Nissan launching $100 per month Leaf battery replacement program in 2014

How much would a Leaf owner pay to banish range anxiety? If your answer was "$100 a month," then Nissan's got a proposition for you. The car maker is gearing up to launch a domestic battery replacement program for its EV in 2014 that'll set you back that aforementioned sum. Similar to Nissan's setup in Europe, if your battery can only hold nine out of 12 bars worth of charge, it'll replace the unit with a new or reconditioned unit. The company insists that very few will ever actually need to replace the battery, but hey, squeezing $1,200 a year out of its existing customers is a sure-fire way to inspire loyalty.

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A Space-Inspired Floating Playground That Puts Visitors Into Orbit

Tom?s Saraceno's M.O. as an artist is to make you float?either on top of millions of yards of plastic, or inside of hexagonal sky pods, or on top of an inflatable balloons. His latest Jules Verne-tinged installation, which opened today, is no different.

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Paula Deen Canned by Food Network After Racial Slur Uproar -

Paula Deen, queen of Southern Cooking has been dropped by the Food Network after a bizarre series of events, in which she admitted using racial epithets, using slurs against gays, and that she condoned pornography and racist jokes in the workplace. According to the NY Times, She was scheduled to appear on the ?Today? show to defend her actions, but canceled at the last minute, leaving host Matt Lauer steaming. Paula then posted two odd online videos, tearfully begging her audience to forgive her for using racist language. ?I want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that I?ve done. I want to learn and grow from this. Inappropriate and hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable? (since removed from the service). Later this afternoon she posted a second video?in which she says ?The pain has been tremendous that I have caused to myself and to others?.

This is not the first controversy for Paula. Last year she was roundly criticized for continuing to push her sugar laden cooking after keeping secret her diagnosis of diabetes.

The Food Network stated that Paula?s contract would not be renewed when it expires this month.

This will not be a big loss for the food community. I hate to think she?d be causing herself more pain.

"I have a wide-range of food experience - working in the restaurant industry on both sides of the house, later in the wine industry, and finally traveling/tasting my way around the world. Whether you agree or disagree, you can always count on my unbiased opinion. I don't take free meals, and the restaurants don't know when, or if, I am coming."

Source: http://portlandfoodanddrink.com/paula-deen-canned-by-food-network-after-racial-slur-uproar/

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Attachment parenting long after adoption | Rowan Family Tree

?I?m going to make this place your home??

The song was playing on the radio as I?m driving to Penticton with two happy girls in the backseat. That?s not how we started the day though, and I thought I would dictate a post about today, from the coffee stop along the way. I think it?s a good example of what attachment parenting looks like? long past adoption day.

I?m not saying I?m the attachment parenting guru (ha!) as we?ve made many mistakes along the way. But today, I got it right.

As you know, Jason and I were gone for nine days in Morocco while my parents look after the girls. They did a great job by the way? My dad said that the jellybean jar with one candy for every day helped the girls countdown the time we were away. But I think the love and care from my parents was what held the girls together.

Nine days is a long time though, and when Jason started commuting to work in Penticton Wednesday, we got cries and screams of protest. Yesterday, Spice barely got herself together to go to school. And this morning the girls were so tired from the solstice and so upset that daddy was going to work again, that I decided to take them home for the day. So we took our time in the morning and made blue pancakes covered with sprinkles. Healthy! I know. The point is that it took time and we got to do it together. Then after getting ready for the day, the girls got busy doing massive crafts in the kitchen. 11 o?clock and we are on the road? Off to have lunch with daddy in Penticton. We both felt that even if it was 45 minutes together at the middle of the day, that would be special for the girls. So on the road we are.

I?m being reflective about attachment parenting because often we talked about the process of attachment as the foundations of our relationship post adoption. A really attachment is this ongoing process between any family members who love and trust each other. We have to work to reconnect and builds the bonds of attachment between parents. That?s what Morocco was all about! But we also have to constantly repair hurts and nurture the connection between children and parents as well.

So it doesn?t happen very often? But on days like today, we choose to put the needs of our children first. It was painstakingly obvious that our girls were feeling abandoned when daddy was going off to work, and I was not much of the salve on the wound. Somewhat humbling? Anyway, we decided that I would work this weekend instead, and tend to the children today. And I think it?s an investment that will pay off.

And what if I didn?t take the day is today to focus on the kids and drive to Penticton to have lunch with daddy?

No doubt we would?ve had hurt feelings and bad behavior all weekend. So maybe attachment parenting is self-serving! Because a little repairing now means a lot of enjoyment of my children later.

I would love to hear some of the things that you have done to support and reconnect with your kids, long past your adoption day. Or even if you gave birth to children, I would love to hear what you?ve done to put your children first. Comments?

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Sanofi's next-generation insulin shows edge over Lantus

PARIS (Reuters) - An improved version of Sanofi's blockbuster insulin Lantus is better than the older drug at controlling blood sugar lows at night, a common side effect in diabetics treated with insulin, according two late-stage tests published on Saturday.

The results for the next-generation treatment, known as U300, could strengthen Sanofi's position as it defends its no. 2 spot in the $43 billion diabetes market from rival drugs.

Lantus, a synthetic insulin developed in the 1990s, is currently Sanofi's top-selling product. Last year it grew almost 20 percent to generate 5 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in sales - but is set to lose patent protection in 2015.

The new version has shown it could reduce night-time blood sugar lows by 21 percent compared with Lantus in patients treating their disease with insulin injections, without any additional side effects.

Headline data from a second study of people taking high doses of insulin as well as diabetes pills confirmed the findings of the first study.

Full data from the two studies, which were presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting in Chicago, are expected by the end of 2013. This means Sanofi could potentially launch U300 in 2014, analysts say.

Pierre Chancel, who heads Sanofi's diabetes unit, said it was too early to give a timeline for a potential launch or provide specific sales forecasts, but said the company would aim to switch patients currently using Lantus over to the new product.

"Will it be a blockbuster? Probably yes," he told Reuters during a telephone interview.

A consensus compiled by Thomson Reuters Pharma has forecast annual sales of $974 million for U300 by 2018.

"The price would be comparable to Lantus or slightly higher, depending on the geography, but not like the pricing approach of Novo Nordisk," Chancel added.

The Danish drugmaker, the world's biggest insulin producer, has opted to sell its main drug hope, long-acting insulin Tresiba, at a considerable premium over Lantus in Europe as it is believed to hold some advantages over Sanofi's product.

Tresiba has already been approved in Europe and Japan, but is unlikely to be launched in the U.S. before 2018 while Novo Nordisk conducts more tests to satisfy regulators.

The setback for Tresiba has been good news for rival makers of insulin medicines such as Sanofi.

In addition to U300, the French group has also stepped up the development of a fixed combination of diabetes treatments Lantus and Lyxumia to sidestep an earlier setback with a similar pen device and take advantage of the delayed U.S. launch of Tresiba.

Sanofi shares - which have gained 8.4 percent since January, in line with the sector index, up 8.9 percent, but outperforming the bluechip CAC40 index, up 0.5 percent - closed at 77.41 euros on Friday.

(Reporting by Elena Berton and Noelle Mennella; Editing by Toby Chopra)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sanofis-next-generation-insulin-shows-edge-over-lantus-150410628.html

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Laughing Babies Compilation Will Make Everything Better (VIDEO)

If the endless stream of YouTube videos are anything to go by (see related links below), laughing babies are a popular and effective method of stress relief.

Shari Alyse from HooplaHa's Sharing With Shari has compiled some of the most infectious baby laughs out there into a single video that's the ultimate cure for weekday blues.

You'll feel yourself smiling before you know it. The cutie at 0:48 did us in.

And if you need more, we've got you covered. A whole collection of laughing baby videos awaits you here. Enjoy.

H/T: HooplaHa

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Too little sleep may trigger the 'munchies' by raising levels of an appetite-controlling molecule

June 17, 2013 ? Insufficient sleep may contribute to weight gain and obesity by raising levels of a substance in the body that is a natural appetite stimulant, a new study finds. The results were presented today at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

The researchers found that when healthy, lean, young adults received only 4.5 hours of sleep a night, they had higher daytime circulating, or blood, levels of a molecule that controls the pleasurable aspects of eating, compared with when they slept 8.5 hours.

"Past experimental studies show that sleep restriction increases hunger and appetite," said Erin Hanlon, PhD, research associate (assistant professor) at the University of Chicago's Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. "The mechanism for overeating after inadequate sleep may be an elevation in this endocannabinoid molecule, called 2-arachidonoylglycerol, or 2-AG."

With colleagues from the University of Chicago Medicine and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Hanlon studied nine subjects with an average age of 23 years. The subjects spent six nights in a sleep lab and then another six nights there at least a month later. In a random order, the subjects were allowed to sleep from 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. ("normal sleep -- 8.5 hours in bed") during one testing period and from 1 to 5:30 a.m. ("partial sleep restriction -- 4.5 hours in bed") during the other testing period. During waking hours, the subjects ate a controlled number of calories based on their height and weight.

After the second night of each sleep condition, the researchers took blood samples from the subjects at one-hour intervals for 24 hours. Using a highly accurate laboratory assay, they analyzed the samples for 2-AG, a component of the endocannabinoid system. Found throughout the body, this system plays an important role in the signaling of rewarding events and one's enjoyment of eating, similar to the cannabinoids in marijuana, Hanlon said.

Levels of 2-AG levels were the lowest halfway through sleep and the highest in the early afternoon, "when the pleasurable properties of food would be most beneficial," Hanlon said. She reported that the afternoon peak of 2-AG was even higher when the study participants had partial sleep restriction than when they had normal sleep.

The study results suggest that the increased hunger and appetite that subjects in previous studies have reported after sleep restriction might be due to increases in circulating 2-AG, she said.

"These findings," Hanlon said, "are highly relevant to millions of individuals who are at an increased risk of obesity and its health consequences because of chronic short sleep or sleep disruption."

This study received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Program and the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin endowment fund of the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/living_well/~3/jClJ3jXzcog/130617110935.htm

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