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Sometimes, we have to stop and applaud the truly innovative directors whose work only shows up for a few brief seconds crammed on the TV. Vesa Manninen's collection is worth stopping to see the commercials.
Commercials have become such a depressing mix of skinny people bounding around to catchy music that it's been months since I've actually sat through a commercial break, what with Tivo and DVR allowing me the freedom of fast forwarding. But then there are those little moments of true exciting ingenuity that makes us stop and yell out "Wait, rewind!" Vesa Manninen's commercial work is one of those little gems in a plethora of exhausting Pepsi ads. I caught his Swedish Battery Collection Project homage to black and white monster flick of yore (strings attached) and I was immediately hooked. So just for fun, let's check out what happens when you let someone with a passion for creating thing on the screen that look, sound and feel unique direct a commercial.
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Next up is the highly anticipated trailer for 1, which is inspired by Stanislaw Lem's One Human Minute. A bookstore uncovers a novel that details what happens to all of humanity in one single minute. Unfortunately, we could only find this version, but we promise to keep our eyes peeled for a English-subtitled or voiceover version soon.
Here is the official synopsis; thanks to Quiet Earth for pointing it out!
A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously and completely filled with copies of a book entitled 1, which doesn't appear to have a publisher or author. The strange almanac describes what happens to the whole of humanity in the space of a minute. A police investigation begins and the bookshop staff are placed in solitary confinement by the Bureau for Paranormal Research (RDI Reality Defense Institute). As the investigation progresses, the situation becomes more complex and the book increasingly well known, raising numerous controversies (political, scientific, religious and artistic). Plagued by doubts, the protagonist has to face facts: reality only exists in the imagination of individuals.


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This movie sequence begins with a ground-based image of the giant globular star cluster Omega Centauri and zooms very tightly in to a Hubble Space Telescope image of the central region of the cluster. In a simulation based on Hubble data, the stars appear to be moving in random directions, like a swarm of bees. Astronomers used Hubble's exquisite resolving power to measure positions for stars in 2002 and 2006. From these measurements, they can predict the stars' future movement, shown here for the next 10,000 years.
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An analysis of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) from Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Media Director Steven Capozzola…
I've talked with many domestic U.S. manufacturers over the past decade or so– mostly small and mid-sized manufacturers (the backbone of America's industrial base).
One particular manufacturer whom I knew well was the president of a family-owned company that produced printed circuit boards. His firm had been around since the dawn of the computer age, manufacturing circuit boards for both commercial and military applications.
He used to tell me all the time that his workers and his factory were incredibly efficient and productive. He would say, "I can compete with anybody in the world…But what's killing me is China's currency peg."
What he meant was that, because China deliberately undervalues its currency (in violation of world trade law), its manufacturers can export goods at an artificially reduced price. Essentially, my friend's firm was competing against the full resources of the government of China.
Eventually, my friend had to close his factory. He was one of the last printed circuit board manufacturers left in the U.S. Losing his factory meant that the U.S. was now more reliant than ever on obtaining printed circuit boards from China.
I think back to my conversations with him now, after having attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC this week.
Specifically, I'm thinking of Newt Gingrich's speech yesterday. In the midst of an address about "changing the trajectory" of the "Republican establishment," Gingrich started to lay out his vision for transforming the United States. After a quick aside about the pitfalls of unemployment insurance ("Never again shall we pay somebody 99 weeks for doing nothing"), the former Speaker of the House turned to manufacturing.
Here was his solution for manufacturing:
"Now if we're serious about manufacturing, we have to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency, which is a job killing agency."
When I heard that, I thought back to my friend who manufactured printed circuit boards. He happens to be a Republican, and a retired Marine officer. I'd never heard him complain about the EPA. But I did recall his frequent frustration about China. He said he believed in free trade, and what China was doing was protectionist. It was not acceptable, and Congress needed to act.
This is why I find Gingrich's assertion disheartening. What he should be saying is: "If we want to get serious about manufacturing, let's start standing up to China when they violate our trade agreements. When they illegally dump product, when they illegally subsidize their steel and glass and paper exports with tens of billions of dollars, when they illegally undervalue their currency, let's enforce the laws we have on the books and say NO MORE. Rules are rules. Let's preserve the free market."
To be fair, Gingrich did mention China once, at the top of his speech:
"This is not about being revenue neutral, this is about maximizing economic growth to put Americans back to work and to create the most dynamic economy on the planet and to rebuild our manufacturing base, so we can pull away from China and we become once again the dominant country on the planet."
Along those lines, Gingrich did float one idea that could be helpful to manufacturers, a suggestion about revising U.S. tax law:
"You go to 100 percent expensing, so all new equipment at every level, farmer factory, doctor, business, all of that gets written off in one year. The goal is to make the American system the most modern, most productive in the world."
Revisions to tax policy are one of a number of important steps that the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) has outlined in a plan to save U.S. manufacturing.
The only other speech I saw was that of Mitt Romney. Interestingly, Romney has been talking tough on the campaign trail when it comes to China, threatening to designate them as a "currency manipulator" on day one of his presidency. However, he only made two passing mentions of China:
"I will approach every spending decision by asking a few important questions: Can we afford it? And, if not, is it worth borrowing money from China to pay for it?… I will cut off funding for the United Nations Population Fund, which supports China's barbaric One Child Policy."
Romney never mentioned manufacturing in his speech, an unfortunate omission. And while it's timely to cite the issue of U.S. indebtedness to China, it's ironic that Beijing is mentioned so prominently. In actual fact, China only owns about 8% of publicly held U.S. debt, which means Beijing possesses far less leverage than is commonly believed.
All in all, it would have been helpful to hear both Gingrich and Romney focus more on manufacturing's outsized contributions to the U.S. economy, and why (for example) they would push for Buy America policy and much-needed infarstructure investment after taking office as president.
There's much this country urgently needs to do, and rebuilding U.S. manufacturing should be at the top of the list.


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The tenure of one of the most polarizing players in the recent history of the Green Bay Packers may be coming to an end after the 2012 season.
Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Saturday that "barring a shocking turn of events," tight end Jermichael Finley will not be returning to Green Bay next season.
Sources familiar with the Packers' thinking say the club not only wants to get rid of Finley but has decided to do exactly that in the off-season.
It means that if the Packers cannot find a trade partner, they are prepared to release Finley because of financial, competitive and behavioral reasons.
McGinn's report is a eulogy of sorts for Finley's time in Green Bay. And taken at face value, any looming decision to part ways appears to come down to money, performance and attitude.
Finley, who has 43 catches for 464 yards and three touchdowns this season, is due $4.45 million in base salary in 2013, plus a $3.5 million roster bonus and $300,000 workout bonus. The roster bonus is owed on Mar. 15, giving the Packers a definitive timeline for any trade or potential release.
According to McGinn, Finley will earn $500,000—or his prorated portion of his original signing bonus—regardless of the Packers' decision. But Green Bay can clear millions in cap room from their books by releasing or trading Finley, money they could then use to in new deals for Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, B.J. Raji or even upcoming free agent Greg Jennings.
A trade seems unlikely given Finley's contract situation for 2013, but there are tight end-needy teams in the NFL landscape right now, including Reggie McKenzie and the Oakland Raiders.
If Finley was released, the Packers would still have four veterans at the tight end position. D.J. Williams, Tom Crabtree, Ryan Taylor and Andrew Quarless have all played meaningful snaps over the last three seasons.
According to NFL personnel scouts McGinn spoke to, Finley's loss wouldn't be significant. Ranked by one as the 22nd best tight end in the NFL, Finley was also bashed for his attitude, effort, blocking, route running and, of course, ability to catch the football. The 6-5, 245-pound tight end leads the position in drops over the last two seasons.
For better or worse, Finley has also been one of the most candid and free-talking members of the Packers locker room. For many, it appears, that act has grown tired.
Since being drafted in the third round (91st overall) in the 2008 NFL draft, Finley has 180 catches for 2,282 yards and 17 touchdowns.
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CHRIS GRANSTROM LEADS a wagon ride through his New Haven vineyard last Thursday after a presentation by USDA Rural Development. Four Vermont agricultural businesses, including Granstrom's Lincoln Peak Vineyard, received grants from the USDA to expand production of value-added food products.
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NEW HAVEN — Chris and Michaela Granstrom have grown grapes at Lincoln Peak Vineyard in New Haven for about five years and sold them to a winery to turn into a retail product. But thanks to a $116,550 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant bestowed last week, the Granstroms are expanding the winery they built last year and will be producing and selling wine of their own.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury may soon become home to not only the world's largest coffeehouse company — Starbucks — but also to the globe's biggest office retail chain, Staples Inc.
By MEGAN JAMES
ADDISON COUNTY — As the second annual Localvore Challenge came to a close late last week, many area farmers are saying they've seen an increase in local sales. Some believe the Addison County Relocalization Network's challenge, which signed up area residents to commit to eating only foods grown within a 100-mile radius of their homes during the month of September, was a driving factor in their success.
Ben Gleason, who runs Gleason Grains in Bridport, said September's numbers spoke for themselves. He estimated he sold about 7,500 pounds of flour and wheat berries during the month, compared with the 4,500 pounds he usually sells. He also harvested 700 pounds of black beans, a crop he has never grown before, and sold them all in two weeks.
"It kind of began right at the beginning of September and it still hasn't ended," he said of the hot streak.
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Clarkson University President Tony Collins has announced that Kevin Fite has been granted tenure and promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering.
Fite joined Clarkson in 2007 as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering.
He received his bachelor of engineering degree, his master of science, and his Ph.D., all in mechanical engineering, from Vanderbilt University.
Fite's research interests are broadly in the areas of applied nonlinear control, multivariable control, and the design and control of fluid-power and electromechanical systems. His current efforts are focused on applications of robotics and mechatronics in lower-extremity bionic limb systems.
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Fite has published numerous journal articles and presented papers at more than 20 professional and academic conferences. He has managed research projects totaling more than $300,000 from the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the National Institutes of Health, and other funding sources.
Fite currently serves as chair of the Robotics Technical Committee within the Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and is also an associate editor of the Conference Editorial Board of the DSCD of ASME.
His honors include the Best Paper Award at the 2007 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics and multiple awards for teaching excellence in the Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). The retrovirus primarily attacks the immune defense system, making the body extremely vulnerable to opportunistic infections.
HIV is transmitted from person to person via bodily fluids. It can be spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles/syringes with someone who is infected, or, less commonly (and rare in countries where blood is screened for HIV antibodies), through transfusions with infected blood. HIV has been found in saliva and tears in very low quantities and concentrations in some AIDS patients. However, contact with saliva, tears or sweat has never been shown to result in HIV transmission.
Currently, there is no cure for HIV/AIDS. Patients receive antiretroviral drugs, which suppress the virus. These drugs do not reduce the risk of transmitting the disease to someone else.
Since 1981, when the first case of AIDS was reported in the United States, the disease has become a global pandemic, causing an estimated 65 million infections and 25 million deaths worldwide.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 2.8 million patients died from AIDS, 4.1 million people became infected with HIV and 38.6 million were living with HIV worldwide in 2005. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and World Health Organization (WHO) 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update, an estimated 39.5 million people are currently living with HIV worldwide. It is also estimated that 4.3 million people became newly infected in 2006, with 2.8 million (65%) of these cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2006, 2.9 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses.
Certain geographic regions, such as Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, have much higher rates of infection than others. Subpopulations, such as women in Sub-Saharan Africa, men who have sex with men (MSM), prostitutes and injection-drug users, are also affected disproportionately when compared to the general population.
Effective prevention (like condoms) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) are now available in many developing countries that have limited resources. However, educational programs are still needed to help individuals who need treatment and to prevent further transmission of the disease.
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Do not share needles or syringes.
Avoid sexual contact, including oral sex, with an infected person without using a condom or other latex barrier.
Avoid unprotected sexual contact with someone whose HIV status is unknown.
Wear gloves when in contact with blood or other body fluids that could possibly contain blood, such as urine, feces or vomit.
Cuts or breaks on the exposed skin of both the caregiver and patient should be covered with bandages.
Wash any body area that comes into contact with blood or other body fluids with soap and water. Surfaces that have been tainted with blood should be disinfected appropriately.
Practices that increase the likelihood of blood contact, such as sharing razors and toothbrushes, should be avoided.
Needles and other sharp instruments should be used only when medically necessary and handled appropriately.
In 1985, the CDC issued a list of routine precautions for all personal-service workers (such as hairdressers, barbers, cosmetologists and massage therapists) to take. Instruments that penetrate the skin (like tattoo and acupuncture needles or ear piercing guns) should either be used once and disposed of or thoroughly sterilized. Instruments that are not meant to penetrate the skin, but may come in contact with blood (like razors) should not be shared unless thoroughly sterilized.
Individuals, especially those who engage in high-risk behaviors that may lead to HIV infection, should be tested for HIV annually.
Antiviral therapy during pregnancy can significantly lower the chance that the virus will be passed to the infant before, during or after birth. The treatment is most effective if it is started as early as possible during pregnancy. However, there are still health benefits if treatment is begun during labor or shortly after the baby is born.
Infected mothers should not breastfeed their newborn(s).
Delivering the baby by cesarean section has shown to reduce the risk of transmission to the newborn. However, this is not the standard preventative care for HIV-infected pregnant women. It should only be considered in certain clinical circumstances (such as for patients who have a very high viral overload or for patients who do not adhere to antiretroviral therapy).
Syringe exchange programs (SEPs) provide sterile syringes (needles) in exchange for used syringes to reduce transmission of HIV and other blood-borne infections associated with reuse of contaminated syringes by injection-drug users. These programs often provide other public health services, such as HIV testing, risk-reduction education and referrals for substance-abuse treatment.
About 10% of the world population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa, but the region is home to about 64% of the global population living with HIV. In this region the disease is primarily transmitted through heterosexual contact, and more women are infected with HIV than men.
All countries in southern Africa, except Angola have an estimated adult (individuals ages 15-49) prevalence of HIV/AIDS greater than 10%. In fact, more than 20% of adults in Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Swaziland have HIV/AIDS. Researchers estimate that 18.8% (5.5 million people) are living with HIV in South Africa.
In general, more women than men in Sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV. Researchers estimate that there are 13 women living with HIV for every 10 men who are HIV-positive in the region. In addition, women are typically infected at an earlier age than men. The difference between male and female infection rates is most apparent in people between the ages of 15-24 years old. In this age group, it is estimated that there are 36 females living with HIV for every 10 males. One of the most significant causes of the high HIV infection rate among females is their subordinate role in society. Married women must be subservient to their husbands, which makes it difficult for them to negotiate safe sex. In addition, women's economic dependence on men contributes to their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS infection.
Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and urban areas of Burkina Faso have experienced declines in adult HIV prevalence in the last few years. Even though these countries have experienced a decline in risky sexual behaviors, and less people are diagnosed with HIV each year, the AIDS rates are still on the rise.
In general, the widespread prevalence of HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa may be attributed to poor hygiene and economic conditions, as well as unprotected sex and blood transfusions. The WHO estimated that 25% of the blood transfused in Africa was not tested for HIV in 2000. Consequently, about 5-10% of HIV infections in Africa in 2000 were transmitted by blood transfusions. Poor economic conditions, which often lead to unsanitary conditions in healthcare clinics, contribute to the high infection rate. Unsanitary healthcare clinics may not be able to properly sanitize medical and surgical equipment, or may not have access to blood barriers like gloves. Prostitution also contributes to the spread of the disease. Many females are forced into prostitution because they lack economic power and job opportunities.
In 2000, South African President Thabo Mbeki publicly questioned the efficacy of HIV medications and doubted that HIV causes AIDS. While South Africa has created preventative programs to address the HIV epidemic, critics claim that the South African government has been slow to create antiretroviral programs. In Sub-Saharan Africa, about 17% of the estimated people in need of ART received the treatment in 2005.
The prevalence of adult HIV is lower in Asian countries than in Sub-Saharan African countries. According to the CDC, the epidemic in most Asian countries is attributed to high-risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex and injection-drug use. An estimated 16% of people who required ART in Asia received treatment in 2005.
: In 2006, India surpassed South Africa as having the world's largest HIV population. Out of the estimated 8.3 million people living with HIV in Asia, about 5.7 million live in India. About 80% of HIV infections are acquired heterosexually. However, recent data show a decline in HIV prevalence in four Indian states among pregnant women ages 15-24. In 2000 an estimated 1.7% of pregnant women were infected, and in 2004 an estimated 1.1% of pregnant women were infected.
: In China, an estimated 650,000 people are living with HIV. According to the CDC, about 50% of infected people acquired the disease from injection-drug use. However, the exact number is difficult to estimate because the Chinese government is reluctant to report the information. In addition, it is common for individuals to hide their HIV status because they are afraid of being discriminated against, according to the Chinese Department of Disease Control. There have been reports of some patients in China who were refused admission to hospitals because of their HIV-positive status.
and Cambodia
: The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand and Cambodia is attributed to commercial sex, which is legal in both of these countries.
In 2003 there was a decline in HIV prevalence among pregnant women. In 1995 2.4% of pregnant women were infected, and in 2003, 1.2% of pregnant women were infected. However, HIV incidence among men who have sex with men increased in Bangkok from 17% in 2003 to 25% in 2005.
According to the CDC, most HIV infections in the Americas are among men who have sex with men, injection-drug users and prostitutes. In general, about 68% of people in South and Central America and the Caribbean who needed ART received it in 2005. In the United States, about 55% of people who needed ART received it in 2005. High medical costs and lack of healthcare insurance significantly affect the availability of treatment.
United States
: In 2006, more than one million people were living with HIV/AIDS in the United States. An estimated 252,000-312,000 HIV-infected people in the United States are unaware that they are HIV-positive, making them at high risk for transmitting HIV to others, according to the CDC.
Widespread availability of diagnostic tests for HIV infection has helped prevent HIV infections. About 50% of people ages 15-44 have reportedly taken an HIV test in the last year. Since the mid-1980s, blood donor screening methods and testing technology have continually improved. Today nucleic acid tests are used to screen blood products for infectious diseases like hepatitis and HIV. Therefore, the risk of HIV transmission is estimated to be as low as one per two million blood donations.
Prevention interventions, such as drug treatment programs, risk reduction education and peer outreach, have contributed to a steady decline in new HIV/AIDS diagnoses among injection-drug users. In 2001, an estimated 8,048 injection-drug users were diagnosed with HIV, compared to 5,962 in 2004.
Certain subpopulations are more likely to develop HIV. For instance, men who have sex with men (MSM) account for about 45% of newly reported HIV/AIDS diagnoses and nearly 54% of cumulative AIDS diagnoses. MSM made up about two-thirds of all men living with HIV in 2004, even though only about 5% to 7% of men in the United States reported having sex with other men. According to one national study, about 25% of male homosexuals surveyed in large U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly 50% of those infected are unaware of their HIV status.
Racial and ethnic minority communities also are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in the United States. Recent data show that during 2001-2004, African Americans and Hispanics together accounted for 69% of all reported HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. African Americans, who only make up about 13% of the U.S. population, accounted for 51% of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the United States.
Currently, women account for about one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses, and in 2002 HIV infection was the leading cause of death for black women who were 25-34 years old.
: Brazil has an adult HIV prevalence of about 0.5%. Brazil accounts for more than one-third of all HIV infections in Latin America. The virus is primarily transmitted during commercial sex, sex between men and injection-drug use.
Many Brazilians, ages 15-24, engage in high-risk behavior that could lead to the development of HIV. For instance, one of out three Brazilians, ages 15-24, reported that they engaged in sexual activity before the age of 15, and one in five reported that they had more than 10 sexual partners, according to the CDC.
Brazil provides free ART to everyone who needs treatment. An estimated 83% of HIV-infected people receive the treatment.
: At the end of 2005, an estimated 330,000 people were living with HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean. About 37,000 people were newly infected during 2005, and about 27,000 died from AIDS. Researchers estimate that the adult prevalence rate is between 1.1% and 2.7%, making it the second-most affected region in the world.
HIV transmission is primarily heterosexual. However, sex between men is also a significant route of transmission.
HIV prevalence has declined in the urban areas of Haiti, but has remained relatively constant throughout other areas of the Caribbean.
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Andrew Jackson Connick, a lawyer with the firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, died of cancer on Aug. 19 in New York City. He was 80 and had been ill for four years.
Mr. Connick, a practicing attorney for more than 50 years, was a litigation partner at Milbank Tweed. He was on the board of the Women's Prison Association for many years and had served as its president. He also worked pro bono as counsel to the American Field Service, now A.F.S. Intercultural Programs.
He was born in New York City on Oct. 1, 1930, the son of Andrew Jackson Connick and the former Mary McGuire. His family had a second home in East Hampton, where he spent much of his childhood, and he continued to summer here as an adult. He attended St. Bernard's School in Manhattan, Phillips Andover Academy, and Yale University, where he became a member of its well-known "secret society" Skull and Bones.
Mr. Connick is survived by his wife, the former Cathie Pradie, to whom he was married in 1998. He had previously been married to Alice Lamm, with whom he had two sons who survive. Peter Connick lives in New Mexico. David McGuire Connick was lost at sea when the Montauk-based fishing vessel Windblown went down in a storm in 1984. He also is survived by two grandchildren.
In his younger days, Mr. Connick enjoyed golf and tennis and loved to bodysurf.
A memorial service was held at St. Luke in the Fields Episcopal Church in New York City on Friday.
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It's very hard to tell someone you're going to a science fiction convention without being asked about Star Trek. The implication, when it's not stated outright, is that there will be a bunch of weirdos there dressed up as Klingons.
That doesn't happen at WisCon. There are people who love Star Trek, sure, but no Klingons. No slave girls, no furries, no anime characters in three straps, a cropped tee and thigh-high boots. There's essentially no cosplay, except at the fancy dress party. And it isn't because anyone says not to. It isn't because someone would be mocked for being strange. Costumes at WisCon are viewed more like a cocktail dress at a picnic. There's nothing wrong with it, exactly, but it's trying awfully hard–harder than the occasion calls for.
WisCon is all about being the alien living among other aliens. Nobody needs prosthetics to be set apart. We're all weirdos, whatever we're wearing. We might as well be comfortable.
And that's just one of the reasons I love WisCon.


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Adele Berlin is well known for her numerous and valuable contributions to biblical studies, especially in the field of literary criticism. In this work, the latest addition to the Jewish Publication Society's commentary series, Berlin turns her attention to the Book of Esther, and here too she rewards the reader with many productive and original insights.
As one might expect, Berlin's commentary attempts to convey the literary sophistication of the book of Esther. Thus, Berlin judiciously points out a number of structural and stylistic features in Esther including a use of frame narratives (e.g., banquets begins and end the story), an extensive use of the passive voice, exaggerated and lavish expressions of totality, numerous dyadic expressions, ironic reversals, key words, the employment of Persian words, plot delays as suspense builders, and a general sparseness of dialogue.
Berlin argues that we should understand these stylistic features collectively as fundamental elements of comedy. According to Berlin, the Book of Esther is a burlesque and fictional farce that functions not to critique (i.e., satire), but to provoke laughter. Thus, Berlin's commentary contributes to a growing body of works that emphasize the Bible's humorous elements.1
Unlike other works, however, Berlin treats Esther's comedic aspects not as mere literary embellishments, but as integral to the interpretive framework of the entire story.
The comic aspects of the book are not incidental, merely to provide comic relief; they are the essence of the book. They define the genre of the book, and thus set the parameters according to which we should read it. We cannot appreciate the story fully unless we realize that it is meant to be funny (p. xviii).
For Berlin, the story's stylistic and structural features contribute to an overall rhetorical strategy that served in antiquity "to model and authenticate the celebration of Purim," (p. xvi) itself a carnavalesque celebration.
Berlin contextualizes the comedic aspects in Esther by way of comparisons with Near Eastern and Greek materials, especially the works of Herodotus, Xenophon, Ctesias, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Plutarch, Qunitus Curtius Rufus, and Diodorus of Sicily. As Berlin shows, these comparative materials demonstrate that the Book of Esther draws significantly on a common repertoire of contemporary literary motifs associated with Persia (Berlin dates Esther to ca. 400–300 bce).
Esther should be seen as part of the same literary context from which the Greek writings emerged. Esther and the Greek works share a set of literary motifs and stereotypes relating to Persian court life (p. xxviii).
Berlin's comparisons are convincing and always insightful, and throughout, she is careful to distinguish the attitudes that these literary stereotypes represent in Greek literature from how they function in the Book of Esther. As she observes, Jewish attitudes toward Persia, unlike in the Greek world, were relatively positive, and were in no way anti-monarchic. Thus, while the Book of Esther draws upon contemporary literary stereotypes associated with the Persian court, it does not share the Greek xenophobic disdain for Persian courtly life.
Although Berlin focuses on the ancient Persian context of storytelling in which the book was authored, she also offers a number of observations concerning the ways the book has been understood in the centuries following its creation. As she observes: "… the Book of Esther as understood by Hellenistic Jews and by rabbinic tradition is a different story from the one told in the Masoretic Text" (pp. ix-x). Thus, Berlin accentuates her commentary with brief discussions on variant treatments in the Septuagint and with relevant Talmudic and midrashic materials.
Berlin also demonstrates how the Book of Esther, and rabbinic discussions about the book, enjoy intertextual dialogues with a number of other biblical stories, especially the Joseph cycle, the Exodus, 1 Samuel 15, the Book of Kings, and Daniel 1–6. With close attention to context, Berlin notes that Esther's web of intertextual allusions
… ties the fate of the Diaspora community to the story of biblical Israel. The Book of Esther presents a tale of Persian Jewry, and by extension all exiled Jewry, as a continuation of the story of Israel, with the same type of enemies and heroes, and the same patterns of danger and deliverance. Esther, no less than Ezra and Nehemiah but of course in a different fashion, picks up the story of Israel where the Book of Kings left off, with the exile of Jehoiachin to Babylonia, signaling the end of Judean independence and the beginning of the exile (2:6) (p. xxxvi).
According to Berlin, therefore, Esther is a "Diaspora tale," but unlike other Diaspora tales, Esther differs significantly by "its lack of God's name, prayer, kashrut, traditional modesty, and endogamous marriage … " (p. xxxiv).
In addition to providing the interpretive framework with which to understand the book, this commentary examines Esther from a variety of informative perspectives. Thus, it provides a brief history of the Persian period and surveys the historical origins of Purim, the place of Esther within the biblical canon, the differences between the Masoretic text of Esther and its Greek recensions, rabbinic interpretation of Esther, and the character of Esther in the light of other biblical women.
In sum, this commentary is a welcome addition to the Jewish Publication Society's commentary series. It is rich in original historical, literary, and linguistic insights that will reward scholars and lay readers alike for many years to come.
[1] See e.g., J. M. Sasson, "Esther," in R. Alter and F. Kermode, eds., The Literary Guide to the Bible (Cambridge, MA.: Belknap, 1987), pp. 335–342; T. Y. Radday, and A. Benner, eds., On Humour and the Comic in the Hebrew Bible (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1990); David Marcus, From Balaam to Jonah: Anti-Prophetic Satire in the Hebrew Bible (Brown Judaic Studies, 301; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995); B. R. Foster, "Humor and Wit in the Ancient Near East," in J. M. Sasson, ed., Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Vol. 4 (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; Macmillan, 1995), pp. 2459–2469; K. Craig, Reading Esther: A Case for the Literary Carnivalesque (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995); Z. Weisman, Political Satire in the Bible (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998); and more recently J. W. Whedbee, The Bible and the Comic Vision (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998). The latter work significantly expands the definition of "comedy" beyond that which is useful for Berlin. See Scott B. Noegel, Review of Whedbee, The Bible and the Comic Vision, RBL, http://www.bookreviews.org/Reviews//0521495075.html


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Impaired smell is the partial or total loss or abnormal perception of the sense of smell.
Loss of smell; Anosmia; Hyposmia; Parosmia
The loss of smell can occur with conditions that prevent air from reaching smell receptors located high in the nose, or loss of or injury to the smell receptors. Loss of smell is not serious, but can sometimes be a sign of a nervous system condition.
Temporary loss of the sense of smell is common with colds and nasal allergies, such as hay fever (allergic rhinitis). It may occur after a viral illness.
Some loss of smell occurs with aging. In most cases, there is no clear cause, and there is no treatment.
The sense of smell also enhances your ability to taste. Many people who lose their sense of smell also complain that they lose their sense of taste. Most can still tell between salty, sweet, sour, and bitter tastes, which are sensed on the tongue. They may not be able to tell between other flavors. Some spices (such as pepper) may affect the nerves of the face. You may feel rather than smell them.
Loss of smell can be caused by:
Treating the cause of the problem may correct the lost sense of smell. Treatment can include:
Avoid using too many nasal decongestants, which can lead to repeated nasal congestion.
If you lose your sense of smell, you may have changes in taste. Adding highly seasoned foods to your diet can help stimulate the taste sensations that you still have.
Improve your safety at home by using smoke detectors and electric appliances instead of gas ones. You may not be able to smell gas if there is a leak. Or, install equipment that detects gas fumes in the home. People with smell loss should label when the food item was opened to prevent eating spoiled food.
There is no treatment for loss of smell due to aging.
If you have a loss of smell due to a recent upper respiratory infection, be patient. The sense of smell may return to normal without treatment.
Call your health care provider if:
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about your medical history and current symptoms. Questions may include:
The health care provider will look at and around your nose. Tests that may be performed include:
If the loss of sense of smell is caused by a stuffy nose (nasal congestion), decongestants or antihistamines may be prescribed.
A vaporizer or humidifier may help keep mucus loose and moving.
Steroid nasal sprays or pills may be recommended.
Vitamin A may be given by mouth or with a shot.
Leopold DA, Holbrook EH. Physiology of olfaction. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund LJ, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 41.
Baloh RW, Jen J. Smell and taste. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 435.


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One of my dearest friends picked up and moved to San Francisco a few years back. I hate that she's gone, but it does mean I get to visit with her when I'm in the City by the Bay and I even get to cajole her into the occasional guest post. Jen Rizzo is a great freelance graphic artist (she did the logo and such over at the Hoperatives) and is quite the foodie. In this post, she's filling us in on her recent tour of Anchor Steam Brewery.
I have always been a big believer in drinking locally. It's just better. You're supporting local businesses and decreasing your carbon footprint. Even above those two very important things, it connects you to the local flavor and allows you to explore some new options. If I'm in a new city, I always want to know what their local craft beer is like. I'm originally from Kansas City, where we have the lovely Boulevard brewery. It is probably surprising to no one that a brewery out of Kansas City specializes in wheat beer – but you can find it everywhere. The most divey of all dive bars will at least have bottles of Boulevard Wheat. When I lived in Cincinnati, I threw down Bell's like it was candy. (The Two-Hearted and Oberon were my favorites, but I try to not discriminate.) And, of course, I had the pleasure of living in New York during the winter, so I had my share of Brooklyn Black, which is still among my favorite reasons to travel east during the holiday season.
Here in San Francisco, we are incredibly spoiled with the Anchor Steam Brewery.
The Anchor Brewing Company first opened its doors in 1896, and was purchased by Fritz Maytag in 1965. He learned west coast beer from the ground up, and eventually settled on the brews we have today. Recently, Fritz sold the brewery to a holding company a few miles north of San Francisco (owned by two former Skyy vodka representatives), which sent our beer world into a little bit of a panic. Fritz Maytag is greatly respected for his accomplishments in craft brewing, and a lot of us are on the edge of our seats anticipating what comes next. When a friend told me she had an extra ticket to an Anchor tour, I jumped at the chance. The Bay Area Beer Socials group takes this specially-organized after-hours tour once a year, but the organizer fears that this may be the last year for it due to the brewery changing hands.
Anchor produces both seasonal and year-round beers. Anchor Steam is their flagship beer. It's rich and a little hoppy – a classic west coast beer. (When I was still living in Cincinnati, Northside Tavern kept it on draft, but I'd have to defer to the Hoperatives as to who has it now.)
"Steam" beer was originally a term used to describe west coast brews, but is now a trademark of the Anchor Brewing Company. There are many stories about where the name "steam beer" came from. My favorite is that around the turn of the century, there was no way to effectively chill the beer after boiling, so San Francisco breweries had large, shallow, open-top tanks on the roof to allow the climate to cool it naturally. When beer was being brewed, clouds of steam rose off the top of the buildings – hence, steam beer!
Today, Anchor replicates the process by using these open-top tanks inside:
The beer sits in these tanks for three days, at which point it's nearly flat. It's combined later at about an 85/15 ratio with beer that's only sat there for one day and isn't quite done, so it balances out in the end.
Liberty Ale is like Anchor Steam's big brother. A little hoppier, a little richer, a little higher in alcohol content. (6%, compared to Anchor Steam's 4.9%.) Its name honors Paul Revere's bicentennial ride, but the recipe stems from older variations of Our Special Ale, their winter seasonal. Anchor Porter is their darkest offering. Dark, rich and roasty with a hoppy back to it, it's one of my favorite porters. Not too malty, not too smoky. Old Foghorn is a barleywine-style ale. A little lower in alcohol content than most barleywines, at 8-10% (Anchor claims it varies), it's still the heftiest of the Anchor brews. A little sweet, incredibly rich, and a little bubbly. On draft, it's particularly lovely, but it holds up pretty well in its bottled version. If the Liberty Ale is Anchor Steam's big brother, Anchor Small Beer is Old Foghorn's little brother. At a teeny tiny 3.3%, it's created from a second running of the mash used to make Old Foghorn. Even though they come from the same place, they couldn't taste more different. Small Beer is light, but rich, and takes on a much more bitter flavor than any of Anchor's other beers.
Anchor makes four seasonals – Our Special Ale, their winter offering, Anchor Bock, for spring, Anchor Summer, and the newest addition, Anchor Humming. Humming Ale was originally created last year to honor the 30th anniversary of the current location. Bars in San Francisco snatched up what they could, since it was intended to be a limited run. About the time that everyone was running out of it, Anchor announced that they would be bottling it as their new autumn seasonal.
Brewery tours are available by reservation during the week. If you're in the San Francisco area anytime soon, it's a wonderful piece of history. Plus, the tour wraps up with a tasting, so you can choose your favorites! (While you're in the area, do what we did and trek up the hill a couple blocks to Goat Hill Pizza, where you can get a pitcher of Anchor Steam as well as sourdough-crust pizzas. Thank me later.)
– Jen Rizzo
Photos © Jen Rizzo, 2010
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porkenbeans wrote:I like the direction the logo is taking. But the rest is looking out of place with the theme. It should be done in watercolor just like the state. It should flow together as if painted on canvas. It looks to "clip and paste" like a modern magazine add. The whole thing should look like a watercolor painting. Everything except the labels, that is. Although the text in the title could stand to be painted "watercolor".
I'm sorry I thought I made it clear that I would be re-doing everything I added. I merely was giving you the "idea" of what would be there, those are in no way the final graphics. Just an example.


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Going by the number of calendar alternatives in the iTunes App Store, nobody seems satisfied with Apple's offering. Even with so many good choices, we feel Sunrise trumps them all thanks to its intuitive interface, great features, and support for so many calendar services.
Sunrise Calendar
Platform: iPhone
Price: Free
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- Compatible with Google Calendar, iCloud, and Exchange.
- Hybrid app works with your iPhone and iPad.
- Syncs in real-time and in the background.
- Quickly add an event with real language (e.g. "Lunch tomorrow at 1pm!").
- Add reminders the same way.
- Include Facebook events and birthdays.
- Weather forecasts based on your location included in your daily agenda.
- Use Google Maps for directions.
- Connect multiple Google Calendars.
- No ads—completely free.
Where It Excels
Sunrise is beautiful and easy to use. By default, you get a straightforward agenda view that shows you exactly what's coming up over the next day or so on all your calendars, plus the local weather. You can access the day you want to view, too, and open up an entire month to quickly find the date you're looking for. If or when you prefer, you can also switch over to a traditional calendar view and see everything scheduled out at specific times.
Aside from having a great and intuitive feature set, Sunrise works with just about everything. You have support for Google Calendar, iCloud, and Exchange—pretty much everything you'd need.
Where It Falls Short
Sunrise doesn't necessarily fall short in any department, but there are some calendar apps that offer additional features that Sunrise just doesn't have. If a simple, everyday calendar isn't your thing you might find this one doesn't meet all of your criteria. Check out the competition section below for more options.
The Competition
Canary (Free) is really the main competitor. While not quite so intuitive, it provides a fantastic view of your day and how much free time you have. You can then switch into regular calendar mode to add and view other events. It displays Facebook events and birthdays and makes scheduling a breeze. If it supported more than Google Calendar and was a bit easier to navigate, it would definitely be our top choice. (It's the top choice of Nick Denton, who owns Lifehacker and all of Gawker. If you have tons of meetings and events to deal with, you'll probably appreciate it just the same.)
Cal by Any.Do (Free) feels pretty similar to Sunrise, except Sunrise supports more services. Cal, however, will important a lot of different kinds of data and keep it in sync with Any.Do's services. Speaking of which, it handles reminders by integrating into the Any.Do app, so that's a big plus if you already use it.
Fantastical 2 ($ 5) is a great calendar app that's easy to use. It was our top pick prior Sunrise. That said, it's not really better any any way and it costs $ 5 while Sunrise is free. You won't go wrong using it, but you'll be spending $ 5 for pretty much no reason.
Week Cal ($ 2), our (former) former favorite calendar app, packs in a lot. Like most of the competition, it offers multiple views for your events and tasks. Where it truly excels, however, is in how easy it is to use such a vast number of features and still see all the information you need directly from any view. You can still scan the events of your day quickly even in year view, simply by tapping a date. Moving events around works just like moving apps on your home screen—you tap and hold, then drag it to where you want. Everything is very intuitive, it feels like you're using iCal or Google Calendar but in a way that's suited for your iPhone. Basically, it has the elegance of a minimal calendar app while still retaining a very respectable set of features.
Calvetica, or Fast Calendar and Tasks ($ 3) and Agenda Calendar ($ 1) are both great options if your main draw is a minimalist aesthetic. That's not to say they aren't great—they both have simple, intuitive interfaces that allow you to quickly navigate around all your events. That said, they're not designed to be the feature-rich behemoths mentioned above. If you don't need much more than the built-in calendar app provides but would prefer a better interface with additional views and some extra features, both of these apps are completely serviceable and nice to look at.
Finally, it's just worth mentioning the UNIQLO Calendar (Free) purely for its uniqueness. It costs nothing, syncs with Google Calendar, is very attractive, and plays tilt-shift videos while you navigate. It may not be the most practical option, but it is free and a lot of fun.
Lifehacker's App Directory is a new and growing directory of recommendations for the best applications and tools in a number of given categories.
You can follow Adam Dachis, the author of this post, on Twitter, Google+, and Facebook. Twitter's the best way to contact him, too.


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Lady Antebellum to Perform on Star-Studded 'The Voice' Finale
Even those who haven't been watching 'The Voice' this season will want to tune into the Season 2 finale. A star-studded line-up — including Lady Antebellum, Justin Bieber, Daryl Hall and John Oates, and Flo Rida — is on the slate for the May 8 final episode.
Excitement is building for the last episode, when a winner will be crowned, and it should be an action-packed night for fans of the competition-based singing show. At that point, each celebrity coach will have one star artist remaining to compete against the other teams' finalists. Before the end of the night, one competitor will be named 'The Voice' — and the winner will receive the grand prize of a recording contract.
Plus, the guest performers are sure to reel in new audience members. Pop act and teen idol Bieber will perform the broadcast television premiere of his new single, 'Boyfriend.' Hall & Oates — the No. 1 selling duo in history — will perform 'Rich Girl,' a fan favorite hit from 1977. Lady Antebellum will bring a performance of 'Wanted You More' from their latest hit album 'Own the Night,' and Flo Rida will showcase a mash-up of his hit single 'Wild Ones' plus one other song.
For now, it's hard to say which artists will make it to the final round. Tonight (May 1), votes will determine which remaining member from Team Blake Shelton, either Jermaine Paul and Erin Willett, will go home. The pair performed a Lady Gaga number together on this week's episode of the show — their last moment as a team. Coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine will also have to say goodbye to half of their last remaining artists.
'The Voice' coaches have some tough choices ahead, but that's the nature of the game. In the end, only one artist can be 'The Voice' — and we're excited to see who makes the cut! And hopefully Lady A can help take the edge off a bit.


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by Dave Zirin / @EdgeofSports
By the time you read this, the lockout could be over. Also, by the time you read this, I could be dunking right after finishing my four-minute mile. The owners have locked the doors and will not reopen them until the Players Association can, to quote David Stern's own words, "guarantee profitability" for every team. Stern's favorite subject these days is how the billionaires he represents are just losing money hand over fist. These are the wronged parties: the hard-working, exploited, victimized chief executives sacrificing their hard-earned fortunes just to overpay their ungrateful players and provide us simple fans with entertainment.
SLAM readers who resign themselves to the sports page shouldn't be fooled. What Stern and company are doing is just the sports page wing of an all-out public relations offensive on behalf of the trampled-upon-rights of your friendly, neighborhood billionaire. Pass the Alka Seltzer. Poverty might be at a 20-year high. Public workers, like teachers, firefighters and postal workers, are being laid off in droves. Our infrastructure may be rotting. Yet billionaires pay fewer taxes than ever and a broad based call has gone out for them to pay their share. As billionaire Warren Buffet has said, he actually pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. The "wronged billionaire," who is just trying to create jobs in between carrying our economy, has become been created out of whole cloth to stifle, confuse and silence our rage. As one "wronged billionaire", Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis said recently, "Economic Success has somehow become the new boogie man; some in the Democratic party are now casting about for enemies and business leaders and anyone who has achieved success in terms of rank or fiscal success is being cast as a bad guy in a black hat. This is counter to the American Dream and is really turning off so many people that love American and basically carry our country on their back by paying taxes and by employing people and creating GDP."
Ted Leonsis also claims to be losing money by the boatload. The problem is that it's all an artfully crafted lie. Leonsis and other NBA owners might be losing money on the team, as bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell recently explained, but that's just one part of the story. It doesn't take into account the mammoth tax breaks, the publicly funded arena, and the immediate real estate that surrounds their home base.
Factor those in and, well, there's a reason why Ted Leonsis is a billionaire. To create the Verizon Center in the heart of DC's Chinatown, residential housing was razed, businesses were shuttered and families were priced out of the neighborhood. Now instead of Chinese families, we have Starbucks and Chipotle with Chinese lettering above their blaring signage. As for "carrying the country" on his back, Leonsis might want to thank his army of minimum wage Verizon Center workers for keeping his ample frame in fancy suits. Behind every great fortune is truly a great crime.
The owners of the NBA and David Stern have failed. They've failed to be accountable to the communities they've raided and to the players they've willingly and happily put under contract. For them to cry about how put upon they are in a country where almost 20 percent of the population can't find work is obscene.
This is why Gladwell, who is no radical, ended his column by writing, "We have moved from a country of relative economic equality to a place where the gap between rich and poor is exceeded by only Singapore and Hong Kong. The rich have gone from being grateful for what they have to pushing for everything they can get. They have mastered the arts of whining and predation, without regard to logic or shame. In the end, this is the lesson of the NBA lockout."
He's right. I choose to stand with Zach Randolph. Z-Bo said, "I'm definitely supporting the union. And we all should. This is something I've never been through so it's frustrating, but all of the players should stick together. If that's a sacrifice we have to make (in order) to make it better for the future then, yeah, I'm OK with it."
I'm not OK with this lockout. I'm not OK with missing hoop. But I'm less OK with billionaires who lie about their losses because they want a few dollars more.


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Marjie Gilliam
Q: I am not overweight, and my diet is pretty good, but every time I turn around, it seems like I'm being told that I need to exercise to be healthy. Is exercise really all that important?A: Studies show an unmistakable link between physical activity and health. An estimated 250,000 deaths per year in the United States can be related to lack of regular exercise. You can reduce this risk by incorporating even small amounts of exercise into your day. Some examples of the role that exercise, or lack of it, plays in the development of diseases includes: Heart disease: Individuals who are inactive are more than twice as likely to develop heart disease than those who enjoy an active lifestyle. Exercise, especially aerobic activity, helps to strengthen the cardiovascular system, boosting endurance and stamina and supporting blood vessels. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, brisk walking (3-4 mph) reduced the risk of heart disease in women nearly as much as vigorous nonwalking exercise, as much as 54 percent reduction in risk. Hypertension (high blood pressure): Blood pressure is influenced by many things, some of which we can't control such as family history. Still, there are many controllable factors associated with hypertension, including diet and exercise. Diabetes: People with Type I or Type II (non-insulin dependent) diabetes can benefit from regular exercise. Physical activity helps to regulate blood sugar, aids in metabolism and reduces risk factors for arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), which occurs more often in diabetics. If you have diabetes, certain precautions must be taken when you exercise. The American Diabetes Association recommends that any diabetic wishing to start an exercise program first consult with a physician. Stroke: Studies have shown that people who burned 2,000 calories each week with exercise, or the equivalent of a one-hour brisk walk, five days per week, had a 46 percent lower risk of stroke than those who did little or no exercise Osteoporosis: Because bone is living tissue, it responds well to a properly designed exercise program. Weight-bearing (standing) exercise such as walking is beneficial, as is light to moderate weight lifting. Both help to prevent osteoporosis and can slow bone loss if it has already begun. Tips: Consult with your doctor for proper guidelines before beginning any exercise program. While exercising regularly can be a challenge, research shows that if you can stick with it for three weeks, then you are much more likely to make it a habit. Along with helping to prevent many diseases, being active reduces stress, burns body fat, tones the muscles and helps control appetite. Exercise can also help those who suffer with arthritis. More in next week's column. Marjie Gilliam is a personal trainer and fitness consultant. E-mail: email@example.com. This article appeared in the Dayton Daily News.
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Enterprise open source Content Management Specialist (CMS) Magnolia has this week staged its 2012 annual developer and user symposium in the Swiss city of Basel. The firm is currently focused on stirring the CMS market with a new iteration of its tool built for "mobile-first" usage. Magnolia 5.0 currently sits at pre-Alpha developer release status and allows content to be authored and edited through customizable, task-focused apps.
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Aiming to bring the simplicity of mobile apps to the world of enterprise content management, the Magnolia CMS interface works from a central hub where developers and web administrators can choose from a range of tasks relevant to their corporate role and privileges. They are then presented with an intuitive app that guides them through the process, only offering the relevant functionality needed to speed and ease the task.
Magnolia asserts that enterprise CMS vendors have continually been racing to pack more functionality into increasingly bloated, monolithic menus. "These bewildering user interfaces deter the majority of potential users from using the system and contributing to a more meaningful virtual presence. Magnolia 5.0 offers simple, yet powerful, apps focused on tasks that are relevant to the user," according to the company.
The Developer CMS Story
While software application developers who naturally first gravitate towards languages, toolkits, and even GUI-based development environments may not immediately consider use of a CMS technology within their immediate scope, Magnolia contends that there is an argument for programmers to use the core set of services delivered through its app-style interface, which is suited to both mobile and desktop usage.
"Although the content management system is typically seen as a website development tool, Magnolia is seeking to provide the core services of the CMS proposition as a set of tools for developers faced with bringing an increasing number of backend application elements to the Web. This action, essentially, represents a decoupling of the traditional elements of a CMS," said Boris Kraft, CTO and cofounder of Magnolia speaking to Dr Dobb's.
"Also, if you are writing 'content-enriched' applications, then why not use these existing services along with Magnolia 5.0's new user interface to speed the process and remove what most developers see as the more tedious elements of building the finished enterprise app," added Kraft.
How It Works
Magnolia uses the Java-based Vaadin Web application framework for Rich Internet Applications as the base framework for its user interface. On top of this, the software then presents a set of services for developers such as:
- Data repository controls
- Data caching controls
- Publishing framework options
- Workflow controls
- More granular elements such as URL rewrite functions
In terms of its form, Magnolia 5 presents three central icons to take users to its trinity of functions: "Apps" to focus on specific tasks that users want to achieve (version 5 also comes with a widget set and framework that will enable anyone to develop customized apps that integrate with Magnolia; "Pulse" updates users on every element being actioned inside the system through an activity feed (version 5 includes content status, comments, content statistics, and a portion of analytics); and "Favorites" to provide access to workspaces through shortcuts to commonly used actions such as adding pages, creating microsites, or adding new content.
Your Mileage May Vary
Magnolia says that both customers and partners have augmented and enhanced modules to sit on top of the core system provided by the company. Currently, around 70 of these modules exist, some of which rank as "Magnolia supported" after the firm has performed a degree of analysis and ratification, while some are completely third-party with a "your mileage may vary" proviso. In terms of onward development, these will now be converted into apps within the next iteration of the system where appropriate.
These modules provide a variety of additional functionalities on top of the CMS's core services such as support for languages and other development frameworks. A recent example of this as previously reported on Dr. Dobb's is Magnolia Blossom, a Spring integration module. It exposes Spring Web MVC-controllers as paragraphs and templates and allows developers to build dialogs using code instead of configuration.
While the developer preview is available now, Magnolia anticipates that the version 5.0 iteration will be released in its full-blown form within the next six months.


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Girl Tells Heartwarming + Creative Story of Living With Autism [VIDEO]
April is Autism Awareness Month. Right up until the 30th os this month, lets all educate ourselves about Autism. What better way to hear all about the ailment than from such an enthusiastic young girl? This teenage lady will warm your heart with this creative explanation of Autism.
If this doesn't spark something in you to treat Autism Awareness Month appropriately, nothing will.


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May, 2012
We stayed for a magical few days almost three years ago. It was the trip that cemented our relationship; we are married now, with a baby, and carry the spirit of Posada La Poza every day. If only we could eat like that (I still dream of the rosti for breakfast), and enjoy the incredible peace and beauty of the garden, the pool and the lagoon, life would be perfect.
As it is, we look forward with great anticipation to coming back. And we're sorry it took so long to write this testimonial!
Andrew Gumbel and Naomi Seligman
Sep, 2012
Dear Juerg and Libusche,
My friend and I had a wonderful time at your boutique hotel. Back in Belgium, the rain is falling and I wish I was still in your eco-friendly resort.
I have finished writing a blog story about my experience in Mexico. I'm sharing it here.
Brigitte Neeffs
Feb, 2011
Dear Juerg and Libushe,
Where can you find a Five Star Restaurant? At Posada La Poza! Juerg, you have become our favorite Chef! The best we have had in a very long time. The atmosphere, service, and the graciousness of Libushe, and your staff is impeccable!
Libushe, it boggles our minds how you designed such a beautiful garden oasis, and your art is incredible!
Thank you for the personal tour of your gardens, the explanation of all the plants, trees, and your design!
Your rooms are beautiful, and such a very private special getaway, by the town of "Pueblo Magico", that we are sure to be visiting soon again!
Thank you for your hospitality!
Lynn K.
Jun 21, 2010
I stayed at La Poza and had a wonderful time, great service, food, atmosphere, thank you so mucho for your hospitality
Marisol Garcia Figaredo
Dec 29, 2009
My wife and I visited a few months ago, just wanted to share my thoughts.
Jesse Drohen
Dec 29, 2009
What a great afternoon we had yesterday at your little hide away. The food was terrific and your grounds and company special...
Thanks again.should you ever make it up to Chicago again, we would be pleased to show you the city!
John S. Mengel


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I Believe...
I've been asked a few times why I left homebirth midwifery for monitrice-doula service and I thought I'd clarify for those that think I left because I no longer support out-of-hospital birth. Nothing could be further from the truth. And while "truth" is typically black or white, for me, life includes grey, which often comes across as contradictions. "I know; life's complicated," as Annette Bening's character in The Women says. I concur.
And, as is a woman's prerogative, I reserve the right to change my mind at any time, without notice.
Therefore, TODAY:
- I believe in out-of-hospital birth.
- I believe in homebirth.
- I (grudgingly) believe in a woman's right to birth where and how she chooses, whether that is an Unassisted Birth or a scheduled woman-requested primary (or otherwise) cesarean.
- I believe certified nurse midwives have a great education and skills foundation by the time they call themselves CNMs and are practicing independently. I believe CNMs are blessed/lucky to have a collaborative relationship with OBs and are able to write prescriptions. That doesn't mean I don't acknowledge the limitations of CNMs, especially with regards to supervisory relationships with OBs. And having to pay malpractice insurance. And having a harder time doing homebirths if that is their desire.
- I believe there are some really great non-nurse midwives, but believe those women have learned through extraordinary means, the least of which is school and the standard one or two year apprenticeship. Experience cannot be underestimated when choosing a midwife. Choosing the least expensive midwife might not be the best way to choose the person you're hiring to keep you and your baby safe and, quite possibly, alive. And yes, there are always exceptions.
- I believe non-nurse midwives could use some increased education and skills requirements before they go out on their own.
- I believe pre-admission education for Certified Professional Midwives needs to be added.
- I believe there are a handful of MEAC-accredited schools that adequately educate student midwives... going above and beyond the basic NARM requirements :Nizhoni (points off for mis-formatted website), Florida School of Traditional Midwifery, Birthingway College of Midwifery and Bastyr University... schools that cost $20,000 or more and require more than the standard three-year committment.
- I believe the "minimum standards" either need to be higher or eliminated altogether, leaving the expectation of a fully-trained midwife who, once she has a license in her hands, is not a danger to others. (I am not alone in this as the latest information from NARM demonstrates.)
- I believe women wanting to be a midwife should not choose a program because of it's low cost and speed of graduation, but should have a goal of more school and more experience in order to serve their clients better and more safely.
- I believe Continuing Education requirements should be more stringent, the cost be damned; the added education should be invaluable and worth every cent.
If I've forgotten anything, I'm sure you'll let me know.
So, there you have it. What I believe today... did yesterday... and probably will tomorrow. We'll have to wait and see about the day after that.


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24 oz mushrooms
4 cloves minced garlic
1/2 t dried basil
1/2 t dried oregano
1/4 t dried thyme
2 bay leaves
1 C GF vegetable broth
salt & pepper, to taste
1/4 C half and half
2 T unsalted butter
2 T chopped fresh parsley
Place mushrooms, garlic, basil, oregano, thyme, and bay leaves in a 3 qt slow cooker. Stir in vegetable broth, salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or high for 1-2, or until browned and tender. Stir in half and half & butter during the last 15-20 minutes of cooking time. Serve immediately, garnished with parsley.
WHAT WE'RE COOKING? GARLIC HERB MUSHROOMS - slow cooker method - gluten free low carb diabetic friendly
Posted by Kimber on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 / Labels: Gluten free, Holidays, Side dish