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Crime and Forensics
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Spring 08169
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Fall: Students will learn the different aspects of public safety through a myriad of lab-based activities and lecture. Handcuffing, car stops, fingerprinting, accident investigations are highlighted. Students will also study the different roles and laws in Colorado as it relates to public safety.
Spring: Students will learn different aspects of Forensic Science in a lab-based class. Topics include fingerprinting, death investigations, blood spatter, anthropology, entomology and collection of evidence.
Course Description:
Introduces a study of the agencies and processes involved in the criminal justice system: the legislature, the police, the prosecutor, the public defender, the courts, and corrections. Includes an analysis of the roles and problems of the criminal justice system in a democratic society, with an emphasis upon inter-component relations and checks and balances.
Examines the complexity and multi-dimensional aspects of the law enforcement role and career; law enforcement discretion; law enforcement values and culture in modern America. Covers the role and functions of law enforcement in occupational, social, racial and ethnic, political and organizational context.
Spring semester focuses on basic procedures in crime scene management to include preparing initial reports and sketches. Includes processing evidence and related criminalistic procedures such as fingerprinting, blood spatter, forensic anthropology, and manner/cause of death. Covers interviewing suspects, witnesses and victims to include the recording of identifications and descriptions. Incorporates lab and lecture
What does Crime and Forensics offer?
- Certification in Dispatch
- 9 college credits if qualified
- Relevant curriculum
Benefits of the Crime and Forensics class at C E C:
- Career exploration and training. (We supply the equipment and supplies; you must supply your talent and motivation.)
- Be up to the competition when you start your career or continuing education.
- Acquire skills that will help you get an enjoyable, well-paying job and a career.
Possible career choices in Crime and Forensics include:
- Dispatch
- Law enforcement
- Social Work
- Forensic Science
- Crime scene investigators
Course Credits:
Credits Per Semester: 10 Elective/5 Language Arts
Concurrent Enrollment:
3 College Credits/Concurrent enrollment with CCD
Course Certifications Available:
Dispatch Certification
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Talk to your Counselor or call Dan DePinto, CEC counselor at 720-423-6681 to enroll.


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Store opened coffee containers in the freezer for maximum freshness. Wilson coffee advertised specially for coffee enemas is great, but not necessary. Wilsons Enema kits and Organic Coffees. Place 2 to 3 cups of purified water and one-half to two tablespoons of coffee in a saucepan and bring to a boil or use a coffee maker to percolate the coffee quickly.
This is critical because some people are sensitive to caffeine and will feel very jittery on more coffee. After a few enemas, you will see how much coffee you can tolerate comfortably. Ideally, increase to two tablespoons per enema.
One or two ice cubes may be added to speed the cooling process. You may make a larger quantity and use it for several enemas. This is more convenient for some people than the method above. The coffee does not come out quite as strong, so you may be able to use a little more coffee. Simply place the water and ground coffee as above, but use a coffee maker. To cool the coffee after it percolates, you may leave it in the cup for a few minutes, or start with only half a cup of water and add a room temperature water to the coffee after it is percolated.
This is not quite as powerful but may be used if time is very important: Place 1 cup of ground coffee in a container with 2 cups of water. Stir the mixture thoroughly and allow it to soak overnight. In the morning, filter the liquid through coffee filter paper or a fine strainer.
Place in a jar for storage in the refrigerator. To prepare an enema, pour 2 cups of purified water into the enema bag. Add 2 or 3 tablespoons of the coffee liquid from the jar.
Have a bowel movement before doing the enema. This is important, as otherwise you will not be able to retain the enema in most cases and there could be a mess on the floor! To have a bowel movement, the best method is to drink many glasses of spring or distilled water beforehand. You may also have something to eat or even use a laxative like prunes if needed. If you have not had a bowel movement, take a plain water enema first, before the coffee enema. This will usually clean out the bowel quickly and effectively.
Be sure the plastic hose is pushed or fastened well onto the enema bag and the thin enema tip is attached to the other end. Remove any air from the enema tube the following way. Grasp but do not close the clamp on the hose.
Place the tip in the sink. Hold up the enema bag above the tip until the water begins to flow out. Then close the clamp. This expels any air in the tube. Lubricate the enema tip with a small amount of soap or oil. Too much lubrication will cause the tip to fall out of the rectum, creating a mess! With the clamp closed, place the enema bag on the floor next to you, or hang the bag about one foot above your abdomen. Insert the tip gently and slowly. Move it around until it goes all the way in.
Open the clamp and hold the enema bag about one foot above the abdomen. The water may take a few seconds to begin flowing. If the water does not flow, you may gently squeeze the bag. If you develop a cramp, close the hose clamp, turn from side to side and take a few deep breaths. The cramp will usually pass quickly. When all the liquid is inside, the bag will become flat.
You can leave the tube inserted, or remove it slowly. See below if you have difficulties with this. You may remain lying on the floor. Use the time to read a book, meditate, etc. Some people are able to get up and go lie on a towel in bed, instead of on the floor. Walking around the house with the coffee inside is not recommended. A small number of people are unable to retain even a cup of water for the required 15 minutes.
One can start with less coffee or less water in these cases. There seems to be no harm if one wishes to retain the enema longer than 15 minutes. After 15 minutes or so, go to the toilet and empty out the water. It is okay if some water remains inside. If water remains inside often, you are dehydrated. Wash the enema bag and tube thoroughly with soap and water.
If you feel out of sorts or a little bloated after the enema, rub the top of the toes of both feet, but particularly the left foot. You can also rub the entire foot, especially any part that is tender. He is the author of numerous books, publications, articles and other media.
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You must be logged in to post a comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. A Completely Different Perspective June 8, Monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides contain one, two, and three or more sugar units, respectively.
Polysaccharides are often referred to as complex carbohydrates because they are typically long, multiple branched chains of sugar units.
Traditionally, simple carbohydrates are believed to be absorbed quickly, and therefore to raise blood-glucose levels more rapidly than complex carbohydrates. This, however, is not accurate. Dietary fiber is a carbohydrate that is incompletely absorbed in humans and in some animals.
Like all carbohydrates, when it is metabolized it can produce four Calories kilocalories of energy per gram. However, in most circumstances it accounts for less than that because of its limited absorption and digestibility. Dietary fiber consists mainly of cellulose, a large carbohydrate polymer which is indigestible as humans do not have the required enzymes to disassemble it.
There are two subcategories: Whole grains, fruits especially plums , prunes , and figs , and vegetables are good sources of dietary fiber. There are many health benefits of a high-fiber diet. Dietary fiber helps reduce the chance of gastrointestinal problems such as constipation and diarrhea by increasing the weight and size of stool and softening it. Insoluble fiber, found in whole wheat flour , nuts and vegetables, especially stimulates peristalsis ;— the rhythmic muscular contractions of the intestines, which move digest along the digestive tract.
Soluble fiber, found in oats, peas, beans, and many fruits, dissolves in water in the intestinal tract to produce a gel that slows the movement of food through the intestines. This may help lower blood glucose levels because it can slow the absorption of sugar. Additionally, fiber, perhaps especially that from whole grains, is thought to possibly help lessen insulin spikes, and therefore reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.
The link between increased fiber consumption and a decreased risk of colorectal cancer is still uncertain. A molecule of dietary fat typically consists of several fatty acids containing long chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms , bonded to a glycerol. They are typically found as triglycerides three fatty acids attached to one glycerol backbone.
Fats may be classified as saturated or unsaturated depending on the detailed structure of the fatty acids involved. Saturated fats have all of the carbon atoms in their fatty acid chains bonded to hydrogen atoms, whereas unsaturated fats have some of these carbon atoms double-bonded , so their molecules have relatively fewer hydrogen atoms than a saturated fatty acid of the same length.
Unsaturated fats may be further classified as monounsaturated one double-bond or polyunsaturated many double-bonds. Furthermore, depending on the location of the double-bond in the fatty acid chain, unsaturated fatty acids are classified as omega-3 or omega-6 fatty acids. Trans fats are a type of unsaturated fat with trans -isomer bonds; these are rare in nature and in foods from natural sources; they are typically created in an industrial process called partial hydrogenation.
There are nine kilocalories in each gram of fat. Fatty acids such as conjugated linoleic acid , catalpic acid, eleostearic acid and punicic acid , in addition to providing energy, represent potent immune modulatory molecules.
Saturated fats typically from animal sources have been a staple in many world cultures for millennia. Saturated and some trans fats are typically solid at room temperature such as butter or lard , while unsaturated fats are typically liquids such as olive oil or flaxseed oil. Trans fats are very rare in nature, and have been shown to be highly detrimental to human health, but have properties useful in the food processing industry, such as rancidity resistance.
Most fatty acids are non-essential, meaning the body can produce them as needed, generally from other fatty acids and always by expending energy to do so.
However, in humans, at least two fatty acids are essential and must be included in the diet. An appropriate balance of essential fatty acids— omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids —seems also important for health, although definitive experimental demonstration has been elusive. Both of these "omega" long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are substrates for a class of eicosanoids known as prostaglandins , which have roles throughout the human body.
They are hormones , in some respects. The omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid EPA , which can be made in the human body from the omega-3 essential fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid ALA , or taken in through marine food sources, serves as a building block for series 3 prostaglandins e.
The omega-6 dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid DGLA serves as a building block for series 1 prostaglandins e. An appropriately balanced intake of omega-3 and omega-6 partly determines the relative production of different prostaglandins, which is one reason why a balance between omega-3 and omega-6 is believed important for cardiovascular health. In industrialized societies, people typically consume large amounts of processed vegetable oils, which have reduced amounts of the essential fatty acids along with too much of omega-6 fatty acids relative to omega-3 fatty acids.
Moreover, the conversion desaturation of DGLA to AA is controlled by the enzyme deltadesaturase , which in turn is controlled by hormones such as insulin up-regulation and glucagon down-regulation.
The amount and type of carbohydrates consumed, along with some types of amino acid, can influence processes involving insulin, glucagon, and other hormones; therefore, the ratio of omega-3 versus omega-6 has wide effects on general health, and specific effects on immune function and inflammation , and mitosis i.
Proteins are structural materials in much of the animal body e. They also form the enzymes that control chemical reactions throughout the body.
Each protein molecule is composed of amino acids , which are characterized by inclusion of nitrogen and sometimes sulphur these components are responsible for the distinctive smell of burning protein, such as the keratin in hair. The body requires amino acids to produce new proteins protein retention and to replace damaged proteins maintenance.
As there is no protein or amino acid storage provision, amino acids must be present in the diet. Excess amino acids are discarded, typically in the urine. For all animals, some amino acids are essential an animal cannot produce them internally and some are non-essential the animal can produce them from other nitrogen-containing compounds.
About twenty amino acids are found in the human body, and about ten of these are essential and, therefore, must be included in the diet. A diet that contains adequate amounts of amino acids especially those that are essential is particularly important in some situations: A complete protein source contains all the essential amino acids; an incomplete protein source lacks one or more of the essential amino acids.
It is possible with protein combinations of two incomplete protein sources e. However, complementary sources of protein do not need to be eaten at the same meal to be used together by the body. Water is excreted from the body in multiple forms; including urine and feces , sweating , and by water vapour in the exhaled breath. Therefore, it is necessary to adequately rehydrate to replace lost fluids. Early recommendations for the quantity of water required for maintenance of good health suggested that 6—8 glasses of water daily is the minimum to maintain proper hydration.
Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods. For healthful hydration, the current EFSA guidelines recommend total water intakes of 2. These reference values include water from drinking water, other beverages, and from food. The EFSA panel also determined intakes for different populations. Recommended intake volumes in the elderly are the same as for adults as despite lower energy consumption, the water requirement of this group is increased due to a reduction in renal concentrating capacity.
Dehydration and over-hydration - too little and too much water, respectively - can have harmful consequences. Drinking too much water is one of the possible causes of hyponatremia , i.
Pure ethanol provides 7 calories per gram. For distilled spirits , a standard serving in the United States is 1. A 5 ounce serving of wine contains to calories. A 12 ounce serving of beer contains 95 to calories. Alcoholic beverages are considered empty calorie foods because other than calories, these contribute no essential nutrients.
The micronutrients are minerals , vitamins , and others. Dietary minerals are inorganic chemical elements required by living organisms, [70] other than the four elements carbon , hydrogen , nitrogen , and oxygen that are present in nearly all organic molecules. The term "mineral" is archaic, since the intent is to describe simply the less common elements in the diet.
Some are heavier than the four just mentioned, including several metals , which often occur as ions in the body. Some dietitians recommend that these be supplied from foods in which they occur naturally, or at least as complex compounds, or sometimes even from natural inorganic sources such as calcium carbonate from ground oyster shells.
Some minerals are absorbed much more readily in the ionic forms found in such sources. On the other hand, minerals are often artificially added to the diet as supplements; the most famous is likely iodine in iodized salt which prevents goiter. Many elements are essential in relative quantity; they are usually called "bulk minerals". Some are structural, but many play a role as electrolytes. Many elements are required in trace amounts, usually because they play a catalytic role in enzymes.
Vitamins are essential nutrients, [70] necessary in the diet for good health. Vitamin D is an exception, as it can be synthesized in the skin in the presence of UVB radiation , and many animal species can synthesize vitamin C. Vitamin deficiencies may result in disease conditions, including goitre , scurvy , osteoporosis , impaired immune system, disorders of cell metabolism, certain forms of cancer, symptoms of premature aging, and poor psychological health , among many others.
Phytochemicals such as polyphenols are compounds produced naturally in plants phyto means "plant" in Greek. In general, the term is used to refer to compounds which do not appear to be nutritionally essential and yet may have positive impacts on health. To date, there is no conclusive evidence in humans that polyphenols or other non-nutrient compounds from plants have health benefit effects.
While initial studies sought to reveal if nutrient antioxidant supplements might promote health, one meta-analysis concluded that supplementation with vitamins A and E and beta-carotene did not convey any benefits and may in fact increase risk of death. Vitamin C and selenium supplements did not impact mortality rate. Health effects of non-nutrient phytochemicals such as polyphenols were not assessed in this review.
Animal intestines contain a large population of gut flora. In humans, the four dominant phyla are Firmicutes , Bacteroidetes , Actinobacteria , and Proteobacteria. Bacteria in the large intestine perform many important functions for humans, including breaking down and aiding in the absorption of fermentable fiber, stimulating cell growth, repressing the growth of harmful bacteria, training the immune system to respond only to pathogens, producing vitamin B 12 , and defending against some infectious diseases.
There is not yet a scientific consensus as to health benefits accruing from probiotics or prebiotics. Carnivore and herbivore diets are contrasting, with basic nitrogen and carbon proportions vary for their particular foods. Many herbivores rely on bacterial fermentation to create digestible nutrients from indigestible plant cellulose, while obligate carnivores must eat animal meats to obtain certain vitamins or nutrients their bodies cannot otherwise synthesize.
Plant nutrition is the study of the chemical elements that are necessary for plant growth. Some elements are directly involved in plant metabolism. However, this principle does not account for the so-called beneficial elements, whose presence, while not required, has clear positive effects on plant growth.
A nutrient that is able to limit plant growth according to Liebig's law of the minimum is considered an essential plant nutrient if the plant cannot complete its full life cycle without it. There are 16 essential plant soil nutrients, besides the three major elemental nutrients carbon and oxygen that are obtained by photosynthetic plants from carbon dioxide in air, and hydrogen , which is obtained from water.
Plants uptake essential elements from the soil through their roots and from the air consisting of mainly nitrogen and oxygen through their leaves. Green plants obtain their carbohydrate supply from the carbon dioxide in the air by the process of photosynthesis. Carbon and oxygen are absorbed from the air, while other nutrients are absorbed from the soil. These hydrogen ions displace cations attached to negatively charged soil particles so that the cations are available for uptake by the root.
In the leaves, stomata open to take in carbon dioxide and expel oxygen. The carbon dioxide molecules are used as the carbon source in photosynthesis. Although nitrogen is plentiful in the Earth's atmosphere, very few plants can use this directly. Most plants, therefore, require nitrogen compounds to be present in the soil in which they grow.
This is made possible by the fact that largely inert atmospheric nitrogen is changed in a nitrogen fixation process to biologically usable forms in the soil by bacteria. Plant nutrition is a difficult subject to understand completely, partially because of the variation between different plants and even between different species or individuals of a given clone. Elements present at low levels may cause deficiency symptoms, and toxicity is possible at levels that are too high.
Furthermore, deficiency of one element may present as symptoms of toxicity from another element, and vice versa. Canada's Food Guide is an example of a government-run nutrition program. Produced by Health Canada , the guide advises food quantities, provides education on balanced nutrition, and promotes physical activity in accordance with government-mandated nutrient needs. Like other nutrition programs around the world, Canada's Food Guide divides nutrition into four main food groups: Dietary and physical activity guidelines from the USDA are presented in the concept of MyPlate , which superseded the food pyramid , which replaced the Four Food Groups.
Department of Health and Human Services provides a sample week-long menu that fulfills the nutritional recommendations of the government. Governmental organisations have been working on nutrition literacy interventions in non-primary health care settings to address the nutrition information problem in the U. The FNP has developed a series of tools to help families participating in the Food Stamp Program stretch their food dollar and form healthful eating habits including nutrition education.
It is designed to assist limited-resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being. Launched in , this program promotes lifelong healthful eating patterns and physically active lifestyles for children and their families.
It is an interactive educational program designed to help prevent childhood obesity through classroom activities that teach children healthful eating habits and physical exercise.
Nutrition is taught in schools in many countries. In England and Wales , the Personal and Social Education and Food Technology curricula include nutrition, stressing the importance of a balanced diet and teaching how to read nutrition labels on packaging. In many schools, a Nutrition class will fall within the Family and Consumer Science or Health departments.
In some American schools, students are required to take a certain number of FCS or Health related classes. Nutrition is offered at many schools, and, if it is not a class of its own, nutrition is included in other FCS or Health classes such as: In many Nutrition classes, students learn about the food groups, the food pyramid, Daily Recommended Allowances, calories, vitamins, minerals, malnutrition, physical activity, healthful food choices, portion sizes, and how to live a healthy life.
In the US, Registered dietitian nutritionists RDs or RDNs [89] are health professionals qualified to provide safe, evidence-based dietary advice which includes a review of what is eaten, a thorough review of nutritional health, and a personalized nutritional treatment plan. They also provide preventive and therapeutic programs at work places, schools and similar institutions.
Certified Clinical Nutritionists or CCNs, are trained health professionals who also offer dietary advice on the role of nutrition in chronic disease, including possible prevention or remediation by addressing nutritional deficiencies before resorting to drugs.
These Board Certified Nutritionists typically specialize in obesity and chronic disease. In order to become board certified, potential CNS candidate must pass an examination, much like Registered Dieticians. This exam covers specific domains within the health sphere including; Clinical Intervention and Human Health.
The study found that health literacy increases with education and people living below the level of poverty have lower health literacy than those above it.
Another study examining the health and nutrition literacy status of residents of the lower Mississippi Delta found that 52 percent of participants had a high likelihood of limited literacy skills.
For example, only 12 percent of study participants identified the My Pyramid graphic two years after it had been launched by the USDA. The study also found significant relationships between nutrition literacy and income level and nutrition literacy and educational attainment [93] further delineating priorities for the region. Among these problems are the lack of information about food choices, a lack of understanding of nutritional information and its application to individual circumstances, limited or difficult access to healthful foods, and a range of cultural influences and socioeconomic constraints such as low levels of education and high levels of poverty that decrease opportunities for healthful eating and living.
The links between low health literacy and poor health outcomes has been widely documented [94] and there is evidence that some interventions to improve health literacy have produced successful results in the primary care setting. More must be done to further our understanding of nutrition literacy specific interventions in non-primary care settings [93] in order to achieve better health outcomes.
Malnutrition refers to insufficient, excessive, or imbalanced consumption of nutrients by an organism. In developed countries, the diseases of malnutrition are most often associated with nutritional imbalances or excessive consumption. In developing countries, malnutrition is more likely to be caused by poor access to a range of nutritious foods or inadequate knowledge.
The aim was to boost nutrition and livelihoods by producing a product that women could make and sell, and which would be accepted by the local community because of its local heritage. Although under- and over-nutrition are often viewed as human problems, pet animals can be under- or overfed by their owners, domesticated animals can be undernourished for macro- and micro-nutrients, affecting growth and health, and wild animals can be undernourished to the point of starvation and death.
Nutritionism is the view that excessive reliance on food science and the study of nutrition can lead to poor nutrition and to ill health. It was originally credited to Gyorgy Scrinis , [96] and was popularized by Michael Pollan. Since nutrients are invisible, policy makers rely on nutrition experts to advise on food choices. Because science has an incomplete understanding of how food affects the human body, Pollan argues, nutritionism can be blamed for many of the health problems relating to diet in the Western World today.
ULs are set a safe fraction below amounts shown to cause health problems. ULs are part of Dietary Reference Intakes. When too much of one or more nutrients is present in the diet to the exclusion of the proper amount of other nutrients, the diet is said to be unbalanced. High calorie food ingredients such as vegetable oils, sugar and alcohol are referred to as "empty calories" because they displace from the diet foods that also contain protein, vitamins, minerals and fiber.
Research indicates that improving the awareness of nutritious meal choices and establishing long-term habits of healthy eating have a positive effect on cognitive and spatial memory capacity, with potential to increase a student's ability to process and retain academic information. Some organizations have begun working with teachers, policymakers, and managed foodservice contractors to mandate improved nutritional content and increased nutritional resources in school cafeterias from primary to university level institutions.
Health and nutrition have been proven to have close links with overall educational success. There is limited research available that directly links a student's Grade Point Average G. Additional substantive data is needed to prove that overall intellectual health is closely linked to a person's diet, rather than just another correlation fallacy.
Nutritional supplement treatment may be appropriate for major depression , bipolar disorder , schizophrenia , and obsessive compulsive disorder , the four most common mental disorders in developed countries. Cancer is now common in developing countries. According to a study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer , "In the developing world, cancers of the liver, stomach and esophagus were more common, often linked to consumption of carcinogenic preserved foods, such as smoked or salted food, and parasitic infections that attack organs.
Several lines of evidence indicate lifestyle-induced hyperinsulinemia and reduced insulin function i. For example, hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are strongly linked to chronic inflammation, which in turn is strongly linked to a variety of adverse developments such as arterial microtrauma and clot formation i.
Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance the so-called metabolic syndrome are characterized by a combination of abdominal obesity , elevated blood sugar , elevated blood pressure , elevated blood triglycerides , and reduced HDL cholesterol.
The state of obesity clearly contributes to insulin resistance, which in turn can cause type 2 diabetes. Virtually all obese and most type 2 diabetic individuals have marked insulin resistance.
Although the association between overweight and insulin resistance is clear, the exact likely multifarious causes of insulin resistance remain less clear. It has been demonstrated that appropriate exercise, more regular food intake, and reducing glycemic load see below all can reverse insulin resistance in overweight individuals and thereby lower their blood sugar level , in those with type 2 diabetes.
In addition, reduced leptin signaling to the brain may reduce leptin's normal effect to maintain an appropriately high metabolic rate. In any case, analogous to the way modern man-made pollution may possess the potential to overwhelm the environment's ability to maintain homeostasis , the recent explosive introduction of high glycemic index and processed foods into the human diet may possess the potential to overwhelm the body's ability to maintain homeostasis and health as evidenced by the metabolic syndrome epidemic.
Antinutrients are natural or synthetic compounds that interfere with the absorption of nutrients. Nutrition studies focus on antinutrients commonly found in food sources and beverages. The relatively recent increased consumption of sugar has been linked to the rise of some afflictions such as diabetes, obesity, and more recently heart disease.
Increased consumption of sugar has been tied to these three, among others. In the same time span that obesity doubled, diabetes numbers quadrupled in America. Increased weight, especially in the form of belly fat, and high sugar intake are also high risk factors for heart disease. Elevated amounts of Low-density lipoprotein LDL cholesterol, is the primary factor in heart disease.
In order to avoid all the dangers of sugar, moderate consumption is paramount. Since the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help keep foods fresh longer and alter the fresh state of food as they appear in nature. Cooling is the primary technology used to maintain freshness, whereas many more technologies have been invented to allow foods to last longer without becoming spoiled.
These latter technologies include pasteurisation , autoclavation , drying , salting , and separation of various components, all of which appearing to alter the original nutritional contents of food. Pasteurisation and autoclavation heating techniques have no doubt improved the safety of many common foods, preventing epidemics of bacterial infection.
But some of the new food processing technologies have downfalls as well. Modern separation techniques such as milling , centrifugation , and pressing have enabled concentration of particular components of food, yielding flour, oils, juices, and so on, and even separate fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals.
Inevitably, such large-scale concentration changes the nutritional content of food, saving certain nutrients while removing others. Heating techniques may also reduce food's content of many heat-labile nutrients such as certain vitamins and phytochemicals, and possibly other yet-to-be-discovered substances. In addition, processed foods often contain potentially harmful substances such as oxidized fats and trans fatty acids.
A dramatic example of the effect of food processing on a population's health is the history of epidemics of beri-beri in people subsisting on polished rice. Removing the outer layer of rice by polishing it removes with it the essential vitamin thiamine , causing beri-beri. Another example is the development of scurvy among infants in the late 19th century in the United States. It turned out that the vast majority of sufferers were being fed milk that had been heat-treated as suggested by Pasteur to control bacterial disease.
Pasteurisation was effective against bacteria, but it destroyed the vitamin C. As mentioned, lifestyle- and obesity-related diseases are becoming increasingly prevalent all around the world. There is little doubt that the increasingly widespread application of some modern food processing technologies has contributed to this development.
The food processing industry is a major part of modern economy, and as such it is influential in political decisions e. In any known profit-driven economy, health considerations are hardly a priority; effective production of cheap foods with a long shelf-life is more the trend. In general, whole, fresh foods have a relatively short shelf-life and are less profitable to produce and sell than are more processed foods.
Thus, the consumer is left with the choice between more expensive, but nutritionally superior, whole, fresh foods, and cheap, usually nutritionally inferior, processed foods.
Because processed foods are often cheaper, more convenient in both purchasing, storage, and preparation , and more available, the consumption of nutritionally inferior foods has been increasing throughout the world along with many nutrition-related health complications. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about Nutrition in general.

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Mark Jacobson, Eve in the Garden #2, 2016, Oil on Canvas, 36" x 24"
For over 25 years, Mark Jacobson has studied and mastered the art of painting. He attended classes at the Art Student's League and was a member of the Hudson Valley Art Association. Jacobson's work has shown at the Albright Knox Museum in Buffalo, NY and the Westchester Hudson river Museum in Hudson River, NY, as well as numerous art galleries. In addition to these exhibitions, Mark Jacobson received first place in the American Artist magazine Golden Anniversary Competition in 1987.
Jacobson relies on a strong figurative technique and a nostalgia for moments of insight when the symbolic is no longer opaque but becomes alive in the deepest sense. Given to the allegorical, Jacobson paints scenarios whose symbolic meaning is hinted at by his titles. He says, "Letters, numbers, and arrows become meaningful abstract shapes; details I invent out of my imagination." His paintings work as an all-inclusive metaphor for the imagination - indeed,his paintings suggest that the artist/protagonist is ready to experience a higher consciousness.*
*Excerpt from Jonathan Goodman's essay, Figure Variations 2010. Jonathan Goodman is a writer based in New York City. He has written for Art in America, Sculpture, and ArtCritical.


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The opportunity to rebrand GetGo's coffee signage gave our team the chance to extend the voice we established through monthly promos and store openings to an everyday, heavily-trafficked fixture of the chain. It also allowed us to further integrate Tom Szorady's familiar illustration work into the brand.
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Mamma loves a good garden adventure and this magical wonderland perched on the top of Wombat Hill (an old extinct volcano) is no exception. As with everything in Daylesford, it is picture perfect with rolling green hills - perfect for a tumble - and cubby houses made by the draping greenery. You can take a lovely drive up to the car park or enter via the side entrances on foot.
Mamma's special mention: Wombat Hill House is nestled onto the heart of the gardens and the perfect spot to stop for lunch or a mid morning or afternoon snack. Mamma didn't get a chance to stop in this time but will be back for a FULL review.
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Eight people escape house fire in Woodland
Eight people in a home in Woodland escaped injury when fire erupted Thursday morning.
Firefighters responded to the blaze reported about 7:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of Antoinette Way to find a single-story house with smoke and flames coming from the structure.
Fire crews quickly extinguished the fire. All of those in the house when the fire began in the kitchen-family room safely got out.
No cause for the fire has been determined, according to the Woodland Fire Department.
Bill Lindelof: 916-321-1079, @Lindelofnews


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Anniversaries are naturally times to reflect on the past. As we complete our 30th year in print this summer, we inaugurate a new monthly feature of the magazine called "Historical Research," where we will take a deep look at the people, events and ideas that have brought us to where we are. In this issue we look at Alexander Hamilton ("Founding Father of Finance"), our first Treasury Secretary and founder of the key financial institutions that put our great country on a firm financial footing in its earliest days. We also will run a monthly sidebar ("Thirty Years Ago This Month") on the events — financial, political and cultural – that swirled around the creation of Research and many of our readers' formative years three decades ago.
Yet, in looking at our past, it is clear that nothing has been more central to our success than our unrelenting focus on the future — on the products, trends and ideas that financial advisors would need to know about to better serve their clients, win new business and manage their practices. And so, while we have added important historical content, we are rededicating our efforts to bring you forward-looking news and analysis.
For example, the big open question of the day is how the financial services industry will assist the bulging demographic of boomers to support themselves in their retirement. We know how this generation has accumulated assets — through a variety of financial instruments, but most particularly through mutual funds in defined contribution plans.
Yet, it is only this month that the first boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, receives her first Social Security payment, so the pattern of decumulation is not yet established; as the next 80 million boomers follow her into retirement, we'll know who the winners and losers in retirement income products will be. (We can probably safely predict that Social Security, or the retirees who rely on it, will not be among the winners).
The future of retirement income is addressed in our cover story ("Innovation in Insurance"); in our Retirement Income Reporter section, written by industry visionary Fran?ois Gadenne; and in a feature describing one new path employed by broker-dealer Securities America ("One BD Steps Up to the Challenge").
A gift of pearls is traditional for 30th anniversaries, and we hope to offer some pearls of wisdom as our expert contributors explore these issues in the coming year. We are excited about our history project as well. Looking at the past, with an eye firmly on the future, is really the best way to help you in the present — the unique time and place where past and future meet. This dialectical process builds knowledge, understanding and wisdom. It is our desire to impart something of value to you in each new issue of Research. Please let us know if we are succeeding. We welcome your feedback.
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Today's guest: Allison Winn Scotch Why we love her: Y'all know we've loved her for years--since the day Lisa stumbled upon her book, Time of My Life, in Barnes and Noble.
Her latest: The Song Remains the Same (Out in paperback today!)
The scoop on it: She's a wife, a sister, a daughter…but she remembers nothing. Now she must ask herself who she is and choose which stories—and storytellers—to trust. One of only two survivors of a plane crash, Nell Slattery wakes up in the hospital with no memory of it, or who she is, or was. Now she must piece together both body and mind with the help of family and friends who have their own agendas. Although Nell can't remember all that came before, something just doesn't sit right with the versions of her history given by her mother, her sister, and her husband.
Desperate for a key to unlock her past, she filters through photos, art, music, and stories, hoping that something will jog her memory, and soon, in tiny bits and pieces, Nell starts remembering. . . .
Our thoughts: One of Lisa's favorite books of the year was even better the second time around.
Fun fact: Today marks the 6th time Allison has been a guest on CLIND!
Giveaway: FIVE copies! Just leave a comment and be entered to win. We'll select the winners on Sunday, January 6th after 3PM PST.
BEST SONG: Nope, can't do it. Music is my muse, and my "best song" depends on whatever is happening in my life at that particular moment, at that particular emotional need. That said, I think my go-to answer for this, simply because it will never NOT be one of my greatest songs ever, is Read My Mind by The Killers. Everything about the song resonates with me: the beat, the melody, Brandon Flowers' voice, the haunting but uplifting lyrics about perseverance and finding a better life…I don't know. It's just…brilliant. And sometimes it makes me cry and sometimes, it's the background music for a long run. Any time, any situation, it's basically perfect.
BEST BOOK: Oh lord. I can't choose a best book. Seriously. There are too many influences, too many beloved chapters. How about if instead, I offer my best books (that I read) of 2012? My three favorites were WILD (a raw, gorgeous, searing memoir), THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (I cannot say enough good things about the genius and emotional poignancy of this book), and BEAUTIFUL RUINS (so clever and creative, and I admired the heck out of what the author pulled off because I don't think I could have done the same thing).
BEST MOVIE: I am a huge pop culture fan, so this is hard for me. I know it's a bit of a cliché, but I'm going to go with Love, Actually. From a writer's perspective, I find the movie genius: the way that all of the plot threads both stand alone and weave together. And then, from a romantic's perspective, I love the honest, hilarious, touching exploration of love in all its different forms. I don't think I'll ever tire of watching Colin Firth jump into the lake full of eels or Hugh Grant singing Christmas carols to little kids or Andrew Lincoln exposing his inner-feelings on flash cards. It's all just perfect.
BEST MOMENT: Ooh, toughie. Of course, I want to say the birth of my kids or marrying my husband, but honestly, the first thing that comes to mind is turning 30. Which was quite a few years ago. But I remember my parents called me and said, "Wow, can you believe that you're 30? Are you overwhelmed with it?" Or something like that. And I said, "No, actually, I feel like I've earned it. Like I'm finally an adult and that everything that I've done so far has led up to here." My 20s were tumultuous in the way that one's 20s often are – trying to figure out my relationships, my career, all of that. By the time I hit 30, I felt like I had a certain peace with everything, all of the choices I'd made, all of the wrong turns I'd taken. It was sort of this really gratifying moment: okay, I'm here, it's great, I'm happy, exhale.
BEST ADVICE: Don't Quit. Growing up with the last name of "Winn," my father's go-to line was "What's your last name?" What he meant by that is actually the verb version of my last name: win. It wasn't that he expected us to win all the time, but he did expect us to carry ourselves like winners, which translated to the fact that we kept going, we didn't quit, and we always tried our best even if we really, really didn't want to. Now that I'm long past childhood, this message has served me well: in the book world (when my first manuscript didn't sell or when sales from my debut weren't what I wanted and I had to regroup to figure out how to sell my second book) or even in my marriage (when the relationship ebbs into the more difficult moments that long marriages inevitably face). Don't quit. Keep going. There's a lot of wisdom in that simple advice. Quitting never feels good in the long-term, but finding that you have the strength to come out on top – not necessarily victorious but still in a better place than you imagined – is the best reward possible.
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You have educated me just like that.
Happiness is reserved for the wretched and the poor;
this is how I came to observe
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peace be with you; I could not see the flower-of-My-Heart perish; 1 I could not see you struck with blindness forever, My Heart is your abode and your salvation; how could I see this cloud overshadowing My tent and remain silent? one blow with My Breath was needed to blow away what clouded My tent2 ...
and now, one question: do you still want to continue with all that I have given you and evangelise with love for Love? 3
Yes, Lord.
say: "yes, Lord, but with a fire inside me, with zeal for Your House and Your Glory;" 4
renew then your vows of fidelity to Me5 and I then will renew My graces upon you .... I will continue to pour out My graces and My teachings upon you; please Me and satisfy My thirst, realise what I have given you; 6 My pleasure is to give ....
remind your counsellor7 how sacrifice pleases Me; generosity is also agreeable in My Eyes; I wish to remind both of you, how important it is to keep up with My pace, 8 the urgency of My Message; you are facing the dawn of the great events to come; put your heart at work; then, be gracious to one another; tepidness in your work displeases Me;
oh, what could I have given you more that I have not given you? I have given you this Inexhaustible Treasure that was hidden from the eyes of mankind and was revealed only to Gertrude, 9 this Treasure that left her heart in total rapture and her eyes captivated by the wonder; 10 this Inexhaustible Treasure was reserved for your times: the end of times; My Sacred Heart treasured these riches for your generation; now, do you understand why the devil has you, My Vassula, as his prime concern and his prime target for destruction?
Now I understand, Lord.
I will never fail you; work with Me11 and please Me; I am your Life .... pray, that the Evil one does not venture too close to your union12 .... pray for the completion of your work; pray and ask the Father to make you perfect; I, Jesus, bless both of you and remember: confide in one another, bless one another, be an example of what unity will be like! be one;
(Note: Saint Gertrude is often called the Great, as she was one of the greatest mystics of the Catholic Church. Though she lived nearly four centuries before St. Margaret Mary, she had a great devotion to the Heart of Jesus. Her book "The Herald of Divine Tenderness" is a living poem on Divine Love, a love always linked to the Sacred Heart.
One of the most famous of all her visions concerned the Heart of Christ. The vision took place on the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. In her book she speaks of herself in the third person.
A reading from Saint Gertrude:
"Whilst she was, as was her wont, wholly absorbed in prayer, the disciple whom Jesus loved so well, and who for that reason should be loved by all, appeared to her. She then said to him: 'And what grace can I obtain, wretched me, on your feast day?' He answered: 'Come with me, you are the chosen one of my Lord, let us rest on His breast in which are hidden all the treasures of blessedness.'
"- Then he took her to our Lord and both placed themselves on our Lord's Heart. This is where she discovered this Inexhaustible Treasure He was hiding in His Heart. When she asked the Evangelist why wasn't this treasure given before or why hadn't the Evangelist spoken of this Treasure, Saint John said:
"'My mission was to deliver to the Church, in her first age, a simple word on the uncreated Word of God the Father that would afford the whole of humanity enough to contemplate until the end of the world, yet without any person ever succeeding in fully grasping it.'
"'But to tell of the pulsations of the Heart of Jesus has been reserved for modern times so that, in hearing of these things, the world already old and growing cold in the love of God, may be rekindled and grow warm again.'"
(St Gertrude (1257-1302), Legatus Divinae Pietatis, Bk IV, chapter IV.))
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Our October open meeting features guest speaker Mark Lakeman, designer and principal at Communitecture, and founder of nonprofit City Repair. Lakeman will address the question, "Does design lead or reflect humanity?" and discuss ways to engage, motivate, and mobilize municipalities and place-based communities. As well, the presentation will outline an expanded and increasingly relevant role for the designer. In 2003, for work with Portland's Dignity Village, Lakeman and City Repair received the Lewis Mumford Award from Architects/Designers/ Planners for Social Responsibility. Please join us at 6 PM at the AIA Center for Architecture, 403 NW 11th Ave (entry on NW Flanders). Doors open at 5:45 PM. Refreshments will be served.
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Written by: Madeline Klaver
If I was the protagonist of some sort of weird, hyper realistic novel, I can safely say that it would not be of the action-adventure genre. It wouldn't be fantasy or science fiction, or romance or mystery. My life is really not novel-writing material, not because I don't do interesting things sometimes, but because I am definitely not the kind of person who ends up as a protagonist.
As I am a giant nerd, reading is one of my favourite pastimes. I like to read about people going on crazy journeys, exploring the wilderness, discovering new things and not showering for weeks, probably. But even through all of that excitement, I never see myself as one of those protagonists. I'd most likely be the bookish side-character, or the childhood friend that stays back home.
That's why it was a little strange that, when I learned about YCI's Costa Rica project, I was completely hooked. Environmentalism is my weakness, I suppose, and to be fair I've always wanted to try my hand at some genuine fieldwork. And sea turtles are some of the coolest animals on the planet. Aside from all that, I'd just spent two years learning about Spanish culture and the Spanish language in school. I couldn't sign myself up fast enough.
And that's how I found myself on a plane to San Jose on December 26th. I had never travelled alone, or much out of Canada, and I had to be coached every step of the way by a pleasant southern stewardess who kept calling me "sweetheart". Getting off the plane into San Jose was kind of like jumping into the deep end of a pool. After some confusion, I miraculously managed to find my bag and make it outside into a hoard of people trying to get me to take their specific taxi. I walked slowly, and just kind of glanced around blankly until, mercifully, I was found by Berny, our project leader with RJI.
I remember the taxi ride to the hostel really vividly. San Jose was a blur of colours, narrow sidewalks, and Spanish advertisements. I hungrily took in all of the sights, and arrived at the hostel before I knew it.
There, I was greeted by my group. Everyone was in a sort of giddy pre-adventure mood. We had some quick conversation before turning in for what would be the first of many shortened nights' sleeps.
We piled into a taxi at 3 AM the next morning, then a bus, then another, dustier bus, then a pickup truck, and then arrived at camp at Playa Caletas. We were greeted by an overenthusiastic puppy (who turned out to be quite the kleptomaniac, but that's another story), and a group of people who were also working on the project. We did a quick tour of the camp, then unpacked for our two-week stay.
On that very first night, we had a nest of hatchlings to release before dinner. It was so amazing, getting to pick up these tiny squirmy babies and help them find their way safely to the ocean. They were really funny little things. You put them in the bucket and they beat each other down like "RELEASE ME FROM THIS PLASTIC PRISON." And then you put them on the sand and it's "Wait, hold up, what is this? Where is this? How do flippers work again? I am going to sit here for at least a full minute."
Eventually they do get on their way, though, and it's a really pretty sight.
Life at camp was very structured and well-put-together, so I was quickly able to settle into rhythm with the other people working there. That being said, I was really far out of my comfort zone (remember, not a protagonist here), and I had some trouble learning how to live outside of my regular routine. The shower was two buckets of well water, on a raised tile platform. If you're strategic about time of day, you might not even have an audience of eight million hermit crabs. The bathroom is always full of hermit crabs, though. And always smells kind of like… well, a bathroom in a rustic camp on the beach. It was a big challenge for me to cope without running water and electricity and clean feet, but I had gone to Costa Rica expecting to challenge myself, and I focussed on the turtles and the experience instead.
As I adjusted to my surroundings, I had an incredible support network of wonderful people from all around the world. The people in my group were really nice to me, and helped me out when I needed it. I shared stories with people from England, Germany, Costa Rica and all over the United States and Canada. Learning about all of their cultures was really interesting, and one of my favourite memories of my time at camp was New Years' Eve, when we participated in traditions from everyone's homes.
At the stroke of midnight, all of us jumped off of logs (into a good new year), ate twelve grapes, hugged everyone, sang "auld lang sine", then ran around camp with backpacks to guarantee future travels. All the while we talked and laughed and enjoyed the beautiful place we were all sharing.
For reference, here is a panorama of the camp and its structures:
And, right across from that is the vast blue ocean:
You can also see a rift in the space-time continuum to the right. Or I'm just bad at taking panoramas. Nah, it's the first thing.
As for the typical structure of our days, it usually went something like this:
1: Breakfast. I was delighted to discover that sacrificing refrigeration didn't mean sacrificing milk. I had my sleepy, stare-into-space-and-contemplate-life-over-a-bowl-of-cereal every morning, just like at home. Now with at least 200% more iguanas!
2: Morning routine, including bucket showers, teeth brushing with no running water, and shaking out your clothes because scorpions are a horrifying possibility. (Actually, though, there weren't that many bugs. Hooray for the dry season!) (Well, technically every bug at camp just flocked to Steph, one of the people in our group.) (Moral of the story: bring Steph) (I'm sorry Steph, if you're reading this.)
3: It's definitely better to get chores done earlier in the day. All of the chores are arranged into a handy little chart, and you just find your name and then begin. Chores ranged from everyday things like cooking meals and washing dishes (made more challenging by lack of running water and electricity), to things such as washing the bags used to collect eggs, or burning the toilet paper from the bathroom. I learned how to use a lighter, which is a skill I somehow avoided picking up until this trip. I would die in about five seconds in any intense survival situation.
4: If the whole group had some free time, we could do some exploring! The walk into town was a bit too long (two and a half hours), so we only went there if someone could drive us. However, there was a beach just an hour away that was really beautiful and didn't have waves that could possibly murder you in the cold blood, like at our beach. We also got to explore Playa Caletas a little bit. There are lots of tide pools with really cool ocean life in them, and there's also a river down at the end of the beach with some spectacular birds to see. I also collected a lot of rocks on these expeditions. I added them to the collection I started when I was four and thought I finished when I was six.
5: I really have to applaud everyone who ever cooked lunch and dinner. People were able to get really creative with the few foods we had, and everything was delicious. Dinner was usually eaten by the light of a headlamp, as it gets dark really fast when you only have one overhead light to speak of. As a side note: with a headlamp, racoons just look like a pair of glowing eyes. That was an experience.
6: Night time is when the real work began. Turtles prefer to operate by cloak of night, like tiny shelled ninjas or something. Our duties at night were split into two main jobs: patrol and hatchery duty.
7: Good morning traveller, it's 2 AM! Time for a patrol of the beach. I would meet a few others in the kitchen and then sleepily set off North or South in search of turtle tracks. The stars are really beautiful away from civilization, and the sound of the ocean is something I really miss walking alongside. Either using moonlight or red headlamp light, we walked and searched for tracks and talked a bit amongst ourselves. I myself saw four adult turtles during my three weeks, and we found a whole lot more nests. If a nest was found, we would dig it up, and if a turtle was found, we got to sit and watch her for a while. Adult turtles are the kind of beauty that takes your breath away. They seem to carry the wisdom of the world with them, and the first time I saw one I felt some sort of life-changing feeling wash over me. I saw three in one night, and even got to catch the eggs for one as she laid them. They were warm and kind of squishy and covered in slime. It was awesome. The fourth turtle I saw was a freak turtle that decided to come up during the day, right near our camp.
I will call her Gloria. Gloria the turtle.
8: Annnnd yes, that is the sound of your alarm. It's the middle of the night, and it's time for hatchery duty! The hatchery is a tented area arranged into squares like so:
A section is marked by an orange tag when there are eggs in it, and when it's almost time for the eggs to hatch, a green fence is put around the nest to prevent the turtles from escaping everywhere. Lying in the hammock and looking at the stars from the hatchery is one of the most peaceful feelings ever. That is, until I'd hear a noise from outside and became hyper-aware of the impending threat of predators. I didn't actually see any predators, though, in any of my hatchery shifts. I did, however, have a nest of turtles hatch on me.
When turtles first hatch, they just kind of hang out above the sand, looking really displeased with the world. I thought it would take a bit of time for them to really start moving around, but it was only about a minute until I had 70 scrambling babies on my hands, and had to quickly put them into a bucket. Not today, friends. Not today.
My time at Playa Caletas was a life-changing experience. I will never forget the things I learned, about nature and about myself, and I will never forget the people who helped me along the way.
Easing myself back into civilisation was even weirder than trying to get a hold of life at camp. Suddenly my feet were clean, and I had light during night-time, and dear lord, that 15 degree Celsius weather in San Jose was like a death sentence. I felt really weird going into my room on my first night back. There were way too many colours. Like, posters-taking-up-all-my-wall-space amount of colours. My eyes were confused, if that makes any sense. It has also remained steadily around –20 degrees Celsius for the past week. I wear a lot of big sweaters.
I've told the story of my trip many times since I got home. People always seem to be really happy for me, saying how proud they are or how jealous they are, or just expressing how much they love turtles. Maybe I'll never quite be the protagonist of an adventure novel, but my travels are definitely interesting enough to impress those around me, and stick with me forever. If my life is a book, it's probably still really boring to read. I mean, I just spent like an hour typing. I'm getting off-track. If my life is a book, this trip was a really exciting chapter. I'm looking forward to what the next page will bring.


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E-West Club: Haunted Halloween CarnEVIL PartyPosted: October 26th, 2014 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Hot Tips, Special Events, Upcoming Events | Tags: Alyssa Farrelly, Central Park, E-West Club, Halloween, Halloween CarnEVIL, Halloween Party, Haunted House, Lin Wang, The Place, Tongzhou, Yoopay | 1 Comment »
Don't be fooled by these pretty ladies, E-West's Haunted House is Not for the Fainthearted
I still remember screaming my head off as I slowly made my way through E-West Club's Haunted House section last year.
With zombies jumping out and trying to grab you at every unexpected corner, shrill laughter echoing down the corridors and unspeakable horrors creeping in and out of the shadows, I'll hand it to E-West Club for going all out each and every year in putting together Beijing's most creative and frightening Haunted House party!
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A party at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump cost the taxpayer more than $80,000.
Hundreds attended the fancy affair on January 17 including actors, military, business and government figures hosted by Ambassador Tim Groser.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) revealed in an Official Information Act request by Fairfax Media that US$58,247.36 (NZ$81,000) in putting on the soirée which is said was important in advancing the country's interests in the US.
An MFAT spokesperson said the embassy had hosted inauguration parties before "without consideration of US domestic politics".
"The event was considered as a constituency building activity to position New Zealand's interests effectively with the new US Administration and Congress."
Funds for the party came from MFAT's baseline budget and met standard approval criteria.
The Taxpayers Union called the party "another display of extravagance from MFAT using the taxpayers' wallet".
"The fact that the attendees to the party had little professional association to trade or diplomacy shows that it was nothing more than a taxpayer-funded bash for friends of MFAT's DC-based diplomats," executive director Jordan Williams says.
Mr Groser was reported to be overjoyed with the guest list which included Mr Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump supporter Jon Voight.
In a report in the Washingtonian at the time, a number of anecdotal stories from a number of inauguration parties were presented including from the New Zealand party - where the "party circuit began for many".
"Ambassador Tim Groser made no attempt to hide his elation about the evening's guest list," the report reads.
It says despite the former trade minister's heavy involvement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and his promotion of policies in direct opposition to Mr Trumps, what Mr Groser really wanted now was access.
"Getting access to Trump will be everybody's ambition," Mr Groser reportedly said.
"We have got off to a flying start."
He also allegedly told a story about how he got Mr Trump's cellphone number and hailed his election as the end of "PC" culture.
At the time, Newshub contacted the Embassy to confirm this sequence of events. They never responded.


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Back to Nation Building?
Hillary Clinton calls for a more "active" foreign policy. When talking about conflicts around the world, from Syria to Ukraine to Afghanistan, she says the US needs to "do more."
Obama's Inner Priority 'Jammed' by the Pentagon
For Obama, Asia represents the future; it deserves far more U.S. attention than it receives, writes Jeffrey Goldberg in a much-cited article. But the president found himself stuck in the Middle East.
Congress must act soon to stop Apple
If Congress does not act soon to rule that the CALEA act applies to extremely strong encryption inserted into Apple phones, every terrorist, drug dealer, and human trafficker with half a brain will get one.
Apple's Chinese Red Herrings
Far from yielding to the FBI's call to help it gain access to messages stored in a terrorist's cell phone, Apple is doubling down: Apple is working to increase its iCloud encryption, which would inhibit even Apple itself from retrieving password-protected customer data stored in its cloud.
China's Role in the US Presidential Campaign
The major candidates vying to become the next president of the United States in the current election campaign have hitherto paid much less attention to China as a military power – and much more to its economic prowess (and humanitarian deficits).


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By the time that I started seriously developing games (like SpaceChem), computers had come a long way from when I started playing PC games in the early 90's. In an effort to nostalgically reconnect with my past and broaden my understanding of antiquated programming paradigms (aka research for future Zachtronics games), Keith and I set out to port SHENZHEN SOLITAIRE to MS-DOS!
The port itself is finished, so all that's left is to manufacture and distribute the game. If you back this project you will receive the game and its source code on a signed 3.5" floppy disk.
The game requires an IBM compatible PC with a 386 or better, at least 640 kB of RAM, a VGA-compatible graphics card, and a mouse. We compiled the game with Borland C++ 3.1, which is not included.
Risks and challenges
The port is finished, so there's no risk of us failing to develop it, but our ability to test the game on actual hardware is limited.
The game runs well on my oldest PC (386SX @ 20 MHz / 4 MB RAM / VGA / MS-DOS 6.22), but it's entirely possible that you'll run into compatibility issues on your retro-computer of choice. In the event that this happens you can contact me at email@example.com and we'll issue you a refund. The hazards of releasing a game for MS-DOS in 2017, I suppose.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Jeffrey Henning
By Jeffrey Henning
Of the 5,037 unique links shared on the Twitter #MRX hashtag over the past two weeks, here are 10 of the most retweeted…
- Matters of Opinion 2017: 8 Things We Learned About Politics, the News, and the Internet – Abacus Data surveyed 2,000 Canadians about the intersection of politics and online behavior. They found a smartphone-powered addiction to Facebook, facilitating "myopia", with Twitter relevant for word-of-mouth: "A small group of hyper-connected, hyper-engaged Canadians can be instrumental in breaking the myopia-barrier."
- Kantar Tops MRS League Tables – The Market Research Society has published its analysis of the top 100 UK MRX firms: they grew 6.7% year over year (2015 over 2014), with 71% of agencies experiencing growth. The largest three firms are Kantar (WPP), Wood Mackenzie Research & Consulting, and Dunnhumby.
- She Knows Best: Insights Into Mums' Shopping Decisions – GutCheck looks at the skepticism of mothers about the health claims of foods, as well as what they look for in games and toys.
- Discovery: A New Tool for Accessing Longitudinal Cohort Studies – Ray Poynter of NewMR provides an overview of a tool for analyzing 8 longitudinal UK studies.
- Captains of Industry Say Business is Already Suffering the Consequences of Brexit – Ipsos Mori interviewed 114 executives from top British companies: 58% believe Brexit has already had a negative impact on their business, and 66% say post-Brexit will be negative for their firms.
- The Best Data Scientists Get Out and Talk to People – Writing for the Harvard Business Review, Thomas Redman points out, "Great data scientists know they have to understand the strengths and weaknesses in the data in great detail." Three keys: See how the data is collected; learn the full context; integrate these findings into your work.
- Write Right: Convincing Content – Isabel Gautschi of Cascade Insights provides concrete tips including this gem: "Don't subject your audience to stream-of-conscious business blogging."
- Why Machine Learning is Meaningless – Tom H.C. Anderson of Odin Text gives two examples that can be labeled "machine learning" even though they different dramatically in complexity.
- Has Craft Beer Lost Its Cultural Capital? – Nigel Hollis of MillwardBrown wonders if the craft beer industry is aleing. He seems hopped up and bitter to me!
- Six in Ten Around the World Think Their Society is "Broken" – Ipsos-Mori surveyed over 16,000 adults in 23 countries: 81% lack confidence in political parties, 68% lack confidence in the media, and 61% lack confidence in big companies.
Note: This list is ordered by the relative measure of each link's influence in the first week it debuted in the weekly Top 5. A link's influence is a tally of the influence of each Twitter user who shared the link and tagged it #MRX, ignoring retweets from closely related accounts. Only links with a research angle are considered.


text: Surging away from Marisa Barros with less than 4Km to go, Amane Gobena of Ethiopia won the Osaka Ladies Marathon this morning in 2:25:14.It was first victory for an Ethiopian in the Osaka Ladies Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, which started in 1982. "First of all thank you for inviting me to this wonderful city," Gobena said. "It was very tough and the race was very competitive. I am very glad to win the race." It was a personal best for Gobena, whose previous best was 2:26:53 from the 2009 Los Angeles Marathon. Barros of Portugal, who was sixth in the World Championships in Berlin last year, finished second in 2:25:45 while Mari Ozaki, running for the fourth time in this race, was third with 2:26:27. Barros also recorded a personal best, improving on her 2:26:03 from Sevilla in February of 2009. Ozaki never run a bad race in Osaka and today was no exception. "It was very fast from the start. I felt like running an ekiden," Ozaki said. "I was not watching the time though. It was intentional. If the pace was fast and I saw the split, I might get scared and slow down. If the pace was slow and I realize how bad I feel despite being so slow, it would be psychologically devastating. Perhaps because of high pace at the beginning, I felt really cold in the later part of the race. I think third place finish was good."Lidia Simon of Romania fell behind the at 22Km, but then she ran her own race and started to pick off runners to finish a very respectable fourth in 2:27:11. Kayoko Obata, running the final marathon of her long career (26 starts with no DNFs) was fifth in 2:27:19. "It would have been nice if I could record my personal best in my last race," Obata said. But it was not to be – this was the fourth fastest time of her career. Debutante Ryoko Kizaki finished fifth in 2:27:34 which did not suffice for a top ten debut time though. "It felt really long in the last part of the race when I was running alone," Kizaki said. "I was able to relax in the beginning but in the later part of the race, it was really cold. I was hoping for time around 2:26 but since I was able to run through the race without much trouble I am satisfied." Another debutante, former cross country skier Azusa Noriji, was eighth in 2:29:12. How the race unfolded: In cold conditions with and an occasional drizzle, the race started at 12:10 from Nagai stadium, the venue of 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka. Pre-race favorite Yukiko Akaba started the race despite pain in back of her knee. The first kilometre was passed in a relatively fast 3:22, immediately reducing the lead group to about 13 runners. Soon Akaba took the lead and started to push the pace. The first casualty was Chika Horie who started to drift back just before 5Km (17:05). With the relatively fast pace, the race of attrition continued, with Ayumi Nakayama next to lose contact. By nine kilometres the lead pack was reduced to nine. With Akaba still in the lead, 10 kilometres were passed in 33:46. Nearing the 14 kilometre marker, Azusa Nojiri and Saori Nejyo began to fall behind. A kilometre later, the lead pack started to stretch out. Akaba passed kilometre 15 in 50:22 with Gobena just behind her. Then there was a gap to Kizaki, Barros, Ozaki and Simon when the drizzle turned to rain. Just past the 15 kilometre aid-station Shuhei Akaba, Akaba's coach and husband, passed along some instruction, and was happy to see his wife running without pain. By 16Km Kizaki, Barros, Ozaki and eventually Simon closed the gap, with six runners reformed in the lead pack. With Akaba still in front, the six reached 20 kilometres in 1:07:01 and the half marathon in 1:10:44, just 20 seconds behind record pace. Two kilometres later, Simon started to lose contact and a kilometre after that, Kizaki, who has done three 40 kilometre runs for this marathon, also bagan to lag. Approaching 24.5 kilometres, Barros began to drift behind. On the steep downhill nearing the 26th kilometre, Barros went to the front followed by Gobena and Ozaki, while Akaba dropped to fourth. The gap gradually widen between Akaba and the three leaders. With Barros leading, three runners passed 30Km in 1:40:57. Soon after the 30Km aid station, Ozaki fell back. At 30.6 kilometres Kizaki caught Akaba to move into fourth. Television commentator Yuko Arimori suggested that at this point Akaba was probably in pain, and if that was the case, that someone ought to stop her since it is hard for a runner to stop on her own. Just before the 39th kilometre marker, Akaba coach pulled her out of the race. Under steady rain, the pace continued to slow. Barros and Gobena passed 35 kilometres in 1:58:08, followed by Ozaki 26 seconds later. After 38.5Km Gobena moved took the lead at 38.5 kilometres, and the gap between her and Barros gradually widened. With an eight-second lead at 40 kilometres, the Ethiopian slowed considerably in the waning stages but still took a convincing victory.Ken Nakamura assisted by Akihiro Onishi for the IAAFWeather: cloudy with occasional drizzle; temperature: 5.8C, humidity: 70%, wind: NNW1.5m/s Results: (JPN unless otherwise denoted) 1. Amane Gobena, ETH 2:25:14 2. Marisa Barros, POR 2:25:45 3. Mari Ozaki 2:26:27 4. Lidia Simon, ROU 2:27:11 5. Kyoko Obata 2:27:19 final marathon of her elite career 6. Ryoko Kizaki 2:27:34 debut 7. Chika Horie 2:28:29 8. Azusa Nojiri 2:29:12 debut 9. Ayumi Nakayama 2:32:43 10. Seika Iwamura 2:33:15 Splits: 5Km - 17:05 - Yukiko Akaba, Marisa Barros, Lidia Simon, Ryoko Kizaki, Amane Gobena, Azusa Nojiri, Mari Ozaki 10Km 33:46 (16:41) - Yukiko Akaba, Marisa Barros, Amane Gobena, Lidia Simon, Azusa Nojiri, Ryoko Kizaki 15Km 50:21 (16:35) - Yukiko Akaba 50:22 - Amane Gobena 50:25 - Ryoko Kizaki 50:25 - Mari Ozaki 50:25 - Marisa Barros 50:26 - Kayoko Obata 50:26 - Lidia Simon 20Km 1:07:01 (16:40) - Yukiko Akaba, Marisa Barros, Amand Gobena 1:07:02 - Ryoko Kizaki, Mari Ozaki, Lidia Simon 1:07:26 - Kayoko Obata, Azusa Nojiri25Km 1:23:59 (16:58) - Yukiko Akaba, Amane Gobena, Mari Ozaki 1:24:01 - Marisa Barros 1:24:10 - Ryoko Kizaki 1:24:23 - Lidia Simon 1:25:04 - Azusa Nojiri 1:25:09 - Kayoko Obata 30Km 1:40:57 (16:58) - Marisa Barros, Amane Gobena 1:40:58 - Mari Ozaki 1:41:28 - Yukiko Akaba 1:41:42 - Ryoko Kizai 1:41:42 - Lidia Simon 1:42:46 - Azusa Nojiri 1:42:54 - Kayoko Obata 35Km 1:58:08 (17:11) - Marisa Barros, Amane Gobena 1:58:34 - Mari Ozaki 2:00:06 - Ryoko Kizaki 2:00:23 - Lidia Simon 2:00:53 - Azusa Nojiri 2:00:59 - Kayoko Obata 40Km 2:16:27 (18:19) - Amane Gobena 2:16:35 - Marisa Barros 2:17:33 - Mari Ozaki 2:18:58 - Lidia Simon 2:19:17 - Ryoko Kizaki 2:19:21 - Kayoko Obata 2:20:02 - Azusa Nojiri


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Ever imagine flying on jet pack and cruising on air? guess what, now you can, by using Flyboard, what is a Flyboard? A Flyboard is actually a type of water jetpack attached to a personal water craft (PWC) which supplies propulsion to drive the Flyboard through air and water to perform a sport known as flyboarding. A Flyboard rider stands on a board connected by a long hose to a watercraft. Water is forced under pressure to a pair of boots with jet nozzles underneath which provide thrust for the rider to fly up to 15 metres in the air or to dive headlong through the water. can you imagine how awesome is that? no? Take a look on this video
Cool huh? But sadly its really expensive if you want to purchase it but still affordable, The 2013 Flyboard v2 is priced at US$5,850, and it can be rented for around US$150 for 30 minutes or $250 for 60 minutes.
Also purchasing a Flyboard requires completion of a training course and the signing of a liability release form, followed by riding instruction. Courses may cost from $250.00 to $1,000.00. Physical strength is not required to perform the subtle movements necessary to use the device, whereas coordination and balance are important.
The equipment is not as hard to use as one may think after watching videos of people demonstrating different stunts and tricks.Proper instruction is key, and once someone follows these then that person can be flying on their Flyboard in no time. It doesn't take much time to master the basic controls of the Flyboard. There is also no weight limit when using the Flyboard but one must be at least 18 if they would like to ride.
Flyboard kits include everything necessary to get started. Kits include the board, a pair of wakeboard type shoes, a rotation system("composed of specific plastic bearing balls in order to avoid corrosion, we developed a self-cleaning system using water pressure which allows the rejection of sand" ), 2 hoses along with handles and nozzles, the main hose that supplies the water pressure from a PWC, the 180 degree elbow that allows the wide range in movement, 1 nozzle, and 1 quick clip for disconnecting between the Flyboard and the PWC. Maintenance for a Flyboard is minimal, but it is recommended to run clean water after usage in the sea.
A flyboard can range from $6570 for the base model; the hand unit with an inbuilt trigger throttle will cost another $1200. The inbuilt trigger throttle is not necessary but can make the board easier to ride, especially for a beginner.
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James Corner will draw from his experiences exploring the intersection between urbanism and landscape design to discuss the importance of parks to urban settings.
WHEN: Monday, June 13 - 7 pm
WHERE: Santa Monica Main Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd
This FREE event is sponsored by the Santa Monica Recreation & Parks Commission.
Seating is limited - save your spot today. RSVP to email@example.com.


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You have your denim cutoffs, your workout (or lounge-about) gym shorts, and those all-over-print shorts you only break out when you're on vacation—there's very little incentive to switch up how you style them. But with all the new suiting available and the return of short styles you hadn't considered in years (like Bermudas!), the time is ripe for some experimentation. Whether you're committed to your jeans or are open to trying new silhouettes (three-quarter khakis, maybe?), we have some fresh outfit inspiration in the gallery ahead that'll get you excited to wear shorts this summer.
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Jean Cherni: More and more seniors are seeking second careers in retirement
Even if you have a great pension and have saved enough money (and many of us are NOT in that category), more and more seniors have come to the conclusion that full-time retirement is not sufficiently challenging and they want the structure, socialization and extra income that employment offers.
If you have a partner this decision affects them as well, so you need to discuss the pros and cons of returning to a work schedule with them. Perhaps you will decide to work part time to save for a trip you have dreamed of taking, or you may want to take a class or course in something that has always been of interest and enter a completely new field of work.
Many retirees find that having a structure to their days is a big help in keeping them feeling positive and useful, and volunteering for meaningful work is not only self-fulfilling but can sometimes lead to paid work as well. Unfortunately, a bias against older workers still exists (AARP has mounted an important campaign to fight ageism), but a new website (retirementjobs.com) tries to shine a light on companies that are doing the right things and are senior friendly, thus saving senior job seekers time and effort.
In the past, part-time retail sales offered many opportunities for seniors, but recent statistics reveal that the number of retail jobs lost since October — about 898,000 — is greater than all the people employed in the U.S. coal industry. It has received much less attention.
In order to enjoy retirement, whether you decide to work or pursue other interests, you need to be engaged in some meaningful activities and have a schedule so that you are managing your time, which means organizing activities on a daily and weekly basis.
The Institute for Learning in Retirement offers extremely reasonable classes on a variety of subjects that are short in duration and give you the chance to meet other interesting seniors. Classes are held at several New Haven-area locations. Online classes are available on every topic you can think of and, if you want to combine travel and learning, Road Scholar offers a perfect opportunity to combine both with others in your age group.
It goes without saying, but not without some effort, that staying healthy is a basic necessity to fully enjoy these retirement years. That means regular check-ups, eating in moderate amounts and choosing foods that are beneficial to your health. Getting regular exercise is also an important component to staying healthy and feeling energetic.
The local "Y" offers many different classes, as does the senior center and the VNA, and there are even some exercise companies now specializing in seniors; an excellent local choice that I use is Joint Effort.
Quite a few seniors who are fortunate, in that they live near their grown children, are becoming part-time caregivers for their grandchildren, enabling the parents to work. For those able to do this, it benefits their children, grandchildren and themselves as they play a major part in another generation's development.
As for me, not having grown children nearby and, sadly, no grandchildren at all, I can't imagine NOT working, although I know that will eventually occur.
One of my favorite quotes by Adre Maurois is, "Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form."
Contact Jean Cherni, senior adviser for Premier Transitions, a full-service program for seniors contemplating a move, at email@example.com or 49 Rose St., Apt. 510, Branford, 06405.