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A fundamental principle of the Paleo Diet is to go back to the way of our ancestors and depend on all-natural sustenance to survive. Some people are skeptical about the diet, but the outstanding benefits for the people who have tried it are evidence that there is more to it than just a mere change in one's food choice. It gives our bodies an opportunity to go back to the way they enjoyed food thousands of years ago.
The myriad of benefits from the Paleo Diet go beyond just weight loss. It's more than just skin deep. It provides an avenue for holistic well-being and a chance to lead a healthier and sounder lifestyle. If you're looking to try out this proven diet, here are the ultimate reasons why you should go Paleo now.
1. O'Keefe, J.H., Jr. and L. Cordain, Cardiovascular disease resulting from a diet and lifestyle at odds with our Paleolithic genome: how to become a 21st-century hunter-gatherer. Mayo Clin Proc, 2004. 79(1): p. 101-8.
2. Toohey, L., L. Cordain, and M. Smith, Dietary antigens can exhibit molecular mimicry with human proteins and initiate autoimmune disease. Faseb Journal, 1998. 12(5): p. 5055.
3. Selmi, C. and K. Tsuneyama, Nutrition, geoepidemiology, and autoimmunity. Autoimmunity Reviews, 2010. 9(5): p. A267-A270.
4. Cordain, L., The nutritional characteristics of a contemporary diet based upon Paleolithic food groups. Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association, 2002. 5(5): p. 15-24.
5. Cordain, L., et al., Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization. Arch Dermatol, 2002. 138(12): p. 1584-90.
6. Cordain, L., Implications for the role of diet in acne. Semin Cutan Med Surg, 2005. 24(2): p. 84-91.
7. Prasad, K. and I. Dhar, Oxidative stress as a mechanism of added sugar-induced cardiovascular disease. Int J Angiol, 2014. 23(4): p. 217-26.
8. Mearns, B.M., Public health: Increased risk of cardiovascular death in adults who eat high levels of added sugar. Nat Rev Cardiol, 2014. 11(4): p. 187.
9. McCarthy, M., Higher sugar intake linked to raised risk of cardiovascular mortality, study finds. BMJ, 2014. 348: p. g1352.
10. Yang, Q., et al., Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among US adults. JAMA Intern Med, 2014. 174(4): p. 516-24.
11. Bortsov, A.V., et al., Sugar-sweetened and diet beverage consumption is associated with cardiovascular risk factor profile in youth with type 1 diabetes. Acta Diabetol, 2011. 48(4): p. 275-82.
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Anna Labor and Bellamy Young at Paley Fest
Like so many others I was bullied all through school, but it was middle school when it got really bad — all because of a rumor another girl decided to spread about me and a fellow friend. I never knew this girl very well ( I barely had any classes with her) but somehow she decided to spread a silly rumor and helped others make my life a living hell. Rumors spread like wildfire and suddenly every day I had a goal to simply survive the day. By the time I graduated high school, and after being bullied by students AND some teachers (yes, teachers), I was a wounded soul, yet I somehow made it through. Even though they stacked odds against me that I wasn't "smart" enough to graduate or to even succeed in going to college or having a career, I graduated with a high GPA and went to college (and I am now a lead graphic designer at a small company) but really, I was a shell of a person – I was empty. I didn't know who I was or who I'd become. I simply didn't know how to be me because all this time I was told being me was wrong. It's a horrible thought to have.
No child should ever fear to walk down the hallway of their school because they don't know what will happen to them. Would I be harmed? What horrendous words would be thrown in my direction today (I was told I was better off dead at one point – that's how severe the threats and words were)? It was a fear I had to face every day. To some, words are simply words. However, they are as equivalent as a punch in the gut. Only with words you don't see a wound or the bruise left by the aggressor but the victim? We feel it everyday. The wounds eventually scar over but they stay with us – a constant reminder of that horrible time.
"It hurts until it doesn't. You think it's going to break you, but it won't. You may not sleep as well at night, but you will be fine. Numb, but numb and fine are the same." – Mellie Grant, Scandal
College was the only school I felt safe in. Finally, I could walk the halls without fearing of being harmed or harassed. I didn't realize the battle wasn't over and now I had to rebuild myself — a big challenge. This took years and so many things played a role in the rebuilding.
The pain was severe but I kept tucking it away hoping it would eventually disappear. Maybe if I kept ignoring it and acting as if it didn't exist, it would go away and never return. But it stayed and it all came to surface when I sat down and watched a show called 'Scandal'. Being a TV show buff and someone who loves writing and how creative writers can be — it didn't shock me too much that a show/character/actress would play a role in this journey to healing…
The moment I saw Mellie Grant on Scandal I saw more to her than her cold demeanor. I saw much deeper than that. I related to her. Her anger is what I felt inside for so long but never knew how to handle it. She was a woman in pain and a woman who had been wronged and had no one on her side. That's all she wanted…someone on her side — someone to listen ("I want to be heard!").
As I watched her scenes and heard her monologues, I could feel myself getting emotional, more than I ever have during any show/movie. Not because I related to her exact trial or situation, but because it was bringing up my own anger and bitterness I had against those bullies. Suddenly, all the pain was at the surface and it was demanding to be felt.
"Love is a true unconditional space to me. To love someone or to be loved is to be seen, and I think, gosh, as humans, all we want is to be seen, to be heard, right? To be valued. To be respected. But mostly just to be held in a safe, unconditional space." – Bellamy Young, Origin Mag.
I was bitter that I was alone during those years, and I had no one on my side. I had to fight through the battle alone because I didn't know who to trust and who I could turn to. I was angry no one could see my screaming wounds that had barely scarred over. These strong feelings intrigued me to look up this amazing actress who portrayed Mellie in such a wonderful and heart-wrenching way. I needed to know who this woman was.
I didn't realize how these actions were about to lead me down a new path of healing – all because of Amy Maria Young (stage name is Bellamy Young). I watched her red carpet interviews, I watched her talk show interviews and I saw she had endured so much grief and pain in her own life. Once again, I felt a connection. While we had two totally different stories and two different types of pain, I felt connected. As more interviews came out over the year, and she talked of pain and true beauty, I could feel my heart softening and the once dim light in my life was getting brighter. These were words I had longed to hear. I silently ached for these words every day. She was the sunshine in my own darkness, and she brought back the light. She taught me to welcome my pain like I welcome the joy – it was a challenge at first because of all the pain that was built up. She taught me that even with all the pain, darkness and ugliness that we face in our lives, we can still be a good person and we can still carry ourselves with grace. It's the only way we'll heal and have a good life – holding onto bitterness and anger won't get us anywhere.
"You gotta love yourself, because when you're hurting — you never know who's gonna be around to do the lovin' for ya. You gotta love yourself through the pain." – Bellamy Young, Origin Mag
I forgive my bullies. Perhaps they were in a bad place and felt the need to inflict their own pain on someone who seemed to have a happy life. I'll never understand why that girl spread the rumor or what her exact purpose was but that's not for me to understand. Right now, I just have to continue moving on. I truly hope those bullies are happy and have a good life. And if they have kids I hope they remember how they treated me and will teach their kids how awful bullying is. It makes a huge impact on someone's life.
I've been wanting to write about this for such a long time but I kept hesitating in fear people would think this is a silly way to heal, but if this can somehow reach out to someone who is currently being bullied perhaps this will help inspire them to keep going and to keep the hope, maybe this will help them find a way, a person, or anything to help them with the pain and for them to see the light. The days do get better and the sun does return.
"But also, kindness. That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place. From the fear and constriction that's sort of always pulling us back and keeping us in old modalities, I feel like any expansive act of kindness, thoughtfulness, and generosity, helps tip the scale toward a more conscious, liberated existence for everyone. The smallest act has repercussions for the universe." – Bellamy Young, Origin Magazine
Written by: Anna Labor
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KDEC 9670 - Theory and Epistemology of the Sources of International Law
Type d'enseignement : Seminar
Semester : Spring 2018-2019
Number of hours : 24
Language of tuition : English
Course Description
The sources of international law constitute specific modes of legal reasoning found in any legal claim about international law and global governance. In fact, anyone en-gaging in international legal argumentation resort to the sources of international law when articulating a legal claim. Interestingly, in deploying the modes of legal reason-ing associated with the sources of international law, lawyers bespeak a wide variety of conceptual biases, cognitive prejudices, and professional partisanship while, con-sciously or unconsciously, serving very diverging agendas. This holds for judges, arbitrators, counsels, legal advisers ad academics. This course ambitions to unveil and discuss some of the main biases and agendas at work behind the sources of in-ternational law and the way they are used by a whole range of professionals. The course will make use of a series of conceptual and theoretical works as well as inter-national case law.
D'ASPREMONT, Jean (Professeur à l'Ecole de Droit de Sciences Po)
Course validation
Each week : Students will write a 1-page synopsis every week about the main questions addressed in the readings. The quality of the weekly synopsis as well as participation during the sessions will be taken into account in the final evaluation. At the end of the course: Students will write an essay (4000 words) on a topic of their choice. The topic must relate to one of the specific or cross-cutting questions discussed in the course and must be preliminarily approved by the lectur-er. This essay is the primary basis of evaluation for this course.
For each seminar, students will be expected to read approx. 1-2 pieces of schol-arship (links are provided below; some articles or chapters will be provided se-parately). Preparation will amount to approx. 2-3 hours of preparation per week and is absolutely essentual, also taking into account the submission of the 1-page synopsis every week. The course will be delivered through workshops where students are expected to actively participate and share their opinions.
Required reading
- Session 1: The sources of international law and the liberal heritage : J. d'Aspremont, "Bindingness" in J. d'Aspremont and S. Singh (eds), Funda-mental Concepts for International Law: The Construction of a Discipline, Elgar, 2018, Forthcoming; Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2690155
- Session 2: The invention and reinvention of the modern sources of international law : Ole Spiermann, 'Who Attempts too Much Does Nothing Well': the 1920 Advi-sory Committee of Jurists and the Statute of the Permanent Court of Interna-tional Justice, British Yearbook of International Law, Volume 73, Issue 1, 1 January 2003, Pages 187–260, https://doi.org/10.1093/bybil/73.1.187
- C. Tams, Meta-Custom and the Court: A Study in Judicial Law-Making, Source: The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 51 – 79 Publication Year : 2015, available here: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15718034-12341285
- Text of the draft conclusions provisionally adopted by the Drafting Committee, 68th session of the International Law Commission (2016), http://legal.un.org/docs/?symbol=A/CN.4/L.872
Additional required reading
- Session 3: The nature of the sources of international law : Fernando Lusa Bordin, "Reflections of Customary International Law: The Au-thority of Codification Conventions and ILC Draft Articles in International Law", 63 International and Comparative Law Quarterly (2014), pp 535-567 http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9304123
- J. d'Aspremont, The Idea of 'Rules' in the Sources of International Law, 84 British Yearbook of International Law (2014) 103-130, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2501252
- Session 4: Expansionism and the sources of international law : M. Koskenniemi, 'The Pull of the Mainstream' (1990) 88 Michigan Law Review 1946 (available: https://iow.eui.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2016/04/HR-08-dAspremont-Koskenniemi.pdf)
- J. d'Aspremont, Expansionism and the Sources of International Human Rights Law (March 28, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2755722
- J. d'Aspremont, The Two Cultures of International Criminal Law (February 2, 2017). Forthcoming, Heller, Mégret, Nouwen, Ohlin, Robinson (eds), Oxford Handbook of International Criminal Law (OUP, 2018); Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2910295
- Session 5: Interpretivism and the sources of international law : A. Bianchi, Textual Interpretation and (International) Law Reading: The Myth of (in) Determinacy and the Genealogy of Meaning (December 28, 2010). MAK-ING TRANSNATIONAL LAW WORK IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY - ES-SAYS IN HONOUR OF DETLEV VAGTS, pp. 34-56, P. Bekker, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1732001
- Hollis, Duncan B., Sources and Interpretation Theories: An Interdependent Rela-tionship (September 8, 2016). The Oxford Handbook on the Sources of Interna-tional Law (Jean d'Aspremont & Samantha Besson, eds., Oxford University Press, 2016 Forthcoming); Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-46. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2836691
- Hollis, Duncan B., The Existential Function of Interpretation in International Law (September 24, 2013). Interpretation in International Law (Andrea Bianchi, Dan-iel Peat & Matthew Windsor, eds., Oxford University Press 2014); Temple Uni-versity Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-43. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2330642 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2330642
- Session 6: Managerialism, epistemic conquest, and the sources of international law : D. Kennedy, "The Mystery of Global Governance," 34 Ohio Northern University Law Review, pp 827-860 (2008)
- M. Koskenniemi, "The Politics of International Law — 20 years later", available here: http://www.ejil.org/article.php?article=1785&issue=90
- Jean d'Aspremont, Softness in International Law: A Self-Serving Quest for New Legal Materials, European Journal of International Law, Vol. 19, pp. 1075-1093, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1265511
- Session 7: Formalism and the sources of international law : J. d'Aspremont, Sources in Legal Formalist Theories: The Poor Vehicle of Legal Forms (on file with the author)
- d'Aspremont, Jean, International Lawyers and Legal Forms: Transatlantic Denials (September 14, 2017). Forthcoming in Chiara Giorgetti & Guglielmo Verdirame (eds), Concepts on International Law in Europe and the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3036973
- Session 8: Empiricism and the sources of international law : Gregory Shaffer Tom Ginsburg, The Empirical Turn in International Legal Schol-arship, 106 American Journal of International Law (2012), available at http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/shaffer/pdfs/2012%20The%20Empirical%20Turn%20in%20Legal%20Scholarship.pdf
- d'Aspremont, Jean, If International Judges Say So, It Must Be True: Empiricism or Fetishism? (November 23, 2015). ESIL Reflections, November 2015, Vol 4, Issue 9. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2696721
- Session 9: Imperialism and the sources of international law :Emmanuelle Jouannet, Universalism and Imperialism: The True-False Paradox of International Law?, EJIL (2007), Vol. 18 No. 3, 379−407, http://www.ejil.org/pdfs/18/3/139.pdf
- Antony Anghie, Imperialism and International Legal Theory, in Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann (eds) The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law (OUP, 2016) (on file with the author)
- Session 10: Systematicity and the sources of international law : Hernández, G.I. (2018). Systematicity and the Sources of International Law: A Co-Constitutive Relationship? In The Oxford Handbook on the Sources of Internation-al Law. Besson, S. & d'Aspremont, J. Oxford University Press (on file with the au-thor)
- d'Aspremont, Jean, The International Court of Justice and the Irony of System-Design (2016). Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2016. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2930661
- Session 11: The contestation of the sources of international law : Venzke, Ingo, The Role of International Courts as Interpreters and Developers of the Law: Working Out the Jurisgenerative Practice of Interpretation (June, 20 2011). Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, Forth-coming. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1868423 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1868423
- d'Aspremont, Jean, The Politics of Deformalization in International Law (October 12, 2011), Goettingen Journal of International Law, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 503-550, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1942775
- Session 12: The re-invention of the sources of international law : Cohen, Harlan Grant, Finding International Law: Rethinking the Doctrine of Sources. Iowa Law Review, Vol. 93, 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=983579
- J. d'Aspremont, Towards a New Theory of Sources in International Law, in A. Or-ford and F. Hoffmman, Oxford Handbook on the Sources of International Law (on file with the author)


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Families Facing Tax Increases Under Trump's Tax Plan
Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Research Report, Oct. 28, 2016
29 Pages Posted: 26 Sep 2016 Last revised: 30 Oct 2016
Date Written: October 28, 2016
Donald Trump's tax plan would cost about $6 trillion over 10 years. Trump claims his plan would cut taxes for every income group, with the largest tax cuts for working- and middle-class families. But despite its enormous price tag, his plan would actually significantly raise taxes for millions of low- and middle-income families with children, with especially large tax increases for working single parents.
This paper explains how Trump's tax plan would raise taxes on so many families and provides examples of how large these tax increases would be. It conservatively estimates that Trump's plan would increase taxes for about 8.7 million families. About 20 percent of households and more than half of single parents would pay more in taxes. Roughly 26 million individuals reside in these families facing a tax increase, including 11 million adults and 15 million children.
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All the villages, towns, cities and several special districts in Arapahoe County, as well as the County itself, are responsible State Permit holders for implementing controls to limit nutrient loads, or 'pollutants' that make their way to our drainageways, or "waters of the State". These local governments have banded together to create a cooperative group called SPLASH, or...
Why is there a straw in Geneva Lake?
The straw was installed to remind and encourage residents to think about your drink: what can you do at your home, school, and business to protect the water that you use every day? Rain that falls on impervious (hard) surfaces such as streets and parking lots can pick up trash, oil, lawn fertilizer, pet waste and other pollutants as it travels. These pollutants are carried to the storm drainage system, which drains directly into our local water bodies, untreated. Polluted rain runoff, or stormwater, compromises the quality of the water that is used for drinking and other uses.
How can I protect lakes and streams in my community?
Everyday actions have an impact on the water quality of our lakes and streams. Common substances left on streets and sidewalks such as leaking automotive fluids, nutrients from lawn fertilizer, pet waste, and cigarette butts tossed outside are just a few of the types of things that often enter streams and lakes through the storm drain system that can harm aquatic life and people that use the water downstream. Regular vehicle maintenance, using phosphorous-free fertilizer, picking up after your pet, and properly disposing of trash are some of the actions you can take to protect and improve local water bodies. Read more about pollution prevention on our education page.
What is H2Only?
The H2Only message is a call to action: To ensure that we can continue to use the water in our lakes and streams for drinking, recreation, and other uses, only rain water should enter the storm drains. H2Only was developed by the Barr Milton Watershed Association for the Denver metropolian area. SPLASH (Stormwater Permittees for Local Awareness of Stream Health) is a group of local water professionals that has adopted the H2Only message in an effort to protect and enhance the water quality in South Metro Denver.
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Let's Get Social – featuring Jennifer Milburn
Welcome back for another week of Let's Get Social, where I feature a different entrepreneur every Sunday!
This week I am featuring Jennifer Milburn. Don't forget – if you or someone you know can help out the featured entrepreneur with their area of need (see question #4), be sure to leave a comment! Also, if you would like to be the next entrepreneur featured, learn how at the end of this post. Enjoy!
Q&A Time – featuring Jennifer:
If you were a superhero, what would your super power be?
Without a doubt, a mind reader. I've always had a super keen intuition, so being able to read minds would feel pretty natural.
What song do you crank up when you need a boost, or are celebrating a business victory?
Set Fire to the Rain or Rolling in the Deep by Adele. She is such a powerhouse.
What's the best book you've read this year? (Business or fiction)
As an entrepreneur, I am always looking for books to keep me inspired. The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks came to me at the perfect time and really helped bust through some lingering limiting beliefs and take some big steps in my business.
I love to play business matchmaker. What area of your business could you use help with, in case the Socially Aligned audience or I can hook you up with someone?
Having someone optimize my website would be awesome!
Apple or PC?
What's your favorite social media network for business?
What hidden talent do you have that people would be surprised to learn of?
I make a mean omelette.
Give us the elevator pitch – what do you do and where can people find you online to connect?
I'm an empowerment mentor for sensitive women who are ready to own their truths, embrace their fears, and start living unapologetic lives. You can find me at http://www.jennifermilburn.com.


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Did you ever play PT? If not you should have. It was a teaser for Silent Hills, not that anyone knew it at the time, and it was glorious. It was strange, mysterious, confusing and utterly terrifying. Depending on what players did, experiences were slightly different, and only very specific actions led to the teaser trailer for Silent Hills, which has obviously since been cancelled, to the real horror of many people, myself included.
Before we all draw the blinds, stop answering calls, and sink into a depression spiral of eating, sleeping and bingeing the likes of which Netflix has never seen, let's take a look at Allison Road, Lilith Ltd's indie horror title currently on Kickstarter, being described as the 'spiritual successor' to PT.
Set in Manchester, players will explore a beautifully detailed home on Allison Road, where the game gets its name. Similar to PT, Allison Road is a first-person horror where players begin to explore their surroundings without any explanation as to who they are or how they got there. As they look around the house, picking up and interacting with seemingly mundane items, menacing things are whispered to the player. And, based on the absolutely gripping and/or disturbing prototype gameplay a little further down, it doesn't take long before something a little more physical joins you; a bloodied girl, named Lily.
Everything then begins to take a nasty turn, just like in PT. When things go wrong, they go really wrong. After escaping the outstretched clutches of the unexplained girl, the player hears a scream from the woman in the apartment above their own. Then the walls begin to bleed. It. Just. Keeps. Getting. Scarier.
In order to make Allison Road the complete horror success that I'm sure it deserves to be, the studio are asking for £250,000 on Kickstarter. That might seem like a lot of money, and it is, but they've already reached over £100,000 with around 20 days still left to go. Plus, it's just so beautiful. Seriously. I even went to pledge a moment ago and then realised that my negative bank balance may have a problem with that… Soon, my pretty.
I'll be watching Allison Road very closely, as it has now become one of the most exciting horror titles on my radar. All I need to decide now is whether I pledge £15 for a Steam key, or £25 for a console key… Decisions, decision.
Did you watch it yet? If so, I'm sorry. I know you'll never be able to sleep again. Not yet? Oh, ignore that. You should definitely watch it. Send all underwear bills to the Allison Road Twitter account, or straight to Lilith Ltd for the more personal touch.


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The Truth and Lies About Working Out Correctly
Working out is one of those things that we love to hate on or simple love without any additions to the emotion. We need to work out in order to keep in shape, this we know well. We also need to work out to ward off diseases apparently, to keep our organs working properly and to strengthen our body in general, ensuring we are always at our best, no matter what our weight. There are many myths connected with exercising as well though, things told by those gyms and those weight loss programs, the personal trainers and the "experts' in the field alike. They may mean well, but they just end up making us feel worse overall. There are so many elements to each and every person's body that it is imperative that one understands him or herself best before following that well-meant advice to the tee. As such, there are those quite knowledgeable in the field, who offer some sage advice. It is rather important to understand the truth and lies about working out correctly, which we are discussing below!
1. You are a unique individual: Just because someone else with an incredible body and form tells you to do something thus, it does not mean that it is something meant for you as well. You as a 25-year-old have a very different shape, size, ability, point of no return and everything else than your 25-year-old best friend, let alone a stranger. It makes no difference. You need to work out in a way that it is right for you, that it helps your body get into the shape you want it to be. Everything about you is different than all the rest so do not give up when you realize that what works for one person does not also work for you. You will find your own step sooner or later.
2. Weight loss can also mean health loss: It may seem to be amazing that you are losing a whole lot of weight all at once, dropping 5 kilos a week, but you are actually drastically affecting your health as well, something you do not want to be doing. It is better to lose your weight slowly but steadily, allowing your body time to adjust to each pound less weighing you down. Should you go too fast, you will run into some major problems.
3. Weight loss is not necessarily fat loss: You may be losing weight as you go on one diet or another, but that may not be fat at all but merely water loss, leading to a dehydrated body more than a thinner, healthier one. The amount of muscle you have to body fat is most important here and losing on the muscle mass will only hurt your stamina, physical abilities and general functioning in life. Use measurements instead of a scale to make sure you are keeping in shape and are fit enough, while ensuring a proper body composition with a balanced scale of muscle, fat, water and overall density.
4. Stress can be causing the majority of your problems: An obsession over a healthy lifestyle can cause way too much stress and have the opposite effect as well. If you have missed an aerobics class or a training session, it matters not. Just enjoy the moment and reschedule, make up for it the next time around without allowing it to eat you up from the inside. You're only human so you will need to take a deep breath and relax in order for your healthy lifestyle to work out properly.
You have been told many different myths throughout your life. It is time to have them seen as defunct, as outdated and incorrect, not taking any of the factors stated above into consideration. But which lies have been the worst?
This program will transform your body! Yeah, okay. The truth is that health is a lifestyle and not a series of programs meant to transform your body. You cannot start a workout program for a few weeks or months, lose the weight and then expect it to stay off when you begin to eat those cheesecakes again. It can be a fantastic way to kick start a healthy lifestyle but it does not end there. There should be no countdown until it ends. It should become a part of who you are. But you must already know that, even if you are enrolled in a program or two or three…
You do not need to sleep so much as you get older: In a way it is true. You no longer need 9 to 10 hours of sleep a night like a child would. However, you do need at least 7 hours of sleep, preferably 8, or at least resting the eyes and the brain so that you can function normally once again the next day. A lack of proper sleep will snowball soon enough and you will have a load of health problems to deal with. You will need that sleep in order to have a proper workout session.
Your body will conform to whatever you decide to do with it: Once again, in a way it is true. But your body is smarter than you think and will respond to a lack of proper calories and nutrition by breaking itself down. If you want to be losing on energy or want a slower metabolism, along with increased appetite levels, you should keep to that irrational manner of controlling the body. You will certainly not be able to hold on to your health however. Working your body too hard and stressing it out will not be of any help.
You can lose a lot of weight all at once: You can lose a lot of weight or you may not. You can feel healthy doing so or totally lose interest in everything. At the end of the day, you just need to slow down, a lot. You will not be losing too much weight at once if you are actually taking a healthy route to fitness, will plateau and even see yourself barely budging towards your goals. You do not even want to be seeing extremes as that can have an adverse effect overall. Don't feel guilty either for any small "mistakes' made on your way. That is a sure way to ruin any bit of success gained over the last bit you have been working on something.
The more you work out, the more fit you will be: Endurance is a very good thing and the more you work out the better you will feel but not all in the same block of time. Your body does amazing after 45 to 55 minutes of really pushing it to its limits but you do not want to stress out your body and produce excess cortisol, leading to a negative impact on your health. Make sure your body is nice and stimulated but not pushed too far that it can lead to failure at any given point.
You need a variety of workouts every time: Now this is certainly not true as you also need to build endurance. There is nothing wrong with doing the same thing for 45 minutes straight, tough it will bore you to no end as well. Variety also helps you prevent hitting a plateau, but it helps condition strength and gives your body a chance to adapt to the moves themselves. You should have a plan of different moves, one batch a days that you repeat every other day or every week just to keep changing it up while still working your muscles productively. Plus, you should switch around the types of workout you do every 4-6 weeks just to give your body a chance to work on something different, on a different set of muscles that need your unwavering attention, at least for a certain period of time.
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Shear Stress Transmission Model for the Flagellar Rotary Motor
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Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9(9), 1595-1620; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms9091595
Received: 23 May 2008 / Revised: 28 July 2008 / Accepted: 8 August 2008 / Published: 1 September 2008
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Muscle Contraction Mechanism, Motor Proteins Function and Molecular Aspects of Water)
AbstractMost bacteria that swim are propelled by flagellar filaments, which are driven by a rotary motor powered by proton flux. The mechanism of the flagellar motor is discussed by reforming the model proposed by the present authors in 2005. It is shown that the mean strength of Coulomb field produced by a proton passing the channel is very strong in the Mot assembly so that the Mot assembly can be a shear force generator and induce the flagellar rotation. The model gives clear calculation results in agreement with experimental observations, e g., for the charasteristic torque-velocity relationship of the flagellar rotation. View Full-Text
Keywords: Flagellar rotary motor; model for flagellar motor; proton-induced electric field in membrane; permanent electric dipole; viscoelasticity; motor driven by shear force; rotation velocity vs. proton deriving force; torque-velocity relation
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Totally redesigned front and rear bumper pieces gave the Corvette a striking new look in 1980. Due to tougher emission standards, Corvettes bound for California were fitted with 305 cubic inch engines. A new federal law mandated speedometers with a maximum reading of only 85 mph. Another negative were the roof panel carriers.
After several years of weight increases, the 1980 Corvette was lighter because of lower density roof panels, reduced thickness in hood and outer doors, and use of aluminum for the differential housing and cross member. Air conditioning became standard. 1980 was the last full production year Corvettes were built in St. Louis before moving the assembly line to Bowling Green, KY. The last L-82 is a prime collectable, since only 5,069 were built.
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SATURDAY, July 10, 2010 (HealthDay News) -- Incorrect use of child safety seats is a major reason why car accidents remain the leading cause of disability and death among children in the United States, an expert warns.
Research has shown that seven out of 10 car seats are not installed correctly, Dr. Karen Judy, an associate professor in the pediatrics department at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, noted in a Loyola news release.
She added that the proper use of safety seats is essential for young children.
"If your child weighs less than 80 pounds and is shorter than 57 inches, a seat belt will lay across the child's neck and belly. In the event of an accident this puts pressure on sensitive areas with the potential for serious injuries, including spinal cord and abdominal injuries or even death. No matter how short the trip, if your child is in the car, he or she should be in a child safety seat," Judy said in the news release.
To help keep children safe while traveling in a car, Judy offered the following tips:
- Use the correct type of car seat for a child's age, height and weight. Most infant safety seats only hold up to 22 pounds and should always be used in a rear-facing position. Children in car seats should not face forward until they are older than 1 year and weigh more than 20 pounds. Children should continue using forward-facing car seats until they are older than age 4 years, or weigh more than 40 pounds.
- Children aged 4 to 8 years should use a booster seat and continue to do so until they are at least 4 feet 9 inches or taller, regardless of their age.
- Children younger than 13 years of age should not sit in the front seat because they could be crushed by air bags if they deploy.
- Read the instructions that came with the car seat as well as your vehicle owner's manual thoroughly before installing the safety seat in the car. Have a professional check to ensure the seat is installed correctly. Your local police station should have information on safety seat inspection sites in your area.
- Never install a safety seat in the front seat of a car.
- When a child is in a safety seat, the harness should be level with the shoulders and the straps should be secure and tight.
- If possible, don't use a secondhand car seat. If you do, make certain it's never been in an accident and has all the parts, including instructions. Never use a car seat that's six or more years old.
"By taking simple but important measures, parents can protect their children from the number one killer in our nation," Judy stated. She added that "studies have shown that by taking these precautions the likelihood of your child being killed or disabled in a motor vehicle crash decreases significantly. It's an easy way to save kids' lives."
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I love quizzes and food, so why not join in the fun of Vegan Mofo?
1. Favorite non-dairy milk?
Unsweetened Rice Milk
2. What are the top 3 dishes/recipes you are planning to cook?
Pumpkin Brownies, Butternut squash pizza, Vegan French Toast…
3. Topping of choice for popcorn?
I actually don't eat it much anymore… it kinda kills my stomach for some reason. If I do, maybe lightly salted or with cinnamon and sugar.
4. Most disastrous recipe/meal failure?
Pumpkin Brownies round one last fall. Disgusting. Veganizing brownies is a bit of work.
5. Favorite pickled item?
I don't eat anything pickled. Not my thing!
6. How do you organize your recipes?
With a tab in my Safari browser 🙂 That's it.
7. Compost, trash, or garbage disposal?
All of the above. We compost at work so I sometimes take things there. I recycle at home but definitely use the trash for things I can be lazy about on occasion.
8. If you were stranded on an island and could only bring 3 foods…what would they be (don't worry about how you'll cook them)?
Watermelon, Bananas, Peanut Butter
9. Fondest food memory from your childhood?
When my mom would make us pancakes, my brother and i always looked forward to her mickey mouse creations or having our names spelled out. Now that I can make my own, its funny how hard I thought this was back then. 🙂
10. Favorite vegan ice cream?
Store: Coconut Bliss Chocolate… and Stogo [in NYC] has amazing vegan ice cream as well.
11. Most loved kitchen appliance?
My food processor.
12. Spice/herb you would die without?
Cinnamon and Cumin [can't pick one]
13. Cookbook you have owned for the longest time?
Ha. I bought myself my first cookbook a year and a half ago by Mark Bittman called "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian." Yes, I was 24 before I got my first cookbook. I've added to this, obviously, but I still prefer online databases like Epicurious, The PPK, Tastespotting, or various vegan food blogs.
14. Favorite flavor of jam/jelly?
You know, I can't even remember the last time I bought jam. Blackberry or Strawberry.
15. Favorite vegan recipe to serve to an omni friend?
Black Bean and Quinoa Tacos [dinner] or one of my scone recipes
16. Seitan, tofu, or tempeh?
Tempeh, actually. I can cook with it better than tofu… I just tried seitan and its good, but the texture is really a bit strange if I think about it too much.
17. Favorite meal to cook (or time of day to cook)?
Sunday Mornings are my absolute favorite. Its the first of two days I get to actually make myself french pressed coffee and breakfast. Every other day I am doing this for other people and I really, really look forward to doing it for myself. I love cooking breakfast!
18. What is sitting on top of your refrigerator?
Nothing really. A cabinet is above which makes the top difficult to use for any type of storage.
19. Name 3 items in your freezer without looking.
Frozen blueberries, Ezekiel bread, Frozen homemade cookie dough
20. What's on your grocery list?
Greens, Olive Oil, Apples
21. Favorite grocery store?
I love Whole Foods [I worked there once] but I rarely can just get what I plan for… I am a new convert to farmer's markets though… and really, I just determine what's the most inexpensive and/or most local and base my choices on those factors. So you may find me at Kroger or Trader Joe's as well.
22. Name a recipe you'd love to veganize, but haven't yet.
French Toast….. tomorrow.
23. Food blog you read the most.
I love Happy Herbivore. Lindsay's recipes never disappoint. They are very healthy and are not expensive to recreate. I have several I read, though. If you want links let me know!
24. Favorite vegan candy/chocolate?
I don't really care about candy that much… I do love dark chocolate. Apparently there is a dark chocolate with fig by Theo and I am on the hunt for it!
25. Most extravagant food item purchased lately?
I try not to get anything extravagant, but occasionally I will get Coconut Bliss icecream. I want to cook with coconut oil but can't quite bring myself to buy it. I also have a new addiction to Perrier or San Pellegrino that I really need to stop. But this isn't technically a food item.
26. Ingredients you are scared to work with?
Beets, Silken tofu, seitan… and I am sure there are others.


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Intellectual and political journeys of an eccentric artist living in paradise with lots of creative ideas, and a hundred opinions. Some of which matter.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Health Care?????
I mentioned I would likely write about this subject more than once. My friend, mentioned in the first article, lost half his foot. We do not know at this time if that is where it will stop.
The antibiotics the insurance company approved, as opposed to what the doctor recommended, did not work. The delay created, again by the health insurance company, in second guessing the doctor was not wise. The prescribed drug ordered from Canada did not arrive promptly due to directives to scrutinize all such orders at the US border.
This antibiotic resistant bone-eating bacteria is often picked up in hospitals and it can be fatal. Left untreated for too long it can reside in multiple places in the body other than the original site.
There is a great debate going on in Washington about health care. First I want to say health care insurance is a misnomer. It is medical insurance. They currently pay for nothing that can be called healthy. Even the routine exams they advocate we all have are not totally paid for. All deductibles are up front which, in this economy, deters people from going to the doctor to maintain health. Most insurance companies do not pay for things that would keep us healthy like exercise programs or vitamins or massage even when a prior health problem would advocate such maintenance programs.
Another total red herring in this whole medical insurance debate is that we would lose our freedom of choice. We have no choice currently. The insurance providers, as in my friend's case, call all the shots. Doctors and hospitals, to reduce administrative costs related to insurance, often hedge their bets on treatments from what they might think will work to what they know the insurance company will pay for.
And three, the United States no longer has the best medical care in the world. More and more people are opting for medical tourism. At some point in my future I may need shoulder surgery. I plan to go to Thailand. A $40,000 procedure here is only $8,000 there including the hotel before and after surgery. And they are considered cutting edge (no pun intended) with use of shark cartilage to replace damaged tissues. I want an insurance policy that will pay their 80% of that but then my co-pay on the cost here would be about the same. I only need to come up with the air fare if insurance will pick up post op physical therapy.
There is a lot of mud slinging going on around this whole issue. The waters have been muddied with half-truths and out right lies by he opponents. That if we go with any plan the government comes up with we will have to wait forever for treatment like Canadian and United Kingdom citizens do. In this day of Internet friendships around the world those lies can be easily put to bed if you are half-way computer literate.
Meanwhile a growing number of American citizens cannot afford medical insurance and their unpaid bills raise the costs of the treatments the rest receive. We have some of the highest medical costs in the world and they have risen way more than the standard rate of inflation. Something has to be done. We need health care which is based on what the doctor, and not the insurance company, feels is appropriate. And it needs to be at a price that does not lead us to bankruptcy.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
OMG - Who Would Believe This?
If you wrote a novel with this plot your agent would send it back as "too unbelievable." You maybe could get a film maker interested. After all they come up with movies like Terminator.
Seems that rising GOP Presidential hopeful in 2012, Gov. Sanford, is not missing from a hike on the Appalachian Trail. He flew to Argentina to be with his new lover.
He has been having an extramarital affair with a "dear dear friend" in Argentina. The affair, he said, began "very innocently" but blossomed into "something much more than that."
Something much more than that is one of those phrases men use when they get caught with their pants down around their ankles. He admitted to lying to his staff and obviously lying to his wife today. He has promised to resign as chairman of the Republican Governor's Association and it does not look like Ensign, the Governor of Nevada, will be picked to fill the position.
I have just one question: Aren't the Republicans what we used to call the moral majority? Yes, they are a minority now, but I don't think the Christian Right can endorse this sort of behavior. Though frankly I have know a few Baptist ministers to screw around. And a couple leaders of the Promise Keepers in Colorado Springs have not kept promises.
My ex-husband and I used to have this catch phrase we would repeat about news like this: "What were they thinking?" Clearly he wasn't; Proving once again men, even Republican ones, can only think with one head at a time.
Sorry, adult content. But why do they call it adult when they are obviously acting like spoiled little boys?
Friday, June 19, 2009
And We Should Believe This Why?
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, angrily warned opposition leaders Friday to stay off the streets and denied opposition claims that last week's disputed election was rigged.
Meanwhile on Twitter and Iran Blogs they are saying that the election was rigged and demonstrators are being jailed an abused. If this election was so fair and the opposition is being treated fairly why aren't legitimate western news sources allowed out of their hotel rooms to cover this victory for democracy?
Certainly if the Ayatollah is correct the election will stand the test of scrutiny the world will hold it to. I frankly have my doubts but then I have lived through two bogus elections of GW Bush. And I can understand the anger of the people of Iran to have a Supreme leader (in our case the Supreme Court) declare what we in our hearts and minds knew was wrong.
From the outside looking in obliquely, since they are allowing no direct viewing, they made a few huge mistakes. First was declaring victory within hours in a country that counts its votes by hand. Second was in underestimating the power of the "informal media" out there these days with their cellphones and text messages to Twitter.
And naturally the ousted formal press is upset and going with Twitter for its source on what is happening inside Iran. Who knows what we will see when the dust settles around this disputed democratic election. One thing we will know for sure: Never underestimate the power of the people to get their story out these days. They will even beg Twitter to not shut down for routine maintenance of their site.
Who would have believed this: Twitter is the new Radio Free Europe in the Middle East.
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Power of Medical Insurance Companies
As some of you are aware a friend of mine has been dealing with a wound on his big toe that will not heal. In the last four months his doctors have been using every antibiotic by mouth and IV to stop the spread of a bone infection likely gotten because of a stay in the hospital.
In the last couple of weeks they have begun to discuss amputation of at least the big toe and possibly to below the knee. In a last ditch effort to save parts of himself he made an appointment with another specialist in Santa Fe. That doctor wants to try one more round of antibiotics before hacking.
The cocktail of three antibiotics (Marc is way beyond the using one at a time stage) includes Zyvox which is used primarily on diabetics with infections. Here in the states it costs $2220 without shipping (it is so pricey none of the local pharmacies carry it).
That it needed to be shipped got Marc's wife looking on the Internet and she found Zyvox made by the same company and in the same dose as prescribed at a Canadian on-line pharmacy for $220. Overnight shipping brings it to $250 which is less than the co-pay would be here in the United States if Marc's insurance company would approve the drug. No it is too expensive.
The interesting part of their argument that it is too expensive is that they have already approved the amputation. Which got me interested on what that would cost. I found an interesting website on Below the Knee Amputations. I warn you that it can be a bit graphic.
The main surgery is likely to be in the $100,000 to $200,000 category. Artificial limb in the $12,000 to $20,000 range without bells and whistles. Then there is the after surgery wound care and physical therapy and pain management and emotional counselling, etc. Yearly medical treatment costs for an amputee in 2003 prices is around $100,000. I won't go into the rise in medical costs since 2003 in detail. One estimate said almost 200%.
I have a nurse acquaintence that believes medical costs are supported by the insurance companies. Nobody thinks that these insane prices will have to be paid by an individual but almost 40% of our population here in the United States is uninsured these days. And the rising cost of insurance premiums means that less and less employers provide health insurance. And health care costs for major manufacturing companies here is seen as the single reason they cannot compete with companies abroad.
And yet the Republicans are opposed to any reform of health care here. And so is the insurance lobby. They, and not the medical professionals and facilities, are what is really endangered with a reform of our current system. Some 70% of the citizens in the United States want a single payer plan. And the statistic is higher among doctors that have to have staff simply to deal with our complex insurance system.
Taking just the example of my friend Marc I am appalled. A clerk at this doctor's office has been in persistent back and forth communication with his insurance company to try and get this prescription approved. The insurance company (the ones without a medical degree in this debate) have proposed an alternative cheaper drug chosen just because he has not been on it before. And while the debate has gone on this last ditch effort to save his leg has been delayed as the infection progressed.
If you do things outside what the insurance company recommends they can disallow everything past that. In other words they can get out of paying for the amputation if Marc goes against their advice (but within medical advice) and takes the Zyvox. Another horrid statistic is that one out of three below knee amputees die within in three years. I cannot wonder if that is what the insurance company is hoping for.
Note: I don't think this is going to be my last article on insurance companies and the "best in the world" US health care system. While doing my research I found out that circulation impairment can be the number one cause of wounds that don't heal and unless that is fixed the chances of a successful healing of the amputation is doubtful. Marc has yet to have a circulation test.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
I Can Get Fired Up on This Subject
In my last blog I mentioned an inability to find a topic I can really get fired up about in a blog since G. W. is no longer around to kick. Since then I have had two hot topics fall in my lap. One of them I am still researching. I was Googling articles on the FDA when this gem popped up from a New York Times headline:
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to impose federal
regulation on cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, passing a landmark bill to empower the Food and Drug Administration to control products that eventually kill half their regular users.
I will suppress all urges to say, "What took you so long?" because I know the strong tobacco lobby pays for a lot of congressional seats and junkets and campaigns, etc. And even this historic bill has the hand of big tobacco in the framing: The FDA can regulate but not ban.
And let us put this in realistic perspective. The FDA does not have budget or manpower to regulate those substances they are already put in control of. This is the agency that cannot stop fake protein of a poisonous nature showing up in your baby and pet food made in China.
Hopefully they will pay some attention to the additives that go into your cigarette and other tobacco products; additives that do not have to be listed on the packaging because they are trade secrets. Most are flavorings like chocolate and cherry syrup to give a normally sage tasting leaf flavor. But the industry commonly uses ingredients like ammonia to rush the nicotine in tobacco to your blood stream (also used in freebasing crack cocaine I am told) to increase craving. Or a drying agent that stops the breathing of new workers on the assembly line or visitors as the wet tobacco passes through the ovens. Maybe they can pay attention to the fact that to increase usage of their product big tobacco ups the nicotine content by 14%. Nicotine, by the way, is a metabolic poison not unlike that fake protein used by China in baby formula only deadlier.
What other product that kills 50% of its users, not to mention their families from second hand smoke, would be allowed to stay on the market with or without regulation. Sorry, Congress, I think this is too little and too late.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tripping Through the News Lightly
I did not think I would ever say it but I miss G.W. There was never a question about what to write about in this blog when he was around. And Cheney, currently making the rounds of talking heads, with his revisionist history just irritates me so much that I would not be able to write reasonably.
So this morning I was scanning articles of interest on several on line news outlets and being horridly bored. More Saturday night quarterbacking of President Obama's economic stimulus plan. Boring. Ever notice that nobody knows how to solve something until someone steps in and presents a plan? Hey, we have never been here before and it does not do to cry, "He's wrong." How do you know?
And I am bored with failing auto companies. Though it looks like ten banks are asking permission to pay back the tarp funds. Isn't that what they were suppose to do? They keep finding more Air France bodies but nobody has explained where from came the wreckage first discovered in the supposed crash site but later proved to not be from flight 447. Anyone missing another plane or ship?
I soon found myself on the BBC - Earth News site. Seems they have discovered that chimpanzees remember the exact location of their favorite fruit trees. Their spatial memory is so precise that they can find a single tree among more than 12,000 others within a patch of forest, and also recall how productive each tree is, and decide to travel further to eat from those they know will yield the most fruit. If researchers discover which gene in our DNA determines this ability I think it ought to be implanted into the human male brain.
Researchers now think that our growing dependence on GPS devices is handicapping our own ability to know where we are or even follow directions. The program them with female voices because more men rely on them than women. BTW the GPS devices installed in all new automobiles just off the lot these days are not just for the drivers. They also help the repossession crews locate and take back the car if you fall behind on payments
Another Brave New World sort of thing is that they have developed a microwave device that can scan people for guns from a distance. I assume it will replace those metal detectors we have to walk through or will they use it on the streets to just routinely microwave us? What, pray tell, will be the long term effects of repeated exposure to microwaves on the human body?
When I was a kid every shoe store or department had one of those xray machines to see if your toes were being cramped by the shoes. We loved them and abused them whileour siblings were getting fitted for their new shoes. One day the machines vanished. Seems they were melting kids foot bones or so the rumor had it. That was before CNN and inquiring minds must know.
Anyway I emerged from today's news with a new respect for Chimps and further doubts about the human race. If we kill ourselves off do you suppose evolution will begin anew? If it does lets not lose that mapping gene.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Black Boxes
My masthead here (old newspaper term) says this blog is about political issues. So maybe discussing black boxes, which are in fact orange, is not political and belongs on Sidetracked Charley instead.
But with the loss of an Air France passenger jet in extremely deep waters putting the recovery of the black boxes, which are in fact orange, in severe doubt it raised questions as to why they don't float? Or better yet given the technology and the many communication satellites circling our globe why they don't emergency up-link data when something significant happens like sudden lost of altitude.
There are two black boxes in every commercial aircraft. One records communications in the cockpit like, "oh, shit." And the other records key flight instruments and controls like flaps and hydraulics, etc. In this country the FAA mandates these devices to insure passenger safety by careful analysis of what went wrong in a crash. In the recent years there has been more and more question about the safety of an aging fleet of commercial aircraft and the degree to which the FAA has given passes to already financially strapped airlines.
And evidently the Federal Aviation Administration, its budget cut to the bone by 'smaller government' Republican administration, hasn't the manpower to perform all inspections required. Add to this the aviation lobby (right in there with the big boys of tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, NRA) which whines every time it has to fix or upgrade something to meet safety standards, and it is highly possible the technology for better recording and transmission of flight data in an emergency, or just ejector mechanisms and floatation devices does exist and airlines have fought it as too expense to upgrade their fleets.
Obama has promised to curtail the influence of lobbiests in the United States. I think he ought to look first at the lobby efforts that diminish the safety of the public. Prescription drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes need to be reined in. But also automotive companies, airlines, and communications. And after we are finished with the safety issues let us go on to rates and throw in utility companies.
But we should start with those black boxes. Why don't they float?
But with the loss of an Air France passenger jet in extremely deep waters putting the recovery of the black boxes, which are in fact orange, in severe doubt it raised questions as to why they don't float? Or better yet given the technology and the many communication satellites circling our globe why they don't emergency up-link data when something significant happens like sudden lost of altitude.
There are two black boxes in every commercial aircraft. One records communications in the cockpit like, "oh, shit." And the other records key flight instruments and controls like flaps and hydraulics, etc. In this country the FAA mandates these devices to insure passenger safety by careful analysis of what went wrong in a crash. In the recent years there has been more and more question about the safety of an aging fleet of commercial aircraft and the degree to which the FAA has given passes to already financially strapped airlines.
And evidently the Federal Aviation Administration, its budget cut to the bone by 'smaller government' Republican administration, hasn't the manpower to perform all inspections required. Add to this the aviation lobby (right in there with the big boys of tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, NRA) which whines every time it has to fix or upgrade something to meet safety standards, and it is highly possible the technology for better recording and transmission of flight data in an emergency, or just ejector mechanisms and floatation devices does exist and airlines have fought it as too expense to upgrade their fleets.
Obama has promised to curtail the influence of lobbiests in the United States. I think he ought to look first at the lobby efforts that diminish the safety of the public. Prescription drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes need to be reined in. But also automotive companies, airlines, and communications. And after we are finished with the safety issues let us go on to rates and throw in utility companies.
But we should start with those black boxes. Why don't they float?
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The irony is painful.
James Cantalupo had come out of retirement to attempt what seemed an impossible task: Turning a company synonymous with fat and meat into one frequented by the thin and the cool of a generation where vegetarianism was chic.
On the eve - literally, the eve - of a gathering where success would be celebrated, he died of a heart-attack.
In his first year as chief executive, Mr Cantalupo brought McDonald's back to profit after the first loss in its history - red on McDonald's bottom line had caused shock and self-doubt.
It wasn't the way it was meant to be for a global icon (the phrase is over-used but justified with McDonald's).
Selective growth
Mr Cantalupo had ascribed the recovery to the change from "growing by being bigger to growing by being better".
There were two sides to this strategy: Recognise the changed tastes of consumers and provide healthier options for them like good salads, and cut back on the number of new stores.
Only last week, Mr Cantalupo was involved in the launch of a new range of healthy foods in America under the "Adult Happy Meals" tag.
Throughout its history, the McDonald's way had been to "bulk up" portions - size and calories mattered; the more, the better.
Now, though, it has announced, for example, that it will stop selling "Super Size" French fries.
The results were coming through: Sales were improving month after month (globally, they're up by nearly a quarter on a year ago).
First non-American
Mr Cantalupo died the day before McDonald's biggest convention of restaurant operators was due to take place in Florida, an event widely expected to feature some back-slapping and congratulation at a corner turned.
But for the board, clear but fast thinking had to accompany the grief.
They quickly appointed McDonald's president and chief operating officer, Charlie Bell, to the top job.
Nobody can doubt the new man's commitment.
He's the first non-American in the post, having started at the bottom flipping burgers in Sydney, Australia.
He then became the country's youngest manager at 19 and a member of the McDonald's board there at 29.
Super Size
Mr Bell had been widely seen as a successor - but not one to take over within the next three years.
He is clearly immersed in the company's culture - and that's important - but most of his time has been spent outside America.
Wall Street was pleased that the McDonald's board moved swiftly while recognising that Mr Cantalupo was central to the re-invention of the company.
Charlie Bell inherits the strategy - and the problems.
Is it possible to turn a company synonymous with fat into one associated with health?
As though to emphasise the size of the task, a documentary ("Super Size Me") is about to be broadcast in America featuring a person who eats nothing but McDonald's meals for a month - and who gains 25 pounds in weight.


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For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. (Proverbs 6:23-24 ESV)
Wisdom is the skill of living life well. Since our world is broken by sin, we know that trials and suffering are unavoidable, but with wisdom, we can navigate difficult situations well and, if possible, even avoid unnecessary pain and suffering. Obviously, possessing this wisdom is extremely beneficial, which is why the Bible has an entire section of books devoted to it. One of these books, and our text of study, is the book of Proverbs.
Although most people think of Proverbs as being little more than a collection of proverbs, this collection actually begins with a nine-chapter introduction to the concept of wisdom. For this series, we are focusing upon these chapters. The most important thing to remember before continuing on is that wisdom is found in God; thus, to get wisdom, we must submit to God and His ways fully.
For the first half of chapter six, Solomon took a break from warning against sexual immorality to focus on three other sins, but now he returns to his pleas against the Adulteress, who is the poetic representation of all sexual sin. Here we find the ancient king warning us of the great cost that sexual immorality exacts upon its victims and learn to seek refuge in God's Word.
Read Proverbs 6:20-35 and discuss the following.
- Which verses stood out most to you as you read Proverbs 6:20-35 this week? Why? What do these verses teach you about who God is? What do they teach you about Jesus?
- Why does Solomon begin by discussing the importance of the Scriptures? Why does Solomon continue to allude to Deuteronomy 6:4-9? What benefits does he describe for those who hold fast to the Bible?
- What is the primary command of this section of verses? What reasons does Solomon give for avoiding sexual immorality? How are sin's consequences self-inflicted wounds?
- Why is verse 24 so frightening? What hope do we have as sinners against the holy God? How do the Scriptures preserve us from evil? In what ways are you daily saturating yourself in God's Word and in the truth of the gospel?
Because all Scripture profits us through teaching, reproving, correcting, and training us, reflect upon the studied text, and ask yourself the following questions.
- What has God taught you through this text (about Himself, sin, humanity, etc.)?
- What sin has God convicted or reproved you of through this text?
- How has God corrected you (i.e. your theology, thinking, lifestyle, etc.) through this text?
- Pray through the text, asking God to train you toward righteousness by conforming you to His Word.


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Reflection is the abrupt change in the direction of propagation of a wave that strikes the boundary between different mediums. At least part of the oncoming wave disturbance remains in the same medium. Regular reflection, which follows a simple law, occurs at plane boundaries. The angle between the direction of motion of the oncoming wave and a perpendicular to the reflecting surface (angle of incidence) is equal to the angle between the direction of motion of the reflected wave and a perpendicular (angle of reflection). Reflection at rough, or irregular, boundaries is diffuse. The reflectivity of a surface material is the fraction of energy of the oncoming wave that is reflected by it.
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Special equipment: Kitchen twine
In a large stockpot over medium-high heat, melt 1/4 cup butter and lightly saute the onions and garlic, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken, water, and stock, making sure liquid covers meat. Tie the thyme sprigs, parsley stems, and sage sprigs together and add to the pot along with the peppercorns, and celery. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer the chicken until it is "fall of the bone" tender, about 30 minutes, skimming off scum as it simmers. Remove the chicken from the pot to a cutting board and let cool. Remove the herb bundle and the celery and discard. Reserve the stock. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, pull it from bones and cut into bite-sized pieces.
In a large bowl, mix together 2 cups of flour with the remaining chopped herbs and the tablespoon of salt. Make a well in the middle and pour 1 cup of the reserved chicken stock, including fat, into the well. Using a fork, slowly stir the stock into the flour. Repeat, adding more flour and/or stock until a soft, doughy consistency is reached. Add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, if it gets too sticky. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 to 1/4-inch thickness. Use a pizza cutter or sharp knife to slice the dough into 2-inch squares, then cut the squares in half on the diagonal into triangles.
Return the stock to a simmer and slowly add the dumplings, allowing some excess flour to remain on the dumplings to increase the body of the broth. Be careful not to let the dumplings touch as they are added to the pot. Cook until the dumplings rise to the surface. If the broth does not thicken to your liking, mix together 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon flour in a small bowl with a fork. Slowly add the mixture into the broth to help thicken the soup. Stir in the reserved chicken and ladle into serving bowls.


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from Connie -- love the planes and fish -- and those crazed-looking bunnies are a crack-up!
from Elaine -- FRIES!! with KETCHUP PACKETS!! :o) :o) And ants in the grass!
from Jody -- those monsters make me smile, dinosaurs are a hit around my house, and -- those Hawaiian shirts!!
from Ursula -- flying birds: in planes and helicopters! ha ha! and those fish are way too cute -- some are wearing hats!
Just waiting on a couple more.... :o)


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Monday, October 3, 2011
BBTB2 Create a Critter Frog Challenge
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Hi Donna! Such a cute creation. So huge too! All the embossing looks great and the flower/spider are the perfect addition. Love how you welded the cauldron lid so carefully so it opens. Another perfectly layered creation!ReplyDelete
I am always looking forward to see what you make next...always a fantastic creation. SUPER CUTE once again Donna!ReplyDelete
Goodness, how many layers do you have there for the hat! Your wall hanging is terrific, Donna. Love all the embossing and detail. Terrific job!--Pat N.ReplyDelete
very very fun Love thisReplyDelete
What an adorable wall hanging, so creative! I love how you combined them to create this awesome number :)ReplyDelete
Oh My Donna, You know I love the froggies and this is just too darn Cute, Cute, Cute! Are you making a potion or soup, lol! I love that caldron and what a great idea to give the caldron some depth with the differant sizes, so smart, I always learn something new from you each week GF, lol! But thanks for all the great inspiration!ReplyDelete
Froggie ((Hugs)) Theresa =]
Well I would say you have "OUT DONE YOURSELF" on this one.. so cute... wish you gave the sizes.. :-(ReplyDelete
I was wondering about the rosette as it's the smallest one I've ever seen. It's so tiny and cute! Do his dies fit in a Cuttlebug? Anyway, this is just darling, Donna!!! Love how you embossed the frog and how the cauldron opens up to reveal the message. Awesome!ReplyDelete
You are so talented this is great I love the way you piece everything together.ReplyDelete
A frog!!!!ReplyDelete
Squeeeeellllll!! from the happy frog queen!!
I Love it!!!
Absolutely LOVE this!!! Love all the wonderful details you have put into it. Thank you for sharing!!!ReplyDelete
This is so fun! Love how the cauldron opens! Great embossing and I just love the witches hat on the frog!ReplyDelete
Totally AWESOME - this is just brilliant :-DReplyDelete
Ike xxx
Congratulations on a fabulous website. Thanks so much for all your great information.… Gate FactoryReplyDelete
Congratulations on a fabulous website. Thanks so much for all your great information.… Gate FactoryReplyDelete
LOL...this is so cute and clever! I love how that witch hat covers one eye...this frog has attitude! Love it!ReplyDelete
Love it Donna....not only the frog but everything you got going on there.....so so soooo cute!ReplyDelete
Oh my, what a terrific wall hanging. If we could ever stop traveling I'd love to make some Hallween decor for my camper. Love how you put the frog in the cauldron, but I hope he's not getting too hot.ReplyDelete
this is adorable...i love the colors and detailsReplyDelete
donna, no need to say how much i like/heart your whole project and all the details. you are the best my sweet friend. i just love it :P i had to smile when i saw the poor froggie ready to be the daily bread, lol.ReplyDelete
Donna, he is just too cute! Very fun project and I love all the embossing. Clever to have it open to a sentiment.ReplyDelete
Absolutely adorable, Donna! Love all the amazing detail work you put into your projects!! Awesome!!ReplyDelete
hugs, Sharon
I SWEAR I left a comment on this. You know me and frogs, and then of course there is that serious admiration thing going on for you.... so here I am (again, I think) to say I LOVE this.ReplyDelete
Awwww, how cute!ReplyDelete
perfection again girlie! you so rock big time! youre so lucky inm not your neighbor id be pestering the hell out of you getting lessons! have a great day :) pet your furbabies extra for me. ( miss mine terribly hoping to at least get my sweetest boy geddy back very soon keep your fingers crossed for me!) xxxshellyReplyDelete
This is amazing,love all the details you've added.I love visiting your blog.ReplyDelete
Jayne x
Do I even need to tell you that I adore your frog card? I love the way it opens, the hat on the frog, the rosette on the hat! You are amazing, my friend!ReplyDelete
xx Susan
I absolutely LOVE your project ! I am always amazed at the detail you put into each and every project ! You are AMAZING !!!! HUGS - LoriReplyDelete
HOLY FROG, and you know what I mean.ReplyDelete
I have big froggy grins ..


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|Picture from LOTF's Facebook Page
LOTF is a unique fast food join. 100% vegan, 100% halal 100% kosher and no trans fat
After hearing many positive reviews regarding their Melbourne store, I decided to line up and have a go!
The store itself is tiny, with no seats or tables and hardly any where to stand. We went on a late Friday afternoon and it was somewhat crowded. The girl at the register was friendly and efficient. After my order was processed, we stood aside in a little crowded space that seems to be a little bigger than a cubicle to wait for our order.
The speed was shocking. We were crammed like sardines as my partner and I watched a staff member struggle to cut through the sticky tape on a box, it took her 15 minutes. While everyone was waiting impatiently for the food to arrive, the staff were too damn slow and chill. I spotted one staff in the back playing with their phone. There were about 3 small orders ahead of me and we waited for 20 mins to receive our order. T.o.o s.l.o.w.
The Food
First up below is the Nuggets Munch Box - $5.95 with Parisian Sauce (Aoli garlic mayo)- $1
The nuggets were good mock nuggets, nice flavour. The chips were a bit meh, it wasn't crunchy, nor golden - a real shame since we're at LORD of the FRIES. The sauce was OK... it was very thick though... also $1 for sauce is highway robbery.
|Nugget Munch Box
My partner got the LOFT Original Burger (LOFT -beef- patty, cheese, pickles onion, lettuce, belgian mayo, mustard and ketchup.) - $7.95
You can either get a normal burger or a mini burger. Mini is TINY, it's smaller than your standard scone.
For $7.95, I really wasn't impressed by the size of the burger. It looked like a badly made burger from a stingy joint that just ran out of ingredients. LOTF, time to re-train your burger makers. The burger itself wasn't too bad, but it wasn't amazing either. It was just "ok". I can still taste the mock meat. My partner said it didn't taste as good as the one he had in Melbourne and it was much smaller.
|Original LOTF Burger
I got the Parma Burger (Chick 'n' patty, bacon, napoli sauce, cheese and onion) - $7.95
Oh how I regret getting this burger. It tasted like absolute crap, I can make a better mock burger than this.
The mock bacon was either under cooked or not cooked at all. It was raw pink and didn't taste right.
The chick'n'patty is your standard veggie patty.
Not enough napoli sauce.... and there were no onions on my burger. The over taste was bland.
|Parma Burger
Overall, I was disappointed with my visit.
The staff at LOTF DEFINITELY requires more training. The food is NOT up to scratch
However, I'll give LOTF the benefit of doubt and come back in a few months to see if they've improved before I decide to cross it off my list.


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Lately I've been visiting forums for people affected by cancer. One issue that seems to cause great hurt is when someone inevitably says 'the wrong thing'. It's something I touched on in my book Their Cancer - Your Journey, so I decided to share my thoughts with you:
"Shock can make people say the most appalling things. In the UK we have an expression 'open mouth and insert foot' - very strange I know. I'm not sure why we refer to saying something insensitive as 'putting our foot in it' (although it may have a farming connection), but we do. Sometimes it doesn't even have to be caused by shock, just by not thinking before speaking.
You will probably find that many people say 'the wrong thing' to you. I could quite possibly be one of them. You could get horribly offended about that. You could even tell yourself for years about how thoughtless they have been. If this has already happened to you, then pause for a moment. Can you remember a time when you said something you regretted? It could have been in an interview, or the heat of an argument. You probably knew it was the wrong thing to say almost at once. Did you apologise and fix the issue then, or let it fester until later?
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