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At Staten Island University Hospital, our physicians have earned a reputation
for excellence and innovation in education,
research and patient care. Our doctors are
renowned in their fields and lead
exceptional teams of nurses, technicians,
clinicians and support staff that deliver
advanced, compassionate care
to their patients.
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Staten Island University Hospital provides complete medical
and surgical services in inpatient and outpatient
settings at both our North and South site locations.
Read on to learn more about the full range of
services offered at SIUH, including
locations, contact information
and descriptions of programs.
At Staten Island University Hospital, we strive to provide
the best health care for our patients. We also seek
to make their stay as comfortable as possible.
That's why we provide many helpful
resources for patients and visitors
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hospital with ease.
Would you like to visit someone who is a patient at Staten Island University Hospital? If so, we welcome you. Family and friends
can play a key role in the healing process
for patients. You can serve as a
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Staten Island University Hospital is part of the Staten Island community. In addition to providing state-of-the-art healthcare services, we educate our
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Providing quality health care for our patients is our greatest priority.
In order to do this, our hospital family is committed
to the education of our medical caregivers.
We provide accredited training and
educational programs for physicians, nurses,
allied health professionals and technicians.
Courses in concert with R-1, R-2 and R-3 residents:
Other courses:
Training to be a Teacher:
Residents will be helped to acquire skills and confidence that will allow them to become effective teachers. We will make use of institutional resources designed to help faculty improve their teaching skills. We will also present material related to learning theory, including adult learning styles and needs. Residents will be helped to prepare classes that they will present to different groups in different settings: classes for PGY-1 residents and visiting medical students that are part of the regular curriculum; classes for professional staff at the institution that are part of the Department's ongoing continuing education programs; and classes to consumer and community groups on requested topics. Emphasis will be placed on using different teaching modalities, tailored to the audience and setting. Residents will research topics and prepare lesson plans, and present lessons in class to receive critical feedback from faculty, before the actual class. Residents should expect to teach at least one class monthly.
Scientific Reading Seminar:
Residents will be guided in pursuing advanced independent study of selected topics. Residents will be expected to lead seminar discussions on the works they have read, in which seminar participants will relate the topic of discussion to the works they are reviewing. Emphasis will be placed on works related to translational research (e.g., Translational Neuroscience: Applications in Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders); studies in the cognitive sciences (e.g.,
The Invisible Gorilla;
Perceptual Control Theory: Science and Applications - A Book of Readings; Consciousness Explained; Mirroring People: The Science of Empathy and How We Connect With Others); the history of psychiatry including critiques and perspectives from within the social sciences (e.g.,
History of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology: With an Epilogue on Psychiatry and the Mind-Body Relation;
Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul;
Madness: A Brief History); related disciplines, such as anthropology, especially those presenting insights gleaned from recent research (e.g.,
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are); and different schools of psychotherapy and psychological theory (e.g.,
Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition;
When Theories Touch: A Historical and Theoretical Integration of Psychoanalytic Thought;
Jung contra Freud: The 1912 New York Lectures on the Theory of Psychoanalysis). Residents will also be expected use this seminar to prepare a scholarly discussion paper in publishable form on one of the subject areas they study over the course of the year.
Advanced Study of Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice
This course will have two components: Residents will study in greater detail the theories underlying the principal modalities of psychotherapy for which there is evidence-based research support, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT); Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (DBT and MBCT); and Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT); as well as Best Practices with respect to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Supportive Psychotherapy for which there is less robust scientific support.
In addition, residents will present session records, including their use of clinical scales where relevant, from active psychotherapy cases using one of the modalities noted above. Each resident will have the opportunity to present and receive feedback from faculty and peers for 8-10 weeks over the course of the academic year. Where possible, cases will be followed episodically over several months, though brief therapy cases will also be selected for purposes of supervision.
Psychopharmacology Consult Service - Case Presentation:
Residents will present challenging psychopharmacology cases from the Consultation Service or from the Outpatient Department. Residents will be expected to review the case, perform an independent examination and write up their findings, including a literature review. Cases will be presented to senior consultants and a treatment plan recommended. Follow-up presentations will also be scheduled to examine the outcomes of recommended interventions.
Neurology Board Review:
Kaufman Review Course: preparation for the Neurology portion of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Examination. SIUH's Residency Program will underwrite attendance for all PGY-4 residents. Attendance includes preparation for the general psychiatric portion of the Board Examination.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It's still dry in Lake Tahoe. How dry, you ask? Dry enough that the whole place could burst into flames at any moment.
The National Weather Service issued a fire weather warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area Friday. The warning is in effect Sunday afternoon and evening.
"The combination of dry air and gusty winds would produce critical fire weather conditions," according to the warning.
The U.S. Forest Service is also putting fire personnel on alert Sunday due to the possibility of strong winds that could cause a wildland fire to become more intense and spread rapidly. Lack of rain or snow has already pushed the fire danger level back to high, and the Forest Service is urging the public to use caution with activities that could start a fire.
"We are essentially back in fire season," said Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Fire Chief Kit Bailey in a statement. "We're asking the community to stay alert and keep wildfire prevention in mind as these strong winds approach, along with some of our driest weather on record for this time of year."
Snow continues to evade the region, though meteorologists are predicting a change in the weather pattern that might bring some white stuff this way later next week.
"We have our initial front coming through Sunday night. It's not particularly wet, but it's cold," said Dawn Fishler, a meteorologist with NWS Reno. "That first system doesn't do much, but it opens the door for more."
Lake Tahoe can expect some snowfall between Wednesday and Sunday of next week, Fishler said. It won't be especially cold with snow levels expected to be between 6500 and 7500 feet.
"This far out it's hard to really put a number on (the amount of snowfall)," Fishler said.
Meanwhile, as another typically big ski holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, rolls in without natural snow, businesses continue to bear the burden of Tahoe's parched early winter. Buckingham South Lake Tahoe Vacation Rentals is booked to around 40 percent capacity for the weekend, down from most Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekends.
"Typically, we'd probably be around 60 to 70 percent," said spokesman Michael Rock. "Presidents Day is kind of spiking for us because there is some buzz about snow going around."
Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority executive director Carol Chaplin remained optimistic Friday.
"We're definitely going to feel it this weekend," Chaplin said of the lack of snow for the holiday weekend. "But we're trying to focus on this next storm coming in."

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it needs a fleet of 24
unmanned aerial vehicles to properly patrol the U.S. borders and aid
in national disaster relief, security officials now say. The
DHS would rather complete its anticipated UAV fleet as quickly as
possible, but is only receiving enough funds to purchase
one Predator aircraft every year.The use of UAVs
typically has been combat oriented, but can be used for a wide
variety of tasks over U.S. territory. The DHS previously
announced it plans to use UAVs to help
patrol the Mexican borders for illegal immigrants sneaking
across -- and more importantly, according to some security experts,
the drug and human smuggling groups that move freely across the
border.DHS officials will use its fleet to monitor both the
Canadian and Mexican borders, and wants to have the capability of
launching a UAV and reaching anywhere in the continental U.S. within
three hours. The U.S. Coast Guard recently finished testing the
Guardian UAV as part of its unmanned maritime response
movements.Another problem the DHS will have to deal with is
increased competition for experienced UAV pilots and sensor operators
-- the select few that aren't currently in the military are quickly
snapped up by private contractors and other government agencies.
quote: The border is a problem with a simple solution, sentry guns. Yes, sentry guns. *chirp chirp* no more problem.
quote: When people's mere existence in a country is a serious crime, there is something fundamentally wrong.
quote: Migration precedes the state system, the international system, and all contemporary laws and norms - quite simply it is a fundamental constant of human existence. No number of UAV's will change that.


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News 12 This Morning / Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- People all over the United States waited in line throughout the night for the release of the iPhone 5. In Augusta, people began lining up around midnight for stores that opened at 8 a.m.
"It's like Christmas," said Jovonda Mcneil.
"I got here at midnight last night," added Joshua Suarez, who was the first one in line at the Verizon Wireless store on Robert C. Daniel Parkway.
Many devoted iPhone fans lined the sidewalks in anticipation.
"I've had every iPhone that's came out, so I'm ready for the iPhone 5," said Brandon Phipps.
The stores are ready, too.
"We're expecting a lot of customers, a lot of lines, a lot of people coming in," said District Manager Stephan Swafford. "We've had a lot of people pre-order, so that's been very good as well."
In fact, over 2 million people across the country pre-ordered the iPhone 5 in just 24 hours.
"We expect it to be a very hot phone, a very exciting phone," Swafford said.
All that excitement comes from the upgraded design and features.
"I like the fact that it has a larger screen and 4G technology," Suarez said.
"The 4G technology, the bigger screen, you'll be able to Facetime over 3G instead of just using Wi-Fi," Phipps said.
One of the newest features with the updated software is a new mapping program. Instead of using Google Maps, it now has a 3D Apple Maps system that's getting a little bit of mixed reaction.
"I like it," said Gerrad Mitchell. "I wasn't a big fan of Google Maps. I haven't really used this to go anywhere yet, but just the mechanics of it seems a little bit smoother."
But not everyone agrees.
"It's like they're still trying to catch up a little bit," Mcneil said. "You can turn and rotate it and things like that, but I think the Google Maps is a little ahead of the game right now."
The phone is expected to hit a new sales record, shipping around 10 million new iPhone 5s by the end of September.
"It's just a fun device," Mcneil said. "You always look forward to the surprises."
The new iPhone also requires a new charger so you will need to either buy an adapter or new accessories made for the iPhone 5.


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'Conversations' Round-Up
Education and Patient Engagement Critical to Improve Health Care
07.01.13 | By John Castellani
Last week, we introduced 'Conversations,' a new forum that provides experts, innovators, patients and other stakeholders an opportunity to share ideas through a live, ongoing dialogue about the future of health care. We received some incredibly thoughtful responses to our inaugural question ("If you could propose one idea to help improve health care delivery in the United States, what would it be?"). Bob Hugin of Celgene, Larry Hausner of the American Diabetes Association, Myrl Weinberg of the National Health Council, Nancy Brown of the American Heart Association and Chris Hansen of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network all weighed in and I encourage you to visit the forum to check out what they had to say.
Each contributor brings a unique perspective to the question, but it's clear that a key theme is emerging: the need to empower patients through education and engagement to help improve overall quality of care. For our industry, this couldn't be more important. As Bob mentioned in his response this week, innovation is rapidly changing the way we prevent and treat disease. However, patient involvement and engagement throughout the drug discovery process is instrumental if we are to fully maximize the potential of biopharmaceutical science. For example, a modern, transparent regulatory system that evolves with new advancements is necessary to get safe and effective medicines to those in need in a timely manner – and this system must include patient perspectives.
Ultimately, the advancement of public policy solutions cannot be attained in a vacuum. Just the opposite, collaboration and sharing of ideas are the first steps to a thoughtful approach to the challenges we face across the health care ecosystem.
Let's continue the dialogue and candidly address the challenges and opportunities in front of us. This forum will only be beneficial if we have the input and perspectives of a variety of stakeholders and participants, so we're eager to hear from you as to what topics and questions you would like to explore. We are off to a great start. We hope you will continue to contribute your perspective so that we can remain focused on the issues that matter most.


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Cowgirls look for 11th straight ASC Women's Soccer Title
ABILENE, Texas - Hardin-Simmons' path to its 11th straight American Southwest Conference will be a little different than the previous 10 as HSU will play an ASC tournament on the road for the first time since 2002.
The Cowgirls are the No. 1 seed in the tournament, but because the HSU men are also the No. 1 seed, league bylaws do not allow one school to host both tournaments. The men received the right to host in odd years and the women in even years, thus sending the tournament to second seeded Texas-Dallas in Richardson.
The last time HSU did not win the ASC crown was in 2002 and the tournament was also at UTD with the Comets winning 1-0 in the final.
HSU comes into the weekend with a 13-1-1 record and HSU went undefeated in league play for the 14th straight season. In all, HSU will be looking for its 16th ASC title in the 18 years of the ASC.
The Cowgirls are ranked 13th in this week's NSCAA poll.
HSU has been led by a stellar defense all season long that has allowed just six goals and only two in ASC play. Lexi Stinson has a 0.41 goals against average and is 13-0-1 in goal.
Offensively, junior Julianne Kucera leads the Cowgirls with 14 goals and seven assists and senior Taylor Thigpen has six goals and 18 assists. Thigpen is just the fourth HSU player to reach 40 career goals and 40 career assists. The Cowgirls have 18 different players that have tallied a goal this season.
Senior center defenders Caitlin and Courtney Cramer are big-time threats in the air. Courtney has eight goals and Caitlin has five and they also lead an athletic back line.
The Cowgirls are led by 14th year head coach Marcus Wood, who will be coaching his 300th game on Friday. He is 249-28-22 in his career and has an .870 career winning percentage.
HSU will open play on Friday after a first-round bye. The Cowgirls will play the winner of the East Texas Baptist-Texas Tyler game that will be played on Thursday. If the Cowgirls win on Friday, they will play in the ASC Championship on Sunday at 1 p.m.
UTD Soccer Complex / Richardson, Texas / Hosted by: University of Texas at Dallas
Thursday, November 7
Game 1: #4 Texas-Tyler vs. #5 East Texas Baptist, 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: #3 Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. #6 Concordia Texas, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, November 8
Game 3: #1 Hardin-Simmons vs. Winner Game 1, 11:00 a.m.
Game 4: #2 Texas-Dallas vs. Winner Game 2, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 10
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 1:00 p.m.
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A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop
breast cancer
with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing breast cancer. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk.
Breast cancer is found predominantly in women and is the most common form of cancer in American women. Breast cancer in men is rare.
Although there is great emphasis on risk factors for developing breast cancer, a great many cases occur in people with no known risk factors.
Genetic Factors
Women who have a family history of breast cancer (mother, sister, or daughter) have a higher risk factor of developing breast cancer. However, a lack of family history does not protect you from developing breast cancer; approximately 90%-95% of women who develop breast cancer have no family history of this disease.
Additionally, having a genetic abnormality increases your risk. This includes the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, as well as others. Rare genetic diseases can also increase risk.
The chance of developing breast cancer increases with age; three out of four cases occur in women over age 50.
This occurs in men around age 60. Although breast cancer is more common as you age, breast cancer can occur at any age.
Medical Condition
The following medical conditions have been found to increase the risk of developing breast cancer:
Specific Lifestyle Factors
Lifestyle factors that increase breast cancer risk include:
Ethnic Background
In the US, Caucasian, Hawaiian, and African American women have the highest rates of breast cancer. The lowest rates occur among Korean, American Indian, and Vietnamese women.
Breast cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast. Accessed January 9, 2014.
Breast cancer. Office on Women's Health website. Available at:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/breast-cancer/index.html. Updated November 17, 2010. Accessed January 9, 2014.
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp. Updated December 13, 2013. Accessed January 9, 2014.
Risk factors for breast cancer. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated October 24, 2013. Accessed January 9, 2013.
6/24/2014 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Farvid MS, Cho E, et al. Dietary protein sources in early adulthoood and breast cancer incidence: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2014 Jun 10;348:g3437.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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NORDEN, Calif. — The Donner Summit pass is a wellspring of historic events, from ancient peoples and petroglyphs, emigrants crossing the Sierra Nevada, to the transcontinental railroad spanning the country.
In recent history, Donner Summit has become a recreational destination for hiking, biking, climbing, fishing and skiing.
Donner Summit Historical Society held the Summit Pioneer Awards Aug. 11 at the DSHS Museum, a four-year tradition honoring interesting and outstanding personalities who helped shape the area.
A jovial crowd enjoyed barbecued hot dogs, macaroni salad and refreshments, with honoree Babette Haueisen sharing additional cold beverages stashed in her Subaru.
Norm Saylor, a Donner Summit resident of 52 years and Donner Summit Historical Society board member, emceed the event, noting many of the old folks have passed on, but those who remain on the Summit are having fun.
Introducing the first "pioneer" to be honored, Saylor said, "God, if it's skiing, this lady has been involved, she's been tremendous for the ski game … looking back, the Poulsens, McKinneys and Babette were real pushers and shovers."
Good friend and skier Starr Hurley was a fellow torch bearer with Babette in the 1960 Olympics at Squaw Valley. "Miss B can still carry a mean stick," said Hurley.
Miss B herself, upon accepting the award, remembered days at Sugar Bowl when they would get "wonderfully stuck" in the snow, when grooming meant side stepping on your skis up the hill, and teaching lessons to "gazillions of kids."
Pat Northrop, longtime skier and instructor, remembered Babette with those ski kids trailing behind her, calling down from the chairlift "quack, quack, quack," with Babette shouting back, "Now you kids stop that."
Jim Mahon, a railroad salt, was also honored as being able to do what the young bucks can't. "He is a fire and brimstone operator," said Saylor. Nicknamed The Bear, he was once quoted as saying "I don't care what the Big Boys in San Francisco say," and is one of the few who can run the old rotary snowplow.
Saylor thought back to the days when there was a "different type of fun," that involved skis, snow and outdoor play. "I am proud to have been there," he said.
The Donner Summit Historical Society Museum
The Donner Summit Historical Society Museum, located in Soda Springs, features the history of Donner Summit. There is information about American Indians, who crossed Donner Pass thousands of years ago, leaving behind petroglyphs and grinding rocks. Exhibits focus on "first events" across Donner Summit, such as the first wagon train to California, the first Transcontinental Railroad, Transcontinental highway, Transcontinental telephone line and Transcontinental air route.
The museum also houses countless historic photos and posters. Visit www.donnersummit historicalsociety.org.


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Trey Anastasio Band,
Tuesday, 08/09/2005
The Lawn at White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN
Set 1: Push On 'Til the Day, Cayman Review, Dark and Down, Money, Love and Change, Invisible, Tuesday, Drifting, Air Said to Me, Come As Melody, Back on the Train[1], The Inlaw Josie Wales[2], Waste[1], Brian and Robert[3], Ripple[4], Shine, Sand, Night Speaks to a Woman, Spin, Sweet Dreams Melinda, Mr. Completely > First Tube
Encore: 46 Days
[1] Trey solo acoustic.
[2] Trey solo acoustic; dedicated to Clint Eastwood.
[3] Trey on acoustic with Jen and Christina on vocals.
[4] Trey on acoustic with Jen and Christina on vocals; TAB debut.
Notes: "Back on the Train," "The Inlaw Josie Wales" and "Waste" were all performed solo acoustic. "Brian and Robert" and "Ripple" were performed with Trey on acoustic guitar and Jen and Christina on vocals. "The Inlaw Josie Wales" was dedicated to Clint Eastwood. This show featured the TAB debut of "Ripple" (Grateful Dead) which was dedicated to Jerry Garcia on the tenth anniversary of his death, "probably the musician who I love more than anyone who's ever lived, just about." After introducing the band and then himself as "T-Money Macktastic-T," Trey announced that "Sweet Dreams Melinda" was "for all you motherfuckers in love." "Mr. Completely" was also played "for all you motherfuckers in love."
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Jennifer Hartswick, Skeeto Valdez, Ray Paczkowski, Christina Durfee, Les Hall, Tony Hall


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A couple of weeks ago I wondered aloud how the Tigers season would interfere with Red Wings blogging come October.
I have my answer now: completely kill my desire to ever turn on a TV again. All I'm thinking right now is how I've seen the most heartbreaking Tigers and Wings games of my life in the last four months.
Well that's sort of a lie. I'm also thinking about runners at the corners with no outs. And Zach Miner's "I obviously shouldn't be pitching in a big game" face. And Brandon Inge's jersey flapping after he was hit with the bases loaded. And being three lousy outs from the first division title since I was downing breast milk smoothies. And a ground ball up the middle that I was sure was an AL Central-winning double play, but wasn't.
And oh, that fucking dome. May that piece of dog shit melt in the hottest region of Hell. I have this dream where that entire baggy bitch collapses in flames while Brett Favre and Nick Punto are tied to each foul pole. If somebody can somehow make this happen I swear to God I will spend life in prison in your place.
Speaking of Punto, I foolishly tweeted this last Thursday during what should have been the last Twins/Tigers series of the year (I can't believe I'm quoting myself from Twitter; or saying "tweeted") --
"Glad that's the last of Punto for about 6 months. He's the Max Talbot of the Minnesota Twins."
Fuck me, right? The last of Nick Punto? Of course not. This horror movie villain of a baseball team wouldn't die, because they never do, and the slowest most painful death of a season dragged on from Thursday afternoon to Tuesday night.
I will say, in spite of all of this, that it was a remarkable game. As much as you may read about the Tig's choking away first place (being the first team to ever blow a three game lead with four games to play makes it hard to shake the "choke" label since pro baseball has been around for like five thousand years), they battled back a number of times in this game and showed some heart. Maggs' homer in the 8th was unexpected and thrilling; I thought the game was over after the Twins went up 4-3 in the 7th. Raburn's double play made my pants damp and (sort of) made up for his blunder at the start of the inning. And the bench reaction to Don Kelly being safe at home in the 10th was a really awesome thing to see.
For those only into hockey, sorry for the baseball ranting. My lifelong passion for the Wings only narrowly edges my Tigers interest, but it's over now.
The Detroit-less MLB playoffs actually coincides with a little break I'll be taking, as I'll be out of state from Thursday to Monday. I don't know what my Internet situation will be like, so if this is the last post until next week, I just pray that I won't be coming home to a 20,000-word volcanic eruption at A2Y after the Wings start 0-4.


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What is the quickest, most convenient way to cut off the side of a four-door car to remove an injured person?
Simple — cut off the center post between the front and back doors, then roll the connected doors to the side as one piece.
That makes it easier for emergency crews to lift the injured person out onto a back board, with the least risk of causing spinal injuries.
That was just one of the lessons Redwood Falls firefighters learned March 7 during their weekly training session.
The fire department was learning how to use a new $20,000 Genesis rescue tool that is the next step in technology beyond the standard "jaws of life" used by emergency crews since the early 1970s.
The Genesis rescue tool was budgeted for this year's fire department budget in part because new vehicle designs have outgrown the previous "jaws of life's" capabilities.
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Definición de offensive en inglés:
1əˈfensiv Causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry: the allegations made are deeply offensive to us offensive language
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- The film provoked controversy because of its use of offensive language, and was given an 18 rating by film censors.
- There will be people who find the above image highly offensive and insensitive.
- Officials have always been able to send off players who use offensive, abusive or insulting language, but now that definition's been extended to cover gestures too.
insulting, insolent, derogatory, disrespectful, hurtful, wounding, abusive;
annoying, exasperating, irritating, galling, provocative, outrageous;
rude, impertinent, discourteous, uncivil, impolite;
crude, vulgar, coarse, improper, indecent
formal exceptionable
1.1(Of a sight or smell) disgusting; repulsive: an offensive odor
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- Chimney-sweeps, on the other hand, formed distinct and coherent communities, their filthy appearance and offensive smell forcing them into collective isolation.
- A doctor friend of ours kindly provided a large supply of surgical masks which I wore constantly to mask the imaginary offensive smells emitting from the kitchen.
- In a three-month period, there were 33 disruptive incidents in total, most relating to having an offensive smell or verbal abuse.
unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, displeasing, objectionable, off-putting, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, abominable, disgusting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, revolting, abhorrent, loathsome, detestable, odious, vile, foul, sickening, nauseating
2ˈäfensiv [attributive] Actively aggressive; attacking: offensive operations against the insurgents
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- The captain said the unit supported airlift operations and offensive air support operations.
- It will be the hub of all logistics support for combat forces conducting offensive operations in littoral regions.
- They are most proud of the fact that they could quickly shift gears from force protection operations to direct offensive combat without missing a beat.
hostile, attacking, aggressive, invading, incursive, combative, belligerent, on the attack
2.1(Of a weapon) meant for use in attack: he is also accused of possessing an offensive weapon
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- They do not want other countries in Asia to get any kind of offensive missiles and nuclear weapons.
- They found 13 firearms and 266 offensive weapons.
- Since the galley represented by the model in Plates V and VI, was built in 1736, her dominant offensive weapon was a cannon at her bow.
2.2chiefly North American (In a game) relating to the team or player who is seeking to score.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The timeout is given at the first deadball when the team requesting it has offensive possession or on a foul.
- The Mavericks probably are the most potent offensive team in the game but are criticized for their defense.
- The offensive team passes the ball from man to man while the defense adjusts and follows the ball.
1An attacking military campaign: an impending military offensive against the guerrillas
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- This year under considerable pressure from the army, the president gave the go-ahead for a military offensive against separatist guerillas in Aceh.
- Planning offensives, like military campaigns or space probes, are given virile, go-get-'em titles.
- Rebels in the country's oil-rich Niger delta have threatened to attack oil facilities unless the military halts an offensive.
1.1An organized and forceful campaign to achieve something, typically a political or social end: the need to launch an offensive against crime
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- In a short period Reebok India has become the market leader; it has even found it necessary to launch an offensive against counterfeiting of its products.
- A social offensive is being waged in every country against the working class, aimed at clawing back the concessions that were made to avert the socialist threat in an earlier period.
- First, governments began an offensive against the social welfare conditions they had been obliged to grant to the working class in an earlier period.
be on the offensive
- Act or be ready to act aggressively.Oraciones de ejemplo
- Well, the potential for a different kind of scam has proponents of electronic voting on the offensive.
- The idea that fundamentalism is on the offensive and threatening to dominate public life is widely held on both sides of the Atlantic.
- I think the president has also been on the offensive, which I think has certainly helped him.
go on (or take) the offensive
- Take the initiative by beginning to attack or act aggressively: security forces took the offensive ten days agoMás ejemplos en oraciones
launch an attack, begin to attack, attack first, strike the first blow
- Earlier he attempted to take the offensive, attacking the media coverage of the whole affair.
- Security forces have also gone on the offensive.
- A decisive call on working people to go on the offensive against the social attacks by the government would certainly get a response.
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- The next day, one of these emailers responded that he thought my reply was disproportionate to the offensiveness of his email; I agreed and apologized for having reacted inappropriately.
- They shouldn't consider the author's past offensiveness, or the reprehensibleness of the ideas he expresses outside the paper.
- Whether intentional or not, the racial offensiveness and insensitivity of Summers' remarks and actions must be acknowledged, criticized, and vigorously resisted.
Mid 16th century: from French offensif, -ive or medieval Latin offensivus, from Latin offens- 'struck against', from the verb offendere (see offend).
Palabras que riman con offensiveapprehensive, coextensive, comprehensive, defensive, expensive, extensive, intensive, ostensive, pensive, suspensive
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At the Salon of 1847, Woman stung by a snake (Musée d'Orsay) by the young Clésinger caused an outrage.
The critics attacked the work both on moral and technical grounds. The indecency of the subject – a naked woman contorting on a bed of roses, a snaked wrapped around her wrist – is in fact enhanced by the exaggeratedly realistic treatment of the flesh, allegedly inspired by a life-size cast of the generous contours of Apollinie Sabatier, a famous demi-mondaine friend of the Romantic artists.
To give the lie to this accusation, by late 1847 Clésinger had sculpted this Recumbent Bacchante, a slightly larger than life-size version of the Woman bitten by a snake. The work, which was exhibited at the Salon of 1848, drew the following comment from Théophile Gautier, the novelist and art critic close to Mme Sabatier: "it is a pure orgiastic frenzy, the wild-haired Maenad is winding herself around the feet of Bacchus, the father of freedom and joy […] A powerful spasm of happiness causes the young woman's ample bosom to swell, giving prominence to gleaming breasts..." He rounded off his article by calling it "one of the most beautiful pieces of modern sculpture".
The term "modern" may seem surprising to us today; it no doubt describes the sculptor's realistic approach and the exaggeration of the twisting movement characteristic of Romanticism.
The Bacchante was awarded a First Class medal and earned the sculptor the title of Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, although the critics were not unanimous in their praise.
When it was exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in 1851, the English jury denounced his imagination as "perverse and placed at the service of the basest form of sensuality".


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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am 27 and have stepped back into the dating game. I have noticed an alarming trend: men commenting on women's bodies on the first date.
Now, I do not mind a well-placed compliment to a stranger, but I am offended when men who do not know me feel they can comment on my derriere upon first meeting me.
It is not just the jerks who are wishing to rush the physical ... even the nice guys do it. I would never dream of making such comments to, say, someone I just met at a dinner party, so why do people feel the dynamic changes on a date?
We are still strangers. I am casually dating, and so it disheartens me that the conversation turns to physical things. Is this inappropriate?
GENTLE READER: That ladies should have to set the boundaries is a nuisance, Miss Manners admits. But not doing so long kept alive the idea that they were so pathetically eager to be judged attractive that they accepted as compliments catcalls on the street and other forms of what we now recognize as sexual harassment.
You want to declare otherwise without alienating those whom you call "nice guys." So you will not want to walk away with your nose in the air or say "How dare you!"
Instead, practice a look of Shocked Disbelief. This is a wide-eyed stare, mouth slightly open, followed by a quick shake of the head as if to dislodge a mistaken impression. No words are necessary to make it clear to one of those nice guys that you did not accept his remark as a compliment. Anyone it encourages to continue should be removed from the nice guy category.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I asked my husband's sister, who was having the family Thanksgiving dinner at her house, what I could bring. She insisted that it was easier for her to do it all herself and that we should just give her money.
I offered two more times to bring something, but she only wanted money. My husband did not agree and did not pay her when we ate at her house. When we arrived home, my husband's other sister called, screaming at him for not paying up.
This year, we would like to avoid being treated like deadbeat customers. Should we politely decline without a reason, should we go along with paying for our dinner for the sake of family harmony, or should we say we will come if we can participate as family members?
GENTLE READER: It can't be easy to achieve harmony in a family where screaming and charging for dinner pass for acceptable behavior.
Miss Manners doubts that your relatives are able to see the crucial difference between helping to cook and paying admission to attend it. It would be good to give the dinner yourself, setting an example of hospitality.
This year, she suggests that you offer to do the grocery shopping, asking your sister-in-law for a list, and refusing even partial payment on the grounds that you wouldn't feel right charging family or friends.
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December Retail Sales (8:30): seen: +0.2%; last: +0.3%.
December Producer Price Index (8:30): seen: -0.1%; last: -0.8%; core seen: +0.2%; last: +0.1%.
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- May 13:
- Transportation budget: As federal stimulus money runs out, funding dips a bit
- Higher education: Brown's budget proposal calls for funding increase, tuition freeze
- California courts get a boost in governor's budget
- Summary: California budget revision, May 2014
- Gov. Jerry Brown unveils 'good news' budget revision
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget omits funding for Democrats' top priority this year: expanding transitional kindergarten, the public school program to ready 4-year-olds for the rigors of elementary school.
With rosy revenue projections, Brown would focus education dollars on repaying money the state borrowed from school districts during the Great Recession and on shoring up the teachers' pension system.
California's spending on pre-kindergarten to 12th grade would jump 8.4 percent, from $70 billion this school year to $75.9 billion in 2014-15 -- even as enrollment is expected to decline slightly, by 0.1 percent. Of that total, more than $45 billion would come from the state's general fund, with federal revenues, local property taxes and Lottery proceeds contributing most of the rest.
Brown's revised budget released Tuesday proposes accelerating the repayment schedule of $6.2 billion owed to schools, so that it all would be repaid by the end of the 2014-15 school year. The state had borrowed the money by deferring payments it owed school districts.
Brown also proposes dramatic increases in contributions toward the California State Teachers' Retirement System, which is only 67 percent funded and is projected to run out of money to pay teacher pensions. The governor would have teachers, school districts and the state increase their contributions to CalSTRS by a combined $450 million in the first year. The added contributions would increase annually and reach $5 billion, or 35.7 percent of teacher payroll. If enacted, it would eliminate CalSTRS's unfunded liability in about 30 years.
The governor's plan projects district contributions rising from 8.25 percent to 19.1 percent of teacher salaries.
"That's a huge change," said Stephen McMahon, chief business officer of the San Jose Unified School District. If enacted, he said, "it will depress salaries and put compensation toward CalSTRS instead. It will be that much harder to recruit teachers."
Instead, he said officials should also consider pension benefits, reining in pension spiking and other changes to control costs. He said, "I think it's got to be a balanced approach."
In a written statement, CalSTRS Chief Executive Officer Jack Ehnes applauded the governor's pension proposal.
The omission of new transitional kindergarten funding dismayed boosters of public preschool. Still, Deborah Kong, head of the preschool and child-care advocacy group Early Edge California, said, "We're confident something significant is going to happen in this budget," through legislative negotiations. She cited recent polls showing Californians' support for transitional kindergarten, the program currently offered to 4-year-olds who just miss the cutoff date for enrolling in kindergarten.
For next school year, the state will spend $685 million on the program to serve about one-quarter of the state's 4-year-olds. Legislative Democrats have proposed expanding the program to cover all 4-year-olds.
Other highlights of Brown's education budget include:
Check back for updates to this story.
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Definition of pointer in English:
1A long, thin piece of metal on a scale or dial which moves to indicate a figure or position: if the pointer moves right, the wind is from the right
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- The expanding diaphragm moves the pointer across a scale calibrated in feet above sea level.
- They can see how far they have moved the pointer as they go through the journey.
- Similarly if the box becomes lighter then the spring will lift the box up and the pointer will move up the scale.
1.1A rod used for pointing to features on a map or chart: men with maps and pointers demonstrate the path that the storm is taking
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- If someone arrives with large charts and pointers, where does it stop?
- He's got one prop, an umbrella, and his dance exhausts its every use: as a cane, a pointer, a balancer on the tightrope of a curb, a cyclotron whirling him inside a whirlwind.
- Some star charts are drawn with the pointers to help locate objects above.
1.2A hint as to what might happen in the future: the figures were a pointer to gradual economic recovery
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- Dora Carrington was well beaten by Miranda in the Heinz 57 but perhaps that winner is very special indeed and if she runs on Sunday it will be an interesting pointer to the future claims of the Ballydoyle colt.
- Both as a pointer to the future and as a spectacle in its own right, the Championships have produced a quality of football that had at least one viewer occasionally leaping from his armchair to applaud the action.
- Manningham Mills is a grand old reminder of Bradford's historic industrial past, but with the hard work of all involved it could and should be a pointer to a bright future for the city.
indication, indicator, clue, hint, lead, sign, signal, evidence, symptom, implication, intimation, inkling, suggestion
1.3A small piece of advice; a tip: here are some pointers on how to go about the task
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- Only he's probably going to need some pointers on where all the pieces go.
- The inspectors have commended us for those efforts and have given us a couple of useful pointers on how to continue our improvements and we are already taking action on those.
- From a relatively old article (at least in terms of webloggia's attention-span) comes some pointers on improving design through simplicity.
tip, hint, piece of advice, suggestion, guideline, recommendation, warning
1.4 Computing another term for cursor. place the pointer in the box and click the mouse button
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- If you have a wheel mouse try placing the pointer in the bottom scroll bar and playing with the wheel.
- I emailed this person back, with a screenshot of my Start menu, with the mouse pointer pointing to the Printers folder at the top of the start menu.
- One guy called me and said he had to have a larger work desk, because he did not reach down to to left corner of the screen with his mouse pointer.
1.5 Computing A variable whose value is the address of another variable; a link: another computer word holds a descriptor or pointer to an individual character
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- When the queue for that link reaches a pointer in the FIFO for that data packet, it is retrieved from memory and forwarded to its destination.
- What that metadata harvesting protocol really is fundamentally, is a way for metadata and pointers to data to migrate from one system to another.
- These identifiers will serve as pointers to the metadata information in the local system.
2A dog of a breed that on scenting game stands rigid looking towards it.
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- Ann Jones takes a selection of gun dogs including springer spaniels, german pointers and Labradors for a stroll during the fair.
- If there was one, it would be a dog, probably a pointer or a collie, and it would be trained so well it would probably die on command.
- She said she had bred pointers and kept budgerigars and fancied something different.
Words that rhyme with pointeranointer, appointer, jointer
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Here are seven credit cards that offer good deals -- reasonable rates, generous rewards and no annual fee. All the rates are variable and will increase if the Prime Rate goes up. Each sends e-mail and/or text alerts to remind cardholders to pay on time -- and some include tips to help them develop good money management habits. Some issuers permit cosigners for student credit cards, but before you agree to that, see Kiplinger editor Janet Bodnar's note of caution. 7 Great Credit Cards for Students and Young Adults


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The Power Protein Menu and new beverages will be tested in Dayton, Ohio, starting July 25, 2013.
The Power Protein Menu contains items offering more than 20 grams of protein and less than 450 calories.
The Power Protein Burrito includes a double portion of chicken or steak, plus Romaine lettuce, roasted corn and pepper salsa, pico de gallo made fresh daily, guacamole, reduced-fat sour cream. It is wrapped up in a flour tortilla, all for $3.59 for chicken and $3.99 for steak.
The Power Protein Bowl features a bed of crisp Romaine lettuce and is topped with a double portion of chicken or steak, slow-cooked black beans, roasted corn and pepper salsa, pico de gallo made fresh daily, guacamole, and reduced-fat sour cream. It is priced at $4.79 for chicken and $5.19 for steak.
The Power Protein Menu is significant because balanced nutrition drove product creation. This is the first menu item created with the brand's new nutritional guardrails in mind.
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Kristen Stewart says she doesn't really care what people think about her. Then she apologized again.
Kristen Stewart may be confused.
In a new interview with Newsweek, the "Twilight" actress talked about her life since she was caught cheating on Robert Pattinson with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Saunders.
"It's not a terrible thing if you're either loved or hated," she said. "But honestly, I don't care 'cause it doesn't keep me from doing my (expletive). And I apologize to everyone for making them so angry. It was not my intention."
Well ... I don't accept.
Stewart was caught cheating on boyfriend Pattinson in July. After issuing a public apology and reconciling with her boyfriend of three years, she faced the public in November to promote "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2." The actress is now promoting her new movie "On the Road."
"I was starting to get closed off and self-conscious, and I'm trudging forth into the world more often," Stewart said.
Now that she's finished with the "Twilight" franchise, Stewart doesn't want to be pigeonholed. "As long as people's perspective of me doesn't keep me from doing what I want to do, it doesn't matter," she said.
Stewart is set to star opposite Ben Affleck in "Focus," a film about two con artists who become romantically involved. "I'm really excited about it," Stewart recently told Huffington Post. "We start shooting in April."
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Small changes drastically improve Type 2 diabetes
|Upon learning he had diabetes Tony Sekulich of Toronto, Canada, changed his dietbut more importanly he started a regular exercise routine. (Alex Urosevic/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Not only do they have to contend with melting ice caps, but the constant Coke guzzling puts them at increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, which can lead to problems like erectile dysfunction and limb amputation.
Of course, bears don't really drink soda, but a scathing video satire of the portly polar dwellers by the Center for Science in the Public Interest called "The Real Bears" has recently gone viral, cautioning against the dangers of excess sugar consumption and poking fun at Coke's marketing tactics at the same time.
But what if you already have Type 2 diabetes? The first step is to optimize medications to jump-start treatment quickly, said Dr. Tim Church, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana.
And it's never too late to cut back on sugar intake, but it turns out that exercise is a much more critical component of fighting this life-threatening condition.
After that, "It's all about physical activity," Church said. "Our studies have shown the power of getting active. It makes sense because diabetes is the failure of the body to regulate sugar. And skeletal muscle is the biggest consumer of sugar in the body."
"Exercise is the most effective therapy for Type 2 diabetes, period," agreed Dr. Michael Joyner, a physician-researcher and expert in exercise physiology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. "If people with Type 2 diabetes start to exercise and lose just a little bit of weight, it is incredible what it will do in terms of improving glucose control."
Tony Sekulich, 42, is a television writer in Toronto. Last year he was feeling low in energy, he couldn't concentrate on his work, and he'd developed a rapid heartbeat. Compelled to visit his doctor, he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Sekulich's fasting blood glucose level was 310 mg/dL. The normal range is 72-108 mg/dL. His doctor echoed Joyner and Church, saying exercise was the most important thing he could do to treat his condition, and Sekulich took it to heart.
"I was so out of shape that at first I would go for only 5-mile bike rides," he said. His diet changed too, but not dramatically. He replaced soda with water, ate more fruit and simply ate less. He also started taking the drug Metformin.
"After a few weeks, I built up stamina on my bike, and added in some swimming too," said Sekulich. Coupled with the dietary changes and drug therapy, a month later his fasting glucose had dropped to 155 mg/dL, and the target for most patients with diabetes is below 126 mg/dL, so he'simproving. "My doctor was surprised I'd turned it around so fast."
Joyner asserts that, for treating Type 2 diabetes, getting active "is twice as effective as drug therapy." This doesn't mean not to take the meds, which both he and Church support using, but it puts in perspective just how critical getting sweaty is to lowering blood glucose. Couple dietary changes with exercise for what Joyner called a "synergistic effect" to control diabetes. Church used that exact same phrase.
"You don't need to have unrealistic weight-loss goals," Joyner said. "More weight loss is better, but losing just a little and cleaning up diet some - like getting rid of sugar-sweetened beverages and potato chips - can make a difference."
"I think people put exercise on par with using margarine instead of butter," said Church. "I don't think diet is even close to being as important as exercise for treating Type 2 diabetes. This isn't a 5 or 10 percent thing. This is a 50 to 100 percent thing."
Sekulich kept up with the lifestyle change, adding more and more exercise - including starting a weight-lifting regimen - and losing close to 20 pounds. After another four months his fasting glucose had dropped to 108 mg/dL - within the target range - and his Metformin dosage was cut in half.
"The plan is to see if I can get off the pills by the end of the year," he told me.
His experience is in line with what Church told me: "If you're a regular exerciser, the amount of meds you're going to need will be a lot less."
But what kind of exercise is best? Aerobic? Resistance? A combination?
"We've done a lot of work on this," Church said. "The bottom line is, resistance is of some benefit, and aerobic (endurance) is of a lot of benefit. Doing them both is like taking two different medications; you're hitting two different pathways." Joyner echoed these sentiments, and agreed that a combination is best, but if you can only do one, choose aerobic.
"Exercise trumps a lot of other bad behaviors," Joyner said. "Large people who are very physically active are only at a slightly increased risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease compared to those who are lean and fit." But those who are large and sedentary are at a two to four times the risk, he says.
As for how long should you exercise, Church lauds the 2008 U.S. physical activity guidelines as being adequate to treat Type 2 diabetes. "One-hundred-and-fifty minutes of walking a week is enough, but if you jog it drops to 75 minutes." The higher the intensity, the less you need to do.
And for resistance exercise, "There is a big return on investment," Church said. "You only need to do it for 20 minutes, twice a week to get great benefits." Both Church and Joyner say you don't need a gym or fancy equipment either.
"Do some push-ups," Joyner said.
According to Dr. Tim Church, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana, and Dr. Michael Joyner, a physician-researcher and expert in exercise physiology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, exercise is an effective treatment because:
When skeletal muscles are active, they pull glucose out of the blood.
It makes the cells more sensitive to insulin, so less is needed.
It strengthens the muscle cells' ability to take sugar out of the blood in ways other than insulin.
It reduces visceral fat (fat surrounding internal organs), and this reduced liver fat makes the liver more effective at getting glucose out of the blood.
Fell is a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
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10 Weeks to a Better Body and More Energy
Believe it or not, spring is right around the corner! In Los Angeles where I live, it has already started: The days are getting longer, the birds are chirping louder outside my window and I'm starting to feel that subtle energy change, both in my personal training clients and in myself!
This is the time when there is so much "newness" happening that I like to use it as a catalyst to create a resurgent flow of energy for the rest of the year. The best thing about creating this flow of energy is that the byproducts can include a fitter body, more energy and an influx of self-confidence.
But I can't stress enough that change takes time. Starting too many things all at once usually ends in exhaustion and a feeling of "I MUST DO" instead of "I WANT TO." One of the best ways to overcome the inertia and the absolute best way of creating a habit and sticking to it is to change slowly and repeat the new positive pattern over and over again. And over the next ten weeks, that exactly what we're going to do!


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Hannover's interest in Arsenal central defender Per Mertesacker came out just last week and now German club Wolfsburg are also pondering over a move for him.
Arsene Wenger has reportedly lost faith in the central defensive duo of Mertesacker and Thomas Vermaelen due to their disappointing defensive record this season and is searching for new players to fill that role, thus likely to put the 28 year-old on the market.
Arsenal have been linked with summer moves for Marseille star Nicolas N'Koulou and Swansea skipper Ashley Williams and Mertesacker could be moved on at the end of the season.
Mertesacker is still rated in his homeland and could be tempted to make a move back to Germany.
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Le Pruneau Le Pruneau Mar 16, 2013 14:46 Flag
Hannover and Wolfsburg?!
Says it all really.
Fourth best defence in the league (behind the second best by only 2 goals) and that's disappointing?
Personally, I don't think the problem is (solely) with our defenders or how many goals we concede - it's more about the situations in which we concede. We concede some silly goals due to a mental fragility in the whole team. Strikers squander chances in big games, midfielders don't hold or press the ball and pressure builds on the defence. Of course, in those situations, they will concede eventually.
I'm no AKB (trust me) but I definitely think a lot Arsenal fans have lost all perspective when it comes to our defenders. For a player as slow as he is, Mertesacker is acutally ace and for all his mistakes, there aren't many *available* better than Vermaelen. I think the whole team needs to learn how to be resolute in defending against big teams rather than pinning blame on just individual CDs.
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Well Timi, I was merely pointing to an article I had read about one player who seems not to have settled well in the EPL.
I think we all hoped that Per would solve our problems with defending set pieces, which we have been shocking at for years now. Unfortunately, I have noticed along with a few others, that he doesn't have any pace. That's OK if you have vision like Tony Adams had. When Michu chips that ball over your head and runs around you to score though, it does hurt a bit.
Personally I like Mertesacker and he does a decent job 90% of the time. Perhaps AW thinks that 10% mistake rate is too high for a defender he paid £8m for.....Then again if that is the case, how can he justify trying to sell for £12m?
If he plays today, I would expect him to not make the same mistakes he did last time.
I agree that the failure of the team cannot be pinned on one player. However when a business fails, it's usually the person running it that gets the blame. However some fans still think our failure is down to the other teams in the league, not us.
Very strange.
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BROWNWOOD, Texas - Snakes are invading Brownwood... for the 49th annual Brownwood Rattlesnake Round Up.
Tasty treats, vendors selling a little bit of everything, and of course, snakes are to be expected.
What is it about deadly rattlesnakes that brings a community together?
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"To me a lot of it is, and believe it or not, it's the people you meet," said vendor Allen Goldsmith.
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VANCOUVER - The wait is over. The Edmonton Oilers' 2012-13 season has arrived, and it begins tonight against the rival Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.
With an earlier-than-usual start time (6:00PM PT), the club's game day routine began with a brisk, 30-minute morning skate eight-and-a-half hours ahead of puck drop. Head Coach Ralph Krueger will make no changes to his lineup, sticking with the same combinations he's run all week at practice.
Devan Dubnyk will get the start in goal while Magnus Paajarvi, Mark Fistric and ex-Canuck Darcy Hordichuk will sit as healthy scratches.
Eighteen-year-old Nail Yakupov and 22-year-old Justin Schultz will be making their NHL debuts in what could be a hostile environment tonight.
"I'm not nervous. I want to play my game and keep it simple out there," Yakupov said after Sunday's morning skate. "I don't want to try too hard and do something crazy. Even though there's a bit of pressure, I'm not too nervous about it."
As he has been all week, Yakupov will play alongside Sam Gagner and Ales Hemsky.
"The chemistry has been pretty good. We have a good line and we're going to work hard, play hard and play for the team. Just play."
"Excited. Nervous," laughed Schultz, acknowledging that he'll likely hear some boos from the boisterous Rogers Arena crowd. "I heard a little bit of it in Abbotsford (in November with the AHL's Oklahoma City Barons), so I suppose I'm used to it by now and I'm not too worried about it."
"They're both very calm and well-prepared right now," Krueger said of the rookies. "Justin knows it's heavier and faster at this level (compared to the AHL), but we like the space he's in. He's a very deceptive player and he's going to be hard to get to. With Nail, he's going to add another dimension to our offensive scheme -- Justin, too, so we're pretty excited about it all."
Oilers captain Shawn Horcoff, an 11-year NHL veteran, made his big-league debut On Dec. 6, 2000. In a 4-0 win over the Nashville Predators, Horcoff picked up an assist. He's been reminding Yakupov and Schultz to savor the moment and bask in the glory they'll one day look back on as an even greater accomplishment -- and it's already a big one today. "The NHL is the pinnacle of professional hockey. It doesn't get any bigger or better," the captain said.
"You've just got to enjoy it. The older you get, the more you're able to look back on and appreciate your accomplishments as an NHL player. When you're young, everybody thinks they're going to play 1,000 games, 20-plus years in the League and that everything is going to come easy. It's obviously a lot more difficult than that. I still remember back to my first game and it's honestly my favourite memory as a player. It's a moment you strive for your whole career and when it finally comes, it's really a treat."
Last season, the Oilers won only one of six meetings with the Canucks, losing all three at Rogers Arena, and were outscored by a 20-13 margin. In order to establish their claim as one of the League's up-and-coming squads, the Oilers will need to have more success against their bitter division rivals this year.
In this lockout-shortened, all in-conference 48-game season, every night matters. Eighteen matchups will be played against the Northwest Division, including five vs. Vancouver.
The Canucks kicked off their regular season Saturday night, but a four-point outing by Teemu Selanne spurred the visiting Anaheim Ducks to an impressive (or sour, by the home team's standards) 7-3 victory.
At this point, it's unclear as to who will start in goal for the Canucks. Cory Schneider, the undisputed No. 1 heading into the season, made only nine saves on 14 shots Saturday. Roberto Luongo came into the game midway through the second period. The veteran, who could still be traded at some point this season, is expected to get the nod.
"It doesn't change anything that we do," said Horcoff. "They're a great team and will be challenging for the division again this year and we know that. We're not a team that's going to focus on the opposition as much as what we need to do to be successful. After a loss like that, chances are they're going to come out and better than they were (Saturday) and have a bit of a chip on their shoulder. We expect a good, fast-paced and physical game tonight."
Hard to believe in some respects, but it's been 289 days since the Oilers last took to the ice for a regular-season game. Fittingly enough, it happened on Apr. 7, 2012, at Rogers Arena.
"It's been so long ago that I barely remember it now," Horcoff laughed, looking back at the loss to the Canucks to close out the 2011-12 campaign. "We're just excited to get going. It's obviously going to take a couple games to get going -- after watching the game's last night, there were some that were a little bit sloppy, and without exhibition games it just takes a little bit of time. Right now we're focused on getting our team game together as quick as possible.
"Tonight's a big night. And we're ready to go."
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Season series: This is the first of four matchups between the teams. The Canucks took five of six from the Oilers in 2011-12.
Big story: It didn't take very long for a goaltending controversy to brew in Vancouver. Roberto Luongo, who has been the subject of trade rumors for months, found himself between the pipes for the Canucks on Saturday night after starter Cory Schneider allowed five goals on 14 shots and was pulled in a 7-3 loss to visiting Anaheim.
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Oilers: Is this the year the young and exciting Oilers make the jump into the Stanley Cup Playoffs? With up-and-coming stars Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle all a year older, combined with the additions of Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz, it's not farfetched to think Edmonton can qualify for the big dance. Obviously, Vancouver will provide the Oilers with a tough challenge right off the bat.
"It's a game in Vancouver where everybody's expecting Vancouver to take the points so let's go right at them, right away and let's play to win and not to try and keep the game close or not to lose," new Oilers coach Ralph Krueger said. "It's about playing forward, playing with our speed and using our weapons all the time. That's what we're going to worry about."
Canucks: Schneider, who signed a three-year, $12-million contract last summer, was pulled from the Vancouver net after allowing goals to Corey Perry and Kyle Palmieri just 11 seconds apart early in the second period. It wasn't exactly the season debut the 26-year-old was hoping for, but there are still 47 games to go.
"I know in a market like this, you have to be accountable and responsible," Schneider said. "You have to perform and produce, and I didn't."
Injury report: Nikolai Khabibulin (groin) and Theo Peckham (hip flexor) are day-to-day for the Oilers, while Ryan Jones (eye) and Andy Sutton (knee) are out. … Canucks goalie prospect Eddie Lack (groin) has been sidelined since Nov. 27. Forwards Steven Pinizzotto (groin), Samuel Pahlsson (ruptured Achilles tendon), David Booth (groin) and Ryan Kesler (wrist) are also all out.
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Public officials, whether they like it or not — and many don't — are held to a higher ethical standard due to their position of trust than the general population....
One again, the newspaper adding insinuations to try and sensationalize a story and make it something it is not. At no time has Mr. Thornton asked the news to not run anything. He has gone through this unfortunate incident the same as anyone else would .... Except for the addition of a color picture and lots of extra, paper selling script. Too bad so much attention has never been paid to all the good he has done in the news. No wonder people are so skeptical about what they read in the paper.
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This has been one part of my solution to the problem of using the Apple German keyboard with TeX and Mathematica. I used Ukelele to turn off a few 'dead' keys, and to remap some umlauted vowels into convenient brackets for Mathematica. (For TeX I only needed the dead keys restored to life, since TeXShop and LaTeXiT have great auto-completion features that work even better than keyboard remapping.) Then I was able to use OS X preferences to make CTRL-^ toggle between my different keyboard layouts. The only thing more I could wish for would be a way to make this switching automatic upon changing focus to and from Mathematica.
The interface is kind of clumsy and inefficient, but it still beats doing it all by hand...
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Raising Children
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My three year old has not socialized much outside our family and her grandparents. We just moved and found a great group of moms, but she is SO timid at playdates. Basically she plays with me or all alone. It makes me so sad! What can I do to encourage her? I want her to learn to play with her peers and not just adults and babies! Did I wait too long and might she feel awkward socially around peers forever?! I am just so sad about this! She is a bubbly non-stop talker at home! Then we go out with kids and she seems SO uncomfortable! :(
Jen, several of mine were like that--couldn't take them anywhere! I will say, some have grown out of it completely, and some are just quiet, non-socializers. So for starters, I wouldn't worry too much--she's still at a tender age, and may come out of the shell with time. How is she if you have say one other pre-schooler over--does she do any better with that, in her own territory? Not all mine did, so that can be painful as well, to invite someone over, and then your child is unwilling to play...but I was just wondering, if small groups, or her own home makes a difference. Maybe others will have suggestions as well. Just know some of us have been through similar--and have come out just fine!
Have faith Jen. I would suggest a play group that encourages group participation - you and she participate with other children and moms in a more structured way. We did a toddler story time at the library. Where the child sat on the mom's lap. The children occasionally got up and put an item on a felt board, but then returned to the safety of mom's lap (if that mattered to him/her). I saw it really made a difference with those who were a little more reserved. There was a song and then play time. The structure helped the children feel more relaxed and know what what to do. Maybe you can find something like that - so your daughter gets the hang of playing with others and finds her own comfort zone.
Jen, my son turns 3 in April & is very similar. My oldest son is 4 (in preschool) & was the opposite--very outgoing & bubbly. Well, we found that he was getting a little overwhelmed @ larger playdates. We started asking 1 friend over & then gradually increased to 4-5...he does fine now but he still is shy around kids he doesn't know. :) I think she will be fine & is just being a little bit shy & possibly overwelmed (overstimulated might be the correct term??)...:) Don't worry!
Hi Jen-- My now six year old was like that until he was about 3 1/2. Eventually, he grew very comfortable around other kids, but even now, when there is free play time in kindergarten, he usually chooses to sit in a corner with a book. He does great at play dates and at parks and stuff, but he needs his down time, too, especially in large groups. My 4 year old still takes a very long time to warm up when there are lots of kids around. His preschool teacher told me that only in the last few weeks does he seek out other kids to play with. Before that, he would participate in the class and follow the teachers' directions, but he preferred to play by himself. I don't think your daughter's behavior is unusual for her age. Those of us who are introverts get zapped (and sometimes intimidated) by large groups--it's not a comfort zone--and I think it's ok for your daughter to react the way she's reacting.
This is my first time reading and posting since the website change, so I am not really sure if I am posting on the right day for the topic. I am also not really sure what I am looking for, encouragement, advice, insight maybe. I will be 40 this summer. I am a homeschooling mom of 5, ages 3 to 13. Lately I have been really longing for one more child before it is too late, even though I have been very content in the past. My husband and I currently practice NFP to avoid conceiving for several reasons (financial hardship and his health mainly), and do not forsee these reasons changing. I get terribly ill during pregnancy, and as hard as it was at 36, I can't imagine how it would be now. Also, I will be starting to homeschool high school next year. Yet, I am still feeling really sad at the thought that my youngest is my last. I can't discern if my feelings are just the normal realization that I am getting older and facing a new stage of life, if it is because my kids love babies and are asking when we will have another baby, if it is because I am lucky to have a circle of friends who are also Catholic and have large families and would be so happy and supportive if we did have another child, or if it is the Holy Spirit trying to tug me towards a child that is meant for us. It is so hard to figure out. Can anyone relate to this?
Anon - I think lots of us can relate to this including me. Here are some questions to ask: What does your husband say? If he says he can go either way and leaves it up to you then the next thing to check is if you have help when you are pregnant and really ill. Do you want another child enough to give up homeschooling if you get too ill to homeschool? Do you have extended family willing to help you? Sometimes when you are in conservative Catholic circles (like homeschooling groups) you feel peer pressure to have a very large family just like if you are in the secular world there is pressure to have a small family. I have been in both situations and neither allows you to be objective about your own situation. Not everyone has the same circumstances as everyone else and you have to make decisions based on your own circumstances. Just do what you think is best for your family as a whole.
I agree with Anon2. Your husband's thoughts / perspective is a great place to start. I'd also think about how much responsibility this will place on your husband, 13-yr old, and 3-yr old. Can they pick up slack when you are sick? Will your 13-year-old benefit by being more "needed" or is her plate already full? How about your husband's plate? If its any consolation, my husband and I recently discussed this same scenario. He ended up saying it was up to me - could I manage the home and kids while having morning sickeness, etc.? He told me exactly where he would be able to pick up slack and where he would NOT be able to! It helped me get perspective I wasn't able to have on my own.
Thanks Anon2! Those are some good points to think about.
Thanks to you also unknown!
Hi, all! I am wondering how you all handle toys with small parts while you still have babies in the home? My oldest is getting to the age where she is very bored with chunky toys. She is ready for "real" legos, not the duplo ones that are safe for ages 1-3. She also enjoys games with tiny pieces. But I am having a hard time keep these games out of reach of the younger ones. Just yesterday, the baby popped a tiny toy acorn in his mouth. It was just the size of a fruit snack and I was glad I noticed before he chocked on it (worst case possibility) or ate it (better case possibility but still not great)! So do you have a certain time of day when the older ones bring out their small parts toys, or a certain room, or what? I feel bad only letting my oldest bring out her favorite things for one hour while the littles sleep.
anne, I also struggle with what to do with the tiny toys. I have two older elementary boys and two little kids(3 and 1). I decided to allow the older ones to have legos provided they follow the rules of keeping them in their room and up off the floor. Same rules goes for games with tiny pieces. They have a lego table and plenty of shelves and plastic bins to store all the sets in. If I find any pieces in the other parts of the house they get confiscated and sometimes just thrown out. This keeps the toys under some control and requires the big boys to be responsible with their toys and take good care of them. It has worked to keep the tiny toys out of the rest of the house. The struggle I'm having now though is training the littles to respectively stay out of the big kids space. The little kids aren't allowed in the big boys room but that doesn't stop them from trying desperately to get get in and get into all the tiny pieces.


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SAN JOSE -- One year after they combined for 91 points in an offensive thriller, Archbishop Mitty and Valley Christian played another tight one Friday night.
But this time, the defenses dominated play.
Two touchdown passes by Trenton Scharrenberg in the second quarter accounted for Mitty's only points, and the second-ranked Monarchs held off No. 6 Valley Christian in the second half to win 14-13.
Valley Christian nearly pulled off a miraculous finish to force overtime as Jordan Goldstein blocked a punt in the final minute and returned it 28 yards for a touchdown that brought the Warriors to within one point. The dramatic touchdown led to a euphoric eruption on the Valley Christian sideline and in the end zone that drew a penalty flag for excessive celebrating.
The 15-yard penalty led to a 35-yard extra-point kick that missed.
Mitty ran out the clock to win the West Catholic Athletic League game.
"It was a good victory for us," Mitty coach Matt Haniger said. "We responded in a pretty good way as far a little adversity there. We got the ball, got a turnover, and didn't end up going our way."
Mitty believes it recovered a fumble at its 1-yard line in the third quarter that would have preserved its two-touchdown halftime lead. But the officials ruled that the ball went out of bounds, and Valley Christian scored on a 1-yard run by Mark Quinby.
Still, it looked as if Mitty wouldn't have to sweat the final minutes as its defense continued to dominate.
But then Valley Christian got the blocked punt.
"Your kids got to be under control," Valley Christian coach Mike Machado said. "But the majority of guys who ran out were our special teams. We got caught up in the moment. The guys who were down toward that end of the sideline ran down to the end zone. It was a big play. They were excited."
Asked what he told the team afterward, Machado said, "You've got to keep moving forward and get guys healthy. We've got to keep working. We've got a lot of season left."
Valley Christian was missing its top running back, Kirk Johnson, because of an ankle injury.
Mitty held Valley Christian to one first down in the first half as it got huge contributions from nearly all of its defenders, including linebacker Chandler Ramirez and defensive end Tommy Hudson.
Valley Christian's only offensive touchdown, the 1-yard run by Quinby, came after an interception early in the third quarter gave the Warriors the ball at the Mitty 34.
It was a defensive struggle for much of the opening half. Fumbles ended two early Mitty possessions, including one after Scharrenberg had completed a 49-yard pass to Daniel Rice that moved the Monarchs to the Valley Christian 36.
Valley Christian went three-and-out on its first five series and gained only 4 total yards in the process.
The Warriors ended the first-down drought on the first play of their sixth series when John Wilkinson ran 26 yards to the Mitty 49. But on the next play, the Warriors fumbled.
Mitty took a 7-0 lead on its previous series as Scharrenberg lofted a 45-yard scoring pass down the middle to Jose Manzo with 6:20 left in the second quarter.
After it recovered the Valley Christian fumble, Mitty drove in for another score. Zach Seavers caught a 9-yard slant pass in the end zone to cap the drive and extend the Monarchs' lead to 14-0.
"I'm really proud of my defense; I can't be more proud," said Ramirez, who also plays running back. "We played our butts off the entire night. Offensively, Valley Christian is a very physical team ... and we weren't able to respond to that. That's why I was a little upset because I know we have more heart than that.
"But. overall, we pulled out a win. We're just looking forward to our next game."
Mitty 0 14 0 0 -- 14
Valley Christian 0 0 7 6 -- 13
M -- Manzo 45 pass from Scharrenberg (Haas kick)
M -- Seavers 9 pass from Scharrenberg (Haas kick)
VC -- Quinby 1 run (Kroening kick)
VC -- Goldstein 28 blocked punt return (kick failed)
Records -- Mitty 5-0, 2-0; Valley Christian 3-2, 1-1


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Roads are closed in University Heights because of a water main break.
Cincinnati police said the main burst about 4:30 a.m. Sunday at Marshall and De Votie avenues.
Officers said a slab of asphalt came up from the road. Most of the water froze, causing the roads to be slick for pedestrians and drivers.
Authorities blocked the area off as utility crews repaired the damage.
There are reports that water is off to some residents in the area.
Officials said some Metro bus routes are being rerouted in the area as the West McMicken and Marshall avenues routes are blocked.
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Security Researchers Bypass Samsung Galaxy S5′s Fingerprint Sensor
The Samsung Galaxy S5′s fingerprint sensor has a loophole that can leave a user's phone—and the PayPal money app—vulnerable to hackers, researchers say. The exploit, demonstrated in a YouTube video, bypasses the Galaxy S5′s fingerprint lock using a fake fingerprint made from wood glue.
In an interview with the Journal, PayPal's head of ecosystem security, Brett McDowell, said that the hack is real, and known, but it's nothing that should alarm the public.
"We don't have any reason to question the authenticity of the demonstration," McDowell said. "This is a known challenge to fingerprint-sensing technology, and these are some of the top researchers in the world. But this is not a scalable exploit. It's not something most people should worry about."
The video (below) by Berlin, Germany-based Security Research Labs shows the mold of a fingerprint being used to trick a Galaxy S5′s fingerprint sensor into unlocking the phone. SRLabs says in the video that it made its fake fingerprint (or "wood glue spoof") by taking a camera phone photo of a fingerprint left on the phone's display. The video was reported earlier by Ars Technica.
"Not only is it possible to spoof the fingerprint authentication, even after the device has been turned off, but the implementation also allows for seemingly unlimited authentication attempts without ever requiring a password," says the narrator in the SRLabs video.
PayPal is among the apps that can make use of Samsung's fingerprint sensor in place of a password, and in the video researchers use the fingerprint spoof to log into PayPal and transfer money to an outside account.
McDowell said that PayPal believes the security and convenience of using a fingerprint sensor outweighs the possibility that a hacker steals both a person's phone and a pristine fingerprint, and also have the time and resources to make a copy of a fingerprint before that user calls PayPal customer service to disconnect their account from the lost or stolen phone.
"This is not something you can do on any number of devices," McDowell said. "This is not like a massive phishing scam where you can get millions of passwords quickly. This is limited to one device, one victim at a time."
Apple's iPhone 5S also has a fingerprint reader, one that has been hacked in a similar fashion, but it is not used to authenticate third-party financial transactions, only Apple's own iTunes store.
Samsung and SRLabs have not yet replied to requests for comment.