has animal scientists, it has a whole scientific convey of people. We are not saying that we need to germinate every idea, just like no individual association need to generate every idea about animal welfare. Science happens in a lot of places and you aggregate that information and you move forward with the best information in order to make science based decisions. But science alone doesn't give you the answer. Science and values together give you answers. And that is where the Humane Society has moved forward.
"One can chose to be completely adversarial about it and say the Humane Society 'they don't do enough of this and they don't do enough of that,' or we can begin to have a dialogue to solve some of these issues. Because I assure you that the initiative process is not the way we want to solve the issue. We want to have a discussion and move forward cooperatively and Ohio provides a great case example of how to do that."


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(Arnold-Chiari Malformation; Type II Chiari Malformation; Cerebellomedullary Malformation Syndrome)
Arnold-Chiari syndrome is a series of nervous system symptoms related to a deformity of the skull.
This condition is often present at birth, but can also develop later in life. Some people with mild forms of this syndrome may never know they have the condition. For others it can be more severe. These severe forms will need treatment.
Arnold-Chiari syndrome is caused by a problem in the back of the skull. The skull should have an indented space in the back of the head. The rear lower part of the brain and the brainstem are in this space. In some people, this indented skull space does not develop well. This is called Chiari malformation. The space inside the skull is too small for the brain. As a result, the brain and brain stem are pushed downward. It blocks the flow of fluid from the brain to the spinal column.
The problem with the skull develops before birth. It is not clear why it happens. In some cases, it occurs with a myelomeningocele, which is a form of spina bifida or syringomyelia, which is fluid cavites in the spinal cord.
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Risk Factors
There are no known risk factors for Chiari malformation. There may be a genetic connection in some families.
Symptoms in infants are due to pressure on the lower part of the brain and brainstem. They may include:
- Vomiting
- Weakness
- Paralysis of the limbs
- Choking
- Chronic cough or hoarseness
Symptoms in adolescents are usually milder and may include:
- Lightheadedness
- Fainting
- Weakness in the legs
- Headaches
- Inability to hear or ringing in the ears
- Eye problems such as difficulty seeing, eye pain, and rapid eye movement
- Poor coordination
- Uncontrolled shaking or trembling
- Difficulty walking
- Numbness or tingling in the arms or legs
You will be asked about symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Imaging tests evaluate the brain and skull. These may include:
Special studies may also be done to evaluate the flow of fluid around your brain and spinal cord.
Treatment will be based on individual symptoms and the degree of pressure on the brain. For example:
- Physical or occupational therapy can help improve muscular coordination and trembling. Braces or a wheelchair may also be needed.
- Speech therapy for speech or swallowing problems.
- Medication to help manage headaches and pain.
- The malformation may also block the flow of fluid in the brain and spine. Surgery may be needed to correct the flow of fluid.
- Surgery may also be done to release compression of the brain.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you.
There is no known way to prevent Arnold-Chiari syndrome. Genetic counseling may help parents of a child with this condition to determine the risk in future children.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
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Chiari malformations. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Chiari malformation information page. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at:
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Hekman KE, Aliaga L, et al. Positive and negative predictors for good outcome after decompressive surgery for Chiari malformation type 1 as scored on the Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale. Nuerol Res. 2012;34(7):694-700.
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NASHVILLE – The Bright House Sports Network will broadcast Lipscomb's Feb. 20 men's basketball game at Mercer in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay media markets, the Atlantic Sun conference announced Friday.
Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) will distribute and also broadcast the game as part of its weekly Atlantic Sun Game of the Week. The addition of the Bright House Sports Network's 1.6 million viewers boosts the total number of cable subscribers able to view the action to more than seven million.
Bright House will carry four CSS Games of the Week this season.
"We are excited about expanding media distribution of the A-Sun product into new markets in Central Florida," said John Zarzycki, President of Rights Marketing Group LLC. "We also appreciate having the good folks at Bright House as working partners."
"Bright House Sports Network is pleased to bring Atlantic Sun Conference basketball action to our avid sports fans in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay markets," station manager Paul Kosuth said.
Bright House Sports Network, the leader in local sports, is a 24-hour local sports network dedicated to sports fans in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay areas. It produces over 5,500 hours of local sports programming each year. Its strength is in our approach to covering local sports and the sports franchises that make up our communities. Bright House Sports Network provides a comprehensive and entertaining source of local sports news and programming.
The Atlantic Sun Conference is an 11-member league committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun stands for achievement with integrity in both the academic and athletic arenas, with a focus on the balance between the two for our student-athletes. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.


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Fielder highlights Rangers on All-Star ballot
SEATTLE -- Prince Fielder likes the Home Run Derby. He has won it twice and would be more than happy to participate again this summer at Target Field in Minnesota.
"I just like to do it because my kids like it and it's fun competition," Fielder said.
SEATTLE -- Prince Fielder likes the Home Run Derby. He has won it twice and would be more than happy to participate again this summer at Target Field in Minnesota.
"I just like to do it because my kids like it and it's fun competition," Fielder said.
Fielder won the Derby with the Brewers in 2009 and again with the Tigers in 2012. He and Ken Griffey Jr. are the only two-time winners of the event held the day before the All-Star Game. Other players have expressed concern the Derby has a negative impact on their swing, but Fielder doesn't see it that way.
"It's never bothered me as far as my swing," Fielder said. "Sometimes it helps get an aggressive swing going if anything."
Fielder has played in five All-Star Games and is one of nine Rangers who are on the ballot in the fans voting for this year's starting lineups. Also on the ballot are third baseman Adrian Beltre, shortstop Elvis Andrus, designated hitter Mitch Moreland, outfielders Shin-Soo Choo, Leonys Martin and Alex Rios, injured catcher Geovany Soto and second baseman Jurickson Profar.
Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com and all 30 club sites -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15.
Fans may submit up to 25 online ballots, but they can also earn a one-time bonus of 10 additional online ballots. To access these additional online ballots, you must be logged into your MLB.com account when you submit any online ballot. If you do not have an MLB.com account, register on the site in accordance with the enrollment instructions for a free MLB.com account.
Fans this year once again can participate in the Home Run Derby Fan Poll. Fans will have the opportunity to select three players in each league who they would most like to see participate in the Home Run Derby. The 2014 Home Run Derby will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio in the United States beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, July 14.
The 2014 American League and National League All-Star teams will be unveiled on the 2014 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show during the weekend of July 5-6, with further details to follow on MLB.com. Immediately following the announcement of the AL and NL All-Star rosters, fans can begin voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans will cast their votes from a list of five players from each league over the balloting period.
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Beltre has been to three All-Star Games while Andrus and Rios have been to the All-Star Game twice. Rios went in 2006-07 while with the Blue Jays while Andrus represented the Rangers as a reserve in 2010 and 2012. Moreland, Martin and Choo are hoping for their first All-Star selection.
The Rangers did not have a player in the starting lineup last year in New York for the first time since 2007. Outfielder Nelson Cruz was selected as a reserve while Yu Darvish and Joe Nathan were named to the pitching staff. Darvish has been selected to two All-Star Games but has yet to pitch.
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Langdon Clay, longtime head of the Memorial Art Gallery's education department, passed away following a short illness on November 8, 2012.
During Clay's 33 years at MAG, he not only headed the education department but also was one of the organizers of MAG's first Clothesline Festival in 1956. In the early days, he even sold hot dogs and pop at the Festival's only food stand.
After retiring in 1985, Clay continued to be a familiar presence at MAG, where he was a regular student in Creative Workshop ceramics classes. And his granddaughter, Samantha Clay Reagan, is carrying on the family tradition as the morning registrar and a frequent teacher at the Workshop.
In November 2011, Clay was honored for his "lifetime of prolific service to the arts and history" by the Western New York Association of Historical Agencies. The award cited his long service at MAG and 16 years as curator of the Honeoye Historical Society.
"He was a truly wonderful man and we already miss him dearly," wrote his son, Daniel, in announcing his death." Over the past few weeks his health declined rapidly, as you know, but during that time he was able to say good bye to all of his five living children, fourteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren and many friends."
"He remains one the Gallery heroes," says director Grant Holcomb. "We are fortunate to have known him."
The family requests that gifts in Lang's memory be made to the Langdon and Ellen Clay Endowment Fund. How to donate
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Pictured: (Above) Lang Clay gives a tour to schoolchildren in 1962. (Right) In the ceramics studio, 2010. Photo by Larry Merrill.


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I am visiting a farm, as I do frequently for my job.
The Hispanic workers help me set up some of my equipment. The "girl" can't possibly carry and attach all this equipment on her own. I finish attaching 12 units while they struggle with their second and third.
"Wow, this hard job for you, girl!"
I get the impression he is impressed.
A different worker walks past me, avoiding eye contact. He mutters in Spanish, something about bonita. He is testing me to see how much I understand. I can't catch my reaction quick enough, and he sees that I understood.
He starts talking to me every chance he gets, in broken English. He tells me I look like a princess. He tells me all the workers say I must be a princess. I'm wearing three layers of clothing and I'm spattered in cow manure. The only skin showing is my face, acne on full display. I try not to get flustered. I mention my husband. He asks for my Twitter handle. I lie, telling him I don't have one. He talks to me every chance he gets for the next ten hours.
I make small talk with the farm owner.
"My niece is a female police officer!"
Does he think I forgot her gender between the words "is" and "a"? I think he brought it up because both her and I have chosen "male" careers in his eyes.
The milk truck driver arrives to pick up the milk. He wants to chat.
"You must be a lucky girl (sarcasm)! All the Mexicans on these farms must ask you on dates all the time!"
I laugh nervously. I make an awkward reference to the fact that I'm married. I try to get back to my work.
"This is a really hard job for a woman. I mean, it's a hard job for a man sometimes. I can't believe you're doing it."
I brush it off, telling him just last week I worked a farm three times this size. Maybe I should mention that nearly a third of my co-workers are female. I keep working.
"So does that mean you are one of those tough ladies then?"
I make a face and tell him I'm not sure what he means.
"You know, can you go more than seven hours without using the bathroom?"
I don't even know what to say to that. Caught of guard, I mention I went 14 hours without a bathroom on Monday. I try to change the subject. I tell him soon I will be milking my own cows, and then I won't have to worry about it.
"Oh so you're going to help your husband farm?"
I explain that no, I actually meant I am going to farm. I have a four-year degree in dairy science and I own 20 head of cattle. My husband has no background in farming, but he helps out sometimes.
"Wow, you got a city boy to farm with you? You must be persuading him somehow. I can imagine how..." *wink*
He walks out the door. I go back to work.
When I get back to my hotel, I can't help but cry. The first ten years of surprising people, of defying people's stereotypes wasn't so bad. It was exhilarating to prove the misogynists wrong. It was great to smash all their stereotypes. It used to make me feel special, unique, different. Somewhere in there, I got tired. Tired of constantly having to hear the same surprise, the same doubt. Tired of constantly feeling like I am invading male spaces just by doing my job. Now I just want to do my work.
Maybe when I start milking my own cows they'll believe me. Maybe then I can work in peace.


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Ubuntu's founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., Mark Shuttleworth, declares the probability of including Qt applications in the release after the next (Ubuntu 11.10), of the popular Ubuntu distribution, which is based on the Gtk toolkit.
"As part of our planning for Natty+1, we'll need to find some space on the CD for Qt libraries, and we will evaluate applications developed with Qt for inclusion on the CD and default install of Ubuntu."
Gtk and Qt have traditionally been "rival" toolkits for the GNOME and KDE desktops respectively. Choosing either of the sides in any self-respecting Linux forum, is considered a sure-shot way to start a flame war. However, Mark Shuttleworth, as always, decides to wade through uncharted waters in proclaiming the co-existence of Gtk as well as Qt applications in a production, mainstream and popular OS like Ubuntu, notwithstanding the fact that there exists seperate distributions for each Desktop environment, viz. GNOME and KDE (Kubuntu)
In his blog, Mark explains his controversial decision by pointing out that Canonical is dedicated to providing best-in-class software to it's users and to this effect, a "capable toolkit" like Qt could certainly be looked upon as a "divergence from the canonical way to maintain a vibrant ecosystem".
Apart from aspects like sociological backlashes, Mark and his team of developers will also have to face some pretty daunting technical issues. For example, Qt-based applications will have to talk to GNOME's dconf configuration system to have a seamless integration with the GNOME Desktop. Although projects like the GTK-QT Engine are already out there, their credibility of being more than "hacks" is yet to be verified for their inclusion in a mass-deployed project like Ubuntu.
Is the Gtk-Qt marriage possible ? And if this does turn out to be a successful venture, will Ubuntu see other toolkits and libraries like Enlightenment, being included in future releases ? With so many changes to Ubuntu, can Canonical manage to uphold Ubuntu's status as one of the most popular Linux Operating Systems ?
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The human brain is a unique structure that boasts a complex three-dimensional architecture. Neuroscientists are only beginning to understand how the different parts of this intricate configuration work together to produce behavior. In the numerous neuroimaging studies that are published weekly, researchers use common neuroanatomical terms to denote location, organization, and, at times, implied function. Though a complete discussion of neuroanatomy is worthy of a thick textbook full of elaborate illustrations, common terminology used in neuroscientific research is highlighted below.
The basics
Perched on top of the spinal column, the brain is the epicenter of the human nervous system. It is the largest part of the central nervous system (CNS) and made up of three general areas: the brain stem, the cerebellum, and the cerebral cortex. The brain stem is involved with autonomic control of processes like breathing and heart rate as well as conduction of information to and from the peripheral nervous system, the nerves and ganglia found outside the brain and spinal cord. The cerebellum, adjacent to the brain stem, is responsible for balance and coordination of movement. Resting above these structures, the cerebral cortex quickly perceives, analyzes, and responds to information from the world around us. It handles sensory perception and processing as well as higher-level cognitive functions like perception, memory, and decision-making. These three areas work together seamlessly in healthy individuals, allowing the brain to coordinate necessary functions and behaviors from breathing to spatial navigation.
The cerebral cortex is divided into two hemispheres connected by the corpus callosum, a bridge of wide, flat neural fibers that act as communication relays between the two sides. While several popular books suggest this lateralization is important to function (i.e., the right side of the brain is the creative side while the left hemisphere dabbles more in analytical processing), most cognitive processes are represented by activation on both hemispheres. The exception is language—both Broca's Area, an area important to language syntax, and Wernicke's Area, a region critical to language content, reside on the left side of the brain. Otherwise, the two hemispheres are nearly symmetrical and each one is further subdivided into four major lobes: the occipital, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal.
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These lobes are mostly used to denote general anatomical location. But they are also frequently spoken about in terms of function. The occipital lobe, located at the back of the brain, is the seat of the primary visual cortex, the brain region responsible for processing and interpreting visual information. Reaching from the temple back towards the occipital lobe, the temporal lobe is a major processing center for language and memory. Above the temporal lobe and adjacent to the occipital lobe, the parietal lobe houses the somatosensory cortex and plays an important role in touch and spatial navigation. Finally, the frontal lobe, extending from behind the forehead back to the parietal lobe, is the brain region that separates humans from our primate cousins. This large brain lobe is the seat of so-called executive function, with a hand in reasoning, decision-making, integration of sensory information, and the planning and execution of movement.[i]
Folds and grooves
The cortex is, at its most basic, an extended pane of neural tissue that is gathered and pleated to fit inside the skull cavity. The bump in each pleat is called the gyrus, while the groove made by the fold is called the sulcus. No two human brains are folded in the same exact way. Yet several of these folds are large and pronounced enough to merit specific names. They are used to specify location—but also may be referred to in discussions of function.
For example, the lateral sulcus is the inner fold that separates the temporal lobe from the frontal lobe. Adjacent to the lateral sulcus is the temporal gyrus. Both this groove and fold house the primary auditory cortex, where the brain processes sound information. Wernicke's area, a brain region critical to understand language, also resides on the temporal gyrus.[ii]
Similarly, different studies may refer to specific activations in the superior frontal, middle frontal, and inferior frontal gyri in the frontal lobes. And, in studies of motor function, mentions of primary motor cortex may also refer to a location between the precentral gyrus and the central sulcus at the top of the brain. Contrary to popular lay-press usage, the terms lobe and gyrus are not interchangeable. References to gyri and sulci can help give a more specific location on a particular lobe of the cortex.
Brodmann areas and Talairach coordinates
Researchers sometimes refer to specific locations on the human brain by a number, or Brodmann area. Korbinian Brodmann was a German neurologist who studied the brain in the early part of the twentieth century. He created maps of the brain based on cytoarchitecture, or how the cells were functionally organized. His classification system is still widely used today—though the borders of some areas have been refined over time.
Although Brodmann areas are frequently cited in neuroscientific literature, it is not the only classification system available. The same brain area may be referred to by different names depending on the study. For example, neuroscientists who study visual perception may refer to primary visual cortex as V1, Brodmann area 17, or simply as part of the occipital cortex.[iii]
Specific brain areas may also be denoted by Talairach coordinates, as defined by French neurosurgeon, Jean Talairach. Talairach used two key anatomical landmarks, the anterior commissure and the posterior commissure (parts of the corpus callosum) as the basis of his coordinate system. Today, many neuroimaging analysis programs spatially normalize the brains of each study participant to fit a standard reference brain based on Talairach's original brain atlas.[iv]
The importance of white matter
Neurons, or brain cells, are made up of cell bodies, axons, and dendrites. The cells mainly connect to one another through synapses (small junctions between brain cells where neurotransmitters and other neurochemicals are passed). Synapses are often found between the axons and dendrites, which allows the cells to signal to one another. Current estimates suggest the brain has approximately 86 billion neurons.[v]
The brain is made up of two types of matter: gray and white. Gray matter consists of the cell bodies and dendrites of the neurons, as well as supporting cells called astroglia and oligodendrocytes. White matter, however, is made up of mostly of axons sheathed in myelin, an insulating-type material that helps cells propagate signals more quickly. It's the myelin that gives the white matter its lighter color.
For many years, neuroscientists believed white matter was simply a support resource for gray matter. However, recent studies show that white matter architecture is important in processes like learning and memory.[vi]
It's all about connection
The frontal lobes are often referred to as the neocortex as they are the most recent parts of the brain to evolve—and their size and structure is unique to humans. But the neocortex works closely in concert with areas of the so-called reptilian brain, or subcortical brain areas residing close to the brain stem, to help us make sense of the world around us. Subcortical structures like the thalamus and basal ganglia (responsible for integrating sensory information and processing risk and rewards, respectively) are strongly connected to the neocortex and share information in both a bottom-up and top-down fashion. In fact, modern neuroimaging research is no longer focused on functional segregation, or the localization of function to a single area. Today, researchers are using new techniques to follow tracts of neurons that connect networks of brain areas to better understand how they work together to determine human behavior.[vii]
[i] Johnson KA and Becker JA. The Whole Brain Atlas. http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html[ii] Ogar, JM, Baldo JV, Wilson SM, Brambati SM, Miller BL, Dronkers NF and Gorno-Tempini ML. Semantic demential and persisting Wernicke's aphasia: linguistic and anatomical profiles. Brain and Language. April 2011, 117(1): 28/33.[iii] Bernal B and Perdomo P. Brodmann's Interactive Atlas. http://www.fmriconsulting.com/brodmann/Introduction.html[iv] Talairach Space. http://www.talairach.org/[v]Azevedo FA, Carvalho LR, Grinberg LT, Farfel JM, Ferretti RE, Leite RE, Jacob Filho W, Lent R and Herculano-Houzel S. Equal numbers of neuronal and nonneuronal cells make the human brain an isometrically scaled-up primate brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2009, 513 (5): 532–41[vi] Scholz J, Klein MC, Behrens TEJ and Johansen-Berg H. Training induces changes in white matter architecture. Nature Neuroscience. 2009, 12: 1370-1371. http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v12/n11/full/nn.2412.html[vii] Friston KJ. Functional and effective connectivity in neuroimaging: A synthesis. Human Brain Mapping. 1994, 2: 56-78.
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How many tenure-track or tenured faculty -- male/female?
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Is there a family leave policy for graduate students? If so, describe.
Family accommodation policies for childbearing and childbearing responsibilities are fundamental to an equitable and productive academic environment. The University of California's family accommodation policies and programs strive to assist graduate students in balancing the needs of work and family through a variety of paid and/or unpaid leave options and scheduling flexibility, depending on an individual student's particular status and situation.
Is there family health insurance for graduate students? If so, is it included in the stipend?
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