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The spatial distribution of known predictors of autism spectrum disorders impacts geographic variability in prevalence in central North Carolina
- Kate Hoffman,
- Amy E Kalkbrenner,
- Veronica M Vieira,
- Julie L Daniels
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The causes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) remain largely unknown and widely debated; however, evidence increasingly points to the importance of environmental exposures. A growing number of studies use geographic variability in ASD prevalence or exposure patterns to investigate the association between environmental factors and ASD. However, differences in the geographic distribution of established risk and predictive factors for ASD, such as maternal education or age, can interfere with investigations of ASD etiology. We evaluated geographic variability in the prevalence of ASD in central North Carolina and the impact of spatial confounding by known risk and predictive factors.
Children meeting a standardized case definition for ASD at 8 years of age were identified through records-based surveillance for 8 counties biennially from 2002 to 2008 (n=532). Vital records were used to identify the underlying cohort (15% random sample of children born in the same years as children with an ASD, n=11,034), and to obtain birth addresses. We used generalized additive models (GAMs) to estimate the prevalence of ASD across the region by smoothing latitude and longitude. GAMs, unlike methods used in previous spatial analyses of ASD, allow for extensive adjustment of individual-level risk factors (e.g. maternal age and education) when evaluating spatial variability of disease prevalence.
Unadjusted maps revealed geographic variation in surveillance-recognized ASD. Children born in certain regions of the study area were up to 1.27 times as likely to be recognized as having ASD compared to children born in the study area as a whole (prevalence ratio (PR) range across the study area 0.57-1.27; global P=0.003). However, geographic gradients of ASD prevalence were attenuated after adjusting for spatial confounders (adjusted PR range 0.72-1.12 across the study area; global P=0.052).
In these data, spatial variation of ASD in central NC can be explained largely by factors impacting diagnosis, such as maternal education, emphasizing the importance of adjusting for differences in the geographic distribution of known individual-level predictors in spatial analyses of ASD. These results underscore the critical importance of accounting for such factors in studies of environmental exposures that vary across regions.
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- The spatial distribution of known predictors of autism spectrum disorders impacts geographic variability in prevalence in central North Carolina
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Environmental Health
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- October 2012
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- BioMed Central
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- Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
- Intellectual disability (ID)
- Spatial analysis
- Disease mapping
- Generalized additive models (GAMs)
- Geographic information systems (GIS)
- Authors
- Kate Hoffman (1)
- Amy E Kalkbrenner (1) (2)
- Veronica M Vieira (3) (4)
- Julie L Daniels (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, CB #7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
- 2. Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 3230 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
- 3. Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- 4. School of Ecology, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92617, USA


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QUITE OFTEN, the role of religion in the matter of maintaining peace and inter-religious harmony in many countries is considered to be rather a negative one.
As pertinently pointed out by Jonathan Swift, people seem to have enough religion just to hate one another, but not enough to make the people love one another.
While making an analytical study of the irony and paradox of this situation, a well-known thinker Colton, referring to the apathy of the people concerned, had observed that people love to write for their religion, fight for their religion, and even die for their religion. The people, in fact, do anything but live for their religion.
Unfortunately, even India, which from time immemorial has been noted for maintaining a unique record of "unity in diversity" based on its ancient philosophy of Sarva Dharma Samabhav (respect for all religions), has been adversely affected by this situation.
A brief discussion about the so-called Temple-Mosque dispute at Ayodhya, with reference to the subject of inter-religious participation for peace, would be relevant.
Having personally lived through the nightmare of communal riots and bloodshed in Mumbai during December 1992 and January 1993, following the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, it is my fervent hope and prayer that a national tragedy like this shall never be allowed to happen again.
For a rational analysis of the problem, it would be necessary to have a brief survey of the facts in the context of its relevant historical background.
The Babri Masjid was constructed during the 15th century by General Mir Baqi, on behalf of Mughal Emperor Babar, for use by the troops of the Mughal Army. It is noteworthy that Babar had fought against the Pathan King Ibrahim Lodhi, who was the ruler of the Delhi kingdom, and killed him in the battle at Panipat. Needless to state, Babar was just a Mughal King, and was neither an Islamic missionary, nor a Muslim "hero", as wrongly imagined by certain politically motivated parties and persons. It was a gross misrepresentation of historical facts to state that Muslims in India owed their loyalty to Babar, and behaved like "Babar ki aulad" or "progeny of Babar", while showing their love and regard for the mosque built in his name at Ayodhya.
Regarding Shri Ram, the hero of India's ancient epic Ramayana, it would not at all be correct for anyone to think that he belongs to any one particular community, since like all the other great religious leaders of the world, he belonged to the entire humanity. As such, it was absurd to draw any comparison between Shri Ram and Babar, and there was absolutely no sense in linking the name of either to the matter, for discussing the merits of the case.
It is unfortunate that a matter of religious nature has been allowed to assume political overtones to become a "dispute", often threatening to disturb the atmosphere of peace and harmony in the country.
Amicable solution
It is imperative that concerted efforts are made by all the peace loving people in the country to find an amicable solution to the problem, in accordance with the best spiritual traditions of the religions.
The Viswa Hindu Parishad leaders had declared that they want the construction of the temple to be started at the disputed site before next Shivaratri (i.e, March 2002).
They have also declared that no judicial verdict will be acceptable to them, since it was a matter of their faith.
On the other hand, leaders of the Babri Mosque Action Committee and Muslim Personal Law Board, while expressing their willingness to abide by the court verdict, have also declared that they are not prepared for any compromise about their plan to rebuild the mosque at the disputed site.
While stating that the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya has become a matter of "national sentiment" (Rashtra Bhavana) the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, hopes for a negotiated settlement before the target date of Shivaratri, which appears to be a remote possibility in the existing situation.
Moreover, it is specially noteworthy that in the absence of any "negotiated settlement", a judicial verdict about the case is likely to be a remedy worse than the disease, since there will always a "loser" and "a winner" of the case about the disputed site, which would invariably result in causing bitterness and frustration to a large segment of people, which would not be conducive to peace and inter-religious harmony.
It would therefore be appropriate for the protagonists of the temple and mosque construction at Ayodhya that for the sake of peace and inter-religious harmony, they must come together to cooperate to construct a national monument of peace, love and inter-religious harmony at the disputed site, where people belonging to all castes, creeds and faiths, will be welcome for prayers and meditation. This monument can also have basic facilities of a library and research centre for the benefit of all pilgrims of peace.
As for the "Ram Mandir" and "Babri Masjid", let the same be constructed by the devotees as magnificent edifices adjoining the "National Monument of Peace", which would not only vindicate their faith in peace and inter-religious harmony, but would also conform with the "national sentiment."


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IFX Forum Members Meeting Ratifies Version 1.5 of IFX Standard, Issues Web Services Recommendations for IFX; Next Members Meeting Scheduled for April 26-30 in London.
FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2004
At its recent members meeting in Dallas, the Interactive Financial eXchange (IFX) Forum has announced, the organization reviewed and ratified the latest version of the IFX specification, Version 1.5. The document is now available for download at no charge from www.ifxforum.org. The group also reviewed the ATM/POS Implementation Guide that will be released later this year, heard the recommendations of its Web Services Working Group for future versions of IFX, and continued work on IFX Version 2.0.
The IFX Forum is a not-for-profit standards-developing organization working to develop a robust framework for the electronic business-to-business exchange of data among financial service institutions around the world.
A larger number of prospective members than usual attended the Dallas IFX Forum meeting to become familiar with the group's activities before formally joining. Quarterly face-to-face meetings are an important platform for the Forum's working groups' accomplishments, though activity continues in between meetings by other means. The next members meeting is scheduled to take place in London, April 26-30, 2004. Details will be available at www.ifxforum.org.
"Since geography does not dictate who will be important contributors to Forum deliverables, we want to recognize that fact by rotating our meeting locations to be convenient for different populations," said Richard P. Urban, IFX Forum president. "In Dallas, we accomplished a great deal - in London we expect to do the same, and we hope to see as many new faces at the next meeting as we did in Texas."
Following a month-long public comment period for IFX Version 1.5, the Forum's Steering Committee ratified the new specification, which extends the ATM, POS, Business and Consumer Banking support provided by earlier releases of IFX. The result of several years of implementation experience in various commercial and retail banking applications, Version 1.5 builds on IFX's multi-channel capabilities to enable it to be used as a core technology for the EFT industry.
Work on IFX Version 2.0 also continued at the Dallas meeting. An adaptation of the IFX infrastructure to support emerging standards, Version 2.0 will be designed to support Web Services standards and will include changes flowing from the International Standards Team Harmonisation (ISTH) project. The Forum specifically invites companies and individuals who have international payment requirements or are implementing service-oriented architectures to participate in building this next generation of the IFX standard.
The current draft of an extensive ATM/POS Implementation Guide, designed to help business and technical personnel understand how to use IFX to implement all or part of an ATM/POS solution, was reviewed at the meeting. Developed by the Forum's ATM/POS Working Group, this guide assists parties interested in building an interoperable software application for EFT processing, using the business messages of the Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX) specification.
Additionally, the Forum's Web Services Working Group released its first deliverable at the Dallas meeting, an assessment of how the IFX specification can be used in a Web Services architecture. The working group's mission is to show how the IFX standard schemas and messages fit into the Web Services infrastructure, to avoid incompatible implementations of Web Services, and to provide comprehensive guidance on the use of IFX with emerging Web Services models, thereby ensuring the stability, flexibility and longevity of the IFX Business Message Specification. This material is available to members in the Members' section of the IFX Forum Web site.
About the IFX Forum
Membership in the IFX Forum is open to anyone interested in contributing to the development of open financial standards that harness the power of XML. The IFX Forum is currently organized into the following Working Groups: ATM/POS; Business Banking; Electronic Bill Presentment & Payment; and Web Services. IFX Forum Working Groups, in concert with an Architecture Committee to coordinate their efforts, develop open Internet-compatible messages for all sectors of the financial services industry. To learn more about IFX Forum standards or the benefits of IFX Forum membership, please visit www.IFXForum.org.
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Pat Buchanan - Let Obama play the Iran hand
When, after the massacres at Newtown and the Washington Navy Yard, Republicans refused to outlaw the AR-15 rifle or require background checks for gun purchasers, we were told the party had committed suicide by defying 90 percent of the nation.
When Republicans rejected amnesty and a path to citizenship for illegal aliens, we were told the GOP had just forfeited its future.
When House Republicans refused to fund Obamacare, the government was shut down and the Tea Party was blamed, word went forth: The GOP has destroyed its brand. Republicans face a wipeout in 2014. It will take a generation to remove this mark of Cain.
Eight weeks later, Obama's approval is below 40 percent. Most Americans find him untrustworthy. And the GOP is favored to hold the seats it has in the House while making gains in the Senate.
For this reversal of fortunes, Republicans can thank the rollout of Obamacare — the website that does not work, the revelation that, contrary to Obama's promise, millions are losing health care plans that they liked, and the reports of soaring premiums and sinking benefits.
Democrats, however, might take comfort in the old maxim: If you don't like the weather here, just wait a while. For, egged on by Bibi Netanyahu and the Israeli Lobby AIPAC, the neocons are anticipating the return of Congress to start work on new sanctions on Iran. Should they succeed, they just might abort the Geneva talks or even torpedo the six-month deal with Iran.
While shaking a fist in the face of the Ayatollah will rally the Republican base, it does not appear to be a formula for winning the nation. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll from Tuesday, by 44-22 Americans approve of the deal NATO, Russia and China cut with Tehran to freeze its nuclear program. While two-thirds do not trust Iran when it says its program is not designed to build nuclear weapons, fully 65 percent believe "the United States should not become involved in any military action in the Middle East unless America is directly threatened." Only 21 percent disagree.
This is the nation that rose up last summer and told Obama it did not want to get involved in Syria's civil war, and told Congress to deny Obama the authority to order air strikes — red line or no red line.
Even if the Iran deal collapses, 80 percent of Americans would favor a return to the sanctions regime and negotiations. Only 20 percent would support military action against Iran.
In summary, while Americans do not trust Iran, they do not want war with Iran. They want to test Iran. On this issue, Obama is in sync with his countrymen.
Why, looking at these numbers, would Republicans return to Washington with a full-metal-jacket ,"axis-of-evil" attitude, with John McCain becoming again the face of the party?
Why would Republicans return to Washington and throw away the winning hand that is Obamacare? It is ravaging the president's reputation for competence and his credibility, and calling into question the core philosophy of the Democratic Party — that Big Government is America's salvation.
Why would Republicans return to the bellicosity that cost the party both Houses in 2006 and the White House in 2008?
That 20 percent of the nation which favors war with Iran, in the event of a deal collapse or breakdown in the talks, is already in the GOP corral. If Republicans seek to broaden their base, why abandon Obamacare, where a majority agrees with them, for an issue, renewed hostility to Iran, where a majority disagrees? Would it not be playing into Obama's hand to allow him to assume the role of statesman, who, with "all options on the table," is willing to negotiate with an enemy rather than take us to war with him? Did not Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan all go this same route?
If Bibi, AIPAC, the neocons and their congressional allies should sabotage the negotiations or scuttle the existing or future deal with Iran, maneuvering us into a another war in the Middle East that America does not want, how do they think this will sit with the voters in 2016? If Iran is deceiving us and is hell-bent on breaking out of this deal and making a dash to a bomb, we will know about it months if not years before Iran ever tests a device, let alone builds a bomb, miniaturizes it and marries it to a delivery system. We would have more than enough notice to abort any test and neutralize Iran's nuclear program. And the nation would unite behind action, were it seen that Iran had lied to us to buy time to build and test a bomb.
But if the Republican Party leads Congress in imposing new sanctions, and the Iranians walk out, and the NATO-Russia-China coalition breaks up, and a chance for peace in the Persian Gulf seems to have been thrown away, the GOP will pay the price. And rightly so.
(Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan has been a senior advisor to three presidents, twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the presidential nominee of the Reform Party in 2000. He won the New Hampshire Republican Primary in 1996.)
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Froma Harrop - The greatness of Obamacare
During the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, it's been hard to defend the law, much less to call it "great." But great it is — for the American economy and for the American people, rich ones included.
The program has already succeeded in one of its key backbreaking missions: to curb the exploding costs of health care. The president's Council of Economic Advisers issued a report this month containing lots of good news on that front. Since Obamacare was passed in 2010, the growth in health care spending has slowed to the lowest rate on record for any three-year period since 1965. "If half the recent slowdown in spending can be sustained," the report says, "health care spending a decade from now will be about $1,400 per person lower than if growth returned to its 2000-2007 trend."
The authors further note that the benefit will go to workers in the form of fatter paychecks and to taxpayers as federal and state governments cut projected spending on health care. Another plus would be more jobs as employers feel less burdened by the cost of covering their workers.
What about the recession? One may reasonably ask whether the economic downturn was responsible for cutting the growth rates of medical spending. Yes, but not by much, the authors respond. They note that the slowdown has persisted well beyond the end of the recession. Very importantly, it also applied to Medicare, a government program whose elderly beneficiaries are more insulated from a weak job market. And the growth in prices for health services (different from total spending) has eased significantly.
Here's how the health care reforms did it:
— They reduced the overpayments to private insurers' Medicare Advantage plans and the price increases for providers.
— They're promoting new payment models, whereby medical providers are being financially rewarded for giving good care in an efficient manner. Under the old setup, providers could enhance their incomes by pumping up the volume of visits, tests and other services.
The reforms encourage the growth of "accountable care organizations." The more efficiently these groups of medical providers operate the more money they get to keep.
— Hospitals with high readmission rates are penalized. This is also a quality issue for Medicare beneficiaries, who are often discharged with inadequate planning for post-hospital care. Under a perverse set of incentives, hospitals were making more money when elderly patients returned. The taxpayers, of course, picked up the bills.
— Changes in Medicare should spill over into the private sector, generating even more savings. Medicare's payment structure is often the starting point in negotiations between private insurers and medical providers.
What about the rich? All this conservative talk about Obamacare's "redistributing" wealth to the less well-off ignores this reality: Every time medical spending rises, so do the taxes (of those who pay income tax) and the premiums for those who buy their own coverage. I mean, who do you think has been paying for all those uninsured people showing up at expensive hospital emergency rooms for free care?
For those worried about federal deficits, here are some encouraging numbers, courtesy of the Affordable Care Act: The Congressional Budget Office recently cut its projected Medicare and Medicaid spending in 2020 by $147 billion. It expects the reforms overall to reduce the deficit by more than $100 billion from 2013 to 2022.
All this great stuff has been obscured by the bungled launch of the federal government's HealthCare.gov website. Once it is up and running, the conversation should turn in a more positive direction. Those who read the advisers' report won't have to wait that long. Google "Council of Economic Advisers" for a copy.
(A member of the Providence Journal editorial board, Froma Harrop writes a nationally syndicated column from that city. She has written for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar and Institutional Investor.)
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Bob Meade - Racism
The president, a man of color, was elected twice, to the highest office of the most prosperous and powerful nation the world has ever known. In each election, he received enormous support from white people.
Oprah Winfrey, a woman of color, created an empire that provides her earnings of $300 million a year. She has amassed a total net worth of $2.9 billion, to a great extent because of her skills and abilities and the respect and admiration she earned from her mostly white female audiences.
Two people of color. One became the president of our country and the other became a household name while building a communications and entertainment empire. Both achieved their positions of stature, in part, because of the backing and support of the country's white population.
If a person achieves a large measure of success, it is not because of the color of their skin, it is often because of their vision, intelligence, daring, work ethic, tenacity, and so on. Businesses succeed and businesses fail . . . every single day. Great athletes win and lose . . . every single day. Students ace and disgrace . . . every single day. Some scale the mountain peak and others fall off the cliff . . . every single day. And, those yeas and nays are not because of the color of their skin . . . it is because of their skills and abilities.
Oprah Winfrey recently told a British interviewer that the president's detractors may be so because of the color of his skin. She didn't offer an opinion that he might be an inept manager. Nor did she opine that he may be deceitful, or cunningly adept at creating divisions among the people. No, his failures, or the divisions among the people, are because of the color of his skin.
The mere mention of racism creates a tension between the races that may not have existed before the statement was made. Why? Because it immediately demands one side defend itself lest they be branded as a racist. How does one prove they don't have racist thoughts or intentions?
Our system of laws requires that the government, or the one making a charge of wrong-doing by another, must be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, the allegation of wrong-doing. The one charged with wrong-doing has a right to challenge the veracity of the charges made against him or her. For Miss Winfrey, or anyone, to in any way imply a charge of racism, they should be required to name names and offer proof, and be prepared for legal rebuttal by the person so charged.
During World War II, there was a slogan, "Loose lips sink ships". Today, the "loose lips" make unfounded charges of racism and those charges are creating unnecessary divisions and animosity among the people; sinking our society with incivility as an alibi for failure.
Over the last few years, our country has become more divided than at any time in my lifetime. When President Obama was elected, most people hoped that his election would continue our country's progress on the road to ever improving race relations. It was an opportunity to show people of color that, as Martin Luther King, Jr. so famously said, people would be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin.
What has happened though, is that too many people use the color of the president's skin as a shield against legitimate criticism. The president himself, and many of his senior advisors and supporters, have hurled invectives and used "street talk" to demonize any opposition. Some of the disrespect from street talk, and sloganeering such as "Bin Laden's dead, General Motors is alive." appears to have even incited rioters in the middle east who, when our embassy in Cairo was under siege, were chanting, "We are one and a half billion Bin Ladens."
Racism exists . . . in all nations and in all peoples, and every effort should be made to minimize and, hopefully, eliminate it. Racism by the Nazis resulted in over six million Jews being murdered. Europe is again growing in anti-Semitism and the influx of middle-eastern immigrants is imposing an unwanted multi-cultural problem that could well be called racism. The middle east is rife with intolerance and racism against all who are not Muslim. We hear and read of Christian Churches being burned to the ground in Egypt and of Christians fleeing across borders to avoid being murdered. Israel is under constant siege as some Muslim leaders have expressed their desire to wipe Israel off the map and drive the Jews into the sea. They view the United States as the great satan. And Iran progresses towards becoming a nuclear power.
Think of that deeply ingrained racism described above and then ask yourself, can you justify calling someone a racist because of a disagreement over policy or performance?
Wake up before it's too late.
(Bob Meade is a Laconia resident.)
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Sanborn — The gourmet kitchen
There were 96 residential home sales in October in the 12 towns covered by this Lakes Region real estate report. The average sales price came in at $350,760 and the median price point was $209,250. Last October we posted 97 sales at a lower average of $287,919. We just had three straight months of hundred plus sales, so our yearly sales numbers should look pretty good if we finish out the year strong. This sure feels better than going in the other direction.
With Thanksgiving coming right up, I thought I would focus a little bit on the most important room of the house on that day; the kitchen. More precisely; the "gourmet kitchen." Obviously, you need to cook a turkey for Thanksgiving, unless you take the easy route and go to Hart's Turkey Farm. That, however, could interrupt watching the football games which in my house is contrary to the true meaning of Thanksgiving. I have a long standing tradition established in my early childhood of watching , what was then, Tom Landry's Cowboys and the hapless Lions play their annual Thanksgiving Day games. Those were the days! The only things that have changed are there are three games to watch now and the Cowboys are almost always the hapless ones.
Anyway, if you are going to cook a turkey, you should have a gourmet kitchen to cook it in unless you've got one of those outdoor deep fryers that will turn the whole thing into one big chicken nugget in seconds flat. But what is a gourmet kitchen exactly? Well, no one seems to know exactly, but real estate agents use the term a lot. According to the Urban Dictionary, a gourmet kitchen is "an abstract term used by realtors to add appeal to listings. Theoretically, it refers to a higher-end kitchen, but it has become used so loosely, that there are no clear defining factors that separate a 'gourmet kitchen' from a 'kitchen.'"
While there may be no exact definition of a "gourmet" kitchen, you can usually tell when you are in one. High end appliances such as Viking, Subzero, Wolf, and Bosch are a must. Six burner gas stoves, double ovens, convection ovens, warming drawers, pizza ovens, wine refrigerators, high end cabinetry, granite or other high end countertops, plenty of work space, center islands, and pantries are all key components fancy food loving buyers look for.
Now some people say realtors use the term "gourmet kitchen" too much so. So, I thought I'd take a look to see how many great gourmet kitchens are available right now on the MLS. Much to my surprise, of the 911 current listings in Belknap County, there were only a measly 14 kitchens that were touted as "gourmet" when I search for that term! Shocking, to say the least. Surely there are more than that; after all, we do get the cable cooking shows here. Where are Rachael Ray, Gordon Ramsey and Emeril when you need them?
You apparently don't have to spend a fortune to get a gourmet kitchen in a house. I found one in a $239,000 house in Meredith, but it might be a little suspect as there were no pictures of the kitchen on the MLS. Maybe the chef there was a guy named Boyardee?
Other gourmet kitchens were found at 28 Boulder Drive in Belmont (listed at $399,900), 62 Secord Road in Gilmanton ($495,000), 65 Cotton Hill Road in Belmont ($595,000), and a real nice one at 90 Minge Cove in Alton ($1.795 million.) There are hundreds of homes out there with absolutely stunning kitchens, but searching for them by using "gourmet" as a search term won't bring up all of them. Check with your realtor to find out which homes have that truly special kitchen you've been looking for. Undoubtedly, he knows several great examples of designer kitchens because he's been to open houses where he has chowed down in one or two of them... It's a rough job, but that's what we have to do! Bon Appétit ...
Please feel free to visit www.lakesregionhome.com to learn more about the Lakes Region real estate market and comment on this article and others. Data was compiled using the Northern New England Real Estate MLS System as of November 19, 2013. Roy Sanborn is a realtor at Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty and can be reached at 603-455-0335.
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Andrew Hosmer - Compromise needed for substantive change to health care landscape
New Hampshire stands at a critical juncture in the health care debate and the choices are clear. Do we proactively begin the process repairing our current failing, perhaps terminal, health care system or do we declare defeat and allow New Hampshire to buckle under this broken system's immense pressure. I believe legislators are elected to solve problems, not fight tired partisan battles that place politics over people. Therefore, it's my intention to partner with my colleagues in the New Hampshire Senate who are focused on long-term solutions and not short term, half-hearted fixes with arbitrary deadlines.
It's clear both chambers of the New Hampshire Legislature believe adults between 19 and 64, with incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty line (individuals earning less than $16,800 and a family of four living on less than $32,500 per year) should have access to health insurance. Encouraging preventive care, made possible through insurance, has the potential to radically reduce emergency care and improve a person's quality of life. Increased access to health insurance will also significantly reduce charity care in New Hampshire and in turn save hospitals upwards of a half billion dollars. Bad debt and unsustainable charity care operate as hard hitting economic anvils on hard working New Hampshire families, health care providers and our local economy.
In working towards health care solutions for our working poor and those struggling with paying insurance premiums, we must also be cognizant of always working towards fostering more competition in the health insurance marketplace, helping reduce premium costs for New Hampshire's business community and developing a health care performance matrix that measures success. Most importantly, there must be an increase, if not maintenance, of local control in health care decisions. New Hampshire control, alongside the establishment of safeguards in case the federal government doesn't fulfill its promises, are the keystones to a plan I will support.
We are in a position to make real substantive changes in New Hampshire's health care landscape. It will take compromise from both chambers and both sides of the political aisle. A "take it or leave it" approach will poison the process. I look forward to working with my fellow legislators who appreciate that standing idle is not an acceptable strategy and who are seeking solutions to tough issues that best serve our state and its hard working citizens.
(Laconia Democrat Andrew Hosmer represents District 7 in the New Hampshire Senate.)
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Brewer's Conjecture and the Feasibility of Consistent Available Partition-Tolerant Web Services (2002) by Seth Gilbert and Nancy Lynch: citeseer.ist.psu.edu/544596.html
E. F. Codd's "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks": www.seas.upenn.edu/~zives/03f/cis550/codd.pdf
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Dennis Forbes on Software and Technology: www.yafla.com/dforbes
Looking to the future with Cassandra by Ian Eure: about.digg.com/blog/looking-future-cassandra
NOSQL debrief by Johan Oskarsson: blog.oskarsson.nu/2009/06/nosql-debrief.html
BASE: An Acid Alternative by Dan Pritchett: queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1394128
Should you go Beyond Relational Databases? by Martin Kleppmann: carsonified.com/blog/dev/should-you-go-beyond-relational-databases
NoSQL Q and A: www.dbms2.com/2009/12/11/nosql-q-and-a
NoSQL Video by Brian Aker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhnGarRsKnA
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Awhile I suggested that part of his slump may be due to change of rackets. I then was berated here for believing in some marketing hype. FU.
When someone shanks that many balls, there is something off with their timing. Feds timing is usually spot on. I attribute it to that there was a genuine change in rackets. It is one of the only variables that has truly undergone change.
If anybody does a search, you will find that Wilson and Fed went through many molds to get "it right". I personally don't believe it is the previous racket with a new pj.
I agree with this.. even when he was playing the AO he was shanking a lot of balls on his forehand. Ever since he started playing that k-factor (yes I do believe he is playing a genuine k-factor) his forehand has been off.. his backhand did get better, but his forehand is just off.
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Can this mattress be used on an adjustable bed?
It get shipped rolled up tight with all the air compressed out. I was able to manage moving it into place by myself. Open the bag it comes in and it starts to puff up. Pull the bag of the end and watch it decompress. I do wish it was a 10" thick mattress. That's the only negative about it....
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This comfortable latex mattress conforms to your body, giving you superior comfort while you sleep. Latex and polyurethane foam provide comfort without the heat retention of memory foam. This mattress includes a washable cover for easy cleaning.
ITEM#: 13515702This mattress incorporates a durolux latex support sleep layer punched with tiny holes for improved air flow to complement the sleeping experience. The plush cover is removable and washable.
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very comfortable, worth the money
It get shipped rolled up tight with all the air compressed out. I was able to manage moving it into place by myself. Open the bag it comes in and it starts to puff up. Pull the bag of the end and watch it decompress. I do wish it was a 10" thick mattress. That's the only negative about it.Read More
Excellent Bed
Very comfortable. Since this purchase, we have slept sounder.Read More
I have to say that I haven't slept as soundly and comfortably as I did last night when I tried my new Latex mattress purchased from Overstock.com. It's the best thing I've done for myself in a very long time. I am so happy that I made the decision to replace my spring mattress that was at least twenty years old! It's like sleeping on a cloud! One of the reasons that I decided to purchase the mattress was because it is made in the U. S. A. We make quality products in our country and that is why I didn't hesitate to try this latex mattress. I am very happy with my purchase and would recommend it to anyone who needs a good night's sleep.Read More
Is an okay mattress
The mattress is pretty much what was advertised. When I first got it, it looked like the outer cover for the mattress had dirt on it or possibly mold. I washed it and it seemed as though it was still there. One thing I need to warn people about is allergies. You might not be aware of it, but latex comes from a tree (latex tree). If you are someone who has bad allergies, you might be allergic to the mattress. When I started sleeping on the mattress, my allergies actually got worse. Either the mattress has mold or something else on it or I am allergic to the latex. Not sure which it is. Just be aware of it. You have been warned. I ultimately had to buy mattress allergy covers to encase the mattress. My allergies seemed to get a little better after I did that. My regular boxspring mattress did not cause the problems with my allergies as this mattress does.Read More
Surprisingly Good Mattress
Without repeating myself, I thought I was buying a hard mattress, not a medium mattress. I had searched for firm queen latex mattress and this popped up. (NB: the filters that resulted in that fubar have been fixed. The same search today excludes this mattress, meaning O.co saw the error and corrected it.) Now, had I hated the mattress, I would have been SOL because 1) the description *does* state "medium" not "firm" which would have sent me straight into a chat session with customer support); and, 2) no returns on mattresses. Complicating this was the fact that I moved into a new apartment (ergo the need for a new bed) with the help of the 18 year old son of a friend. Had either of us been able to find someone else, I would have conveniently avoided the really heavy lifting. Result: worst back pull in 20 years. My back was so bad, it was impossible for me to evaluate the mattress. I had to wait until the spasms settled down and the knots melted before I could determine if the mattress was a keeper or a friendly gift to a worthy charity. (Meanwhile, thank G-d for Vicodin!) Fortunately the acute pain disappeared a week or so ago. So, after spending aa week fairly evaluating the mattress, I have to confess that I am more than pleasantly surprised. I *love* the mattress. I had a box spring mattress down in Miami before marrying and moving up north. It too was a terrific mattress, made by a local and purchased through their retail outlet. The mattress set cost me around $900 but was worth twice what I paid for it. So, here I am, a couple of years later, divorced and 1,500 miles from my favorite mattress purveyor. (About the only good thing from the divorce was I no longer had to sleep on a really expensive - therefore, not gonna be replaced any time soon - POS mattress that left me creaking and aching every morning.) And, let's face it, folks: buying a mattress is a crap shoot. I went through the denial stage, certain that I could put together a cross reference of Sealy or Serta or (fill in the blank) matresses that would allow me to choose a style/model/line and then optimize on price. I had to give up like so many before me. I mean, come on: It's ridiculous that every retail chain gets to choose unique names for the various mattress lines, guaranteeing that there's no way in hell anyone's going to be able to pick a model and then do price comparison. *Total* crap shoot. That's when I decided to quit that game. That's when I decided to buy a foam mattress. I had already done the research and knew that the range in out-of-box producer quality was fairly tight, much tighter than amongst the gangsters running the boxspring mattress con. Who knows how long any mattress witll last (servicable life is perhaps the single most important criterion in assessing relative mattress quality)? But I refused to play the big boys' gam any more. I'm happy to let a smaller company take my money as long as I have a sense the game was not rigged as badly as the boxspring scam. I'll accept the risk on longevity. In my research, it's pretty clear that with boxspring sets, unless you're buying top-of-the-ine, mattress life is highly unpredictable, meaning the risk with a foam mattress was no worse than with a boxspring. I chose to go with latex because 1) I don't trust the whole concept of "memory foam". I want a mattress that's firm and will have a consistent feel and support for at least a decade. (Maybe I'm misunderstanding how memory foam works, but the world often turns on the musings of Emily Litella [a Gilda Radner character on SNL who always got everything wrong but was vociferous in her objections]. Why should I be the exception to the rule?!?); 2) I read that latex is really firm, meeting my other baseline criterion; 3) I read that latex mattresses were common before the modern age (aka, the age of extreme consumerism starting in around 1950 and continuing even today), before the boxspring racketeers played the new consumerists like Steve Marin burning up that banjo of his. They just went all out and, in the end, made latex seem archaic. First, rid the market of tecnological competition and then collude (yeah: they all just *happened* to agree that no major boxspring manufacturer was going to allow price competition between any of the chains selling their products) to foment mass confusion at the retail level. I think it's really cool that latex isn't new, it's merely starting to emerge from long, long hibernation induced by crooks in suits with the able assistance of Madison Avenue genius (run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes!) Bottom line, here. I'm delighted with this mattress. My back feels great in the morning. That hasn't happened since before the disaster-known-as-my-seond-marriage to the jerk formerly-known-as-my-wife.I give this mattress the highest grade - subject to longevity. Maybe I can get it with my mattress. Lord knows it wasn't gonna happen with my marriage. <rolls eyes>Read More
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All I can say is this is the most comfortable mattress I have ever owned. I've never slept better and to think I was gong to buy one of the big name brands. This is an awesome value and I LOVE IT......................Read More
We're Thrilled
We were looking for a natural latex mattress but felt the prices were too high, so we took a measured chance on this find. We read the reviews that we already posted, all favorable, and decided to go for it. We couldn't be happier. I am sensitive to "out-gassing" odors, and though when we opened this mattress that it would have a fowl odor for several days. IT DID NOT. We haven't have such good night's sleep as we have for the past week. Although we can't turn back the hands of time, the aches and pains that were from our old mattress and not from normal aging, do not now keep us awake, awaken us during the night, or prevent us from rising in the morning. We would buy this product again!Read More
First, I have to say that I've gone through too many mattresses for any normal person over the last 6 years. I had SO many problems with inner spring mattresses. The last one started out great, then started sinking in the middle (despite two people sleeping on it). Anyway, this was kind of a shot in the dark purchase after looking up latex and memory foam mattresses. I was worried about buying memory foam because of the heat retention so I went with this latex topped one. I also read that polyurethane foam (the bottom portion of the mattress) is a foam that doesn't lose it's shape over time. After just one night, I can say it's fantastic! It comes vacuum sealed in a big roll and just pops open when you cut it open. It's nice and firm but comfortable for side sleeping. You could easily add a pillow top if you need more padding. Whatever the case, I'm in love with this mattress. Hopefully it will stand the test of time, but given the materials and my research, I think this one if finally the winner.Read More
Positive review
Well real quick I have been in the hunt for a good night sleep for many years and after preparing and researching developing my own multilayer foam/latex mattress and buying the required foam/latex densities online, I learned the make your own mattress can be expensive. So after much back and forth i decided to plunk down the cash and buy a somewhat unknowing product for my wife and I. I will say after 3 weeks with the mattress I have never slept'd so well. I do not think I even move in bed anymore as I was always pulling the covers from my wife before. I wake up in the morning with no lower back ache and stiffness. The mattress appears to do the trick. Longevity of the mattress is yet to be determined, but I am hopeful it will go a few years.Read More
Best Purchase Ever
I used to get excited about when I'd have to sleep in a hotel for work, etc. because I'd actually get to sleep on a nice bed. Alas, no more. This bed is fantastic, and when I do have to go a few nights without it, I notice immediately in restfulness and aches. My husband and I do not like super firm beds. So, if that is your thing, this might not be the bed for you. This isn't super soft or like a plush top, either. It's a very supportive, yet still a comfortable and cushy dream. It is far superior to memory foam, which is too warm and too conforming. Seriously, this is the best purchase we've made possibly ever, and we were a bit worried about buying something blindly off the internet. One final note about allergies: obviously if you are allergic to latex this is not the bed for you, BUT if you have pollen, dander, household allergies as we do, this is a great choice. It does not harbor those little allergens like our old traditional mattress did, and we notice our allergies less. Also, we let the mattress air out a bit before we set it up, and that was a good choice.Read More
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Hello blanknits, yes, this mattress should work on an adjustable bed. Have a great day!
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The British Jewish Chronicle asks four known Jews to weigh in on the ever-sticky question of identity. After clearing his throat with the obvious ("We are not just a religion.… Equally, though, Jews are not just an ethnic group"), writer Jonathan Freedland makes the point that the trouble with attempts to "locate the Jewish essence in some sort of sensibility, even a very broad, capacious one, is that there will always be some Jews who are not quite like that." Filmmaker Naomi Gryn's insights are limited to extolling her own commitment to some amorphously defined Jewishness while bashing the authority of the Orthodox sector, whose members she defines as "anachronistic misogynists who have decided that they have some sort of authority over defining who is a Jew."
Reliably, writer Howard Jacobson has the most colorful take, characterizing Jews as thinkers and questioners via an anecdote about two Yeshiva boys discussing which prayer to say over toasted bread. "That seems to me wonderful, that there is a culture in the world that would spend money to say: 'Go study the difference between bread and toast and it doesn't matter how long you take.' It is my passion. I earn my money essentially arguing about the difference between bread and toast."
Although none of these perspectives is apt to rock the world of identity politics, Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen expresses one common view best in praising the merits of Jewdar: "We can be on the other side of the world and the presence of a Jew is something that doesn't take us more than a few seconds to determine." In other words, Jews, at the end of the day, are like pornography: you know them when you see them.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Mary L.G. Theroux | Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty
Recorded: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux testified on "Childhood Poverty, Government Failures, and the Need for Economic Liberty", before the California State Senate's Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, at the request of State Senator Jeff Stone. The witnesses spoke about California's Maximum Family Grant rule for families on welfare. The rule caps grants and does not increase grant money to mothers on welfare when they have more children. Mary testified about the causes of poverty and of the need for other, non-government options for poor families. She introduced ideas for helping the poor through private resources and organizations, instead of government agencies where families and women often find themselves trapped in a cycle of poverty.
Experts: Mary L. G. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Culture/ Society, Economic Policy, Family, Health Care, Housing, Labor and Employment, Politics, Privatization, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes, Welfare, Womens Issues
A Century of Economic Folly
Recorded: Saturday, November 15, 2014
Research Fellow Burton A. Abrams appears on the "Freedom & Prosperity Radio" show with host Joe Thomas. Abrams talks about his book The Terrible 10: A Century of Economic Folly which contains ten of the U.S. federal government's biggest economic mistakes and the fallout of those mistakes.
Experts: Burton A. AbramsType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Fiscal Policy/Debt, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, History (U.S)
Lawrence McQuillan on the Fed's Zero Interest Rate Policy
Recorded: Thursday, July 17, 2014
Senior Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appeared on The Rob Schilling radio show to discuss the Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) and how this effects the economy.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt
Robert Higgs on The Peter Schiff Radio Show on Economic Intervention
Recorded: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Fill-in host Tom Woods on the Peter Schiff Radio Show interviews Senior Fellow Robert Higgs. They discuss the history of government economic interventions during the Great Depression and World War II and how those lessons apply today. Check out some of Robert Higgs books mentioned on the program.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt, History (U.S), Labor and Employment, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes
Mary Theroux Talks with Butler on Business
Recorded: Friday, September 9, 2011
Experts: Mary L. G. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Politics
The Jason Lewis Show Interviews Emily Skarbek on the Government Cost Calculator
Recorded: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Dr. Emily Skarbek, Director of the Government Cost Calculator was interviewed on the nationally syndicated radio program, The Jason Lewis Show (Premiere Radio Networks). In the program, Dr. Skarbek uses MyGovCost.org to explain the specific effects of rampant government spending on the personal situation for any individual in America.
Experts: Emily C. SkarbekType: RadioIssues: Fiscal Policy/Debt, Taxes
Dr. Emily Skarbek Talks about the Government Cost Calculator on Taking Back America
Recorded: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Dr. Emily Skarbek, Director of the Independent Institutes MyGovCost.org was interviewed on the nationally syndicated, web, radio blog, Taking Back America. During the interview, Dr. Skarbek uses MyGovCost.org to explain the specific effects of rampant government spending for any individual in America. Dr. Skarbek illustrates how an individual can find out what their own personal costs imposed by government are, and what they could have earned instead.
Robert Higgs on the Consequences of Leviathan-sized Government
Recorded: Thursday, July 1, 2010
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs is interviewed here by Scott Horton on Antiwar.com Radio, warning those who long for total governmental and economic collapse to be careful what they wish for. Higgs also explains why federal spending cannot continue at the current record levels without a failure of the bond market. He further compares the military and economic over-extension of the Soviet Union prior to its collapse to the United States as a warning against rampant spending by the government.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Fiscal Policy/Debt, Terrorism and National Crises


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Biz Buzz: 12.17.06
Ex-CVB chief has problems in Fresno
Wayne Bennett, who led the Corpus Christi Convention & Visitors Bureau from 2001 to 2003, is facing a stormy situation in his job at the Fresno, Calif., Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The problems revolve around an alleged embezzlement of thousands of dollars by a former bookkeeper. Bennett said the bureau's financial problems existed before he was hired in November 2005, according to the Fresno Bee. However, bureau President James Pardini said the board thinks Bennett has done an inadequate job, according to the Bee.
Bennett worked for a marketing and communications firm in Corpus Christi before moving to Fresno. He oversees 10 employees and a budget of $850,000, about $735,000 coming from the City of Fresno.
Airgas rings Bell for 20th birthday
Airgas, Inc. celebrates 20 years in business on Tuesday by ringing the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
The company is one of the largest U.S. distributors of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and related hard goods, such as welding equipment and supplies. It also distributes safety products, nitrous oxide and dry ice, liquid carbon dioxide and process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia products.
Chairman and CEO Peter McCausland will ring the bell, accompanied by 2006 National Branch of the Year trophy winners Kathy Helmberger, the Corpus Christi branch manager, and Buzz Larson, the Faribult, Minn., branch manager.
Airgas (NYSE: ARG) has almost 11,000 employees in 900 locations nationwide.
Firm changes name, plans expansion
Empire Business Brokers of San Antonio has changed its name to Nexus Equity Partners.
The company, with one location in Corpus Christi, also announced plans to open five new locations statewide.
Jeremy Powledge, owner and president of the company, said the firm previously had been affiliated with a national network of independent business brokers. He said the goal for the company is to be the largest business broker firm of its type in the state within two or three years.
Nexus Equity Partners is a business broker that connects sellers and buyers of businesses. The company also has locations in Houston. It was launched two years ago by Powledge.
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Iran-UN nuclear talks advance, new round Nov. 11
VIENNA U.N. efforts to investigate suspicions that Iran has worked on nuclear arms appeared to gain traction Tuesday, with both sides speaking of "very productive" talks after nearly two years of deadlock and agreeing to meet again on Nov. 11 in Tehran.
Negotiators for Iran and the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency refused to go into details. But their expressions of optimism and agreement not only to meet again but also to do that in Tehran pointed toward forward movement.
Their decision to issue a joint statement, instead of their usual practice of speaking to reporters separately, was seen as a sign of progress. Read by Tero Varjoranta, head of the IAEA team, the statement spoke of a "very productive meeting" of `'substantive discussion" and `'cooperation" in the two-day talks ending Tuesday.
Comments from him and Iranian chief negotiator Reza Najafi, speaking in their own capacity, also were bullish. Najafi spoke of a `'new chapter of cooperation," with the IAEA, while Varjoranta said he expected to "complete our work as quickly as possible."
It was the second time this month that talks focused on international concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions ended positively and in line with the stated determination of top officials within Iran's new government to work on reducing such fears.
Iran also is seeking relief from crippling economic sanctions in return for concessions on its nuclear program.
Next week, a new round of talks about Iran's nuclear program is scheduled in Geneva by Iran and six world powers. Both sides described their last round of these talks in October as positive, with Tehran ready to discuss some curbs on programs that can create both atomic energy and the fissile core of nuclear arms.
While the Vienna and Geneva talks are formally separate, they are linked by concerns over Iran's nuclear aspirations, and progress in one may result in advances in the other.
Tehran denies either wanting or working on atomic arms.
The Vienna talks have been deadlocked over agency experts seeking an open-ended investigation in Iran, and its government insisting that a document be prepared that outlines the limits on what can be inspected, who can be questioned, and other constraints.
Expectations of progress were raised even before Monday's opening Vienna round after Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with IAEA chief Yukiya Amano and promised `'new approaches" meant to end the impasse.
Araghchi and other senior Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed willingness to work on reducing fears about Iran's nuclear aims since reformist Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office in August. Araghchi is a senior negotiator for Iran at the Geneva talks.
Alluding to those negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Washington is willing to test Iran's new style while keeping its "eyes wide open" to make sure that Tehran's words would translate into actions.
As part of its probe, the IAEA is trying to gain access to a sector at Parchin, a sprawling military establishment southeast of Tehran. The agency suspects the site may have been used to test conventional explosive triggers meant to set off a nuclear blast.


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Moodie, Rob*, Swinburn, Boyd, Richardson, Jeff* and Somaini, Bertino* (2006) Childhood obesity - a sign of commercial success, but a market failure., International journal of pediatric obesity, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 133-138, Informa Healthcare, United Kingdom [C1]
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How to Make a Rice Bag
Rice bags can be a useful item for making in place of bean bags or for using as heat bags. This article provides a simple method for making them.
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There is growing opposition to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's proposal for a heliport at the Mahalaxmi racecourse.
The Joggers and Walkers Association formed by people who use the racecourse regularly started a signature campaign on Sunday morning opposing the "absurd" proposal.
Said Mitali Shirodkar, former president of the association: ``We are shocked at this proposal. The racecourse is one of the few remaining open spaces in the city. I don't understand how anyone could have even thought of having a heliport there," she told dna on Sunday.
She said her association is considering initiating a public interest litigation (PIL) to stop the proposal from taking off.
Viren Shah, president of the Federation of Retail Traders' Associations, who is a regular at the racecourse, said: "The noise at the heliport will be harmful not only to citizens but also to the horses. The poor animals will be scared by the noise generated by the helicopters, especially since the heliport is being designed to operate day and night. We will oppose the proposal tooth and nail.
"The heliport will benefit only a handful of people. It's shocking that for the benefit of a few people, the rest of the citizens are being put to inconvenience. This project should be scrapped totally."
However, Pradip Palshetkar, a businessman, said: "I think the heliport will be in the interest of Mumbaikars. Today, VIP convoys coming from and going to the airport cause traffic jams across the metropolis. If VIPs are transported to and from the heliport, it will obviate these traffic snarls. But, the heliport should be used only for VIPs."
Mayor Sunil Prabhu reiterated his strong opposition to the proposal. "As the first citizen of Mumbai, I have already written to the chief minister, opposing the proposal. But, if the CM does not agree, we will mobilise the public in a big way. In fact, my party, the Shiv Sena, wants the entire racecourse to be moved out of Mumbai. Our leader Uddhav Thackeray has already stated that it should be relocated to a place outside the city. Those who want to watch horse races can go there. We want a massive park to be developed on the 225 acres of land currently being occupied by the racecourse. The Shiv Sena is committed to this," Prabhu told dna on Sunday.
In fact, the heliport and racecourse issues are likely to escalate during the assembly elections scheduled for October.
Many in the Congress say that Chavan should not push for the heliport. "Already, our party is being perceived to be anti-people. If we back the heliport proposal, we will alienate the common man even more," a Congress legislator observed. The party had lost all six Lok Sabha seats in the city. Given this scenario, Chavan may find himself politically isolated on this issue.
Given the fact that the Shiv Sena has taken a decision to oppose the heliport, South Mumbai MP Arvind Sawant, who belongs to the Shiv Sena, can also be expected to go against the move. City BJP president Ashish Shelar was unavailable for comment. But, his party MP and all India secretary Kirit Somaiya made it clear that he was against the proposal.


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Whether you've pulled this week's Voice out of a kiosk or you're reading this online in your (hopefully) ergonomic computer chair, chances are that you take the objects you interact with daily for granted. Gary Hustwit name-checks his stylish 2007 typography doc Helvetica in this second film of a proposed nerd-porn trilogy, a slickly entertaining and thorough enough curiosity about the form, function, context, inspiration, and evolution of industrial design. Broader in scope than Helvetica but shot as if it were a sequel, Objectified asks an elite global posse of talking heads (creatives, journalists, and big dogs from Apple, BMW, and IDEO) to pontificate on their sundry beliefs, and presents condensed portraits of the brainstorming, manufacturing, sale, and use of various household items. You probably won't ever look at a toothpick the same way, which is Hustwit's goal, just as it was when the topic was our culture's most prominent font, and he's smart to bring up how designers these days must think about sustainability. Still, as a story of human progress, he might have spent a little more time thinking about how our species will overcome rampant consumerism and a little less time fetishizing materialism. Despite its lip service to eco this and landfill-reduce that, Hustwit's film likes its stuff.
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Haren's 2-hitter for Angels tops Verlander, Tigers
ANAHEIM, Calif. Justin Verlander knew his winning streak was over the moment he stepped off the Angel Stadium mound, so he decided to go out with a memorable flourish.
After Verlander yielded seven hits and pitched impressively into the eighth inning, the Detroit ace was ejected while walking to the dugout in the Tigers' 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
Verlander's nine-game winning streak ended with his first loss since April 27, a span of 12 starts. Although Verlander (11-4) was sharp yet again, striking out eight while throwing 129 pitches, the Angels beat him with a second-inning run on Erick Aybar's double and a phenomenal performance by Dan Haren, who threw a two-hitter against Detroit's potent lineup for his 100th career victory.
Verlander had won in his last seven trips to the mound since May 29, with nine straight victories overall for the Tigers, who have lost six of eight.
"It's tough. The good side is, you pitched pretty well," Verlander said. "The bad side is, you lost. Our job is to go out there and keep our guys in the game, and hopefully they can scratch across a couple of runs tonight against a guy like Dan Haren. We just weren't able to do it. He was really good."
Detroit manager Jim Leyland also was ejected before the seventh inning. Leyland said he was steamed about a call at first base in the second inning that allowed Howie Kendrick to reach on an infield single, eventually leading to the only run.
Verlander had little to say about his ejection, but appeared to be angry after the umpires forced him to change balls during the sixth inning.
"You don't like to see that with either team, but those things happen," Leyland said of a game featuring three ejections. "It was a great matchup. Haren was terrific, and so was Justin. We expected the runs to be scarce, and obviously they were."
The Tigers also lost slugger Brennan Boesch in the third inning after he fouled a pitch off the inside of his right thigh.
Haren's parents were in attendance at Angel Stadium in hopes of seeing the milestone win, but the Tigers made Haren (9-5) work for it. He finished by retiring 15 straight batters, celebrating his 13th career complete game under a spray of fireworks.
"We'll definitely be celebrating," Haren said. "I wish it wasn't a day game tomorrow. ... I have a lot of respect for (Verlander) and what he can do. It's even more special because of the matchup and that lineup over there. Those 3-4-5 hitters are as good as it gets."
Verlander was named the AL pitcher of the month for June earlier Tuesday after the All-Star selection went 6-0 with a 0.92 ERA and 54 strikeouts, but Haren retired 19 of the Tigers' last 20 hitters overall, expertly mixing speeds and locations in a stark contrast to Verlander's intimidating power.
Detroit managed only Austin Jackson's third-inning triple and Jhonny Peralta's leadoff single in the fifth, with star sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez both going 0 for 3. Boesch also reached first in the first inning after striking out on a wild pitch, but Haren had nine strikeouts and didn't walk a batter.


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You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
Ella Fitzgerald
Can't run away from you, dear
I've tried so hard but I fear
You'll always follow me near and far
Just when I think that I'm set
Just when I've learned to forget
I close my eyes, dear, and there you are
You keep coming back like a song
A song that keeps saying, remember
The sweet used-to-be
That was once you and me
Keeps coming back like an old melody
The perfume of roses in May
Returns to my room in December
From out of the past where forgotten things belong
You keep coming back like a song
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