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Family endures a 'Year of No Sugar'
Book details challenges of forsaking the sweet stuff
When Eve Schaub told her two daughters that she'd decided that their family was giving up sugar for an entire year, the girls' reaction was what you'd expect from a pair of red-blooded, candy-and-fruit-juice-loving American kids.
"They burst into tears," said Schaub, 43, of Pawlet, Vt.
Despite that less-than-encouraging response, Schaub held tight to her plan to get her family, including her daughters, Greta and Ilsa, and her husband Stephen, to abstain from the sweet stuff for a year. Schaub chronicled the family's ordeal in the new book "Year of No Sugar," (Sourcebooks, $11.01). She'll be in Connecticut speaking about the book and the no-sugar project at several area bookstores, including Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Deport and R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison.
Though Schaub said she always tried to be health conscious and careful about what her family ate, she never really considered herself a hard-liner about nutrition prior to the no-sugar project. But, one day, her husband called her over to the computer to watch a lecture by Dr. Robert Lustig, a professor of pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco. Lustig's 90-minute talk "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" made a splash when it premiered on YouTube in 2009 and, today, has more than 4.5 million hits. The lecture explores the role of sugar in a variety of health problems, including obesity.
The talk was an eye-opener for Schaub. "I became fascinated with his argument and couldn't get it out of my head," she said. "I found everywhere I went and everywhere I looked I was questioning the amount of sugar in everything."
Then she started thinking: Should she and her family stop eating sugar? The idea was intriguing. "I was curious what would happen," Schaub said. "It seemed like the possibility for a great adventure."
But, like any great adventure, it was rife with challenges. For one thing, Schaub quickly realized that sugar, in its many forms, was in nearly everything. It wasn't just in the usual suspects -- such as cakes and pies and ice cream -- but it was also hidden in such foods as bacon, crackers, mayonnaise and chicken broth.
Shopping suddenly became a hunting expedition, requiring Schaub to seek out breads, cereals, etc. that didn't contain sugar. "Every time I went to the store I had to spend twice as much time," she said. "I should have brought a magnifying glass" to read all the labels.
Certain sweet foods were allowed. For instance, Schaub eventually discovered dextrose, a sweetener that didn't contain fructose, which is the substance Lustig linked to so many health problems. Fructose does occur naturally in fruit, but Schaub allowed that because fruit contains enough fiber and other nutrients to balance out its natural sugars.
More InformationEve Schaub speaks
Eve Schaub will speak about "Year of No Sugar" at Hickory Stick Bookshop, 2 Green Hill Road, in Washington Depot, during a luncheon at noon, Tuesday April 15. For tickets, call 860-868-0525 or visit http://www.hickorystickbookshop.com/event/meet-author-eve-schaub-lunch.
Schaub will also speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road in Madison. To reserve a spot, visit http://www.rjjulia.com/eve-schaub-416.
Another major challenge, of course, was getting Schaub's children to agree with the project. At the time of the experiment, Greta was 11 and Ilsa was 6. (They're now 14 and 9.) Schaub said she knew that getting kids that age to completely forgo sugar would be almost impossible.
So, in the interest of avoiding a riot, she included a couple of peace-keeping caveats in her plan. One was that each family member had one "free" sugar-containing item that they could indulge in throughout the year. For her kids, it was jam. For Schaub, it was wine. And, for her husband, it was Diet Dr. Pepper. (Yes, most artificial sweeteners were also outlawed during the sugar-free project).
She also allowed one sweet treat a month, which would be enjoyed by the family as a group. And there was a "birthday party rule," which allowed the girls to make their own decision if they were at an event -- say, a birthday party -- without their parents, and sugary foods were served.
Despite the tearful reaction Greta and Ilsa had when their mom introduced the plan "they got used to the idea a lot faster than I expected actually." It helped that Greta kept a journal of her year without sugar, which allowed her to vent whatever frustrations she had. The journal was her mom's idea -- another attempt to keep a coup from breaking out in the family. "She was going to be mad at me and I knew that," Schaub said. "There were going to be things she wanted to talk about and she wasn't going to want to talk about them with me."
For instance, when Christmas time approached and Greta knew she wasn't going to get to eat all the treats of the season, she wrote this slightly theatrical entry: "Oh help me... I feel so helpless like I have know (sic) will or say in anything."
The family also struggled at public events, such as potluck dinners, where they had to avert their eyes from the dessert table. "Socially, food is so important," Schaub said. "When we would go to event and we would participate and we wouldn't partake of the food, it was a very weird feeling it was very isolating."
But there were benefits to the project as well. Schaub speaks in the book about having more energy. Even more amazing, she writes about how, after months without sugar, she began to lose her taste for it. She'd still crave cakes and pies, but, when it came time for the family to enjoy its sweet of the month, it often tasted overpoweringly sweet.
Schaub, however, said she doesn't want people to misread the point of her project. "A lot of people have this misapprehension that I'm trying to eradicate sugar from the face of the earth," she said. "That's not what I'm trying to do. I just hope that people get a greater awareness of the presence of sugar in our diet."
Now that the project is over, Schaub said, its lessons remain. Her children now know how to read nutrition labels, and are more aware of what's in the food they eat. And, though sugar is no longer off the table, Schaub said they're a bit more tentative about it than they used to be.
"We were just at dinner the other night and it was a special night," Schaub said. "So Greta wanted to get a piece chocolate cake. She got about halfway through the cake and said `I don't want anymore of this.' "
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Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which Nozlee Samadzadeh breaks down our favorite seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more by the numbers.
Along with peas, broccoli and cauliflower are vegetables that are easy to malign when cooked poorly -- "stale and murky," our senior editor Kristen calls them. But treated right in a slaw, a batch of roasted vegetables, or pesto, broccoli, cauliflower, and their ilk can be downright classy. Today we tackle a bevy of brassicas, floret by floret.
1. Broccoli: By far the most commonly available of the bunch, broccoli is just as good raw as it is cooked. There are three main varieties that you'll encounter: the tightly-bunched kind that you'll see in supermarkets, a more loosely floreted variety called sprouting broccoli, and a variety with purple florets!
2. Romanesco...Something: Strangely, this variety is called both Romanesco broccoli and Romanesco cauliflower. Light green and gorgeously fractalled into peaks, it's not actually a cross between the two even though you'll occasionally find it labeled "broccoflower." And math geeks, get excited: the number of spirals on each head of Romanesco is always a Fibonacci number. It's slightly milder and nuttier in taste than its two cousins, so plan accordingly in recipes.
3. Cauliflower: When it comes to costume changes, cauliflower has all the fun. In peak season, you can find cauliflower in colors like orange, light green, bright purple (sadly, the color fades upon cooking), and the regular white. As with many other vegetables, the colors are the result of minor genetic changes: purple cauliflower is caused by anthocyanins (the same color-causing agent found in cabbage and grapes) and orange cauliflower has genetically abnormally high levels of vitamin A.
4. Eats Shoots and Leaves, Pt I: Broccoli stems are edible! Just chop off their tough skins (see how in this recipe for Roy Finamore's Broccoli Cooked Forever) and cook with the tender insides.
5. It Was All Yellow: You may have noticed that broccoli turns yellow as it ages. This is actually completely natural -- it's the broccoli florets maturing and growing into yellow flowers!
6. Just Because: Whatever you call them, fractalled vegetables are so beautiful.
7. Eats Shoots and Leaves, Pt II: Brassica leaves are edible, too! Gilt Taste recommends serving them on toast, but you can also toss them into your roasts, soups, and sautes along with the florets. Crisped up in the oven, they're reminiscent of kale chips!
8. How to Floret: The best way to cut broccoli and cauliflower comes from Kristen in, again, Broccoli Cooked Forever. To keep your cutting board (and, uh, entire kitchen) from becoming covered in tiny, hard-to-brush-away floret bits, cut partially through the stem and pull the florets apart with your hands. No mess!
Green or purple, orange or white, broccoli and cauliflower are interchangeable to an extent. Tired of your favorite broccoli soup? Try it with Romanesco broccoli. And be sure to let us know if you try cooking cauliflower forever!
Broccoli Cooked Forever
Marinated Cauliflower
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Because it's not a chicken vending machine but an egg vending machine! Live! Fresh! Good! Um, not exactly. The egg vending machine was an installation made by NOAH (think PETA but German) to show the dark side of how farms treat their chickens.
Which is to say, not well. NOAH wants people to buy free range eggs in hopes to change the farming system where chickens are cooped up in cages. Under those cramped conditions, they're essentially treated as egg vending machines. A free range farm allows their chickens to roam around. I'm all for animal rights but I wouldn't exactly be against putting a quarter in a machine and having a fresh egg pop out either. I love vending machines. [NOAH]


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Builders and Home Owners Royal Leamington Spa
We have a specialist team that has many years of experience in mediating claims arising out of building work around Royal Leamington Spa. No matter the amount of money involved, building disputes can be very stressful, time-consuming and expensive for both parties.
We provide to our clients a National mediation service and help you impartially reach a settlement by going to court.
Types of Issues M4B Royal Leamington Spa deal with
Why Mediation is Better than Litigation for building and construction disputes Royal Leamington Spa
What is Mediation?
- Mediation is a dynamic, confidential, structured, interactive process in which a neutral, skilled third party helps disputing parties to resolve conflict using specialised communication as well as negotiation techniques.
- Those participating in mediation Royal Leamington Spa are encouraged to do it actively. Mediation is a party-centred process; it's focused primarily on the parties' needs, interests and rights.
- The mediator uses various techniques in guiding the process in a direction that is constructive and in helping the parties to find their optimal solution.
- Unlike the litigation process, whereby a neutral third party (a judge) will impose a decision on the matter, the mediator and the parties control the mediation process. They decide where and when the mediation takes place, how the mediation is going to be paid for, who will be present and how the mediator Royal Leamington Spa is going to interact with the parties
- The mediator is facilitative; he/she supervises the interaction between the parties as well as facilitates open communication. Also, mediation is evaluative. The mediator analyses issues and relevant norms, which is also known as "reality-testing", without expressing opinions, giving prescriptive advice or making decisions for the parties.
- As used in law, mediation is a form of ADR (alternative dispute resolution), a way of settling disputes between two or even more parties with concrete results. Typically, the mediator, a third party, assists the parties in negotiating a settlement. The term "mediation" refers to any situation where a third party assists others reach an agreement.
- Mediation has dynamics, timetable, structure that "ordinary" negotiations do not have. The process is confidential, private and enforced by law. Also, participation is voluntary. The mediator is a neutral third party, facilitating rather than directing the process.
The Advantages of Mediation
There are many advantages that binding mediation plus binding mediation offer to the industry of construction as an ADS option. Some of these include the following:
- Mediation is much cheaper than litigation because of the following reasons.
- Most of the mediators specialising in construction and engineering charge by the hour; the mediation is often completed within one or two days.
- Since most of the construction and engineer mediations are conducted within a short period, they take fewer days than litigation. Therefore, the cost of time that you will spend away from your business will be minimal.
- Mediation preparation is far simpler and easier than what is required when preparing litigation.
- Attorneys aren't necessary; however, they may participate when a party requests.
- In most cases, the mediations are held at the residence that is involved instead of scheduling a visit to a job site and a separate arbitration hearing held at a location that is neutral or litigation held at a jurisdiction court.
- The mediators are well-versed in the dispute issues and can help the parties in the opinion and position reality.
- The mediation process is much faster than litigation – Typically, the cases of construction and engineering litigation can take several months, a year or even longer just to get a trial.
- Mediation allows the chance for parties working together to reach an agreement. It allows them to continue working together to finish the construction project. That usually happens with a great customer referral when the job is done. However, in litigation, most of the time there is a decision or verdict by a judge. Also, the relationship between the parties comes to an end that is unfriendly.
- In mediation, both parties are participants. They can express their concerns and opinions. In litigation, the attorneys of the parties are the only ones representing their party, except when the party is taking the stand and the opposing attorney wants to cross-examine the party.
- Mediation is so informal – If a construction or engineering contract doesn't recognise an ADR option, mediation can be scheduled by mutual consent of the parties to the contract.
- Mediation is a process that is private. Unlike litigation, mediation is not subject to media attention and public knowledge.
- If certain items have been settled or there's a full settlement and an agreement written, the agreement is always enforceable in court. If need be, there will not be any appeals process. However, in litigation, you will find several levels of appeals that are available in an ongoing judicial process.
- In mediation, there is no jury. The risk of a large unwarranted award is reduced greatly. That is because the experienced mediator has a full understanding of the construction industry and is a seasoned professional. The mediator cannot be swayed by superficial or emotional arguments.
- In mediation, discovery is limited. That means that the attorneys' of the disputants (if they are involved in the mediation) rarely pursue the fishing expeditions, which is burdensome and occurs in ordinary litigations.
Pre-Action Protocol
- If you have any dispute with a builder over the work that he did for you, the PAP (pre-action protocol) for construction and building disputes could be what you are looking for to reach a suitable agreement without having to go to court.
- The PAP for construction and building disputes sets certain standards in which the parties of a construction or building dispute are required to observe before the proceedings of the court are issued. The goal of the protocol is encouraging the parties exchanging information during an early stage. Another aim is to consider using a suitable form of ADR instead of court action, which can be emotionally draining and unnecessarily expensive.
- Following the protocol steps, the claimant allows the defendant to understand fully nature of the claim that has been made against them. Based on that information, they can make a decision on how to react at an early stage.
- The protocol objective is to make sure that the parties explore all the alternative ways to legal action and they meet in an effort of ironing out their differences without having to enter into formal legal proceedings.
- The Protocol applies to every engineering and construction dispute. That includes professional negligence claims against quantity surveyors, engineers, architects and builders. However, a claimant isn't expected to abide by the protocol in these circumstances below.
- When proceedings of the court are needed to enforce an adjudicator's decision as to whom the dispute has been referred in accordance with section 108 of the Construction Act 1996.
- Where the claimant is seeking summary judgment in accordance with Part 24 of the CPR (Civil Procedure Rules).
- Where proceedings of the court include an interim injunction claim
- Where the dispute is relating to issues that are identical or substantially the same as the ones that have typically been the subject matter of an adjudication that is recent under the Construction Act 1996, or even some other formal ADR (alternative dispute resolution) procedure.
Steps of the Protocol
- The Letter of Claim – According to the protocol, in a building dispute, the first action you should take is notifying the defendant (builder) of your claim. The claimant does this by sending to all proposed defendants a letter of claim before starting court proceedings. The protocol clearly specifies the content of the letter. However, there could be terms in the service contract between the builder and you relating to complaints, which might take priority over the protocol.
- The Acknowledgement of the Defendant – Within 14 days of receiving the letter of claim, the defendant should acknowledge receiving it in writing. At this stage, the defendant can provide the address and the name of their insurer to the claimant. If the defendant does not acknowledge receiving the letter of claim, the claimant has a right to start court proceedings without complying with the protocol. Also, they could request an extension to the normal time that is specified to send an acknowledgement. It is wise that you think very carefully before agreeing to that.
- Defendant's Response – If the defendant acknowledges receiving a pre-action letter, they must make a decision on the response they want to issue.
- Objection to the Jurisdiction of Court or the Named Defendant – The letter of claim recipient has 28 calendar days, after receiving it, to raise an objection. It can be on these three grounds:
- The defendant who is named is the wrong one
- The matter is to be referred to arbitration
- The court lacks jurisdiction
- The objection should in writing and specify the section of the claim where the objection relates. Also, it should set out the grounds that are relied on. Where appropriate, if known, it should name the correct defendant. If the defendant lodges an objection as aforementioned, the defendant's response letter is not needed.
Pre-Action Meeting
- The option of legal action should be considered as a last resort. This even applies when you're locked into a building, engineering or construction dispute. The pre-action meeting represents the last chance to try and come to an agreement with the other party before the proceedings start sailing into the litigious area.
- After exchanging the letter of response and claim, the pre-action meeting is often the step that follows. It is an opportunity for the parties to talk about their grievances before commencing any formal legal action. The two parties have an opportunity of airing their complaints, with the hope to settle matters before taking things through a court case that will be expensive.
- A meeting between the two parties should be held no more than 28 calendar days after the claimant receives the defendant's response letter. If the defendant issues a counterclaim, the claimant will have to respond to this within 14 calendar days and substantive response within a total of 28 days.
- If you receive a response that is evasive or unsatisfactory, you could choose to take court action. At this stage, it's wise that you look for legal advice from a legal practitioner. In the case where they have written a well-considered response, you must advance to the pre-action meeting phase.
Pre-Action Meeting's Purpose
- Whatever points both parties may dispute, there is no side that is expected to view litigation as the option that they prefer. The pre-action meeting can act as the initial step to ensure that litigation can end quickly, or even avoided altogether.
- Pre-action meeting's purpose is for both parties to talk about the dispute and know its root, aiming towards obtaining a resolution that doesn't involve the court. If that goal is not reached, the meeting can act as a platform for the parties to discuss litigation details that might occur for it to be well conducted.
- More than one pre-action meeting might be required if the first one is unsuccessful. Also, it must be considered whether ADR would be a better option.
Who Is Supposed to Attend the Meeting?
- Both parties involved in the engineering or construction dispute should have a representative when attending the pre-action meeting. In case the party is one person, he or she will be the representative. In a scenario where a party is a large group (for instance, a company), the representative should be from that company. That person should have the power to agree to a settlement or resolution.
- There might be a third party who can be affected by how the dispute ends. If that is the case, then a representative from that third party should be present as well.
- If one of the sides in the dispute has sought legal representation concerning the dispute, then the said legal representation should be present as well. It's not a strict requirement. However, if you're deep in any dispute with an angry customer or a construction company, you can benefit greatly from a solicitor guidance.
- If an insurance company is involved in the incident that led to the dispute, then a representative from that insurance firm may attend. It can be the insurer's legal representative.
- Other parties may attend the meeting(s) with the aim of facilitating the discussion. Usually, these are specialists on the kind of dispute that is taking place. If one of the sides needs an expert to be present at the meeting, they should first get the approval of the other party.


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HUNTINGDON, PA - Johns Hopkins senior quarterback Robbie Mateythrew for 386 yards and five touchdowns in last season's 40-20 victory against Juniata. He did himself slightly better in Saturday's 65-10 victory against the Eagles as he was 23-of-26 for a career-high 408 yards and personal-best six touchdowns as the 14th-ranked Blue Jays improved to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the Centennial Conference with the win. The Eagles slip to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the Centennial with their second consecutive loss.
The 408 yards are the fifth-highest total in school history and Matey is just the third Johns Hopkins quarterback to throw for 400 yards in a game. Three different receivers caught touchdown passes from Matey, including senior Bob D'Orazio, who turned three of his four catches on the day into touchdowns. The six TD passes are just one shy of the school record.
The Blue Jays wasted no time taking advantage of an Eagle miscue as Matey found D'Orazio in the corner of the end zone from 10 yards out two plays after Juniata punter Jonah Plymir failed to handle the snap on a punt to give the Blue Jays possession at the Eagle 18 less than two minutes into the game.
Juniata used a short field of its own to slice the deficit to 7-3 late in the first quarter. Kevin Gorman returned an interception to the Blue Jay 24 - five plays and 18 yards later a 24-yard Ken Keysor field goal drew the Eagles within four.
From there, it was all Hopkins as the Blue Jays scored 24 straight points to push the 7-3 lead to 31-3 at intermission and the run would reach 37 straight points before the Eagles scored again. Matey polished off 89 and 73-yard drives with touchdown passes of 10 and 21 yards to Jon Monteiro and D'Orazio before the game was 20 minutes old to ignite the spree. A 29-yard field goal by freshman Nick Campbell and a one-yard scoring run by sophomore Brandon Cherryin a four-minute span late in the second quarter accounted for the 28-point halftime lead for the Blue Jays.
Any hopes for a Juniata comeback were gone 76 seconds into the third quarter as the Eagle defense released D'Orazio at the line and Matey found him all alone behind the secondary for a 62-yard touchdown to make it 38-3. The Blue Jays were set up in Juniata territory less than 90 seconds later after a Ryan Rice interception gave JHU possession at the Juniata 37 and Matey found a completely uncovered Jared Beekmanalone along the sideline and he raced untouched into the end zone with just over 12 minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Juniata finally halted the run with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Ward Udinski to Kyle Shuck midway through the third quarter, before the Blue Jays closed the game by scoring the final 21 points over the last 19 minutes to account for the 65-10 final score.
While the 65 points, the fourth-highest single-game total in school history, grabbed the headlines, the Blue Jay defense was equally impressive. Juniata entered the game averaging 33 points and 437 yards per game, but managed just the 10 points and 181 yards against a Blue Jay defense that has now held all five of its opponents to 14 points or les. The Eagles managed just 38 rushing yards on 31 attempts and JC converted just 3-of-14 third-down attempts.
Matey's 408-yard effort fueled a 601-yard performance for the Blue Jay offense; the sixth-highest total in school history. D'Orazio's four receptions covered 108 yards and included the three scores. Freshman Dionisio Roman rushed for a career-high 77 yards on 17 carries, while classmate Stuart Waltersadded 61 yards on 13 attempts.
Johns Hopkins, which ran its October winning streak to 10 games and improved to 14-1 in its last 15 road games with the victory, will return to action on Friday, October 18 when the Blue Jays host Dickinson. Kickoff is set for 7 pm against the Red Devils.
Notes: D'Orazio became the 21st player in school history to reach 1,000 career receiving yards as his 108 today push his career total to 1,070 •Johns Hopkins is now just four wins shy of all-time victory number 500 - the Blue Jays improved to 496-476-58 with today's win.
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Read on to see what patients of Dr. Workman have to say about their experience under the knife!
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Shuman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram SRT...The Biggest Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram SRT Dealer in Walled Lake is now the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Chrysler National Dealer of the Year as determined by DealerRater.com. We'll come back to the DealerRater.com award in a minute but first, who came up with Biggest in Walled Lake? We don't know. We've been doing business in Walled Lake since 1955. Our philosophy is simple. We will beat any ad, any price, period. All dealers buy cars from the factory for the same price. There are no volume discounts for car dealers so we keep our overhead low. You get the best deal from the dealer with the lowest overhead. The place isn't new but we paid off the mortgage long ago. We keep it clean, add on when we need to, and paint it once in a while. We buy the latest computers, tools, and equipment to give our customers the highest level of service at the lowest possible price. So if you live in Walled Lake or our surrounding communities like Commerce Twp, Novi, Milford, Highland, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Wixom, Lyon Twp, White Lake, or South Lyon, we are only minutes away and ready to help you. Read More...
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Not content to be the only member of the Palin clan to star in a hit reality show, Sarah Palin's new documentary style program aims to show how the former governor and her family actually live in their native stomping grounds on the frontier of the nation's 49th state.
The show, simply named "Sarah Palin's Alaska," aired its first episode (appropriately titled "Mama Grizzly") on TLC November 14 and touched briefly upon nearly every aspect of her life, from her skepticism of global warming, to her ideas on child rearing to exploring the natural beauty of her wild state. The opening credits were reminiscent of any 90's sitcom, introducing the Palin's merely as "Sarah" and "Bristol," with several money shots of the fiercely sylvan wilderness.
"I love this state like I love my family," she says as the family heads out for a fishing trip, where they by chance spot a few bears.
"I love watching these mama bears," she says. "They've got a nature that humankind could learn from. She's trying to show her cubs that; 'Nobody's gonna do it for you. You get out there and do it yourself, guys,'" she adds.
The show opens with Sarah and former First Dude Todd voicing complaints about privacy when an author and journalist named Joe McGinniss rents the house next door to work on an unauthorized biography of the conservative icon. In response, Todd built a 14-foot high fence to block his view. Though the show makes an effort to steer clear of political issues, Palin can't help but get in a few shots at the press, one of her favorite foils.
"He's stuck writing an ugly book," she tells her children, while Todd adds that McGinniss is "writing a hit piece on my wife."
"This is what we need to do to secure our nation's border," she says of the fence, in another political aside. "How would you feel if some dude who was out to get 'cha was 15 feet away from your kids?"
At one point, Sarah and Todd go off camping at a national park with her parents where she attempts rock climbing, an experience that sorely tested the normally self-assured politician/activist/talking head.
"Oh, God help me. I'm scared...That's scarier than I thought. I'm so scared I can't even move,' she said during the climb. However, she found the internal reserve needed to make it to the summit.
"About halfway up the rock, I did not know if I was going to be able to finish the task," she said post-climb. "But I didn't want to quit. I didn't want to quit in front of other people."
In other parts of the episode, the show simply shows the Palin clan living and doing things that most families would recognize. Sarah and the kids bake cupcakes while she also has to keep a watchful eye on a male friend of teenage daughter Willow when he attempts to sneak up upstairs to see her.
Though the show, like most reality programs, is edited for maximum effect and drama, anyone hoping to catch a glimpse of the "real" Sarah Palin may need to set their DVR's to TLC for the next eight weeks.
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Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: Ziff Davis 2013
What's normally our large conference room more closely resembled a circus this morning—if circuses had not only tigers but monsters, zombies, and unicorns as well. Ziff Davis, PCMag's parent company, invited employees to participate in Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day and thanks to a skilled face painter, our little Ziffers were transformed into little beasts (and in a few cases, princesses).
Following a hearty breakfast of juice and cereal, our kids dove into the activities fingers first. They painted, built Angry Birds out of Legos, shot basketballs, and drove remote control cars. The highlight of the morning, though, may have been the 3D printing demonstration of an owl. As PCMag Hardware Managing Editor Laarni Ragaza explained how the 3D Systems Cube 3D Printer works, kids chimed in to clarify that "3D means you can see all sides of it," (Samantha, age 7) and that the printer "makes things out of blue goo" (Nina, age 7). Unfortunately, the demo came to a halt when the printer came unplugged—mysteriously.
This year celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work program, which is "designed to be more than a career day," explains Carolyn McKecuen, president of the sponsoring foundation. "Exposing girls and boys to what a parent or mentor in their lives does during the work day is important, but showing them the value of their education, helping them discover the power and possibilities associated with a balanced work and family life, and providing them an opportunity to share how they envision the future and begin steps toward their end goals in a hands-on and interactive environment is key to their achieving success," she says.
Ziff Davis CEO Vivek Shah echoed that sentiment but also acknowledged its value to the parents, "I love this day. It's great for our kids to see us in our environment and for us to see their excitement and wonder."
In all, we welcomed more than 20 future futurists, scientists, and engineers, ranging from two-and-a-half to 11 years old. Of course, we had to take advantage of the opportunity to pick their brains on various subjects. (We are reporters, after all.) The topics ranged from the best mobile games out there to what they would make using a 3D printer to why we call smartphones smartphones. Click through to see what they had to say.
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- Eid al-Adha commemorates when God appeared to Abraham
- Eid Mubarak and Eid Saeed are greetings used during the holiday
- Eid al-Adha is also known as the Feast of Sacrifice or Greater Eid
(CNN)Five things to know about Eid al-Adha:
1. Considered one of Islam's revered observances, the four-day religious holiday corresponds with the height of the Hajj -- the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that annually draws 2 million Muslims.
2. Eid al-Adha commemorates when God appeared to Abraham -- known as Ibrahim to Muslims -- in a dream and asked him to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience. As Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, God stopped him and gave him a sheep to kill in place of his son. A version of the story also appears in the Torah and in the Bible's Old Testament.
3. Pronounced EED al-UHD-huh, the holiday begins Friday and ends Monday -- the last day of the Hajj. Eid al-Adha is also known as the Feast of Sacrifice or Greater Eid. It is the longer of two Eid holidays observed by Muslims. Eid al-Fitr -- or Little Eid -- follows the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan.
4. During Eid al-Adha, many Muslim families sacrifice a sheep and share the meat with the poor. They also are required to donate to charities that benefit the poor. Muslims also routinely exchange presents during the holiday.
5. Eid Mubarak (pronounced EED muh-BAR-ack) and Eid Saeed are routine greetings used during the observance to offer best wishes.


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Maurer soaks up first big league Opening Day
OAKLAND -- Mariners rookie right-hander Brandon Maurer threw a bullpen session prior to Monday's opener at O.co Coliseum and tried not to get caught up in being in a triple-decker stadium preparing for his first Major League season.
Maurer, 22, has never pitched above Double-A but will make his Major League debut on Thursday against the A's.
"It's fun to just kind of look around and say, 'Wow, this is a big league stadium,'" he said with a grin. "It will soak in a little more once they call everyone out on the field and when I can walk into the dugout, then I can give it a nice little look up."
He's taken part in Opening Day ceremonies at other levels of baseball, from Little League in Costa Mesa, Calif., to high school in Villa Park, Calif., to various Minor League venues in his five pro seasons since getting drafted in the 23rd round in 2008.
"It's always nice to go out on the baseball field, but it is a little different here," Maurer said. "It's always cool, but it's not quite big league cool."
On the other end of the scale is Raul Ibanez, who was taking part in his 15th Major League Opening Day and enjoyed seeing Maurer and fellow first-timers Carter Capps and Stephen Pryor.
"I absolutely remember my first," Ibanez said, recalling the Mariners' 1999 opener at the Kingdome. "That's what I really get excited for, guys that it's their first Opening Day and first callups, first base hits, first win.
"I really love seeing guys do well and experiencing things for the first time. It keeps me young, watching them do it, because I remember what it was like all those years ago."


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Adelaide Cooking School - Gluten & Sugar Free Cakes & Desserts
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Whether your health care professional delivers the sad news, or you have come to the decision that you must stop eating sugar or gluten, it is often thought that you will no longer be able to enjoy your favourite treats. However this class is to turn that notion on it's head!
Join me one morning to learn how to cook deliciously satisfying dishes with no refined sugar, wheat, gluten or yeast and create fabulous desserts or cakes that no one will believe did not come from the local bakery. Learn how to adapt your own favourite recipes and all the tricks to gluten free cooking.
For me, feeding people is about sharing my passion and love for food. Being able to share my table is one of the best things I can experience and I hope after spending time with me, at Rilka's Kitchen, you will feel the same.
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Rilka's Kitchen
91 Mt Barker Rd
Rilka's Kitchen
Cook, teacher, entrepreneur, author, radio personality –flamboyant foodie Rilka Warbanoff is all of these and more.
A force to be reckoned with on many fronts, Rilka's first love has always been food. For her, preparing and sharing meals with friends and family is a joyful act, and since returning home to South Australia, Rilka has made her mark on the thriving Adelaide food scene.
Her book, Rilka's Feasts, was published by HarperCollins in 2012, and she made a triumphant return to radio in 2014, pairing up with Leith Forrest on 5AA every Wednesday night. Ratings for the timeslot have doubled since Rilka became the '5AA Foodie', with Adelaide listeners embracing her infectious enthusiasm and taking the show to the top of the ratings chart. Now also on Tuesday afternoons with Jeremy Cordeaux and Andrew Rimer on Sunday nights and 5MU on Thursday morning you can get a tip from Rilka anytime.
Rilka's Kitchen offers creative lunch and dinner classes several times a week, or a special menu can be arranged for your own group. All classes focus on food that contains no gluten, wheat, yeast, preservatives or added sugars, while retaining flavour and fun.


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Real Goods Solar Has Acquired Syndicated Solar, an Innovative and Rapidly Growing Residential Solar Company
Syndicated Solar Expands Real Goods Solar's Residential Sales Capabilities and Increases the Company's Growth Momentum
LOUISVILLE, CO., August 12, 2013 – Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSOL), a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, has completed the acquisition of Syndicated Solar, Inc.
Based in Denver, Colorado, Syndicated Solar's efficient sales processes and integrated software tools have enabled it to rapidly grow in the residential sector. The company has three regional offices in Grand Junction, Colorado, and in the St. Louis, Missouri, and San Jose, California metro areas. The company had revenues of $2.5 million in 2011 and $7.3 million in 2012. The company is expected to double revenue year-over-year in 2013 with approximately $10 million of current backlog.
Real Goods Solar paid net consideration of $2.5 million, plus 400,000 shares of Real Goods Solar unregistered Class A common stock, with the potential for the seller to earn up to $250,000 in additional earn-out payments following the close of the 2013 fiscal year and an additional 1.3 million shares of unregistered Class A common stock in performance based earn-outs over the next two and half year period.
The Syndicated Solar acquisition brings more than 40 employees to Real Goods Solar, including Justin Pentelute, Syndicated Solar's founder and CEO, who brings with him outstanding sales and business development leadership and capabilities. Reporting to Kam Mofid, CEO of Real Goods Solar, for the remainder of 2013 Pentelute will continue in his capacity as CEO of Syndicated Solar leveraging Real Goods Solar's back office and supply chain management capabilities with the goal of capturing substantial year-over-year sales and revenue growth in the targeted markets. Over the next few months, Syndicated Solar will be fully integrated into Real Goods Solar's residential division.
"I am very excited about this acquisition which adds critical capabilities to our residential division in terms of both additional talent and pipeline and helping Real Goods Solar create more efficient and scalable front-end processes," said Mofid. "Justin and his team have quickly established a solid reputation in our industry. I am confident our combined residential organization will scale and expand rapidly in this very exciting part of the market. This transaction also complements the Mercury Solar Systems acquisition announced last week that strengthened primarily the commercial side of our business. As we accelerate growth both regionally and nationally, we will also have the opportunity to look at unique and innovative financing relationships and solutions to better serve our customers."
Pentelute commented: "All of us at Syndicated Solar are very pleased to be joining Real Goods Solar, a true pioneer and an iconic firm in the solar industry. We have grown substantially over the past few years and as part of Real Goods Solar, we can create an even stronger residential solar team to capture the tremendous runway in front of us as we bring this wonderful 100% clean renewable and economically attractive energy to more customers across the nation."
About Real Goods Solar and RGS Energy
Real Goods Solar, Inc. (RSOL) is one of the nation's pioneering solar energy companies serving commercial, residential, and utility customers. Beginning with one of the very first photovoltaic panels sold to the public in the U.S. in 1978, the company has installed more than 15,000 solar power systems representing well over 100 megawatts of 100% clean renewable energy. Real Goods Solar makes it very convenient for customers to save on their energy bill by providing a comprehensive solar solution, from design, financing, permitting and installation to ongoing monitoring, maintenance and support. As one of the nation's largest and most experienced solar power players, the company has 15 offices across the West and the Northeast. It services the commercial and utility markets through its RGS Energy division. For more information, visit RealGoodsSolar.com or RGSEnergy.com, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/realgoodssolar and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/realgoodssolar.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements relating to matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "expect," "intend," "believe," "will," "should" or comparable terminology or by discussions of strategy. While Real Goods Solar believes its assumptions and expectations underlying forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that actual results will not be materially different. Risks and uncertainties that could cause materially different results include, among others, introduction of new products and services, completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of negative economic conditions, and other risks and uncertainties included in Real Goods Solar's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Real Goods Solar assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.
Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Ron Both
Liolios Group, Inc.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
A video instructional series for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 26 half-hour video programs and coordinated books
This series supports nationally recognized science standards NSTA and NCSESA.
Produced by the University of Maryland and the Educational Film Center. 1990.
This series has been discontinued due to rights expiration.
1. The World of Chemistry
The relationships of chemistry to the other sciences and to everyday life are presented.
2. Color
The search for new colors in the mid 1800s boosted the development of modern chemistry.
3. Measurement: The Foundation of Chemistry
The distinction between accuracy and precision and its importance in commerce and science are
4. Modeling the Unseen
Models are used to explain phenomena that are beyond the realm of ordinary perception.
5. A Matter of State
Matter is examined in its three principal states — gases, liquids, and solids — relating the visible
world to the submicroscopic.
6. The Atom
Viewers journey inside the atom to appreciate its architectural beauty and grasp how atomic
structure determines chemical behavior.
7. The Periodic Table
The development and arrangement of the periodic table of elements is examined.
8. Chemical Bonds
The differences between ionic and covalent bonds are explained by the use of scientific models
and examples from nature.
9. Molecular Architecture
The program examines isomers and how the electronic structure of a molecule's elements and bonds
affects its shape and physical properties.
10. Signals From Within
Chemists' knowledge of the interaction of radiation and matter is the basis for analytical methods
of sensitivity and specificity.
11. The Mole
Using Avogadro's law, the mass of a substance can be related to the number of particles
contained in that mass.
12. Water
The special chemical properties of water are explored, along with the need for its protection and
13. The Driving Forces
Endothermic and exothermic reactions are investigated and the role of entropy is revealed.
14. Molecules in Action
Observing molecules during chemical reactions helps explain the role of catalysts. Dynamic
equilibrium is also demonstrated.
15. The Busy Electron
The principles of electrochemical cell design are explained through batteries, sensors, and a
solar-powered car.
16. The Proton in Chemistry
Demonstrations explain pH and how it is measured, and the important role of acids and bases.
17. The Precious Envelope
The earth's atmosphere is examined through theories of chemical evolution; ozone depletion and
the greenhouse effect are explained.
18. The Chemistry of the Earth
Silicon, a cornerstone of the high-tech industry, is one of the elements of the Earth highlighted in
this program.
19. Metals
Malleability, ductility, and conductivity are examined, along with methods for extracting metals
from ores and blending alloys.
20. On the Surface
Surface science examines how surfaces react with each other at the molecular level.
21. Carbon
The versatility of carbon's molecular structures and the enormous range of properties of its
compounds are presented.
22. The Age of Polymers
How chemists control the molecular structure to create polymers with special properties is
23. Proteins: Structure and Function
The program examines proteins — polymers built from only 20 basic amino acids.
24. The Genetic Code
The structure and role of the nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, are investigated.
25. Chemistry and the Environment
Dump site waste management demonstrates chemistry's benefits and problems.
26. Futures
Interviews with leaders from academia and industry explore the frontiers of chemical research.
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NORFOLK, Va. – The VCU Baseball team remained in the hunt for a spot in next month's CAA tournament, with a 7-6 victory over Old Dominion on Saturday night at the Bud Metheny Complex.
The Rams improve to 23-20 overall, including 10-13 in the CAA with just seven league games remaining this season. Old Dominion drops to 16-26 overall and 6-14 in the CAA.
The Rams pulled ahead for good in the top of the ninth, with senior outfielder Paul Nice starting things off with a one-out single to the third baseman. Sophomore outfielder Bill Cullen reached on a fielding error by the second baseman, which allowed Nice to advance to second, before junior infielder Jordan Weymouth drew a pitch off his arm to load the bases for VCU. Sophomore infielder Joey Cujas followed with a sacrifice fly to score Nice from third for the eventual game-winning run.
Junior pitcher Blake Hauser returned to the mound for the bottom of the ninth, after recording the final out of the eighth. Hauser (pictured right) managed to force a fly ball to left field for the first out, then fanned the next two batters to close out the game and earn the victory for the Rams.
"It was an exciting, back-and-forth affair between the two teams," said VCU associate head coach Shawn Stiffler. "It was one of those deals in which whoever's bullpen could settle in first, was going to win the game. We did a little bit of a shakeup with our lineup tonight and it paid off, with the guys having good at-bats and we were able to take advantage of some hit-by-pitches and walks."
VCU put together a 2-0 advantage in the top of the third inning, with senior catcher Taylor Perkins belting a one-out single. After Nice fouled out to the first baseman, Cullen roped a double to right field to put runners on second and third. Weymouth came to the plate and dropped a bunt down the third base line, which the ODU third baseman collected and threw wide of first base, allowing both Nice and Cullen to score.
Old Dominion posted a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth, to knot the score at 2-2.
A solo home run by Michael Perez handed the Monarchs their first lead of the contest, giving the home side a 3-2 advantage.
The Rams countered with two runs of their own in the top of the sixth, to retake the lead. After Nice led off with a single, Cullen and Weymouth reached on back-to-back hit-by-pitches to load the bases. Cujas lined a full count single up the middle, to plate Nice and Cullen.
Old Dominion pushed across three runs in the bottom of the sixth, with all three runs coming off VCU freshman pitcher Matt Lees.
The Rams, trailing 6-4, manufactured a pair of runs in the top of the seventh to tie the score at 6-6. Freshman infielder Vimael Machin lined a single up the middle to get things going, before Perkins roped a single through the left side. Nice followed with a single to left field, which enabled Machin to score and cut the ODU lead to one. After Cullen was plunked in the side to load the bases, Weymouth lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to plate Perkins.
Nice led the charge offensively for the Rams, going three-for-four at the plate with one RBI and two runs scored.
The two teams will close out the series on Sunday afternoon, with the first pitch in the deciding game scheduled for 2 p.m.
"We got pretty deep into the bullpen today, so we will need a good performance from senior Kyle Haynes tomorrow," added Stiffler. "We have a pretty veteran group, so they will be prepared. Every game from here on out is an elimination game for us and we are playing that way."


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This EasyFT90x v7 board is a development board for FTDI's FT900 series of 32-bit microcontrollers. It comes with an FT900Q on a plug-in CPU module.
The FT90x family of microcontrollers can execute instructions from Shadow RAM, which enables them to operate with zero wait states at up to 100MHz. This translates into a processing speed of 310 DMIPS. The FT900 series takes advantage of that speed with an integrated camera interface. This board has a camera built in so you can experiment with that, along with many other modules and connectors, such as Ethernet, USB, CAN, audio, TFT touch screen, microSD, navigation switch, etc.
Two mikroBUS sockets enable you to add Click boards easily. There are more than 100 different Click boards available, so if the EasyFT90x board doesn't have the interface or peripheral you want to work with, there's a good chance that you'll find a Click board that can add what you need.
The board features nine Input/Output PORT groups with IDC10 headers, buttons and LEDs.
No external programming hardware is required, for the board contains a built-in mikroProg fast USB 2.0 programmer and hardware debugger.


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Police Quest and Zork Now Available on GOG
Priced at $9.99, the Police Quest pack contains the original four games in Sierra's police procedural adventure games-- Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel, Police Quest 2: The Vengeance, Police Quest 3: The Kindred, and Police Quest: Open Season. Will you die because you cuffed a suspect incorrectly? It's certainly possible!
The $5.99 Zork Anthology packs Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero and, just because, Planetfall, which is not a Zork title. That's a whole lot of text adventures.
As is standard GOG operating procedure, the games come DRM-free.
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Vehicle details encompass a range of minor details present on vehicles, which are mostly useless in gameplay but add to variety on vehicles that appear on the street. These include the range of colors, accessories, license plates, and model badges.
Vehicles are typically available in a variety of body colors, unless they are hard-coded with a actual texture, as is the case with the Sabre Turbo and Patriot in GTA Vice City. For GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, differing colors may be applied on both the body panels and trims (including the bumpers). After GTA III, vehicles may also appear with two tone-body colors, or even three or four (the Camper in GTA San Andreas).
While the range of colors on most vehicles are limited, third party garage editors can modify the colors of stored vehicles to the player's choosing for games; this may also be applied to gang cars. Transfender, Wheel Arch Angels, and Loco Low Co. workshops in GTA San Andreas also allow the player to choose a range of custom colors for their vehicle, as well as fully custom paintjobs.
"Accessories" do not simply refer to vehicle accessories per se, but include different models and livery that illustrate variety between the same model of vehicles that appear on the road. Customized vehicles or gang cars based on existing models are also depicted with additional accessories to distinguish them from their stock counterparts.
GTA 2 first explored such variety by way of its gang cars and different vehicles: Gang cars could be converted into normal variants by utilizing a crane to load a gang car onto a Transporter trailer. In addition, certain vehicles are essentially modified versions of another, including the Taxi Xpress (based on the B-Type), the Special Agent Car (based on the Eddy), and the TV Van (based on the Van).
GTA III was the first game to feature variety of accessories on the same model of vehicles, randomly assigning a specific "accessories" for a number of them, including industrial box trucks (the Mule and Yankee) (company liveries), the Patriot (truck bed design), the Stallion (top), the Taxi (taxi lights), and the Coach (bus company liveries). Since then, more vehicles provide such variety, expanding to include truck loads, car spoilers, paneling, extended roofs, continental kits, side bags, and customized interiors, among others.
Like the choices of body colors, certain accessories (i.e. hydraulics, body kits, and nitrous oxide boasts) can be added on vehicle in Transfender, Wheel Arch Angels, and Loco Low Co. workshops in GTA San Andreas.
License plates
- Main article: Vehicle license plates
Vehicle registration plates were first introduced in GTA III with improved detailing. Usually seen on road vehicles, license plates were originally represented by only one or two license plate textures. By GTA San Andreas, license plates were far more flexible in displaying a far larger range of different license plates, with each of San Andreas three areas featuring their own type of license plate.
For GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories, a smaller range of license plates were assigned to specific vehicles, while GTA IV opted to use a single "LIBERTY CITY" license plate on nearly all vehicles, suggesting the feature was not completed during development.
Model badge
Due to hardware limitations, model badges on vehicles were only introduced in GTA Vice City, with the game's Moonbeam and Bobcat, as well as certain watercraft, actually featuring their name on their rear. The feature was still in limited use in GTA San Andreas, with the ZR-350, Bobcat and several boats being the only known models that sport their names on their bodies.
By GTA IV, however, nearly all vehicles featured are designed with at least one badge declaring their name, as well as their manufacturer and variant. Certain badges, such as those denoting engine types, however, may not reflect the actual engine that the vehicle has.
In GTA III, vehicles had different generic engine blocks: for instance, sports/supercars had V12 engines with the Rockstar Games logo emblazoned on the engine block.


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Jack Ramsay knows what it means to push the limits of what's possible. Whether he's racing competitively on Formula One race tracks near his home in Germany, or leading 20,000 digital pioneers in developing and implementing leading-edge solutions for clients around the globe, Jack is the real-world embodiment of #TheDigitalMan - innovative, adventurous, creative, driven.
As the Senior Managing Director of Accenture Digital Delivery, Jack works alongside global clients focused on services in the areas of mobility, web commerce, analytics, big data, Internet of Things, embedded software, and intelligent machines and systems - from design through build, test, and operations.
Jack has over 30 years of experience in leading large, diverse teams on complex projects in industries such as Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance, Defense, Government, Automotive and Transportation, and Travel. He is also a member of Accenture's Global Leadership Council.
Jack grew up in Scotland, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Heriot Watt University and a Master of Science in Information Technology from Glasgow University.
Jack lives near Frankfurt, Germany with his wife and four children. In his free time, Jack enjoys hiking, mountain biking, squash, keeping fit, live music (especially Rock) and travel. Learn more about Jack Ramsay @JRamsayDigital #TheDigitalMan and on LinkedIn.


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Where are you going on your family holidays this year?
We have got the most popular European holiday destinations for you.
How about a holiday to some of the most beautiful beaches in either Italy, France or Spain? Or maybe the overwhelming nature of green Austria, Germany or Belgium?
Whatever you choose Campingselection have guaranteed a holiday destination that meets all your requirements.
We have visited each destination, areas and the campsites to ensure they meet our high standards.
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Allure Bridals is a premier manufacturer that started out as a retail bridal store in 1998. From luxurious fabrics to exquisite details, Allure offers gorgeous collections with a variety of designs – so you can find the perfect one for you! Browse the dresses from the Bridal 2018 Collection at Something New Boutique and book an appointment online to visit our store in Colorado Springs, Colorado!
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RICHMOND, Va. – In a league full of talent, there were only three players in the Atlantic 10 to rank in the top-15 in scoring and rebounding. Two of those three were wearing VCU uniforms, Treveon Graham and Juvonte Reddic.
Both players were honored yet again for their outstanding seasons by the Virginia Sports Information Directors, Graham was named First-Team All-State, while Reddic earned a spot on the Second Team.
In just his first year in a starting role, Graham led the Rams in scoring, pouring in 15.1 points per game, while grabbing 5.8 rebounds and shooting 45-percent from the field. The Temple Hills, Md. native scored in double-figures in 31 of VCU's 36 games, including seven 20-plus point performances.
Reddic posted 11 double-doubles in his junior season, finishing second on the team in scoring (14.6 ppg) and first in rebounding (8.1), while shooting 56.9-perecent, which ranked in the top-20 in the country. The Winston-Salem, N.C. native scored in double-figures in 29 of VCU's 36 games, including a team-high nine 20-plus point performances.


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It's just a parade, after all, a once-a-year parade, so in the grand scheme of things, the Tournament of Roses Parade doesn't matter — until it does. And it does.
There's a paradox at the core of Pasadena's pretty street party. What began in 1890 as Pasadena's way of flaunting its midwinter pleasures became an internationally televised civic institution.
Be careful what you wish for, and all that.
PHOTOS: The Rose Parade through the years
When the world began watching, this parade — more puritanical than Mardi Gras, more glamorous than Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloons — turned into the face of all of Southern California, and thus it came not to be regarded as Pasadena's private shindig any more. It was arguably everybody's baby, and everybody longed to lay claim to those half a billion viewer eyeballs.
Its innocuous family-friendly themes were a huge advertising opportunity for big businesses, whose quarter-million-dollar outlay for a float got bazillions' worth of free, happy-chat publicity. And the prospect of a moment on the national radar attracted outside-the-tent groups, from supporters of Soviet Jews to the Occupy movement, which last year hustled its homemade plastic protest octopus onto the tail end of the parade route.
When the White House, in 1988, changed the release time of Reagan/Gorbachev videos so as not to conflict with parade coverage, the tournament's iconic status was only confirmed.
FULL COVERAGE: Rose Parade 2013
And in the nearly 60 years since the parade went live on TV, its huge cultural shadow has been as much about what you didn't see on display as what you did.
What didn't you see?
Black Angelenos in visible roles, for years. In the 1906 parade, a "Negro" Knights of Pythias lodge made news when it joined the parade with what news reports called its "dusky queen." Yet in 1958, after Pasadena city employees chose a fellow worker — a light-skinned black woman, as it turned out — to be "Miss Crown City," the city's float was canceled.
In the 1960s, the NAACP threatened to field 10,000 protesters on New Year's Day unless the queen and court selection process was opened up to young women of color.
The tournament chief, in a gee-whiz answer that could have served as the parade's stock response for decades, protested in bewilderment that he just didn't understand: "We've always had Negro participation. The majority of the bands have had Negroes in them. We've never had a policy on Negroes, one way or another."
Finally, in 1969, a black woman and an "Oriental" joined the parade's "royal court." Two years later, Miss Watts, aboard L.A.'s float, didn't just wave at the crowd, she raised her fist.
No woman served as grand marshal for the parade's first 43 years, and then, at last, it was Mary Pickford, the retired silent film star and GOP stalwart who allowed her estate to be used for fundraisers so long as female guests didn't wear trousers. (Of the 12 female grand marshals, three of them have been Shirley Temple.)
Native Americans appeared in supporting roles, but when the parade invited Christopher Columbus' descendant to be grand marshal 500 years after the conquest, the outcry forced it to add Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the first Native American senator, as co-grand marshal.
Grand marshals fell into patterns. They were by and large socially or politically conservative, figures lagging behind the culture rather than leading it: military heroes, sportsmen, mostly Republican political figures (Richard Nixon served twice), astronauts and venerable but aging entertainers like John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and Lawrence Welk. Having George Lucas as 2007's grand marshal seemed by contrast an insanely hip choice.
Had you judged L.A. or American culture by the grand marshals, or the nostalgically anodyne parade themes, you wouldn't have had a clue about pop culture, world music or much about the rest of the happening world at all. Pasadena on New Year's Day was Mark Twain's Cincinnati, the place he said he wanted to be when the world ended because everything happened there 10 years late.
Except in politics. For a time, the parade that declared itself above politics let some decidedly partisan floats roll down the road. The Women's Christian Temperance Union sent out a float in 1920 to celebrate Prohibition. In the 1960s, the National Rifle Assn. fielded floats.
In the presidential election year of 1952, South Pasadena's "Rosy Dream" was a floral GOP elephant being installed in the White House and a Democratic donkey on its way out, and the Young Republicans' float was an elephant in boxing gloves. One float that didn't appear in 1952 was Temple City's. It's parade committee thought it would be funny to show President Truman playing the piano, surrounded by deep freezes and mink coats, symbols of Truman staff payola. Temple City sent a telegram to Truman to see how he would take the joke. "Bad taste,'' objected the White House. A dozen years later, Downey voted to build a float showing a beagle in a cowboy hat barking "Ouch!," a sendup of LBJ picking up his dogs by their ears.
The parade may be Cincinnati, but it decided not to become Rome. Pasadena's vice mayor got his own ears boxed in 1991 when he seared the tournament leaders as a bunch of "aging white men." But his scolding got their attention. By fits and starts, the tournament began integrating its membership, by ethnicity, class, gender.
And the choice of this year's grand marshal would have given apoplexy to organizers of 50 years ago: Jane Goodall. A woman! A foreigner! A naturalist who values all the lives in the animal kingdom! And an official United Nations messenger for peace!
Today, let's welcome the parade to the 21st century; glad you could join us. And the good news and the bad news? We're watching.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. - This year already is going a lot better for Ryan Howard than 2012 did.
Howard hit his first home run of spring training, an opposite-field drive to left off All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel that helped the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 10-5 Thursday.
Howard put the Phillies ahead with an RBI double in the first against loser Paul Maholm.
He didn't play until July last year while recovering from a torn left Achilles tendon sustained in the Phillies' final game of the 2011 playoffs. Howard has started all six of Philadelphia's exhibition games this year and is 8 for 15 (.533) with three doubles and a homer.
"He was totally relaxed and stayed on the ball, went with it," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said of the home run. "The ball was out away from him and he just stayed on it, went with it."
Every position player in the Phillies' starting lineup had a hit except for Jimmy Rollins. Howard, Chase Utley, Ben Revere and Darin Ruf all went 2 for 3, and John Mayberry Jr. homered against Cristhian Martínez in the sixth.
In his second start, Cole Hamels allowed one run - unearned - and four hits in three innings. Hamels struck out four of his first seven batters and finished with five strikeouts and no walks.
"It was good," Hamels said. "I'm just building up, starting the process of trying to get the pitch count up. Obviously the endurance to be out there, it's all going to come."
Maholm gave up five runs, six hits and two walks in 2 2-3 innings.
Chris Johnson hit a solo homer in the sixth off Jonathan Pettibone, who gave up a three-run drive to Tyler Pastornicky in the seventh.
In the first meeting of the two teams this spring, Atlanta brought their new outfield trio of Jason Heyward and the Upton brothers, Justin and B.J. They combined to go 2-for-9, with Justin Upton doubling off the center-field wall in the first.
"With the players they have in Philadelphia, they're all established guys," Heyward said. "They have veteran experience. They've been to the World Series. They've shown they can win it, and win year after year. When they're healthy, they're a really dangerous team."
NOTES: Philadelphia RHP Mike Adams made his spring training debut with the Phillies, throwing a scoreless fourth. Adams allowed one hit and struck out one. ... SS Freddy Galvis made his second error in as many days. Galvis also went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI. ... Justin Upton is 4-for-10 with two doubles and a home run in eight games.


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Former U.S. President George W. Bush was not a man given to irony. Yet, when asked where he got his information, he replied, "The best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff."
Sadly, for the United States and for the world, he was not being ironic— he actually believed what he said. The notion that people close to the king typically try to remain close to the king by telling the king what he wants to hear does not seem to have occurred to that remarkably unreflective man.
Woe betide the courtier who troubles his or her monarch with unpleasant realities. David Nutt must now understand this principle better than anyone. Until a few weeks ago he was the chairman of the U.K.'s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs— an independent expert body that provides scientific advice to the British government on drug-related issues, including recommendations on how to classify the dangers of cannabis (marijuana), Ecstasy and other drugs of abuse. On Oct. 30, he was summarily fired from his position by British Home Secretary Alan Johnson for giving the government advice and then criticizing it for not taking it.
That advice concerned the thorny issue of reclassification, of cannabis in particular. Few subjects illustrate the divide between conservatives and liberals more starkly than drugs, and cannabis is the drug that provokes the most heated debate. People may argue about whether all drugs should be legalized, but they generally agree that heroin and cocaine are dangerous substances that can have severe psychotropic effects. Cannabis, however, is viewed so differently by liberals and conservatives that one's opinion on its harmful effects could serve as a shibboleth for distinguishing the two philosophies. Most liberals consider marijuana a relatively harmless recreational drug, along the lines of alcohol but less addictive and not socially damaging, whereas most conservatives regard it as a tool of the devil— a drug that, in addition to producing all manner of terrible side-effects, is guaranteed to lead its user down a slippery slope to even more dangerous drugs.
In Britain, cannabis originally was classified in 1971 in The Misuse of Drugs Act as a Class B drug. The category was created specifically for cannabis and some other drugs (such as amphetamines), as a compromise between those who thought cannabis was as dangerous as heroin (Class A) and those who thought it was a "soft" drug like the benzodiazepines (Class C). After several abortive attempts to reclassify it as Class C, marijuana officially was downgraded in 2004. Nutt's ACMD was the group that made the recommendation for that downgrading. (These classifications can have significant consequences: If cannabis is a Class B drug, people convicted of possessing it can face up to five years in prison.) However, in 2008, then-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith rejected the advice from the ACMD to keep cannabis at Class C and moved it back to Class B, despite the council's extensive review of evidence concerning its long-term effects, including any link to mental illness.
Nutt reacted angrily to this decision and earlier this year publicly accused ministers of "devaluing and distorting" the scientific evidence over illicit drugs by their decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B against the advice of the ACMD. In deciding to speak out, he was probably also stung by the government's decision, in February, to veto another ACMD recommendation, after a review of 4,000 papers on the subject, that the drug Ecstasy be downgraded from Class A. This public criticism prompted his dismissal from his post as head of the committee, a government action that has ignited a firestorm of editorials and comment, including predictable references to the Catholic Church's prosecution of Galileo in 1633. (For a set of links, see www.guardian.co.uk/uk/david-nutt.)
No one questions the government's legal right to sack someone they appoint; the issue is the cause. It can't be a question of competence: David Nutt is certainly well qualified. A professor at both the University of Bristol and Imperial College London, he is a specialist in the psychopharmacology of depression, addiction, insomnia and other psychiatric disorders. The stated reason for his dismissal was that, by going public with his dissent, he made it impossible for the government to send a clear and consistent message about drugs to the public.
A number of people agreed with that decision. In an opinion piece in The Telegraph on Nov. 7, Alasdair Palmer wrote, "Prof Nutt isn't a martyr to science who lost his job merely for confronting the government with incontestable facts. He was sacked because, as Mr. Johnson insisted, 'he cannot be both a government adviser and a campaigner against government policy.'" He goes on to say that "Prof Nutt's views on policy matters… are not straightforward inferences from the scientific facts… The harm that cannabis can cause in teenage brains is a good reason for, as the government says, 'erring on the side of caution' and classifying cannabis as a Class B drug, with heavy penalties for those convicted of possession. The science does not force you to that conclusion— but then it does not force you to the conclusion that cannabis should be downgraded to Class C."
But many scientists were appalled by the government's actions. Two members of the ACMD resigned in protest, raising the possibility that the committee would no longer have enough expertise to do its job. And, one week after Nutt's dismissal, more than 20 academics, including Martin Rees, president of the Royal Society, sent to the government a set of guidelines that the academics say "would enhance confidence in the scientific advisory system and help government to secure essential advice." The guidelines assert that "disagreement with government policy and the public articulation and discussion of relevant evidence and issues by members of advisory committees cannot be grounds for criticism or dismissal." When scientific advice is rejected, they said, the reasons should be described explicitly and publicly.
Ironically, Nutt's sacking took place just days after the British government had issued a statement about the importance of independence in scientific advice that said, in part, that scientists should not be criticized for publishing scientific papers or making statements as professionals, independent of their role as government advisers. So why was David Nutt sacked, really?
My guess is that it had relatively little to do with the issue of scientific independence and a lot more to do with the peculiar nature of drugs as a political and social lightning rod. Few issues, short of abortion, raise the moral outrage of the Right as reliably as a suggestion that we should go softer on those who use certain drugs. Governments advocate such positions at their peril. Facing a hostile electorate because of the financial crisis, together with a strong challenge from a reinvigorated Conservative Party, the Labour government of Gordon Brown probably felt it could ill afford to be seen as being anything but hard-line on any drug issue at this time. Not firing Nutt, they may have thought, would send a mixed message to the voters about their confidence in their drug policy.
Regardless of the underlying motives, this case should have a powerful resonance in the United States. For eight of the past nine years, the American government deliberately misrepresented and ignored scientific advice whenever that advice contradicted the ideology of those in power. It routinely put poorly qualified scientists and even nonscientists in "scientific" advisory positions, so long as they passed the litmus test of political and religious attitudes. It edited scientific data and conclusions out of reports and persecuted government scientists who questioned its policies. So bad was the situation that, when he was elected, President Barack Obama felt the need to address this problem publicly in both his inaugural address (saying, "We will restore science to its rightful place,") and in a speech he gave before the National Academy of Sciences on April 27 (saying, "[W]e have watched as scientific integrity has been undermined and scientific research politicized in an effort to advance predetermined ideological agendas").
Ignoring and marginalizing science has a long, sorry history in the United States. One of the main reasons for the failure to develop a firm policy on the climate crisis can be seen in the persistent tendency of several administrations to find that handful of scientists who disagreed with the majority opinion and only listen to them. Confronted with scientific evidence that one of his cherished beliefs was simply not supported by the facts, President Ronald Reagan would simply dismiss it by saying, "Oh, I don't think that's true." The Eisenhower and Truman administrations stocked their scientific advisory boards with physicists who shared their militaristic, Cold War anticommunist philosophy and in some cases persecuted those (J. Robert Oppenheimer, for example) who begged to differ.
The tension between scientific advice and policy advice remains strong. I believe that it is the function of a scientific adviser to any government to provide advice purely on scientific matters. Your job, in other words, is to tell your bosses what the data say. If the data are relatively unambiguous and there is good consensus on their interpretation, that needs to be said. If there are reasonable opposing conclusions that are supported by reliable measurements, it is important to see that those views are aired. But a scientist has to be careful about advocating a particular policy in response to the science. If science can say that there is a probability that a particular policy would have severe negative consequences, it is essential that governments be told that. But in general, policy is a matter not for scientific advisers but for politicians.
Politicians, we are constantly told, acquire and retain power by deceit and salesmanship, and frequently are contemptuous of the people they profess to serve. But, true as that cliché might be (and happily there are some notable exceptions), it is their job to get something done, and frequently getting something done requires making compromises that appall or offend scientists. A good politician usually keeps his or her options open. I agree completely with the guidelines proposed by the 20 academicians in Britain, which state that scientific advisers should not be dismissed for public criticism of policy decisions, but I would issue a caution to those who contemplate doing so.
Scientific advisers should be free to air their views— and not just on matters of science. But they need to understand the consequences. Politicians are naturally suspicious of anyone with an agenda, and, not being reluctant to spin the facts if it serves their purpose, they are quick to believe that others will do so as well. If scientific advisers seem to be advocating particular policies, their scientific objectivity will come into question, regardless of the solidity of their conclusions. David Nutt was right to criticize a policy decision that he felt went against the science. But it led to his being removed from a position where he might have been able to influence such policies in the future. If we want governments to learn to trust scientific advice, we have to ensure that such advice is seen to be objective, as well as actually being so. In his position, would I have done what Nutt did? Probably, but with one significant difference: I would have resigned before going public with my criticism, thereby establishing the separation between my duties as a scientific adviser and my duty as a concerned scientist to speak out about a flawed policy. I also think the Labour government overreacted and in so doing turned a debate about drug safety into one about the independence of scientific advice and the limits of dissent. Instead of looking tough on drugs, they came across as being afraid of the truth.
Yet, we cannot give the advice that governments need to hear if we are seen as just another political faction with its own (usually liberal) agenda. The great strength of science is that its conclusions are evidence-based. Scientific advice, like Caesar's wife, must be above suspicion. If we seem to stray from that, we lose.
*This article originally appeared in Genome Biology (2009) 10, 113 and was reprinted with permission from BioMed Central.
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What "Personhood" Means for In-Vitro Fertilization
A new study suggests a way to make IVF more successful. But if a "personhood" law ever passed, it would be difficult to do.
According to researchers in the U.K., those undergoing in vitro fertilization may find that they have more success if they use frozen embryos, rather than newly-created embryos, for implantation.
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The doctors who led the work suspect that IVF embryos that were frozen make for healthier babies because they are implanted long after the woman's ovaries were stimulated with drugs, so hormone levels in the womb have had time to return to normal. This means the embryos implant in a more natural environment.
Another theory is that only high-quality embryos survive the freeze and thaw process, though survival rates for frozen embryos are now more than 90% in some clinics.
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If this is correct, a change in protocol could have positive implications for those who are struggling with infertility, especially due to the costs associated with each implantation. If a woman can be successful on her first implantation simply by not starting with fresh embryos, she could save literally tens of thousands of dollars in fertility treatment.
But such advances will be for naught if the people behind the egg-as-person movement have their way. Although "personhood" proponents have said that IVF wouldn't necessarily be illegal, there is little doubt that it at the very least would interfere with both established best practices and new methods. The Catholic church forbids IVF due to the nearly inevitible destruction of embryos, since those that are of poor quality are discarded rather than implanted. And just as frozen embryos in the United Kingdom study may make for more effective treatment because lower quality ones won't survive the freeze-and-thaw process, those who believe a fertilized egg is a person would consider that to be outright murder as well.
Treatments acceptable to the Catholic Church include the use of drugs to increase the number of eggs produced, surgery to eliminate blockages in the husband's or wife's body, and gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT), which is similar to in vitro fertilization but not as efficient. In GIFT the wife's eggs and husband's sperm are injected together into the woman's fallopian tubes in the hope that an embryo will result.
Catholic teaching states that human life begins at the moment of conception, when the egg and sperm unite to form an embryo. In IVF that union occurs in a petri dish. Usually several embryos are created in this way. A doctor then transfers one or more of them to a woman's uterus. The others are frozen for possible future use or destroyed.
For the church the destruction or demise of an embryo during the IVF process is the unnatural ending of a human life, says Father Thomas Nairn, the senior director for ethics at the St. Louis-based Catholic Hospital Association of the United States.
Dignitas Personae (The Dignity of a Person), an instruction published by the Vatican in 2008, asserts that all of the ways of indefinitely storing or disposing of an embryo are morally wrong. That, Nairn explains, is because all threaten or actually end the life of the embryo.
Just as science advances, anti-choice activists push an agenda to subjugate medical best practices with archaic religious beliefs.