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You're sitting down for a Sunday slate of NFL games. You crack open your light beer (because NFL Sunday commercials have brainwashed you into believing light beer is the only phylum of beer) and take a bite of partially stale potato chips and immediately regret your decision not to go to the grocery store since it's Sunday and, dammit, Sunday is your day. You turn on your quite large TV whose specs you recite to any first-time viewer and glorious football is engaged.
Now if I told you that NFL game you're watching would be a perfectly average NFL game, would you keep watching it? Do you even know what an average NFL game looks like?
Maybe we can't capture everything, but using Advanced NFL Stats' data (except when otherwise noted), allow me to take you on a tour of a perfectly average 2013 NFL game (all data is through Week 11, a total of 162 games). Please maintain an average level of excitement while reading.
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The game starts with the first of 10.5 kickoffs. My apologies in advance if you like returns, because 5.7 of those kickoffs will be touchbacks. Of the plays you will see this afternoon, there will be 80.5 passes and 53.1 runs, so I hope you enjoy passing. From those 80.5 passes, 5.4 will result in sacks, all of which will be immediately followed by a very large man dancing as if he were a much smaller man. The remaining 30.9 plays will be kickoffs, punts, field-goal attempts or kneel-downs.
There will be 133.6 "regular" plays (runs or passes). Just fewer than seven percent will be for 20 yards or more (about nine plays), meaning a vast majority of plays will be conveniently confined to the width of the play-by-play camera angle. Sixty-five percent -- or 87.9 plays -- of runs or passes will gain yards; 11.1 runs (21 percent) will be stuffed for no gain or a loss; 45.9 (57 percent) pass attempts will gain yards and 22.8 (a little more than 28 percent) will be for longer than 10 yards.
There will be a total of 24.7 possessions, or about 12 per team and 3.2 of them (13 percent) will end in turnovers. There will be 2.3 fumbles, but only 1.2 of those fumbles (50.7 percent) will be lost (because fumbles are recovered randomly, as these numbers demonstrate). Two interceptions will be thrown. There will be 3.1 passing touchdowns and 1.6 rushing touchdowns. You can expect a defensive touchdown every other game. There will be 10.3 punts -- 2.5 of them will be fair caught -- and of the 4.1 field-goal attempts, 3.6 (87 percent) will be made.
The game will be stopped. A lot. There will be 8.9 penalties and 1.6 reviews and about 55 percent will come from the replay booth. Of the reviews triggered by the replay booth, 58 percent will be upheld. Coach's challenges will be more successful, as just less than half will be upheld. These reviews will take a total of 3 minutes and 30 seconds, or 2:08 per review (this data comes from my own timing of 48 reviews this year).
The final score will be 29.0 to 17.8. Via Pro Football Reference's game length data, all this will take 3 hours, 10 minutes and 34 seconds, 100 percent of which you will never get back.
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OK, that was a lot of numbers. Obviously no game unfolds precisely that way. To demonstrate, despite the winning team's average score of 29 points, that is a pretty rare point total; according to Pro Football Reference, only 200 teams in NFL history (out of 14,775 games) have scored exactly 29 points in a game, whereas 28 points have been scored almost five times as often. So while this can't be taken too literally, there are some lessons to be learned:
The average football game is actually longer than the average baseball game. According to The Boston Globe, baseball games average 2 hours, 57 minutes and 33 seconds. This isn't to suggest baseball is inherently more exciting. But one of the contemporary knocks against baseball is its games take too long. It's curious that few complain about NFL game lengths, considering they take 13 minutes longer, more time than the 11 total minutes of actual game play during an NFL game. In other words, you could fit all the action of an average NFL game into the spare time after an average baseball game ends.
Big plays happen much less frequently than we might think. Let's say a "big play" is a turnover, sack, pass/run of 20 yards or more or a touchdown (sorry, but field goals -- with their 87 percent success rate -- are typically uneventful). Eliminating double-counting, there are 20.8 such plays per game. But we watch 143.4 other plays. Obviously some of those plays could be exciting as well (deep incomplete passes, a LeSean McCoy run with nine jukes that goes for two yards, etc.) but how many? Even when the game is actually being played, there's a lot of filler before you get to the meat.
I'm all for getting the calls right, but how many reviews are too many? Reviews take a while. There's no reason why it should take two minutes to watch a couple of replays. They're often a time-consuming process because the referee has to go to the coach and find out what he's challenging, then go to the booth, then walk to the field and announce his decision (which can take an insanely long time, like this 44-second explanation from Gene Steratore). Perhaps a clue as to why the NFL has little interest in making reviews more swiftly: About half the time (48 percent) networks use them to break for commercials. Reviews give networks more flexibility in terms of when to go to commercials, or catch up on their slots after (or during) a long drive.
The average NFL game isn't that close. The average point differential is 11.2 points, though the median offers a more competitive eight-point margin of victory. While eight points would still be one score, the fact that the average is 3.2 points higher than the median suggests that there are a fair number of blowouts. Almost half of all NFL games (48 percent) finish as two-score games (a nine-point differential or greater) and just about one out of every four games (24 percent) were three-score games (a 17-point differential or greater). There's a lot more to be said on this topic, but a quarter of all games being total blowouts doesn't seem like a selling point for a league so focused on parity.
By the numbers, there's a lot to suggest that the NFL's product isn't all that great. But the league has done a brilliant job of hiding its average and subpar games. TV contracts require networks to show the local team, implicitly guaranteeing a majority of viewers will care about a game regardless of whether it's a good one or not. Late afternoon and prime-time assignments are made to showcase the very best matchups of the week. The Redzone Channel(s) allow you to see only the most exciting moments. Paradoxically, it doesn't really matter what the average NFL game looks like, because so few people actually watch one. And that's probably a good thing.


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President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday to an Army chaplain from Kansas who risked his life dodging gunfire to provide medical and spiritual aid to wounded soldiers before dying in captivity more than 60 years ago during the Korean War.
"I can't imagine a better example for all of us, whether in uniform or not in uniform, a better example to follow," Obama said after presenting the nation's highest military award for valor to a nephew of Capt. Emil Kapaun during a ceremony in the White House East Room.
The Roman Catholic priest was recognized for helping to carry an injured American for miles as Chinese captors led them on a death march, and for risking his life to drag the wounded to safety while dodging explosions and gunfire.
In November 1950, after Chinese soldiers overran U.S. troops near Unsan, Kapaun defied orders to evacuate, knowing it meant he would most certainly be captured. He pleaded with an injured Chinese officer to call out to his fellow Chinese to stop shooting, an act that spared the lives of wounded Americans.
As Kapaun was being led away, he came across another wounded American in a ditch and an enemy soldier standing over Sgt. Herbert Miller, ready to shoot. Kapaun pushed the enemy aside and helped Miller as they were taken captive. They arrived days later, by foot, at the village in Pyoktong, where a POW camp eventually was established.
"This is the valor we honor today -- an American soldier who didn't fire a gun, but who wielded the mightiest weapon of all, a love for his brothers so pure that he was willing to die so that they might live," Obama said.
At the camp, Kapaun cleaned others' wounds, convinced them to share scarce food, offered them his own clothes and provided spiritual aid and comfort. On Easter in 1951, he defied his communist captors by conducting Mass with a makeshift crucifix.
He died on May 23, 1951, at age 35, after six months in captivity.
The president said Kapaun showed that a touch of the divine exists even in hellish situations.
"Father Kapaun's life, I think, is a testimony to the human spirit, the power of faith, and reminds us of the good that we can do each and every day regardless of the most difficult of circumstances," Obama said.
The chaplain's nephew, Ray Kapaun, his face flush with emotion, accepted the medal from Obama on his uncle's behalf. Emil Kapaun's parents and his only sibling, a brother, are deceased.
"I don't think the enormity of what occurred today will actually hit me until my wife and I are heading home from this experience," Ray Kapaun, 56, said afterward. "A country boy from a small town in Kansas just received the nation's highest award for valor. That boy was my uncle."
He gave credit to fellow POWs who spent years lobbying for the Medal of Honor for the uncle he came to know only through stories others told.
"I didn't know him. We never met," Ray Kapaun said. "If not for these men I may have not had such a lifelong personal relationship with my uncle."
He said the medal would be given to Pilsen, Kan., where Emil Kapaun's former parish is located.
A separate effort also is underway seeking another honor for Kapaun: sainthood.


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Sunday, April 02, 2006
something out of nothing: poached pears
poached pear with spiced granitè and honey
poached pears
4 pears, peeled and cored.
You can cut the pears in half to core them. Or, you can use a whole pear and dig out the core from the blossom end with a melon baller or apple corer, leaving the pear in tact. The latter method works best when poaching pears.
poaching liquid (enough for 4 pears)
3/4 cup sugar
3 cups water
juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
1 stick cinnamon
1 star anise
1 cardamom pod, broken open
1 tsp vanilla extract or 1/2 vanilla bean (cut length wise)
Add all the ingredients into a small pot and bring to a boil. Take off the stove, and let sit for 10 minutes or until semi-cool. Add peeled and cored pears to the poaching liquid and simmer with a piece of parchment paper over top of the pears, so that no oxidization occurs. Poach pears for 20 – 30 minutes or until tender and soft to touch. Take off the heat, and let sit for another 10 – 15 minutes before removing pears. Serve pears once they have cooled, or leave the pears in the fridge soaking in the poaching liquid, tightly covered, until needed or for up to two days.
so there's no waste: a granitè from your poaching liquid
If you would like to make a granitè with the remaining poaching liquid, sieve out the spices, and pour liquid into a flat shallow container to cool. Freeze, covered, until frozen. Use a fork to scrape the ice into small shards. Transfer the granitè to a plastic container and keep frozen until ready to use. If you don't want the granitè to melt too quickly, try chilling your glasses or bowls in the freezer. Then, serve a lovely poached pear with the granitè. Whether it is a casual or fancy affair, poached pears are always simple and elegant.
*Note: If you have some leftover wine, substitute half the water in the poaching liquid for wine. You'll then have poached pears in wine with a wine granitè – yum.
13 comments:
- linda said...
Beautiful dish and photo!
- Mon. Apr. 03, 02:03:00 a.m. EDT
- Ivonne said...
There is such beauty in simplicity!
Wonderful, Sam!
- Mon. Apr. 03, 10:40:00 p.m. EDT
- Kimberly said...
Lovely photo, Sam! And the pears sound wonderful.
- Tue. Apr. 04, 11:50:00 a.m. EDT
- sam said...
Hi Linda,
Thanks for your comment. I've added you to my blog roll.
Hi Ivonne,
Thanks for all your comments! I appreciate your encouragement and feedback.
Hi Kimberly,
Thanks for visting. I enjoyed your soup post as well.
- Tue. Apr. 04, 08:22:00 p.m. EDT
- Tania said...
Lovely, Sam! How clever (and delicious) to use the poaching liquid for a granita!
- Wed. Apr. 05, 11:01:00 a.m. EDT
- rob said...
Sam, making a granita from the poaching liquid is such a good idea. We made poached pears for Sugar High Friday a couple of months ago, and we had a lot of poaching liquid that went unused. This would have been such a great way to use it.
- Thu. Apr. 06, 01:25:00 a.m. EDT
- sam said...
Hi Rob,
Thanks for your comment. It seems like such a waste not to use the poaching liquid, especially when it has the right ratios for a granita.
- Fri. Apr. 07, 09:35:00 p.m. EDT
- News Kitten said...
I'm a Canadian living in London (England) and I love pears -- was hungry for poached pears tonight but had no idea how to make them...so googled 'poached pears' and eventually came to your site. I love this recipe -- simple and good. And from a fellow Canadian, so even better. Mine are cooling as we speak and I'm going to eat them with vanilla ice-cream in about five minutes...
- Sun. May 07, 08:44:00 p.m. EDT
Hi, found your blog while I was googling for a poached pear recipe that didn't use wine. Made your recipe yesterday for lunch. The pears were fine lovely wonderful. Poached pears, always good, never exciting. But the granita! Wow good. Thanks
- Sun. Feb. 18, 11:06:00 a.m. EST
This is very interesting site... »
- Sat. Mar. 17, 12:05:00 p.m. EDT
Hi Sam,
Your recipe and the picture inspired me while surfing for poached pears recipes. I'm making the dish to serve with an extraordinary dessert wine for an important family reunion and birthday dinner April 28th.
Please don't be upset that I captured your 'something from nothing' driven dish for a lavish meal...we are definitely more in your vein than extravigant; this is a specal occasion.
I'll send you a photo after the event.
John Donohue
- Thu. Apr. 19, 09:12:00 a.m. EDT
This is by far the best poached pear recipe I've ever come across, and tasted! Just awesome. This will definitely be my dessert of choice from here on it. THANK YOU SAM!
- Wed. Jul. 18, 01:38:00 a.m. EDT
Try a heaping tablespoon of instant coffee in the liquor. Different and delicious.
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A plain black polish is a bit boring, and this "Vampira" polish is a glossy black with red glitter. From a distance, it just looks like a plain black, but once you get close or hit the light it looks far more interesting. This colour is not very Summery, but I'm certainly not one to stick to the rules!
Is it Vampire'ish? :) I don't think so, well maybe. But who cares...
I applied two coats, a third coat would have made it a bit more intense but I don't fancy struggling too much trying to remove it as we all know what a pain glitter nail polish is to remove.
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In this webinar learn how MATLAB, Simulink, and HDL Coder can be used in conjunction with the Xilinx ISE Tool Suite to rapidly deploy designs on Xilinx FPGAs for stand-alone operation.
A QPSK receiver model is used as an example, targeting the Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA DSP Development Kit from Avnet. You can download example files for the Kintex-7 DSP Development Kit with MathWorks DSP Design Package.
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- Children's Nutrition Series (Intro)
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A detailed overview of what trends are occurring in our children's diets, and the factors that contribute to the issues
- Our Children Are What They Eat
A look at what our children are eating and the nutritional issues parents face.
- Why Kids Eat What They Do (or Don't) Part I: Parents' Role
A look at all the sources of dietary influence on our children's food choices. Part I includes the parents' role in influencing our children's diets.
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A look at all the other sources of dietary influence on our children's food choices. This includes schools, social activity, marketing, food supply, culture. The post will examine each of the outside influences and how it affects our kids.
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This topic belongs under the sources post, but it has become such a huge issue that it needs to be reviewed in depth. An estimated $12 billion is spent anually to market foods to children and youth. Often these marketing messages are targeted to pre-schoolers who are too young to be able to differentiate commercial messages from educational messages. Part I covers television advertising.
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Childhood Nutrition Series: Complete Index
8 comments:
- Lynn from organicmania.com said...
My goodness! All this work to compile your series ...how could no one have left a comment? I am looking forward to devouring all this info (pardon the pun) and including a link to this resource-rich series of articles when I write my next piece on getting healthier foods in the schools! I'm so glad I found you through the Carnival of the Green!
An estimated $12 billion is spent anually to market foods to children and youth. Often these marketing messages are targeted to pre-schoolers who are too young to be able to differentiate commercial messages from educational messages.
To Reinforce this part of your well researched series...
Latest Example to Make Your Point
Panda Thumbs Down: a kiddie animation that markets "a get-fit and save-the-day boot camp plot" to well-meaning parents wobbles short of the mark.
With childhood obesity rates showing that every fourth child in a movie theater seat amply fills the space near you, I'm not sure now is the time for a hero who saves the day by not only being fat, but being rewarded repeatedly for it.
That's "Kung Fu Panda" in a coconut shell: a movie geared towards the fattest, laziest youth to have ever lived on earth.
It's a China-set, animated action/comedy with self-deprecating, pudgy panda Jack Black as the voice of Po, a rotund restaurant worker whom the village elders improbably designate as the warrior chosen to defend their homes against the prophesied return of a fearsome fighter.
To add layer to the cake, Po heads off to a kung-fu temple for special training under a Yoda-like mentor voiced by Dustin Hoffman named Shafi. However, the lumbering joke that won't offend many in the audience is that clumsy, hungry Po can't stop eating or goofing around long enough to complete his training.
Po wins support through the sheer force of his likeable personality (and his secret noodle soup), and his kung fu improves when Shifu — discovering him binging in the kitchen — realizes that Po will do anything for a cookie.
A hero whose power is an admixture of sloth and gluttony?
Nearly missed this part, because I was dallying out in the lobby refilling my super-sized soda and getting extra butter ladled on the kernals of corn so I'll refrain from any further comment. Anyway, Po does declare (after his mastery dumpling chasing training) that he's no longer hungry and uses that extra-body-surface-area to effectively vanquish his foe.
The concluding message: nope not the danger of type II diabetes or the redeeming benefits of a healthy heart fitness program. It's that one's fat liability can transform into one's fattest ass-et.
Though you can bet Kung Fu Panda will be enjoying that Happy Meal (with the Panda surprise) sans his new-found Furious Five friends. They'll be back in the gym training.
- Bharti said...
This is heaven..I'll be going thru your series soon. Childhood nutrition is my passion.
Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium?
Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!
- Bucket trucks said...
This Is such a great Post Thank you
- Bucket Trucks USA said...
Wow...I am going to have to look through all of these. Definitely need to find ways to better our children's health in the United States!
I just found your site and this series. What great posts! My daughter is 2.5 and still pretty sheltered food and advertising-wise, but I know what's coming. I teach elementary school and it pains me to see what many kids bring to school.
- Bucket Truck said...
I agree, there definitly needs to be better nutrition for children! This made me think of Jamie Olivers Food Revolution tv show. Hopefully schools will start giving more nutritional options.


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Disclosure: An Intensely Personal Decision
By Frankie Ninja
October 27, 2011
Disclosure ... It is the question that haunts all people battling HIV. Who to disclose to. What to disclose. When to disclose and so on. There is no right or wrong answer as to whether or not a person discloses their HIV status to other people (EXCEPT a sexual partner where disclosure, in my opinion, is not only morally right but legally required). The best answer, in my opinion then is, disclosure comes when and if the individual is comfortable sharing this information.
My experience has been an overall positive one; so far. However, I live in San Francisco where attitudes tend to be more tolerant. Outside of San Francisco, in the "real world," if you will, people are not as informed about HIV and there are real prejudices and discrimination that people STILL practice. My experience has been mostly positive; but there are always those that will look at us (HIVers) with disdain.
When I disclose my status to them, they either accept me in totality, or shun me in ignorance. As painful as that may sound, I would prefer to be rejected up front without any emotional attachment to that person, than to have my heart broken and time wasted by someone that can't see beyond his own ignorance.
Overall, disclosing to others has been a positive experience for me. When people look at me, they assume one thing but once we get to talking, they realize they've judged a book by its cover.
Disclosing allows me to educate others about HIV. So many people believe that it is just a GAY DISEASE. In the '80s it was known as "GRID" or "the GAY CANCER." Sadly, there are still many people who feel that way.
I don't really fit into any stereotype. I am a father, an aircraft mechanic, conservative and Christian. Yet, I am bi and live in San Francisco. When I share my story, people are dumbfounded. It's a great way to show people just how ignorant they can be. So many think that because they are not gay or bi, they are immune to the disease. They are not. People forget that HIV affects EVERYONE. It's NOT just a sexually transmitted disease, nor is it just a GAY disease. It has infected the heterosexual world, drug users and hemophiliacs. It has AFFECTED countless families.
You Don't Have to Be INFECTED to Be AFFECTED
By telling others MY STORY, I have shown them that not all is as it may appear. It has allowed me to educate them. To make them think twice about risky behavior and not to fear or hate those that are fighting for their futures every day.
But "disclosure" can also bring with it unintended consequences. Namely, depression. Depression caused by rejection or ignorance by those receiving the news. But that's another story for another day.
Remember, disclosure is an intensely personal decision. Let your heart and mind guide you in this most personal of admissions.
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Fighting for human rights, particularly those of people with HIV/AIDS and minorities, he arrived to "the scene" in 1997 after meeting Legendary Icon "Mother" Willi Ninja of The Legendary House of Ninja (April 12, 1961 - September 2, 2006 -- Who sadly passed due to AIDS). Fast friends, Willi quickly became Frankie's mentor and big brother.
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FOX Business: The Power to Prosper
Wall Street slightly added to its Santa Claus Rally on Wednesday as rallying energy stocks and a weaker U.S. dollar lifted the Dow to new two-year highs.
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Today's Markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9.84 points, or 0.09%, to 11585.38, the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 1.27 points, or 0.10%, to 1259.78 and the Nasdaq Composite added 4.05 points, or 0.15%, to 2666.93. The FOX 50 slipped 0.01 points, or less than 0.01%, to 899.30.
Wednesday's mini rally kept Wall Street's slow, upward December ascent in place, leaving the S&P 500 with its 17th gain in just 20 sessions.
"We're on a nice glide path into the end of the year," NYSE trader Keith Bliss of Cuttone & Co. told FOX Business. "Going into 2011, we'll see a little bit of trade up into January. It wouldn't be too unusual to see a nice little Santa Clause Rally continue."
Without any major economic or earnings reports to use for direction, traders zeroed in on a favorite theme: weakness in the U.S. dollar. The rally picked up steam as the dollar slumped to session lows, spurring buying in energy stocks like Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and materials stocks such as Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO).
While the blue chips lost most of their early rally, they still managed to close at their highest level since August 2008. The majority of the Dow's 30 stocks gained ground, led by McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS). The index's weakest links were Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM).
The Nasdaq Composite landed near levels unseen since October 2007 and was led higher by tech stocks like Yahoo! NASDAQ:YHOO) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN).
As has been the case all week, trading volume remained at anemic levels due to the blizzard that slammed the East Coast and many people using vacation time before the end of the year. Underscoring just how quiet it has been on Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange on Monday posted its lowest full-day trading volume of the year and the Dow has moved in a range of less than 100 points for 18-straight days.
Wall Street hit session highs earlier in the day as the euro extended its gains against the greenback. The euro was up 0.84% to $1.3227 as U.S. markets closed. The euro buying gained momentum after a strong 7-year auction of Treasurys. A weaker dollar tends to boost equities and commodities because it makes exports cheaper.
Energy stocks were the biggest beneficiaries of the currency action, rallying more than 1% as a sector. Individual stocks like Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Valero (NYSE:VLO) posted even more impressive gains.
On the commodity front, crude oil fell 37 cents, or 0.40%, a barrel to $91.12. Gold rose $7.90 a troy ounce, or 0.56%, to $1,413.10.
Retailers like Macy's (NYSE:M) and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) also provided Wall Street with strength, shrugging off the effects of the blizzard. ShopperTrak estimated the storm postponed $1 billion in retail sales and caused total U.S. foot traffic to be 11.2% below expectations. However, that wasn't enough to derail ShopperTrak's prediction for a 4% rise in holiday-shopping sales.
Corporate Movers
BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) soared 7% as the New York Post reported private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners "remains keen" to acquire the warehouser. Leonard Green could launch a hostile takeover bid if an auction isn't on the horizon, the paper reported.
Sara Lee (NYSE:SLE) unloaded its White King and Janola cleaning products unit to Asutralia's Symex Holdings for 37.9 million euros. The business makes and sells bleach, toilet, laundry and other cleaning products. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter.
Global Markets
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 fell 0.21% to 5996.36, Germany's DAX advanced 0.34% to 6995.47 and France's CAC 40 jumped 0.83% to 3890.65.
Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.50% to 10344.50, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rallied 1.54% to 22969.30 and China's Shanghai Composite added 0.68% to 2751.53.


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When I was a kid, there was nothing that compared with the giddy excitement of looking in your Valentine cubby and seeing who sent you a Valentine and what it said. Now you can live vicariously through your kids and help them create some personalized, crafty Valentines. Here are some options for DIY Valentines that are easy enough for kids to make, most of them without an extra trip to the craft store!
Potato Print Valentines
Potato print valentines are cute, natural, and give a purpose to that sad old potato with many eyes. Halve a potato then cut out a heart or star or whatever design you like into the potato, either using a knife (carefully!) or by pressing a cookie cutter firmly into the potato. Dip the shape into paint and decorate.
Mirror, Mirror
For close buddies, your child can make a Valentine keepsake. Round up any small pocket mirrors (for some reason, we always seem to have extras of these.) Most craft stores also carry small mirrors in various shapes including hearts. Use leftover nail polish to decorate the mirrors with hearts, squiggly lines, or dots. This same decorating technique could be used on any leftover tiles from various redecorating/remodeling projects. For younger kids for whom breakable Valentines would be a shaky proposition, use aluminum foil glued onto paper or try some metallic craft paper.
Cut cardboard into heart shapes and cover both sides with pretty scrap paper, or cover one side with pretty paper and the other side with basic white. Have kids write or type a message or draw a picture and paste it onto the hearts. We punched holes in our hearts and strung them with ribbons so that people could dangle their hearts from doorknobs or over desk monitors and have a cheery love-filled reminder throughout the year!
Photo Heart
One of the easiest and most personal DIY Valentines to create is to use extra school pictures mounted on colorful paper. Kids can write a little message on the back or simply print out a sheet of labels to stick on the back that say, "Happy Valentine's Day!"
Mustache Valentines
Paper Source is well-known for their craft kits as well as their commitment to sustainable sourcing for paper products, and this one is especially clever. All you need are some google-y eyes to recreate this inspired idea at home with any expression you want and using any materials you may have lying around. By using different color yarn for hair, scraps of fabric for a hat or scarf, etc., kids can even personalize the Valentines to look like other tots from their class!
Stamps and Stickers
Using stamps and stickers to make Valentines is an oldie but a goodie, after all, who doesn't have about 200 random stickers in a pile (or piles) around the house? Super crafty kids can make their own lino block prints – check out the cool how to here. For younger kids, just set out some stamps and stickers (they don't even have to be Valentine-themed) and have kids go to town. Part of the fun is coming up with a cute, corny saying to go with their creations, such as "I'm wild about you" to accompany animal stamps or stickers.


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Open House: The Babs Blog
A couple of weeks Kari from The Babs Blog sent me an email with some pictures of her home and told me that her design style was "college chic". Kari and her husband don't plan on being in this house for a long time so they decorated with mostly hand me downs, thrift store finds and clearance items. To be honest I wasn't sure what to expect when opening the pictures, but I must say I was floored.
Take a peek for yourselves:
Entry Way: Everyone needs a lovely tufted chaise to rest when they come home from a hard days work.
I spy my favorite initial plates from Anthro:
- That amazing fainting couch that can still be purchased at Urban Outfitters.
- Chic end table
- Chiang mai dragon pillows from ebay!
Living Room: Look at all of that amazing sunlight that streams in. I'm totally jealous.
-Thrift store sofa purchased for $175! I love it. Kari had it recovered in white duck cloth.
-Gallery wall made up of ebay frames
Other side of living room:
- White chair use to belong to Kari's grandfather. Kari gave it a new lease on life with some new fabric.
Coffee Table Vignette:
-I love the milk glass. It's quite easy to start a collection on your own. I normally find them in my thrift stores for $1-$3.
-Fireplace filled with candles. What a great way to make an impact for little $.
Looks like Kari had a green thumb. Every room needs a touch of green in it.
- Amazing end table on clearance from Target! Wish I grabbed that one myself when it was on sale.
Living Room nook:
-This artwork was a quick DIY project. Kari used two pieces of canvas that she clamped together, painted grey and wrote out a poem in French with a white sharpie marker. Love this!
Dining Room: Love the touches of black all throughout the home.
-Fun capiz chandelier.
-Oversized artwork. This piece is from IKEA, but you can do the same with any pictures you may own. This piece is partially special to Kari, because her old NY apt is in it.
A big thanks to Kari for showing off her space. If you have a home you think everyone would enjoy please email me with pictures at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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A GREAT site for info on all the railroads in Western New York
For all the railroad enthusiasts and photographers:
Arcade and Attica Railroad
278 Main Street
Arcade, NY 14009
The Arcade & Attica Railroad operates themed passenger excursions throughout the year. Most of the excursions are powered with a 1920 steam locomotive. The station features...
Here are a couple of directories of Steam Locomotives in the state, along with whether they are operational or not.
The National Railroad Historical Society maintains a list of the remaining roundhouses ( roundhouse ) in the US at this url. It is organized by state with the address, condition, etc.
I came across this site that is the mother load of train watching spots, which translates into train photo spots for us. Given that there is so much here... over 2400 sites listed on these... please use this thread to post any sites you've checked out... try to give more details and some sample...
Can anyone reccomend some good spots along the metro north for shooting (I am on the Hudson Line but can go along any line) . Maybe some place with a working farm or the likes? I am hooked onthe nature theme right now but am looking to branch out with more country landscapes.
A full size replica engine of the famous character created in the original book by Wally Piper is coming to our railroad and town for a wonderful family adventure.
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Delaware and Ulster Railroad
i just wanted to give everyone a head up on where i found this old train http://www.northeastfoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3687 so if anyone whats to get some shots of it, its on west river road. take I87 to exit 17, head north on rt9 till you hit a hess gas station, take a right on reynolds...
I have seen several people posting a lot of pictures taken of planes at the Albany Airport. I live about 2 miles from the airport and one of my daughters works there. Is there anything you need to do to get permission to take pictures there? I'd love to "shoot some planes", but don't want to...
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Meet Mame, the Newly Named Mamenchisaurus main content.
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The results are in! We asked you to submit a nickname for Mamenchisaurus, the giant sauropod at the center of The World's Largest Dinosaurs exhibition, currently on view at the Museum.
After hundreds of submissions and thousands of votes, the winner by a landslide is: Mame!
Runners up included Neckita—a nod to her extraordinary 30-foot neck, the longest relative to body size of any known dinosaur—and Mei Mei ("mei" means beauty in Chinese).
Kevin Gafford, one of the contest participants who submitted the winning name, has been randomly selected to receive a giant dinosaur prize package, which includes four tickets to The World's Largest Dinosaurs—where Kevin can see Mame in person—and an iPod touch, ready to load all of the Museum's Webby-nominated apps. The free Dinosaurs app for iPhone and iPod touch includes a story all about Mamenchisaurus.
Mame, an 18-year-old vegetarian, is originally from China and has a temporary home at the Museum through January 2, 2012. Like a lot of 18-year-olds, she loves tweeting. Keep in touch with her by following @Giant_Dino on Twitter or visit her in The World's Largest Dinosaurs.


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A nearly lost art form from the 1700's -Hand-Cut Silhouettes- is now making a comeback in the 21st century!
Started as a popular alternative to expensive commissioned oil portraits in the 1700's, the art of silhouette cutting pre-dates photography by about 100 years, and is considered a precursor to the modern-day portrait photograph.
Done exclusively with scissors and without the aid of pen ink, or tracing, it became a popular way of capturing an individuals' likeness, as well as a practical way of keeping family records.
Although regaining popularity, this precious artform is still hard to find: only a handful of of artists in the world still practice it today in its original, purest form.
Kathryn Flocken began her silhouette artist career in 1989, and has worked throughout most of Central Florida's major theme parks.
Kathryn travels all over the country cutting silhouettes at special events, and has also been featured on national television demonstrating this rare, and fascinating artform.
Kathryn also makes custom silhouette portraits from a photo- of you, your children, or even your pets! She can also be commissioned for an original hand-cut work of art made to your personal specifications.


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Springfield to Greymouth
- Duration: 3 Hours (approx.)
- Location: Greymouth
- Product code: P7F7RE
Discounts off the standard fares are as follows:-
- 10% for Senior Citizens (65 years or older or'NZ SuperGold Card holders', Fulltime Tertiary Students with current ID,YHA and BBH members (current ID Required).
- 50% for Children up to an including 13 year's old if accompanied with a full fare paying adult.
- One fare for any or all zones for Unaccompanied Children (subject to indemnity form being completed).
- West Coast Regional Council Total Mobility Vouchers are accepted with one voucher to be used for each direction. Each voucher has a maximum value of $15.00 of the applicable fare
Cancellation and Payment Policy
Payment is required prior to travel, no seat is confirmed untill payment is received
Credit card will not be accepted by the driver unless by prior arrangement with the Management of West Coast Shuttle 2007 Ltd A surcharge is of $3.00 per person is added to all persons either being picked up or dropped off at the Christchurch Airport.
Christchurch Airport
Bookings can be rebooked for another date only once and at no charge provided 24 hours notice is given. Failing to meet the 24 hrs notice will incurr a penalty fee of 50%
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No shows also 100% penalty (no refund or transfer of booking)
Any refunds will be credited only to original credit card number
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For return journeys you are booking the outward leg only. Please enter the date for the return journey in the Comments box.
For all Passengers to be dropped off or picked up at the airport, a surcharge of $3.00 per person will apply.
All passenger drop off and pick ups will be at the Bus stop for urban buses to the city leaving from the Northern end of the International Arrivals Hall. This is for all passengers both Domestic and International travellers.
Follow signs to 'Regional and Intercity Shuttles'
Visit our timetable page to find out details about shuttles from Christchurch to Greymouth.
As the road crosses two Alpine passes, West Coast Shuttle 2007 ltd cannot make guarantee the arrival time of any of its schedules and shall not be liable for any damages due to delays.
We recommend that you have adequate travel insurance particularly during winter months.


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Sunday, 13 April 2008
Rum and raisin cupcakes
You can use any type of rum for these but just be aware that a dark rum will give a much stronger taste than a white. I went middle-of-the-road and used golden rum made by the best rum makers in the world: the Tortuga rum company in the Cayman Islands:
While all cake is attractive and needs to be eaten by me, nothing quite says "come and eat me" more than a cupcake piled up with buttercream!
Here are the cupcakes nude and fresh from the oven – they look pretty already:
I probably need to get out more, but I thought they looked really cute in the tin waiting to be eaten :
For the cupcakes:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g light brown sugar
2 eggs
125g self raising flour
2 tablespoons rum
100g raisins
For the buttercream:
250g icing sugar
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
2-3 tablespoons rum
60g chocolate covered raisins (to sprinkle on top)
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas mark 5.
- Line a 12 hole patty tin with paper cases.
- Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, flour and rum and beat until well combined.
- Stir in the raisins.
- Spoon the mix evenly into the paper cases and bake for 12-15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean (mine took 15 minutes).
- Leave the cakes to cool on a wire rack.
- Now make the buttercream: beat together the icing sugar, butter and rum until smooth.
- Spread over the top of the cooled cupcakes and then sprinkle the chocolate raisins on top.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
12 comments:
- glamah16 said...
Oh yes. I love rum used in cakes. Rum has to be one of my favorite spirits. These look adorable. I have to get this cupcake holders I've been seeing all over. I like the look of them.
- 13 April 2008 at 19:21
- Cakespy said...
Oh my goodness, these look good! I love rum-raisin ice cream, but these look like something else entirely. Adorable and delicious!
- 14 April 2008 at 03:16
- Big Boys Oven said...
Walio, ain't they look so cute! cute balls topping!
- 14 April 2008 at 09:14
- Rosie said...
Ooooh YES please rum & Raisin cupcakes!! They are so cute and what a great combo you have going on here :)
Rosie x
- 14 April 2008 at 14:49
Ohh, those cupcakes look delicious. I'll have to try making some rum raisin cupcakes!
- 14 April 2008 at 16:55
- Swati: Sugarcraft India said...
I love these... the look and the flavours...superb!!
- 14 April 2008 at 17:35
- Margaret said...
Rum - and chocolate covered raisins - yes please. I wouldn't mind making these so that I can eat the raisins whilst making the cakes!
They look fabulous.
- 14 April 2008 at 22:07
- Anamika:The Sugarcrafter said...
dear caked crusader
loved your rum and raisin cupckaes and their visual appeal !
I used the brandy for making fruit cakes, so used the liqor in other form, too!
- 15 April 2008 at 11:13
- Blog Princess said...
Come to my mouth little cupcakes... do not be afraid. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-haaaa (evil laugh.)
Just delicious-looking!
- 16 April 2008 at 04:29
- dennis said...
Dennis says WOW --a blog about cakes! These look good.
- 18 April 2008 at 14:18
- jen said...
Ooh - softly-crumbed raisin-rum-stuffed cupcake with oodles of lovely buttercream. Right up my street :-)
- 19 April 2008 at 18:41
- Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) said...
Mmm these look fantastic. I want to make something like these very very soon !
- 14 September 2010 at 13:18


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'Glee' Recap: The New Directions Get 'Naked' for Their Art
On this episode of 'Glee', the New Directions strip off all their clothes to create a Men of McKinley calendar, which they plan to sell in order to raise money to pay for a bus to get them to Regionals. Meanwhile, female members of the group struggle with their own feelings about how nudity and art function together.
Dalton is officially stripped of their Sectionals title after the doping allegations that took place during the 'Sadie Hawkin's Dance' episode, and McKinley is officially allowed to go to Regionals in Dalton's place.
In the choir room, Finn (Cory Monteith) says they need to come up with money for a bus to the event and Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) enthusiastically recommends a Men of McKinley Calendar to raise the cash. Artie (Kevin McHale) is visibly worried, wondering why women can't also be objectified for the good of the club, with Kitty (Becca Tobin) saying they need the spending habits of women, who will purchase the calendar.
Marley (Melissa Benoist) joins Brittany (Heather Morris) on her web-series Fondue for Two and Brittany recommends she tell Jake (Jacob Artist) that she's in love with him.
The next day, the SAT scores have come in and through sheer luck and idiocy, Brittany has managed to get a 2340. Sam (Chord Overstreet) is on the opposite end of the spectrum with a seemingly impossible 340 despite actually trying.
In New York, Rachel (Lea Michele) has been offered the part in a NYADA student's senior thesis film, which would require her to be topless. She has an internal monologue with herself, her more cautious side manifesting itself in a high school age Rachel. After literally arguing with herself, both Rachels work out their problems through song by performing 'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia.
Tina invites Blaine (Darren Criss) to the mall, but before he can respond they are interrupted by Sam walking around in only swim trunks and announcing that he'll be holding a seminar in preparation of the Glee clubs' calendars. After he teaches the boys about broga (yoga for bros), the New Directions perform a medley of 'Centerfold'/'Hot In Here' by J. Geils Band and Nelly.
Sue (Jane Lynch) questions Finn's calendar choice in the teachers' lounge, at which point he calls her a hypocrite and threatens to blackmail her by finding an issue of Penthouse she once posed for. The gauntlet has been thrown!
Brody (Dean Geyer) interrupts Kurt's (Chris Colfer) breakfast with his nudity, claiming he's doing it in solidarity for Rachel's decision. This results in an argument between the three NYADA students about how important nudity is in art. Kurt basically slut shames Rachel for agreeing to go topless, Brody thinks nudity makes you a stronger actor and Rachel is "team loving your body" and is willing to open her horizons.
Back at McKinley, Jake gets and emergency text from Marley and meets her in the auditorium. They sing Christina Perri's 'A Thousand Years' from the 'Twilight' soundtrack and when they finish, they kiss. Marley is about to tell Jake she loves him, but she hesitates at the last minute and ends up blurting out, "I love ... this song." Awkward.
Finn asks Artie to track down Sue's appearance in Penthouse for him, a task which he gleefully (pun intended) agrees to. In return, Artie tells Finn he's not comfortable posing for the calendar, and Finn thinks it's pretty cool he wants to keep parts of himself private.
Jake and Ryder (Blake Jenner) are having a muscle-off when Jake confesses his feelings to Ryder about Marley. He tells his friend about the incident in the auditorium and says he wants to tell her he loves her but doesn't want to do it first. Ryder suggests he tell her, and the next day, Jake sings 'Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)' by Ne-Yo while Marley looks on red-faced.
Back in New York, Rachel is surprised by some special guests: Santana (Naya Rivera) and Quinn (Dianna Agron), who have been summoned by Kurt for an emergency intervention on behalf of Rachel and her breasts.
Later that same night, Santana and Quinn tell Rachel not to film the topless scene. Rachel argues that it will be empowering and Santana (who herself had a sex tape leak) expresses worry that it will follow Rachel around forever.
At school, it's calendar photo-taking montage time with Artie looking on from the sidelines and Sam obsessing about his body. Blaine takes him aside and tells him to stop overcompensating for his low test scores by focusing on his body. As he tells his love interest, the club will love him no matter what.
In the teacher's lounge, Finn hands Sue an envelope containing her Penthouse issue, which Sue says she is not ashamed of and would therefore love to look at again. When she opens up the package to find an issue of Highlights, Finn reveals that he videotaped her confession in which she admitted that she was once a centerfold. Game, set, match.
Blaine takes Sam to see Ms. Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), who gives Sam options for schools that don't look at SATs and tells him how to get scholarships. A downtrodden Sam seems unsure of his own talents but takes the information anyway.
Rachel is filming her movie in New York, but despite the crew removing their clothes, she can't go through with the scene. She admits to the director that it's okay for actresses to be nude, but she's not ready yet. After getting fired, she, Quinn and Santana sing Sara Bareilles' 'Love Song.'
Sam is still despondent when Blaine goes to check on him, asking if he wants to work on his college essays. Blaine proceeds to show Sam a tape he made of everyone talking about how Sam has helped, inspired or changed their lives over the years. As a tearful Sam hugs his friend, Blaine says he can use the video as his essay.
Paying it forward, Sam convinces Artie to be in the calendar, fully clothed. When the finished editions come in, they sell so fast that there's more than enough money to take the New Directions to Regionals. From the sidelines, Sue makes it clear to Finn that their fight is far from over.
Meanwhile, Jake hands Marley a calendar, which he signed, "I love you." She tells him she loves him back and they kiss again.
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Differential Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Stanford University Schizophrenia and Bipolar Education Day, July 30 2005
Lecture Outline:
Editor's Note: the following is a summary of a lecture given by Dr. Terence Ketter, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Chief of the Bipolar Disorders Clinic at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Direct quotes will be indicated with quotation marks; any other text is paraphrase based on Dr. Ketter's words.
According to one study surveying members of the National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, there is an average delay of 10 years from the first onset of symptoms to correct diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This is an immense and potentially dangerous delay - schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can easily become degenerative diseases, with more and more brain damage occuring as psychotic or mood episodes continue unabated. Dr. Ketter cited some of the major reasons for this delay between symptoms and treatment, including:
These misdiagnoses can cause years of delay to proper treatment, with potentially destructive results. Imagine, for example, treating a child who actually has pediatric bipolar disorder with ritalin for a supposed case of ADHD. Giving such a child a stimulant can lead to mood destabilization. Similarly, giving a patient in a depressive episode antidepressants (the standard treatment for unipolar depression) without a mood stabilizer will potentially destabilize someone with bipolar disorder.
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are are often misdiagnosed as one another, and this is not so surprising when we consider how much the two disorders have in common. For example:
However, despite a significant overlap in symptoms, treatment, and pathophysiology, the current system for diagnosing psychiatric disorders in Western medicine (in the U.S., the DSM-IV contains all the guidelines for psychiatric diagnosis) emphasizes a categorical separation between diseases. In other words, it emphasizes differences, not similarities. In the past this differential diagnosis separation was more important; before the advent of the atypical antipsychotics, first-generation neuroleptics used for schizophrenia actually made bipolar disorder worse.
"[The DSM-IV] really is a categorical system, and people just fall through the gaps, folks who have intermediate difficulties," Dr. Ketter said.
He suggested that perhaps we should now consider a more dimensional approach to diagnosis, one that would focus on treating the common symptoms and pathophysiology.
We can use an analogy from physics to examine the categorical vs. dimensional approach question. When asked whether light is a wave or a particle, a physicist will correctly answer: "it is both". However, depending on what question we are trying to answer, it can be more helpful to emphasize one model (wave or particle characteristics) over the other. If we can hold on to two different ways of looking at the same thing, we may be able to get more information. Similarly with psychiatric diagnoses, depending on what we are trying to do, it can be more helpful at times to approach diagnoses categorically (as separate entities) and at other times dimensionally (as a spectrum).
Some of the most compelling evidence for how to look at these disorders, said Dr. Ketter, is coming out of the field of genetics. The data suggest that "these disorders are complex, that they have a robust genetic component, but [they are] built on a number of small-effect genes." Some of these genes may be related to both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. "This is the kind of data," Dr. Ketter continued, "that would support this kind of dimensional spectrum.
A categorical approach does not only break down when we compare major disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. For example, the DSM-IV also groups diagnoses into large "class categories" called axes; it classifies disorders into five different Axes (I - V).
"The impact of this is very important," Dr. Ketter continued, "because there is a biology to these disorders." Not just individual diagnoses, but also broader categories of disorders, are being approached from a more dimensional perspective as we learn more about their underlying causes.
Acknowledging commonalities through a dimensional spectrum approach has allowed us to broaden the clinical power of the atypical antipsychotics, which work on both the serotonin and the dopamine system to address some of the common symptoms that appear in both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Having medicines that can work for both disorders "can be very, very, valuable" said Dr. Ketter. However, he continued "one of the dangers is that we'll let down our guard, and think that diagnosis doesn't matter...but there are important differences between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that we need to pay attention to."
Some key differences are visible at the initial onset of symptoms. According to a Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance survey (formally the National Manic-Depression Association), 33% of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder remember depression as being their initial symptom experiences, and 32% recall mania at their first onset. Only 9% of survey respondants experienced psychotic symptoms first. This shows that even though these symptoms can appear in people with either disorder, certain types of symptoms may be more likely to appear at the onset of one disease than the other. Similarly, the classic onset of schizophrenia symptoms will be more likely to include delusions that are odd or bizarre, not so much delusions of religious grandiosity, which are more often seen in bipolar disorder.
"The symptoms that come first are usually the symptoms that will indicate what's going on, but not always," Dr. Ketter cautioned. "There are always some people with bipolar disorder that have odd delusions."
The following table, based off of one of Dr. Ketter's presentation slides, shows some of the differences most often noted between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder at the onset of the illness:
Dr. Ketter also emphasized that environmental input may influence which of the disease paths eventually manifests in certain individuals. The risk for developing bipolar disorder for someone who's identical twin already has bipolar disorder is about 70% - it's not 100%, he indicated. This shows a significant role for environment interaction with genes.
So what can we conclude about the debate between categorical vs. dimensional models for psychiatric disorders? "About three-quarters of the data suggests that [the disorders] are dimensional, and about one quarter suggests that they are different categories," says Dr. Ketter. Moreover, data has definitely shown some utility for adjunct mood stabilizer therapy for treating schizophrenia, and definite utility for the second-generation antipsychotics for treating bipolar disorder.
However, Dr. Ketter closed by saying reminding us that we should be shooting for a combined categorical and dimensional approach. "There will be times when a very categorical approach will be more useful, and other times when a dimensional-spectrum approach will be more useful."


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Icahn vs. Ackman: Herbalife Battle Goes Big
Herbalife's battle with William Ackman has captivated Wall Street. And now, Carl Icahn has entered the fray. Juliet Chung joins Markets Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.
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by Wendy Koch, USA Today, September 2010
Joanne Ellis' new cliff-top home on Bainbridge Island shows green can also be gorgeous.
"It's pretty darn awesome," Ellis says in describing her dream home with floor-to-ceiling windows that look east to Seattle. Yet its drama and Puget Sound location is only part of its allure. It's also energy-efficient.
Here's the bathroom of the Ellis home, which has water-saving plumbing fixtures.
"The whole house is designed to passively cool and heat itself," Ellis says. It's oriented to capture sun and shade, and its concrete floors and concrete interior wall hold the heat. On a 100-degree day last year, she says, the house was comfortable without air conditioning.
Ellis' home -- chosen as "This Week's Green House" -- earned the top or platinum rating in June from the private U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. Her architect, Matthew Coates, says it's the first LEED-platinum house in Washington that's not in Seattle.
The home's exterior is a blend of galvanized metal panels, sustainably forested Ipe siding and polished concrete masonry units.
The 2,450-square-foot home, which has a separate 700-square-foot apartment, spared no expense on its green features, which include geothermal heating, two 1,500-gallon cisterns, a vegetated roof, a 4-kilowatt solar array and Loewen triple-pane wood windows.
The Ellis residence has stained concrete floors, a wall of polished concrete masonry units and a sustainably harvested Douglas fir ceiling.
Nor did Ellis shortchange design. The home has a sleek but casual look. Its interior has lots of natural light, custom cabinetry and sustainably harvested Douglas fir ceilings.
Its exterior is a blend of concrete masonry units (also used inside), Ipe siding and galvanized metal panels.
"We do different variations of Northwest modern. It's generally a little warmer than typical modern -- more wood and Japanese inspiration," says Justin Helmbrecht of Coates Design, the Bainbridge Island firm that created the Ellis residence.
How much did it cost?
The home has much natural daylight, afforded by floor-to-ceiling, triple-pane Loewen wood windows.
Ellis, 60, who moved into the house in January with her husband, Ed, 61, says she hasn't tabulated its total price tag but says it's typical of custom builds. She says they saved their pennies so they didn't need a construction loan.
"We didn't want to build just another house," she says. "We wanted to do something different but didn't know what. Matthew Coates defined it."
When Coates told them about LEED's four levels of certification, they were immediately interested. She says her husband, who owns his own shipping business, responded: "Well, let's do platinum!"
She says they want to "make a difference," but they're not political people. "We've just lived consciously," she says. "We're products of our age -- very practical, waste not-want not, a penny saved is a penny earned." When her three kids (now in their 20s) were little, she says, she made her own baby food and used cloth diapers.
They raised their kids on Bainbridge Island, and she says they would have stayed in their prior home if they hadn't seen the cliff-top lot for sale. The site had an old cabin and, rather than demolish it, they had it deconstructed or taken apart piece by piece so its building materials could be reused and not sent to the landfill.
Their new house is tightly sealed (it has mechanical ventilation) and super-insulated (roof is R-60 and walls, R-24) with a mixture of spray-foam and batt insulation. She says their utility bills are now less than those for the condo they rented during construction, and she'll be getting a refund.
"We sell kilowatts to the power company, and it sends me a check once a year," she says.
What she loves about her home, aside from its efficiency and flexible spaces that accommodate visiting adult children, is its magnificent views.
"Every window captures a different view," she says. "I can't foresee myself ever getting bored with this house."
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