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Mike Duffy and the Prime Minister's Office move toward open warfare
Well, that was edifying. The Conservative government and one of its senators would appear to have spent the better part of the last year discreetly blackmailing each other. Now they are doing so openly.
What began as allegations of misappropriation of funds against Sen. Mike Duffy soon escalated, to hear Duffy's lawyer tell it, to lies, hush money, and possible obstruction of justice. Donald Bayne may not have succeeded, in the course of Monday's press conference, in lifting his client clear of the muck. But he has certainly dragged the rest of the Tory hierarchy down into it.
If we are to believe Bayne, officials in the Prime Minister's Office blackmailed Duffy into taking a bribe. He had done nothing wrong, but was forced to go along with a "scenario" in which the prime minister's chief of staff would repay his $90,000 in disallowed expenses — and he would keep quiet about it — with the threat that otherwise they would remove him from the Senate.
Duffy's reluctance to go along with the plan was apparently out of concern for his good name: accepting the money would imply accepting his guilt. He was only persuaded to overcome those qualms — and to participate in a months-long scheme to deceive the public, stonewall an auditor's investigation and doctor a Senate report — by the thought of losing his Senate salary.
So we know the price of his good name. Though not, apparently, his silence. Duffy may be the only person in Canada who would see taking cash and a Senate seat as the way to salvage his reputation, but the PMO are almost certainly alone in thinking the biggest mouth in Ottawa would stay shut for long.
The PMO, for its part, was so distraught at the damage Sen. Duffy, notwithstanding his complete innocence of any wrongdoing, was doing to it among "the base" (I'm still quoting Bayne here) as not merely to lie, cover up and make secret payments to a sitting legislator, but to threaten to remove him from office.
This, too, seems odd. If he was that much of a liability, if you were that desperate to get rid of him, why would you pause to pay off his debts first? Why threaten? Why not just do it? Though why Duffy took the threat seriously is another question. Removing a senator under any circumstances, as we have learned, is extraordinarily difficult. But one who, while personally blameless, had tales to tell of being offered cash for his silence? Good luck with that.
So: nobody did anything wrong, and everybody is covering it up. Except it's not quite exonerating, is it? Duffy's defence on the housing allowance issue is that, yes, he declared as his principal residence a house he barely set foot in, and yes, he claimed expenses for "stays" in Ottawa that, having lived there for decades, he did not incur, but it was all right because several senior Tories told him he could, the rules did not say he couldn't, and other senators had done the same.
As for the rest of the accusations against him, we'll have to wait for the RCMP to finish its interminable investigation. Perhaps it will be found that, indeed, the senator took no part in claiming per diems for Florida vacation trips and Tory fundraisers, as he claims: that it was all a series of unfortunate errors on the part of his assistant, a hitherto unknown symptom of her post-partum depression.
But Duffy has long since ceased to be the issue. Certainly if the excerpted emails and memos his lawyer read out are indicative, he was indeed counseled on several occasions by senior Tories, including Sen. Marjory LeBreton (the former government leader in the Senate), Sen. David Tkachuk (the former chairman of the Senate internal economy committee) and Nigel Wright (the former chief of staff to the Prime Minister) that he was entitled to his entitlements.
But it's what they did after that is of more particular interest. Duffy is aggrieved that, having first encouraged him, party grandees then abandoned him, and have now moved to suspend him (along with senators Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau) from the Senate without pay. But the story he has begun to tell — and threatens to tell further — promises to do them far greater harm.
Contrary to the picture the PMO has put about, of a lone Wright, acting on his own and without consultation, suddenly deciding to pay Duffy's expenses out of his own personal fortune, Duffy offers further evidence that it was part of a sustained exercise in damage control of which a good many top Conservatives either knew or took part, among them — according to Wright's lawyers — three officials in the PMO, including Benjamin Perrin, then the prime minister's legal counsel.
This is not only contrary to what the prime minister told Parliament in the spring — in question period Monday, he appeared to concede that, saying (in French) that his answers were "according to the information I had at the time" — it defies common sense. It is, on the face of it, illegal to make under-the-table payments to senators; whether or not a crime was committed here, it would surely raise all sorts of alarm bells among those who knew of it. Yet no one told the prime minister? Not even his own lawyer?
But still another question remains. What game is Duffy playing? His lawyer made several pointed references to the mountains of emails in his possession, yet refused to release any, saying they would come out in the event Duffy's case goes to trial. It was hard not to pick up the suggestion they might stay unreleased if… if what? What does he want? What can the government give him? Who's blackmailing whom?

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The times looked bleak for Israel during the period of the Judges. Little did anybody realize, God had a man he was about to call to service. In this lesson, Pastor Todd looks at the rise of Samuel as God calls him to service as a prophet. We pray this message is greatly beneficial to you.


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Victoria Arlen awes on final day of swimming
LONDON – In the final night of competition at the Aquatic Center, the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team picked up three more medals to round out their total at 41 for the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Victoria Arlen, Kelley Becherer and Roy Perkins all finished on the podium for Team USA.
Arlen won her fourth medal in these Games in world record fashion, finishing the 100 meter freestyle (S6) in a time of 1:13.33. This is her first Paralympic Games, and she never would have expected to have such success.
"It feels incredible to come home with four medals and a world record and personal best times," she said. "It's more than I would have even expected. I feel so much pride. Today and every day I swam for all those people that helped me get here and for all the people that are dealing with something and need some hope. I'm excited to share this with the world and it's just amazing – I'm so thankful."
Becherer did not expect to medal in her final event, but she swam a best time in the 100m breaststroke (SM13) to finish with bronze; her fourth medal in her fourth event.
"It was a fun race," she said. "It was a complete shock. I have been working on breaststroke the last couple of months knowing that the 100 breaststroke was one of our only events, so it felt good to do that."
Since it was the final night of competition for the swimmers, Becherer summed up the experience by saying, "It's been amazing. I just love being with my team and my friends, racing fast and all best times. It can't get much better."
Perkins is also a multiple medalist in London, and he finished his Games experience with a silver medal in the 100m freestyle, touching the wall in 1:14.78.
"I felt pretty good the whole way," he said. "I was expecting a medal and I knew I had a good shot at silver. I pulled through so I'm very happy."
Since it was the final day of events at the pool, Perkins described what most swimmers were probably feeling. "I'm pretty burned out so I'm glad it's over," he said. "But I'm sad, because it was a great time."
The U.S. Paralympic Team flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony, Brad Snyder, swam in his final event of the meet as well, finishing sixth in the 200m IM (S11).
"It was a real fun race. I'm gaining a real sturdy appreciation for other athletes in the S11 category," he said. "It was fun to race against them, and all and all it was a great note to end the meet on."
Like most athletes, the swimmers will congregate in the Olympic Stadium Sunday night to take part in the Closing Ceremony.


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After a 59-year-old man died in a collision between his scooter and a motorized wheelchair, police in St. Petersburg, Fla., have to decide whether the wheelchair's operator was a pedestrian or a driver; if he's driving, he could face charges.
The accident late Tuesday happened when Thomas L. Wiemken's scooter hit the wheelchair of Robert W. Kurczaba, who was crossing the street in the middle of the block. Wiemken wasn't wearing a helmet and was thrown from his scooter.
Police and lawyers say if Wiemken is considered a pedestrian, than the strongest charge he might face would be jaywalking. But if his wheelchair qualifies as a vehicle - a decision that may hinge on details such as the size of its motor and batteries - then he could face reckless driving charges. [TampaBay.com]


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Recently one of the hot topics for our local political race for Mayor of Charlotte, NC has been what we call our light rail. It has been debated heatedly on both sides and recently had some wins for it. The big issue with the light rail and street cars is that it has been historically not very well managed. Charlotte's sprawl is pretty insane for the population it has roughly 1.8 million people in the "city" of Charlotte. I put The word city in quotes because it's about the looses use in terms of a densely packed city as you can get. Our city or downtown area is no more than 10 block by 10 blocks, where everyone lives outside the city. The sprawl is immense, going over a hundred miles in any direction.
It's pretty funny when you are in Fort Mill South Carolina and you ask them where they live and they reply "Charlotte" but that is the mentality of the Charlotte area, we all want to live in Charlotte, but we want a full on house with a 2/3 acre lot.
I found these great videos about Cincinnati's push for mass transit and it sounds like our own here in Charlotte in a way. Now being from Charlotte, not Cincinnati I can't really speak on house close these two scenarios are, but they do share some similarities and makes a case for mass transit in general.
First up is a viral marketing ad they made about their street car which is pretty funny.
What impact did/does mass transit have?
Here is a news report about the street car


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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 05:48 PM
Meryl Streep won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy actress as chef Julia Child in "Julie & Julia," while Mo'Nique earned the supporting-actress honor for her role as a loathsome, abusive welfare mother in "Precious.
The blockbuster "Up" came away with the award for animated film.
While Streep is a perennial at awards shows, the prize marked a dramatic turning point for Mo'Nique, who was mainly known for lowbrow comedy but startled audiences with her ferocious performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire."
"First let me say, thank you, God, for this amazing ride that you're allowing me to go on," the tearful Mo'Nique told the crowd.
She went on with gushing praise for "Precious" director Lee Daniels and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, a best dramatic actress nominee at the Globes with her first film role, playing Mo'Nique's abused, illiterate daughter.
"Lee Daniels, the world gets a chance to see how brilliant you are. You are a brilliant, fearless, amazing director who would not waver, and thank you for trusting me," Mo'Nique said. "To Gabby, sister, I am in awe of you. Thank you for letting me play with you."
Streep's competition for best actress in a musical or comedy included herself. She also was nominated for the romance "It's Complicated."
"I just want to say that in my long career, I've played so many extraordinary woman that I'm getting mistaken for one," Streep said. "I'm very clear that I'm the vessel for other people's stories and other people's lives."
The Globes were a mix of far-out fantasy and ripped-from-the-headlines reality at the Golden Globes, Hollywood's first major film honors that will help sort out the Oscar picture.
Contenders for best drama include two wildly make-believe adventures, the science-fiction spectacle "Avatar" and the war story "Inglourious Basterds," which rewrites the end of World War II with a gleefully vengeful bloodbath at a movie premiere.
Also competing are timely dramas of the war on terror ("The Hurt Locker") and economic hard times ("Up in the Air"), along with the grim but inspiring "Precious," with Sidibe as a Harlem teen struggling to lift herself out of an abyss of neglect.
Though one of Hollywood's biggest parties, the Globes bore somber reminders of tragedy in the real world, many stars wearing ribbons in support of earthquake victims in Haiti.
Films from Pixar Animation, the Disney outfit that made "Up," have won all four prizes for animated movies since the Globes introduced the category in 2006. Past Pixar winners are "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Cars."
"Up" features the voice of Ed Asner in a tale of a lonely, bitter widower who renews his zest for adventure by flying his house off under helium balloons to South America, where he encounters his childhood hero and a hilarious gang of talking canines.
"When it came to finding the heart of the film, we didn't have to look very hard," said "Up" director Pete Docter, whose film also won for musical score. "Our inspiration was all around us. Our grandparents, our parents, our wives, our kids. Our talking dogs."
James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" came in with four nominations but lost its first two categories, for song and musical score. Cameron's tale — which has soared up the box-office charts with $1.6 billion worldwide, second only to his own "Titanic" at $1.8 billion — had to wait until the end of the show for its next categories, best director and drama.
The song prize went to "The Weary Kind" from the country-music drama "Crazy Heart."
Michael C. Hall won for best actor in a TV drama for "Dexter," in which he plays a serial killer with a code of ethics, killing only other murderers. Hall's publicists revealed this past week that Hall is being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma and that the cancer is in remission.
"It's really a hell of a thing to go to work in a place where everybody gives a damn. That's really the case with `Dexter,'" Hall said. "It's a dream job. I'm so grateful."
"Dexter" also won the supporting-actor TV honor for John Lithgow. Other TV winners included Juliana Margulies as best actress in a drama for "The Good Wife" and Toni Collette as best comedy actress for "The United States of Tara."
The rain-drenched red carpet was a rare sight for an awards show in sunny southern California, stars in their finery getting damp under umbrellas as storms swept the region.
The Globes got a makeover, featuring Ricky Gervais as master of ceremonies, the first time in 15 years the show had a host.
Gervais opened by mocking Steve Carell, star of the U.S. version of "The Office," based on Gervais' British comedy series. While a stone-faced Carell watched, Gervais yammered on about how fans love Carell and wonder where he gets his ideas from.
Carell then mouthed and pantomimed, "I will break you," to Gervais, an executive producer on the U.S. version of the show.
Gervais joked about the international causes near and dear to Hollywood stars.
"You can be a little Asian child with no possessions and see a picture of Angelina Jolie and you think, `mommy,'" he said.
Gervais also jokingly marveled that his 2009 comedy "The Invention of Lying" was not nominated. The movie bombed with critics and audiences.
With stars sharing dinner and drinks, the Globes traditionally are a loose and relaxed affair compared to the courtly Oscars. Celebrities sometimes are caught more in reality-show mode — Jack Nicholson once mooned the crowd for a laugh, and Christine Lahti had to rush from the restroom to collect her Globe for the TV drama "Chicago Hope."
Also unlike other Hollywood film honors, the Globes feature categories for musicals and comedies along with dramas. Nominated for best musical or comedy are the Vegas bachelor romp "The Hangover," "Julie & Julia," the musical "Nine" and the romances "(500) Days of Summer" and "It's Complicated."
Among other acting nominees are Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side" and Matt Damon for both "The Informant!" and "Invictus."
Martin Scorsese, who won the best-director Globe three years ago for "The Departed," is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement.
Sunday's winners could get a last-minute boost for the Oscars, whose nominations balloting closes Saturday. Last year's big Globe winner, "Slumdog Millionaire," went on to dominate the Oscars.
The Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of about 90 reporters covering show business for overseas outlets. The show airs live on NBC.
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Angels in Marrakesh
I once had a desk in Marrakesh. It stood in the courtyard of a riad, a traditional Moroccan inn. Two trees – one bearing lemons, one bearing oranges – provided shade, and a fountain burbled in the center of the patio. The water music and the chirruping of the birds, my lodgers among the foliage, were the soundtrack to my sentences. I only ever wrote one at a time. Then I would stand up and and stroll around the fountain and among the trees. The courtyard was quite large and I was in no hurry. When I got back to my desk, I almost always had a further sentence in my head. I called this "decelerated writing" and considered it very healthy.
If I decelerated too far, I would fetch myself a real energy boost in the alleys of the bazaar and on Jamaa el Fna, the great marketplace of street artists, tooth pullers, prize boxers, tellers of fortune and fairy tales in the medina, which gets pretty loud and lively as evening approaches. The best place to enjoy it without making direct contact with snakes and cheeky monkeys is the terrace of Café Glacier. Leonard Cohen knew this, as did Jimi Hendrix and all the authors of the Beat Generation. Honking horns, pounding drums and the astonished braying of a donkey would soon fill my gray cells with color as I sipped my "whisky marocain" (slang for mint tea), while back at the riad, my desk lighting was being prepared: 70 candles, the absolute truth. Everywhere in the courtyard, on the ground, on the fountain, in the trees, on the second-floor balustrade, and also, of course, on my desk, small flames flickered merrily. Not only because it's a beautiful sight, but because – as my grandmother explained to me when I was a child – angels are drawn to candlelight.
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Our columnist, Helge Timmerberg, an irrepressible globetrotter since 1969, writes travel books and contributes monthly to our magazine.


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WASHINGTON - Republicans have found a boatload of reasons to try to sink Chuck Hagel's hopes of becoming the next defense secretary. But the issue they used this week to stall his nomination - the White House's handling of last September's deadly Benghazi attack - may seem entirely unrelated to Hagel's qualifications because, well, it is.
Here are some questions and answers about the connection between President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Pentagon and the campaign by Sen. John McCain and others in the Senate to press for more answers on Benghazi:
Q: How did the Hagel nomination become entangled with Benghazi?
A: The short answer is politics. Hagel had no role in the crisis that took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Neither did the Pentagon, although some have questioned why U.S. troops did not reach Libya until well after the crisis was over. The answer from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is the closest relevant U.S. forces could not get there before the killings. He has said the Pentagon could have acted sooner if it received intelligence warnings in advance of the attack.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who has joined McCain, R-Ariz., in temporarily blocking the Hagel nomination, does not claim a connection between the two issues. He asserts Obama was inattentive when the Benghazi emergency was unfolding, and by keeping a public focus on this, the Benghazi experience could be a teaching tool for future presidents. Graham, in other words, is using Hagel as a political wedge to highlight what he sees as an exploitable Obama failure.
The White House calls that "political posturing." McCain himself has cast his opposition to Hagel in terms of political payback. He said on Fox News this week during Hagel's years in the Senate as a Republican from Nebraska, Hagel had been "anti his own party," adding "people don't forget that" disloyalty.
Q: What remains to be uncovered about the administration's handling of the Benghazi attack?
A: In a nutshell, McCain, Graham and other Republicans sidy the White House needs to explain more fully why the four Americans died and what the president's role was in coordinating a response by the Pentagon and State Department. The White House said it has answered all relevant questions. On Thursday the White House responded to a Republican request it say whether Obama spoke to anyone in the Libyan government on the day of the attack, Sept. 11, to request assistance for the trapped Americans.
The answer, which had been stated previously, was Obama called Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf on the evening of Sept. 12, and that then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton phoned Magariaf on Obama's behalf Sept. 11.
Q: Are there more substantive reasons for Republicans' opposition to Hagel?
A: Yes. They start with an assertion Hagel is insufficiently supportive of Israel and unreasonably sympathetic to Iran. And Republicans dislike Hagel's association with an international movement called Global Zero, which advocates for sharp reductions in the number of U.S. nuclear weapons and an eventual elimination of them worldwide. McCain has hammered Hagel for "a disqualifying lack of professional judgment."
Hagel and the White House insist he is well qualified, in part on the basis of his experience in the Senate, his work in the private sector and his record as a decorated Vietnam combat veteran.
"For the sake of national security, it's time to stop playing politics with our Department of Defense, and to move beyond the distractions and delay," White House press secretary, Jay Carney, said after Thursday's Senate action.
Q: Will Hagel ever be confirmed?
A: Unless new obstacles emerge, it appears Hagel will win confirmation when the Senate returns from recess the week of Feb. 25.
McCain and others who sought to prolong the Senate debate this week have said they will be ready to vote to permit an up-or-down vote when the Senate reconvenes. It likely will be a mostly party-line vote, unlike those of recent defense secretaries. Panetta, the outgoing Pentagon chief, for example, was approved 100-0.
On Friday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama remains confident Hagel eventually will be confirmed.
"I wouldn't be surprised if there are additional politics that are injected into this circumstance. It is extremely unfortunate," Earnest said.


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Info: I added " StormRain: inp.StormRain.toString()," to gaugefeed.js and dashboard.js (dashboard.js because I also display storm rain there)(wind run entries are already there by default). The storm rain that I added to the rain gauge tooltip works and the wind run already in the wind direction tooltip works. However, the data will does not show up under the gauges like I want.
I added " " to gauges.html and it works.
So the puzzle: What is in dashboard.js that isn't in gaugefeed.js that is making it work like this? Although it works this way, loading dashboard.js as well as gaugefeed.js slows the load time of the page noticeably and I think it may cause the needles to be a tad sluggish.
Thanks - Herb
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VIDEO: New approach promises greater success for predicting drug safety
A new UNC study published online in the journal Genome Research describes a new, more effective and less costly method for testing drugs for potential toxicity and one that could also result in more people benefiting from existing drugs.
Adverse reactions to drugs represent one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But there may be a way to predict who is most likely to suffer a toxic side effect to a drug before they have even taken it.
A study published online in the journal Genome Research describes a new, more effective and less costly method for testing drugs for potential toxicity and one that could also result in more people benefiting from existing drugs, said senior author David Threadgill, Ph.D., professor of genetics in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He also heads the genetics department at North Carolina State University.
Drug safety has become the major bottleneck in getting new drugs to patients, said Paul Watkins, M.D., distinguished professor of medicine at UNC and study co-author. Over the last several years, the pharmaceutical industry has made progress in developing drugs that are likely to work, but sometimes potentially deadly effects still do not emerge until they are on the market. In the case of Vioxx, millions of people had already used the pain-killer and arthritis medication before researchers found it could increase the risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
"The reality is that there is no safe drug," Watkins said. "Good drugs are bad for some people. Because different people respond differently to drugs, where you draw the line is not exactly black and white."
But Watkins also argues that while drugs currently on the market are not entirely safe, they are harmless in 99.9 percent of people . Therefore, if it were possible to identify in advance the one person in 1000 that will react poorly, scientists could make drugs that are safe for everybody.
With that purpose in mind, Threadgill, Watkins and a team of researchers created a new testing method that exploit the genetic similarities between mice and humans. The researchers took a group of mice that were genetically distinct from each other and looked to see if variations in their genetic makeup could predict their response to treatment with acetaminophen (the chemical component of Tylenol and which is extensively used in liver toxicity studies). The mice were bred at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.
After identifying many genes that were associated with side effects to acetaminophen in their mouse models, Threadgill and his colleagues then went back to humans to see which of these gene variants were also associated with response to the drug.
The researchers found that a subset of people taking the maximum daily recommended dose of the drug exhibited an elevation in specific enzymes that can indicate damage to the liver, Threadgill said. Variations in one gene in particular – called CD44 – were responsible for almost half of the differences in toxic side effects experienced from one person to another.
"One of the fascinating things that came out of this study was that the genetic variation in acetaminophen toxicity is not what all of the toxicologists would have predicted in the first place," said study co-author Ken Paigen, Ph.D., Jackson Laboratory executive research fellow. "CD44 doesn't have anything to do with the rate of metabolism of the drug, but it does have something to do with the immune response."
In effect, the study has created a system that enables researchers to gather interesting clues about what makes some people susceptible to drug toxicity and then explore them in mouse models. But the team believes perhaps the greatest impact this research could have is to improve the drug development process – to begin to understand what properties of a drug can make it toxic, and to identify the people most vulnerable to those toxicities.
"Just look at the drug industry's own numbers on how much it costs to develop a drug," said Threadgill. "To get a drug to the market takes close to $1 billion, whereas a study like this can be done for $100,000. This approach could be used to determine early on if the drug is not going to be viable because of a high level of toxicity, or it could give important insights into whether the drug is likely to be beneficial."
Study co-authors at UNC include Alison H. Harrill, Ph.D., the lead author and former graduate student, now a postdoctoral fellow at the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences; Pamela K. Ross, research technician; David E. Harbourt, graduate student; Mark W. Russo, M.D., former research fellow in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology; Philip C. Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of molecular pharmaceutics; Timothy Wiltshire, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacotherapy and experimental therapeutics; and Ivan Rusyn, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of environmental sciences and engineering in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
The following laboratories also contributed to the study: the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, N.C.; Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine; Verto Institute Research Laboratories and Cancer Institute of New Jersey, both in New Brunswick, N.J.; Novartis Institute in San Diego, Calif.; Purdue Pharma L.P. in Stamford, Conn.; and the department of genetics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
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Heidi Montag, whose court filing for legal separation from hubby Spencer Pratt two months ago was laughed off as a publicity stunt by many of the pair's ex-"Hills" castmates, has made the split official.
"The couple has agreed they would like their divorce to be finalized in a timely manner in an out of court settlement," Montag's rep Jodeane Farell told People. "Both parties are amicable with each other and over the possibility of finalizing their divorce."
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It didn't take long before Pratt weighed in with his take on breakup.
"Well, some say if you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen. Heidi couldn't handle King Spencer's fame so she got out of the marriage," Pratt told Usmagazine.com.
The reality pair who called themselves "Speidi" shot to fame on MTV's "The Hills" and wed in April.
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Monday, May 3
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Sweet and Spicy Banana Margaritas
This Wednesday as most people imbibe one, okay two margaritas in celebration of Cinco de Mayo, I hope they take a moment to give thanks to Bing Crosby.
The crooner with the liquid voice loved Mexico, and he more than anyone else, was responsible for bringing the margarita north of the border and making it wildly popular in Hollywood during his heyday. Bing also had a soft spot for San Diego, which because of its proximity to Mexico, may be the most margarita-friendly city in the country. Our chicest mall, Fashion Valley, has a Bing Crosby's Restaurant and Piano Lounge, a modern-day supper club with live music, deep, cozy booths, and delicious cocktails.
So in honor of Bing, who also happens to have made my favorite Christmas movie, White Christmas, I'm making sweet and spicy banana margaritas for Cinco de Mayo.
I happen to have the key to making a perfect margarita. That's because last week I interviewed Juan Calderon, certified sommelier and beverage director of San Diego's hip El Vitral, Restaurant and Tequila Lounge, which houses over 200 types of tequila.
(Classic house margarita at El Vitral.)
According to Calderon there are three steps to making the perfect margarita:
1. Use freshly squeezed lime juice.
2. Use good tequila. Make sure the bottled is clearly labeled "100% blue agave" or "100% de agave." Look for bottles that range between $18-28 dollars. Top shelf tequila isn't necessary for a great tasting margarita.
3. Nix the candied margarita mix, and use Curacao, a citrus flavored liqueur, available at liquor stores. (Grand Marnier or Cointreau work well too). If you're making a fruity margarita, use naturally sweet fruit purees instead of juice. Calderon recommends the brands Culinary Traditions: The Perfect Puree or Monin, which are available at most liquor stores or online.
To make a classic margarita, put equal parts fresh lime juice to Curacao in a shaker. Add 1 1/2 ounces tequila. Shake, then serve on the rocks with a salted rim and a lime slice. That's it.
This banana margarita is made with smashed ripe bananas, though an ounce of banana puree or creme de banana liqueur would also work. The tart lemon and citric Grand Marnier balance the banana's sweetness making it pleasingly refreshing with a smooth finish. If you're considering skipping the cayenne rim on the glass, don't. When you sip the margarita the cayenne makes your tongue and mouth tingle with heat which is then cooled with the icy margarita. Ahhhh, it's so good.
Oh, and don't forget to play some of Bing's tunes along with the mariachi music.
Banana Margarita
Makes 1
Print only recipe here.
1 1/2 ounces tequila
1/2 ounce Grand Marnier or Triple Sec
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 ripe banana, smashed (or 1 ounce banana puree)
cayenne pepper
1. Rub the rim of a chilled margarita glass with lemon juice and dip in cayenne pepper.
2. In a shaker combine alcohol, lemon juice, banana, and ice. Shake until your hands freeze and the banana is completely smashed. Strain into the glass. Enjoy.
I'm serving my banana margaritas with chips and Spicy Black Bean Dip. You might want to do the same.
Here are more recipes you might enjoy for Cinco de Mayo from Food Blogga:
Boozy Beef Chili
The Southwest Burger
Chipotle Barbecue Bean and Corn Salad
Chicken, Jalapeno, and Cheddar Quesadillas
Goat Cheese and Poblano Quesadillas with Pineapple-Mango-Habanero Salsa
Want to learn more about margaritas? Check out my latest piece on SDNN.com, "Cinco de Mayo: Perfect Your Margarita, Just in Time."
You might also enjoy these margarita recipes from bloggers:
Raspberry Margarita recipe from Serious Eats
Pomegranate Margarita Martini recipe from Dine & Dish
Prickly Pear Margaritas recipe from My Sweet and Saucy
Photo of Bing Crosby courtesy of Bafflegab26580 on Flickr.
20 comments:
- The Teacher Cooks said...
Maybe with your great information I can now whip up the best margarita in town. I love that bean dip!
- May 3, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Jessica said...
Margaritas are by far my favorite beverage. I may need to have one tonight!
- May 3, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- The French said...
I had no idea that it was Bing who was responsible. So cool to know. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to try these on Wed!
- May 3, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- June said...
Yumm - I'm not waiting till Wednesday! We're in the Cinco de Mayo mood all week. LOL
- May 3, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Kathy - Panini Happy said...
This sounds pretty phenomenal. I knew it was a good idea to pick up that extra bunch of bananas yesterday!
- May 3, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Lora said...
Great info and delish recipe. I love the FS info as well. Thanks!
- May 3, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- Joanne said...
I have had many flavors of margarita in my life, but never banana. It sounds delicious! Thanks for all of this info about Bing Crosby. I feel like I can sufficiently celebrate cinco de mayo now.
- May 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Maria said...
I am ready to celebrate. Great recipes! Happy Cinco de Mayo to you!
- May 3, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- lisaiscooking said...
The cayenne on the rim sounds like a perfect touch. Can happy hour go ahead and start now?
- May 3, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- thepassionatecook said...
susan, i can't count the margaritas i've had in my life, but i have had LOADS... not a single one with bananas, let alone cayenne. but seeing that i have all the ingredients at hand, this will be one to try very soon!
- May 3, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Rambling Tart said...
Oh, I adore Bing, Susan! :-) Love that you highlighted him today! I knew he loved the music but I didn't know about the margaritas!! :-)
- May 3, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
teachercooks-I think you'll love both!
jessica-Sounds good. How 'bout I join ya? ;)
thefrench-He was a cool dude, for sure.
june-Yay! Happy to hear it!
kathy-It beats banana bread. ;)
lora-I'm glad you enjoyed it.
joanne-Cool! That's what I like to hear.
maria-Have fun!
lisa-Heck, yeah! :)
johanna-You'll be surprised at how delicious it is!
ramblingtart-I love him too, and so many of the old-timers.
- May 3, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- Cara said...
wow - I am on such a banana kick lately but I never would have thought to use it in a margarita. I just might have to whip one of these up!
- May 4, 2010 at 7:02 AM
- Kevin said...
I love Bing and White Christmas too. Margaritas not so much.
- May 4, 2010 at 7:58 AM
My wife would love these banana margaritas. I'm going to print this up right now to try tomorrow. Thanks!
- May 4, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- dinners and dreams said...
banana margaritas sound fantastic and different!
- May 4, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Ann said...
The bean dip is super tempting my taste buds.
- May 4, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- tasteofbeirut said...
I have never had banana margaritas! such a gap in my education must be filled at once; well, maybe I will wait till tomorrow!
- May 4, 2010 at 6:18 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
cara-Get whipping! ;)
kevin-There are people who don't love margaritas?
dave-Wonderful! You should surprise her!
nisrine-They really are different and exciting!
ann-Glad to hear it!
tasteofbierut-Hehe. ;)
- May 4, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- Unknown said...
banana margarita...holy smokes. Perfection has just been made.
- May 5, 2010 at 8:26 AM


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Fracture and Bone Mineral Density in HIV+ Patients Recently Started on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Information provided by (Responsible Party)
Amy H. Warriner, University of Alabama at Birmingham
First received: April 30, 2012
Last updated: May 31, 2016
Last Verified: May 2016
History of Changes
In a group of HIV-positive patients under observation since their first exposure to ART or
monitored off of ART, BMD changes over one year will be determined. For each subject, the
investigators will also determine associations between changes in BMD and 1) ART initiation,
2) cumulative viremia (measured by copy-years viremia), and 3) inflammation (evaluated
through the measurement of interleukin-6 {IL-6}, tumor necrosis factor alpha {TNF-a},
high-sensitivity c-reactive protein {hsCRP}).
Hypotheses: BMD will decrease less in persons initiated on ART than those monitored off of ART, after excluding those subjects treated with tenofovir.
BMD will decrease most significantly in HIV-positive subjects with the highest levels of cumulative viremia.
HIV-positive persons with highest cumulative viremia will have the highest levels of inflammation, as measured by pro-inflammatory cytokines.
Additionally, the investigators will evaluate fracture incidence in a 5% National Medicare sample and fracture association with the use of varying ART medications among dual-eligible persons in Medicare and Medicaid datasets.
Hypotheses: Fracture incidence will be greater in HIV-positive subjects compared to HIV-negative subjects.Fracture incidence will be greatest in subjects with the shortest duration of ART exposure.
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Fracture and Bone Mineral Density in HIV+ Patients Recently Started on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
Further study details as provided by Amy H. Warriner, University of Alabama at Birmingham:
Primary Outcome Measures
Bone Mineral Density
[ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Change in BMD after 1 year
- Fracture in HIV
[ Time Frame: 10years ]
Fracture incidence in HIV+ vs. HIV- in Medicare sample
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years to 99 Years
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study PopulationFor primary outcomes: 1917 Clinic cohort. For secondary outcomes: Medicare sample.
Inclusion Criteria:
- treatment naïve patients seen in the 1917 Clinic between January 1, 2000 and May 1, 2010
- currently under care at the time of the initiation of the study (>1 clinic visit in the past 12 months)
Exclusion Criteria:
- history of chronic renal failure (estimated GFR <30ml/min)
- known diagnosis of a metabolic bone disease (i.e. osteoporosis, primary hyperparathyroidism, Paget Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta)
- multiple myeloma, cancer, untreated thyroid disease, or inflammatory bowel disease, or persons currently treated with or plans to begin an osteoporosis-specific medication (including estrogen)
- treatment with oral glucocorticoids and anticonvulsants
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01591252
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|United States, Alabama
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
Sponsors and CollaboratorsUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
|Principal Investigator:
|Amy H. Warriner, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
More Information
|Responsible Party:
|Amy H. Warriner, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01591252 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 30, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 31, 2016
Keywords provided by Amy H. Warriner, University of Alabama at Birmingham:HIV
Bone mineral density
bone turnover
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With overflowing landfills, the use of harmful chemicals in agriculture and a reliance on unsustainable energy sources, among other factors, the human population's carbon footprint is ever-expanding. From melting polar ice caps to ocean acidification, the environmental impact is becoming increasingly evident.
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Simple Changes
Too often the focus of the conversation of endangered species is the harm humans have on the environment. More important, however, is that simple behavioral changes can go a long way toward caring for and reviving the natural world.
Take palm oil.
This vegetable oil, a substitute for the partially hydrogenated oils that contain trans fats, can be found in everything from cereals and canned soups to baby formula and cosmetics. Through everyday purchases, many of us may be perpetuating the destruction of a habitat that boasts some of the greatest species diversity on Earth.
Palm oil plantations are popping up across Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries at the expense of tropical forests. The many species that depend on these forests, including endangered orangutans, face extreme peril.
Something as simple as checking the ingredients before purchase could help save a species thousands of miles away.
A Global Connection
A healthy habitat is one of the most important factors when it comes to protecting endangered species. Under the ESA, regions can be designated as "critical habitat," or areas essential to the survival of a species, but here is where it gets tricky.
Labeling an area critical habitat does not necessarily prevent the further development of that land. Essentially, the designation serves as a reminder to federal agencies to take extra precautions, even to modify projects, in order to minimize harm to these vital natural spaces.
From the water we drink to the air we breathe, humans rely on healthy ecosystems, and every species contained in an ecosystem plays an integral role in the success of that network.
A Proactive Approach
Not every species will be as lucky as the gray wolf, but it is not all doom and gloom. The diamondback terrapin, for example, though never listed as an endangered species in Maryland, has a history of exploitation.
In the 19th century, terrapins were considered a delicacy and hunted for their use in stews. The demand for the terrapin, combined with other factors, caused their numbers to drop dangerously low.
Recognizing the risk, Maryland passed a law in 2007 ending the commercial harvest of terrapins in state waters. And while it is too soon to quantify the impact, alleviating pressure on a struggling population is a step in the right direction.
Bald eagles, American alligators, the Virginia northern flying squirrel, grizzly bears—there have been numerous success stories. In the best circumstances, a species will be "de-listed" from the ESA, meaning the population recovers to a point where it no longer requires protection under the law.
Do Your Part
Here are a few ways to show you care about the world's endangered species, no matter where you live:
- Be a conscious consumer – Purchase products that are organic, locally grown or sustainably sourced.
- Back legislation that impacts the environment – Every comment counts, so if there is an issue you support, call or write a letter to your representative. Learn more about the National Aquarium's legislative priorities at aqua.org/legislation.
- Contribute to a conservation organization – Provide financial support if you can. If you don't have money to give, donate your time! Visit aqua.org/care to learn about opportunities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
- Start in your own backyard – Planting native plants in your garden will attract native wildlife, including invaluable pollinators that help to preserve the natural environment.
- Reduce, reuse, recycle – Join our 48 Days of Blue movement and learn how simple actions can make a big difference in protecting our natural world!


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By DON HSIEH, Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing, Tyco Integrated Security
The concern for food recalls is a long-standing issue that has plagued manufacturers and suppliers for decades. In recent years, this concern has intensified with the number of food recalls in the U.S. dramatically increasing in the last few years — jumping four-fold over the number just five years ago.
Reasons for this huge spike are plentiful, with most contributing factors relating to the increasingly global and complex food supply chain, and a few dramatic, large-scale recalls, such as the intentional shipment of salmonella-contaminated peanut products and the recall of more than a half-billion fresh eggs. Although food recalls are primarily seen as a public health concern, it's also a significant economic issue. But what are these costs and how can companies prevent or mitigate the cost of recalls?
Impacts of Food Recalls
According to a study by the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers' Association, the average cost of a recall to a food company is $10 million[1] in direct costs, which typically include notification, product retrieval, storage, destruction, unsalable product and, of course, the additional labor costs associated with these activities as well as the investigation of the root cause.
Depending on the size of the brand or company, these costs may be significantly higher. This does not even include what could arguably be the most significant costs to the company from litigation costs, costs from any agreed or mandated governmental oversight post-incident, lost sales and the impact to the company's market value and brand reputation.
With today's 24/7 media access and updates and the power of social networking, bad news spreads quicker than ever and directly impacts consumer behavior. In a Harris Interactive poll, consumers indicated that 55 percent would switch brands temporarily following a recall, and 15 percent said they would never purchase the recalled product, with 21 percent stating they would avoid purchasing any brand made by the manufacturer of the recalled product.
In the year following the large spinach and peanut recalls, almost three quarters of consumers stopped purchasing those products out of safety concerns, dropping to one-quarter in the second year, according to a 2010 U.S. Grocery Supplier survey.
Preventing Food Recalls
While the goal of recalls is to protect public health when a specific product is known to cause a problem, there are practices that can actually be effective in preventing a recall from occurring. One is that companies should make a commitment to adhering to global food safety standards recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), such as BRC, SQF and ISO 22000, which all share a common foundation in sound food safety management practices, such as good manufacturing practices (GMP), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Certifications in these world-class standards reveal that companies have implemented and audited sound food safety principles, such as the following:
- Make meaningful divisions to maintain batch integrity.
- Perform frequent, thorough cleaning and sanitation processes.
- Maintain effective HACCP programs, and learn from "near misses" as well as actual occurrences.
- Have an established, practiced communications protocol and current, accurate escalation trees.
- Document, document, document.
- Validate, validate, validate.
- Prepare, practice and drill! They train, and make sure everyone in the value chain, including OEM and 3PL partners, understand the rules and are held to the same standards.
- Plan ahead, anticipating what information will be required by stakeholders, and keep it segregated from other records.
Advanced technology can also be implemented to address key potential sources of contamination, such as the following:
- Supply chain security solutions that can not only track the movement of shipments and provide alerts when geo-fence boundaries are crossed, but can remotely immobilize the vehicle to prevent diversion of products.
- Active radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that can help control access even in wide open plant areas where traditional card access technologies are impractical, protecting particularly vulnerable areas to tampering, such as mixing, or ingredient preparation from unauthorized employees, contractors and visitors.
- Remote video auditing technology that can be deployed to view and audit practices, and send specific video clips of infractions for training purposes, thus proactively moving all plants, globally, towards full compliance with corporate operational standards.
An effective food protection strategy consists of a cohesive, proactive strategy that can prevent the potential for significant costs to the business from vulnerabilities that could prompt a recall. Although eliminating food recalls is not guaranteed, following these best practices and obtaining food safety certifications is an effective line of defense against potentially crippling food recall costs.
What's your take? Please feel free to comment below! For more information, please visit www.tycois.com.
[1]"Recall Execution Effectiveness: Collaborative Approaches to Improving Consumer Safety and Confidence,"
Deloitte on behalf of the Food Marketing Institute ("FMI"), the Grocery Manufacturers Association ("GMA"), and GS1 U.S., June 2010


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TUKWILA, Wash. — The LA Galaxy saw their five-game unbeaten streak in Reserve League play come to and end with a wild 3-2 defeat to Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday afternoon. Michael Stephens had a goal and an assist while Jose Villarreal opened the scoring for the Galaxy, but it was not enough as Seattle scored three times in the final 18 minutes to claim the victory. Despite the loss, the Galaxy remain in first place in the West Division of the Reserve League with 13 points from a 4-2-1 record.
Jose Villarreal opened the scoring for LA in the 35th minute when he got on the end of a pass from Pat Noonan and beat Seattle goalkeeper Josh Ford with a first time shot that gave the Galaxy a 1-0 lead. The goal was the third of the season for Villarreal in the Reserve League, leaving him tied with Chad Barrett for the team lead. Noonan and Michael Stephens were each credited with assists on the goal.
The Galaxy Homegrown Player continued to be his team's most dangerous player, as he went close in the 50th minute, only to see his shot cleared off the line by Servando Carrasco. That clearance would prove to be important as the Sounders equalized just more than 20 minutes later. A neat interplay between Sammy Ochoa and Michael Seamon allowed Seamon to play Steve Zakuani in behind the LA defense and the former No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft slotted a right-footed shot past Brian Rowe, making the score 1-1.
The Galaxy would regain the lead just six minutes later when Stephens got behind the Sounders' defense and rounded Ford before rolling a shot into the open net for his first goal of the season, making the score 2-1 in favor of the Galaxy.
However, that lead would last just six minutes before Zakuani equalized again with his second of the game. A Marc Burch corner kick found Ochoa, who headed the ball into the path of Zakuani, who beat Rowe at the far post, tying the score at 2-2.
After setting up each of Seattle's first two goals, Ochoa would score the game-winner in the 90th minute, getting on the end of at Zach Scott knockdown and heading it past Rowe to give Seattle a 3-2 win.
The Galaxy return to Reserve League action on Tuesday, September 4 when they travel north to San Jose for their final road game of the season. That game is scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m.
LA Galaxy 2, Seattle Sounders FC 3
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Starfire Sports Stadium – Tukwila, Wash.
Scoring Summary:
LA - Jose Villarreal 3 (Pat Noonan 1, Michael Stephens 2) 35'
SEA - Steve Zakuani 1 (Michael Seamon 3, Sammy Ochoa 1) 72'
LA - Michael Stephens 1 (Unassisted) 78'
SEA - Steve Zakuani 2 (Sammy Ochoa 2, Marc Burch 1) 84'
SEA - Sammy Ochoa 3 (Zach Scott 2) 90'
Misconduct Summary:
LA - Andrew Boyens (Yellow Card) 25'
SEA - Patrick Ianni (Yellow Card) 56'
SEA - Zach Scott (Yellow Card) 59'
LA Galaxy: Brian Perk (Brian Rowe 46'), Oscar Sorto^, Brian Gaul (Dan Keat 70'), Andrew Boyens, Tommy Meyer, Kenney Walker (Sebastian Valasquez^ 90'), Bryan Jordan (Raul Mendiola^ 56'), Rafael Garcia, Michael Stephens, Pat Noonan© (Jack McBean 77'), Jose Villarreal.
Subs Not Used: None.
^ - Galaxy Academy Players
Seattle Sounders FC: Josh Ford, Zach Scott©, Patrick Ianni, Daniel Steres, Marc Burch, Michael Tetteh (Moises Orozco 81'), Servando Carrasco, Michael Seamon, Steve Zakuani (Kyle Bjornethun 92+), Mario Martinez (Dawyne Smith 67'), Sammy Ochoa.
Subs Not Used: Bryan Meredith, Jordan Morris, Dominic Dismuke.
Referee: Levi Rippy
Referee's Assistants: Jeremy Hanson; Baboucarr Jallow
4th Official: William Niccolls


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