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LEWISTON, Idaho - (Box Score) Propelled by a strong first inning, No. 6 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) eliminates No. 10 College of Idaho with a 5-1 victory on Saturday at the 2012 Avista-NAIA World Series at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho. With the win, the Warriors advance to play the loser of No. 1 LSU Shreveport (La.) and No. 9 Rogers State (Okla.) at 12 p.m. PDT on Monday, May 28. The Coyotes exit the World Series with a 0-2 record and 41-21 mark overall.
Both teams starting pitchers tossed complete games with Lewis-Clark State's Anthony Armanino claiming the win to improve to 10-1 on the season. Armanino allowed one run on eight hits, while striking out eight and walking two. College of Idaho starter Todd Griffiths (4-2) took the loss. The senior right hander allowed five runs - one earned - on 11 hits. He struck out five.
Lewis-Clark State seized control of the contest in the top of the first after Kyle Knigge and Trent Bridges posted back-to-back one-out singles. A fielder's choice gave College of Idaho two outs in the inning, however an error on the Coyotes first baseman extended the inning and gave new life to Lewis-Clark State with Braxton Miller coming to the plate. Miller responded to the challenge, blasting a three-run home run over the left field wall to give the Warriors an early 4-0 lead.
The Warriors added another run in the third when Knigge scored after opening the inning with a double to right-center. Knigge was brought home by a two out single by Casillas.
College of Idaho made a dent in the Lewis-Clark State lead with a run in the fifth, but proved unable to further close the gap.
The 1-2-3 hitters all had multi-hit games for Lewis-Clark State, led by Knigge who finished with a double and two runs scored. Eight of the nine Warrior starters recorded a hit in the contest.
Jarel Lewis led the Coyote offense, going 2-for-4 at the plate with the team's lone RBI.


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- 10 large lemons
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Pension Money Questions
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Last month, our new pension trustee Mike Shields tried to get rid of an investment manager that has lost nearly half of a $50m investment. He lost that battle. This month, he tried to stop the pension fund from paying for law school for the "Executive Director's" personal secretary. He lost, but at least he's making some waves and shining a light on the BS. There are four trustees that are/were the police. Why don't they all vote for the right thing? And, who exactly is the secretary's clout? Answers, anyone? It must be good.
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Player for player, Sweden's world junior team is better than Canada.
It has more skill and a better netminder, according to one cocky prospect.
Swedish forward Andre Burakovsky, who plays alongside Canadians Connor McDavid and Adam Pelech with the Erie Otters of the OHL, provided Canada with plenty of ammunition this week with his comments ahead of the 2014 world junior tournament in Malmo, Sweden.
"I know what Canada brings and if I look at what they have and what we have … I think I can say that we have a better team on paper," Burakovsky told Skanskan.se. "Then we'll see how they play and how it goes for us."
Canada got off to a good start in pre-tournament play Friday, downing Finland 4-2 in Angelholm in a game delayed an hour due to ice issues. The Canadians fell behind 2-0 in the first period before scoring four unanswered goals to secure the win.
Bo Horvat, Matt Dumba, Aaron Ekblad and Anthony Mantha scored for Canada while McDavid, trying to make the team as a 16-year-old, had two assists. Zach Fucale faced just 13 shots in the Canadian net.
Juuso Ikonen and Esa Lindell scored for the Finns, who went 0-for-6 on the power play.
On a four-year gold medal drought, Canada lost to Sweden in a shootout the last time the two nations squared off at the event. From the sounds of it, Burakovsky is confident history will repeat itself if the two sides meet in the knockout phase.
Canada and Sweden will meet before the tournament officially gets under way, Sunday in Angelholm.
The Canadians open the tournament Boxing Day in Malmo against the Germans before rounding out group play against the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the U.S.
The Swedes are grouped with Russia, Switzerland, Finland and Norway.
"Canada has no 'skill player,'" Burakovsky said, going on to imply the Canadian team is simply physical. "We are more round, more skill mixed.
"At goalkeeper … we are much better."
Burakovsky enters the 2014 world junior having registered 47 points (23 goals, 24 assists) through 31 games with the Otters. He was drafted 23rd overall by the Washington Capitals in this year's NHL draft.
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How to upgrade an HP TouchPad to Android Ice Cream Sandwich
A while back I picked up an HP TouchPad for $99 during the great "HP Tribulations of 2011." It was a fire sale and I was lucky enough to grab one on Amazon. I really like the HP WebOS and I enjoyed overclocking the TouchPad to get more performance out of it. For $99 it's an insane little piece of hardware. I wanted to see if taking over the hardware and putting Android's Ice Cream Sandwich would make the TouchPad even more useful. Plus, it's a hacker's dream, so why not.
The folks making Ice Create Sandwich work is the Cyanogen team. Here's the main link to their HP Touchpad page, although they do lots more.
Here's the process. This one assume you're starting from an HP TouchPad that has TouchOS on it or one that already has a built of Android on it but you don't mind messing it up.
- You'll need a Windows machine with Java. Ah, Java.
- Make a folder somewhere like "TouchPad" and start putting stuff into it, like:
- The Palm Novacom Drivers.
- Get ACMEInstaller 2
- Go read the thread on Android 4.0.3 ICS Cyanogen Mod 9 Alpha 2. You should trust their download links not mine. These are the ones I used for CM9A2. Go download:
- Alpha 2 CM9 for Touchpad
- Moboot - It's a boot manager that will let you dual boot
- Clockwork Recovery - It's something you boot into that lets you install zips like the Google Apps one below.
- You might also get the Google Apps (gApps) package for CyanogenMod 9 also.
When you have Java installed you can now double click on the UniversalNovacomInstaller.jar file.
Say yes and Download the Drivers, and wait.
When it is done, you'll be left at the Install button again. Just close the app.
The Novacom stuff is installed to C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc. You'll want to copy your ACMEInstaller2 file into that folder where novacom.exe is located. Also copy the gapps zip file into the root of the HP TouchPad's drive.
Plugin your HP TouchPad to you PC's USB while in Web OS. Select USB Drive mode. You should get a USB Symbol on your TouchPad. Open the new drive for your TouchPad in Windows Explorer and make a folder "cminstall". Copy moboot, clockwork, and the main CM update zip into that new folder.
From the Settings Menu in TouchOS select Settings | Device Info | Restart. When the screen goes black, hold down the Volume Up button until a USB Symbol appears again. This one will be white with no border.
Now, while your TouchPad is connected to your PC and showing the USB symbol, go back to your Windows machine and open a Command Prompt. Go to C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc type novacom.exe boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller2 like this:
C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc>novacom.exe boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller2
After you hit Enter a lot of text will appear on your TouchPad. This it's working. When your TouchPad reboots into Ice Cream Sandwich, go through the setup.
If you want to install the extra Google Apps stuff, reboot. From the mooboot 0.3.5 menu you can launch ClockworkMod and install Google Apps from that zip file.
It's very very early, but it's pretty cool that it works this well at all. I'm looking forward to seeing if they can get it completely working and reasonably supported on the HP TouchPad. I think for browsing and goofing around HP Web OS is fine, but if you have a TouchPad and you are already invested in Google Apps and the Android Marketplace, you should be keeping an eye on this project.
I have already had dozens of crashes (it's an Alpha) so I wouldn't recommend making this your primary tablet. I also can't get my Google Apps (Gmail, etc) to synchronize as I'm using 2 factor auth and there's some subtle bug. I'm also unable to get Google Chrome for Android to work because it's version check doesn't seen this build of Ice Cream Sandwich as a legit version that's > 4.0. There is a fix for Chrome on the HP TouchPad if you really need it, though.
However, Browsing, Flash, many apps and Video works fairly well. Plus, I can always reboot back into HP Web OS so I can't really hurt the tablet.
If you're really hardcore, there are now CM9 Nighty Builds. You can follow the nightly builds on Twitter and read more on their thread and also in the unofficial thread in the forums. Have fun!
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Cyprus' government has drawn up a new plan to raise funds needed for the country to secure a crucial international bailout, three top government officials said Wednesday.
The new bill could be voted on as early as Thursday evening, one of the officials said.
Parliament had resoundingly rejected the previous plan, which involved seizing up to 10 percent of people's bank deposits.
The rejection threw Cyprus' entire bailout into question, raising the possibility that the country's banks could collapse, the government would be unable to pay its bills and Cyprus could be forced out of the euro.
Banks in Cyprus will remain closed for another two days as officials try to find a new plan to stave off financial ruin, the central bank's spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Aliki Stylianou confirmed the additional two-day closure for Thursday and Friday. As Monday is a national bank holiday in Cyprus, the institutions will not reopen before Tuesday at the earliest.
The cash-strapped lenders have been closed since Saturday, when Cyprus said it would raid bank deposits to help fund its international bailout package, to avoid a bank run.
The government officials said the new "Plan B" includes some Russian assistance and a smaller bank deposit tax. Parliament is expected to vote on the new bill Thursday.
The officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan was not yet being made public.
One official said Plan B was ready to be presented to party leaders at a meeting Thursday morning. The plan includes "some form" of Russian help, the official said, but expectations shouldn't be high because Moscow had made clear it didn't want to damage relations with the European Union.
Cyprus has turned to long-time ally Russia for help, with Finance Minister Michalis Sarris flying to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings and saying he would remain there as long as was required. Nearly a third of the total amount of deposits in Cyprus' banks is believed to be held by Russians.
The idea that authorities could dip directly into people's bank accounts had outraged Cypriots and Russians alike.
The European Union, and Germany in particular, have long argued that they should not have to ask their own taxpayers to contribute to bailing out a country when it was Russian oligarchs who would benefit.
A second government official said Plan B still includes some tax on deposits, but at a percentage definitely lower than those originally proposed. The official said the EU had given Cyprus until Monday to come up with an alternative, so speed was of the essence.


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Harrison Ford Pierces Jimmy Fallon's Ear, and We Can't Look Away
Jimmy Fallon is just like us: he thinks Harrison Ford is extremely cool, so in an effort to be as cool as the Ender's Game star, Fallon let Ford actually pierce his ear on Nov. 1 on Late Night. You get to watch every step of the process, including the needle going through the ear, up to the glorious moment where both dudes wear flowery, dangling earrings — which Fallon also cutely posted on Instagram, with the caption, "No joke. Harrison Ford pierced my ear. Then we wore matching earrings."
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New Moms Often Anxious After Giving Birth
Postpartum anxiety, for which screening is less common, was more common than postpartum depression at all time points in this study and lasted out to 6 months for some women.
MONDAY, March 4, 2013 (MedPage Today) — Although postpartum depression gets more attention, anxiety after giving birth is more common and is associated with negative maternal and infant outcomes in the first 6 months, researchers found.
During the initial maternity hospital stay, 17.1% of women who were breastfeeding screened positive for acute postpartum state anxiety, while 5.5% screened positive for depression, according to Ian Paul, MD, of Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa., and colleagues.
Those with anxiety had greater personal healthcare use in the first 2 postpartum weeks and breastfed for a shorter amount of time, the researchers reported online in Pediatrics.
Postpartum anxiety's "association with adverse maternal and child health outcomes makes it relevant for both maternal and pediatric healthcare providers, who have ample opportunity to screen for state anxiety and potentially intervene, particularly among those most affected, such as first-time mothers," the authors wrote.
Although guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics encourage pediatricians to look for postpartum depression in mothers, screening for anxiety specifically doesn't typically occur.
"I think pediatricians need to be able to talk about [anxiety] rather than just asking about postpartum depression," commented Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, director of the perinatal psychiatry program at the University of North Carolina Center for Women's Mood Disorders in Chapel Hill, who was not involved in the study.
If mothers indicate that they are anxious and that the anxiety is interfering in their lives as well as their ability to interact with their children, "it's very important that effective referral and treatments are initiated because it can [make] a huge difference on both how the mom feels but also on the baby's development," she said.
The researchers analyzed data from 1,123 women who had just given birth and who were participating in a randomized controlled trial evaluating two post-discharge care models -- office-based care versus an alternative model using a home nursing visit. All of the mothers intended to breastfeed.
As part of the trial, mothers completed in-person interviews during the maternity stay and telephone interviews at 2 weeks, 2 months, and 6 months.
Anxiety screening was done with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, on which a score of 40 or higher was considered positive for anxiety. Depression screening was done with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Survey, on which a score of 12 or higher was considered positive for depression.
Anxiety was more common than depression during the maternity stay and at each time point through 6 months. Only 3.7% of the women screened positive for both anxiety and depression while in the hospital.
There was a large drop in the percentage of women screening positive for anxiety at 2 weeks, "as might be expected as mothers adapt to their new life role," the researchers pointed out. However, the rate remained relatively constant thereafter.
The rate of anxiety was higher among women who had a cesarean versus a vaginal delivery and among those who gave birth for the first time.
Anxiety was associated with healthcare use in the first 2 weeks after delivery: those with anxiety were more likely to use hospital-based services, to have unplanned outpatient visits, and to have at least two overall provider visits during that time. No increase in healthcare use for the infants was observed.
Depression, on the other hand, was related to the likelihood of unplanned personal outpatient visits only.
Both anxiety and depression were associated with reduced duration of breastfeeding in new mothers. Anxiety also was associated with reduced duration of breastfeeding among women who delivered vaginally, whereas depression was associated with a shorter breastfeeding duration in women who had a cesarean delivery.
Previous research has indicated "that impairment of the milk ejection reflex via a reduction of oxytocin release results when women are under either physical or mental stress, although it is acknowledged that difficulty with lactation could itself be a major source of state anxiety," the authors wrote.
They acknowledged that the study design precluded assessment of the causality of the observations. Additional limitations included the use of a single center, the lack of information on prenatal or pre-pregnancy anxiety and depression, the inability to determine whether cesarean deliveries were planned in many cases, and the exclusion of women who planned to formula-feed their infants.


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Skip to comments.Feinstein: Veterans May Have PTSD And Should Not Be Exempt From Gun Ban...
Posted on 03/09/2013 11:15:49 AM PST by NormsRevenge
At a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) opposed an amendment to her Assault Weapons Ban legislation that would allow military veterans to continue to buy the firearms that would be banned. Feinstein says a veteran may be mentally ill and should be prevented from purchasing firearms.
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I know we have more than a few 'combat arena' FRs around here.. I admit I suffer from Post Traumatic Voting Disorder (PTVD) personally, Thanks for your concerns tho, DiFi.
DiFi is suffering from dementia and should be exempt from Congress
If you want to take my guns, bring yours.
You want my gun? Come and take it!!
I love when politicians - who have never served in the military - never gone to war - never sacrificed - make such determinations. As a combat vet - I very much WANT vet's armed. They can respond in a moments notice and despite PTSD are very and highly capable of handling situations of emergency...with war comes PTSD — Homer wrote about it and the Greeks never took the shield and swords away from returning soldiers because of it...the only ones that do are self-serving tyrants like Diannie Looney Toons...go to Russia and pick up your hammer/sickle and leave the US alone...stupid politicians....
I think that it is more that amazing that a person who totes a rifle for 2 to 4 years to protect this country and the idiots that are in control, now do not want them to buy firearms. As I view it, if I had not spent (and millions others like me) years rolling around puking my gets out hunting Russian SSBNs these clowns might have been speaking Russian. And they want to tell us we are not trustworthy to handle a rifle.
Are the Occupy children exempt from the gun ban?
How about senile octogenarians, like DiFi?
You know, part of me wants to see Diane and Co get their 'laws' passed. That way, when the blowback from the public and the LEOs that refuse to confiscate and die for the cause happens, they will all be struck down and the Dems will suffer the loss of power that will result...for a long time.
Until people feel the pain, they will just refuse to believe it 'could' happen.
I think it's fine for vets to be armed. But there's no reason they should be exempt from bans, other than pandering. This isn't "Starship Troopers," and they aren't exta-special citizens. There simply shouldn't be a ban, is all.
"Feinstein says a veteran may be mentally ill and should be prevented from purchasing firearms.S"
Unless of course it happens to be one of the thousands of assault rifles her husband Richard Blum imported with a waiver from the Clinton admin during the last ban! My she is VILE!
These politicians who begin to decide our fates after serving our nation are a disgrace. Feinstein is shameless...Rand Paul pointed out in part how our Constitution is being abused by these nits, these vicious, debased, and corrupt politicians during his timely filibuster. Senator Feinstein makes a mockery of our Constitution and those who stand with and for it.
It's Feinswine who is mentally ill.
I served on a sub. I guess I'll be banned from the water.
The best way to find out if a veteran is mentally ill is to check their voter registration. If they are registered as a DemocRAT, they should not be allowed to buy guns. JMO.
Our military will be less likely to seek out modern behavioral health care when they fear it will get them labeled as "mentally ill".
My response to my Congressional reps:
Dianne Feinstein's legislative proposals to ban 'assault' weapons and 30 round magazines are not only a testimony to her ignorance of weapons, but present a clear case for the need for term limits for members of Congress.
I served in the U.S.Army Reserve-Infantry, with an Honorable Discharge as Captain. I learned small-unit tactics and movements and had extensive familiarization with small-arms weapons.
Let me tell you a few things about the 'assault' weapons that everyone is getting all lathered up about.
First, a REAL assault weapon is one in which you have the capability to have full-automatic (keeps firing as long as the trigger is depressed) and/or select fire of three-round bursts. This kind of weapon is used to achieve suppressive fire against an enemy and in a final ground assault against a fixed objective.
The weapons that Feinstein is trying to ban again (the previous ban by the way had no impact on crime levels—check the FBI stats) are SEMI-AUTOMATIC-one shot for every time you pull the trigger. This is the same action that is in every pistol (not revolver) in the world.
Anything that Congress attempts to pass that erodes our Second Amendment (which is a God-given, not government-given right)is going to be met with a response at the voting booth.
*sigh* Well, there go the dozen Mk 46 torpedoes I have buried in my back yard in case of an emergency...
Nobody is crazier than Diane Feinstein. She appears perfectly willing to sacrifice the Constitution to her crazed policies.
A Constitution she gave an oath to preserve, which should tell you how honest she is.
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On Tuesday at the headquarters of the Yollocalli Arts Reach program in Pilsen, Alex Aguilar was hunched over a piece of 8-by-11 paper, carefully outlining the word "Chicago" in cursive. He drew the city skyline rising from the tops of the letters, a tangle of train routes sprouting from beneath them.
Behind the city's name waved its familiar four-star flag, and Aguilar was planning to add in the logos of Chicago sports teams. His miniature mural will eventually appear in an online gallery, and Aguilar wanted to show what he loves about Chicago to counter the city's reputation for crime.
"Shootings, killings," the 15-year-old explained. "It's true and all, but not everybody's part of that."
Yollocalli Arts Reach, run by the National Museum of Mexican Art, is one of more than 30 programs, including many in the arts, that will benefit from a $2.2 million grant announced Thursday. The grant is made up of $500,000 from the Burberry Foundation -- the philanthropic offshoot of the London-based clothier known for its plaid -- and $1.7 million from the MacArthur Foundation.
The money goes into the Hive Chicago Learning Network, a three-year-old umbrella network based at DePaul University (the MacArthur Foundation is a major funder) that helps youth programs collaborate on curriculum material in an effort to expand out-of-school learning opportunities.
The idea behind the network is to sneak lessons on critical thinking, civic engagement and digital literacy into kid-friendly activities like Yollocalli's "History and Techniques of Graffiti." A few weeks ago Aguilar's class of about 15 young graffiti artists participated in a discussion about violence prevention and social issues with outreach workers, including one from the anti-violence group CeaseFire.
Also involved in the anti-violence curriculum: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which is developing a performance about youth violence based on oral histories from Chicagoans. The play will travel to library branches around the city and be followed by discussion groups for teens.
"Each of those institutions had a desire to address this issue of youth violence," said Hive Chicago Learning Network Director Christina Timmins. "But instead of creating something new, they used all their existing programs and they just managed to connect this experience under this shared theme."


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A masked man known as the American, leading many protesters, jumps over the White House fence in order to speak with President Amabo.
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It's always polite to bring gifts to your hosts' house, but when visiting a Sarawak longhouse make sure it's something that's easily shared, as longhouses are communal, and nearly everything gets divvied up into equal parts. This isn't always an easy task: typically, longhouses are home to around 150 people and contain at least thirty family apartments, each one's front door opening on to the common gallery, hence the tag "a thirty-door longhouse" to describe the size. These days not everyone lives there full time, but the majority of Sarawak's indigenous Iban population still consider the longhouse home, even if they only return for weekends.
Many longhouses enjoy stunning locations, usually in a clearing beside a river, so you'll probably travel to yours in a longboat that meanders between the jungle-draped banks, dodging logs being floated downstream to the timber yards. Look carefully and you'll see that patches of hinterland have been cultivated with black pepper vines, rubber and fruit trees, plus the occasional square of paddy, all of which are crucial to longhouse economies.
Having first met the chief of your longhouse, you climb the notched tree trunk that serves as a staircase into the stilted wooden structure and enter the common area, or ruai, a wide gallery that runs the length of the building and is the focus of community social life. Pretty much everything happens here – the meeting and greeting, the giving and sharing of gifts, the gossip, and the partying. Animist Iban communities in particular are notorious party animals (unlike some of their Christian counterparts), and you'll be invited to join in the excessive rice-wine drinking, raucous dancing and
forfeit games that last late into the night.
Finally, exhausted, you hit the sack – either on a straw mat right there on the ruai, or in a guest lodge next door.
The easiest way to arrange a night in a longhouse is via a tour company based in the Sarawak capital, Kuching: Borneo Transverse (www.borneotransverse.com.my) or Borneo Adventure (www.borneoadventure.com).
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Anyone visiting the International Space Station from 2014 won't have any excuses for poor timekeeping, with the cold-atom clock being sent up there as part of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) project.
Compared to Earth's clocks, which keep time thanks to GPS satellites, the PHARAO (Projet d'Horloge Atomique par Refroidissement d'Atomes en Orbite) clock will be 100 times more accurate thanks to the unique way it works in space.
Due to a little thing known as gravity, caesium clocks don't work so well down here – but up in space, where microgravity abounds, the caesium atoms help measure time better as they don't bounce back so quickly. Six orthogonal laser beams help cool the caesium atoms down, so the quality of measurement is far greater.
It's the first time experiments like this have taken place in space, so a lot of physicists are hoping they can pull it off and learn more about the Gravitational Frequency Shift, Time Variation of the Fine Structure Constant and Test of Special Relativity, amongst other things. [ESA via New Scientist]
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"Until I saw that video of me, shouting at that little girl... I didn't realize what a terrible, AWFUL person I really am."
iPity The Nevel is the ninth episode of Season Four, and seventy-ninth overall.
A video of Nevel yelling at a little girl quickly goes viral across the Internet, thus ruining his reputation as the creator of Nevelocity.com. After hearing about this, Carly, Sam, and Freddie see this as a blessing for their own website and decide to celebrate during Carly's "karma party". Shortly after the party ends, Nevel unexpectedly arrives at their apartment and desperately asks the iCarly team to help him restore his image, to which they hesitantly agree after, after Nevel proves himself by drinking Wahoo Punch out of one of Sam's sneakers (which her foot had been sweating in for over a year and even had a dead cricket in it). However, their first attempt to regain his popularity by having him give out free smoothies and cream corn fails on account of people remaining unconvinced that Nevel truly meant well. After he offers a sincere and real apology to the girl, Molly, live on iCarly, he then receives many positive comments again, but when a handicapped man bumps into him with his wheelchair shortly afterwards, Nevel starts yelling at the man and is filmed yet again.
Meanwhile, Freddie becomes popular with the girls after playing a vampire in an iCarly parody short film, known as "Moonlight Twi-Blood". He deeply enjoys this situation, but shortly afterwards, his popularity fades as werewolves become more popular than vampires. Gibby then dresses up as a werewolf and steals Freddie's date, Patrice.
Also, Spencer is bored because he has nothing to do, and continually disrupts the iCarly gang and the webshow because he wants them to include him.
- The episode parodies Twilight as part of an "Idiot farm girl" iCarly skit, with Freddie Benson being the vampire.[2]
- In the opening credits for Season Four, a scene where Sam is dancing around with a baseball bat in front of a cardboard cutout of Nevel and a Nevel bobblehead is shown. It also shows Gibby dancing in front of a big poster of Nevel with dart holes all over his face and head. Both were filmed for this episode, but neither scene included.
- Dan Schneider, Miranda Cosgrove, Reed Alexander, and Nathan Kress have noted that this was possibly the funniest table read for an episode ever.[3]
- After the iCarly webcast has finished, Sam says "Good night, nurse!" which is a popular saying that originated in WWI as a phrase soldiers would say in Military and Naval hospitals, it's essentially just a different way of saying "good night."
- The title is a reference to Mr. T's famous catchphrase, "I pity the fool!"
- According to Dan Schneider, after they wrapped up the vampire scene, he had gone home, but at around 3:00 AM, Miranda, Jennette, Nathan, and Ariana Grande (from Victorious) showed up at his house and filled the trees with toilet paper.
- The bench Nevel sits on says "Schneider's Pickles." This is a reference to writer and creator, Dan Schneider. Apparently, Schneider hadn't been aware of the joke until he saw it.
- In Canada, Schneider's is a real firm that produces a range of luncheon meats and sausages - see Schneider's
- A new computer can be spotted on the iCarly kitchen desk.
- Stacey Dillsen's name can be spotted in the comments sections of the iCarly.com video of Nevel with smoothies and creamed corn, where she uncharacteristically commented, "Stupid video!! Nevel is still the worst person alive!!!"
- The apparently inappropriate comment Carly doesn't finish reading is written by a user named, "Hungry Lisa", a reference to Dan Schneider's wife, "Hungry Girl" Lisa Lilian. If you pause the scene where the screen is focused, you can see the words "shove it up", referring to him shoving the golf club up his butt.
- The little girl, Molly, was played by Caitlin Carmichael.
- How did the crew manage to set the egg gun on fire? According to Dan Schneider, after the egg was shot out, the scene was stopped and a crew member placed a hose up into the gun. When the right moment came, he hit a button and the flames shot out. This is why Spencer's legs slightly move during the scene.
- George the Bra returns, contradicting the iCarly.com video claiming that he had been fired.
- Since Noah Munck was under 18 years old, he was let out of filming at a certain hour. This meant the number of takes for the scene where Nevel is tied up gave the crew members less time to have him appear. Eventually, they changed the script slightly to have Gibby leave to get more pudding; that way, the crew wouldn't have to worry about letting him out late.
- Originally, the creamed corn was meant to be creamed spinach, but when the spinach was provided, Dan Schneider decided it looked too "ummm... illegal" (probably too similar to bags of marijuana).
- Not even Dan Schneider knows why Freddie licks the salt out of his hands; Schneider claims that if "you want to know, you're going have to ask Nathan Kress."
- There isn't any real ice in Carly's blue glass at the beginning of the episode; for TV shows, fake ice is used because it never melts.
- Dan Schneider tweeted that "this *may* be Nevel's last appearance on iCarly".
- In this episode, it is discovered that Gibby has a girlfriend. It is currently uncertain if the girlfriend is actually Tasha.
- This episode is, as of this writing, the last episode to not be written by Dan Schneider himself.
- The episode garnered 4.6 million viewers, making it the most watched scripted show for the week on cable.[4] It was also received very well from fans.
- This episode makes iCarly surpass The Secret World of Alex Mack as the longest running live-action, non-sketch comedy Nickelodeon show in terms of episodes.
- Sam wore two mustache necklaces when she and Carly did their first webcast of the episode (when they showed their short film).
View the gallery for this episode here.
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Click here to watch videos about iPity The Nevel.
Sam: [storms in; speaks very fast] Hey, can I come in? Freddie, get off that computer - you gotta see this! You gotta see this!
Freddie: No, wait, just give me about 20... [Sam pushes him off the chair] Going down! [Falls to the floor, then gets up, angrily] It was rendering!!
Carly: What's up?
Sam: Nevel!
Spencer: Papperman?
Sam: No, Nevel van Houter-Schmouzen.
Spencer: The pianist?!
Freddie: There is only one Nevel.
Carly: And he's not a pianist.
Freddie: Man. This is bad for him.
Carly: He's gonna ruin his life.
[Three second break]
Everyone: Yoo-hoo! [they start dancing in triumph]
Sam: There you go. We proved it.
Carly: Ice is very cold.
Sam: We've always hated him.
Carly: We were ahead of the curve.
Sam: And that contoods another episode of iCarly.
Carly: And for now, we´ll pretend that "contoods" is a word. Goodnight!
Sam: Contoods!
Freddie: And we're clear!
Carly: Wooo!
Sam: Goodnight nurse!
Gibby: So, what kind of food is there at a karma party?
Freddie: Just desserts.
[Carly, Sam and Freddie cheer about Freddie's pun. *high fives*]
Gibby: I don't get it...
Nevel: Until I saw that video of me, shouting at that little girl... I didn't realize what a terrible, AWFUL person I really am. [few seconds of silence from everyone]
Gibby: This pudding rocks!
Gibby: I am done with bar soaps!
Nevel: How can I prove I have changed?
Sam: You wanna prove it? [takes off her shoe] See this sneaker? My foot's been sweating in this for over a year. Now... here's a half-drunk can of Wahoo punch. [pours punch into her shoe] Drink it!
Nevel: [almost wretches] Oh my God!
Carly: You wanna prove you're sincere?
Freddie: [vampire voice] Then drink from the shoe.
Nevel: [Drinks from Sam's shoe, chokes and takes something out of his mouth] What's this?
Sam: [Takes thing from Nevel, shrugs] Dead cricket.
Carly: [reading comments about Nevel] "Hey, Nevel! Why don't you just take a golf club and..." These comments should really be monitored....
- Towards the end of the episode, while Nevel is berating the man in the wheelchair, a girl is seen recording the incident with her cell-phone in the upright (portrait) mode - then there is a cut for the audience to see what she is filming, but the frame is seen in the horizontal (landscape) mode.
- However, this could just be a closeup of the frame to show that he is being recorded.
External links
- Danwarp's Fun Facts about iPity The Nevel
- Fanlala's iPity Nevel Photos & Sneak Peeks
- Nevel's Viral Video (Nevel's full tirade extended from the promos via iCarly.com)


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Welcome to Riverchase Labradors. We are located in the Upstate of South Carolina. Our names are Kevin & Terri Hoglen. Kevin is fairly new with Labradors but I have been involved with Labs all of my life. I was very fortunate to be introduced to AKC Conformation Shows at a very young age. I was extremely lucky to have Carroll and Mary James, AKC Professional Handlers, as next door neighbors and close family friends. I remember, as a little girl, watching for hours as Mary bathed and groomed the dogs in preparation for a Show. And then it was time to pack the van for a trip to the next show. I was truly amazed by their love for the dogs. What I thought was just fun and fascinating to watch; little did I know at the time, was ground roots for what my life is about today. Many things have changed since then but the love for the dog only grew stronger. My ultimate dream was to have a Lab that I could one day be getting ready for that big show.
Today, I am probably the happiest that I have ever been in my entire life. I have been a single mom for some time and I have definately had my share of life's ups and downs.My one and only, "True Love", Kevin has re-entered my life, and we were married Christmas Eve 2006. Kevin has a daughter, Tabitha, who is 20, and is the mother of our newest granddaughter, Dallas Lauren . I also have a daughter, Leah, who is 29 and my adorable granddaughter "Michelle" is 4. My oldest granddaughter, Allison is 11 and lives with us. Kevin and I have just recently adopted he. Our son, Lee is 25 and is a United States Marine. He and his family are currently stationed in Arlington, VA. I miss him so very, very much but I am so proud of him. Lee and his wonderful wife, Nancy have 2 children, "Austin" who is 5 and "Alexis" who is 3.
Labs have always been a huge part of my life and now that Kevin is here with me, it feels so complete. He loves the Labs just as I do. He has gotten so involved with them and helps me so much. I have never seen anyone hunger more to learn all that he can about every aspect of the Labrador. It is such a blessing to know that the person that you are spending the rest of your life with, loves your hobby just as much as you do. God has truely blessed me with him.
My first litter of Labs was born in 1989. At that time, I just had a female and wanted to experience having puppies. I was hooked after that. In January of 1993, I had a terrible accident and lost most of my right hand. I thought then that my dream was just that, only a dream, and now I would never be able to fulfill it. I was so disheartened that every time I looked at "Sugar", my heart broke. I found a good home for her and put my "dream" on the shelf. By 1996, I had completed numerous surgeries and much physical therapy and was toying with the idea of becoming involved with Labs again. I knew that I had determination and I also still had this "dream" deep in my soul. My search began. I went to a show here at home in Greenville SC. Lori Isenhath, Dovetail Labradors, had a female there "Mary". I held her at ringside, my eyes filling with tears as I realized that I could control her with just one hand. Lori's, Dovetail Longwood Marigold, "Mary" ignited a fire in my soul that can never be put out.
Today, Riverchase Labradors are proud producers of top quality Yellow, Black and Chocolate puppies that adhere to the standard of the breed. We specialize in AKC Labrador Retrievers from top English Show lines for the Show Ring, Gentleman Hunter, Therapy and Helper, and of course that Wonderful Family Companion. I FOCUS VERY STRONGLY ON THAT WONDERFUL TEMPERAMENT AS WELL AS EXCELLENT HEALTH. My dogs currently participate in Bench Conformation. Our goal here at Riverchase, is to produce Labradors with a pleasing temperament, extremely high intelligence, correct conformation, and genetic soundness yet still retaining the true sporting ability of the Lab. All of our dogs are OFA certified and have the proper eye clearances. I am so confident in our breeding program, that I offer a FULL 3 YEAR replacement guarantee against genetic defects. All litters are whelped indoors with me right by mom's side which starts the socialization process right from the moment of birth. I administer Early Neurological Stimulation. Babies are held, cuddled, loved and talked to even before they can hear or see us. Puppies are raised indoors. At 5-6 weeks they are introduced to the outside and are tested with live quail and duck wings. At 6 weeks we use the Puppy Aptitude Test to test temperaments of our puppies. By the time they are 7 weeks they have become happy, curious, tail wagging bundles of joy who adapt quickly from our family to yours. Our puppies are sent home with detailed instructions as well as a health record from our veterinarian.
Please, always remember, that I am here for you and your new puppy. Never feel that a question that you have is not important. I am here for you as long as needed. My love for the breed is so strong that I will always make time for you and your dog, no matter how busy. My goal is for you to be happy with your new family member. If you are not happy, chances are, he or she will not be happy either. Riverchase Labradors breeding program strictly follows the National Labrador Retriever Club ethical standards of breeding. All stock is in good health both physically and temperamentally. Both parents have the appropriate hip and eye clearances. Puppies are raised in a healthy environment with adequate socialization. All puppies are wormed and inoculated according to veterinary recommendations. I strive to place puppies in permanent homes and under no circumstances do we wholesale puppies. Accurate and thorough breeding records are kept and above all, Honesty with puppy purchasers is a priority. Please enjoy our site and we look forward to hearing from you soon.


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An Interview with "Team Magic."
On May 1, 2018, the call for Issue 42.1 "Magic" opened. In anticipation of this exciting themed issue, the editorial team of the issue share some thoughts about their connection to the theme, what they're looking for in submissions, and recommendations for ways to live your reading life (and every day) more magical.


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The beauty of being the designated invitation girl for this shower was that there wasn't an established theme so, while I did run my idea past my mother and my aunt, I pretty much had free reign.
Which is how my cousin Anna is accidentally getting a book themed shower even though that's my profession, not hers.
In my defense: my cousins, my sister and I were all raised on a steady diet of these books so it's very much a family thing, not really just all about me. Although I'm a little pissed that I didn't save the idea for my own very hypothetical baby shower.
I bought the invitations from a seller on Etsy (does anyone do anything else these days?) and a bunch of vintage books on eBay to use as decoration.
This week, I knocked out purchasing her present -- a gift certificate for newborn, 6-month and 12-month photos with a talented photographer in the town they're moving to just before the baby is born -- and so all that's left for me to do is wait for the RSVPs to start rolling in.
And attend the damn shower but, whatever. Almost anything can be survived in 3-hour increments, right?


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Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" McCarthy (born 16 October 1954; age 66) is the actor who portrayed Roga Danar in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "The Hunted". Five years later, he played the USS Voyager's ill-fated Human chief medical officer in the Star Trek: Voyager first season episode "Caretaker".
Outside of Star Trek, McCarthy's television work includes appearances on such shows as The Equalizer (in an episode with Lori Petty), Matlock (with Albert Hall and Wallace Langham), Knots Landing (two episodes: one with Gregory Itzin, another with Biff Yeager), Cheers (co-starring Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, and Paul Willson), Equal Justice (with Cecily Adams), L.A. Law (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), Law & Order, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He co-starred with Salome Jens, Jack Kehler, and Richard Riehle in the 1989 TV movie Cast the First Stone and appeared with Jim Metzler in the 1990 TV movie Crash: The Mystery of Flight 501. In addition, he was the voice of Michigan J. Frog for the WB network and even voiced the character in a 1995 animated short, Another Froggy Evening.
McCarthy can be seen in a number of feature films: Robocop 2 in 1990 (co-starring Peter Weller, Bill Bolender, Roger Aaron Brown,Gabriel Damon, Robert DoQui, John Glover, Tzi Ma, Mark Rolston, and Phil Rubenstein), Eve of Destruction in 1991 (with Dakin Matthews, Tom Morga and Voyager's Tim Russ), Rapid Fire in 1992 (with Tzi Ma, John Vickery, and Basil Wallace), and Cliffhanger in 1993 (also featuring Zach Grenier, Bruce McGill and Paul Winfield).
He may best be known for his work on the Broadway stage. He is among the several actors to play Beast in the acclaimed, long-running Broadway play Beauty and the Beast, but he is particularly well-known for originating the role of Officer Lockstock in Urinetown: The Musical. He portrayed Lockstock from August 2001 through January 2004 and earned a 2001 Drama Desk Award Outstanding in the category of Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance. He currently stars in the original Broadway musical The Pirate Queen.
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- Jeff McCarthy at the Internet Movie Database
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Residency Letter
As we recall, Residency is a "Home Rule" issue for the City, so the law MUST be changed in Springfield first. That will be the biggest task. Perhaps the Courts could be of some assistance here as it seems decidedly un-American to tell citizens where they can and cannot live. Any scum sucking bottom feeders ... um ... we mean lawyers out there willing to take on the city and state legislature? Don't we have a few CPD guys serving in Springfield? What about them?


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I have came across the WordPress logout error several times but I really never figured out the cause of it. In earlier days, it was generally that I was missing a nonce but now even with logout link generated by
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March 25's anime music continues to be a torrent of full-length albums or soundtrack releases. Gear up, because this week brings with it some pretty big guns. By far and away, the most exciting release is KanColle's soundtrack. While I thought the opening and ending themes were decent, the BGM takes it to a whole new level and makes it a very solid release that we'll hopefully put into the review pipeline. A smattering of other composers also deliver, like Tsuneyoshi Saito for yet another edition of Fafner. Aside from that, we also have Yuki Hayashi delivering some solid tunes for Gundam Builders Try. So, with all that good music in tow, here's a look at what's coming out this week:
Anime Soundtracks and Albums
Your Lie in April
Album Name: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Twinkle Little Star
Artist: Yuna Shinohara, Taiji Koga, Eriko Kawachi
Purchase at: CDJapan
If you've been following our post series on Your Lie in April, you'll find that we've been utterly absorbed by the anime's approach to classical music. So now, if you want to sit down and be held in thrall by the many beautiful classical pieces that surface in the show, this album will be for you. You've got the likes of Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven all popping their heads to deliver many a melodic delight that'll have you coming back for more.
Kantai Collection -KanColle-
Album Name: Kantai Collection -KanColle- Original Soundtrack "Kankyou"
Artist: Natsumi Kameoka
Purchase at: CDJapan
I don't think anyone expected KanColle's OST to be so good. After all, the show's premise is pretty silly, and the lack of character development only makes things worse. In a way, the OST saves KanColle from complete mediocrity. Natsumi Kameoka flexes her musical muscles and shows she's capable of slinging orchestral melodies in a measured and confident manner. The strength that her compositions bring to light are very much the time to listen and this soundtrack is a strong contender for soundtrack of the year.
Soukyuu no Fafner EXODUS
Album Name: Soukyuu no Fafner EXODUS Original Soundtrack vol.2
Artist: Tsuneyoshi Saito
Purchase at: CDJapan
What's been said previously for volume 1 of the Fafner EXODUS soundtrack still holds true here. Once again, Tsuneyoshi Saito, with the backing of the Warsaw Philharmonic, will be unleashing yet another beautiful orchestral soundtrack. And for fans of piano concertos, rumor has it that the one on this disc is fairly solid and worth listening to.
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Mumbai: "Happiness", "prosperity" and "love" are what Bollywood celebrities like Madhuri Dixit, Prabhu Deva and Farhan Akhtar wish for friends and fans celebrating the harvest festival of Onam Wednesday.
Here is what the actors had to say -
Prabhu Deva: "Happy Onam friends. Celebrate with `athapoo pookolam` (rangoli) and enjoy Onam `sadhya` with `ada pradhaman`, `aviyal`, `elseri`, `upperi`, `olan`, `kalan`, sambar, etc etc."
Resul Pookutty: "A very, very happy and prosperous Onam to you all..."
Madhuri Dixit: "Happy Onam to all!!"
Farhan Akhtar: "Happy Onam. Wish you all peace and joy."
Madhur Bhandarkar: "Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous Onam."
Anupam Kher: "Happy Onam to all."
Neil Nitin Mukesh: "Wishing everyone a happy Onam. God bless."
Shreyas Talpade: "Happy Onam!"
Sunidhi Chauhan: "A very Happy Onam to you all."
Shreya Ghoshal: "Wishing all a very happy Onam. May loads of happiness and prosperity usher in your lives."
Raveena Tandon: "Happy Onam to all my friends!! God bless! Love and happiness, may this be a super duper year for all!!"
Ranvir Shorey: "Happy Onam!"
Santosh Sivan: "Hey wishing all a wonderful Onam!!"
Siddharth: "Happy Onam to all my friends from Kerala… as for me, off for an epic Onam sadhya lunch at my friend`s place. Time to look for the loose pants!"


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Sibling Study Suggests Drug Addiction Is 'Hard Wired'
Some people have brain abnormalities that make them "hard wired" for drug addiction, a new study says.
U.K. researchers found that 50 cocaine or crack addicts and their non-addicted brothers and sisters have the same abnormalities in the brain region (frontal-striatal systems) that controls behavior, BBC News reported.
The findings suggest that addiction is in part a "disorder of the brain," according to the University of Cambridge study in the journal Science.
"It shows that drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we need to recognize this," lead researcher Dr. Karen Ersche told BBC News.
Taco Bell Identified as Source of Salmonella Outbreak
Taco Bell has been identified as the previously anonymous restaurant chain linked to a salmonella outbreak in October 2011 that infected 68 people and sent more than 20 of them to the hospital.
Most of the victims were in Texas. There were no deaths linked to the outbreak, according to a January report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ABC News said.
Federal officials couldn't identify the specific food product that may have caused the outbreak, but said the salmonella contamination likely occurred before the product reached "Restaurant Chain A locations."
On Wednesday, Food Safety News identified the restaurant chain as Taco Bell. The identification was based on data provided by an Oklahoma State Department of Health official, ABC News reported.
Army Bans Exercise Supplements After Soldiers' Deaths
The role that certain dietary supplements for athletes may have played in the deaths of two soldiers is being investigated by the U.S. Army.
A spokesman said the soldiers died last year after they had heart attacks during workouts, The New York Times reported.
After the deaths, the Defense Department removed all products containing an ingredient called dimethylamylamine (DMAA) from stores on military bases until the Army's safety review is completed.
DMAA is found in dietary supplements such as the "preworkout booster" Jack3d and the fat burner OxyElite Pro. Some experts say DMAA should be classified as a drug, which would require that it be approved by the Food and Drug Administration before it could be marketed, The Times reported.
Products containing DMAA can still be bought at retailers across the U.S.
Fungicide Levels in Orange Juice Don't Pose Health Risk: FDA
Low levels of the fungicide carbendazim in orange juice do not pose a health risk, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The fungicide is banned in the U.S. but has been found in orange juice made with oranges from Brazil, where the use of carbendazim is legal, ABC News reported.
Tests show that the amount of carbendazim in the affected orange juice is far below unsafe levels, the FDA said.
Research has shown that the fungicide can cause birth defects in rodents and affect chromosomes in human cells in laboratories, but it hasn't been found to have any health effects in humans, ABC News reported.
In a statement on its website, the FDA said it "is confident that orange juice in the United States may be consumed without concerns about its safety due to the possible presence of such residues."
Hockey Great Gordie Howe Has Dementia
Even though hockey legend Gordie Howe has mild dementia, he still plans to begin another series of fundraisers to support dementia research.
A form of dementia called Pick's disease killed Howe's wife Colleen in 2009. Family members haven't sought a diagnosis of the exact type of dementia afflicting the 83-year-old Howe, who started showing signs of the condition in his late 70s, the Associated Press reported.
Concussions weren't tracked during Howe's playing career, so it's impossible to know how many the man known as Mr. Hockey might have sustained or whether there's any link between possible concussions and his dementia.
"He's a little bit worse than last year, but pretty close to about the same," son Marty told the AP. "He just loses a little bit more, grasping for words."
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Programming is simple from the front panel – which can be locked out from the web – as well as with an iOS app. The app itself is a little light on the eye candy, but does the job. A new version is promised soon, along with Android, which will support multiple thermostats, and detect whether you're on your home network or not. The web server is basic, but straightforward to use.
Configuration is easily performed with a Windows or Mac utility
There are some nice touches – you can 'override' a temperature until the next scheduled charge, or 'hold' it for a specific number of hours, in half hour increments, which is handy for a party, say. A holiday mode lets you say what day you'll be back, and the system will remain in 'frost protect' mode until then.
You can even set a 'warm up' period so that if the heating is set to go to 19 degrees at 8am, it will turn on an hour in advance to start warming up, and the thermostat will record the rate of change too. There's even a button that gives you 15 seconds to wipe the screen clean.
Home hackers will be pleased to note that the protocol for controlling the thermostat is fully documented, and there are already open source projects that work with it – setting up a perl script to log data and graph it was straightforward, and so too should be other ways of controlling the system.
My one complaint is that some of the more detailed settings are simply presented on the touchscreen as a parameter number and value, but as they related to things like pairing with the remote relay, or setting the 'frost' temperature, you'll generally only need to tweak those at instal time.
If you want more control over your heating, want to integrate with other services, or simply find that a rigid schedule doesn't work for your comings and goings, the PRT-TS WiFi RF is well worth a look – and thanks to the remote switch, it's straightforward to instal if you have only a two-wire connection to your existing thermostat. It may be pricey, but it will give you more control over your energy usage. ®
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The Herbal Minefield
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Americans spend billions of dollars per year for capsules, tablets, bulk herbs, and herbal teas. Although many of these items are consumed for their flavor, most are probably used for supposed medicinal qualities. Multilevel distributors and pharmacies offer many products that are obviously intended for self-medication. Herbs are also marketed by naturopaths, acupuncturists, iridologists, chiropractors, offbeat nutritionists, and unlicensed herbalists, many of whom prescribe them for the entire gamut of health problems. Most such practitioners are not qualified to make appropriate medical diagnoses or to determine how the products they prescribe compare to proven drugs.
Herbal advocates like to point out that about half of today's medicines were derived from plants. (Digitalis, for example, was originally derived from leaves of the foxglove plant.) This statement is true but misleading. Drug products contain specified amounts of active ingredients. Herbs in their natural state can vary greatly from batch to batch and often contain chemicals that cause side effects but provide no benefit.
When potent natural substances are discovered, drug companies try to isolate and synthesize the active chemical in order to provide a reliable supply. They also attempt to make derivatives that are more potent, more predictable, and have fewer side effects. In the case of digitalis, derivatives provide a spectrum of speed and duration of action. Digitalis leaf is almost never used today because its effects are less predictable. Many herbs contain hundreds or even thousands of chemicals that have not been completely cataloged. Some of these chemicals may turn out to be useful as therapeutic agents, but others could well prove toxic.
Even when a botanical product contains ingredients that are potentially effective, it may not be practical to use. Garlic, for example, has been demonstrated to lower cholesterol. However, prescription drugs are more potent for this purpose, and garlic has anticoagulant properties. No data are available to indicate the risk of combining garlic with other widely used products (vitamin E, ginkgo, fish oil, and aspirin) that can interfere with blood clotting.
Little Public Protection
In the United States, herbs intended for preventive or therapeutic use would be regulated as drugs under federal laws. To evade the law, these products are marketed as "foods" or "dietary supplements" without health claims on their labels. Since these are not regulated as drugs, no legal standards exist for their processing, harvesting, or packaging. In many cases, particularly for products with expensive raw ingredients, contents and potency are not accurately disclosed on the label. Many products marked as herbs contain no useful ingredients, and some even lack the principal ingredient for which people buy them. Surveys have found have found that the ingredients and doses of several products varied considerably from brand to brand.
- A Good Housekeeping Institute analysis of six widely available St. John's wort supplement capsules and four liquid extracts revealed a lack of consistency of the suspected active ingredients, hypericin and pseudohypericin. The study found:
- A 17-fold difference between the capsules containing the smallest amount of hypericin and those containing the largest amount, based on manufacturer's maximum recommended dosage.
- A 13-fold difference in pseudohypericin in the capsules.
- A 7-to-8-fold differential from the highest to the lowest levels of liquid extracts [1].
- A similar investigation by the Los Angeles Times found that 7 of 10 St. John's wort products contained between 75% and 135% of the labeled hypericin level, and three contained no more than about half the labeled potency [2].
- Researchers at the University of Arkansas who tested 20 supplement products containing ephedra (ma huang) found many differences in alkaloid content from product to product and between two lots of the same product. Half the products exhibited discrepancies of 20% or more between the label claim and the actual content, and one product contained no ephedra alkaloids [3]. Ephedra products are marketed as "energy boosters" and/or "thermogenic" diet aids, even though no published clinical trials substantiate that they are safe or effective for these purposes. The researchers also noted that hundreds of such products are marketed and that their number exceeds that of conventional prescription and nonprescription ephedra products, which are FDA-approved as decongestants
- The April 2000 issue of D Magazine reported that—at its request—a leading laboratory had tested five brands of DHEA, ginger, ginkgo biloba, ginseng, melatonin, saw palmetto, St. John's wort, and milk thistle purchased at five stores in the Dallas area. The ginger and melatonin products contained the stated amounts, but 10 of the other 30 products did not, and a few products had capsules that easily fell apart [4].
- In October 2003, the AMA Archives of Internal Medicine reported the results of a survey of herbal products at twenty retail stores in and around Minneapolis. The chosen herbs were echinacea, St. John's wort, ginkgo biloba, garlic, saw palmetto, ginseng, goldenseal, aloe, Siberian ginseng, and valerian. The authors noted that 43% of 880 products were labeled with the ingredients and dosage that had used in published studies of the ingredients. The actual ingredients were not measured, but the survey indicated that many manufacturers failed to formulate their products to correspond with available research data [5].
- In 2010, ConsumerLab told me that nearly half of the herbal products they had tested for quality had failed their evaluations. The reason for failure included too little or too little of the main ingredient, potentially dangerous or illegal ingredients, contamination with heavy metals, "spiking" with unexpected ingredients, and misleading or incomplete product information.
- In 2013, Canadian researchers used DNA barcoding (a type of genetic "fingerprinting") to test 44 products from 12 companies and found that 59% of the products contained ingredients not listed on the label, 30 of the 44 products had ingredient substitutions, and some contained contaminants that posed health risks to users [6].
Some manufacturers are trying to develop industrywide quality-assurance standards, but possible solutions are a long way off.
Regulation Is Minimal
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 included herbal products in its definition of "dietary supplements," even though herbs have little or no nutritional value. (The bill was spearheaded by the health-food industry in order to weaken FDA regulation of its products.) Herbal or other botanical ingredients include processed or unprocessed plant parts (bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, and stems) as well as extracts and essential oils. They are available as teas, powders, tablets, capsules, and elixirs, and may be marketed as single substances or combined with other herbs, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, or non-nutrient ingredients. Products containing multiple herbal ingredients may produce adverse effects that are impossible to predict. A 1999 survey by Prevention magazine found that 12% of herbal remedy users reported adverse reactions [7].
The manufacture of prescription and over-the-counter drugs is closely regulated by the FDA, But herbal products are not [8]. Even the fact that an herb is known to be toxic does not ensure its removal from the marketplace. When the FDA concludes that an herb is dangerous, it usually issues a warning rather than a ban. Several years ago, the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition maintained a database of reports the FDA has received of adverse events associated with the use of dietary supplements and herbal products. However, the database is no longer posted because the FDA could not be certain that the reported problems were caused by the products or had occurred for other reasons.
Much Unreliable Information
To make a rational decision about an herbal product, it would be necessary to know what it contains, whether it is safe, and whether it has been demonstrated to be as good or better than pharmaceutical products available for the same purpose. For most herbal ingredients this information is incomplete or unavailable. Even worse, most published information about herbs is unreliable. The late Varro E. Tyler, Ph.D., former dean of the Purdue University School of Pharmacy and a leading authority on pharmacognosy (the science of medicines from natural sources), observed:
More misinformation about the safety and efficacy of herbs is reaching the public currently than at any previous time, including the turn-of-the-century heyday of patent medicines. The literature promoting herbs includes pamphlets, magazine articles, and books ranging in quality from cheaply printed flyers to elaborately produced studies in fine bindings with attractive illustrations. Practically all of these writings recommend large numbers of herbs for treatment based on hearsay, folklore, and tradition. The only criterion that seems to be avoided in these publications is scientific evidence. Some writings are so comprehensive and indiscriminate that they seem to recommend everything for anything. Even deadly poisonous herbs are sometimes touted as remedies, based on some outdated report or a misunderstanding of the facts. Particularly insidious is the myth that there is something almost magical about herbal drugs that prevents them, in their natural state, from harming people [9].
Two of Tyler's books (The Honest Herbal and Herbs of Choice) summarize what is known about many commonly used herbs, as do several published guidebooks for professionals. However, for most substances, not enough is known to make well-informed decisions about their use. The American Botanical Council, which markets many science-based herbal guidebooks, includes several unreliable books in its otherwise valuable catalog. In 1996, I asked the council's executive director Mark Blumenthal to purge the catalog of books that contain highly irresponsible or quack advice. When he refused, I made a similar request to Tyler, who was a member of the Council's 7-person board of trustees. But the books I complained about remained in the catalog, and several other quacky ones were added.
A study published in 2002 found that many sites located by searching for "herbs" and "cancer cure" contained illegal claims [10]. I advise consumers to ignore advice from anyone who has a financial interest in the sale of dietary supplements, herbs, or homeopathic products.
Researchers from Harvard have evaluated claims made on 443 Web sites located by searching for information about eight widely used herbal supplements (ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort, echinacea, ginseng, garlic, saw palmetto, kava kava, and valerian root) [11]. The researchers concluded:
- Among 443 sites, 338 (76%) were retail sites either selling product or directly linked to a vendor.
- 273 (81%) of the 338 retail Web sites made 1 or more health claims, with 149 (44%) claiming to treat, prevent, diagnose, or cure specific diseases.
- More than half (153/292; 52%) of sites with a health claim omitted the legally required standard federal disclaimer.
- Nonretail sites were more likely than retail sites to include literature references, but only 52 (12%) of the 443 Web sites provided referenced information without a link to a distributor or vendor.
- Consumers may be misled by vendors' claims that herbal products can treat, prevent, diagnose, or cure specific diseases, despite regulations prohibiting such statements. Physicians should be aware of this widespread and easily accessible information.
- More effective regulation is required to put this class of therapeutics on the same evidence-based footing as other medicinal products.
The involvement of drug companies into the herbal marketplace may improve standardization of dosage for a few products. And public and professional interest in herbs is likely to stimulate more research. However, with safe and effective medicines available, treatment with herbs rarely makes sense, and many of the conditions for which herbs are recommended are not suitable for self-treatment.
Reliable Information Sources
- The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database is available online and in print [12] for $92 per year (or $151 for both versions). The online version is updated daily, while the print version is updated several times a year. A review noted that the 1999 book covered 964 herbs and dietary supplements, of which only 15% had been proven safe and only 11% had been proven effective for the indications for which they are used [13]. In 2005, Harrriet Hall, M.D., noted that only about 5% of the substances listed in the 2007 book were rated effective and most of these were either vitamins, minerals, or substances that were also ingredients in standard drugs [14]. The current edition covers about 1,100.
- AboutHerbs: This Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) database has more than 300 entries about herbs, dietary supplements, and "alternative" cancer treatments. Each item provides details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. "Professional" and consumer versions are provided, but most of the professional information is readily understandable by laypersons. The articles have less information than their counterparts in the Natural Medicines database, but they are researched and written quite well.
- Herbal Medicines (3nd edition), which contains 152 herbal monographs, can be ordered at a discount through Quackwatch.
- ConsumerLab.com: Does product evaluations, including laboratory tests of ingredient levels.
Reviews of Books to Avoid
- Chicken Soup & Other Folk Remedies (Joan and Lydia Wilen)
- The Complete German Commission E Monographs (Klein and Riggins)
- The Complete Medicinal Herbal (Ody)
- Earl Mindell's Herb Bible (Mindell)
- The English Physician (Nicholas Culpeper)
- Natural Healing with Herbs (Santillo)
- PDR for Herbal Medicines (Fleming)
- Good Housekeeping Institute. New Good Housekeeping Institute study finds drastic discrepancy in potencies of popular herbal supplement. News release, Consumer Safety Symposium on Dietary Supplements and Herbs, New York City, March 3, 1998.
- Monmaney T. Labels' potency claims often inaccurate, analysis finds. Spot check of products finds widely varying levels of key ingredient. But some firms object to testing method and defend their brands' quality. Los Angeles Times, Aug 31, 1998.
- Gurley BJ and others. Content versus label claims in ephedra-containing dietary supplements. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists 57:963-969, 2000. [PDF]
- Roffman GE. Herbal remedy ripoffs. D Magazine, April 2000.
- Garrard S and others. Variations in product choices of frequently purchased herbs: Caveat emptor. Archives of Internal Medicine 163:2290-2295, 2003.
- Newmaster SG and others. DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products. BMC Medicine 11:222, 2013.
- Survey of Consumer Use of Dietary Supplements. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1999.
- Hasegawa GR. Uncertain quality of dietary supplements: History repeated. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists 57:951 2000.
- Tyler VE. The overselling of herbs. In Barrett S, Jarvis T, editors: The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1993.
- Bonakdar RA. Herbal cancer cures on the Web: Noncompliance with the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. Family Medicine 34:522-527, 2002.
- Morris CA, Avorn J. Internet marketing of herbal products. JAMA 290:1505-1509, 2003.
- Jellin JM, Batz F, Hitchens K, editors. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. Stockton, CA: Therapeutic Research Faculty, 1999.
- Marty AT. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database (book review). JAMA 283:2992-2993, 2000.
- Hall HA. Diet supplements or nutritional supplements: A ruse by any other name is still a ruse. Science-Based Medicine Blog, Feb 2, 2011.
Reader Response (2/14/00)
You, sir, are the quack. How could you even think of saying, "With safe and effective medicines available, treatment with herbs rarely makes sense."? The correct statement would be: "With all those dangerous drugs available, with all those terrible side effects, treatment with herbs is the only choice." All pharmaceuticals are toxic to the human body. Over 150,000 hospital patients die every year from taking the prescribed dosage of a drug prescribed to them by their doctor. Drugs have their place—in emergencies only—or when a condition has become so bad that the patient is willing to deal with the side effects in order to treat the main problem. Modern "medicine" is more of a scam than herbal medicine could ever be. If people with health problems would stay away from drug stores and spend more time in health food stores, people would live longer, stay healthier, and have a better quality of life. Talk to the men who take blood pressure "medicine" and can no longer get an erection. Talk to the relatives of the men who died from taking viagra. Drugs only address the symptoms, herbs address the cause. Drugs simply mask the symptoms, herbs assist in the healing.
I have a B.S. in education from Indiana State University, have been studying natural medicine for 17 years, and have been working as a health food store manager and nutritional consultant for 7 years. My disdain for pharmaceutical industry is the result of hearing the horror stories of my customers about the side effects of the drugs they have used. Many of the herb shop customers of today are people who have had bad experiences with prescription drugs and/or doctors who won't listen to or work with them. In a way i am thankful for the drug industry, because they drive many people into health food stores. I don't mean to imply that there is no place for drugs, because there definitely is a place for them. However drugs should be the last resort.
This article was revised on November 23, 2013.


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Sunday Brunch: Brown Sugar Breakfast Cakelets Recipe
In my ongoing quest to squeeze more dessert into the daym—also known as operation "take the caftan, leave the bikini"—I've been casting about for a nice non-coffeecake breakfast cake involving strawberries. So far, my favorite one is this easy brown sugar cake from Sally Schneider's The Improvisational Cook, which I baked up in a muffin tin. I split each cakelet and filled it with a schmear of improvised brown sugar cream cheese frosting and a spoonful of strawberries for a brunch dessert that doesn't feel too terribly over-the-top to indulge in midday.
There's no improving on real strawberry shortcake, of course, but these cakelets are their own brand of delicious. (And, unlike biscuits, they need not be baked at the very last minute). The tender brown cake, which can be baked instead as a 9-inch round (35-40 minutes at 350°), is also excellent with no adornment at all. But if you do want to put it all together, a pound of strawberries, chopped and tossed with a spoonful of sugar, will be the right amount. Strawberry shortcake calls for the most precious and fragrant fruit you can find, but here
- Yield:12
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 plus 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 large eggs, preferably room temperature
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup whole milk mixed with 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons plain yogurt
Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease and flour a standard 12-cup muffin tin (you can use a bit of the melted flour and a teaspoon or two of the flour to do this).
Put the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and whisk well to combine thoroughly.
Crack the eggs into a bowl and whisk until blended and frothy. Whisk in the sugar and beat until well blended, about 1 minute.
Whisk the flour mixture into the egg-sugar mixture, using as few strokes as possible and stopping just before the two are fully combined. Then whisk in the milk-yogurt mixture, the melted butter, and the vanilla. Pour the batter into the muffin tin; each well will be a little more than half full.
Bake for 15 minutes, or until a tester emerges clean. Set the muffin tin on a rack for 1 minute and then use a knife to flip each cakelet sideways in its well to cool completely.
Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting
-makes barely enough for 12 cakelets-
Beat all ingredients together until uniformly combined, soft, and fluffy. Use immediately or store in refrigerator.
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