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Oct 14, 12 at 12:47pm ^Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
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Pros for Desktop and Hardcore users
These are improvements that have nothing to do whatsoever with Metro/Modern UI, and are instead core OS improvements. Keep in mind this is based on results of the RTM/Final, not on Consumer Preview or Developer Preview which were unpolished and might have had bugs/useability.
Some Pros that might rely on the new Metro UI
Cons: Start button?
Let's examine whether the missing Start button is really as bad as it sounds. After reflecting on it more, and studying my own usage and the usage of those around me, I have come to the conclusion the Start button is antiquated and probably useless to a true power user who takes advantage of the power of Windows 7. The only reason I open the Start button today is to perform a search, go to Control Panel, or to start CMD. I rarely every go into All Programs and when I do its a nightmarein there. I rarely even go into Control panel ever since Windows 7 since I can always find what I want by searching. Eg, if you want to open up printers I type "printers" and press enter. I don't open up Control Panel and look for the printer icon. The only other time I use the Start Button is if I can't remember the name of an app, but I can remember where I put it (my utils folder for instance). Here I think the missing start button will be more painful.
Why is the missing Start button not a big deal in Windows 8? The way to get to search, control panel, and other commonly used items are now accessible using alternate means. Almost any app I use regularly are on my Desktop or pinned on my taskbar. I think Microsoft is onto something here by trying to move the world off of the Start Button and onto more semantic gestures and interactions. This will drive the future of interactive UI, and make possible things like touch screen laptops (which Steve Jobs thinks are a stupid idea, but which I really look forward to), and even more futuristic things.
Well anyway, I haven't used Windows 8 final, and I'm sure what I research is different than what a person can experience. I know many of you guys aren't interested in Windows 8, but I'm seriously considering getting the upgrade whilethe upgrade price is valid. The upgrade price is valid until Jan 2013 and is $40 for the download if you already own XP, Vista, or 7. I think in this area MS has really listened to customers. This is one of the most economical OS upgrades period.
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Oct 14, 12 at 1:41pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
I won't be upgrading unless the start button has been retained in the final release, and the Metro UI (apparently it can't be called Metro now due to copyright issues) can be removed by the add/remove features option.
Some of the features are good, but the Metro thing is a big turn off for me on desktops. There was no reason for it to be instantly forced.
To an average user, speed improvements won't be enough to persuade those to upgrade, alot of them upgrades surely could be done to Windows 7 through a Service Park. There are some other decent upgrades but not enough for me to upgrade.
If I had a touchscreen then yes I'd probably upgrade. I still want to see how Microsoft would pull of multitasking gaming. I still use only the one monitor, the main game I play is FM. Alongside FM, I have Firefox open and a media player. This are easily switchable either through alt+tab, I either have two open side by side, or the superbar is used. I rarely use the desktop, the only things I have on my desktop are usually files I've just saved there and haven't bothered to move.
For printers, I don't even type printers in the search bar, I just open the start menu and it's on the side below 'Control Panel' and above 'Default Programs'
I've not got anything against Windows 8, for me though, there is just nothing for it.
If they were adamant on getting rid of the start menu though, then the searchbar would've just been enough, something similar to Spotlight on a Mac, but there ain't even that. It is like they are forcing Metro upon you. There are a few things that my searchbar in the start menu doesn't find though, PES being one of them. It also cannot find my folders, that might be how it is set up but it cannot find folders. The other issue is that Windows Search is slow at finding stuff anyway. Spotlight is near instant results.
Explorer view without Aero looks awful. I hope they've kept the ability to change the window colour because the red close button clashes badly with the blue window. One of the things I do like thoug, is they've expanded the use of the Ribbon bar, I find things easier with that. I do think they are too quick to drop the classic explorer view though. I know that is still kept, but the taskbar and the explorer could've been adapted with the Metro UI, perhaps used Metro as a new interactive desktop.
As for startup, this might be due to the fact that I'm using a SSD but my Windows 7 boots in less than 10 seconds anyway. It was fairly quick on my old PC.
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Oct 14, 12 at 4:10pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
quote harbin91I believe Modern UI interface doesn't have a searchbar because the second you start to type it initiates a search. It's 2 less clicks (or 1 less keyboard press) than the current Windows 7 UI and a pretty smart way to do it IMO. Most people who give Window 8 a chance and actually unlearn old (sometimes inefficient) habits seem to find W8 as useful if not more so. I'm sure there will be various tasks that are more cumbersome and others which are easier than W7. The best part about W8 in my opinion is that they are trying to make UI semantic and context aware. W8 might not be perfect in those departments, but moving in that direction signals to me that W9, W10, etc will each improve on this critical useability concept.
quote harbin91My Windows 7 searchbar also doesn't find everything, but the results are near instant for me, easily as fast as Spotlight, and as good or sometimes superior to Spotlight for synonym matching (try searching for "uninstall app" vs "remove app" vs "delete app" in Windows 7 and all 3 will yield a result to help uninstall apps). This only applies to apps though, and in W8 they apparently removed file searching from the searchbar. Personally I never use filesearching from there so it won't affect me. I do all my file searching from my Libraries in Explorer.
quote harbin91It's true that the startup times are 50% faster only for spinning disks. On SSD Windows 8 vs Windows 7 might be a smaller (but still noticeable) difference. Note that most older and non-ultrabook laptops out there are spinning disks, so all of those will benefit from these improvements.
Regardless of whether anyone is upgrading, I wonder how many laptops will still be sold in 2013 with Windows 7. If you remember when Vista came out everyone was saying they would never upgrade, yet the entire market slowly ended up being all Vista due to new PC sales. The same will happen with Windows 8.
I think at the end of the day we're a bit too obsessed with Modern UI and not looking at the fact that W8 is a leap ahead of W7 in terms of core OS work. That, or people choose to dismiss that work because of their hatred of Modern UI. It's too bad MS took this added risk with the forced Modern UI, because without it I think W8 would be a really successful launch. Personally I think Modern UI looks great, but I think the Start screen is kind of ugly, compared to a Desktop.
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Oct 14, 12 at 11:50pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
i dont think we are denying that there are improvements to windows 8. i think the problem is that there just doesnt feel like enough new stuff to warrant going for it. okay, performance in a few areas has improved, but does this translate to better gaming or digital media performance?
personally, id only enjoy the monitor and performance benefits...hardly worth upgrading over for me, especially when the hardware i have (had) used is powerful enough to make performance requirements a non-issue. and third party software fixes the multi monitor issue quite easily.
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Oct 15, 12 at 6:14am ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
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quote RedemptionWell the search in Windows 7 is quicker than the search in previous versions, but Spotlight can find words in a document and match it with what your finding pretty quickly. This feature can be turned on in Windows search, but it takes a bit longer. Whilst I haven't used a Mac in a home environment in the same way I've used Windows, I can't quick do a complete comparison but my general impression is that Spotlight is superior even with search indexing on.
quote RedemptionOne thing I am hapy with is the addition of using GUID for boot disks. I had to format my SSD using the MBR system because Windows would not install on a GUID disk. The problem with Vista is that it was plagued with issues from the start, pretty much all of them issues were addressed with Windows 7. Vista may actually be a good OS now, but at the start it caused so many problems for people and they didn't give it a huge chance at the beginning. The same could happen with Windows 8 and it not being given a chance.
I'm not denying that the modern UI would have it's place, but Microsoft have made the mistake of forcing it. Up until Windows Vista when the start menu was refined, on XP people if I didn't not like the new start menu could've gone back to the Classic W98 start menu. The taskbar in Windows Vista was refined into the new superbar, which combines some dock-like functions (the ability to pin), but added jumplists, improved it's general appearance and made it all around more user friendly, even then if people didn't like it they could've reverted to the old style one (use small icons, never combined the buttons and pinning the programs at one side would retain a quick launch idea. Ideas that have been refined but ultimately not abandoned.
Windows 8 just tries to chuck alot of them out of the window. This may be the direction that Windows is going but there is no reason to implement the changes instantly. From Windows 1 to 3., over the course of 7 years the general appearence did not alter much. Refinements were done (using icons instead of just a sheer list of stuff), but they were done gradually. Windows 95 marked the real jump in the UI. The start menu appeared and has been used and improved over the course of about 14 years.
That helped Microsoft since businesses don't ugprade just because a new CPU is out, or just because a new OS is out. They dont instantly install the new service pack either. The fact that these changes took place gradually didn't leave some people staring at the screen wondering what the *bleep* was what. That is the same reason that 32bit version of operating systems are still sold. Apple retain more control over that because they control the hardware so they can force 64bit upgrades on new machines. Between a start menu and a start screen, the menu would likely be considered quicker and easier, it's more compact, things can be pinned, document locations can easily be found at the side, the search bar is right at the bottom and can be typed into instantly and all the programs appear in an organised list. It's ultimately been the same (minus the start bar) for awhile, and people get used to that, meaning the know where it is instantly.
The upgrade from XP to W7 for me was largely effortless, for older people (such as my dad who is still using XP) he required supervision to help him use Windows 7 (for awhile he borrowed my PC before he got an old one), but imagine the jump that will take for him to Windows 8. I would be able to adapt, he would be completely lost, that is the biggest mistake Microsoft has made, by forcing it upon people.
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Oct 15, 12 at 6:34am ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
I think without the Metro interface Windows 8 would have only been looked at as a service pack to Windows 7, in a sense. Microsoft would probably have gotten a similar response as Apple with their iPhone 5 announcement.
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Oct 15, 12 at 6:42am ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
quote Bass UltraBut then some people regard Windows 7 as a fixed Windows Vista.
Downloaded the new Release Preview of Windows 8 and installed it in Virtual Box. Installation is different (slightly better on setting up some stuff), very awkward to use the OS without it being in full screen because it just loses focus when I try and get the hover things in the corners. Not sure how that will work in a tablet.
I do believe certain features such as the lock screen are better, I like the added customisation of it. Cloud computing I'm still slightly skeptical about, don't like the idea that someone only has to get my password to my Microsoft email address and can suddenly access everything, that might be addressed somewhere.
Still don't like the fact they've kept the desktop but implemented the startscreen and that it's like having two OS' running at the same time. IE open on the smartscreen thingie is completely seperate to IE running on desktop mode. They are both in the list when you alt+tab but they are like different programs in a different environment altogether.
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Oct 16, 12 at 2:57pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
quote harbin91I think that's because Modern UI IE is in fact a separate app. My guess is that MS is going to slowly encourage (push?) developers to move towards Modern UI Apps, which I suspect will run perfectly on Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT (or be more easily ported). Then as devices converge, it would mean that they have a lot more cross platform compatibility than ever before.
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Oct 16, 12 at 3:24pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
Thing is some environments are meant to be separate. Apple have iOS and Mac, both are separate, just like Android and Chrome OS.
That is a risky strategy aswell because thats reliant on developers actually obliging, and I'm not that sure they will because for some it'll mean major interface changes.
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Oct 16, 12 at 4:19pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
Very few PC enthusiasts are going to migrate to Windows 8 from Windows 7 at release. If you own a good quality touch screen monitor then maybe it's worthwhile for some? I for one won't be going for Windows 8, I've tried the beta and think it's c**p and I don't think I'll be alone.
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Oct 16, 12 at 5:50pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
Personally, I have Windows 8 on my desktop right now and I find it a pain to use... the software doesn't react as well and to close a program I have to hover to the left side then drag the mouse down so the side panel opens then I have to right click and click close... what the hell happened to just clicking X on the top right corner and switching from one app to another, you no longer have the explorer bar to click to whatever app you want to use another like say itunes to change the song.
I think this is a step backwards unless you have a touch screen. I work everything on both my desktop and laptop with only my mouse.
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Oct 16, 12 at 7:56pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
quote Luis_GTI was worried about that >_<. Do you have a screenshot of your desktop with some apps open?
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Oct 16, 12 at 8:43pm ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
quote RedemptionI've managed to do a workaround by opening everything on desktop mode, but it requires that I create shortcuts for everything since you don't have anything else to be able to open the program.
My biggest gripe is that google chrome integrates with the Metro UI, same as the native apps with the exception of IE... but IE sucks. I also noticed that if I'm on google chrome inside the metro UI, if I download a .exe program, I have to manually switch to the desktop to be able to see if the installer opened as it just stays in the browser and gives you the feeling that it didn't do anything. it also bothers me that opening chrome in metro ui is not the same as desktop, so if for some reason you loaded up chrome in the UI and want to run other apps like itunes which start on desktop mode, you have to navigate out of chrome, go into desktop mode and then use itunes.
The other thing is searching for files... I have never had the habit of naming my HDD's and just go by HDD size... they are all called local disk on my desktop and it makes it a pain to search in the metro UI when you have a blank square box that says local volume and no search bar... so if I want to get a song from my old download file which has over 1000 different files I don't think I'll find it inside the metro UI app since all the files folders and installers have the same blank box and only the name changes... alsoif I open the file in the desktop it will open the app on the desktop and not the metro UI.
EDIT: Also noticed how painfully hard it was to find the shutdown button... I originally managed to find it by logging out, then clicking on the screen to where I type my password and the power button was on the lower corner.
In the metro ui its located inside the setting on the side bar... so you have to use the correct gesture to open the side bar in order to get into settings to finally be able to shut the PC down...
quite bothersome...
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Oct 17, 12 at 4:34am ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
quote Luis_GTI couldn't actually find the close button TBH. I resorted to using the trusty alt+F4... that thing with Chrome though is something that I've noticed. The OS treats things running in Metro and Desktop as seperate. You can alt+tab through to them but if you're in Desktop Mode, then any program (or app as they're now called for some stupidly bizarre reason), does not appear on the taskbar.
I think the OS itself has made some steps forward, but it is marred by some bad decisions on the usability front. Why Microsoft needed to do this was beyond me. The performance and security upgrades should've been possible to do to Windows 7 through the use of a major service pack update, with the Metro been done as an optional download. Following this it'd be nice somewhat if they ended up following the Mac way of doing things. Updates are free, every now and then a major enhancement is done (one that doesn't change the UI).
Windows XP service pack 2 brought about new features and enhances for the OS.
Aero BTW is still enabled in desktop mode. The glass taskbar is still present.
Microsofts view on that though seems to be that we want to abandon every other OS prior as soon as Windows 8 comes out. I don't personally use them, but the gadget gallery has gone completely to focus on Windows 8. The developer blog is completely glittered with Windows 8. Not sure about the comments on one of the posts but they all seem supisciously pro W8. Someone has tried to put startmenu and stuff back into desktop mode but with that being a program sat above the kernel, that will be subject to the startup process. The PC will need to load the program before it appears and since alot of people don't quite optimise their boot process, that might take a few seconds longer than some would like.
I just think that Microsoft have made some major mistakes on this OS. The UI being one of them, it should not have been forced upon people, it should've remained optional feature.
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Oct 19, 12 at 12:28am ^re: Windows 8 Might Not Be As Bad As You Think?
quote Luis_GTStardock's Start8 app might be useful for people who are stuck on the Start Menu. It doesn't look as good as the Win7 Start button though.
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I want to share an idea with you all that was brought to my attention. Pat also known as GarzakAzur sent me a Pm yesterday with a link to an amazing story posted on Halo Waypoint http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/blog/the-waypoint-wringer-the-fan-with-blue-flames/16315 . I read this story and along with Pat we came to the conclusion that we as a people can do something amazing for Mathieu aka ROG Survivor. He is a huge fan of Halo and more so he is the true meaning of a fighter. Mathieu has fought against an enemy most of us cannot even imagine not once but three times. Every time Mathieu has battled Cancer has beaten the odds. Now at 16 he is once again fighting a war against a deadly disease and he still manages to live life to its fullest. I have had the pleasure of personally talking to Mathieu and he has inspired me to be a better person and to live my live more than I have in the past. Pat and I have a wonderful idea and we would like to share it with you all and I am hoping we can do this as a family. We would like to give Mathieu something that most people dream of having…the armor of his Xbox Live Halo Character. I know most of these items are already made or can be made rather fast and to perfection. I am not asking one person to take on this challenge by him/herself. There should be a Project Manager which will oversee the progress and keep in touch with Mathieu. We need a Project Assembler and that person will be the one that all the parts are sent to so they can finish the assembly of the suit and ship it. This person will need a PayPal account se we can take "Contributions" for the shipping of this suit once finished. I know this is allot to ask of people but I truly think that the time to build and the money to send can only do one thing….enhance the Unity and enhance the joy of a true Halo Fan. I know there are people on here like that can fulfill these roles and the missions inherent in those roles. I myself can only be a messenger due to being deployed. We talk about being better people so now it is our time to shine and make a difference in someone's life like they have in ours. You will be surprised who becomes the person with the reward once this is done.
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I was born in Moncton NB Canada on the 23 of July 1994, we moved to edmunston when I was just 3 months because my mom wasn't doing a lot of money and my dad wasn't helping because he was spending all on drugs... So my mom left my father and moved with my grand parents till I was the age of 7. My father never was their to support me in anything, in 16 years he only came to my birthday twice... So my grandfather have always been my real father for me... He though me evehrything... At the age of 4 I think that's the first time that I got my first video game console the NES, it was hard to get me stop playing even though I only had two games. When I turned 5 I got my first playstation! I remember playing crash bounty coot! That was my first game. Anyways in grade 3 I moved back to Moncton with my mom because she had to move for her job. We lived there for about 6 years then my mom fell in love with a men from Fredericton and got married august 5 2007, I was doing great at the time, I had moved to fredericton, was starting at a new school in September. Everything was looking great. A month after I started school, I started to noticed that I wasn't feeling to good and that my left ear was hurting a lot! We were going In the clinics trying to see what was wrong but they could never tell! They were always giving me anti biotiques and pills when they didn't even know what was going on! They though I had an ear infection, but they couldn't see anything in my ears! It took a month and half to see a doctor that would actually do his job the proper way! On November 24 we went to see an other doctor and took us to take some x-rays... He found out that I had a cancer mass the size of a grape fruit growing in my left cheek. On that day I was diagnosed with rabdomeosarcomsa a type of cancer that grows on muscle tissues. Got sent to the IWK in Halifax Nova Scotia to get the attention I needed there and fought there for 6 months in the hospital... I finished my treatments the 26of may and the wish foundation gave me a 24 feet long swimming pool. The 6 of may 2009 we went to Florida walt Disney world me, my mom , my grandma and my step sister just to celebrate you know... Then while I was there we had to do a lot of walking and my back started to hurt a lot, and It was just constant pain, it wouldn't go away so then I knew... I was watching the fireworks at magic kingdom thinking to myself" it's back..." when we got back we went to Halifax for some regular check ups and found out a big mass growing on my left kidney, the size of a football! (if you want I can send you a picture after the surgery how big it was) they took out my kidney, my spleen and a part of my pancreas. After that we had to follow up with chemotherapy treatments and radiation just to make sure we killed most of it. So I think I finished my treatments the 24 of April 2010, summer was great although I broke my leg but that was better then having back cancer. Everything was going great, I had started back school, then we went back to Halifax for my regular check ups in December, we were all positive because everything was going so great but the scans said a different story... It was back in my ribs this time but it wasn't as bad so we just took five treatments of radiation and went back home for the holidays. Well let's just say I started to feel some pain during that time. When we got back to the hospital, the cancer had spread everywhere. Surrounding my heart, on the lungs and in my lungs, my ribs, my legs bones... The doctors told me that there is nothing else they can do anymore so thats pretty much where I stand right now... I'm home not at the hospital and I have a catemine pump attached to me just for pain so I can take breakthroughs. So I try to live the most I can every day and enjoy every moment of my life...
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Padres Rally to WIN!!
- 4-3 Padres
What a great game! It looked like the Dodgers would prevail for a while there, but my Padres fought back and got the win.
Kevin Correia threw his first start of the season, going six innings, allowing three runs on five hits with four walks and five strikeouts. The first run he gave up was a bases-loaded walk. Matt Kemp drove in the other two with a double. I thought Correia did very well. The rotation looks really good so far!
Edwin Moreno and Cla Meredith threw one inning, giving up one hit and one walk each. Very good…our pitching is looking really great so far!
On the hitting side, we took a while to get it going. In the bottom of the fifth, David Eckstein drove in Luis Rodriguez to tie the game at one. Down 3-1 in the eighth, it was rally time. With one out, Adrian Gonzalez hit his first homer of the year. That was also the Padres' first home run this week. Then Adrian's older brother Edgar hit a triple on a ball that almost got out of the park. Nick Hundley promptly smoked a single to tie the game. Luis Rodriguez doubled, driving in the winning run.
But the game wasn't over yet. New closer Heath Bell came into the game to tie up the win. He gave up a triple, the potenital tying run, to Orlando Hudson. No outs. Wonders of wonders, Heath was able to get Manny to ground out. The runner at third froze. And then Andre Either walked.
We needed a double play. The guys on the radio mentioned it, and I was really hoping for it as well. That was the easiest way to get out of it.
Russell Martin, who hasn't done the best in this series, was down 0-2 when he hit a ground ball to second. David Eckstein to Everth Cabrera to Adrian Gonzalez. Game over!
It was so exciting. That double play…if they hadn't been able to get the runner at first, the tying run would have scored! It was a stressing inning, but we got out of it! I think that was really good for Heath to be able to work himself out of a jam like that and earn his second save of the year.
Now, I gotta talk about David Eckstein. What a pickup for the Padres! This guy has an incredible work ethic, and he's just a great baseball player. He was out there working on stuff this morning even though it was a day game. Today he was finally rewarded with two hits in four ABs. This guy is going to be so good for us!
So, in review of this series, I think the Padres played very well. We only had one error, and that was Jake Peavy's throwing error on Monday. We scored 11 runs to the Dodgers' 14. The pitching was really great. I am so pleased. I mean, they weren't perfect, but they were good.
I am really excited about this team. We were able to play well and split this series. I think we're going to keep being good. At least, let's hope so…
We are playing the San Francisco Giants for three games this weekend. And yes, Tim Lincecum is pitching on Sunday…
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Good game and good series Kaybee. Now go BEAT THEM GIANTS!!!!!
Great Post Kaybee! The Padres played a great game today, and i hope we sweep the Giants!!!!!!
Great start for your guys taking 2 of 3! Hopefully they will have a better year than most of the predictions I've seen. Didn't get to comment on last night's post, but great pix! Looks like you really enjoyed the game.
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YAY!!! It was a great game today. I'm glad we were able to even up the series. And Lincecum on Sunday? I'm not worried about him. Bring it on Tim!!🙂
I was glad to be back in L.A.! Nothing like being back home. I am glad we at least got the split. The next series at Petco is the 4th of july. Still got the hat Kaybee
By the way Kaybee, from a Red Sox fan–you can have Bardo back ANYTIME you want him! He never could get any traction with us!


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A Kona man has been charged with five offenses after carrying a loaded shotgun on a public highway in Kealakekua, according to Big Island police.
At 8 a.m. Tuesday, a motorist reported seeing a local man in a red-hooded sweatshirt carrying what appeared to be a rifle while walking on the side of Mamalahoa Highway in the area of Hale Ki'i Street in Kealakekua.
Responding officers located a man fitting that description and holding what appeared to be a rifle.
When the officers approached him, the suspect fled into brush area behind Pualani Terrace.
The officers located and arrested 39-year-old Ioster Henly of Kailua-Kona and recovered a loaded shotgun. Police recovered an additional 16 rounds of shotgun ammunition on Henly's person. He was taken to the Kona police cellblock while detectives continued the investigation.
At 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, detectives charged Henly with possessing a loaded firearm on a public highway, place to keep loaded firearm, place to keep ammunition, registration mandatory and permit to acquire.
His bail was set at $13,000. He remained at the cellblock until his initial court hearing Thursday.


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The new test will complement the long-time used Wonderlic as another way of testing players.
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Foster said the new test will not replace the Wonderlic, which has faced much criticism over the years as its usefulness has been debated. Designed as an intelligence test, the Wonderlic was first used by Dallas Cowboys legendary coach Tom Landry in the 1970s.
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Lawsuit filed in accidental gun death from 2010
MANCHESTER The family of a man who was accidentally shot and killed by his friend on Nov. 25, 2010, is suing the family who lives in the house where the shooting took place for negligently-caused wrongful death and is asking for unspecified damages.
Jeffrey Charbonneau, 24, of Manchester, was shot by Nicholas Bell, 25, also of Manchester, on Thanksgiving Day in 2010. Bell was sentenced to serve a year in jail after pleading no contest in May to a felony charge of manslaughter and misdemeanor charges of simple assault with a weapon and reckless endangerment,
According to an affidavit filed in the case, Charbonnneau and Bell had been at The Perfect Wife, a Manchester restaurant and pub, on Nov. 24, 2010, when they ran into another friend, James Goodwin. Charbonneau told Goodwin that his home was crowded with visiting family members and asked if he could spend the night at the Goodwin family home on Eagle Rise Road.
The next morning, Bell picked up what he thought was a pellet gun from the wall of a third-floor bedroom in the Goodwin home and fired it at Charbonneau to wake him up. However, the gun was a loaded .22-caliber rifle. police said.
According to the affidavit, Charbonneau was dead by the time rescue workers arrived.
The complaint, which was filed on Oct. 31 by David Cleary, of the Rutland law firm, Cleary, Shahi and Aicher, was brought forward by Charbonneaus parents, Richard and Betty Charbonneau. Cleary said Jeffrey Charbonneaus death was a result of a firearm which had been in an unsecured and unsafe posture in the Goodwins home.
At that time and place, the defendants and each of them had the responsibility to maintain the firearm in a safe and non-lethally dangerous condition by either containing it in an unloaded condition or by maintaining it in a locked and inoperable condition, Cleary said.
Cleary also accuses the Goodwins of negligence because they failed to ensure that the premises to which Jeffrey R. Charbonneau was invited on Nov. 25, 2010 was free of hazards such as a loaded and unsecured firearm within the dwelling.
On Friday, Cleary said he couldnt say much about a pending action but said one theory that would be pursued was that the rifles safety was not on and that it was simply hanging on the wall where Charbonneau was sleeping.
The complaint lists Goodwin family members James, Carolyn, Charles and James Jr.
A response, dated Nov. 28, was made by John Paul Faignant, of the Rutland law firm, Miller, Faignant and Robbason, P.C. The response denies almost all of the allegations made by the complaint except that the families both live in Manchester and the incident happened in Bennington County.
Among the affirmative defenses listed in the answer, which are possible defenses that could be used in the course of the case if it proceeds, are the sections of both the U.S. and Vermont constitutions that guarantee the right to bear arms.
Other possible defenses listed are conduct on behalf of others for whom these defendants are neither responsible in law nor fact and assumption of the risk.
A call made to Faignant was not returned before deadline.
During Bells change-of-plea hearing in May, Judge David Howard said he was willing to accept a plea of no contest instead of guilty because due to the unfortunate facts there is a great deal of civil liability here.
Bell is currently being held in the Newport jail.
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State needs a thoughtful planMarch 20,2013
The Vermont Natural Resources Council has been working for 50 years to protect Vermonts environment and give Vermonters a voice in development decisions that affect natural resources and their communities. We are also deeply concerned about the twin threats of climate change and fossil fuel scarcity.
We believe that developing renewable energy, both in Vermont and elsewhere, is necessary. Like most Vermonters, we dont believe environmental protection and renewable energy development are mutually exclusive goals.
Unfortunately, the increasingly acrimonious debate over energy policy pits these two goals against each other. A result of that debate is controversial energy legislation, S.30, that will come to the Senate floor in the next few days.
VNRC is supportive of most efforts to strengthen environmental protection for all types of land development, and we recognize the need to improve the process for siting and constructing energy facilities. For this reason, VNRC joined other conservation organizations in calling on Gov. Shumlin to convene a commission to examine this very issue. He did, and that work is wrapping up shortly, the results of which should inform changes to the states regulatory and planning processes. Unfortunately, S.30 gets ahead of this process.
The bill does contain some positive provisions, including the creation of a legislative oversight committee to prepare for, and respond to, the soon-to-be-released recommendations of the siting commission. Other provisions of the bill, however, would be counterproductive. These include:
n Pre-empting the work of the siting commission that was charged with identifying improvements to how energy facilities are sited and regulated in Vermont. The commission has performed that task in a comprehensive, professional and transparent manner. This bill, however, predetermines certain outcomes before the commission is allowed to complete its work.
n It holds energy generation including renewable energy generation to a more rigorous standard of review than the transmission of energy from nuclear, coal, large hydro, natural gas or other technologies, because it would apply Act 250 criteria more stringently to renewable generation projects than to transmission projects. This is not the time to tilt the playing field in favor of dirty energy.
n It singles out one technology wind energy for meticulous scrutiny of the potential health and environmental impacts, rather than evaluating the costs (economic, health, environmental, etc.) and benefits of all potential energy technologies. Only through an objective analysis of the various technologies will Vermonters be able to evaluate the inevitable trade-offs that come with our reliance on electricity.
n It upsets an important, decades-long balance of power between municipalities, regions and the state regarding the review and permitting of energy generation projects that serve a statewide interest. The bill establishes a regional energy siting process which VNRC welcomes but gives absolute power to municipalities to bar energy projects. While the siting commission is likely to suggest adjusting this power-sharing relationship next month, S.30 would create inconsistencies in existing law and abandon the requirement that municipalities plan for renewable energy development and adopt plans that are consistent with regional plan policies.
n It prompts unnecessary uncertainty for renewable energy developers at a time when the state is attempting to meet ambitious energy goals. Making significant changes to the regulatory framework for one year, with the promise that additional changes will be made in 2014, creates an unstable regulatory climate. This is unnecessary given that the commissioner of the Department of Public Service has testified that its likely no large wind projects will come under review in the coming year.
Since its inception, VNRC has been guided by a site-specific approach to analysis of large development projects generally and, more often in recent years, large energy development projects, including large wind generation, biomass, hydro generation and nuclear power. Our most recent involvement in such proceedings including Vermont Yankee, the Searsburg wind project and the proposed Springfield biomass project has been as advocates for water quality, wildlife, forest health and efficiency.
At the same time, VNRC has supported broad policies in the Legislature to advance renewable energy development, including the standard offer program and net metering legislation, among others. Such policies have been effective in reducing the states reliance on fossil fuels and preparing for the inevitable shutdown of Vermont Yankee.
There is likely no organization in the state of Vermont that has grappled with the issue of wind more than VNRC. We care deeply about protecting Vermonts environment, communities and quality of life. We believe we can stay true to these values if we approach realigning our energy future carefully.
The reality of climate change, however, is that Vermont is facing the greatest crisis in human history. Every person, every state and every nation must do everything humanly possible to stop our reliance on the dirty energy that is destroying our planet. Lets stop making these mutually exclusive goals, stop putting up ill-fitting obstacles and put in place a more thoughtful system for making energy decisions than would result from S.30.
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Home List of Titles Conformational dynamics of ATP/Mg:ATP in motor proteins via data mining and molecular simulation
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- Conformational dynamics of ATP/Mg:ATP in motor proteins via data mining and molecular simulation
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- Bojovschi, A.; Liu, Ming S.; Sadus, Richard J.
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- The conformational diversity of ATP/Mg:ATP in motor proteins was investigated using molecular dynamics and data mining. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) conformations were found to be constrained mostly by inter cavity motifs in the motor proteins. It is demonstrated that ATP favors extended conformations in the tight pockets of motor proteins such as F1-ATPase and actin whereas compact structures are favored in motor proteins such as RNA polymerase and DNA helicase. The incorporation of Mg2+ leads to increased flexibility of ATP molecules. The differences in the conformational dynamics of ATP/Mg:ATP in various motor proteins was quantified by the radius of gyration. The relationship between the simulation results and those obtained by data mining of motor proteins available in the protein data bank is analyzed. The data mining analysis of motor proteins supports the conformational diversity of the phosphate group of ATP obtained computationally.
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- Adenosine triphosphate; ATP; Conformational dynamics; Data mining; Magnesium; Mg; Molecular simulation
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Do you have smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in your home? Are they working? Sunday, March 9, marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time in the United States. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges consumers to take the time to replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when turning clocks forward this weekend. Make it an annual habit. This habit could save your life.
Working smoke and CO alarms, which means having fresh batteries, adds an important layer of safety to your home. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), two-thirds of fire deaths occur in homes without working smoke alarms. There are more than 362,000 home fires every year and more than 2,200 people die in them, according to CPSC's latest Residential Fire Loss Estimates report.
Batteries in battery-powered alarms need to be replaced every year. In addition, CPSC recommends that consumers test their alarms every month to make sure they are working. Smoke alarms should be placed on every level of the home, inside each bedroom, and outside sleeping areas.
Although more than 90 percent of U.S. homes report having at least one working smoke alarm, only 42 percent report having a working CO alarm, based on 2011 U.S. Census Bureau data. CO alarms can alert you and your family to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide inside your home.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 400 people die each year in the United States from CO poisoning.
Carbon monoxide is called the invisible killer, because you cannot see or smell it. This poisonous gas can come from many sources, including cars, furnaces and portable generators, and can quickly incapacitate and kill its victims.
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Staying safe in the Summer sun
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Now that summer is in full swing, it's time to think about sun safety for you and your family. Check out these tips, learn about the health effects of overexposure and find out which cities are considered the hottest in the United States.
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Welcome to the home of two critically acclaimed book-series: the Family Maps series of Land Patent Books and the Texas Land Survey Maps series. Our books are published county by county, state by state, for original settlers whose purchases are indexed either in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database or the Texas General Land Office database. These are one-of-a-kind, customized maps and books created by attorney, software engineer, and family historian, Gregory A. Boyd.
For the first time, you can locate your ancestor's Federal or Texas land purchase by simply finding them in one of our indexes, which direct you to a map of first-land-owners. And now you can learn who your ancestors' neighbors were or the history of settlement in area of interest to you! The Family Maps and Texas Land Survey Maps books are a helpful visual reference tool that make your landowner and parcel-boundary research easier than ever.
Subscribers to our online service, HistoryGeo.com can now access every map from our print catalog online!
We are currently shipping hardbound books to libraries all over the country. Contact Nancy Kinard, our library representative, for more information. Your patrons will be shaking your hand and shouting for joy when they find never-before discovered clues in your Family Maps book collection. You should see the kinds of praise our researchers are sending us daily!
We will customize a Standing Order Program just for you and have already done so for dozens of libraries nationwide. You set the criteria and we ship on time. Set a dollar limit (by month or year), a geographical limit (by state(s)), a volume-count limit---whatever you choose. We aim to please.
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Here is a list of recommended sources of information about complementary and alternative medicine.
Cassileth BR. The Complete Guide to Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care. Singapore: WSPC, 2011.
Cassileth BR, Yeung KS, Gubili J. Herb-Drug Interactions in Oncology, 2nd Edition. Shelton, CT: People's Medical Publishing House, 2010.
Cassileth B, Lucarelli C. Herb-Drug Interactions in Oncology. Ontario, Canada: BCDecker, 2003.
Duke, James A. The Green Pharmacy. New York: Rodale Press, 1997.
Tyler, Varro E. Herbs of Choice: The Therapeutic Use of Phytomedicinals. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 1994.
Tyler, Varro E. The Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 1993.


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The Ginkgo Biloba tree is the oldest tree species known to man. World-wide studies reveal Ginkgo's role in promoting neuro-health by increasing cerebral blood circulation. A 50:1 extract from the Ginkgo tree is one of Europe's most popular supplements. Studies have shown that 120 mg per day of 24% extract is effective. Ginkgo Biloba is a an herb and vasodilator used to increase circulatory oxygenation to brain cells, which may help with Alzheimer's disease, asthma, depression, attention deficit disorder, blood clots, dementia, kidney disease, memory loss, respiratory disease, senility, stress, tinnitus, and vascular disease.
May Be Helpful For
• May help with Alzheimer's disease
• Improves short and long term memory
• Increased reaction time
• Improved mental clarity
• Increases blood flow to the brain and throughout the body's network of blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the organ systems
• It increases metabolism efficiency, regulates neurotransmitters, and boosts oxygen levels in the brain which uses 20% of the body's oxygen
• Ginkgo may also help control the transformation of cholesterol to plaque associated with the hardening of arteries, and can relax constricted blood vessels
Supplement Facts
Two capsules supplies the following ingredients:
Ginkgo Biloba (50:1) Extract (Leaves)(Ginkgo Flavoglycosides - 28mg, 24%) - 120mg
Other ingredients:
Rice Powder
Silicon Dioxide
Magnesium Stearate
Adults take 2 capsules daily, one in the morning and one at bedtime on a slightly empty stomach or as directed by a physician.


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I like the idea of Mashups - the problem is that most of the ones that I've seen tend to be demonstrations of how to use Wibble (s/Wibble/the_flavour_of _they_day_technology) - so the technology is usually quite interesting but the Mashup is never anything to write home about.
It was an even greater pleasure than usual to go the regular PHP London User Group meeting and see a Mashup application that I wanted to go home and use - straight away.
Andrew Betts' OnOneMap takes feeds from companies that sell or rent houses, he plots the property location on a map together with information about schools, stations etc. You can even find out if there is a mobile phone mast close by and until recently you could have seen the flood risk data, unfortunately, they have had to withdraw this very useful information. I am sure that this is completely unrelated to the fact that we have just had the wettest June on record in the UK.
If this site had existed last time we moved house it would have saved me countless hours of getting property locations from several different companies - all in different formats and then trying to plot them on a map. As it is I've just been using it to work out how much houses in our town are being sold for and whether I can afford to sell up and move somewhere less wet.
Oh, the technology? It's PHP of course
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The Band Booster Club invites the public to participate in a silent auction by either donating an item or cash for item(s) for the club to purchase for the auction and/or by browsing the silent auction items at the banquet and bidding on items.
The club will accept new or hand-crafted items, including food items.
Those planning on donating an item must inform the club of the item's cash value.
Call Debra Barker at 645-3035 to deliver an item early or for more information.
Those bringing items the night of the banquet must have them to the club by 5:30 p.m. on May 29. All proceeds will go to the Band Booster Club fund.


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"I just saw them coming. I was in my car screaming, 'No, no, no, just, like make it stop,'" said Danielle Castro, of Mukwonago, Wisconsin.
Crash victim talks, 911 call released in massive Wisconsin pileup
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Helping students gain understanding and self-confidence in algebra.
Motherof8 wrote:How would you solve this problem: It is 3 P.M. on a sunny day. Your task is to find the height of the flag pole. You have only a meter stick. Explain how you would find the height of the pole and tell why your method works.


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My daughter is now 6 months old and definately showing signs of readiness for solids as she has two bottom teeth and has been grabbing at our food, utensils, cups, etc. So we decided to start her on a little banana. She has been getting about an ounce of banana each day at least once, sometimes twice. Saturday and Sunday I substituted the banana for pear and avocado. Still she is only getting about an ounce of solids a day. The rest of the time she is getting breast milk and is nursed on demand. No formula.
I was expecting her stool to firm up, but still be fairly loose. Ok, now this is probably more info than you will need, but it may help in determining if she is having constipation issues. Her stool is the consistency of soft clay. You can squish it and it will retain it's shape. It doesn't feel hard at all, though. I was not concerned about this until a little while ago. I had laid her down for a nap and 15 minutes later she started crying like she was in pain. So I rushed in to check and decided to change her diaper. Well she was pushing one out and seemed to be straining a bit.
So, is it constipation or is she just not used to pushing out firmer stool? Could the firmer stool be concerning her because she is not used to it? If it is constipation what should I do? Personally, I am thinking about laying off the solids for a few days.


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One of our rituals before every election is the check the League of Women Voters of Dane County web site for its Candidates' Answers publication. We suggest you make it one of yours as well.
With less than week before the Spring primary, the independent and nonpartisan voters guide features answers to important questions posed to candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court, three Madison and one Fitchburg city council races, and a Madison and Mount Horeb school board race. These primaries will determine who runs in April so they're important and deserve your attention.
It's getting harder to get reliable, independent information about candidates. We're pleased to report every primary candidate answers the questions. We're not shy about criticizing those who don't. But the answers are there for you. All you have to do is go get them. And then vote.


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PHOTO E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS: We welcome photos submitted via e-mail. Type "wedding" in the subject line, with the last names of both the bride and the groom and a contact's phone number in the body of the e-mail, and send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. In digital format (.jpg), photos must be at least 200kb.
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The north wall of Gregory Arena in Merner Field House also serves as a poster gallery. On display are 27 "i/we-posters." What is an "i-poster?" Three years ago, the admission office, working with the marketing firm BD&E, developed the slogan "where you are central" to capture the unique character of a North Central College education. The i-posters tell stories of North Central students and faculty members who personify this theme.
To date, more than 200 have been produced. Some are turned into postcards and sent to prospective students. A few "custom" posters have been created for distinguished alumni and other honorees. The "where you are central" campaign has received national recognition from admissions marketers. But perhaps its most singular honor came when the campus humor magazine The Kindling produced a book of parodies (e.g., "We streak" featuring the men's cross country team).
To me, the real significance of these posters is the stories they tell. Much of higher education these days is wholesale. North Central is retail — one student at a time, one teacher at a time. To understand us, you need to understand those stories. Listening to the new Athletic Hall of Fame members in January talk about their North Central years ("I would never have made it through without Dean Giere."), I was reminded that it was always thus.
At our trustee retreat in February, stories from the i-posters were used to initiate a discussion of the stories we can't tell today — or can't tell as often as we would like — but want to be able to tell in 2011, when the College celebrates its 150th anniversary.
When we articulate goals for our sesquicentennial like being "the best school of our kind in the nation," it is easy to translate "the best" into a new Fine Arts Center, a new science building, a tripling of the endowment, and so on. But it's really all about lives transformed, about the stories we can tell now and the stories we hope to tell in the future … about what happens to students when they come to a place where their learning — their growth — is central to everything we do. I greatly look forward to the stories to come.
Harold R. Wilde
We're asking North Central alumni and friends to share the College's stories with potential students — your own children, grandchildren, relatives and neighbors. Please visit our Web site to refer a student to the Office of Admission.
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Richard North, EUReferendum, mentions the pervasiveness of myth where the question of Norway and "fax-government" is concerned, reminding us that Roland Rudd was on the idiots' lantern last night, sharing his ignorance about "fax law" with the Question Time audience.
The section of the programme dealing with this subject begins at 29:00, the questioner asking: "Countries such as Norway and Switzerland have thrived outside the European Union but still have strong trading links with other EU member countries. Should the UK follow suit?". Roland Rudd, Caroline Flint and Mary Beard all repeated the line that Norway pays into the EU and has no say over what comes out of Brussels by way of legislation. Grant Shapps dodged the point completely and Nigel Farage just didn't mention it.
Is it any wonder that lies/myths gain traction when, present on the panel, was the leader of a party to whom debunking of myth and laying bare the lies of the political class should be second nature? Was his brain not in gear when he came to respond or is it that he just doesn't know?
Interestingly, the last two comments from the audience on this subject both made the same point, namely that to hold a referendum now would be nonsensical in that the public would be asked to make a decision about something of which they know not and that there should be an unbiased education programme about the pros and cons of EU membership prior to any referendum.
How can the public be educated when those who should be doing the education either spout blatant lies or, as in the case of one person on the panel, when the golden opportunity to correct a myth is gifted them promptly fail to grab the opportunity with both hands.
It is perhaps the time to turn back on Farage a comment he made many years ago and one which he is fond of repeating. Where standards of political debate are concerned, you can't put a cigarette paper between any of our politicians – they all seem totally incompetent.


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How Folate Can Help Prevent Birth Defects
Folate is a B vitamin found in a variety of foods and added to many vitamin and mineral supplements as folic acid, a synthetic form of folate. Folate is needed both before and in the first weeks of pregnancy and can help reduce the risk of certain serious and common birth defects called neural tube defects, which affect the brain and spinal cord.
The tricky part is that neural tube defects can occur in an embryo before a woman realizes she's pregnant. That's why it's important for all women of childbearing age (15 to 45) to include folate in their diets: If they get pregnant, it reduces the chance of the baby having a birth defect of the brain or spinal cord.
"Adequate folate should be eaten daily and throughout the childbearing years," said Elizabeth Yetley, Ph.D., a registered dietician and director of FDA's Office of Special Nutritionals.
Folate's potential to reduce the risk of neural tube defects is so important that the Food and Drug Administration requires food manufacturers to fortify enriched grain products with folic acid. This will give women one way to get sufficient folate: by eating fortified breads and other grain products, such as enriched pasta, rice, waffles and cereal bars.
"When choosing snack foods, I advise my clients to figure out what is more important to them--eating a larger portion of the reduced-fat version or eating a smaller amount of the full-fat version," Diekman says. "For instance, if a serving of potato chips is 1 ounce (28 grams), there maybe 16 chips per serving for the full-fat version and 30 for the fat-free version." Diekman adds that many of her clients incorporate their favorite snacks into their diets by giving up other things, such as not putting dressing on their salads.
She finds that "most people are interested in a particular product attribute--the number of calories or sodium content--and may base their snack food choices on the one factor."
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Nutrition information on food and dietary supplement labels can help women determine whether they are getting enough folate, which is 400 micrograms (0.4 milligrams) a day before pregnancy and 800 micrograms a day during pregnancy.
Neural Tube Birth Defects
The technical names of the two major neural tube birth defects reduced by adequate folate intake are anencephaly and spina bifida. Babies with anencephaly do not develop a brain and are stillborn or die shortly after birth. Those with spina bifida have a defect of the spinal column that can result in varying degrees of handicap, from mild and hardly noticeable cases of scoliosis (a sideways bending of the spine) to paralysis and bladder or bowel incontinence. With proper medical treatment, most babies born with spina bifida can survive to adulthood. But they may require leg braces, crutches, and other devices to help them walk, and they may have learning disabilities. About 30 percent have slight to severe mental retardation.
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Urban Foraging: Carp Caviar from the L.A. River!
Ask me where my favorite spot to explore urban nature is in Los Angeles, and I'll almost always say the river. This is particularly true during, and after, our seasonal rain storms. We're used to extreme heat episodes, wildlfires, and the odd earthquake* or two. But, by and large, us Angelenos are unaffected and unimpressed by the elements. Going down to the river after a good rain, you get a rare chance to see, hear, and feel the raw power of nature.
*Anyone else wake up abruptly last Monday morning after the 4.4 trembler, wondering how much water you could salvage from your toilet's holding tank?
River patrol after the El Nino rains in January 2010
During our most recent rain storms (February 28-March 2) I, along with a number of other people, ventured down...