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1) Download Chrome Portable, and copy the pdf.dll file to the directory where iron.exe resides. Probably something like C:\Program Files (x86)\SRWare Iron\.
2) For both your desktop icon, as well as the start menu entry:
- a) Right click and select properties.
- b) Select the "Shortcut" tab if it's not already selected.
- c) In the "Target" entry, add a space at the end, followed by: --enable-print-preview
Too bad the entry in chrome:://flags is gone. Having to specify on the command line is pretty clunky.


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DETROIT - Whether it's pulled pork, ribs or unique blends of sauces you're craving, Detroit is filled with restaurants serving the best barbecue in them.
Voters have chosen their favorite restaurants in this year's Vote 4 The Best contest.
VOTE 4 THE BEST: 2012 winners of best barbecue in Detroit
Famous Dave's BBQ
Recommended over 700 times by voters, Famous Dave's BBQ tops the list of best places to get barbecue in and around Detroit.
With locations throughout southeast Michigan, Famous Dave's says its road to fame began 25 years ago when they searched for the best meats, seasonings and sauces around.
For directions to the closest Famous Dave's near you, click here.
Bad Brad's BBQ
Bad Brad's BBQ says its philosophy of "From our Smoker to your Plate" is a passion that begins daily at 5:00 a.m.
Bad Brad's offers a lunch and dinner menu, offering items such as BBQ nachos, loaded BBQ cheese fries, BBQ sandwiches and even a build-your-own BBQ taco platter.
"By far the best BBQ in Michigan," said Penny. "Their BBQ'd Chicken Bacon Nachos are to live for!"
Click here to see who else recommended Bad Brad's BBQ and for directions to both stores.
Slows Bar BQ
Slows Bar BQ on Michigan Avenue. The restaurant opened in 2005 and its signature Yardbird sandwich was even featured on television.
"This place is the real deal," said Mike. "Don't waste your time or money going anywhere else. The Apple BBQ sauce is the best I've ever tasted."
Other BBQ sandwiches featured on their menu include the Triple Threat Pork, with Applewood bacon, pulled pork and ham, and the Genius, with vegetarian 'chicken' coated in sweet sauce and topped with Slows's signature coleslaw and dill pickle strips.
For directions to Slows Bar BQ in Detroit, click here.
Union Woodshop
The Union Woodshop says it started sometime back in 1995 from the ashes of the Clarkston Cafe and the fruits of the Clarkston Union. Decades later, it has received awards, including best restaurant of the year in 2011 and also placing in this year's Vote 4 The Best contest.
It's menu, with gluten-free options, includes sandwiches and burgers that feature pulled pork tossed in North Carolina sauce, house made Michigan maple bacon, as well as beef briskets and babyback ribs.
"I recommend the back ribs with a side of sweet potato mash and the most-macked mac and cheese," said Beth on our contest page.
Click here to learn more and find directions to Union Woodshop.
See the entire list of best restaurants to get barbecue here.
Copyright 2012 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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The Lumia 900 is not a specced-out superphone for the early adopters. The dominating forces in the mobile hardware race — Apple, HTC, Motorola, Samsung — have got that area covered, with beefy handsets offering the fastest processors, the highest resolutions and all the other things that matter to the top echelon of consumers.
Nokia Lumia 900
Highly optimized Windows Phone experience makes the most of the phone's relatively modest specs. Fun hardware design and bright colors turn heads. Great battery life: On automatic screen brightness, I got two full days with average use. Under more intense use, battery still lasted a full day.
Low resolution is a shame for such an otherwise great display. Tiny gap between the display and the polycarbonate body of the handset easily collects crap like food particles and skin cells. The circular shape of the charger plug is a power-strip hog. Browser is average.
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
Microsoft and Nokia have decided (wisely, one could argue), to focus their Windows Phone endeavors on a different audience — the booming ranks of first-time smartphone buyers just entering the market, and the millions of us looking for a solid smartphone at a budget-friendly price.
Whether or not the duo's strategic move pays off is still a big question. I wouldn't doubt that every exec at Nokia and everyone in Microsoft's mobile division are sitting at their desks right now, biting their nails as reviews and order numbers roll in. Windows Phone needs a hit — a big hit — in the U.S. if it's ever going to crawl out of the dismal "other" category of smartphone market-share charts.
The good news is that the Lumia 900 may just be the phone to turn things around. It's a beautiful phone with a big screen that runs on AT&T's fast 4G LTE network. It has a lively, user-friendly operating system. And it's only $100 with a 2-year AT&T contract, a price that betters other flagship handsets by at least half.
I've never handled a Windows Phone Mango device that wasn't pleasantly zippy and responsive, and the Lumia 900 is no exception.
All curves and polish, the 900 has plenty of curb appeal. This isn't a phone for someone who wants to blend into the crowd, at least in the eye-popping cyan hue of our test unit (it also comes in black and white). The 900 shares the same bold polycarbonate shell as its smaller cousin the Lumia 800, but in a larger 4.3-inch package. My only design quibble is the flat raised screen of the 900 isn't quite as elegant as the slightly rounded glass on the 800.
On the top of the device is a headphone jack and microUSB port — Nokia has ditched the 800's bothersome mechanical flap that covered the charging port. Along one side of the device is a silver volume rocker, power button and camera shutter, and a speaker grate hides out along the bottom of the device.
The bright 800×480 AMOLED screen isn't as pixel-packed as a Retina display or one of Samsung's stunners. The only time the Nokia 900's resolution really showed its weakness was in watching streaming video. Although videos are watchable, colors are visibly blocky and details aren't crisp — it's definitely not HD-quality.
The 8-megapixel camera (topped by a Carl Zeiss lens) on the rear of the device takes pretty great shots in bright light, on par with similarly specced shooters we've reviewed. Performance in low light, however, was less admirable. Shooting pictures in mixed light or in twilight without the dual LED flash caused a large amount of striated noise to show up in the pictures.
Since both iOS and Android have photo apps filled with filters in their app stores (and since both now have Instagram), the lack of built-in filter offerings on the handset is a noticeable weakness. The camera app does, however, offer a number of customizable settings, including night mode and sports mode (and other scene settings), as well as adjustable exposure, white balance and ISO.
But my dissatisfaction with the software experience largely ends with the camera. I've never handled a Windows Phone Mango device that wasn't pleasantly zippy and responsive, and the Lumia 900 is no exception. The phone's 1.4GHz processor keeps games and videos humming, and the system doesn't seem to be slowed by multi-tasking apps. For those unfamiliar with the OS, it's extraordinarily polished, with subtle animations at every turn: things like text folding into or away from the screen when you tap a link or navigate to different feature, or a springy physicality when you flick to the end of the app listing.
The Lumia 900 comes preloaded with a few useful apps like Tango (for video chatting with the device's 1-megapixel front facing camera) and ESPN, as well as some maybe-useful AT&T specific offerings like Navigator and U-Verse Mobile. Although Angry Birds Space hasn't yet landed on Windows Phone, there are 80,000 or so apps available for the platform. You can still get your kicks with old favorites like Fruit Ninja and the original Angry Birds game. Windows Phone is still playing catch up in the apps race, but to be fair, most of the staples (Yelp, Evernote, Twitter, Facebook) are there at this point.
The phone's web browser, officially called Internet Explorer 9 Mobile, is conveniently labeled with the familiar Internet Explorer logo, and it's prominently displayed as its own tile on the home screen. The browser isn't the handset's most stellar feature, but it's not bad. Even on the 800×480 screen, text on web pages is crisp and comfortable to read, whether it's dark type on a bright white background, or white against black.
The Lumia 900 is without a doubt a good phone, and probably the best Windows Phone handset out there right now. What is in doubt is whether potential smartphone buyers will be excited by it.
Sites load properly, but most sites load a second or so slower on the 900's browser than on the mobile Safari browser on the iPhone 4S. Loading The New York Times' homepage, for example, took about one second longer on the Nokia. Although the browser scores significantly worse than Safari in Sunspider benchmarking, AT&T's 4G speeds are fast enough that loading times still feel totally acceptable when you're away from Wi-Fi.
Speaking of the wireless speeds, the Lumia 900 runs on AT&T's recently-rolled-out 4G LTE network. So, if you're in a metropolitan area where that's available, you can look forward to download speeds upwards of 20 Mbps. If you're in San Francisco, expect about half that, which is what I experienced during real-world tests here.
The Lumia 900 is without a doubt a good phone, and probably the best Windows Phone handset out there right now. What is in doubt is whether potential smartphone buyers will be excited by it.
If somebody were to pick up this phone without much experience handling smartphones in the past, they'd find it an impressive beast: it's a stunning piece of hardware, it's easy to use right out of the box, and it's incredibly responsive. For tech-savvy shoppers more attuned to premium handsets like the iPhone 4S or Galaxy S II, the phone's low-res display, lack of a dual-core processor, and so-so camera quality won't convince them to buy it.
The $100 price point is an incredible bargain — the quality and experience on the device would put it on par with $150 and even some $200 devices, in my opinion. That bargain-basement price tag should help usher in buyers daunted by the sticker prices of more high-end devices, and ones on the fence about getting a new smartphone.
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Cool, right? But how do you get major coverage at home? Well, I took the products used in the video for a test run on my teeny tiny tattoo. First, I used my finger to pat on the Dermablend Leg & Body Primer. Then, I used an egg-shaped sponge to smooth on the Leg & Body Cover SPF 15 and a fluffy brush to set everything with the Setting Powder. Here's the before and after (Sorry for the weird angle! That tattoo is on one of my ribs).
Okay, so it's not as extreme as Zombie Boy and my cover up skills could probably use a little polishing, but it's pretty impressive, right? Plus, if it works for a tattoo, I'm sure it would work for bruises or veins, too. What do you think of the ad? Totally weird or totally convincing?
More from SELF:
Real Life: Love-It and Loathe-It Tattoo Stories
SELF Healthy Beauty Awards: Best Makeup Buys!
5 Simple Ways To Cellulite-Free Skin


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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is funding projects to harness wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric power to reduce energy costs for farms and small business across rural America. Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Doug O'Brien made the announcement on the Secretary's behalf during his address here today at the Rural Young Entrepreneur Summit (YES).
"The Obama Administration is assisting small businesses, including farmers and ranchers, as they work to reduce their energy costs," O'Brien said. "When energy costs are reduced, American rural businesses become more competitive, allowing them to expand and create jobs."
One of the projects announced today will assist Hawkeye Tri-County Electric Cooperative in Cresco, Iowa, to install a geothermal heating and cooling system in its headquarters building. Coon Valley Turkeys, LLC, in Lake View, Iowa, is receiving funding to install a wind turbine to offset the cost of electricity. Gary Larson of Underwood, Iowa, will receive assistance to install a geothermal heating and cooling system in a shop that services his farming operations.
The YES event is sponsored by USDA Rural Development, the Community Vitality Center (CVC), Iowa State University's Extension, Outreach Community and Economic Development along with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Below is a complete list of funding recipients announced today:
Sea Lion Corp. $50,000 grant Wind project
Avalanche Ranch $300,000 grant Geothermal generation
Putnam Green Power $275,000 grant Hydro electric
Blake Organic Farms $5,230 grant Feed Mill energy project
CPU Property Management $12,667 grant Geothermal
Don Johnston Construction $15,937 grant Wind generation
E-4 Sons Company $7,171 grant Geothermal
Energique, Inc $20,000 grant Geothermal
Heritage Wood Products $15,610 grant Geothermal
John Oliver $18,065 grant Wind
Kevin Eisenman $11,849 grant Geothermal
MJF Roadhouse $7,607 grant Geothermal
Rick Ryan $15,849 grant Geothermal
Coon Valley Turkeys $50,000 grant Wind
Dennis Smith, Inc. $29,694 grant, $59,388 loan, Geothermal
Gary Larson $49,727 grant Geothermal
Hawkeye Tri-County Electric Cooperative $50,000 grant Geothermal
Thomas Rabel $39,949 grant Wind-Solar
Thorsen Brothers, Inc. $39,703 grant Wind
Crystal 28 LLP $36,750 grant Wind
Cornwell Farms $14,262 grant Geothermal
BCP Centerwind $50,000 grant Wind
BCP Eastwind $50,000 grant Wind
BCP Westwind $50,000 grant Wind
Pestinger Beverage Co. $19,750 grant Wind
Iager Brothers $78,800 grant Solar electric
Mill Valley Associates $89,636 grant Solar electric
Brad Hagen $17,002 grant Geothermal
Jade $20,000 grant Solar, geothermal
Reinbold Organic Farms $20,000 grant Geothermal
Meadowridge Inc. $46,377 grant Greenhouse efficiency
Lonnie Irion $35,724 grant Solar, Geothermal
William Ankley $30,000 grant Solar electric
Byron Klaassen $9,260 grant Geothermal
Federated Rural Electric $12,165 grant Geothermal
Gary Carlson $9,767 grant Geothermal
Hammer Ag Sales $6,565 grant Geothermal
James Behrends $11,526 grant Geothermal
Jared Ahlers $6,500 grant Geothermal
Jonathan Wenzel $10,085 grant Geothermal
Nobles Cooperative Elec. $14,880 grant Geothermal
Thomas Olsem $6,332 grant Geothermal
Willis Sandbulte $4,956 grant Geothermal
Michelle Huddle $11,058 grant Geothermal
Tekolste Enterprises $19,750 grant Wind
New Jersey
David Ackley $20,000 grant Solar electric
9 Main St. LLC $442,750 grant Solar electric
Auburn Road Enterprises $32,571 grant Solar electric
Blairwood Farms, Inc. $49,975 grant Solar electric
Harvery's Honey Inc. $50,000 grant Solar electric
Outnumbered Energy $254,852 grant Solar electric
Provision Energy $129,630 grant Solar electric
Provision Energy $161,797 grant Solar electric
Waldac Farm $133,245 grant Solar electric
New York
Micosta Enterprises $19,860 grant Solar/Geothermal
North Carolina
Mayberry Solar LLC $4 million loan Solar
EZ Orchards $123,413 grant Solar electric
EBD Hydro $7.2 million loan Hydro electric
BMB Enterprises $500,000 grant Hydro electric
Green Mountain Env. $49,325 grant Hydro
Scenic View Organic Eggs $31,057 grant Solar electric
USDA funding is being provided through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and is contingent on the recipient meeting the conditions of the grant or loan agreement. REAP grants can finance up to 25 percent of a project's cost, up to $500,000 for renewable energy systems and $250,000 for energy efficiency improvements.
Since taking office, President Obama's Administration has taken historic steps to improve the lives of rural Americans, put people back to work and build thriving economies in rural communities. From proposing the American Jobs Act to establishing the first-ever White House Rural Council -- chaired by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack -- the President wants the federal government to be the best possible partner for rural businesses and entrepreneurs creating job opportunities and for people who want to live, work and raise their families in rural communities.
USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, administers and manages housing, business and community infrastructure and facility programs through a national network of state and local offices. Rural Development has an active portfolio of more than $155 billion in affordable loans and loan guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America.
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Meeting Schedule of Government Vendors Comments Board
Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
July 10, 2003
Fairfax County Small Business Commission
Meeting Schedule of Government Vendors Comments Board
Small Business Commission Chair Stan L. Reid announced today that meetings for the SBC's Government Vendors Comments Board will be the following Mondays: July 28, Sept. 29, and Oct. 27. All meetings start promptly at 6 p.m. and are held at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.
In an effort to entice more companies to participate in the procurement process, the Fairfax County Small Business Commission has created the Government Vendors Comments Board to receive suggestions from interested companies on how to improve or streamline the procurement process. All ideas are welcome, from how the county advertises procurement opportunities, to the paperwork and rules involved in the bidding process, to the criteria for awarding contracts. Suggestions will be considered by the county and will receive a written response from the Vendors Comments Board. Companies may choose to remain anonymous if they wish.
The purpose of the Fairfax County Small Business Commission is to enhance the capability of small, minority-owned and emerging businesses to succeed. The commission is comprised of 12 volunteers who are residents of Fairfax County and appointed and confirmed by the Board of Supervisors.
For more information about the Government Vendors Comments Board or to
offer your ideas and recommendations, please contact Stan L. Reid at
703-385-5957, TTY 711, or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Note: Part one of this three-part series is also accessible online – Nutrition science serves a big fat lie. On Wednesday, we learned how we got to today in the fat debate, learning from Nina Teicholz' book, "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet." Today, we'll talk about the research, or lack thereof.
Long-story short, the American Heart Association bloomed to be a leading health advocate at the same time heart attacks were the nation's leading killer. They went with a hypothesis linking a low-fat diet to less heart risk, and the rest is history, or so we thought.
Studying a bad example
One of the first things I learned in my experimental design and statistics coursework at the University of Minnesota's graduate school was how important a representative sample is. Without a representative sample, you have nothing. Or worse; you think you have something when you actually have nothing.
But over 60 years ago, Dr. Ancel Keys, eventually forgot that part of his studies, or possibly didn't realize his error and was too vested in the results.
Regardless, when I reference Dr. Keys, I'm not talking about a half-brained person. By many counts, the man was a genius. An obituary tells that he was one of 1528 "gifted" students discovered through a test. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, with bachelor degrees in economics and political science and a master's in zoology. He received a Ph.D in oceanography and biology and bounced around to many research positions and then taught at Harvard, earning another Ph.D. there in physiology.
Then, in 1936 he came to Minnesota with the Mayo Foundation. Not liking the Mayo work environment (not enough research), he headed to the University of Minnesota in 1937. There, he developed the infamous K-ration (K for Keys), a meal that fit in a box in a pocket, which millions of soldiers ate during World War II.
He then studied the effects of testosterone, vitamin supplementation, and starvation.
But in the 1950s, seeing the contrast in heart disease between well-fed American businessmen and those in underfed Europe, he set his sights on cardio-vascular disease research. When he saw that southern Italy contained the highest number of centenarians, he looked further into the Mediterranean diet.
As Teicholz explains in the book, Keys' hypothesis about the Mediterranean diet came at a time when the country was looking for answers on the heart disease problem. It also came as lipid (fat) research exploded, as gas-liquid chromatography allowed scientists to test different fats' effects on human biology. Early experiments showed that replacing animal fats with vegetable fats dramatically reduced cholesterol levels – a suspect as a leading cause of heart attacks.
Keys gave different diets to schizophrenic patients at Minnesota hospital ranging from 9 to 24 percent fat content, and saw that lower fat diets performed a little better in lowering cholesterol. But, the study was performed on only 60 patients, and he included none of the details in his final paper. Using these results, he professed that a perfect curve existed between plaque accumulating on artery walls and fat in the diet. He called it the "diet-heart hypothesis." Further, he thought that fat must make people fat.
The logic makes sense, but is that only because we've heard it for over 60 years? Fat does have 9 calories per gram, versus 4 calories per gram for protein and carbohydrates.
To prove his point – although there was already some data on the subject from Eskimos, the Masai of Africa, and the Navajo Indians – he and his wife traveled to many countries, measuring cholesterol levels of adult males in South Africa, Sardinia, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Finland and Japan. They would visit remote villages, testing subjects including fisherman, farmers, and loggers.
While Keys did write down what he saw some of his early subjects eat, he had no great way to track diets. Further, he did travel to many locations, but his sample sizes were quite small.
Back in Minnesota, he saw that cholesterol would go up after the schizophrenic men ate saturated fat (found in animal fats) and down when they consumed vegetable oils. With this knowledge, he published the "Keys equation," where he advocated dropping eggs, dairy products, meats and all visible fats to lower the heart disease rate in a population. He told everyone to switch to vegetable fats.
Keys published a paper comparing 6 of the countries he visited, and linked mortality to percent fat calories in the diet. A biostatistics professor from UC-Berkeley thought the results looked fishy, and then compiled data for the 22 countries in which national data was available – the correlation disappeared.
But Keys refuted the other studies, calling the data flawed. Then, he used selected portions the same data set to defend his own study.
The study to end all studies
Keys would standardize data collection in 7 countries that fit his hypothesis well; Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Finland, the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States. Greece, Italy, and Yugoslavia were still recovering from WWII. It was called the Seven Countries study, and a 2004 analysis shows that it has been referenced over a million times since it was published.
Keys and his collaborators in each country measured body weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels of adult men in each country. Sampling was done in the 1960s and revealed in the 1970s, in an American Heart Association journal.
But when Teicholz looked further into the Seven Countries data, she found glaring errors. Greek islands Crete and Corfu were sampled multiple times, and once during Lent. 60 percent of those on Crete were fasting one of the three times they were sampled. Based on this obviously errant sampling, we're supposed to follow a Mediterranean diet.
Keys reported the study's details in a little-known Dutch journal that he had previously been disappointed in, in terms of publicity. But the AHA journal still held the fireworks, allowing Keys to focus on his key takeaways. The paper also makes no mention of other problems with the study, like using multiple methods of evaluating fat in food samples.
Going back 25 years in 1999, the lead Italian researcher re-analyzed data for his country and found a higher correlation with sweets (0.821 – and not including chocolate, ice cream, and soft drinks) than that of animal foods (0.798 – including margarine, in this case). Sugar was only lightly touched upon in Keys' paper. Yet, this Seven Countries study is considered the final evidence of the theory that saturated fat in animal foods causes heart disease.
But again, this was only a correlation, or an association. It was not a cause-effect study because it wasn't a clinical trial, instead it was an epidemiological survey.
Meanwhile, reputable studies in North Dakota, Ireland, India, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, of competing tribes in Africa (one vegetarian and one meat-eater), Eskimos, and even an egg-eating doctor countered some of Keys' research. But, today, most of those dissenters have died, and the "logical" cholesterol leading to heart disease theory stands firm, according to Teicholz.
Keys and a colleague jumped on an American Heart Association committee in the late 1950s, despite neither being trained in nutrition. That committee advocated dumping saturated fats found in meat, cheese, whole milk, and other dairy products in 1961, and Ancel Keys wound up on the front of Time magazine.
The genius, Keys, was a persuader. The animal fat theory won out over the carbohydrate and sugar theories. Keys would refute, rather than just comment, on opposing papers.
The polyunsaturated puzzle
With the American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, and USDA all favoring a low-fat diet, it can be hard to imagine the new "food pyramid" or "MyPlate" tools coming out with a positive view of fat. But until 1910 the only fats found in the kitchen came from animals; lard, butter, eggs, meat and dairy products. When vegetable oils leapt on the scene, they advertised the polyunsaturated oils as a huge health benefit for lowering cholesterol. "Take this ad to your doctor," read one Mazola corn oil advertisement. But none of the other effects of these oils had not been studied, like the later-found existence of trans-fats.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) tried to create a study using the right kind of science – a clinical trial. But Keys was put in charge, along with a colleague, and they attempted to create new foods from oils that would resemble animal meats. This included milk "filled" with soybean oil.
The NHLBI held a pre-study trial that, if fruitful, would be sized up for a much bigger study to put the stamp on the diet-heart hypothesis. But the trial didn't last long, as 25% of men dropped out because they found it too hard to keep the diet between always eating at home and convincing their wives to cook without animal fats.
So, NIH peeled back to fund two smaller $250 million studies, still the largest nutritional trial at the time. The results were a disaster for the diet-heart hypothesis. Keys' colleague who ran the study called it "troublesome" and "unexpected."
But, there have since been three studies that put the diet-heart hypothesis to rest. However, with an overwhelming crowd shouting them down, they've never been well-publicized.
In the 1980s, Dr. Dean Ornish controlled the airwaves and promoted the near vegetarian diet. He competed with Dr. Atkins, studying thing this exact issue at the same time but advocating in the other direction for a high-fat diet. Both sold millions of their books. But Ornish's single trial turned into several scientific publications. Meanwhile Atkins' handful of smaller trials didn't receive as much respect.
What should we eat?
In summary, the science simply isn't there to advocate a low-fat diet for all Americans. Worse yet, while the studies were done on adult males, we've pushed the terrible suggestion onto women and children over age 2, as well.
If you read the book, you'll see that Teicholz serves up even more evidence against a low-fat diet. She notes that before 1910, when hydrogenated oils burst on the scene, we were eating far more saturated fat than we are today. Also rising with heart attacks between 1910 and the studies in the 1950s was vegetable oil usage, sugar consumption, smoking, and car exhaust fumes, in nearly every country.
We've learned much about cholesterol since then, including the difference between LDL (bad) and HDL (good) cholesterol.
Fat is the soul of flavor, as Teicholz puts it – we've learned this as we removed it from the diet. We traded saturated fats for Trans fats, and put the American Heart Association logo on cookies, crackers and even Rice Crispie bars. The oils, except for olive oil, create toxic aldehydes when heated, yet we cook with these almost everywhere.
If you trust Teicholz' advice, it is saturated fat we need back in our kitchens. Fat does not cause obesity. We've reduced our consumption of saturated fat by 14 percent since the AHA guidelines first arrived. Obesity is at record levels, near 40 percent for those aged 45 to 64.
While I'm not able to provide the full picture in this already lengthy article, pick up Teicholz' book to learn more. Stick to whole fat dairy, eggs, and meat, even the fatty stuff. Olive oil can also stay on your "good list," as
not part of the polyunsaturated family of oils that become unstable when heated. The high fat foods don't have real links to diabetes or heart disease, either.
When asked to follow advice of a book author versus the scientific establishment, it seems counter-intuitive to follow one person's opinion. But, for my health, I'll be happily moving towards a higher-saturated fat diet.
The trend may be changing already. Butter is back, whole milk sales are up, and lard dinners are a new fad in New York City. We've been part of one of the worst-tasting experiments of all time. Chew the fat, drink the [whole] milk, fry some bacon, and toast with a stick of real butter for a healthier planet.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Just under half of Florida's high school freshmen passed an algebra test needed to graduate, but middle school students who took it did much better on the algebra end of course exam.
Results released by the Florida Department of Education on Friday show 48 percent of ninth graders statewide taking the Algebra 1 exam for the first time passed it. The students who failed will have to retake the course or get other remediation before taking the test again.
This year's freshman class is the first that must pass the test to graduate.
The test showed the earlier the student takes algebra, the better they performed on the test. While 87 percent of students across the state in grades six through eighth taking the test for the first time passed it, algebra is not required in middle school. Only 48 percent of students who take it as freshmen in high school passed, and the percentage goes even lower in higher grades.
In Duval County, 80 percent of seventh graders passed the test and 58 percent of eighth graders passed, but only 30 percent of ninth graders passed.
In Clay County, 96 percent of eighth graders and 59 percent of ninth graders passed. One hundred percent of eighth graders in Nassau and St. Johns County passed the test, with 73 percent of ninth graders in St. Johns passing and 62 percent of ninth graders in Nassau passing.
INTERACTIVE SEARCH: Algebra end-of-course results by county, individual schools
State education officials released a statement saying that while more than 58,000 ninth-graders failed the algebra EOC, results across the board were better than expected.
"I am extremely proud of our students for their hard work and achievement on the Algebra 1 end-of-course assessment," said Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson. "We actually have several programs for students who did not pass, to take courses in remediation."
Students who need to retake algebra can opt for summer school algebra, take the course online or wait until next year.
Copyright 2012 by News4Jax.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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This beautiful book by Emmanuel Hadjiandreou is the perfect book for a bread baking novice, but will still hold up well for a more experienced bread baker. Each of the 60 plus recipes has easy to navigate step-by-step instructions and accompanying photography. I love that in a cookbook. It helps immensely to see what the recipe should look like at each step and have an illustration for the techniques that seem foreign. See those pretty designs on the cover? Yep, this book will show you how to make those and many more for absolutely gorgeous (and tasty) homemade bread. With recipes for yeasted breads, soudoughs, pastries and even wheat-free and gluten free breads, How to Make Bread really delivers for every kind of baker. This book is available for $27.95 on their website if you just can't wait to get your hands on it.
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As previewed earlier from us, we can present today the newly released collaboration between Stone Island and Diemme on the Roccia Vet boot for Fall/Winter 2011. Overall the boots come in 4 colorways, which show once again the unique and innovative design take by the Italian apparel brand. Featuring premium suede uppers, they come with a Vibram micro outer sole and carry the Stone Island logo on the heel and the tongue. The limited edition boots are now available at End.
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LAPD Chief Charlie Beck sat down for an interview with with CBS Saturday afternoon in which he announced he would take another look at the case of Christopher Dorner's dismissal.
He said the move was solely to encourage public trust in the department.
"Dorner's allegations are about a police department that doesn't treat African Americans fairly, and I don't think that's true," the chief said. "And I want to make sure we don't lose this precious ground we've gained."
"That's the totality of the reason I will look at this investigation again. More important than the Dorner aspect is the community aspect. I'm not doing this to appease Dorner," he said.
"It's about restoring faith," Beck added. "I worry whenever faith in the police department is eroded."
Beck also used the interview to apologize to the two women mistakenly shot and wounded by LAPD officers early Thursday in Torrance while guarding one of the possible targets mentioned in Dorner's manifesto.
"I want people to understand that this is a far different situation than police officers usually face," Beck said.
"I publicly apologize for what happened," he said. "They were truly innocent. When innocents are injured, nothing affects me more greatly."


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - A gruesome discovery was made by firefighters Saturday morning behind a popular Bakersfield shopping center.
The charred remains of a human body were found inside a burning vehicle.
Firefighters responded to the call of a possible trash fire around 7 a.m.
They found a four-door vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Once the fire was out, they found the unrecognizable remains of a human.
The burned car with the body inside was located just south of the train tracks off Gosford Road and Young Street, behind the Kohl's shopping center.
Police said the body was so badly burned, age and gender could not be determined.
Police released very few details. The coroner's office will be doing the identification of the body and then release the name after the victim's family is notified.
Investigators said at this point they don't have any evidence to show it's foul play, nor do they have any evidence to show it's not foul play.
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Prosecutor: DA office bomb suspect to plead guilty
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) The man accused of trying to blow up the Jackson County District Attorney's office in Medford last November will plead guilty, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
Court records show Alan Leroy McVay, 46, of Jackson County, is to appear Monday in U.S. District court in Medford to change his plea. He faces two counts of malicious destruction of property by explosive.
Prosecutor Byron Chatfield said McVay will plead guilty, and his sentencing will be done at a date to be determined.
Court records say the charges carry a potential sentence of five to 20 years in prison.
McVay's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An FBI affidavit says following his arrest, McVay told investigators that he taped a pipe bomb to a propane tank and tossed it at the window of the district attorney's office in an attempt to delay his sentencing on a burglary charge.
The affidavit says authorities got a tip that McVay was involved just two days after the Nov. 13, 2013, blast, and investigators got copies of recordings of his telephone conversations with his fellow defendant in the burglary case, who was in prison. In those conversations, McVay said he had an idea that would be fun and "could probably get rid of all kinds of paper.
"Maybe a miracle will happen and we'll have some crazy earthquake."
In the darkness before dawn, McVay told investigators he threw the device at the window, but it got hung up on the blinds and didn't get into the office. He ran and heard the blast.
The pipe bomb exploded, but the propane tank didn't. Firefighters found it burning on the ground near the window.
McVay was originally arrested on state charges, but the case was turned over to federal authorities, resolving a potential conflict of interest of the district attorney's office prosecuting a case in which it was a victim. The FBI noted in the affidavit that the district attorney's office was involved in prosecution of transportation of drugs across state lines and robberies of businesses involved in interstate commerce.


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Postpartum Herbal Cocktail
My midwives were herbalists with lots of experience under their belts. One of them made me a wonderful herbal cocktail that is delicious and effective for not only postpartum blues but for fortifying breast milk. I make a tea from red clover, which is great for purifying the blood and helping to improve breast milk; lemon balm, which works wonderfully for lifting the spirits; red raspberry leaf, which helps the uterine walls contract, so the uterus can shrink back down to size; and nettles, which contain vitamin K, important for clotting. Nettles also are a good source of iron, which is important for breastfeeding babies. I steep a teaspoon of each per cup of tea for about five minutes. It is best fresh!
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Get Organized, Join Together and Save Midwifery
The reason we lost midwifery in the United States is because doctors organized and wrote things down in journals. They had a campaign to get rid of the midwives. They called us the "midwife problem," and asked, "How are we going to deal with the midwife problem?!" They started rumors that midwives were dirty and didn't know anything. They started complete lies that hospitals were safer. That was when they were still killing women and their babies at a rapid rate. The midwives did not have a journal or an organization for help in countering these lies. In places around the world with no organization and no journal we find midwifery is weakening. In China where Midwifery Today held a conference in 2002, midwifery is badly weakening. The doctors there say, "We don't need midwives now because we have enough doctors to do the births." Yet they have a 50% or greater cesarean rate! Without a strong cohort of midwives to speak out for the motherbaby (yes, they are one), medicine takes over and then violates human rights. There are very few doctors in the United States or China who have ever seen a normal, physiological, miraculous birth. Recently, when we held a conference in Moscow, Russia, we had a bit of hope for the future. The Russian doctors who attended our conference understand normal birth. They've seen, promoted and helped with normal births. This was very encouraging to all of us at the Russia conference.
Birth is truly a miracle designed by God to bond the mother and baby in a strong, loving and caring way. We have disrespected the motherbaby bond and their birthrights so badly that we have changed the course of history. It is time to take birth back. It belongs to motherbaby (with dad and midwife there to love, support and protect the motherbaby). This does not mean any particular birth will always go easy and you must have skill, knowledge, techniques and intuition with a lot of love. Midwifery Today will try to help you with all of these. Through our conferences you get even more hands-on skills. They are designed both clinically and philosophically to help you be the best midwife or doula you can be. Join us in Russia or in many other parts of the world to learn face-to-face and hands-on. Our next conference, "Gentle Birth Is a Human Rights Issue," will be held in Eugene, Oregon, March 30 through April 3, 2011. For more information about the Eugene conference, visit us at: www.midwiferytoday.com/conferences/Eugene2011/
— Jan Tritten, mother of Midwifery Today
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Irradiation for Childhood Cancer Connected to Increased Risk of Stillbirth
The risk of stillbirth and neonatal death is greatly increased among women who received radiation treatments for certain childhood cancers, according to new research out of Sweden.
A study recently published in the medical journal Lancet uses data from nearly 5,000 pregnancies among 2,800 men and women who had survived childhood cancer. Researchers discovered that women who had undergone irradiation of the uterus and ovaries before puberty had a 12-fold increase for stillbirth and neonatal death during their subsequent pregnancies.
"Our findings do not support concern about heritable genetic changes affecting the risk of stillbirth and neonatal death in the offspring of men exposed to gonadal irradiation," the researchers concluded. "However, uterine and ovarian irradiation had serious adverse effects on the offspring that were probably related to uterine damage. Careful management is warranted of pregnancies in women given high doses of pelvic irradiation before puberty."
— Signorello, L., et al. 2010. Stillbirth and neonatal death in relation to radiation exposure before conception: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet 376(9741): 624–30.
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Thinking Like an Herbalist
To think like an herbalist one must come to know the ways that herbs interact with human physiology. Which herb will support the body's healing process? Which herb is the best choice for nourishing the part of the body in need of healing? Which one relieves tension, thereby eliciting the relaxation response? How do the energetics of the herbs interact with the energetics of the human being?
To think like an herbalist, one must first consider the herbs that nourish the body and soul. Without proper nourishment, our bodies can't work optimally.
"Nourishment encourages expansion and growth. Nourishment includes. Nourishment supports each being as a unique, holy individual. Nourishing our problems encourages love for all parts of ourselves."(1)
Each herb has its own individual personality and each plant's behavior, while in or on the human body, responds in specific ways.
Deciding which herb to use based on its actions, or properties, is a time-honored approach to herbalism. "Herbal actions describe the ways in which the remedy affects human physiology. Plants have a direct impact on physiological activity and by knowing what body process you want to help or heal, the appropriate action can be selected."(2) After learning about the categories of herbal actions, one can then learn the subtle differences among the system affinities of various herbs.
As an herbalist, I am interested in the action of the herb, rather than the chemicals in the plant. The chemicals in plants work synergistically, not only within the plant, but also within the human body. For example, an herb that has astringent properties, such as plantain (Plantago major), yarrow (Achillea millefolium) or Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), may assist in shrinking hemorrhoids.
The following is a list of herbal actions and the herbs in each category that I have used in my midwifery practice:
Another time-honored approach for learning which herbs to use is searching through old literature that contains the wisdom of our ancestors. After all, can a plant that has been used for the same purpose for hundreds of years be dangerous or wrong?
— Janice Marsh-Prelesnik
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Midwives Recruited for Southern Sudan
Dear all,
UNFPA Southern Sudan is now, through the UNV office, recruiting 20 International United Nations Volunteers – Midwives to UNFPA Southern Sudan. As you might be aware, Southern Sudan has the worst maternal mortality statistics in the world!
While I do not expect you yourselves to apply for these posts, I would be forever grateful if you could forward this e-mail to midwives you know.
A UN volunteer pays about USD 2,674–USD 2,874 per month, settling-in-grant equivalent to US$ 4,572; HDSS (currently) equivalent to US$ 546, life, health, and permanent disability insurance; return airfares; resettlement allowance of US$ 150 per month of satisfactory service.
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Gosewisch has mixed feelings following first homer
CHICAGO -- A player's first Major League home run is usually cause for celebration in a clubhouse following the game.
Unless, of course, you're the Arizona Diamondbacks and you're mired in a losing streak and a rocky start to the year and you just suffered a 9-2 loss.
That was the situation Tuesday night at Wrigley Field when D-backs catcher Tuffy Gosewisch hit the first homer of his big league career.
"It was a great feeling, but I still wasn't as happy as I would have been if we had been winning," Gosewisch said. "We had just given up a four-spot before it, so I didn't really celebrate it much after it happened."
Gosewisch spent nine years climbing the Minor League ladder to get to the big leagues and, despite their frustration over the loss, his teammates were happy for him and that night's losing pitcher Brandon McCarthy even gave him a shout out on Twitter.
"At the end of the day, everyone congratulated me and said how awesome it was," Gosewisch said. "It was fun, you know, it was a great place to do it."
Gosewisch got the ball from the homer, but said he is not sure exactly what he will do with it yet.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Secureticket failed to keep the funds it received from ticket sales in a protected client account, breaking its legal obligations to CCC.
No money was ever paid to the council which had to write off the debt earlier this year.
Mr Qajar, 47, and Sally Oakley, 49, both of Sutton Park Road, Sutton Scotney, were due to defend themselves at a five-day trial commencing on Monday. (NOV26)
But on the court steps, they agreed not to act as directors for ten years from December 13.
Investigators found that of the £530,401 that was paid out of the client account:
• £172,328 was transferred to Secureticket's general business account;
• £121,458 was then paid on from this general business account to the directors or to companies connected with them and;
• £31,738 was paid directly from the client account to these directors or their connected companies
Mark Bruce, a chief examiner at The Insolvency Service, said: "Many of the directors we investigate have usually caused material financial harm to the company's creditors but this case is especially grave because the damage will have reverberated through a community. People living in the Cambridge area will have suffered indirectly from a reduction in funds.
"These ten-year disqualifications should serve as a reminder to all company directors of the potential consequences of failing to maintain proper professional standards.
"The message is stark; if you run a business in a way that is detrimental to either its customers or its creditors you will be in our sights. The Insolvency Service will investigate you and seek to remove you from the business environment."


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The concept of creating a sleek and deadly guitar combining a traditional double-cutaway body style and scale length with shark-like high performance was ingrained into Jackson's DNA at birth in the early 1980s. The resulting instrument, the Soloist, debuted in 1984.
With an addictive compound-radius fingerboard and a new pitch on its through-body neck, the highly versatile Soloist was built to shred. With those features and such a sleekly alluring look, it's easy to understand why the Soloist has earned so much acclaim. It remains one of the most popular and oft-imitated Jackson models ever.


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On the brink of winter vacation, the holidays are traditionally marked in schools throughout the region and nation with classroom parties, festive concerts and other events that celebrate the season.
These days, many children are just as likely to bring canned goods and new toys to classroom celebrations as they are cupcakes and cookies.
More and more schools are including charity work in their holiday activities — from adopting needy families and launching food drives to collecting coins for shelters and helping to victims of natural disasters and crime.
This classroom philanthropy is part of a broader effort to instill a sense of civic responsibility in students. Some schools have added community service requirements to graduate and other encourage students to log volunteer hours while in high school.
"I have definitely seen increased participation by schools in charitable giving," said Adrienne Vargas, vice president of charitable giving at the San Diego Foundation, an organization that grants charitable dollars on behalf of philanthropists around the county. "I think it makes us a better society, it creates a more civil society if we can look beyond our own selves and our own needs."
The increase in charitable giving comes at time when many schools have upped their own fundraising efforts to offset budget cuts at their school districts. Schools are soliciting parents and the community for money to pay for music and art programs while at the same time collecting food, clothes, toys and money for the less advantaged.
Here are just a few examples of the good deeds being done this year by students, teachers and parents from throughout San Diego County:
Holiday family adoptions
At Madison Middle School in Vista, two English teachers adopted children and families to help out during the holidays through nonprofit organizations.
On her way to and from school every day, English teacher Kaci Bronson passes the new Casa de Amparo facility for neglected and abused children.
That commute served as a constant reminder for Bronson that so many children need help. This year, she rallied her 68 seventh-grade students to help by adopting three children for the holidays.
"One of the most important things I can teach my kids is to look out for others," Bronson said. "My students really got into it. They would give up their snack money for the fund."
The nonprofit sent over wish lists for the children. Bronson's students sprang into action, bringing in toys (razor scooters, Hello Kitty items, toy cash registers, and Transformer action figures) clothing and money. Bronson matched the funds. All told, they raised $250 and brought in gifts valued at $300. A team from the school went to Target to buy the remaining items on the wish lists.
A group from the class delivered three large boxes of gifts to the organization. The effort was also fodder for deep classroom conversations about the haves and the have notes.
"I thought it was a really cool thing to help kids who don't have a family to celebrate Christmas with," said Brynn Zorilla, 12. "My childhood Christmases were always amazing. I wanted to help some kids didn't get to experience that."
Penny saved is penny given
At Kimbrough Elementary School in San Diego's Grant Hill neighborhood, students organized a fundraiser for the Rachel Women's Center for the homeless.
In a five-day penny drive, the young philanthropists collected coins from mostly classmates. The goal was to raise enough money to give everyone at the homeless shelter new socks to accompany the shoes that the nonprofit gives its residents every year.
It was the kind of fundraiser that had children digging deep into their backpacks. In the end, they raised more than $300, collecting 14,922 pennies, 159 quarters, 394 dimes, 337 nickels, $81 in bills along with 2 Chinese coins, 7 Canadian coins, 8 Mexican pesos, 5 plastic pennies and a tooth.
"The students learned about the spirit of charity and the gift of giving to others who have less than they have," said Cheryl Hoff, a fifth-grade teacher. "They devoted every recess to collecting pennies and coins from Kimbrough students."
The penny drive follows the school's Thanksgiving contribution to the women's homeless shelter — handmade place mats decorated with art and encouraging words.
"The women at the center loved the students' artwork and were so inspired by their kind words on the place mats," said Kathleen Sanders, a volunteer at the center.
A year-round philosophy
At the private Francis Parker School in San Diego, community service is a year-round focus at its elementary, middle and high schools. Even, so some students and teachers take special pride in the efforts around the holidays.
Community service efforts are coordinated by a 25-member board of students, who assist with small and large student-organized projects aimed at giving back to the community.
Last year, high school students donated more than 11,000 volunteer hours in San Diego.
"These kids are going to be the leaders of tomorrow," said Carol Jensen, Francis Parker's director of community programs. "We tell them this is not just something for your college essay, this should be part of your life. We don't just feed the homeless, we think about what we can do to end homelessness."
This holiday season students have donated: toys and books to Rady's Children's hospital, blankets for a Tijuana orphanage and victims of Hurricane Sandy; books for McGill Charter School of Success; and gift cards for foster teens. Their efforts also include adopting needy families through nonprofits, donating the proceeds of bake sales to Operation Homefront, among others.
Elfs can help
At Holmes Elementary School in San Diego, second-graders joined the "Junior Elf Program," organized by parent Lisa Johnson to help needy families.
Students received a letter from Santa asking them for there help. The class raised money to buy presents for two families, both led by single mothers struggling to care for their children.
"All of the parents were talking about so many of our kids getting the 'gi'mme-gi'mme's' at Christmas. We are a solidly middle-class neighborhood. Most of us are not wealthy, but we know others have less," Johnson said. "I just see it in our culture, we already have enough stuff and they are going to get more stuff. Giving and receiving is part of our culture and that's wonderful. I think it's nice for the kids to get into the giving part a little bit more."
The class collected toys and clothes for the families. The capped off their charity work with a gift-wrapping party that took on a life of its own.
As for the students? They all received Junior Elf badges and many remain convinced that Santa recruited them for assistance this year.
A Classical food drive
The Classical Academies charter school in North County have been collecting food to help feed the hungry — one can and a time.
A senior at Classical Academy High school in Escondido, Tiffany Clark, organized a food drive that has brought in bins and bins of vegetables, pasta, soup and other staples at the hands of her classmates.
"I want our generation to really embrace the community and the idea of helping," said Tiffany, 17, who recently traveled to Japan to help families who lost their homes to the 2011 Tohoku tsunami and earthquake. "People see the need and I think they want to make a difference. I wan to help them do it."
The high school food drive is one of several charitable efforts taken up by the Classical Academies charter schools. Students also worked for the Angel Tree Christmas program that connects imprisoned parents with their children through the delivery of Christmas gifts.
"From day one, we have always felt a responsibility to be part of a community that includes how we can help, how we can contribute, and how we can make our community a better place," said Cameron Curry, executive director. "We are dealing with a generation of kids who feel a social responsibility and who want to take it to the next level."


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TORONTO -- Justin Upton sat for only the third time this season Tuesday in Toronto.
His absence from the lineup was merely a way to find some rest for the young outfielder as the club endures a stretch of 20 games between off-days.
"Just give him some rest," said manager Fredi Gonzalez of the scheduled day off. "Jason [Heyward] sat yesterday, and Justin will sit out today. We're in the start of 20 games in a row, doubleheader in there some place, so got to give him a break."
It also helps that it's a day game after a night game.
After a scorching April where Upton hit 12 home runs, the younger brother of B.J. has only two home runs in May, and he is hitting only .205 in his last 10 games.
Evan Peaslee is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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West Coast midfielder Sharrod Wellingham has become a high-profile casualty of the Eagles' three-match losing run, with the former Magpie axed for Sunday's AFL western derby against Fremantle.
And Dockers coach Ross Lyon says Hayden Ballantyne isn't on his last warning just yet, despite the goalsneak's repeated brushes with the tribunal.
Wellingham has tallied just 13 possessions in each of his past two games, with new coach Adam Simpson losing patience ahead of what shapes as a crucial game to West Coast's finals fortunes.
The Eagles have been bolstered by the return of skipper Darren Glass and Shannon Hurn, while Simon Tunbridge has also earned a recall.
First-year midfielder Dom Sheed and Jeremy McGovern join Wellingham as omissions.
Wellingham has struggled to reach his potential since crossing to West Coast at the end of 2012.
Two serious ankle injuries blighted his progress last year, while his solid start to 2014 was brought undone by poor performances in recent losses to Port Adelaide and Carlton.
Fremantle suffered a huge blow on Friday when smooth-moving midfielder Stephen Hill succumbed to a hamstring injury.
His late withdrawal paved the way for Matt de Boer to return to the side after he was initially dropped.
The Dockers welcome back Ballantyne and Michael Barlow, while Tom Sheridan is omitted.
Ballantyne returns after serving his one-match ban for striking and kneeing Sydney defender Rhyce Shaw a fortnight ago.
It was Ballantyne's fourth suspension in just over two years, raising questions about his discipline.
Lyon loves Ballantyne's aggression and attack on the ball, but says the 26-year-old needs to be careful not to go overboard.
"He plays on the edge. I don't want Hayden to change too much," Lyon said.
"When his aggression is chasing and at the ball, he's a pretty special little player for us.
"There's no last notice.
"There's (been) no king hits. Sometimes it's just reflexes and a bit of frustration, so we need to control that a bit better than we have - not only Hayden, but the whole group."
Wingman Anthony Morabito is expected to play in the WAFL this weekend despite succumbing to a bout of tonsillitis earlier this week.
Morabito is closing in on a dream AFL recall after making a successful return from a third knee reconstruction.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - During opening statements Tuesday in the case of a Craigslist killing, prosecutors described what they call the ruthless and violent killing of a 21-year-old Navy wife.
"Eighty-nine. Over 89 stab wounds or cuts made by that man when he brutally killed the young lady," prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda said.
De la Rionda was referring to 20-year-old David Sparre, who could face the death penalty if convicted of killing 21-year-old Tiara Pool in her Hodges Boulevard apartment in July 2010.
"What killed this innocent young lady was major stab wounds to her back," de la Rionda said. "She was cut across her neck, she was stabbed across her back numerous times, and she was left on her bedroom floor naked, left to die."
Prosecutors said the Navy wife and mother of two boys posted an ad on Craigslist seeking friendship. They said Pool's husband was out at sea, and they were having problems in their marriage. Prosecutors said Pool's sons were out of town with her in-laws when she was killed.
Attorneys said Sparre, who was living in Georgia, responded to the online ad, and he and Pool text messaged each other for about a week until they finally met in Jacksonville.
Sparre told Pool he was visiting his grandmother, who had to go to St. Vincent's Medical Center, prosecutors said. Surveillance video shows him walking around the hospital.
Prosecutors said the two met at the hospital, but eventually went back to Pool's apartment. That's where attorneys disagree on what led to her killing.
"He realized what had happened, and it was too late," defense attorney Michael Bateh said. "He saw the body of Tiara Pool laying there in her own blood."
Defense attorneys said Sparre and Pool were intimate, and when Sparre found out she was married, he blacked out and then found her dead, not realizing what he did.
Prosecutors said Sparre never blacked out. He not only killed her with her own kitchen knife, but stole some of her things before leaving and heading back to the hospital, prosecutors said. They said he even sold her PlayStation to a pawn shop in Georgia.
Police said it was four days until a concerned friend, Michelle Edwards, went to check on Pool and found her dead in her bedroom.
"I went to open the bedroom door," Edwards testified. "When I opened it, I noticed that her hand was there, and then I ran, I turned around and ran out the door."
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Darrell Neuberger, DVM, was honored as the Technical Services/Allied Industry Veterinarian of the Year at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) Annual Meeting in Dallas last month. This recognition is given annually to the technical services or allied industry veterinarian who has demonstrated an unusual degree of proficiency and effectiveness in veterinary service to their company and its clients as well as giving tirelessly in service to AASV and the swine industry.
Dr. Neuberger has spent his career working in the swine industry in Iowa. Since 2009, Dr. Neuberger has served as a senior manager in Technical Services for Zoetis. Prior to joining Zoetis, he worked as a Technical Services veterinarian for Fort Dodge Animal Health and in a mixed-animal veterinary practice. Dr. Neuberger received both his undergraduate degree and doctorate of veterinary medicine (DVM) from Iowa State University (ISU).
"Dr. Neuberger is dedicated to improving the lives of the people and pigs around him, and that dedication has been duly acknowledged with this well-deserved award," said Shelley Stanford, DVM, director, U.S. Pork Technical Services, Zoetis. "We consider ourselves very fortunate to have Dr. Neuberger and his years of committed service to veterinarians, producers and the swine industry as part of our team."
In addition to his daily responsibilities of supporting veterinarians and producers, Dr. Neuberger enjoys mentoring veterinary students at ISU, as well as coordinating the Zoetis Summer Veterinary Student Intern Program. He also continues learning as he helps educate students, other veterinarians, producers and caregivers. Dr. Neuberger has been involved in countless research projects and completed the University of Illinois Executive Veterinary Program in 2000.
"I am most humbled to receive this recognition," Dr. Neuberger said. "The swine industry is a wonderful community to work in, and I am honored to be spending my career as part of it. I would like to sincerely thank those who nominated me and the talented Zoetis team that I share this recognition with."
Outside of work, Dr. Neuberger and his wife, Diane, keep busy by traveling and visiting their three daughters and four grandchildren. Dr. Neuberger also is an avid fisherman and Iowa State Cyclones fan.


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It was Week 8 of "Dancing With the Stars" All-Star Season 15, and going by the trend set last season, it was time for the infamous trio dances, or menage a trios, Latin-style. But first, the seven remaining couples each performed a ballroom routine done to a song honoring military personnel in keeping with Veterans Day. With two couples destined to leave the dance floor Tuesday night, they were doing all they could to sway the judges and voting viewers.
It was a strange start with host Tom Bergeron and co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet announcing that there were "technical problems" and quickly cutting to a commercial. When they returned, the seven celebs and their partners were already lined up on the dance floor, with Tom joking that it was "an amazing opening" with the space shuttle landing in the ballroom. Perhaps the DWTS stairway had feathers and sequins stuck in it so it wouldn't move.
Like cream rising to the top of a bottle of milk, Melissa Rycroft and partner Tony Dovolani sprinted to the top of the leaderboard, out-distancing all others. A snappy quickstep to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was greeted by a huge grin on the face of head judge Len Goodman, who called it "the bee's knees." Judge Bruno Tonioli likened the routine to "watching Ann Miller and Gene Kelly in 'On the Town.'" The reward for Melissa and Tony? A trio of 10's for a perfect 30. Later in the show, Henry Byalikov of the DWTS Troupe joined the couple for the trio paso doble, with Melissa handily managing to dominate both men. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba summed it up: "You owned that paso!" A quick look at the paddles revealed another trio of 10's for a second perfect score. Added to the scores from last week, when there was no elimination, Melissa and Tony racked up a hot, hot, hot score of 99 -- five and a half points ahead of the closest competitor. Hopefully, the viewing voters will not assume that the pair doesn't need their votes, because that's how good dancers gets eliminated.
The 10's were popping up like popcorn at the local theater, along with a load of 9.5's and 9's going out to most of the dancers. For a time, it looked like Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough, apparently recovered from his neck injury, would be the ones to beat after a poignant Viennese waltz received accolades from the judges. Len commented that "sometimes a whisper is louder than a shout," and Carrie Ann called it "magical." Only Len denied them a 10 with his 9.5. But in a case of deja vu, Derek, with help from pal Mark Ballas, sabotaged the trio dance, a samba, by pushing the boundaries and making it a "jungle rhythm" samba. He did the same thing last season when his trio samba with Maria Menounos and Henry became "Bollywood-ed." Just as then, Len gave them a low, low 7 for lack of actual samba, contrasting sharply with Carrie Ann's 10 and Bruno's 9. Shawn and Derek's overall total was a second-place 93.5.
Many of the dancers are aching to hold that Mirror Ball Trophy in their hands and are determined to be one of the five couples in next week's semi-finals. And the scores reflected that extra effort. Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff gathered two 10's with their "daredevil of a tango," as Bruno described the dance that started with Apolo's entrance on a zip line across the hall. And the total for their trio jive with Sasha Farber of the DWTS Troupe was close to a 30 with 29. Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd did a quickstep that Len said "wasn't cupcakes and ice cream -- THAT was quickstep!" Two of their scores were 10's, and later, their hot and complex salsa with Chelsie Hightower garnered another 10. At my house, that salsa was so hot it set off all the smoke alarms.
Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy did a Viennese waltz that started some bickering between Len and Carrie Ann that carried on throughout the show. After Len criticized the waltz as "a little bit sharp," Carrie disagreed, causing Len to remark, "I have my standards. She (indicating Carrie Ann) has none," as the audience gasped. The judges were more in agreement about the couple's trio jive with Louis Van Amstel, which Len called an example of the "F Factor -- fun, fast, flamboyant and fabulous." And showing off his sophisticated side, Emmitt Smith danced a flowing Viennese waltz with partner Cheryl Burke that Len said "put the 'oo' in smooth." Their trio salsa with Kym Johnson had enough hip action to generate an earthquake, and Emmitt was said to be in the "red-hot, spicy, Jalapeno salsa zone" by Carrie Ann. The dancers received a trio of 10's for their efforts.
At the bottom of the leaderboard was Kirstie Alley and Maks Chmerkovskiy, who did a Viennese waltz that the judges agreed was one of her best dances and scored with all 9's. But their trio paso doble with Tristan MacManus was sloppy, silly and was called "surreal" by Bruno. I know that Kirstie has a huge fan base and I was really in her corner in her previous season and at the beginning of this one, but it seems that she has totally given up any attempt to win and dissolves in giggles and gasps when the judges give their scores. It simply will not be fair to the others who are trying their hardest if Kirstie is not eliminated Tuesday night and two strong dancers are sent home, instead. I hope the viewers reached for their phones to support the better dancers. That said, who do you think should be packing up their fluff and finery for a tearful departure Tuesday night?
Appropriately, there was no mention of Brooke's announcement last week that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will have surgery when DWTS is over. She said that her doctors are optimistic and one called it a "happily ever after" situation. She also said that she had received a lot of support and love "from friends, family, #DWTS, tweeties, fans."
Celebrities and combined scores (individual dance + trio + last week's total score = total):
Melissa & Tony (quickstep) -- Carrie Ann, 10; Len, 10; Bruno, 10 = 30; (trio paso doble) 10; 10; 10 = 30; + 39 (last week) = 99
Shawn & Derek (Viennese waltz) -- 10; 9.5; 10 = 29.5; (trio samba) 10; 7; 9 = 26; + 38 = 93.5
Kelly & Val (Viennese waltz) -- 9.5; 9; 9.5 = 28; (trio jive) 9.5; 9.5; 9.5 = 28.5; + 36 = 92.5
Emmitt & Cheryl (Viennese waltz) -- 9; 9.5; 9.5 = 28; (trio salsa) 10; 10; 10 = 30; + 34.5 = 92.5
Gilles & Peta (quickstep) -- 9.5; 10; 10 = 29.5; (trio salsa) 9.5; 10; 9.5 = 29; + 33.5 = 92
Apolo & Karina (tango) -- 10; 9.5; 10 = 29.5; (trio jive) 9.5; 9.5; 10 = 29; + 33 = 91.5
Kirstie & Maks (Viennese waltz)-- 9; 9; 9 = 27; (trio paso doble) 8; 8; 8 = 24; + 28 = 79


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Here is my bag for the upcoming Texas Teams tournament. I haven't actually used my competition bag in a couple months so I put it together today so my body could adjust to the extra weight before this weekend. This bag is going to be pretty heavy, I have various stages of most discs.
11x KC Pro Aviar 175g standstill putts 40ft in
11x KC Pro Aviar 174g jump putts outside the circle. spin putts for low lines and longer straddle putts.
12x KC Pro Aviar 175g driving only
Omega AP 1.11 172g driving only. it is the slicker/yellow AP plastic. mainly in bag for durability
11x KC Pro Roc - 9/10 - stable drives
11x KC Pro Roc - 8/10 - stable drives, has slightly more grip than the 9/10 roc
11x KC Pro Roc - 7/10 - main driving roc. slight hyzer flips
11x KC Pro Roc - 5.5/10 - main hyzer flip to turnover roc
11x KC Pro Roc - 4/10 - extreme hyzer flips
Gator - Pearly champ with bead. overstable/wind duty
QJLS - 7/10 - flat dome. straight and slight hyzer flip drives.
CEQJLS - 7/10 - this QJ has a higher dome than the other. mainly controlled turnover shots
1.13 Polaris LS - 8/10 Flat Hyzer shots 330-400ft. also when I need it to flip & finish straight
1.13 Polaris LS - 7/10 same as before. just a backup disc but has a better grip
Q Polaris LS - Stable flat Hyzer drives. when I need it to finish left and some s-shots
KC Pro Whippet x2 - not sure if these are 10x or 11x. Great tacky plastic. utility/FH disc.
Z Pred - 9/10 forward penetrating hyzer shots and flick rollers
4x JK Valk - 7/10 straight shots and big turnovers
1.1 MOLF - 6/10 huge hyzer flips that finish turnover. usually big flips over the tree lines for parked shots
1.1 SOLF - 7/10 Straight hyzer flips
1.1 SOLF - 8/10 stable hyzer shots
Xcalibur 1st run - 8/10 utility and FH shots
Hurricane - 168g - Pure distance hyzer flips
Hurricane - 173g - Pure distance hyzer lines
Coming in the mail, might make the bag for teams: Sanny Q-Sent - I used to throw these back when I had 350ish power, but had no game back then. plan on using one for my mid range skip and FH shots. Have a lot of experience with the disc, so I am pretty confident I can use it properly this weekend.
So yeah like 25+ discs for my tournament bag. I will probably drop the super beat Roc to add a Mako for glidey shots. Might drop the Gator if the Q-Sent out performs it before this weekend. I also might replace the Omega AP with a beat 12x KC Aviar depending on the weather.