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August 16th, 2013
Does soda make kids violent?
Yet another study is warning parents to limit soda consumption with children. While previous studies have linked soda consumption with higher rates of obesity, a study published in the journal Pediatrics, says it also causes aggressive, violent behavior in children as young as 5 years old.
The study:
Researchers at Columbia University followed the habits of about 3,000 mother-child pairs from 20 large cities in the United States. While the children were followed since birth in the long-term study, the data pertaining to soda consumption was compiled when the children were 5 years old. Researchers asked the mothers to self-report how many servings of soda their child drinks on a typical day, and then answer a series of behavioral questions.
The results:
Children who consumed at least four servings of soda per day were twice as likely than those who didn't drink any soda to display aggressive violent behaviors - such as destroying other people's belongings, starting physical fights and verbally attacking other children. The kids were also more likely to have trouble paying attention to instructions, and were more withdrawn socially compared to 5-year-olds who didn't consume soda.
"There was a dose response," said Shakira Suglia, study author and associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University. "With every increase in soda consumption, we saw an increase in behavior problems. It was significant for kids who consumed as few as one serving of soda per day."
The association was present after researchers adjusted for parenting styles, and socio-demographic factors such as how much violent television the children were exposed to, their sleep schedule, and candy consumption.
Because researchers relied on self-reporting by mothers, they were unable to pinpoint the type of soda (diet versus regular), or the exact serving size associated with the increase in negative behavior.
The American Beverage Association disagrees with the findings of this study. In a statement to CNN, the group said: "It is a leap to suggest that drinking soda causes these or any other behavioral issue. The science does not support that conclusion. The authors themselves note that their study 'is not able to identify the nature of the association between soft drinks and problem behaviors.' Importantly, our member companies do not promote or market the consumption of soft drinks to children in the age group examined in this study."
The researchers say their findings add to the mounting evidence that soda consumption has a negative effect for children.
Other experts warn to limit soda consumption. "Despite the multitude of studies exposing the negative effects of soda consumption, Americans continue to buy and drink more soda than those in any other country," said Marlo Mittler, registered dietician from Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, and not affiliated with the study. "In an effort to reduce the effects on a child's possible negative behavior, it is suggested to eliminate or avoid any soda consumption."
The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends parents and caregivers limit giving children caffeinated or sugar-sweetened beverages, and should instead offer them calorie-free beverages and milk.
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As I watched the season finale of the Showtime Homeland series, I couldn't help wonder what like-minded souls thought of Sgt. Brody's clever rationalization for his inability to detonate the bomb which would have killed the VP [and the show's future]. Brody's initial plea to live, spoken to a fellow traitior, is based on an idea to "influence policy," which the Islamofascist Abu Nazir repackages as, "why kill a man when you can kill an idea."
Which begs the question, what policy or ideas would Islamofascists be interested in killing or promoting? I can think of a couple of obvious ones:
- Diminish the concept of American exceptionalism – Charles Murray article and on Youtube with Dennis Prager
- Minimize the role of Muslims and Islam in actual terrorist activities – see here and here
Similarities between Sgt Nicholas Brody and the most Islamic Christian you'll ever meet:
- Neither can pray publicly
- Adored by those who don't know them – Dinesh D'Souza's efforts aside
- Must eschew more radical tactics advocated by their mentors
- Disciplined to not reveal real thoughts or emotions
- Hounded by unstable woman
Homeland series links:
- Youtube clips
- Official Showtime website
- TV Rage website


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I feel that my greatest artistic shortcoming is my absolute inability to render a convincing human figure. I'm sure many of you are familiar with the first Moby-Dick film as well as the exquisite Rockwell Kent illustrations. In each of those iterations, great care was taken to put forth convincing, unique, visually distinct representations of each of the characters. I didn't think I would be able to pull that off, especially over 552 pages, and I wasn't sure that I even wanted to. This was primarily because I wasn't interested in creating a simple visual narrative, a linear A to B journey through the book via paintings and drawings. I wanted to dig much deeper, get to the meat of things, and show the book as I saw it in my own inner theater. One of the many things which has always astounded me about the novel and the men behind the harpoons is the staggering willpower involved in choosing such a path. I've already alluded to this, but the idea of leaving home for years and years at sea, for little money, living on a tiny wooden island, and setting out on the unknown watery deep to stab to death the most massive and often savage creatures to ever see the sun…well, I find that almost inconceivable. So before beginning the illustration for page 004, the first time in this project that I would have to depict a seaman, I spent some time thinking about just who these men were. What drove them. What inner architecture supported these brave deeds. Gradually, these men began, in my mind, to resemble ships. The very ships they sailed on or the ironclads of the Civil War. In some ways, part machine, part tool, part man. That was quite honestly the only way I could even begin to rationalize the choice to endure such deprivation, such isolation, such wandering, all for the sake of a few barrels of whale oil and a handful of dollars.
The line I chose, from a much more poetic paragraph, is Ishmael wondering "What of it, if some old hunks of a sea captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks?" In a way, this quick piece was a good warm-up for what I knew would be many many more seamen and captains, Ahab and otherwise, throughout the book.
A simple, prow-like head. A band of some kind of optical devices. The anchor, (for me) the universal symbol of naval authority, radiating from his forehead almost aggressively. The booming voice bellowing commands. And again, an illustrated word. Words have shown up in many of these illustrations so far, and they have always seemed inseparable from my vision of the text itself.
These stylistic choices would repeat themselves many times until reaching their apotheosis in my vision of the mad Captain Ahab. But that's a tale for another day.
Page 006 also represented a first in that it was my first opportunity to explore the whale as a visual symbol. In a bit of foreshadowing, Ishmael describes one of his most powerful reasons for choosing a life at sea as "Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself." Knowing that I would be exploring the meaning of the whiteness of the whale at great length later, I chose instead to focus quite literally on Ishmael's motive, "the great whale himself." The meaning of the whale, as embodied by the whale. The proto-whale. The avatar of the whale.
Nothing but mass. Sheer, terrifying size, rising from the horizon. Something so huge that it cannot possibly be seen in its entirety at once, with one set of eyes. It must be broken into pieces, here by the borders of the paper, to even be comprehensible. An idol of the great leviathan. And an almost perfect fusion of power and simplicity. I was deliriously happy with this piece, and although many of the later images of whales would become a great deal more dynamic, detailed, fiddly, surreal, fantastical, and more, this to me is still the epitome of the great whale himself.
On Tuesday, I will introduce you to everybody's favorite cannibal Queequeg.


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GUEST BLOGGER: My bromance with Bruce Springsteen
Editor's Note: Before Valentine's week ends, we though it appropriate to share this guest post on Bruce love by Steve Matoren, writer/director/producer of the upcoming documentary film "Is There Anybody Alive Out There?"
I'm a 100 percent heterosexual 41-year-old single man and I'm in love with Bruce Springsteen. I'm neither embarrassed nor at all concerned by this bold public declaration of affection. In fact, I'm extremely proud of it, knowing there are thousands, if not millions, of other men, who feel exactly the same way.
Fresh off attending the MusiCares Person of the Year Award as a volunteer, I figured I should pay tribute to the man I have a severe case of Bromance with. The event was indeed incredible. As if we all need another reason to remind us Bruce is every bit the world class humanitarian as he is the accomplished musician. His latest Grammy nominated single, "We Take Care of Our Own," speaks to the core of his songwriting and ideals. The Boss doesn't just rock, he cares too.
From early in his career Bruce built a deep connection with his audience, as he sought purpose, passion and love in his own life. He invited us to join him on his journey. Seek out our light. Live our dreams. All the while preaching, only together, will we truly make it. In order to leave behind the Darkness on the Edge of Town, traverse through the Badlands, and ultimately, reach the Promised Land, we need one another.
For men, Bruce sings perfectly how we think about these things that give us meaning …about cars, about girls, and about life. And like Bruce, we all just want to know if love is real. His spirit fuels our hearts. His words entice our minds. His music lights our fire. He's tough. He's sensitive. He understands. Bruce talks and walks like a man. He's the epitome of a "guy's guy." With all due respect to Jerry McGuire, it's The Boss who men want to be, and who women really want to be with.
This Bromantic Boss affair reaches all the way to the highest office in the land. During his first national campaign, President Obama remarked, "I'm running for President because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." Then, during the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, Obama reminded us that he may be the president, "but Bruce Springsteen is the Boss."
Ask preeminent Springsteen host Jon Stewart what he thinks of Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stone magazine published a cover story last year where Jon spent an entire afternoon convincing Bruce how much he meant to him. Or better yet, go to YouTube and watch Jon's incredibly humorous, yet poignant introductory remarks from those '09 Kennedy Center Honors.
When it comes to our collective "man crush" on Bruce, nothing about our adulation is meant to be funny, over-the-top, or too dramatic.
NBC News's Brian Williams, perhaps the most ardent of celebrity Springsteen tramps, confessed to Wendy Williams that "if there would happen to be some sort of chemical imbalance one day that would cause him to go in the other direction, Bruce would be his guy." And he wasn't joking.
Newsweek President Rob Gregory's license plate calls out "Bruuuce" to all on-lookers.
New York restaurateur Drew Nieporent travels the world for three things. Fine dining, cigars…and Bruce.
Author Peter Ames Carlin just spent 494 pages detailed pages examining the life of Bruce.
An 18-year old Scottish blogger who tragically lost his Father 5 years ago and has found both consolation and inspiration in Bruce's music finally saw him in concert for the first time last year. "In New Jersey in September, I stood in the crowd as Bruce spoke about allowing the ghosts of our past to walk alongside us, with us. In that moment, as though with the cool evening wind of late fall, came something which has changed my life forever. I found peace with my Dad."
The two Eds, Norton and Burns are smitten.
John Cusack could go for a soak in his Hot Tub Time Machine with a certain Jersey boy.
And speaking of time travel, Michael J. Fox has plenty of plutonium to power the flux capacitor anytime for the Boss.
The coolest of the cool, Arthur Fonzarelli is hot for him.
Zoolander Facebook stalks him.
Jimmy Fallon drools over him.
Bababooey wants to share a banana.
Judd Apatow photobombs him.
In 2008, Danny Devito gushed and drooled like a little schoolgirl while inducting his Asbury Hero into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Robert DeNiro's signature line "Are you talking to me?" came courtesy of Mr. Springsteen.
Tom Hanks belted out "Rocky Ground" into my ear at the infamous Apollo Show earlier this year as if his next Oscar depended on it.
Bono, Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello all want Bruce to be their fourth. Country star Eric Chruch immortalized The Boss in a song called, what else, "Springsteen."
Even Bruce's current manager Jon Landau, who you would expect to have the deepest of crushes, wrote this when he was just another music critic for The Real Paper in 1974, BEFORE he became his lifetime business partner. "When his two-hour set ended I could only think, can anyone really be this good; can anyone say this much to me, can Rock 'n Roll still speak with this kind of power and glory? And then I felt the sores on my thighs where I had been pounding my hands in time for the entire concert and knew that the answer was yes." And oh by the way, in that same column he also declared, "I saw Rock and Roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen."
In a world filled with broken promises, distrust and false idols, one man continues to rise above and outshine the rest. When people ask me why I love Bruce so much, or why I need to see him perform in concert over and over again, I always say the same thing. He never disappoints. And while I've never actually met him, I did touch his foot once while he crowd surfed … I feel like I'm as close to him as any other man I've ever known, outside my father – who's also in love with him … mainly because of me. In all sincerity, I trust him. I know I can count on him. He's my best friend.
Another close friend and I use to say to each other that if we could find a woman to light up our lives like Bruce does, we'd be the two happiest guys in the world. If that's not love, I don't know what is.
If you want to see what it looks like for a bunch of grown men to turn into little boys, to have tears of joy in their eyes with their arms raised high, go to a Bruce Springsteen concert.
In Landau's much quoted historic review he also wrote, "There is no one I'd rather watch on a stage today." I'll call and raise that sentiment.
There's nothing I'd rather be doing than watching Bruce on stage today. And I do mean NOTHING. Well…I wouldn't mind throwing the baseball around with him and then having a beer.
I love you Bruce Springsteen.
Contact Steve Matoren on Twitter at @imaliveoutthere or visit isthereanybodyaliveoutthere.com.


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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Homemade Thin Mint Cookies
The cookie dough was mixed and then wrapped in plastic and left to chill in the freezer for 20 minutes to make it easier to handle. Still, it was a sticky dough, and in the book, Heidi suggests rolling it out between layers of plastic wrap. I could tell that rolling it on a floured surface would have caused a lot of extra flour to be incorporated, but with big sheets of plastic, rolling the dough was a breeze. It was rolled to a thickness somewhere between one quarter inch and an eighth inch. Too thin and the cookies would have been brittle; too thick and they wouldn't have had a nice crunchiness. The cut cookies were baked and allowed to cool. Then, semi-sweet chocolate was melted and flavored with mint extract. A tip to keep in mind is to add a little extract at a time and taste as you go. I added the extract in one half teaspoon increments and ended up adding a total of two teaspoons. But, each brand is different so, unfortunately, tasting is a task you just have to do. With a face full of chocolate, I set about dipping the cookies and then letting them dry on parchment paper.
The good news about making your own thin mints is that you can choose the ingredients that go into them. In the cookies, I used Van Houten cocoa powder from France (a lovely gift that I continue to enjoy). And, for the chocolate coating, I used 58 percent cacao El Rey feves. You can also decide how minty you want them to be. It's hard to say no to those little girl scouts selling their cookies, but the homemade version is pretty irresistible too.
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These are my husband's absolute favorite GS cookies (mine, too, after I developed PB probs, precluding consumption of my previous faves, Tagalongs). Your version looks, and undoubtedly tastes, even better than the originals! I need to get my greedy hands on this book and recipe immediately.ReplyDelete
Those look great. I love Super Natural Cooking too, it's a great book. I'l have to try these myself.ReplyDelete
Since I was a little girl, Thin Mints have been my absolute favorite cookie. Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, seeing green clad Girl Scouts (looking quite minty, I might add) coming to the door always filed my siblings and me with utter delight.ReplyDelete
Over the many years I have purchased and eaten Thin Mints as an adult (you can't eat just one), I have discovered--as most fans of the crisp, minty confection can attest--the cookies have shrunk in size.
I have often considered making them myself—so I can have them anytime I wish and any size I wish—and now your post has encouraged me to do so. Of course, I'm not entirely sure I should thank you for that. :o)
Wow, that thin mints look really awesome Lisa. Very neat and pretty. I love it!ReplyDelete
So cute! They look perfect!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of Girl Scout cookies but have never found them very tasty. I buy them and then let the boys eat them. I'm sure these cookies are what I really want to taste in a thin mint!ReplyDelete
I'm impressed! I have often thought of trying to figure out a recipe for these. You just saved me all kinds of work digging around for ideas - these look great!ReplyDelete
Well, now I know what to make this afternoon...
My favorite cookies! Yours look absolutely perfect.ReplyDelete
These are the most perfect home made thin mints I've seen so far!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 20, 2010 at 11:50 AM
that top photo is just stunning...so simple but delectable these cookies! chocolate and mint..of my favorite combinations asnd I agree...Van Houten cocoa powder is beautiful! wonderful "scout cookies"!ReplyDelete
Wow, who needs girl scouts? Now I can have my favorite cookie all year long, yay!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 20, 2010 at 12:41 PM
These are quite nice, really! You made them perfectly. Impressive!ReplyDelete
Although, my fav was always the samoas, I usually like to take a gander at the other selections. Yum!! Nicely done. If you hadn't mentioned it I would have thought you had bought them.ReplyDelete
this look great never saw the wafer style before...very nicely done~ they are totally different than the one's I make I love the chocolate !ReplyDelete
These mint cookies are looking so lovely!ReplyDelete
Looks stunning. I wonder how you get your chocolate to look so smooth and shiny. That doesn't seem to work for me.ReplyDelete
*kisses* HH
i don't think you can do much better than this. frankly, i'd shove little girls (and old women) out of the way for my share of your thin mints. seriously. i kid you not. :)ReplyDelete
HH: To get the chocolate shiny, I cross my fingers as it melts.;) But really-- I'm not exactly sure, but I believe it helps to not melt the chocolate all the way over the heat of a double boiler. Remove it just before it's all melted and stir, stir, stir until it's smooth.ReplyDelete
These are beautiful mints. I love the dark innards.ReplyDelete
I'd go for these any day over a GS cookie! These look divine!ReplyDelete
This is fabulous! I would have never thought of making my own thin mints!ReplyDelete
I'm so impressed - they look perfect! Now we can enjoy them year round :)ReplyDelete
Thin Mints are my favorite hands down, and I am afraid to confess, I could easily consume a single box in a sitting if I was not careful - I cannot just stop at one. Thankfully most cookies don't have that effect on me.ReplyDelete
Super Natural Cooking is a great book, and I love the idea you can make your own - I've tried to avoid that for the reason stated above, but maybe I can be brave and exhibit some self control!
Wow...looks very delicious. I wish I can have some!ReplyDelete
These look great - being English I've never had the Girl Scout version, but they look very tempting! I love mint and chocolate together.ReplyDelete
I always loved girl scout cookies...haven't had them in a while but samoas were a definite favorite. Thin mints are perfect for when that mint chocolate chip craving hits (which it does...about once a week). These definitely look better than the "real thing". The blog Baking Bites has created copycat recipes for quite a few girl scout cookies. You might want to check out that site!ReplyDelete
Oh wow these look perfect! My whole family loves thin mint cookies!ReplyDelete
Oh they look so beautiful!ReplyDelete
get out of town! these look amazing!ReplyDelete
These are pretty and very special looking cookies. Love them!ReplyDelete
I am torn between loving you for handing me this recipe on a platter, and hating you for handing me this recipe on a platter.ReplyDelete
Love wins. Thin mints year-round - YEAH!
I have intrigued to admit I've always been intrigued by the idea of Girl Scout cookies. I always saw them on tv shows and wondered about them but of course we don't get them here so thankyou for sharing the recipe Lisa! :DReplyDelete
These look wonderful. The boy loves all things choc-mint. I once tried choc-mint brownies but they were a disaster. These look perfect. I think I might try it and surprise him.ReplyDelete
Tehy looks Gr8 Lisa ..gr8 jobReplyDelete
Thin mints are my fave after dinner "dessert" --light and refreshing. They are specially good after a roasted lamb dinner like the one I made last week. I'm doing a blog giveaway too if anyone of your readers is interested.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Homemade thin mints sounds wonderful and I love the pictures!ReplyDelete
The combination of mint and chocolate sounds very interesting. The cookies look beautiful.ReplyDelete
I love cookies like these! you made them so perfectly. love combi of choc and mint!ReplyDelete
WHAT!?!?! Those look even better than the Girl Scout Cookies!ReplyDelete
I never made this sort of cookies before. Will need to find a recipe...ReplyDelete
This is ingenious! Nice one, Lisa!ReplyDelete
who needs over-priced thin mints from girl scouts when you can make it yourself at home? oh my, you did a fantastic job of making these cookies! bravo!ReplyDelete
Oh wow, look at how perfect they are! These are great!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Is it possible to get the recipe without buying a book?ReplyDelete
Anonymous: You may check with Heidi at 101cookbooks.com. I don't re-print copyrighted recipes from books. I do give recipes when they are my own or when the source is no longer available.ReplyDelete
Did you freeze any of them? I confess that when I buy actual Girl Scout Thin Mints, I put them in the freezer. I did it so I wouldn't eat them all at once. But then I started liking how they tasted when still frozen! ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 5, 2010 at 9:07 PM
So gorgeous!ReplyDelete
You might not be checking this anymore give that the post is a few months old, but how do you coat them in chocolate and then pull them out without leaving fingerprints!?
Anonymous: I drop each cookie into the chocolate and then use a fork to lift and let excess chocolate drip back into the bowl.ReplyDelete
These look fantastic! I was just doing a quick search for Baking Powder's post on homemade Thin Mints and your post popped up! I made a batch of homemade samoas (my fav). Somehow I missed out on the whole homemade GS phenom until recently.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for this recipe. The best and easiest one around!ReplyDelete


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A historic Latino turnout helped turn America's electoral tide toward the re-election of President Barack Obama, but Republicans also have another fast-growing group of voters to worry about in future elections: Asian-Americans.
Exit polls are showing at least 70 percent of Asian-American voters chose Obama, a sign that the nation's fastest-growing and most politically undecided electorate is leaning increasingly Democratic.
Two decades ago, Asian-Americans reported voting Republican by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, said UC Berkeley political scientist Taeku Lee.
What is driving the leftward turn of a group that is, on average, more affluent than the average American? Not partisanship, say researchers, who find that Asian voters are the most likely to eschew party affiliation and vote on the specific issues that matter most to them.
"Issues drive Asian-American voting behavior," said demographer Daniel Ichinose of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California. "Asian-Americans care about health care reform. They care about comprehensive immigration reform. These are issues that the Democrats have done a better job of addressing."
Asian-American voters saw big differences between Mitt Romney and Obama on education, health care, gender and the budget deficit, and favored Obama on most of those issues, according to a pre-election survey of 3,000 voters conducted by Lee and other California researchers.
"The budget deficit was the only major electoral issue on which more Asian-Americans liked Romney's position than liked Obama's," Lee said. He noted, however, that they had trouble with the Republicans' cuts-only approach to the deficit.
Asian-Americans are a powerful voting bloc in solidly Democratic California, where their share of the statewide electorate nearly doubled to 11 or 12 percent since the last presidential election, according to exit polls. In the Bay Area and Southern California, local candidates ignore Asian-American voter concerns at their peril, Ichinose said.
They are a smaller, largely overlooked share of the national electorate — just 3 percent — but that is quickly changing as the country's demographics begin to look more like California's. One challenge for both parties has been Asian diversity in language, religion and socioeconomics, with some ethnic groups more likely to favor one party over another.
Lee's survey found Vietnamese voter sentiment shifted toward Obama, though most still identify with the Republican Party. Filipinos shifted more toward Romney.
But two of the largest groups of Asian-American voters — Chinese-Americans and Indian-Americans — are now unmistakably Democratic.
In a sign of their growing political presence, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders this week won historic levels of political representation.
The California Legislature appeared poised to see its first Filipino lawmaker, Rob Bonta, an Alameda councilman who was winning a close race against Democrat Abel Guillen, according to the latest voting results Thursday.
Congress also gained a trio of firsts. Hawaiians elected the first Asian woman to the Senate, Democrat Mazie Hirono, who will also be the first Buddhist senator.
Riverside County's Mark Takano will be the first gay Asian-American to serve in the House. Joining him will be the first Pacific Islander woman, who is also the first practicing Hindu, from Hawaii, and the first Thai American, from Illinois.
In the Sacramento suburbs, Indian-American physician Ami Bera, a Democrat, was winning by 1,779 votes Friday against incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River.
If elected, Bera would be the third Indian-American ever elected to Congress, and the first from California since Imperial County's Dalip Singh Saund in 1957.


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How many times have you overheard someone say, "Oh, you can eat as much of that as you want... it's healthy!"
This phenomenon is one that we've all heard, all been encouraged by, and all deep down knew that something about eating too much of anything doesn't seem quite right.
It's time for a little debunking!
There are a TON of foods out there that somehow have earned the moniker of "healthy" foods. Now, with some of these, sure, there's plenty of nutritional value, but that doesn't make them a "freebie." Remember, just because you can't eat and eat and eat something doesn't mean it's absolutely forbidden!
All I'm saying is, proceed with caution. These foods have slipped their way in to a "good" reputation:
Dried Fruit: Let me ask you, when was the last time you sat down and ate 5+ fresh apricots in a row? Probably never, so that should say something about eating a handful of dried apricots, or any other fruit for that matter! Dried fruit is a fat trap! It has as much as three times the sugar as fresh fruit and lots less fiber, not a good combo. This is something many people notoriously grab at places like airports, and the kinds with nuts make it even worse -- there can be 7 to 11 servings in these bags! Instead, I'm sure you can find a fresh piece of fruit, even at the airport.
Turkey Burgers: I know it seems like a "safe" bet anywhere you go, but for a restaurant turkey burger (I looked at Ruby Tuesday's) you're looking at about 1,214 calories and 65 grams of fat BEFORE you add any cheese or toppings! But turkey burgers are still healthy... if you make them at home. Jennie-O pre-made patties only clock in at 200 calories! You'd even have room for toppings with one of those tasty bad boys.
Hummus: Sure, a brand like Athenos is only 50 calories a serving... but a serving is two tablespoons. It's really easy to dunk on until the entire container is gone, and mind you hummus is a carb! Dunking your pita bread in is dunking a carb into a carb. First step: Try it with a crudité of veggies and stick to the serving size. Or, get a pre-packaged personal version to help stop the madness.
Marinara Sauce: This is one of those examples where there are many benefits to the food, but also surprising to see the dangers of it. Jarred marinara sauce actually can have tons of unnatural sugars in it, and this is certainly something people like to pile on. But it's also chock full of veggies and pumped with lycopene. Choose a jarred sauce that's low in sugar or make your own! It's a lot less complicated than you might think. Choose canned crushed (or diced... or whole!) tomatoes, a can of tomato paste, some water or stock to thin it out as desired and seasonings. Bellissima!
Pickles: These salty suckers may have found some recent fame thanks to a certain person whose name rhymes with "cookie," but just because pickles start their lives out as veggies doesn't make them a fantastic choice! They're packed with sodium and the makers usually add sugar. Instead, go for a Kirby... which is basically a pickle before it's pickled.
Wasabi Peas: Again, another case of how good things come in small, small servings. Trader Joe's version has 120 calories and 3 grams of fat, plus 240 grams of sodium for just 1/4 a cup. These things are fried, not baked!
Whip Cream: Reddi Whip, even the kind they have the audacity to call "light," can clock in at 600 calories in an entire can. Maybe that seems absurd, who eats an entire can? However, who among us has not ever dared shoot a little extra whip cream directly in to our mouths after piling it on top of our dessert?
Granola: Did you know the average serving of granola is 1/3 of a cup? The average household's breakfast bowls are about two cups and granola is something folks eat at least by the bowlful.
Like anything, moderation is key so these foods are by no means off-limits. By all means, have a handful of wasabi peas or a turkey burger, just find a way to work them in to your day.
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Each new year, nearly half of Americans make resolutions, with 38 percent of those being about weight loss — it's the No. 1 goal. But only 8 percent are successful in keeping their resolutions through the end of the year. Instead, in this four-part series, we propose becoming more resilient. This isn't about being thinner: It's about being sick less and having more energy. It's about getting better sleep and being more relaxed. It's about having a tougher emotional core as well as a physical one. Resolving to be resilient is about being stronger in every way possible so that you can bounce back from whatever life throws your way in 2014. We wish you a healthy, happy new year.
Have a game plan
"It's kind of hard to get somewhere if you don't even know where you're going," says certified personal trainer Stacy Fowler, a Golden-based fitness club owner known as "Coach Stacy."
Creating a strategy — particularly a written or visual one that you can access regularly — is considered to be a critical part of a successful fitness regimen, according to research, trainers and many people who have completed successful weight-loss or training programs.
"Tracking your progress, so that you can refer back to it, see where you are and what you still want to do, that's going to keep you going," says Fowler, a former high school educator who served under four governors as the president of the Colorado Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and is the state coordinator for the Presidents' Challenge. "You can tweak your goals and set new ones when you reach them. It's very motivating, and it keeps you honest."
To help her clients do just that, Fowler came up with FitZip, a simple chart that focuses on the basic daily components of a healthy lifestyle as recommended by the surgeon general: five servings of fruits and vegetables; three servings of calcium; no more than two hours of passive screen time; one hour of physical activity; and zero sugary drinks.
"I call it 'changing your zip code' to get people thinking about changing where they are in a life sense," Fowler says. "It really does have to be making changes, but these don't have to be radical changes. If you just look at it each day and think, 'What am I doing, right now, to hit these goals?' It's easier than you think."
Not only that — it can be a life-saver. For instance, the average American spends nearly five months' worth of time plugged into a device over a year, Fowler says. "You have a 6 percent risk of being overweight for every one hour a day that you watch TV, too," she says. "Studies show that it makes us less creative and cuts down on our abilities to problem-solve, but add it to the issues of sitting being a serious health risk, and this is something we really need to change."
Fowler recommends taking it one day at a time, though. "This is one of those situations where people panic if they imagine they have to do this forever," she says. "But looking at it as, 'OK, I am going to hit this goal today. Just today.' That's doable. And then start again tomorrow, and see if it's doable again tomorrow."
"The next thing you know, it's been a whole month, and I promise, you'll feel the difference. Or, as I always say, if you're moving, you're improving."
Pay attention to when you eat
Much ado is made about what you eat — getting at least five servings (and up to eight if you can) of fruits and vegetables, avoiding sugar and trans and saturated fats, making sure plants fill up half of the plate, but registered dietitian Suzanne Farrell says that keeping track of when you eat can be just as important.
"If someone has gone past four hours of not eating, that affects the choices and the quantity of the foods they reach for," says Farrell. "I call that being on hunger thin ice, because once your body is physiologically ravenous, then we want those fats and starchy food. And we want a lot of it."
To keep track, Farrell recommends a food journal — which can be as informal as a small notebook where you jot down the times you eat each day to a more complex app such as Lose It! or My Fitness Pal, which allow you to record calories and plan meals.
"Keeping a journal of some sort has been linked to weight loss," says Farrell, who owns Cherry Creek Nutrition (cherrycreeknutrition.com) and counsels clients on weight management as well as disease states and sports nutrition. "We generally underestimate our caloric intake by about 1,000 calories a day, which is significant."
The other issue, Farrell says, is not eating enough at each meal. "You need to look at your body weight and know how much you should actually be eating at each meal," she says. "If you get enough calories at each meal, that will keep you from overeating later in the day, which can have a big impact on weight gain. People tend to eat too little at, say, breakfast, and then eat thousands of calories late at night, when it's not going to get burned off."
Farrell also strongly encourages assessing your hunger level at each meal and throughout the day, so that you avoid eating for other reasons.
"Are you eating just because you see food?" she says to ask yourself. "For instance, right now I'm not hungry, but if you put a bowl of popcorn in front of me, I would eat it. We eat because someone sets food out on the counter at work, or we eat because we're sad or bored."
When you sit down to a meal, gauge your hunger level with a number from 1 to 5, she advises, and plan the next meal accordingly.
"If you're just in the middle, just medium-hungry," she says, "then eat that way. Don't have a full meal. Then know that you need to have a healthy snack in an hour or two to keep yourself from overeating at the next meal."


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INDIANAPOLIS—With tears in their eyes and Kevin Ware in their hearts, there was no way Louisville was losing this game.
Russ Smith scored 23, Gorgui Dieng had 14 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, and top-seeded Louisville put aside the shock from Ware"s gruesome leg injury to earn a second straight trip to the Final Four with an 85-63 victory over Duke on Sunday afternoon.
As the final seconds ticked down, Chane Behanan put Ware"s jersey on and stood at the end of the Louisville bench, screaming. Cardinals fans chanted "Kevin Ware! Kevin Ware!"
"We won this for him," coach Rick Pitino said. "We were all choked up with emotion for him. We"ll get him back to normal. We"ve got great doctors, great trainers."
Ware played his high-school ball in Georgia and the Final Four is in Atlanta, just adding to the emotion for the victorious Cardinals.
"We talked about it every timeout, "Get Kevin home,"" Pitino said.
This was the first time Pitino and Mike Krzyzewski had met in the regional finals since that 1992 classic that ended with Christian Laettner"s improbable buzzer-beater, a game now considered one of the best in NCAA tournament history.
This game will be remembered, too, but for a very different—and much more somber—reason.
With 6:33 left in the first half, Ware, who has played a key role in Louisville"s 14-game winning streak, jumped to try and block Tyler Thornton"s 3-point shot. When he landed, his right leg snapped midway between his ankle and knee, the bone skewing almost at a right angle. Ware dropped to the floor right in front of the Louisville bench and, almost in unison, his teammates turned away in horror. Thornton grimaced, putting his hand to his mouth as he turned around.
Louisville forward Wayne Blackshear fell to the floor and Behanan looked as if he was going to be sick on the court, kneeling on his hands and feet. Luke Hancock patted Ware"s chest as doctors worked on the sophomore and Smith walked away, pulling his jersey over his eyes. The arena was silent, and several fans wept and bowed their heads.
Pitino had tears in his eyes as he tried to console his players. Dieng draped an arm around the shoulders of Smith, who repeatedly wiped at his eyes and shook his head. The Cardinals (33-5) gathered at halfcourt to try and regroup before Pitino called them over to the sideline, saying Ware wanted to talk to them before he left.
"Basically, the bone popped out of the skin. It broke in two spots," Pitino said. "Remember the bone is six inches out of his leg, and all he"s yelling is "Win the game, win the game." I"ve never seen anything like that."
News of the injury dominated social media. Joe Theismann whose NFL career ended with a horrific broken leg, said on Twitter, "Watching Duke/ Louisville my heart goes out to Kevin Ware."
Fans chanted "Kevin! Kevin" as Ware was loaded onto the stretcher, and Pitino wiped away tears again as Ware was wheeled off the court.
"That was a tough one," Pitino said.
Play resumed about 10 minutes later, but it was clear the Cardinals" minds were elsewhere. They missed four of their next five shots along with two free throws, and were uncharacteristically sloppy. But they regrouped after a timeout, with Smith"s finger roll sparking a 12-6 run to finish the half that gave them a 35-32 lead.
Smith picked up where he left off at the start of the second half, making all three free throws after being fouled on a 3-point attempt to give Louisville a 38-32 lead, its largest of the game to that point.
But just as he did against Michigan State, Duke star Seth Curry got hot after halftime, making two 3s in the first three minutes. Mason Plumlee dunked to tie the game at 42.
That, however, was all Louisville needed.
Clawing for every rebound, diving on the floor for loose balls and cranking the intensity up even higher on their ferocious defense, the Cardinals were not going to lose. And everyone, Duke included, knew it.
Smith, the most outstanding player of the Midwest Region, made a layup. Peyton Siva had a nice jumper at the top of the key, and then followed with a layup. Just like that, the Cardinals were off on a 20-4 run that sealed the victory.
Siva had 16 points and Luke Hancock added 10 for the Cardinals, who will play Wichita State in the national semifinals next Saturday. The ninth-seeded Shockers (30-8) added to their streak of upsets with a 70-66 victory over Ohio State on Saturday night.
Plumlee finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Curry added 12, all in the second half.
The Blue Devils (30-6) needed Curry to come up big as he did against Michigan State if they were going to have any chance against the Blue Devils. But Curry didn"t take a shot until almost nine minutes into the game, and missed each of his three shots in the first half.
This was only the second time the Blue Devils have reached the regional finals and failed to make it to the Final Four. The only other time? In 1998, when the Blue Devils lost to eventual national champion Kentucky.
The loss prevented Krzyzewski—for now—from tying John Wooden"s record of 12 Final Four appearances.


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Praise Narendra Modi! !! I adore Modi.
God kiss and bless beautiful India. .
Long live India!
Long live Modi! Praise him! !!
Mother's milk is to babies what raipes and terrorism is to hinddoous.
Apple pie is to Bangladesh what raipes are to hindoos.
Put a leash on Modi and his black azz to ICJ to be put in a caje and tried for genocidal raiping.
Narendra Modi is everyone's hero.
God bless India. ....
Hinddoosz in the night
Raiping each other at first sight
Looking for babies with delight
Wondering in the night
What were the chances
Of shoving candles in their genitals without exchanging glances
Hinddoosz in the nighttttttt.... In India
Doobie Doo Daaa Dooobie Daaa
Raiping in Ganges .... Dah.
Didn't Modi raipe an underage girl.
And murdered thousands in a genocide in Gujarat, India.
I admire Modi and all Hindoos.
I am also a B AST ARD
Did you or did you not have seyx with Modi in any form or manner? Yes or No. BTW shoving cigars up each ithers azz is defined as seyx.
Yes or No. Maybe is not acceptable.
Haaa Haa Haa Haa Haa!
Gud one swami!!
No doubt Modi married an underage girl and domestic raiped her. Surely raiping your wife is not legal in India. Or is it.
Hi. Hello and howdy.
Hinduism is great. Narendra Modi is great.
India is beautiful.
Ignore the Paki in blue. He is. a bus ive
Did you or did you not have seyx with Modi?
Long live India Freedom! !!!!!
India is richest country in the world
Did you or did you not have butte seyx with Modi?
Ammmm. I too was born B AST ARD
Once again, did you ... or did you not have seyx with Modi? Did he raipe ya?
Yes or No?
No. But you did. .B AST ARD!
One last chance. Did you have oral seyx with Modi? Yes or No.
Hindus on a flight
Defecating on plane aisles at great heights
While crew raipe each other at first sight
In the cokpit... And consider it their right
While the PAX cry in the cabin of their plight
What a blight what an Indian blight
Oh but yes. Narendra Modi is greatest hero.
India is best economy in world.
No crime in India. Bless Bombay.
I am a B AST ARD
Gupta Ji did you send your wife over to the pundit in the mandir to get laid per hindu rituals.
Narendra Modi is so good and caring too. Bless Hinduism.
Captain did you also have seyx with Modi?
Modi raiped his wife and called it a hindoo ritual.
In Bombay, India when husband goes to farm the tiffinwala comes home to bang wife.
I am a B AST ARD but I love India and admire Modi.
Did Modi have seyx with ya? That is the question.
Death was the only just sentence for mass murderer James Holmes, and one juror obstructed justice.
A person unprepared to impose capital punishment should not hae been impaneled at Holmes's trial.
You keep on jerking on and off. Lol. Does Modi and Holmes excite ya?
He must have lied to get there to vote against. Another flaw in our legal system.
I think the holdout was a woman, I agree that the one juror lied to be impaneled.
The prosecution missed that juror's true feelings about the law, but one cannot waterboard at the interviews.
James Holmes is a cold blooded mass murderer. They should ex ecute him and boil that one juror that voted against the killer's death penalty.
It wasn't unanimous one was against and two were on the fence. No unanimous vote no death penalty.
Modi of India is a mass murderer that is on the loose. A raipist as well.
Was Jeffrey Dahmer an Aghori? Hmmmm...
The Aghoris are members of a Hindu sect in India who worship Shiva, whom they see as the supreme god. Because they believe that Shiva created everything – they consider nothing to be bad. For this reason they engage in a variety of seyxual practices, they drink alcohol, take drugs, and eat meat. Nothing is considered taboo. But the thing that makes their ancient traditions bizarre is that they are also practicing cannibals and their temples are cremation grounds.
Jeffrey Dahmer's murders were less imaginative than those of James Holmes.
Perhaps the holdout juror believed that Holmes acted without prior intention. If the juror believed that, it might be said that she was very stupid.
Well, stupidity happens. It cannot be avoided. Unless...say, what if Planned Parenthood addressed the problem of stupidity in human beings?
The violence in Indian-held Kashmir is the result of decades of repressive Indian policies and imposition of sham elections in the region.
We call upon India to understand that the people of Jammu and Kashmir would accept nothing short of their right to self-determination as promised to them by the UNSC and accepted by India and the international community.
Yep. Stupidity beyond belief on that juror. Kind of like that brainless stupid asss always talking about India and Modi.
Which one is stupider? .....It's a tie.
Did Mr. Obama forget about how Fidel Castro imposed himself in American affairs? Missiles and and Oswald!!
At an annual briefing with reporters, India's Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi said that a total of 122,069 raipe cases were reported in New Delhi in the 12 months leading up to December 15, against 92,571 reported the previous year, an increase of 31.6 per cent.
The city sealed its reputation as India's "raipe capital" two years ago when a medical student died after being gang-raiped on a moving bus.
Raype in India does not exist. It is a myth.


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Many of you had the same question about AC360's exclusive jailhouse interview with Michael Jackson's doctor: What was going through Anderson's mind when Dr. Conrad Murray started singing "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot"?
Producer Jack Gray sat down with Anderson to relive the unforgettable live TV moment and ask him on your behalf.
Understand that it's not easy to surprise a globetrotting veteran journalist, but Anderson sure was, confirming it was the first time someone broke into song during an interview. Reflecting on the two-part segment, he says, "it took a very bizarre twist" when Murray switched from explaining to singing about his connection with Jackson.
In the beginning of the interview, Murray's lawyer interrupted to prevent her client from saying anything that could harm his appeal, but she was silent during the song. "I was curious to see if she was going to try to interject to stop the singing," Anderson says. "How would you really do that in a way that didn't come off as odd?"
Watch the video for more of his reaction, and check out part I and II of the full interview with the man who maintains he's not at fault for his patient's fatal overdose.
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The only Murray that should sing Christmas songs is Anne Murray!!!!!
you know who i would like to hear sing on live TV ?
Michael Jackson but i cannot..just something to think about..
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James Clark, Pastor,
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"My school's ethos is centered on the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This includes the curriculum, teaching, learning and everything the school does. This has been consistent over the past decade and is still going strong. Every single course is aimed at dealing with the realities that occur in the 21st century church and the communities. The courses are tailor-made to prepare ministry leadership to both teach the word of Jesus Christ effectively and also to tackle 21st century church issues."
Dr. Michael Andam, 2014 Graduate
"It has been one of the highest privileges of my life to have studied at Trinity College of the Bible and Trinity Theological Seminary. I studied at Trinity because the theological stance held there has been that which I have held to for most of my life. It was discovered to me that the courses which I studied were both informative and rigorous. The persons who marked my work were exacting in what was required and yet at the same time I was given guidance on any matter that it was felt needed further attention. It has taken me three years to complete the first of my degrees (Doc. R. St.) and a further five years to complete the second (P. D.) During the time of study, even though I lived a hemisphere away from Trinity at all time I was kept in close contact by Trinity and it staff. Its programme of distance and on line study helped me consistently and enabled speedy solution to any problems that I was encountering."
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"I am grateful to God for the good people at Trinity! I was able to complete my degree with much help from the staff and faculty ! Online education has worked well for me simply because of the hustle and bustle of being a Pastor. This experience has allowed me to continue in full time ministry while finishing this degree. As a graduate I would like to encourage each alumni to give back to our school monthly to help them continue to facilitate an awesome quality distance education."
Jeffery Thompson, 2014 Graduate
"My time at Trinity has been both informative and rewarding. I feel more equipped for ministry than ever before. Trinity formats their class schedule to enhance, not hinder, your ministry. I have never had to neglect my church responsibilities in order to finish my degree. It seems strange for someone to NEGLECT their calling in order to be educated FOR their calling. Trinity understands this and has done a great job of helping pastors reach their educational goals without breaking the bank or slowing down the ministry to the local church."
Preston Cave, 2012 Graduate
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"As a recent graduate of Trinity Theological Seminary (August, 2014), with a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Counseling, I feel a responsibility and obligation to heartily recommend Trinity to any aspiring Christian of any age interested in formal education, training and continued preparation to battle for the truths of God's Word."
James Roy Dykes, Jr. Founder and Director, Biblical Counseling of Greater Atlanta 2014 Graduate
"The opportunities at Trinity are world class. Excellent teachers, wise course disciplines, and virtual fellowship with students. An enjoyable and enriching experience which becomes humbling when those you serve testify to recognizing growth in you as a person and as a teacher of the Word. I chose Trinity because of their Christian worldview and their financial options that gave me a truly wonderful education. I notice that when I read God's Word or am preparing a biblical message, my thinking has been deepened and my mind sharpened. I realize now how much more there is to learn, and enjoy taking further studies through Trinity."
Paul Robinson
2014 Graduate
"I believe the school and the president are doing fine work. I believe he has a vision for moving Trinity to new levels. The school has always delivered quality theological education at very low prices. In fact, some might say that it should be raised. But I'm on-board for whatever the school leadership thinks is right. If the president continues to allow his steps to be ordered by God, I'm convinced it all work out for the good of those who love the Lord. He should probably just continue to keep doing the fine job he's doing."
John Ward
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Dr. Don S. Wilkey
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Onalaska, Texas
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Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago's electric blues, died Thursday. He was 75. He died shortly after midnight Thursday at a Philadelphia hospital, said his manager, Marty Salzman. The musician had health problems that worsened while he was on tour several weeks ago in Pennsylvania, Salzman said. Magic Slim and his backing band, the Teardrops, performed a no-holds-barred brand of Chicago-style electric blues, led by his singing and guitar playing, and were regulars on the music festival circuit. Slim's given name was Morris Holt. The Mississippi native established himself in Chicago's thriving blues community in the 1960s, but more recently lived in Lincoln, Neb. Holt's story was one of persistence. Like many bluesmen from rural Mississippi, he left a life that revolved around cotton fields and moved to Chicago in 1955. But competition on the South Side was fierce in those days, and he moved back home after failing to establish himself. Playing plantation parties and small gigs, he honed his skills to a fine edge and enlisted his brothers, Nick and Douglas, as his backing band. They returned to Chicago, where they formed the Teardrops and refused to be dismissed. Younger than many of the renowned bluesmen in Chicago, he maintained a career well into the 21st century. Holt and the Teardrops won blues band of the year at the 2003 Blues Music Award, and he released a record of covers last year. "If you were going to take somebody who'd never seen blues to one of their shows, it would be like putting them in a time machine and putting them in 1962," Salzman said. "No frills, no rock 'n' roll. It was just straight-ahead, real-deal blues." Holt came by the sound authentically. Born in Torrance, Miss., in 1937, he grew up in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. His first love was piano, but he lost the little finger on his right hand to a cotton gin and switched to guitar. Like many of his contemporaries, he started out on a one-string instrument he made by nailing a piece of wire stolen from a broom to the wall. He moved to Grenada at age 11 and met Magic Sam, an older guitarist and influential blues figure. Sam taught him about the instrument and gave him his first job as a bass player years later when he first moved to Chicago. He didn't make his first recordings until 1966. He released his first album, "Born Under A Bad Sign," on a French label in 1977 and put out an album of covers, "Bad Boy," last year. Salzman said that bleeding ulcers sent Holt to the hospital, but that he also suffered from heart, lung and kidney ailments. Scolforo reported from Harrisburg, Pa. AP Music Writer Chris Talbott contributed to this report.
Blues guitarist Magic Slim dies in Pa. at age 75
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As students across New Jersey head back to school, a new study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine reveals disturbing news: 46 percent of students with autism spectrum disorders are bullied.
To parents and educators of these vulnerable – and delightful – young people, the findings are not a surprise. Because of their social disabilities, children with autism are often alienated in public schools and mainstream classrooms. Outside of a teacher's watchful supervision, they are quick and easy targets.
Research tells us that victims of bullying experience depression, school phobia and poor academic outcomes.
Efforts to include students with disabilities in public schools, especially those with "invisible" social disabilities such autism and Aspergers syndrome, must address this crisis in a more proactive manner.
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A 20-year-old college student has rebuilt Portal, Valve's 2007 space-bending game, from the ground up, on—wait for it—a graphing calculator. In a display that puts the old calculator versions of Mario and Tetris to shame, Alex Marcolina posted to a gaming forum and reddit on Sunday about his re-engineered version of Portal. It took three years to build and cannot, due to resource constraints on TI-83/84 calculators, execute more than 16 kilobytes of code.
When Marcolina set out to rebuild Portal on TI's graphing calculator platform, he was 17. Now, he's a 20-year-old game design major at UC-Santa Cruz who programs games mainly for computers, but likes to dabble in graphing calculator games on occasion because it's "a fun challenge to make a game for a platform that is not supposed to even support games."
The native language for the TI-83 and 84 calculators is called TiBasic. But when it comes to making games, creators favor a language called Axe, developed by a member of the calculator and PC gaming forum Omnimaga. Marcolina points out the syntax for Axe is "very loose, but it allows for good optimization in the translation from code to assembly."
To represent portal travel, Marcolina told Ars he had to create two separate sets of variables:
x and
y for regular space, and
i and
j for "Portal Space" (when the player is moving through a portal).
i represents how far into the portal the player is, and
j the side-to-side movement relative to the portal.
The entire source code for the project is freely available, but Marcolina highlights the physics portion for us here:
:2 :While →θ : If R : H→{L1+30}r : GO() : 1-I→I : RO() : Pt-On({L1+22}r,{L1+24}r,Pic2+r1) : !If I-1 : E-(O*256/5)→{L1+28}r : {L1+22}r→{L1+16}r*256/5+1→D : {L1+24}r→{L1+18}r*256/5+1→E : M() : End : End : Exch(oN,oS,10) : θ-1 :End
The subroutine GO converts normal space coordinates to "Portal Space" for the entrance portal, while RO does the opposite for the exiting portal. When the player is only partially through the portal, the code draws a "shadow object" on the exiting side, but the player's position is only moved once they're entirely through.
Subroutine M represents the fun part: the satisfying launches through the air players can achieve by dropping through portals from high up on a ledge. M dictates how the game redirects the player's velocity when going through the exit portal based on how fast they were going when entered the other side, but translated to the direction of the new portal.
Marcolina told Ars the code governing the portal gun and placement of portals was more complex than the bit controlling how the player moves. As in the original Portal, portals can't be placed anywhere, but instead must be "bumped" from the location they're shot to fit with the geometry of the level. "There needs to be a good amount of code in place to make sure the portals don't get bumped into invalid locations, or even outside the level," Marcolina said.
Marcolina also had to attempt to replicate the characteristic Portal level design, but under severe memory constraints (graphing calculators are barely modern devices any more, having only just recently gotten color screens). Apps in a graphing calculator are limited to executing 16 kilobytes of code, a severe constraint given the amount of animation involved, Marcolina said.
Overall, he favored levels that are more mentally challenging, like the earlier levels of the original Portal, rather than the later levels that require good timing and hand-eye coordination. "Levels that require extreme dexterity to solve wouldn't work very well due to the less than optimal control," Marcolina said.
While programming for graphing calculators admittedly doesn't give Marcolina's work a wide reach, he points out that the constraints of the platform teach him to be a better coder. "Oftentimes on computers, when you are first learning to code, going the lazy way has little effect on the end result because computers are so fast anyway that you can't tell the difference," he said. "But on a calculator you have to work very hard to make sure you make every last instruction of your code be as useful as possible."
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