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Charlotte, NC – With the release of the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Schedule, the Charlotte 49ers have announced their complete regular-season schedule, which includes 17 games against 2012 post-season teams. The 49ers will play nine games against 2011 NCAA participants, including A-10 home games against Temple, VCU and Xavier.
Charlotte will face 2012 NCAA Tournament participant Temple twice (at home and on the road) while playing the remaining 14 A-10 schools either at home or on the road to make up the 16-game A-10 schedule. Charlotte's additional seven home games are against La Salle, Fordham, Xavier, Massachusetts, VCU, Dayton and Saint Joseph's. The additional seven A-10 road games are at Rhode Island, Richmond, George Washington, Butler, Saint Louis, St. Bonaventure and Duquesne.
"We are excited about playing an A-10 schedule full of challenging opponents," Charlotte coach Alan Major said. "With the additions of VCU and Butler to go along with other talented teams in the A-10, the league should be the strongest that it has been during our time in the A-10."
The 49ers have seven home games against A-10 foes that participated in post-season play last year. In addition to the three NCAA Tournament participants, the 49ers will host La Salle, Massachusetts, Dayton and Saint Joseph's, who all competed in the NIT. Road games include games against NCAA Tournament participants Temple, Saint Louis and St. Bonaventure. As well as a road game against Butler, who played in the College Basketball Invitational last season.
The release of the A-10 Schedule completes the 49ers 30-game schedule which features at least 10 games against 2012 NCAA Tournament participants, six NIT participants, one College Basketball Invitational participant and potentially one CollegeInsider.com Tournament participant.
Charlotte begins A-10 play at home against La Salle, January 9. Then, the 49ers travel to Rhode Island, January 12. Charlotte returns home to face Fordham, January 16. Charlotte travels to Richmond, January 19. Then, the 49ers return home to face Xavier, January 23. Charlotte concludes the month of January with a trip to George Washington, January 26.
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First let me say I've run inSSIDer for a few years (on Windows), and I have some knowledge of wireless networking. I've only been running Mac OS X since last September, so when I found it had a Mac client I was delighted! I've mostly been using it to keep my wireless channel segregated from all of my neighbors.
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The partnership may seem like something out of a fiction novel, but Sarah Palin's nature reality television series has found a buyer in Discovery.
Variety is reporting that A&E Networks has dropped out of the bidding race for "Sarah Palin's Alaska" — leaving Discovery Communications as the leading interested party. The series will reportedly feature Palin taking viewers on a tour of the natural wonders of the state; said to be shot in high-definition and in the style of Discovery's other successful nature docs like Life and Planet Earth.
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14 Facts About Valentine's Day That Will Break Your Heart
Every February, the ancient Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia, a festival designed to purify the city and promote wellness and fertility. Like any proper spiritual purging in the ancient world, the festival called for the sacrifice of a goat and a dog, two animals celebrated for their strong sexual instinct.Circle of Adam Elsheimer/Wikimedia Commons
During Lupercalia, the animal sacrifices would be skinned and their hides fashioned into whips. Young women would line up for the lashings because participating in the ritual was supposed to help them become more fruitful.istockphoto.com
...And possibly a 'love lottery'
Today, we have our own version of a "love lottery" - it's called Tinder. But the Romans had their own way of artificially fostering romance. Although there's debate as to the exact details of the practice, some sources mention that during the festival of Lupercalia young women would write their names on slips of paper, which would then be drawn at random by young men. The two would then be "paired" for the remainder of the evening.Alex Ruhl/Shutterstock.com
It's likely named after two decapitated priests
In the third century A.D., Christianity was not widely accepted (or tolerated). As such, Christian history of the time is light on details and heavy on martyrdom. Several martyrs named Valentinus are mentioned in various sources, and legends of their deeds abound. One Valentinus, a Roman priest, managed to convert a wealthy aristocrat to Christianity after he cured the man's daughter of blindness. After learning of the miracle, Emperor Claudius Gothicus had the family executed and the priest decapitated. A similar tale is told about another Valentinus, who, after debating a convert and subsequently healing his son, suffered the same fate - a beheading at the orders of the emperor. Regardless of the details, by the end of the fifth century, Christians had begun commemorating St. Valentine on February 14.shutterstock.com
The Vatican doesn't consider it an important day
Pope Galesius made the feast of St. Valentine official in 496, but after the Second Vatican Council in 1969, Pope Paul VI removed it from the calendar of major holidays, largely because very little about the actual St. Valentine could be verified. Anglicans and Lutherans still recognize February 14 as an official feast day, and the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates St. Valentine on July 6.istockphoto.com
It was never about love
Based on its origin story, February 14 was a time for celebrating fertility and fruitfulness, not romance. Valentine's Day became associated with romantic love during the High Middle Ages and Renaissance, when writers like Shakespeare and Chaucer romanticized the holiday in literature.istockphoto.com
It's the original 'Hallmark Holiday'
In 1913, Hallmark Cards, a privately-owned American corporation, started producing valentines, and in doing so, pioneered an industry that blends the human desire to acknowledge and appreciate people important to us with exploitative consumerist tactics. Today, the term "Hallmark Holiday" is used to describe holidays that exists solely for commercial purposes. However, it's important to point out that, contrary to popular belief, Hallmark is not responsible for "inventing" Valentine's Day.dennizn/Shutterstock.com
It promotes senseless consumerism
According to the National Retail Survey, in 2018 the average person spent an estimated $144 for Valentine's Day on candy, flowers, apparel and more - up from $137 the previous year. In total, people spend around $20 billion a year on Valentine's Day-related activities and gifts.istockphoto.com
It's a bad night to dine out
Valentine's Day is probably the worst night you can go out to eat. Why? After Mother's Day, Valentine's Day is the busiest restaurant day of the year. Between overpriced food, unhappy waitstaff and rushed service, you're better off cooking a romantic dinner at home.istockphoto.com
Cupid, the Valentine's Day mascot, is a naughty winged baby
Cupid, the Roman god of love and desire, is rarely seen without his bow and arrow. However, the iconic image of an arrow-pierced heart has some lascivious undertones, representing the coming together of male and female reproductive organs. Keep this in mind when shopping for the perfect Valentine's Day gift.istockphoto.com
Valentine's Day makes us reexamine our relationships, and if one or both partners are unsatisfied, the idea of celebrating love becomes intolerable. Data from Facebook shows that updates with the phrases "breakup" and "broken up" spike immediately after Valentine's Day. Curious about where you stand with your significant other? Book a V-Day reservation at White Castle and see how they react. True love will reveal itself.istockphoto.com
Retailers and advertisers use gender stereotypes to suggest how men and women should behave on Valentine's Day and other romantic holidays. Women are often depicted as concerned and overly enthusiastic, while men are shown as being aloof and unconcerned. It's 2019, get with the program.istockphoto.com
Broken Heart Syndrome, also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is recognized by the Mayo Clinic as a real, although temporary, condition said to mimic the feeling of a heart attack.istockphoto.com
People don't really celebrate anymore
Yes, Valentine's Day may seem like it's everywhere, but about half of people don't participate in any aspect of the holiday. According to the National Retail Foundation, only about 50 percent of people intend to celebrate Valentine's Day. Their reasons for opting out include not having anyone to celebrate with and finding the whole holiday to be too commercialized. But whether or not you celebrate V-Day, we can all agree these candies are pretty darn good.More From The Daily Meal:Best Valentine's Day Dinner Deals at 20 Chain Restaurants
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The Liberteen is non-interactive play theatre in Star Junction, Algonquin, Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. The only known plays or musicals in the theatre are "Banging Trash Can Lids for an Hour" and "Fairy Body Paint"; all "Banging Trash Can Lids for an Hour" billboards are replaced by Princess Robot Bubblegum anime advertising in The Ballad of Gay Tony, giving the wrongful impression that the theatre hosts an anime. Although Peepthatshit.com states the theatre is a kids theater, no musicals advertised outside the theatre appear to be child-friendly.
The theatre is first shown in the first GTA IV trailer, "Things Will Be Different", where its "LIBERTEEN" signage is depicted against the backdrop of a timelapsed cityscape.
The Liberteen is based on the New Victory Theatre at 209 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York City.
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Today there are quite a few new crypto coins launching, so if you are into following and mining new crypto currencies and want to catch them when they start and are easier to mine due to their low difficulty, then you might want to check the list we have prepared. Do note that the list may not include absolutely every new coin that launches today, but it should cover most of the better looking ones. Be careful however as listing a new coin launching today below does not mean that it will pick up for sure, so be careful where you point your hashrate at, and especially if you rent hashrate or mining rigs…
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|Growth 11 inches. Weight to 6 oz. Fast growing species. 1st instars are close to 1 inch.
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|Not advised as this species is large and defensive with the most aggressive urticating hairs in the Tarantula Kingdom.
|Effect of Urticating Hair
|Tarantulas can easily be irritated, some tarantulas don't hesitate to bite and some use the flick of their urticating hairs as their defense mechanism. Urticating hairs are small barbed bristles and when they come in contact with the human skin or membrane it can cause great irritation. The irritation can last for days. If an urticating hair gets into the eye it is advised to seek medical attention to prevent the eye from getting infected, you also must wash your eye with water immediately. There are six types of urticating hairs known and each differ in size and shape. The effect of each type is different. The urticating hair is categorized in Type I, II, III, IV, V and VI. Type III is known to be the most irritating. The Genus Theraphosa has type III and IV.
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|Any enclosure from 10-20 gallon minimum gallon will work. Provide a hiding spot, a flower pot or wood bark can be used. Be creative, there are lots of different ways to make a hide for a Tarantula. Artificial plants are optional. When keeping this species in a larger enclosure make sure to add enough substrate to prevent any injuries from a potential fall in case your tarantula climbs.
|Eco Earth, Coco coir or Peat Moss. Avoid any Evergreen woods (Cypress, Reptile Bark) inside of the enclosure. Evergreen contain natural insecticidal oils that can harm your Tarantula if exposed long enough. Also keep in mind that this species likes the substrate damp and moist at all times.
|In the wild their diet consists of small frogs, toads, lizards and insects of all sizes. In captivity, roaches, crickets, large worms can be offered and accepted readily. A varied diet is best.
|Make sure to offer a water bowl, the size should be half the size of the species. Do not use any sponges, cotton balls or paper towel or water crystals inside of water bowl, just clean water. Small rocks may be added. Cleaning the water bowl once a week or when you feel it is necessary. Crickets or roaches may end up dead in the water, in which case you should clean it right away. Spiderlings are too small to have a water bowl, misting one side of the enclosure wall 1-2 times a week, should be plenty enough.
It has been said that this species can live up to 15-25 years for females. 3-6 years for males.
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Dark light brown to dark coffee brown. Sings have pink metatarsus on each appendage and it losses it's pink coloration as they become juveniles. The adult apophysis has setae from the patella on down. Juvenile apophysis carapaces are more reddish to a light copper in color. The apophysys have thinner longer legs on average.
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|This species has been found in Venezuela. Their natural habitat Terrestrial, upland rain forests This species can be found in large deep borrows. Burrow/hide-Obligate burrowers needing a hide or burrow at all times. They find or build burrows into and up into slopes so that rain and flooding will not enter into their burrows.
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Gizmodo's Elaine Chow has a post up entitled "How To Buy Gadgets in China and Not Get Screwed", in which she uses (with permission) several of the photos I took at the Shanghai PC Mall when I was there in April.
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Living in NY by the ocean has subject most of the "classic" cars to an oxidized fate. Therefore seeing a Datsun Z in the condition of which the one below is in leaves many from this region in disbelief. Restoring a classic car is well and good but when a tuner takes the car to levels of which, at the time it was developed, unfathomable, it comes across surreal.


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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
2010 Draft: Austin Wilson, of
Wilson has tools that rival anyone in the draft, but, not unexpectedly for a high school player, he's a bit raw. As a result, he still struggles to efficiently translate his tools into maximum, tangible baseball production. Even so, his tools give him a ceiling that matches or exceeds that of any prospect in the draft this side of Bryce Harper.
Wilson has plus power, good speed, a plus arm, and enough range to competently handle all the outfield spots. His speed is above average when he gets underway, but his first step quickness isn't strong. Wilson's arm makes him a very good candidate for rightfield, which seems a likely destination for him, especially as he is likely to lose a bit of range when he continues to mature and fill out physically. However, he still has the long, lean body type and strong frame that should easily handle additionally weight. He shouldn't lose much athleticism with the addition of more muscle.
Wilson also has very good make-up and intelligence. His mother went to Stanford, while his father went to MIT. Austin has a good feel for the game and a very strong work ethic, which when coupled with his drive to succeed should help him make the most of his impressive physical gifts. Demonstrating a mature approach and an advanced understanding of the game, Wilson has spent the last year focusing on becoming a more complete hitter by working on keeping his hands inside the ball and driving it to rightfield.
At the plate, Wilson uses a fairly quiet setup and hits out of a bit of a crouch with a high back elbow. His stance is wide spread, which limits the length of his stride. Wilson uses a very small stride, essentially picking up his front foot slightly and setting it back down. While the stride is short, it still operates to transfer his weight and load up for the swing. However, the minimal stride and wide spread stance does limit his ability to cock his hips and incorporate his lower body into his swing. The inefficiency in incorporating the lower body leaves his swing with a deficit of power to be made up by the upper body. Fortunately, Wilson still generates plus power, as his upper body rotation is more than sufficient to offset the lack of lower body power production.
Wilson relies more on upper body rotation to power his swing than lower body and hip action. Fortunately, his upper body action is strong enough to generate substantial rotational energy, which allows him to generate very good bat speed, despite the lack of lower body drive. Wilson has a smooth, fluid swing that generates plus power, as evidenced by the bomb he hit at Wrigley field in the video clip below. He has power to all fields, though he still needs to refine his approach to better harness it. If he reaches his development ceiling, then he could be a 30+ homerun hitter on an annual basis at the MLB level, but continued refinement of his already strong swing mechanics could make a very well-rounded hitter as well.
In addition to his limited lower body action, Wilson also struggles with length in his swing. As a taller player, he has longer levers which take a bit longer to get started. He also uses a small bat waggle to keep loose while waiting for the pitch, which is rather normal. But, as he strides to meet the pitch, he tips the bat towards the pitcher. As a result, when he fires the swing, his bat his roughly at a 45 degree angle towards the pitcher, which is somewhat reminiscent of Gary Sheffield, though a bit less extreme. Sheffield was able to thrive with such a setup because of his absurd bat speed and very strong, quick hands and wrists. Still, too much bat tilt towards the pitcher can increase the distance the barrel of the bat has to travel to meet the pitch.
When you have longer levers, a high back elbow, and a bat pointed towards the pitcher when the swing is fired, then you are going to struggle with the length of your swing. All of those components can add length, so Wilson will need to continue tightening up his swing as he moves along the development curve. If not, he could be susceptible to good fastballs on the hands and good offspeed pitches on the outer half of the plate, though he seems to already understand the importance of working on problem areas to become a more complete hitter.
Here are a couple of looks at Austin Wilson in action:
Wilson's physical gifts would likely secure him a spot in the first 10 picks and preclude the Reds from getting a shot at him, but Wilson also comes with a high degree of signability risk. Wilson has committed to the University of Stanford and is widely considered to be one of the toughest signs in the 2010 draft class. That may result in him slipping down in the first round, which could make him available when the Reds pick 12th, but whether the Reds would be willing to pay what it takes to convince him to sign is a legitimate question.
Overall, Austin Wilson seems to be just about everything you'd like to see in a prospect. If he is available and the Reds are willing to go above slot to sign him, then he could be a very intriguing option for the Reds. He has the potential to be a true impact bat at the MLB level and his well-rounded game could make a very valuable player.
As of now, he certainly sits near the top of my wish list for the Reds.
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- AnonymousJune 3, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Reds scouting director Chris Buckley said the Reds will draft one of these players: Christian Colon, Alex Wimmers, Deck McGuire, Gary Brown or Kolbin Vitek. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/06/02/looking-at-the-draft-2/ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 4, 2010 at 9:37 AM
I'm sure there are more players than that on there wish list.ReplyDelete
Thanks for link, but I find it rather hard to believe that Buckley would tip his hand. There is a lot of dis-information floated to the media this time of year. There really isn't much to be gained by disclosing your list, so I wonder if he's being serious.
I've written on Wimmers and will likely touch on all those guys in a write up before the draft.
Thanks for the comment!
Indeed there are, keeping an eye out for a few more write ups before the draft.


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As we enter into the blah months of winter, it seems that many folks are just dying to hold on to their summer tans --and I mean that literally. Despite warnings about the health risks associated with tanning beds, the industry has never been more popular. That much I already knew, but what I didn't realize is that it is actually tweens and teens that are flocking to tanning salons in ever growing numbers.
According to a 2004 survey, 1 in 10 youths ages 11 to 18 uses a tanning bed each year. Still, around the U.S. there is no regulation in place regarding the use of tanning beds by children, tweens, and teens. Wisconsin is the only state that bans indoor tanning among kids under 16; in 28 other states, teens under 16 need parental consent or accompaniment.
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In response to this survey and the growing rate of skin cancer diagnosis in children, researchers at San Diego State University set up a study to determine just how easy it would be for tweens and teens to hit the tanning beds. They trained five female college students to pose as fair-skinned, 15-year-old first-time tanners and had them call tanning salons to inquire about services. Each time, the students asked the same questions: Could a 15-year-old use the tanning beds? How many visits would be allowed in a week? Would a parent need to be present? The survey results were published in the September issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology.
The majority of tanning salons required parental consent in the form of a phone call or written statement. Yet only 5% said they would not allow a teenager to tan. And of the establishments that allowed teen tanning, a mere 11% adhered to the FDA guidelines and said they would cap visits at three per week.
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Research and general acceptance
The Rosedale diet is a diet that was created by Dr. Ron Rosedale. It limits carbohydrates and proteins and is supposed to be able to help the body stabilize levels of leptin, a hormone believed to trigger the brain to send hunger signals to the body.
Ron Rosedale, M.D. practices nutritional and metabolic medicine in Denver, Colorado. Metabolic medicine is generally considered an alternative medicine. Practitioners of metabolic medicine believe that a person's metabolic activity can be altered through diet, stress reduction, and other changes that do not have to include prescription drugs. It is believed that diseases and conditions can be resolved through these types of metabolic changes, and by bringing the metabolic activity of the patient back into a fully functioning state. It is this idea of changing metabolic activity that underlies the Rosedale diet.
Dr. Rosedale attended the Northwestern University School of Medicine, and graduated in 1977. He is the founder of the Rosedale Center in Denver, Colorado, as well as the Carolina Center of Metabolic Medicine in Ashville, North Carolina. He also co-founded of the Colorado Center for Metabolic Medicine in Boulder, Colorado. His book The Rosedale Diet was written with Carol Colman who has co-authored many diet and fitness books. The book first appeared in 2004.
For many years, doctors, researchers, and many others have been trying to decode all of the ways that the body gets signals about food and hunger, and how the body knows when and how much to eat. The process of eating and breaking down food is extremely complex and involves many different glands, hormones, organs, and other body parts. People have been studying leptin for more than a decade to try to determine what role it plays in the body's hunger, eating, and digestion processes. Dr. Rosedale came to the conclusion that leptin problems are responsible for many of the issues that cause people to gain and retain fat. Dr. Rosedale used this information about leptin and his background in metabolic medicine to develop a set of guidelines, called the Rosedale diet, which he believes will help dieters restore the proper functioning of leptin and their metabolic systems and allow them to lose fat and become more healthy.
The Rosedale diet is based around the belief that leptin signals the body when to be hungry, when to be full, when to make fat, and when to burn fat. Leptin is a hormone secreted by fat. High leptin levels should tell the brain that there is plenty of stored fat, and that the body doesn't need to store any more. Some stored fat is important, because the body wants to make sure that if food becomes scarce, the body has a back-up store of energy so that it can survive until food becomes more plentiful.
Dr. Rosedale believes that many people with weight problems have become leptin resistant. This means that although their fat continues to produce leptin at normal levels, the brain cannot "hear" those signals correctly any more. Dr. Rosedale compares it to being in an room that smells bad for a long time, and no longer noticing the smell. When a person has a lot of stored fat the leptin signals going to the brain may eventually cause the same kind of phenomenon, beginning a vicious cycle of increased weight gain and increased leptin levels. Because the brain does not hear the leptin correctly, the brain thinks that the body has low levels of leptin. This signals the brain that the body needs to eat more and store more fat. Therefore, a person gets hungry and the body converts much of the food that gets eaten into fat.
The Rosedale diet is designed to get the body's leptin levels back into balance, and allow the brain to know that there is excess fat stored on the body. According to Dr. Rosedale, this will tell the brain to send signals to the dieter that he or she is satiated and not hungry, even if he or she has not eaten recently. Then the body will burn the fat stores, and weight loss will occur. Rosedale claims that this weight loss can occur without the muscle mass loss usually associated with weight loss, if leptin levels are balanced correctly.
The diet begins with a three week period of severe restriction. The only foods allowed during this periodcome from Dr. Rosedale's set of "A list" foods. During this period almost no carbohydrates are consumed, and protein consumption is limited. Saturated fats are restricted, but unsaturated fats are encouraged. Some of the foods suggested during this part of the diet include goat cheese, crab, lobster and other seafoods, olives, avocados, and many types of nuts.
Foods from the "B list" of foods are reintroduced after the initial phase of the diet. Some of the foods eventually allowed include fruit, lamb chops, steak, and beans. The second phase of the diet is intended to be followed for a lifetime to help maintain the body's leptin levels.
Dr. Rosedale suggests that dieters exercise for 15 minutes each day while on this diet. He also makes many recommendations for supplements that he suggests will help dieters lose weight and be more healthy while dieting. At one time, many of these recommended supplements were available from his company Rosedale Metabolics.
The Rosedale diet claims to be able help dieters lose fat mass without losing muscle mass. It is intended to be a lifestyle changing diet that continues after the initial three weeks are over as a changed set of eating habits that continue for a lifetime. It is intended to provide overall better health and well being.
There are many benefits associated with weight loss when the weight loss occurs at a moderate pace through healthy eating and regular exercise. There are many diseases and conditions for which obesity is considered a significant risk factor. These include diabetes and cardiovascular disease. People who are the more obese are generally at a higher risk and have more severe symptoms. Losing weight can reduce the severity of symptoms that occur with obesity-related disorders, and in some cases can even help the symptoms resolve completely. Dr. Rosedale believes that his diet can have these positive effects for patients with heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases and conditions.
Anyone who is thinking about beginning a new diet should consult their physician or another medical practitioner. A physician can help the dieter determine if the diet in question is the right diet to meet their personal health and fitness goals. Requirements of calories, vitamins, and minerals can be very different for different people, and can vary based on age, gender, weight, activity level, the presence of diseases or conditions, and many other factors. A dieter's physician can help the dieter determine what his or her personal needs are for maintaining good health. This diet limits protein, so it is possible that some people, especially those who are very athletic, or those who are strength training, may not get enough protein for good health. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should be especially cautious. When babies are receiving all of their nutrients from their mother, what the mother eats can have a significant impact on the baby's health ! and well-being.
The various merits and risks of a high fat diet, even when the diet is only high in "good" fats are hotly debated. Anyone thinking of beginning this diet who has cardiovascular or any disease for which a high fat diet is considered a risk factor should exercise extreme caution. Before any kind of dietary change is made, especially one that could cause a condition to worsen, a personal physician and any other doctor supervising care (such as a cardiologist) should be consulted and the possible costs and benefits of such a diet should be weighed carefully.
There are some risks with any diet. Any diet that significantly limits certain types of food may make it
hard for a dieter to get enough of all the necessary vitamins and minerals needed for good health. Although this diet recommends a number of vitamins and supplements, a dieter should consult his or her own physician before starting any kind of supplement. Supplements and multivitamins can help reduce the risk of a deficiency occurring during a restricted diet, but taking a supplement or vitamin has its own risks that should be carefully considered.
Research and general acceptance
There has been no significant scientific research on the effectiveness of the Rosedale diet at helping people lose weight or burn fat. It also has not been scientifically shown to allow the body to burn fat without burning any muscle mass. It has not been evaluated to determine its effectiveness at improving the symptoms of or treating any diseases or conditions including type II diabetes, heart disease or hypertension. Studies have shown however that these and other obesity-related diseases and conditions can be improved through weight loss. The Rosedale diet also has not been clinically proven to help people live longer.
Leptin has been studied by many different researchers, but like many things that are engaged in more than one aspect of various reactions within the body, it is not always easy for scientists to come to a definite conclusion. Many of the studies done have been on animals, although some studies have been done on humans as well. It is more difficult for researchers to study reactions in humans because it would be unethical to do something in an experiment that was expected to cause a negative outcome in a person. Because of this, studies of humans often have to rely on evidence that cannot be as carefully controlled as when animal subject are used.
Although not everything is known about the way the leptin acts on the various organs of the body, scientists have linked it to obesity in both mice and humans. Injections of leptin were found to have significant effects on the body weight of mice. Mice with mutated genes that made their body unable to react to leptin were found to have a body mass three times greater than mice that had a normal gene. It is possible that some humans have a similar mutated gene, but evidence suggests that it is more likely that most leptin problems in humans stem from a decreased sensitivity to leptin due to the overproduction over time of the hormone. The presence of high leptin levels has been shown to correlate with obesity and weight gain in humans. In a March 2007 study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Abby F. Flesch et al. presented research showing that children with high levels of leptin in the blood were more likely to gain body fat during the follow-up period than children with low leptin levels.
The Rosedale diet suggests that dieters severely restrict carbohydrates in the diet, and eat a large quantity of "good" fats. Although unsaturated fats, like those found in olive oil and many nuts, have been found to be more healthy than saturated fats, such as the fat found in butter and fatty meats, it is not clear that unsaturated fats are good for the body in large quantities. Although some fat is necessary for a healthy diet, most experts recommended a diet low in all types of fats, with unsaturated fats preferable to saturated and trans fats.
The United States Department of Agriculture makes recommendations for the number of servings from each food group that should be eaten each day to get a balanced, healthy diet in its MyPyramid food guide. MyPyramid recommends the equivalent of 3 to 4 ounces of grains each day for healthy adults, of which at least half should be whole grains. Because the Rosedale diet limits carbohydrates so severely, dieters may not eat enough bread and grains to meet this recommendation.
In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control recommended that adults get 30 minutes or more of light to moderate exercise each day for good health. The recommendations that Dr. Rosedale makes for dieters following his diet plan is less than this minimum recommendation. Dieters may wish to consider doing exercise above and beyond the amount recommended by Dr. Rosedale.
Castracane, Daniel V. and Michael C. Henson, eds. Leptin. New York: Springer, 2006.
Rosedale, Ron and Carol Colman. The Rosedale Diet. New York: HarperResource, 2004.
Shannon, Joyce Brennfleck ed. Diet and Nutrition Sourcebook. Detriot, MI: Omnigraphics, 2006.
Willis, Alicia P. ed. Diet Therapy Research Trends. New York: Nova Science, 2007.
American Dietetic Association. 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, Illinois 60606-6995. Telephone: (800) 877-1600. Website: <http://www.eatright.org>
Get the Skinny on Diets 2007. <http://www.skinnyondiets.com> (March 26, 2007).
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Rodriguez gave a big "Quickdraw Productions" update at last year's Comic-Con, promising sequels for Sin City and Machete and announcing that he's working on bringing Heavy Metal to the screen (for which he now says has a finished script and is moving into the storyboard phase). He announced that he has two sequels for Machete planned: Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again. At SXSW (per THR), Rodriguez said that Machete Kills is on track to start shooting this April. The plot apparently has Machete tasked with taking down a madman cartel leader and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war across the planet with a weapon in space. So, you know, Danny Trejo slicing and dicing space-obsessed uber villains should make for a good time.
Sin City 2 is a project that's been "in development" for quite a while. We first heard about the prospect of a follow-up soon after the first film hit theaters in 2005. Numerous casting rumors have floated around over the years (Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie), but Rodriguez says the film is finally poised to shoot this summer. We know the plot involves three separate stories from Frank Miller: A Dame to Kill For and two new ones that have yet to be announced. Oscar-winning The Departed screenwriter William Monahan did a pass on the script, and with years and years of development hopefully the wait will be well worth it. No cast has been announced as of yet, but Rodriguez confirmed that the cast of both Machete Kills and Sin City 2 "will be of the same caliber and eclecticism as the first films."
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In school this past spring, my daughter was given an assignment to write a persuasive letter to her parents. She attempted to persuade us to get a dog…I think she may have convinced her father, but not me or the cats. Today's organization is working to persuade people to understand two specific dog breeds: Rottweilers and pit bulls.
In 1997, A Rotta Love was founded as the first nonprofit Rottweiler rescue organization in Minnesota. In 2003, A Rotta Love and a Twin Cities' bit bull rescue named Pits Plus merged to become A Rotta Love Plus. The organization is a comprehensive and proactive all-volunteer advocacy organization that uses multiple strategies to further their mission of re-homing Rottweilers and pit bulls in Minnesota, raising breed awareness, educating the public about responsible pet ownership, and advocating for the humane and equal treatment of all dogs without prejudice. They are based in Golden Valley, Minnesota, but they serve the entire greater Twin Cities area.
A Rotta Love Plus has several programs that further their mission. Their foster and adoption program takes a "quality-over-quantity" approach to carefully select the dogs that they bring into the program and the homes where they are fostered and adopted. They also offer ongoing assessment and support for their dogs to ensure ongoing success for the animals. They rehome approximately 30 to 40 dogs each year.
A Rotta Love Plus builds and foster strong relationships between dogs and owners through their Rott n' Pit Ed training classes. These classes, free to fosters and dogs who have been adopted through their organization, offer owners a variety of tools to ensure the right approach is taken for each dog as an individual. They also offer a Dog Safety/Humane Education program that offers education to youth, adults, and organizations on the humane treatment of animals and reduces the risk of dog bites. Between 2009 and 2012, this program reached nearly 4,000 individuals. They also offer free spays, neuters, vaccinations in addition to low-cost micro-chips to pit bulls and Rottweilers.
This year they partnered with the Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis Animal Care and Control, and the Minneapolis Public Schools to bring a Dog Safety program to local elementary schools. In just one semester, they conducted 46 classes where a group facilitator and two or three volunteers with their trained pit bull or Rottweiler visit a classroom and educate student on the humane treatment of animals and reduction of dog bite risk.
Another program offered by A Rotta Love Plus is their PRIORITY Paws (Pit Bull and Rottweiler Interactive OutReach Instruction and Therapy for Youth) program where they conduct dog-therapy groups with youth in crisis who reside in local youth-services organizations. The stories of abuse, neglect, and negative social perception of the pit bulls and Rottweilers provide the youth with a powerful parallel that often mirrors their own experiences. This can inspire the youth and enable them to work through their own crisis using the lessons and skills that only the dogs can teach. In 2012, their PRIORITY Paws program gave about 700 at-risk youth experience with this unique program.
Sara Nick, Communications Director for A Rotta Love Plus shared just one of their many success stories:
This is the story of Prim, a beautiful brindle pit bull. Prim endured the first couple years of her life in a heart-wrenchingly abusive situation – without going into the ugly details, suffice it to say that when she wound up in a local animal control, it was like heaven on earth. (Food! Rest! Kindness!) Eventually, Prim ran out of time at animal control, but two ARLP volunteers, who were freshly mourning the loss of their 10-year-old pit bull to cancer, decided to push through their heartache and open their home to another dog in need through fostering. 'When we saw her face and heard her story, we knew without words that we wanted to save her,' they said. As soon as Prim was in their car, 'despite not having a clue where she was going, she was smiling ear to ear!'
Ever so gently, Prim's new fosters took the time to earn her trust. They slowly introduced her to the sights, sounds, smells, and other animals of their household. Prim adjusted well (REALLY well) to their routine and lifestyle, so it came as no surprise when we heard the news not long after that they decided to make Prim a permanent member of their family. In their words, 'Prim brought life back into our family. She will stop doing whatever she's doing to come kiss us and let us hold her. She has so much love that she wants to give, and we want to be the ones to give her every success in life.'"
How can you help?
The organization's greatest volunteer need is for foster homes which allow them to save a pit bull or Rottweiler and place them in a loving home until their forever family can be found. Foster families are provided with everything they need to be successful, including food and supplies as well as free training and support. Learn more about their foster program on their website.
A list of other current volunteer opportunities can be found here. You can also give a monetary donation, including dog sponsorships. They also have a wish list of in kind donations.
You can also attend any of their adoption events. On Saturday, August 10 from 4 to 7 PM, they have a "Beer and Dogs" event at Nomad World Pub (501 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis) where people will have an opportunity to meet some of the dogs they have available for adoption.
You can learn more about A Rotta Love Plus on their website, www.arottalove.org. You can also connect with them on Facebook and Twitter or follow their blog.


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Bus Cook let it ring twice and hung up before I had a chance to answer. I called him right back. "It was an accident," he said. "I didn't mean to call you." Not a big deal, I thought. What about the Chiefs? I asked. Would Favre be willing to talk to the Chiefs? I think he thought I meant to ask if Favre and the Chiefs had already spoken. "No," Cook said. "I haven't talked to anybody." OK, then.
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|They Call Me Carpenter by Upton Sinclair
I confess that I never knew much about Upton Sinclair beyond the fact that he wrote the meat-packing industry exposé The Jungle. It seems like a pretty big oversight on my part, considering that he wrote nearly 100 novels and also won a Pulitzer Prize—though not for The Jungle, as you'd think, but for the third novel in the Lanny Budd series (which is now out of print). I was also surprised to learn that he wrote the book on which Disney based the film The Gnome-Mobile, a childhood favorite that almost no one seems to remember (I was even accused once of inventing it). None of these facts are why I decided to read They Call Me Carpenter.
My interest originated with a reference in a book about horror film history, David Skal's The Monster Show. Skal mentions that Sinclair's They Call Me Carpenter uses a movie theater showing of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as a framing device. As a fan of silent film—and silent horror in particular—I knew I had to take a look.
The book begins with the main character, Billy, attending a screening of Caligari—"a futurist production, a strange, weird freak of the cinema art, supposed to be the nightmare of a madman"—in the fictitious Western City, California in 1921. The film has been recommended to him by his friend Dr. Henner.
"Being an American," Henner said, "you will find yourself asking, 'What good does such a picture do?' You will have the idea that every work of art must serve some moral purpose." After a pause, he added: "This picture could not possibly have been produced in America. For one thing, nearly all the characters are thin." He said it with the flicker of a smile--"One does not find American screen actors in that condition. Do your people care enough about the life of art to take a risk of starving for it?"
After seeing the film, Billy agrees with Henner's assessment that the film could not have been made America, as it is the product of "an old, perhaps an overripe culture"—which is not to say he didn't enjoy it. In fact, he offers several paragraphs of positive criticism, including:
"I had read many stories and seen a great many plays, in which the hero wakes up in the end, and we realize that we have been watching a dream. I remembered "Midsummer Night's Dream," and also "Looking Backward." An old, old device of art; and yet always effective, one of the most effective! But this was the first time I had ever been taken into the dreams of a lunatic. Yes, it was interesting, there was no denying it; grisly stuff, but alive, and marvelously well acted. How Edgar Allen Poe would have revelled [sic] in it!"
|Conrad Veidt in the expressionist masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Still musing about the film and its meaning, Billy leaves the theater and finds himself in the midst of a mob that "might have come direct from the inside of Dr. Caligari's asylum." The protesters are livid that Caligari is making money for Germany. "Ya, ya. Boo, boo!" they shout. "German propaganda! Pay your money to the Huns! For shame on you! Leave your own people to starve, and send your cash to the enemy." Billy is incredulous at their fury, knowing that there's nothing anti-American in the film, and contemplates reasoning with them, but ultimately realizes a mob can't be reasoned with. He makes his way through the throng, but not without getting a nasty cosh on the head.
|L.A. Times, May 8, 1921.
The theater riot is based in part on Hollywood history. When rioters became violent outside Miller's Theater in October of 1921, the management halted their exhibition of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari after only a few performances, replacing it with silent crime drama The Money Changers. Upton Sinclair may well have become aware of this event because of the fact that the replacement film was based on his own novel of the same name. (As a side note pertaining to my interest in lost films, no reels of The Money Changers are known to have survived.)
After the riot, Billy takes refuge in a church, and here the novel changes into something I (perhaps stupidly) did not anticipate. I'd like to point out that I read this novel in e-book format, so I didn't have cover art as a clue, nor did my edition have the subtitle "a Tale of the Second Coming." Maybe "carpenter" should have made me take notice, but it's a common enough name. Suffice it to say, I was blindsided when the novel turned into a Christian allegory—something which likely would not surprise many other readers. (Even if they don't have the advantage of the cover art or subtitle, the book is still far better known for being about Jesus than it it is for mentioning The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari).
|Somewhat more obvious covers for They Call Me Carpenter.
While in the church, Billy sees the stained glass representation of Christ come to life. Let's not forget that he's had a nasty wallop to the head, but other people also seem to see the man, who does indeed call himself Carpenter as it says on the wrapper. How well you like the rest of the book may have a lot to do with your relationship to religion, or how much you like rather obvious religious allegory. As the two cruise through Los Angeles (or Western City, rather) in the heyday of silent film, Carpenter gets to meet movie stars and directors, like the sultry Mary Magna—a vampy Theda Bara-ish stand-in for Mary Magdalene—and the film producer Abey Tszchniczklefritszch. He turns down a lucrative film contract, appalled at the treatment of the day laborers and the inequity of wealth. His experiences lead to trouble as he can no longer tolerate the injustices he views:
"Carpenter looked about the place, now lined pretty well with cripples and invalids. Only a couple of hours of spreading rumor had been needed to bring them forth, unholy and dreadful secrets, dragged from the dark corners and back alley- ways of these tenements. He gazed from one crooked and distorted face to another, and put his 'hand to his forehead with a gesture of despair. "No, no!" he said. "It is of no use !" He lifted his voice, calling once more to the masters of the city."You make them faster than I can heal them! You make them by machinery and he who would help them must break the machine !""
For me, the novel's saving grace (pun intended just a little) is the look at the silent movie-making machinations and how little has changed as far as exploitation, marketing, and general depravity. Occasionally there are touches of humor, but it, too, is often heavy-handed. I was a tad disappointed that there wasn't a return at the end of the book to the Caligari exhibition, which I had presumed based on the use of the term "framing device." The term was used correctly, just differently than I'd anticipated (and perhaps that was just as stupid of me as being oblivious to the subject matter, as the ending seems like I should have seen it coming).
It's also an interesting companion to The Jungle, with its obvious political agenda, especially concerning labor exploitation. (Sinclair, by the way, was surprised at the reaction to his most famous novel, which he had intended to point out the inhumane treatment of workers. Public reaction zeroed in on the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and largely ignored the labor issues. "I aimed at the public's heart," said Sinclair, "and by accident I hit it in the stomach.")
If you'd like to judge the book for yourself, it's in the public domain, so you can can score a free Kindle copy (or choose from an array of affordable used versions) at Amazon.com. You can also download it free on Project Gutenberg, where you can opt to read it directly, if you prefer.
*Written as part of the Friday's Forgotten Books event, hosted by Patti Abbott. (Will update with link to this week's entries when the list is posted, but you can still check out past reviews.)*


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