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What Does it Mean to be Insulin Resistant?
Q: My doctor told me that I have "insulin resistance," and that I may be headed for diabetes. What is insulin resistance, and what can I do about it?
A: The cells of your body need sugar for energy. The sugar they need is glucose, which powers your brain, muscles, and other parts of your body, just as gasoline powers a car. To get glucose into your cells, your body makes insulin, a hormone that acts like a key. It attaches to the surface of your cells, allowing glucose to enter.
For some people, the cells do not respond well to insulin. Imagine that you try to start your car and insert your key into the ignition, only to find that it does not turn very easily. Looking more closely, you discover that some mischievous person put gum in your ignition. There is nothing wrong with your key, but your ignition does not work right. This is essentially what happens in insulin resistance: The insulin "key" attaches to the surface of the cells normally, but the cells don't respond as they should.
That's where the problems start. If glucose cannot get into your cells, it builds up in your bloodstream. Your body responds by producing more and more insulin, eventually getting at least some glucose in the cells where it belongs. But as the years go by, your body may not be able to produce enough insulin to overcome the cells' resistance. At that point, your cells cannot get the glucose they need. And you'll find yourself low on energy, like a car that's run out of gas.
Meanwhile, the glucose that builds up in your blood can harm the blood vessels in your eyes, kidneys, and heart. This condition is called type 2 diabetes, and it has reached epidemic proportions in North America and much of the rest of the world.
Q: What causes it?
A: Insulin resistance is partly genetic. But there are other important contributors. One of the most important was found by researchers using special scanning techniques. Looking into the cells of people with insulin resistance, they found tiny particles of fat. These fat particles are especially common in muscle cells. Like gum in a lock, a buildup of fat particles in cells interferes with insulin's ability to open the cell membrane and allow glucose inside.
Researchers at Yale University scanned the muscle cells of young adults whose parents or grandparents had diabetes. Even though these young people were slim and healthy, many had microscopic fat particles already building up in their
muscle cells, suggesting that they were headed for diabetes.
These fat particles are the result of diets loaded with fatty foods, along with sugar and overly refined carbohydrates that pack in more calories than we need.
Q: Does insulin resistance cause other problems too?
A: Yes. It also contributes to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). In this condition, women lose their normal ovulation cycle, which can lead to infertility. The problem is that increased insulin produced in response to insulin resistance ends up triggering changes in sex hormones, especially an increase in testosterone in a woman's bloodstream. Symptoms of PCOS include irregular periods, weight gain, acne, and an increase in facial hair. As you can imagine, women with PCOS are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
Q: So if sugar is building up in the bloodstream, does that mean I should avoid carbohydrates, such as bread or rice?
A: Just the opposite. You would do better to have more healthful carbohydrates and a lot less fat. Here's why: In Asian countries, where meals have long been centered on rice, insulin resistance and diabetes were relatively rareuntil fast-food restaurants arrived. As Asian diets have Westernized over the past few decades, with increasing amounts of meat, cheese, fried foods, and sugar, diabetes rates have exploded.
Remember those fat particles in your cells? Well, fatty foods can cause them to build up remarkably quickly. In a study, researchers in Baton Rouge, La., fed high-fat meals to 10 young men. After just three days, the fat particles in the men's cells had built up significantly. Meanwhile, a team of London researchers tested people who were following vegan diets, finding that they had significantly less fat in their muscles compared to other people.
So getting the fatty foods off your plate is a good way to "clean out" your cells, so to speak, and a good way to tackle insulin resistance. The most powerful diets set animal products aside, keep vegetable oils low, and emphasize natural foodsbeans, whole grains, vegetables, and fruits. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine studies have shown that these foods can reduce insulin resistance, promote weight loss, and dramatically improve diabetes.
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This article is incorrect. My family is from Asia and we have a long list of diabetes. Why my aunt never eats fast food, she does cook well and deep fries egg rolls by the batch. She ate a lot of rice as well. Any more cooking and she would lose her feet. She has though found fasting to reduce her pain and suffering. If you're not diabetic but are obese, then full fat food forces the body to feed on it's own fat because it has no carbs to feed off of. The body feeds of of carbs first. As long as it has a steady supply of carbs it will never use the fat. Those who are obese and don't move who keep adding carbs will never access their fat reserves. But for everyone else then this article may work for them.Me - 2015-10-04 21:06:06
So by watching my diet , will that keep me from taking medication for the insuline resistance? Are there natural vitamins I can take instead of pills.Chrissy - 2015-03-09 16:00:54
But I am reading on the Internet and in books, and seeing on YouTube, various articles and lectures and interviews that ONCE YOU HAVE insulin resistance it is not the same diet that treats it as is recommended to avoid it in the first place. That a diet of whole grains, fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds is great to avoid all manner of chronic diseases, but after you've already blown it like me, insulin resistance is only managed with few carbs and almost no fruit, forevermore.Vee - 2015-02-26 22:03:20
Hey Dan - why dont you cite those studies you speak of. Did you read this article - it's the fat - and the American Diabetic Assoc promotes low fat, healthy carb diets. Processed carbs are empty calories but they are not the main problemAndrew - 2014-07-29 13:58:37
I was in the hospital my sugar was in the 400 numbers and my ketones were off the charts. Was in the hospital two weeks. I was given insulin. I checked the Feinberg Northwestern Institute for daiy recommendations. I went grocery shopping checked all the abels and combinations of food that added up to te amounts listed for every vitamin and mineral. Heres te basic menu I ate for two weeks straight. Cream of wheat with water and 2% milk. Milton's muti-grain bread 2 slices per day. One cup orange juice or one small orange a handful of sun flower seeds, 10 black olives, one tomato, brocolli, cauiflower, squash and carrots, one ounce of chicken breast, one ounce of cheddar cheese, That's all I can remember I did'nt write it down but thats about it. The main thing is the cream of wheat and miltons bread that provides you with basically most of the vitamins and minerals that you need. Also, I lowered my cholesterol levels to excellent by eating chicken breast and tomato tacos. I just wanted to share and you can try it for yourself. It's all good food. My diabetic a1c went from 8.5 to 4.7 in two to three weeks. I also noticed tat I could stop te diet and my insulin was still regulated for a month or two so I eat it at leadt once or twice a week.Anne - 2014-07-18 21:41:50
I'm sorry, but your paragraph about foods causing the explosion of diabetes in eastern populations is factually, scientifically, and totally wrong: it is processed carbohydrates, not saturated fats etc, which cause this. There's tons of evidence about this (close to home, Alzheimer's and t2dm etc rocketed after we were told to lower fat and increase carbs) and you're literally putting people's lives at risk saying otherwise. Please, read the Harvard health guidelines, they know a thing or two, and realise our bodies are not supposed to survive on carbs. And indeed they don't.dan - 2014-02-24 22:30:34
Nanette, you are absolutely right, grains are a problem as they have a high glycemic index and spike your blood sugar. This includes whole grains!! This article is quite misleading because up until humans started cultivating grains in the Neolithic revolution 10'000 years ago we consumed very few carbohydrates. A high protein, low carb diet is what our body is set up for genetically. Insulin production to eliminate elevated sugar in our blood stream and store it as fat in cells is an emergency measure for the rare cases where this may happen (extremely rarely for hunter gatherers), it is not meant to be the normal way we obtain energy. Thus all the problems we see with the high carb diets most people follow today. For more check out Wheat Belly, Grain Brain, Primal Blueprint etc...wugiul - 2014-02-20 15:46:44
InterestingSeha - 2014-02-03 07:34:31
So what do you have to say about The Real Meal revolution by Prof Tim Noakes!?Mal - 2014-01-31 10:20:06
Your article was good, but with one omission. Humans evolved eons ago as hunter/gatherers. Insulin resistance and the weight gain that follows appeared only after humans started cultivating grains. Studies of the bodies of mummified Egyptians shows that a diet heavy in grains causes insulin resistance and obesity. Egyptians had a high rate of heart disease and obesity caused by insulin resistance. Cutting out animal products and fats will NOT cure insulin resistance. You also have to cut out "white" processed foods such as sugar, high fructose corn syrup, white bread and white pasta. A truly insulin resistant body cannot tolerate more than 15 carbs per meal without the blood sugar spiking and the liver converting that extra sugar into fat. An insulin resistant person can get overweight with high blood pressure and high blood sugar on a fat-free vegetarian diet. I know this because it happened to me!Nanette - 2012-10-18 12:07:26
This was an awesome breakdown of this topic. You are a great teacher! Keep up the great work.Emmyelle - 2012-07-05 15:19:51


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The Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre is turning to the community for support during a month-long pledge drive, which will continue through Aug. 23.
The all-volunteer, nonprofit community theater launched the pledge drive, asking for any amount of donations, beginning July 26.
Through many financial ups and downs and changes in leadership, members of the community theater are making calls directly for support to fund repairs and future shows.
"I made this suggestion of conducting a pledge drive because it gives our members an opportunity to call and remind the community how important they are to our success and to thank them for their ongoing support," said MOVP President JR Wells. "The community has shown the theater that it is important to them and that it is truly a community theater."
Donors can send checks through the mail in any amount to its Putnam Street theater and box office, as leaders say any amount is helpful.
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"For us the pledge drive is about more than getting money," said Vice President Kermit Polan.
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"We have been wanting to open a dialogue with the community, and the pledge drive is a way to start that," he said.
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Theater members agreed that response was positive so far, as Wells said adding the personal touch of talking to the community directly can make all the difference.
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The Mid-Ohio Valley Players' next show is its youth theater performance of Fiddler on the Roof, Jr., which opens Friday and continues throughout the weekend.
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Faced with cuts in state funding, declining student enrollment and mandatory pay raises for faculty, the Board of Regents for Higher Education is considering raising tuition by as much as 12.4 percent next school year.
"I don't think it's a surprise, given the budget cuts... This is pretty simple math," Gary F. Holloway told regents on the executive and finance committees Tuesday.
Over the last two school years, state funding for the dozen community colleges and four state colleges has declined by 15.3 percent, or $49.4 million. Declining enrollment also is making the system's projected deficit larger than expected.
"We are facing great challenges," said Philip Austin, interim president of the 100,000-student system.
If approved, this would be the largest tuition and fee increase since 2004 for the state colleges.
Holloway, the chair of the finance committee, said a double-digit percentage increase is necessary just to continue providing the existing level of services at the system's 16 campuses.
Officials said the colleges have nearly run out of places to cut spending. The colleges recently incurred a $14.4 million mid-year budget cut ordered by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Those cuts resulted in 46 vacant teaching positions not being filled. Plans to create and hire another 47 faculty positions have also been stalled. Additionally, tutors and advisors at several community colleges have been eliminated. Courses offered at all the schools have been trimmed back or class sizes increased or are being taught by adjunct professors instead of full-time faculty.
Additionally, the childcare center for students and staff at Northwest Community College has closed and the recently built fitness center at Naugatuck Community College has closed. In total, 187 positions will remain vacant to makeup for the cut.
Sen. Beth Bye, the co-chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee, said she often hears that too many students cannot get the classes they need.
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After enduring years of budget cuts, regents Chairman Lewis Robinson Jr. said something has to give. On top of the state funding reductions, the college employee contracts negotiated by the Malloy administration require a 5 percent salary increase each year for the next three years and no layoffs are permitted. Enrollment is also down by as much as 4 percent at some of the colleges. For Southern Connecticut State University, this under-enrollment means an additional $5.9 million shortfall.
"To me it indicates that it's not going to be enough to tinker around the edges [of the budget]," Robinson said.
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The University of Connecticut, which operates under a separate administration, has experienced $47.9 million in state budget cutbacks, or 13.6 percent. A spokeswoman for the system said there are no plans right now to go beyond the 6 percent tuition increase approved already for the upcoming schools year to help pay for the hiring of new faculty. "We're waiting for more information on what the state's next budget will bring and aiming to absorb much of the recent reductions through efficiencies," spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said. "We'll have a better sense of revenue, spending, and reduction changes when the Board of Trustees takes up the budget this spring."
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Industrial Growth Partners holds a final close on its fourth buyout fund at the vehicle's $600 million hard cap…Parthenon Capital Partners aims to raise $600 million for its next midmarket fund…Adveq Management holds a first closing of $90 million for its third opportunity vehicle.
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Let's say you wanted to look up the current cost of an item based on the Item# in our inventory list. You can look up the data quickly and efficiently, find a specific data in a list, and automatically verify that you're using the correct data by using the Lookup feature. After you've looked up the data, you can perform calculations or display the results with the values that are returned. Now there's several ways to look up values in a list of data and display the results. Since this is an essential basics video, we're going to learn about the easiest type of lookups.
And this is the VLookup. What we're going to be doing here is we're going to be looking up information in columns. Open up Inventory list 19. And this is the end result that we're heading for, so that we can see what we want to come up with. We now have a new sub table on the worksheet, that identifies the item number and its current cost. Right now, the item number is 14 and the current cost is $7.00. Change the item number to 17, hit your Enter key, and see what happens to your current cost.
The current cost now changes to $2.25. Let's see if that's right. We'll go over to our table, go to item number 17, look across the row to the current cost column, and we see that it is $2.25. Cool isn't it? Imagine how quick it will be to find the current cost of items in a large piece of data with this kind functionality? Let's learn how to create this table. So we're working in list number 19. To begin, if you haven't already opened it, please do so.
You'll notice that I've moved the Item# to be in column A, and this is important because the VLookup function searches on the first column in the range of items you're looking for. And since I want to look up an item number, I wanted that to be the first column in my list. Let's select cell J8. Go up to your Function Library from your Formulas tab, and this one is under the Lookup & References category. Select that. And you're VLookup function is at the very bottom. It's down at the very last function you can select.
So if we look for the definition of what VLookup is all about, it actually looks up values in the leftmost column of the table, and then returns the value in the same row from a column that you specify. So it's going to look up information in the first column, you're going to specify what you're looking for, in this case our Item#, and then you're going to say, "Go to a particular column and grab out the value that's sitting there, based on what I'm putting in." So let's look at the Function Arguments that can be created for this particular function and see how we set this up.
The Lookup value is the value to be found in the first column of your table. And it can be a value, a reference, or a text string. Now in this case, I want to be able to change up the number that I in here. I don't want to say, "Always show me what's in Item# 7." I want to be able to have the power to change my numbers here like we did in our example, and get a different current costs. So I'm going to put in a reference. So the reference that I'm putting in is going to be the cell that's right beside cell J8, and it's going to be cell I8.
We're going to start putting our item numbers just in the cell that I'm hovering over here in the future, and its going to allow us to change and find different current costs for different Item#'s. Next, the table array. This is a table of text numbers or logical values in which the data is retrieved. So this is now the area that we want Excel to go and look the information up in. in this case, it's going to be our whole table. We're going to look up and input the cell addresses for the table that we're working in. So we're going to put in cell A2 to be the very beginning table.
Address, a colon like we did in the last example, and F25 as our final cell that we want it to go look for. The next item we're going to identify is the column index number. And this is the column number in the table from which the matching value should be returned. In this time, we're not looking at A, B, C, D to identify, we're looking at a column number. So that we're starting off with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. We want to come back with the current cost, and the current cost is in 1, 2, 3, the fourth column.
So I put in the number 4, to identify I want it to go into column D. The final identifier is the range lookup, it's a logical value so by this we mean it's either true or false. And we want to identify whether or not we want it to match exactly, or if we just want to find the closest match. In this case, we want it to match exactly. So we want it to go and look for exactly item number 19. In order to do that, to find an exact match, we have to put in the value of false. Now this may have seemed a little bit confusing to you, but you are talking to a machine, so this is what the machine will understand; to make sure that you are going to find an exact match. Should you forget this when you are working with this particular function, that is also reminded to you down here, in this little dialog box.
So we now have our formula in place, let's see if it's bringing back the values that we're expecting. When we first add in the formula, we get an N/A over here that looks like we might have created an error in our formula, but basically the problem is, is that we have no value here in this particular cell, and it's looking for something to go search on. It can't look of nothing. So let's remedy this by clicking on cell I8, and putting in a number. Let's look up Item# 21.
Enter it by using your check mark. And now we have a value here in our cell, where we were putting our formula previously. So it's telling us that for item 21, that the current cost is $6.25. Let's see if that's right. We'll go down to our Item# column, we'll search for item 21, we'll use our arrow key to move across to our current cost, and we see that our current cost is indeed $6.25.
Let's do that one more time, because this is a pretty cool concept we're learning here. We'll go back up to our Item# cell, we'll lookup item number 13 this time, click our check box to enter the information. It shows us that it's $5.25. we'll verify that that's correct. And indeed it is. You should feel very proud of yourself. If you've made it through this movie and got this function to work, this is pretty advanced stuff. Now you're ready for more challenges.
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'Glee,' Season 4, Episode 4, 'The Break Up': TV Recap
Here it is, the much talked about breakup episode, during which all of the beloved (or hated) "Glee" couples face some growing pains, hurdles and yes — breakups (plural).
Were you surprised by the outcomes? When you think about it, is it really that surprising that teenagers would run into problems when 1/2 of the couple went away to college, met new people and started to form a new identity? Or new job opportunities force couples to choose between work and love? On some level, no matter how old you are, you can relate to these issues. And Ryan Murphy is awfully proud of it–he called it "the best episode we have ever done." And the song choice certainly rocks, mainly because it includes No Doubt's "Don't Speak" and Coldplay's "The Scientist," two of my favorite songs.
We start in McKinley High cafeteria where Marley and Jake bond over free-lunch tickets. Jake's mom is working extra shifts at the country club to pay for his dance lessons, which Jake asks Marley to keep between them. From across the cafeteria, Brittany and Blaine admire the young lovers and they reminisce about the beginning, when things were simpler, when everyone wasn't so busy, when they had hope and innocence. Brittany points out they're still young, so they should still be experiencing those things.
Over in Bushwick Rachel woke up late — after all, her date with Brody was unexpectedly interrupted by Finn. "Thank God for earplugs," Kurt says. Rachel points out that they didn't do "anything" — they didn't even talk, they just laid there. Kurt wisely leaves the two (ex?)lovers alone. Small talk, small talk, small talk until Rachel bursts: "I can't do this Finn," she wants to know why he's not in his uniform. Well he was in the Army — for 16 days, but while he was cleaning Rachel (his rifle!), he shot himself in the thigh.He got a semi-honorable discharge so then he backpacked through Georgia. He left Lima with a plan: he was going to redeem his dad and make Rachel proud, but he couldn't face her looking at him like a "Lima Loser." Rachel says plans change, but he's there in NYC with her and they can find him a new dream. Rachel encourages him to come with her to her classes at NYADA and they can find a way for him to get in. Rachel loves it in NYC but says something has always been missing, and she's not going to let Finn go again. So no addressing of Rachel's dinner with Brody? Did Brody just say OK, see ya? I can't imagine Brody is going to give up without a fight. Also, it didn't look like anything was missing from Rachel's life when she was kissing Brody.
OH YAY! Santana gets some real screen time that isn't through FaceTime! She brings up a point that has been bothering me for weeks: (Although she's not jealous) How the hell did "Porcelain" get that vogue.com internship by taking photos of his outfits? I know Glee always requires some suspension of disbelief, but in this job market, Kurt would be the last person to get an internship. All he did was take "photos of every ridiculous outfit he ever paired with a Cossack hat and a see-through raincoat." Brittany tells her that Santana can follow her dream too because her mom gave her that money to go to NYC, but Santana likes college (shocker?) and likes cheerleading and likes being a few hours away from Brittany.Her first week away she heard a rumor that all the water was runoff from the Kentucky Derby Stables. So she comes home to do laundry every few weeks and to see Brittany. Aw. (So, Santana, where do you shower?) Brittany's exhausted because she was up late reading "Desecration, the Anti-Christ Takes the Thrown," the ninth book in the Left Behind series– which deals with Christian dispensationalist End Times. What teacher is making them read that? Santana hopes that Schue isn't making them do Christian week. (Ha!). Oh it's an after-school club with several familiar names — like Kitty, Joe… and Tina's assistant.
Kurt calls Blaine to say hi, but that doesn't go so well since he can't figure out how to use Isabelle's phones and he has to get the column on the website by midnight tonight and can't call Blaine back later. Kurt doesn't want to miss the phone dates, but this could be a career for him. Blaine gets it, but he really misses Kurt (talking, hugging, etc), and what's he supposed to do until his visit to NYC in 2 weeks? Hold his breath? Kurt will text him on his break and hangs up on him as Blaine says "I love you" to a dial tone. Ouch.
Finn goes to Rachel's classes with her and notes in a voice over that she's so alive and has found where she belongs (so I guess Cassandra is on break or something since she's not screaming at Rachel and is nowhere to be found?). Finn knows that NYADA isn't the place for him and what's he going to do in New York? Run a hot dog cart? He used to be the man of Rachel's dreams but now they aren't even in the same world.
Blaine's call to Kurt goes to voice mail so he starts singing Duncan Sheik's "Barely Breathing" while Finn starts singing it in New York while watching Rachel in her dance class. "I don't know who I'm kidding imagining you care" seems like it's going to be the anthem of this week's Glee. the song is a little stagnant to me…a little stiff. I've always liked this song, but for two guys going through heartbreak, troubled times and who feel very lonely, they miss the mark. The song CHOICE is good, but the delivery is empty. Oh, and what's up with these texts from Eli C.? Who is Eli C? What is going on here?! Oh Blaine…. you were so mad about Kurt's flirty texts during the Whitney Houston ep…I hope you didn't go there….
Rachel and Kurt are going to Callbacks, the karaoke bar that all the NYADA students go to on Friday nights. Kurt wants Finn to wear a suit, but Finn doesn't have a suit, nor will he wear one to a karaoke bar. (How can they all get into the bar, I know they aren't 21). And then Blaine surprises Kurt! With flowers. "Just like the good old days!" Rachel squeaks. (yes that was a squeak).
Kurt will never forget his and Blaine's first night out in New York (that's putting it lightly)… Finn orders a coke and Rachel (who is quite dolled up for an 18 year old in New York) gets a virgin amaretto sour…and there's Brody. This isn't awkward at all. The visit, according to Rachel, is going AMAZING and Brody encourages Finn to sing to make his NYADA visit complete. Rachel wants him to sing Demi Lovato's "Give Your Heart a Break." OK, here's where Finn's jealousy comes out– he won't sing because he's not a NYADA student (and hasn't sung in the shower since Nationals); instead he says that Brody and Rachel should sing it together because it's a NYADA tradition and they're NYADA students. Brody takes Finn up on that offer real fast. Rachel is nervous because it's her "off-off Broadway debut." I don't like this Rachel/Brody duet. Brody's voice gets lost in this song, and despite Rachel/Finn always doing their duets around the Glee Club piano, I loved their duets. (As always, Lea Michele's voice shines). Kurt won't get up to sing his and Blaine's Sweeney Todd melody because he doesn't want to end up on Page Six. But Blaine has no qualms….and gets up to sing the song he sang in Season 2 when he first met the love of his life. A stripped down version of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream." It's amazing. I like Darren Criss's voice, I always have. This is the emotional performance I was looking for earlier in this episode. You can feel this song (see the look on Kurt's face). Something is wrong.
(A friend of mine points out that my love of Blaine's "Teenage Dream" isn't a shock and maybe Blaine should have chosen a different song to express his pain — we know it's going to be good since it was good the first time. "It will be amazing the third time," she texted me. Agree?)
Afterwards during their walk along the river Finn points out Rachel and "her friend" sounded good together and even though Rachel expresses (dutifully) that she wishes Finn sang with her, Finn says he doesn't fit in there in New York– the place moves too fast for him and he's not meant to be there, whereas this is where Rachel belongs. Finn asks if Rachel and Brody are just friends. Finn asks her not to lie to him. Rachel defends her kiss: she couldn't get in touch with Finn, she didn't know if Finn was OK. She only did it because Finn told her that he wanted her to be free.
Kurt points out that Blaine's rendition of "Teenage Dream" was really moving and asks why Blaine is so emotional and weirdly sad. "Please stop pretending that nothing's wrong." Oh God. Blaine did the unthinkable. He was with someone. It wasn't Sebastian (phew), but Blaine was lonely and he needed Kurt and Kurt wasn't there. Kurt points out he was lonely too and had temptation but he didn't do anything because it would be horrible and wrong.
So the two couples (or ex-couples?) sing No Doubt's breakup anthem "Don't Speak." It's been the breakup song of many, many couples, including No Doubt band members Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal. (For Lea/Cory fanatics out there – were you bothered that the two had to sing this song since they're rumored to be dating in real life?) It was great. Kurt, Blaine, Finn and Rachel's voices worked with each other really well. If you haven't watched or heard, YouTube it or go to iTunes — do it.
The next morning Kurt tells Finn that he can't run away. Kurt tells Finn that he feels like he's going to die; Finn has to get away for a little bit. Kurt asks if 6 months ago Finn thought things would be like this. Kurt asks if he should say anything to Rachel. Finn says no and leaves.
Over at McKinley Kitty wants Marley (boobless?? that's the nickname Kitty chose?) to join the Left Behind Club. Oh right, this is the group Brittany is apart of. I'm not going to bother describing this club because it's a load of crap and I can't believe a high school would sanction it. Kitty says that Armageddon is coming (the Rapture). Anyway, Santana goes to the meeting as Brittany asked. Then there's a fake Rapture as Kitty is trying to convince Dottie that Rapture is real and shows her what being "left behind" feels like. Um, this is weird and crazy and uncomfortable to watch. Although he apologizes for making her come, Jake asks Marley to not leave, but Marley stands up for herself. "I really don't like that Kitty girl and I can't believe you do." Meanwhile Santana wants to take Brittany home because this club isn't good for her, but Brit isn't leaving. "Being left behind sucks," she says. (notice the stark contrast between the way Santana is dressed and the way the rest of the high school kids are dressed). Santana says Kitty played a prank but Brittany goes deeper — Santana left Brittany behind and it hurt and she felt like she was having a panic attack (like Dottie is). Well said, Brittany. It's good to know your brain isn't only rainbow drawings.
Finn goes to visit Schue and cries in his arms. And ends up in the choir room. Where he sees Blaine. "Why did you do that to him?" Finn asks. Blaine acknowledges that there was no excuse but this confrontation is cut short because the rest of the club enters and treats Finn like…a returning hero. Maybe that's what his ego needs. Schue says that Glee Club is like family so members are always welcome, even if they just need to take a break and decide what's next. Now it's time to decide what to do for the Fall Musical (not Rocky Horror). I like the continuity — every year there should be a musical because there's always Fall! Finn suggests Grease because everyone likes it: young, old, girls, guys. (And the song he auditioned for Glee Club was from Grease). It's about high school, growing up and being true to yourself. Grease is the word, folks. (My friend isn't pleased with this choice, especially since we've already heard some Grease songs. "There are so many good musicals out there to show people, I think its a boring and predictable choice.")
Over in Casa de Schue, good news! He got picked for the Blue Ribbon Panel to Improve Arts Education. Mr. Schuester goes to Washington! But there's a problem. Schue wants Emma to come with him for a few months, not just for a long weekend visit. Emma doesn't want to go (despite tenure); she likes her job and doesn't want a sabbatical. Emma is supportive of this, but for Schue, not for her. He doesn't want to be alone and not be with her and Emma doesn't want to sit alone in some hotel room while he's off fulfilling dreams. Schue doesn't think that what he's asking is that much but Emma is not going to follow him around like some obedient little puppy dog. As Emma storms out Schue says they still have to talk about this. Emma: "We just did! You just don't like what I have to say!"
At vogue.com Kurt gets red and yellow roses from Blaine begging for forgiveness. And is this Kurt's new friend? Distraction? Rebound? Kurt is so hurt he doesn't even want to go binge shopping! He throws Blaine's note in the garbage.
At McKinley, Santana summons Brittany to the choir room where she reminisces about sophomore year when she used to secretly watch Brittany during Glee Club. She counted the number of times Brittany smiled at her and died on the days she didn't. It's where they fell in love when they could say things with music when words just weren't enough. Santana has to tell Brittany something that she doesn't know how to say. So she sings Taylor Swift's "Mine" with the very important line "you're the best thing that's ever been mine." Welcome back, Santana. I've missed you. (Although no snark in this episode, her performance is so strong and I hope she is in many more episodes and not just every four). Santana says she hasn't been a good girlfriend, she can't come home on the weekends and pretend everything is the same as they were. She doesn't want to be one of those long-distance couples who hang in there for a few months, then break up when "someone eventually cheats or things get weird." Plus Santana had an "energy exchange" with a girl (who had a stack of Virginia Woolf books) during a study break. This is the least offensive exchange — just smiles — ever. Santana wants to do the mature thing (not a breakup, although it sounds like a breakup to Brittany), that long-distance relationships are almost possible to maintain because both people aren't getting what they need (since when did Santana become so wise? I mean she was never stupid, but this is wise-ness beyond teenage years here). Santana: "You know I will always love you the most." Sadness.
Jake apologizes to Marley about the Left Behind Club. Marley asks why Jake is he's with Kitty, pointing out that even though he pretends to not care what others think, he clearly does. "You don't know how it feels to really be on the outside – the black kids think I'm too white, the white kids think he's too black." When he's next to Kitty nobody makes fun of him. Kitty hears the tail-end of this conversation and starts in on Marley for trying to steal her man, makes an uncalled for fat-mother joke and provokes Jake to break up with her. Kitty warns him she's like a "bad Carrie Underwood song" as she gives him back his jacket. "I'll take my chances," Jake says. Kitty warns them both that they'll regret this because "Obama's gonna lose." (Way to be unbiased, FOX!). Marley tells Jake that he didn't have to do that, but he says he did. She then asks him to go through sheet music for Grease because she wants to audition for Sandy, but he turns her down. Odd.
Apparently flights from Lima to New York (and vice versa) are free or cheap. Rachel finds Finn on the auditorium stage in McKinley — where he proposed to her (and where they first met and where they had their first date). This place is their Jerusalem — all roads lead them back there (since Finn wasn't at home or at the tire shop). Rachel's a little mad she had to get on a plane and then drive around town as Finn's been ignoring her calls and texts. Now the gloves come off. Rachel is mad at Finn for making her get on that train to New York. But she was able to forgive him for it because she realized it must have been really hard for Finn. She thought Finn was a man for what he did. But then Finn was off the radar for FOUR MONTHS and then he sneaked off in the middle of the night without saying goodbye. Finn says he's trying to give Rachel her freedom, but Rachel doesn't need him to do that because she's a grown woman. She doesn't need Finn making decisions for her. Finn says that's alright because she has Brody, who has been on Broadway and has like 3% body fat. "Who am I?" Finn asks. He barely graduated high school and his life has no direction. Rachel says that no matter how rich, famous or successful she becomes (well, she clearly doesn't see failure in her future), when it comes to him, she's always going to be that "moon-eyed girl who freaked you out at our first Glee rehearsal. You were the first boy that made me feel loved. And sexy and visible. You are my first love. And I want more than anything for you to be my last, but I can't do this anymore. At least not now. We're done."
Now Finn really has nothing. No girl, no job, no place in this world (OK Finn, stop feeling sorry for yourself. I hope next episode is a Finn comeback episode). Rachel believes in Finn and still thinks he's awesome. (Aw). They kiss their final kiss in the same place where they had their first.
And Finn starts to sing Coldplay's "The Scientist" and is joined by Blaine and Santana. Then those three are shadowed and second verse features Kurt, Brittany, Schue and Emma. And finally Rachel. (Everyone is dressed in black). We see a montage of Rachel and Finn's firsts; Kurt and Blaine running through the halls of Dalton; Brittany and Santana in their Cheerio uniforms; Schue and Emma's first kiss. The last thing we see before the black out is Finn, standing alone, center stage.
"Nobody said it was easy…."
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities Morals and Ethics Quotes
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"I hope, sir," pleaded the abashed Mr. Cruncher, "that a gentleman like yourself wot I've had the honour of odd jobbing till I'm grey at it, would think twice about harming of me, even if it wos so—I don't say it is, but even if it wos. And which it is to be took into account that if it wos, it wouldn't, even then, be all o' one side. There'd be two sides to it." (3.9.7)
Mr. Cruncher engages in some fine moral relativism here. Sure, it's bad that he digs up graves. Then again, between doctors and lawyers and undertakers, just about everyone else makes some money off of dead bodies, don't they?


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After Premier Christy Clark suddenly won the B.C. election on May 14th, I don't remember any of the shocked pundits talking about the female factor.
What happened to the polls that had apparently shown B.C. women were less inclined than men to vote for Clark?
Unless I've missed some post-election analysis that explains it all, no one seems to have figured out what caused the sudden change in Clark's polling fortunes.
Although there are many complex factors, I'm particularly not aware of any commentators who have much to say about gender.
Have any been following the studies suggesting women candidates often have an edge in electoral politics in North America. In other words, could gender have ultimately helped Clark?
Could gender have helped other female Canadian premiers. After all, as of January of 2014, 85 per cent of the Canadian population has a woman as their provincial premier.
Going against the conventional wisdom that voters aren't ready for women in politics, a number of scholarly experiments conducted at U.S. universities have suggest that women don't face extra "barriers" in running for office. And, in many cases, they can take advantage of voters' gender biases.
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In the U.S., many campaign organizers for both the Democrats and the Republicans have already figured out that, all things being equal, voters prefer females.
Their convictions are based on psychological experiments. In some of the studies participants are asked to rate different candidates, with only their gender changed. The candidates with female names received equal or higher ratings than those with male names.
Here's an excerpt from a recent article on the subject in Atlantic Monthly, titled "A Women's Edge':
… In 2009, Deborah Jordan Brooks, a Gallup researcher turned Dartmouth professor, set out to investigate just how much bias female candidates still face, by conducting a series of controlled experiments with a large representative sample of American adults. As Brooks describes in her forthcoming book, He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates, she distributed an array of made-up newspaper articles about a fictional politician who, in various scenarios, ran for office, "erupted" at a colleague, cried, made threats, and got important facts wrong in a public appearance. Half the survey participants read about "Congresswoman Karen Bailey," while the other half read about "Congressman Kevin Bailey." Only the first names and pronouns were different, and the respondents didn't know what the study was designed to measure. After they read the articles, the participants were asked to rate the candidate's characteristics.
On such traits as competence, empathy, and ability to handle an international crisis, the hypothetical male and female candidates were viewed almost identically. Nor was the woman candidate held to different standards of behavior: though perceptions of Congresswoman Bailey dimmed when she cried and raged, the same was true for Congressman Bailey. "It is tough to win over the public as a candidate," Brooks said, "but there is no indication that it is tougher for women than for men. The only exception to this general parity was in the scenario in which "Karen" and "Kevin" were described as first-time candidates with no experience in politics ("Mrs. Bailey … has owned and operated a chain of eight dry cleaning stores located across the state for the past 10 years"). In this case, the inexperienced female candidate was viewed as stronger, more honest, and more compassionate than the inexperienced male candidate….
But what about the media? In describing male and female candidates identically, might Brooks's study have failed to account for the unequal way men and women are portrayed publicly? Here, too, research fails to find evidence of any systematic bias against women. After the 2010 midterm elections, two Washington political scientists, Danny Hayes of George Washington University and Jennifer Lawless of American University, conducted a massive analysis of nearly 5,000 newspaper articles covering 342 congressional races. They found that women candidates got just as much coverage as men, and were no more likely to be described in terms of their clothing, appearance, or family life. The women were just as likely as the men to be portrayed as having leadership abilities; the men were just as likely as the women to be described as empathetic. Whatever's hindering women, Hayes and Lawless concluded, it's not prejudiced news coverage….
And NDP leader Adrian Dix might have trouble with the apparent double-standard about what happens when a politician takes part in aggressive campaigning.
While Clark's team for several months ran a series of attack ads mocking Dix, the NDP leader held back from being very critical of Clark. Why? The following excerpt from the Atlantic article might explain:
… (Two prominent U.S. political consultants) emphasized that women are harder to criticize than men. Sharp-edged attacks, particularly by male rivals, risk running afoul of the societal bias against, essentially, hitting a girl. The classic example: Clinton's 2000 Senate race, in which her opponent, Rick Lazio, left his podium during a debate to demand that she sign a campaign-finance pledge. Lazio's physically confrontational gesture was regarded as bullying, and helped sink his campaign.


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newjerseydevils.com – The Devils believe they did a lot of things right in their Game 1 loss to the Rangers.
But rather than call Game 2 a "must-win," head coach Brent Sutter simply wants to see his team avoid repeating some costly mistakes.
Sutter feels that will be one of the keys for the Devils if they are to draw even in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal against the New York Rangers tonight at Prudential Center (7 p.m., MSG+, WWDJ 970 AM).
"When you're down one, it's a big game to even it up," Sutter said Thursday. "It still takes four to win a series. We know we're down one game. That's over and done with is how we play in [Game 2]."
The Devils will look to ramp up their offensive attack after managing only one goal in their 4-1 defeat to the Rangers on Wednesday. Paul Martin's power-play tally tied the contest in the second period before New Jersey allowed three in the third, including Ryan Callahan's shorthanded marker.
Martin Brodeur missed a chance to clear the puck from his crease, and Callahan came around the net to knock the puck over the line.
After recording one win in eight regular season meetings with their cross-river rivals, the goal now is to gain a split at home before the series shifts to Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
"When you get into the playoffs, every game is a huge game, and as the series goes on, they just get bigger," Sutter said. You go through [Game 1], and we played extremely well. Outside of the fact that we gave up that shorthanded goal, and made a mistake on the third goal.
"I'm the first to tell you when we don't play well. [In Game 1], we did a lot of good things."
Brodeur made 24 saves for the Devils, who lost the home-ice advantage they earned by beating the Rangers in a shootout during the regular-season finale Sunday.
The Devils netminder has given up six goals while losing each of his last two home playoff starts. He hasn't lost three straight at home in the postseason since dropping two to the Rangers in the 1997 semifinals and one to Ottawa in the 1998 quarters.
Brodeur is 53-32 with a 1.80 GAA and 14 shutouts in the playoffs at home.
The three-time Vezina Trophy winner hopes to fare better this time against ex-teammate Scott Gomez, who recorded the primary assist on each of New York's first three goals in Game 1.
Lundqvist stopped 26 shots for the Rangers, who had lost 11 of 12 series openers, starting with the 1994 conference finals against New Jersey. He snapped a three-start road losing streak and improved to 3-4 with a 2.84 goals-against average in seven career road playoff games.
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My son is 1 week old and he has loud stinky gas/bowel movements as he eats. Its as if its going right hrough him. But he is gaining weight and urinetes and poops. A woman from La Leche said this is fine but is he the only one? You never read about this in any of the books
Baby poops while feeding
NO my daughter did this all throughout her first few weeks. Now she just does it after she eats. This is normal.
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My DD also does this, they say that breast milk is metaboized so fast that sometimes this happens while they're still eating. That's what I've read anyway.
dd born 9/20/10
I read that it gets the digestive tract moving.
Jacob Scott born 8/23/09
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Danika Shea born 9/2/10!
haha my baby is 11 weeks old and STILL does this!
Christina married to Chris on 5.26.07
AJ 9.3.10 Lena 2.22.13 ( . Y . ) GOLD times 2!
perfectly normal. Breastmilk has a natural laxative so they poop more than formula babies! Worry if the bm's slow down! :)
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Dylan 9/10
If the movements are explosive that means that there is more sugar in the milk that the baby is getting. Foremilk has more sugar than hindmilk. My son still does it and he's 3 months.
my baby is two months and he always poops while he is nursing and then gives me a big smile like he is so proud! lol i think babies just get relaxed. My mother inlaw told me its because his full tummy is pushing down
My 4 month old DD will fuss to nurse when she needs to poop. She will latch on, relax and you hear her bum emptying. So not what she is getting right then, she is passing BM from previous feedings.
DS did this for probably the first 2 months. He was in the NICU the first week and the nurse and I were laughing about it and she said that breastmilk is like a diuretic for babies so as soon as they start eating it signals the body to get rid of what's left in the digestive tract to make room for the new stuff. Don't worry, totally normal.
Tiffany & Brian 10/30/99
Kaitlyn 9/18/02 and Matthew 9/15/10
My guy ALWAYS did this.
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As the technology of telescopes and the capabilities of spacecraft improve, new observations change our perceptions of the bodies that orbit our Sun. In recent years many distant icy worlds have been discovered in the vast cold region beyond Neptune. Some of these discoveries have prompted a passionate and very public discussion about how these objects should be classified. New revelations that challenge our assumptions are an exciting part of the process of exploration.
As we learn more about these primordial building blocks of our solar system, the distinction between asteroids, comets and dwarf planets has become increasingly difficult to make. But even with the shuffling of names and categories in the past several years, we can divide the small worlds into three main categories and share some of their general characteristics.
Ceres is a great example of how scientists' thinking evolves regarding classification of objects in the solar
system. Ceres was discovered in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi. He initially reported it as a comet, but with more observations noticed its movement was slow and uniform. It was ultimately classified as the eighth planet. However, half a century later, as other objects were discovered in the area, scientists realized Ceres represented the first of a class of many similar objects that were called "asteroids," meaning "star-like." Ceres retained its comfortable position as asteroid #1, largest and first discovered, for about 150 years.
With continually improving technologies, more bodies are being discovered all the time. How to designate them is a matter of great scientific debate. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organization of Ph.D. level professional astronomers that assigns designations to celestial bodies, met and set about to adopt a formal definition of "planet." The definition for planet that was accepted by the members at the meeting is a celestial body that 1) is in orbit around the Sun, 2) is nearly round in shape, 3) has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, and 4) is not a satellite.
Ceres meets three of the four criteria, but is not a planet because it shares its orbit with the thousands of other objects in the main asteroid belt. Instead it was classified as a dwarf planet (along with Pluto, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea). Is Ceres still an asteroid? Being a dwarf planet does not preclude having other designations. Its closest friends and neighbors are asteroids. Whatever we call it is not nearly as exciting as viewing it up close for the first time will be in February 2015 when the Dawn spacecraft goes into orbit around Ceres.
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Foreign Language Teacher
Typical Day
Genevieve Oohlala jogs with her cat for half an hour every morning. Okay, so maybe the cat does less jogging and more batting at her feet while she marches on her Wii Fit. Anyway, it helps keep the juices flowing in her brain and relaxes her muscles for the long day ahead.
After a quick shower, she hops on her bicycle and pedals five blocks to St. Petersburg Public School. Hardly anyone else is at school at this ungodly hour (6am) but Jimmy, the custodian, always lets her in the side door and gives her a crooked grin from behind his mop. A little creepy. Mme. Oohlala unlocks her classroom, flips on the lights, and sits down to a quick breakfast. She keeps a food supply in the bottom drawer of her desk, behind the staple gun and her 15-pound French Verb Conjugation book. While she eats, she contemplates the colorful decorations in the room. She's especially fond of the shelf of French cookbooks, and the French flag hanging on the back wall. When she finishes her breakfast, Mme. Oohlala pulls out her stack of lesson plans for next week and makes a couple changes to the ones for grades 7 and 8. Based on their quiz scores, she needs to go back over past participles. She comes up with a couple game ideas to help them understand and practice the grammar.
She writes a note to Johnny's mother requesting that Johnny type all of his homework assignments or be punished by pain of death (i.e., getting a zero). The last time he wrote an essay Mme. Oohlala spent an hour trying to decipher his handwriting and ended up with a migraine.
Is that an accent aigu or an accent grave…?
The bell rings and the 10th graders tumble through the doorway and find their seats. Mme. Oohlala welcomes the class in French, and explains that today they will be presenting their final projects on a French speaking country. Michael is the first one up. He brings a poster to the front of the room and launches into a description of the country of French Guiana. Mme. Oohlala takes notes on his presentation, asks him a few questions in French, which he manages to answer (without too many "je ne sais pas"s), and leads the class in applause. Several more presentations follow. Sean looks like he slept-walk to school and can barely pronounce the word "francophone." Emily's presentation is the best. She absolutely loves French, and frequently spends her free period practicing new vocabulary words. Mme. Oohlala gets warm fuzzies just thinking about it.
Soon the sixth graders are in their places, and Mme. Oohlala starts off with a game. Today they stand in a circle and toss a ball around. Whoever catches it has to say a color in French. The kids get into it and Mme. Oohlala only has to correct their pronunciation a couple of times. She has them each make a poster with vocabulary words related to a specific color, then walks around the room helping wherever help is needed. Class is almost over so she assigns a list of words for everyone to memorize. They all say goodbye to her in French as they leave the room. Little Clarissa gives her a hug and a sticky hard candy on her way out. Fortunately, Mme. Ooohaha is fairly certain it was not intended as a bribe.
After lunch in the teacher's lounge, Mme. Oohlala heads back to her room for the last class of the day. It's a small class of 12th graders, and all of the students chose it as an elective. Mme. Oohlala talks about the subjunctive moods (which are all about wishes, demands, and statements "contrary to fact"), then hands out a practice AP exam. The AP test is coming up in a couple of weeks and she has promised to have a party to celebrate their winning scores. They've done really well on their practice tests and Mme. Oohlala is sure they will all get college credit for French. She's proud of their progress. For homework, she assigns an oral summary of a French-language movie. She clarifies that a movie with a lot of "excuse my French"-type language is not what she has in mind.
The bell rings for the end of classes and Mme. Oohlala packs up all the grading she needs to do on the weekend and bikes home.
Before going to bed that night, she reads a couple chapters in Teaching French, Methods for Success and grades a few more of the reports from her 10th grade class. As expected, Emily gets an A. Mme. Oohlala can't help but feel a burst of pride at the girl's progress, and treats herself to some Cadbury dark chocolate to celebrate.
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When Amanda Rubin first told me she had pieces from fashion stylist Hope Misterek in her new Providence consignment boutique, GetModa, I was expecting a few pairs of pants, maybe a dress or two, perhaps a jacket.
But that's just the start of it. Shopping in Rubin's store is probably the closest I'll ever get to raiding a stylist's closet. At least 80 percent of the inventory is from Misterek's personal collection. We're talking Chanel, Missoni, Vivienne Westwood, Escada, Chloe, etc. Sizes, thankfully, are not all sample-small; they run from 0-12.
Misterek, who has done editorial and commercial styling for the likes of Lucky magazine, Guess and Nordstrom, lives in Long Island City, New York, but counts on Rubin to sell her clothes. Why? Because they're friends, and in fashion as well as in life in general, the clich� often stands: It's all about who ya know.
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This blog is by Sue Browne Regional Program Manager for the BlueGreen Alliance in Michigan and Wisconsin.
This week I'm proud to participate in the Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) International Convention in Denver. Over 3,000 SEIU delegates and social activists are gathering on behalf of a better future for all of us and that means taking on necessary fights for workers' rights, for the middle class and for the environment. Delegates come from far and wide, across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico among other places to join this important discussion.
One of the fastest growing unions in North America, SEIU represents more than 1.1 million healthcare workers including nurses, doctors and home care workers, 225,000 members in the building cleaning and security industries and more than one million local and state government workers, bus drivers and child care providers.
As part of our efforts to map out a Blueprint for the Future together, I'm spreading the word amongst conference participants about a newly proposed standard from EPA that will require future plants to emit fewer greenhouse gases. As a proud union member and representative from the BlueGreen Alliance I believe that we can and must create jobs that support and protect the environment to create safer communities and create good, family supporting jobs. In the long run, the real choice is not jobs or environment. It's both or neither.
SEIU members are showing enthusiastic support for stronger environmental protections and hundreds have already signed statements of support.
Later in the week, I'm looking forward spending time with Michigan and Wisconsin delegates attending the conference to talk about ways we can continue to work together gathering support for protections of our air, soil and water that are a net benefit to people — both economically and improving health.
This conference provides a unique opportunity for people across the workforce to come together and show support for something we all believe in – worker rights. Strong environmental protections are also part of that equation and the support I have already seen first-hand for this standard speaks volumes about the potential impact it would have contributing to making the U.S. economy more competitive, putting millions back to work, strengthening existing industries, and building the industries of the future.
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The Drync.com Wine Blog
Bordeaux Petites Chateaux
February 14, 2014
This list features eight examples of the region's petites chateaux from the outstanding 2010 vintage. If you are one who thinks that all Bordeaux has priced itself out of your budget, you will come away with a renewed appreciation of the selection and value to be found in the petites chateaux of Bordeaux.
Right now a variety of petites chateaux, those small but nonetheless excellent and reasonably priced reds from the world's largest fine wine region, are widely available in local wine shops.
These are NOT the $100 per bottle and up reds of Bordeaux, although they are produced from the same grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petite Verdot and grown in similar soils and climate.
These Bordeaux sell for $10 to $30- per bottle and they have an advantage: they are food friendly, tend to drink well much earlier than their upscale neighbors and cost considerably less.
Kevin Zraly is an internationally acclaimed wine educator and best-selling author who has been described as a naturally gifted speaker who is both refreshingly humble and candid.
His passion for wine and his engaging teaching style helps demystify the ever-changing world of wine. Kevin travels the world spreading his wine knowledge to corporations and their clients through his wine and food dinners and his One Hour Wine Expert classes.
Kevin has garnered numerous awards including the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He was also the recipient of the 2006 Wine Literary Award, the 1993 James Beard Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional Award, the Food and Beverage Association's Man of the Year Award, the 2009 Wine Professional of the Year from Sante, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Wine Council, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Wine Educators.
He is a member of the Culinary Institute of America's Board of Trustees since 1990 and director of the Sherry-Lehmann/Kevin Zraly Master Wine Classes and the Sherry-Lehmann/Kevin Zraly Wine Club in New York City.


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Few areas of the country are as steeped in waterfowling lore as northwestern Tennessee's Reelfoot Lake, where the legendary market hunter Victor Glodo helped develop the modern duck call. An expert on the subject is Russell Caldwell, one of the nation's foremost duck call historians and collectors.
Caldwell hunts from a location known as Lost Pond, a large pocket of open water surrounded by ancient cypress trees, where he has established a permanent blind. Although the area was once a prime hunting spot for canvasbacks and other divers, today Caldwell primarily bags mallards, other dabbling ducks, and Canada geese that return to the big water to rest after feeding in distant grainfields.
An enduring tradition among Reelfoot waterfowlers is the use of vast decoy spreads. Caldwell is no exception, and, every year, he and his hunting partners deploy more than 1,000 blocks around their blind. The bulk of Caldwell's spread consists of headless, Styrofoam Canada goose bodies.
"The quality of your decoys is not as important as their general shape and how they ride on the water," Caldwell explains. "When ducks approach a big spread, they can't tell if the decoys have heads or not. They simply see a lot of bodies that appear to have their heads down in a feeding or resting posture."
Caldwell paints roughly two-thirds of his decoys a flat black. He paints the remainder with a white feather pattern-similar to that of a scaup. "We use black paint on most of our decoys because that is the most visible color to waterfowl from the air," he says. "If you fly in an airplane over a large number of resting waterfowl, you will see that they largely appear black. Adding white to some of the decoys further increases the spread's visibility by providing color contrast and flash while the decoys are bobbing on the waves."
After more than 30 years of experimenting with different decoy spread configurations, Caldwell has devised a rig that he has found to be most productive under a wide variety of conditions. "We place our decoys in tight bunches of about 25 each, which are much more visible to waterfowl from a distance than decoys scattered more widely apart," he says. "We leave a hole about 20 yards wide in front of the blind to provide the birds with a clear place to land, and we set several dozen super magnum mallards and a few motion decoys on the edges of the landing zone as an added enticement. For geese, we set a separate group of 100 hand-painted Canada goose decoys in a horseshoe pattern off to one side of the main decoy spread."
Even while using such a large spread, Caldwell stresses the importance of loud, aggressive calling to bring waterfowl in close. "On Reelfoot, we have to compete with a lot of other hunters, and many of them are excellent callers. In such a competitive environment, your calling has to be just as good as-if not better than-your decoy spread to have good shooting."
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A police official says a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital and at least two people are dead.
An Associated Press journalist on Friday saw a body in the street in front of an embassy side entrance. The bomb appeared to have exploded inside the security checkpoint at the entrance of the embassy.
Private NTV television said two security guards at the entrance were killed.
The police official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government rules. The phones were not being answered at the embassy.
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For the early-stage tech entrepreneurs in Norway
Our core is the workspace aka The Lab. We thoroughly screen all applicants, and only the best entrepreneurs are accepted. If granted access, we provide you with an affordable and flexible office, built to meet the needs of entrepreneurs running rapid-growing technology businesses. The lab includes meeting rooms of different sizes and social areas, even a cinema for your disposal! If you need to take five, there's the café, a pub and various activities like table tennis and foosball. Learn more about StartupLab here
All StartupLab members automatically become part of an extensive network of current and former entrepreneurs. We currently house 70 of Norway's most ambitious technology startups, and you'll find key persons from companies like Point Carbon, Opera, Hugin, Funcom and Northzone, as well as first-time entrepreneurs In addition to fellow entrepreneurs, we from StartupLab do our best to help you, both directly and through our partners and extensive local and global network. Read more about our members here
We also manage our very own angel fund, the Founders Fund. StartupLab specializes as active owners in the very first stage of a company's lifecycle. We invest in the range of USD 100K to 300K, and typically take 5-15% of the equity. No nasty terms. No small print. Read more about the Founders Fund here
There are no strings attached and no extra costs. If necessary, you can easily cancel your membership on short notice. All memberships includes 24 hour access to the building, free meeting rooms, high speed internet access, free coffee, a kitchen space, easy access to printers and free legal advice, accounting advice to fixed low prices and free IPR-guidance. And not to mention our social events like Wednesday Lunch, Friday Beer, miniBiz and our annual Pitch Party. Send us an email with basics about yourself and your concept - no business plan or slide deck is needed. Or, just come by for a cup of coffee or a friendly (but deadly serious) game of table tennis!


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Definition of possibly in English:
1 [sentence adverb] Perhaps (used to indicate doubt or hesitancy): he found himself alone, possibly the only surviving officer
More example sentences
- In addition to posing a strain on relationships, it can also indicate a possibly dangerous and life-threatening disease.
- Perhaps it's anxiety, perhaps asthma, perhaps heart and possibly thyroid.
- If it is, that would indicate that possibly the boy drowned in this pool.
literary peradventure, perchance, mayhap
1.1 [with modal] Used in polite requests: could you possibly pour me another cup of coffee?
More example sentences
- She said that she was sorry for being late, and I tried to be as polite as I possibly could and told her that it was ok.
- She tried to be as polite as she possibly could about matters without physically pushing away.
- She said it so politely that there was no way I could possibly argue.
please, kindly, be so good as to
2 [usually with modal] In accordance with what is likely or achievable, in particular.
Example sentences
- Men are possibly more likely to be unwilling to report it, and are much less likely to be believed if they do.
- Well, if I were able to get it published, I'd likely be arrested, possibly beaten, and probably imprisoned.
- I rest easy knowing that we likely got everything we possibly could have gotten.
2.1Used to emphasize that something is difficult, surprising, or bewildering: what can you possibly mean?
More example sentences
- So, it cannot possibly come as a surprise when I got a message from an airline offering up a one day sale.
- So why am I telling you all this, I hear you ask, ruining surprise as it quite possibly may?
- Could they possibly have been taken by such glaring, awful surprise?
conceivably, under any circumstances, by any means
2.2Used to emphasize that someone has or will put all their effort into something: be as noisy as you possibly can
More example sentences
- All we can do is remember most everyone reading this is rich by comparison and we should contribute to the relief efforts if we possibly can.
- It simply compromises on quality as piracy is all about quantity and reaping as much profits as possibly can from the tireless efforts of artists.
- We recycle as much as we possibly can, and make every effort to save valuable energy, such as the use of low energy light bulbs and hot water tank lagging.
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I'm working on an application that has an outlook like presentation - list
on the left - panel on the right.
The list is divided into two groups of items - separated by a bar - like
favorites folders and email folders in outlook.
My question is: Since the items in each group are the same kind of item -
would you use a list icon or not?
Some say that because all the items are the same - you don't need an icon.
When we remove the icon the list looks a little plain.
Currently we add a little dot to the icon to indicate that the item is the
default item - but we could do this another way.
I'm wondering if there is any theory out there to support either argument.
I thought there was some research saying that having the icon made it easier
for users to hit the target with a mouse.
Any thoughts or info would be appreciated.
Karen Graham
1 6 x 1 6
karen at uidesign.com
kgrahamim (aol)
One of the many things drilled into me in grad school was this, "Icons make
choosing items faster, only after the icon has been associated with the
item." So the answer to your question is the one we all hate to give: it
If icons can be created that accurately (and directly, no puns) describe the
items in the list, and if the icons are designed so that people can tell
them apart visually, and the icons are next to the words that they represent
so they aren't essential to the design, then it will speed up people
selecting the items, and can enhance the visual feel of the application.
Otherwise, spend some time on the typography of the list (e.g. adjusting the
leading between lines, choosing the right font, etc.) to make the 'plain'
list of text links more usable and attractive.
My 2 cents.
Ian Roberts <Interaction Designer> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
Richland, WA [http://nvac.pnl.gov]
On 11/27/06 2:19 PM, "Karen Graham" <karen at uidesign.com> wrote:
> My question is: Since the items in each group are the same kind of item -
> would you use a list icon or not?
The design guy in me says. great icons are very hard to do. Look at Microsofts icons and that becomes evident. If you need wordss to explain, or the user to learn the icon, then they may be a mistake.
The usability guy in me says that unless there are language or reading issues they may not be needed.
The business buy in me says Icons are very sellable. And that "can" be a good or useful thing. Icons can definitely enrich and inhance a user experience.
Good luck,
Hi Karen,
do you have a list of objects? Stuff where people are supposed to interact with in the sense of putting something inside? Creating and deleting them?
Icons support the concept of objects. They are also more likeley the target of drag&drop actions than a plain textual list.
User Experience and Interaction Design :: http://www.mprove.de
If the items are the same type, an icon will not reduce the scan and find time, it may increase it -- depends on how the icons are designed and presented with the list items. A quick way is to eliminate the icons and put your energy to make the list items easy to find by using an appropriate typeface, size, style, case, and leading.
About the dot that you mentioned that you are using; check if the distance between the dot and the first letter of the list item is very small -- it may hamper the speed of finding items.
If there are few types of list items (and all of them have similar probability of occurring in the list), it may be worthwhile to spend effort in designing usable icons (please test them!). Ensure that the icons' shape, size, dominant color, and distance from list items is right for "quick" scan and find. At this point of time, you may also have to figure out an appropriate way to categorize the items in the list -- alphabetical, similarity, frequently used on top, etc.
If there are many types of items in a list and one item has a significant edge in probability of occurring; use icons for all except the most probable. This will help in clearly differentiating the regular one from others.
- Ripul
Ripul Kumar
Director, Usability Consulting & Outsourcing
Kern Communications Pvt. Ltd.
+91.98.663.42166 (India)
* Usability in India *
In past I've implemeted it both ways and then let the end user choose if they want icons
or just plain text. These days, it depends on the audience. For business, I keep
everything plain. For utilities and games, then I have a bit more fun with the fancy stuff.
On 27 Nov 2006 at 13:19, Karen Graham wrote:
> My question is: Since the items in each group are the same kind of
> item - would you use a list icon or not?
> Some say that because all the items are the same - you don't need an
> icon.
> When we remove the icon the list looks a little plain.
> Currently we add a little dot to the icon to indicate that the item is
> the default item - but we could do this another way.
Richard Czerwonka,
Delphi Programmer
ENT Technologies
Mob: 0412 104 042


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The blog of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
By Joseph Adler, GableStage
Joseph Adler, GableStage producing artistic director, announced an international collaboration between the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and The Public Theater in New York to present Tarell Alvin McCraney's radical new staging of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, to be directed and edited by McCraney. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA will premiere at The Royal Shakespeare Company's Stratford-Upon-Avon in November 2013, before touring to the United States. GableStage will then be presenting the production in Miami at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in January 2014, where it will be presented for subscribers and single-tickets buyers, with an additional 10 Special Morning Performances which will be free to Miami-Dade County Public Schools. From Miami, the production will move to New York to play The Public Theater's Anspacher Theater in late January 2014.
Adler stressed that "the initial impetus for our involvement in this project came from a generous $125,000 Arts Challenge Grant from the John S. & John L. Knight Foundation and the support and guidance of our incredible Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (Executive Director, Michael Spring)." He went on to say that "GableStage is genuinely thrilled to be involved in a collaboration with two of the leading presenters of Shakespeare's plays in the world. With Miami's own Tarell Alvin McCraney at the helm, providing an innovative and exciting adaptation of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, we believe this project will be a transformative event for South Florida Theatre."
GableStage Board President Steven M. Weinger, Esq. said "Our Board has risen to the challenge and is committed to raising the funds necessary for GableStage to meet its obligations to create and present this remarkable production."
This year, GableStage's second play of 2012-2013 Season will be Shakespeare's HAMLET, adapted and directed by McCraney, which was initially commissioned for the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company. With the support of the Knight Arts Challenge, they will follow the regular 5-week run of Hamlet on their main stage with 10 special performances for Miami-Dade County Public School students spread over two weeks--at the Joseph Caleb Auditorium in Liberty City and the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay. During these runs, transportation will be provided to bring an estimated 15,000 students to the production, free of charge.
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Are they trying to break the system...or proving it's already broken?
BOSTON (AP) - IBM Corp. says it has dreamed up a new method for
profiting from its vast storehouse of patents. And by the way, the
company wants to patent the idea.
Beyond the circularity of the concept, IBM's application is notable
because the company - the world's top patent holder - has been
campaigning to improve the quality of patent filings and reduce so-
called "business method" patents.
"I think this is absolutely a business method patent," said Barbara
Fiacco, a patent attorney with Foley Hoag LLP.
The new patent application was initially filed in April 2006, updated
last April and published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last
Thursday. It covers what IBM calls "a system and methods for
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I like just about everything. What do you guys listen to?
So nobody here listens to music? Why don't I believe that?
The Killers
I don't think I've ever heard them. Hard rock, heavy metal, punk etc?
You've never heard of Mr. Brightside?!
I liked that Carol, thank's for sharing. Lately I've been into Green Day, Norah Jones and Marc Cohn.
I listen to what ever is on the radio. Nothing special, sometimes I like a song and it stays in my head for some days. What is a 'lady gaga"? Is she sick?
I like...how you say?...the Zamphir's Flute?...and the Boxcar Willie...
Why is mr willie in boxcar? Boxcar is on train yes?
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Rise Against - Any
The Format - Interventions and Lullabies
that's pretty much my top 3...plus Rise Against.
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Jan 22 - Matanza's 5k - 21:36
Jan 30 - Run 5 to keep kids alive (5M) - 37:41
Feb 20 - Southeast GA health System Bridge Run(5k)
Mar 13 - Gate River Run(15k)
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Floyd Presley Jr., owner of Presley Sales and Service, recently completed the installation of a thermal storage unit at a foam plant in Australia.
"We build 30,000 pounds of ice," Presley said of the unit. "It's basically in an insulated container that measures about 8 feet wide, 9 feet tall and 23 feet long."
Presley noted he came up with the concept for these units, which cool the chemicals in foam plants, about 30 years ago.
"My dad and I were partners in the business at the time and he told me there was a plant in Cairo -- Burkart Foam -- that had a refrigeration problem and to go over there and fix it," Presley recalled. He fixed the unit, but when it wore out a few years later, the company asked him to come up with a replacement."
Then, Presley consulted with a firm in Milwaukee, Wis. that specializes in building ice banks as well as a refrigeration expert and together, they designed the thermal storage unit.
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