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I saw a question this morning about your favorite SEO tip. Many people said they don't even think about it. I found that interesting and it prompted this post.
I actually get it! You think about real estate (or mortgage or home inspections or whatever you do). You don't DO SEO. You DO your job. SEO is literally a completely different job.
In case I'm speaking a foreign language here, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It's basically making your website or blog favorable in the eyes of search engines (like Google) and readers alike in order to be found and ranked.
Unless you have a great book of business and can make a living on referrals and in person (and some can) you are probably marketing or advertising somewhere. Online is really the best place to do that but it's like a grain of salt trying to stand out in a sandbox. Really hard! This is why we have to use SOME SEO in order to be found.
[Related Post: Where should your leads be coming from?]
If you want someone to find you online you have to do a little and care a little otherwise you're just spinning your wheels online for no reason and someone else that DOES care will sail past you. It's not just going to happen on its own.
There's really no point to writing blog posts or content out there if no one is going to find it. You can't just write something, click publish and cross your fingers that it will be found. There has to be some thought behind it and a plan for it.
Research what people are looking for - Answerthepublic.com is a great place to start. Find what people are looking for in your area and use that keyword or phrase as a title, description and in your content.
Write an amazing post or page - Really give someone the answers or information they want. BE THE EXPERT on that topic. It can be a neighborhood, niche, loan program, whatever. Offer pictures, video, lists, bullet points and details to make it easy to read and enjoy.
Share it! Don't just let it sit there, share it! You put some time into this piece (I hope) so let the world know! Ask a co-worker to share it on social media or mention it in THEIR next post. Post it to your social media pages and content sharing sites like scoop-it, co-promote, or Fliboard.
Then share it again.
If it really is amazing, like it should be, talk about it again and again. You don't have to write 10 boring, short posts a week; write one amazing one then share it the next week too! Take an hour or two each week to write an amazing post and then let it do the work for you.
If you've taken your time, been intentional with the post and you're proud to share it, others will share it and talk about it too. Bill Gassett does a great job with his blog. He writes one outstanding piece a week then shares the snot out of it!
Take the time to make it great rather than pumping out too many mediocre posts. And yes, if you're going to do it, you have to "think" about it a little. ;-)
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SockTABs Update – The Company Now in 2016
Glen and Tracey Burress from Rockford, Illinois came into the Shark Tank with a solution to your laundry nightmares. The Cocktails. The Chicago native, Glen was a doctor, and Tracey worked as a pharmaceutical representative after getting her Bachelor of Arts degree. They came through the swinging doors of the tank with the spunk and drive to pitch their idea to the Sharks. The investment they initially asked for was $50K for 20% equity in their company. They were doing $20K in revenue, with 60% being retail sales and 40% online orders. Read More.
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Tracie A. Burress was announced as the local winner of 2015 InnovateHER Challenge.
Tracie A. Burress was born and raised on the south side of Chicago and currently resides in Rockford, IL with her husband and two teenagers. "As a stay-at-home mom for 9 years" says Tracie, "I frequently became frustrated with searching for "the other sock". After suffering a brain aneurysm and an 11 hour brain surgery, I knew that I got a second chance at life. I decided to pursue my dreams and launch my invention. In October of 2013, I created a small wearable product that will ensure that you will never lose your socks again. SockTABs alleviates the issues of sorting, matching, and searching for lost socks." Read More on Women's Business Development Center
NIU aims to expand entrepreneurship with Rockford EIGERlab acquisition
By Kevin HaasRockford Register Star, March 17, 2015
ROCKFORD — Northern Illinois University has acquired the Rockford-based business incubator EIGERlab as it aims to expand its offerings to budding entrepreneurs and foster economic growth in the region.
EIGERlab, 605 Fulton Ave., helps start-ups and existing businesses develop products, commercialize ideas and learn new skills. It also offers design engineering and rapid prototyping services. NIU's acquisition, completed near the start of the year, will allow greater links to university resources and expertise, as well as connect EIGERlab client companies to complementary services, said Rena Cotsones, associate vice president of engagement and innovation partnerships for NIU. The university will rebrand the lab as the NIU EIGERlab Innovation Network. Read More.
Local Family Unveils SockTABs
ROCKFORD (WIFR) – If throwing socks in the laundry machine seems daunting, a Rockford family is looking to help us with that.
Glen and Tracie Burress have unveiled SockTABs.
They're clips to keep pairs together while they're being cleaned. The Burress family says they can also be sued as a fashion accessory like cufflinks for socks. SockTABs was the creation that one this year's Fast Pitch competition, a local entrepreneur contest. Read more.
FastPitch 2014
ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Entrepreneurs from all over the Stateline showed off their inventions and products as part of Fastpitch 2014.
The event hosted by Eigerlab highlights local entrepreneurs and gives them exposure to the public.
The competitions drew 36 entrants. That number was higher than last year.
The event is called Fastpitch because each entrant has three minutes to pitch their business or product in order to win a prize. Read More.
Socks never lose their solemate with Rockford couple's new product
By Issac Guerrero, Rockford Register Star, 10.29.2014
ROCKFORD — Tracie and Glen Burress have turned their solution to a vexing laundry problem into an entrepreneurial adventure. And now they need your help.
In June, the husband-and-wife team won the $5,000 prize for the Stateline FastPitch Competition for local entrepreneurs with sockTABs, a product that's similar in size to a cuff link and keeps socks together from the hamper to the washer to the dryer so that each one of your socks never loses its "sole" mate.
The Burresses recently found a California company to manufacture their product. Today, four local retailers sell sockTABs and Tracie is in talks with Bed Bath & Beyond and Target to carry the product, too. Read more.

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Contemporary Three-Level Home Showcasing Creative Design Features in Denver
Displaying an original contemporary architecture, the 33rd Avenue house is an elongated residence located in Denver's LoHi neighborhood, in Colorado, USA. Meridian 105 Architecture had to come up with a creative plan for minimizing the effects of heavy traffic in the area and the salvaging idea was to raise the entire first floor of the project to nearly six inches above the sidewalk. This resulted in a partially submerged garden level offering a high amount of privacy.
The main level accommodates the kitchen, dining, and living spaces and the upper floor contains a master suite with access to an exterior roof terrace: "With downtown skyline views to the South, the upper volume of the home was shifted toward the rear to create the roof deck. Its peaked roof responds to the City's zoning requirements for bulk plane and height, and fits appropriately with the surrounding neighborhood context". Two additional bedrooms reside in the partially submerged lower level, as can be observed in the architecture plans at the end of the post. [Photography: Raul J. Garcia]


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The question of whether, and what, to prescribe when treating a possible infection is a problem that's faced all health care providers.
If antibiotics are needed, they are most effective if used promptly – but the price of giving unnecessary treatment can be high, and includes not only the cost of the drugs themselves but also the growth of resistant strains of bacteria.
Canadian biotech company Qvella, headquartered in Toronto, is preparing to bring a solution to this problem to market. Currently, doctors can only get a definitive answer as to whether a patient is infected, and with what type of bacteria, after a sample from the patient is cultured in a lab, a process that takes between 24 and 72 hours. When a patient is in crisis, waiting that long simply isn't an option. Sepsis, sometimes called a blood infection, is one such serious condition.
"Sepsis is the second leading cause of death among critical patients in-hospital," explains Dr. Tino Alavie, founder and CEO of Qvella, "and it affects one quarter of patients in intensive care units."
Mortality rates for sepsis can reach sixty per cent in cases of septic shock, and prompt treatment is crucial; every eight hour delay in beginning antibiotic therapy increases the risk of death by 5%. Waiting a day or more for lab results is out of the question when sepsis, or another serious infection, is suspected.
When a patient is given antibiotic treatment unnecessarily, though, the result is less than optimal, both in terms of medical outcomes and efficient use of scarce resources. "Intravenous antibiotics can cost hundreds of dollars a day, and hospital beds cost around $3000 per day," says Dr. Alavie. While the side effects of treatment pale by comparison to untreated sepsis, they are a burden for individual patients, and resistant strains of bacteria that threaten entire communities become more common when antibiotics are over-prescribed.
That's where the molecular diagnostic device being developed by Qvella enters the picture. Operating in a manner similar to blood sugar meters and some tests that detect drugs or toxins in the blood, Qvella's tool will require a small sample of fluid in order to determine, within 30 minutes, whether or not a bacterial infection is present. Slightly more time is required to indicate specific strains of bacteria. Together, these diagnostic results will help doctors to prescribe antibiotics only when necessary, without compromising their patients' health, and also to prescribe the specific drug most effective for each individual patient.
"Initially the device will test blood for infection, because that's the most common test for infection in hospitals," according to Dr. Alavie, "but eventually it will work for all body fluids, including cerebral-spinal fluid, urine, and cultures from wounds." There is even potential for the technology to be applied in other industries than health care, such as in the food industry, where the ability to identify bacteria rapidly would improve quality control and food safety.
In out-patient care, the stakes aren't life-and-death as they can be in the emergency room, but the ability to diagnose an infection and treat it appropriately rapidly would boost efficiency and outcomes for walk-in clinics and family doctors. A strep infection of the throat requires antibiotics, but most sore throats are caused by common viruses and will pass in time. Identifying strep from a throat swab at the point of care, and determining the best treatment during one office visit, would be a big boost for quality of care.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are another example. "Each year, one in eight Canadian women has a UTI," says Dr. Alavie, "but three quarters of urine samples sent to labs as suspected UTIs turn out not to be infected. These infections are very painful, so you can't send people home for three days to wait for a lab result."
Dr. Alavie is confident that Qvella's rapid diagnostic technology will be a cost-effective solution for hospitals as well as community care, solving the twin problems of delays in treatment and overuse of antibiotics.


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Levy Economics Institute
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Founded in 1986 as the Jerome Levy Economics Institute, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy think tank. The purpose of its research and other activities is to enable scholars and leaders in business, labor, and government to work together on problems of common interest. Its findings are disseminated—via publications, conferences, seminars, congressional testimony, and partnerships with other nonprofits—to a global audience of public officials, private sector executives, academics, and the general public. Through this process of scholarship, analysis, and informed debate, the Levy Institute generates effective public policy responses to economic problems that profoundly influence the quality of life in the United States and abroad.
The Levy Institute is housed on the campus of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, located 90 miles north of New York City. Blithewood, a Georgian-style manor at the campus's western edge, is the Institute's main research and conference facility. Designed as a private residence by McKim, Mead and White alumnus Francis L. V. Hoppin, it was completed in 1900. The house and grounds, which includes an Italianate garden overlooking the Hudson River, were incorporated as part of Bard College in 1951.
Current research[edit]
The Levy Institute has 18 scholars and 50 research associates. Their research focuses on such issues as stock-flow consistent macro modeling, monetary policy and financial structure, financial instability, income and wealth distribution, financial regulation and governance, gender equality and time poverty, and immigration/ethnicity and social structure.[1]
The board of directors includes Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College; Bruce C. Greenwald and Joseph Stiglitz, both of Columbia University; Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute; Martin L. Leibowitz, managing director of Morgan Stanley; William Julius Wilson of Harvard University;[2] and Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, president of the Levy Institute, Jerome Levy Professor of Economics and executive vice president of Bard College, and managing director of Bard College Berlin.[3]
Masters Program[edit]
In the Autumn of 2014 the first class of students was admitted to the Institute's Masters of Science in Economic Theory and Policy. The new program is directed by Jan Kregel and is taught by Research Scholars at the Institute.


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- It's impossible to know how the 2017 Heisman Trophy race will play out, but there are certain things these leading candidates can do to boost their chances of winning the award.
Heisman Trophy races are unpredictable. Youngsters make unexpected leaps. Upperclassmen endure puzzling plunges in form. Multi-year starters suffer major injuries. All of these things, and so much more, can complicate what seems, on the surface, like a very simple task: Determining who is the best player in the country. While we don't know what twists will shake up the 2017 race, it's not hard to identify some things projected candidates can do to improve their chances of winning. Using last season as a baseline, SI.com is analyzing how five Heisman hopefuls, listed in descending order based on the latest odds from VegasInsider.com, can increase the likelihood they'll claim the bronze trophy in December.
Sam Darnold, QB, USC: Don't lose early
The Trojans may fail to accomplish this even if Darnold brings his A-Game from Week 1 on. While USC won't need to stare down anything approximating the Alabama juggernaut that dealt it a 52-6 stomping to open 2016 in its 2017 nonconference slate, two of the Trojans' first three games come against a Stanford team projected to compete with Washington for the Pac-12 North Division title and a talented Texas squad ready to take a leap in new coach Tom Herman's first season. Darnold needs to guide USC to victories in both of those games, as well as the opener against Western Michigan. If he doesn't, the Trojans will fall out of the College Football Playoff conversation, and the tidal wave of Heisman hype Darnold's riding this off-season will crash. Darnold can position himself to win this thing simply by putting up decent numbers and keeping USC near the top of the polls. The equity he built up with voters last year while propelling the Trojans to nine consecutive wins, including a memorable triumph over Penn State in the Rose Bowl, will go a long way. Darnold's box-score lines may fall short of the Jacksonian absurdity we witnessed weekly in the first half of 2016, but that won't matter as much for a candidate who looks set to enter 2017 as the clear frontrunner for the award. An early defeat, however, would elicit derisive howls about USC being overrated and dent Darnold's status as the front man of the consensus No. 1 outfit west of the Mississippi.
Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma: Find a new go-to target (s)
Getting Mayfield back for another season was a huge win for the Sooners, but he won't be joined in Norman in 2017 by the speedy pass-catcher who accompanied him on a certain visit to New York last winter, Dede Westbrook. No quarterback and wide receiver established a more fruitful partnership in 2016 than Mayfield and Westbrook. The former shattered the single-season record for passing efficiency and was named first-team All-Big 12, while the latter hauled in 80 receptions for 1,524 yards with 17 touchdowns and won the Biletnikoff Award. The loss of Westbrook will sting, but with Lincoln Riley still calling shots from Oklahoma's sideline as offensive coordinator instead of jumping at a head coaching opportunity elsewhere, anything less than another trip to the Big Apple for Mayfield would be a surprise. He just needs to figure out the wideout, or wideouts, on whom he can rely to power Oklahoma's attack and, incidentally, pile up the statistics required to put him in contention for the Heisman again. Mayfield's got a lot of options, from returnees Mark Andrews, Nick Basquine and Jeffery Mead; to highly regarded freshmen CeeDee Lamb and Charleston Rambo; to transfers Marquise Brown (junior college) and Jeff Badet (graduate, by way of Kentucky). None of these players may function as the sort of game-breaking threat Westbrook was a year ago, but Mayfield will need one or more of them to emerge as reliable targets.
Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville: Pace yourself
Few things captivated college football fans during the early part of last season more than Jackson. His four-game tear through September featured a seven-touchdown pasting of Charlotte, a clinical deconstruction of Syracuse's wobbly D and a 362-yard evisceration of perceived national championship contender Florida State. It was unreasonable to think Jackson could keep up that pace, but when he didn't, his Heisman stock predictably sank, to the point where Jackson's grip on the award looked downright shaky after a two-game losing streak to close the season. The lead Jackson opened up by rocketing out of the starting blocks proved too vast for competitors like Deshaun Watson and Mayfield to make up, but Jackson's chances of a repeat in 2017 likely will vanish if his play wanes the way it did toward the end of 2016. Unfortunately for Jackson, his brilliance last season could drag him down this season, as the electorate will expect him to match or exceed the statistical totals he produced in 2016 while also providing enough ankle-breaking spins, 50-yard-plus sideline sprints and and Houdini-esque pocket escapes to fill highlight reels. It's possible that Jackson, with more experience piloting coach Bobby Petrino's offense, actually makes another jump to follow up the gigantic one he made as a sophomore. But that won't translate into him becoming a partial answer for a popular sports trivia question (Who has won the Heisman twice?) if he peaks before the autumnal equinox.
J.T. Barrett, QB, Ohio State: Improve your passing statistics
Simple enough, right? As a redshirt freshman in 2014, Barrett finished fifth in the Heisman voting after completing 64.7% of his passing attempts for 2,834 yards and 34 touchdowns with a 169.8 passer rating. Last season, those numbers fell to 61.5%, 2,555 yards, 24 touchdowns and a 135.5 rating. Barrett kept himself in the Heisman mix through much of 2016 despite that regression, in large part because he plays the most important position on the field for a brand-name program with massive national appeal and led that program to another double-digit win season and playoff berth. Getting Ohio State to the final four seems like a must for Barrett to mount another run at the award, but it won't be enough for him to win it. Barrett will need to reverse the statistical slide that saw him finish his junior campaign with three consecutive games of sub-100 passer ratings, one touchdown and three interceptions combined and a completion percentage of 50.1. That closing stretch (at Michigan State, Michigan, Clemson) laid bare how impotent the Buckeyes' attack was against quality defenses, bringing into sharp belief their need to make changes on that side of the ball and foretelling a staff shakeup this off-season. Indeed, with new offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson and quarterbacks coach Ryan Day in Columbus to oversee an offensive overhaul, there's optimism Barrett can rekindle the 2014 version of himself. The difference is that whereas three years ago Barrett was a lightly regarded reserve mostly anonymous outside of Columbus who was thrust into QB1 duty after a preseason injury to star Braxton Miller, he'll enter this season as a seasoned veteran with plenty of starting experience who'd make a nice fit on any "eighth-year senior" list.
Jake Browning, QB, Washington: Beat USC
Browning's 2016 Heisman campaign unofficially perished in mid-November, during a 26-13 loss to USC at Husky Stadium that left the distinct impression that the Trojans had the better quarterback. As USC's Sam Darnold slung arrows with Sindarin precision to fell a previously indomitable Washington secondary, Browning labored to keep his head above water against the Trojans' D while connecting on only 47.2% of his passing attempts and serving up two interceptions. For this voter, at least, the image of the SoCal golden boy shining under the bright lights as Browning wilted on his home field was impossible to shake come ballot submission time. Browning can't let that happen again in 2017. For starters, Darnold should enter Week 1 as the Vegas favorite to win the Heisman, so there's a good chance he'll head into a possible matchup against Washington with a leg up on Browning in the race for the award. Second, unless Browning so manifestly outperforms Darnold against conference competition during the regular season, voters will find it all to easy to lock in on one West Coast quarterback and focus on other candidates in other parts of the country (We can note that the expansion of TV coverage in college football has made teams and players across the country more accessible to more people than ever before while also acknowledging that East Coast bias exists.) Washington and USC aren't set to square off in Pac-12 play, so a meeting between the teams would need to take place in the league title bout, just in time for Browning to make his closing argument to wavering voters.


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What Lot's Wife Saw : Review
By Ioanna Bourazopoulou
Published by Black and White Publishing
Reviewed by Jessica Patient
What Lot's Wife Saw, Ioanna Bourazopoulou's fifth novel (but first novel translated into English) tells the story of an ensemble cast of characters, struggling to survive after a biblical flood has swallowed most of Europe. At the Dead Sea, the earth has opened up to reveal a violet salt with addictive properties.
A mysterious company, Seventy-Five, has taken control of the distribution of the salt. They have more power than the government – they have created jobs for displaced people, restarted economies and built a port in Paris to transport their salt from an isolated colony, which is close to the source of this strange substance. The colony, controlled by Seventy-Five, is run by people who are trying to escape their past. Murderers, fugitives and liars are in positions of power. The Governor suddenly dies and the Seventy-Five want to find out who has killed the Governor. Phileas Book, a puzzler complier for The Times newspaper, is recruited to solve the mystery by reading the letters of the suspects, sieving through their lies and deceptions. Phileas must also face up to his own past.
I enjoyed the structure of the novel – in a series of letters, written by the suspects. The reader discovers the events alongside our investigator. However, I did find that the tone of the letters was the same for all of the characters. There was no variation of voice and it made it hard to remember which character was writing the letter. I found myself having to flick back to the character list at the front of the book. Maybe the uniqueness of each letter has been lost in translation.
Bourazopoulou explores the duality of the characters through the book with each character having to decide between good and evil. They must walk a thin line between their repressed life in the colony with their past life, many full of murder, robberies and crime, trying to creep out and infect their new way of life. Each character must resist the temptation of their old, dirty tricks if they want to stay. They must face the prospect of being banished from their privileged, perfect live on the colony and thrown back into their old lives.
All seven characters try to implicate each other, scheming and plotting to escape their guilt but wanting to stay in paradise means that they must face up to their past and even use those skills, implicating each other, scheming and plotting for power means that the part of the personality that they have repressed starts to take over.
The idea of duality and opposites is very strong in What Lot's Wife Saw. Every character is at odds within themselves and also with several other characters. The medical doctor is suspicious of the Priest and this close relationship with the Governor's Wife as not being able to fully trust himself and his judgments. Bourazopoulou looks at the contrasting ideas of religion and multinational companies and how they have similarities – both have enormous power and influence over people and countries. Throughout the novel, I kept wondering if the author was reflecting on Greece's own situation with its failed government and corruption.
What Lot's Wife Saw is crammed with rich ideas that you might love as you become fully immersed or you may start to resent as they hold up the plot. For me, I enjoyed the intriguing plot. Some of the rich and detailed descriptions were, at times too indulgent. There was on section I found the details very decadent and gruesome - The suspects cut up the Governor's body as it must not contaminate their precious salt and burn the parts in the kitchen oven. It's not for the faint hearted but the rest of the novel is fairly safe after the burning of the body!
At times the ideas are too intricate and they start to overpower the novel. What Lot's Wife Saw is a slow, challenging read but it's worth it in the end.


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At Hudson Yards, a two-month extension for RelatedBy · Published in 2010
As the Tunnel Boring Machines continue their march from 34th St. and 11th Ave. to Times Square, the MTA and Related are still hashing out their $1 billion deal for the development rights to the land above the Hudson Railyards. The deal, originally set to be signed in January with its first payment this month, has been given an additional 60 days, according to a report in The Observer, and as the real estate markets continue to struggle, the future of this deal is still not set in stone.
According to Eliot Brown, the MTA and Related have agreed to extend the deadline to sign the contract from January 31 to March 31, and he says that the real estate executives "have recently been expressing confidence that they indeed expect to sign the contract once the documents are ready." Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs, one of Related's funding partners, has dropped out of the deal, but Related says that will not impact their ability to pay the money owed to the MTA.
Brown has more:
A bit more info about the contract with the M.T.A. is in a memo from the agency, obtained by The Observer, sent late Friday to the M.T.A.'s board. The memo says that Related has until March 31 to sign the contract, when it will have to plunk down $21.75 million and trigger another $21.75 million in payments over the following year. (The whole deal is valued at a $1 billion transaction for the MTA in today's dollars; the entire 12 million-square-foot mega-development, if built out fully, would run an estimated $15 billion.)
Should Related, led by Stephen Ross, indeed sign the contract by March, it would then obligate itself to close on the deal once the economy improves to the point where it hits a set of quantifiable triggers that include commercial vacancy rates, according to multiple people familiar with the deal. Thus the true test of whether or not the deal for the rail yards will happen is at that point—when Related must close on the deal and commit to the full 99-year lease (and the $1 billion in payments) or back out.
THE PROCESS HAS become considerably more drawn out and far more uncertain than imagined at the economy's peak, when the M.T.A. was first soliciting bids for the site. The M.T.A. had planned for the $1 billion to start rolling in, and budgeted accordingly in its capital plan. Now Related must find major tenants willing to leap over to the far West Side and be anchors for a new giant complex of hotels, retail and office towers. And the development must have a certain critical mass of tenants to get going: the platforms alone for the two 13-acre rail yards are estimated to cost up to $1 billion, meaning a promised set of occupants is needed to get financing.
For the agency, this delay is obviously a fiscal inconvenience. It has been nearly two years since Tishman Speyer originally agreed to buy the land, and the MTA could see another $1 billion deal disappear at a time when they most need the money.
Meanwhile, the 7 line extension continues onward. The subway extension will be built, and at the rate Related is going, it will open well before the bulk of the Hudson Yards development takes place. At least those who eventually build there will have a subway line. Whether the extension is still the best use of city spending on transportation expansion remains an open question.
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Without public transit (cross town buses are useless), the area is and will be a low density low rent area, like a bit of the suburbs transplanted into Manhattan. After the RE bubble of the 2000s, I don't see Hudson Yards getting any office or residential space built for atleast a decade. There is plenty of good luxury residential and vacant Class A space in Manhattan that needs to be absorbed first.
[…] for Goldman when its contract lapsed last year without a renewal. In February, the finance company dropped out of the Hudson Yards project as well. Said Gene Russianoff of this uncoupling, "The only entity in America that is less […]


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You want to Change the World? Start a Meditation!
Mindfulness meditation is receiving a lot of positive news lately in the world, with more and more people starting to meditate daily; and discussing all of the benefits that come along with the practice.
New research from the University of Waterloo in Ontario is finding that a minimum of 25 minutes of yoga and meditation daily can boost brain function, emotional control and energy levels! The benefits include the release of endorphins, increased blood flow to the brain and reduced focus on ruminative thoughts.
However, in addition to all of these, there is still one phenomenal aspect of meditation which has a profound impact on the way that we see the world, and this is the relationship between regular meditations and the behavioural patterns of society at large.
Mass Meditation Drops Crime Rate
In 1960, it was predicted by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi that if only 1% of a population gathered and meditated together, they would have a beneficial effect on the whole population. This theory was later put to the test in 1976, when they discovered a 16% reduction in crime rate when 1% of the local population would meditate in a large group. This phenomenon was dubbed "The Maharishi Effect", which was defined as the influence of the meditative practice on the social and natural environment surrounding the meditators.
Since then, a number of experiments have been conducted which have further demonstrated this ability, yielding breakthrough numbers in the reduction of crime and the support of health and positive influence on society at large. Perhaps what's most remarkable, and what lends further evidence towards this effect, is that it is predictable in advance every single time.
One of the most significant studies done on this effect took place in 1993, when a large group in Washington DC was able to reduce violent crime over 20% in the city.
One of the more recent studies of this took place between 2007 to 2010; during this time the Mararishi University of Management in Iowa created a large enough meditative group to have an influence on the United States as a whole. The statistical analysis of the results displayed a massive decrease in the national homicide rate and urban violent crimes, when compared to the previous period of 2002 and 2006.
In total, the homicide rate was 21.2% lower over the four year period, which analysts estimated that approximately 8,167 deaths were averted by this significant change.
This revelation in recent years has had a significant effect on many scientists in the world, who are approaching quantum-field theory from the perspective that consciousness itself may be something so much more than we have ever believed it to be.
How You Can Change The World
It's easy to become overwhelmed by observing the state of the planet; things are getting really intense in the world, whether it's natural disasters or political dramas, it's clear that there is a great deal of destruction on the way. Yet, this dark cloud has a glimmering silver lining, because there is so much information that is coming out which continues to reveal our place in the cosmos, and the opportunity that lay before us, should we choose to walk this path.
This information about meditation and its effect on the world around us is a major bridge between how the world is, and how it could be. Only 1% of a population can decrease crime rates by 20%, so what would happen if there were 5% of any particular population meditating?!
Now of course, there are approximately 7.4 billion people on this planet, and so it would take about 74 million people meditating to be 1% of the global population, but the team at the Mararishi university suggest that it's not 1% required to make a change in the world, but only the square root of 1%, which is only about 7000 people! That is not that much at all!
Ultimately, we can then become catalysts for change in our own families, communities and beyond simply by meditating.
Think about it this way; how many people are in your family? In your immediate family, maybe somewhere between three and six? Maybe a bit more, maybe a bit less. How about your social circle? Who are your closest, most trustworthy friends? How many of them are in your life? This number may vary between one and ten, and of course we know a lot of people beyond that too.
Let's say for this example that you have 9 close family members and friends in your life; people who you spend the most amount of time with or are more connected with than in the general casual sense.
In relationship to this small group of people in your life, you yourself are approximately not only 1% of the population, but almost 10%! This is outstanding, because it implies that if you were to meditate on a regular basis for a significant amount of time, this small social circle of yours could potentially see a massive decrease in general negativity in their lives! We're using "general negativity" here simply on the basis that most of the people in your life are not overly violent people, but for those who are… this could be particularly helpful!
You see, when looking at the whole world on a large scale, it is easy to be overwhelmed and think "I'm just one person, how can I affect the whole world?", and when you go into meditation, the answer becomes very simple – start with yourself, and one person, group, and community at a time.
How Much Meditation is Enough?
This is always a common question, some people want to jump in and start doing hours at a time, and for others even ten minutes can be difficult to start. From our experiences, we definitely have experienced the benefit of meditating upwards of one to two hours a day, and for seasoned meditative experts, this should be no problem. For those who are just getting started, we encourage you to make the space for yourself to meditate at least twenty five minutes a day, and work your way up from there.
This may seem like a lot, but we really want to encourage you to push yourself to take meditation seriously. If it is the only spiritual practice that you wish to practice, in our perspective it is by far the most important one, due to not only the effects it has on your own mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health, but the effect that it has on the world at large.
If every single person who read this article meditated even just one hour a day every day, there would be a significant enough shift in awareness that might even lead to this practice becoming even more and more known about in the world!
So to answer this question; how much meditation is enough? Our answer is that you can never have enough meditation! Plus, generally when you're meditating, you know when you're done.
Try practicing meditation regularly in your life and see what shifts begin to happen! As we are ultimately all connected, this will not only expand your own awareness, but will help our world on a global, and even universal level!


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Book review:Paper Towns by John GreenI enjoyed reading The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and after that,I wanted to read more of his works.It's what I do with a lot of my favorite authors...I have to have all of the books that they've written.It's like an addiction.I have all of Khaled Hosseini's books,Frances Mayes(hers was pretty expensive as they're not fiction.),Fannie Flagg(her stories always gives me a warm feeling.The moment when I was able to track the first book she wrote in 1983&hold it in my hand was an awesome feeling!) and many more.When you find a good author,you want to keep reading their works.That was what John Green is to me.
So I found out that another one of his book,Paper Towns,will be turned into a movie soon.I finished reading the book in..3-4 days I think.It's 100 percent different than The Fault In Our Stars.But the characters are still young adults.Young adults hold the buying power in America so it's understandable that he writes with them in mind.But then again,a book is a book and if reviews are great, it'll appeal to people all over the world.Adults reads Harry Potter too!
Paper Towns was an enjoyable read.There were moments that spooked me in the book(it's not a ghost story,trust me!) and moments that were exciting.
The book is about Quentin Jacobsen or Q as he is called who lives in Orlando,Florida,who has had a crush on his neighbour Margo Roth Spiegelman(I like her name&Q always says her full name) since they were little kids.They were close when they were little but when they grew up,they drift apart and hangs with different circles in their high school.
One random night,Margo climbs to Q's bedroom window,dressed like a ninja and asked him to help her with her plan.Later he founds out that her plan was to revenge on three people--her ex-boyfriend Jase,the girl he cheated on her with,Becca and also her friend,Lacey.To me this part of the book was exciting(there's a few more exciting parts as well) because it was like Q and Margo against the world.It was funny as well because of Margo's plan to execute her revenge--some involved catfish(the fish,not the mtv show).
After that night,Margo never showed up to school.After the third day she went missing,her parents filed a police report.Her parents told Q and his family that this was the fourth time that she has run away from home & that she left clues before on where to find her.Q thought that he was supposed to find her and that she left clues for him.He did found some clues but it wasn't easy to decode them.
This was when things started to get a little confusing,headache inducing,a few crazy road trips and many more.Q has two best friends named Ben Starling and Marcus "Radar" who helped him to find Margo while navigating high school and the most important thing --prom.hahaha.
The part the spooked me was the abandoned mini mall.It just seems really dilapidated and scary.And also when Q thought that he was supposed to find Margo's dead body.
This book isn't about a love story.It's more about friendship.Margo's character is very complex and she wasn't what Q thought she was.Most of the people in her social circle didn't really know who she was either.I really like the book and can't wait to watch the movie version.Q will be played by Natt Wollf--who played Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars.
I wonder who they'll cast as Margo.But her scenes won't be much anyway since 80% of the story involves Q,Ben,Radar & also Lacey.So far only Nat Wollf has been confirmed to star in the movie.Watch for that space!


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The growing animosity between City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher boiled over in the first televised debate of the San Diego mayor's race when DeMaio asked Fletcher if he was under an ethics investigation.
A complaint was filed against Fletcher last month and dismissed Wednesday by the San Diego Ethics Commission for insufficient evidence.
The KPBS/KGTV debate also included District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Rep. Bob Filner. With 47 days until the primary, the candidates sparred over public employee pensions and the proposed convention center expansion. The DeMaio-Fletcher feud took center stage when the candidates were given the opportunity to ask questions of each other.
DeMaio, a Republican who has been criticized frequently by Fletcher throughout the campaign, touted his push for transparency at City Hall and then turned to Fletcher.
"Are you currently under investigation for an ethics violation and, if so, what is the nature of the investigation and the violation you are alleged to have conducted?" DeMaio said.
Fletcher responded: "As usual, Carl, your facts are off. We're not under any investigation by the Ethics Commission. But I do find it ironic that you would ask a question about transparency given, after you were fined by that Ethics Commission for breaking campaign-finance laws, you tried to defund them."
Fletcher recently left the Republican Party to run as an independent.
At issue is a complaint filed March 22 with the Ethics Commission that accused Fletcher of spending $1,200 from his Assembly officeholder account for media monitoring by TVEyes Inc., a company that provides video clips for politicians and candidates.
The complaint, which the DeMaio campaign released with the accuser's name redacted, alleged Fletcher violated the law because he used those clips for his mayoral bid but didn't pay for them out of his campaign account.
The Ethics Commission sent Fletcher a letter Wednesday notifying him of the allegation and that the panel had dismissed the complaint, which it said was "essentially based on speculation."
The commission levied a $1,500 fine against DeMaio in 2008 because a fundraising solicitation for his council candidacy was sent to city workers, a practice that's banned to keep employees from feeling pressured. Two months later, he proposed slashing the commission's $1 million budget by 30 percent.
Matt David, Fletcher's senior campaign adviser, accused DeMaio of "cooking up the complaint" as a way to distract and deceive voters. The campaign also released a Feb. 2 letter from the state Fair Political Practices Commission that cleared Fletcher of an allegation that he used money from his Assembly campaign account on his mayoral bid. The FPPC said Fletcher was "in substantial compliance" with state law.
Ryan Clumpner, DeMaio's campaign manager, said Fletcher still needs to explain how he spent more than $230,000 from his Assembly account last year when he knew he was going to run for mayor and why he needed to spend $50,000 on legal fees.
"Assemblyman Fletcher continues to display a pattern of unethical behavior when it comes to corporate contributions that he accepts into his state political accounts, regardless of whether he has avoided legal consequence so far," Clumpner said.
The debate gave the candidates a broader audience for their well-worn campaign scripts but also provided them a new opportunity to set themselves apart from their rivals.
Filner, the lone Democrat in the race, differentiated himself by saying he's the only candidate who will break the control that special interests in the business community hold over City Hall.
"You know I'm the only candidate up here that will break the stranglehold that special interests have on San Diego and have had probably for 50 years," he said, motioning to his opponents. "They're all part of it. They all support, for example, the most blatant giveaway of public money that I've seen in decades in the convention center financing.
"They told a private group not only can you vote a public tax but you can control how $35 million of it is spent. That's special interest, and that's what all three of these guys on my left and my right — they all support it," he said.
Last month, the City Council approved transferring marketing authority over the center to the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, which has heavy representation from the hotel industry. The city's hoteliers are voting by mail on a proposed hotel tax to help fund a planned $520 million expansion of the center.
The hotel industry had made it clear that it could not support the new tax without having more control over the center's bookings.
Filner is the only candidate to raise concerns over the financing plan. All four support expanding the center.
Dumanis, a Republican, attempted to separate herself from the pack by pointing out she's the only candidate with the executive experience required to run a major U.S. city. The District Attorney's Office has 1,000 employees and a $140 million budget.
"In order to be the next mayor … you need that experience," she said. "It's one thing to be a legislator for three years or for 20, but you can't do the same thing as a legislator that you can do as a chief executive. So it's the right experience, and the right experience matters."
The mayoral primary is June 5. If no one wins a majority, the top two finishers advance to a November runoff.


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According to dental office design expert Dr. Mark Tholen, regardless of your dental expertise and clinical ability, the success of your dental practice does not depend on your diagnostic and treatment skills, but rather on your how your patients perceive your competence.
Dr. Tholen suggests that the dental office, among other things, is a communication tool, a giant billboard that all of your patients view each time they are treated, and you should treat it as the personification of your "marketing" program.
Read Dr. Tholen's article on designing your office with your patience in mind, called Look the Part.
You may also find these podcasts by Dr Tholen instructive.
Use the the comments and let us know what you think. Do you see this reality reflected in your dental practice?


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"There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart." – Jack Kornfield
This morning I took a run in Chamonix, France. Our family stayed over after a birthday party last night. It was wonderful to be back to one of the most majestic places on earth. The views and splendid beauty of Mont Blanc and its glaciers against all the fresh, intensely green grass and leaves can ease and please any wired or tired soul.
I stopped several times along my run to take photos of "heart rocks." No, it was not because I was hung-over that I stopped…:)
It has become a bit of a hobby of mine to take photos of heart shaped rocks, or anything else that I see in a heart formation. I have over the years probably collected several hundred photos – if not more – of heart rocks from around the world. I see hearts everywhere, and could have taken many more pictures, but if I had stopped every time I saw a heart rock I would never have arrived to my destination.
Often when I see these heart formations, it makes me think of what the world would be like if more people would live from their heart…
Many people live with their heart protected, and are so disconnected to what makes their heart sing. So many of us live in a bubble of struggle.
What is it going to take for people to realize what power lies in a heart that is set free…?
When will we live in a world where generosity and kindness is prevailing?


text: June 30, 2014 at 6:04 AM Patty Murray walks her way to political compromise; Obama and Boehner should do the same Posted by Thanh Tan As you can see in the photos below, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., likes to walk and talk and negotiate with Republicans. These are more or less photo ops, but they send a powerful message to the people: Politics involves negotiations, guts and old-fashioned getting along. I can't think of another Democrat who has had… More Comments | Topics: boehner, compromise, congress


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AirbnbWATCH is a project of American Family Voices, bringing together a collection of organizations dedicated to a common goal: Protect communities and travelers by exposing commercial operators who use sites like Airbnb to run illegal hotels in residential properties under the radar and by making sure all hotel businesses play by the same rules.
The problem:
Commercial landlords are increasingly using short-term rental sites like Airbnb to rent out multiple residential properties year-round, just like a hotel, while avoiding regulation and taxes. And while this may drive huge revenues for companies like Airbnb, unregulated hotels operated in residential properties are disruptive to communities and pose serious safety concerns for guests and neighbors.
The solution:
We are urging state and local governments to take action to protect communities and ensure a fair travel marketplace by closing the "illegal hotel loophole" by making sure all lodging businesses are playing by the same rules.
Feel free to send us your questions at [email protected].


text: Arizona's soil is a crazy mix of pink and orange and yellow and brown. The sandstone is made up of shifting forms – hoodoos and cliffs and gullies and buttes and canyons – and they are textured with stripes and swirls and spots like something out of a story book. It's brilliant. It's incredible. It's nothing short of jaw-dropping. Drop me off in the desert out there, and I could spend hours shooting on any given slab of rock. And that's just what I did the day I took this shot. These beautiful circles are a part of the landscape in Glen Canyon Recreation Area. Some are the size of golf balls. Others are the size of pin heads. And this one is as large as a volleyball!


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Eyes Home > Prolensa and Breastfeeding
It is unknown whether Prolensa (bromfenac) passes through breast milk, or if it would harm a nursing infant. However, because Prolensa is an eye drop and very little medicine actually reaches the bloodstream, it's unlikely that it would be passed through breast milk in high enough amounts to cause problems. Even so, consult your doctor if you are thinking of breastfeeding while using Prolensa.
Prolensa™ (bromfenac ophthalmic solution) is a prescription medication used to treat inflammation and reduce swelling after cataract surgery. The manufacturer of the medication recommends that it should be used cautiously in women who are breastfeeding. Therefore, if you are breastfeeding or plan to start, you should talk with your healthcare provider before using Prolensa.
There is very little information available about the use of Prolensa while breastfeeding. The drug has not been studied in breastfeeding women. Therefore, it is not entirely known whether it passes through breast milk.
Prolensa is a prescription nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) eye drop medication. With normal use, very little (if any) of the drug is absorbed from the eye into the bloodstream. Therefore, it would be unlikely that any significant amounts would be found in breast milk.
In addition, many experts consider other NSAIDs safe for use during breastfeeding, even when they are taken by mouth. As a result, Prolensa is likely compatible with breastfeeding. However, as previously noted, the manufacturer recommends that caution be used when it is given to women who are nursing.
Therefore, if your healthcare provider recommends using this drug while breastfeeding, make sure to watch for any potential problems in your nursing child. Such problems may include but are not limited to:
- Unexplained crying
- Reduced appetite
- Vomiting
- Drowsiness
- Anything else that seems out of the ordinary for your child.


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Sarah Brown delivered a passionate and intimate introduction to her husband at the Labour party conference this afternoon, describing the prime minister as her "hero".
In opening remarks before Gordon Brown gave his last speech to Labour's annual conference before the general election in Brighton, Mrs Brown made a personal speech about her husband's character. Her praise of her husband's characteristics was even more lavish than last year, when she also introduced him.
She said: "I know he's not a saint – he's messy, he's noisy, he gets up at a terrible hour – but I know that he wakes up every morning and goes to bed every evening thinking about the things that matter. I know he loves our country and I know he will always, always put you first."
Brown first introduced her husband to conference last year in a political gesture mirroring Michele Obama frequent introductory words during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election campaign.
This afternoon Brown said of her husband: "I don't know as much about economics as a guru like Joseph Stiglitz; and I don't know as much about the environment as an expert like Sir Nicholas Stern but I do know a lot about my husband."
"The first time I met him I was struck that someone so intense and so intelligent could be so gentle, could ask so many questions, could really care. He will always make the time for people, our family, for his friends and anyone who needs him – that's part of the reason I love him as much as I do. And you know friends that is what makes him the man for Britain too.
"Gordon has got a tough job and I wouldn't want it for the world but each time I am thankful that he's the one who has it; that he's the one choosing the policies and making the calls."


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We are finishing week 4 of our summer reading program here so it is time for another roundup! This week went very smoothly, so that means next week probably won't. Kidding. I hope.
We have had quite a lot of interest in signing up for summer reading but very few people have returned their logs. It will be interesting to see if it's just procrastination or taking longer than normal. I won't be at work the last day of summer reading (wedding) so I hope people come in before then with their finished logs so the poor staffers who are working won't be too slammed.
By the way, does anyone else work in a small town? I am curious what those of us who live in more rural communities do for summer reading and what numbers they expect? Our service area is around 20,000 residents in size. So I struggle when I try to compare our numbers with some people who work in much more populated areas.


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Astana says Armstrong will be in Tour de France - Caspar Star-TribunePALENCIA, Spain - Lance Armstrong's team manager is confident a broken collarbone won't prevent the cycling great from riding in the Giro d'Italia or Tour de France. "I don't think this changes anything for the Tour de France," Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel said Tuesday. "A broken collarbone in Immaculata U Finally Revealed As Mass Grave For Irish Catholics - Philebrity.comI mean, hey, we could have told you that when we were undergrads at St. Joe's! HIYO! No, but really: Historians digging around near Immaculata University believe they've found the storied mass grave site of 57 Irish workers who died near the site in the mid-1800s: In June, 1832, a group of 57 U.S. moves to deport John Demjanjuk to face war crimes charges in Germany - CJADCLEVELAND - German officials are being asked for travel documents needed to deport accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk to face 29,000 counts of accessory to murder, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement provided an email to The Associated Press showing that it has Michael Jackson's Crystal Gloves Put On Display - CBS 3 PhiladelphiaOne of Michael Jackson's crystal-encrusted gloves will be on display in Times Square this week in a preview of a planned auction of the pop legend's possessions. Some 2,000 items taken from Jackson's Neverland Ranch are scheduled to be sold during a televised auction in April. It is still unclear Ice on wings becomes main focus in Montana crash - WTOP RadioWASHINGTON (AP) - Speculation over the crash of a single-engine turboprop plane into a cemetery shifted to ice on the wings Monday after it became less likely that overloading was to blame, given that half of the 14 people on board were small children. While descending Sunday in preparation for
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Symphony presents 'Lite' series - Shreveport TimesThe Shreveport Symphony Orchestra isn't turning off the lights on its 61st season just yet. Instead, it will present a Willis-Knighton Lite Series which will provide alternative special music offerings from touring groups in lieu of the traditional Wild ride for Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - Evening StandardWith a trio of men decked out in gaudy dresses and absurdly over-the-top headwear, high heels and low wise-cracking innuendos, powered by a bus painted gorgeous pink, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert comes flouncing and flaunting into the West End . I Clothes make the (wo)man, but not the musical - International Herald TribuneLONDON : You'll emerge humming the clothes from ''Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,'' the crude, overlong, fantastically colorful musical that opened Monday night at the Palace Theatre. You want your costume pageants served up with wit and An inspiring leader - Express Computer IndiaAshish Dhawan , Vice President and Country Manager, Nortel India is an inspiring leader who is known for his never say die attitude. His strong negotiation and communication skills have lead to record sales for Nortel's enterprise business. By
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Reposted from Life Extensionhttp://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2006/jul2006_report_metabolic_01.htm
|By Steven V. Joyal, MD
Metabolic syndrome and its associated condition of insulin resistance pose a major threat to cardiovascular health that most health care practitioners do not even discuss with their patients. Remarkably, the public knows very little about this silent but deadly condition, and many affected individuals are not even aware that metabolic syndrome is inflicting severe damage to their arteries and brain cells.
The news media and health care providers pay almost no attention to the epidemic of insulin resistance, the fundamental cause of metabolic syndrome.
To avoid the potentially disastrous cardiovascular consequences of metabolic syndrome, you need to understand:
Gauging Your Risk for Insulin ResistanceMetabolic syndrome is characterized by insulin resistance. Before explaining insulin resistance, we need to understand what insulin is and how it acts in the body.
A hormone produced in the pancreas, insulin's major function is to regulate blood sugar, or glucose, levels. Insulin helps to shuttle glucose molecules from the blood into the cells of the body. When blood sugar levels increase, insulin output increases.
The gold standard for measuring insulin resistance is a very complex procedure called a "hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp" that is offered at specialized academic medical research centers. In this two-hour procedure, insulin is infused intravenously at a constant rate according to body weight. At the same time, glucose is infused intravenously at a variable rate to balance out the insulin infusion. The rate of glucose infusion into blood during the last 30 minutes of the test determines insulin sensitivity.
Fortunately, to help determine your risk of insulin resistance, you do not have to travel to an academic medical center to have the "hyper-insulinemic euglycemic clamp" performed; instead, you need only undergo some simple blood tests.
Certain blood tests such as fasting insulin can serve as surrogate markers for insulin resistance. Excess insulin (fasting hyperinsulinemia) is defined when levels equal to or greater than 15 µU/mL are found. These higher fasting insulin levels are associated with insulin resistance.1 Other blood tests that are very useful in evaluating the risk of insulin resistance include serum triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Triglycerides equal to or greater than 130 mg/dL and a triglyceride:HDL ratio equal to or above 3.0 suggest a high risk of insulin resistance.1 In fact, the Life Extension Foundation has consistently advocated even lower levels of triglycerides (less than 100 mg/dL) as being optimal.
Do You Have Metabolic Syndrome?Afflicting one of every five Americans (with even higher rates in certain ethnic populations), metabolic syndrome has ominous implications for cardiovascular disease risk.2
More than 20 years ago, scientists identified the constellation of conditions that characterizes metabolic syndrome in a group of patients with a drastically elevated risk of heart disease and stroke. Initially called "Syndrome X" by scientists, it is now known as metabolic syndrome. This dangerous condition is characterized by insulin resistance, which leads to abnormally high serum lipids and cholesterol, high blood pressure, abnormally high blood sugar, and increased blood-clotting tendencies.3
Metabolic syndrome dramatically increases cardiovascular disease risk.4 Recent trial results in more than 1,200 men followed for 11 years found that those with metabolic syndrome were up to 360% more likely to die from coronary heart disease.5
The diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome can differ slightly depending on the medical experts consulted. A standard, accepted definition was established by the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III).6 According to its definition, you have metabolic syndrome if you have three or more of the following criteria:
A Program for Averting Metabolic SyndromeThe following step-by-step program can help you avert the potentially deadly consequences of metabolic syndrome. Taking these simple steps can help you lead a long, healthy life and avoid succumbing to a multitude of life-threatening diseases.
Step 1: Assess Your Body Composition.The first step involves knowing and understanding your body composition and its importance in helping to prevent metabolic syndrome. Surprisingly, stepping on a scale and seeing what you weigh does not tell very much about your risk of developing metabolic disease.
Body mass index (BMI) is a standard measure of overweight and obesity. BMI is obtained by dividing your body weight in kilograms by your height in meters squared (kg/m2). However, BMI fails to account for body composition. Your body composition is a measure of how much lean body mass (muscle) and adipose tissue (body fat) you have.
Compare two 40-year-old men, both of whom stand six feet tall and weigh 200 pounds. One man is very muscular (about 7% body fat) and has a waist circumference of 32 inches. By contrast, the other man is out of shape (about 30% body fat) and has a waist circumference of 40 inches. The key point is, both men have the same BMI.
Does this mean that both men have the same risk of developing insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome? No!
The easiest surrogate assessment of body composition is central obesity, and the easiest way to determine central obesity is to measure waist circumference—if you have a big waist, your risk of metabolic disease is increased.
Step 2: Maintain Good Body Composition.How do you obtain and maintain good body composition? Maintaining lean body mass and decreasing body fat is easier than you think.
First, do not fall for the latest fad diet. Maintaining a stable body weight is not magic. Ignore any diet "guru" who promises "magical" weight loss, vilifies "forbidden foods," and promotes excluding certain food "types" based on the latest round of misunderstood and misinterpreted science. Do not buy into it!
Instead, simply eat more whole foods and fewer processed foods. Prioritize eating high-quality foods like salmon, vegetables, wild rice, berries, and citrus fruits. De-emphasize eating foods that are highly processed or of low nutritional value, such as cakes, cookies, bagels, fried chicken, and American cheese. In fact, studies show that diets that emphasize whole foods, such as the Mediterranean diet, help maintain lean body mass while also improving metabolic markers like insulin, cholesterol, fibrinogen, and uric acid.7 Other studies of people eating Mediterranean-type diets show a strong reduction in cholesterol levels, increased psychological and physical well-being, and a trend towards weight loss even without trying to diet.8
A great-tasting, healthy diet is abundant in whole foods, much like the traditional diets of Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean. This style of eating is rich in whole grains, whole fruits, and green vegetables, incorporates low to modest amounts of protein, and is high in "good fats" from sources such as sesame seeds, walnuts, almonds, and olives. Moderate amounts of high-fiber carbohydrates and "good fats" predominate in traditional diets of the Mediterranean, Asia, and Africa.
Randomized clinical trials have shown that this type of diet may be best for people at risk for metabolic disease. For example, a trial in patients with type II diabetes mellitus showed better blood sugar control and cholesterol levels in people consuming a diet comprising 40% carbohydrates, 45% fat, and 15% protein compared to those who consumed a diet consisting of 55% carbohydrates, 30% fat, and 15% protein.9
In other studies, a diet moderate in carbohydrates and relatively high in monounsaturated fat from olive oil and polyunsaturated fat from fish—such as the Mediterranean diet—actually decreased insulin resistance and inflammation.10 Furthermore, this diet is better than the step I National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) diet in preventing heart disease and stroke.11
Second, if you are not physically active, start moving your body! Simply walking at a brisk pace three to five days each week for at least 20 minutes will help. If and when you get more ambitious, you can engage in more demanding physical activities at a higher level of exertion. In addition, consider weight training to build more muscle mass and to stimulate your metabolism.
Step 3: Improve Metabolic Function with Nutritional Supplements.Smart supplementation can have a significant impact on metabolic health. A number of nutritional supplements hold great promise for normalizing blood sugar and metabolic control.
Chromium. Chromium is a critically essential cofactor for glucose control. Chromium helps insulin shuttle blood sugar (glucose) into cells. In fact, without chromium, insulin cannot work properly.
Unfortunately, most Americans are deficient in this critical nutrient. Some experts believe that Americans ingest less than half the recom-mended daily amount of chromium.12 This may be partly due to the nation's over-reliance on processed foods, which are generally rich in calories but poor in nutrients.
Another factor contributing to widespread chromium deficiency is food grown in soil containing a low content of minerals such as chromium. In fact, the 1992 Earth Summit report showed that North American soils have been depleted of 85% of their mineral content in the past 100 years—the highest rate of mineral depletion in the world.13 Thus, it should come as no surprise that the foods we consume are deficient in trace minerals such as chromium. Some scientists have postulated that rising rates of metabolic syndrome and diabetes in the US may result in part from declining levels of chromium in American soil and diets.
Many clinical studies of patients with and without metabolic disease have shown metabolic benefits—including improved blood sugar control, cholesterol, and insulin—with supplemental chromium doses from 200 to 1000 mcg daily.14-17
Recently, a bioavailable and biologically safe form of chromium called chromium 454™ has attracted the attention of nutritional scientists seeking ways to promote metabolic health. Derived from plant and biological extracts, this distinct form of chromium is water soluble, allowing for outstanding absorption. Insulin-deficient diabetic rats that received chromium 454™ for three weeks demonstrated an impressive 38% reduction in blood glucose levels. These findings led scientists to suggest that chromium may provide metabolic support for individuals seeking to optimize their blood glucose levels.18
Low levels of DHEA are associated with an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome. For example, a cross-sectional study of 400 men, aged 40-80, showed that the lower the DHEA level, the greater the risk of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.19
DHEA dosing should be individualized based on blood testing. A simple blood test known as DHEA-sulfate (DHEA-S) will provide important information about your DHEA levels. However, even relatively low doses can provide benefit. A study of elderly men and women showed that a daily dose of as little as 50 mg of DHEA for six months was associated with significant fat loss and improvements in insulin sensitivity.20


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A non-cheesy guide to gratefulness: What to read and watch
Gratefulness isn't always something that comes easily. Below, some reading and watching to get you into a thankful headspace. Watch: "Want to be happy? Be thankful." This TED Talk from David Steindl-Rast is the perfect Thanksgiving appetizer. In it, the Benedictine monk and interfaith scholar talks about what, exactly, it means to be grateful and offers a simple process for living […]Continue reading


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South Carolina's crowded backfield has something to prove
Like everyone else anticipating South Carolina's first football game of the year, Bobby Bentley has seen the Gamecocks' crowded depth chart at tailback. Now Bentley wants to see what it looks like when it's not on paper.
"We've got talent, but I want to see it on the field," said Bentley, USC's running backs coach. "I want to see it in the N.C. State game. I want to see it in the season, not just the talking season."
The talking season officially ends on Sept. 2 when the Gamecocks take on the Wolfpack at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte at 3 p.m. Which running back will start that game remains a mystery.
"We still don't know the lineup and the rotation," sophomore running back A.J. Turner said. "I'm just going out there when my number is called and doing what I have to do to produce."
Turner, 5-foot-10, 184 pounds, started four of the first five games last year before giving way to sophomore Rico Dowdle, who started the final six games. Both are again competing for the starting job, along with North Carolina transfer Ty'Son Williams.
Williams "is a very good player, and I hope all of them sharpen each other," Bentley said. "All of them are a little bit different yet are similar, and we want them to compete every day because we've got to get more physical."
Sophomore Mon Denson will be the fourth-string running back, but the bulk of South Carolina's carries will be split in some fashion between Dowdle, Williams and Turner, Bentley said.
"What you'd like is that starter goes two series, get that No. 2 guy in the third series and then from there on go with the hot hand," Bentley said. "I'm not a guy who believes that if the running back gets a long run, you take him out. I think if he makes a long run and he's still fresh, keep him in there. He's reading the defense. Let him go. You talk to all the great backs. They like it when they are in a rhythm and get a feel for what the defense is doing and the blocking schemes."
The 5-11, 220-pound Dowdle, who had 133 carries for 764 yards last year, and the 6-foot, 215-pound Williams, who had 19 carries for 57 yards as a freshman at North Carolina in 2015, fit the mold of every down backs in the SEC because of their size and running styles.
"The best thing for Rico was Ty'Son coming in," sophomore quarterback Jake Bentley said. "I have been able to see them push each other every day."
Turner is the outlier because of his size and speed and could be used as a third-down back or situational player.
"We need to get the ball to him as much as we can on the edge," Bentley said. "I don't know if you call him a third-down back. He's a guy that as a staff you sit down and say, 'Get the ball in his hands.' "
Bentley doesn't know when he will decide on which player will get the start, which he views as "a big reward," but said all three players can expect to play each week.
As hard as the decision is about which player gets the most snaps on Saturdays, Sundays might be tougher on Bentley. That will be the day he'll have to explain to anyone feeling left out why the rotation worked out the way it did.
"You have to keep them up," Bentley said. "A healthy room is always a better room."
Whatever happens, South Carolina's coaches won't bemoan the fact that they have too many running backs. Offensive coordinator Kurt Roper learned that lesson as the running backs coach at Tennessee when he had Arian Foster, Montario Hardesty and LaMarcus Coker at the same time.
"We were sitting in a staff meeting and I was just flustered and I said, 'I've got too many good ones,' " Roper said. Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said, 'Oh (heck), there he goes.' It wasn't two days later I got Hardesty hurt. That position, three is probably not enough. It is good to have guys who can play."


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Chamber choir
Chamber choir
Salisbury Cathedral Chamber Choir is the Cathedral's mixed-voice adult choir and is formed of singers who work and live around Salisbury. The choir was established in 2008 with the purpose of providing the Cathedral with a high standard of liturgical music-making in the absence of the Cathedral Choir. The group also aims to promote the Cathedral's work and mission by performing throughout the diocese.
The Chamber Choir is a small group, performing repertoire from across the centuries in line with the liturgical requirements of the Cathedral. A strong feature of the choir's regular liturgical repertoire is unaccompanied Renaissance music (which it often sings in a variety of alternative spaces in the Cathedral), and the traditional Sarum Chant.
In addition to deputising for and singing alongside the Cathedral Choir, the Chamber Choir has also collaborated with the Salisbury Musical Society, Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra, and Charivari Agréable, as well as performing in concert further afield in the diocese. The choir will also play a significant role in the next Southern Cathedrals Festival, which is due to be held in Salisbury between 15-18 July 2015.
Since September 2012, the group has been directed by the Cathedral's Assistant Director of Music, John Challenger.
You can hear recordings of the Cathedral Chamber Choir below.
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