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Okay, so posting recipes weekly was yet another idea emerging from my diluted sense of time. Fostering a more realistic relationship with the big T is my resolution for the coming year, and yet I am realistic enough (or cynical?) to know that it'll take more than one year to overcome 26 years of unpunctuality, procrastination, over-commitment, under-sleep, etc.
In case anyone was holding his or her breath, though, here are a few recipes I've tried lately:
-baked spaghetti squash
-potluck picnic dinner (potatoes, beans, etc.)
-pumpkin muffins
-creamy potato crab soup
-Thanksgiving leftover casserole
-cranberry pesto
-stuffing frittata
-leftover deluxe squash soup
-Kristin's minestrone
-zucchini pie
-plantain pancakes
-pumpkin pasta
-soba with peso and tofu
Spaghetti Squash (did anybody else miss for most of your life the connection between its name and its perfect ability to replace pasta with veggies? another wonder food revelation.)
-half and seed squash, bake at 350 30-45 min 'til desired texture (I'm not a big fan of al dente so I bake mine closer to 45 min)
-scrape squash strands out with a fork and toss with chopped artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh spinach, and cashew sauce
T3, El3, Er2, Ch3
Cashew Sauce
Blend the following:
-1 c soymilk (or almond, rice, etc.)
-1/3 c raw, unsalted cashews
-1/4 c nutritional yeast (I bought mine in the bulk bin area of Sprouts/Sunflower)
-3 T Braggs Liquid Aminos (or soy sauce)
-2 T melted butter
T2 (although it gets extra credit for being mostly raw), El3, Er2, Ch2
Potluck Picnic dinner: mashed sweet potatoes (I just boil the living daylights out of them and bring on the butter-- perfection!), crockpot beans, cabbage salad, cornbread muffins
Baked Beans
Put the following in a crockpot until they're yummy (the recipe included instructions for the long process of using dried beans, but I used canned so really you could throw it all in a pot and heat until warm) :
-3 c dried beans (I think I used 3-4 cans of beans, plus one of green beans)
-2 1/2 c veggie or chicken broth
-1/2 T salt
-1 6 oz can tomato paste
-1/2 c molasses
-2 T dry mustard
-2 cloves garlic
-1 chopped, sauteed onion
T3, El3, Er2, Ch3
Cabbage Salad
-1 small head cabbage, shredded
-1 carrot, shredded
-1 green pepper, chopped
-1 small red onion, chopped (this is WAY too much for me-- I maybe used 1/4 of an onion and still found it overwhelming, but I guess it just depends on your tolerance of raw onions)
Combine the following and mix into cabbage salad:
-3 T mayo
-2 T apple cider vinegar
-1 T sugar
-1/4 t salt
-4 slices bacon, crumbled (I omitted this, but surely it would've made a tasty addition)
T2 (nice and light, but the only "mayo" I had was Miracle Whip which is so awful that I found it distracting and couldn't truly enjoy the other ingredients), El2, Er1, Ch1
Kristin's Whole-Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Combine dry and then wet and then throw them together, let sit for one hour, and then bake at 400 for 20 minutes
-2 c sugar
-3 c whole wheat flour
-1 1/2 t baking powder
-1 t baking soda
-1 t salt
-1/2 cloves or allspice
-1 t cinnamon
-1 t nutmeg
-1/2 c oil
-3 eggs
-1 1/2 c pumpkin puree or 15 oz can
-1/2 c water
-1 c raisins (I omitted these this time)
T3, El3, Er3, Ch3 (this was such a yummy dessert to us-- we popped them like cookies)
Thanksgiving Casserole in Fried tortillas
(Get Martha's Green Bean Casserole recipe here.)
Okay, this is silly to post as a recipe because only the week after Thanksgiving would any of us have these dishes lying around, but honestly this concoction left an indelible impression on my food memory-- such the perfect combo of flavors-- that I must record it for my own sake.
Thanksgiving casserole was simply an effort to clean out tupperwares of leftovers: green bean casserole, turkey, corn, mashed sweet potatoes, and a little mashed potatoes and gravy all made their way into a dish and baked until bubbly. They were all delish prior to being combined, and even yummier after. I spread tortillas with cranberry pesto and filled them with this casserole and then pan fried them in coconut oil until browned. ARRRRHHG! So good.
T3, El3, Er3, Ch3
Cranberry Pesto
Nobody eats leftover cranberry sauce, right? Nobody even eats fresh cranberry sauce, right? Somehow I still felt obligated to make some, and thus pesto was born of the remnants.
In a food processor, pulse
-1/2 cup cranberry sauce
-1/3 cup grated Parmesan
-1/3 cup toasted walnuts
-2 tablespoons olive oil
-1 or 2 chopped cloves of garlic until just combined
- season with salt and pepper
Use as a dip for chips; toss with hot rice, pasta, or roasted potatoes; or spread onto leftover turkey sandwiches.
T3, El3, Er3, Ch3
Stuffing Frittata
(Get Martha's Cornbread Sourdough Stuffing recipe here.)
We had an enormous vat of leftover stuffing that received no attention from impulse eaters for several days. Oprah to the rescue! Here's her recipe for stuffing frittata.
In a large ovenproof skillet, sauté 4 packed cups (about 1 bunch) chopped Swiss chard (I used kale and collard greens, ain't no thang) in 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
In a large bowl, combine chard with 3 cups stuffing and 3 eggs; season with salt and pepper.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in skillet over medium heat, add stuffing mixture, and spread out evenly. Cook, shaking the skillet from time to time to ensure frittata isn't sticking, until golden brown on the bottom, about 5 minutes, then place skillet in a 400° oven until frittata is firm, 10 minutes more.
Loosen around the edges, then invert onto a plate. Serve with lemon wedges. (I didn't think it needed lemon cuz already so flavorful and moist and wonderful)
T3, El3, Er3, Ch3
Squash Soup
I used my very last Thanksgiving leftovers (roasted acorn squash slices) to make a simple soup by pureeing with chicken broth and throwing in all sorts of fun leftovers from my fridge, like pesto and other veggies (before blending). A big splash of coconut oil is essential, in my opinion, in transforming it from baby food into a rich, gourmet soup.
Kristin's Minestrone
-1 c dry white beans (I used one can)
-7 c water (I just added water to desired thickness since my beans didn't need soaking)
-1 c carrots
-2 c cabbage
-1 clove garlic
-1/2 c frozen peas
-1 can green beans, rinsed and drained
-1 can tomatoes, with liquid
-4 oz pasta
-2 t salt
-1 t basil
-2 t parsley
-3 T cream
-3 T parmesan cheese
-2 T butter
-2 T olive oil
I loved using those last four ingredients-- see, I am not afraid of fat, as long as it is a whole food fat, and a little of each goes a long way when used together. Yum!
T3, El3, Er2, Ch3
Zucchini Frittata
Sautee until soft:
-1/2 cup julienned sweet red pepper
-1/2 cup chopped onion
-garlic cloves
-2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
Combine in bowl:
-3 eggs
-1/2 cup milk
-1 lb thinly sliced zucchini, or veggie of choice
-1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
-1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/4 teaspoon pepper
-Combine it all in skillet, cover and cook 7-10 minutes until set and serve in wedges
T2, El2, Er1, Ch1 (truthfully, I threw in many more veggies than the recipe called for, so the egg and cheese kind of disappeared... I just never learn!)
Plantain Omelets
-If plantains are still firm, score skins and boil 20 min, then remove peels before mashing. Mine were so ripe that I peeled them and they mashed just like bananas-- procrastinating saved me a step!
-4 mashed plantains (or green bananas)
-1/2 c spelt flour or whatever whole grain flour you have
-1 t baking powder
-the recipe instructs me to roll them into balls and then flatten into pancakes, but my dough was WaaaaaaaaaY too sticky so I just dropped dollops onto the coconut oil-greased griddle and served them for dinner as "banana pancakes" with hot pink smoothie sauce. My kids were in heaven, completely ignorant to the fact that I'd conned them into eating fruits and veggies for dinner once again. (I've also been adding red cabbage and red bell pepper to my pink smoothies with no compromise to the flavor.)
T3, El3, Er3, Ch3
Pumpkin Pasta Sauce
Boil 2 c chopped fresh pumpkin (or one can) for 15 min 'til tender; reserve 2 c water. Blend pumpkin with that 2 c reserved water and set aside.
-10 cloves garlic (Seriously, this is not overdoing it at all-- too often a garlic clove gets tragically lost to our taste buds but not today! I sautee this many cloves for most recipes and it complements other flavors perfectly.)
-2-4 T butter or oil
-20 sage leaves (I used a combo of fresh sage, thyme, and rosemary, but dried herbs would work, too)
-crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper to taste
-add pureed pumpkin, 1 t cinnamon, and 1/2 t nutmeg
-add 1/2 c half-and-half
T3, El3, Er2, Ch3
Cold Soba & Cucumber Salad with Parsley Cilanto Sauce and Teriyaki Tofu Triangles
-Cook 8 oz soba noodles (Japanese buckwheat noodles, but any will do)
-Peel a large cucumber, quarter it lengthwise, and cut into narrow strips
-Food process 3/4 c parsley and cilantro leaves with 2 T natural nut butter, 1 T lemon juice, and pinch of salt
T2, El3, Er1, Ch2
Cut 16 oz firm tofu into thin triangles (cut the tofu height into fourths all the way across), drain and blot well on paper towels and marinate each side 10 minutes in the following:
-2 T Braggs or reduced sodium soy sauce
-1 T olive oil
-1 t sesame oil
-1 T honey or maple syrup
-2 t rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
-1/2 t grated fresh ginger or ground ginger
-2 t hoisin sauce, optional
Pour the tofu and marinade into skillet and cook on med-high, stirring frequently, until tofu browned on both sides. Serve with soba and parsley/cilantro pesto.
T3, El3, Er3, Ch3
As we have company in town starting tomorrow, I can just kiss healthy new recipes sionara until next year, which is okay because I have lots of other posts needing some tlc! In case you don't hear from me before then, Merry Christmas! Hope it's your best yet!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
what's cookin'
Okay, so posting recipes weekly was yet another idea emerging from my diluted sense of time. Fostering a more realistic relationship with the big T is my resolution for the coming year, and yet I am realistic enough (or cynical?) to know that it'll take more than one year to overcome 26 years of unpunctuality, procrastination, over-commitment, under-sleep, etc.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Thanksgiving, etc.
Actually, since I bothered uploading my pics chronologically, let's address that "etc." before the Thanksgiving part.
November was fun.
Charlie is talking more (and every word he learns replaces screams, so this is more a celebratory development than usual). His most frequently utilized words are "uhhhhhh!" and "pee!" for "up" and "please," both of which are exclaimed in pursuit of being picked up. He'll occasionally say "away" for putting his poopy diapers away in the trash and both "nuh" and "biky" while scouring the house for a beloved nuk/binky. His very most favorite phrase is "bye Da," which he uses not only after forcing slobbery farewell kisses on Kyle/Kyle's helmet, but also as a greeting or farewell to anyone. All affection (and no sense), that kid.
Are you jealous that we have gorgeous outdoor birthday parties in November? Living in a desert, mornings and evening are a bit chilly, but afternoons are balmy and blissful. Below, you see Erik about to score a strike on that unsuspecting stack of cups. He tends toward the less-than-coordinated side when it comes to anything athletic, so I was pleasantly surprised at his skill/luck.
They had all the carnival spoils about, including an inflatable castle jump house, giant bubble station, face painting, carnival games, and an opportunity to redeem tickets for cotton candy and popcorn...
... which became our lunch, along with cake and ice cream. That's cool, that's cool. I'm determined not to be that health freak mom that packs carrot sticks and whole wheat crackers for party snacks and denies her kids second helpings of birthday cake. Okay, I did deny them seconds.
Here's Ellie with her NEW bff/fiance Carter. Actually, though this Carter is also cute, she's not THAT petty. She remains perfectly loyal to Carter Paul and bugs me all the time to set a date to visit him.
Is it an alligator attacking a penguin or a penguin who ate a rogue alligator, or some strange hybrid? (Or just a quirky kid?)
Below is perhaps the greatest evidence that both Erik and Charlie have matured in recent months. Yup, I can no longer assert that each encounter between the brothers is a violent one, as two exceptions have now been captured and published (and might end up framed, just to remind me...).
There has been joy in more than one quarter since Charlie took up hugging as a pastime.
If only he'd give up some other beloved pastimes.
(I never thought I'd be that mom who only photographs her baby nearly-naked and slathered in food filth. Turns out meal time's the only time Charlie's far enough from the lens to get a clear shot (aka not being held).
Another trip to the Arizona Museum for Youth was overdue. Their rotating exhibit this time was all NASA.
This room was actually a super cool black-lighted area filled with glowing stars and planets that gave even me a thrill. Though I have sworn off elaborate birthday parties, I confess it got my wheels turning for an outer space party next May...
We took Noelani to Cafe Rio (the only one in AZ is not far from her house) for a belated b-day lunch. There she shared with me news of her belated birthday gift to me. But this was no ordinary gift, and certainly put the burrito I gifted her to the depths of shame. It is so unbelievably exciting I can hardly type it. Let me just spell it, as I made her do for me twice, just to make sure I'd gotten it right. Okay, here we go: D-I-S-N-E-Y-L-A-N-D! No really, I mean it! DDDDDIIIIISSSSNNNNEEEEYYYYLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNND! It will probably be in January or February, so count on hearing more about that. But shhhhh, it's a secret as far as the kids are concerned.
P.S. Cutest. This actually isn't the best pic of Makakoa because you can't tell how bright and beautiful his brown eyes are, or see his darling, toothless smile. At least there are the chubby cheeks!
Kjerstin and Mish saved Thanksgiving this year by braving Utah storms to spend the weekend with us! We were spectacularly grateful they came, and not just because they spared me the pain of cooking T-giving dinner solo.
On Wednesday, Kyle's Indian friend and his sister came over and she spent hmmmm seven hours (!!!) whipping up an incredible and completely authentic feast for us! She was so sweet to tutor me all along the way because, hey! The way to Kyle's heart is certainly through his curry bone. But the seven hour part...
Anyway, Charlie was pretty impressed with the spread.
And then there was Thanksgiving. Mish was on pie duty, and we went as close to scratch as is reasonable (meaning nothing canned, boxed, or ready-made) this year. What you see below transformed into pure pumpkin-y pie goodness under Mish's skillful hand. She also crafted a strawberry-apple pie that was other-worldly. I guess we were too full and happy to photograph them out of the oven, but holy yum. My mouth is watering at the memory of that pie. (The pumpkin pie was so good that Mish ate nothing else the next day. Until she retched it all up, that is. But I think she said it was worth it.)
I believe Ma had given me a few turkey-gut-sorting demos over the years, but somehow plunging your hand into the head (or was it the butt?) of a raw, dead animal and removing unidentifiable body parts requires a more active form of learning in order for the lesson to stick. I was a complete novice and required both physical and emotional support from Kjerstin throughout my first experience in turkey prep. Having transformed into a mostly vegan chef over the past months, this act was rendered a little more repulsive than I expected. I can't say I've missed handling raw meat.
But then, three hours later, BAM! We had ourselves a gorgeous, crispy, and perfectly moist dead bird. Seriously, this bird was lip-smacking good. Perhaps the cup of herb-infused butter I shoved between the skin and breast had something to do with it? And next time, I will not be so intimidated. It was pretty simple, just like everyone assured me.
Martha has a better picture (that will show up in a later post) that is actually so hypnotizing-ly good that I couldn't get the image or idea out of my head for days. Green bean casserole has always been a family fave. Only thing is, where were those green beans? I'm not actually sure if there really were certifiable veggies hiding under all that cream of mushroom and french fried onions.
I'm not meaning to dis the traditional green bean casserole. Like I said, it's always been a favorite. However, fresh green beans, fresh mushroom sauce, and fried shallot rings officially constitute my new favorite green bean casserole.
I used frozen cranberries to make a simple sauce. Nobody eats the cranberry sauce anyway, from my experience. (Revamped into pesto, however, the story changed! More in later post.)
Mish was a wise woman to recommend frozen Rhodes rolls. They tasted homemade and saved us a load of counter space and sanity.
Buttery, mashed sweet potatoes might be my fave. I was introduced to them at a Williams Thanksgiving dinner and haven't been able to stop making and devouring this dish regularly ever since.
Kjerstin made super creamy, chunky, flavorful mashed potatoes which were almost as essential to the festivity as the bird who gave its all.
Martha's sourdough cornbread stuffing recipe (followed loosely) was a winner in my book. Then again, what wouldn't taste good drenched in liquefied turkey lard?
Acorn squash made a pretty side dish, but couldn't compete with potatoes and gravy, so I'll skip it next time.
Kjerstin's first attempt at turkey gravy turned out perfect! This was another intimidating task, but she conquered!
This was more of an after-thought (otherwise it would've been doused in cream and salt), but corn makes Mish happy, and we aim to please.
Every Thanksgiving dinner of my memory has been delectable and supremely satisfying, and yet, preparing a feast for hours upon hours with my own bare hands truly does make food taste better. Kjerst and I were ridiculously proud of ourselves for pulling off the turkey, stuffing, and gravy, and every single dish was perfect. Really, nothing went wrong or yucky in the least. We loved it all!
But some people were especially fond of the turkey.
And even the turkey legs, in a manner that would surely make my Chinese, bone-cleaning mother proud.
And some people were just plain scary about the turkey.
And then it was over. But not really, because I still had to make the leftovers appetizing for the next week or so. Also not really because Thanksgiving is about more than just the grub, right?! Just to prove it, we spent the entire next day shopping!!!! Weeeeeee that is always a thrill. And then living it up at a Christmas light display and setting up the Christmas tree and stuff. Oh right, but Thanksgiving. Ahem.
I have actually been working on increasing my level and breadth of gratitude lately. I believe it just may be the key to experiencing relentless happiness. I have tried to replace feelings of dissatisfaction with reminders of my happy and abundant situation because I do live a charmed life, after all.
This year, I am grateful to be exactly who I am. I was born with every advantage one could reasonably desire, I was raised in a perfectly loving family, and now I have the privilege of trying to raise my own. Of course my life is far from perfect, but I've discovered that that's mostly the result of my own imperfections, not my circumstances or faults of those around me.
I am especially grateful to know that I am needed, not just by my immediate family members, but by God. I know He's put me here in this place of privilege not just to experience richness of life, but also to perform a particular mission that's important to Him. I am so honored and ecstatic to continue in this work. Even if, for now, that means diffusing endless skirmishes and washing peed-on bedsheets for nights on end...
Smiles and frowns between them, I am happy and I am grateful. It is good to be me.
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Breaking Bad Open Thread: "Gliding Over All"September 2nd, 2012 by david brothers | Tags: aaron paul, anna gunn, bryan cranston, vince gilligan
Sunday Sunday Sunday! We're going to have a weekly chat about Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad. I buy mine off Amazon, so I'm usually a day behind, but every Sunday around showtime I'll post an open thread. I'll probably start linking the Breaking Bad podcasts and trailers and whatnot
If you haven't seen Breaking Bad, you should. You can find Breaking Bad:
-On AMC, Sundays at 10 eastern
–Seasons 1-4 on Netflix
–on DVD
–on Amazon Instant Video (my preferred method)
-Don't be a dick
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-Feel free to hyperlink and youtube it up
-Liveblogging is cool, just be specific so we know why you're going "WHOA DUDE WHOA WHOA BRO"
-Make sure your speculation is reasonable
This week is "Gliding Over All," written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Michelle MacLaren. Last episode of the half-season! Let's see how crazy this is gonna get…
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Fourmile Canyon fire to be remembered with spoken-word event
The University of Colorado Boulder's Center of the American West will host "Words to Stir the Soul and Reckon With Reality: The Six-Month Anniversary of the Fourmile Canyon Fire" on Monday, March 14.
Readers will include residents of the burn area, firefighters and local government officials representing a multitude of perspectives on the wildfire that burned 169 homes last September. Each participant will select and read from works of literature that capture some dimension of their experience.
The program will be at 7 p.m. in the Wolf Law Building's Wittemyer Courtroom on the CU-Boulder campus. The event is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception.
Readers will include Will Toor, Boulder County commissioner; Joe Pelle, Boulder County sheriff; Doug Looney, former Sports Illustrated writer and Fourmile resident; Marisha Evans, Boulder High School student and Fourmile resident; Don Whittemore, Rocky Mountain Fire assistant chief; and Rodrigo Moraga, firefighter, co-founder of Anchor Point Fire Management Consultants and Fourmile resident.
The Sept. 6-16, 2010 fire was a devastating event for the Boulder community. It burned more than 6,100 square acres in the mountains west of the city and became the most expensive wildfire in Colorado's history.
"In my 27 years of living in Boulder, few events have been of greater consequence, or more troubling, than the Fourmile Canyon fire," said history Professor Patty Limerick, faculty chair of the center. "The intensity of the loss to individuals and families requires a constant reckoning from all of us, and we are all obligated to put our souls, minds and hearts to work on reflecting on this event, and its lessons for the future. The center is honored by the kindness and openness of the participants who are making it possible for us to hold this event."
Over the past 15 years, the Center of the American West's Words to Stir the Soul series has approached topics of current concern through the literature associated with the selected theme.
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L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon gave no reasons in his written decision, issued after lawyers met with him in a private session requested by Federline's lawyer. The ruling says that Federline gets custody starting Wednesday.
BREAKING NEWS Keith Urban in a Motorcycle Accident
TMZ.com is reporting that Keith Urban got into a motorcycle accident this morning and is blaming the paparazzi! They go on to say....Witnesses told the Daily Telegraph they saw Urban riding his bike near his home, when he lost control and fell off. The witnesses claim they saw a photographer following Urban on another bike.
When asked about the crash, Urban, through his rep, issued the following statement to TMZ:
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It was a minor accident and he is okay.
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Even Hayden Panettiere has to wait in line...just like us mortals!
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Don't Beyonce's boots look mean? I don't know what to say except that if I got into a fight I would have some way of defending myself!!
Britney Spears can't carry her kids herself?
Britney Spears walked out of a restaurant on Sunday. She didn't carry either of her children, she had two guys do it for her. Who are these guys? Bodyguards or new mannys???


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TREAD-20 Extension - Treatment of Knee Pain Due to Osteoarthritis
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00830830
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|A Double-Blind, Randomized Trial of Intra-Articular Injections of 20mg of Hyalgan for the Treatment of Knee Pain Due to Osteoarthritis (Three Injection Regimen for Efficacy and Duration - 20mg/2ml Dose) - Extension Study
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|December 2005
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2006
- Improvement in pain due to OA of the knee after 50-foot walk on a flat surface based upon 100 mm VAS score for up to 6 months after Baseline for the HYALGAN treated group compared to PB-Saline control
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients having given their written informed consent, prior to participating in the trial.
- Patients of either sex >= 40 years of age and of sufficient good health that they will be able to complete the 6-month follow-up.
Patients with signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis of at least one knee:
- Diagnosed according to ACR criteria.
- Based upon a knee X-ray performed within 6 months prior to Screening, the radiograms must be classified as a Grade II or III for osteoarthritis of the knee according to the Kellgren & Lawrence grading system based upon a radiologist's written report or individual certified for reading knee radiograms. (Sharpening of the tibial spine is not considered to be an osteophyte).
- Patients with symptoms consistent with osteoarthritis of the knee for at least 6 months prior to Screening. These symptoms must include knee joint pain, and may include crepitus, swelling and/or effusion of the knee.
- At Screening, patients on any analgesic/anti-inflammatory medication should have a visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score after walking on a 50 ft flat surface of > 30 mm but < 90 mm using a 100 mm scale. If patients are not taking any analgesic/anti-inflammatory medication or have not taken any pain medication (prescription [Rx] or over-the-counter [OTC]) in the previous 3 days from Screening then they should have a VAS pain score after walking on a 50 ft flat surface of > 40 mm but < 90 mm. If bilateral knee pain is present, the investigator will select the more painful knee.
- At Screening and Baseline, if there is bilateral OA of the knee involvement, patients must have a VAS pain score for walking on a 50 ft flat surface of < 30 mm in the less painful contralateral knee at the Baseline assessment. A patient scoring an acceptable VAS pain score at Screening but failing to meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria at Baseline can not be randomized and enrolled.
- At Baseline, after all analgesic/anti-inflammatory medications have been discontinued for 2 weeks (withdrawal from acetaminophen rescue medication for at least 24 hours prior to Baseline assessment), patients should have a VAS pain score of > 40 mm but < 90 mm immediately after the 50-foot walk on a flat surface. Again, if bilateral knee pain is present, the investigator will select the more painful knee and the contralateral knee must have a VAS pain score of < 30 mm.
- Patients must have had knee pain in the signal knee on at least 50% of the days in the month preceding Screening.
- Patients who are able to complete efficacy measurement questionnaires and can understand and read English or Spanish (Spanish forms will be provided).
- Patients who can perform the 50-foot walk test without the support of crutches or other assistive devices, except for canes. If patient uses a cane routinely in daily activities, then they can use it for their assessments. However, this use must remain stable for all assessments.
- Minimum flexion of 90 degrees in both knees.
- Patients who are willing to discontinue all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or other analgesic medication taken for any condition, including their knee pain with the exception of acetaminophen, up to 1000 mg (2 tablets) four times a day (q.i.d.), as needed (p.r.n.) (maximum 8 tablets or 4 grams per day). These patients must be willing to use only acetaminophen as a rescue pain medication for the knee pain during the study period and refrain from even acetaminophen use 24 hours prior to any office visit. All other analgesic medications for any chronic condition must be stopped (see exceptions for acute treatment of transient flares of pain). Patients must also be willing to abstain from any intra-articular (i.a.) or peri-articular injections to the knee or surgery during the course of the trial, except for the assigned study product.
- Patients who, if they are currently taking low dose aspirin (325 mg/day or less), are willing to remain on a stable dose throughout the study and are willing to refrain from any aspirin dose 24 hours prior to any office visit.
Exclusion Criteria:
Women of childbearing potential may not be entered if:
- their pregnancy tests (urine test) are positive,
- they are nursing,
- they do not use an effective method of contraception until all follow-up procedures are complete. (Methods of contraception considered effective are an oral, injectable or implanted contraceptive agent, or an intra-uterine device with a failure rate of 1% per year, and abstinence).
- Patients participating in an experimental drug/device study or any clinical trial within the previous 30 days prior to Screening.
- Patients with a prior history of any malignancy with the exception of basal cell carcinoma of the skin treated more than 2 years prior to Screening, unless specific permission/waiver by the Sponsor is granted.
- Patients having significant bleeding diathesis.
- Patients that are currently under litigation for injuries related to the study knee or other injuries that might interfere with their completion of the study protocol.
Musculoskeletal Related
- Patients having any major injury (including sports) to the study knee in past 12 months.
- Patients having any surgery to the study joint within the previous 12 months prior to Screening, and surgery to the contralateral knee or other weight-bearing joint if it would interfere with the study assessments.
- Patients having significant surgery of lower limbs (hip, ankle, foot) that may interfere with knee assessments.
- Patients receiving any articular procedures, such as transplants, to the study knee.
- Patients having a ligament reconstruction to the study knee.
- Patients with inflammatory arthropathies such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or psoriatic arthritis
- Patients with gout or calcium pyrophosphate (pseudogout) diseases that had flared within the previous 6 months prior to Screening.
- Patients receiving any intra-articular or local peri-articular corticosteroid injections to the study joint/knee within the previous 3 months prior to Screening.
- Patients receiving any intra-articular, intra-muscular or local peri-articular corticosteroid injections to any other joint (beside the study joint) or soft tissue area within the past 3 months.
- Patients receiving any oral corticosteroid within the previous month. Steroid inhalants are permitted if the patient has been on a stable regimen for the past month prior to Screening and remains on this regimen throughout the course of the trial.
- Patients receiving an intra-articular hyaluronan in the study joint within the previous 9 months prior to screening.
- Patients receiving an intra-articular hyaluronan in any joint within the previous 6 months prior to screening.
- Patients with a history of allergic reaction to an intra-articular injection or avian products.
- Patients taking unstable doses of glucosamine- or chondroitin sulfate-containing compounds, or patients taking stable dose for less than 4 months prior to Screening, or patients taking stable dose for at least 4 months prior to and unwilling to remain on these stable doses throughout the course of the trial.
- Patients on unstable doses of bisphosphonate or patients on stable doses for the past month prior to Screening, and are unwilling to remain on these stable doses throughout the course of the trial.
- Patients who cannot perform the 50-foot walk test without the support of crutches or other assistive devices, except for canes. If patient uses a cane routinely in daily activities, then they can use it for their clinical assessments. If the patient uses a cane for their Baseline assessment then they must use the cane for ALL subsequent assessments.
- Patients with X-ray findings of acute fractures, severe loss of bone density, avascular necrosis and/or severe bone or joint deformity.
- Patients with significant axial deviation of the knee.
- Patients with OA that is dominantly in the lateral compartment or any significant valgus deformity
- Patients with significant anterior knee pain due to diagnosed isolated patella-femoral syndrome or chondromalacia.
- Patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of either hip, contralateral knee or spine that may interfere with functional assessment of the signal knee.
- Patients with clinically significant medio-lateral and/or anterior-posterior instability.
- Patients with osteonecrosis of either knee.
- Patients that are receiving or performing physical therapy regimen during the previous month from Screening, and/or will not or cannot maintain a stable physical therapy regimen throughout the course of the trial.
- Patients with Kellgren-Lawrence Grade IV OA (i.e., large osteophytes, marked narrowing, severe sclerosis, and definite deformity) and Grade I OA of the knee.
- Patients having any arthrogram of the signal joint within the past 3 months prior to Screening.
- Patients with a hemiparesis of the lower limbs
- Patients with active liver or renal disease based upon liver profile of SGOT > 2 x ULN (upper limit of normal), and/or conjugated bilirubin > 2 x ULN, and/or renal insufficiency (serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL, and/or any clinically significant laboratory value based on clinical history which the investigator feels may affect the evaluation of the patient.
Concomitant conditions, diseases, medications and/or clinical history
- Patients requiring chronic use of analgesia for pain (including pain in the other knee or any other joint) that may interfere with the evaluations of the test knee (such as possible use of rescue medication for these other conditions).
- Patients with known allergies to acetaminophen, lidocaine, hyaluronans, or avian products.
- Patients with a recurrent medical history of severe allergic or immune-mediated reactions.
- Patients with active infection of the skin near the potential injection site.
- Patients with any dermatological disease overlying the signal joint that would contraindicate multiple injections or aspirations.
- Patients taking any agent reported to have symptom relief for arthritis or be a disease/structure modifying drug (e.g. doxycycline, long-term tetracycline, s-adenosylmethionine [SAM], dimethyl sulfoxide [DMSO], dietary supplements or any herbal remedy taken for arthritic and joint conditions within the past month. Exceptions are products containing glucosamine/Chondroitin/ methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) if stable for 4 months prior to Screening and remain stable throughout study and fulfill the VAS pain entry criteria).
- Patients with peripheral neuropathy that would be severe enough to interfere with the evaluation of the patient.
- Patients with vascular insufficiency of lower limbs that is severe enough to interfere with the evaluation of the patient.
- Patients on concomitant therapy with anticoagulants (low dose aspirin, not exceeding 325 mg per day as an anti-thrombotic agent is permitted if stable for one month prior to Screening and remains stable throughout the study.
- Patients with any inter-current disease(s) or condition(s) that may interfere with the free use and evaluation of the affected knee for the 6 month course of the trial (cancer, other rheumatic diseases, gout, severe congenital defects, etc.).
- Patients with any inter-current chronic disease(s) or condition(s) that may predispose them to a high probability of interfering with the completion of the 6 month follow-up of the study such as peptic ulcer, liver disease, severe coronary disease, renal disease, cancer, pregnancy, alcoholism, drug abuse, mental state, or other clinically significant condition.
- Patients with excessive alcohol consumption or alcoholism that would be contraindicated with the use of acetaminophen.
- Patients with any known current addiction to pain medications.
- Patients that have, in the opinion of the clinical investigator, a clinically significant diagnostic test and/or abnormal laboratory test result(s) that may place the patient at a health risk, impact the study, or affect the patient's ability to complete the study.
- Patients unable to or with any psychiatric illness that would prevent them to legally comprehend the details and nature of the study.
- Patients who in the judgment of the clinician are likely to violate the protocol regulations or unlikely to complete the study for any reason.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00830830
|United States, New Jersey
|Sanofi-Aventis Inc
|Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States, 08807
|Study Director:
|Tara Semanchik
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|January 28, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 19, 2009
|Last Verified:
|March 2009
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Hyaluronic Acid
Adjuvants, Immunologic
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Protective Agents


text: Admission to the Master's programme in Strategy and International Management (SIM) Programme organised by the School of Management, taught in English, selection process for all applicants. Requirements Recognised degree with at least 180 ECTS credit points If you have one of the following degrees from a recognised university or complete one before the degree programme starts, then you can apply for the Master's programme: University Bachelor's degree in Economic Sciences (at least 60 ECTS Credits in Business Administration / Economics and also at least 6 ECTS Credits in Mathematics or Statistics) A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from a recognised university of applied sciences (Fachhochschule) with a minimum average grade of 5.00 (Swiss grading system) or 2.00 (German or Austrian grading system) in the degree certificate. (At least 90 ECTS credit points in the core areas Business Administration, Economics, Law and Mathematics/Statistics; thereof 45 ECTS credit points in Business Administration). Consecutive university Master's degree in another discipline Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes must have been completed in the same discipline (consecutively) and amount to at least 270 ECTS credit points together. Your degree programme will be recognised if the following criteria are fulfilled: Your final degree certificate was awarded by a institution of higher education which is recognised in the country where you attended the course. You have completed at least 80% of your course work at a recognised or accredited institution of higher education. You have completed at least half of the course work onsite at the institution of higher education awarding the degree. You fulfil the minimum requirements for admission to the Master's degree programme at your home institution of higher education. Detailed information on the recognition of universities, university degrees and country-specific provisions Language requirements in the language of instruction English It is your responsibility to ensure that your command of the language of instruction is sufficient to allow you to complete your studies successfully. Recommended level at the start of the study is at least C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Selection process If the formal admission regulations are fulfilled and all documents have been submitted, we forward your application to the "SIM Admission Committee" for the selection process. The SIM Admission Committee conducts four admission rounds between October and April. All complete applications that have been submitted on time are assessed and a decision is made on the admission. (The video interview can be recorded after the deadline of the admission round.) Admission Autumn Semester 2020 First admission round: Applications submitted by 25 November 2019 / Decisions issued by 20 December 2019 Second admission round: Applications submitted by 31 January 2020 / Decisions issued by 29 February 2020 Third admission round: Applications submitted by 31 March 2020 / Decisions issued by 28 April 2020 Fourth admission round: Applications submitted by 30 April 2020 / Decisions issued by 31 May 2020 The following criteria are assessed during the selection process: Your GMAT or GRE score (20%) When evaluating GMAT scores the total score is taken into consideration, while for the assessment of GRE scores both the Verbal and the Quantitative Reasoning sections are decisive. If you have taken the tests several times, the test with the best results will be considered. Test results must not be older than five years and must be provided to us directly by GMAC or ETS before the closing date for applications. It is important to state the Institution Code of the University of St.Gallen. Should you have failed to do so, then instruct GMAC or ETS to provide us with your test results in a timely manner. (institution code GMAT 5RK-QG-10, GRE 7202 Average grade during undergraduate studies (20%) The average grade recorded on your degree certificate is decisive. If you do not have your final degree at the time of application, you must apply with a current transcript. All credits specified in the current transcript will be considered. Extracurricular activities and work experience (20%) Commitments and activities outside of your studies, such as work experience, challenging internships or exchange semesters are only considered if you furnish proof thereof. List all of these activities on your curriculum vitae and upload proof thereof in the extracurricular activities section. The curriculum vitae must be written in English. You must give two contacts as references on your curriculum vitae - an academic one and a professional one. Make sure you use the SIM style template. The provided referees are contacted at the discretion of the SIM. Should this be the case, they will receive in advance an email invitation to schedule a 10-15 minutes phone call with a person assigned by the SIM Admissions Committee. Essay (10%) Write an essay in English on a given topic. Detailed information on the topic and formatting requirements can be found in the SIM Essay Guidelines. Video interview (30%) The SIM interview gives you the opportunity of presenting yourself in the form of a video. Within five days after applying successfully online, you will receive an email from the SIM Management Unit, inviting you to record your video interview. To record the video, you need a personal computer with a microphone and a webcam. The link provided enables you to register online and gives you access to detailed instructions on how to proceed with recording the interview. You can also create mock interviews before providing us with your final video interview. You will be given a specific deadline to record the interview. Your application will only be processed once we have received your video interview. Programme-specific additional requirements Upon admission additional programme-specific requirements may be requested. Prior to starting the programme you will be required to attend a selection of preparatory modules called "SIM Start Professional". SIM Start Professional The compulsory integrative week of the SIM Master's Programme "SIM Start Professional" takes place at the beginning of September (calendar week 36). The management-related topics dealt with in the individual seminars will prepare you for your regular studies in Strategy and International Management. Admitted applicants can obtain more information directly from the SIM Management Unit. Additional language requirements All students must take two language courses (foreign languages) in addition to their Master's degree course to successfully complete their Master's degree programme. Crediting is possible during your Master's studies according to the "fact sheet concerning language requirements". Evidence of sufficient accounting knowledge All students must provide evidence of sufficient accounting knowledge to successfully complete their Master's degree programme. If you have already acquired sufficient knowledge of accounting during your studies, the evidence can be credited during the admission process. If this evidence is missing at the time of admission, the accountancy examination has to be taken at the University of St.Gallen. Application The degree programme starts in the autumn semester. The application is made online. The application fee is CHF 250. Applicants with HSG degree use the Pdf-form to apply (see downloads section). Application period: 1 October - 30 April To the online-application Checklist: Documents to be submitted electronically Please have the following information and documents ready to upload: Digital passport photo Signed "General Conditions and Code of Conduct" Passport or ID card and, if applicable, a Swiss (permanent) residence permit Curriculum vitae in English – style template Supporting documents for extracurricular activities Essay in English GMAT or GRE test (official or unofficial score report) Higher education entrance qualification (Swiss Matura, foreign secondary school leaving certificate) Degree documents, if available. Otherwise current official transcripts from each university attended (including exchange programmes and transcripts from unfinished degree programmes). The current transcript must show at least 120 ECTS credit points for courses taken so that we can process your application. In the case of double degree programmes or "joint degrees", transcripts from each attended university including explanatory notes on the course programme must be submitted. If any of the documents are not issued in German, French, Italian or English, you must also submit a certified translation of the document in German or English. Please observe our guidelines "Certified documents and translations". Only one file can be uploaded per bullet point. You can use online tools such as online2pdf.com to create PDF files or to combine several pages into one PDF file. Make sure the files you send to us are legible so that we can process your application without delay. Swiss citizens need their Swiss social insurance number (AHV number) for the application. If you do not know your insurance number, please order a duplicate of your insurance certificate from the Swiss Central Compensation Office in good time. Alternative master's degree programme If you apply online before 31 March you have the option to specify an alternative programme in your application. You may choose one of the following programmes: MBI, MiMM, MUG, MAccFin, MEcon, MIL. Only if in the selection process your application is rejected, will your application be checked again. If all formal admission requirements are fulfilled for the chosen alternative programme, the admission process starts for this alternative programme. Read up about language of instruction, admission requirements, and the admission process of the chosen alternative programme before you apply. What happens after you have applied online? You will receive a link from us to record your video interview Within five days after applying successfully online, you will receive an email from the SIM Management Unit, inviting you to record your video interview. You will be given a specific deadline to do the recording. Your application will only be processed once we have received your video interview. We process your application The Admissions and Crediting Office checks your personal data and your electronically submitted documents. If your application is complete and fulfils the formal admission requirements, it is forwarded to the Admissions Committee. Please log into your user account regularly to check the status of your application. If we need further information or documents, we will inform you directly via your account's status overview page. Your application documents are assessed by the SIM Admission Committee The SIM Admission Committee evaluates each application within four admission rounds We notify you of our admission decision If the Admissions Committee makes a positive decision, you will receive the Letter of Admission along with details on your programme-specific additional requirements as well as the semester fee invoice in your electronic mailbox (Compass Mailbox). Please find the link to your Compass Mailbox in the Online-Application user account at the top right of your status page. You can access your mailbox using your Online-Application log-in data. You confirm your place on the programme With the letter of admission you also receive a form to confirm your place in the course. Fill in this form and send a scanned copy to the email addresses provided in the form. You receive information on the start of the course At the beginning of August we will send you more information on course selection (Bidding), the compulsory introductory HSG KickOff Days, as well as the HSG Student Guide and Arrival Guide. Submit your degree documents in person into the Admissions Office Your admission is conditional until you submit all the necessary documents. If you have to submit original copies of your documents as per the letter of admission, please submit them to the Admissions Office in person no later than the start of the degree programme (calendar week 38). Certified documents can be posted to us in due time. Please do not send any original copies in the post! As soon as you have presented all the necessary documents, your admission is unconditional. We will send you a confirmation email. Should you not be able to submit the necessary degree documents before the degree programme starts (calendar week 38), we will not be able to admit you.


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Japan's Nuclear Crisis Is Seen Clearly From Afar - NYTimes.com
For the clearest picture of what is happening at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, talk to scientists thousands of miles away.
Thanks to the unfamiliar but sophisticated art of atomic forensics, experts around the world have been able to document the situation vividly. Over decades, they have become very good at illuminating the hidden workings of nuclear power plants from afar, turning scraps of information into detailed analyses.
For example, an analysis by a French energy company revealed far more about the condition of the plant's reactors than the Japanese have ever described: water levels at the reactor cores dropping by as much as three-quarters, and temperatures in those cores soaring to nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to burn and melt the zirconium casings that protect the fuel rods.
Scientists in Europe and America also know from observing the explosions of hydrogen gas at the plant that the nuclear fuel rods had heated to very dangerous levels, and from radioactive plumes how far the rods had disintegrated.
At the same time, the evaluations also show that the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi escaped the deadliest outcomes — a complete meltdown of the plant.
Most of these computer-based forensics systems were developed after the 1979 partial meltdown at Three Mile Island, when regulators found they were essentially blind to what was happening in the reactor. Since then, to satisfy regulators, companies that run nuclear power plants use snippets of information coming out of a plant to develop simulations of what is happening inside and to perform a variety of risk evaluations.
Indeed, the detailed assessments of the Japanese reactors that Energy Secretary Steven Chu gave on Friday — when he told reporters that about 70 percent of the core of one reactor had been damaged, and that another reactor had undergone a 33 percent meltdown — came from forensic modeling.
The bits of information that drive these analyses range from the simple to the complex. They can include everything from the length of time a reactor core lacked cooling water to the subtleties of the gases and radioactive particles being emitted from the plant. Engineers feed the data points into computer simulations that churn out detailed portraits of the imperceptible, including many specifics on the melting of the hot fuel cores.
Governments and companies now possess dozens of these independently developed computer programs, known in industry jargon as "safety codes." Many of these institutions — including ones in Japan — are relying on forensic modeling to analyze the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi to plan for a range of activities, from evacuations to forecasting the likely outcome.
"The codes got better and better" after the accident at Three Mile Island revealed the poor state of reactor assessment, said Michael W. Golay, a professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
These portraits of the Japanese disaster tend to be proprietary and confidential, and in some cases secret. One reason the assessments are enormously sensitive for industry and government is the relative lack of precedent: The atomic age has seen the construction of nearly 600 civilian power plants, but according to the World Nuclear Association, only three have undergone serious accidents in which their fuel cores melted down.
Now, as a result of the crisis in Japan, the atomic simulations suggest that the number of serious accidents has suddenly doubled, with three of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in some stage of meltdown. Even so, the public authorities have sought to avoid grim technical details that might trigger alarm or even panic.
"They don't want to go there," said Robert Alvarez, a nuclear expert who, from 1993 to 1999, was a policy adviser to the secretary of energy. "The spin is all about reassurance."
If events in Japan unfold as they did at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the forensic modeling could go on for some time. It took more than three years before engineers lowered a camera to visually inspect the damaged core of the Pennsylvania reactor, and another year to map the extent of the destruction. The core turned out to be about half melted.
By definition, a meltdown is the severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor that results in either the partial or full liquefaction of its uranium fuel and supporting metal lattice, at times with the atmospheric release of deadly radiation. Partial meltdowns usually strike a core's middle regions instead of the edge, where temperatures are typically lower.
The main meltdowns of the past at civilian plants were Three Mile Island in 1979, the St.-Laurent reactor in France in 1980, and Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986.
One of the first safety codes to emerge after Three Mile Island was the Modular Accident Analysis Program. Running on a modest computer, it simulates reactor crises based on such information as the duration of a power blackout and the presence of invisible wisps of radioactive materials.
Robert E. Henry, a developer of the code at Fauske & Associates, an engineering company near Chicago, said that a first sign of major trouble at any reactor was the release of hydrogen — a highly flammable gas that has fueled several large explosions at Fukushima Daiichi. The gas, he said in an interview, indicated that cooling water had fallen low, exposing the hot fuel rods.
The next alarms, Dr. Henry said, centered on various types of radioactivity that signal increasingly high core temperatures and melting.
First, he said, "as the core gets hotter and hotter," easily evaporated products of atomic fission — like iodine 131 and cesium 137 — fly out. If temperatures rise higher, threatening to melt the core entirely, he added, less volatile products such as strontium 90 and plutonium 239 join the rising plume.
The lofting of the latter particles in large quantities points to "substantial fuel melting," Dr. Henry said.
He added that he and his colleagues modeled the Japanese accident in its first days and discerned partial — not full — core melting.
Micro-Simulation Technology, a software company in Montville, N.J., used its own computer code to model the Japanese accident. It found core temperatures in the reactors soaring as high as 2,250 degrees Celsius, or more than 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to liquefy many reactor metals.
"Some portion of the core melted," said Li-chi Cliff Po, the company's president. He called his methods simpler than most industry simulations, adding that the Japanese disaster was relatively easy to model because the observable facts of the first hours and days were so unremittingly bleak — "no water in, no injection" to cool the hot cores.
"I don't think there's any mystery or foul play," Dr. Po said of the disaster's scale. "It's just so bad."
The big players in reactor modeling are federal laboratories and large nuclear companies such as General Electric, Westinghouse and Areva, a French group that supplied reactor fuel to the Japanese complex.
The Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque wrote one of the most respected codes. It models whole plants and serves as a main tool of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Washington agency that oversees the nation's reactors.
Areva and French agencies use a reactor code-named Cathare, a complicated acronym that also refers to a kind of goat's milk cheese.
On March 21, Stanford University presented an invitation-only panel discussion on the Japanese crisis that featured Alan Hansen, an executive vice president of Areva NC, a unit of the company focused on the nuclear fuel cycle.
"Clearly," he told the audience, "we're witnessing one of the greatest disasters in modern time."
Dr. Hansen, a nuclear engineer, presented a slide show that he said the company's German unit had prepared. That division, he added, "has been analyzing this accident in great detail."
The presentation gave a blow-by-blow of the accident's early hours and days. It said drops in cooling water exposed up to three-quarters of the reactor cores, and that peak temperatures hit 2,700 degrees Celsius, or more than 4,800 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hot enough to melt steel and zirconium — the main ingredient in the metallic outer shell of a fuel rod, known as the cladding.
"Zirconium in the cladding starts to burn," said the slide presentation. At the peak temperature, it continued, the core experienced "melting of uranium-zirconium eutectics," a reactor alloy.
A slide with a cutaway illustration of a reactor featured a glowing hot mass of melted fuel rods in the middle of the core and noted "release of fission products" during meltdown. The products are radioactive fragments of split atoms that can result in cancer and other serious illnesses.
Stanford, where Dr. Hansen is a visiting scholar, posted the slides online after the March presentation. At that time, each of the roughly 30 slides was marked with the Areva symbol or name, and each also gave the name of their author, Matthias Braun.
The posted document was later changed to remove all references to Areva, and Dr. Braun and Areva did not reply to questions about what simulation code or codes the company may have used to arrive at its analysis of the Fukushima disaster.
"We cannot comment on that," Jarret Adams, a spokesman for Areva, said of the slide presentation. The reason, he added, was "because it was not an officially released document."
A European atomic official monitoring the Fukushima crisis expressed sympathy for Japan's need to rely on forensics to grasp the full dimensions of the unfolding disaster.
"Clearly, there's no access to the core," the official said. "The Japanese are honestly blind."


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Bewitching Beauty of the Nature.Athirapilly Waterfalls in Chalakkudy river- Kerala
Athirapally Waterfalls. a Snap from the Top of the Rock.
- How to reach Athirapally?
The nearest Railway Station is in Chalakudy and is about 30 kms from this tourist spot. you can take either a taxi car or private service buses from the bust terminal here in Chalakudi.Enjoy the ride when your vehicle traverses through the windy hill roads and lush green rain forest.
Athirapally is on the road route connecting Tamilnadu and Kerala, and if you are coming from Tamilnadu you will witness much wildlife for the road is through the dense rain forest.The forest is rich in varities of wild life starting from the biggest- elephants , leapords, sambars, procupine, sloth bears, Nilgiri Langurs, deers, hornbills etc. Advisable to avoid the night journey through the road, for the wild life may or mayn't like you.
Cochin International airport is about 55 Kms from here. From Cochin town its about 78 Kms to Athirapilly.
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- Network Music sources like AirPlay® and Pandora® radio provide new music options
- PC Set-up makes custom installation easy
If you want an audio experience that's so realistic you believe you're there, then you need a technologically advanced receiver. Such is the capability of the Elite SC-63, matching your performance needs with the truest, most realistic audio fidelity for your home entertainment system. Designed for those who settle for nothing less than the very best, its state-of-the-art performance and specifications are the result of uncompromising standards of engineering, manufacturing and testing. With the SC-63, your entertainment experience is simply unrivaled.
Made for You--And your iPad®, iPhone® and iPod®
Thanks to Made for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad certification, Apple devices are easily connected with the included USB/video cable - so there's no need to buy a separate dock to store all your music, videos, streaming content. Plus, since your iPhone, iPod and now your iPad charge automatically when connected, it's the ultimate plug-and-play integration with your home theater. You can enjoy music with iTunes® album art, share videos and movies, downloaded TV shows from iTunes, photos, web content from YouTube® and much more. Got a call? The iPhone will mute movies and music so you can take it. Use the iPhone directly, or push a single button on the SC-63's front panel to switch control to the included preset remote and an intuitive, full-color GUI.
With AirPlay, stream music from iTunes to the SC-63 and play it through your home theater system without docks or cables. Simply connect the receiver to your home network via Ethernet, and it instantly becomes the hub for playback of your iTunes music from your connected Apple® device or networked computer.
You can stream your music straight from your PC or Mac®, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to the SC-63 at the touch of a button. Listen to your favorite song in your car using your iPhone, leave your car mid song and walk into your home. Using the AirPlay App on your iPhone, select the SC-63. When you do, it'll power up automatically and continue your favorite song right where you left off.
You can even view song information including song title, artist, and track time as well as album art on a connected display. Not only that, the SC-63's supports network audio sources in Zone 2, allowing you to send music to another room. With AirPlay, there's really no reason why your iTunes music has to be restricted to your computer.
Connect to Your PC Music Files or Internet Radio
The SC-63's networking ability opens up an entirely new world of possibilities. A rear panel Ethernet port allows full integration into your home network, with Windows® 7 and DLNA® 1.5 certification, a whole new level of entertainment options are at your fingertips. With 192kHz / 24-bit WAV and FLAC file compatibility, network streaming audio playback is now ready for the true audiophile. Stream your MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV and FLAC music files from your PC, laptop or smartphone to your home theater system.
With vTuner®, the SC-63 lets you enjoy thousands of Internet radio stations from around the world. You can also access Pandora® and SiriusXMTM (subscription needed) radio services complete with on-screen album art and music information. An optional AS-WL300 wireless adapter is also available for your wireless network convenience.
Unleash Your Smartphone's Music with Bluetooth®
The SC-63 is fully ready for wireless Bluetooth audio from virtually any A2DP profile Bluetooth device. With the Pioneer AS-BT200 Bluetooth adapter, you can untether yourself from cables and inputs. Plus you'll enjoy enriched quality with Sound Retriever AIR technology, created specifically to enhance Bluetooth audio.
Ultimate Sound Control
The SC-63 supports formats like Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD® Master Audio to give your Blu-ray Disc soundtracks unsurpassed audio quality. Pioneer also includes all of the Dolby and DTS surround formats best suited for the wide variety of entertainment sources, including the newest Dolby Pro Logic® IIz height channel.
The SC-63 takes the multi-room audio experience to a whole new level with Zone 2 subwoofer and tone controls, as well as On-Screen Display for the second Zone. Two 12-volt triggers and IR In / Out's let the SC-63 master even the most complex home theater setups.
Class D3 Amplification
The SC-63's Class D3 7-channel amplifier is one of the most powerful amplifiers of any multi-channel A/V receiver Pioneer has ever produced. Keeping the new audio formats of the Blu-ray Disc format in mind, Class D3 takes high-resolution multi-channel audio to a whole new level of immersive performance.
Rated at 125 watts x 7 channels, with a 7.2-channel preout, the SC-63 delivers plenty of power, but it's not the whole story. Where the SC-63 really shows its unprecedented power output capability is when driving multi-channels simultaneously without losing significant per-channel output. Class A/B amplifiers simply cannot match the efficiency of Class D3 as their power output per channel diminishes rapidly when more channels are added to the work-load. This kind of unprecedented power capability allows you to appreciate the full dynamics from any media source in a way never before possible. The ability to drive more channels, simultaneously, means you can fully reproduce all of the dynamics and impact of high definition multi-channel Dolby and DTS soundtracks with up to 7 channels of the highest quality power output available today.
Advanced Qdeo® Video Processing. Picture Perfect Whatever the Source
Using Qdeo processing technology and Pioneer's extensive video know-how makes home theater a truly immersive experience. The SC-63 provides video conversion from composite and component video to HDMI for a single-wire high-definition audio and video solution as well as up to 1080p/24fps video scaling for an exceptional picture regardless of the source, creating natural and noise-free video for maximum performance and flexibility.
And with Pioneer's Advanced Video Adjust , you'll experience the very best in both high-definition and standard definition signals, with a complete suite of advanced image adjustments designed to fine-tune each of your video sources for the best possible picture.
Get Ready for 3D with the Latest HDMI® Technology
All of Pioneer's newest receivers support the latest HDMI specifications. So not only do you get the most out of your existing movies and music, with the SC-63 you're prepared for the new generation of 3D video content. With 7 HDMI inputs, you've got plenty of connectivity options for the growing number of high-definition sources available. The SC-63 also offers advanced HDMI conveniences like Audio Return Channel and Power Save HDMI Standby Through.
Transform your Apple Device into a Powerful Remote Control
Communicating with the SC-63 wirelessly through your home network, Pioneer's free iControlAV2012 app turns your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad device or select Android devices into a powerful remote control for your receiver. The all new iControlAV2012 is fully redesigned, incorporating everything from basic volume and input selection to advanced features like EQ adjustments and Internet Radio control. iControlAV2012 for iPad includes enhanced features like vertical and horizontal orientation, intuitive control of music from networked PCs as well as Internet radio control, and a super- cool finger EQ adjust screen; simply draw the EQ curve to your desired sound preference. New Sound Explorer gives you easy access to experiment with the many powerful sound enhancements the SC-63 offers, like Hi-Bit 24, Auto Phase Control Plus, and Virtual Speaker modes.
Know How and Show How with AVNavigator
Imagine an owner's manual that actually communicates with your receiver. Or that asks you what sources you'd like to connect and how you'd like to configure your speakers, then walks you through the process as you do it.
An industry-first, Pioneer's AVNavigator truly is an interactive owner's manual that takes all the guesswork out of setting up your receiver. AV Navigator uses your networked PC or iPad to communicate directly with the SC-63, walking you through speaker set-up, sound optimization, firmware updates and more.
Full-Color On-Screen Graphical User Interface
All of the SC-63's advanced control and connectivity options are made even better with a full-color user interface via HDMI on your connected TV. Effortlessly navigate through the SC-63's menu and enjoy iTunes album art from a connected Apple device. This is one well-rounded AV receiver.
Ideal for Custom Home Theater Installation
The Elite series was designed with an eye toward custom-installed home theater solutions, with features to match. Multi-zone capability with support for Zone2 outputs allows you to watch movies or listen to music in two rooms at once. An RS-232 bus connection allows custom installers access into the "control brain" of the SC-63, for customized remote control development. For advanced custom installation, the SC-63 is fully configurable from a PC set-up program that also allows installers to "see" the receivers settings even from another location. The SC-63 is compatible with popular "whole-house" entertainment systems such as Crestron, AMX, Control 4, Universal, Savant, and RTI, and its IP capabilities allow users to control their entertainment system via a home network.
All this plus support for Pioneer Apps, 3rd party control devices, custom-ready detachable power cord, and IR in/out for universal remotes make the Elite series the ultimate answer for a custom home entertainment solution.
- Class D3
- 7.2
- 125 x 7 (1kHz)
- 290 Watts
Handheld and Internet
- iPod/iPhone/iPad
- 4th gen Nano and above / iPhone, 3G, 3GS, 4 / iPad, iPad2
- iControlAV2012(iPad, iPhone, Android)
- vTuner
- w/ subscription
- Yes
- MP3, WMA, iPod Digital, WAV 192kHz, FLAC 192kHz, JPEG
- LPCM, WAV 192kHz, MP3, ACC, WMA, FLAC 192kHz
Decoders & Formats
- TI Aureus
- Yes
Soundfield Calibration
- Auto / Plus
- Advanced
- 9
- 6
- 1/2 Inch
Listening Modes
- Multi-Channel
- Direct / Pure Direct
- 15 + Headphone Surround
- Yes (Focus/Wide)
Audio Features
- Hi-bit24
- Multi-Channel
- HDMI Bitstream/ Multi
- Multi-Channel / Auto with ARC
- 2 Channel
- 10-Frames
- Front Channel
Video Processing
- Marvell Qdeo up to 1080p / 24fps
- Advanced Video Adjust - HD Sources Progressive Motion - YNR, CNR, BNR, MNR, Detail, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Chroma, Black level
- 7 In / 1 Out
- AS-BT200 / Air Jam App
- 2 In / 1 Out
- Front USB / Composite Video
- Yes (MP3 / WMA / WAV 192kHz / FLAC 192kHz, JPEG)
- 4 In / 1 Out
- 1 In
- 4 In
- 7.1 Channel (9.2 Terminals)
- HDMI / USB / Composite Video
- 63
- GUI with Album Art
- 2 Zone AV / 3 Zone Audio
- DVD, Sat/CBL, DVR/BDR, Internet radio, SiriusXM, Pandora, Media Server, Favorites, iPod/USB, TV, CD, Tuner, Adapter Port
- Analog Audio
- Yes
- 2 In / 1 Out
- Yes (Zone 2)
- Ethernet / USB
- With Remote Maintenance
- Yes
- Bi-Amp / Zone 2 / B-Speaker / Surround Back / Front Height / Front Width
- Learning
- Aluminum (Hairline)
- All
- 3 Years
- 17.13 x 7.28 x 17.36
- 32.19 lbs
- SC-63 Firmware Change History
- SC-63 Important Information about HTC Connect
- SC-63 Firmware Update Instructions
- SC-63 Firmware Update
NOTE: This firmware update cannot be performed via the Internet. It must be performed using a USB memory device
This firmware update includes the following:
- Adds HTC Connect feature for compatible Android® phones.
- Resolves an issue with connecting to Pandora's server.
Please note that all network settings, including the your Pandora account information, will be reset to the factory default after the update. Write down these settings before the update as they will be needed to set up the network again.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Updated 12/10/2012
Specifications and design subject to modification without notice.
PIONEER and the Pioneer logo, MCACC and Advanced Sound Retriever are registered trademarks of Pioneer Corporation.
The impedances indicated are actual values that speakers can present to an amplifier while playing back music. They do not refer to the nominal rated impedances of
speakers you use.
HDMI connection may not allow transmission of copyright protected material, depending on the capability of the signal source.
Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
SIRIUS and related marks are trademarks of Sirius XM Radio Inc.
DTS and the DTS Symbol are registered trademarks of DTS, Inc.
Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
"Made for iPod," "Made for iPhone," and "Made for iPad" mean that an electronic accessory has been designed to connect specifically to iPod, iPhone, or iPad,
respectively, and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. Apple is not responsible for the operation of this device or
its compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Please note that the use of this accessory with iPod iPhone, or iPad may affect wireless performance.
Apple, AirPlay, the AirPlay logo, iPhone, iPad, iPod and iPod touch are registered trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. AirPlay works
with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch (4th, 3rd and 2nd generations), iPad 2, iPad with iOS 4.2 or later, and iTunes 10.1 (Mac and PC) or later.
DLNA, the DLNA Logo and DLNA Certified are trademarks, service marks, or certification marks of the Digital Living Network Alliance.
Pandora INTERNET Radio is a registered trademark of Pandora Media, Inc.
Blu-ray Disc is a registered trademark of the Blu-ray Disc Association.
"x.v.Color" is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
Qdeo is a trademark of Marvell World Trade, Ltd.
vTuner is a registered trademark of Noting Else Matters Software, Ltd.
Phase Control is a trademark placed on a product with Pioneer's Phase Control Technology concept. The technology enables high-grade sound reproduction environment
by improving the phase matching for each of the components.
Control4 and the Control4 logo are registered trademarks of Control4 Corporation.
Crestron and the Crestron logo are registered trademark of Crestron Electronics, Inc.
AMX and the AMX logo are trademarks of AMX, LLC registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Universal Remote Control logo is a registered trademark of Universal Remote Control, Inc.
RTI logo is a registered trademark of Remote Technologies Incorporated.
Savant Logo is a registered trademark of Savant Systems, LLC.
For details on iPod compatibility, visit http://pioneer.jp/homeav/support/ios/na/


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I had a Live with Prima class last week and I made a holiday album using all kinds of goodies with techniques, ideas, etc...I didn't have enough time to finish the album during the show, so I got to work and finished it over the weekend. I love how it turned out and I have a Christmas present finished! I hope to make a couple more before I run out of time...
Also-I am attending a couple of classes at Buffalo Stamps and Stuff this weekend with the fabulous Dyan Reavely! She is an amazing Mixed Media artist and creator of the Dylusions Art Sprays with Ranger. I am so excited to be taking classes with her. I am going with one of my besties-Sherry Czarnecki, who is truly my partner in crime and we are long overdue for some girl time. Here is the information on the classes in case you are interested in attending....go to this link and scroll all the way down: Dyan's Classes
Here are the results and I included photos from front to back....
During the show-I had originally added the deer to the right side of the cover page, but then decided I wanted to add it to the cluster. Either way-I think it would look great, so it's just a personal preference.
I also used some Zephyr alphas for the title. I plane to use the tiny type alpha once my photos are added for dates, names and maybe little phrases. I left out the photos so you can see the pages more clearly.
Then I added a little piece of scrap lace along the bottom.
This shows the back of the cover and first page. I cut out the scalloped image from the paper in the pad and added it to the paper strip with border punch. I also tucked in a couple of snowflakes from the resist canvas pack. I colored with distress stain and dabbed them with paper towel so the color is softer.
This is the last page and back cover of the album, with the stamped border. I added an image from the papers and used it as a flower center...
This album will be a gift for my Mom for the holidays...I plan to do my own photo shoot of the boys and add them to the pages. Of course, they will give me a hard time as always but if it's for Grandma, then they may not be as stubborn-LOL!
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Prima Products:
843700-North Country 8x8 Pad
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Hole Punch
Fabri Tac
Lace-cream or tan
Distress Stains-Peeled Paint, Fire Brick, Broken
Here is the show and you can see the techniques and ideas I came up with to get you started on your own book! Thanks for stopping by and I will be back soon with some more holiday projects I came up with....
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Mar 05 2013
S. 447: Black Hills Cemetery Act
Official Short: Black Hills Cemetery Act
Long Title: To provide for the conveyance of certain cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.
Sponsors: Mr. Thune and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota.STATUS:
- March 5, 2013.--Introduced.
- April 25, 2013.--Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining hearing held.
- May 16, 2013.--Full committee markup; ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- June 27, 2013.--Reported to Senate without amendment. S. Rept. 113-63.
- June 27, 2013.--Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar [Calendar No. 117].
Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
- This Act may be cited as the `Black Hills Cemetery Act'.
- (a) Cemetery Conveyances Required- The Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, without consideration, to the local communities in South Dakota that are currently managing and maintaining certain community cemeteries (as specified in subsection (b)) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to--
- (1) the parcels of National Forest System land containing such cemeteries; and
- (2) up to an additional two acres adjoining each cemetery in order to ensure the conveyances include unmarked gravesites and allow for expansion of the cemeteries.
- (b) Property and Recipients- The properties to be conveyed under subsection (a), and the recipients of each property, are as follows:
- (1) The Silver City Cemetery to the Silver City Volunteer Fire Department.
- (2) The Hayward Cemetery to the Hayward Volunteer Fire Department.
- (3) The encumbered land adjacent to the Englewood Cemetery (encompassing the cemetery entrance portal, access road, fences, 2,500 gallon reservoir and building housing such reservoir, and piping to provide sprinkling system to the cemetery) to the City of Lead.
- (4) The land adjacent to the Mountain Meadow Cemetery to the Mountain Meadow Cemetery Association.
- (5) The Roubaix Cemetery to the Roubaix Cemetery Association.
- (6) The Nemo Cemetery to the Nemo Cemetery Association.
- (7) The Galena Cemetery to the Galena Historical Society.
- (8) The Rockerville Cemetery to the Rockerville Community Club.
- (9) The Cold Springs Cemetery (including adjacent school yard and log building) to the Cold Springs Historical Society.
- (c) Condition of Conveyance- Each conveyance under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that the recipient accept the conveyed real property in its condition at the time of the conveyance.
- (d) Use of Land Conveyed- The lands conveyed under subsection (a) shall continue to be used in the same manner and for the same purposes as they were immediately prior to their conveyance under this Act.
- (e) Description of Property- The exact acreage and legal description of each parcel of real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey for a particular parcel shall be borne by the recipient of such parcel.
- (f) Additional Terms and Conditions- The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyances under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.


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How Asia is chasing the Chinese tourist dollar
By Zarina Banu, for CNN • Published 29th January 2014
The Lunar New Year gallops ever closer and with it the world's largest human migration.
The Year of the Horse will stretch China's transport system to its limit. Officials are expecting people to go on 3.62 billion journeys -- 200 million more than last year.
China's state-run news agency Xinhua says 42 million of those trips will be by air, as more cash-rich mainlanders turn their backs on the traditional extended family reunion to celebrate the most important festival of the year abroad.
They're part of a sharp, upward trend in globetrotting.
The Chinese travel and spend more than anyone else on the planet. They shelled out $102 billion on 83 million trips in 2012, according to the United Nations; and they'll continue to dominate the market.
The world's largest annual mass migration is underway in China for the upcoming Lunar New Year. CNN's Isha Sesay reports.
The world is learning how to cater to the exploding number of Chinese travelers. CNN's Jim Boulden reports.
By 2020, more than 200 million Chinese will go overseas, according to a report from Asia-Pacific brokerage firm CLSA -- double the number that did in 2013. This explosion is due in part to higher wages, more annual leave and easier visas.
"Mainlanders are rapidly switching travel to overseas to explore new cultures, shop, gamble and escape the overcrowded domestic tourist sites and worsening pollution," Aaron Fischer, head of consumer and gaming research at CLSA and the report's author, told CNN.
Here's a look at how some tourist hubs in the Asia-Pacific region are scrambling to capture a slice of this lucrative market.
Bali, Indonesia
The number of Chinese arrivals on the island during "Golden Week" could reach 1000 a day, thanks to a new direct flight between Beijing and Bali.
Around 30,000 Chinese tourists are expected to hop onto the Hainan Airline route -- which started on January 15 -- and pump $90 million into the economy during the festive season.
Not to be outdone, hundreds of miles away West Javan provincial officials told the Jakarta Post they're prioritizing the Chinese tourist market.
They're urging the local hospitality industry to improve workers' skills and upgrade infrastructure at main tourist sites, such as erecting signs in Mandarin.
Attracting deep Chinese pockets is central to Indonesia's national tourism strategy. The country launched a Chinese-language website in November and aims to bump up the numbers of Chinese arrivals by 37% to 1 million by the end of 2014.
Japan's weak yen, great cuisine, cultural and natural heritage are hooking wealthier Chinese.
Popular items to buy include Louis Vuitton bags and $1000 rice cookers, according to TravelZoo Asia-Pacific.
The website said 29% of Chinese with an annual household income of roughly $50,000 ranked Japan as their number one travel destination.
But the overall number of Chinese traveling to Japan has slipped by 11% since 2012, deterred by regional animosity between Asia's number one and two economies.
Critics also say that more could be made of "Cool Japan," the brand that put a stamp on Japan as a cultural powerhouse in 2002.
They want a concerted national strategy to hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's target of 30 million foreign visitors by 2020.
Chinese herbal tea sachets, Chinese TV channels and disposable slippers -- just some of the things that Australian tourist officials recommend hoteliers make available to the Chinese tourist in the land of sunshine.
Chinese tourists added $4.04 billion to the Australian economy last year, rivaling New Zealand as the number one source market in spending power.
However, Chinese arrivals fell 9.4% in November from a year earlier, sending ripples of concern through the Australian travel industry.
READ: 11 things to know about Lunar New Year
The government says this could be due to a law introduced by Beijing last October banning tour companies from operating low-cost shopping tours abroad.
Despite the November fall, Chinese arrivals and spending are up at around 16% for the past 12 months, according to Leo Seaton, Manager of Media Relations for Tourism Australia.
"Feedback so far suggests a tale of two markets -- declines in the group market, being offset by a robust independent, higher-spending, traveler market, enjoying higher quality visitor experiences," Seaton told CNN.
The Philippines is also a winner, with 18% more Chinese tourists visited the archipelago in 2013 than in 2012.
The country's tourism department has deemed 2015 the "Visit Philippines Year," adding to the upbeat "It's More Fun in the Philippines" campaign.
READ: Moving map shows Chinese New Year travel rush in real time
The easing of air traffic agreements between the Philippines, its regional neighbors and China may help boost numbers.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Morning Post newspaper recently named the Philippines the "Best Tropical Island Destination."
The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs says the number of Chinese arrivals is growing by around 70% year-on-year. This breakneck pace of growth comes despite a territorial dispute between the two countries.
Thailand is losing some of its appeal among Chinese travelers amid anti-government protests that have disrupted life in the capital, Bangkok.
The tourism authority stresses that it is business as usual in the Chinese tourist's favorite foreign destination after Hong Kong and Macao, despite a state of emergency afflicting the capital.
But Bert van Walbeek, chairman of the Thai chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, told CNN there are likely to be 60-70% fewer Chinese tourists landing in Thailand for the Year of the Horse.
READ: Praying for good fortune at Lunar New Year
Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Pattaya have profited as tourists venture away from Bangkok. But Van Walbeek's overall prediction was upbeat.
"As with all crises in Thailand there has been a temporary glitch. Whatever they do to Thailand, the country will bounce back," he said.
Last year's bumper figures may be hard to match. Around 3 million Chinese tourists trotted into Thailand, seduced by its beaches, food, shopping, nightlife and the box office hit film, "Lost in Thailand" about a mismatched pair on a journey of self-discovery.
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