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Water amendment opponents coalesce in Bastrop, proponents skip event
Update: A spokesman for Water Texas did contact the Dallas Morning News. The campaign offered this statement:
"The fact that Texas lacks an adequate water supply to meet our growing economic and population demand is not debatable. That's why Water Texas is focused on educating Texans about the importance of supporting Proposition 6 to meet our state's long-term water needs in a fiscally responsible way. We represent a broad-based, bipartisan coalition of elected officials and industry, business, conservation and agricultural leaders, who have volunteered their time to get the word out to Texans in advance of the November 5th election."
BASTROP — Opponents of Proposition 6 convened at a Bastrop convention center Saturday hoping to see a debate on the merits of the measure that could put $2 billion in state money toward funding water projects. But the two chairs reserved on the debate panel for proponents of the water amendment remained empty all day.
Linda Curtis, director of Independent Texans, a non-partisan political action committee, organized the Bastrop event. It was a first for the slow-forming opposition to Proposition 6. Curtis reached out to representatives of influential pro-water-funding campaigns H2O4Texas and Water Texas, but neither would attend.
Curtis spoke about past successful campaigns for propositions, including one to change the Austin city council's style of representation. For Proposition 6, she said Independent Texans would continue its grassroots efforts, work social media and reach out to rural Texans. She also considered Houston a "swing vote." Huge numbers could turn out there because of important local ballot measures, such as the mayoral race and the future of the Astrodome.
"Never say never about defeating propositions," Curtis told the crowd of about 80.
Debate or not, an eclectic mix of speakers attended the event. Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, a tea-party favorite, spoke against the water amendment. He said it would put the state government in the investment banking business. If the measure passes, the Texas Water Development Board will prioritize projects in the state water plan and use a revolving loan program to finance the projects.
"A lot better way to fund water infrastructure is through the free market," Simpson said.
Alyssa Burgin, director of the Texas Drought Project, spoke about conservation and the dangers of building reservoirs, which she called "big evaporation pans."
Proponents of Proposition 6 have argued that the amendment sets aside 20 percent of all funds to finance conservation. The majority of Texas lawmakers have endorsed Water Texas, one of the pro Proposition 6 political action committee headed by House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio.
Major business interests, including several oil and gas majors, engineering firms, water utilities and municipal water districts have donated to H2O4Texas, the more senior political action committee for the amendment, according to its campaign finance forms.


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How can I kill yellow nutsedge? I've tried landscape fabric, newspaper and various mulches without success, and the fire ants loved the mulches as much as the nutsedge. I even tried a sinful herbicide, and the nutsedge laughed it off. It's not practical to dig up all the "nuts" (root nodules). What can I do?
We are truly sorry to hear that your garden has become infested with yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus), which compares in scope to a plague of locusts. In the course of a growing season, a single healthy nutsedge plant can produce 1,900 new plants and up to 7,000 nutlets on their roots! Originally from Europe and India, yellow nutsedge and the less cold-hardy but equally aggressive purple nutsedge (C. rotundus) are commonly listed as noxious weeds around the world. On the bright side, the nutlets produced by these amazingly prolific plants are edible. C. esculentus roots taste like coconut and can be eaten raw, boiled or roasted. However, even if you like the taste of nutsedge, you don't want it to completely take over your garden, so it's time to consider drastic measures.
You are correct about the futility of sifting through your soil to physically remove all the nutlets. Although most are found in the top 6 inches of soil, some may be lurking as many as 14 inches deep. You will never collect them all. The herbicide you tried didn't work because, after one sprout died, a second one grew from the mother nutlet to replace it. Individual nutlets can resprout three times — maybe more — so an effective control strategy is to do everything you can to encourage the colony to sprout itself into exhaustion. This nutsedge cleanup will require taking the infested space out of production for a year, and weeding, hoeing or tilling it every three weeks (innocent-looking little nutsedge plants start producing nutlets in about a month). Weed scientists estimate that a nutsedge tuber uses up 60 percent of its energy reserves on its first sprout, and 20 percent for the second, so the stand should get weaker and weaker after each cultivation. By the time the weather turns cold and the weeds stop sprouting, your garden should be looking pretty clean.
When your soil gets out of rehab and you're ready to plant crops again, use tight spacing to keep the soil as shady as possible, pull out or hoe any nutsedge sprouts the minute you spot them, and limit watering to only where you're actually growing your crops. If you haven't tried pine bark mulch, see whether you can slip it by your fire ants. In a study done in Hammond, La., pine bark mulch reduced nutsedge in flower beds by 75 percent. Good luck!
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1) Coordinate germplasm assembly, testing protocols, and final data analysis and dissemination. Test germplasm, using a set of materials, phenotyping protocols, and experimental designs that are common to the three test locations (Davis, CA; Mt. Vernon, WA; and Corvallis, OR). Germplasm will be planted in mid-February to maximize stripe rust symptoms, reduce scald symptoms, and allow for assessment of spring, facultative, and winter germplasm. Plots will be single, 1m rows. Susceptible spreader rows, composed of mixtures of susceptible varieties, will be included. Minimum data: barley stripe rust severity at three assessment dates, heading date, other diseases. Disease samples will be sent to the USDA-ARS Pullman lab for race identification. Several categories of germplasm will be evaluated: (A) Elite germplasm--resistant and susceptible checks from the four cooperating programs (~ n = 10) ; current, new, and potential varieties (~ 3 current, 3 new, 3 proposed x 4 programs = ~ 40 entries). This ~ 50 entry PNW BSR screening trial assessed at each location using a minimum of three replicates. (B) novel--populations that may serve as resources for identifying potentially new sources of resistance, consisting of biparental and GWAS panels. Typical population sizes ~ 384. Assessed with a minimum of two replicates and a suitable design for a minimum of two years. For the 2014/2015 nursery, OSU and ARS-Aberdeen will provide one or more of the following: Biparental QTL populations segregating for BSR resistance: Full Pint x Golden Promise (n = 200 – already genotyped); Full Pint x Violetta (n = 192 – not genotyped); Full Pint x Baronesse (n = 384 – already genotyped); and 95SR316A x Lenetah (to be developed via doubled haploid (DH) n = 384). 2) Leverage T-CAP association mapping (AM) for BSR resistance in the National Small Grains Collection. This germplasm resource will have been phenotyped (2 years) and genotyped via T-CAP. Based on AM results, with assistance from this SCA and in collaboration with personnel at Aberdeen, we will introgress newly discovered QTL alleles into adapted germplasm. 3) Leverage T-CAP genotyping services provided by the USDA Regional Lab, Pullman. In collaboration with Devon See at this facility, we have developed Sequenom assays to characterize stripe rust resistance haplotypes and we will extend this to GBS in specific germplasm combinations.


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What happens if your bank fails, your loan gets auctioned off by the FDIC, and a junk-loan buyer comes a-calling? There's a revealing story about this scary scenario in today's New York Times. It reminded me of Amy Barrett's 2008 story on similar scenarios, and Monica Mehta's February column in which she explains how you can negotiate a discount on your own debt. (Of course, if you could buy your loan back, you wouldn't be in the situation mentioned above in the first place.)
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High School: McCall in Tallulah, Louisiana
College: Stephen F. Austin State University
Draft: Houston Rockets, 5th round (7th pick, 70th overall), 1972 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 22, 1976 ▪ ABA Debut: October 25, 1972
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T-Mobile Samsung Hercules is Their Galaxy S II
TmoNews just released pictures and information from a private source of the Samsung Hercules. It will be the first HSPA+ 42Mbps device for the carrier. While this alone is impressive and makes the device unique to the lineup of T-Mobile devices, something else makes it fantastic. Pictures given to the site clearly mark this phone as a Samsung Galaxy S II phone. While we already know that the popular devices are finally coming to the US, this leak is yet another tidbit indicating that their is an imminent release.
The Hercules, however, is going to be a bit different from the international version of the phone. It will be rocking purely capacitive buttons as well as a giant 4.5 inch display. The source also said that everything on the phone was extremely fast which means, performance wise, the Galaxy S II is still going to be awesome when it comes stateside.
I can't wait for these devices to finally launch and introduce the US to the phone the rest of the world is already going crazy about.
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Brad Marchand suffered a "mild concussion" after taking an elbow to the head in Wednesday night's game at New Jersey, Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli has announced.
Marchand, who is Boston's leading scorer, will not play in tonight's home game against the Islanders.
The team is already without center Patrice Bergeron, who suffered a concussion on April 2 against Ottawa. Bergeron has returned to skating this week, and Chiarelli said Wednesday that the team was encouraged by his progress.
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Be cautious when attending the Yoga Guy experience. Super nice fella but its confusing. One minute you are encourage to take pictures and three steps away you are not allowed. I dont have the best vision but I (and none of my party) saw any signs that differentiated the two. You will be severely chastised and berated by staff if you accidently take a picture in the NO area (where ever that is!) Getting yelled at in triplicate ruined the experience for me, since they already had my $120 it was a disappointment that left a bad taste.
My kids had to hear them screaming at me, and it wasn't a simple oh sorry not that area, they were nasty and belittling. Not fun.
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Manuso about the PPS and why it Sux. Tired of hearing all these questions about everything except shareholder value or lack of it! Hopefully some others will have the balls to ask about the share price also. I think the shareholders have been patient enough and it's past time for this management team to pay the shareholder some attention instead of themselves. This is typically what you see when management has no stake in the company.
Why don't you get it? While the earnings are important it is what they are NOT doing in their core business that matters.
They have a "what if" pipe line. I like you; want the company to be successful with a new compound, and I would like to see the success soon.
The fact of the matter is this bunch has not produced ANY RESULTS.
They have been in charge of 149 people for over a decade and launched how many drugs? They are paying themselves very well for managing the revenue generated by the last management team.
I still would like to know if Manuso has family members on the payroll
Unless and Until they produce a compound there will be no move in the stock price.
Let us hope that should a compound be developed which is a "block buster" we do not get dealt out by a taking it private move by these wonderful free market business men.
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This is sweet I bought one :)
Its very comfortable and is a just fit
congrats man, didn't expect the win, but its a great shirt nonetheless
Nice dude congratz
Wish the girls' was the same color scheme as the guys' :-\
you took an older style and reinvented it, nice work.
Goeie, gefeliciteerd!
Why does dbh change the colours for the ladies tees?It's so silly, you let people vote based on one version and then you print another colour for the ladies!it's the 2nd time i'm hearing ladies' who who voted for the design but ended up NOT buying because the colour scheme was not what they voted for or expected.I can imagine how frustrating it must be for the ladies!
Congrast!! very nice :)
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Hard News: Friday Music: A night out dancing,
Meanwhile, I'm still finding odd bugs – turning on the Beats1 radio station instatly disables AirPlay in iTunes, to the point of making the AirPlay icon disappear from the menu bar, although AirPlay can still be anbled at system level. (If you have been using Home Sharing to access your desktop library from other devices in the home, that's gone for everyone – except via Apple TV.) Fuck knows, basically.
Pretty sure I read that neither of these things are bugs. Beats1 is not allowed to go via AirPlay by design… Home Sharing is gone for now, but allegedly it will be back like Arnie in iOS9.
Hard News: Friday Music: A night out dancing,
duplicating and even triplicating some of them
In my experience, that seems to be standard iCould (mis)behaviour with lots of data items. Annoying enough for me to avoid so far.
Hard News: Apple Music: Taking a dump on…,
I'm inclined to think the problem is iCloud
I'm inclined to think you're right. In my experience, iCloud remains a dog's breakfast, with lots of unpredictable and unintuitive behaviours. To be avoided.
Hard News: Meet me at Camera 2: White, in reply to
However, for the last sixty years, tucked away on a mesa in New Mexico, UCB has run a lab developing a range of nuclear and non-nuclear means to kill said non-white people.
This may be pedantic, but I think those bombs will kill you regardless of your skin colour. And, regardless of what you think of its origins, and indeed of military research in general, it does need to be pointed out that Los Alamos National Lab does more than just weapons research.
Hard News: The epitome of reason, in reply to
Miliband was damaged by much out of his control
Maybe so, but he was also damaged by much that was well within his control. The 'from memory' keynote speech, the 'Edstone'… On a visit to the UK last year I was shocked by how underwhelming, how unready for government Miliband and Balls appeared to be, and I think that in those circumstances, the swing votes tend to fall to the incumbents.
Hard News: The epitome of reason,
I think a great deal of both Elections was about personality politics.
Without John Key, National have a rather unappealing and probably unelectable front bench. Labour I think have yet to find Key's match, and National may struggle with a leader who elicits less public affection, as baffling as that affection may be to some of us.
In the UK, Milliband and Balls were a comedy act. All Cameron really had to do was keep his nerve and not drop the ball, and in that sense it was 1992 redux. How Cameron will emerge from the corner into which he has now painted himself remains to be seen...
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Russell Brand, influential prat
Yes, that!
It is actually a hard choice - on my trip back to the UK last year, I found Milliband and Balls to be deeply underwhelming. The British electorate may well vote for the Devils they already know, like they did in 1992. But it really is too close to call, and too chaotic to predict. Even Nate Silver has said it's basically too hard.
The FPTP system in the UK is so clearly in need of overhaul, but it's hard to see that happening. Their overseas voting is in disarray also, it would anecdotally seem... I'm too long gone to still have a vote their, but my more recently arrived mother received her voting papers on Tuesday this week. To be snail-mailed back. I voted with my cellphone from the USA in the NZ election last year, which was pretty impressive. Not that it did any good, mind...
Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to
What we actually need is a proper public broadcaster. Until then it's hardly reasonable to demand that a business make bad commercial decisions just because we like the idea of something.
If Campbell Live does go off air I sincerely hope John gets to ply his craft elsewhere, but the problem is that without that public interest broadcaster there isn't an obviously place to put the show.
Well yes and yes again.
I think what you're saying is quite true, and as a result I feel that NZ is buggered in this respect.
Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to
Well, this is the actual question isn't it? (At least as far as the 'dinosaur thinking' of Mediaworks goes.)
The "dinosaur thinking" thing is silly. Viewers are their product. They sell viewers to advertisers – that is their revenue model.
Yep, I totally get that. The problem to my mind is that we have put ourselves in a place where only $ and hence only ratings count.
I guess CL is actually being lamented as a (the?) last bastion of high-profile public service television in a country that has largely given up on such an endeavour.
Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to
Serious question: who here regularly watches Campbell Live?
Well, this is the actual question isn't it? (At least as far as the 'dinosaur thinking' of Mediaworks goes.)
I have to say that I don't. My news diet these days is Morning Report, then a flick through the Herald and Stuff websites, then the Guardian and the New York Times… Broadcast TV doesn't really feature.


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A rant about decaying software progress.
After facing yet another aggravating "new feature" of Firefox browser today, I was about to rant how much worse it became with each update. Then it hit me: it's not just Firefox! Gnome, Ubuntu, KDevelop! All the projects I once loved and cherished degraded into stupidity. It seems blind popularity competition, after a point, drives any project into oblivion.


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Felix, the three-time world 200 metres champion, won Olympic gold at the 2012 London Games in the 200m, the 4x400m relay and the 4x100m relay.
A four-time Owens Award winner, the 26-year-old also became the fourth fastest woman ever when she clocked 21.69 in the 200m at the US Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon.
"I am honoured to have the Jesse Owens Award again and it truly is a dream come true for me," Felix said on a conference call. "I have been blessed with good health over the years and have been able to take advantage of that.
"What made this year so special is the journey that I have been on my entire career. From having (won Olympic) silver medals in 2004 and 2008, I feel like that really motivated me."
Eaton produced sensational form in 2012, setting world records in the heptathlon at the world indoor championships and also in the decathlon at the US Olympic trials.
In rain-soaked conditions in Eugene, he became only the second decathlete to break the 9,000-point barrier as he eclipsed the previous mark set by Roman Sebrle with a haul of 9,039 points.
Eaton, 24, went on to claim Olympic gold in London with a performance of 8,869 points.
"The Olympic year was my first one and I had a lot of expectations for myself," said Eaton. "It was fun afterward but leading up was stressful. Now I am kind of relaxed and feel like I have accomplished a goal.
"I wanted to see what it felt like to be on the first tier podium at the Olympics. With the Olympics on my mind, it was easy to check off the other goals as I went along."
Felix and Eaton will be presented with their awards on December 1 in conjunction with USATF's annual meeting at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Athletics great Owens won gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres, long jump and 4x100 metres relay at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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My friend is not the most stable of men.
Hoping to find a source of stability for a somewhat "loosely based in reality" friend, I invited him to class. Hey, we are very good friends, who share many interests and enthusiasms.
I should have expected that the regimented, formalized, study would be too structured for his tastes.
It is sort of typical that the first thing that struck him is the issue of bowing to a picture. He obviously was unaware of the symbolism of respect to the memory of the founder. He felt it was religous in feel to him. (He is an atheist)
My fault in a way for not preparing him for the bowing I guess, but it seems like if not this issue, then the next to come up.
Aikido is simply not for everyone.
Frankly, I am just embarased that it was an issue for Sensei Riggs to deal with.
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Dental assistants are in more demand than ever. Dentists are increasingly relying on their assistants to handle routine aspects of their practice like settling patients into the exam chair, sterilizing the instruments, processing x-rays and maintaining dental records. In some states, dental assistants with the proper certification can handle more complex tasks like coronal polishing and fluoride treatments.
Dental assistant vocational, trade and technical schools can prepare you to work in a variety of settings -- from an oral surgeon's office to a pediatric dental clinic. Pursuing nationally recognized qualifications or an area of specialization can help you find the right fit for your career in this growing field.
Dental assisting specializations
The majority of dental assistants work in regular dental offices or clinics and therefore concentrate their training on general dentistry. However, there are opportunities to specialize in this field. In order to work in a dental specialty, your state or your employer may require additional training or certification.
Some dental assistant schools offer students the ability to receive specialized training. Others may offer training rotations that allow you to experience several specialty areas over the course of your schooling. In addition to general dentistry, specialties for dental assistants include:
- Pediatrics: specializing in children and families
- Orthodontics: specializing in incorrect bites due to irregularities in teeth or the jaw
- Periodontics: specializing in gums, membranes, and bones that support teeth and the treatment and prevention of periodontal disease
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery: specializing in jaw, mouth or face surgery including plastic surgery, dental implants or oral cancer
- Endodontics: specializing in dental pulp as in the case of root canals or cracked teeth
Dental assisting certifications and degrees
Depending on your state regulations and your employer's expectations, requirements for becoming a dental assistant range from a high school diploma and on-the-job training to a one-year certificate or a two-year associate's degree. High school classes in biology, anatomy and chemistry can help prepare students for a career in dental assisting.
Dental assistant vocational schools provide more specialized courses like oral anatomy where you'll learn about teeth, jaws and gums. Courses in chair-side assisting will teach you about dental tools and terminology. Some dental assisting schools offer classes in dental science, dental materials and radiology in addition to office skills including computing and communications. Laboratory classes and supervised practice offer hands-on dental assisting experience.
Some states require dental assistants to be certified, and some employers simply prefer to higher certified assistants. To check what's necessary for your state, the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB.org) lists specific state-by-state requirements.
To be eligible for certification, you must have completed a program from an accredited dental assisting school and be CPR certified. Alternatively, you may have a high school diploma along with 3,500 of approved work experience. For specialized certifications, check DANB's exam eligibility criteria.
DANB offers four broad certifications that can prepare you to specialize or gain a greater degree of responsibility on the job.
- Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) exam covers general chair-side assisting, radiation health and safety, and infection control.
- Certified Orthodontic Assistant (COA) covers orthodontic assisting and infection control.
- Certified Preventive Functions Dental Assistant (CPFDA) covers coronal polishing, sealants, topical anesthetic and topical floride.
- Certified Restorative Functions Dental Assistant (CRFDA) covers anatomy, morphology and physiology, impressions, temporaries, isolations, sealants, and restorative functions.
DANB also offers more targeted certifications, components of the broader certifications, which can often be taken with few or no prerequisites. Those include:
- Infection Control (ICE)
- Sealants (SE)
- Impressions (IE)
- Anatomy, Morphology and Physiology (AMP)
- Coronal Polishing (CP)
Dental Assisting Salary and Career Outlook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS.gov), dental assistants in the U.S. earned a median annual wage of $34,900, or $16.78 an hour, in May 2013. The top 10 percent earned at least $48,350 a year, while the lowest 10 percent earned up to $22,220. New Hampshire was top-paying state for dental assistants, with mean annual wages of $43,810, with Alaska and Minnesota coming in 2nd and 3rd.
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The BLS paints strong employment picture for dental assistants, with 25 percent growth predicted through 2022. This growth is driven in large part by improved access to health care.
Finding the right fit
Varying degrees of responsibility exist within the field of dental assisting and may depend your on specific certifications and areas of specialization. Pursuing additional certifications and specialties can help you target your career and may help you find the job that best fits your interests and abilities.
Certified Dental Assistant, Exams and Certifications, Dental Assisting National Board, Inc., http://www.danb.org/Become-Certified/Exams-and-Certifications.aspx
Dental Assistant, American Dental Association, 2014, http://www.ada.org/en/home-ada/education-careers/careers-in-dentistry/dental-team-careers/dental-assistant
Dental Assistants, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2013, http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes319091.htm
Dental Assistants, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, January 8, 2014, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dental-assistants.htm


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"I got this recipe from my sister-in-law who got it from her chef brother," shares Miriam Hershberger from Holmesville, Ohio. "It is delicious, and it always disappears quickly."
- 1 package (1 pound) sliced bacon
- 4 ounces uncooked chorizo or spicy bulk pork sausage
- 2 ounces cream cheese, cubed
- 32 pitted dates
- Cut each bacon strip in half. In a large skillet, cook bacon in batches over medium heat until partially cooked but not crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain drippings. Crumble chorizo into the same skillet; cook and stir until fully cooked. Drain. Stir in cream cheese.
- Carefully cut a slit in the center of each date; fill with cream cheese mixture. Wrap a piece of bacon around each stuffed date; secure with toothpicks. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Yield: 32 appetizers.
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Central Bank Doves in Retreat, But They'll Be Back
In his diaries, Samuel Pepys wrote about how, during the great fire of London, pigeons on the wing burst into flame and fell to earth.
Well, the risk of an inflationary conflagration remains distant, but central banking doves are starting to get nervous about localized flareups. Enough so that, outside of Japan, central bankers' appetite for using yet more extraordinary monetary measures to boost aggregate demand seems to be fading.
The Bank of Canada has hinted that it could be tightening policy sooner rather than later as it worries publicly about how much Canadian households are borrowing against the country's over-inflated property.
In Germany, the Bundesbank is nervously watching domestic pay settlements and a sudden sharp appreciation in house prices as unemployment drops to multi-decade lows. Although the Bundesbank has been declawed by the single currency, it is putting pressure on its replacement, the European Central Bank, to halt further liquidity measures before German inflation lets rip.
In the U.K., Adam Posen, the most consistently dovish member of the Bank of England's policy-setting committee, has stopped calling for further quantitative easing in light of some moderately positive survey evidence about the economy, but especially because inflation remains at 3.5%.
A year ago he forecast it would fall well below 2% by this summer. This seems unlikely now. Indeed, one of his colleagues, Paul Tucker, fears inflation will remain above 3% for the rest of this year and may not drop to 2% over the "medium term", whatever that means (the BOE has a flexible interpretation that seems to take this out to the indeterminate future).
And even the U.S. Federal Reserve, which has a whole roost full of doves and only a couple of pinioned hawks, has stopped hinting at further quantitative easing-type measures after the current round, called Operation Twist.
In part, this shift from aggressively providing ever more accommodation to neutrality, is down to a more positive outlook for the global economy, as outlined by the IMF's upwardly revised global growth forecasts.
But it's also because inflation everywhere has been stickier than expected, even in countries that have been suffering chronic recessionary conditions. Headline U.S. consumer prices have been above 2% for more than a year. Euro-zone inflation has also been averaging in the upper 2% range for more than a year.
It could be that central banks are realizing their coordinated liquidity measures are having global effects that will make it ever harder for them to control domestic inflationary trends, promises to maintain price stability notwithstanding.
Still, the doves are in the majority and they feel they have right on their side, which is why despite taking a more neutral tenor on policy, they keep pointing to downside risks. For instance, the Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke has argued that the big drop in U.S. unemployment during a time of only moderate economic growth probably only reflects a correction to employers' excessive shedding of workers after the crisis hit. He thinks employment growth will slow from here on in, unless GDP growth picks up substantially.
Meanwhile, the U.K. economy continues to bump along, anemic growth alternating with mild contraction. And in continental Europe, much of the 'periphery' is in deep recession. Indeed, everyone is worried about another euro-zone sovereign-debt crisis.
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The bacteria in our digestive tract interact with our diet in complex ways. What we eat affects gut bacteria, and gut bacteria affect how we metabolize what we eat. Some gut bacteria process carnitine, found in abundance in red meat, into a substance called trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO).
Researchers found that TMAO, which forms after carnitine intake, contributed to atherosclerosis in mice, prompting them to look at how carnitine is metabolized into TMAO in people.
Researchers enrolled five people, including one long-term vegan, and four omnivores—people who reported eating meat (beef, venison, lamb, mutton, duck or pork) nearly daily—into several "carnitine challenges." For the challenge, study participants (including the vegan) ate an 8-ounce steak providing 180 mg of carnitine, and took a 250 mg carnitine capsule.
Compared with blood and urine carnitine and TMAO levels before the challenge, levels after the challenge:
These results suggest that if certain types of gut bacteria are absent from the body, carnitine may not be processed into TMAO, and that differences in gut bacteria between the vegan and the omnivores affected TMAO formation.
The researchers also evaluated blood carnitine and TMAO levels in 2,595 people who had undergone cardiac evaluation. Although high TMAO blood levels were associated with more advanced cardiovascular disease, and a higher likelihood of having experienced a heart attack, stroke, or death, a closer look at the details suggests that TMAO, rather than carnitine, was the primary reason for the association between carnitine levels and cardiovascular risk.
Red meat has long been considered a contributor to atherosclerosis due to its saturated fat content, so whether or not carnitine is an additional factor in developing atherosclerosis, it is prudent to follow the standard advice of health experts and eat meat in moderation—no more than a couple of 3-ounce servings per week—for best heart health.
Carnitine's role in all this is less straightforward. While this research suggests that carnitine may promote atherosclerosis, Alan Gaby, MD, Chief Medical Editor of Aisle7, submits that more information is needed to interpret these results, pointing out, "Carnitine supplements have been successfully used therapeutically in people with angina, intermittent claudication, and congestive heart failure, and have been shown to improve the odds of survival when given after a heart attack." Interpreting these latest results, he notes that "carnitine might conceivably be harmful for a subset of people with a certain type of gut bacteria, but this study is very preliminary, and it doesn't provide enough evidence to justify dropping carnitine supplements for people who can benefit from them."
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The long-awaited return of the 57 problem-solving officers -- who attend neighborhood crime meetings and serve as conduits to various city departments to help reduce crime and other nuisance issues -- has been tempered by the fact that Oakland's lowest crime areas will have fewer officers while other high-stress beats will have more.
The problem-solving officers and six supervisors whose salaries were covered by Measure Y were reassigned to patrol duties last year after 80 police officers were laid off in July. Measure BB, approved by voters in November, restores funding for the 63 positions, and the team was brought back earlier this month -- just not in the previous configuration.
Instead of having a separate problem-solving officer, or PSO, assigned to each of the 57 Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council beats, some beats, such as 13X, Y and Z in Montclair, will share one officer while beats that have higher crime rates and other serious problems, such as 20X in Fruitvale, will gain a second officer.
Marleen Sacks, a resident and lawyer who has sued the city for misuse of Measure Y funds, said the ballot measure requires that officers be deployed equally to the 57 beats around the city. Measure BB did not eliminate that requirement, she said.
"For people who live in Montclair, what this essentially means is one PSO for all (three of) those beats, so they are getting a third the level of service they had before," Sacks said. "Everyone was supposed to get equal benefits."
In addition to beat 13, beats 3, 5 (West Oakland), 14 (Adams Point) and 16 (Trestle Glen) will each have one PSO, whereas they used to have two. Beats 4 (Uptown), 6 (Northwest Oakland), 20, 23 (Fruitvale/East Oakland) and 34 (East Oakland) are each gaining an extra officer.
Oakland police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said the new assignments are a response to budget constraints and the loss of more than 120 officers in the past six months. There are 656 sworn officers on the force, down from a high of 839 two years ago.
"We have to be smarter with our resources, so we are doing crime analysis and other research to deploy our resources in the most effective way possible," Joshi said. "We believe what we are doing is legal. Our foremost concern is public safety, and the areas that are stressor beats in the city need to have more resources.
"The PSO's role hasn't changed," she added. "The whole point is community policing, and when we are down this much, the community really has to step up and do its part."
About half of the former PSOs asked to come back and half are new. For a list of beats and PSO assignments, go to InsideBayArea.com/extra.
Ana Martinez is a neighborhood services coordinator assigned to work alongside the community members and problem-solving officers in Fruitvale. After the officers were disbanded last year, community groups stepped up their own efforts to combat crime and nuisance issues rather than sit around wringing their hands, she said. That included merging three separate groups that shared similar concerns and geographical boundaries.
"Because of the budget cuts, the groups were already trying to figure out how they were going to be a resource for neighborhood issues (in the absence of their officers)," Martinez said. "Now that the PSOs are back, it's like an added tool. Community policing does take two. We kept the community side going until the other side caught up."
But Frank Castro, chair of the Greater Rockridge NCPC, said the new officer deployments could discourage community participation.
"My take on it is that if there were 57 NCPC beats, there should have been 57 PSOs (assigned to each one); otherwise you start getting into the issue of my crime is more important than your crime," he said. "The kinds of things that happen in our neighborhood are just as important to us as the shooting and crime that happens in other areas."


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Even by the buoyant standards of Raiders coach Hue Jackson, it seemed a little over the top.
Defensive end Trevor Scott shed a block during a recent practice, dumped Rock Cartwright for a 2-yard loss, and Jackson reacted as if Scott had pushed the entire offense into the end zone with one hand and recovered a fumble with the other.
Even after practice Wednesday, Jackson was still gushing.
"Wow. Wow. What a tremendous competitor. What a tremendous football player," Jackson said.
Then again, given the Raiders' problems defending the run over the past eight years, maybe a little hyperbole is in order to get things turned around.
When the Raiders host the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night at O.co Coliseum, Jackson will be watching for signs of improvement after a disheartening performance defending the run against the 49ers on Saturday.
Worse than the 17-3 final score was the way San Francisco pushed the Raiders around, running for 239 yards on 41 carries and 14 first downs.
"I don't think anybody is locked in right now," defensive tackle Tommy Kelly said. "That's what preseason is for. Coach is going to keep his foot on our necks. All you can do is go back to work and try to get a little bit better."
Jackson has promised to "build a bully," and he can't do it without a defense that stops the run.
"When I put my name to something and say I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it," Jackson said. "This run defense thing has baffled this organization for years."
The last time the Raiders had a decent run defense was 2002, when they gave up 90.8 yards per game and won the AFC championship. They haven't done better than 22nd ever since, and the last four years have been 29th, 29th, 31st and 31st.
Even the arrival of five-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Richard Seymour two seasons ago has not made a big impact on the way the Raiders defend the run.
"That's something that is dear to me. If you can't stop the run, you aren't going to be successful in this league," Seymour said. "It has to be important to the team. There has to be a mindset."
Defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan, who also ran the defense in 2002, said, "It starts with an attitude, an attitude we build from the beginning."
Aside from attitude, problems addressed by every Raiders coach over the past several years include maintaining gap assignments, fitting those gaps correctly, shedding blocks and simply doing the job assigned without freelancing.
Weakside linebacker Quentin Groves, who played with the first- and second-team defense against the 49ers, said, "The second-team guys were way too anxious because they want to make a play and make the team. You have to be sure you're where you're supposed to be."
Said Jackson: "There's no magic to it. You guys have heard all the clichés. We have to get it done. We're not going to make excuses."


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Doo dee doo dee doooo
We still don't have any details about my sister, although they say tomorrow mid-day. So ahoy then, tomorrow it is. Moving right along.
Today, let's talk about my kids, because I haven't really mentioned the little dears for a while.
My oldest is 10 and a half now, and at the rate she is growing this year, I expect she will meet my height and pass it before summer. She's bright, funny, and artistic. She devours books, and has taught herself how to animate her artwork online. She's also frequently (if moderately) disrespectful, stubborn and moody. She drags her feet on her school work, and drags out her homework to painful lengths. She can be rude, and downright jerky to her siblings. She's got bershon DOWN.
I expect I've met my match. No, seriously. She's totally 10-year-old me. Except taller. Knowing ALL the words to this particular ditty, you would think I'd have the upper hand on celebrating the good and redirecting the not-so good parts of her personality and behavior, but instead I seem to missing my cues, and instead of smoothly turning her and steering her gracefully across the floor, we're fighting over the lead and stepping on each other's insteps.We talk it to death, and offer positive reinforcement. We take away favorite activities until schoolwork is caught up, if we determine that time wasting is the culprit. We emphasize the need for respect of all others (including and especially her siblings) and try to model that.
Apparently, I'm a rude jerk sometimes, and maybe my sarcasm and sense of humor makes it seem okay to be curt with people who are our nearest and dearest. I would love to just be kind and loving and gentle, maybe like a Julie Andrews musical, where a stern face and a stick-to-it attitude are enough to redirect even the most wayward child, but alas, my Julie moments are few and far between these days.
Add to this the onrushing signs that puberty approacheth and I'm feeling like I brought a rubber chicken to a knife fight. At least rubber chickens are funny, right? And if you slap someone with one, it might temporarily stun them? (I'm so going to get shanked.)
My son is affectionate, adorable, and he never shuts up. I mean it. NEVER. He just talks and talks and talks and talks and when we ask him to stop, he doesn't. The monologue starts the second his eyes open, and continues until he falls asleep. What all could he possibly have to say? Have a listen! (if the video is hanging, turn off the HD :)
He's a talker. No, really. from mizzjenny on Vimeo.
On and on, till the break of dawn. I'm beginning to understand how my daughter might get the idea that it is okay to be rude to her siblings because I've often had to flat out tell my son that I'm no longer listening, and also to SHUT UP OMG. Like a pinball, he merely changes course but keeps up the stream of words. I'm thinking of nicknaming him Professor, because seriously, he doesn't just talk. He pontificates.
And then, my youngest. She's just a little ray of sunshine... most of the time. She's totally me in the morning - growling and squinty and not ready to greet the day cheerfully - unless it is a weekend, when she could sleep late. No, on weekends, all three kids love to bounce out of bed by 6 am. That part isn't me at all. Never mind what I said earlier.
This littlest of Laucks is a total hoot. She's very precise in her speaking, and is loving learning to memorize and recite poems and plays for her first grade class. She likes to perform in a very low, almost inaudible voice, so that those of us she is gracing with her performance are forced to lean in very close and listen very hard. This is an excellent tool in her arsenal, made more useful because we genuinely do want to hear what she's trying to say.
This, of course, contrasts with if, say, I was to whisper at my kids when I really wanted them to listen. Who could hear me over my son's non-stop monologue. And also, they genuinely do NOT want to hear what I have to say, most of the time, unless it is "yes!" or "dinner!"
Now, for the adventure segment of this rambling, no point entry...
I, alone, with no premeditation, took my three kids to get their first-ever flu shots. My mother-in-law told my husband that we needed to get it done or she couldn't sleep at night (or maybe she wasn't that dramatic, but let's pretend she was, because it makes the story better.)
With no advance planning, I tossed the kids in the car and drove to the clinic where they were doing the vaccinations. I told the kids they would be getting the up the nose mist stuff (which at this point in the proceedings, I believed to be true) and we got in line. As we made our way to the head of the line, we started to hear the wails of unhappy children getting the shots. And then we were informed that we could get the H1N1 flu-mist stuff, but they would need a shot for the regular flu. I told my oldest, thinking that she could hold herself together.
"Pssst," I said. "It sounds like you guys are going to get a shot, and the nose stuff. Don't freak out your siblings."
At which point, she burst into noisy tears and announced "MOM! YOU PROMISED WE WERE NOT GOING TO GET SHOTS!"
As Jenny on the Spot would say (although not in a sarcastic way) - this situation was made of awesome.
We finally made it to the head of the line, with my 10-year-old, almost-as-tall-as-me daughter blowing and snorting and eyes rolling like an overworked horse. I got a shot first, and then pulled my youngest onto my lap.
The lady took one look at her skinny little arms and said - let's do her leg. I worked her leggings down over her narrow hips and my son yelled "I can see your buuuuu-utt."
Then my daughter saw the needle and proceeded to freak the heck out. Between me and the injection nurse, we got her taken care of, and set her hiccuping, snivelling buns to the side. My son plopped down on the chair, and despite whining, got the shot with no problem.
Time for the big girl. She bawled "NOOOOOO" and planted her feet and leaned as hard as she could away from me, and suddenly I felt like I was wrestling an alligator. I tried to invite her into the chair, but she wasn't going. I tried to reason with her for like 20 seconds, and then decided brute force was called for, and plunked my own self down on the chair, with her trapped in my lap. After she started elbowing and clawing the air, a nice doctor came by and helped me restrain her, so she didn't punch me or the lady doing the shots.
After the shot was done, she was like, "Oh. That wasn't anything bad."
I made her apologize to the nurse, and thank the doctor for his help. Grrrr.
All three kids did the nose mist stuff with no problems (surprisingly) and then we headed to the frozen yogurt place for a little celebratory shot survival treat.
The best part? All three kids get a second dose of the nose one in 28 days, so we get to do it all again. WHEEEEE!
(At least it isn't the shots again.)
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