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Yankees Acquire Mariners SS Brendan Ryan as Insurance for Derek JeterSeptember 11, 2013
In a surprising move, the New York Yankees acquired shortstop Brendan Ryan from the Seattle Mariners.
While Ryan won't be eligible for the postseason because he wasn't with the Yankees on Sept. 1, it does bring into question whether there is a bigger concern about Derek Jeter.
Jeter underwent a CT scan on Sept. 7 on his surgically repaired left ankle, according to ESPN New York's Ian Begley. The results came back negative, but Jeter still isn't on the field.
Instead, he's still officially listed as day-to-day, according to David Waldstein of the New York Times.
With that said, Ryan gives the Yankees extra insurance in the season's final 17 games as they push for the playoffs. After all games were finished Tuesday, the Yankees sat two games back for the second wild card.
So, having Ryan would obviously be better than Eduardo Nunez, right?
The Yankees obviously spoke to their confidence in Nunez by making this move. But let's look deeper into the numbers:
Note: Defensive stats are just at shortstop.
The numbers show Nunez is actually better at the plate, while Ryan has a little more range. Both have made the same amount of errors, so nobody has the advantage there.
When looking at these numbers, I don't see how (other than as insurance in case Nunez gets injured) Ryan is an upgrade at shortstop.
It's nice to see the Yankees making moves to help them to get to the finish line, but it seems this is more of a knee-jerk reaction than anything else.
I'll be interested to see who is the player to be named later.
The Bigger Issue
This move does show there is a bigger issue in New York.
What if Jeter will never be able to be back at full health again? What if his body has finally given out?
Is it a move that signals the Yankees could be going after a free agent at shortstop this offseason? Maybe we'll see Jhonny Peralta in pinstripes next year, because it seems he won't be going back to Detroit with Jose Iglesias now in town.
Could Yankees fans bear to lose both Jeter and Mariano Rivera in one year? All that would leave them is Andy Pettitte for the "Core Four," who still could come back next year, even at 42.
Things are changing in the Bronx, and fans are going to have to come to terms with the fact that the Jeter of old is gone for good. Once that is realized, the healing process will begin.
Until then, knee-jerk moves to get players like Ryan to put a warm body in a hole on the field will continue to happen.


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Ibrahim, 45, appeared via video link in Blacktown court on Tuesday alongside Rose Tattoo member Paul DeMarco.
Ibrahim was charged with five offences including two counts of supplying a pistol and will appear in Parramatta court on April 9.
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OU Earns 10-Year ReaccreditationPosted by Paula Paine on September 10, 2014 in HLC, reaccreditation Ottawa University received word on July 8, 2014, that it has been reaccredited for 10 years by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a commission of the North Central Association. The next reaffirmation of accreditation is scheduled for 2023-24.
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Nitcha Fame Tothong, an MFA student at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, came up with a solution. She invented a wearable keyboard called the keyBod that lets you type with your body for the New York City Media Lab's Annual Summit.
The keyBod is a plastic vest-like item with programmable keys all over it. Instead of your fingers flying across a keyboard, you might move an arm, or your torso. You can also program it so that you can use your computer's regular keyboard, but the keyBod will alert you if you start to slouch, reports Fast Company. With practice, she believes people could learn to be body typists.
Nitcha has developed a passion for wearable technology and what she calls "physical computing," and that comes through in her brilliant invention. "My interests are always changing, but my one goal which does not change is being able to make artwork that is meaningful to me and other people," she says.
"My inspiration was from my own experience, working as art director and animator for five years. I spend most of my time in front of a computer screen, almost up to 10 hours a day," Nitcha says. "As a result, I began to have a couple of health problems, including back pains. I gradually realized that while using electronic devices, my consciousness is usually lost in the digital environment. I'm not physically present in the moment...my body and mind seemed disconnected."
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TONY EASTLEY: The captive breeding program of Tasmanian Devils is probably the best hope of the species outlasting a devastating facial tumour outbreak.
The disease is predicted to wipe out the wild population within decades.
A new addition to the biggest breeding site in northern New South Wales is being called "genetic royalty", as Tom Nightingale explains.
TOM NIGHTINGALE: A young female Tasmanian Devil has been plucked out of the wild and is now at the centre of the effort to save her species.
Animal supervisor, Adrian Good:
ADRIAN GOOD: She's not related to any other Tasmanian Devils in the breeding program. So her genes are pretty much royalty.
TOM NIGHTINGALE: Is there any risk though that she may not breed?
ADRIAN GOOD: That's a possibility but like I said, we are one of the most successful breeding programs in Australia. We are doing things pretty well here. We had 40 joeys last year so we are doing things right - so you know, a little bit of luck but a little bit of good management as well. We expect to see quite a few joeys from her over the next couple of years.
TOM NIGHTINGALE: She's been nicknamed Princess Mary and is expected to start breeding early next year.
ADRIAN GOOD: We're hoping that she'll have at least three breeding seasons. If that's successful she can have up 12 joeys so that's going to have a flow-on effect generation after generation.
So we will increase the number of genetically viable Tasmanian Devils that we will be able to breed with.
TOM NIGHTINGALE: The Devil's Ark breeding site is at the Barrington Tops area in the Upper Hunter Valley, which has a similar altitude and climate to Tasmania.
It's home to 120 of the 500 animals being bred nationally and Princess Mary is being revered.
ADRIAN GOOD: It's her genetics which deem her so valuable. Others have been trapped but their genes have already been represented in the breeding program. It is the fact that she doesn't have any other relatives which makes her so, so special.
TOM NIGHTINGALE: The facial tumour disease which is attacking the Tasmanian Devils only took hold in the mid-1990s.
Since then it's estimated to have killed 85 per cent of the population.
Adrian Good says the relatively few wild animals remaining could die out within 25 years.
ADRIAN GOOD: If we continue to lose such important devils, which we have over the last 15, 16 years, we are losing such valuable genes and if you lose Princess Mary's genes, you know, we are going to see the demise of the species.
TOM NIGHTINGALE: The animal was given a health check after arriving yesterday.
In the next few days she'll be transferred to what will be her breeding yard, where it's hoped mating will begin by about February.
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Part of it had to do with the fact I'm a klutz – and still am to a large degree.
After one particularly nasty hit where I clipped the railing to the back stairs of our home in Roseville, neighbor Catherine Gates who was also a teacher suggested I might have a vision problem. That ended up being a slight understatement.
Both my eyes had issues, the right worse than the left. I had to wear an eye patch for close to eight months due to an extremely lazy eye. When it came off, the eye surgeon who was treating me at the time – Dr. Clinton Pace – put me into bifocals.
The taunting was incredible. Take a 5-year-old kid who was overweight and you can just imagine the cutting remarks from other kids and adults alike.
In all honesty, it hurt but you didn't have to worry about me not wanting to wear glasses. It was the difference between day and night. I could see things clearly. I discovered that once fuzzy images actually were crisp. I could read.
I understand today just how fortunate I am to have been born in 1956 instead of 1856. It would have been next to impossible – if not impossible – to obtain glasses that allow me to read and do the things I do every day. The therapy that allowed me to go from everything being fuzzy to bifocals to regular glasses by my early 20s simply didn't exist. I have since slipped back into bifocals and now trifocals but I'm not complaining.
It struck me on Wednesday how fortunate we are to live in a day and age where we take things such as decent eye care for granted while I was having my eyes examined by Dr. Gregory Miller.
Optometrists like Miller who are thorough and diligent while keeping up on the latest technologies for eye care rarely get the appreciation they deserve. Their fascination and devotion to the care of the eye has improved and saved the vision of millions allowing them to lead productive and full lives.
Sight is one of those things we tend to take for granted.
The priority most of us place on eye care – much like dental care – speaks volumes of how we have our priorities messed up.
We'll spend tons of money on the latest TV or the coolest computer graphics often with the attitude paying top dollar is worth the price, yet we will ignore the most basic device in enjoying visual pleasures - our eyes.
About a month ago an acquaintance was whining about how "expensive" an eye exam was. He had just spent $100 going to the optometrist. However, just a few months earlier he had rushed out to buy the latest Blackberry shelling out well over $300 without complaining once about how much he spent.
That Blackberry would be pretty useless without your sight or without sharp sight.
The friend didn't need glasses but I can imagine how he'd react if he had to spend another $200 to $300 or so. I guarantee you he didn't complain when he spent $1,200 a few years back on a big screen TV.
Perhaps living the good life that we do today – and we really do despite all the wailing over the greed-cession that we find ourselves in – has made us complacent.
Much of our health care woes are the direct result of us not taking care of the most amazing machine of all – our own bodies. If we spent as much on preventative care for ourselves as we did software for every electronic gizmo we owned, the cost of health care would be a lot less.
Government can't pass a bailout bill for our health. The only real way to improve health is to stop abusing our bodies.
No one is perfect. We're all fallible. That said, it is more than a bit disingenuous when someone who has spent their entire life on a high cholesterol diet suddenly is faced with costly heart surgery and then screams how cost prohibitive it is especially if his insurance carrier won't cover the entire bill. And too often we sue if a doctor doesn't have a miracle pill that works.
Yes, some ailments happen regardless but there are more than not that can be attributed to our own bad habits and a refusal to treat out bodies more like a temple instead of acting like they're a toxic waste dump.
It's funny how brilliant we think we are today when words that were uttered more than 200 years ago by Benjamin Franklin provide the only real answer to health care reform, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."


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Oilers goaltender Ben Scrivens has supported mental illness awareness for quite some time – and in a new venture with actress Glenn Close and other celebrities, he's working to make men feel comfortable discussing the issue.Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens has established himself as one of the NHL's leading voices in mental illness awareness, and he's now teamed up with athletes and celebrities outside the hockey world to spread the word and encourage understanding and acceptance of those who suffer from it. Working with the group Bring Change 2 Mind – a non-profit charity founded by actress Glenn Close to raise mental illness awareness – Scrivens is joining fellow athlete Brandon Marshall of the NFL's Chicago Bears, actor Wayne Brady and musician Michael Angelakos of the group Passion Pit on a new public service announcement campaign, #StrongerThanStigma, that encourages the normalization of mental health conversations among men: In his short time as a member of the Oilers, Scrivens has established a firm link to the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, and this latest venture underscores its importance to him. For another perspective on the subject, here's Brady, who many know as an improvisational comedy superstar, discussing his feelings on mental health issues: The rate of suicide among men has been three to four times that of women over the past thirty years, according to Bring Change 2 Mind, and although 25 percent of adults will deal with a mental illness in any given year, only one-third will seek treatment. That's why there's a dire need to encourage and stimulate openness and compassion, and good on Scrivens et al. for taking the lead on a very important matter.


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The registration date landed before Suleman defaulted on the rent of her Palmdale home in April, when she left the house in disrepair with her children in the middle of the night. Radar points to a May radio interview where Suleman admitted to living with her children in a former sober-living house owned by Chapman.
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Fifteen years ago an estimated 2billion people around the world saw the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales after it was broadcast from Westminster Abbey. How is she remembered and what effect did she really have on the lives of those who observed her life and watched the dramatic and poignant events of that day?
Quite often lately I've heard the view that Diana's influence can be seen in the way the remaining members of the royal family now conduct themselves and that this was most obvious during the recent Diamond Jubilee celebrations, London 2012 and the current Paralympics. It seems they are exhibiting a new level of informality and are more approachable - more user-friendly. Certainly the senior members are enjoying a level of acclaim and general affection from the public that they did not achieve when Diana was alive.
What I struggle to recognise in any of them, young or old, is the tactile, emotional content of Diana's interactions with people, especially the sick and damaged wherever she met them. I'm being unfair of course. The highly developed empathetic ability she allowed herself to share was not common, nor is it shared by any member of the current royal family as far as I can see. Still it seems to me that if there is a new-look monarchy it is only marginally different from the old.
I can't help being reminded of the animosity that existed towards Diana from the organisation around the royal 'firm' - the 'men in grey' as Diana called them. It's certainly true that she challenged the Queen's authority and Establishment norms with her controversial campaigns and refusal to be compliant. Championing better treatment for sufferers of HIV AIDS and a ban on anti-personnel landmines were neither politically correct nor tasteful to many who would have had her toe the line and do as she was expected.
The idea that she might not be prepared to sacrifice her health and wellbeing on the altar of unhappy duty, pomp and ceremony surely rankles still. Perhaps there is some substance to the growing opinion that the People's Princess, the rebellious Spencer, is being airbrushed out of the Windsor history.
And what of the British press - can we find Diana's legacy in any changes there? Has it altered its behaviour after its insatiable appetite for stories and pictures of Diana contributed to her final moments in the tunnel under Pont de l'Alma in Paris that August night? It seems not if recent arrests associated with phone hacking, reactions to Harry's holiday snaps and the Levinson enquiry are anything to go by.
Today the media deification of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge has to be a worry. How long before that same appetite for stories and photos becomes so voracious that it begins to affect her health and happiness, as it did Diana's from the moment she was linked with Prince Charles? Can we trust the press to take a balanced and less cynical view than in the past after their experience with Diana?
Not so long ago a poll in the UK saw Diana voted third in the popular list of 100 Greatest Britons, behind Winston Churchill and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Unlike the two above her in the list Diana cannot have been admired for heroic acts in war or commerce. Her stubborn resistance was not against an invading army nor did she seek to tame nature and overcome it with amazing feats of engineering. The admiration Diana received was for her heroic resistance to the idea she was not entitled to the same opportunity as anyone else, the opportunity to follow her own path, and for her efforts to come to terms with her own frailties.
If Churchill and Brunel inspired people to see hope where they believed there was none, or opportunity where they thought it did not exist, then Diana has earned her place for the same and for enabling us to recognise we can change who we are and overcome almost insurmountable challenges in the pursuit of our dreams.
I believe a major part of Diana's legacy is in the subtle but emphatic effect she had on the minds of so many of the people who observed her life and saw her funeral. It is in the shift of perception she brought about in the psyches of ordinary people all over the world when she challenged us, with her work with AIDS patients, leprosy sufferers and the severely disabled, to find new levels of compassion, caring and tolerance within ourselves.
Today we see that legacy in the biggest Paralympic Games ever held. Who can doubt that the awe we feel when we see elite disabled athletes striving to excel in sport, will not be reflected in our attitudes towards the similarly disabled we meet now in every-day life, as we recognise they too are striving to excel? For me, Diana's real legacy then is that she demonstrated how to love. What do you think?


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From the desk of Kinda Mind Blowing But Not Really: the betting odds for winning the Masters have been released, and you know who is the projected favorite, at 3 to 1. Devil Ball Golf cites British bookmaker William Hill, who set Tigers odds at 4 to 1. Which is amazing, since the last time Tiger Woods saw someone else swing a golf club, it was reportedly being aimed at his face.
It's not that big of a surprise. People will throw money at his name if he has a broken arm, so it makes sense for the sportsbooks to hedge their risk, seeing as more people will probably bet on Tiger Woods than all the other golfers combined, even at such a horrible price. But the average golf fan won't recognize the value of Zach Johnson at 40 to 1, or Retief Goosen at 33 to 1. Even Phil Mickelson, at 7 to 1, makes more sense. But even Lefty doesn't make us care about golf the way Tiger does. Partly because Phil hasn't conclusively banged droves of women.
The Masters "Tuh-na-mint" starts April 8th. A complete list of Bodog's odds are after the jump.
Tiger Woods 3/1
Phil Mickelson 7/1
Padraig Harrington 16/1
Rory McIlroy 25/1
Retief Goosen 33/1
Geoff Ogilvy 28/1
Paul Casey 22/1
Sergio Garcia 40/1
Anthony Kim 40/1
Henrik Stenson 33/1
Angel Cabrera 50/1
Ernie Els 20/1
Jim Furyk 40/1
Zach Johnson 40/1
Hunter Mahan 33/1
Camilo Villegas 28/1
Lee Westwood 25/1
Stewart Cink 66/1
Luke Donald 66/1
Ross Fisher 50/1
Sean O'Hair 50/1
Justin Rose 50/1
Adam Scott 66/1
Steve Stricker 16/1
Nick Watney 50/1
Lucas Glover 80/1
Robert Karlsson 50/1
Chad Campbell 66/1
Tim Clark 66/1
Andres Romero 80/1
Graeme McDowell 80/1
Kenny Perry 80/1
Mike Weir 66/1
Rory Sabbatini 80/1
Ian Poulter 33/1
Justin Leonard 66/1
Steve Flesch 80/1
Boo Weekley 100/1
K.J. Choi 100/1
Martin Kaymer 33/1
Robert Allenby 50/1
Stephen Ames 100/1
Stuart Appleby 100/1
JB Holmes 100/1
Field (Any Other Golfer) 5/2


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A lack of preparation could be this police suspect's undoing after he allegedly raided a US convenience store wearing a plastic bag disguise.
The bespectacled man gave detectives a huge clue to his identity by entering the store with just a see-through carrier bag covering his face.
He walked into a store in Belleville, Illinois, before threatening a member of staff and demanding money from the till, it is claimed.
Police say he had another bag covering his hand, which he pointed at a cashier. However, it is unclear if he was carrying a weapon.
The suspect left the store with an unknown amount of money, despite his shoddy disguise, police say.
CCTV footage captured the man entering the store on Friday morning, with the 'disguise' doing little to conceal his appearance.
Police want to speak to the man, who was wearing a blue shirt with white sleeves and glasses.


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Range Software is software for finite element analysis (FEA) in engineering simulations. Its main features are support for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), heat transfer and radiation, linear stress-strain, electro-statics, acoustics, ground water flow, shape optimization, 3D mesh generation, an intuitive GUI, and import and export functionality. The Range Software package contains several tools which helps the user to setup, solve, and analyze the engineering problem.
konsoledcopschema is a script that automatically set the desired Konsole schema when certain applications are executed. For example, when the user runs Vim with the script installed, the Konsole schema is switched to "VIM Colors" for as long as the user is in Vim. The script also includes support for less, man, info, watch, top, and htop.
Imieniny reads a list of names and the dates on which those saints are commemorated in Poland. The "name-day", i.e. the day on which a saint bearing a person's name is commemorated, is important in Poland, and is celebrated like a birthday. The program, given a date, will display what people have their "name-days" on that day. It can also send an email alert. Given a name, it will display when that name has its name-day(s). Since people in Poland like to send little "mini-poems", a selection of these is included. Users can also determine their own combination of names and dates and names-surnames and dates.
A modern software IP load balancer.
A PHP class to authorize and access APIs using OAuth 1.0, 1.0a, and OAuth 2.0.


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This is the latest trailer for World's Greatest Dad, written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and starring Robin Williams. It made the festival rounds to pretty good reviews earlier this year and will get a theatrical release beginning August 21st. If you don't want to wait that long, it'll also be available on On Demand starting this week.
When his son dies in the throes of autoerotic asphyxiation, dad (Williams) makes it look like a suicide and proceeds to use it to launch his own writing career. [Cinematical]
Robin Williams is at his best when he isn't overtly trying to be funny, and in light of David Carradine's death, the autoerotic asphyxiation plot seems practically choked from the headlines. I mean, most directors would STRANGLE themselves for a STROKE of luck like that. Anyway, I hope to see this and get a review up some time in the next couple weeks, if I'm not too busy choking myself while I masturbate.


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Well, we're still and here and hopefully you are, too. How about some seriously cool tunes to celebrate the continued existence of this world which is clearly broken but still capable of awesome beauty when it puts its mind to it.
Quick summary of voting in our Band of the Year Poll. Total Votes: 534
Currently leading:
The Disappointment Skeletons in the Piano
Currently 2nd:
Skeletons in the Piano The Disappointment -7
Currently 3rd: The Great American Novel -31
Voting continues until 11:59:59 on December 30 cause even I am not music nerd enough to be checking results on New Years Eve*
*okay actually I am, but I don't want you to know that.
Shuffle after the jump:
Another long set which covered by drive from home and my walk up the hill from the parking lot. First here is a widget with clips from many of the featured songs:
Now the official shuffle:
Bob Dylan – Song for Woody from Bob Dylan
The Rolling Stones – The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man from Out of Our Heads
Jason and the Scorchers – Far Behind from Lost and Found
Steve Earle – Down the Road from Guitar Town
The Practical Stylists – In the City (Jam Cover) from Covers 'n Crap (via Nashville80srock.net) *Alternate songs used for Clip widget and Video
Dogs of Oz – On Her Marigolds from Pistols and Radio Signals *Not on Clip Widget
Hank Williams – Ramblin' Man from 40 Greatest Hits
Husker Du – Something I Learned Today from Zen Arcade
Bob Dylan – Girl From the North Country from The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9)
The Velvet Underground – Cool it Down from Loaded
Sondre Lerche – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (Owen Pallett Cover) – *Download Only* *Owen Pallett original used for Clip Widget


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In 2015, when the Modi government froze all bank accounts of Greenpeace India for alleged violations of the law dealing with foreign contributions, environment activists tried to get help from current chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign John Podesta. The former advisor to US President Barrack Obama was expected to explain to the Modi administration that the organisation's campaigns were not personal in nature.
These details have been revealed in a fresh batch of hacked emails released by Wikileaks.
Watch what else is making news
According to the details now out, Podesta even scheduled an appointment with the Indian ambassador to the US to sort out the issue but he firmly believed that the Modi government was unlikely to be lenient on Greenpeace.
The emails show that in May 2015 when Ministry of Home Affairs froze Greenpeace India's accounts for alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), current managing director of Ocean Unite programme and former head of Greenpeace International's Political & Business Unit Karen Sack wrote to Podesta for help.
Podesta, however, did not appear very optimistic about the Greenpeace issue being sorted out easily and said "GOI is likely to stick it to them". He also claimed of being engaged in helping the Ford Foundation, which had faced similar heat from the MHA.
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Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
She's gotten better. I haven't really listened to her speak since seeing her on the Bill Maher show before things got going. On the show, she didn't engage but kept repeating canned talking points. I'm impressed with her development.
I've noticed that too. She's very smart, and she's obviously, judging from what I've seen on youtube, learned a lot in the past few years, transitioning from a CEO to a quite good politician.
There is more than one ground to object to this global warming nonsense and the economy busting cap and trade plan / war on coal of Obama and his EPA. One, it is based on bastardized studies improperly labled as science – yet one more systemic issue we need to fix. Two, the government mandates and methods being used to drive these new regulations run the gambit from extra-constitutional to unconstitutional. Three, the proposed solutions make no economic sense except in as much as they create another government tax-money laundering scheme for the left.
I am troubled to see Fiorina ignore both of the first two grounds, because they are equally as important as the last. That said, she does a damn good job with the last, so I'll just have to bite my lip on this one for the moment.
AGW can be attacked from a dozen different angles, but Fiorina has wisely chosen one of the safer angles. There's no need to attack peoples' credibility or honesty (even if true) when you can win the issue easier other ways.
I agree with Matt_SE…..she has chosen the correct issue on which to fight CAGW.
The reason is that it's EASY to understand…..ruining the lives of American citizens, and driving businesses to leave or go bankrupt when IT WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE, is crazy, and the electorate is going to "get it" very quickly.
She tiptoed around all of Katie's attempts to trap her and pointed out the much more pressing issues facing the nation. This is ALSO easy for voters to see and understand….and they will change their votes when the other side starts reciting the stale lies that got us here.
Furthermore, she did it, so far as I can tell, without giving the Left one or more soundbites to repeat over and over as a means of discrediting her!!
I LOVE Carly as a candidate — is she actually a conservative? Will she govern as a conservative?
Only one way to find out, Emjaagaard. But she is not an establishment politician.
But if you observe what happens whenever people focus on the flawed science, it always just devolves into a shout-fest – "the science is valid! – the science is NOT valid! …" – back and forth forever, and the conversation goes nowhere. I think Carly Fiorina is onto something and I hope other conservatives are willing to at least take some notes on this tactic.
Arguing science with illiterates is like trying to win an argument on math with someone that doesn't know what adding and subtraction does. In any "base" number system.
I agree both with you and Matt_SE. She is playing this very smart not to impugn the AGW Gaia believers while getting her message across.
Impugning the GAIA believers should be left to crazy, ruthless 4th gen insurgency groups not tied to official hierarchies.
Finding some sex slave traders, child rapists, and various other criminal scum, should be easy with that crowd of fanatics. Gaia fanatics have "lots" of money in the world and they go to a lot of "places" to spend that "money" on "luxuries".
Defense requires an organization. Attacking people doesn't even need a base, just the Willpower and some fire works.
She's very good. I'm right on the verge of switching to her camp, but I'd gladly take Fiorina, Cruz or Walker.
Here is another video of Carly Fiorina answering an audience question on Energy, where climate change is an aspect of her answer, but she focuses on the positive opportunities for the US on the energy issue, and how we need to keep climate change and other elements of the debate in perspective for the good of the country and other countries as well.
One of the reasons why Americans have plenty of competent leaders, but they tend to be not good at dealing with the MSM zombies and Leftist child rapists and murderers. Many affirmative leaders and strong individuals, prefer to shoot those first, rather than talk or debate with them in polite company. It's a problem that means politicians get their recruits from corrupt lawyers, more than anybody else.
Powerful stuff!! Extremely impressive…..to someone who HATES "soundbite electioneering".
I'm afraid that those of us who DO hate it are a minority, however….that worries me.
She is VERY good.
Anti Leftist insurgents have provided the political class something else to be concerned about.
This is truly a reverse pyramid, where the decisions at the bottom dictate the behavior at the top, rather than the other way around in a top down hierarchy.
CW II is moving into a new stage.
I'd like to see her say something like "When you can show me that the sun has no significant impact on the earth's climate, I'll consider your arguments on AGW".


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The Brandeis Brainiac
The Brandeis Brainiac As a freshman, Dahlia Kushinsky '17 worked alongside some of the country's best scientists. Now she's conducting her own experiments. Lawrence GoodmanMarch 11, 2016 Dahlia Kushinsky '17 came to Brandeis to study neuroscience. What she did not expect was that she'd wind up working in the lab of one of the most respected neuroscientists in the country. And all it took was an email. Kushinsky attended high school in Stoughton, Massachusetts. She took a psychology class in her senior year, the first third of which focused on neuroscience. "I thought this stuff is so cool," she says. She chose Brandeis because "it's a really well-known neuroscience department. If you tell someone in the neurosciences you went to Brandeis, they know it's a good program." A few weeks…
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EastEnders actress Rita Simons has opened her heart about her fears for her little girl who is slowly losing her hearing.
Rita, who plays Roxy Mitchell, has six year-old twin daughters, Jaimee and Maiya.
When Maiya was six months old, doctors found that she was missing nerve endings and parts of her cochlea in her ears.
Over the years, her hearing has deteriorated so that she has lost hearing in her left ear and can only hear loud sounds in her right.
But with two hearing aids in, she can hear people talking.
Doctors have now warned Rita and her husband, Theo, that Maiya is likely to go completely deaf. Added to this, any bang to Maiya's head could accelerate the deterioration.
This has led Rita to "panic" at any playground fall.
"We feel we are constantly walking a tightrope that we could fall off of at any point with no given warning," said Rita on the BBC One programme, "My Daughter, Deafness and Me".
"We are just constantly trying to preserve, preserve, preserve and sometimes it seems so pointless because unfortunately it may all be futile in the end.
"Maiya has grown up in a hearing world and the family have yet to engage with the deaf community.
"People say you must engage with the deaf community, but we haven't felt we needed to," Rita explains.
"Her life is very full. She goes to ballet, street dance, she does all these things without anything having to be designed especially for deaf kids, so we haven't engaged."
But Rita realised she and Theo would need to meet some of those directly involved to understand the issues fully.
She went to a specialist school for the deaf and found the children there living full and happy lives.
It upsets me because those kids just get on with life - they don't see themselves as having anything wrong with them, it's their spirit and their perseverance. It's like looking at my child," she said.
"I'm very reassured to know that if the time came, and I needed to, this is here. There is a conflict now because I do know there is somewhere out there that can enhance her learning experience.
"I'm really surprised at how much Maiya could get out of a place like this."
But then they witnessed another little boy called Jack who had a cochlear implant - a surgically-implanted electronic device that can improve hearing by stimulating the auditory nerve.
Although an implant cannot restore hearing to normal, it does give the sensation of sounds.
It would only be suitable for Maiya when her hearing aids stopped working.
As the little boy began to recognise sound, a big smile spread across his face. Rita was touched by his reaction.
"I definitely went into this thinking it was a big intrusive contraption and it's all a massive nightmare but looking at Jack and his reaction - it's going to change his life for the better," said Rita.
She and Theo decided there and then that this was the way forward for their daughter.
"Regardless to what anyone from the deaf community says, and I understand everyone has their own opinion - I cannot fathom for the life of me, and I've tried, if sound is on offer why you wouldn't take it," said Rita.
• Rita Simons: My Daughter, Deafness and Me is available on the BBC iPlayer.


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1. Tortillas Yes, this sounds like a silly reason to pick a grocery store, but it's important. It is the only place that I have found yummy tortillas that do not contain hydrogenated oils, preservatives, or other scary ingredients. I do realize that one can make homemade tortillas for less expensive, however that person would not be me. For some reason, homemade tortillas are my unicorn. I have tried multiple recipes, different pressing techniques; I was even given instruction in Mexico by a Mexican. It never works. My tortillas come out thicker than they should, they don't roll easily, and they rarely inflate during the cooking process. (The true test of whether or not you are ready to marry according to Mexican standards. Lucky for me my husband is not Mexican.)
2. Convenience I like that Whole Foods has not just one option for healthy foods, but several. Shopping at Whole Foods does not negate the need to read labels, none the less, chances are I'm going to find an option that is satisfactory. At the regular grocery stores I have to hunt and search for a product that I'm okay with consuming, and sometimes I can't even find what I'm looking for.
3. Location I have friends who swear by Trader Joe's and who say Central Market is better than Whole Foods. That may be, but I would have to drive to Fort Worth or Dallas to shop there. Whole Foods is not the closest natural grocer. There is a Sprouts that is a little closer in driving time. However, it is out of the way of anywhere else I would go, whereas Whole Foods is close to my church and is often within my route of errands I run. The other options just aren't worth the extra gas to me.
All that being said, I do occasionally run in to a conventional grocery store for odds and ends. Sometimes Whole Foods either doesn't have what I want or more likely it costs more than I'm willing to shell out. Hence, today I went to both Whole Foods and Kroger and decided to do a little comparison shopping. My findings are below.
|Whole Foods
|Organic Frozen corn
|Conventional Garlic
|Organic Onion (3lbs)
|Not available
|Organic Tortillas
|Not available
|sale price
|Conventional Avocado
|Conventional Lime
|Negro Modelo (didn't buy)
|Organic unsalted butter
|sale price
|Organic Sugar (2 lbs)
|5 oz. can evaporated milk
|Not available
|Organic Apple Butter
|Total of Items Available
|Both Places
Interestingly enough, Whole Foods was less expensive in total on items that were available both places. The only thing not available at Whole Foods was the 5 oz size of evaporated milk which I don't buy on a regular basis. I just needed it for a new recipe. I didn't actually buy the Negro Modelo which I needed for a particular recipe. Instead I bought a $3.69 large bottle of Corona Extra to avoid going over budget. This item I only found at Kroger. (Once again, not a normal purchase.) Side note: Sundried tomato paste was $5.49 for a tube. See the strike-through above? So. not. worth. it.
|Whole Foods buys: Not a lot, but enough to fill in the gaps
My grand total at both stores was $32.98, 52 cents under budget for the week. Some items I considered not including in the budget as they were bought to make a dessert for a meeting. However, I decided to include them because it's part of my real life. I must confess that I sent my husband to the store the next day for bacon as I overlooked that ingredient in a recipe I planned. And he didn't even buy the "healthy" bacon. As a result, I am actually over budget this week by whatever the cost of the bacon is minus 52 cents. I will take it out of next week's budget. Promise.
Week One in Review
Day 3
Breakfast: Apple Pie Breakfast (This recipe was a hit! Even my non-oatmeal-eating child ate two helpings! Hint: Add cinnamon to the recipe and keep the cooking time short. Don't tell them it's oatmeal. Call it apple pie breakfast. It's not lying, that's the recipe's name. If they ask you what's in it, say grain instead of oatmeal.)
Lunch: Leftover Chinese Chicken from Monday's dinner, Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup for sick child :(
Snack: Apple and peanut butter
Dinner: Zuni Stew (Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook) I forgot to mention last post that I cooked a pot of pinto beans in the crock pot overnight for this recipe.
Day 4
Breakfast: Leftovers (zucchini muffins and apple pie breakfast)
Lunch: Out (surprise catch-up lunch with a good friend)
Snack: Quinoa Pizza Bites (from the freezer)
Dinner: Tomato Salad, Leftover Chicken
Day 5
Breakfast: Zucchini and cheese Omelet
Lunch: Out (Pizza during shopping trip at Whole Foods)
Snack: Apples
Dinner: Out
Day 6
Breakfast: Leftover Rice Hot Breakfast Cereal
Lunch: Sweet Summer Corn Chowder (the bacon culprit)
(Put leftover Zuni Stew, pinto beans, and chicken noodle soup in the freezer. Baked Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies and Apple Butter Cupcakes.)
Dinner: Out (We got a bonus date night since the kids stayed the night at the grandparents!)
Day 7
Breakfast: Eggs, Toast, Bacon
Lunch: Shredded Beef Tacos with Avocado and Lime
Dinner: Chicken Caprese Sandwiches
After dinner treat: Homemade popcorn
We ate out a more this past week than is typical for us. Our normal habit is I eat something out on Friday when I'm running errands, and we eat out after church on Sunday. My husband eats out almost every day for lunch and I try to let it go because I'm not in his shoes and I value my marriage. ;) This week we traded Sunday lunch for Friday dinner because we just felt like going out. I got to go out to lunch with a friend I haven't talked to in months if not years on Thursday, and my husbands parents offered to let the kids spend the night on Saturday. When these opportunities come up in life you smile and take them. And you put the extra leftovers in the freezer for another day.


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Cece wrote:drsclafani wrote:This may very well be another case of CCSVI in a patient without MS. As such cases accumulate, evidence will mount that CCSVI is its own entity. Improvement of her symptoms may allow us to define symptoms that are specific to CCSVI.
Will you publish or present on these cases of CCSVI in patients without MS? Your conclusions seem important.
I wrote up the first case study but i was waiting for more validation to have something more credible to publish. Let's see how this patient's evaluations are by those to whom i referred her.


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The potential efficacy of 3,3'-diindolylmethane in prevention of prostate cancer development.
Fares F, Azzam N, Appel B, Fares B, Stein A.
Department of Biology, University of Haifa, Israel.
Eur J Cancer Prev. 2010 May;19(3):199-203.
The objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) in prevention of prostate cancer tumor development in an animal model. Mouse prostate cancer cells (TRAMP-C2, 2x10) were injected subcutaneously into three groups of C57BL/6 mice (10 mice in each group). Two groups were treated earlier with DIM; 2 or 10 mg/kg each, and an additional control group was injected with medium. Animals were treated for five more weeks until sacrificed. Tumor sizes were measured biweekly. At the end of the experiment, mice were sacrificed, and tumors were excised, weighed, measured and tested using immunohistochemical studies. In addition blood samples were collected for biochemical analysis. The results indicated that DIM significantly reduced tumor development in treated animals when compared with controls. Tumors developed in 80% of controls and 40% and 60% of animals treated with 10 or 2 mg/kg of DIM, respectively. Moreover, tumors that developed in treated animals were significantly (P<0.001) smaller than in controls. Additionally, our results indicated that DIM has no effect on animal weight or liver and kidney functions. These results indicated that the DIM agent is not toxic and has an in-vivo preventive effect against the development of prostate cancer in a mouse model.
PMID: 20010430 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3,3'-Diindolylmethane enhances taxotere-induced apoptosis in hormone-refractory prostate cancer cells through survivin down-regulation.
Rahman KM, Banerjee S, Ali S, Ahmad A, Wang Z, Kong D, Sakr
Cancer Res. 2009 May 15;69(10):4468-75.
Survivin, a member of inhibitor of apoptosis family, is associated with both prostate cancer progression and drug resistance. Therefore, we hypothesized that survivin may play a potentially important role in hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) and bone metastatic disease; thus, targeting of survivin signaling could enhance therapeutic efficacy in prostate cancer. 3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM) has been known to have cancer chemoprevention activity. However, no information is available regarding the down-regulation of survivin by DIM, which could result in the chemosensitization of HRPC cells to Taxotere-induced killing. We investigated the effect of DIM alone or in combination with Taxotere using LNCaP and C4-2B prostate cancer cells. We observed that DIM enhanced Taxotere-induced apoptotic death in both cell lines. These enhancing effects were related to a decrease in survivin expression as well as androgen receptor and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) DNA-binding activity. We also found that knockdown of survivin expression by small interfering RNA transfection increased DIM-induced cell growth inhibition and apoptosis, whereas overexpression of survivin by cDNA transfection abrogated DIM-induced cell growth inhibition and apoptosis in both prostate cancer cells. Importantly, luciferase assays showed a significant reduction of survivin-Luc and NF-kappaB-Luc activity in prostate cancer cells exposed to DIM and Taxotere. Furthermore, combination treatment significantly inhibited C4-2B bone tumor growth, and the results were correlated with the down-regulation of survivin. From these results, we conclude that inactivation of survivin by DIM enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of Taxotere in prostate cancer in general, which could be useful for the treatment of HRPC and metastatic prostate cancer.
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Cell Cycle-Dependent Effects of 3,3'-Diindolylmethane on Proliferation and Apoptosis of Prostate Cancer Cells.
Chinnakannu K, Chen D, Li Y, Wang Z, Dou QP, Reddy GP, Sarkar
J. Cell. Physiol. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Epidemiological studies have shown that a diet rich in fruits and cruciferous vegetables is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer. Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and its dimeric product 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) have been shown to exhibit anti-tumor activity both in vitro and in vivo. Recently, we have reported that a formulated DIM (B-DIM) induced apoptosis and inhibited growth, angiogenesis, and invasion of prostate cancer cells by regulating Akt, NF-kappaB, VEGF and the androgen receptor (AR) signaling pathway. However, the precise molecular mechanism(s) by which B-DIM inhibits prostate cancer cell growth and induces apoptosis have not been fully elucidated. Most importantly, it is not known how B-DIM affects cell cycle regulators and proteasome activity, which are critically involved in cell growth and apoptosis. In this study, we investigated the effects of B-DIM on proteasome activity and AR transactivation with respect to B-DIM-mediated cell cycle regulation and induction of apoptosis in both androgen-sensitive LNCaP and androgen-insensitive C4-2B prostate cancer cells. We believe that our results show for the first time the cell cycle-dependent effects of B-DIM on proliferation and apoptosis of synchronized prostate cancer cells progressing from G(1) to S phase. B-DIM inhibited this progression by induction of p27(Kip1) and down-regulation of AR. We also show for the first time that B-DIM inhibits proteasome activity in S phase, leading to the inactivation of NF-kappaB signaling and induction of apoptosis in LNCaP and C4-2B cells. These results suggest that B-DIM could be a potent agent for the prevention and/or treatment of both hormone sensitive as well as hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
PMID: 19062173 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Inhibition of angiogenesis and invasion
by 3,3'-diindolylmethane is mediated by the NF-kappaB downstream target
genes MMP-9 and uPA that regulated bioavailability of vascular endothelial
growth factor in prostate cancer.
Down-regulation of androgen receptor by 3,3'-diindolylmethane contributes to inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis in both hormone-sensitive LNCaP and insensitive C4-2B prostate cancer cells.
Bhuiyan MM, Li Y, Banerjee S, Ahmed F, Wang Z, Ali S, Sarkar
Despite the initial efficacy of androgen deprivation therapy, most patients with advanced prostate cancer eventually progress to hormone-refractory prostate cancer, for which there is no curative therapy. Previous studies from our laboratory and others have shown the antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects of 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) in prostate cancer cells. However, the molecular mechanism of action of DIM has not been investigated in androgen receptor (AR)-positive hormone-responsive and -nonresponsive prostate cancer cells. Therefore, we investigated the effects of B-DIM, a formulated DIM with greater bioavailability, on AR, Akt, and nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling in hormone-sensitive LNCaP (AR+) and hormone-insensitive C4-2B (AR+) prostate cancer cells. We found that B-DIM significantly inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in both cell lines. By Akt gene transfection, reverse transcription-PCR, Western blot analysis, and electrophoretic mobility shift assay, we found a potential crosstalk between Akt, NF-kappaB, and AR. Importantly, B-DIM significantly inhibited Akt activation, NF-kappaB DNA binding activity, AR phosphorylation, and the expressions of AR and prostate-specific antigen, suggesting that B-DIM could interrupt the crosstalk. Confocal studies revealed that B-DIM inhibited AR nuclear translocation, leading to the down-regulation of AR target genes. Moreover, B-DIM significantly inhibited C4-2B cell growth in a severe combined immunodeficiency-human model of experimental prostate cancer bone metastasis. These results suggest that B-DIM-induced cell proliferation inhibition and apoptosis induction are partly mediated through the down-regulation of AR, Akt, and NF-kappaB signaling. These observations provide a rationale for devising novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of hormone-sensitive, but more importantly, hormone-refractory prostate cancer by using B-DIM alone or in combination with other therapeutics.
PMID: 17047070 [PubMed - in process]
Synthetic dimer of indole-3-carbinol: second generation diet derived anti-cancer agent in hormone sensitive prostate cancer.
Garikapaty VP, Ashok BT, Tadi K, Mittelman A, Tiwari RK.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
Prostate. 2006 Apr 1;66(5):453-62.
BACKGROUND: Cruciferous vegetables have been found to have anti-prostate cancer effects. The active compounds mediating these effects include indoles such as indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and isothiocyanates. I3C is unstable having tissue tropic effects and clinical utility has been partly addressed by the synthesis of a more stable dimer diindolylmethane (DIM). METHODS: Anti-proliferative activity was measured by XTT assay and cytosolic proteins quantitated by Western blot analysis. RESULTS: DIM (IC(50) 50 microM) is a better anti-proliferative agent than I3C (IC(50) 150 microM) in androgen dependent LNCaP cells, inhibits DNA synthesis, and growth of R1881 stimulated LNCaP cells. Androgen receptor (AR), cyclin D1, and cdk4, induced by R1881, are downregulated by DIM. DIM downregulates phosphorylated Akt and phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase and downstream inhibition of cyclin D1 and cdk4. CONCLUSION: These studies provide evidence that DIM is a second-generation chemopreventive agent with a viable cellular target and has clinical potential as an anti-prostate cancer chemopreventive. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
PMID: 16353249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Induction of apoptosis in human prostate cancer cell line, PC3, by 3,3'-diindolylmethane through the mitochondrial pathway.
Nachshon-Kedmi M, Yannai S, Fares FA.
Faculty of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
Br J Cancer. 2004 Oct 4;91(7):1358-63.
Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy and the second leading cause of male death in Western countries. Prostate cancer mortality results from metastases to the bones and lymph nodes and progression from androgen-dependent to androgen-independent disease. Although androgen ablation was found to be effective in treating androgen-dependent prostate cancer, no effective life-prolonging therapy is available for androgen-independent cancer. Epidemiological studies have shown a strong correlation between consumption of cruciferous vegetables and a lower risk of prostate cancer. These vegetables contain glucosinolates, which during metabolism give rise to several breakdown products, mainly indole-3-carbinol (I3C), which may be condensed to polymeric products, especially 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM). It was previously shown that these indole derivatives have significant inhibitory effects in several human cancer cell lines, which are exerted through induction of apoptosis. We have previously reported that I3C and DIM induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines through p53-, bax-, bcl-2- and fasL-independent pathways. The objective of this study was examination of the apoptotic pathways that may be involved in the effect of DIM in the androgen-independent prostate cancer cell line, PC3, in vitro. Our results suggest that DIM induces apoptosis in PC3 cells, through the mitochondrial pathway, which involves the translocation of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol and the activation of initiator caspase, 9, and effector caspases, 3 and 6, leading to poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage and induction of apoptosis. Our findings may lead to the development of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of androgen-independent prostate cancer.
PMID: 15328526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Therapeutic activity of 3,3'-diindolylmethane on prostate cancer in an in vivo model.
Nachshon-Kedmi M, Fares FA, Yannai S.
Faculty of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Prostate. 2004 Oct 1;61(2):153-60.
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PC) is the second leading cancer-related death in men in Western countries. Hence, efficient anti-carcinogenic and therapeutic compounds against PC are badly needed. We have previously shown that 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) has a suppressive effect on the growth of human breast and PC cell lines. The objective of this study was examination of the potential therapeutic effects of DIM in an in vivo model. METHODS: TRAMP-C2, a mouse PC cell line, was injected into the flank of male C57BL/6 mice. When tumors appeared, mice were injected intraperitoneally with either corn oil (vehicle) or DIM (2.5, 5, or 10 mg per kg body weight) 3-times a week, for 3 weeks, and tumor volumes were measured bi-weekly with calibermeters. Later, the tumors were removed, their final weights and volumes were measured, and tumor sections were tested for histological studies. RESULTS: DIM had a significant inhibitory effect, caused by diminished tumor growth. Histological examination of tumors from treated groups revealed apoptosis and decreased cell proliferation, compared with the controls. DIM didn't affect body weights or kidney and liver functioning. CONCLUSIONS: The inhibitory action of DIM on tumor growth was demonstrated in vivo. Hence, this compound at the concentrations tested may offer an effective and non toxic therapeutic means against tumor growth in rodents, and may serve as a potential natural anti-carconigenic compound in humans. Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, IncPMID: 15305338
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Plant-derived 3,3'-Diindolylmethane is a strong androgen antagonist in human prostate cancer cells.
Le HT, Schaldach CM, Firestone GL, Bjeldanes LF.
Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, The University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3104, USA. email@example.com
J Biol Chem. 2003 Jun 6;278(23):21136-45. Epub 2003 Mar 27.
3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM) is a major digestive product of indole-3-carbinol, a potential anticancer component of cruciferous vegetables. Our results indicate that DIM exhibits potent antiproliferative and antiandrogenic properties in androgen-dependent human prostate cancer cells. DIM suppresses cell proliferation of LNCaP cells and inhibits dihydrotestosterone (DHT) stimulation of DNA synthesis. These activities were not produced in androgen-independent PC-3 cells. Moreover, DIM inhibited endogenous PSA transcription and reduced intracellular and secreted PSA protein levels induced by DHT in LNCaP cells. Also, DIM inhibited, in a concentration-dependent manner, the DHT-induced expression of a prostate-specific antigen promoter-regulated reporter gene construct in transiently transfected LNCaP cells. Similar effects of DIM were observed in PC-3 cells only when these cells were co-transfected with a wild-type androgen receptor expression plasmid. Using fluorescence imaging with green fluorescent protein androgen receptor and Western blot analysis, we demonstrated that DIM inhibited androgen-induced androgen receptor (AR) translocation into the nucleus. Results of receptor binding assays indicated further that DIM is a strong competitive inhibitor of DHT binding to the AR. Results of structural modeling studies showed that DIM is remarkably similar in conformational geometry and surface charge distribution to an established synthetic AR antagonist, although the atomic compositions of the two substances are quite different. Taken together with our published reports of the estrogen agonist activities of DIM, the present results establish DIM as a unique bifunctional hormone disrupter. To our knowledge, DIM is the first example of a pure androgen receptor antagonist from plants.
PMID: 12665522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Indole-3-carbinol induces a G1 cell cycle arrest and inhibits prostate-specific antigen production in human LNCaP prostate carcinoma cells.
Zhang J, Hsu B A JC, Kinseth B A MA, Bjeldanes LF, Firestone GL.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA.
Cancer. 2003 Dec 1;98(11):2511-20
BACKGROUND: Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a naturally occurring
component of Brassica vegetables, such as cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels
sprouts, is a promising anticancer agent for certain reproductive tumor
cells. The objective of the current study was to characterize the cell
cycle effects of I3C in human prostate carcinoma cells. METHODS: The incorporation
of [(3)H]thymidine and flow cytometry of propidium iodide-stained nuclei
were used to monitor I3C-regulated changes in prostate carcinoma cell
proliferation and cell cycle progression. Western blotting was used to
document expression changes in cell cycle components and prostate-specific
antigen (PSA) levels. The enzymatic activities of cyclin-dependent kinases
(CDK) were tested by in vitro protein kinase assays using the retinoblastoma
protein as a substrate. RESULTS: I3C suppressed the growth of LNCaP prostate
carcinoma cells in a dose-dependent manner by inducing a G1 block in cell
cycle progression. I3C selectively inhibited the expression of CDK6 protein
and transcripts and strongly stimulated the production of the p16 CDK
inhibitor. In vitro protein kinase assays revealed the striking inhibition
by I3C of immunoprecipitated CDK2 enzymatic activity and the relatively
minor down-regulation of CDK4 enzymatic activity. In LNCaP prostate carcinoma
cells, I3C treatment inhibited production of PSA, whereas combinations
of I3C and the androgen antagonist flutamide more effectively inhibited
DNA synthesis and PSA levels compared with either agent alone. CONCLUSIONS:
The results of the current study demonstrated that I3C has a potent antiproliferative
effect in LNCaP and other human prostate carcinoma cells. These findings
implicate this dietary indole as a potential chemotherapeutic agent for
controlling the growth of human prostate carcinoma cells. Copyright 2003
American Cancer Society.
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Please note that we are no longer breeding Cavachons.
Please see our Available Puppies page for information about current and planned litters of our Cava-Poo-Chons and other crossbreed puppies.
A Timshell Farm Cavachon puppy has a Bichon Frise mother and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel sire.
Our puppies are what we call the Ivory & Latte (two-color coats). The Cavachon puppies take the markings and colors from their sire, Jackson – a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that is a Blenheim.
General Appearance - The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is an active, graceful, well-balanced toy spaniel, very gay and free in action; fearless and sporting in character, yet at the same time gentle and affectionate. Size - Height 12 to 13 inches at the withers; weight proportionate to height, between 13 and 18 pounds.
Coat - Of moderate length, silky, free from curl. Slight wave. Feathering on ears, chest, legs and tail should be long, and the feathering on the feet is a feature of the breed.
Color - Blenheim - Rich chestnut markings well broken up on a clear, pearly white ground.
Temperament - Gay, friendly, non-aggressive with no tendency towards nervousness or shyness.
General Appearance - The Bichon Frise is a small, sturdy, white powder puff of a dog whose merry temperament is evidenced by his plumed tail carried jauntily over the back and his dark-eyed inquisitive expression. Dogs and bitches 9½ to 11½ inches are to be given primary preference.
Coat - The undercoat is soft and dense, the outer coat of a coarser and curlier texture. The combination of the two gives a soft but substantial feel to the touch which is similar to plush or velvet and when patted springs back. When bathed and brushed, it stands off the body, creating an overall powder puff appearance.
Color - Color is white, may have shadings of buff, cream or apricot around the ears or on the body.
Temperament - Gentle mannered, sensitive, playful and affectionate. A cheerful attitude is the hallmark of the breed and one should settle for nothing less
Julep – Timshell Farm Cavachon
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Weir powered ahead of Japanese rival Masazumi Soejima in the final 100 metres in his state-of-the-art £4,000 racing chair to win by 1.48 seconds, in 1hr 37min 29sec.
Weir's belligerent salvo over the line drew the race commentator into describing the British athlete, now 31, as "The Stud", with his bulging biceps and powerful upper body.
That physique has already propelled Weir to a pair of Paralympic track titles — at 1500metres and 800m — in Beijing, but having suffered glandular fever three years ago, he now feels "relief" at knowing he is fully fit.
There was emotion after the race. "The new chair made all the difference," said Weir. "I feel inspired now — and this was one of the best races I've been involved in. The key to this race was staying with Kurt Fearnley on the uphill stretches at the start."
Shelly Woods, who started the women's wheelchair marathon as favourite, finished seventh with 21-year-old American Tatyana McFadden the winner.
Woods revealed after the race that she had been suffering with a virus earlier in the week and felt "no power or strength" during the race.
Both racers now focus on the International Paralympic Committee World Athletics Championships, in Christchurch, New Zealand, in January 2011.


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Blood pounding in your head
Sweat beading on your skin
A metal blade gleaming in your hands
And Satan's cheering you on
The last game is long over
You've aced all your finals
And have been accepted to college
With one deed left undone
Your breath is uneven
Your mind is racing
Your eyes are tearing up
But your grip is tight on the knife's handle
I'll tell your momma you love her
I'll tell your daddy you'll miss him
I'll tell your best friend there's nothing he could've done
I'll tell your girlfriend this has nothing to do with her
There's no one around
In your cold dark room
It's only you
With a knife gleaming in your hands
You say to yourself that it's nothing personal
It's just that these demons
Are taking over your life
And refuse to share it with you
You say you want an escape
You've tried all the drugs
You've cried all the tears
And have decided it just wasn't working
I look on from afar
Pacing nervously across the floor
Waiting to see what you'll do
And hoping that you are wrong
I want what's best for you
We all do
And if this is what you want
Then why should I stop you?
As long as it's what's best for you
As long as it won't hurt for long
As long as you're sure that you're done
I won't try to stop you
There's no one around
In your cold dark room
It's only you
With a knife gleaming in your hands
But before your heart beats its last
And your grip falls slack
And your breathing slows and fades
I just want you to know
That you really were something
To me at least
I've always lived my life not caring what others say
But it was your opinion I valued
That you really could've gone far
You're just who you are
I don't know why you can't face that
You've faced everything else
That you really seemed smarter
Than to actually believe the lies they whispered
And the rumors they spread
And the false assumptions they convinced each other of
And that you'll always be my hero
The one who could pull through anything
The one who taught me how to stand
And yet somehow you're the one who's falling
There's no one around
In your cold dark room
It's only you
With a knife gleaming in your hands
Your whole world needs you
The school's expecting your graduation speech
Your mom's expecting you for dinner
And your girlfriend's expecting your call
My whole life is ahead of me
My stepmom needs me at the hospital
My neighbor needs me to drive him to rehab
And that little tabby cat needs me to feed him
The vast unknown is sprawled out before you
But you've always been the kind to charge ahead
You've always had that fighting spirit
What could've broken it?
I know there's nothing more to say
The sun is setting now
And it's entirely your choice
If you want to live for another sunrise
So you can either drop the knife
Or use it for its intended purpose
And live on or die trying
Just make sure it's what you really want
And I pray that you will sing this song tomorrow


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The following list of Soldotna Community Schools classes and activities beginning this week is printed as a reminder to preregistered participants. Anyone interested in a class or activity should call the Community Schools office at 262-6768. Children are not allowed to attend an adult class or to wait unattended while a parent attends a class.
Tree Health This class will cover many aspects of maintaining tree health, from care practices and pruning concepts to disease and insect problems. It is open to teens and adults and meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Soldotna Middle School room 25. The cost is $10.
Note: The following special Christmas classes require preregistration and prepayment.
Silk Painting with Joyce Cox Each participant will have an opportunity to paint three scarves. No artistic ability is needed and supplies will be provided. The class is open to adults with a 10-person minimum and 15-person maximum. It will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 10 and 17 in the Soldotna Middle School home economics room. The $35 fee includes materials and supplies and should be sent to Soldotna Community Schools, 426 W. Redoubt Ave., Soldotna AK 99669, prior to the class.
Christmas Bowl Centerpiece with Carroll Knutson, master florist Participants can learn the simple mechanics professional floral designers use to make beautiful bowl arrangements, while making their own Christmas centerpieces. Participants should bring a six-inch bowl, a small knife, a taper candle and Christmas greens, but no flowers. The class is open to adults with an eight-person minimum and 12-person maximum and meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 18 in the Soldotna Middle School home economics room. The cost is $15 and includes flowers and floral materials.
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The media consistently thinks of black women in relation to a handful of topics: being single, sisterhood (or the lack of it) and the status of our physical health. But you rarely hear about black women and self-esteem. A healthy love of self is the foundation for finding contentment and happiness in life. Miki Turner, an award-winning photojournalist featured in Essence and Ebony Magazines, is giving attention to that oft-ignored part of our personal development with her latest tome, Journey to the Woman I've Come to Love via The Grio.
The photo book features arresting images of phenomenal women of all races, backgrounds and professions alongside inspirational quotes about self-acceptance. Robin Roberts, Angela Davis, Gladys Knight, Della Reese, Judith Jamison, Sanaa Lathan and Halle Berry are among the women featured.
While gathering inspirational quotes, Miki asked the women: "At what point did you fall in love with yourself?"
Halle Berry answered saying: "i would probably say that i fell in love with myself after my second divorce. i think it was at that time that i realized what i was made of. i realized that i was enough all by myself."
Turner told The Grio she hopes the book will leave women feeling "inspired and empowered. I hope that they can look at some of these women who are more like them, the women who aren't celebrated, to see what they had to do to reach inside themselves, and find whatever it's going to take to fully love themselves."
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Kokopelli's Cave Bed and Continental Breakfast
Kokopelli's Cave is the most unique Bed and Breakfast in the Four Corners. Named one of the world's 10 most extraordinary hotels, the cave was excavated into the Ojo Alamo Standstone in 1981. It is a geologist's dream with a 360 degree view of cross bedding, petrified and carbonized wood and plant fragments plus various river current direction indicators deposited in ancient river channels.
Carved into 65 milliion-year-old Ojo Alamo Sandstone, Kokopelli's Cave is located 70 feet below the surface on a west-facing vertical cliff face. It overlooks the beautiful La Plata River Valley 250 feet below and has spectacular views into each of the Four Corners States from the flagstone patio.
The cave is carpeted, features a queen bed in the bedroom a futon in the main room, and a waterfall shower cascading off a "ruins style"natural stone wall set with wooden vigas that fills a cozy hot tub in the bathroom. In close proximity to many national historical sites of the Ancient Indians, The living room features an "horno" fireplace, and many modern amenities for entertainment. Kokpelli's Cave is ideal for archaeological and anthropological study. Although there is a full kitchen, the breakfast is continental style so that visitors are not disturbed for meals. There is also a gas grill for guests to cook dinner while they watch the dazzeling sunsets from the two patios.
Continental Breakfast
Seasons Open: March 1 through November 30
Range of Rates: $260 a night for two people; $50 for each additional person (excluding tax)
Kokopelli's Cave is the creation of a long-held dream of owners Bruce and Marj Black. Oriiginally conceived as an office for geologic consulting, it evolved into a guest establishement. Blasted out of the rock by engineers, the cave was completed with plumbing, electricity, and amenities by geologist, Bruce Black and his son, Buz. It is family-owned and operated and has had visitors from many parts of the world. Comments in the guest book attest to the unique magic of the cave and many guests return for subsequent visits.
While we have welcomed visitors with limited physical abilities, the Cave is located some 70 steps from the surface cut into the rock with side hand rails provided. It is not difficult, but not wheelchair accessible.
Kokopelli's Cave is heated naturally and remains around 68 degrees all year. All of the 360 acres of the surrounding area remains natural with pine trees and desert plants. it is only accessible by dirt roads with no development of housing or commercial stores in the area.
We do not welcome pets as there are many wild animals who visit including Ring Tail Cats; foxes; golden eagles and many more