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Study: 50 Years of Anti-Smoking Efforts Have Saved 8 Million LivesJan 7, 2014
Researchers from Yale University and colleagues estimate that 8 million deaths have been avoided since the first US Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health in 1964. This January marks the 50th anniversary of that report, which inspired efforts by the government, volunteer organizations (including the American Cancer Society), and the private sector to reduce cigarette smoking and other tobacco use through education, cigarette tax increases, smoke-free policies, media campaigns, marketing and sales restrictions, and quit-smoking programs.
"Surgeon General Luther Terry's landmark report on smoking and health in 1964 called unprecedented attention to the deadly consequences of tobacco use and represented a turning point in tobacco control in this country," said John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), in a statement. "Since then, public education campaigns and efforts to enact proven tobacco control policies have helped to reduce the smoking rate from 42% to 19%, and with it the nation's most preventable cause of death."
The article was published in the January 8, 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers created a model to compare actual national death rates from 1964 – 2012 with the estimated death rates if anti-tobacco efforts had not taken place. They found that 17.7 million deaths were linked to smoking from 1964 – 2012, about 8 million less than would have been expected had there been no anti-smoking efforts. According to the model, each person who avoided an early death by not smoking gained an estimated average of about 20 years of life.
The researchers also estimated the relationship between anti-tobacco efforts and life expectancy. The model credits anti-tobacco efforts with an increase of 2.3 years for men and 1.6 years for women after age 40. This represents almost a third of the total life expectancy gain for men and women from 1964 – 2012.
Despite the success of tobacco control efforts in reducing premature deaths in the US, smoking remains a significant public health problem. Nearly 1 in every 5 adults – 43.8 million Americans – still smoked cigarettes in 2011. As of 2010, there were also 13.2 million cigar smokers in the US, and 2.2 million who smoke tobacco in pipes. Tobacco use remains the single-largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the US, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. It is known to cause many types of cancer, as well as heart disease, stroke, lung disease, and other health problems.
"The ultimate conquest of cancer is as much a matter of public policy as it is a scientific and medical challenge," said Seffrin. "Continued strong implementation of proven tobacco control policies is paramount to our ability to put an end to death, disease and disability from tobacco."
The American Cancer Society's Guide to Quitting Smoking has many tools and tips to help smokers beat the urge to smoke and to help nonsmokers encourage loved ones to quit. If you're a smartphone user, get the new Quit For Life mobile app from Alere Wellbeing, available for iPhone and Android.
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Tobacco Control and the Reduction in Smoking-Related Premature Deaths in the United States, 1964-2012. Published January 8, 2014 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. First author Theodore R. Holford, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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This is original, handmade painting from the "Spaces" series. It is very intuitive. This painting was created in order to contemplate it for a long time, to find new images and associations and to create new spaces.
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In my paintings I use finest quality professional acrylic paints, cotton gallery canvas. Painting was finished with a glaze of varnish.
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Some cleaning professionals have been vacuuming carpets for so long they think they were born knowing how to do it. Not so. Vacuuming is a learned task and vital to proper cleaning. And, there are ways to make vacuuming faster, safer, and more effective ways.
This month's Tornado Top Ten is all about proper vacuuming techniques using an upright vacuum cleaner, still the workhouse of our industry.
1. Always first inspect the area to be vacuumed. If a carpet is wet, for instance, the moisture can be vacuumed into the machine and potentially damage internal components. A quick inspection can prevent such damage from occurring.
2. Pick up coins, paper clips, and large debris before vacuuming. Do not assume the machine can safely "digest" these larger items.
3. Check the filter bag before each use, especially if the vacuum is used by other users. Change the bag when it is two-thirds full.
4. Check the bottom of the vacuum cleaner. Ensure that connections and connectors are tight and remove any debris.
5. Check the brush. If twine or debris is caught in the brush, use a comb or similar object to remove it.
6. Put greater time and effort vacuuming heavy trafficked areas and less time in periphery areas. This strategy can reduce vacuuming time.
7. Vacuum in a forward moving, overlapping direction.
8. Do not vacuum stairs/steps by picking up the machine. Instead, use the wand and proper wand attachment (if available).
9. Change vacuuming directions from time to time, which helps remove soils from fibers.
10. When done vacuuming, do not pull on the cord to unplug the machine. Reach for the plug to disconnect its base from the outlet.
"A final consideration is to simply notice how you feel after vacuuming," says Jolynn Kennedy, marketing manager for Tornado Industries. "If your hand, arm, or shoulder hurts, that could be a sign that a more ergonomically designed machine is needed."


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Without Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks were beaten by the Rockets 97-84 in Houston. The Knicks were able to compete with Houston but fell apart in the late 3rd quarter and lost by a worse margin than the score would indicate. Amar'e Stoudemire was the Knicks leading scorer with 23 points.
Here are some notes from the game:
- In the 3rd quarter, Mike D'Antoni decided to insert Jeremy Lin into the game with the Knicks down 59-50. The Knicks were able to cut the lead to 6 but D'Antoni then sat Stoudemire and the Rockets pulled away to build a 75-60 lead to start the 4th. The Knicks then started the 4th quarter with Balkman and Novak on the floor and the Rockets put the game away. D'Antoni's decision to play Lin totally backfired. The Harvard product was wildly mediocre. I thought he got to the rim nicely but he couldn't finish and he didn't shoot very well. A lot of people questioned D'Antoni's coaching method during last nights game and I'm one of them. Putting in Lin, Balkman and Novak together at the start of the 4th is basically waving the white flag. I thought he should have kept Amar'e in from the start of the 4th to see if the Knicks could make a run and get back into the game.
- Amar'e Stoudemire's jump shot was improved last night. On jump shots from 16-23 feet, Stoudemire has shot a pathetic 32% on the season. In last night's game, Stoudemire was 5/11 from that range and 10/20 overall. This was not one of Stoudemire's dominant games but he did seem to find some of his lost mid-range stroke.
- Iman Shumpert is slowing down. Mike D'Antoni even admitted after the game that Shumpert is starting to tire out and his athleticism is suffering. This is a typical lockout effect and I think it is smart for D'Antoni to try and play Shumpert under 30 minutes a game to try and get his legs back. However it is surprising to me however that a young player with such great athleticism is burning out so quickly. Given Shumpert's early injury and the few weeks of conditioning I can understand why he is not conditioned. Unfortunately for the Knicks, Baron Davis doesn't seem to be coming back for another week and the Knicks need Shumpert. We will see what happens but I do not expect Shumpert to make an impact until he gets his legs back underneath him.
- Landry Fields seems to have aggravated his strained back. This is exactly what the Knicks need. Melo and Jorts injured, STAT struggling, Shumpert burning out and now Fields potentially could be injured. In the 3rd quarter, Fields seemed to have grabbed his back in pain and did not re-enter the game. This would be devastating to lose Fields as he has been one of the Knicks best players over the past two weeks. Fields was unable to score in 18 minutes last night but I think the Knicks would have been in the game longer if he had played more.
- As I noted in my pre-game, Houston has a very deep bench and it killed the Knicks not-so-deep bench. Goran Dragic and Chase Budinger killed the Knicks with a combined 35 points. Ex-Knick lottery pick Jordan Hill had 14 points and 11 rebounds. The Knick bench was outscored 61-35. That was the difference in the game. The Knicks lack of depth once again bit them in the ass and cost them this game.
- Tyson Chandler continues his incredibly efficient season with a 5/7 shooting performance. Chandler is now shooting a staggering 69.6% on the season. Now obviously he only takes shots at the basket but still that is a great mark. He has been a perfect center for the kind of team New York wants to be. In this season where the Knicks shooting has sucked, a little more scoring would be nice from Chandler. However, in the overall image of what this team was thought to have needed, a big defensive center who did not need the ball to score, Chandler has been fantastic. I really am looking forward to seeing Chandler play for the next few years as he is an absolute joy to watch on the defensive end.
- Bill "Wale" Walker gave a solid 2/9 performance including 1/7 downtown thus proving that his strong performance against Miami was an aberration that Knick fans will never see again.
- Toney Douglas was 3/13 and once again showed that he cannot run the point guard position for this team. He had 4 assists in 27 minutes while Jeremy Lin had 6 in 20 minutes. Douglas just proves to everyone game in and game out that he is not capable of running the point for this team. Unfortunately for the Knicks, Baron Davis will not be back for another week and Iman Shumpert seems to be burning out. Douglas must learn to at least make his shots in order to give this team a chance. He is never going to be a great passer because he is not a great ball handler and the game moves far too quickly for him.


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My parents have a beautiful view off of their deck in Scott County Kentucky. It overlooks several rolling hills of active fields and each year a different crop is planted. Over the years, we have watched the growth of soy beans, corn, hay, etc. But this year, for the first time, the farm owners decided to plant tobacco. Despite the controversy surrounding this staple of Kentucky farming, we enjoyed watching the different stages of development as the days of summer ticked by. At this point, the growth has slowed way down due to a lack of substantial rain in this part of the county. The plants appear to be stunted, and have started to bloom out way before the normal time. As my mother and I commented on its stunted growth and development, we realized that the farming traditions and experiences we had while growing up had indirectly taught us much about the tobacco growing process. Even though we were never farmers, we grew up visiting or living some of our lives on Kentucky farms. This meant helping to plant it, watching the little plants grow, watching the blooms appear at the top, watching the spray, followed by the turn of yellow leaves which marked the end of the summer season. As we looked at the leaves in her neighboring farm, we knew we were remembering loved ones in our past.
As it turns out, we also have several other tobacco farmers in our family tree. The family branches we were remembering came from the northern Kentucky region, on my Mother's side. Despite the steep rolling hills that presented severe challenges to farming anything, the farmers in this area embraced the tobacco crop. Within the Pendleton and Bracken Counties, we had family members in the Fliehmann(Fleeman), Beyersdoerfer, Cox and Watts branches that grew tobacco along with other crops. Ironically, we have several photographs from family or neighbor tobacco farmers posing with their crops proudly. Once my father married into the Watts family - a city boy from Cincinnati - his shutterbug tendencies went wild. The result was a wonderful treasure trove of photographs from the late 1960s - 70s that continues to enhance our family story. Regardless of which generation was being photographed, these farmers were very proud of their crops.
Of course, tobacco was not the only crop that provided sustainable income for these Kentucky farmers. With the German branches of our family near Foster Kentucky, their additional crops came in the forms of corn and grapevines. Bringing their Bavarian traditions to Kentucky in the mid-nineteenth centuries meant growing grapes and producing wine to sell in Covington. For our families in the Pendleton County area who were more from English/Irish ancestry, corn and dairy farming were their staples of choice. I hope to post more about the choices these farmers made as our family history collection has much to offer....but for now, tis the season of tobacco.....and despite any ill feelings toward this crop, for many it was just a way to survive. A way of life that is quickly fading.


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Republicans Seek Support for Iraq
Republican lawmakers Sunday called on the Obama administration to step up the training, logistics support and arm sales being offered to the Iraqi government as it faces a rising threat from Al Qaeda militants.
While GOP senators appearing on the Sunday news shows criticized President Barack Obama's failure to reach a deal to keep U.S. forces in Iraq after 2011, they said they oppose a return of any American combat forces to the country.
Two separate car bombings in Iraq on Sunday killed 13 people, in the latest sign of rising violence in the country. Sunni militants, left out of power by the current Iraqi government, have claimed responsibility for suicide attacks against mostly Shiite targets. And in recent days, Al Qaeda-aligned militants have seized Fallujah and much of Ramadi, the major cities in Sunni-dominated Anbar province.
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican, laid a portion of the blame for rising violence on the Obama administration.


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We believe this achievement is through us working closely with our selected tea blenders in Sri Lanka to put innovative thinking into our quality whole leaf teas, our bespoke blends of classic brews plus our herbal and fruit teas. This has resulted in a unique range of premium Ceylon teas that offer the tea drinker a cup of tea for every mood or moment.
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When you shed tears in the first chapter, you know you're in for it! Coming Home is a sequel to Band of Sisters, and continues the story of 5 military wives as they greet their husbands and welcome them home after a year's service overseas.
Strong, poignant characters bring to life the challenges that face military families as they readjust to home-life with their husbands. A realistic and compassionate look into the hearts of the women as they continue in their friendships and support each other no matter what.
Excellent women's fiction!
This vivid sequel revisits the memorable characters brought to life in Band of Sisters. It tells the real story behind the "happy ending" of soldiers returning to their families after having been scarred by the grim realities of war. Told with depth and honesty, Coming Home is a satisfying read in every regard.
Band of Sisters, the first book, was about five women whose husbands were deployed to Afghanistan. They formed a strong group of women to help each other while their husbands were gone. This novel showed the harsh reality of war, and the families left behind while a spouse is deployed. This book of friendship and strength won Author Annette Lyon a 2010 Whitney Award in General Fiction.
This second installment, Coming Home, shows the impact of war on the men, and how the families deal with their husbands and fathers now home from war. This book is realistic, as it explores many of the true-to-life issues that many of our service men and women live with.
One of the five women, Marianne, has become a widow, as her husband died while serving overseas. The novel shows the grief of the family, as they now have to live life forever without their husband and father.
Another woman, Brenda, has the heartache of finding out her husband has PTSD, and he goes from being severely depressed to out of control with his anger. With the PTSD he loses his job and his wife finds out she's pregnant.
Then poor Jessie, who didn't mind her husband being gone for a year, once again has to deal with his abusive and bullying nature. She also finds out about the many bad habits he picked up while he was deployed. Soon she fears for the safety of herself and children.
Kim, the youngest women of the group, is having a hard time adjusting to being a "wife". Newly married when she sent her husband off, she only knows how to play well the role of a Mom to her baby son who was born during the past year. Kim is having the harder time adjusting to having her husband home.
Nora, the older woman, who was the glue that held them together the past year, is having some growing pains having her husband there 24/7 underfoot. For many years she was independent, raising her children on her own as her husband was deployed. Now, he is trying to take charge of Nora's life.
What did I love about this book? I loved the characters even more than the first book. I felt like I was revisiting old friends. Annette does a wonderful job of creating characters that you can bond with, and care about. All of the women in the story struggled with the deployment being over. Coming Home showed how the trials weren't over for the families. It isn't always a happy read, but one where the women rise up and gather courage and strength from each other. I was truly inspired by these characters and the hard decisions they had to make. I could relate to many of the things they were going through; especially Marianne, the now single Mom.
If you haven't read the first Band of Sisters, I recommend that you do that first before reading Coming Home. You will be lost and not feel the deep impact of what is happening in the story.
Coming Home has a satisfying ending. Everything isn't truly perfect with all of the women and their families, but as in life, it never really is.


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Getting Started With
Smartphone Photography
A guide to getting started with mobile photography and art
using your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.
Jumpstart your creativity with mobile photography and art. Harness your creativity with the tool that's already in your pocket, whether it's your iPhone, iPod or iPad.
Step-by-step guides to how to harness your creativity with your iPhone and iPad in 2016.
Tips, Tutorials and Guides for iPhone and iPad Photography & Art
Here you'll find everything from guides to get started, highly recommended go-to photo apps, tutorials to dig deeper, tips and ideas for photo sharing, managing your workflow and how to organise your digital photos.
With a market over saturated with filter and effect apps, it's easy to yearn for something unique, artistic and fresh that lets you express your personal, singular style and expression. Discover the professional grade tools that give you endless creative opportunities and that are easily accessible to both skilled and casual artists.
This guide was updated on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
Getting started
- The Ease of iPhoneography
- How to Use Multi-Touch Gestures on your iPhone, iPod and iPad
- Keeping an iPhoneography Journal
- Essential Photo Apps
- 15 Essential Smartphone Photography Tutorials
Sharing your photos
- How to Use Flickr
- A Guide to Instagram
- Facegram = Facepalm?
- How to Delete Your Instagram Account
- How to Install and Use Emoji Emoticons
Managing your images
- How to Organize Your Photos on Your iPhone
- How to Automatically Backup Your Mobile Photos With Dropbox
- How to Save an Image to your iPhone, iPod or iPad
Managing your apps
App Tutorials
More fun, creative things you can do
- Arranging Your Own iPhoneography Art Show [interview]
- How to Change the Wallpaper on your iPhone, iPod and iPad
- Create Your Own iPhoneography App [interview]
- Before & After, get a peek into the creative process of iPhone art and photography
- You'll find interesting new and noteworthy apps in the Tidbits series on my blog – a mix of inspiration, sparks of genius, beauty, illumination and laughter illustrated with my iPhone photos. Join The Club (it's free), and never miss an update.
Table of Contents: Guides and Tutorials
- Getting Started With iPhone Photography « You Are Here
- 7 Essential Photo Apps
- Top Apps for Photo Effects, Filters and Post Processing
- Top Art Apps for Sketching, Painting and Applying Painterly Effects
- Best Apps for Design and Visual Story Telling


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Should oil firms make a list of the world's most sustainable companies?
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Should oil firms make a list of the world's most sustainable companies?
Here comes a new list of the "most sustainable corporations in the world," and it's a doozy.
Two of the top five companies on the 2013 Global 100 list are oil and gas companies:
3. Norway's Statoil ASA
4. Finland's Neste Oil.
Read farther down and you find:
No. 81. Suncor Energy,
which was the first company to develop Canada's oil sands, source of some of the dirtiest fossil fuels on the planet.
A notch below is:
No. 82. Unilever
the consumer products giant whose sustainable living plan embodies the broadest and deepest commitment to corporate responsibility of any big, global company.
This is….er….puzzling.
So what's going here? And what does this tell us about corporate sustainability rankings and their meaning, a topic that never seems to go away? [See my blogpost Corporate sustainability: Who's up, who's down, who cares?]
The first thing to know is that this list comes from Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based publication that calls itself "the magazine for clean capitalism." I'm an occasional contributor to the magazine. In fact, I profiled the No. 1 company on this year's list, a Belgian firm called Umicore, which we'll get to in a moment. Last year, I wrote about the 2012 Global 100 list in GreenBiz under the headline: Is This the World's Best 'Greenest Companies' List? I wrote then, and I still believe, that unlike some other rankings, this is a well-conceived list with integrity, transparency and clear metrics.
The second thing to know is that, taken as a group, these companies may well be more sustainable than the universe of companies from which they are drawn -- a global group of about 4,000 companies. Interestingly, Corporate Knights has backtested the Global 100 against its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), and found that it outperformed the benchmark since 2005, when the list began. The company says:
Over this period, the Global 100 offered investors a 59.89 percent total return, compared to 50.39 percent for the MSCI ACWI, resulting in 9.5 percent outperformance.
So there's at least an indication, although by no means proof, that the Global 100 companies are better managed and more forward-looking than their counterparts.
So what's the problem with the list? The trouble, as best as I can tell, is that this list, like the others, tries to do something that's difficult if not impossible to do with any rigor -- that is, to compare companies across industry groups that are so radically different that meaningful comparison is all but impossible.
Think about it: How can you measure the sustainability of technology firm, a retailer, a bank, a mining company and a manufacturer against one another?
I called Doug Morrow, vice president of research at Corporate Knights Capital, to ask about this, and he acknowledged that the cross-industry problem is a tough one. Corporate Knights addresses this problem by measuring each company within its own industry, and then doing the 1-100 ranking based on how they measure up against their industry peers.
"Banks are not mathematically compared against oil companies," he told me. "They're competing against each other in silos."
The perverse effect is to reward not-so-good performers in laggard industries and penalize the leaders in industries that, as a whole, are taking sustainability seriously.
As Doug put it: "In some industries, the industry mean is going to be lower than others. If you happen to be a company with outstanding performance and your peers are way behind, you're going to come out like a star."
This may explain why the Norwegian and Finnish oil companies rank so highly; evidently, they are doing a lot better than, say, ExxonMobil or Chevron. By contrast, Unilever faces tough competition from the likes of Danone and Campbell Soup (which made the list) and Procter & Gamble (which didn't).
But, just to show you how crazily inconsistent this list-making business has become, only one of the top 4 companies on Newsweek's 2012 green global rankings -- Santander Brasil, Wipro, Bradesco and IBM -- made it onto Corporate Knights' Global 100. And not one of the top 5 on the Corporate Knights' list made the Newsweek rankings. (National Australia Bank, No. 5 on Newsweek's list, did make both rankings.).
So what's the point? Well, assuming the lists have some validity -- and I trust that they do -- they provide internal and external rewards to sustainability professionals in big companies. Press releases were flying today from Cisco, Prologis, Ricoh, and SunLife Financial, which made the Corporate Knights list.
The rankings can also call attention to little-known sustainability leaders like Umicore, the Belgian company that has a remarkable turnaround story to tell. Here's how my story about Umicore begins:
For much of the 20th century, a company known as Union Minière du Haut Katanga exploited the rich mineral resources of Belgium's colony in the Congo. The company mined copper, tin, cobalt and precious metals, and shipped them to its silver and lead refineries in the Hoboken section of Antwerp, Europe's second biggest port. This dirty business took a hit when Union Minière's assets in central Africa were seized by the government of Zaire in 1968, forcing the company to seek new mines.
The company, now called Umicore, is still mining and refining -- but instead of extracting metals from the earth, it recovers them from the discards of the industrial economy: electronic waste, catalytic converters, rechargeable batteries, and residues from copper and zinc smelters. The Hoboken refineries have been shuttered, and in their place is what Umicore calls "the world's most advanced, largest (116 hectares) and cleanest precious and specialty metals refining, recycling and recovery operation."
The extreme makeover in Hoboken has helped Umicore reach the top of Corporate Knights' 2013 list of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies. It's part of Umicore's top-to-bottom transformation from traditional mining company into an innovative technology firm that operates at the frontier of metallurgy, chemistry and materials science. Today, the company focuses on clean technologies, including emission-control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics, and advanced recycling.
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GE announced that its Emergency Response Program continues to support utility, industrial, and commercial customers impacted by Hurricane Sandy to restore and maintain power. Activated last week, the Emergency Response Program is providing customers with access to 24/7 phone and on-site service support, hotline product ordering, and expedited equipment delivery of GE's comprehensive solutions for reliable power, including distribution transformers, critical power components, and software analytics.
GE's Emergency Response websites provide resources and guidelines to help customers evaluate and handle water-damaged electrical equipment. To speak with a member of the Emergency Response Program, customers who need electrical distribution products and services should visit the Industrial Solutions Emergency Response website. Customers who need transmission, distribution or critical power products and services should visit Digital Energy's Emergency Response site.
GE also is providing monthly financing options to customers who need to retrofit or replace backup power equipment.
Last week, field service engineers were deployed to the impacted areas to assess the damage and recommend the best solutions. GE's manufacturing facilities also have increased their production schedules to meet the demand for key electrical distribution equipment and components to expedite the delivery of electrical equipment to restore and maintain power.
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We're sitting at the table, myself, Carlos and Suegra. She is telling us one of her stories – puro chisme, of course. This is what she brings back from El Salvador along with the souvenirs, suitcases full of gossip – usually about who died, who is dying, who is sick but not dying, and who got really fat.
"Recuerda la Nia Marí?" she says. Carlos nods. Yes, he remembers her.
"Tiene dos hijas," she goes on, "y qué mujeronas!" Suegra says, "Con las panzas así!"
She extends her hands far out in front of her to show how fat they are. She tells us they look pregnant but they're not pregnant. Then she gestures to me and says, "La Tracy no es nada!"
In previous years, this would have caused me to burst into tears, but I know she doesn't mean it how it sounds. She isn't the most tactful person and she probably thought she was giving me a compliment – but saying, "Those women are really fat – Tracy is nothing in comparison!" doesn't translate well to English, does it?
To make matters worse, Suegra is force feeding me when eating is really the last thing I want to do. (Because although I didn't cry, it did make me self conscious.) Last night she mixed up a jar of Tiste, poured a glass and forced it into my hands. "Drink it, drink it! You'll like it!"
I don't want to drink it-drink it. Tiste is made from corn, sugar, water and cacao, and though that combination sounds horrible, Tiste, full of carbs and sweetness, actually tastes good. I took the smallest sorbito I could, told her it was fantastic, and then handed it off to my older son when she walked away.
Other things she has tried to force feed me the past week: Semita (pineapple cake), Conserva de Coco (sugar coconut candy), and Hot Chocolate – (she had the cocoa specially milled for me in El Salvador.)
To make matters worse, Suegra bragged about how much weight she lost in El Salvador … She does this thing where she sticks her thumb in the waistband of her pants and pulls it out so we can see just how much.
Thankfully, the universe always keeps things in balance – including egos. We went to the Latino market and my favorite cashier (the one who gives me a discount), greeted Suegra enthusiastically. "Where have you been?" he said to Suegra. She beamed, for her absence was noted. "I was in El Salvador," she said. "Ah," the cashier responded, "Maybe it's because I haven't seen you in so long, but you look much fatter!"


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What are you planning? I did some work with the fusion a while ago for a mates air suspension.
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I need some help please. I have recently bought a Fusion Brain v6 but need some help getting started. Anyone have the experience, time and patience?
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The plan is about 4 temperature sensors (engine bay, front & rear cabin and boot), accelerometer, steering wheel controls (resistive ladder), Sony RM-X4S (resistive ladder) and various relay outputs.
I'm currently trying to get RRfusion running on the home PC with some temperature sensors, just for a start. Because I'm running 800x480 I'm in the process of juggling the screens about from the default carwings. Initial trial of the 800x600 didn't show any results on the clipped screen .
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I still haven't got this working in RideRunner. Anyone able to help (spoonfeed me, lol)? I'm sure it's something basic and when the penny drops I'll be on my merry way .
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Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
Print version ISSN 1415-790XOn-line version ISSN 1980-5497
Rev. bras. epidemiol. vol.15 no.2 São Paulo June 2012
Food items in the food intake of children aged seven to ten years
Patrícia de Fragas Hinnig; Denise Pimentel Bergamaschi
Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (FSP-USP)
To describe the most representative food items regarding the total intake of energy,
carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in children with ages between 7 and 10 years.
METHODS: A list was prepared with all food intake and quantities, and the diet composition in relation to energy and macronutrients was calculated. The list was based on information provided by a 3-day-Food Diary completed by 85 schoolchildren ranging from seven to ten years old and enrolled in a public school in São Paulo, Brazil. After dividing the food into 129 items, we calculated the percentage in which each item contributed to diet nutrient intake and identified those which contributed to up to 95% of the total intake of calories and selected nutrients.
RESULTS: The items "White rice, Greek rice, rice with vegetables" and "Brown, black and white beans, lentils" contributed significantly to the total intake of energy and carbohydrates. The item "Whole milk, powdered milk" had a significant participation in the total intake of lipids, protein and energy. We emphasize the importance of carbohydrates and energy intake from sugar-sweetened beverages (sodas and processed juices) in the total diet intake of the children.
CONCLUSIONS: the contribution of rice in the total food intake of energy and carbohydrates; of beans in energy, carbohydrates and proteins; of milk and meat in energy, protein and lipids; and bread in energy and carbohydrates is noticeable. The participation of sugar-sweetened beverage in the total intake in energy and carbohydrates and of candies in the total intake of lipids is also evident.
Keywords: Eating. Children. Nutrients. Caloric intake. Child nutrition. Public health.
There is evidence that an unsuitable diet from an early stage of life is associated with the occurrence of diseases such as obesity, heart disease, some cancers, osteoporosis, and hypertension in adult life1. From this standpoint, early investigation of unsuitable eating practices among children is important so as to establish intervention strategies to promote health, particularly because the years preceding adolescence are a critical period for developing dietary habits2.
Identifying foodstuffs that are important contributors in total nutrient consumption may help investigate the role of diet in health and disease, plan public health programs so as to target interventions, and develop dietary evaluation instruments3.
The list of foodstuffs that are the basis for building instruments to evaluate dietary consumption must reflect the eating habits of a population so as suitably to represent consumption1,3. If constructed for children, such measuring instruments must contain the foodstuffs that this group habitually consumes.
There is little scientific output intended to identify foodstuffs that contribute significantly to the dietary consumption of 7-to-10-year-old children, making it difficult to build measuring instruments for the consumption of this population group.
The present study thus intends to describe the most representative food items in total energy, carbohydrate, protein and lipid intake in 7-to-10-year-old children.
The study was carried out at the University of São Paulo's "Escola de Aplicação" from May to July 2008 and from March to June 2009, and involved 115 schoolchildren who were drawn from a simple random sample of a total of 240 students enrolled from the second to the fifth years of Primary School. In order to calculate sample size, we adopted probabilities α = 0.05 and β = 0.10 and correlation coefficient ρ = 0.3, which, when applied to the formula , where , resulted in 115 participants after adding 25% for losses. No exclusion criterion was adopted, so every schoolchild was eligible to take part in the study provided they presented a signed Free and Informed Consent Agreement.
Foodstuffs were identified on the basis of three daily food diaries, one of which had to refer to the weekend. The schoolchildren received prior training under procedures put forward by Consolmagno et al.5. Two 30-minute sessions were held so that the necessary skills could be acquired to record food consumption in detail and with quality. The first session aimed to introduce the food diary and provide information on the fields to be filled out, including the characteristics and quantity of each foodstuff consumed. The goal of the second session was to review and reinforce concepts learnt in the first session. The instruments used for recording information are described by Hinnig et al.6.
The food diary data were transcribed to an ancillary document in order to standardize data entry into the NutWin software program, version 2.57 to convert home-made measurements into grams and determining quantities in energy and nutrients. National foodstuff composition tables were used8-11, as well as the Manual of Recipes and Home-made Measurements for Calculation in Foodstuff Studies by Fisberg and Villar12, as were the labels of industrially-produced foodstuffs in order to key in information lacking from the program's database. The data were transferred to an Excel (2003) spreadsheet and analyzed in Stata version 9.013.
An initial list of quantities of foodstuffs (grams or milliliters), and their respective energy and macronutrient values, was drawn up. Different types of foodstuff and modes of preparation were numbered as 393 codes and later grouped together as 129 items using criteria of conceptual similarity, physical characteristics, and quantity of nutrients per portion3. This grouping was reviewed by two other nutritionists in case foodstuffs had been improperly classified within the items.
The most representative foodstuffs accounting for up to 95% of energy and macronutrient consumption were identified by an approach put forward by Block et al.3, which determines obtaining a percentage of the relative contribution of each foodstuff in the diet, for the nutrient of interest, given by:
For i=1, 2...k, where i represents the foodstuff.
The numerator of the formula is made up of the sum of all quantities of the nutrient from all portions of the foodstuff consumed by all the schoolchildren. The denominator is made up of the amount of nutrients present in all foodstuffs consumed, estimated by the sum of this nutrient in all portions of all items listed.
The foodstuffs were put into descending order by the percentage of relative contribution to energy and each macronutrient. The accumulated percentage was also calculated, and foodstuffs contributing up to 95% were identified.
This study was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the School of Public Health of USP, in compliance with Resolution 196, published October 10, 1996, by the National Council for Health (Conselho Nacional de Saúde).
Dietary information for 85 seven-to-ten-year-old schoolchildren of both sexes, accounting for 74% of the randomly drawn total, was used; 57.7% (n=49) were girls, and 42.3% (n=36) were boys. Of those who did not take part (26%), 14.7% (n= 17) failed to hand in their Informed Consent, 3.5% (n=4) did not complete their food diaries properly, 3.5% (n=4) were below seven or above 10 years of age, 2.6% (n= 3) were excluded at the request of their parents, and 1.7% (n=2) brought in empty food diaries.
Eighty-two schoolchildren filled out three daily food diaries; one filled out two food diaries, and two filled out four, giving a total of 256. It was decided to fill out four food diaries to balance the days of the week. Since any information provided could contribute to making up the lists of representative foodstuffs, it was decided to take into consideration all data irrespective of the number of food diaries filled in by the participant.
The ten most frequently mentioned items by at least 49% of the schoolchildren were: "White Rice, Greek rice, rice with vegetables"; "Brown, black, white beans, lentils"; "Whole milk, powdered whole milk"; "Normal soft drink, powdered chocolate drink, and other flavors"; "French roll, French roll toast"; "Industrially-produced juices in a carton"; "Unfilled sweet bread and other types of bread (hot dog rolls, baps, sliced bread, cornbread, pita bread, mini roll)"; "Margarine, butter"; "Beef (roast, stewed, minced, cooked)".
Of those foodstuffs that most contributed to total energy consumption, the first 13 (Table 1) accounted for approximately 50% of consumption. It should be stated that of these, the items "White Rice, Greek rice, rice with vegetables", "Whole milk, powdered whole milk", "Brown, black, white beans, lentils", "French roll, French roll toast", "Normal soft drink" and "Industrially-produced juice in a carton" are among the most commonly cited foodstuffs on the food diaries.
In the case of carbohydrates (Table 2), if the percentage contributions of the sweet beverages: "Normal soft drink" and "Industrially-produced juice in a carton" were summed, they would account for 11.5%, which is very close to the percentage of the first item on the list. The roles of the items "Filled sweet biscuits", "Unfilled sponge cakes, chocolate-coated honey biscuits (lebkuchen or pão de mel)", "Chocolate, candies, bonbons, sweet peanut fudge (paçoca)", and "Filled cakes, tarts, Panettone, doughnuts, éclairs, churros" are significant, and along with "normal soft drink" account for approximately 17% of carbohydrates consumed.
For proteins (Table 3), it should be pointed out that two very traditional foodstuffs in the Brazilian diet - "Brown, black, white beans, lentils" and "White rice, Greek rice, rice with vegetables" - accounted for approximately 13% of the schoolchildren's total protein consumption. Despite being important sources of proteins, "fried fish" and "battered or breaded pan-fried fish", ranked low, were infrequently consumed, and accounted for less than 2% of the consumption of this macronutrient. On the list of foodstuffs accounting for up to 95% of protein consumption is "industrially-produced juice in a carton". This item includes soy-based juices, which, when compared to other foodstuffs such as meats, have a low protein value, but since they are consumed so often, eventually figure as a representative item for this nutrient.
In table 4, if the treats "Chocolate, candies, bonbons, sweet peanut fudge (paçoca)" (4.77%), "potato crisp-type savories, straw chips" (4.21%), "Filled sweet biscuits" (3.87%), "Unfilled sponge cakes, chocolate-coated honey biscuits (lebkuchen or pão de mel)" (3.23%), "Milk-based popsicle, ice cream" (3.03%) and "Filled cakes, tarts, Panettone, doughnuts, éclairs, churros" (2.96%) are grouped together, they can be seen to account for roughly one quarter of total lipid consumption.
This study describes the most representative food items in total energy, carbohydrate, protein and lipid intake in 7 to 10-year-old children based on dietary information given in a food diary.
We hope that the data presented will be useful for the fields of epidemiology and nutrition, particularly if there is methodological interest in building and enhancing evaluation instruments for dietary consumption, because the data provide information on the most important foodstuffs in present-day diet, thus containing indications for inclusion in a questionnaire. Based on the tables we present, it is obviously important to include, for example, treats (cakes, chocolates, savories, biscuits) and sweetened drinks (soft drinks, juices) in instruments for evaluating children's diets, since they are representative within the total consumption of energy and macronutrients.
Based on the information about the frequency of consumption of foodstuffs and how representative they are in the total consumption of energy and macronutrients, certain important aspects deserve to be highlighted, since they show low rates of consumption for fruit and fish, and an overwhelming participation of rice, beans, milk, red meat, treats and sweetened beverages.
The low consumption of fruit that we found is worrying. Assis et al.14 evaluated foodstuff consumption for seven-to-ten-year-old schoolchildren in the city of Florianópolis and found that only 15% of children attained nutritional recommendations for this group contained in the Food Guidance for the Brazilian Population (Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira). Low consumption was also found by Conceição et al.15 in the town of São Luís, Maranhão, among 9-to-16-year-old school children.
Although the Family Budget Survey (Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares - POF)16 highlights a reduction in the share of rice and beans in the diet of families residing in Greater São Paulo between 1974-1975 and 2002-2003, these foodstuffs in the present study figure strongly as representative in the children's diet. Mahan and Arlin17 state that in combination these items provide ideal quantities of amino acids for protein synthesis, above all in children nutritionally at risk owing to insufficient consumption of foodstuffs that are sources of high biological value proteins.
Another foodstuff that draws our attention is "French roll, French roll toast". Its importance in contributing to energy, carbohydrates and proteins may be partially justified by the fact that people replace traditional meals (lunch and dinner) by rolls and cooked meats and sausages, and soft drinks18.
"Whole milk, powdered whole milk" features strongly in the lists given in this study, indicating that this population group still maintains eating habits common to younger age brackets as described by Colucci et al.19, who found that liquid milk was one of the most important foodstuffs in the total energy consumption of two-to-five-year-old children.
Studies carried out on schoolchildren have shown a fall in milk consumption in the last decade, possibly associated with an increase in the consumption of sweetened beverages14,20,21. In the present study, the role of sweetened beverages such as "soft drinks", "industrially-produced juice in cartons" and "powdered artificial juices" in the diets of schoolchildren is striking. Blum et al.21 state that there is strong evidence of increased consumption of soft drinks by American children and adolescents, affecting the quality of diet, and total energy consumption thereof.
Although sugar is commonly consumed in isolation (42.1%) by the group under consideration, its share of the total contribution to energy was not representative, as mentioned for younger ages by Colucci et al19. However, one should consider this foodstuff to be present in other dietary items that stood out as contributing to energy, such as "filled sweet biscuits", "chocolate, candies, bonbons, sweet peanut fudge (paçoca)", "Unfilled sponge cakes, chocolate-coated honey biscuits (lebkuchen or pão de mel)" and "normal soft drinks". Ebbeling et al.22 state that sugar is an important component of a number of foodstuffs considered unhealthy. This aspect shows how difficult it is to combat this "hidden enemy", much more so than sugar itself in isolation, since people may not realize they are consuming it, making it difficult to quantify, and unlikely to be reported.
The highly frequent consumption of treats rich in fat and sugar has also been in found in other studies of children20,23. McPherson et al.23 found in a study of children and adolescents in Texas, that among the main foodstuffs accounting for total consumption of saturated fat were chocolate and ice cream, the latter also being mentioned for total cholesterol consumption. Although in the present study the percentage contribution of foodstuffs was not calculated by the type of fat and cholesterol, it is assumed that these foodstuffs are also major contributors to saturated fat and cholesterol.
The consumption of fish as found by the POF16 and in the present study contributes little to total calories, showing how little this foodstuff is appreciated or how little it is appreciated by families responsible for purchasing and preparing it. In this respect, Drewnowski e Darmon24 also point out that family purchasing power predicts the purchase of highly nutritive but expensive foodstuffs such as fresh fish.
Some comments may be made about the methodology used to identify representative foodstuffs, and about the samples studied. The method of Block et al.3 enables certain foodstuffs that might otherwise be ignored-since they are not good sources of a given nutrient - to be selected as representative, since a high frequency of consumption offsets the low content of the nutrient of interest. One example was the surprising presence of "industrially-produced juice in a carton" on the list of foodstuffs accounting for up to 95% of protein consumption, since in itself it has low protein content, but was consumed by a considerable number of schoolchildren.
The fact that other professional nutritionists reviewed the foodstuffs makes misclassification of items unlikely, a factor that might have an influence in calculating the percentage contribution proposed by Block et al.3.
The use of the food diaries also has certain limitations. The literature discusses whether dietary recordings depend on the respondent's cognitive maturity, a fact certainly to be taken into consideration with the age bracket studied here25. However, if skills are developed for filling out the food diary, and training is given before the instrument is used by the child, or before dietary models and home-made measurements are used, children in this age bracket can fill out the instrument with quality5.
For food diaries, it should be pointed out that: i) although it is a time-consuming method that demands collaboration and motivation of the participant, in the present study the behavior of those schoolchildren who undertook to fill out the diary as a school activity was surprising; ii) important methodological steps were taken to improve recording of dietary intake, such as the training of evaluators and participants before filling out the food diary, checking of food diaries one day after they were filled out, monitoring the record-keeping and delivery by using a letter in the school's activity notebook, and telephone contact to inform participants of the activity day.
The participation of rice in the total dietary consumption of energy and carbohydrates; of beans in energy, carbohydrates and proteins; of milk in energy, proteins and lipids; of meat in energy, proteins and lipids; and of bread in energy and carbohydrates, was very clear. The participation of sweet drinks in the total energy and carbohydrate consumption, and of candies and sweets in the total consumption of lipids, stand out.
The data described in the present article provide input for building or enhancing questionnaires constructed for this age group, and for carrying out educational interventions to encourage or discourage the consumption of foodstuffs which, from a nutritional point of view, are desirable or harmful for proper health, growth and development.
To MS/CNPq for financial support. We thank the parents and students who took part in this survey, as well as the teachers who made it possible to carry out the survey during the school period, and above all we thank the director of the University of São Paulo's Escola de Aplicação in 2008, Professor Vanderlei Pinheiro Bispo, and the educational pedagogical supervisor for "Fundamental I" in 2008, professor Luciana Sedano de Souza. We also thank Thaysa L Giovannetti, Aline B Mariath and Sílvia R M Freaza for their help in data collection, Giovanny V A de França and Professor Ana Maria D Gambardella of the Department of Nutrition (FSP/USP) for their review of the grouping of foodstuffs.
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Master´s Dissertation, entitled "Building a Quantitative Food-Intake Frequency
Questionnaire for 7-to-10-year-old children". Post-Graduate Program in Nutrition
in Public Health - FSP/USP, 2010.
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Food items in the food intake of children aged seven to ten years
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• Denise Pimental Bergamaschi
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Department of Revenue News Release
September 21, 2010Department of Revenue Reviews Contracts to Work Smarter, Save Taxpayers Money
JEFFERSON CITY - Following Gov. Jay Nixon's call to make state government smarter and more efficient, the Missouri Department of Revenue is reviewing contracts and cutting costs.
"Gov. Nixon has made it very clear that he expects our departments to work smarter, more effectively and with more accountability to the taxpayers," said Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. "By saving money on contracts and overhead costs, we're allowing state government to invest in the Governor's top priorities of creating jobs and getting Missourians back to work."
One area the Department is examining closely is the cost-effectiveness of contracts with outside vendors for services such as technology and collections. Private entities are sometimes the most cost-effective means of obtaining a service or product, but, after review, the Department has found that in some cases, in-house solutions save time and money.
Examples of smarter solutions identified during this review include:
*More than $700,000 in savings has been realized from renegotiating a contract with an information-technology contractor who assisted the Department's Taxation Division;
*More than $512,000 has been saved to date by replacing a tax-collection contractor with state employees who perform the same work. Annual savings from this efficiency could be as high as $841,000;
*The Department consolidated its St. Louis-area Criminal Investigation Bureau office and its Field Compliance Bureau office into one area, resulting in the termination of the lease for the Criminal Investigation Bureau space. A leased storage facility was also vacated in the Jefferson City area, and the items stored there were moved into existing space identified through the review. These moves saved about $42,000.
"Working smarter can make our entire government more efficient, and it will save money for the people of this state," Director Barragán-Scott said. "By focusing on our key priorities, we will ensure that we have the resources we need to get our economy moving forward again."
The Missouri Department of Revenue is now on Twitter! To follow the Department on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue.


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Welcome to the VICTORY FORUM! My name is Chris V a.k.a Victory-prime and I want to thank you for taking the time to hangout on my board and hope you have many questions to ask me about my comic, Victory. There are some rules in here so let us get to it then:
1. Do not tell me my comic sucks and not give a reason for why it sucks- I can handle criticisms but I need to know what makes my comic sucks. Is it my artwork, the story, the dialogue? If you persist on telling me I suck, you will be kicked out of my forum.
2. No cursing, dirty talk and flaming- just like in real life you have to be respectful. There is a time and place for everything, just not here.
3. Please do not tell me this- "you know nobody likes superheroes anymore. They're not as popular as they used to be." If I cared about popularity, victory would be an anime sexy schoolgirl with a giant sword gun that transforms into a giant robot or something and is a vampire ninja.
4. Please do not tell me what I "should do" to my own comic- in terms of storylines and where I want the direction of the characters should take. I appreciate that you are interested in my characters in the comic, but I do not want your ideas, good or bad. I do not want to hear "you stole my idea I'll sue!" even though it may or may not happen. I have storylines written 2 years in advance. So thanks but, no thanks. If you want to suggest something to me just for fun go right ahead. Just remember you will not be compensated if the story arc is somewhat similar than yours.
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WHAT IS IT? Intake tract winglets have been around for decades. Do you remember Swirl-Up, Power Now, Dial-A-Jet, Tornado and Intake Twister? The Boyesen Power X-Wing is designed to increase power by improving airflow through the carb.
WHAT'S IT COST? $129.95—www.boyesen.com. or
WHAT'S IT DO? Most people believe that an internal combustion engine is an explosive device—where fuel is lit off much like fireworks on the Fourth of July. Not true! Motorcycle engines are air pumps. Air is drawn in, compressed by force, expanded by combustion and expelled out the exhaust. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no explosion. The engine processes air, mixes it with fuel and burns the air/fuel mixture in a very orderly process. Once you understand how an internal combustion engine works, you can understand that the transition of air, from the airbox to the exhaust stinger, is all important. Nothing matters as much in the production of horse-power as the maximization, control and flow of air.
The Boyesen Power X-Wing works like an airplane wing. It takes a given volume of tumbled air and straightens it out. The goal is to achieve laminar flow. Laminar flow is the smooth, uninterrupted flow of air over the contour of a wing. The Power X-Wing reduces drag at the air's boundary layer, reduces surface friction drag, equalizes the pressure gradient and increases air velocity.
That is a lot of techno-mumbo-jumbo, but what it means is that the Boyesen Power X-Wing is designed to increase air velocity--and, when air velocity increases, power increases.
WHAT STANDS OUT? Here's a list of things that stand out with the Boyesen Power X-Wing.
(1) Performance. In the saddle every test rider felt increased throttle response at low rpm, a smoother transition from the low-end to the midrange and a more flexible powerband across the range. Everything feels crisper and, best of all, the dips in the power curve are ironed out. The power is not only improved, but it becomes seamless from bottom to top. We tested the original Powerwing several years ago and liked it, but didn't see any increase in power on the dyno. Not so with the new Power X-Wing (which is substantially larger and has an additional vertical airfoil that the original didn't have). It gained one horsepower off the bottom up to 8000 rpm, but it is obvious that the big gain is in torque.
(2) Powerband. The increase in throttle response and improved transition paid its biggest dividends with Vet, Novice and Intermediate riders, because they spend more time working off the bottom.
(3) Mounting. The Boyesen Power X-Wing mounts inside the rubber air boot instead of inside the carb throat. The MXA wrecking crew liked this for three reasons: (a) It made installation as easy as pulling the air boot back and sticking the Power X-Wing in. (b) The clumsy unaerodynamic shape of the air boot is where the greatest improvement can be made in airflow. Trying to fix it at the carb throat is too little, too late. The X-Wing is located in the perfect place. (c)By putting the device in the air boot, the venturi size of the carb throat is not reduced by the thickness of the metal.
(4) Added test. Eyvind Boyesen believes in his products, and as the MXA gang was working with him on the Power X-Wing test on our YZ450F and RM-Z250, he mentioned that it worked even better on a Harley-Davidson. We called his bluff and put one in every Harley that the MXA gang has (2006 Street Glide, 1997 Sportster 883, 2005 Electra Glide FLHT and 1948 Panhead with an S&S carb), Shock! It worked. The jetting was improved, the idling smoothed out and power was improved noticeably.
WHAT'S THE SQUAWK? At $129.95, the aluminum wing-thing is expensive, but you aren't buying the aluminum as much as the testing that goes into the shape of the wings.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
On Tuesday, June 4, Glastonbury volleyball coach Pat Ryan looked exhausted as he greeted reporters after his semifinal victory over Southington at Bulkeley High School. For the third time this season, his senior laden Tomahawks were locked toe-to-toe against the Blue Knights. All three contests were decided, 3-2.
"I was talking to [Blue Knight coach Lou Gianacopolos] this morning on the phone, and I told him that this one was going to go seven games," said Ryan. "That's a joke because volleyball games only go five, but after the fourth game I said the same thing to him. It was definitely going seven or there'd be a blackout or something. That's just the way it goes with us."
Gianacopolos said the same thing as he greeted the press after the loss. "Today's match was going to go 7," said the Southington coach, "and think he meant 7 a.m."
The conference rivalry almost over-shadowed the championship game a few days later where an opportunistic Staples team took advantage of the fatigued Glastonbury squad to capture their program's ninth state title.
In a sport that has just a few powerhouse programs scattered throughout the state, the CCC South has become home to three of the state's top teams with Southington, Glastonbury, and Newington battling for every inch.
"Over the last couple of years this has been the toughest conference, and that makes it better for all of us in the postseason," said Ryan. "The rivalry with Southington hasn't always been a friendly rivalry, but over the last couple of years the kids have all played in the same club. They obviously get fired up. Nobody wants to lose, but it's become a friendly and pretty intense rivalry."
The game was a see-saw battle right from the start. Glastonbury used a 6-0 rally to blow open a 9-9 tie in game one to take the lead with a 25-17 win. Southington countered in game two with a 7-0 run to overcome an early deficit and even the series with a 25-21 win.
The biggest lead for any team in game three was three points as the teams battled through five ties and 10 lead changes as Southington took their first lead in the series with a two-point victory. Glastonbury counted with a 25-19 win in game four, and that led to their third five-game contest in as many meetings this year. Last season, one of their two matches went five games, and that's a trend that stretches back for a handful of seasons.
"Playing five games with these guys is just what we do," Gianacopolos said. "We have our passers and setters, and they have theirs. It's almost like we're the same team playing each other. When it comes down to point for point for point in game five, what are you going to do? You've just got to do your best, and that's what we did today. I'm really proud of our guys."
Southington's outside hitter Nick Powell attacked the net 55 times for 25 kills. Alex Borofsky and Chris Sherwill added 12 kills apiece, and Jeff Kolb scored nine kills. Last time, that was enough for the Knights to score the victory. This time, Glastonbury matched Southington at the net with 66 kills compared to 64 for the Knights.
"I think it came down to one or two balls here or there," said Gianacopolos. "The whole game is based on who makes the most errors. We had a few service errors in some situations where we didn't want them, but you know what? We knew going in that it was going to be what it is. This was a big game, and it's a lot of pressure for high school kids."
Alex Zajda distributed 55 assists over five games. Southington servers went 93 percent from the line (94-for-101). Borofsky (6 blocks) and Kolb (4 blocks) led the defense at the net. David Shaughnessy led the back line with 12 digs. Sherwill and Powell scored 11 digs apiece, but it wasn't enough.
The Knights led, 7-5, in the final contest before Glastonbury went on a run. The Tomahawks scored seven of the next 10 points to take the lead. Glastonbury served for two match points. Southington served for one, but the Tomahawks won the battle with a 17-15 win in game five.
"I told the seniors how proud I was of them and how they conducted themselves over the whole season," Gianacopolos said. "They were always competitive, but I also told our younger kids to take a good look at them. They'll be in their shoes some day, and I want them to be as competitive as this group was."
The loss ended Southington's season, and the Knights fell to 18-3.
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The cream of the Boston blues world honored Shirley Lewis in February during "Living the Blues," a celebration of her life and career.
Musicians such as James Montgomery, Chris "Stovall" Brown, Professor Harp, Diane Blue, and Big Jack Ward showed up in Newton to pay tribute, a turnout that came as no surprise to emcee Holly Harris, a blues disc jockey who had known Ms. Lewis since she arrived in Boston 27 years ago.
"Shirley was an integral part of the blues scene from the moment she got here," Harris said. "She was one of the most kind, positive, loving people you could ever meet. She was a treasure. Every time I introduced her, I mentioned that she exuded love."
Ms. Lewis, who was known as the "regal queen of the blues" for her resplendent, gown-and-hat fashions, died of cervical cancer May 5 in her home in the Waban section of Newton. She was 76.
Her last words to her daughter Marlene Kirby at her bedside were "I love you."
On stage, the energetic Ms. Lewis was a blues dynamo. Her rafter-raising voice was a marvel of church-trained gospel and pure physical power. Through the years she opened shows for the likes of B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Ruth Brown.
Locally, critics and fans honored her with a Blues Trust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, and she was twice nominated for outstanding blues act at the Boston Music Awards.
In 1989, she won the Battle of the Blues Bands at Harpers Ferry.
She cemented her reputation with an album of gospel songs and with the CD "Blues Through the Eyes of Shirley Lewis," which featured some of her own compositions. Ms. Lewis said she knew more than 2,000 songs, spanning blues, R&B, jazz, and gospel, so it was not easy to accompany her on stage.
"You had to be on your toes, because she might do something 180 degrees different from song to song," said Chris "Stovall" Brown, her main guitarist. "She was like a force of nature."
Ward, who sometimes backed her on guitar or bass, said that "there was a spontaneity to every show and she knew how to work a crowd."
"She knew it was all about communication," he said. "And she loved to play to kids. She would take the microphone over to them to try to get them to sing and dance, and then the grownups would go crazy, too."
Apart from her musical skills, Ms. Lewis was known for her generosity.
"One thing I will remember about her is that whenever anybody was needful in the blues community, she was always the first to step up to the plate to initiate a benefit concert," said Montgomery, a singer and bandleader. "She was obviously the queen of our music community, but she carried herself with an almost angelic quality."
Ms. Lewis also sang at benefits for women's shelters and for musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
"Now's the time to play the blues," Ms. Lewis told the Globe in 2005 before a benefit to raise money for displaced Louisiana artists. "Blues helps you get through those hard times. It comes from somewhere deep inside. It's a release."
Born in Sicklerville, N.J., Ms. Lewis led a varied, sometimes difficult life before moving to Boston in the late 1980s to house-sit and jumpstart her career.
Her father was a Hopi Indian and her mother was of Blackfoot Indian and African-American descent. One of 13 children, she was part of the Lewis Family Gospel Singers, a troupe put together by her father, a vaudeville entertainer.
Ms. Lewis married Peter Kirby, with whom she had two daughters while struggling to launch a solo music career. Her marriage ended in divorce, and she endured difficult financial times as a single mother.
Through a booking agency in Kansas City, Mo., Ms. Lewis landed spots on music revue tours across the United States and Canada, singing tunes by the likes of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Dinah Washington. She then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she sang in clubs for six years before moving to Boston.
Ms. Lewis remained spiritual throughout her life.
"She taught us to put faith in God first, and everything will fall into place," said her daughter Marlene, a home health aide who lived with her in Waban and opened shows for her under the name Angela Warner.
"Mom would always say, 'Be part of the solution, not part of the problem,' " Marlene said, adding that Ms. Lewis attended the United Methodist Church in Newton every Sunday.
In addition to her daughter Marlene, Ms. Lewis leaves another daughter, Minerva Joy Kirby Yee of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada; a sister, Yuma, and a brother, James II, both of Glassboro, N.J.; two grandsons; and four great-grandsons.
A service complete with a Dixieland band will be held at 3 p.m. June 9 in American Legion Post 440 in Newton, with the Rev. Charlotte Pridgen-Randolph, pastor of the church Ms. Lewis attended, presiding.
With her friends Hattie Barrett and Shor'ty Billups, Ms. Lewis cofounded the Down Home Blues Society, a charitable organization that aids older blues musicians in need.
Four years ago, she helped another friend, Wendy Dodd, launch Smoken' Joe's in Brighton, a blues restaurant and club where Ms. Lewis played every Friday and Saturday, along with a gospel brunch on Sundays. "Shirley was the first act to play there," Dodd said.
"She was one of those people who was larger than life," said Alice Schaefer, another friend with whom Ms. Lewis lived in Newton Corner for several years.
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U.S. Equal Employment
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EEOC Obtains $50,000 for Worker Fired Due to Epilepsy
MODESTO, Calif. – Modesto retailer Buy Rite Thrift Store has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC's lawsuit alleged that Buy Rite illegally fired a stocker on the night shift who has epilepsy after he experienced mild seizures at work. Rather than requesting that the worker to take a fitness exam or provide medical documentation of his ability to perform the job duties required of his position, the thrift shop relied on its own judgment – which is not consistent with the law – to determine that the employee was a danger to himself and others, the EEOC said.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits disability discrimination and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities. After an investigation by EEOC Investigator Rosa Salazar and after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement, the EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. BRT Management Company, Inc. dba Buy Rite Thrift Store and W. & J. Capitol and Mgt. Co., Inc. d/b/a Buy Rite Thrift Store, Case No. CV 11-4536-HRL) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California last September after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. Buy Rite chose to work with the EEOC and settle the case before the owners sold the business in December 2011.
"It was a hard blow to lose my job because of my employer's response to my epilepsy," said the worker. "For 17 years, I have done similar work before as a stocker and cashier at a grocery store. Having mild seizures at work never stopped me from getting my job done successfully." He added, "I hope my experience can help others learn to look beyond their fears about epilepsy, and instead focus on what a worker like me can actually do."
EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo said, "The Centers for Disease Control estimates that two million Americans have epilepsy. Given that each person is impacted by epilepsy to varying degrees and in different ways, it would be a huge mistake to assume that having seizures automatically disqualifies an employee from performing a job. It's critical to use objective evidence to determine whether that particular worker can perform the duties of the specific position."
EEOC San Francisco District Director Michael Baldonado added, "Disability discrimination is both illegal and bad business. Employers may lose out on talented and loyal employees if they rely upon myths and stereotypes about disabilities instead making an unbiased evaluation of each individual."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Remember that test we all had to take back in high school that was supposed to let you know what job you might be well-suited for one day? If you were good at English, maybe you would be a journalist or a teacher. If you were good at math, maybe you would be a banker or an engineer.
I don't remember "personal Ferrari shopper" being anywhere on that list. And it's too bad, because the Ferrari guru we met seems to have tons of fun traveling the world spending other people's money. While shooting "Secret Lives of the Super Rich," we met these five people with the coolest jobs ever!
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Gluten-free, earthy and versatile, this ingredient is becoming the darling of pastry chefs around the country. Just don't call it a grain
BUCKWHEAT IS NOT what it seems. Though it looks like a grain and tastes like a grain, it is actually not part of the cereal family at all. Buckwheat is a nutritionally dense and gluten-free relative of rhubarb and sorrel that is eaten throughout the world.
The kernels, called groats, are hulled, roasted and served as a side dish or stuffing, or ground into a blue-gray flour used to make everything from traditional Breton-style crepes to Japanese soba noodles and Russian blini. Long used in savory preparations, both the groats...


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After many years spent working in advertising, where he ended up as head of art at Alliance International, Mark Oliver decided that he was a creator rather than a capitalist and became a freelance illustrator. Throughout his time in advertising, he not only learned what art directors and clients need from illustrators, but enjoyed working with a range of talented artists and admired their work. Occasionally, he'd take the opportunity to illustrate his own ads.
For more than 20 years now, he's been working as a freelance illustrator with commissions from some of the world's biggest brands and the top names in publishing. Now settled in Worthing on the South Coast, he continues to develop his style and relishes new projects. In addition to his distinctive illustration work, he enjoys creating Litter Bugs – insects made from found objects. As a consequence, you might find him in a flea market or at a car boot sale looking for items to upcycle.
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The strip can be used full length or cut into shorter lengths with scissors, and comes with six magnetic tacks, each with a 1/4" rare-earth magnet in the 7/16" diameter plastic base. Each tack clings to the metal strip with enough strength to hold several sheets of paper. Additional magnetic tacks are available separately in a package of six.
Aside from the many obvious uses in the home or workplace, we found this system particularly convenient to hold project plans open above a workbench.


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Oral History Interview with Floyd Mumme, April 12, 2002
Description: Interview with Floyd Mumme, a medic during World War II. He discusses boot camp, being deployed to Saipan, Japanese trying to steal food, working in the Army Medical Corps, and treating wounds in combat.
Date: April 12, 2002
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Mumme, Floyd C.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation