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Dems fear Obama may cave in
Democrats have something else to fear after the November midterms besides just an all Republican-controlled Congress: President Barack Obama.
With Obama's political career winding down and poll numbers continuing to languish, his party brethren fret that their own president — forced to work with GOP majorities — would give away the store on key policy issues ranging from the budget to energy and trade. It's a concern congressional Democrats have voiced every time Obama and Vice President Joe Biden tried to cut big fiscal deals with Republicans — and the panic is now more palpable with the growing prospect of a Senate GOP majority.
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Washington's current gridlock may seem destined to last forever, but divided government has produced strange bedfellows before. President George W. Bush switched teams on some key issues in his final two years after Democrats took the House and Senate, becoming a cap-and-trade convert who bailed out Wall Street. President Bill Clinton partnered with the same Republicans who impeached him to overhaul welfare and balance the budget. And President Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Tip O'Neill found common ground reforming the Tax Code and Social Security.
( PHOTOS: Obama's dinner with Republicans)
While tackling anything comprehensive with legislation sounds far-fetched before the next president is sworn in, that doesn't mean there won't be moments starting after November when Obama would be tempted to negotiate with Republicans following four years of stalemate. After all, the GOP would have greater leverage. And with the White House on the line in 2016, Republicans will also want to prove they aren't just against Obama but actually capable of governing again.
"Clearly it's a concern. It keeps me awake at night," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). "From his standpoint, better to advance the ball and maybe give away some stuff than leave nothing at all. From our standpoint, better to fight another day than give away core principles of contents and conviction."
Democrats on both ends of the Capitol were openly skeptical when asked about Republicans running the legislative agenda, particularly since any Senate GOP majority would still be well short of the 60-vote thresholds needed to overcome filibusters, much less the two-thirds majority to override Obama vetoes. For starters, House Republicans wouldn't be flying solo anymore with oversight, meaning subpoena power and testy hearings on the IRS, EPA and Benghazi would be run by the likes of Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Judiciary, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma on Environment and Public Works and John McCain of Arizona on Armed Services.
( Also on POLITICO: The GOP's bad boys)
But it's the prospect of what Obama might bargain on with Republicans that has Democrats really riled up.
"I'm not going to create nightmares where none exist right now. But certainly for the paranoid there's plenty to fear, and maybe even just for the fearful there's plenty to fear," Blumenthal said, while adding that he still had a "basic trust in [Obama's] commitments and his instincts."
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich, one of the most endangered 2014 Democrats, has begun to warn voters back home that they may have more to fear than a GOP Senate. He's also bluntly telling Alaska seniors that they will lose Social Security benefits, given Obama's willingness to lower annual cost-of-living adjustments as part of past attempts at a deficit deal.
"It should worry Alaskan seniors," Begich said in an interview. Raising concerns about the consumer price index, the inflation measure used to set benefits, he added, "Alaskan seniors will see a reduction in their Social Security payments because these Republicans will team up with Obama on chained CPI. Am I worried about it? Yes. Should Alaskan seniors be worried about [it]? Absolutely.
"I think that's an example where someone might be mad at Obama. But if you're a senior, and you're mad at Obama today, you'll be really mad at Obama and the Republicans because they are going to reduce your benefits," he added.
( Also on POLITICO: Santorum bucks GOP orthodoxy in book)
Democrats are mindful of how toxic some of Obama's other proposed deals have been with the party's base, such as the 2010 law to extend Bush-era tax cuts or his international trade deals. Indeed, Rep. Gary Peters, a Democrat running for Senate in Michigan, is openly campaigning against the president's free-trade agenda. Others know full well that if a Republican Congress makes entitlement cuts and free trade a priority, it could put them in a bind.
"If a Republican Congress establishes a goal of working with the president on trade, it will certainly facilitate" passing fast-track trade authority, said Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.). But he also cautioned that Republicans will have some work to do since they've been split on trade issues as well as on issues like reforming entitlement programs.
Obama remains focused on holding on to the Senate, while picking up House seats for Democrats. But Democratic strategists note that Obama's strategy, if he's forced to work with Republican majorities, will be a juggling act that entails cementing his own legacy and figuring out what's best for Hillary Clinton or whoever emerges as the 2016 front-runner.
Still, with the prospect of Sen. Mitch McConnell as majority leader, Obama would no longer have Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada controlling the agenda and effectively blocking controversial bills from landing on the president's desk. That could put Obama in a jam.
"It's a lot easier just to let Harry Reid put it in his pocket than to pull your pen out and veto it," said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.).
Likewise, in the event of a GOP congressional takeover, Hill Republicans would have to decide whether racking up accomplishments that could sustain their majority is more important than holding on to issues that could be useful for their eventual presidential nominee.
McConnell, who faces his own tough reelection campaign in Kentucky this November, has said he'd return his chamber to regular order if he takes the reins in 2015, allowing committees to produce bills and hold open floor debate on amendments. It all adds up to a potentially complicated challenge for McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio — trying to satisfy tea party Republicans who disagree with nearly everything on Obama's agenda and more mainstream members who want to produce results.


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Double Feature Cupcakes with Mexican Hot Chocolate Frosting
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: approximately about 12 cupcakes
- Total: 40 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Cook: 20 min
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
12 peanut butter cups
Mexican Hot Chocolate Frosting:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a standard cupcake pan with liners.
- To prepare the cupcake batter: In a large heat resistant bowl, combine the chocolate and butter over a pot of simmering water, without letting the bottom touch the water. Stir gently until melted and well combined. You may use a microwave, if preferable.
- Remove chocolate from heat and stir in the vanilla. Add the sugar. Beat with a handheld electric mixture until smooth and combined, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, mixing for 20 seconds between each egg to incorporate.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Mix until well blended.
- Using ladle or small measuring cup, fill the cupcake cups 2/3 of the way full. Place a peanut butter cup in the center of each cup and press down slightly. Bake until the cupcakes are firm to the touch about 20 minutes.
- To prepare the frosting: Using a handheld electric beater, cream the cream cheese and butter together thoroughly. Add the chili power and cinnamon, mixing to incorporate. Add the salt, vanilla, and confectioners' sugar. Finally, mix in the melted chocolate and blend thoroughly until smooth. If additional thickening is needed, add more sifted confectioners' sugar, a little at a time, until a spreadable consistency is reached.


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Ancestry.com today launched a brand-new homepage that logged-in members will see the next time they visit the site. This new page combines the best of the old homepage with all of the personalized features and tools formerly in the MyAncestry tab. The result is quick, central access to the resources each member searches most.
· Family Tree Access – Surveys and site analysis told us that the 5 million Ancestry members building their family trees on Ancestry.com want quick access to their trees (particularly the pedigree view). We updated the homepage's link to the family tree, added thumbnails of images uploaded to the trees, and included summaries and quick access-points to the tree. Multiple family trees can be viewed from the "My Trees" link.
· Quick Links – In the "My Quick Links" section, members can add personalized Web links to any page on Ancestry.com – or to any page anywhere on the Internet. This allows quick, instant access to resources each researcher uses most frequently: message boards, census records, or specific collections and databases.
· What's New – Surveys also showed that Ancestry researchers want information on new records and features added to the site. We created the new "What's Happening at Ancestry" section to meet this need. The "New records on Ancestry.com" list is dynamically updated every time new records are added to Ancestry.com.
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Combining the old homepage and the MyAncestry page into a single page reduces the number of clicks it takes researchers to access the features they use most. As part of this combination, there is no longer a separate "My Ancestry" tab. All of the tools and features from the My Ancestry page are now on the new homepage.
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Research backs up 'man flu' sufferers
IT HAS been scorned by women as a sign of male weakness for generations - but ''man flu'' might not be a myth after all as men and women have different brains, new research has claimed.
Neuroscientist Amanda Ellison, of Britain's Durham University, has reached the conclusion that men really do suffer more with coughs and colds as they have more temperature receptors in the brain.
Dr Ellison said the difference lies in the area of the brain which balances a variety of bodily mechanisms, including temperature.
Men and women start out as equals in dealing with colds because the area, known as the preoptic nucleus, is the same size in children.
But when boys hit puberty testosterone starts to act on the area, which is in the brain's hypothalamus and attached to a hormone gland, making it larger.
Dr Ellison, a senior lecturer at Durham, said: ''When you have a cold one of the things that happens is you get an increase in temperature to fight off the bugs.
''The bugs can't survive at higher temperatures. When your immune system is under attack the preoptic nucleus increases temperature to kill off the bugs.
''But men have more temperature receptors because that area of the brain is bigger in men than women.
''So men run a higher temperature and feel rougher - and if they complain they feel rough then maybe they're right.''
Previous research did point towards the reality of ''Man Flu''. But the findings related to genetically engineered mice and were widely regarded as inconclusive.
Dr Ellison has used research carried out by other people on human brains to arrive at her conclusions in her book, Getting Your Head Around the Brain, focusing on the difference between the minds of men and women. The original research methods involved the study of brains in post mortem as well as images obtained from scans.
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Israeli Intel May Prove Syria Used Chemical Weapons
WSJ national security correspondent Adam Entous has exclusive details of Israeli intelligence indicating movement of Syrian chemical weapons to the site of an alleged chemical attack outside of Damascus, Syria.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... a ... high degree of confidence ... based on our assessments ... if the Syrian regime has maintained full control ... of its chemical weapons ... throughout this conflict ... any last outs in the Obama administration has now been erased about whether the Syrian regime used chemical weapons on its own people that's due to new intelligence the Journal reports exclusively in today's paper ... meanwhile the UK plans to request the UN Security Council for a resolution authorizing quote all necessary measures and quote ... to protect Syrian civilians Adam and says joins us from Washington now added the morning ... morning first the thorny get this outta the way in the the Security Council Revel resolution the Russians are done in the air what's the point ... I think the point here is they check that box and that the administration either breaks here pushing to do this ... idyllic this run for a few days probably not probably not for very long and and that give Russia a chance ... at to state its position more publicly ... and then I think if it goes to the Silliman its veto then I think you'll see the administration ... pre shortly thereafter move forward ... with its that with these options that they're right now talking about with the story of limited limited strikes okay Adam and I's at let's get to that in a second before we do let's talk that the evidence ... we now have that for a bit has erase doubts inside the ministry should tell statistically what what you're reporting exclusively ... right so that there was a dramatic change of tone within the administration over forty eight hour period ... starting basically Friday nights ... and then by Sunday morning the administration was convinced that open you officials tell us without a doubt it for themselves that is ... that said the evidence was iron clad that the site's regime had done this ... summer the Syntellia's was brought in eight states by allies including Israel one particularly interesting piece of intelligence that the Israelis provided which directly from VIX Syrian unit which controls chemical weapons in reports directly to a side ... and that intelligence from the Israelis which the C I a later verified ... was basically able to tell the Americans that the unit had moved a certain type of chemical weapon in rockets ... to the areas which only it were attacked ... Adam and I can make this Avon's public ... I'm not sure the extent to which ... add ... to the idea that is that I just the mention the intelligence I just mentioned will be made public because there ... they're worried about exposing sources and methods ... which would potentially make it harder for the United States and Israel to get this intelligence in the future but they are expected as early as today ... to provide at least some deed some deatails some unclassified he knows where expected they were expecting to be a maybe a little bit more of the ... events of the things that we've heard the last few days because ... added to the extent we've heard this before ... there's evidence of weapons of mass destruction ... etc ... having been used or ... and what we've been burned before ... in other words though I is very concerned that ... among the ministrations it to make sure that this case is ... the only ironclad but but but before ... the public in a way that did ... and sold out ... write what they get to look at the context of this administration which ... really has tried to present itself as the the the alternative ... to lead to the Bush administration and particularly ... its use of intelligence I've that turned out to be faulty ... about WMD in Iraq ... so that's very much on the minds of this administration no question about it ... um we don't know the full extent of the information they have ... we know that they had satellites overhead there were closely monitoring ... the sites ... we know that they had been collecting through a network of ... informants on the ground tissue samples to do tests ... um we don't know the full case here we don't know that they haven't given it to miss yet ... I'm not sure to what extent the our been given to us although ... they they are promising to provide us with a lot more detail than in the coming hours and days ok meanwhile I get a two part question free Adam ... Aleppo ... is believed to be the next ... target were reporting for example Cameron weapons attack and secondly ... as you answer that I wanna know what ... why are the Syrians what's what's going on here they know that this is the red line ... David and Western governments to be bending over backward not to intervene ... so why are they giving an excuse to do so ... well that that that is it into the second question I mean the ... bikini that he needs it I think day and has a lot of that there's a lot of mystery about what's going on in in the site's head and why he chose to do this ... but yesterday the Syrians said I laid out for the first time publicly ... an argument that they they believe that ... of Western that trains ... the rebels were on the March to this very area that they struck ... this EIA of has been working very closely with the Saudis and the base in Jordan ... to train rebels to ... do what the Saudis call a southern strategy which is focused on these very suburbs of Damascus that ... aside the target ... of ... another factor here could be that ... as I ... didn't think the US was serious about enforcing this red line ... after all in June ... the U S intelligence community concluded ... that chemical weapons had been used on a small scale ... and Obama didn't take military action ... so you know it it we don't really we don't have a clear picture yet of lettuce I was thinking ... as to what would be his reason for using chemical weapons in this case ... but it's something that that ... you know we're still trying to push on target again I think the Americans are also trying to figure that out ... as for up as for Aleppo ... um ... what you have here it's very similar to what we heard in Libya before the intervention there when ... you know the US cited concerns that Gadhafi was going to go into then got C ... I which was the rebel stronghold in Libya ... now we have administration officials making a similar case ... about how Aleppo could be targeted next next ... up the argument within the administration is is that if they don't send a message now ... then decides to feel like he has a green light to do with everyone's with chemical weapons okay Adam insists from Washington thank so much for joining us this morning ... thank you


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Traffic rumbles, horns beep, people shout. Jemaine Clement is walking down a New York street in the early evening, trying to make himself heard above the noise.
"That was crazy," he says. The New Zealand comedian and musician is talking over the phone about how the cult television series, Flight of the Conchords – about two dorky, unsuccessful musicians trying to get gigs and meet women in Manhattan – made him and his comic partner Bret McKenzie unlikely sex symbols.
In 2007 and 2008, they made many a list of the world's sexiest people. In one breathless English article, which mentioned women hyperventilating at the mere mention of the band, the pair were described as "the next great archetype in male sexiness". Suddenly, being a hapless but sensitive Kiwi musician who chatted up women with lines such as "you're so beautiful you could be a part-time model"became as hot as Ryan Gosling with his shirt off.
"When we started doing the Conchord stuff, we knew it was nerdy," says Clement, who has ducked into an apartment building foyer to escape the street noise. "We'd often make a joke on stage that when you do folk comedy, you'd get a lot of women interested in you. People would laugh and they'd go, 'Yeah right'.
"Then after a while we couldn't say that any more. It started to become true. People liked that dorkiness."
Such thoroughly unsexy songs as Business Time ("Girl, tonight we're gonna make love. You know how I know? Because it's Wednesday. And Wednesday is the night that we usually make love") somehow made them even hotter.
"It was like we were a boy band," says Clement. "We were making fun of not being sexy. Or making fun of even sex not being sexy sometimes."
At 40, Clement has moved on, with a series of movies including Dinner for Schmucks with Steve Carell, Men in Black 3 with Will Smith, Muppets Most Wanted with Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey, and voice roles in Despicable Me, Rio and Rio 2. He has also written songs for the Muppets and Rio 2.
While he and McKenzie still occasionally discuss a Flight of the Conchords movie – "we've talked about doing a musical of some kind involving the cast of the show; it might not be exactly the scenario from the TV show but the same people" – other films have kept that on hold so far.
Clement lives in Wellington with his playwright-actress wife Miranda Manasiadis and their five-year-old son Sophocles. He is in New York filming People, Places,Things, which is about a comic-book artist going through a break-up. Before that, he acted alongside Sam Rockwell in Don Verdean, about travelling conmen in the golden age of televangelism.
But no matter what he does, he will always be associated with the version of himself he played on Flight of the Conchords. Television, unlike film, allows viewers to build a close relationship with a character over repeat viewings.
"I don't really feel famous," he says. "In the middle of the Conchords show, it was pretty crazy. It was like we were so famous in some parts of the world. In America, we'd be famous in one city and then not in another. But now people have forgotten a bit and they'll look at us and go, 'Who's that guy?' People will say, 'I know you, where did you go to school?'"
In fact, Clement went to school in the New Zealand town of Masterton, where he was brought up by his Maori mother. His father, fans might be surprised to hear given a running joke about trans-Tasman tensions in Flight of the Conchords, is Australian.
"I was a quiet kid but I loved comedy," he says. "I loved stuff like Blackadder. Then The Young Ones and stuff like that. I guess I made a few jokes but I remember laughing heartily. I'd laugh a lot. I was always laughing in the back of the class and getting in trouble."
While studying theatre and film at university, Clement started performing comedy in a student review. At an audition, he met Taika Waititi, who has gone on to direct the Oscar-nominated short Two Cars, One Night, Eagle vs Shark (starring Clement), episodes of Flight of the Conchords and the hit Boy.
Before the Conchords, they performed as the comedy duo the Humourbeasts. Says Waititi of Clement: "He ended up getting quite a nice job writing sketch comedy for a TV show so he pulled out of uni and went off and made lots of money".
Their partnership has now produced the mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, about vampires who share a house in Wellington. Written and directed by and starring Clement and Waititi, it centres on Eastern Bloc bloodsuckers who have emigrated to the suburbs.
Raunchy Vladislav (Clement), aged 862, and dapper Viago (Waititi), a mere 379, argue, as flatmates do, about the cleaning and washing up. When they venture into the night, they scrap with a band of werewolves – one played by Rhys Darby, who was Murray in Flight of the Conchords – who are so well-mannered they remind themselves "we're werewolves, not swearwolves". But the arrival of a new young vampire means the older undead must learn about modern fashions and technology.
Unlike vampire franchises Twilight or True Blood, What We Do in the Shadows centres on what the undead do in their mundane downtime: how do they get into a nightclub without being invited? How do they know what they look like if they have no reflection? How do they keep the furniture clean when they bring a victim home to drain their blood?
Clement, who appears to be standing next to a lift that goes "bing" every couple of minutes in that New York foyer, says his interest in vampires dates back to a movie he saw as a child. "It probably wasn't my first movie but [it was] the first one I remember, because it had such an effect on me. It was called Scars of Dracula. I remember waking up and walking bleary-eyed into the sitting room and mum was watching this vampire movie. It had a bat dripping blood onto a skeleton and resurrecting this sad Dracula who'd died in the movie earlier. That to me was so amazing and scary and fascinating. And I guess I've thought about them ever since."
The duo made a short film – also called What We Do in the Shadows – nine years ago. "It was just a funding application to see if we could make a feature," Clement says. "But there was a long pause between trying it out and the final product."
When it was time to make the extended version, they wrote a script but – strangely enough – did not show it to their cast. "A lot of people are doing movies and TV shows where they improvise," Clement says. "They just write the structure – the storylines and how they intersect. They make a very basic document that holds the story together then they let the people improvise the scene.
"But what we did was write all the dialogue and we didn't use it. It was probably quite similar to what we ended up with but we just wanted to know that, if the improvising stuff didn't work, we had the script to go back on."
They shot 150 hours of footage – all improvised – for the 85-minute film. "We didn't use 148½ hours of it," Clement says.
Does that mean they have material for a whole series of sequels? "No, because nothing extra happens. We only had enough story for one movie and some people would say we might not even have that. It was just trying to get the best stuff of what we filmed."
In a very New Zealand way, Clement is a master of understatement; he is reluctant to talk things up or take credit for any success. That attitude fed into Flight of the Conchords, where his character veered between deluded levels of confidence and absolutely none.
"Sometimes I'm extremely confident," he says. "It doesn't bug me at all to get up in front of 20,000 people and do a show. I can't even see how that could make someone nervous. Whereas other situations – say a job interview – would make me extremely nervous."
Waititi says his friend is driven but shy. "Flight of the Conchords was just him magnified a bit. [He's] a bit nerdy. He's very smart so he'll pull you up on stuff. He's one of those guys that's very good at arguing their point and won't stop arguing until you give up and agree with him."
So given that he writes, acts, sings, directs and plays nine instruments – all while being very funny – is Clement ambitious?
"I'm not sure about ambition because he often just doesn't care," says Waititi. "He doesn't care about the fame side of it. He just wants to make good comedy. He enjoys if he can make something and keep his integrity intact. He's said no to a lot of projects and opportunities and jobs because he didn't think it was funny or just couldn't be bothered."
"In New Zealand we really don't care about anything except for rugby. And Jemaine doesn't care about rugby."
The duo were living in share households when they came up with the idea for What We Do in the Shadows. The film draws on their experiences.
"[The share houses] really tested the extremes of living conditions," Clement says. "Sometimes people [were] living under stairs and hearing rats in the walls. They were pretty grim at times but we would have good parties, putting loud music on and stuff like that. I lived in one flat that had 10 people in it so if we wanted a party, we didn't even have to have anyone come around. We had enough people living there to have one instantly."
Waititi remembers a share house where no one did the dishes, so they painted circles on the dinner table, spooned their food into them and wiped it off afterwards.
All that seems a long way from a hit television series that put Clement among the world's sexist people. A few years on, does he think he redefined male sexiness? "I think we redefined it briefly. And now it's back to the normal definition of abs and chiselled chins," he says. "We tried."
What We Do in the Shadows opens September 4.
Garry Maddox is a Senior Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.


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The Truth About Bone Health
Think popping a calcium supplement is all you need to ward off osteoporosis? Think again. It's time to take a closer look at what's fact, what's fiction, and what you can do to protect your bones.
The Truth About Bone Health
While a fall may break your bones, so can inactivity, poor food choices, and even several seemingly healthy habits. Women as young as 30 are showing signs of bone loss, and up to 15% of premenopausal women have lost enough bone to qualify as osteopenic, meaning they are at increased risk for future fractures and hunched-over posture. To protect your skeletal health, it pays to get the lowdown on what's good—and what's not—for your bones.
Myth One: Osteoporosis doesn't run in my family, so I'm not at risk
FACT: Since about 98% of your bone mass is built by age 20, your past (rather than your genes) may give you a better glimpse at your future. If as a child you were active, a healthy weight, and ate many calcium-rich foods, you probably developed optimum bone mass. But if you were lax in bone-building behaviors and are still inactive, or you drink excessively, smoke, have lost weight rapidly, or have taken steroid medications for a long period of time, you may be at risk for brittle bones.
ACTION TO TAKE: The good news is that bone tissue remodels itself throughout life. At around age 40, cells that break down bone (particularly the spongy-looking inside of the bone that provides stability) become more active, while those that build bone slow down. But adopting healthy habits, like exercising regularly, eating right, losing weight gradually, and curbing alcohol and cigarette consumption, can still promote growth of your bones' strong outer shell and slow loss in the spongy part that is most prone to fracture.
Myth Two: Taking calcium supplements will prevent bone loss
FACT: "Women in the United States have among the highest calcium intake levels in the world, but they also have some of the highest rates of osteoporosis," says Walter Willett, M.D., a nutritional epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health. While many women take the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of calcium (1,000mg to 1,200mg), studies show that taking supplements alone doesn't necessarily improve bone density or fracture risk. "Calcium is essential, but it's probably the case that women need less calcium and more vitamin D, unless they are exposed to lots of sunlight," says Dr. Willett. (Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium from the food we eat.) Plus, excess calcium (2,500mg or more per day) can interfere with bone repair because it prevents absorption of other nutrients, such as iron and zinc, that are also involved with bone formation. If you take a supplement, plus eat lots of dairy and calcium-fortified cereals or juices, you may be bordering on having too much.
ACTION TO TAKE: "Calcium pills are not mandatory, but a varied, healthy, fresh diet is," says Marion Nestle, Ph.D., a nutrition professor at New York University in Manhattan. Strive to meet your calcium needs through foods like kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, oranges, edamame, tofu, almonds, and sardines. Since studies show that 700 IU to 800 IU of vitamin D decreases fracture risk, find ways to include it in your diet as well (sources include egg yolks, D-fortified dairy products and O.J., canned tuna, and salmon). You can also meet your RDA by getting 10 to 15 minutes of sun three times a week. Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables will ensure you also take in other nutrients that play a role in bone health, including vitamins K and C, zinc, phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium.
Myth Three: The best way to get calcium is with dairy
FACT: There's little proof that dairy is an absolute must for strong bones, and some evidence indicates that too much dairy can even be harmful for certain people. "Some populations, like the Asians, eat little or no dairy and take in low levels of calcium through plant sources, yet they have strong bones and healthy teeth," says Dr. Willett. Up to two-thirds of the world's population is lactose intolerant—including around 50% to 90% of Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans. Those individuals can't consume much milk-based foods, yet they generally do not have higher rates of osteoporosis. Plus, some studies suggest a significant increased risk of some cancers in men and women who eat three or more servings of dairy a day, according to Dr. Willett. "This may be due in part to the fact that higher levels of calcium suppress a form of vitamin D that plays a role in limiting a cell's ability to keep multiplying."
ACTION TO TAKE: If you're lactose intolerant or just not a big fan of dairy, be sure to eat more plant foods that contain easily absorbable calcium. Add kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, oranges, edamame, tofu, turnip greens, rhubarb, soybeans, wheat bread, and bok choy, to your meals.
Myth Four: My walking workouts are enough to stop bone loss
FACT: Muscle-toning exercises and low-impact activities such as walking and swimming are great for your health and overall strength, but they don't seem to provide enough stimulus to actually increase bone mass, says Miriam Nelson, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston. That's because bone-building cells need a sufficient amount of stress to be stimulated to do their thing. But the good news is that all that lower-impact activity does boost your coordination and balance, therefore decreasing your risk of falls—and fractures.
ACTION TO TAKE: All exercise is good for you. So keep up your weekly walks. But think about adding some moves that improve your balance to your routine. Standing on one leg or using a balance board is beneficial, says Nelson. And start jumping. Adding 10 minutes of jumping to your morning and evening routine (20 jumps with 30-seconds of rest in between) has been shown to improve bone density in women, says Larry Tucker, Ph.D., a professor in the department of exercise sciences at Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. You can also add impact with sports that require hitting a ball, such as volleyball or racquetball. Studies show that tennis players have greater bone density in their hitting arm. If you're new to exercise, you're likely to reap the biggest rewards: One study at Oregon State University in Corvallis found that women with low bone density who started a routine doing jumps and strength training had a two to five times greater improvement in bone density as a result of the one-year program than women who began the study with high bone density.
Warning Signs
Talk to your doctor about getting a bone scan if any of the below apply to you:
- You suffered a bone fracture from a minor accident, such as falling from a standing height.
- Your menstrual periods have stopped for no apparent reason or you haven't had a period for over a year.
- You're at least 1 inch shorter than you used to be or your spine is progressively curving.
- You're very thin or have a history of anorexia nervosa.
- You get little sun and don't eat foods containing vitamin D.
How Strong Are Your Bones?
The gold standard for assessing bone mass is the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, also known as the DEXA bone scan. This is a safe, painless X-ray that measures bone at different sites in the body, including the spine and hips. Your doctor may instead perform ultrasound scans of the heel, shin, or knee (called quantitative ultrasound or QUS). QUS measures the strength of bone in a certain area but doesn't assess overall bone density. A blood test can also estimate bone status by measuring levels of blood calcium. If the results of a bone scan suggest low bone mass, your doctor will help you plan the best bone-preserving strategy, which may include medications to slow down bone loss. Here are some common options.
- BISPHOSPHONATES, such as alendronate (Fosamax), risedronate (Actonel), and ibandronate (Boniva), have been shown to reduce fractures.
- HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, estrogen alone or with progesterone, decreases bone loss and lowers fracture risk.
- SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS, like raloxifene (Evista), improve bone metabolism by interacting with certain estrogen receptors.
- HORMONES may also be beneficial. Calcitonin, for example, slows bone breakdown; teriparatide increases bone density.
Copyright © 2008. Used with permission from the April 2007 issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Is It Elder Financial Fraud? 5 Signs It May Be "Yes"
By Sally Abrahms , July 03, 2013 06:53 PM
You've seen this subject here before. I'm bringing up financial elder abuse again because of a new resource for readers. But some background first: Americans age 60+ lose nearly $3 billion a year to financial abuse. That's 5 million older Americans who get duped annually. According to studies by the Consumer Law Center, sham telemarketers direct 56-80% of their calls at older people. And, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says that for every case that is reported, 43 are not.
Financial abuse can take the form of sweepstake scams, junk mail, shady telemarketers, unethical financial advisers, "friends" new and old, family members and bogus charity fundraisers.
Add to the list free-lunch seminars to sell questionable financial products, identity and credit card theft, door-to-door, Internet, email, Internet, veterans and reverse mortgage scams, as well as Medicare fraud.
With such rampant and creative ways to be deceitful, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have developed a curriculum so senior service providers, bank employees, caregivers, financial professionals and older people themselves can help prevent and spot financial abuse.
"Money Smart for Older Adults," a free web downloadable curriculum, will cover the most common types of fraud and scams. A designated "instructor" leads the training with the help of a how-to manual, and there's also a participant resource guide.
But there's another strong source for getting the word out. Terry Fulmer, dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, says that's "every clinician who comes in contact with an older adult." She cites more than 6 million of them, including 3 million nurses, 600,000 physicians, 300,000 dentists and 2 million allied health professionals (physical and mental health therapists). Screening for physical and child abuse is standard practice. "We must make screening for fraud also a standard practice," says Fulmer.
In the meantime, here are signs that may mean trouble:
1. Funds are vanishing from accounts, belongings are vanishing from the house, and bills go unpaid. Or, your loved one is confused about financial transactions.
2. Spending habits have changed and all of a sudden she's secretive about money or says she needs more. Or there are unexplained credit card charges.
3. A family member is not forthcoming about Mom or Dad's finances.
4. A new person has befriended your parent, a friend, or you to the point of weirdness. This person's name has been added on a joint account and/or has power of attorney. Property titles, refinanced mortgages, deeds, wills, trusts or other documents have inexplicable changes.
5. There are no checks and balances for a professional caregiver who has access to a loved one's money.
Other resources to get you up to speed: The National Criminal Justice Reference Service, the National Crime Prevention Council, National Adult Protective Services Association, the National Center on Elder Abuse and the Eldercare Locator.
If you suspect financial abuse, call the Eldercare Locator at 800-677-1116. Even if you don't, get your phone number and your loved one's phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry to reduce telemarketing calls by calling 888-382-1222 toll-free.
Photo by marsmet462 for Creative Commons
Sally Abrahms specializes in aging and baby boomers. She focuses on caregiving, housing and work. Follow her on Twitter.


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Sheila Farr, art critic at the Seattle Times, is taking a buyout. A list of others leaving semi-voluntarily can be found below. The ST says there will be layoffs as well. That list is not yet available.
As a critic, Farr tends to take her own temperature. Here she is on Liz Magor at the Henry Gallery, a review chosen at random:
Magor's work in "The Mouth and other storage facilities" piques the intellect with its illusion of reality and suggestions of social and environmental decay. But that's as far as it goes. In the end, the work struck me as a fruitless exercise. Sort of like watching a horror movie to get the frisson of adrenalin, when life outside the theater holds a lot more to be scared about. I left feeling vaguely disheartened.
Review here.
Here's one not chosen at random, where the my-body-is-my-instrument style of criticism becomes stark, on "But Seriously Folks: Funny Art and Its Deeper Meanings" at Francine Seders.
I considered the show a success when I laughed out loud (as I did with Erik Geschke's clever sculptures and the combined effort watercolors by Dawn Cerny and Alice Tippit), a good thing when I was engaged (Joseph Park and Jennifer McNeely) and a letdown when I was baffled (Noah and Steve McClelland). Throw in the intricate and intriguing work upstairs by Kathryn Glowen and Robert Mirenzi and the whole shebang deserves a spot on your holiday rounds. Here's a condensed shopping list of what you'll see:
Review here.
She's a good reporter. Her story on the misdeeds of ex-gallery owner Kurt Lidtke left nothing out. (Here.)
Farr isn't the only issue. She's leaving, but so is her job. Till the economy recovers and newspapers figure out how to make real money online, where readers are, job losses will continue.
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Name: Boardman Date: 11/13/2008, 6:33 PM Email: email@example.com
I had hoped never to have to write another of these notes, but the winds of our beleaguered industry have returned us to this sad place. And while we have known for weeks that a major staff reduction was coming – and shared that with all of you in no uncertain terms – it didn't make it any easier today to tell a dozen of our newsroom colleagues that they could no longer work here.
On a positive note, that number was less than I had expected. We received 19 Expressions of Interest to leave voluntarily, and accepted them all. Because many of them were from long-time staffers paid higher than the mean, we were able to limit the total reduction to 31 from the 35-45 we had projected. (Additionally, we are eliminating seven open positions and project cutting another 20 through attrition.)
That said, these 31 people will leave behind a profound legacy – and an enormous hole. Each and every one has been a dedicated Times employee, and all are gifted journalists who have helped make this the outstanding newspaper it is.
Those who are leaving voluntarily are:
Val Campbell
Bill Dietrich
Kim Eckart
Stuart Eskenazi
Sheila Farr
Michele Matassa Flores
Pat Foote
Cathy Henkel
Angela Lo
Patrick MacDonald
Rod Mar
Colleen McBrinn
Megan Meidinger
Elizabeth Rhodes
Craig Smith
Terry Tazioli
Heather Trimm
Peyton Whitely
Cindy Zetts
I will not list the people being laid off at this time, out of respect for their privacy. Most of them, and those departing voluntarily, will be working through mid-December, with a few staying on longer. We will find an appropriate way to honor them all before then.
Thanks to all of you for helping keep this difficult and painful process as civil and respectful as it can be. As always, I feel privileged to be your editor, and your colleague.


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Sauber can expect no favours from Hulkenberg
Germany's Nico Hulkenberg has promised to do his best to help Force India beat Sauber in the Formula One constructors' championship even if it costs his future team millions of dollars.
Swiss-based Sauber announced on Wednesday, ahead of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, that Hulkenberg would be racing for them next season.
Force India, whose other driver is Britain's Paul Di Resta, are seventh overall and 23 points behind sixth-placed Sauber with three races remaining.
"No qualms about that," Hulkenberg smiled when asked how he would feel if he delivered enough points to move Force India ahead of their rivals.
"I am fully committed to Force India, we have three more races to go. I look forward to the new challenge, the new contract, but also I look forward to doing the last few races here. I am fully motivated and will give everything."
Image: Force India Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg
Photographs: Giampiero Sposito/Reuters
'I genuinely have 110 percent confidence in Nico'
The finishing order in the championship dictates how great a share of television revenues the teams receive and a single point can have a huge impact on the bank balance.
Force India's deputy team principal Bob Fernley said the difference between sixth and seventh was around $5 million.
"I know how we felt when we lost it to Williams by one point," he added in reference to the 2010 season.
"I genuinely have 110 percent confidence in Nico, in his integrity and his desire to support the team through to the end of his contract. It doesn't even cross my mind that there would be any of that going on," Fernley said.
"I just think the guy is so straight."
Image: Force India car
Photographs: Paul Gilham/Getty Images
Monisha Kaltenborn expects no favours from Hulkenberg
Sauber's Indian-born principal Monisha Kaltenborn expected no favours from her future employee either.
"I think it's very unfair to think that Nico also would be thinking this way. He's a very professional driver and I think he's committed to any team he is working for and he at the moment is a Force India driver and that's what we have to accept," she said.
Hulkenberg said the decision to move to Sauber, who have Mexican Sergio Perez switching to McLaren, had not been an easy one to make and refused to discuss details of the contract.
He also denied there were any formal links with Ferrari, who supply engines to Sauber.
Hulkenberg had been talked of earlier in the season as a replacement at Ferrari for under-performing Brazilian Felipe Massa and his move to Sauber has been seen by some as a possible prelude to him joining the Italian team in 2014.
Massa has signed a one-year extension to the end of 2013. He joined Ferrari from Sauber in 2006.
"There were talks and there was some contact," Hulkenberg said of Ferrari.
Image: Monisha Kaltenborn
Photographs: Sauber F1 team


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Many people are becoming aware of the importance of avoiding products that are created without the use of harmful toxins and other materials which are harmful to us and the environment, and since we spend so much of our time in bed, this has special importance to our babies. Therefore purchasing an mattress for your baby has many health benefits. While we will look at these, lets initially look at some possible problems with the crib mattresses that have been the standard for years. Traditional Mattresses - The Problem. Mattresses have been produced basically in an unchanged manner for years. To protect the outside of the mattress against the likely diaper spill event, these mattresses are encased with a impervious vinyl covering. The soft inner fiber used to stuff the mattress looks strangely similar to the insulation that is used to fill our home ceiling and wall cavities. Although this makes for a moisture-proof mattress and one that is comfortable, there are toxins used in the chemicals used to make the stuffing fire-proof.
The twin mattress size can be a bit deceiving. At 39 inches wide and 75 inches long, it is the smallest standard mattress size available. You would have to go to a crib mattress size to find anything smaller. But for the twin mattress size, there are still a number of uses for it. Follow along for much more on this dynamic mattress size! Twin Mattress Size: Uses and Information It could be a tight fit for most adults. At 39" x 75", it is too short for those taller than 55", according to The Better Sleep Council - though adults in tight living quarters can make the jump to a twin XL (39" x 80").
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The Jenks Museum of Natural History and Anthropology, one of Brown University's vanished museums, has been given a second life.
A group of students, professors, and artists calling themselves "The Jenks Society for Lost Museums" has spent the past year researching the Jenks Museum, re-collecting scattered relics and remnants, and transforming words into rooms and fragments of curatorial description into spectral art. They have built a three-part installation that re-imagines the office of the museum's founder, showcases the remaining fragments of the collection, and conjures the ghosts of artifacts once found in the museum back into existence – as reimagined by over 80 artists.
An axe and a gun, bottles of arsenic and a walking stick, portray John Whipple Potter Jenks, founder of the museum. Tattered labels speak of fragility and decay. The installation tells the story of Jenks and the museum that was his life's work, of his sudden death on the building's steps and of the museums subsequent decline. The collection – 92 truckloads of artifacts and specimens – hauled to a dump on the Seekonk River.
It is a work of art that relies on subtlety and rewards the curious, a story that displays loss over time and demonstrates the uncertainties of preservation, an exhibit that presents a memory of the past and promotes hope for the future.
The Lost Museum will be on display in Rhode Island Hall on the Brown University campus, 60 George Street, the Jenks Museum's original home, through May 2015. Hours are 8AM – 5PM.
The installation is supported by Brown's 250th Anniversary, Brown's Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "Animal Magnetism: The Emotional Ecology of Animals and Humans," the Creative Arts Council, the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, and the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World.


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September 26 - 30, 2015
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Venue: McCormick Place
Event website: http://www.weftec.org
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WEFTEC®, the Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the biggest meeting of its kind in North America and offers thousands of water quality professionals from around the world the best water quality education and training available today. Also recognized as the world's largest annual water quality exhibition, WEFTEC's massive show floor provides unparalleled access to the field's most cutting-edge technologies and services.
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SKF industry experts will show the latest SKF innovations for fluid machinery.


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Xbox One owners have more zombie apocalypses to look forward to. State of Decay developer Undead Labs has signed a multi-year, multi-game agreement with Microsoft Studios.
"We'll be able to share details later this year, but as with State of Decay, we think it's best if we just keep our heads down and build some prototypes before we talk too much. For now, suffice it to say there are big things going on with State of Decay," said Undead.
State of Decay throws players into the middle of a zombie outbreak. They must lead a group of survivors living in the infested Trumbull Valley. After establishing a base, they must keep it running by finding supplies and recruiting new members. Characters can die permanently so players need to be cautious when they leave the safety of their base.
SoD debuted on Xbox 360 in June to huge sales. The game was downloaded over 250,000 times in the first 48 hours. The sales climbed to a half million within two weeks. This success led Undead to release a PC version in September.
While State of Decay was single-player-only, Undead always had multiplayer aspirations. They planned to include a co-op mode for Decay but had to axe it to focus on the core gameplay. The studio has also been planning a State of Decay MMO, codenamed Class4, that will incorporate what they learned from the initial game.
With Microsoft and Undead Labs extending their partnership, it seems almost certain that this MMO will be released on Xbox One. State of Decay's success shows that there's a hunger for this kind of game among Xbox faithful. An Xbox One State of Decay would be an impressive exclusive for the console's library.
It's unclear whether Undead's future games will always be exclusive to XB1 or whether the exclusivity has a time limit. State of Decay arrived on the PC a mere three months after Xbox 360, after all. Even if the future State of Decay games come to PC, though, I wouldn't count on them ever coming to PS4. That's where Microsoft generally draw the line with their first-party exclusives.
I recommend you check out State of Decay on either 360 or PC if you haven't already. While the game has a few flaws, it was still one of my favorite releases of 2013.


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"After high school I drifted through various low wage jobs with no real goal, but when I became pregnant with my first daughter, it was time to get serious. My goal was to receive a degree or diploma in a short amount of time. The flexibility of online classes helped me get started, and the support of faculty and staff helped me finish my program. My defining moment at ACTC came from a professor who helped me complete work I had missed due to illness. Rather than let me struggle on my own, he cared enough about my success to make sure I made it through. Completing the Surgical Technology program at ACTC gave me the confidence to go further with my education, and now I would like to eventually become a Physician Assistant."
Jessica Ranae Cantrell graduated from ACTC's Surgical Technology Program in 2011 and immediately started work at Cabell Huntington Hospital as an anesthesia technician. An Ashland resident and 2003 Greenup County High School graduate, she is now working on a bachelor's degree in Ecology/Evolutionary Science at Marshall University.


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BOSTON, Mass.—The UMBC men's and women's track and field team concluded the first day of the 2011 America East Championships Friday. The men sit in fourth place with 23 points. Binghamton leads with 57, followed by Albany and New Hampshire with 47 and 27, respectively. Boston University (20), Maine (9), Stony Brook (5), Vermont (4) and Hartford (3) round out the field. The women are currently seventh with 18.5 points. Albany leads with 50, followed by New Hampshire (44), Boston U. (42.50), Binghamton (22), Stony Brook (21), Vermont (19), while Maine has 16 points.
The men's distance medley relay team of senior Michael Christmas (Invercargill, New Zealand/James Hargest College), freshmen Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) and Jake Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) and senior Chris Snyder (McConnellsburg, Pa./McConnellsburg) finished second in a UMBC record and IC4A-qualifying time of 9:49.52.
Senior Martin Nevarez (Casa Grande, Ariz./Central Arizona College) won silver in the pole vault with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 4.80m, while junior Sam Wilson (Davidsonville, Md./South River) finished eighth with a mark of 4.35m.
Sophomore Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) earned silver in the women's weight throw with an ECAC-qualifying time mark of 16.33m, while sophomore Cameron McDearmon(Owings Mills, Md./Franklin) earned bronze in the men's weight throw with an IC4A-qualifying heave of 17.05m.
Senior Sara Parkinson (Chorley, England/Loughborough University) crossed the line fourth in the 5,000-meter run in an ECAC-qualifying time of 17:22.83.
Sophomore Chowan Brightful (New Market, Md./Linganore) placed sixth in the pentathlon with 3,210 points. Junior Laura Walker (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) finished eighth in the women's pole vault, hitting a mark of 3.00m.
After four events, senior Keith Onto (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro/St. Francis (PA)) is first in the heptathlon with 2,781 points.
Junior Joshua Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) is seeded first in the men's 500-meter dash after posting an IC4A-qualifying time of 1:03.67.
Sophomore Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) and senior Keith Brown(Columbia, Md./McDonough) are ranked second and third in the 60-meter hurdles. JuniorImani Colbert (Upper Marlboro, Md./C.H. Flowers) is seeded fourth in the women's 60-meter hurdles with an ECAC-qualifying time of 8.68.
Freshman Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. Magnet) is ranked fifth in the women's 400-meter dash in an ECAC-qualifying time of 56.44, while junior Lauren Leclercq (Jessup, Md./Meade Senior High) is ninth with a time of 58.61. Jones is also seeded fifth in the 200-meter dash in 25.18.
Freshman Deborah Adelola (Lanham, Md./Bladensburg) is seeded sixth in the women's 500-meter dash with a time of 1:16.85.
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The trial of an Army general accused of sexual assault moved into uncharted legal territory Tuesday when the judge dismissed the jury to allow the defense time to hammer out a new plea deal with the military.
While the highly unusual decision gives Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair a second chance to negotiate the dismissal of the most serious charges, he appears certain to face an inglorious end to a nearly 30-year career spanning service in three wars. His lawyers said it could take weeks to finalize an agreement.
Experts in military law said Judge Col. James Pohl is seeking a just and innovative solution for a courtroom situation that doesn't fit prior case law.
"No one has ever seen anything like this before, but it seems like the right thing to do," said retired Maj. Gen. Walt Huffman, a Texas Tech University law professor who previously served as the Army's top lawyer. "This case was already unusual in so many respects."
Judge Pohl reviewed newly disclosed emails Monday and said he found the appearance of "unlawful command influence" in Fort Bragg officials' rejection of a plea bargain with the general in January. He declined to dismiss the charges outright, but allowed Sinclair's lawyers to negotiate with Army officials not previously involved with the case.
If they fail to reach a plea deal, the trial would resume. But with the jury sent packing, it's unlikely that could happen quickly.
The jury of five two-star generals was seated last week, traveling from as far away as Korea and Alaska. They appeared confused as Pohl sent them home, saying they may or may not be asked to return.
"Sometimes there are twists and turns you can't anticipate," Pohl told the jurors.
Sinclair, 51 and the former deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, is accused of twice forcing a female captain to perform oral sex on him in Afghanistan in 2011 during a three-year extramarital affair. He has admitted to adultery, which is a crime in the military, but denied assaulting the woman.
Believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. officer ever court-martialed on sexual assault charges, Sinclair appeared upbeat as he left court Tuesday, joking with the military police guarding the door.
Lead defense attorney Richard Scheff said his client would not agree to plead guilty to any charges involving sexual assault or any charges that would require him to register as a sex offender.
"He did not sexually assault anybody," Scheff said. "He did not threaten anybody. He's not maltreated anybody. We'd love to resolve the case. But if we can't, we look forward to our day in court and his vindication."
Lt. Col. Robert Stelle, the lead prosecutor, declined to comment.
Last week, Sinclair pleaded guilty to three lesser charges involving adultery with the captain and improper relationships with two other female Army officers. Those charges could bring 15 years in prison. A trial then began on the remaining charges, with a potential sentence of life in prison.
Now, with Tuesday's decision, the defense may ask Pohl to withdraw Sinclair's guilty plea in favor of whatever new deal can be reached. Sinclair also faces charges he defrauded the Army of more than $4,000 in travel expenses to visit his mistress.
The latest upheaval in the case comes as the Pentagon is under heavy pressure from Congress to fight sex crimes in the military. On Monday, the U.S. Senate approved legislation cracking down on misconduct.
Eugene R. Fidell, a former U.S. Coast Guard lawyer who now teaches at Yale Law School, said revelations about how Sinclair's previous plea offer was handled will help lawmakers who want to remove authority for prosecutorial decisions from the military brass.
"This whole episode shows there is a problem in a system that needs to be modernized to get the commander out of the driver's seat," Fidell said.
In December, Sinclair offered to plead guilty to some of the lesser charges in exchange for the Army dropping the sexual assault charges, but he was ultimately turned down by the general in charge of Fort Bragg.
Under the military code of justice, the decision on whether to accept Sinclair's plea offer was supposed to be based solely on the evidence.
But Pohl said the newly disclosed emails showed that lawyers and the general overseeing the case had discussed a letter from the accuser's lawyer, which warned that allowing the general to avoid trial would "send the wrong signal."
In the letter, attorney Capt. Cassie L. Fowler suggested that the proposal plea deal would "have an adverse effect on my client and the Army's fight against sexual assault."
"Acceptance of this plea would send the wrong signal to those senior commanders who would prey on their subordinates by using their rank and position, thereby ensuring there will be other victims like my client in the future," Fowler wrote.
Though prosecutors deny any consideration was given to Fowler's comments about the potential fallout, the emails cited by the defense show they did discuss her assertions. One top military lawyer at Fort Bragg quoted her letter and said he found Fowler "very preachy."
Testimony shows lawyers involved in the case wanted to cut a deal with Sinclair to avoid a trial, especially after evidence arose that his primary accuser lied during testimony.
But they were overruled by the base commander, Lt. Gen. James Anderson.
Testifying from Afghanistan by telephone, Anderson said Monday that he didn't thoroughly read Fowler's letter. The only thing he weighed in rejecting the deal was that the accuser wanted her day in court, he said.
However, a Dec. 20 email he sent to a military lawyer stated: "I have read the letter and made my decision."
Fidell, the former military prosecutor, said he found Anderson's testimony more troubling than the emails or the letter from the accuser's attorney.
"Really, the letter from the victim's advocate only stated the obvious — that this is a high-stakes case," Fidell said. "More disturbing was the testimony that the commanding general based his decision on what the accuser wanted, rather than the evidence in the case and the advice of his lawyers."
Huffman said the Army's case against Sinclair, if it were to still go to trial, would clearly be weakened by issues surrounding the accuser's credibility. He predicted prosecutors will cut a deal resulting in Sinclair's dismissal from the Army at reduced rank, costing him dearly in lost retirement benefits.
"He deserved to be court-martialed and he deserves punishment," the former general said. "But did he deserve to court-martialed for sexual assault? That is a different question."


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ARAUJO, Edna Maria de et al. The use of the race/color variable in public health: possibilities and limitations. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1414-3283.
This study aimed to discuss the use of the race/color variable as a determining factor of social difference and social exposure to the risk of illness and death. It is a reflection on the present production of the national and international literature in the Public Health and Epidemiology field on this subject. The study examined 47 original and review papers in the period 1990 to 2005. It was observed that international studies have aimed to debate and ground the use of the race/color variable in the health field. In Brazil, the use of this variable in studies about health inequalities is still incipient, but within the few investigations performed, differentials have been evidenced, which instigates the production of further research in this direction. The study of the role of race/color in the production of health differentials could contribute to make policies focusing on reducing health inequalities.
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Woah! It has apparently been a busy week in world literature. Today we bring you news from not just one, not two, but five different countries: Iran, Morocco, Spain, Argentina, and France.
Poupeh Missaghi, Editor at Large, reporting from Iran:
The 31st Tehran International Book Fair was held from May 2nd to May 12th, 2018, in Tehran, Iran.
In this year's fair, a much-awaited novel by Iran's foremost novelist, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, was finally offered to readers. طریق بسمل شدن , a novel about the Iran-Iraq war, had been awaiting a publication permit from the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance for ten years. The book has, however, already been offered to English readers, under the title Thirst, translated by Martin E. Weir and published by Melville House in 2014. (You can read a review of Thirst here.) (You can also read a piece by Dowlatabadi in Asymptote's special feature on the Muslim ban here.)


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Fenoprofen is used to relieve pain, tenderness, swelling, and stiffness caused by osteoarthritis (arthritis caused by a breakdown of the lining of the joints) and rheumatoid arthritis (arthritis caused by swelling of the lining of the joints). Fenoprofen is also used to relieve mild to moderate pain from other causes. Fenoprofen is in a class of medications called NSAIDs. It works by stopping the body's production of a substance that causes pain, fever, and inflammation.
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For the first time in the history of either company, both Peugeot and Renault have built more vehicles outside of France than in the glorious land of Bardot, Depardieu, Clouseau, Cousteau and Trust. The automakers reduced construction at home by fifteen percent, while foreign production has doubled in the past eight years. Analysts blame a sharp dip in the French market for the drop, although both companies sold fewer vehicles worldwide last year, as well.
Renault, Peugeot made more cars abroad than in France last year [ABC Money, UK]
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I have finished my quilts and washed and dried them. 2 of them ragged beautifully, but the other 3 did not. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I can do to get them to rag. They are all flannel. I remember a recent post about someone who had the same problem, but can not find it.
Thanks, Judy