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Mrs. Henderson Presents is a mildly entertaining period musical about London's Windmill theater and its Tableau Vivants variety entertainments spiced with discreet, "artful" nudity. It's generally successful but at times appears to be a group of extremely interesting actors in search of a better dramatic vehicle. Bob Hoskins fares well in a straight-man role, and Judi Dench does well with a cheery but inconsistent character. London in the 1930s and 40s is re-created mostly through the casting, costuming and hairstyles of the young group of variety dancers and nude models known as the Millerettes.
Mrs. Henderson Presents is tasteful, inoffensive and attractive, but even though it's based on true events, it seems too careful and it lacks conflict. Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins are endearing, but their Mrs. Henderson and Van Damm are misused in sitcom-like confrontations. She argues with him over his authority, what name to give the chorines and the cruelty of the audition process, problems that produce funny lines but aren't satisfying as character interaction. She's incensed to discover that he's married but the script doesn't develop her feelings as much as pigeonhole them as the cute eccentricities of a supposedly spoiled, rich London matron.
The script busily contrasts Mrs. Henderson's narrow-minded qualities with her other "thoroughly modern" attitudes. She's liberated enough to commit to the daring nudity idea and to shock poor Lord Cromer with her choice of language, which still comes off as rather hard to believe. The script tells us that Mrs. Henderson is adventurous by having her fly in a biplane, and suggests that she's deep and soulful when she periodically takes to a rowboat to reflect on her situation. She takes wistful journeys to visit her son's grave, yet dons preposterous Japanese makeup to sneak into her own theater. She seems a more a collection of eccentric behaviors than a fully realized character.
Mrs. Henderson Presents spends much of its time as a great-looking backstage musical in period dress. As a commentator in one of the featurettes observes, the Millerettes have the correct 1930's "soft" look instead of today's gym-toned dancers. The script again skirts over the experience as a series of anecdotes; none of the performers have much of a chance to build a character - all of the quality screen time goes to the two stars. Able singing talent (pop star Will Young) gets good billing but few dramatic opportunities. Beautiful Kelly Reilly is the nude given the most attention, but after a nice introduction crashing her bicycle into a rainy canal, even she stays a marginal presence. The girls are given exposition dialogue and a few naughty moments, as when a mouse is let loose on stage to give the audience -- and us -- a cheap thrill. "Stay still for the censor" my foot ... what do you think we came to see, posed models?
When the war years come the show decides to get serious. We're treated to stirring evocations of patriotism such as the old standby, the performance that continues right through a frightening air raid. Van Damm is chided for talking like Winston Churchill and Mrs. Henderson proudly does her bit by not buying a new hat. Finally, Mrs. Henderson takes an active role after being moved by (or attracted to) a boy who reminds her of her own son lost in WW1. Beautiful Maureen says she's purposely avoiding soldiers because she's too emotional, but Mrs. Henderson sets her up with the boy.
One off-screen romance later, the boy is going to go back to his girlfriend but Maureen is pregnant. (Spoiler spoiler:) That's when Mrs. Henderson Presents has the gall to trot out the oldest, most backward plot development of all time: Maureen's inconvenient pregnancy is resolved by a German bomb. That's what movies used to do when they wanted to dodge a sticky moral issue, or "punish" a character for indulging in behavior incompatible with the Production Code. And Maureen naturally makes a great-looking bomb victim -- barely a mark on her.
The last non-conflict has Mrs. Henderson and Van Damm giving stirring speeches in the street to protest the closing of the Windmill Theater because kill-joy Lord Cromer wants to discourage large crowds while the bombs are falling. Mrs. Henderson shouts that she wants the theater kept open (spoiler) because she discovered that the only naked woman her son ever saw before he died was on a French postcard. Showing naked women to English soldiers is a sacred duty! Laura's argument could be better made for government-sponsored brothels. I mean, does she think the soldiers just want to look at the girls before they die?
Mrs. Henderson Presents spends an hour telling us that the Windmill nudes are Art, only to have Dame Judi assure us that her show is really good old-fashioned pornography. The Windmill was a quaint form of entertainment that can be called charming amid the prevailing Puritanism in England of the day, but I think the movie sends mixed signals. Don't get me wrong, beautiful nudes are lovely but the Windmill adopted nudity out of economic desperation, not to raise cultural standards. And that's okay: As Mrs. Henderson says, the theater's Parisian namesake The Moulin Rouge does the same thing and isn't considered hypocritical. The movie wants it both ways -- aesthetics and adolescent jokes about mice loose on the stage.
As such, Mrs. Henderson fits in well with The Full Monty and Calendar Girls, films forming a splinter genre that spices up otherwise un-commercial stories with "tasteful" nudity so as to allow actors to have some naughty fun. It's interesting that in every case there's an economic incentive ... no matter what the motive, nude bodies are being presented as a consumer commodity. The difference between these films and the rest of our crass commercial world is that the cute Mrs. Henderson is marketed to "nice" audiences, even though it has a glimpse or two of full-frontal male nudity. Mother or grandmother would have to be really closed-minded to take offense.
Director Stephen Frears (The Grifters) gives Mrs. Henderson Presents a high polish, but the exemplary production values are what put the show over the top. Lighting, camerawork, costumes and settings are superb. The glossy animated title sequence isn't as amusing as it wants to be, but the rest of the movie is indeed a pleasure to look at.
Some of the special effects are impressive as well. That familiar big square in the "heart of London" (Piccadilly Circus?) is recreated in excellent digital composites, adding greatly to the period atmospherics. Up on the roof of the Windmill is where the effects trouble starts, at least in the DVD version of the film. Dench and Hoskins have several scenes on the rooftop where they watch the bombings or dance, digitally matted into an overview of the London skyline. At least on this DVD, the matted buildings look terrible, like featureless cutouts, as if they were meant to be much darker. Contrast lines form around the actors and the 'actual set' part of the rooftop, making the whole thing look like an old-fashioned temp matte before the real matte artwork is painted.
The Weinstein Company's DVD of Mrs. Henderson Presents is an attractive enhanced transfer with beautiful color and warm skin tones. It has English and Spanish subtitles and is Closed-Captioned. The songs and music selections for the stage performances are exemplary, and add enormously to the enjoyment of the movie.
A multi-part featurette docu interviewing the key cast members is split between EPK promotional content and more interesting testimonials. It starts off well with a publicity party to celebrate a number of original Windmill girls. All of them look spry and frisky, even one in her 90s ... as Hoskins says, in his true Cockney accent, they're ready to "strip off" even now!
Stephen Frears provides a leisurely and often sparse commentary. After hearing more empty space than comment, Savant skipped through the chapters ... and found that Frears wasn't speaking in the first 30 seconds of most of them. He explains the frankly meaningless opening title card ("Inspired by true events ...") by saying that the creatives on the film were split between making it realistic or setting it all in a stylized musical world, like an American MGM musical. I don't see how the film could possibly work without being given the realistic sheen it has now.
On a final note, I really like Weinstein's placement of the corporate disclaimer for the commentary behind the appropriate menu selection, instead of being at the head of the disc. Sitting through disclaimers, promos, FBI threats and MPPA brainwashing is not my idea of spending quality time with a movie.
On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor,
Mrs. Henderson Presents rates:
Movie: Very Good
Video: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Supplements: Trailer, multi part interview making-of documentary, Commentary by director Stephen Frears.
Packaging: Keep case
Reviewed: April 9, 2006
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Carrot, Pineapple, Raisin Muffins
Carrots and kids do not usually go together, but this recipe mixes two of Carina's favorite foods with the not-so-desireable vegetable: pineapples and raisins. When Carina first tasted these, she yelled out, "Yum!" and proceeded to eat almost two whole muffins in one sitting!!
(This is Carina enjoying a carrot muffin!)
These muffins are moist and a little sweet. The almonds on top give them some crunch.
I should note that I did not spend tons of time slicing up fresh pineapple or grating carrots. The pineapple from the can worked great, if not better than fresh, and I used baby carrots in my food processor.
This Oster food processor, by the way, is fantastic – it is actually an attachment to my blender base.
I was able to make 20 muffins with this recipe, which, from my calculation, came out to about 140 calories per muffin. I froze the extras for snacking in the future.
Adapted from Food.com:
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup applesauce
1/4 cup raisins
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup drained crushed pineapple (from a can)
handful sliced almonds (optional topping)
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, then whisk in the vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and applesauce.
- Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until combined. Stir in the raisins, carrots, and pineapple just until evenly moist.
- Use a 1/4-cup measuring cup to divide the batter into the lined muffin pan. Place some sliced almonds on top of each.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean. Take the muffins out of the pans and cool on a rack.
My blender and food processor attachment:
Oster 16-Speed Blender with Glass Jar


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Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Sterling Dulles
- Free WiFi
- Breakfast included
- Free Parking
- Pet Friendly
What's nearby
- Dulles Town Center
- 5 min drive
- One Loudoun
- 7 min drive
- Dulles Sportsplex
- 10 min drive
- Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National)
- 38 min drive
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About this area
In the business district, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Sterling Dulles is in an area with good shopping. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center are cultural highlights, and travelers looking to shop may want to visit Dulles Town Center and Reston Town Center. Ready for a night out? Consider Old Ox Brewery and Lost Rhino Brewing Company.
What's nearby
- Dulles Town Center - 5 min drive
- One Loudoun - 7 min drive
- Great Falls - 7 min drive
- Dulles Sportsplex - 10 min drive
- Ashburn Ice House - 13 min drive
Getting around
- Burke Centre Station - 35 min drive
- Washington, DC (DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National) - 38 min drive
About this property
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Sterling Dulles
A fitness center, a 24-hour business center, and dry cleaning are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free manager's reception. Additionally, laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk, and a computer station are onsite. All 94 rooms feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and dishwashers. Free WiFi and dining areas are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with cable channels.
Property amenities
- Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
- Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
- Free self parking
Food and Drink
- Food and drink
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast available daily
- Free reception (select days)
Things to do
- Fitness center/gym
Family friendly
- Separate dining area
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Free WiFi
- Kitchen
- Laundry facilities
- Gift shops and newsstand
- Elevator/lift
Guest Services
- Laundry service
- 24-hour front desk
- Daily housekeeping
- BBQ grill
- Terrace
- Picnic area
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Wheelchair accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Braille or raised signage
Room amenities
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub
- Free toiletries
- Flat-screen TV
- Cable channels
Food and Drink
- Coffee/tea maker
- Cookware
- Dishwasher
- Stovetop
- Kitchen
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Iron/ironing boards
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Desk
Nearby things to do
- Golfing nearby
Worn down, needs a lot of work. Carpets dirty throughout the facility halls & room. Trim missing on the floor from carpet to kitchen area. Lamp shade missing next to bed headboard light. Wall switch plates cracked or broken. Trip needs paint. And that was just the room I was given. Location was the only positive thing I can think of.


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New Tees!
Inspired by my Dino-Mite post, Tara Cox of Flying Penguin Artworks made me a fantastic "Cake Rex" illustration. I liked it so much that I asked her if I could share it with all of you on a t-shirt, and she graciously agreed. Check it out:
This next one is the work of Maree Adams of Work at Home Designs. Maree is a hugely talented and extremely patient individual, as she's been working with me on this illustration since well before we even began offering shirts here on Wrecks:
At one time I was thinking of making this guy the site's logo. That's still up in the air for now, but in the mean time I really wanted to share Maree's work with all of you. So, naturally, I stuck it on a shirt:
And as always, send me your shirt graphics! If I use them I'll link to your store or site here on the blog.


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1. Tiger Fridays
7 p.m. Friday at Fifth Third Ballpark
The West Michigan Whitecaps' Tiger Friday series continues with a salute to the 1984 World Series. World Series champion Tom Brookens will return to Fifth Third Ballpark. The former Tigers third baseman will be joined by former San Diego Padres first baseman Steve Garvey, who faced the Tigers in the 1984 World Series. Garvey is a former Michigan State standout and went on to a major league career in which he was a 10-time All-Star. Garvey led the National League in hits in 1978 and 1980 as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He held the NL record for most consecutive games played and won the 1974 MVP. Garvey is a Hall of Fame finalist. Brookens was the Whitecaps manager and has coached in the Tigers' organization since his retirement. For ticket info, go to whitecapsbaseball.com.
2. USA State meet
Friday-Sunday at Holland Community Aquatic Center
The top swimmers in Michigan will converge in Holland for the USA Long Course State Championships this weekend at Holland Community Aquatic Center, 550 Maple Ave. The club swimming championship will feature local swimmers from Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics, the West Ottawa Swim Club, West Michigan Swimmers and the Byron Center Dawgs. The three-day meet begins Friday. Preliminaries are at 9 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday with finals at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 5 p.m. Sunday. Check out the fastest swimmers as they swim the Olympic-style long course.
3. Tigers-White Sox
Tuesday-Thursday on Fox Sports Detroit
The Detroit Tigers return from their weeklong West Coast road trip to host their biggest rivals. Detroit faces the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park Tuesday-Thursday. The game times are 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 1 p.m. Thursday on Fox Sports Detroit. The Tigers look to build their lead on the American League Central Division, but it is never easy against the White Sox.
4. Junior nationals
Thursday-Sunday on usaswimming.org
Elite swimmers Tabahn Afrik and Taylor Garcia will compete in the USA Long Course Junior National Championships this week in California. Watch them compete against the top young swimmers in the country online at usaswimming.org. The meet will be streamed live. Garcia was a junior national runner-up in December in the 100 backstroke, while Afrik was a fourth-place finisher. They will challenge for junior national titles this week.
5. Berlin Ladies Night
Saturday night at Berlin Raceway
Berlin Raceway will celebrate Ladies Night with all ladies admitted free. The Spectator Drags will also compete as well as the Super Late Models, Modifieds, 4-Cylinder and Vintage Racing Organization of America. Adult tickets (for men this week) are $12. Student tickets are $8 and children are $5.
— Dan D'Addona
Tiger Fridays, big swim meets among this week's sporting events
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Inspired by "Not Quite Cubes" from designers Kirsten Junor and Cath Derksema of Prints Charming
Quiltmaker: Laura Boehnke
1—18x22" piece (fat quarter) white scroll print (blocks)
1-2/3 yards black scroll print (blocks, outer border, binding)
2—9x22" (fat eighth) assorted black prints (blocks)
3—9x22" (fat eighth) assorted citrus prints (blocks, middle border)
5/8 yard multicolor stripe (inner border)
1/2 yard black-and-white polka dot (middle border)
2-7/8 yards backing fabric
66x50" batting
12x18" sheet tracing paper (or join two 9x12" sheets of tracing paper)
Finished quilt: 59-3/4 x44-1/4"
Finished block: 7-3/8x17-1/4"
Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics.
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Combined Pharmacotherapy for Cannabis Dependency (D-LUCS)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01020019
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 25, 2009
Results First Posted : May 11, 2016
Last Update Posted : April 24, 2019
New York State Psychiatric Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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|November 25, 2009
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|May 11, 2016
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|January 2010
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|September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Reduction in self reported days of marijuana use as measured by the Time-line Followback. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks/ or study participation ]
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Combined Pharmacotherapy for Cannabis Dependency
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Lofexidine and Dronabinol for the Treatment of Marijuana Dependence
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|The purpose of this study is to see if Lofexidine in combination with Marinol is superior to placebo in achieving abstinence, reducing cannabis use and reducing withdrawal in cannabis-dependent patients seeking treatment for their marijuana use.
|Detailed Description
|Cannabis use disorders remain the most common illicit drug use disorder and options for treatment remain limited. Compared to other abusable substances, there has been little investigation of pharmacotherapies for cannabis dependence and no effective pharmacotherapy for cannabis dependence has yet to been developed. The development of effective cannabis dependence pharmacotherapy is an important unmet public health need. Agonist pharmacotherapy strategies have been effective for other substance use disorders (e.g., opioid and nicotine use disorders) and the endocannabinoid system represents a promising target for agonist pharmacotherapy with dronabinol. Lofexidine, a noradrenergic system suppressant, is effective in treating opioid withdrawal and shows promise as a cannabis use disorder pharmacotherapy. Haney et al. (2008) found that the combination of lofexidine and dronabinol (Lofex-Dro) was superior to placebo, lofexidine alone, or dronabinol alone in improving sleep and other cannabis withdrawal symptoms. Further, reduction in craving and relapse was greater for this combined pharmacotherapy relative to either medication alone or placebo. The proposed protocol is a 2 group, double blind, placebo-controlled outpatient study of the safety and efficacy of the combination of dronabinol and lofexidine for the treatment of cannabis dependence. We plan to enroll 180 subjects in a 12-week trial. The primary hypothesis is that dronabinol will act as an agonist treatment while lofexidine will suppress craving- and cue-induced related stress such that the combination will act in a complementary manner to induce prolonged abstinence from marijuana.
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The rise of the global economy helped prompt a demand for global cuisine. Today, non-commercial menus are a virtual United Nations of authentic dishes, exotic flavors and versatile mealtime solutions.
The definition of what Americans call "comfort food" has, over the years, expanded to such an extent that Italian, Mexican and some Asian foods are now considered mainstream cuisine. But during the last decade or so, "global cuisine" has caught on to the point where the mainstream palate now not only seeks diversity on the menu, but expects dishes to be authentically seasoned and prepared.
Francesco Esposito, CHE, concept development chef for Aramark, puts it this way: "American consumers are looking for true ethnic flavors."
Keeping that in mind, along with the needs of his company's business dining, healthcare and campus dining customers, Esposito has developed two new concepts—one Mexican, the other Asian—both slated to roll out this month and then menued throughout the summer. "A Mexican torta sandwich, to be featured off the grill station, is really Mexican 'street food,'" he explains. "The soft bread with a sweet profile is spread with a paste of refried beans plus a portion of skirt steak or pork loin—two of the most popular Mexican proteins. A grilled portabella torta provides a vegetarian option. It's garnished with chiffonade of fresh lettuce, pico de gallo and guacamole made on-site daily from fresh avocados. Yes, the sandwich is a little messy, but that's part of the fun of it."
To complement the tortas, he suggests that operators offer a selection of aqua frescas, traditional Mexican beverages prepared with very ripe fruit (see May 15, 2006, FSD, Healthy Cooking, "Drinkable Meals," p. 53). These perfect for summertime refreshers may incorporate strawberries, peaches, mangos or other seasonal fruits blended with water, lime juice and a bit of sugar.
Meanwhile, Esposito's new Asian chopped salad concept emphasizes color and crispness. Ingredients include Romaine lettuce, green and red cabbage, julienned red bell pepper, cilantro and diced cucumber. Rice noodles, plus a choice of chicken, shrimp or marinated tofu, completes the dish.
"This is designed for exhibition cooking and we suggest the culinary staff toss the greens and noodles with dressing—the customer's choice of Chinese mustard dressing with a strong vinegar flavor, or a sweet orange peanut dressing—then transfer those ingredients to the plate," Esposito says. "Then, with a separate utensil, they can add the protein selection and garnish the plate with quarter-inch julienned wonton strips."
Taverna tempters: Many of the nine recipes Esposito created last summer for his Taverna Taste collection continue to be cycled through the menus at many of the contractor's accounts; they've become old favorites potentially headed for comfort food status. The pesto/orzo salad with green bean/garlic potato salad combination, and cucumber/tomato and barley salad plus chilled potato salad with dill, are two of the new "combo" classics.
In each instance, one plate is filled with small portions of hummus plus each of two other salads and surrounded by triangular pieces of grilled pita (a round is cut into sixths, then arranged around the perimeter of the plate). Typically, Taverna Taste salad selections sell for $4.49 to $4.99.
Indian wraps: Capitalizing on the growing popularity of Indian fare, Esposito recently introduced "Indian Spices All Wrapped Up," with a selection of wraps created from mostly scratch ingredients. They're positioned as made-to-order deli options or pre-made for grab-and-go. "We try to give our operators the recipes as far in advance as possible to let them have time to source products," he reports.
Most popular of the recipes is the tandoori chicken wrap with marinated, grilled and diced chicken rolled in the wrap along with almond/raisin jasmine rice, grilled onions, cucumber raita (a yogurt-based cucumber sauce), plus parsley/mint chutney (parsley and mint pureed with a bit of vinegar).
With the development of the new Mexican and Asian concepts off his plate, so to speak, Esposito confides he's now thinking about developing several Spanish concepts to meet the next wave of interest in yet another authentic ethnic cuisine.
Ken Toong, director of dining and retail service at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, is originally from Hong Kong and prides himself on offering a broad selection of authentic Asian cuisine. In fact, traditional dim sum is available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Students stir their own: Cook-to-order stir-fries have long been a solid draw, but Toong has been avidly promoting the cook-your-own stir-fry concept. "With 13,000 students on meal plans, we need to make food more interesting and this concept—with a chef out there to assist them—draws a couple of hundred a night," he reports. "Some days the selection includes bamboo shoots, bok choy, chicken, beef, pork or fish. There are two choices each time and different sauces, but soy black bean sauce and hoisin are available each lunch and dinner."
Toong wanted food on the express line to be prepared just-in-time, so he hired a restaurant chef who makes sure that batch cooking is completed every 15 minutes. "It's a different crowd all the time and stir-fry is one of the most popular concepts at all colleges. Here, 30% to 40% choose it on any given day," he says. "The challenge for us is how to make it quick, fresh and tasty."
Fast Thai: Toong has also expanded Asian selections to include Thai and Vietnamese and offers a pho noodle bar at the International station twice a week. There's also a Thai retail concept on campus. "The Talesai Café in the foodcourt in the Campus Center Student Union Complex was inspired by Talesai, a restaurant in West Hollywood, Calf.," he explains. "Their chef did a demonstration at a conference I attended to show us how to make Thai into a fast (food) concept. We buy the sauce from them and offer six different entrees, from Pad Thai to grilled chicken with Thai sauce; all are priced from $4.50 to $5.50 with sides included.
"It's been running almost a year and sales are up 35% versus the Chinese concept that was previously there," Toong continues. "The food is all batch-cooked, no more than six portions at a time. Students choose this perhaps once or twice a week and it fills the bill because it's something different and authentic."
Recently, Toong has been inserting Mediterranean items into the regular three-week cycle on the all-you-can-eat programs in keeping with his goal to offer more healthy options. Choices include three types of olives on the salad bar as well as main entrees such as grilled pork loin with sumac onion; or Italian cioppino seafood stew—and North African couscous with roasted vegetables is always available.
Mix it up: "Our goal is to continue to add more Moroccan and Mediter-ranean items," he says. "We already offer an Indian concept in The Hatch, one of our foodcourts. We feature five or six entrees prepared by two of our Indian employees. Five percent of our population is Indian, so the demand is there for us to serve more Indian. Now we sell a couple hundred (portions) a day. Since I started in this business 20 years ago with Marriott in Canada, I've seen the emphasis on diversity, variety, authenticity and now healthy. Students like to mix a bit of this and that—maybe sushi, a Moroccan entrée, something from the salad bar, then an American dessert. But each item needs to be authentic."
Students aren't the only ones who enjoy mixing and matching their authentic ethnic items. Historically, a retirement home's residents generally came from the surrounding neighborhood and were of the same ethnicity.
But today the neighborhood is often the world in microcosm, as Herb Thomas, assistant director of food and nutrition services at United Odd Fellow & Rebekah Home in The Bronx, N.Y., has discovered.
Comfort Cuban: What was once a mostly Jewish and Italian population at this 213-bed facility has transitioned to include retirees from Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and other nations. Therefore, to please his diverse clientele, he's expanded the menu. "We menu Cuban ropa vieja, a stew of shredded beef with cilantro, fresh garlic, tomatoes, onions and green pepper," he says. "It's comfort food and we menu it as a main item once in our four-week-cycle—160 portions are gone each time."
Arroz con pollo is also menued as a regular item, while quesadillas—the bean and cheese variety—are prepared just before they're to be transported to the floors for buffet service For a Jamaican curried chicken with rice, coarsely shredded cabbage is seasoned with a bit of thyme, garlic, chicken base and onions, then sautéed a bit to maintain its crispness.
Jamaican beef patties—basically mini pies filled with ground beef—are menued as an alternate entrée (30 portions each time) about twice a month. A number of Italian dishes including chicken piccata, chicken Marsala and three types of lasagna, as well as Middle European favorites such as blintzes, knishes and pot roast with oven-browned potatoes and red cabbage, continue to be menu mainstays.
"We serve blintzes about three times a month, alternating between cheese and apple varieties, and the Latino residents like blintzes and knishes as well as the Jewish population," Thomas says. "Our menu items cross all ethnicities—everybody tries a bit of everything and they enjoy the diversity."
Corn chip pie flies: One of the most popular dishes among the more than 350 students attending Cleveland Middle School in Albuquerque, N.M., is corn chip pie. All 350 portions prepared sell out when it's menued once a month, notes cafeteria manager/site supervisor Catherine Martinez.
To prepare the corn chip pie, "you make a meat and red bean chili; pinto beans and ground beef are mixed with red chili sauce," she explains. "A drugstore/luncheonette in Santa Fe started serving this some years ago and now everyone in New Mexico has eaten it. It sells better than pizza."
Mexican food is menued at least once a week and sometimes more. Chinese and Italian dishes are also popular with the students. Spaghetti and meatballs is a particular favorite, though it is arguably as American as apple pie. Still, staff are still committed to keeping recipes authentic as possible by using fresh ingredients.
Martinez is quick to point out that all ground beef—including beef crumbles—comes in frozen and pre-cooked to avoid E. coli contamination. But, the tomato sauce is basically from scratch since the foodservice staff grinds the tomatoes for a real homemade sauce, she says. And that's about as "homemade" as an Italian comfort food in New Mexico can get.


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AKRON -- A judge ready to sentence a fourth man in a failed plot to bomb a highway bridge asked him on Thursday if he should step aside from the bench because of bias.
U.S. District Court Judge David Dowd asked the attorney for defendant Anthony Hayne to discuss the issue with Hayne before Friday's sentencing in Akron.
The issue involves comments the judge made to Cleveland's The Plain Dealer newspaper that were favorable to three co-defendants sentenced last week.
The judge said if Hayne, who's from Cleveland, concludes the comments showed bias, he would remove himself from the case.
Hayne, 35, hopes his plea deal gives him half of the eight- to 11-year sentences his co-defendants got, not half the longer terms sought by the government. The judge called the longer recommendations grotesque.
On Thursday, Connor Stevens, of Berea, became the last of the other three men to appeal his sentence as too harsh. Stevens, 21, was sentenced to eight years and one month as the least involved, but the government asked for 19 years.
The judge had praised Stevens' comments court before his sentencing and predicted all three would emerge from prison as better people.
A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Steve Dettelbach said there would be no comment on the judge's bias query to Hayne. Hayne's attorney, Michael O'Shea, declined to comment.
Hayne's plea change request, filed the day the other three men were sentenced, was conditional on whether he gets a more lenient sentence than his co-defendants. His attorney said his plea deal in return for cooperation could still mean a longer sentence than the terms handed down to his co-defendants.
The co-defendants pleaded guilty after Hayne but without plea deals promising cooperation.
The men are described by the government as self-proclaimed anarchists who acted out of anger against corporate America and the government. The defense has called the investigation a case of entrapment, with an FBI informant guiding the way.
The men, who had been active in the Occupy Cleveland movement against financial inequality and what they called corporate greed, targeted a bridge over Cuyahoga Valley National Park between Cleveland and Akron, authorities said. The FBI has said that the public was never in danger and that the device was a dud provided by the informant.
A fifth co-defendant is undergoing a psychiatric exam at a federal prison outside Boston.


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Type I Diabetes: Different, but no Less Important
The recent and projected rise in rates of Type 2 diabetes in the United States and the world has led to important improvements in general understanding of this complex disease, however another consequence seems to be a reduction in the amount of education and general information that is made available to people with Type 1 diabetes. The reason for this discrepancy is the dramatic distribution of diabetes in the US, with over 80% of people with diabetes having Type 2 diabetes. Arguably from a public health perspective, this choice is the correct one, i.e. spending more time and resources on educating about the more common form. However, if you are an individual with Type 1 diabetes, it is reasonable to want more attention and resources directed to further understanding of Type 1. I am guilty of this same phenomenon in my writing for Diabetes Action, my articles, with few exceptions, have been directed more to those suffering from Type 2 than from Type 1. I do not expect this article to fully make up for this disparity, but I hope it does help answer some questions and, more importantly, debunk some misconceptions.
What Causes Type 1?
Type 1 diabetes is fundamentally an autoimmune condition of insulin deficiency- however how this deficiency occurs originally is not fully known for all people. "Autoimmune" means your body produces antibodies to your own tissues, in this case the pancreatic beta cells that produce and secrete insulin; essentially your body thinks certain tissues are foreign and unwanted and therefore attacks them.
Briefly, some of the existing theories about factors that cause type 1 diabetes include diabetes as a viral disease, lack of breastfeeding, dietary exposures, and deficiencies of certain vitamins, including vitamin D. The food exposures that have been linked to increased rates of diabetes include dairy products and some cereal grains. However this data is not very consistent and generally not robust enough in size or design to make definitive claims regarding exposure. Some studies have shown elevated antibodies to dairy proteins and cereal grains in individuals with Type 1 diabetes. Fortunately, food exposures are still being studied. A large study is underway to determine if dairy exposure early in childhood increases risk for developing Type 1 diabetes. Also, at the University of Washington, a group of researchers will be conducting a clinical trial evaluating using supplemental vitamin D to see if extra vitamin D reduces risk of Type 1 diabetes. Fortunately, we are going to learn more about risk factors for developing Type 1 diabetes, but unfortunately this research isn't going to do much for those who already have the disease.
Should I Avoid Milk and Cereal Grains if I have Type 1 Diabetes?
I wish I knew the answer to this question absolutely, but as with most questions, the answer is very individualized. In my observations in practice, almost everyone has food sensitivities to a few foods- and some people have sensitivities to many foods- and as a general rule I think it is important to general health and quality of life to avoid these foods. However, a "sensitivity" is a very general word that could mean anything from a food causing a little extra gas, to making your joints hurt or producing frank pain and discomfort. So having a food "sensitivity" and having antibodies to foods can be separate issues. Antibodies for foods can be tested. Further confusing matters, there are other autoimmune diseases that have clear relationships with foods. The prime example of this type of "allergy" or "intolerance" is celiac disease, a condition in which the body produces antibodies against gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains. In celiac disease, the structure of the protein is similar to some markers on cells in the intestines, and thus a cross reactivity occurs.
I generally think avoiding food sensitivities- and allergies- is important, but I don't think we know enough about how these allergies affect health to make any special recommendations for those people with Type 1 diabetes. The lame, but accurate, answer is there just isn't any data that suggests avoiding foods that you have antibodies against does any good for long term health in diabetes- unless a frank "allergy" (e.g. peanut allergy, seafood allergy, etc) or a separate autoimmune process related to foods (e.g. like celiac disease) exists.
If I have Type 1 Diabetes am I at Risk for Other Autoimmune Disorders?
Yes. It is generally accepted that individuals with Type 1 diabetes do have increased risk for developing several other autoimmune disorders; the most common concurrent autoimmune diseases include Celiac disease and Hashimotos thyroiditis[1].
Celiac disease is a digestive disease where the body cross-reacts with gluten (a protein in wheat, rye, oats, spelt and barley) and certain markers on cells in the intestines. The result can be serious abdominal pain and malabsorption of protein and vitamins. In certain cases, a rash is also present. There is a wide range of symptom severity in celiac disease. Blood tests for celiac disease are available from your doctor; the best tests include anti-endomysial antibody and anti-tissue transglutaminase. Older tests, including anti-gliaden antibodies, are still tested but are less sensitive than newer tests.
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is a disease of the thyroid gland, a small organ at the base of the throat. Hashimoto's ultimately leads to destruction of the thyroid gland, requiring thyroid replacement therapy. Hashimoto's can present as a disease of increased thyroid function (while the gland is being destroyed extra hormone can enter the circulation), but more commonly it presents as a slow, progressive reduction of thyroid function. Some doctors only test global blood markers of thyroid status (i.e. thyroid stimulating hormone or TSH) when testing the function of the thyroid gland and may not believe in testing antibodies. However, the combination of antibodies called anti-TPO antibodies along with an elevated TSH makes the diagnosis.
Some controversy exists regarding the best reference range for thyroid studies like TSH; my opinion is that clinical signs and symptoms should direct the decision regarding whether or not to replace thyroid hormone, and I think individuals with Type 1 diabetes deserve special consideration when making this decision.
The presence of either of these conditions can have a significant impact on controlling Type 1 diabetes. For example, thyroid abnormalities affect how long insulin stays active in circulation but also regulates metabolic activity, which impacts insulin sensitivity.
"I Can Eat Whatever I Want as Long as I Take Enough Insulin."
The statement above is one the misconceptions about Type 1 diabetes that I spend considerable time trying to debunk in practice. In my opinion, the worst mistake an individual with Type 1 diabetes can make is to think that they are immune or somehow protected from the dangers of poor diet choices or lack of exercise because they can just use more insulin. In fact, I would propose that because people with Type 1 are more likely to have periodic increases in their blood glucose do to inadequate insulin coverage, it is much more important for people with Type 1 to follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly.
It becomes very difficult clinically when patients with Type1 also develop the features of Type 2 diabetes, i.e. insulin resistance. This "double diabetes" is difficult to manage even with the newest insulin formulations and the best drugs.
So what should someone with Type 1 diabetes eat? Whole, healthy foods low in saturated fat, high in mono and polyunsaturated fats (like olive oil, flax oil, walnut oil, avocado oil, and fish oils) high in fiber with lots of colorful vegetables and fruits and free of refined carbohydrates, fried foods or too much animal-based protein. Sound familiar? It should, because I have written about it a few times in past articles on Type 2 diabetes! (see Are You What You Eat? and Got Fiber). The rules for a healthy diet don't change for people with Type 1 diabetes. The dietary risk factors for developing insulin resistance and heart disease still apply, despite using extra insulin.
Do Differences in Insulin Therapy and Timing Matter?
There are reasons to think that tissue damage occurs during periods of hyperglycemia, and the degree of damage is proportional to the degree of hyperglycemia. For example, in the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), if post-meal blood sugar was well-controlled there were fewer complications than others with the same hemoglobin A1c measurement (a measure of blood sugar over about 3 months- rather than just day to day) but without their post-meal glucose well controlled[2]. Although this study was performed on individuals with Type 2 diabetes, there is reason to believe the same degree of damage occurs during hyperglycemia in people with Type 1. Test tube models suggest high blood glucose after meals increased susceptibility of LDL cholesterol to oxidative stress (see Cholesterol: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly for more information on oxidized LDLs) [3]. A study in humans, performed by Monnier et al., found that a measure of oxidative stress, called isoprostanes, was closely correlated to the degree of high blood glucose, suggesting not only average blood sugar is important, but also the variability of blood glucose [2,4].
For these reasons, the timing and type of insulin can matter significantly. For example, many pepople with Type 1 diabetes chose to use pre-mixed insulin in which the long-acting and short-acting insulin are combined. This type of insulin preparation can be used safely and effectively for a long time, but in my opinion, it can be very difficult to finely tune glucose variability because the rapid acting insulin doesn't often last long enough to cover some part of the day and the long-acting insulin isn't as stable as some administered separately. The end result are periods of time, sometime hours, during the day when there isn't enough insulin in circulation to be effective- resulting in high blood glucose and impacting glucose variability. Although separate short- and long-acting insulin requires more injections, the results are frequently better as more precision is possible.
Similarly, checking your blood glucose to see if you need insulin supplements is a good habit. Insulin "supplements" are small doses of short- or rapid-acting insulin, usually only a few units, given to compensate for too low of an insulin dose for a given meal, or to compensate for say a workout that wasn't quite long enough to bring down glucose to target levels. The best time to use insulin supplements are before meals (if your blood sugar is too high going into a meal, your insulin supplement gets added to the dose you anticipate needed to cover the meal you are about to eat), about 1 hour after an exercise workout and about 3 hours after a meal. You should always check your blood sugar first to see if you need a little extra insulin to get you to target. Although every person responds differently, a good rule of thumb for an insulin supplement is to use one extra unit per 50-point (mg/dL) elevation in blood sugar relative to your goal.
Are There Nutritional Supplements I Should Take if I have Type 1 Diabetes?
Of course, this is a very individualized question depending on the duration of diabetes, whether any complications are present and the status of other health conditions and risk factors, especially risk factors for heart disease. For the generally healthy person with Type 1 diabetes, I do not recommend more than a good quality multivitamin, a healthy diet and regular exercise. However, if complications are present then other supplements can be helpful. Rather than attempt to provide an exhaustive list here, I encourage you to read over the article archives and decide if any of the risk factors or complications I discuss in past articles are relevant to your situation. Since the primary concern with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is the damage caused by high blood sugar, many of the same supplements are very useful.
Type 1 diabetes is no less important to manage than Type 2 diabetes, although in some ways the management is easier due to the obligate need for insulin. Although using insulin does allow one to tightly control blood sugar despite dietary choices, I caution against using insulin to compensate for a poor, highly inflammatory diet; instead I strongly recommend following a healthy, whole foods diet with lots of vegetables and plant-based proteins. Tight blood glucose control- both a low average and a low degree of variability- is important for reducing the risk of developing diabetic complications. Therefore insulin supplements- or small, extra doses taken to correct elevations- are important to incorporate into your daily routine (as needed of course). Finally, nutritional supplements really aren't necessary in people with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes who remain free of insulin resistance, elevations in other heart disease risk factors, or complications from their diabetes.
Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH May, 2008
1. Ch'ng, C.L., M.K. Jones, and J.G. Kingham, Celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease. Clin Med Res, 2007. 5(3): p. 184-92.
2. Brownlee, M. and I.B. Hirsch, Glycemic variability: a hemoglobin A1c-independent risk factor for diabetic complications. Jama, 2006. 295(14): p. 1707-8.
3. de Castro, S.H., H.C. Castro-Faria-Neto, and M.B. Gomes, Association of postprandial hyperglycemia with in vitro LDL oxidation in non-smoking patients with type 1 diabetes--a cross-sectional study. Rev Diabet Stud, 2005. 2(3): p. 157-64.
4. Monnier, L., et al., Activation of oxidative stress by acute glucose fluctuations compared with sustained chronic hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. Jama, 2006. 295(14): p. 1681-7.


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The VFW joined President Barack Obama and leaders in veterans' advocacy at the White House yesterday [Monday] to sign the VOW to Hire Heroes Act into law. This comprehensive piece of veterans' jobs legislation passed both houses of Congress with unanimous bipartisan support before reaching the president's desk thanks in large part to the advocacy of the VFW on the issue of veterans' unemployment.
Over the last few years, the VFW has consistently passed a resolution at the VFW National Convention calling on Congress to address the ever-growing unemployment crisis among veterans, particularly the men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. VFW then testified in support of comprehensive veterans' jobs legislation before both the House and Senate in the lead-up to the compromise bill that the president signed yesterday [Monday].
Both Republican and Democratic leaders, like House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., joined the president, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden at the White House to mark the bipartisan victory that will help veterans become more marketable employees in a cut-throat jobs market.
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|The Third Way: Direct Instruction in France
|Pédagogie Explicite - Historique du courant
|Écrit par Françoise Appy
|Lundi, 01 Janvier 2007 00:00
Common Knowledge - The Newsletter of the Core Knowledge Foundation - Vol. 20, n° 1, janvier 2007
The Third Way: Direct Instruction in France
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Françoise Appy and her husband, Bernard, have become regular contributors to Common Knowledge. Their enthusiasm for reform of teaching methods and standards in France should serve to motivate all of us and remind us of our core mission. Françoise and Bernard will attend the 2007 National Conference in Washington, D.C.
Primary education in France is influenced by two movements defined by very different conceptions of instruction — the traditional approach and the constructivist or progressive approach. Because of the ideological connotations, movements, and politics behind each method, various controversies between them lead to endless and often abstract debate. As a result of these quarrels, the future and wellbeing of French children becomes secondary.
Our Route
While considering the reform of education in France, our first question was, "do we want to formally teach children or do we want them to build naturally on their knowledge?" Because educational progressivism has been deemed inefficient and unsuccessful since the 1970s, the first option seems more logical. However, in the traditional Ecoles Normales1, soon-to-be teachers are only taught one model for teaching: the well-known and officially recognized Progressivism. Today, despite poor classroom results, "hands-on" constructionist methods are still defended by many, resulting in noisy, exhausted classes that learn little in the way of knowledge or skill. Discovery learning, which is more or less imposed by the teachers, is responsible for much of this educational chaos. Also to blame are the absence of redoubling, cycles,2 misdirected input from parents, and, at times, teachers' decision-making powers.
Simply put, primary school no longer prepares children for further education. Aside from the intellectual damage it causes, a lack of education keeps entire social groups from advancement, the tools of power, and the intellectual capital necessary to become productive "éclaire" citizens. What are we to think of a society that abandons some of its members?
Why a third way?
In our daily practice as educators, we continually improve our teaching and make changes according to real results. Desiring to teach in the more successful, traditional manner, one is stuck between effective teaching and reverting back to schools as they were in the 1950s. French traditional teaching has always been strong, but reproducing this older style would be an anachronism. Certainly it would mean "yesterday teaching about tomorrow," but another aphorism should be added here: "tomorrow can't be the mirror of yesterday." In order for teachers to effectively deliver knowledge to their students in a way that reflects a new style and a new culture, teachers need modern abilities and methods. Formerly, traditional teaching focused on the teacher and long, magisterial lessons, placing students in a secondary, passive role in which their understanding was neglected. Responsive exercises were few and feedback on progress was scarce. As most current teachers were themselves taught using this method, they know firsthand that this cannot be recreated in today's schools.
A few years after we started our reflection on problems in education, we discovered Direct Instruction, which embraced goals, methods, and philosophies similar to our own. We contacted proponents of Direct Instruction in the United States and Canada and read as much as we could on the subject. When I read The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Have Them (1996), I was sure that it revealed education's new path. Thanks to this book and the work of E.D. Hirsch, Jr., we were introduced to Core Knowledge. We also read the works of Clermont Gautier and worked with educators in Switzerland who are reforming their educational system in a similar manner. (See also TASIS article.)
Our Third Way is a route to the future that doesn't refuse new technologies or sciences and allows young French people to begin their secondary studies in the best conditions. Our approach focuses on efficiency and pragmatism — words long forgotten in our educational system.
Our ambitions
We began our website [http://appy.ecole.free.fr] in December of 2002 and were introduced to Core Knowledge and Direct Instruction in Spring 2006. In the summer of 2006, we started a Yahoo user group to build a community of interested individuals. Our contacts at Core Knowledge helped us publish a newsletter, and, since then, we've been communicating with teachers in the United States.
We would like to see a real "liberté pédagogique."3 You are free only when you can choose. Proposing Direct Instruction in teacher's training colleges would be a major step toward that kind of freedom. Far from imposing our will, we desire to spread knowledge of our methods and make them available to all.
1. Normal schools where, as in the U.S., students learned the "norms" of teaching. Now, in France, they are called IUFM—Instituts Universitaires de Formation des Maîtres.


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TUESDAY, May 29, 2012 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that people with unhealthy lifestyles are more likely to eat better and watch less TV if they receive financial incentives, use technology to track their progress and get reminders from coaches.
It's not clear how much a program like this might cost overall, or exactly why it might work, but the study lead author said costs could drop if the coaches are virtual, not live, and she emphasized the larger message -- that a couple of simple changes in behavior can spur lasting changes.
"People are able to make healthy lifestyle changes, and they're able to make them a lot faster, sooner and larger than most of us would have believed possible," said Bonnie Spring, a professor of preventive medicine, psychology, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "And once they make them, 86 percent of people tried to keep it up."
The researchers launched the study to see what might inspire people to change bad habits that put them at risk of heart disease and cancer. "People usually have more than one unhealthy behavior," Spring said. "It's so hard to know where to begin, and folks tend to get overwhelmed because they don't know how to manage it."
The researchers recruited 204 people, with an average age of 33, who had four signs of poor health: high saturated-fat levels, low consumption of fruits and vegetables, high amounts of sedentary leisure time and low levels of exercise.
"We made the assumption that we couldn't get people to change all four at once," Spring said. "We wanted to see that if we could get them to change two, would we get freebies -- some others that would come along for the ride and improve?"
The study authors randomly assigned the subjects to treatments targeting two of the four problem areas. The target goals were eating five fruits and vegetables a day and limiting sedentary time to 90 minutes daily, or exercising for 60 minutes a day and keeping saturated fats to less than 8 percent of daily diet.
All had to use personal digital assistants to track their progress and communicate via email or phone with coaches. The participants could earn $175 for meeting goals.
The researchers found that average daily fruit and vegetable intake grew from 1.2 to 5.5 servings over three weeks, while sedentary leisure -- typically TV time -- fell from 219 to 89 minutes. Saturated fat, as a percentage of overall calories, fell from 12 percent to 9.4 percent.
However, even though most participants at a 20-week follow-up said they tried to continue their lifestyles, they had trouble. Their daily consumption of fruits and vegetables fell to an average of 2.9 per day, while their minutes of sedentary leisure grew to 126 minutes a day and their percentage of saturated fat calories rose to 9.9 percent.
Overall, targeting fruit and vegetable consumption and couch-potato lifestyles proved more effective than attempting to reduce saturated fats and increase physical activity, the researchers found. But that might have been because those goals were easier to achieve, one expert said.
So, did the coaching or the money make the difference? "We really don't know," Spring said. "What's important to realize is that if you talk to most physicians, they do not believe you can get people to make behavior changes like this."
As for cost, in the future it may be possible to create virtual coaches and use smartphone apps to replace the live coaches, which would considerably lower the cost, she said.
William Riley, a program director in the division of cardiovascular sciences at the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, who wrote a commentary accompanying the study, said the cost may be low long-term if the strategies improve people's health.
"If just one person using this intervention had just one less outpatient office visit as a result of improved health, that would offset the cost of the $175 incentive provided in this study," Riley said. "Think what the cost savings would be if this monetary incentive prevented one or more participants from developing diabetes or having a heart attack."
The study appears in the May 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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18 February 2014 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Novartis acquires CoStim
Singapore: Global pharmaceutical firm, Novartis, has acquired CoStim Pharmaceuticals, a privately held biotechnology company, broadening its cancer immunotherapy research program.
Increasing evidence points to the role of the immune system in controlling cancer and to opportunities for creating effective oncology therapies for cancer patients by stimulating a targeted immune response.
Already leading in cancer immunotherapy, with investigative chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technology being developed in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, with this acquisition Novartis is adding late discovery stage immunotherapy programs directed to several targets. These medicines could benefit patients by circumventing cancer's ability to develop resistance against current single drugs.
"Therapy for many types of cancers are expected to increasingly rely upon rational combinations of agents," said Dr Mark Fishman, president, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
Dr Fishman also added, "Immunotherapy agents provide additional arrows in our quiver for such combinations. They complement our extensive portfolio of drugs that hit genetically-defined cancer-causing pathways, and also may be relevant to expansion of CAR therapies."


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The District of Columbia has awarded $1.7 billion in tax breaks to developers in the past decade, and more than a third of that total has gone to 10 developers that donated the most to city politicians' campaigns over that time, according to WAMU-FM.
An investigation by WAMU-FM examined the political contributions of developers who've received subsidies from the city.
WAMU found that groups receiving subsidies gave more than $2.5 million to political campaigns in the District. Almost half of the donors used multiple affiliates to contribute, and 19 of them had more than 10 affiliates. District law allows for businesspeople to make donations from multiple limited-liability corporations.
The 10 developers that donated the most were part of teams that received $641 million in subsidies.


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The analytic finance concentration allows you to gain a deeper and more precise knowledge of financial theories, their application to a variety of business problems, and the empirical work by which we learn how the financial world works. Chicago Booth offers the largest number of advanced finance classes of any business school, and the analytic finance concentration gives recognition to students who pursue this specialization.
At Chicago Booth, you'll learn to do cutting-edge analysis as practiced in hedge funds, investment banks, risk management, and more. How do you evaluate a hedge-fund manager? How should an airline hedge its exposure to jet fuel costs? How is the value of a structured mortgage product affected if interest rates rise 1%? What is the evidence that the "carry trade" in international markets works? You will learn the quantitative tools needed to sift through complex financial data and analysis to create innovative solutions to real financial issues.
You'll have the chance to explore activities outside the classroom in numerous ways that will also allow you to build new skills, relationships, and networks. These include:
You'll have the option of taking courses that address your individual career choices. Samples include:
You'll study with professors who conduct groundbreaking research and are recognized for their impact on the theories and models associated with investments and financial markets.
John H. Cochrane, AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, is a research associate and past director of the asset pricing program of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. His recent publications include the book Asset Pricing and numerous articles on his research topics.
Lin William Cong, assistant professor of finance, primarily studies corporate finance and investments. His research interests include real options, entrepreneurial finance, market efficiency, statistical learning, financial intermediation, and China's economy and capital markets. He was a George Shultz Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and a PhD Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies.
George M. Constantinides, Leo Melamed Professor of Finance, studies the causes of the historically observed premium of equity returns over bond returns, the value premium, and the size premium; the pricing and hedging of fixed-income securities, options, futures, and other derivatives; the effects of transaction costs and taxes on the pricing of derivatives; and portfolio management.
Douglas W. Diamond, Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, specializes in the study of financial intermediaries, financial crises, and liquidity. His work has appeared in such notable journals as the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Finance, the Review of Economic Studies, the American Economic Review, and the Journal of Political Economy.
Eugene F. Fama, Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, is widely recognized as the "father of modern finance." Fama is among the most cited of America's researchers. He focuses much of his study on the relation between risk and return and implications for portfolio management.
Stefano Giglio, assistant professor of finance, has research interests that span several topics, including asset pricing, macroeconomics, and real estate, with a particular focus on the role of frictions in credit markets. His work has been published in the American Economic Review and in the Journal of Monetary Economics. His most recent paper explores the role of counterparty risk in Credit Default Swap markets and its relation to the measurement of systemic risk. For his work at Harvard, he has received the Martin Cornerstone Grant and the Douglas Dillon Fellowship from the University.
Sam Hartzmark, assistant professor of finance, studies asset pricing and behavioral finance. His research has appeared in the Journal of Financial Economics and the Quarterly Journal of Finance. He has received a number of awards, including the UBS Global Asset Management Award, the Michael J. Barclay young scholar award, and he was a finalist for the 2014 AQR Insight award.
Tarek Hassan, associate professor of finance and economics, studies applied and theoretical econometrics, the uses of high-dimensional statistical methods in economic applications, estimation of panel data models, quantile regression, and weak instruments. In 2008, Hassan was named a Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow.
Zhiguo He, associate professor of finance and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow, is primarily interested in agency frictions in corporate finance and asset pricing, with a special focus on contract theory. Before joining the Chicago Booth faculty in 2008, he was visiting the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University as a postdoctoral fellow. He also taught at Northwestern University, and was a stock analyst at the China International Capital Corporation in Beijing in 2001.
John C. Heaton, Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance; Deputy Dean for Faculty, studies asset pricing, portfolio allocation, and time-series economics. His research in these areas has earned him numerous fellowships, including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Fellowship, and a Provost Fund Fellowship from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Steven Neil Kaplan, Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, was named one of Businessweek's top 12 business teachers in the country, and has served on the boards of Illinois Venture Capital Association and Morningstar. He is widely published in academic journals and often quoted for his expertise in publications like the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
Anil Kashyap, Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics and Finance and Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow, focuses his research on banking, business cycles, corporate finance, price setting, and monetary policy. His research has won him numerous awards, including a Sloan Research Fellowship, the Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Sciences, and a Senior Houblon-Norman Fellowship from the Bank of England.
Brian Kelly, associate professor of finance, has research interests including theoretical and empirical asset pricing; models of tail risk, volatility and correlation dynamics; and asymmetric information in asset markets. He is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an associate editor of the Journal of Financial Econometrics.
Juhani Linnainmaa, associate professor of finance, studies investor behavior, asset pricing models and portfolio choice, and mutual fund performance. His published research includes "Do limit orders alter inferences about investor performance and behavior?" which appeared in the Journal of Finance and "Do investors buy what they know? Product market choices and investment decisions," which appeared in the Review of Financial Studies.
Gregor Matvos, associate professor of finance, studies corporate finance and organizational economics. His paper "Cross-Ownership, Returns, and Voting in Mergers," written with Michael Ostrovsky, is published in the Journal of Financial Economics and has been covered in several media, including the Financial Times and US News.
Scott Meadow, clinical professor of entrepreneurship, has been a general partner in private equity for more than 25 years, and has founded such projects as Sports Authority and Sunrise Assisted Living.
Tobias J. Moskowitz, Fama Family Professor of Finance, was recognized by the American Finance Association with its 2007 Fischer Black Prize, which honors the top finance scholar under the age of 40. The award cited his "ingenious and careful use of newly available data to address fundamental questions in finance."
Stavros Panageas, associate professor of finance, studies asset pricing and macroeconomics. Previously he has taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research and he has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the London School of Economics.
Lubos Pastor, Charles P. McQuaid Professor of Finance, focuses his research mostly on financial markets and asset management. His latest work analyzes the effects of political uncertainty on asset prices. He has also written on a broad range of topics such as liquidity risk, stock price bubbles, portfolio choice, performance evaluation, stock volatility, return predictability, technological revolutions, and IPOs. He has analyzed various effects of parameter uncertainty and learning in finance.
Jacopo Ponticelli, assistant professor of finance, is an applied economist that primarily studies corporate finance and development economics. Most of his work is focused on financial frictions faced by firms in emerging economies. His latest paper, "Court Enforcement and Firm Productivity," studies the role of the judicial system in shaping the impact of a bankruptcy reform in Brazil.
Raghuram G. Rajan, Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, is on leave from Chicago Booth, serving as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Rajan was chief economist at the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to 2006. He is the author, along with fellow Chicago Booth faculty member Luigi Zingales, of the book Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists. He received the inaugural Fischer Black Prize in 2003.
Kevin Rock, AM '80, MBA '80, PhD '82, clinical professor of finance, has been a faculty member in the finance area at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Jeff Russell, Alper Family Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, conducts research on financial econometrics, time series, applied econometrics, empirical market microstructure, and high frequency financial data. Russell's recent research has focused on using intraday price data to measure and predict financial asset volatility. His research is supported by a Morgan Stanley Equity Microstructure Grant, and he is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
Amit Seru, professor of finance, is interested in issues related to financial intermediation and regulation, interaction of internal organization of firms with financing and investment, and incentive provision in firms. His papers in these areas have been published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics and the Review of Financial Studies.
Kelly Shue, assistant professor of finance, focuses her research on social networks, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, credit markets, and corporate social responsibility. Her current research explores the extent to which financial markets underreact to "no news," i.e., the pure passage of time. Her work on executive social networks was awarded the 2012 Wharton School-WRDS Award for Best Empirical Finance Paper.
Amir Sufi, Chicago Board of Trade Professor of Finance, studies the broad areas of finance and macroeconomics. His research has won numerous prizes, including the Brattle Prize for Distinguished Paper from the Journal of Finance and the inaugural Young Researcher Prize from the Review of Financial Studies. Sufi has articles published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. His recent research on housing and the macroeconomy has been profiled in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Economist. He was also awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 2011.
Margarita Tsoutsoura, associate professor of finance, studies empirical corporate finance, entrepreneurial finance, family firms, and financial intermediation. Her most recent research for her dissertation looked at the effect of succession taxes on entrepreneurs' succession decisions, investment decisions, and financial policies. Tsoutsoura earned the 2009 Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for this work, which is titled "The Effect of Succession Taxes on Family Firm Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment." The Fulbright Fellowship and the WFA Trefftzs Award are amongst Tsoutsoura's other varied honors and fellowships.
Pietro Veronesi, Roman Family Professor of Finance, conducts research that focuses on asset pricing, stock and bond valuation under Bayesian uncertainty and learning, stock market bubbles and crashes, return predictability and stochastic volatility, and equilibrium models on political uncertainty and asset prices. Veronesi is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Rob Vishny, Myron S. Scholes Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, currently teaches a course titled Behavioral and Institutional Finance. Vishny previously taught Cases in Financial Management and Corporation Finance at Chicago Booth over a 20-year period.
Michael Weber, assistant professor of finance and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, research interests include asset pricing, macroeconomics, international finance, and household finance. His work on downside risk in currency markets and other asset classes earned the 2013 AQR Insight Award and is forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics.
Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and the David G. Booth Faculty Fellow, is coauthor with Raghuram G. Rajan of Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists. The book received acclaim from the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
Eric Zwick, assistant professor of finance and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, studies the interaction between public policy and corporate behavior, with a focus on fiscal stimulus, taxation, and housing policy. His research draws insights from finance and behavioral economics while using a variety of methods: new data, natural experiments, theory, and anecdotal exploration.
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Project management professionals are well versed in traditional tools like Gantt charts, project plans, and scope documents. What they're not taught are the on-the-job challenges every project faces (resource loss, politics, functionality doesn't work, etc.).
Project Management Reality teaches participants about critical real-world risks and opportunities inherent in every project they undertake. Those risks and opportunities are approached from a perspective on how to anticipate and avoid problems, capture the opportunities quickly, and how to get back on track if and when problems occur. Participants will learn about:
- The Three Cracks in the Foundation of many projects (Sponsor Disengagement, Steering Committee Disengagement, and Team Disengagement)
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The course consists of instructor-introduced concepts and participant application of the methodology to an actual project on which they're working.
The target audience for this course consists of project management professionals, project team members, project sponsors, and steering committee members (translation: this isn't just a traditional project management course – it focuses on the TOTAL business impact of projects). The value of this course to participants and to the organization is:
- More efficient and effective project teams that deliver better project outcomes
- Fewer project execution issues leading to lower costs, higher quality, and decreased cycle time
- Better prepared leaders who can tackle increasingly complex projects
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The Role Of Abundance In Innovation
from the it-increases-it... deptA few weeks back, Dennis wrote about a recent Malcolm Gladwell article in the New Yorker about innovation, but I was just shown another article from the same issue, by Adam Gropnik, which may be even more interesting. Gopnik points to evidence challenging the idea that "necessity is the mother of invention," by noting that more innovation seems to occur in times of abundance, rather than times of hardship. The idea is that in times of hardship you're just focused on getting through the day. You don't have time to experiment and try to improve things -- you make do with what you have. It's in times of plenty that people finally have time to mess around and experiment, invent and then innovate.
This makes a lot of sense... and certainly fits with plenty of other things we've seen in recent research. Innovation tends to occur not because of one brilliant idea from one brilliant individual -- but as an ongoing process, with lots of folks tossing different ideas at the wall, and seeing what sticks. Invention is the beginning process, but then people innovate around various inventions to improve it and make it acceptable to the market. In fact, this is why we tend to think that the long run impact of investment bubbles isn't usually bad. Historically, the impact of bubbles has actually been quite good, and it's for exactly these reasons. Within the bubble there is tremendous abundance, and that allows for many different ideas to get tested incredibly quickly. The bad ones fail, but plenty of good ideas (and infrastructure) stick around. It's bad if you get caught up in the investment bubble, but it's good for the overall economy in the long run.
This also should (again) get people to rethink some issues surrounding patents. If it's that abundance and experimenting that leads to all that innovation, aren't we holding back that innovation by enforcing artificial scarcity, and allowing one company to entirely block others from doing the necessary experiments? In Chris Anderson's latest book, he builds on Carver Mead's idea about transistors becoming so abundant that it makes sense to "waste" them. This makes a tremendous amount of sense if you start to follow through the economic implications of "wasting" goods that are effectively infinite. When "wasted," they create new opportunities where none existed before. The innovation that comes out of abundance comes from such "waste." It comes from the ability to invent and tinker and experiment and see what sticks -- and you can't do that when you have massive scarcities -- real or artificial. So why is it that our innovation policy is still focused on enforcing scarcities when that's the exact opposite of what's needed to encourage innovation?
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Personal awards
At Ericsson, our people are committed to being role models and driving change.
Sara Mazur Named Most Powerful Woman in Digital
Sara Mazur was awarded the prize for Female Role Model of the Year at Telekomgalan on February 4, with the motivation that "the female role models in the Swedish telecom industry are immensely important in order to build an industry where more women will want to contribute at all levels. To be a successful female leader demands many good qualities. This year's winner is a woman who knows her trade and her industry from the inside out. But she has never been afraid to break new ground, and demonstrated strong leadership in a male-dominated organization."
Read more at Swedish Digital magazine
Woman role model of the year in the Swedish telecom industry 2012
For the first time, the Swedish Telecom Gala (Telekomgalan, organized by Telekomnyheterna) honored a woman role model of the year. And the award went to Elaine Weidman-Grünewald, Vice President and Head of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility at Ericsson.
The Mentor Award
Former President and CEO Hans Vestberg and Ericsson received the 2011 Mentor Award from the New York-based Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) for efforts to enhance diversity throughout the company.
Veckans Affärer, Årets gubbe mot strömmen 2012 (Fellow going against the main stream)
Former President and CEO Hans Vestberg received the "2012 Årets gubbe mot strömmen" award from Veckans Affärer for having doubled the number of women in the leadership team.
Women Leadership Excellence Award in ICT Development
Stephanie Huf, Vice President for Communications, Marketing and Government Relations, South East Asia and Oceania, has been given the Women Leadership Excellence Award in ICT Development by CMO Asia in recognition of her contribution to Ericsson's work in Myanmar. This award recognizes and appreciates the role played by women as leaders and decision makers in shaping the future of the region and nation – and who embody the qualities of leadership in displaying active, creative and integrative efforts in achieving the best possible results in the national and regional development plans.
Learn more in the Connecting Myanmar documentary film and The potential economic impact of telecoms in Myanmar report.
The Judy Raper Award for Leadership in Engineering
Pia Seeto, Portfolio Director, Managed Services, received the Judy Raper Award for Leadership in Engineering at the University of New South Wales' (UNSW) Women in Engineering Awards night. This award recognizes a sustained and significant contribution through demonstrated leadership, characterized by passion and commitment, setting bold objectives and achieving results – and most importantly, motivating and mobilizing the talent of others for the benefit of the profession and the community at large.
Pia is actively working within her capacity as Diversity Council Driver for Ericsson Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, to drive initiatives such as talent sponsorship and development of frameworks that build awareness and participation at all levels. In the past she has ensured direct engagement from the executive leadership team with diversity initiatives. Recently, Pia facilitated changes to the selection process for the country unit's graduate program which achieved a 50-50 gender split for graduate intake. This initiative contributed to Ericsson's inclusion in the top 75 Graduate Employers in Australia for the first time.
2017 guys who get it Honorable Guy Award
Prince Kohli, Head of Development Unit IT & Cloud, has been given the 2017 Guys who get it Honorable Guy Award by the Institute for Women's Leadership. The award acknowledges the vision and leadership of C-level executive men within Fortune 500 companies who really "get it" about Gender Partnership.
Company awards
Within every part of our organization, we cultivate an award-winning culture. Why? Because being recognized for excellence in our specialist fields is a vital way of growing our reputation for innovation. Some of our awards include 'Best Workplace for Women Award', 'Minority Engineer Magazine - Top 50 Employer' and 'Great Place to Work'.


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Browsing AgBioForum, vol. 04, no. 3 & 4 (2001) by Title
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|Communicating About Agrobiotechnology
|Communication of Food-Related Risks
|The Dynamics of Scientific Controversies
|Mass Media Communications about Agrobiotechnology
|News' Compartmentalization: Implications for Food Biotechnology Coverage
|A Primer on Risk: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Thinking about Public Understanding about Agbiotech
|The Public Debate on Agrobiotechnology: A Biotech Company's Perspective
|Public Perceptions and Willingness-to-Pay a Premium for Non-GM Foods in the US and UK
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Larry Speakes, former Reagan press secretary, dies at 74
Speakes died Friday at his home in Cleveland, Miss., a funeral home reports.
JACKSON, Miss. — Larry Speakes, who spent six years as acting press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, has died in his native Mississippi. He was 74.
Kenny Williams of the Cleveland Funeral Home says Speakes died Friday at his home in Cleveland, Miss., where he had lived the past several years.
Williams says Speakes had Alzheimer's disease and died in his sleep. He was buried in North Cleveland Cemetery during a private service Friday morning.
Speakes became Reagan's acting spokesman after Press Secretary James Brady was injured during an assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981.
Ronald Reagan's widow, Nancy Reagan, released a statement Friday expressing sympathy and offering prayers for Speakes' family.
"I was saddened to learn about Larry, who served Ronnie with great loyalty in one of the toughest jobs in the White House," the statement read. "He stepped up in very difficult circumstances and was an articulate and respected spokesman day in and day out, including some very historically significant moments. It is a source of special sadness to know he suffered from Alzheimer's disease."
Ronald Reagan suffered from Alzheimer's.
After resigning in 1987, Speakes worked for Merrill Lynch in New York. He returned to Washington in 1988 and worked in public relations for Northern Telecom and the U. S. Postal Service, retiring in 2008.
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