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For Assad, Taking Palmyra From ISIS Isn't Just a Strategic Win - It's a PR Opportunity
Recapturing the historic town represents a coup through which Syria's president hopes to convince the West that the Syrian army is a credible partner in combating terrorism.
Zeina Karam Mar 30, 2016 3:20 AM
A Syrian policeman patrols the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometers northeast of Damascus, Syria, March 14, 2014.AFP
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AP - The recapture of Palmyra in central Syria from Islamic State militants puts government forces at the heart of the fight against the jihadist group — and not just geographically speaking.
For President Bashar Assad, recapturing the historic town represents a strategic political coup through which he hopes to convince the West that the Syrian army is a credible partner in combatting terrorism as it ramps up the fight against Islamic State.
It is an awkward argument that the U.S. has repeatedly rebuffed. Officials in Washington are quick to point out that it was Assad's brutal crackdown on his own people that created the kind of vacuum that allowed extremists like IS to flourish in the first place.
An alliance between the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS - similar to the assistance and training provided to the Iraqi military on the other front in the war - seems out of the question.
But with the international focus now on fighting the Islamic State group - and a partial cease-fire in place to facilitate that - there appears to be tacit U.S. approval for at least this part of Assad's offensive in Syria to continue. If that is seen to develop, it could help the authoritarian ruler survive a ruinous 5-year-old conflict that has seen half the country's population displaced.
The desert town of Palmyra, with its 2,000-year-old ruins, is an archaeological gem and a cherished landmark known endearingly to Syrians as the "Bride of the Desert." It is also a strategic crossroads linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with the country's east and the border with Iraq.
"It's a fantastic public relations coup," said Thomas Pierret, a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, describing Palmyra's recapture. The Syrian government recognizes the Western "obsession" with the town's ancient ruins, and "they're exploiting it and it works very well," he said.
Government forces recaptured Palmyra on Sunday, scoring an important victory over Islamic State fighters who had overseen a 10-month reign of terror in the town. It dealt the extremist group its first major defeat at the hands of government forces in years.
During their stay, the extremists destroyed some of Palmyra's best-known monuments, including two large temples dating back more than 1,800 years and a Roman triumphal arch. The militants also used the ancient Roman amphitheater for public killings, including a video they released showing 25 boys with pistols shooting captured Syrian soldiers, with the colonnades in the background.
The government troops, joined by Iranian-backed militiamen, were supported by massive Russian airpower throughout their three-week offensive. When they swept victoriously into Palmyra, they emphasized the care taken by the army not to harm the archaeological sites.
Syrian officials said Palmyra would become a launching pad for operations against IS strongholds in Raqqa to the north and Deir el-Zour farther east - efforts that are expected to be much more difficult. On Tuesday, Syrian troops battled IS militants around the nearby town of Qaryatain, trying to extend their gains.
Assad said the victory was "new evidence of the effectiveness of the strategy followed by the Syrian army and its allies in the war against terrorism." Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, offered in an interview with the Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen to work with the U.S., and said it was time for powers including Washington to join Moscow in working with Damascus.
Unlike in Iraq, the U.S. has long suffered from the lack of reliable or credible partner in Syria. Apart from the Kurds, the Obama administration's attempts to train and partner with Syrian rebels have all ended in failure.
U.S. officials recall that Assad has largely ignored IS gains in Syria in recent years, focusing instead on moderate Syrian rebels he deems a bigger threat.
Critics point out that Assad's forces all but handed Palmyra over to the militants in May, as officers hurriedly fled the town in the face of IS advances.
"While there can be no doubting that ISIS' loss of Palmyra represents a substantial strategic blow to their operations in Syria, this is the Assad regime's first major victory against the group-after its presence on its territory for three years," wrote Charles Lister, a resident fellow with the Middle East Institute, in an article published by the think tank.
Still, the recapture won Assad rare praise from international officials, including the UNESCO chief who welcomed the "liberation" of Palmyra and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who said he was "encouraged" that Syrian government forces were now in control.
In the last year, the United States has softened demands for Assad's to quickly leave power. But the U.S. doesn't believe that Syria's civil war can truly end with Assad still running the country and has been pushing Russia and Iran to support a transition process with a timeline for Assad's departure.
Assad's latest Russian-backed offensive hasn't changed that thinking.
On Monday, State Department spokesman John Kirby described the reconquering of Palmyra as a "good thing." He quickly balanced that assessment by adding that "the best hope for the Syrian people is not an expansion of Bashar Assad's ability to tyrannize the Syrian people. We all know that over the long term, the Syrian army under his command cannot bring peace to Syria."
Kirby declined to congratulate Assad's government for the military success, and said he didn't think it would prove able to retake other parts of Syria.
Assad "is responsible for the civil war that has, in fact, helped grow a group like Daesh," he said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
U.S. cooperation with the Syrian army is unrealistic in the current context of the Syrian civil war. But Syrian observers say there appears to be a U.S.-Russian understanding that the combined forces of Syrian troops backed by Russia and Syria's Kurds backed by the U.S. is emerging as the best and most realistic fighting force against IS in the next weeks and months.
The victory in Palmyra also puts Assad in a more comfortable position ahead of negotiations that are scheduled to resume in Geneva in mid-April, making it less likely he will accept to engage in meaningful talks on a political transition.
"Now that Assad is this hero, savior of the heritage of humanity, how could you impose upon him a transition that sidelines him eventually?" Pierret said sarcastically.
Lister said having recaptured Palmyra in a widely reported military operation conducted with Russian support, "there is now no reason at all for Bashar Assad to even get close to considering a political transition."
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MECHANICSBURG, PA | Modjeski and Masters announced today that it will provide rehabilitation engineering to key portions of the Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge in Albany, N.Y. This work is intended to extend the useful life of the bridge's electrical and mechanical systems by 10 years and increase its reliability for both freight and passenger rail traffic.
Modjeski and Masters' previous work on this bridge includes structural, mechanical and electrical bridge systems inspections. It also includes an ongoing environmental assessment to determine the best alternatives for future rehabilitation or replacement.
"Amtrak needed a way to cost-effectively restore reliable operation to key operating systems, minimize maintenance and increase safety of the bridge," said Michael F. Britt, PE, senior vice president and director of business development at Modjeski and Masters. "Our unique history working with this bridge and other railroad swing bridges allows us to help them achieve these goals while still planning for the long-term future of the structure."
The Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge is a critical rail link crossing the Hudson River between the cities of Albany and Rensselaer. This movable swing railroad bridge was constructed nearly 115 years ago and is subject to both load and speed restrictions due to normal deterioration. Modjeski and Masters will rehab the swing span's turning machinery, end machinery and electrical systems. Project work is expected to begin late May 2016 and be completed by March 2017.
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Develop and implement new teaching and learning strategies. Early Years English Teachers will assist with the development and enhancement of the early years teaching and learning resources, assessment tasks and projects. They are expected to make suggestions that will lead to the continuous improvement of early years teaching and learning practices. They will be required to model and support a learner-centered, hands-on classroom environment that promotes learner engagement and participation.
Plan and deliver the revised Curriculum for early years. Teachers are responsible for the successful implementation of the curriculum. They are required to: Ensure that children reach the expected age-related outcomes for English, Create a positive and creative learning environment, Develop children's social and communication skills and provide a safe and secure environment that fosters learning, Promote life-long learning.
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Date: September 26, 2008 03:49 PM
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Subject: Lutein 20mg (FloraGlo)
Maintains Healthy Visual Function*
It has been well established that lutein is present in high concentrations in the retinal tissue of the human eye. However, a study was conducted in human volunteers to determine whether taking lutein in supplement form actually increased the density of the carotenoid pigments present in the macula. In this study of eight individuals, researchers estimated the density of the macular pigments prior to having each individual take 10 mg of lutein daily in supplement form for 12 weeks. Plasma lutein concentrations were measured at 4-week intervals. During the first four weeks of the study, plasma levels increased five-fold from pre-supplement measures, and then remained at this level for the duration of the study. It was also shown that, due to increased deposition of lutein in optical tissues, macular pigment density increased by an average of 5.3% at the 4-week mark, and continued to increase until the duration of the study.1
A study was also conducted to investigate the possible role of specific nutrients in protecting the lens of the eye against aging, a risk factor for compromised visual function. The study was comprised of 376 individuals aged from 18 to 75. Of the nutrients measured, it was found that the lenses of individuals with higher concentrations of lutein and zeaxanthin showed less of an effect from the aging process. The investigators concluded that these carotenoids might play a protective role in supporting the maintenance of healthy vision.2
The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) was a landmark study of the effects of diet and antioxidant supplementation on eye health. The study enrolled over 3500 subjects aged 55 to 80 years who were followed for approximately 6 years. Among the data collected in this multi-faceted study was a self-administered Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). The AREDS Report No. 22 examined the data from the FFQs and determined that, of the nutrients evaluated, only lutein and zeaxanthin were directly related to maintaining eye health with statistical significance3. These findings corroborated similar results of an earlier multi-center study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that also found that those with a higher intake of lutein and zeaxanthin maintained healthier eye function.4 These promising results have spurred the design of a second major clinical trial (AREDS2), which is currently enrolling participants to study the impact of supplemental xanthophylls (FloraGLO® Lutein and zeaxanthin) and other nutrients on age-related eye health.5
In addition, a double-blind placebo controlled trial was performed in ninety individuals who had signs of compromised visual function. Individuals were divided into three groups and received either 10 mg FloraGLO® lutein, 10 mg FloraGLO® lutein plus a multivitamin/MultiMineral formulation, or placebo for 12 months. In both the FloraGLO® lutein and FloraGLO® lutein plus other nutrients groups, improvements were seen in mean eye macular pigment optical density, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. No improvements were noted in the placebo group.6 These results demonstrate FloraGLO® lutein's beneficial effect on maintaining healthy visual function.
Newly published research has demonstrated that lutein and zeaxanthin supplementation may enhance visual performance under glare conditions. Forty healthy subjects took daily doses of 10 mg FloraGLO® Lutein plus 2 mg zeaxanthin for six months. They were evaluated for changes in macular pigment, glare disability and photostress recovery at the onset of the study, and at 1, 2, 4 and six months. After six months, subjects experienced an average increase in macular pigment optical density (MPOD) of 39% compared to baseline, and all but two participants experienced some increase in MPOD. This increase in MPOD was also directly related to measured improvements in visual performance after exposure to bright light, as well as photostress recovery.7 This study suggests another way in which lutein and zeaxanthin can help support optimal visual function in healthy individuals.
Potent Antioxidant Protection*
Most of the beneficial effects of lutein are ascribed to its potent free radical scavenging abilities. It is well-known that lutein is a carotenoid related to beta-carotene and possesses antioxidant activity against a number of reactive oxygen species.8
More direct evidence for the free radical scavenging activity of lutein is found in studies of its effects on human lens epithelial cells. Cell cultures were exposed to ultraviolet light after pretreatment with lutein or alpha-tocopherol. Both nutrients were found to reduce ultraviolet-induced damage to lens epithelial cells. However, lutein was shown to have significantly higher photoprotective activity than alpha-tocopherol9 demonstrating its potential as a high-powered antioxidant.
A further review of the mechanisms of lutein in conferring a protective role reveals evidence for its antioxidant activity in various body tissues. Lutein has been shown to be an effective antioxidant in vitro as well as in experimental models of a number of body systems.10
Supports Healthy Skin*
A recent randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study has demonstrated the positive effects of oral and topical administration of lutein on skin health parameters (surface lipids, hydration, photoprotective activity, skin elasticity and skin lipid peroxidation). Forty female subjects were divided into four treatment groups. Treatment options included oral administration of 5 mg of FloraGLO® Lutein twice daily or placebo and topical administration of 50 ppm FloraGLO® Lutein twice daily or placebo. Each treatment group received either an active oral treatment with a placebo topical treatment, a placebo oral treatment with an active topical treatment, both active treatments, or both placebo treatments. Statistically significant improvements were seen in all five parameters tested in all treatment groups compared to the group receiving only placebos. The greatest overall improvements were seen in the group receiving both active oral and topical treatments, while lesser but still significant improvement was seen in both the active oral only and the active topical only groups. Additionally, oral administration of lutein conferred superior photoprotective activity (as measured by skin surface redness after exposure to ultraviolet light) and prevention of lipid peroxidation (as indicated by levels of malondialdehyde in skin lipids after exposure to ultraviolet light) than either topical lutein or placebo.11
Diverse Cinical Benefits*
Evidence from various experimental trials suggests that lutein may play a protective role on the circulatory and cardiovascular systems. Its antioxidant activity may also extend to the heart, skin, lungs and blood vessels, making it a nutrient with diverse clinical benefits. Lutein possesses the ability to promote the health of many body tissues.12
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Scientific References
1. Berendschot TT, et al. Influence of lutein supplementation on macular pigment, assessed with two objective techniques. Invest Opthalmol Vis Sci. 2000 Oct; 41(11): 3322-6.
2. Berendschot TT, et al. Lens aging in relation to nutritional determinants and possible risk factors for age-related cataract. Arch Opthalmol. 2002 Dec; 120(12): 1732-7.
3. Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group. The relationship of dietary carotenoid and vitamin A, E, and C intake with age-related macular degeneration in a case-control study: AREDS Report No. 22. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007 Sep; 125(9): 1225-32.
4. Seddon JM, et al. Dietary Carotenoids, Vitamins A, C, and E, and Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA. 1994 Nov; 272(18):1413-1420.
5. www.nei.nih.gov/neitrials/viewStudyWeb.aspx?id=120. Clinical Studies Database. Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2). Last Updated 2/28/2008. Viewed 5/15/2008.
6. Richer S, et al. Double-masked, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of lutein and antioxidant supplementation in the intervention of atrophic age-related macular degeneration: the Veterans LAST study (Lutein Antioxidant Supplementation Trial). Optometry. 2004 Apr; 75(4): 216-230.
7. Stringham JM and Hammond BR. Macular pigment and visual performance under glare conditions. Optom Vis Sci. 2008 Feb; 85(2):82-8.
8. "Lutein and Zeaxanthin". PDR Health. www.gettingwell.com/drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/nutsupdrugs/lut_0164.shtml
9. Chitchumroonchokchai C, et al. Xanthophylls and alpha-tocopherol decrease UVB-induced lipid peroxidation and stress signaling in human lens epithelial cells. J Nutr. 2004 Dec; 134(12): 3225-32.
10. Krinsky NI. Possible biologic mechanisms for a protective role of xanthophylls. J Nutr. 2002; 132: 540S-542S.
11. Palombo P, et al. Beneficial Long-Term Effects of Combined Oral/Topical Antioxidant Treatment with the Carotenoids Lutein and Zeaxanthin on Human Skin: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2007; 20: 199-210.
12. Mares-Perlman JA, et al. The body of evidence to support a protective role for lutein and zeaxanthin in delaying chronic disease. Overview. J Nutr. 2002; 132: 518S-524S.
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From kids to grownups, there's a formula for everyone.
Date: October 24, 2005 08:21 AM
Subject: From kids to grownups, there's a formula for everyone.
The Mighty Multivitamin From kids to grownups, there's a formula for everyone.
What's the top-seller in the supplement world, year after year? You guessed it-the humble multivitamin/ MultiMineral. Millions of people start their day with multis to help ensure they get all the necessary nutrients that eat-and-run dining doesn't always provide.
The praise bestowed on multis by the lab-coat crowd is richly deserved. In one study, people who took a multivitamin every day didn't get as many infections, including reparatory and urinary bugs, as those taking placebos (look-alikes).
Harvard scientists fond that adding a multivitamin to a high-produce diet helps the body fend off such common dangers as heart disease and cancer. Swedish multi takers enjoyed reductions in heart attack rates (21% among men, 33% among women); this effect was not tied to such overall health habits as plentiful produce consumption and adequate exercise. And the American Cancer Society reports that long-term multivitamin use has been linked to a reduced risk of colorectal cancer.
No wonder so many people see multis as a nutritional no-brainer. As a report from the Council for Responsible Nutrition puts it, "Supplements are a proven bridge between what we should eat and what we actually eat."
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Best Lutein Featuring Biolut Marigold Ext., 60 VC
Date: July 27, 2005 11:54 AM
Subject: Best Lutein Featuring Biolut Marigold Ext., 60 VC
• Maintains Healthy Visual Function*
It has been well established that lutein is present in high concentrations in the retinal tissue of the human eye. However, a study was conducted in human volunteers to determine whether taking lutein in supplement form actually increased the density of the carotenoid pigments present in the macula. In this study of eight individuals, researchers estimated the density of the macular pigments prior to having each individual take 10 mg of lutein daily in supplement form for 12 weeks. Plasma lutein concentrations were measured at 4-week intervals. During the course of the study, plasma levels increased five-fold from pre-supplement measures. It was also shown that macular pigment density increased by an average of 5.3% after 4 weeks due to increased deposition of lutein in optical tissues.1
A second study compared the oral bioavailability of esterified lutein, the form in Best Lutein, versus non-esterified lutein in 18 human volunteers. Serum levels of lutein were measured at particular timepoints after consumption of a single dose of lutein. Researchers found that in these individuals, the lutein ester formulation was nearly 62% more bioavailable than non-esterified lutein, as determined by a higher mean area under the curve (AUC) and higher serum concentrations.2
A study was also conducted to investigate the possible role of specific nutrients in protecting the lens of the eye against aging, a risk factor for compromised visual function. The study was comprised of 376 individuals aged from 18 to 75. Of the nutrients measured, it was found that the lenses of individuals with higher concentrations of lutein and zeaxanthin showed less of an effect from the aging process. The investigators concluded that these carotenoids may play a protective role in supporting the maintenance of healthy vision.3
In addition, a double-blind placebo controlled trial was performed in ninety individuals who had signs of compromised visual function. Individuals were divided into three groups and received either 10 mg lutein, 10 mg lutein plus a multivitamin/MultiMineral formulation, or placebo for 12 months. In both the lutein and lutein plus other nutrients groups, improvements were seen in mean eye macular pigment optical density, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. No improvements were noted in the placebo group.4 These results demonstrate lutein's beneficial effect on maintaining healthy visual function.
• Potent Antioxidant Protection*
More direct evidence for the free radical scavenging activity of lutein is found in studies of its effects on human lens epithelial cells. Cell cultures were exposed to ultraviolet light after pretreatment with lutein or alpha-tocopherol. Both nutrients were found to reduce ultraviolet-induced damage to lens epithelial cells. However, lutein was shown to have significantly higher photoprotective activity than alpha-tocopherol6, demonstrating its potential as a high-powered antioxidant.
A further review of the mechanisms of lutein in conferring a protective role reveals evidence for its antioxidant activity in various body tissues. Lutein has been shown to be an effective antioxidant in vitro as well as in experimental models of a number of body systems.7
• Diverse clinical benefits*
Evidence from various experimental trials suggests that lutein may play a protective role on the circulatory and cardiovascular systems. Its antioxidant activity may also extend to the heart, skin, lungs and blood vessels, making it a nutrient with diverse clinical benefits. Lutein possesses the ability to promote the health of many body tissues.8 Safety
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2. Bowen PE, et al. Esterification does not impair lutein bioavailability in humans. J Nutr. 2002 December; 132: 3668-3673.
5. "Lutein and Zeaxanthin". PDR Health.
7. Krinsky NI. Possible biologic mechanisms for a protective role of xanthophylls. J Nutr. 2002; 132: 540S-542S.
8. Mares-Perlman JA, et al. The body of evidence to support a protective role for lutein and zeaxanthin in delaying chronic disease. Overview. J Nutr. 2002; 132: 518S-524S.
Nutritional Scorecard
Date: June 14, 2005 10:52 AM
Subject: Nutritional Scorecard
Nutritional Scorecard by Sylvia Whitefeather Energy Times, June 15, 2004
For over 50 years, the federal government has produced Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs) as guidelines for vitamin and mineral intake. Then, in 1993, the Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs) superseded the RDAs. By applying this new designation, the government's guidelines are now supposed to represent the designated amounts that an average person should consume. With this in mind, and the fact that many experts think you should consume more than some of the RDIs, how does your nutritional scorecard add up? Answering a few nutritional questions can point you in the right direction.
Perfect Protein
Are you trying to lose weight? If you are, the latest thinking on weight loss opines that eating more protein may be the key to keeping your weight down. Two recent studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (5/18/04) found that people who ate a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet lost more weight and had better cholesterol levels than dieters who ate fewer fatty foods. Both studies found that a low-carb diet can improve your triglycerides (blood fats) and boost your HDL, or good, cholesterol.
Eating protein satisfies both tummies and taste buds. Researchers have found that the amount of protein eaten in a meal determines not only how much food you eat but also how satisfied you feel after eating (J Nutr 2004 Apr; 134(4):974S-9S). And when you feel satisfied after eating less food you improve your odds of losing weight.
We need about 50 grams of protein a day to support the body's functions. The best sources of protein are eggs, meat, milk, protein shakes and yogurt.
Classy Carbohydrates
Does your energy level go up and down during the day? To get off the energy rollercoaster, cut down on carbohydrates, and make sure the carbs you do eat are complex.
Carbohydrates have been getting some unflattering press lately. Yes, if you want to lose weight, you may want to go on a strictly low-carb diet. But for those not concerned with weight, carbohydrates are the principle source of energy for the body.
What's more, even if you do restrict carbohydrates, you should still eat a tiny bit of them. Without some carbs in the diet your body cannot regulate protein or fat metabolism. According to Michael and Mary Eades, MD, authors of The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution (Wiley), "Carbohydrates control insulin and insulin controls your metabolic health."
So, make your carbohydrates count. Indulge in complex carbohydrates: whole grains, fruits and vegetables. In those foods, carbs are accompanied by fiber and larger amounts of vitamins and phytonutrients. Other reliable sources of complex carbohydrates are whole wheat bread, brown rice and oatmeal.
Fabulous Fiber
Are you concerned about your heart health? Fiber from beans, oats, legumes, nuts, rice bran, fruits and vegetables helps stabilize blood sugar and reduce cholesterol. Pectins, found in apples, pears, prunes and plums, are a particularly useful form of water-soluble fiber.
Insoluble fiber, in cereals, wheat bran and vegetables, reduces the risk of colon-related problems. In addition to adding fiber to the diet, dried beans and soybeans have been shown to lower cholesterol, improve vascular health and kidney functioning, preserve bone mineral density and reduce menopausal discomforts (AJCN 1999 Sept; 70(3 suppl):464S-74S). Fiber also promotes good bowel health and encourages the growth of beneficial intestinal flora.
You need 25 to 40 grams of fiber daily. If you have cut back on your carbohydrates, be sure to take a reliable fiber supplement.
Fantastic Fats
Do you have problems focusing on mentally challenging tasks? If so, you should eat more fish and get more of the omega-3 fatty acids that fish and flax contain. Higher levels of this type of fat have been linked to better concentration while performing demanding intellectual work (Lipids 2004 Feb; 39(2):117-23).
Fats add flavor to food, making meals taste better. Monounsaturated fats like plain olive oil and canola are liquid at room temperature and are suitable for use in cooking at high temperatures. Researchers have found that a diet high in monounsaturated fat has the ability to decrease LDL (bad) cholesterol (J Nutr 2001; 131:1758-63). Other fats, such as extra virgin olive oil and flaxseed oil, are best used in dishes that don't need cooking, such as salads.
Although the RDI for fat is less than 30% of the total calorie intake, some researchers believe that if you eat healthy fat, eating too much is not a concern. Omega-3 fats are available in supplement form.
Do you suffer from dry skin? You may not be drinking enough water. This precious liquid is used by every cell of our bodies and makes up 60% to 75% of our body weight. Water is important for kidney function. Researchers in Italy found that drinking adequate amounts of water can help prevent the formation of kidney stones (Urol Int 2004; 72 Suppl 1:29-33).
Your activity level, environment and diet influence how much water you need daily. Try to drink at least eight cups of fluid a day from noncaffeinated, nonalcoholic sources.
Voluptuous Vitamins
Do you exercise frequently? If you do, you need more antioxidant vitamins like natural vitamin E and vitamin C as well as a healthy supply of carotenoids. A study at the School of Applied Medical Sciences and Sports Studies, University of Ulster, found that exercisers need more antioxidants. Otherwise, their exertion may release an excess number of free radicals (caustic molecules) in their bodies and do damage to the heart arteries and other internal organs.
Vitamins, in general, are defined as micronutrients that are necessary for life. They are necessary for the production of energy, a healthy immune system and hundreds of other functions in the body.
Vitamins aren't the only substances that produce big benefits in small quantities. Phytonutrients are chemicals in plants that have health-promoting properties. These nutrients are getting more and more attention from researchers who are keeping score on our nutritional requirements.
Mineral Crunch
Do your meals contain plenty of calcium? If not, you may need supplements to keep your bones strong and help keep your weight down. One study, presented at the Experimental Biology 2003 meeting in San Diego, found that young women who consumed more calcium had better luck controlling their weight. In this research, it didn't take much calcium to make a difference in waistlines. Consuming just one more serving daily (a cup of milk or a thumb-sized piece of cheese, each of which contain about 300 mg of calcium) made, on average, about a two-pound difference.
In addition, many experts recommend MultiMineral supplements (along with multivitamins) to promote better health. A recent study of people with immune problems, for instance, found that those kinds of supplements seem to help boost the immune system (AT News 2004 Feb 27; 398:4-5).
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Patient Linda Facey explained how she became involved in helping shape guidelines produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
While most people believe it is hospital specialists, doctors, nurses, and health economists who help shape NICE guidelines, the expertise of patients, carers and the public is just as important.
Linda Facey became a member of a guideline development group (GDG) and worked on the recent ovarian cancer guidelines.
She said: "When I was re-diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a clinical nurse specialist asked me if I would be a representative on the Central South Coast Cancer Network. So I got involved with that and through that I became aware that NICE were looking for patient representatives for the ovarian cancer guideline.
Linda felt that the more she became involved, the more her input was valued by the group.
Linda would recommend other patients getting involved with NICE.
For people interested in joining a NICE committee or working group, there are details on the organisation's website.


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A gaming phenomenon that has numerous people on campus talking, Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) is a game played world-wide consisting of more than just two teams that run around and shoot each other with Nerf guns, according to sophomore political science and creative writing major Aristotle Piso.
"We have athletes, fraternity and sorority members, ROTC members and many more that are involved with HvZ," Piso said. "So it's not just your stereotypical nerds that are involved, we have a wide variety of people that come together for one purpose and that is to have fun and meet new people."
As one of the moderators for the game and also the vice president of the Urban Gaming Club, Piso, 21, stressed that being a moderator is not only fun, but it's also very time consuming and hard work.
"As a moderator, you can't play the game, since you write the story lines and come up with missions, you don't want to be bias to one team or another," Piso said. "We keep growing each semester, having almost 100 players now. We're expected to have one half as many players next semester. When you have all of these people texting you and asking you questions about the game, it can become very time consuming."
Elaborating more on what the game is all about, John Groom, a sophomore secondary education English and Spanish major, explained that there is a very organized system in place for HvZ.
"We have a website that players register on, sruHvZ.co.nr, and they get their own code, and once a human gets tagged by a zombie, they give the zombie their code and they enter it on the website, changing that human into a zombie," Groom said. "It also feeds the zombies, because after 48 hours, it kills the zombies and they can't enter that code any longer."
Groom, 19, explained the rules more in depth and the meaning of the missions that are done during the game.
"If a human is tagged by a zombie, we know that they turn into a zombie, but if a zombie is tagged by a human, the rules change," Groom said. "The zombie that is tagged is stunned for a predetermined amount of time. Here, we do 15 minutes, so that way you can stun them and go off to your class. A mission, however, is a story line objective that progresses the game and at the end of the game, the final mission is essentially the combination of the entire story line that determines if the humans win or lose."
Being completely aware of the negative attention that HvZ gets on campus, Groom said it's nothing to take too seriously.
"What some people do in our group, which I'm not an advocate for, is they'll go back and attack the people who are attacking us, verbally through email, Twitter and Facebook," Groom sighed. "To me, that's not the right way to go about it. I think the best way to go about it is to continue the game and keep playing. We're out to have fun, they're doing their own things to have fun. Just because they disagree with what we're doing, doesn't mean we have to stoop to their level of criticism."
Most of the negative comments and arguments about HvZ mostly take place on social networks, like Twitter and Facebook. Twitter, one of the most commonly used social networks around SRU's campus, gets most of the attention from people who disagree with the game.
One of the accounts on Twitter that openly bashes the people involved in HvZ is @SRUproblems. One of their tweets, for example, said, "Breaking news: Zombie being held hostage in Starbucks broom closet, humans are asking for a social life." Some other students have very strong negative opinions about the game as well, and at times choose to display it on social media.
Piso, 21, said he thinks it's funny that people sit around and talk negatively about HvZ on social networks, but he does understand why people do laugh at the game.
"I just brush the negativity off, but I do realize that we make ourselves a target, since we're running around campus with a Nerf blaster," Piso said. "We all understand that it looks silly, but adults play on flag football leagues and softball leagues. We're just playing a different kind of game that not everyone is used to, so they shut it down. I find it interesting that some people are against it, then they go home and play Call of Duty and other video games. It's not that much different from Call of Duty, except we're actually being active. Instead of going to the ARC and running on a machine, we're running outside and having fun with our friends, and that's what it's all about."
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#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

/**
 * Convert Upper Case Letter to Number
 */
int letter_val(char);

/**
 * Load the Name File and Return list of names.
*/
void load_file( std::string const& filename,
                vector<string>& list);

/**
 * Main Function
*/
int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
    // Variables
    string name;
    vector<string> list;
    long long run_sum = 0;
    int letter;

    // Check arguments
    if( argc < 2 ){
        std::cerr << "usage: " << argv[0] << " <names file>" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }

    // Load the File
    load_file(argv[1], list);

    // Sort the list
    sort ( list.begin() , list.end() );

    // Iterate through the names
    for(int i=0;i<(int)list.size();i++)
    {
        // Get the next name
        name = list[i];
        letter = 0;

        // Sum the name
        for(int j=0;j<(int)name.length();j++)
            letter += letter_val(name[j]);

        // Add to the running sum
        run_sum += letter * (i+1);
    }

    cout << run_sum << endl;
    return 0;
}

/**
 * Letter to Number
*/
int letter_val(char c)
{
  char letters[] = {"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"};
  for(int i=1;i<=26;i++)
    if( c == letters[i-1] )
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}

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void load_file( std::string const& filename,
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{
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    fin.get();
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    fin.get();

    while(fin.good()){
      fin.get();
      list.push_back(name);
      getline(fin,name,'\"');
      fin.get();
    }
    fin.close();
}

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Set the switches to the zero position and unplug the appliance from the mains. In most models, the switches are removable, remove them and put them in a container of warm solution of soap or dishwashing detergent, let them "soak" and clean with a sponge or brush for washing dishes.
Moisten the surface of the plate and plates with a sponge abundantly moistened with warm water or a soap solution and leave to stand for 5-10 minutes, then remove the sodden food residues with a sponge or wooden spatula. To clean burners, you can also use a wire sponge.
Wear rubber gloves and apply to wet the surface of the plate, nonabrasive detergent. It can be liquid or gel for cleaning the plates (they are produced by a variety of manufacturers) or another tool marked "kitchen" – they usually do well with fat deposits. If you do not advocate the use of "strong" chemistry can be used for cleaning surfaces with diluted liquid dishwashing or liquid Laundry soap. Similarly, handle front panel plate.
Wait for 10 to 15 minutes to fat deposits are softened. Ensure that the surface remained wet, otherwise the cleaning will have to start again.
How should wipe the hob with a damp cloth or sponge, removing the dirt, rinse with clean water. If the plates were spot – apply it to the soiled detergent again and repeat the procedure.
If the reference ring with which the ring is attached to the plate, yellow – do not attempt to return it to its original color. This is the reaction metal at a high temperature, and it is irreversible.
For cleaning of stoves, you cannot use a metal sponge or abrasive paper, and abrasive cleaners – they may damage the surface of the plate.
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Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 11). – Transcript
[0:03] clip from VenomFangX: "Jesus spoke about a second death. There are two types of death: mortal death, which is when our soul is separated from our body; and spiritual death, which is when our soul is separated from God. Adam and Eve had their souls separated from God the day they ate from the forbidden fruit. That's why God kicked them out of the Garden. Now, that is also why we are born spiritually dead in our sins. You are dead in your sins, and that's why Jesus said you have to be born again right now by repenting of sin and putting your faith in Jesus Christ. You will then be born again of the spirit of God and be able to remain with God forever. If you don't do that now, during this life, you will remain separated from God forever.
[0:41] clip from The Terminator
[0:52] clip from VenomFangX: "I'm gonna make a challenge for ya. Do you wanna debate with me? Live? We'll record it, post it on YouTube, make it a big event. We could even have one of those Mortal Combat screens, you know, me on one side you on the other. It'll be crazy right? Let's do it. It'll be fun."
[1:05] Thunderf00t: Well, it'll be fun for me. But then again that's because I'm not so stupid as to say that the Grand Canyon was formed at about five times the speed of sound.
[1:14] clip from VenomFangX: "If the planet flooded like the Bible says, the Grand Canyon could have been formed in about five minutes. The Grand Canyon could have been formed in about five minutes."
[1:28] Thunderf00t: However the reason I have little interest in humoring you with a debate is exemplified by these videos. Put simply, someone who has repeatedly demonstrated such a crass lack of scientific understanding as yourself, is not in need of a debate, but an education.
[1:45] However you shouldn't feel bad about this attribute as it's so much pervasively true of all young earth creationists. Let's see what gems you have for us this time:
[1:56] clip from VenomFangX: "The Bible says Noah only had to bring things that breathe with their nostrils. Fish don't breathe with their nostrils, and I bet you even know that."
[2:03] Thunderf00t: Aaaah, Noah's Ark. It's almost shameless that anyone could try and defend this. But let's look at the facile point that Noah took nothing onto the ark that didn't have nostrils. Well, sure that would've meant that Noah wouldn't have to take any bugs on the ark. But then again it would've also meant the extinction of almost all insects and plant life on earth, and of course the humble earthworm and thereby ensuring that Noah and everything else on the ark would've starved to death on a dead planet.
[2:33] But then again, what about the whales? They breathe through their nostrils. Shown are the nostrils of the largest creature ever to live on the earth, the blue whale. I really would've loved to see how Noah got all the animals that
[2:45] clip from VenomFangX: "breathe with their nostrils"
[2:46] Thunderf00t: on the ark.
[2:47] clip from VenomFangX: "The Bible says Noah only had to bring things that breathe with their nostrils. Fish don't breathe with their nostrils, and I bet you even know that. So insects breathe, not through their nostrils but through their skin, so no insects either. Now, the seas get saltier at an increasing rate every year. And if you take the rate in which they're getting saltier in reverse time, about 4,400 years ago the seas would be totally freshwater."
[3:08] Thunderf00t: Aaah, so the water was totally fresh 4,000 years ago, eh? Well, where did these come from? These are chalk cliffs. They're known to be composed of microscopic shells of a form of creature similar to the modern phytoplankton called coccolithophores. These phytoplankton require two materials to make their calcium carbonate shells: firstly, calcium, which is dissolved in the sea water. Secondly, carbonate, which is usually obtained from carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
[3:41] The geological period of time in which these deposits were laid down is named after these chalk deposits; the Latin name for chalk being 'creta'. In the Cretaceous period these areas were covered with oceans and the chalk deposits were laid down between 150 and 70 million years ago.
[3:59] Now comes the amusing bit. The raw materials required for coccolithophores to make chalk, or calcium carbonate, are a salt solution of the iron calcium and carbon dioxide. Now if the oceans were purely fresh water, as the creationist states, then where did these calcium carbonate deposits of coccolithophores come from?
[4:20] clip from The Matrix
[4:23] clip from VenomFangX: "Jesus spoke about a second death. There are two types of death: mortal death, which is when our soul is separated from our body."
[4:31] Thunderf00t: I can only assume that by 'death' he means 'brain death'. We've known for decades now that the only thing that causes irreversible death is the death of the brain. Once the neurochemistry goes south, it doesn't come back.
[4:45] However, this is the thing: animals have brains that function on a very similar fashion to our own. Yet I somehow doubt that the creationist would argue that it's impossible for animals to die, because they have no souls to separate from their bodies. Next of course comes the obvious question: we know our brains make our decisions, so what's the purpose of the soul that the creationist speaks of? Why do those who claim that they have been 'born again' with souls have behavioral characteristics that are indistinguishable—or worse—than those who haven't been born again with a soul? For instance, divorce rates and the such like.
[5:20] clip from VenomFangX: "-and spiritual death, which is when our soul is separated from God."
[5:24] Thunderf00t: Okay, so the creationist is now saying we have a soul, and that there is a god. And that having your soul separated from god counts as death. Umm, okay. Well, I'm still struggling to see how if god is omnipresent and omnipotent, how you can ever be separated from him.
[5:40] clip from VenomFangX: "Adam and Eve had their souls separated from God the day they ate from the forbidden fruit. That's why God kicked them out of the Garden."
[5:47] Thunderf00t: Okay, so Adam was born with his soul alive, and killed it by eating forbidden fruit. So what did we learn? Well, in creationism it's possible to kill your soul by eating.
[6:00] clip from VenomFangX: "Now, that is also why we are born spiritually dead in our sins."
[6:04] Thunderf00t: Okay, so in creationism it's not only possible to kill your own soul by eating, but it can also cause ALL the children you have to be born with dead souls.
[6:15] clip from VenomFangX: "You are dead in your sins, and that's why Jesus said you have to be born again right now by repenting of sin and putting your faith in Jesus Christ."
[6:23] Thunderf00t: Okay, so when you're born, your soul is automatically tied to your body, but it's dead. Then when you choose for your soul to come alive, uuh, how? What makes the choice? The dead soul, bad chemistry of life? Well let's leave that for a minute and see where this goes.
[6:40] clip from VenomFangX: "You will then be born again of the spirit of God and be able to remain with God forever."
[6:45] Thunderf00t: So your soul is born into a piece of bad chemical machinery, thanks to your ancestors not being picky enough about their diet. And now, if you manage to get your soul to come alive by some undescribed process, then you get to become a part of god.
[7:00] clip from VenomFangX: "If you don't do that now, during this life, you will remain separated from God forever."
[7:05] Thunderf00t: And if you don't obey the creationist's fantasy, then his fantasy will punish you for your disobedience. But of course the funny thing is the creationist's fantasy would automatically kill the souls of all the babies who haven't chose to have their souls born yet. That's a pretty unpleasant fantasy.
[7:22] But now let's compare what we know, and can PROVE with the physical evidence, to the creationist's fantasy.
[7:49] clip from VenomFangX: "The Bible says Noah only had to bring things that breathe with their nostrils . . . 4,400 years ago the seas would be totally freshwater."
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Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 10)- Transcript
[0:03] clip from "LEE STROBEL The Case for a Creator Full documentary": "If the universe looks like it's fine-tuned for complex life, maybe there's a fine-tuner. Maybe it was fine-tuned for life."
"If we didn't have the electromagnetic force you would have no bonding between chemicals. You would have no light and the list goes on. So you need all these sorts of fundamental principles have to be in place in order for life to occur. Wipe out one of those principles, wipe out one of those laws—no life."
[0:28] Thunderf00t: Okay, so he's saying that there's only one unique way for life to exist. This of course is purely speculative creationist tosh. To demonstrate this point I'm going to go to the microscopic level of molecular dynamics. Shown is a molecular dynamic simulation of the bee sting protein called melatin. These simulations that are routinely used are very useful for the interpretation of experimental results and the predictions of microscopic behaviors of such systems. It's a well-established and mature field of chemistry. There's just one thing: there is no gravity whatsoever in these calculations. Nor is there any gravity whatsoever in the more detailed quantum mechanical calculations.
[1:12] Gravity is about 1000 billion billion billion billion times weaker than the electromagnetic force. It's an irrelevant factor in the molecular forces which determine molecular dynamics. Which is why you can leave it out of the equation altogether.
[1:28] It's also notable that life is remarkably robust to the absence of gravitational fields, functioning almost as well on the earth as it does in microgravity. Put simply, there is no reason whatsoever why you couldn't get life functioning perfectly happily in a universe with no gravity.
[1:48] There are just four forces that we are aware of. That's gravity, the strong, the weak, and the electromagnetic force. Now I've just shown that gravity is not necessary for the functioning of life. Further, a recent paper has suggested that a universe without the weak force would look largely indistinguishable from our current universe (Harnik, Kribs, Perez, A Universe Without Weak Interactions).
[2:09] So half of the forces that we know about are not essential for the functioning of life. So much for the creationist statement that everything needs to be perfect for life to function.
[2:22] But now let's move on to the simple deceit of creationists:
[2:26] clip from "LEE STROBEL The Case for a Creator Full documentary": "One example of this fine-tuning is the force of gravity."
"Imagine a ruler divided up into one inch increments, and then stretched across the entire universe, a distance of some 14 billion light years. For the purposes of illustration, the ruler represents the possible range for gravity."
[2:51] Thunderf00t: Yep, you always need dramatic music if you're gonna play god and choose a new gravitational force constant to the universe. However if you want to play god, as the creationist seems intent on doing, then the limits for the gravitational constant is zero and infinity.
[3:06] However you cannot put an infinite number of finite-sized inch strips together on a finite distance—it's impossible by definition. Like say, for instance a square with five sides. What the guy's describing is simply mathematically impossible.
[3:23] clip from "LEE STROBEL The Case for a Creator Full documentary": "In other words, the setting for the strength of gravity could've been anywhere along the ruler, but it just happens to be situated in exactly the right place so that life is possible. Now if you were to change the force of gravity by moving the setting just one inch compared to the entire width of the universe, the effect on life would be catastrophic."
[3:45] Thunderf00t: Weell, in fairness, the animation was neat and the music was fine. However it's still pointlessly speculative mathematical nonsense. The creationist demonstrating that he doesn't understand mathematics is Lee Strobel, author of such books as The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, and The Case for a Creator. The title of these books and his gesturing are unsurprising given that Strobel's highest degree was not in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics—or any other scientific discipline for that matter—but law.
[4:16] Yep, that's right. The creationist fielding the case for creation is a lawyer. Now at this point an inquiring mind will be asking 'what is a lawyer doing making predictions about diddling with the fundamental force constant to the universe when he has no real scientific understanding of the one he currently lives in?' In this sense, Strobel's mathematically impossible speculation on the gravitational constant has about as much academic credibility as a burger-flipper lecturing a brain surgeon on cerebral aneurysms.
[4:47] The principle difference between lawyers and scientists is that scientists gain their reputation on track record based on what they can establish from the physical evidence and logical deduction. However for lawyers, truth is an irrelevance as the criterion that determines a successful lawyer is their ability to present a successful case, not their ability to establish truth; although obviously it helps for those who harbor a conscience if the two coincide once in a while.
[5:17] clip from A Few Good Men
[5:26] Thunderf00t: But let's take another look at this case for a fine-tuned universe. There's about 75 cubic kilometers of life on earth, while the volume of the earth is approximately one trillion cubic kilometers. That means that by volume the earth is approximately one billionth of a percent life.
[5:48] For me, this device is an example of fine-tuning. For this object, each of the thousand billion billion billion billion atoms are arranged—sorry, fine-tuned—for the purpose of human transport. Now if you found a rock of comparable size and found a fleck of iron in it the size of a pinhead that's approximately the equivalent volume fraction of life on earth, would you conclude that the rock was fine-tuned for the purpose of being a car? So why would you conclude that the earth is fine-tuned for the purpose of life?
[6:23] However, it's better than that, as the creationists in this video go on to argue that we are the only life in the Milky Way. Fantastic. The volume between us and the nearest galaxy is about five times [Equation]cubic kilometers. That means that the creationists are happy to argue that something where you find one part in [Equation] that works, means that that object is fine-tuned for that purpose.
[6:51] Now for the creationist to call this a fine-tuned universe for the purpose of life is like taking a billion earths and finding a single iron atom on one of those earths and then concluding that these billion earths are fine-tuned for a purpose.
[7:08] In summary, it is deeply unconvincing to try and argue that a universe which has essentially no life in it is fine-tuned for the purpose of life.
[7:24] clip from "LEE STROBEL The Case for a Creator Full documentary": "Wipe out one of those laws—no life."
"Maybe there's a fine-tuner. Maybe it was fine-tuned for life."
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Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 9)
[0:03] clip from "RRS vs. Kirk Cameron / Ray Comfort Nightline FULL": "Listen to what two of the greatest scientific minds in history said about the design in creation: Sir Isaac Newton: "the most beautiful system of the sun, the planets, and comets, could only proceed from the council and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." Albert Einstein—he said, "in view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no god."
[0:33] Thunderf00t: Aaaah, quote mining; another favorite ploy of the creationist, using partial or misleading quotes from real scientists in the hope that some of their academic credibility will rub off on them. It's trivial to do. For instance, these are the words of the devoted creationist Kirk Cameron and his partner Ray Comfort:
[0:52] clips from "RRS vs. Kirk Cameron / Ray Comfort Nightline FULL": "You guys who believe in god are idiots. You're small-minded people who are unintelligent. You don't think."
"There's no god."
"I'd rather go to hell than to believe in a megalomaniac like god."
[1:08] Thunderf00t: This is the worst kind of deceit; worse in many ways than actually lying in that it is specifically designed to intentionally mislead people by either misquoting people or misrepresenting academic discourse (which is essential to the progression of science) as a weakness of a theory.
[1:25] It is also very noticeable these creationists plead with you to accept their views. In academic circles this would be instantly interpreted as a man with no case to present, which is why he resorts to such snake oil-salesman-style techniques.
[1:40] In academic lectures on research science, it's taken that any argument presented stands on its merits. The lecturer is expected to present his case clearly, but any attempt to suggest that his arguments should be accepted based on the pleading or scoffing of the lecturer would be instantly greeted with academic skepticism.
[2:00] This sort of thing might fly in the pulpit and in political forums, but it has no place in the academic arena.
[2:11] clip from "RRS vs. Kirk Cameron / Ray Comfort Nightline FULL": "You know if a Coca-Cola can was MADE, there must be a maker. When I look at a painting, how can I know there was a painter? Well the painting is absolute, 100 percent scientific proof there was a painter. Well a building is absolute, 100 percent scientific proof there was a builder."
[2:32] Thunderf00t: Yeaaah, tell it brother! Just like rocks are 100 percent absolute proof of a rock-making god. Just like sunsets is 100 percent absolute scientific proof of a sunset-making factory. Yeah, just like a nearly perfectly spherical Mars is 100 percent absolute proof that there is a Mars-maker. Oh yeah, that's right. I remember now. The reason we don't think that sunsets are made by a sunset-making god is because we understand the origin of sunsets. We can still say that god did it. It's just that that doesn't advance our understanding of the world any. And it's a path that leads to an intellectual dead-end.
[3:10] clip from "RRS vs. Kirk Cameron / Ray Comfort Nightline FULL": "If it's designed, there MUST be a designer."
[3:14] Thunderf00t: This statement is of course tautological. But the question is how can you recognize design? For instance, crystals are among the most ordered objects in the universe. Yet we do not instantly reach for a crystal-making god to try and explain the existence of these highly ordered structures. Again, the reason we do not reach for a god to explain these structures is because we have a perfectly satisfactory naturalistic explanation of the origin of crystals.
[3:41] There is nothing wrong with a tautological statement that designed objects are designed. There's nothing wrong with the statement that paintings, etc. are designed, simply as they have no plausible naturalistic explanation for their origin. However, there IS a naturalistic explanation for life. It's called evolution. And before the creationists start coming out with their unfounded tosh about how 'it's never been observed' and so on: it's more than observed. The principle of evolution is used by the likes of engineers to design aerodynamic bodies—a sort of design without a designer.
[4:16] Indeed, even I myself have written such pieces of code. All you need is reproduction with variation, and environmental attrition and evolution intrinsically follows. This is not just some animation about the front end of an evolutionary algorithm, where the bugs are actually evolving to the environment.
[4:38] Well let's just highlight the logical flaws of this typical creation argument that 'designed objects such as paintings, buildings, etc. require a designer. Life looks designed, so it must have a designer'.
[4:51] Let me parody this creationist logic. Let me take a load of pebbles, and see if any of them perfectly fit a shot glass. The answer is no. Indeed I could keep on trying to get pebbles to fit the shot glass in perpetuity and never find one that fits it perfectly. Indeed, I could happily conclude that the only way for a pebble to fit the shot glass perfectly is if it were designed to fit the shot glass.
[5:17] Liquids however fit a shot glass perfectly every time. So, by the creationist's logic, liquid must be designed to fit the glass. Now the reason this argument is bogus of course, is simply because the two objects being compared have different critical properties. In my case I am comparing deformable matter such as liquids to solids, and drawing the bogus conclusion that liquids must be designed to fit the glass.
[5:45] In the creationist's case, they are comparing objects that are known to be manufactured, with objects that can evolve—that is, objects that suffer environmental attrition and reproduction with variation—and then drawing the bogus conclusion that life must be designed.
[6:08] clip from "RRS vs. Kirk Cameron / Ray Comfort Nightline FULL": "When I look at this building, how do I know there was a builder? You can't see him, hear him, touch him, taste him, or smell him. I mean, what evidence is there that there was a builder?
[6:18] clip from "Bob the Builder"
[6:27] Thunderf00t: Yeah, that's right. You know there was a builder because you CAN see him, hear him, touch him, taste him, and smell him—although few builders would allow you to go that far. But even if you couldn't see him, hear him, touch him, taste him, or smell him, you can watch builders building buildings all the time. And even if you couldn't do that, you go down to the planning department and get the blueprints for the building and get the date the building was erected on and how it was made.
[6:53] clip from"RRS vs. Kirk Cameron / Ray Comfort Nightline FULL": "When I look at this building, how do I know there was a builder? You can't see him, hear him, touch him, taste him, or smell him. I mean, what evidence is there that there was a builder?
God Loves you enough to BURN YOU WITH FIRE!: Transcript
[0:00] Thunderf00t: You know, I can put up with A LOT of fiction in a good story. Like blue god-like quantum men, or hundred year old girls fighting werewolves in subways. Or, people in computer games who can stop bullets if they believe it, and so on. However what I can't take, even in a fantasy, is internal inconsistency. Like say, for instance when these agents—they can punch through walls—and they wanna kill everyone in this car, and this is what happens when he jumps on the first car; he utterly destroys it. And of course, that's what happens when he jumps on the car with everyone in it he's trying to kill, right? Nah, he just nimbly lands on the hood, merely making a mess of the paintwork, and so on.
[0:42] Or the time where the car he wasn't trying to kill the people in is a mangled, bullet time wreck. In films, these are just kind of annoying and they're called plot holes—it's an internal inconsistency, and it's the hallmark of bullshit. And people who can hold these internal inconsistencies in their mind in the real world—and even justify them—are idiots.
[1:05] So, let me just give you an example like: 'my boyfriend only beats me because he loves me so much.' Actually, no that's a bad example because that's pretty emotionally driven. Let me give you another example, that 'God loves me so much, that he will torture me for eternity if I don't do what he says.
[1:24] Huh, now that's exactly the same thing just for the fictional character. Now it's just come to me. I've got a famous example of this. Like when John Paul II claimed that it was a miracle that saved him from dying when he was shot, and that it was the Lady of Fatima who diverted the bullet away from a critical artery. To which Richard Dawkins famously retorted in The God Delusion that:
[1:48] clip from "Richard Dawkins Reads The God Delusion": "When he suffered an assassination attempt in Rome, and attributed his survival to intervention by Lady of Fatima, "her maternal hand guided the bullet". One cannot help wondering why she didn't guide it to miss him altogether. Others might think the team of surgeons who operated on him for six hours deserve at least a share of credit."
[2:19] Thunderf00t: Hell, if he wanted a miracle thing, why didn't he just make like Neo? I mean believe me, if the Pope could do this, there would be a hell of a lot more Catholics in the wide world. But the reason I bring all this up is 'cos this YouTube video I saw the other day.
[2:35] The creationist Kent Hovind is currently in jail after being convicted on a host of federal offenses mostly related to not paying his taxes. In fact, he's been in jail for the best part of the last ten years. So some of the religious folks were discussing this:
[2:50] clip from "New 911 EMERGENCY! Dr. Kent Hovind 07/10/2014 Truth Serum Talk Radio Show Club Creation": "And if you're not everyone, priest [?] please lift him up in prayer. God has kept his hand of protection on Kent. Kent has been with some of the most violent offenders in this nation, and he's not been harmed."
"Mmhmm. Yes, exactly. And that just shows you the power of the Holy Spirit and the power of God at work here."
[3:13] Thunderf00t: So did you get that? The fact that Kent has not been harmed in jail—just like tens of thousands of other prisoners who haven't been harmed in jail—is actually the work of god. However, it would seem that even though god is powerful enough to keep Kent safe in prison, he's not quite powerful enough to free him from prison.
[3:33] clip from "New 911 EMERGENCY! Dr. Kent Hovind 07/10/2014 Truth Serum Talk Radio Show Club Creation": "But then again, you know, we do have an enemy and it's not flesh and blood. Our adversary is the Devil and it's his objective, um, to clearly to shut Dr. Hovind up and lock him away from the world so he can't continue winning souls."
[3:50] Thuderf00t: I mean, really, an all-powerful being who you think has personally intervened to keep you safe in jail, can't get one man out of jail. I mean DAMN, the sheer self-centeredness of it all. If you're gonna pray for something, DAMN pray for an end to childhood cancer! Not to get Kent Hovind out of jail. Or even better—get off your knees and actually DO something. 'Cos as the old saying goes, a single pair of hands at work achieves more than a billion clasped in prayer.
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RE #LikeaGirl: Transcript
Many thanks to Linda for supplying the transcript to this video! 🙂
[0:00] Thunderf00t: First we had that fantastic Dove commercial:
[0:03] clip from "dove evolution"
[0:16] Thunderf00t: Then we had "Ban Bossy":
[0:19] clip from "Ban Bossy"
[0:23] Thunderf00t: And now following close in its footsteps we have #LikeaGirl. The format is pretty generic, you wanna get this behind-the-scenes feel to make it seem less staged and more authentic. You know, "trustworthy". And you know, maybe get a clapper board in there or something . . . Like the girl sitting down while someone says that you're "recording audio" . . . despite the fact that that's the only audio used in the entire video, which, by the way, cost about $130,000 to make. And then take a point that everyone can agree with, you know, like say for instance that women on magazine covers are Photo shopped and then just hope no one spots that the title of these, um, uh, PRODUCT PLACEMENT!
[1:18] I mean I just kind of scratch my head at this one. Are these people really getting upset about people using Photoshop to make themselves seem more beautiful than they actually are, when the very product that they are trying to sell you is meant to make you appear more beautiful than you actually are?—you know, appearance-enhancing cosmetics.
[1:40] I mean, to be honest, if you don't find this being transformed into THIS a problem, then why do you really care about the Photo shopping? And that of course is just ignoring the fact that the whole thing was just a Unilever marketing campaign time "to coincide with the expansion of Dove brand artificial appearance-enhancing cosmetic soaps and cleansers" (Wikipedia "Dove Campaign for Real Beauty"). Uh—sorry, no, nothing to do with that at all. It was just about how much Dove brand cosmetics agrees with you about just how wrong it is for other women to try to be more beautiful than they actually are.
[2:17] clip from "An Apology to America from Newcastle and Elizabeth Hurley"
[2:31] Thunderf00t: Now we have another corporation with an ENTIRELY philanthropically motivated message. This time they want young, confused girls—about the time they get their first period—to know that a sanitary towel manufacturer knows and understands their problems. And it's got nothing to do with all that hormonal shit that kicks off in a woman's body about this time. No, it's all down to people saying 'throw like a girl'.
[2:57] clip from "Always #LikeAGirl": "So when they're in that vulnerable time, between 10 and 12, how do you think it affects them when somebody uses 'like a girl' as an insult?
"I think it definitely drops their self-confidence and really puts them down, because during that time they're already trying to figure themselves out. And-"
[3:14] Thunderf00t: Well isn't that nice of them, to know that the corporation like this has your best interest at heart. In that sense, it's a perfect viral advertising campaign for something that is intrinsically difficult to market.
[3:29] clip from "Bodyform Responds :: The Truth": "I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but there's no such thing as a 'happy period'. The reality is, some people simply can't handle the truth."
[3:38] Thunderf00t: You get to engage with your audience without having to deal with all that icky stuff that's usually associated with the subject.
[3:46] clip from "Bodyform Responds :: The Truth": "In the past, we tried to be more honest in our approach. In the 1980's we ran a series of focus groups to help us gauge the public's reaction to periods: the cramps, the mood swings, the insatiable hunger—and yes, Richard, the blood coursing from my uteri like a crimson landslide."
[4:02] Thunderf00t: They get what they want, which is for teenage girls to have a positive association with Always sanitary towels. That is, as long as they don't think about it too much. Buut we'll come back to that in a second. If you wanna see how eye-rollingly badly this game can be played, just watch the Pantene commercial. Pfft. No clapperboard. Amateurs.
[4:22] clip from "Not Sorry | #ShineStrong Pantene"
[4:33] Thunderf00t: -where it insists that women keep apologizing like this isn't something that EVERYONE does just to be polite—no, no. It's only women who ever do this. Then, of course, what if women didn't say sorry?
[4:59] Thunderf00t: Yes, Pantene wants you to be one of those people who never says sorry.
[5:04] clip from "ORIGINAL VIDEO – Bitchy Resting Face": "Because if we wanted to be constantly misunderstood, we'd try and talk to a deaf person."
"Hey, Taylor—I think you might actually be a bitch.
"You should've all been aborted."
[5:24] Thunderf00t: Oh yeah! Everyone loves someone who never says sorry. Ain't that so, Liz?
[5:50] Thunderf00t: Buuut joking aside, and coming back to the thinking about the 'throw like a girl' commercial—as much admiration as I have for how well-executed this marketing campaign was, it's still BULLSHIT. Annd maybe this would be a good time for those 'meee tooo' Tumblr-type feminists to get a box of Kleenex in, because if you think the expression "like a girl" is what destroys the self-confidence of young women, then a hard stare at reality will likely cause a gendered panic-attack of apocalyptic proportions.
[6:24] The expression 'throw like a girl' probably has its roots in fairly obvious biology. You know, guys tend to have almost twice the upper body strength of girls (Wikipedia, "Sexual dimorphism"). I know—it's hardly rocket science. Add in there a spot of culture. You know, girls having less historical need to throw stuff than guys. And the fact that sports mostly focus on higher, faster, and stronger; which on a level playing field, with NO SEXISM whatsoever, is actually men in every category. And you would need a very special class of feminist idiot to say otherwise:
[7:05] clip from Feminist Frequency "Damsel in Distress: Part 1 – Tropes vs Women in Video Games": "The belief that women are somehow a naturally weaker gender, is a deeply ingrained socially constructed myth; which of course is completely false."
[7:13] Thunderf00t: Aww, I know, let me taste those sweet, juicy, social-justice-warrior tears. Let me just say that again: on a level field, with NO glass ceiling and absolutely no sexual discrimination, men are faster, stronger, and better throwers. Yet, that's not sexism you're looking at. That's just the reality of being a sexually dimorphic species.
[7:40] So, in demographic terms, little girls tend to be the weakest throwers of all. So guess what, this is simile—or metaphor, or whatever—for someone who throws weakly.
[7:51] Whoa—I know, rocket science! 'But noo, the fact that little girls are the weakest throwers is clearly wrong because little staged girls in Barbie-pink and rainbow girl here can throw stuff too! to uplifting music which includes important demographics including sporty and token!' And as with all advertising campaigns, absolutely no fattys and no uglys; because although you're courageously battling for the self-esteem of young girls, the last thing that you want is your product associated with fat or ugly people. And the fact that you can confuse a teenage girl or actor or whatever into not understanding the difference between the meaning of 'a girl throwing' and the simile of 'throw like a girl'
[8:35] clip from "Always #LikeAGirl": "Yes, I kick like a girl, and I swim like a girl, and I walk like a girl, and I wake up in the morning like a girl because I am a girl. And, that is not something that I should be ashamed of."
[8:45] Thunderf00t: I know, poor girl must go white with fear when someone says she's 'into shit', or someone 'eats like a pig' or 'I would kill for a royale with cheese'. But anyway, no—girls' plummeting self-confidence is all down to the devastating metaphor of 'throw like a little girl'.
[9:01] THIS is why girls' self-confidence plummets during puberty. Well, that and of course being called bossy:
[9:08] clip from "Ban Bossy": "When I was growing up, I was called 'bossy'"
"I think the word 'bossy', is just, a squasher."
"Being labelled something matters."
"By middle school, girls are less interested in leadership than boys."
"And that's because they worry about being called"
"'bossy'"
[9:22] Thunderf00t: And as many a feminist has pointed out, when women have such heavy crosses to bear, and the fact that they think that women are such weak and fragile creatures that they really need to have to have their hands held to deal with these horrific social burdens, it must truly amaze feminists that ANY women make it to adulthood at all. All the while having that perplexed look on their face as to why the term 'feminism' has inexplicably acquired a reputation of being a CULT, where the only tenent is that you whinely embrace victimhood. GOOD JOB feminists. That's EXACTLY the role model that young women need.
[10:03] But as for the viral marketing campaign, yet it struck a great blow. And it's certainly fighting against propagating harmful stereotypes. And it's made #LikeaGirl mean amazing things, like how you can destroy a teenage girl's self-confidence simply by using the expression 'throw like a girl' or 'bossy'.
[10:24] clip from "Ban Bossy": "By middle school, girls are less interested in leadership than boys."
[10:31] clip from "The Doctor Vs The Prime Minister – Doctor Who . . ." and "Ban Bossy" [LOL!]
[10:49] Thunderf00t: Well, in this new age of gender equality they should just learn to 'take it like a man'. Always. Good job.
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RJ City Lays Out Differences Between WWE And AEW
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By Sean Neumann/Jan. 25, 2023 3:23 pm EST
Pro wrestling personality RJ City said he has more creative freedom and less red tape to work around now that he's working with AEW.
The former WWE Network personality left his former company and joined AEW last March, where he now hosts his weekly "Hey! (EW)" show. A former independent wrestler himself, RJ City became a successful pro wrestling content creator after stepping back from in-ring action last spring. In a new interview with Stephanie Chase, he opened up about the differences between working for AEW and WWE.
"It was similar in a sense where [WWE] let my sensibilities guide me, but there were a lot more restrictions in terms of what we could and couldn't do," he said. "It was like getting sucked up in a tornado. A bunch of stuff was happening, then a bunch of stuff they would plan just wouldn't happen for a million other reasons. It was like a city, where if you want to get your driver's license renewed, you have to talk to like 40 different people, and you're like, well, this will just never get done."
There were a lot of ideas he got attached to in WWE that never came to fruition because of all the red tape. "And that just drives me insane," City added, noting AEW has a good balance of providing enough resources without breathing down their performers' necks.
"I don't mean this as an insult, I mean it as a compliment: It's like [the] bare minimum to make sure it gets done, which is the best," he said. "They're focused on making stuff. Sometimes a company is too big that they have the luxury to work on stuff that will never happen." Recently, City has also teased future television AEW appearances.


My name is Donald Hatcher and I am the Assistant Head Football Coach and Co-Defensive Coordinator. This is my 12th year coaching/teaching and my first year in LEISD. I graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2004 from where I began coaching in Somerville, TX. The next three years I coached football, wrestling, and baseball at Austin LBJ. In 2008, I moved to Desoto, where I coached football and girls track for seven years.
I have been married to my wife Jamie for ten years and we have two sons. In my spare time I like to play golf, watch movies, go to sporting events, and spend time with family and friends.


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