Yesterday evening's Serpentine Gallery Summer Party 2007 in London brought out some beautiful faces and gorgeous summer dresses. Thandie looked especially pretty, but then again, she always does. I always adore seeing Josh/Pacey and his ever-fabulous girlfriend, Diane Kruger. Plus, who doesn't love seeing Pierce Brosnan? No one! No one doesn't love Pierce! I wonder if Kim Cattrall leaked any more info on that Sex and the City movie, because that's something she could talk my ear off about with no complaints. Don't you just love seeing such Summer-y parties? Makes me want to throw on a white dress and get outdoors.
To see a whole lot more pictures of the event, including Rod Stewart, Dennis Hopper, Jade Jagger, Vidal Sassoon and lots more just
Images include Thandie Newton, Natalia Vodianova, Kim Cattrall, Joshua Jackson, Diane Kruger, Geri Halliwell, Penny Lancaster, Rod Stewart, Oliver Parker, Dennis Hopper, Pierce Brosnan, Tamara Beckwith, Liberty Ross, Jade Jagger, Vidal Sassoon, and Tim Jefferies.


Enlisted May Not Be Over After All!
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Using lubrication with condoms for anal intercourse to help protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been a long-standing practice of prevention because lubricants can prevent abrasions, which can increase the chance of STI transmission.
However, a study reported at the Microbicides: 2010 conference in late May challenged that theory. Research conducted by Pamina Gorbach, DrPH, and others at the University of California at Los Angeles, showed that people who recently used lube, either with or without condoms, during anal sex were more likely to contract
STIs than those who didn’t.
This is because regular lube use can damage the epithelium, the thin layer of cells lining the anal cavity, Gorbach explains. And this, in turn, makes people more vulnerable to STIs.
In the study involving 300 women and men who had anal sex, those who had used lubes in their last receptive anal sex encounter had more cases of the bacterial infections chlamydia and gonorrhea than those in the no-lube group. Gorbach says condom use was uniform across the groups. (If used properly, condoms can provide excellent protection against HIV/AIDS, but they do not protect against certain STIs.)
A related study also reviewed at the conference evaluated the specific lubes. According to study author Charlene Dezzutti, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh, water-based Pré and condom-compatible silicone Wet Platinum seemed to cause less epithelial erosion than four others analyzed (Astroglide, Elbow Grease, ID Glide and K-Y Jelly). Microbicide activist Anna Forbes urges caution before forgoing lubrication. “Don’t drop lubes,” she says. “That can increase the risk of trauma and therefore of HIV.”
The bottom line? Get tested for STIs, get treated if necessary, and play it as safe as you possibly can.


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Do you have a bedtime routine?
As I did the bedtime routine last night, I wondered if other mums also have similar routines. I was reading this article on getting your children to go to sleep, and I love the points about making each night special and trying to make up a song. My husband and I were singing to my children the other night before bed, and they thought it was so funny. We have a routine that we started several years ago, and it has changed a bit, but we try to stick to it for the most part. I have found that having a routine does help my children go to sleep better.
Do you have a bedtime routine? At what age did you start the bedtime routine?


Weighing the Cost of Weight Loss
Nutrition Science Professor Explores Nutritional Complications of Bariatric Surgery
Nana Gletsu-Miller, assistant professor of nutrition science, asks if people who opt for bariatric surgery are "trading one set of problems for another." (Photo by Steven Yang)
Bariatric surgery has become a popular weight-loss option — more than 200,000 surgeries were performed in the U.S. in 2011.
"There are not many other proven programs for people who have 100 or more pounds to lose," says Nana Gletsu-Miller, assistant professor of nutrition science. "And the surgery works. In a month people lose about 10 percent of their body weight and 25 percent over six months. It takes one to two years to realize normal body weight."
Bariatric surgery makes the stomach smaller and allows food to bypass part of the small intestine and to go directly to the lower intestine. The operation fools the patient into feeling full with less food than before the surgery when the stomach was its original size. Although patients are absorbing less fat and losing weight, thus reducing serious health risks such as heart disease, diabetes and stroke, the surgery has drawbacks. Nutrients are not absorbed as well in the lower intestine, and because patients are eating less, fewer essential nutrients and vitamins are available in the body.
Gletsu-Miller's research studies the impact of weight-loss surgery on overall health. She wondered, "Are these patients trading one set of problems for another?"
"With the weight loss, patients often feel so good after surgery they stop going to their doctors for follow-up and monitoring. Over time we see nutritional deficiencies," she explains. "Patients lack iron, vitamin D, some B vitamins, zinc and copper resulting in a range of issues including fatigue, anemia, hair loss or neurological problems."
Surgery itself only helps with weight loss for a year or two. Outcomes of Gletsu-Miller's work include helping postsurgical patients maintain weight loss over the long term while encouraging better nutritional health. "It is fascinating to study. We know obesity leads to cancer and heart disease, but why? What are the molecular reasons? The best way to study these things is to study people who lose weight."
Part of the work, she adds, is to share data with Purdue collaborators Kolapo Ajuwon, assistant professor of animal sciences, and Kee Hong-Kim, assistant professor of food science. Both researchers study the mechanisms that link excess body fat and diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and metabolic syndrome. "We supply biological samples, and they look at the molecular basis," Gletsu-Miller says. "This population allows us to make observations from human samples we analyze in the laboratory, as opposed to taking information from the lab to humans. We can use our understanding of what is going on to help others.
"These patients develop nutritional problems we haven't seen in this country in decades. We do see them in underdeveloped or developing countries. So, what we find using research with bariatric surgery patients, especially related to iron, copper and zinc deficiencies, can be applied to other populations who are at risk."
Educating postsurgery patients on the nutritional risks remains a key to optimal health, Gletsu-Miller says. "Patients should get routine nutritional check-ups after surgery, and always continue to take vitamins and minerals. It is important to be aware of symptoms and to not ignore them."


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(Scientific Name: Hypomyces lactifluorum
) Orange in color, the name for this variety of mushroom is derived from its coloring that is similar to a lobster with the burnt orange outside and white inner meat. Often referred to as a parasite, the Lobster mushroom lives off the nutrients provided to other fungi as its host, most often living off Russula or Lactarius mushrooms. Although the Lobster mushroom most often does not live off poisonous varieties as hosts, it may do so at times, depending on the area in which it grows. Therefore, care should be taken to make sure surrounding mushrooms that are host to the Lobster mushroom are not of the poisonous variety. As it grows, an irregular shaped cap forms above the stem, developing into many different shapes with many different sizes.
Firm and chewy in texture, this mushroom provides a somewhat salty, delicate flavor that goes well with stir-fried dishes, soups, stews, terrine dishes, and chowders such as lobster chowder. Or, the mushrooms can be sautéed and added as an ingredient to omelets, frittatas and quiche dishes. Lobster mushrooms add color to foods being prepared while easily absorbing the flavors of other foods being cooked with the mushroom.


January 12, 2009
Satellite Information Helps Spanish Vineyards
Spanish researchers used a computer program able to distinguish grapevines from other crops in satellite images. The tool has been successfully used in the El Bierzo area of Le³n, and can be used to calculate the potential wine production of an area under cultivation.
A team of researchers from the University of Le³n (UL) and the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) were able to carry out an inventory of vineyards in the El Bierzo designation of origin area by using a teledetection system.
Vineyard areas were previously checked by tracing the borders of each plot by hand on photographs. "The new method is based on computerized analysis of the crops using digital images taken by a Landsat satellite", Jos© Ram³n RodrÃguez-P©rez, co-author of the study and an agronomist engineer at the UL, tells SINC.
The study, which has recently been published in the Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, includes analysis of two photographs of the El Bierzo area taken three months apart, in order to compare the data obtained each time. After in situ validation in order to determine the margin of error, there was an 88% success rate for those areas planted to vines.
This system can distinguish between up to 18 different types of surfaces in the images, including roads and areas planted to crops, including pasture, irrigated land, or forested areas, and can extract the area covered by vineyards from these.
The electromagnetic spectrum information in the photographic images obtained from the satellite can be separated into seven different bands. Once the image has been sent to Earth, the researchers apply a series of algorithms, which analyze the photograph pixel by pixel, identifying the 18 types of surfaces. In order to pick out the vineyards, the software needs to a series of test areas to be defined. "We knew what kind of crop was in which area, and we created a pattern with the spectral characteristics of each," explains the study's author.
The program also differentiates between three types of vineyard "“ recently-planted ones, those with a ground density of less than 35%, and those with a density in excess of 35%. In this case, the degree of precision is only 30%, but RodrÃguez-P©rez points out that new tools are being designed using high resolution spatial photography.
The researchers hope these will provide more exact results, but "as always they must be checked in the field "“ the teledetection system is not a final procedure in itself, but it does help make it easier to carry out an inventory of vineyard areas", says the researcher.
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Attacks on the Press in 2006 - Snapshots: Malawi
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Three journalists for the private weekly The Chronicle were detained for one day in May and charged with criminal libel in connection with an article alleging that Malawi's then-attorney general was involved in the theft of a computer.
General Manager Jika Nkolokosa and reporter Maxwell Ng'ambi of the private media group Blantyre Newspapers Limited were charged with criminal libel in May. The charge stemmed from a December 2005 article in Blantyre's weekly Malawi News, which alleged that the health minister at that time, Hetherwick Ntaba, was being audited for failing to account for public funds, according to the Media Institute of Southern Africa.


Cleveland, OH -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/01/2014 -- Martin Healthcare Group (MHG) has formed an umbrella organization to market its six divisions: Physician Staffing, Community Hospitalists, Community Intensivists, Main Street Locums, Northeast Ohio Group Practice and The Premium Group. Each MHG division will continue to provide the same quality service clients have come to expect and will remain a privately held corporation owned by the Martin family.
For 40 years, the Martin companies have been providing exceptional healthcare solutions. Each is well-known individually in its respective sector. Now under a common MHG banner, all six Martin divisions can be recognized as part of a robust family owned business, one that healthcare providers have relied upon for a range of customized staffing and management solutions.
“We have always adapted to the ever-changing landscape of the healthcare industry,” said Anthony Bernardo, company president. “That is something that we will continue to do. The formation of MHG merely allows us to streamline our marketing approach in a way that clearly conveys all of the resources we offer.”
MHG’s newly designed and rebranded website, http://www.theMHG.com, highlights each division, including the newest ones, Community Intensivists and Main Street Locums.


They Can't All Be Zingers
Released: Oct 2006
Maybe they can't all be zingers, but when it comes to the music of Primus, you can bet they are all wacko alt rock ragers. Led by ace of bass Les Claypool, the influential trio has been funking, punking and spelunking for well over two decades. This greatest hits set begins with Primus' earlier, harder stuff and closes with more recent fare, produced when they started buying into the hype surrounding their weirdness. Some nuggets are left off, unfortunately; this collection could have easily spanned two discs.


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Watching The Royal Ballet in the splendour of the Royal Opera House is a unique experience. It is often hard to equate the perfection on stage with the hours and hours of rehearsal - harder still to understand the process of how the dance was created and taught. Royal Opera House Insights offers audiences the chance to step through the proscenium arch and witness artists creating new work behind the scenes. Last Saturday, we had the chance to take over the largest Apple Store in the world, in London's Covent Garden. We set out to reveal the process of choreographing new work in a bold and public setting - amid the iPads and iBooks and before a crowd of weekend shoppers, out to enjoy the sunshine.
Kristen McNally, First Soloist and exciting young choreographer from the Company, used music from the American rapper Kanye West's latest album My Dark Twisted Fantasy to direct five Royal Ballet dancers, Thomas Whitehead, Jonathan Watkins, Ryoichi Hirano, Yasmine Naghdi and Jacqueline Clark. She was inspired, in part, by seeing the singer's use of ballet dancers in an acclaimed video for the piece. Assisted by her colleague David Pickering wielding an iPad 2, they were able to involve the audience by getting them to draw shapes on the screen. Kristen then used these shapes as a creative springboard, taking the choreography in exciting directions.
It felt immediate and exhilirating. The speed with which the dancers converted new moves to memory was astounding. As one blogger put it, "you could literally see the ballet expand and evolve before your eyes." I can't think of another art form where it's possible to see the creative process at such a raw stage; it's impossible to take a tour of a composer's brain, a painter's studio is sealed off from the public and the study of a novelist is a solitary space.


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Re: HMS Bounty in trouble...
Paolo, you posted this at least once, a couple of WEEKS ago. It hasn't become any more illuminating, nor any less offensive. I mean, God knows "preofessional mariners" never do anything wrong...
To make it clear, It is not me that it is saying that. I have just posted it and I guess that now they would find us ( I mean Rob Almeida and other professional captains and sailors) a bit less scarier
since in the end we aligned with the position and views they had taken right since the first day.


IMMOKALEE, Fla.- An Immokalee man shot inside his home on Friday night has now been released from the hospital. The shooting happened on New Market Road around 10:30pm.
Deputies say the suspect entered the home, stole money and then shot the 53-year-old. Collier County deputies still searching for the suspect. Anyone with any information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office or Crime Stoppers.


Wal-Mart Names Global Chief Compliance Officer
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has reorganized its compliance department and hired a global chief compliance officer.
A Reuters report says that its compliance, ethics, investigations and legal units will all report to Wal-Mart's general counsel, Jeff Gearhart, starting on December 1. Jay Jorgensen, who once served as a law clerk to former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and was most recently a partner at the law firm Sidley Austin, was named global chief compliance officer.
The company has spent more than $30 million in the past 17 months to update its global anti-corruption program, with 79,000 hours logged and more than 1,000 interviews of market personnel, the report said.
Wal-Mart also named Daniel Trujillo as chief compliance officer for Wal-Mart International, and Tracy Reinhold as vice president of global investigations, both new positions for the company.


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Green beans...what's your favorite fixer-upper?
String beans show-up on many dinner tables just because "we need a green vegetable that most people will eat". BORING. How do you entice family & friends to eat this vegetable? Mushrooms, nuts, bits of pork? I like a cold green bean salad that contains pecans & blue cheese. Let's talk string beans!


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Skinnytato offers two separate menus - a lighter lunch menu, served between 11am and 3 pm and a more substantially portioned and expanded dinner menu, served between 5pm and 9pm.
Where appropriate, items on both of our menus are labelled as (gf) for gluten-free and (v) for vegetarian. Please inform your server of any food intolerances and/or allergies prior to ordering, as in many cases, because our dishes are made in-house and from scratch, we are able to accommodate your dietary needs.
Each of our dinner menu items is served with a complimentary cup of soup; please ask your server for the day's selection. Past options have included lentil and orange, borscht and the infamous pickle!
Irrespective of which menu you decide to order from first, we look forward to welcoming you in our restaurant!


After 2005's po-faced Match Point reinstated Woody Allen as a critical darling, he must have vowed to parlay his revitalized credibility into a full-blown Grand Tour, bouncing between England (Scoop, Cassandra's Dream) and Spain (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), and alighting most recently in France for Midnight in Paris. The latest in Allen's ongoing travelogue (the next installment, Nero Fiddled, will be set in Rome) commences with an old-fashioned overture, a montage of street scenes captured in their photogenic prime by DP Darius Khondji, set to a Sidney Bechet clarinet number, an obvious throwback to Manhattan's Gershwin-swoony ode to New York City. Steeping himself in far-flung locations hasn't exactly compelled Allen to forge new material so much as encourage him to approach longstanding themes and character types from a slightly less familiar perspective. Cultural crosspollination isn't just Allen's latest modus operandi; it's one of Midnight in Paris's overarching themes, exemplified by the Lost Generation's artistic expatriation, against which Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) measures his own creative urges.
Midnight in Paris's central time-travel conceit whisks Gil, a Hollywood hack screenwriter visiting the City of Lights with his untamed shrew of a fiancée, Ines (Rachel McAdams), and status-seeking presumptive in-laws (Kurt Fuller and Mimi Kennedy), back to the Roaring Twenties in a vintage Rolls; soon he's splashing the wine with the likes of Hemingway (Corey Stoll), Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald (Tom Hiddleston and Alison Pill), Gertrude Stein (Kathy Bates), and falling for "art groupie" Adriana (Marion Cotillard). The rewards of Midnight in Paris are admittedly manifold: Wilson's charmingly flustered lead; Michael Sheen as bearded, bloviating academic Paul, and his diagnosis of Gil's nostalgia syndrome; Darius Khondji's evocative, dazzling cinematography (his second film with Allen after 2003's Anything Else); the parade of illustrious stand-ins, among which Adrien Brody as a rhino-horny Salvador Dalí stands out. (Although, I have to say, the gag that has Gil pitching The Exterminating Angel's premise to a bewildered Buñuel, while superficially amusing, does little justice to the man who made L'Âge d'Or, a legitimately bruising dissection of humanity's conflicted psychosocial aspirations.) Then there's the neatly recursive step further into the past, triggered by Adriana's own hyperinflation of the late 1800s' Belle Epoque, when she and Gil wind up at the Moulin Rouge sitting around a table with Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, and Gauguin.
Midnight in Paris may be little more than a featherweight lark, as it has both been lauded and derided; at any rate, viewing the film in a theater certainly made it easy enough to get caught up in its surface pleasures. One of home video's prime advantages is that it necessitates reviewing and rethinking. Seen under these conditions, Midnight in Paris continues a trend, evident in Allen's more recent films, or maybe just made more glaring due to their relatively threadbare conception and execution, that calls to mind Whatever Works and its assertion that just making your way to the Big Apple will cure whatever ails you, be it homophobia or a nagging spouse. It's a trend in which the writer-director panders to his audience in a particularly self-congratulatory manner, patting them on the back for their Wikipedia-deep familiarity with art and literature, doing next to nothing to prod them out of their comfort zone. Characters no longer question or challenge anybody's life philosophy; at best, they merely provide an alibi, a safety valve.
Gil, for instance, jealously hoards a trove of romantic illusions, like the cornball notion that Paris is best perambulated in the pouring rain. By such obvious signs, as much as any aspirations to write the next great American novel, the audience is encouraged to view Gil as the sensitive artistic type, while with equally broad strokes Allen paints Ines as a two-timing poseur and her parents as money-grubbing Tea Party sympathizers. There's nothing new about comedy utilizing familiar stock types, but the superficiality of Allen's characters provides too-easy targets, a labor-saving device that robs the film of any heft or consequentiality, siphoning off any import from Gil's ultimate decision to split from Ines and stay on in Paris, more or less in keeping with Rainer Maria Rilke's dictum: "You must change your life."
At least Midnight in Paris's conclusion affirms change and growth in some baseline existentialist sense, through Gil's realization that existence invites dissatisfaction, wherever and whenever you happen to be, thereby rendering it inversely proportional to Vicky Cristina Barcelona, in which the eponymous characters reject the possibilities, however contrived, that Spain opens up to them, only to return to the quiet desperation of their former lives. Cast aside as petty fact that Gil's sea-change occurs altogether too easily and quickly, in the winsome form of a simpatico vendor (Léa Seydoux) who conveniently shares Gil's taste for playing the flâneur in the rain, as well as his Cole Porter fixation. It's all backward-gazing enough to make a viewer question whether Gil's truly cured of his Golden Age fixation. Midnight in Paris gives abundant evidence that its writer-director is not.
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Darius Khondji's luxuriant and luminous cinematography, heavy on the orange-yellow and glistening cobblestones, is well-represented on the DVD, though I have to imagine it really pops on Blu-ray. The discrete surround track doesn't use the ancillary speakers to much advantage, though it conveys dialogue and period music perfectly adequately.
A micro-featurette "Midnight in Cannes" contains about five minutes of interview footage from the press conference at Cannes. Woody Allen talks a bit about stealing all the credit for top-shelf performances in his usual self-deprecatory style. Stars Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams each have a few lines about Allen's directorial style. As you might expect, it doesn't exactly get too deep or terribly insightful. Rounding out the rather slender supplements are cast and crew photo galleries and a theatrical trailer.
Fable-like, if not exactly fabulous, Midnight in Paris gets shoved onto shelves in a barebones edition from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.


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How to Organize a Food Drive
WECARE Food Pantry
- Do initial planning-set time/action calendar.
- Determine tasks and ask committee members to take on specific responsibilities.
- Solicit local businesses or individuals to
donate materials or underwrite costs and put their name on all printed materials.
- Design flyers and posters and print amount needed for distribution.
- Obtain collection boxes and designate locations.
- Send press releases to local media 4-6 weeks in advance of event.
- Periodically check status of individual tasks of committee members.
- Remember to keep track of community service hours.
- Hold a successful food drive and feel good about helping others!
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I can't eat gluten. I tested negative for celiac/ allergies but it gives me gastro issues and if I forget my allergy meds I will break out in hives and start wheezing. I don't think medicine has all the answers.
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1/18/13 9:47 P
Although I avoid wheat now myself, I'm not sure it's "the answer" to the obesity problems as some have urged.
That said, I do think that some people can be sensitive to it in the way that I am. I only figured it out when I went on a very low calorie diet under the direction of a physician that eliminated wheat products entirely. Within a few days, the "brain fog," tiredness and joint pain I've suffered from for decades was totally gone, plus I learned that it was (and is) a lot easier to control my appetite if I don't eat it.
Note that I don't as a general matter eat gluten free substitutes for bread, pasta, baked goods -- I just don't have those things in my diet at all, and have replaced them mostly with fruits and veggies, plus some low-fat dairy (Greek yogurt essentially replaced my morning cereal, for example). So that is a pretty calorie-rich set of foods that I just don't eat as a general matter -- which probably has more to do with my maintenance success than not eating gluten per se. (Though I'll admit to a very occasional gluten free Georgetown Cupcake -- I live down the street from the original shop here in Georgetown, and I can buy them one at a time, at least when there's not a massive line of tourists!)
Currently maintaining within 5 lbs. (+ or -) of goal. I weigh daily, but also use a tape measure and the fit of my clothes to guage how well I'm doing.
1/18/13 9:40 P
I eat wheat and I feel fine. It hasn't caused me any problems or hampered my weight loss efforts.
Over eating Calamari, now that is a whole different story
Eat what you like and if someone comments, eat them too
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Yes, along with the processed food comes dyes, preservatives, flavor enhancers, etc. prepackaged foods trigger my crvings and sense of well being. I am very concious of those things. I try to eat organically when possible. Wheat with all of the add ons tends to trigger my overeating and cravings as well..
I have been pretty much wheat free for 5 months... except a small amount of flour in gravy at Christmas and some fish sticks once... I am not irritable bowl or celiac.... I can eat it again and I don't get sick but I am getting used to being gluten free... I don't eat any grains mostly and when I cheat I have some rice... tonight I had rice noodles with spagetti sauce and hot... and kale and rice noodles.. It is to lose weight and I end up eating more fruit and vegetables and I have no go to quick foods except nuts.. It rules out all processed food.
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I lose weight more easily without the grains. I will have Ezekiel Bread every 3rd of 4th day or maybe some oatmeal or rice. My problem with wheat...it makes my nose run! I tolerate wheat better with a mix of sprouted grain like the Ezekiel.
Thanks everyone! I appreciate your answers. A lot of things ya'll said makes sense. It seems that it just depends on the individual what will work and won't.
"No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent" -Eleanor Roosevelt
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For me, moderation in all things is the key... I feel like crap if I eat a huge amount of bread. I also feel like crap if I eat six oranges... that doesn't mean the oranges or the bread are bad for me! (Obviously those with celiac disease, etc, are in a different category!)
I have a friend who got onto the "wheat is poison" bandwagon a few years ago. Almost a year later she tried to start eating wheat again, and it made her horribly ill... the medical consensus was that she'd gone so long without so much as a wheat cracker, that she made herself faux-gluten-intolerant. She could go through horrible digestive adjustments to get past it, but she hasn't wanted to since it could take weeks. If nothing else, that has been a huge cautionary tale to me - extremism in any form is going to take its toll on your digestive system and body.
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129 1/18/13 3:10 P
A doctor can do allergy tests to determine a allergy or sensitivity. Otherwise I don't believe in eleminating a specific food from a diet.
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1/18/13 3:01 P
There are many inaccuracies in the Wheat Belly Diet book where the author makes unfounded claims, states that studies found the opposite of what they actually concluded, etc. You really do have to be careful what you believe these days and, sadly, there seem to be a few cardiologists (and other types of doctors, but cardiologists seem pretty prevalent lately) out there who are promoting diets or weight loss gimmicks (either through their books or on their television show) which are based upon unfounded claims (or other pseudoscience).
Below are links to an analysis, provided previously by Spark People's registered dietitian (Becky Hand), of the Wheat Belly Diet (just click on the view article icon) and a Spark People article which discusses gluten free diets:
I recently heard of "wheat belly". Finding also includes corn(or anything genetically modified), soy, sugar, soda's, MSG, and wheat...or other grains that contain gluten. Waiting to see if real or just a fad diet.
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1/18/13 9:16 A
I've been doing the Virgin Diet since Christmas where I eliminated sugar & artificial sweeteners, soy, dairy, gluten, corn, peanuts, and eggs for 21 days. At the end of the 21 days, I added gluten back in to test my reaction to it - within 24 hours of consuming a piece of Ezekiel sprouted grain bread (which in my opinion is a much better option than other types of whole grain breads), the diarrhea (sorry if that's TMI) that had gone away during that 21 days, returned. I know now that I can only have gluten on rare occasions. I also feel so much better during the elimination period.
That being said, everyone is different. Some people can tolerate gluten, others can't. The only way you will know for sure is to eliminate it for a period of time and pay attention to how you feel when you are off gluten, then add it back in and pay attention to how you feel eating gluten. Good luck!
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Going back to Paleo today. Completed the Whole30 on January 3 and felt so much better. Didn't follow it the last two weeks and I can really feel the difference. Glad I made the connections I did - looking forward to learning a new way of eating healthy!
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My gas and bloating are gone. My skin condition, keratosis pilaris is vastly improved. My inflammation is down as well. I used to have a hard time getting my rings over my knuckles and now I have no problem.
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I feel much better grain-free. I've read a lot about the topic and am grateful I took the time to do so.
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13 1/17/13 10:21 P
I don't eat gluten at all because I am severely intolerant to gluten. However, there are still plenty of gluten free options out there to replace the 'gluten-ized' food that I can't eat. Whether or not you eat wheat won't matter if you find the gluten-free versions and eat those.
I tried a no sugar/heavy starches diet for a little while because I am hypoglycemic as well and that really helped balance my blood sugar, fight my hypoglycemia, and made me lose weight. It is super hard to do though because almost everything has even a light sugar added, even deli meats.
I do not eat wheat (now) because the gluten causes and inflammatory response and makes me feel bloated/painful and gross.
When I did eat wheat I would have cravings for more wheat or starchy stuff that would give me that "high".
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1/17/13 9:17 P
It seems every year there is a "new" diet spun off from old diets, but given a new name. This wheat thing is just revamped from other low carb plans, "Prevention" magazine does this all the time! If they follow their usual form, there will be yet another new diet coming out after Memorial Day, and I have some old diet books to prove that theory. They are pushing Dr. Oz and his partner like crazy, now, too. Just cut back on your starches, it's the starches that usually could use cutting, not carbs, since lovely vegetables have carbs. But cutting stuff out, it ain't gonna last, and then you will be browsing for another "new diet", I guarantee it!!
Plan for tomorrow, but enjoy the heck out of today.
As already stated---there are people who "must" avoid wheat---due to an wheat allergy or celiac disease. To state that "wheat" is the cause of any other disease states is not supported by research evidence.
It is important to keep carbohydrate intake in control and balanced with the rest of one's diet. We do live in an environment with unending bread-baskets, monster bagels, and platters of pasta. But to formulate a diet that says that wheat is the "cause" of disease and obestity issues...is an inaccurate assessment of the real problems.
It is a very popular diet right now. We usually have a thread about it floating around. If you look a few pages back, you maybe able to find an existing thread.
I personally do not eat wheat, and most low carb dieters can't eat any wheat. I can't say that singling out wheat as the culprit is a great idea, but limiting carbs is beneficial to some people. Also, some people have wheat allergies, or wheat is a trigger food for them.
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Has any one heard of the "wheat belly diet" or has any one tried it? It was created by a Cardiologist who says we should never eat wheat period because of stuff they put in it that use to not be there? He says it creates an addiction to wheat and makes us crave it all the time.
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learning to cook 2-3 healthy meals a week
get my husband to go to the gym 2-3 a week
start making family quilts for christmass and birthdays
write in my journal at 1-3 times a week
I have always been health concious but because my husband is over weight I want to find ways to help him loose weight I now that he has to make the decision but I want to help motivate him so if you have a loved one out there that you want to help let me know so we can find ways together to achieve this goal
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Woke up at 2:30 AM and couldn't sleep the rest of the night. . .don't know why, except I wasn't in my own bed, but it got me real tired. So. . . after attending my niece's bridal shower today and driving the 3 hours home, I felt exhausted and shaky. My solution. . . chocolate. Lots of it. And salted almonds. Haven't messed up like this YET since I started sparkpeople. Well I am determined to chalk it up to overtiredness and not be defeated--back on the right path tomorrow! DH and I are biking tomorrow to celebrate both of our last day of vacation (Pine Creek Rail Trail in the PA Grand Canyon area). I will not gain this weight back. I will not. I am keeping on; it is doable and a new life.
Best to y'all!


Comics : Marvel Zombies 2 #1
This review was first published on: 2008.
On another dimension of the Ultimate Universe, one day the Sentry crashed down on Earth and brought with him the zombie infection. The Marvel Superheroes where there to confront him but how can you stop something that can't be killed, and with each bite, the zombie army grows? One by one the heroes fell to the infection and once beings with super powers were exposed, what hope does the human populace have to stand against them?
Once the "food" supply started to run low Reed Richards devised a plan to lure one of his other dimensional counterparts to open up a gateway between his dimension and the zombie infected one. This was the universe of the Ultimate Marvel heroes and here Reed Richards was much younger and fell for the trap. Once the zombie versions of the Fantastic Four made it to the Ultimate universe, a small group of survivors lead by Magneto, who sacrifices himself, destroyed Richards' machine trapping all of the Marvel Zombies in their dimension, and sealing off the way back for the Zombie Fantastic Four, still in the Ultimate universe.
Once the human population was no more, the Silver Surfer came to Earth followed shortly by Galactus, but even with all of the two's powers combined, they were no match for the zombie superheroes. Once feasting on the wayward travelers, the zombies now found themselves to be in possession of their cosmic powers, which allowed them to soar through the vacuum of space, where they could travel from world to world, consuming all in their path.
Marvel Zombies 2 #1
Dec 2007 : SM Guest
Summary: Zombie Spider-Man Appears
40 Years have past since the infected Marvel superheroes left Earth in search of more beings to feed on and it appears that they've eaten everyone and everything in the entire universe. Getting frustrated, Zombie Thanos turns on zombie Hulk and accuses him of eating twice as much as everyone else, who includes Iron Man, Giant Man, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Gladiator, Wolverine, Phoenix, and Firelord, who can only say "Guk" because of a lack of a lower jaw. Hulk smashes the head of Thanos into mush and says that it's ok that he eats twice as much as everyone, he can now eat Thanos' share. Before Giant Man can stop him the Gladiator tries to eat some of Thanos but spits it back out because of the awful taste.
Slowly Giant Man starts to remember that Reed Richards used a machine to escape their dimension back on Earth. He tells everyone that this is their chance to escape this now empty universe and start all over again somewhere else. Iron Man starts remembering that he too worked on this machine with Reed Richards. As they fly back to Earth, Spider-Man comments to Luke Cage that, it just might be his imagination, but he thinks that the hunger is starting to fade the longer they go without eating someone.
Back on Earth a small boy is walking through a deserted city with trees and other plants overgrown everywhere when he hears a voice calling out for help underneath some rubble. Digging towards the sound the small boy discovers the zombie head of Hawkeye who must have been trapped there since the other zombies left Earth. After promising the boy that he won't bite him, the boy promises that he'll take the head back home with him.
...And that home is New Wakanda, where an aging Black Panther sits at the throne for all the survivors. An old (and fat) Forge is warning the Black Panther about a group of young people, who have taken to calling themselves the Acolytes and are worshiping Magneto, who want to overthrow the Black Panther as their leader. Forge tries to argue that they should be kicked out but the Black Panther reminds him how old they are and how they'll need a new leader eventually, except the Wasp, whose head now sits atop a very curvy, female robot body, reminds them that there is a way that the Black Panther won't have to get old any longer. With the discovery of the head of Hawkeye, the Wasp now knows that the fading of her cravings for human flesh isn't just an isolated insistent. Hawkeye, too, no longer feels the need to eat people any longer.
Meanwhile, on their return trip, the Marvel Zombies stumble upon Eros, the Living Planet, and make fast work of him.
Back at New Wakanda, in an extremely disturbing image, we have the scientist who created Wasp's robotic body, place the Zombie head of Hawkeye on one of her older models. Seeing Hawkeye with breast is more disturbing then anything else shown in these zombie books. The doctor tells the Black Panther that when he tried to remove Hawkeye's mask, Hawkeye freaked out thinking the doctor was actually removing his skin or something. Apparently being buried in a hole for 40 years has severely damaged Hawkeye's mind (go figure).
The young upstarts, the Acolytes, have themselves a new leader, the son of Fabian Cortez, one of Magento's original Acolytes, who is whipping his followers into a frenzy to overthrow the leadership in New Wakanda. And guess who is at the top of their list to succeed the current ruler - Cortez himself.
Later that night in the Black Panther's chambers on Asteroid M, with the Black Panther and his wife sleeping, the Wasp is at a monitor when it tells her that there's been a breach, but since they're not currently in space, the doctor tells her it's probably nothing, but to go check it out if she feels like it. In the shadows a dark intruder creeps closer to the sleeping couple, lifts a blade into the air, and plunges it down into the stomach of the Black Panther, as his wife screams fill the room. In a failed attempt by the Black Panther to fight off his attacker, the lone assassin makes a fatal slice across the incision that was already made as the Wasp bursts into the room and blasts him with an electric taser. Pleading to the Wasp to save her husband, the Wasp knows there's only one way and she bites him on the neck. Getting her first taste of human flesh in a very long time sends the Wasp into a frenzy as she launches herself at the screaming woman, only to be pulled back at the last second by the now zombie version of the Black Panther. Standing over his assassin with his intestines hanging out to the floor, the Black Panther tells the Wasp to leave his wife alone but to help him eat the unconscious man's body laying at that their feet.
Covered in blood and flesh and telling his wife not to look at him, the Black Panther can only stare at what he has become. The Wasp reasons with him that with some time in the detention cell, while they still have their wits about them, after a few weeks they'll be back to normal again. Plus after what just happened, what else could go wrong.
Little does she know that at that very moment, making their way back to Earth, we have Spider-Man driving Giant Man crazy by asking "Are we there yet?"
After 40 years of traveling the universe with the Silver Surfer's stolen cosmic powers, the Marvel Zombies have gotten to the point where they believe that there just isn't anymore food left. Giant Man and Iron Man vaguely remember a machine that bridged a gap between dimensions and once realizing that this is there only hope, they decide to head back to Earth, stopping at Eros, the living planet, along the way for a quick bite to eat.
Back on Earth a small group of people have actually survived the first round of zombie infections and now, led by the aging Black Panther, there seems to be trouble brewing in his ranks. A group of younger members, calling themselves the Acolytes and worshiping Magneto, decide that new leadership is called for and late one night an assassin sneaks into the Black Panther's bedroom and stabs him in the stomach, signing his death sentence.
The Zombie Wasp barges in, seeing that the Black Panther is moments before death, infects him with the zombie plague by biting him. With the taste of fresh meat now on her lips, the Wasp turns her glance at the frail figure of the Blank Panther's wife, only to have the Black Panther come to and stop the Wasp before she can get to her. Looking at the unconscious body of his assassin, the Black Panther tells the Wasp to leave his wife alone and to help him eat him.
Meanwhile the Marvel Zombies are still making their way back to earth. If the zombie infection spreads any farther then just the Wasp, the Black Panther, and the discovered head of Hawkeye, there's not going to be much left of the small population of Earth to satisfy their hunger.
While traveling back to Earth Spider-Man makes a very important observation - the longer they go without eating, the less the pain and hunger has any kind of hold over their minds. This explains how the Wasp is allowed to live amongst the group of humans back on Earth. The only problem is that the Black Panther and the Wasp have both just recently fed, and the Marvel Zombies have stopped and eaten an entire planet made up of living flesh. With all of them re-zombified, what chance has the surviving people have to not be food and to stop whatever plans the zombies have that have lead them back to Earth?
Everyone in this issue just seemed so two-dimensional. The dialog wasn't that great and at points seemed very sophomoric. Not that it was entirely bad or anything, I would just rather feel a little stronger sense of horror about what is happening. Everybody just seems so candid about the horrors that they are all facing. It has been 40 years after the events in the first mini-series, so maybe everyone has been a little desensitized, but even so, you'd think that living with the zombie head of the Wasp attached to a robot's body wouldn't be something you'd just get used to. Plus a little body discovers the head of Hawkeye and barely bats an eyelash as he picks it up and brings it home.
Another thing that bothered me was that in one scene we have Luke Cage asking Spider-Man why he's been so quiet lately and Spider-Man tells him about how he believes that the longer they go without feeding the more the hunger fades away. And then the next scene we have him chowing down on Eros, only to be followed afterwards with Spider-Man cracking jokes and acting like he's usual self pre zombie infection. I guess eating a living being takes Spider-Man's conscience away. Like I said, very two-dimensional.
But other than that it was still a fun book, which is why I didn't rate this book too badly. Seeing some of the Marvel Heroes as zombies is still a cool premise that us readers can't seem to get enough of. If you can look past the flat story and just have fun with it, you'll find that it's really an enjoyable book. Not much depth but still fun nonetheless.


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I installed the plug-in, no change. All three images that run along the middle and bottom of the home page are 285 x 100. The middle image is getting reduced to 150 wide. When I check the image in my image library it is still at 285 wide.
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To establish a Surfing The Nations base that will equip local and international surfers to be catalysts who ignite growth within themselves and their communities through acts of selfless service.
Surfing The Nations first went to Bali, Indonesia in 1997, with a small team of seven. During that first outreach Tom Bauer committed to return each July for the following 10 years. Ten years later, in 2007, 122 members from all around the world celebrated STN’s 10-year anniversary of continued service in Indonesia. STN is still traveling to Indonesia, continuing to build the strong relationships made with numerous families on Bali and many of the outer islands. Through these relationships we have been able to serve the local communities by sponsoring and holding surf contests for the local youth, organizing beach cleanups, distributing clothes and toys to impoverished areas, teaching English at school, and helping individuals with property development. These friendships have also allowed us to surf Desert Point, Scar Reef, Shipwrecks and many of the other world class surf breaks that Indo has to offer. Having the chance to surf and serve with friends has changed many STN surfers’ lives.
Surfing the Nations continues to serve and build the communities within the islands of Indonesia. We are committed to our annual outreach trips every July, which not only bless Indonesia but also expose young surfers from around the world to a living as a surfer who “gives back”.
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Obituary: Professor Michael Lappert
Professor Michael Lappert, a familiar figure on the Sussex campus, has died at the age of 85.
He made major contributions to the revival of UK inorganic chemistry after 1950 and to the reputation of the former School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences at Sussex, which became a world-class research centre for organometallic chemistry.
Mike was born in Czechoslovakia and came to London as a Kindertransport refugee.
He graduated with a first from the Northern Polytechnic in 1949, obtained his PhD two years later, and by 1957 was a senior lecturer.
Following three years at UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology), he joined Sussex as Reader in 1964 and was promoted to Professor in 1969.
Mike was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979 and was President of the Dalton Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 1989-91. (Interestingly, he owned Dalton’s cottage in the Lake District. John Dalton (1766–1844) was an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist.)
He received the prestigious Kipping Award of the American Chemical Society in 1976 and numerous other international honours and named lectureships.
His most recent award in 2013 was an honorary degree from the University of Murcia.
Mike published over 800 papers on a huge range of subjects and it is rare even now to find any issue of the leading journals in inorganic or organometallic chemistry without references to his seminal work.
His pioneering research covered almost every element in the periodic table and many organometallic compounds (involving a metal joined to an organic fragment), which are of enormous importance in catalysis, and the synthesis of drugs, plastics and new materials.
He was the first to show how to increase the stability of often transient species, by imaginative choice of the organic fragment, thereby facilitating deeper understanding of the underlying chemistry.
Mike was a polymath and could talk knowledgeably about art, literature, theatre, opera, politics and sport. Those of us who knew him enjoyed many interesting conversations on controversial topics.
He was extraordinarily kind and generous with his time and advice, especially with younger colleagues and his students, many of whom went on to distinguished careers in universities or industry. Typical comments in emails received the day after he died referred to Mike as “a great mentor” and “truly an inspiration”.
Mike was active until the end of his life, regularly attending colloquia. He was a member of a walking group and regularly played tennis. During a game on campus last Thursday (27 March) he fell and hit his head. He was taken to hospital but died later that evening.
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Posted 2011-03-06 03:39:55
i've heard that ya have to do 1 at A time.But I could be wrong on this.
About facebook supposely the problems in the middle east with Tunisia people complained on facebook then egypt,and also libya .
I mean if not for facebook maybe some other social site in the future.
Posted 2011-03-06 09:20:07
In the meanwhile I have spend an hour+ to delete everything, not one by one but all at once per contact, 5 clicks per contact. Found no other way.
Fb has very good things (found back some friends from long ago) but there's many things wrong as well, in stead of some 'big' websites that try to make it as convenient as possible for their members, it seems listening to users feedback is a very hard thing for them. 'Tagging photo's, misused by Facebook stores to spam their products is seen as the biggest annoyance, 'status updates' and 'friend suggestions' is also useless crap. They should get rid of all that stupid apps for kids, after all we don't need kids on Facebook. Yesterday I found an app that warns you when someone end her/his relationship (so you can jump in if you like her/him) Hate it but I keep and use it. Privacy is still not important for them at all, and just a few selected contacts with interesting stuff are able to post on my wall. Facebook is designed for Facebook, to make them grow like crazy, but not for users' convenience.
The best alternatives ? two interesting articles here and here. I have never heard of friends using Orkut, Bebo or Friendfeed (I think I like that one)...


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Jennifer Tour Chayes, Computer Scientist, on Creating the Tech of the Future
The NextWomen Career Theme: Computer Science
For this month’s theme, we will be interviewing a number of women from around the globe who have reached the top of the world’s most prestigious and/or male dominated professions. This is the story of Jennifer Tour Chayes, Distinguished Scientist, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Microsoft Research New England and Microsoft Research New York City.
Jennifer has recently been the recipient of many leadership awards including the Leadership Award of Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology, the Leading Women Award of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, the Women to Watch Award of the Boston Business Journal, and the Women of Leadership Vision Award of the Anita Borg Institute.
Before her current role, she was Research Area Manager for Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science and Cryptography at Microsoft Research Redmond. Jennifer joined Microsoft Research in 1997, when she co-founded the Theory Group. Her research areas include phase transitions in discrete mathematics and computer science, structural and dynamical properties of self-engineered networks, and algorithmic game theory. She is the co-author of over 100 scientific papers and the co-inventor of more than 25 patents.
Jennifer was for many years Professor of Mathematics at UCLA.
We spoke to Jennifer about the joys of interdisciplinary research; how her role satisfies her creative streak; and the importance of breaking the stereotype of those working in science & tech.
TNW: What are the main responsibilities of your current role as Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director of Microsoft Research New England?
JTC: My main responsibilities consist of my role as Managing Director of Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which I co-founded in 2008, and Microsoft Research New York City, which I co-founded in 2012.
I’m guiding these labs to establish new fields at the boundaries of machine learning, mathematics and theoretical computer science with economics, sociology and anthropology. These new fields provide the intellectual framework necessary for web-scale technologies, such as online social networks and cloud computing.
The research in our labs is enabling us to anticipate and create the technologies of the future, and to provide a venue to train a new generation of interdisciplinary STEM researchers.
Additionally, I continue to pursue my research aspirations in areas that include phase transitions in discrete mathematics and computer science, structural and dynamical properties of self-engineered networks, and algorithmic game theory.
TNW: What do you enjoy most about what you do?
JTC: I am incredibly passionate about the interdisciplinary nature of STEM. I have a varied past: a B.A. in biology and physics, a Ph.D. in mathematical physics, post-docs in mathematics and physics, and a professorship in mathematics.
Fifteen years ago, I moved to Microsoft to cofound an interdisciplinary group in theoretical computer science, math and physics. And, in the past five years, I co-founded two labs combining mathematical and social sciences. Along the way, I’ve found time to expand my research in computational biology and have had the privilege of training over 100 grad student interns and over 50 post-docs in interdisciplinary STEM fields.
I am constantly inspired by the opportunity to take insights from one discipline and use them to fuel discoveries in another.
TNW: What is the biggest challenge you face in your role and how do you tackle it?
JTC: When you bring the insight in one research field to bear on another research field, you often get very interesting outcomes, because you’ve brought the accumulated wisdom of years to bear on another field. I get to bring all these insights from my background into mathematics, physics and computer science, and those efforts tend to have a real impact in creating an environment where unique connections will continue to be made across disciplines and knowledge advanced.
However, many academic fields are based in siloes right now, and that’s getting in the way of doing the research that needs to be done. Microsoft Research is creating a research environment that allows for incredible interaction across disciplines. We want to help to create new fields at the boundary of computer science and other fields of research like social science and economics. Being able to come in to the lab each day and see how these different views of the world come together is incredibly exciting.
I also still find challenges in recruiting women in more technical fields. Unless we can recruit a diverse group of scientists, the technologies we create will be much more limited in their approaches and their impact. Obviously,
I am always on the lookout for talented women researchers, and I’m actually pretty successful in recruiting the ones I find.
But I also spend time talking with younger women and encouraging them to go into technical fields. Unless we increase the pipeline, we’ll never have a diverse enough talent pool to create the most exciting and impactful technologies.
TNW: What three pieces of advice would you give to someone starting a career as computer scientist?
JTC: 1. Along with mastering their technical skills in computer science, mathematics, and statistics, I would recommend exploring courses in an unrelated field, such as sociology, economics or biology to create a curriculum that mirrors the needs and direction of today’s workforce and research initiatives.
Ideally, a student should graduate with the confidence to dive into fundamental real-world problems with the skills to reshape the world for the better.
2. Truly care about the people with whom you work, and let them and others know it. Be there for your people when they need you. These relationships are more important and impactful than anything you will create on your own.
3. Don’t hold so tightly to your path that you miss the magic – always be willing to grab the brass ring, to take a left turn if great opportunities present themselves ( …which, by the way, almost never happens at opportune times).
TNW: Have you always aspired to a career in computer science? If you hadn’t chosen computer science, which other career paths might you have taken?
JTC: When I was younger, I was trying to choose between art and science. I loved visual arts. Now, I feel that I’m so lucky that I chose to go into the sciences. I can be creative in so many ways in the sciences.
Surprisingly, I feel that I have a much richer palette from which to paint the world than I would have had as a visual artist.
Ironically, I always believed in doing multidisciplinary work, but I wasn’t at all focused on computer science research. I started as a biology undergraduate, and spent my graduate school years in physics, earning a Ph.D. in mathematical physics at Princeton, doing postdoctoral work at Harvard and Cornell, and teaching and doing research in mathematical physics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
A friend and grad school colleague, Nathan Myhrvold (former CTO at Microsoft), lobbied hard for me to leave academe to enter the world of computer science research. The opportunity to start an interdisciplinary research group intrigued me, so I left academia to start the theory group at Microsoft Research which brought together mathematicians, theoretical computer scientists and physicists. For over 10 years, I saw the impact of computer science in an interdisciplinary environment at Microsoft, exploring technologies that advance the state of the art for computing to solve some of the world’s toughest problems. I wanted to extend this vision and philosophy in Microsoft to social science fields as well, so five years ago, I co-founded the Microsoft Research Labs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and just last year I cofounded Microsoft Research New York City.
TNW: Is your current role the result of a carefully planned career strategy, or have you made the most of opportunities as they have presented themselves?
JTC: As I shared in my advice to those starting out in a career in CS, I truly believe that you shouldn’t hold so tightly to your path that you miss the magic.
You have to always be willing to grab the brass ring, to take a left turn if great opportunities present themselves.
When I came for my first interview at Microsoft, I kept saying to people, “I don’t understand why you want me.” But, later Bill Gates said don’t worry about it, because they knew much more than I did how deeply theoretical the questions are that Microsoft has to answer.
So I joined the Microsoft Research team in Redmond and brought in the first theoretical computer scientists and physicists. For over 10 years, I saw the impact of computer science in an interdisciplinary environment at Microsoft, exploring technologies that advance the state of the art for computing to solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Then, five or six years ago, I began to see how important it was to extend our expertise to the social sciences as well, which was my motivation for cofounding Microsoft Research Labs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and more recently, in New York City.
TNW: Who do you most admire, both within your own field and as a role model in life?
JTC: Someone I very much admire and adore, and who has made a huge difference in my life, is Maria Klawe. Maria is my best friend, my co-mentor (we mentor each other) and a tremendous inspiration. Maria has a PhD in mathematics, has been a professor of computer science, a leader of industrial research groups at IBM, a dean of engineering at Princeton, President of the Association of Computing Machinery, and President of Harvey Mudd College. So she’s a very impressive woman! But she’s also someone who is always concerned about bringing other women into science and technology, who acknowledges her weaknesses and insecurities, and uses these to convince other women that their weaknesses and insecurities are no reason to limit their ambitions. She always “leans in” and encourages other women to lean in as well. Maria never misses an opportunity to give inspiration and support to others.
TNW: Tech is a notoriously male dominated field. How (and how much) does this affect your working life, both on a daily and a long-term basis?
JTC: I’d like to take this opportunity to focus more on what we can do to assure more women leaders in STEM.
Numerous studies have shown that girls are tremendously excited about math and science until early adolescence when they begin to see themselves pursuing non-scientific careers.
Why do we lose them? I contend that one reason is that we do not properly represent STEM careers to young women. The media portrays STEM careers as less collaborative and creative than those in the arts and humanities – we see the image of the solitary, nerd sitting in front of his computer. However, the reality is much richer. Each and every day, I get to be creative and collaborative doing science and envisioning new technologies. We need to amplify this message to everyone who doesn’t fit the standard STEM stereotype, and embrace people who can work collaboratively and design the future.
TNW: Is there anything we haven’t asked you, but you would like to share with our community?
JTC: One of America’s greatest strengths has been its ability to creatively use science and technology to provide solutions to the challenging problems of the day, and in the process create the businesses of tomorrow. Today, this inventive spirit fuels new ventures from Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, from web-scale technologies to biotech to environmental start-ups. But many of the nation’s high-tech jobs are going unfilled by graduates of U.S. colleges and universities. We need to train more scientists and technologists to model complex systems and perform large-scale computations on huge data sets.
We also need a scientifically educated citizenry to understand the choices that face us, and to make wise decisions for ourselves and our children.
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Jennifer Hudson suspect should have been in jail the day of murders
Wiliam Balfour, the prime suspect in the murders of actress/singer Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew, should have been in jail the day of the killings. He was stopped by police with crack in his car back in June which was a violation of his parole from a 1999 conviction for attempted murder and vehicular hijacking. He was instead allowed to go free, according to the AP:
On June 19, police pulled over Balfour’s car after hearing gunshots in the area, according to the officers’ report. They found a rock of cocaine in plain view on the driver’s seat, the report stated. It had a street value of about $100.
A parole supervisor declined to issue a warrant to revoke Balfour’s parole after the arrest, records show.
However, a felony arrest usually is sufficient reason for corrections officials to revoke parole, said Thomas Peters, a Chicago criminal defense attorney who represents parolees.
Even better, when a warrant was issued on Saturday for William’s arrest they already had grounds for revoking his parole without even counting his suspected involvement in the murders:
The Illinois Department of Corrections issued a warrant for Balfour on Saturday for violating terms of his parole by possessing a weapon and failing to attend anger management counseling and a substance abuse program, according to his parole report.
While this is all Monday morning quarterbacking about a piss-poor parole system that goes on in every city, it’s still the kind of scary shit that makes you think “Maybe I don’t need groceries today” then hide under your bed eating old Saltines. On that note, NOM NOM NOM. Hey, I found the The Geekologie Writer’s mom. How long have you been under here? Cracker?


You'd be better off with a desktop.
Other than those from Alienware, laptops are not suited for gaming.
QFT, unless we're talking about some very old (or simple) games and on a T40 you can forget just about any decent game which was released the last 8-10 years.
To OP: Sorry to hear your frustration and sorry to point out the bad news, but you may just as well know and that it's not only the 512Mb VRAM which is the problem. Here we go with an example:
The last game I really played was World of Warcraft, which launched in 2004/2005. First computer I played on was a P4 with a 6600GT GPU and with the following benchmarks:
T40 on the other hand:
As you can see, the T40 would have been quite far behind an average desktop with a mid level GPU already then and there's no way that desktop would run any "real" games released the last five years, much less the T40, which would have choked on most new games already back then.
Your best bet would be to try to source a cheap 3-5 year old desktop with a decent GPU, that way I'm sure you could find some games that would run decently (although no really recent releases, except for example WoW, which is made to also run on old'ish hardware).


Just saw this post after catching up on some topics. I believe davidfe posted it.
For some reason the link would not open for me, but I did find some interesting closeups etc @ the smithsonian
I was recalling a desk I had read about quite a while ago. It was the Wooton Patent Desk in FWW March/April 1991.http://www.wootondesks.com/
has a number of stunning examples.
There are so many beautiful examples.
I would ask Tommy and all to develop a set of instructions
that could lead to the creation of such a beauty.
I think the group input into this ambitious dream would
provide some excellent direction and problem solving
into some of the complex / difficult furniture.
I am thinking it could be assumed that you / we possess measured
drawings etc. The Internet has a wide variety of photographs
which could help illustrate the process / step needed to achieve
this type of a dream.
No construction - per se - would be included except to maybe
fully expand some detail not otherwise easily understood.
Tommy and other with formal training - the Bombe Chest - displays
his ability to lead / guide us.
Just a selfish suggestion to help visualize and learn the steps
to mentally build it.


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GreenBuild: Gray Water Goes Under the Counter
Two years ago, TreeHugger Christine called the AQUS Watersaver:
"the epitomy of American ingenuity. Bothered from a young age by the tragic waste of water flowing down the sink drain, Mark Sanders repeatedly dreamed of a system to collect that water and reuse it."
We met Mark Sanders at Greenbuild, with what is now known as the Sloan AQUS Watersaver. This is the kind of progress we like to see; an guy with a dream and a glue gun but limited distribution gets to tie up with a major.
The Press release describes the relationship:
WaterSaver Technologies, an innovator of water-saving devices, and Sloan Valve Company, a global leader in water-efficient plumbing products and systems, have joined forces to provide greywater technology to the commercial/residential marketplace. The partnership will leverage WaterSaver's water-saving products, and Sloan's proven market leadership, best practices and distribution channels. Together, WaterSaver Technologies and Sloan will provide the industry with water re-usability to help maximize water-efficiency solutions.
Mark Sanders, Chairman of WaterSaver Technologies states, "Our AQUSÂ® greywater system was based on the concept that using fresh water to flush the toilet is both unnecessary and wasteful. This new system conserves fresh water by filtering, disinfecting and reusing water from the bathroom sink to flush the toilet. Sloan's position in the industry will bring much needed attention to this low maintenance, low cost, and highly effective water-saving solution."
Congratulations to Mark, and to Sloan. If such ideas are going to get widespread distribution, a respected name helps. AQUS Watersaver
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EWING — A man picks up a table and slams it into a woman’s back.
This is one of the many absurd actions captured on video during a WWE-style fight at Two Peters Diner on North Olden Avenue in early August, involving several men and scantily-clad women.
One man was initially arrested when police responded to the scene, but the video was utilized as an investigation tool that led to the arrest of four more individuals following the incident.
The world took notice of the heinous public display of chair throwing, punches and hair pulling after the video was posted to YouTube. The story garnered the most web views this year on Trentonian.com and WorldstarHipHop received more than 1 million views.
In the wake of the fight, restaurant owner Peter Gromitsaris claimed in addition to the $250 bill the fighters walked out on and the $3,000 to $4,000 in damages his restaurant sustained, his business also suffered a decline in patrons because they feared to dine there.
Immediately following the incident, Gromitsaris said he would hire security to prevent this type of incident in the future.
Shikeya Walker-Baldwin, 31, of Ewing; her husband 32-year-old Amon Baldwin; Emerald Turner, 24, of Trenton; Jalesa Cooper, 25, of Trenton; and Gabrielle McNair, 26, of Trenton were all arrested and charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, rioting, simple assault, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief, according to police.
Baldwin was the lone person arrested at the scene when a police officer witnessed him punching a 26-year-old woman. He was also the individual who dropped a table on a woman.
Some of the women involved in the fight had the nerve to come back the following night.
When Gromitsaris refused to serve them, the owner alleged the women pulled the race card.
One of the women who was arrested and was seen in the video wearing a leopard top even called The Trentonian to claim she was the victim.
There was only one victim here, the owner of Two Peters.
The video will be cemented in history as a reminder of how ugly some people can be and a warning for those looking to cause mischief in a public place in the future.


Real Salt Lake captain Kyle Beckerman and goalkeeper Nick Rimando have both indicated that there could be some squad alterations this off-season.
The Utah club were eliminated from the MLS playoffs by Seattle Sounders during the week and there have been murmurings that head coach Jason Kreis and general manager Garth Lagerwey may look to make some wholesale changes.
Beckerman and Rimando are both aware that things need to change in order to achieve success but they feel it probably should be done behind closed doors and not in the public eye.
"I think that's normal stuff," Beckerman said. "But for it to get out to you [media] guys, that's a little out of character.
"That stuff should stay in-house. It's just foolish. I'm sure every team looks at their [roster] at the end of the year. We're just the only one that talks about it."
Rimando added: "That's the pressure that's been on us for a while. It went out to the public that we're going to make changes.
"The pressure of that, I don't know. Maybe some people rise to it and maybe some people don't and they feel the pressure on the field.
"All I know is there aren't any changes yet. But if they want to make changes, that's up to them."


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Chelsea FC finally achieved their dream of a place in the UEFA Champions League final by overcoming Liverpool FC on a night that resonated with high drama and heartfelt emotion. They were taken to extra time, where Didier Drogba scored his second goal after Frank Lampard, making his return to the side following the untimely death of his mother, had swung the tie back Chelsea's way from the penalty spot.
It made it all the more sweet that victory came at the expense of a Liverpool team who had proved their nemesis at this stage on two occasions in the previous three seasons and who drew level at 1-1 through Fernando Torres in the 64th minute. Having dispatched one English rival, Avram Grant's men will take on another in Moscow on 21 May where Manchester United FC await. The two clubs are virtually neck-and-neck in the race for the Premier League; now they will dispute superiority on Europe's grandest stage as well.
Despite the boost given them by John Arne Riise's last-gasp own goal in the first leg, Chelsea were clearly not interested in sitting on their advantage. After a day of incessant rain the surface proved troublesome, although Chelsea kept their feet better and their passes were more assured – Drogba stepping away from Jamie Carragher to unleash a powerful drive that Pepe Reina pushed away. Liverpool's first foray sparked a counterattack in which Yossi Benayoun found Steven Gerrard to set Torres clear, yet Petr Čech was swiftly out to make a smothering save.
The hosts continued to control proceedings and Reina was forced to sprint off his line to thwart Drogba, before being left exposed by Lampard's through pass only for the the Ivorian to drag his low shot beyond the far post. Liverpool's cause was scarcely helped when Martin Škrtel hobbled off to be replaced by Sami Hyypiä. The visitors looked vulnerable and it was no surprise when Chelsea went ahead. Salomon Kalou stretched the defence down the left and forced Reina into a flying save; Drogba was first on the scene and rifled an unstoppable drive in at the near post.
The balance of the game changed perceptibly at the start of the second period as Liverpool suddenly began to push forward and only Čech's outstretched left leg kept Chelsea's lead intact. From a well-worked free-kick, Gerrard nodded on and Dirk Kuyt's flick was heading in before the goalkeeper intervened. Chelsea prepared for the expected onslaught yet came unstuck four minutes past the hour. Benayoun's driving run took him away from four defenders, resulting in a prodded pass through to Torres whose instant low shot found the bottom corner.
Torres almost worked another scoring opportunity as Liverpool sought to exploit their advantage although Michael Essien came closest to averting extra time, shooting into the side-netting from an acute angle. The additional 30 minutes got under way at breathless pace, Hyypiä heading wide before Essien had a goal ruled out for offside by a team-mate. When Hyypiä's lunge felled Ballack in the 98th minute the referee immediately pointed to the spot and Lampard coolly converted, then broke down in tears amid a huddle of jubilant colleagues. Drogba seemed to have put the issue beyond doubt when he expertly turned in Nicolas Anelka's low centre in the 105th minute and, although Ryan Babel gave Liverpool late hope, the London club held firm to spark wild celebrations.


Affordable Care Act?(1) A friend has a 26-year-old daughter with a "pre-existing heart condition." As matters were, she could not get health insurance. Now she can. (2) A self-employed friend bought catastrophic coverage under the old scheme of things. She thought her deductible was $6000/year. In Anthem's guide to her benefits I just read: "Since your policy has a Participating Provider Deductible of $6000 and a Participating Provider Yearly Copayment/Coinsurance Maximum of $3500, then the Participating Provider yearly out of pocket Maximum for Covered Services and Covered Charges is $9500."?That coverage (including poor syntax) cost her $310/mo., scheduled to rise to $360/mo. In 2014.?Under ACA, her premium will be $64/mo., with an annual deductible of $500.?Happy New Year!
And now, resolutions? Clean up back deck . . . Yebbut that stuff's only junk until it's useful. Example: in order to start picking up my office, I needed a side table, 19" high, so I could get the to-read books off the floor around the lounge chair. Table's been on my dry-erase to-do list for weeks, as have the books been multiplying on the floor. Task-avoiding, I looked onto the deck & spotted a weathered piece of junk. Made it years ago. Rush job bedside table for medical supplies. Half-hour's work. Then junked post mortem. Now, removed the top by undoing two screws, chop sawed the pedestal, screwed the top back on, sprayed primer, showered up for a solstice party while the primer dried, sprayed a finish coat (on the table). Time? also about a half hour. Went to Miriam's swell party with Isis & a sense of accomplishment & only slightest sense that I should spray on a second finish coat in the morning. Didn't do that. Books are off the floor. That's likely it, on the resolution line.
T.J. hopes one of your resolutions is to send him a note (firstname.lastname@example.org)
JM lives in Redwood Valley.


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The Daily Beast reports that a two-year-old slice of wedding cake from the Kate Middleton–Prince William nuptials sold for $4,160 at auction in Los Angeles earlier this week. How Dickensian!
The buyer’s identity remains a mystery . . . or does it . . .?
[Harp music and smoke]
The buyer carefully removes the wedding cake from her car and brings it inside the house. A royal wedding souvenir plate is already on the kitchen counter, where it has sat waiting, accruing filth and sun damage but not yet wedding cake, for two years.
Removing the royal wedding cake from its box with a royal wedding teaspoon, the woman places the dusty dessert on the plate and carries it to Westminster Abbey, which is what she calls her basement.
Downstairs, she places the plate on a gilded vanity and dresses herself in the Kate Middleton wedding dress replica she purchased at David’s Bridal. The television is already on; DVR’ed footage of the royal wedding is already playing, as it has been for two years.
“Now where is my prince?” the woman asks. “Here he is!”
Prince William is, as you were correct to assume, a cat.
“Get over here, my little royal,” the woman says, scooping up the cat. “We finally have cake for—”
“Miley?” a sudden voice yells into the basement. “Miley, you down there? I want to go over some tour dates with you!”
It’s the woman’s agent. The woman, frozen, calls out hastily, “Don’t come down here! I’m . . . smoking a lot of pot!” The women coughs loudly. “I am so blazed on marijuana right now!”
“Alright, Miley. Can you come up here then?” the agent yells back.
“Fine!” the woman says. “I’ll be up in one second.” She looks at Prince William, still cradled in her arms. “You wait here, and don’t you go talking to any other pretty girls!”
Prince William licks his paw.


I am looking for help. We will be in Chicago this weekend and I am considering taking the boat (Nautique 230) and dropping into Lake Michigan on Sat-Sun. Is this a stupid idea?
Though we normally board/skate more than surf, I've already kind of figured surfing will be our best option. I believe there is a public ramp at Burnham Harbor, which is easier for me to get to from Indy since I am on interstates / Lakeshore Dr. and would not have to tow the boat on the city streets.
Once on the lake, is it better to stay behind the breakwalls, or are those two areas zoos? Though it's no wake, what about going through the locks to the river? Figure it is at least scenic.
We've taken our boat to Lake Michigan before on the east side at St. Josephs/Benton Harbor and had a great time, but Chicago feels different.
Thanks for the advice/help.