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Mary Hyde, 64, recalls her mother's response after hearing Hyde had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
"I told you not to eat all those sweet rolls when you were a teenager."
For years after her mother's reproach, Hyde kept her condition and treatment pretty much to herself. "I didn't speak about it. I never tested my blood sugar in public," says Hyde, who lives in San Diego.
Hyde's efforts to hide her diabetes aren't unusual. Few chronic diseases carry more stigma than Type 2 diabetes. While patients with heart disease or cancer are often showered with sympathy, people with Type 2 diabetes are criticized for being fat, lazy or junk food junkies.
Even diabetics themselves can have a blame-the-victim feeling, says Theresa Garnero, a diabetes nurse educator at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. "Granted, if you're not eating healthfully, and you're not exercising like you should — and most people don't — there could be a modicum of truth to that."
Clinical psychologist Susan Guzman, director of clinical services at the Behavioral Diabetes Institute in San Diego, hears the recrimination over and over again: "You give it to yourself by being overweight or eating badly or not taking care of yourself."
While excess weight is a major risk factor for Type 2 diabetes — more than 85 percent of people who have it are overweight, according to government estimates — not everyone who is overweight is diabetic. There are uncontrollable risk factors, including family history or age. And some ethnic groups such as African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to develop it.
The problem is, shame plus denial, especially with loved ones or medical professionals, can be a risky combination when it comes to managing diabetes, experts warn. People who hide their condition may not be as careful about monitoring their blood sugar or eating healthfully.
Even Guzman's own father went into "diabetes denial" when Guzman diagnosed him a couple of years ago at a family get-together. She'd brought along a meter to check his blood sugar. "He avoided talking to his doctor about it for a good six months."
Her dad finally faced facts, Guzman says, and his diabetes is now well-controlled.
Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease in the U.S., is linked to a range of serious problems, including kidney disease, heart attack and cancer. It doesn't help, Guzman says, that the American Diabetes Association and other well-intentioned organizations have described diabetes as the leading cause of blindness and amputations.
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"That's false," Guzman says, "because it's poorly managed diabetes that's the cause of those things. Well-managed diabetes is the cause of nothing."
Ann Bloise, 50, is convinced her diabetes is all her fault. No one else in her family has the disease. She is obese and hates to exercise.
After being diagnosed five years ago, she didn't tell anyone, not even her immediate family, for the first few weeks. "I think I told my mom first. I burst out crying. I felt ashamed," she says.
Bloise, who lives in Dallas, still shares her diagnosis only with few close friends – whom she's told only so someone could help in case her blood sugar spiked or fell too much. "I don't take medicine in front of people. Even when other people tell me they have it, I don't talk about it," she says. She admits, "it's not as under control as it should be."
One of Garnero's clients has yet to tell her sister that she has diabetes, which worsens the situtaion. "When she goes to visit, and her sister gives her ginormous boxes of chocolate because it's Halloween time or whatever, she won't correct her," says Garnero.
Hyde, who was diagnosed at 46, finally started to open up about her condition about five years ago, after both her parents had died. Although she had never been terribly overweight, and she took her medication and exercised a little, she was still "very confused about nutrition." She's since become a certified health coach and started her own diabetes support group. Often newcomers arrive at the group full of self-recrimination.
Hyde reassures them. "You didn't do anything wrong."
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A 16-year hunt for a mysterious female serial killer by German police has seemingly ended in farce, as officials admitted they now believe a trail of DNA from 40 crime scenes could have been left by contaminated swabs.
In 2007 authorities put up a €300,000 reward for information about the so-called "Phantom of Heilbronn", after she was suspected of the murder of a policewoman. They had failed to come close to identifying the woman, despite an alleged killing and burglary spree which stretched back to 1993, and a major investigation that began in 2001.
But now it's suspected that contamination at the plant manufacturing the DNA swabs created a false trail, meaning up to six murderers could still be at large in Germany and Austria.
Police puzzled over the Phantom's apparent taste for both violent murder and minor theft from sheds, her wide travels and the failure of witnesses at crime scenes to provide coherent descriptions of the killer. A photofit released last year, based on a witness description, had male features, prompting press speculation the Phantom could be a transsexual.
Serious doubts about her existence were raised when her supposed DNA fingerprint was found during tests on the burnt body of a male asylum seeker in France, The Times reports. "Obviously that was impossible, as the asylum-seeker was a man and the Phantom's DNA belonged to a woman," a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in Saarbrücken, west Germany, said.
Federal investigators are now attempting to confirm whether contamination created the Phantom. It's reported that DNA samples have been taken from female staff at a medical supplies company. "If the trace does belong to a woman working in the factory, it'll be very embarrassing," the BBC reports a police union offical saying. ®
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Quale was second unit director and visual effects supervisor on "Avatar" and second unit director on "Titanic."
He was recruited by Cameron out of USC film school to work on "The Abyss."
He also worked on special effects on "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and directed "Aliens of the Deep" for Disney.
New Line has already given "Final Destination 5" an Aug. 26, 2011, release date.
The 3D project will be produced by Craig Perry through his Practical Pictures shingle and Warren Zide. Eric Heisserer ("A Nightmare on Elm Street") is penning the script. Sheila Hanahan Taylor is exec producing.
"Final Destination 5" has a start date of Sept. 13 and will include an opening scene on a suspension bridge and another scene involving laser eye surgery.
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It's week six of Tourism Ireland's 'Game of Thrones' campaign which is rolling out around the world to coincide with season seven, showcasing Northern Ireland to millions of fans.
Tourism Ireland has released another time-lapse video of the weaving of the latest section of its 'Game of Thrones' tapestry, hanging in the Ulster Museum in Belfast.
This week's section of tapestry includes a collection of scenes from 'Eastwatch', episode five of season seven: in Dragonstone, Daenerys once again convenes her war council.
There, Jon receives a raven from Winterfell, warning that the Night King and his army of Wights are marching towards Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.
After secretly meeting with Jaime, Tyrion rendezvouses with Davos and Gendry to escape Kings Landing and return to Dragonstone. Jon, Jorah, Davos and Gendry are joined by the Hound, Beric Dondarrion, Thoros of Myr Tormund Giantsbane, as they lead an expedition beyond the Wall to capture a Wight – alive.
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How to Set Up Email on a New Android Phone
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Setting up a brand-new phone can involve numerous aggravations, but if you don't rely on one of the majors like Yahoo and Gmail for email, one of the worst is surely the manual email server configuration. If you use a customized domain name, your Android device's email client is likely to need this extra step.
This could become an even more prevalent problem with the January U.S. launch of the reasonably priced and specified Moto G smartphone, enabling consumers to buy new devices willy-nilly and without contract. Buying such a new device might be easy, but it will likely remain a time-consuming hassle to configure it -- particularly if you're moving operating systems, like Apple iOS or Windows to Android.
In any case, the key is to ignore the Android-device prompts for an automatic setup -- they won't work. Instead, plan to manually enter the data straightaway -- it's faster. Begin by identifying your existing email settings: Open a currently functioning email client and choose the Settings menu. Then copy the settings syntactically character-by-character.
Microsoft Office's Outlook on the PC lets you leave the settings dialogs on-screen while you fiddle with the phone, but the settings can be copied from iPhones or other software clients too; look for the Settings button on the iPhone and drill down for email settings.
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Step 1: Open Outlook 2013 and choose the File tab. Then click or touch the Account Settings button and again, click or touch the resulting drop-down button.
Step 2: In the resulting Change Account dialog box, double-click on the listed email account that you want to use on your phone. The account type, incoming and outgoing servers, and incoming logon information will be listed.
Step 3: Choose the More Settings button on the dialog and then the Outgoing Server tab in order to see if the outgoing mail server is different from the incoming mail server listed in the previous step. Keep Outlook open.
Tip: Some, but not all, outgoing email servers use settings different from those of the incoming server.
Step 4: Find the email setup area on your new Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") device by choosing Settings in the app drawer and then Accounts and Sync; then Add Account and then Email.
Tip: The newest Android operating system -- Android 4.4 "Kit Kat" -- sets up similarly.
Step 5: Follow the syntax precisely to enter server data, obtained in the earlier steps, into the Android device's email setup menu. Use the Next prompt button to progress forward through screens.
Tip: Check the server syntax, password and User ID if the Android device can't connect to the server. Required ports can be found in Outlook's More Settings. Look for the Advanced tab and copy the port numbers listed there.
Pay attention to outgoing server-required SSL encryption, which will be listed in that Outlook tab too. Outgoing encryption is more prevalent than incoming.
Step 6: On the last screen in the series of Android email setup prompts, choose the Android device's email account options such as inbox-checking frequency, default sending account, notification and syncing.
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On January 11 1946, Enver Hoxha declared the People's Republic of Albania, launching the country on a path of oppression, isolation and mismanagement lasting almost half a century. By the time of the dictator's death in 1985, there were only about 2,000 cars in Albania, but approximately 700,000 reinforced concrete bunkers - an average of one per family.
The rise of communism in Albania began during World War II. Communist partisans were active in the resistance movement against first Italian and then German occupation. Enver Hoxha, who had founded the Albanian Communist Party (later the Labour Party) in 1941, became the leader of the National Liberation Army. After Albania's liberation from the Germans, he emerged as the leader of the newly formed communist state. The regime's claim to legitimacy was based in large part on its partisan roots, which it celebrated by erecting a lapidar, a memorial monument to every fallen hero, in all public places.
Hoxha's repressive regime permitted no challenge to its power or to the strict Stalinist ideas it espoused. In 1961, Hoxha broke with Albania's closest ally, the Soviet Union, because he believed Khrushchev had abandoned the teachings of Stalin. Thereafter, Albania's chief ally was the People's Republic of China. When China established diplomatic relations with the United States in 1978, Hoxha denounced the Chinese as well and decided to pursue a policy of self-reliance. Albania became the North Korea of Europe, the most isolated communist state in the world. It was the last country in Europe with monuments to Stalin (besides one in Stalin's hometown in Georgia). Hoxha's Albania was a fortress state supposedly threatened by countless foes from abroad and within. Regular purges saw thousands executed as traitors or enemies of communism. Opponents of the regime were held in notorious prisons like Tepelena, or served forced labour in copper mines like the one in Spac.
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At the time of Hoxha's death in 1985, Albania had a population of around 3 million. It was by far the poorest country in Europe. Miranda Vickers and James Pettifer describe the Albania of that time as:
"an island of increasing poverty and demoralisation, with a rapidly disintegrating infrastructure, crumbling buildings, malnourished and poorly clad workers and peasants using primitive agricultural equipment, all surrounded by slogans reminding them that Partia mbi te gjitha (the Party is above everything).
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Hoxha was succeeded as communist leader by his protégé, Ramiz Alia. Alia shared Hoxha's Marxist-Leninist views but, facing an increasingly restive population and pressure from abroad, he gradually made concessions regarding political control and human rights. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, news of changes in other communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe reached Albania.
The first mass anti-communist protests took place in July 1990, forcing the regime into some cosmetic changes in economic policy. It was in vain: shortages of spare parts, aging machinery, drought and growing unrest brought the economy to a standstill. By the year's end, after strong student and trade union protests, the regime was forced to accept a multiparty system. Hoxha's gilded statue in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, was torn down by rioters on February 20, 1991.
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You should not take carbamazepine if you have a history of bone marrow suppression, or if you are allergic to carbamazepine or to an antidepressant such as amitriptyline, desipramine, doxepin, imipramine, or nortriptyline.
TELL YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ALL OTHER MEDICINES YOU USE. Some drugs can raise or lower your blood levels of carbamazepine, which may cause side effects or make carbamazepine less effective. Carbamazepine can also affect blood levels of certain other drugs, making them less effective or increasing side effects.
Carbamazepine may cause serious blood problems or a life-threatening skin rash. Call your doctor if you have a fever, unusual weakness, bleeding, or a skin rash (no matter how mild).
Do not stop taking carbamazepine without asking your doctor first, even if you feel fine.
If you are pregnant, do not start or stop taking carbamazepine without your doctor's advice.
What is carbamazepine?
Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant. It works by decreasing nerve impulses that cause seizures and pain.
Carbamazepine is used to treat seizures and nerve pain such as trigeminal neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy. Carbamazepine is also used to treat bipolar disorder.
Carbamazepine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking carbamazepine?
You should not take carbamazepine if you have a history of bone marrow suppression, or if you are allergic to carbamazepine or to an antidepressant such as amitriptyline, desipramine, doxepin, imipramine, or nortriptyline.
Do not use carbamazepine if you have taken an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include furazolidone, isocarboxazid, linezolid, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, and tranylcypromine.
Carbamazepine may cause severe or life-threatening skin rash, and especially in people of Asian ancestry. Your doctor may recommend a blood test before you start the medication to determine your risk.
To make sure carbamazepine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have any of these conditions:
- heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or triglycerides;
- liver or kidney disease;
- glaucoma;
- a thyroid disorder;
- lupus;
- porphyria; or
- a history of mental illness, psychosis, or suicidal thoughts or actions.
You may have thoughts about suicide while taking carbamazepine. Tell your doctor if you have symptoms of depression or suicidal thoughts. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.
Follow your doctor's instructions about taking seizure medication if you are pregnant. Do not start or stop taking this medicine without your doctor's advice, and tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant. Carbamazepine may cause harm to an unborn baby, but having a seizure during pregnancy could harm both mother and baby. The benefit of preventing seizures may outweigh any risks to the baby.
Carbamazepine can make birth control pills or implants less effective. Use a barrier form of birth control (such as a condom or diaphragm with spermicide) to prevent pregnancy while taking carbamazepine.
Carbamazepine can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while you are using carbamazepine.
How should I take carbamazepine?
Follow all directions on your prescription label. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose to make sure you get the best results. Do not take this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Do not crush, chew, break, or open an extended-release tablet or capsule. Swallow the pill whole.
You may open the extended-release capsule and sprinkle the medicine into a spoonful of pudding or applesauce to make swallowing easier. Swallow right away without chewing. Do not save the mixture for later use. Discard the empty capsule.
Shake the oral suspension (liquid) well just before you measure a dose. Measure the liquid with a special dose-measuring spoon or medicine cup, not with a regular table spoon. If you do not have a dose-measuring device, ask your pharmacist for one.
The chewable tablet must be chewed before you swallow it.
It may take up to 4 weeks before your symptoms improve. Keep using the medication as directed and call your doctor promptly if this medicine seems to stop working as well in preventing your seizures.
While using carbamazepine, you may need frequent blood tests at your doctor's office.
Do not stop taking carbamazepine without asking your doctor first, even if you feel fine. You may have increased seizures or unpleasant withdrawal symptoms if you stop using carbamazepine suddenly.
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That's me breathing a sigh of relief every time I walk into my workroom now- a room I walk into every day, so you can imagine the impact this has made on me.
OK, that sounded way out of perspective – it's just a clean and more organized room, after all – but what I mean to say is that a pleasant workspace can mentally have a positive impact on our everyday lives, wouldn't you agree?
Just a little over a week ago it looked similar to this photo that I took of the room when I originally posted about it during our Remodeling Series (before our remodel, this was part of the garage!):
Except that it probably had even more stuff piled everywhere.
And since this room serves as my blogging office, sewing room, DIY workshop, workout room (thanks to the treadmill hidden in the closet), occasional guestroom, and houses our canning & food overflow pantries, it has spent a lot of time looking like these before shots:
These piles are from the "DIY workshop" function of the room- they were pictures, frames, and mirrors waiting to become part of the new gallery wall. So the teetering pile on the hat boxes weren't there after I posted about our wall, but see all the stuff to the left? And piled on the surfaces in the background?
Yeah…there for a long time.
And the shelves became places I could stuff lot of odds and ends.
There was some attempt at organization, but then stuff piled up on the walls (my preschool take-home bags) and the floor (more preschool stuff).
You can see where I've put some of the vintage canning jars I was given- even though they're empty.
I had big plans for this bulletin board when I bought it, but while it waited, I started sticking stuff on it…and in front of it.
Ugh. Believe it or not, I sorta stopped seeing all this junk.
And then, when we finally were able to use the vintage molding we had bought years ago to frame that old bulletin board (here's where I published how to make a bulletin board like it), it provided the springboard I needed to eliminate things around here.
After all, it is my word of the year, isn't it?
A bit nicer now, wouldn't you agree?
I decided to switch the dresser and desk so I could move the sewing machine to the smaller table and have the desk for blogging, but still be able to access both with my rolling chair (a vintage office chair found for $5 at a thrift store many years ago).
It's SO much nicer having more room on the desk. I used to have to move the sewing machine to the back if I was using the computer, and visa versa if I needed to sew. Which really didn't leave enough room for either.
The unexpected bonus is that the dresser looks nicer from the doorway than the desk, I think. Probably has to do with the fact that I have a lot of, um…paraphernalia…on the desk and there are just three containers on the dresser.
I especially like the new spot for this chair (which of course is waiting for a slipcover…)- it's very inviting next to the French doors with it's great view and natural light.
Plus, it hides a few piles behind it. {smile} But just a few- really. The biggest pile is waiting to go to the thrift store, thankfully.
Tomorrow I'm going to highlight some of my favorite things in my updated workroom – including what I finally decided to fill all those vintage jars with! (See 13 Ways To Organize A Workroom With Vintage {and Thifted} Finds).
This is linked to the May Before and After Party.
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Dave Alsop, Head of Administration for the San Francisco Waldorf High School, watched along with excited parents, students, and faculty as the green ribbon was cut today welcoming the students to the first and only San Francisco LEED Gold Certified High School. Alsop explained, "We wanted the new high school to represent our values both visibly and outwardly"; and they succeeded.
The building was once a Pacific Bell call center hermetically sealed with gray walls and sparse, dark glazed windows, giving it a sinister persona. It's hard to imagine people worked there long hours staring out at concrete walls, instead of gazing at the surrounding eucalyptus grove and greenery. The site was originally slated for condos, but the Waldorf School was able to swoop in there just in time and secure the spot.
Lead Architect, David Bushnell, from 450 Architects and parent toured me through the adaptive reuse building pointing out the multitude of sustainable features: German double paned windows encased in sustainable mahogany wood, light sensors optimizing daylight and reducing energy use, CO 2 detectors that stream in fresh air should the CO2 level get too heavy, the 98% or more recycled materials used for the ceiling, carpets, and sheet rock, to name a few of the many. The school is also one of few structures to include a 99% efficient water heater, further reducing energy use. Low flush and dual flush toilets, along with planting indigenous plants contribute to the overall reduction in the school's water usage by 30%. Aesthetically, to create a more fluid movement for the students as they attend and walk from class to class, Bushnell constructed curvy walls throughout the interior, opening up the classroom and breezeways. Bushnell further explained future additions to the school. There are plans for a gym auditorium, solar panels, and for terraces built on the north side of the school where the wind will be blocked by a glass wall and students and faculty will be able to sit back and enjoy the view of the lush green canopy.
The school was bought just last October for a mere 6 million dollars and completed this month – remarkably quick considering typical permit processes. However, due to the LEED for Schools initiative it was given priority permit status to expedite the approval process. The building costs amounted to approximately 6.5 million, totaling a 13 million bond sponsored by Wells Fargo. The school administrators believe they will see a return on investment or payback within 10-15 years, "… well worth every penny for the health of the students, teachers and the environment" declared Casper Mol, a San Francisco-based architect and Lead Project Manager for the school.
The school is opening their doors to the public on Thursday, September 27th for guided tours from 3pm-5pm. The school is located at 470 West Portal Avenue at Sloat Avenue.
Robin Connell is a current graduate student at the Presidio School of Management, MBA in Sustainable Management. She received her B.A in Environmental Studies from the University of Santa Barbara and is currently the New Business Manager for Dwell Magazine.


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September 11, 2001
President George W. Bush was in Sarasota, Florida, on the morning of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He was moved to Air Force One as quickly as possible, flown to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, then on to Offutt AFB in Nebraska, before making the final leg to Andrews AFB in Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. F-16s provided escort. Von Hardesty writes in Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency, "Not since the assassination of John F. Kennedy had Air Force One been center stage in a national tragedy…. The delays and the peculiar flight path of Air Force One had reflected the extraordinary context of the day, a moment in time that the president himself described as the 'fog' of war." In this image, Bush boards Air Force One in 2006, en route to Iraq.


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Orioles center fielder Adam Jones would love to be part of the Home Run Derby on July 9 in Kansas City, the day beforeMajor League Baseball'sAll-Star Game.
But even if he is selected by the American League captain, New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, Jones almost certainly will not participate in the annual show of clout.
"With the competitive nature of me, of course I'd want to do the derby, but I don't think the Orioles are gonna allow me to do it," said Jones who has not taken batting practice for most of the last two weeks due to lingering soreness in his left and right wrists. "I wouldn't' think they would. My hands need the extra day and a half to rest."
The All-Star rosters will be announced Sunday and Jones, who entered Saturday's game hitting .297 with club highs in homers (19) and RBIs (41), is considered likely to be selected (along with Orioles' closer Jim Johnson ) for the second time in his career.
Next week, Cano will extend the derby invitations and Jones, who was tied for seventh in the AL in homers heading into Saturday, would be a natural candidate.
"But I need to limit my swings as much as possible, especially over the break. That's important right now," said Jones, who said he would ask permission from the club and manager Buck Showalter before he accepted a derby invite. "I think they would say, 'What do you want to do? Would you want to do it?' They'll leave it in my hands. But I think the smart and responsible decision is to say no."
So would he absolutely do the smart and responsible thing?
"I don't know. I haven't been asked yet," he said, laughing. "If the opportunity arises, I definitely would need to talk to [Showalter] about it."
Jones has played through the wrist discomfort — a previous MRI showed no damage, just swelling — most of the season, and he would do the same if he gets an All-Star nod.
"I'd get as much rest as I could and just take the necessary swings if I am so fortunate to be in the game," Jones said.
Jones said he has been in two previous home run derbies, one in high school and one right after he was drafted in 2003. He won both, and actually broke a stadium light fixture in 2003 — which officials jokingly told him would come out of his signing bonus.
Wieters and the Warehouse
Catcher Matt Wieters turned on a Derek Lowe pitch and drove it into the night Friday — the ball traveling nearly 400 feet before landing on Eutaw Street. He didn't come close to hitting the B&O Warehouse, and Wieters doesn't know if anyone ever will.
The only player ever to hit the warehouse on the fly in a competition was Ken Griffey, Jr., and he did it during the Home Run Derby the day before the 1993 All-Star Game. Doing it in a game is a whole different challenge.
"I'm not going to say never,'' Wieters said, "but you're going to have to see some helping wind and it's going to be a ball that is going to be absolutely crushed. A lot of things would have to go right.
"The only place you really have a shot is probably the 10 or 15 feet inside the foul pole. Anywhere else and it's going to take a 500-foot shot. It would be impressive."
Showalter said he expects that it will happen one day.
"Yeah, these guys amaze me every day with the things they do, things that we take as everyday occurrences that years ago were like unbelievable," Showalter said. "It wouldn't surprise me. I hope it is not (by the opposition)."
Flaherty starts again, this time at third
A day after allowing an easy fly ball to drop in right field on Friday, rookie Ryan Flaherty was back in the starting lineup Saturday, this time playing third base. A natural shortstop, Flaherty has been moved all around the diamond, including the outfield.
"The thing about Ryan is a he is a guy that doesn't repeat mistakes, he'll learn from it," Showalter said. "I've been wanting to play him two or three days in a row just to get his feet back on the ground again. I'm trying to accomplish that today. He is useful, but it's not (without) learning experiences."
Murray not commenting
Hall-of-Famer declined all comment when asked Saturday about being investigated by the federal government as part of an insider trading operation that involved Murray's former Orioles teammate Doug DeCinces.
Murray has not been charged in the investigation, but DeCinces was fined $2.5 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission last August. Murray has been directed by his attorneys not to comment on the investigation and continued that stand Saturday.
"You know I can't say nothing, right?" Murray said while at Camden Yards for the Weaver statue ceremony.
Murray, who played 12-plus seasons with the Orioles and was inducted into the National baseball Hall of Fame in 2003, will have his own statue at Camden Yards dedicated on Aug. 11.
Hammel hopeful
Pitcher Jason Hammel has been one of the top 10 starters in the American League throughout the first half of the season, but remains very much on the bubble for a spot on the All-Star pitching staff. He said yesterday that he isn't going to sweat out selection Sunday.
"I'd like to go, obviously," he said, "but that's more of an individual thing. We've turned some heads here collectively as a team, so a lot of guys here deserve to go. I'd be happy to go, but I'm happier about the circumstances surrounding us."
Around the horn
Hall of Fame manager , who was honored with a statue at Camden Yards on Saturday, threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Showalter. … An orange '4' trimmed in black was painted in the foul grass in front of the home dugout in honor of Weaver and another four was on the warehouse in right. … First baseman Nick Johnson (right wrist) will leave for Sarasota to begin his rehab. He was placed on the DL Thursday.
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I am a masters student and I want to study algebraic geometry. Does there exist good good book for selfstudy of algebraic geometry?
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A learning roadmap for algebraic geometry
I am a masters student and I want to study algebraic geometry. Does there exist good good book for selfstudy of algebraic geometry?
Reid's book recommended above (below,depending on your perspective) is certainly your best bet for a ground floor introduction. An older resource that's certainly worth checking out is William Fulton's Algebraic Curves.
In connection with Fulton's book,a new resource has recently popped up online that we ALL need to check out and I'm hoping to turn all math majors and graduate students on to it: Last year at MIT, Micheal Artin taught a basic course in algebraic geometry from Fulton's book using only his own course in algebra as prequisites. Artin composed a detailed set of lecture notes and posted most of them in PDF. I'm really hoping one day he turns them into a book-and if it becomes a widely-used resource on the web,he just might. The course and these materials,including a PDF downloadable version of Fulton's book,can be found at http://math.mit.edu/classes/18.721/. The fact that Artin is actively seeking email feedback and corrections on the notes strongly suggests he's at least considering turning them into a book-the more feedback he gets,the greater likelihood this will occur. So please-everyone find time to do this,particularly the algebracists and algebraic geometers in here!
More difficult but still very accessible, is the 2 volume second edition of Shafaravich's Algebraic Geometry text.The text is very rigorous,yet very concrete-it has many pictures and examples and builds to the language of schemes rather then throwing the student immediately into these very deep waters. Most of the initial focus is on the "classical" geometry of curves and varieties.
At this point,most people would recommend the classic by Hartshorne,which has given 2 generations of graduate students nightmares.It IS as difficult as people say,but it's very well written and if you're serious about AG,sooner or later,you have to read it. You should be ready to try it after Shafaravich and a good course in commutative algebra (a la Atiyah/MacDonald or Eisenbud).
But before you break your head on that book,there's 2 other options at roughly the same level I'd recommend first. First is Mumford's The Red Books Of Varieties And Schemes.This is a very visual yet abstract treatment that I think you'll find much easier going,even though it doesn't cover as much. You'll definitely find Hartshorne a lot easier after Mumford.
The other resource I'd recommend is still very much a work in progress,but it's so beautiful and wonderfully written,i'd be remiss in not recommending it. It's Ravi Vakil's lecture notes, now in thier 2nd or 3rd version of the increasingly popular course he's teaching at Stanford. They can be found in thier most recent iteration at his blog;earlier versions can be found posted at his webpage. I think eventually these notes-after a few more years of polishing-will supercede everything else for graduate students on modern algebraic geometry. They are almost "Hartshorne Explained".They also contain so many insights,it's incredible. Take at look at them,please. You'll thank me later.
That should get you started-good luck!
There is no easy way into Algebraic Geometry as this is one of the most imressive mathematical machineries ever created. Make yourself a favour and start reading one of the two mainstream books: Hartshorne or Griffiths-Harris. Some russians would recommend Shafarevich instead, which is also a great book...
There are further great books if you are interested only in one aspect of algebraic geometry (curves or algebraic groups). In fact, learning Algebraic Curves first may be the best strategy for you. I don't know them very well but you may try Kirwan...
As an introductory book, I will recommend Karen Smith's(plus some other's) book "An invitation to Algebraic geometry". It is very well wrtitten.
In addition to the excellent text by K. Smith et al. recommended above, you could consider the book
Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms by David A. Cox, John B. Little and Don O'Shea
which is very accessible, and some older texts which are more elementary and (therefore) quite readable, e.g.
-- Rudiments of algebraic geometry by William Elliott Jenner
-- Introduction to algebraic curves by Phillip A. Griffiths
As a warm up I recommend looking at Miles Reid's book Undergraduate Algebraic Geometry http://www.amazon.com/Undergraduate-Algebraic-Geometry-Mathematical-Society/dp/0521356628
Hartshorne. (It even has its own Wikipedia page!)


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I got a notice of a crowd-sourcing effort aimed at starting a new website called "Help Finding Family." This effort is being made by Eric Proffitt and he describes his effort as follows:
Hi, my names Eric Proffitt and I love family history! Recently my family just spent $1,200 hiring a professional genealogist to visit my wife's ancestral village in Ukraine and send us pictures. While the product was amazing and we were able to see our great, great, grandmas school, learn about cousins who are still alive, and got a feel for the culture of the area, the end result was really expensive.
This got us to thinking: what if we could create a place where normal people like you and me could help each other find their families?? For instance, if I wanted a picture of my Keith Family Castle, but couldn't afford to fly to the Scotland, I could post my request and have someone who already lives there take the picture and send it to me for as little as $5! WOW!Crowd-sourcing is now a very acceptable way to raise the necessary funds to start such a project. Here is an explanation of what will be done with the money raised:
- We need to raise $26,000 to pay the programmers to create the helpfindingfamily software which will allow millions of transactions between people doing family history and amateur genealogists.
- In exchange for your financial support, we have hooked up with local artists and genealogists to create some amazing rewards including: Free Family History Research, Family Crest Artwork, The Meaning of Your Family Surname Word Art, Family Tree Poster.
It appears that this is not an "investment" but a gift, not to be confused with the current push to crowd-source investments for start-up companies. Without a whole lot more information about how this business will proceed forward, I certainly cannot endorse any such activity. Please make your own decision as to whether to contribute or not. It does remind me that we have had a similar organization for many years; Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK).
The background and history of the RAOGK is set forth as follows from the most recent incarnation of the website in the form of a wiki:
The RAOGK wiki is a workaround for the official RAOGK site being down. Bridgett and Doc Schneider were the founders of the RAOGK website and like other genealogists, I am deeply indebted to their efforts as I benefited immensely from the work of their volunteers. When I created the wiki, it was out of my utmost respect for Bridgett and Doc's work. The wiki was my way to give back – my personal RAOGK for the RAOGK community – by providing a workaround for FB posts like Amy Mueller Stiles (and similar ones on the USA groups) on April 27: "...wall requests are ok on FB but it's like pulling teeth to get the info of what they are looking for sometimes. Direct email contact is best." My hope and intent with the wiki is that it fills a gap for genealogists while the official site is down ... a place for researchers and volunteers to connect (with the familiar ease of use) until the official site is operational again. (I wrote Doc on Mar 7, 2012, about the wiki, etc. and again on April 27. On April 17, the [lead] RAOGK admin gave "conditional approval" for the wiki.)For more explanation of the status see the FamilySearch.org Research Wiki article of the same name: Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. A quick check of the status of the original RAOGK website shows that the domain is for sale, so the site must be inactive.
In a Facebook post (27 Apr 2012), Doc indicated he was starting to restore the RAOGK site.
I always advise caution in "donating" to any solicitation, especially any solicitation that you do not initiate. Be advised.


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This year, our friends at the New England Aquarium have received a record number of turtle patients to their Animal Care Center. After more than 160 severely cold stunned turtles came through their doors in the past month, they reached out to our Marine Animal Rescue Program (MARP) team for help in rehabilitating some of these turtles for release.
We currently have seven patients in our Animal Care Center's turtle rehab area – three Kemp's ridleys, three green sea turtles and one loggerhead.
All seven of our turtle patients are being treated for cold stunning – a hypothermic reaction that occurs when sea turtles are exposed to cold water for a prolonged period of time. In addition to cold stunning, two of the turtles have also presented common complications including pneumonia and unstable blood pH. Our team is working hard to treat these specific problems and the overall health of each turtle.
The loggerhead turtle was the first patient to arrive at our facility from New England. In addition to being cold stunned, this turtle had also suffered from a dramatic injury to its front-right flipper, sustained before the initial rescue. As a result, the flipper had to be amputated. Although we're always saddened to see these types of severe injuries, this new patient is a great example of how far our animal rehabilitation efforts have come in recent years.
As many may know, our beloved 400-pound green sea turtle, Calypso, originally came to National Aquarium as a rescue. Weighing just 6 pounds, this small turtle was cold stunned and had an infected left front flipper. The flipper was not treatable and was amputated. After the amputation, Calypso was deemed "non-releasable" by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
In more recent years, research has shown that many turtles with natural front flipper amputations can survive in the wild. In fact, we were able to rehabilitate and release our first turtle with an amputation, lovingly referred to as "Ed," in 2006. Our MARP team tracked Ed via satellite tag to ensure that he was doing well after release.
We're happy to report that our loggerhead patient is doing so well that we have an exit exam scheduled in early January. If all goes well, the turtle will be transferred to North Carolina for release!
Stay tuned for more updates from our MARP team!


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"The nation [the founders] envisioned and created was a white supremacist nation. Meaning, it was founded on the notion that whites should rule, that whites had superior ability to rule, that the nation should be a white republic, and that people of color surely should not have equal rights with whites." – Tim Wise
When The Birth of a Nation ("BOAN") was released 97 years ago in 1915, it was heralded for its technical innovations and was the first film screened at the White House. However, many – including the NAACP – protested BOAN's degrading black stereotypes, glorification of the Ku Klux Klan, and its racist propaganda dressed up as historical representation. Despite its controversies, BOAN is a valuable part of my film collection. It is a movie that I watch and refer to regularly. The hegemonic worldview expressed in BOAN is still very relevant, unfortunately, and offers great insights about the ongoing pervasiveness of American racism, even more so in the wake of the Trayvon Martin tragedy.
BOAN dramatizes the Civil War and its consequences from the perspectives of two families – the Stonemans from the North and the Camerons from the South. Life in the South before the war was depicted as idyllic. Whites reigned supreme while blacks were carefree and content in their subservient roles. After the war, however, the defeated Southerners fell under the rule of "carpetbaggers." They also found themselves vulnerable to the newly freed slaves who outnumbered them, had voting rights, violent tendencies and the audacity to pursue white women. The Southerners responded to this threat to their existence by forming an underground vigilante group to restore "order" to the South, and hence the Ku Klux Klan was born.
"Why not retain and incorporate the blacks into the state…? Deep rooted prejudices entertained by the whites; ten thousand recollections, by the blacks, of the injuries they have sustained…will divide us into parties, and produce convulsions which will probably never end but in the extermination of the one or the other race." – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
Jefferson's quote reflects the inconsistencies on which this nation was founded – contradictions that have yet to be meaningfully recognized. On the one hand, this slave-owning author of the Declaration of Independence acknowledged the "injuries" inflicted on blacks due to racial discrimination. On the other hand, however, Jefferson rationalized that it was in America's best interest to deny blacks equal rights and protections under the Constitution in order to avoid retaliation and anarchy.
"I felt a little bit threatened, if you will, in the attitude that [President Obama] had." – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer
As if taking a cue from Jefferson, BOAN depicted the newly emancipated blacks as irresponsible, brutal and out of control. The abuse of their newly acquired political power left whites disenfranchised and helpless to do anything about it. Left to their own devices, blacks were well on their way to taking over the nation. That is until the Ku Klux Klan rode in and saved America. Using intimidation, coercion and violence to oppress blacks, the Klan's methods were deemed necessary to preserve the nation. The end justified the means. Could this be why an unarmed man can be shot 41 times and his murderers set free? Perhaps this explains why a man who was outnumbered and beaten savagely on videotape was perceived as the aggressor. Is this why Trayvon Martin, armed only with a cell phone, Skittles and ice tea, was shot to death and his assailant, George Zimmerman, has so far avoided murder charges by claiming self-defense? Adding insult to injury, it has been reported Zimmerman "suffers" from PTSD – as if that's any comparison to being DEAD.
"It's time this generation learned the difference between a villain and a hero." – J. Edgar Hoover
The irony of quoting Hoover on this topic aside, the concept of heroes and villains works well in fiction. In BOAN, the villainous blacks are returned to a submissive position by the heroic Ku Klux Klan. The Klan's savior status is denoted by the superimposed images of Christ and a Klansman in the final minutes of the film. Therefore, it stands to reason, according to BOAN, that if the Klan is godly, then blacks are the direct opposite. However, in real life using the "good versus evil" rubric to assess others often leads to tragic consequences. Dehumanizing and demonizing one's opponents and/or those with whom you are unfamiliar results in a delusional sense of self-righteousness and an unwillingness to consider different points of view. Peaceful resolutions are replaced by ongoing conflict and domination.
"If you're black, you gotta look at America a little bit different. You gotta look at America like the uncle who paid for you to go to college but molested you." – Chris Rock
America likes to see itself as the land of freedom, justice and opportunity – a harmonious, multi-cultural melting pot. That is not my reality though I yearn for that ideal. In my America, racial discrimination and stereotyping are constant companions. Racism does not always involve physical violence, although its emotional toll can be just as destructive over time. Its more subtle forms include low expectations, backhanded compliments and hasty assumptions.
History informs me that demanding Zimmerman's arrest is not enough. Based on the way this case has been handled so far and the efforts to criminalize Martin, the state of Florida is incapable of conducting a fair trial. This case must be prosecuted on the federal level. There also needs to be a major shake-up in the Sanford Police Department. Resignations/terminations are not sufficient. The conduct of the police and state attorney's office should be thoroughly investigated. Negligent law enforcement officers must be prosecuted and their pensions should be revoked. Maybe then they will value the rights of everyone they are supposed to "serve and protect." Finally, looking to the future, now is the time to push for legislation about racial profiling with specific guidelines and consequences applicable to both law enforcement officials and civilians.
Frank Costello: "When I was growing up, they would say you could become cops or criminals. But what I'm saying is this. When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?" – The Departed
The Ku Klux Klan's hoods versus Trayvon Martin's hoodie – who's the hero and who's the villain? Whether it's on the screen in BOAN or in real life, the designation of heroes and villains is not absolute. There are many shades of gray. The real dilemma is not in the "hero" and "villain" designations; it is in the desire to categorize them in the first place. After all, the concept of heroes and villains is relative. Much depends on which end of the proverbial loaded gun you find yourself on.
What will it take for this nation to be reborn?
"The Rebirth of a Nation – Part 2: Truth and Reconciliation"


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History: 1975 – 1979
Status: Inactive
Style: Hard Rock
The genesis of the Runaways can be traced to a 1975 Alice Cooper party, where Fowley met teenage lyricist Kari Krome. Fowley was impressed with Krome's streetwise perspective and set about putting together a female band. Krome's friend, guitarist Joan Jett (born Joan Larkin), had been forming a band of her own with drummer Sandy West (born Sandy Pesavento), and Fowley quickly had a trio on his hands. However, it soon became apparent that Krome was not much of a singer, and she was replaced by vocalist Michael "Micki" Steele (born Sue Thomas), who also began learning the bass. As a trio, this lineup recorded a demo titled Born to Be Bad in late 1975; shortly thereafter, guitarist Lita Ford successfully auditioned through a trade-paper ad, and Steele left the group (she would later join the Bangles). Cherie Currie became the new lead vocalist, and after an extremely brief stint with a bass player known only as Peggy (which lasted just a few weeks), the band settled on Jackie Fox (born Jacqueline Fuchs), who switched to bass from guitar in order to join the band.
Thus constituted as an entirely teenaged quintet, it didn't take long for the Runaways to score a record deal; Currie's stage wardrobe (lingerie) and Fowley's well-established contacts made sure of that. After signing with Mercury in February 1976, the band began recording their self-titled debut album, which was released just a few months later. However, it was not greeted well. Fowley was preceded by his reputation for overhyping gimmicky acts, and the sheer number of roles he played in guiding the Runaways' career made him appear a manipulative, Svengali-like figure. Moreover, regardless of whether or not the Runaways were simply a cheap exploitation act (an endlessly debatable question), the entire concept of the band — teenage girls playing their own instruments and singing frankly and enthusiastically about sex, booze, and life on the streets — was simply too discomforting for much of America. Fowley's extensive involvement (some called it near-total control) made it easy for journalists and radio programmers to dismiss the group out of hand as a male-concocted sham; it was also a convenient way to ignore the myriad cultural buttons the Runaways were pushing.
Despite a wave of publicity on Fowley's part, The Runaways just barely scraped the bottom of the charts in the early fall of 1976, around the same time the band played their first gig at the legendary New York punk club CBGB's. The second Runaways album, Queens of Noise, was released in early 1977 and fared little better on the charts than its predecessor, thanks to radio's continued reluctance to program the group's music. However, when the Runaways mounted a tour of Japan in June of that year, they were greeted with sold-out arena gigs and rabidly enthusiastic audiences who didn't consider them a joke ("Cherry Bomb" had, in fact, topped the Japanese charts). A concert record, Live in Japan, was culled from the tour, but wasn't released in the U.S.
Despite this taste of success, relationships between some of the group members had begun to fray, thanks partly to substance abuse problems and partly to unconcerned negligence on the management's part. Upon their return to Los Angeles in July 1977, Jackie Fox departed the group; a story circulated that she had attempted suicide on the Japanese tour, though it was later discredited. Before the year was out, Currie too had left, spurred in part by consistent disagreements with Fowley. Jett took over as lead vocalist, and new bassist Vicki Blue was hired for the group's third album. Waiting for the Night was released at the end of the year, and failed to even hit the U.S. charts. By this point, Fowley had lost interest in the band, and quit as manager early the next year. Jett's unofficial leadership role within the group became more serious, but unfortunately, musical differences were beginning to arise (Jett's punk and glam rock influences clashed with West and Ford's love of straight-up hard rock and heavy metal). One more album, And Now…The Runaways, appeared toward the end of 1978, but it was released only in the group's core markets of Europe and Japan (it later appeared in America with a different running order under the title Little Lost Girls). Blue quit the band after their New Year's gig and was replaced by Laurie McAllister, but to no avail; Jett left the group in April 1979, and the Runaways officially disbanded not long after.
Currie released a solo album in 1978 titled Beauty's Only Skin Deep, and then teamed up with her twin sister Marie for 1980's Messin' With the Boys. Jackie Fox went to law school and became an attorney. Meanwhile, West and Ford formed a short-lived outfit of their own, after which Ford went solo and scored several hits as a pop-metal artist during the '80s. An even better indicator that there was more to the Runaways' music than met the eye was the success of Joan Jett's solo career. Jett formed her own band and record label, landed an enormous number one smash with 1982's "I Love Rock n' Roll," and continued to produce albums of tough hard rock into the 21st century. The heavily feminist riot grrrl punk movement claimed Jett as a major inspiration, prompting a re-examination of the Runaways' output divorced from Kim Fowley's marketing tactics. Rumors of a full-band reunion surfaced periodically but never resulted in an actual gig, although the release of a summertime biopic in 2010 — one that starred Kristen Stewart as Jett and Dakota Fanning as Currie — helped rejuvenate interest in the band.
Sources: Steve Huey at allmusic.com, The Runaways at the wikipedia
Laurie McAllister – bass
Sandy West – Drums, back vocals
Lita Ford – Guitar, Back Vocals
Jackie Fox – Bass, back vocals
Peggy Foster – Bass
Michael "Micki" Steele – Bass, back vocals
Vickie Blue – bass, back vocals
1977, "Live in Japan" (Live LP)
1977, "Queens of Noise" (LP)
1977, "Waitin' for the Night" (LP)
1978, "And Now … The Runaways" (LP)
1980, "Flaming Schoolgirls" (1980, outtakes compilation)
1981, "Little Lost Girls" (LP, re-sequenced U.S. version of And Now… The Runaways)
1982, "I Love Playin' With Fire" (LP, compilation)
1982, "The Best Of The Runaways" (LP, compilation)
1991, "Born to be Bad" (LP, compilation of early demos)
1992, "Neon Angels" (LP, compilation)
1997, "The Runaways featuring Joan Jett and Lita Ford" (LP, compilation)
2005, "20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection: The Best Of The Runaways" (LP, compilation)
2010, "Mercury Albums Anthology" (LP, collection of first four albums)


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So the single player campaign is on the Dev branch. I don't have the time to play it atm and will probably wait until it's entirely done, but has anyone else given it a look yet?
As for the game now that it's "done". The ground combat is good, but the whole future war thing is a bit rubbish they made some really odd choices. Especially by not including decent air units.
ArmA III
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Air was never a thing Arma did that well. Their flight model, vehicle weapon systems (particularly missiles and bombs) is incredibly simplistic and not really up to the same level as the infantry part of the game.
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We really should get some bigger group games going and perhaps even some competitive games (I love VIP ambush games with the right folk) Considering the Marksman DLC is out and there are some really cool workshop stuff, it would be a shame not to.
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