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Pesticides: Just How Bad Are They?

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3D model of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), an insecticide

I think everyone would agree that it would not be a good idea to put pesticides in a saltshaker and add them to our food at the table. But there is little agreement when it comes to their use in agriculture. How much gets into our food? What are the effects on our health? On the environment? Is there a safer alternative?

Where should we look to find science-based answers to those questions? One place we should not look is books written by biased non-scientists to advance their personal agendas. A friend recently sent me a prime example of such a book: Myths of Safe Pesticides, by André Leu, an organic farmer whose opinions preceded his research and whose bias is revealed in the very title. (more…)

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Mirror Neurons and the Pitfalls of Brain Research

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[Ed. Note: I realize that I normally post on Monday, but thanks to an R21 grant deadline tomorrow, I will not be able to post new material today (although you might have noticed some “familiar” material posted yesterday.) Harriet has graciously agreed to cover for me today, and we have a special guest post for you tomorrow. Fear not. I’ll soon be back. Trying to get the lab funded takes momentary precedence.]

In his new book The Myth of Mirror Neurons: The Real Neuroscience of Communication and Cognition , Gregory Hickok, a professor of cognitive science, challenges current conceptions about mirror neurons. He shows how a complex mythology arose and why it is unwarranted, how experimental results were misinterpreted and disconfirming evidence ignored, and how other interpretations might lead to better insights about how the brain works.

I couldn’t say it any better than Steven Pinker did on the jacket blurb:

Every now and again an idea from science escapes from the lab and takes on a life of its own as an explanation for all mysteries, a validation of our deepest yearnings, and irresistible bait for journalists and humanities scholars…Hickok puts an end to this monkey business by showing that mirror neurons do not, in fact, explain language, empathy, society, and world peace. But this is not a negative exposé—the reader of this book will learn a great deal of the contemporary sciences of language, mind, and brain, and will find that the reality is more exciting than the mythology. (more…)

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An Overly Pessimistic View of Medicine

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Sandeep Jauhar wrote Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician to express his frustration with the modern system of medical care in America. I found the book profoundly disturbing. If his experience is representative, I can understand why so many people have been criticizing doctors for only caring about money. His experience was so different from mine that I wondered if I had led a sheltered life as a military physician and was oblivious to what was going on in the civilian world. After further reflection, I think Jauhar is unduly pessimistic. Whatever the opposite of rose-colored glasses is, he’s wearing them.

His personal experience of medicine

Dr. Jauhar is a cardiologist who works in a large teaching hospital, where he had been hired to develop a program for patients with heart failure that would implement the most up-to-date medical knowledge and provide the best possible medical care. After long, grueling years of school, residency, and fellowship, he is elated to have finally finished his training and started a job where he can accomplish something good. But he soon sinks into despair. He is appalled by the realities of life as an attending physician, the many ways in which the “system” interferes with his efforts to provide the best care to patients, the unethical behavior of other doctors, and his inability to support his family.

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Does the Movie Fed Up Make Sense?

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The 2014 film Fed Up is an advocacy documentary. Its message:

  • There is a worldwide epidemic of obesity.
  • It is endangering our children.
  • Increased sugar consumption is responsible.
  • The food industry is responsible for our increased sugar consumption because it puts hidden sugar in processed foods, bombards us with advertising, favors profits over health, and lobbies against regulation.
  • The government is responsible because it has failed to control the food industry.

The film has received mostly positive reviews and has been called the Inconvenient Truth of the health movement. It was written and directed by Stephanie Soechtig, whose earlier films attacked GMO foods and the bottled water industry, and narrated by Katie Couric, who “gave anti-vaccine ideas a shot” on her talk show in late 2013.

The film shows families struggling with childhood obesity and “experts” expressing their opinions. Their selection of “experts” is heavy on politicians and journalists and light on nutrition scientists.

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Why Does This Immunologist Reject Vaccinations?

Vaccination is arguably medicine’s greatest success. It has eradicated smallpox and has saved millions from death and suffering from a growing list of preventable diseases. It’s surprising that it has so many critics. Most of them are either not educated in medical science (like Jenny McCarthy) or are educated but prefer to reject science in favor of anecdotal experience (like Jay Gordon). Their arguments have been examined ad nauseum on this blog and elsewhere, and are easy to dismiss. But when I learned that an immunologist had written a book rejecting the whole idea of vaccination, I couldn’t dismiss it so easily. An expert in the field obviously knows more than I do about the relevant science; and if nothing else, she might have some valid criticisms of vaccines that I had overlooked. In 2012 Tetyana Obukhanych, PhD, published a short (53 page) book that is available in a Kindle edition: Vaccine Illusion: How Vaccination Compromises Our Natural Immunity and What We Can Do To Regain Our Health. I read the book hoping to learn something, and I did learn some things, but not anything that would make me question the current vaccine recommendations. I tried valiantly to understand her message; I think I succeeded. I’ll try to summarize what she is saying and explain why I think she got it wrong.

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The Unpersuadables

The Unpersuadables

The Unpersuadables

We would like to believe people are rational. We would like to believe that if they have formed a false belief based on inaccurate information and poor reasoning, they will change that belief when they are provided with accurate information and better reasoning. We are frequently disappointed.

An example of what should happen

I recently talked with a college professor who believed chiropractic treatment could lower blood pressure. His belief was based on a media report of a chiropractic study. He thought it was plausible that neck manipulation could somehow relieve obstructions to blood flow to the base of the brain, thereby somehow correcting the cause of high blood pressure. I told him that rationale was anatomically and physiologically implausible. I pointed out that the researchers used NUCCA, a form of manipulation that is rejected by most chiropractors. He did not know what NUCCA was. I provided him with information, including links to the study itself and to chiropractor Sam Homola’s excellent critique of the study. My friend changed his mind and thanked me for educating him.

An example of what all too often happens

I was invited to give the “con” side of a pro/con presentation on dowsing to a local discussion group. I lent my opponent my copy of Vogt and Hyman’s classic book Water Witching USA so he would know ahead of time what I was going to say. He read it. The book explains how the ideomotor effect creates the illusion that the dowsing rod moves of its own accord and explains that dowsers have never been able to pass controlled scientific tests. I said as much in my “con” presentation. His “pro” presentation consisted of two arguments: he had personally seen dowsing work, and lots of people believed in it. He didn’t even try to rebut my facts and arguments; he simply refused to engage with them in any way. It was as if he had not read the book and had not heard anything I said. Afterwards, one of the audience was heard to say she would have liked to hear more about how dowsing worked and less about how it didn’t work!

Will Storr investigates

Sadly, some people are unpersuadable. They might as well be saying “My mind’s made up; don’t confuse me with the facts.” We have seen plenty of glaring examples in the comments section of this blog. Will Storr wrote a book The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science about his struggle to understand the phenomenon. He did a great job of investigative reporting, interviewing people with strange beliefs, spending time with them and also with their critics, and reading pertinent research. (more…)

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Diet Cults vs. Science-Based Healthy Eating

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This will be shorter than my usual book reviews and is something of an afterthought. I just finished writing a long article on “Food Myths” that Michael Shermer had asked me to write as a cover article for an upcoming issue of Skeptic magazine, and while researching the subject I read a book that someone had suggested to me (I’ve forgotten who you are, but thank you!). It occurred to me that since not everyone who reads SBM subscribes to Skeptic, it would be good to tell this audience about the book too.

(Note: if you subscribed, you could not only read my upcoming “Food Myths” article but also my regular SkepDoc column and my long article “On Miracles” in the next issue. And there’s lots of other great stuff in the magazine, including the Junior Skeptic section for your kids and grandkids. A digital subscription is available for only $14.99 and you can even get a trial issue for free, so you have no excuse not to check it out. End of commercial.)

The book is Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of Us, by Matt Fitzgerald, an endurance sport and nutrition writer. Not a doctor, but he understands science better than a lot of doctors who have written about diet and nutrition. His reasoning is persuasive and is supported by the scientific evidence. (more…)

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Antibiotics vs. the Microbiome

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In 1850, one in four American babies died before their first birthday, and people of all ages died of bacterial infections that could have been successfully treated today with antibiotics. Unfortunately, treatments that have effects usually have side effects, and we are seeing problems due to the overuse of antibiotics. They are given to people with viral infections for which they are useless and to food animals to improve their growth. As a result, antibiotic-resistant organisms are evolving and the development of new antibiotics is not keeping up with the threat. This is common knowledge, but we’re starting to realize that there may be other problems with antibiotics even when they are used correctly to save lives.

The rates of obesity, diabetes, asthma, food allergies, hay fever, eczema, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, acid reflux disease, and esophageal cancer are all on the rise. Martin Blaser, MD, director of the Human Microbiome Program at NYU, thinks antibiotics may be to blame, either as a causal or a contributing factor. In his book Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, he describes some of the fascinating research he and others have been doing to elucidate the role of the more than 100 trillion microbes that live on and in each of us, and the possibility that antibiotics may have a causal role in several of the so-called diseases of civilization. (more…)

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A Misguided Apology

A new book by Thomas Schneider, MD, offers A Physician’s Apology. The subtitle asks, “Are WE making you sick?” I was eager to read it, because I could think of many things doctors might be apologizing for: overdiagnosis, overtreatment, ordering unnecessary tests, pathologizing the vicissitudes of everyday life, offering misleading low-fat diet advice, misrepresenting inadequately tested treatments, not putting enough emphasis on prevention, prescribing medication before giving lifestyle changes a chance, etc. I was disappointed: his basic apology was “Truth is extremely hard to find in medicine and science, and I’m sorry,” which is true but is hardly his fault. Then he promises to “tell you a number of medical and scientific facts that are different from what many have always been told.” He blames commercials, creative marketing, and clueless doctors. Then he offers his own “truths” and his personal recipe for wellness. Some of these “truths” are questionable, and some are frankly wrong.

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Dr. Joe Writes About Quackery

Not long ago I wrote about the free online “Food for Thought” course. Joe Schwarcz (“Dr. Joe”) was one of the three professors teaching that course. He also has a radio show, a blog, a podcast, and he writes books. His newest book will be of particular interest to SBM readers: Is That a Fact? Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life.

I reviewed an earlier book of his, The Right Chemistry, for Skeptic magazine. You can read my review online here. I called him “The Carl Sagan of Chemistry” for his ability to popularize science and make it not only palatable but fascinating and entertaining. In the new book, Dr. Joe turns his attention to exactly the kind of subjects we cover on this blog. He is a chemist and most of us are physicians, but we reach the same conclusions because we look at the evidence from the same rigorous scientific viewpoint.

In The Right Chemistry, Dr. Joe explains that “chemical” does not mean “bad stuff” — chemicals make up the entire world, and we are made of chemicals that our own body manufactures. He shares his encyclopedic store of obscure and intriguing scientific facts. Have you ever heard of kangatarians? Did you know asparagus can grow up to 10 inches a day? Can you explain why crystals of Epsom salts crumble if you yell at them? Do you think explosives can’t be made on a plane with small amounts of liquids? (Dr. Joe thinks they can, but for obvious reasons he’s not divulging the recipe.) You probably didn’t know that in World War II the U.S. military developed a mixture called “Who Me?” that smelled like feces and was dispensed with an atomizer. French Resistance fighters were supposed to surreptitiously spray it on German officers to embarrass them, but it wasn’t a great success since the sprayer ended up as stinky as the sprayee.

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Cancer cells executed by magnet

Metal nanoparticles trigger cell's own death machinery

3:02pm, October 9, 2012

Evil geniuses, commence drooling. Scientists have figured out how to remotely control a cell’s self-destruction. Magnets that guide the behavior of tiny metal beads can be used to flip on a cell’s death switch, kick-starting the cell’s demolition. The approach might one day be used to kill cancer cells or orchestrate other cellular events without drugs or incisions.

In the past, scientists have explored killing cancer using tiny iron-containing nanoparticles that latch onto malignant cells and heat up when exposed to a magnetic field. In the new work, a bit of protein guides each nanoparticle to death receptor 4, an aptly named handle on the outside of a cell that acts as a molecular doomsday switch. Exposing the cells to a magnetic field makes the nanoparticles clump together. This clumping pulls together the three molecular prongs that make up the switch, activating it and triggering a process that leads to the cell’s demise.

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  • From the Road: Recent School Travels and Conversations

    From the Road: Recent School Travels and Conversations

    Over the last month, Dean Markuly was asked to represent the School at special gatherings addressing the future of graduate education in leadership, spirituality and religion. These travels took the Dean to San Antonio, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida.

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    January 26-28
    Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry was invited to give the opening plenary talk for a first-of-its-kind gathering of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), the gold standard accreditation association for seminaries and theological and ministry schools.  Over the past few years, ATS has been noticing a strong pattern of free-standing seminaries creating an association with a larger university.  Several of the seminaries in the prestigious Graduate Theological Union in San Francisco have made this transition from a free-standing institution to an “embedded” school.   The ATS gathering was conducted prior to the annual President’s Intensive and consisted only of schools operating from within universities.  ATS predicts that within 10 or 15 years more than half of the more than 260 schools and seminaries in North America will be in embedded institutions.  Dean Markuly was asked to address the topic: “The Mission of a School of Theology within the Mission of the University.”  This is the first time ATS has held this kind of gathering since its inception in 1918 and its official formation into an association in 1936.

    Jacksonville, Florida:
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    February 8-9

    The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations invited Dean Markuly to come as a special guest at one of the Foundations’ Board of Trustees meetings, this past month on February 9th in Jacksonville, Florida. The Foundations’ trustees are in the process of reviewing their religion programs--determining where funding should be directed and how any value and priority determinations might shift. Dr. Markuly was invited to share his perspectives as a Dean that represents a School that is on the cutting-edge of the future of theological education.

    Cheryl Tupper, the Program Director for Religion and
Health Care at the Foundations, shared: “We recognize that the Dean has a lot to say about what it looks like for a School to be intentional ecumenical–not becoming ecumenical out of the market or trends—but to be inclusive and diverse at its core.”

    Cheryl had visited the Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry Campus in March 2012, engaging faculty, staff and students in conversation as a part of her learning, prior to the Foundations granting the School with a three-year grant to enhance the worship and liturgy dimensions of the School's community culture, programs and curriculum.

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5 Sep 2012, 12:45 AM
I have a tree panel. It has a column that has a delete hyperlink for all the rows as shown below:

planName: someName,
deleteLink: 'Delete'

where "deleteLink" is a dataindex in the tree panel as shown below:

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dataIndex: 'deleteLink',
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But console says "planRef" is undefined when it is declared on class level, moreover I have checked the value of "planRef" before this line.

During debug mode when "planRef.callClickMe()" is watched it gives proper value. But at runtime, when screen is loaded and I click on the "Delete" link console says "planRef" is undefined.

I have even tried href config of NodeInterface but it does not show any hyperlink text.

I'm badly stuck into this issue. Help appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

17 Sep 2012, 6:52 AM
Instead of having the onClick attribute, use event listeners

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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 29, 2010

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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

  • Google: Large Number of 404s Doesn't Hurt You
    A Google Webmaster Help thread has Googler, JohnMu, replying to some concerns about using 404s, page not found commands. JohnMu said: Having a large number of 404's on a site is generally not a problem for us, especially if the 404 page helps the user to find related entries within your site. Of course, Google likes when webmasters return proper http header codes, especially in the page not found case. JohnMu explains: Using a 404
  • Long AdWords Display URLs Messing Google Results
    Ever wonder why Google has a display URL character limit? Besides for it looking ugly, it can seriously make the search results page look weird. A HighRankings Forum thread reports one user seeing such a long display URL and taking a screen shot. Below is a copy of that screen shot and look how the ads get pushed into the organic results: How pretty! I tried to replicate the issue myself and I was not
  • Google Maps Loses Rogers, MN & Wickliffe, OH On The Map
    A Google Maps thread has confirmed reports that Rogers, MN and Wickliffe, OH had/have major issues finding local businesses and safety information. The first report came last Tuesday, March 23rd, which said and confirmed that you cannot even find the local police station or hospital. There are no longer any business listings for Rogers Minnesota. You cannot find the local fire department, emergency room, hotels or businesses or Cabela's Retail Store in Rogers Minnesota. It
  • VerifiedSEO.com Fools The SEM Industry?
    Late last week, a site named VerifiedSEO.com came under scrutiny of the SEO community. In short, they wanted to know who and how can one person claim to be equipped to verify all the SEOs out there in the world. People were insulted and taken back by such a claim. Just scan through some of the early comments about this at a Sphinn thread: Charles Preston. An SEO out of Austin, Texas have decided that

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

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Twitter Cupcakes

Sep 13, 2013 • 7:43 am | comments (1) by twitter Google+ | Filed Under Search Engine Photo Of The Day

Twitter Cupcakes

How do Twitter employees celebrate the announcement that they are going public? First they tweet the news and then they eat cupcakes. Chris Messina posted a picture of Twitter cupcakes, probably not related to the IPO, but they do look delicious.

The big question is, does the IPO look tasty also?

You can see the picture on Google+.

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Technical Requirements of Smart Electric Power Distribution Networks in the UK
O\'Malley, G.; Wu, J.; Jenkins, N.

This paper appears in: Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2010 45th International
Issue Date: 2010
On page(s): 1 - 6
Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-7667-1
The UK is striving to make the transition to a low carbon economy, whilst securing sustainable energy supplies for consumers for a future in which fossil fuel natural resources are not guaranteed. Transforming the UK distribution networks using a Smart Grid concept is seen as one of the means to satisfy the future energy requirements of the UK. The Smart Grid concept is ambiguous and much debated globally and its interpretations vary. This paper explores the technical requirements of a UK Smart Grid. Options and considerations are then reviewed for meeting the basic functional requirements of adopting the Smart Grid concept.

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From the Introduction to TOTALITARIAN DRONE GROOVE by Richard Godwin: “He is seeking knowledge, not belief. He is seeking to set fire to politics. Merged identities, juxtapositions subverting the assumed logic that masquerades as thought, this is the theatre of the living prisoners and a manifesto. Music, literature, an orgy of ideas and poetry."
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Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,330. Language: English. Published: February 11, 2012 by Jason Michel. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Crime, Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
Horror/crime writer Richard Godwin, author of "Apostle Rising" and "Mr Glamour", brings you six spicy and horrifying tales to make you sweat and squirm. The Mustard Man cometh. A hot killer with a penchant for all things that make your eyes water.The Mustard Man first threatened the public in the irreverent PULP METAL MAGAZINE and all the stories are now brought to you in one volume.
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You set the price! Words: 27,470. Language: English. Published: October 30, 2011 by Jason Michel. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Horror » General
And The Street Screamed Blue Murder! is the latest novella from the mind of Jason Michel - Pushcart Prize nominee and The Dictator of the cult Pulp Metal Magazine. Beginning with an impossible murder, the story leads us on a spiralling journey of betrayal into the surreal underbelly of Paris and its most secret and sinister street.

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There was a lot of disappointment from people about Apple's iPod announcement last week, though the tide has been turning a bit since then. After the initial bunch of "that's all?" articles that came out, there were a bunch that said, "hey, you know, this actually does have some cool features". However, the one thing not many people can get over is the idea of spending $400 for a music player they can jog with. Many stores are saying they don't see much demand for the new iPod. Sure, there are some MacFaithfuls who are lining up, but they're not breaking down the doors. The real question is whether or not any non-Apple devotees will be looking to buy - and there doesn't seem to be much movement on that front. I still think that the longer people wait, the cheaper the iPod will get, and the more copycat, almost-as-good devices will come out.

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    As one of the '74' people who still use a mac I do see the usefulness of this product though I'd rather see the price hit 299.00 first. Hey, I get an MP3 player, a Firewire drive to store my critical documents as well as a boot image for my Computer. 299.00 is a reasonable price to pay for THAT functionality. If you only look at as an MP3 player then you don't see the true beauty of the thing. Course, would have helped if Steve made more of some of these other benefits instead of '1000 songs mantra' is was preaching to the younger consumers.

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0:11 My big idea is a very, very small idea that can unlock billions of big ideas that are at the moment dormant inside us. And my little idea that will do that is sleep.

0:27 (Laughter)

0:29 (Applause)

0:33 This is a room of type-A women. This is a room of sleep-deprived women. And I learned the hard way, the value of sleep. Two-and-a-half years ago, I fainted from exhaustion. I hit my head on my desk. I broke my cheekbone, I got five stitches on my right eye. And I began the journey of rediscovering the value of sleep. And in the course of that, I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I'm here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is getting enough sleep.

1:17 (Applause)

1:22 And we women are going to lead the way in this new revolution, this new feminist issue. We are literally going to sleep our way to the top, literally.

1:32 (Laughter)

1:34 (Applause)

1:39 Because unfortunately for men, sleep deprivation has become a virility symbol. I was recently having dinner with a guy who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before. And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say it -- I felt like saying, "You know what? If you had gotten five, this dinner would have been a lot more interesting."

2:03 (Laughter)

2:06 There is now a kind of sleep deprivation one-upmanship. Especially here in Washington, if you try to make a breakfast date, and you say, "How about eight o'clock?" they're likely to tell you, "Eight o'clock is too late for me, but that's okay, I can get a game of tennis in and do a few conference calls and meet you at eight." And they think that means that they are so incredibly busy and productive, but the truth is they're not, because we, at the moment, have had brilliant leaders in business, in finance, in politics, making terrible decisions. So a high I.Q. does not mean that you're a good leader, because the essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic. And we've had far too many icebergs hitting our Titanics.

2:57 In fact, I have a feeling that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around. (Applause) While all the brothers were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg, because she would have woken up from a seven-and-a-half- or eight-hour sleep and have been able to see the big picture.

3:24 So as we are facing all the multiple crises in our world at the moment, what is good for us on a personal level, what's going to bring more joy, gratitude, effectiveness in our lives and be the best for our own careers is also what is best for the world. So I urge you to shut your eyes and discover the great ideas that lie inside us, to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.

3:57 Thank you.

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What they danced to: “Make You Feel My Love" by Adele Why they chose it: “We wanted it to be original, but still very sweet and appropriate."

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Your wedding photos shouldn't just be beautiful -- they should tell the story of your wedding day. From the look on your guests' faces as you walk down the aisle to your first dance, these insanely gorgeous photos will give you an idea of what we're talking about. Take a look, drool a little, get ideas, and then find your photographer.
  1. Your Preceremony Emotions

    Photo by Shelly Kroeger Photography
    Before the ceremony, you'll probably have a lot on your mind -- namely marrying your best friend -- making this the perfect time for your photographer to capture candid smiles and expressions.

  2. The Getting Ready Photo

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    The time before the ceremony while you're getting ready -- whether it's stepping into your dress or having your makeup done -- is one of the most exciting parts of the day.

  3. A Shot of Your Wedding Dress

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  4. Your Wedding Hairstyle

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    Don't underestimate your wedding day look. Style photos like one of your hair perfectly pinned back (before you've danced the night away) are must-haves.

  5. A Fashion Magazine-Worthy Photo of You

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    Once you're all put together, you're going to want an I-look-amazing-and-I-know-it shot (trust us, you will!).

  6. The Wedding Rings Photo

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    We've seen photographers arrange the wedding rings in books, bowls, bouquets, and more. No matter how it's propped, a good shot of your wedding bands (like this one) is a scene-setter.

  7. Personal Notes and Wedding Vows

    A sign-of-the-times shot of wedding vows typed up on an iPhone notepad is a sweet addition to the photo album.

  8. A Photo of Your Bridal Bouquet

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  9. Black-and-White Action Shots

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    Many times, action shots are just simply stunning in black and white, and this is one of them.

  10. Family Moments

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    You'll probably have the posed shots of your families all together after the ceremony. But a photojournalistic shot of you with your dad or mom just before the ceremony is full of emotion and sentiment -- a must-have if you ask us.

  11. A Shot of You and Your Bestie

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    She's your very best friend or she's your sister (or both!), and you asked her to be your bridesmaid or maid of honor for good reason. A shot of the two of you together for the album is a no-brainer.

  12. The Child Attendant Photos

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  13. Just the Guys

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    Shots of the guys gathered together on the porch before the ceremony or just hanging out with the groom relaxing preceremony are so much better than the stiff all-lined-up shots from your parents' wedding album.

  14. The Bridesmaid Bouquet Photo

    Photo by Red Loft Studios

  15. The Only-At-Your-Wedding Detail Shot

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    Maybe you decided to have your dog prance down the aisle as ring bearer or you're going to plant a tree in front of all your friends and family during the ceremony. Whatever tradition you decided to reinvent, make sure your photographer knows about it so they can be on the lookout to capture it.

  16. The In-Between-Moments Photos

    Photo by Cheri Pearl Photography
    Sometimes the best photos are shot behind-the-scenes, like this one of two younger guests playing with their etch-a-sketches preceremony.

  17. The Wedding Invitation Photo

    Photo by Diana M. Lott Photgraphy
    Your wedding invitation sets the tone for the entire wedding day. A photo of it at your wedding venue would make for a great opening shot to your album.

  18. Welcome Bags and Bridal Party Gifts

    Photo by Olive Juice Studios

  19. Your Ceremony Setting

    Photo by Boutwell Studio

  20. Your Ceremony Decorations

    Photo by Alea Moore Photography

  21. A "Here Comes the Bride" Photo

    Photo by Polito Photography

  22. Your Bridesmaids

    Photo by Ryan Phillips Photography
    It's a given that you'll get shots of your bridesmaids from the front. But a shot from the other direction as they watch you exchange vows gives your ceremony even more dimension (and captures the detail on their dresses!).

  23. The Ceremony Musicians

    Photo by Skye Blu Photography
    Whether it's your talented cousin singing your favorite classical number or a professional string quartet for your walk down the aisle, a photo of the ceremony music is a great way to remember the sounds of the day.

  24. A Sweeping Shot of Your Ceremony

    Photo by Robin Proctor Photography
    A shot like this one -- captured from the vantage point of someone who happened to walk by your wedding ceremony -- is one for the picture frames.

  25. Traditions and Exits

    Photo by D. Bryant Photography
    Whether it's a six-sword military salute, the traditional breaking of the glass, or a crown exchange, clue your photographer in to the traditions you're planning for the day so that you have it in a photo.

  26. Your Big Kiss

    Photo by Dia Rao Photography
    You know the snide saying -- why don't you take a picture and it'll last longer? We think it's appropriate here.

  27. The "We did it!" Photo

    Photo by Anna Kuperberg

  28. A Scenic Shot

    Photo by Jared Wilson Photography
    While your guests are at the cocktail hour, you may want to take the time to grab a few posed, environmental shots like this one.

  29. The Modern Bridal Party Photo

    Photo by Julie Wilson Photography
    Gone are the days of stiff lines of bridesmaids and groomsmen. A bridal party photo that feels relaxed and environmental is so much more interesting.

  30. The Modern Bridal Family Photo

    Photo by Jen Kroll Photography

  31. The Wedding Shoes Photo

    Photo by Punam Bean Photographer

  32. The Welcome Sign Photo

    Photo by Christine Gallagher Photography

  33. The Big-Picture Shot

    Photo by Julie Wilson Photography
    A long-lens view of your wedding setting -- whether it's the outside of your reception venue, the outdoor cocktail setting, or a long-range photo of your reception tent -- would be a great addition.

  34. A Candid Guest Photo

    Photo by Leigh Miller Photography
    The best pictures are many times the ones that you won't find on a must-have wedding photography shot list. An aerial shot of your guests enjoying themselves at the cocktail hour is one example.

  35. The Entryway Photo

    Photo by 5ive 15ifteen photo company

  36. The Escort Card Photo

    Photo by Kristin Spencer Photography

  37. The Reception Room

    Photo by Cameron Ingalls, Inc

  38. The Centerpiece Photo

    Photo by 5ive 15ifteen photo company

  39. The Wedding Favors Photo

    Photo by Jules Bianchi Photography

  40. The Catering Photo

    Photo by Shelly Kroeger Photography

  41. The Band or DJ

    Photo by Lisa Lefkowitz

  42. The Wedding Cake Photo

    Photo by Harry Taylor Photography
    Step aside and allow your photographer to get a clean and clear shot of your wedding cake (preferably a well-lit shot).

  43. The Cake-Cutting Photo

    Photo by Del Rao Photography
    Of course, go ahead and cut into that piece of amazingess. The cutting of the cake is one of the most photographed moments at the wedding -- a classic addition to the album.

  44. The Wedding Toast Photo

    Photo by Kirsten Shultz Photography
    The wedding toasts are a time for tears, laughter, and sometimes surprises. Photos of your toasters as well as your reactions are must-haves.

  45. The First Dance Photo

    Photo by Agnes Lopez Photography
    Speaking of must-haves, your first dance is one of the last formalities of the evening. A shot of the two of you in the spotlight makes for great action shots.

  46. An Overhead Shot

    Photo by Tony Gajate Photography

  47. Silly Dances

    Photo by VUE Photography

  48. The Photobooth Smooch Photo

    Photo by Smilebooth

  49. The Getaway Car Photo

    Photo by Jesse Leake Photography

  50. The Day-After Shot

    Photo by Heather Waraksa Photography
    While this particular shot was taken the day after the wedding (during a day-after wedding photo shoot), it's these types of shots that remind you what your wedding day is really about. All the better if you can prop it out with one of your shared passions like music or books.

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Jazz musician Jack Teagarden, 1920. Duncan Schiedt Collection.

TEAGARDEN, WELDON LEO [JACK] (1905–1964). Jack Teagarden, jazz musician, was born Weldon Leo Teagarden, in Vernon, Texas, on August 20, 1905. He was the son of Charles and Helen (Geinger) Teagarden. Jack was also known as Jackson T., Mr. T, and Big Gate. His father, an amateur cornet player, worked in the oilfields, and his mother was a local piano instructor and church organist. All four Teagarden children became prominent musicians. Jack was given piano lessons when he reached the age of five. He took up the baritone horn for a time but switched to trombone when he was seven. He and his mother played duets (trombone and piano) as background to the silent films at a Vernon theater. In 1918, after his father's death, the family moved to Chappell, Nebraska, where he and his mother again worked in the local theater. The following year the family moved to Oklahoma City.

At sixteen Teagarden first played the trombone professionally, at a concert near San Antonio as a member of Cotton Bailey's dance and jazz band. Later the same year (1921) he joined Peck Kelleyqv's Bad Boys in Houston. Visiting band leader Paul Whiteman heard the group there and offered Teagarden a position in his New York orchestra. For several years, however, Jack continued to play with Texas groups. About 1923 he briefly attempted to enter the oilfield business in Wichita Falls but soon gave up the venture and returned to music.

Teagarden made his first trip to New York in 1926 as a performer on the eastern tour of Doc Ross's Jazz Bandits. The next year he went to the city on his own. He originally planned to join Whiteman's ensemble but happened to hear Ben Pollack's band first. After two months with the Tommy Gott Orchestra, Teagarden secured a position in Pollack's organization, where he beat Glenn Miller for the seat of first trombone. He made his first recording in 1927 as a member of the Kentucky Grasshoppers, an offshoot of Pollack's group. Teagarden later recorded with many of America's jazz greats, including Red Nichols, Benny Goodman, and Louis Armstrong. He performed with Eddie Condon, Bix Beiderbecke, Paul Whiteman, the Dorsey brothers, Bob Crosby, Eddie Lang, Peck Kelley, and others. He was considered by many to be the greatest jazz trombonist of his era, but his style was so unusual that others did not follow his example.

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In 1933, after a brief stint in Mal Hallett's band, Teagarden signed on with Paul Whiteman's orchestra, with which he played for five years. In 1939 he formed his own band; it was musically innovative but not financially successful and was disbanded in 1947. He teamed up with Louis Armstrong's All-Stars for some classic recordings in the late 1940s and formed the Jack Teagarden All Stars Dixieland Band in 1951. The All Stars toured Europe and Asia in 1957–59 as part of a government-sponsored goodwill tour.

Teagarden's playing style was lyrical and seemingly effortless. He did not follow the traditional Dixieland "tailgate" treatment of his instrument. Upper register solos, the lack of a strict solo beat, and the use of lip trills were some of his characteristics. Having grown up in an area with a large black population, he developed an early appreciation of black music, especially the blues and gospelqv. He was one of the first jazz musicians to incorporate "blue notes" into his playing. He was also among the first white jazz musicians to record with black players. Teagarden was an excellent singer and developed a respected blues vocal style. In addition, he was an inventor who redesigned mouthpieces, mutes, and water valves and invented a new musical slide rule. He also started using Pond's Cold Cream and Pam Cooking lubricant on his trombone, something many trombonists emulated.

Teagarden appeared in the movies Birth of the Blues (1941), The Glass Wall (1953), and Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959). He was an admired recording artist, featured on RCA Victor, Columbia, Decca, Capitol, and MGM discs. As a jazz artist he won the 1944 Esquire magazine Gold Award, was highly rated in the Metronome polls of 1937–42 and 1945, and was selected for the Playboy magazine All Star Band, 1957–60. Teagarden was the featured performer at the Newport Jazz Festival of 1957. Saturday Review wrote in 1964 that he "walked with artistic dignity all his life," and the same year Newsweek praised his "mature approach to trombone jazz."

Teagarden was married first to Ora Binyon in San Angelo in April 1924; they had two sons before they were divorced. In the 1930s he was married to and divorced from, successively, Clare Manzi of New York City and Edna "Billie" Coats. Teagarden married Adeline Barriere Gault in September 1942; they had three children and raised a foster child. Early in 1964 Teagarden cut short a performance in New Orleans because of ill health. He briefly visited a hospital, then was found dead in his room at the Prince Monti Motel on January 15. The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia, which had followed a liver ailment. He was buried in Los Angeles at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.

In 1969 Jack Teagarden was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1985. Other honors have included the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame and inclusion in the Houston Institute for Culture's Texas Music Hall of Fame.

John Chilton, Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street (London: Bloomsbury Book Shop, 1970; American ed., New York and Philadelphia: Chilton, 1972; 4th ed., New York: Da Capo Press, 1985). Dallas Morning News, January 16, 17, 1964. H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie, eds., The New Grove Dictionary of American Music (4 vols., New York: Macmillan, 1986). Newsweek, January 27, 1964. Ross Russell, Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971). Jay D. Smith and Len Guttridge, Jack Teagarden (London: Cassell, 1960; rpt., New York: Da Capo Press, 1976). (, accessed January 20, 2009.

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TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION. Established as the Liquor Control Board after the repeal of Prohibition in 1935, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is composed of three members appointed by the governor for six-year terms with the advice and consent of the Senate. While the board originally selected the administrator of their department, the chairman is now designated by the governor. The board was to promote temperance, protect the public interest, encourage observance of the Liquor Control Act, collect alcoholic beverage taxes, and discourage socially undesirable activities such as bootlegging, underage drinking, and organized crime. In addition to supervising, inspecting, and regulating every phase of the liquor business within the state, the agency's duties and responsibilities have expanded considerably. In 1970 the legislature renamed the Liquor Control Board the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and recodified the Liquor Control Act as the Alcoholic Beverage Code. The following year the legislature permitted voters in local elections to decide whether mixed beverages could be sold in restaurants and bars in their area. Consequently, the TABC monitors the distribution of alcoholic beverages to ensure there are no illegal business relationships between manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. It also regulates and controls the flow of alcoholic beverages from manufacturers to consumer. Additionally, because the legislature transferred the Bingo Enabling Act from the Comptroller of Public Accounts to the TABC in 1989, it is responsible for regulating the bingo industry and auditing both alcoholic beverage and bingo accounts to determine if the proper amount of taxes have been paid. In the spring of 1992 the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission reviewed the TABC; it concluded that the commission should continue for a twelve-year period subject to review again in 2005. Citing 45,000 criminal and 3,600 administrative enforcement actions the TABC took in fiscal year 1991, the report persuasively argued a need for the agency's continued oversight of the alcoholic beverage industry. The report also confirmed that TABC's responsibility to oversee the operation of bingo as a legal form of gambling continued to be necessary. However, the Sunset Commission urged changing the number of board members to six and establishing a citizens advisory committee as well as a bingo advisory committee. The report also urged the agency to increase its efforts to recruit, hire, and promote minority employees.

The Liquor Control Board has been criticised as a tool of the liquor and beer industry and a victim of high pressures and influence peddling. In June 1968 the attorney general's office reported such criticism, after which the administrator since 1949, Coke Stevenson, Jr., resigned. Most of the subsequent administrators did not last long before resigning from the commission, and in 1975 one official was fired because of allegations that he had accepted bribes from a Houston liquor store during his early years with the LCB. Church of Christ deacon Luke Robinson served as the commission's chief from October 1, 1975, until his resignation in June of 1976, after his get-tough policy placed numerous business establishments' alcohol permits in jeopardy. Robinson strictly enforced the Liquor Control Act as written, particularly for out-of-state owners of businesses seeking alcohol permits. Robinson's successor was former sheriff and ex-Marine Corps sergeant Sherman McBeath, who served as administrator from 1976 until 1991, when the agency faced allegations of selective enforcement against minorities and sexual harassment of female employees. His retirement came two months after Governor Ann Richards criticized the agency for hiring too few minorities and women. Other critics of the agency during the 1990s claimed the commission's executives were too close to the liquor industry that consequently left a "trail of favoritism and selectively enforced state laws." Such a relationship to the liquor industry drew attention from the public because of the comptroller's recommendation at that time to abolish the agency.

Ken Levine, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (Austin: Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, 1992). Vertical Files, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Colin Williams, "Tales of the L-Men," Texas Parade, May 1967.

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UCL, along with partners in the technology and media industries, is launching a new service for digital and media start-ups that is intended to be the world’s largest ‘living lab’ for entrepreneurs.

Jointly funded by UCL and the EU’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the project – UCL DECIDE – will see the university utilise its staff and student body of 30,000 as the world’s largest closed community for testing and evaluating digital products in pre-commercial development.

UCL DECIDE is supported by UCL together with Virgin Media, Alcatel-Lucent, HEFCE and Fujitsu. The project will partner with leading global businesses including the BBC to provide media content and leading technology firm ATOS to provide critical technical infrastructure. DC Thomson and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) have endorsed the need for such a service and are intending to work with the partners as soon as the service is live.

To launch the ‘lab’, UCL will develop a closed, university only app store so that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) will be able to test apps with staff and students and act on their feedback to iron out glitches and bugs – giving them a better chance of success when they are released into the marketplace.

Additionally, it is intended that the BBC will provide access to archive material for SMEs developing digital technology as part of the initiative. In the longer term, this will enable archive film clips; radio broadcast excerpts and historic interviews; speeches and soundbites to be integrated into a vast array of apps and other products – providing exciting new products and services to consumers and an unparalleled opportunity for British businesses by easing access to a globally-important public resource.

To facilitate access to this treasure trove of digital content, UCL DECIDE plans to pilot an automated system so that SMEs can license material from the archive more effectively, to the benefit of both the content owners and the providers of the new products that make use of it.

A small version of the living lab approach has already been piloted by TipGain, a company set up by former UCL students. The business developed a peer-based social marketing service, targeting customers directly with offers that might appeal to them rather than through untargeted mass-media channels like newspapers. UCL Advances, the university’s centre for entrepreneurship, assisted the team through providing a large group to test a smart phone app which offered discounts at internal UCL catering outlets as a starting point, offering a 25% discount voucher for coffees.

Hundreds of voucher-led sales were made, demonstrating that the technology worked and with customer conversion rates up to ten times higher than through other promotion marketing methods. TipGain has since gone on to sign-up customers ranging from London restaurant chain Busaba Eathai to local sporting goods retailers.

Commenting on the initiative, Timothy Barnes, the Director of UCL Advances, said:

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“This is a massive opportunity to give UK small businesses a killer advantage in an already cut-throat market. UCL DECIDE will enable a new generation of digital entrepreneurs to hone their products for worldwide success.”

UCL is already a major partner in the Government’s Tech City initiative to develop Europe’s largest digital cluster in East London. Professor Stephen Caddick, UCL’s VP for enterprise, has recently been appointed to the Tech City advisory group, whilst UCL Advances has collaborated in opening incubators for digital start-ups in both Bloomsbury and, shortly, in Shoreditch.

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“Partnering with UCL gives ATOS an opportunity to support some of London’s most exciting SMEs and engage with the ecosystem of researchers, businesses and start-ups at the heart of Tech City.”

Nick Appleyard, Head of Digital at the Technology Strategy Board, said:

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Ben Gray, Head of Strategy and Development at DC Thomson, said:

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The Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) is a national clinical audit of the management of heart attack. It supplies participating hospitals and ambulance services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with a record of their management and compares this with nationally and internationally agreed standards.

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