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Paleo and Fibromyalgia?
Is there anyone lurking around here who has fibromyalgia? If yes, what are your symptoms? Is paleo helping you? Anyone else who has some info on fibromyalgia and paleo would be very welcome.
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Hi, I am a 26 year old female and began manifesting symptoms of Fibromyalgia at age 11 after an abdominal surgery. I went for years without diagnosis and finally at 19 found a doctor who diagnosed me, but gave me no hope for relief as no effective medication was available at the time.
My symptoms have been pressure point pain, IBS, knee, elbow, neck and back pain, with muscle aches and burning/tingling at various points all over my body, along with frequent fatigue and migraines. Each year had been getting progressively worse with a new section of my body seeming to ache more. The depression from being in constant pain was almost worse than the symptoms. I began taking 75 mg of Lyrica last year and viewed it as a miracle drug, since it was the first time I was out of pain in 15 years. However, some of the side effects were annoying (weight gain, dry mouth), the drug was very expensive, and I was building up a tolerance requiring a higher dose. I had began to fear the progression of my disease would leave me disabled and unable to function in the future.
I started Paleo a month ago and within the first 2 weeks my symptoms were improving. I took lyrica the first week, but have been feeling so good I haven't taken any in 3 weeks. My family and doctors can't believe the effect this diet has had on me. My Fibromyalgia is basically gone, my stomach pain, severe environmental allergies and persistent sinus infections are gone as well and I've lost 19 lbs. so far.
I'm not saying anyone else would have similar results with this diet, it could be my personal physiology or relative age, but I would encourage anyone with an inflammatory disease to try the diet for a month and see how you feel.
(P.S. I tried taking Lyrica one day last week just to see what it would do and the drug no longer seems to have an effect on my body which I really can't explain.)
Hi, I have severe Fibromyalgia, and my main symptoms are as well as severe pain all over, sevre fatigue, short term memory loss aka "brain fog", problems with sleep (either not enough or too much) severe pain all over my body, light sensitivety, hightened sensitivity to sound and smell (loud and busy areas give me bad headaches and some smells like eggs being cooked make me very nausious).
Some days are better than others and on those days I have to pace myself to try not over do it, as we tend to try an do all we can during a good spell, and that can bring on a flare up. During a flare up the pain is horrendous. Some areas of my body get as painful as 32x more pain than a normal person. My skin hurts to have clothes next to it at times as it feels like it's bruised. my memory becomes very bad and I have headaches, some can become migranes. I tire extremely easily and find the simplest of tasks difficult to do. I have all 18/18 painful pressure points and these areas are located at the main joints in the body, just lightly pressing on these points will be enough to send me up to the ceiling. I need help getting in and out of bed and to and from the toilet, getting in and out of the bath and about the house and aything else that needs the support of another person. on good days I can just about manage myself though somethings I still need a little help.
I was diagnosed by a senior Rheumatologist in 2007. I have tried numerous treatments and am currently trying an anti convulsant drug, which seems to be helping. My fibro was thought to have been triggered by an accident I had in 2000 when I fracture a vertebra. Before that accident I was extremely fit, loved cycling and riding my horse everyday as well as holding down a full time job as a bar/waitress in a busy hotel. If I could go back to that I would in a heartbeat.
Everyone I know who has fibro have been people who where hard working and certainly not "junkies attempting to get a fix" (if the guy that made this commet had it, he would be thinking differently). I do know that if myself and these other people had a choice between a life of fibro and a life free of fibro and were able to do the things we enjoyed - we would choose the firbo free life. I can guarantee that Fibro is a living hell. and the majority of people who have it are not lazy obese people lacking in will power... far from it... it takes a lot of will power to make it through each day let alone a flare up. Fibro is very debilitating and something I would not wish on anyone. Just count yourself very lucky if you don't have fibromyalgia.
I am currently looking in to trying new diets and have been trying a diet with my partner that works on similar principles, more meat, vegetables and fruit than carbs and fat. I also ride once a week with the RDA and some weeks I have to force myself to go simply because the pain is so bad. on these days I can't ride for long because of the pain and fatigue. My RDA group has given me a new lease of life and something to look forward to each week - whether I feel up to it or not. These sessions are as good as a session of Physio therapy and the support and help they give others is amazing. Simple being back around horses helps my depression - which is brought on by the fibro. I am trying to do as much as I am pysically able to improve my health and fight this awfyl disease. Fibro is now considered a disease by our government.
It takes a strong person to live with fibromyalgia, as we don't get a rest from it. I don't want to be sick, I would rather be a fit and healthy person enjoying life to the full. So before you go and make comments like that... think how it must feel to live with a chronic illness from day to day.
I also suggest that if you're the type of shallow, insensitive person who likes to go and write snide comments to rile and upset people in these forums, which are places where we look for help and even a possible relief.... maybe you should go and take up a new hobby, maybe squash to work off your frustrations.... don't take it out on people who are genuinely ill. That would make you a sick, bitter and twisted person who needs help.
If you are a person who is geneinly interested in how this diet may help me and my fibro then post away and I will try and give you updates as when I can. I also apologise for any spelling mistakes... I'm not having a good time at the moment.
I have fibro, and I've been eating low-carb (paleo more or less) for about ... two months? I have much more energy, my constant fatigue got much, much better. I have no knee-joint pains as I used to have and much less general pain in legs. I still have tender points to touch - but my body aches less "by it self".
My diet is almost completely gluten free now. I eat a lot of protein, and try to have enough fat. My carbs are about 6-12%.
I would like to renew the thread, as I think it's easier than starting a new one.
Now, a few months later, I am still much better - it seems like the change in diet helped in lifting the chronic muscle pain, the spells of bruised-like feeling all over the body that kept for three days or so. I do not have joint pain as much as I used to, and I can exercise without the typical pain. I still have some stiffness in joints (mostly hands) and tenderness to touch, over-reacting to poking/touching/hitting etc., but at least the muscles don't hurt "of their own" as much. I also have much more energy, I used to become a vegetable after work, not being able to do anything. Now I actually want to do things, have energy to cook, exercise, clean the house... Not non stop, I have worse days, but in general the difference is amazing.
But what i still struggle with is proper sleep. It's still very uneven, with often waking up during the night, troubles with falling asleep even if being tired, and waking up after 7-9h still tired and not rested.
Anyone had a luck with fixing that? Maybe eliminating something from the diet (in addition to the general paleo)? I would appreciate any advice!
I don't have any firsthand experience, but I have heard of several cases where fibro went into remission after gluten was removed from the patient's diet. It's something one hears about in the online celiac communities fairly frequently.
I have Lyme/Chronic Fatigue. Although low-carb Paleo felt great in the beginning, I found myself getting tired if I adhered to it too strictly. I needed a certain amount of carbs from rice.
Recently, I figured out I felt much better eating sugar (!) a la Ray Peat.
I have fibro and Celiac Disease. I'm 28 and a mother of 2. I was diagnosed with Celiac in 2004 and had a lot of relief from that part of it going gluten free, but even gluten and dairy free I still had a lot of pain from the fibromyalgia. I tried elimination diets, cleanses, etc., but I have never felt as good as I have going Paleo. I've been Paleo for 7 months now and I feel better than I've felt in years, probably in over a decade. I have to be pretty strict about it - for example I let myself have some rice noodles, a big bag of potato chips, and sweetened hempmilk in a latte the other day (all in one day) and my joints and muscles were hurting so bad the next day that I could hardly function. That just confirmed for me how much of a difference diet has made. In addition to eating paleo, I have to avoid some nightshades - particularly potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant seem to aggrevate my symptoms, and I also have to watch my coffee intake. I feel so much better though that it's worth it to not eat the food that doesn't make my body happy. I would really encourage anyone with those type of problems to at least try it for 30 days. When you are in pain I know that cutting out comforting grains and bread and stuff sounds terrible, but it really is worth it. I don't have to be on any medication for fibromyalgia - not even advil or anything.
My whole story is on Robb Wolf's blog if you are interested: http://robbwolf.com/2011/06/13/real-life-testimonial-sarahs-finally-healthy/
Rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd bump this & see if there's any new research, advice, stories, etc.
I'm curious about the effects between fibro & simple carbs.
Several others mention sugar (sweets)... but I'm curious if simple carbs would have the same reaction.
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a rheumatologist 6 years ago, but had been feeling ill for about 15 years. I'm 42 years old and male. My symptoms were pain in the neck and upper back and lower back. Severe headaches. Insomnia (I would only sleep about 5 hours per night, after that, the backpain would make it impossible to sleep). After waking up, I'd feel tired, 'broken' and 85 years old. The pain would become tolerable after 15 minutes of activity. My arms and hands would ache, and feel swollen, although they looked fine. Going to the toilet was always a problem. I often would fail to find words, I guess some would call this a 'fog of brain'. I would have several swollen and painful pressure points all over my body, aspecially in my arms and muscles in the back and neck. I refused any therapy or medication, because it was quite obvious that it was a so called 'exclusion diagnosis': I have a set of symptoms, but they don't make sense to the doctors, so after excluding all other possible diagnoses by doing the necessary tests, they decide to call it 'fibromiyalgia'.
All these symptoms went away almost instantly after I started an aspartame free diet. (Before the diet, I would eat and drink 'light' products from time to time, and I would add two grains of aspartame to my cup of coffee (I used to drink 4 to 6 cups of coffee a day, which makes a lot of aspartame.))
I'm in a euphoric state of mind, simply because since I have been on a aspartame free diet, I'm pain free and feel much stronger. I now am woken up by the alarm clock at 7 o'clock, rather than by the horrible back and neck pain, and migraine, at 4 am ... Since the beginning of August, I haven't felt sick again, and that is a good sign, because my symptoms were somewhat cyclic: every two weeks, the infection would flare up and I would feel really bad, and then slowly I would feel a bit better, only to feel very bad again two weeks later. All that has gone away now, so I'm hopeful to stay healthy now.
My advise to any person with a chronic condition with a broad spectrum of symptoms is to go on a diet that is free of any 'modern' additives.
EDIT: I took a better look at my bottle of sweeteners and it is actually a mixture of cyclamate and saccharine, not aspartame. This is what Wikipedia says - it is actually very scary: Cyclamate In the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the sale of cyclamate in 1970 after lab tests in rats involving a 10:1 mixture of cyclamate and saccharin indicated that large amounts of cyclamates causes bladder cancer, a disease to which rats are particularly susceptible. Cyclamates are still used as sweeteners in many parts of the world, including Europe.
I am trying the Paleo diet, and after one month find my fiber symptoms are way down. This should be considered "anecdotal", really. It could be just a coincidence. Only time will tell.
Are there any serious researchers out there doing any scientifically controlled studies on this? ::::crickets::::
I have some experience 'treating' these patients (I'm a physical therapist), but not that much. I haven't followed all the scientific literature, but know that a lot of scientists now think of the immune system as crucial to fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. And some of those scientists are using diet (mostly elimination diets)
I'm quite convinced that a paleo diet, or more, lifestyle could really help. Again, I'm not the specialist on this, but I think fibromyalgia could be considered a disease of civilisation. And as with all these diseases, a hunter-gatherer diet-lifestyle could be helpful.
I'm not aware of scientists using the evolutionary reasoning on fibromyalgia. They start eliminating, just trial and error. You can find the solution this way, but why not eliminate all the neolithic stuff, and than try to fine-tune your diet with trial and error (dairy or not, nightshades, low or very low carb, ...)
While my symptoms don't seem to be as severe as yours, I am right there with you on many things. My fibro seems to have started when I was 16 and had a pretty horrendous Asian flu that lasted 3 weeks. Various injuries over the years have exacerbated my symptoms, especially a severe back injury that essentially ripped the muscles from my lower back area. I now have sciatic pain on most days. I was put on tramadol (100mg twice daily), but it only dulled the pain. I'm also on Cymbalta, but while it helped temper emotional issues, it didn't help with the pain at all. I am now also taking gabapentin and it actually seems to help both the fibro pain and the sciatic pain. I've only been on it two weeks and am gradually building up to 200mg twice daily, so if 100mg has helped, I can't wait to see what 200mg does. I am hoping it helps me be relatively pain-free most of the day. But man, before I take that first dose in the morning, I can barely get out of bed. Everything aches as if I have the flu.
I am hoping the Paleo/The Perfect Health Diet will help. My husband and I are still transitioning as going "cold turkey" isn't going to work for us. But we're trying to eat Paleo most meals. I'm not sure how long it takes for a new eating protocol to kick in or if ANY amount of processed food/grain/etc. is going to prevent us from feeling the positive benefits. We're still trying to figure things out, especially how to prepare some snacks and meals we can make quickly as I often get very lightheaded within minutes of feeling hungry. And I know a lot of that is probably caused by years of eating crap food and carbs, but I hope that as we eat less of those things, the lightheadedness won't present itself as often.
Good luck to you (and everyone else here). May we all find the answers we seek in order to live healthier, better lives.
I had Fibromyalgia for a year and Paleo totally fixed it! Success :D
i have awful fibro and a RSI with numb hands
paleo has helped but mainly bc it stabilized my blood sugar. i tried not eating gluten and it didnt make a difference.
I have fibromyalgia and had a big reduction in pain going...am aloud to say this here? Vegan. I am now no longer following that diet but did learn from it. Do not eat dairy whatever you do ridding my diet of dairy had to be one of the best things I have done for myself. Also, soon after becoming vegan I had also given up gluten which I also think made a very noticeable difference. I am new to Paleo, but even removing what few grains were left in my diet has made a huge difference in my Ibs symptoms. From this I would say being grain free and dairy free are very important for a fibromyalgia sufferer.
I suffer from Fybromayalgia, and have been since I was a child, but had no idea what was going on with me until this year. I have had every doctor in the world try to fix me over the years, but none could diagnose what was going on until this year, when my general practioner sent me to a Rheumatologist.
My symptoms are: Migranes, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Insomnia, joints that constantly feel on fire, short term memory loss, ...heck, I can go on and on. But Paleo has been my own personal Godsend. When I follow my paleo, I feel 90% better ( I have only been following for a short time) After a few days on the diet, I felt lighter than cotton...symptom free immediately. My joints don't burn, my energy is way up, and I can actually function normally.
The momment I slip up, my joints are on fire. My sleep is completely evasive, and my overall well being is affected. There is really something special about Paleo. I have even found a meetup group here in St. Louis, called Primal Living STL, that focuses on fitness and following Palep. We swap recipes and tips that make this lifestyle enjoyable. I am even starting to transition my kids it. My son (11yrs) has migranes, and my daughters both (4 & 6) have eczema and allergies. It has really offered me hope for a better quality of life. Tonight I am making Paleo Chocolate Cake!
No one has written on here in awhile, but I am interested in trying a Paleo diet to help with my Fibromyalgia. I was recently diagnosed with it, but also have IBS, chronic headaches, lactose intolerance, and severe TMJ pain. I changed my diet about 2 months ago by going completely gluten free and cutting out the majority of processed foods. However, I know that I still need to cut out sugar and have had a hard time doing that. I've seen different results from Paleo, but I tend to work well if someone tells me to try something for a set amount of time. Someone mentioned 30 days, but I wanted to see if it could take longer for me to notice any differences. Thanks for the help!
Thank you, Sarah Johnson,for sharing your story. I am a 60 year old female that has just started on the Paleo Diet, this is day 7. Yesterday, I had a nice sized bowl of ice cream, and this morning I had a nasty flare-up of the fibromyalgia, and all my joints were swollen and red due to the rheumatoid arthritis I have. I'm wondering if this flare-up is caused by my "cheating" on my Paleo with the ice cream...just like when you "cheated" with the potato chips and such? I was unaware that it could effect me so badly. NO more ice cream for this lady! Only good Paleo food. Since I went on the Paleo, just 7 days ago, I've been doing okay, pain wise, until this morning. Thanks to all who have been sharing their experiences, and also for sharing what type of pain you have with your fibromyalgia. My family has never known anybody that has ever had it, and they just don't seem to understand how debilitating and painful it can be. Thanks again, for sharing.
Not firsthand, but I knew someone with Fibro who felt better on a Paleo diet.
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It's that time of the year again.
The air is crisp. The kids are back in school. Football is on the tube. And the fools in Washington are threatening to shut down the government because they can't agree on a budget.
So I guess it's time to show, again, just how easily Uncle Sam could keep a few pennies in his pocket if he'd just give a damn.
In audits released in recent months, I unearthed plenty of examples of wasteful spending, poor leadership, lax accounting and disregard for the rules.
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Consider this doozy released Wednesday about how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives managed the finances of its undercover investigations into illegal tobacco sales.
After reading it you'll need a smoke, because it says auditors were unable to verify what happened to 2.1 million cartons of cigarettes purchased for undercover investigations. Retail value: $127 million.
That prompted the ATF to investigate its investigations and refute the Department of Justice inspector general's findings. The agency said it found "unexplained deposits" that it "assumed" were from sales of some of the unaccounted-for smokes, and that only 447,218 cartons couldn't be reconciled due to insufficient documentation.
That's still a lot of smokes.
The audit also criticized the ATF for allowing a confidential informant to keep more than $4.9 million of the $5.2 million profit made from selling tobacco to criminal targets.
Who says crime doesn't pay?
The agency told the inspector general the informant was allowed to keep the money to cover his business expenses. But the agency failed to verify those expenses, said auditors, who found the money covered not only the informant's entire business operating overhead but left him with $2.3 million in profit.
"We found a serious lack of oversight by ATF at both the headquarters and field office levels," the audit says.
If the government is looking for more money, maybe it should just check its existing accounts to see how much dough is sitting there collecting dust.
The Department of State had a combined $82 million in 955 expired grant accounts that could have been used for other purposes, according to an inspector general's report in June.
Auditors criticized the performance of grant managers and other financial officials, saying they "did not always fully execute their responsibilities" by maintaining adequate records.
"Documents required for grant closeout were often missing, incomplete or inaccurate," the audit said.
Leaving the money sitting there even cost the government in some cases.
The inspector general said three bureaus within the department wasted $79,000 in administrative fees in fiscal year 2011 by failing to close and delete accounts for expired grants and grants with no balances.
The government even is blowing money by, of all things, paying taxes.
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DeLuna Fest on pace to sell out
DeLuna Fest on pace to sell out, organizers say
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There are just 56 days left before DeLuna Fest kicks off on Pensacola Beach, and organizers are hip-deep in getting things ready.
A stellar line-up for the Sept. 21-23 music festival on Pensacola Beach, headlined by Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band and Florence + the Machine, has resulted in ticket sales in all 50 states and 14 countries, according to festival managing partner Scott Mitchell.
"We've sold out all of our advance tickets. We're in the regular ticket phase, which is the bulk of the tickets," Mitchell said. "We have decided and released our final pricing. Our professional opinion is that we're on pace to sell this thing out."
Mitchell said the team will consider anything over 35,000 tickets as a sellout. While he said he believes the site can hold significantly more people, organizers plan to cap attendance at about that number. The DeLuna Fest team stressed that single-day tickets will not be offered. And the team anticipates selling out of weekend passes ahead of the festival weekend.
Mitchell and his partners, wife Emily and festival booker Gus Brandt, see their work this year as helping to build Pensacola's reputation in the music world.
"Pensacola could be a musical destination," Emily Mitchell said. "We've got Vinyl (Music Hall), we have DeLuna Fest, the Saenger (Theatre), the (Pensacola) Civic Center, and I know there's talk about doing stuff at the ballpark, eventually."
"It's about making Pensacola a mini-Austin," she said, referring to the Texas capital city that has become one of the country's major music meccas. "Making it a music destination that people think about. And hopefully, DeLuna Fest can be a part of that."
Brandt enjoys an excellent reputation in the music industry after 15 years as a road manager for the likes of the Foo Fighters and Eminem. He said industry buzz for the festival is strong.
"People are psyched," he said. "Everyone's rooting for us in the industry. All of the agents and managers and publicists and guys in bands are like, 'Oh, you guys are doing this? That's great.' (They like that) we're not part of a giant corporation. We're independent. We're just a few people that want to get sunburned and go deaf.
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For those having trouble finding a place to stay, festival organizers are recommending rooms in Pensacola and other nearby communities, with three shuttle stops downtown being set up to ferry visitors back and forth to the beach.
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There seems to be a lot happening in the world of cold fusion/low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) right now. So we can now rightly say that a cold fusion revolution could be beginning.
Some of the most important developments include:
He doesn't seem to be up on recent developments but hopefully that will change. The video is worth watching and showing to cold fusion skeptics. He also makes one important point:
A new kind of financing called Regulation Crowdfunding could provide an important new source of money for low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) research and development. Regulation crowdfunding could also make it far easier for average people to invest in LENR and profit from it.
Crowdfunding is the use of the internet to raise small sums of money from large numbers of investors. Current US law allows organizations such as the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project to raise funds through crowdfunding but it doesn't allow them offer to offer equity (stock or ownership) to those who put up money.
The JOBS Act passed by Congress in 2012 allows a company to raise up to $1 million in a year by selling equities to the public through Regulation Crowdfunding. That would allow companies such as LENUCO, NANORTech and Brillouin to offer average people equity in a cold fusion venture in exchange for funding. It could help an inventor raise the money he needs to build an LENR prototype.
There were two major demonstrations of little known low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) devices in the last week of January. These demonstrations spotlight lesser known companies that are fast becoming major players.
Mitchell Swartz of Jet Energy again demonstrated and lectured about his NANOR and Phusor cold fusion devices at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT on Jan. 27. The lecture was part of Peter Hagelstein's well known Cold Fusion 101 short course which is held every year at the end of January. Videos of all the lectures and demonstrations have been posted at several websites.
Swartz has achieved some impressive results with his NANOR according to the lecture. His lecture indicates that the NANOR device is a serious rival to Andrea Rossi's ecat and Brillouin's hot tube. The E-Cat World blog listed some impressive accomplishments for NANOR and PHUSOR including:
A North Carolina based company called Industrial Heat LLC has come out and admitted that it now owns Andrea Rossi's ecat low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) technology. Industrial Heat has put out a press release in which it confirmed rumors that it had spent $11 million to purchase Rossi's device.
The press release also confirmed speculation that Tom Darden of Cherokee Investment Partners a North Carolina equity fund is a principal investor in Industrial heat. It stated that one of Darden's associates J.T. Vaughn is the manager of Industrial Heat LLC. Industrial Heat LLC is based in the Research Triangle region around Raleigh, North Carolina where many technology companies have operations. Cherokee's website describes Vaughn as a Senior Analyst at the firm.
Unconfirmed rumors reported by several media outlets have identified the mysterious investor that bought the e-cat low energy nuclear reaction device and Leonardo Corporation from Andrea Rossi as Cherokee Investment Partners LLC. Cherokee is a private company or hedge fund based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
E-Cat World claims that Cherokee formed a subsidiary called Industrial Heat LLC which used $11 million to buy the right to the E-cat from Andrea Rossi. E-cat World also claimed that Rossi has been appointed Chief Scientist at Industrial Heat. Bloomberg described Industrial Heat LLC as a company that operates in the energy sector.
The address listed for Industrial Heat LLC is Suite 300, 111 East Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC 27601. That is also the address listed at Cherokee's website. Thomas Darden the Chief Executive Officer of Cherokee Investment Partners is listed as Manager of Industrial Heat LLC.
Brillouin Energy Corporation could begin manufacturing Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) devices by the end of 2014, the company's CEO Robert W. George III told Sterling D. Allen of Pure Energy Systems. George also said his company has signed a "multimillion dollar licensing deal" with an unidentified firm in South Korea.
The Korean firm has already paid Brillouin $375,000 in cash as half of the down payment for the rights to manufacture its hot tube boiler technology, George reportedly said. The company is supposed to wire Brillouin another $375,000 within 90 days to cement the deal.
The deal reportedly signed just before Christmas will obligate Brillouin to give the mysterious client a set of plans for the hot tube device. The client would then build and test the devices before deciding what to do with them. George didn't say what the client plans to do with the devices.
An alliance that could lead to the development of vehicles and small scale generators powered by low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) has been born. Cyclone Power Technologies the maker of a next generation steam engine has hired Purdue University professor, nuclear physicist and LENR expert Yeong E. Kim as a consultant.
Kim's job at Cyclone is to help the company determine if an LENR powered steam engine is practical and to commercialize such an engine. Dr. Kim has long been an outspoken advocate of LENR or cold fusion. Kim is a theoretical nuclear physicist who is currently serving as a professor of Physics at Purdue. He's also group leader of the Purdue Nuclear and Many-Body Theory Group and Director of the Center for Sensing Science and Technology.
Kim is part of Cold Fusion Energy Inc., a consortium of scientists working to commercialize LENR. Other members include George H. Miley, Francessco Piantelli, Francesco Celani and MIT Professor Peter L. Hagelstein. No other members of that group appear to be working with Cyclone Power.
TheMartin Fleischmann Memorial Project may have discovered the "smoking gun" of low energy nuclear reaction (LENR). The project's blog is claiming that French scientist Jean-Paul Biberian independently replicated and confirmed one of its low energy nuclear reactions with less than 24 hours of work.
Two project researchers Mathieu Valat and Bob Greenyer were able to detect gamma pulses every time they filled a Celani Cell with deuterium and switched it on. Valat and Greenyer are so confident about their discovery that they discussed it on YouTube. They believe this is evidence of LENR, when Jean-Paul Biberian duplicated this experiment he was able to get a similar result.
"Essentially it means that we have a device that is doing low energy nuclear reactions," Greenyer said of the Celani Cell. Valat said the device can be turned on and off.
The man who made the University of Missouri at Columbia a major center for low energy nuclear reaction(LENR) research will leave his job early next year. New Energy Times is reporting that Robert Duncan has accepted a position as vice president for research at Texas Tech University.
Duncan is familiar to LENR fans as the scientist who discussed cold fusion on a famous feature on CBS's 60 Minutes news magazine. At the University of Missouri Duncan has been a tireless proponent of LENR.
Among other things Duncan organized the Sidney Kimmel Institute for Nuclear Renaissance at the University. That's the only program at a major American university dedicated to active LENR research. The Institute financed by clothing billionaire Sidney Kimmel has begun research.
Duncan also brought the 18th Annual International Conference on Cold Fusion (ICCF) to Columbia this summer. The Conference was the first on LENR held at a major American college in many years.
Andrea Rossi has detailed the origins of his Rossi effect low energy nuclear reaction phenomenon. The effect is the basis of Rossi's ecat LENR technology. The Italian-American inventor stated that he invented the effect in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1996.
Rossi stated that he used a 4 volt battery to melt some nickel and produced an effect that produced a coefficient of power (COP) effect of 3. That means he generated 3 times as much power as he put into the experiment. Rossi also stated that he burned his finger on the hot nickel. Rossi also stated that he had been working on LENR since 1993.
The inventor also admitted that he was living in poverty at the time because of the legal troubles that arose over his former business Petroldragon which was seized by Italian authorities. He said he was living on $100 a day, working in manual labor and sometimes eating just two eggs a day when he began his work on LENR.


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Hampshire senior Tyler Crater had plenty to celebrate on Wednesday. Not only did he reach the 1,000-point career milestone, he also relished in his first postseason win.
The top-seeded Whip-Purs rallied from an 11-0 deficit to defeat host Burlington Central 49-31 in Class 3A regional semifinal action. Crater had 13 points to lead Hampshire in scoring. Shane Hernandez and Michael Dumoulin added 10 points each.
"Getting the points was great," said Crater. "But getting the win was the important thing. I've been on some really good teams here, but the past couple of years we have been knocked out in the first game. So to be able to come out on to this floor and finally get a regional win is special."
Hampshire (23-5) never pushed the panic button when Central scored the first 11 poigame. An 8-0 run at the end of the first quarter keyed by five points off the bench from sophomore Mathew Bridges got the Whip-Purs on track.
Later in the second quarter a monster slam dunk by Crater off a lob pass from Ryan Cork gave Hampshire its first lead of the game at 16-14.
"That's a play we work on in practice against a zone," said Crater. "At first I was thinking that pass is way up there, but I was able to go get it. We knew this was like their Super Bowl and they were going to come out with a lot of intensity. But we have an experienced group of players and we were able to weather the storm. We just kept our composure and knew the shots would eventually start to fall."
Central regained the lead 18-16 at the break, but it was all Hampshire in the second half. A jumper by Brendan Waterworth tied the game 18-18 early in the third quarter. Moments later Cork put the Whip-Purs ahead for good 21-18 with a three-pointer.
Later in the third quarter the Whip-Purs started a 14-0 run to pull away to a 37-20 advantage by midway through the fourth quarter. Hernandez and Dumoulin each had a pair of baskets during the surge.
"It took us a while to figure out their 1-3-1," said Hampshire coach Bob Barnett. "But we were able to make an adjustment by setting some high ball screens and flashing a guy to the block. The kids did a great job of making it work."
Crater joins Tyler Watzlawick and David Ross as only the third player in Hampshire history to reach 1,000 points.
"It's a great accomplishment," said Barnett. "Put those three names together and you have a special group of players."
After the fast start things quickly unraveled for Central. The Rockets (14-14) shot just 8-of-44 (18 percent) from the field the rest of the way.
The outcome marked the end of an eight-game win streak for Central, which lost twice to Hampshire during the regular season as part of an 0-7 start to the camapign.
"Once again it came down to needing to make shots," said Central coach Brett Porto. "We have struggled with that at times this year. Give (Hampshire) credit. They are a real good senior-led team. They have a bunch of big, strong, physical players who were able to crash the boards and push our guys out away from the basket."
Moter Deng had nine points to lead the Rockets in scoring.
Hampshire advances to face Sycamore, a 66-46 winner over Rochelle.
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A father has launched a petition to try to stop a Surbiton boys school from allowing girls to join.
Southborough High School wants to expand with a primary school for both boys and girls from next year.
Girls would join the secondary school in 2017 from year 7, but a petition on Kingston Council's website has 27 signatures. The school already has girls in its sixth form.
Father-of-three Mike Briggs, who started the petition, said: "My experience is discipline and learning is better in single-sex schools, just my opinion, but others feel the same and I believe parents should have a right to choose this for their children.
"Without Southborough, the choice for boys will be limited to Coombe Boys, unless you're Catholic or affluent."
Headteacher Niall Smith said: "We were fully aware of the petition, but are a little surprised that many of the signatories did not attend our recent consultation meetings. We feel if they had been present, we would have been able to reassure many of them."
Southborough High School celebrated 50 years as a boys school last year and was given a Good Ofsted rating.
The school's consultation document states: "In neither its most recent self evaluation nor Ofsted report (December 2013) is it stated that the quality of the school's provision and resultant success is due to its historic single-sex status."
Councillor David Cunningham, shadow lead member for schools and continuing education, said: "Parents are usually happy with the status quo. They would not want to change the character of the school.
"But the school has put out a brief and on the face of it, it seems reasonable. I would like to see how the consultation goes."
Mr Smith admitted the expansion would lead to more people and traffic, but said: "We will do everything in our power to come up with a design solution that contains those issues."
He added an entrance through Verona Drive that has not been used for a number of years would only be used if it was "in the very best interests and safety" of students.
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just for the records, because php.net ignore the real world out there:
debian 5 installs by default the php-suhosin module, which changes the behavior of session_set_save_handler read/write function.
on calling the session write function the session data will be encrypted, and the returning string from the read function are decrypted and verified.
the encrypted data is no more compatible with session_encode/session_decode.
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Thursday afternoon, the Colorado Rockies lost to the Atlanta Braves 6-3. But they didn't only lose a game - they also lost a player. In the top of the third inning, outfielder Charlie Blackmon injured himself sliding into third base, and the official Rockies Twitter account reveals the severity:
Rockies OF Charlie Blackmon left today's game with a fractured left foot.
There's no timetable yet since the injury basically just happened, but one imagines that Blackmon will be out of action for several weeks, and it could be more than that if he needs surgery. The only person capable of returning from a fracture in a short amount of time is Albert Pujols, and it's an open question as to whether he's really a person at all.
Blackmon leaves behind a .255 average and five stolen bases. The prospect had been seeing a lot of action in left field, and his injury may open the door for Ryan Spilborghs and/or Cole Garner to play more often. His injury also comes at a bad time for a team on the fringe of contention that just saw Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez get hurt. Neither Tulo nor Gonzalez are hurt as badly as Blackmon is, but these things have a way of piling up.


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Summary: Nancy and her friends witness an explosion and the burning of a beautiful country mansion. Fearing its occupants may be trapped in the blazing building, they rush to the rescue--and unexpectedly find themselves confronted with a mystery that seems insoluble. The first clue is an anonymous diary--its entries in a handwriting difficult to decipher. Who dropped the diary? Was it the stranger Nancy saw running away from the fire? What was he doing there? Finding out how Nancy discovers the answers to these questions makes for another exciting Nancy Drew mystery. Praise for the Nancy Drew series on audio...
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The Carroll and Jane Rikert Ski Touring Center is a winter recreation center providing over 45 km of professionally groomed trails for nordic skiing and snowshoeing. Offering Rentals shop , lessons, food, and unspoiled natural beauty in the heart of the Green Mountains. Whether you're out for a tour or race training, the facility provides picturesque and challenging trails for every level of ability. Rikert offers a warm atmosphere with a spot next to the wood stove to relax and enjoy a snack. Located at the Bread Loaf Campus of Middlebury College on Route 125 East in Ripton, VT. 802-443-2744 location 10 miles south of Middlebury
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Nordic and backcountry skiing are hallmarks of Bolton Resort. The highest elevation of Vermont's cross-country ski areas ensures great snow, usually from early November well into April. With over 100 km of Nordic trails, Bolton is considered by many to be the 'best backcountry in Vermont'. The extensive trail system offers great scenic views for all abilities. trails & ski services 30km groomed; ski rentals; ski lessons; ski patrol; changing room; part of an alpine ski area; snowshoe rentals
783 Townshend Road, PO Box 9
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Winter activities include 15 kilometers of machine groomed and another 15 kilometers of backcountry trails. Snowmaking system guarantees skiing all season. Dedicated snowshoe trails, 600' tubing hill and a packed event calendar, including guided wine & cheese snowshoe tours. Full base lodge, lessons & rentals. Part of the Grafton Inn, located just 3/4 mile away with lodging, pub and fine dining. Grafton Ponds is part of the Windham Foundation, whose mission is to promote Vermont's rural communities. Summer programs focus on mountain biking, kids environmental adventure camps, hiking, canoe trips and swimming. trails & ski services 15km groomed; ski rentals; ski lessons PSIA; changing room; wax room; pulk sled rental; retail shop; 10km snowshoe trails; snowshoe trails are not shared with skiers; snowshoe rentals; 1km snowmaking
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Stowe VT 05672
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Q. Anything on that at all as far as where that sits?
BUCK SHOWALTER: I know Dan was going to meet with him a little bit today. I think. I know that Nate and his agent were talking for the first time in about a week.Q. Is Nate here or just over the phone?
BUCK SHOWALTER: No. He was working out at the time. So he called him back afterwards.
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Q. How do you feel about that one, Buck? Nate returning?
BUCK SHOWALTER: Do I want him to?
Q. Do you feel good it could come to that conclusion?
BUCK SHOWALTER: We have plans in place in case he doesn't. He better, you know. Biggest one is Nolan. We'd like to have Nolan and Nate playing and healthy, but you have to have contingency things set up in case it doesn't happen.
You value a player a certain way, and all of a sudden somebody comes in and values him completely different the way you do, you have to have the ability to say no. I think Nate understands that as much as we'd like him back, but he has to do what's best for him and his family just like we have to do what's best for the Baltimore Orioles.
Our payroll, just maintaining the way Peter's allowed us to is $23 million. With Jones, Markakis -- who am I missing? Three or four more.
Q. Johnson.
BUCK SHOWALTER: Johnson. I was looking the other night, just the increase to keep those guys. Our payroll is going up. They earned every penny of it. Thank God that we have them.
Q. Buck, you talk about payroll, there's talk about payroll disparity and some of these big TV deals. Is it the same old situation it's been the last 20 years? How do you see it?
BUCK SHOWALTER: If you look at it that way, level playing field, all those things, people like Billy and bob in Oakland and the players there and Joe and Tampa, they've done a great job of eliminating those excuses. Some people don't like those excuses eliminated because they're always able to talk about woe is me.
But that's something we really try to take out of our locker room, and I think Bobby probably did it too out in Oakland, and Joe's done a great job in Tampa. It is what it is. You got to know who you are, and you got to know who you're not.
We've had some things come up already like here that we go we know that's where we can't go. If we're going to keep weeders and Jones and Markakis and these guys, you've got to know who you are. That's why the farm system is so important. We'll continue to dwell on the Machados and the Strops and the Bundies. We have the 24th pick this year in the draft instead of the 4th, 5th, or 6th. I don't know if that's good or bad. It might save us bonus money. We also have a 36th pick. We have a quick pick after that we got from the -- what do you call it?
Q. Lottery.
BUCK SHOWALTER: It's a balance thing. We got two picks before 40. I don't know why I know that. Yeah, I do know why.
Q. Can you talk about how aggressive that you and Dan were terms of changing the club last year? Say, like bringing in a McLouth when that situation was there. And do you get trapped in a year two, now that those guys have done something for you, you can't be as aggressive in the second year?
BUCK SHOWALTER: I don't know about trapped. I hope we don't have to make any moves. Our starting pitching was pretty much intact for the first half of the season. Injuries are part of it. That's another thing that we on purpose didn't let float in there, using injuries as an excuse, unlike a couple of clubs that we got a little tired of hearing about their problems.
It is what it is. It's part of the game. It's an opportunity. I was real proud of the organization and how quickly the depth -- I'll tell you, the job that was done. And these guys have heard it ¿¿ by our AAA staff, Ron Johnson and Mike Griffin. I marvelled at the evaluation skills they had. I spoke to Ronny, it seemed like every night about -- he wouldn't just base it on a statistic. He said, this guy can help you do this. He was in the American League east the year before. It was invaluable.


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A former Charlotte-Mecklenburg school teacher was fired from the school district two days before police say his son found him, and his wife, fatally shot inside their northwest Charlotte home.
The incident was reported around 3:51 p.m. Thursday along the 6400 block of Swift Arrow Lane, in the Pawtuckett Forest community.
A man called 911 and told officers that he found his parents deceased inside the bedroom of their home. Clyde Valentine had tape over his mouth, according to the search warrant.
That warrant also revealed that both people had gunshot wounds to the head.
Police say Clyde and Ida Valentine, both 59, were found dead in their home.
WBTV learned Clyde Valentine was suspended from Philip O. Berry Academy. He was arrested in June, accused of indecent liberties with a child, and arrested again in September for statutory rape.
Valentine taught Career Technical Education, since 2002, a CMS official told WBTV in June when he was arrested.
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At the time, Valentine was placed on administrative leave, and CMS said it would wait for the outcome of the investigation to make a decision on his status as a teacher.
Friday, CMS confirmed Valentine was terminated on October 30th, two days prior to his death.
Compassion came for the victims at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology.
Despite problems, Clyde Valentine was remembered as a caring instructor.
Elijah Hackett was one of his students.
"He kind of taught us things in a good way. He was a pretty good teacher. I didn't something like this would happen."
Traces of yellow tape, and unopened mail point to the eeriness at the home on Swift Arrow Lane.
Craig Adams moved in just across the street several weeks ago.
"Just an argument last week. They were yelling. That they need to learn to respect each other, and that's all they kept yelling. You need to respect me, "he said." I heard that about 10 times and that's the only disturbance we heard."
The alleged victim is not a CMS student, and the alleged incidents did not occur on school grounds.
Detectives with the Homicide Unit are canvassing the neighborhood to determine whether there are any witnesses to this incident.
Police also told WBTV that it does not appear to be a random attack, but gave no other details as of 11:45 p.m. Thursday.
Video from Sky 3 shows police canvassing the neighborhood. The street is currently blocked off.
Detectives continue to ask for the public's assistance in developing information in this case.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a Homicide Unit Detective. Detective Grande is the lead detective assigned to the case.
In addition, you may also call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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Scottsdale Police are warning residents about a home burglar who is striking residences between Shea Blvd and Mountain View Road, from 108th Street to 128th Street.
Since December of 2012 until the beginning of February, 10 homes have been burglarized. The burglar entered the home from the backyard either by smashing a rear window or twice opening an unlocked door.
No one was home when the burglaries took place. Scottsdale Police believe the suspect or suspects have been watching the homes to make sure the resident has left.
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CATEGORIES Movies"Breaking Dawn - Part 2" continues to dominate the box office, but soon enough, it will only live on in the hearts and Blu-ray players of faithful Twihards everywhere. Come Valentine's Day weekend 2013, a new young adult phenomenon will hit the big screen -- one that may end up being better than the "Twilight" franchise, which never struck a favorable chord with critics the way "Harry Potter" or "The Hunger Games" did.
Based on the first in the five-book series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, "Beautiful Creatures" follows 16-year-old Ethan Wate, who lives in the small Southern town of Gatlin, South Carolina, where nothing ever changes and people still think of the Civil War as "The War of Northern Aggression." But on the first day of sophomore year, Wate (Alden Ehrenreich) meets the mysterious Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert), the niece of the town recluse (Jeremy Irons) and the literal girl of his dreams. As Ethan quickly discovers, Lena is no ordinary teenager, and their relationship isn't just based on attraction but a psychic connection that's destined to change their lives.
So bid farewell to dazzling vampires and hunky werewolves, and say hello to casters, seers and incubi (oh my). Here are five reasons "Beautiful Creatures" could be an even better movie franchise than "Twilight."
1. Prestigious Cast: The cast of "Beautiful Creatures" boasts two Academy Award winners (Irons and Emma Thompson), a two-time Oscar nominee (Viola Davis), a Golden Globe nominee (Emmy Rossum) and an Emmy winner ("Justified" star Margo Martindale). In fact, Irons was exactly who author Garcia envisioned as the elegant Macon Ravenswood when she and Stohl wrote the series: "I thought people were playing a joke on me," she said of finding out he had accepted the role. "He's who I always pictured in my mind as Macon."
2. Real Teenagers: As much as the Cullen clan pretended to be teens, they were all decades (if not more than a century) old immortal vampires (making Edward 107 years old). But the teens in "Beautiful Creatures" are just that -- actual adolescents. A major plot point in the story is that Lena will be claimed as either a Dark or a Light Caster on her 16th birthday. Despite being 16, Ethan -- who Garcia jokes is so sweet, because he's "the exact opposite of every guy Margie and I dated" -- is just as gentlemanly, self-sacrificing and swoon-worthy (in his sensitive, intelligent way) as Edward.
3. Fascinating Setting: "Beautiful Creatures" is a Southern Gothic yarn that takes place north of Charleston in the fictional town of Gatlin, where the pie is always made from scratch, the porch gossip spreads like wildfire and the secrets are heavier than the accents. Like Hogwarts and District 12, Gatlin is as much a character as the people who live in it. Tightly controlled by sons and daughters of the Confederacy, Gatlin isn't open to outsiders, especially those with secret powers like Lena Duchannes. Forks served a purpose (it was rainy and dark, so the Cullens could remain hidden from sunlight), but Gatlin -- and the land it inhabits -- is an integral part of Ethan and Lena's story.
4. Important Themes: One of the biggest complaints about the "Twilight" saga was the mixed messages the central relationship sent to young readers and audiences. In "Beautiful Creatures," there are many substantive themes that go beyond young love. If it's as true to the book's spirit as the authors believe it is, the film should explore the dangers of bigotry and prejudice, as well as closed-mindedness and conformity, while advocating for the importance of seeking knowledge and experiencing unconditional love (within family, not just romantically).
5. Broader Appeal: The book is written from the point of view of Ethan, and it's just as much about Ethan and Lena discovering the centuries-old secrets of both their town and their powers as it is about their blossoming relationship. Because it's not all about the kissing scenes, there's a greater chance for, you know, guys, to actually enjoy the paranormal adventure. Even adults who've never even heard of the books will want to see something directed by Richard LaGravanese (who also wrote the script) and stars such a distinguished ensemble. "Richard really got our story, so we trusted his vision for the movie," Stohl told us.


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I wrote the ACC Basketball Introduction for Virginia Tech, I swear. Now that we're post-game, let's see how far off my predictions were.
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The first of two familiar faces Syracuse will meet this season. Bold prediction: the team that wins will have a Grant on the roster. Book it.
While the Syracuse Orange losing to the Michigan Wolverines was the major event of my weekend in Atlanta, there were other learnings and opportunities to be had. Before we say goodbye to this Final...
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J.P. Morgan Outlook for Volatility and Correlations in 2013
For the first time in seven years there were no large spikes in the VIX as low volatility in 2012 surprised investors. The key drivers of volatility were the European debt crisis in H1, central banks actions in late summer, and concerns about the US fiscal cliff in the fall. Scratching below the surface of the low S&P 500 volatility, one discovers a troubling picture of record low stock volatility and high correlations – both damaging to fundamental stock investors. This environment was a result of a downward spiral of low volumes, macro uncertainty, declining participation of fundamental investors, and fund outflows.
Given the sharp bounce we've had from Friday's lows we thought we'd run just the topside through our spreadsheet to see how the topside stacks up as potential overbought levels develop. We ran 15 different M/As between very short term (24-120-hrs) and very long term (144 days-55-wks)The blended result tells us a rudimentary moving average model used as a core base for most momentum models, tells us 2 important things.
First off, these models are fully loaded up long EUR/USD above 1.3005; secondly 1.3175/1.3315 drives the entire model into overbought territory - meaning it will most likely correct after that as the long term averages push the models ability to reach higher levels. Short term models 24-hrs to 13 days reveal overbought levels 1.3045/1.3175 with the upper range hard to achieve as it's +3.0 Bolli band reading on 200-hr thru 13-d M/As.
Short term cycle delineators - 21 thru 55 DMAs - reveal 1.3120 the most likely peak and under extreme price action 1.3230 (+3.0 Bollingers) longer term models get overbought 1.3210/1.3385 and the very long term models 1.3395/1.3710 ... anything 21-days and up rarely hits +3.0 Bolli band readings so 1.3210/1.3395 should cap any serious price surge. The blended model's average resides at 1.2898 so whilst price action is north of there we are bullish.
The model returns to neutral (+1/-1 unit EUR/USD) at 1.2930/1.2915 which gives us a sense what the algos are looking at when prices dip below 1.2900. Basically you buy until we break 1.2880 and if we close below there momentum models are building shorts. Topside, once we start hitting 1.3045 and higher, shorter models are hitting overbought levels and will start paring back longs. Depending on which way you're set you can base your strategy around what those momentum based systems will do at progressively higher (or lower) levels.


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PLATTSBURGH — One of the New York Education Reform Commission's ideas — extending the length of time children attend school — got mixed reviews locally.
Press-Republican Facebook readers were asked what they thought of the recommedation that teaching days and academic years be extended.
Here's a sampling of the response.
Jim Carley: "I like it.. kids are so behind many other countries in education it's not funny. I don't see why kids aren't going to school year round with more breaks instead of whole summers off. Kids should be in school from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a study hall added as a class and more time between changing of classes. Most teachers won't go for it because most will want more pay, but, dang, we have to do something to get our kids a better education. And another initiative is let teachers teach their classes, not teach to a state-run testing system, like they do in Florida and a few other states."
Mike Cassell: "Kids are kids only for a short time...They are too stressed as it is.. New York state schools are going to pot."
Nancy Arsenault: "Longer school days are often executed so poorly that they do far more harm than good."
Robert Littlefield: "Well, it depends on the length of the increases. The purpose of school is to mentally prepare the students for their next stage of life, be it college or workforce. I know in both cases, the year is longer and the days are longer...so why shouldn't the kids be prepared for that in advance?"
Scott Henkle: "As long as they compensate the teachers, I think it's a good idea. But Cuomo and so many governors want to have their cake and eat it too. Hiring freezes, budget cuts, cutting benefits for public employees ... who would pay for this? If this country wants a top education system, it needs to put its money where its mouth is and give real funding for both the operations and research of effective education instead of lip service and budget cuts."