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Draft Day 2009
I'm an Oiler fan and that won't change today, but it's also true that some other NHL teams go about their business in a way that makes me appreciate them.
Boston is in the middle of a wonderful procurement run that goes back to signing Chara, and that added with some tremendous drafting has that franchise on the cusp of being a top 4 team in the fight for the Stanley.
Today we get word that the Bruins have offered young Phil Kessel to Toronto for Tomas Kaberle and the 7th overall pick. I don't know if it'll happen, but have to admit that's a very creative idea and credit to the Bruins management team for coming up with it.
It's aggressive, measured and could succeed. After many years of seeing articles about the Oilers trying to move up, or making that big trade to balance the roster, things like this Boston offer really stand out as innovative and inspired.
Credit too for Brian Burke, who has done everything possible to put his team front and center at this draft. It helps that he's in Toronto now, but it's also true that he's been browbeating other GMs (confirmed yesterday by Atlanta GM Don Waddell) and has irons in the fire.
The Oilers? According to Kevin Lowe yesterday we're gonna push for something but won't give up too much. Close to the vest, wait to see what shakes loose. I understand the Heatley trade only gets done if Cogliano is a part of it and completely agree he's a guy to keep, but it does seem to me that the Oilers through the Lowe era lacked a certain spark on draft day.
Always trying to move up but never getting it done, always coming home out of balance and on it went. Let's hope for a new day, an aggressive yet measured approach, inspiring ideas that alter the roster and give it shape and clarity.
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Between Sabugal and Penamacor, and reaching east from two local reservoirs to the Spanish border, spreads the Reserva Natural da Serra da Malcata (wicnf.pt). It's one of the least-visited Portuguese nature reserves – access isn't easy, and you really need to bike or hike to get much out of it – but it rewards the effort. If you're very lucky, you might get a glimpse of a wild boar among the trees, or catch sight of the magnificent golden eagle or black vulture. What you won't see – despite the emblem on all the promotional material – is the Iberian lynx, which is under serious threat of extinction. The last lynx was caught in the park in 1992, and there's been no sign of one now for many years – fewer than 200 are believed to exist in the wild, all now in Spain.
The reserve covers 16,000 hectares of heather-clad hills and oak woodland, with the reserve headquarters in Penamacor. They can usually rustle up an English-speaking member of staff, and the office also sells a map and separate walking booklet in English. Note that not all the hiking trails are currently signposted, as neglect, forest fires and vandalism have taken their toll – but you can always follow our directions instead.
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A hike in the Malcata reserve
An easy hike, the Espírito Santo trail (4.6km; 1hr 30min), through typical Malcata heather and oak-wood scenery, starts near the village of Quadrazais. We hesitate to say you can't get lost, but it would be difficult.
Drive 15km down the minor but good 538 road from Sabugal. At Quadrazais, take the Vale de Espinho road and 500m down this road take the right turn down a good dirt track (signposted "Reserva Natural, Rio Côa") for 300m to the River Côa. Drive over the bridge to the parking and picnic area and then walk up to the trail information board. Don't turn left for the chapel, but head straight up the track by the side of the wire fence and when you reach a T-junction after 750m, turn right. The track skirts the flank of a hill, through pine nurseries, and after 1.25km meets another T-junction at a ruined building, where you turn left (a wooden "PR1" marker shows the turn). Continue for another 1km, through shady oak, reaching a left turn on a rise with wind turbine views (again, there's a wooden "PR1" marker). Turn left here and it's then 1.6km around the other flank of the hill, dropping down to the chapel and river, where you started.
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Cape Town, South Africa is one of the most beautiful cities in the world (based on this author's opinion). Sprawling along the sandy and rocky coast of the Southern Atlantic Ocean and nuzzled up to majestic Table Mountain, Cape Town's cultural richness competes evenly with its geographical richness. If variety is the spice of life, then Cape Town is a multinational curry made of, well, everything. Hidden treasures, while not always easy to locate, are everywhere in this great city. From the block-long bazarre of middle-eastern and Asian food to the world renown vinyards of unimaginable beauty, Cape Town is as much a foodie haven as it is a surf paradise (large man-eating fish, notwithstanding).
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While I was on assignment in South Africa for 6 months, Renato, Helene, Jeremy and the rest of the staff at Espresso Labs really welcomed me and made me feel at home during my weekly Saturday sojourn to the Old Biscuit Mill. Nothing grounds me faster than great coffee and the craftsmen who are willing to discuss it. We discussed the subtelties of their coffees, their brew methods, things that worked and didn't work at Elemental in contrast to how they made it all happen in Woodstock. From where and how we source to how we roast and cup. During this period, we crafted the idea of doing an exchange once my assignment was up. Last week, we each sent each other a bag of espresso to run on our respective bars. It is with great pride and joy that we will be serving Espresso Labs ESP030 blend until it runs out. A blend of 50% Santa Terezinha, Brazil; 30% Don Mayo, Costa Rica and 20% Wottuna Boltuma, Ethiopia the shots are pulling huge milk chocolate with juicy citrus up front and a complex but compelling finish. Great in or out of milk!
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A common theme of 2013 has been for previous years' laggards to rally higher, showing a new-found level of interest. I suppose this makes sense as super-stock Apple falls into uncharted territory. Investors are now looking for value in unfamiliar places, and these stocks continued to rally on Monday.
*One-year performance
Research in Motion
Research in Motion has seen the biggest bounce of any stock on this list following strong data from Nokia, weakness in Apple, and high expectations for its new BB10 operating system. The stock has rallied massively as the company prepares to launch its first touchscreen-only phone and large carriers disclose that they will be carrying the phone.
My only problem with this stock is that its rally has been 100% speculation and that it could be a bounce off the bottom of a five-year free-fall. The company is no longer profitable, saw a 47% revenue decline in its last quarter, and is almost twice as expensive as Nokia using price/sales. Therefore, I don't like this stock or its chances to continue trading higher.
Dendreon, I love this stock! I bought it back in November after months of being bearish. The company has been pushed higher due to lower costs and improving demand for Provenge. The company has finally learned that it must operate efficiently in order to grow and Wall Street has been satisfied. Furthermore, serious conversations regarding a potential takeover are now taking place, and many believe it will be purchased in the next few months. With a price/sales of 2.09 and a product that could still grow another 75%, I like this stock in 2013.
Alcatel-Lucent was recently my value of the year (Sprint was 2012) and the stock was pushed significantly higher following news of interest for its submarine optical cable business. The company is in the beginning phases of a major restructuring plan, which has continued to push shares higher. The stock is currently trading with a price/sales of 0.19 and I believe it has the potential to be a great stock in 2013 as it removes and restructures weak segments and builds on its stronger segments.
If you look at the fundamentals alone, then there is no arguing the fact that Hewlett-Packard is cheap. However, when you incorporate the uncertainty surrounding its business and slowing demand, then you come to the realization that perhaps it is not.
HPQ is without question the toughest assessment for me personally. The company appears to have a complete lack of direction and does not have the same catalysts as the other stocks on this list. We already know that 2013 will be rough, because the company told us. But with that being said, a 0.26 price/sales and a forward P/E ratio of 4.80 is considerably cheap. Therefore, I remain neutral on this stock and need to see more before I feel confident in its future.
These are four of the most controversial stocks in the market, and each has traded considerably higher in 2013. Last year we saw as Sprint and Bank of America rallied to lead the market in performance, but this year it will most definitely be a different company. With each of these four companies getting off to such a strong start, it's very likely that one or more will continue and lead the market in gains. Therefore, take some time to perform proper research, and who knows, you might buy the stock that leads the market in 2013.
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Is being over weight a moral failure?
Morality is the rule to maintain our symbiosis for survival.
"Over weight" weakens the symbiosis.
So, it is a "moral failure"
Tell me , what do you think?
Topics: Behavioral psychology morality obesity
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Lawren Jones 30+Jul 29 2013: Most causes of obesity are rooted in mental disorders, the rest are caused by physiological disorders. It's exactly the same as with smoking, drinking, or other chemical abuses.
I thought we were well past the point of blaming blaming victims of health disorders for being "bad." Are victims of Depression just morally weak? Victims of Tourette Syndrome just need to control themselves? What about victims of Schizophrenia or Bipolar disorder? They're just need a swift kick in the butt, right? Shame on anyone (invariably thin, of course) who still thinks of obesity as a moral weakness.
Jul 30 2013: in a sense obesity is a moral weakness. i dont think it should be classes the same as any mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar where it is out of the individuals control. obesity is in the individuals control, it is them who puts too much foo into their mouths no one else, i would like to refrain from saying moral failure as many people have highlighted whatmorality actually is , i guess i could restate my claims and say obesity is for the weak willed instead
Jul 30 2013: So gay people are making a choice to be gay, is that it? They just make a choice? And that there are no such thing as behavioral disorders? Having both obesity and bipolar disorder, I can tell you that you are wrong.
I can also tell you that you are a non-smoking, non-drinking, straight, thin person. Hopefully you'll learn more empathy for those who are different from you.
Aug 1 2013: People are born gay, people are not born with weight issues (in some cases yes as this can come from genetics). People who are gay cannot help who they are - Over weight people can.
While you say that obesity can come from mental disorders or physiology , an additional point can come from this. Mental disorders = only some people have Whereas the physiology of humans = everybody has inherited.
When you said' physiology disorders' i believe you were pertaining to the problems that come with our basic physiology as human beings.. Problems such as that deep rooted want/ need for sugars and fats and so on that is hardwired in our brain from hundreds and thousand of years of evolution etc. its a basic survival mechanism we all inherit to survive. It is now in our society where food sources are no longer scarce and food is of plenty we have to now fight back the urges our deeply inherited ancestral physiology to be able sustain a healthy and happy life. To me , this is morality- fighting back greed and gluttony and letting our will power flourish.
ultimately ,most people the 'majority' will all have troubles trying to maintain a healthy weight. i write this as you imply through your writings that obesity is no ones fault and it all stems back to 'mental disorders' or 'physiological disorders' This is just absurd.
To add my homeland of New Zealand coming in a close second with the highest , with many of my family members having passed away from the health problems associated with obesity. This is is not a foreign concept to me as you think.
I am thin because i work hard and go to the gym. i do drink and smoke on occasion i am no angel nor am i the apathetic girl who fails to empathise with other
Aug 2 2013: no, i think you dont understand my logic.
the way you use try to draw similarities to gays and obese people is false when being gay is innate whereas being overweight isnt(in some cases) BIIIIG difference.
i am saying that being overweight is in our control(in some cases) ! we can choose wether or not they want to be overweight or slim though diet and exercise. gay people cannot choose wether they want to be gay or not , they are born this way! people are not born overweight. do you understand?
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resident ghosts in the castle through his mediumship.
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especially near the end of the month for some strange reason. Hear
about the 17th century man who lived there and dabbled in witchcraft
and the occult, and how he secretly painted faces all over the function
room that can be still seen today. You won't be disappointed.
The Mermaid Inn
Rye, England.
Ghostcircle went to the
Mermaid Inn in Rye, England, to investigate one of the most haunted
locations in southern England. Reports of various paranormal activities
have been told by many generations of people who have lived there, and
Ghostcircle recorded the ghostly stories from the current residents and
staff of the Mermaid.
Medium Patrick McNamara investigated the rooms which are the most
active paranormal locations in the Inn, gathering names of the resident
spirit presences in the hotel including a small child, a woman called
Elizabeth Courtney, and a highway man called Jack.
Later that night Ghostcircle held a physical circle with the staff, and
the current owners of the Mermaid. During the circle EVP voices were
captured. A spirit called Jack, a highway man appeared and made his
presence known to Patrick, and the spirit of Elizabeth Courtney
appeared. Experience the reactions people had to the physical phenomena
produced by medium Patrick McNamara where people could feel and see
spirit presences in the room, including a transfiguration of Jack the
highwayman over Patrick showing his pock marked face.
The phenomenon is produced with Photoplasm, a new form of Ectoplasm
that is more sensitive to light and allow circle sitters to see
phenomena in red and blue light. This is modern day Physical Mediumship
in action.
The Guy Fawkes Inn
Ghostcircle went to the
Guy Fawkes Inn to investigate the various paranormal activities
occurring and to do a physical circle in "Guy Fawkes Cottage" located
at the back which was owned by his mother. The Inn is made up of a
Georgian fronted hotel with pub and rooms available including a
courtyard at the back where Guy Fawkes mothers cottage is and also
where he was reputed to have been born in 1570. The cottage has two
rooms available and we held the circle in the oldest part once the pub
had closed. Patrick also did some room investigations picking up a lot
of information which was very relevant to the history especially in two
of the most haunted rooms, the Belfry and room Eight. During the
physical circle there were some amazing semi materialisations using the
photoplasm and ectoplasm energy provided by Patrick and we had Michael
Jacksons face appear over one of the sceptical circle members, who
actually worked in the Guy Fawkes Inn. On the video are post reactions
by people who never sat in a psychic circle before but who saw, bright
blue lights, clouds of photoplasm, were touched by hands, saw a finger
materialise, saw their fingers disappear, faces change on other people
(quite scary ones), hands become skeletal and translucent as well as
feeling materialised spirits that were warm to touch in a cold room.
Some members were touched and given great relevant clairvoyant evidence
from Patrick. We also did an experiment with "The Rosslyn Tones" which
seems to enhance paranormal activity. This is modern physical
mediumship in action with no sitting in cabinets and held in no
darkness, but with red and blue lights turned on so you can see the
The Guy Fawkes Inn
- Tranfiguration Captured
York, England.
went to the Guy Fawkes Inn to investigate the various paranormal
activities occurring and to do a physical circle in "Guy Fawkes
Cottage" located at the back which was owned by his mother. Michael
Jackson Materialises His Face In a Physical Psychic Circle At The Guy
Fawkes Inn, York, just two weeks after his death. Still images of what
looks like Michael Jackson whith Physical medium Patrick McNamara.
Physical Mediumship Captured On Camera Showing Photoplasm and Ectoplasm
to sceptical circle members. Michael Jackson makes an appearance two
weeks after his death and semi materialises in front of witnesses.
Scotlands Secret Bunker
Fife, Scotland.
were asked by Brian Allan and Robin Budge, two paranormal
investigators, to investigate reported paranormal activity in
Scotland's previously "Top Secret" Government bunker. The bunker was
kept secret for over 40 years and was one of the secret locations to be
used by the military and government to direct operations in the event
of a nuclear attack. The bunker itself is an isolated location and
sealed environment, where nobody else except the 10 invited people were
on the premises that night. Patrick did a physical mediumship circle
and picked up clairvoyantly on presences residing in the bunker giving
names and relevant details, a lot of which were confirmed as sightings
by staff. There were also elemental entity presences detected which had
caused distress to people in the bunker. We hold a Physical Mediumship
Circle with some scientists and experienced lots of physical phenomena,
such as an entity knocking on the floor, people saw shadows moving in
the room, some were touched by an entity, flowers were seen to move,
hands disappeared or fingers extended, and noises were heard outside in
the corridor, although we were all locked into the bunker.
We have some amazing results which are ground breaking, including
experiments with "Photoplasm" and "The Rosslyn Tones".
Greenways Farm
Kent, England.
(DVD Trailer
of a 140 minute documentary)
Greenways Farm, a
Medieval manor farm which dates back to the 1450's reckoned to be one
of Kent's most actively "Haunted Houses." Patrick McNamara investigates
the amazing goings on and contacts some spirit entities residing from
Medieval, Tudor, and Stuart times. There is footage of phenomena
captured on camera and some amazing secrets are unearthed from the
farms history, including unknown wartime military operations that were
subsequently confirmed by a neighbour, and a destroyed windmill from
over a century ago that was discovered in the fields behind the farm.
Hear about the pitiful servant girl who slept literally on a shelf and
died of tuberculosis who for some reason lingers and even speaks up
when spoken about. There is a priest who practiced black magic to
control his relatives resulting in lots of noises, loud booms, and
negative energies in the attic. Listen to the two former merchant
brothers who knock in response to the conversation during the filming.
Every area of the farm seems to reveal a story to medium Patrick
The Ram Inn
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England.
(DVD Trailer
of a 75 minute documentary)
Built in
1145 on top of a 5000 year old pagan burial ground, The Ancient Ram Inn
is the oldest building in Wotton-Under-Edge. Life at the Ram started in
the early 11th century but not much is known before 1145. From
1145 it was a Church House for an unknown period. The time between 1145
and 1350 is a little speculative but the known facts are; Predominantly
a Church House, Housed Masons for constructing the near-by St. Mary's
Church and possibly housed Slaves and/or children for the same purpose.
In 1350 The Ram (not known by that name yet) was bought by Maurice De
Bathe. Tenants Peter Le Couk and his wife Margaret resided there for an
unknown period. The property stayed in the name of Maurice De Bathe for
171 years. The Ram changed hands frequently from here right up to 1968
where the current owner John Humphries now resides along side many
uninvited guests.
The Black Horse
Pluckley, Kent, England.
(25 minute
The Black
Horse is a historical wooden beamed 15th century pub surrounded by
orchards in the idyllic village of Pluckley which was used in filming
of the TV series the Darling Buds of May.The black Horse was frequented
by highwaymen and has seen its fair share of violence. Pluckley is
famous for its ghosts reputedly the most haunted village in England,
certainly in Kent.
The Ringlestone Inn
Near Harrietsham, Kent, England.
(15 minute
The Ringlestone
Inn - Tucked away in the middle of the Kent countryside, miles from a
main road, Ghostcircle investigates the pub with an amazing history.
Medium Patrick McNamara describes the goings on in a spooky low light
The Cottingley Fairies
Cottingley, England
(5 minute
video offers proof from the daughter of Frances Griffiths, one of the
the two girls who took the famous Cottingley Fairy pictures in the
1920's. The interview came about on the BBC Antiques Road show in the
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What do you foresee being your key focus for the region in the new role?
AMD Asia Pacific and Japan managing director and corporate vice president, David Kwon (DK): I'll focus on strengthening AMD's component channel, build on the ongoing success of our consumer notebook and desktop business, along with establishing a firm foothold for commercial business growth and reinforcing AMD's business with key customers across the APJ mega region. I'll also be looking into emerging markets such as India and ASEAN with the aim of capitalising on the potential of these markets.
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Where does the Australian market fit into AMD's overall strategy for APJ?
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AMD is quite focused on the consumer PC space, but how important is the PC gaming market to the company?
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It has been over six years since AMD acquired video card manufacturer ATI. How has the acquisition from 2006 worked out for AMD?
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Competitors such as nVidia and Intel have been quite vocal in their marketing about their microchips being use for PC gaming, but it seems like AMD/ATI has been a bit more low key in promotions. Is this intentional?
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COACH FLOOD: I'd like a start by congratulating Coach Hazell and his team. Tremendous effort by them. A really fine football team, as we knew going into the game. I thought they played exceptionally well and certainly would not surprise me to see them go on and continue to have success as the season progresses.
Seven turnovers. Very difficult to win a football game when you turn it over seven times. All the reasons really we've been standing here and talking about how we've won games, protecting the football, running the football, starting field position. Really all three of those phases hurt us in one way or another today.
They certainly did a better job protecting the ball than we did. That's probably the most dramatic of all those phases. I thought their punter was exceptional. I don't know how much we could have done with that. We certainly tried to block him, weren't able to get there. He was able to flip the field on us quite a few times today. We knew going in he was very good and he certainly performed at a very high level.
The punt exchanges benefited them better than us today. They did a good job of running the football. We knew they had two good runners, an experienced offensive line and executed very well. Not so much that we weren't able to run the ball or didn't run the ball, but when a game gets like that, it's tough to get the attempts you would like to have.
I thought we ran the ball early in the game, but didn't have a situation in the game where we were able to continue to run it.
We're certainly disappointed. We're not happy with this second four-game season ended. But as we sit here going into the bye week 7-1, we have to evaluate why today happened and the reasons whey the other seven days happened and make sure we pick stuff out next week that we can get a little bit better at and get a little bit of a jump on preparing for Army, a different scheme, and go into our last four-game season, which will be critical and a lot of things will bedecided in our league in those last four games.
I'll open it for questions.
Q. How difficult is it to stay with a quarterback when he's thrown six interceptions?
COACH FLOOD: It wasn't difficult for me because I felt like we were still in the game, still had enough possessions to try to win the game. If we had gotten to the point where that wasn't the case, I might have gone a different route. We were still in a situation where if we could get a score, we could get a chance at an on-side kick and a chance to win the game.
It wasn't a hard decision for me. I think again it's one of those learning experiences that is not enjoyable, certainly not enjoyable to watch, but it's not enjoyable for him to experience it either. I think it's going to be critical to his progression going forward as a quarterback here.
Q. Was there anything you thought they did to confuse him? Was he pressing too hard?
COACH FLOOD: I don't know that. I will have to look at that on film. They did an excellent job on defense. They did some things on a pressure standpoint that they hadn't done on film. That's every game. Usually every team has something schemed up that's going to be a little different. That's not unique to this game. But I certainly want to give their defense credit, they did a good job taking the ball away from us.
Q. It's rare that you see a defensive end make one interception, let alone two. Was he just playing that play differently or did you not get a cut block?
COACH FLOOD: No, I thought it was an excellent reaction. Really one of those plays, I don't know if you'll see it again. You don't see it very often. The last time I can remember something like that, I'm sure it's happened since, I remember Julius Peppers doing it when he was playing at North Carolina. As an offensive line coach you tend to remember those type of things because they're so unique.
It was a heck of a reaction by him. I want to say he caught it with one hand on the field. I didn't see the replay. But a tremendous interception by that young man. I think the second interception he had was dropping into coverage, a little bit more conventional type thing.
Q. Is it a challenge to convincing these guys that all the goals for the season are ahead of you?
COACH FLOOD: I don't know all the goals for our season are still ahead of us. One is gone. That's the reality for most teams in the country. With the exception of maybe three, four, five teams in the country, to play for a national championship, you have to be undefeated. That's the reality of the system we're in right now. Until it goes to a four team playoff, I don't know that that is going to change.
There's a goal that is in front of us that's never been done at Rutgers, the Big East championship. And we have an opportunity sitting in conference play 4-0 to be able to do that over the last three games of our season. That will be conference games.
I think we'll be very motivated, there's no doubt about that. But I'm always up front and honest with the team. It is the reality of college football the way the system is.
Q. Any discussions with Gary about what he was seeing? Did you talk to Coach Brock?
COACH FLOOD: Coach Spence and Coach Brock had the discussions during the game. My message to Gary was simple. Take what the defense is giving you, don't feel like you got to get it all back in one play. Some of the interceptions, again, certainly Gary is going to look at the film and would have plays he'd like to have back, but the one-handed one by the defensive end, that's a spectacular play by that young man. One of them was tipped.
It's not all of those interceptions him not reading things the way he'd want to. There's certainly plays he'd like to have back. We'll look at those on film and go forward and make the corrections.
Q. Looked like there was an unusually number of missed tackles on the defense tonight.
COACH FLOOD: I don't know that yet. There may have been. I thought their players did an excellent job blocking. I think they've got good runningbacks. The combination of that could lead to that. That may be the case, but I won't know that till we count them up on film.
Q. What happened with stopping the run today?
COACH FLOOD: First thing you have to do is you better credit the other team with executing what they do. They have talented linemen and runningbacks. They executed better than we executed.
I think we got to look at the film to really see the specifics of why because during the game, Coach Smith is making play calls, we're making adjustments. But until we see the film it's tough to say for sure exactly what it is that was the one issue or if there was one issue.
Q. We've asked you about the first half offensive struggles. You haven't agreed with us. But today until the last four seconds, when you had the late drive, it was three points and very little offense again. You still don't accept that as a premise, that this team has struggled in the first half, slow starts?
COACH FLOOD: I think those are two different things. I think if you say did we struggle in the first half? We certainly struggled in the first half today, there's no doubt. I think there are reasons for that.
Maybe I don't hear the question the right way because when somebody says to me that you're off to a slow start, I take that as the team is not emotionally ready to play. That is not what I see when I put the film on. I see a team that is flying around, playing with emotion.
I would like us to execute better. We certainly didn't do that today. That's the game we'll focus on. And there's reasons.
But the reasons are lack of execution. We have a nine-play drive that ends ultimately in a field goal, but the reason we don't have an opportunity for a touchdown is because we get sacked on second down.
Then the third drive, we have a second-and-five, we have a false start. Now it's second-and-10, we end up punting. Those are things that have happened to us, or happened to us today. Then the third drive was the interception by the defensive end.
Those are the reasons, but that's lack of execution on our part, and we got to look at the film and say, What can we do better from a technique standpoint, from acoaching standpoint, to make sure we do it better.
Q. (Question regarding momentum and the fumble.)
COACH FLOOD: I think it's a big play. But I think there's a lot of plays in the game that ultimately go into the result. We're certainly not going to put more weight on that. But I think it's a momentum swing in the game, there's no doubt. It goes from a completion, an opportunity, I forget exactly what yard line it was, we're moving into the red zone or we're in the red zone, to being a turnover. At that point it's a two-score game, so you feel pretty good about your chances.
That's one of many things that happened. There's a lot of things that happened before that that put us in the situation where we're down two touchdowns. I don't put more weight on it, but it is a momentum swing, sure.
Q. Is a bye week a good time right now?
COACH FLOOD: I don't know. I've said before, and I will stick to what I said because I believe it's true. When you get your schedule at the beginning of the year, you find out when your bye weeks are. It's our job as coaches to make sure that we utilize them to the best of our ability to make sure the end of the bye week we're a little bit better, which certainly we got to be a little bit better, and the team is rested and ready for the next part of the season, which for us is going to be critical. We're going to come off the bye week, play a unique scheme on offense and defense versus Army, then three games left after that that are essentially going to decide the Big East championship. This is a critical week for us going forward.
Q. Typically the team would stay with the alma mater after a loss.
COACH FLOOD: That's actually not true. Since I've been here, we've done it after wins but never after losses.
Q. This is the first time in your head coaching career you had to talk to the team after a loss. What was your message and how do you process the next 24 hours?
COACH FLOOD: My message was very simple. They can expect me to be the same exact person I've been the entire season. As I said after wins, it's also true after losses. The next game brings different schemes, different matchups, different personnel.
So to think that the issues we had today will continue to be the issues next week or the reason we may have had success a couple weeks ago would be the reason we would have success today is the wrong way to think about it.
That next game is coming. It is a completely different animal than what we dealt with today. We got to make the corrections so that if we do see these issues in the future we handle them better. After we make the corrections, we have to move on, just like you have to move on after a win.
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The gathering in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad features presidents and prime minister from the 15 mostly English-speaking Caribbean nations that make up the community known as Caricom. In an opening ceremony, leaders paid tribute to the past, while looking ahead.
"As small nations we benefit from sharing our common and not so common experiences," Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie said. "It is a work in progress, a continuing conversation around common themes and experiences from which we all benefit. In recent years, there has been some marked and open impatience with the pace of the Caricom project, but I am pleased to recognize that the journey continues."
Caricom was founded July 4, 1973 in Trinidad and Tobago at a gathering of four Caribbean leaders — Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad — who signed the Treaty of Chaguaramas. The signing of the treaty will be re-enacted Thursday.
Christie was among several leaders who spoke, including outgoing chairman, Haiti President Michel Martelly. Before turning the leadership reins over to incoming chair, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar, Martelly commended the bloc's work this year and efforts in furthering Haiti's integration.
Over the next four days, leaders will address issues ranging from regional transportation to U.S. compliance for foreign bank accounts to the future of the regional body, which has been described as "a talk shop" that has been too slow in creating a European-Union-like market and economy.
Emphasis also will be placed on discussing practical measures to grow the economies of the community and pull them out of the present slump.
Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Manuel Insulza also attended. Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina, Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who chairs the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) group and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, have also been invited to meet with leaders during the summit.


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If it's just not the holidays without mincemeat pie, then our ready-to-use traditional filling will change your "Bah! Humbug!" to "Ho-Ho-Ho" with its luscious texture and rich, aromatic spices. Ours hails from England where it's made with a classic Victorian recipe that calls for plenty of tart apples, currants, sultanas, and plump raisins—simmered with brandy—and just the right amount of sugar and spices. Fill store-bought piecrust or make your own shortbread crust, and celebrate the holidays with a tradition that dates back to the 15th century. 12 oz. jar.
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Trial Purpose
You are free to choose not to participate and if you do become a subject you are free to withdraw from this study at any time during its course. If you choose not to participate or if you withdraw it will not harm your relationship with your own doctors or with Yale-New Haven hospital. If you do become a subject, you are free to stop and withdraw from this study at any time during its course. If you sign this authorization, you may change your mind at any time, but the researchers may continue to use information collected before you changed your mind to complete the research. To withdraw, you can call a member of the research team at any time and tell them that you no longer want to take part. This will cancel any appointments in the future. You must also follow up your phone call by sending a written notice to revoke this authorization to the principal investigator, Dr. Strazzabosco, Internal Medicine - Digestive Diseases, PO BOX 208019, New Haven, CT 06520-8019. Before you make your decision, a member of the research team will be available so that you can ask any questions you have about the research project. You can ask for any information you want. Sign the consent form only after you have had a chance to ask your questions and have received satisfactory answers If you decide to withdraw from this project, please notify a member of the research team before you withdraw. This notice will allow that person or the research supervisor to inform you if there are any health risks or special requirements linked to withdrawing.
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This adults-only program welcomes long-time fans and newbies to have the full viewing experience in watching this classic cult favorite. It's the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when they car halts in the rain. They both look for contact only to find themselves at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter a transvestite. A place to stay is offered, but will Brad and Janet want to remain there? Especially when a large group of Transylvanians dance to the 'Time Warp', Dr. Frank-N-Furter builds his own man and a whole host of participation for the audience to enjoy.
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text: content LE Magazine November 2006 Male and Female Hormone Testing An Underutilized Tool for Maintaining Optimal Health By Edward R. Rosick, DO, MPH When you walk into your doctor's office for an annual physical, you may be given a slip for some routine blood work. Many doctors run a CBC (complete blood count) and serum chemistry tests to get an overall snapshot of primary health markers. However, very few doctors will run tests on vital, life-giving hormones such as DHEA, testosterone, and progesterone. Unfortunately, millions of people and most medical doctors fail to realize that a youthful balance of hormones—the body's vitally important chemical messengers—is essential to overall health and well-being. If our hormones are greatly depleted—and science has demonstrated that several hormones decline in aging adults—then you could be at risk. For years, the Life Extension Foundation has provided its members with information on hormones, the importance of regularly testing for them, and ways to restore and maintain ideal hormone balance. In this article, we will examine the individual components of Life Extension's Male and Female Hormone Panel blood tests. These are some of the most important blood tests you will ever take. Hormone Testing: Essential to Every Anti-Aging Program Given the voluminous scientific data demonstrating the myriad associations between declining hormone levels and age-related disorders such as Alzheimer's and heart disease,1-3 there should be no doubt that hormone testing is an essential element of every annual check-up and disease-prevention program. As this article underscores, it is simply not enough to test for one or two individual hormones. All of the major human hormones are created and continuously interact within an extraordinarily complex biochemical cascade. Life Extension has identified comprehensive hormone panels for men and women that allow you and your physician to accurately and fully assess your hormone status. Illustration of the human thyroid gland, with colored spheres representing the hormones it produces and those that control it. The thyroid gland, wrapped around the windpipe at the front of the neck, consists of two soft lobes (red) joined by a small isthmus. It makes two hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), shown here as yellow spheres, which control the way the body uses chemical energy. Blood levels of these hormones are controlled by thyroid-stimulating hormone (blue spheres), which is made by the pea-sized pituitary gland in the base of the brain. An imbalance of these hormones causes serious illness. TSH: Testing the Thyroid One blood test that I order for almost all my new patients, men and women alike, is thyroid stimulating hormone. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is produced in the pituitary gland, which has such broad-ranging effects on human health that many consider it the "master gland." The thyroid itself exerts these powerful effects through at least four hormones, two of which—thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3)—are produced in the highest quantities. The secretion of thyroid hormones is controlled, via a feedback loop, by the pituitary gland; if the pituitary detects low levels of thyroid hormones in the bloodstream, it secretes thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) to trigger the thyroid to release more of its own hormones. Thyroid hormones influence body weight, mood, cholesterol levels, heart function, the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and numerous other bodily processes. If the thyroid is not working properly, all of these critically important functions will be adversely affected. The condition known as subclinical hypothyroidism has been described in the medical literature for decades. With a prevalence of 4-10% in the general population and 7-26% among the elderly,4 subclinical hypothyroidism is defined as an elevated level of thyroid stimulating hormone accompanied by normal levels of the T4 and T3 hormones. Subclinical hypothyroidism affects millions of people, yet some conventional medical doctors continue to insist that treating this condition is a waste of time. This flies in the face of numerous studies showing that people with subclinical hypothyroidism suffer from a variety of debilitating conditions, such as poor memory and fatigue,5 peripheral arterial disease,6 hyperlipidemia and coronary arterial disease,7 and musculoskeletal disorders.8 Fortunately, supplemental thyroid hormones can be used to improve thyroid function even when levels of the T4 and T3 hormones appear to be normal—that is, if you have checked for a deficiency in the first place! Pregnenolone: The Ultimate Precursor Hormone It may be difficult to find a doctor's office or a laboratory that offers pregnenolone testing. For those interested in optimal aging and avoiding degenerative diseases, however, knowing one's pregnenolone level is essential. In fact, if one hormone could rightfully be called the "ultimate" hormone, it would be pregnenolone. This important biochemical literally functions as a hormonal building block—that is, your body can use it to make other health-regulating hormones, such as DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Unfortunately, like levels of most other hormones, pregnenolone levels begin to decline dramatically once we reach our thirties.9,10 Pregnenolone supplementation has been used since the 1940s to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.11 In women, this versatile hormone has been used to combat myriad menopausal symptoms caused by declining levels of estrogen and progesterone. Women convert this precursor hormone into whatever other hormones—such as estrogen—their bodies may be lacking. Men as well as women can benefit from optimal pregnenolone levels. When elderly men were given pregnenolone in clinical trials, they tested better on visual spatial tasks. In addition, pregnenolone is thought to act in men as it does in women; if a man is deficient in testosterone, for example, pregnenolone is more likely to be converted to testosterone.12 DHEA-S: The Most Abundant Steroid Hormone When you test for DHEA, you are actually testing for DHEA-S. DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is secreted by the adrenal glands and then converted in the body into DHEA-S or dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate. DHEA-S is the storage form of this hormone in the body. So the test will show how much DHEA has been converted and is circulating throughout the body. DHEA is a precursor for many other hormones, including testosterone and estrogen. As with other major hormones, the body's production of DHEA begins to diminish in one's thirties, dropping by about 10% per decade of life in both women and men. Studies show that this decline is correlated with many of the degenerative diseases of aging, such as heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis.13 One of the most notable studies on the use of DHEA supplementation to counteract the effects of aging was conducted by researchers at the University of California School of Medicine.14 This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial followed 17 women and 13 men, aged 40-70, over a six-month period. The subjects were given 50 mg of DHEA a day for three months, and then were given a placebo for three months. Within two weeks of beginning DHEA supplementation, the patients had attained DHEA blood levels comparable to those of young adults. After three months of DHEA supplementation, 84% of the women and 64% of the men reported a remarkable increase in self-perceived physical and psychological well-being, including improved quality of sleep, less anxiety, increased energy, and better ability to handle stress. In addition to promoting overall health, DHEA supplementation can also help women regain their sexual edge. A recent study published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy examined the effects of DHEA supplementation (50 mg per day) on 111 premenopausal women, aged 35-55, over a period of two to six months.15 Women taking DHEA supplements reported marked improvements in sexual function, in terms of desire, arousal, lubrication, satisfaction, and orgasm. One of the most ambitious studies on the relationship between aging and DHEA levels was begun in 1958 in Baltimore and continues to this day. Known as the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, it has been carefully examining the aging process in more then 1,000 people between the ages of ages 20 and 90. A recent study in the prestigious journal Science examined the correlation between certain biomarkers, including DHEA-S, and overall health.16 Men who had higher levels of DHEA-S lived longer, healthier lives than men with lower levels of DHEA-S, leading the study authors to conclude, "DHEA-S, which declines in . . . humans during normal aging, may be important in health maintenance and may serve as another potential longevity marker." Continued on Page 2 of 2


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