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Study questions how much better organic food is
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WASHINGTON - Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me?

 Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of research to find out - and concluded there's little evidence that going organic is much healthier, citing only a few differences involving pesticides and antibiotics.

 Eating organic fruits and vegetables can lower exposure to pesticides, including for children - but the amount measured from conventionally grown produce was within safety limits, the researchers reported Monday.

 Nor did the organic foods prove more nutritious.

 "I was absolutely surprised," said Dr. Dena Bravata, a senior research affiliate at Stanford and long-time internist who began the analysis because so many of her patients asked if they should switch.

 "There are many reasons why someone might choose organic foods over conventional foods," from environmental concerns to taste preferences, Bravata stressed. But when it comes to individual health, "there isn't much difference."

 Her team did find a notable difference with antibiotic-resistant germs, a public health concern because they are harder to treat if they cause food poisoning.

 Specialists long have said that organic or not, the chances of bacterial contamination of food are the same, and Monday's analysis agreed. But when bacteria did lurk in chicken or pork, germs in the non-organic meats had a 33 percent higher risk of being resistant to multiple antibiotics, the researchers reported Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

 That finding comes amid debate over feeding animals antibiotics, not because they're sick but to fatten them up. Farmers say it's necessary to meet demand for cheap meat. Public health advocates say it's one contributor to the nation's growing problem with increasingly hard-to-treat germs. Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, counted 24 outbreaks linked to multidrug-resistant germs in food between 2000 and 2010.

 The government has begun steps to curb the nonmedical use of antibiotics on the farm.

 Organic foods account for 4.2 percent of retail food sales, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It certifies products as organic if they meet certain requirements including being produced without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, or routine use of antibiotics or growth hormones.

 Consumers can pay a lot more for some organic products but demand is rising: Organic foods accounted for $31.4 billion sales last year, according to a recent Obama administration report. That's up from $3.6 billion in 1997.

 The Stanford team combed through thousands of studies to analyze the 237 that most rigorously compared organic and conventional foods. Bravata was dismayed that just 17 compared how people fared eating either diet while the rest investigated properties of the foods themselves.

 Organic produce had a 30 percent lower risk of containing detectable pesticide levels. In two studies of children, urine testing showed lower pesticide levels in those on organic diets. But Bravata cautioned that both groups harbored very small amounts - and said one study suggested insecticide use in their homes may be more to blame than their food.

 Still, some studies have suggested that even small pesticide exposures might be risky for some children, and the Organic Trade Association said the Stanford work confirms that organics can help consumers lower their exposure.

 CSPI's DeWaal noted that difference, but added that the issue is more complicated. Some fruits and vegetables can harbor more pesticide residue than others - she listed peaches from Chile as topping a recent testing list. Overall levels have dropped in North American produce over the last decade as farms implemented some new standards addressing child concerns, she said.

 "Parents with young children should consider where their produce is coming from," DeWaal said, calling types grown in the U.S. or Canada "a safer bet" for lower pesticide levels.

 As for antibiotics, some farms that aren't certified organic have begun selling antibiotic-free meat or hormone-free milk, to address specific consumer demands, noted Bravata. Her own preference is to buy from local farmers in hopes of getting the ripest produce with the least handling.

 That kind of mixed approach was evident in a market in the nation's capital Thursday, where Liz Pardue of Washington said she buys organic "partially for environmental reasons." Pardue said she doesn't go out of her way to shop organic, but if she does, it's to buy mostly things that are hard to wash like berries and lettuce.

 Michelle Dent of Oxon Hill, Md., said she buys most of her groceries from regular chain stores but gets her fruit from organic markets: "It's fresh; you can really taste it."

 Anna Hamadyk of Washington said she buys only organic milk because she has a young son.

 "I would love to buy everything organic, but it's just too much money," said Hamadyk, who also shops at local farmers markets.

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|The videos are there, and everything looks fine but the thing is that when I try to press Play it won't play at all. Other videos can play, but the full episodes/movie won't play at all. I've checked my software and everything and everything is perfect. I'm not sure what's wrong.
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|Do you live in North America? Because most of the free episodes available at ANN are only for North America's eyes only. ANN wanted to be able to give everyone the opportunity to watch them, but due to the nature of the company they deal with (a North American licensor) they simply are not able to do so.
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|Yup I do live in the US. Northeast to be exact.
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Well, then it's obviously not your location. Maybe your firewall or adblocker? At any rate, I'm sure ANN Staff will be able to help you out, though you might have to be patient for the time being. Everyone seems to be on holiday.
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|I've had a little trouble with some of them, as well. For example: Ramen Fighter Miki part 2b ran fine, but 1a, 2a, and 2c wouldn't load for me.
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I'm having problems playing a lot of the previews and the latest episode of Girls High for some reason. I get the screen that tells me that I either don't have the Flash player installed at all, or, I need you upgrade to the version required to play the video. I live in North America and my Flash player is up to date. Any idea why I can't view the videos?
Some trailers play and others won't. For example, the Xam'd: Lost Memories clip is one of the trailers that I get that Flash Player message screen for and won't play.
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|I'm getting a "No suitable media files found in this feed" message on the Sasami: Magical Girl Club video at the moment. The one for the second season works fine though, and I don't see any other trailers with this error.
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The Sasami one is a simple typo in the URL that's been fixed now. Sorry about that.
As for the segments of the streaming anime that aren't working, we'll go over our flash sensing code. Can you please tell us what browser/OS you're using? Thanks!
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Windows XP Home and Firefox.
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|Some of the streaming episodes arent' working for me as well. But if I try the next day, sometimes it will. I've tried watching them on my main PC (64 bit Vista Ultimate, IE7), on my PS3, and my laptop (32 bit Vista Home, IE7), but all of them do the same thing. Either the video won't start downloading, or it'll only download a couple seconds into the video, then stop. But I have had luck with the videos playing on my PC, Laptop and PS3 at some point in time.
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|I have windows Xp using firefox and every video starts at a screen that has your logo and say fast easy free and just sits there doing nothing.
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I'm having the same problem. It's been with everything I have tried, trailers, ANN TV, and the streaming episodes.
I'm running Windows XP (SP2), Firefox 3.0.5, and Flash 10,0,12,36. If I right click in the player window and go to the "about JW player" link, the video on that website plays fine.
I also tried it on another computer that is running Linux, Firefox 220.127.116.11, and Flash 22.214.171.124, and none of the videos will play on that system either.
Update: It looks like whatever the problem was, it has resolved itself. Which, if nothing was wrong on the ANN side, and nothing has changed on my side, means (I guess) it must have been some kind of connection issue? Anyway, thanks for posting the video troubleshooting topic. If any future issues come up, I will go there first and try all of the suggestions posted.
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Ignoring the technical difficulty, would it be humanly possible for me to convert this to Sora or better road components? I'll try to get some data on the bike to figure this out better, but this is what i'm guessing i've got to do.
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CHOCTAW — Even though they are ready to move on, Gary and Rhonda Buford still stood and watched as the long arm of an excavator tore through the roof of their dream home Wednesday.
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Mahoney slowed down and called for help. He was flying solo and communicated with a landing signal officer, who can act as a co-pilot of sorts from the ground. Mahoney approached the USS Bataan at about 300 feet, so the LSO could see the landing gear and diagnose the issue. The LSO, nicknamed "Paddles," confirmed that the nose gear did not come back down.
It was then that Mahoney was informed of a stool built for this particular situation. By lining up the nose of the jet with this invention, it was possible for the pilot to conduct a vertical landing. Mahoney had no experience with this.
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"It was then that Mahoney was informed of a stool built for this particular situation."
thinking to himself "Oh, sure...NOW you tell me..."
Sounds like the Navy knew it had a nose gear problem already, and prepared for the possibility.
It's a Harrier for goodness sake, built to take off and land like a helo. Still a good days work. Sand bags have been used for helicocpters like this before.
Harriers are known as "lawn darts". Good thing it was just the nose gear. Good job by the pilot and crew to save it.
Then I saw the video and realized it was a Harrier.
Why does Yahoo video suck so much?
Everything isnt a conspiracy. The Harrier isn't known for gear failures. More like the Navy knew that gear failures happen on -every- plane in the inventory, bar none. But that the Harrier is the only one you could possibly settle down into a cradle with little more expense than a sawhorse,,,,with no damage.
Good planning ahead USN/USMC.
I would think it would be a lot easier to get a large inflatable tube and lay it across the path of the jet so the pilot could see it and more easily judge the impact point (or yes, sandbags, foam, or whatever). Yes, the pilot did a good job with the stool, but why a stool that the pilot can't see in the first place? Just saying.
Easy to say when you aren't in the pilot seat.
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Was it built in Blaine, Missouri?
"and doing so isn't really that stupendous of a feat."
Sounds like you might not have been alone in that cockpit.
It already has a rep as one of the most difficult machines in our inventory to master. Coming in vertically on the gear has a small margin of error. But hitting the deck a couple of feet, one side or the other, probably won't cause any issue.
But settling it down -precisely- into a cradle, without the shock absorbing landing gear, on the moving deck of a ship really was kinda a stupendous feat. Good flying Marine.
I'd have soiled my flightsuit for sure...but this came out much better than most "vertical landings" do.
A few feet away from the intakes, and a few more feet away from downward vectored exhausts. Why do you think they might not elect to use a big inflatable tube?
Did you *read* the article? They told him about it and he successfully landed on the stool.
My eye is twitching, but I'm a Marine mom. More good landing stories in comments at link.
What's the big deal? He's a MARINE.
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That's what the headline sounds like. It made me think of the X-13 Vertijet.
I was imagining a landing with the plane vertical; with the nose pointed towards the earth and the tail sticking up in the air.
I doubt they would ever get the seat unclinched if that was the case.
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Well actually this WAS a conspiracy, by definition. Because more than one person conspired to create the nose "stool" to be used exactly for this situation. And, this situation could not occur without the plane trying to land, which would include a pilot at the controls. And, said pilot knew nothing about this nose stool.
Therefore the nose stool was create by multiple people without informing the very person who's life would depend on it's proper use. That's a conspiracy of silence, and a fairly serious one, since the life of the pilot would depend on him using it properly and pilots tend to like to know about their equipment and practice using them to keep from, like, dying.
So why do it? Only one reason comes to my mind - it was an issue they didn't want to worry the pilots about, because it would have meant more training, money, red tape, review problems, whatever for the Navy. BUT, it was also a problem they wanted to prepare for so as not to get a pilot killed over something they could prevent. Solution? Conspiracy. Make the nose stool, don't tell the pilot, only use it if necessary.
use a heavy rubber bladder material. fill it with water. tie it down so it can't move, whatever. But, make sure the pilot can see each end. Anything is better than a little stool the pilot can't see in the first place. you know those bladders used to raise things off the bottom of the ocean? lots of other options that our tax dollars could come up with other than a stool.
There is a stool built for Just after this type of situation as well.
Hoping they cover this in flight school for Ben.
Yes. It's just that article specified that he hadn't heard about it before he had to use it, and i thought he'd probably like to have known about it before hand.
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Capital: Maseru
Population: 2,135,000
Political Rights Score: 3 *
Civil Liberties Score: 3 *
Status: Partly Free
Status Change Explanation
Lesotho's political rights rating declined from 2 to 3 and its status from Free to Partly Free due to unresolved disputes over legislative seats from the 2007 and 2008 elections and a breakdown in internationally mediated negotiations between the government and opposition.
Unknown gunman opened fire on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's home in April 2009 in an apparent assassination attempt, which was widely linked to continuing disputes between the ruing Lesotho Congress for Democracy and opposition parties over results from the 2007 snap legislative elections and 2008 by-elections. Positions on both sides hardened in 2009, and in September, mediation efforts by the Southern African Development Community failed after Lesotho's government refused to negotiate any longer.
Lesotho gained independence from Britain in 1966, and the following 30 years featured a number of military coups, annulled elections, and suspensions of constitutional rule. Parliamentary elections in 1998, although judged free and fair by international observers, set off protests after the results gave the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party 79 out of 80 constituency seats with just 60.5 percent of the vote. Troops from South Africa and Botswana – under the mandate of the 14-country Southern African Development Community (SADC) – were summoned to restore order, and an agreement that year stipulated that future elections must be supervised by an independent commission and include 40 additional, proportionally determined seats in the National Assembly. In the 2002 elections, the LCD captured 57.7 percent of the vote and 77 of 80 constituency seats, while the opposition Basotho National Party (BNP) won 21 of the new proportional-representation seats.
Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili called snap elections in late 2006 after 18 members of the LCD – led by former cabinet minister Tom Thabane – defected to join a new opposition party, the All Basotho Congress (ABC). The February 2007 polls, originally set for May, left a shortened, 90-day timetable that resulted in hasty preparations by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Nevertheless, the elections were declared free and fair by domestic and international observers. According to the IEC, the LCD won 61 of the 80 constituency seats, with the ABC capturing 17. The commission allocated 21 of the 40 proportional-representation seats to the LCD-allied National Independent Party (NIP) and 10 to the Lesotho Workers' Party (LWP), the ABC's ally. Six other parties were also awarded seats.
Opposition parties – including the ABC/LWP and the BNP, which lost 18 seats – disputed the allocations and called a general strike. The strike was halted after the SADC agreed to mediate, but the talks failed to formally resolve the dispute. In 2008, 43 by-elections were held, the results of which were also contested by the opposition. ABC supporters protested outside the office of the IEC and held some workers hostage until the protest was broken up by police. In July 2009, the head SADC mediator, former Botswana president Sir Ketumile Masire, ended his mission in Lesotho, accusing the government of avoiding direct talks with the opposition. The following month, a call by the opposition for a work boycott in Maseru failed to gain significant support. In late 2009, the Christian Council of Lesotho took over facilitating the dialogue from the SADC, but no progress had been made between the parties by year's end.
In April 2009, Prime Minister Mosisili was the target of an assassination attempt when several gunmen opened fire on his house; one of the assailants was killed in the ensuing gunfight.Government officials and some journalists linked the assassination attempt to the election dispute, depicting it as a failed coup. Seven people were subsequently arrested, and their trials were pending at year's end.
Drought has plagued the country since 2001, leading to critical food shortages and the dependence of some 450,000 people on food aid. Lesotho is also scarred by an adult HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of about 24 percent, one of the world's highest. The government announced in 2005 that it would offer free HIV testing to all citizens, the first such program in the world. By the end of 2006, approximately 28,000 of the country's 58,000 infected citizens were receiving anti-retroviral treatment.
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Lesotho is an electoral democracy. King Letsie III serves as ceremonial head of state. Under a system introduced in 2002, 80 of the 120 seats in the lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, are filled by first-past-the-post constituency votes, and 40 are filled by proportional representation. Members serve five-year terms, and the leader of the majority party becomes prime minister. The Senate, the upper house of Parliament, consists of Lesotho's 22 traditional principal chiefs, who wield considerable authority in rural areas, and 11 other members appointed on the advice of the prime minister.
Snap elections held in 2007 resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling LCD and its ally, the NIP. Opposition parties – including the ABC, LWP, and BNP – continue to contest the results of both the 2007 polls and 2008 by-elections, accusing the government of poll rigging, gerrymandering, and unfairly allocating seats. In 2008, the government announced a new digital voter-registration system designed to curtail fraud.
The government has aggressively prosecuted corruption cases. In recent years, over a dozen officials and international construction firms have been investigated – and a number of both convicted – for bribery and other crimes associated with the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), a multibillion-dollar dam and watershed project. Lesotho was ranked 89 out of 180 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index.
The government generally respects freedom of speech and the press, though press freedom has declined in recent years. Independent newspapers and radio stations routinely criticize the government, while state-owned print and broadcast media tend to reflect the views of the ruling party. In 2008, the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) increased the cost of broadcasting licenses sevenfold, from $400 to $3,000, drawing objections from press freedom advocates. Among other problems, media criticism of the government can result in heavy libel penalties, the government has been accused of withdrawing advertisements from critical outlets, and reporters are occasionally harassed or attacked. In September 2009, Marafaele Mohloboli, a Lesotho Times journalist and local press freedom advocate, received a death threat at her home. The government does not restrict internet access.
Freedom of religion in this predominantly Christian country is widely observed. The government does not restrict academic freedom.
Freedoms of assembly and association are generally respected. Several nongovernmental organizations operate openly. In October 2009, the ruling LCD introduced the Public Meetings and Procession Bill to parliament. If passed, the law would require prior approval from local chiefs, the police, or relevant government officials in order to hold a public meeting; the bill was still pending at year's end. While labor rights are constitutionally guaranteed, the union movement is weak and fragmented, and many employers in the textile sector do not allow union activity.
Courts are nominally independent, but higher courts are especially subject to outside influence. The large backlog of cases often leads to trial delays and lengthy pretrial detention. Mistreatment of civilians by security forces reportedly continues. Prisons are dilapidated and severely overcrowded and lack essential health services; instances of torture and excessive force have been reported. An independent ombudsman's office is tasked with protecting citizens' rights. A 2009 study by the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa found that while the office has largely fulfilled its tasks of combating maladministration, dealing with injustice in the public service, and protecting human rights, it has largely failed to effectively fight corruption.
Tensions between Basotho and the small Chinese business community have led to minor incidents of violence.
The constitution bars gender-based discrimination, but customary practice and law still restrict women's rights in areas including property and inheritance. While their husbands are alive, women married under customary law have the status of minors in civil courts and may not enter into binding contracts. Domestic violence is reportedly widespread, but is becoming less socially acceptable. In 2006, the government implemented a policy of improved medical care for victims of rape. A 2005constitutional amendment reserves a third of the seats in municipal councilsfor women.
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I LOVE the first photo. The pool looks so nice and the view too! X
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Like Blair Waldorf said:
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nepal As tumultuous a day as professional tennis has produced in its nearly half-century history ended in the most unforeseeable, unexplainable way of all: A second-round loss by Roger Federer at the All England Club.
The seven-time Wimbledon champion and 17-time Grand Slam champ shuffled off Centre Court with dusk approaching on the fortnight's first Wednesday, his head bowed, his streak of reaching at least the quarterfinals at a record 36 consecutive major tournaments snapped by a man ranked 116th.
His remarkable 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) defeat against Sergiy Stakhovsky marked Federer's earliest Grand Slam exit in a decade. He lost in the first round of the French Open on May 26, 2003, back before he owned a single trophy from any of the sport's most important sites.
"This is a setback, a disappointment, whatever you want to call it," said Federer, the defending champion. "Got to get over this one. Some haven't hurt this much, that's for sure."
He had plenty of company on a wild, wild Wednesday brimming with surprising results, a slew of injuries - and all manner of sliding and tumbling on the revered grass courts, prompting questions about whether something made them more slippery.
Seven players left because of withdrawals or mid-match retirements, believed to be the most in a single day at a Grand Slam tournament in the 45-year Open era. Among that group: second-seeded Victoria Azarenka; sixth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; 18th-seeded John Isner, who will forever be remembered for winning a 70-68 fifth set in the longest match ever; and Steve Darcis, the man who stunned 12-time major champion Rafael Nadal on Monday.
"Very black day," summed up 10th-seeded Marin Cilic, who said a bad left knee forced him to pull out of his match.
The third-seeded Federer simply was unable to derail Stakhovsky's serve-and-volley style, breaking the 27-year-old Ukrainian only once.
Still, there actually was a real chance for Federer to get back in the thick of things. Ahead 6-5 in the fourth, he held a set point as Stakhovsky served at 30-40. But Stakhovsky came up with this sequence: volley winner, 111 mph ace, serve-and-volley winner.
"I had my opportunities, had the foot in the door. When I had the chance, I couldn't do it," said Federer, who is 122-18 on grass over his career, while Stakhovsky is 13-12. "It's very frustrating, very disappointing. I'm going to accept it and move forward from here. I have no choice."
In the closing tiebreaker, with spectators roaring after every point, Stakhovsky raced to a 5-2 lead, and the match ended with Federer pushing a backhand wide on a 13-stroke exchange. Stakhovsky dropped to his back, then later bowed to the stadium's four sides. He sat in his sideline chair, purple Wimbledon towel draped over his head, as Federer quickly headed for the locker room. Stakhovsky peeked out and saw Federer leaving, then applauded right along with the fans' standing ovation.
"You're playing the guy and then you're playing his legend," Stakhovsky said. "You're playing two of them. When you're beating one, you still have the other one who is pressing you. You're saying, `Am I about to beat him? Is it possible?'"
It was, and Federer was one of seven players who have been ranked No. 1 to depart the tournament in a span of about 8 1/2 hours. The others: Maria Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, who lost 6-3, 6-4 to 131st-ranked Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal; Caroline Wozniacki; Ana Ivanovic; Jelena Jankovic; Azarenka; and Lleyton Hewitt, who won Wimbledon in 2002.