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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Spicing Summer ~ Fabrics Giveaway!
I'm going to have Giveaways, special offers and freebies for you, here in my blog every Wednesday this August
From August 4 to August 11, 2010 if you leave me a comment in this post, you will be automatically entered into the contest to win the 3 Fat Quarters ( 21" x 18") of Cotton Fabric with my designs printed on them.
Click here to see a little bit more of these fabrics ;)
And the winner will get something extra special just for following my Facebook Fan page! You haven't seen my fan page in Facebook? Just click here!
The winner will be announced on Wednesday August 11.
40 comments:
- Priya said...
Oh I would love to win these..thanks for the chance...
- August 4, 2010 at 2:38 PM
- Mary said...
They are so beautiful! I've always admired the detail and pattern in all of your work. These lend themselves to fabric so well! Love it :)
- August 4, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- Mavi said...
I would love to with this giveaway! Love your artwork!
- August 4, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- Starfish, darling! said...
Oooh! How did you know I was a fabric junkie? These are wonderful!
Now to add you to my Facebook profile!
- August 4, 2010 at 2:59 PM
OH yeaaaa, I'd love to win too. Do I get to enter several times?? or just every Wed.?
I'll be back :)
- August 4, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Cassie said...
Thank you for the e-mail and the opportunity to get my hands on some of your beautiful work! :) I really love the aesthetic of all your designs.
- August 4, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- mandiegirl said...
I would SO love to won your fabric! I've been sewing a lot lately, & would just love to have your designs brighten up my home! :) I follow your facebook page, too!
- August 4, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Kwiltsfl said...
Your fabric is beautiful! As a quilter, I would love to have some. I am already a follower of your FaceBook page.
- August 4, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Susie said...
Love, love, love the fabric!! I am a quilter, and would so enjoy using these fabrics in one!
- August 4, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- banba1 said...
thanks for the giveaway! your artwork translates so beautifully into fabric -- i love it. I'm also really enjoying your affirmation posts -- I look forward to more!
- August 4, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- Ily said...
Beautiful giveaway! I'm so happy I stopped by today, the first WEDNESDAY in August! Your work is fantastic! I love the red and white design.
- August 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM
- nolaa gallery said...
super generous of you! these are so beautiful! count me in girlie! I am loving your work, blogs and keeping up with you!
- August 4, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- elena said...
thanks for the chance,
count me in please
- August 4, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Louise Gale said...
hi Valentina, i ADORE your fabrics, so gorgeous, thanks for offering this giveaway! I just "liked" your page on fb too. Have a wonderful week :-)
- August 4, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Cynthia said...
yes, yes would LOVE to win your fabric!
- August 4, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- leafonatree said...
These prints are amaaaaazing!
- August 4, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- PaperPetalCreations said...
I'm excited for the chance to see this fabric live and in person. Thanks for the chance!
- August 4, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- kathy Stewart said...
they are wonderful!
- August 4, 2010 at 7:57 PM
- Lay Hoon aka mescrap said...
The fabric is so beautiful !!!
I wish I good in luck.
- August 4, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- Leaves and Feathers said...
Oh, so pretty, I love your fabrics! now I'm your fan on FB too :)
- August 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Liberty said...
oh wow!
this is very exciting :-)
I have been following your blog by RSS for a while now and I always am happy to see a new post from you - I know it will be something rich and juicy that will brighten my day!
- August 5, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- Stacey D said...
Those are fantastic!
Enter me in! Please.
- August 5, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Rebekah Leigh said...
Hello Hello, great idea, I can see some pillows on my sofa out of your fabrics :-) Thanks for the opportunity!
- August 5, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Melinda said...
What a wonderful treat those fabrics would be! I'd love to have make some pillows for my reading corner :)
- August 5, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- allthatandabagofchips007 said...
These are beautiful!! I'm thinking a belated birthday present for my mom.. she loves to sew and would be very appreciative! Keep up the great artwork! They're very inspiring to me, and never cease to impress everyone I show your work to :D
- August 5, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- chrissy said...
valentina...everything you touch is magic. honestly i LOVE your style. you are so talented. your fabrics are amazing! what a generous give away...good luck everyone!
happy days
- August 6, 2010 at 1:00 AM
Your work is simply amazing!! Love it!
- August 6, 2010 at 9:34 AM
Sweeeeet! Count me in! I love your designs. Nice!
Have a Fantastic day!
- August 6, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Margo B said...
I love the colours and design on these fabrics - what fun could be had making something from these - a great giveaway - I have my fingers crossed
- August 6, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- The Clip Cafe said...
YAY! I hope I win - never won anything to date yet - lucky first I hope! Linked your giveaway in my side bar :-) Thanks so much!!
- August 7, 2010 at 1:59 AM
- Redheaded Stepchild said...
Oh! These are wonderful! And so sweet of you to have a give-away! I love your stuff - I get lost looking at all your patterns!
- August 8, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Dear Valentina,
I'm following your blog for some time now and I always like your new ideas of using your wonderful designs! I also liked the iPhone cases on Uncommon Artist a lot.
Take care!
- August 8, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Stephanie said...
These are gorgeous! Would love to win, thanks so much for the opportunity.
- August 8, 2010 at 5:55 PM
- Tyggereye said...
Great job on They Draw and cook! Love your piece!!
- August 8, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Ruth Hope said...
I've often thought your work would translate very well to the multiple repeats in fabric. Your creativity is overflowing! Lovely!
- August 9, 2010 at 5:19 AM
- Rebekah Daphne said...
I found you through They Draw and Cook. Lovely work. :)
- August 9, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- Saraccino said...
They are beautiful! Would love to work with them! :)
- August 9, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- Marcyanna said...
Just wanted to let you know I think your work is fabulous and inspiring!
- August 9, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Izzy said...
oh, i almost missed this giveaway. that would have been terrible. love the fabrics and i'm now a follower on facebook too!
- August 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Kelly said...
love your designs! now I'm going to have a snoop around :D
- August 9, 2010 at 5:56 PM


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ETSU (10-7, 5-1 SoCon) vs. VMI (5-11, 2-4 SoCon)
January 24, 2000 - 7 p.m.
Lexington, Va. - Cameron Hall
Tonight's Game ... ETSU is enjoying its longest win streak (five games) under head coach Ed DeChellis ... Its their longest streak since winning five consecutive contests in 1994-95 ... The Bucs havent won six straight since the 1991-92 season when they won nine consecutive games before falling to Michigan in the NCAA Southeast Regionals second round ... ETSU has won seven of its last eight games ... ETSU is 4-5 on the road and 5-1 in the Southern Conference this year ... The Bucs are 3-0 against SoCon North teams ... The Bucs 5-1 Southern Conference record is their best start since going 5-1 to start the 1994-95 Conference campaign.
During the Streak ... ETSU is enjoying its longest win streak (five games) since 1994-95 ... Four players -- Renaldo Johnson (10.8), D.J. McDuffie (10.2), Dimeco Childress (10.0) and Jerald Fields (8.4) -- have averaged more than eight points per game during the streak ... ETSU is averaging 66.6 ppg while holding its opponent to 56.4 ppg (+9.2) ... The Bucs have outrebounded their opponents 208-174 (41.6-34.8 rpg).
More Streaks ... Senior guard D.J. McDuffie has scored 11-or-more points in three consecutive games, five of the last six, and seven of the last nine contests ... Senior Renaldo Johnson and junior Dimeco Childress are the only two Bucs that have scored at least one point and grabbed at least one rebound in all 17 games this year ... The Bucs have outrebounded their opponent in each of the last five games and seven of the last eight contests ... The only time the Bucs were outrebounded (Chattanooga on Jan. 2) was the only loss in that stretch.
The Magic Number....60 ... The Bucs have held their opponent to fewer than 60 points in each of the last four contests .... ETSU is 6-0 this winter when holding its opponent to 60-or-fewer points ... The Bucs are 1-2 when scoring fewer than 60 points ... During ETSUs five-game win streak, the opposition is averaging 56.4 points per game.
Stingy Defense ... After 17 games this season, the Bucs lead the Southern Conference in field goal percentage defense (40.0 percent) and second in scoring defense (64.9 ppg) ... ETSU has not allowed its opponent to convert 25 field goals in 12 consecutive games ... The Bucs have allowed its opponent to shoot above 45 percent only once in the past seven games ... After six Conference contests, ETSU is holding its opponent to 39.1 percent from the field.
The Double-Double Club ... Senior Adrian Meeks recorded his first double-double of the season (12 points, 11 rebounds) in the Bucs 66-47 win against Furman (Jan. 20) ... junior guard Dimeco Childress entered ETSUs double-double club with a 15-point, 11-rebound performance in a 73-63 win at James Madison (Dec. 30) ... senior center Renaldo Johnson was the first member of the double-double club for the 2000-01 season ... Johnson netted 12 points and grabbed 10 boards in the 87-76 loss at Vanderbilt (Nov. 24) ... During the 1999-2000 season, Leo Murray led the team with six double-doubles while Adrian Meeks notched the teams other three double-doubles.
On His Way to 1,000 ... Senior D.J. McDuffie needs 107 points to become the 21st player in ETSU history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark ... With 10 regular season and at least one Southern Conference Tournament game remaining, McDuffie has to average 9.7 points/game to reach 1,000 ... The Greensboro, N.C. native, has netted 893 career points (124 as a freshman, 298 as a sophomore, 313 as a junior and 158 as a senior) ... Trazel Silvers is the most recent entrant to the 1,000 point club, tallying 1,257 career points fom 1991-94.
Away from Home ... Since Coach Ed DeChellis arrived in 1996-97, the Bucs are 18-44 away from Johnson City ... They are 4-5 this year and 5-9 last season, 6-6 in 1998-99, 2-12 in 1997-98 and 1-12 in 1996-97 ... The Bucs have won their last two Southern Conference road games.
Southern Conference Leaders ... After 17 games this winter, ETSU ranks among the Southern Conference leaders in many categories ... The Bucs lead the Conference in field goal percentage defense (40.0 percent) ... ETSU ranks second in scoring defense (64.9 ppg), scoring margin (+7.4 ppg) and turnover margin (+2.18) ... The Bucs rank third in scoring offense (72.3 ppg), rebounding offense (39.6 rpg) and rebounding margin (+4.6).
Individual Leaders of the SoCon ... Junior Dimeco Childress ranks 10th in the Southern Conference in scoring (13.6 ppg) ... Childress ranks third in the 3-pt. field goals made per game (2.18) and fifth in 3-pt. field goal percentage (38.9) ... junior Cliff Decoster ranks 13th in assists (3.0 apg) ... Decoster and senior D.J. McDuffie are tied for 10th in steals (1.47 spg) ... In Conference contests, senior Renaldo Johnson ranks third in field goal percentage (60.5 percent).
Starting Lineups ... The Bucs used the same starting lineup in the first five games and have used the same lineup in each of the last 11 contests ... Records of starting lineup: (Decoster, Childress, McDuffie, Meeks, Johnson - 1-4 / Games 1-5); (Decoster, Childress, Carson, Johnson, Seels - 1-0 / Game 6): (Decoster, Childress, Lawson, Meeks, Johnson - 8-3 / Games 7-17).
In the Southern Conference ... ETSU is 30-37 (.448) in the Southern Conference since head coach Ed DeChellis took over in 1996-97 ... The Bucs are 5-1 this winter ... ETSU opened this winters campaign with 11 consecutive non-conference games, going 5-6.
On Television ... The Bucs have two scheduled appearances on television during the 2000-01 season ... Their TV debut came on January 2, 2001 when ETSU fell at Chattanooga, 67-58 ... ETSU will also be televised when it hosts College of Charleston at 7:30 p.m. on February 6 ... Both games are carried by Comcast/Charters Sports Southeast (CSS).
The Head Coach ... Fifth-year head coach Ed DeChellis has compiled a 59-69 (.461) record at ETSU ... He has tied Jim Halihan for the fifth most victories by a Buccaneer head coach ... Madison Brooks won 370 games from 1948-73 ... DeChellis came to Johnson City after 10 years as an assistant at Penn State University.
On the Bench ... Joining head coach Ed DeChellis and second-year assistant Hilliary Scott are two new assistant coaches for the 2000-01 season ... Tom Conrad comes to ETSU after serving the past four years as head coach at Charleston Southern ... Conrad led the Buccaneers to their first-ever NCAA Tournament bid in 1997 ... Scott Wagers also joins the staff, after serving as a high school head coach for the past nine years ... Wagers compiled a 120-24 record at Robinson High School in Tampa, Florida in his five-year tenure.
The Buccaneer Radio Network ... WJCW-AM is the flagship station of the Buccaneer Radio Network. The network will broadcast every mens basketball game and the coaches show. Chip Kessler will serve as the Voice of the Bucs.
Medical Report ... Freshman point guard Sam Oatman returned from a hip pointer against Furman.

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ThinkTank Rail Jam
For the past four years, we at Alliance UK have tried our hardest to support the wakeskate scene in Great Britain though both editorial content and creating the only wakeskate event in the country, Harbour Project. After running out of new things to do within the harbour stream behind our welsh office, we decided to move on from the Harbour Project to create a new event aimed at really pushing the boundaries of wakeskating on our shores, and we call it ThinkTank.
The concept was is to bring together the wakeskate community to ride together in a relaxed atmosphere, where the riders can concentrate on pushing themselves and doing the tricks they want to do rather than performing for a crowd. Through out the weekend there were some running contests over the 3 days of freeriding, including best line and best trick towed by the Yamaha Waverunners, and best trick jams on the new winch pool, modelled around a street skate spot with stairs, hubba ledge, handrail and a gap to the bottom.
Held at what was a secret location prior to the event, Grendon Lakes in Northampton provided a site with a perfect little bowl at the corner of their lake, where we could easily build a good pool gap on the bank going into the lake. After four solid days working we had constructed something to be proud of.
Over the next three days the jet-ski rails and stair gap got a pounding, with riding going on from dawn to dusk each day. We had some mini-contests running throughout the three days, including Best Line and Best Rail Rider behind the Waverunners, and Best Gap and Best Rail on the stair-set. When it came to the jet-ski riding, there was one guy who's effortless riding style and ability to link long lines without getting wet, stood him apart from all the others. Northern Monkey, Lee Warren absolutely destroyed the best line comp with 5 tricks back to back in a manner that looked like a skateboarder flowing down a hill popping off everything in sight. Meanwhile 18-year old Taylor Dell from Thorpe made light work of the Incline and Flat rails riding a 20 minute set with only 3 falls, and sticking every which way of lipslide and boardslide with shuvs, 90's and 270's out of both and a killer boardslide to fs 360 on the Incline.
Back at the stairs everyone was trying to get something special over the 5-foot drop. Craig McCulloch ollie'd the gap first try as if he had one in his garden, while Liam Smith, Ian Calvert, Terry Hannam, Matt Crowhurst and Nick Hine all made the drop and started throwing shuvs and fs & bs 180's. While they all did great, nobody could deny that Terry Hannam's frontside 180 over the hubba ledge was the best thing to go down, winning him Best Gap.
For the Best Rail award, there was no contest. While all the riders threw down with their best efforts and some crazy tech tricks were stuck off the platform and hubba, it was Craig McCulloch and a flawless frontside boardslide on the handrail that got everyone on site screaming.
The final award of the weekend was the Nike6.0 'Killing It' award, a prize that went to a rider who may not have been the best guy there, but who's raw skateboard-style riding was above everyone else's and the tricks he threw were as legit as they come. Bournemouth based winch skater Liam Smith really impressed me with his outlook on wakeskating, the way he does his tricks and the huge pop with everything he does. While others may have been safer with the height of ollie's and tricks down the gap, Liam was throwing shuvs 3-feet high out of the pool covering a distance of over 20 feet before landing. For his efforts Liam will receive a years supply of Nike6.0 shoes.
Overall ThinkTank was a huge success. The riders were beyond stoked on the setup and everyone had fun hanging out and riding with each other in a relaxed setting where they could push each other for the good of the sport. With the 'test run' over with we are now planning to take ThinkTank a step further next year, opening the site to the public to come and hang out while watching the UK's best wakeskaters doing the sport in the way it should be done.
Huge thanks go to O'Neill, Nike, Yamaha, Suso and Goodwood Wakeskates for backing wakeskating and helping the weekend happen. Also to Grendon Lakes, Wake Academy and Jim Sedgewick for all their help as the event would not have been so successful without you.
If you want to see more and read the daily updates from the weeks build and event, go to the Alliance UK website www.alliancewake.co.uk


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Monday, April 21, 2008
My Kitchen Staff: Wylie & Marcel
Some people have sous chefs. I have apres chefs - aka - after chefs, aka my staff. I figured it was time I 'fessed up to having some help in the kitchen and felt it was only fair that I shared a little about them, given all that they do here. (Can you name this movie: "What is it that you do here?")
So anyhow, given my penchant for not vacuuming - My Staff must remain on full alert when a recipe is about to unfurl. And it's not easy - I mean, these are creatures who typically sleep the entire day - so, it's difficult to imagine the wherewithal, the sheer personal domination it must take just to stay awake to fulfill their duties hoovering the kitchen floor. I venture to guess their perseverance would humble even Tom Cruise in another Scientology vs. Matt Lauer beat-down. They're that good.
This is Wylie "The Floop" Fitzsmudge - he's 3 years old. He cannot tolerate any barriers or doors whatsoever - you may as well remove a claw one-by-one instead. When he was a puppy, we bought a typical baby gate and placed Wylie in the laundry room for the day. When we came home from work, he had chewed through the gate - plastic-coated-wire and all. So, we got that message loud and clear. Every day, he makes a scene before we go to work - hoping that today will be the day that his efforts finally prove effective. When he senses we're about to leave - he dashes out to the living room, trying to show us that "I'd prefer to stay here for the day", then, as we approach him - he rolls onto his back into the submissive position, conveying to us just how pitiful his dire situation truly is. We carry him into the master bathroom (where Marcel is already peacefully ensconced, to Wylie's eternal irritation and derision) - at which point, we gently place him on his ridiculously overstuffed pillow - at which point, OF COURSE, he begins to shake violently like an abused dog...of which he is the absolute opposite. He is a drama king - and this is just one example of many - but the extent of his separation anxiety makes my problems feel like a bath.
Then, there is Marcel Verdel Purcell, he's 1.5 years old and weighs 3.4 pounds. At one point, the cost of Marcel's monthly grocery bill surpassed ours - and at the time - he weighed...oh...about 1.75 pounds. No, you don't need bifocals. Yes, you read that correctly. Yes, I took math in school. No, I didn't forget how to use it. Put it this way: Marcel has his own nutritionist who lives in California. Enough said? Not quite? Okay, well, after some terrible health issues from ages 5-9 months - which no vet or amount of money could solve - we desperately sought the help of an animal nutritionist. Almost immediately, through diet and supplements - our little stinker was back on track. Of course, we were cooking for him (but not, say...for US) - and hence, the very expensive diet - while Tony and I were eating cereal and frozen burritos. Fast forward, and our darling fur-babies still only eat the best -- dog food that contains raw, human-grade meat - which is often imported from New Zealand [roll eyes here]. While...we often eat processed, sub-par grub...food which I'm not always quite sure is good enough for...well...dogs? Now, that's interesting. I never said I was great at math.
Anyhow, Marcel is all easy-breezy, baby-of-the-family, totally secure about separation, accepts his place as non-alpha, very joyful and moment-to-moment. He worships Wylie, he shadows Wylie, he is constantly sniffing Wylie in all the wrong places - as if, at any moment, Wylie's odor i.d. may suddenly change. Beyond the ocd odor checking, Marcel's only real pathology is his obsession with nostrils. Simply put, there is NOT enough nostril on the planet for Marcel. If he had his way, he would spend his day in a sling, hoisted up near my face, in prime position so that he could have his tongue inside one of my nostrils every waking moment. If Marcel could shoot nostril in his vein - then we'd find Marcel living in some back alley, drugged up with nostril, selling - stealing - anything to get more nostril, in and out of rehab for nostril. We call him NOSTRILDAMUS. We don't know what to do.
What we do know is that these two nutty ragamuffins are not only excellent apres chefs, but they are also two of the most beguiling and charming beings to have ever graced our lives. Given that, I guess we can accept that Marcel is now worth more than Governor Spitzer's 6-month call-girl bill, and I suppose we're willing to put up with Wylie's almost-daily ploys for an intervention from Dog Protection Services, and his claw artwork on nearly every door in our 3-year-old house...not to mention our new floors in the living room and master bedroom - compliments of his Picasso-esque attempts at liquid-ism. That nut.
14 comments:
- Razor Family Farms said...
I love this post!
I love this blog!
Can't help but be happy around here -- food and dogs! Sigh!
- April 21, 2008 at 6:18 PM
- NV said...
Awwww ... and what an adorable staff they are! Wylie with that face so much like my Ozzie and Marcel ... still the best name in all of dogdom!
And I have got to stop. These recipes are putting weight on me just reading them.
- April 21, 2008 at 9:30 PM
- Ann said...
Hi Lacy - Thank you for the lovely comment. I agree - combine food and dogs, and I'm a pretty happy camper! :)
- April 22, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Ann said...
Hi NV - we love us some Ozzie - you know it! Thanks for comin' by!
- April 22, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- Razor Family Farms said...
Hey Ann!
Sorry to torture you with grilled portabellos! I'll make it up to by letting you enter the Name That Photo Contest (winner to be announced on Thursday) so you could win a free issue of Cooking with Paula Deen.
- April 22, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Hi Ann...I love this entry. By the way. Merlin is off to the beauty parlor to see Tina (his favorite) for his annual spring puppy cut. Off comes the winter coat and his much lighter coat/fur. What emerges looks and acts like a different dog- short and sassy, cute as a button. Ready to chase chipmunks, birds any ball. catch you later- Merlin's mom.
- April 22, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- Ann said...
Merlin's Mom - I love puppy cuts! I think what I love more, though, is that Merlin has a "favorite" stylist!!! That just kills me. Love it. :)
- April 23, 2008 at 7:25 AM
- cobird2 said...
I found your blog while looking for info on food allergies. Johnny is on that rabbit/potato diet from the vet.
When I read further, I really loved your posts on foods probably I have a huge sweet tooth...maybe all of them could be classified as sweet teeth...looking forward to more.
- April 23, 2008 at 2:47 PM
- Ann said...
Hi Cobird2 - sounds like your furbaby eats as exotically as ours, oh my. They have us wrapped around their paws, indeed! Well, as long as you enjoyed the sweets along the way for your sweet teeth! :)
- April 23, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- Razor Family Farms said...
Hey Ann!
We tried the roasted eggplant spread tonight... yum!
Thank you for sharing your secrets!
- April 23, 2008 at 5:17 PM
- firefly546 said...
Oh my god! I'm rolling on the floor laughing. Give my ol' pal Wylie some love from me...and that Marcel is too darn cute! Thanks so much for writing this blog, my dear, and bringing cheer to so many of us! Your feed is on my bookmarks toolbar, so I can check often for new posts.
- April 23, 2008 at 6:24 PM
- Ann said...
Firefly - I love it that you're rolling, what better compliment is there? :)
- April 25, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I have dogs and this one had me laughing out loud! I will be reading this to my husband.
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It's pretty cool that renowned Mario voice actor Charles Martinet was chosen by Gaijin Games to narrate Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien. It didn't make a whole lot of sense at first, but it was cool nonetheless. Thanks to an explanation from the developer, though, it now makes complete sense, and it's quite simple: Gaijin just really likes Martinet.
"We wanted to get Charles because obviously he's recognizable," said the co-founder of Gaijin Alex Neuse in a statement to Joystiq. "We like him, he's funny, and silly, and great, and awesome. We wanted to have a whimsical character voice that's reminiscent of old cartoons."
The fact that Bit.Trip has always been prominent on Nintendo platforms also influenced this decision. "Our games have been on Nintendo platforms and it kind of felt like ... it's a home, the Nintendo stuff, and he's part of that home, even though he was living in another room until now," explained Neuse.
Of course, Martinet won't be making a charmingly silly high-pitched voice as he narrates Runner 2. Instead, he's playing himself, which is quite interesting. As a matter of fact, he starts off by saying, "I'm Charles Martinet, and now it's time for Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien."
Martinet won't just be narrating the game at the beginning. He'll also be doing voice work for cutscenes and providing his talent for fake in-game ads. Seriously, fake commercials are probably some of the best commercials.
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It's a mantra that millions of people recite when they feel insecure about their looming retirement – when the numbers on the 401(k) statement look distressingly low, or the credit card bills from little Ryan's junior year abroad eat into the savings kitty. It's alright, we tell ourselves, we're planning to downsize.
More than 40% of Americans age 50 to 64 want to move within the next five years or so, according to one survey, and about half of the people in that group plan to move into a smaller house. A lower mortgage (or none), plus saving money on everything from heating and gardening to property taxes, should mean their retirement nest egg will stretch that much further. How could this brilliant plan possibly go wrong?
Let us count the ways. In today's Wall Street Journal, Encore contributor Anne Tergesen details the pitfalls that are tripping up many – maybe even most – baby boomers' downsizing plans. The most important boil down to:
Hey, how about that housing market? Downsizing strategies generally only work if the downsizer can sell her old home the way she wants, when she wants, and at a profit. With home values in many parts of the country still well below their pre-crash peaks, that's out of the question for many 50- and 60-somethings. Fun Fact That Isn't Actually Fun: Among families where the head of household was between 55 and 64 years old, 54% had mortgage debt in 2010, up from only 37% in 1989.
There's a lot more to "saving" than a smaller mortgage. Many retirees find that they're more attached to their pre-retirement lifestyles than they'd realized—which makes it harder for them to leave their hometowns, and thus harder to cut their expenses. Even retirees who slash their housing bills often find they aren't saving that much overall; some wind up spending extra to maintain the amenities that remind them of home. Tergesen's best example: A couple that downsized from a 2,300-square-foot home to smaller quarters in an age-restricted community, only to blow all of their "profit" and then some on a massive R.V. that would get them, well, out of their age-restricted community.
Your kids would like your house, please. Let's just say that if you're planning to sell your home out from under the children you raised in it, you should resign yourself to some awfully awkward Thanksgivings.
Smaller homes are, um, smaller. When you've accumulated a lifetime worth of belongings, from vital furniture to cluttering bric-a-brac, moving to smaller living quarters can feel like trying to stuff 50 changes of clothing into your airplane carry-on. Retirees who have downsized describe getting used to the loss of everything from privacy (in relation to each other and the neighbors) to Tupperware and serving platters. And there's always the sandwich-generation question to consider: If there's a chance one of your parents may move in with you in five years, can you afford to downsize today?


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The North Florida Broadband Authority, in the wake of dwindling customer support that threatens its ability to function, is pushing through in hopes that it will be able to pick up customers with new strategies formed in the next few weeks.
Friday & Saturday
If Joe Knetsch knows one thing about history, it's that people often don't learn from it.
The Cedar Key Arts Festival is a family affair.
By Eileen Senecal
On Friday, March 1, Levy County Department of Public Safety participated in the Bronson High School career day. This provided an excellent opportunity to expose the students to the career field of Public Safety. During the morning event students were provided career information on becoming a Paramedic, EMT and firefighting. As well, students were provided an opportunity to tour emergency vehicles from the past and present.
The Cedar Key Lions Club sponsored its Annual Community Health Fair at the Cedar Key Community Center this past Friday.
On March 14, at the Cedar Key Community Center, the Cedar Key Woman's Club will host its traditionally sold-out Fashion Show.
You can register by contacting a teacher, signing up at Cedar Keyhole or calling Donna Bushnell at 352-493-1807.
On Thursday, March 21, the Cedar Key Historical Society Third Thursday Speaker Series continues with guest speaker, Florida Historian Dr. Joe Knetsch.
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History of Togo. This is a brief essay which covers the history of the African nation of Togo.
Wikiedpia notes, "The Togolese Republic is a country in West Africa, bordering Ghana in the west, Benin in the east and Burkina Faso in the north. In the south, it has a short Gulf of Guinea coast, on which the capital Lomé is located."
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The Ewes moved into the area which is now Togo from the Niger River valley between the 12th and 14th centuries. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese explorers and traders visited the coast. For the next 200 years, the coastal region was a major raiding center for Europeans in search of slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast." In an 1884 treaty signed at Togoville, Germany declared a protectorate over a stretch of territory along the coast and gradually extended its control inland. Because it became Germany's only self-supporting colony, Togoland was known as its model possession. In 1914, Togoland was invaded by French and British forces and fell after brief resistance. Following the war, Togoland became a League of Nations mandate divided for administrative purposes between France and the United Kingdom.
After World War II, the mandate became a UN trust territory administered by the United Kingdom and France. During the mandate and trusteeship periods, western Togo was administered as part of the British Gold Coast. In 1957, the residents of British Togoland voted to join the Gold Coast as part of the new independent nation of Ghana.
Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
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Thank you!! This was the only sight where I could fins backround information before Togo gained their independance on April 27, 1960. This was a very big help for my research paper (which I got a 100 on!! thanks to you!!) Thank you again!!!! You really helped me!! Thanks again!!!
- bRiTbRaTxO said...
correction: fins is supposed to be find lol...
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Thanks for your kind words. I am glad you found this useful.
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Fundamental changes are affecting the power industry. Markets are being deregulated and liberalized, urbanization is continuing around the world accompanied by a constantly growing demand for energy, and renewable energy sources are playing an increasingly important role.
One of Siemens' solutions to cope with these new challenges and to improve dynamic stability and power quality of power systems in a new, highly economical manner is SVC PLUS (Static Var Compensation) for Reactive Power Compensation.
The SVC PLUS is an advanced STATCOM (Static Synchronous Compensator).
By using the Voltage-Sourced Converter (VSC) technology based on the Siemens Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) design (refer to Converter) it offers high economical and technical flexibility by its modular and containerized design.
Compact and adaptable, an ideal solution when space is limited and costly. Due to the MMC technology, the degree of harmonic generation emission is quite small. High frequency noise is absorbed by small standardized high-frequency blocking filters, resulting in an SVC design which is practically independent from individual network impedances.
It provides operational advantages like minimized maintenance and service requirements, network stabilization, excellent undervoltage performance and high dynamic performance by a very fast response time. It reaches a very high level of system availability, thanks to the redundancy of power modules.
From ± 25 MVAr to ± 50 MVAr, all of the main equipment, including the IGBT converter, the control and protection system and the converter cooling system of the SVC PLUS, is installed in a containerized solution and factory pretested, ready for grid connection at site. For indoor installations, converter modules with ± 100 MVAr are available. Parallel operation of converter modules is also possible, resulting in higher ratings.
The footprint of an SVC PLUS installation is smaller than a conventional SVC installation of the same rating, up to 50% .
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The State motto, proudly featured on the NSW Coat of Arms, is an important component of the NSW Fire Brigades Logo... but it wasn't featured in the original designs, which were considered and approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners.District Officer Rogers was, at the time, the Permanent Firemen's Representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners.In 1977, following a report being furnished by District Officer, Warwick (Buck) Rogers and other senior officers, Chief Officer F. Davies suggested the formation of a Uniform Committee to look into the question of a change in uniform and insignia. Subsequently, members of the service were invited to submit samples of designs for shoulder insignia and cap badges. After considering the various submissions, it was decided that: -
"... The background colour be blue instead of black and the & yellow border to be lighter blue than the background blue."Peter Jentsch informs that the background colour to his original design was, in fact, a very dark navy blue, not black.Peter Jentsch, a second-class fireman at the time, originally submitted seven designs mounted on two cardboard backers. Design number two was substantially the same as the current logo. However, it featured a centrally located Waratah where the State 'Coat of Arms' is now located. The torch was of the same design as that of the old logo, which was to be replaced (the torch flame was later modified). Peter's Station Officer, Allen Cox (retired) received a telephone call from the Uniform Committee, some time after the designs were submitted, informing him that Peter's design had been accepted and wanting to know Peter's thoughts on a cap badge. Station Officer Cox passed on Peter's comments to District Officer Rogers that it should be the same, but produced in chrome and enamel.
Logo approved by the Board in April 1978On the 8th February 1978, the Board directed that sample designs of the proposed new style sleeve insignia be submitted for consideration. Fireman Geoff Hodder of Headquarters, B Platoon prepared a sample, modified according to the specifications of the Uniform Committee and in April that year, the Board considered two adaptations of Peter's design. The Board favoured one in which the centrally located Waratah was replaced with the State Badge, (ie the cross, lion and four stars), and this was officially adopted by the Board on April 5th 1978.The Board requested permission from the Under Secretary of the Premier's Department, to incorporate the State Badge into the new cap badge and shirt sleeve insignia. Permission was granted on 11th May 1978. However, this was not to be the design that featured in the first issue of insignia. In July 1979, the Stores Purchasing Officer was instructed to have a new design prepared, which featured the State Coat of Arms in place of the State Badge. This was presented to the Board for consideration and officially adopted on 17th September 1979.
Board of Fire Commissioners Logo, Current Logo - as featured on the cover of the Annual Report, 1982This article and pictures are subject to copyright, all past and present logos are registered.


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I start off by giving my shawl a good soak with some wool wash. 30 minutes minimum. After that, I use a large towel and roll up the shawl to get all the excess water out. For most shawls I use pins. Specifically, these pins. I use these pins for sewing and quilting, but they have worked great for blocking my hand knits, too. Pins allow some flexibility on how you can shape the shawl. Did you know you can create points on the edging of a shawl by how you pin it when you block it? I often take some creative license when I block the edge.
What did I pin the shawl on? I put a huge towel I got from Ikea over a piece of floor carpet that I also got from Ikea. If it's during the day, I might pin it on my comforter on my bed and direct a fan towards it. Some times, I even use the square foam alphabet blocks on Melody's bedroom floor. Shawls dry pretty fast and with the help of a floor fan, it dries even faster. Another tip, do not unpin your shawl until dries completely. You don't want to waste all the time and effort you put into pinning out the shape of your shawl.
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A.J. Rupert
It's not often that the sixth game of the season in mid December is considered one of the biggest games of the season.
However, for a team that is looking to turn a program around and facing expectations as high as they have been in decades, Mounds View had the proverbial circle around its game Thursday against White Bear Lake.
Since 2005, Mounds View has only beaten the Bears twice and have yet to do so at White Bear Lake's newest home, the Vadnais Sports Center.
If the Mustangs are to be taken serious in the Suburban East Conference, beating White Bear Lake was a requirement. Doing so on the road would be that much more impressive.
In a penalty filled conclusion, Mounds View's A.J. Rupert scored 1 minute, 25 seconds into overtime on the power play to give the Mustangs a 6-5 win against White Bear Lake on Dec. 13 at the Vadnais Sports Center.
"I've scored some big goals, including a game winner this year, but this might be the biggest goal of my career," Rupert said. "This is pretty cool, because it's against White Bear Lake."
Twice, Mounds View had what appeared to be comfortable two goal leads.
Each time those slipped away and a familiar result was nearing.
Not this time though.
If being able to hold off the Bears' third period surge was difficult enough, Mounds View had to do it while shorthanded for a majority of the period.
The Mustangs amassed 12 penalty minutes in the third, which including a 5-minute checking from behind major.
The Mustangs were down two players for a total of 2 minutes, 33 seconds.
"That was a pretty crazy stretch right there," Mustangs coach Rick Thomas said. "I think in the past, we may not have handled that well, but we have a lot of experience now and guys that have played in some big games like this before, so they handled the situation really well."
Mounds View only allowed one goal in that span, Peter Wachtler's with just over 4 minutes to play in the third.
With 33 seconds left in the third, White Bear Lakes' Alex Bocchi was called for tripping and the Mustangs were able to set up their potent power play.
That carried over into the third, and Rupert was able to bury a wrist shot from the point, which was able to find the back of the net through traffic and send euphoria through the Mustangs' bench.
"It was like 'finally'," Thomas said. "There were times in the third when it wasn't looking that way and I was wondering when we were going to get a chance with all the penalties that we had, but when A.J.'s shot went in, I know I was excited and probably relieved at the same time."
One Bears player in particular made life tough on Mounds View.
Jake Wahlin scored three goals, his final coming on the power play in the third period that tied the game at 5 with 5 minutes, 52 seconds left in the third.
Hats littered the ice and momentum appeared to be all on White Bear Lake's side.
"He was just a one-man wrecking crew out there," Thomas said. "He has always been like that and is a fantastic player."
"After we tied the game, we were feeling pretty good," Wahlin said. "I thought we were going to pull it out, but we didn't and we just have to learn to bounce back from this one."
While White Bear Lake relied heavily on Wahlin, Mounds View had six different goal scorers.
Rupert's overtime goal of course, Tucker Gran and Andrew Bjorklund in the first, Jacob Tretsven and Darian Romanko in the second and Ryan Elvidge in the third.
"All of our lines were good," Romanko said. "You need that in a big game like this. At the end, we were getting pretty tired, but we had all of lines playing pretty well, so that definitely helped us out."
It is early, but Mounds View holds the top spot in the Suburban East.
That may not be a big deal to most teams at this point in the season, but where the Mustangs have come in such a short period of time, this is a big deal.
"We didn't want to stress how important this game was to the kids beforehand, but as coaches we talked a lot about this game," Thomas said. "First, our kids haven't had a lot of success here in this new rink. I think we got drilled a few times here, so to get a win here for the first time is huge. Second, that is a great team over there that is going to get better and we needed this win because they will be there right at the end for the conference lead. This is a big, big win for us moving forward."
Mounds View and White Bear Lake will play each other at least one more time this season on Jan. 26, which could be another key game in the Suburan East race.
Romanko said he knows that one could be just as imperative as the last.
"It's going to be a huge game," he said. "We just beat them at their place, so they will be ready to go and we will have to be, too."
One of the old cliches in hockey is a two-goal lead is the most dangerous one to protect.
A team can become complacent and lose its drive with a two-goal lead.
If it's lost, momentum can change so quickly that regaining it nearly impossible to achieve.
Mounds View had two, two-goal leads against White Bear Lake, but the defending Suburban East champions would not go away.
The Bears battled back to tie the game both times but were unable to get the go-ahead goal.
This year's Mustangs have experience on their side to handle momentum shifts like the ones on Thursday.
"We have 14 seniors that know how to handle games like this," Rupert said. "There haven't been too many things that our seniors have not experienced, so we were ready for anything."
"I think our kids handled the situation better than our coaches did," Thomas said. "I know I was pretty excited and my emotions were going everywhere. It was just neat to see our players handle that situation so well."
A.J. Rupert scored 1 minute, 25 seconds into overtime to give Mounds View a 6-5 win against White Bear Lake on Thursday, Dec. 13 at the Vadnais Sports Center.
White Bear Lake was led by Jake Wahlin, who scored three goals for the hat trick. His final goal came in the third period on the power play, which tied the game at 5.
Mounds View had six goal scorers.
Tucker Gran opened the scoring when he intercepted a pass in front of the Bears' net and slid a nice shot past goalie Michael St. Martin.
Wahlin scored his first to tie the game, but Andre Bjorklund came back with one of his own just over two minutes later.
Jacob Tretsven gave Mounds View a 3-1 lead early in the second, but Wahlin pulled the Bears within one with his second of the game.
White Bear Lake tied the game when Peter Wachtler scored from a sharp angle on the power play.
With 33 seconds left in the second, Darian Romanko buried a one-timer from the slot after a beautiful drop pass from Bjorklund to give the Mustangs a 4-3 lead heading into the third period.
Early in the third, Ryan Elvidge put Mounds View up 5-3, but the lead was short-lived as White Bear Lake started to make its comeback.
Tommy Giller scored less than a minute later to make it 5-4 and Wahlin netted his third for the hat trick to tie it up.
Rupert scored his fourth goal of the season in overtime to give the Mustangs in third conference win of the year.
Mounds View goalie Brandon Smith faced 28 shots and made 23 saves for the win, while his counterpart in net, Michael St. Martin finished with 20 saves.
With the win Mounds View improves to 4-1-1. The Mustangs will take on East Ridge on Saturday, Dec. 15 in Mounds View.
White Bear Lake drops to 2-2-1 and will host Cretin-Derham Hall on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Vadnais Sports Center.
1. Jake Wahlin, White Bear Lake
An easy choice for the top star, even in defeat. Wahlin scored three times and chances for a few more. Every time he touched the puck, good things happened for the Bears. Mounds View coach Rick Thomas described him as a one-man wrecking crew.
2. Ryan Elvidge, Mounds View
One of two players for the Mustangs to record a goal and an assist, Elvidge used his smooth skating stride and quick release to make big plays.
3. A.J. Rupert, Mounds View
Any time you score an overtime game-winner, you will get a star. Rupert described his goal on the power play early in OT as the biggest of his career.


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Today was an unbelievable good day. I was to meet Shawn Harmon at noon. He showed up with his brother Scott (donated $50.00 to our fundraiser} along with Brad Beverley. I came back to the parking lot to exchange my shovel for a blower. I see Al Hermosillo & Chris Brenholtz, they had to travel some distance, & then Mike pulls up. They started on #18 & worked their way to #15. In the middle of all this Dave Kociuba shows up. We stopped on #12 thinking the other crew would go to #13. Not so & Jacob's car is in the lot. He does #13 & & #14. That lifted my spirits to a level I haven't had in a while. Now it's not over, Dean Bingham came out with a snow blower & he with a small help from me, removed the snow from the pavilion. Just super!!!You guys are the greatest!!! Shawn was shoveling so hard he broke his shovel.Brad didn't mind, he used his shovel. Thanks Fellas, I don't know if I could count on me like I thought. To be sure I'd give the effort.


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Global Trade Summit focus: Brazil, India, Israel, Turkey
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to deliver keynote speech April 3
What happens when you take top leaders from business, government and academia, and put them in a room together to exchange ideas about how to succeed in global markets?
An answer may emerge on Tuesday, April 3, when more than 30 experts take part in a series of in-depth business sessions at the second annual Global Trade Summit at Brandeis International Business School. This year's conference will give special attention to Brazil, India, Israel and Turkey.
The summit, which takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Levin Ballroom, is intended to serve as a forum through which companies can identify and take advantage of international business opportunities.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will be the keynote speaker. Other participants include EMC Senior Vice President Joel Schwartz, Kronos CEO Aron Ain, and representatives from the Massachusetts Export Center and the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment.
Business school Dean Bruce R. Magid represented Brandeis as a member of the governor's trade mission to Brazil in December. He wrote a piece in the Boston Globe earlier this month about how Massachusetts can build strong business bonds in Brazil.
Last year's Global Trade Summit drew more than 300 attendees. Take a look at some of the perspectives of participants, as well as an executive summary of the summit.
The 2012 conference sponsors include the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment, Mintz Levin, AIM International Business Council, Massachusetts Export Center, EMC, Global Atlantic Partners LLC, Sovereign/Santander, the Kauffman Foundation, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, and the U.S. Commercial Service.
Registration is required. For additional information, visit the Global Trade Summit website, call (781) 736-2178 or email.
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Description : A new edition of a great, underappreciated classic of our time Beryl Markham's "West with the Night "is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership as the work of her contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and Isak Dinesen. If the first responsibility of a memoirist is to lead a life worth writing about, Markham succeeded beyond all measure. Born Beryl Clutterbuck in the middle of England, she and her father moved to Kenya when she was a girl, and she grew up with a zebra for a pet; horses for friends; baboons, lions, and gazelles for neighbors. She made money by scouting elephants from a tiny plane. And she would spend most of the rest of her life in East Africa as an adventurer, a racehorse trainer, and an aviatrix–she became the first person to fly nonstop from Europe to America, the first woman to fly solo east to west across the Atlantic. Hers was indisputably a life full of adventure and beauty. And then there is the writing. When Hemingway read Markham's book, he wrote to his editor, Maxwell Perkins: "She has written so well, and marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer . . . [She] can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers . . . It is really a bloody wonderful book." With a new introduction by Sara Wheeler–one of Markham's few legitimate literary heirs–"West with the Night "should once again take its place as one of the world's great adventure stories.


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Science & Research
Dealing with diabetes
Researchers at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health are working with health-care providers and First Nations communities to contain a surge in cases of childhood Type 2 diabetes
About diabetes
Winnipeg Health Region
Wave, September / October 2012
Charlotte Wood knows the routine.
At least once a year, the 14-year-old girl, along with her mother
and siblings, visits the Diabetes Education Resource for Children and
Adolescents (DER-CA) on William Avenue in Winnipeg.
Once inside, Charlotte, her younger sisters, Savanah and Genevieve,
and older brother Curtis, are greeted by a nurse and prepped for their
"First I get weighed and they measure my height," explains Charlotte.
"Then they take my blood pressure. Then they do the blood work."
Charlotte and her siblings make regular visits to the clinic for checkups
because Type 2 diabetes runs in the family - their mom, Mary
Wood, has it, as do their grandparents, and some other family members.
So far, Charlotte is the only one of Mary's daughters diagnosed
with the condition. But the girl with the bright eyes and quick smile is
learning to keep it in check. "I have to take insulin shots,
and I can't eat sweets or junk food or pop," she says.
For most kids, doing without the occasional treat may
seem a bit daunting. But Charlotte takes it all in stride - she
knows it is important to keep her blood sugar levels in check, a
point that is emphasized during her visits to DER-CA.
She understands that her body does not produce enough insulin
or use the insulin it does produce to efficiently break down the
sudden surge in glucose (sugar) that would come from consuming
sweets. And she understands that a high level of glucose in her blood
can permanently change the structure and function of her organs, a
development that could lead to health issues such as kidney failure.
Not long ago, the notion that a child like Charlotte could be
vulnerable to Type 2 diabetes was considered beyond the realm of
possibility. Until recently, children were not generally tested for Type 2 diabetes because it was considered an
"adult" condition.
Not anymore.
Over the last three decades, the
number of children diagnosed with Type
2 diabetes within the Winnipeg Health
Region's jurisdiction has soared from
zero to more than 70 a year. Many of
these cases originate in northeastern
Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. In
fact, the area is one of two hot spots in
North America that have recorded huge
increases in childhood Type 2 diabetes -
the other is in Arizona.
Health officials say the surge in cases
represents a major intergenerational
health threat, one that could escalate in
years to come. But efforts are underway
to help the children and their families.
In April, University of Manitoba Faculty
of Medicine professors and researchers
at the Manitoba Institute of Child Health
(MICH) formed a new research group
dedicated to tackling the Type 2 diabetes
problem. The group is called Diabetes
Research Envisioned and Accomplished
in Manitoba, or DREAM for short,
and features 10 researchers, including
members of MICH and DER-CA.
The DREAM team will support the
work being done by health-care providers
and representatives of First Nations
communities at DER-CA. In doing so, it
will significantly enhance efforts to better
diagnose, treat and, ultimately, prevent
childhood Type 2 diabetes.
The first cases of childhood diabetes in
northern Manitoba were identified in the
early 1980s by Dr. Heather Dean. Today,
Dean is Assistant Dean (Academic) and
professor of pediatrics and child health
at the University of Manitoba's Faculty
of Medicine, pediatric endocrinologist at
DER-CA, a member of the DREAM team
and one of Canada's leading experts on
pediatric Type 2 diabetes. But at the time,
she had just finished training in pediatrics
and pediatric endocrinology and was
working as a fly-in physician at northern
communities like St. Theresa Point and
Garden Hill.
During one of her many northern trips,
Dean encountered a 14-year-old girl who
was displaying unusual symptoms for a
child her age: she was overweight, thirsty
and hungry all the time. Dean decided
to do blood tests to find the underlying
cause. She was astounded when the tests
suggested the girl had Type 2 diabetes.
"We knew this shouldn't be happening
to a child," says Dean, recalling her
reaction to her findings. "We've always
had obese children in Manitoba but they
don't develop Type 2 diabetes. They
don't get high blood sugar. Their bodies
can accommodate and compensate. But
somehow these children's bodies were
not," she said noting that she went on to
identify about a dozen similar cases.
Initially, her diagnoses were met with
skepticism by diabetes experts. Type 1
diabetes? Maybe. Type 2 diabetes? Never.
The difference between the two types
of diabetes is significant. Type 1 diabetes,
which can affect people of all ages, is
triggered many months before symptoms
show. People with Type 1 do not produce
insulin, and require a daily source of it.
Type 2 diabetes is much more
common. It occurs when the body does
not produce enough insulin and does not
respond effectively to the insulin it does
produce. As a result, glucose levels in the
blood can increase unchecked. Studies
are starting to show that Type 2 diabetes
affects children more rapidly, with many
developing other health problems by the
time they are in their mid-twenties. In
other words, it can cause serious illness if
left unchecked.
Initial doubts concerning the diagnosis
of children with Type 2 diabetes began
to wane as the evidence mounted. By
1988, Dean and Dr. Michael Moffatt,
who was a pediatrician at the time and is
now Executive Director of Research and
Applied Learning for the Winnipeg Health
Region, published a report in the journal
Arctic Medical Research about their
findings. By this time, they'd identified 15
cases of Type 2 diabetes in children.
"We had no idea what was going on.
These were kids who were very obese,
and all, with the exception of one, were
girls," says Dean.
Initially, it was thought Aboriginal
children were developing Type 2 diabetes
earlier than expected because of lifestyle
issues - poor diet and lack of exercise.
Once the findings of Dean and Moffatt,
who is also a professor of pediatrics
and child health and community health
sciences at the University of Manitoba's
Faculty of Medicine, were accepted, it
was thought these cases represented the
tip of a giant iceberg.
"After we sounded the alarm, Health
Canada originally thought this was a
problem generalized across all First
Nations people in Canada," says Dean.
But there was another twist in the
story. Research revealed that other First
Nations communities, including those in
nearby Saskatchewan, were not reporting
cases of Type 2 diabetes among children,
even though their lifestyles were similar
to those of young people in northeastern
Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.
"We soon discovered that it was
localized to people who are from the
Sandy Lake area in Ontario, and our
group in Manitoba," says Dean.
At that point, Dean began to suspect
that the emergence of Type 2 diabetes
among children could not be solely
attributed to a lack of exercise and a diet
heavy in sugars and fats. She began to
connect the dots, looking for a genetic
component that was shared from parents
to children.
Her suspicions were confirmed in the
mid-1990s when a study by researchers
at the University of Toronto discovered a
genetic variance among people living at
Sandy Lake First Nation, which had been
recording increases in childhood diabetes.
The researchers showed that if a person
had this genetic variance - called the
HNF-1 alpha polymorphism - they were
guaranteed to develop Type 2 diabetes by
the time they were 50.
"Using that, we looked at the
Manitobans and found they have the
same gene. There has been a lot of
intermarriage between the Oji-Cree
populations in the Island Lake area and
northwestern Ontario, so they share the
same genes," says Dean.
But Dean knew there was more going
on than a genetic variance that led to
diabetes later in life. This disease was
affecting children.
One theory attributed the problem
to a hormonal surge in obese
kids during puberty. But Dean's
numbers showed that 9.7
per cent of the children
diagnosed with Type 2
diabetes in the past
five years were
under the age of
10. That meant
that a hormonal
imbalance related
to growing up
could not be
the trigger. The
answer was
complex, she knew
- a combination of
genetic inheritance, the
environment and lifestyle,
and something else. Something
yet unknown.
As the number of cases of Type 2
diabetes among young people continued
to grow during the 1980s and 1990s,
efforts were made to understand and
contain the problem.
The Diabetes Education Resource for
Children and Adolescents at the Health
Sciences Centre campus was established
in 1985 to help educate children and
their parents on how to manage the
condition. Dean was instrumental with
colleagues in Manitoba Health and
Children's Hospital in developing the
Mary Wood was one of the first
children to visit DER-CA. She was
diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at
age 11 and was enrolled in a DER-CA
study by the time she was 12. By her
own admission, Mary did not treat her
diagnosis with the seriousness it deserved.
"When I was young, I didn't listen to my
grandparents," she says. "I did what I
wanted and ignored my diabetes."
Now, at the age of 40, Mary suffers
from a number of complications of the
disease, including kidney failure, vision
problems, and lack of feeling in her feet
and hands. She's
on dialysis three
times a week
and uses a wheel chair for mobility.
Experience is a tough teacher, but it
has made Mary much the wiser. Today,
she is doing everything she can to ensure
her children don't make her mistakes,
especially her two children who already
have Type 2 diabetes. "I'm talking to
you today because it's important that the
young people know they need to take
care of themselves," she says. "That's
what I'm telling my kids."
Mary and her children inspired Dean
to focus her research in a new direction.
She'd been studying a generation of kids
who had grown up and were having
children of their own.
The difference here is that never before
have there been young women with Type
2 diabetes prior to their pregnancies. This
was a whole new dynamic, says Dean,
where babies were being exposed to Type
2 diabetes from conception onward.
"We started seeing the offspring coming
through. That was when I said, 'Oh-oh.' I
knew we had to find the bigger picture -
and quickly," she says.
In response, Dean and her colleagues
at DER-CA launched the Next Generation
project in 2003.
The Next Generation project looks
at the children of First Nations mothers
living in Manitoba, who had Type 2
diabetes prior to their pregnancy. The
project found that these mothers have a
14 times higher risk of having a child with
Type 2 diabetes than mothers without the
"We asked ourselves if pregnancy was
the mechanism causing these women
to have more children with Type 2,"
says Dean. Perhaps a diabetic woman's
high blood sugars were affecting the
development of the fetus, causing the
child's metabolism to be disposed toward
obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
"We think there is an additional
risk factor during the fetal stage,"
says Dean. "We suspect that the
intrauterine environment is affecting
organ development and how genes are
affected by their environment and express
themselves. The mothers with Type
2 have children who inherit the gene
for lower secretion of insulin, so their
children have an additional inherited
inability to make insulin."
That glimpse of an answer has led to
more questions for Dean and the others
on the Next Generation project.
"Genes don't change that quickly,"
says Dean. "In my professional lifetime,
over the last 30 years, something has
changed quickly. We've no idea what the
accelerator is, so we're trying with the big
teams to intellectually understand what
the issues are."
That "big team," of course is
the DREAM team, which is
located within the Manitoba
Institute for Child Health
and is funded through a
$750,000 grant from the
Children's Hospital
"We were so
excited with the launch of DREAM," says Dean. "It will
help us connect the circle of science and
care, in that we're now doing scientific
research in conjunction with bedside
treatment. We have a unique problem in
Manitoba, and I'm thrilled that money has
been invested into the scientific minds
solving that problem."
The DREAM team is focusing on
two main research areas: finding out
why children are susceptible to Type 2
diabetes, including maternal and early
life factors; and preventing complications
in children who have Type 2 diabetes
by helping them better manage their
Dr. Grant Hatch, Canada Research
Chair in Molecular Cardiolipin
Metabolism and professor of
pharmacology and biochemistry and
medical genetics at the University of
Manitoba, and Dr. Jon McGavock,
assistant professor of pediatrics and
child health, lead a team of Manitoba
scientists. They include: Dean, fellow
pediatric endocrinologists Drs. Elizabeth
Sellers and Brandy Wicklow, pediatric
nephrologists Drs. Tom Blydt-Hansen
and Allison Dart, epigeneticist Dr. Jim
Davie, and scientists Drs. Kristi Wittmaier,
Christine Doucette and Vern Dolinsky.
Sellars and Wicklow are also professors
of pediatrics and child health at the
U of M, while Davie is a professor of
biochemistry and medical genetics and
cell biology. Doucette is an assistant
professor of physiology and Dolinsky is
an assistant professor of pharmacology.
Some of the DREAM research includes:
The DREAM team is also hoping to
secure funding to research changes in
heart metabolism in children with Type 2
diabetes, says McGavock.
All of this research is aimed at mapping
better treatment for children with Type
2 diabetes by identifying ways to predict
how and when it will occur and how
to prevent complications, he says. It is
also hoped researchers will develop new
prevention strategies for women with
Type 2 diabetes while they are pregnant,
much in the way that women now take
folic acid supplements to prevent neural
tube defects in their infants.
To achieve its goals, the DREAM team
uses a bed-to-bench circle of science, in
which children's health conditions are
studied and replicated in animals in the
laboratory. The lessons learned in the
lab are then used to change the way the
children are treated.
One of the key objectives of DREAM
is to identify early warning signs of Type
2 diabetes. For example, animal studies
suggest that fat in the heart, liver and
pancreas is an early indicator that the
organ is going to fail or is not working
properly. This can lead to a loss of
glucose tolerance and eventually lead
to Type 2 diabetes. "We're using MRI
spectroscopy to look at the chemical
make-up of different organs of the body,"
says McGavock. "Our interest is in fat
accumulation in places it shouldn't be."
DREAM researchers have decided
to focus on the liver as the best spot to
predict the risk for Type 2 diabetes. "If
there is a fatty infiltration in the liver,
it turns out to be a pretty robust biomarker
of Type 2 diabetes in kids," says
McGavock. "The MRI is a non-invasive
study technique, something that's very
important to use when working with
children. We're also looking for a blood
test, something that a family doctor could
order, as another early risk test."
A second area of focus is research into
the complications of Type 2 diabetes,
in a study called I-Care, short for
Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes.
Here, Allison Dart made an important
discovery: children with Type 2 diabetes
have extraordinarily high rates of health
complications, at a rate of five to ten
times higher than children with Type 1
diabetes. The complications include endstage
renal disease and cardiovascular
events. "Allison started asking herself:
'Why do the kidneys fail so quickly in this
cohort of youth? Are there any biological
markers we could measure in a clinical
setting that would allow us to pick up the
high-risk kids?'" says McGavock.
To find those biological markers, Dart
has begun measuring kidney function in
children with Type 2 diabetes, looking
for the moment when kidney damage
begins showing up. She's also looking at
other influences, such as physical activity levels, sleep, diet, stress and early childhood trauma.
Her theory is that it is not only the child's physical
body, but the environment they're growing up in
that adds up to kidney failure. She suspects a socioeconomic
"Sixty per cent of the kids are living at the bottom
of the economic scale. Their families are dealing
with economic pressures, and this is reflected in their
diet, activity levels and more," says McGavock.
Both the environmental and physical sides of a child's
life are measured at DREAM. Testing of the children
occurs over 24 hours in the clinic and at home, allowing
researchers to accurately measure blood pressure
variations and urinary protein loss.
The clinical space has a non-invasive imaging suite
where researchers can do ultrasounds of the heart,
blood vessels, liver, and soon, the kidneys, to look at the
structure and function of these organs. They also have
a fitness testing room with a bike and treadmill, to test
fitness and do exercise training. Many of the kids enrolled
in the various studies are seen every three to four months,
so it's important to have a clinic that is welcoming.
McGavock uses the fitness room to study the impact
of rigorous physical activity in overweight kids who
have Type 2 diabetes. In particular, he's looking at how exercise affects insulin sensitivity, and why
some of the children go on to develop changes
in the function of their heart, and others don't.
Along with putting children through exercise
programs, McGavock is hoping to secure a
grant to do ultrasound imaging of the kids'
Like other research tracks at DREAM,
studying the children in the clinic leads to
questions to be answered by the scientists.
For example, McGavock's research with
children will be duplicated in the lab.
Here, scientist Vern Dolinsky will work
on specially bred mice that have Type 2
diabetes, looking to see how quickly they
develop heart trouble, and whether exercise
has a positive effect on their heart. "The
research team will try to understand how
energy production problems arise and can
be managed in these mice. Collectively,
we'll make a small advancement in research,
which will advance our knowledge in both
directions," says McGavock. His research
at DREAM goes beyond the confines of
the clinic and laboratory walls. This fall,
McGavock launched a lifestyle and exercise
study, working with teens at R.B. Russell High
School. He's hoping to enroll 20 students
from this inner-city vocational school as peer
mentors, and develop exercises and lifestyle
programming that can be used in Manitoba's
north for teens living in similar socio-economic
"We look at what's been successful in the
past at achieving weight loss and increasing
physical activity in kids," he says.
The daily programming features 45 minutes
of games, like basketball and soccer, that get
the blood pumping. There's also a healthy
snack and 45 minutes of education on
healthy eating, goal-setting, self-esteem and
environmental engineering - how to change
your life to make healthy decisions and avoid
"Depending on what you're exposed to and
your background, people think it's a simple
message. But until you walk a mile in their
shoes, you don't know how hard it is. Support
is a key here," says McGavock.
In her work within the DREAM team,
Elizabeth Sellers is also focusing on the
complications associated with Type 2 diabetes, from kidney failure and vision problems
through to heart disease and high lipids.
Children with Type 2 diabetes will have
one or more serious health complications
by the time they are 30.
"There is data suggesting that
complications for Type 2 diabetes are
more aggressive in children than adults
who get the disease later in life," says
Sellers. "The onset of complications in
these kids is also more aggressive than it
is for kids with Type 1 diabetes."
One of those complications is
neuropathy - a change in nerve structure
that causes people with diabetes to lose
feeling in their hands and feet. Sellers
says that in the five years between the
ages of 18 and 23, many who have Type
2 diabetes will develop neuropathy.
She's studying a way to detect early
warning signs of nerve damage by looking
deep into people's eyes. Her test uses
corneal confocal microscopy. This looks
for damage in nerves in the eye's cornea,
as a predictor of nerve damage elsewhere
in the body.
The microscopy machine, normally
used by ophthalmologists and other
eye specialists, is relatively portable, so
Sellers can take it on the outreach visits
the DER-CA team makes to northern
Manitoba to look at the eyes of all
children who have Type 2 diabetes.
"We've shown that the kids will
tolerate the test, because it's noninvasive,"
says Sellers. "The next step
is to show its accuracy and that using
it is a way to monitor nerve damage so
we can try to prevent progression of the
Sellers is also a member of the team
that writes the clinical practice guidelines
for pediatric diabetes care in Canada.
"At the moment, lifestyle management
is the mainstay of treatment for Type 2
diabetes in youth. There haven't been
that many studies of medication use in
children, so I tend to be more aggressive
in using insulin and lifestyle changes,"
says Sellers, adding that most of the
children need shots of a mix of shortacting
and longer-acting insulin twice
a day. "Between the work we
do treating the
kids in the clinic and the research done at
DREAM, we're helping fill in the gaps in
our knowledge."
All the research underway in the
area of pediatric Type 2 diabetes could
not take place without the help of all
the community health-care staff and
community partners, including those in
First Nations organizations.
As Dean explains, most of the youth
in the various studies live in remote
communities, and any treatment strategy
has to be culturally sensitive. She says
workers like Bertha Flett, who was the
first clinical research nurse in the Next
Generation project, are critical to future
success. "Bertha knows everyone in the
North, and if we can't find someone, we
ask her for help," says Dean.
Flett worked with the Next Generation
project until she retired in 2009, testing
children in northern communities for
Type 2 diabetes. Flett says that out of the
900-some children she tested in nursery
to Grade 12 classes over the years, six
had Type 2 diabetes. In comparison,
the Canadian average is 1.5 in 100,000
children. In British Columbia, where
the numbers are 2 in 100,000 kids,
all the affected children are of Indo-
Asian heritage, and children from Haiti.
Saskatchewan is not even on the radar,
because it has only recorded five cases in
total. When you compare the Manitoba to
the national numbers, finding six in 900
is like finding over 650 children out of
In the course of her work for the
Next Generation project, Flett worked
with the schools, setting up tests, and
then reassuring the children who tested
positive. She spoke with their parents, and
referred the children to the local health
clinic for treatment, along with recruiting
them for study at DER-CA.
"You have to hunt for the kids with
Type 2 diabetes, because they don't feel
sick when they first have it," says Flett,
who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
herself when she was an adult. "And
people - despite all the education
we do and workshops we
teach - don't listen to
the message: that
they should be taking care of themselves
so they won't get diabetes."
Flett's work with the Next Generation
project came with both a professional and
a personal motivation.
Years earlier, her own daughter had
been mistakenly diagnosed as having
Type 1 diabetes. This came about before
the medical community understood that
children could develop Type 2 diabetes.
As a result, the proper treatment wasn't
put in place, and her daughter's Type 2
diabetes worsened rapidly.
"My daughter died at age 25,"
says Flett, who is now raising her
granddaughter. "It's hard. It's hard to
know that she's gone. It's hard that I have
the same thing. But it gave me direction. I
wanted to work with kids who have Type
2 so they can have hope."
Part of that hope might come from an
idea generated by the Next Generation
project to encourage new mothers to
breastfeed their infants. Breastfeeding
has been associated with a lower risk of
Type 2 diabetes in children. This may
require one-on-one support, coaching
the mothers through the experience,
along with talking about serving healthy
food and increasing their daily amount of
Summer student Karla Muskego is
another integral part of the community
outreach being done by the Next
Generation project. A fourth-year
biochemistry student at the University
of Manitoba who hails from northern
Manitoba, Muskego's job this past
summer was to encourage the families to
come in for their check-ups. She says it
took patience and persistence to do the
"There are about 130 kids in the cohort
in Manitoba. My role is to try to get 80
per cent of those kids in for testing,"
says Muskego. "But it's challenging.
Most of the people live up north and
find it hard to come into Winnipeg. But
I'm so thrilled when they do come in. It
shows their commitment to keeping their
children healthy."
Life in remote communities comes with
a number of problems that need to be
solved, before children and their parents
can be healthy, says Lyna Hart, the acting
Tribal Nursing Officer with the Southeast
Resource Development Council.
Since the call to action in 1999, when
representatives from tribal councils and
independent First Nations communities
in Manitoba came together to talk about
treating Type 2 diabetes, they knew they
would be fighting a disease that was affecting three generations at once. It's
also a disease that needs more than a
diabetes-only health care program to
tackle, says Hart.
People living in remote communities
in Manitoba are dealing with a lack of
fresh food, clean drinking water and
quality housing. Many are survivors of
the residential school system, and have
to cope with the trauma of those years,
which can lead to family violence,
substance abuse and suicide. That stress
affects a person's health, including
pregnant mothers who have Type 2
diabetes and their children.
"Food insecurity is a big issue," says
Hart. "When you go into a store in the
North, and the fruit and vegetables are
beyond ripe, you don't buy them. We
know that breast feeding is the first line of
defense for mothers who are diabetic and
who have babies. But those mothers can't
meet their nutritional needs, so they can't
breast feed."
Many communities in the North are
under water boiling advisories. Bottled
water is too expensive to fly in, so
people drink pop instead. "People eat
what's available, and what's available
isn't nutritious, so it's no wonder obesity
is a big problem," says Hart, who was
diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in midlife.
Hart says federal funding for diabetes
programs in Manitoba's First Nations
communities is limited, so she's effusive
in her praise for work being done by Dr.
Heather Dean and the team of researchers
at DER-CA and DREAM. "They keep
us in the loop. We're very happy to be
guiding the questions they ask. We're
hopeful they will lead the work to find
an answer," she says. "I believe that all
children need to be screened for Type 2
diabetes, both First Nations and non-First
Nations. People worry that it will cost
money, but it's better than waiting until
those children grow up, and their health
is worse by the time they find out they
have it. We have to ensure the future of
our children."
Maintaining contact with people living
in far-flung communities is part of the role
of the Maestro Project, an outreach effort
on the part of DREAM to ensure children
with diabetes make a successful jump
from pediatric to adult care, no matter
where they're living in the province.
Maestro - named so because Dean
envisioned a conductor reminding the
musicians in an orchestra of when it
was time to play their part - forms a
bridge of contact for patients leaving
pediatric diabetes care at age 18 and
who are struggling to learn to take care of
themselves as adults.
The Maestro Project was established
in 2002 to support youth with Type 1
diabetes who were transferring to adult
care. As the numbers of children with
Type 2 diabetes began growing, there
soon was a need for a parallel program,
which has been named Maestro 2.
"Young adults have a bad habit
of not showing up for their medical
appointments," says Catherine
MacDonald, Transition Care Co-ordinator
for Maestro. "They don't always make the
best choices at 18, 19 and 20. And when
they do end up re-engaging with healthcare
services, there's often irreversible
damage done to them, complications that
often can't be reversed."
The numbers back up the decision
to launch Maestro 2. Ten years after
diagnosis, the survival rate for children
with Type 2 diabetes is 91.4 per cent,
compared to 99.5 per cent in children
with Type 1, and 100 per cent in children
without either disease. Renal survival is
only 55 per cent after 20 years in youth
and young adults with Type 2 diabetes.
Maestro is tracking 1,600 young adults
between the ages of 18 and 25, including
387 with Type 2 diabetes. MacDonald
first makes contact with patients when
they are around 14 years old, to begin
building a relationship that will help the
young adults know who to turn to when
they get into the somewhat bewildering
adult side of diabetes treatment. She uses
the phone, e-mail, Facebook and texts to
keep in contact with the adults.
"We've had 82 people graduate from
us at age 25," she says. "But during the
time from 2002 to 2011, we've had 16
deaths, including five from complications
of Type 2. Our goal is to reduce the dropout
from follow-up care in pediatrics
from 60 to 30 per cent, and to track 80
per cent of those moving on to adult
care, using programs like the Diabetes
Integration Project in rural and northern
Between the DREAM researchers
and the clinic and educational efforts
at DER-CA, Dean and her colleagues
hope to get a handle on pediatric Type 2
diabetes in the next five years and be able
to offer new treatments and preventions.
It's an ambitious goal, but one that must
be met in order to contain the surge in
childhood Type 2 diabetes.
"I'm an optimistic person," says Dean.
"We have a great team of researchers,
clinicians, community leaders and
families working on the problem."
As Charlotte and her siblings grow
older, they will come to depend more and
more on the work being done by these
health-care and research teams. Charlotte
is as full of life as any 14-year-old, and
should be able to keep her condition
under control. And she can count on her
mother to keep a watchful eye on her
compliance with her medication and diet.
"Diabetes put me through the gutter,"
says Mary Wood. "That's what's so
important for the kids. The elders tell us
that we'll run into trouble with our health
if we don't look after our diabetes. So I
tell my kids, look after your sugars, or
you'll be like me in 20 or 30 years. That's
why I'm talking to you about this, so that
everyone will know."
Susie Strachan is a communications advisor with the Winnipeg Health Region.
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The word "chino" uses 5 letters: C H I N O.
No direct anagrams for chino found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after chino (in bold), or to chino in any order:
c - cochin p - chopin phonic s - chinos t - chiton
Shorter words found within chino:
chi chin chon cion coin con coni hi hic hin ho hon ich icon in inch ion no noh oh on
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Words formed from any letters in chino, plus an optional blank or existing letter
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Other words with the same letter pairs: ch hi in no
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