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Today we celebrate the memory of Michel Lavigniac even as we mourn his loss. He was an extraordinary husband, father, musician and friend.
Born in 1938, he was first raised in Argenton-Sur-Cruse by his maternal grandparents Andre and Josephine in Nazi occupied France. After liberation, he moved to Paris to live with his mother Georgette. There he taught himself to play the banjo in traditional jazz bands, first on street corners and later in the clubs--once sitting in with jazz legend Sidney Bechet.
Drafted into the French Army in 1958 for a three year tour in Algeria, he would only wear Keds on his feet and took pride in being punished for protesting the treatment of prisoners.
After his service, he realized his life-long dream of coming to America in '64. Arriving with $300 dollars to work as a dishwasher in a French restaurant in New York, he taught himself English from watching TV before shifts. Soon, he parlayed his experience playing banjo in Paris to gigs in America where he pleased crowds from Denver to Cape Cod. Known for his incredibly fast playing, fellow musicians named him The Flying Frenchman.
While playing at a pub on Cape Cod he met Judith, a nurse moonlighting as a waitress. From their first date walking along Sandy Neck beach, with her young son Michael in tow, their lives, as Michael once wrote in a grade school essay, changed forever. From that day on, Michel and Judith traveled, laughed, and loved one another with all their hearts for the next 40 years. As a husband, he was a supporter of dreams, and a bedrock of strength and love. As a father he modeled sangfroid and kindness tempered with self care. As a friend and musician he loved to make you smile. He leaves behind loved ones on both sides of the Atlantic who will keep the spirit of this good man alive so long as the memories he gave us endure. In lieu of flowers, the next time you see a street musician, give them a little something in honor of The Flying Frenchman.
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The past few weeks have found us getting into a few interesting situations.
First of all, here in South America we are starting to get cooler weather. It's been pretty tough, but somehow we are surviving. Nights have been getting down into the 50s, while daytime temps are barely reaching 80. It's been quite a trial.
On a more serious note, last week our teammates, Hebe and his family, were over at our house spending the evening. We had prepared dinner and Hebe was helping me prepare my sermons for Sunday. We had a really great time with them that evening. Emily and I have found ourselves being able to understand most everything that is said to us these days (though responding properly is frequently another matter) so these times of fellowship are growing more and more profitable in terms of our understanding the church and the culture.
At the end of the evening, when we walked Hebe and his family out of the house, his car was no longer parked in front of our house. It was immediately clear what had happened. They were certain the car had been locked, but here in São Paulo that doesn't always mean anything. While we had been hanging out someone had stolen their car.
We're still working through some of the logistics, but it was a pretty tough loss. Not only was the car stolen but Hebe's primary Bible was stolen as well as a number of other personal items. They are still evaluating what to do from here. Please be praying with us and for us as we are working through this situation with them.
Yesterday I preached in Portuguese for the first time. I had worked on manuscripting my sermon in English, then translated it into Portuguese with a friend here in the church, then went over it with Hebe. It was a bit of a challenge, but a great learning experience.
Chloe has been growing up more and more in front of our eyes. Emily has been taking time to work with her on sitting up, on rolling over, on scooting/crawling, and standing. Chloe rolled over for the first time on Saturday, and enjoys being on her feet. She has been a very happy baby lately.
Language school – our primary commitment right now – is still going well. It feels like at least every week, if not every day, we are learning things we are able to immediately put into practice in our everyday communications with people.
This weekend there is a lady's retreat which many of the churches in the Sao Paulo area will be participating in. Emily will be going with a group from our church. I will be headed out for my first race in Brazil, with another missionary and a couple of Brazilians.
Please continue to be in prayer for us, particularly for our safety. The events of this past week have confronted us with our need for provision from the Lord for our everyday safety. Thank you.
*Featured Image courtesy of our friend Luiz Santos, from our Church.

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Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) organised the launching of "Case Management in Reducing Case Backlog: Towards Transplant of Australian Practice to Bangladesh Courts" written by Ms. Ummey Sharaban Tahura, Joint District & Session Judge. Ms. Tahura is a PhD candidate at Macquarie University, Australia. The ceremony took place on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at BILIA Auditorium in Dhanmondi.
The ceremony was chaired by Mr. M.K. Rahman, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Dr. S. M. Masum Billah, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Jagannath University and Dr. AKM Emdadul Haque, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhaka were the designated discussants at the event.
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The distinguished guests shared their experiences and observations on the case backlog problem as well as on the book at the event. The notable guests included Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi public health activist, and Judge Mofizur Rahman Bhuiyan of Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court. Dr. Chowdhury spoke from the point of view of a victim of this legal system where case backlog is a serious matter of concern. Judge Mofizur Rahman Bhuiyan said that the number of judges should be increased, and everyone should change our mindset and put their best effort to resolve this problem.
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Venezuela's mission to the U.N. said Ban offered his congratulations during a meeting Tuesday with Venezuelan ambassador to the HRC Jorge Valero in Geneva, the Swiss city that is home to the U.N.'s top human rights body.
Ban's reported congratulations came despite the fact that the ongoing election onto the HRC of countries with poor human rights records has long outraged human rights advocates and frustrated democratic governments.
When the U.N. General Assembly voted last October to fill 18 vacancies on the HRC for the 2016-2018 period, Venezuela won the support of 131 of its 193 members. President Nicolas Maduro hailed the achievement as a "vote of confidence" in the face of "manipulative and lie-based campaigns" by Venezuela's foes, implying that the U.S. in particular had tried to block its bid.
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U.S. taxpayers account for 22 percent of the HRC's budget.
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Once again, I'm diving into the depths of basics. As my old Kenpo teacher used to say, there are no advanced techniques, just more advanced combinations of basics done better, so with that in mind, I keep going over the same fundamentals, mining them for that vein of gold yet untapped.
Serrada footwork is based on the male triangle, and our replacement step is called the papeet. It's simplicity itself - bring the rear foot up next to the front one, then back with the other foot. Usually. Sometimes we step up and then back again with the same foot. Why? Timing, deception, change of reaction to fit circumstances, etc. The focus of this post, though, is the nature of the male triangle, because as simple as it is, it seems hard for people to get. Some people are uncomfortable standing in against an attack, while others have habits from previous training that don't account for what we are trying to do.
Triangle stepping falls into two categories, male and female. If drawn on the floor, the point of the male triange points at the centerline of the opponent and the base is opposite and away. Conversely, the female triangle steps across the centerline, so the base is towards the opponent and the point faces away. As we have only these two variations, it shouldn't be too hard to differentiate, right? Not so fast!
It seems a lot of people have a really hard time doing the male triangle. They think they are being direct in their stepping but are automatically going wide. This is usually because of a perceived need to aviod a head-on clash. To be honest, even Angel sometimes took a slightly wide step, but that was not the philosophy of this system. As I've been saying a lot lately (in my best "arrrgh," a la Pirates of the Caribbean) "Them's more like guidelines than rules!" We want to control centerline, range, balance, and the male triangle establishes our position as the fulcrum. However, knowing rules means you understand when it is necessary to break them, and so Angel sometimes took that wider step. Occasionally it is "Do what I say, not what I do." If we don't pay attention to a detail - any detail - or try to master it, it just isn't going to happen of itself. Right?
So, why do we want to use the direct male triangle if it seems counter-intuitive? Foremost, leverage, both physically and psychologically. When we step in straight, we cut the line of our opponent's movement, forcing him wider either by taking his intended place or by getting deeper into him with our counter. For example, the check hand on an inside move has more deflection if we are direct. Step wider, we have less effect deflecting the strike or unbalancing his center. Sometimes I have students test to see who has the balance of the other. Either you have your opponent's or he has yours. Only one of you can own the center of the circle that is the dynamic of the fight between you. Stepping wider often concedes the center of this two-person dynamic.
The papeet allows us to control range without clashing. Serrada assumes our opponent has the intelligence to strike effectively, so we know where he is going to be. Our ideal range from which to counterstrike is right in front of his hand, because this keeps us defensively just out of range of a sudden and unexpected strike from the other hand. Against multiple attacks we "float" there. If our opponent just misses us, he's close enough to counter effectively. Wider steps may make him miss by more, but it also takes us out of range for that opportunity to hit quickly inside the timing of his movement. By staying "on point" and controlling the center, we are able to change the direction we face more quickly and with less effort. We change sides, making the opponent run around us in circles. All else being equal, he will get tired faster because he must move further. In military tactics, similarly, one has the advantage of direct lines of supply, support and communication inside the circle; to divide the enemy weakens his ability to concentrate his forces. We see this concept graphically mapped out in the widely seen escrima logo of a triangle inside a circle. In simple language, a straight line is the most direct way to get from point A to point B.
Are there dangers to being direct? Of course. There are no perfect or invulnerable techniques; martial arts is about maximizing our odds. We can get run over against a hard charge, or get our front leg swept. Knowing what can go wrong allows us to monitor against such possibilities. Conversely, going wide opens our centerline to the opponent. While that might not be an issue in largo mano range, in medio or corto the wider movement offers our centerline targets to an opponent, such as a kick to the groin. While one can be on guard against that, it takes only a split second of inattention for a quick or savvy opponent to exploit this vulnerability.
Our proper footwork is a heel-toe alignment; the front foot points towards the opponent, the heel of our rear foot is in a straight line with the front foot. This is the natural alignment for a lunge step, and using it closes the low line against the easy groin kick. Sometimes people keep the front foot on line but step wide with the rear foot. Again, in close range this opens that low target.
What are some circumstances that support the direct approach? Aside from the intrinsic value already mentioned, what if one is in a restrictive area? Think of fighting in a hallway or stairwell or on a narrow trail or defending a doorway. What about fighting on a balance beam or similar structure? If one habitually moves from side to side, this could be environmentally unsound. Angel put it this way - we all know how to move because we get around all the time. It is staying in one place that is difficult. If we can make smaller movements, we can always make a few of them to add up to a bigger one. If we always make a big movement, we can't always make it smaller. Think of it as units of measurement. If we map the California coastline in 100 mile units, it is pretty crudely drawn. If we use 10 mile increments, the detail is better. One mile units, even finer. Go down to 10 meters, even more so. The level of precision and detail increases by fine-tuning our scale, and so learning to hold our ground means we can either stay put or move just a tiny bit as our calculations deem necessary. This is perhaps the most cogent reason to discipline our stepping to that male triangle, because it is the smallest increment we can use in facing our opponent.


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Angra will play in California together with another Brazilian leading metal band, Sepultura. These shows represent the North American part of Aqua World Tour 2010-2011 supporting the brand new album of the band. "Aqua" was released in North America on 12th of October 2010 through SPV/Steamhammer. ANGRA already played many shows of AQUA Tour in various cities of Brazil in 2010 and performed at the renowned Japanese rock festival Loud Park (October 2010). With California dates the band start their live activities this year.
The dates are:
** January 13 – House Of Blues – Anaheim, CA
House of Blues / 1530 S. Disneyland Dr.
Anaheim, Los Angeles CA 92802 / United States
Tel: 714.778.BLUE
Web: www.hob.com/
** January 14 – House Of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
House Of Blues (Sunset Strip) / 8430 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA 90069 / United States
Tel: (323) 848-5100
Web: www.hob.com/
For more news : Edu Falaschi Official Website


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[1967] Of celebrating Margaret Thatcher
May 4th, 2009 by Hafiz Noor Shams
On this day 30 years ago, Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and a beacon to the whole wide world.
And in 1990 on her last day as PM:
Thank you Madam for everything.
One Response to "[1967] Of celebrating Margaret Thatcher"
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Believe - My Educational Brand
|Image from: talking2mymoon.wordpress.com
This post has two parts. I've been on the lookout for what makes a good blog over the past 2 weeks. My colleagues taking a graduate course with me have been an excellent example (blogs listed in the reference). Others are mentioned below. First I'll discuss features I've noticed in others blogs that I want to incorporate moving forward and how they can impact a school's story. The second part is about me and how I'm partnering my ideology and relevant technology to "promote my brand". I know, it sounds egocentric right? It's anything but.
Part I: The Takeaways
The more I see others Professional Learning Networks (PLN) the more daunting the task seems to grow one. I hope one day I can look back at this beginning and realize how far I have come. One article that attracted me to Tom Murray's website was on PLNs. I was drawn to the vast ways in which Tom is connected socially. It is evident across his site. Embedding these resources throughout in unique and visual ways helps the viewer to easily connect on a platform valuable to them. Being connected on various platforms reaches numerous stakeholders in education. Another blog, that was concluded in 2015 for commenting, but still houses many excellent posts that are pertinent to teachers and administrators was Joe Mazzo's Blog Lead Learners. In here he discusses the importance of starting a PLN for better or worse.
A post from Chris Wejr discusses the "Maybe Dad" since dad MIGHT be home for dinner. It's a good reminder of prioritizing, balancing and committing to job and life. It's a subtle reminder as you try to justify saving the world and living the one life you are given. It also reminds me that by being connected to your community you want to make sure you show you are human. Yes, you are in charge of helping run a school, but being personable and relatable can help you show that everyone at your building is in this journey together. This is a powerful reason for having a blog.
Finally, a post from Eric Sheninger discussing the importance of Preparing Students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It was a fascinating article discussing the skills necessary for students to succeed. What I loved about his blog is I got to this article through looking at the archives, selecting a post that caught my eye (showing the importance of a good title), and then clicking on a link in the article to push me to a previous article. Referring back to prior posts for content that was linked, cited and embedded instead of rewriting the information will make for an easy to follow post. It allows the reader to decide if that information will be pertinent for what they are looking for.
After visiting numerous other blogs I'm starting to see the importance of administrators creating PLNs and telling their school's story, and the impact it can have on the administration, teachers and eventually students through the power of sharing a brand. Developing a brand for your school can improve the culture, performance and resources (2104). It can demonstrate student achievement, activities, quality of staff and programs being implemented. Most importantly, there are great things happening in education, share them with the world.
Part II: The Change
But that's not as easy as it sounds. For me, social media has been more of a one way street. I use it to browse in some free time, read others opinions and rarely react. Is it my place to engage in conversation? Forward others thinking? Join in the discussion? I don't. Correction. I didn't. As I have begun to blog about my passion of education and "learn the ropes", I have quickly started to realize the potential. I've always been in the mind frame that social media helps promote a person, and it seems somewhat self-centered. It's not in my nature to gloat. Then I read this from Eric Sheninger (2014), "if you've shied away because social media seems to be an "all-about-me" effort, get beyond that. This isn't egocentric behavior; it's leadership survival in a digital world of messaging and a means to an educational end." So I will change. I am changing.
Sheninger challenges his readers to find a word that brands their professional careers. A word that relates to their personality, identifies their thinking and forms their reasoning. I took that challenge. I came up with an exuberant amount of buzzwords, education words, tech savvy words. I want it to sound current. I want others to like it. But they weren't the truth. They may be someone else's brand, but not mine. I fell back on the idea of why I got into the profession. Why I wanted to help students, and why ultimately I feel I can do the same for teachers.
Believe in your passion. Believe in your friends, your colleagues, your staff. Believe in the people who helped you get to where you are today. But most importantly, believe in yourself. Believe you can make a difference. Believe you can change the world. Believe you have what it takes to accomplish goals others thought weren't possible. This is my brand. And now my journey begins to build the brand that shaped the person I am and the leader I want to become.
Resources:Sheninger, E. (2014). Digital leadership: Changing paradigms for changing times. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Colleagues Blogs:Sean Feeley
Ralph Andrews
Steven Bilski
Laurie Binder
Bernadette Barone
Referenced Blogs:Chris Wejr
Eric Sheninger
Joe Mazzo
Tom Murray


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Permanent tours
Architecture and Courtyard Tour
533 Royal Street
Tuesday–Saturday | 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.
Sunday | 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.
$5 per person; groups of five or more should contact Lori Boyer, firstname.lastname@example.com or (504) 598-7145.
The guided tour highlighting the architecture of The Historic New Orleans Collection's Royal Street campus explores the history of French Quarter architecture, the different types and styles represented in the buildings and courtyards of THNOC, as well as the various people who have lived on this site. Note: this is a tour of The Historic New Orleans Collection's Royal Street properties, not a walking tour of the French Quarter. The tour lasts approximately one hour.
Williams Residence Tour
533 Royal Street
Tuesday–Saturday | 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.
Sunday | 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.
$5 per person; groups of five or more should contact Lori Boyer, firstname.lastname@example.com or (504) 598-7145.
Built in 1889 and restored by General L. Kemper and Leila Williams in the 1940s, this Italianate, two-story townhouse is now a house museum that reflects the elegant, mid-20th-century lifestyle of the owners. Tucked away behind the Merieult House at the end of a classic French Quarter courtyard, the Williams Residence is filled with antiques and other objets d'art collected by the couple in their wide travels. The Williamses moved into the house in 1946 and lived there until 1963. During those years the couple collected materials that eventually formed the basis of The Historic New Orleans Collection. Established as a museum in 1973, the Williams Residence is the only French Quarter house open to the public with original furnishings. The tour includes a walk through the Williamses' lush French Quarter courtyards. The tour lasts approximately one hour.
Organ demonstrations
11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
520 Royal Street
Admission is free.
In the early 20th century, having a player organ in the home was a luxury reserved for the most opulent residences, allowing the owner to have access to recorded music before radios and phonographs were commonplace. Tobacco magnate William Ratcliffe Irby remodeled the property at 520 Royal Street—now part of THNOC's exhibition center—to serve as his personal residence starting in 1918. In the process he installed such an organ in the entry room to his lavish third-floor apartment. The instrument, which was built by the Aeolian Company of New York, is one of a handful that has survived to this day in its original location and in working condition, fresh off a meticulous restoration by the Holtkamp Organ Company.
Visitors to the exhibition center can hear the organ twice a day in the third floor Barbara S. Beckman Music Room, where the organ's console and ornamental pipes command the space. During each demonstration, a staff member introduces the history of the Aeolian organ and explains the significance of THNOC's particular instrument. The demonstration concludes with a musical sampling played on the "King of Instruments." Demonstrations are free and take place daily at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., except for Mondays, when the museum is closed.
Special tours
Women in New Orleans History
March 1–31, 2020
Tuesday–Sunday | 11 a.m.
533 Royal Street
Admission is free.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, The Historic New Orleans Collection presents a special tour on the contributions of women to our culture, politics, and society. Available through the month of March, which is Women's History Month, "Women in New Orleans History" tells the stories of the women who shaped everyday life in the Crescent City. Native American women who wove baskets were important in local and transcontinental trade. The Ursuline nuns, who arrived in 1727, set a high standard for literacy among women and girls of all races. Free women of color owned more property than their male counterparts and carved out a distinctive place in New Orleans society before the Civil War. White women in the mid-20th century helped renew cultural interest in the decaying French Quarter.
Based on original objects spread across two campuses, the tour delves into the female landowners, teachers, journalists, activists, artists, voters, preservationists, and citizens—both free and enslaved—who made their marks on our history. Tours last approximately 45 minutes and begin at THNOC's 533 Royal Street Welcome Center. They continue through the Louisiana History Galleries and the French Quarter Galleries. Admission is free.
Enigmatic Stream guided tours
Through April 5, 2020
Tuesday–Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
520 Royal Street
Admission is $5; free for THNOC members
In Enigmatic Stream: Industrial Landscapes of the Lower Mississippi River, photographer Richard Sexton presents landscapes of hulking oil refineries, petrochemical plants, agricultural complexes, and flood prevention structures set within the natural beauty of the country's largest waterway. Guided tours of the exhibition delve into Sexton's chosen aesthetic and process, contextualize the economic history of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and challenge visitors to consider the risks and benefits of these structures. Tours last between 30 and 45 minutes and take place entirely within the exhibition gallery.
Holiday Home and Courtyard Tours
December only
Admission is $5; free for THNOC members. Sign up by purchasing tickets for the Williams Residence Tour during these dates.
Visit the festively decorated residence and courtyard of General L. Kemper and Leila Williams, founders of The Historic New Orleans Collection. Browse through the Shop at The Collection for unique gift items.
Cellphone Tours
Use your cell phone to access free tours of our Royal Street campus of historic buildings.
Group Tours
Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Groups of five or more should contact Lori Boyer, (504) 598-7145.
School Groups
THNOC welcomes schoolchildren of all ages. Customized field trips—which could include docent-led tours, special lectures, or guided visits to our research center—will bring the region's history to life for students. The field trips are available free of charge, but reservations are required for groups of any size. Please fill out a field trip request form or email email@example.com to make arrangements.
Tours for Members
Visit the membership page for information on curator-guided tours of regional historical sites and private, guided tours of The Historic New Orleans Collection included in selected membership packages.


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Utrecht/Brussels, 12 November 2014 – Their greenhouse gas emissions should be compared with the emissions of the fossil fuels that they replace in the market. These 'marginally' replaced fossil fuels are much more emitting than the average fossil fuel blend, to which biofuels are currently compared.
International consultants Ecofys have undertaken a study on behalf of the European Oilseed Alliance (EOA), the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) and the European Vegetable Oil and Protein meal Industry (FEDIOL) that explores this subject. The study "Greenhouse gas impact of marginal fossil fuel use" shows that emissions from fossil fuels are substantially underestimated in European legislation.
Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels are compared to a 'fossil comparator'. This comparator is based on the average carbon intensity of an average blend of fossil fuels. It is currently set at 83.8 gCO2eq/MJ in European legislation. The study shows that biofuel greenhouse gas emissions in fact replace emission-intense unconventional fuels such as those derived from oil sands, tight oil and kerogen oil.
Need to reflect market correctly
Ecofys' consultants researched what the best measure for comparison should be. They examined which fossil fuels would be used in the market, if the fraction of biofuels would not further increase. This so called 'marginal approach' reveals that the real estimated carbon intensity of fossil fuels is about 115 gCO2eq/MJ, which is 37% higher than that of the average blend used for the comparator. With an average emission from biofuels of about 46 gCO2eq/MJ, this means that the direct carbon benefit of biofuels is about 69 gCO2eq /MJ. This is even 80% better than what is commonly thought. "We strongly recommend to readjust the fossil comparator to reflect the growing share of unconventional fuels entering the market", said Carlo Hamelinck, Managing Consultant at Ecofys.
Call for transparency
The recently published Commission methodology proposal on the Fuel Quality Directive (98/70/EC) sets the 2010 baseline greenhouse gas intensity of fossil fuels at 94.1 gCO2eq/MJ. It still, however, proposes to compare biofuels with the outdated fossil comparator of 83.8 gCO2eq/MJ. Furthermore, the proposed policy does not call for the much needed transparency on the carbon intensity of fossil fuels entering the EU market, contrary to what is expected from biofuels. "Fossil fuels should meet the same standards as biofuels", Hamelinck claims. "This policy orientation clearly underestimates the potential that biofuels bring about to save emissions in the EU transport sector."
About Ecofys – Experts in Energy
Established in 1984 with the mission of achieving "sustainable energy for everyone", Ecofys has become the leading expert in renewable energy, energy & carbon efficiency, energy systems & markets as well as energy & climate policy. The unique synergy between those areas of expertise is the key to its success. Ecofys creates smart, effective, practical and sustainable solutions for and with public and corporate clients all over the world. With offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, China and the US, Ecofys employs over 250 experts dedicated to solving energy and climate challenges.


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Incident Of The Week: UConn Health Phishing Attack Exposes Patient Data
The breach threatens the privacy of 326,000 individuals
Data breaches are increasingly common in today's society, and people don't have to browse the headlines for very long to realize it. One of the reasons why they're becoming more alarming is the sheer amount of data accessible to a cybercriminal who pulls off a successful attack. One infiltration could result in obtaining hundreds of thousands of personal records.
And, some data is more valuable than others. The healthcare industry is a prime target for attacks, and that's primarily because of the wealth of patient and employee information associated with it. Hackers could sell the data on the black market and soon see their illegal actions pay off.
Many cyber security sites keep lists of the most severe breaches that happen throughout the year. Some of them also discuss the incidents that are among the first or last attacks in that period, and then either give predictions about the months ahead or offer a summary of what happened in the recent past.
An incident associated with UConn Health was among the last such issues of 2018 since representatives from the organization became aware of it on December 24.
Details of the Attack From UConn Health
According to a statement on the health system's site, it said that an unauthorized third party got access to some employee email accounts. The information within included things like Social Security numbers, birthdays, names and details about billing specifics or medical appointments.
Beyond that, the statement from the company was extremely vague, likely because the organization was still investigating what happened. It said UConn Health could not confirm whether the third party looked at or took the information in the accounts. Moreover, the health system was not aware of any individuals suffering from fraud or identity theft due to the incident.
Further Information Came to Light
Fortunately, reports published in February 2019 gave more clarity about the extent of the breach. The coverage said the breach affected as many as 326,000 individuals, and that 1,500 of them may have involved Social Security numbers. Also, a representative from UConn Health mentioned that the incident was a phishing attack, but said the organization had not identified the person or group responsible.
How Did the Organization Respond?
Once UConn Health realized what happened, it secured the affected accounts and checked the security for the overall email system. It also contacted law enforcement and hired a forensic science firm to search for the personal information impacted.
On the customer side of things, all people who may have had their data taken got notification letters about the event provided that the organization had valid mailing addresses for them. UConn Health is not the only health brand that had to send such mailings following a breach.
UW Medicine is another organization hit by a recent breach. It learned of a data breach on December 4, 2018. In that case, 974,000 people received letters letting them know what happened.
The correspondence from UConn Health contained information that explained some steps people could take to avoid further issues that might stem from the information compromised here. It offered free identity theft protection for the people who had their Social Security numbers revealed. UConn set up a dedicated toll-free number people could call to ask questions, too.
It also mentioned taking continual preventative steps against future attacks like this.
Avoiding Healthcare Data Breaches
Whether organizations have already gone through data breaches or are trying to prevent them, it's necessary to take a multi-step process. Staff training plays a significant role. For example, people in data entry roles must learn that the information is valuable and needs careful handing that follows data entry procedures at all times.
Since the UConn breach happened due to phishing, health care organizations should take the time to re-educate their staff members about what phishing is and some the warning signs of a suspicious email. Similarly, it's worth reaching out to customers and reminding them that genuine representatives of the organization will never ask for a recipient's password, for example.
See Related: "The Phishing Phenomenon: How To Keep Your Head Above Water"
And, health care facilities may want to invest in cybersecurity solutions that use artificial intelligence (AI). They can detect unusual network activity, plus scan huge databases to find the characteristics of past attacks and adapt to keep them from happening again. In any case, the fact that cybersecurity attacks are so common in health care makes it necessary to periodically audit networks, then find and fix weak points.
Awareness Is Essential
Whenever people provide their data or work with information connected to others, it's crucial for them always to be mindful of their actions. Questioning the legitimacy of all electronic communications doesn't stop all attacks, but it's a good start in improving awareness.
See Related: "Security Advocacy: A Must for Today's Enterprise"


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"If love of the nation is what drove American historians to the study of the past in the nineteenth century," the Harvard historian Jill Lepore writes, "hatred for nationalism drove American historians away from it in the second half of the twentieth century." The discipline became obsessed with micro-topics dictated by identity politics, dismissive of the lay reader, and, of course, hostile to the nation as such.
Our schools have run the same course. In the nationalist period after the Civil War, the teaching of American history flourished after a sustained push to emphasize it in curricula. Before the war, only a handful of states required history instruction; by the turn of the century, a majority of states did. And it was explicitly patriotic.
According to the historian Merle Curti, the schools "emphasized the importance of presenting vividly and attractively to children the glorious deeds of American heroes, the sacrifices and bravery of our soldiers and sailors in wartime, the personalities of presidents, who might properly be regarded as symbols of the nation in the manner in which royal personages of Europe were regarded. By the 1890s, state after state was requiring by law that subjects deemed peculiarly fitted to inculcating patriotism, such as American history and civics, be taught on every educational level below the college."
As the long nationalist era after the Civil War faded, so did the emphasis on patriotism in instruction. Patriotic themes disappeared from school readers steadily throughout the 20th century, and history itself has begun to vanish from our education system.
Less than a fifth of colleges and universities require their students to take an American-history or -government course. Of the top colleges and universities in the country, only a fraction require even history majors to take a course in American history, although they often have geographic distribution requirements (which helpfully exclude the United States). Gender, racial, class, and environmental history have captured the heart of the academy.
Worse, of course, there has been a deliberate effort to trash America's statesmen and heroes as exemplars of racism, sexism, and classism.


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Is it #1?:
On the grounds of Uganda's biggest AIDS clinic, Moses Nsubuga, a D.J. known as Supercharger, rehearsed his troupe, the Stigmaless Band, composed entirely of teenagers on AIDS drugs.Or is it #2?:
One of their songs is "America, Thank You So Much."
Karen Morgan, an American who runs a laboratory at this clinic, said: "Just today, a patient came up to me in the parking lot and said, 'Thank you, American.' I said, 'For what?' He said 'For my medicine. You care if I live or die.'"
This once strong support from the American government and international organizations for AIDS initiatives has been waning in recent years. Beleaguered by the high cost of treating and combating the epidemic, donors have started to focus on child killers like stillbirth, pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and tetanus. Cures for those diseases--which kill significantly more people than the AIDS epidemic--are more cost effective, ranging from $1 to $10.
On the grounds of Uganda's biggest AIDS clinic, Dinavance Kamukama sits under a tree and weeps.
Her disease is probably quite advanced: her kidneys are failing and she is so weak she can barely walk. Leaving her young daughter with family, she rode a bus four hours to the hospital where her cousin Allen Bamurekye, born infected, both works and gets the drugs that keep her alive.
But there are no drugs for Ms. Kamukama. As is happening in other clinics in Kampala, all new patients go on a waiting list. A slot opens when a patient dies.
"So many people are being supported by America," Ms. Kamukama, 28, says mournfully. "Can they not help me as well?"
The answer increasingly is no. Uganda is the first and most obvious example of how the war on global AIDS is falling apart.
If you guessed #2, you're right! Unfortunately.
The first one, written by myself, uses information and phrases, almost verbatim, taken from the article. (Excluding my shameless editorial cut-away phrase "which kill significantly more people than the AIDS epidemic," which is true.) The second, actual opening, follows the guidelines of "How to Write About Poor People" and "How to Write About Africa" as if they weren't a joke. The juxtaposition of these two alternate articles show how the media portray the continent as dark and troubled, while ignoring or burying any positive aspects of a story.
Now, I'm not trying to say that the AIDS crisis is anything but, or that problems aren't getting worse (and I certainly wouldn't want people to think that I support a Bush foreign-policy initiative). I just mostly feel bad for the Ugandan woman, Dinavance Kamukama, who was caught on probably the worst day of her life and exploited to draw readers into a story, only to have her identity dropped a few lines later and her image transformed into a representation of all African women through phrases like "pregnant women and young mothers like Ms. Kamukama" or "[f]amily members like Ms. Kamukama."
The outlook of the AIDS epidemic is surely bleak, but there is no reason to make the picture any worse. Both of these passages deliver the same information--funding is shifting--but the first goes against stereotypes while the second reinforces them. Readers might want the latter, but I'm hoping we'll put up enough of a fight that that kind of language will go the way of Joseph Conrad.


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Living in sprawling and luxurious Gainesville, Florida means enjoying the subtropics, and enjoying all the splendors of North Central Florida. Historic structures and districts, the University of Florida, and an urbanized epicenter make Gainesville a bustling, busy area; and you are probably just as busy with work and family matters. When it comes time to finally cleaning the home, being exhausted keeps you from getting the job done. So why not let someone else from a cleaning service do the job for you?
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31 May 2009
Ecuador's private banks will be required to repatriate $1.2 billion in assets they now hold abroad, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday, as low crude prices and a debt default sap cash from the country's flagging economy.
Private banks must now keep more than 45 percent of their assets in Ecuador to draw cash and boost "domestic liquidity" in the oil-dependent country, Correa said.
The central bank ordered the measure into effect late Friday and central bank President Carlos Vallejo planned to announce additional details on Monday.
"The party is over for certain bankers," Correa told his weekly radio show. "We're not going to let them keep taking our money."
Ecuador adopted the U.S. dollar as its currency amid a 2000 economic crisis, making it even easier for local banks to invest cash overseas without risking depreciation. They now have $4 billion invested abroad, Correa said _ a fact he called "economic stupidity."
Ecuador relies on oil exports for about 30 percent of its federal budget, but lower oil prices have slashed a key source of income, contributing to a $1.5 billion budget deficit this year. The country defaulted on $3.2 billion in bonds in December, about a third of its total foreign debt, likely cutting it off from world debt markets just as other fundraising options appear to be dwindling.
Economy Minister Diego Borja has previously asked banks to return funds kept abroad, especially in Panama. He also urged them to boost lending, which banks said has slowed because the global economic crisis dried up deposits.
Correa on Saturday dismissed the notion that Ecuador offers few viable investment opportunities, calling for the creation of a local stock exchange to "efficiently mobilize" resources. He said banks are obligated to find profitable projects within Ecuador and urged the central bank to set an example by investing the country's reserves at home.
"Ecuadorean money, at the service of Ecuadoreans," Correa said.


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(via the flingus blog)it wahs | from inside the mind of krix at June 19, 2003 03:03 PM .
dude, i'm 81% freak! and proud of it!!Posted by: lori on June 19, 2003 04:48 PM
Hum ~ It says 56%. Is that a freak? LOLPosted by: soleil on June 19, 2003 05:36 PM
97%!!! Man, I must be from another planet or something...Love the quirky picture, Krix. Your selections are primo!Posted by: T on June 19, 2003 05:44 PM
I'm afraid to take the quiz!Posted by: :: jozjozjoz :: on June 19, 2003 05:52 PM
I'm 89% freak baby but everyone knows that already...lolPosted by: kat on June 19, 2003 06:41 PM
mine says 55% freak...Posted by: Leotra on June 19, 2003 07:38 PM
mine ~ 57% freakPosted by: phoenix IX on June 19, 2003 08:49 PM
I should have known that all keanuvision readers would lean toward the freak side!
w00t! You all *rawk*.Posted by: krix on June 19, 2003 08:57 PM
I got an 89, cool, course that is on a day when my actions don't cost me my job but overall....that was fun.
I took my copy of the read from last night to a hearing this afternoon to read over it carefully, so freaking mind blowing and this one had better not be any kind of joke. thanks for posting such cool shit........oh and the pics are nice too : )
hee, did you throw us the goat when you said we *rawk* ??!!Posted by: lori on June 19, 2003 10:19 PM
You know I did.Posted by: krix on June 20, 2003 10:14 AM
Only 47% - what's wrong with me...:(
ROFL!Posted by: Keanuette on June 21, 2003 02:44 AM
47% wha?
Make that 42%. My finger must've slipped. I like what it's says...
"Your percentile indiciates how you compare against others who have taken this test. Since you have an overall score of 42, this indicates that you have a higher need-for-uniqueness than 41 out of 100 people."


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Koreatown: A Cookbook
Deuki HOng & Matt Rodbard
"A collection of 100 recipes exploring the foods and flavors of Koreatown, a New York Times bestseller and one of the most praised cookbooks of 2016.
This is not your average soft-focus "journey to Asia" kind of cookbook. Koreatown is a spicy, funky, flavor-packed love affair with the grit and charm of Korean cooking in America. Koreatowns around the country are synonymous with mealtime feasts and late-night chef hangouts, and Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard show us why with stories, interviews, and over 100 delicious, super-approachable recipes.
It's spicy, it's fermenty, it's sweet and savory and loaded with umami: Korean cuisine is poised to break out in the U.S., but until now, Korean cookbooks have been focused on taking readers to an idealized Korean fantasyland. Koreatown, though, is all about what's real and happening right here: the foods of Korean American communities all over our country, from L.A. to New York City, from Atlanta to Chicago. We follow Rodbard and Hong through those communities with stories and recipes for everything from beloved Korean barbecue favorites like bulgogi and kalbi to the lesser-known but deeply satisfying stews, soups, noodles, salads, drinks, and the many kimchis of the Korean American table." -Goodreads
First off, this is the first cookbook I have ever reviewed. For the most part, I am reviewing the readability and the aesthetics of the book. This book is definitely one that will catch your eye, the high contrast of the black background to the white food filled dishes. I love that the Korean foods are showcased within the title of the book. If I had come across this one in the store, I definitely would have picked it up.
Additionally, I love how the book is laid out. The pages look clean and are very easy to read. When you first open the book and delve in, you are given very interesting introductions from both authors, then the book proceeds into showing the readers the ingredients and equipment they may need. This is great for ignorant Americans like myself! It is essentially a dictionary of Korean food ingredients and the equipment that they use. They even include a visual of Korean produce that lists both the English and Korean names.
Aesthetically this book is gorgeous. All of the images included are wonderful. The food images are mouth-watering! While I have yet to actually make any of the recipes because I haven't been able to find and go to a Korean market to buy the ingredients, I am super impressed with this book and I can't wait to try the food.
What do you like to cook?
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.


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Employment and Occupational Advance Under Affirmative Action
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- Leonard, Jonathan S, 1984. "Employment and Occupational Advance under Affirmative Action," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 66(3), pages 377-385, August.
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#last rites
# last-rites - Monday 16 November, 2015
"There is something profound about holding someone as they take their last breaths"
Your experiences of grief, in your own words.
# last-rites - Sunday 15 November, 2015
The traditional Irish wake: Why rumours of its demise have been greatly exaggerated
"The terrible thing about dying over there is that you miss your own wake," Dave Allen once said. But is the tradition still as popular?
'It's my job to help the family plan and care for their dying children at home'
Anne Tan's career changed after meeting two terminally ill children.
"There are worse things than dying" - how Irish medical workers deal with the final journey
Doctors, nurses and specialists told us what death means to them as an experience.
# last-rites - Saturday 14 November, 2015
'I lost two brothers to suicide. It's unimaginable that it could happen twice'
With suicide you are robbed of the natural grieving process. It should be about the person but the act takes over, writes Mary O'Neill.
What is it that makes Irish people fight over wills?
Where there's a will – there's a potential family falling out of seismic proportions.
'What I've learned from working in a crematorium for 33 years'
"Down through the years I've seen some really tragic cases … It can be hard."
Last Rites: the arrival of a priest is a monument to finality in Irish life
How do people who are around death as a job handle it?
# last-rites - Friday 13 November, 2015
My Dad was a mortician, so it's no surprise I ended up as an embalmer
Pamela Murphy had a unique upbringing in that her father was a mortician, so working as an embalmer never fazed her.
'Kate is my daughter. Kate was born still and silent. It is the loudest heartbreak.'
A mother-of-three on the heartbreak of having a stillborn daughter.
# last-rites - Thursday 12 November, 2015
There is no cure for me. I will die from cancer.
Wendy Coughlan speaks openly about being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Organising a funeral: The unexpected challenges when a loved ones dies
It can seem like an overwhelming task – here it is step by step.
Everything you wanted to know about grief but were too afraid to ask
An expert tells us what we can do to support bereaved people, how to talk to children about loss, and if there's a good alternative to mass cards.
# last-rites - Wednesday 11 November, 2015
'Then everyone died': I lost four people I loved in 14 months
"Your heart will always be a little bit broken – and that's okay."
Advice: What to say - and not say - to a friend who is recently bereaved
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The Voyager mission is celebrating another remarkable milestone, the 35th anniversary of Voyager 2's closest encounter with Saturn.
Voyager 1 launched on September 5th, 1977, a few days after Voyager 2's August 20th, ascent. Despite that launch order, Voyager 1 made it to Saturn first, making its closest approach on November 12th, 1980. Voyager 2's closest encounter was on August 25th, 1981.
Both Voyagers did tremendous work at Saturn, sending back numerous images and readings that greatly inflated our knowledge of the two gas giants. Indeed, the two craft provided our only close-ups of Saturn until the Cassini probe arrived in 2004.
Cassini's still working. Remarkably, so are the 39-year-old Voyagers. At the time of writing Voyager 1 was 20,310,208,000km, or about 18.5 light hours, from Earth and is now in interstellar space.
Voyager 2 is 16,667,718,000,km, 15 light hours, away and has reached the "Heliosheath", a region felt to be the outermost border of the solar system.
Both craft are now out of the plane of the ecliptic, with Voyager 2 heading off at a 48 degree angle into parts unknown.
While most systems aboard both craft are doing well, the radioisotope thermoelectric generators that provide electricity are degrading and in a decade or so won't provide enough power to keep the Voyagers alive. Jet Propulsion Laboratory boffins currently communicate with the probes at 160 bits per second, which is enough to monitor performance and issue instructions. ®


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The Nick Markakis-Ryan Flaherty carpool to SunTrust Park – express service to every night game – is as regular as church bells. There's a Markakis in the car, so how could it be otherwise?
"Leave at 1:30, every day," smiled Flaherty, who is both brother-in-law and teammate to the Braves All-Star right-fielder.
Sometimes on the 20-minute ride to work the famously stoic Markakis is more talkative than others. He'll carp about Flaherty's choice of music. They'll bust on each other. Talk family stuff. But it's never exactly like Markakis is an AM radio on scan.
And when the two talk hitting, whether it's in the car or in the clubhouse, that can be a rather one-sided conversation. Markakis comes to the discussion with – as of Friday – 2,168 hits. That's 1,888 more than Flaherty, a utility player with the Braves. "He tries to talk to me about hitting, but it just doesn't come as easy to me as it does to him," Flaherty said, again with the smile. He can be as gregarious as Markakis is reserved.
Once, back before the baseball voting public wised up and placed him in the starting lineup for next week's extravaganza in D.C., Markakis said the darndest thing on the drive in.
"I don't even care if I make the All-Star game," he told his brother-in-law. And it looked for a while that his career was trapped on that one particular dead-end road. Entering this season, nobody other than Juan Pierre had turned out as many hits as Markakis and not been named an All-Star.
But, yes, all you plow horses out there need to know that your steadiness and your dedication to the daily grind might one day be celebrated. That's regardless of whether you want the attention or not.
For at 34, in his 13th major league season, one of baseball's ultimate straight-line, no-muss, no-fuss performers gets his All-Star moment. The player who can't or won't conform to the modern all-or-nothing, home-run-or-bust paradigm of his sport still is finally allowed to walk among the elite.
One wondered of Markakis if this late appreciation wasn't actually a blessing, that after being so long overlooked, just maybe he can savor this moment even more.
"Yes and no," he said.
"Whether it happened my first couple of years or toward the later part of my career, it doesn't really matter to me. In a perfect world it's awesome that I made it now because of my kids, that they're able to be a part of it. You work hard, you do what you what you do on a baseball field – that's what I've done my entire career – and whatever else happens outside of that I can't control."
Markakis says he's excited to be an All-Star. Really excited that his three sons, falling between the ages of 5-9, will get one of the great summer-vacation trips of all time. "When I FaceTimed them with the news (the Braves were on the road), seeing the expression on their faces was priceless," he said.
And excited to be able to share the experience with three of his teammates – Freddie Freeman, Ozzie Albies and Mike Foltynewicz – guys who, "I've played all year with, and we battle every day together," as he puts it.
The thing about Markakis is he expresses all these very heartfelt sentiments with the flat tone of your server reciting the specials of the day for the 44th time. He changes expression less often than a poker pro holding a straight flush.
It's just his way. Flaherty first met Markakis when he was a Baltimore rookie in 2012 and as he joked to ESPN, "He didn't talk to me for three years – the first conversation we had was about his sister-in-law, who I ended up marrying. He's a man of few words."
He's always been harder to read than the fine print on a rental-car agreement. And even now, a couple of years after joining the family when he married Markakis' wife's sister, Flaherty said he hasn't gotten a whole lot better at it.
It's not that Markakis is some joyless drone – how could he be playing baseball for $11 million this year and sharing it all with a family that the camera absolutely loved as he approached and then achieved his 2,000th career hit last season?
Former Brave and current Fox Sports South analyst Jeff Francoeur can testify that Markakis will enjoy himself on a golf course. Yet, in the grander scheme, Markakis said, "Sinking a big putt really doesn't mean anything."
Freeman said the walk-off moment brings out the joy in the man – and it was Markakis who got this season started with a walk-off home run in the opener. "You have to be watching him because it only lasts about two seconds, and he goes back to being stoic," Freeman said.
As far as his reaction to being named an All-Star, "I haven't really seen a smile yet," Freeman said.
"I don't think he's exited for himself. I think he's more excited for his family and his boys. That's the thing he cares about the most. His boys are old enough to really understand that their dad is a Major League All-Star now. It's going to be fun seeing them run all over the field."
What you get with Markakis is the most serious kind of ballplayer. The kind who, beside leading the National League in hits entering the weekend, makes his mark by being every-day dependable, like the best kind of farm tractor. He's the one who has averaged playing 153 games a season. The one who once went more than two seasons without committing an error (a record 389 games for a position player).
That doesn't always translate well to the language of public acclaim, which may be a chief reason it has taken this long to get Markakis to an All-Star game. But it works in the clubhouse.
"What a lot of us people say is, he's a boring professional," Freeman said. "He isn't going to capture the headlines, but he's a guy you want on your team every single night.
"It has been an absolute treasure – it's hard to even put into words – what the last four years have been like playing with him."
When the Braves signed Markakis as a free agent before the 2015 season, it was a nice coming-home story for a guy with roots at Woodstock High and Young Harris College. That was tempered by the concern over the mixed message of bringing in a veteran to a youth-oriented rebuilding situation. Add one neck fusion surgery to that mix, and there was no shortage of doubts.
Wasn't this about the time that, instead of enjoying the most productive season of his life, Markakis was supposed to be well into a full-blown physical breakdown?
"That's what a lot of people said. You really can tell a player by his track record. The track record says a lot in this game," said the guy whose record is one of a product out-performing its warranty. "People are always going to speculate, people are always going to talk, but it's up to you to go out there and prove them wrong. I believe in myself, I believe in my game. If I can stay healthy and take care of myself, everything else will take care of itself."
Instead, Markakis has played, and played well, nearly all the way through that iffy four-year contract. And now has left the Braves with a real hard decision on what to do with him from here.
Never bet against a man who describes one of his guiding principles like this:
"Consistency is what life is about. Whether it's baseball or a regular 9-to-5 job, you want to be consistent in what you do. You're going to have your highs and lows, but if you can stay on that main line and have that same consistency things will eventually work their way out.
"You got to be consistent: consistently healthy, consistently performing on the field and consistent with taking care of yourself, especially the older you get.
"Consistency off the field is just as important. You got to take care of yourself, you got to train. If you work out three days a week in the offseason and start going one or two, more often than not it's going to have a negative effect. Be consistent with everything in life. Don't stray too far away from what you're used to doing."
So, yeah, if the carpool is supposed to leave at 1:30, a 1:45 departure is just not going to get it.
And it is going to take something really special to make Markakis jump up and down in glee.
"Winning a World Series," he promised, while offering no preview of that reaction whatsoever.


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Resistance training linked to reduced risk of metabolic syndrome, independently of aerobic exercise
PainSci summary of Bakker 2017?This page is one of thousands in the PainScience.com bibliography. It is not a general article: it is focused on a single scientific paper, and it may provide only just enough context for the summary to make sense. Links to other papers and more general information are provided at the bottom of the page, as often as possible. ★★★☆☆?3-star ratings are for typical studies with no more (or less) than the usual common problems. Ratings are a highly subjective opinion, and subject to revision at any time. If you think this paper has been incorrectly rated, please let me know.
This study found a delightful link between resistance training and reduced risk of metabolic syndrome (a set of biological dysfunctions which is strongly linked to poor fitness, obesity, aging … and pain).
Participating in resistance exercise, even less than 1 hour per week, was associated with a lower risk of development of metabolic syndrome, independent of aerobic exercise. Health professionals should recommend that patients perform resistance exercise along with aerobic exercise to reduce metabolic syndrome.
But a link is not a cause, of course, and Bakker et al. say nothing about this crucial point. There are a variety of reasons that people who lift weights might also have a reduced risk of metabolic syndrome.
For instance, genetic pleitropy: that is, if you have the genetic gifts that make weight lifting more effective, the same genes might well also give you some immunity to metabolic syndrome. If this is the case, it actually flips the causality: fitter people may train more because they are fitter.
Examples of genetic predisposition causing exercise behaviour are clear mainly at the extremes, in elite athletes and couch potatoes. The more extreme the exercise or sedentariness, the more likely it is to be driven by genetic factors making activity more or less comfortable, rewarding, etc. Meanwhile, exercise can definitely cause fitness! And that effect is probably dominant in the average person … and so genetics is not necessarily a major confounding factor in a bunch of regular folks.
So a major confounding factor like genetic pleitropy is plausible, but hardly a given. There is so much evidence that resistance training is a very healthy activity that there's a fair chance that the link Bakker et al. identified is in fact a causal one.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of resistance exercise, independent of and combined with aerobic exercise, with the risk of development of metabolic syndrome (MetS).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study cohort included adults (mean ± SD age, 46±9.5 years) who received comprehensive medical examinations at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas, between January 1, 1987, and December, 31, 2006. Exercise was assessed by self-reported frequency and minutes per week of resistance and aerobic exercise and meeting the US Physical Activity Guidelines (resistance exercise ≥2 d/wk; aerobic exercise ≥500 metabolic equivalent min/wk) at baseline. The incidence of MetS was based on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. We used Cox regression to generate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs.
RESULTS: Among 7418 participants, 1147 (15%) had development of MetS during a median follow-up of 4 years (maximum, 19 years; minimum, 0.1 year). Meeting the resistance exercise guidelines was associated with a 17% lower risk of MetS (HR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.73-0.96; P=.009) after adjusting for potential confounders and aerobic exercise. Further, less than 1 hour of weekly resistance exercise was associated with 29% lower risk of development of MetS (HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.56-0.89; P=.003) compared with no resistance exercise. However, larger amounts of resistance exercise did not provide further benefits. Individuals meeting both recommended resistance and aerobic exercise guidelines had a 25% lower risk of development of MetS (HR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.63-0.89; P<.001) compared with meeting neither guideline.
CONCLUSION: Participating in resistance exercise, even less than 1 hour per week, was associated with a lower risk of development of MetS, independent of aerobic exercise. Health professionals should recommend that patients perform resistance exercise along with aerobic exercise to reduce MetS.
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