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Most programs rely on limiting carbohydrates and restricting kilojoules to put the dieter into a state of ketosis. However, our experts have several issues with the nutrition profiles of the diets.
Apart from the cost of the program and meal replacements where they're used, most programs also include supplements which add to the pharmacy's bottom line.
When your body doesn't get enough carbohydrates, it produces ketones from body fat, which it burns instead of carbohydrates to produce energy. Some people experience ketosis when they eat fewer than 100g of carbohydrates a day; once carbohydrates are at 50g most people will experience it. Some organs of your body, such as the brain and red blood cells, need glucose for energy, and if you don't eat enough carbohydrates to supply them, your body will break down protein – from your muscles if you're not eating enough protein – as an energy source for these organs.
Quick initial weight loss (mainly due to fluid loss) may increase your motivation. Some people claim the fluid loss also reduces feelings of bloating. Ketosis can also help make you feel less hungry.
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I shake my head every day (seems to happen nearly that often) when I am behind a car with two particular bumper stickers. One that says "No-War" and one that says "Obama 2012." Seems like cognitive dissonance. And in spite of reading the items below how many true-believers will simply vote for him anyway?
A very solid argument from a man who won't apply a double-standard: Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama – The Atlantic.
And note below how the graphs go close to vertical right after the January 2009 inauguration.
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance: Justice Department documents released today by the ACLU reveal that federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans' electronic communications, and doing so without warrants, sufficient oversight, or meaningful accountability. (pic via ACLU)
If you claim to be anti-war and pro civil-liberties, I don't see how you can pull the lever for Obama in 2012. And no, I do not believe that means you should vote for Romney.
[ And here's a nice response to Samuel L. Jackson's Wake The F-Up Video. ]
He Campaigned On Closing Gitmo, That Was Yesterday …
Readers Have a Stake in Obama's Free-Speech Disconnect – The Public Editor – NYTimes.com
ACLU Chief "Disgusted" With Obama's Civil Liberties Record
White House Claims Right To Kill Americans Without Trial
Dave Ross Nails Obama on Libya & The WPR
Does The U.S. Have a Double-Standard on Human Rights?
Liberals Need to Take Obama's Civil Liberties Record Seriously – Forbes
Obama's dismal civil liberties record – Salon.com
On War, Obama Has Been Worse Than Bush – Anthony Gregory

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Lafora disease (LD) is a fatal form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy caused by recessive mutations in either a gene encoding a dual-specificity phosphatase, known as laforin, or a recently identified gene encoding the protein known as malin. Here, we demonstrate that malin is a single subunit E3 ubiquitin (Ub) ligase and that its RING domain is necessary and sufficient to mediate ubiquitination. Additionally, malin interacts with and polyubiquitinates laforin, leading to its degradation. Missense mutations in malin that are present in LD patients abolish its ability to polyubiquitinate and signal the degradation of laforin. Our results demonstrate that laforin is a physiologic substrate of malin, and we propose possible models to explain how recessive mutations in either malin or laforin result in LD. Furthermore, these data distinguish malin as an E3 Ub ligase whose activity is necessary to prevent a neurodegenerative disease that involves formation of nonproteinacious inclusion bodies.
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Small changes can bring big performance gains, hence this new design in Montreal. It may not look much different, but is in fact all new. The flap has been reduced in cross section and height, while the main profile is higher than before. Revisions to the endplates highlight the changes – their upper section is now narrower where it connects to the flap. The changes all relate to Canada's medium downforce requirement and the top speed needed for the long straight preceding the short pit straight.


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A local court on Friday granted permission to the CBI to interrogate Swami Asimanand, an accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, for seven days.
The prosecution had sought 15 days' police custody of Swami Asimanand but the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate allowed it for seven days from Saturday.
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Notice of Public Hearing In accordance with the provisions of Title 24, Sections 4441(d) and 4444, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, the Select Board for the Town of Weathersfield, Vermont, will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 18, 2012, at 7:00P.M., at the Weathersfield Highway Garage, at 483 Stoughton Pond Road in Perkinsville, Vermont, to hear public comments on proposed amendments to the town's zoning bylaws: Section 7.23: Self-Storage Facility Section 8: Definitions Sections 4.3.2 (a) - (g): Use Requirements by District Type The proposed amendments are generally described as follows: Statement of Purpose The purpose of these amendments is to add "Self-Storage Facility" to the array of land uses that are allowed in the Highway Commercial and Industrial zoning districts. Geographic Areas Affected The entire Town of Weathersfield is affected by this amendment. Section Headings Section 7.23 Self-Storage Facility Section 8 Definitions Sections 4.3.2(a)-(g) Use Requirements by District Type Copies of the full text of the proposed amendments are available for review at the Weathersfield Town Office , the Weathersfield Proctor Library in Ascutney, Vermont and the Town's website, www.weathersfieldvt.org. Persons wishing to be heard may do so in person, be represented by an agent, or may file written comments with the Select Board prior to the hearing. Dated at Town of Weathersfield, Windsor County, State of Vermont, this 21st day of May, 2012. Dan Boyer, Chair Weathersfield Select Board
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Ubisoft has released a significant Assassin's Creed 3 patch.
Featuring a load of fixes for the game's campaign and multiplayer component, it also paves the way for the release of the next Assassin's Creed 3 DLC, episode one of The Tyranny of King Washington.
The three-part single-player expansion will let players experience "an alternate history of the American Revolution", starting with The Infamy, which will be available on Xbox 360 and PC on February 19 and on PS3 the following day.
Ubisoft said earlier this month that Assassin's Creed 3 sales have topped 12 million units, representing an almost 70 per cent increase over Assassin's Creed Revelations at the same point of its lifecycle.
Full patch notes:
Single player sequence
- Fixed a potential crash in mission "Bridewell Prison" when trying to skip cinematic with Mason.
Bug fix
- Fixed a bug preventing the creation of new Uplay accounts
- Removed the ability to hide pivots during pass-throughs and cinematics
DLC preparation
- Added support for "Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy"
- Fixed potential game data corruption when a DLC download ends while the player is in-game.
Multiplayer modes
- In Wolfpack, a target doesn't remain stuck on the ground if the player hosting the game leaves while another player is joining at the same time.
- In Wolfpack, some targets that were not visible to players under certain conditions can now be seen correctly.
- In Wolfpack, the radar is not broken under certain conditions anymore.
- In Artifact Assault, Team members can now correctly score when the initial artifact carrier gets killed under certain conditions.
- In Deathmatch, players no longer have lookalikes NPCs unless they use abilities that create lookalikes.
- In Deathmatch, the game no longer crashes in the New York brewery map for a player who used a Decoy while hiding in a group.
- Some players are no longer stuck in rematch after completing a Simple Deathmatch session on the Saint Pierre map.
- Some ladder issues when players left a session during the first minute have been corrected.
- Ladders now update properly upon a full group kick.
Graphical glitches
- The Independent's hair when she wears the Wild Cat costume now displays correctly.
- The Strong Man's white costume, alternative costume and warrior costume now display properly when hiding in a group.
Platform specific
- On Xbox 360, the Uplay icon and unlock conditions for unlockables redeemed via Uplay have been restored.
- Loyalty unlocks are now available on PC.
- Character customization is no longer reset under certain conditions.
- The Wipe ability now correctly works from a distance.
- The timer now properly starts and players can interact with each other prior to the host getting into the session.
- Sound will properly keep playing when trying to watch a video under certain conditions.
- An error message now displays when players attempt to watch DLC videos without having the DLC installed.
- Chasebreakers in the Animus Core map now correctly reopen for team mates.
Players are no longer stuck on leaving game session screen under certain circumstances. - When you create a group in a private game, that group now stays the same through different sessions.
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Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Office: Informational Brochure on Sexual Harassment 13-14
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Sexual harassment is a subset of sex discrimination and is therefore prohibited. Sexual harassment involves any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature. The unwelcome conduct may involve direct action (advances, promises, etc.) by a person in authority, or sex-related behavior which creates a hostile environment, whether by one in power or by others. Sexual harassment may occur regardless of the sex or the sexual orientation of the parties.
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[D]isplaying beverage signs or other signs and posters that are not in good taste with the university environment … are all prohibited.
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Disruptive or disorderly conduct or lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct or expression.
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@Soulfox -- the only real solution to stopping those temporary interruptions is to get cable television. Cable usually runs underground and hold up just fine during a storm.
But, you've got to ask yourself is switching to cable so you won't have to deal with brief interruptions is worth the extra cost. If you are happy with local programming, then a signal booster is your most cost effective option.
Still, the problem with storms is much worse now than it was in the analog days. We can only hope it will be fixed one day because free television is all a lot of people want and need.


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The government is poised to give Norfolk's political and business leaders powers and money which could see the Norwich Research Park quadruple in size.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg yesterday ordered Whitehall officials to begin negotiations with city leaders to see how the hand-over might take place.
Under the government's City Deals scheme ministers promised to pass local authorities powers, along with budgets that come with them, that previously were only wielded from Westminster.
To get a deal cities would have to show they could use the powers to substantially fire economic growth in their area; Norfolk councils proposed to use one to turbo-charge the life sciences sector at the Norwich Research Park (NRP).
Mr Clegg said: "Each deal is different, depending on the needs of the specific city or region, but the principle is always the same; central government hands over a set of freedoms.
"Deals are not one size fits all – they will be specifically negotiated between government and the city to reflect individual, different needs.
He added: "So for Norwich, [it will focus on] powers that will help to accelerate the growth of the Norwich Research Park and the internationally recognised environmental and life sciences industry."
Up to now only the eight largest cities outside London have been granted a City Deal. Birmingham's saw the city take £20m for a new life sciences centre, meanwhile the area's councils took control of a £1.5bn investment fund.
The Norfolk deal was proposed by the Greater Norwich Development Partnership – made up of Norwich City Council, South Norfolk Council, Broadland District Council and Norfolk County Council with the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.
If the government agrees the partnership could borrow money to fund big transport infrastructure projects and then fast track them through government agencies.
Meanwhile, the partnership would get a commanding say on how education budgets are spent, allowing them to train young people to work in the city's growing industries such as the life sciences at the NRP.
A range of financial products, loans and grants, is also planned to help growth and innovation. Negotiations on exactly how the deal will work could now last a matter of months.
Leader of South Norfolk John Fuller said: "This is a huge vote of confidence by ministers in Norwich Research Park. In the last month we have granted outline planning permission for its expansion, which will create thousands of new jobs and bring new high skill employment to the county."
Brenda Arthur, leader of Norwich City Council, said: "We are confident we can make a real difference to our local economy."
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What's this? Pouring billions down the drain of creating more jobs of doubtful social benefit for scientists and their entourages, at a time when thousands of vital public sector staff have been given the boot due to spending cuts. I mean we don't even have the money to adequately resource the ambulance service, or pay for meat inspectors to keep horsey out of our cheapo burgers. Apart from creating new jobs doing frivolous and unnecessary work, who else will gain from the boffins' spurious activities? More entrepreneurs like one George Freeman MP by some chance, poised to cash in on any worthwhile breakthrough, although that would be an unlikely first for the Norwich scientific community.
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By all means turbo charge the Norwich Research Park, but do not waste good money after bad. To continue supporting firms whose products have no markets, is wasting money. This support should have come two years ago, why now?, just before an important NCC election?
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Is there an election soon?
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Saint Aventinus of Chartres
Born to the French nobility. Brother of Saint Solemnis of Chartres. Bishop of Chateaudun, France. Bishop of Chartres, France from c.511. Supported the Acts of the Council of Orleans.
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To provide direction toward improving science education, many groups generate science goals for elementary students. Science experts who have little experience in the elementary school environment may create these goals. This study was conducted using a survey instrument to determine the perceptions of teachers and scientists concerning the importance of the goals for elementary school science. Results indicate that teachers perceived the goals developed by the National Science Teachers Association as more important than scientists did.
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Any of the brown algae that make up the genus Sargassum. They are adapted for a free-floating tropical environment, even though many species grow attached to rocks along the coast. The Sargasso Sea, a free-floating mass of seaweed (mostly S. natans), occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. Sargassums are also known as sea holly because of their highly branched stems with hollow, berrylike floats and many leaflike, sawtooth-edged blades. They are used as fertilizer in New Zealand and as a component of soups and soy sauce in Japan.
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Franz Tschakert and his "Woman of Glass" (1936)
SAY WHAT YOU LIKE about SS leader Heinrich Himmler, he sure had the well-being of his soldiers at heart. More than anything else, their physical happiness and sexual hygiene cost the bespectacled Reichsführer countless hours of precious sleep. He had already received far too many reports of SS men and regular soldiers succumbing to syphilis and gonorrhea in the unwholesome bordellos of Paris and Poland, and the army's own mobile "field brothels" were costly and woefully overextended. Why not use true Aryan ingenuity to come up with a "final solution" to one of the oldest problems of warfare?
Himmler found his man in technician Franz Tschakert, the creator of the celebrated "Woman of Glass" model for the Dresden Hygiene Museum. According to research by the German journalist Norbert Lenz, in early 1941 Tschakert and his team at the museum were put in charge of a top-secret "Reich project" to construct a fully functional, lifelike "gynoid" or sex doll called "Borghild" that could be mass produced like so many V-2 rockets to service soldiers in the field. They worked under the close supervision of chief SS hygienist Dr. Joachim Mrurgowsky, who reported to Himmler personally. These Nordic-looking "galvanoplastical dolls" were to be manufactured out of special polymers developed by the IG Farben conglomerate and then dispatched to the front by the thousands in specially-designed "hygiene trailers" for the discreet use of Wehrmacht troopers. The SS held the technicians to the highest standards:
1. The synthetic flesh has to feel the same as real flesh
2. The doll's body should be as agile and moveable as the real body
3. The doll's organ should feel absolutely realistic.
The project was certainly feasible for the Reich's best and brightest, but it brought up a whole range of new concerns. One worry was that the gynoids could become too popular. As one of the engineers on the project noted: "The doll has only one purpose and she should never become a substitute for the honorable mother at home... When the soldier makes love to Borghild, it has nothing to do with love. Therefore the face of our anthropomorphic sex machine should be exactly how {notorious misogynist Otto} Weininger described the common wanton's face." However, the project was abandoned after the defeat at Stalingrad reset Germany's military priorities and both the prototypes and the blueprints were destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in February, 1945.
The Borghild gynoid (historical reconstruction)
Now, how many readers have already figured out that the "Borghild" saga is nothing but a mischievously clever Internet hoax? Not very many, I suspect. After all, the project sounds plausible enough. Himmler, Tschakert, Mrugowsky, the "Woman of Glass," the Dresden Hygiene Museum, and IG Farben all existed. Everyone has heard of the Lebensborn human-breeding project. Many leading Nazis, including Himmler himself, Goebbels, and Streicher, were notorious sex addicts, and a mass-produced, zombie-like sex robot sounds like just the sort of inhuman thing the Nazis would come up with on a slow day at the office. And it's also the precise sort of twisted fantasy that tabloid buyers will pay money to read about. But "journalist Norbert Lenz" himself is a fake and the Dresden Hygiene Museum has never heard of any such project. A mere two-minute Wikipedia search proves the story is bogus. Borghild's lasting popularity demonstrates just how few people are willing to engage in even the simplest form of fact-checking.
Why do people perpetrate hoaxes in the first place? Hoaxes, unlike ordinary scams or cons, usually contain a whimsical element (it's not for nothing that the word itself derives from "hocus pocus"). Sometimes they have some sort of political content, but they frequently arise from a desire to sabotage or subvert a stuffy social order and thus are not always about personal fame or money. It is not clear just what the Borghild hoaxer was after, although we have to suspect he wanted to see how quickly his "discovery" would wriggle its way through the web and become accepted as historical "fact." (Both the German tabloid Bild and the Italian daily Corriere della Sera finally did him the favor and swallowed the story in 2005, relying solely on the phoney website as their "source.")
The recent "Kenyan birth certificate", supposedly proving that President Obama was born in Mombasa, was a clever (and brilliantly successful) attempt to "punk" the equally bogus "Birther movement." Massive government-sponsored hoaxes with criminal intent, such as the forged "Protocolls of the Elders of Zion," Reinhard Heydrich's faked attack on the Gleiwitz radio station on the eve of World War II, or, more recently, the Gulf of Tonkin Incident or the faked "yellowcake letters" that helped tip American public opinion towards supporting the impending Iraq War, are better described as swindles and war crimes. However, if large-scale con tricks like these are plausible enough and fit both preconceived notions and also a perceived need (e.g. the "Kuwait incubator hoax" in the run-up to the Gulf War, or the Jessica Lynch "rescue"), they may become accepted reality – in other words, "history."
Hoaxes can indeed cause a great deal of damage. But they also contain a wholesome, trickster element that keeps us honest. A clever hoax can test society's credulity and explode its pretensions. In 1869, the "Cardiff Giant" was excavated outside of Cardiff, New York. This crude statue had been carved out of gypsum and planted in the ground by an atheist who wanted to poke fun at the Biblical claim that "there were giants in those days." The "giant" was soon exposed as a hoax, but not before its creator got a good laugh at the expense of some gullible true believers.
The "Cardiff Giant" (1869)
"There were giants in those days..."
Another example is the Cottingley Fairies hoax of 1917, where two English working class girls duped none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into believing in the existence of supernatural beings hovering around hollyhocks. Although the girls' "fairy photos" were ludicrous fakes, they were nonetheless taken at face value since no one could imagine that young females of their social station were intelligent or malicious enough to pull off such a fraud. In fact, the girls perpetrated a double hoax, ridiculing both the idea of fairies and the belief in female submissiveness.
Clap if you believe in fairies
Hoaxes are possible on every subject. Physicist Alan Sokal's 1996 nonsense article "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity," which he surreptitiously published in the serious journal Social Text, deliciously exploded the absurd premises behind much postmodern theory.
One of my favorite hoaxes is not real but rather a literary invention. This is Irving Wallace's 1972 novel The Word, in which a vengeful biblical scholar forges a heretical but entirely plausible "Gospel According to James," with which he intends to sabotage Christianity itself. Change a few words here, change a few words there, add some pious and heart-warming wishful thinking, and you get a whole new religion. This gives the reader an extra helping of food for thought. Of course, Wallace's work is pure fiction. Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code approaches hoax status by seeming to claim genuine sources for its outlandish speculations on the origins of Christianity. While it is rubbish by any historical (or literary) standards, it nevertheless launched many a quasi theological debate on "Oprah" and at hundreds of local reading clubs that never would have occurred otherwise.
Hoaxes are the leaven in our daily bread. Without them we risk becoming too smug about who we are and what we imagine we know about ourselves and the world we so briefly inhabit. In Nordic mythology, Loki is the trickster god, a troublesome spirit who is not entirely evil but rather keeps things in motion by needling the other gods whenever they start feeling too comfortable. Certainly the most visible (and subversive) trickster of our day is Sacha Baron Cohen, whose "Borat" and "Brüno" have brought blatant hoaxing to the silver screen. Cohen's antics not only make us laugh but provoke us to ask questions where we only had answers before. As befits a proper trickster, his character "Ali G" never fails to remind us to "keep it real."
"Keep it real!"
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Posted in Issue 93 October 2003 Editorial
Family and friends demand the chance to identify the victims of the 1985 Mexican earthquake, expressing opposition to common graves.
In the aftermath of a major natural disaster, authorities must prioritize many urgent tasks, including: (1) rescuing the survivors and providing the care they need, (2) restoring or maintaining basic services and (3) managing a potentially large number of cadavers. The latter deserves special attention. The most pressing issue is preserving the identity of those who have lost their lives. Under no circumstances are burials in common graves or cremations justified or warranted.
Many myths survive to this day regarding the health hazards posed by a large number of cadavers at the scene of a disaster. Dead bodies are seen as highly contagious, a source of epidemics that can raise the death toll. Often such convictions have led the public to demand that authorities rush to bury or cremate victims, even before the dead could be identified, and frequently in disregard of the customs and beliefs of loved ones left behind.
The history of large-scale disasters is full of examples of this kind. Soon after Hurricane Mitch hit Central America, the fear of infection led to mass cremations. After an earthquake struck another country in the Region, authorities and local residents demanded that common graves be dug, without first identifying the intended occupants. And yet no scientific evidence to date has suggested that the bodies of victims of disaster increase the risk of epidemic breakouts. In fact, the cadavers of the victims pose less risk of contagion than an infected living person.
When health arguments have been proven groundless, others—equally spurious—can take their place. Advocates of common graves, for instance, often argue that there is just not enough space to bury a very large number of fatalities. This is not necessarily the case. Technical standards exist for mass burials. They call for digging plots that allow half a meter for the corpse and another half meter between bodies. Since bodies can be buried one atop the other, up to five deep, and the location of each can be registered on a grid, this provides a viable alternative to burying unidentified victims in common graves.
Another common misconception is that quickly disposing of cadavers—either through burial or cremation—creates a sense of peace and tranquility. Actually, survivors and victims' families are relieved when the bodies of loved ones are recovered and identified. To not do so is to leave the door open to false hopes. In disasters which were the result of mud or landslides and produced a high number of fatalities, many bodies were buried under tons of mud and rocks and could not be recovered. The odds that anyone directly in the path of those landslides could have lived yet remain unaccounted for days after the disaster, were extremely slim. Still, many survivors refused to believe that their loved ones were dead; this belief was cruelly reinforced when rumors circulated that a lost relative or friend had been spotted in another part of the country. In contrast, when a loved one's body was found and identified, it brought a sense of closure.
Another myth purports that in the aftermath of a major catastrophe, it is impossible to identify the large number of corpses. But a high death toll does not have to impede the proper identification of the victims. In general, the tools and technology exist to identify the majority, if not all the victims. Following the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, only 47 cadavers remained unidentified among the nearly 2,700 fatalities.
From a legal point of view, the government's chief responsibility is to do all it can to recover and identify the bodies. As noted in article 27 of the Inter-American Convention of Human Rights, emergency situations do not justify suspending people's fundamental rights. The full identification of disaster victims is important in many ways. It is the only way for the authorities to ensure that identity fraud does not take place. More significantly, however, it is the only way to put an effective end to the anguish that torments relatives and friends. The process of identifying cadavers is key to ensuring the welfare of the surviving population, and its consequences are not only psychological and social but also legal, cultural, and even economic.
Once identification has been completed, the body should be handed over to the nearest relative as quickly as possible—and they should decide on the proper funeral rites, according to their customs. While not mandatory, government assistance at this point would no doubt be welcome, as it was in the case of the Mesa Redonda fire in 2001, where the government of Peru covered the cost of funeral services and burial of the victims.
It is the government's responsibility to ensure that under no circumstances should mass cremation or burial in common graves take place in the wake of a natural disaster. That is the message of a soon-to-be-released manual on the proper management of large numbers of cadavers in disaster situations. PAHO/WHO and a select group of experts from the hemisphere are working on this manual—which will be out in early 2004—to debunk the myths and misconceptions that hinder the proper handling, identification and disposal of the bodies. It also stands by the rights of the victims' relatives, opposing any sort of anonymous burial in common graves or cremation. It targets national and local authorities and covers topics such as preparedness; the correct handling, identification and disposal of bodies; health considerations; and legal, sociocultural and psychological aspects.


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Callie Mae shares a bond with folks arriving for sometimes arduous therapy, especially fellow amputees.
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Workers volunteered to help a family build a wheelchair accessible home after the previous contractor walked off the job with the family's money.
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A Blackstone Valley community is stepping up to help a family build their dream home.
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Nearly a week after an October nor'easter hit Massachusetts, more than 85,000 electric customers remain without power.
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The Washington Post examines the installation of mobile cellular towers — COWs, or "cellular on wheels" trucks — that extend wireless coverage to Cindy McCain's Sedona, Arizona ranch which has served as a getaway from presidential candidate John McCain.
Verizon ultimately abandoned its effort to install a permanent tower in August. Company spokesman Jeffrey Nelson said the project would be "an inappropriate way" to build its network. "It doesn't make business sense for us to do that," he added.Instead, Verizon delivered a portable tower known as a "cell site on wheels" – free of charge – to the McCain property in June, after the Secret Service began inquiring about improving coverage in the area. Such devices are used for providing temporary capacity where coverage is lacking or has been knocked out, in circumstances ranging from the Super Bowl to hurricanes.
In July, AT&T followed suit, wheeling in a portable tower for free to match Verizon's offer. "This is an unusual situation," AT&T spokeswoman Claudia B. Jones said. "You can't have a presidential nominee in an area where there is not cell coverage."
There are likely dozens of people out on that ranch at the moment, including the aforementioned Secret Service agents. Installing a permanent tower (which both Verizon and AT&T seem to have chosen not to do) might have been irresponsible, but providing temporary cell access for special situations is exactly what the COWs are for. To imply that putting the mobile cellular trucks out on the home base of one of two presidential nominees temporarily is somehow inappropriate seems to be overstating it.
Exclusive: Verizon and AT&T Provided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch [WashingtonPost.com]


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CNN –The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday it will tackle the issue of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, or whether states are allowed to ban gay marriage. The nine justices are expected to hear oral arguments in April and deliver a ruling by June. The Court had before it petitions from … Continue reading »
Montana Same-Sex Marriage Ban Overturned
(CNN) – A federal judge overturned Montana's same-sex marriage ban Wednesday, making it the 34th state in the nation to allow such unions. The U.S. District Court order was effective immediately, meaning same-sex marriages can begin right away. "This decision overturns a Montana Constitutional amendment approved by the voters of Montana. Yet the United States … Continue reading »
Same-Sex Couples Awaiting Court Decision
TALENT, Ore. – One week after cheering the ruling that overturned Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage, local gay and lesbian couples are worried they soon won't be able to get married at all. The National Organization for Marriage has appealed to the Supreme Court, asking for a stay in Judge Michael McShane's ruling overturning the … Continue reading »
Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Issued
EUGENE, Ore. — Same-sex couples in Oregon can get married starting now. U.S. District Judge Michael McShane ruled Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Click here for the judge's full ruling. The National Organization for Marriage filed an Emergency Request for Stay Monday morning, which would've halted McShane's decision. The emergency motion was denied a few hours later … Continue reading »
Decision Expected on Same-Sex Marriage
ASHLAND, Ore. — When you ask this couple how they met 15 years ago they'll say it was euphoric. Gina DuQuenne and Josh Willow had a commitment ceremony, they call very touching. Their union is not legally recognized in the state of Oregon. Four same sex couples bringing the suit to the federal judge are … Continue reading »
Same-Sex Marriage Ban Defense Denied
EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge denied the National Organization for Marriage's request to intervene in a same-sex marriage case Wednesday morning. The judge will not let the group defend Oregon's ban against same-sex marriage in a court setting. Judge Michael McShane heard arguments from the National Organization for Marriage at the federal courthouse in … Continue reading »
Arkansas Lifts Same-Sex Marriage Ban
(CNN) — Crowds formed early Monday morning outside of the Arkansas courthouse as eager couples lined up to get married. Arkansas' ban on same-sex marriage was overturned Friday. A State judge declared the voter-approved measure unconstitutional. Same-sex couples were cleared to get married immediately. Some waited in long lines for marriage licenses on Saturday, but … Continue reading »
Gay Marriage Petition Gains Speed
PORTLAND, Ore. – The petition to win the freedom of gay marriage in the state of Oregon has received overwhelming support in the last 10 days, receiving a total of 37,211 signatures. The campaign, Oregon Says I Do, was shooting for 10,000 signatures in the 10 day period since July 26th, and has been pleasantly … Continue reading »
Supreme Court Rules on Marriage Equality
*UPDATE* Supreme Court clears way for same-sex unions in California, but avoids ruling on gay marriage. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court says legally married same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples. The court invalidated a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act Wednesday that has prevented married gay couples from … Continue reading »


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quote:Also, how many children do you have with the addition of the twins? (Congratulations to you and the wife.)
quote:I also got an underpayment penalty of $11.
quote: Is this a mechanism in place to keep people from claiming 0, taking their entire paycheck up front, and then owing the entire tax bill on April 15?
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quote:but WTF is this?
quote:I'm curious why you didn't address your questions to the accountant who prepared your return?
quote:they claim the short term disability is not taxable income
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Luxury Retailers: Stay Chic, but Sell Cross-Channel
By Drew Wofford
No other segment in retail places a higher value on service, quality, brand integrity, and most importantly, the customer, than the luxury and premium brand segments. While mainstream retail today is working overtime, trying to get a "single view of the customer," trying to personalize the shopping experience, and implementing various forms of customer relationship management, this segment has never done anything but that. They have always placed the customer first, by knowing the customer's preferences and habits and exceptional service; it is the core of their business strategy. And that, in fact, sets up the basic challenge luxury and premium brand retailers face with e-commerce. They have struggled to see how they could continue to provide that same level of service in what they have seen as a far less personal channel.
Imram Amed, the founder and CEO of Byesse Group Ltd., has been quoted as saying that customers in the luxury segment are already making their buying decisions on the web – already using e-commerce sites to augment their buying experience. But most executives of luxury goods believe that from the retailers' perspective – the jury is still out on e-commerce. The problem is – and really, more importantly, the opportunity is – the jury is NOT out from the customers' perspective. Customers have already embraced the web and the e-commerce channel; it is now time for luxury retailers to embrace the web, and even more importantly, a cross-channel shopping experience.
Earlier this year Forrester Research surveyed 178 retailers in the luxury retail segment around the world, asking a number of questions about how they view e-commerce within their segment and how they believe their customers view it. 32% of the Luxury retailers said that the web does not fit their brand or sales strategies, and 26% said that customers would not use the web to buy their products. By in large, most luxury retailers have a web presence – over 90% said they have a site. Yet only 32% actually sell or transact business on those sites. At the same time, the same retailers responded that they believe 22% of their revenue will come from an electronic channel in 2012, and over 40% believe that the majority of their revenue will come from e-commerce within the next 10 years. To reach growth goals, Luxury retailers will need to make significant investments in building e-commerce solutions, starting now. Further, research conducted by Luxury Institute researchers' Doug Harrison and Jim Taylor, shows that today's customers in this segment spend an average of 14 hours per week surfing the web; that over 88% use the web to research in support of buying decisions, and over 50% buy through e-commerce sites. Many luxury customers today are hard working, highly successful executives working in the world of global business. Only 6% of luxury retail customers have inherited wealth. Increasingly, the luxury customer values the shopping experience, convenience and service – just as the 19,600 mainstream shoppers indicated in the IBM Institute of Business Value's customer advocacy 2007 survey. To paraphrase that famous dialogue between authors Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, the rich as NO different from other shoppers, except for having significantly more discretionary income to spend.
Some Luxury retailers are in fact embracing the web and many are deploying exciting and compelling sites. For example, Bergdorf Goodman, a leading luxury Department Store in New York City has created a merchandise search page that reflects their store layout. They assume that shoppers on their e-commerce site know the store layout, and where to find merchandise in the store, so their website reflects the same navigation. And Godiva, the luxury retailer of gourmet chocolate is supporting mobile commerce - and we all know, any problem can be made better with chocolate. You can now buy Godiva chocolates from your mobile phone! Why? Well, I can personally imagine sitting in a taxi, on the way to the airport, and realizing it's my anniversary or a family birthday. I would value being able to quickly send a gift using my mobile device. As well, WebSphere Commerce® powers all luxury retail sites such as Hermes, Coach, and Maui Jim, as well as premium sites such as Sony Electronics.
To allow modern day shoppers to choose how, when, and where to shop, more of the Luxury retail segment needs to embrace selling across channels - especially leveraging the e-commerce channel, via mobile and web touch points. When luxury goods customers in New York, needs to provide a gift for an associate in Tokyo, and the retailer transacts business from London, there is no channel more appropriate, more convenient, and in fact, more service focused than the web. Capture the opportunity!


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You know how Italian blood is said to be the thickest kind there is? Well, we just realized that 'La Familia' tend to loose its importance when one member of the family makes it big and moves to America. We're of course talking about Madonna, who according to recent reports has been allowing her older brother Anthony Ciccone to live homeless on the streets of Traverse City, Michigan for little over a year now! She owns several multi million homes, yet he's living under a bridge. Shocking!
Anthony lost his job at the family vineyard in Suttons Bay last year, and has since been without both work and home. While recently receiving a free meal at a local church, Anthony decided to speak out about the ordeal, saying: "My family turned their back on me, basically, when I was having a hard time. You think I haven't answered this kind of question a bazillion times – why my sister is a multibazillionarie, and I'm homeless on the street?
Never say never. This could happen to anybody. I don't have any income, I've got to go collect bottles and cans, do odd jobs. Where do you go at 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning and you have no money in your pocket?
You get nerve damage (from the cold). That's the milder stage, in the severe stage you have tissue damage, that is when you lose parts of your body. I got frostbite on my feet last winter. A friend of mine lost all 10 toes. Several have died of hypothermia."
While we do sympathize with him, we can't help but think that he must have done something pretty bad to deserve it. But unless he actually murdered someone, shouldn't his family be able to find it in their hearts to at least put a roof over his head?
Madonna's Brother Is Homeless!
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Madonna and her daughter Lourdes.
Being the brother of a mega star doesn't appear to be a walk in the park. One of them releases continuous tell-all books about her, and the other one is living under a bridge!
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4 A funny puzzle...level0 | 20/02/2009 | See all level0's reviews (8)A great game, 90% puzzle and 10% platform. The graphic is very nice and the game is clever and funny. You can't loose it if you like puzzles!
1 okreececonnor | 07/01/2009 | See all reececonnor's reviews (9)didnt really like this game really bad graphics and quite boring really as your only aim in the game is getting the man to the exit. bit boring really.
3 Good game & well worth £6.99Angus29 | 01/06/2009 | See all Angus29's reviews (5)Good Game for £6.99. 2D platform puzzle game.Idea is you are an escape artist and you need to rescue people, children and animals from a variety of situations.Slightly lemmings styleStrange graphics (not bad)Kept me entertained for a few hours and am only about half way through.Down side is poor controls but you do get used to them and there is options to change them which I have not looked into
3 Good DS gamelizkatie | 16/01/2009 | See all lizkatie's reviews (1)Exit DS is a good game, and you get a satisfying feeling when you complete a hard level. The cel-shaded graphics are quite nice. One of the downsides is the confusing controls, otherwise this game is great. I would reccomend this to a friend.
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Scientific name: Aldabrachelys gigantea
Country: Seychelles
Continent: Africa
Diet: Grasses, vegetation and herbs.
Food & feeding: Herbivorous
Habitats: Tropical grassland, coast
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Relatives: Egyptian tortoise, Galapagos giant tortoise
Description: The male giant tortoise at Bristol Zoo Gardens is currently at the centre of a very exciting debate. Previously it was thought to belong to a species called the Aldabran giant tortoise, but in the last few years, it has been suggested that it may be a survivor from a species that was thought extinct - the Seychelles giant tortoise (Dipsochelys hololissa). Their lifespan is at least 100 years, possibly up to 150. The Zoo's male is thought to be over 80 years old - a survivor from an almost extinct species. Giant tortoises grow steadily for the first 40 years of their lives and, given enough food, can weigh up to 254 kg. The head and legs are much too big to be completely withdrawn into the shells. The shell does not need to serve as protection from predators because there are no predators on the islands where they evolved.
Lifestyle: Little is known about Seychelles giant tortoises in the wild, because none are believed to be alive in the wild. The Aldabran giant tortoises still survive in large numbers on their island home, largely free of predators and competitors. They graze grassy areas on the island in large numbers. There are over 100,000 on the island of Aldabra. So many graze the grass on the island that the grasses themselves have adopted a special low-growing form to avoid being killed completely by the tortoises. The tortoises start to feed early in the morning, before it is too hot, when the dew is thick on the grass. By mid-morning they are still feeding, but now with their heads faced away from the sun to keep their heads cool. By midday, they have stopped feeding and have taken refuge in the shade of the few trees on the island. By late evening they emerge once again to feed. They eventually stop feeding after the sun sets, falling asleep wherever they happened to be feeding, ready for the next day.
Family & friends: Aldabran giant tortoises can be found crammed together, often stacked on top of each other, beneath the shade of the sparse trees and bushes on their island.
Keeping in touch: Tortoises are usually silent, although mating males make a hollow groaning sound that can be heard hundreds of metres away.
Growing up: These tortoises mature at about 20-25 years. When she is ready to lay, the female will dig a large hole in the shallow soil using her back legs and then deposits about 5-19 eggs, before covering them over and departing. After about two months, the 6 cm young hatch. With soft shells, they are very vulnerable to predators, such as robber crabs, frigate birds, or introduced creatures such as rats and cats. Once they are above a few inches in length, they are safe from predators. The main hazard to a giant tortoise is getting caught out in the midday sun too far from shade as they can rapidly overheat and die.
Conservation news: Giant tortoises were found on all islands in the western Indian Ocean until Mauritius was colonised in the 1600s and an increasing number of settlers and explorers visited the Seychelles islands removing and killing tortoises. It was thought that all Seychelles tortoises became extinct around 120 years ago, with the exception of the Aldabran species, until reports of oddly-shaped captive tortoises prompted a re-examination of their identity. In 1998, staff at Bristol Zoo Gardens were excited to find out that their giant tortoise may be one of these individuals in question. After examination, the experts suspected that this tortoise was a Dipsochelys hololissa, of which there may be fewer than 40 individuals left in the world. Experts are still debating. The Nature Protection Trust of the Seychelles has set up a breeding programme to ensure the survival of this rediscovered species.
In 2003, Bristol Zoo Gardens' giant tortoise enclosure was improved to house females with the male.
They have a special flap inside their head that allow them to suck water up their noses continuously without raising their heads. Aldabra is such a dry island that drinking quickly and efficiently like this is an important survival technique.


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by Victoria Phillips in Food News, August 7, 2011Hotel and resort minibars are getting a healthy makeover. The Hyatt Hotels Corp. and Four Seasons are just two companies in a handful of hotel chains opting for healthier minibar options, according to a recent Marketwatch report. Instead of the traditional calorie-filled junk food fare, guests can choose to snack on products like organic Clif Bars, Terra chips and gluten-free energy bars.
Why the sudden change of heart? Hotel patrons are actually clamoring for healthy options. The trail mix and cashews outsell the chocolate cookies, and Fiji Water is the minibar's most popular item at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, Adam Martindale, the resort's director of food and beverage, told Marketwatch.
Staples like chips, sodas, candy and alcohol aren't going away, but by providing more organic, gluten-free and low-calorie snacks, travelers may be more apt to purchase something from the minibar rather than not.
Resorts aren't the only ones turning to healthy alternatives. According to a press release from Fresh Healthy Vending, the company's climate-controlled vending machines are in more than 600 campuses across the country.
The goal in offering products from Kashi, Stonyfield Farm and popchips is to "help make the collective, and individual, student body healthier," Jolly Backer, the CEO of Fresh Healthy Vending, said in the release.
It's not uncommon for students to crave snacks on campus and, according to the release, Healthy Vending is there to make sure students have healthy alternatives every step of the way.
"The ability to put a healthy vending machine on campus is essential," Backer said in a recent interview. "It gives kids and college students access to quick, convenient foods that are also packed with the nutrition they need."
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Measures of hostility as predictors of facial affect during social interaction: Evidence for construct validity
- Beverly H. Brummett,
- Kimberly E. Maynard,
- Michael A. Babyak,
- Thomas L. Haney,
- Ilene C. Siegler,
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We assessed the construct validity of several self-report measures and an interview-based measure of hostility (Interpersonal Hostility Assessment Technique [IHAT]) by evaluating their associations with a behavioral indicator of hostile emotions (facial expressions during social interaction). Participants in the study were 123 volunteers (44% males and 56% females) who were recruited from local community organizations. Self-report measures (Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, Rotter Interpersonal Trust Scale, Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, and Spielberger Anger Expression Scale) were represented by factor scores reflecting Overt Hostility, Covert Hostility, and Hostile Beliefs. A canonical correlation analysis identified significant associations between a set of facial affect scores reflecting animosity and various measures of hostility. Specifically, increases in anger and disgust expressions and decreases in happy facial expressions were associated with high IHAT scores and high scores on self-report measures of Hostile Beliefs and Covert Hostility. Women were more expressive than men, especially concerning positive affect, and women had lower scores on self-report measures of Hostile Beliefs and Overt Hostility. IHAT scores were uncorrelated with any of the self-report factors which suggests the two assessment techniques are tapping different aspects of the hostility construct.
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- Title
- Measures of hostility as predictors of facial affect during social interaction: Evidence for construct validity
- Journal
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 3 , pp 168-173
- Cover Date
- 1998-09-01
- Print ISSN
- 0883-6612
- Online ISSN
- 1532-4796
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Authors
- Beverly H. Brummett (1)
- Kimberly E. Maynard (1)
- Michael A. Babyak (1)
- Thomas L. Haney (1)
- Ilene C. Siegler (1)
- Michael J. Helms (1)
- John C. Barefoot (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Duke University Medical Center, Box 2969, 27710, Durham, NC