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Thank you so much for all of your useful information! I am currently using the five rules and am feeling great!!!Posted by Ashley on 10/26 at 04:38 PM
Obesity Causes Thyroid ProblemsFriday, October 26, 2007 - Byron J Richards, CCN
You are not alone if you think a sluggish thyroid is causing you to gain weight. Contrary to this popular belief, in most cases it is just the other way around. Gaining weight is actually causing the thyroid to become sluggish. If your thyroid is struggling the problem tends to get worse the more times you go on a diet and lose some weight and then gain it all back again, typically with a few extra pounds for good measure. Once in motion thyroid and weight problems feed off each other like a chicken and egg, locking in a nasty metabolic catch 22 that is quite difficult to solve.
Leptin is the key hormone that governs body weight. Leptin is produced in fat, travels through the blood and up to the brain, enters the brain and informs the subconscious brain how much fat is in reserves. If there is an adequate amount of fat in storage leptin permits the thyroid system to set a faster basal metabolic rate. Leptin is in control of thyroid, thyroid does not control leptin. Think of thyroid hormone as the drummer in the band, setting the pace or tempo. Think of leptin as the conductor of the band, determining what piece of music will be played.
This leptin and thyroid relationship is fundamental to survival. During evolution there was often a scarcity of food. This required that stored fat be broken down to use as fuel. The stored fat now produces less leptin, which means to the brain it is time to slow down metabolism to conserve energy so as not to perish. If a faster basal metabolic pace was allowed a person would die from malnutrition at a quicker rate. Thus, leptin intentionally creates a hypothyroid state in order to survive.
Then, when more food is available, leptin commands that fat storage is replenished before thyroid is allowed to go faster. This is a mode your body uses to recover from a period of famine, otherwise known as a diet. This mechanism is the bane of any dieter, and the cause of the yo-yo dieting response.
The curse of prosperity is that we now have ready access to too much food. Our bodies did not evolve with overeating as the primary issue. Too much food really creates a lot of stress. Extra pounds of fat crank out way too much leptin. At the same time extra fat in the blood (triglycerides) blocks leptin from getting into the brain, inducing a problem called leptin resistance. This makes your subconscious brain think you are starving even though you have plenty of extra fat on hand. This is a false state of perceived starvation, with the undesirable side effect of slowing down thyroid function to set a slower metabolic pace (hypothyroid).
Now it is certainly possible to create a thyroid problem in some other way, such as chemical poisoning of the thyroid gland by exposure to fluoride or perchlorate. This will slow down metabolism and make a person more likely to gain weight. However, once the person starts gaining weight then the leptin problem makes the thyroid problem worse.
The problem isn't too bad if a person can cut back on calories and increase exercise and lose the extra weight. However, this leptin-thyroid conundrum is at the root of difficult weight loss and ongoing sluggish thyroid problems in overweight people. Such people run out of energy and get in a really bad mood from cutting calories long before they reach their goal weight. And they easily gain weight back eating even moderate amounts of food.
The only way out of this trap is to understand leptin and to eat in harmony with the hormone. By following the Five Rules of the Leptin Diet you can readily improve thyroid function. This enables your metabolism to run faster while eating proper portions, permitting weight loss without inducing the thyroid-deteriorating starvation response that is invariably followed by weight gain. Those who consistently follow the Five Rules for a number of months in a row have the best results. Nutrients that support thyroid function and leptin function are also helpful tools, along with consistent exercise, to assist you in overcoming this thyroid and leptin rut.
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Does anyone have serious weight gain issues? I gain weight abnormally fast 7 lbs in a week. I think something is wrong here, and I have a hard time losing.
Also - has anyone had this problem taking synthroid?Posted by gatorlady on 10/27 at 04:58 PM
I read the Leptin Diet beginning in May and started following the '5 Rules." It is hard on the people I eat with, but I've been consistent. I have also been following Dr. Mercola's advice to eat right, as I am a protein type body. I eat no sugar, very little in the way of starchy carbohydrates (1x a week I might have a whole grain rice or tortilla). Despite foot surgery which kept me from exercising until recently, I have lost inches and at least 10 pounds. I am maintaining muscle mass with lots of physical therapy work. Can anyone tell me, what a 'good' Leptin level is in the blood? How does this relate to Leptin Resistance? I can find nothing in the literature that talks about Leptin levels. What is being done to educate the traditional medical community about this hormone???Posted by megs3 on 10/27 at 05:07 PM
Gatorlady: Such rapid weight gain is a combination of fluid retention, toxicity, and leptin problems. Synthroid (or Armour) do not necessarily synchronize with normal body rhythms, which is frustrating and may or may not aggravate fluid retention/toxicity issues.
Megs3: A radioimmunoassay (RIA) blood test for leptin has an optimal value between 4 – 6 ng/dL. Up to 9 ng/dL is acceptable, overweight individuals are often at 30 or 40. The higher the leptin the greater the abdominal fat, which means looking in the mirror can save you the price of the test. Leptin blood levels will drop on almost any diet that reduces calories, even though a leptin problem is far from solved. Only restoring metabolic fitness to your fat solves the leptin issue. Leptin blood tests are fine for those who want to know a number or those conducting studies, but I don't suggest them as important for general use.Posted by Byron J. Richards on 10/27 at 06:34 PM
What nutrients or vitamin supplements should be taken for hypothyroidism?Posted by Millie on 10/27 at 07:45 PM
whats another option of synthroid or armour for people like me on meds - I take 125 mg of synthroid… I have read the side effects, and one is weight gain etc.. and if you don't have a leptin profile, then how do yuu truly know if that's part of your problemPosted by gatorlady on 10/27 at 08:07 PM
There are no dietary supplements that replace thyroid hormone. In order to get off any medication you have to improve the health of your body to a point it is no longer medically needed (as judged by your doctor).
The goal of nutrient support for the thyroid is to help make the hormone, help protect the thyroid gland and liver, help activate the hormone, and help reduce any type of stress that could be interfering with thyroid function. The Basic thyroid support nutrition is Thyroid Helper, Iosol Iodine, and Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin (co-enzyme B vitamins and krebs cycle bionutrients), a great starting point for just about anyone.
If you are overweight you have a problem with leptin and do not need a lab test to know this. Leptin establishes the set point of your body weight in your subconscious brain, it controls the metabolism of stored fat, cortisol, insulin, and thyroid hormone. When leptin is working properly your metabolism of calories is more efficient.Posted by Byron J. Richards on 10/27 at 09:54 PM
Byron, I am so glad that you started this blog. I have been on the Leptin Diet for about a year and a half and have lost 80lbs.so far. Trust me when I say that I have tried virtually every diet out there. This has been the only thing that has worked. To me this is not a diet but a slight change in lifestyle. I have never felt deprived. It only took 2 or 3 days before my body adjusted to the new routine and now the constant food cravings are gone. I can come to the table hungry, but I leave feeling full and satisfied. I eat less than half of what I did before, but I am satisfied until the next meal. Thanks so much for being able to put this information out to the public.Posted by Donna on 10/29 at 01:44 PM
i was put on synthroid about 3 years ago for a borderline thyroid. since then, i have continued to gain weight and ihave very dry,brittle hair. i feel that there must be something else causing this. (ie. hormonal)do i have to take synthroid for the rest of my life now? i'm thinking of going to a holistic dr. since mainstream just wants to puy you on another pill.Posted by karen r on 11/06 at 10:41 PM
Karen: Thyroid hormone medication is only one angle on the thyroid issue. Sometimes it is helpful and needed. Many times there are other factors that are more primary that are disturbing thyroid function. Explaining these factors and how to help you is the mission of this blog. If you can fix the metabolic issues that have gone awry, then the need for thyroid hormone no longer exists because the problems are fixed. This is possible for many people. Of course you must work with your doctor when you are adjusting or lowering thyroid medication. Most doctors don't think your thyroid situation can improve, but I have seen improvement time and time again. A holistic doctor may be able to help you pinpoint some of your trouble areas that need improvement. They generally spend more time with you, which is so important when issues are more complex.Posted by Byron J. Richards on 11/07 at 01:38 AM
Dr. is doing really such a remarkable job i really love thisPosted by john on 08/11 at 11:06 AM
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Ski yourself into a part of Michigan ski racing history by being a part of the ultimate open racing series in the state - including the eleventh annual slalom race on the fabled Hemlock run in honor of Boyne Resorts founder Everett Kircher, and a technical giant slalom hosted by Michigan's six-time national champion and Olympian, Cary Adgate.
12th Annual Adgate Trophy, GS - Saturday, January 14
The Adgate Trophy race is hosted by Boyne's Ambassador of skiing, former Olympian, US National Champion, and 2009 US Ski Hall of Fame inductee, Cary Adgate. The Adgate Trophy has historically attracted top talent from around the state and beyond. The course will be set on North Boyne. There will be divisions for men and women, as well as age categories. The winners in the open divisions for men and women will have their names etched on the Adgate Trophy.
Adgate Trophy Giant Slalom Itinerary
- 9 - 11:30am: On-site registration and bib pick up for Adgate GS and Kircher Cup SL - Snowsports Academy Desk, Civic Center
- 11:45am - 12:45pm: Racer Course Inspection - North Boyne Slope
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- 2pm (approx.): 2nd Run Start - North Boyne Slope
- 3:30pm (approx.): Awards - Outside at bottom race shack, 45-60 minutes after last racer
13th Annual Everett Kircher Cup, Slalom - Sunday, January 15
Named after the founder of Boyne, Everett Kircher, this slalom race will take place on the hill that started it all in Northern Michigan, Hemlock. Still regarded as the premier race hill in Northern Michigan, Hemlock always provides plenty of challenge for top racers from all over the state and beyond. There will be divisions for men and women as well as age categories. The winners in the open divisions for men and women will have their names etched on the Kircher Cup.
Kircher Cup Slalom Itinerary
- 8 - 8:30am: On-site registration and bib pick up - Snowsports Academy Desk, Civic Center
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- 10am: 1st Run Start - Hemlock Slope
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- 1pm (approx.): Awards - Inside cafeteria near the back
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When I was growing up, and in Elementary School and High School, we did not have sex education, let alone a valuable "growing up" video for girls. It was a cheesy, 1980's video which was terrible. My parents did not give me "the talk", or even explain what the heck was going on with my body. This is 2012, and whether we like it or not, kids are growing up faster than we did when we were younger. We, as adults, need to stand up and explain that, yes, this is normal, and it is a scary time in someone's life. My nephews are teenagers, and my sister did not have the talk. My oldest nephew straight up told me that he learned what he knew from the internet. This is appalling.
I vow to teach my children (a boy and a girl), about the birds and the bees. For my daughter, I vow to teach her what is going on as her body changes and develops. I know that when I had my first period; I did not know what the heck was going on. Honestly, I thought I must have been dying. I do not want my daughter going through the same feelings.
My husband has already spoken up about telling our son (elementary age) what he should know as he matures.
It's hard to make the choice of what to say to a preteen, or a teenager, when they come up to you and ask about sex. How far do you explain without sounding like you are giving approval to go out and have sex with whatever walks? I want my children to be open with me as to what they are feeling, and everything. With that being said, I am their parent, not their BFF. If my daughter wants birth control, she will have to be older (about 17 or so), and we'll explore what options there are when that time comes. I do not want to send her blindly into some doctor's office.
There was a discussion on Eden forums, asking if you would buy your teen a vibrator. At first it struck me as odd. But, I'd rather help my daughter find something safe for her body, rather than something cheap at the local store. Being a member of EdenFantasys, I've learned what is safe, and what shouldn't be around your body (Silicone vs. some Jelly vibes). If you set yourself up with knowledge, your child will be more likely to come around and ask questions.
This is our future folks. Whether we like it or not, there will be a lot of pregnancies, and STDs going on within the teen community if we do not speak up and assist them. There seems to be a fine line between areas where you feel like you are giving them permission to have sex, (Which I would never, unless they are living outside of my home.), but if you don't speak up, then you may be dealing with a 13 year old getting pregnant (one of my dear friends), or who knows what else. We have voices, let's speak up.


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DETROIT — Bad bosses. We've all had at least one. Hey, you may actually even be one. And tough economic times make bad bosses seem even worse.
Many bosses are stressed to the max because they have to produce more with fewer people and limited resources. So whatever bad behavior and irritating habits they have — be it a hair-trigger temper or a disorganized managing style — can be exacerbated.
"In times of stress, we return to our worst orientation," says Katherine Crowley, a Harvard-trained psychotherapist who studies how people work together.
And you know what, dear beleaguered underlings? That notion applies to you, too.
"If I'm an employee who tends to confront or retaliate, I'll tend to do so more when I'm under stress and interact with my boss," says Crowley. "My behavior is worse, too."
So everyone should just take a deep breath.
Crowley and Kathi Elster, an executive coach, are the co-authors of Working for You Isn't Working for Me (Portfolio, $25.95).
"The boss may seem worse because fear is so prevalent and the environment is much more suspicious," says Crowley. "We may be interpreting our boss' behavior through a darker lens, such as why did he go to the meeting without me, and why wasn't I included in that e-mail?"
In their book, Crowley and Elster lay out several ways to cope. "Our automatic coping mechanism is not good, since usually we want to retaliate or wish for their demise," says Elster.
The authors stress the need for employees to develop their lives away from the office. That means setting aside time for exercise and meditation, or engaging in recreation with family and friends, or pursuing a volunteer activity.
"You're proving yourself competent in other areas, so the boss doesn't have that much power over you," says Elster.
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Write down your successes every day. "Even if it starts with something as simple as getting to work on time," Elster says.
Share the credit. Make sure you give co-workers and your boss credit for what you're able to accomplish. If you have a boss who's threatened by your smarts and prowess, they'll feel less threatened if you direct some praise their way, says Elster.
Detach emotionally. If you have a yeller boss, imagine you're watching a bad movie. "You don't start defending, excusing or explaining, because somebody in that state is not available for a conversation. Instead, just start taking notes as they're yelling. If there are issues to address, do it later."


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LAKE ORION, Mich. - A 47-year-old Orion Township woman is charged with operating a vehicle while drunk with her 9-year-old son in the back seat.
Lake Orion police say Pamela Kroll was arrested after a 911 caller reported her Chevrolet Equinox was traveling recklessly and erratically April 7 on Perry Street near Atwater.
Police say Kroll drove the vehicle off the roadway and at one point drove across the sidewalk, into a yard and back onto the roadway and across the center line. She narrowly missed an oncoming car.
The 911 caller followed her vehicle into a parking lot near M-24 and Atwater where police caught up to it. Police say Kroll had her head on the steering wheel when the officer approached. He had to knock on the window to get Kroll's attention, police say. Meanwhile, her 9-year-old son was in the back seat and was not wearing a seat belt.
Kroll failed a sobriety test during which, police say, she needed to use the driver's side door to maintain her balance. She then submitted a breath test which showed a .36 blood alcohol level, well above the legal limit of .08.
Because of her alleged intoxication, she required a medical clearance before police took her to the Oakland County Jail. She was arraigned Tuesday on one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with an occupant less than 16 years of age and one count of operating a vehicle with a high blood alcohol level.
"That is enough alcohol consumed to get more than 4 adults arrested for drunk driving," said Lake Orion Police Chief Jerry Nash. "It is amazing that no one was injured or killed including her and her child, based on her driving behavior."
Kroll has no previous drunken driving convictions and no criminal arrest record.
The boy's father now has custody.
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Everybody gets an upset stomach now and then, and the same goes for diarrhea, constipation and other gastrointestinal woes. And while there's no shortage of products on the market to help make us feel better, sometimes we're doing more harm than good.
For instance, if you have occasional heartburn and an over-the-counter antacid takes care of it, problem solved. But if you're chugging the stuff or popping several pills a day, then you may have a more serious problem. Acid reflux disease, or GERD, can feel like indigestion but if untreated can cause damage to your esophagus and stomach.
Further down, that diarrhea that just won't go away could be masking something serious as well. If nothing's clearing it up, and you're good about diet and exercise, then the problem could be an inflammatory bowel issue such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
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Wixon: Impending monster District 6-6A could reshape softball landscape
Considering the strength of the softball teams in District 5-5A and 10-5A, it's not surprising that all eight of the districts' playoff teams won convincingly in the first round. What will surprise many people is that next year four of those teams won't even make the playoffs.
That's thanks to the UIL's 2014-16 realignment. For softball teams in 5-5A and 10-5A, the February unveiling was like a fastball to the gut.
When Plano East softball coach Karen Kalhoefer heard about the realignment, she couldn't believe it. She texted another coach, asking if it was a misprint.
Nope. Not only had the realignment merged two heavyweight districts, it has made it one of the state's largest with nine teams: Allen, Flower Mound, Flower Mound Marcus, Hebron, Lewisville, McKinney Boyd, Plano, Plano East and Plano West.
"All of us were just dumbfounded by it," Kalhoefer said. "Their rubber band spots didn't work on this one."
Kalhoefer was referring to the rubber bands that UIL officials place around pushpins when they put together alignments. The rubber band didn't have to stretch far on the map for 6-6A, but it would snap if the strength of the athletic programs were considered.
The power of athletic programs is not considered for alignments, UIL athletic Mark Cousins said. Only geography is considered, which allowed the birth of a district that will be extremely competitive in every sport.
Allen, winner of two straight state football titles and five straight UIL wrestling titles, was in the hunt for the 5A girls golf title Tuesday. Hebron beat Plano West in the 5A girls soccer final earlier this month, and Lewisville is the defending 5A softball champion.
"I don't know why they thought the nine-team district was the best," Flower Mound softball coach Mark Larriba said. "I think it's the worst."
It will be especially difficult in softball. The four top teams in the final regular-season area rankings — Flower Mound, Lewisville, Plano West and McKinney Boyd — are headed to 6-6A. Marcus is No. 6, and although not in the final rankings, Plano, Plano East and Hebron have all been to the state tournament in the last five years.
"It's going to be an absolute dogfight," Larriba said. "With a nine-team district, every game will be a playoff game."
That could be exciting for players, but also physically and mentally exhausting. And in sports in which athletes play for club teams, such as softball and soccer, might some athletes just opt to play club if they think their high school team will struggle to make the playoffs?
Kalhoefer hopes that won't be the case. She would've preferred a different alignment, she said, but 6-6A could help athletes thrive.
"If you're a true athlete, why wouldn't you want that challenge?" Kalhoefer said. "Every game will be a tight battle. It will be the best district in the state."
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Rosebuds of the vigorous Grandiflora rose, Queen Elizabeth, a red Hybrid Tea H56024/39, and Rosa multiflora were cut from bud sticks and placed on wet filter paper, 50 in each Petri dish. Except for a control groupof about 100 buds left on bud sticks in Experiment 1, this method of exposing buds was used throughout. The following five experiments were performed:
1. In the fall of 1957, Philip Livdahl, then at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, California (now at Argonne Laboratory near Chicago), used the A-48 linear accelerator bombarding a copper target with 7.5 Mev deuterons. The approximate radiation intensity at the main axis of the beam was estimated to be about 400 rad, with neutrons emitted at a wide angle. Two Petri dishes, each with 50 Queen Elizabeth buds were placed one immediately behind the other. A small bundle of bud sticks having about 100 buds of Queen Elizabeth was placed as near as possible to these Petri dishes as a control, to study possible shielding action of bud stick tissue. All the exposed buds and 50 control unexposed buds were budded into R. multiflora understock the same afternoon immediately following exposure.
2. On March 14, 1958, 50 buds of Golden Rapture #5 were exposed to thermal neutrons from a "water boiler" reactor receiving approximate 1000 rad and budded into R. multiflora un-derstock in the greenhouse.
3. On March 18, 1958, four Petri dishes, each with 25 buds of Golden Rapture #5 were exposed to 400, 600, 1500, and 3000 rads respectively of 14 Mev neutrons from a Cockcroft-Walton accelerator. These were neutrons resulting from deuterons accelerated to 500 kev bombarding a tritium target. The buds were immediately budded into R. multiflora understock in 4" pots in the greenhouse.
*Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual Convention of the American Scientific Affiliation, Seattle, Washington, August, 1960.
**Dr. Lammerts received his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of California and is Director of Research for Germains Seed Company, Livermore, California.
4. On April 23, 1959, 50 buds of a red Hybrid Tea H5 5024/39 were placed 11 centimeters from the target of a Van de Graaff accelerator and exposed to about 90 rads of 15 Mev neutrons obtained by the accelerated deuterons impinging on a tritium target. S,imilarly 4 other petridishes of 50 Queen Elizabeth buds each, were exposed to 90 and 120 rads, and 2 at 180 rads. As a check to test the effect of placing one Petri dish behind the other, an upper dish at 9 centimeters away was exposed to 120 rad. All were budded in R. multiflora understock soon after exposure; i.e., the same afternoon.
5. Finally on July 9, 1959, 3 Petri dishes (150
buds) of H56024/39, 1 Petri dish (50 buds) of
Queen Elizabeth, and 50 buds of the single 5-petaled
white R. multiflora understock were exposed at 9%
cm from thetarget to 15 Mev neutron radiation obtained by using a Van de Graaff accelerator. As a
c eck on the "Protective effect" of Petri dishes a
,, triple piggyback" group of 3 Petri dishes, each with
50 buds of Queen Elizabeth, were placed one above
the other so that the dish closest to the target (8 cm)
received 500 rad of neutron radiation. These were
all budded into R. multiflora understock the same
afternoon following radiation exposure. The R. multiflora, single Petri dish of Queen Elizabeth, and all
3 of the H56024/39 Petri dishes at 9Y2 cm. received
about 350 rad of neutron radiation. The third Petri
dish of the "triple piggy back" group received about
28D rad. One of the H56024/39 dishes was removed
after 180 rad of neutron radiation.
Before giving results it should be explained that Queen Elizabeth is a hybridof the Hybrid Tea rose, Charlotte Armstrong x Floradora, a Florabunda.
Experiment 1-The most striking result of this experiment was the almost complete lack of mutations or even bud retardation from buds left on bud sticks when exposed. By comparison the 50 buds in the Petri dish nearest the target were all retarded and slow to start and very deformed as to foliage and leaf appearance. Gradually many of -them became more normal by growth from buds on deformed stems, but even these shoots were abnormal, having istrap" leaves and segments of heavily pigmented tissue. Finally by the spring of 1958, most of the plants had normal shoots which ",took over" the growth. The original deformed branches continued to grow, and buds taken from them showed a wide range of variation. About 20 of the plants, however, remained completely changed, both as to color, form, number of flower petals, and appearance of plant and leaves. A thick large rugose leaf type was obtained so unlike
Queen Elizabeth that one would never suspect its relationship by induced mutation. Equally unusual was a very narrow strap leaf type, having thin long, pointed buds. Several had flowers about the size of Floradora with 50-60 petals as compared to 20-25 in Queen Elizabeth and were light scarlet in color, All were weaker in growth than Queen Elizabeth and one was so similar, except for its dwarf habit, as to be of possible commercial value, since some gardeners object to the remarkably vigorous growth of Queen Elizabeth.
Even more interesting was the unusual fact that plants from buds in the petri dish above the one next to the target were normal, except for one possible color variation to light scarlet. The buds were but little retarded, as compared to the control buds not exposed to any radiation.
Experiment 2 may briefly be stated as negative, in that no mutations were observed following exposure to thermal neutron radiation.
Experiment 3 was discouraging in that the two most desired mutations, i.e., increased petal number and darker yellow color, were not obtained. Occasional changes, such as reduction of petal number to 5-6 from the usual 20-25 (2 plan~ts), and one plant with slightly narrower leaves were observed in those radiated at 3000 rad. These changes are valueless commercially. Evidently the genetic variability potential of Golden Rapture #5 was not great. Possibly this may be due to the fact that it carries at least 2 factors for pale yellow (YY). Hence, though genetically carrying recessive factors for deep yellow (yy), both dominant factors would have to be inactivated to allow expression of recessive deep yellow as 'hoped for.
Experiment 4-As the buds of those exposed to lower dosages of the high energy neutron radiation of this experiment began growing, it seemed at first that, even at this low level, we had variability coinparable to that of Experiment 1. The following is a summary of observations made June 9, 1959, followed by summary of final results, as of August 18, 1960.
1. H56024/39-20-25 petaled, rose-red hybrid were radiated at 89 rad. 15 plants were normal in height, i.e., 16"-20". 7 were V-8", 5 were 2"-4", and 8 buds were just starting. Some were of normal height with lighter anthocyanin pigmentation. One plant has flowers with only 7 petals.
8/18/60. 34 surviving plants. One very weak plant died after transplanting. Final results were: I plant has 8-10 petals and 2-3 petaloids, and 1 plant is very slender and weak and 12" high compared to normal pf 26"-W.2. Queen Elizabeth-89 rads exposure. Nine were normal 16"-20", 13 were 6"-8", 20 were 1"4", 3 buds were just starting, 2 were dormant, and 3 were dead. Some normal plants were darker in anthocyanin pigmentation and all showed malformation areas.
8/18/60. 22 surviving plants. All were normal Queen Elizabeth plants both as to flower and plant habit.
3. Queen Elizabeth-178 rads exposure. Ten normal plants were 16"-20", 20 were 6"-8", 16 were V'-V, 3 buds were just starting, 1 was dormant, and 2 buds were dead. Much greater deformity was present, even in those plants normal in height, than among the group receiving only 90 rads. One plant was almost black with anthocyanin. About a dozen were sectoral chimaeras for 50-60 petals; several of these also were light scarlet.
8/18/60. 28 surviving plants. Six were much weaker than normal, of which 2 had abnormally small leaves and flowers.
4. Queen Elizabeth-178 rads exposure. Four were normal 16"-20", 22 were C-8", 19 were 1"-4" high, 3 were dormant, and 4 buds were dead. Like #3, all plants were much deformed, even those normal in height.
8/18/60. 24 surviving plants. Four were much weaker than normal.
5. Queen Elizabeth-118 rads exposure. Four were normal 16"-20", 18 were 6'4% 18 were 1"-4", 4 buds were just starting, 4 were dormant, and I was dead. Much deformity was present in all, seemingly more than in #3 or#4. Some small plants with leaves were not at all like Queen Elizabeth.
8/18/60. 34 surviving plants. All quite normal in appearance.
6. Queen Elizabeth-177 rads exposure. The bottom petri dish was nearest target at 9 centimeters. These generally were more affected than any. None were normal in height: 15 were 6"-8" high, 24 were 1"-4!', 3 were just starting, 3 were dormant, and 2 were dead. Many, as they developed, showed sectoral chimaeras for increased petal number, light scarlet, and small-sized flower.
8/18/60. 37 surviving plants. All were quite normal in appearance.
7. Queen Elizabeth-118 rads exposure. Upper dish, 11 centimeters from target, was protected by first petri dish. Eight were normal height 16"-20", 26 were 6"-8", 9 were 1"-4!', and 7 were dormant buds. Relatively little deformity noted on 4-5 plants affected at all.
8/18/60. 33 surviving plants. One plant had most of its leaves smaller and yellowish green. Flowers definitely were more scarlet. A normal shoot is now growing vigorously from the base. One plant had a thicker, leathery, dark green foliage and a light scarlet flower. Two very weak plants had narrow, dark green foliage. Three plants had sectoral chimaeras, i.e., stems having flowers much more scarlet than typical of Queen Elizabeth; one of these had over 60 petals, beautifully imbricated. All three stems were weaker than the rest of the plant.
At low-dosage rates evidently only a small percentage of cells in each bud mutates. As the plants continue to grow, normal shoots "take over" and except as noted the final result was a normal Queen Elizabeth plant.
Generally then the many changes were transitory, i.e., chimaeral. However, by budding from these, some were stabilized and may have horticultural value, even though they are not as vigorous as Queen Elizabeth.
Experiment 5, which was started on July 9, 1959, was comparable to Experiment 4, as regards Queen Elizabeth and H56024/39. In addition, 50 buds of R. multiflora were exposed to 356 rads of neutrons. Since the results are rather similar, they may briefly be summarized as follows:
1. Queen Elizabeth-50 buds in petri dish 8 cin from target receiving 502 rads of neutrons. Only 4 plants survived which are now quite normal. Ten of the exposed buds started and the plants at first were very delicate and prostrate. But buds from these more normal and finally basal shoots were completely normal. The original prostrate shoots are being budded to study variability.
2. Queen Elizabeth-50 buds in petri dish 9.5 cm from target, i.e., just above #1 and receiving 356 rads of neutron radiation. 41 plants survived of which 5 remained much weaker than normal. One originally prostrate plant now has normal basal shoot. There were many sectoral chimaeras for such qualities as:(a) Scarlet.
Samples 4, 5, and 6,each had 50 buds of H56024/39 and received 356 rads of neutron radiation. Sample #7, also H56024/39 received only 178 rads. There were 49, 50, 46, and 43 surviving plants, all discouragingly normal in appearance. Occasionally flowers with only 10-12 petals were found, but unlike Queen Elizabeth radiated buds, no flowers with increased petal number were found.
The last experiment-petri dish #8-was 9.5 cm from the target and received 356 rads of neutron radiation. It contained 50 buds of a basic species, R. multiflora, having small white flowers and only 5 petals.
Evidently this species was highly resistant to change as there were no variations in fl~ower color, petal number, or size. Of the 47 surviving plants, 6 are very definitely much weaker than normal and one of these is very weak. These plants will be budded to see if this reduced vigor is a stable condition.Discussion
Quite evidently by neutron radiation of buds at about 4000 rad we can tremendously increase the rate of mutation almost to the 100 per cent level in terms of mutation per bud radiated, since all buds showed at least sectoral chimaeras for changed tissue.
Horticulturally, the results were encouraging in that we did get several selection with increased petal number, having good bud form and a pleasing change to a light scarlet or what is popularly known as "coral pink" color. Also a dwarf type identical to Queen Elizabeth in bud, open flower form, and color was obtained which may have commercial value in that some gardeners object to the extremely vigorous growth of Queen Elizabeth (to 8 feet high in California gardens). This "buds true" in tests so far made.
Horticulturally, the results were discouraging in that we did not get color variations at least theoretically possible genetically. Thus, though we did get a white variation, the leaves were adversely affected, being semi-chlorotic, i.e., yellowish green in appearance. Possibly bud selection may segregate the color change from the leaf change should the cell tissue still be variable. Perhaps the situation may best be stated by listing the variations we did not get as follows:
1. Change to dominant RI or crimson red color from the recessive r or light scarlet range.
2. Change to dominant S or dark scarlet such as is characteristic of Floradora. Evidently all variations were to the recessive s or salmon to coral pink (light scarlet of British Horticultural Color Chart).
3. Change to the large-flower and large petal characteristics of Charlotte Armstrong. All the variations had petals either slightly smaller to much smaller than Queen Elizabeth.
4. Change to the long bud characteristic of Charlotte Armstrong.2 Long bud is dominant to short bud due to a series of dominant or semi-dominant factors.
5. Change to climbing type or more vigorous pillar type-
6. Changes to long cutting stem with flowers occurring singly as in Hybrid Teas. All changes were toward cluster behavior of Floradora, the Floribunda parent.
7. Increase in leaf size. Queen Elizabeth has a large-sized leaflet fully as large as Charlotte Armstrong. Most variations, even the large rugose one, were toward smaller-sized leaflets.
Quite evidently most mutations were toward the recessive type as exemplified by:
1. Decrease in size of flower coincident with increase in petal number, i.e., resulting in many smaller petals.
2. Change to the recessive s or salmon (light scarlet appearance). These mutations were very frequent, i.e., in ratio of about 100 to 1 for change to white.
It would seem that the dominant M factor3 was frequently inactivated, thus allowing the recessive s factor to show, or simultaneously the dominant S factor was also changed to s.
Compared to Queen Elizabeth, Golden Rapture is much more difficult to affect by radiation. Genetics tests show definitely that it carries recessive factors (yy) for dark yellow, a much desired color. Accordingly it was hoped that neutron radiation would result in mutation to dark yellow. However, quite evidently, much higher dosage rates must be used and probably more buds radiated in order to inactivate both of the dominant YY factors present. Contrariwise, Queen Elizabeth has only one dominant TNT factor which was relatively easy to inactivate, as judged by the frequency of sectoral chimaeras for light scarlet.
Both the red H56024/39 and Golden Rapture are of Hybrid Tea ancestry. Unlike Queen Elizabeth they are not Fl hybrids between a many-petaled, small-flowered Floribunda and a large flowered Hybrid Tea. Accordingly they do not carry factors for many petals. Hence their variability potential in this respect is low. We know that the single, 5-petal con-
2. Lammerts, Walter E., "The Scientific Basis of Rose Breeding," American Rose Annual, 1945, pp. 71-79.
3. Lammerts, Walter E., "Inheritance of Magenta Red Color in Roses," American Rose Annual, 1960, pp. 119-125.
dition is recessive. As noted above, both H56024/39 and Golden Rapture mutations to 5 petals were found, as well as intermediate conditions. Mutations increasing the number of dominant factors for increased petalage simply did not occur.
Finally the stability of the R. multiflora species is highly significant. Again mutations to the dominant, many-petaled condition simply do not occur. Likewise mutations to the A factor, basic to pigment formation, the dominant R factor for crimson red, or the S factor for dark scarlet did not occur. Again it is significant that there were no variations to increased flower size. R. multiflora is a semi-trailing, climbing type of plant. Though the sample is small, it is also significant that no mutations to upright bush type of growth, or recurrent flowering occurred. The conclusion is inescapable that mutations to dominant traits are difficult to effect by radiation.
In other words the success of a radiation experiment depends, not only on dosage rate, but the variability potential of the variety used.
Biologically stated, all changes were toward weaker less viable types, certainly not comparable to Queen Elizabeth in vigor or survival ability. In fact, it was quite clear that as the plants developed, the most viable tissue combination "took over" in that if any normal unchanged cells were present, eventually buds formed from them and they became the main plant. In the case of the 1957 experiment, evidently the 20 plants which remained changed and transmitted their changed traits by budding, were of homogeneous cell type. However, as these grew from buds, one could observe segregation of tissues and the plants grew progressively stronger as the cells with best gene combinations "took over" and became buds growing into uniform-appearing but changed plant type.
Some of these obviously differ from Queen Elizabeth by many factors. Since all are either completely sterile or semi-sterile, it may never be possible to determine their exact genetic make-up. Crosses of four, which showed a low percentage of apparently good pollen back to Queen Elizabeth, do not give much promise of setting seed.
Though it is recognized that many of the mutated types may well be "abnormalities" involving chromosome disintegration and so not be pertinent to the following discussion, many obviously are rather simple changes to the recessive condition. Certainly we have here a technique by which we can observe more ,'mutations" from one group of 50 neutron-radiated buds than usually is possible in a lifetime of looking at several milli-on plants per year in the field run of plants from unradiated buds.
Are then these changes the sort of thing leading to evolutionary divergence? In this respect the results of neutron radiation of rosebuds checks closely with reports of other radiation work. By far the greater majority of all mutations found are defective. Oc casionally as in the rose experiments, some are found which horticulturally are desirable. Even certain ones are recorded in the literature as showing increased resistance to some plant disease. But so far careful inquiry has brought out that as in roses, associated defects make the survival value of the mutant type in a natural environment highly questionable.
It would seem then that the idea that evolution can occur through the accumulation of mutations is simply not borne out by the ever-increasing array of experimental evidence. In fact, it becomes more and more clear that species and even varieties are very complexly integrated units tolerating very little "tinkering" or change. Quite obviously some species such as the chromosomally basic R. multiflora species are particularly resistant to change. Others have a greater variability potential.
Quite obviously the ability of species and varieties to change as they spread over the surface of the earth has been pushed out of all proportion into the idea of evolution. The inability of older naturalists such as Darwin to evaluate this variability potential of species and varieties properly and so to mistake it for evolution or change of one species into another is quite understandable. After all, they had no clear concepts of genetics and even set up genetic postulates completely at variance to what we now know occurs. But the continued interest and belief in evolution, at least in some modified form, on the part of so many modem biologists is puzzling, since the facts of genetic variability and mutation so clearly show that species and varieties have such clearly defined boundaries of variability.
Contrariwise, the idea of evolution has had a deadening effect on the minds of many, especially younger and less imaginative research workers, since the very concept tends to make one feel that changes come slowly. Actually, plant breeding experience shows that within the limits of species or variety-variability potentials changes can be effected very rapidly. In fact, with the development of modern tools of radiation research, we can in a few months probe the variability range of even such normally slow reproducing species as apples, pears, and peaches. Thus by neutron radiating buds of peach varieties and growing the budlings under continuous light,4 we can get a crop in one year from radiated buds from which we can see the entire range of variability potential. However, we also must be clearly alert to the fact that once the range of variation is reached, further attempts to increase variability are a waste of time.
1. Data are given showing technique and dosages use to get maximum percentage of mutations from rosebuds by neutron radiation.
4. Lammerts, Walter E., "Effect of Photoperiod and Temperature on Growth of Embryo-Cultured Peach Seedlings," American Journal of Botany 30, No. 9: 707-711.
3. Horticulturally, neutron radiation of buds shows great promise, since it so greatly speeds up mutation.
4. Biologically, all mutations are defectives, hence any postulate of evolution by mutation is contrary to evidence.
5. It is observed that the concept of evolution has had a bad influence on research in that it tends to make the scientist work on the theory that nature acts slowly and mutational changes occur slowly. Hence he tends to limit himself as to possibilities of getting results rapidly.ACKNOWLEDGMENT


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Beamz C4BSB DJ Player Controller Review
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Check out our full written review of the new Laser Interactive DJ MIDI controller called the Beamz C4BSB. This new innovative controller uses beams of light to trigger loops, cue points, samples and just about anything else that is MIDI mappable within your favorite DJ Software. Our resident DJ Gear Reviewer Jeremiah put the new Beamz laser system controller to the test and you don't want to miss the results. Full Written Review after the jump.
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In my case I used the Beamz in addition to my Native Instruments Kontrol S4 and the set up was decently simple. Although, for someone that is new or doesn't know how to custom midi map controllers in Traktor or any DJ software, the set-up could be very daunting because of the lack of a company supported .tsi file. Once you get the controller mapped it works seamlessly with any digital DJ'ing set up.
The features that really set this device apart from other controllers is the concept itself. The idea of using lasers as replacements for buttons and knobs is quite innovative; every time I use it I think of a 007 type super spy but instead of dancing around the lasers tying not to set off an alarm I'm sticking my hands through them to execute a perfect bass drop.
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Overall, the Beamz is an extremely innovative product. I would recommend this controller to mobile DJs and those that are looking for a fun way to DJ. I would not recommend it to club DJs because of its size I am not sure how many booths it would be able to fit in. Ultimately, it allows for more showmanship during sets by letting the DJ fist pump with a purpose. Although some may call it gimmicky, I am proud to see a company trying to push our passion further into the future.
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In the UK the British Heart Foundation has recently launched the Food4Thought website with the aim of promoting healthy lifestyle to children.
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Once the "obesity" crisis has passed, food companies in the UK have decided to invest £70m in advertising. About one year ago the government was about to issue a ban on food ads to provide a solution to the obesity diffusion among teens. They eventually decided not to do it, but they obtained a positive result anyway. Basically food brands are now promoting healthier products. In an article on Media Guardian people in the industry provide different explanation to the growth: someone admits there is a trend towards healthier eating, some others, like McDonald's simply claim they are advertising more because they have more things to say…
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Amy Beach Festival: Celebrating the Music of a Great American Woman
Date: Friday, March 21, 2014
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
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The Meredith College Department of Music will present two concerts as part of a celebration of composer Amy Beach. The March 21 concert will feature Meredith music faculty, and Meredith students will perform on March 22. Both events will include presentations by Wake Forest University Professor of Music Susan Borwick, an Amy Beach scholar.
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Dennis Barlow, protagonist of Evelyn Waugh's 1948 novel The Loved One , is an employee of Happier Hunting Ground, which provides funeral services and burial grounds for pets.
When Arthur—-the pet Sealyham (terrier) of Walter and Theodora Heinkel—-dies, Dennis sells the Heinkels all that his company has to offer: cremation, a top-of-the-line urn, religious rites, a white dove (to be "liberated over the crematorium"), and an annual card of remembrance (to read, "Your little Arthur is thinking of you in heaven today and wagging his tail.")
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Not all his customers were as open-handed and tractable as the Heinkels. Some boggled at a ten-dollar burial, others had their pets embalmed and then west East and forgot them; one after filling half the ice-box for over a week with a dead she-bear changed her mind and called in the taxidermist. These were the dark days, to be set against the ritualistic, almost orgiastic cremation of a non-sectarian chimpanzee and the burial of a canary over whose tiny grave a squad of Marine buglers had sounded Taps.
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Back in the 1970s, Shugarts Deceased Pet Care in Atlanta—-the brainchild of Doyle Shugart, a human funeral director—-was almost an underground operation. (Customers) would ask him to come in an unmarked car, says daughter Donna Shugart-Bethune. They didnt want their neighbors to know. The company now offers more services, according to Shugart-Bethune, than youd find at a human funeral home. There are the expected high-ticket items, like bronze grave markers ($1,765) and velvet-lined caskets ($1,135). But there are also unconventional options, like freeze-drying and embalming. My dad really perfected the art of embalming pets, Shugart-Bethune says. Business has been so good that the operation recently moved to a two-floor, 8,000-square-foot building with enough room to accommodate multiple pet funerals.
Peternity, an online superstore, is like a Target for pet grieving. Products range from headstones ($80 to $425) to urns (a hand veneered version goes for $1,500) to stained glass portraits ($200) to garden sculptures (upwards of $2,750). Colleen Mihelich, the Brea (Calif.)-based founder and creative director, created the site in 2003, and according to her records, 2011 sales have been up 14,043 percent since inception, with an anticipated 29,460 percent increase in 2012.
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Medicare's role in financing nursing home care greatly expanded in the 1990s compared with the 1980s, according to a study by Jeffrey A. Rhoades, Ph.D., and John P. Sommers, Ph.D., of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. They examined data from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey Institutional Population Component (IPC) and the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Nursing Home Component (NHC). Both are nationally representative surveys that detail the characteristics of nursing homes and their residents, as well as use of and expenses for nursing home care.
Survey data showed that total annual expenses for nursing homes increased from $28 billion in 1987 to $70 billion in 1996, a 150 percent increase. Annual expenses per resident increased from $13,866 in 1987 to $22,561 in 1996, representing a 63 percent increase. Mean expenses per day increased from $56 in 1987 to $118 in 1996, an increase of 111 percent.
The major sources of payment for total annual nursing home expenses shifted from 1987 to 1996. Medicare payments represented the greatest change between the 2 years, going from 2 percent of all payments for nursing home care in 1987 to 19 percent in 1996. The total share of expenses paid by Medicaid was 49 percent in 1987 and 44 percent in 1996.
As Medicare's financing role increased, there was an accompanying decline in the proportion of expenses that residents paid out of pocket. In 1987, 45 percent was paid out of pocket versus 30 percent in 1996. Nursing home residents using Medicare most heavily as a source of payment tended to have very short stays (33 days on average), zero limitations in activities of daily living such as dressing or walking, and no mental conditions.
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USC faces a potential stumbling block Thursday night on the road against Utah.
The Utes feature one of the top defensive tackles in the country in Star Lotulelei. The 6-4, 320-pound senior has 19 tackles in four games, to go along with four tackles for loss, a sack and two forced fumbles.
On top of that, Utah (2-2) had this past week off to prepare for the No. 13 Trojans.
The Trojans also are coming off an open week, which is a good thing, but maybe even more so if USC can get starting center Khaled Holmes back in the lineup.
Holmes missed USC's Sept. 15 loss to Stanford with an injured right ankle and, according to the Orange County Register, appeared to tweak it again the following week against Cal.
Holmes briefly spoke with reporters after practice Sunday but gave little indication as to what his status is for Thursday's game.
"I feel great," Holmes told reporters. "Beautiful day."
Senior Abe Markowitz has filled in when Holmes has been unable to play.
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"That position's so valuable for anybody," Trojans coach Lane Kiffin said Sunday. "But our guy's so smart and does so many things, you sometimes forget about all the stuff that he does—until he wasn't there. Then you really notice it."
In Utah's first season in the Pac-12 a year ago, the Trojans beat the Utes 23-14 in a game that featured a bizarre ending at the Coliseum in Los Angeles. Utah's 41-yard field goal attempt on the game's final play to try to send it to overtime was blocked and Torin Harris returned it for a USC touchdown. The score wasn't counted until two hours after the game ended.
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The Trojans' trip to Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium will be their first in 95 years. The 45,017-seat stadium is sold out—Utah's 15th in a row—and the game will be televised on ESPN.
Even though the two teams aren't off to the starts everyone expected—No. 13 USC is 3-1, Utah is 2-2—Utah athletic director Chris Hill said it hasn't taken away the excitement of the week ahead.
"I think people thought USC would be ranked No. 1 and that we would be 4-0," Hill told the Salt Lake Tribune. "That's what everybody wants, but I think it's taken very little off the excitement for the people."


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Orville Horwitz, emeritus professor
of medicine and pharmacology, died
of peritonitis on January 28 at the
age of 93.
Horwitz graduated from Harvard University
in 1932 and earned his medical degree
from Johns Hopkins University in 1938.
He joined the Penn faculty in 1941
and was named professor of medicine
in 1970 and professor of pharmacology
in 1976.
served in the Navy during World War
II on Midway Island as a flight surgeon,
returning to Penn after the war. Dr.
Horwitz went to work for NASA in 1946
and established the Foundation for
Vascular-Hypertension Research in
1971. He was named emeritus professor
of medicine and pharmacology at Penn
effective 1979.
belonged to the American Heart Association
and was honored by the Pennsylvania
Medical Society in 1988 for practicing
medicine for 50 years.
Horwitz is survived by his wife, Nataline
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So many things I'd like to know. Perhaps others can help me?
Like are we consumers really aware that all those labels stamped with "Made in China" really should be saying "Made in Communist China?" So many of our brave heroes have died fighting communism so people could be free and stay free. I wonder if they died in vain? Communist China is making our clothes, shoes, food, toys and too many other items space prevents from listing. Made in the USA label or tag is rare ... makes me so sad.
Our country is dangerously indebted to Communist China. How? Why? When will they start to "call in" the IOUs? If so, what do we do then? Does anyone but me feel like this is just a giant game of "Monopoly" and the majority of us are condemned to live forever on "Marvin Gardens" in a house or a tent or not while a minority control the board and reside on "Park Place" in shameful luxury?
Have you noticed that the prices of goods made in the sweatshops of Communist China get shipped back to the United States and the prices are the same or higher as when our work force was making them?
I know people who have been to Communist China, they say the living and working conditions are a horror story. Outside the large cities, the people live in abject poverty. Unions get a bad rap for certain things and they should. At least our U.S. workers have a safe, healthy place if they can find a job. There are no rules in Communist China for the workers' safety.
The land, water and air are being raped by the hundreds of sweatshop factories. How young are these workers I wonder? How old? Why was Communist China given "most favored nation" status for so long? Was it just until all our jobs were swept away? Listen to the "giant sucking noise." Now, Communist China wants to have a Midwest depot to bring its products here and it wants its people to unload these goods and whatever. I guess our workers will stand and watch them. Where were the rules for our manufacturers?
They were allowed to say "Goodbye, see ya" to American workers. Why? Outrageous. I think most of the horses have left the barn and a few courageous souls are trying to close the doors to keep the rest. If someone has verifiable answers for me, I'm listening.


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Can the Big East be saved?
Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:51:52 GMT —
As recently as a few months ago I resisted Syracuse moving to another conference. The Orange are virtually synonymous with the Big East and a huge part of making it one of (if not the) premier basketball conferences in the country. Sure the conference has some football issues. While the concerns are nothing new the reality is that Syracuse football will struggle to compete as a bowl caliber team until they can get the schedule (and money) that comes with a conference like the Big 10. To be fair, SU has come a long way in two years. Doug Marrone and his staff have taken one of the most troubled teams in the country and given them discipline, focus and effective game management. The Syracuse staff have made the most of their strengths and done an admirable job dealing with some unfair setbacks. As good as the coaching staff has been, they still need help in recruiting and the help may only come with a move to another conference. Basketball, recruits want to play for a solid program in a good conference that will allow them to get minutes and shot attempts. Top tier recruits can be scared off by playing with too many other top tier players since they could be stuck in a complementary role or get limited scoring opportunities. In football, the opposite is true. Top quality QB prospects want to know how good your offensive lineman, receivers, tight ends and running backs are. Basically, a five star recruit wants to know that he'll be protected by five star linemen. In basketball, a great player needs other good but not great players around him so he can show his skills while also showing he can play a team game. In football, a great player needs as many great players around them as possible for them to look great. In essence, football recruiting is even more inter-dependent than other sports. making that recruiting even more difficult is the mess known as the BCS System. BCS conferences have an obvious advantage (for more on this, turn on any sports radio station from September to late December) but the Big East is becoming an awkward second class BCS member. The overall quality of play is well below the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, Pac-10 and ACC. The Big East was receiving some sympathy after the BC, Virginia Tech and Miami defections but that well is starting to run dry. Football is incredibly expensive and the Big East just hasn't been able to get a TV contract that makes it competitive with the big conferences. The fact that it's made up of smaller private schools and large public schools with limited football history doesn't help things. For SU, a school that has a rich history and a respectable fan base considering it's size - the time to get on board with a big conference in now. I don't want to call Big East football a sinking ship but the risk of a collapse is real. It's very doubtful that adding Villanova or Memphis would help either the conference's financial or recruiting pictures anytime soon. For SU, the best hope is the Big 10 or ... the ACC. (It's still hard for me to write that.) Both conferences are inferior basketball conferences but still power players. SU would instantly become the second best basketball program in the Big 10 behind Michigan State and would be a top tier ACC program. I love the Big East. I was born in Boston, graduated from SU and basically grew up on Big East football and basketball. But (you knew there would be a but) change is needed and history may need to stay in the past.


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CHICO >> The unusually low flow of Big Chico Creek has proved fatal to dogs in upper Bidwell Park in recent weeks, and park officials are warning people to use caution and obey the laws.
At least two dogs have died after being caught in "strainers," which occur when water can flow through rocks and debris but humans and animals cannot. The pressure of the flowing water is often too strong to escape, and the dogs have drowned, with one more unconfirmed report and a near-miss this weekend, senior park ranger Shane Romain said Monday.
The hazardous area is 100 yards downstream of Bear Hole. With the drought reducing creek flow to a fraction of its usual volume, a chute that water would normally flow over is now exposed.
While people may think higher flows could present more problems, lower ones have their own dangers, said Dan Efseaff, park and natural resource manager. While strainers can be dangerous to people year-round, dogs don't normally swim underwater and are now encountering this danger.
"In reality, dogs love to swim. We think of them as pretty good swimmers but they are no match for rapids and falling water," Efseaff said. "Flowing water, even out on the Sacramento River, can exceed the capacity of a dog to keep up with it. They get tired and cold."
The creek always has strainers and is changing, but this particular location is proving to be particularly problematic, Romain said.
"It's an area where people like to let their dogs swim even though they are not supposed to be in that area," he said. "It doesn't take the dog long to get out into the current, and the current pushes it into the strainer."
The accidents are not only tragic but preventable, Romain said.
"It's really sad and it's just something that people don't think of," he said.
The creek offers plenty of other locations safe for a dog to swim, Romain said. He reminds people that leashes are always mandatory on the creek side of Upper Park Road and dogs are not allowed at any designated swimming holes.
For anyone swimming in areas marked to have hazardous water conditions, like Bear Hole and the Diversion Dam, he reminds them to swim with a buddy, avoid unfamiliar areas and to jump in feet first — never dive. He also cautions that if a person is pulled toward a strainer, to swim aggressively toward it and try to get above it, and if a person or animal is trapped, to go for help and don't try to perform a rescue.
"I've been worried someone is going to go in after their dog and end up in the same situation," he said.
Dog-related park rules are not just for the pets' safety but also to protect wildlife, Efseaff said.
"If you keep wildlife away from water in a drought year, it's going to harm them," he said.
Another reason for the prohibition is to protect public health, because creek issues with fecal matter could be exacerbated with such low flows this year, he said.
The creek last week was flowing at 9 cubic fee per second at a spot where its flow typically averages 200 cfs in June.
"We are a dog-friendly park but there has to be room for everything and we are running out of it with water being so low," he said.
Contact reporter Ashley Gebb at 896-7768.
• Swim with a buddy
• Avoid unfamiliar areas
• Be aware of underwater hazards
• Never dive, always jump feet first
• Wear life jackets, keep dogs on leash
• If pulled toward a strainer, swim aggressively toward it and try to get above it
• If a person or animal is trapped in a strainer, go for help — don't try to perform rescue


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Giro d'Italia 2014 Stage 3 was a road race over a distance of 187 km from Armagh to Dublin. There are some rolling hills in the first half but otherwise it is relatively flat. The Irish fans displaying pink horses, cows, sheep and even donkeys along the route to celebrate the pink jersey.
Today was another rainy wet day causing challenging slick roads resulting in several major crashes throughout the race. Even with the wet slick conditions racers maintained an average speed of 40 km/h.
Battling a headwind in a sprint for the finish Marcel Kittel and Ben Swift fighting to the finish line. Marcel Kittel wins the battle by the length of a spoke. Kittel the powerful German racks up his second stage win in a row.
Seems the trend is to win a Giro d'Italia stage on your birthday. After Svein Tuft from Canada won stage 1 on his 37th birthday, Marcel Kittel decided to do the same. He celebrates his 26th birthday today as well.
Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge crashed earlier in the race, but recovered quickly and remains the overall race leader with a time of 5:37:54. Riders are likely looking forward to a rest day tomorrow to dry up. They will travel to Italy for stage 4. Possibly drier weather in store as they will start stage 4 in Giovinazzo on the Adriatic coast of Italy.
Giro d'Italia 2014 Stage 3 Results:
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
4 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky
7 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
8 Edwin Avila (Col) Colombia
9 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp
Giro d'Italia 2014 General Classification after 3 Stages:
1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 5:37:54
2 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:00:03
3 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge
4 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica Greenedge
5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge
6 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica Greenedge
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:08
8 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
9 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team Here is a fly through of the route on Google Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXO2URWnS_0
The first 3 stages of the Giro are in Ireland. The Tour de France 2014 also starts in the UK this year, with Yorkshire hosting the start. The Giro 2014 start is at night with a 27 km team time-trial through the streets of Belfast. After a third stage finish in the center of Dublin the race moves to Italy. The route then winds its way along the beautiful Amalfi Coast and along the Italian Riviera. The route passes through the cities of Bologna and Milan. Stage 16 and 20 will be through the Italian Alps. The race concludes with a grueling climb of the notorious Zoncolan. A picture of only the Zoncolan below. It reminds me of my climb through the Swiss Alps up St Gotthards pass.
The five 9 km ascent of the Zoncalon is the steepest climb in the Giro d'Italia. It averages grades of 13 per cent but reaches a leg burning 25 per cent in places. Not a stage to miss.
So the top Giro contenders this year will certainly include Evans and these top cyclists below:
Cadel Evans: Australia's 37-year-old Cadel Evans will be taking part, but fellow Aussie cyclist Ritchie Port is out due to illness. No Australian has won the Giro, with Evans' third last year the best overall result. He won the Tour de France in 2011 and placed second overall in the Tour Down Under in 2014. Evans continues to prove age is not stopping him.
Joaquim Rodriguez of Team Katusha finished third in the Tour de France 2013. He said that his focus was to win the Giro this year. "The Giro's my goal," Rodríguez told local Catalan TV, Sport3. "I went well there last year, placing just 16 seconds behind Ryder Hesjedal. The Giro's hard, hardly any flat stages and always with a twist – that's what I like."
Rigaberto Uran: (Columbian) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Urán was first introduced to the world of cycling at the age of 14 by his father, who was assassinated a few months later by one of the countries terrorist groups. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the road race. He became the first Colombian ever to make the podium of the Giro d'Italia, when he finished second behind Vincenzo Nibali in 2012.
Nairo Quintana the Columbian Movistar team member is another favorite. The 23-year-old powerhouse finished second overall on his Tour de France debut in 2013,. He had a spectacular race winning the mountains classification, the white jersey and the final mountain stage. He said he will not ride the Tour de France this year, but will focus all his energy on winning the Giro.
Marcel Kittel (Argos Shimano) German (born 11 May 1988)
Kittel made his Tour debut in 2012 when he was selected as leader of his team in the 2012 Tour de France, where he would compete for stage wins and the green jersey.Kittel has found incredible success as a sprinter. Likely going for a green points jersey in the race.
- He finished first in the 2013 Tour de France first stage in Corsica and took the inaugural Maillot jaune of the 100th Tour de France
- Kittel started the 2014 season by winning three stages in-a-row at the Tour of Dubai. On the third stage, he survived two short climbs near the end of the race and won the sprint of a greatly reduced group
Daniel Martin the 28-year-old Irishman is a member of the Garmin-Sharpe team. Unfortunately Martin crashed in the first stage team time trial in Belfast and has withdrawn from the race. His most notable achievements include winning a stage at the Tour de France 2013, winning a stage at the Vuelta a Espana in 2011, and winning the overall classification at both the 2010 Tour de Poligone and 2013 Volta a Cataluyna."I'm going to win," the Irishman told VeloNews without blinking at the Tour of Beijing in October. "I know I'm capable of it and that's why I'm heading to Italy."
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Silva keen on Chelsea switch
Valencia winger David Silva has revealed he would relish a move to Chelsea and believes they rank alongside Barcelona as the best club in world football.
Silva, currently on World Cup duty with Spain, is expected to leave Valencia this summer and, as it appears there is little prospect of him joining Barca or Real Madrid, both Chelsea and Manchester City are viewed as possible destinations.
The 24-year-old, who was recently quoted as saying he would find it difficult to resist a move to Manchester United, has now reiterated his belief that the Premier League is the strongest in the world and feels Chelsea are its strongest team.
"Chelsea have established themselves as one of the best clubs in Europe over the last five years," he said in the Daily Star. "They might not have the history of Real Madrid or AC Milan but they are creating their own history now.
"There is no reason why in the future Chelsea can't be as decorated as Real Madrid. Chelsea probably have, along with Barcelona, the best squad in football and if any player joins Chelsea he knows he is going to win things.
"In players like John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, they have players who would get into any team in the world and it would be a pleasure to play with them.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Chelsea would be a great club to play for - and a club where I could fulfil my ambition of league titles and the European Cup.
"The Premier League is still the place to be. No other league in the world has six or seven Champions League-quality teams."
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(AFTON) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be holding a public meeting later this month to discuss the population of Star Valley's elk herds. Authorities say the average number of elk in the Afton herd has been 2,300 during the past five years, with about 2,200 this year. The meeting will be held Tuesday, May 22 at 6 p.m. in the Afton Civic Center.
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London, December 27 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston, who flew to Mexico with her fiance Justin Theroux for her holidays, lounged around a pool in Cabo to celebrate Christmas.
Rumours have been swirling around the couple for the last few weeks, after the actress appeared to be avoiding alcohol at a party, and was pictured covering her stomach, giving rise to rumours that she may be pregnant, the Mirror reported.
Despite claiming to have stopped watching what she eats, Aniston managed to look good in a bikini. (ANI)


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UPDATE: Chilliwack mom has stroller warning for local transit users – BC Transit has tips
A young Chilliwack mother wants to warn others with strollers that if you get the wrong bus driver in the wrong circumstance, you might just get stranded.
Sasha Selby's trip from her Sardis Park home to Harvest Café with her two young children last Thursday started out as good as possible.
Selby got on the bus in front of Sardis elementary, helped on by a friendly bus driver.
"He was the nicest guy ever," she told the Times Monday.
The kids were excited by their first ever bus ride. There was even someone with balloons on the bus adding to the positive experience for the one- and two-year-olds.
The three of them had a lovely dinner at Harvest, then she packed up a box of treats — cupcakes, donuts, cookies — ready to head home to build a couch fort and watch movies.
The perfect family day, while dad was off at his job as a firefighter in Vancouver, was going great. Then they headed for the bus ride back home again. And that's when things went sour, she said.
She waited with about four other people for the bus at the stop near the Telus building on Yale. It started to rain lightly, which was fine.
"I love the rain, it wasn't a big deal," Selby said.
When the bus arrived, she started to wheel her stroller on as she had a few hours earlier on Vedder Road, but she was met with a look and an attitude that was unmistakable.
Then she was simply told the stroller was too big.
"He was really annoyed that I was getting on that bus," she said. "I just wanted to get home with my kids."
Selby said the bus driver told her he was already six minutes late, there were three other people behind her, one with a single stroller, so she retreated.
"I was embarrassed," she said. "So I started walking."
Then it really started to rain. The kids were crying, she was crying and her treats were destroyed.
Without a cellphone, she walked to Shoppers Drug Mart where helpful staff let her use a phone to call her grandmother, and even let her keep her stroller there when her ride home couldn't fit it.
Selby complained to BC Transit about her experience. She said she got a response that they were sorry, and an offer of a day pass for the bus, something she said made no sense given the uncertainty about her being allowed on with her stroller.
But BC Transit public relations in Victoria said the driver did everything right, and it was Selby's fault for not folding up her stroller.
"[We] feel the operator did his best to accommodate the parent with the double stroller under challenging circumstances," BC Transit corporate spokesperson Meribeth Burton told the Times via email. "In this particular circumstance, our operator says he asked the mom to fold the large stroller so that she could board safely. There were two other strollers on the bus at the time. I understand the mother chose not to fold up the stroller and chose not to take transit."
Selby responded that is absolutely false.
"I would have folded it happily," she said.
So how is it that a woman with a one- and a two-year-old, who was let on the bus a few hours before, would be rejected from getting on a bus in the pouring rain, the Times asked?
"The customer was not rejected," Burton said. "She was asked to fold the stroller and chose not to."
In a follow-up call, Burton was asked how many strollers are allowed on a local bus.
"It depends on the configuration," Burton said. "If there is a wheelchair in priority [seating], two maybe. . . . It depends on how big we are talking."
So do circumstances matter? The time of day? The weather?
Burton said "common sense" is employed.
And what of Selby's claims that the driver said he was already late; would that force a driver to reject a passenger with a stroller?
"It's entirely possible he was asking for a timely decision, I don't know," she said, adding that he is a valued employee who "feels terrible" about the situation.
"His bosses believe him and that's what I'm telling you"
As for Selby, she doesn't want anything. She is embarrassed about the publicity, and she doesn't want a free pass. She just feels that parents with strollers should be made aware that they might not get on the bus, even in Chilliwack where buses rarely if ever run at capacity.
BC Transit's Guidelines for Baby Strollers
In order for a customer to use BC Transit, the stroller:
• Should be collapsible
• Cannot exceed 2 feet by 4 feet (24 inches by 48 inches or 60.96 cm by 121.92 cm)
• Must be kept clear of the aisles (the width of the distance between the normal seats, not the width of the accessible area)
For safety reasons, strollers are not permitted to use the lifts or securement devices. Securements on the buses are for scooters and wheelchairs only.
Travelling On the Bus with a Baby Stroller
When travelling on a bus with a baby stroller, please:
• Position the stroller in an unoccupied wheelchair location with the brakes set
• Hold onto the stroller at all times
When wheelchair positions are occupied or required by another customer, we ask for your consideration and cooperation by folding your stroller and moving to another seat. Please store your stroller in between the seats.
If the bus is not a low floor bus, the child must be removed from the stroller, the stroller collapsed and secured between the seats, and the child held onto at all times during the trip


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WALNUT – West Covina relied on steady defense and a stellar ground game to come away with a 35-7 Hacienda League victory over Walnut on Friday night.
The Bulldogs (3-4, 2-1) took just two plays to get on the scoreboard as Aaron Franklin ran 87 yards to the end zone for a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter.
West Covina scored again when Sidney Jones returned a Walnut punt 48 yards to the 5-yard line. Four plays later, senior quarterback Jonathan Najera connected with Jones on fourth and goal to go ahead 14-0.
Walnut (1-5, 0-2) answered right back with a nine-play, 80-yard drive capped by a Robert Gonzalez's 27-yard touchdown run that cut the lead to 14-7.
The Mustangs then got a break when Kyle Parisi returned a Najera backward lateral to the West Covina 9. But the drive stalled and ended with a missed field goal.
The Bulldogs increased their lead to 21-7 when Najera connected with Jones on a 58-yard scoring play.
West Covina's Antonio Hull replaced Najera at the half and led back-to-back scoring drives that put the game out of reach.
Walnut was led by Robert Gonzalez, who finished with 105 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries.