Proceed Smoothly With Handy Home Improvement Tips ...

If you are working with materials that make a lot of dust, wear the proper protection to ensure this material does not wind up in your lungs. The fine dust from cutting drywall or tile can be dangerous if inhaled. Also, the fumes from many materials are toxic, so protect your lungs.

Talk to neighbors and look for signs of new construction before moving into a new neighborhood. You don?t want to end up living across from the newest McMansion. Find out the chances of the neighborhood changing and what the trends are before buying. The gorgeous hill view from the kitchen might become a new subdivision before you know it.

Use empty two liter bottles as storage containers for your kitchen. They are see-through and will protect practically any kind of dry goods such as meal, flour, or sugar. They can be kept in the refrigerator, freezer, or on the shelf. All you have to do when you need the contents is remove the cap and pour.

Get help! Use home improvement catalogs for ideas and information on ?do-it-yourself? projects. These catalogs offer a great source for a new home improvement projects, especially, if this is your first attempt! You can get step-by-step instructions from these catalogs, as well!

Before making renovations on your home, you should first think about the health of your home and how you can improve it. You should scan your house and figure out what you would like to get and what you actually need to get. Determining these things can help you figure out what you should do next.

Purchase your building materials at re-use stores such as Habitat For Humanity?s Re-Store. When you do this, you are saving resources and recycling your money by investing it in your own home and in providing homes for the homeless. If you hire a contractor, make sure s/he does not throw out usable materials. Either re-use them yourself or donate them to the Re-Store.

You can speed the drying of your drywall patch by using a hair blower! Any hair dryer will work as long as it is portable enough that you can direct the air flow from it over your patch. Keep the air temperature set to low and don?t try to dry the patch too quickly or it will crack.

Replacing the windows in your home is one of the most important steps in perfecting your home. This is because the windows are one of the first thing a person notices in a home. Make sure to get windows that are durable. Vinyl windows are the best choice for durability and strength.

If you have a dark colored kitchen it would be in your best interest to lighten things up. Many people do not want to buy homes that have kitchens with dark colors. If you are worried about selling you home at some point them you need to keep that in mind.

If you are thinking about investing in a home security system within your home, be sure to do your research. Bring in a professional for a consultation. They will normally do this free of charge. If you have to, try a few different companies and find the one with the best deal.

To repair a larger hole in your walls, use sheet rock. First make the hole into an uniform square or rectangle by cutting away a measured area. Doing this will make the hole bigger, but will allow you to get exact dimensions for repair. Then cut a piece of sheet rock that is the same size as the square or rectangle you just cut from the wall. Place the newly cut piece of sheet rock in the hole and secure in place with drywall nails. Then apply joint compound to the seams. Cover the seams with joint tape, then apply another layer of joint compound and smooth it out. When dry, paint over it with any color.

Your head may be spinning from all the advice and expertise you have just read. But take these tasks one at a time. Step by step, you can transform the problems and shortcomings of your home, into reasons for pride. Yes, you fixed those things. Better yet, when the tasks are finished, you can sit back in your favorite chair with a feeling of pride.

Donnetta Varona gives advice regarding Re Roof

Source: http://offers2book.com/2012/06/proceed-smoothly-with-handy-home-improvement-tips

k cups best buy we bought a zoo we bought a zoo ipad accessories port charlotte florida kit homes

Zambian President Sata under scrutiny

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) ? Zambia's populist president portrays himself as a corruption-buster, but critics are raising questions about the appointments he's made, his conduct and the lucrative contracts he has awarded for government work in the year since taking office. President Michael Sata made his uncle his finance minister, appointed other relatives to other high government posts, and has picked a fight with the judiciary.

Despite his promises to be different, it looks like politics as usual in this copper-rich southern African country.

In Zambia and across Africa, multi-party contests and relatively peaceful elections are increasingly the norm. But governance often fails to meet voters' expectations, and entrenched parties can make a mockery of the trappings of democracy.

Power has changed hands in Zambia among a clique of politicians who jump from party to party as rivalries and allegiances shift. Politics is often more about personality than policy in this young democracy, with voters offered little more than a choice among strong men.

Sata was once a member of the late President Frederick Chiluba's Movement for Multiparty Democracy and served in Chiluba's Cabinet in the 1990s. Sata formed his own Patriotic Front party in 2001 after differing with Chiluba over party leadership, and lost to Levy Mwanawasa, the man Chiluba picked to succeed him, in 2001 and 2006 presidential elections. After Mwanawasa died in office in 2008, Sata lost a special election that year to Rupiah Banda, who had been Mwanawasa's vice president. Sata finally won in 2011, defeating Banda in September.

Sata, known as King Cobra because of his sharp tongue, won support at home and abroad with his anti-corruption, pro-poor rhetoric. He returned from a recent visit to Europe with a promise of private foreign investment in farming and a pledge from the British government of a three-year, 58 million pound grant to fight poverty.

"We are very impressed and encouraged by President Sata's personal and government commitment to fighting corruption," British Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell said. "We will continue to support Zambia's development activities, despite the recession in the eurozone."

But some Zambians are concerned about Sata's leadership, accusing him of nepotism and favoritism.

He appointed his uncle, Alexander Chikwanda, as minister of finance, and his nephew, Miles Sampa, as deputy finance minister. The local government minister is his niece, and cousins have been appointed ambassador to Japan and acting chief justice. Giving family members government jobs is something of a political tradition in Zambia. Under Mwanawasa, some dubbed government "the family tree."

Journalists from the Post newspaper, which supported Sata during his presidential campaign have gotten jobs in the president's office, the ministry of information and in several Zambian embassies. Zambians also say members of Sata's Bemba tribe and others from the Bemba northern stronghold are being favored by his government. Nevers Mumba, a prominent televangelist and opposition politician is, like Sata, a Bemba, and recently expressed concern over the perception of favoritism.

"It is important that this government respects the fact that wisdom, intelligence comes from all areas of the country," Mumba said.

The finance minister's company, Apollo Construction, was recently awarded a contract to renovate the presidential home, known as Nkwazi. Vice President Guy Scott told parliament last March the 642 million kwacha contract was awarded properly.

Sata also has been accused of undermining judicial independence. He has suspended two Supreme Court judges and one High Court judge who ruled against his ally, the Post newspaper, in a case involving a debt the newspaper and others owed.

Sata has accused the three judges of "professional misconduct" in the loan case and announced the appointment of a tribunal to investigate them.

In June, the president's office announced that Chief Justice Ernest Sakala had gone on leave pending the expiration of his contract in August. Sakala was replaced by Lombe Chibesakunda, a respected jurist who is a cousin of the president.

Last year, before Sata became president, Sakala in an apparent snub refused to shake hands with Sata when the two happened to be at the same Sunday Mass.

Sata has been quoted as complaining that judges "want to investigate others but they don't want to be investigated." Some Zambians share his view. Telesphore Mpundu, the Catholic archbishop of Lusaka, has accused judges of refusing to be held accountable.

"We should never, as a nation, be complacent," the archbishop said. "We need to quiz those serving us, including judicial officers."

The judiciary in Zambia has faced corruption allegations, with lower-ranking judges in particular accused of taking bribes to decide cases.

Hakainde Hichilema, leader of the main opposition United Party for National Development, has expressed concern about the independence of the judiciary, and about the state of democracy in general under Sata. But Zambians have reason to also be skeptical of claims by opposition members to be champions of democracy. Hakainde's UPND has not held internal elections for party leadership posts for almost a decade.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/zambian-president-sata-under-scrutiny-140915766.html

meghan mccain wilson chandler bristol motor speedway puerto rico prometheus grand canyon skywalk tonga

Teachers and Administrators, Don't Be Scared of Technology: It Won't Replace the Classroom

Last year, our principal posed this question to our faculty: ?Can we be rendered obsolete by online learning??

The Khan Academy was receiving widespread attention for propagating the idea of an online learning experience for younger students. There was a general fear among school administrators and teachers in the K-12 education community that this could become an exclusively online learning system; that a computer could replace a teacher, and an ?online learning environment? could replace a classroom.

Could an online learning system replace a classroom? Yes, it could. Will it? Most definitely not.

The skills that are valued in education today, as opposed to ten years ago, require students to be able to do something with raw information. Students, in order to compete in this highly dynamic world, should be able to collaborate with others in order to create, synthesize, interpret, and evaluate information. These skills are not taught by rote learning alone, but rather are learned through discovery, inquiry, and exploration. Many of these skills cannot be successfully taught through an application or website, but must be experienced in class and facilitated by a teacher.

The Internet has changed society?s definition of a knowledgeable person. As recently as t he beginning of the 21st century, educated people were those who knew a great deal of information about one or many subjects. Now, many of us carry smartphones in our pockets. The actual worth of being full of information has, as a result of this accessibility, gone down a great deal. In this ?Age of Information,? access to facts and data is no longer available only to the educated elite, but is available to anyone with an Internet connection. So, as a society, what is an ?educated person?? What value does that person have? What information really matters, and what has been reduced to the level of trivia?

This is where the classroom comes in. A classroom is not a virtual dictionary or lecture hall where students can receive isolated pieces of information, but rather a place where students can learn how to distill and discern the value of the information they find on the Internet, as well as analyze bias, evaluate content, and construct their own knowledge.

Students need to be able to work with other students to come to these new understandings. In the classroom, the collaborative process is preparing our students to contribute to our economy that is now based more on service and face-to-face interactions than the manufacture of goods (as was the case fifty years ago.) This is the case regardless of the socioeconomic level of the school and its ability to access technology. Because of this shift, in today?s world we have to be literate in the collaborative process.

While online learning has become prevalent in college environments, for K-12 education, it is simply not sufficient. As John Dewey (2002) states, ?When the school introduces and trains each child of society into membership within such a little community?we shall have the deepest and best guaranty of a larger society which is worthy, lovely, and harmonious.? (p.124) Online learning has created more opportunities for colleges to convey information to students, but the education of younger students requires much more than the conveyance of information. Instead this burden of education includes the preparation of the student for interaction in our larger society.

Just like many other online learning tools, this exclusively online classroom idea can have its place. When Wikipedia first became commonly used, there was concern that it would be an academically unreliable source, and many educators banned its use by students. There is value to Wikipedia: it is a helpful tool in research as a jumping-off point to obtain further information. Similarly, we would be imprudent in completely discounting the value of learning sites like Khan Academy. When students need to reinforce certain skills, these online learning tools can be very helpful. Proponents of Khan Academy laud it for its ability to ensure that each student is held accountable for their own learning, and that certain skill reinforcement is not overlooked in the efforts of keeping up with the pace of the class. If education was simply about skill reinforcement, then this model might actually be a substitute for the traditional classroom; we as teachers know that skills are simply one facet of a well-rounded education.

While technology cannot replace a classroom, teachers would be remiss if they did not take advantage of the multitude of ways in which technological advances can help them further improve their craft. Now, teachers do not have to spend as much time teaching their students facts to memorize, and can devote more precious class time to engaging with the material on a level that requires students to think critically. Technology is a vehicle that makes this possible.

Effective teachers have been guiding students toward reaching deep and meaningful understandings of content for generations; teachers and their contributions are an invaluable part of the education system. It would be just as misguided to assume that teachers can be replaced by technology as it would be to assume that in today?s world, teaching can exist without technology. These ideas are not, and should not be, mutually exclusive. In the classroom, there must be a marriage of interaction, collaboration, and technology.

For example, our students used Skype to speak with a state assemblyman; though this face-to-face interaction occurred through a computer screen, students were able to have an educational experience that would not have been possible otherwise. The alternative, letter-writing, would not have as much of an impact on the students. While all interactions should not be conducted by means of technology, its purposeful supplemental use can revolutionize learning experiences without sacrificing that which we hold dear about education.

Teachers? skills must improve along with technological advances. While every year, new technologies are touted as indispensable classroom tools, only some will be worthwhile for actual use in the classroom. We teach our students critical thinking and evaluative skills; we need to apply those discerning skills to the multitude of technological tools we have the option of implementing in our classrooms.

Just because an educational tool isn?t perfect does not mean it should be disregarded. Just because an online classroom does not replace the role of a teacher doesn?t mean that this learning tool has no educational merit. Though there are thousands of technological tools that help enhance instruction, it doesn?t mean that teachers will be rendered obsolete.

Works cited:

Dewey, J. (2002). The school and society: The child and the curriculum. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. (Originally published 1915)

Earlier version of this article was originally published at Ed Tech Blog

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=f853481743359f760b04a63bbc4c4ab5

john tucker must die uk basketball iowa state faroe islands faroe islands corso james arthur ray

jennifer-lopez-japan-03

? Previous image ? Next image ?jennifer-lopez-japan-03

Click on image to view larger image

? Previous image ?? Slide Show ? Next image ?

Photo Details
sherlyk Moderator Registered: November 2009 Posts: 22,454	Hollywood film actress Jennifer Lopez pictures
	? Date: Thu June 28, 2012 ? Views: 1 ? Filesize: 40.2kb, 255.9kb ? Dimensions: 878 x 1222 ?
	Additional Info
	Quick Rate: Poor Excellent
	Keywords: Jennifer Lopez new images

Source: http://gallery.bizhat.com/showphoto.php?photo=272768&title=jennifer-lopez-japan-03&cat=517

patrice o neal patrice o neal wayne gretzky wayne gretzky occupy los angeles occupy los angeles comedian patrice o neal

Reading Rainbow (for iPad)

Reading Rainbow (free to download, $9.99 per month) is an updated, interactive version of the beloved children's television show, with kids engaging with books directly on their iPad. Kids can tap through a library of books and either read the story themselves or have the app read the story aloud. The illustrations have been enhanced with cute little animations and each book comes with a game. Kids are also rewarded with "stickers" each time they finish a new book. The Reading Rainbow app for the iPad does what the television show did successfully for 26 years: grab the kids' attention with beautiful illustrations and get them reading.

Parents who grew up watching the show on PBS until its abrupt cancellation in 2009 would recognize the familiar rainbow logo and the host, LeVar Burton. Burton is back as the host and the main narrator in the app. The TV show interspersed clips of Burton going on "field trips" and talking about an unusual location, such as the ship's cargo area, in between stories. The iPad version brings clips from the original show back, as kids can choose between books and Burton's videos.

Reading Rainbow is listed under the Education category in the iTunes App Store and the app is free to download. Kids get access to one book for free after installing the app. Additional books require a subscription, at $9.99 a month or $29.99 for six months. The subscription is for unlimited access, so kids can grab as many books as they want for that same price. There didn't seem to be any such restriction on the video clips.

The brand name is not going to mean much to younger kids, but it will strike a chord with the parents (I plead guilty!) who will be the ones paying for the monthly subscription. Reading Rainbow is an easy pick as an Editors' Choice as an educational app.

How We Reviewed the App
The app targets kids aged four to nine so I decided to include my sons in the review. I downloaded and installed the app and handed the iPad2 over to my six year old, who already knew how to read. After he went through the app, I uninstalled and re-installed again (with another Apple ID) to give his younger brother, almost four, a chance to play. The four year old knows his letters and the sounds letters make but is not yet reading. They were both absorbed with the beautiful illustrations and easy controls, and complained loudly when I reclaimed the tablet to check out the app myself.

The first time it runs, the app plays a video of Burton describing the app's goals and how kids can use it. The video is clearly aimed for the parents, but there's no way to skip the clip other than fast-forwarding through it. Right after that infomercial, kids are encouraged to "register" by creating their profiles. After creating a profile, the kids go through a quick interactive tutorial to learn how to use the interface. The Reading Child was a little frustrated at how long he had to wait before he could really get started with a book. I learned my lesson and ran the app once to get past that initial video when it was Pre-Reading Child's turn.

The Book Islands
The books are categorized by theme, such as "Action Adventures & Magical Tales," "Genius Academy," "Animal Kingdom," and "My Friends Family." Visually, they are represented as floating islands in the sky. The boys swiped through the sky to browse through the various islands before tapping on one to select the category. It was easy for non-readers to figure out some of the categories by just looking at the pictures. For example, the Animal Kingdom island was an island overflowing with giraffes, lions, a zebra, and an elephant.

Once the boys selected the island, the interface opened up as a book shelf, filled with books. The same books can appear across multiple categories. After the boys selected a title, the interface changed to look like a page in an old book (with yellowed pages?a nice visual touch) displaying a short description of the book and a prompt to confirm the selection. Reading Child had no problem selecting "yes" or "no" after reading the description, but Pre-Reading Child wanted to know why we had to confirm again when we'd already picked out the book.

The theme song on the show may have been, "Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high," but the app uses hot air balloons for its theme, as they are all over the place.

The Personalized Companion
When the boys started the app, they registered with their names, ages, and gender, and then picked out three topics they liked (wizards & fairies, sports, ocean adventures, things that go, princes and princesses, space & beyond, travel & adventure, animals, and pirates). The registration process also asked for the parents' email address, which I didn't let the kids enter. If I'd entered the email address, the app would have automatically opted me into receiving updates and other information by email. I dislike apps and sites that assume opt-in; I would have preferred the box to be unchecked. I had the option to subscribe, or start the free trial.

I couldn't figure out a way to have multiple profiles, so that Reading Child and Pre-Reading Child could enter their own names and category preferences. For the review, they entered their own names and put in their own interests for each instance that I installed. In a real situation, I would have probably combined their names during the profile selection, and had them agree on which topics to pre-select, to "share" the profile. Considering the effort the app made to "customize" the experience for the child, the one-size-for-all-siblings felt a little odd. It would be an issue if there was an age gap between siblings, as well, since the book recommendations are age-based.

bobby rush supreme court justices 19 kids and counting danny o brien alicia silverstone park slope food coop anchorman sequel

Online Car Loans Offer Swift Approval And Empowered Purchasing ...

ONLINE CAR LOANS OFFER GREATER BARGAINING POWER

Purchasing a new auto can be gripping yet the method can feel like a minefield. You have to shop not only for the best auto within your resources but also for ideal finance terms. Online car loans empower you to take control from the start. In just a short period of time you can have your automobile loan pre-approved on the web. So that you can walk into any dealership or buying situation with finance already sorted. All you have left to do is pick out a great new ride, barter the most reasonable price then drive it away. Knowing you have secured a fair financial deal.

Automobile loans authorised online to your time

Everyone seems to be time poor these days. Few people have sufficient time to trek between lenders hunting for the best automobile loan terms. Yet a new car is a significant investment. So it is crucial to secure optimum finance structure and terms upfront. Online car loans let you secure finance from the comfort of your own laptop. Often your automobile loan can be pre-approved online in 1 or 2 minutes. There isn't any need to even leave home.

Other advantages your online auto loan offers include:

• Bigger control of the negotiation process
• Lower loan interest rates thanks to online automobile lenders having minimal expenses
• Detailed info re your budget and vehicle options
• Minimum dealer dependance ? All you need is your selected vehicle
• Selection of secured or unsecured online car loans

Own your new car faster with online automobile loan approval

Online car loans strip down the method of getting finance for your new ride. The market is highly competitive so there'll be a lot of online banks vying for your custom. Natloans is an experienced finance brokerage that may quickly pin-point the best online automobile loan for you. So drive home swift approval and your new set of wheels thru an empowered process you can enjoy.

Mary Nebotakis has a B.Economics, Cert IV WPL & Assess, Cert IV Finance Services. On her web site she?s got many fascinating information on car loans online.You will also find more information on personal car loans.

Tags: online car approvals, Online car loans, secured online car loans, unsecured online car loans

This entry was posted on June 26, 2012, 3:48 pm and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

kyla pratt justified season 3 custer scott walker restaurant week type 2 diabetes occupy congress

PFT: Brees 'very confident' deal will get done

AP

As Commissioner Roger Goodell continues to deliberate the final rulings in the bounty suspension appeals, the league over which he presides continues to declare the players? guilt.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Tuesday, via the Associated Press, that the evidence is ?overwhelming.?

?The investigation was thorough and includes statements from multiple sources with firsthand knowledge about the details of the program, corroborating documentation and other evidence,? Aiello said.? ?The enforcement of the bounty rule is important to protect players that are put at risk by this kind of scheme.?

Aiello?s comments come on the same day that Saints quarterback Drew Brees is questioning via an all-day media blitz the quality of the league?s case, and four days after NFL general counsel Jeff Pash touted the ?mosaic? of evidence that was presented during the June 18 appeal hearings.

?Certainly, Drew Brees would not want to be the target in a bounty scheme and that is why we must eliminate bounties from football,? Aiello said.

Given the league?s views, the appeals should have been denied by now.? As Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma said Monday, ?What?s this guy waiting on?? Make your ruling so we can get on with phase 2 already.?

Also, the dueling soundbites from the league and Brees further illustrate that, ultimately, the bounty case has become an exercise in semantics.? No players were paid to injure other players.? Instead, the Saints created a system for financially rewarding players who in the normal course of delivering big, clean, legal hits rendered an opponent unable to play in all or part of the remainder of the game.? Though that?s one of the realities of a game in which success is premised partially on attrition, the league believes that creating that kind of incentive could lead to deliberate attempts to injure, whether through legal hits or through illegal hits.

The players believe the NFL has tried to suggest that the Saints were doing something far more sinister than the jobs they?re already paid to do (i.e., hit the other guy as hard as you can, cleanly and legally).? The NFL believes that, regardless of the language used to describe it, the concept of offering players money for rendering opponents unable to continue to play is inherently sinister, and thus unacceptable.

Regardless of how it all plays out, Aiello?s comments make clear that there?s no reason to further delay the rulings on the appeals.? Phase One clearly is over; it?s time to get on with Phase Two.

douglas fir jim boeheim jim boeheim bill of rights toys r us toys r us shame

U.S. "tight oil" output to double by 2035: EIA

[ [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 2]], 'http://yhoo.it/KeQd0p', '[Slideshow: See photos taken on the way down]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 7]], ' http://yhoo.it/KpUoHO', '[Slideshow: Death-defying daredevils]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['know that we have confidence in', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/LqYjAX ', '[Related: The Secret Service guide to Cartagena]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['We picked up this other dog and', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JUSxvi', '[Related: 8 common dog fears, how to calm them]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 5]], 'http://bit.ly/JnoJYN', '[Related: Did WH share raid details with filmmakers?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 3]], 'http://bit.ly/KoKiqJ', '[Factbox: AQAP, al-Qaeda in Yemen]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have my contacts on or glasses', 3]], 'http://abcn.ws/KTE5AZ', '[Related: Should the murder charge be dropped?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JD7nlD', '[Related: Bristol Palin reality show debuts June 19]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 1]], 'http://bit.ly/JRPFRO', '[Related: McCain adviser who vetted Palin weighs in on VP race]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/GV9zpj', '[Related: View photos of the JetBlue plane in Amarillo]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 15]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/white-house-stays-out-of-teen-s-killing-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120411/martinzimmermen.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 6]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120406/jet_ap.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-grannies-win-bid-to-sing-at-eurovision-1331223625-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/56/156d92f2760dcd3e75bcd649a8b85fcf.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP', ] ]

[ [ [['did not go as far his colleague', 8]], '29438204', '0' ], [ [[' the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 4]], '28924649', '0' ], [ [['because I know God protects me', 14], ['Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union', 5]], '28811216', '0' ], [ [['The state news agency RIA-Novosti quoted Rosaviatsiya', 6]], '28805461', '0' ], [ [['measure all but certain to fail in the face of bipartisan', 4]], '28771014', '0' ], [ [['matter what you do in this case', 5]], '28759848', '0' ], [ [['presume laws are constitutional', 7]], '28747556', '0' ], [ [['has destroyed 15 to 25 houses', 7]], '28744868', '0' ], [ [['short answer is yes', 7]], '28746030', '0' ], [ [['opportunity to tell the real story', 7]], '28731764', '0' ], [ [['entirely respectable way to put off the searing constitutional controversy', 7]], '28723797', '0' ], [ [['point of my campaign is that big ideas matter', 9]], '28712293', '0' ], [ [['As the standoff dragged into a second day', 7]], '28687424', '0' ], [ [['French police stepped up the search', 17]], '28667224', '0' ], [ [['Seeking to elevate his candidacy back to a general', 8]], '28660934', '0' ], [ [['The tragic story of Trayvon Martin', 4]], '28647343', '0' ], [ [['Karzai will get a chance soon to express', 8]], '28630306', '0' ], [ [['powerful storms stretching', 8]], '28493546', '0' ], [ [['basic norm that death is private', 6]], '28413590', '0' ], [ [['songwriter also saw a surge in sales for her debut album', 6]], '28413590', '1', 'Watch music videos from Whitney Houston ', 'on Yahoo! Music', 'http://music.yahoo.com' ], [ [['keyword', 99999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]

nicki minaj beez in the trap video food network good friday f/a 18 f 18 crash virginia tenebrae the lake house

Toshiba Excite 13 review: a big-screened tablet with a price to match

Well, this lede pretty much wrote itself. A 13-inch tablet, seriously? Toshiba is pushing the form factor limits with the Excite 13, and while its dimensions make it stand out in a sea of 7- and 10-inch devices, that isn't necessarily what tablet buyers are looking for.

More Info

• Toshiba announces Excite 10, 7.7 and 13 tablets, Thrive slates on their way out
• Toshiba Excite 7.7 review
• Toshiba Excite 10 review

There's no shortage of skepticism about such a large slate -- "slab" seems appropriate here -- so the Toshiba Excite 13 needs to provide an exceptional experience, with a brilliant display and smooth graphics, to make 2.2 pounds seem more palatable. On paper, its specs are promising: there's a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU under the hood, a 1600 x 900 display at 138 ppi and a clean build of Android 4.0. The company already has the Excite 7.7 and Excite 10 in its arsenal, and their good performance and bright displays make for compelling tablets. But how does a 13-inch tablet that starts at $650 round out that trio? Read on for our full impressions.

Gallery: Toshiba Excite 13 review photos

Continue reading Toshiba Excite 13 review: a big-screened tablet with a price to match

Toshiba Excite 13 review: a big-screened tablet with a price to match originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

secret service fenway park coachella philadelphia flyers 4/20 student loan forgiveness ufc 145 weigh ins

Big Ten, Ivy League to study sports head injuries

Published Tuesday June 19, 2012

Big Ten, Ivy League to study sports head injuries

LINCOLN ? A University of Nebraska-Lincoln brain researcher is at the forefront of a newly announced partnership between the Big Ten and the Ivy League to study head injuries in sports.

Dennis Molfese, a developmental psychologist who heads UNL's Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, says the new partnership offers unprecedented opportunity to study how concussions and other head injuries affect the workings of the brain.

";var zflag_nid="1431";var zflag_cid="226/225/224";var zflag_sid="2";var zflag_width="1";var zflag_height="1";var zflag_sz="31";

"For the first time, we'll be collecting large amounts of data from a large number of people ? more than had ever been tested before," he said. The collaboration will enable scientists to examine athletes' brains before and after they have suffered a concussion, to learn more about how concussions damage the brain and how the brain recovers from the injury.

"We should know more in a year or two about how to assess concussion and track its progress than we've learned in 100 years," Molfese said.

A typical major college football program experiences about 20 concussions per year among its athletes, Molfese said. With 12 Big Ten and eight Ivy League teams to draw from, scientists would have the ability to analyze about 400 injuries a year and to compare brains after injury with baseline MRIs taken of young athletes when they enter the program.

Big Ten and Ivy League officials officially announced the new partnership Tuesday. The effort has been in the works for more than two years.

An official with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation ? the Big Ten's academic arm ? called the new partnership as "the deepest and most significant research collaboration we've launched."

"It draws perfectly on the intersection of great medicine, greath athletics and great academics that characterizes what is best in our universities," said Barbara McFadden Allen, executive director of the CIC.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason and Princeton Univeristy President Shirley Tilghman, who serve, respectively, as chairwomen of the Big Ten's Council of Presidents/Chancellors and the Ivy League's Council of Presidents, also touted the new partnership. "It will provide an incredible boost to our ongoing efforts while reinforcing the priorities of institutional research and reciprocity between some of the nation's top academic organizations," Mason said.

"The Ivy League is committed to fostering a safe and healthy environment for our student athletes," Tilghman said. "By pooling our expertise and resources, our institutions aim to significantly expand upon the resarch needed to improve long-term, concussion-prevention measures."

Molfese is an Oklahoma native whom UNL wooed away from the University of Louisville in 2010. New quarters for his laboratory are being built as part of the expansion and renovation of the east side of Memorial Stadium. The lab is scheduled to open in July or August 2013.

Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne agreed that the Athletic Department will contribute $1.5 million toward the cost of outfitting Molfese's laboratory, which will include a sophisticated MRI machine that studies brain activity.

Molfese also serves as coordinator of the Big Ten's research into athletic brain injuries. As such, he helps organize the work of some 44 scientists, team physicians and athletic trainers, tackling issues such as common research standards among participating universities' institutional review boards; establishing a central repository for collecting and maintaining data; and developing standard formats for data.

Although the research will focus on athletes, it has implications far beyond sports, Molfese said. It also could help the person who suffered a brain injury in a car accident, the child who was hurt in a shaken-baby incident and the newborn who was deprived of oxygen during birth.

"We should definitely be able to make (football) much safer, and if injuries do occur, students will have a better prospect of recovery," he said. "But there are 1.5 million new head injuries each year in the U.S. and sports injuries are a relatively small part of that."

Contact the writer:

402-473-9581, leslie.reed@owh.com

Copyright ?2012 Omaha World-Herald?. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, displayed or redistributed for any purpose without permission from the Omaha World-Herald.

regis philbin last show regis philbin last show sarah vowell fire in reno kelly ripa reno wildfire reno wildfire

Taylor Kitsch: Sex Scenes with Blake Lively Were "Awkward"

Taylor Kitsch isn't exactly an onscreen virgin. He's had steamy love scenes with the likes of Brooklyn Decker (Battleship) and Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights) -- but when it came to his new Oliver Stone drama Savages, bedding costar Blake Lively wasn't exactly fun.

nfl power rankings week 13 patrice patrice tether lana peters lana peters jennifer nettles

WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy

QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations.

Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said his country would weigh the request from the self-styled anti-secrecy campaigner, whose website is famous for leaking hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables.

The appeal for protection was the latest twist in Assange's 18-month fight against being sent to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about allegations of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers.

The situation threatens to inflame tensions between the government of Rafael Correa, Ecuador's leftist and ardently anti-Washington president, and U.S. authorities, who accuse Assange of damaging its foreign relations with his leaks.

It is also an embarrassment for Britain, whose foreign ministry on Tuesday confirmed the 40-year-old Assange was beyond the reach of its police in the Ecuadorean embassy.

"Ecuador is studying and analyzing the request," Patino told reporters in Quito. He added that any decision would be made with "respect for norms and principles of international law".

The Andean nation in 2010 invited Assange to seek residency there but quickly backed away from the idea, accusing him of breaking U.S. laws.

Since his detention, Assange has mostly been living under strict bail conditions at the country mansion of a wealthy supporter in eastern England. His associates say that amounts to 540 days under house arrest without charge. Breach of bail conditions is potentially a criminal offence.

EMBASSY PROTECTION

"While the department assesses Mr. Assange's application, Mr. Assange will remain at the embassy, under the protection of the Ecuadorean Government," the embassy said on its website.

"The decision to consider Mr. Assange's application for protective asylum should in no way be interpreted as the Government of Ecuador interfering in the judicial processes of either the United Kingdom or Sweden."

Assange arrived at the embassy in London's exclusive Knightsbridge district asking for protection and complaining that his home country of Australia had abandoned him and refused to defend him, according to a statement from Ecuador's Foreign Ministry.

"Such statements (from Australia) make it impossible for me to return to my home country and puts me in a state of helplessness by being requested to be interrogated by the Kingdom of Sweden, where its top officials have openly attacked me," the ministry quoted him as saying on its website.

According to Patino, Assange fears extradition "to a country where espionage and treason are punished with the death penalty". He appeared to be referring to the United States, because Sweden does not have the death penalty. Neither Sweden nor the United States has charged him with treason or spying.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, in Mexico for the G20 summit, said Australian consular officials would continue to assist Assange, adding Australia opposed any extradition of Australian citizens on charges which carry the death penalty.

"Let's be very clear about this. Australia opposes extradition in death penalty cases. We do that for every Australian citizen, we will do that for any Australian citizen," Gillard told reporters.

"Our consular officials will be in contact with him, and also with Ecuador in London about this. But his decisions are for him to make," Gillard said.

The Swedish Prosecution Authority said it had no information other than that which had appeared in the media.

The lawyer for the two female former WikiLeaks volunteers who made the complaints against Assange said he was not surprised by Assange's latest move but expected Ecuador to reject the asylum request.

"This (asylum request) is of course without any grounds ... It is nonsense actually," lawyer Claes Borgstrom told Reuters.

"He wants to focus on Wikileaks, the CIA etc. It will not change the situation, he will be extradited."

EXTRADITION LOOMING

Britain's Supreme Court last week said Assange could be extradited to Sweden in about two weeks' time, rejecting his argument that a European arrest warrant issued by Swedish prosecutors for his extradition was invalid.

The only recourse left to him in the courts is an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

Assange, who has not been charged with any offence in Sweden and denies any wrongdoing, has argued that the case is politically motivated because the release of documents on his website has angered the United States.

In 2010, WikiLeaks began releasing secret video footage and thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables, many of them about Iraq and Afghanistan, in the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history.

The silver-haired Assange spent nine days in jail in Britain before being released on bail on December 16, 2010, after his supporters raised a surety of 200,000 pounds ($314,300).

Anti-censorship campaigners who backed Assange at one stage included celebrities such as journalist John Pilger, film director Ken Loach and socialite Jemima Khan.

As part of his bail conditions, he had to abide by a curfew, report to police daily, and wear an electronic tag.

"There's been an organized campaign to undermine him in recent months in Britain," the BBC quoted Assange's friend Vaughan Smith as saying, "and he believed that if he was sent to Sweden, he would be sent to America".

Smith put Assange up until last December.

Australian National University professor of international law Don Rothwell said Assange could avoid the legal proceedings in Sweden and any potential charges in the United States if Ecuador granted him asylum.

He said an extradition treaty between Ecuador and the U.S. did not cover political charges.

"The treaty provisions may not be broad enough to encompass U.S. criminal charges on matters related to Assange's Wikileaks activities and the publication of classified US government documents," Rothwell said.

Wikileaks has faded from the headlines due to a dearth of scoops and a blockade by credit card companies that has made donations to the site almost impossible.

($1 = 0.6364 British pounds)

(Additional reporting by Patrick Lannin in Stockholm, Mark Hosenball in Washington DC, Krista Hughes in Mexico city and James Grubel in Canberra; Writing by Brian Ellsworth and Daniel Wallis; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

elf on a shelf carrier iq carrier iq linda perry world aids day horse slaughter horse slaughter

Acquittal could boost Clemens' Hall bid

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens holds back tears as he talks to the media outside federal court in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2012, after his acquittal on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens holds back tears as he talks to the media outside federal court in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2012, after his acquittal on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens and his wife Debbie Clemens leave a news conference outside federal court in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2012, after he was acquitted on all charges by a jury that decided that he didn't lie to Congress when he denied using performance -enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, third from left, with his family Kody Clemens, second from left, Kacy Clemens, wife Debbie Clemens, Koby Clemens, and Kory Clemens, outside federal court, as attorney Rusty Hardin speaks to the media Monday, June 18, 2012, in Washington after Clemens acquittal on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, front right, walks with his wife Debbie Clemens, and sons Kody, center, Koby, and Kacy, after leaving federal court in Washington, on Monday, June 18, 2012,after his acquittal on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, right, speaks outside the federal court in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2012, after his acquittal on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. With Clemens are his wife and sons, from left, Kory, Koby, Debbie, Kacy and Kody Clemens. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Cleared in court, Roger Clemens will now take his case before a larger jury: some 600 Hall of Fame voters.

Twelve jurors acquitted him Monday on charges of lying to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Come December, the voters will decide whether Clemens ? one of the best pitchers in baseball history ? should be granted or denied the game's highest honor.

"I think everybody believes he was guilty in some form or fashion," said John Harper of the New York Daily News, who doesn't plan to vote for Clemens. "I think that's the real issue as far as voters go. I know that's an issue for me."

ESPN reporter/analyst Tim Kurkjian, a Hall voter for more than two decades, said: "It doesn't change how I view him. I think he did something and they just couldn't prove it. I think most rational people look at it that way. I was going to vote for him anyway."

Clemens, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa all will be first-timers on the ballot, which in some ways will be a referendum for the Steroids Era. Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling and Craig Biggio also will be making their initial appearances.

"To me, Roger Clemens was a Hall of Famer from the moment he retired, just like Barry Bonds," San Francisco Chronicle columnist Bruce Jenkins said. "I don't much care for them as people, but that's irrelevant, and I've never believed in the Hall of Fame's 'character' clause. It never seemed to apply to a number of shady characters who made the Hall of Fame over the years, so I simply ignore it. I base my vote on the best players during their time. Cheating has been part of the game since its inception, whether it was gambling, doctored balls or pre-steroid drugs. It's as essential to the game's fabric as the sacrifice fly."

Asked about Clemens' chances for making the Hall, NBC's Bob Costas said: "A guilty verdict would have damaged his reputation. It remains to be seen how much or if this verdict helps it.

Costas doesn't cast a ballot; Hall of Fame voters are veteran members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

"I think some people will assume that he may very well have lied, but that the government couldn't prove it," former baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent said. "They may have real reservations about his record in light of those questions. But I think it modestly improves his chances of being elected to the Hall of Fame."

Clemens spent 4? years proclaiming his innocence after Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, told baseball investigator George Mitchell that he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone about 16 to 21 times during 1998, 2000 and 2001.

On Monday, a jury of eight women and four men agreed with Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

"I think it's great for the game because we can stop talking about it now," Yankees captain Derek Jeter said. "I'm pretty sure baseball fans are happy it's over."

Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, a longtime friend of Clemens and a key witness in the case, wouldn't give his opinion on the verdict, saying only: "I don't even care to talk about that." Pettitte was believed to have given Clemens a boost when he testified there was a 50-50 chance he might have misunderstood a conversation during the 1999-00 offseason that the government claimed was proof Clemens admitted using HGH.

"We get all these trials out of the way, we can move on," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, a former Clemens teammate. "Now, it seems like we're beyond it."

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig declined comment on the verdict, announced in U.S. District Court in Washington.

Union head Michael Weiner said Clemens was "vindicated."

"We look forward to him taking his rightful place in the Hall of Fame," Weiner said.

Vincent called it a "big win" for Clemens and his lawyer. "It's a major defeat for the Justice Department ? one of a series," he said. "I think the government is at a huge disadvantage against really good outside lawyers."

Clemens is the latest sports figure to frustrate the federal government's efforts to nab suspected steroid cheats despite prosecution costs of tens of millions of dollars.

Bonds, a seven-time NL MVP, was convicted of a single obstruction of justice count that he gave an evasive answer to a grand jury in 2003, and charges were dropped last year that he made false statements when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

A grand jury investigation of Lance Armstrong was dropped last winter without charges being filed, though the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency filed formal accusations last week that could strip the seven-time Tour de France winner of his victories in that storied race. Armstrong denies any doping.

Jeff Novitzky and his teams of investigators have obtained only two guilty pleas from athletes (Olympic track star Marion Jones and former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield); and two convictions (Bonds and sprint cyclist Tammy Thomas). Jones, who also pleaded guilty to making false statements about her association with a check-fraud scheme, was the only targeted athlete to serve a day in prison.

Bonds' conviction still must survive an appeal.

Clemens has no such worries. With a 354-184 record, 3.12 ERA and 4,672 strikeouts, he would have been a sure first-ballot Hall of Famer when the votes are totaled in January. But since the day the Mitchell Report was released, his reputation has been tainted by suspicion.

Still, Cleveland Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin was thrilled for Clemens, one of his boyhood heroes growing up in Texas.

"If a case goes on that long and the jury decides he's not guilty, then obviously he's telling the truth," he said.

___

AP Sports Writers Howard Fendrich, Mike Fitzpatrick, Janie McCauley, Ben Walker and Tom Withers and Associated Press writer Fred Frommer contributed to this report.

Associated Press

reggie mckenzie epiphany exorcism jersey shore season 5 mark driscoll unemployment rate unemployment rate

Sony NSZ-GS7 network media player has Google TV

Share

This news summary appeared in on
Click here to view the full issue.

View the original article:

tyson chandler stephen hill draft tracker the pirates band of misfits cleveland browns minnesota twins green bay packers

Star Snapshots: Family Fun

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden arrive home in L.A. with their kids! Plus, see more photos of celebs spending time with their loved ones!

zimmerman charged bonobos charles manson actuary elon musk anderson cooper al sharpton

Sprint's Upcoming 4G LTE Network—At Least It's Faster Than WiMax [Sprint]

The only thing slower than the Sprint 4G WiMax network is the Sprint 3G network. Luckily for subscribers to the third largest American carrier will soon have an more robust LTE option. Though, according to a report by PC Magazine, it'll be fast—just not super-fast. More »

whale shark whale shark duke university platypus platypus overboard east of eden

Learn Professional Golf with Joe Bernat

One of the most liked and acclaimed sports in USA that has been very popular in the last decade or so is Golf. With chic and whiz, one can attain great value, name and money in this professional sport which has been practised in all major circuits around the world. There are hundreds and thousands of people who are keen to learn this attractive and gentleman sport in their lives, but only a few get to learn and afford this costly sport in professional tours. If you are a keen golfer and want to learn more about it, then you have to get after either a Golf school Vacations or a professional Golf School. If you are living in United States, then you will get ample opportunities to learn this sport, as there are number of Golf schools with qualified instructional staff which will teach you the best techniques & let you overcome you mistakes in very less time.

If you are residing in South Carolina (SC) in US and looking for a perfect Golf School Vacations for yourself then you can just contact Myrtle Beach Golf School near the Myrtle Beach International Airport, which has the world class facilities and has attained 4.5 star rating from the Golf Digest.

At this professional Golf school you will learn the fundamentals and other vital basics of golf and also can improve upon your mistakes, which you have not been able to do in the past. Myrtle Beach Golf Instruction Staff to student?s ratio of 2:1 will always keep an eye on your golfing techniques and will always support you and correct you at every step.

Myrtle Beach Golf School will offer you the best value for your money with its 2:1 Student to instructor ratio and thus is a very cost effective option to learn Golf in quick time. With unlimited practice time and private practice area, it is one of the best deals in whole of SC. Myrtle Beach Golf Instruction uses various training aids to teach the correct techniques to the students and also the video system installed will show you the mistakes and the corrective measures to learn golf professionally.

?

gia la riots new jersey devils torn acl derrick rose injury st louis news utah jazz

China: Don?t Look Now, But . . . (Powerlineblog)

Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, RSS and RSS Feed via Feedzilla.

atherosclerosis steven tyler tropic thunder carnie wilson missing reese witherspoon pregnant billy joel

Low-dose vitamin D may not prevent fractures in healthy women ?- what about higher doses?

ScienceDaily (June 16, 2012) ? Vitamin D and calcium are dietary requirements, but it's unclear how much is best for us. New draft findings by the United States Preventive Services Task Force conclude that for healthy, postmenopausal women, daily supplementation with low levels of vitamin D -- up to 400 international units -- combined with 1,000 milligrams of calcium, does not reduce fracture risk.

However, this amount of supplementation is associated with a small but significantly increased likelihood of developing painful kidney stones, according to the task force.

Because relatively few, high quality studies have been done, the task force was unable to draw conclusions about the fracture-preventing merits of supplementation in healthy men and in premenopausal women.

Nor did studies offer conclusive evidence regarding vitamin D and cancer prevention, according to the task force. Evidence also was inadequate to draw conclusions about supplementation with higher doses.

The task force did not review studies on supplementation that were focused on individuals who already had osteoporosis or vitamin D deficiencies. Nor did the task force investigate other putative benefits of vitamin D.

However the task force did previously recommend vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls among men and women age 65 and older. Falls are a major cause of hip fracture and early death among the elderly, especially among those with osteoporosis.

Vitamin D Benefits, Risks, Not Adequately Studied "We know that vitamin D and calcium are essential for a healthy diet," said task force member Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, a UCSF epidemiologist and internist. "We're not making recommendations about the treatment of osteoporosis or of vitamin deficiency. We're making recommendations that apply to generally healthy women who are seeking to supplement their diets to prevent fractures."

The task force reviewed already-published studies to draw conclusions. The public comment period for the new draft recommendations runs through July 10.

To reach its recommendation that healthy, postmenopausal women not take low-dose vitamin D and calcium supplements to ward off fractures, task force members examined 16 studies in which participants took supplements. Formulations and dosages of vitamin D and calcium varied among the studies.

Among them was the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). The WHI included 36,282 health postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79. As part of the study, many women were assigned to take 400 international units of vitamin D3 and 1,000 milligrams of calcium carbonate each day. Results of other studies of low-dose supplementation were consistent with WHI findings, Bibbins-Domingo said.

To prevent fracture, supplementation for healthy, postmenopausal women at low vitamin D doses, with or without calcium, "does not work," Bibbins-Domingo said, and comes with a "small but measurable risk for kidney stones."

Whether benefits outweigh risks for harm at higher supplemental doses remains unclear.

"Many women are taking higher doses of vitamin D already, and that is where there is not sufficient evidence for us to make a recommendation one way or another," Bibbins-Domingo said. The same goes for many other questions related to vitamin D in various patient groups.

"We need more research. There are not enough high-quality studies," she said.

Share this story on Facebook, Twitter, and Google:

Other social bookmarking and sharing tools:

---

Story Source:

The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The original article was written by Jeffrey Norris.

Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information, please contact the source cited above.

---

Note: If no author is given, the source is cited instead.

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.

belize adele lyrics bruno mars best new artist 2012 grammys foo fighters nikki minaj

Britain's queen marks 86th birthday with husband at her side

[ [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 2]], 'http://yhoo.it/KeQd0p', '[Slideshow: See photos taken on the way down]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 7]], ' http://yhoo.it/KpUoHO', '[Slideshow: Death-defying daredevils]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['know that we have confidence in', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/LqYjAX ', '[Related: The Secret Service guide to Cartagena]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['We picked up this other dog and', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JUSxvi', '[Related: 8 common dog fears, how to calm them]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 5]], 'http://bit.ly/JnoJYN', '[Related: Did WH share raid details with filmmakers?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 3]], 'http://bit.ly/KoKiqJ', '[Factbox: AQAP, al-Qaeda in Yemen]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have my contacts on or glasses', 3]], 'http://abcn.ws/KTE5AZ', '[Related: Should the murder charge be dropped?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JD7nlD', '[Related: Bristol Palin reality show debuts June 19]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 1]], 'http://bit.ly/JRPFRO', '[Related: McCain adviser who vetted Palin weighs in on VP race]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/GV9zpj', '[Related: View photos of the JetBlue plane in Amarillo]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 15]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/white-house-stays-out-of-teen-s-killing-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120411/martinzimmermen.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['Titanic', 7]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/titanic-anniversary/', ' ', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/b/4e/b4e5ad9f00b5dfeeec2226d53e173569.jpeg', '550', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 6]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120406/jet_ap.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-grannies-win-bid-to-sing-at-eurovision-1331223625-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/56/156d92f2760dcd3e75bcd649a8b85fcf.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP', ] ]

[ [ [['did not go as far his colleague', 8]], '29438204', '0' ], [ [[' the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 4]], '28924649', '0' ], [ [['because I know God protects me', 14], ['Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union', 5]], '28811216', '0' ], [ [['The state news agency RIA-Novosti quoted Rosaviatsiya', 6]], '28805461', '0' ], [ [['measure all but certain to fail in the face of bipartisan', 4]], '28771014', '0' ], [ [['matter what you do in this case', 5]], '28759848', '0' ], [ [['presume laws are constitutional', 7]], '28747556', '0' ], [ [['has destroyed 15 to 25 houses', 7]], '28744868', '0' ], [ [['short answer is yes', 7]], '28746030', '0' ], [ [['opportunity to tell the real story', 7]], '28731764', '0' ], [ [['entirely respectable way to put off the searing constitutional controversy', 7]], '28723797', '0' ], [ [['point of my campaign is that big ideas matter', 9]], '28712293', '0' ], [ [['As the standoff dragged into a second day', 7]], '28687424', '0' ], [ [['French police stepped up the search', 17]], '28667224', '0' ], [ [['Seeking to elevate his candidacy back to a general', 8]], '28660934', '0' ], [ [['The tragic story of Trayvon Martin', 4]], '28647343', '0' ], [ [['Karzai will get a chance soon to express', 8]], '28630306', '0' ], [ [['powerful storms stretching', 8]], '28493546', '0' ], [ [['basic norm that death is private', 6]], '28413590', '0' ], [ [['songwriter also saw a surge in sales for her debut album', 6]], '28413590', '1', 'Watch music videos from Whitney Houston ', 'on Yahoo! Music', 'http://music.yahoo.com' ], [ [['keyword', 99999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]

lana del rey saturday night live focus on the family packers vs giants giants score aaron rodgers 2012 golden globe nominations houston texans