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February 3rd, 2012 by John

Diet modifications is necessary to manage ones weight. But how does one develop a diet plan? Firstly, you should set your fitness goals, that is if you want to lose, maintain, or gain weight. As with any goals, establishing your fitness targets need to be sensible, specific, and measurable. The next step would be to evaluate a diet program if it is the right one for your needs and lifestyle. Ensure that the diet you intend to use will supply you with the right amount of energy. Your body needs calories to function, and making adjustments to your calorie intake will help you achieve your fitness objectives. By now, you are probably thinking of the question how many calories should I eat a day?

This question is an interesting one as energy needs differ among individuals. One of these factors include age, how fast our metabolism is, and the types of activities you do on a daily basis. Running a quick search on the Web using how many calories should I eat as key phrase will generate a number of links to websites that contain calorie calculation tools. These tools are designed according to the Harris-Benedict principle and thus will require you to key in your age, weight, height, and activity levels. These applications are uncomplicated and very helpful. Some of these diet and health websites do more than just answer your question of how many calories should I eat, it will also give you information as to how many hours you need to allot for exercise in order to lose or maintain your weight.

After finding the answer to your query of how many calories should I eat a day, come up with a list of meals you want to have for the week. Make sure to do this in advance to ensure that you will be eating healthy for the whole week. At the same time, planning ahead will keep your diet plan within budget. Make sure to include fruits, vegetables, and foods that are rich in fiber in your diet.

It is also recommended that you use a diet journal. By counting your calories, you will be able to adhere to your diet more effectively. A research done in 2008 shows that those who follow this practice were able to shed twice as more pounds in comparison to those who do not keep food diaries. There are numerous diet journal software and websites that provide calorie information of common food items.

Some people who go on a diet sometimes make the mistake of abruptly and greatly reducing their caloric intake. Extremely low-calorie diets can bring about a number of health issues which include gallstone formation, loss of muscle mass, and even mood disorders.

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Swedish prosecutors present case against Assange (AP)

LONDON ? Sweden's public prosecutor argued for the extradition of Julian Assange on Thursday, insisting before Britain's Supreme Court that it had the right to order his return to Scandinavia.

The chief of the WikiLeaks secret-spilling site is fighting sex crime allegations stemming from encounters with two Swedish women during a trip there in 2010. Assange denies the allegation and has refused to return to Sweden, saying he fears the case against him has been manipulated for political ends and that he wouldn't receive a fair trial.

Although the WikiLeaks saga is shot through with international intrigue, the case before the Supreme Court hinges on a dry technical point: Whether Sweden's public prosecutor was within its rights to issue a European warrant for Assange's arrest.

Assange's legal team says it wasn't, arguing that only courts, not prosecutors, should be allowed to issue arrest warrants. Allowing prosecutors to order extradition would effectively allow them to act as judges in their own case, Assange lawyer Dinah Rose argued Wednesday.

Clare Montgomery, the lawyer for Sweden's prosecution service, pushed back against the claim Thursday, noting that other European countries allowed public prosecutors to issue warrants and that in this case the move was endorsed by a Swedish court.

Allowing public prosecutors to seek extraditions was "consistent with long-standing state practice," she told the seven justices gathered at the court's wood-panelled Courtroom 1.

She enumerated nearly a dozen European countries which allowed prosecutors to pursue extraditions.

"The English notion of an arrest warrant issued by a court is very much an exception," she said.

Legal experts say Assange faces an uphill battle as his lawyers seek to quash the extradition effort.

British judges have tended to defer to foreign judicial systems when considering whether to endorse European arrest warrants, which fast-track the exchange of suspects between European countries.

The hearing is due to end later Thursday but a judgment isn't expected for another few weeks.

Assange's legal battle has already been drawn out for more than a year, and until recently he spent much of the time under virtual house arrest at a wealthy supporter's English country mansion.

While fighting extradition Assange has raised his media profile by agreeing to do a talk show for Russian TV and to have his voice used in an episode of "The Simpsons."

Assange was in court Thursday, smiling as he walked past protesters waving "Free Assange" placards.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_re_eu/eu_wikileaks

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Academic Concepts Aborted, Copied And Cutoff | Reference and ...

Too often ?n academia good thoughts ?nd original ideas ?r? suppressed ?nd this problem ?? s? pervasive ?t inhibits forward progression ?nd ?t totally robs ??r civilization ?f ??r future. Now then why does this happen?

Well f?r many reasons ??? see. f?r instance ? student ?t ? University may h??? an excellent concept ?r original thought however, problems arise ?n wh?t research projects ??n b? funded. ??? see th?? must fit within th? parameters ?f th? class, match th? sources ?f funding f?r th? University ?nd fit within th? ever increasing limits ?f th? linear professors expertise.

??? see m??t professors ?r? experts ?n th??r specific niche, b?t not s? brilliant ?nd parallel sciences ?r emerging sciences, which w?ll b? affecting th??r arena ?f expertise ?n th? future. Thus th? professor cannot allow th? student t? become smarter than them, even though if ? student comes up with an idea f?r ? project outside th? professors realm ?f limited knowledge then chances ?r? th?? already ?r?. Am I down ?n academia ?nd professors?

Well, yes ?nd no really. Yes b?????? th?? hold back th? human race ?n th??r arrogant ?nd egotistical nature t? propel themselves ?n th? cut throat world ?f publish ?r parish academia ?nd no ?n th?t we need mentors t? guide ??r m??t brilliant up ?nd coming minds ??? see?

We need t? keep track ?f every idea, concept ?nd project request th?t every student comes up with ?nd make ? national data base s? people ??n look these up ?nd those ?n industry, government ?nd academia ??n explore them thru Internet searches t? propel th??r own thought processes ?nd thus propel mankind. Consider this ?n 2006.

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99% A Separation

All Critics (91) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (91) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)

Asghar Farhadi's emotionally epic movie is not just a masterpiece dramatically, it is a movie dramatically of its moment.

It's small. It's real. And it's deeply moving.

This is a trenchant emotional thriller that you watch in dread, awe, and amazing aggravation.

Some films wear their artistry so lightly they appear simply to be happening, the inner workings of the story guided by an unseen hand.

The film involves its audience in an unusually direct way, because although we can see the logic of everyone's position, our emotions often disagree.

This is primarily a human story about a marriage unraveling, the husband torn between love for his daughter and devotion to his father, the daughter torn between one parent and the other.

Ambiguous and enigmatic, it revolves around the termination of a marriage in contemporary Tehran.

Farhadi's carefully wrought narrative and the ways it handles the fragile emotions of its characters truly sets it apart, not only from contemporary Iranian cinema but world cinema in general.

What counts is that talented writer/director Asghar Farhadi structures it in a culturally compelling and mysterious way, while balancing all the characters to avoid easily typed "good guys" and "bad guys."

Emotionally resonant beyond the filmmaker's own country and culture, it is a compassionate yet searingly precise film that refuses to name villains, nor to let any of its protagonists off the hook

Sometimes, in an attempt to do the best we can for the people we love, we end up wreaking irreparable damage.

I hope "A Separation" is the beginning of a new cinematic dawn for Iranian filmmakers.

[The film] puts us in the uncomfortable role of the adjudicator.

Culturally specific but universally relatable, this slowly escalating Iranian drama boasts incredibly impressive motivational clarity.

For all the stifled truths of its characters, Farhadi's film feels like a gust of brisk air.

...like being caught in a barbed-wire fence of ethical dilemmas.

Feels like a peek through a neighbor's window.

The progressively tedious atmosphere ultimately prevents the film's final scenes from making any real emotional impact...

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Earnings Preview: Merck report keys on new drugs (AP)

Drugmaker Merck & Co., the world's third-biggest drugmaker by revenue and a Dow component, will tout recent drug approvals and progress on creating new drugs when it reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Thursday.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: CEO Kenneth Frazier, at the helm for a year, will discuss development of key experimental drugs among Merck's 20 compounds in late-stage testing. He'll likely note the company, based in Whitehouse Station, N.J., got five products approved last year, including breakthrough hepatitis C drug Victrelis.

Frazier likely will discuss progress on his strategy to boost revenue and profit by limiting spending, launching new drugs and increasing sales of existing ones, growing sales in emerging markets and expanding the consumer and animal health businesses.

Merck, the maker of Januvia, the top-selling pill for Type 2 diabetes, has been expanding that $3 billion-a-year-plus franchise. Its Janumet pill combines widely used generic metformin with Januvia, which increases insulin production and decreases the liver's glucose production. In October, Merck got approval for Juvisync, the first combination pill for the millions who have both diabetes and high cholesterol. The company is expecting a Food and Drug Administration decision this quarter on whether it can sell an extended-release form of Janumet.

Frazier will note the company plans during 2012 and 2013 to apply for approval of five major products in the U.S. and other countries. Those are osteoporosis drug odanacatib, insomnia treatment suvorexant, Bridion for reversing anesthesia after surgery, Tredaptive for blocking hardening of the arteries and a vaccine known as V503. That shot covers more strains of cancer-causing human papilloma virus, which is sexually transmitted, than Merck's blockbuster Gardasil vaccine.

Merck will give its first financial forecast for 2012. Frazier said in November that the company hopes to keep 2012 revenue about the same as in 2011, when sales over the first nine months grew about 5 percent from the prior year.

During the last quarter, Merck got approval for marketing its HIV drug Isentress to children aged 2 through 17, plus a recommendation from U.S. government advisers for giving all males aged 11 through 21 Gardasil shots. It also won approval to expand use of cholesterol drug Vytorin to patients with kidney disease, but not those on dialysis.

Analysts may ask about Frazier's recent comments that the company is shifting strategy from pursuing acquisitions and licensing agreements for drugs in early testing to ones in later testing, when deals are more expensive. That could indicate worries about the strength of the company's pipeline.

Last year, bleeding risks led Merck to end a late-stage study of blood thinner vorapaxar, and it halted a study of a vaccine for dangerous Staph infections because more people in the group getting that vaccine were dying.

Analysts may ask whether the end is in sight for litigation over its recalled painkiller Vioxx, after Merck recently settled patient lawsuits in Canada for about $37 million and agreed to pay 43 states a combined $950 million to end charges of improper marketing.

WHY IT MATTERS: Merck's revenue has taken a hit from generic competition to its blockbuster osteoporosis, blood pressure and cholesterol drugs. Its current top seller, $5 billion-a-year allergy and asthma drug Singulair, gets U.S. generic competition this August. Analysts will be watching to see whether the Januvia franchise and other new medicines can pick up the slack.

Frazier said earlier this month that he's increasing cost-cutting efforts, and analysts will be watching for details.

That was after Merck told employees in September that it was speeding up layoffs in the U.S. so it could meet its goal of cutting up to 13,000 jobs by 2015. Merck has been continually downsizing since its November 2009 acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp., although it's still hiring for positions in growth areas.

WHAT'S EXPECTED: Analysts surveyed by FactSet forecast earnings per share of 95 cents and revenue of $12.52 billion.

LAST YEAR'S QUARTER: Merck reported a net loss of 17 cents per share, but would have made 88 cents per share without $3.9 billion in restructuring and other charges. It had revenue of $12.09 billion.

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Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earnings/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_bi_ge/us_merck_earnings_preview

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Search called off for missing cruise ship passengers

Italian emergency officials say they are calling off a search for missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, due to the danger to rescue workers, according to the Associated Press.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/46195653#46195653

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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | According to U.S. News, a poll was taken over the New Year's holiday that asked people what event they feared might happen in the upcoming year of 2012. By far more people at 33 percent feared the re-election of President Barack Obama than any other event.

A close second was that taxes would go up by 31 percent. Sixteen percent feared Iran would get a nuclear weapon. Sixteen percent feared that Obama would lose the election. Four percent feared a war with North Korea.

The results make perfect sense. If the 2008 election was about "hope and change," the 2012 election is about fear and loathing. Indeed the current campaign cries out for a right-wing but besotted version of Hunter Thompson to explain how horrible and funny things are from behind a drug induced fog.

It would have been interesting to see polling numbers on which Republican candidate most people are afraid of. My vote would be Ron Paul, whose foreign policy views are truly frightening, with New Gingrich as a runner-up simply because he is easy to paint as scary.

It will be hard to convince Mitt Romney is frightening. He may be a great many things, but the thought of Romney in the Oval Office does not make one quake. He practically oozes calm, reassurance. This is despite Gingrich's ill-considered attempts to attack him as an evil capitalist, though Gingrich denies he is anti-capitalist.

That likely raised the fear factor of Gingrich among Republicans. Any Republican who can attack another for being a CEO is capable of anything.

That is not to say the Democratic smear machine will not try to paint Romney as a monster. It managed to turn Dick Cheney, a calm, competent man who never raised his voice, into "Darth Cheney." Indeed it was said that Cheney, more than because of his heart condition, declined to run for president because he did not want to have "The Imperial March" from "Star Wars" as his unofficial campaign song.

The campaign therefore cries out for someone-like Reagan-to be sunny, optimistic, and to show that there is a morning in America after the torrents and storms the country is experiencing at present. Alas, there seems to be no one prepared to do that. Instead we have Ron Paul, prophet of doom, as Politico is reporting.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oped/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120131/cm_ac/10816781_fear_and_loathing_on_the_campaign_trail

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