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We conducted a prospective exploration of the temporal course of eating disorder (ED) symptoms in two cohorts of community women. One hundred and twenty-two young women (Cohort 1) identified in a general population based survey with ED symptoms of clinical severity agreed to participate in a 5-year follow-up study. A comparative sample (Cohort 2) of 706 similar aged self-selected college women (221 with disordered eating) was recruited one year later. Both ED groups were given a health literacy package in the first year. ED symptoms, health related quality of life, and psychological distress were assessed annually with the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, the Short Form—12 Health Survey and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, respectively. Forty percent (Cohort 1) and 30.3% (Cohort 2) completed questionnaires at each year of follow-up. In both groups, there was early improvement in ED symptoms which plateaued after the first year, and participants retained high EDE-Q scores at 5 years. BMI increased as expected. Mental health related quality of life scores did not change but there were small improvements in psychological distress scores. The findings suggest little likelihood of spontaneous remission of ED problems in community women.
Eating disorders are a common mental health problem [
Whilst there have been many longitudinal studies of outcome in eating disorders these have largely been of clinic or treatment seeking samples [
In this context, the present study was planned to investigate the course of two community cohorts of young women with disordered eating and associated eating disorder psychopathology. The first was recruited from the general population, and the second was a convenience sample recruited from colleges of higher education. Both cohorts were participants in two similar randomised controlled trials (RCTs) aimed to prompt evidence based treatment seeking. In these RCTs at the start of the first year (baseline) the participants were randomised to receive either an eating disorder mental health literacy (ED-MHL) [
Early outcomes in these participants were mixed. Although there was improvement in both cohorts it was unclear how much could be ascribed to the ED-MHL intervention [
Participants for this study were derived from the Health and Well-Being of Female Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Residents Study, which was an epidemiological study of disability, health-service utilisation and mental health literacy among women with bulimic-type ED's in the community. A detailed description of the recruitment procedures for that study can be found in Mond
This sample was derived from a parallel longitudinal survey of women with disordered eating recruited through advertisements in four universities and colleges of higher education in two Australian States (Queensland and Victoria). Details of the total sample at baseline have been reported in Mond
The questionnaire package mailed out to participants each year included demographic information including marital status, employment status, educational level obtained, and self-reported height and weight. At years 1, 2 and 4 the questionnaire also included questions regarding whether participants had sought help during the previous 12 months for any emotional or mental health problem, or for a problem specifically related to eating, and in year 4 a detailed interview regarding help-seeking was conducted [
Eating Disorder symptoms: The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire [
Physical and Mental health: The well-validated 12-item SF-12 [
Psychiatric symptoms: General psychiatric symptoms were assessed with the Kessler-10 item distress scale (K-10) [
Numerical data were inspected for normality. Repeated measurement ANOVA was applied to test for differences in eating disorder and other clinical features over the 5 year study period. Mauchly's test statistic was used to determine whether sphericity could be assumed or was violated. Wilks' lambda was used in situations where sphericity was assumed; Greenhouse-Geisser test and tests for linearity were used in situations where sphericity was violated. Frequency of binge eating (objective and/or subjective bulimic episodes in past month) and driven exercise were skewed and subjected to logarithmic transformation. Post-hoc differences within repetitions were adjusted for multiple testing by Bonferroni (
The research (for both study cohorts) was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees for James Cook University, La Trobe University and the University of Western Sydney (HREC 07/240), with the last as lead committee. All participants completed informed consent.
Both cohorts were predominately EDNOS type with regular binge eating (89 and 79% respectively) but low (less than 10 and 15% respectively) rates of regular purging behaviours. As shown in
Comparative baseline features (mean (SD) or median (IQR)) of those who completed each of the 5 years of follow-up and those who did not.
|Cohort 1
|Cohort 2
|Mean (SD)
|28.6 (5.8)
|28.4 (6.6)
|26.0 (8.0)
|23.8 (7.3)
|EDE-Q a scores
|3.8 (0.9)
|3.7 (0.7)
|3.3 (1.0)
|3.3 (1.2)
|3.4 (1.4)
|3.1 (1.5)
|3.1 (1.3)
|2.9 (1.5)
|Shape concern
|4.6 (1.1)
|4.8 (0.8)
|4.2 (1.2)
|4.1 (1.2)
|Weight concern
|4.1 (0.9)
|4.1 (0.9)
|3.7 (1.1)
|3.8 (1.3)
|Eating concern
|2.9 (1.4)
|2.9 (1.1)
|2.3 (1.3)
|2.4 (1.5)
|Short-form 12 MHC b
|37.8 (12.2)
|38.2 (10.8)
|40.6 (11.2)
|38.2 (11.7)
|K-10 c
|22.1 (8.0)
|21.7 (6.0)
|22.7 (8.5)
|23.3 (8.0)
|BMI (kg/m2)
|27.4 (6.6)
|26.7 (7.1)
|25.9 (8.5)
|23.3 (8.0)
|Median (IQ range)
|Binge eating d
|7.5 (2–16)
|10.0 (4–20)
|8.0 (2–15)
|7.0 (1–15)
|Driven exercise e
|8.0 (0–18)
|0 (0–14)
|0.5 (0–10)
|4.0 (0–15)
|Purging f
|0 (0–1.5)
|0 (0–0)
|0 (0–0)
|0 (0–0)
a Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Global and subscale scores [
Means over the 5-year were compared with one-way repeated measures ANOVA. All were significantly different,
Differences in Mental Component Summary Scores (MCS) were not significant (mean 37.8, SD 12.3 at 5 years). Mean K-10 scores were significantly improved with differences significant between baseline and each other year (mean 21.9, SD 7.7 at 5 years,
Comparative eating disorder features over each of the 5-years for Cohort 1 (
|Year 1
|Year 2
|Year 3
|Year 4
|Year 5
|Mean (SD)
|EDE-Q a
|3.8 (0.8) d
|3.1 (1.3)
|3.2 (1.2) e
|3.1 (1.3) e
|3.1 (1.4)
|3.2 (1.2)
|3.4 (1.3) d
|2.7 (1.7)
|2.9 (1.5)
|2.5 (1.6) e
|2.5 (1.6)
|2.5 (1.7)
|Shape concern
|4.6 (1.1) d
|3.8 (1.5) e
|4.0 (1.4)
|4.0 (1.6)
|3.5 (1.6)
|4.2 (1.4)
|Weight concern
|4.1 (0.9) d
|3.4 (1.4)
|3.5 (1.2) e
|3.6 (1.4)
|3.8 (1.7)
|3.8 (1.3)
|Eating concern
|2.9 (1.4) d
|2.4 (1.6)
|2.2 (1.5)
|2.3 (1.5) e
|2.5 (1.7)
|2.4 (1.5)
|BMI (kg/m2)
|27.4 (6.7)
|27.6 (6.3)
|28.0 (6.1)
|27.3 (5.9)
|28.3 (6.7)
|28.7 (6.8)
|Median (IQ range)
|Binge eating b
|7.5 (2–16)
|8.0 (0–16)
|4.0 (0–11)
|5.0 (0–12)
|5.0 (0–13)
|4.0 (4–10)
|Driven exercise c
|8.0 (0–18) d
|1.0 (0.3–4) f
|10 (0–20) d,e
|4.0 (0–15) d
|0 (0–12) e
|1.5 (0–16) e
a Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Global and subscale scores [
The mean scores for all eating disorder features excepting driven exercise were significantly different over all 5 years (all
Differences in the mean SF12 MCS scores were not significant over the years (mean at five years 45.4, SD 10.8). Polynomial contrasts indicated a linear trend. The mean K10 scores were significantly improved over the years with differences between baseline and each other year, between year 1 and years 3 and 5, and between year 2 and 3 (mean at five years 17.9, SD 6.7,
Comparative eating disorder features over each of the 5-years for Cohort 2 (
|Year 1
|Year 2
|Year 3
|Year 4
|Year 5
|Mean (SD)
|EDE-Q a
|3.3 (1.0) d
|2.4 (1.2) e
|2.5 (1.4) e
|2.1 (1.3) e
|2.2 (1.2) e
|2.2 (1.3) e
|3.1 (1.3) d
|2.1 (1.5) e
|2.5 (1.4)
|2.0 (1.5) e
|2.0 (1.5) e
|1.8 (1.5) e
|Shape concern
|4.1 (1.2)
|3.1 (1.5)
|3.2 (1.5)
|2.9 (1.7)
|2.8 (1.6)
|3.0 (1.7)
|Weight concern
|3.7 (1.1) d
|2.7 (1.4) e
|2.8 (1.5) e
|2.3 (1.4) e
|2.4 (1.4) e
|2.6 (1.6) e
|Eating concern
|2.3 (1.3) d
|1.5 (1.3) e
|1.6 (1.4) e
|1.4 (1.7) e
|1.4 (1.2) e
|1.4 (1.3) e
|BMI (kg/m2)
|25.9 (6.9)
|25.6 (6.0)
|25.9 (6.5)
|26.6 (7.1)
|27.2 (7.9)
|28.0 (8.1)
|Median (IQ range)
|Binge eating b
|8.0 (2–15) d
|1.0 (0–5.5) e
|0 (0–4.5) e
|0.5 (0–5) e
|2.0 (0–9.3)
|0 (0–5.0) e
|Driven exercise c
|0.5 (0–10)
|0 (0–12)
|0 (0–8)
|0 (0–8)
|0 (0–10)
|0 (0–7)
a Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Global and subscale scores [
The present study followed two cohorts of women with disordered eating over five years. The participants in the present study predominately had a problem with recurrent episodes of binge eating, either subjectively or objectively large, where they described their eating as beyond their control with or without dietary restriction. Disordered eating was associated with psychological distress, extreme concerns about weight, shape and eating and impaired mental health related quality of life. This was despite both groups receiving an intervention to prompt help-seeking either at the beginning or the end of the first year. However, help-seeking of any type for a problem related to eating disorder symptoms was not common in either cohort, ranging between 22 and 40% in any one year, and detailed interviews of Cohort 1 in the fifth year of the study indicated that few had accessed effective or evidence based therapy during the five years and if they did so it was mainly for weight loss and not for disordered eating [
In both cohorts there appeared to be general symptomatic improvement in eating disorder symptoms and behaviours within the first year. However, after that the initial improvements waned. Time trends of eating disorder features were similar in the two cohorts with the exception of driven exercise. (In Cohort 1 there was significant fluctuation in frequency of driven exercise whereas there was no significant change in frequency found in Cohort 2.) It was unclear how much the initial general improvement may have been due to the intervention or effects of study participation irrespective of the group. At the end of the first year all participants had received the intervention and the findings for the RCTs were modest and mixed [
The findings differ from others, e.g., [
The strengths of the study are that participants in the first cohort were recruited directly from the community and whilst the second was a convenience sample, the two cohorts did not differ on key demographic or clinical features. The main limitation was the low rate of continuous participation at each year of follow-up. This is in spite of the 5-year retention rate of 64% in Cohort 1 and 52% in Cohort 2. We did consider data imputation but elected to present the data without imputation as the two cohorts had very similar findings and thus we present a study and replication study within the one research paper. It is possible that those who did not attend at each year would have differed in pattern of symptom severity, for example showing more fluctuation, more, or less improvement. However, there was no indication from baseline comparisons that their outcomes would differ in any predictable way. The low prevalence of purging type weight control behaviours in the present samples also precluded investigation of the persistence (or otherwise) of this eating disorder feature. Further limitations are the assessment of disordered eating by self-report (which may bias toward over-reporting binge eating [
Common eating disorder behaviours and psychopathology are associated with persistent general psychological distress and impairment in health related quality of life over time. For people with disordered eating, body weight is impervious to dietary restraint despite high levels of concern. This is likely because of concomitant irregular eating patterns and recurrent binge eating of sufferers.
More research is needed on how to assist people avail themselves of evidence based treatments such as cognitive behavior therapy. Without effective intervention disordered eating continues to be problematic.
This research was supported by a mental health project grant from the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. We thank Amber Sajjid who assisted with data collation and analyses.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.


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Jaguar F-Type Roars in Video, Puts Clothes Back on
Only a day after Jaguar suffered the automotive equivalent of a "nip-slip," the brand seems to be back on its feet behaving much like a cat does after an embarrassing moment – as if nothing happened.
The car, an image of which leaked yesterday, is back under cover in a clip the brand probably had planned to hype its official debut next week during the Paris Motor Show. Nevertheless, the video does deliver something new – an earful of its roaring exhaust.
At its base level, the car comes equipped with a 3.0-liter supercharged V6 pumping out 380 hp although the F-Type R will boost that figure to 550 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque thanks to a supercharged 5.0-liter V8.
Jaguar doesn't divulge which engine the car shown is using, but it sounds like the V6.
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|Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods; Public Meeting
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|Submitter :
|Ms. Krista Davis
|Date & Time:
|09/20/2005 05:09:52
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|Ms. Krista Davis
|Category :
|Individual Consumer
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| Please make sure you address the issue of gluten from wheat, rye and barley and the labeling of our foods. Labels need to be specific, I have actually seen 'Contains Gluten - May be from wheat or corn' Labels like this defeat the purpose of labeling. We also need to address the issue of this substance being used on lines without the company saying so clearly. For my family cross contamination issues are a BIG deal, we get blisters on our skin and severe and painful reactions from even a small amount left on a production line. This substance is toxic to 1 out of every 133 people in this country and the mislabeling of our food leads to countless hours of pain and suffering and lost productivity.


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MADISON, Wis. – Right-to-work goes on trial in Dane County on Thursday morning.
The Machinists Local Lodge 1061 at 10 a.m. is slated to argue its case in a Dane County court that Wisconsin's right-to-work law, signed by Gov. Scott Walker last March, is unconstitutional. The union filed its original lawsuit one day after Walker signed the bill.
Local 1061, an affiliate of the International Association of Machinists District 10 and two other labor groups, insist that the law requires unions to provide a service – workplace "representation" to nonunion workers without being compensated.
The local's constitutional claims, however, ignore the fact that unions have the option to only bargain for their members and are not obligated to negotiate for employees who chosen not to join.
Wisconsin became the 25th right-to-work state, ending compulsory union dues in the state's private-sector organized labor shops. Workers may now opt-out of paying union dues and many have.
Union membership in Wisconsin plummeted from 11.7 percent in 2014, to 8.3 percent in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"These sums (dues) are the primary source of income for these organizations, without which they would be unable to fulfill their purposes of collective bargaining and the representation of employees, including nonmembers employees," the unions' lawsuit argues.
RELATED: After 12 hours of testimony, rancor remains in right-to-work debate
Right-to-work laws have been found to be within constitutional bounds in multiple challenges. In Indiana, the Supreme Court upheld the state's right-to-work law, and that decision was upheld by a federal appeals court.
The Virgina-based National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty intervened on behalf of four nonunion employees in Wisconsin who were required to pay union dues as a condition of employment prior to the enactment of Wisconsin's right-to-work law.
Within days of seeking a temporary injunction against the, Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Foust rejected the request.
"Irreparable harm is speculative," the judge said of the unions' claims.
"Wisconsin's Right to Work law was a victory for workplace freedom, but union officials have never relinquished their forced-dues privileges without a fight," Mark Mix, president of the foundation, said in a statement last year. "Fortunately, our staff attorneys have a great deal of experience defending state Right to Work laws in court."


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Is the recent media buzz over findings that some docs seem to order too many tests electronically a reason to abandon eHealth? Not really. Here's why…
Eons ago (I'm speaking in technological time), someone thought it was a good idea to adopt information communication technologies (ICTs) to health care, and they called that project "eHealth". Back then eHealth was probably a good name, too: the health care system was primarily paper based, while most (okay all) other sectors, and society at large, were rapidly adopting electronic information systems as part of their daily activities. Putting the "e" in health was a way of explaining what the big idea was to the average person who, at the time, was still wrapping his head around email (another industry that has since been "e-ified"). At the same time, arguing that we should move towards eHealth was a way of suggesting that the various players in health care—nurses, doctors, hospital administrators, average Canadians, and so on—could benefit from ICTs.
Eons went by (technological time once again), and the Internet changed the world, for better and worse. On the balance, I tend to argue that the benefits of these changes outweigh the bad stuff. Email, Google, Wikipedia, iTunes and, yes, even Facebook, are just a few of the refined technologies that appear to have come out on the positive side of the balance.
Health care, on the other hand, is still in its Internet infancy. Most health information systems are not fully digital, most of those that are do not talk to one another, most doctors do not use electronic health records, and a critical group of players—ordinary citizens—have little or no access to digitized versions of their health data.
It's bizarre and ironic, given all the beneficial stuff that's happened over there on the Internet, that some people are still questioning whether or not eHealth, as a broad initiative, is worth investing in. But it seems that is, indeed, the going concern of some prominent health commentators.
Most recently (and quite ironically) the media went into a state of frenzy over an article published in Health Affairs, which appeared at first glance to suggest that doctors with access to electronic test results ordered more tests. Upon reading the report (more likely, I suspect, the press release by Health Affairs), media outlets like the Washington Post, the New York Times and the CBC ran stories (which found their legs on social media sites to a large extent) suggesting that the study legitimately called into question the entire eHealth agenda.
In response, Julia Belluz posted an article on the MacLean's blog "Science-ish", that was, in part, a call for more research into the benefits of eHealth.
Fair enough. Not much research has been done on eHealth technologies, and it's always nice to have evidence to back up your claims. This lack of evidence might seem shocking considering the nearly $4 billion that has been spent on eHealth in Canada to date. I take no issue with a call for more research into the various technologies that comprise the larger system we still refer to as eHealth.
However, Belluz didn't merely call for more research into eHealth. In addition, and in contrast to her colleagues, she pointed to the many obvious problems with the paper that had caused so much of a stir in the first place. Quite rightly, she dismissed its findings almost entirely.
Why? The paper says little about the technology it studied (there were serious problems with the study), and next to nothing at all about "eHealth" in general.
In addition to the problems Belluz points to, I'll add the following caveat for anyone reporting on a study related to a particular "eHealth technology": The fact that software X results in negative consequence Y, is not evidence that it does not have any benefits, nor is it evidence that can generalize to eHealth more broadly. It is evidence that software X had negative consequence Y. It's evidence of nothing more, nothing less.
Unfortunately, the journalists and editors at the Washington Post, The New York Times, and the CBC (among others), seem to have overlooked this important relationship between any particular eHealth technology, and the broader project of eHealth.
An analogy might be useful. The fact that there is evidence that Facebook raises considerable privacy concerns (and even violates individuals' privacy in many cases) is not evidence that there are no benefits associated with using Facebook (though there may not be). The fact that Facebook raises considerable privacy concerns is also not (most emphatically not) evidence that the Internet is of no benefit to society.
But that is precisely the argument those journalists made against eHealth in their articles. They argue that because there are a couple of pieces of software out there that seem to offer little or no benefit, or that seem at first glance to have the opposite of an intended effect to the health system, that we should be wary of the entire eHealth project.
The problem here seems to be in understanding what eHealth consists of. It is not a single piece of software, any more than Facebook is the Internet. eHealth is the broad and multi-faceted application of ICTs to the health care system. It is much more than any one (or thousand) of its components.
Furthermore, journalists and policy makers need to be measured in the demands they make for evidence. For example, demanding evidence of "eHealth's benefits", as if you can provide such a thing, is very much like demanding evidence of the benefits of the Internet. It is a fool's game if ever there was one.
What we can do is look at particular technologies, used in particular places, by particular people, and try to gauge if they are delivering certain benefits, or not, in that context. If they are, great! We can then try to leverage those benefits in other contexts.
What happens if a technology looks like it isn't delivering on a particular intended benefits, as seems to be the case in the study so widely quoted? Should we call for the abandonment of eHealth?
That would be hasty. In fact, it would be hasty even to call for the abandonment of that particular technology without first balancing the known problems against the known benefits (something the paper did not do). It might turn out that that technology is not beneficial overall. So be it. Most technologies end up in the dustbin—but that seems just to be a consequence of pursuing new technologies. It might also turn out that the benefits outweigh the costs, in which case the appropriate response would be to research and tweak the program to try to improve whatever is causing the unwanted effect (too many tests in this case).
But that is a very different type of research than "studying eHealth".
The fact is, nobody really "studies eHealth", just like nobody really "studies the Internet". Rather, they study bits and pieces of them—social networking technologies; routing algorithms; communication standards, privacy and so on—to try to come to some simple, hopefully interesting and helpful, conclusions.
The upshot is that recognizing where "eHealth" research fits into the eHealth story says a lot about how the media ought to communicate scientific research more generally. A journalist might point to a study showing that a particular piece of software that allows American doctors practicing at such and such a hospital to order tests electronically, results in more tests ordered. That journalist can then say something about it being problematic that American doctors in such and such a place ordered too many tests (if that is, in fact, what they did). That journalist cannot say (with a straight face, anyway) that that study suggests "eHealth" fails to produce benefits generally.
Similarly, when I point to this evidence, and this, which suggest that medication errors drop significantly (a statistical claim) when electronic ordering systems are used, I can only conclude particular things. I can conclude (assuming the research was good…and it appears to be, despite the usual worries about bias and generalization) that the particular software systems being studied tended to reduce medication errors in those instances under study. I can hypothesize that if other health care institutions adopt these technologies, then fewer medication errors will be made. If they adopt them in particular Canadian health care settings, I can hope that Canadians will benefit sinilarly, in that they will experience fewer medication errors.
Though the research on drug ordering systems says very little about eHealth insofar as eHealth means the broad application of ICTs to health care, it does suggest that we would be wise to look into electronic drug ordering systems for our hospitals. Which is exactly the kind of thing that I suspect hospital administrators, the folks at Canada Health Infoway, Provincial and Territorial governments, and others who want to realize some of the obvious benefits they've experienced over there on the Intenet, are doing with some of the $4 billion dollars we've collectively invested in eHealth.
Journalists need to move beyond claims that "eHealth is beneficial," or that "it isn't". They've certainly moved beyond claims that "the Internet" is such and such. Evidence supporting such broad claims isn't likely to appear, however much it would simplify the storytelling. Journalists need to give up the eHealth moniker, and instead talk about the many eHealth technologies for what they are, specific technologies, bits and pieces of a very complicated and ever changing puzzle. Each one of those technologies has the potential to confer benefits, or not. Sometimes we'll get the technology right and realize those benefits, sometimes we won't.
Characterizing "eHealth" according to the qualities of a few transitional technologies does very little, if anything, to inform the public about their health care or the system that delivers it. Nor does it help the public decide whether or not eHealth is a worthwhile endeavour.
Jason Millar is a PhD Candidate at Queen's University, and currently holds a CIHR Science Policy Fellowship in eHealth. He studies in his corner of the eHealth world, trying to figure out how various consumer health technologies ought to be used to engage and benefit patients.


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You never know where Tina Fey's going to turn up.
On Monday, she was spotted on the set of her new movie, Admission, with daughter Penelope, in Princeton, N.J.
On the Fourth of July, she made her debut as a rapper, appearing on Community star Donald Glover's special mixtape. He released it as a free download through his website under his rap name Childish Gambino.
The 18-track collection of songs, called Royalty, features guest rappers including RZA, Ghostface Killah and Beck. What's the Fey connection? Glover wrote for 30 Rock before moving on to Community.
Fey, appears at the end of the last track, Real Estate, throwing out f-words, which are strewn throughout the song with the n-word. She says: "Yeah, we in here, we in this thing. Gambino is forever, royalty is forever. We (effing) up the ... mother(effer) ... This is the part where most people would say something crazy and drop the n-word after it. Not going to. Not gonna do that. I don't feel comfortable! I'm out."
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* Canadian dollar at C$1.0859 or 92.09 U.S. cents * Bond yields drop, 10-year at more than 1-year low (Adds details, quotes, updates prices) By Leah Schnurr TORONTO, July 29 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback to touch its lowest level in nearly six weeks on Tuesday, caught by a wave of support for the U.S. dollar that was spurred by optimism that U.S. economic data due later in the week will come in strong. The loonie's drop picked up speed after it fell through its 200-day moving average at C$1.0835, marking another leg lower after a sharp drop at the end of last week. While Canada has a busy economic calendar this week, with May economic growth and June producer prices on tap, the market's main focus will be on the slew of U.S. data. It includes July's unemployment report and a first look at second-quarter economic growth, while a two-day Federal Reserve meeting got underway on Tuesday. Tuesday's U.S. dollar strength put pressure on the long Canadian dollar positions that investors had accumulated as the loonie rose through May and June, said Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at TD Securities in Toronto. "As we traded below the 200-day moving average for the Canadian dollar today, that was the cue for the long position holders to essentially liquidate those positions," he said. The Canadian dollar ended the North American session at C$1.0859 to the greenback, or 92.09 U.S. cents, weaker than Monday's close of C$1.0800, or 92.59 U.S. cents. The loonie hit a session low of C$1.0866, its lowest level since mid June. It was the loonie's second significant decline in the last three sessions following a selloff on Friday that broke the currency out of the range it had traded in for two weeks. Osborne said the Canadian dollar is well on course to hit C$1.09, and it could see C$1.10 over the next few weeks if U.S. data continues to support the greenback. While Thursday's Canadian gross domestic product report for May could trigger a rally in the loonie if it shows a pickup in growth, it probably won't do much to change the trend of a weaker Canadian dollar, Osborne said. Canadian government bond yields were lower across the maturity curve, mirroring a drop in U.S. Treasuries yields. The yield on the benchmark Canadian 10-year fell to 2.091 percent, a more than one-year low. The two-year was up 1 Canadian cent to yield 1.081 percent. (Editing by Peter Galloway)


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The listed investment manager moved about 6500 clients' investments into the new service over the Easter weekend, after the company completed the project's roll-out in its Perpetual Private arm.
The so-called "ICE" program, which involved the outsourcing of Perpetual's portfolio and fiduciary administration services in its private wealth division to Macquarie, was first flagged in October 2011.
Perpetual Private group executive Mark Smith noted that the roll-out was the last step in a two-year strategy.
"There were no glitches with the transfer," Mr Smith said.
The completion of the project would open the door for Perpetual Private to turn its attentions to wooing more private wealth clients, Mr Smith noted.
"There's a real dearth of specific knowledge of this segment . . . our strategy is to focus on this market," he said.
It's a wrap
The company had spent more than $8 million on the platform, including $5 million of development costs in the six months to December 31 last year.
Perpetual clients will be able to tap web-based reporting and self-service capabilities with the new platform. Financial advisers will gain access to web-based scaled transactional functions, and improved client relationship management functions.
The wrap platform is also enabled to administer master fund, wrap and fiduciary services. It would include an interest-bearing bank account as its central cash hub for clients.
Perpetual boss
"The decision to appoint an external administration partner and have instant access to increased scale, rather than incur significant and continued maintenance and development spend ourselves, is entirely in line with our simplify objective," Mr Lloyd said.
The 127-year-old fund manager is targeting $50 million in annual pre-tax savings by 2015.
Mr Lloyd revealed his cost-cutting plans last June, three months after taking the top job.
Bell Potter analyst Lafitani Sotiriou said the company was "progressing well" in its two-year transformation program. "The completion of project ICE will allow Perpetual Private to focus on growing the business," he said.
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Bev Bennett
As you've probably noticed, you no sooner hear the cry "I'm home," than it's time to provide a snack. Although snacks may not be on your agenda, these mini-meals are important in providing nutrients and fuel for your active child. Whether snacks contribute to your child's health depends on what you have available.
"I think snacks have become more like junk food than healthy food episodes," says Jackie Raleigh, a registered dietitian and diabetes educator at Edward Diabetes Center in Naperville.
Unfortunately, it often seems easier to open a bag of chips than prepare an alternative, especially when you're tired or short on time. But you can encourage your child to eat wholesome snacks if you make them available and set a good example yourself.
"Ask yourself what healthy foods your kids really like," says Keith Ayoob, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.
"Promote the positives. When I take diet histories [of patients] I find that kids really do like some fruits and vegetables," says Ayoob, director of nutrition at the Rose F. Kennedy Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center in New York.
He recommends stocking up on grapes, grape tomatoes, cucumbers and baby carrots. Produce has to be ready-to-eat or your child won't select it. Either trim fruits and vegetables yourself or buy pre-cut products for a few cents more.
Sometimes foods such as cucumber sticks or cold cooked corn on the cob that seem a little peculiar to you seem perfectly normal and appetizing to your child.
You may find your child prefers foods he can help prepare. Ayoob is a big fan of apple coring and slicing gadgets.
"Kids love those things. Ditto with hard-cooked egg slicers. Give your child an apple, a hard-cooked egg and a glass of milk and you've got a decent snack," Ayoob says.
Raleigh suggests making snack mixes such as breakfast cereal tossed with chopped dried fruit. Choose a cereal with at least three grams of dietary fiber as the base for the mix, she says.
Don't feel guilty for buying convenience snack foods. There are plenty of nourishing, items, such as applesauce or yogurt in single-serve containers, in the supermarket. However, read the Nutrition Facts panel to make the best selections.
Food shouldn't just be devoid of excess fat and calories, it should contribute to a child's health.
"Make sure whatever your child eats has at least 10 percent of a nutrient, such as calcium, iron or vitamin C. If the food item provides 10 percent of one nutrient, you're offering your child an appropriate food," says Raleigh.
Ayoob prefers that children drink milk instead of soft drinks and even gives a nod to flavored milk as the beverage of choice.
"If you buy 1 percent milk your child is getting as many calories as in soda, but a whole lot more nutrition. If kids are picky about eating meat [at mealtime], milk gives kids protein and calcium they desperately need," Ayoob says.
Don't serve a snack within an hour of dinner unless you think the item is essential and more likely to be eaten as a nosh than as part of a meal. Don't hand out high-fat snacks just before dinner. Fat satisfies appetites so children aren't hungry for dinner.
And take a look at your own snacking habits when you're trying to influence your child.
"I find that when parents say their children won't snack on fruits and vegetables, the parents don't eat fruits and vegetables either," Raleigh says.
Share a bag of baby carrots or a pint of just-rinsed grape tomatoes with your child as you talk over the day's events. You'll both benefit from it, Raleigh says.
Tropical Fruit Salad 2 cups seedless grapes 2 medium banana, peeled and sliced 1 mango peeled and cubed 1/2 cup low-fat tropical fruit flavored yogurt 1 teaspoon grated fresh gingerroot 4 mint sprigs Combine grapes, banana and mango in a bowl; toss to mix. Combine yogurt and ginger root and spoon into fruit. Divide into 4 bowls. Top each serving with a mint sprig. Serves 4. From 365 Days of Healthy Eating from the American Dietetic Association (John Wiley & Sons, 2003).
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Idiots With Guns #41
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the gunshot sounds dubbed
Well ... he didn't put the muzzle in his mouth ...
Yeah, the shot sound does seemed dubbed, but from his reaction it does seem to have gone off.
Sad sad sad...and if he'd put it in his mouth we'd have a darwin award moment caught on tape.
how is a guy that fooled a bunch of gun 'experts' an idiot?
no case ejected, no smoke, worst sound effect ever...
i don't like calling people idiots, but i gotta hand it to whoever stumped everyone here
Without stating any opinion on whether it was faked or not, I feel compelled to point out that 1/3 people on the internet will scream "ZOMG TEH PHOTOSHOPPTED!!!11?!/j" before they take a second look.
Besides, for every idiot who posts pictures of themselves being idiots with guns which are real, fake, loaded, unloaded, have firing pin removed, loaded with blanks, or any other number of excuses, someone is going to imitate it dangerously.
Sounds like the guy is swedish...
The comment right after the gun has gone off sounds like "Åh, helvete" with an astonished and surprised tone of voice.
Hardly needs translation, just substitute the expletitive of your choice after the "Oh, ..."-part.
Owning handguns is very rare in Sweden, very few people own them, and all of them are trained, you cant get a license without being police, military, a skilled competitive shooter, or something similar. You need to show a need, and that you can handle it. (Unless you buy it illegal, of course. But that's more of a career criminal sort of thing, and he dont look it...)
My guess is that dad needs to get a better lock on the gunsafe...
Or that it's a fake, but he sounds genuinely surprised...
I see several curiosities here....
as mentioned, no ejected shell, and no smoke. The sound sounds dubbed, and sounds like a rifle shot from Hollywood.
The boy does not appear to pull the slide back far enough to chamber a round. The slide of the pistol does appear to go about as far back as some Airsoft pistols do though.
Finally, the recoil out of his hands and his surprised expression into the camera is a little too good.
I'm leaning towards the faked side myself......... It's interesting though!
After listening to it for a bit, it's obvious to me that those are canned sound effects, though I think they were dubbed over the actual sounds since you can hear other sounds before the dubbed ones play.
Maybe someone dubbed over the other sounds to make them sound more "real"?
If my 86 year old very frail, half blind grandfather ever saw me handle a firearm like that (even if I was faking it on film), hed whoop me with the nearest switch available.
No Flash either. I'm wondering if this was a gun safety film? Maybe even anti-gun ownership propaganda? Seems a little staged as well.
Certainly staged. And I'm not going to bother watching it again, but I don't think he pointed it at himself or the camera. Sound's faked, there's no screaming and holding of ears (he's right next to that wall, his right ear will be ringing for weeks if that was real), etc.etc.
Was his finger actually on the trigger?
The "gun shot" sounds like the shotgun sound file I have for my mail notification.
Yeah... Too long of a report for a gun fired indoors. No muzzle flash. No casing ejected and it looks like his arm jerked back at the elbow instead of at the wrist from recoil. Red flags aplenty.
Does anyone remember this German kid who makes staged videos of him freaking out?
Can't tell if it's the same kid or not but it appears to be a staged video.
I cannot figure out what model and make the gun is, but the hammer is not back after the slide is racked. It's possible that it's a DAO model, but if not then it would indeed appear to be a fake.


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The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Presents the World Premiere of STORY/TIME, Beginning 1/21
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will present the world premiere of Jones' "Story/Time" at Peak Performances at Montclair State University, January 21-22 & 26-29. "Story/Time" marks Jones' third commission from Peak.
Two years in the making, the 70-minute dance-theater work is inspired by John Cage's 1959 classic, "Indeterminacy," in which Cage read 90 one-minute stories while David Tudor performed on piano. Jones created his own one-minute, highly personal stories of which he reads 70 per evening while members of his dance company perform around his seated figure. Played live by composer, the music is an original score created by Ted Coffey. The set designer is Bjorn Amelan and the costumes are by Liz Prince. Robert Wierzel is the lighting designer. The order of the music, stories and choreography is determined through chance operations.
"Story/Time" will next be seen February 16-19 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, which co-commissioned the work along with Peak, followed by performances at Cal Performances in Berkeley, CA, February 24-25; UApresents in Tucson, AZ, March 3; and at FirstWorks in Providence, RI, March 10.
ABOUT Bill T. Jones
Bill T. Jones (Artistic Director/Co-Founder/Choreographer), a choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer, has received major honors ranging from a 1994 MacArthur "Genius" Award to Kennedy Center Honors in 2010. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2009 and named "An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure" by the Dance Heritage Coalition in 2000. His ventures into Broadway theater resulted in a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography in the critically acclaimed "FELA!," the new musical co-conceived, co-written, directed and choreographed by Mr. Jones. He also earned a 2007 Tony Award for Best Choreography in "Spring Awakening" as well as an Obie Award for the show's 2006 off-Broadway run. His choreography for the off-Broadway production of "The Seven" earned him a 2006 Lucille Lortel Award.
Mr. Jones began his dance training at the State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY), where he studied classical ballet and modern dance. After living in Amsterdam, Mr. Jones returned to SUNY, where he became co-founder of the American Dance Asylum in 1973. In 1982 he formed the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (then called Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company) with his late partner, Arnie Zane. In 2011, Mr. Jones was named Executive Artistic Director of New York Lives Arts, an organization that strives to create a robust framework in support of the nation's dance and movement-based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting and educating. For more information visit www.newyorklivearts.org.
In addition to creating more than 140 works for his own company, Mr. Jones has received many commissions to create dances for modern and ballet companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Boston Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, and Berlin Opera Ballet, among others. In 1995, Mr. Jones directed and performed in a collaborative work with Toni Morrison and Max Roach, "Degga," at Alice Tully Hall, commissioned by Lincoln Center's Serious Fun Festival. His collaboration with Jessye Norman, "How! Do! We! Do!," premiered at New York's City Center in 1999.
His work in dance has been recognized with the 2010 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award; the 2005 Wexner Prize; the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement; the 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize; and the 1993 Dance Magazine Award. His additional awards include the Harlem Renaissance Award in 2005; the Dorothy B. Chandler Performing Arts Award in 1991; multiple New York Dance and Performance Bessie Awards for his works "The Table Project" (2001), "The Breathing Show" (2001), "D-Man in the Waters" (1989) and the Company's groundbreaking season at The Joyce Theater (1986). In 1980, 1981 and 1982, Mr. Jones was the recipient of Choreographic Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1979 he was granted the Creative Artists Public Service Award in Choreography.
Mr. Jones was profiled on NBC Nightly News and The Today Show in 2010 and was a guest on the Colbert Report in 2009. Also in 2010, he was featured in HBO's documentary series "MASTERCLASS," which follows notable artists as they mentor aspiring young artists. In 2009, Mr. Jones appeared on one of the final episodes of Bill Moyers Journal, discussing his Lincoln suite of works. He was also one of 22 prominent black Americans featured in the HBO documentary "The Black List" in 2008. In 2004, ARTE France and Bel Air Media produced Bill T. Jones–Solos, highlighting three of his iconic solos from a cinematic point of view. The making of "Still/Here" was the subject of a documentary by Bill Moyers and David Grubin entitled "Bill T. Jones: Still/Here with Bill Moyers" in 1997. Additional television credits include telecasts of his works "Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land" (1992) and "Fever Swamp" (1985) on PBS's "Great Performances" Series. In 2001, "D-Man in the Waters" was broadcast on the Emmy-winning documentary "Free to Dance."
Bill T. Jones' interest in new media and digital technology has resulted in collaborations with the team of Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar and Marc Downie, now known as OpenEnded Group. The collaborations include "After Ghostcatching – the 10th Anniversary re-imagining of Ghostcatching" (2010, SITE Sante Fe Eighth International Biennial); "22" (2004, Arizona State University's Institute for Studies In The Arts and Technology, Tempe, AZ); and "Ghostcatching - A Virtual Dance Installation" (1999, Cooper Union, New York, NY).
He has received honorary doctorates from Yale University, Art Institute of Chicago, Bard College, Columbia College, Skidmore College, the Juilliard School, Swarthmore College and the State University of New York at Binghamton Distinguished Alumni Award, where he began his dance training with studies in classical ballet and modern dance.
Mr. Jones' memoir, "Last Night on Earth," was published by Pantheon Books in 1995. An in-depth look at the work of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane can be found in "Body Against Body: The Dance and Other Collaborations of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane," published by Station Hill Press in 1989. Hyperion Books published "Dance, a children's book" written by Bill T. Jones and photographer Susan Kuklin in 1998. Mr. Jones contributed to "Continuous Replay: The Photography of Arnie Zane," published by MIT Press in 1999.
In addition to his Company and Broadway work, Mr. Jones also choreographed Sir Michael Tippet's "New Year" (1990) for Houston Grand Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. "His Mother of Three Sons" was performed at the Munich Biennale, New York City Opera and the Houston Grand Opera. Mr. Jones also directed "Lost in the Stars" for the Boston Lyric Opera. Additional theater projects include co-directing "Perfect Courage" with Rhodessa Jones for Festival 2000 in 1990. In 1994, he directed Derek Walcott's "Dream on Monkey Mountain" for The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN.


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The Fox Nation highlighted a Mediaite post claiming that "the individual responsible for the naming convention of the presidential imagery on the official White House website has literally 'given' hero status to the photos" of President Obama because the file names of "all the Presidential images" begin with "hero_." But Fox Nation did not mention that the Mediaite post was later updated to note that "hero" is photographic terminology for "the image selected for final use. i.e. typically the best image from the selection" -- as conservative bloggers pointed out when the issue was raised in March 2009.
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Huevos Rancheros Wraps
Transform blah bacon and eggs by serving them wrapped in a tortilla with refried beans and avocado.
- Servings: 4
Photography: Andrew Purcell
Source: Everyday Food, September 2012
- 8 slices bacon
- 4 eggs
- Salt and pepper
- 4 small flour tortillas
- Warmed refried beans
- Sliced avocado
- Hot sauce
Cook bacon until crisp. In 2 teaspoons bacon fat, fry eggs and season with salt and pepper. Warm tortillas and top each with beans, 2 slices bacon, 1 fried egg, avocado, and hot sauce.


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On May 12, 2012, Fr. Terence Henry, TOR, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS), conferred an honorary degree to General Michael Hayden with these words: General Hayden has devoted his life to keeping America safe, strong and free. In that work he has drawn time and again on his Catholic faith working to integrate a Catholic understanding of liberty, justice, and human dignity into the day to day operations of America's military and intelligence operations. Because he has spend … [Read more...]
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Last week I played a concert and did a Q&A at Seattle Pacific University Arts Center, sponsored by Image Journal. Although it was sparsely attended, those who were there, including my Patheos colleague Artur Rosman and his children, were a wonderful and hospitable audience on a damp and chilly Wednesday night.I also think the acoustics of the room were nice and are fairly well captured in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my-pfgK7Qfs&feature=youtu.beIn other Late to Love … [Read more...]
A Soap Box Interview at Solidarity Hall
Solidarity Hall has a thing for lefty Catholic native Texans. Their Soap Box interview series began with Elizabeth Stoker-Bruenig and was followed by Hunter Sharpless, both originally from the Republic of Texas. I am now their third. We talked about my review of God's Not Dead, the Christian film that came out this summer.Read the write-up that goes along with the recorded interview. … [Read more...]
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Today at 1 pm EST, Black United Students organized and staged a "die in" at Kent State University in response to continuing violence against African Americans and other -- often young and male -- people of colour. Photos and video taken by Walter Gershon. #kentstatediein … [Read more...]
'Late to Love' Round-up!
My debut album, Late to Love, was released in all formats on the feast of St. Augustine. Here is a round-up of reviews and notes about its progress.*Running on just under two hours of sleep, I played a solo concert at Regent College on the evening of the release. Considering that I am new in town, it was well attended, with about 40 people. Here is the entire video:Here is a photo album of the evening, courtesy of Justin Tse. (And here is another one, courtesy of Richard Wu.)*The re … [Read more...]
A Hesitant Defense of Cliven Bundy
I've stayed away from the Bundy story until now. It seemed like the latest bit of 24-hour news sensationalism, and I still think it is. Even as I type these words I'm not exactly interested in the whole story. I don't plan to do my homework and could care less what I've missed or what will show up later.I only became interested in the story after the racial remarks Bundy made that were decried by every ideological color on my spectrum of social media. That was what caught my attention.I read … [Read more...]
Profane Praise: On Estuary Music
The expression for 'fresh water' in Spanish is agua dulce — sweet water. I always liked that way of putting it. An estuary is a place where sweet and salty water meet and combine into a brackish ecology of life between land and sea.*I grew up in the sweet waters of the charismatic Roman Catholic Church, leading worship where open major chords strummed in 4/4 and unison choruses ended singing acapella, in men's and woman's parts.Over the last decade of my life, I've discovered and fallen in … [Read more...]
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Last night I played the first all-original set I've played since 2006, at Acadia Cafe in Minneapolis, at The Empire theatre in downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota. The show lasted just over an hour and a half and I played songs I've written from 2003 to the present. I was joined by my brother-in-law, Shawn Kolles, on drums. Here is most of the full show (with part II below) and, below that, I'll add links to the individual songs as they get uploaded. Enjoy!SPANISH CHOIR THERE WAS A BOY WHAT … [Read more...]
A Sunday Letter: Bikers and Fishing, Rhythm and Harmony
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Levi Strauss & Co. is embarking on a global productivity initiative to be executed in phases over the next 12 to 18 months that's expected to generate annualized cost savings in the range of $175 million to $200 million.
The first phase of the program will deliver approximately $75-100 million in annualized savings before restructuring and related charges. Restructuring and related charges of approximately $65 million will primarily be recorded in the first quarter.
In this first phase, LS&Co. expects that it will eliminate approximately 800 positions, or nearly 20 percent of its non-retail and non-manufacturing employee population. The role eliminations reflect a reduction of management layers, an increase in spans of control, the removal of duplicative roles, a regrouping of country clusters and other structural changes.
Final plans will vary by country, and final estimates for headcount, timing and charges in certain areas of the business are subject to completion of applicable local works council and other consultative processes.
As the company continues to work through this initiative, it will redesign a number of key processes that should yield further savings and improve agility. Additional charges will be recorded in future periods. Key areas of focus include:


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Definition of dot
1 : a small spot : speck
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3 : a precise point especially in time arrived at six on the dot
4 : a short click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in the Morse code)
5 : a point used to separate components of an address on the Internet
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Middle English *dot, from Old English dott head of a boil; akin to Old High German tutta nipple
First Known Use: 1674See Words from the same year
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transitive verb
1 : to mark with a dot
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magnanimity - definition
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2. I escaped from that house having worked there for several years without payment and complained to the embassy," she added. She thanked Prince Salman for his magnanimity in paying her salary dues. (Arab News, 10-11-2007)
3. Tolerance, grace and magnanimity have been the hallmarks of the previous kings of Arabia. (Arab News, 10-08-2005)
4. King Abdullah underlined the desert values of humaneness, open-mindedness, sincerity, chivalry, courage, magnanimity, romantic spirit and closeness to God. "While reading, I find myself attracted to everything that opens a new door toward understanding the human mind," said the king, who is an avid reader. (Arab News, 12-02-2007)
5. "We should invoke this occasion to inspire ourselves by this historical occasion to strengthen the ties of brotherhood, compassion and magnanimity between the various segments of the Iraqi people," Maliki said. (Washington Post, 20-03-2008)
6. We all know that Saudis are known for their goodwill and kindness, and this is just one more example of the magnanimity of Saudis. (Arab News, 23-01-2006)
7. But a bigger number of supporters and critics denounced her decision not as an act of magnanimity but of political expediency at the expense of the countrys justice system. Former President Fidel Ramos, who played a crucial role in saving the Arroyo presidency when she faced her biggest crisis in 2005, warned that Estradas pardon could lead to Arroyos downfall. (Arab News, 26-10-2007)
8. You have gained the upper hand, so show magnanimity and pardon them.' We then returned and the Prophet placed me behind him on his she-camel until we entered Madinah." (Related by Ahmad, Al-Bukhari and Muslim.) Reports of this encounter make clear that when Salamah made his loud cries, a number of people came to the Prophet ready to give support. (Arab News, 22-02-2007)
9. Rajapakse, who had met with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah during King Fahd's funeral, said: "During the brief audience I had with the king, I was positive that the Kingdom would usher in a new era under him and Sri Lanka could also be a beneficiary of his magnanimity and new foreign policies." Rajapakse promised that Muslim interests would be well looked after under his presidency since he knew the needs of this community which constitutes eight percent of the island's population. "I am a new leader and mine will be a new government, and will build a better Sri Lanka with the people's participation," he said Referring to international media reports branding him a hard-liner, Rajapakse said, "I have been a moderate politician embracing the interests of all political faiths and I want to continue those balanced policies throughout my political career." He said he would respect the wishes and interests of all communities in the country and try to work for a common goal for the benefit of the entire nation. (Arab News, 21-11-2005)
10. "But since Sarkozy has made the right decision to attend the opening ceremony, we should welcome him as always, making him truly feel our magnanimity, enthusiasm and friendliness as Olympic host." (Washington Post, 10-07-2008)
11. Haider, father of the twins, said: "I am thankful to King Abdullah for his magnanimity in making all these arrangements. (Arab News, 28-11-2006)
12. Drawing attention to the wooden plaques on the wall which list the Confucian virtues that are being passed on to the next generation, Wang distils the sage's message down to three characteristics: honesty, magnanimity and creating well-rounded individuals. (Aljazeera, 05-12-2005)
13. King Abdullah's decision on Monday to free Abdullah Al-Hamid, Matrouk Al-Faleh, Ali Al-Damini and Saeed ibn Zaeer along with the Libyan assassination plotters reflects not only his strength of character and magnanimity but also the strength of his leadership. (Arab News, 10-08-2005)
14. Making an earnest attempt to fake magnanimity, the commanding officer approaches a small group of his men and tells them he wants to know exactly what's bothering them, what their complaints and concerns are. (Washington Post, 13-07-2008)
15. Accepting the contribution from the two princes, Prince Sultan said that it is yet another major donation to demonstrate the magnanimity of philanthropy. "I am really encouraged by the response from all philanthropists who have donated toward this worthy cause and we anticipate more from kind-hearted individuals and establishments to carry out our activities in the Kingdom," he said. (Arab News, 30-06-2007)
16. The Polish envoy said King Abdullah had become a household name in Poland following his Royal Decree to separate the conjoined Polish twins Daria and Olga at his expense. "This magnanimity was gratefully acknowledged by every Pole. (Arab News, 18-06-2007)
17. Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, chief executive officer of the National Guard Health Affairs and chief surgeon at KAMC, said this was a unique moment in which one of the beneficiaries, who experienced Islamic hospitality and magnanimity, reverted to Islam. "While welcoming Akumpu to our community, we feel happy that the services rendered under the instructions of King Abdullah are bearing fruit in several ways," he said. (Arab News, 19-07-2007)
18. Those who would create dissent and mischief should realize there is a strong government capable of handling whatever arises in a manner beneficial to the interests of the country and its people. The decision to release the Libyan plotters also was an example of the king's magnanimity and the farsightedness of the Saudi leadership. (Arab News, 10-08-2005)
19. Akumpu explained the agony his family underwent for one and a half years with the conjoined twins. "It's because of the magnanimity shown by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah that my infants were separated at no cost to us," Akumpu said, pointing out that the monarch's action symbolizes the attitude and approach of Islam toward those that are less fortunate. "I have been attracted by Islam and delighted to be a partner of this great community that preaches real brotherhood, equality and tolerance," he said. (Arab News, 19-07-2007)
20. "I was amazed at the magnanimity of the Saudi philanthropist who knows neither the driver nor the deceased," said Wijesundera, who was assisted by his missions interpreter Mohammed Zackariyah during the court proceedings. (Arab News, 13-08-2007)
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Consumers can be pushed to reduce credit card debt through regular reminders about smart spending, new research has found.
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Consumers in the study reduced their debit either because they spent less – encouraging the use of cash may actually reduce overall spending – or paid down more of their balance, the study found.
It's unclear if the positive behaviors would continue indefinitely, Stacy says, or if consumers would begin to tune out the messages over time.
But the results suggest that encouraging people to follow a simple rule and setting up reminders through a personal finance app could be beneficial, Stacy says.
"A good takeaway for consumers is that in some cases these simple rules can be effective," she says.
And, if you're looking for encouragement to pay down your debt, a credit card payoff calculator could serve as inspiration. It would take a consumer with the average balance and annual percentage rate of the study participants 9 ½ years to pay off their credit card making the minimum payment only.
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Mike, I don't think it is reasonably possible to anticipate all possible parsing requirements for the asc and ascq portions of SCSI sense information across all device models. I'm in favor of having a "small" framework in SCSI where a SCSI sense interpreter module (per vendor & model possibly) could be registered dynamically, by dm-emc.c for instance.
Yeah I agree, I mentioned this before in some other mails. I think a module versus some table that userspace could write to were discussed.
The BLKERR values were meant to be able to tell upper layer code whether a transport or device or driver error occured and whether the lower level thought it was retryable. But then I thought I could also wedge in the handling of the vendor specifcs by adding a vendor specific SCSI module that would map the their specific value to a BLKERR_* one. And as I said offlist it is not working perfectly becuase we are losing some information in the translations.
The extended error interpreter callout would be triggered indirectly by a call from __end_that_request_first to a extended error parser associated with the io request's queue whenever it sees a non-zero sense field of the io request. Perhaps the sense and sense_len fields in the request structure should be changed to not be SCSI specific.
So this just handles the sense type of error right? We still need something seperate for the transport and device etc errors correct?
Also, in order to allow for more variation and detail in the interpretation of device specific SCSI asc and ascq values, the results of the interpretation should not be required to be block layer generic, but instead are saved in something like a void *bi_extended_error field of the bio. __end_that_request_first would push the results of the extended_error interpretation to the bi_extended_error field of each bio in the request, similar to how Jens's code currently works. This extended error parsing approach should extend easily (without requiring a kernel revision for new BLKERR values) to new SCSI devices/models and their device specific asc and ascq values. This design could also be extended to support the interpretation of extended error information for non-SCSI block devices like DASD.
I am fine with such a thing. You basically described what we have been talking about for some time but sperated the BLKERR part from the vendor specific part (which solves the problem I was having in trying to use the BLKERR value for two things). I am not the decision maker though so.


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Climate Caravans to Cancún Circus
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Some questions from my earlier post:
We've been looking for new or different ways of working:
- Do we make community education and awareness the priority?
- How do we reach out to a broader audience?
- Should we become more involved in mainstream politics through political parties and elections?
- Is direct action a better route?
- How do we raise awareness and influence the decision-making processes?
The debate about climate change campaigning, especailly strategies and tactics has intensified since Copenhagen.
Direct Action
Th!nk4 blogger Richard White argues that we need to adopt a more Gandhian approach:
It's obvious that the scientific and environmental communities have failed to educate people about climate change. The powerbrokers own the media and greatly outspend them in the information wars. This leaves us one conclusion, if humanity is to survive; we need to deal with the amoral powerbrokers with non-violent civil disobedience.
Do-or-Die Decade
Direct action politics are well tried and have had their successes. The anti-Vietnam moratorium movement was one. Yet filling the streets with anti-war protesters beforehand did not stop Bush, Blair and Howard with their invasion of Iraq. Greenpeace has gained lots of publicity with its stunts but hasn't stopped Japanese whaling. Rallies and attempted occupations got few tangible results at Copenhagen. The potential of non-violence becoming violent and counterproductive is ever present. In fact there is little doubt that a small minority see violence itself as a legitimate tactic.
Certainly tree-sitting and people chained to or blocking bulldozers have saved forests. The 1980s No Dams campaign to stop the Franklin Dam in Tasmanian was a stunning victory. It was a classic example of non-violent resistance and broader political activity. (More on political action in later posts.)
In the 60s and 70s union action work bans and boycotts, dubbed green bans , helped preserve some of Australia's historic buildings and open spaces.
Public Relations
Increasingly the climate change movement has used the techniques of public relations and advertising. My favourite manufactured event from last year was the Plan B: The Ark stunt.
This year it may be Via Campesina's Caravans to Cancún:
Over a thousand women and men, farmers, indigenous people, urban and rural people affected by social and environmental destruction are planning to march in 5 caravans towards Cancun, Mexico, in protest against the indolence of the dominant countries and capitalists of the world gathering for the conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change from November 29 to December 10, 2010.
La Via Campesina Organizes International Caravans for Life, Resistance, and Environmental Justice in Mexico
TV ads have been a powerful tool for awareness raising. In Australia grass-roots community advocacy organisation GetUp! puts ads online and raise money from donations to put them on commercial television. It's bound to be a borrowed idea but it gets real results including free publicity.
Online campaigning is currently a key medium for the movement. Organisations like tcktcktck and 350.org attract large followings. But is the apparent success of projects such as 10/10/10 Action Day real? In the cyber jargon, are we in danger of becoming 'siloed', simply preaching to the converted?
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With all this activity, you'd expect more progress from our world leaders. Perhaps we need to put more emphasis on strategies like intervening in the mainstream political processes, the building of alliances with business and the use of consumer power.
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MCASD presents its fourth annual collaborative screening with Cinefemme, the San Francisco and Los Angeles-based nonprofit, showcasing the films of independent women filmmakers. For one night only, enjoy an engaging collection of short films–both fiction and non-fiction–by women artists not afraid to push the filmmaking envelope.
Catch the award-winning short documentary, "The Fighting Cholitas," about a group of bold and fierce female Bolivian wrestlers, and the world premiere screening of "Antipodiste," a short doc exploring the charming world of Les Castors, three French foot-juggler brothers whose circus lineage stretches back five generations, among other short films.
ADMISSION: $5 MCASD Members, Students, Seniors; $7 General
MCASD's Film Program is made possible by grant support from The James Irvine Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and contributors to MCASD's Annual Fund Campaign. Institutional support MCASD is provided in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.


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Strategic Assessment
The global terrorist threat continued to evolve rapidly in 2015, becoming increasingly decentralized and diffuse. Terrorist groups continued to exploit an absence of credible and effective state institutions, where avenues for free and peaceful expression of opinion were blocked, justice systems lacked credibility, and where security force abuses and government corruption went unchecked.
Two typhoons in the Philippine Sea and a tropical storm near the China coast near Hong Kong and Macau have the region on alert. From left to right: Tropical Storm Linfa is tracking westward parallel to the coast of China, losing steam as the storm interacts with land. Typhoon Chan-hom is over the Ryukyu Trench south of Okinawa on a track heading northwest toward the China coast north of Wenzhou. A sharp northward turn forecast after landfall could take the center of the storm very near Shanghai.
Source:China Meteorological News Press
Yang Xiaohua, member of National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from Hong Kong hopes to see unified early warning signals of natural disasters among mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
Yang has worked in Beijing in 1980s and traveled a lot between mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. In face of extreme weather, he always felt troublesome because of different warning signals of same weather in these regions.
MANILA, 15 July 2009, 1600 hrs - Health authorities in New Zealand and Australia warned of an increased strain on intensive care units over the next few weeks as cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 continued to grow significantly.
New Zealand Health Minister, Tony Ryall, said the visits to health clinics would put more pressure on the health system as flu season peaked.
MANILA, 14 July 2009, 1600 hrs - Almost 100 Australians are currently in hospital with Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, health authorities said, as a new analysis of hospitalized cases in the state of Victoria found that young and healthy people had been severely sickened by the virus.
Australia is one of a number of countries in the Western Pacific Region to have shifted to a mitigation phase in its response to the disease and is no longer testing all suspected cases. Also, some countries are not reporting new cases on a daily basis.
MANILA, 13 July 2009, 1600 hrs - Singapore health authorities announced an end to thermal screening of travellers entering the country, as it continued its shift from containment to mitigation of the virus. Screening had become less useful since there was now localized community spread in Singapore, the authorities stated.
Singapore's decision comes as some countries in the Western Pacific Region refocus their response efforts to provide better medical care to patients with severe illness rather than try to keep track of individual cases.
MANILA, 10 July 2009, 1600 hrs - The summer holidays have been brought forward for 43 secondary schools in Hong Kong (China) in an effort to curtail the spread of Pandemic H1N1 2009, health authorities said, as 57 new infections were detected in the territory. The Department of Health called on parents to pay attention to the health of their children, and to ensure they practiced good personal hygiene.
On 9 July, New Zealand announced its sixth death linked to Pandemic H1N1, that of a woman with underlying health conditions.
MANILA, 9 July 2009, 1600 hrs - As its case numbers approached the 7000 mark, Australia announced AU$7 million (US$5.45 million) in funding for research projects to learn more about Pandemic H1N1 2009 and to help produce better responses to future outbreaks.
Health authorities in Australia, which has the highest number of cases in the Western Pacific Region, said the funding would be provided for 41 projects to help national authorities tailor their responses to the virus.
MANILA, 8 July 2009, 1600 hrs-The World Health Organization said it would ask countries hardest hit by Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 to move away from laboratory testing of individual cases and towards collecting broader data about the disease.
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MANILA, 6 July 2009, 1600 hrs - The number of deaths in the Western Pacific Region associated with Pandemic H1N1 2009 increased to 16 in the reporting period to 6 July, after New Zealand reported that three people with the virus had died.
The first fatality, a 19-year old man in Hamilton, died on 28 June. It is not yet known whether he had underlying health conditions. On 2 July, a 42-year old man with underlying medical conditions died in Christchurch, and on 4 July a young girl with underlying medical problems died in Wellington.


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At 40 years old, Lendell wants to go back to school and become a certified personal trainer. He plans to use that certification as a stepping stone to go further in the health field, possibly as either a nutritionist or physical therapist.
The Los Angeles native is one step closer to realizing that dream, having earned his GED in November 2013.
"I never had it," he said. "It was just something to have, something to do. Might as well make my time productive while I'm here."
"Here" is the Hall County Correctional Institute, where Lendell is at the beginning of a 15-year sentence for a trafficking marijuana conviction. It's not the first time he's been in trouble with the law, but he plans for it to be the last.
"I just never focused on getting my stuff together," he said. "Now, I have a lot of time to think about it, and I'm not trying to be in this position again."
Lendell could have been a personal trainer; in fact, he's taken the online classes so thinks it should be easy enough to earn his certification once out of prison. In the past, he helped train people — he loves to be in the gym — but the lure of easy money was too much for the high school dropout.
He would have graduated in 1991, but instead left school just a few months beforehand. Almost instantly, he was arrested and spent 10 months of his early adulthood in a California prison on drug charges.
It's the only life he's known. Trafficking marijuana means a lot of money.
"You know, it's legal in California," he said, referring to the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. "So you can get more money for it down here (in Georgia).
"I think I just got hooked with the easy, fast money," he added. "I just never focused on getting stuff together."
But events two years ago caused Lendell to take a harder look at his life.
It was January 2012, and Lendell was on Interstate 20 driving from Atlanta to Alabama.
"The police, he pulled me over illegally, searched my vehicle," he said. "He asked me could he search the vehicle. I told him no, he couldn't."
The officer who pulled him over had a police dog. According to Lendell, the dog circled the car twice but did not alert his handler that he had sensed anything. Regardless, the officer told Lendell the dog had alerted to a substance in the car, and conducted the search, Lendell said.
A news report from the Douglas County Sentinel said law enforcement found more than 100 pounds of marijuana in Lendell's car that night.
Lendell is adamant he was wronged by law enforcement. He doesn't deny the charges against him, but doesn't think he deserved to have his car pulled over and searched.
"I'm like, you're just going to illegally search and violate my rights right now," he said about that January night. "I'm knowing all of this is being recorded, so I have all this in my favor. All I have to do is get a lawyer."
But in court, Lendell said the recordings were manipulated. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years, with seven to serve.
"I think it's kind of harsh," he said. "Georgia's got some strict laws. I've learned my lesson."
That lesson is to never wind up in prison again.
Looking back, he wishes he went back to school. He thinks a diploma may have helped change the trajectory of his life, though of course it's impossible to know that for certain.
"I still don't know, to this day, why I just didn't go back and finish and get my diploma," he said. "The GED was easy to me. Even the (test administrator) said I was a pretty sharp person. All my kids are smart."
Even from behind bars, he tries to push his children to succeed in school, something his parents never did with him.
"I don't think my parents pressured me enough to go back and get (my diploma)," he said. "You know what I mean? Like, I was too busy listening to other people in the streets to not go back and do what I was supposed to do.
"I kind of blame it on my parents, kind of. Because I didn't know no better. I think it's our job as parents to teach our kids the right way."
Lendell has three children, ages 18, 14 and 6, all living in California. His oldest daughter graduated from high school last year, but he talks to his 14-year-old son on the phone and has promised to let him use his truck if he stays in school and earns high grades.
"I think education is the key to staying free," he said. "If you're not smart and you're just dumb and you want to sell drugs and rob people, you're going to be right back up in here if you don't try to do something with yourself and make it productive. You'll be right back up in here.
"I'm 40 years old," he said quietly, almost to himself. "This is the longest I've ever been locked up in my life. I can't see how they keep coming back and forth. I can't do it."


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At the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, you can snorkel with a retired Asian elephant Rajan.
The Andaman Islands, where dwells one of the lowest races of mankind, interested me greatly.
On the Andaman Islands there is no sex taboo for the unmarried and they use license.
A convict in the Andaman Islands tried the same game, but he could not escape my system!
Is a native of the Andaman Islands the superior of Socrates?
The Mincopies of the Andaman Islands are among the most interesting of the negritos.
The Andaman Islands and the Seychelles are its westernmost limits.
I may want to go to Timbuctoo, or to Andaman Islands or something.
When I was (p. 160) in the Andaman Islands, my system never failed.
At the Andaman Islands fish are captured by the convicts by means of weirs fixed across the openings of creeks.


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