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If I didn't remember what literary inspiration felt like...author extraordinaire Sister Souljah reminded me yesterday when I finished reading her novel "Midnight and the Meaning of Love." I felt great. Refreshed. Pensive. Motivated. Thankful. I probably sat silent for a good 15 minutes after reading the last words, just taking in the essence of the story, the power of her words, and the extreme level of gratitude for the fact that I was able to read a novel that would make me seriously consider the effect of my own words and my intentions as an author. It doesn't happen often.
Last year I wrote a review of Midnight (A Gangster Love Story), and in re-reading the review, I've remembered that her previous books had the exact same effect on me when I finished reading them. My feelings were similar, and my praise was echoed. This is her standard: greatness. Every time.
Last year I wrote a review of Midnight (A Gangster Love Story), and in re-reading the review, I've remembered that her previous books had the exact same effect on me when I finished reading them. My feelings were similar, and my praise was echoed. This is her standard: greatness. Every time.
If the characters Midnight and Akemi inspired me last time with their love story...this book took my admiration to a whole other level. I have never read a character as strong as Midnight: mentally, physically, and spiritually. The way Sister Souljah has created this young Sudanese-American man with total integrity makes it difficult to understand why someone would choose to be any other way. Rooted in the disciplines of Islam, in martial arts, and in his family, Midnight is a prototype for a "strong man," caregiver, protector, and head of the family. And he still has not even reached the age of 20.
The character of the young Japanese wife of Midnight--Akemi--is so pure, so creative and genuine in her emotions that it provides a clear example of love. Authentic love, and the power of love as a raw emotion. Sister Souljah's descriptions of Akemi make you realize exactly why Midnight loves her, and literally travels the world to save her from her father (Naoko Nakamura) who has kidnapped her and brought her back to her native land.
The introduction of a new character to the story, the Japanese/African Chiasa, was an interesting surprise, and brought forth a unique outcome as she became integrated into the lives of Midnight and Akemi through translation, through comraderie, and her shared skills and training with Midnight.
So while "Midnight (A Gangster Love Story)" was indeed a great love story, this follow-up novel provided a different kind of enlightenment. I think what moved me most about reading this book was how much I was learning about various cultures, and how I truly felt as though I too were exploring the mountains of Japan, and the streets of Korea. I felt as though I too were fasting for Ramadan, and forcing myself to think like a ninja and be ultra-conscious of my surroundings and the movements around me.
These characters were so strong in their convictions, their actions, and their religion. So dedicated to their families. So tied to their culture. I was fascinated. From beginning to end.
What really caught me too was the intense look at Japanese culture, and even an introduction to Korean culture. I felt like I was there. And for the first time ever, I felt like I actually wanted to BE there. Her descriptions were so vivid, from the long flight, to the airport, and the specific details of the sounds, sights, and even smells of each city within Japan fascinated me beyond. Sister Souljah has this amazing ability to draw you into her books and into her world, and even something as unfamiliar as Asia no longer seemed like a place I didn't understand or couldn't relate to. In her descriptions, she made me want to learn for myself, and see and feel for myself.
The beauty of the Muslim faith was also brought to life through her words, and the actions of Midnight, and the thoughts and values of his beliefs, and the way they manifested into his daily decisions and ideologies. I understood why he wanted his wife to be covered and out of view from male visual consumption. I understood why (although he was traveling) he was still compelled to continue his fasting for Ramadan. I understood why he had the urge to take on a second wife, and why his religion was the guide for his decisions and practices.
Man! Sister Souljah went hard. Into everything. Like a good writer should. And it's not just the intense level of research, understanding, and descrptions that moved me...it was her choice of words. The flow of the story. The tone. The pace and composition of the sentences. The length of the book. The careful thought and planning that it took to construct Midnight's quest, and the details and intricacies of the story line. Everything!
It was never obvious. As much as it was a novel, and a quest, and a mission of love...at no point was I able to predict or pre-determine what might happen, what could happen, or what should happen. I allowed this writer to take me on the journey with full trust that I would not be disappointed with where she was leading me.
It gave me chills, because as a writer...that is your mission. To make your reader FEEL something. Whether it's self-reflection, enlightenment, or even just the pleasure of being lost in a fictional world...this book was fantastic on so many levels.
I'm gonna go back and read "The Coldest Winter Ever" and put together the pieces that I've now learned while reading the prequels to her original tale. I'll wait patiently until January when her next book is released, based on Portia Santiago!
I have a feeling that the Midnight series has another good 3-5 books forthcoming...I want to know what happens when Midnight, Akemi, and Chiasa return to New York. I want to see the relationships mature into adulthood. I want to see Midnight's younger sister Naja grow up, and develop in her brother's teachings. I want to see how the harsh environment of New York affects Akemi, and if Chiasa is brave enough to battle the every day nuisances of the city. While this book was complete on it's own...the characters were so powerful that I'm sure Sister Souljah will not allow her readers to miss a moment of their life's journey.
Written by Stacey Marie Robinson for Kya Publishing's "Urban Toronto Tales" blog.


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Albert H. Elfner, III
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End of Current Term: 2020
Mr. Elfner was the chairman of Evergreen Investment Management Company, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1994 until 1999 and its chief executive officer from 1995 until 1999. Prior to 1994, Mr. Elfner held various senior management positions at Keystone Investments, Incorporated ("Keystone"), Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Elfner also currently serves as a director and member of the executive committee of Main Street America Insurance Company ("Main Street"), Jacksonville, Florida, as well as chairman of the Main Street audit committee. Mr. Elfner is also a chartered financial analyst.


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If there was one game that took me by surprise at the Boston Festival of Indie Games this year, it was Epitaph.
I'd heard nothing about this game before seeing it on my initial walk-about in the middle of the Digital Showcase Floor, advertised with the tagline " Death is a Strategy" . I didn't stop at Epitaph's table, manned by Designer Wyatt Yeong, initially but that tagline stuck with me. What did it mean? Death is a strategy? This has to be cool. So, pretty quickly, I wound my way back around the showcase floor and asked Wyatt to pitch me on Epitaph.
I could have never anticipated how much I would love this game.
Epitaph is a tactical fighting game that combines the thoughtful strategy of games like Fire Emblem with the speed and excitement of games like Street Fighter. Each player commands a team of three Reapers, the many faces of death, to steal souls away from your enemies and conquer the afterlife. A unique real-time, cooldown-based combat system challenges players to form combos between their combatants, setting up brutal moves and countering the plans of their opponent. But be careful – every time a character dies, they come back stronger, so moving closer to victory will also make your opposition even more formidable
Epitpah is a strange, yet compelling mix of two often disparate ideas. All of the actions in Epitaph take place in real time, but every ability has a delay and a cool down, so everything is in essence queued.
This starts out being a little difficult to get the hang off, or felt like it did for me, but quickly became addicting. Every combo you pull off feels like two parts of a puzzle finally clicking in place. It's incredibly satisfying. There are a host of different characters to construct your teams with, each with their own different abilities and actions, allowing you to play in a lot of different ways: You could focus on raw power, or control, or just moving people around the play area to the perfect spot.
The other thing that adds an incredible amount of strategy to Epitaph is, as the tagline said, death. When one of your characters dies, they level up. Not by killing, but by being killed.
And that level up matters.
Individual Reapers can become incredibly powerful with a couple of deaths, and become real threats. This means that sacrificing one of your own units for an early level up could be a very viable strategy.
Visually, Epitaph is fantastic, and wonderfully coherent. The florescent shades of the two teams contrast with the blacks and greys of the characters and the background. The low poly models are visually striking and do a great job of suggesting what each unit is particularly good at.
I'll be eager to see how Epitaph develops, and even more eager to play more of this fantastic indie title.


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As outlined in the charter the purposes of the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute (SOCCI) Protocol Prioritization Committee (PPC) are to identify and prioritize clinical trials that are best aligned with the mission of Institute, to make the best new cancer therapies available to patients, and to enhance clinical trial outcomes. Prioritization of SOCCI research goals begins with protocol vetting and initial feasibility review within the individual disease research group (DRG) or cluster. When assessing high quality, relevant trials that meet SOCCI objectives, the PPC will rank studies that are likely to succeed based on thorough feasibility assessment.


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Project Tango is not just an ambitious project for Google but also a dream device (actually not a device, but a couple of them) for anyone fond of technology. And for good reason. You may talk about high end tablets with full HD display and many gigabytes of RAM, but nothing comes even close to what Google has made under what it calls Project Tango.
To remind you, Project Tango tablet offers 1920 x 1200 pixels 7-inch display with an Nvidia K1 processor, 128 GB of onboard storage, 4 GB of RAM and many advanced motion and mapping sensors under its hood to make you the boss of the neighborhood (in terms of who owns the best gadget, of course). Google made this tablet in a very limited quantity and said that it's mostly made for developers. At this year's I/O conference, the tablet went on sale for $1024. And that was about it.
The tablet never made a public appearance in terms of product page.
However, things appear to be changing. Project Tango now has a product page on Google Play. That's right, you can now want to buy a Project Tango tablet and you will land at Google's official product page for the device, except you still can't buy it.
Although Google has made a product page for the device, it hasn't give the device a price yet. The product page only has an option to "add to wishlist", which we believe has already been added to the wishlist of many. You should note though that even when the tablet does go on sale, Google will not be providing any warranty for the tablet nor will it take returns.


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Mooch made an appearance on Saturday night at Dee Angelo's restaurant in Westhampton Beach, N.Y.
The crowd of diners cheered Anthony Scaramucci's entrance, and women then flocked over and asked him for pictures with his now-famous aviator sunglasses on. It was 9 p.m.
Meanwhile, back at the White House, incredulous aides are still reminiscing about the brief, crazy reign of Scaramucci as communications director. My favorite anecdotes from what some West Wingers call "the 10 days of Mooch":


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American Idol Winner Trent Harmon Responds to La'Porsha Renae LGBT Comments
Less than a week after winning American Idol 2016, Trent Harmon is being asked to comment on things that have just about nothing to do with his win: TV Guide asked the Mississippi native to weigh in on his home state's HB 1523 bill, and the comments made by runner-up La'Porsha Renae — comments which many have construed as being anti-gay.
In a classy move, Trent found a way to address the issue without throwing any shade La'Porsha's way. While many might not agree with her comments, it seems to me La'Porsha was simply expressing her honest opinion and beliefs, while also making it clear that she didn't believe in excluding anyone on the basis of his or her lifestyle choices, regardless of whether or not those are choices she agrees with personally. Trent nailed his response to the comments by making it less about hailing/condemning lifestyle choices and more about how people should simply love one another. From the TV Guide interview:
TV Guide: La'Porsha the other day said, "I don't agree with that lifestyle," referring to LGBT people and the HB 1523 bill in Mississippi. Do you have anything to say to weigh in on that?
Trent Harmon: You know, I was brought up in church. I still go to church. Found a church just around the corner from here and went, and I'm glad I got to go. But I was brought up to treat everyone equally. I come from a restaurant background, and anybody that walks into our restaurant, they can eat there. And I think that you should treat all people equally and respectfully, and that's what I do, and that's what I'm going to continue to do no matter what law is passed. That's where I stand on it. Love all people. Period.
What a wonderful, succinct answer. Trent really showed future reality show contestants how best to handle a tricky question with grace and tact, in my opinion.
But what do you think? Sound off in the comments!
And for more, check out La'Porsha Renae's heartfelt apology to anyone who might have been hurt by her comments!


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20 Jun 2018
Join Us for "The Greatest Charge of the Civil War!"
One hundred fifty-six years ago, a little-known battlefield general named Robert E. Lee launched the Civil War's largest assault, which would earn Lee his first real victory and begin his rise to fame.
Fought on June 27, 1862, the Battle of Gaines' Mill was the second of the legendary Seven Days Battles near the Confederate capital at Richmond, and the bloodiest of them all with more than 15,000 casualties. During the battle, Lee's Confederates slammed into portions of General George McClellan's Union soldiers, but were repulsed every time until Lee launched his massive assault with more than 40,000 Southerners near day's end. The Union barely held on until darkness closed the conflict.
So, I am especially excited to invite you to our next Generations event! The American Battlefield Trust is teaming up with Richmond National Battlefield Park on June 27th, the 156th battle anniversary. We will march in the footsteps of the blue and gray soldiers, and learn about the people, places, and events at Gaines' Mill to recreate the greatest charge of the Civil War!
This event is open to all, but try to bring your son, granddaughter, niece, nephew, or friend to help instill a lifelong passion for history! They will have an opportunity to grab a (wooden!) musket, choose their side, outflank the enemy, and learn about the climactic fight atop the Watt House Plateau where Lee gained his first victory and McClellan's campaign for Richmond was doomed. Kids will even get the chance to don hats and uniforms of their choice. Please register today to reserve your spot!
The Generations program will be followed by the unveiling of new National Park Service wayside exhibits at Gaines' Mill, remarks by former park Superintendent David Ruth and an optional History at Sunset hike, so you can make it a fun, fit and meaningful afternoon and evening!
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I was doing it wrong! Here's a quick guide to optimizing content for audiences who read your content through the WordPress Reader!
I love my WordPress Reader audience. You've lifted my from obscurity to a healthy newbie blog and I thank you. I'm paying much more attention to the Reader now, and I realize–YIKES. I'm doing it wrong! Sigh. Okay, let's all learn from my mistakes!
My Horrible Warning Example
Here's what I saw in the Reader. Bleah! I had crafted a careful excerpt that I thought would go there. I put this kind of "disclaimer" at the top of the post to explain that I'm recommending books in part as an experiment in affiliate marketing. But that is not what the post is about AT ALL. And it probably turned off some potential readers.
Excerpts: Not What I Thought They Were
By careful examination of my posts in the Reader, I have learned two things
- WordPress Reader takes the first 200 letters —whatever they are—and slams it next to your featured image in the Reader.
- Excerpts are useful when people visit, because they help guide readers as they scroll through your other posts. But they're not going to help you in the Reader.
I'm a wordy witch; this matters to me. I've been trying to use the "Excerpt" option in the Post Settings Sidebar, in my theme (the Entrepreneur). If your theme supports this (many do), you can create a very short introduction to what your post is about there. The Post Settings sidebar is just below the PUBLISH button. You may find it hidden under MORE OPTIONS.
I take the opportunity to provide a clear "lede" (opener) in my excerpts. I want the reader to know what they're likely to get when they open the post. My blog is fairly eclectic, with walk-throughs, design advice, and even opinion/musings about blogging and writing. I want people to know what they're going to get with today's post.
A well-written excerpt is an opportunity to set the stage.
But it doesn't have to be an actual excerpt.
A good excerpt:
- Sets the audience up for what they're going to read;
- Manages expectations so that they're happy and satisfied with what they will get;
- Encourages people to take a look but come on, keep it honest or risk turning your audience off. For good.
Of but isn't an excerpt really more of a teaser? Shouldn't we be putting in sexy, come-hither material in the excerpt?
Yes and no. We have to be careful. We're being taught to put in "3 ways to do this" and "five things that" because people tend to click through that content. They click through because the post promises to limit the time they have to spend on the material.
This gambit will age as people over-use it (hey, I'm guilty). We may not be using this in two or three years, but gambits can get old and "click-baity" –therefore tired and bleah.
Some excerpts will drive off some of the audience with over-promising.
Consider GET MASSIVE RETWEETS! with "Hey, guys, I have a few easy tricks for you to encourage your audience to tweet your content!"
Which one has more credibility? The "massive retweet" excerpt looks like it's going to be a commercial for some product we can't afford, of dubious value. The other one, hey, perhaps some news you can use!
Lesson Learned: WordPress Reader ENTIRELY ignores your excerpt. The theme can use it, but it's not going to reach WordPress Reader audiences unless they actually Visit your site–which most don't do.
Image Size Matters
I have not been paying attention to image size in the right way. I've been very concerned about making the images look right in my theme, but not in the Reader!
Hence this hellish image, greeting me in the reader this morning.
My jaunty title is completely obscured. The image should look like this:
I go through the Reader and notice many examples of this. Optimizing the image for the READER is different from optimizing it for the THEME. I need to find a happy balance.
I downloaded the picture from Pixabay at 1280 by 1012. This makes for some nice big images on the feature page. I should've used the 640 by 506 image that was available. That would've helped some. But not much in the Reader which rendered the new smaller image like so:
On the "pro" side, the image is legible, readable, but it still cuts off the top with the title. This is okay in this situation, but I will pay attention to it in future. I've noticed many people put up large quotes that can get cut off both top and bottom!
Here's a post from the UndeniablySara blog, which I enjoy. In the Reader it looks like this:
I don't mean to pick on Sara. I'm sure she winces when she sees this great quote chopped up like this. Here's full image:
Clearly, the thing to do here would be to crop the top and bottom of this quote. It's wasted space and won't take away anything from the image itself.
Second Lesson Learned: Look at your content in the WordPress Reader as well as all the other ways (tablet, phone, desktop) that your site will be accessed. Crop feature images and make sure that the post is readable.
Thanks for dropping by! Hope this was helpful. ~ Lola
Update and a BONUS TIP
When I went to check on this post in the reader, it produced this:
How ironic is it that you can see the FULL PICTURE of the example that was cut off in the Reader when I used a smaller image! This is the vagaries of the way WordPress Reader decides what to publish in your post. Note that I have a SHORT TEXT up there.
I'm guessing that if you don't use your entire 200 character limit in that first paragraph, the Reader drags in more of the visual content from your blog to compensate. Good to know! Best, Lola


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The prosperity gospel makes a mockery of Christianity
By Andrew Brown, May 29, 2013
There is a very good programme on the "prosperity gospel" available on the Radio 4 website right now. Two things need saying about it. The first is that it proves, if anything could, the difficulty of defining religions in terms of their doctrine. Prosperity gospellers pretend to be Christian, but their teaching seems to me absolutely antithetical to everything that makes Christianity worth considering.
What they teach is that God loves and rewards his faithful servants with earthly goods. In practice, the way to do this is to shun the company of losers and hand over 10% of your earnings to the pastor. The riches he accumulates are then a sign that God has blessed him, which means that he is capable of passing on these mighty blessings to you.
The crass horror of these people and their exploitation of the poor and miserable hardly needs stressing. The Charity Commission investigated the church of one of the most successful practitioners in England, Matthew Ashimolowo, after his congregation brought him a timeshare apartment and a Mercedes for one birthday – or at least found that this was what their offerings had been spent on. The American versions are even richer and more repulsive.
Oddly enough, I don't think Jesus would have been too worried by tithing. It was a duty laid on the pharisees of his period and his objection there was that they were hypocrites, and thought that money and scrupulous showy observance could substitute for inner devotion to God, not that they tithed at all. But the idea that you should only mix with successful people, or that success itself is a mark of divine favour, goes completely against his actions as well as his teachings.
Ever since the dawn of monotheism these things have been known to be untrue. Robert Bellah records a fragment, at least 3,000 years old, known as the Babylonian theodicy: "Those who do not seek the God go the way of prosperity, while those who pray to the Goddess become destitute and impoverished."
The whole of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, can be read as a record of people coming to terms with failure. In part this was done by the invention of a heroic past, in the empire of Solomon's time, something that may have been one of the truly great mistakes of history. But it is also directly addressed, in numerous psalms, in Ecclesiastes, and above all in the Book of Job.
Jesus himself took on the mantle of the suffering servant, and was seen by his followers as the fulfilment of that prophecy.
For all those reasons, it is impossible for me to regard the prosperity gospel as Christian. But who is to decide what counts as Christian, or as Muslim for that matter? These are inevitably judgments of value about matters of interpretation. They can't be settled by reference to the scriptures involved and if you look for easy answers there you will find far too many.
Whether or not the prosperity gospel is Christian, the other question to arise is whether it's harmful. The congregations are almost entirely made up of black people in this country, especially west Africans, and poor people in the US, where there is an extraordinary swamp of such teachings. In any case it's an easily observed paradox that those most in need of wealth are least likely to be able to afford tithes.
But at the same time, you might ask what else they might spend the money on. The services themselves are a tremendous rush of energy and fun, like a drug that leaves no hangover and is not even very addictive. While the music lasts, you can dance and sing and forget all your troubles. And there is this to be said for religion as a sort of opium: it doesn't destroy your health. It may be a much less damaging escape from the world. In the BBC programme, the pastor made the point that these churches encourage optimism and that need not always be cruel. Of course, this is little consolation if you are in fact old, unemployable, ill, or the kind of disgusting loser that Jesus might have hung out with. But those people aren't the target market at all.
For young, healthy, anxious strivers who need reinforcement in the face of discouragement, the prosperity gospel is a much less harmful way of escaping the world than either drugs or gambling, and will not make them nearly as poor as those do, even if it never makes them rich.
But no matter how I argue that these rites may be largely harmless when practised by consenting adults, I still find them disgusting. It matters that they aren't a form of real Christianity, which shows how hard it is to rid myself of the nagging suspicion that Jesus was telling the truth.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2013/may/29/prosperity-gospel-mockery-christianity or http://bit.ly/112AQ0H
Photograph of 62-foot-tall Jesus sculpture at the Solid Rock megachurch off of I-75 north of Cincinnati, by Joe Shlabotnik, 16 May 2008. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solid_Rock_megachurch.jpg


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About this book
"…the author has packaged an excellent and modern set of topics around the development and use of quantitative models.... If you need to learn about resampling, this book would be a good place to start."
—Technometrics (Review of the Second Edition)
This thoroughly revised and expanded third edition is a practical guide to data analysis using the bootstrap, cross-validation, and permutation tests. Only requiring minimal mathematics beyond algebra, the book provides a table-free introduction to data analysis utilizing numerous exercises, practical data sets, and freely available statistical shareware.
Topics and Features
* Practical presentation covers both the bootstrap and permutations along with the program code necessary to put them to work.
* Includes a systematic guide to selecting the correct procedure for a particular application.
* Detailed coverage of classification, estimation, experimental design, hypothesis testing, and modeling.
* Suitable for both classroom use and individual self-study.
New to the Third Edition
* Procedures are grouped by application; a prefatory chapter guides readers to the appropriate reading matter.
* Program listings and screen shots now accompany each resampling procedure: Whether one programs in C++, CART, Blossom, Box Sampler (an Excel add-in), EViews, MATLAB, R, Resampling Stats, SAS macros, S-PLUS, Stata, or StatXact, readers will find the program listings and screen shots needed to put each resampling procedure into practice.
* To simplify programming, code for readers to download and apply is posted at http://www.springeronline.com/0-8176-4386-9.
* Notation has been simplified and, where possible, eliminated.
* A glossary and answers to selected exercises are included.
With its accessible style and intuitive topic development, the book is an excellent basic resource for the power, simplicity, and versatility of resampling methods. It is an essential resource for statisticians, biostatisticians, statistical consultants, students, and research professionals in the biological, physical, and social sciences, engineering, and technology.
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/0-8176-4444-X
- Copyright Information Birkhäuser Boston 2006
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About Ooni
Ooni is an outdoor cookware company founded by husband-and-wife team, Kristian Tapaninaho and Darina Garland, in 2012.
Ooni revolutionised outdoor cooking when we created a new category and launched the world's first portable pellet pizza oven. Ooni pizza ovens give users the ability to cook world-class pizza in their own backyard in just 60 seconds, heating up to double the temperature of a domestic oven in 20 minutes or less, and costing a fraction of the price of traditional wood-fired ovens.
Why we do what we do
"Ooni believes that everyone deserves great pizza"
Ooni was born out of Kristian's desire to make awesome pizza at home for his family. The magic of Ooni is not just in the fantastic physical products we make, nor in the delicious food they allow everyone to cook - it's in the bringing together of people to share in that end product. We love to invent, we love to cook, but most of all we love to share it all with others. That is Ooni.
How it all happened
In 2011, Kristian and Darina were running a creative education company to encourage creativity, innovation and problem solving within school communities.
Kristian was happily getting into making pizza at home. But, he kept coming up against the same hurdle — 'my pizzas are good, but they're not great.' The pizzas he was able to make at home lacked that restaurant-quality taste that comes from a very high heat. Their domestic oven just wasn't cutting it.
Kristian went on the hunt for a wood-fired pizza oven to use at home, but the only products on the market were very expensive and bulky. Kristian wasn't an inventor, an engineer or a product designer, but he had a problem that needed solving and he had a great idea. He decided to solve the problem by designing Ooni – a fast, portable, cost-effective, kick-ass wood-fired oven.
This is how Ooni was born: with a simple passion for wanting to cook brilliant pizza at home. After a series of sketches, a number of prototypes and ongoing backyard testing, Kristian created the world's first ever portable wood-fired pizza oven.
Launching Ooni
With a passionate vision and great prototype, Kristian and Darina launched their first Ooni project on Kickstarter in November 2012. They quickly swept past their funding goal, and Ooni established a global audience from the outset. It turns out there's little that unites people more than awesome pizza! It blew folks' minds to cook incredible pizza in just 60 seconds using their own outdoor oven, for such an affordable price. The product quickly drew supporters, media and retailer interest from around the world.
The story so far
Ooni has continued to define this new cookware category with the release of further pizza oven models – currently including Ooni 3, for 12" pizzas, and Ooni Pro, for 16" pizzas – as well as a comprehensive range of must-have accessories for passionate pizzaiolos and a complementary cast iron cookware series for use in Ooni pizza ovens.
Since its launch, Ooni has grown into a multi-award-winning, family-run business. Based in Scotland, Ooni sells its products all over the world from the USA to Australia, and has a passionate online community alongside outstanding customer reviews across multiple platforms.
Ooni's growing reputation and quality products have fostered retailer partnerships with some of the world's most trusted and respected retailers and distributors.
Ooni changed the spelling of its name from Uuni to Ooni in July 2018 – read more about this change here.
The Future of Ooni
In the few years since we started, Ooni has won multiple awards for design, innovation and business, and we now ship to over 80 countries around the world, and have seen phenomenal year-on-year growth.
With brilliant products, an innovative product road map, our Ooni Impact Fund, stand-out customer service, a world-class team and passionate global community, we're on track to realise our ambitious goal of being the world's number one pizza oven brand by the end of 2020. In pizza we trust!
Nordic roots, creativity and connection
Our products are praised for their Nordic aesthetic – Kristian grew up in Pyhäsalmi, Finland, instilling him with a love for simple, functional design, excellent food and outdoor living. As a boy, his family owned a small supermarket where he helped his mother run the on-site bakery and learned the fundamentals of baking. Now, as CEO (and our resident pizza dough expert) he keeps an eye not just on product design and development, but also on the dishes and flavours cooked in Ooni, too.
Darina's passion is for people, with a background in innovation and education that's seen her create platforms and events for bringing passionate people together. As Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at Ooni, she leads on all things culture – from communications to outstanding Ooni experiences for customers, to developing the Ooni team and building new partnerships.
Our values
Passion: We are fired up. We love what we do – we love making great food, better friends and awesome products that bring people together. Our passion for 'making it happen' fuels our success.
Rigour: We know our products are rock solid, because as individuals and as a team, we're thorough – it ain't half baked. We geek out over the little details in order to deliver game-changing product experiences.
Innovation: We invented Ooni to solve a problem. Before the first Ooni, wood-fired ovens were hard to come by, bulky and expensive. Innovation is our foundation, and it remains the heart of who we are, both in our products and in the way we work.
Kindness: you can be a fantastic business, make some dough and be kind at the same time. We believe in doing business with honesty and heart. We were born as a family, and as we grow we do it with kindness towards team members, business partners and customers. We believe in building good and in paying it forward.
Ambition: You can't heat an oven to 932ºF in 10 minutes. Yes we can. You can't cook a pizza in 60 seconds. Yes, we can. We were built on disruptive speed and challenge ourselves to grow as a globally recognised brand. Ooni believes that everyone around the world deserves great pizza..
Our Team
Darina and Kristian have made sure to hire new staff thoughtfully, seeking and attracting highly motivated A-players who are aligned with Ooni's values. As we've scaled, we've been so excited to attract new team members, with long-time friends and new recruits moving from far and wide to join our team. The development of our staff is a priority – a happy, diverse, motivated team is vital to fulfilling our goals. Being fuelled with communal meals and great pizza helps!
Our Community
Ooni's core purpose is to provide everyone with the tools to cook and achieve great pizza. We love to see the amazing dishes that people are cooking with Ooni around the world through our Ooni Community group on Facebook. Our community inspire us every day to create new, exciting products.
Ooni has strong customer and community engagement, average five-star customer reviews, and excellent media coverage. In addition to selling directly ourselves, we have a great network of trusted retailers and distributors that are loving helping us shout about Ooni's virtues!
Ooni Impact
Ooni is passionate about being a company for good. We've developed the Ooni Impact Fund, which donates 1% of all revenue to social and environmental causes. To date, Ooni has also planted tens of thousands of trees in the US through our partnership with the National Forest Foundation. We are always learning and are keen to create the most 'impactful impact' as we scale.


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My vision for ideal medical care is a partnership between the physician, patient, and expanded healthcare team that tackles the root causes of chronic disease and tries to reverse and prevent these problems.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Primary care staff increasingly facing physical assaults
Is This The End Of Primary Care? - Forbes
Saturday, November 29, 2014
What You Should Know About Histamine Intolerance - Chris Kresser
"You can get your diamine oxidase levels tested actually. It's a serum test. So you can get diamine oxidase. You can get serum histamine tested. Serum tryptase, T-R-Y-P-T-A-S-E, is considered one of the most sensitive markers for mast cell activation syndrome. So you can run some tests, and that might be helpful in seeing where the problem lies. For example, if you run the test and your diamine oxidase levels are normal but your histamine is very high, that means that you may not have an issue with breaking down histamine. It may be more of an issue of overproduction of histamine due to gut dysbiosis, for example. In that case, fixing the gut and doing a low-histamine diet would probably be enough, without any additional intervention. However, if you get tested and your histamine levels are normal, but your diamine oxidase is really low, then that suggests you have possibly a genetic deficiency of diamine oxidase. And what's probably going to help you more is to take diamine oxidase, which you can take as a supplement. Seeking Health sells it as Histamine Block. There's also DAOSin, D-A-O-S-I-N, from Swanson. There's Histame. They're all basically the same thing. It's actually taking diamine oxidase, the enzyme that breaks down histamine. You take it with meals. That can help a lot. Then there are some natural antihistamines that are probably a better idea for excess histamine production. Those include quercetin; bromelain, which is an enzyme; pine bark extract, which is also known as Pycnogenol. That's pretty expensive, but it can be effective. Then there are, as I said, certain species of bacteria that break down histamine and certain species of bacteria that produce histamine. So Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus delbrueckii, and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, which are typically in yogurt and fermented dairy products, those are notorious histamine producers, which is why fermented dairy can be like kryptonite. Lactobacillus plantarum and Bifidobacterium infantis are two histamine degraders. It's quite difficult though to get Bifidobacterium infantis separately as an individual strain, without other strains that are also in it. But it is possible to get Lactobacillus plantarum that way, just as a single strain, pretty easily. So that can be a good one to take. Then soil-based organisms like Prescript-Assist, which I like for many other reasons. This is another reason that I like it. There's not a lot of research on this, but my experience is that soil-based organisms tend to be neutral or even histamine-degrading. They tend to be tolerated pretty well by people with histamine issues."
Friday, November 28, 2014
Rose Essential Oil Benefits Skin, Depression and Hormones - DrAxe.com
"Celiac disease showing up in many forms and at all ages
Monday, November 24, 2014
Advertisers Looking to Get Between the Doctor and You
Since less and less physicians are being influenced by ads on TV and magazines (and there are significantly fewer industry sponsored "gifts"), there is momentum to inject ads directly into the physician EHR (electronic health record - the computer system which houses your medical data). So the next time your physician clicks on erectile dysfunction, a cleverly designed ad will pop up reminding him that 75% of patients prefer Viagra and that it really should be prescribed for this patient (let's just ignore the necessary recommendations for weight loss, exercise, less alcohol, and a healthier diet).
Remarkable, even reading the article on Medscape (referenced below), I was blocked from seeing part of the article by an ad with statistics about Shingles and its vaccine Zostavax. Merck is running some fairly controversial ads about the Zoster vaccine on TV right now. This is a bold move for a vaccine that is only about 50% effective for a limited period of time.
Education about the facts should not be delivered by someone influenced by a potential financial gain. Research should also be independent and not influence by the success or failure of a commercial product.
Keep the ads out of the EHR.
"Because EHR data give marketers the ability to target messages in a more granular way to the specific physician, it's very effective for marketers, Padron said. For example, the system can identify the condition a physician is looking at and automatically pop up a drug that can treat it. Plus, he added, in the EHR, advertisers can be assured that it's a physician who is looking, unlike online sites that may not authenticate whether a user is a doctor.
Meehan, a former pharmaceutical marketer, said "the holy grail was to get in between the doctor and the patient and somehow become part of the conversation." But it's something MD On-Line has chosen not to do. He said that reaching physicians "near" the point of care as opposed to "at the point care" is less intrusive and something MD On-Line's physician clients were more open to. The ads and communication they receive through the practice management system comes through a dashboard that includes in-house and sponsored educational material, clinical guidelines and industry news and announcements specific to the physician."
"With the government's electronic health records (EHR) incentive program struggling and running low on funds, a broad array of private sector stakeholders, led by the eHealth Initiative (eHI), has launched an ambitious new effort to drive the information technology (IT)-enabled transformation of the healthcare industry forward.
Dubbed the "2020 Roadmap," the initiative is "a public-private collaborative, creating a shared vision of the strategies, policies and actions that are required to transform our healthcare system by the year 2020," according to a report released by the participants. The roadmap is also a bid to break the "gridlock" that has hampered the resolution of key issues in health IT, said Jennifer Covich Bordenick, chief executive officer of eHI, at a press conference announcing the 2020 Roadmap."
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Swallowtail Farm Fall Festival
Friday, November 21, 2014
Mercury Detox - Dr. Hyman
DMSA is available in a prescription 100 mg dose called Chemet. The FDA removed it as an OTC supplement.
Genova has a great comprehensive Toxic Element Profile (that looks at Lead, Mercury, Aluminum, Arsenic, Cadmium, Uranium, and more). Their Toxic Effects Core is also a very nice test which looks into volatile solvents, chlorinated pesticides, PCBs, organophosphates, bisphenol A compounds, phthalates, and parabens.
Step 1: Getting Ready for Detoxification
This process can take a few months, and I can't stress enough how important this preparation step is. It is accomplished by optimizing your nutritional status and detoxifying ability. Once this is done you will begin mobilizing and binding the metals in your body and excreting them through your urine, bile, stool, and sweat.
Here is what I recommend to my patients.
- Optimize your gut function. Eliminate the common food allergens (dairy, gluten, corn, eggs, etc.), taking probiotics and enzymes for one to two months before detoxifying.
- Optimize your nutritional status for detoxification. Use healthy fats (omega-3 fats, olive oil, and flax oil), amino acids (which boost all your liver's detoxification capacity), and minerals, particularly zinc and selenium (which help your body detoxify metals).
- Enhance your liver's detoxification pathways. Take folate and vitamins B12 and B6 and eating sulfur-containing foods such as broccoli, collards, kale, daikon radish, garlic, onions, and omega-3 eggs.
- Start sauna therapy. Make sure you take adequate electrolyte and mineral replacements to prevent dehydration and mineral loss from the sweat.
- Optimize elimination routes for metals including your urine, stool, and sweat. Use fluids, fiber, and saunas.
At this stage you can integrate the following to support your liver detoxification pathways even more:
- Alginate from seaweed (this binds to metal in the gut)
- Selenium, zinc, n-acetylcysteine, lipoic acid, milk thistle, and garlic
- Find a biological dentist to evaluate the extent of your mercury fillings and options for replacing them.
- Get a test to assess your total body load of mercury. This is called a challenge or provocation test. This is done with a doctor's prescription and under a doctor's supervision. The easiest and safest way to do this is to take 500 mg of DMPS in one dose first thing in the morning after emptying your bladder, followed by a six-hour urine collection. DMPS is a prescription drug and is not FDA-approved in the US, although it has been approved and used for decades in Europe.
- The other option is to use DMSA, which is FDA-approved. It pulls out a lot less mercury and needs to be taken at a dose of 30 mg/kg for the challenge test. I find this is not as effective to get a true reading on what is in the body.
- Use binding agents to pull the mercury out of your body. There is a lot of controversy about the best way to do this. But after helping people detox from heavy metals for 10 years, I've found the safest and most effective treatment is oral DMSA. It is taken as follows: One 100 to 250 mg capsule of DMSA orally three times a day before meals. Take it for three days. Then take 11 days off. Do this for six months. Then recheck your level of mercury through the challenge test.
- Do saunas daily — especially on those days when doing DMSA.
- Consider getting intravenous vitamins and antioxidants for three months while undergoing this process this to administer glutathione, phospholipids, vitamin C, and B vitamins to boost detoxification. This is harder to get, but can help the process work better and help you feel better throughout the process.
- Drink enough filtered water and fluids to make urine clear.
- Make sure you have bowel movements twice a day. This is very important or you will reabsorb mercury from the gut. You can add ground flax seeds to shakes or foods, or take one to two 150-mg magnesium citrate capsules twice a day if you are not going regularly. You can also try even stronger laxatives if you have to such as senna or cascara.
- Consider whey protein to boost glutathione if you are not allergic to dairy.
Dr. Mercola discusses here and here approaches to mercury detox.
Mercury, Autism, Neurodegenerative Disease
Boyd Haley, Ph.D.
Boyd E. Haley is a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky. The basic research interest of his laboratory centered on biochemical and biomedical problems involving control at the molecular level, particularly in biological systems regulated by protein–nucleotide interactions where the bioenergetics involved are expressed through site-specific nucleotide binding of high affinity or through protein substrate phosphorylation. He has also investigated the effect of mercury on tissues and published on similarities between these and some biochemical changes reported in nerve cells in Alzheimer's disease and autism. His views about mercury and dental amalgams go against the consensus held in the medical community.
Mast Cell Disorders
Mast cell disorders are on the rise. It is unclear why, but many suspect imbalances in the gut microbiome, a decline in the nutritional quality of our food, and also chronic exposures to toxic/harmful substances. Understanding the interventions for mast cell and histamine problems can be helpful with a wide range of medical problems.
If these symptoms (see graphic below) are present (including the oh-so-common seasonal allergies) and have been challenging to control, consider:
- Testing for MTHFR, DAO
- Using a low histamine diet
- Consider using Ketotifen, Zantac, Zyrtec
- Consider using Quercetin, Stinging Nettles, Bromelain, NAC, Vitamin C (D-Hist is one combo product)
"What do chronic illnesses such as Autism, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia Lupus, Chronic Lyme Disease, Interstitial Cystitis, Multiple Sclerosis, and more have in common? Well, these illnesses may have a lot of things in common, and a lot of overlapping symptoms, but many patients symptoms seem to be compatible with Systemic Mast Cell Activation Disorder (MCAD)."
Dr. T.C. Theoharides, M.D. Ph.D has a wealth of research on the topic:
"The Mastocytosis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), a first-of-its-kind center, provides expert multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment for patients from across the country. Led by Allergist and Immunologist Cem Akin, MD, PhD, specialists in the Center have developed advanced approaches to diagnosis and treatment of the disease."
"Histamine is found in mast cells. It it released to help fight infection/illness/injury, keep us awake, regulate our hormones, run our digestive system and as a neurotransmitter. Some people have unstable mast cells that release too much of it, or they just have too many mast cells. Some people have allergies which means they also have too much histamine at times. Others have too little of the histamine lowering enzymes diamine oxidase (DAO) or HNMT. An excess of histamine is involved in: allergies, histamine intolerance, mast cell activation, mastocytosis and a number of other medical conditions."
"Dr. Miner has stated that there are 7 deadly sins for mast cell patients to eat: beef, pork, onions, tomatoes, wheat, oranges, and chocolate. These foods are all high in histamine and his research has shown that mast cell patients can clear up a lot of stomach issues by ceasing to eat these foods."
"MTHFR Polymorphism may be a predisposing factor to mast cell disease. 5-MTHF regulates biosynthesis of BH4. The A1298 mutation in the MTHFR enzyme effects the conversion of BH2 to BH4. Less amounts of BH4 inhibits NO formation resulting in increased mast cell degranulation. Inadequate BH4 formation also puts a strain on the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin and tyrosine to dopamine, leading to low levels of the neurotransmitters: dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin and melatonin.
Low blood serotonin levels help define a sub-group of patients with mastocytosis that are more likely to present with neurological and gastrointestinal complaints. Human mast cells can express and be activated through multiple serotonin receptors, and synthesize and release serotonin. Low blood serotonin levels in such patients may be the result of low BH4 levels due to 5-MTHF deficiency, the result of long-term malabsorption from chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract or both, as is the case with me.
BH4 is a critical factor in cellular activities such as cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation and differentiation. Could BH4 deficiency secondary to MTHFR polymorphism be one of the fundamental mechanisms that underlie mast cell proliferation?"
Mercury induces inflammatory mediator release from human mast cells
Mercury is known to be neurotoxic, but its effects on the immune system are less well known. Mast cells are involved in allergic reactions, but also in innate and acquired immunity, as well as in inflammation. Many patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have "allergic" symptoms; moreover, the prevalence of ASD in patients with mastocytosis, characterized by numerous hyperactive mast cells in most tissues, is 10-fold higher than the general population suggesting mast cell involvement. We, therefore, investigated the effect of mercuric chloride (HgCl2) on human mast cell activation.
Human leukemic cultured LAD2 mast cells and normal human umbilical cord blood-derived cultured mast cells (hCBMCs) were stimulated by HgCl2 (0.1-10 μM) for either 10 min for beta-hexosaminidase release or 24 hr for measuring vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and IL-6 release by ELISA.
HgCl2 induced a 2-fold increase in β-hexosaminidase release, and also significant VEGF release at 0.1 and 1 μM (311 ± 32 pg/106 cells and 443 ± 143 pg/106 cells, respectively) from LAD2 mast cells compared to control cells (227 ± 17 pg/106 cells, n = 5, p < 0.05). Addition of HgCl2 (0.1 μM) to the proinflammatory neuropeptide substance P (SP, 0.1 μM) had synergestic action in inducing VEGF from LAD2 mast cells. HgCl2 also stimulated significant VEGF release (360 ± 100 pg/106 cells at 1 μM, n = 5, p < 0.05) from hCBMCs compared to control cells (182 ± 57 pg/106 cells), and IL-6 release (466 ± 57 pg/106 cells at 0.1 μM) compared to untreated cells (13 ± 25 pg/106 cells, n = 5, p < 0.05). Addition of HgCl2 (0.1 μM) to SP (5 μM) further increased IL-6 release.
HgCl2 stimulates VEGF and IL-6 release from human mast cells. This phenomenon could disrupt the blood-brain-barrier and permit brain inflammation. As a result, the findings of the present study provide a biological mechanism for how low levels of mercury may contribute to ASD pathogenesis."
Duraisamy Kempuraj, Shahrzad Asadi, Bodi Zhang, Akrivi Manola, Jennifer Hogan, Erika Peterson and Theoharis C Theoharides
Journal of Neuroinflammation 2010, 7:20 doi:10.1186/1742-2094-7-20
The Gut Microbiome and the Brain
"Experimental studies with human volunteers and with small mammals demonstrate effects of commensal intestinal bacteria on behavior and brain function that are contextually meaningful and which appear to be biologically significant. Gut bacteria influence reactivity of the HPA axis and the
induction and maintenance of nREM sleep. They may influence mood, pain sensitivity and normal brain development.
Clinical studies have demonstrated distinct pathological CNS effects of commensal gut bacteria in hepatic cirrhosis and short bowel syndrome and have led researchers to speculate on possible adverse effects of gut microbes in alcohol dependence, CFS, fibromyalgia, RLS, ASD, schizophrenia, mood disorders, and degenerative or autoimmune neurologic disease. Adverse effects have been attributed to alterations in bacterial community structure (dysbiosis), SIBO, and increased intestinal permeability.
Several mechanisms, none mutually exclusive, may enable commensal gut bacteria to influence function or dysfunction in the CNS: (1) stimulation of host immune responses leading to diverse patterns of systemic cytokine activation; (2) synthesis of absorbable neuroactive metabolites, including neurotransmitters; and (3) alterations in neuronal circuitry by direct microbial effects on the ENS, with CNS transmission through vagal and other routes. The only mechanisms with a high level of proof in humans are the neurotoxic effects of ammonia in HE and of D-lactic acid in short bowel syndrome.
CNS and neuroendocrine activity, stress responses in particular, may, in turn, influence the composition of the gut microbiome by differentially altering the growth of bacterial species and the production of bacterial virulence factors. Enterobacteriaceae, a family that includes most of the
aerobic Gram-negative pathogens, is especially well tuned to exploiting host stress responses for enhancing bacterial growth and virulence.
Dietary patterns also modify microbiome composition and function, in complex ways that vary among individuals and cultures and are the subject of intense ongoing research. Prebiotics, probiotics, and fermented foods such as yogurt may influence the impact of the gut microbiome on the CNS and have shown significant effects on brain function in a number of experimental trials and clinical studies. Along with diet, these functional food components may offer future opportunities for altering the microbiome to enhance cognitive or emotive function and prevent or treat neurologic disorders."
J Med Food. 2014 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]
The Gut Microbiome and the Brain.
Naturopathic Approach to Neurofibromatosis (NF)
"Perhaps the most convincing evidence that diet and lifestyle can have an impact on NF is cases where a NF gene has been in a family for generations but started causing more problems when combined with today's diet and toxin exposures.
"Until the past 100 years or less, processed foods, air pollution, radiation, toxic chemicals and preservatives were almost unheard of. The number of people affected with things like cancer, autism, ADD, ADHD, acne has risen multiple times over. Though yes, I do acknowledge that with NF1 the problem is our genes mutating. My family has been affected by NF1 since at least the late 1890s. My great grandmother died at 96 with almost perfect health compared to later generations affected such as my grandpa, great uncles. aunts, uncles and a couple cousins. I know for a fact that diet and quality of life has affected them."--Diet and Nutrition threadFor an example of a MD (medical doctor) applying nutrition to help manage another condition with no proven cure (multiple sclerosis) see this inspiring talk by Dr. Terry Wahls: Minding Your Mitochondria. Much of what she recommends could be helpful for many chronic conditions. You can read about her approach to healing through finding food sources of things that helped to target her chronic condition and many chronic conditions in her book, The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine. The approach she designed to manage her chronic condition with nutrition and diet is now being tested in clinical trials. Another book, Anticancer: A New Way of Life is yet another example of a MD (doctor) using research and nutrition to address his or her own chronic condition.
This site collects patient reports, research, and articles about natural approaches to managing neurofibromatosis, with a focus on NF1."
Dealing with Chronic Pain Naturally
Advice from a Survivor – How to Live a Healthy Life:
By the time it was all said and done, my "routine" had left me in a much different place. I NO LONGER had:
- Neck, shoulder, back, elbow, or wrist pain
- Knee problems
- Shin splints
- Signs of plantar fasciitis
- Skin conditions
- High sensitivity to chemical smells
- Frequent urination, especially in the night
- Digestion problems (even with foods I had to monitor previously, like nuts)
- Lymph issues
- Brain fog
- Chronic fatigue
- Acidic-feeling blood
- Allergies or sinusitis
- Boswelia
- Turmeric
- Astaxanthin
Proper Nutrition and Dry Eyes
Dr. Lange (he is an optometrist and certified nutritional specialists that has 9 stores throughout florida including Gainesville) advises a healthy diet with lots of organic fruits and veggies, omega-3, astaxanthin, and gamma-linolenic acid supplements for people suffering with dry eyes.
"I have finally come to the realization that patients who will follow a combination of the Mediterranean, paleo or hunter gatherer type of diet, eating more like our ancestors, along with regular exercise and proper sleep benefit significantly. This is a diet that consists of organically grown fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, whole grains, proteins and mainly water and a few other beverages. I recommend patients avoiding water that is in plastic bottles and drinking water that is filtered or in glass bottles due to the potential for bisphenols leaching into the water from the plastic. Bisphenols cause endocrine disruption which will compound a dry eye problem. Bisphenols are in plastic bottles as well as in canned foods. F, D and C red yellow and blue dye can also cause endocrine disruption and so should be avoided. Dyes are in just about everything we consume these days, so teach your patients to be proactive in their health and read labels. I recommend patients try to consume half their body weight in ounces of good quality water daily. I also advise patients to try to substitute their morning coffee with organic green tea and lemon. The antioxidant and anti inflammatory effects of green tea and lemon have significant health benefits and many of my patients will notice symptomatic relief of their dry eyes from this one simple step. I advise my patients to try to eat 10-13 servings of fruits and vegetables on a daily basis. I recommend "the dirty dozen" fruits and vegetables be only organically grown due to their high amounts of pesticide found inside this specific group. Most of us have an accumulated build up of pesticide exposure in our bodies due to numerous years of exposure. This "chemical burden" leads to a variety of serious health issues that may potentiate a dry eye condition. The protein in this particular type of diet should always be free range organically raised or wild, not farm raised! Try to get your patients to eat fish at least three times per week to improve the omega three to omega 6 ratio in their blood. The fish that is highest in omega three and lowest in potential contaminants are sardines, anchovies, herring, mackerel, wild rainbow trout and wild Alaskan salmon. Some of your patients will follow your directions precisely; however the majority is going to wonder off of these specific recommendations. This is why supplementation with antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids is so important."
Top Ten Iodine Rich Foods
2. Cranberries
3. Yogurt
4. Cod
5. Himalayan Salt
6. Eggs
7. Turkey
8. Potatoes with skin
9. Navy beans
10. Strawberries
10 Foods That Increase Your Risk of Cancer
1. Processed meat. In order to make processed meat, many different chemicals have to be added to act as preservatives. Sodium nitrate is a standard ingredient in processed meats, which is known to be a carcinogenic precursor and both Sodium Nitrite and Sodium Nitrate are both linked to causing colon cancer.
2. Diet soda. When sugar is not added to a soft drink, odds are something much worse has been. Aspartame is the normal substitute for sugar in diet soda and has been found to cause cancer as well as birth defects over 20 different studies undertaken within Europe under the European Food Safety Authority.
3. Soda at all. All soda types have artificial sweeteners and flavorings and about ten teaspoons of sugar. Studies have shown that consumption of two units of soda per week greatly increase a person's chances of pancreatic cancer.
4. Canned tomatoes. Far from an old wives tale, the idea that tomatoes are too acidic to be canned and eaten safely is quite correct. Tomatoes contain acidity, which can break down the innermost lining of cans called bisphenol-a (BPA), a component linked to cancer and other negative health issues. Only cans that are labeled BPA-free are totally safe for tomatoes.
5. GMO foods. Forget what the USDA says on this issue: What is coming from them is not in line with worldwide studies and knowledge in the area, which is quite worrying. A study undertaken in Scotland at Rowett Institute found that a study on rats showed every single research rat had pre-cancerous cell growth and damage to their immune systems after only 10 days of eating GMO food. Effects included reduced sizes in rat's brains and livers.
6. Alcohol. There are many known health effects related to alcohol, but anyone who consumes alcohol daily (one drink every day for a woman or two drinks if you are a man) is at a risk of bowel, liver, breast, esophagus or mouth cancer.
7. Pesticide-sprayed fruits and vegetables. The truth is, all fruit and vegetables are not made the same and any plant grown with pesticides can be harmful if consumed. Fruit and vegetables are always best when they are organic. The Environmental Work Group found that there are at least 98 percent of conventional fruit and vegetables that have been grown using cancer-causing pesticides.
8. White or refined flours. Refined flour contains excess carbohydrates, which have been studied and linked to breast cancer and rapid blood sugar rise, which causes cancer cells to grow. A recent study highlighted in the Cancer Epidemiology journal linked constant consumption of refined sugar to a 220 percent increase in breast cancer.
9. Artificial sweeteners. Most studies have found that people trying to lose weight through the use of artificial sweeteners in fact gain weight. Also, just like aspartame is to sugar, any artificial sweetener is not naturally occurring, so are chemical-based and therefore not healthy.
10. Chips. Cancerous cells grow through the intake of fat, trans-fats, preservatives, artificial flavorings and sodium, not to mention chemicals. What does this have to do with chips you ask? All of these ingredients are present in the average bag of chips.
Don Colbert, M.D. has been board-certified in Family Practice for over 25 years and practices Anti-aging and Integrative medicine. He is a New York Times Bestselling author of books such as The Bible Cure Series, What Would Jesus Eat, Deadly Emotions, What You Don't Know May be Killing You, and many more with over 10 million books sold. He is the Medical Director of the Divine Health Wellness Center in Orlando, Florida where he has treated over 50,000 patients.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Rocker Neil Young calls for Starbucks boycott over GMOs
Monday, November 17, 2014
Study Finds Alternative to Anti-Cholesterol Drug - NYTimes.com
"There is increased risk of diabetes mellitus, cataract formation, and erectile dysfunction in young statin users, all of which are alarming. Furthermore there is a significant increase in the risk of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders in the elderly plus an enhanced risk of a myriad of infectious diseases.
All side effects are dose dependent and persist during treatment.
Primary prevention clinical results provoke the possibility of not only the lack of primary cardiovascular protection by statin therapy but highlight the very real possibility of augmented cardiovascular risk in women, patients with Diabetes Mellitus and the young . Statins are associated with triple the risk of coronary artery and aortic calcification. These finding on statin major adverse effects had been under-reported and the way in which they withheld from the public, and even concealed, is a scientific farce."
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Playing Hide-the-Ball With Data
"But at least 70 people have died, many of them by suicide, after Tamiflu-induced episodes. The deaths were almost surreal: A 14-year-old who took Tamiflu jumped off a balcony, and a 17-year-old on the drug ran in front of a truck. Scientists documented other cases of "psychopathic events," including a South Korean girl who temporarily developed bipolar disorder and an 8-year-old Japanese boy who wouldn't answer to his name and began to growl.
Tens of millions of people have taken Tamiflu without incident, and you are far more likely to die from the flu than you are to have a dangerous reaction to the drug. And it's true that with many medicines a minuscule chance of death is usually tolerated—as long as the benefits far outweigh that risk.
But if Tamiflu does nothing, and there's even a slight chance of life-threatening side effects, why was it approved? And why continue to prescribe it? "
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
ObamaCare architect says he regrets 'stupidity of the American voter' remarks
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Natural H.Pylori Treatments
"Not only did I have H. Pylori, but I also had a parasite that I needed to get rid of. I wanted to make sure I got rid of both of them so I did a 6 week herb program for the H. Pylori and then another 6 weeks for the parasite. After the herbs, I needed to replenish my good bacteria and heal my gut so I did another 6 week gut healing program. The typical treatment for H. Pylori is antibiotics, but that can wreak havoc on your gut and I've been trying heal my gut in last year with a Paleo diet. I decided to work with a holistic nutritionalist and use an herbal program to get rid of both the h. pylori and the parasite. Since I'm not a medical professional I haven't listed amounts below. You should contact a holistic nutritionalist, naturopath, or medical professional before starting an herbal supplement program.
For H. Pylori:
- GastroMend-HP (you can find it here) which is a combination of Vitamin C, DGL, Mastic Gum, "Vitamin U", and Zinc.
- Silvercillin (you can find it here) which is a natural antibiotic
- Mastica (you can find it here) which is resin obtained from the mastic tree and is great for getting rid of H. Pylori
For the Parasite:
- Ultra MFP Forte (you can find it here) which is a combination of Grapefruit Seed Extract, Olive Leaf Extract, Berberine HCl, Burdock (root), Goldenseal (root), and Black Walnut Hull Powder
- Oil of Oregano (you can find it here) which is a natural antibiotic
- Arcetin (you can find it here) or Chinese wormwood which is known to support gut health, maintain normal balance of microbes in the intestine, and enhance bile acid secretion
For Gut Healing:
- Bone Broth and LOTS of it. I would drink at least 3-4 cups of bone broth at every day. I would make my own bone broth….you can find the recipe here.
- Prescript Assist (you can find it here) which is a plant based probiotic that helped replenish the good bacteria in my gut.
- GI Revive (you can find it here) to help heal the lining of my gut so that the bad bacteria and parasites don't penetrate the lining of my stomach again.
- GAPS style diet (you can find the book here) which also helps heal the lining of my gut."
SIBO (and IBS) Treatments
"In 2006, Dr Pimentel shared his treatment protocol for IBS with SIBO, which included the use of antibiotics, an elemental diet, or both. I offer 2 additional options, diet and herbal antibiotics. See my explanation and treatment algorithm on You Tube (an excerpt from my class SIBO: Overview), and further details in the treatment section on page 2 of my article: Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth: Often Ignored Cause of IBS.
- Reduce the bacteria. Options include:
Herbal Antibiotics
Elemental Formula
- Heal the SI lining. Occurs on it's own with bacteria reduced, assisted by diet and optional supplements.
- Prevent relapse."
"Which ones are used?Numerous herbs demonstrate antibiotic activity, but as with any condition that antibiotics are used for, finding the right match and dose is crucial. Because there have only been two studies, the best herbal antibiotics for SIBO have not been as well defined as the pharmaceutical antibiotics.
The Multi-Center Team used:
2 herbal combination formulas together, at a dose of 2 caps 2 x day x 4 weeks, for each formula.
Biotics FC Cidal with Biotics Dysbiocide, or
Metagenics Candibactin-AR with Metagenics Candibactin-BR
My team commonly uses:
1-3 of the following herbs x 4 weeks per course, at highest levels suggested on product labels.
Allicin from Garlic (the highest potency formula I know of is Allimed)
Berberine- found in Goldenseal, Oregon Grape, Barberry, Coptis, Phellodendron
Foods that Help Diabetes
Correcting high blood sugar requires removing excess carbohydrates, inclusion of appropriate exercise, and weight normalization. However, we know there are many other hidden steps - like correcting the gut bacteria, nutritional and hormonal imbalances, and fighting food addictions and psychological issues. Check out these 8 great foods that can also help.
1. Turmeric
2. Ginger
3. Cinnamon
4. Olive Leaf Extract
5. Berries
6. Black Seed (Nigella Sativa)
7. Spirulina
8. Berberine
Clean Water in North Florida?
I did not realize the long history behind phosphate mining (for fertilizers), fluoride, and the connection with our aquifer's water quality - especially here in North Florida. This documentary discusses this with some old clips from TV20 news.
The Great Culling: Our Water. Our Food. Our Air. (free full movie): http://youtu.be/P7BqFtyCRJc
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Remembering ... The Monsanto Protection Act
Friday, November 7, 2014
Digestion Sessions
Our hand-picked team of 25 functional medicine doctors, naturopaths, bestselling authors, and real food chefs reveal how you can eliminate your digestive problems by finding the root cause, treating undiagnosed infections, identifying the best diet for you, and healing your gut, naturally.
A FREE Online Conference in HD Video: November 9th thru 23rd
1. How a sluggish thyroid and low energy may be rooted in your gut.
2. Probiotic supplements: Why one size does NOT fit all.
3. A simple, inexpensive breath test that identifies the cause and treatment for abdominal bloating.
4. Is gluten-free just a fad? What the science really says ... and why THEY don't want you to know about it.
5. Must-know tips for managing Crohn's and ulcerative colitis without steroidal drugs.
6. The real cause of heartburn and acid reflux … and why your doctor never tests for it.
7. The must-get tests for finding undiagnosed parasite infections. Plus, anti-parasitic herbs and foods you can buy at any health food store.
8. Why "candida cleanses" seldom work long-term ... and how to reduce your risk of GI cancer by 75%!
9. Effective medication-free strategies for beating constipation and diarrhea.
10. Is it all in your head? Why your brain may be the true cause of your digestive problems.
11. How anxiety and depression may be rooted in your gut. No one talks about this.
12. How to make simple, gut-healing meals in just minutes. Our real food chefs will show you how!
Dr. Teta's Best Tips for Beating Constipation
How to Keep Your Gallbladder .. and What to Do if it's Been Removed
3 Critical Lab Tests Your Doctor isn't Running
Lucky's is coming to Gainesville to complement our Trader Joe's, Fresh Market, Wards, Sunflower, and Earth Origins. I am glad we are voting with our wallets on improved food quality.
1459 NW 23rd Ave. , Gainesville, FL
Phone: 303-530-0782
"Here at Lucky's Market, we believe food is the connection that ties us all together. Speaking directly to our beliefs, our character and our purpose, it not only fuels our body, it gives us amazing opportunities to gather and connect with each other.
We seek the freshest local, organic, sustainable and traditionally crafted foods made with purpose and pride to sell in our stores. We also passionately support local farmers and organic foods with a garden to table belief that celebrates our neighbors in the community.
We thrill in what's important, from our farm families, to our guests, to our team. We are passionate about learning, making conscientious choices and nurturing communities.
We believe in Doing Good through our giving programs, through volunteering, and through education. We endeavor to, at all times, promote responsible social practices, support youth education, offer second chances to area neighbors, and provide sustainable environmental initiatives.
Independently owned and operated, Lucky's emphasizes openness, not only with our products and services, but through our actions, procedures and protocols. We believe when we give back to the earth, the earth repays in kind.
Our unrelenting commitment: to offer the best quality for the finest value from our family of stores to your family. Responsibly. Sustainably. Remarkably
In 2003, chefs and food lovers Trish and Bo Sharon opened Lucky's Market in Boulder, Colorado. Their vision: to create a grocery store with a genuine, personal touch that offered quality products at an affordable price.
Lucky's Market was born, based on our pledge to be our very best for our guests, team members, and the community. What's more, our group of seasoned professionals, many of whom have worked together for decades in the natural foods industry, are dedicated to keeping our commitment of acting as responsible members of our community.
Over a decade later, we're still making a meaningful impact locally by displaying thought and purpose in our actions, by selling quality products, and by providing entertaining and educated service.
We would be nothing without our relationships, so we treat our guests as an extension of our own family. Of course, our suppliers are an equally integral part of our success, from the artisans, to the ranchers, local farmers, talented bakers and even our candlestick makers.
This robust combination of all of us together helps make Lucky's…well, lucky."
Thursday, November 6, 2014
How to Minimize Exposure to Toxic Chemicals - Mercola
"When scientists added in two other factors—scrubbing hands with hand sanitizer and eating greasy food—the evidence points to a super-sized dose of BPA," Time Magazine notes.'The chemicals used to make hand sanitizers, soaps, lotions, and sunscreen degrade the skin's ability to act as a barrier and so act as skin penetration enhancers,' says [study author] vom Saal.So BPA enters the body more efficiently than it would otherwise. Food grease and other oils can act similarly because BPA itself is fat-soluble..."
Remarkably, absorption of BPA occurred in people holding a receipt for as little as TWO SECONDS! According to the author of the study, the amounts of BPA absorption found in his research "are in a zone where effects associated with obesity, diabetes, and neurological effects can result."
The Flu Vaccine
"Well, I'm not against vaccines, I mean, they've done a lot. I'm sure there are some risks, but they're extremely rare."
I have several pediatricians as patients. Unprovoked, all of these women have confessed to me that they have observed increased virulence in their vaccinated populations. It is this clinical experience that has given them pause about the heavy-handed mandate coming down from the CDC.
"Oh!" I say, "Have you read the studies that suggest increased risk of infection in the vaccinated population? There's THAT ONE where they actually used a saline placebo in 115 children and found that those vaccinated had a 4.4 times increased rate of non-flu infection? Or how about that CANADIAN ONE where they looked at 4 observational studies and found that 2008-2009 H1N1 vaccination was associated with a1.4 to 2.5 increased risk of actually contracting said virus?"
It is basic human psychology that what is out over there is irrelevant at best, and threatening at worst. What is near and familiar is what is true. Few of us seek to bridge gaps between what we are surrounded by and what may be out there to learn. The difficulty of appreciating the scale of harm brought to the population by vaccination practice is related to the insidious nature of immune and neurologic insult.
And, remember, that this family cannot sue the physician who pushed the needle or the pharmaceutical company who created the lethal product.
•It doesn't work: The Cochrane Database – an objective, gold-standard assessment of available evidence has plainly stated, in TWO STUDIES, that there is no data to support efficacy in children under two, and in adults. Even the former Chief Vaccine Officer at the FDA states: "there is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza." Liking the idea of being protected from the flu does not equate to being protected from the flu. That's essentially what your vaccine-promoting doctor (or pharmacist) is engaging in – promoting an idea.
It's being pushed on demographics where it is known to be ineffective, or is unstudied and likely unsafe including children, adults, elderly, and pregnant women as reviewed on THIS WEB SITE and GREENMEDINFO. I write about how this offends my sensibilities as a perinatal physician HERE.
•We just don't know what we are doing: The grave possibility of undetectable viral proteins in the chick embryos used to culture vaccines is just an example of how the immune roulette of vaccine development and rampant implementation has resulted in death and lasting injury. C. jejeuni contamination, for example, IS THEORIZED TO PLAY A ROLE in documented risk of Guillain-Barre paralysis after flu vaccine. Producing antibody response to virus and associated toxic preservatives is not immunity. We know that now.
and psychiatry led her to pursue a fellowship in Consultation Liaison/Psychosomatic Medicine at NYU/Bellevue/VA Hospital. Since that time, she remains on faculty and has focused her efforts on her private practice where she cares for patients with medical illnesses, as well as women at all stages of their reproductive life cycle. A passion for holistic living, environmental medicine, and nutrition are the bedrock of her functional medicine practice. She has published in the field of Psycho-Oncology, Women's Health, Perinatal Mental Health, Alternative Medicine, and Infectious Disease. She is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, as well as Board Certified in Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Link to her website HERE and sign up for her newsletter HERE
Some opposing positions...
Silent Epidemic; The Untold Story of Vaccines: http://youtu.be/lJGyN3gCsBg
Dr. Paul Offit on the Dangers of the Anti-Vaccine…: http://youtu.be/ooeQYxYLXMI
'Vaccine Exemptions'? Call Them What They Really …: http://youtu.be/MQsgHTDoJZk
Fire Patients Who Won't Vaccinate?: http://youtu.be/LYKiXs4FnwM
Kenya's Catholic bishops are charging two United Nations organizations with sterilizing millions of girls and women under cover of an anti-tetanus inoculation program sponsored by the Kenyan government.
According to a statement released Tuesday by the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, the organization has found an antigen that causes miscarriages in a vaccine being administered to 2.3 million girls and women by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Priests throughout Kenya reportedly are advising their congregations to refuse the vaccine.
"We sent six samples from around Kenya to laboratories in South Africa. They tested positive for the HCG antigen," Dr. Muhame Ngare of the Mercy Medical Centre in Nairobi told LifeSiteNews. "They were all laced with HCG."


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In a nutshell, we're looking for quality writing from authors with talent. That's it – beginning, middle and end. If what you've written has potential, we definitely want to hear from you. Even if it hasn't we can still tell you if you're on the right track or not.
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Your work is what we will judge you by – nothing else.
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It may look that way but no, we aren't. The administrative director is an experienced writer and has been selling books over the internet for years, the marketing director began work in a major printers some 35 years ago, the other partners have dealt with selling books and, between us all, we've written a fair few number of our own.
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What are those criteria?
We're looking for books or short stories which:
- Are typically between 5,000 and 150,000 words in length (we'll reconsider the minimum figure if you're submitting stories for children)
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You get the picture, we're sure. Of course, since we are doing the promoting work, the final decision must lie with us.
But I'm not a published author nor am I anyone famous – does that matter?
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We make a couple of promises to you, even though you aren't paying us. These promises are that we will:
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In other words, we will give you the respect due to someone who has had the application to finish a book because that's something which not everyone can actually do.
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Can I set the book's price?
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With that in mind, are you after any particular genres?
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What's the best thing to write?
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Is there a minimum period I have to have the book listed for?
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Sodium Hexametaphosphate
- Data Sheet (英語)
Reephos Chemical Co., Ltd.目前只在以下作出標識的區域展示其產品資料:
Sodium Hexametaphosphate is a white powder that is water soluble. It is a food additive used as a curing agent, emulsifier and sequestrate. It is used in cheese, sour creams, yogurts, ice-creams, whipped topping, artificial maple syrup, packaged egg whites, frozen desserts, gelatin desserts, salad dressing, breakfast cereal, fruit jelly, packaged vegetables, cured meats, roast beef, seafood, fish fillets, herring, milk-based beverages, and in dough and flour mixes.
Reephos Chemical Co., Ltd. is a leading producer and exporter in gelling agents, thickeners, some kinds of minerals, blending phosphates and food grade phosphates which are widely used in all kinds of food processing such as: Sea-food, Shrimp, Nutritional supplements, Beverages, Noodles, Coffee, Cheese, Milk and Ham and Sausages.
產品類型 Categories
應用領域 Categories
- Grain Mill Products ~ Prepared Flour Mixes and Dough
- Processed Meat, Poultry, Fish & Egg Products ~ Eggs Liquid, Frozen, Dried and Spec. Egg Products
- Processed Meat, Poultry, Fish & Egg Products ~ Fish & Seafood, Surimi
- Processed Meat, Poultry, Fish & Egg Products ~ Dry & Semi-dry Cured / Smoked Meat
- Processed Meat, Poultry, Fish & Egg Products ~ Fresh, Refrigerated and Frozen Prepared Meat
- Beverages ~ Dairy Drinks
- Sauces, Seasonings, Condiments & Soups ~ Dressings, Vinaigrette
- Meat, Poultry, Fish & Egg Products
- Fruits & Vegetables ~ Jams, Jellies, Marmalade
- Fruits & Vegetables ~ Vegetables / Jarred, Canned, Frozen and Dried
- Desserts and Ice Cream ~ Sorbet and Water-based Frozen Products
- Desserts and Ice Cream ~ Ice cream and Dairy-based Frozen Desserts
- Desserts and Ice Cream ~ Dessert Toppings, Sauces, Syrups, Hot Fudge
- Dairy Products ~ Cultured, Fermented Milks, Yogurts
- Dairy Products ~ Dairy Drinks, Milkshakes
- Dairy Products ~ Cream Products
- Dairy Products ~ Cheese
- Cereals / Breakfast Foods ~ Breakfast Cereals, Hot
- Cereals / Breakfast Foods ~ Breakfast Cereals, Cold / Instant
- Bakery Products ~ Refrigerated and Frozen Bakery Products, Dough
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