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Blondie and the Talking Heads are among the bands set to contribute to CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the film about the legendary Manhattan club that midwifed the birth of punk.
Talking Heads will contribute their track "Life During Wartime," while Blondie's "Sunday Girl" (2013 Version) will appear on the track list as well.
CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be released October 8, while the film opens October 11 in select cities across the country.
CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack track list:
1. "Life During Wartime" - Talking Heads
2. "Kick Out the Jams" - MC5
3. "Chatterbox" - New York Dolls
4. "Careful" - Television
5. "Blank Generation" - Richard Hell and the Voidoids
6. "Slow Death" - Flamin' Groovies
7. "I Can't Stand It" - the Velvet Underground
8. "Out of Control" - Wayne County and the Electric Chairs
9. "Psychotic Reaction" - the Count Five
10. "All For the Love of Rock 'n' Roll" (Live) - Tuff Darts
11. "All By Myself" - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
12. "California Sun" (Original Demo) - the Dictators
13. "Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth" - Dead Boys
14. "I Got Knocked Down (But I'll Get Up)' - Joey Ramone
15. "Get Outta My Way" - the Laughing Dogs
16. "Sunday Girl" (2013 Version) - Blondie
17. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - the Stooges
18. "Sonic Reducer" - Dead Boys
19. "Roxanne" - the Police
20. "Birds and the Bees" - Hilly Kristal
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Raptors 86, Celtics 74: Make it two straight hideous defeats
The Boston Celtics took more than two minutes to score, and when they did, their first two points were the result of a bogus foul call. An off-balance Kevin Garnett jump shot bounded off the backboard and almost smacked Mickey Mouse, chilling on his couch down in Florida, more than 1,000 miles away, straight between the eyes, but Garnett was sent to the foul line and made both free throws. At least the Celtics were on the board.
It would take another two minutes before Ray Allen made Boston's first field goal, a welcome sight to any Boston fan still watching the hideous affair. By the time four minutes remained in the first quarter, James Johnson was outscoring Boston by himself, 8-7. By that time, Johnson had improbably stripped Rajon Rondo and garnered a wide open layup for teammate Jose Calderon, Ray Allen had fallen flat on his face trying to sprint around a screen, leading to another wide open Calderon layup, and the Raptors had scored more points via dunks and layups than the Celtics had scored total.
A minute after Johnson slammed home a fast break dunk to give himself an 8-7 lead against the entire Boston roster, Doc Rivers called two timeouts within a span of eight seconds. After the second one — and I'm guessing what he said here; all I could make out was a couple f-bombs — he threatened to kill all his players' children and stomp on their testicles. It was the maddest anyone has ever seen Rivers, and his players deserved every cuss word he shouted their way.
Two minutes after Rivers' outburst, he inserted Avery Bradly into the lineup. Bradley was not even supposed to play due to a sore shoulder, and he scored just three points in the first half, notching zero assists compared to two turnovers. Still, his heart ticked like it should, and his pressure defense briefly righted the upside-down world and put Boston back into control. The Celtics were soon down just six points, and would trail by seven, 41-34, at halftime.
Boston's halftime replenishment of fluids might have included a dash of Ativan, for the Celtics returned from the locker room with glossed over eyes and spittles of drool dripping from their mouths. Offensive possessions mostly consisted of nothing more than a couple passes and a desperation shot to beat the shot clock buzzer, and defensive possessions were an evolved form of hide-and-go-seek during which the Celtics tried their best not to reveal their location to the Raptors. Often, a Raptors offensive rebound extended the pain and suffering beyond the normal 24-second limit.
It's tough to tell whether Rajon Rondo was dizzy, drunk, ill or simply asleep, but his stat line with 3:52 remaining in the third quarter read "three points, two assists, five turnovers, 1-5 shooting, -20 plus-minus," and eyes told observers it was a lot worse. The Raptors led 61-45 at that point, and Rondo's team seemed to follow his comatose lead. In my notes, I wrote, "It's well past time for Avery Bradley." This is what it had come to, hoping the two-time All-Star would be subbed out for a career 39.4 percent shooter.
At some point during the third quarter, Kevin Garnett responded to a Toronto heckler by calling him "fat boy." Boston then switched to a 2-3 zone, normally Rivers' desperation ploy when his Celtics cannot quell another team's momentum, but perhaps a punishment for their absent effort tonight. The Celtics entered the fourth quarter trailing 63-51. It felt worse. Bradley remained stapled to the bench. I imagine his shoulder must have acted up. There was no other reason for him to sit. He was the only Celtic whose body and mind both arrived in Toronto. I pondered whether to pour bleach into my eyeballs or spray paint my retinas.
Rondo finally showed vital signs in the fourth quarter. First he dished an assist to Marquis Daniels, then he earned a technical foul. The latter was the most vibrant he'd been all night. It was almost nice to see a little emotion. I switched the channel during a commercial. Jeremy Lin, with a band-aid flying off his chin, was really hurting the Los Angeles Lakers. I smiled. I think it was the first time all night.
The Celtics cut the lead to nine with just more than six minutes remaining. I tried not to get my hopes up. Linas Kleiza answered with a wide open three five seconds later. The Celtics cut it to eight points three minutes after that. Kleiza drilled another triple. This was not Boston's night.
Boston pounded Toronto 100-64 during their last meeting. Either back-to-backs are lethal, Toronto's home court advantage is the world's greatest or Jermaine O'Neal's young legs were missed.
20 Responses to "Raptors 86, Celtics 74: Make it two straight hideous defeats"
Rondo knows he is on his way out of town and he's begun to mentally accept it. I hope Ainge makes the move sooner rather than later. Rondo and the Celtics need to part ways as soon as possible. I still think Rondo is a great player. I guess we'll see if a different environment makes a difference.
You know, unless this team gets together and figures out why they can't work things out. But there's no chance of that. It's time to move on. Let the Bradley era begin.
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Rondo played like shit tonight.
Oh correction, all the starters BUT KG.
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Rondo played like a guy who no longer feels a part of this team, who feels he is already on his way out of town. That's because he is.
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RR isn't going anywhere. He's not the problem. It's a team that's not being led by example by it's captain and definitely by it's coach terrible coaching and use of players. Go Cs…
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Plea to Danny…
1. Fire Doc…immediately.
2. Hire a former Celtic to coach this team that understands what Celtic pride, showing up every night, and preparation means.
To all who claim PP is a superstar and "close to Bird"…1 rebound and a total lack of leadership showed tonight why he is not as you claim.
So, before I f'in go off with my rant here are some questions to ponder…
1. AB plays tonight but sits vs the Lakers. What changed? A miraculous cure in 24 hrs?
2. How is it that KG shoots 6-9 and is rebounding well (except offensively – 0) and only gets 29 mins? He only had 2 PFs. So, why Doc???
3. How is it that the C starters can only muster 4 offensive rebs in a whole game?
4. Why does this team continue to think that by just showing up they'll win?
5. Why does this team continually play down to sub .500 teams?
That said, I am particularly peeved by tonight's total lack of effort. Minus 8 on the boards, ergo -10 on shots and by giving up 13 offensive rebs means the Cs basically handed free opportunities to the Raptors. RR had a very bad game, but I put this loss squarely on Doc. He decided to go to his son's game on Wednesday instead of preparing the team for a game they should have won. That loss carried over to tonight's pathetic showing and again it's Doc's responsibility to get the team prepared. Then he decides to use AB and JJ tonight in a game with far less importance than last night's??? Is it any wonder why I hate Doc's coaching and continue to say he is a mediocre coach, at best? Were they looking to Sunday's game? If so, then maybe they'll practice tomorrow unless of course Doc decides to attend the Duke game. All the good work in the last couple of weeks has been peed on with this LAME effort tonight. Go Cs…will the 'Captain' show up Sunday leading his team or will it be more of the same???
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I know you will never admit it, James, but ubuntu flew out the window when Danny pulled off The Trade.
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Ubuntu is, was, and will forever be highly overrated. It has nothing to do with showing up and giving 100% effort. Everyone needs to show up as an individual and give 100% and then sacrifice to the team. Showing up comes first…always. Go Cs…
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Also, you can rant about Pierce all you want, but Rondo was our best player. I say was because he's clearly on his way out of town now, and the sooner the better for everyone's sake. Doc never tried to find a way to expand Rondo's role on the team as he entered his prime. I think the problem is still basically that. Look at the play where Doc is screaming at the Celtics. Rondo has the ball at the circle, and he clearly has plenty of room to attack the basket past Calderone, or to go for a pullup J, but instead he meanders to the other side, where maybe there is some kind of set up play for Ray, who knows,but the point is that clearly Rajon doesn't have any green light to attack the basket. Now this is crazy. How can Rondo play that way? We hogtie our best player and wonder why we struggle? Why is Rondo consistently fourth or fifth in shot attempts? Doc himself said he wanted ten fts a game from Rondo, but he never stuck with this.
I say it again: Doc has made virtually no effort to incorporate Rondo's growing abilities. As a result, Rondo desperately needs to go to another team, and this team desperately needs him gone. Both sides need a change
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Another way to put it might be this: does any Celtics fan really think Jeremy Lin is a better player than Rajon Rondo? Come on. We aren't using our point guard right. Are we going to be the last team in the league to get it that your point guard has to attack the basket on a regular basis to open things up for the offense? For God's sake, we have one of the best pgs in the league at attacking the basket, and passing it out or dishing off too, and if we have him do it once a quarter it's amazing. Why don't we START games with Rondo attacking the basket, and keep doing it? If we combined that with our nice pattern offense, it would be great, but noooooooooooo, can't have that. Can't mess up Doc's precious little patterns of Xs and Os with any improvisation. Oh God no.
So no matter how much Rondo grows as a player, he has to stay in his tiny little box.
At this point, he needs to be on another team and Bradley needs to be our starter, with PP playing point forward.
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RR may be the best player and is certainly the straw that stirs the drink, but he is not the 'captain' and the one HOF that has been a Celtic for 14 years. Red has to be spinning out of control in his grave about the lack of leadership PP is showing. Who the f**k would follow him into battle??? Instead of shipping RR out why not can Doc and get a coach in that understands what you are saying? Keeping Doc is a 5-yr plan of disaster working right before our eyes. I believe the team is not listening to him and he certainly has no power over the team. Doc Sucks, not Rondo. Go Cs…
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James, I agree with most of your decree above. Paul, I do believe that Lin is already a better point guard than Rondo ever will be. Yes, I know he's only played in a few games, but Lin can hit a jump shot, something Rondo will never do, and Lin will likely always appreciate his role to play in the NBA. Last year, I got very tired of Rondo's moodiness and not showing up to play on so many games. We gave him a break, due to the trade of his friend Perk, and that maybe there were personal problems in his life, etc, etc. this year, he still doesn't have a jump shot, proven by the Lakers sagging off of him, the best way to take the C's out of their offense. Rondo is getting worse instead of better, and after five or six years in the league, he should be peeking as player and he's simply not.
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PS on Rondo—-let's not forget the C's starting winning when Rondo went out of the lineup and Bradley supercharged the team with his energy and desire.
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here in L.A. there is a trade rumor on the Lakers radio station: Rondo for Gasol. I hope they pull the trigger on this one. We'd get a big man and never have to see Rondo pouting anymore.
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Dumb rumor as the Cs will never trade with the Lakers. Ever! Unless it's PP for Bynum. Now that I could live with. Go Cs…
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No please. I would not trade Pierce for Bynum. Bynum is another player with a history of injuries. If the Celtics have any hope for the future, depending on where his head is at, I would not trade Rondo. As much as I love the Big 3 plus J O Neal, I would put everyone of them up for trade and start concentrating on youth. That is the way forward for this team. Doc is an idiot who also should be replaced. He's had too many chances in my book. He has the same formula with this team which is why they are losing games. I believe that Rondo, Bradley, Pietrus, Johnson and Steimsma as a five looks great. Why don't we see this line up more often? If there is one reason to trade Rondo is that I believe he is still bitter toward the Celtics management over the Perkins trade. If he can curtail that kind of attitude, I would say DEFINITELY keep him otherwise, he could be a detriment to the team's progress. I would trade Rondo for no more than a player of equal age or younger and an ALLSTAR to boot. Someone like Kevin Love would be great for the C's.
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rondo for gasol no way… if this goes down im not a celtic anymore that's for sure… i rather trade all big three than rondo… I see you guys hit on rondo alot… come on guys even in 08 rondo was a key to the championship.. it's really rare rondo play so bad as he did in toronto compare to other players on the team like for example PP or ray ray… i just don't get it if ainge wants to trade rondo… where is the young team talk?? we don't need gasol from the fakers.. he is 32 and softer than my grandma.. matter fact we don't need to trade or sign or anything before next season.. just hang in c's we'll get there…
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with Rondo a no-show last night, why ZERO MINUTES for E-Twaun Moore???? frustrating!!
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How about none are traded and instead the line-up is tweaked to bring RA in off the bench as the Sixth man giving EM the starting SG spot? I mean if we're going to lose games and eek into the playoffs not caring about seeding then mix it up and let's prepare the rookies and younger players to be ready so when needed they will be ready. I like this team and it's bench is much better but Doc's rotations SUCK and always have pretty much. The season is for getting ready for the title run and this group can win it all but if I was coach I'd love to have EM, JJ, GS and AB all ready to produce as injuries can happen but better yet, if they don't you can use these players to give rest and exploit other teams not so deep (Miami, Bulls, OKC and Dallas). Go Cs…
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James, agreed! Doc doesn't know how to rotate players. And yesterday, he should have cleared the bench immediately when the starters fell down early. He left them in there to get devoured. Why??????
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hahah you guys are the biggest pussies ive ever seen. How about rondos statline against the bulls tonight? Triple double with 30 points, 15 assists. whining bitches.
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The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has proposed banning high-emission vehicles, particularly those that run on diesel, in the city's center by 2020.
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French Hostage Abducted in North Africa Is Freed
President François Hollande said Serge Lazarevic, kidnapped in Mali, had been the last French hostage anywhere in the world.
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JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Upbeat on Mortgage Banking
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) maintained an upbeat outlook for mortgage banking, even as they both reported a decline in revenues in the business.
While margins are declining from record 2012 levels, volumes are still expected to remain relatively strong on the back of continued refinancing activity and an uptick in new home loan originations as the housing recovery strengthens, the companies said.
"Mortgage volume is coming down, but not as fast as some folks may have thought," Wells Fargo CFO Tim Sloan said during the analyst conference call.
Wells Fargo has the largest market share in mortgage originations, with refinancing activity currently accounting for a bulk of its business.JPMorgan CFO Marianne Lake said during the company's analyst call that mortgage applications were starting to edge higher in the second quarter after declining earlier in the year and said refinance volumes were likely to stay high. She said the bank also expects to gain market share in the space during the course of the year. Mortgage production revenue at JPMorgan declined to $1.2 billion, down 25% from a year earlier. The bank earned lower profits from the sale of mortgages to investors. Gain-on-sale margins for the quarter were at about 100 basis points, the bank said, down from historically high levels in 2012 in excess of 120 basis points. The long-term average margin is 65 basis points, Lake said. Still, JPMorgan reported a 37% jump in mortgage originations to $52.7 billion, reflecting gains in market share. Wells Fargo, on the other hand, saw originations decline to $109 billion from $129 billion in the corresponding previous quarter. Its pipeline of mortgage deals that had not yet closed dropped to $74 billion in the first quarter from $84 billion in the fourth quarter and $79 billion a year earlier. But Wells said it expects volumes to hold up as more first-time home buyers seek mortgages. Purchase activity at the bank is up 31% year-over-year. "That is really important for us," CEO John Stumpf highlighted to analysts. "This is a really important consumer product and we have made investments in the business. Housing is improving every day, people have more equity in their homes and Americans have still not lost their attachment to homeownership."
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Iced Orange Cookies
11 Tbsp (5½ ounces) unsalted butter
3/4 cup (5¼ ounces) granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 large egg
1/2 cup (4 ounces) freshly squeezed orange juice (grate zest before juicing)
2 Tbsp grated orange zest (the rind of 1 large or 2 small oranges)
2 cups (8 ounces) whole wheat flour
2 cups (8 ounces) powdered sugar
2 Tbsp (1 ounce) unsalted butter, softened
1 Tbsp grated orange zest (the rind of 1 small orange)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt
2 Tbsp (1 ounce) freshly squeezed orange juice
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
2. Prepare dough: Cream butter, sugar, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat in egg, then orange juice and orange zest, scraping the bowl. The mixture will look curdled; that's OK! Add the flour, beating until smooth. Drop dough by Tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
3. Bake the cookies: Bake cookies, reversing pans midway through (top to bottom, bottom to top), until they're just barely beginning to brown around the edges, 10 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and let them cool on the pans for 10 minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool.
4. Prepare the icing: Beat the sugar, butter, orange zest, vanilla and salt in a medium bowl until well combined. Beat in orange juice until the mixture is spreadable. Spread icing on the cookies when they're completely cool, using a generous 1 tsp. icing for each.
Servings: 30
Yield: 30 cookies
Nutritional Information per cookie: calories 97, fat 5.32g (sat fat 3.24g), cholesterol 20.28mg, sodium 81.05mg, carbohydrates 11.73g, fiber 1.04g, protein 1.41g
WW Points: Points Plus 3 Old WW Program 2.5
Recipe Source: King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking


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U.S. bishops address abortion, '08 election in columns, statements
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As the presidential election campaign drew to a close, some U.S. bishops urged Catholics not to base their votes on one issue alone, while others said no combination of issues could trump a candidate's stand on what Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan called the "premier civil rights issue of our day" -- abortion.
"When we are presented with candidates whose views do not reflect the full teachings of the church, what are we to do?" asked Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis, Tenn., in his column for the Oct. 16 issue of The West Tennessee Catholic, the Memphis diocesan newspaper.
In response he quoted from a book by Oblate Father Ronald Rolheiser: "Perhaps the first witness we must give to our world is a witness to God's nonviolence, a witness to the God revealed by Jesus Christ who opposes violence of all kinds, from war, to revenge, to capital punishment, to abortion, to euthanasia, to the attempt to use force to bring about justice and God's will in any way."
In other words, Bishop Steib said, "we cannot be a one-issue people. We must recognize that God, through the church, is calling us to be prophetic in our own day. If our conscience is well-formed, then we will make the right choices about candidates who may not support the church's position in every case."
But Bishop Robert J. Hermann, a St. Louis auxiliary who is apostolic administrator of the St. Louis Archdiocese, writing in the St. Louis Review Oct. 17, said the choice was clear.
"The decision I make in the voting booth will reflect my value system," he said. "If I value the good of the economy and my current lifestyle more than I do the right to life itself, then I am in trouble. ... My desire for a good economy cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion. My desire to end the war in Iraq cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion."
Contrasting the judgment day of the election to the final judgment day in heaven, Bishop Hermann urged St. Louis Catholics to "pray your way into conformity with the teachings of Christ and his church."
Bishop Robert F. Vasa of Baker, Ore., in a column for the Oct. 21 issue of the Catholic Sentinel diocesan newspaper, warned against what he said were mistaken interpretations of the U.S. bishops' 2007 document, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship."
"The document does not say, for instance, that it is just fine to vote for a pro-abortion candidate as long as one votes for that candidate only because of his or her stand on other important social issues," he wrote. "Casting a vote, even for reasons other than the candidate's pro-abortion position, is still casting a vote for the preservation of 'a legal system which violates the basic right to life.'"
He compared support for a candidate who wants to keep abortion legal to backing a candidate who vows to institute a program of genocide against a minority group or "an aggressive program of torture to root out crime, violence and terrorism in this country."
"Just as a vote for a genocidal maniac is a vote for genocide and a vote for the avowed torturer is a vote for torture ... so a vote for a promoter of abortion, when there is another less evil alternative, is a vote for abortion," Bishop Vasa said.
Similarly Archbishop Dolan wrote in the Sept. 27 issue of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper that many see abortion not as "a theological matter but a civil rights one."
Responding to a Journal Sentinel letter writer who had accused the U.S. bishops of "meddling" in politics for correcting Catholic politicians who had misinterpreted church teaching on abortion, the Milwaukee leader said the writer was wrong "in implying that bishops are out of bounds in clarifying the truth of their faith on this issue."
"We cannot be mute on this premier civil rights issue of our day," he said.
Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles, in an Oct. 9 talk at Seattle University on the 25th anniversary of the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter on war and peace, criticized a one-issue view of Catholic social teaching.
"In the polarization that goes on in the heated electoral period, the Catholic vote often gets characterized as concerned solely on abortion," he said.
"Life issues go from the womb to the tomb," Bishop Zavala added. "All life is precious, and the fact is that life is being crushed out also by poverty, violence and war -- all spiraling out of control. Life does not end at birth."
Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of Paterson, N.J., focused his Oct. 16 column in The Beacon diocesan newspaper on the proposed Freedom of Choice Act, which has been co-sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president.
"Recently a politician made a promise," he wrote. "If this politician fulfills his promise, not only will many of our freedoms as Americans be taken from us, but the innocent and vulnerable will spill their blood."
Although he did not mention Obama by name, Bishop Serratelli said "the present Democratic candidate for president" promised the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in a speech last year that he would sign the Freedom of Choice Act in his first act as president.
"Today, either we choose to respect and protect life, especially the life of the child in the womb of the mother, or we sanction the loss of our most basic freedoms," he said. "At this point, we are still free to choose."
Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., also mentioned the Freedom of Choice Act in a letter that was to be read at all Masses Oct. 25-26 in the diocese.
"A candidate's promise of economic prosperity is insufficient to justify their constant support of abortion laws, including partial-birth abortion, and infanticide for born-alive infants," he said. "Promotion of the Freedom of Choice Act is a pledge to eliminate every single limit on abortions achieved over the last 35 years."
Quoting the 30th chapter of Deuteronomy, Bishop Finn said voters' "choices are as clear as the Scriptures themselves: ... 'Choose life.'" He said he would celebrate an "eve of the election Mass" Nov. 3 to "pray for God's assistance and Mary's maternal aid."
Another Catholic leader in Missouri, Bishop James V. Johnston of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, reminded readers of his Oct. 3 column in The Mirror diocesan newspaper that "voting is a fundamentally moral act ... for which we will each be accountable before God." He said the key to voting decisions is a conscience that is "formed and informed by the truth."
"Issues such as how to provide affordable health care or better education or how to conduct and conclude a war are issues that are open to principled debate," Bishop Johnston said. "Life issues such as abortion, euthanasia and embryonic stem-cell research are not in that category. These are simply wrong in every conceivable circumstance."
In a five-page pastoral letter issued Oct. 16, Bishop Paul S. Coakley of Salina, Kan., said Catholic voters have both "a positive duty to contribute to the common good" and an obligation to oppose evils such as abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research, same-sex marriage, torture, racism and the targeting of noncombatants.
"We have not exhausted our responsibility merely by being passionately committed to one aspect of the church's moral or social teaching," he said.
But "to vote for a candidate who supports an intrinsic evil, such as abortion, would require the presence of proportionate moral reasons for ignoring such a flaw," Bishop Coakley said. "When considering the death of 45 million children destroyed by abortion since 1973, this may be easier to conceive in theory than to discover in actual practice."
Bishops Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas and Kevin W. Vann of Fort Worth, Texas, had a similar message in their Oct. 8 joint letter.
"There are no 'truly grave moral' or 'proportionate' reasons, singularly or combined, that could outweigh the millions of innocent human lives that are directly killed by legal abortion each year," they said.
"We cannot make more clear the seriousness of the overriding issue of abortion -- while not the 'only issue' -- it is the defining moral issues, not only today, but of the last 35 years," the Texas bishops said.
A joint statement from the bishops of Pennsylvania urged Catholics to vote "after they have formed their consciences in accord with right reason and church teaching."
They said Catholics "have a moral obligation to defend human life and dignity, to protect the poor and vulnerable, and to work for justice and peace" but stressed that "the intentional destruction of innocent human life, as in abortion and euthanasia, is not just one issue among many."
"Catholic teaching does not treat all issues as morally equivalent," they said. "The protection of human life from conception until natural death is the pre-eminent obligation of a truly just society."
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Hang Onto Your Marbles by Dr Jack Lewis
No comments yetPosted in Aging BrainsJul 31, 2013
As we progress through life we inevitably find ourselves becoming increasingly forgetful. It is not as if bouts of forgetfulness never occurred when we were younger. It's just that it begins to happen more and more frequently – to the point where it becomes much more noticeable; even troublesome . From our mid-twenties onwards we lose more neurons (brain wires) and synapses (connections between the brain wires) than we build. The long term end point of this perfectly natural, gradual process of brain aging is dementia. By which I mean if we all lived to the impossibly grand old age of 200, every single one of us would have developed dementia of one description or another along the way. In reality very few of us will even make it to the grand old age of 100, let alone 200. Of those that do, not everyone will have become plunged into the amnesic fog of dementia. So what is the difference between individuals that do and don't develop dementia well into their senior years? Is it blind luck? Or is there something we can do to lengthen our dementia-free status?
Arthritis Drugs Could Delay Dementia by Dr Jack
1 Comment »Posted in Aging BrainsAug 23, 2011
This brainpost complements Dr Jack's recent appearance on ITV1 on Fri 12th August 2011. It's tricky to do such an important brain topic as AGING GRACEFULLY justice in just a 10 min slot on THIS MORNING (ITV's flagship live daytime magazine show in the UK). Talking openly and honestly about highly emotive topics like Alzheimer's disease, and dementia in general, is a very delicate matter. Given the prevailing time pressures of live television and the quick/punchy explanations that it requires, there is always the potential to be misunderstood. This means that really hot topics must occasionally be left out in case they have the unintended effect of causing undue anxiety as opposed to the specific intention: inspiring the public with what we can do to hang onto our marbles well into old age. This brainpost reveals a new breakthrough in our understanding of Alzheimer's disease, deemed too risky to mention on live television in case it was misconstrued, but which may one day be instrumental in keeping dementia at bay in each and every one of us.
A recent article in the Daily Mail described how Peter Falk, the actor who played Lieutenant Columbo in the famous 70's detective series by the same name, rapidly declined from mild into severe dementia in just one year. In early 2007 he was acting in a feature film, but by the end of that same year, after a series of dental operations, his daughter was in court filing for legal guardianship of her father because he could no longer recognise familiar people, places or objects. Such tragic stories inspired recently published research investigating possible links between acceleration of progression from mild to severe dementia and seemingly unrelated health problems.
Professor Clive Holmes and colleagues at the University of Southampton published a paper in last month's Neurology journal, which may provide an explanation for the mighty Columbo's rapid descent into severe dementia. They monitored a group of 300 people with dementia over 6 months and found that, when certain elements of the immune system were mobilised, the incidence of certain neuropsychiatric symptoms doubled. This may suggest that Peter Falk's rapid decline into severe dementia may have been caused not by the series of dental operations per se, but rather his immune system's response to those operations. Professor Holmes's investigation observed elevated concentrations of tumour necrosis factor (TNF), amongst others, in individuals whose dementia-related "sickness behaviour" worsened during the 6 month monitoring period.
TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR – double-edged sword
TNF is involved in the inflammatory response to tissue damage and its major role is to regulate the function of immune cells. TNF is also something of a grim reaper as far as cells in our bodies are concerned, as it can induce apopotosis – programmed cell death. Apoptosis might sound like a bad idea but it is actually very important for cells to have a self-destruct button, otherwise removal of malfunctioning cells would be impossible. TNF is a natural component of our immune system that kills off, amongst other things, dangerous damaged cells that start to multiply out of control i.e cancerous tumour cells: Tumour – cancer; Necrosis – killing; Factor – agent. So, when you see TNF, think "Cancer Killing Agent." However in a person with Alzheimer's disease, whose brain cells are being increasingly clogged up with neurofibrillary tangles and stuck together with the accumulating amyloid plaques, it seems that high levels of TNF make matters worse by accelerating the onset of severe dementia.
HALTING DEMENTIA with ARTHRITIS DRUGS?
TNF has long been implicated in autoimmune illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis. Many drug companies have invested vast sums of money in order to bringing anti-TNF drugs to market as an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Many severely arthritic individuals across the globe are currently enjoying significantly improved quality of life as a result of using such "biologics" to reduce the swollen joints that often leave people with terrible pain and significantly reduced mobility. But that's not all. Recent studies have revealed that TNF plays a significant role in the development of Alzheimer's disease and that treatment with anti-TNF drugs can improve dementia symptoms considerably. Indeed, more than 10 years ago a Danish study revealed that levels of TNF in elderly people were elevated and that TNF levels were positively correlated with dementia. An American study came to a similar conclusion. But of course back then these marvellous anti-TNF drugs hadn't yet hit the market.
Unfortunately the anti-TNF drugs currently taken by individuals with arthritis are largely ineffective in combating dementia. This is because they simply cannot get from the blood stream into the brain (unless they are injected directly into the spine.) This is because the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB), which wraps around every blood vessel that passes through the brain, tightly regulates which molecules are allowed into the brain. Large molecules like these dementia-smashing anti-TNFs are most definitely "not on the list" so although there are many elderly arthritis sufferers with plenty of the good stuff sloshing around in their blood stream, it simply can't get into the party. In their current form these drugs are unlikely to play a significant role in keeping dementia at bay given how impractical, not to mention dangerous (given the infection risk), repeated spinal injections are.
Brand new drug technologies can however attach therapeutic compounds to naturally-occuring molecules that are on the BBB list – a so-called "molecular Trojan horse." Special transporter proteins embedded in the BBB "recognise" the shape of the naturally-occuring molecule as friend rather than foe, allowing it to attach to the transporter protein and be pulled, along with the attached anti-TNF compound, inside the brain. Once drug companies have managed to create anti-TNF Trojan molecules, acceleration of dementia can be prevented by suppressing TNF activity in the brain. In the not too distant future, we might all soon find ourselves keeping Alzheimer's at bay with anti-TNF drugs that ride Trojan horses to the rescue by defending our brains from the perils of TNF "friendly fire."
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Cognitive Reserve Keeps Alzheimer's Dementia at Bay by Dr Jack Lewis
2 Comments »Posted in Aging BrainsJul 14, 2011
Contrast the lifestyles of people in their seventies who do and do not suffer from Alzheimer's disease and clues about how to keep your brain ticking over nicely, well into old age, jump right out at you. Those who do not suffer with this dreaded disease tend to have been more committed to a regular exercise regime throughout their later years; hitting it as hard as their inevitable physical infirmities would allow (TOP TIP: Tai Chi is an excellent example of a low impact physical exercise which improves strength and flexibility at any age. It requires no equipment and can be practiced wherever you happen to be). They tend to have been more engaged in a wider array of social activities. They tend to have been careful with their diet in the long term, favouring a healthy Meditteranean-style diet (see below for more) over a typical modern Western diet (often high in saturated fats and sugars). They also tend to have been more proactively involved with their local community and more motivated to seek regular mental stimulation. People are now being advised to adopt a variety of brain-healthy habits if they wish to reduce the likelihood of developing cognitive deficits that the progression of Alzheimer's disease can, but does not always, induce.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common of the many different types of dementia, affecting 10% of those over 65 and almost 50% of people over the age of 85 (Evans et al, 1989). Dementia describes a syndrome that involves progressive cognitive decline occurring at an accelerated pace compared to the very gradual loss of mental faculties associated with normal aging. Dementia can involve the deterioration of reasoning, judgement, thinking, mood control, language, understanding and, most famously of all, memory. Colloquially-speaking, Alzheimer's disease is an almighty metabolic cock-up: a brain protein (beta-amyloid) is not constructed properly due to a misprint in the genetic recipe, causing it to form tiny sticky clumps (plaques) that develop between brain cells, preventing them from communicating with each other properly and eventually killing them off entirely. To make matters worse neurofibrillary tangles accumulate within brain cells, which also ultimately leads to cell death.
Depending upon which brain structures these plaques form in, different mental functions can be disturbed. For instance, a brain structure that typically gets more than its fair share of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's is the hippocampus. As I've described in a previous brainpost this brain structure is critical for the formation of memories and so when its function is compromised by the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's, people can become extremely forgetful.
To date, scientific research has yet to come up with a treatment to stop the formation of these amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, but there is evidence that drug treatments designed to boost the cholinergic neurotransmitter system can make symptoms less severe. Furthermore and extensive body of studies has gradually accumulated over the past 20 years to indicate that some people are able to tolerate the disruption caused by these plaques better than others (e.g. Katzman et al, 1988). The Katzman study described individuals who had shown no cognitive impairment whatsoever in life, yet post-mortem examination of their brains revealed that telltale signs of Alzheimer's disease (the plaques and tangles) which had progressed to a considerable degree. This disparity begs the question: if two people's brains are affected by the same degree of plaque damage, why does one continue to enjoy normal mental faculties, whilst the other suffers severe impairments to their memory, thinking and mood? The concept of "cognitive reserve" was introduced to describe brains which seemed to be able to compensate for the damage done by Alzheimer's, presumably by using other brain networks not affected by the metabolic damage to take over certain cognitive tasks.
A separate study, this time involving 593 individuals in New York over the age of 60 and on an "at risk of dementia" register, concluded that "increased educational and occupational attainment may reduce the risk" of developing Alzheimer's disease. A more recent study conducted in the UK concluded that cognitive reserve is almost entirely mediated by childhood cognitive ability and educational attainment, whilst whether people had successful careers or not had very little influence. So does this mean that the only way to "plaque-proof" yourself is to study hard at school and stay in education for as long as possible? Well, yes and no. Yes – in the sense that this certainly seems to protect you from the ravages of amyloid plaque buildup. No – because there ARE things you can do to build up your cognitive reserve in later life, they just have nothing to do with what you do for a living and how good you are at it.
Diet may well influence the rate at which Alzheimer's disease progresses, probably due to the negative influence of a modern Western diet on the brain's blood vessels. In a recent article, prominent Alzheimer's researcher Dr Scarmeas describes a study providing evidence that a traditional Meditteranean diet – characterised by lots of fish, unsaturated fats, vegetables, fruit and cereals – seems to protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease. In a different study which used a mouse model of the disease it was suggested that coffee may help to slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease by preventing build up of amyloid plaques.
A recent NYT article describes research into bilingual people who seem to develop the symptoms of Alzheimer's on average 5 or 6 years later than those who speak only one language. This suggests that the cognitive demands of regularly switching between two or more languages may delay the onset of Alzheimer's. Although this has yet to be proven, it is thought that speaking two languages may increase cognitive reserve by improving the function of prefrontal brain areas involved in executive control. Executive control involves mental functions like holding relevant information in working memory whilst ignoring irrelevant distractions, as well as other faculties relating to problem solving, planning and decision making.
In the not-so-distant future it may be possible to replace brain cells damaged by the abberent metabolic processes of Alzheimer's with fresh ones created from a person's own skin cells. Other recent research has suggested that the amyloid plaques might cause memory problems by attaching to certain important neurotransmitters, and that drugs preventing this from happening may help to ease the symptoms of memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease. In light of the importance of early intervention to catch the disease before it causes too much damage new scanning techniques have already been developed to spot the disease before it induces any clinical deficits.
A variety of lifestyle changes can build up cognitive reserve, helping to keep dementia at bay and improving quality of life to boot!
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Dr Jack's Memory Clinic on ITV1's THIS MORNING – Mon 13th June 2011
2 Comments »Posted in Dr Jack on TV Radio StageJun 13, 2011
Dr Jack will be MAKING YOUR BRAIN BETTER FOR LONGER live on ITV1's THIS MORNING
Over the summer I'll be making a series of contributions to ITV's THIS MORNING. The aim is to get the nation interested in how their brains work and ultimately to help YOU get the most out of YOUR brain. I'll offer easy-to-follow advice on how to get your brain firing on all cylinders each and every day.
I'll be answering the questions that YOU want answered. Is your brain not what it used to be? Want to know what you can do about it? Bad with money? Ever wondered why you can't kick your habits? Ever worry about your children's development? You can either get in touch with your questions directly by clicking here, or get in touch with THIS MORNING via The Hub.
Topics I'll be covering in detail will range from money management to memory, from love to hate, from happiness to sorrow, and all the way from child development to holding onto your marbles in old age. You most definitely CAN teach an old dog new tricks and it is never too late to start getting more out of your brain!
Each item will kick off with a discussion with Phillip Schofield and Co. on the sofa to explore ways in which they feel their own brains' work well and not-so-well. We'll then be asking members of the public to participate in experiments live in the studio. And we'll meet some extraordinary people who'll either demonstrate some amazing abilities or some shocking disabilities. Each item will be packed with useful tips, nudges and strategies for optimising your brain function. So, each week, you'll be able to put my advice to the test to see how it can benefit your life by boosting your brain power.
Most people would agree that their memories are far from perfect. So, on Monday 13th June 2011, I'll be showing you what part of your brain creates a MEMORY for people, places, facts and faces. I'll be putting some members of the public through their paces to see how much information a noraml "working" memory can hold. You'll even be able to join in the fun and play along at home. I'll reveal a classic memory trick that is virtually guaranteed to boost anyone's memory for lists of facts or any other kind of information you might need to remember.
So tune into ITV1 from 10:30-12:30 and SORT YOUR BRAIN OUT!
Academic credentials:
- Jack has studied Brain Biology for nearly 20 years
- Jack has a First Class batchelor's degree in Neuroscience from The University Of Nottingham
- Jack earned his PhD in the Laboratory of Neurobiology at University College London
- Last year, Jack published a paper in the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience describing human brain scanning experiments that investigated multisensory perception; carried out during a post-doc at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
- Despite Jack's extensive knowledge about the human brain, he is NOT medically qualified and so will not be able to answer questions relating to medical care.
Hold On To Your Grey Matter – Take a Walk by Dr Jack
7 Comments »Posted in Aging BrainsOct 27, 2010
From adolescence onwards we all begin to lose brain cells. As a consequence our brains gradually and inexorably shrink (compare the "old" brain on the left to the "young" brain on the right). In fact by the age of 80 your brain will occupy 15% less of the space within your skull than in the prime of life. Yet over the course of adulthood, as our brains are losing more and more cells, our knowledge and repertoire of skills nonetheless continues to grow as we accumulate more and more experience. How is this possible? Well, despite the incremental decrease in quantity of brain cells over the years connections between neuronal networks that are in regular and intensive communication with each other are selectively reinforced. This enables increased efficiency in execution of the mental processes that those networks support. Hence we can do more with less as we age. Sadly, for all of us, there will always come a time when the degree of brain cell loss is such that mental function begins to decline. In other words, if we all could live forever, dementia will inevitably strike at some point in time.
Although we cannot halt the process of grey matter loss completely, the good news is that we can slow down its progression. This month a study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh and published in the journal "Neurology" describes the influence of regular exercise on the rate of reduction of brain volume and cognitive function in 299 elderly individuals.
It was observed that those individuals of this group of average age 78 who walked in excess of 6 miles per week had a significantly reduced rate of grey matter loss and consequently a lesser degree of cognitive decline. The greater the distance walked each week, the smaller the reduction in volume over a 9 year period within their frontal lobe, occipital lobe, entorhinal cortex and critically, in the hippocampus. My post last month described the vital role that the hippocampus plays in the creation and recall of long term memories.
This begs the question – how and why does exercise slow down the rate at which grey matter shrinks? An exciting possibility is that all that walking might actually increase the rate at which new brain cells are created; a process known as neurogenesis. This boost in the creation of new brain cells might help to compensate for the loss of old brain cells. Evidence to support this hypothesis comes from research conducted over a decade ago suggesting, in the mouse brain at least, that exercise does indeed increase the rate of neurogenesis.
Exactly why this happens is unclear, but I would propose that, given the hippocampus is heavily involved in navigation, particularly when it comes to flexibility in finding the best route from A to B, it would make sense for physical activity to trigger production of new cells in this brain area. A greater number of hippocampal neurons would presumably support a greater capacity to memorise routes and landmarks encountered whilst exploring the environment. This could feasibly convey a critical survival advantage by helping to prevent people from getting lost. Over the thousands of years of our species evolultion, getting lost was probably an excellent way of deleting oneself from the gene pool and so those with movement-triggered hippocampal neurogenesis may have been more likely to survive.
This seems a plausible (but by no means concrete) account of why older individuals who take regular exercise appear to have more grey matter and superior cognitive function than those who do not. Whatever the true explanation, it seems clear if you want to hang onto your marbles in the long term then it's probably a good idea to take a regular stroll for the rest of your life.
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Brain Teasers = Brain Training by Dr Jack Lewis
18 Comments »Posted in Boost Your BrainFeb 17, 2010
Dr Jack Lewis is keen to get people motivated to get the best out of their brains, so has compiled a quick overview of brain training options:
Brain teasers are good for you. Brain teasers include word games, number puzzles, spot the difference, Where's Wally-type games, attention directing or splitting challenges, general knowledges quizes and so on. Brain training simply involves perfoming various different brain teasers on a regular basis. Your brain constantly adapts to serve you better. The more often you perform a certain mental function the more the brain will do to make changes so that the next time you do it, you can perform it slightly faster, with a greater degree of success and more efficiently.
How do we know that practice increases the connections between different brain areas? Two brain imaging studies have demonstrated that when people practice a skill very hard for prolongued periods of time despite the fact that the changes happen at the ultramicroscopic level of the synapses where two brain cells meet the net effect of billions of these changes occuring over many months is that the grey matter gets larger in the part of the brain responsible for that function. The part of the brain that controls hand movements is significantly larger in professional string and keyboard musicians than non-musicians because of all the training they have done over the years to manipulate their instruments with split second precision. Another brain region, the hippocampus, creates and recalls memories particularly for geographical locations and is significantly larger in the brains of London Cabbies – who navigate around their city based on a sound KNOWLEDGE of every landmark, road and bridge – than in the brains of bus drivers – who simply drive the same route over and over again.
The synapses connecting various different groups of brain cells together that are responsible for perfoming a certain task, say a crossword for instance, are strengthened each time to try to solve the puzzle in order that they can function slightly more efficiently next time round. If you do the crossword every day, then the net effect of many slight overnight adjustments to the brain areas involved in searching your memory for suitable words that have a certain meaning, a certain number of letters and specific letters in at certain positions within the word, become noticably better after just a few days. The same goes for number puzzles. Or games that involve prolonged concentration. Or the ability to recall trivia when it becomes relevant to conversation.
We all know that practice makes perfect and the strengthening of connections between the relevant brain areas to enable more efficient communication between them is the reason why. Of course getting good at doing crosswords is not particularly useful in its own right, but the point is that once you become good at recalling suitable words for the sake of the crossword, you will also find it easier and quicker to bring the appropriate word to mind during conversation or when creating written documents – and that can be extremely useful.
There are numerous websites that have compiled a large variety of different puzzles (http://www.brainbashers.com/puzzles.asp) and various others where you can try out electronic versions of classic physical puzzles like the Tower of Hanoi (http://www.mazeworks.com/hanoi/index.htm). However these all pale into comparison next to custom-designed brain training games such as those available at Lumosity (www.lumosity.com), which have not only the advantage of a much more aesthetically-pleasing look and feel of games that are genuinely fun and engaging to play, but also as you have to log in to play (they offer a free 30 day trial) you can keep track of how your performances improve over time.
Nintendo DS were the first console manufacturer to produce and market games with the aim of improving brain function which all started with the release of Dr Kawashima's Brain Training in 2005. This predominantly involes some quite predictable tasks like the Sudoku number puzzles, simple rapid-fire arithmetic, but also some unexpected treats like the Stroop Test (naming the colour of the font ignoring the meaning of the word which can be tricky when the word RED is written in blue font!) which take advantage of some pretty nifty voice processing software. I must admit I found myself thinking "can I really speak to this machine?"
The effect of the advertising campaign that accompanied the release of this game was quite profound as it not only encouraged everyday consumers to purchase Nintendo's products, but more importantly sent out the message that the brain is something that you can do something pro-active to improve; a concept that has been long-accepted to be the case in children but the mantra "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" meant that this was rarely considered to be applicable in adults. Such a message is particularly enticing for people entering into old age, for whom the prospect of holding onto their marbles for as long as possible is extremely desirable and thus motivating. In this regard the key thing to remember is that, as far as the brain is concerned, it's a simple matter of use it or lose it. Exercising brain areas involved in problem-solving by tackling word games, logical reasoning problems, memory challenges and number puzzles keeps such mental faculties in tip-top condition. If you don't continue to use these mental abilities then they will fall into disrepair because the brain receives no indication that connections between appropriate areas should be maintained and reinforced. The upshot: it is never too late to improve your mental fitness. By emulating the lifestyles of individuals enjoying a healthy brain in their 80s and 90s, who have regular social interaction, cards games, read extensively, stay physically active and challenge themselves daily with various puzzles and quizes, the odds of being afflicted by Alzheimer's disease are reduced by 25%.


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Chad led his Jags to victory this week with a 2 TD performance.
Since we have our franchise stud in Tannehill, I'm happy Chad is finding some success in Jacksonville.
P.S. Even on the Jags...Henne > Sanchez.
Chad led his Jags to victory this week with a 2 TD performance.
Since we have our franchise stud in Tannehill, I'm happy Chad is finding some success in Jacksonville.
P.S. Even on the Jags...Henne > Sanchez.
It will be interesting to see Henne vs Sanchez in two weeks. Henne is 3-1 vs Sanchez.
yea its good to see someone keeping Tebows locker tidy.
dolphins fans obsession with mark sanchez is sickening, holy ****, do u dream of mark sanchez at night??//
Henne doing good in meaningless football... Where have I seen this before? Hmmm
Has done very well in his past two games, which included totally lighting up arguably the best D in football on their home patch. Also I would be far more concerned what he does in week 15, instead of how he fares with Sanchez.
If he keeps this up, he will nail down the starting job in Jacksonville for next season.
I'm actually rooting for Henne to be a decent NFL QB. I mean would it honestly surprise any of you if he was only being held down, here in Miami, by the likes of Sparano/Henning/Daboll? I wouldn't be, that's for sure.
Let me add that I, in now way shape or form, think Henne will ever be an "Elite QB" and I'm happy that we have Tannehill. I do however think he's a hell of a lot better than Gabbert and it wouldn't surprise me if he turned out to be serviceable NFL QB in the future.
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Consider yourself a beginner in the kissing arena and know that beginners aren't supposed to know everything. Without the pressure of having to know, we free ourselves to just try something new and have fun.
Note: Both women and men have said their best partners were not the best-looking, did not have the best bodies, nor were they the ones who knew the most sexual stuff. What they did have was the best attitude about sex
To practice some new kissing techniques, look in a mirror and watch yourself kiss your arm or hand. See and feel what your partner will. Imagine how he will feel your heat, your breath, your moisture and your texture. You may feel silly doing this, but trust me, as with anything else, the more awareness and information you have, the more confidence you will have about doing something. This is the time for you to experiment with nibbling, sucking and licking as elements to add to your kissing repertoire.
Practice using all the areas of your lips. Think about kissing your partner's lips beyond the usual outer edges. Explore these areas and techniques and how they will feel when you next kiss face to face by experimenting in front of the mirror. Test what kissing with your inner lip feels like by kissing your own inner wrist first with a puckered mouth, then with a more softly open mouth, so that you feel the warm, wet inner lip. Use the same lip shape you would if you were going to suck on something.


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Publix Supermarkets have issued a voluntary recall on bags of their Publix brand Chopped Hearts of Romaine lettuce after discovering listeria during a routine Food and Drug Administration inspection.
FDA officials said the 10-ounce bags of pre-chopped lettuce were distributed to stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee starting on Sept. 8.
Publix has released a statement saying, "While the product is no longer available on store shelves, we have issued a voluntary recall because of our commitment to food safety and to advise our customers who may still have this product at home."
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Apple, China Mobile: Closer Than Ever
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Perhaps the reason to be most bullish on Apple (AAPL) as it pertains to China is starting to come to fruition. It's not there yet, however.
Discussing first-half results, China Mobile (CHL) Chairman Xi Guohua was optimistic about a deal between his company and the iconic iPhone maker, saying the two sides are "actively negotiating," but that there are some "commercial and technology issues that need time to resolve."
This isn't the first time the two companies have been in the news together. In early January, it was reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Guohua had met on "matters of cooperation," but there was nothing new to report at that time. Cook was spotted in China again in July, but again there was nothing new to report on an official relationship between Apple and China Mobile.
Eventually the two companies will come to a deal, and it will be huge for both companies, moreso Apple. China Mobile had 740 million customers at the end of the first half of 2013, up 8.4% year-over-year. At the end of June, it had 137.9 million 3G users, which is the segment Apple is targeting.Obviously Apple isn't going to get all 137.9 million users. But China Mobile continues to build out its network and a new chip from Qualcomm (QCOM), the RF360, which was unveiled in February, will eventually allow China Mobile to officially support an iPhone on its network. The RF360 supports the following networks: LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD, WCDMA, EV-DO, CDMA 1x, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE, thus making it a global chip that will allow Apple to run its iPhones on every cell network in the world. It's thought that there are already as many as 10 million iPhones on the network, though the world's largest carrier doesn't officially support it. In Apple's latest quarter, revenue from China fell 43% sequentially, and 14% year-over-year to $4.64 billion. On Apple's recent earnings call, Cook noted that some accounting and inventory factors weighed on China, but it wasn't clear what exactly happened.
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