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I hope to keep up with this blogging theme every Saturday, because I have quite a few pieces missing from my family tree, and I'd love to see if anyone out there has any clues. I've used Blogger's awesome new Pages feature to list the most common surnames in my family tree, as well as my boyfriend's.
Ironically enough, one of the families which I know the least about is the one whose name I carry: Boehm. The history of my own last name is easy enough to trace, because it comes from a geographical area. According to Ancestry.com's surname entry for Boehm, the name originally meant that a person was from Bohemia, a land which is now 2/3 of the Czech Republic. The spelling is close enough that Microsoft Word tries to correct my name to Bohemia every time I type it, lol. Ancestry also indicates that the greatest concentrations of people with that name were located in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio as of the 1920 census. Their surname search provides an interesting profile of your family name.
Here is my line of the Boehm family:
1. My dad, John Timothy Boehm, b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was:
2. Henry Andrew Boehm, b. 1930 and d. 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He married Rose Earle DiBernardo in Pittsburgh in 1955. His father was:
3. Henry John Boehm, b. 1902 d. 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He married Kunikunda Wagner. His father was:
4. John Boehm, b. 1865 in Bayern, Germany d. 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He married Kunigunda Hartmann in 1887 in Pittsburgh. He immigrated to the United States before 1880. His father was:
5. Johann Philipp Boehm, b. 1821 in Hessen, Germany. His wife's name was Kunekunda. He immigrated to the United States before 1880. His father was:
6. Johann Adam Boehm, b. 1786 in Hessen, Germany d. 1834 in Hessen, Germany. He married Maria Elisabeth Kaffenberger in 1812.
That's most of what I have. Let me know if you have any connections! :)
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[attachment=5301:attachment]i've decided to do a tech article on this as i'm recieving a few pm's on how to do it. i didn't buy the parts they came out of a car i already owned so i can't give an accurate estimate as to how much this would cost you.
you will require the following parts
s13 front coilovers
ae86 camber tops
s13 front brakes complete with hub arrangement can use CA or SR
S13 LCA's.
RA60 series rackends
pair of rack boots
Bluebird TRX tierod ends. (model 910, series 1, 2 or 3)
8 nissan mag wheel nuts (as wheel studs have different thread)
installation is self explanitory pull your old s*** out, installation is the opposite. fit the 86 cambertops to the s13 coilover and fit to strut towers. redrill the crossmember hole that the LCA bolts to, to 13mm size as the sprinter LCA bolt is smaller in diameter. the LCA can move around if the bolt doesn't "fill" the crush tube in the bush. so i highly recommend you use the S13 bolt and drill the mount hole on the crossmember out, it's piss easy anyway.
fit up the lower control arm, and bolt on the hub complete with brakes, then bolt the hub to the coilovers.
you must change the rack ends to *A6* series ones (MA61, RA60, SA63 etc) or not enough thread goes into the tierod, effectively decreasing its strength quite dramatically EDIT: after wheel alignment this wasn't as bad as first expected. you can use the 86 tierod ends but the taper is slightly different so there will be play = noise. *A6* series and RA40 tierod ends are the ones to use.
installing the new rack ends is easy enough, remove your old rack boots and bend back the locking tabs where the rack joins the rackends. undo the 86 ones and replace with th *A6* ones. i used loctite on the threads as i damaged my lock washers so couldn't refit them.
fit up some new rack boots (FYI i used repco universal rack boots didn't have to trim them or anything and they were $14 ea) thread your tierods on as far as they will go, bolt them up to your steering arm on the hub.
you will have to redrill the holes for castor rods if you use a S13 arm, not a big deal though. just line the castor rod up with the arm mark your holes and drill away.
by now everything should be about right, use the s13 brake hoses they will thread into the 86 solid line fine. if you choose to run CA brakes you can keep the stock 86 13/16ths master cylinder and you are restricted to a rim size of no less than 14 inches. if you want to run SR brakes you are limited to 15 inch wheels and need to upgrade to a 15/16ths master cylinder, you can use S13, R32,33 or 34 abs masters (abs masters only have 2 ports) you will have to change solid brake lines to suit this master. bleed it all throw some rims on using nissan wheel nuts as the thread is different to toyota, and drop it. set your heights (if adjustable height coilovers are used) and get a wheel alignment.
you have gained
front height adjustablity
more steering lock
bigger vented brakes
track increase (est 20-30mm per side)
it's a cost efective option if you don't mind going nissan, i feel a lot of hachi drivers are purists though and like to stick with the toyota bloodline. so you don't see it done that often.
picture below shows camber set to max, using a 15x8-4mm superlite rim, guards needed to be flared and max camber applied to fit rim under guard, car is lower then a normal sprinter though so less camber could be run at a higher ride height.

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Man could face jail for filming himself bash pet kelpie
A WARWICK man who recorded the disturbing abuse of his pet kelpie on his phone has spent the night in jail as he awaits sentencing for his crimes.
Acting magistrate Dennis Beutel said the fact Jonathan Neil Wood videotaped some of the crimes was "very worrying" and made them much more serious than they would have been otherwise.
The Warwick Magistrates Court yesterday heard the 25-year-old was given the kelpie, named Charlie, in February last year.
Within weeks the dog had jumped out a window and broken its leg, which Wood failed to have treated and the dog developed a permanent deformity.
The 25-year-old father of two would intentionally cause pain to the dog by targeting its injured leg, choking it, hitting its head into walls and dropping it from high places.
The court heard Wood would laugh as he was torturing the animal and in one of the videos is seen to "fist pump" at the camera after hurting the dog.
Police took the dog from the man on September 27 and it was treated by a Warwick vet before being taken by the RSPCA.
Police Prosecutor Steve de Lissa asked the court to send Wood to jail.
"The nature of this offence and conduct of the defendant is appalling to say the very least," Snr Const de Lissa said.
"This is a situation where a period of imprisonment is not beyond range."
Defence solicitor Phillip Crook said his client could not offer any explanation as to his behaviour and added that videotaping "tends to be something people do these days".
Mr Beutel said he is considering a jail sentence for Wood but he wanted to take some time to research similar cases.
Wood, who the court heard is expecting another child with his new girlfriend, was taken into police custody yesterday afternoon and is due to be sentenced in the court today.


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Strider Sport 16 - 2018
Strider's Sport 16 is great for those young riders who are ready to develop their riding skills. This pedal-less balance bike allows your child to straddle the bike with both feet on the ground and easily propel the bike by walking or running. A quick-release seatpost and adjustable handlebars let this sturdy bike comfortably fit kids from six to twelve years old, while the lightweight frame and hand brakes make it a breeze to maneuver. With durable 16-inch wheels, pneumatic tires, and unique footrests that can be added or removed, the Sport 16 is an excellent way for your little ripper to take the next step.
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We bought this bike for our 12 year old son who has Down syndrome. He has developed great balance having used balance bikes since he was very young, however needed a larger size and hand brakes. This bike is helping him to keep up his ability to balance on a two wheeler, while teaching him how to stop safety on his own using the hand brakes. We think he will be able to safely ride a bike with peddles when he outgrows this one! Thank you, Strider company for making larger sized balance bikes. This means a lot to us, and a lot to our son.
Measured and ordered accordingly. After putting it all together found it is too small. When seat is raised enough the handlebars are too low. Too difficult to take apart and return. Disappointed.
We watched videos on how to adjust the front brake as there were barely any instructions on how to adjust the brakes included. We screwed it all the way down and it STILL rubbed against the tire. The defective front brake renders the bike pretty much useless which is unfortunate because this is the one and only gift my son has ever been capable of asking for for Christmas. We are so disappointed.
We had our child on a hand-me-down strider at 17 months. He was tall and strangely athletic so was glued to that bike...doing ramps by 2! Being tall, he's outgrown it by 4 yrs old but refuses pedal anything...it slows him down ;) We waited a few months hoping he'd decide to pedal but instead he just stopped riding at all. ACK! Here was a 4 yr old that won first place in his first strider cyclocross race who lost intetest in riding at all. We decided not to be "those" parents who pushed what we thought the ideal next steps should be so I hopped online looking for light 16" bikes hoping we could remove pedals. I had NO IDEA Strider made bigger bikes! Needless to say, that bike was being assembled in our house a few days later. (Could use more tips on loosening the brakes online...the video directions did not keep wheel from rubbing but finally fxed it through trial and error).
My six year old grandson has some developmental disabilities and his PT recommended the Strider bike. It's going to take him a while to get comfortable on the bike, but were confident he'll learn to ride this wonderful bike.
We bought this bike for our 5 year old after numerous failed attempts to ride a pedal bike first, with and without training wheels. She was getting upset with the learning process, didn't want training wheels anymore, but was also scared of trying her pedal bike without training wheels due to a couple of falls. My 2 year old has the smaller balance bike and she didn't seem to mind playing around on it, so we decided that we would buy her this one to help with the learning process. The Result? Amazing!! She only rode the balance bike 7 times and then got on her pedal bike and took off without fear and without training wheels! Worth every penny to give my daughter such a good experience with learning to ride her bike.
The one thing that is a problem is the front brake. it kept dragging. I viewed numerous YouTube videos including one using the Strider 16. Figured ok, I know what to do now. Still couldn't get it right. The only way to make the bike ride-able was to loosen the brake to the point that it is now practically useless. The only other options would have been to completely remove the brake, or take it to a bike shop for repairs & pay an arm and a leg for the repairs because they would be unhappy I bought online and not from them. The back brake works fine, so I left it alone. I bought this for my granddaughter. She loves it, and other than the brake issue, overall we are satisfied with the product.
I am really happy with this bike. My daughter has Epilepsy and struggles with her balances. She feels like the other kids on her strider bike because there aren't any training wheels.
Our 11 year old son who is Down Syndrome is no able to ride bikes with his siblings due to his new strider!! He loves his new strider!


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Seasoned judge to try hand at politics
September 3, 2013
Campaigns for the upcoming municipal election in November officially kicked off on Labor Day, but at least one potential candidate is already thinking about November 2014. Silver Springs resident Robert Hilder recently announced he plans to run as a Democratic candidate for Summit County Attorney. That post is currently held by David Brickey, who said he intends to run for another term.
In an interview with The Park Record about his decision to run, Hilder said, "It is not about Dave Brickey or about the people in the office."
"My interest is, for 40 years now, 30 with Bob (former Summit County Attorney Bob Adkins), eight with Dave Brickey, we haven't had a head of the office who is significantly engaged in the civil work."
According to Hilder the county attorney's responsibilities cover prosecution of state crimes and also advising the county council and department heads on all civil-litigation matters.
Hilder said that in recent years the elected county attorney's office has been divided into two separate divisions: a prosecution side, which is headed up by the elected county attorney, and a civil division headed up by a non-elected Chief Civil deputy. If elected, Hilder says he would consolidate those responsibilities.
"The civil area is extremely important, whether it is big tourist development, whether it is density issues, whether it is water, whether it is the environment, there needs to be very strong counsel to the county council," he said.
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Hilder's experience as a former District Court judge in Summit County, in addition to recent work in arbitration and mediation, he said, gives him a substantial background in many of the civil issues facing Summit County. As judge Hilder presided over the lawsuit between the county and Summit Water, and also ruled in the case between American Skiing Company and Wolf Mountain, among many other complex water- and development-related issues.
Hilder said he believes that stronger legal counsel could help the county avoid protracted and expensive litigation in the future.
"We need a better system for vetting the cases we go to court on," he added.
As to his decision to run on the Democratic side of the ticket, Hilder explained: "I am a working class kid I am fundamentally a Democrat. There is no natural home for me in the Republican Party, certainly not in the Utah Republican Party. He added, though, "I had not declared anything in my life until 2012 and I have always voted a split ticket."
While he is not ready to start campaigning, Hilder said he wanted to make his intentions known early, adding that his potential rival, Brickey, was the first person he called about his decision.
The official filing period for the county races in 2014 will not take place until March. Next year all seven of Summit County's department head positions (sheriff, attorney, assessor, treasurer, clerk, auditor and recorder) will be up for election as well as two seats on the county council.


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LONDON (Reuters) - A new iPhone app offers workplace tips for exotic dancers to help them protect themselves against financial exploitation, abuse and a lack of safety.
The "Dancers Information" application and a related website were conceived by researchers after findings from a study of the erotic-dance industry in England and Wales showed that current regulations of nightclubs in the sexual entertainment sector do not automatically address issues of employment status, welfare and security.
Researchers at the University of Leeds surveyed more than 300 women dancers about their working conditions in two separate sets of interviews beginning in 2010-2011, after a new law regulating the sex entertainment industry was introduced in England and Wales in 2009. It was not clear how the law would be implemented, and how it would affect up to 10,000 dancers who researchers said perform in clubs on peak weekend nights.
Most dancers were concerned that their welfare and working conditions were not being taken seriously by the new legislation and that the community's views were favored against dancers, the survey showed.
Most respondents had chosen the dancing because they found it a flexible, relatively high-earning, "cash-in-hand" form of work, the report showed.
Most dancers didn't report violence and felt safe in their workplace because of security staff, but verbal harassment and unwanted touching from customers was an issue, the report said. Some women reported being stalked.
The app provides tips on how dancers throughout can best work with their employers to manage customers, personal safety information, tax awareness and self-employment information.
All this is information that could take dancers a couple of months to discover on their own, researcher Rosie Campbell said, adding dancers were being left unprotected financially over the long term because most weren't paying toward the state pension.
"We have limited time, limited resources, so we thought, 'How can we get better reach to dancers?'" Campbell told TrustLaw, a news website run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation covering women's rights and good governance, at the launch of the app at London's City Health 2012 conference last week.
"We formed an online network of dancers based in different parts of the UK who were extremely helpful as the website and app were developed," she said.
One survey, which involved almost 200 dancers, showed they paid up to 200 pounds ($322) in fees and up to 80 percent commission to work in clubs, while also facing arbitrary fines from clubs of up to 50 pounds for chewing gum, using mobile phones, being late, absence or for being drunk.
According to the research, 96 percent of the dancers did not pay into a pension and 90 percent had never had a contract. More than 80 percent had never received a wage slip, while none had ever received holiday pay or sick pay.
Almost 60 percent said that a disadvantage of the work was not knowing how much money they would earn.
Although the age range of those surveyed was between 18 and 53, most of the dancers were between 22 and 29.
"We have argued for some form of regulation that takes on board working conditions and rights," Campbell said, adding that trade unions are interested in contributing to a planned upgrade to the Dancers Information app.
Not only was the app developed in consultation with the dancers, but HM Revenue and Customs provided tax information for the app and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which promotes personal safety, offered tips on staying safe.
"There's not a high degree of funky interactivity and functionality that are on some apps," Campbell said. "That's something we'd like to look at for the future should we get more funding - we had limited resources."
(This story was reported by TrustLaw, a news website run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation covering women's rights and good governance)
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Boy Meets Boy, Episode One, Secrets and Leis (or The One with the Luau)
The series begins, faux-ominously, with a montage of clips which is intended to expose you to all the major players. (The montage honestly just confused me, as its hard to keep track of 16 guys who all seem to have the same eyebrow-waxer.) The faux-ominous narration is spoken by a female with an obnoxiously nasal London accent, who we later learn will be the host. Yippee.
One exceptional gay man. 15 extraordinary suitors, all vying for his affection. In the end he must select just one man. But appearances arent always what they seem. What neither the gay suitors nor the leading man know is that some of the suitors are straight men, pretending to be gay, competing to win a cash prize. Will the leading man discover their secret? In a world where gay is the norm and straight men must stay in the closet, will boundaries be crossed? Can stereotypes be shattered? Will romance prevail? Find out when two worlds collide, as we bridge the gap between gay and straight. Welcome to Boy Meets Boy.
First we meet Dani Behr, the abovementioned Londoner host. Prior to this, I thought women with British accents were lovely, elegant and numbingly dull, like Jane Seymour in every romantic miniseries on CBS. Grating Dani has succeeded in changing that stereotype. (One point for Bravo!) My first impression of her look is that her huge eyes are much too far apart, and that her nearly-opaque-overbleached hair is styled in odd asymmetrical ringlets, which I suppose might be all the rage in London, (but not here.)
Next we meet James, our leading man. In this writers opinion, things start to get much better about now. James is soft-spoken, modest, and very cute, with light eyes, dark hair, and a very charming smile. Were told hes 32, and was born in North Dakota, lived in Oregon as a child, and now lives in Southern California where he is a benefits administrator. Unfortunately for James, the viewer is next treated to an embarrassing montage of baby and teen photos of him, displaying him in all his pimple-faced, gangly, frizzy haired, baby fat, fashion-victim glory. You see, he was a quiet nerdy kid, who kids in high school called a diamond in the rough. This seems way too kind for high school kids. More likely, (based on my personal experience) he was simply called ugly, pimple faced fag. Thank the gods (and Bravo) that James has outgrown this phase.
Andra (which is pronounced effectedly like 'Ahndra') is the next introduction, and Im already starting to get lost with all the names. She has pale blue eyes, large white teeth, overly-frosted hair (striped, really) which is plastered to her head in an unflattering way, and huge eyes which, like Danis, are way too far apart. (It is a good thing this show is aimed at gay men and straight women, because these two ladies arent likely to bring in any hetero male viewers.) She met James at work, and calls herself his turn to person, his closest friend in the world, and his family here. (Id call her his fag-hag, but as we learn later, that term offends her. I say, if the shoe fits
) She says James is reserved, but once hes comfortable, hes the belle of the ball, the life of the party.
Following this is a quick montage with some of James friends, (more faces to confuse me) who say that James is patient, athletic, monogamous, a partier, nice, romantic, and a catch. One wonders why this seemingly perfect guy is single, and why all these seemingly smitten friends arent more bitter, jealous and spiteful, like rejected gay men typically are. (If James were my friend, Id be.)
Finally, the montages are over, and we meet James in person. He steps out in a bright sky-blue dress shirt and bone khakis. The whole thing is a little Orange County conservative for me, but he looks good. He seems nervous and giggles like a schoolgirl, but he has me already and so at this point he can do no wrong. He tells Dani that hes hoping to meet someone, maybe make a connection. (Thankfully, his goals arent too high, as we all know these Bachelor-esque shows have spotty track records when it comes to love matches.) Dani announces that the grand prize is a trip to New Zealand for him and the man he chooses. (Thats it? What a rip-off! Why do the gays get shafted with the cheapo prizes? Wheres our Million Dollars? I scream discrimination!)
Andra enters, this time in a hideous fuchsia and black sundress that accentuates her pear-shaped figure. (Though her hair looks moderately better piled in a twist on her head, which sort of masks her skunk-stripes.) Dani welcomes her, opining that most gay men have a girly best friend, and that shes happy because Id like another girly around here. (Lesbian viewers spirits certainly picked up at that remark.)
Andra and James are taken to a wall of pictures, the 15 suitors who James will be choosing from, and left to formulate their superficial first opinions based on cheesy posed headshots. Andra picks her top four (we later learn their names are Chris, Robb, Matt and Franklin) and James picks his top five (Chris, Dan, Matt, Robb and Franklin.) Andra dismisses Dan as cocky. More on that later.


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Earlier this month he made a pilgrimage to Rotella's house in Charlottesville, Va. , a trip he has made six or seven times during the 22 years he has sought guidance from Rotella who is billed as the "world's foremost sports psychologist, golf guru , author and peak performance expert".
This time around he took four of his golfers with him _ Alex Cox, Katie Pursell, Blanton Farmer and Zack Pursell. They drove to Charlottesville, spent a day with Rotella and then drove back to Nashville.
"I told them they could go, but they would have to pay their own expenses," Harston said. "To spend the day with that man is something that will pay dividends for our whole team."
While they were there Trevor Immelman, the 2006 PGA Rookie of the Year, and the 2008 Masters Champion, called.
"Trevor was about an hour-and-half from teeing off at the Byron Nelson Classic," Harston said. "He wanted to talk."
Harston and Lipscomb Bisons basketball coach Scott Sanderson are both big fans of Rotella's philosophies on getting the most out of athletes. Harston has spoken to the Bisons baseball team and members of the tennis teams about some of the lessons learned from Rotella.
"I am kind of the resident sports psychologist," Harston said. "I have realized how important this is when you are competing at this level.
"What I try to get them to realize is this is an ongoing process," Harston said. "It is just like working your muscles out." Most athletes in high school do not have the opportunity to talk with a sports psychologist or deal with the mental aspects of the game.
"It is mainly about teaching them what to do with all of these thoughts they have," Harston said. "They have to deal with performance anxiety. Most of the time it gets down to being present. Can they be right here, right now?"
Rotella passed along a story about Tiger Woods that explains why he became such a powerful force on a golf course. When Woods was asked about his approach to the game by a fellow golfer, it was all about the mental aspects of the game and not his physical talent.
"He didn't say he worked harder or that he has the best swing or the best short game," Harston said. "He didn't say anything about that.
"He said, No.1, `I'm mentally tougher than anyone else on the tour'. And No. 2, `I can stay in the present better than anybody'. What that means is when he has a 10-foot putt to win the U.S. Open he can be so present that there is nothing attached to the putt. It is just a putt that he made over and over and over. You don't think about that if you make the putt you are going to win the U.S. Open."
Harston found himself in that kind of a zone in a Champions Tour event in Austin, Texas on a par three. He hit the ball to the left of the hole.
"There were lots of people there," Harston recalled. "It was like a 40-foot putt and I actually made it. I got so into the putt that I forgot where I was. It was just me and my putter, the golf ball and the target. The roar of the crowd scared me because I had forgotten where I was. I jumped a foot. That is what they are talking about when they say you are in the zone."
Athletes that move from high school to college often think the sport they play has changed, but that is not necessarily the case.
"They think it is a major jump and it is not," Harston said. "If you are good you just play the same game you have been playing. "Division I… big deal. When I played in the PGA Championship I put so much pressure on myself because it was a major championship and on national TV. But when I looked back I realized it was just golf.
The champions know that. It is not that they don't care, but they don't put the pressure on themselves. That is how you rise to the occasion."
Harston also stresses the desire to have fun, especially in a game or match situation.
"Anybody in any sport will tell you that when they are playing well it is easy," Harston said. "You have to relax and have fun.
"When you practice, you practice like it is the most important thing in the world. You have to diligent about our fundamentals and you have to polish them. But when you get to the game or the match you have to chill out and have as much fun as you possibly can."
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PHILADELPHIA -- Roy Halladay joined the Phillies in December 2009 with an incredible amount of hype and expectations.
Would he go 32-0?
PHILADELPHIA -- Roy Halladay joined the Phillies in December 2009 with an incredible amount of hype and expectations.
Would he go 32-0?
Would he give up a run?
But Halladay not only lived up to the hype his first season with the Phillies in 2010, he exceeded expectations. He threw a perfect game against the Marlins in May, a shutout against the Nationals in September to clinch the National League East title and his first trip to the postseason, and a no-hitter in October against the Reds in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. He also won 21 games and the National League Cy Young Award, the second Cy Young of his career.
In December 2010, MLB.com talked to Halladay about one of his more unusual accomplishments: getting mentioned in a Christmas song. Canadian country singer Gord Bamford recorded a Christmas song in 2009 called "Baseball Glove," in which a boy longs for a glove with Halladay's autograph.
"It was surprising to say the least," Halladay said at the time.
Bamford co-wrote the song in the summer of 2009 with Byron Hill, who has written country hits like Alabama's "Born Country," George Strait's "Fool Hearted Memory," Gary Allan's "Nothing On But The Radio," and Joe Nichols' "Size Matters."
"I wanted to do a Christmas song because I had never done one," Bamford said. "But I wanted to do something a little bit different than a traditional Christmas song. So with my love of baseball, and at the time, the Toronto Blue Jays and Halladay, it just kind of fit in there."
Bamford released the song late in 2009, just before the Blue Jays traded Halladay to the Phillies.
"It's still a great song, but there went our marketing plan," Bamford said with a laugh. "But he's such a class act, so it's nice to see him go to a team with a chance of winning the World Series. It's nice to see him go to a contender."
Halladay never won a World Series with the Phillies, but he created many memories for Phillies fans.
Here are five of his most memorable moments in a Phillies uniform:
1. Making Postseason History (Oct. 6, 2010)
Halladay waited his entire life to pitch in the postseason, then pitched the game of a lifetime in Game 1 of the NLDS. He threw just the second no-hitter in postseason history in an unforgettable performance in front of an electric crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
"The longer you play, the more you think about having that chance and being able to be involved in it," Halladay said that night. "It's been fun to do here because of the atmosphere and the guys on the team. It's been really everything that I hope it would be. It's something that I've looked forward to, and obviously very glad I got the chance."
Said Brad Lidge: "You go back and you see pitches guys were throwing 50 years ago and they might have the old fastball and maybe something else, maybe a curveball. But I think 50 years from now, people are going to look back and say, 'Roy had everything then that we have now.' I don't think you could throw a lot more stuff that he's thrown."
2. The Perfect Game (May 29, 2010)
Halladay became the 20th pitcher in baseball history to throw a perfect game, carving up the Marlins in a 1-0 victory at Sun Life Stadium.
"It's something you never think about," Halladay said. "It's hard to explain. There's days where things just kind of click and things happen, and it's something you obviously never go out and try and do. But it's a great feeling."
3. Finally, October Baseball (Sept. 27, 2010)
Halladay shuts out the Nationals to clinch the Phillies' fourth consecutive division title and the best record in the league. Afterward, teammates waited for Halladay, Mike Sweeney and Brian Schneider to pop the first bottles of champagne. It was their first trip to the postseason after a combined 40 years and 2,767 regular-season games in the big leagues.
"It was the right thing to do," Ryan Howard said.
"We were first-timers," Halladay said with a smile.
4. Winning on One Leg (Oct. 21, 2010)
The Phillies faced elimination against the Giants in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series, then Halladay pulled his right groin muscle in the second inning at AT&T Park. Despite not being able to top 90 mph with his fastball, Halladay pitched six strong innings in a victory to send the series back to Philadelphia.
"I felt like it was something I could get by with," Halladay said.
"He wasn't going to let us take him out," Charlie Manuel said.
"After a couple innings, I was like, 'God, this guy is pitching on one leg. Really?'" Shane Victorino said. "His velocity wasn't 92, 93 [mph]. It was 89, 90. That shows me what he's about. He wasn't coming out of the game, I can tell you that much."
"He's a man," Jayson Werth said.
5. Falling Short (Oct. 7, 2011)
Halladay waived his no-trade clause to join the Phillies because he believed he could win a World Series in Philadelphia.
He fell short of that goal with Game 5 of the 2011 NLDS encapsulating his failed pursuit. Halladay allowed just one run in eight innings against the Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park, but St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter threw a shutout to clinch the series with a 1-0 victory.
Halladay sat at his locker for more than 20 minutes after the game before slowly removing his uniform for the final time.
He would never again pitch in the postseason.
"The hard part is you think about all the hard work you put in over the course of the year, all the anticipation, all the excitement," Halladay said. "You have two days leading up to the game today, knowing how big the game is going to be. All of a sudden that kind of dissipates. It's tough. It's hard to have it end like that. You always want to finish happy."
Halladay might not have finished happy like he had hoped, but he still provided Phillies fans plenty of good times over the years.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Latin America now enjoys stronger, better integrated economies and more solid democracies than it did 20 years ago. The region is more prosperous and less poor. But epidemic crime and violence threaten to undermine recent gains and demand urgent, innovative public policy solutions.
From 2000-2010, homicide rates across the region rose by 11 percent while declining in most regions worldwide. In countries with data for 1980-90, robberies have almost tripled over the last 25 years. One in 10 robberies involves violence, usually with firearms. On a typical day in Latin America, 460 people are victims of sexual violence, usually women.
A recent poll found people in Latin America and the Caribbean least likely in the world to feel safe in their communities, with slightly less than half of residents reporting in 2011 that they feel unsafe walking alone at night where they live. That poses a fundamental problem in furthering development. Why open a business only to have it robbed by armed gunmen? Why send a daughter to school if she risks assault along the way?
Why such insecurity in a region whose economic and governance indices are moving in the right direction? UNDP's forthcoming Human Development Report for Latin America will focus on this issue. Among its findings so far:
· Countries in the region still suffer from insufficient capacity in justice and security, with an alarming number
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What if there was an electronic petition to make leaders declare that electronic petitions were just as legit as paper signatures? How many people would have to sign it? What would we do if millions signed it and leaders refused to acknowledge it?
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According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Terry Collins prefers to use Willie Harris as the Mets' Opening Day left fielder.
Jason Bay will begin the year on the disabled list and won't return until April 9 at the earliest.
The Mets will carry young slugger Lucas Duda in Bay's spot and will expect Duda to start most of the games in left field.
If so, why does it seem that Harris will get the Opening Day nod?
Harris has had a productive spring and rightfully earned a spot on the roster. He showed some pop over the last few weeks and should be a versatile member of the Mets' bench.
Even so, you might still be asking why the Mets will start Harris when they want Duda to play every day.
The answer is simple: The Mets will be facing Florida Marlins' ace Josh Johnson—one of the top pitchers in the game—on Opening Day.
Rather than have Duda start the season with a tough outing against Johnson that could crush his confidence, Collins can save Duda for Game 2 against Ricky Nolasco. Though Nolasco is no slouch, Johnson can be unhittable at times.
If the Mets do go with Harris on Opening Day like it seems, the lineup may look similar to this: Reyes, Thole, Wright, Beltran, Davis, Pagan, Harris, Emaus.
As Rubin reported, Collins may want to use Pagan as more of a run producer rather than a table-setter in Bay's absence. This lineup could do some damage and has a nice combination of speed and power.
While Harris has done everything to earn the spot in the starting lineup, why is Scott Hairston not being considered?
Hairston had a monstrous spring training for the Mets. He hit .345 with four HR and 12 RBI in just 58 at-bats.
Though the games don't matter, Hairston hit some clutch home runs this spring.
The one drawback from Hairston this spring has been his strikeouts. While he showed good power, he struck out 14 times.
Against a power pitcher in Josh Johnson, the Mets must focus on putting the ball in play and force the Marlins to make plays. The fish have been known to play shoddy defense, so the Mets must capitalize on their mistakes.
Harris is more of a contact threat than Hairston. He can use his speed to manufacture runs, which will be key against Johnson.
Additionally, having the power threat in Hairston available to pinch-hit late in the game can work to the Mets' advantage. The Mets may need an extra base-hit to start a rally, and Hairston can provide that punch.
Though I'd like to see as much of Lucas Duda as possible the next week and a half, I agree with Collins' logic here. Allowing Duda to not be overmatched in his first game of the season can go a long way in his development.
Another question you may be thinking about is the following: What happens if Duda absolutely rakes in Bay's absence?
He would really have to show some good power and drive in a ton of runs early for the Mets to even consider keeping him with the big club. Still, no matter where he is, Duda needs to play every day, especially defensively, to continue improving.
Burying Duda on the Mets' bench would do him no good. While Carlos Beltran won't be expected to play every single game, Duda would still have to battle Harris and Hairston for playing time.
These questions and more should be answered as the season progresses.
I'm sure you're as excited as I am for Opening Day tomorrow. Here's to a lot of fun in 2011. Win or lose, it's great to finally have baseball back.
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- I would like to have the pillar of rock extruding from a wider mound of larger rocks (boulders if you will).- The texture of the boulders should mimic the pillar (though the bigger the boulder, the less jagged the faces are).
Eyes- Glittering red paint in the sockets, then covered it with a layer of clear gel, giving it a bit of depth, glow, and shine.- Basically, whatever makes the eyes stand out without being overly candy-apple red.
the only dud was the rather big midpart of the cape which must've been taken out of the mould prior to cooling down.Enter hot water and some clamps and problem solved.
I have made this kit myself and had exactly the same problem with the midpart of the cape. // I'll remember this for future reference.
That's coming along beautifully Joa. I saw this same kit on YJA and there's still 2 days left. The only thing is that it's already put together and painted. http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f83145379
Hah that's funny. I remember seeing that exact painted kit on some collector's site about 3 years ago. And if I'm not mistaken, there are 31 bids on that thing so far? Sheesh.
Yeah I know and its going for 50 000 yen! I'm not suprised though this person did a pretty good job although in the pictures they posted in their auction it seems as though this person only painted one eye red.
Yep. He was being literal with the fact that Guts only has his left eye.I'm pretty sure the armored berserk has both eyes glowing.
- On the left side of the base, a rectangle shape will be cut out from the rocks, and in it will be, vertically engraved, "狂 戦 士" (which means Berserker).
- The use of several analogous metallic tones (like gunmetal silver, copper, maybe a bit of rust, a bit of green from rusted copper) to supplement the basic silver/black of the armor will make it stand out above all other Armored Berserks ever painted.
Do you have any plans yet on if you're going to paint both eyes red Joa?
I'm pretty sure the armored berserk has both eyes glowing.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY shit ... that looks just amazing and its not even finished


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The November U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $178.83 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA), Rockville, Md., and the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), McLean, Va. This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Consumption (USMTC) program, was up 16% from October but down 16.2% from the total of $213.50 million reported for November 2008. With a year-to-date total of $1,552.53 million, 2009 is down 63.4% compared with 2008.
"The three-month upward trend in manufacturing technology order values is great news for the industry and the country, despite unit levels stubbornly hovering around 1,000," says Peter Borden, AMTDA president. "As we turn the calendar and our attention to 2010, we're hopeful that Washington will pass legislation allowing American manufacturing to rebuild not only its employment levels and backlogs, but also to improve our balance of trade and our country's economy."


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Bill Dries of the Daily News wrote up a piece on our Chairman, Justin Joy, and his bid for re-election next Sunday.
Justin Joy was first elected chairman at the 2011 party convention where he ran unopposed.
Like Van Turner, the outgoing local Democratic Party chairman, Joy said he wants to see his party broaden its base and attract candidates in the 2014 countywide races who have crossover appeal.
"Really from the national level all the way down to the local county level, frankly the Republican Party needs to grow," Joy said. "What I would like to see happen here in Shelby County is for the Republican Party to continue to grow not just for the purpose of winning elections, but for strengthening the party."
Turner, who is not seeking another term as Democratic Party chairman, touted the victories of Democratic candidates Cheyenne Johnson and Ed Stanton in the 2012 races for assessor and General Sessions Court clerk respectively as well as President Barack Obama carrying Shelby County in the presidential general election as the state went to Republican challenge Mitt Romney.
But Democrats lost all nine countywide races in the 2010 county general elections.
Meanwhile, Joy touted the 2010 sweep by his party's countywide ticket but tempered that with the 2012 victories over Republican contenders by Johnson and Stanton.
"People don't always vote for the party label, especially locally," Joy said of the 2012 losses for the GOP. "They are voting for candidates and the qualities of those candidates and who the best person is for the job. I think having a candidate with a broad appeal to people in both parties is how you win countywide here in Shelby County."
The March and April local party conventions are the first significant political events in what is, so far, an off-election year for Memphis. That could change with a city referendum on a half-percent sales tax hike. Arlington and Lakeland have municipal elections in 2013.
But the 2014 "big ballot" of county primaries and general elections are already being planned for by prospective candidates of both parties.
"It's not just the big ballot. It's the jumbo ballot," Joy said.
The ballot includes all of the races on the ballot in 2010. But it will also have races for half of the countywide school board seats and the once-every-eight-year judicial races and Shelby County district attorney general.
It is the longest ballot of any election cycle in Shelby County politics.


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It's no secret to people who know me that I was very overweight after having my second baby. I put on 50kg whilst pregnant, and retained about 20kg of it afterward. I weighed 100kg. I was unhappy with that, so I set myself a weightloss goal in October of 2009 to lose 10kg by Christmas. I did that, and kept going losing around 25kg by the end of the following year using the CSIRO diet.
I felt great! But there was that last 5kg I wanted to budge, and a bit of a baby belly still there that I didn't like. We all have our body hangups. Mine is my stomach. It really bothers me emensely, but I'm slowly accepting it now. Anyway, I digress. I wanted to lose the last 5kg, but couldn't. So, after a bit of googling, I discovered clean eating.
I was a clean eating convert overnight. I switched my morning weetbix to a smoothie made with water and a little fruit, stopped having all dairy, only ate whole grains, and started surviving on 1200 calories per day. I preached about my new eating habits, and amazed people by the fact that I didn't eat bread or eat any sweets. And you know what? I lost the weight. I got down to 72kg and started wearing size 10 clothes which was a huge achievement for me. I was happy with my weight loss. I was achieving what I wanted and that was exciting for me.
But you know what? I was afraid of food. I was afraid that if I ate dairy (other than Greek yoghurt) I would turn into a balloon. I was afraid that if I ate bread, I would feel bloated. I was afraid that if I didn't eat every 2 hours, I would ruin my metabolism. I never had massive bingey cheat days because I didn't want to ruin my progress. So I chugged on at my clean eating journey (we'll call it a journey, everyone else does).
In May 2013 I started to feel really tired, I was the thinnest I'd ever been, and I loved what my body looked like, even my tummy was going away, and baby abs were starting to show. I never got 'too thin', but I missed feeling good about food. I missed eating vegemite on toast for breakfast, and I missed being able to fit food in to my daily plan and run with it, like I'd learned when I originally lost weight. I didn't want to binge out. But I did want to eat a cookie, made with real flour, without feeling bad. I have so many limitations to my diet already due to allergies, and I was restricting myself further and I was miserable!!
It was at this time that I discovered how to count my macronutrients, and a way of eating that would not cost me my goals, but would allow me to work toward them by fitting my foods into my daily allowance. I sat down and worked out what I was supposed to eat, and discovered that I should be eating a minimum of 1600 calories a day (with no activity). No wonder I was exhausted!! I put on weight to start with. It was only a few kilos, but I noticed. I started to notice my body leaning down again after a few months though, and I'm really quite happy with my body and it's progress now.
I'm glad I made the change. For the first time in my life, I am in control of what goes in my mouth, and I know that I am eating correctly for my body's needs and my body goals. It's okay to eat bread, and milk, and Ice Cream and cake. It can be made to fit into my daily intake and still be balanced to suit my body's needs. We need a balanced diet to stay healthy. You might ask, how does cake fuel my body for the better? Well it probably doesn't, but... You feel happier knowing you are allowed to eat it of you can make it fit. After all, no one can survive on broccoli, chicken breasts, and brown rice alone. Although these foods are part of a balanced healthy diet, so is cheese and bread and lollies!
Do I regret my experience with clean eating? Not for a second. I learned that I am very stubborn and have more dedication than I knew I did. I learned about new foods, and how I can fill my nutrient requirements with them. I learned to cook with new ingredients, and I discovered Hulk Pancakes! I know now, however, that there is more to being healthy than the food you eat and that depriving yourself from certain kinds of foods, even if it is in the best intent, is not healthy. Because having a healthy relationship with food and your body starts with feeling good about food, not being afraid of it.
Now, if you are a clean eater, and that works for you that is fine. This is my own experience, and I'm not saying you should change. But think about this... Why restrict yourself with food when it isn't poison, and you aren't allergic to it?


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Studying for the LSAT / Re: Scale: Minus-8 = 175 Minus-13 = 170. Minus-20 = 165. Your thoughts?« on: October 04, 2008, 01:37:41 PM »
I just hope its generous....I'm not even being greedy. The way that test went, I'm just hoping to break 160
I feel exactly the same way. Funny, I was aiming for 170+, but now I'm just aiming for a decent score that will get me into slightly above average schools
Regardless, I hope the scale is that generous, but I doubt it.


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The cashew seed is served as a snack or used in recipes, like other nuts, although it is actually a seed. The cashew apple is a fruit, whose pulp can be processed into a sweet, astringent fruit drink or distilled into liquor.
The shell of the cashew seed yields derivatives that can be used in many applications from lubricants to paints, and other parts of the tree have traditionally been used for snake-bites and other folk remedies.
Originally native to northeastern Brazil, the tree is now widely grown in tropical regions, India and Nigeria being major producers,[1] in addition to Vietnam, the Ivory Coast, Pakistan and Indonesia.
Its English name derives from the Portuguese for the fruit of the cashew tree caju (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈʒu]). Which itself is derived from the indigenous Tupian name acajú, literally meaning "nut that produces itself".[2] The name Anacardium, originally from the Greek, actually refers to the nut, core or heart of the fruit, which is outwardly located (ana means "upwards" and -cardium means "heart").
Habitat and growth
The cashew tree is large and evergreen, growing to 10-12 m (~32 ft) tall, with a short, often irregularly shaped trunk. The leaves are spirally arranged, leathery textured, elliptic to obovate, 4 to 22 cm long and 2 to 15 cm broad, with smooth margins. The flowers are produced in a panicle or corymb up to 26 cm long; each flower is small, pale green at first, then turning reddish, with five slender, acute petals 7 to 15 mm long. The largest cashew tree in the world covers an area of about Script error: No such module "convert".; it is located in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
The fruit of the cashew tree is an accessory fruit (sometimes called a pseudocarp or false fruit). What appears to be the fruit is an oval or pear-shaped structure, a hypocarpium, that develops from the pedicel and the receptacle of the cashew flower.[3] Called the cashew apple, better known in Central America as marañón, it ripens into a yellow and/or red structure about 5–11 cm long. It is edible, and has a strong "sweet" smell and a sweet taste. The pulp of the cashew apple is very juicy, but the skin is fragile, making it unsuitable for transport. In Latin America, a fruit drink is made from the cashew apple pulp which has a very refreshing taste and tropical flavor that can be described as having notes of mango, raw green pepper, and just a little hint of grapefruit-like citrus.
The true fruit of the cashew tree is a kidney or boxing-glove shaped drupe that grows at the end of the cashew apple. The drupe develops first on the tree, and then the pedicel expands to become the cashew apple. Within the true fruit is a single seed, the cashew nut. Although a nut in the culinary sense, in the botanical sense the nut of the cashew is a seed. The seed is surrounded by a double shell containing an allergenic phenolic resin, anacardic acid, a potent skin irritant chemically related to the better-known allergenic oil urushiol which is also a toxin found in the related poison ivy. Properly roasting cashews destroys the toxin, but it must be done outdoors as the smoke (not unlike that from burning poison ivy) contains urushiol droplets which can cause severe, sometimes life-threatening, reactions by irritating the lungs. People who are allergic to cashew (or poison ivy) urushiols may cross-react to mango or pistachio which are also in the Anacardiaceae family. Some people are allergic to cashew nuts, but cashews are a less frequent allergen than other nuts or peanuts.[4]
While the cashew plant is native to northeast Brazil, the Portuguese took it to Goa, India, between 1560 and 1565. From there it spread throughout Southeast Asia and eventually Africa.[5]
Cashew nut
Cashew nuts are a popular snack and food source. Cashews, unlike other oily tree nuts, contain starch to about 10% of their weight. This makes them more effective than other nuts in thickening water-based dishes such as soups, meat stews, and some Indian milk-based desserts. Many southeast Asian cuisines use cashews for this unusual characteristic, rather than other nuts.[6]
The shell of the cashew nut is toxic, which is why the nut is never sold in the shell to consumers.[7]
Cashew nuts are commonly used in Indian cuisine, whole for garnishing sweets or curries, or ground into a paste that forms a base of sauces for curries (e.g., korma), or some sweets (e.g., kaju barfi). It is also used in powdered form in the preparation of several Indian sweets and desserts. In Goan cuisine, both roasted and raw kernels are used whole for making curries and sweets.
The cashew nut can also be harvested in its tender form, when the shell has not hardened and is green in color. The shell is soft and can be cut with a knife and the kernel extracted, but it is still corrosive at this stage, so gloves are required. The kernel can be soaked in turmeric water to get rid of the corrosive material before use. Cashew nuts are also used in Thai and Chinese cuisine, generally in whole form.
In the Philippines, cashew is a known product of Antipolo, and is eaten with suman. Pampanga also has a sweet dessert called turrones de casuy, which is cashew marzipan wrapped in white wafers.
In Indonesia, roasted and salted cashew nut is called kacang mete or kacang mede, while the cashew apple is called jambu monyet (literally means monkey rose apple).
In Mozambique, bolo polana is a cake prepared using powdered cashews and mashed potatoes as the main ingredients. This dessert is popular in South Africa, too.[8]
South American countries have developed their own specialties. In Brazil, the cashew fruit juice is popular all across the country. In Panama, the cashew fruit is cooked with water and sugar for a prolonged time to make a sweet, brown, paste-like dessert called dulce de marañón. Marañón is one of the Spanish names for cashew.
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Cashew nuts are produced in tropical countries because the tree is very frost sensitive; they have been adapted to various climatic regions around the world between the latitudes of 25°N and 25°S.[10] The traditional cashew tree is tall (up to 14 m) and takes three years from planting before it starts production, and eight years before economic harvests can begin. More recent breeds, such as the dwarf cashew trees, are up to 6 m tall, and start producing after the first year, with economic yields after three years. The cashew nut yields for the traditional tree are about 0.25 metric tons per hectare, in contrast to over a ton per hectare for the dwarf variety. Grafting and other modern tree management technologies are used to further improve and sustain cashew nut yields in commercial orchards.[5]
Vietnam was the world's largest producer of cashew nuts with shell in 2012. Cashew nut production trends have varied over the decades. African countries used to be the major producers before the 1980s; India became the largest producer in the 1990s, followed by Vietnam which became the largest producer in the mid-2000s. In 2008, Nigeria had become the largest producer.[9] As of 2014 though, the rapid growth of the culture in Côte d'Ivoire made this country the first African producer, first global exporter and second world producer after India.[11] Peru reported the world's highest production yields for cashew nuts in 2012, at 5.11 metric tons per hectare, nearly nine times the world average.[9]
Fluctuations in world market prices for cashew nuts have been a source of discontent for communities in Tanzania which grow the nut as a cash crop; reduced payments in April 2013 sparked serious rioting in Liwale District in the south of the country.[12]
The fats and oils in cashew nuts are 62% monounsaturated fat, 18% polyunsaturated fat, and 21% saturated fat [13] (9% palmitic acid (16:0) and 7% stearic acid (18:0)).[citation needed]
Cashews, as with other tree nuts, are a good source of antioxidants. Alkyl phenols, in particular, are abundant in cashews.[14][15] Cashews are also a source of dietary trace minerals copper, manganese, magnesium and phosphorus.[16]
For some people, cashews, like other tree nuts, can lead to complications or allergic reactions. Cashews contain gastric and intestinal soluble oxalates, albeit less than some other tree nuts; people with a tendency to form kidney stones may need moderation and medical guidance.[17] Allergies to tree nuts such as cashews can be of severe nature to some people. These allergic reactions can be life-threatening or even fatal; prompt medical attention is necessary if tree nut allergy reaction is observed. These allergies are triggered by the proteins found in tree nuts, and cooking often does not remove or change these proteins. Reactions to cashew and other tree nuts can also occur as a consequence of hidden nut ingredients or traces of nuts that may inadvertently be introduced during food processing, handling or manufacturing. Many nations require food label warning if the food may get inadvertent exposure to tree nuts such as cashews. Individuals with IgE-mediated allergy to cashews are highly likely to be sensitized to the botanically related pistachio nut.[18][19][20]
In some people, cashew nut allergy may be a different form, namely birch pollen allergy. This is usually a minor form. Symptoms are confined largely to the mouth.
Cashew oil
Cashew oil is a dark yellow oil for cooking or salad dressing pressed from cashew nuts (typically broken chunks created during processing). This may be produced from a single cold pressing.[21]
Cashew shell oil
Cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL) or cashew shell oil (CAS registry number 8007-24-7) is a natural resin with a yellowish sheen found in the honeycomb structure of the cashew nutshell, and is a byproduct of processing cashew nuts. It is a raw material of multiple uses in developing drugs, antioxidants, fungicides, etc. It is used in tropical folk medicine and for anti-termite treatment of timber.[22] Its composition varies depending on how it is processed.
- Cold, solvent extracted CNSL is mostly composed of anacardic acids (70%),[23] cardol (18%) and cardanol (5%).[24]
- Heating CNSL decarboxylates the anacardic acids, producing a technical grade of CNSL that is rich in cardanol. Distillation of this material gives distilled, technical CNSL containing 78% cardanol and 8% cardol (cardol has one more hydroxyl group than cardanol).[24] This process also reduces the degree of thermal polymerization of the unsaturated alkyl-phenols present in cashew nutshell liquid.
- Anacardic acid is also used in the chemical industry for the production of cardanol, which is used for resins, coatings, and frictional materials.[23][24]
These substances are skin allergens, like the oils of poison ivy, and present danger during manual cashew processing.[22]
This natural oil phenol has been found to have interesting chemical structural features which enable a range of chemical modifications to create a wide spectrum of bio-based monomers capitalizing on the chemically versatile construct, containing three different functional groups: the aromatic ring, the hydroxyl group and the double bonds in the flanking alkyl chain. These can be split into key groups, used as polyols, which have recently seen a dramatic increase in demand for their bio-based origin and key chemical attributes such as high reactivity, range of functionalities, reduction in blowing agents and naturally occurring fire retardant properties in the field of ridged polyurethanes aided by their inherent phenolic structure and larger number of reactive units per unit mass.
Composite Technical Services (Kettering, Ohio, USA) has researched the use of cashew shell oil as a resin for carbon composite products.[25] CNSL-based Novolac is another versatile industrial monomer deriving from cardanol typically used as a reticulating agent for epoxy matrices in composite applications providing good thermal and mechanical properties to the final composite material.
Other uses of cashew shell oil have been explored, including as an additive to brake fluid, to reduce brake fade and brake lining wear.[26] CNSL-derived materials also are being evaluated in the fields of chemical intermediates, additives, stabilizers, lubricants, diesel engine fuel alternatives, poor point dispersants, anti-oxidants, and anticorrosive paints. Abrasives and friction dusts also have been developed from Residol, the residue byproduct of this synthesis process.[27]
Cashew apple
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The cashew apple, also called cashew fruit, is the fleshy part of the cashew fruit that is attached to the cashew nut. The top end of the cashew apple is attached to the stem that comes off the tree. The bottom end of the cashew apple attaches to the cashew nut, which is encased in a shell. In botanical terms, the cashew apple is an accessory fruit that grows on the cashew seed (which is the nut).
The cashew apple is a soft fruit, rich in nutrients, and contains five times more vitamin C than an orange. It is eaten fresh, cooked in curries, or fermented into vinegar, as well as an alcoholic drink. It is also used to make preserves, chutneys, and jams in some countries such as India and Brazil. In many countries, particularly in South America, the cashew apple is used to flavor drinks, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic. In Brazil, it is a popular fruit flavor for the national drink, the caipirinha.
In much of Brazil, people regard the cashew apple as the delicacy, rather than the nut kernel which is popular elsewhere. In fact, in parts of Brazil and neighbour countries, the cashew apple is more popular as a food than is the cashew nut. A large reason for this is simply the availability of cashew apples. They tend to be popular where they are readily available.[citation needed]
Cashew nuts are more popular than cashew apples in many parts of the world—regions that do not grow cashews—because the fruit, unlike the nut, is difficult to transport to these places. Unlike cashew nuts, cashew apples are extremely soft and easily bruised in shipment. For this reason, cashew juice and cashew juice concentrate are often shipped to these nonlocal countries instead of the fresh fruit.
Cashew apples have a sweet but astringent taste. This astringency has been traced to the waxy layer on the skin that contains a chemical, urushiol, which can cause minor skin irritation to areas that have had contact with it. It is almost identical to the astringency caused by the skin of a mango, which also contains urushiol. The astringency from mango skin can be mildly tasted in the flesh of mango fruit, just as the astringency of cashew apple skin can be mildly tasted in the flesh of cashew apples. In cultures that consume cashew apples, this astringency is sometimes removed by steaming the fruit for five minutes before washing it in cold water; alternatively, boiling the fruit in salt water for five minutes or soaking it in gelatin solution also reduces the astringency.[6][28] When mixed in drinks or used as a flavoring, the astringency becomes highly diluted and typically causes no irritation to those without urushiol allergies.
In Goa, the cashew apple (the accessory fruit) is mashed and the juice extracted and kept for fermentation for a few days. Fermented juice then undergoes a double distillation process. The resulting beverage is called feni or fenny. Feni is about 40-42% alcohol. The single-distilled version is called urrac, which is about 15% alcohol.
In the southern region of Mtwara, Tanzania, the cashew apple (bibo in Swahili) is dried and saved. Later it is reconstituted with water and fermented, then distilled to make a strong liquor often referred to by the generic name, gongo.
In Mozambique, cashew farmers commonly make a strong liquor from the cashew apple, agua ardente (burning water).
According to An Account of the Island of Ceylon by Robert Percival[29] an alcohol had been distilled in the early 20th century from the juice of the fruit, and had been manufactured in the West Indies. Apparently, the Dutch considered it superior to brandy as a liqueur.
Medicinal uses
Many parts of the plant are used in the traditional medicine of the Patamona of Guyana. They grind the seeds into a poultice for treating snakebites, apply nut oil to cracked heels or as an antifungal agent, and use the fruits, bark, and leaves for many other purposes including anti-fungal activity, for sores and rashes, or as an antipyretic, and for antidiarrheal applications.[30][31] The leaf extracts with petroleum ether and ethanol inhibited growth of several species of bacteria and fungi.[31] Chemicals identified in cashew shell oil have been assayed against Streptococcus mutans, a bacterium responsible for many dental cavities, and found to have activity in vitro against this and other Gram positive bacteria.[32]
See also
- Cajuina
- List of culinary nuts
- Semecarpus anacardium (the Oriental Anacardium) is a native of India and is closely related to the cashew.
- Tree nuts
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- ↑ "Caju, identidade tropical que exala saúde — Embrapa". Embrapa.br. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
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- ↑ Rosen, T.; Fordice, D. B. (April 1994). "Cashew Nut Dermatitis". Southern Medical Journal 87 (4): 543–546. PMID 8153790. doi:10.1097/00007611-199404000-00026. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
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- ↑ "Glossary C-G". www.joyofbaking.com. iFood Media LLC. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27.
- ↑ Phillippa Cheifitz (2009). South Africa Eats.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Major Food And Agricultural Commodities And Producers - Countries By Commodity". Fao.org. 2011. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
- ↑ "Cultivating Cashew Nuts". ARC-Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Crops, South Africa. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ↑ Bavier, Joe (29 October 2014). "War-scarred Ivory Coast aims to conquer the world of cashews". Reuters. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ "Tanzania riots over cashew nut payments". BBC. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "Basic Report: 12085, Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added". Agricultural Research Service - United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved June 2014.
- ↑ Rune Blomhoff, Monica H. Carlsen, Lene Frost Andersen and David R. Jacobs (November 2006). "Health benefits of nuts: potential role of antioxidants". British Journal of Nutrition 96 (S2): S52 – S60. doi:10.1017/BJN20061864.
- ↑ "Cashews". George Mateljan Foundation. 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ↑ WH Foods. "Cashews". George Mateljan Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ Rittera et al. (May 2007). "Soluble and insoluble oxalate content of nuts". Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 20 (3–4): 169–174. doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2006.12.001.
- ↑ J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008;122:145-51
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- ↑ "Cashew Oil". Smart Kitchen. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
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- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Exposure and Use Data for Cashew Nut Shell Liquid" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ↑ Ferri, Enrico (22 May 2011). "Bioresins Derived from Cashew Nutshell Oil". Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ Daniel J. McConville (October 29, 1997). "Cardolite saga in a nutshell". Chemical Week.
- ↑ Novel highly reactive and versatile monomers from Cardanol a natural renewable resource by Nicholas Cronin and Pietro Campaner
- ↑ Azam-Ali and Judge (2004). Small-scale cashew nut processing. FAO, United Nations.
- ↑ Percival, Robert (1803). An Account of the Island of Ceylon: Its History, Geography , Natural History, with the Manners and Customs of its various Inhabitants. London: C. & R. Baldwin. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ DeFilipps, Robert A.; Maina, Shirley L.; Crepin, Juliette (2004). "Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)" (PDF). Smithsonian Natural Museum Of Natural History.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Akash P. Dahake, Vishal D. Joshi, Arun B. Joshi (2009). "Antimicrobial screening of different extract of Anacardium occidentale Linn. Leaves" (PDF). International Journal of ChemTech Research 1 (4): 856–858.
- ↑ Masaki Himejima, Isao Kubo (February 1991). "Cashew oil may conquer cavities". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 39 (2): 418–421. doi:10.1021/jf00002a039.
Further reading
- Klaus von Freyhold: The cashew sector in Ghana, in: Hans-Heinrich Bass (Hrsg.): Promoting the Production of Cashew, Shea, and Indigenous Fruits in West Africa, ITD Annual Report Supplement 2, 2013, pp. 13–18
- Morton, Julia F. Fruits of Warm Temperatures. ISBN 978-0-9610184-1-2 [1]. Cashew Apple. pp. 239–240.[2]
- Pillai, Rajmohan and Santha, P. The World Cashew Industry (Rajan Pillai Foundation, Kollam, 2008).nm.
- Morton, J. F. (2003). "Cashew nuts and cashew apples". Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition. pp. 958–964. ISBN 9780122270550. doi:10.1016/B0-12-227055-X/00180-2.
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Revolution midfielder Steve Ralston announced his retirement from pro soccer following the Revs-Morelia SuperLiga match on July 20, 2010 at Gillette Stadium
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