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The current process is an interesting mixture of popular award (all members of the Society can nominate works for any category) and juried (committees for each category use ranked ballots to produce the finalist slate) ... The results are as remarkable as the award's longevity ... the LFS ranges far outside the borders of conventional American libertarian thought ... with equally diverse selections on the nominee lists.
This [past winners and finalists'] list is, I think, a reminder of just why following this particular award can be rewarding for readers of all stripes" —"40 Years of the Prometheus Award," a TOR.com feature-column by James Davis Nicoll (April 2019)
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The Libertarian Futurist Society was founded in 1982 to recognize and promote libertarian science fiction. The LFS is a tax-exempt nonprofit group with an international membership of libertarians and freedom-loving science fiction fans who believe cultural change is as vital as political change in achieving freedom. After all, imagination is the first step in envisioning a free future — and the peace, prosperity and progress that can take humankind to the stars. The LFS presents the annual Prometheus Award for Best Novel, the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for best classic literary works of liberty and occasional Prometheus Special Awards for other categories (short fiction, dramatic presentations, life achievement and similar awards). From 1982 to 2015, we published the quarterly journal, Prometheus. Many of the issues and articles are now available here.
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The Iditarod kicked off over the weekend, and it'll be more than a week before even the best mushers complete the race. That 1000-mile trek through the Alaskan wilds is tough enough, even without having to take bathroom breaks at rest-stop Hardees or pee off the back of your sled, giggling as the stream crystalizes the second it hits the air. (Note: I do not know anything about the physics of outdoor arctic peeing.)
Thankfully, a North Carolina doctor has invented "Pee Pants"—a device designed to give busy professionals a way to relieve themselves without taking a break. At least four mushers are taking the Pee Pants for a test-pee. The apparatus is described as "a mix of bicycle shorts, funnel and a tube that pokes out next to the musher's boot," which, yeah, I guess makes a lot of sense.
According to one of the guinea pigs, it's perfect for "people that can't pee but have to pee." Like your uncle Morty with a prostate the size of a grapefruit.
[Anchorage Daily News, h/t Tim]

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In his enigmastation.com blog, Joseph Ottinger sets the record straight on why caches are not always the right solution to a performance problem, especially when it comes to live data.
"The use of cache on live data, where the data is read-mostly to write-only, is what I find distasteful. There are circumstances which justify their use, as I've already said, but in general the existence of a cache indicates an opportunity for improvement."
Check out Joe's full discussion on the right and the wrong way to use a caching strategy:


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targate SG-1 is a science fiction roleplaying game based on the TV show of the same name. In it, players take the role of an SG team, elite squads of soldiers, scientists and diplomats sent through the Stargate to the alien worlds which lie beyond, There, they must contend with exotic technology, hostile natives, sinister Goa'uld and wary allies, often with only themselves
and their teammates to rely on.
Where to Start?
Assuming you want to design your own unique character from the ground up. here's a list of questions geared to help you visualize him. There are two things to remember when answering these questions. First, try to create a character that you like (that is, someone you could spend personal time with); otherwise you'll soon grow restless.
Second, try not only to answer the following questions, but to ask the underlying question of 'why' for each. For instance, the answer to ; What is the most important event in your character's life may be as simple as
"his graduation from college." Asking why, however, might reveal that he values knowledge, recognition, or even life experience (making the event important because it "freed" him).
Special Note: These questions assume your character works for a largely altruistic group such as the SGC or its well disposed foreign counterparts.
1. Name three traits you would like to see in your character.Sometimes, it's easiest to start with broad strokes. Choose a few descriptive words as the founding theme of your character, such as virtuous,cunning: and witty.
2. Name three traits your character doesn't like in someone else. By the same token. knowing some of your character's basic opinions can help determine his personality and motivations, which we'll get to in a moment.
3. Where was your character born and when? One of the first things you should consider is your character's place of birth. and age. Another question to ask - was your character born in the nation where does he currently work!
4. What is your ideal character's specialty?Is he an expert on the Stargate? Axeno·biologist? A born military leader? A government analyst? Sometimes, answering this question is as easy as knowing your character's favorite subject in high school or college, and extrapolating from there.
5. What does your character look like? Physically describe your character, focusing on the defining aspects that make him/her unique. Physically describe your character, focusing on the defining aspects that make him/her unique. One or two defining physical characteristics or mannerisms is usually enough. Also, determine your character's build. height, weight
6. Does your character have any Quirks?Does your character use a catch phrase, mannerism, signature move, or piece of equipment that he's remembered for?
7. What does your character love most? Does he love work most? He might be a workaholic, A person? He might be a hopeless romantic. Himself? He might be incapable of seeing beyond his own needs and desires.
8.What are your character's favorite things? What are your character's favorite possessions? Does he have a favorite place? Planet? Mission type? Leisure time activity? Color7 Work of art? Genre of fiction or period of history? Kind of music? Band? Food? Drink? Topic? Interests? Car? Weapon? Clothing type? Book? Movie? TV show? Each of these decisions adds a little more depth without predetermining your character's course in the game. It is by no means necessary to know all these things, or even most of them. Just answer as many as you can at the moment and leave the rest for later.
9. What was the most important event in your character's life? Consider his perspective. The most important event in someone's life is usually linked to his strongest opinions or memories. For instance, if your character is self reliant, the most important event in his life might be the death of his
parents. Alternately, if the most important event in your character's life was the first time he took a life he might now be remorseful and pacifistic.
10. What does your character think of the Stargates? Just because your character's career involves interstellar travel doesn't mean that he automatically likes it, Your character might be trying to get out of the SGC (or a similar program) so what's Slopping him? Alternately, he might want to wage the war against the System Lords on his own terms, rather than those of someone or something else. He might also relish the prospect of exploration, living the life of the rugged pioneer to the hill.
11. What is your character's motivation? Finally, why does your character work for the common good? As a member of the SGC, he has dedicated himself to its philosophy and precepts. Why? Is he inherently altruistic, patriotic, or guided by an obligation of some kind? Does he feel responsible for the world?
Answer these questions and step through the gate and begin your character. If you are interested in joining pm me and we will begin on your character.
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text: Hurricane Ike may snack on Mazdas, but it clearly wants to fill its belly with C4 Corvettes. We're not sure if this was a shop or just the warehouse of an owner, but it's a popular vehicle in this area. If the photo makes you sad we'd like to remind you that, even if these cars were running, chances are they would have a tough time finding gas to fuel them. The gas lines continue. Thanks to Keith for the tip! [Photo: Chron.com]


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I Do Believe You Are Blushing by Unrest
Album Description
Certainly one of the cornerstones of U.S. 90's indie rock, Washington DC's Unrest evolved from schizophrenic postpunk roots into finely crafted, texture-heavy, somewhat Brit-reverent, experimental pop music. Records like Malcolm X Park and Imperial FFRR earned them a heavy fan base and eventual gravitation onto 4AD records by 1993 after a huge discography of homegrown releases on leader Mark Robinson's Teenbeat record label. They disbanded in 1994, did one reunion show in 2005, and return with the lineup of Robinson, Bridget Cross, and Phil Krauth for a Teenbeat 26th Anniversary tour. While en route from Philly to Maxwells in Hoboken, Unrest made a pitstop on WFMU for Brian Turner's July 20th show for an electric/acoustic set that got the airwaves' collective heads bobbing, they even threw in an ESG cover ("UFO") and surprised us with a live version of Imperial FFRR's tranced-out headphone blaster "Firecracker". A nice cross-section of the hits indeed, thanks to Unrest and engineers Jason Sigal and David Van Dokkum.
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ENTJs are generally confident, outgoing individuals who enjoy nothing more than using their thinking skills to shape the world about them. ENTJs are not content, however, with simply keeping things ticking over just as they are. What really motivates them is progress and improvement.
This desire to improve and reform comes from the fact that ENTJs are intuitives. They are naturally drawn to the big picture and instinctively look for possibilities. Like all extraverts with a preference for intuition, ENTJs have a strong need to innovate and they like to promote and initiate change.
ENTJs tend to use their intuition when they are in introvert mode. They are much more comfortable with generating ideas in their heads and have little need to toss ideas around with others. This is a marked difference between ENTJs and ENTPs.
ENTJs' first preference, however, is for thinking and they use this in their outer world. They are particularly skilled at prioritising, analysing pros and cons or dissecting the worth of ideas with razor sharp precision. Clearly ENTJs' skill at integrating insights in ways which makes them logical and usable are often important in their chosen careers.
But even in everyday conversation ENTJs' love of thinking comes through. For example, after some general discussion ENTJs will naturally try to draw lessons or conclusions from what's being said. This is often prefaced by the word "so" and is followed by some remarks which bring that part of the conversation to a conclusion in some way.
ENTJs often speak as if they are negotiating their way from one logical stepping stone to another or joining imaginary dots. Because this not a common way for people to talk and because it can be difficult for other types to keep up with them on this logical journey, ENTJs often take account of this fact in their conversation. They abhor the idea of having to repeat themselves so as they express each logical thought they say "right?" or "yes?" and get acknowledgement from the person before moving on to the next step. Some may misinterpret this as a need for agreement when it is simply the ENTJ's desire to ensure that their thought process is fully understood.
As logical thinkers with a need to innovate, ENTJs are the most strategic of all the types. They enjoy identifying what needs to be done to improve things, designing the strategy, and then marshalling and directing the resources and the people to achieve. This is why many ENTJs are attracted to leadership positions.
Real, tangible progress is important to ENTJs. They are not interested in debate or discussion for the sake of it as they have a need to know their efforts are actually delivering results. As TJs they find it easy to keep their focus on being organised but like all NJ types their lack of attention to practical detail can mean their organisation falls apart slightly at the seams. They could misread their diary, for example, or pick up the wrong documents.
ENTJs are very people oriented. They know they cannot achieve things on their own and their improvement programmes are generally designed to enhance life in some way for people. They often have strong principles which they adhere to. They are also naturally drawn to empowerment and mentoring. They have no need to keep others dependent on them and want to see them grow and develop. Apart from anything else this then frees up the ENTJs' time for more innovative work. In most of their dealings with people, ENTJs are cheerful and optimistic and seek to engender a similar attitude in their immediate colleagues.
Yet it is relationships that ENTJs usually find hardest to get right. They are often so intent on achieving their own agenda, and in valuing the types of skills that they possess, that they can be quick to pass unfavourable judgments on others. In discussion ENTJs often start from the assumption that they are right till other people prove them wrong and others often find this intimidating. Indeed most people back off when faced when a debate on these terms but can often feel resentful, particularly when the ENTJ is also calling the shots. These people and relationship problems can be an issue for both sexes but generally speaking, female ENTJs are usually more sensitive to feeling issues than males.
At heart, ENTJs are not often as confident as they appear. They are usually very self-critical, measuring their behaviour and performance against very exacting standards. They often harbour a fear that they will not achieve their goals or not make the difference they aspire to. These fears can lead them to work excessively long hours.
Ultimately, ENTJs must begin to realise that while they have skills and aptitudes they are often weak in areas to do with feelings and relationships. They may need to cultivate these preferences themselves and to have more respect for people who do things differently from them. It can be very important for ENTJs to develop humility in life and to realise that it is sometimes better to compromise their task-related goals and their exacting standards for the sake of people's feelings and relationships. Being more realistic about what they are likely to achieve can also help them curb their tendency to over-work.
ENTJ overview
Words to describe ENTJs
outgoing, determined, independent
optimistic, innovative, analytical
strategic, sociable, objective
energetic, logical, decisive
challenging, critical, fair
Careers attractive to ENTJs
Leadership positions of all kinds, but particularly those involving strategy. Consultants, lawyers, human resource professionals, computer specialists, education or health administration/management.
Needs at work
Anticipated work/team strengths
Potential problem areas
Likely areas for improvement
Common relationship Issues for ENTJs
ENTJs show caring by offering their persepctive and helping the other to see the bigger picture.
ENTJs like others to critique their views in a positive fashion and offer them suggestions for improvement.
ENTJ Type Dynamics
Dominant – thinking – extraverted
Auxiliary - intuition- introverted
Tertiary - sensing
Inferior - feeling
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This is another special guest post from our favorite study-dismantler, Denise Minger [1]. Read all of her previous Mark's Daily Apple articles here [2], here [3], here [4] and here [5], pay her website [6] a visit, and stay tuned for her upcoming book "Death by Food Pyramid" due out later this year.
We?re already 74 days into the new year, which can only mean one thing: it?s high time for our latest episode of Science Says Meat Will Kill You, complete with a brand new study and commercial-free viral media coverage! Have a seat and tune in (or at least set your DVR for later viewing).
If you haven?t had at least one family member, coworker, or soon-to-be-unfriended Facebook acquaintance send you this study as a reminder that you?re killing yourself, you?re either really lucky or your inbox is broken. Thanks to an observational study called Red Meat Consumption and Mortality [7] freshly pressed in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a slew of bold headlines exploded across every conceivable media outlet this week:
- ?All red meat is bad for you, new study says [8]?
- ?Red meat is blamed for one in 10 early deaths [9]?
- ?Scientists warn ?red meat can be lethal? [10]?
Media sensationalism aside, the study does seem to spell trouble for proud omnivores. Unlike some similar publications we?ve seen on meat and mortality, this one says that red meat doesn?t just make you die of heart disease and cancer; it makes you die of everything. Following over 120,000 women and men from the Nurses? Health Study [11] and the Health Professional?s Follow-up Study [12] for 28 and 22 years respectively, researchers found that a single daily serving of unprocessed red meat was associated with a 13% increased risk of death from all causes, while a single serving of processed red meat?the equivalent of one hotdog?was associated with a 20% increased risk.
And in case that?s not enough to chew on, there?s more: the researchers waved their statistical wands and declared you could outrun death for a few more years by swapping red meat for so-called ?healthier foods? like nuts, chicken, or whole grains. In fact, the researchers suggest that up to one in ten of the deaths that struck their study participants could?ve been prevented if everyone had kept their red meat intake under half a serving per day!
But if you?ve been hanging around the nutrition world for very long, you?ve probably realized by now that health according to the media and health according to reality are two very different things?and even scientific studies can be misrepresented by the researchers who conduct them. Is our latest ?killer meat? scare a convincing reason to ditch red meat? Is it time to put a trigger lock on your lethal grass-fed beef when the young?uns are around? Or is there more to this story than meats the eye? (Sorry, I had to.)
Observations vs. Experiments
Before we even dig into what this study found, let?s address an important caveat that the media?and even the researchers, unless they were terribly misquoted?seem to be confused about. What we?ve got here is a garden-variety observational study, not an actual experiment where people change something specific they?re doing and thus make it possible to determine cause and effect. Observations are only the first step of the scientific method?a good place to start, but never the place to end. These studies don?t exist to generate health advice, but to spark hypotheses that can be tested and replicated in a controlled setting so we can figure out what?s really going on. Trying to find ?proof? in an observational study is like trying to make a penguin lactate. It just ain?t happening? ever.
Nonetheless, the media blurbs?and even quotes from the scientists themselves?suggest this study has a major case of mistaken identity. The lead researcher Frank Hu claimed the study [13] ?provides clear evidence that regular consumption of red meat, especially processed meat, contributes substantially to premature death,? despite the fact that the study is innately incapable of providing such evidence. It?s as if someone pulled a Campbell [14] on us. Only an actual experiment, with controls and manipulated variables, could start confirming causation.
But the study?s over-extrapolation isn?t really that surprising. A conclusive experiment is what every observational study secretly yearns to be, deep down in its confounder-riddled, non-randomized heart. And like pushy stage mothers, some researchers want their observational studies to be more talented and remarkable than they truly are?leading to the scientific equivalent of a four year old wobbling around in stilettos at a beauty pageant. Our study at hand is a perfectly decent piece of observational literature, but as soon as its authors (or the media) smear it with lipstick and make it sing Patsy Cline songs on stage, it?s all downhill from there.
Food Frequency Questionnaires: A Test of Superhuman Memory and Saint-like Honesty
To kick this analysis off, let?s take a look at how the study was actually conducted. As the researchers explain, all of the diet data came from a series of food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) that the study participants filled out once every four years, starting in the 1980s and ending in 2006. (If you?re feeling brave, you can read the questionnaire yourself [15] (PDF) and try imagining how terribly the average, non-diet-conscious person might botch their responses.) The lifestyle and medical data came from additional questionnaires administered every two years.
The full text of our study offers some additional details (emphasis mine):
In each FFQ, we asked the participants how often, on average, they consumed each food of a standard portion size. There were 9 possible responses, ranging from ?never or less than once per month? to ?6 or more times per day.? Questionnaire items about unprocessed red meat consumption included ?beef, pork, or lamb as main dish? (pork was queried separately beginning in 1990), ?hamburger,? and ?beef, pork, or lamb as a sandwich or mixed dish.? ? Processed red meat included ?bacon? (2 slices, 13 g), ?hot dogs? (one, 45 g), and ?sausage, salami, bologna, and other processed red meats? (1 piece, 28 g).
Notice that one of the foods listed under ?unprocessed red meat??and likely a major contributor to that category?is hamburger, the stuff fast-food dreams are made of. Although this study tracked whole grain intake, it didn?t track refined grain intake, so we know right away we can?t totally account for the white-flour buns wrapped around those burgers (or many of the other barely-qualifying-as-food components of a McDonald?s meal). And unless these cohorts were chock full of folks who deliberately sought out decent organic meat, it?s also worth noting that the unprocessed ground beef they were eating probably contained that delightful ammonia-treated pink slime [16] that?s had conventional meat consumers in an uproar lately.
Next, we arrive at this little gem:
The reproducibility and validity of these FFQs have been described in detail elsewhere.
Ding ding, Important Thing alert! As anyone who?s spent much time on earth should know, expecting people to be honest about what they eat is like expecting one of those ?Lose 10 pounds of belly fat? banners to take you somewhere other than popup-ad purgatory: the idealism is sweet and all, but reality has other plans.
And so it is with food frequency questionnaires. Ever since these questionnaires were first birthed unto the world, scientists have lamented their most glaring flaw: people tend to report what they think they should be eating instead of what actually goes into their mouth. And that?s on top of the fact that most folks can barely remember what they ate yesterday, much less what they?ve eaten over the past month or even the past year.
As a result, researchers compare the results of food frequency questionnaires with more accurate ?diet records??where folks meticulously weigh and record everything they eat for a straight week or two?to see how the data matches up. If we follow that last quote to the links it references, we end up at one of the validation reports [17] for the food frequency questionnaire used with the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Here?s where it gets interesting:
Foods underestimated by the FFQs compared with the diet records (ie, the gold standard) included processed meats, eggs, butter, high-fat dairy products, mayonnaise and creamy salad dressings, refined grains, and sweets and desserts, whereas most of the vegetable and fruit groups, nuts, high-energy and low-energy drinks, and condiments were overestimated by the FFQs.
This shouldn?t come as a shocker if we consider human psychology. Unless we literally live in a cave, most of us are constantly inundated with messages about how high-fat dairy, meat, sweets, desserts, and anything delicious and creamy is going to either make us fat or give us a heart attack?while it?s more like hallowed be thy name for fruits and veggies. Is it any wonder that folks tend to under-report their intake of ?bad? foods and over-report their intake of the good ones? Who wants to admit?in the terrifying permanency of a food questionnaire?that yes, they do bury their salad in half a cup of Hidden Valley Ranch, and they do choose white bread because 12-Grain Oroweat tastes like lightly sweetened wood chippings, and sometimes they even go a full three days where their only vegetable is ketchup? If food frequency questionnaires were hooked up to a polygraph, we might see some much different data (and some mysteriously disappearing respondents).
Another reference in our study du jour takes us to a validation report [18] for the Nurses? Health Study questionnaire. And here we find the same trend:
Mean daily amounts of each food calculated by the questionnaire and by the dietary record were also compared; the observed differences suggested that responses to the questionnaire tended to over-represent socially desirable foods.
Of course, if everyone over-reported or under-reported their food intake with the same magnitude of inaccuracy, we could still find some reliable associations between food questionnaires and health outcomes. But it turns out that how much someone fudges their food reporting?especially for specific menu items?varies wildly based on their personal characteristics. Using an Aussie-modified version of the Nurses? Health Study questionnaire, a study from Australia [19] measured how accurately people reported their food intake based on their gender, age, medical status, BMI, occupation, school-leaving age, and use of dietary supplements. Like with the other validation studies, it compared the results of the food frequency survey with the Almighty Weighed Food Record.
The surprising results? Folks with a ?diagnosed medical condition??including high cholesterol, high triglycerides, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, and heart disease?were much more likely to mis-report their meat consumption [19] than folks without a diagnosed medical condition, generally overestimating their true intake on food frequency questionnaires compared to the weighed food record. Why this occurred is one of life?s great mysteries, but it might have something to do with the fact that people who develop diet- and lifestyle-related diseases pay less conscious attention to what they eat. (In this study, women were also more likely to inaccurately report their intake for a wide variety of foods?a phenomenon that?s been examined in greater depth [20] by other researchers.)
So what does this mean for studies based on food frequency questionnaires, like the one currently hijacking the news outlets? Unfortunately for lovers of scientific accuracy, it means that meat consumption and modern diseases might be statistically more likely to show up hand-in-hand by mere fluke. If sick folks have a tendency?for whatever reason?to say they?re eating more meat than they really are, that?ll have profound effects on any diet-disease associations that turn up in observational studies, where correlations hinge so heavily on the accuracy of the data. And if the results of that Australian study are applicable not only in the Land Down Under but also in the Land Up Over, it could mean that meat is pretty much doomed to look guilty by association with disease whenever food frequency questionnaires are involved. Woe is meat!
Red-Meatophiles: A Species of Their Own
Now that our confidence in food frequency questionnaires should be thoroughly and disturbingly shattered, let?s hop back to the study in question. To gauge the effects of red meat consumption on mortality, the researchers for our Red Meat Consumption and Mortality [7] study divided folks up into five quintiles based on their red meat intake. The first quintile represents the people who reported the fewest servings per day, while the fifth quintile represents the shameless red-meat gluttons who indulged in the most (or rather, reported indulging in the most). Luckily for us, the researchers provided a magical table of marvels [21] comparing various diet and lifestyle variables between the quintiles. Please take a minute to look at it yourself and, if you feel so compelled, bask in its glory.
If you secretly suspected that this was a ?people who eat red meat do a lot of unhealthy things that make them die sooner? study, you can now gloat.
Here are a few lifestyle variables I graph-ified for greater visual impact. (?Red Meat Intake? is measured in servings per day, and ?Physical Activity? is measured in hours of metabolic equivalent tasks.)
As you can see, the folks eating the most red meat were also the least physically active, the most likely to smoke, and the least likely to take a multivitamin (among many other things you can spot directly in the table, including higher BMIs, higher alcohol intake, and a trend towards less healthy non-red-meat food choices). Although the researchers tried their darnedest to adjust for these confounders, not even fancy-pants math tricks can compensate for the immeasurable details involved in unhealthy living, the tendency for folks to misreport their diet and exercise habits, and whatever mild insanity emerges from trying to remember every food that hit your tongue during the past year.
And in case you didn?t spot them yet, our magical table has two particularly ogle-worthy things. The first one?s this:
If you had any doubt that people fib on food questionnaires, this should put your mind at ease. Take a look at the average (reported) calorie intake for the women in the first quintile of red meat consumption. Yes, that does say ?1200 calories.? Yes, that is low enough to make most people wake themselves up at night as they unconsciously gnaw on their own arm in a quest for nourishment. And the red-meat-avoiding men aren?t much better, clocking in at a bit over 1600 calories for fully-grown adults. If there really is an 800-calorie gap between the folks with the lowest and highest red meat consumption, there?s obviously something much more significant going on in their diets than the color of their chosen animal foods. And if?in a much more likely scenario?there?s some major mis-reporting going on, that only bolsters the notion that we shouldn?t trust food frequency questionnaires any farther than we could throw ?em.
Here?s the other ogle-worthy thing:
Ah, yes: here we see the folks eating the least red meat have the highest rates of elevated cholesterol, while the red-meat-indulgers have the lowest rates. Given the media?s eagerness to assign cause and effect to this study, it?s mighty strange none of the headlines proclaimed ?Red meat reduces cholesterol!?
So What About This Death Stuff?
For those of you who hoped this analysis would completely obliterate any link the researchers found between red meat and ?dying prematurely,? here?s the anticlimactic part. In the context of what?s ultimately wobbly, imperfect, and tragically inconclusive observational data, the researchers did find that the folks reporting the highest intake of red meat had slightly elevated rates of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and total mortality (though as we should know by now, correlation isn?t causation!). After adjusting for age and the other documented confounders, the association went down but didn?t disappear completely. (If you like staring at numbers, you can take a gander at the tables for all-cause mortality [22], cardiovascular disease mortality [23], and cancer mortality [24] to see how death risk changed between quartiles and with various statistical adjustments. And you can check out the lovely Zoe Harcombe?s parsing of the study [25] if you?re craving an even geekier data safari.)
But there?s still more to the story.
Those numbers thrown around in the fear-mongering news clips?20% increased risk of death from all causes for processed meat and 13% increased risk of death from all causes for unprocessed meat?are classic examples of how even the most ho-hum findings can sound dramatic if you spin them the right way (and remember to attribute them to Hahhh-vard). If your risk of dying from a particular disease is 5% to start with, a ?20% increased risk? only bumps you up to 6% in the grand scheme of things. That?s a lot less scary. Especially when delectable foods are involved.
Lessons From the Past
In case you?re skeptical that observational studies can run disturbingly contrary to reality, look no further than the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) craze that peaked a few decades ago. By 1991, 30 observational studies [26]?including this one [27] based on none other than the Nurses? Health data?collectively showed that women taking estrogen seemed to have a 44% reduction in heart disease risk compared to their non-hormone-replacing counterparts. Naturally, this led literally millions of women to jump on the estrogen bandwagon in pursuit of better health and longer lives. A very unfortunate oopsie-daisy sprouted up later when some randomized, controlled trials finally emerged and revealed that rather than being protective, hormone replacement therapy actually increased heart disease risk by 29% [28]!
Just like we see with red-meat avoiders versus red-meat indulgers, these observational studies showed that women using hormone therapy generally had healthier lifestyles than women who weren?t?including smoking less and exercising more [29]. Their good lifestyle habits obscured the true effects of taking hormones, just as meat eaters? bad lifestyle habits might obscure the true effects of eating red meat. Are we sure that a similar risk ratio flip-flop wouldn?t happen if we moved away from observational studies of meat consumption and towards infinitely more reliable randomized, controlled trials?
Until we actually have some studies like that, it?ll be impossible to know?but if history has any say in the matter, it?s a strong possibility. And while we patiently twiddle our thumbs waiting for those well-designed meat studies to start existing, we should keep in mind that humankind has survived a pretty doggone long time?in much more robust shape than most of us are today?without carefully swapping our lamb shanks for an equivalent serving of kidney beans.
Does Red Meat Make Bad Things Happen?
Since the very dawn of the taste bud, it seems red meat has been shrouded in mystique and evilness. Although the crumbling foundations of our anti-saturated-fat beliefs have partially redeemed meat and restored its throne on the dinner plate, red meat hasn?t quite escaped the stigma of being bad, even if we can?t totally pinpoint why. Is there a valid reason to avoid it?
Assuming you?ve nixed nitrite-laden processed meats and seek out higher-quality animal parts, one of the biggest legitimate dangers with red meat has more to do with preparation methods than the meat itself. High-temperature cooking?like pan-frying or grilling to the point of well-doneness?can create mutagens called heterocyclic amines [30] (among other nefarious compounds) that may potentially contribute to cancer. Although the research here isn?t totally conclusive yet, it?s probably wise to stick with gentler cooking methods as often as possible (or better yet, learn to love steak tartare).
In Conclusion
Although the wildfire-esque media coverage of this study is enough to make any omnivore feel like punching Al Gore for ever inventing the internet, it?s actually a great opportunity to test our critical thinking skills and explore the unending deficiencies of observational studies?including the self-reported data they?re often built from. We might not emerge with any newfound health guidance after breaking down bad science, but it?s always nice to have a better understanding of what the tumultuous world of research is really saying.
And with that, our latest installment of Science Says Meat Will Kill You has come to a close. But worry not: this is just the beginning of an exciting new season of food drama. Will the butter defeat the margarine in their upcoming oil-wrestling contest? Will the asparagus discover who really killed her uncle?s stepdaughter?s boyfriend?s roommate?s poodle?s groomer? Tune in next week to find out!*
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Diesel Weekend & Trolleyday
Saturday, May 5 10:30AM
Open May Day Bank Holiday weekend on Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10.30am to 4.30pm each day (last admission 3.30pm)
What's happening this weekend:
We have many examples from our interesting motorbus collection on display this weekend with some of them available to give rides. A selection of trolleybuses is also available to ride on. A couple of our trolleybuses are equipped with auxiliary diesel engines and they are featured as well, together with two tower wagons used for maintaining trolleybus overhead wiring.
Please be aware that circumstances beyond our control may necessitate the cancellation or closure of any activity, facility or attraction.
Visit our Facebook page for the latest information about this weekend
Our normal attractions include:
- Selection of trolleybuses in operation to ride on
- In-house 5-rated cafe serving made-to-order meals, delicious home-made cakes and hot and cold drinks
- Vintage motorbus guided tour of surrounding local area (the Isle of Axholme)
- "The Trolleybus During the First Wold War" exhibition
- Trolleybus displays
- 1950s/ 60s shop window displays
- The period Sunbeam cycle shop exhibition
- 1950s Prefab "home" display
- Audio-visual presentations in the "Regal" lecture theatre
- Children's full-sized trolleybus "Have a Go at Driving" simulator (located in the café)
- Guided tours of vehicles in the main depot building
- Souvenir shop
- Gardens & nature trail
Ample FREE parking (including for coaches)
Admission prices this weekend
Note: Our admission prices include a 10% (rounded up) gift aid donation
Adult: £8.00 - "Adult" is defined as a person aged 17 to 60 inclusive and who is not eligible to be classified as a "Concession" (see below).
Senior: £7.00 - "Senior is defined as a person aged 61 or over and who is not eligible to be classified as a "Concession" (see below)
Concession: £6.00 - "Concession" is defined as the following:
- a child aged 5 to 16 inclusive
- a person who is registered as disabled
- a person acting as a carer for a (or a group o) disabled person(s) also visiting the Museum
- a university student (student union ID must be produced)
Under-5s: Free
Family: £25.50 - "Family" is defined as a party of 2 adults (they may be either "Adults" or "Seniors") accompanied by up to 4 "Concessions"
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL CHARGES! Our admission prices are all-inclusive, so it include ALL trolleybus and motorbus rides, and will admit visitors to ALL available exhibitions and attractions.
Dogs are welcome but must be kept under control and on a lead. Please note that (apart from guide and other assistance dogs) they are not permitted in certain buildings, including the café and the souvenir shop. At the discretion of the conductor (for the comfort of passengers), dogs may be allowed on trolleybuses and motorbuses.
Public transport links today (Saturday)
On each Saturday Trolleyday, the Trolleybus Museum operates a free bus link between Epworth and the Trolleybus Museum to link with a scheduled bus service from/ to Doncaster operated by Isle Coaches. The timings of this operation is as follows:
Isle Coaches Service 291 (to Owston Ferry) Trolleybus Museum Free Bus
Doncaster Interchange (Bay C5) depart 11.00am
Epworth Rectory arrive 11.43am depart 11.45am
Trolleybus Museum arrive 12.00 noon
Return Service
Trolleybus Museum Free Bus Isle Coaches Service 399 (to Doncaster)
Trolleybus Museum depart 4.10pm
Epworth Rectory arrive 4.25pm depart 4.35pm
Doncaster Interchange arrive 5.35pm
Please remember that fares are charged on the scheduled Isle Coaches services
Note: We regret that there are NO public transport links to the Trolleybus Museum on SUNDAY (6 May), but a FREE bus service from Doncaster Interchange direct to the Trolleybus Museum operates on Bank Holiday MONDAY (7 May).
Advertised free bus services are operated by Sandtoft Transport Centre Limited. Payment for admission to the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft is not a condition of carriage.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft today and/ or over this weekend!Location: The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft


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Season 2 Episode 1 | 47m 10s
The birth of Alice's child brings some much needed joy to Jamestown but she faces a challenge which proves how politically significant her son is to the whole settlement. The discovery of a terrible crime throws suspicion upon all inhabitants, and when Jocelyn's position in the colony comes under threat, she forges a surprising new connection.
Aired: 11/21/18
Expires: 03/22/23Video has closed captioning.


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September 3, 2012
wildflowers, dear
I'm nearing my 28th birthday, which means I'm another step closer to 30, which means I'm no longer in a place where my youth is a reliable scapegoat. Realistically, I've never had the luxury of using that as an excuse, save for my quarter-life crisis (this is real) at the ripe old age of 25, when I decided that since I never really had a chance to be irresponsible and selfish and wonderfully reckless, I would just turn my world upside down and rip some hearts to shreds. It didn't work out like that; it didn't last long, and it didn't end well. I quickly abandoned my feigned devil-may-care attitude and headed for solid ground…and officially grew the hell up.
You see, I used to have this strange fear of contentment that kept me on my toes and ready to bolt. In my head, contentment always felt like settling, and I was the kind who was quick to screw it up before I got too comfortable. Contentment, it turned out, made me feel vulnerable, and when I feel vulnerable, I attack. It's silly, really, because after a life full of chaos, you'd think I'd want nothing more than tranquility. And now that I'm older and of infinite wisdom (just go with it), I'm starting to realize that comfort, safety, happiness, stability – these aren't in the same realm as settling, and they're not always a precursor of heartache. They're states of being that everyone deserves to experience: to obtain, lose, regain, retain. Even me, in all of my infinite wisdom and weirdness. It's a part of growing up, and I'm starting to feel comfortable with that notion.


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Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on the Benefits of the Affordable Care Act
Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered remarks today at a press conference on the health care benefits that millions of Americans would lose if Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
"With millions still out of work and families struggling to make ends meet, Republicans are responding by voting to take away critical health care protections. Polls show a clear majority of Americans want Congress to move on from the health care issue and spend time focusing on creating jobs and moving our economic recovery forward.
"It is unfortunate that the Republican leadership has chosen to set jobs aside to spend time on this partisan messaging vote. This bill will have a real and devastating impact on Americans. It will make it legal once again for insurance companies to discriminate against 17 million children with pre-existing conditions, and it will cause 30 million Americans to lose their insurance coverage.
"The Republican bill takes away the cost-saving measures under Medicare that have enabled millions of seniors to receive free preventive services, and it will reverse the process of closing the Part D 'donut hole.' If they have their way on this vote, our deficit will jump $1 trillion over the next two decades. Furthermore, 360,000 small business owners will lose access to tax deductions that help them provide coverage for their employees.
"If this bill passes, 6.6 million young people under age 26 will be dropped from their parents' plans, left to face one of the toughest job markets with the prospect of no health coverage.
"Thankfully, this bill has no chance of going anywhere. It will never pass the Senate, and the President has already said he would veto it.
"But Republicans ought to know some of the real people whose lives will be affected if it were to pass. That's why I'm glad to welcome some of the many whose lives have been changed for the better by the Affordable Care Act and give them a chance to share their stories today.
"Bill Cea is a retired Social Studies teacher from New York now living in Boca Raton, Florida. He is a very active retiree-member of the American Federation of Teachers and a national board member of the Alliance for Retired Americans. An interesting fact about Bill: some years ago, he taught current AFT President Randi Weingarten.
"So now let me turn the Floor over to Bill to talk about how today's vote would affect America's seniors and retirees."


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Most of us have too much space and too much stuff, both of which lead to too much responsibility. Think about it: You have to manage your stuff. First, you have to get a good price for it — then you have to find a place for it, care for it, keep it from falling apart, store it and, eventually, dispose of it. Multiply those responsibilities by all of the possessions in your life and you're not going to have much time for anything else other than stuff-management. That's not even counting all of the energy and resources that went into creating, packaging, shipping, storing and selling your stuff before you bought it. It's this type of realization that has helped spur the tiny house movement, where people are building and living in houses smaller than most of the rooms in our houses.


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Global Refugee Narratives 2020
The first of its kind at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Global Refugee Narratives 2020 is an international symposium aimed at facilitating conversations and tangible solutions to the global refugee discourse. Learn more here.
Here at the Internationalization Office, we manage student mobility for students coming to Memorial University and Memorial students wishing to travel abroad. We help facilitate collaborations with our current partners, while attempting to expand our reach and establish new partnerships with universities across the globe to increase the possibilities of both student, faculty and staff exchange.
In addition, our team at the Internationalization Office are here to help new and current international students, whether you need information, or just a friendly chat. We can talk to you about health insurance, immigration, academic and career options and how to get settled here in the city of St. John's.
About Us: Memorial University is committed to internationalization, international co-operation, student mobility and cultural sensitivity. We welcome international visitors and we strive to collaborate with educational institutions, businesses, governments, foundations, benefactors and alumni around the world in order to enrich research and teaching, and to ensure we offer outstanding programs for faculty and students.
For Memorial students looking to go on an exchange, look no further. You can choose semester-long exchanges, summer schools, or even field schools in more than 130 destinations throughout the globe. There are dozens of scholarship opportunities to assist students in making their international adventure a reality.
For international students, Memorial is an ideal exchange destination. As of 2018, there were over 3,200 international students at Memorial comprising 17 per cent of the student population. Memorial boasts an extremely high level of student satisfaction, and more than nine out of 10 students would recommend the University to a friend. We have hundreds of programs to choose from, and our small classroom sizes provide students the opportunity to learn in an enriching and welcoming environment. Memorial also welcomes visiting scholars, researchers, and international delegations.
Other International Offices at Memorial:
- The English as a Second Language Unit provides English Courses and a bridging program. ESL courses also run at Grenfell Campus.
- The Office of Student Recruitment completes a wide range of recruitment and outreach activities to Canadian and international prospective undergraduate students.
- Grenfell Campus attracts international students to its unique programs.
- The Faculty of Business Administration has its own International Programs Office.
- Marine Institute International manages a significant number of projects internationally.
- The School of Graduate Studies administers all master's and doctoral programs at Memorial and facilitates international research collaboration, joint programs, joint supervision and short-term visits.


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University announced Monday that Robert Cain is the new head men's and women's tennis coach.
Cain spent the last six years as head tennis coach at the University of Arkansas
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During his time at Arkansas Pine Bluff, Cain completely overhauled the tennis program. Cain brought in his first recruiting class for the 2008 season with six new players arriving for that season from countries such as Canada, Mexico, Ecuador and Venezuela .
In the past four years as head coach Cain led the Golden Lions, a once inexperienced and struggling tennis program, to the talk of the conference. He guided six freshmen to the conference finals and two semi-finals over the past three years.
Cain has led his team to a very impressive record of 43- 20, two back to back 8-0 seasons in conference, two western division titles and a SWAC coach of the year runner-up, two freshman of the year, four 1st team all SWAC and five 2nd team all SWAC.
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While introduced in the beginning of the series, only certain Grand Theft Auto games have official multiplayer features, and these are often limited in their usage. There have been numerous attempts by teams of fans to create multiplayer gameplay in GTA games, predominantly for those with no multiplayer support to begin with. Some of the modifications created by these teams have been critically acclaimed and have proved very successful.
Multiplayer was originally standard in the PC versions of Grand Theft Auto 1, although the process of creating and joining servers requires manual identification of the one's IP address and also those of the playmates. The choices of multiplayer modes in GTA 1 is limited to only two: Cannonball run (a checkpoint race) and the traditional deathmatch. Having been based on GTA 1, the Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 mission packs employ the same multiplayer mechanisms, but allows the player to play multiplayer games in London, as well as Manchester for GTA London 1961.
The processes of creating and joining network games remained unchanged in the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 2, but the game comes with a more user-friendly, Windows-based "GTA2 Manager" to manage and join multiplayer games. GTA 2 features three different multiplayer modes, consisting of the existing deathmatch, as well as "Tag" (players chase one player labeled as "it"; whoever kills "it" becomes "it" in turn, becoming the hunted), and "Points" (where players attempt to rack up as much points or money in the same way they would in single player).
The PC version of Grand Theft Auto III was at one point going to contain a multiplayer mode, however Rockstar cancelled this during development. One can view textures related to multiplayer mode menu screens in the file models/menu.txd, using a TXD viewer. Additionally, strings found in the game's GXT files suggest some of the modes and options that would have been available. There is a video of the multiplayer menu here. The file american.gxt contains:
FEM_MAP - "Select Map" FEM_MP - "MULTIPLAYER" FEN_CON - "Connection" FEN_GAM - "Find Game" FEN_GNA - "Game Name:" FEN_NAM - "Name:" FEN_NCI - "NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET" FEN_NET - "Network" FEN_PLA - "Number of players:" FEN_PLC - "Player color" FEN_PLS - "Player settings" FEN_STA - "START GAME" FEN_TY0 - "Deathmatch" FEN_TY1 - "Deathmatch stealth" FEN_TY2 - "Team Deathmatch" FEN_TY3 - "Team Deathmatch stealth" FEN_TY4 - "Stash the cash" FEN_TY5 - "Capture the Flag" FEN_TY6 - "Rat Race" FEN_TY7 - "Domination"
GTA San Andreas co-op mode
The PS2 and Xbox versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas featured a co-op mode, which allowed 2 players to either 'free roam' or go on a 'rampage'. This feature was limited, in that both players had to stay within close proximity of one another. Also, some weapons, like the Sniper Rifle and the Rocket Launcher cannot be used in multiplayer.
GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories
In 2005, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories was released on the PSP and featured a multiplayer mode for up to 6 players through WiFi ad-hoc mode. A total of 7 modes of play were available. In 2006, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories was released on the PSP with the same functionality as its predecessor, and an additional 3 modes of play available.
Grand Theft Auto IV contained the most developed implementation of multiplayer gaming in the GTA series before GTA Online was released. This has carried over into GTA IV's expansions, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
GTA Chinatown Wars
GTA Online
Grand Theft Auto Online is a multiplayer expanse to Grand Theft Auto V that lets the player free roam throughout Los Santos, there are a category of multiplayer modes such as Race, Deathmatch, Mission, Parachuting including a new variant of mode Survival, players are able to purchase their own apartment or garages around Los Santos and Blaine County, including being able to purchase different types of vehicle such as the Rhino or luxurious cars such as Zentorno. This has made GTA Online the biggest multiplayer expansion in the series so far.
Multi Theft Auto (MTA)
Multi Theft Auto was the first attempt by a team of fans to implement a multiplayer version of Grand Theft Auto III. It saw its first release February 8, 2003 and quickly gained a large following. Development continued through the releases of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and is still ongoing today. The current release for GTA III and GTA Vice City is 0.5, while a separate version, 1.5.6 is available for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Vice City Multiplayer (VC-MP)
Vice City Multiplayer started development in April 2005, and was used as a codebase for the later SA:MP. The release of GTA San Andreas led to much of the team focusing on that game, however some members continue developing VC:MP. It has so far proved to be quite popular, however SA:MP continues to dominate most of the attention. The current release is v0.4, released on October 7th, 2014.
San Andreas Multiplayer (SA-MP)
SA:MP started out as VC:MP (described above) in April 2005. Once GTA San Andreas was released on the PC, most of the team turned to development for the game. It has enjoyed a lot of success during public beta tests, as well as in releases. It has a large variety of game modes, the most of any third party multiplayer mod, and also supports custom game modes. The current version is 0.3.7, released by the team on May 1st, 2015.
GTA Tournament (gtaT)
GTA:Tournament started out in April 2003, created by "DracoBlue", who envisioned the use of scriptable servers, support for up to 96 players, and the ability to have thousands of skins and vehicles in the game. It eventually saw releases for GTA Vice City, and later GTA San Andreas. On 29 April 2006, DracoBlue announced that development on the mod would cease. After talks with the SA:MP team, DracoBlue turned to scripting for that mod.
IV: Multiplayer (IV:MP)
IV:MP started out on February, 2010 by JeNkSta, starting out as a simple interface on 0.1a, which was released on April 5, as 0.1a, which featured a non-working Server browser, and needed to manually insert the server's IP. With 0.1a R5, the server browser was fixed, allowing a much more friendly GUI. Latest release is 0.1 Alpha 2, released on April 9.
Liberty Unleashed
Liberty Unleashed is a modification for GTA III which brings multiplayer to the game.
Attempts by other teams
GTA Rumble GTA Rumble was started in December 2005, and is assumed to no longer be in development; its homepage at gtarumble.co.uk is no longer active. The latest beta release was 0.1c. Its features included chat, spawning, scoreboards, screenshots, weather/time changing, and parachutes, among others.
SA-2P SA-2P, or San Andreas 2 Player, was, as its name implies, a mod to bring the 2 player co-op mode found in the PS2 and Xbox version of GTA San Andreas to the PC, using online play. After having started in June 2005, version 0.1 only ever reached 10% progress according to its creator's website, which was last updated in July 2005. No versions were ever released. SA-2P's homepage used to be at sa-2p .com but no longer exists (see archive), and included a few screenshots and videos of the mod in action, as well as a short FAQ.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- During a co-op session, neither of the players are able to aim or fire the Rocket Launcher or Sniper Rifle, due to the fact that the camera normally goes into viewfinder mode whenever they aim either of these weapons during a normal singleplayer session.
- Furthermore, attempting to fire either of these weapons will result in the player repeatedly raising and lowering the weapon very quickly.
- If the 2nd player decapitates CJ with a Katana slice to the head, when CJ respawns back in singleplayer mode, he will not have a head, and the blood spurt animation will continue to come out of his neck. This effect will last for the rest of the singleplayer session, and his head will remain that way even during cutscenes.
- If both players are standing inside of a boat and engage in a "kiss", during the kissing sequence, one of the players will be invisible. After the sequence ends, that same player will appear at the bottom of that body of water, below the boat.
- If the second player tries using the Jetpack, his body may appear to be slightly deformed and unproportional. This is possibly due to the fact that the other character models must use a CJ-specific animation set when they use the Jetpack.
External Links
- General information
- Multiplayer on GTA Modding
- gtamp.com, an overview and guide on multiplayer in the GTA series.
- Specific user-made mods


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Today we're going to take some time to help you get acquainted with rising star Brady Corbet, who is kind of a big deal, even if you don't know it yet.
Brady Corbet has been acting since the age of 10, so you've probably seen him in something without even realizing it.
As a kid he was in 'The King of Queens,' and at the age of 14, he got his first film role in the tween drama 'Thirteen.' In 2004, when he was 16, Corbet started taking on the kinds of roles that would come to define his career, starting with the dark drama 'Mysterious Skin,' co-starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt — it's kind of a bizarre movie, but it's really incredibly poignant and worth seeking out.
In 2008, he starred with fellow sexy actor Michael Pitt in the horror flick 'Funny Games,' and in recent years he's been in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' and "Melancholia.' Most recently, he was the lead in the psychological drama 'Simon Killer,' which is currently available for rent OnDemand, so check that out ASAP.
Up next for Corbet are roles in 'Paradise Lost' and 'Sils Maria,' two films to definitely keep an eye out for next year. Until then, feast your eyes on your latest obsession.


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Edinburgh ended a run of six successive defeats by two-time European Cup winners Munster in style on Saturday with a 29-23 victory over the Irish province in their opening Heineken Cup Pool 5 clash.
There was more joy for Leinster, though, as the three-time Cup winners battled to a 19-9 victory over Welsh side Ospreys, while French champions Castres also recorded a close win in the same Pool 1 with their 19-13 victory over Northampton.
A try from Ireland flanker Sean O'Brien converted by Kiwi flyhalf Jimmy Gopperth, who also kicked four penalties, was enough for Leinster to scrape past perennial under-achievers Ospreys, for whom Dan Biggar notched up three penalties.
Leinster captain Jamie Heaslip admitted his side had "won the war of attrition."
"That game could have gone either way," the No. 8 told Sky Sports. "We've got a lot to work on for next week."
At Murrayfield, Scotland scrumhalf Greig Laidlaw was the driving force, kicking 19 points including converting the two Edinburgh tries as they made an impressive start to their campaign.
Munster, who also lost their opening pool match last term, took the consolation of a defensive bonus point in a Pool 6 that saw Gloucester notch up a 27-22 home win over Perpignan.
Edinburgh burst out of the blocks against Munster, opening up a 10-0 lead after just 12 minutes thanks to a try by Matt Scott converted by Laidlaw, who also nailed a penalty.
However, the European heavyweights hit back to level at 10-10 in the 20th minute as Kiwi center Casey Laulala scored and it was converted by Ian Keatley, who had got them off the mark with a penalty.
Laidlaw booted the hosts back into a 13-10 lead, only for Munster to reply with a close-range try through Mike Sherry, Keatley converting.
However, more ill discipline by Munster saw Laidlaw knock over another two penalties to give the hosts the lead once again at 19-17.
Keatley slotted over a penalty from wide out on the left in the 53rd minute to give the visitors a one point lead, 20-19, and the 26-year-old added another just over 10 minutes later.
However, the hosts went back in front with a fine try by Scotland's Dutch-born wing Tim Visser, whose electric pace proved too much for the two covering Munster defenders.
Laidlaw continued his faultless day as he converted for 26-23. He then made it seven kicks from seven attempts with just over four minutes remaining to wrap up the victory.
Elsewhere, Scarlets recorded their first win in their last six trips to England with a thrilling 33-26 victory over Harlequins.
Scarlets, who endured a torrid Heineken Cup last season with six defeats in pool play, enjoyed a terrific first half at The Stoop, rounded off in brilliant fashion by an individual try by Scott Williams, who took the ball inside his own half, broke two tackles, dummied Danny Care and touched down.
Rhys Priestland, who had created the first try, converted to send the Welsh side in leading 20-10 at halftime.
Nick Evans reduced the deficit with a drop-goal four minutes into the second half just after Scarlets' Samson Lee was sin-binned.
However, Priestland landed two penalties during Lee's 10-minute absence to give the visitors a 26-13 advantage, only for Evans to score two of his own.
The Scarlets' more enterprising play was deservedly rewarded with another sparkling try in the 63rd minute. Scott Williams turned the ball over and when it was fed to Jordan Williams, the winger darted down the left touchline, breaking two tackles and then cut inside breaking another to touch down. Priestland, faultless throughout the game, converted for 33-19.


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So you're from Oz, Eh? Well good on ya mate and welcome to the land that is America.
I know what you mean about America being a "crazy religious country" in fact it's even worse in some ways in the southern half of the country (Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana Texas, and Alabama in particular). I lived down around Florida awhile back and I thought most of the folks there were a bit dodgy. I think it's mostly because yer average bloke down there ain't all that cultured, but you do have the warmer weather, so there's something of a trade in.
Anyway, yea I did live in Australia for a bit over a year, I lived (and worked part time) on a dairy farm in Yoongarillup (about 15 km southeast of Busselton WA). It was amazing! There isn't a day that goes by when I don't think about going back there (especially when I'm digging my ute out of the snow).
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March 10 (Reuters) - A drug-coated heart stent from Japan's Terumo Corp with a dissolving polymer proved just as effective as Abbott Laboratories' top-selling Xience stent at preventing a second procedure to clear the artery, a large study found.
Stents are small wire-mesh structures inserted into narrowed coronary arteries to restore proper blood flow. Many models are coated with a polymer that slowly releases a drug designed to prevent another blockage and repeat procedure.
New drug-coated stents with dissolving polymers are being developed in response to data showing the older so-called durable polymers may trigger an inflammatory reaction that raises a patient's stroke risk.
In the study of more than 3,200 patients, Terumo's Nobori stent met its primary goal of non-inferiority to the Xience stent one year after implantation, with 4.2 percent of patients in both groups requiring a repeat procedure.
Patients also had low similar rates of stent thrombosis, or device-related blood clot formation, with both the Nobori and Xience stents. The study, sponsored by Terumo and conducted by researchers at Kyoto University, was presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology scientific meeting in San Francisco.
Abbott's Xience stent is the market leader in Japan with a 50 percent share and the top-selling U.S. drug-coated stent with a 40 percent share.
The company is developing a new stent, called Absorb, that completely dissolves away in the body. It will present data on that device at the ACC meeting on Monday.
Abbott's U.S. stent rivals are Boston Scientific Corp and Medtronic Inc.


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Tomorrow we will see the August jobs report from the BLS, so today is Tea-Leaves Reading Day. The big leading indicator comes from ADP, the payroll-processing giant, which estimates that the US economy added 176,000 jobs in the private sector last month. That's a slight miss on expectations, and a drop from the previous month's ADP report:
Private sector employment increased by 176,000 jobs from July to August, according to the August ADP National Employment Report® . Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by ADP® , a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, in collaboration with Moody's Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP's actual payroll data, measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month on a seasonallyadjusted basis. July's job gain was revised down slightly from 200,000 to 198,000.
This is basically a mid-range report in the context of the past year, as ADP's chart shows:
CNBC notes that the manufacturing sector got left in the cold last month:
The private sector added 176,000 jobs in August, about in-line with estimates and indicative that the employment picture continues to notch slow but steady gains.
Almost all of the jobs came from the service sector, which added 165,000 positions. …
Economists expected ADP to report private jobs growth of 180,000[.]
Basically, this is job growth at just above maintenance levels, as we have seen for the last four years of so-called recovery. The US economy has to add about 150,000 jobs per month net in order to keep up with population growth. It would take us another decade at this rate to put all of the sidelined workers back in jobs. And let's not forget that ADP has a track record of overshooting the BLS report, although it has begun to track BLS a bit better over the last couple of years.
What will be the job-growth number tomorrow? Given the big miss on durable goods in July, I'll guess at 155K and a 7.4% unemployment rate. Take your best guess in the poll below:


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I always feel that Developers should have an attitude for development, which I have detailed in the blog post Attitudes of a Great Software Developer. But generally when it comes to issues, a lot of developers make excuses. As long they are genuine, it is not a matter of concern however if it is really an Excuse, then it is a cause for concern for the entire team. I am guilty of a few of those myself however when I saw the big picture, I rectified those and understood why people make those excuses and how we can avoid them in the future. I am detailing a few in my below post.
1. It works fine in my machine
Come on guys, this is the number one excuse that developers give. We often have a feeling that testers or the customers have a magical computer which injects bugs into our code. But that is far from true.
The only way to avoid this excuse is to be aware of the environments that are used for development, testing and production. By being aware of those, the first thing you would probably ask is, what sort of configuration/environment it is and get more details about the issue and check if it is really a valid bug. Another way to avoid this is to have a Continuous Integration environment, where with each and every code check-in, code is compiled and deployed in some test machines.
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2. Do you have the latest build?
This is another excuse that developers give. Not having the latest build to test or testing a wrong build can sometimes be the reason for such excuses. However it may not be the case always.
The only way to avoid this is to have a process in place that will verify if the build that the testers are testing is a valid one and is the latest. One way of doing this is to have a continuous integration process wherein code gets automatically built and deployed on test machines automatically. That way the process makes sure that the build is the latest build. Another way to ensure this is to verify the build numbers that is currently being tested or deployed, if this matches with the devs, then you can be sure that this is not the issue.
3. Must be a configuration issue.
If you told me this, I would reply "Oh yeah. May be it is a configuration issue. So can you point out what exact configuration changes that I need to do make it work?" 🙂 and it's likely that you also would ask a similar question if faced with this situation. So as you can see, people need specific answers not generic ones.
Best way to avoid this to have all the configuration related parameters defined in a separate configuration file, and have dynamic values written in some log file so that it can be referred in case of any confusions. By having it in a documented format at runtime, chances of errors are minimal and even if the issue is due to a configuration issue, we can easily find that out.
4. Please raise a defect, I will check it
From my point of view, raising a defect without even confirming whether it is a defect or not, sounds trouble to me. The trouble can be either in the process that is being followed or the coordination between the dev and the testers. Typically Dev and testers should join hands in case testers are not able to really drill it down if it is a defect or not.
One way to avoid this is to have a good team morale and collaboration between the developers and the testers. In that way, they will discuss and try to figure out whether it is actually a defect.
5. Try restarting your machine 😛
This is one of the killer excuses that the Developers make. I have also done this. Yeah, it does happen with Microsoft related technologies for some reason (I used .net predominantly in my previous projects) and very rare occasions this excellent and well thought out, scientifically proven method works with Windows :P, but most of the times it is false.
One way to avoid this to be again aware of the environment and the functionality and the architecture and the code design. By being aware we can identify whether it is actually an issue or not.
6. I am not sure why it isn't working. Let me check it
I hate this excuse when it comes from a developer. If as a developer, you are not sure as to why a particular thing is not working, then either you have not understood the functionality correctly or you are not aware of the code design
One way to avoid this to have a mental map of the modules and once the issue is told, the dev needs to analyze it immediately and find out where the likely problem would be. Not being sure of where the problem might occur is a cause for concern either due to badly designed code, poor code or lack of understanding of the functionality or the modules.
7. It worked fine just 5 minutes back
Wow. How sweet. I think you have put in a time bomb in there that made it not to work after 5 minutes.
One way to avoid this is to be aware of the fact that the code doesn't change with time unless it is time specific code. So any other functionality will not have such variable behaviors.
8. I don't think there's fault with my code
This is another answer I generally wouldn't give if I am faced with the situation. I believe there is nothing called my code especially in a team environment. I would rather say maybe something is wrong with this so and so module. This is trying to find a person to blame and this is definitely not in the best interest of the team morale.
One way to avoid this is to embrace team culture and also rotate the developers among different modules so that no one takes ownership of a particular module and hence everyone knows about the entire code base.
What other excuses do developers make and how to avoid them in the future? Please shoot out your comments below.
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