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Art of the Western World "White Garment of Churches" Part I: With the fall of the Roman empire, Christianity flourished with the Church as patron of monumental Romanesque architecture and sculpture. nPart II: The origin of Gothic architecture is found in the choir of the Abbey Church of St. Denis and the Chartres Cathedral serves as a model of High Gothic style. D
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Athens and Delphi" Rudy climbs the Acropolis, prowls the Plaka and cheers Greece's best folk dancers. On the Peloponnesian Peninsula, he scopes out a charming port and visits epic ruins of King Agamemnon.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "London: Mod and Trad" Rick checks out the Millennium Bridge, banters with Beefeaters at the Tower of London and strolls trendy South Bank.G
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Smart Travels - Pacific Rim With Rudy Maxa "San Francisco" Rudy finds the place locals call The City revels in art, diversity and food. He learns about the famed sourdough bread and tours Alcatraz Island. He finds Chinatown a feast for the senses, stops at Italian cafes in North Beach and strolls through the Haight neighborhood.G
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Barcelona and Costa Brava" From tapas bars to surrealist art, Rudy finds that Barcelona simmers with beautiful beaches, medieval mazes and hypnotic architecture. Then he heads north to Costa Brava.G
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Globe Trekker "Panama & Colombia" Megan explores two countries that are refreshingly untouched by mass tourism.G
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Time to Grill" Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Grilled Bone-In Pork Roast. Then, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top pick for whole fish baskets in the Equipment Corner. Next, gadget guru Lisa McManus reveals her favorite summertime kitchen gadgets. D
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Simply Ming "Tofu & Parsley" Guest Chef: Tony Maws. Tofu, one of the most versatile ingredients in the Eastern world, is paired with the Western basic, parsley, to create three "All-In-One" dishes. In this episode, Ming prepares a healthy Layered Salad with Green Goddess Tofu Dressing and uses firm tofu for a Tofu Greek Salad. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Market to Table" Joanne's day begins at the farmer's market and she shows us a fresh sugar snap pea soup. Then she works with her student Kyle to perfect his pasta techniques making a fresh fettuccine with asparagus, prosciutto, and lemon creme fraiche. Recipes: Sugar Snap Pea Soup with Mint and Meyer Lemon Oil and Fresh Fettuccine with Asparagus Ribbons and Lemon Creme Fraiche. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Switzerland's Jungfrau Region: Best of the Alps" Rick is in the sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps, with cows on breathtaking ridges. He settles into a traditional village where locals scythe hay by hand. He hikes, bikes and parasails, then blasts an alphorn.G


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Antonetta (Salvaggio) Caromile, age 92, of Roma Street, Bristol, died November 10, 2012 at the Silver Creek Manor Nursing Home, Bristol. She was the wife of the late Louis Caromile.
Born in Bristol, and a lifelong resident, she was a daughter of the late Jacquim "Jack " and Emily (Cirillo) Salvaggio. Antonetta was a homemaker and a hairdresser. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and Antonetta also loved cooking for her family.
She will be sadly missed by her son, Joseph Caromile and his wife, Laura of Warwick and her daughter, Lou Ann Cortellessa and her husband, Domenic of Bristol; her grandchildren, Michael J., Stephen L., Jonathan E., Bethany L. Caromile and Robert Cortellessa; her great-grandchildren, Presley M. and Vincent M. Cortellessa and a brother, Alphonse Salvaggio of Bristol. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Salvaggio.
Funeral services were held from the Sansone Funeral Home, 192 Wood Street, Bristol, November 14, 2012 with a Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 141 State Street, Bristol. Burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery Chestnut Street, Bristol.
Memorial contributions may be made to Silver Creek Manor, "Activities Fund", 7 Creek lane, Bristol, RI 02809 or Alzheimer's Association, RI Chapter, 245 Waterman St, Suite 306, Providence, RI 02906. For online condolences, shared memories, information or directions go to www.sansonefuneralhome.com

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The origins
In 1951, Achille Maramotti, freshly graduated in law, decided to dedicate himself to haute couture; a family passion passed down from his great-grandmother Marina Rinaldi, who in the late nineteenth century operated a luxury fashion house in the heart of Reggio Emilia. His desire was to produce high-quality manufactured women's clothing. This was a somewhat avant-garde idea in the Italy of the time, where fashion was still an exclusively hand-crafted activity.The Max Mara' s headquarters in via Fratelli Cervi, Reggio Emilia, photograph from the Sixties.
Images from the Max Mara Fall/Winter 1957-1958 Collection
The very first collection, a camel coat and a geranium red suit, incorporated the ideals of future production: essential and precise, clean cuts and decisive lines. French inspired designs, but reinvented through the lens of traditional Italian style. The success was immediate.
"Arianna" editorial Max Mara collections Fall/Winter 1960
In the sixties, Max Mara evolved the production techniques, and at the same time, the range of products: alongside the typically mannish broad double-breasted coats were small collections, which comprised elegant suits as well as more sporting lines.
Max Mara Pop collection Fall/Winter 1965-66
In these years the creative staff was also enriched, and outstanding personalities, such as Luciano Soprani, Lison Bonfis, Graziella Fontana and Emanuelle Khan began to collaborate on the development of the collections and new lines such as "Pop" and "My Fair". A decade further on, and stylistic collaborations included Anne Marie Beretta, Nanni Strada, Guy Paulin, Jacques Delahaye, Jean Charles de Castelbajac and others. All the contributors increased the value of the brand, but without self-promotion, following the company philosophy: visibility of the brand, more than individual names.
Max Mara advertising campaign Fall/Winter 1976
The Max Mara advertising campaign Fall/Winter 1976 by photographer Sarah Moon.
The Sportmax advertising campaigns Fall/Winter 1970 and 1971 by photographer Sarah Moon
At the end of the sixties, when London was the capital of ideas and fashion, Achille Maramotti was again amongst the first to seize the creative ferment, and transferred a new collection there, thanks to the help of Laura Lusuardi, today fashion coordinator of the Group . It was a new concept: Sportmax, dedicated to young women who wanted to individualise their look.
The Original sketch of the coat model 101801
The eighties saw the birth of one of the symbols of the Maison, the double-breasted coat "101801", created by Anne Marie Beretta, with kimono sleeves in mixed cashmere wool, unquestioned best seller and now offered in every winter collection without modification.
MM Magazine
In 1989 Max Mara launches the first issue of MM Magazine, the house organ still nowadays a fashion bible for the loyal customery.
Carla Bruni models at the Max Mara Fall/Winter 1993-1994 campaign photographed by Max Vadukul
The nineties saw a strong consolidation of the Group. The famous photographers such as Peter Lindbergh, Arthur Elgord and Richard Avedon, they are called to interpret the advertising campaigns of the brand.
Linda Evangelista models the Max Mara Fall/Winter 1997-1998 campaign
Linda Evangelista models the Max Mara Fall/Winter 1997-1998 campaign photographed by Steven Meisel.
Max Mara Fall/Winter 1998-1999 campaign
The Max Mara Fall/Winter 1998-1999 campaign photographed by Richard Avedon.
"Coats! Max Mara, 55 years of Italian Fashion"
"Coats! Max Mara, 55 years of Italian Fashion" is launched at the Kultureforum in Berlin, Germany 2006 The exhibition celebrates Max Mara's rich history and features coats from the Max Mara archives
Max Mara Fall/Winter 2004-05 and 2007-08 campaigns
Max Mara Fall/Winter 2004-05 and 2007-08 campaigns photographed by Craig McDean.
Max Mara Fall/Winter 2005-2006 campaign
The Max Mara Fall/Winter 2005-2006 campaign photographed by Craig McDean.
Max Mara Art Prize for Women
In March 2007, the Max Mara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with the Whitechapel of London was the recipient of the prestigious British Council Arts & Business International Award. The Max Mara Art Prize for Women, in collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery, reflects Max Mara's close relationship with the worlds both of women and of art. The prize – awarded every two years and open to all art forms – aims to encourage and support emerging women artists who live and work in the United Kingdom.
Max Mara Fall/Winter 2009-2010 campaign
The Max Mara Fall/Winter 2009-2010 campaign photographed by Mario Sorrenti.
Max Mara Fall/Winter 2010-2011 campaign
The Max Mara Fall/Winter 2010-2011 campaign photographed by Mario Sorrenti.
The Max Mara Fall/Winter 2013-2014 campaign photographed by Mario Sorrenti
Today, Max Mara is a model and reference point for Italian and international prèt-a-porter; the passion and determination of the founder has been enthusiastically seized by the new generation, continuing the innovative traditions started 60 years ago.
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Rock it MGM!
I don't know what the books are drinking but this reminds me of the Davidson line a while back. Charlotte can seriously disrupt an oposing offense and keep it's SP down below season avg.
The A-10 isn't a total powerhouse but a lot of good teams in that div. This line has no business being more than 4 at most. Looks like a solid pick there MGM.
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I wanted to do a column on Syria and the reluctance of the Canadian government to enter into the fray. Make no mistake about, it will be a mess. And a standoff with Russia is as desirable as getting a frontal lobotomy immediately after a colonoscopy. (It wouldn't be so bad if the lobotomy came first.)
When the invasion of Iraq took place many years ago, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien refused to participate, causing animosity between Canada and the U.S.
"It was not sanctioned by the United Nations," Chretien said in defense of his position. I agreed with him, and now we have one heck of a mess. Every time I see a coffin come home with the body of a courageous American man or woman inside it, I get mad. "Beyond words," to quote Stephen Black.
Back in the heady days of the invasion, I wrote a column for another news organization that I directed to the American citizenry, attempting to ease the tensions between these two nations by pointing out the vast number of ways the people of both countries are so very much the same. I wanted to use that column in this space today in light of the situation with Syria, but unfortunately I can't find it. So Syria will have to wait. My wife will be happy.
"Don't write on Syria," she said to me the other day. "You write on a lot of serious issues. Why don't you do something funny?" (Because I'm not that funny?)
I know what she thinks is funny. If I fell down the stairs, she'd laugh her head off. She's done it. But I can't fall down the stairs on these pages, so she'll have to settle for other examples of me falling metaphorically.
I've been writing here for about six months, but you, dear reader, don't really know that much about me. So I'll try to explain something of myself.
I'm brilliant. Yes. I am. I can give you two examples of that.
In 1988, I planned to kayak down the Mississippi River, and my father picked me up at my friend's house in Winnipeg to drive me to Lake Itasca, the headwaters of Old Man River. I was packing my gear in his car when he asked me, "Did you make a list of everything you need so you don't forget anything?"
List? I had never been so insulted! I had been on more than a dozen paddling trips. Who did he think he was talking to?
"Who do you think you are talking to?" I asked indignantly, shaking my head. He shook his own head, and off we went.
About halfway out of the city, I got to thinking that the old boy may not be so stupid. (He thinks that about me, so it's only fair.) I did a mental checklist to see if I remembered all my gear, and slowly, reluctantly, came to the conclusion, the horrifying conclusion, that I had left both my tent and sleeping bag under my friend's bed. My heart was completely sunk.
I was so loath to tell Pops that I had forgotten those two items so very crucial to the expedition that I racked my brain for some way to carry on without them. Maybe I could find a blanket and a tarp. Maybe it wouldn't rain. Maybe … regretfully, there was no way to do it, and I had to admit it.
"Ughhh, Dad …"
He laughed and shook his head. I thought that might be the end of it, but to this day, 25 years later, when I introduce him to someone new, he relates the story within five minutes. It begins with "This guy …" and ends with laughter all round, except for me.
Oh yes, I'm brilliant. My brother is just as brilliant as me. Fishing on the lake one day, he noticed a bunch of blue corks bobbing around the prop of our outboard engine. He was driving, and he called me to the back of the boat.
"Hey Bruce, look at this," he said. We both looked at the prop and the corks, nobody looking at where we were going. "Where do think they're coming from?" We had yet to take the boat out of gear.
"I have no idea," I told him. And I didn't. It took us two geniuses five minutes to discover we were running along our own net, destroying it. Brilliant. (Is it possible I have the definition of that word wrong?)
In the interest of sharing something more about myself, I have to admit that I'm not the tallest man, at least not as tall as my sons. It doesn't bother me that I'm shorter than the lads — no Napoleonic complex for me.
Who cares how tall I am? When I was a young, single man, every girlfriend I ever had assured me that size is not all that important. I thought it was kinda strange that they all said almost exactly the same thing.
"Don't worry, Bruce, " they would sigh. "Size isn't all that important, anyway."
I certainly felt reassured about my height.
Yeah, brilliant.
Countries can be just as brilliant. It's a terrifying thought that a decision to go to war could be a wrong decision because the outcome can be so horrific. There must be another way. Look under the bed, take the boat out of gear, it doesn't matter how big you are.
The geniuses who run all the countries involved in the Syria horror show need to find a peaceful way. Let's not fall down the stairs. It's hardly funny.
Bruce Benson is a Canadian writer and journalist who makes Hendersonville his home. Reach him at bensonusa@ hotmail.com.
Let's try not to be 'brilliant' this time
I wanted to do a column on Syria and the reluctance of the Canadian government to enter into the fray. Make no mistake about, it will be a mess. And a standoff with Russia is as desirable as getting a frontal lobotomy immediately after a colonoscopy. (It wouldn't be so bad if the lobotomy came first.)


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Just ask the 12 retired friends who started riding the waves on their boogie boards in Pacific Beach 15 years ago. When they originally took to their boards together, most were in their late 50s.
"We were 'children,'" group members agree, adding that since then, many of them have been through an assortment of health issues and surgeries. Although not everyone comes regularly anymore, group members do keep in touch.
They're at the shore on Tuesdays during the summer and fall, behind the Capri by the Sea condominium, starting at about 1 p.m.
With the water starting to cool off, they say it's almost time to don their wetsuits. But despite the dropping temperatures, they didn't waste any time on a recent Tuesday braving the 69-degree to 71-degree water and two- to three-foot waves.
There would be plenty of time afterward to sit on the beach and visit with the four or so regulars and the eight others who brought their boards for one of their reunions. And there would be plenty of time after the season ends to return to indoor exercise.
Lonna McKenna, 71, is the group's organizer. She grew up in South Mission Beach, where she's enjoyed boogie boarding for years. Then, when she retired along with her contemporaries, "We found out we have this common interest."
"The first time I was ever on a boogie board, I was 74," said Ann Lampkin, now 76. "I could no longer backpack or ski."
The best part of boogie boarding, the friends agree, is the camaraderie.
"I finally have friends to do something with," one of the women said.
Lampkin added, "They all die off."
The group comes from the beach area and as far away as downtown San Diego, San Carlos, El Cajon and Rancho Penasquitos. When she left El Cajon that morning, Lampkin said, "It was 98 degrees. There's a reason for driving this far."
Ingrid Galchenko, 74, agreed.
"I love the exercise and being outside and I love the water," she said.
Though Galchenko had surgery that left her with screws in both hips, she joked she's not afraid the salt water will rust them.
Charlotte Cowan, 72, said she used to swim at La Jolla Cove. Her son, the owner of the local South Coast Surf Shop, got her interested in boogie boarding. Now, she gets her wetsuits and boogie boards from him.
Lori McKenna, 66, who moved to Point Loma three years ago from Sacramento, said, "The group took me under their wing. I didn't know anyone here, so it was kind of nice."
It's not too hard to learn to boogie board, group members said. In fact, Luise Marchi, 76, said she taught her then-80-year-old sister how to do it when she visited three years ago.
Unfortunately, says Sue Sprouse, 70, "[Unfortunately], I have to move to the gym in the winter," said 70-year-old Sue Sprouse.
Marchi said boogie boarding is a great sport for older people, pointing out that it's not dangerous.
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey tells the story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. From a beach in Florida she rides the Gulf Stream to the frozen north, swimming around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and then back to the beach where she was born. Just one in a thousand turtles will make it safely home.
Following the film, staff from The Living Planet Aquarium will join us to share the story of their rescued green sea turtle and answer your turtle questions.
Directed by Nick Stringer
Run Time: 81 min
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Official Selection at film festivals around the world. "Turtle" was a popular selection in the Utah Film Center's Tumbleweeds Film Festival last March. Take a break from holiday mania to take your child for an incredible journey!
Science Movie Night is presented by the Natural History Museum of Utah in partnership with the Utah Film Center. We thank the Salt Lake City Public Library, our presenting sponsor.
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How many times have you promised yourself you were going to lose weight, and maybe even did, but then put it all back on… and more?
Attention Men & Women Over Age 50 Struggling To Lose Weight...
How did you feel when you woke up this morning?
Were you refreshed and able to jump out of bed…
…or did it take a while to force yourself up and out of bed, after being rudely shaken out of your slumber by that stupid alarm clock buzz, buzz, buzzing in your ear?
Did your body feel "young" and energetic as you got up, or...
...Were you achy and groggy from another restless night's sleep?
When you looked yourself in the mirror, did you see a fresh, young face, or…
…Did you stagger into the bathroom, ankles and knees creaking , hunched over from back pain and tightness, and see an old version of yourself staring back through the mirror ? With bags under your eyes, dry & graying hair, wrinkled & dry skin?
When you looked down as you got dressed did you see a fit, lean, and healthy body, or…
… Did you see an ever-growing stomach, soft, "flabby" fat, and a body that's become weak, tired and soft?
What goes through your mind as you look at yourself?
Are you happy with the way you look and feel, or…
… Are you frustrated by your life, with your lack of health, and with your inability to lose weight and keep it off?
Do you mumble to yourself, "What the hell? How did I get to look and feel like this? "
Are you at ease and peaceful, or stressed as you get ready for your day?
Do you have to drink multiple cups of coffee before you can even think about being productive and nice?
Do you drink more throughout the day, or even worse, use energy drinks and soda, because you have wild energy swings where you go from feeling good and energetic… to crashing and feeling like you need a nap?
Do you get winded easy? Lose your breath after you've gone up a flight of stairs, or as you rush out the door to your car?
How's your digestion? Do you have comfortable bowel movements, or is your life all about digestive issues like constipation, bloating, bouts of diarrhea, and indigestion?
How many times have you promised yourself you were going to lose weight, and maybe even did, but then put it all back on… and more?
Your gut & stubborn belly fat...
There is growing evidence showing the connection between a "leaky" gut and issues such as weight gain, thyroid problems, Type-2 Diabetes, a lack of energy, digestion problems (constipation, bloating, gas, diarrhea, indigestion, etc.).
Basically, your gut works like this…
Your entire digestive system, from your mouth to your hind end, is one long tube that's actually outside your body… even though it's inside.
This long tube has very strong barriers that keep toxic substances OUT of your body, and when these barriers are damaged, as in the case of leaky gut, then food particles and toxins that are not supposed to make it into your blood stream and lymph system, are there, which then makes organs like your liver have to work double time to get rid of this toxicity.
This heavy workload then makes your liver get sluggish and bogged down (imagine yourself having to do the job of 10 people in half the time and how that would make you feel)…
When your liver gets sluggish it makes it nearly IMPOSSIBLE to burn fat, because that's where your fat gets processed…
… but it all starts in your gut.
Your intestines have small hair-like features that line their walls that help shuttle food along, aid in digestion, and help shuttle nutrients from your digestive system into your bloodstream to be used by your body.
Unfortunately the foods you eat, including many foods falsely labeled as "healthy", as well as too much stress, a lack of sleep, too much alcohol, a lack of Vitamin D, and more can damage this delicate system...
... Causing toxins to be "leaked" into your body, leading to weight gain, an inability to LOSE weight, achy joints, constipation, bloating, rapidly aging skin, zero energy, hormone problems, etc.
What foods can lead to such a horrible situation?
The biggest culprits are the "health foods" you eat every day, and have been told are the healthiest by big food corporations, your doctor, health teachers, and even the government.
You often hear vague claims in the news that "sugar is bad for you" or that "wheat and gluten are bad for you", but do you truly understand what these foods do to your insides?
Most people DON'T understand the reasons...
...and the fact is that some of the foods you're going to discover can not only DESTROY your digestive system, but also hormones and metabolism.
Not only that, but as you'll see below, there's a common plant-based food that you probably eat in restaurants frequently (I bet you ate this at least ONCE in the last week), and this common plant food is proven to CAUSE heart attacks!
You'll also discover exactly what to eat in a way that BOOSTS your metabolism, balances hormones, FIGHTS stubborn belly fat, heals your gut, and increases your energy, regardless of your "bad genetics".
So let's get right to it…
The 3 reasons you should NEVER eat wheat -- Yes, even "whole wheat"
There are 3 main reasons why wheat is a terrible food for your body and does more harm than good...
Reason #1 -- Wheat causes blood sugar disruption, Glycation of your cells, increases AGING, weight gain & boosts Diabetes risk
Before I tell you why wheat can actually speed up the aging process in your body, let's clarify some simple biochemistry in your body...
This deals with "glycation" in your body, and substances called Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs). These nasty little compounds called AGEs speed up the aging process in your body including damage over time to your organs, your joints, and of course, wrinkled skin.
So with that said, what is one of the biggest factors that increase production of AGEs inside your body?
This may surprise you, but high blood sugar levels over time dramatically increase age-accelerating AGEs in your body.
This is why type 2 diabetics many times appear that they have not aged well and look older than their real age. But this age-increasing effect is NOT just limited to diabetics.
So, let's get back to how "whole wheat" relates to this...
Here is a little-known fact that's often covered up by the massive marketing campaigns by giant food companies that want you to believe that "whole wheat" is healthy for you...
... But the fact is that wheat contains a very unusual type of carbohydrate (not found in other foods) called Amylopectin-A , which has been found in some tests to spike your blood sugar HIGHER than even pure table sugar.
In fact, amylopectin-A (from wheat) raises your blood sugar MORE than almost any other carbohydrate source on earth based on blood sugar response testing that's documented in studies.
This means that wheat-based foods such as breads, bagels, cereals, muffins, and other baked goods often cause MUCH higher blood sugar levels than most other carbohydrate sources.
If you don't believe me, here's something you should know... I ran personal blood sugar tests on myself using a blood glucometer about 45 minutes after eating 2 slices of wheat bread vs eating a bowl of oatmeal, with equivalent grams of carbohydrates.
The blood sugar test results of wheat vs oatmeal:
2 slices of whole wheat toast :
45 minutes after consumption: Blood sugar spiked from 86 fasting level to 155
1 Bowl of Oatmeal (equivalent grams of carbs to 2 slices wheat toast)
45 minutes after consumption: Blood sugar increased from 86 fasting level to 112
As you know now, the higher your average blood sugar levels are over time, the more AGEs are formed inside your body, which makes you age FASTER.
Clearly, the whole wheat spiked blood sugar MUCH higher than the oatmeal, and if you don't know, 155 is a massive blood sugar reading that will certainly contribute to faster aging if you eat wheat frequently... and most people eat wheat without even thinking about it at almost EVERY meal...Yikes!
Not only that, but the high blood sugar spikes caused by wheat also makes your body pump out more insulin which makes you pack on more body fat ... Not fun at all!
These massive blood sugar spikes from eating wheat daily also cause damage over time to your blood sugar regulation system, harming your pancreas, causing insulin resistance, and eventually causing type 2 Diabetes . I think we have a strong case against eating so-called "healthy" wheat!
Reason #2 -- Gluten and other gut-damaging compounds
The topic of gluten is on fire in the media lately...
...But most people are confused as to whether there's any real health risks with gluten for the average person that doesn't have Celiac disease.
The truth is that even if you are not officially "gluten intolerant " or "gluten sensitive ", there are hundreds of published studies that indicate that gluten can cause inflammation in your digestive system , and even cause "permeability" in your gut, which can lead to a health condition that's on the rise lately called Leaky Gut , as well as other digestive issues and autoimmune problems.
Scientists theorize that the reason gluten is causing these digestive system problems is due to the excessive hybridization of wheat over the last 50 years, which has created newly modified gluten molecules that are foreign to the human digestive system compared to the ancient wheat that humans ate for several thousand years historically, and even compared to the wheat that your grandparents ate 50+ years ago.
Reason #3 -- Antinutrients and mineral blockers in wheat
The third reason that wheat is terrible for you is that it contains what's called "antinutrients", which are naturally occurring compounds in the wheat plant, but can cause undesirable effects in humans that eat too much of them.
One of these antinutrients is called phytates , which blocks the absorption in your body of certain minerals like zinc, iron, manganese, and calcium if you eat wheat too often.
Again, most people eat wheat with almost every meal (cereal in the morning, bread on sandwich at lunch, and pasta or bread at dinner), so this can cause a mineral deficiency in your body over time that leads to many health conditions.
Wheat has other mineral blockers and antinutrients aside from phytates, such as lectins. Lectins are another constituent of wheat that causes gut irritation . Yet another reason to minimize or eliminate wheat from your diet.
There's absolutely nothing "essential" about wheat in the human diet ...It simply does more harm than good...period.
Many people often ask me... "But what about the FIBER in wheat? I thought that's why it's supposed to be healthy?"
Sorry, you can get ALL of the fiber you need from fruits, veggies, and nuts, without the digestive system damage and massive blood sugar issues that are caused by wheat.
The 3 reasons you should NEVER use Vegetable Oils...
Although vegetable oil has a healthy sounding name, it's NOT made from vegetables...As you might already know, vegetable oil actually comes from any combination of corn oil, soybean oil, canola oil, safflower oil, and/or cottonseed oil, ALL of which are absolutely terrible for your health.
In fact, they are downright deadly , and I'm not exaggerating. Here's why...
Reason #1 -- Vegetable oils usually contain deadly trans fats, even if non-hydrogenated
You already KNOW that trans fats are deadly, so I won't go into all of the science as to why trans fats kill you and DAMAGE your cell membranes in your body...leading to all sorts of scary health problems like cancer, obesity, Alzheimer's, heart disease , and more.
Knowing these facts, I'm sure you already know to stay away from foods that contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. You've heard that a million times before.
However, what you probably DON'T know is that even non-hydrogenated vegetable oils (all vegetable oils are refined) also contain some trans fats due to the extremely high heat, solvents, and pressure they are exposed to during the refining process. And yes, this includes so-called "expeller pressed" vegetable oils as well.
All of this high heat and high pressure processing along with the use of hexane solvents actually forces some of the polyunsaturated content of vegetable oils (yes, even so-called "healthy" canola oil) to be transformed into trans fats and something even worse that we'll talk about in a minute called "MegaTrans".
According to Dr. Mary Enig, PhD, and Nutritional Biochemist, "Although the Canadian government lists the trans fat content of canola at a minimal 0.2 percent, research at the University of Florida at Gainesville, found trans fat levels as high as 4.6 percent in commercial liquid canola oil ".
And this is the garbage that the government and giant food conglomerates are marketing to you as a "healthy oil"! Don't fall for it.
Reason #2 -- Vegetable oils contain oxidized "mutated fats" that are worse than trans fat & CAUSE heart attacks
All vegetable oils contain oxidized fats due to the refining process and chemical reactions with the polyunsaturated fat content of vegetable oils.
Expert Nutrition author, Catherine Shanahan, MD, calls the fats in vegetable oils "MegaTrans", because they are similar in chemistry to trans fats, but even WORSE.
And MegaTrans from vegetable oils are found in almost ALL processed packaged foods, as well as virtually ALL restaurant fryers.
French Fries proven to immediately harm your arteries after eating them:
Free radicals formed during the refining of vegetable oils create these "mutant" fats, which damage your cell membranes & chromosomes, and create massive inflammation in your body.
The free radicals in vegetable oils also damage your arteries, which can directly lead to a heart attack . Please be aware that this isn't just a long-term risk of eating vegetable oils daily.
There are also studies that show immediate dysfunction in your arteries, also called endothelial function.
Catherine Shanahan, MD, cites in her book Deep Nutrition a study from New Zealand that showed that subjects who ate french fries from a restaurant fryer displayed immediate harm to their endothelial function of their arteries, going from a normal 7% dilation before eating the french fries to almost NO dilation at all (only 1%) AFTER eating the french fries. This is one thing that can cause a heart attack.
If you think I'm exaggerating, think again...
Dr Shanahan also surveyed hundreds of patients that were admitted to the hospital for a heart attack, and discovered that every sing le patient that just had a heart attack had consumed foods made with vegetable oils with their last meal before the heart attack...Scary huh!
Think about THAT next time you order the fries with that sandwich on the menu! It really is THAT serious .
Always ask to replace french fries that come with most meals with side veggies, fruit, or a salad instead. That may very well be the difference between dying tomorrow or enjoying many more years on this beautiful planet.
Reason #3 -- Vegetable oils cause massive imbalances with your Omega-6 to Omega-3 fats ratio
One of the other MAJOR reasons that vegetable oils are killing you is they are mostly made up of inflammatory omega-6 fats, while having very little anti-inflammatory omega-3 fats.
The healthiest ratio from the scientific literature appears to be a ratio of 2:1 or even 1:1 for your omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. However, most vegetable oils skew your ratio as high as 20:1 or even 30:1 in favor of harmful inflammatory omega-6 fats.
And worse yet, these omega-6 fats are NOT the innocent type found in nuts, they are the "mutant" damaged MegaTrans type that harm the tissues of your body.
This Omega fat imbalance can be YET another reason why vegetable oils lead to heart disease, cancer, obesity, and many other degenerative diseases that WILL shorten your life significantly if you don't cut out the vegetable oils ASAP.
As a quick note, the solution to all of these major problems with vegetable oils is to use healthy oils like coconut oil, olive oil, macadamia oil, avocado oil, and grass-fed butter, all of which are MUCH healthier than vegetable oils and don't cause any of the problems we've described in this section of the article.
You've heard a million times from health experts, bloggers, and on the news that sugar is terrible for you, but most people don't truly understand WHY it's so bad...
In fact, most people falsely think that if they eat sugar, they can just exercise a little bit harder that day or the next day so they can "burn it off"...
Unfortunately, that kind of thinking will lead you to an early grave.
It's not as simple as just "burning off sugar"...
It's about what sugar does internally to the cells of your body, and how sugar gums up your internal workings, causing disease.
Once again, I'm not exaggerating here, so pay close attention...
If you knew exactly why sugar is so bad for you and exactly what it does to your cells in your body, I promise that you would think twice about eating that piece of cake, candy, sugary soft drink, fruit juice, or ice cream, or feeding them to your children.
Here are just a few of the reasons that sugar is killing you...
Scary stuff huh!
Of course, you already know that sugar makes you fat, and gives you excess calories without any beneficial nutrients whatsoever.
To clarify, when we talk about how much damage sugar does to your body, we're NOT talking about tiny amounts such as having 5 grams of sugar from a teaspoon of honey in your tea... Small amounts of natural sugar like that are not a problem.
The REAL damage occurs when you eat that piece of cake and ingest 40-50 grams of sugar in one sitting, or that bag of candy with 35+ grams of sugar, or that soft drink with 45 grams of sugar or more...
Or even that so-called "healthy" smoothie at the local smoothie shop that contains a whopping 80 grams of sugar because of all of the fruit syrups they use in them.
Now that you know why sugar, wheat, and vegetable oils are killing you and your family, maybe you'll think twice about eating cereals, breads, bagels, muffins, candy, and processed foods or fried foods from restaurants that are cooked in vegetable oil.
Here are some examples of foods below that you might be eating and didn't even realize they are making you fatter, and making your fat cells "sick"...
So-Called "Health Foods" That Are Causing You to GAIN More Body Fat?
I see this trend over and over again with almost every client when I first inspect their cabinets and the foods that they were buying that they thought were healthy.
What they don't realize is that it's these exact foods that are sabotaging their fat loss efforts, increasing their cravings, and throwing their hormones out of whack..
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So how do you repair your damaged digestive system and start melting away your embarrassing belly fat, while also increasing your energy, & fighting joint pain?
The simplest way is to get rid of the foods you now KNOW are damaging your system.
Second, add "fermentable fibers" to your diet, which are also called prebiotics (sweet potato, yam, yucca, etc.) and eat a lot of fermented foods like kefir, sauerkraut, and certain types of yogurt (but most yogurts found in your grocery store are simply milk with sugar and are NOT healthy) You can also supplement with probiotics, but make sure to start slow and build up.
Third, better manage your stress through better sleep patterns, exercise, and breathing techniques. Stress is known to damage your gut , so the better you handle it, the healthier your gut will be.
Fourth, start adding Turmeric to your diet, either with supplements or sprinkling the spice on your food. Turmeric aids your liver in flushing out the toxic substances that have been building there due to your damaged gut. It also fights dangerous inflammation
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In a few days, Vlad Yefremov of Hendersonville will be knee-deep in freshman classes at UNC-Chapel Hill. After spending two years at Hendersonville High then graduating from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Yefremov is more than ready to start his college career.
In a few days, Vlad Yefremov of Hendersonville will be knee-deep in freshman classes at UNC-Chapel Hill. After spending two years at Hendersonville High then graduating from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Yefremov is more than ready to start his college career.
"I'm going to major in biology with a chemistry minor and philosophy minor as well," he said. "At NCSSM I took eight biology classes. I love neurology, so to be a neurologist would be amazing, or a biomedical engineer. That's a really wide field — you make basically anything that deals with human anatomy. A heart valve would be a good example. I love stem cell research, too."
Yefremov, 18, didn't graduate from a typical high school. Located in Durham, NCSSM is a two-year junior/senior residential high school with an intensive course of study designed to give students a solid grounding in science, mathematics, language arts, history and a world language. Classes often include research in the laboratory and at advanced computer facilities.
The application process for the school is highly competitive. A selection committee made up of technology leaders and educators from across the state considers each applicant's interest in science and math, and reviews standardized test scores, past academic performance, special talents, accomplishments and extracurricular activities. There are a limited number of enrollment spaces — about 340 per class.
If accepted, students move onto the school's Durham campus to begin an intensive course of study and learn how to manage themselves as if they were going to college.
Yefremov and three other students from Henderson County recently graduated from the school.
"NCSSM definitely prepared me for UNC-Chapel Hill — very much so," Yefremov said. NCSSM "gives you a lot of freedom, but at the same time it still has the safeguards. Aside from the curfews, you have to manage your own time and you're on your own. I found that difficult at first, but now I definitely have it down. After a trimester or two, everybody nails it down."
NCSSM classmate Jaeyoung Yoo, also from Hendersonville and about to begin her freshman year at UNC-Chapel Hill, said she felt a similar sense of college readiness thanks to her experiences at NCSSM.
"I already know how living in a dorm works and how to contact my professors for help and get myself to tutoring sessions," she said. "NCSSM had very strict curfew rules. They would turn off the Internet at 1 a.m., which was good because some people were on the Internet late into the night, then they would start their homework, which would really hurt their performance. We didn't have our parents to tell us to get off the internet, so we had to develop some self-control."
After traveling to South Korea for several weeks over the summer to visit family she hasn't seen since leaving the country with her parents at age 6, Yoo, now 19, said she is "really excited to be meeting new people and to be studying again" at UNC. "I kind of missed that."
She will be taking classes in philosophy, geography, chemistry, education and Japanese. Yoo already has two years of the language under her belt thanks to NCSSM. Her major is undecided for now, but her minors are Japanese and entrepreneurship.
In terms of a future career, Yoo said, "I don't have a passion yet, but I'm currently thinking of dentistry. My sister is in the dental school here at UNC-Chapel Hill. I like the ability to fix someone's smile and their first impression and having healthy teeth." Her sister also graduated from NCSSM.
While Yoo is chomping at the bit to get back to school, fellow NCSSM grad Allison Pfotzer, 18, of Hendersonville is ready to take a year off before starting her freshman year at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. on a scholarship.
"I'm going to be living in Spain starting in September, as a nanny for three children, ages 8, 6 and 3," she said.
Pfotzer said she wants to experience the Spanish culture, travel and take Spanish lessons. She already knows some Swahili, having spent two months over the last summer in Kenya, where she taught primary school and worked at a medical clinic.
"It was an incredible experience; I can't describe it," she said. "My favorite part was the Kenyan people, other volunteers, people I met along the way, and the children. Plus, you meet people who are very likeminded and they make change happen.
"One thing I did with another volunteer from Portugal is that we raised $1,000 in a week to make a chicken coop for the school. The school can get revenue from the chicken's eggs and have protein for the kids."
The revenue was earmarked for a well pump and running electricity to the well, which the village was still working on when Pfotzer returned to the U.S.
Born and raised in England, she moved to the U.S. at age 11 and attended Rugby Middle School.
"My family is all from Green River, so I'm the exception for being out of the country," she said. "My grandmother's from Tuxedo."
After two years at West Henderson High, Pfotzer was lured to NCSSM by the promise of "more rigorous academics."
"I was kind of running out of classes to take at West and I loved the idea of living away from home," she said. "I had gone to boarding when I was little in England and living at NCSSM is like attending college early, except with a couple more rules because we're all underage. It was a fantastic experience I wish everyone could have."
At NCCSM, Pfotzer studied eating disorders in the school's research lab.
"We had a program for anorexics to help them use an app to track food intake and their moods and urges to binge or purge. They can log the urges using the app — and if they fulfilled or fought the urge and the strategy they used."
Her favorite classes were immunology and a Latin American history class, but she's not sure yet of her career direction.
After returning from Spain to attend Georgetown, she's interested in taking "a lot of liberal arts seminars and get acquainted with an array of subjects. I'm also interested in the fact that Georgetown has the only student-led bank. I'd like to look into that and see if I'm interested in business management. They have some amazing international business courses" at Georgetown.
Looking back at her time at NCSSM, Pfotzer said the school "really changed my life. It made me really grow up. They have a lot of vision in their youth. They really challenge you. You think you're going to break but instead you grow, so you can go out into the world and change things."
Back at UNC-Chapel Hill, another NCSSM grad, John Coletta, 17, is also unsure of his career path, but added, "I figure that's what college is for — to figure out what I want to do. But I've always been interested in math. It's very useful."
Coletta, from Flat Rock, said he learned about NCSSM when a representative came to Hendersonville High to give a presentation.
Coletta was intrigued about the school "because of the opportunity it provides and the academic environment. It opens up a lot of doors to do research in high school. A lot of professors there have their doctorates and know other professors in other nearby colleges that we can also talk to. The school also offered classes that aren't available at a regular high school, like multivariable calculus."
Living away from home was "an experience I very much enjoyed because it offers a slightly higher degree of freedom even though there were still rules we had to follow. It was a positive experience that helped prepare me for the independence you experience in college — having to do laundry, clean your room and eat.
"Everybody there had to apply to get in, so everybody was pretty serious about their academic performance, so it's an environment where you're constantly challenged — not only by your professors but by your peers — to achieve things that you might not have thought you could do."
Today Coletta is headed to UNC-Chapel Hill's Honors College as a Colonel Robinson Scholar, which "pretty much covers my tuition" for four years.
"Chapel Hill has a beautiful campus and there are more new people to meet and new professors," he said. "I'm excited."
Yefremov couldn't agree more.
"When you apply to college you have an open field in terms of where you want to go," he said. "But now that you're in college, you have an open field in terms of what you want to do with your life. That to me is a lot more exciting proposition."
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Nassau is the capital of The Bahamas, a member of the British Commonwealth. It is the largest city in the Bahamas and its low-rise sprawl dominates the eastern half of New Providence Island.
The climate is best described as subtropical. With a climate identical to South Florida, the area usually experinces very warm, humid weather throughout the year, with cool nights in the 40s during wintertime occasionally, and cold snaps sometimes hitting the region. Snow has been reported once.
Founded around 1650 by the British as Charles Town, the town was renamed in 1695 after Fort Nassau. Due to the Bahamas' strategic location near trade routes and its multitude of islands, Nassau soon became a popular pirates' den, and British rule was soon challenged by the self-proclaimed "Privateers Republic" under the leadership of the infamous Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. However, the alarmed British soon tightened their grip, and by 1720 the pirates had been killed or driven out.
Today, with a population of 260,000, Nassau contains nearly 80% of the population of the Bahamas. However, it's still quite low-rise and laid back, with the pretty pastel pink government buildings and the looming giant cruise ships that dock daily.
Orienting yourself in central Nassau is fairly easy. Bay Street, which runs parallel to the shore, is the main shopping street, filled with an odd mix of expensive jewelry boutiques and souvenir shops. The hill that rises behind Bay St contains most of the Bahamas' government buildings and company headquarters, while the residential Over-the-Hill district starts on the other side.
Get in
By air
Nassau's Lynden Pindling International Airport (IATA: NAS, ICAO: MYNN) is the largest airport in the Bahamas. Most major U.S. airlines (with the notable exception of Southwest) have flights to Nassau. Limited service from Toronto and London also exists.
The two most popular Fixed Based Operators (FBO) located at Lynden Pindling International Airport are Executive Flight Services and Odyssey Aviation. Air taxi and air charter companies such as Jetset Charter [12] fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals into and out of Nassau.
The airport itself has seen better days, but the free drinks occasionally served on arrival and the live band serenading the Immigration hall help set the tone. No public transport is available at the airport, but there's a list of fixed taxi fares posted at the exit. It's about US$25 and 10 mi (16 km) to most hotels in central Nassau.
On the way back, note that there are three terminal concourses: domestic and charter flights, flights to the US, and non-US international flights. US Immigration/Customs preclearance can be very time-consuming, so show up at least two hours before your flight. Security for other destinations is considerably more laid back, and an hour should suffice.
By sea
Nassau is a favorite port of call for the many cruise ships plying the Bahamas. Up to seven cruise ships can dock at the Prince George Wharf Cruise Terminal adjacent to downtown Nassau. Water taxi and yacht charter companies, such as Bahamas Boat [13], offer a variety of private crewed charters, in and around Nassau for small groups and families.
Get around
By water taxi
A water taxi service is an available alternative to a taxi to get to Paradise Island from downtown. It is picked up under the bridge and costs $6 round trip. The water taxi stops operating at 6PM.
By minibus
Minibuses (locally know as jitneys) act as the bus system of Nassau city and New Providence island. Jitneys are found on and near Bay Street. The famous #10 Jitney to Cable Beach loads passengers on George & Bay Streets (in front of McDonalds, across from the British Colonial Hilton). Other jitneys are located on Charlotte & Bay Streets. A bus will typically wait until it's full before departing. Understanding the various routes can be complex. Many have destinations painted on the bus, but there is no standard as they are run by multiple companies and individuals. Ask around for your destination. Note that there is no jitney that goes to Paradise Island (Atlantis Resort).
Journeys cost $1.25 per person, per ride. A round trip, even if not getting off the bus (ie: sightseeing), is counted as two rides. Payment is received by the driver when disembarking. No change is given, and there is no transfer credit for changing busses.
The Jitney is definitely a very inexpensive way to enjoy the local culture. Be aware that the jitneys stop operating between 6 and 7 PM. The only way back to downtown after 7 PM is by taxi which can be quite expensive. The buses (also called Jitneys) are 32-seaters and travel to many parts of the Island. They operate from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, except on Sundays when there is limited service. The basic fare is $1 per person and $2 for areas on the outskirts of town. Exact fare is required. The schedule is as follows:
From Bay Street (opposite Parliament Street) to the Eastern end of the Island (including foot of the bridge to Paradise Island) and return -- Bus Numbers: 1, 9, 9A, 9B, 19, 21, 21A, 23
By taxi
Taxis, often minivans and always identifiable by their yellow license plates and little Gothic blackletter "Taxi" lettering, roam the streets of Nassau. They're equipped with meters but will usually refuse to use them, so agree on the fare in advance. Expect to pay $15-$20 for even the shortest of trips from downtown to Cable beach.
Here are some of the rates: $4 (per person, $11 minimum) from Paradise Island to Downtown.
They will often try to change the rate in the car. They used this tactic twice on me while I was there before I learned.
By car
You could also rent a car. All major U.S car rental shops are in Nassau. Worthy of note for travelers from the UK is the very British feel of the roads. Unlike the nearby US, the Nassau roads are left hand drive, have UK road signs and even the odd roundabout.
By scooter
Scooter (small motorcycle) rental is also popular in Nassau.
By bike
Bicycle rental is not popular and not recommended as traffic is bad, there are many blind corners in the old streets of Nassau, and cars drive recklessly and on the left side of the road, which you may not be used to.
By foot
Within downtown Nassau, you could walk around. Distances are very short and a walking tour is a pleasant way of exploring downtown Nassau.
The bus tours are pretty interesting. They'll drive you around, and tell you about the local government, tell you about different points of interest, and take you to old forts, and to Paradise Island, to see the famous Atlantis hotel resort and its stunning aquarium.
Get out of the hotel and try real Bahamaian fare. You can get greasy fish, sides and desserts at one of the holes-in-the-wall in downtown Nassau for around $8. On the upscale side, there's no shortage of waterside seafood restaurants where it would be easy to part with $50 for an excellent piece of lobster. Sbarros, McDonalds and Chinese restaurants are mixed in to satisfy the budget diner or someone who has had enough conch.
Nassau isn't a spring break mecca for nothing. The club scene is nightly and rowdy. Some popular establishments:
Cover charges average $20, although all major hotels sell "passes" for $5. With a pass, cover charge is only $5, so you actually pay $10. Cover charges on weekends can climb up to $45, so it's a good idea to get a pass from your local taxi driver/hotel desk.
You can also opt for an all-inclusive entertainment pass, which will include a schedule. Expect to follow this itinerary with at least 5,000 other co-eds. (It might be a good idea to pick up this schedule even if you don't plan on participating. It will give you a good idea of places to avoid on certain nights.)
Drinks in clubs can get expensive, depending on the club and its location. Most locals "drink up" before going out, to defray this cost... That or they can be found in the parking lots with a cooler ;) Expect to pay at least $4 for a beer and $5 for a cocktail. The one exception is rum, which is cheap and plentiful. Cocktails with rum at a club, will be strong.
Many of Nassau's hotels are located outside the city core on Paradise Island or Cable Beach.
Another option for lodging is to use priceline.com to bid on hotels in the area of cable beach. The Sheraton that normally charges around $232.00 a night or more can sometimes be had for $100.00 a night by bidding on rooms. Obviously the cost would depend on availability and also bidding several months prior to your visit. Similar deals can be found via www.hotwire.com though the locations are only revealed after purchase.
Stay safe
The "Over-the-Hill" area south of downtown is the poorest part of Nassau, and tourists might want to be wary. It is, however, much nicer than "slums" in the Third World and, indeed, parts of the United States.
Some criminals target restaurants and nightclubs frequented by tourists. The most common approach is to offer victims a ride, either as a "personal favor" or by claiming to be a taxi, and then robbing and/or assaulting the passenger once in the car. Take care to ride only in licensed taxis, identifiable by their yellow license plates.
Be wary of the natives offering goods and services. They will tell you anything to get you jet-skiing, on booze cruises, etc.
Locals may solicit tourists with offers of marijuana, hairbraiding services, or a taxi ride. It gets monotonous but a friendly "no, thank you" and moving on will keep both you and the local happy.
Most Cuban cigars for sale in Nassau are counterfeit. Buy only from reputable dedicated tobacconists. See warning on main Bahamas page.
There is a high crime rate in Nassau at the moment. US Dept of State has labelled New Providence "Critical" and Grand Bahama "High". Crime previously among drug-related groups has now moved toward armed robberies of tourists. Recent local news reports suggest this is not abating.
You always hear the murders on the paradise island bridge, it doesn't look very safe and who walks in there at night anyway. If you happen to be there just don't go out walking about late at night and you'll be ok. If you do want to go somewhere late at night just use a reliable taxi company. Be careful when crossing the roads as well, as Bahamian people drive like crazy. Watch out especially for the pick-up truck drivers.
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text: Alright, my post about the long offseason got me thinking - what's your favorite part of the season before the season? Is it Free Agency? I know a lot of folks like the draft, but is the scouting combine more fun? and WHEN is Pehawk ever going to get the hint???


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Maintaining laziness
From HaskellWiki
One of Haskell's main features is non-strict semantics, which is implemented by lazy evaluation in all popular Haskell compilers. However many Haskell libraries found on Hackage are implemented as if Haskell were a strict language. This leads to unnecessary inefficiencies, memory leaks and, we suspect, unintended semantics. In this article we want to go through some techniques on how to check lazy behaviour on functions, examples of typical constructs which break laziness without need, and finally we want to link to techniques that may yield the same effect without laziness.
1 Checking laziness
1.1 manual checks
If you want to check whether a function is lazy enough, you may feed it with undefined values.An undefined value can be
The latter one has the advantage that it cannot be hidden by some hacks like "catching" the error in the IO monad.
Examples:Check whether
filter even [0..] filter even ([0..5] ++ undefined)
An automated unit test can check whether infinite or corrupted input data produces correct prefixes.Those tests usually do not fail by returning
testFilter0 = filter even [0..100] `isPrefixOf` filter even [0..] testFilter1 = filter even [0..100] `isPrefixOf` filter even ([0..102]++undefined) testFilter2 = let x = filter even [0..] !! 100 in x==x testFilter3 = let x = filter even ([0..102]++undefined) !! 50 in x==x
1.2 automated checks
If you are lazy when searching for laziness breakers, you may use the automated tool StrictCheck.
*StrictCheck> test1 10 (unzip :: [(Int,Int)] -> ([Int],[Int])) Function seems not to be least strict. Input(s): _|_ Current output: _|_ Proposed output: (_|_, _|_) Continue?
2 Laziness breakers
2.1 Maybe, Either, Exceptions
Some laziness breakers are visible in type signatures:
decodeUTF8 :: [Word8] -> Either Message String
For this decision, the complete input must be decoded. A better type signature is
decodeUTF8 :: [Word8] -> (Maybe Message, String)
If you touch the first element of the pair, the complete decodings is triggered, thus laziness is broken.This means you should first process the
Instead of the unspecific pair type you should use the special type for asynchronous exceptions as found in the explicit exception package.
Especially in parsers you may find a function, called Wadler's force function. It works as follows:
force y = let Just x = y in Just x
Then the runtime system does not need to wait until it can determine the right constructor but it can proceed immediately.This way, a function can be made lazy, also if it returns
Using force-like functions is sometimes necessary, but should be avoided for data types with more than one constructor. It is better to use an interim data type with one constructor and lift to the multi-constructor datatype when needed.Consider parsers of type
many :: StateT [Word8] Maybe a -> StateT [Word8] Maybe [a]
It shall just return an empty list, if parsing of one element fails.A quick hack would be to define
many :: StateT [Word8] Maybe a -> StateT [Word8] Identity [a]
2.2 Early decision
2.2.1 List construction
Be aware that the following two expressions are not equivalent.
-- less lazy if b then f x else f y -- more lazy f (if b then x else y)
It is common source of too much strictness to make decisions too early and thus duplicate code in the decision branches. Intuitively spoken, the bad thing about code duplication (stylistic questions put aside) is, that the run-time system cannot see that in the branches, some things are equal and do it in common before the critical decision. Actually, the compiler and run-time system could be "improved" to do so, but in order to keep things predictable, they do not do so. Even more, this behaviour is required by theory, since by pushing decisions to the inner of an expression you change the semantics of the expression. So we return to the question, what the programmer actually wants.
Now, do you think this expression
if b then [x] else y:ys
is maximally lazy? It seems so, but actually it is not. In both branches we create non-empty lists, but the run-time system cannot see this.It is
let z:zs = if b then [x] else y:ys in z:zs
This error can only caught at run-time which is bad. We can avoid it using the single constructor pair type.
let (z,zs) = if b then (x,[]) else (y,ys) in z:zs
which can be abbreviated to
uncurry (:) (if b then (x,[]) else (y,ys))
In the Haskell 98 report the implementation
inits :: [a] -> [[a]] inits [] = [[]] inits (x:xs) = [[]] ++ map (x:) (inits xs)
is suggested.However you find that
The following implementation does exactly this:
inits :: [a] -> [[a]] inits xt = [] : case xt of [] -> [] x:xs -> map (x:) (inits xs)
See also the article on base cases and identities.
2.2.2 Reader-Writer-State monad
I do not know whether the following example can be simplified. In this form it occurred in a real application, namely the HTTP package.Consider the following action of the
The state of the monad is the input list we fetch the elements from. The reader part provides an element which means that the input is consumed. It is returned as singleton when the caller tries to read from a completely read input. The writer allows to log some information, however the considered action does not output anything to the log.
getN :: Int -> RWS a [Int] [a] [a] getN n = do input <- get if null input then asks (:[]) else let (fetched,rest) = splitAt n input in put rest >> return fetched
This works in even more many corner cases, but not in the following one.Although
*Test> (\(_a,_s,w) -> w) $ runRWS (getN 5) '\n' undefined *** Exception: Prelude.undefined
Thus we must ensure, that the invoked monadic actions are run independent from the input. Only this way, the run-time system can see that the logging stream is never touched.We start refactoring by calling
getN :: Int -> RWS a [Int] [a] [a] getN n = do input <- get let (fetched,rest) = splitAt n input put rest if null input then asks (:[]) else return fetched
getN :: Int -> RWS a [Int] [a] [a] getN n = do input <- get let (fetched,rest) = splitAt n input put rest endOfInput <- ask return $ if null input then [endOfInput] else fetched
Now things work as expected:
*Test> (\(_a,_s,w) -> w) $ runRWS (getN 5) '\n' undefined []
We learn from this example, that sometimes in Haskell it is more efficient to call functions that are not needed under some circumstances. Always remind, that the do notation looks only imperative, but it is not imperative.E.g.,
2.3 Strict pattern matching in a recursionConsider the
This function should also work on infinite lists, but the implementation shipped with GHC up to 6.2 failed on infinite lists. What happened?
The reason was that pattern matching was too strict.
Let's first consider the following correct implementation:
partition :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a]) partition p = foldr (\x ~(y,z) -> if p x then (x : y, z) else (y, x : z)) ([],[])
However, how can this work if there is a list without an end?That can be seen when applying the definition of
foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b foldr _ b [] = b foldr f b (a:as) = f a (foldr f b as)
Now we expand this once for an infinite input list, we get
partition p (a:as) = (\ ~(y,z) -> if p a then (a:y, z) else (y, a:z)) (foldr ... ([],[]) as)
Omitting it, would require the evaluation of the whole input list before the first output element can be determined.This fails for infinite lists and is inefficient for finite lists, and that was the bug in former implementations of
Btw. by the expansion you also see, that it would not help to omit the tilde and apply the above 'force' trick to the 'if-then-else' expression.
However, there still remains a small laziness break:There is an unnecessary decision between the pair constructor of the initial accumulator value
partition :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a]) partition p = (\ ~(ys,zs) -> (ys,zs)) . foldr (\x ~(y,z) -> if p x then (x : y, z) else (y, x : z)) ([],[])
2.4 List reversalAny use of the list function
Think twice whether it is really needed. The articles on Infinity and efficiency and List traversal show how to avoid list reversal.
3 Input and Output
In general functions, output of lazily generated data is no problem, whereas lazily reading data requires a sort of a hack and thus caution. Consider the nice program
readFile "source" >>= writeFile "target"
source to the file
target with constant memory consumption, since
However it fails badly, when a file shall be updated in-place:
readFile "text" >>= writeFile "text" . map toUpper
- The function is needed for deferring the calls tounsafeInterleaveIOuntil the characters are actually needed.hGetChar
- Exceptions, that occur while reading the file, are raised in the code that writes the result of processing the file content to somewhere. I.e. the exceptions produced by can occur in code that has nothing to do with file reading and there is no warning, that they might occur there. Again, I want to advertise the explicit exception package, which helps making the reason for the stop of the file read explicit. Exceptions must still be handled in code, that does not read the file, but the fact that they are explicit helps you to not forget it.readFile
- The file must be closed after it is no longer needed. The documentation says, that the file is put into a semi-closed state. Maybe this means, it uses Weak Reference which lets the garbage collector close the file, once no reference to data of the file exists anymore. However, the garbage collector never works immediately, but in phases. It may be that the file remains open for a long time, maybe until the program exits. The function explicitly closes the file after the last byte is read. The advantage is, that the file is closed immediately. The disadvantage is, that the file is not closed at all, when not all bytes are read. E.g. if a parser encounters a parse error, it has to read the rest of the file anyway, in order to get it closed.Data.ByteString.Lazy.readFile
You can use it like
withFile "source" ReadMode $ \h -> hGetLine h >>= putStrLn
However this is dangerous:If you leak lazily read contents from the file out of
it is very different: I does not work.How can you implement a function like
because the order must be preserved.E.g. in
hGetContents h >>= putStrLn . drop 10
hGetContents h = let go = unsafeInterleaveIO $ liftM2 (:) (hGetChar h) go in go
.In contrast to the standard
(by the way, it does even not handle the end of the file), but the advantage of not relying on some automatism to close the file somewhen is, that you can close the file immediately after you stopped processing its content. The disadvantage is that you must not forget to close the file and must do it only once.
So far we have only considered lazy read. It might also be necessary to trigger write actions when fetching data. Consider a server-client interaction, where data can only be read, when a request was sent before. It would be nice if the request is triggered by reading the result from the server. Such interactions can be programmed using the lazyio package.
4 Alternatives
From the above issues, you see that laziness is a fragile thing. Make one mistake and a function, carefully developed with laziness in mind, is no longer lazy. The type system will rarely help you hunting laziness breakers, and there is little support by debuggers.
Thus, detecting laziness breakers often requires understanding a large portion of code, which is against the idea of modularity.
Maybe for your case you will prefer a different idiom, that achieves the same goals in a safer way. See e.g. the Enumerator and iteratee pattern.
5 See also
- Haskell-Cafe on Maintaining laziness
- Haskell-Cafe on How to make code least strict?
- Blog post Lazier function definitions by merging partial values by Conal Elliott
- Laziness is not always good


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Much respect for anyone who tries. But why not be honest from start to finish. This started out as a great thread a year ago. Now its all fluff.
$100,000 / 12 months = $8333.00 per month made.
From 2k to 100k in 8 months. Do you have some kool aid for us to drink?
Yeah I learned that yesterday when Mafioso said something about it and I'M NOT HIGHJACKING ANYONES thread my last post said I'm gonna do something else meaning I wasn't gonna post here anymore
I started my own thread in the Las Vegas room
Originally Posted by tomnolan: Mafioso-- I love that u threw in medical insurance as an expense. that's classic. how many people would have included medical insurance or would even think of it as an expense. good call !!
When you have a family especially if you have children, they are gonna get in their fair share of mischief, this can get very costly if you take them to the ER or urgent care, Children need stability, they should have a pediatrician. In order to get this stability, Health insurance is a must.
I have done the bankroll math hundreds of times....
At the end of the day, there is just not enough money in picking sports wagering at a few hundred bucks per pick. Unless a guy can lay at least $2500 per pick, safely within the confines of his bankroll, what is the point? Is it really worth busting your butt for a year to be either +8k or -8k?
The fact is, there will be long stretches of breakeven action...and this is the action that kills you...months and months of breaking even. Not losing, but not WINNING either. I have seen it first hand in commodities trading...you end up working your tail off for 60 hours a week, and come Friday you are at breakeven. It wears you down mentally.....to the point where you just want it to be over; just some sort of resolution, any sort of resolution. This is what makes most guys quit.....the time that goes by without any proof of success.
That being said, it can be done. You just need the cash, smarts and patience. If someone truly loves to bet sports everyday, and can stand the stench of Vegas for more than a few days at a time, then go for it.
Just take enough cash to make it worth your while.
jcar, sounds like you fell into every trap vegas has. Lots of shallow money grubbing people in vegas, so id be careful who you befriend in a book. Pit games and slots will doom you. you have to accept losses, you will not win everyday.
you have to keep expenses as low as possible for first year at least, a rental car everyday is a waste of money.


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Well, here it is. I will dub it the "Harvest Classic" (unless you have a suggestion for a better name). I'm sure most of us hope it becomes a tradition for both teams to meet in the post-season, thus having a name for the game necessary—and maybe someday for the section title. Moreover, it was just the craftiest name I could think of at the time.
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In 1950, he and Roberta "Birdie" Knowles were united in marriage in Wellington, Kansas. They celebrated 47 years of marriage before her death in 1997. Everett was blessed to find love again and on June 3, 2006, Everett and Darnell Horton were united in marriage in Wellington, Kansas. Together they celebrated nearly 7 years of marriage.
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We survived the end of the world again.
Well, the new year is up and running and everything is going along as expected. We survived the end of the world again. This time the prediction was from the Mayan calender, which has the date of Dec. 21, 2012. Also they had the same date as a date of a new beginning. Whichever one you believe, we are still here doing the same thing we have been doing for years and years. I am sure we will be doing that for some time.
There were several other dates that the world was supposed to end. A number of these dates we will recognize and have lived through them and some of these dates, we have never heard of. With any prediction, people have to listen to someone or believe that the end of the world is going to happen. That is just the way it is, believe it or not. When it passes, the people who believed it are stuck with their own beliefs or delusions.
January 1, 1000 A.D. — this was the first prediction of the end of the world. It was the new millennium and the months leading up to it were very tumultuous, to say the least. Many pilgrims, knights and others made a trip to Jerusalem, thinking that the end of the world was upon them. During their trip to Jerusalem, many died of disease and hunger. Some of the pilgrims even sold all their belongings in the hope that it would help them become one of the chosen few to ascend. It is safe to say that the world was safe when the calendar rolled over and many pilgrims were left homeless.
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Jan. 1, 2000, often called the Y2K situation, was when the calendar rolled over to 2000 and a lot of people thought the machines and computers were going to think that it was 1900 and cause havoc. I remember it very well and there were a lot of people who really believed that there were going to be funny things happening. It didn't and the end of the world missed again.
June 6, 2006, which was the date that the anti-christ was coming back to earth. I remember this very well. The news on the television was really getting everyone worked up. Nothing happened, of course and we are still here wondering what will happen next. That is what happens when people begin listening to other people and of course one person leads to another person.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, we were told that the end of the world was coming faster than we ever could imagine. World War III was coming and the Atom Bomb was going to be dropped and we were going to be just toast. Well here we are still doing the same thing, wondering what road block is up ahead of us.
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