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Saudi Arabia wants site change for Iran soccer matches
Published 3:59 pm, Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The political tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran may filter onto the soccer pitch in the coming weeks with teams from the two nations due to play each other in the Asian Champions League and the Asian Under-23 championships.
Relations between the countries deteriorated sharply in early January when Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric and Iranian protesters responded by attacking the Saudi embassy in Tehran and a consulate in another city. Riyadh then broke off diplomatic relations with Tehran.
As the standoff has escalated, Saudi Arabia's leading soccer clubs asked the Asian Football Confederation to move Champions League matches between clubs from the two nations in February to neutral venues. Muhammad Al-Nuwaiser, the vice president of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation, also tweeted that the protests in Iran showed that it should not host soccer games.
There are already six games scheduled between the countries in the group stage of the continent's biggest club competition and, depending on preliminary playoff results, there could be as many as eight. That leaves plenty of opportunity for tensions to spill onto the field, according to James Dorsey, an expert in Middle East soccer politics at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
Suarez suspension upheld: The Spanish federation's appeal's commission has upheld Luis Suarez's two-game suspension for insulting opponents in a Copa del Rey match. Barcelona said it will take the case to a higher sports tribunal in Spain in hopes of having Suarez back. It plays city rival Espanyol on Wednesday in the round of 16.
Women's tournament: The Women's World Cup champion U.S. national team will host a four-team tournament in Tennessee and Florida in March as the team prepares for the Olympics in Brazil this summer.
The SheBelieves Cup will feature the top-ranked United States, world No. 5 England, No. 3 France and No. 2 Germany.
The winner of the round-robin tournament will be determined by points.
EPL: Manchester United squandered a two-goal lead, went back in front on an exquisite shot from Wayne Rooney, and then conceded a 90th-minute goal to draw at Newcastle 3-3. ... Last-place Aston Villa collected its first win since the opening day, beating Crystal Palace 1-0, courtesy of a goalkeeper error by Wayne Hennessey. ... West Ham came from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1.


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While not every guy is going to start coming home with roses every week, we do have some tips for nudging him in a more romantic direction.
The first thing we suggest doing is taking a look at what romance means to you. That way you can better communicate what you need to your husband. Is it just a matter of him being more available (e.g. present and talking to you rather than being buried in his laptop all night), or are you craving more affection? Do you want more date nights, or do you wish he was at home more than at work? Figure out what you want first, then working toward it will be easier.
Wish you and your hubby went out more? Don't sit around and wait for him to set a date -- do it yourself! While it would be great if your guy was the one making restaurant reservations, suggesting weekend activities or even bringing home a bottle of wine on Friday, don't discount the power of being the initiator. Make that reservation, coax him out on a weekend trip to the farmers market, or lead him by the hand onto the porch for a post-dinner glass of wine. The more you do, ideally the more he sees the merit of a little extra romance.
If you don't tell your partner what you want, you're never going to get it. The key, though, is how you go about telling him what you want. Avoid accusing. Starting out with "You never take me out anymore" is just going to put him on the defensive. Whereas saying, "I would love to spend more time with you. Let's go out for dinner more so we can catch up," is a much better way of communicating your needs that doesn't put your husband on the spot or place blame.
He may never turn into that guy who sends roses to your office or buys you a diamond bracelet on a whim. But that doesn't mean he's incapable of romance. Maybe his way of being romantic is to attempt to make dinner when he knows you're going to be late or bring home a tub of your favorite ice cream when you've had a bad day. Remember that everyone's idea of romance is different, so try to take note of the gestures that might seem mundane to you but romantic to him.
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ReviewI have had noting but disappointments from my 2011 silverado i purchased new. From the bed rails that dent from falling acorns to brakes that overheat when the truck is empty, simply exiting the freeway???? you cant pump gas into it because they changed the down angle but no gas stations around me are updated. the traction control button stopped working at 39,000 miles, so I took it appart and found it was super glued together from the factory or dealer I dont know which but definitely cracked/broken plastic bits obviously glued back together???? (are you kidding me??? no I am not) when I asked costumer service they have nothing.
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I could not agree with your headline more! I bought a 2011 silverado and have not been happy with it since day one. The 5.3 engine is a joke. I traded a 6 liter 3/4 ton in for the half ton 5.3 liter thinking it would suffice for me just fine. HUGE mistake. throw as little as 600lbs in the bed or hook up to my little 6 x 10 single axle trailer and driving it was miserable. I have owned a 2006 Ford 5.4 F150, traded for a 2011 silverado 3/4 ton with the 6.0 liter. I was very pleased with the 6.0 liter and the ford 5.4, but thought it was more than I needed so downgraded to the 5.3 liter 1/2 ton. Owned it for four months and hated every second of it. My wife couldn't even stand driving it! After 4 months, I got rid of it for a new dodge 3/4 ton and have been very pleased. My complaint insn't with chevy in general but 5.3 liter is an absolute joke of an engine. I will never buy another chevy half ton. If it's going to be used as a city truck and no hauling you will be just fine but if you plan on using it at all - upgrade to the 6.0 or 6.2 if you going to get a chevy. The 5.3 half ton was a complete waste of money.Report it
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Chinas Sinopec aims to derail ONGCs bid for UKs Imperial EnergyAugust 4th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.4 (ANI): Chinas Sinopec has reportedly made an approach to the London-listed oil and gas explorer, Imperial Energy, which could derail takeover talks between that group and Indias Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
The Chinese state-owned oil group, also known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, made an approach to Imperial last week and is in the process of conducting due diligence on a formal offer.
The move is the latest sign of Chinas ambition to buy natural resource assets. Imperial is expected to confirm it has received a second approach when the London stock market opens on Monday, reports the Financial Times.
Sinopecs move could scupper a 12.90-pound a share, or a 1.3 billion pound approach from ONGC.
Imperial last month announced it was in talks regarding a possible offer and although it did not name the potential bidder. It is known that ONGC was behind the bid.
Imperial, founded by chairman Peter Levine in 2004, has built up a number of assets across Russia and other countries in the former Soviet Union. It produced about 10,000 barrels of oil a day in December last year and plans to raise this to 80,000 b/d by the end of 2011.
The company has been the subject of approaches in the past.
Last year a unit of Gazprom, Russias state-controlled gas company, approached it, but agreement could not be reached.
Shares in Imperial have been one of the worst market performers among mid-sized oil companies in London this year. They have risen as high as 14.27 pounds and as low as 637 pence during the past year. (ANI)
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Research: The Constitution Unit at University College London is conducting research into FOI and universities and are looking into whether academics are using FOI as a research tool (see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/research/foi/foi-universities ). "We wanted to ask if anyone knows examples of how FOI is contributing to academics' work and any common problems academics face when requesting. Part of the project will involve formulating some useful guidelines for academics to help them get the most out of FOI. We have a short online survey for any academics or undergraduates using FOI in the UK, and wondered if you could fill it out if you have used FOI or pass it on and circulate it to anyone who may be able to help http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/research/foi/foi-universities/copy_of_he-officers-survey. We would also be interested in hearing about experience of academic use elsewhere in the world."
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Africa: "The Land Security Agenda: How Investor Risks in Farmland Create Opportunities for Sustainability" by Earth Security Initiative examines an increase in land acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa by foreign investors and indicates that many problems are created by a lack of access to information by citizens. AFIC participated in the study and also reviewed the report. Please follow this link for full report.
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Open Data: A workshop entitled "Using Open Data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism," is planned for June 19-20 at the European Commission Headquarters, Brussels. The workshop is organized by W3C and the JRC-IPTS within the framework of the CROSSOVER project, a support action co-funded by the European Commission´s DG-INFSO under the Seventh Framework Programme – ICT Workprogramme 2011-2012. "This workshop asks a simple question: what is all the 'new' government open data being used for?"
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You can have capitalism without encouraging people to spend more than they have on crap they don't need.
Of course I'm a mid twenties male, not a teenage girl
Why?Then such ventures should fail.
No, woefully bad advertising makes products cost more, and if a company's advertising fits that description, they can usually tell by the lethargic sales. If the advertising is effective enough to recoup costs, it will pay for itself through increased profits. Without it, those increased profits those shareholders demand must come from your pockets. You've got it completely backwards.Advertising makes products that I do want cost more, simple as that.
Wrong again. Companies wouldn't thrive, period. People would be completely in the dark about different options and choices, and would inevitably go to their inefficiently run local shop, which would almost always have a monopoly on whatever you're looking for. Products that can't be made locally would be done by big businesses, but at reduced inefficiency, and consequently everything would become a lot more expensive.Without spending money trying to convince people who don't want a product that they need it anyway, companies would have a lower overhead and thus could sell for less. Of course, they would sell less overall, and only companies with legitimately useful products would thrive (with the occasional freak exception, of course), but I don't view either of those as necessarily a "bad" thing.
It's the same incorrect argument that people make that "shoplifting costs everyone more money". No, it doesn't. Shoplifting costs the store owner money, and is morally wrong. But the shop owner can't raise prices because the store next door (who has a more efficient loss prevention program) will undercut their prices.
And yet both stores are paying for the loss prevention program - and passing that cost on to the consumer. (That being said, I agree with what you're saying as relates to the topic at hand
Ads work on the majority. On me, they usually have the opposite effect (not going to buy stuff that's advertised in particularly annoying/stupid/psychologically exploitive ways).
Ads can be annoying and overdone, but they are a product of a free capitalistic society.
Ads take away the consumers freedom to chose the better product (yes - ads _work_ that way on many people. There are subconscious effects that are very, very hard to suppress. Most people can't do this at all, which is one of the reasons why ads work so well), shifting the focus on the product that is marketed best. Quite possibly, ads are what turns customers into consumers.
If you came up with a formula for a soda that tastes better than the established alternatives while being healthier, do you think it'd fly off the shelves ? Nope. It's not Coke or Pepsi. You'd first have to fight a marketing battle against companies whose marketing budget is probably a few orders of magnitude larger than what your company is worth. And they'd fight your better product with tooth and claw - not by making their products better, but by stepping up their marketing efforts.
Well, kind of. More often than not this kind of advertising tries to sell stuff that's about as superfluous as a fifth wheel mounted on the roof of your car. My basement is full of junk that I bought when I still believed in this kind of ad. Ma
Considering the available societal alternatives (China, Myanmar, and Cuba come to mind), I'll take a few ads and nearly constant product placement.
I almost believed you weren't a shill for some advertising or marketing agency until I read that hilarious line. "If we didn't have ads plastered everywhere, we'd have COMMUNISM!!!1!"
Ads are not so much a product of a free capitalist society as they are a symptom of a culture that values money over things like time, aesthetics, and integrity.
It's a tempting logical leap to make, but I suspect this assumption is at least partly false.
There are two kinds of advertising: ads that inform, and ads that create brand-awareness. TV and radio spots for Rogaine or a 3-day sale at your local hardware store are informative - they give you information about somethin
Ads can be annoying and overdone, but they are a product of a free capitalistic society. Considering the available societal alternatives (China, Myanmar, and Cuba come to mind), I'll take a few ads and nearly constant product placement. Besides, I didn't buy a Tivo for nothing!
Er, are you trying to claim that China has no ads? If so, you're very wrong. It's every bit as annoying as in the US (I used to live there before I moved to Beijing), and more so because I can't understand what they're saying (mostly).
I can't speak for the other countries you listed...
That proves, women never grow
The skew is particularly apparent among men: 50% of seniors skipping all the ads, but only 20% of teens do so.
I'd guess that 1/2 the time I watch DVR'd TV, I watch through the ads simply from being so accustomed to the pacing of commercial breaks, that it's not a nuisance to watch them during my favorite shows.
The exceptions are shows like Meet the Press where the last EIGHT minutes is a huge commercial break.
'm seriously waiting for the first music CD to come out with adverts between each track. It's got to happen eventually and if it doesn't, it'll only be the premature death of the CD that would stop it. Would you read a book where every fifth page was a full page colour advert?
I don't know about ads on CD's (if you consider Britney Spheres and her ilk, I'd say the entire CD is one long marketing jingle), but they're putting all manner of ads in the theaters. I give trailers a pass, I love them when they're well-done, gives a good preview of what's coming up. But fucking coke ads, cell phones, etc? I paid my $8 for high def marketing? No thank you, sir. Bittorrent to the rescue.
As for ads in books, that used to be done in the 80's. If it was a paperback of a movie, there would be
Ad Age hypothesizes that younger viewers 'just pay attention to other media when the ads are on TV or, worse yet, perhaps the TV is just "background music"...'
How was this an unexpected result? People have always used advert slots to get up for a drink, walk the dog, visit the loo and so on. Younger viewers simply have more distractions (friends, choirs) and more gadgets (mobiles, computers, consoles) that might need attention, or could provide the necessary distraction during the interruption.
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Ship's captain: Commander Kikkawa Kiyoshi [50] (prev. C.O. KAWAKAZE). Assigned to Desdiv 8 (OSHIO, ASASHIO, ARASHIO, MICHISHIO), Desron 2, Second Fleet. Flagship of Comdesdiv 8, Captain Abe Toshio [46].
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Desdiv 8 steamed from Terashima Strait to Mako (Pescadores).
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Desdiv 8 escorted Admiral Kondo's Southern Force Main Body out of Mako as distant cover to Malaya and Philippine invasion forces.
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Desdiv 8 escorted 3rd Malaya troop convoy from Mako towards Singora, then put into Hong Kong.
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Desdiv 8 departed Hong Kong, escorting troop convoy to Davao.
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Desdiv 8 with Ambon invasion force.
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Desdiv 8 with Makassar invasion force.
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Desdiv 8 with Bali/Lombok invasion force.
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Was guarding transport SASAGO MARU off Bali when Allied ships attacked. Assisted ASASHIO in sinking of PIET HEIN and damage to TROMP and USS STEWART (DD-224), later rescued 10 PIET HEIN survivors. Medium damage: suffered unspecified shell hits with seven dead.
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Some suggestions, observations on filling state's budget gap
This is an open letter to all Alaska state politicians. Why do most of you consider penalizing Alaska residents through taxation school tax, state sales tax, state income tax, taking from the permanent fund or raising vehicle tax? After all, Alaska is already a high cost place to live when you look at the price of food, clothing, fuel, electric power, snow removal, etc.
Why doesn't the state get its tax dollars from the tourists? They seem to have lots of money and take out lots of resources (fish and game).
As an old-timer on a fixed income, let me give you some suggestions for raising money.
1. An airport tax of $5 per person to fly out of all airports in the state.
2. A car rental tax I paid $71.35 in tax for seven days at Sea-Tac in December 1999; I also paid $139.62 in tax for 20 days in Hawaii in January 2000. I am sure it's way more now.
3. A cruise ship tax of $100 per person collected at time of ticket purchase.
4. An RV tax either a flat rate per size of RV or so much per day. Collect the fee at the Tok trooper station. Very little cost to collect.
5. A railroad tax of $10 per person to ride the train.
6. An RV rental Tax of $50 per day to rent an RV.
7. A state hotel-motel bed tax of $5 per night.
8. An RV park tax of $5 per day.
9. A guide boat-charter boat-rental boat tax of $5 per day per person.
10. Nonresident hunting and fishing license fees should be raised.
11. Nonresident hunting, fishing and charter boat guide license fees should be raised.
12. An aircraft and helicopter flightseeing tour tax.
13. A tax on Kenai Fjords and all other sea cruises of $5 per person.
14. A Whittier tunnel tax of $2 per person.
15. A tour bus tax of $10 per person.
16. An Alaska ferry system tourist tax.
17. A state park tourist tax.
18. A river float trip tax of $5 per person.
19. A fish tax of $25 per 70-pound box and $15 per 50-pound box shipped out on any air carrier, collected by the air carrier and turned over to the state. This would help control the outsiders from coming to Alaska during the summer, catching boxes of fish, sending them to the Lower 48, then selling fish or trading fish for beef steak during the winter. The cases of canned salmon and the freezers full of frozen salmon hauled to the Lower 48 in RVs could be collected for on checkout at the Tok trooper station.
20. State sales tax yes, we could have a 5 percent tax. When an Alaska state resident shows their drivers license or Alaska ID they are not charged the sales tax. This would collect tax from the outsiders.
21. Tourism. I believe they are asking for $14 million this year. Ridiculous! Why should our tax dollars go to pay to advertise tourism. Let them get all their money from the people that make their living on tourists. After all RVers-tourists pay very little for the use of our roads, water, sewer and landfill use. They bring most of their needs with them. It's too expensive up here.
22. School cuts Why is it that every time the state talks about cutting school funding, the first thing the superintendent says is we'll have to cut teachers? Why don't they cut administration and office help?
23. Longevity What a slap in the face to the old-timers in Alaska, all 18,000 of them. I cannot believe the new governor would even consider something like this. Would the governor, senators and representatives in Juneau take a $250 cut per month?
24. If any of this interests you, call the governor, senators and representatives.
Earl Miller, Soldotna
Faith takes many forms; tolerance is defining virtue of Christianity
I am inspired to respond to Mark Reed's interesting letter to the editor published St. Patrick's Day.
How can a person as shallow and intolerant as yourself dare to call yourself a Christian? A true Christian will not become arrogant of his own beliefs. Who are you (God?) to tell anyone that their creed is wrong?
Every person on Earth is an individual with their own spiritual needs, therefore, one religion can't fulfill all.
And, since we are all different, God is interpreted in many different ways. Because of this, faith comes in many forms, one no more righteous than the other. Are you so blinded by arrogance that you can't see God in everything? In essence, all religions are the same.
Of course, there are radicals. Muslim radicals twist the words of the Quran (the Islam holy book of the Prophet Mohammed's teachings) to justify their murders. The true religion of Islam embraces peace and disdains violence. Most Muslims are true believers, while only a handful are terrorists who "hijack a jet airliner and use it to annihilate 3,000 innocent souls."
I hope that you can recognize the difference between the radical and the true, flush your prejudiced stereotype from your mind and realize tolerance is a defining virtue of Christianity.
Bethany Swenson, Kasilof
All differences aside, groups should work to enhance early run of kings
If it weren't so deja vu for commercial fishermen it would be almost laughable to hear guides say that they shouldn't be restricted on the early run of kings because it would hurt the economy of the Kenai Peninsula.
The same guides pushed for restrictions on the commercial fisheries in July which, in turn, devastated the economy of the peninsula by causing the closure of canneries and the loss of hundreds of jobs. These restrictions were for allocation of fish to nonresident sport fishermen. The proposed restrictions on guides are for saving the early run of kings. Quite a difference.
If the guides were really concerned about the economy they would help commercial fishermen regain the season on the early Russian River reds, which are not a fish guides are hired to catch anyway. Imagine if we competed with the Copper River reds in May. How many jobs would that provide for local people? What a boost for the economy!
That aside, let's enhance the early run of kings until they have recovered. The aquaculture association can do it.
Steve Vanek, Ninilchik
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Kajun Kuisine has opened at 2053 Universal City Blvd. in Universal City. It serves what owners David and Helen Roberson described as "cafeteria soul food set up to get customers through the line within two minutes and we have staff available to get food for customers." Go to www.kajunkuisine.com or call 210-236-8834 for more information.
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- Glee's "all-Madonna" set list has been leaked.
- Obama's Oval Office has been redecorated (with pictures!)
- In Indiana you can't marry your same-sex partner, but you can marry your kissing cousin.
- Great GritTV interview of Sarah Shulman talking about "familial homophobia."
- Portugal's parliament has approved same-sex marriage. Conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva has said he won't veto it.
- Check out back issues of Gay Left - a socialist journal produced by gay men in London in the late 1970s.
- California Lawyer magazine has a great cover story on the hidden story behind Prop 8 and how Hollywood activists seized control of the fight.
- Is Avatar a transphobic flick?
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Smooth Jarvis Character and New Moves Introduced in PAIN
Today SCEA's Director of Network Advertising David Winding has introduced a new "Smooth Jarvis" character and some new moves in PAIN for PlayStation 3.
To quote: Starting today Sony Computer Entertainment America and AXE will be introducing the first ever AXE-branded virtual video game character in the form of "Smooth Jarvis."
Smooth Jarvis will come enabled with two Double Pits to Chesty (DPTC) themed moves that mimic the signature motions involved in applying AXE deodorant bodyspray for men. You've seen the moves before-under both arm pits and across the chest - now here's your chance to use them to your advantage.
Combine these moves successfully with any of the eight original standard PAIN moves and not only will you earn classic points and trophies, you'll also rack up some bonus points to help take that final score to the next level!
The fun won't end there though. Keep practicing those moves because it may just earn you bragging rights for your favorite combo as part of a four-week PAIN contest. Players will be able to use PAIN's in-game video capture feature to capture and post your favorite combination to your YouTube account, putting you in the running to win a host of cool prizes.
Contestants with the best moves have the chance to win prizes that range from a one-of-a-kind custom "Smooth Jarvis" collectible character action figure to a brand new 42" Sony HDTV to enjoy PAIN and other favorite PS3 games on. Contest starts September 1st and runs through September 30th.
Keep an eye out here and in the game for more details on how you can use the Double Pits to Chesty move to score more than just a fresh scent and the attention of the people around you!
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I need a hdtv so badly . Going to try entering this but i know i have the creativity of a door.
Not really related to this but i read this on the ps blog and decided to fire up PAIN. Went into various options and noticed that there is a massive portion of the game that has to be bought even after buying the actual game. Its just crazy really, game modes, characters etc etc. Its like a fricking subcription service and not a game purchase.
I really don't know why Sony is putting so much time & money in this pile of steaming crap, came free with my ps3 bundle... had I only known I would have waited for a better bundle !


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Main :: DT50/DT25
by Krontab on 2012-12-27 06:41:39.5450
I know that this has been debated a few places on the forum but, I thought I would share my experience. After hours of trying to track down a buzz (high pitched whine, not 60Hz) in my rig, that was intensified if I connected my DT25 mic xlr to my mic pre on my panel (no diff if ground lift was engaged or not), I figured out that I had mistakenly used an mic XLR to connect the line6 link from my pod HD500. Using a DMX eliminated the buzz. As an experiment I took my HD500 and DT25 in to a different room and used the Mic cable again. This sounded fine in the other room. In conclusion it looks like the DMX cable shielding is essential for the Line6 Link to work when surrounded by equipment that is RF noisy. Definitely invest in the DMX cable so you do not waste time like me tracking down some illusive noise due to improper shielding of a data cable.
by petef on 2013-01-08 07:39:57.9160
I'm not sure I understand why a DMX or AES/EBU cable shielding would be any different than a Microphone cable. Both are Sheilded with a twisted pair. That the cable made a difference is what you found, but I don't know why..
My HD500 to DT50 (112) has alot of high frequency hissing but that is preset dependant and I suspect it is the HD500 noise, not the DT. The DT on similar amp configurations is near dead quiet (using the DT preamp vs the HD). This is with the guitar cable removed as well..
One possibility is that the digital audio (and data) flowing from the HD to the DT is getting corrupted by cable reflections (though a MIC cable is perhaps over 100 ohm but less than 600 ohm). The corruption might 'sound' like hiss or noise (and as you stated, not being 60/120Hz AC hum).
From 'the web':
AES/EBU is a 6.1MHz clocked (3.0 Mbps) data stream (clock is embedded in the data.. manchester like) and is specified for a 110 ohm balanced cable.
General microphone cables are: Analog differential (baseband and common mode DC), 600 ohm source and termination (but the cable is NOT specifically specified for differential impedance).
It is likely that the low capacitance balanced cables may be much higher differential impedance than 600 ohms but would not be much over 1k ohm (why? since it is very difficult to build impedance with close spaced conductors.... think of old 'twin lead TV cable... that was 300 ohm).
Net result is that for a run of MIC cable, the ringing bounce of the mismatch at 6MHz clocked data may cause errors in the data bits and perhaps even frame blocks (if AES/EBU spec format is used in the DT, and I suspect it is, if not just for convienience). This might explain why we are getting this noise...
I might purchase an AES/EBU cable and see if that makes any difference with my setup... (or DMX...which I believe is the same as an AES/EBU spec).
by silverhead on 2013-01-08 07:43:42.5870
Line 6 recommends using AES/EBU cables, no longer than 50 ft.
by Krontab on 2013-01-12 17:47:50.1290
Thanks good responses. My DMX is cable also meets the AES/EBU standard. In summary DMX or AES/EBU is designed to carry data and is shielded more thouroughly where as Microphone is designed for analog phase reversal noise canceling of an analog signal (higher guage and not shielded as well). I'm sure in a lot of cases the mic cable is sufficient. In my case any mic cable picks up noise (in the form of digital artifacting) from my environment when used in this system and my DMX do not. I have a lot of computer equiptment in my studio and a 25' run to cross with the cable, so the shielding on mic cable has proven to be insufficient. link to cable I used http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EBU025. Not sure if all DMX are AES3 compliant, so check the package.
by jutter03 on 2013-01-12 19:44:57.9630
I had lots of trouble with a standard mic cable. I got a DMX/AES/EBU cable, and it was totally worth it. I didn't get a fancy one, just a base level cable.
by petef on 2013-01-13 14:06:11.8820
My experiment with the AES/EBU cable (purchased from BestTronics) yielded no change in noise. I'm sure the AES/EBU has better digital signal performance but the noise I'm getting must just be the HD500.
It is at a level that I can't imagine recording with this configuration...At 'playing' volume it would not be perhaps noticable but in a studio environment, it is too noisy (and the DT is quiet on its own, as is the HD500 dirrect into the DAW via the USB connection. I believe I also disconnected the USB to see if that was injecting noise into the HD500-DT50 combo.... no difference..
Still hunting..
by Krontab on 2013-01-13 14:36:09.8220
Sorry to hear that. Just one quick question... have you assigned input 2 to variax? If I have my HD500 inputs both set to guitar I get a noise floor jump. If I set one to guitar and the other to variax(none really) it reduces. Big post about that buried somewhere in the forum.
by petef on 2013-01-20 10:38:29.8710
Sorry for delay.. No, 2nd imput is MIC (and gain is on 0), Input 1 is Variax & Guitar (guitar is not inserted, not source of noise)...
It might just be my HD500...
The information above may not be current, and you should direct questions to the current forum or review the manual.


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On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution introduced by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-09), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Co-Chair of the House Hellenic Caucus and member of the International Religious Freedom Caucus, calling on the Turkish parliament to allow the Theological School of Halki to reopen with no preconditions or delay.
"It is time that the Theological School at Halki is immediately reopened with no preconditions," Bilirakis said. "What the Orthodox Christian community and all religious freedom watchdogs throughout the world are asking for is simply that Turkey abides by its constitution, which secures religious rights for all of its citizens and institutions."
The Theological School of Halki is an institution of the Ecumenical Patriarchate -- the center for the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians. The seminary had been the premier location for training Eastern Orthodox clergy for nearly 150 years, however, Turkish authorities forcibly shut down the seminary in 1971. The resolution simply requires that Turkey allow its citizens and institutions to be free of harassment based on religion.
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"when watching a series i.e.CSI crime" versus "listening to news,sport, morning tv, the sound is perfect" ....is one of those using a different input like maybe HDMI input and another the Component input, or possibly the Freeview channels versus HDMI from a cable or Satellite box?
The sound should stay the same, but the sound quality from a different source can affect it dramatically.
And news, sport and morning TV....those imply new, present day recordings over unknown TV shows from the '90s or 2000's. The technology was changing in the 2000s.
The dramatic sound quality change cannot be the TV... it has to be related to signal or the source of signal.
we were previously with SKy but having recently moved we decided to go with B.T. Infinity,there has been no difference in the issue I have described. any additional thoughts and your view regarding speakers.
Well, I was looking at possible differences in the signal, because some TV stations may be High Def and others low Def, especially if your CSI TV show and your " news,sport, morning tv" shows may be on different channels, even on BT Infinity.
My experience has been that when you notice a change in picture and sound, that we need to look at the possibility that maybe the BT channels for the CSI show may be a low def channel, or maybe the TV show itself is possibly an older TV show that was recorded in "the old analog days" of TV.
See....that makes sense to me. Especially when I consider News, Sports, and Morning shows to be recorded more recently on HD cameras.
But CSI shows...they've been around for quite some time now.
So my initial thought was to get an idea if the TV show may be older, or maybe the TV channel it's playing on is possibly a "standard definition" Transmitter instead of a "high definition" transmitter.
My own personal experience has been that networks seem to have ONE High Def channel, and the 2nd or 3rd channel they carry are SD or Standard Def.
And usually the picture and sound are a little less quality. The odd issue I see is " if I go into the small study where there is a an older Panasonic set" the sound is clearer on that.
An older TV that may be an analog TV...it can probably process sound better for older shows because it was built to handle that signal.
I do know that HD shows do sound better on HD TVs, and have heard the same TV have a lower volume, less high frequency response on analog signals, while older TVs seem to have better sound coming from analog shows.
So right now, I suspect the Panasonic speakers are doing a better job at producing sound, while the LED TV speakers are too small to handle analog.
The speaker size on older TVs are usually 4 times larger.
So, it could be the signal, it could be the older TV set is more efficient at producing good sound, or it could be the TV show is older.
You happen to know if your Panasonic is a high definition TV? If so, is it a plasma?
Is the morning, news, and sports shows being delivered by another BT box, and have you noticed if the box may be different looking than the box on your Samsung? Like one is black and the other silver ?
Also, when you look at your TV Guide....are some channels labeled with HD in the network name and other channels are missing the HD in the channel name?
I get both on mine, so it's something I like to check before considering a TV to be the cause of sound problems and picture quality problems.


text: The New World of Data Linkages in Clinical Epidemiology: Are We Being Brave or Foolhardy?Weiss, Noel S.Epidemiology: May 2011 - Volume 22 - Issue 3 - p 292-294 doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318210aca5 The Changing Face of Epidemiology Author Information Article Outline From the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, and the Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. Supported by National Institute of Health (Grant 2K05CA092002). Correspondence: Noel S. Weiss, University of Washington, BOX 357236, Seattle, WA 98195. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Editors' note: Related articles appear on pages 290, 295, 298, and 302. Ascertainment of Interventions Ascertainment of Health Outcomes Control of Confounding Variables Basis for Comparison CONCLUSION ABOUT THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES The conduct of research in clinical epidemiology—the study of the outcomes of illness—can be facilitated by having access to data on a large number of patients at relatively low cost. The availability of computerized databases with information on illness in defined populations, and on tests and treatments received by members of these populations, has enabled a number of clinical epidemiologic studies to be performed. Without these databases, many such studies would be extremely expensive or not possible at all. Large, linked databases have enormous potential for providing information on the impact of tests and treatments on health. This potential will not be realized, however, unless: Actual receipt of these interventions, health outcomes, and potentially confounding variables can be ascertained accurately for individual patients; and Selection bias can be minimized by the identification of an appropriate basis for comparison. Back to Top | Article Outline Ascertainment of Interventions Juurlink et al1 used records of the Ontario Drug Benefit Program to enumerate those residents of Ontario who had been prescribed an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. The authors made use of a province-wide hospital discharge database to identify 523 persons ages 65 years and older who developed hyperkalemia during 1994–2000 while using such a drug. To these 523 "cases" they matched (on the basis of age, sex, and the presence or absence of renal disease) 25,708 Ontario seniors who had been prescribed an ACE inhibitor but were not hospitalized for hyperkalemia. Again using the records of the Drug Benefit Program, the investigators contrasted cases and controls with regard to the prescription of a potassium-sparing diuretic in the week prior to the onset of each case's hospitalization. In all, 8.2% of cases but only 0.3% of controls had received a potassium-sparing diuretic during that period (adjusted relative risk = 20.3). If these particular data linkage elements had not been present on such a large population, it is unlikely that this striking association could have been documented. However, sometimes the information on exposure status contained in the database is not sufficiently accurate for the purpose at hand. For example, a second study in Ontario2 sought to compare the proportion of previous screening colonoscopy among persons who had died of colorectal cancer (ascertained through the mortality file of the provincial cancer registry) to that among matched controls drawn from a population at large (through the province's Registered Persons Database). However, the source of information on colonoscopy—the records of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan—was not able to distinguish screening colonoscopies from those done in response to symptoms or signs of illness. Because such diagnostic tests could be expected to be far more common in cases than controls, at least in the months leading up to the diagnosis of the ultimately fatal cancer, the investigators compared cases and controls for colonoscopy more than 6 months before the time of the diagnosis of the case. Unfortunately, a restriction to tests done so early in time allowed the study to address no more than the ability of a negative colonoscopy to predict a low risk of death, not the ability of colonoscopy to produce that low risk. A case-control study can address the efficacy of screening colonoscopy against colorectal cancer mortality3 only by considering receipt of screening colonoscopies performed during the entire period when early cancer and detectable cancer precursor lesions are present. Back to Top | Article Outline Ascertainment of Health Outcomes The validity of data on health events in a population under study will vary by the nature of the event and the database. The sensitivity and specificity of a diagnosis of ocular melanoma in a cancer registry will no doubt be greater than that of a diagnosis of depression in an outpatient billing file. Because of the particular threat to validity arising from a low specificity of the outcome definition,4 investigators who use administrative databases have made efforts to obtain data from multiple files to reduce the number of false positives. For example, Ray et al5 used the electronic files of the Michigan Medicaid program to compare persons hospitalized with hip fracture to other Medicaid recipients for receipt of a prescription of a psychoactive drug during the prior month. The investigators examined electronic outpatient files generated prior to the hospitalization to identify and exclude patients hospitalized for a fracture that had occurred some time in the past (and in whom the present hospitalization was for a complication, or for delayed treatment). Similarly, Gerstman et al6 operationally defined the occurrence of pulmonary embolism or venous thrombosis as not just a hospital diagnosis but also receipt of a prescription for an anticoagulant (as ascertained in a computerized pharmacy file) in the 6 months after hospital discharge. Using a standardized clinician review of paper medical records as the reference standard, this approach led to a substantial decrease in the proportion of false-positive diagnoses of pulmonary embolism or venous thrombosis compared with the hospital discharge diagnoses alone. Back to Top | Article Outline Control of Confounding Variables Consideration of potential confounding variables is a feature of virtually every clinical epidemiologic study based on linkage of databases. Confounding variables that are not captured by the data files, or that are captured incompletely, will lead to a distorted estimate of the size of the association between a test or a treatment and the occurrence of a particular health outcome. For example, a number of studies have linked records of influenza immunization received by members of healthcare plans with those containing information on illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths among these persons. During the flu "season," mortality was observed to be sharply decreased among people who had been vaccinated.7 Jackson et al8 were concerned that the magnitude of the decrease—about 50%—exceeded what plausibly could be attributed to influenza infection, and that the statistical adjustments were based only on demographic characteristics and limited available clinical information. They conducted their own study, in which mortality among immunized and nonimmunized seniors was compared not only during flu season, but during those weeks between the administration of vaccine and the onset of a flu epidemic in a given year. Adjusting for several measured characteristics, all-cause mortality was observed to be decreased by 40%–50% during flu season among people who had been vaccinated, but decreased (in relative terms) to an even greater extent (60%) prior to flu season. This observation suggests that some characteristics strongly associated with immunization and the likelihood of death in the next weeks to months—eg, terminal illness, extreme frailty—were not documented in the computerized administrative records available for analysis, leading to a greatly exaggerated estimate of the relative decrease in mortality associated with immunization. Sometimes information on a potentially important confounding variable is available in databases only at a point in time that is not germane to the question at hand. For example, in an effort to evaluate the impact of physical activity on the risk of death for persons with cancer, data from a population-health survey (which obtained data on exercise) were linked with those of a cancer registry serving that same population.9 A total of 293 persons with a history of cancer took part in the health survey (on average, 4.9 years after diagnosis). During a mean follow-up period of 5.9 years, those who reported engaging in vigorous activity at least 20 minutes per day for at least 3 days per week had about half the rate of death as more sedentary persons. However, though the analysis was adjusted for the type of cancer, and could have been adjusted for the severity of cancer (in terms of stage) at the time of diagnosis, the cancer registry files focus on events at the time of initial diagnosis, and contain no information regarding severity as of the time the program of physical activity was initiated, or at the time the physical activity information was assessed. It is likely that the presence of more advanced cancer is related to both an increased risk of death and an inability to engage in vigorous exercise. Thus, the negative association between exercise and mortality must be interpreted with caution. Back to Top | Article Outline Basis for Comparison In most clinical epidemiologic studies using linked databases, there is a defined population to which the database refers. This population may be geographically based (eg, residents of the province of Ontario) or a group of persons with a specified form of medical insurance coverage (eg, Medicaid recipients in Michigan). When health outcomes are being identified in defined populations, the choice of a comparison group is generally straightforward. In a cohort study, such a group would comprise nonexposed members of the same population at risk for the event (or a sample thereof). In a case-control study, it would be a sample of members of the population at risk for the event who had not (yet) sustained it. However, the data files may not adequately document which members are or are not at risk. For example, many older women in North America and Europe have previously undergone a hysterectomy and are not at risk for endometrial or cervical cancer. Because the hysterectomy may have occurred years earlier (before that period of time covered by the data files or before women became members of the population under study), a study based on data linkages would improperly include some women who in fact had no uterus. To the extent that an exposure (eg, hormone use) can differ between women with and without a uterus, the results of such a study would be biased. A case-control study10 of the efficacy of cervical screening against the development of invasive cervical cancer had to deal with the problem of an appropriate control group. Cases were female residents of New South Wales (Australia) 20–69 years of age with a diagnosis of invasive cervical cancer during 2000–2003. The screening history of each woman was obtained from a state-wide screening register in operation since 1996. Perhaps recognizing the problems of sampling 20–69-year-old women in general (many of whom no longer had a uterus), the investigators actually chose as matched controls a sample of women whose names appeared in the screening register during 1996–2004. Because women who had been screened in 2004 may not have been screened previously, the authors reasoned that "each case would still have had a possibility of being matched to control with no screening history prior to the case's diagnosis." However, data on women who had the "possibility" of not being screened during 1996–2003 are unlikely to generate a valid estimate of the prevalence of not having been screened. This would lead to a spuriously high estimate of the level of screening in the population-at-risk, and of screening efficacy. Back to Top | Article Outline CONCLUSION Whether they are brave or not, clinical epidemiologists should not hesitate to enter the new world of data linkages, provided that they can: Ascertain exposures, outcomes, and potential confounding variables with reasonable accuracy; and Obtain a valid basis for comparison to the incidence in exposed persons (or to the proportion of cases who had sustained the exposure). If these conditions can not be met, it would be foolish to rush into this new world. Just because an analysis can be done does not mean it should be done. Back to Top | Article Outline ABOUT THE AUTHOR NOEL WEISS is a member of the faculties of the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health and the Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle, WA. Back to Top | Article Outline ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks to Thomas Koepsell for his suggestions on an earlier draft of this manuscript.Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES1. Juurlink DN, Mamdani M, Kopp A, Laupacis A, Redelmeier DA. Drug-drug interactions among elderly populations hospitalized for drug toxicity. JAMA. 2003;289:1652–1658. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 2. Baxter NN, Goldwasser MA, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Urbach DR, Rabeneck L. Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:1–8. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 3. Weiss NS, Dhillon PK, Etzioni R. Case-control studies of the efficacy of cancer screening: Overcoming bias from nonrandom patterns of screening. Epidemiology. 2004;15:409–413. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 4. Koepsell TD, Weiss NS. Epidemiologic Methods: Studying the Occurrence of Illness. New York: Oxford; 2003;233–234. Cited Here... 5. Ray WA, Griffin MR, Schaffner W, Baugh DK, Melton LJ III. Psychotropic drug use and the risk of hip fracture. N Engl J Med. 1987;316:363–369. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 6. Gerstman BB, Freisman JP, Hine LK. Use of subsequent anticoagulants to increase the predictive value of Medicaid deep venous thromboembolism diagnosis. Epidemiology. 1990;1:122–127. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 7. Simonsen L, Taylor RJ, Viboud C, Miller MA, Jackson LA. Mortality benefits of influenza immunization in elderly people: an ongoing controversy. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007;7:658–666. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 8. Jackson LA, Jackson ML, Nelson JC, Neuzil KM, Weiss NS. Evidence of bias in estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in seniors. Int J Epidemiol. 2006;35:337–344. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 9. Hamer M, Stamatakis E, Saxton JM. The impact of physical activity on all-cause mortality in men and women after a cancer diagnosis. Cancer Causes Control. 2009;20:225–231. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 10. Yang B, Morrell S, Zuo Y, Roder D, Tracey E, Jelfs P. A case-control study of the protective benefit of cervical screening against invasive cervical cancer in NSW women. Cancer Causes Control. 2008;19;569–576. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed Back to Top | Article Outline Section Description Editors' note: This series addresses topics of interest to epidemiologists across a range of specialties. Commentaries start as invited talks at symposia organized by the Editors. This paper was presented at the 2010 Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA.© 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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I don't recommend storing your food in plastic or cooking it in a microwave, but if you're going to use either, at least don't use them together. Microwaving food in a plastic container virtually guarantees that your food will be contaminated with plastics chemicals that have leached into your food during the heating process.
There's no arguing that plastic is convenient, inexpensive, and virtually unbreakable, making it tempting to use for food storage, especially while you're out and about. However, though it seems perfectly safe, plastic is made with a veritable stew of chemicals.
Depending on what product you're using, your plastic might contain phthalates, for starters. Phthalates are a group of "gender-bending" chemicals causing males of many species to become more female.
These chemicals have disrupted the endocrine systems of wildlife, causing testicular cancer, genital deformations, low sperm counts, and infertility in a number of species, including polar bears, deer, whales, and otters, just to name a few.
In humans, phthalates have been linked to preterm birth and neurobehavioral problems in infants after in-utero exposure.1 They've also been found to increase blood pressure levels,2 and high urinary levels are associated with insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes.3
Plastic containers may also contain bisphenol-A (BPA) or any one of its similar "replacement" chemicals, including BPS (there's also Bisphenol B, C, E, F, G, M. P, PH, TMC, and Z). While the replacement chemicals haven't been widely studied, BPA is a known endocrine disruptor that's been linked to a number of health concerns, particularly in pregnant women, fetuses, and young children, but also in adults, including:
✓ Structural damage to your brain
✓ Changes in gender-specific behavior and abnormal sexual behavior
✓ Hyperactivity, increased aggressiveness, and impaired learning
✓ Early puberty, stimulation of mammary gland development, disrupted reproductive cycles, ovarian dysfunction, and infertility
✓ Increased fat formation and risk of obesity
✓ Stimulation of prostate cancer cells
✓ Altered immune function
✓ Increased prostate size and decreased sperm production
What else might be lurking in your plastic? Commercial-grade cling wrap (which may be used to wrap cheese or other deli items) may be made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which is known to cause cancer. The manufacture of PVC also leads to the formation of dioxin, another carcinogen.
Styrofoam food trays, egg cartons, carryout containers, and opaque plastic cutlery may contain yet another chemical known as styrene, which has been classified as a possible human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
In a study of common plastic products, 70 percent tested positive for estrogenic activity, which means they're capable of disrupting your hormone levels.4 However, that was before researchers subjected them to conditions in which they're actually used.
Under real-world conditions like running the plastics through a dishwasher or heating them in a microwave, 95 percent tested positive for estrogenic, hormone-disrupting activity.
While regular use, such as washing in a dishwasher and scratches, has been found to increase the rate of chemical leaching, heat appears to be the worst offender of all, increasing the rate of chemical transfer by up to 55-fold. As written in the journal Toxicology Letters:5
"Using a sensitive and quantitative competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, BPA was found to migrate from polycarbonate water bottles at rates ranging from 0.20 ng/h to 0.79 ng/h.
"Using a sensitive and quantitative competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, BPA was found to migrate from polycarbonate water bottles at rates ranging from 0.20 ng/h to 0.79 ng/h.
At room temperature the migration of BPA was independent of whether or not the bottle had been previously used. Exposure to boiling water (100 degrees C) increased the rate of BPA migration by up to 55-fold."
At room temperature the migration of BPA was independent of whether or not the bottle had been previously used. Exposure to boiling water (100 degrees C) increased the rate of BPA migration by up to 55-fold."
In the US, the National Institute of Environmental Health Science recommends consumers avoid microwaving food in plastic containers because heat increases the likelihood of chemical leaching.6
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends any plastic containers you use in the microwave should be labeled for microwave oven use.7 But such containers may not be much safer than standard plastics.
"Microwaveable" containers may be formulated with supposedly "safer" chemicals. Diisononyl phthalate (DINP) and diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), for instance, have been used to replace di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), an endocrine-disrupting phthalate known to cause reproductive toxicity.
DEHP is highly lipophilic (fat soluble), and when used in PVC plastic is only loosely chemically bonded to the plastic. It readily leaches into blood (when used in IV tubing, for example) or other lipid-containing solutions in contact with the plastic.
DINP and DIDP have been touted as safer alternatives, but they, too, have been linked to health concerns, including high blood pressure.8 Microwaving food in #7 polycarbonate plastic, in particular, should be avoided, even if it is labeled microwave-safe. According to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC):9
"What the term 'microwave-safe' basically means is that any chemicals leaching from the container into food do so at levels far below those shown to have any health effects.
"What the term 'microwave-safe' basically means is that any chemicals leaching from the container into food do so at levels far below those shown to have any health effects.
There is cause to be wary of this claim, however. In particular, #7 polycarbonate plastic should not be used in a microwave, even if it is labeled 'microwave-safe,' because it leaches hormone-disrupting bisphenol A (BPA), especially when heated."
There is cause to be wary of this claim, however. In particular, #7 polycarbonate plastic should not be used in a microwave, even if it is labeled 'microwave-safe,' because it leaches hormone-disrupting bisphenol A (BPA), especially when heated."
I would expand this to say that there is really no such thing as "microwave-safe" plastic. There are many chemicals that could potentially leach into your food, and it's unclear which are tested for and what levels are deemed "safe" for consumption.
For instance, the Nutrition Action Newsletter reported the leakage of numerous toxic chemicals from the packaging of common microwavable foods, including pizzas and popcorn. Chemicals included polyethylene terephthalate (PET), benzene, toluene, and xylene.
Microwaving fatty foods in plastic containers also leads to the release of dioxins and other toxins into your food.10,11 You're far better off heating your food in glass or ceramic containers – and not in a microwave at all.
At the very least, banish all plastic products (containers, plastic wrap, food wraps, etc.) from ever seeing the inside of your microwave. Even better, banish your microwave altogether.
Microwaves heat food by causing water molecules in it to resonate at very high frequencies and eventually turn to steam, which heats your food. While this can rapidly heat your food, it also causes a change in your food's chemical structure. The first thing you probably noticed when you began microwaving food was how uneven the heating is.
"Hot spots" in microwaved food can be hot enough to cause burns — or build up to a "steam explosion." This has resulted in admonitions to new mothers about NOT using the microwave to heat up baby bottles, since babies have been burned by super-heated formula that went undetected (not to mention the issue with plastic toxins leaching into the milk).
Microwaving distorts and deforms the molecules of whatever food or other substance you subject to it. An example of this is blood products. Blood is normally warmed before being transfused into a person. Now we know that microwaving blood products damages the blood components. In fact, one woman died after receiving a transfusion of microwaved blood in 1991, which resulted in a well-publicized lawsuit. Further, when you heat food in a microwave, it can zap the nutrition right out of your food. Some excellent scientific data has been gathered regarding the detrimental effects of microwaves on nutrients:
A study published in the November 2003 issue of The Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture found broccoli "zapped" in the microwave with a little water lost up to 97 percent of its beneficial antioxidants.
By comparison, steamed broccoli lost 11 percent or fewer of its antioxidants. There were also reductions in phenolic compounds and glucosinolates, but mineral levels remained intact.12
• In a study of garlic, as little as 60 seconds of microwave heating was enough to inactivate its alliinase, garlic's principle active ingredient against cancera.13
A Japanese study that just 6 minutes of microwave heating turned 30-40 percent of the B12 in milk into an inert (dead) form.14
An Australian study showed that microwaves cause a higher degree of "protein unfolding" than conventional heating.15
Microwaving can destroy the essential disease-fighting agents in breast milk that offer protection for your baby. In one study, microwaved breast milk lost lysozyme activity, antibodies, and fostered the growth of more potentially pathogenic bacteria.16
In the US, chemicals are considered safe until proven otherwise. You don't want to risk your health by exposing yourself to these toxins unnecessarily, especially in your food but also in your personal care products and goods around your home. Implementing the following measures will help you avoid the worst endocrine-disrupting culprits as well as other chemicals from a wide variety of sources. To sum it up, try to stick with whole foods and natural products around your home.
The fewer ingredients a product contains, the better, and try to make sure anything you put on or in your body – or use around your home – contains only substances you're familiar with. If you can't pronounce it, you probably don't want it anywhere near your family.
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