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"Respect Irish sovereignty," Ireland has told a court that is hearing a dispute over access for U.S. law enforcement to email communications held by Microsoft in Dublin.
"Ireland respectfully asserts that foreign courts are obliged to respect Irish sovereignty (and that of all other sovereign states) whether or not Ireland is a party or intervener in the proceedings before them," according to an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Microsoft is appealing a search warrant in the U.S. for private email communications located in the company's facility in Dublin, arguing that U.S. law does not allow the government to issue search warrants to obtain customer data stored overseas.
A key issue in the case has been the interpretation of the warrant. U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that a warrant under the Stored Communications Act was "a hybrid: part search warrant and part subpoena."
It is executed like a subpoena in that it is served on the Internet service provider who is required to provide the information from its servers wherever located, and does not involve government officials entering the premises, he noted.
"The warrant at issue operates as the exercise of U.S. law enforcement authority on Irish territory, something that can be done only with the consent of the Irish government," Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said in a blog post Tuesday.
Ireland is citing an existing mutual legal assistance treaty with the U.S. that law enforcement can use to obtain the email. In its brief Ireland said it "would be pleased to consider, as expeditiously as possible, a request under the treaty, should one be made."
"The right of individuals to the protection of their personal data is an essential foundation for modern society and the growing digital economy," said Dara Murphy, Ireland's minister for data protection, ahead of the filing. "We must ensure that individuals and organisations can have confidence in the rules and processes that have been put in place to safeguard privacy."
A number of tech companies have supported Microsoft with legal briefs including Apple, Amazon.com, AT&T and Verizon Communications. There is concern among these companies that the U.S. government's demand for data held abroad could spook customers abroad from their cloud and other services, besides violating international agreements. The Department of Justice has argued that by Microsoft's interpretation of the law, email providers could move content around the world to avoid law enforcement requests.
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Read how your water bill and sewer bill are calculated each month.
Water and sewer service is billed on the 1st day of each month.
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The sewer charge on your account is a sewer user fee to collect, treat, and discharge your wastewater.
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The city offers a direct payment option from your checking account.
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Learn more about water softeners and their effects on the city's sewer system.
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Dark spokes dance around Saturn's B ring in this series of movies comprised of images taken with Cassini's wide-angle camera.
This animation is a concatenation of spoke movies acquired by NASA¹s Cassini spacecraft in the second half of 2008 on Aug. 21, Sept. 19, Sept. 26, Oct.
11, and Nov. 25.
As Saturn nears equinox in August 2009 and the sun angle on the ring plane decreases, spokes become common sights in Cassini images, just as they were in Voyager images (See
Saturn's rings - high resolution). The planet's orbital period is 29.5 years, so Saturn has nearly made one complete trip around the sun since the flybys of the two Voyager spacecraft in 1980 and 1981, allowing Cassini to closely match Voyager's viewing geometry.
Each of these five movies shows the sunlit side of the rings at low solar phase, or spacecraft-rings-sun, angles. The spokes appear dark against Saturn's B ring at low phase angles because the particles within them scatter light more efficiently in the forward direction (away from Cassini) than the surrounding larger ring particles. In the opposite viewing geometry, at high phase angles, spokes appear bright relative to surrounding ring particles (See Spo
kes Sighted Again! ).
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org.
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An exhausted British-Australian expedition recreating Ernest Shackleton's 1916 crossing of the Southern Ocean in a small boat made landfall after a perilous 12-day journey.
Led by renowned adventurer Tim Jarvis, the team of six reached Peggotty Bluff on rugged South Georgia, where they landed their vessel in the same place Shackleton and his men beached the James Caird nearly 100 years ago.
The next leg will see three of the team tackle a two-day climb to 900 metres (2,950 feet) over the mountainous, crevassed interior of South Georgia.
That will take them to the old whaling station at Stromness on the other side of the island, where Shackleton and his men, with little more than the clothes on their backs, raised the alarm about the sinking of their ship, the Endurance.
Jarvis said the boat trip, using only the equipment, navigational instruments and food available to Shackleton, was extremely tough, describing it as "truly about endurance -- mental as much as physical".
"There was just no way to keep dry. The waterproofing with wax didn't work," he said.
"Below deck, the boat was constantly damp and being on watch meant that you were directly exposed to the elements. On a few occasions a big wave washed over the deck and down the hatch soaking everything down below."
Along with Norway's Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole in 1911, Australian explorer Douglas Mawson and Briton Robert Falcon Scott, Shackleton was among the great Antarctic explorers.
When he set off on his third trip to the region in 1914 with the ship Endurance, he planned to cross Antarctica via the South Pole.
But the vessel became trapped in 1915, and sank 10 months later as it was crushed by the advancing ice. Shackleton and his crew lived on the floating ice until April 1916, when they set off in three small boats for Elephant Island.
From there, Shackleton and five crew made the treacherous voyage to South Georgia, reaching their destination 16 days later to face the mountainous trek.
All members of the Endurance mission were eventually rescued with no fatalities.
It was his granddaughter Alexandra who approached Jarvis, who in 2007 re-enacted Mawson's 1912 odyssey across the frozen continent, about recreating their ordeal.


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Another cat sweater. Are you surprised?
Yeah. This exists.
My grandma found this for me at an estate sale last week, and I loooooove it. The tough look on the kitties faces makes me giggle. It's completely handmade, and in such perfect condition I have to wonder if maybe someone's granny made of for them and they hated it and never wore it :D
Either way I think it's awesome, and colored in an intarsia chart for all you kitty knitters out there. Ok, it kind of looks like a five year old colored it in, but you get the general idea :)
Sweater-Gift from my grandma
Skirt and scarf-Urban Eccentric Vintage
Blouse-Camas Antiques
Bird pin-Estate sale
37 comments:
- Lotta Dahl said...
Too Cute! I love the blouse too!
- February 17, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Hep~Kitten said...
Looks super cute and I like how your bangs look in these pics!!
- February 17, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- art deco dame said...
that is adorable!
- February 17, 2011 at 9:06 PM
- Anna Von Splat said...
Too cute! I have exactly the same brooch bought in a vintage store in Tokyo!
Good thing you've kept the bird out of reach of the kitties.. - February 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Helga said...
I'm loving this kitty obsession,and can't wait to see where it goes.....all bets are off!
- February 17, 2011 at 10:23 PM
- Silver Lining Decor said...
Love this!! And I really, really, love the gray one in the previous post! So stinkin' cute!
I posted a pic of Hobbes' twin brother over on my blog ;)
www.silverliningdecor.blogspot.com - February 17, 2011 at 11:09 PM
- Kir said...
That is too cute! That reddish color is lovely too, it looks lovely on you! Brings out the red in your hair. How I long for reddish hair. Haha. :)
- February 18, 2011 at 1:32 AM
- LandGirl1980 said...
You can even make moody kittens look fab! :)
- February 18, 2011 at 1:52 AM
- Charlotte said...
haha, work that granny chic!
xx Charlotte
Tuppence Ha'penny Vintage - February 18, 2011 at 3:32 AM
- Stephanie Lynn said...
I love the grumpy kitties! :D I bought one of Cassie's kitty belts after seeing your post the other day, but now I must scour the local thrift shops to find the perfect old cat lady chique sweater!
- February 18, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- Gabrielle Clayvon said...
My favorite part of this whole outfit is definately the pale pink oversized bow. It is just fabulous! You always look so vintage chic.
www.thegiftofgab-gabby.blogspot.com - February 18, 2011 at 6:47 AM
There is something very 'Log Lady' about this outfit! And I mean that as a compliment as I think she's awesome :-)
- February 18, 2011 at 6:50 AM
- Andi said...
I love that you made an intarsia chart! I had saved the pictures of your last kitty sweater because I thought it's intarsia use was just perfect.
- February 18, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Aimee Marieee said...
This morning you're competing with Cute Overload blog (part of my morning read) and I believe you won for cuteness! Even against the kleptomaniac cat! ;>)
- February 18, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Lauren Hairston said...
Love your hair bow! It reminds me of the peach ice cream-flavored Cherry Merry Muffin doll I had!
Oh, and the grumpy kitties are too cute. - February 18, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- Flapper Flickers + Silent Stanzas said...
Sweater Cats are Annoyed with you. LOL
I wish I was talented enough to do intarsia! - February 18, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Cup Of Kitten Tea said...
How fabulous, Im terribly inspired. Must get the needles out.
As a fellow kitty Girl, please take a look at my blog for your chance to help out rescued kitties, by having your cake and eating it :)
Have a fabulous weekend xxx - February 18, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Tasha said...
Get the hell out of here! Too cute with your latest cat items. I've knit sweaters with stags, reindeer, elephants and gnomes (okay, the gnomes sweater hasn't ever been finished), but not cats yet. I'm seriously inspired!
- February 18, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- Penny Dreadful Vintage said...
Wahaha, so cute! That is one mad kitteh.
- February 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- Sydney said...
How great! Do I sense a kitty sweater collection in the making? ;)
- February 18, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Amber said...
that sweater is too cute, you have an awesome grandma
- February 18, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Corinna-Corinna said...
- February 18, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Kal said...
Wow and Meow. Fantastic.
- February 18, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Nope, not surprising at all but incredibly cute! :) Your Grandma is a darling finding this for you :)
- February 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM
- Miss Amethyst said...
SOOOOO CUTTTEEE!! hey i notice your hair is getting longer!! love it!!!
- February 18, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Casey Maura said...
You totally rock the cat-sweater look, Solanah! I just love how you work these sorts of "novelty" pieces into your daily wardrobe and make it look so effortless. :)
♥ Casey - February 18, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- MissGinger said...
thanks for the pattern. x
- February 19, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Candy Pop said...
I love it! :)
- February 19, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- MarieBayArea said...
- February 20, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- toridawn said...
i love how you snuck in that little birdie pin on the collar. cute!
- February 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- louisa said...
absolutely adorable!! xx
- February 20, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- ImplausibleYarn said...
The sweater is great but I am even more envious of your hair and how great it looks in curls with a bow!
- February 20, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- The Modern Day Flapper said...
So super cute~ Love the kitties faces too.
- February 21, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- Sparky said...
Your Mumm mentioned you...and without a doubt you are an absolute delight..I have added you to my blog roll as I want to visit you more...I also am a new follower. YOU my dear bring many smiles.. My question to you..where on earth do you put all of your wardrobe...it is just beautiful...and are you always in character? yes my dear..you are a delight...kitty sweater and all..
Madame samm - February 22, 2011 at 12:53 AM
- nina-im-wunderland said...
just loving it
- February 22, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Leanne of Folk said...
1.) i love this sweater.
2.) pardon this somewhat spammish post, but i am awarding you "the versatile blogger" award! if you want to accept and play along, here is the link!
http://prairiesque.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/the-versatile-blogger-award/ - February 22, 2011 at 9:33 PM
- Solanah said...
Leanne of Folk, thank you very much!
- February 28, 2011 at 10:52 PM


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Three Ways to Use: Hummus
Kana Okada, 2010, Kana Okada
Every month, Food Network Magazine puts chefs from Food Network Kitchens to the test: Create three inventive recipes with common supermarket ingredients like root beer and ice cream cones.
Hummus, a relatively modern refrigerator staple, is often used as a light, healthy dip for crackers, celery sticks and pita triangles. This month, Miriam Garron, Jay Brooks and Bob Hoebee put a fresh spin on the Mediterranean classic made with chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Try the three recipes and add hummus to turkey sliders to keep them moist and rich, create a creamy soup or whip up a chickpea flatbread.
Miriam says: "Hummus adds flavor and moisture to my mini turkey burgers."
Jay says: "I used hummus to thicken the soup — it's a fun alternative to flour or cream."
Bob says: "Hummus takes the place of chickpea flour in my twist on nicoise flatbread."


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Christians Must Speak Out If Change Is To Happen
A couple of months back I wrote about the issues of school-based violence and how it is killing our school system and our students. I noted that over 857 students drop out of school each hour of the school day and that some 4,500 commit suicide each year as a result of this violence.
To combat this, I proposed the use of Collaborative Justice principles that marry Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice practices so that victims are given an actual voice and that offenders atone for their offenses through the use of Reintegrative Shaming techniques among others. Finally, I suggested the use of my own Shalom-centric Holistic Intersocial Forgiveness Transformation (S.H.I.F.T.) Theory. Specifically, S.H.I.F.T. is a three-fold understanding of forgiveness based on three distinct definitions of forgiveness as it relates to the three parties to an offense: the victim, the offender and the community. In regards to S.H.I.F.T., I contended that all parties had to forgive in order for them transcend past the conflict.
Since that time, it would appear that I have struck a chord with multiple groups. Non-Christians want to ignorantly throw Deuteronomy in as an alleged "Christian" way of handling conflict and therefore claim that my position is "un-Christian" – which is both absurd and laughable. Some Christians disagree with my stance only because I suggested treating others more as Christ would rather than converting them to Christianity – a difference in theology where I contend that people must see Christ in you so that they can see a compelling justification to turn to Christ as their one and only Savior. Finally, actual professionals in the field of Peace and Forgiveness Studies took exception to by my S.H.I.F.T. Theory because they felt that the use of "must" can easily be translated to mean "forced" in regards to forgiveness – which is a valid point but any forced forgiveness is truly no forgiveness at all if it does not come from the heart.
To that end, with all disagreements accounted for, I wanted to talk about what it means to be Christian in a free republic and how that must translate into daily life. In particular, I want to refer to the book of Ephesians.
Many people do not know how this book came to be. You see Paul, an apostle of Jesus, was imprisoned. The Christians at Ephesus went to seek Paul and gave him a list of questions that they had about Jesus and the Christian faith. Hence, the entire book of Ephesians is Paul's response to their specific questions. This book is therefore, quite arguably, one of the most powerful and concept-rich books of the New Testament. Paul tried to merge where the Old Testament gave laws and Christ gave grace by being fulfillment of the old laws. Christ was not a re-writer but rather the law made flesh and fulfilled. One contemporary theologian summed up what Paul was trying to say in Ephesians with grace by saying that grace really could be seen as an acronym for "God's riches at Christ's expense."
In Ephesians, Paul used two Greek words that have been mistranslated over the years. The first word used for Jesus, and His sainted followers, is "poima" which means "masterpiece." Where Deuteronomy was showing only law, Ephesians noted how the law was fulfilled by love and grace through the masterpiece of God which was Jesus and those who used their free will to seek to be more like Jesus as a sainted follower. The other word used was "ekklesia" which erroneously has been used to mean "church." In reality, it is a term meaning "a called-out and select people to do a given task or function or role."
In Ephesians 4:1-16 Paul told how Christians are supposed to act and why to do such as a called-out and select people. Verses 17-19 go on to explain how non-Christians think and act and why they do so. Finally, the rest of the chapter speaks to the transformation of the criminal, speaking honestly to one another, not giving in to rage, building others up, and the power of forgiveness.
I bring this up because the Church, as a world body, has routinely failed in our efforts to build and transform criminals into meaningful followers. This is because we no longer see ourselves as being set apart and called-out people. Many now consider church to be a building, not people, and that "holding church" is just a "thing to do" one or two days a week rather than being worshipful followers always. We are quick to wrath and slow to forgive – an anathema to Christ's teachings.
Truly, this world needs to see Jesus, and I am not talking about His second coming.
For example, in regards to juvenile offenders, my own home state of Florida ranks number one, of the ten most populous states, for our rate of arrests. In 2012, while legislators and local governments were fighting over proposed septic tank laws, the State was arresting juveniles at a rate 48 times higher than the national average with some 58,000 total juveniles being incarcerated. That same year, in Santa Rosa County, where churches are literally found every half-mile, a 15 year old juvenile detainee, at the Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility, was savagely attacked by guards for no apparent reason. In West Palm Beach County, at the Palm Beach Regional Detention Center, an inmate, Eric Perez, passed away due to a massive brain hemorrhage while guards looked-on and refused to take action. The sad part about these offenses against youths is that Florida law often protects state and contracted juvenile workers from child abuse and neglect laws. With the Perez case, the grand jury, while noticeably angry at the Department of Juvenile Justice, were helpless to levy any charges. Sadly, churches have been noticeably absent from the discussions on juvenile crime and therefore this issue can only gain support secular groups.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, as Paul wrote to Ephesus, we must be the set-apart and select few in this world that shows Christ's love. We can only do this by our actions and by being involved. The early Christians had to worry about prisons and lions and stoning. What do we contemporary Christians have want to worry for?
There will always be public disagreement to anything Christ-centered. I say to embrace that as a sure sign that you are most likely following the right path. Listen to the opposition but do not be wrongfully dissuaded just because they protest.
My issue and ministry are about helping juveniles. However, in truth, we have the elderly, babies, homeless, minorities, etc. in abundance that are frail and powerless that are being abused and harmed by our government, our corporations, our schools and colleges, our society, and by individual peoples. At a time when we are the most free to speak, we have increasingly become the most silent. Verily I say that true Christians must start to speak out if meaningful change is ever to happen.


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A simplistic content management system designed for kirsle.net.
Rophako is Azulian for "website." Pronounce it however you like. I pronounce it "roe-fa-koe."
This project is under heavy construction.
pip install -r requirements.txt
These may need to be installed for the dependencies to build:
Fedora: libffi-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel
Server Configuration
Instructions and tips are currently available for the Apache web server. See Apache.md for information.
Copy the file config-sample.py
as a file named config.py
, and edit
its contents to set up your site. It's very important that you change the
variable, as this is used to sign the session cookies and
prevent people from tampering with them. The config script is well-documented
with comments explaining what all the options do.
Create the Admin User
Once the web app is up and running, navigate to the /account/setup
to create the admin user account. Once the admin account has been created,
the /account/setup
path can't be used anymore. Additional user accounts
can be created by the admin users at the /admin
Building Your Site
Rophako has a dual templating system. When the Rophako CMS wants to render
a template (for example, blog/entry.html
), it will look inside your
path first for that template, before falling back to the default
site templates inside the rophako/www
All of the core features of Rophako (user account, blog, photo albums,
comments, etc.) exist in the default site, so the CMS is already fully
functional out-of-the-box. You can override files in the default site by
putting files with the same name in your SITE_ROOT
folder. For example,
the default SITE_ROOT
is set to the "site/www" folder in the git repo, and
if you put a file at site/www/layout.html
there, it will change the web
design template for the Rophako site. A file at site/www/index.html
change the index page of your site away from the default.
Rophako CMS
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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Some Fungal-Farming Ants Are Loyal to Their Crops
A group of fungi-farming ants are not only loyal to particular species of fungus, the relationship is so close it appears the ants and the fungus may be evolving together, a new study indicates.
Each species of farming ants exclusively grows a particular species of fungus to feed their colony, even when the ants' nests are spread as far apart as Costa Rica, Panama or Ecuador, said the researchers, who calculated that the oldest of these relationships traces back more than 5 million years.
This dedication was surprising; previous work on other groups of fungus-farmer ants had suggested more diffuse relationships, with multiple ant species cultivating multiple fungal species.
The close relationships between these ants and fungus have important implications for their evolution; the results of the new study suggest that when ants switch crops, they diverge into a new species.
"That is probably the most intriguing part of all this, it was driving speciation," said Ted Schultz, a research entomologist with the Smithsonian Institution and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland. Speciation refers to the formation of new species.[Image Gallery: Ants of The World]
Fungus for life
About 240 species of fungus-farming ants have been described, with the most high-profile one being leaf-cutter ants that collect leaves to feed a fungal crop that cannot survive without the farmers (likewise, the ants can't survive without the fungal food). Leaf-cutter ants belong to a group that evolved from ants that practice what entomologists refer to as a lower agriculture, growing fungi that can also survive alone, without attention from the farmer ants.
This study focused on a group of ant species named for the first species identified, Cyphomyrmex wheeleri, which belongs with the lower fungus-growing ants. Even so, C. wheeleri is fairly closely related to the higher fungus-growing ants.
Researchers' interest was piqued when they found two members of this group of species,C. longiscapus and C. muelleri, each cultivate a different fungus. These two ant species, however, can live in nests within inches of each other — indicating they have the opportunity to interbreed but were not doing it.
"We wondered, 'Could what fungus you grow have anything to do with speciation?'"Schultz said, referring to the emergence of new species.
Ants rely on odor to identify potential mates from their own species, so it is possible male and female fungus-growing ants choose mates in part by recognizing the odor of the fungus with which the potential mate grew up, Schultz said.
Ant speciation
To test the hunch that the evolution of ant species was tied to the species of fungus they cultivated, the research team, led by Natasha J. Mehdiabadi, of the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Maryland, analyzed DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, the code that makes up genes) from 138 individual ants and 405 fungal samples taken from 88 nests in Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, California and Texas. They also incorporated genetic data from other, related ant and fungal species into family trees they reconstructed for both the ants and the fungi. [Infographic: The Life of an Ant]
"Contrary to expectation, we found that each ant species has been exclusively associated with a single fungal cultivar 'species' for millions of years — even though alternative cultivars are readily available," the team writes in research detailed today (May 15) in the journal Nature Communications.
While each species of ants appeared loyal to a particular fungus, the fungi themselves were not as loyal, sometimes serving as a crop for more than one species of ant.
Even so, the relationships appear to have affected the evolution of the fungi as well, since they, too, appear to have diverged from their ancestors starting when they were first farmed by the ant ancestors of the C. wheeleri species, Schultz told LiveScience, adding that none of these current fungal groups is known to have free-living forms.
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Markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China -- known as the BRICs -- have suffered greatly this year, as troubling economic conditions pushed investors to look elsewhere for returns.
Brazil's Bovespa index has been among the world's worst, losing a fifth of its value since January.
The Shanghai Composite is down 12%, Russia's Micex is 7% lower and Mumbai's Sensex has declined by 1%.
"I would say the BRICs are going through a period of indigestion or perhaps a bit of a hangover," said Sean Darby, chief global equity strategist at Jefferies. "Sometimes the quality of growth produced by rapid development means that subsequent periods aren't all that great."
At the same time, markets in the United States, Japan and Europe have gone gangbusters, with many rebounding to levels not seen since before the 2008 financial crisis.
Related story: Emerging markets lose a step
Ex-Goldman economic guru Jim O'Neill coined the BRIC acronym in 2001 as a handy way of referring to what he figured were the world's top four emerging economies. Keying off the prediction, asset managers crafted investment strategies based on on the idea that rapid economic growth would translate into robust equity returns.
O'Neill was right -- the BRICs have delivered sustained growth, and now account for about 20% of world economic output. And for awhile, BRIC equity funds did extremely well. But pity the investor who thought it would last.
The iShares MSCI BRIC ETF (BKF), which includes top companies in all four markets, is down 14% this year, and 27% over the past five. Outflows from BRIC markets in recent months suggest many investors have given up and taken their money elsewhere.
There aren't many reasons to be optimistic, considering the significant challenges facing BRIC economies. At the moment, it looks like other emerging markets are in a better position to expand more rapidly.
"All of the BRIC economies have structural problems which are likely to prevent significant rebounds in the next couple of years," analysts at Capital Economics recently wrote. "Instead, the turnaround in growth that we expect to see in the emerging world will be driven by the smaller [non-BRIC] economies."
Related: China launches audit as debt worries grow
In China, GDP growth could drop below 7.5% this year as the government seeks to implement structural reforms. Brazil, meanwhile, has been hit hard by political unrest, and the real has come under pressure. Russia's economy had a bad second quarter as investment slowed and export demand dried up.
Despite a tough political environment and stagnant growth, India's economy might have the best prospects of the bunch.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has also thrown a wrench into emerging market investment strategies.
The Fed has bought some $3 trillion worth of assets since it launched quantitative easing in 2008. Much of that money found its way into stocks in developing economies as investors ventured into riskier assets.
When Fed chief Ben Bernanke suggested in May that the bank could soon pull back on those purchases, investors freaked. According to data from HSBC, stocks around the world fell 9% over the next four weeks, while emerging markets lost 16%.
The central bank punted in its latest meeting, and did not provide any hints about plans to wind down its stimulus efforts.
"I would say that this has to play itself out," Darby said. "It was a seismic shock, but we haven't seen any of the tectonic plates actually move yet. A lot of these markets will have difficulty."


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ATS 2014, SAN DIEGO – Sure, everyone knows a healthy diet provides lots of health benefits for patients with respiratory diseases, but now a new study has shown a direct link between eating fish, fruit and dairy products and improved lung function among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Conducted by researchers in the U.S. and Europe, the study specifically looked at COPD patients' lung function within 24 hours of eating grapefruit, bananas, fish and cheese.
The study will be presented at the ATS 2014 International Conference.
"Diet is a potentially modifiable risk factor in the development and progression of many diseases, and there is evidence that diet plays a role in both the development and clinical features of COPD," said study lead author Corinne Hanson, Ph.D. "This study aimed to evaluate that association."
For their study, the researchers used data from the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints study (ECLIPSE). ECLIPSE was designed to help determine how COPD progresses and to identify biomarkers associated with the disease. Limited diet records were available for 2,167 ECLIPSE participants who provided dietary intake information at eight time points over a three-year period. Each participant reported the amount of a specific food they had consumed during the previous 24 hours.
Next, the researchers looked at specific standard lung function measurements for the same group of people, including the six-minute walk test (SMWT), St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) scores and inflammatory biomarkers. Results were adjusted for age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and smoking.
What they found was that people who reported recently consuming fish, grapefruit, bananas or cheese had showed improvement in lung function, less emphysema, improved six-minute walk scores, improved SGRQ scores, and a decrease in certain inflammatory markers associated with poor lung function including white blood cells and C-reactive protein.
"This study demonstrates the nearly immediate effects a healthy diet can have on lung function in in a large and well-characterized population of COPD patients," Hanson said. "It also demonstrates the potential need for dietary and nutritional counseling in patients who have COPD."
Based on these results and the results of other studies indicating a link between COPD and diet, the role of diet as a possible modifiable risk factor in COPD warrants continued investigation, she added.
* Please note that numbers in this release may differ slightly from those in the abstract. Many of these investigations are ongoing; the release represents the most up-to-date data available at press time.
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Dietary Intake Is Associated With Lung Function In The Eclipse Cohort
Type: Scientific Abstract
Category: 09.09 - COPD: Outcomes (CP)
Authors: C. Hanson1, H. Sayles1, E. Rutten2, E.F.M. Wouters3, W. MacNee4, P.M. Calverley5, S.I. Rennard1; 1University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha, NE/US, 2Program Development Center, Centre of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure - The Horn/NL, 3University of Maastricht - Maastricht/NL, 4University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh/UK, 5University Hospital Aintree - Liverpool/UK
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Objective Diet is a potentially modifiable risk factor in the development and progression of many diseases, and there is evidence that diet plays a role in both the development and clinical features of COPD. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between dietary intake and clinical characteristics of COPD in a large and well-characterized population of COPD patients and controls that were part of the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints study (ECLIPSE).
Methods: Limited diet records were available for 2,167 subjects who provided dietary intake information at eight time points over a 3-year period. Subjects reported the amount they had consumed over the last 24 hours for four food categories which included grapefruit, fish, bananas, and cheese. Intake of each food group was handled as a dichotomous variable (Yes/last 24 hours at any of the eight follow-up points versus No at all eight points). These two groups were then compared using clinical outcome measures at the last available follow-up that included lung function, emphysema, 6-minute walk, SGRQ scores, and inflammatory biomarkers. Multivariate models for each food group and each outcome measure were run to adjust for confounding factors of age, sex, BMI, and smoking (SGRQ and 6-min walk were also adjusted for FEV1).
Results: Associations between intake of food items and outcome variables are given in the following table:
Conclusion: Subjects who demonstrated recent consumption of foods associated with a healthy diet, including fish, fruit, and dairy products, had improved markers of lung function, less emphysema, improved 6-minute walk and SGRQ scores, and a decrease in certain inflammatory markers. The role of diet as a possible modifiable risk factor in COPD continues to warrant investigation.


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Tip hotel porters €1 per bag and the bearer of room service €1. A doorman who calls a taxi for you gets €1. If you stay in a hotel for more than two nights, you can tip the maid about €1 per night, although it isn't generally expected
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If any leading man in Hollywood enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Tony Scott, it was Denzel Washington.
Scott directed the Oscar winner in five films and today, like so many other movie stars who had the honor of working with him, Washington is mourning the loss of the 68-year-old filmmaker, who jumped to his death from a Los Angeles bridge yesterday afternoon.
"Tony Scott was a great director, a genuine friend and it is unfathomable to think that he is now gone," Washington said in a statement to E! News.
"He had a tremendous passion for life and for the art of filmmaking and was able to share this passion with all of us through his cinematic brilliance. My family sends their prayers and deepest condolences to the entire Scott family."
Scott directed Washington in the action thrillers Crimson Tide, Déjà Vu, Man on Fire, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and, most recently, 2010's Unstoppable.
Washington also starred in Ridley Scott's American Gangster. Ridley flew from London to L.A. upon hearing the news and has suspended production on his latest film, The Counselor.
Scott's sudden death was shocking on so many levels, not least of which because chose a well-traversed bridge in the middle of the day as the spot to end his life. He jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge, which connects the L.A. port district of San Pedro with the unfortunately named Terminal Island, at around 12:30 p.m.
ABC News has reported that Scott was suffering from inoperable brain cancer, but an autopsy performed today proved inconclusive pending toxicology testing and further investigation of Scott's brain.


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NEO's Hot View quickly became the place in which I worked. It organizes mail into Active Mail (my undeleted mail from the last several weeks); To Do (I refer the message here for follow-up); Recent Mail, including Today, Yesterday, This Week and Last Week; and mail from those correspondents I designate as Important. Having their names on this essential page allows me to see that I have an unread message from any of them, providing a great way to ensure they get quick attention. Nothing's perfect, though. The real mettle of a product is discovered when we have to turn to the support desk for help. Unfortunately, the support desk is usually prepared to deal with questions that anyone can find in the Help section of the product. So when I approached NEO for help with some product hangs and illegal memory-access messages, I expected the worst.
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Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had a population of 709,901 people in the 2011 census. The MSA is in turn included in the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 886,992 in the 2011 census, making it the 47th largest combined statistical area in America. As of the 2010 US Census, Little Rock had a population of 193,524, making it the 118th largest city in America. It is the county seat of Pulaski County.
Located near the geographic center of Arkansas, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called la Petite Roche (French: "the little rock"). The "little rock" was used by early river traffic as a landmark and became a well-known river crossing. The "little rock" is across the river from "big rock", a large bluff at the edge of the river, which was once used as a rock quarry. There have been two ships of the United States Navy named after the city, including USS Little Rock (LCS-9)
A number of highways converge near Little Rock. I-40 passes through North Little Rock to the north. US 70 parallels I-40 into North Little Rock before multiplexing with I-30 at the Broadway exit (Exit 141B). US 67 and US 167 share the same route from the northeast before splitting. US 67 and US 70 multiplex with Interstate 30 to the southwest. US 167 multiplexes with US 65 and I-530 to the southeast. Other highways include I-430, I-440, I-530, and I-630. I-530 terminates in Little Rock after originating in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
" Little Rock, Arkansas is so beautiful during the spring and summer time. I own a 1969 Camaro SS and love cruising around the back roads of Arkansas. I like to take a few hours to drive around so I take numerous trips to Fayetteville and Ft. Smith. One Saturday afternoon I was headed out of Little Rock and some 18 wheeler cut right in front of me causing me to slam on my brakes; which caused this Ford F150 to rear end me. I was so furious I wrote down the license plate and description of the 18 wheeler who caused the collision. I called my insurance company to report it and also indicated how it happened and gave them the at fault parties information. After taking my classic Camaro to the body shop, I found out the repairs were almost $10,000. I knew this was going to hurt the value of my Camaro no matter how well they fixed it. So this made me do some research on Diminished Value. I found out that me being the non fault third party would be entitled to diminished value due to the accident. During all this my insurance company got a hold of the trucking company and they accepted liability. I than started calling around to appraisal companies asking them about the process and what their thoughts were on getting what I'm entitled to.
After calling around for several days, I got a hold of these guys Pinnacle Auto Appraisers. They were more than willing to help me understand the process and even gave me a ball park of how much diminished value of incurred because of the accident. These guys sounded very professional and also knew exactly what they were dealing with. The other companies couldn't really tell me anything definite and felt like they didn't want to do the appraisal knowing they were going against an insurance company. So I hired Pinnacle to the appraisal. Once the vehicle was fixed, they came and inspected the vehicle. Than just a few days later I received a report from them. The report was very thorough and even had an explanation to all repairs completed on my 1968 Camaro. I want to personal thank these guys for everything they have done. Not only did I receive excellent customer service but I also received the full amount of diminished value from the insurance company." James Hanson - Little Rock, AR
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Sun introduced a much-improved framework for working with collections of objects in Java 2. It was pretty clear that the Vector and Hashtable workhorse collections in JDK 1.1 and earlier were not well-suited to all tasks. The main thrust of the framework, however, is not to provide a better set of concrete collection class implementations — which it does — but instead to provide a standard interface for collections.
Based on my Smalltalk background, I wanted to improve the Collections Framework in order to simplify the process of iterating across a collection. Key considerations for me included:
- minimal effort
- reuse of existing code
- easy migration of my existing application code.
This article demonstrates a simple extension to the Java 2 Collections Framework.
The Trouble with Iteration
Iterating over a collection in Java is an external iteration–the collection class itself is not responsible for stepping through the objects contained within. There are benefits to external iteration, one being that you can easily replace an iterator with a better-performing solution. Another is that you can have multiple threads each perform separate iterations against the same collection simultaneously.
There are also negatives to external iteration, the chief one being that all collection clients must manage the iteration process themselves. This means you have to code the same lines over and over. For example:
Iterator iterator = list.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext())
After coding iterations like this a few thousand times, it starts to become tedious. Tasks that are tedious are soon taken for granted, ignored, and then when they are not done properly, they are last suspected as the source of a problem.
In Smalltalk, the collection classes support internal iteration by default. In the following line of Smalltalk:
collection do: [:each | each doSomething]
the message
doSomething |
Smalltalk uses the concept of a block of code. Blocks, or block closures, are essentially what I like to call deferred code: code contained within a block is not executed until something sends the value message to it. The benefit is that you can treat code just as if it were an object, passing it around from place to place and executing it when necessary.
Java does not directly support block closures. Anonymous inner classes get us pretty close, however, to supporting the concept of code objects. The example below uses anonymous inner classes to best emulate the block concept.
The intent of this article is not to show how much Java can be made to look like Smalltalk, but to discuss what issues there are with extending the collections framework.
The Collections Framework
Sun's Java 2 Collections Framework is designed to allow you to easily create your own concrete collection classes. There is a short example at java.sun.com that shows you how to create a custom implementation. However, in the following example, I wasn't interested in creating a new implementation for an interface. Instead, I just wanted to add a small piece of functionality. The downside of the Sun technique is that you end up having to provide code that duplicates functionality already in the collection superclass. The below example demonstrates an alternative technique, one that minimizes code duplication.
Building Blocks
Before we can use an anonymous inner class to support our internal iterators, we must first get Java to emulate Smalltalk blocks. Our initial definition for Block.java is fairly simple:
package com.langr.collection;
public interface Block
public void exec(Object each);
For now, we will build Block as an interface. It will act as a contract that insists the exec(Object) method be implemented for anyone interested in using a Block.
Note that I've chosen the package name com.langr.collection for my collection subclasses and other related classes.
Working with Blocks
Now that we have a block, how is it used? The following bit of code demonstrates a simple example. In the example, list represents an object of the collection class that we will be building shortly. We invoke the method do(Block) on this object, passing it a Block object representing what we want to happen for each object. A dynamic declaration for Block's exec(Object) method is provided in the form of an anonymous inner class. In the body of the exec(Object) method, we simply take the each parameter (which represents each object in turn from list) and pass it off to another method called show(Object).
new Block() {
public void exec(Object each) {
A slight problem: do is a reserved word in Java. We'll modify this in a later version; my preference for a clear method name is forEachDo.
Okay, you're thinking, this looks like more work than the classic iteration. The benefit is that the iteration logic is not repeated. We are replacing potentially three operations in code (initialize iterator, test for end of iteration, extract element from collection) with a single operation (invoke method on collection).
Now that we know how we want this to look, all we have to do is provide the behavior for the do(Block) method. This code is pretty straightforward:
package com.langr.collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class ArrayList
extends java.util.ArrayList
public void forEachDo(Block block)
Iterator iterator = iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext())
(I've already renamed do(Block) to forEachDo(Block) here.) Most importantly, note that we are creating a new class called ArrayList by extending the existing java.util.ArrayList. Thus we get all of the behavior of an ArrayList, plus the functionality we have added in forEachDo(Block).
The body of forEachDo(Block) is simply the three-step iteration that used to be externalized. We now have encapsulated these three steps in the ArrayList object itself.
Are we done? Let's write a simple test program to try using our new ArrayList subclass.
import java.util.List;
import com.langr.collection.ArrayList;
import com.langr.collection.Block;
public class TestArray
public static void main(String[] args)
List x = new ArrayList();
new Block()
public void exec(Object each)
public static void show(String x)
System.out.println("x: " + x);
If you try to compile this code, you receive the following error message:
Listing 1.
Sample error message.
Our com.langr.util.ArrayList inherits from java.util.ArrayList, which in turn implements the java.util.List interface. This gives us polymorphic flexibility: We can use a com.langr.util.ArrayList object anywhere a java.util.List is expected. Good practice states that you should assign concrete classes to a variable of the most generic interface or superclass possible. This allows for easy maintenance of code later — in this example, even, it allows us to make a single modification to swap out the Sun class with our custom collection. In this case, List is probably the most useful assignment we can make.
The problem, though, is that java.util.List knows nothing about our forEachDo(Block) method. We have one of two choices: Either accept this fact and assign the new ArrayList instance to a com.langr.collection.ArrayList variable or create our own List interface that does recognize the forEachDo(Block) method. Creating the List interface is easy.
Our ArrayList implementation now needs to implement com.langr.collection.List:
package com.langr.collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class ArrayList
extends java.util.ArrayList
implements com.langr.collection.List
public void forEachDo(Block block)
Iterator iterator = iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext())
And finally, our test program now must import com.langr.collection.List instead of java.util.List:
import com.langr.collection.ArrayList;
import com.langr.collection.Block;
import com.langr.collection.List;
public class TestArray
public static void main(String[] args)
List x = new ArrayList();
x.add("jane doe");
new Block()
public void exec(Object each)
public static void show(String x)
System.out.println("x: " + x);
You will want to modify all your code to use the com.langr.collection package. Since our ArrayList class uses the same name as the java.util class, you will only need to make a simple package name change. Usually this can be done at the top of all your source files.
Because both the java.util and com.langr.collection packages define ArrayList and List, conflicts might arise if you need to use classes from each. There is a simple technique to ensure that your code uses the com.langr.collection class definitions for ArrayList and List. Just include the explicit class import after the generic:
import java.util.*;
import com.langr.collection.ArrayList;
import com.langr.collection.List;
About the Author
Jeff Langr is a software developer with over 17 years of experience. He is the author of the book Essential Java Style: Patterns for Implementation (Prentice Hall, 1999). Jeff currently lives in Colorado Springs and works as a consultant for ChannelPoint, Inc.


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The Acropolis and the Parthenon
The Acropolis of Athens is actually only one acropolis of many, and the name just means a city built on high ground. Such is the fame and iconic status of this example, though, it is still widely known as just, "The Acropolis." It is home to some equally famous and iconic buildings, especially the Parthenon, an ancient Greek temple, and one of the world's most famous landmarks.
The Acropolis as a Poster
The Acropolis is not just an incredible sight to depict on a poster, but a rich symbol of history. Some of the structures there today, including the Parthenon, have stood for around 2500 years, and the site has been inhabited since the Stone Age. In 2007, it was declared the top cultural heritage monument in Europe. As a poster or piece of framed art, it will capture a truly breathtaking view, which looks out over one of the most enduring symbols of human achievement.
An Art Print of the Acropolis
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The ARISS volunteer team is working quite feverishly in preparation for the upcoming Soyuz 17S mission with Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, and Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on-board. This e-mail provides an interim update for the mission and some new news regarding on-orbit ARISS hardware. Please refer to the press release dated Sept 18 for additional information on Richard Garriott's flight operations.
Hardware Deliveries
SSTV: Richard plans to take a Kenwood VC-H1 SSTV communicator with him on-board the Soyuz for his flight and leave this on-board the ISS for future ARISS use. The VC-H1 has completed all hardware certification on the US and Russian sides. The final test, an EMI radiated emissions test, was performed last week and the test data was delivered to Sergey Samburov, RV3DR in Russia this week. The VC-H1 provides a very simple interface for ISS crew members and does not require the use of a computer. Computer usage has been a real challenge for ARISS, so the VC-H1 represents a lesson learned to improve ARISS operations.
Backup Hardware: At this week's ARISS-International Meeting we received confirmation from Sergey, RV3DR, that the recent Progress flight delivered the flight backup D-700, a David Clark Headset for the Ericsson system, and an additional VOX box and cables to support the computer-operated SSTV system. The D700 may be installed as early as late this week, depending on crew availability. The flight backup will not provide a significant change in ARISS ops. It will make it easier for the crew to change program modes (PMs).
Richard Garriott Operations--Call for Support
Early during Richard Garriott's flight, he expects to setup the VC-H1 and autonomously transmit a new Earth image every 3 minutes. He hopes to have this system on a great deal of his flight. We encourage the ham community to bring SSTV equipment into schools and download these images in real-time. The ARISS team also plans to display images from hams around the world on a special on a web/blog site. A beta site has been developed and will be rolled out to the ham community in the near future.
To successfully implement the on-line SSTV picture site and support it 24/7 during Richard's flight, we will need some savvy individuals that can sort through the many SSTV photos that ARISS will receive and keep the SSTV site up to date in near real time. Some computer skills will be required. We are looking for global support from a few individuals in each international region to make this happen. That way we will not be asking individuals to volunteer all-night to realize this project. If you are interested in helping on this, please e-mail me directly.
Stay tuned for more information on the upcoming ARISS activities. And get your stations ready!
73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS International Chairman E-mail: [email protected]


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Wednesday, 06 February 2013 05:15 PM EST
Diets lean on meat and rich in healthy fats like olive oil were most effective at promoting weight loss and lowering blood sugar among people with diabetes in a review of evidence from the last 10 years.
Benefits were also seen with diets low in carbohydrates, high in protein or low in simple sugars.
"If you look at different types of diets, these four can improve various aspects of diabetes control," lead author Dr. Olubukola Ajala, a diabetes specialist at Western Sussex Hospitals in the UK, told Reuters Health. Special: These 5 Things Flush 40 lbs. of Fat Out of Your Body.
More than 24 million Americans have type 2 diabetes. People with the disease cannot store glucose in their cells effectively, and their blood sugar levels can go dangerously high. Lifestyle changes like weight loss and cutting calorie intake can improve blood sugar control and reduce the risk of complications from the disease, but it has not been clear which diet plans work best.
Ajala and her colleagues reviewed the results of 20 studies comparing the effect of seven popular diets on adults with type 2 diabetes. Mediterranean diets, low-carb diets, high-protein diets and low glycemic index diets - which rank foods by how quickly their carbs turn into glucose - all lowered participants' blood sugar.
After following the diet for at least six months, the people on a Mediterranean eating plan also lost an average of 4 pounds. No other diet had a significant impact on weight, according to the findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
"We were quite surprised by the Mediterranean diet in particular," Ajala said. "I would have thought that low-carb would have been the best for losing weight, but Mediterranean seems to be better."
A Mediterranean-style diet emphasizes fruits, vegetables and legumes, whole grains, fish, and using olive oil and herbs in place of butter and salt. Saturated fats from red meat and dairy products are typically less than eight percent of total calories consumed.
Other studies have linked Mediterranean diets with reduced risks of cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and death from heart attack (see Reuters Health story of November 25, 2011: reut.rs/vkSAAP).
Though the review found no evidence that vegetarian, vegan or high-fiber diets aided in weight loss, they might still have promise for improving blood sugar control, the report notes.
In addition, low-carb, low-glycemic and Mediterranean diets all led to increases in markers of heart health - "good" cholesterol rose by 4 percent to 10 percent, and triglycerides fell by up to 9 percent.
The authors caution that the study could not tease apart the beneficial effects of weight loss - versus the types of foods consumed - in the results seen with some of the diets.
"One has to take this with a pinch of salt," Ajala said.
"Weight loss is important, but so is nutrient quality," Katherine Zeratsky, a registered dietician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, told Reuters Health.
Portion control and sustainability are the most important elements of a diet plan for type 2 diabetes, according to Zeratsky, who was not involved in the study. She thinks Mediterranean diets may be more successful because they are easier to maintain than restrictive low-carb or high-protein diets.
"I think we're all still recovering from that low-fat diet phase of the 1990s," Zeratsky said. Olive oil makes food more palatable and satisfying, and may curb the urge to snack later in the day, she added. Special: These 5 Things Flush 40 lbs. of Fat Out of Your Body.
But a Mediterranean diet is not the only way to achieve weight loss and improve heart health, Zeratsky said.
It's more important to take a balanced approach, including fruits and vegetables, eating moderate portions and talking to a doctor before embarking on a plan.
"It's not just about dumping olive oil on a salad," Zeratsky said.
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Hanukkah fritters are light puffs of batter or simple dough that have been fried. This recipe makes fritters that are quick to prepare, because they use a batter leavened with baking powder instead of yeast. Forming them is quick, too. Instead of rolling out dough with a rolling pin and cutting it in rounds, you shape the fritters with spoons, like making cookies.
Serve the fritters a short time after frying them. Accompany them with a small bowl of jam, jelly, or fruit preserves if you like.
Sweet Hanukkah Fritters
Special tools: Deep fryer or heavy deep saucepan, frying thermometer if possible
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Yield: 4 to 6 servings (16 to 18 small fritters)
Keeping kosher: Dairy
1-1/4 cups flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cool melted butter or vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
5 cups vegetable oil (for deep frying)
Powdered sugar, sifted (for sprinkling)
Prepare a tray lined with paper towels. Sift flour with baking powder. Whisk eggs and sugar in a bowl. Whisk in milk, salt, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in orange zest. Add flour mixture and stir slowly with the whisk to a smooth thick batter.
Heat oil for deep frying in a deep fryer or a deep heavy saucepan to 350°F on a frying thermometer, or until a small piece of dough added to oil makes it bubble gently.
Take a rounded teaspoon of batter. Dip a second spoon in the oil and then use it to push the batter from the first spoon gently into the oil. To prevent hot oil splatters, do not drop dough from high above oil. Be careful not to crowd pan.
Fry 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Remove with a slotted metal spoon. Drain on paper towels. Pat tops gently with paper towels to absorb excess oil.
Check oil temperature and reduce heat if it has increased. Continue making more puffs with remaining batter. Serve fritters hot or warm, dusted with powdered sugar.


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In 2000, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen suggested that humans have had such profound and far-reaching impacts on the planet that we have ushered in a new geologic age – the Age of Man, or, as Crutzen called it, the Anthropocene. The idea has been bouncing around the halls of academia ever since, and in the last few years, it has jumped from the ivory tower into popular literature and a few geek-tastic conversations over beer. The notion that humans now run this joint seems to have struck a chord.
Just getting up to speed? The team from the Generation Anthropocene podcast at Stanford University sat down in the recording studio and tried to explain everything in five short minutes. (It ended up taking seven, but who's counting?) Just for fun, they did it game-show style. Here they are talking about the basics of the Anthropocene, the arguments for and against adding it to the official geologic timetable, and why the idea is so catchy:
- Grist's David Roberts explains why the Anthropocene is so hard for people to get their heads around and links to a cool video.
- If you really want to dive deep, the Royal Society dedicated an entire issue of its Philosophical Transections to the Anthropocene.
- Find Generation Anthropocene's interviews about our new age on Grist, or go straight to the source.


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If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me? Will the air over the plain quiver with a color that I have had on? Or will the children invent a game in which my name is? Or the full moon throw a shadow over the gravel of the drive that was like me? Or will the eagles of the Ngong Hills look out for me?
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My New Favorites
I went to see Santana with my son last Saturday night, and I can tell you that 67-year-old Carlos Santana is still the man on the guitar. 2-3/4 hours of straight guitar and percussion goodness.
But my new guitar fav's are probably Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mexican guitarists who went from street musicians to stars in Ireland. Here is Diablo Rojo
And while we are on guitarists, I can't help but give a shout out to fellow Princetonian Stanley Jordan, still the most amazing thing, technically, I have ever seen on guitar. If it looks like he is playing piano rather than the guitar, that's because his original training was on the piano. When playing piano, all one is doing is causing strings to get hit. He wondered why he couldn't just do it directly. Skip to about a minute in if you are impatient:
Or watch him playing two guitars at the same time in Stairway to Heaven around the 4:00 mark (Jimmy Page had his two-neck guitar but never played them at the same time!)


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We already wrote about this a couple of days ago. However, the signs of impending attack against Iran remain quite ominous (see also here and here).
We expect to publish more about this tonight or tomorrow.
Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog
Quiet US Confession: Weapons Were Not Made In Iran After All
By CASMII / May 12, 2008
In a sharp reversal of its longstanding accusations against Iran arming militants in Iraq , the US military has made an unprecedented albeit quiet confession: the weapons they had recently found in Iraq were not made in Iran at all.
According to a report by the LA Times correspondent Tina Susman in Baghdad: "A plan to show some alleged Iranian-supplied explosives to journalists last week in Karbala and then destroy them was cancelled after the United States realized none of them was from Iran. A U.S. military spokesman attributed the confusion to a misunderstanding that emerged after an Iraqi Army general in Karbala erroneously reported the items were of Iranian origin. When U.S. explosives experts went to investigate, they discovered they were not Iranian after all."
The US, which until two weeks ago had never provided any proof for its allegations, finally handed over its "evidence" of the Iranian origin of these weapons to the Iraqi government. Last week, an Iraqi delegation to Iran presented the US "evidence" to Iranian officials. According to Al-Abadi, a parliament member from the ruling United Iraqi Alliance who was on the delegation, the Iranian officials totally refuted "training, financing and arming" militant groups in Iraq . Consequently the Iraqi government announced that there is no hard evidence against Iran.
In another extraordinary event this week, the US spokesman in Iraq, Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, for the first time did not blame Iran for the violence in Iraq and in fact did not make any reference to Iran at all in his introductory remarks to the world media on Wednesday when he described the large arsenal of weapons found by Iraqi forces in Karbala.
In contrast, the Pentagon in August 2007 admitted that it had lost track of a third of the weapons distributed to the Iraqi security forces in 2004/2005. The 190,000 assault rifles and pistols roam free in Iraqi streets today.
In the past year, the US leaders have been relentless in propagating their charges of Iranian meddling and fomenting violence in Iraq and since the release of the key judgments of the US National Intelligence Estimate in December that Iran does not have a nuclear weaponisation programme, these accusations have sharply intensified.
The US charges of Iranian interference in Iraq too have now collapsed. Any threat of military strike against Iran is in violation of the UN charter and the IAEA's continued supervision on Iran's uranium enrichment facilities means there is no justification for sanctions.
CASMII calls on the US to change course and enter into comprehensive and unconditional negotiations with Iran.
For more information or to contact the Committee Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) please visit http://www.campaigniran.org/.
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In the days when the idea of manufacturing poly-viscose suiting was a unique concept in India, the second member of the LNJ Bhilwara Group, BSL Ltd., was born in the desert state of Rajasthan. The year was 1971 and the town where this happened was Bhilwara.
Over the years, with the belief that there are no shortcuts to excellence, at BSL we have moved from strength to strength.Today, as a multi-million dollar company, and having put the Group firmly on the international map of premium suiting, we are one of the prominent members of the US$ 900 million LNJ Bhilwara Group.


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Winter suit
Today Twila Jean and I went to Portland for some shopping and lunch :)
Suit-A gift from my aunt
Hat-A gift from Quincy of Q's Daydream
Purse-Solana Beach Antique Warehouse
Shoes-Urban Eccentric Vintage
45 comments:
- jeanine romo said...
I'm in love with the purse! That hat looks great on you :)
- January 3, 2011 at 10:53 PM
- Lavender and Twill said...
What a darling hat Solanah! And I love your shoes, bag and the stunning cut of your suit jacket!
Honestly, your outfits are always so lovely. If I could get my hands on any pieces like your I would die happy... > o <
Sorry, wardrobe envy is a terrible thing. > . >'
bonita of Depict This! - January 3, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- alittlevintagestory said...
Gorgeous colour combination. That suit is to die for!
- January 3, 2011 at 11:55 PM
- Anja said...
I love your hat! So pretty!
- January 4, 2011 at 12:09 AM
- Jenny @ Kerrfect! said...
I love the whole thing! Red and Gray are my favs of the moment, we actually just redid out livingroom in red and gray!
- January 4, 2011 at 12:12 AM
- Bombshell Bettie said...
that hat is to die for! I'm very into faux feathers on hats :) beautiful suit. perfect for winter! :) and you are beautiful as always
- January 4, 2011 at 12:25 AM
- Fiona Timantti said...
That suit is perfect! And what a lovely hat!
- January 4, 2011 at 12:41 AM
- Porcelina said...
It's the hat I love the most!
I need more hats in my life.
Miss P xx - January 4, 2011 at 12:48 AM
- Unknown said...
Such a great colour combo and a gorgeous fit! (Your Aunt has great taste) Do you find that vintage clothes tend to fit your shape like this (perfectly!) all the time or are there alterations that sometimes need to be made? What do they tend to be, if so? (Am I being too nosey???!)
Happy New Year to you!
Portia (Miss P)
xxx - January 4, 2011 at 12:59 AM
- Unknown said...
lovely outfit!!!!
http://ilfilodiperlevintage.blogspot.com/ - January 4, 2011 at 1:02 AM
- garofit said...
This really lovely. I don't care about the bag, but the suit/hat combo is fantastic!
- January 4, 2011 at 2:34 AM
- Penny Dreadful Vintage said...
Gorgeous outfit, as always. Hope you are having a lovely start to 2011 :)
- January 4, 2011 at 3:33 AM
- Wildfell Hall Vintage said...
I agree, gorgeous suit, wish more ladies wore suits as they really look fabulous! the hat shape is wonderful too, good on Quincy for choosing that one!
- January 4, 2011 at 3:55 AM
- Unknown said...
Gorgeous outfit...
Happy new year..... - January 4, 2011 at 3:59 AM
- Alli said...
You look gorgeous- what a beautiful outfit. And your hair is so cute. I wish mine would curl like that! I hope you had a great girls day out. :)
- January 4, 2011 at 4:04 AM
- Erika said...
Another gorgeous outfit! I love the colour combination, and the way you've matched the hat and bag to the suit. And the buttons... That's it! I need a jacket with side-buttons! =)
- January 4, 2011 at 4:20 AM
- Vela Anderson said...
That bag is amazing! I mean really.
- January 4, 2011 at 4:36 AM
- Sara Kristiina said...
I am so loving this outfit! You look gorgeous! <3
autumn, coffee and inspiration - January 4, 2011 at 4:49 AM
- Carys said...
I love how elegant you look all the time!! This is a beautiful outfit, and looks perfect with the bright red handbag.
From Carys of La Ville Inconnue - January 4, 2011 at 5:36 AM
- Unknown said...
This is a great outfit!! i LOVE IT! especially the hat!
http://styleprincessdiaries.blogspot.com - January 4, 2011 at 5:54 AM
you can work a vintage suit like no other! ;)
- January 4, 2011 at 6:25 AM
- Solenn said...
You look so pretty wearing grey & red ! I'm in love with your purse, and with your gorgeous little grey hat as weel !
- January 4, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- fashion doctor said...
beautyful blog!!!you are amazing!
- January 4, 2011 at 6:40 AM
- Q's Daydream said...
Oh my goodness! That hat is so, so cute on you!
The suit fits perfectly! I love the nipped in waist. Cutie! - January 4, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Mrs Amber Apple said...
I love red and grey! You look lovely! I love your red purse!
- January 4, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- doradadama said...
arent you the cutest..love the hat and that outfit is perfecion amor.
- January 4, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Evie said...
Everything about this outfit is to die for! You look adorable as always, Solanah. Too cute!
- January 4, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- Solanah said...
Miss P, one of the reasons I wear vintage is because it fits me perfectly. I have an hourglass figure, so anything from the 1950s looks like it was custom made, modern items make me look downright frumpy because they are either too small in the bust/hips, and fit in the waist, or too big in the waist, and fit in the bust/hips.
- January 4, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Mia said...
UAU for your red rond shoes :)
- January 4, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Yoli said...
Girl you look adorable! I hope you have a wonderful New Year!
- January 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Charlotte said...
I remember that suit from last year - I loved it then and I still do. Gorgeous. I'm planning to incorporate more grey into my wardrobe as an alternative to black (red-and-black outfits were starting to take over my life!)
xx Charlotte
Tuppence Ha'penny Vintage - January 4, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- VintageGoa said...
Oh my!
...you brightened up my day...:)
xoxo - January 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- My Stylish Muse said...
Your hat is simply stunning - I love it, so stylish!
- January 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- shopper image said...
You have a lovely hat. Very chic & fab indeed & I like your color choice. Exquisite. :)
- January 4, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Unknown said...
I recently found your blog and I'm really enjoying it!
Could I ask what sort of shirt or blouse you're wearing under the suit? - January 4, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- Solanah said...
Just a slip :)
- January 4, 2011 at 8:19 PM
- Reddest Roar said...
That suit is lovely - a perfect fit!
- January 5, 2011 at 10:41 AM
- Villie said...
Wow, it's fantastic that you wear only vintage clothes!
- January 5, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Casey said...
Oh my goodness! I'm not sure which is more amazing: the hat or the jacket! hehe. Love the entire look from head to toe! :) As usual, I want to raid your closet and make off with a bunch of things. ;) lol.
♥ Casey | blog - January 6, 2011 at 5:18 AM
- Rosie Alia said...
Oh wow, that suit is just gorgeous! You look beautiful in that, amazing! xx
- January 6, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Victoria / Justice Pirate said...
How extremely lovely!!!
- January 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- jessica said...
wow. that suit is so fantastic! best aunt ever!
- January 8, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Colleen said...
I love the red shoes and matching red purse...I want both!
- January 8, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Rakel said...
The outfit was really nice, and I love that purse! :)
- January 10, 2011 at 4:00 AM
- Judy said...
What a great outfit! That hat is adorable!
- January 12, 2011 at 6:59 AM


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