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Plain Speaking
A Y2002 Problem.
In June, shortly before summer began, President Clinton issued a governmentwide memorandum the first directive of which takes effect as soon as summer comes to a close. By the beginning of October, if not before, federal bureaucrats are supposed to have put into place the first elements of the government's Plain Language Initiative, which aims to make the government "more responsive, accessible, and understandable in its communications with the public." Those elements include the use of something called Plain Language in all documents other than official regulations--for instance, in all letters, forms, notices, and instruction booklets. The official regulations themselves--that is to say, the entire contents of the daily Federal Register--must come into compliance by Jan. 1, 1999.
What is Plain Language? Ordinary English speakers might well give different answers, but according to the government, Plain Language uses short sentences; common, everyday words "except for necessary technical terms"; and "you" and other pronouns instead of hands-offish nouns such as "applicant" or "lessee." Plain Language also uses the active voice--although a White House press release accompanying the president's memorandum notes that the Plain Language Initiative, which now forms a part of Al Gore's "Reinventing Government" program, "was developed [oops!] by an interagency group of plain language enthusiasts." This group, the press release goes on, "was formed in 1996." Implementation of the new regulations, it warns, "must be begun by October 1, 1998." For its part, the Plain Language Action Network, a government task force charged with promoting the regulations, states on its Web site, "We are guided by a small steering committee." Ah, well: There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the passive voice, and the active voice sometimes sounds stilted. Besides, the Romans didn't build their city in a day.
What impact the full force and majesty of the United States government can actually have on the English language remains far from clear. To be sure, some official language programs have enjoyed success. In the late Middle Ages, for example, the central governments of England and France set out to turn the dialect spoken at the royal court into a national language. With the advent of a standardized court vernacular, a cadre of scribes trained to use it, a kingdomwide reliance on the legal and other documents the scribes produced, and the military might to back up such reliance--under these circumstances, the spread of the king's English and the king's French was rapid. (The language theorist Stephen Pinker, asked once to define the difference between a dialect and a language, replied, "A language is a dialect with an army.") Today, of course, government pronouncements constitute a small and probably shrinking proportion of all verbiage that is in some sense "national." Apple Computer's "Think Different" advertising campaign may have a more lasting impact on the language than any tweaking of the 1040 form.
Still, governments persist in stepping into language debates--and outside groups persist in putting pressure on governments to do so. I won't bother mentioning France. In England, a citizens' lobby called the Plain English Campaign, led by a former housewife named Chrissie Maher, has sought since 1971 to make English laws and regulations more straightforward. The campaign has spread throughout the Commonwealth of Nations ("Crusade for Plain English Reaches Ghana," announced a recent cover story of the organization's magazine) and has opened a U.S. office in Miami. In Toronto, a doomed utopian named Ted W. Kulp has tirelessly promoted his version of Plain Language, to which he gives the name "Kanadan." (Consider this sentence from the "introduksion" to Kulp's Diksionari uv Kanadan: "Dhis diksionari iz aranjaized alfabetikli, akording tu dhe ingglis alfabet.") Two years ago, the culture ministers of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland agreed to simplify the German language--among other things, by reducing the rules governing the use of commas from 52 to nine, reducing the number of spelling rules from 212 to 112, and performing Teutonic enhancement on certain foreign loanwords. This German version of the Plain Language Initiative--Kampf auf gut Deutsch, as it might be called--went into effect Aug. 1 but has been challenged in court and will be challenged again in a referendum this fall.
A s for the U.S. government's Plain Language Initiative, its stated ambitions are in truth astonishing. The initial mandates apply only to newly drafted documents and regulations--that is, to materials promulgated on or after Oct. 1, 1998, and Jan. 1, 1999. But the president's memorandum also commits the government to cleaning up the backlog. It declares that by Jan. 1, 2002, all government "letters, forms, notices, and instructions" drafted prior to Oct. 1, 1998, must be retroactively rendered into Plain Language. Existing regulations also call for ex post facto attention. Should the cleanup include all back issues of the Federal Register? All presidential executive orders? Ford's pardon of Nixon? The Wilmot Proviso? The Missouri Compromise? Our problems may have begun even earlier: In Massachusetts, prospective teachers recently complained that one reason so many of them fared poorly on a teaching proficiency test was that they were unfairly expected to comprehend a passage from the Federalist Papers--in many ways, the essential gloss on our entire constitutional system. Needless to say, the Federalist essays do not meet the simple strictures of the Plain Language Initiative.
If enforced, the Plain Language Initiative would create a Year 2002 Problem of surpassing magnitude--a revisionist enterprise unprecedented in our history. As it happens, though, the initiative comes with no enforcement provisions beyond interagency suasion and popular indignation. In fact, Americans seem to possess a tolerance and perhaps even a relish for gobbledygook. In corporate staff meetings, the Wall Street Journal reports, employees everywhere pursue a game called Buzzword Bingo, in which players score by quietly taking note whenever a jargon term ("proactive," "incent," "interface") is wielded by their bosses. We would all feel oddly impoverished, I think, in a world where the occasional malpractice case was never passed off as a "negative patient-care outcome" or where the occasional plane crash was never described as a "failure to maintain ground clearance."
T he one area of modern life where I wish Plain Language would make more of a mark is the Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee. Over the years, the words dispensed to the young competitors seem to have become more and more obscure--to the point where the contest lies largely beyond the reach of amateur enthusiasts and is accessible only to a specialized class of orthographiliac autodidacts who have been training for years. The last 10 words in the 1998 national spelling bee included "prairillon," "daedal," "parrhesia," "risorgimento," and "maieutic." Looking back over the past five years, one finds "hebephrenia," "xanthosis," "hirundine," "vivisepulture," "intonaco," and "bathyseism" all occurring in the crucial home stretch. "They don't use real words much anymore," lamented the mother of one contestant last spring, after her son misspelled "fodient" in Round 6. ("Fodient" means "fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.")
Traditionally, the national spelling bee is the venue where children of immigrants triumphantly demonstrate mastery of their new language. Too often, now, the winners demonstrate mastery of words that don't sound like English at all. Surely we can do a little better (the dictionary is, after all, a fodient-friendly volume). I don't harbor enormous hope for Reinventing Government. But a few new guidelines for the spelling bee seem well within our power.


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Nov. 3, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) –
Junior Wooden Award and All-American candidate Chris Singleton scored a game-high 22 points and earned a game-high five steals to lead Florida State to a 95-74 victory over Rollins College in the Seminoles' first of two exhibition games at the Donald L. Tucker Center. Singleton led five Seminoles in double figure scoring and helped the home team to 14 steals and five blocked shots as they continued their preparations for the upcoming 2010-11 season.
The Seminoles will play host to Mid Continent University on Nov. 9 before opening their regular season against North Florida at home on Nov. 12. Tickets are available for the Seminoles' final exhibition game and for the entire season on a home schedule that includes Duke, North Carolina, Ohio State (in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge) and Florida.
Singleton, the reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year, was outstanding both offensively and defensively in the 23 minutes he played. In addition to his 22 points and five steals, he totaled three rebounds, two assists and one blocked shot. Singleton shot the ball well from the field (seven of 12), the 3-point line (four of six) and the free throw line (four of six). He scored nine points in the first half in leading Florida State to the wire-to-wire win.
"Obviously Chris gives us a defensive presence that very few other kids can match," said head coach Leonard Hamilton. "After that, I think our guys are fairly close, and hopefully we can buy into that and have that camaraderie, togetherness, and unity – embrace the fact that we have a couple of guys that can be interchangeable and it could be a positive strength to our team."
In addition to Singleton's 22 points, freshman Okaro White scored 17, junior Bernard James totaled 14 (and nine rebounds), freshman Ian Miller scored 12 (to go along with a game-high seven assists) and junior Xavier Gibson scored 11 (in addition to eight rebounds) as nine of the 11 Seminoles who appeared in the game got themselves into the scoring column.
"I thought it was a good team for us to play against because they are a veteran team," said Hamilton. "That offensive system that they run, most coaches will tell you that you have to spend a lot of time working on it. They challenged all of our defensive principles consistently and even though we were playing very hard, and very aggressive, we hadn't really prepared for their system. I am happy that we played a team that mixed their defenses up, they played mostly zone, and we have been working mostly on our man-to-man defense. We do have some systems in to attack zones. They ran one system tonight, they ran the 1-3-1 and we haven't practiced against it at all. We drew it up in the time out and came out and I think we executed very well
Junior Deividas Dulkys scored the first basket of the game for Florida State (a 3-pointer) and the Seminoles never looked back. Led by Singleton's four shots from the bonusphere, the Seminoles made 13 shots from long range and shot nearly 50 percent (13 of 27, .481 percent) from the 3-point line. Dulkys (two), White (three) and Miller (two) joined Singleton in making multiple 3-point shots during the game.
Florida State won the rebounding battle (36-21), held the Tars to .452 shooting from the field and forced 18 turnovers. Singleton (five steals), Miller (three), White (two) and senior Derwin Kitchen all recorded multiple steals. Both James (in his first game at the Division I level) (14 points and nine rebounds) and Gibson (11 points and eight rebounds) came within one and two rebounds, respectively, of earning double-doubles.
"Bernard has an uncanny way of just being around the ball," said Hamilton. "He finishes well around the basket. He is still a little bit unsure of what exactly he is supposed to be doing. He is not uncomfortable, but he is doing a lot of thinking. We are just telling him to do the things that he knows how to do, run the floor, go to the offensive boards, put backs, block shots, and then we will keep working in practice and hopefully he will get a better grasp on our system. He showed that he can be physical, just hoping that we have enough time before the season starts to bring him along in such a fashion that he can play with a lot of confidence."
Florida State's highly touted recruiting class of James, Miller and White combined to score 43 points, grab 17 rebounds, account for eight assists and six steals.
"Ian has ice water in his veins," said Hamilton. "There are guys that play with a lot of confidence. Okaro hasn't played small forward at all in a week or so. He has been playing inside in basically all of our practices. That just shows his ability to adjust."

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This is my Navaho wedding basket, probably made around the 1930's or so. It is about 15 inches in diameter. The side that shows is faded, due to it's age. These baskets are made with Sumac and then dyed with natural colors. Navajo baskets are usually made with a two-rod-and-bundle-coiled technique. The rim is always characterized by a "false braid" or "herringbone" finish, and the center start may consist of a knot. "Some Navajo basketry starts however, may consist of a round coiled self-start instead of a knot. Some older baskets held a bit of cloth in the center that held cornmeal, and held meaning to the new bride and groom. All of these traits are found in ancient Pueblo basketry. Many Navaho baskets like this are actually made by the Ute tribe and then sold to the Navaho who then sell to tourists.
"The traditional Navajo basket design with the red, white, and black colors. The black design symbolizes the darkness (night) and clouds that bring the rain. The white part inside the black design represents the sacred mountains. Usually, there are four or six points in this part to designate the sacred mountains. The outside white area represents the dawn and is tied together with the outside rim which represents a person's thoughts, prayers, and values. The red part within the black design represents the life giving rays of the sun" (Ben Gorman, Navajo artist).


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Materials: Scissors, various papers
Yesterday's countdown calendar activity was to make snowflakes, so when the boys got home from school, this is what they found.
A basket full of pre-folded paper, ready for cutting into snowflakes. I used a variety of paper–coffee filters (which we've used in the past), vellum, and magazine pages, inspired by Pinterest. Earlier in the day, G chose pages from magazines and I cut them and the vellum into squares, then folded everything. (You can see how I fold here; I like six-pointed snowflakes because that's how nature does it!)
When the boys came home, we cut.
And cut.
The vellum was hardest to cut, and the magazine pages, the easiest. (You might want to keep that in mind if you're cutting snowflakes with young ones!) While I thought the coffee filters would be easiest, because they're so thin, they are, of course, tough, as they're meant to be, and it wasn't easy for G to get her scissors through the fibers. She mainly cut the magazine pages, and because she was doing it herself (as if there could be any other way?!), she made lots of six-sided shapes by cutting the tips off at angles. We like these snowflakes just as much as the others.
V, being the oldest, did the most experimenting with different types of cuts to see what sort of patterns would emerge. The fun lies in the cutting and unfolding!
This morning, G and I took down our autumn leaves and hung up our snowflakes. (It is a grey, wet day outside that window.)
The magazine page snowflakes are very pretty in their randomness.
This window has some of each–both white and natural coffee filters, vellum, and magazine pages:
I've promised to refill the basket with snowflake blanks whenever I have a some spare minutes.
Do you have a favorite material with which to make snowflakes?


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February 11, 2013 16:30 ET
HONG KONG, CHINA--(Marketwire - Feb. 11, 2013) - iMing Corp. (OTC PINK:IMNG) announced today that the company has received a business proposal from Appngameagency.com the Award winning Mobility Company of India. Appngameagency.com Ranked top 50 in Deloitte Technology fast 50 India 2012 and Awarded fastest growing company in Asia Pacific top 500 by Deloitte. The company plans to add and develop additional apps and games for its upcoming release iMing's 2nd Generation Android Operating System based Smart TV Box. The company is expected to complete its due- diligence for this proposal with appngameagency.com and will make additional announcements in the coming weeks.
About Appngameagency.com:
Appngameagency.com is the Award winning Mobility Company (Ranked top 50 in Deloitte Technology fast 50 India 2012 and Awarded the fastest growing company in Deloitte Technology Fast500 Asia Pacific 2012!..). The Company has developed more then 200+ Apps & Games; among them are award winning and listed as Top 10 Apps in App store, ISO 9001:2008 certified and got Deloitte's 2012 award of India's top 50 fastest Technology growing company with over 100 professionals, Efficient Project Management model (Scrum) with dedicated specialized testing & QA team, Work on iPhone / iPad (Objective C, Xcode, Cocoa), Android (Java, Android SDK), Blackberry (J2ME, RIM), Windows, Phonegap, Sencha Touch, Games in IOS / Android (Cocos2D, Unity 3D etc).
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The bladder is located in the lower abdomen. It is a hollow organ with flexible muscular walls. It stores urine until a person is ready to urinate. Bladder cancer is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the bladder.
Three main types of cancer affect the bladder. They are named for the type of cell that becomes cancerous:
- Transitional cell (urothelial) carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma
Cancer occurs when cells in the body, in this case bladder cells, divide without control or order. Sometimes, cells divide uncontrollably when new cells are not needed. A mass of tissue called a growth or tumor can form. The term cancer refers to malignant tumors. Malignant tumors can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.
What causes the changes in the cells is not clear. It is likely to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Risk Factors
This condition is more common in adults between 65 and 85 years old. It is also more common in men and people who are Caucasian. Factors that may increase your chance of developing bladder cancer include:
- Smoking
Occupational exposures:
- Rubber, leather, and textiles
- Painting
- Chemicals used in hairdressing
- Machines
- Printing
- Truck driving
- Petroleum industry
- Genetics
- Chronic bladder inflammation or urinary tract infections
- Personal or family history of bladder cancer
- Chemotherapy drugs, such as cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide
- Obesity
- The use of pioglitazone to treat diabetes
- Exposure to arsenic
- Radiation treatment of the pelvis
- Bladder birth defects
- Chemicals such as nitrosamines and benzidine
- Recurrent urinary stones
- Long-term in-dwelling catheter
- Bladder diverticuli—an area of weakness in the bladder wall through which some of the lining of the bladder is forced out
- Metastasis from another cancer
Symptoms include:
- Blood in the urine
- Frequent urination, or feeling the need to urinate without being able to
- Painful urination
- Lower back pain
- Weight loss, bone pain, or abdominal pain in advanced cases
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor will feel the abdomen and pelvis for abnormalities. The physical exam may include a rectal or vaginal exam.
- Urine can be evaluated with:
- Urine cytology
- Urine culture
- Imaging tests assess the bladder and surrounding structures. These may include:
- Cystoscopy
- IV pyelogram (IVP)
- CT scan
- MRI scan
- Ultrasound
- Bone scan
- A sample of bladder tissue may need to be tested. This can be done with a biopsy.
The physical exam combined with all of your test results, will help to determine the stage of cancer you have. Staging is used to guide your treatment plan. Bladder cancer is staged from 0-IV. Stage 0 is a very localized cancer, while stage IV indicates a spread to other parts of the body.
Treatment options depend on the stage and may include:
Surgery involves removing cancerous cells and nearby tissue. Types of surgery to treat bladder cancer include:
- Transurethral resection—This is done for early stage or superficial bladder cancer. A cystoscope is placed into the bladder through the urethra. A small wire loop at the end of the cystoscope is used to remove cancer cells. Fulguration can be done during this procedure. It uses electrical current to burn away remaining cancer cells.
- Cystectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the bladder—This is done when bladder cancer is invasive. Segmental or partial cystectomy is the removal of part of the bladder. Radical cystectomy is the removal of the entire bladder and nearby lymph nodes. In men, the prostate may be removed. In women, the uterus, ovaries, part of the vagina, and the fallopian tubes may be removed. A form of urinary diversion must be created to store the urine if the bladder is removed.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation therapy may be:
- External—Radiation is directed at the tumor from a source outside the body.
- Internal (brachytherapy)—Radioactive materials are placed near the cancer cells in the bladder through the urethra or through an incision in the abdomen.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be given in many forms, including pill, injection, or via a catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells, but also some healthy cells. For bladder cancer, chemotherapy is often given directly into the bladder. This is called intravesical chemotherapy.
Biologic Therapy
Biologic therapy (immunotherapy) uses the body's immune system to fight cancer. Substances made by the body or in a laboratory are given directly into the bladder to help boost, direct, or restore the body's defenses against the cancer. This type of therapy is used only for superficial low-grade cancers that have been resected transurethrally.
To help reduce your chance of bladder cancer:
- If you smoke or use tobacco products, talk to your doctor about ways to quit.
- Avoid or minimize occupational exposure to certain chemicals; follow good work safety practices.
- Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.
- Avoid excess intake of high fat or high cholesterol foods.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Mohei Abouzied, MD
- Review Date: 05/2016 -
- Update Date: 07/21/2015 -


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Quackery and AIDS
October 1, 1987
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Defrauding the DesperateThe art of quackery has always kept pace with the science of medicine, and it has never been more evident than in the tactics now in vogue for promoting AIDS remedies. No more "eye of newt" and "toe of frog" stirred up by Macbeth's witches. To the contrary, today's proponents of special lotions, potions, diets and pills borrow handily from legitimate science, citing "scientific studies" and using the language of medicine in attempts to lend credence to their claims.
Aiming their wares at the sophisticated consumer who is wary of fraud yet desperate for help, quacks invent scientific-sounding rationales for their products, hoping they might help the medicine go down--thus the use of terms such as "immunoaugmentative therapy" and claims to "bolster the immune system." But what's really going down is fraud.
Dr. John Renner, chairman of the Midwest Council Against Health Fraud, based in Kansas City, Mo., has surveyed the market of fraudulent AIDS products, prompting him to state that "everything has been converted into an AIDS treatment." Remedies include processed blue-green algae (referred to by some as "pond scum") selling for $20 a bottle, injections of hydrogen peroxide, pills derived from mice that have been given the AIDS virus, and herbal capsules that were found to contain poisonous metals. Additional "therapies" include thumping on the thymus gland--an immune system organ--to produce white blood cells (which are severely depleted in AIDS patients), massaging the skin with a dry brush, bathing the body in a chlorine bleach solution, and exposing the genitals and rectum to the sun's rays at about 4 p.m. One man, masquerading as a Ph.D., was injecting his patients with a processed byproduct of their own urine at $100 per injection.
These charlatans don't limit their pitches to people who already have AIDS or are infected with the AIDS virus. The fear generated by this disease has created a potentially unlimited clientele, and anyone is fair game. Especially dangerous are product claims that misinform the public about AIDS prevention and virus transmission. "Sani-Form," a piece of plastic designed to fit over a telephone mouthpiece, was promoted to protect against infection from public phones. That the product is rubbish constitutes less disservice to the public than does the suggestion that AIDS can be transmitted simply by touching an instrument used by someone with AIDS.
While products like Sani-Form reawaken groundless fears of catching AIDS through casual contact, a more insidious danger lies with false claims that a product will protect against infection in situations that do present a risk, such as practicing high-risk sex. This was the case with Lubraseptic, a product approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as a condom lubricant/spermicide. When studies showed that nonoxynol-9, the active ingredient in Lubraseptic, could kill the AIDS virus in vitro (in the test tube), the manufacturer began to promote the product as an AIDS preventive. However, laboratory test results often differ from results in a living organism and do not constitute proof of how a chemical will work in the human body. Unsubstantiated claims such as this one instill a sense of security where none is warranted, perhaps leading users of the product to ignore precautions that are known to help protect against spreading the disease.
Despite the quacks, FDA has not seen as many fraudulent AIDS products on the market as had been anticipated. This is in part because AIDS affects only a small percentage of the population. As the disease becomes more widespread, the market of fraudulent products is expected to grow.
The big money in AIDS fraud, according to George Blatt, director of FDA's Health Fraud Staff in the Center for Drugs Evaluation and Research's office of compliance, probably comes from the sale of unproven products or "treatments" advocated by foreign promoters or clinics. People with AIDS, or their friends or relatives, are spending millions of dollars to obtain these drugs or therapies abroad or--illegally--in this country. Two highly publicized overseas promoters offering bogus treatments are Dr. Lawrence Burton's Immunology Researching Centre in the Bahamas and the Hauptmann Institute in Austria. FDA has issued import alerts against products for both these facilities, barring their entry into this country.
Others have been lured by claims that megadoses of vitamin C help the body's immune system fight the AIDS virus. Various claims for vitamins, nutrients, and special diets are proving as popular in AIDS quackery as they have in so many diseases preceding this one.
Not all who sell or provide unapproved treatments for AIDS are motivated by personal gain. For example, certain remedies such as homemade herbal products, are believed by some to combat the AIDS virus or enhance immunity. These products are often provided free to patients by an underground network.
Well-intentioned proponents of these products contend that the substances may provide help, or, at the very least, hope, and that people have the right to try whatever may offer them hope, even if it is a worthless remedy. This argument is especially compelling for people with AIDS or other life-threatening diseases with no known cure.
In the book Health Quackery, published in 1980, the editors of Consumer Reports addressed this issue in examining the controversy surrounding Laetrile as a cancer treatment. Proponents of the drug, including some physicians, reasoned that little or no harm could come from permitting terminally ill patients to use a worthless drug. The editors disagreed, stating that "the use of Laetrile as a treatment for terminally ill cancer patients stands in blatant violation of the basic patient right not to be duped and not to be offered a false sense of hope." They went on to say that "these patients also have the right to responsible, honest medical care of high quality for as long as they live. Dying patients rarely, if ever, require deceptive drug treatment."
In a speech before the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators, former New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner Angelo J. Aponte reminded his audience that, "Reliance on phony or unreliable cures or treatment can ...lure people away from genuine therapies or preventives."
In 1987, FDA issued a new rule that permits terminally ill patients greater access to experimental drugs. This should help combat health fraud and eliminate the need for desperate patients to go abroad seeking help. The regulation is carefully designed to protect the welfare of patients and to safeguard the drug testing and approval process. FDA also works closely with legitimate sponsors of experimental AIDS drugs, and these are given the agency's highest priority for review.
FDA has seen a dramatic increase in the number of over-the-counter drugs promoted to enhance or strengthen the immune system against a plethora of disease conditions, ranging from the common cold to AIDS. The agency issued several bulletins to its field staff directing them to take action against any products represented directly or indirectly as effective for preventing or treating AIDS. In fiscal years 1988 and 1989 the agency approved 66 actions against AIDS-related products that were being marketed in violation of the law.
Recently, FDA enjoined two individuals in Michigan who were manufacturing a homemade product known as "Entelev" or "Cancell," which they promoted for the treatment of AIDS, cancer, and other serious disease conditions.
Field investigators around the country also worked with state governments to combat health fraud. To help contain the growth of fraudulent AIDS products, the agency has established a special initiative, coordinated by its Office of Consumer Affairs, to monitor the problem and to work with other organizations to educate the public.
The consumer must remember that AIDS is a quack's dream come true. An incurable, fatal disease surrounded by fear and ignorance is tailor-made for the enterprising huckster who will stir up a cauldron of deceit to turn a quick profit. And, if the experts are right in their predictions, more and more of these profiteers will be on the scene selling their wares. When the product is hope, let the buyer beware.
The Call of the QuackQuackery in advertising is easy to spot. The language is predictable and should send out a red alert to keep your wallet in your pocket.
Watch out for "amazing breakthroughs" in anything medical; breakthroughs are few and far between, and when they happen, they're not touted as "amazing" or "miraculous" by any responsible scientist or journalist.
Be wary of products advertised as "natural," "painless," "fast-working," "inexpensive," "fantastic," or "guaranteed to work." Some of these claims, such as fast-acting, painless and inexpensive, can be validly used in labeling or advertising to accurately describe certain over-the-counter medicines or preparations. But they are also classic terms of the trade for quacks and should be regarded with suspicion in unusual circumstances, especially as used to promote cures or treatments for chronic or devastating diseases.
Don't be taken in by the advertiser's attempt to scientifically explain how the product works--for example: "Basically, the process involves the use of cell cultures derived from embryonic tissues." Sophisticated as this may sound, it is pure nonsense.
AIDS quackery in particular makes much of medical mumbo-jumbo. With all that's written and broadcast about AIDS, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that claims to strengthen immunity pave the way for profit in this disease. Thus, the flood of assertions to bolster the immune system through "natural therapies"--vitamins, minerals and special diets. Special lights, acupuncture, guided imagery, and bottled T-cells (critical immune cells that are depleted in AIDS) have also been touted as immune system enhancers. Advertisements for "anti-AIDS pills, "anti-AIDS formulas," and "disease-fighting agents against AIDS" signal trouble, too.
Beware of treatment that can only be obtained across the border or across the ocean. Esoteric-sounding but vague "immunoaugmentative therapies" and the like are extremely expensive and risky.
There's no quick fix for AIDS. Before you reach for your wallet, listen to the language and consider the consequences.
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
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From the Santa Monica Pier to Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble, with three solid years of touring under their collective belt, Angel Band has rapidly expanded their following from opening act up to headliner status. No audience has been known to have been unmoved by Angel Band's all-out stage presence, signature rootsy, bluesy Americana songs, superb back-up band and the vocals of leader and lyricist Nancy Josephson and fellow Angels Kathleen Weber and Aly Paige. Initially performing as opening act and backup singers for Josephson's husband, world-class roots musician David Bromberg at Bonnaroo, Merlefest, the Philadelphia Folk Festival and other high profile events, Angel Band has moved up to playing prestigious concert venues on their own. Voted one of the Top 10 Favorite Bands at Bonnaroo, Angel Band are clearly a group on the ascent.
Born and raised in new York City, Nancy Josephson says "I don't ever remember not singing," and was thumping on an acoustic guitar at age six. She learned to play stand-up bass and was a founding member of the all-girl bluegrass group, the Buffalo Gals. After a move to California in the mid 70's she performed with a number of well-known bluegrass and "new grass" performers, including Arlo Guthrie, Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Airforce, Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick (of the Good Ol' Persons), and The David Bromberg Big Band. She has also sung back-up with Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow, among others.
In 1980, David and Nancy moved to Chicago, where he studied violin making while Nancy sang commercial jingles, joined The Annettes as the only Caucasian in a 30-voice women's choir, raised two young children and switched to visual arts as her main creative outlet. When the city of Wilmington, Delaware asked David and Nancy to become artists in residence in 2002, Nancy initially refrained from joining the bluegrass sessions David organized there, until Bromberg started raving about a mother and sister vocal duo that might accommodate a third voice. "Mainly to satisfy David" Nancy attended the next jam and was hooked by the resultant three-part harmonies. Thus began the formation of Angel Band.
Kathleen Weber comes from a musical family in Philadelphia. She is a four-year veteran of the Angel Band and a lifelong singer; one critic exclaimed "her deep, bluesy voice seems almost out of place in her small frame." You can really hear her influences channeled: Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin and and Alison Krause, among others. Her versatility allows her to move easily between Angel Band's low down and dirty and simple, sweet songs. Aly Paige's vocals are clear, clean and powerful. Originally from Delaware, now living in Philadelphia, Aly joined the band as a novice in the Americana world, but with some roots in the world of opera. Aly belts with the best of them, and one can hear a little Etta James in her approach to the material; soulful, soaring, then close up and intimate, Aly's approach captivates and ignites the audience.
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If you haven't seen it already, BPI has some important information posted on their website regarding upcoming changes to BPI certification exams. Existing topics are being upgraded and new topics are being added. Updated exams will be available at all BPI Test Centers on 2/1/14. CEU requirements are affected too. Check it out: http://www.bpi.org/professionals_upgrade.aspx?utm_source=print&...
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I didn't reply when this was first posted, but the silence seems to confirm my feeling, ug! Do we really need to keep sharpening the pencil, owners are already rejecting the complexity and cost. If change is needed it needs to be in the value we offer, a better product at a lower price, and we can't lower any prices if we have to constantly retrain at a higher (more expensive) level. The message to BPI needs to be, give us something that works today and for the next 10 years. I know 10 is stretching but if we ask for 5 they will give us 2.
Enough with the changes!
building performance is one of the fastest growing tech 2nd only to computers it is a must that we keep an open mind to the new trends
Hi Mark and Happy new year.
Your reply is almost identical to the advice I used to give new enthusiastic recruits when they considered the energy trade, 8 years ago. Unfortunately, things are a lot different now. Energy costs are trending down. Home owners are not trending towards home performance, being pushed but not trending.
My first classes in energy auditing were part of Maine's WAP program so I got to meet and talk with several managers from that side of our industry. One in particular was very upset at any increase in testing as it all translates to time and on one side he was being ordered to complete more jobs per week and the other he had to attend these classes to to learn about the extra work to be required. He said, they can't have both .
Be it WAP or an independent, the time on the job is out of control for what we can charge. Adding more steps, more testing, more training doesn't work.
We need one simple diploma that says we know the basics, then individual certifications that say we have added other specific knowledge. But the diploma remains in effect forever, just like a college degree. CEU's are a joke, so in the end many have to test from the start. How many times are we supposed to start over?
I'll jump off my soap box, but we cannot be the gods on the job. Other contractors need to get on board and install and test their own work.
Happy New Year to you as well,
I agree with the established diploma concept unfortunately without out the CEU's groups like BPI, Resnet, and NEHA would lose a considerable amount of cash flow.
Nice sentiment Bud.
Changing the basic class and making it more complex raises the bar at/to entry, which seems really dumb. Don't we want to attract MORE people to learning these concepts?
And aren't Energy Modeling and Improvement Design complex enough and important enough tasks that they deserve their OWN courses of study and recognition of excellence via certification? Isn't a large part of the dismal failure of Home Performance nationwide (average realization rates at 50¢ on the dollar!) due in no small part to people oversimplifying these tasks and being rewarded with poor performing prescriptive oriented implementations that don't fix consumer comfort or energy problems?
Makes me wonder if EE leadership is a bunch of glad handing simpletons who don't get the value of good process and taking time to really think about design. In NY we need to bring Rick Gerardi and his crew back, they understood all the subtle interconnections and how seemingly small reactionary adjustments can result in huge unanticipated tectonic shifts.
I have been involved in insulation and weatherization for 28 years. I do it every day. I work with homeowners, contractors, HERS Raters, Auditors, ect. Got BPI Certified 3 years ago. My real problem with BPI is that they don't seem to have support for people like me. Earn verifiyable CEU's, classes, go to seminars all over the country. Yeah Right. So now my certification has lapsed. But I can pay more money, get retested, if I can find a proctor, and restart again. Promoting professionalism? I'll remember that when it's 2 degrees this Friday and I'm working
what region do you live in
Robert, I'm hearing this all over.
I know a lot of people who are letting their certifications go. Some of the best and brightest are leaving the industry, others are staying and just not recertifying. "Nobody has ever asked to see my card. If they ever do I don't think the expiration will matter to them."
BPI culture doesn't seem to understand who their customer ultimately is (programs or contractors?), and definitely doesn't do customer service well. This means large drop off at every step. (Great article: 5 Ways To Destroy Your Customer Experience http://bit.ly/smallstuffmatters).
When the $ cost of recertification is only a small part of the cost burden - they have no understanding or empathy regarding administrative or perception of risk, the ability to understand and assess their cost/benefit proposition is dramatically inaccurate.
If you don't measure what matters and place cost where value is, things get out of balance. They get perverted. Here's a great/humorous article on Perverse Incentive - really applies to a lot of areas in this field that simply will NOT get back into alignment until we start honestly tracking results and rewarding excellence.
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Scientists probe causes of solar flares
Solar-B to launch next week
Next week, Japanese space agency JAXA will launch Solar-B, an orbital observatory designed to investigate the causes of solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the huge eruptions from the surface of the Sun.
Although flares themselves are reasonably well understood, the mechanism that produces them is not, and scientists are not able to make good predictions about solar weather patterns.
Solar-B will measure the movement of magnetic fields and track how the solar atmosphere responds. The observatory will be able to distinguish between the normal background activity on the sun's surface, and the changes that will build-up to a flare, the researchers say.
Watching the Sun is not easy, however, as anything in orbit around Earth will have days and nights - periods when it cannot see the Sun.
"The Sun behaves unpredictably and will be as likely to flare during spacecraft night when Solar-B would be behind the Earth," says Professor Len Culhane, principal investigator of the EIS instrument.
To maximise viewing time, the craft will be inserted into a particular kind of polar orbit that will allow it to observe the Sun for nine months of the year.
The craft, a joint project between Japan, the US, and the UK, will carry three telescopes to study the sun in different wavelengths: optical, X-ray and extreme UV. The latter, the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS), was provided by the UK, and is designed to catch the tiniest changes in the solar surface in the build up to a flare.
This so-called "trigger phase" is key to being able to make predictions about flares and CMEs.
"Solar flares are so fast and furious they can cause communication black-outs at Earth within 30 minutes of a flare erupting on the Sun's surface," says Professor Louise Harra, the UK Solar-B project scientist based at UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
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Celebrating its 175th anniversary on the island, the St. Matthew's Episcopal Church will hold its 80th Summer Fair Saturday, July 16, on the church grounds from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine.
There will be children's games, a large selection of toys and books, household electronics, sporting goods, jewelry and attic treasures. The fair's famous lobster rolls will be back as well as other delectable goodies at the Beech Tree Grille. The tropical Tiki punch stand will quench your thirst and a large selection of baked goods will calm your sweet tooth.
There will be a raffle offering a myriad of prizes donated by local merchants.
The church's thrift shop with its large inventory of affordable items will be open during the fair.
A silent auction inside the parish hall will offer bidding opportunities on collectibles, fine china, silver, crystal and works by island artists. Items include a stay at a slope-side condo at Sunday River in Maine, golf packages at Jamestown and Carnegie Abbey courses, a sunset harbor cruise for two on a private yacht and silver jewelry by J.H. Breakell and Co. Silent auction bidding will end at noon.
This year's confirmation class committed to a project to support the Jonnycake Center in Peacedale. Fair-goers are asked to help the class by bringing along a canned good. Parishioners are further marking the 175th anniversary by marching in the Memorial Day parade and entering the upcoming Fools' Rules Regatta.
Some 35 islanders, young and older, came out to an uncomfortably warm country club building on July 6 to audition for the lead roles in the Jamestown Community Theatre's production of "The Wizard of Oz" to be performed in November. Sitting in judgment to determine which actors they will work with when rehearsals start right after Labor Day were artistic director Mary S. Wright, co-directors Annie McIntyre and Luigina Vecchione, choreographer Carol Hopkins and music director Rebecca Brazil. This is Rebecca Brazil's second "Oz" for the JCT. As a youngster she appeared in the first production in 1991.
I arrived early when those seeking the Dorothy role were scheduled to individually sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." A few of the young actors were standing outside the entrance door to the hall waiting to be called. I went over to chat with the actors.
Julia Bush, 10, appeared last year in JCT's "Cinderella" and told us, "I might not get the part because I've only been in one play." We asked Madison Hodrick, 12, who had been in two previous plays, if she was nervous and she replied, "I'm confident and that's better than being nervous."
Isabella Zainyeh, 12, said she was nervous because this will be her first play. We talked to Jolie Curran, 11, after she had auditioned and she said, "I think I did good." Abby Hirsch and Anza DiGasper, both 10, said they had mixed emotions, including confi- dent, happy, excited and nervous.
I went in search of actors seeking other than the Dorothy role. We found Bianca Di Gasper, 11, who is a first-timer and who said she was "calm" about auditioning for the role of the Wicked Witch. Two veterans of past JCT plays, Julia Hirsch and Dana Larkin, both 14, were going out for the role of Glinda the Good Witch, and Julia was also going to read for the Wicked Witch part. Sarah Farrelly, 15, who played the stepsister in "Cinderella" was also going out for the Wicked Witch role.
There to sing "If I Only Had a Brain" in the hope of being cast as the Scarecrow were Joshua Brown, 17, Liam Gamon, 11, and Matt Bolles. Joshua was also interested in the Tin Man and the cowardly Lion parts. Matt was the Scarecrow in 1991 when the JCT presented "The Wizard of Oz" as its second play. All three aspirants are long-time veterans of the JCT.
For the brief hour I was there, I sensed a combination of excitement, hope, confidence and nervousness. I couldn't tell the difference between the first-timers and the experienced performers. They're all good actors.
One stage veteran expressed her reason for turning out. It is probably shared by many others who were auditioning. As I was leaving the building, driven out by the heat inside, I noticed Laura Smith sitting on a bench near the door. She has done two previous plays and was there to read for the Wicked Witch role. She told me that answering the audition call "was like being back with the family again."
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Happy birthday to the Bastille Day babies.
Kathy Tiexiera called with the correct answer to last week's poser. It is from The Temptations' "My Girl," written and produced by The Miracle's Smokey Robinson and Ronald White. It was released in 1964 and was the No. 1 single a year later. The song was inspired by Smokey's wife and Miracles member, Claudette Rogers Robinson.
Do you know there is a place in town where you can purchase chicken, duck and ostrich necks? It's the same place you can buy spareribs and knuckle bones. What is the name of the business? ***
I'm gonna pop her the question, that question,
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It'll be easy, so easy,
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Why do governments take so long to accomplish anything? Maybe fewer commissions and committees would help.
Grants and federal assistance from Washington and states are taxpayer-funded money. Governments have no money!
The feds say they're not sure how they'll detect surgically implanted bombs. How about looking for recent scars?
We wonder how many milligrams of salt were in the 62 Nathan's hot dogs that Joey Chestnut shoved down in 10 minutes. Figuring 450 milligrams per dog, it comes to 27,900 mgs. The medically suggested daily intake should not exceed 1,500 milligrams.
The Jamestown Arts Center will offer a class in ceramics for 5- to 8-year-olds from July 18-22 from 9 a.m. to noon. The students will be introduced to and use several methods of creating with clay and have the opportunity to create a tumbler, mug, bowl or sculpture.
On the same dates from 1 to 4 p.m., 9- to 12-year-olds will delve into art making based on and infl uenced by artists that use collage, clay and color as a means of expression. The fee is $150 plus $10 for materials. Natalie Squillante will be the instructor. Questions? E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 662-3839.
In another arts offering, the Jamestown Philomenian Library invites children ages 10 and older to a filmmaking workshop on Thursday, July 21, from 7 to 8 p.m. During the free program the Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art will present its program, "Animation: The Art and Science of Visual Perception." Young adults will make a Victorian-era animation (a thaumatrope) to take home and work in small groups to make their own stop-motion film.
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(CBS News) Jessica Simpson's baby girl has arrived.
The singer/TV personality and her fiance, Eric Johnson, welcomed daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Pictures: Celebrity babies
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"Eric and I are elated to announce the birth of our baby girl, Maxwell Drew Johnson," Simpson wrote on her website. "We are grateful for all the love, support and prayers we have received. This has been the greatest experience of our lives!!"
The baby girl weighed in at 9 pounds, 13 ounces, and is 21 3/4 inches long. Maxwell is Johnson's middle name and Drew is Simpson's mother's maiden name, according to reports.
Simpson announced the pregnancy on Halloween, sharing a photo of herself dressed in a mummy costume with the caption, "It's true - I'm going to be a mummy." In March, she revealed that the couple was expecting a baby girl.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:
Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't properly investigate Dr. Conrad Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a criminal jury for Jackson's June 2009 death. AEG's attorney says the case is about personal choice, namely Jackson's decision to have Murray serve as his doctor and give him doses of a powerful anesthetic as a sleep aid. Millions, possibly billions, of dollars are at stake.
—Jackson's mother, Katherine, testified about her son's upbringing, his rise to fame, and how he supported her throughout his life.
—An accountant who had conducted royalty audits for Jackson said he estimated Jackson would have earned between $1.1 billion and $1.5 billion if he completed a worldwide tour and crafted a Las Vegas show based on his music and archival footage.
—An AEG Live defense attorney challenged the accountant's figures, getting him to acknowledge that he did not take into account Jackson's historical earnings or spending in his figures.
—Katherine Jackson break down and wipe her face with a tissue as she described hearing that her son had died from one of his managers.
—A budget that AEG Live prepared if Jackson embarked on a worldwide tour. Their estimates called for the singer to earn $132 million if he completed the tour.
— "It hurts to sit here and listen to all these things. To listen to how sick my son was and nobody was trying to help him," Katherine Jackson said about listening to uncomplimentary descriptions of her son throughout the trial.
— "This was going to be a final extravaganza, he was going to do a blowout tour, he would have earned a lot of money," Arthur Erk, a certified public accountant who provided estimates of Michael Jackson's potential earnings.
—"My son needed another doctor, not Dr. Murray," Katherine Jackson said under questioning by an AEG Live attorney.
—"Michael took care of me, my every need, my every want. He gave me everything," Katherine Jackson said about her son and his support of her throughout his life.
—Plaintiff's lawyer Brian Panish and defense attorney Marvin S. Putnam yelled at each other in the hallway after court ended on Wednesday. Jurors had left for the day, but the outburst prompted the judge presiding over the trial to warn the attorneys that they would be sanctioned if it happened again.
— Katherine Jackson will resume testifying and AEG Live will begin calling witnesses in its defense case.


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With the Uprising DLC set to release on May 16th, it looks like Activision wants to give the world even more Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 this month. - PSLS
This makes absolute perfect sense...
Agreed. Something about that date seems familiar...
Ghost Edit: @TrendyGamers Right, I confused the dates.
@xRyan I think they were referring to May 21st being the next Xbox reveal.
The article pic summarizes my thoughts completely.
It makes financial sense since it's just a game with a different cover that will boost sales.
I hope that's a tentative name for it.
COD:BO2GotY :D
Is May 21st Xbox day or something?
I'm guessing they'll use the NextXbox reveal as an excuse to get casuals excited, then some will buy the game on impulse.
Game of the year my arse!
Activision monkeys: doodz, da gaem got duh lotz of selling from da gamurzz. it mus bee da gamy of eear!
This makes as much sense as a Madden: GOTY edition...Don't go getting any ideas, EA.
Sad.... CoD is not GOTY material.
And never will be. One of the biggest reasons being that CoD titles release annually. So no, never will be GotY.
Includes no DLC.... /s
I believed you until I saw the /s
Great deal since it'll include all the DLC. PS3 bundle incoming? They did one for the original Black Ops around this time 2 years ago.
They havnt even released all the DLC yet. GOTY editions usually come with everything. I feel sorry for the people that bought all the weapon camos.
Id rather watch "RuPaul's Drag Race" than play this shit. I've been finished with Cod for years and always will be. These guys could release the same game (which they seem to do anyways) with only a single new weapon and people would still flock to buy it. Pathetic.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tabbed a diehard whitetail hunter — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin — for his vice president running mate last Saturday morning.
Deer & Deer Hunting conducted an exclusive interview with Ryan earlier this summer. Ryan said he was eager to take on the challenge of Romney's invitation if given the opportunity.
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Ryan, 42, is a seven-term congressman from Wisconsin and has been a lightning rod for fiscal matters in Congress while serving as chairman of the House budget committee and as a member of the House Ways and Means committee. During the announcement Saturday at the battleship USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Va., Romney called Ryan "an intellectual leader of the Republican Party" and that Ryan's "integrity is unquestioned and his word is good."
Ryan is the spotlight of the October issue's "I'm a Deer Hunter" column in D&DH, which will hit newsstands shortly. We will post the entire Paul Ryan interview here on deeranddeerhunting.com soon, which includes Ryan discussing his hobbies, sports, the environment and his childhood along with photos of Ryan enjoying his all-time favorite hobby: deer hunting!
Here is a sneak peek at the October issue of D&DH. It hits newsstands on Sept. 4.
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Amidst the endless stories surrounding the big-screen Batwoman of Steel: Justice movie, The CW's small-screen superhero adaptation continues to deliver excellent episode after excellent episode. Arrow is doing so well in fact that its star Stephen Amell is constantly being pulled into the Warner Bros and DC Entertainment rumor mill. The actor has been clear in the past that he would obviously kill for a chance to play Oliver Queen/Green Arrow alongside Henry Cavill's Clark Kent/Superman, Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne/Batman and Gal Gadot's Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in the cinematic DCU but doesn't take kindly to his words being twisted to suggest that he's sat down for such discussions with the studio. And we've all seen what he's capable of (I mean, the salmon ladder) so Starling City 'dickweeds' like Brother Blood and Deathstroke aren't they only ones that should watch their step.
5. The BloodsUnlike "Blast Radius" with Schrapnel causing destruction in Starling City, "Blind Spot" didn't concern itself with a villain of the week and instead focused on the second season's mid-level boss Sebastian 'Brother' Blood. For our heroes, however, the 'man in the skull mask' is still very much the big bad and the episode opened with the potential mayor visiting his 'Aunt' Maya at St. Walker's Hospital. Last week we learned that Maya (based on or just named after Anna 'Mother Mayhem' Resik) was actually Sebastian's mother and he, like all Brother Bloods, killed his father. And now her too. The scene reminded me a lot of Scarecrow confronting Falcone in Batman Begins except the mobster made it out of that encounter alive. The same cannot be said for Maya. Or Cyrus Gold, who keeps getting mentioned because, well, he's likely to return. Maybe on a Monday?


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SNUFF Tour: Reading In Atlanta, GA!
Chuck heads south tonight for a reading in Atlanta, GA:
Wednesday, June 4 – Atlanta, GA
Georgia Center for the Book
Interview, Q&A, signing offsite @
Clarkston Campus of Georgia Perimeter College
Fine Arts Building -- Marvin Cole Auditorium
(404) 370-8450
*Interviewer: Charles McNair, book editor, Paste Magazine
For any of you attending, please take plenty of pictures and submit them to us here! You can also use this thread to type up your accounts of the reading tonight!
Last, please remember these specific instructions on how the signing is going to work at each store.
- All books will be pre-autographed.
- Only the first 150 people at each venue will be able to have their books personalized.
- No memorabilia whatsoever.
- Chuck will personalize up two backlist titles in addition to copies of SNUFF for each of the 150 ticket/bracelet holders.
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- Chuck will not be personalizing books in New York and Denver.
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Antipasti from Diforti – a touch of Sicily in my kitchen:
If there's one thing I remember from my visit to Sicily, it's the food. Wonderful olives, seafood, sun dried tomatoes and bread. The kind of food where you don't need to cook in order to eat well. At this time of year, when it's far too hot to be slaving over a stove, Antipasti comes into its own for me. I eat far too much of it and I really enjoy putting together an antipasti platter for supper.
So, when Diforti offered to send me their Classic Antipasti Selection to review, I jumped at the chance.
Diforti is an old Sicilian company, founded in 1875 by the great grandfather of current owners, Carlo, Andrea and Francesca Diforti. Luigi Diforti originally set up shop in a little village in Sicily, but over the years the business expanded first into restaurants and delis in Italy and later, in 1974 into a business that exported produce to the UK. They now have a range of over 200 antipasti dishes, all beautifully packaged and often with a long enough shelf life to mean you can store things up for when you need a little treat.
My beautifully packaged box arrived with a complimentary canvas shopping bag. The selection included semi-dried cherry tomatoes, Nocellara del Belice olives, sweet red peppers stuffed with cheese, Spanish salted Marcona almonds, aged Pecorino with truffles, salami, breadsticks and a curious flat bread called Pane pomodoro – bread with just a hint of tomato, salt and herbs.
I've been nibbling contentedly on the contents ever since – and I still have a way to go.
I'm particularly impressed with the Pecorino with truffles – it's quite strong but worked perfectly with a little of the pane pomodoro or some salami. If I hadn't finished the lot, I'd have tried grating some over fresh pasta too. And, the semi-dried tomatoes were so nice that although I put out fresh cherry tomatoes, we all prefered the semi-dried ones and ignored the fresh ones. Nocellara olives are one of my favourite kind, mid-sized mild, green olives and Marcona almonds are sweet, delicate and perfect to munch on with a glass of prosecco.
I think this kind of box is the perfect gift. For most people there will be some old favourites and some new treats to experiment with. And, during the summer, it's a great way to avoid spending too much time in the kitchen.
So, I've persuaded Diforti to offer one Classic Antipasti Selection for a lucky London-Unattached reader.
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Flying cars. Waterproof living rooms that you clean with a hose. A pool on every rooftop.
Many of the old dreams and schemes about daily life in the 21st century didn't come true — at least not yet. Author Gregory Benford has gathered them — along with more successful predictions — in a book, "The Wonderful Future that Never Was" (Hearst, 2012). Some of the imaginative ideas just weren't imaginative enough, he says.
"Failures usually assumed that bigger would always be better — vast domed cities, floating airports, personal helicopters, tunnels across continents," Benford says.
Forecasters didn't realize that being able to invent something wasn't enough.
"Just because high-tech change is possible doesn't mean we always want it," says James B. Meigs, editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics magazine, noting the slow-food and handmade-crafts movements as high-tech counterpoints. "Sometimes affluence gives us the options to choose more traditional things. We choose clothing out of wool rather than synthetics."
Two well-known failures: flying cars and jet packs. George Jetson kissed his wife then flew his car to work in the TV cartoon series launched in the 1960s, while TV's Buck Rogers thrilled kids of the 1950s by fighting evil invaders wearing a jet pack.
Such depictions created a hunger for personal flying devices, but that wasn't enough to make them a reality.
"People have produced (both) those," says Benford. "It's just that neither is particularly good at being a plane or a car."
A physics professor at the University of California at Irvine and a science fiction writer, Benford culled scientists' predictions from the early 1900s through the late 1960s from Popular Mechanics for this and another book, "The Amazing Weapons that Never Were" (Hearst, 2012).
"In the year 1900, everyone knew that technology drove their world and would drive the future even harder," Benford writes. "That was the single most prescient 'prediction' of the 20th century."
At mid-century, plastics seemed to offer all kinds of possibilities: Take the magazine's 1950 prediction that housewives in the year 2000 would clean house with a hose. Everything — rugs, drapes, furniture — would be waterproof, and the water would run down a drain in the floor.
Among the idea's many drawbacks, which include how uncomfortable such decor would be, forecasters forgot one vital detail: Electricity powers our homes, and it doesn't mix well with water.
Remember how we used to think we'd have robots cleaning clean our homes, cooking our food, tending to our children? Sadly, that one doesn't look promising, Meigs contends.
Robots do fine on an automated factory line with one, simple task, but the home environment requires an adaptability that robots can't muster.
"Getting someone to do the dishes, butter toast, organize the shoes in your closet. Those are doable but really tricky for a robot," says Meigs. "They have to improvise, and you know if humans are involved, you'll open the refrigerator and the butter won't be in the same place."
Yet 50 percent of the predictions that Benford unearthed in the magazine have come true, at least in part.
The "picture phone" was predicted in 1956, for example; see today's Skype calls on the Internet.
And those rooftop pools? They were proposed in 1928 as a way to cool homes. Air-conditioning later proved them unnecessary, but Meigs says the theory behind them exists in practice: as evaporative coolers on home and office rooftops.
What are these experts' own predictions?
Benford says smart homes and self-driving cars are in the future; the technology exists for both. Smart homes, for instance, will respond to human presence in a room by turning on lights and adjusting the temperature, making them energy-efficient, he says. With Internet access, homeowners also will be able to lock and unlock their homes and turn on or check appliances remotely, says Meigs. (We won't worry about whether we left the coffee pot on.)
"That stuff will seem pretty routine, at least in new houses in the next 10 to 15 years," he predicts.
He also thinks we'll have three-dimensional, hologram TVs in 20 or more years.
Benford says human relations could be transformed by Google glass — a computer worn like eyeglasses that thousands of early adapters were trying out this summer; future models will have facial recognition software, he predicts. "It means you can walk around a cocktail party and know who everyone is, never mind those nametags," Benford says. "Two people will be wired so they can exchange information — phone numbers, email . You will have a digital record of who you talked to at the party."
Meigs says it'll go farther: We'll have the functions of Google glass without the device — they'll be imbedded in our heads.
"It sounds like crazy science fiction but the neural interfacing is coming along," he says.


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Logan Couture skated in 15 playoff games for San Jose during its run to the Western Conference finals last season.
He scored four goals and gained the type of experience that, despite his status as a favorite to win the Calder Trophy as the league's best rookie, makes him more of an experienced vet than most 22-year-olds.
Partly because of Couture's emergence as a 32-goal scorer and a perfect second-line center behind Joe Thornton in his first full NHL season, I believe the Sharks should be able to take their playoff run one step farther this season.
In the preseason, I chose Detroit to win the Western Conference. Although the Red Wings are still a solid choice, I reserve the right to change my mind based on the teams' play in the regular season and the first-round match-ups. The Sharks should coast past a Anze Kopitar-less Los Angeles squad, while the Wings without Henrik Zetterberg for an undetermined amount of time will have their hands full with Phoenix.
The Sharks made the necessary adjustments to their game to make sure their defense is difficult to exploit. So they were 10th in goals against per game while still finishing sixth in goals scored. Their back end took a hit from the retirement of Rob Blake, but the continued improvement of Douglas Murray, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Jason Demers, in addition to the trade addition of Ian White, have provided stalwart Dan Boyle with a solid supporting cast.
In net, Antti Niemi has been counted out before. But last time I looked, Chicago won the Stanley Cup with the Finn between the pipes and this season needed help on the last day of the season to qualify for the playoffs without him.
Here are all of my Western Conference first-round picks:
No. 1 Vancouver vs. No. 8 Chicago
The Canucks have a score to settle with the Blackhawks, who have knocked out Vancouver the last two seasons. Vancouver has worked too hard to finish atop the league to allow the 'Hawks to oust them in the first round. With the best line in hockey — Alex Burrow with Henrik and Daniel Sedin — plus outstanding depth up front and excellent special teams, the Canucks should be able to subdue a worn-out Chicago team that was playing in Game 7 situations for most of the last several weeks of the season.
Pick: Canucks in 6
No. 2 San Jose vs. No. 7 Los Angeles
The Kings are as pedestrian as can be without Kopitar percolating the offense. They have no idea what they'll get out of Dustin Penner and their defense isn't much of a match for the Sharks' top six. Jonathan Quick also has yet to prove he's a prime-time goaltender when the stakes are raised to playoff levels.
Pick: Sharks in 5
No. 3 Detroit vs. No. 6 Phoenix
The Zetterberg injury scares me enough to think this could be an upset. Plus, I'm not convinced Jimmy Howard is ready to back bone a playoff run. Nonetheless, the Coyotes and their 14th-ranked offense seem like a perfect match-up for the banged-up Wings, who obviously have tons of experience on their side
Pick: Red Wings in 7
No. 4 Anaheim vs. No. 5 Nashville
The Ducks have been red-hot but they obviously have question marks in goal, where they might have to turn to Dan Ellis if Ray Emery and Jonas Hiller are both out injured. I like how Anaheim pieced together a balanced, talented defense corps that's a solid combination of youth and experience. The Predators have never won a playoff series and I can't see how outside of Pekka Rinne posting a goals-against average of less than one that their 21st-ranked offense can get by the Ducks. Frankly, I don't even understand how Nashville made the playoffs, let alone earned the fifth seed.
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Fast bowler Stuart Broad is to replace seamer Jon Lewis in England's World Cup squad.
Lewis - who has not played in the tournament proper - is set to return home to be with his wife, who is experiencing complications in pregnancy, an England team spokesman said.
Broad, 20, has played five one-day internationals since making his England debut last year.
The son of former England opening batsman Chris and the current Young Cricketer of the Year in England, Leicestershire's Broad was involved in England A's recent tour of Bangladesh.


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I mean what kind of man would I be if I didn't heed the call of my country in its darkest hour?
In all seriousness, soccer has been the sport I've played since I've been very young. I had a very bad knee injury (medial ligament) a few years back, and after several attempted comebacks, a recent (very bad) flare up has convinced me that my knees just won't be able to handle the sport anymore.
Trouble is I'm not happy with how bulbous my body is becoming, so I need some physical activity to keep things in balance. I'm not expecting a qualified medical opinion, but as a general rule how hard is cricket on the knees as a batsman? Not talking international standard dive at the boundary type cricket, I'd be pretty much looking at playing as amateur as it comes.
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Confidence among U.S. consumers declined more than forecast in January, reaching the lowest level in more than a year as higher payroll taxes took a bigger bite out of Americans' paychecks.
The Conference Board's index decreased to 58.6, the weakest since November 2011, from a revised 66.7 in December, figures from the New York-based private research group showed today. The January reading was lower than the most pessimistic forecast in a Bloomberg survey, which had a median estimate of 64.
The drop in confidence coincides with a two percentage- point increase in the payroll tax used to fund Social Security, a hurdle for consumers after a projected pickup in spending in the fourth quarter. The outlook for employment prospects and incomes also deteriorated this month, today's data showed.
"The uncertainty and bickering is weighing it down," Richard F. Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial Corp. in Birmingham, Alabama, said before the report. "I'm convinced that a lot of people didn't realize that their taxes were going up in January. These higher payroll taxes, they're going to put that much of a dent in disposable income."
The 8.1-point slump in the gauge of sentiment from a month earlier was the biggest since August 2011. Estimates of the 73 economists surveyed by Bloomberg ranged from 59 to 70. The measure averaged 53.7 in the recession that ended in June 2009.
Stocks declined after the figures, erasing earlier gains. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 0.1% to 1,499.42 at 10:04 a.m. in New York.
Home Prices
Another report today showed property values increased in November by the most since August 2006. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 U.S. cities climbed 5.5% from November 2011, after advancing 4.2% in the year to October.
The Conference Board's gauge of present conditions fell to a three-month low of 57.3 in January from 64.6. The measure of expectations for the next six months slumped to 59.5, the lowest since October 2011, from 68.1.
The share of consumers expecting more jobs to become available in the next six months dropped to 14.3% in January, the lowest since December 2011, from 17.9% the previous month.
Fewer consumers anticipate a pickup in their incomes as well. The share expecting an increase in the next six months fell to 13.6%, the lowest since October 2011.
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Zac Efron Thanks Fans For Support Via Instagram Following Rehab Reveal
Zac Efron's been quiet since the news broke that he allegedly spent two stints in rehab this year. Maybe it's because he's been hiking through scenic Peru??
Zac took to Instagram to thank his fans for their support, saying: "Hey guys! Just returned from an incredible trip to Peru with my dad and wanted to thank you all for your support these past few weeks...means the world to me. Love you guys! - Z"
We're here with all of the support that you need, Zac!! Just call! Or stop by! Our door is always open.
I love the Zach. One of the most handsome pics of him in Peru.
I'm wondering if rehab was from prescription drugs? They simply don't know how to taper people. It shouldn't be done cold turkey. That just sets you up for future failure. Call it rehab and it's all drama. Society never learns. Whatever the substance, it's the receptor sites! It's physiological. And we're tragically in the dark ages, though a few are pushing through on what they already Know to be fact.


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Tom Knox Reveals His Personal Story That Inspired Him to Create CareFamily
Tom Knox Reveals His Personal Story That Inspired Him to Create CareFamily
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA--(Marketwire - Feb 4, 2013) - CareFamily, a pioneer in online caregiver matching and self-directed home care for seniors, today announced that the company's founder, Tom Knox, appeared on the 700 Club national television program to discuss a new model in senior home care. During a January 29 interview with Terry Meeuwsen, Knox explains how CareFamily breaks the mold by providing a more affordable way for seniors to receive care at home, while helping family members remain in their role as son or daughter, rather than caregiver.
"When my mom brought my grandmother home from a nursing home, I saw first-hand the unbearable stress and exhaustion that family members can experience while caring for elderly loved ones," said Tom Knox, CEO and founder of CareFamily. "Many families don't have a choice because they can't afford the cost of a home care agency, nursing home or assisted living facility. But through a new, self-directed home care model -- we can cut the cost of quality home care by 30%, while keeping seniors in the comfort of their own home and relieve the burden of care giving from family members."
An overwhelming majority of seniors -- 90% based on an AARP survey -- prefer to age in their own homes rather than live in an assisted living facility or nursing home. But studies show that after age 65, Americans have a 70% chance of needing help with daily activities, such as dressing, bathing and eating, according to the American Society on Aging. The responsibility to care for elderly family members is most often provided by adult children, although less than half of the adults in the U.S. live within 50 miles of their parents (Booth, Johnson, White & Edwards, 1991).
"The ultimate benefit for families who use CareFamily is that they can go back to their normal dynamic," said Knox. "Daughters and sons don't have to be the caregivers for their parents and therefore they can share their time together in healthy dynamic -- because they have a professional caregiver in that role."
CareFamily is a personalized, flexible and more affordable alternative to home care agencies, and is safer than relying on online listing services or classified ads to find and manage caregivers. CareFamily has more than 50,000 registered caregivers available nationwide.
CareFamily connects families with pre-screened, qualified and bonded caregivers in their area. Wages are set by the individual caregiver, which are typically 30-40% less than the average care agency fee. Each family is assigned a Personal Care Coordinator, who guides them through the caregiver hiring process and helps create a personalized care plan that remains online as a resource for the family. CareFamily simplifies caregiver payment, tax and insurance responsibilities through automated caregiver payroll and tax services. CareFamily also provides Remote Care Management Tools and Services that empower families to effectively manage the day-to-day care of elderly loved ones, while living in different locations.
The 700 Club is the flagship television program of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing in syndication throughout the United States and also available worldwide on CBN.com. In production since 1966, it is one of the longest-running television programs in broadcast history. The 700 Club can be seen weekdays in 96 percent of U.S. television homes, and has an average daily audience of nearly 1 million viewers.
About CareFamily
CareFamily, a pioneer in online caregiver matching and self-directed home care for seniors, offers families a personalized, more affordable and safer way to find and manage qualified caregivers. The company's unique online matching service instantly connects families with pre-screened, qualified and bonded caregivers within a desired geographic area. CareFamily liability insurance and payroll services offer peace-of-mind and simplify payment and tax responsibilities. CareFamily Remote Care Management tools empower families to effectively oversee day-to-day care from any location. Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, CareFamily combines the best practices of a traditional home care agency with the ease and convenience of the internet. For more information, visit www.carefamily.com/ or call 877-444-4112.
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