Dreaded phone call ... Thanks Bob L.!

> *THE DREADED PHONE CALL . . . . . . .*
> *My boss phoned me today, he said, "Is everything okay at the office?"*
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> * *
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> *I said, "Yes, it's all under control. It's been a very busy day, I*
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> * Haven't stopped."*
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> * *
>
> *"Can you do me a favor?" he asked.*
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> * *
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> *I said, "Of course, what is it?"*
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> *"Speed it up a little, I'm in the foursome behind you".*
> **

Sitting in Church ... Thabnks Denison friend!

Sitting in church
In church, while reverently preparing for the service, I heard a sweet
little old lady, sitting next to me in the pew, quietly whispering a prayer.
It was so sweet and sincere that I just had to share it with you.

She said,
"Dear Lord, this has been a tough two or three years ...

You have taken my favorite actor Patrick Swayze,

my favorite musician Michael Jackson,

my favorite TV salesman Billy Mays,

my favorite actress Elizabeth Taylor,

my favorite singer Whitney Houston,

my favorite announcer Dick Clark and now

my favorite queen of disco Donna Summers.


I just wanted you to know that my favorite politician is Barack Obama.

Amen."

Correction on Fox News- o says- I am a muslim

Subject: Correction on Fox News

Correction on Fox News Remember all the notices we kept getting to watch Fox News on Sunday at 9PM? This is the clip that got pulled due to pressure from the Whitehouse. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO WATCH FOX 2-3 TIMES ON CERTAIN DATES ABOUT "OBAMA", BUT IT WAS NEVER AIRED. BE SURE ALL YOUR FRIENDS SEE. It runs ten (10) minutes so don't let the breaks fool you. I trust that it will stay on the Internet long enough for you to view. Obama Puts Heat on Fox News to Prevent Hannity from airing this piece. This is a video that Sean Hannity of FOX News has been trying to show that we are told has consistently been blocked by the Obama Administration for several weeks. Watch it now before it gets pulled from the internet! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28

Customer Service- SamKat

Electronic yuppies-

I think you guys and obama had just as well bury us older than 70 seniors.

We cannot keep up with your convoluted systems.  the old phones with real live operators were so helpful.  No longer are there real live English speaking customer service representatives.

I am stubborn as my declares all Kegleys are.  I admit it.  I should have given up years ago when it comes to electronic gizmos.

Old acronyms were KISS (Keep it simple, Stupid) and KISMIF (Keep it simple make it fun) back when I worked as an engineer.  I hope to make 80 in November, but customer service, particularly by telephone frustrates the Heck out of me!

I, stubbornly, bought a new smart phone on the advice of a technical guru of mine.  It is Straight Talk from Walmart.  That was Monday.  I have been on the phone with their reps in the Phillipines for at least two and a half hours of frustration since and I am still not activated with them.

Marketing principles say to make it easy for potential customers to use your product (s).

Sorry Yuppies.  It doesn't seem to work that way anymore!!

Still hoping to use the smart phone.  I guess I am just not old enough or smart enough.

SamKat ;(

Diane Feinstein criticizes WH on leaks

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Feinstein: White House Leaked Some Classified Info

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The Democratic leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday that the White House appears to be responsible for some leaks of classified information.
"I think the White House has to understand that some of this is coming from their ranks," Sen. Dianne Feinstein told a World Affairs Council forum.
The California lawmaker said she was certain that President Barack Obama, who receives a daily intelligence briefing, isn't disclosing secret information, but she was uncertain about others at the White House. "I don't believe for a moment that he goes out and talks about it," she said.
Republicans have criticized the disclosures, arguing that members of the Obama administration were intentionally leaking classified material to enhance the president's reputation in an election year. Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed two attorneys to lead the investigation into who leaked information about U.S. involvement in cyberattacks on Iran and about an al-Qaida plot to place an explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound airliner.
That hasn't satisfied some Republicans who have pressed for a special prosecutor.
Last Thursday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified in closed session before the House Armed Services Committee on the leaks. The committee's chairman, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., told reporters afterward that he did not believe the Pentagon was responsible for recent national security leaks.
"I feel pretty secure they were not" from the Pentagon, McKeon said after the three-hour hearing.
Separately, the Pentagon announced that it was taking new steps to try to clamp down on leaks of classified information, saying unauthorized disclosures undermine national security and in some cases rise to the level of criminal acts.
Pentagon press secretary George Little said Panetta has ordered him to join the Pentagon's top intelligence official in monitoring all "major, national level" news media reports for unauthorized disclosures of secrets.
Panetta also reiterated guidance issued by his predecessor, Robert Gates, that the Pentagon's public affairs office should be the only source of defense information provided to the news media in Washington.
Feinstein said her committee would meet Tuesday to craft legislation that would address the leaks of classified information, including additional authorities and rules to stop the leaks.
Her comments came as U.S. officials said the number of people with access to some of the nation's most carefully guarded secrets topped 4.86 million in 2011.
That's up from 4.7 million people granted security clearances the year before, likely reflecting new hires approved by Congress as part of expanded clandestine operations in the Obama administration.
The latest intelligence report to Congress also corrects previous figures, to reflect new guidance that everyone with access to such information be counted — even if they never used the data or no longer hold a job that requires the clearance.
Clearance levels range from confidential to secret to top secret. Top secret clearances in 2011 numbered 1.4 million, down slightly from 1.43 million the year before.

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Biody shapes- Men and women

Title of article:

Relating body mass index to figural stimuli: population-based normative data for Caucasians

Authors: Bulik CM,Wade TD, Heath AC, Martin NG, Stunkard AJ, Eaves LJ.
Journal: Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord, Oct 2001;25(10):1517-24

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To establish body mass index (BMI) norms for standard figural stimuli using a large Caucasian population-based sample. In addition, we sought to determine the effectiveness of the figural stimuli to identify individuals as obese or thin. DESIGN: All Caucasian twins born in Virginia between 1915 and 1971 were identified by publicbirth record. In addition, 3347 individual twins responded to a letter published in the newsletter of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). All adult twins (aged 18 and over) from both of these sources and their family members were mailed a 16 page 'Health and Lifestyle' questionnaire. SUBJECTS: BMI and silhouette data were available on 16 728 females and 11 366 males ranging in age from 18-100. MEASUREMENTS: Self-report information on height-weight, current body size, desired body size and a discrepancy score using standard figural stimuli. RESULTS: Gender- and age-specific norms are presented linking BMI to each of the figural stimuli. Additional norms for desired body size and discrepancy scores are also presented. Receiver operating curves (ROC) indicate that the figural stimuli are effective in classifying individuals as obese or thin. CONCLUSIONS: With the establishment of these norms, the silhouettes used in standard body image assessment can now be linked to BMI. Differences were observed between women and men in terms of desired body size and discrepancy scores, with women preferring smaller sizes. The figural stimuli are a robust technique for classifying individuals as obese or thin.

Comments and Key points

This interesting article proved that these "figures" in the picture below¹, are actually useful. People can describe themselves accurately by choosing a picture. Go ahead, try it yourself.

Men's average BMI for each figure-number was shown in this table

Men:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
BMI:	19.8	21.1	22.2	23.6	25.8	28.1	31.5	35.2	41.5

Women's average BMI for each figure-number was:

Women:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
BMI:	18.3	19.3	20.9	23.1	26.2	29.9	34.3	38.6	45.4

Did you try it? Does your actual BMI seem close to the averages from these tables?

Well, maybe not. It turns out that BMI changes with age, even if your body shape (figure-number) stays the same during your life. More on this below.

This article also showed that when obesity is defined as BMI of 30 or more, the graphs below showed that obese women had figure=6, and obese Men had figure=7 (or higher).

The article also did additional analyses and claims that figure=6 is the best overall definition of "obesity" for both men and women. However, their article lacked sufficient detail to prove this claim, and although it may be reasonable for women, my personal opinion, based on the graphs shown above, is that figure 7 is a more suitable definition of obesity for men.

Now, here an the interesting part: BMI changes with age. Consider slim women and men, with figure numbers 3 and 4. As the graph below shows, Men and Women who described their body figures as type 3 or 4, also had higher BMI values in middle ages, compared to younger or older adults. Said another way, it seems that, even if body shape stays stable with age, BMIwill change with age.

I was looking for evidence like this, and I think it is an important demonstration of what the appropriate curve-shape should be, of body mass index changing with age.

References

1. Standard figural stimuli. by Dr. A. Stunkard. From Stunkard A, Sorensen T, Schulsinger F. Use of the Danish Adoption Register for the study of obesity and thinness. In: Key S, Roland I, Sigman R, Matthysse S (eds). The genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Raven Press: New York; 1983.

Review & comments by Steven B. Halls, MD, Last modified 23-June, 2008. Copyright
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You pay for free cell phones ... Ck your bill! Thanks Ramey H.!

THIS WILL SURELY MAKE YOUR BLOOD BOIL!

Check your Cell phone bill at the bottom. You're going to need some blood pressure pills after watching this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjAjAvxDkfk&feature=share

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke