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Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2012: This Is How You Lose Her features nine stories by Junot Diaz, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in 2008. At the center of each story is Yunior (making his third appearance in Diaz's work), a Dominican American stud who, despite his macho exterior, aches to be loved. At first blush, this slim volume lacks the ambition and scope of Oscar Wao. a condensed pop-culture epic. But Diaz has done an extraordinary thing here: He has taken Yunior's heart and battered it every which way to show how love--romantic, physical, or familial--can affect even the most masculine character. The final story, "The Cheater's Guide to Love," features the collection's stickiest line: "The half-life of love is forever." Diaz compares heartbreak to radiation, its strength decaying exponentially over time. You can bury it underground and try to forget about it, but it never goes away entirely. -- Kevin Nguyen
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz's first book, Drown. established him as a major new writer with "the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet" ( Newsweek ). His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. was named #1 Fiction Book of the Year" by Time magazine and spent more than 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing itself – with more than a million copies in print – as a modern classic. In addition to the Pulitzer, Díaz has won a host of major awards and prizes, including the National Book Critic's Circle Award, the PEN/Malamud Award, the PEN/O. Henry Prize, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Anisfield-Wolf Award.
Now Díaz turns his remarkable talent to the haunting, impossible power of love – obsessive love, illicit love, fading love, maternal love. On a beach in the Dominican Republic, a doomed relationship flounders. In the heat of a hospital laundry room in New Jersey, a woman does her lover's washing and thinks about his wife. In Boston, a man buys his love child, his only son, a first baseball bat and glove. At the heart of these stories is the irrepressible, irresistible Yunior, a young hardhead whose longing for love is equaled only by his recklessness--and by the extraordinary women he loves and loses: artistic Alma; the aging Miss Lora; Magdalena, who thinks all Dominican men are cheaters; and the love of his life, whose heartbreak ultimately becomes his own. In prose that is endlessly energetic, inventive, tender, and funny, the stories in the New York Times -Bestselling This Is How You Lose Her lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weakness of the human heart. They remind us that passion always triumphs over experience, and that "the half-life of love is forever."
Finalist for the 2012 National Book Award
Winner of the Sunday Times Short Story Award
A Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012
Finalist for the 2012 Story Prize
Chosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times. Entertainment Weekly. The LA Times. Newsday. Barnes & Noble, Amazon, the iTunes bookstore, and many more.
" Junot Díaz writes in an idiom so electrifying and distinct it's practically an act of aggression, at once enthralling, even erotic in its assertion of sudden intimacy… [It is] a syncopated swagger-step between opacity and transparency, exclusion and inclusion, defiance and desire… His prose style is so irresistible, so sheerly entertaining. it risks blinding readers to its larger offerings. Yet he weds form so ideally to content that instead of blinding us, it becomes the very lens through which we can see the joy and suffering of the signature Díaz subject: what it means to belong to a diaspora, to live out the possibilities and ambiguities of perpetual insider/outsider status." – The New York Times Book Review
" Nobody does scrappy, sassy, twice-the-speed of sound dialogue better than Junot Díaz. His exuberant short story collection, called This Is How You Lose Her. charts the lives of Dominican immigrants for whom the promise of America comes down to a minimum-wage paycheck, an occasional walk to a movie in a mall and the momentary escape of a grappling in bed." –Maureen Corrigan, NPR
" Exhibits the potent blend of literary eloquence and street cred that earned him a Pulitzer Prize… Díaz's prose is vulgar, brave, and poetic ." – O Magazine
" Searing, irresistible new stories… It's a harsh world Díaz conjures but one filled also with beauty and humor and buoyed by the stubborn resilience of the human spirit." – People
" Junot Díaz has one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, caffeinated and wonderfully eclectic … The strongest tales are those fueled by the verbal energy and magpie language that made Brief Wondrous Life so memorable and that capture Yunior's efforts to commute between two cultures, Dominican and American, while always remaining an outsider." –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
" These stories… are virtuosic, command performances that mine the deceptive, lovelorn hearts of men with the blend of tenderness, comedy and vulgarity of early Philip Roth. It's Díaz's voice that's such a delight, and it is every bit his own, a melting-pot pastiche of Spanglish and street slang, pop culture and Dominican culture, and just devastating descriptive power, sometimes all in the same sentence." – USA Today
"Impressive… comic in its mopiness, charming in its madness and irresistible in its heartfelt yearning ." – The Washington Post
"The dark ferocity of each of these stories and the types of love it portrays is reason enough to celebrate this book. But the collection is also a major contribution to the short story
form. It is an engrossing, ambitious book for readers who demand of their fiction both emotional precision and linguistic daring ." –NPR
"The centripetal force of Díaz's sensibility and the slangy bar-stool confidentiality of his voice that he makes this hybridization feel not only natural and irresistible, but inevitable, the voice of the future… [ This is How You Lose Her ] manages to be achingly sad and joyful at the same time. Its heart is true, even if Yunior's isn't." –Salon
"[A] propulsive new collection… [that] succeeds not only because of the author's gift for exploring the nuances of the male… but because of a writing style that moves with the rhythm and grace of a well-danced merengue ." –Seattle Times
"In Díaz's magisterial voice, the trials and tribulations of sex-obsessed objectifiers become a revelation ." –The Boston Globe
" Scooch over, Nathan Zuckerman. New Jersey has bred a new literary bad boy… A ." –Entertainment Weekly
" Ribald, streetwise, and stunningly moving —a testament, like most of his work, to the yearning, clumsy ways young men come of age." –Vogue
"[An] excellent new collection of stories… [Díaz is] an energetic stylist who expertly moves between high-literary storytelling and fizzy pop, between geek culture and immigrant life, between romance and high drama ." –IndieBound
"Taken together, [these stories'] braggadocio softens into something much more vulnerable and devastating. The intimacy and immediacy… is not just seductive but downright conspiratorial… A heartbreaker ." – The Daily Beast
"Díaz manages a seamless blend of high diction and low, of poetry and vulgarity… Look no further for home truths on sex and heartbreak ." – The Economist
"This collection of stories, like everything else [Díaz has] written, feels vital in the literal sense of the word. Tough , smart, unflinching, and exposed, This is How You Lose Her is the perfect reminder of why Junot Díaz won the Pulitzer Prize… [He] writes better about the rapid heartbeat of urban life than pretty much anyone else ." – The Christian Science Monitor
"Filled with Díaz's signature searing voice, loveable/despicable characters and so-true-it-hurts goodness ." – Flavorwire
" Díaz writes with subtle and sharp brilliance … He dazzles us with his language skills and his story-making talents, bringing us a narrative that is starkly vernacular and sophisticated, stylistically complex and direct… A spectacular read ." – Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"[ This is How You Lose Her ] has maturity in content, if not in ethical behavior… Díaz's ability to be both conversational and formal, eloquent and plainspoken, to say brilliant things Trojan-horsed in slang and self-deprecation, has a way of making you put your guard completely down and be effected in surprising and powerful ways ." – The Rumpus
"As tales of relationship redemption go, each of the nine relatable short stories in Junot Díaz's consummate collection This Is How You Lose Her triumphs … Through interrogative second-person narration and colloquial language peppered with Spanish, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author authentically captures Junior's cultural and emotional dualities." – Metro
"Searing, sometimes hilarious, and always disarming… Readers will remember why everyone wants to write like Díaz, bring him home, or both. Raw and honest, these stories pulsate with raspy ghetto hip-hop and the subtler yet more vital echo of the human heart ." – Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Díaz's standout fiction remains pinpoint, sinuous, gutsy, and imaginative… Each taut tale of unrequited and betrayed love and family crises is electric with passionate observations and off-the-charts emotional and social intelligence… Fast- paced, unflinching, complexly funny, street-talking tough, perfectly made, and deeply sensitive. Díaz's gripping stories unveil lives shadowed by prejudice and poverty and bereft of reliable love and trust. These are precarious, unappreciated, precious lives in which intimacy is a lost art, masculinity a parody, and kindness, reason, and hope struggle to survive like seedlings in a war zone." – Booklist (starred review)
"Díaz's third book is as stunning as its predecessors. These stories are hard and sad, but in Díaz's hands they also crackle." – Library Journal (starred review)
" Magnificent … an exuberant rendering of the driving rhythms and juicy Spanglish vocabulary of immigrant speech… sharply observed and morally challenging ." – Kirkus
"A beautifully stirring look at ruined relationships and lost love—and a more than worthy follow-up to [Díaz's] 2007 Pulitzer winner, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ." – Bookpage
"In This Is How You Lose Her. Díaz writes with subtlety and grace, once again demonstrating his remarkable facility for developing fully-realized and authentic characters with an economical rawness. Díaz skillfully portrays his protagonist so vividly, and with so much apparent honesty, that Yunior's voice comes across with an immediacy that never once feels inauthentic ." – California Literary Review
" Díaz continues to dazzle with his dynamite, street-bruised wit. The bass line of this collection is a thumpingly raw and sexual foray into lives that claw against poverty and racism. It is a wild rhythm that makes more vivid the collection's heart-busted steadiness." – Dallas Morning News
About the Author
Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown ; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her. a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers College, Díaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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If the Colorado State Land Board informs the Secretary that the Board is willing to transfer to the United States some or all of the lands owned by the Board located within the Protection Area, the Secretary shall promptly seek to reach agreement with the Board regarding terms and conditions for acquisition of such lands by the United States by purchase or exchange.
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The Secretary shall enter into negotiations with the owner of lands located within the portion of the Jim Creek drainage within the Protection Area for the purpose of acquiring the lands by purchase or exchange, but the United States shall not acquire such lands without the consent of the owner of the lands.
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Nothing in this Act shall affect any rights of the owner of lands located within the Jim Creek drainage within the Protection Area, including any right to reasonable access to such lands by motorized or other means as determined by the Forest Service and the landowner consistent with applicable law and relevant and appropriate rules and regulations governing such access.
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The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report concerning any agreement or the status of negotiations conducted pursuant to—
(A) subsection (a) of this section, upon conclusion of an agreement for acquisition by the United States of lands referred to in subsection (a) of this section, or 1 year after August 21, 2002, whichever occurs first; and
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The report required by this subsection shall indicate to what extent funds are available to the Secretary as of the date of the report for the acquisition of the relevant lands and whether additional funds need to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary for such purpose.
Source(Pub. L. 107–216, § 4,Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1059.)
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NORTH BEND, Ore. -- The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it will likely close the control tower at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport.
The closure of a tower means that pilots flying in and out of North Bend will have to coordinate their takeoff and landing with each other instead of having an air traffic controller coordinate planes on the ground.
The airport says it plans to provide normal airline passenger service, even without a control tower.
"At all the airports that are losing, and that could lose, their air traffic control tower services, will stay open," said Theresa Cook, the airport's executive director. "They will just not have an operating tower unless they pay for it or provide funding for that."
The closure is a part of the federal government's sequestration of funds to the US Department of Transportation.
The FAA says North Bend and other Oregon airports are among 238 small airports under consideration nationwide with low traffic volumes and control towers operated by contractors.
The FAA is to make a decision by March 18 on closing about 170 of them. Officials at North Bend told KCBY News in Coos Bay they know they are on the list of 170 slated to close.
The Oregon airports are in Klamath Falls, North Bend, Pendleton, Salem and Troutdale.
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The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority: A Brief Summary
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia created pursuant to Title 36 of the Code of Virginia, as amended. It was created by the Board of Supervisors and approved by a County-wide voter referendum on November 2, 1965. The FCRHA was activated by the Board of Supervisors on February 23, 1966 and has been in operation, without interruption, since that date. The FCRHA's primary business office is located at 3700 Pender Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030.
The powers of the FCRHA, as defined by the State Code, are vested in 11 Commissioners appointed by the County Board of Supervisors. The Officers include Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and a Secretary/Executive Director and Assistant Secretaries. The Fairfax County Executive serves as Secretary and Executive Director of the FCRHA. The County Director of Finance serves as Treasurer and the County Attorney serves as General Counsel.
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Wireless, works with your current lights, powered by your smartphone, works remotely, SDK, up to 50 lights on one system
Expensive, smartphone required
Light is a very powerful thing, whether it is turning on your lights to see what you are doing or simply dimming them to create a more romantic or relaxed setting, there is plenty to play with.
In steps Philips Hue, a wireless lighting system that lets you control up to 50 light bulbs via a smartphone app, but is it the light fantastic?
The bulbs
The Philips Hue starter pack consists of three light bulbs, a wireless control base and a smartphone or tablet app. All this costs £180, which is expensive, but stick with us here.
The bulbs themselves are the core element to the experience and on the surface look like standard LED light bulbs. They give off the equivalent of a 50W standard incandescent bulb, at full brightness, come with a screw fitting, and promise to light up your house for the next 10 years. While Philips does not currently offer a bayonet option, you can pick up a screw to bayonet fitting adapter at your local hardware store and they cost a couple of quid a piece.
For the sake of our review we fitted the three lights to three lamps we had in our living room (all with bayonet fittings). The size of the room will dictate on how many lights you need, however Philips recommends that to "create a scene" you should use three bulbs to a room. At £180 for a set of three, and £50 per bulb thereafter we can see why.
Once you've got your wireless bulbs screwed in, you'll need to connect the wireless hub (the size of a hard boiled sweet tin) to your internet router and then download the app.
The wireless hub works in a similar way to the Sonos music system, creating a mesh network around your house that piggy-backs on to your standard wireless connection. The bulbs connect to each other and back to the hub. Adding another bulb means it connects to the nearest bulb rather than having to stretch all the way back to the base hub.
The app itself is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphones, and connecting your phone to the system is very easy. In total our setup time was around three minutes.
Lighting the scene
Once you're up and running, all that's left to do is to start setting the scene. The Philips Hue app is fairly basic, but it doesn't need to be complicated.
At the core of the app are four key settings; "relax", "reading", "concentration" and "energise". These starter settings are based on a number of studies about how we work, and relax, according to the light we are subjected to. Philips has developed these four settings as a base from which to start, and you can modify and tweak to your own tastes.
Turn on the lights and the bulb will come on regardless of settings on the app, although you will need an app to change or adapt the settings. There is no other way to control it.
The real fun starts when you look at changing the lights to one of 16 million colours available via the built-in colour chart, or a variety of photos included to get your imagination flowing.
If scenes like "sunset" (three types of orange) or "deep sea" (two red, one blue) don't get you the right look straightaway, you can take things a step further and start creating the ultimate colour palette yourself simply by either moving around a marker on the picture in question, or by shaking your phone for a more random approach.
Once you are done with the set scenes already captured for you, and you have played with all the colour options you can think of, you can start having fun with your own pictures, either imported via your photo library, or taken with the camera on your phone or tablet.
Want your lights to match your favourite jumper? What about the wallpaper? No problem. While the lighting system struggles with dark colours - for obvious reasons, browns and blacks won't work - everything else shines out, be it the orange of a pumpkin, the hue of your skin, or the colour of the apple in The Son of Man by Rene Magritte. It really is that versatile.
But it's not just about turning your room into a Smarties tube of colours. The LED lights create numerous variations of white too, and that's just as important beyond what can, at times, look like a gimmick. In fact in the two weeks we've been using it, white has been the main colour we've used. Only when we've punched on some tunes to relax in the evening has the lighting got a bit more fruity.
Taking it further
Log in to the Philips Hue website and you get even more features, mainly any "light recipes" you create that are available on all your devices - handy if it's not just you wanting to be in control of the light - as well as being able to remote control the system even if you aren't at home via your phone, tablet, or the website.
You can also set the light bulbs to act as an alarm clock with a timer feature, and set them to fade off quietly rather than instantly plunge you into darkness - you can do that as well at the press of button. It's incredibly clever.
The future
Philips admits the app it provides is just the start, and that the app is rather basic. To solve this problem the whole system is based on the ZigBee protocol which, while meaning nothing to most people, means that it will play nice with most home automation systems available.
Philips has also released a software developer kit that means developers can take advantage of the wireless control of the lighting system in the same way that Philips TVs already do with Ambilight. Imagine loading up Angry Birds and the lights around you change colour as you progress through the game to get you into the mood, or a music album that comes with its own set lighting. Amazing.
READ: Philips Hue (complete system) review
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Can you imagine 50,000 fans in the Carrier Dome for Syracuse's game vs. Duke? Syracuse.com reports that it very well could become reality.
The largest crowd ever for a basketball game at the dome came this past season, as the Orange said goodbye to Big East rival Georgetown before 35,012 fans. However, that's with the dome's regular basketball configuration, which does not utilize the entire arena.
By moving the court from the south end of the dome to the center of the facility, that opens up more sightlines and could stand to make the Orange's game vs. the Blue Devils viewed by more than 50,000 fans. The football seating capacity for the dome is just shy of 50,000, and a basketball court takes up far less space than a football field.
Two coaches and two great friends, Jim Boeheim and Mike Krzyzewski, getting ever closer to 1,000 wins. Two programs that will be in Sporting News' Top 25 for 2013-14.
Syracuse executive senior athletic director Joe Giansante would not confirm or deny the plans.
"The schedule hasn't been released yet, so I can't confirm it or deny,'' Giansante told Syracuse.com, before adding, "We're looking for ways to celebrate our inclusion in the ACC. Obviously, when Duke comes to town, it's going to be a special day.''
There are logistics to be worked out, Syracuse.com notes, such as rewiring for television and moving any season-ticket holders who could be affected by the altered floor plan. And yes, meeting fire code.
The date of the Duke game has not been announced, but when the Orange's schedule comes out, look for all kinds of hoopla.
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Betts slated to get more seasoning in Minors
BOSTON -- Now that Shane Victorino is back for the Red Sox, Mookie Betts can get back to Triple-A to round out his development.
As it was, it was a bit of a quick ascent to the Majors for Betts, who rocketed through the farm system after being drafted out of high school in 2014.
Betts hit .235 with a homer and two RBIs in 34 at-bats for Boston after being promoted to the Majors on June 28.
"I thought he managed his at-bats well," manager John Farrell said. "I thought he showed very good presence or at least composure for a guy who has flown through our system. He's a work in progress defensively, particularly in the outfield. And he'll continue to get exposure in center and in right field at Pawtucket while also playing some second base, so that's the plan going forward for him defensively."
The Red Sox are still keeping an open mind about where Betts will settle in defensively. He played exclusively in the outfield in his first stint in the Majors.
"I don't know that there's a clear-cut answer to that right now," Farrell said. "There's going to be a number of things that contribute to that final positioning: How the bat plays, how he further develops defensively, is he a guy that potentially moves around to a number of positions? I wouldn't rule that out. But to sit here today and say that Mookie is going to be at this position for the next 10 years, I don't have that answer in my crystal ball."
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HOUSTON - An east Houston homeowner shot a person who tried to break into his home, investigators said.
Houston police said the incident happened in the 10000 block of Valencia shortly after 11 a.m.
Police said the homeowner used a home security surveillance system to watch the two young men knock on his door. When no one answered, they went around to the side of the house and crawled through a window, according to police.
The homeowner was there waiting for them and opened fire, hitting one of the suspects twice before they both ran off, detectives said.
Investigators said a friend drove the wounded intruder to East Houston Regional Hospital, where he was taken into custody. Police said his injuries are non-life-threatening and he has been questioned.
The other person is still on the loose.
The homeowner who shot the intruder has not been charged, police said.
"Somebody goes into your home, things are going to happen," neighbor Rick Saucedo said. "You got a choice -- let them harm you or you harm them."
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DETROIT - The family of a Wayne State University football player is asking for the public's help to find whoever is responsible for gunning him down outside club in Detroit earlier this month.
Courtney "Cortez" Smith, 20, was shot and killed May 5 outside Club Envy on West Larned Street. Police said shots were fired when an argument broke out, killing Smith and injuring one other person.
Smith was a junior at WSU and played the position of cornerback for the school.
During a news conference on Monday, held in partnership with Crime Stoppers, Smith's mother said she had a message to the community.
"He was the love of our life and the love of so many. Please come forward if you any information," Beverly Smith said. "You be the responsible one. You be the one to take responsibility. Even though someone has done this crime, you can make a start today."
Smith's teammate, Myles McNichols, also spoke at the news conference. He said Smith was not only his teammate, but also a good friend.
"Anything you can give, please help us solve this crime and not let a good man's life be ended by the streets," McNichols said.
The reward for information in the case is $2,500. It has been raised $1,000 until midnight Monday.
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I'm playing my 2nd "Ice Bowl" of the season today, and was just contemplating how spoiled I am here in Santa Cruz. The weather forecast: sunny, with a high of 69F. We have Avery Jenkins, Nate Doss, and a host of great regional pros (Shasta Criss, Patrick Brown, Jon Baldwin, Chris Edwards, etc.) playing, and Nikko Locastro is also joining the tournament (he's in town for the Otter Open next weekend, where he's the defending champ). The DeLaveaga Enduro Ice Bowl is 2 rounds of 29 holes each...58 total. This will be a workout, but a great way to spend a Saturday! We'll have chili for lunch, and the proceeds (plus 2 cans of food from each player) go to local food banks.
I'm curious about what Ice Bowl events are like in other parts of the country, where there is snow and cold and stuff like that. I'm sure its still a blast, but wondering how everybody dresses for, and copes with, colder weather. Lots of layers? Hot drinks like coffee or tea? How does one manage to not lose plastic in the snow?


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Veterinarian Reviewed on June 14, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Betaine HCI
Betaine HCl (betaine hydrochloride) is a vitamin-like substance that is found in many whole grains. It is an acidic form of betaine, which is a form of hydrochloric acid that is derived from the beet.
Betaine HCl is a non-essential nutrient and can be a source of hydrochloric acid needed for the body's digestive process.
Hydrochloric acid on the other hand, is essential in the digestion of protein in the human body. Betaine HCl supplements and food sources are important if your digestive system cannot produce adequate amounts of hydrochloric acid for the digestion of protein.
History and Origin
Betaine HCl was first discovered as an important source of hydrochloric acid supplementation after deriving this non-essential nutrient from within beets. It is not however advisable to eat a lot of beets in an attempt to ingest plenty of Betaine HCl nor is it advisable to increase your body's supply of Hydrochloric acid.
Ancient Uses
There are no accounts of Betaine HCl use during ancient times.
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Betaine HCl is used for the treatment of decreased hydrochloric acid levels in a person's body. Hydrochloric acid in the stomach is needed for protein digestion within the body itself. Decreased production of this acid is evidenced by the body's reduced ability to digest proteins, as well as by muscle wasting as opposed to a diet that is high in protein; an inability to enjoy food, a decreased weight and a noticeable reduction of person's physical stamina are all signs of a lack of Betaine HCI in the body.
It has been approximated that there are 30% of adults who suffer from decreased hydrochloric acid levels in their digestive systems. Aside from the decreased digestion of protein, people that do have low levels of hydrochloric acid may also suffer from asthma, gastritis, rheumatoid arthritis and also yeast infections. Thus, Betaine HCl supplements may treat these illnesses and help digest proteins as well.
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Today, Tony Snow Repudiated the Clinton North Korea Policy He Characterized as Bringing "Flowers and Chocolates" to Pyongyang. "This is not the Clinton Administration policy. I understand what the Clinton Administration wanted to do. They wanted to talk reason to the government of Pyongyang, and they engaged in bilateral conversations. And Bill Richardson went with flowers and chocolates and he went with light water nuclear reactors, and he went with promises of heavy oil and a basketball signed by Michael Jordan, and many other inducements for the Dear Leader to try to agree not to develop nuclear weapons, and it failed. But there was at least a good faith effort on the part of some very smart people to use that as an approach. We've learned from that mistake. One reason not to go bilateral with the North Koreans is what we're seeing right now, which is that you need to have concerted pressure especially from those who are very close ties with the government of North Korea so you can get results. So this is not a continuation of the Clinton program." [White House Press Conference, 7/10/06]
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Traditional skull and facial bone reconstructions with hard tissues have a long history with good clinical outcomes. However, they have certain disadvantages. The benefits of synthetic materials are the avoidance of donor-site morbidity and scars, but also shorter hospitalization time, lower expenses and known composition. Custom-made skull bone implant can produced based on patients clinical need utilizing rapid prototyping technologies. This will result in very high accuracy of the form of the skull defect.
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Keywords provided by Turku University Hospital:
Cranial bone reconstruction, composite
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mpcahn wrote:I live in Boulder Colorado and there is a large insight community here. I follow the teachings of Thai forest masters and have read the stories of some of the monasteries founded in Australia, the UK and in California. I was wondering what actions I could take to help create the conditions for a forest monastery in Colorado.
pilgrim wrote:Latest news of New monasteries in USA
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Jeta Grove (Ajahn Jayanto)
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Forest Dhamma monastery ( Ajahn Dick Silaratano)
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I just checked out the 3 websites above. Jeta Grove seems to be coming along and monks will be taking residence this summer. The other 2 websites have not been updated for more than a year. Just wondering if anyone has more recent news about them..
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When the Sprint Cup Series goes to Sonoma Raceway, it's all about fuel mileage and making sure drivers keeps their car on the racetrack.
It's not surprising that winner Martin Truex Jr. was able to do both Sunday afternoon.
Kyle Busch was knocked around by Juan Pablo Montoya and Carl Edwards. Busch never got payback but maybe felt a little justice as Montoya later ran out of gas and saw his day end miserably.
Here are the winners and losers from the Toyota/Save Mart 350:
Martin Truex Jr. — Snaps a 218-race winless streak. And he didn't just snap the streak, he did it by leading 51 of the 110 laps.
Jeff Gordon — The cautions didn't fall the way he needed them to but he finished second. And when you're not in the top 10 in the Sprint Cup Chase standings, that second-place finish can go a long way.
Carl Edwards — Ran into the back of Busch but avoided any damage. Finished third. Solid day.
Kurt Busch — Yeah, he should have had a better finish if not for two pit-road speeding penalties. But for him not to melt down, keep his composure and have a good fourth-place run is a win as he deals with another race where a painful mistake hurt his chances.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. — Finished 12th, just one off his best finishes at Sonoma; he had been 11th three times. Still, that's a good day at what is undoubtedly his worst track on the circuit.
Juan Pablo Montoya — Second going into the last lap. Ran out of gas. Coasted and crept in at 34th, and dropped to 23rd in the standings.
Kyle Busch — He lost the handle on his car many times. He got punted by Montoya. He then spun out on his own. He then got punted by Edwards. He finished 35th but has good medicine coming — he's running all three races at Kentucky beginning Thursday night.
Marcos Ambrose — Seventh-place finish was just his third top 10 of the season. But he's not supposed to finish outside the top five on a road course.
Denny Hamlin — Needed at least a decent day to help his fading Chase hopes. He didn't have it as he got turned by Tony Stewart and finished 23rd.
Bobby Labonte — Didn't even make it a lap before the engine blew. Obviously not his fault but just another awful day in an awful year. It was reported he would not back in the No. 47 car for next week's race at Kentucky.
Paulie Harraka — Made his Sprint Cup debut by running into the back of Alex Kennedy on pit road — as the cars were just rolling for their warmup lap. Finished 39th.


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THE GREAT Western Hospital has been criticised for the staffing on its maternity unit, a report published yesterday revealed.
During the unannounced routine inspection carried out by the Care Quality Commission last month, the GWH was judged to be meeting all other required standards, but was told action is needed to improve staffing.
Inspectors said there were not enough qualified, skilled and experienced staff on the unit to safely meet people's needs at all times. They judged that this has a minor impact on people who use the service, and the GWH has been told to take action. The report said: "We were told by a number of patients and their partners they felt staff levels may not be ideal, but the attitude of staff meant their needs were mostly met. "Patients said they had not been kept waiting for longer than they felt was safe when they needed attention. "Consultants who worked in obstetrics told us they felt staff assisting with delivery in theatre could sometimes be stretched."
In 2011/12, the GWH delivered 3,700 babies in the acute service and 877 at the White Horse Birthing Centre. This was an increase of just under 550 births since 2008/09 and partly reflected the full opening of the birth centre. The ratio of midwives to births on average from April to November 2012 was one midwife to 44 births - above the recommended ratio for national planning for safe hospital births of one midwife to 28 births. Chief nurse Hilary Walker said the GWH is developing an action plan in response to the CQC report.
She said: "Providing a safe and high quality birthing experience is our absolute priority, and we were pleased to learn that women using our services praised our kind, caring and professional maternity staff.
"The vast majority of women told inspectors that they were happy with the care and support they received and were treated with privacy, dignity and respect. "Improving staffing has been identified as a priority at the GWH, as it is for many other maternity services across the country. We have already started planning to increase the number of qualified, skilled and experienced midwives supporting these services.
"We are pleased that, although there are further improvements to be made, feedback from women remains positive across all off our maternity services, with particular praise given to the attitude of our staff."
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TORONTO — On Oct. 23, 1973, 4-year-old Joseph Steven Sakic sat for the first time in the stands of an NHL game, between the Vancouver Canucks and Atlanta Flames at the Pacific Coliseum. He sat with his father, Marijan, and told him "I want to be a hockey player."
Only, he didn't say it in English. It was in the tongue of his parents' native Croatia.
Zelim biti hokejas.
Thirty nine years later, with Marijan and his wife, Slavica, sitting in the stands of the Esso Theater at the Hockey Hall of Fame, Sakic told his parents something else, this time in English.
Thank you.
"Today I stand here, feeling very blessed," Sakic said Monday night, after being inducted into the Hall of Fame. "I know I couldn't have done this without you guys. I know it wasn't always easy for you. You guys always found a way to help get me what I needed. I can't thnk you enough for that."
On a night when Adam Oates, Pavel Bure and Mats Sundin also were inducted, Sakic was the third player introduced to a crowd that included Sakic's parents, his wife and three children, Avalanche president Pierre Lacroix, former Quebec Nordiques owner Marcel Aubut and former teammates Adam Foote, Michel Goulet and Ray Bourque.
In a taped video before Sakic took the stage, former Avs goalie Patrick Roy talked about why he was so deserving.
"I knew he was good when I came to Colorado, but I never knew how good and how hard he worked," Roy said. "He was a very unselfish player, but he was our leader. When Joe passed the Cup to Ray (in 2001), it's the perfect picture of how he was."
Sakic, the ninth-leading scorer in NHL history and the leader in Avs history, spoke for about five minutes. He didn't shed any tears, but he was emotional nonetheless.
"To all the fans in Colorado and Quebec, thank you," he said.
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The gluten free bread took over the sandwich. I was not impressed and ended up eating the meat and not the bread I paid extra for...
I have to say these people really do know how to prepare gluten free food. They have a large GF menu and are trained to not cross contaminate. To my disappointment, the rolls they use are extremely dry and pretty expensive so I can't say I'm super excited about this place.
Great new place in Denton. Even my picky 5-year-old son devoured their turkey club on a gluten-free bun. Several gluten-free options. The GF sandwich bread is really good.
329 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI
Food was relatively quick. Pretty good. They had a gluten free bun option, though I didn't get one. I would go back again. 3 Celiac individuals in our group, 3 different items ordered, no one got sick. And like I said, was pretty good, too.
120 26th Street East #600, Williston, ND 58801
I eat here every time I am in town. Their gluten free bread is great and worth the up charge. They can make almost anything gf. They even have 5 breakfast options. They do not have chips though which is weird considering all the sand which options.
329 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI
Very good! I love having a yummy gf sandwich option.
120 26th Street East #600, Williston, ND 58801
Best gluten free bread I've had!!
2877 45th St S, Fargo, ND 58104
Had the delicious Chicken Enchilada soup and sandwich! Worth the $3 up charge for the gluten free baguette!! Would definitely eat here again.
329 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI
I asked for a gluten-free menu and placed my order off the gluten-free menu. when the ordered came it w as on regular bread. When I asked of it wa s gluten-free the server said you didn't say to make it gluten-free and proceeded to argue with me. Finally remade sandwich on a stale gf baguette and the filing was not adjusted for size and density of bread.
1517 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202
Gf menu and tasty bread. I would go back
102 Broadway #104, Fargo, ND 58102
Baguette was just ok. The bread was quite dry and fell apart. But one good thing was they were very accommodating for gluten free customers and prepared it separately and changed gloves etc
102 Broadway #104, Fargo, ND 58102
Great GF baguettes Weak coffee - needs work
102 Broadway #104, Fargo, ND 58102
A GF menu with lots of choices. Ive ate here twice and both sandwiches were good. There GF hoagie is excellent but a bit pricey.
1745 Eglin St #660, Rapid City, SD 57701
Very good gluten free buns! We've never gotten sick and eat here frequently!
5324 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80002
I have celiac disease and have eaten here on multiple occasions without a problem. The have a separate GF menu. Their GF buns are delicious!
5324 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80002
Plenty of GF options for both soups and sandwiches. Always careful to protect the work space when you mention celiacs or an allergy.
329 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI
Great service and great gluten free buns! They even brought mine out separate to avoid contamination. I've ate there a few times with no issues.
1170 Edwards Village Blvd, Edwards, CO 81632
Enjoyed breakfast here 2 days in a row. The skillet was great. The GF baguette was awesome despite a $3 up charge. I felt safe eating here.
2711 S Douglas Hwy, Gillette, WY 82718
About $13 for a large drink and sandwich. Sand which was really good and almost a foot long. No chips available. Cashier wasn't friendly. Did not get sick!
102 Broadway #104, Fargo, ND 58102
Smiling Moose is our go-to in Fargo because it's fresh, reasonably priced, and reliably gluten-free.
1005 Main St S, Watford City, ND 58854
They have delicious GF sub sandwich style breads and can make just about any of their sandwiches list on the menu into GF.
1170 Edwards Village Blvd, Edwards, CO 81632
My daughter has celiac with severe reactions and has eaten here at least a dozen times with no problems. She absolutely loves the bread rolls and is so happy to be able to eat a real sub sandwich! Great staff!
329 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI
First time trying gluten free bun - highly recommend.
3322 N Loop 250 W, Midland, TX 79707
very friendly, but the gluten free bread was awful.
5324 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80002
great GF bread and sandwiches. the best place for everybody with celiac people that like bread! very friendly staff, make to order, very accommodating always.
459 S McCaslin Blvd, Louisville, CO 80027
because there a so much better bread options out there now for sandwiches I have to rate low. The bread is dry and they never put enough cheese or sauce to chew it down.
3204 Sherwood Way, San Angelo, TX 76901
Great GF sub bread option & rice Krispy treat.
3322 N Loop 250 W, Midland, TX 79707
Very good GF breakfast sandwich. Always brings my food out with foil to keep separate from others
329 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI
842 Summit Blvd, Frisco, CO 80424
This is not a restaurant for people with Celiac disease. They were nowhere near careful enough with our gluten free order, and we did get very sick. Don't even risk it here, no matter how bad you want a sandwich.
120 26th Street East #600, Williston, ND 58801
we go there all the time and have only had one time where they didn't have gluten free bread. my kids even love their Gluten free sandwiches.
1170 Edwards Village Blvd, Edwards, CO 81632
They do offer gf options. While waiting for our food I had the opportunity to view the kitchen staff. One of the cooks hugged another worker, his gloves touched the back of the other and didn't change gloves. (Not just a Celiac issue.)One worker on the final prep side had NO gloves and handled our gf bread and also other orders. Even though I specified one of our sandwiches had to be gf, I don't believe they really understood what to do. I asked the gloveless worker, "Shouldn't you be wearing gloves?" He said sorry and put them on after I told him my husband couldn't eat the food he had just prepared due to cross-contamination. He replied that he didn't realize it was for a Celiac order. (Even though I shared this info when I ordered. Maybe they don't have a way of sharing this with all the workers?) The worker then changed gloves and the cook prepared another sandwich. A third worker picked up my husband's (2nd) sandwich and I couldn't say for sure that he had new gloves, but I seriously doubt it. Perhaps if you can go at a slow time between meals you would have better luck. They did place the sandwich on gf bread and on foil before going through the toaster oven. This was at the Edwards, CO location. No complaints about the quality or taste, just about their understanding of cross-contamination.
3204 Sherwood Way, San Angelo, TX 76901
They are either closed or have moved. There is a Freebird Burrito or something like that at the address listed for this location.
120 26th Street East #600, Williston, ND 58801
They have GF BREAD!!! They can make just about any of their sandwiches from the menu into GF. I have seriously not had a sandwich this good in years since having to be GF! Their GF bread was a full size sub bun style and very soft & delicious! Definitely my new favorite!
1517 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202
A tad expensive, but delicious and safe.
2877 45th St S, Fargo, ND 58104
Yummy hoagies
1517 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202
The gluten free bread is some of the best I've had. They only have one size so If you order a foot long you will get two sandwiches. I was stuffed after one. I can't comment on how celiac friendly this place is, as I didn't ask about their specific protocol for gf orders. I think there's always an inherent risk dealing with sandwich shops since there is so much bread floating around.
102 Broadway #104, Fargo, ND 58102
Special separate gluten free menu. Breakfast items, salads, hoagies. Pleasant customer service too. Hours posted below are incorrect.
200 West McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219
Yes, they have gluten-free bread for sandwiches, but they charge $2 extra for it and it tastes terrible.
273 Summit Pl, Silverthorne, CO 80498
has amazing gf hoagie rolls and varied gf menu
2877 45th St S, Fargo, ND 58104
The food here is delicious and they have a gluten free menu that includes a good variety. My only problem is they charge $4 more for gluten free bread that isn't even close to the size of the regular bread. It does taste pretty good, but because of such a big up charge (I usually only get a $2-3 up charge at most places) this won't be a top choice of mine.
2631 W Main St, Bozeman, Mt 59718
Times I have gone there before they would say they accommodated me with celiac. But today unfortunately they said no they were not celiac friendly. No they could not guaranteeavoiding cross-contamination.
3336 Arapahoe Rd, Erie, CO 80516
bread was very dense and dry. required tons of chewing and small bites. very little meat on the sandwich. totally unimpressed.
273 Summit Pl, Silverthorne, CO 80498
Expensive accommodation but tasty. Service was friendly.
2877 45th St S, Fargo, ND 58104
Has a gluten free menu. Just had two great sandwiches and a cup of decent eating chili. Nathan knows celiac. Fresh ingredients with innovative additions like chipotle mayo. I'll be back for sure.
5324 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80002
They do not have that many gluten free options and the gluten free bread was some of the worst I've had.
102 Broadway #104, Fargo, ND 58102
The GF bread is heavy and dry. If I ever go back I will stick to a salad. 4 stars for not making me sick
3322 N Loop 250 W, Midland, TX 79707
They are all so friendly and eager to please gf customers! My husband and I eat there often! Their salads are the absolute best.
329 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, WI
Good staff, good gf buns.
273 Summit Pl, Silverthorne, CO 80498
I wouldn't recommend this place if you have celiac. They didn't change gloves or take any precautions when making my sandwich. When I mentioned it to them they made no attempt to change it or apologize. In fact she walked away from me :-(
724 N Burkhardt Rd, Evansville, IN 47715
Out of gluten free bread. Did not tell us until after we ordered. Owner was here and very apologetic. Refunded our money and gave us sandwiches without bread in a bowl. Still good!
2631 W Main St, Bozeman, Mt 59718
They use Sweet Escape Pastries out of Colorado for there bread. It was very good! There were about 5 sandwiches I could eat. :)
1517 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202
Staff is so nice and knowledgable! I love being able to get a sandwich on a hoagie! The bread is so good!
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WITH Valentine's Day here once again a sexual health campaign reminding young people in Worcestershire sex is a matter of consent has been launched.
The campaign by the Worcestershire Health and Care Trust's Sexual Health Education Unit is advising people saying no to sex does not make them 'frigid' or a 'tease'.
A key message of the campaign – which is being run alongside Worcester University and colleges in the area – is that feeling confident and in control is empowering and that coercing someone to do something against their will is abusive.
Kate Wilson from the Health and Care Trust said both men and women could feel under pressure to have sex.
"There can be assumptions that pressure is only on young women to have sex, however young men find themselves under pressure to perform," she said.
"Communication is crucial - sometimes people struggle to say what they do and don't want from a relationship and find themselves in situations they later regret.
"This campaign is a reminder that it is OK to say "No" at any stage and still be respected. Even if someone has had sex previously, nobody should feel obliged to do something they're not entirely comfortable with."
Although many young people may feel their peers are all sexually active, studies show the majority of people do not lose their virginity until they are 16 or older. Alcohol abuse may also give a false sense of sexual confidence, leading to behaviour which may later be regretted.
For more information follow the Twitter hashtag #oktosayno, visit the Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Facebook page or visit www.playinitsafe.co.uk


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OAKLAND — Police searched neighborhoods near MacArthur and Park boulevards Wednesday evening for at least three suspects who sped away from a vehicle stop.
Around 4 p.m., Oakland officers attempted to stop a vehicle with a group of passengers that are associated to gang activity, according to department spokesperson Johnna Watson.
Watson said the car drove off, and officers stopped pursuing the vehicle due to public safety concerns.
However, the suspect vehicle later crashed at MacArthur and Park boulevards.
The three, and possibly four, occupants fled into various yards, prompting a police search.
As of 8:30 p.m., the search was called off after no suspects had been found. Police said they did not have any new developments.
Contact Katie Nelson at 925-945-4780 or follow her at Twitter.com/katienelson210.


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Suarez headlines latest Tigers cut from camp
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Eugenio Suarez might become part of the Tigers' shortstop mix at some point this year, depending on circumstances. For now, however, he's not ready, which is why the Tigers didn't wait for the final roster moves to option him out.
Suarez was one of eight cuts from Tigers camp Sunday morning. He was optioned to Triple-A Toledo along with right-handed reliever Jose Ortega and left-handed starter Kyle Lobstein. Non-roster outfield candidates Ezequiel Carrera and Trevor Crowe, meanwhile, were sent to Minor League camp along with extra catchers Craig Albernaz, Luis Exposito and John Murrian.
The moves whittle down the roster situation to three key decisions at shortstop, left field and relief. But the final decisions later this week could come down as much to judging the roster as judging the player.
Suarez made an impression on team officials, but with no experience above Double-A ball, the experience factor was too much to overcome. He was 7-for-33 in camp with three RBIs and eight strikeouts.
"I just think he needs to get more at-bats," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "He's got a chance to be a good player. He just needs more experience."
His demotion leaves Danny Worth and Hernan Perez to compete for a platoon role at shortstop alongside Andrew Romine on the Opening Day roster. If the Tigers don't add another shortstop, such as free-agent Stephen Drew or a trade target such as Arizona's Didi Gregorius, Detroit will most likely carry two shortstops. If that's the case, Ausmus has one less roster spot to use on left field, where Rajai Davis will platoon with a left-handed hitter while Andy Dirks is out.
With Carrera and Crowe gone, Tyler Collins has a real chance to use his great camp as a springboard to make the jump from Double-A, where he hit just .240 last year. But a two-shortstop setup drastically hampers that and greatly increases the chance Davis shares time with Don Kelly and Steve Lombardozzi.
"Certainly it's not bad news for him that he's still here," Ausmus said, "but ultimately a decision has to be made on the roster as a whole and where he fits into it."
It was bad news for Carrera, who made an impression, especially defensively, on Ausmus.
Ortega made a push to force his way into the bullpen mix, coming to camp throwing at near-game intensity from his first session. However, the hard-throwing righty's 12 strikeouts over 9 2/3 innings were offset by seven hits and four walks.
"Great arm," Ausmus said. "Like many pitchers with a great arm, the key is consistency."
With Ortega out, Evan Reed, Luke Putkonen and Blaine Hardy would appear to be competing for two spots in the bullpen. Reed is out of Minor League options, which helps his case almost as much as his outstanding camp.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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We all know about how the U.S. could be thrown into a recession if Congress and President Obama fail to agree to anything before year-end, because the "fiscal cliff" was meant to be a doomsday machine to unravel our economy.
It's hard to believe, but at the time the politicians set up the cliff, they meant it to be so onerous that even fractioned and partisan leaders could arrive at a compromise. In retrospect, I don't know why the Republicans went with it, given that so many had pledged to implement no new taxes. However, I think very few Republicans knew how bad Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be as a candidate; most likely thought Obama would lose handily, given the economic weakness and poor U.S. payroll numbers.
Yet, right now, despite the meetings, the pressure that's set to come from the cliff just isn't great enough to move the rank and file. When it comes to the prospects of a recession vs. the certainty of breaking the no-new-taxes pledge, it seems so stark to go against the Democrats that the stalemate makes a ton of sense. Also, it isn't as if the Democrats are saying, "Let's raise the age of Social Security or lets raise the cost of Medicare Part B." They aren't doing anything of note on spending, other than trying to increase infrastructure dollars. They are totally in the face of the GOP, for certain.
That is why, when I looked at the charts this weekend, I was so confused. There are so many good-looking charts, and from so many good areas, that you have to believe this market is expecting a deal either now or later -- because these stocks, for the most part, are economically sensitive.
Let's just go over some of these so you know what I am thinking. First, if the U.S. is to head into a recession, you'd have to think we shouldn't be seeing such good performance out of Ingersoll Rand (IR), Ametek (AME), Pentair (PNR), Precision Castparts (PCP), Xylem (XYL) and Rockwell Automation (ROK).
Sure, regarding Ingersall, after some activist pressure from Nelson Peltz, on Sunday night the company announced that there will be some disposals. There's an aerospace cycle in the works, which explains Precision Castparts, but this company would be hit by a sequestration. Same goes for Ametek. Rockwell Automation? Is anyone really building new factories? I guess they must be, because that's a big part of Ametek, too. Pentair and Xylem are signifying infrastructure spend. Could that be a result of Hurricane Sandy? Again, it's very hard to figure.
I know the home trade seems to have been stopped in its tracks by the Toll Brothers (TOL) beat, raise and then collapse. But Vulcan Materials (VMC), which you need to develop new developments, is very strong. Whirlpool (WHR) and Leggett & Platt are integral to fixing up your home and making the place nice. There are also two oddball home plays worth noting: Discovery (DISCA) and Time Warner (TWX).
Now, it isn't as if everyone is thinking the U.S. could stay on the expansion path no matter what. The strength in Kellogg (K), Heinz (HNZ), Clorox (CLX), Procter & Gamble (PG) -- yes, Procter & Gamble! -- Sysco (SYY), International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF), Smuckers (SJM), Hormel (HRL), Kroger (KR) and Tyson (TSN) can only be regarded a sign of deflation. Or, at least, it might point to plastic and grain deflation.
One could argue that insurers are doing fabulously, too, because of the possibility of a deflationary recession. Again, though, some of that could be an increase in premiums post-Sandy, which explains the strength in Travelers (TRV). Perhaps some of it is a comeback of some bad invested assets, as in Aflac (AFL).
But there are plenty of other stocks whose strength has to be simply because people believe the worst won't happen. We're seeing incredible strength in Brinks (BCO), the security company; Thermo-Fisher (TMO), the biotech-tools company; and business-services firms Insperity (NSP) and Fiserv (FISV). Then there are travel stalwarts Marriott (MAR) and Royal Caribbean (RCL), both of which need a strong economy.
Now, there are hardly any retail names with good-looking charts. PetSmart (PETM) holds in, and so does Limited (LTD). The same applies to Hanesbrands (HBI), to stretch the topic. There are no banks with good charts, no utilities, and only one positive-looking tech chart -- Adobe (ADBE), which is a mystery. As for healthcare, unless you consider Tenet Healthcare (THC) to be a play on that sector, you don't have many here, either -- and I consider Tenet to be more of an Obamacare story. There are no oils or minerals, precious or otherwise, anywhere near looking good.
But I come away from the chart exercise emboldened that the strength is widespread -- it's just not clustered in areas where people know to find them.
All in all, I found the charts to be incredibly positive vs. the backdrop. It's just another instance of exactly how hard this market has become as it remains dominated by Washington -- and not Wall Street.


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About Thomas Farm
Thomas Farm is about 8 miles north-northeast of Bell, Gilchrist County, Florida, at 29.9° N, 82.8° W. It is about 45 miles northwest of Gainesville.
Early Miocene Epoch; Early Hemingfordian Land Mammal Age (ca. 18 million years old). The age is estimated from biochronology, which is the comparison of similar species of fossil mammals from site to site. For Thomas Farm, an Early Hemingfordian age is supported by the combined presence of the bear Phoberocyon, the mustelid Leptarctus, the rhinoceros Floridaceras, and the canid Metatomarctus. These four mammals have been found in Early Miocene fossil sites in the western U.S. that have been dated through radiometric and paleomagnetic methods.
The fossils at Thomas Farm are found in alternating beds of clay and calcareous (limestone) sand, with occasional lenses or beds of limestone gravel to boulders in a sandy matrix. Most fossils are from the various sandy layers.
Depositional Environment
The fossils are found within an ancient sinkhole and associated cave system. Fossils accumulated at Thomas Farm through "natural trap" activity (animals falling into the steep-walled sinkhole and then being unable to leave) or as the discarded prey remains of hawks and owls, or through natural mortality (especially bats that were roosting in the cave).


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These DIY ideas from Tori Spelling are so pretty, you'll be hesitant to un-deck the halls.
14 Cats Dressed As Thanksgiving
These DIY ideas from Tori Spelling are so pretty, you'll be hesitant to un-deck the halls.More
I wanted something festive above the fireplace, so I decked out a mirror with shiny ornaments. Pick up an inexpensive one at any big-box store or thrift place.
Step 1: Go ornament crazy: I bought more than 250 cheap, unbreakable balls for this giant frame—you probably won't need that many. I picked four different sizes so I could fit the smaller ones into any gaps.
Step 2: Glue them on: Randomly arrange the balls as you glue-gun them to the frame and to each other for extra security. This will take about an hour and a half, so put on some good music!
I already have a family banner in red and green, but when I found shimmery burlap at Michaels for $6.99 a pack, I decided to mix things up with a metallic palette. I love this idea, because it says "holiday" without being religious. (It's especially perfect if you have a mixed-religion home, like Dean and I do.)
Step 1: Make the flags: Cut a long rectangle out of burlap and fold it in half. The fold will be the top part of each triangle, and you'll thread the twine through that crease. Cut out a triangle for each letter of your family name.
Step 2: Spell it out: Trace your letters on felt, cut them out, and sew them onto the flags with a metallic thread (or just glue-gun them on).
Step 3: String it up: Thread twine through the flags and glue-gun them shut. Decorate with fun knickknacks from the craft store.
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How'd you like to learn great ways to promote your content that get you high quality links and even more traffic?
You've heard of Derek Halpern, right?
Derek is the guy behind the popular marketing blog Social Triggers; he is known for writing up psychological research and business case studies to help bloggers and businesses make more money online.
I've been reading his blog on and off for about the past 18 months and I've found a wealth of great tips and ideas on his site that have given me more insight into the way people think and therefore the best ways I can persuade them to link to my projects.
In this post I've curated a list of some of my favourite posts that I think will be of interest to you whether you're either creating content or contacting people to promote your content; which will hopefully give you an extra little edge over others.
Create an Information Gap
If you want to write an email or a piece of content that draws people in straight away then you need to make the most of curiosity.
The first line of this blog post is just another way for me to generate an information gap to draw you in and read more!
How'd you like to learn great ways to promote your content that get you more links and more traffic?
I just followed Derek's formula:
[New, Cool, and/or Hopefully Remarkable Thing] + [Desirable Outcome]= [Curious Reader / Viewer]
Quite simply, curiosity, as defined by Loewenstein, is an innate human behavior that's triggered when people feel there is a gap between what they know and what they want to know. (source).
TL:DR when you create a gap between what people know, and what people want to know, they feel compelled to fill that gap.
How to email Influencers
You don't need me to tell you that the key to a great content promotion campaign is getting your content in front of influential people in your niche. Preferably these people will have the ability to spread the content for you online.
- Avoid long emails – people are too busy
- Create an Information Gap
If you visit this blog post there is some free template emails you can download which Derek personally uses when he is emailing people to share his content or if he wants them to feature on his podcast.
The Drafting Technique
This is the method that Derek Halpern recommends to get press in major newspapers and big blogs.
The name of the technique comes from the cycling term "drafting", whereby the lead cyclist breaks the wind resistance and the riders following behind can travel at the same speed as the lead rider whilst expending less effort. Some people refer to it as slipstreaming.
Step 1: What will you promote
Step 2: Who is interested in it
Step 3: Persuade them to feature you
TL;DR make the most of trends in your industry to help journalists and bloggers create unique content that features you or your client.
Thinking or Feeling?
In the video below Derek discusses which is more persuasive, I THINK or I FEEL?
You probably don't THINK this is a big deal but once you watch the video below I THINK you will FEEL differently about the way in which you use these two words in your emails, blog posts or conversations with the people you work with.
The Power of Persuasion
A few days ago I finally got around to publishing my post on psychology and link building. While I was researching and writing that post Derek published a great article on the power of persuasion.
In the post he highlights a theory proposed by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner in Freakonomics.
In it, they say there are just three types of incentive:
- Economic incentives – financial gains
- Social incentives – looking good in the eyes of others
- Moral incentives – doing the greater good
Apparently, when you want to contact someone that you don't know, with hopes of persuading them to link to you then you should appeal to one (or all) of the three incentives.
There are some great email templates in this post if you want to learn more.
TL;DR the secret to getting people to do something for you is providing an incentive for them to do it.
How do you think you could implement these tips in your content promotion strategy? Leave a comment. And, if you are already using your own versions of these techniques then please share them too.
PS don't forget if you're new here, then sign up to my RSS feed to discover more ways to build links and improve your online presence.


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Shake It Up
The most striking thing about the market action today was its randomness. Yesterday the buyers seemed particularly anxious to buy, but today they were indifferent and the market drifted aimlessly. The good news is that it bounced back nicely from the poor open and from an early afternoon dip, but the lack of energy made trading very challenging.
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Recently fired Eagles coach Andy Reid is expected to end up getting the same position with the Cardinals by week's end, CBS Sports reported.
One league source told ESPN.com that he was "95 percent" certain that Reid would end up coaching the Cardinals. Another source told ESPN.com that the Cardinals search was wide open.
Reid will have his interview with the Cardinals on Thursday, the NFL Network reported.
Reid has been assembling a coaching staff, according to ESPN.com. He has told potential assistants that an announcement could come quickly, according to ESPN.com.
The Cardinals are looking to replace Ken Whisenhunt, and Reid is a strong candidate to make a lateral move after 14 good years with the Eagles.
Although CBS Sports also reported that Arizona officials are meeting with defensive coordinator Ray Horton, who has interviews lined up with the Bills and Browns. The team met with Horton on Tuesday
Reid had a hand in trading Kevin Kolb to Arizona, who hasn't been able to stay healthy and productive as the Cardinals' starter, leading to a mess at the position which contributed to costing Whisenhunt his job.
The Eagles finished 4-12, the Cardinals one game better at 5-11. Getting Reid as a replacement would be huge, considering his track record of mostly winning seasons and shrewd personnel moves. He also excels at developing young quarterbacks, something Arizona will need to do soon to be competitive.
This week's developments
—The Cardinals organization pivoted dramatically Monday, firing coach Ken Whisenhunt and general manager Rod Graves. Team president Michael Bidwill hopes to get the organization pointed in the right direction after finishing 5-11 this season for the second time in three years.
Steve Keim, vice president of player personnel, is reportedly a front-runner to replace Graves, but Keim could interview for other general managers jobs.
Jason Licht, the director of player personnel, also is well thought of in league circles and could be interviewed.
— Lovie Smith expressed interest in the Cardinals' opening, NFL.com reported. The former Bears coach would inherit plenty of defensive talent in Arizona, but the report said it's unclear if there's mutual interest.
Other potential candidates
— Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley. He was the Cardinals' offensive coordinator for two years under Whisenhunt and is credited for helping to develop Larry Fitzgerald and resurrecting the career of quarterback Kurt Warner.
— Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. Like McCoy, Koetter has a reputation as one of the game's brightest offensive minds. The Cardinals need an offensive-minded coach. Koetter's downside is that he was fired by Arizona State in his last head coaching stop. Koetter still has a lot of detractors in the Phoenix area, but the NFL game seems to suit him better.
Sporting News correspondent Kent Somers contributed to this report.


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Tony Bennett
What: Legendary crooner Tony Bennett is slated to perform, with his daughter Antonia Bennett as the opening act.
Where: San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, 777 San Manuel Blvd., Highland
When: Doors open at 6 p.m. Dec 12; show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $60.50 to $80.50.
Age limit: 21 and older
Information: 800-745-3000; www.ticketmaster.com
HIGHLAND >> Superstar singer Tony Bennett, known for 1950s hits like "Because of You" and "Rags to Riches" as well as a 2011 collaboration with Lady Gaga titled "The Lady is a Tramp," is slated to bring his memorable vocal stylings to the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino.
Bennett is scheduled to perform Thursday night, with daughter Antonia Bennett as the opening act. To enter the casino, patrons must be age 21 and over.
With 17 Grammy Awards and sales of more than 50 million albums, Bennett has remained a consistent force in music for decades. His duet with Lady Gaga has earned more than 12 million views on the YouTube website.
Tony Bennett
With: Antonia Bennett
Where: San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, 777 San Manuel Blvd., Highland
When: Doors open at 6 p.m. Thursday; show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $60.50 to $80.50.
Age limit: 21 and older
Information: www.ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000
One of his most recent albums, "Viva Duets," with collaborating artists such as Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Vicente Fernandez and others, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. The single "For Once In My Life" with Anthony gained more than 460,000 YouTube views.
He even starred in a Univision special titled "Feliz Navidad Con Los Nuestros ... Tony Bennett y Sus Amigos" that the network said was the first time a non-Hispanic celebrity had headlined a prime-time special on the channel. The opportunity to work with Latino artists was a great opportunity, Bennett said on his website.
"It has been a heartwarming journey to meet and record with all the artists from the Latin music world and I have been overwhelmed by their generous spirit and musicality," Bennett said. "I am truly honored to have been welcomed into this community of artists."
Bennett's latest project is scheduled to be a joint album with pop superstar Lady Gaga. Media reports have said the album, titled "Cheek to Cheek," will come out on Jan. 1.
"I can't wait for everyone to hear our new album together," Lady Gaga posted in a Twitter message on Nov. 11 to Bennett's Twitter account.


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The Vowel-less Knights #5Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
And now for more in the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights:
1. Mnds r lk prchts - th nl fnctn whn pn.
2. Bwr f smll xpnss, smll lk wll snk grt shp.
3. Prblms cnnt b slvd t th sm lvl f wrnss tht crtd thm.
Hint1. Spoken by a whiskey baron who once played the bagpipes during a Brewer's Show in London. Bonus point: who?
2. Spoken by one of America's Founding Fathers, the one who was a playboy. Bonus point: who?
3. Spoken by the man who is arguably the 20th Century's greatest genius. Bonus point: who?
Answer1. Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Bonus: Thomas Dewar. He played the pipes in 1885, successfully annoying everyone else there.
2. Beware of small expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.
Bonus: Benjamin Franklin.
3. Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Bonus: Albert Einstein.
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One Tough CookieRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Hello there!
I am a living animal.
You may not see me with your eyes,
But though I'm very, very small,
I'm a tough nut for my size.
I do not fear the arid desert,
Nor the frigid cold and snow.
I can rest comfortably in the mountains high
Or in the ocean far below.
You may find me in the cold of space
Or by a pristine, little lake.
I may have gone thirsty for 100 years,
So give me a drink, for goodness sake!
If you find me, please say "hello,"
And a new friend you can make,
For you'll find I'm not as nasty
As my more ferocious namesake.
It's been a pleasure meeting you
And telling you about me.
Now that you have all the clues,
Please tell me, what can I be?
HintI have topped the list twice on Animal Planet's "The Most Extreme".
AnswerThe only member of the Tardigrada phylum, the Tardigrade, or water bear, only reaches a maximum size of 1.5 millimeters.
These tiny wonders can survive temperatures as high as 303 degrees Fahrenheit and as low as 328 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
They can be found in the Himalayas as high as 6000 meters and in the ocean as low as 4000 meters deep.
They can survive extreme low pressure such as the vacuum of space or the high pressure found deep below the ocean.
They can go without water for over 100 years and can be reawakened with just a little water.
They can be found all over the world from the arctic to the equator.
Obviously, water "bears" are not as vicious as other bears.
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