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I noticed two more big tomatoes that were ready to pick right before lunch, which was convenient for the purpose of making a big fat tomato sandwich.
How crazy is the one on the left?
I noticed two more big tomatoes that were ready to pick right before lunch, which was convenient for the purpose of making a big fat tomato sandwich.
How crazy is the one on the left?
Back to relative harvest poverty after yesterday's mega-pick.
Just one okra, along with 22 small tomatoes, one pumpkin, and a nice black diamond watermelon, first of the summer. At the moment it looks like I'll get at least three or four more watermelons, which I'm really looking forward to.
You know the real secret to growing lemon cucumbers?
Go on vacation for six days and let them work.
Totals for a six-day period where I didn't pick anything: 86 small tomatoes, 2 large tomatoes, 14 okra, 36 (!) lemon cucumbers, 5 green cucumbers, 1 pumpkin, and 1 yellow squash.
That makes a season total of 104 lemon cucumbers, 99 of which have come from one vine. Wow.
Three big ugly Brandywine tomatoes today, plus three more lemon cucumbers, two okra, six yellow tomatoes, and nine butternut squash that will need to sit and cure in the sun for a few days. Nice!
It's been one whole month since I started this site, and I'm glad to say I've posted at least once (and had something to harvest) every day so far.
I think I have to acknowledge that green cucumbers might be done for this summer, but the lemon cucumbers seem to be going on strong (65 so far, 63 from one vine).
Also picked today: four okra, eight small tomatoes, and two more early pumpkins that needed to come off a dying vine.
The cucumbers calmed down for a minute. Today's pick includes one of each variety, plus ten small tomatoes, two okra, and four smallish onions.
Thankfully we'll get a few days to catch up on cucumbers and make pickles!
Solid day for variety: six lemon cucumbers, three green ones, a radish, fifteen small tomatoes, two large Brandywines (which look ripe from the top but are a nice rich pink all around the sides), and one okra.
There was a brief period where I thought lemon cucumbers were slowing down. Then today I pulled 9 off the vine which accounts for 1/6 of this year's total lemon cucumbers.
Also, three green cucumbers, a smallish Brandywine tomato, three okra, and fifteen cherry and yellow pear tomatoes.
Possibly one of the best harvest days of the summer so far (aside from that day I picked three pumpkins in mid-July).
Two green cucumbers, five lemon, ten tomatoes, four okra, four green beans, and five onions (one yellow, two white, two red).
Looking forward to dinner tonight!
All cucumbers and tomatoes today: one green, three lemon, and a nice cluster of cherry/yellow pear tomatoes.


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Selby wins thriller final to conquer world title
|Mark Selby - the 2014 world champion
It's been a marvellous final this one, even if the first two sessions proved to be quite dull (more about them here). However everything changed when these two grand masters of the green baize returned today to have their third session of cues crossing. At this points O'Sullivan was in control, leading by 10-7.
And the first thing that was different was indeed Mark Selby. A good night sleep suited him well, as the Englishman practically stormed in into a strategical battle powerfully sustained by breaks of 55, 52 and 74 which make sure his comeback was the real deal. The scoreline was now showing a perfect 10-10 partial result.
|Ronnie O'Sullivan - the 2014 World Championship runner-up
A dramatic 22nd frame say both players taking turn in potting some very uncooperative snooker balls, in the end though O'Sullivan (who was practically "numb" as he himself would state after the final) managing to wrap things up with a top break of 50 and so draw level at 11 apiece.
The next frame lasted no less than 50 minutes and so the session was cut short, but the most important things was the fact that it was indeed a genuine battle of nerves. It all ended on the colours, with Ronnie missing the final pink that would have secure him the frame!
At 57-67, Selby keep his head cool and managed to pot both the pink and the black to take the lead once more, this time at 12-11.
|Mark and wife Vikki celebrating the victory
But that was about it from the mighty Rocket, for Selby used runs of 34, 23, 25 and 56 to grab the next three frames and go 15-12 ahead. This was getting serious!
Unfortunately Ronnie started biting his nails and saying things under his breath, which all snooker fans know it's a bad sign. Add this to missing important balls and you have one very frustrated player.
Still, he found the strength to hit in runs of 30 and 49 in order to pull back a frame, before Selby could strike in breaks of 127 and 87 to go one away from victory.
|Ref Brendan Moore receiving a medal from Barry Hearn
Selby raised his arms up in the air (a bit like Dennis Tayler when he beat Steve Davis in 85 - only in a more dramatically way) to celebrate his first world title. He waited for 7 years to reach the final of this beautiful event.
O'Sullivan proved to be gracious in defeat, admitting Selby was the better player, "too strong" for him and that sadly he "didn't have it today".
|Ronnie gets second prize
The victory as well as the fact that he's re-become (if I may say so) world number one, was shared with his beautiful wide Vikki who's been by his side, in the audience feeling each miss and cheering for each pot.
|Hear me roar!
It's been a while since I felt so much tension and emotions running wild in a Crucible finale, so I can't but be grateful for Selby and O'Sullivan put on quite a snooker show.
Congrats to Mark Selby for proving that even if the entire world finds his cue style boring he can still win with it and congrats to Ronnie O'Sullivan for reaching yet another final and for keeping the dream of so many young players alive.
These two, as different as they are, are the best!

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'Too Much Happiness,' by Alice Munro
Too Much Happiness
By Alice Munro
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Alice Munro has done it again. Now nearing 80, the Canadian author - winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize - keeps getting better.
For five decades, Munro has written mostly short stories, quietly breaking every rule with glorious results. One common definition of the short story is that it should focus on a single turning point in a person's life. But Munro goes further, following her characters into the future after their lives have been shattered, in cool prose that never falters, no matter how impossible the subject.
Take "Dimensions," the opening story in her new collection, "Too Much Happiness," about a woman whose husband murdered their children after she left the house during a marital tiff one night. While this sounds like the stuff of tabloids, Munro makes it agonizingly real, penetrating the heart of this poor woman, who was so isolated that she failed to recognize her husband's insanity. Now working as a chambermaid, her identity disguised, she visits him in the institution, where he tells her that he has seen the children, who still exist in another dimension. As she keeps returning to listen to him rant, the reader wonders if she is feeding off his fantasy. The real reason for her visits becomes clear only near the end of the story: "Who but Lloyd would remember the children's names now, or the color of their eyes." And who but Munro could deliver this epiphany so plainly that it is all the more devastating - the truth stripped bare.
Munro's prose is so unadorned that readers sometimes mistake her for a quiet writer of uneventful stories. But drama churns beneath the surface of her deceptively calm prose. In "Free Radicals," a young man forces his way into the home of a recent widow, terrorizing her by showing off a photograph of his elderly parents and sister, after he blew off their heads. The widower happens to be in the late stages of cancer, and at first she thinks about "how her cancer freed her, put her out of danger." But a few pages later, she realizes that "the fact that she was going to die within a year refused to cancel out the fact that she might die now." Her fear leads her to tell the man a story about an incident from her own past, trying to get him to identify with her and spare her life. Munro doesn't peel away the layers so much as blast them off, getting at the core of who people are in revelations as frightening as the actions precipitating them. She allows no linguistic pretense, denying her characters any self-deception.
In the wonderful "Fiction," a woman learns that a painful episode from her life has gone into someone else's writing and is disappointed to find that it's part of a book of stories and not a novel, "making the author seem like somebody who is just hanging on to the gates of Literature." This is Munro commenting on the marginalized craft she has been honing for half a century.
Munro's stories are often likened to novels because they track vast spans of time and leave such a lasting impression. But unlike novels, her stories don't resolve neatly, making them all the more unsettling. At the beginning of "Deep Holes," a little boy falls into a crater on a family picnic. His stern geologist father saves his life but fails to love him, leaving a deep hole that nothing can fill, which causes the grown man to reject everything from his past.
Munro excels at creating characters pushed to the fringes of society. The title story in the collection tracks the final days in the life of 19th century mathematician and novelist Sophia Kovalevsky, whose exceptional intellect and pioneering spirit made her as lonely as the contemporary cult members and criminals with whom she shares these pages.
"Too Much Happiness" is an ironic title for a collection that is so full of pain. The most devastating story in the bunch is undoubtedly "Child's Play," about two girls who work each other into a frenzy of revulsion against a disabled child at their summer camp, culminating in one of the most chilling scenes in recent literature. There is no doubt that Alice Munro stands firmly behind those "gates of Literature." Her canvas may be small, but her brush strokes are fine, her vision encompasses humanity from its most generous to its most corrupt, and the effect is nothing short of masterful. Let's hope she has many more stories in her.


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Can you find the dog?? On Saturday, Jasmine auditioned for a new talent agency- Arizona Animal Actors. I had SO MANY props in my car, there was hardly any room for Jaz and I! My trunk and backseat were completely full.
I thought the audition went really well!! :D They had a VERY extensive audition process! (It was seriously close to a 20 page packet of behaviors they were testing on.) And on some of them, I had no idea how Jasmine would do. But overall, I think she did great!
The first part of the test was a sit/stay for 10 minutes. With distractions- dogs walking around, people walking around, metal sounds, reflective boards, people hugging her, etc. She did pretty good on that one.
Then she had to do a down/stay for 10 minutes with the same distractions. She broke this a few times. Especially when someone hugged her. She tried to give them loves back! I had to tell her to lie down again. The other times she broke it, I think were my fault. (Moving my hand that I was using to cue it.) So we need to work on that one.
Next was a stand/ stay for 10 minutes! I *knew* this was Jasmine's weak one. When she gets bored or tired, she just sits down. So after about 5 minutes, she sat down. And I had to ask her to stand back up again. She did for a while, then sat down again. LOL. I totally can relate. I think I would have too! ;) So we're going to work on our duration for that one.
Next, Jaz was tested for her sound sensitivity. I had NO IDEA how she would do with these! They played all sorts of sounds on a loud speaker- like a car back-firing, fire-works, thunder, a horror movie scream, etc. Jaz didn't bat an eye. She didn't care. The only one she slightly reacted to was the wolf growling. She would look towards the speakers, then look back at me. I had turkey chunks. In the end, that was more interesting than the wolf growling!
The rest of the stuff she did GREAT on! I had a ton of props (as you can tell from the pic) so we could demo all of her tricks. (and I actually forgot to bring the mailbox!) Not that I had room for it anyway!! I didn't bring the mini-fridge on purpose. I mean, I have to draw the line somewhere!! That thing is heavy!! ;)
During the trick portion of the audition, I was trying to get Jaz to demonstrate the Figure 8 (leg weave) on another girl. (who was there auditioning with her cute dog!) But Jaz wouldn't do it. She kept looking up at this girl. It didn't take me long to realize the problem! I asked the girl if I could take off her treat bag (which was at her waist.) And voila!! Suddenly, Jaz can do this trick perfectly!! LOL. When in doubt, look for the food!!
My friend Stacy accompanied me to this audition. And I'm so very glad she did! She ended up not only being my friend, but my personal assistant, videographer, navigator, and stage manager! (She got me the props I needed, and told me which tricks to do next.) :D She's awesome! :D
So... it was a really fun day. The audition went really long! It took over 2 1/2 hours. (But that was because the other dog was auditioning too.) So after all that, Jaz was pooped!! It was a busy day. But it was fun.
And good news... they are going to list Jasmine! She's now going to be with Arizona Animal Actors. :)


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Huntington Beach resident Eric Eberwein had little use for theater during his years at Edison High School. But when he went on to Cal State Long Beach to pursue a degree in journalism, he took some theater arts classes to complete his degree requirements.
That changed his mind in a hurry. Today, Eberwein is a practicing playwright whose script, called "The Return Engagement," recently captured a prize at a playwriting festival presented by the FUSION Theatre Co. in New Mexico.
His play was chosen as one of seven winners from a submission pool of 748 scripts from 43 states and nine countries. It'll be staged in its world premiere in Albuquerque, as part of FUSION's 2012 New Works Fest from June 7 through 10.
"I submit scripts to theaters, festivals and contests nationwide, as do many playwrights," Eberwein said. "My full-length play 'Great Western Wanderlust' was just produced by the Hunger Artists Theatre Co. in Fullerton."


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Hi - This blog is a New Hampshire Day Hiker's Blog that may be of interest to hikers in the New England region. Here, I talk about my hikes, gear, nature, wildlife and a little bit of history. Enjoy!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The vehicle that brought us to many trailheads...
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Ha it's funny that you mention a vehicle as part of your hiking gear Karl. Just last week when M finished her 48, we returned to the trailhead on a high to discover the Forrester had a flat! Ugh, nothing quite as demoralizing as having to change a tire after a hike! LOL Good luck with the new wheels!ReplyDelete
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That is tough. After a hike, I feel great...but I still don't want to exert anymore energy. Changing a tire must be the worst thing ever after a hike.
How do you like your Forrester? My buddy just bought a brand new one and loves it. Also, I see a lot of them at the trailheads.


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As a group of Democrats strode out of the hearing room Friday morning, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley wasn't pleased.
"You folks who are photographers know that you're supposed to sit down," he said over the clicking cameras.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and a handful of other Democrats headed for the exits Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
As a group of Democrats strode out of the hearing room Friday morning, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley wasn't pleased.
"You folks who are photographers know that you're supposed to sit down," he said over the clicking cameras.
Rep. Tom O'Halleran, D-Ariz., is among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents this midterm cycle. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
The House adopted amendments on a two-bill spending package last week purporting to redirect sums ranging from $100,000 to study the impact of a mineral found to cause cracking in concrete home foundations, to $36 million for "public safety and justice facility construction" at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
There's just one catch: the provisions simply give the illusion of moving money around — with no real-world impact on agency funding priorities. The net financial impact of all 14 such amendments considered during debate on the $58.7 billion Interior-Environment and Financial Services measure — out of 87 total floor amendments on the bill — was precisely zero.
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., wants to bar the U.S. Postal Service for expanding its offering of financial services. Other proposed amendments to the Financial Services spending bill would help homeowners with bad foundations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Local post offices would be barred from offering most banking services, homeowners with crumbling foundations would get some help and ex-presidents would have to pay for their own office supplies under proposals to amend the House's fiscal 2019 Financial Services spending bill.
Proposed amendments also include some of the usual suspects: keeping the District of Columbia from enforcing certain local laws, allowing federally insured banks to take deposits from companies in the marijuana industry, and barring federal funds from being spent at properties owned by President Donald Trump.
From left, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Luján, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos attend a rally in Berryville, Va., in July 2017. The event featured a wide swath of Democratic leaders from both chambers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
"Not so fast. Not so fast."
That was House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's initial response — albeit a joking one — Wednesday morning to a reporter who pointed out that "at some point" the California Democrat and her top two lieutenants will no longer be in Congress.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, hosts a reception in honor of Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, in the Capitol on Wednesday. The Democrats' most likely new member ran amid promises to not support her as caucus leader. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
After four straight elections falling short of the majority, House Democrats have had their fair share of discussions about their caucus leadership and whether it's time for a change. But with momentum on their side in the current cycle, they're not yet ready to revisit those talks — even after the strong special election performance of a Democratic candidate who pledged not to support Nancy Pelosi in another bid for Democratic leader.
Democrat Conor Lamb led Republican Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania's 18th District special election, with all precincts reporting but the final outcome still undetermined at press time. Lamb's expected victory is significant in a district President Donald Trump carried by nearly 20 points in 2016, although Republicans downplayed the chances of Democrats replicating that success in similar districts.
From left, DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján, Democratic Caucus Chairman Joseph Crowley and Democratic Caucus Vice Chairwoman Linda T. Sánchez conduct a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Democrats are divided on whether to support a sweeping budget deal that includes a lot of their spending priorities but provides no path forward on immigration.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi held the House floor for eight hours Wednesday to make it clear that she wouldn't support the deal without a commitment from Speaker Paul D. Ryan for an immigration vote that would be "bipartisan" and "transparent."
From left, Colorado Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Illinois Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez and Delaware Sen. Chris Coons talk in Russell Building on Monday after the Senate voted to end debate on a continuing resolution to reopen the government. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Updated 9:20 p.m. | Even though Congress has voted to reopen the government after a brief shutdown, House Democratic leaders, who didn't sign off on the deal their Senate counterparts helped negotiate, plan to continue their push on immigration and spending issues with a key leverage point: the budget caps.
The House on Monday evening quickly passed a stopgap funding bill that will reopen the government through Feb. 8 by a 266-150 vote, sending the bill to President Donald Trump, who signed the continuing resolution that night.
The Capitol Visitor Center, usually full of tourists, sits empty on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, as negotiations to reopen the government continue. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Democratic leaders are not whipping the stopgap spending bill to reopen the government through Feb. 8, freeing members to vote how they wish, members and aides said Monday.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said earlier Monday she'll be voting "no" and Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., was expected to follow suit. Their opposition is not likely to change the outcome, though, barring a mass change of heart from Republicans.
President Donald Trump met with Republican and Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee in the White House on Tuesday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is reaching out to Democrats as his party struggles to deliver on key legislation, but rather than embrace that strategy, congressional Republicans keep returning to the same playbook that has failed to give their team a win.
Fresh off another Senate failure to repeal and replace the 2010 health care law, Republicans are moving from one partisan plan to the next. On Wednesday, Trump and GOP congressional leaders will unveil a framework for overhauling the tax code, a measure they plan to advance using the budget reconciliation process.
Dana Carvey, left, Kevin Nealon, second from left, and Sen. Al Franken, right, mock the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings (with Phil Hartman, center, and Chris Farley) on "Saturday Night Live" in 1991. (NBC Universal)
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., could give President Donald Trump a run for his money. Or at least fellow "Saturday Night Live" alums Kevin Nealon and Dana Carvey think so.
"Will Al Franken run for president?" Nealon asks Carvey on his Twitter video series "Hiking With Kevin."


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You can also go to the D.A. Hurd Library web site and click into Marvel.
Sorry friends it is the end of my work day and I am being a slow thinker. So after I published my post my Boss was reading it and said you do know that they can also find Marvel on our Web. page.
Thanks Beth keep reading over my shoulder.


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Russian warplanes wipe out ISIS force in Syria in massive airstrike.
By David Rosenberg – Arutz Sheva
More than 200 ISIS terrorists were killed in a massive airstrike in Syria, Russia defense officials claimed on Monday.
Russian media outlets published the Russian Defense Ministry's claims Monday that Russian warplanes had struck a massive column of ISIS forces outside of Deir ez-Zor, south of Raqqa, wiping out more than 200 ISIS fighters as well as military equipment.
"The Russian Air Force destroyed another large column of ISIS fighters that was heading to the area of the city of Deir ez-Zor, where international terrorists are trying to regroup and equip their last base in Syria," the Defense Ministry statement read in part.
"More than 200 militants" and "heavy vehicles with ammunition" were eradicated in the bombing raids, Russian officials claimed.
Defense officials declined, however, to specify the date of the airstrike. No independent confirmation of Russia's claims has yet been made.
Sergey Shoigu, Russia's Defense Minister, hailed the airstrike as a "strategic defeat" for ISIS, RT reported.
"The defeat of ISIS in the Deir ez-Zor region will be a strategic defeat for the international terrorist group in the Syrian Arab Republic."


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This first layout features a photo that my daughters took when they visited California this summer. They were there shortly before the very campy "Sharknado 3" was to be released and when they saw this shark at the Natural History Museum, they really hammed it up for the camera.
I used both sides of the watercolor orange paper in my kit. I don't know about you but I usually forget to check the "B side" of my papers when I'm starting a layout. The multi-colored pattern on the back of the orange paper added a little fun to the page. The blue strip in the middle is the branding strip from the paper. In an effort to start using the stamps I've collected over the years, I included a few in my kit and put the arrows and the "stay awesome" phrase to use here on this page. I stamped the phrase once in the center to serve as the title and then stamped it four more times without re-inking it.
I placed a few fun puffy stickers as embellishments and added the journaling to complete the page.
Next up is a layout about my daughter's job at an ice cream/chocolate shop and the page design was determined by the design of the patterned paper itself.
The title is a bit of an inside joke - apparently some ice cream shops (not the one she works at) refer to their employees as "scoopologists". I added the title in the white space on the left and my journaling in the white space on the right.
I placed the sole embellishment to cover a red 2013 date in the lower right corner. And yes, I'm that mother, the one who sneaks a photo of her daughter at work. The things we do for a scrapbook page right?
A two-page layout is next. I wasn't quite sure how to use this Pinkfresh studio paper:
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I hand-cut the title from the vellum in my kit and stitched a horizontal line through the letters to hold them in place.
I added a stamped border to the top and bottom.
A few more stamped hearts near the title and some acrylic embellishments were all I needed to finish the layout.
I also struggle with using photo-realistic papers and I'm not sure what I was thinking when I put not one but two of them in my kit! I had already used one of the 4x6 cut-aparts as a photo mat on an earlier page and then decided to trim the remaining piece into an 8x10" (-ish) piece and use it as the base for a layout.
I turned the paper horizontally because otherwise those hearts would be sideways. I have some page protectors in this orientation so it won't be a problem to add this to an album. I printed a quote from Pinterest and cut it into strips before adding it to the page, mounted the layout on to another piece of paper and then wrote my journaling around the border.
I have a few more completed layouts to share - I'll be back soon with the photos and details.


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The association between the Mediterranean diet and magnetic resonance parameters for knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
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The Mediterranean diet appears to be beneficial for osteoarthritis (OA), but the few data available regarding the association between the diet and the condition are limited to X-ray and clinical findings. The current study aimed to investigate the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and knee cartilage morphology, assessed using magnetic resonance (MRI) in a cohort of North American participants. Seven hundred eighty-three participants in the Osteoarthritis Initiative (59.8% females; mean age 62.3 years) in possession of a MRI assessment (a coronal 3D FLASH with Water Excitation MR sequence of the right knee) were enrolled in our cross-sectional study. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was evaluated using a validated Mediterranean diet score (aMED). The strength of the association between aMED and knee MRI parameters was gauged using an adjusted linear regression analysis, expressed as standardized betas with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Using an adjusted linear regression analysis, each increase of one standard deviation (SD) in the aMED corresponded to a significant increase in the central medial femoral cartilage volume (beta = 0.12; 95%CI 0.09 to 0.15), in the mean central medial femoral cartilage thickness (beta = 0.13; 95%CI 0.01 to 0.17), in the cartilage thickness of the mean central medial tibiofemoral compartment (beta = 0.12; 95%CI 0.09 to 0.15), and in the cartilage volume of the medial tibiofemoral compartment (beta = 0.09; 95%CI 0.06 to 0.12). Higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet was found to be associated with a significant improvement in knee cartilage as assessed by MRI, even after adjusting for potential confounding factors.
KeywordsAged Healthy aging Knee osteoarthritis Lifestyle Mediterranean diet MRI
Statement of authorship
Analysis and interpretation of data: Veronese, La Tegola. Draft of the article: La Tegola, Crepaldi. Critical revision for important intellectual content: Maggi, Guglielmi. Statistical analysis: Veronese. All authors approved the version submitted.
Funding source
The OAI is a public–private partnership comprised of five contracts (N01-AR-2-2258; N01-AR-2-2259; N01-AR-2-2260; N01-AR-2-2261; N01-AR-2-2262) funded by the National Institutes of Health, a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, and conducted by the OAI Study Investigators. Private funding partners include Merck Research Laboratories; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline; and Pfizer, Inc. Private sector funding for the OAI is managed by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Compliance with ethical standards
The OAI study was granted full ethical approval by the institutional review board of the OAI Coordinating Center at University of California, San Francisco.
This manuscript was prepared using an OAI public use dataset and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the OAI investigators, the NIH, or the private funding partners. The sponsors had no role in the design, methods, subject recruitment, data collection, analysis, or preparation of this study.
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Top Central furnace manufacturers & brands
Being in the business longer may not mean much, but in the case of furnaces it's difficult to a newcomer to offer the same know-how or the same guarantees of long-established manufacturers. All the more that furnaces are supposed to last two decades or more.
So, prefer a top manufacturer, offering long warranties. Namely, one that is backing the most expensive parts of their equipment for many years: the heat exchanger.
A number of companies are offering 20 years (or more) for their heat exchangers.
Beyond the brand, the manufacturer or the AFUE
Consider carefully the installation of your furnace, including proper sizing and ductwork. Remember that a central furnace is only as good as its installer. Furnaces with high AFUEs but poorly installed can be outperformed by units with a lower rating.
Popular gas Furnace Manufacturers
American Standard and Trane furnaces are very popular in the North American market, and they have very high-efficient models.
Currently the highest rated furnaces list (by the TopTenUSA organization, affiliated with the Energy Star program) comprises the following manufacturers and units:
Carrier Ltd. 59MN7A060V2120;
Bryant 987MA60060V21;
Lennox SLP98DF070XV36B;
Luxaire LP9C060B12MP12;
Coleman CP9C060B12MP12;
Fraser-Johnston TP9C060B12MP12;
Westinghouse FG7MQ060VB;
Maytag PGC2MQ060VB;
Trane TUHMB060ACV3VB;
American Standard AUHMB060ACV3VB and AUH2B060A9V3VB;
Continental CTV060T3A;
Napoleon NUV060T3A;
Tempstar F9MAC0601714A;
Armstrong Air A97DSMV070B12S
See, for a more complete list: Top gas and oil furnace manufacturers.
TopTenUsa Furnaces choosing: TopTen
For a list of wood pellet furnace manufacturers, see: Wood Pellet Furnaces
Choosing A Good Oil Furnace Manufacturer
If gas isn't available in your region, Thermo Pride and Carrier/Bryant are among the top rated manufacturers in most consumer reports and expert reviews for high-efficient oil furnaces.
Furnace manufacturers selection criteria
Do not forget the estimated running costs of the furnace; do not overvalue the purchase price.
Even the most energy efficient furnaces can cost you 3 to 10 times their purchase price in energy use, over their lifetime. According to TopTenUSA estimates (2014), the top gas furnaces considered in their analysis consume about $9,350 - $9,450 in energy over a lifetime of 20 years, while the purchase price ranges from $1,298 to $4,810.
In other words: you should consider the brand or its popularity, the capacity of the equipment and the purchase price, but also the AFUE of the equipment (the energy efficiency coefficient) and the energy costs over a lifetime of at least 20 years.
The energy costs are a critical issue, closely related with the AFUE and the carbon footprint of the equipment: according to the TopTenUSA if all the furnaces were high efficient, that would eliminate 1,9 millions tons of CO2 over their lifetime, just in the USA.
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The way that Cendant
The two companies agreed to prominently feature Cendant's hotels and motels on InterActive's site, but it's not as though either party is looking into monogamy. With more than 500,000 rooms to fill, Cendant has to get around if it wants to fill up its vacancies. That's why Cendant already has deals in place with InterActive rivals such as Sabre's
In the same way that this is great for the wired traveler, it's also pretty sad for the lodging specialists. Cendant and its franchised property owners would clearly prefer if you were to book your rooms directly through them. Not only would they not have to pay out a commission, but they also have you as a captive viewer.
As it stands now, it's a lot like going to a bar and having your date line up with all of the other single barflies to see whether you're making the best decision. It may work out well for you, but it's pretty humiliating for the date -- or, in this case, the available vacancy.
That's why I'll never understand why the industry's many lodging operators run bone-dry websites with little to no sticky content. They would rather dump available rooms at dirt-cheap rates through the likes of Priceline.com
The reason that Travelzoo
I'm not naive. I realize that an empty room is a wash. Booked at enough pocket change to cover housekeeping, utilities, and processing fees, a cheap room booked is better than a vacant one. Yet why aren't the chains trying harder to draw users to their virtual front desk where they can charge retail?
Cendant's trying. Running CheapTickets.com is a great way to move some of its surplus room inventory. But the industry still needs a lot to learn. Our own Travel Center is a good place to start. Because content isn't just king -- it's a coatrack away from a king bed, too.
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Central Carolina Technical College will host a lunch-and-learn session next week for parents of Sumter County high school students and eighth-graders to inform them of the college's various opportunities for their children.
College spokeswoman Cathy Wood distributed a news release Friday about the Aug. 3 event.
Parents can have a catered lunch while learning about CCTC's various opportunities for students, including Early College, Dual Enrollment, the Central Carolina Scholars program and other scholarships, according to the release.
The lunch-and-learn session for parents will be Friday, Aug. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. in Building M400 on the college's main campus on Guignard Drive. That facility is the Industrial Technology building on the main campus and houses some of the college's industrial and engineering technology programs. The event will be in Room M401, which is a large auditorium-style meeting room.
Parents interested in attending should RSVP at www.cctech.edu/lunchandlearn by Monday, according to the college.
If individuals have additional questions, they can contact Cathy Wood, CCTC's director of public relations, at (803) 778-6602.
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text: Exclusive to The Gulf TodayThe "Obama doctrine" has been strongly expressed at least on two occasions: the first was in May 2010, through the famous "National Security Strategy," accordingly with a tradition all the US presidents used to follow. The second occasion was on January 3, 2012, when the White House issued a "new strategic guidance," which seemed like a text completing the "National Security Strategy" and at once updating it with an assessment of the new global conditions.Of course, both documents deal with global conditions from the defence-security point of view representing the strategic interests of the American Empire. Concern is limited at this level, and all emergency circumstances and developments anywhere in the world are dealt with specifically from that perspective: i.e. the extent to which they are consistent or inconsistent with the US strategic inclinations, and what can be done in the case of current or potential challenges. It seems that issuing a "strategic guidance" by the White House in the midst of the 2011 events upsetting the Arab world and the Middle East, and putting the United States and the Western countries in front of unexpected challenges, was not mere routine.The "strategic guidance" issued in January 2012, recognised that the United States was facing a "turning point." Although it was concerned with changes in the entire world, it dedicated considerable attention to the Middle East. The "strategic guidance" used the term Arab awakening to describe the 2011 events in the Middle East, and this Awakening represents in the opinion of the Obama administration "strategic opportunities and challenges at the same time." Although the document did not explain what it meant with "Arab awakening," observe how such an expression connected the recent revolutions in the Arab world to the old idea of Nahdha (awakening), with its highly humanitarianist dimension, despite the fact that those revolutions also cost the United States some powerful allies in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen. This also means that the Obama administration was not unaware of the anger accumulated in these countries. As it faced the unexpected, it was compelled to adapt. Yet, it is also aware that the unknown will remain an important factor in the regional game, since the "strategic guidance" acknowledges that regime change as well as tensions within each country and between countries all undergoing pressure, introduce uncertainty about the future. However, after this apprehension, the document recognises all the same that this may also lead to the advent of governments that will be in the long run more responsive to the legitimate demands of their people, while becoming more stable and reliable allies of the United States. It seems clear here that US strategic thinkers do not see any contradiction between the existence of a national democratic rule in any Arab country and the notion of the country being a "reliable ally." This also means that the United States sees no contradiction between its own goals in the Arab region and the aspirations of the peoples of the region, while any rational analysis would see those contradictions, most notably that there is no concordance on how the US envisions the role of Israel, its policies and their relationships, and how the Arabs assess that same role and envision those policies and relationships. Nonetheless, the "strategic guidance" completely overlooked this issue, maybe because it does not care about the regional details but measures everything according to the planetary strategic perspective of the empire. The United States still considers itself the centre of the universe, and the sole superpower, and this self-centralisation, which was also characteristic of previous empires, prevents it from seeing things impartially. "Strategic thinking" thus becomes a kind of "wishful thinking" representing a cognitive handicap.It is also noteworthy that the issue of security and defence with which "strategic guidance" is concerned, has not been linked to the fundamental changes that have taken place in the Arab region. The Americans still insist on the same problems as if nothing happened at all. Through the "strategic guidance," it seems that they did not yet realise the ability of political change to reverse all the prevailing concepts. They still tend to think with such concepts as "terrorism," "counter-terrorism," "Islamic radicalism" or militancy, and of course, may not up to that time at least have developed a comprehensive vision of what would become of the regional order in the case of Islamist takeover of the political arena in a fully democratic manner in more Arab countries. For example, the "strategic guidance" claims that US defensive efforts in the Middle East are aimed at countering extremist violence and threats to stability, and equally support US commitments to allies and partners. Nothing in this discourse is irrational, but it is not enough when it comes to defining the concept of "stability" and the types of threats, while regimes are crumbling not under the blows of a few groups of "extremists," but under the pressure of millions of people who specifically took to the streets to upset stability. The failure of the "strategic guidance" in providing a new understanding of different conditions is here clear. Instead, the "guidance" continues with the same tasks and concepts without linking them to a moving reality. It confirms that the main concern for the Americans is "the proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction." Such is indeed a long-time concern they have, and re-framing it in this way in the new variable conditions, does not cast any light. The "strategic guidance" also reminds us that "the policy of the United States aims at securing the Gulf, in association with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries when appropriate, to prevent Iran from developing a military nuclear capability, and to face its destabilising policies. Here, too, nothing is new. All US administrations since President Jimmy Carter emphasised the importance of maintaining security and stability (i.e. oil supply lines) in the Gulf, without exception. It seems that we are here about some of the "constants" of foreign policy in the Middle East, as far as political and economic, social and strategic changes allow us to use the term "constants" for any foreign policy, whether American or other.Linked to the question of maintaining "security and stability" in the Gulf, is the issue of maintaining "security and stability" of Israel. What has the stability of the Gulf got to do with Israel? The untold addressee of this discourse is indeed Iran. There is no other link between the Gulf security and the security of Israel, except the statements of the Iranian leaders over the outstanding problem of the nuclear issue, mutual threats around the Strait of Hormuz, and the probability of a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, with its dark consequences for the region.


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This is a really quick and easy meal that is suitable for lunch or dinner. It is high in fiber, protein and high in calcium, iron and vitamin A due to the rapini.
You will need:
1 box of whole wheat rotini
1 bunch of rapini (broccoli rabe)
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves of garlic
1 can white kidney, navy or romano beans (drained and rinsed
1/2 vegetable bouillon cube
red hot pepper flakes (optional)
First bowl a pot of salted water and add a box of rotini
Rinse a bunch of rapini (broccoli rabe), take the leaves and flowerettes off the stalks and chop.
After the pasta has been cooking for about 5 minutes, add the rapini.
Cook for an additional 5 minutes until the pasta is al dente and rapini is just cooked. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of pasta water and drain.
Rinse out the pot and heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
Chop 4 garlic cloves.
Saute in the oil for 1 minute until fragrant.
Add the reserved pasta water, 1/2 vegetable bouillon cube and beans.
Cook until heated through, add pasta, toss to coat and then serve. I prefer hot pepper flakes on mine but you can leave that out if you so wish.
Whole Wheat Rotini with Rapini, garlic and white beans
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did not venture to talk. There were five or six workingmen in the shop discussing the value of a gentleman's estate in County Kildare. They drank at intervals from their huge pint tumblers and smoked, spitting often on the floor and sometimes dragging the sawdust over their spits with their heavy boots. Mr. Duffy sat on his stool and gazed at them, without seeing or hearing them. After a while they went out and he called for another punch. He sat a long time over it. The shop was very quiet. The proprietor sprawled on the counter reading the Herald and yawning. Now and again a tram was heard swishing along the lonely road outside.
As he sat there, living over his life with her and evoking alternately the two images in which he now conceived her, he realised that she was dead, that she had ceased to exist, that she had become a memory. He began to feel ill at ease. He asked himself what else could he have done. He could not have carried on a comedy of deception with her; he could not have lived with her openly. He had done what seemed to him best. How was he to blame? Now that she was gone he understood how lonely her life must have been, sitting night after night alone in that room. His life would be lonely too until he, too, died, ceased to exist, became a memory—if anyone remembered him.
It was after nine o'cock when he left the shop. The night was cold and gloomy. He entered the Park by the first gate and walked along under


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Having a bad credit report can have a negative impact on your financial health. There are many ways to fix it, but seeking professional help is ideal for dealing with these issues. Having credit problems can prevent a person from landing a job, and can affect your creditworthiness. Once you get into bad credit, you may find a couple of potential solutions. You may find it difficult to decide whether or not to rely on credit repair companies, but it is essential to hire a credit repair company. They have acquired skills and are trained properly to deal with all your credit issues. They have professionals who analyze your situation and help you get rid of the bad credit.
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The secret behind failure
We've all been there, reacting to a story that has played out in our heads to the point that we are so convinced we would almost bet our lives that it is true. Learning the hard way, it doesn't take long to find out that we couldn't have been more wrong.
The bottom line is, we are the only actor in our own movie; half the time we think that other people are participating in this enactment we have created, when the reality is they are totally clueless.
Perception is 100 percent the basis of our reality. The stories we create in our minds when in a state of panic and fear are solely based on our own insecurities, beliefs, values and ideals.
This is your movie; you decide how to produce it. You decide the roll you play and how it affects your story and the stories around you. If we choose to carefully understand why we react the way we do and assess the situation before we get consumed by our emotions, we have a fighting chance to success.
Everyone is a reflection of something inside us. What we avoid becomes our focus, and what we focus on grows. The more we avoid our darkness, the more it will present us with scenarios that force us to face the very thing we are trying to hide from. The things we despise most are a reflection of our deepest fears. Introspection is a life-long journey, so before we go blaming someone else for our frustrations, we must start by looking in the mirror and uncovering the mask to discover what it is we are hiding from.
So what to do now?
Start getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Have a great day!


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Who's ever tried fasting? What did you experience?
Without food, your body turns to stored glycogen in the liver for its energy needs. These glycogen reserves are soon used up and your body next switches to burning your stored fat .
Having your body regularly perform this energy-source switching is what trains your metabolism which can lead to sustainable weight loss. It can also help reduce hunger hormones and balance insulin levels.
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GSH breaks charity record
Published: 10 August, 2004
GSH's most successful charity event to date has resulted in £18 500 being shared between the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and the Donna Louise Trust, a children's hospice service in the North West. The money was raised at a Paris-in-spring-time themed ball attended by over 300 employees, clients and suppliers.
Over the last four years, GSH has raised over £75 000 for local and national charities across the UK.
Photograph shows GSH's chief executive Colin Tennent (left) and Judith Herrod of the Donna Louise Trust (right) at the cheque presentation to both charities.


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GWTW154 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 118 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Physician's Choice, Inc.
We need a new logo that represents our exciting transition from a medical weight loss practice to a MedSpa.
Dr. Robert Shuman and his staff of experienced medical professionals have been providing the most advanced medical weight loss therapies and personal wellness coaching to help clients lose weight and live a more healthful life.
Our new "MedSpa" Services offered at Physician's Choice include, weight loss, Zerona Non-invasive body slimming, Smooth Shapes cellulite treatment and Venus Freeze skin rejuvenation and anti-aging treatments.
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2 Easy Pumpkin Tabletop Arrangements for Fall
Carve out time this fall to create colourful tabletop arrangements that feature pumpkins.
By: Debra Steilen
Give your home décor an autumnal attitude with fresh pumpkin arrangements. You can show off your creative side with incised designs or simply bring out the beauty of fresh cut and potted flowers with our easy-to-do ideas.
Super-simple Pumpkin Vase
Transform a small round pumpkin into a stylishly seasonal vase.
20.5-centimetre-diameter pumpkin in the colour you desire
Large spoon or pumpkin scoop
Small cylindrical container (sized to fit within pumpkin)
Flower food (optional)
Seasonal flowers (such as dahlias, cockscombs or carnations)
- Wash and dry the pumpkin
- Place the pumpkin on a newspaper before cutting off the top with a knife. The opening you cut should be big enough to accommodate the container chosen to hold the flowers
Tip: Use the outside rim of the container as a template. Place the container on top of the pumpkin and draw around the edge with a pen; use the traced circle as a cutting guide.
- Using a large spoon or scoop, remove the pulp and seeds. Try to make the bottom of the pumpkin cavity as level as possible so the container will stand up straight
- Place the small container inside the pumpkin, then fill it almost to the top with water. Add flower food if desired
- Using scissors, trim the flower stems to desired lengths. Place the tallest flowers in the centre of the container. Spiral out from the centre flowers as you insert consecutively shorter ones until the arrangement is full enough to stand upright
Tip: Swap out the vase for potting soil and plant your favourite succulents or mix it up with ornamental grass.
Painted Pumpkins with Incised Designs
Craft beautifully patterned pumpkins to use in eye-catching arrangements.
Large orange or white pumpkin
Medium orange or white pumpkin
Small orange or white pumpkin
Painter's tape
Spray paint in a matte black
White chalk
Paring knife
Woodworking tools (optional)
Large tray in the finish you desire
Gourds in the colours and textures you desire
Fresh seasonal flowers (optional)
- Wash and dry all three pumpkins. Wrap painter's tape around their stems
- Place pumpkins atop newspapers in a well-ventilated area. Using short quick bursts, spray-paint each pumpkin matte black. Spray a second coat if needed for complete coverage. Let dry between coats. Remove painter's tape from stems
Tip: Thin overlapping bursts of paint will create a more even surface than long sprays that cause drips.
- Plan your incised designs. For a more interesting display, design a different look for each pumpkin. Consider stripes, dots and simple graphics such as flowers
- Place the first pumpkin on newspaper. Using white chalk, sketch your desired design on the pumpkin's black-painted surface. Using the paring knife or your favourite woodworking tool, scrape or gouge out the incised design. Go just deep enough to reveal the orange or white pumpkin flesh beneath the rind. Repeat these steps with the remaining pumpkins
- Arrange the finished pumpkins on a tray to create your tabletop display. Tuck in small ornamental gourds for additional pops of fall colour and texture
Tip: Add height to a pumpkin grouping to make it more interesting. Lift a medium or large pumpkin by displaying it on a cake pedestal. Prop small pumpkins atop sturdy black candle pedestals.