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What are you all drinking?
I always had problems getting boots to fit my calves but the radiotherapy diet has shrunk them (calves, not boots!). Don't recommend it, though!
I saw KKD and The Dark Knight last Saturday
No, that's one diet I hope I never have to face.
I read that on your blog. Sounds like it was a great trip and nice to know that your mum is settled in her care home.
I hope you never have to face it either, TP. Hopefully I have had your share so you can avoid it
It was a good trip. Mum can't remember what she used to feel so bitter and twisted about, so that was refreshing
Well that's the upside of dementia there had to be one!
And AS seems to be settling into Uni life too. Is LD still enjoying her job?
Yes, she seems to be. Her new boss started in December, so she has some proper line management now. She had to go to a talk on something last night but gets some time off tomorrow in lieu, so she's quite happy. Planning all her trips abroad with her friend Caroline this evening!
Bedtime for me too, I think - or at least, Kindle time
KKNN, everyone and thank you for the good luck wishes for tomorrow. xx
Night night x and fingers crossed for you tomorrow.
I've just finished 'Me Before You' by Jojo Moyes. Highly recommended, made me laugh and made me cry.
Scan all clear. Phew!!
Celebratory cup of tea in order, I think....
Hurrah! We knew it would be but it's nice when somebody with lots of letters and wearing a white coat confirms it.
Make that tea a large one!
It was a huge relief, even though the fact that the doctor didn't take a tissue sample last week suggested it was going to be okay. I have a PET CT scan in three weeks and that's the biggy, as it will show up anything microscopic (which is what anything nasty would tend to be). I will need all fingers crossed for that one!
<pours very large cup of tea> I might even have a biscuit too!
<nibbles biscuit delicately>
Thank you, Poopmeister
I really did have a biscuit to celebrate (and a piece of millionaire shortbread earlier, when I had a cup of tea with my minister) - I know how to have a good time, me!! No point in opening a bottle of fizzy as I would have one glass, so would Neil and the rest would get poured down the sink - and I refuse to waste it in that way!
Have blogged here.
PS, I have to break the news to you that I am now less buxom than I was
...but I still reserve the right to be known as the Buxom Barmaid, Her Buxomness, Queen of Buxom City etc
Lovely boots Sweetest! And great news! I made some Millionair's shortbread the other day, didn't last long in our house! Sounds like you need a batch to feed you up!
I was offered a real G&T at 4.05pm yesterday! Tempted, then realised I was on my school run and probably not a great idea!
Boots arrived and are really comfortable
I think the time will soon come when I won't be able to eat what I want without putting weight on, so I will have to start being a bit careful - sob! Still, did Legs, Bums and Tums last night and am off to the gym with Amy later for some damage limitation....
G&T on the school run would probably not have been a good idea - although as far as I am concerned, G&T is never a good idea; can't stand the stuff! Never have liked it, actually.
<sips peppermint tea>
<opens door and lets tumbleweed out>
Afternoon, everyone. Anyone fancy Sunday lunch? Today's menu is:
<writes on blackboard>
Lentil and carrot soupBeef stew with dumplings and green vegLeftover banoffee pie with creme fraiche (half-fat, obviously.....)
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I have been doing cardio not for the cardiovascular benefits but just to lose body fat. I recently read that if I keep my heart rate up to high I will be using glycogen for energy instead of fat. Is this true? If so what % heart rate should I shoot for to burn fat most effeciently? BTW my cardio sessions are right when I wake up, on an empty stomach, 30 to 50 min.
I think you may be over analysing it.Do you do interval training when doing aerobics? If so then don't worry about your heart rate % and just get a good sweat going.
I do intervals. Usually with a peak every 4 minutes. My heart rate is usually around 160bpm for the duration of the session.
that's fine. It's about burning off calories, not what the calories are.
Your body will always be using glycogen and fat for fuel.. the ratio of the two will vary.
In the grans scheme of things, you need to use more calories than you eat to drop bodyfat.
Interval training is ace.
Squats work better than supplements.
"You know, if I thought like that, I'd never put more than one plate on the bar for anything, I'd never use bands or chains, I'd never squat to parallel or below, and I'd never let out the slightest grunt when I lift. At some point in your lifting career (assuming you're planning on getting reasonably strong and big), you're going to have to accept that most people think you are some kind of freak." -Sensei
"You're wrong, and I have a completely irrelevant pubmed abstract that may or may not say so." - Belial
I has a blog.
I has a facebook.
perhaps a high intensity session raising bpm will burn slightly more glycogen at the time than than if you were to do it slower. Its debatable.
However, in the long run of a day, the higher the intensity, the greater your metabolism has been raised.
Thats why HIIT (high intensity interval training) is now getting recognized as a superior form of cardio. Its a quick session but should get your heart pumping like no other and help you burn some extra fat all day. The smaller duration (normally 15-20min) also helps you sustain more muscle mass whilst doing the exercise.
"They will spend their nights dreaming of six-pack
abs and a rock hard physique, little do they realize eventually we will reach
our goal and they will be dreaming of the body we walk around with every
day only then will they understand." -- Severed Ties
"There are 6 billion people in this world, and I'm #1." -- me
Could you give me an example of an HIIT routine? Would it be the same as I am doing only more intense and for a shorter period of time? I'm all about less time with better results.
jds22...if you are talking about high-intensity cardio that is the case but not with low and moderate-intensity cardio...
I just read an article on HIIT. Does this really work? I have been trying to up my cardio times to the 40min and 50min mark thinking I would lose more body fat. Gonna give HIIT a try first thing tomorrow morning. I can't wait to see if it does in fact speed up the waist shrinking phase I am in.
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Former NFL linebacker Nick Barnett's custom Ford costs him $500 dollars to fill up at the gas station
Feb 23, 2013, 2:05 PM EDT
Since NFL players make the big bucks these days, they can afford to spend of their cash on extravagant automobiles and there might not be a more impressive vehicle then the one owned by former Buffalo Bills/Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Barnett.
Barnett owns a custom camouflage Ford F-650 (which just checking at the sticker price is between $54,785-$65,710 without any sort of customization) that he affectionately calls "Big Black".
Below is a photo of his ride via his Instagram account which is usually used for commercial towing or construction hauling:
As you might figure, Barnett's massive ride costs him a pretty penny at the gas station and all you need to confirm that is the below photo which shows him filling up the truck with 121 gallons of gas:
Yep, your eyes aren't fooling you on this one…that's a $500.00 gas charge. It puts into perspective your pain at the pump, huh?
- sabatimus - Feb 23, 2013 at 9:14 PM
His Instagram account is usually used for commercial towing or construction hauling?
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And people wonder why countries hate America…
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Yeah…cause' this sort of thing happen nowhere else. Just the USA.
Curious about something else though…why do you care if people in other Countries hate us?
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Jonah Goldberg Off in His Socialism-Fascism Calculation
To say that Marxism is to blame for fascism is missing the point.
Could we have gotten fascism without Marxism?
Responding to a strained attempt to disentangle Marx from all the 20th-century corpses, Jonah Goldberg says, "You don't get anything called Fascism without having Marxism first."
I'm not sure this is true—at least not in the way Jonah intends.
Marxism did lead to fascism, yes, but in the sense that one could say capitalism led to Marxism. Marx conceded that capitalism was an improvement on feudalism. He thought humanity could do better still. Similarly, the fascist intellectuals of the early 20th century thought socialism didn't go far enough. It was stuck in the materialist paradigm of class conflict. Fascism would transcend this by binding all classes together under the mystical organism of a fatherland.
[Read: In Some Ways, Europe Better at Capitalism Than We Are]
The work of "syndicalists" like the Frenchman Édouard Berth and the Italian Sergio Panunzio goes a long way toward confirming Jonah's thesis that, in its pre-mass murder phase, fascism was a respectable-seeming critique of classical liberalism that could, to modern ears, pass for a muscular sort of communitarianism.
But I wonder if you could pull a thread here, and another thread there, and still arrive at the basic fabric of fascism.
First and foremost, it seems to me, it was the Protestant Reformation and the diminution of the scope of the Catholic Church that paved the way for fascism. This was the point of history at which the beast of European nationalism was unleashed.
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As the liberal Catholic writer Damon Linker has observed:
For the better part of the past 2,500 years, the political imagination of the Western world has been enchanted by an image of communal unity ... This vision of politics was probably never anything more than a philosophical idealization covering over the complexities of ancient and medieval political life. Yet it captured something important about the character of politics in relatively homogeneous premodern societies—and especially about political life in Europe during the Middle Ages, when for several centuries the overarching institutional structure of the Catholic Church managed to contain many of the continent's social, cultural, and geographical tensions while also conferring a sense of shared metaphysical meaning on the hardships and suffering of daily life.
What do we have so far? The lid has been blown off. Europe is no longer a holy empire. The squabbling nationalities emerge. The killing fields aren't far behind.
To get to modern fascism, we need another ingredient. Actually, two. We need market liberalism, whose miraculous productive capacity also led to psychic pain and a sense of moral rot. It produced a riot of "atomized individuals," as the fascists put it. But the key protofascist reaction to liberalism wasn't necessarily Marx; it was romanticism. The Enlightenment liberals had parched the human spirit, and the romantics believed they could restore it. Enter, a century-and-a-half later, the fascists, who were poised to dump bourgeois liberalism into the dustbin of history.
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We'd still need the apparatus of the totalitarian state, which is where Marxist theory proffered much help. But the idea of despotism was nothing new to the human imagination. One could even torque the Hobbesian "sovereign" to justify the quest for absolute power.
I'm aware of how the history of this stuff played out. But I think it oversimplifies things to say, as one actual fascist ( Georges Valois) did, that "nationalism + socialism= fascism."
Over to you, Jonah.


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Iowa Cubs 8 @ Reno Aces 9 Here are the I-Cubs pitchers today: Chris Rusin, Casey Coleman, Hisanori Takahashi, Rafael Dolis and Blake Parker. Here are the I-Cubs pitcher today who have no chance of ever being good: Chris Rusin, Casey Coleman, Hisanori Takahashi, Rafael Dolis and Blake Parker Other than Casey Coleman, who threw 2 hitless innings and struck a batter out, the rest of...
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Berkman homers for Rangers in win over Cubs
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Rangers 3, Cubs 2
Lance Berkman hit his first home run of spring training, helping the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Wednesday. Mitch Moreland had a run-scoring single and Ian Kinsler drove in the other run with a sacrifice fly for the Rangers, who have won three of four. Texas starter Robbie Ross, a candidate for the fifth spot in the rotation, allowed one run on four hits with a walk...
Transaction Analysis: Royals Carry a Mig Stick by R.J. Anderson
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The Pirates were soundly defeated by the awful Mets on Monday night, and they sunk to three games under .500 as a result. Nine games remain this season, so every loss severely damages their chances of reaching 81 or 82 wins. Kyle McPherson pitched well early on, but Ike Davis took him deep in the fourth with a man on for a two-run shot. Kyle ran into some more trouble in the fifth...
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The August 27th, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim including Pujols out until at least Tuesday, Takahashi traded to the Pirates, more talk on Trout's MVP case and much more... The Story: The Angels are hoping Albert Pujols can return to the lineup on Tuesday. The Monkey Says: Still not a guarantee, which is unfortunate because the lineup...
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Oppressive Boredom
School enchantment (compulsion) [emotion, mind-affecting]; Level bard 2, sorcerer/wizard 2
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one creature
Duration 1 round/level or until broken (see text)
Saving Throw Will negates (see text); Spell Resistance yes
You fill your target with boredom. The target loses all interest in its current task and must make a Will save against the spell's effect in order to perform its next action. If the target fails, it takes no action that round. The boredom lasts until the duration expires or the target breaks the spell's effect with a successful Will save.
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PREVAIL Study
Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the WATCHMAN LAA Closure Device in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Versus Long Term Warfarin Therapy
The PREVAIL trial was designed to confirm the results of the PROTECT AF trial and validate the safety of the implant procedure, including a minimum of 20% of randomised patients will be enrolled at institutions that did not participate in a previous WATCHMAN study (PROTECT AF or CAP Registry) and a minimum of 25% of randomised patients enrolled by new operators at any institution.
A total of 407 patients were randomised 2:1 device vs. warfarin control in the PREVAIL trial
Patients enrolled in PREVAIL must have been Warfarin eligible and have a CHADS2 score of ≥2
The PREVAIL co-primary endpoints were as follows:
- 1st co-primary endpoint: Acute (7-day) occurrence of death, ischemic stroke, systemic embolism and procedure or device related complications requiring major cardiovascular or endovascular intervention
- 2nd co-primary endpoint: Comparison of composite of stroke, systemic embolism, and cardiovascular/unexplained death at 18 months follow-up
- 3rd co-primary endpoint: Comparison of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism occurring from greater than 7 days post randomization to 18 months follow-up
PREVAIL trial-enrolled patients with higher risk of stroke as determined by CHADS2 scoring system
- PREVAIL CHADS2 score was 2.6 versus 2.2 in PROTECT AF
- Average age of the patient in PREVAIL was 74 years compared to 71 years in PROTECT AF
- 33.8% of patients had diabetes in PREVAIL vs.24.4% in PROTECT AF.
- 27.5% of patients had prior stroke compared to 17.7% in PROTECT AF.
1st co-primary endpoint: The PREVAIL trial MET the pre-specified criteria for the 1st co-primary endpoint (procedural related safety <7days)
- The observed adverse event rate was 2.2%, resulting in an observed upper bound of 2.618% which is less than the pre-specified criterion of 2.67% (95% CI).
2nd co-primary endpoint: The PREVAIL trial DID NOT MEET the pre-specified criteria for the 2nd co-primary endpoint (efficacy of all stroke, cardiovascular death and systemic embolism at 18 months).
- The observed adverse event rate at 18 months for BOTH Watchman and the control was 0.064, resulting in a rate ratio of 1.07, device versus control. The observed upper bound of the rate ratio was 1.88, slightly greater than the pre-specified criterion of 1.75 (95% CI)
- The 1.07 rate ratio indicates Watchman performed similarly to warfarin with respect to this endpoint.
- It is important to note that long term data on this endpoint is very limited. At the time of this analysis only 58 Watchman patients and 30 Control patients had passed the 18 month endpoint. All patients will undergo long-term follow up (5 years) and we will continue to update the analysis over time.
- The PREVAIL treatment group performed similarly to prior Watchman studies, however the observed rate of stroke (0.7%) in the PREVAIL Control group was lower than in recent published warfarin studies (1.6-2.2%):
3rd co-primary endpoint: The PREVAIL trial also MET its pre-specified endpoint for the 3rd co-primary endpoint occurrence of late ischemic stroke and systemic embolism ( > 7 days post randomization) at 18 months.
- The observed adverse event rate was 0.0253 per 100 patient years, resulting in an observed difference between the device and control group of 0.0051 per 100 patient years. The observed upper bound of 0.0268 was less than the pre-specified criterion of 0.0275 (95% CI)
Additional safety analysis of PREVAIL shows:
- A significant increase in implant success rate (95.1%) compared to PROTECT AF (90.9%). Additionally, new implanter success rate was 93.2% and experienced implanter success rate was 96.3% (p=.282).
- Seven-day serious procedure/device related vascular complications occurred in 4.4% of subjects in PREVAIL vs. 8.7% of subjects in PROTECT AF, a 49% reduction
- Pericardial effusions requiring intervention occurred at rate of 1.9% in PREVAIL vs. 4.0% of patients in PROTECT AF, a 52% reduction and at rate comparable to other left atrial procedures.
- New operators had only one occurrence (1.0%) of pericardial effusion requiring intervention and did not have any device embolizations, periprocedural strokes or cardiac perforations
- Positive results from the PREVAIL trail demonstrated acute procedure and device-related safety events remained low for the WATCHMAN LAAC device.
- The PREVAIL trial provided evidence that the Watchman device can be successfully implanted by new operators. Results showed low complication rates with both new and experienced operators and significantly lowered complications than the early stage of the PROTECT AF trial.
- WATCHMAN is the only device-based alternative to anticoagulation that has undergone rigorous scientific study. Results of the PREVAIL trial added to the wealth of previously published data which confirmed the utility of WATCHMAN as an option for the reduction of stroke in high risk patients.
1 Ischemic stroke rate from Holmes et al. Lancet 2009; 374:534-42
2 Connolly et al. N Engl J Med 2009; 361:1139-51
3 Granger et al. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:981-92
4 Patel et al. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:883-91
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LSU Health Care Services Division received notification from law enforcement agencies on Nov. 14 that one of its employees had been accessing images of a limited number of patients' checks and possibly using that information in a check fraud scheme. From the point it first became aware of this criminal activity, LSU HCSD has cooperated to the fullest extent possible with law enforcement. It has been estimated that the unauthorized access began in January, 2012, but LSU HCSD is continuing its investigation to determine when this activity began. Information accessed by this employee varied by patient, but may have included checking account, driver's license, and social security numbers, date of birth, and other demographic information.
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'Choosy' Women Rejects Incompatible Sperm
by VR Sreeraman on June 23, 2010 at 4:55 PM Research News - G J E 4
A woman's body may be unconsciously selective about sperm, allowing some men's to progress to pregnancy but killing off the chances of less suitable matches, an Australian researcher said Wednesday.
University of Adelaide professor Sarah Robertson said her research suggested that sperm contains "signalling molecules" that activate immunity changes in a woman so her body accepts it.
But some apparently healthy sperm failed to activate these changes, leading to the suggestion that the female system can be "choosy" about its biological mate, she said.
"It's rather like a two-way dance," Robertson said.
"The male provides information that increases the chances of conception and progression to pregnancy, but the female body has a quality control system which needs convincing that his sperm is compatible.
"That's where the dance can go wrong with some couples -- if the male signals are not strong enough, or if the female system is too 'choosy'."
Robertson said sperm was more likely to fail if the woman had not previously been exposed to that man's semen for at least three months.
"We used to think that if a couple couldn't get pregnant, and the man's semen test was normal, the problem lay with the woman. But it appears this is not always the case," Robertson said.
The researchers plan to continue their work, which they hope will lead to improved treatments for infertility and miscarriages.
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The cozy, two-star Hotel Alessandra has got hospitality down to an art. The 27-room property on the edge of the Santa Maria Novella neighborhood is minutes from the Uffizi and Ponte Vecchio, but judging from the open wine bottle and glasses we saw in the parlor, guests have as much to enjoy inside as they do out.
Guestrooms are homey and furnished with a blend of period and newer furnishings. Color schemes vary from golds to blues to floral prints. Rooms come with standard amenities such as air conditioning, satellite television, a safe box, telephone, minibar and free Wi-Fi. Ask ahead if you want a balcony. Some rooms have private bathrooms, and shared facilities for other rooms are available down the hall. Both bathroom types are clean and well equipped.
The hotel feels tastefully homey, with a smattering of antique furniture and accessories. Plop down on the '70s leather couch in the lounge and check out the gilded turn-of-the-century gramophone and a '20s-era Invicta typewriter, both placed on hand-made doilies. You get the scene.
A buffet breakfast is included in the room rate.
Reviewed by: Annie Shapero, EuroCheapo Staff Writer
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You can't miss Brunelleschi's magnificent dome atop the rosy marble Cathedral. It's the obvious central meeting point in Florence and the tourist hub of the city. Here, you're in the vicinity of practically everything: the Uffizi Museums, Palazzo della Signoria, the San Lorenzo Market and the Accademia. The big guns in Italian fashion are located along Via Tornabuoni and there are plenty of cafes and dining options.


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Pope resignation deepens doubt, despondency for Italians
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's shock resignation has robbed Italians of the one element of certainty in a time of deep doubt, with the country beset by graft scandals and heading for an election that will not bring the radical change so many crave.
The pontiff has long been the one stable element for Roman Catholic Italians in a modern state that has become a byword for political instability and flawed politicians.
All that changed a week ago when Benedict announced he would be the first pontiff in 700 years to resign, causing alarm and despondency among many faithful in a country whose history has been shaped by the presence of the headquarters of the Church for 2,000 years.
"We are in a moment of social, ideological and cultural crisis and in a moment like that it is completely wrong for him to leave," said Emanuele Vitale, 22, a Sicilian student who joined around 100,000 people packed into St Peter's Square on Sunday for one of Benedict's last appearances before his resignation on February 28.
Another person in the square, pensioner Antonio Mingrone, 68, said: "It is unsettling. At a time when there are all these political conflicts and an economic crisis, it is one more thing weighing on our minds."
Outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti, himself a devout Catholic, referred to the "disorientation" of Italians over the pope's decision. "It seems like an epoch is changing on both sides of the Tiber and we feel robbed of points of reference."
Massimo Franco, a leading Italian political commentator and author of several books on the Vatican, told Reuters: "The resignation adds instability to instability. The Church which was a source of stability is now a major source of instability.
"Today the Vatican is a sort of mirror of Italy," Franco said. "Before it was the opposite. Now there is a chaotic Italy and chaotic Vatican."
Italians will vote next Sunday and Monday in an election whose outcome is still unpredictable at a time when the country desperately needs firm and decisive government to address a major recession, stagnant growth and soaring unemployment.
Poll after poll over the last year has shown Italians disgusted with a political class which has clung to its own privileges as the euro zone's third biggest but chronically uncompetitive economy descended deeper into crisis.
Instead they look like getting the opposite result from the one they want. The main beneficiary is likely to be Genoese comic Beppe Grillo, whose obscenity-laced diatribes against politicians have pulled in big crowds around Italy on his "tsunami" campaign tour, but whose own policies remain vague.
Grillo was quick to jump on the pope's abdication, telling a rally in northern Italy: "Everything is collapsing, even the pope has resigned."
Italians are divided over the pope's decision but many see it as an example to ageing local politicians, especially since Benedict has issued veiled complaints over the last week about Vatican rivalries, suggesting that fierce power struggles in the Curia or Church government contributed to his decision.
"For the first time a person in power has recognized he wasn't able to govern and has resigned. A bit of a clear-out would be good for Italy too. We have built an entire political system on corruption," said charity worker Marco Orlando, 34.
Despite repeated pledges, the outgoing parliament failed to repeal a despised election law known as the "pigsty" because it gives party leaders control over who gets elected and awards a giant vote bonus to the party that wins.
It also muddies the waters in the upper house, or senate, by awarding winner's bonuses on a regional basis.
In addition, lawmakers failed to remove the extravagant privileges of a political "caste" and stopped short of a broad anti-corruption law.
Right on cue - some say it is no coincidence - the final weeks of the election campaign have seen an extraordinary wave of corruption scandals that have added to the disgust of a nation already well used to graft.
Many Italians believe that politicized magistrates have unleashed the scandals as part of the election battle.
Two major companies, defense group Finmeccanica and oil major Eni, and Tuscan bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy's third largest lender, are being probed for crimes ranging from bribing foreign officials to accounting fraud.
Finmeccanica boss Giuseppe Orsi and four executives from other firms have been arrested, not to mention several other ongoing investigations touching all the major parties.
Pollster Maurizio Pessato, of the SWG firm, told Reuters: "The voters are saying, 'I can't take it any more, there is a scandal every day. Even the pope has denounced problems inside the Church'. It is as if you cannot have faith any more in all the ruling classes, political, economic and the Curia."
Monti, as a technocrat premier, was once seen as one of the few people who could change Italy. But he has disappointed his backers, allying with two centrist politicians who are very much a part of the existing fabric and now stuck at less than 15 percent in the polls after a hurried and badly run campaign.
He is way behind Grillo who is thought to be close to 20 percent.
Billionaire media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, who at 76 hardly represents a new style of politics, has stormed back in the polls through his communication skills and masterful use of television.
But pollsters say his centre-right group is still 4-5 percentage points behind the centre-left and is losing votes to Grillo, whose rants against politicians have been strengthened by the graft scandals.
In terms of political charisma, Berlusconi has run rings around Monti and colorless centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani. But the latter is still expected to win next week's vote and to try to rule in coalition with the outgoing premier.
Young Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi, who was one of the few fresh faces in the campaign, mounted a credible challenge to Bersani, but was seen off by the disciplined party machine.
Which all means that instead of getting revival and a new style of politician, Italians are going to see the same old faces after the vote, jostling for position in a traditional back corridor negotiation for power and perhaps incapable of the drastic economic reform that is required.
"Everything is happening at once," pensioner Lossardo Calogero, 66, told Reuters after Benedict announced his resignation. "It's dramatic. I cannot see a way out. There needs to be a revolution, but at least I am retired. I am more worried about the young. My son cannot find a job.".
(Additional reporting by Robin Pomeroy, Naomi O'Leary and Steve Scherer; Writing by Barry Moody; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
Are you trying to imply that that article is "the last word on the subject".
So the trappings and prerogatives of authority aren't as one expected. Grow up get used to it.
The Catholic Church seems to have awakened to the fact that the world is mult-ipolar and contains multiple authorities at any time. That is the deepest meaning of democracy. Those authorities have to work with each other and somehow create a common, democratically established authority with accountability to all and reflecting the will of the greatest numbers and presumably the wisest instincts or mankind's collective "body". A pious Christian might even go so far as Theilhard de Chardin and claim that that entire planetary organism is "The Body of Christ"
BTW – Old time Catholics may be offended by the Pope's move – but the lead article on this issue – the one closed to comments – mentions that John Paul II didn't think he could get down from his cross. Issues of whether the man was truly on a cross at all aside, sure he thought like that. No one gets off his or her cross in life, ever, until he or she dies. That's how the old timers looked at it.
I heard the expression "Gladly by little cross I'd bear (gladly my little crosseyed bear) was a sweet joke I heard in public school in an Ohio town when I was a child. It was never a matter of personal volition either, whether you had to bare that bear of a cross.
Creeds, ceremonies, hierarchies, wealth and powers don't mean squat compared to the fact that X marks the spot and you're on it until you breathe you last and you find out if your faith was a fraud or not. If you find out if your faith was a fraud or not. If you want water you will get vinegar. When you die – the guard will stab you under the rib cage to make sure your heart is stopped. It was an execution rather like most of life.
There's days I couldn't give a damned.
The true test of love isn't a matter of feeling good at all. Everybody wants to put his or her best foot forward. The true test of loving your neighbor is how well you can hang on while your neighbor is slowly revealing his other one. The same thing applies to one's love of God!
I'm not very good at that!
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By Jessica Farrish
Register-Herald Reporter
Raleigh County Board of Education President Rick Snuffer on Thursday urged every parent in the county to attend public hearings concerning an upcoming bond and levy call.
The bond will support facilities, while the levy — which is already in effect in the county and needs voter permission to continue — will support sports, free textbooks, technology, administration and other instructional necessities.
Snuffer explained that board members have held two public hearings on the levy and bond issues and that they had canvassed the entire county for volunteers to serve on subcommittees prior to the public hearings.
The subcommittees were formed from a group of volunteers. They were not appointed by Raleigh School Superintendent Jim Brown as earlier reported, he said.
Those subcommittees will make recommendations to the Board of Education on issues related to where bond and levy monies should be directed.
"We want to reassure all the people, in all the school districts, that we're looking at the total picture and that no decision has been made by the board on any school closure, any combination of anything at this point," he said. "We're taking public input, and we still welcome public input.
"When it comes to the final call, the board will weigh all of those options and put out a bond call. We're a long way from having a bond call that emphasizes the closure of anything," he stressed.
Parents in the Stratton Elementary School district expressed alarm when bond subcommittee members reported that one option involved closing Stratton Elementary and busing students to an expanded site at Beckley Elementary School.
Snuffer said that board members want parents to attend the public hearings and that the BOE has not considered the closing of Stratton.
Bond members are expected to make their final report to the BOE at the Nov. 12 regular board meeting, which is public.
"We have limited resources and great needs," he said. "So what we have to do is weigh those options on how we can take the limited funds we'll be able to obtain through a bond and focus on the highest priority needs, because we can't address them all," he said. "In that process, we're not going to discriminate against any children anywhere. Everyone will be treated as fair as they can."
Snuffer said that the options of building a new Stratton at the current site or building a new Stratton at the Beckley site are as viable as the option to bus students to Beckley Elementary at this point in the process.
"There's only so much money," he said. "At the end of the day, we'll have to do the best we can with the dollars we have."
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also it's obvious your emotions are getting the better of you, how many ppl are walking around with machine guns?
What do my emotions have to do with this statement And, I didn't say everyone was walking around with machine guns. But, that is what the NRA is advocating as a solution...arm everyone so that when a bad guy starts to empty his machine gun into a crowd, we're all armed and ready to stop him. I don't agree with this "solution" and would instead prefer to get rid of all guns


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You are what you eat, right? You may be surprised to learn that your hair benefits from everything you put in your mouth as well.
Generally speaking you'll want to look for foods high in lean protein, vitamin A, zinc, iron, omega-3 fatty acids, and calcium for the healtiest hair and scalp. In addition to using the right shampoo, getting regular haircuts, and maintaining healthy hair from spring to winter these healthy hair foods can help you achieve better, stronger, shinier, thicker hair from the inside out.
The Power of Protein
High quality, lean protein is one of the best nutrients for great hair. Hair is, after all, made of protein. It takes good, healthy sources of protein to make great healthy hair. Chicken, turkey, fish, and eggs are great sources of protein and can help you prevent weak, brittle hair.
Beans, Beans the Magical Fruit...
Turns out, beans are magical for more reasons than you might think. Protein, iron, and zinc are all found in legumes (kidney beans, lima beans, pinto beans, etc.) and promote optimal hair growth and health. Beans are also a good source of biotin, which in cases of a deficiency could cause brittle hair.
Go Green
Going green isn't just a trend for a healthier planet, keeping green leafy veggies in your diet is a healthy boost for your hair too. Besides being full of calcium and iron, dark green veggies like spinach, broccoli, kale, and salad greens also provide Vitamins A and C which are necessary for your sebum production.
Got Milk?
Low-fat dairy products like milk, yogurt, and cheese are packed with calcium, which is a necessary mineral for optimal hair growth (not to mention they're a good source of protein too).
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for optimal scalp health. A healthy scalp is directly related to healthy hair. Fish (salmon, herring, tuna, mackerel, sardines, bluefish), flaxseed, canola oil, pumpkin seeds and walnuts are great sources of omega-3 fatty acids.
You probably are already aware that nuts are like nature's super snack. It turns out that they're also great for your hair's health. Grab a handful of Brazil nuts, which are packed with the nutrient selenium that's optimal for a healthy scalp. Many nuts are a great source of zinc, and if you happened to be running low on zinc you may notice increased hair shedding. Yikes.


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Besides movie-star looks and a winning lotto ticket, what do storage managers want? W. Curtis Preston, VP of service development at GlassHouse Technologies, thinks better backup is next on the list: "Everybody wants to stop doing fulls for no reason," he says. "It's silly that we're going back out to the clients to get data we already have."
That's the motivation for synthetic full backup, which, with the introduction of Veritas' NetBackup 5.0 last year, is now a core feature of all the major enterprise backup packages in some form or another. Those include CommVault's Galaxy, EMC's Legato NetWorker with Saveset Consolidation and IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) with the notion of Backup Sets.
And now Sepaton, a startup that sells the S2100 virtual tape library (VTL) appliance, has announced a new approach to synthetic fulls that borrows from the idea of a point-in-time snapshot. Thanks to its "content-aware architecture," which understands the Veritas NetBackup data format, Sepaton can scan an incremental backup stored on the S2100 and create a new full simply by supplying a pointer to that data.
Sepaton is also working on extending the content-aware architecture of its S2100 appliance to TSM and NetWorker environments, says Paul Feresten, VP of marketing and business development at the Southborough, MA, company. With that done, Sepaton will be able to create synthetic full backups for those backup environments as well.
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Among NetBackup 5.0 users, synthetic fulls are perhaps the most talked about new feature, Preston says. "They like the idea and they're trying to figure out how to integrate it into their environments." Many CommVault Galaxy users also take advantage of its synthetic full feature, the company reports. "I talk to more people who are using it than who aren't," says John Barry, CommVault's director of product management.
It's easy to see the attraction of synthetic fulls. In a nutshell, they cut down on the time you spend doing full backups, freeing the application servers and network, and they make for faster restores. "With a synthetic full, you essentially do half of the restore operation in advance," says Veritas' Adams. That means that come restore time, a system can be recovered from a single backup tape or backup set.
But there are downsides to synthetic fulls, says Tricia Jiang, technical attache for IBM's TSM. While you no longer have to do full backups of your client machines, synthetic fulls require substantial amounts of time and hardware on the media server side.
"They take a fair amount of resources," such as tape hardware and media servers that may otherwise be occupied doing restores or tape clones, says George Symons, EMC's CTO of information management. "You definitely have to plan for it."
GlassHouse's Preston concurs with that assessment. Indeed, "in some cases, it may actually take more time to do a synthetic full than to do a regular full backup," he says. "You kind of need to really want it," where "it" is a shortened backup window, reduced network traffic and faster restores.
Putting a disk cache in the backup process may minimize some of those concerns, though. "Doing a disk-to-tape synthetic full takes less time than doing a tape-to-tape synthetic full," says Preston.
Then there are the gotchas presented by a particular backup package's implementation of synthetic backups. Legato NetWorker, for example, places a 2GB limit on savesets, according to Preston, while Veritas NetWorker recommends avoiding synthetic fulls if you have a change rate of more than 5%, IBM's Jiang reports.
Nevertheless, Brian Lora, vice president of solutions engineering at Arsenal Digital Solutions, a storage service provider, sees more and more of his customers exploring the idea of synthetic fulls, largely in conjunction with disk-based backup.
"It used to be a niche technology, but with the new trends in ATA reliability, more people are adopting the technology," he says. "It's an opportunity to add another layer of control."
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Here are five things to know Jan. 8, 2013 in Swampscott:
1) Fire Watch: As temperatures drop, people start looking for creative ways to heat their homes – and we see a spike in house and apartment fires, says the American Red Cross. Alternative heat sources can carry greater risks than traditional methods, and can lead to a disastrous blaze, the relief agency says. Below are suggestions to stay warm and safe:
- Inspect fireplaces and wood stoves - Have your chimney connections and flues inspected and cleaned by a professional before every heating season. Use a sturdy screen when burning fires. Only burn wood, and never leave the fire unattended.
- Check smoke detectors – Install new batteries in your smoke detectors and make sure detectors are working properly.
- Do not overuse electrical outlets – Don't overload your electrical outlets with heating sources or appliances. Be careful of extension cords that can cause you to trip.
- Use caution with portable space heaters – Place space heaters at least three feet away from anything combustible, including wallpaper, bedding and clothing. Do not leave children or pets unattended near space heaters, and never leave space heaters on when you leave the room or go to bed. Look for a model that shuts off automatically if it tips over.
- Use generators carefully – Always operate portable generators outside – never indoors.
- Never use the stove or oven to heat your home.
- Create a disaster supplies kit - Place lifesaving items in both your home and vehicle. Go to www.redcross.org for a list of materials to include.
- If a fire occurs in your home, GET OUT, STAY OUT and CALL for help.
- Talk with all household members about a fire escape plan and practice the plan twice a year.
Sixty-five percent of home fire deaths occur in homes without working smoke alarms. In the event of a fire, working smoke alarms and a practiced fire escape plan can save lives. For more fire safety tips, visit www.redcross.org.
2) Newsbit of the Day: The Historical Commission will receive updates on the historical district study and the status of the former school at 71 Greenwood when they meet tonight at 7 at Town Hall.
3) Swampscott Scholars: Swampscott High Class of 2012 graduate Courtney Leblanc received the Swampscott Firefighters Union 1459 Scholarship.
4) Weather Watch: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.
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"I am a hungry man, and this funk is my meal."
If you really are what you eat, then Keller Williams is one funky man. The byproduct of the multi-instrumentalist's bizarre diet, "Bass," was released on Dec. 13 by SCI Fidelity Records.
Don't be misled by the bass fish on the cover – it doesn't contain any songs about his latest catch; rather, "Bass" is based on the latest instrument he's hooked on.
Williams is well known for hopping around the stage from instrument to instrument, utilizing live loops to support his one-man band approach to music. The bassline, oftentimes, is more of a background player in his songs, yet it constitutes the core structure of the song and allows for everything else to fall into place.
The longer-necked guitar takes the lead on "Bass." In fact, it's the only instrument Keller plays on the album. Not taking the solo route this time, he is backed by his new band, Kdubilicious, which is Jay Starling on keyboard and Mark D on drums.
Since 1994's "Freek," Williams has explored many types of music in his recordings, but has predominately been considered a jam rocker. "Bass," his 17th album, has him concentrating on reggae-funk with his jam and folk influences flowing in, as well.
The chosen instruments and styles make for a superlative blend. Williams' and Starling's utilization of effects and their ace musicianship result in a resonant presentation. The sound created by the bass, keyboard and drums, along with Keller's warm and personable vocals, is so agreeable that guitar isn't even missed. If anything, the omission makes the music more interesting.
Whatever mind-blowing solo Williams would normally do on the guitar translates superbly to the bass. The lead, "The Sun and Moon's Vangenda," makes a gentle entry, as it's one of the more folksier songs on the album, but midway, Keller breaks out the kind of jam many of his fans covet.
"Bass" sees Williams in his usual personality: fun-loving, irreverent and sometimes reflective. His lyrics are comical and his playing unpredictable. Some may find him silly, but Keller is the kind of person that doesn't take life, or his song lyrics, too seriously.
"My imagination goes on vacation, and I like to go there when I have the time, which is all the time," sings Williams in "I am Elvis," a song that describes what goes through his mind during times of solitude. He speaks of meditation of one of his favored activities elsewhere on the album, but here, it's actions like skinny-dipping with the alligators at the zoo and snowboarding in the nude that rule his thoughts. Williams must have an aversion to clothing, because "Positive" reggae also makes him want to get naked.
When he's not being self-deprecating and making silly observations of the world in which he lives, whether in-mind or out-of-mind, Williams is on the lookout for other songs on which he can put his personal twist. For "Bass," it's Morphine's "Buena" and Beck's "Hollywood Freaks." The former certainly fits the bass vibe, and the latter, with its nonsensical words, is in the same vein of some of Keller's other songs.
Williams isn't necessarily fishing for new fans with the variant concept of "Bass." He's simply reveling the best career he could ask for and making music by whatever means he wants. In recent years, he's done a children's album and a couple of bluegrass albums with Larry and Jenny Keel, and now a bass-centric reggae album. He makes albums that please his fanbase without compromising his desire to break new ground in his career. This path affirms Williams' status as a trailblazer who determines his own path.
Those who play by their own rules tend to put out the most exceptional music; "Bass" continues to uphold Keller Williams' status as one of these artists.
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Liam also mentioned the times that Boardman raced locally. "I did race a few times against Chris in local 10 mile training races. I would do a modest 21mins on a good day and he would do late 18′s on a bad one (he managed a late 17 once)" That's an average speed in mph near the mid 30's, pretty fast for a little training ride.
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Dartmouth: A Finance Feeder School?
In a recent D article noting that the College had struck out yet again in the Rhodes Scholarship race, an old saw re-appeared:
"My impression of Dartmouth is it's a finance feeder school," Rhodes Scholar Adam Levine '08 said in an interview with The Dartmouth in 2009. "As to the point of why apply to Oxford: Why would you? You don't gain anything by putting your career on hold."
Is Dartmouth "a finance feeder school"? We've addressed the question once before, after Andrew Lohse made the same claim in a widely reported article in The D (later picked up by the NY Daily News), but it seems that the world was not listening. The Dartmouth Factbook details the activities of most alumni (not all have reported in, but I assume that most people in finance have done so, given the customer-driven nature of that area):
A grand total of 14% of alums in finance does not a feeder school make; the College has virtually equal numbers of alums in both education and medicine, and almost as many lawyers. In his piece, Lohse also reported that only 36% of students even participated last year in corporate recruiting. Unless a great many students are just slotting into Daddy's seat on the stock exchange without going to campus interviews, it is clear that finance is a lesser option for the College's graduates.
So where does the finance feeder school rap come from? Certainly it pre-dates the appointment of Tim Geithner '83 and Hank Paulson '68 as successive Secretaries of the Treasury. Perhaps its source is the Board of Trustees, grossly overweight as it is with big donors with MBA/finance backgrounds:
And as we've previously noted, the Trustees and their investment practices continue to dominate the news. I would argue that the Board's atrociously bad press is also shaping the world's perception of the College.
Addendum: Phil Hanlon might think that the Board is "terrific," but in reality, its level of expertise in education is minimal at best, and the tenor of the group is hardly one of thoughtful reflection. Phil is on his own in guiding Dartmouth, unless he talks to the faculty — as he seems to be doing.
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