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Sun's out (some of the time) and that can mean only one thing: it's BBQ time! We've all read endless articles and blogs about how to host the best BBQ, but rarely do we come across advice on how to be the perfect BBQ guest. Of course, there are loads of tips in etiquette books, recipe books and online sites about how to be a great dinner guest. However, here at The Great Gift Company, we think that BBQs are more popular in the summer than dinner parties. Therefore, we have put together some helpful hints on how to be the perfect BBQ guest. Follow these 10 simple steps to really impress your host!
1. Let your host know about any specific dietary requirements. Even vegetarians can be catered for at a BBQ! Also, no host wants to be the cause of an allergic reaction or illness. It's much better to let them know before the event (as much advanced notice as possible) so they have time to research and prepare!
2. Don't bail on the party at the last minute -even if it rains (a little bit of water never hurt anyone!). When you've returned your RSVP to say that you will be going, you should attend (whatever the weather!). We all know Britain and your host probably has a back-up plan for a downpour (perhaps even a marquee!).
3. Try not to arrive more than 15 minutes late. Whatever you might think, it's not polite to be any later! Unlike a dinner party, a BBQ host will probably wait for you before they start cooking. So what you think is giving them extra time to prepare, actually just makes them wait around for longer. Be over an hour late though and they're very likely to fire up- so expect burnt burgers and frazzled sausages!
4. BYOB. That's right, bring some alcohol to share like wine, cider or beer. Especially if you know you can drink half a bottle of wine before the BBQ is even burning! It is also polite to bring soft drinks for non-alcohol drinkers and children, perhaps an elderflower cordial or fresh fruit juice to shy away from fizzy drinks and sugary squash.
5. Bring one of The Great Gift Company's unusual BBQ gifts as a present for your host. From brilliant BBQ aprons (£14.00)
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the Great Gift Company has a range of bar-b-cue gifts to dress and impress your host (and, of course, add a little extra banter to the event!).
6. Keep the 'man in charge' company. Okay, so it's not always the man of the house stood over the BBQ, but usually men do love to be the BBQ chef. Help him out and keep him chatting so he can enjoy socialising too!
7. Don't be the first to take the food. Wait your turn and make sure everyone gets their fair share!
8. Don't moan! BBQs are for fun only! Leave work and life's stresses at home. Friendly, polite chat is all that's welcome!
9. Keep an eye on your children (if you have them!). It's not an evening where they can run riot because mum and dad are putting their feet up.
10. As well as leaving your host with one of the many unusual BBQ gifts, don't forget to say thanks! An obvious one, but saying thank you when you leave and offering to return the favour means a lot to hosts that have tried hard all evening to entertain!
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MooMoo Cow Amigurumi is saying a big HELLO to fellow Craft Passion readers!!!! It has been quite a while since my last amigurumi design and I am glad to present you this huggable MooMoo Cow Amigurumi. It is about 12″ height in standing position and 9″ in sitting, it is the right size as huggable doll for kids. The written pattern has optional instruction to fill the limbs and bottom of the body with stuffing pellets to weight down the doll, it can sit and stand on it's own.
MooMoo Cow is a playful and curious young milk cow who likes to hop and play in the farm. Occasionally he will pretend being helpful in checking the quality the milk collected from the farm but his real intention is to drink the milk. Don't feel surprise to see him crawling up the milk jug.
MooMoo Cow is crochet from a medium weight acrylic yarn using 3.0mm hook, white in body, yellow nose and ears, with brown palms, feet and horns. The patches on the body are cut-out from felt and sewn on with blanket stitch. It has a red jingle bell tie on it's neck.

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The other weekend, Steven and I stumbled across an awesome tag sale. It was at what appeared to be an old lady's home (perhaps she passed away and her family was trying to clean out the house?), and she had treasure upon treasure. It was really hard not to buy out the whole place, but I just came away with 4 tarnished brass candlesticks and 3 little silver pinecones (gah, I love them so much, but I will have to show them to you another day). I just happened to have some Brasso left over from trying to clean a brass-bladed fan for SW Norwood so I thought I would see if it would revive the pretty little candlesticks.
It worked like a charm! It actually looks like it turned them from brass to silver in this photo, but I promise, they were still brass! (And yes, they really were $3 for all 4.)
Here you can tell that they really are still brass. By the way, I know brass has been a bit passé for the past few years, but I think it's making a comeback! This is the first bit of brass I've incorporated into my home, and I have to tell you - I like it! Now don't get me wrong, I won't be switching out my brushed nickel faucets for brass anytime soon, but a couple of candlesticks? I can deal with that.
Of course I had to run out to HobLob and get some candles to go in them and couldn't resist this little amber owl while I was there.
Is August too early to bring out some fall pieces? I'm really trying to resist until September but it's so hard. I think I'm allowed one little vignette though, don't you?
This little corner makes me happy every time I spot it from across the room. Ahh, I love you fall.


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Summer vibes
Trails are going good and we are gradually resurfacing the entire line. Last week we had a phat sesh. Our good friend Cody Mckenna just got hooked up by Standard and should be rocking a new frame and parts soon. It got a little out of had with tricks last week too. Cody managed to downside whip the huge Tiki hip and I have never seen a more legit one by anyone. Double whips, turndowns, tucks, 3's, all kinds of madness. Good shit. Here are old pics from the facebooks during the summer, will get some more photos tomorrow.
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Mean streets: homeless youths from Orange feature in academic report
One of the authors of The Cost of Youth Homelessness in Australia study, Professor Adam Steen of Charles Sturt University, said of the 12 young people interviewed who had experienced homelessness, half identified as having a mental health issue.
"We surveyed 400 young people Australia-wide and when our final report is collated later this year it will have major implications for policy makers and service providers," Professor Steen said.
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Regional health needs regional policies
Please read more at: http://www.theland.com.au/news/agriculture/general/politics/regional-health-needs-regional-policies/2724712.aspx
Handling the heat on ice
Moree Mayor Katrina Humphries and Coonamble Mayor Alan Karanouh both said the ice problem had been prominent in the community for a few years and had caused an increase of robberies throughout the region. Problems have been highlighted in Brewarrina, and, in the south of the State, Griffith has identified drug and alcohol misuse as an issue and is surveying the community.
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Health coaching significantly improves risk outcomes for chronic disease sufferers
A program in Queensland coached patients by telephone after they were discharged from hospital.
A review of the program published in the Medical Journal of Australia today has found that patients who received the coaching significantly reduced their risk factors, as Rachel Carbonell reports.
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Closing the Gap dashboard to help indigenous health outcomes
The new dashboard, combined with IF's Closing the Gap: Measure and Act initiative, is available for free to general practice users.
The dashboard enables GPs to see at a glance how many of their patient population are recorded as identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander as well as a range of other data relating to the patient group.
This data includes the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients who have had a health assessment in the last 12 months, how many have a diagnosis of diabetes recorded, and how many with diabetes have had a blood sugar result recorded in the past 12 months.
GPs can also see a comparison to the practice's non-indigenous data, and to a national average achieved through the other practices participating in IF's qiCommunity.
The idea is to identify where services can be improved for indigenous patients using established and reliable measures developed through IF's Australian Primary Care Collaboratives program, which is focused on diabetes and health checks.
The dashboard supports IF's Closing the Gap: Measure and Act initiative which is aimed at helping general practices to better respond to specific Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues.
The initiative is open to any general practice or Aboriginal community controlled health organisation.
The hidden harm: Alcohol's impact on children and families
The 2015 study examined the prevalence and effects of heavy drinking on families and children, and the extent to which they persisted or changed over time. It paints a concerning picture of the prevalence of alcohol-related family and domestic violence in Australia, shedding new light on a hidden dimension of alcohol harms that occurs largely behind closed doors.
Key findings:
The hidden harm draws on 2 national surveys of alcohol's harm to others, service system data and qualitative interviews with families, providing for the first time a detailed and valuable insight into the magnitude of the problem and the large numbers of Australian children who are being put at risk.
- In 2011 there were 29,684 police-reported incidents of alcohol-related domestic violence in Australia, and that's just in the four states and territories where this data is available.
- Children are being verbally abused, left in unsupervised or unsafe situations, physically hurt or exposed to domestic violence because of others' drinking. Many were also witnessing verbal or physical conflict, drinking or inappropriate behaviour.
- Over a million children (22% of all Australian children) are estimated to be affected in some way by the drinking of others (2008). 142,582 children were substantially affected (2008), and more than 10,000 Australian children are in the child protection system because of a carers drinking (2006-07).
Density of liquor licences linked to domestic violence in NSW study
A study by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics shows the frequency of domestic assaults jumps rapidly in local government areas where there are more than two hotels per 1,000 residents.The statewide research also found that non-domestic
assaults "increased markedly" in such areas, while violence was also linked to the number of other liquor outlets such as clubs.
See more at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-19/density-of-liquor-outlets-linked-to-domestic-violence-nsw/6149194
Report exposes problems of youth homelessness
The Cost of Youth Homelessness in Australia Study report is the first study of its kind in Australia and the largest ever undertaken internationally. The study was funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant with chief investigators from three institutions including Professor in Finance Adam Steen, at CSU's School of Accounting and Finance in Bathurst.
"This three-year study of nearly 400 young people around Australia, including some from Orange in central western NSW, has major implications and challenges for policy-makers and service providers," Professor Steen said.
Read more at http://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/business-and-commerce/report-exposes-problems-of-youth-homelessness#UYI2ejccMw8dCQut.99
New booklet shows what can improve the wellbeing of older people
Based on La Trobe University research, the booklet rates activities on a scale of zero to three for how effective they are at improving older people's mental health.
Activities identified in the booklet include playing computer games, interacting with clowns, spending time with animals and singing in a choir, among others.
Most activities featured are accompanied by case studies from across Australia, providing real examples of how activities have been implemented and the impact they have had.
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Information paper: evidence on wind farms and human health [NHMRC]
The current investigation of the potential health effects of wind farms builds upon NHMRC's previous work in this area. In 2010, NHMRC's Public statement: Wind turbines and health was published, with supporting evidence from Wind turbines and health: A rapid review of the evidence. The 2010 NHMRC Public Statement concluded that there "is currently no published scientific evidence to positively link wind turbines with adverse health effects". Due to the limited amount of published scientific literature, NHMRC committed to carrying out a more extensive search for evidence.
This Information Paper provides an update to NHMRC's previous work in this area. It is based on a comprehensive review of the available scientific evidence following well-established systematic review principles, which provide the most rigorous process for identifying and critically appraising evidence.
Medical clinics promote ketamine injections as treatment for depression
The hallucinogen, well known as a horse sedative and party drug, is being promoted as a "path breaking treatment option" available at Aura Medical Corporation clinics in Sydney and Melbourne.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has clinically approved the use of ketamine as an anaesthetic and for pain control but not for treating depression, except in the context of a clinical trial.
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Artist draws you into the soul of region's Aboriginal history
Sydney-based artist and former local, Asher Milgate began Survivors in late 2009, interviewing local elders in an attempt to preserve the rich oral history of the Aboriginal community at Nanima, the Common, Bushranger's Creek and Curra Creek from between the 1920s to 70s.
See more at the following link: http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/2889093/artist-draws-you-into-the-soul-of-regions-aboriginal-history/?cs=112
Helping your mates - rural mental health event
The Lions Club of Wellington and the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) have teamed up to deliver the program in Wellington this Friday the 20th February.
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NDIS to help 60,000 people with a mental illness with $1.8 billion funding boost
The states and the commonwealth currently spend $450 million a year on community mental health services. When the NDIS becomes fully operational in July 2016 that will increase to $1.8 billion a year, News Corp Australia can reveal.
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Drug toll: Teenage girls overdosing on paracetamol
Authorities believe paracetamol poisoning, rather than illicit party drugs, is the leading cause of overdoses of girls aged 15-19 and has spiked in recent years.
Exclusive figures gathered from the 2014 Health of Children and Young People in NSW report show 1407 girls attended emergency departments in 2013 for illicit drug use, overdose or poisoning — a huge jump from 951 in 2011.
NSW Health head psychiatrist Dr Murray Wright said while every young person's death or serious injury from illicit drug abuse was a catastrophe, the primary problem was in the home rather than on the street. "The numbers are more about the prescription and non-prescription drugs than they are about the illicit drugs," he said.
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The Science of climate change : questions and answers
Jury in on climate change, so stop using arguments of convenience and listen to experts (The Age)
Menindee elder 'disturbed' by lack of progress in lifting Indigenous literacy and numeracy outcomes
Ngiyampaa elder Beryl Carmichael has worked for more than 50 years in Aboriginal education around the Menindee and Broken Hill regions.
Dr Carmichael said she was disturbed by the latest Closing the Gap report, citing no improvement in Indigenous reading and numeracy since 2008.
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Closing the Gap : Prime Minister's report 2015.
'This seventh Closing the gap report is in many respects profoundly disappointing,' Mr Abbott told parliament. 'Despite the concerted efforts of successive governments since the first report, we are not on track to achieve most of the targets.'
Mr Abbott said the government would work more closely with Indigenous communities, business, police, the health sector and schools to improve school attendance, create jobs and training, reduce violence fueled by drugs and alcohol and deal with key health issues.
The report showed Australia was on track to halve the gap in Year 12 attainment rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged 20 to 24. The target to halve the gap in mortality rates looks achievable by 2018. Mr Abbott said the new target of closing the school attendance gap within five years should be achievable.
Targets the report shows have not been met or not on track to be met include:
- closing the gap in life expectancy by 2031
- ensuring access to early childhood education for all Indigenous four-year-olds in remote areas by 2013
- halving the gap in reading and numeracy by 2018
- halving the gaps in employment outcomes by 2018.
Report on Government Services (2015) : Health (Productivity Commission)
Covering primary and community health, hospitals and mental health management, the report uses published and unpublished data from a range of sources, including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), the Department of Health and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
For the first time, the report also includes some data on allied healthcare, although funding for specialist medical care is not included. Aged care is handled in a separate report.
Overall, the report found that patients were overwhelmingly happy with the care they received from both the primary and the acute care sector, that waiting times in both sectors were relatively stable or trending down, and bulk-billing rates were stable, as was the cost of healthcare to government.
Productivity Commission releases facts & figures on healthcare (Pulse IT)
Indigenous groups urge government to "stay the course" on closing the gap
Close the Gap Campaign Co-Chairs Mick Gooda and Kirstie Parker today released the 2015 Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report, to coincide with the Prime Minister's annual report card to Parliament on progress made to reduce Indigenous disadvantage. Key recommendations from the 2015 Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report include:
* That the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey (NATSIHMS) findings are used to better target chronic conditions in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
* That the Australian Government continues to lead the COAG Closing the Gap Strategy.
* That the Australian Government restore the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee.
Closing the Gap: Two decades to address Indigenous disadvantage, report 'profoundly disappointing', Tony Abbott says
Indigenous groups urge government to "stay the course" on closing the gap
Real solutions for improved rural and remote mental health services
This tragic suicide rate in rural areas is in part attributable to the fact that there are fewer GPs (typically the first port of call for people experiencing mental illness) and mental health professionals. For example, the number of psychiatrists and psychologists in rural areas is, respectively, 40% and 60% of what it is in major cities.
See more at: http://ruralhealth.org.au/media-release/real-solutions-improved-rural-and-remote-mental-health-services
Transition on track to move Bloomfield patients into the community
In July last year LHD director of operations, Lindsey Gough, announced that an independent review of mental health services had revealed that Orange had the highest concentration of acute and non-acute mental health in-patients in regional Australia.
Peter Gotzsche, founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, visits Australia to talk about dangers of prescription drugs
Peter Gotzsche, a co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, the world's foremost body in assessing medical evidence, arrives in Australia on Monday for a whirlwind speaking tour warning Australians about their use of prescription medications.
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Consolidated HIV guidelines from WHO
Here the authors have brought together existing guidelines related to five key population groups: men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, people in prisons and other closed settings, sex workers and transgender people.Selected guidance and recommendations have been updated with thorough literature reviews in order to provide a comprehensive packaged of evidence-based HIV-related recommendations.
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CriSTAL : end-of-life screening tool
In a paper published last week in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, the researchers write that the 29 data points can be easily extracted from existing electronic or paper clinical notes, and that automation of CriSTAL and its scoring would facilitate its use at the time of admission.
"Potential uses include as a clinical support tool for decision-making on triage to appropriate end–of-life care facilities; to prevent death in some cases; and to examine variation in risk-of-death levels, differences in admission practices, and inform triage policies across hospitals as a first step into cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction studies," they write.
Cocaine addiction treatment: new study targets immune system response in beating drug dependency
Lead author Dr Alexis Northcutt from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Adelaide's Professor Mark Hutchinson had initially been researching neuropathic and chronic pain.
They discovered the immune receptor known as toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) amplified the addictive properties of morphine.
"Our previous studies have shown that TLR4 is responsible for amplifying addiction to opioid drugs such as heroin, but this is the first time we've discovered it has a key role to play in cocaine addiction," Professor Hutchinson said.
See more at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-04/cocaine-addiction-treatment/6069544
The state of mental health in the Bush
Tragically, a higher proportion of people in rural and remote areas pay the ultimate price of mental illness and related concerns. Suicide occurs there at one-and-a-half times the rate in the major cities. Self-harm is particularly prevalent among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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beyondblue to support farmers at country field days
beyondblue CEO Georgie Harman said the Rural Field Days Roadshow would reach an important audience. "We know farmers can be hard to reach – not only for geographical reasons, but also due to the long hours they put in on the farm," she said.
"Families who work the land are often resilient and resourceful, but depression and anxiety affects even the toughest people. We want everyone to know that if you're struggling, help and information is available.
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Guidelines for the Management of Substance Use During Pregnancy Birth and the Postnatal Period
The guidelines emphasise the importance of establishing a sound therapeutic relationship with the woman based on respect and non-judgmental attitudes, of engaging the woman into adequate antenatal care through this relationship, and of maintaining continuity of care and of carers throughout the pregnancy and postnatal period.
The guidelines recommend that pregnant women with significant problematic substance use will benefit from an appropriate referral for specialist drug and alcohol assessment in addition to midwifery and obstetric care), appointment of a consistent and continuous case manager and care team who use effective communication systems, and specific treatments for their substance use, which may include counselling, pharmacotherapies and relapse prevention strategies
Social identity underpins views on climate change
The study, published today in Nature Climate Change, found that when it came to human-induced climate change, the actions and beliefs of both sceptics and believers could be understood as integrated expressions of self, underpinning specific social identities.
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Plants are sources of nourishment for thousands of different species of fungi, bacteria, invertebrates, vertebrates and even other plants. In order to thrive, plants possess a remarkable diversity of mechanisms to fend off attacks: recent research has demonstrated many complex and sophisticated defense mechanisms including internal signalling networks co-ordinating defense responses within the plant, and even the ability to warn neighbouring plants. The ability of plants to defend themselves is important for plants in their natural environment and of course for plants under cultivation. Indeed, man has made use of an increasing knowledge of plant defenses over the years to breed crop plants able to resist pest or pathogen attack.
Plant Defense provides an overview of all major aspects of plant defense, including defense against pathogens, parasites, and invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores. The book looks at defense mechanisms including structural and chemical defenses, and constitutive and inducible defenses. Coverage includes details of how plants 'sense' attack and how this is communicated within the plant and also to neighbouring plants, how plants coordinate defense responses to simultaneous multiple attacks, and the energy and resources expended by a plant in maintaining and implementing its defense systems. A final section of the book covers the breeding and modification of plants to enhance their defense systems.
Preface 1. Introduction - why do plants need defences? Plants as food sources for pathogens, parasites, invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores and parasitic plants; impact of infection and herbivory on plant fitness in natural environments and plant growth and yield in agricultural/horticultural situations; economic and ecological impact of infection and herbivory. 2. What defences do plants use? Defence mechanisms used by plants against pathogens, invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores and parasitic plants; structural and chemical defences; constitutive and inducible defences. 3. Sounding the alarm: signalling and communication in plant defence How do plants 'sense' attack by pathogens and pests i.e. initial encounters on the plant surface; signalling processes locally (within the attacked tissue) and systemically (in other parts of the plant); plant to plant communication during attack - signals used to alert neighbouring plants. 4. Plant defence in the real world: multiple attackers and beneficial interactions Co-ordinating plant defence responses to simultaneous, multiple attack e.g. by pathogens and pests; cross-talk in plant defence; trade-offs associated with plant defence I - e.g. effects of triggering pathogen defence on defence against insects; trade-offs associated with plant defence II - impact on beneficial interactions e.g. mycorrhizas, nitrogen fixing symbioses. 5. The cost of plant defence What does defence cost the plant in terms of energy and resources; allocation costs; theories of plant defence; evolution of plant defences - constitutive vs induced; effects of environment and crop ecology on the expression of plant defences. 6. Exploiting plant defence Use of varieties of plants bred for pathogen and/or pest resistance; transgenic plants modified with respect to plant defence; induced resistance for protecting crops against pests and diseases. In the various chapters, 'boxed readings' will be used to highlight and discuss new developments and controversial issues in plant defence. Suggested further reading at the end of each chapter will allow students to delve more deeply into the material covered in the chapter and the issues discussed in 'boxed readings'. Index
Dale Walters is based at Crop & Soil Systems Research Group, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, U. K.
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King Juan Carlos of Spain has outlined the reasons behind his decision to abdicate in a live television address to his subjects. The King said he made up his mind when he turned 76 in January and that it was a decision taken with "great emotion". He said a new generation must now be at the forefront of Spain. "Younger people with new energies are needed to undertake reforms that the present juncture demands of us," he told the audience and expressed his gratitude to the Spanish people for their support. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made the initial announcement on Monday morning that the King had decided to step aside while the Royal Palace released pictures of his letter of abdication. Juan Carlos, who is 76, was Spain's first crowned head of state after the death of dictator General Francisco Franco in 1975. He was credited with steering Spain to democracy, and for saving the country from a coup attempt in 1981. His 46-year-old son Felipe who it's understood will be called Felipe the sixth of Spain will succeed his father.
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General Motors moved closer to putting its costly ignition switch recall behind it as strong North American sales and demand for its redesigned pickup trucks bolstered the company's third quarter earnings.
GM on Thursday posted earnings of 97 cents per share, up from 96 cents a share the year before. Revenue came in at $39.3 billion, decreasing from $38.98 billion a year ago.
After the announcement, the automaker's shares rose 2 percent in premarket trading. (Click here to get the latest quotes for GM.)
Also after the announcement, GM CFO Chuck Stevens told CNBC's "Squawk Box" that the issue of defective Takata air bags was largely in the rear view and that the broader recall of the equipment would not have a material impact on the company.
GM announced on Wednesday it had begun warning owners of some Pontiac Vibe and Saab 9-2X vehicles outfitted with Takata air bags to avoid driving with a passenger in the front seat. In addition to those GM models, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has urged owners of other car brands to replace the Takata air bags as soon as possible.
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"This recent news, beyond the impact that was announced in the Saab and Vibe vehicles, is really not a major issue for us at this point," Stevens said Thursday.
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Stevens said GM's roughly 10-percent growth in revenues from North America from the year-ago period underpinned the company's performance in the quarter. He said the company had achieved 9.5 percent margins and its fifth-consecutive quarter of year-over-year margin growth excluding the impact of recalls.


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Council offers mobile phone recycling advice
Mobile phone recycling advice has been offered by one council in a bid to encourage residents to reduce waste during Recycle Week.
The event runs until June 27th, with the focus this year on getting homeowners to clear out electrical items – such as old handsets – that are no longer in use.
Wandsworth Council has urged its residents to clear old mobile phones out of their draws and, if they are working, take them to any British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electricals shop.
There is also the option of using a service such as Mazuma, which gives customers cash for their old mobile phones.
If the handsets are not working they should still be taken for recycling, the council stated, as broken items often contain valuable materials that can be reused.
Recycle Now notes there are a number of benefits associated with sending away old electrical goods to be used again, including reducing landfill, protecting the environment and saving energy.
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About 500 workers continued to block the gates of Fabric's Art factory in Kampong Speu province for the third consecutive night after equipment removal on Saturday sparked fears that the company was shutting down the factory.
Touch Srey Vith, a worker at the factory in Samrong Tong district, said yesterday that between 20 to 30 workers have begun sleeping in front of the factory to prevent the company from secretly removing equipment. "The company did not inform the workers about closing the factory. On Saturday night they tried to remove equipment from the factory, but luckily we knew and stopped them," she said.
Vann Thavarith, Fabric's Art factory administrative manager, denied the accusations yesterday and said that the company would not close, adding that they took out extra sewing machines to store in another factory after not renewing contracts of the 500 workers. "We are prepared to pay to them this evening ... We always provide what the workers demand."


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An easy bite, together with the passive application of body temperature, lead the cocoa butter to release a flood of complex, engaging flavors with a unique type of intoxication.
"I'll love you no matter how fat you are," says the box of chocolates on Candinas' billboards.
Is it morally responsible for chocolates to speak this way?
About half of the people in Wisconsin are overweight or obese, double what it was in 1990. (Small comfort that this is below the national average of 66%, doubled since 1980.)
So, love from a box of chocolate?
Our relationship with food is complicated. Even experts will say "it's a no brainer that people eat for emotional reasons." Yet these emotional reasons aren't taken into account when trying to solve the obesity puzzle.
In 2007, anti-depressants became the most-prescribed drug in the U.S. If everyone knows people eat for emotional reasons and anti-depressants are the most-prescribed drug, why isn't there serious discussion about how to raise the level of emotional satisfaction in life?
Instead we get endless nutritional lectures and attempts to modify behavior through legislation.
Wisconsin's Department of Health Services tries the "it-takes-a-village" approach with recommendations for "Implementing a wellness program at your worksite... Creating opportunities for people to easily walk and bike... Improving the nutrition environment in your community... Promoting and supporting breastfeeding... Promoting wellness at your school..." While these are well-meaning, they fall short of addressing the root of the problem.
Then there's "cheeseburger zoning" created to restrict the density of fast food restaurants in poor neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Responding to a similar proposal, Madison's Common Council President Mark Clear told The Capital Times, "I'd like to see the research. Obesity is one of those problems, like alcohol, we have to get serious about. ... But if I stop eating fast food, there's no guarantee that I won't still be 20 pounds overweight."Even the Badger state budget would benefit if people would just eat right. Karen Timberlake, secretary of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services, has said: "Reversing this harmful trend in Wisconsin would likely save more than a billion dollars annually in medical costs..."
But again -- why is an admittedly emotional issue put in economic terms instead of human ones?
The research explaining that eating chocolate releases the hormones of love is decades old. Compared to chocolate, how many easy sources of love are there in our day-to-day life?
The legal community, itching for a fight with Big Food, wants to make the tobacco-like case for addiction. If eating chocolate releases the hormones of love, does that mean we're addicted to love? No. We're hungry for it.
We're often told that people eat what they shouldn't because they lack better choices. Pete Hanson, a lobbyist with the Wisconsin Restaurant Association pointed out that restaurants and fast-food outlets "offer plenty of "healthy choices … But not many people eat them."
Imagine a Valentine's fruit basket. As a healthier option it's a loving gift (or a nagging one). If offered side-by-side with a box of chocolates, the fruit won't stand a chance. Why? It may be loving, but not "love." The fruit might be accepted on another day or at another time when the eater "feels like it."
After 25 years of research on food involving more than 30,000 people, I know that people eat what they "feel like" -- almost literally.
Turns out feelings are complex algorithms of emotions and sensations. The specific sensory characteristics of anything we eat carry hidden messages with them.
The dismantling of a spritely orange yields a bite that bursts with vitality. To be in the mood to eat one the eater has to "feel like it." To be prepared for the squirts and drips and intense flavor, the eaters must themselves already have vitality.
By contrast, chocolate melts. It gives way. An easy bite, together with the passive application of body temperature, lead the cocoa butter to release a flood of complex, engaging flavors with a unique type of intoxication. Like a swoon. When do you feel like a swoon? When do you feel like the feelings of love? Often when you have not been feeling them.
As a consequence, people often "feel like" chocolate even when they themselves "think" they should eat something healthier. The business of the unconscious is thought to be the realm of psychologists and psychiatrists. But the science of feelings is something else altogether.
Gerald Zaltman's work (Harvard) shows that unconscious processing drives 95% of our behavior. It's a biological efficiency; the unconscious works 125,000 times faster than the conscious.
Through this lens it's easier to understand why the wrong foods can feel right. Life is hard. Food makes it less so.
These deep truths drive the behaviors policies are designed to change. But there's another hitch. The people trying to reduce obesity are, for the most part, thin. They do not represent the population and can have a hard time relating to the idea that wrong foods feel right, and that feelings -- not thinking -- guide moment-to-moment behavior.
Luckily (or unluckily), I can identify with what has become the norm. Had I lived my life as a skinny girl I might not have seen the world through this lens of empathy. Unstable life, unstable weight.
Also luckily I've had the opportunity to find a way to see and measure both the emotions and sensations that are such a defining part of the human experience. They're why behavior is so hard to change.
Until there is a strategy for supplementing our "diet" with emotional wellness, we will remain grateful for the box of chocolate that will love us even when we're fat.
Pam Murtaugh is a Madison-based consultant to global corporations.


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Series of workshops for parents and guardians raising young children up to age 8. The Family First series will cover topics including child development encouraging self-esteem and good behavior positive guidance and discipline and how to keep children safe and healthy.
Classes are offered in an interactive group format and include practical tips and advice for common situations as well as hands-on activities. Participants may take just one class or the entire series of six. For more information or to register email email@example.com call 410-313-1940 or go to www.howardcountymd.gov/children.


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Race fans picture this … you standing on the winner's podium, holding the Grand Prix trophy above your head and clutching a bottle of champagne.
If you love fast cars and racing this is for you … and it's all in Detroit and at the North American International Show.
You can check out the Grand Prix display and have your picture taken with the Grand Prix race trophy and that bottle of champagne … all while posing on a Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix podium. Fans can download their podium image for free from the Grand Prix Facebook page.
In addition, some of the best race car drivers out there will at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) on January 24 to participate in "Family Day" activities and to talk up this spring's Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix on May 30-June 1.
Among the racers will be Chevrolet IndyCar drivers Juan Pablo Montoya from Team Penske and Charlie Kimball from Chip Ganassi Racing along with Cadillac Racing World Challenge Series drivers Johnny O'Connell and Andy Pilgrim. In addition, Michigan's own Todd Napieralski, who also competes in the World Challenge Series, will participate in the day's activities.
Montoya is returning to open-wheel racing and will make his first appearance for Team Penske at the show. Montoya, who is the only driver with wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Indianapolis 500 and Formula One's Grand Prix of Monaco, recently became a high-profile free agent.
Kimball, who began racing go-karts at age 9, won his first Indy Car Series in 2013 and finished ninth in the series championship. He has also had the public eye fall on him for racing with diabetes and has been an inspiration to many. He is the first licensed driver with diabetes to win a race in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2007, he was forced to abandon his racing program mid-season. Hel returned to racing the following year and claimed a podium finish in his first race back in the car.
The return of the former CART Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner to IndyCar is expected to be one of the most interesting storylines in racing in 2014.
O'Connell and Pilgrim have won many championships over their long and distinguished careers and have been successful in Pirelli World Challenge Series action on Belle Isle. This line of success in past seasons has made the Cadillac racing team favorites in this year's Grand Prix in their CTS-Vs.
Napieralski, the owner and driver for Total Performance Racing, hails from Chelsea, MI, and will drive a Chevy Camaro when he once again competes close to home … on Belle Isle this year.
Besides attending the auto show the drivers will tour the Shinola watch factory in Midtown to get a look at the type of goods that come out of Detroit these days. Shinola is a Grand Prix partner.
After the tour, they'll head to NAIAS, where they will meet with the press at the Grand Prix display in Michigan Hall in Cobo Center. The Grand Prix DW12 Indy car will be on display along with vehicles that will compete at this year's Grand Prix. They include a SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Truck and a unique Delta Wing car. The Delta Wing car will be racing in TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in 2014.
This is a full day. Following the press conference the drivers will participate in a panel discussion on the Grand Prix in Cobo's atrium followed by a Q&A with fans and an autograph session. This is all part of WXYZ's Family Day celebration. A ticket is not needed to get to Cobo Hall's atrium.
The North American International Auto Show continues through January 26.
For more information about the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, visit http://www.detroitgp.com/, on Facebook www.facebook.com/detroitgp and on Twitter www.twitter.com/detroitgp.


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The Austrian Theory:
A Summary
Grounded in the economic theory set out in Carl Menger's Principles of Economics and built on the vision of a capital-using production process developed in Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's Capital and Interest, the Austrian theory of the business cycle remains sufficiently distinct to justify its national identification. But even in its earliest rendition in Ludwig von Mises's Theory of Money and Credit and in subsequent exposition and extension in F. A. Hayek's Prices and Production, the theory incorporated important elements from Swedish and British economics. Knut Wicksell's Interest and Prices, which showed how prices respond to a discrepancy between the bank rate and the real rate of interest, provided the basis for the Austrian account of the misallocation of capital during the boom. The market process that eventually reveals the intertemporal misallocation and turns boom into bust resembles an analogous process described by the British Currency School, in which international misallocations induced by credit expansion are subsequently eliminated by changes in the terms of trade and hence in specie flow.
The Austrian theory of the business cycle emerges straightforwardly from a simple comparison of savings-induced growth, which is sustainable, with a credit-induced boom, which is not. An increase in saving by individuals and a credit expansion orchestrated by the central bank set into motion market processes whose initial allocational effects on the economy's capital structure are similar. But the ultimate consequences of the two processes stand in stark contrast: Saving gets us genuine growth; credit expansion gets us boom and bust.
The general thrust of the theory, though not the full argument, can be stated in terms of the conventional macro-economic aggregates of saving and investment. The level of investment is determined by the supply of and demand for loanable funds, as shown in Figures 1a and 1b. Supply reflects the willingness of individuals to save at various rates of interest; demand reflects the willingness of businesses to borrow and undertake investment projects. Each figure represents a state of equilibrium in the loan market: the market-clearing rate of interest is i, as shown on the vertical axis; the amount of income saved and borrowed for investment purposes is A, as shown on the horizontal axis.
An increase in the supply of loanable funds, as shown in both figures, has obvious initial effects on the interest rate and on the level of investment borrowing. But the market process plays itself out differently depending upon whether the increased supply of loanable funds derives from increased saving by individuals or from increased credit creation by the central bank.
Figure 1a shows the market's reaction to an increase in the thriftiness of individuals, as represented by a shift of the supply curve from S to
Figure 1b shows the effect of an increase in credit creation brought about by the central bank, as represented by a shift of the supply curve from S to S+delta M. Here it is assumed that people have not become more thrifty or future-oriented; the central bank has simply inflated the supply of loanable funds by injecting new money into credit markets. As the market-clearing rate of interest falls from i to i', businesses are enticed to increase investment by the amount AB, while genuine saving actually falls by the amount AC. Padding the supply of loanable funds with newly created money holds the interest rate artificially low and drives a wedge between saving and investment. The low bank rate of interest has stimulated growth in the absence of any new saving. The credit-induced artificial boom is inherently unsustainable and is followed inevitably by a bust, as investment falls back into line with saving.
Even in this simple loanable-funds framework, many aspects of the Austrian theory of the business cycle are evident. The natural rate of interest is the rate that equates saving and investment. The bank rate diverges from the natural rate as a result of credit expansion. When new money is injected into credit markets, the injection effects, which the Austrian theorists emphasize over price-level effects, take the form of too much investment. And actual investment in excess of desired saving, CB, constitutes what Austrian theorists call forced saving.
Other significant aspects of the Austrian theory of the business cycle can be identified only after the simple concept of investment represented in Figures 1a and 1b is replaced by the Austrian vision of a multistage, time-consuming production process. The rate of interest governs not only the level of investment but also the allocation of resources within the investment sector. The economy's intertemporal structure of production consists of investment subaggregates, which are defined in terms of their temporal relationship to the consumer goods they help to produce. Some stages of production, such as research and development and resource extraction, are temporally distant from the output of consumer goods. Other stages, such as wholesale and retail operations, are temporally close to final goods in the hands of consumers. As implied by standard calculations of discounted factor values, interest-rate sensitivity increases with the temporal distance of the investment subaggregate, or stage of production, from final consumption.
The interest rate governs the intertemporal pattern of resource allocation. For an economy to exhibit equilibrating tendencies over time, the intertemporal pattern of resource allocation must adjust to changes in the intertemporal pattern of consumption preferences. An increase in the rate of saving implies a change in the preferred consumption pattern such that planned consumption is shifted from the near future to the remote future. A savings-induced decrease in the rate of interest favors investment over current consumption, as shown in Figures 1a and 1b. Further?and more significant in Austrian theorizing?it favors investment in more durable over less durable capital and in capital suited for temporally more remote rather than less remote stages of production. These are the kinds of changes within the capital structure that are necessary to shift output from the near future to the more remote future in conformity with changing intertemporal consumption preferences.
The shift of capital away from final output--and hence the shift of output towards the more remote future--can also be induced by credit creation. However, the credit-induced decrease in the rate of interest engenders a disconformity between intertemporal resource usage and intertemporal consumption preferences. Market mechanisms that allocate resources within the capital structure are imperfect enough to permit substantial intertemporal disequilibria, but the market process that shifts output from the near to the more remote future when savings preferences have not changed is bound to be ill-fated. The spending pattern of income earners clashes with the production decisions that generated their income. The intertemporal mismatch between earning and spending patterns eventually turns boom into bust. More specifically, the artificially low rate of interest that triggered the boom eventually gives way to a high real rate of interest as overcommitted investors bid against one another for increasingly scarce resources. The bust, which is simply the market's recognition of the unsustainability of the boom, is followed by liquidation and capital restructuring through which production activities are brought back into conformity with consumption preferences.
Mainstream macroeconomics bypasses all issues involving intertemporal capital structure by positing a simple inverse relationship between aggregate (net) investment and the interest rate. The investment aggregate is typically taken to be interest-inelastic in the context of short-run macroeconomic theory and policy prescription and interest-elastic in the context of long-run growth. Further, the very simplicity of this formulation suggests that expectations?which are formulated in the light of current and anticipated policy prescriptions?can make or break policy effectiveness. The Austrian theory recognizes that whatever the interest elasticity of the conventionally defined investment aggregate, the impact of interest-rate movements on the structure of capital is crucial to the maintenance of intertemporal equilibrium. Changes within the capital structure may be significant even when the change in net investment is not. And those structural changes can be equilibrating or disequilibrating depending on whether they are savings-induced or credit-induced, or--more generally--depending on whether they are preference-induced or policy-induced. Further, the very complexity of the interplay between preferences and policy within a multistage intertemporal capital structure suggests that market participants cannot fully sort out and hedge against the effects of policy on product and factor prices.
In mainstream theory, a change in the conventionally defined investment aggregate not accommodated by an increase in saving, commonly identified as overinvestment and represented as CB in Figure 1b, is often downplayed on both theoretical and empirical grounds. In Austrian theory, the possibility of overinvestment is recognized, but the central concern is with the more complex and insidious malinvestment (not represented at all in Figure 1b) which involves the intertemporal misallocation of resources within the capital structure.
Conventionally, business cycles are marked by changes in employment and in total output. The Austrian theory suggests that the boom and bust are more meaningfully identified with intertemporal misallocations of resources within the economy's capital structure followed by liquidation and capital restructuring. Under extreme assumptions about labor mobility, an economy could undergo policy-induced intertemporal misallocations and the subsequent reallocation with no change in total employment. Actual market processes, however, involve adjustments in both capital and labor markets that translate capital-market misallocations into labor-market fluctuations. During the artificial boom, when workers are bid away from late stages of production into earlier stages, unemployment is low; when the boom ends, workers are simply released from failing businesses, and their absorption into new or surviving firms is time-consuming.
Mainstream theory distinguishes between broadly conceived structural unemployment (a mismatch of job openings and job applicants) and cyclical unemployment (a decrease in job openings). In the Austrian view, cyclical unemployment is, at least initially, a particular kind of structural unemployment: the credit-induced restructuring of capital has created too many jobs in the early stages of production. A relatively high level of unemployment ushered in by the bust involves workers whose subsequent employment prospects depend on reversing the credit-induced capital restructuring.
The Austrian theory allows for the possibility that while malinvested capital is being liquidated and reabsorbed elsewhere in the economy's intertemporal capital structure, unemployment can increase dramatically as reduced incomes and reduced spending feed upon one another. The self-aggravating contraction of economic activity was designated as a "secondary depression" by the Austrians to distinguish it from the structural maladjustment that, in their view, is the primary problem. By contrast, mainstream theories, particularly Keynesianism, which ignore the intertemporal capital structure, deal exclusively with the downward spiral.
Questions of policy and institutional reform are answered differently by Austrian and mainstream economists because of the difference in focus as between intertemporal misallocations and downward spirals( NB DON I AGREE ). The Austrians, who see the intertemporal distortion of the capital structure as the more fundamental problem, recommend monetary reform aimed at avoiding credit-induced booms. Hard money and decentralized banking are key elements of the Austrian reform agenda. Mainstream macroeconomists take structural problems (intertemporal or otherwise) to be completely separate from the general problem of demand deficiency and the periodic problem of downward spirals of demand and income. Their policy prescriptions, which include fiscal and monetary stimulants aimed at maintaining economic expansion, are seen by the Austrians as the primary source of intertemporal distortions of the capital structure.
Although the purging in the 1930s of capital theory from macroeconomics consigned the Austrian theory of the business cycle to a minority view, a number of economists working within the Austrian tradition continue the development of capital-based macroeconomics.
This "Summary" is adapted from Roger W. Garrison, "The Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle," in David Glasner, ed., Business Cycles and Depressions: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland Publishing, 1996)."


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Annapolis is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County, California, United States. Annapolis is situated near the coastline of northern Sonoma County, and is 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of the nearest community,Stewarts Point. Annapolis has ZIP code 95412. The community is named after Annapolis Orchards, which was founded in the area in the 1880s. As of 2010, Annapolis has about 401 residents.
The community has one school, Horicon School, a K-8 public school. Students who attend Horicon School are transitioned to the Point Arena Joint Union High District, and attend Point Arena High School in Point Arena, Mendocino County.
Annapolis has one winery, Annapolis Winery. Annapolis is home to the Starcross Monastic Community. Kayaking,fishing, and boating are popular activities in Annapolis and the surrounding area.
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The Jharkhand government and Adani Group on 17 February 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for investment of 15000 crore rupees in the state to set up a 1600 MW capacity thermal power plant.
The MoU was signed between Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Rajesh Adani, managing director, Adani Group during the Jharkhand Investors Summit at Make In India Week in Mumbai.
The Adani Group has entered into an agreement with Bangladesh Power Corporation to provide it energy and the proposed plants in Jharkhand will help the company to supply power to Bangladesh.
The proposed plants will be set up in Godda and Sahibganj districts of the state.
The Jharkhand government announced that it is expecting a total investment of over 62000 crore under various Make in India projects.
The biggest investment to the state has been committed by the Adani Group which will invest 50000 crore rupees for power and fertiliser manufacturing plants.
The state is also getting an investment of 2000 crore from Vedanta group to set up a steel plant.
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #507
Listeners new to the show might be surprised to learn that there was a time when Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness might go weeks without needing to discuss "celebrity deaths." Clearly, those days are long gone. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), beyond a cursory tribute, your friends in podcasting will have to wait at least a week to celebrate the lives of Mary Tyler Moore, Mike Connors, Gorden Kaye and John Hurt (are we forgetting anybody? No? Don't worry, by next week, there will no doubt be more!). THIS WEEK, Dean and Phil will celebrate the best in movies for the year that was as they count down their Top Ten Best Films of 2016.
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #495
Thank you to everyone who has reached out about how much you enjoyed last week's episode 494. In this week's follow-up. Phil wants to know if "Barb" from "Stranger Things" is the most popular character on television. He also wants anyone in the Los Angeles area to come see him host An LABC Home Companion on November 13! He and Dean discuss what has been a rough 50th Anniversary year for the "Star Trek" franchise, David Letterman's return to television, what's new for the forthcoming season 3 of "Fargo", the final two-part episode of "Documentary Now", and a failed 2007 television pilot from Christopher Guest. It won't all be TV, however, as Dean and Phil will discuss a top candidate for worst film of 2016, a great food documentary that serves as a love letter to Los Angeles AND the importance of critics, as well as a classic screen comedy from 1949. All that, plus some final thoughts before the USA 2016 election takes place. YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Enjoy!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #479
In this extra-long episode, your friends in podcasting share an urgent message they received from a frequent collaborator about another of their frequent collaborators! Dean and Phil answer a question from a loyal listener about corruption in the charity "industry" and help another listener try to encourage Warner Brothers to release a blu-ray collection of Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated through an online petition. Serena Williams' success at Wimbledon this past week inspires Phil to share a fantastic quote from a tennis essay by David Foster Wallace. Then, Phil and Dean get into the importance of what a corporation "stands for" and the danger all advertising poses to quality programming in "What We're Reading" (brought to you by Booksmyth Used Books). They then break down a dizzying array of show business news, from the Lionsgate-Starz merger, to the latest casting news in the Universal "Cinematic Monster Universe", to Colin Firth's reprising his "Kingsman" role in the sequel (huh?!), to the box office fortunes of Finding Dory and Captain America: Civil War to the lackluster interest surrounding the Ghostbusters reboot, as well as the "Sulu is gay" controversy AND lacckluster interest surround Star Trek Beyond. Television is covered, too, what with the return of Mr. Robot and the announcement of the Emmy Awards nominations. All in all, it's an action-packed installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour (with ten percent more "hour")! Monday. 9 am Pacific. Wherever good podcasts can be found.
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #470
Many years ago, your friends in podcasting had a very unique Summer Movie Preview episode that proved extremely popular. They've always thought of doing another, but for whatever reason, schedules never allowed. Finally, 7 years later, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness have done their prep work and are ready to deliver. After all, what is more "summer" in the movie biz than a long-anticipated sequel?! Perhaps, a sequel no one asked for …
Oh, well … On this week's show, Dean and Phil preview all the hopeful blockbusters as well as several of the smaller comedies, documentaries and independent films hoping to make their mark at the box office as "counter-programming". They do this by analyzing these movies' trailers. Is the trailer good or bad? What can be gleaned about whether the film is good or bad? Do they think the film itself is like or unlike the one being advertised? The services AND disservices done to the audience by the way these films are marketed and advertised gets fully discussed. Film distribution nitty gritty, summer movie previews and much hilarity on this week's brand new episode of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #450
Your friends in podcasting are back together in the same city for the first time since early summer and hilarity ensues! From Tony-winning Broadway shows to traditional seasonal delights to a National Geographic Museum "Indiana Jones" exhibit, this episode of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour covers some serious ground! Dean and Phil discuss breathing life back into rituals and myths, the dangers of nostalgia, and they visit a galaxy, far, far away …


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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Friday, May 13, 2011
Time for a cache clean-up and a thank you to Nomex
You may notice that a number of caches marked with Needs Archived logs (or SBAs, as they used to be called) are going to be archived within the next few days. Every so often I enlist help from fellow reviewers to clean up these inactive geocaches where the owners have apparently gone AWOL. One of my go-to reviewers for this assistance has been Nomex. He is once again providing this valuable volunteer service to me and to all Iowa geocachers. Thanks, Nomex! By the way, if you visit Nomex's profile page, you'll see he has listed a bunch of helpful tips for submitting new caches.
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Thank you Nomex!!!! :)
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Virtual Vacation – Rediscover The City of Champions
Katherine Mauter, Director
Through the collected efforts of several local historical organizations, Tuscaloosa's past is now available to her present and future residents. The Tuscaloosa Area Virtual Museum contains over 800 images in the library and residents are welcome to contribute their personal photos to the project.
Included in the collection are images of a trolley wreck on the University of Alabama campus, the constructions of the bank building downtown and DCH Regional Medical Center. You can also browse through the portraits of men and women several of our landmarks are named in honor of. Just make sure you block out enough time to get lost for a few hours.
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A recently released research study by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has revealed that drowsiness is one of the most prevalent causes that lead to crashes.
"The most in-depth drowsy driving research ever conducted in the U.S. using footage of everyday drivers found that the percentage of crashes involving drowsiness is nearly eight times higher than federal estimates indicate," according to researchers.
Officials said that the "difficulty in detecting drowsiness following a crash makes drowsy driving one of the most underreported traffic safety issues." The new research provided an in-vehicle dashcam video from more than 700 crashes, showing the dangers of drowsy driving.
"Drowsy driving is a bigger traffic safety issue than federal estimates show," David Yang, executive director for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety said in a statement. "Drivers who don't get enough sleep are putting everyone on the road at risk. By conducting an in-depth analysis using video of everyday drivers, we can now better assess if a driver was fatigued in the moments leading up to a crash."
Of those 700 dashcam video provided to researchers, officials studied the drivers' faces in the three minutes leading up to the crash. They then linked the percentage of time a person's eyes are closed to determine their level of drowsiness.
It was determined that 9.5 percent of all crashes and 10.8 percent of crashes resulting in significant property damage involved drowsiness. Symptoms of drowsiness include having difficulty keeping eyes open, drifting from lanes or not remembering the last few miles of driving.
AAA recommended that to combat drowsiness, drivers should only travel at times of the day when they'd normally be awake and avoid heavy foods or medication. For longer trips, drivers should schedule a break every two hours or travel with a passenger who is alert. Officials also advised that cat naps of approximately a half hour, could go far in refreshing a driver.
"As many Americans struggle to balance their busy schedules, missing a few hours of sleep each day can often seem harmless," Jake Nelson, director of Traffic Safety Advocacy and Research for AAA said in a statement. "But missing just two to three hours of sleep can more than quadruple your risk for a crash, which is the equivalent of driving drunk."
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"As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate."
– Sandra Boynton, 'Chocolate: The Consuming Passion'
Foodstuff: Chocolate
Proper name: Theobroma cacao (Translation from Latin: "Food of the Gods")
Area of Origin: Chef Mark explores the history of chocolate's origins in detail in Food of the Gods
Chocolate has been touted as an aphrodisiac for many a century, on many a continent. While there is likely some truth to the legend, perhaps much of it is a fanciful excuse for treating ourselves to this decadent taste of heaven; or perhaps the effects of a sugar high are misconstrued for chocolate euphoria. Renowned as a cure for heartbreak, PMS, various other ailments, and even Dementor attacks in the world of Harry Potter, chocolate is almost mythical in its healing capabilities. Quite an extraordinary foodstuff, isn't it?
But what is the real story?
Medical experts have not yet conclusively proven that chocolate, in and of itself, has healthful benefits. While cocoa seems to have some minimal positive chemical effects on the body, this is only shown to be accurate when other "detrimental" additives such as sugar, high f ructose corn syrup, et. al. are removed from the analysis. In any case, we are cognizant that such studies are published with alarming regula rity, touting what is good for us and what will likely kill us (sometimes it's the same ingredient, depending on the week). However , we choose not to focus on such minutae and speculation, because o ur concern regards the characteristics of chocolate that make it a wonderful ingredient fo r crafting both sweet and savory dishes . Cocoa butter adds a beautiful mouthfeel to sauces and gravies, and coats the tongue with silken sweetness in des serts and confections.
Flavor Characteristics
Chocolate comes in a range of colors and sweetness that can literally overwhelm the uninformed. Just researching the topic was an exercise in brain cramping. Semisweet? Bittersweet? What is the difference, and are they interchangeable?
Here is a very simplified overview:
White Chocolate: White chocolate contains only the fat (cocoa butter) from the cacao bean, and none of the cocoa solids (which includes both cocoa butter and cocoa), hence its lack of color. The fat is combined with milk, sugar, emulsifiers, vanilla, and sometimes other flavorings. Its mild flavor is quite unique, and could not technically be called "chocolatey." White chocolate is sweet, and thus is used primarily in desserts and confections.
Milk Chocolate: This is the chocolate you will typically see used in candy bars and other confections. It is not often used in baking, as it is simply too sweet when paired with the additional sugar needed in recipes. Milk chocolate contains from 10-20% cocoa solids, and more than 12% milk solids.
Dark Chocolate: To add to the confusion, dark chocolate presents its own spectrum of sweetness, from bitter to sweet. When a recipe specifies dark chocolate, and you are not creating a savory dish, it is likely semi-sweet. Dark chocolate contains less milk solids (less than 12%) and more cocoa solids than milk chocolate, giving it a more pronounced flavor.
Semisweet Dark Chocolate: This chocolate is also on the sweeter side, and can be substituted for sweet dark chocolate in any recipe, though it does likely contain more cocoa solids (40-60%). It is typically found in the baking aisle of supermarkets, and can sometimes be called "sweet baking chocolate" or "dark baking chocolate." Do note, however, that it is not to be confused with regular baking chocolate, which is completely unsweetened (and inedible — trust us).
Bittersweet Chocolate: The motherload of baking chocolate. The premium brands have a higher cocoa butter content, allowing for a silky richness and bite of flavor that plays beautifully against the sweet in baked goods like brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and rich chocolate cakes. Though it must contain at least 35% cocoa solids, higher-end brands often contain much more, up to 90-95%. It is important to note that this chocolate is not interchangeable with semisweet or dark chocolate. Yes, we have a headache too.
Unsweetened Chocolate: We've said it once, and we'll say it again: Do not eat this by itself. As it contains no sugar and mostly cocoa solids (up to 100%), the purpose of unsweetened chocolate is to add a silky, rich texture to savory dishes, or a bite to baked recipes that contain enough sugar to compensate for the lack of sweetness. This is the chocolate we have used in this week's savory sauces.
Typical Uses
Most of the time chocolate is quite delightful as a stand-alone indulgence, whether in candy bars or other sweets. However, it has also been famously paired with coffees of all sorts, spicy chile peppers, fruit, and even martinis.
Our Approach
Though we will attend to the sweet-toothed among us in our next update, we first wanted to explore chocolate from a savory approach, adding spice, cooking it with wine, and essentially testing how it contributes to the texture and flavor of main courses. Chef Melissa has gone the very traditional route in researching the origins of Mexican molé, presenting it in a format that may seem daunting at first glance; we wish to note, however, that no ancient recipe was ever "quick and easy." Molé must be crafted with love, much like an Italian tomato sauce, a French cassoulet, or an Indian curry (made the old-fashioned way with mortar and pestle) — such dishes cannot be hurried.
Certainly, one can eat these dishes in a restaurant, or buy a pre-made version, but such shortcuts really lose the essence of origin, and the essential heart of the recipe. These flavors must be slowly coaxed and gently layered, particularly with a delicate ingredient such as chocolate; the time and patience required are unlisted but necessary ingredients. When you try them in your kitchen, we encourage you to savor the process, and enjoy the aromas and delicate touches that take a dish from everyday to spectacular.
Classic Mexican Mole (with Grilled Chicken & Cashews)
Herb Crusted Veal Roulade with Savory Chocolate Gravy
Chocolate Cranberry Jam
White Chocolate Lemon Napoleon
Theobroma Cocktail
Chocolate and Caramel Tart with Port Ganache
Chestnut Hot Chocolate
Garlic Brittle Cookies
White Chocolate Cinnamon Crusted Tuile Cookies
Mascarpone Brownies with Honey Chocolate Sauce
Luscious Thai Curry Truffles
Mocha Pudding with Espresso Creme
Cardamom Hot Chocolate
Photo: Kelly Cline
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Today was the first day of 1st grade for my 5 year-old little sister. Her morning conversation consisted of the following: "I was the only black girl there."
Terri was referring to the orientation her new school hosted last week for new students. She wasn't the only Black kid there but there far fewer there compared to kindergarten experience; a mostly Black charter school. My Mom told me that she's never talked to Terri about race before. It's never come up. Well. It came up in Terri's young mind last week and she felt moved to mentioned it this morning.
I'm new to my little sister's life. Long story. I'm also her primary male role model so the educating, the 'first day of schooling' on the race issue fell on me this morning. I wanted to tell her that being different can be a good thing, that many so-called successful people in our society are successful because they produced unique ideas from their unique perspectives and that the law of supply and demand (blending & cross referencing theories here) suggests that being unique and rare can be of value. I wanted to talk about celebrating diversity and all the lofty theories/ideals that I've read about in books and journals.
So what did I tell her?
I told her that "I'm the only Black person in my classes" (she knows that I frequently take night classes for creative writing, Tango & Salsa). Talking to her about my undergrad and grad school experiences will have to come at a later date. Here's how the rest of the convo went though:
Terri: But your not Black, you look white.
Me: Do I?
(I held my arm next to her arm. Terri is dark skinned. I'm of the lighter skinned variety of Black but if you know light skinned folk, some parts of us are lighter and/or darker than other parts so my forearm was close to her shade (Yea genetics for working with my improtu lesson on race!)
Terri: (silence)
(I looked around the room and picked-up a small black calculator)
Me: What color is this?
Terri: Black.
(I hold it to her arm)
Me: Are you black?
Terri: No.
(I recognized that things could get tricky here)
Me: Your not the color black, but you are a Black person. I'm Black too. Black people come in all different kinds of colors.
(She looked at me. I didn't know how she's processed all that)
Terri: I understand
Me: Sometimes we call ourselves African American.
Terri: Ok. I understand.
That's the best I could do on the spot. Now I have to pay attention. Observe. And be ready to teach at any moment.
This morning made me think about that "Dark Girls" documentary that I barely paid attention to and should…no, I WILL have to watch it again. For real this time.
The office website: http://officialdarkgirlsmovie.com/


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People have started buying tickets for Di-Aid.
Other people want to buy tickets for Di-Aid.
Touts have now set up base camp on eBay creating a kind of virtual Dodo island where the weak minded and musically challenged are being clubbed in the face with inflated prices:
Barry Osborn, from Hythe in Kent, thought he was in with a good chance as he works from home. "I hit that button just seconds after 9am but still I didn't get it," he said. "I just wanted to take my girlfriend to what sounds like it's going to be a fantastic day but the touts got in there first and I am left wondering how they did it."
Magic, Barry. Deep dark evil tout magic.
Road kill always brings the vultures out. Dodos have no chance at first dibs on a prime bit of carrion like a golden ticket to see a tone deaf dead woman's favourite performers (although Joss Stone would have been ten years old when Di was last in Paris so maybe they have MTV in Heaven).
If David Icke is right anyone attending the concert runs the risk of becoming food for our interstellar lizard faced overlords, Quatermass style.
Even if he's wrong they still run the risk of seeing Andrew Lloyd Webber.


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Beta amyloid deposits were found accumulated in the cardiac tissue of individuals with Alzheimer's disease, who also exhibited compromised myocardial function, a small study showed.
By immunoblotting, Federica del Monte, MD, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues detected the presence of both amyloid beta-40 and amyloid beta-42 peptides within cardiomyocytes and the cardiac interstitium of the four Alzheimer's disease patients tested.
A control group without Alzheimer's disease, meanwhile, showed no amyloid beta in their cardiac tissue, according to the study published in the Dec. 6, 2016 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Alzheimer's disease patients had worse diastolic function at an earlier age as well, according to linear regression analysis, "conforming with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease as a disease of anticipated aging," the authors argued.
"The findings depict a novel biological framework in which Alzheimer's disease may be viewed either as a systemic disease, or as a metastatic disorder leading to heart, and possibly multi-organ failure," del Monte and colleagues concluded. "Alzheimer's disease and heart failure are both debilitating and life-threatening conditions, affecting enormous patient populations. Our findings underline a previously dismissed problem of a magnitude that will require new diagnostic approaches and treatments for brain and heart disease, and their combination."
"Here, we provide novel evidence that the heart and brain can be affected within the same clinical picture. We found that diastolic dysfunction is an early defect in patients affected by Alzheimer's disease, and that intramyocardial deposits of amyloid beta are present in the myocardium of these patients. Because amyloid beta pre-amyloid oligomers affect cell function in the heart as in the brain, it is possible that they may contribute to the observed myocardial dysfunction," the investigators suggested.
"Although these findings will require confirmation in larger populations, they represent an intriguing, and potentially paradigm-shifting advance in our understanding of a highly morbid and largely untreatable disorder," Brian C. Jensen, MD, and Monte S. Willis, MD, PhD, MBA, both of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wrote in an accompanying editorial.
In this context, Jensen and Willis suggested that several therapies might be candidates for helping the heart and the brain.
"Now that [the authors] have identified amyloid beta in the hearts of patients with Alzheimer's disease, it would be interesting to know how aducanumab affects its abundance and, more importantly, the diastolic function of Alzheimer's disease hearts," according to the duo. Aducanumab -- a novel human monoclonal antibody selectively targeting aggregated amyloid beta -- is under investigation for cognitive benefits in an ongoing phase III trial.
Other potential strategies cited by the editorialists included p38 activation, and transthyretin stabilization.
"Collectively, these therapeutic advances represent rapid success in translating our evolving understanding of the pathophysiological importance of proteotoxicity to improving the lives of patients with potentially devastating neurological and cardiac disorders," Jensen and Willis wrote.
Del Monte's group performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of 22 Alzheimer's disease patients and 35 age-matched controls in a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center clinical database.
Cardiomyocytes from one patient with Alzheimer's disease showed slower velocities of relaxation and prolonged Ca2+ transients compared with controls, indicating a defect in Ca2+ homeostasis, according to the authors.
"No statistical calculations were performed because we only measured three cardiomyocytes from one Alzheimer's disease case," they acknowledged. However, "although we cannot infer a role for circulating amyloid beta versus a primary defect in Alzheimer's disease cardiomyocytes, it is possible that cardiomyocytes and extracellular infiltrates may combine to determine the overall functional defect in Alzheimer's disease hearts."
Chief among the limitations of the investigation: heart and brain specimen collection was only conducted on patients who were maintained on respiratory support in order to avoid post-mortem depositing of amyloid beta -- thus limiting the histopathological analysis to just four Alzheimer's patients. The retrospective nature of the study also limited its findings to correlations.
"Future prospective research studies directed to assess diastolic function will be required. Those may include cardiac MRI," del Monte and colleagues suggested.
The study was supported by the NIH, American Heart Association, and the Italian Society of Cardiology.
Del Monte and Jensen reported no relevant conflicts of interest.
Co-authors disclosed relationships with DynaMed and Servier.
Willis declared support from the NIH and the Leducq Foundation Trans-Atlantic Networks of Excellence.
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Journal of the American College of CardiologySource Reference: Troncone L, et al "Aβ amyloid pathology affects the hearts of patients with Alzheimer's disease: mind the heart" J Am Coll Cardiol 2016; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.08.073.
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Journal of the American College of CardiologySource Reference: Jensen BC and Willis MS "The head and the heart: the Alzheimer's connection" J Am Coll Cardiol 2016; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.09.934.


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Are you looking to enhance your garden with structures, or have a spot in your home just right for that funky piece of furniture? With Thuja Wood Art, each artifact is 'one of a kind'. Whether it is a hand-split cedar picture frame around your favorite nature print, or a small meditation structure by a creek, Thuja Wood Art can help design and build functional art into your home and garden.
Hand-split cedar lends itself very well to more artistic designs because each piece of wood is unique when split, and we cannot predict the exact look of the final product, so we strive to make sure that it will be beautiful and just right for your setting. We use mostly hand tools, as modern machinery is designed for milled wood with square sides. Much of the design is done by eye, letting the wood fit in natural curves and joints.
Thuja Wood Art founder, Colin Hamilton, is always building new designs, and welcomes commissioned pieces. We enjoy building metal, stained glass, tile, or other interesting objects into our gates and furniture. If you have a special piece you would like built into a gate please let us know. Even a yak bell from Tibet can customize your project. (As one client recently brought me, and you can see built into the gate pictured above. It makes a lovely low clanking sound as you open and close the gate.)
Carving and wood burning are two more ways Colin works artistically with the cedar. A simple design can really make a piece stand out. In a effort to use even the leftover pieces from bigger projects Colin makes a wide variety of other smaller handsplit cedar artifacts, like picture frames, cedar boxes, and birdhouses.
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