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Lisle High School softball ended the 2012 season on Memorial Day battling Sherrard in the supersectional. Sherrard defeated the Lions 8-2.

?Lisle senior Melanie Early will go down as one of the most talented pitchers and most liked players in Lisle softball history,? the Sun-Times writes. Read the full story.

Lisle girls soccer also capped off their season last week, ultimately finishing fourth in state. Richmond-Burton defeated Lisle 3-0 on Friday evening, according to McHenrySports.com.

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Dan Dillard, the high school?s athletic director, has been very active on Twitter. Keep up with game scores and information on tournaments hosted in Lisle.

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Taster's Choice: Why I Hate Raw Tomatoes and You Don't

I have a confession: I hate raw tomatoes. Really hate them. Really, really hate them. It?s a positively visceral reaction, beyond my conscious control. Even the smell makes me slightly nauseous. Once, as a kid, my mom got fed up with watching me shove tomatoes to the side of my plate, and insisted I couldn?t leave the dinner table until I ate them. I put it off as long as possible, but finally, desperate to get away and lose myself in the book du jour, I shoved the offending food into my mouth? and promptly gagged and spit it up. My mother, to her credit, threw up her hands in resignation. Her daughter would never eat raw tomatoes.

This intense hatred of raw tomatoes was incomprehensible to my mother; she loves them as much as I despise them. I suppose it?s equally incomprehensible to all the rest of your tomato-lovers out there. Frankly, it?s even a little incomprehensible to me, seeing as how I love ketchup and spaghetti sauce, provided there are no huge chunks of tomatoes ? boil and puree those suckers, and season with tons of garlic, olive oil, basil, thyme, and oregano, and it overcomes even my rebellious palate. All my life, I?ve been vaguely ashamed of my dislike, probably because it was such a profound disappointment to my mother, and naturally I craved her approval.

This would totally make me gag....

But no more! I just discovered that I am not alone in the blogosphere when it comes to hating raw tomatoes. Kylee Baumie of Living Green just came out of the closet as a ?mater hater.? So did Steve Bender, a.k.a., the Grumpy Gardener, and Chris Tidrick, who blogs at From the Soil. They recently discovered their mutual dislike while at a Garden2Blog event in Arkansas. Like Chris, I, too, carefully remove all bits of tomato from food and leave it on the side of the plate. Solidarity!

We mater-haters have to stick together. As Grumpy notes, ?Telling people you hate fresh tomatoes is like saying you hate giggling babies or that you loathe the prospect of world peace.?

I?ve wondered about this strange aversion for years. Why raw tomatoes? It might have something to do with the chemistry, and how it changes when tomatoes are cooked.

Oh, yes, cooking can change a foodstuff?s chemistry. For instance, there is an antioxidant called lycopene, found not just in tomatoes, but also watermelon, pink guava, red bell peppers, and papaya. In tomatoes, it seems to be affected by heat. I found a 2002 study in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry that determined levels of cis-lycopene rise 35% after tomatoes are cooked for 30 minutes at 190.4 Fahrenheit.

Rui Hai Liu, a food scientist at Cornell and the author of the study, thinks it?s because the heat breaks down the thick cells walls, and this makes it easier for the human body to absorb the nutrients bound up in those walls ? including lycopene. This seems to be confirmed by a 2008 study in the British Journal of Nutrition, which found that 198 test subjects who followed a raw food diet had low levels of lycopene, compared to other nutrients (Vitamin A, beta-carotene).

The same journal published a 2007 study by Steven Schwartz, who analyzed the structure of lycopene molecules and concluded that while the basic chemical properties of the molecule are the same whether cooked, processed, or raw, the form of lycopene that shows up in the human body has a bent molecular form, while the form in your standard raw tomato is more linear ? limiting how much can be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Schwartz developed a technique that subjects tomatoes to intense heat, and then combines them with fat (like olive oil), that changes the form from linear to bent. And that makes it more likely to be absorbed into the bloodstream. A small test study (12 subjects) did, indeed, find higher levels of lycopene in the bloodstream after consuming tomato sauces made via this process. Traditional home cooking techniques ? long, slow simmering times, reheating sauces day after day ? can have a similar effect. So cooking tomatoes does seem to change them in a chemically significant way.

Perhaps lycopene isn?t the culprit, however. I like watermelon, pink guava, red bell peppers and papaya, after all. Maybe it?s something to do with the smell, or one of the myriad other flavor compounds that?s at fault. People like me just lack certain key taste receptors, preventing us from appreciating the rich, sweet, meaty flavor of raw tomatoes that the rest of you are always rhapsodizing about. The problem is that tomatoes have something on the order of 400 volatile compounds and who knows which one of those (or combination thereof) might be responsible for the harsh reaction many of us experience in response to raw tomatoes?

Per a recent Wired article, Harry Klee, a plant molecular biologist, has managed to narrow things down a bit, identifying around two dozen compounds that seem to be involved in the tasty appeal (for people who are not me) of tomatoes. And it?s not the most likely suspects: a class called C6 volatiles. Instead, three compounds in particular ? geranial, 2-methylbutanal, and 3-methyl-1-butanol ? contribute to the sweetness of tomatoes, at least. Or maybe it has something to do with furaneol, another compound found in tomatoes that contributes to sweetness.

Frankly, the scientific community has been sadly remiss in getting to the bottom of the mystery of why raw tomatoes make some of us gag, despite a few scattered flavor studies. But they?re hot on the case of cilantro, an even more polarizing herb. I love cilantro. To me, it tastes fresh and citrusy with just a tinge of an herbal edge to it. But to some people, it just tastes like soap. Or worse. They have as strong a visceral reaction to cilantro as I have to fresh raw tomatoes.

Celebrity chef Ina Garten (a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa) admits to disliking cilantro, and Julia Child memorably confessed in a 2002 Larry King interview that if she spotted cilantro in her food, she would pick it out and ?throw it on the floor.? There are Facebook groups devoted to the haters. Sometimes people post haiku about how much they hate cilantro. (?The curry sickens/ It looked good on the menu/ Alas, cilantro.?)

... but this? Mmmmm! Pile some more on my plate!

At least cilantro haters can point to a smidgen of scientific evidence that there is a genetic component to their dislike. A couple of years ago, behavioral neuroscientist Charles J. Wysocki (who works at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia) attended a twins festival in Ohio. He asked 41 pairs of identical twins and 12 pairs of fraternal twins to rate their reactions to the taste of cilantro, on a scale of plus 11 (yummy!) to minus 11 (gross!), with 0 indicating a neutral response.

More than 80% of the identical twins (who share 100% of their DNA) rated the taste of cilantro on a par with their siblings, compared to just 42% of the fraternal twins. A new study in the journal Flavour breaks this down into ethnic groups, finding that 21% of those with East Asian roots hate cilantro, compared to just 3% of those with Middle Eastern roots.

Wysocki thinks those who hate cilantro are reacting to its odor more than its flavor, and that the haters can?t detect certain pleasing chemicals in the leaf ? instead, they just detect that soapy aspect. From a chemical compound perspective, cilantro is less complex than raw tomatoes.

According to food chemistry expert Harold McGee, there are around six substances that contribute to the telltale aroma of cilantro, mostly fat molecules known as aldehydes. And yes, similar aldehydes can also be found in soaps and lotions ? and bugs, which make use of aldehyde-drenched body fluids as either an attractant or a repellant.? In contrast, Wysocki says that the fresh, flavorful, pleasantly herbal compound derives from dodecenal.

Wysocki conducted an experiment involving gas chromatography, a device that uses heat to separate the various molecules in something like cilantro, so subjects can take a whiff of each separate compound. People who like cilantro first detected the soapy scent, followed by the stronger citrus-y herbal scent we savor; but cilantro haters couldn?t smell the latter. At all.

?The person who hates cilantro is, in fact, detecting the soapy odor. But what they seem to be missing is the nice, aromatic green component,? Wysocki told MSNBC in 2011. ?It?s possible that they have a mutated or even an absent receptor gene for the receptor protein that would interact with the very pleasant smelling compound.?

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts also have Facebook groups for the haters. And here there is even stronger evidence of a genetic link ? in this case, the ability (or lack thereof) to taste bitterness, or certain bitter chemical compounds. I share the ability to taste bitterness with roughly two-thirds of the population.

In 1931, a chemist named Arthur L. Fox accidentally released the powdered form of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) in his lab. He didn?t notice anything unusual, but his lab mate sensed a bitter taste. Subsequent experiments confirmed that this variation existed in the broader population, and that not being able to taste bitterness was a recessive genetic trait.

Perhaps, as Faye Flam mused last year, it is a side effect of some other gene or genes that adapted so we?d be sensitive to the acrid bitter taste of dangerous toxins, although this is still in the realm of speculation. One could argue that those without the bitter taste ability should have died off long ago as they blissfully munched on toxic plants ? mass extinction through poison. Yet people still inherit that recessive trait.

Blech! You can keep your Brussels sprouts too.

Those who can sense bitterness are probably responding to compounds called glucosinolates, present in most cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower. I happen to dislike all three, although not on the same visceral gag-worthy level as raw tomatoes. (I can, and have, eaten all in a pinch.) But on this front, at least, I can claim that part of that aversion lies in my genes.

About 25% of the population can?t taste propylthiouracil (PROP), a chemical that is similar to the bitter compounds found in cabbage, raw broccoli, coffee, tonic water, and dark beers. They are, in essence, ?taste blind.? I do not fall into that 25%; I?m sensitive to this particular bitter taste, thanks to a gene called TAS2R38 that encodes taste receptors on the tongue.

I have the (GG) variant; that and the (CG) version both result in being able to taste bitterness, since (C) is the dominant allele. The (CC) allele is the taste-blind version, although even then, there is a 20% chance that one still might be able to sense some bitterness, depending on what other genes they inherit.

There are 25 ?bitterness? genes known thus far; different bitter foods act through different receptors, and people can be high or low responders for one but not another. This is probably why I don?t mind grapefruit or tonic water, but balk at cruciferous vegetables.

Of course, genes are only half the story when it comes to, well, just about any trait, including taste preferences. No one gene could ever be responsible for whether we love or hate specific foods. There are so many different compounds related to flavor and aroma, not to mention texture (mouth feel), all of which contribute to how much we savor or loathe a food.

Furthermore, those tastes are subject to change. There are lots of foods I disliked as a child that I?ve come to tolerate, even savor. Raw tomatoes, though, still make me gag; that preference has withstood the test of time. Consider this a plea for everyone to be less quick to pass judgment on those who like things we loathe, or loathe things we love. It?s not like you?re going to shame anyone out of their dislike. Some of us just can?t help it.

Images: (top) Via Mrs. Dull?s Nourished Kitchen. (center) Thamizhpparithi Maari, Creative Commons/Wikimedia. (bottom) Eric Hunt, Creative Commons/Wikimedia.

References:

(Don?t judge me! Behold teh SCIENCE!)

Bufe et al. (2005) ?The molecular basis of individual differences in phenylthiocarbamide and propylthiouracil bitterness perception,? Current Biology 15:322-327.

Dewento, Veronica et al. (2002) ?Thermal processing enhances the nutritional value of tomatoes by increasing total antioxidant activity,? Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50(10), 3010-3014.

Drayna (2005) ?Human taste genetics,? Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 6:217-35.

Duffy et al. (2004) ?Bitter receptor gene (TAS2R38), 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) bitterness and alcohol intake,? Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28(11):1629-37.

Garcia, A.L. et al. (2008) ?Long-term strict raw food diet is associated with favorable plasma beta-carotene and low plasma lycopene concentrations in Germans,? British Journal of Nutrition 99(6), 1293-300.

Hayes, John et al. (2010) ?Allelic Variation in TAS2R Bitter Receptor Genes Associates with Variation in Sensations from and Ingestive Behaviors toward Common Bitter Beverages in Adults,? Chemical Senses, 36(3), 311-319.

Mauer, Lilli and El-Soheny, Ahmed. (2012) ?Prevalence of Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) Disliking Among Different Ethnocultural Groups,? Flavour 1(8).

Onsekiz, Canakkale. (2001) ?The Chemistry of Fresh Tomato Flavor,? Turkish Journal of Agricultural For. 25, 149-155.

Prodi et al. (2004) ?Bitter taste study in a sardinian genetic isolate supports the association of phenylthiocarbamide sensitivity to the TAS2R38 bitter receptor gene,? Chemical Senses 29(8):397-702.

Tepper (1998) ?6-n-propylthiouracil: a genetic marker for taste, with implications for food preference and dietary habits,? American Journal of Human Genetics 63:1271-1276.

Tieman, Denise et al. (2012) ?The Chemical Interactions Underlying Tomato Flavor Preferences,? Current Biology 22(1), May 24, 2012.

Unlu, Nuray Z. et al. (2007) ?Lycopene from heat-induced cis-isomer-rich tomato sauce is more bioavailable than from all-trans-rich tomato sauce in human subjects,? British Journal of Nutrition 98(1), 140-146.

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Insert Coin: Twig, the tiny iPhone cable that's also a tripod (video)

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line.

Imagine an iPhone cable that was only four-inches long, doubled as a tripod and could bend to your every whim? That's the idea behind Twig, designed by former WIMM engineer Jason Hilbourne, who wanted something studier, smaller and more portable than Cupertino's "limp noodle." In partnership with an iOS accessory maker, the cable's three sturdy prongs will transform into a dock, wrap around objects or create a free-standing tripod for your FaceTime needs. It needs $50,000 to turn from dismembered action-figure prototype to reality, with an $18 pledge enough to secure you one of the first to leave the factory. After the break we've got the pitch footage, which includes what happens when you start prototyping with your Speed Racer dolls.

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James' 32 lift Heat past Celtics, 93-79

Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) dunks the ball over Boston Celtic's Paul Pierce during the first half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoffs series, Monday May, 28, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) dunks the ball over Boston Celtic's Paul Pierce during the first half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoffs series, Monday May, 28, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Boston Celtics' Ray Allen, center, restrains Rajon Rondo as Rondo complains to official Dan Crawford, during the first half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoffs series, Monday May, 28, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Miami Heat's Shane Battier (31) defends Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce (34) during the first half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoffs series, Monday May, 28, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra shouts at this team during the first half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoffs series against the Boston Celtics, Monday May, 28, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Boston Celtics' head coach Doc Rivers shouts at this team during the first half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Miami Heat, Monday May, 28, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MIAMI (AP) ? A big early Miami lead was wasted. Once the Heat took control again, they simply ran away from the Boston Celtics.

And the NBA finals are now three wins away for LeBron James and the Heat.

James scored 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, Dwyane Wade scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and the Heat beat the Celtics 93-79 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Shane Battier, playing in the conference finals for the first time, scored 10 points and had 10 rebounds for the Heat, who wasted an early 11-point first-half lead before running away to break a halftime tie. Miami outrebounded the Celtics 48-33, and blocked 11 Boston shots.

It was those last two stats that had James lauding the night as a team effort.

"We get a lot of the press, we get a lot of the headlines," James said. "But our teammates, they do everything to help us win ball games."

Kevin Garnett scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Boston, which got 16 points, nine rebounds and seven assists from Rajon Rondo and 12 points from Paul Pierce. Ray Allen shot just 1 for 7 from the floor for Boston, which was outscored by 10 in the first quarter and 11 in the third.

"On the road, you can't have two quarters of lulls," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.

Game 2 is Wednesday night in Miami.

It's the third straight year the Heat and Celtics have met in the playoffs, the third straight year James has seen his postseason path go through Boston as well ? the first of those matchups coming in 2010, his final run with Cleveland.

Each of those came in the first or second rounds, not this close to the NBA finals.

And while both sides would say there's a long way to go in this series, Game 1 winners have a decided edge in any best-of-seven, the conference final being no exception. In the most recent 10 postseasons, teams with 1-0 leads in conference finals have advanced 15 out of 20 times. One of the five instances of a team rallying from a one-game deficit was last year, when Miami ousted Chicago in five games.

Last season's Miami-Boston series ended with James scoring the final 10 points of Game 5, and the start of this year's matchup had him putting on another offensive display.

He had 13 points in the first quarter ? two more than the entire Celtics roster ? and Miami ran out to a 21-11 lead after the opening period. Garnett made three of his four shots in the quarter, while everyone else in Boston green was 2 for 16 from the floor.

"They came to play," Rivers said. "I mean Miami."

The 11 points matched the lowest output by any team in the opening quarter this postseason. The other team to manage that few was San Antonio, which then dropped 32 on the Los Angeles Clippers in the second quarter of their game on May 19.

The Celtics' response was even better.

Boston scored 35 in the second quarter, erasing what was an 11-point deficit early in the period by scoring 27 points in the final 8:46 of the half to pull into a 46-all tie. Rondo, Garnett and Pierce combined to score 23 points in the quarter, looking absolutely vintage, near-perfect offensive execution getting to Miami time and time again. And the Celtics' comeback happened even while they got hit with three technical fouls in the second quarter, plus Allen missing four first-half free throws ? matching his career-worst for an entire game.

In the end, it went down as merely a one-quarter lapse for Miami.

Another technical foul, this one on Rondo, came in the third quarter, likely born from frustration as the Heat started to roll again.

With the game tied at 50, Rondo missed three shots in a 31-second span early in the third, the last of those getting blocked by Battier ? who hit a 3-pointer 11 seconds later. It started a 9-2 Miami burst, including a touchdown pass from Wade to James ? Wade grabbed the rebound of a miss by Pierce, spun and delivered a 90-foot pass to the reigning MVP ? for an easy score.

Miami led by as many as 13 late in the third, before taking a 72-61 lead into the fourth. James scored 10 more in the third, Boston went cold again shooting just 27 percent in the period, and Wade's left-handed bullet pass into the lane set up Joel Anthony for a dunk that pushed the Heat lead to 15 with 10:13 remaining.

"We'll go back and see what we can do better," Rivers said. "And we'll fix it."

NOTES: Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is now 6-0 in Game 1s at home. ... James passed Sam Jones (2,909) for 22nd on the NBA's playoff scoring list with a layup late in the first quarter, and Garnett passed Dirk Nowitzki (1,314) for 22nd on the league's postseason rebound list. ... The Heat left the floor at halftime with a 48-46 lead, then had two points by Anthony taken off after a lengthy reviewed showed he had a basket after the shot clock expired. ... Miami F Chris Bosh did a light pregame workout, but still remains out indefinitely with a lower abdominal strain. He was on the Heat bench for the first time in Miami's last six games.

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?We know the adage that 90% of investment returns are a product of asset allocation but what does that mean?? Many people assume asset allocation and diversification are one in the same when in fact diversification is a possible method of asset allocation.? In a previous post, I discussed how to determine your risk tolerance. ?Asset allocation is building a portfolio that matches your risk tolerance with your desired return.?

?Looking to buy a house in a year? ?Your asset allocation may be in cash instruments with relatively low risk and similarly low return to preserve your capital. ?You are employing an allocation strategy that meets your goals despite it not being diversified. ?Do you have a longer time horizon with less defined goals? ?This is when a more diversified portfolio may be part of your strategy. ?Diversifying in loosely correlated asset classes may help over the long haul when one market sector takes a dive. Whatever allocation you choose, it is important to review your portfolio regular to make sure it is still in line with your risk tolerance and goals.?

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Insider phrase #1: ?Asset Allocation?

Decoded: You have X amount of money burning a hole in your pocket to invest.? That cash is an asset, and you want to allocate it to other different assets that make you money (examples being gold, stocks, bonds).? Allocate enough of that cash into many pieces of different assets, and you will what is called by finance peeps as ?diversified portfolio.?

Insider phrase #2: ?Risk tolerance and return relationship?

Decoded: Have aspirations of earning 100% on your investment in some fly by night mining company?? Rest assured that while the payoff could be huge, you must have a willingness to lose it all to net that 100%.? This is known as having a ?high risk tolerance.?

Insider Phrase #3: ?Cash Instruments?

Decoded: Sure do wish a saxophone could be blown and out comes cold, hard cash.? Alas, no go.? A cash instrument is a CD or government bill that is like owning cash because it could be sold quickly to raise some cash.

Insider Phrase #4: ?Loosely Correlated Asset Classes?

Decoded: Owning a home is an asset.? Owning a stock in an oil company is an asset.? If oil prices go up it will unlikely cause the value of your home to drop that day, hence these two assets are loosely correlated.

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What can you expect when the Moon moves into Cancer? Is this a good time for personal relationships? Read on to find out all about the Moon in Cancer!?

The Moon?s transit into sensitive Cancer makes you very emotional and impulsive. You will apparently have no control on your moods due to the influence of the Moon. At times, you may even experience extreme mood swings. You will also devote a lot of time and effort to the well-being of your family members. It is a good time for you careerwise and you face no major issues here. Water based activities help you relax during this period of the Water sign Cancer. The time is right for all of you to start a new creative venture. Your thoughts will be unique and you will finally, come up with something brilliant!

Expect personal relationships to be enhanced and also old ties to be renewed. You will realize your mistakes and will be ready to apologize. The time is right for starting new romantic relationships. You will be able to express how you really feel and even make a commitment to that someone special.

This Moon in Cancer transit is especially lucky for Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio. You will benefit by making the most of your ideas. A great time to initiate new projects or ventures. Foreign shores will bring you good news after a long time.

Moon in Cancer profile-Certainly not the easiest person to understand, you are an introvert with a capital I. Emotions are hidden beneath the tough exterior that you possess ? quite similar to the crustacean that represents your zodiac sign. Although you can be kind and affable, your mood swings are unpredictable, tending to be bitter and melancholic, often feeling hurt unnecessarily. While you like to draw sympathy, you can be fairly insensitive towards others, snapping, being rude and short-tempered. However, your seemingly cruel behavior is only a clever means to hide your own insecurities and complexes. You can be admirably kind, generous, understanding and gracious, if all is well with you. Cancerians can be seen involved in many charitable activities, although they will all be at a very public level. No matter how unpleasant you may seem to some people, you have a conscience that prompts you to do the right things ? like standing by people in their time of need.

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????May 25, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Study Finds Florida No. 1 in Fatal Car Accidents Involving Elders

Florida attracts many retirees. And as baby boomers retire and live longer, healthier lives, it means more drivers 65 or older on Florida's roads. In fact, Florida state officials estimate that by 2030, one in four drivers will be 65 or older. Currently 20 percent of Florida drivers are 65 or older.

That has many traffic safety advocates worried, as a recent study by TRIP, a national transportation research group, found that Florida had the most traffic deaths involving the elderly in the nation. While that is due in part to Florida's significant elderly population, age does not appear to be the only factor; California actually has the most elder drivers in the nation, but fewer fatal car accidents involving elders than Florida. Texas has the highest per capita rate with 10.7 deaths per 100,000 licensed drivers older than 65, compared to 9.87 and 6.9 in Florida and California, respectively.

It isn't clear why Florida and Texas have significantly more traffic deaths for elders than California. Some analysts believe Florida needs alternatives to driving to keep elders mobile, as part of the reason might be that elderly Floridians drive more. In addition, better designed roadways and clear traffic signs might help elderly drivers navigate, as many retirees come from different states and are unfamiliar with Florida's roads.

Another suggestion includes stricter licensing requirements, as well as elder-driving classes.

Florida Department of Transportation's Safe Mobility for Life manager Gail Holley told the Sun Sentinel that she was glad of the variety of suggestions in the study, such as elderly-friendly vehicles. "Older driver safety is about improving quality of life, not just roadways and licensing," she told the Sun Sentinel.

Preventing car accidents involving elders could save younger lives as well. While 271 elderly drivers lost their lives in car accidents on Florida roads in 2011, 503 people of all ages were killed in an accident involving an elderly driver last year.

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More than 1,500 Afghans block the highway between Kabul and Kandahar in Seed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 26, 2012. The protesters demanded a stop to military night operations. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

More than 1,500 Afghans block the highway between Kabul and Kandahar in Seed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 26, 2012. The protesters demanded a stop to military night operations. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A NATO airstrike killed eight members of a family, including children, according to Afghan officials who claim that such attacks damage the civilian population's trust in international troops who have been fighting in the country for more than a decade.

The U.S.-led coalition said it was aware of the allegation and was investigating the attack late Saturday in a remote part of Paktia province.

The killings of civilians by foreign forces has been a major irritant in President Hamid Karzai's relationship with his international partners. The Afghan leader warned earlier this month that civilian casualties could undermine a strategic partnership with the U.S. that is to govern long-term relations after most international troops withdraw by the end of 2014.

NATO also reported Sunday that four coalition service members were killed in separate roadside bomb attacks Saturday in southern Afghanistan, bringing to 166 the number of NATO deaths so far this year.

The British Ministry of Defense said one of its soldiers was killed Saturday in an explosion in the Nahr-e Saraj region of southern Helmand province. The nationalities of the others killed were not released.

Rohullah Samon, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said Mohammad Shafi, his wife and their six children died in an airstrike around 8 p.m. in Suri Khail village of Gurda Saria district.

"Shafi was not a Taliban. He was not in any opposition group against the government. He was a villager," Samon said. "Right now, we are working on this case to find out the ages of their children and how many of them are boys and girls."

Karzai said he has sent a delegation to the village to investigate the incident.

NATO also said it was investigating.

"We acknowledge that coalition forces were conducting an operation in Paktia province against a large number of insurgents last night and we also are aware of the media reports today of civilian casualty allegations in that area," Army Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings, a coalition spokesman, said.

Taliban attacks have killed more civilians than foreign forces, but public anger over the issue is usually directed at the international community.

Tensions spiked after Afghan officials reported that 18 civilians had died recently in four airstrikes in Logar, Kapisa, Badghis and Helmand provinces. That led Karzai to issue his warning earlier this month.

"If the lives of Afghan people are not safe, the signing of the strategic partnership has no meaning," Karzai's office said.

Last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, with 3,021 killed as insurgents ratcheted up violence with suicide attacks and roadside bombs, the United Nations said in its latest report on civilian deaths. The U.N. attributed 77 percent of the deaths to insurgent attacks and 14 percent to actions by international and Afghan troops. Nine percent of cases were classified as having an unknown cause.

Elsewhere, two civilians were killed Sunday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Marjah district of Helmand province in the south, provincial spokesman Daud Ahmadi said.

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Associated Press writer Mirwais Khan in Kandahar contributed to this report.

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Precisely what is FOREX?

Foreign exchange stands for this currency exchange market, which can be a major international financial market exactly where values tend to be traded. This currency exchange market started out in the Seventies and is also now the largest fiscal market place on the globe, with the common everyday revenues associated with US$1.In search of billion. That is certainly twenty five periods the volume of every day task upon all of the US stock markets.

Each Forex trade consists of simultaneously buying one currency exchange along with marketing an additional. For example, if you feel the particular Dollar will certainly climb in accordance with the particular dollar, you would position a new Euro/Dollar trade. The forex trading technique might next choose the Pound and then sell on an equivalent quantity of the particular Money. And then, if you want to shut your role, you would location a new Dollar/Euro business. This could buy the Dollar and sell the Dinar. If the Dollar had gone up contrary to the Greenback, you would make a profit, but when it acquired gone down compared to the actual Dollar you would produce a loss.

What foreign currencies are usually traded?

The majority of the worlds values are for sale to business, nevertheless the most of market place action consists of a group of key currencies, such as the US Money, the actual Dollar, the actual Pound, the particular Europe Franc along with Sterling.

Where is the foreign exchange market found?

As opposed to many financial markets around the world, Forex trading just isnt central by using an change. Alternatively the idea runs using any schedule called the interbank industry or Over the Counter-top (Over-the-counter). As each Forex trading requires a couple of mutual positions (buy one currency and then sell on an additional), they are executed digitally along with just about any dealer whos ready to accept the business.

That can trade inside the Foreign exchange?

Usually, access to forex trading ended up being limited to consumer banking companies, which include main finance institutions, business finance institutions along with expenditure banks. For this reason that is run on a process known as the interbank industry.

Nevertheless, the volume of non lender contributors in the Currency markets, which includes worldwide organizations, funds administrators, funds agents and investors, is increasing quickly. And due to your comparatively tiny amount of funds forced to available a trading account (usually $500) Forex trading can be checking to be able to a great number of all the time. In case you are above Eighteen, possess throttle the sufficient income to spread out an investing accounts, the concept of Currency trading will be on hand.

When was the foreign currency market wide open with regard to exchanging?

As Foreign exchange doesnt can be found in just a classic exchange, its the just 24 / 7 monetary market on the planet. Foreign currency trading begins every single day inside Quarterly report and then goes worldwide because significant global markets inside Tokyo, Manchester and also Nyc wide open.

To put it differently, you will always find investors a place on the planet who are actively exchanging foreign currencies. This means you may make trades as well as answer significant interpersonal, financial and politics activities day and nite. Nonetheless, you will find theres quick sleep period from close up involving trading on the U . s . fiscal marketplace about Comes to an end right up until exchanging begins around australia about Friday day. Even so, because of the moment differences around the world, now simply can last for approximately 48 hours.

What is a trading border?

Forex positions are made in a lot of $100,1000. When you provide that amount of cash to cover your role when you may industry, the market would once once more be restricted to banking institutions as well as other institutional investors. Therefore brokers established the principle regarding perimeter buying and selling. In place they allow website visitors to trade $100,500 blocks associated with currency if theyd like to offer an portion of protection versus prospective loss.

By way of example, they may permit website visitors to business over a margin of 1% (compared, standard inventory brokerages typically have to have a 50% edge). Which means that they could business $100,500 prevents, provided their accounts is made up of at least $100,000 by 1% Equals $1000. $ 1, 000 may shield the broker versus any kind of possible cutbacks their customer helps make (forex ideals seldom fluctuate by greater than 1% in a day). In case a companys consideration is decreased by simply losses (we.e. lowering the brokers security under appropriate ranges), the particular dealer can close just about all investments and also demand one more deposit just before even more deals can be produced.

Exchanging margin lets people to manage huge amounts of foreign currency wiith fairly small amounts of capital (frequently Fifty, A hundred or even 200 instances the quantity of funds that they have put in). This may lead to substantial results, however increases the likelihood of dropping the majority of or perhaps your entire investment finance.

Just how much does it cost?

Due to the exchanging margin made available from most Foreign exchange brokers, its possible to open up a free account and obtain began buying and selling using a comparatively little money.

Currency trading positions come in lots of $100,Thousand. Nevertheless, nearly all Forexs brokes gives you a control ratio all the way to 100:A single, so that you have the capability to control any $100,500 invest as low as $1000 within your accounts. A few agents will provide control associated with 2 hundred:A single and even 500:1, allowing you to commence with as few as $500 or perhaps $250 with your bank account.

Nonetheless, remember to remember that despite the fact that better influence allows you to get the maximum profit potential, additionally, it raises the danger aspect. The larger the influence rate, smaller investing change that is to be forced to eliminate the trading funds. So pick the level of power that you use wisely.
For brand new dealers, it could be safer to start with control of Something like 20:One or 55:One particular. This will likely improve the amount you will want to available a forex account, however it will certainly decrease the probability of discovering all your exchanging funds go away as a result of small change in the price of the currency exchange.

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