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Short, long, coarse, fine, somewhere in between...whatever type of hair you have, your goal is the same: You want it to be shampoo-commercial material! To help you achieve that dream, SELF got advice from top experts on how you can make the best-tressed list. Turn the page to find the most flattering cut (one word: layers—yep, for everybody), coloring news to make at-home results look professional (highlighting? Go easy on the dye at your roots) and hair-care know-how (such as what's the best brush) to keep your strands their healthiest and most beautiful ever.
Because layers are a bit imprecise, they give hair texture and movement at every length. Show your favorite to your stylist.
SHORT____Fresh crop
Best for Thin or wavy hair. Fine strands can seem lifeless when long; this cut ditches the deadweight. Wavy hair is usually straight near the root, so at this length less wave makes hair look sleeker.
Pro tip Keep top layers long to head off an unflattering Q-tip effect, says Rob Cook, salon director of Van Michael in Atlanta.
New pixie
Best for Proportional, oval faces. You can't hide behind or use hair to compensate for, say, a high hairline.
Pro tip Extra length on top, styled spiky, not sleek, makes a standard Mia Farrow pixie hip. Use creamy pomades or sprays that dry matte. Hair wet with wax or gel looks unfinished.
MEDIUM____The bob
Best for Straight hair. Ends that fall at your jaw can make it look wider, so if your face is full, go for a midneck length, says Damien Miano of Miano Vi?l salon in New York City.
Pro tip Even with layers, a bob can seem too precise. Ask your stylist to texturize the ends (not cut them bluntly), and on casual days, create light texture and body with a volumizing cream.
Easy chic
Best for Curls. Unlike shorter cuts, this style sustains its soft shape even as hair grows. And you can still put up your hair, but it's cropped enough that curls stay bouncy.
Pro tip Add layers with interior cutting—shorter pieces under longer panels, which will then hang over to prevent a puffy ball of ringlets, says Chris Yoshimura, owner of Siren salon in Chicago.
Best for Thick, curly hair. Let hair fall no longer than a few inches past your clavicle or the weight can flatten the top, creating a cone shape.
Pro tip If curls are stiff or frizzy, your style will suffer, so instead of a crunchiness-inducing gel, pick a curl cream, such as Neutrogena Triple MoistureLeave-In Cream.
Major layers
Best for Straight or wavy strands. Layers frame your face and break up a curtain of long hair. Keeping them many different lengths, not only two or three, looks even more appealing.
Pro tip Mist on spray wax, which is lighter than jar formulas, so it gives volume. Then use your fingers to define and flip the ends of the layers.
Hue-ray! Essential tips for getting the shade you want at home
YOUR GOAL Lighten up
Before you begin, put clips in the pieces you will highlight. That way, the first streaks won't get too light while you deliberate. Pick thin sections and vary the space between them. Apply dye from the ends up; sun-made highlights are never very blonde near the roots, says Patrick McIvor, a Redken colorist at Cutler salon in NYC.
YOUR GOAL Go darker
If you color over blonde highlights, remember that bleached hair soaks up a lot of pigment, which could give you a hue that's goth, not gorgeous. Use a shade lighter than the result you want and color on towel-dried hair. The water fills the strands, so less dye seeps in. The first time, try a wash-out formula. You won't be stuck with a too-dark tint, and as the color fades, you can decide if lighter would work better next time.
YOUR GOAL Boost vibrance
Does your color seem drab? New at-home shine-enhancing treatments act like lip gloss, delivering instant shine and a brighter look. Some leave a hint of color (but don't change it), so if you have highlights, pick the shade that matches the blondest strands.
Tricks for treating your hair right so you can reap the healthy, beautiful rewards
ABUSE Heat styling
Overly hot tools scorch hair, making strands brittle.
CURE Opt for an iron with multiple heat settings and put it on medium. (Tools don't have to be on fire to work.) If you use an aluminum brush with a blow-dryer to create curls, keep the brush moving. "The metal heats up fast and can burn pieces that sit on it too long," Cook says.
ABUSE Using the wrong products
Too much gel and mousse can dry out hair; a lack of TLC post-color may rob you of softness and shine.
CURE Use alcohol-free formulas (try L.A. Looks Gel Smoothie). Also put products on semidry, not soaked, hair. They won't dilute, so you're less likely to overdo it. Color-specific products can help address issues unique to bottle blondes (damaged cuticles) or brunettes (coarse texture). A mask keeps colored hair soft. Apply at night so it has time to work; an A.M. shampoo removes heavy hydrators.
ABUSE Rough handling
Rubbing wet hair creates frizz; tearing through tangles with a brush snaps strands. CURE Lightly blot and lift hair with a towel to dry, Miano says. Then lubricate with leave-in conditioner or detangler. Also, brush before you shower, which may help prevent tangles afterward.


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Confirmed for HHS, Sebelius turns to health care, swine flu
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services secretary.
The 65-31 vote places her at the tip of the spear of the Obama administration's efforts to deal with a sudden, worrisome spread of swine flu and its campaign to overhaul the nation's health care system.
As a sign of the importance that the White House puts on her post, Sebelius flew back to Washington from Topeka and took the oath of office in a quick Oval Office ceremony Tuesday night.
She then immediately went to the White House Situation Room for a briefing about the flu outbreak by John Brennan, the assistant to the president for Homeland Security.
President Barack Obama said he was "thrilled" to have Sebelius in his administration.
"We wanted to swear her in right away because we've got a lot of health challenges," he said. "We need all hands on deck. I expect her to hit the ground running. She is the right person at the right time for the job."
The approval of Sebelius, a Democrat, drew quick praise from key players in that effort, including the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Both were vocal opponents when the Clinton administration tried to tackle health care in the 1990s.
"Governor Sebelius is the right person for the job," said Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the Finance Committee. "She has political experience, determination and a bipartisan work ethic to get the job done. She knows the nuts and bolts of the health care system and she's been a governor so she knows how to work with Democrats and Republicans."
Among Sebelius' Republican backers were her two home-state senators, Pat Roberts, a longtime family friend, and Sam Brownback, who plans to run for Kansas governor next year.
Brownback, an ardent opponent of abortion, stuck to his pledge to support Sebelius, who favors abortion rights, even after she vetoed a bill last week that would've restricted late-term abortions.
In a statement after the vote, Brownback cited a "long tradition of bipartisanship" on home-state nominees. He also said that while they "fundamentally disagree" on some issues, it was important to have someone leading the agency in light of the swine flu outbreak.
Sebelius' nomination ran into some bumpy spots since President Barack Obama named her nine weeks ago. It came to light that she owed nearly $8,000 in back taxes and also received political contributions from a doctor who performs late-term abortions.
While conservative activists outside Capitol Hill tried to drum up opposition, her hearings produced no fireworks, and the outcome of her nomination never really seemed to be in doubt.
She drew bipartisan support for her grasp of the complexities of reforming healthcare, stemming from her two terms as Kansas insurance commissioner.
"This secretary is going to be charged with fulfilling this president's idea that all Americans should have health coverage," said Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.
Critics objected to her pro-abortion rights views and her association with George Tiller, who operates an abortion clinic in Wichita that performs late-term abortions. He was also a political contributor.
"That's a nonstarter with me, not because I dislike her," said Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, a doctor. "I think she's a wonderful lady, but I think she lacks part of the moral clarity that is required to lead this nation into the future. I have no doubt that she will be approved today, so I mark it as another sign on our way to oblivion as a nation."
Opponents also were concerned that Obama administration policies could lead to health care rationing. They also cited her support for a government-run option to provide competition for the private insurance market.
"How in the world can the private market compete when the federal government comes in and sets prices?" asked Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.
Sebelius fills the last vacancy in Obama's cabinet. She was his second choice after former Sen. Tom Daschle withdrew over tax problems.
Flu outbreak will be early test for Sebelius at HHS
Palin supporters voice concerns about Sebelius
Sebelius vetoes new abortion rules
Sebelius spells out how she'd view abortion as HHS head
Sebelius gets gentle hearing, with little mention of taxes
Health-care overhaul could hinge on procedural gamble
Add Sebelius to list of Obama cabinet picks with tax troubles
Kansas' Sebelius to become Health and Human Services secretary

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Our boiler broke.
For five days we were without heat or hot water.
We had to cope with washing in a freezing bathroom with water hot from the kettle.
I cancelled an evening meeting last night because, quite frankly, I wasn't confident how fresh I smelled.
It wasn't until this morning, day six, that husband turned round and said,
'Would it help to switch the immersion on?'


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One of the quickest ways to show how tough you are in the Army is to wear a Ranger tab. In the two months it takes to earn, a soldier's mental and physical endurance is pushed to the absolute limits. He survives on one meal a day and a few hours of sleep per night.
He arrives at Ft. Benning in the best shape of his life and will lose an average of 20 pounds if he stays the full course.
The Discovery Channel's "Surviving the Cut" shows the 61-day course at Fort Benning and offers the world a glimpse at some of the toughest military training around. The attrition rate at Ranger School is intense and less than one-in-three achieve the coveted tab.
But that exclusivity carries certain privileges. At the sight of a Ranger tab on another soldier's uniform, it's not uncommon for new recruits to say: "He's a Ranger? They kill motherf*ckers!" Or something very similar.


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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
My Travel Map
8 comments:
- Don Hudson said...
I think you need to take a Trans-Canadian railroad trip. Color in northern most America.
- Wed Jan 09, 05:34:00 PM 2008
- azure said...
I think it's way more also. You have traveled more than anybody else I know!
- Wed Jan 09, 07:46:00 PM 2008
i notice south georgia island is missing from your map . . .
- Wed Jan 09, 09:35:00 PM 2008
- Ed Ward said...
Second Don's idea. That's a great trip.
- Thu Jan 10, 08:18:00 AM 2008
- Don said...
Unless you are trying to make a political statement for separatism, being in Quebec means that all of Canada should be green.
- Thu Jan 10, 08:56:00 AM 2008
- Marie said...
Hey, the travelmap site let me break down some countries by states and regions! The US states I haven't been to aren't green either, and Western Australia isn't green.
The Canada rail trip is one I've wanted to take for a long time. It does sound great, who cares that going to Canada wouldn't increase my 36%? Though we all know from the Antarctica article that I am a closet country-counter.
e, you can't see South Georgia on this map. Now you're just getting carried away.
- Thu Jan 10, 10:04:00 AM 2008
- Marc Siry said...
I'm like the inverse Marie. I haven't been many places, but I *have* been to the Dominican Republic and South Korea.
Now I guess I have to visit Saudi Arabia and Madagascar.
- Thu Jan 10, 11:03:00 AM 2008
- Marie said...
That's it. I'm going to the D.R.
- Thu Jan 10, 11:05:00 AM 2008


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For Immediate Release: June 23, 2011
Contact: Alan Barber, (202) 293-5380 x115
Washington D.C. - With the unemployment rate at a painfully high 9.1 percent, the majority of Americans list jobs as their number one economic concern. A new report from the Center from Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) suggests that in the current economic climate work sharing may be the most effective way to avoid many layoffs and quickly return the economy to full employment with little additional spending.
"The labor market in the United States is still suffering the effects of the last recession," said Dean Baker, co-director of CEPR and author of the report. "With the economy operating well below its full capacity, work sharing could be a significant factor in preventing layoffs and lowering the unemployment rate."
The report, "Work Sharing: the Quick Route Back to Full Employment," describes a system of work sharing that would give employers an incentive to keep workers on their payrolls with shorter hours as an alternative to laying them off. This would be attached to the current unemployment insurance system with short-time compensation as an alternative to unemployment compensation.
"We have already seen that work sharing works in the example of Germany," Baker continued. "While most countries saw their unemployment levels spike during the recession, Germany, which already had a work-sharing system in place, saw its unemployment rate fall 0.4 percentage points below the rate at the start of the downturn."
Work sharing is a practical, but underutilized, policy option here in the United States. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) plans to soon reintroduce legislation along these lines to incentivize work sharing domestically.
In addition to most nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) having some experience with work sharing, 21 states in the United States already have work sharing programs in place. While recognizing some implementation issues could be addressed to make it more attractive, the report presents hypothetical take-up rates and the likely impact of work sharing on productivity in the United States.
Perhaps due to a misplaced focus on deficits rather than jobs, the U.S. economy remains weak and growth is tepid at best. With threats of a possible double-dip recession and more rounds of layoffs looming, work sharing may very well be the most economically and politically viable means of lowering the unemployment rate.


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Makeshift memorial honors marathon's dead, injured
BOSTON (AP) -- The barricade separating the rest of Boylston Street from the active crime scene that was the Boston Marathon's finish line has become a shrine. Ed Starbuck has become its "unofficial manager."
As people step across the velvet ropes to lay a bouquet or write a message on one of the cards laid out in the street, Starbuck's 5-year-old beagle, Rosie, thanks them with a lick or a nuzzle.
"A couple of days ago, I was on the couch and getting mad like everybody else," the 57-year-old retiree in the red-white-and-blue windbreaker said as a stiff breeze tugged at the flags he has fastened along the metal gates. "And I decided to come and volunteer at the memorial."
Each day since Monday's bombings, Starbuck boards a bus from his home in Hyannis on Cape Cod for the hour-and-a-half ride.
During one of his trips, he sewed together a string of small American flags to hang beside a collection that now stretches the width of Boylston and includes the iconic "Don't Tread on Me" banner with the snake.
The barricade runs along fashionable Berkeley Street.
Starbuck sat on a plastic milk crate at one end, beside three white crosses erected in memory of those who died in the twin blasts.
A pair of running shoes and a marathon medal with its unicorn symbol hung from the barrier behind him, and a string of brightly colored Buddhist prayer flags flapped in the breeze in front of the gathered crowd.
Thursday afternoon, two members of the Massachusetts National Guard's 747th Military Police Company, in fatigues and black bullet-proof vests, laid a unit and American flag patches on the sidewalk in front of Starbuck.
"Thank you," he said to the men, one of whom had a tear clinging to the end of his nose. "You guys are doing a great job," he said of the troops who have been helping patrol the city.
Others take turns volunteering at the barricade. But Starbuck is perhaps the most faithful, arriving home at 2 a.m. Thursday, then turning around and coming back on the morning bus that arrived just before noon.
Starbuck says he's been a sailor, computer operator, landscaper, carpenter and painter over the years. He says he was in an accident that cost him his left eye and most of his hearing, but he won't elaborate. He says he recovered from a bout of post-traumatic stress disorder.
He says manning the memorial is therapeutic.
"It makes me feel a lot better," he says. "The interactions I have with people are really incredible."
Starbuck describes himself as a Libertarian who thinks some of the gun proposals that recently came before Congress went a bit too far.
But he shudders at the notion that the bombings might have had something to do with that debate.
"I cherish the values that we have, and I would hate to think of somebody that was born and brought up here and didn't get it -- didn't get what America's about," he said. "I mean, part of the strength of democracy is we know what people think. And if there's a problem, the proper authorities take care of it."
Seeing the outpouring of grief and support at the barricade reassures Starbuck that things will be OK.
"When we get into these situations is when we pull together," he says. "And I think this is a reminder that we're all Americans, no matter what political bent we have. And our strength comes from diversity, And we'll get through this."
Except for the bus schedules, Starbuck says "time doesn't exist" for now. He says he will stay and volunteer "as long as it takes."
As he packed up and headed for his bus after dusk Thursday, bank employee Patrick MacDonald of Weymouth stopped to shake his hand.
"Sir," he said to the grizzled volunteer, "What you're doing here is fantastic."


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Automobile aficionados can revel in 10 days of races, rides, shows and displays starting Friday at the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival — which includes the signature 10th Annual Concours d'Elegance.
BMW, selected as the "Honored Marque" of the festival, will be represented in all four main events: the Savannah Speed Classic, the Car Club Jamboree, the Motoring Midway and the Concours d'Elegance.
"Every year we pick a vehicle or manufacturer to be what's called the honored marque, which is featured throughout the festival," said Phil Caposella, board chairman of the Concours d'Elegance and Motoring Festival.
"BMW is one of three sponsors — along with Hargray and Adventure Radio — that have been with us from the start and have remained all 10 years," said Caposella, who worked with BMW North America for 30 years.
"Of the 23 concours classes, four of those will be BMW," he said. They include BMW Pre-War; BMW Post War (up to 1972); BMW Race Cars and BMW Motorcycles.
One of the displays will feature the BMW Art Bike, a BMW K 1100 RS motorcycle painted by Native American artist Lynn F. Burnette Sr. with symbols of Sioux culture and the geometric Plains Indian designs.
"The artist is coming in from Colorado for the festival," Capossela said.
The board chairman said the four elements of the festival "are really rare" among car events. "Most concours are a Sunday afternoon event," he said. "One of the advantages of our event is we do have those four parts."
Kicking off the festivities will be the Savannah Speed Classic on Friday through Sunday at the Grand Prize of America Track at the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort on Hutchinson Island.
It includes "Hot Laps" with professional drivers Boris Said, Hurley Haywood, Joey Hand and Bill Oberline.
Said, a veteran NASCAR driver and 24 Hours of Daytona winner, is the Speed Classic's honorary grand marshal.
The Speed Classic also is a circuit event for Historic Sports Racing.
"They do one of the weekend points races at Hutchinson Island," Capossela said.
BMW, Ferrari, Porsche car clubs will participate with a Sunday challenge featuring the winners of each category.
For the second weekend, the festival moves Nov. 5 and 6 to the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn Platation on Hilton Head Island and features the Car Club Jamboree, the Motoring Midway and the Concours d'Elegance.
Dennis Gage, host of "My Classic Car" on the SPEED channel, is the festival's honorary chairman and will attend the Nov. 5 and 6 events at Honey Horn.
Vicki and Bill Head, owners of H&H Auto Service on Hilton Head, have been involved with the festival since its inception as volunteers, vendors, patrons, sponsors and exhibitors.
Vicki Head is now on the festival board.
H&H Auto Services "repairs and sells previously owned cars," she said. But the last few months have been busy preparing clients' cars for the festival.
"It turns into quite the social event. Everyone's getting anxious. We're down to the wire now," she said. "It's fun and exciting."
Vintage car collectors start lining up six months in advance of the festival, Vicki Head said. "Most are long-time customers or referrals."
The Car Club Jamboree features old-but-familiar vehicles displayed by local organizations like the Carolina Dreamers and the Classic Car & Truck Club, she said.
"Those cars are our history. They're things we can touch and have memories of…. But the concours, those are one-of-a-kind cars. You don't know if you'll ever see those cars again," she said. "It's art and it's history."
For schedules, admission prices and more information, visit hhiconcours.com.


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Submitted by Jim Quinn of the Burning Platform blog,
Not a day goes by without a story in the MSM by some industry shill like Daniel Yergen about the imminent energy independence of the Great American Empire. Shale oil and gas will revolutionize the American energy prospects. We have hundreds of years of oil and gas under our feet. We will be a net exporter in the next few years. A glorious future awaits. Politicians tout the billions of barrels to be extracted from Bakken, Eagle Ford and the hundreds of untapped shale formations across the country. Wall Street puts out glowing investment analysis papers promoting the latest IPO. There's just one little problem. It's all hype.
Royal Dutch Shell is one of the biggest corporations in the world, with financial resources greater than 99% of all the organizations on earth. Their CEO probably knows a little bit more about oil exploration than the Wall Street systers and CNBC bimbos. His company has poured $24 billion into shale exploration in the U.S. It has been a huge failure. They have already written off $2.1 billion. They are trying to sell huge swaths of land in the Eagle Ford area. They are losing money in the shale oil and gas business. If Shell can't make it profitable, who can?
The flow rates are too low. The extraction costs are too high. Companies will only invest in ventures where they have a reasonable chance to make money. Shell is a rational company, led by a rational man. He says they can't make money. Of course, if oil prices reach $150 and natural gas prices reach $8, then companies can make money. All of the cheap easily accessible oil and gas have been accessed. Only the expensive hard to access oil and gas are left. The shyters never mention these facts when they tout our future energy independence.
Reality is a bitch. The truth will set you free.
Peter Voser says he regrets Shell's huge bet on US shale
By Guy Chazan
Peter Voser said the failure of Royal Dutch Shell's huge bet on US shale was a big regret of his time as chief executive of the company.
Speaking to the Financial Times three months before he is due to step down, Mr Voser also described the technical setbacks Shell has suffered in its exploration campaign off the coast of Alaska as one of his greatest disappointments in the job.
He will be replaced next year as head of Europe's largest oil company by market value by Ben van Beurden, the company's current head of refining and marketing.
A Swiss national, Mr Voser was part of the executive team that steadied Shell in the aftermath of a reserves misreporting scandal in 2004 that rocked investor confidence in the company.
As CEO from 2009, he is credited with overhauling the company's notoriously complex structure and delivering some of the largest projects in Shell's history, including a $19bn gas-to-liquids plant in Qatar.
He also reaffirmed Shell's status as one of the leading innovators in the oil industry by moving ahead with the world's first floating liquefied natural gas project.
But his last months in the job were tarnished by Shell's setbacks in the US. Like other majors, it entered the American shale sector late in the game and was accused by some investors of overpaying for assets. Its earnings were then hit when a supply boom pushed US gas prices to 10-year lows.
As well as its $2.1bn writedown, mostly related to its US tight oil assets, Shell also said its US exploration and production business was lossmaking and would likely remain so to the end of the year and possibly beyond.
Just last month, Shell said it had put its acreage in the Eagle Ford shale in Texas up for sale, as part of a strategic review of its US shale portfolio.
Mr Voser said Shell's Upstream Americas business was in the red because of a "strategic decision to slow down" on shale in the face of low gas prices. "Therefore you are hit with more than $3bn of depreciation whilst you don't have the revenues against it," he said.
He also acknowledged that exploration results in the US shales had been disappointing. "We expected higher flow rates and therefore more scalability for a company like Shell," he said.
Shell's US unconventional oil and gas operation was an "emerging strategic business which needs attention, needs fixing over the next two, three, four years". He said an expected increase in the company's tight oil production in the US "will help us get into a more reasonable profit and cash position in the future".
Mr Voser also said rhetoric about the US shale revolution being exported to other countries was "hyped", and that the rest of the world was in an early "exploration phase" which could yield "negative surprises".
He singled out China, where Shell has drilled 22 wells, as one of the most prospective countries for shale gas, but warned that costs there were higher than in the US.
Mr Voser acknowledged problems in Alaska, where Shell has spent nearly $5bn on an offshore exploration campaign but has yet to complete a single well, amid regulatory and technical problems.
He pointed to the failure of a containment dome, a piece of equipment designed to catch any oil leaking on to the seabed, which was damaged during testing last year.
"That was a big disappointment to me personally," he said. The incident forced Shell to delay its drilling plans, and Mr Voser said the company still didn't know "if we'll go back [into Alaskan waters] in 2014 or 2015".


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Clinical Trial to Reduce Drinking in Women With HIV (WHATIF)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01625091
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 21, 2012
Results First Posted : August 2, 2017
Last Update Posted : July 10, 2018
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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate whether an intervention that involves the medication naltrexone, will reduce drinking and improve health outcomes in women with HIV infection and hazardous drinking. Our central hypotheses are that, compared to women who receive placebo (sugar pill containing no medicine), women who receive naltrexone will have decreased rates of hazardous drinking, improved HIV medication adherence, less rapid disease progression, and reduced sexual risk behavior. The study design will involve 240 HIV-infected women with hazardous drinking, who will be recruited from HIV clinics, neighborhoods and referrals in Miami, Florida.
Eligible women will receive either a daily pill containing naltrexone (50mg) or an identical-appearing placebo for four months. All participants will receive encouragement and feedback related to their drinking regardless of medication assignment. The study participants will be assessed at two, four and seven months after enrollment. The proposed work is innovative because pharmacologic treatment for alcohol has not been evaluated in HIV-infected women. If our hypotheses are confirmed, the study findings would transform the approach to hazardous drinking within clinics serving HIV-infected women.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infection
|Drug: Naltrexone Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of a treatment program for hazardous drinking, delivered within HIV-clinic outpatient settings, that involves oral naltrexone. The central hypothesis is that women participating in the treatment program will have decreased rates of hazardous drinking and improved clinical and behavioral health outcomes that are associated with hazardous drinking. The investigators have formulated this hypotheses based on the existing literature, the preliminary data and the clinical experience. The investigators theorize that women who receive an alcohol treatment intervention will be less likely to have "at risk" drinking behavior 6-months after enrollment, compared to women who received similar assessments but no formal treatment intervention. The investigators hypothesize that 4-months after enrollment, women who receive an alcohol treatment intervention will have improved adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy, improved CD4 cell counts, reduced HIV viral load, and reduced risky sexual behavior, compared to women who receive similar assessments but no formal intervention.
The investigators will recruit 240 women from one site in Miami, Florida. Of those 240 women 120 will receive naltrexone and the others will receive placebo. Study participants will take the medication for 4 months but the investigators will follow them for 7 months. At baseline, 2 months, 4 months and 7 months, the investigators will administer study questionnaires and assess their liver enzymes, CD4 count and viral load. The investigators will also follow them up at months 1 and 3 to reinforce the medication intake and to assess for any possible side effects.
New treatment options are available, but their impact on hazardous drinking has not yet been evaluated among HIV-infected women, many of whom are poor, minorities, or who have associated mental health or substance abuse problems. Delivery of therapeutic interventions must be improved in order to reduce hazardous drinking in women with HIV/AIDS. The proposed research is significant because the therapy will be offered within HIV clinic settings and will potentially improve the health of a population that is significantly undertreated. In addition to determining the effectiveness of an alcohol treatment intervention, the investigators will also identify key barriers and facilitators associated with adherence to pharmacologic treatment for alcohol in women with hazardous drinking. The findings will directly affect the type and quality of care for hazardous drinking in this subset of HIV-infected individuals and will inform both primary and secondary prevention efforts.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|194 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
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|Official Title:
|Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol Consumption in HIV Infected Women: Randomized Trial
|Actual Study Start Date :
|December 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2016
Active Comparator: naltrexone
The investigators will administer Naltrexone to women with hazardous drinking and assess the study outcomes.
Drug: Naltrexone
The study involves taking the drug naltrexone for up to 4 months. This will be given in a single pill each day for 4 months.
Placebo Comparator: placebo pill
The investigators will administer an inert placebo that looks similar to Naltrexone, to women with hazardous drinking and assess the study outcomes.
Drug: Placebo
Placebo is an inert pill that looks the same as naltrexone. The placebo will be taken once each day for up to 4 months.
- Number of Participants Who Quit Hazardous Drinking [ Time Frame: Month 4 ]The primary statistical outcome for the trial is alcohol consumption at month 4 when the drug is stopped. This main outcome is a categorical variable of either quit hazardous drinking (defined as ≤7 drinks per week and <4 drinks on any single day in the past 30 days), or did not quit (drinking exceeds the hazardous amount) .
- Number of Binge Drinking Days [ Time Frame: Month 4 ]In the past 30 days, total number of days with binge drinking which was defined as consuming ≥4 drinks on a single day (measured by Timeline Follow Back).
- Drinking Problems (SIP-2R Score) [ Time Frame: 4 months ]The Short Inventory of Problems (SIP-2R) seeks to measure the consequences of drinking in participants through questions related to guilt, reliability etc. The SIP-2R has 15 items asking how often the event happened during the past 3 months. Each item has a score from 0-3 (0=Never, 1=once or a few times, 2=once or twice a week, 3=daily or almost daily). The 15 questions from the SIP-2R are summed to create a total range of scores from 0-45.
- Craving for Alcohol [ Time Frame: 4 months ]Self-reported scale of alcohol craving ranging from 0 (no craving) to 10 (strongest craving)
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Sunday, January 06, 2013
I hate Connecticut Nazis...
For example, to allow normal people to ride public transit without having to fear that the person next to them is carrying a hidden gun, perhaps they could put a special section for gun owners in the back of city buses?
27 comments:
- LC Scotty said...
We could always make them wear bright yellow gun shaped badges.
- 1:58 PM, January 06, 2013
They could place gun owners in special ghettos for re-education.
- 2:07 PM, January 06, 2013
- Bubblehead Les. said...
He might want to rethink his "Segregation Plan." Turns out when that Rag in New York did their "Outing" a few weeks ago, Prison Guards, LEOs, and Judges were also "Exposed." Now how would he like to have to face all those Connecticut Cops and their Unions when he lets the Goblins know where they live?
But if tries to Publish only the so-Called "Civilians" and let the LEOs get a pass.....
- 2:15 PM, January 06, 2013
- 4:06 PM, January 06, 2013
Good thing they're still being "reasonable" and only proposing "common sense" measures.
- 4:44 PM, January 06, 2013
I suppose that we can take some solace from the fact that the grabbers have to stoop to this sort of intimidation and demonization: they know that they are, if not outnumbered, then at least not in the overwhelming majority of our people.
On the other hand, these people are deadly serious and will clearly stick at nothing to get their way.
- 5:43 PM, January 06, 2013
- Old NFO said...
This one doesn't pass the Jews in the Attic... Just sayin...
- 5:44 PM, January 06, 2013
Bubblehead Les called it--this plan will work about as well as that of the publisher of the White Plain's Journal-Block Captain's did.
Even if it is Connecticut we're talking about. Some of those outed will surprise the Gunfinder-General and his adherents by having a supposedly correct party affiliation. You can never really tell about people, sometimes.
Mike James
- 5:58 PM, January 06, 2013
No apostrophe in White Plains. Me stupid.
Mike James
- 6:00 PM, January 06, 2013
- og said...
Well, the gunnies know that it exposes the unarmed as much as the armed, and is actually more dangerous to them. Plus, if this is based on 73's, or some firearms owner card obtained locally, then the liklihood that the list is accurate approaches zero. I'd love to repeal gca68, but looking at the empty shelves of the gunstores and the "Out of stock" on all the websites, I suspect that gunnies are winning- perhaps even have won- the battle for hearts and minds here.
- 6:02 PM, January 06, 2013
- staghounds said...
I do not know if Ct. is "shall issue" or not.
If, like NY and Ca, it is "may issue", then the names of the favoured ones SHOULD be public.
We ought to know who our Masters believe deserves the gift of self defence.
- 6:21 PM, January 06, 2013
- Ken said...
Summary of CT gun law here: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/rpt/2007-R-0369.htm
Connecticut is sometimes referred to as a "permissive" may-issue state. It certainly is may-issue, but permits are reputedly easy (howsoever defined) to get, at least compared to neighboring states. In practice, there appears to be a certain amount of the Miracle of Selective Enforcement in action. Anyone open-carrying legally will nonetheless be arrested in certain cities, at least by reputation. Despite that, there is a fairly active gun culture there, dealers advertise extensively in print and on radio (dunno about TV, as I watched very little while working there the last two years), and both Colt and Stag manufacture there.
- 8:24 PM, January 06, 2013
I like this. All the legal gun owners in the back of the bus, where we can keep an eye on all of those people who haven't gone through a background check.
- 8:44 PM, January 06, 2013
I want the names of the illegal gun carriers.
Oh, they don't cooperate and give their names?
So that is what it is really about. Punish the law abiding, and reward the criminals...
Nothing new to readers on this site.
- 8:51 PM, January 06, 2013
Wow, 15th comment before the irony of this nimrod's name is noted.
Is the snark weakening here?
- 7:15 AM, January 07, 2013
Ok, not the headline guy, the 2nd one.
I snark meself for that.
- 7:18 AM, January 07, 2013
- Ed Foster said...
Connecticut permit holder since 1969. You need a course in gunhandling and basic firearms law, three letters of recommendation from permit holders, clergymen, police officers or public officials who have known you for more than five years, plus the typical FBI background check.
You get your local permit first, then send it in to the State Police in Meriden (I always do my renewals in person, much faster).
If you get yanked around by the local police chief (it happens sometimes) you go to the review board, which is composed of one each, gun person, police person, and lawyer person who is agreed to as neutral by both of the first
Suprisingly, or perhaps not in a state where every gun club has lots of police members, the decisions are almost unanimous.
I had a guy I know pretty well ask me for a letter of recommendation. He is as nuts as squirrel shit and fits the mall shooter profile to a tee, but I gave him a glowing letter of recommendation to stay on his good side.
I then wrote another letter to the review board explaining that I gave him the recommendation letter under duress, expressed my admittedly unprofessional view of his stability or lack thereof, and told them where to look to find certifiable information concerning his numerous minor run-ins with John Law.
He didn't get the permit, but he thinks I'm still a great guy.
He's still in Mommy and Daddy's house (alone now that they are gone), now unable to work due to mental problems, and in posession of a dozen or more longarms. He still has several centerfire handguns, which he carries in violation of the law.
But he's scared spitless of cops, and it's only a matter of time before he gets stopped, gets found carrying, and gets put somewhere he can't hurt anybody.
Nothing is perfect, but we have a really decent permit system here, and I don't know anybody who is fairly functional who has had a problem getting a permit.
And I have been swamped by calls from friends and friends of friends for information on getting a pistol permit. That's the second big rush going on around here. Everybody wants a permit for fear they won't be able to get one further down the road. Even some liberals.
- 8:57 AM, January 07, 2013
Story on Drudge today - NY prisoners now know where all their Guards live.
- 9:18 AM, January 07, 2013
You know, I keep thinking I missed something...when I got my Ct. permit (2009) there were no letters of recommendation needed, or mentioned, or anything. Unless I have completely forgotten, but they aren't mentioned in state law either?? It was, in fact, an entirely painless process (full disclosure, I'd just moved back from the UK, the country that perfected the art of queuing so my 'painless' might be warped).
Or is my experience so wildly different from Ed Foster due to where I live and what profile I fit (young, white, female)? In which case something is even more rotten than I thought. My curiosity has been solidly piqued...
- 10:26 AM, January 07, 2013
- Ed Foster said...
Seems odd, but maybe the gent at the local P.D. handling you application gave you a pass. There used to be a five letter requirement, but it got dropped to three the odd decade or so ago.
A tad scary, that. If the anti-gunners start looking into the paperwork handling and find exceptions, it would make lovely fodder for the Yellow Press.
Please tell me you took the training course and submitted the instructor's acceptance sheet when you brought down the passport photos.
Virtually all the cops I know(below the rank of Chief, when they stop being cops and start being politicians) are rabidly pro-gun, but even a nice guy pro-gunner can give us bad press if he makes it look like there's favoritism involved.
- 11:25 AM, January 07, 2013
- Ed Foster said...
I just checked with Connecticut Citizen's Defense League, and it turns out that the three letters business is the most common form of background check used by a majority of Connecticut towns, but isn't mandated by the State.
However, it's the most common usage, and the Firearms Review Board feels comfortable with it.
I also didn't realize that out-of-staters could get CT permits simply by writing directly to the Commissioner and submitting their own state's license. I would imagine it is mostly security and bank guards and such, but it's still kind of a good thing, aqnd they still have the right to dispute anything they don't feel is fair by going to the review board, where two out of three takes it.
- 11:38 AM, January 07, 2013
- perlhaqr said...
Kinda makes me wonder. Do you think any of them would even get it if we started wearing such armbands as a protest?
- 11:46 AM, January 07, 2013
- Ken said...
perlhaqr: Cut, jib, newsletter.
- 11:58 AM, January 07, 2013
Ed, you really think all that crap is reasonable? Letters of reference, 'prove' you are a good guy in the first place before exercising your rights? I'm Sad.
I'm seriously considering yellow patches. Maybe we can get JPFO to sell them.
-Erik from Seattle
- 2:12 PM, January 07, 2013
Training course, fingerprints, background check, passport, everything that is actually required by state statute but nothing more.
Actually, in my town the whole thing is handled by the state police up in Canaan because we don't have a town police department. Perhaps that is why the letters aren't used? None the less, it does seem like application varies in both directions and that is most assuredly not a good thing.
- 3:33 PM, January 07, 2013
Although politicians think they are secure and unfindable because they are often allowed special exemptions from public gov property tax and DL databases they are findable where their butts lie the most. In most states the party primary election voter roles are available on request (by law) and what good politician can resist the chance to vote for himself. I mean otherwise how would the party's know who to harrasss for money. hm, name? check, address? check, stupid rabbit voter roles are good for the lobbyist too. Screw emailing the office, knock on his door and tell his wife how he should vote.
- 12:36 AM, January 08, 2013
I used to live in CT, and the process for a permit was the same as described above back in the early 90's. I moved out right around the time of the AR ban, but that was just good timing.
To make up for that lack of action then, I'm thinking I'm going to do as much as I can legally do to support the other candidate in the next election of anyone who votes to ban guns. I don't care if that other candidate also hates guns. If you vote for it, I'm doing what I can, legally, to get you out. That extends to vulnerable and outspoken pols in other districts too, money talks.
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Thousands of epidurals are performed by doctors every year. The procedure is commonly used for pain-relief during childbirth, the treatment of chronic back pain or as a means to provide anaesthesia during operations.
Inserting an epidural needle into the spine requires great skill and extensive training, and can be challenging even for experienced anaesthetists. Obesity poses further difficulties, due to technical problems locating the epidural space.
Currently around one in every 100 epidural procedures lead to a post-dural puncture headache, one in 6,700 cause a neurological injury and approximately one in every 80,000 will result in permanent harm.
Professor Michael Wee from Poole Hospital explains: "One of the most common problems after an epidural for labour is what is called a dural tap, where the epidural needle punctures the covering of the spinal cord and causes leakage of spinal fluid. This may cause a debilitating headache for the mother and prevent her from caring for and enjoying her newborn. There is a need to provide precise training in a delicate clinical procedure which has potentially devastating effects when things go wrong."
Medical devices being developed by Bournemouth University and Poole Hospital will help doctors to carry out the procedure – and reduce the risk for patients.
"I decided to team up with BU's School of Design, Engineering & Computing as it has the necessary expertise and skills in developing the epidural simulator," says Professor Wee. The project is being led by BU's Dr Venky Dubey, alongside PhD student Neil Vaughan, Professor Wee and Dr Richard Isaacs, also from Poole Hospital.
Dr Dubey believes they can dramatically reduce the risks associated with the procedure by providing training on a state of the art epidural simulator, thereby reducing the learning curve.
He says: "You don't know with each patient how far the epidural needle has to go. It varies from person to person and it is very difficult to tell.
"It is all based on training and experience – when doctors are inserting the needle into the spine, they know they have reached the epidural space as there is a loss of resistance. But even for an experienced anaesthetist it is quite difficult, because different people have different body shapes and sizes. Our proposed epidural simulator will allow us to simulate all types of body conditions to allow doctors to practise the technique."
The team has developed software which uses information such as a patient's height, weight and body shape and integrates it with ultrasound and MRI scans to predict where their epidural space will be.
Dr Dubey adds: "The ultimate aim is to have a novel epidural simulator which accurately replicates individual characteristics and gives doctors experience of the procedure without them having to practise on a patient."
The devices have been tested on porcine cadavers and clinical trials on patients have looked at the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and the epidural ligaments pressure.
The trials found that as patient BMI increases, the epidural ligamental pressure decreases; the patients with the lowest BMI had the highest mean pressure. This is a new and important finding.
The project has already received international attention, and recently won the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Award in the Information Technology category. It has also been shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards – including in the Technology and IT to Improve Patient Safety category at the National Patient Safety Awards 2013, the American iShow, and the International Student Design Showcase 2013 – which it won.
It was also the only UK-based project at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Innovation Showcase, competing against Ivy League universities.
"Nobody has done anything like this before – there's quite a buzz about it," says Dr Dubey. The team eventually hopes to commercialise the simulator and industry partners are interested in the work.
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Man sought in cocaine conspiracy case
Authorities are searching for a 37-year-old Tyler, Texas, man related to a drug conspiracy case in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced recently.
April 9, 2014, the Tyler Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Texas Rangers executed a search warrant for narcotics at a residence in Tyler. This followed a one-year undercover narcotics investigation led by the Tyler Police Department in conjunction with the F.B.I.
Law enforcement officials arrested Micol Jauron Sears, 39, of Tyler. Sears was charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base.
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Like the topic says, what is XNA?
I've tried looking through the XNA website XNA Creators Club Online - home but since I'm downloading full speed at the same time it's slow as hell, so I havn't been able to surf through it freely :S
Anyways, from what I see and read, it looks like it's some WYSIWYG editor? I know it supports Xbox 360 and Windows and some Zune(?), and it does interest me if it's a 2D game engine, but NOT if it's WYSIWYG...
Also, I tried looking for some documentation on "What is XNA" still, I found nothing... Is it C++ at all?
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text: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Videos Highlight Innovative Practice in ICUs, Using Evidence to Improve Care Two new APTA videos and accompanying handouts illustrate how early physical therapy in intensive care units (ICUs) and using evidence can help reduce health care costs and improve patient care. APTA members Christiane Perme, PT, CCS, and Gerard P. Brennan, PT, PhD, outline the opportunities available to physical therapists (PTs) who are ready to take on new challenges, particularly those related to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and integrated health care systems, in today's health care environment. Other videos highlight a prospective surveillance cancer model and improving health through fitness. Looking for more information on ACOs? Check out FAQs on the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Pioneer Models, a new ACO definitions handout, and a dispelling ACO myths chart. In addition, ACO assessment checklists are available for PTs in private practice and PTs practicing in health care organizations with ACO status.


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Despite reports that Lindsay Lohan is difficult to work with, director Robert Rodriguez told Access Hollywood that the 24-year-old actress was "fantastic" during their time together shooting "Machete."
"[Lindsay] was fantastic. I really love working with her," Robert told Access on Thursday at the junket for "Predators," which he is producing. "You just hear so much about people and their personal life that you start forgetting that they have a business life and they actually are a talented actress. And she was just a joy to watch on screen, she lights up the screen anytime you put the camera on her."
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Robert also has worked with another young Hollywood star who has been a fixture in the headlines, albeit for much different reasons.
Robert told Access that he knew "Twilight Saga" heartthrob Taylor Lautner was destined to become a force in Hollywood when they worked together in 2005's "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D."
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"I knew [Taylor] was a star the second he walked in and he was the first person to come audition for the role," Robert recalled. "He just had a star quality to him."
"Predators," the next installment in the alien hunter franchise starring Adrien Brody and Topher Grace, hits theaters on July 9.
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I've been on a scary movie binge, but this is one of the most terrifying films I've seen. There are clues throughout the film the same way there are deaths throughout a horror movie. As things progress, we're made aware who is really innocent. In retrospect, how obvious everything is; how plainly it's presented — it will chill you to the core.
The socialite society is a metaphor for how any power system functions. There are leaders; there are black sheep; there are those whom are respected without being admired — and every single person believes themselves to be on their own path, isolated from the rest of the system. Yet, it's so obvious where everyone fits and how easily everyone can be placed into a niche.
Newland feels guilt for the entire film and the viewer is led to believe he's malicious, when in-fact, his desire is the most innocent of all. May is revealed to be the devil incarnate: never missing the bullseye; maliciously gossiping of others; deliberate emotional distance; passive-aggressively telling Newland (moreorless), "Oh, do say hi to Ellen for me." These are all signs placed within the film, advising both Newland and the viewer just what's what.
There's nothing hidden in this world more than how others perceive you, and it's so easy to manipulate that which is oblivious. May represents evil as a force; their society, the hellish glamor they are all bound to. The "scarlet" room is red for a reason; the manors are isolated fortresses; it always seems to be winter — Newland has no escape. The wedlock scene plays like Newland becoming aware he's gravely ill: the room spins as all potential life rushes by; he is merely swept along.
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Vegetarian Cooking Recipes
Roasted Butternut Squash Tortellini Recipe
Butternut squash is called "courge musquée" in French. I roasted one today, blended half of it for baby Aria and used the rest for the pasta sauce.
I sautéed tortellini pasta with leeks and paired it with the butternut squash. It's fall season and it's time to roast some veggies!
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Cepe Mushroom Gratin Recipe
While strolling in an open-air market in Paris with my father, he noticed fresh cèpe mushrooms. If you've never seen them, they're quite large and brown, very similar to porcini mushrooms. In my opinion, these are very tasty mushrooms and Jean-Damien, my brother-in-law, had mentioned people go "hunting" for these wild mushrooms in the Parisian forests ("les forêts d'Ile-de-France"). Papa bought 2 small cases and I made a very simple mushroom gratin to showcase the unique flavor of these wonderful mushrooms.
I sautéed the cèpes in garlic and sweet basil. Then I transferred them to a gratin dish and covered them with alternating layers of Gruyère cheese and béchamel sauce. The result was a divine, creamy dish that suits the rainy weather we've experienced here in France.
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Thai Curry Cheddar Cheese Sauce Recipe
A few months ago, I met with my friend Steve from the Milk Pail Market in Mountain view. He's better known to locals as the cheese expert. On that day, I tasted a wide variety of cheeses. Some of them made me reminiscent of my childhood in France, while others were intriguing and unusual. In particular, there was a vibrant yellow cheese I had never seen before. It's called Thai Curry Cheddar cheese. Since Steve knew that I love mixing cultures and flavors, he thought I'd like it.
Of course, like most cheddars, this cheese could be enjoyed with sliced apples and a crusty bread as a snack. But I wanted to really play up the fusion of cultures represented in the cheese, so I used the cheddar to create a Thai-inspired béchamel sauce that would pair wonderfully with any pasta. Good thing Steve gave me some of his new ravioli to bring home!
Instead of using good ol' nutmeg for the white sauce, I flavored it with melted Thai Curry Cheddar cheese, turmeric, ground coriander, ground fennel, freshly grated ginger, ground fenugreek, a touch of cumin and a fresh bay leaf. The result is an aromatic taste with the richness from the cheese. It was a great addition to sautéed ravioli.
If you're not lucky enough to live down the street from a great grocer like Steve, you should enter our Full Circle giveaway. We're going to pick one lucky winner this week to get a free box of organic farm fresh produce delivered to your home. To enter, just type your name into the box below. The winner can choose any size box. The largest Full Circle offers is Harvest, which is $42 in CA, $45 in WA/ID, and $56 in AK (shipping not included outside of Anchorage).
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Pumpkin Mac and Cheese Recipe
As I spent my childhood in France, Thanksgiving wasn't part of our traditional feasts. I've come to believe that Thanksgiving is synonymous with an abundance of comfort food. My personal all-time favorite comfort food is mac and cheese, so I tried adapting the dish with the flavors of the holiday season. I added diced pumpkin to the traditional layers of macaroni, white sauce and string-y, melted cheese. The pumpkin infuses a mild sweetness into the dish and really adds another dimension. It also doesn't hurt that the colors are so reminiscent of Thanksgiving.
Mac and cheese is a great dish that is suitable all year round. You can flavor the dish with your favorite ingredients such as morel mushrooms, red pesto or any combination of cheeses. If pumpkin isn't your thing, make your own pasta gratin creation; let your imagination run wild!
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Blue Cheese Pasta Sauce Recipe
Blue cheese sauce isn't what you would call low-calorie, but it's certainly very tasty. Instead of the usual Gruyère cheese, I used roquefort cheese in a Mornay sauce, which is basically a béchamel (creamy sauce made of flour, butter and milk) with cheese. It's not the authentic French sauce but my husband Lulu and his little sister Sunny loved the strong flavor of blue cheese.
I poured the blue cheese sauce over riccioli pasta and topped with a brunoise, which is a blend of similarly-sized and shaped diced vegetables (I used orange bell peppers, crimini mushrooms, zucchini, jiacama and carrots). The addition of the jicama adds body and crunch to the vegetarian pasta meal. I also finished the dish with crumbled blue cheese as a reminder of the flavor from the creamy pasta sauce.
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Camden had a good first day back to school. Brian was actually home again yesterday and volunteered to hit up the grocery store for me. I think when he got there and realized it was senior citizen day, he was not so happy. :)
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