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People who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (other than aspirin) such as diclofenac may have a higher risk of having a heart attack or a stroke than people who do not take these medications. These events may happen without warning and may cause death. This risk may be higher for people who take NSAIDs for a long time. Do not take an NSAID such as diclofenac if you have recently had a heart attack, unless directed to do so by your doctor. Tell your doctor if you or anyone in your family has or has ever had heart disease, a heart attack, or a stroke, if you smoke, and if you have or have ever had high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes. Get emergency medical help right away if you experience any of the following symptoms: chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness in one part or side of the body, or slurred speech.
If you will be undergoing a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG; a type of heart surgery), you should not take diclofenac right before or right after the surgery.
NSAIDs such as diclofenac may cause ulcers, bleeding, or holes in the stomach or intestine. These problems may develop at any time during treatment, may happen without warning symptoms, and may cause death. The risk may be higher for people who take NSAIDs for a long time, are older in age, have poor health, or drink large amounts of alcohol while taking diclofenac. Tell your doctor if you take any of the following medications: anticoagulants ('blood thinners') such as warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven); aspirin; other NSAIDs such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn); oral steroids such as dexamethasone, methylprednisolone (Medrol), and prednisone (Rayos); selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as citalopram (Celexa), fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem, Selfemra, in Symbyax), fluvoxamine (Luvox), paroxetine (Brisdelle, Paxil, Pexeva), and sertraline (Zoloft); or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) such as desvenlafaxine (Khedezla, Pristiq), duloxetine (Cymbalta), and venlafaxine (Effexor XR). Also tell your doctor if you have or have ever had ulcers, bleeding in your stomach or intestines, or other bleeding disorders. If you experience any of the following symptoms, stop taking diclofenac and call your doctor: stomach pain, heartburn, vomiting a substance that is bloody or looks like coffee grounds, blood in the stool, or black and tarry stools.
Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor will monitor your symptoms carefully and will probably order certain tests to check your body's response to diclofenac. Be sure to tell your doctor how you are feeling so that your doctor can prescribe the right amount of medication to treat your condition with the lowest risk of serious side effects.
Your doctor or pharmacist will give you the manufacturer's patient information sheet (Medication Guide) when you begin treatment with diclofenac and each time you refill your prescription. Read the information carefully and ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions. You can also visit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website ( Web Site) to obtain the Medication Guide.
Diclofenac capsules (Zipsor, Zorvolex) and tablets (Cataflam) are used to relieve mild to moderate pain. Diclofenac extended-release tablets (Voltaren XR), tablets (Cataflam), and delayed release tablets (available generically) are used to relieve pain, tenderness, swelling, and stiffness caused by osteoarthritis (arthritis caused by a breakdown of the lining of the joints), and rheumatoid arthritis (arthritis caused by swelling of the lining of the joints). Diclofenac extended-release tablets and delayed-release tablets are also used to treat ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis that mainly affects the spine). Diclofenac tablets (Cataflam) are also used to treat painful menstrual periods. Diclofenac solution (Cambia) is used to treat migraine headaches in adults, but cannot be used to prevent migraines or to treat other types of headaches. Diclofenac is in a class of medications called NSAIDs. It works by stopping the body's production of a substance that causes pain, fever, and inflammation.
Diclofenac comes as a tablet, and liquid-filled capsule, a hard gelatin capsule, an extended-release (long-acting) tablet, a delayed-release (releases medication in the intestine) tablet, and as packets of powder for solution (to be mixed with water) and take by mouth. Diclofenac liquid-filled capsules are usually taken 4 times a day and diclofenac hard gelatin capsules are usually taken three times a day on an empty stomach. Diclofenac extended-release tablets are usually taken once a day, and in rare cases are taken twice a day, if needed to control pain. Diclofenac tablets and diclofenac delayed-release tablets are usually taken 2, 3, or 4 times a day. Diclofenac solution is taken without food as a one dose treatment to relieve the pain of migraine headaches. If you were told to take diclofenac on a regular basis, take it at around the same time(s) every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take diclofenac exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Different diclofenac products release the medication differently in your body and cannot be used interchangeably. Only take the diclofenac product prescribed by your doctor and do not switch to a different diclofenac product unless your doctor says that you should.
Your doctor may adjust the dose of your medication during your treatment depending on your response to the medication. Talk to your doctor about how you are feeling during your treatment with diclofenac.
If you are taking the powder for solution, you will need to mix it with water before you take it. To mix the medication, first remove one packet from a row of three attached packets. Place 2 to 4 tablespoons (1 to 2 ounces; 30 to 60 mL) of water in a cup. Add the contents of the packet and mix well. Drink the entire mixture right away. Throw away the empty packet in a trash can that is out of the reach of children and pets.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Before taking diclofenac,
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.
The powder for solution is usually taken as needed for migraine headaches. If you are taking any other diclofenac product and you forget to take a dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.
Diclofenac may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the following symptoms or those mentioned in the IMPORTANT WARNING section, call your doctor immediately or get emergency medical help. Do not take any more diclofenac until you speak to your doctor.
Diclofenac may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online ( Web Site) or by phone (1-800-332-1088).
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom).
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. Talk to your pharmacist or contact your local garbage/recycling department to learn about take-back programs in your community. See the FDA's Safe Disposal of Medicines website ( Web Site) for more information if you do not have access to a take-back program.
It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers (such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers) are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily. To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location – one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach. Web Site
In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at 1-800-222-1222. Information is also available online at Web Site. If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include:
Do not let anyone else take your medication. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
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Have you been looking for a natural way to improve your pet's health? Try coconut oil. The oil has been credited with improving a variety of human health problems, ranging from poor digestion to kidney stones. It not only makes your skin look softer and smoother, but can also prevent tooth decay and improve your "good" cholesterol level. Coconut oil offers many of the same types of benefits for your pets.
How Does Coconut Oil Improve Health?
Coconut oil contains saturated fats, called medium chain triglycerides, that provide anti-fungal, antiviral and antibacterial benefits when taken orally. The oil also improves metabolism, which can be helpful in weight loss, and reduces healing time for infections and injuries.
How Will Coconut Oil Help My Pet?
Coconut oil offers a variety of benefits for pets. It can:
- Treat a variety of fungal and yeast infections
- Decrease brain lesions that develop as pets age
- Improve wound healing and the condition of your pet's coat when applied to the skin
- Reduce hairballs in cats and constipation in both dogs and cats
- Protect the paws from road salt when applied to paw pads
- Offer a protective barrier to prevent allergens from collecting on your pet's paws
- Relieve itchy skin caused by flea bites, eczema or contact dermatitis
- Improve thyroid function
- Moisturize the skin
- Relieve discomfort caused by hot spots when applied to the skin
- Decrease digestive problems and improve the absorption of nutrients
- Reduce allergic reactions
- Keeps skin folds free of bacteria
- Improve bad breath
- Relieve the symptoms of arthritis
- Help reduce the painful symptoms of colitis and inflammatory bowel syndrome
- Treat gingivitis (gum inflammation) when rubbed on the gums
- Prevent diabetes by balancing insulin
- Increase your pet's energy level
- Coat pills, making them easier to swallow
How Much Coconut Oil Should I Give My Pet?
Your pet only needs a small amount of coconut oil to enjoy the health benefits. Generally, small dogs should receive 1/4 teaspoon daily, while larger dogs should be given 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon, depending on their size. Just 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon is plenty for cats. Many pets like the taste of coconut oil and will gladly eat food coated in the oil. If your cat prefers food without any additives, coax it to lick the oil from your finger instead. Before you decide on a dosage, ask your pet's veterinarian for a recommendation.
For best results, feed your pet virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil. Since coconut oil is a saturated fat, it can cause weight gain if you give too much to your pet. High amounts of coconut oil can also cause diarrhea. Coconut oil should be avoided if your pet has had pancreatitis in the past, as ingesting the oil could cause a flare up.
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In my career as a personal trainer, certain training methods I have used regularly have proven successful time and time again and have led, in part, to two Personal Trainer of the Year Awards. Here are my top three tips that will guarantee results with your clients:
Keep Last Things Last
There's a reason I'm putting this tip first—it's probably the most important one. As fitness professionals, when we hear someone's goals, we often let our minds race with all the cool exercises we will use in a client's program, and the creative and challenging ways to combine the exercises into an effective program. This is a critical mistake.
Designing the workout program is often the easiest part of training a client. People in the real world have a lot of priorities in their lives and all of them need attention—they can't sweep everything aside for exercise—nor should they. Our job as professionals is to help figure out how to help our clients get results within their available resources—time, energy, money, etc. Our programs need to fit into clients' lives rather than take them over.
It is impossible to design an effective program until you know the opportunities for exercises and potential obstacles that could get in the way of your client's progress. You need to know what a client's daily life is like—his or her schedule, responsibilities, hobbies, and sources of stress and happiness—before you can know what the program will look like.
Therefore, design the program last—try to discover everything that might affect your client's ability to have success first so you can plan the program around those factors.
Forget the What—Find the Why
Building off of the first tip, you need to know the powerful emotional reasons as to why someone cares about fitness before you can get to the how. After all, the "how" is the easy part—there's no shortage of info on how to get in shape, there's simply not enough people using that info!
What will be better in your clients' lives when they are fit? What will they do? With whom will they do those activities? Find out what your clients value in life and what they're motivated by, then frame fitness progress in terms of how being fit can make those things better.
Finding out the "why" of your clients fitness goals lets you connect with their personal stories and the powerful emotional drives that motivates them to do anything and everything they do.
If you don't uncover this information, you're only as good as every other trainer who can successfully demonstrate a push-up and create a program. If you discover the "why" that drives your clients, deciding what to do with them will come easily. And, more importantly, they will be more likely to embrace it.
Be Everything But a Trainer
The last thing you want to hear when someone describes the role you play in their life is "trainer." The stereotype of a trainer—someone who puts people through grueling workouts with a drill sergeant personality—is certainly one you want to avoid. Treat people like adults, show them respect and they will respect your authority. A loud voice, big biceps and overbearing behavior don't make you a good trainer—it just makes you a workout leader. And those are a dime a dozen.
You can guarantee success by acting as a "coach." Identify your clients' unhealthy behaviors through thorough investigation and help your clients replace those unhealthy behaviors with healthy ones. If you do this correctly, they will probably refer to you as a life coach or fitness guru without you ever having to use those terms.
Yes, some might consider these tips to be unorthodox. Every single one of them requires you to invest a lot of yourself in your clients and to build their trust in you. But really, you shouldn't want it any other way. Everything about your clients' interactions with you—from their initial contact, to your paperwork, to the way you handle and coach them through challenges when they arise—should communicate a higher level of fitness professionalism than they have seen before. You will elevate your clients, their perception of you and, as a result, their success!


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San Francisco Bay Area & Silicon Valley Haskell Hackathon
Come join a group of Haskell hackers to work on a wide variety of projects. All levels welcome.
|Friday, May 17th – Sunday, May 19th, 2013
|Hacker Dojo - note the Dojo has moved
|Sign up:
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Hacker Dojo, 599 Fairchild Drive, Mountain View, CA (Google Map)
Anticipated, but subject to group whim and circumstance:
|Friday, May 17th
|3pm - 7pm
|Saturday, May 18th
|10am ~ 7pm
|Hacking all day
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|Code Kata (purely optional)
|Sunday, May 19th
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|1pm - 3pm
|Lightening Talks
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Code Kata
Code Katas are programming exercises with the aim of just practicing the skill of programming.
We'll have a Code Kata session at BayHac '13 on Saturday afternoon. There'll be a coding problem, and we'll break into groups or singles and tackle it in Haskell. The problem will expand as time progresses. After about two hours of coding, we'll re-group and do some quick reviews of the solutions people came up with and discuss the challenges and design trade-offs.
If you're interested in this activity, please let us know.
If you're attending, please use the sign-up form to help the organizers plan. Add your name here if you want to let others know you're coming.
- Mark Lentczner - organizer
- Johan Tibell - organizer
- David Banas - AMITool project lead
- Dan Burton - Just another Haskeller
- Conal Elliott
- Erik de Castro Lopo
- Gabriel Gonzalez
If you plan working on a project at the Hackathon, you can put it up here so other interested hackers can see what projects are afoot. If you don't have a project, look here and find one!


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What does past climate change tell us about global warming?
What the science says...
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Greenhouse gasses, principally CO2, have controlled most ancient climate changes. This time around humans are the cause, mainly by our CO2 emissions.
Climate Myth...
Climate's changed before
Climate is always changing. We have had ice ages and warmer periods when alligators were found in Spitzbergen. Ice ages have occurred in a hundred thousand year cycle for the last 700 thousand years, and there have been previous periods that appear to have been warmer than the present despite CO2 levels being lower than they are now. More recently, we have had the medieval warm period and the little ice age. (Richard Lindzen)
Greenhouse gasses – mainly CO2, but also methane – were involved in most of the climate changes in Earth's past. When they were reduced, the global climate became colder. When they were increased, the global climate became warmer. When CO2 levels jumped rapidly, the global warming that resulted was highly disruptive and sometimes caused mass extinctions. Humans today are emitting prodigious quantities of CO2, at a rate faster than even the most destructive climate changes in earth's past.
Abrupt vs slow change.
Life flourished in the Eocene, the Cretaceous and other times of high CO2 in the atmosphere because the greenhouse gasses were in balance with the carbon in the oceans and the weathering of rocks. Life, ocean chemistry, and atmospheric gasses had millions of years to adjust to those levels.
But there have been several times in Earth's past when Earth's temperature jumped abruptly, in much the same way as they are doing today. Those times were caused by large and rapid greenhouse gas emissions, just like humans are causing today.
Those abrupt global warming events were almost always highly destructive for life, causing mass extinctions such as at the end of the Permian, Triassic, or even mid-Cambrian periods. The symptoms from those events (a big, rapid jump in global temperatures, rising sea levels, and ocean acidification) are all happening today with human-caused climate change.
So yes, the climate has changed before humans, and in most cases scientists know why. In all cases we see the same association between CO2 levels and global temperatures. And past examples of rapid carbon emissions (just like today) were generally highly destructive to life on Earth.
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Update July 2015:
Here is a related lecture-video from Denial101x - Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
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I was intrigued by the Washington Nationals' announcement today of the new Season Ticket Partner Zone, a matchmaking service where Nats fans looking to share their season tickets or join a current season ticket group can find each other based on factors such as number of games and desired seating location.
It's a great idea that needs some work. For example, people searching for tickets must select the exact same criteria as people posting tickets. It would be nice if I could search on a range of criteria, such as seating section (instead of one section at a time) or number of games available (instead of picking a specific number). I also find it strange that the minimum number of seats you can post or search for is fourteen.
Obviously, with great seats having been available at the last minute throughout the 2008 season, plus the worst record in baseball and the economy in historically bad shape, the Nationals are worried about losing season ticket sales heading into 2009.
The Partner Zone may help, but as of the moment it's pretty empty. Among my circle of season ticket holder friends, I know more people who are not renewing than plan to renew (in fact, my own group in section 128 is falling apart, and I'm debating whether to rebuild it or join another group).
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A pervy upskirt shot of underwearless Anne Hathaway getting out of a limo at a New York premiere of Les Miserables has been making the rounds on that beautiful formless mass of the collective human id that we call the Interwebz. This morning on the TODAY show, she responded eloquently to host/human toejam Matt Lauer, who leered: "Seen a lot of you lately." Guh-ross.
She replied:
"It was obviously an unfortunate incident. It kind of made me sad on two accounts. One was that I was very sad that we live in an age when someone takes a picture of another person in a vulnerable moment, and rather than delete it, and do the decent thing, sells it. And I'm sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies the sexuality of unwilling participants. Which brings us back to Les Mis [...] So lets get back to Les Mis."
Well played, brah. +10000.
The Spice Girls musical Viva Forever opened on the West End and promptly got panned, which kind of sucks because its scribe Jennifer Saunders is, in fact, pretty awesome. Some critics' thoughts:
"I'll tell you what I wanted, what I really, really wanted - I wanted this terrible show to stop."
"This musical is tawdry, lazy and unedifying."
"lacking in any truly original or challenging spark."
"charmless, messy, lackluster"
"a prize Christmas turkey."
SICKBURN, BRITISH STYLE. [Washington Post]
Today in famous uterus updates, Jennifer Aniston "drank water" at herself and Justin Theroux's engagement party on Sunday, so everyone is pooping themselves about whether she is "making way for a baby," rather than just trying to, you know, hydrate. "Jen loves a party, so it was noticed," says someone who sounds like a toxic friend. [News.com.au]
Awesome, let's also yell at her about not visiting her mom in the hospital. [Radar]
Ew, and you're very welcome, world: Nick Cannon told Howard Stern that he and Mariah Carey have sex to Mariah Carey's music, and Cannon also jerks off to her song "Hero" when she's not around. "Don't you masturbate to your wife?" Cannon asks Stern, surprised. Is it weird that I think that's kind of romantic? [TMZ]
Drew Barrymore and the baby that came out of her body recently were on the cover of People. [People]
- Jennifer Lawrence beat Kristen Stewart as this year's Most Desirable Woman in Hollywood. I'm sure Kristen's real torn up about it. [Hollywood Life]
- Miley Cyrus's dog, Lila, died. :( [People]
- Renowned French doofus Gerard Depardieu apparently moved to Belgium for fewer taxes. [Contact Music]
- Trent Reznor and Dr. Dre are launching a music-streaming player. [The Guardian UK]
- Influential sitarist Ravi Shankar has passed away. [Time]
- Lily Allen has been dressing her 12-month-old like an elf. And the heart says YOLO? [TV3ie]
- Shia LaBeouf will co-star in a Broadway play called Orphans with Alec Baldwin that I probably won't be seeing. [NYT]
- Brooke Mueller is leaving her kids with Denise Richards during her umpteenth stay in rehab. [TMZ]
- Lindsay Lohan is in trouble. What the fuck else is new? Sometimes I feel like this job is like Groundhog Day. [TMZ]
- Bigmouth strikes again: Morrissey blames the "arrogance" of the royal family for the death of London nurse Jacintha Saldanha. [The Guardian]
- Ice-T and Coco keep a united front after their recent marital problems. GOOD. [Us Weekly]
- Chris Pratt gained 60 pounds for a role. [Us Weekly]
- God, of COURSE Taylor Swift is into Dirty Dancing. [Hollywood Life]
- Jenna Bush Hager is pregnant with her first child. [Page Six]
- I guess Brett Ratner saved Paz de la Huerta's life one time? [Page Six]
- Go buy the gold tuxedo Beyoncé wore in the "Love On Top" video for all the money in the world. [Page Six]
- This picture of some Downton Abbey cast members in a New York subway will actually make your day. [NYDN]
- Ricky Martin will join the UN for a conference on LGBT human rights. [The Advocate]


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One way to get teenagers into libraries: Have a party and invite the kids to come as their favorite character in the bestselling "Twilight" series of vampire romance novels. You might show the movie "Twilight" and play trivia games, as the Fairhope Public Library in Fairhope, Alabama, did.
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Bangladesh building collapse death toll tops 640
- Murder charges against the factory owner is being investigated
- Nine people have been arrested
- It is unknown how many people remain missing
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago after the wife of a garment worker crushed in the accident filed a complaint.
The legal development comes as officials said Monday that the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster had reached 645.
Sheuli Akter, the wife of Jahangir Alam, filed the complaint with Dhaka magistrate Wasim Sheikh, saying her husband and other workers were "pushed toward death" by building owner Mohammed Sohel Rana and two others.
Alam was employed in New Wave Styles Ltd., one of the five garment factories housed in the eight-story Rana Plaza that collapsed April 24 as workers started their morning shift even though cracks had developed in the building.
New Wave Styles owner Bazlul Adnan and local government engineer Imtemam Hossain were the two others accused in the case.
Magistrate Sheikh ordered police to investigate the complaints, and local police chief Mohammed Asaduzzman said Monday that they would now investigate possible murder charges.
A conviction for murder can result in a death sentence in Bangladesh.
Nine people, including Rana and Adanan, have already been arrested on other charges. Rana faces charges such as negligence and illegal construction, which are punishable by a maximum of seven years in jail.
By Monday afternoon, the death toll had reached 645, according to the police control room at the scene. It is not known how many people are still missing, as workers use heavy equipment to search through the rubble. There is still a stench around the collapse site from decomposing bodies.
An architect whose firm designed the initial floors of the building said Sunday it had not been designed for heavy industrial work. Masood Reza, an architect with Vastukalpa Consultants, said they designed the building in 2004 as a shopping mall and not for industrial purposes.
Officials say Rana illegally added three floors and allowed the garment factories to install generators. Vibrations from garment machines and from the generators were thought to have contributed to the collapse.
The disaster is the worst ever in the garment sector, surpassing the 1911 garment disaster in New York's Triangle Shirtwaist factory, which killed 146 workers, and more recent tragedies such as a 2012 fire that killed about 260 people in Pakistan and one in Bangladesh that killed 112, also in 2012.


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Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status.
Obama said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had asked for and accepted Steven T. Miller's resignation. Obama made no public criticism of Miller but spoke of inexcusable "misconduct" by IRS employees and said new leadership at the agency was critical.
"Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it," Obama said in a televised statement from the White House. "I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives."
Miller's ouster came five days after an IRS supervisor publicly revealed that agents had improperly targeted groups with "tea party" or "patriots" in their applications for tax exempt status. It came a day after an inspector general's report blamed ineffective management in Washington for allowing it to happen for more than 18 months.
The report said tea party groups were asked inappropriate questions about their donors, their political affiliations and their positions on political issues, resulting in delays averaging nearing two years for applications to be processed.
Miller's departure hardly ends the matter. Three congressional committees are investigating, and the FBI is looking into potential civil rights violations at the IRS, Attorney General Eric Holder said earlier Wednesday.
Other potential crimes include making false statements to authorities and violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in some partisan political activities, Holder said.
Miller, a 25-year IRS veteran, took over the agency in November when the five-year term of Commissioner Douglas Shulman ended. Shulman was appointed by President George W. Bush.
Obama has yet to nominate a permanent successor. A new acting commissioner was not announced Wednesday evening.
In an email to employees, Miller said, "This has been an incredibly difficult time for the IRS given the events of the past few days, and there is a strong and immediate need to restore public trust in the nation's tax agency. I believe the service will benefit from having a new acting commissioner in place during this challenging period."
In Lew's letter asking for Miller's resignation, Lew wrote that the inspector general's report "has created an urgent need to restore public trust and confidence in the IRS by installing new leadership for the service."
At the time when tea party groups were targeted, Miller was a deputy commissioner who oversaw the division that dealt with tax-exempt organizations.
The report by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration does not indicate that Miller knew conservative groups were being targeted until after the practice ended. But documents show that Miller repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were being targeted, even after he had been briefed on the matter.
The IRS said Miller was first informed on May, 3, 2012, that applications for tax-exempt status by tea party groups were inappropriately singled out for extra, sometimes burdensome scrutiny.
At least twice after the briefing, Miller wrote letters to members of Congress to explain the process of reviewing applications for tax-exempt status without revealing that tea party groups had been targeted. On July 25, 2012, Miller testified before the House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee but again was not forthcoming on the issue — despite being asked about it.
In all, members of Congress sent at least eight letters to the IRS over the past two years, asking about complaints from conservative groups that they were being harassed by the IRS. None of the IRS responses acknowledged that conservative groups were targeted.
Miller was scheduled to testify Friday at a Ways and Means hearing. A committee aide said Wednesday evening that Miller was still expected to attend the hearing.
"More than two years after the problem began, and a year after the IRS told us there was no problem, the president is beginning to take action," said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. "These allegations are serious — that there was an effort to bring the power of the federal government to bear on those the administration disagreed with, in the middle of a heated national election. We are determined to get answers."
The Justice department opened its criminal investigation on Friday, Holder said.
"I can assure you and the American people that we will take a dispassionate view of this," Holder told the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing Wednesday. "This will not be about parties, this will not be about ideological persuasions. Anybody who has broken the law will be held accountable."
But, Holder said, it will take time to determine if there was criminal wrongdoing.
Legal experts, however, said it could be difficult to prove that IRS officials or employees knowingly violated the civil rights of conservative groups. If there is a violation, the experts said, investigators can sometimes prove more easily that officials made false statements or obstructed justice in some other way.
"I think it's doubtful that any of these knuckleheads who engaged in the conduct that gave rise to this controversy knowingly believed that they were violating the law," said David H. Laufman, a former Justice Department lawyer. "But that remains to be seen. That's what investigations are for."
The IRS started targeting groups with "Tea Party," ''Patriots" or "9/12 Project" in their applications for tax exempt status in March 2010, the inspector general's report said. The criteria later evolved to include groups that promoted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Wednesday's hearing was the first of several in Congress that will focus on the issue.
The House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday that it would hold a hearing May 22, featuring Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS division that oversees tax exempt organizations, and Shulman, the former commissioner.
The Senate Finance Committee announced a hearing for next Tuesday.
Colleen M. Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, said Wednesday that no union employees had been disciplined, as far as she knew. She noted that the IG's report said agents were not motivated by political bias.
Kelley told The Associated Press that low-level workers could not have specifically targeted conservative groups for long without the approval of supervisors. However, she noted, there are many levels of supervisors at the IRS.
"No processes or procedures or anything like that would ever be done just by front-line employees without any management involvement," Kelley said. "That's just not how it operates."
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By Janice Harayda
Brian Selznick has won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for his bestselling illustrated novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Selznick merges the picture- and chapter-book formats in his tale of a young orphan and thief who lives in a Paris train station and tries to solve a mystery that involves a mechanical man begun by his late father. Books that win Caldecott medals typically have about 32 pages and suit 4-to-8-year-olds. The Invention of Hugo Cabret has 533 pages and may be the longest to win the award. It popular among 9-to-12-year-olds.
The American Library Association announced the award today at a meeting in Philadelphia. The Caldecott Medal honors the most distinguished American picture book for children. A review of and reading group guide to The Invention of Hugo Cabret appeared on One-Minute Book Reviews on April 21, 2007, www.oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/.
Laura Amy Schlitz has won the Newbery Medal for Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, a collection of monologues by characters from an English village in 1255. By giving the award to Schlitz, the librarians honored one of their own for the second year in a row. The 2007 Newbery Medal went to Los Angeles librarian Susan Patron for The Higher Power of Lucky. The medal honors the most distinguished work of American literature for children published in the preceding year.
The Caldecott Honor books are Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson, First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis and Knuffle Bunny, Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems. The Newbery Honor books are: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis, The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt and Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.


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LOS ANGELES—Lindsay Lohan accepted a plea deal on Monday in a misdemeanour car crash case that includes 90 days in a rehabilitation facility.
The actress, who has struggled for years with legal problems, pleaded no contest to reckless driving, lying to police and obstructing officers who were investigating the accident involving the actress in June.
A judge said Lohan will be sentenced to 90 days in rehab, 30 days of community labour and 18 months of psychological therapy.
Before the Meal Girls actress left the courtroom, Superior Judge Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney offered her a suggestion.
"Don't drive," he said.
Lohan was on probation when her sports car crashed on Pacific Coast Highway while on her way to a film shoot.
The 26-year-old actress has been repeatedly sentenced to jail since 2007 when she was twice arrested for driving under the influence.
A hearing had been set to begin at 8:30 a.m., and Lohan arrived after 9 a.m. She looked slightly frazzled in a cream-colored ensemble.
Her lawyers and a prosecutor met with the judge in chambers for more than two hours before Lohan entered the plea.
Attorney Mark Jay Heller, who represents Lohan, left the chambers several times to confer with her in a courtroom hallway.
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Lohan has resolved her numerous court problems without ever going to trial. Instead she has faced judges who have sentenced her to rehab and counselling, which even her current attorney acknowledges have not completely helped the troubled actress.
Lohan entered Monday's hearing with a lawyer whose competence has been questioned by a judge, and another set of attorneys waiting in the wings to take over.
She did not, however, have her longtime advocate, Shawn Holley, present. Holley left the case this year after keeping the actress out of jail for significant periods of time on probation violations and allegations in 2011 that she took a $2,500 necklace without permission from an upscale jeweler.
The former Disney star has been under some form of probation since 2007, and her court troubles have stifled a once-promising career.
Lohan's return to acting last year in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick was widely panned by critics and viewers. Her upcoming film by Bret Easton Ellis, The Canyons, co-stars porn star James Deen.
Prosecutors decided last year that Lohan would not face criminal charges after being accused of clipping a man with her car outside a Manhattan nightclub.
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By Scott Sonner, Associated Press – "State wildlife officials are trying to figure out why all the fish have died in a northern Nevada marina where the stocked fishery has flourished since the man-made lake was created nearly 15 years ago.
As many as 100,000 trout, bass and catfish have died over the past month in the Sparks Marina along U.S. Interstate 80 east of Reno, apparently the result of a dramatic, unexplained drop in dissolved oxygen levels, Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy said Wednesday.
Scientists say a bitter cold snap could have caused oxygen-poor waters to rise from the old rock quarry's bottom to the surface, but they don't understand what sparked the massive die-off.
Fish biologists confirmed low oxygen levels caused the death of an estimated 3,000 fish in one corner of the lake in mid-December but Healy said they thought at the time the event was localized and of limited impact. Since then, they've been unable to detect any live fish in the 77-acre lake. Numerous dead fish have been removed from the lake's shoreline and Healy said it's likely the rest sank to the bottom.
'The 100,000 dead fish figure is something that is probably a pretty conservative guess,' said Healy, who estimates they've stocked close to 1 million adult fish in the lake since they started in 1998.
'We don't know if any small fish have survived, but for all intents and purposes, the fishery doesn't exist anymore,' he told The Associated Press.
The Reno Gazette-Journal first reported scientists determined the problem was much more serious than they realized after a boat survey on Monday found dissolved oxygen levels far too low to support the fish at 11 different sampling locations. Readings from an electronic fish-finder also revealed no fish swimming in the lake's depths.
Lakes like the marina consist of different layers of water temperatures, with the warmest water on top holding the highest oxygen content, Healy said. He said one theory is that the surface water may have chilled very quickly, sank toward the bottom of the lake and stirred up material on its floor, causing a 'violent turnover' that could have sucked up additional oxygen.
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TAMPA, Fla. – A Carnival cruise ship that experienced technical issues with its propulsion system and cancelled one stop has arrived as scheduled in Tampa, Fla.
The Carnival Legend reduced its speed because of the problem and did not stop at the Grand Cayman Islands. Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen says Legend arrived about 7 a.m. Sunday in Tampa, and passengers were off the ship by the normal debarkation time of 10:30 a.m.
Carnival stresses in a statement that the Legend's safety systems, steering and services onboard are functioning normally.
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Michigan's government may close last budget year with $1.2 billion on hand, but it will be needed to balance the current budget.
That's one conclusion in a report from the Senate Fiscal Agency. The report dated last week will be one of three used when state officials agree on a revenue forecast Jan. 11.
The forecast will be used to draft a new state budget starting in October and to revise spending in the current budget.
Analysts say Michigan's main funds will bring in $19.8 billion this budget year, or $372 million less than projected last May.
They warn school spending may have to be cut $150 per student next year. The reduction could be avoided if courts free up school employees' contributions toward retiree health care sitting in escrow.


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The American Council on Exercise (ACE) recently commissioned a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, to measure the electromyography (EMG) response of the pectoralis major to nine popular chest exercises. Led by Whitnee Schanke, B.S., and John Porcari, Ph.D, the researchers examined the muscle activity of 14 healthy 19- to 30-year-old male volunteers as they performed these exercises. Of the nine exercises tested, the pectoralis major was activated the most during the barbell bench press; therefore, all of the other exercises were statistically compared to that exercise, and reported as a percentage of that value (with the barbell bench press assigned a value of 100%). The pec deck exercise (98%) and the bent-forward cable crossovers (93%) elicited roughly the same amount of muscle activity.
Ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) was also recorded for each exercise. Not surprisingly, the barbell bench press (the highest EMG activity) had the highest RPE at 6.5, while the standard push-up (the lowest EMG activity) had the lowest RPE of 1.5.
This was a well-controlled, uniformly applied scientific study that used valid methodology to draw informed conclusions that contributed to the current body of knowledge in exercise science. In the comments section of the article published in ACE Certified News, several readers expressed disappointment with ACE for including the barbell bench press in the study. They felt that this somehow represented a movement by ACE away from "functional exercises" and regression into "old school" exercises. There are several points that should be addressed with regard to ACE's reasons for making these exercise choices, as well as the inclination to try to put exercises into a given "box" or classification.
- The study did, in fact, include VERY functional exercises (according to the current definition of functional exercise) in the mix. And, while suspended push-ups, stability ball push-ups, and even dips are often classified as "functional," it's not surprising that they ranked lower on the scale. Functional exercise focuses on injury reduction and performance enhancement, rather than strength or size, and often utilizes destabilized environments using multi-joint, multi-planar movement to train agility, balance and coordination. When a body part is destabilized, it cannot exert as much force; as a result, it has a lower EMG activity in that muscle area. Push-ups, for example, are a classic test for muscular endurance, not muscle strength. They are meant to be submaximal and, therefore, will not elicit a high EMG reading. However, a destabilized push-up will develop many aspects and skills that can't be achieved with the barbell bench press. Clearly, both exercises have their own benefits.
- An exercise is an exercise—nothing more, nothing less. A muscle cell does not know or care what movement or resistance source is responsible for its stimulation. And while EMG machines measure either the peak muscle activation or the total (volume) of muscle activation with EMG placement, a range of factors, such as the condition of the subject, fatigue and even injury, have the potential to dramatically change the results. EMG does not measure functionality or coordination of multiple joint segments.
- The point of any exercise is to meet the needs and goals of the participant or client. As a trainer and exercise specialist, you should not label any exercise as "good" or "bad," "old school" or "new school," or even "more functional" or "less functional." While functional training is often referred to as new school, it has actually been used in sports-conditioning circles for more than a century (kettlebells and sand-bag training are actually really "old school" training). The barbell bench press is by far the most popular chest exercise performed in gyms, and it is no accident that those who perform this exercise on a consistent and progressive basis usually end up with big, strong chests. And for good reason—it works! A majority of high school, college and professional football players use the bench press along with other more destabilized, unbalanced chest exercises to develop strength and functionality.
Any exercise can be dangerous if performed excessively or incorrectly, so it is important to appreciate and understand the pros and cons, risks and rewards of each exercise. At the American Council on Exercise, we will continue to advocate the use of movement-based training that is performed using safe, proper form and technique, while also encouraging fitness professionals to provide clients with exercises that are most effective and pursuant to their individual fitness needs and goals.


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Fed up with the quality of so many books from major publishers? This is the fourth in a series of posts, appearing each day this week, on small or independent presses that have shown consistently high standards. The series will continue after this week on an occasional basis.
Publishing "gifted though unrecognized" poets and others in attractive books
By Janice Harayda
CavanKerry Press www.cavankerry.com is a not-for-profit literary press that specializes in attractively designed books by "gifted through unrecognized poets," though it also issues anthologies, essay collections and other works. Based in New Jersey, it has a network of outreach programs that bring art to "underserved communities," such as prisons, public schools, underfunded libraries and homeless shelters. These efforts include donating a portion of each print run to groups or individuals who might otherwise lack access to books. Noteworthy CavanKerry books include the poetry collection Common Life www.oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/, by Robert Cording, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and many other magazines.
One-Minute Book Reviews was the seventh-ranked book review site on Google www.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Reviews_and_Criticism/as of Sept. 6, 2007. It does not accept free books from publishers.
(c) 2007 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.