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What You Should Know About Navicular Stress Fractures
Once considered a rare form of stress fractures, navicular stress fractures are being diagnosed in an increasing number of patients. Accordingly, these authors offer diagnostic insights, a pertinent case study and a thorough review of the literature.
Towne and colleagues first described the stress fracture of the tarsal navicular in humans in a 1970 case study.1 Early studies showed that tarsal navicular stress fracture was a rare injury, accounting for only 0.7 to 2.4 percent of all stress fractures.2 However, as awareness of the injury has increased, so have the reported number of cases with tarsal navicular stress fractures currently representing up to 25 percent of stress fractures in some series.3-7
The diagnosis of navicular stress fractures is challenging as routine radiographs often fail to demonstrate the fracture. One must maintain a high index of suspicion for this injury, especially in athletes with foot pain, given the vague complaints and potential for considerable delay in diagnosis.8
The "boat shaped" navicular represents the base of the medial column of the foot, articulating with the talus proximally, and with the cuboid and all three cuneiforms distally.8,9 The navicular has several important ligamentous attachments, including the posterior tibial tendon on the medial tuberosity and the spring ligament on the plantar surface.8,9
The navicular derives its dorsal blood supply from a branch of the dorsalis pedis artery while the plantar surface receives its supply from the branches of the medial plantar artery.9 These branches form a rich anastomosis but leave the central one-third of the navicular relatively avascular.8,9 The navicular is subject to intense compressive forces over its middle one-third during the foot-strike phase of gait when it is compressed between the talus and the cuneiforms.10 Torg proposed that repetitive cyclical loading of the navicular could lead to a stress fracture over the central one-third of the navicular.11
What You Should Know About The Clinical Presentation And Physical Examination
Patients most often present with dorsal foot pain of insidious onset. Patients may initially describe the pain as soreness or cramping along the dorsomedial border of the foot, which is exacerbated by activity.8,10 As many patients who sustain navicular stress fractures are athletes, they initially may complain of pain only during sport and not with other activities of daily living.8,10 Specifically, explosive activities such as jumping, sprinting and rapidly changing direction may exacerbate symptoms.8,10
The physical examination is often unremarkable. Patients may have tenderness to palpation over the navicular. Provocative testing includes having the patient hop on the affected foot to determine if it reproduces the symptoms experienced during athletic play.8,10
Key Diagnostic Insights
The diagnostic workup should begin with plain radiographs of the standing foot and ankle. The radiographs may demonstrate a visible fracture line. However, several authors have found a high rate of false negative radiographs.3,11,12 If there remains a high index of suspicion after negative plain radiographs, further workup with bone scan, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is indicated.
Although bone scan has a high sensitivity, it is also non-specific and requires additional diagnostic testing in the event of a positive test, further delaying the definitive diagnosis.11 Bone scans are unable to differentiate navicular pathology from other possible etiologies, including a painful accessory navicular, posterior tibial tendonitis, tarsal coalition, anterior tibial tendonitis and osteochondral defects of the talus.8
Researchers have found a CT scan to be the most sensitive and specific test for the diagnosis of navicular fractures although MRI is better suited for navicular stress fractures.8,11
What The Studies Reveal About Cast Immobilization
The proper treatment of navicular stress fractures has been a recent topic of debate. Historically, conservative treatment in a non-weightbearing cast has been the treatment of choice.1,3,8,11 More recently, authors have described open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for navicular stress fractures.7,8,12-14
Torg and colleagues retrospectively reviewed 21 cases of navicular stress fracture and demonstrated that these stress fractures heal well with conservative treatment.11 Since routine radiographs failed to show the fracture, the interval between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis ranged from less than one month to 38 months (a mean of seven months).11 Conservative treatment in this series consisted of non-weightbearing cast immobilization for six to eight weeks, which was followed by gradual weightbearing in a boot for two to six weeks until patients were pain free.
Several authors have confirmed the efficacy of this treatment protocol.5,12,15 Even in patients who have failed treatment in a weightbearing cast, the use of a non-weightbearing cast treatment compares favorably with surgical treatment.12
Khan and colleagues studied 86 patients with navicular stress fractures and found that initial non-weightbearing cast immobilization for at least six weeks facilitated a return to sports in 19 of 22 patients (86 percent).12 In contrast, of those who initially continued weightbearing with limited activity, only 9 of 34 patients (26 percent) returned to sports. For patients who failed initial treatment, six of 7 patients (86 percent) treated with subsequent non-weightbearing cast immobilization achieved a successful outcome compared to 11 of 15 patients (73 percent) who underwent surgical treatment.
There is strong evidence supporting the effectiveness of proper conservative management for both partial and non-displaced complete stress fractures of the tarsal navicular.
Case series or reports from Ostlie, Alfred, Murray, Towne, Goergen, Ariyoshi, Miller and Ting all reported a 100 percent success rate when utilizing at least six weeks of non-weightbearing management.1,16-22 The data also strongly reaffirms that weightbearing rest or limited activity as a conservative treatment often leads to an unsuccessful outcome including: delayed union or nonunion, re-fracture, fracture progression or recurrence of symptoms.1,5,11,12,15,23,24
Weighing Surgical Versus Conservative Management
However, it appears that current management of this injury more frequently utilizes surgical intervention both as a first-line treatment or following failed treatment with conservative weightbearing management due to pressure on both the athlete and the physician to have the athlete return more quickly to competition.5,15
In a retrospective review in 2000, Saxena and colleagues studied 22 patients who sustained navicular stress fractures during athletic activity.26 For the nine patients who underwent ORIF, the average return to activity was 3.1 months. For the 13 patients treated with conservative care, the average return to activity was 4.3 months. The authors suggested that surgical intervention will decrease the amount of time for an athlete to return to his or her activity level prior to injury.
However, the most recently reported data by Saxena and colleagues in 2006 demonstrated no significant difference between surgical and conservative management for navicular stress fractures when it came to return to activity.27 According to the prospective study, patients with type 1 navicular stress fractures received non-operative treatment while patients with type 2 and type 3 injuries received ORIF. The return to activity for patients with type 1 injuries was 3.8 months whereas the return to activity for patients with type 2 fractures and type 3 fractures was 3.7 months and 4.2 months respectively.
In support of this view, Burne and colleagues found the clinical outcome of alternative therapies inferior to that which is reported for cast immobilization.5 These authors found "limited evidence to support surgical intervention as a first line of management" and suggested that the large variance in different surgical approaches "may reflect a lack of consistently satisfactory outcomes."
Reviewing The Findings From A Recent Meta-Analysis
A recent meta-analysis by Torg identified 313 tarsal navicular stress fractures in 23 reports in the peer-reviewed literature.7 Seventy of the 73 fracture patients (96 percent) initially treated with non-weightbearing cast immobilization for six weeks had a successful outcome with return to activity in an average of 4.9 months. Seventeen of the 22 patients (77 percent) treated with non-weightbearing cast immobilization for less than six weeks had a successful outcome with return to activity in an average of 3.7 months. Only 41 of the 92 (44.5 percent) patients initially treated with weightbearing rest and/or cast immobilization experienced a successful outcome with return to activity in an average of 5.7 months. Fifty-four of 66 patients (82 percent) with initial surgical treatment had a successful outcome with return to activity in an average of 5.2 months.
Comparing the modes of treatment, the authors found no statistically significant difference between non-weightbearing conservative treatment and surgical intervention.7 Patients treated with non-weightbearing conservative therapy experienced more successful outcomes (96 percent versus 44 percent) than patients treated with weightbearing conservative therapy. There was no statistically significant difference between non-weightbearing conservative management and surgical fixation regarding successful outcome or the time to return to activity.
Torg and colleagues further analyzed and compared the effectiveness of non-weightbearing treatment with surgical intervention as secondary treatment modalities following failed weightbearing management.7 Although this particular analysis had limited value because of the small numbers, there was no statistically significant difference between the treatment methods.
Case Study: Treating A Football Player Who Has Exacerbated Foot Pain When Making Cuts
A 16-year-old high football player received a referral to our office from his athletic trainer. The patient had pain in his left foot that had been present for three weeks but denied any trauma to the foot. The wide receiver said his pain was exacerbated when making cuts or coming out of his route.
Upon performing the physical examination, we noted no swelling or erythema over the dorsum of the foot. However, he did have point tenderness over the central aspect of the navicular. Hopping on the affected foot reproduced his pain.
Plain radiographs were unremarkable. We subsequently obtained a technetium labeled bone scan, which demonstrated increased uptake in the left midfoot. A MRI demonstrated a stress reaction within the central third of the left navicular.
The patient wore a short leg cast and was non-weightbearing for six weeks. After cast removal, the patient wore a walking boot for an additional two weeks. He resumed jogging eight weeks after the initiation of his treatment and was able to return to football later in the same season with complete resolution of his symptoms. The patient remained pain free at the most recent follow-up visit.
In Conclusion
The recent literature suggests that patients with navicular stress fractures are undergoing surgery or they are receiving conservative weightbearing management as a first-line treatment option with the expectation that they will return to their activity more quickly.5,26,27 Although surgical treatment seems increasingly common, it remains largely underreported in the literature.
Patients treated with non-weightbearing cast immobilization for six weeks should expect a successful outcome in over 90 percent of cases and a return to activity in approximately five months.7 First-line surgical treatment resulted in successful outcomes in only 82 percent of cases. Conservative non-weightbearing management is the standard of care for initial treatment of both partial and complete stress fractures of the tarsal navicular.7 Conservative weightbearing treatment is never recommended for navicular fractures and surgical intervention is reserved for failed conservative treatment.
Dr. Fowler is a fourth-year resident within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Dr. Gaughan is an Associate Professor of Physiology and the Director of the Biostatistics and Consulting Center at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Dr. Boden is board certified in sports medicine and orthopedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He is in private practice in Rockville, Md.
Dr. Torg is an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He is in private practice at the Orthopaedic Center in Rockville, Md.
For further reading, see "Key Insights For Treating Navicular Stress Fractures" in the October 2008 issue of Podiatry Today or "How To Detect And Treat Running Injuries" in the May 2005 issue.
1. Towne LC, Blazina ME, Cozen LN. Fatigue fracture of the tarsal navicular. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1970 Mar;52(2):376-8. 2. Coris EE, Lombardo JA. Tarsal navicular stress fractures. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Jan 1;67(1):85-90. 3. Khan KM, Brukner PD, Kearney C, Fuller PJ, Bradshaw CJ, Kiss ZS. Tarsal navicular stress fracture in athletes. Sports Med. 1994 Jan;17(1):65-76. 4. Brukner P, Bradshaw C, Khan KM, White S, Crossley K. Stress fractures: A review of 180 cases. Clin J Sport Med. 1996 Apr;6(2):85-9. 5. Burne SG, Mahoney CM, Forster BB, Koehle MS, Taunton JE, Khan KM. Tarsal navicular stress injury: Long-term outcome and clinicoradiological correlation using both computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Sports Med. 2005 Dec;33(12):1875-81. 6. Bennell KL, Malcolm SA, Thomas SA, Wark JD, Brukner PD. The incidence and distribution of stress fractures in competitive track and field athletes. A twelve-month prospective study. Am J Sports Med. 1996 Mar-Apr;24(2):211-7. 7. Torg JS, Moyer J, Gaughan JP, Boden BP. Management of tarsal navicular stress fractures: Conservative versus surgical treatment: A meta-analysis. Am J Sports Med. 2010 May;38(5):1048-53. 8. Mann JA, Pedowitz DI. Evaluation and treatment of navicular stress fractures, including nonunions, revision surgery, and persistent pain after treatment. Foot Ankle Clin. 2009 Jun;14(2):187-204. 9. Golano P, Farinas O, Saenz I. The anatomy of the navicular and periarticular structures. Foot Ankle Clin. 2004 Mar;9(1):1-23. 10. Jones MH, Amendola AS. Navicular stress fractures. Clin Sports Med. 2006 Jan;25(1):151,8, x-xi. 11. Torg JS, Pavlov H, Cooley LH, Bryant MH, Arnoczky SP, Bergfeld J, et al. Stress fractures of the tarsal navicular. A retrospective review of twenty-one cases. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1982 Jun;64(5):700-12. 12. Khan KM, Fuller PJ, Brukner PD, Kearney C, Burry HC. Outcome of conservative and surgical management of navicular stress fracture in athletes. eighty-six cases proven with computerized tomography. Am J Sports Med. 1992 Nov-Dec;20(6):657-66. 13. Potter NJ, Brukner PD, Makdissi M, Crossley K, Kiss ZS, Bradshaw C. Navicular stress fractures: Outcomes of surgical and conservative management. Br J Sports Med. 2006 Aug;40(8):692,5; discussion 695. 14. Roper RB, Parks RM, Haas M. Fixation of a tarsal navicular stress fracture. A case report. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1986 Sep;76(9):521-4. 15. Fitch KD, Blackwell JB, Gilmour WN. Operation for non-union of stress fracture of the tarsal navicular. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1989 Jan;71(1):105-10. 16. Ostlie DK, Simons SM. Tarsal navicular stress fracture in a young athlete: Case report with clinical, radiologic, and pathophysiologic correlations. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2001 Sep-Oct;14(5):381-5. 17. Alfred RH, Belhobek G, Bergfeld JA. Stress fractures of the tarsal navicular. A case report. Am J Sports Med. 1992 Nov-Dec;20(6):766-8. 18. Murray SR, Reeder M, Ward T, Udermann BE. Navicular stress fractures in identical twin runners: High-risk fractures require structured treatment. Phys Sportsmed. 2005 Jan;33(1):28-33. 19. Goergen TG, Venn-Watson EA, Rossman DJ, Resnick D, Gerber KH. Tarsal navicular stress fractures in runners. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1981 Jan;136(1):201-3. 20. Ariyoshi M, Nagata K, Kubo M, Sonoda K, Yamada Y, Akashi H, et al. MRI monitoring of tarsal navicular stress fracture healing--a case report. Kurume Med J. 1998;45(2):223-5. 21. Miller JW, Poulos PC. Fatigue stress fracture of the tarsal navicular. A case report. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1985 Aug;75(8):437-9. 22. Ting A, King W, Yocum L, Antonelli D, Moynes D, Kerlan R, et al. Stress fractures of the tarsal navicular in long-distance runners. Clin Sports Med. 1988 Jan;7(1):89-101. 23. Dennis L, Lombardi CM. Stress fracture of the tarsal navicular: Two unusual case reports. J Foot Surg. 1988 Nov-Dec;27(6):511-4. 24. Helstad PE, Ringstrom JB, Erdmann BB, Jacobs PM, Julsrud ME. Bilateral stress fractures of the tarsal navicular with associated avascular necrosis in a pole vaulter. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1996 Nov;86(11):551-4. 25. Bojanic I, Pecina MM. Conservative treatment of stress fractures of the tarsal navicular in athletes. Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot. 1997; 83(2):133-8. 26. Saxena A, Fullem B, Hannaford D. Results of treatment of 22 navicular stress fractures and a new proposed radiographic classification system. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2000 Mar-Apr;39(2):96-103. 27. Saxena A, Fullem B. Navicular stress fractures: A prospective study on athletes. Foot Ankle Int. 2006 Nov;27(11):917-21.


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Dear Statalist,
I have been reading your suggestions in the stata.com and they are very useful. Thank you very much for your suggestions.
Well I am trying to determine number of events (total number of contracts) in a month for a given year to date/month data.
Now the categories are Active, Pending (contract signed date to contract end date) and Sold.
When a House is signed for contract till the contract is closed, it's in "Pending" state.
Once the contract is closed, house is considered to be in "Sold" state.
When a house comes to market, it's called Active.
The number of houses which are in pending state are carry forwarded to next month's data, so I need to include in to the next months count also.
I was trying to do is, to find out number of houses which are in "active", "pending" and "sold" states, in a month. I have year to month data, with contract signed date and contract end date.
I need to read the raw data which has all the date and generate a excel sheet with above stats.
Ex: House "A" is active on 1st of Aug 2012. Then contract was signed on it on "3rd Aug 2012" and contract ended on "10th Aug 2012" and went to Sold state from "11th Aug 2012". The program which we were having is just showing number of active house on starting and ending of the month. In this case we are missing "houses which went to Pending" state, which I am trying to achieve now.
If another House "B" went to Active to Pending and remained in Pending till end of the month, it should carry forward to next month's count and another house "C" went from Active to Pending in Sept, then Pending houses count in Aug should be 2 (house A and B) and in Sept should be 2(house B and C).
Could you please help me and I would be very grateful for your suggestions.
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(puppy love.)
i remember standing beside you at the edge of the world
hand in hand you turned to me and said we should jump
i said i'm not one for suicide and you said it's not suicide
it's romantic.
you thought there was nothing more romantic than two lovers
choosing when and where and why and how they want to die
i was never afraid of heights nor commitment
but looking down on the jagged rocks below
the bubbling water crashing and the face of death
i realized in that moment i was afraid of both
and to think this was what i loved most about you
the way you dragged me through chaos
like a hand pulling me through a packed concert
to the front of the stage
where the music was so loud our ears bled
and the lights were so bright we went blind
but we were content to feel the vibrations
and our hands touching the feet of gods
you took your shirt off and threw it at them
standing there in your leopard-print bra i remembered
that you were never one to take anything seriously
your best and worst quality
one of those times you pulled too hard
and my arm came out of its socket
you dragged it around for hours
before you thought to look behind you
to see i was gone and i wasn't just gone
i was walking in the opposite direction
it's not addiction
how do you explain it?
you do something
and you do it
and you keep doing it
until it stops being fun
but with addiction you escape
with this
i just walked away
there were no withdrawal symptoms
like a cold haze
like that scene in Fargo
where everything is just white
i erased it all
the scratches on my back healed
i was no martyr
and you were no angel
we were just young and reckless
and in love
stupid love
puppy love
the kind that needs constant attention
and pisses on the floor when you're not paying attention
and we left the door open
maybe intentionally
and it ran away
surprise, surprise
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Dredge fans take it to the streets
Dredge fans such as Ryan Susa (shown here at left) have begun taking to the streets in an effort to get signatures on a petition calling for a study of dredging the Rivanna Reservoir.
"We want to make sure that government keeps its word and does a study that's unbiased," said Susa Friday night as he chatted up the cause, in this case with Fridays After Five-goer Veronica Price-Thomas.
Already, charges of bias have been roiling a community that finds itself seemingly committed to a $143 million consultant-driven water plan that's supposed to supply 50 years of water while budgeting nothing for maintenance dredging any of the existing reservoirs. The situation boiled over earlier this month when first the Charlottesville City Council and then the Albemarle Supervisors passed resolutions demanding that the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority commission a study of dredging the Rivanna Reservoir as well as bolstering conservation efforts.
"For me it's personal," says Susa, who moved to Charlottesville from Hawaii about three years ago, "because I'm environmentally conscious, and I love hiking in Ragged Mountain."
The $143 million proposal would not only clear-cut 180 acres of trees in the environmentally sensitive Ragged Mountain Natural Area for a new reservoir that would sprawl all the way to Interstate 64, it would only supply sufficient water if a new pipeline and pumping stations were built to pump millions of gallons of water uphill each day.
Supporters contend that the project would reduce the strain on the Moorman's River and benefit the Buck Mountain Creek area by creating new forests as part of an over $7 million environmental damage "mitigation" plan.
The embattled Authority has steadfastly refused to second-guess its decision to ignore dredging. But the two local governments are now well aware that the consultants, Pennsylvania-based Gannett Fleming, may have overestimated the difficulties and costs of dredging–- which environmentalists agree is the least damaging way to bolster water supplies. After dismissing dredging as a viable option, the company landed a $3.1 million contract to design the new dam at Ragged Mountain.
Authority director Tom Frederick has long defended the process, but in recent months a diverse array of people–- starting with a group of mostly ex-officials called Citizens for a Sustainable Water Supply–- have begun requesting less damaging alternatives. The local chapter of the Sierra Club threw its support to exploring dredging in April, followed later that month by electronics mogul Bill Crutchfield. More recently, three of the four most recently departed City Councilors got together on radio to say they'd been duped when they green-lighted the then-unpriced long-term water supply scheme.
The next skirmish may come June 23. That's the date of the next scheduled meeting of the Authority board, whose members were actively downplaying dredging as recently as March, but that was before private contractors began publicly clamoring for a chance to submit proposals.
Susa says he hopes they get a chance to have their concepts considered. By presstime earlier this week, fellow petitioner Betty Mooney said that "hundreds" of citizens have signed the petitition.
–updated 3:40pm June 17
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I have watched Tom Frederick and taken the time to meet with him on several occasions. My experience is that he is a committed public employee, skillful and experienced. Mr. Frederick faithfully carries out and supports the policies of the Board of The Rivanna and Sewer Authority without interjecting any personal bias. Charlottesville needs and deserves good employees like Mr. Frederick. Policy is defined by the Board and it is they who should be responsible for policy.
I agree with Observer's comments above with the exception of those dealing with Mr. Frederick's character. I know no one's character but my own.
The process has been twisted and maybe the following example will help to explain why.
On April 21, 2008 at a regular city council meeting, a request from O'Connell-Mueller-Tucker-Fern-Gaffney (developer) for the city to grant an easement of 14,060 sq. ft. on city-owned land off Franklin Street near Moore's Creek AT NO COST to provide "wetlands[?]" to mitigate the losses at the future Ragged Mountain Expansive Reservoir under I-64. The council was told to direct all questions to Judith Mueller, the city's director of Public Works. It seems the request came from Mrs. Mueller while wearing her hat as a director of RWSA, but the recommendation to council came from Mrs. Mueller while wearing her hat as city employee. She could not ask for the deed without cost, then turn around and recommend a charge. Knowing no one else to consult, council passed the measure without discussion, then voted to fore-go the second reading of the measure by staff's recommendation to hurry up, thereby getting it off their desk. Mr. Huja did ask what was the value of the property and was told by another staffer that it was virtually worthless. Net result, RWSA got a free easement (county rate payers pay nothing, city rate payers bought it; just keep that Revenue Sharing coming boys)with no demonstrated interest by a council that seems to prefer spending more time giving awards and recognitions.
Good luck on the petition, Mr. Susa, but I'm afraid the people may have to deal with these Louis-Maries with a revolution to get their attention.
Why let the South Fork die and become a stinking swamp of quicksand? Why throw it away? Even if it costs more dollars to save, why destroy more land and pump water UPHILL from a new reservoir? Has anyone calculated the lifecycle cost of PUMPING WATER UPHILL millions of gallons per day for 75 years?
Remember, hydroelectric captures energy from water falling down, so conversely you must burn a pile of coal or nuclear energy to pump it uphill. How green is that? How much does THAT cost? AND DON'T USE TODAY'S ELECTRIC RATES....JUST LIKE OIL AND FOOD, THE NEXT BIG ENERGY STORY WILL BE ELECTRIC RATES!
The City and County have both indicated their desire to investigate dredging. Everyone agrees that dredging is necessary. Enough already....
Here's a link to the audio of the Hamilton-Lynch-Schilling show on WINA: http://www.wina.com/page.php?category_id=361&item_id=28050
Mr. Frederick, executive director of RWSA, has listed the myriad of topics concerning dredging that need to be studied by a consultant, indicating just how much information the decision-makers did not have when they decided upon the current proposal that was obviously nothing but the result of brain-storming: http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2008/06/rwsa... contains a link to this powerful memo with an exhausting list of no-know-about items. It's strange to see the number of people in this university town that feel the RWSA has taken a real stab at problem-solving.
It will also be interesting if RWSA decides to appoint PEC and NC to the talk force.


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When I was in Massachusetts last month, I gained roughly six pounds in 3 weeks. There is just something about going home--- I crave the flavors and food rituals of my childhood. There is no home like the taste of home. Right? Sadly for my waistline, one of those tasty rituals is Friendly's.
Every kid in New England grew up with Friendly's. It's the Dairy Queen of the North, if you will. Started in 1935, it was founded not far from my home town and is a staple of small town New England life. It was also where I worked as a "soda jerk" (making ice cream and drinks) for a year when I was in high school. Friendly's is a definite ritual from my childhood and contributed mightily to the expansion of my vacation waist line. While in MA, we were heading to Friendly's after dinner 3-4 nights a week for something along the lines of a hot fudge sundae with their famous Buttercrunch ice cream.
I do enjoy sharing the same "go for ice cream" custom with my kids here in Houston. We often have a casual Saturday dinner out and then take the kids for treat. It's usually not a sundae though, more like a frozen yogurt at Swirll on West Gray. I have long lamented my inability to partake in the cold, after dinner treat ritual within the boundaries of my own neighborhood. I really dislike the fact that some weekends fro-yo is the only reason we get in the car. (Now, I know there are sno-balls/raspas available and a growing amount of baked goods, but I am talking about low sugar/low fat because I simply cannot gain 2 lbs a week, every week, forever.)
Looks like this is about to change and my griping will come to an end. Window peeking on 19th Street yesterday, I noticed a friendly, colorful sign where Dessert Shoppe used to be. It's for... wait for it... wait for it... a frozen yogurt shop! Giddly with excitement, I pulled in to the parking lot to see if I could get some scoop.
Looks like the Heights will be the newest addition to a chain of frozen yogurt shops called "Menchie's." I know. Chain. Eh. Still, I'd rather spend my fro-yo allowance at a shop in the Heights, which may employ some Heights area high schoolers (they're hiring now), than at a fro-yo chain in River Oaks. And I can save gas and work the treat off by walking!
One of the reasons we chose Swirll over places like the BerriPop on Washington is that at Swirll you pick your flavor, administer your own toppings and pay by weight. The smallest mandatory serving at some shops is still too much for my small kids. My older son, while capable of eating a large quantity of dessert, eats so slooooow that we have to give him a very small amount just to avoid being there for 2 hours. From the info on their website, Menchie's is going to work the same way. You pick, mix, top, weigh and pay.
Of course, you know I wish this was a local shop but it may actually be locally owned. The franchise owner may be some savvy Heights resident who didn't know a ton about frozen yogurt, but knew the neighborhood was missing it as an option. He or she searched on line, found a franchise that wasn't common around these parts and invested. Are you out there, new Menchie's owner? Tell us more!


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Game 1: Alvernia - 7, Farmingdale State - 2
Game 2: Farmingdale State - 5, Manhattanville - 4
Clermont, Fla. - The Farmingdale State softball team went 1-1 on Tuesday afternoon at the NTC Softball Complex to stand at 2-2 overall. The Rams fell in their first game of the day to Alvernia 7-2, followed by a 5-4 win against Manhattanville.
In the game against Alvernia, Farmingdale was down 2-0 in the second inning before allowing another run in the third and three runs in the fifth. The Rams got back two runs in the top of the seventh but would fall 7-2, leaving 10 runners on base in the loss.
Against Manhattanville and down 1-0 after a homerun, Farmingdale State evened the score in the top of the fourth as freshman first baseman Tori Tedeschi (Levittown, N.Y.) scored on an error by the third baseman. The Rams added one more in the fifth with a sacrifice fly to right by Tedeschi to score junior outfielder Michelle Mongiello (Elmont, N.Y.) from third for the 2-1 lead.
Manhattanville jumped ahead 3-2 with two runs off two hits and an error in the bottom of the fifth. Farmingdale State's Michelle Monaco knocked in two runs with a single to recapture the lead, 4-3, scoring sophomore catcher Meagan Anderson (Patchogue, N.Y.) and junior outfielder Sam Johrden (Deer Park, N.Y.).
In the seventh, the Rams added an insurance run for the 5-3 advantage, which would be needed in the bottom of the inning as they allowed a run but held on for the win.
Monaco finished 2-for-3 with 2 RBI's and a walk and freshman second baseman Victoria D'Alessandro (Massapequa, N.Y.) went 2-for-2 at the plate. Junior pitcher Taylor Webb (West Babylon, N.Y.) improved to 2-0 over seven innings with six K's and just two walks.
With six games left to play in Florida, Farmingdale State next faces Lakeland College on Thursday, March 13th at 9:00 a.m. and Becker College at 3:00 p.m.


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'IT sector inclination will skew learning process' - ISB Admissions Director
AICTE recognition is not relevant to a school with global aspirations but still ISB will abide with the law of the land, assures Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad's Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Mr Ranga Rao. In an exclusive interview, Mr Rao downplays the
How much has ISB achieved in its 5 years?
What we have achieved depends on what we set out to do. The most fundamental premises would be of having a globally comparable business school education, as good as it would be in any part of the world. We have a model where we get faculty from the best B-schools all over the world and partner with schools like Wharton, Kellogg and LBS in terms of in designing the curriculum and updating the electives. We try to get the best from different geographies and put it all at one location.
Secondly, we offer concentration and not specializations because leaders cannot really specialize; they need to have an overall global perspective. In that sense we have been able to connect with several sectors like real estate, retail, et cetera. Thus we are connected with the demand and supply scenario.
Thirdly, we have begun seeing diversity of students a key thing at ISB. Why is diversity important? It's not about variety, but about making the learning experience as diverse and complete as possible. Thus we select students who have the learnability, 'teamability' and 'leadability' – the three abilities – and judge what they would bring to the class and what value addition they can get to a study group having a woman manager, an entrepreneur, a doctor or an IT professional. Then we see what these students would take away from the experience.
Taking away is depends not on what you bring to the table but what the other students bring to the table. Such groups then look at problems such as logistics or marketing in a compact and all round view. Thus what you get in the end is like a very well cooked dish with all the flavors and tastes.
Fourth, we are among the top four institutes in the world taking the highest GMAT scores. Our average had actually gone up to 714 but then we realized that GMAT scores are just one part of our learning model, the analytical skills of an individual. We wanted to concentrate on other aspects such as diversity and avoid taking only engineers and IT professionals. When I go for presentations (to prospective applicants) and ask how many of them are engineers, around 90 pc of them raise their hands. When I ask how many are from Infosys, around 99 pc hands go up.
As a matter of fact this set an alarm bell ringing a few years back. If we were to incline towards IT and numbers-oriented individuals then we probably would skew the learning process. We want to maintain the diversity of the class, otherwise we could have had a separate class for TCS or Infosys employees.
We have 25 pc women students and that is a great thing in the Indian context. Quantitatively 25 pc is close to the 35 pc in the rest of the world. We are looking for more women to join ISB. The number of entrepreneurs at ISB has increased significantly over the years. We admitted 10 doctors this year compared to 6 in the previous year.
If you see our vision statement we have three key components. Firstly we want to be globally ranked, second component is to be research driven and third component is to be independent. People ask me how ISB compares itself to the Indian Institutes of Management and frankly I don't answer that because we all are very different. But we feel very gratified – I hope I am not sounding pompous – when IIM Ahmedabad, which has a PGP-Executive program, says on its website that their course can be compared to the one-year course at ISB. They are a 40 to 50 year old premium institute and they mentioning that they want to be compared to a five-year-old institute is a great feeling for us.
Do you think you are losing applicants to the IIMs' PGP Executive courses?
No I don't think we are, because of the lead start that we had. I think we have established ourselves as a brand and the pull is so much that the number of applicants has gone up by 32 pc this year. The variety of applicants has increased and today the highest number among GMAT takers from India comes to ISB. Five years back the majority went to Harvard, Kellogg, or Wharton. Today ISB is the first preference for most Indian GMAT takers, wherever they are in the world. f we analyze this we are not losing much to PGPX, though we may be losing people to top global programs in the USA.
What is the change in number of applications you received over the last two years?
We had 2,000 plus applicants the previous year and this year it was 3,000 applicants so an increase of around 32 pc.
How many international students are joining ISB classes?
Our international students who are foreign citizens holding foreign passports went up by a factor of five over last year. But if you look at pure international foreign born foreign passport holding students we had 2 last year and 6 this year, a three-fold increase. I think those numbers are very influential and next year in terms of financial aid we are undertaking something with an international student body called AIESEC. There will be 10 interns from different geographical backgrounds studying at ISB. Secondly we are working with a lot of companies and institutions all over the world, which fund the scholarship to make the program more attractive. One example is of a largest savings bank in Spain which is paying the entire tuition fee along with medical insurance and maintenance. So next year we will have five Spanish students. I am sure that by next year our international students will be at least 10, if not more.
What are the potential future changes to look forward to at ISB?
We will move to 560 participants for which another school will be built. We want to be research driven so we will need to increase our own faculty which is increasing by five every year. We need around 50 or 60 fulltime faculty. The charm of the model will remain in the learning imparted by visiting faculty along with research reports by our permanent faculty. Third, we would be getting in more diversity, more entrepreneurs, more women and more international students. Not for the sake of it but for the learning.
How does your association with Wharton, LSB and Kellogg trickle down to real deliverables to the students?
Kellogg and Wharton initially designed the program whereas the LSB joined in later. The idea was to structure the program to make it very globally relevant and sensitive as possible and focus on emerging markets. LSB, Kellogg and Wharton brought in their respective competencies. The view from their parts of the world on certain domains adds value to the program, which otherwise could have been a very Indian or an Asian program. What I personally feel is that the research done by our faculty, the research done in the centers of excellence in association with Wharton and Kellogg makes the program more connected to business.
How has the admission process at ISB evolved in the last two years?
As I mentioned earlier diversity is one thing we have begun looking at very seriously. The admission process is now online. We have better essays coming in and the set of questions we ask are very comprehensive.
What is the lowest GMAT score at which ISB refuses to look at the admission form?
Perhaps in the past batches we had people with scores less than 600 but currently everyone has a 600 plus score. But I still wouldn't term it as the cutoff score.
You look for experience in community service in your application. However, the culture of social work does not exist in India. So a lot of individuals try to embellish their resumes with blown up accounts of social work. But what is your advice to people who have not done community service?
I grant it that such a culture doesn't exist in India and we do get a sense of this while checking the applications. I keep telling people repeatedly that it is not like a checklist where we tick-mark on the basis of GMAT scores, community service, et cetera. Secondly, we are not looking for the number of years of community service but the consistency throughout school and college. What we're basically looking for is to see whether they have teamability or whether they naturally like to volunteer. That we check through anything that is consistent, whether participation in cultural activities, sports, community service and so on.
How tough is to place the largest MBA class in India?
Luckily until now there has been no problem. In terms of numbers we have increased from having 145 companies to 200. Also several International companies from various sectors are coming to ISB. It has been no trouble so far for us.
When people talk about one crore salaries, it is totally blown out of proportion. We keep saing that if you come to ISB, come here for the learning and not for the packages offered. Then something like the one crore salary comes in our way but then again it is something we like to play down. We are also very careful in managing expectations. We don't do magic here. We just provide you the platform to empower you. Ultimately how one uses the power is up to them.
What are the main challenges you face while placing such huge batch?
I won't be very competent to answer questions about placements. But I think looking at the composite structure of the class profile, we need to place everyone in his or her preferred domain. At the same time we need to relate the demand and supply factor. All sectors don't pay the same salaries. Some sectors have a boom and lean period. The challenge is also in managing expectations. We check during admission what the expectations of the students are from ISB. Moreover meeting expectations of the recruiters is also a challenge for us.
How easy is it for ISB participants to change their domain immediately after ISB?
It is not easy; after all, it is a very competitive world around. It's about the profile that you bring in and the value addition that you get from the course. For instance, an Army major's competency is logistics. If he can utilize that skill in another domain, he can move very easily. So if the skill sets are not transferable, domain change doesn't really happen. If some engineer who has worked on a shop floor says I want to get into McKinsey, it is tough. It can happen later if he moves into consultancy work for some years.
What is the update on the AICTE recognition bit?
AICTE is important because at the end of the day one has to go by the law of the land. It's our responsibility and we need to relate to what is happening. But our take has always been that we don't come under the purview of AICTE and the definition of education in India. It is not that we are not looking for that recognition, but we believe that today we have positioned ourselves on a global platform. We try to be independent to maintain the flexibility required in the global sense, which would be affected if we were not an independent body. But at the end of the day we will follow what the law has to say.
Do you face any obstacles while arranging for resources because you do not have the AICTE recognition?
Not at all! With due respect to the AICTE, I read a newspaper article that questioned whether the AICTE recognition had helped institutes in any way. Let's look at the top ten institutes in India. Has AICTE helped them? Not necessary, or maybe. That's one way of looking at it.
People talk about the ISO 9000. In my opinion, does it really guarantee you anything? One cannot still be sure even after having the ISO certification. AICTE probably reflects the comfort level of the government but in case of education, the resources and competency come from global sources.
Why is the fees Rs 15 lakhs at ISB?
The visiting faculty module is an important part of curriculum. We need to take care of their expenses. Secondly, we are planning to increase the batch size to 560 so we are building a new school. Two more centres of excellence have to be built. There are a lot of commitments, which need to be fulfilled. But I don't see the fees increasing further. As long as we are providing globally competitive education at one third of the cost, it's a good thing.
What brand value do you see of ISB in the global market?
It is an emerging brand. Whatever we do, we would want to be among the top 20 schools worldwide. Once the AICTE approval is done, we would be featuring in India too. Secondly, for people wanting to do global businesses, wanting to work more with India and carry out research, we would like to be seen as place of choice.
In terms of being positioned like Wharton is for finance or Stanford is for entrepreneurship, we have a long way to go. They have been around since several decades whereas we just started five years ago. But in these five years, we started with entrepreneurship, then analytic finance followed by logistics. Besides we are building a global platform for research. We are trying to tell people what the industry is looking for along with what the world is researching on.


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BEIRUT, LEBANON—As the cost of rocket fuel soared to $630 per gallon Monday, Middle Easterners who depend on the non-renewable propellant to power 10-kilogram rockets have been forced to severely restrict their daily bombing routines, bringing this latest round of fighting to an unexpected halt.
"The way things are going, I won't have any money left over for other necessities, such as anti-aircraft missiles, land mines, and machine guns," said Hezbollah guerrilla Mahmoud Hamoui, who is just one of hundreds of Islamic militants compelled to scale back their killing until rocket-fuel prices return to their pre-2006 levels.
Regions in southern Lebanon and northern Israel, once bursting with the sounds of exploding rockets and air attacks, now lay eerily silent. Even the Gaza Strip, another scene of turmoil, is enduring an unsettling calm.
Since the start of this year, the average Palestinian and Lebanese militant's rocket-fuel consumption has surged from three gallons to 22 gallons per week—second only to Cape Canaveral, FL in propellant consumption.
Experts have warned for months that factors including Hezbollah's insatiable demand for larger rockets, the increased dependence on gas-guzzling car bombs, and the war in the Middle East would all drive up demand for rocket fuel while putting a severe strain on its supply. However, most ignored the threat, finding it difficult to change their way of life.
"I admit I had grown accustomed to waking up every morning, driving my multiple-rocket-launcher to the launching site, and firing one unguided Katyusha rocket after another, even when it wasn't absolutely necessary," Lebanese militia member Omar Cheaib said. "But at these prices, I can't even afford short-range launches over the border. I don't know what to do with myself."
Added Cheaib: "I only hope our leaders do something soon to get life back to normal."
The shortage has also resulted in long lines at military fuel dumps, frustrating citizens trying to purchase as much rocket fuel as they can before prices climb even higher. At a Hezbollah installation outside Sidon, dozens of guerrillas slowly rolled Katyusha rockets in the direction of a holding tank containing the precious propellant.
"I waited for two hours to fill up my Qassam-2 rocket yesterday, and I could only afford half a tank," said Hezbollah militant Amin Hammoud, who admitted to siphoning fuel from other rockets in his neighborhood. "Do you know how fast a Qassam-2 burns through half a tank of rocket fuel? Even if I launched it from An Naqurah, it still wouldn't make the trip to Nahariyya."
"It's sad, but the only thing that's blowing up right now is prices," Hammoud added.
The increase in fuel costs has even prompted the much more powerful Israeli military to suspend wider-scale rocket attacks on public places and completely cut out orphanage bombings, relying instead on targeted precision attacks that kill only seven or eight people at a time.
Experts said that had Mideast citizens made a more conscious effort to reduce their daily bombings by the recommended 15 percent last year, they would still be able to affordably wage war today.
"A helpful list of rocket-fuel-conservation tips was issued by the Lebanese government in early June, but it was virtually ignored," Beirut Arab University environmental studies Professor Farid Issa said. "It suggested taking public transportation to the border to launch missiles, or simply gunning down Israelis with AK-47s. Instead, Hezbollah members chose to fire rockets from the convenience of their own backyards, as if rocket fuel grew on trees."
The unexpected jump in prices has many Islamic militants asking themselves for the first time whether the price they pay for rocket fuel is worth the price further paid by a handful of Zionists.
"The possibility that the world may run out of rocket fuel has left us radicals wondering if our children, or our children's children, will enjoy the same level of militancy," said Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who feared that if the crisis continues, it could eventually spell the restoration of Middle Eastern infrastructure and prosperity, renewed relations with neighboring countries, and a "worst-case-scenario peace gridlock."
"Now the question becomes: What can we do to prevent this from ever happening?" Nasrallah said. "None of us want to live in a world in which we have to give up driving Israel into the sea, but we must face reality."
According to reports, Hezbollah is considering investing in an experimental new technology, still in its theoretical stages, that uses the clean-burning, inexpensive, yet highly combustible element hydrogen.


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The original Fuller Paints building façade was left virtually intact. The modernist metal 2 story 'cap' is placed on top of the original 4 story building creating a very unique character that both preserves the area's culture while providing modern, dense and colorful city living . Two roof gardens, a walkway system and courtyard allow pedestrians to flow throughout the building, creating a sense of community for the inhabitants. The atrium courtyard was introduced into the heart of the building to provide natural lighting and send breezes through the interior. Heat pumps provide heating and cooling and low-flow water devices and xeriscape gardens keep water consumption low.
The mixed-use revitalization of the 85 year-old building is a cornerstone in the renewal of the entire neighborhood. The 158,000 square foot project offers 102 live-work spaces in addition to commercial and retail areas on the ground floor. A new train station is also nearby. Originally intended to be low-income housing by the original developer (who was also the partner Architect Lawrence Scarpa), the economic downturn put the project in limbo. New developers turned the lofts into a contemporary industrial space clearly aimed for young working professionals who want to live near downtown.


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Megan Fox's departure from the next "Transformer" movie has the key principles jumping to claim it was their idea.
Much like the end of a seventh-grade relationship, Fox, Paramount and director Michael Bay are all going for the "I broke up first" line.
Fox's departure gives us all hope that the third "Transformers" will be something actually worth watching -- Shia LaBeouf even admitted the last one was pretty bad and promised to do better the next time.
But let's dissect the different reasons given for the parting of ways.
1) The studio and Michael Bay want a new love interest: This was the word from Variety.com, which initially broke the news that Paramount had decided not to pick up Fox's option for the third movie.
As Variety said, Paramount and Bay "want to take the storyline in another direction." Hopefully this direction will include acting ability as well as good looks.
2) Megan Fox wanted to leave: Fox's people quickly got on the horn to People.com to let the world know that it was actually Fox's idea to leave. "It was her decision not to return," reps told the website. "She wishes the franchise the best."
Take that Paramount.
3) Fox and Bay had a bad vibe: This was clear when Fox compared Bay to Hitler in a British magazine. Paramount execs stressed that this had nothing to do with the decision.
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Either way world, prepare for a Fox-less "Transformers." Not to worry, you'll have plenty of time to work through it. It's set to open July 1, 2011.


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By Melisa Hardie, Amanda Redfoot and Carol Nelson | Auburn University
Food trucks have become a familiar sight around the country and have recently emerged as popular dining options for those on Auburn University's campus.
The first trucks arrived on campus last year, and Tiger Dining continues to work to bring new options to campus. Current campus food trucks include Tex's Tacos, featuring Tex-Mex cuisine, and local favorite Momma Goldberg's; others, like Kona Ice and Honeysuckle Gelato, continue to make trips to Auburn seasonally or for special events. The newest addition, Munch Food Truck, offers a fresh and healthy Asian menu. Another Tex's Taco permanent venue at Terrell Food Court opens this month with an expanded menu and late night hours.
"With the growing popularity of 'street food' nationwide, the university recognized multiple opportunities for Tiger Dining to better serve students by increasing points of sale and decreasing lines," said Jon Waggoner, interim director of dining services. "We wanted to create the exciting, healthy options that student feedback was indicating as a central demand and concern."
The food trucks are part of Tiger Dining's response to student demand for faster service times and increased variety of food options on campus.
"It started as somewhat of an experiment with different food options and space and turned into an extremely popular commodity," said Gina Wells, Tiger Dining marketing manager. "First instinct drove us to reach out to trucks that were already successful in their home base and already had a great following. We then used our current knowledge of the traffic flow, class breaks and other known research on the campus to derive where they should be located and the best hours of operation for our customers."
Waggoner said that one of their main goals is to encourage the social engagement of students, contributing to the "Living Learning Community" model, by providing popular, healthy options on campus and enabling students to return to studying more quickly, allowing them to enjoy the overall on-campus experience.
Tiger Dining created the name, Tiger Traxx, to represent the food trucks and they are regularly working to bring new variety and value to campus. Under the name Tiger Traxx, students, faculty and staff can follow the trucks on Facebook, Twitter and the dining app, which is part of the official Auburn University app, to access hours, locations and specials.
"The Tiger Traxx food trucks are always being updated in an effort to continuously provide new variety and value," Wells said. "We're always looking into the possibility of bringing new trucks on campus and welcome any suggestions that students may have or any food truck owners who are interested in approaching us to discuss their concepts. This spring semester we welcome a new Asian concept within a food truck called Munch, which offers a variety of fresh and healthy cuisine with choices like a Thai cucumber salad, veggie potstickers and a popular favorite, the bim bim bap – a rice bowl with pork, chicken or tofu and served with mushrooms, kimchi, bean sprouts, onion and topped with a poached egg."


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Taste of China: The hottest ticket in town
Happy diners, some of whom waited an hour for a table–- in a town where any wait is unusual–- savor the joy of getting served at Taste of China on Friday, March 12. Even though the Hook's Dave McNair tried to announce back in November that Peter Chang was a celebrated Szechuan chef quietly practicing his craft next to Li'l Dino subs at Albemarle Square Shopping Center, it took a March 1 "Annals of Gastronomy" story by the New Yorker's Calvin Trillin to break open the floodgates. Curiously, he still offers that goofy standard Chinese menu found at literally thousands of chop suey huts (for those terrified of his highly spiced cuisine). On a reporter's recent visit, he saw the overworked owner handing off the telephone to customers to handle the incoming inquiries, but the funniest part is what everyone who takes a queue ticket was told: "20 minutes."
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I love the ridiculous Gas log. If you don't have any plans for this weekend, well maybe we could make some.
St. Halsey you speak of Charlottesville in general.
Free Tibet!
"This thread is ridiculous."
-welcome to C'ville Col.
stumbled in yesterday for an early dinner. YUM! Definitely a different experience -- our dishes were tasty and LIGHT, subtle and sublime! Yes, a little disorganized, but the staff was friendly and attentive, not too long a wait (for us: can't say about the diners who came in behind us who had a much longer wait) but I enjoyed people watching and not being part of a corporate feedlot-style restaurant. I'll go back again and again, though definitely at 'off' times.
What did you have?
Love it or leave it "CC"...
Oh Gas log. I know transliteration can be hard, but Niu Pai is a much closer to the actual pronunciation. Silly me, I just can't help loving you more for that. Maybe I shouldn't have told you about my weakness, my heart is so at your mercy now.
Reality Check - I guess I will see. What I noticed at the time is that the real deal is usually very simple and was never as loaded with the sauces. It was good, wholesome, and simple, and depending on what region the chef felt like exploring, varied levels of hotness.
Obviously the Chinese have their banquette food as well. I guess I will find out where Taste of China fits.
In the time I was in Japan I always appreciated that what was the fare at home generally was the fare elsewhere, including in Tea Houses. But the Japanese definitely liked many Western things like hamburgers. They just used very high quality beef.
Before the sudden publicity, the service was always great, and never hurried. Now, both the kitchen and wait staff are overwhelmed. That's certainly understandable. If those who want to try it wait a little while, hopefully the furor will die down a bit. There's an ad in Craigslist for wait staff, so they're going to be training new people.
This is not the place to be ordering eggrolls and wonton soup, unless it's for your kids. Stick with what the chef is passionate about and you'll have an incredible meal. When we started going there, we'd let the waiter choose our food (that was when the waiters actually had the time to hang out and discuss the food).
This restaurant works best for people who are seeking Chinese food that's different from what they normally eat in Cville. If you're normally okay with Chinese buffets, or are usually only as adventurous as Kung Pao Chicken, then this place might disappoint you.
Caesonia, you'd love Taste of China. It's the real deal.
I heard the same thing, Stu R. Chang has a history of leaving his restaurants more than capable of continuing to put out very good food. People in Knoxville and outside Atlanta still rave about the places he cooked there. I'm hopeful that Taste of China will continue to put out excellent food of which Chang would be proud.
Ate there for the second time tonight. Arrived early, so the wait was not bad. My snap judgement: there is some food being cooked here the likes of which I have never had, which is very exciting. That said, it's not MY favorite kind of eating. There's a lot of heat and salt, and while the heat is often complex and pretty interesting, this is the kind of place I'd like to check out a few times a year. (But yes, it is miles better than any other chinese place I've been in town.) There is clearly a chef in the kitchen.
From what I understand traditional Szechuan food is lots of boiling hot peppers in oil. Sounds dangerous.
Calvin Trillin, and dozens, if not hundreds, of the Don Rockwell folks that track Chang and travel great distances to eat his food would disagree, butterfry.
We had Broccoli Beef Szechaun and the pork with cabbage and sprouts special, it wasn't very special.
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Chicken chow mein? LOL.
Was it good? Yes. Was it worth the wait? No. Was it better than the other Chinese restaurants in Cville? No. Will I ever go back? Doubtful but maybe, if there is zero wait time since our 20 minute wait time turned into 1 hour and 25 minutes. Then the service was THE worst we have ever had in our lives.
I grew up eating most Asian cuisines in Hawaii and this is the best Chinese food in C'ville by far, except for the fake crab in the seafood pan-fried noodles. Spicy crispy duck was amazing! The vegetables are crisp and the sauces are not heavy nor greasy. We ordered off the "Chinese" menu rather than the "Americanized" menu (their wording, not mine!) The wait time for dinner is very long (and if you are first in line, don't be surprised if you are put to work answering phones!) but the food is definitely worth the wait. Make sure you aren't starving when you get there and then just enjoy the people-watching until you get your table.
This thread is ridiculous.
I work at University, from China. Taste of China not so good. Not go back soon.
2nd best Chinese food in town, IMO, behind The Dragon Lady on Ivy Rd.
Compare the wonton soup. Ambrosia at DG, dish water from Chang. Compare the duck. Traditional and boned and excellent at DG, but Chang can't bother to de-bone. He slathers on delightful sauce instead, and we battle the bones.
Chank does exceptional fish, if you like seriously hot and spicy. And from the rarity of the fish menu, it appears to be Chinese fish recipes, not the familiar Polynesian.
Feeling like eggplant, I had his chicken and eggplant with ginger & scallion in casserole. Cloud nine. It was superb!
I've eaten in scores of Chinese restaurants but Chang is the first chef I've come across who thought to spice up duck sauce. He could build a reputation on his duck sauce. Necessity was the mother of that invention. His egg role NEEDS a brilliant sauce.
We came in at 7 and had a 20-minute wait. The prices are low. The service was quick and so good we tipped 25%.
I haven't been there yet, but it defiitely sounds like a mixed bag. Maybe those odering the Americanized dishes were the ones who were disappointed. Well, since that is Americanized, I guess so.
I worked for Chinese restaurant many years ago and we all ate as a family every night for dinner. Then I got the real CHinese food and it was very different. I also enjoyed it more.Maybe that's how Taste Of China is.
I wish we had at least one good chinese restaurant out here in the stix. I am envious of you all. I have a wok and a rice cooker and I like to make it myself but would love a good meal served without having to drive 80 miles to the twin cities.
Before the mobs overran China Town in DC, there were loads of places at least as good.
DC's Chinatown has generally been considered something of a touristy joke in foodie circles.
No, my understanding is that the restaurants in DC's Chinatown were generally considered touristy jokes long before the MCI Center arrived. Chinese-born acquaintances said to avoid them altogether.
We DID read The Hook last fall and took friends from DC to enjoy a wonderful meal at Taste of China back then - including a table-visit from chef Chang after a mix-up on one dish. I have a feeling that the chef's tradition of moving location will probably kick in if the frenzy continues, so C'ville will probably not have his talents to kick around for long
@bruce overbite: "can't bother to debone"?! that's AUTHENTIC, not lazy! the CHINESE in CHINA don't debone their duck & chicken!
by your logic, if dragon lady > TOC bc it debones, mcnuggets >>>> everything because not only do they not have any bones, they are processed (the opposite of "not bothering?") so as not to resemble chicken at all.
Ah yes, a vanilla ice for desert. Great idea!
Wait, is Hawes suggesting that the Hook has less of an impact than the New Yorker and the Washingtonian? Perish the thought!
And I bet that Chang doesn't go anywhere near the "goofy" Americanized Chinese dishes.
I mean Ludacris. sorry.
Caesonia, you're correct, however this chef's best dishes are incredibly simple. Many Americanized Chinese restaurants rely on sugar, overuse of hoisin and soy, and "one size fits all" sauces. This chef doesn't.
Order off of the pictures near the entrance. Some of that stuff ain't on the menu! Also, ask the waitstaff for their recommendations.
Let's see... a egg roll, skrimp toast, chicken chow mein and a sprite.
Even fortune cookie was bad (in bed)...
People going to this restaurant expecting to be blown away by the egg rolls and wonton soup are fools and there is no point in trying to argue with their banal point of view. It's like expecting to be blown away by a glass of milk or a TV commercial. Do us all a favor and stay home feasting on the frozen burritos you bought at 7-11.
Those complaining about the service I would hope are discouraged from returning as that will only decrease the wait for those of us who have good taste and can appreciate fine cuisine when it is presented to us.
Different and brilliant aren't the same thing. If an average Chinese restaurant rates a 5 on a scale from 0 to 10, then Taste of China is a solid 7-7.5. Decor and service get a 5.5 It may well be the best Chinese restaurant in town, but that's like thinking the best Sushi joint in Charlottesville is something remarkable in the world of Sushi. In NYC or San Francisco, Taste of China would not stand out. Before the mobs overran China Town in DC, there were loads of places at least as good. I'm not saying it is not enjoyable, just that the hype isn't justified.
I did order the Chef's special, and I was sorry. Been twice, no more. Just because something gets written up doesn't mean we have to follow like lemmings. Good is good, Taste of China is OK at best.
FWIW WBF, 15-20 years ago, before the MCI center was opened, DC's Chinatown hadn't been run over by tourists. Consequently even if there actually were people back then using the somewhat embarrassing word "foodie" to describe themselves it's unlikely that even they would have considered the place to be a "touristy joke." Regardless of that, and touristy joke or not, the point was that there were loads of places at least as good there in the not too distant past and no one made a big fuss over them.
I too would flee a town divided such as this "Cville". Do the townies love/hate the "college school"? Who is eating at the restaurant? (BTW lemmings only make the trip once!)
To all you haters please don't come back- I been eating here for a while and I'm tired of waiting in the new long lines. It was better before the mobs got there and it will get better once all the hiptser foodies who turn up their noses and sniff "I've had better" go back to eating somewhere else.
Sounds nice "Cissy", let's go get sushi and not pay...
Uighur please...
I understand Chef Chang has already left ToC. Too bad if it's true. I'm still trying to confirm, but heard it from a very reliable source. Hopefully he passed on his recipes and techniques to a worthy successor.
Chicken chow mein? No, really.
Try the chop suey.
I went in expecting Chinese food the quality of those Chinese restaurants in China-Town. The food wasn't any better than the other Chinese restaurants in town, and the service was the worst I've seen in Charlottesville.
I'm convinced that those of you who are saying "it's nothing special" are the same people who would argue that the sky is blue. Some people are perpetual dissenters and naysayers, no matter what the conversation. I haven't ordered from the "Americanized" menu, so maybe that isn't anything to write home about, but the two Chef Specials we ordered were among the most special dishes we've ever tasted. The combination and complexity of flavor deserves its write-up in the New Yorker. Comments about the slow service ought not to even be considered valid contributions to the conversation anymore. We know the service is slow, and it's because they were written up in the NEW YORKER. Now that we're prepared for the slow service, we can make sure we're not dying of starvation when we go there, and then we can WAIT.
Not to be a nit-picker, but I am looking out the window at the sky- Right Now and it is gray. Not blue. I would also argue that "Americanized" when applied to a menu is a good thing for "Americans". Just sayin...
I found it some things very good and a couple I wouldn't order again. Would I go back? Yes! Five Spice Tofu was fabulous, lots of subtle flavors. Served hot instead of cold as listed on menu but it would be good hot or cold. Veggie of the day was done to perfection. The seafood combination over pan fried noodles was beautifully presented, generous with seafood and fresh. The fish & cilantro rolls were fantastic. I wouldn't get the scallion pancake again since not enough scallion. I also wouldn't get the squid with kung pao again. The squid were attractively scored so they looked like pine cones but they were very tough. Wine is an airline sized bottle of Gallo but the Chinese beer was great. They were very busy and the staff was coping as best they could and were very nice. The tickets are written in Chinese so if you are dividing up your bills so each person pays separately make sure you get yours written up on a separate ticket. Taste of China is a great addition to C'ville and a definite change for regular Chinese.


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With our end-of-year listing shenanigans in full swing, now seems a prime time to ask the DiS readership: just what is a 'DiS band' in your opinion?
Every music magazine across the ages has had its own acts, by which we're talking about bands that feature strongly and regularly in that magazine or website over any other. Sure, many are covered elsewhere, but they're not as loved, clutched so close to a virtual collective chest and hugged tight, warmth shared. They become synonymous with that publication, perhaps because of a symbiotic relationship, perhaps because said magazine has 'broken' the act in question. Perhaps it simply comes down to an editor's preferences.
DiS has, over the past seven years, been influential in the emergence of a number of domestic acts, from Muse through Biffy Clyro to Foals and Youthmovies. Since its earliest days the site has focused on rock bands, playing to kids like those who wrote the words that filled DiS in its formative stages. Or indie acts, if you'd rather; where the line is, few are sure. Previous Albums of the Year lists have seen high entries from Radiohead, The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Biffy and Muse: the usual suspects so far as particular perceptions would have it.
But are perceptions changing? That's the question we're dangling this week, awaiting DiScussion to enlighten the editorial eyes and ears at the DiSopolis. This year's end-of-year list might feature a number of Big Expected Names, but are they residing in the top ten? Tomorrow and Friday, you'll see. What's a fact is that the acts up for inclusion in our 50 albums of the year are more varied than ever: the inclusion of the likes of Aesop Rock and Clipse, HEALTH and No Age, Panda Bear and Andrew Bird is something that more than likely wouldn't have happened as recently as two years ago, when tastes at the site's core were rather more… conservative. It's refreshing, personally, to see such acts get the democratic nod of approval over Bright Eyes, Biffy Clyro, Queens Of The Stone Age, The White Stripes and Reuben this year… i.e. a slew of would-be 'DiS bands'.
As we move into a new year, and set ourselves new challenges and objectives, it's vital that DiS has an idea of what its readers are clicking their way here to read about: is coverage of acts outside the mainstream of particular appeal, or do the aforementioned heavyweights attract the most attention? Should we be looking at the US underground, plucking the likes of Abe Vigoda and Telepathe out from the mire for your listening pleasure, or are regular readers more interested in reading about bands playing their town before long? It's interesting that recent message board comments suggested that 'DiS bands' could include the likes of Meet Me In St Louis, Rolo Tomassi and Yndi Halda – all UK acts of growing profiles, but hardly big news beyond a small handful of websites and magazines.
Is a 'DiS band' big, or is a 'DiS band' small? Do you think of The White Stripes, Battles, Muse, Radiohead, The Strokes, Daft Punk, Kings Of Leon, et cetera as 'DiS bands', or has the site's highlighting of a select few smaller acts from time to time made them 'DiS bands' in the place of major label alternatives? What do you think of when you think of DiS? Indie rock, straight up, or something refreshing with a twist?
DiScuss, if you'd be so kind…


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Trade Can Help the Poor Escape Poverty
Professor William Easterly, the economic development expert from New York University, has written an excellent comment for the Financial Times online. He writes, "The Millennium Development Goals [summit that wraps up in NY today] tragically misused the world's goodwill to support failed official aid approaches to global poverty and gave virtually no support to proven approaches. … But current experience and history both speak loudly that the only real engine of growth out of poverty is private business, and there is no evidence that aid fuels such growth."
At the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, we have continuously emphasized the power of trade to help the poor escape poverty. Unfortunately, politicians in rich countries find it easier to waste billions of taxpayers' dollars in the form of foreign aid than to take on special interests that thrive on trade protectionism; hence European and American agricultural tariffs and subsidies.
However, the impact of rich countries' protectionism should not be exaggerated. African countries are typically more protectionist than rich countries. In fact, they are more protectionist against one another than against rich countries. The sad truth is that poor countries are perfectly able to shoot themselves in the foot by following growth‐killing economic policies – irrespective of what the rich countries do.
Foreign aid, incidentally, has been ineffective at promoting liberalization.


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The question is, how should we enable that? There is a simple and correct answer, but because many interfaces have opted for a more complex answer let's consider that one first.


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It's time to choose the sci-fi movie Final Four, and the choices have never been tougher. Star Wars has crushed everyone so far, but has it met its match in Arnold Schwarzenegger and Terminator 2? And can anything stop Serenity?
We're down to just eight films vying for a spot in our Final Four. And we've got some truly epic struggles coming up, as our three remaining number one seeds - Star Wars, 2001, and Blade Runner - take on a trio of rousing, crowd-pleasing sequels in Terminator 2, The Empire Strikes Back, and Wrath of Khan. And, in our final match-up, it's a battle of underdogs between Terminator and Serenity. Can James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger slow the Browncoat onslaught, and do what Spider-Man, E.T., and even Back to the Future could not? There's only one way to find out - and that's for you to vote!
There are only four more days left! Here's the remainder of the schedule:
TODAY: Elite Eight
Wednesday, March 30: Final Four
Friday, April 1: Final Four
Monday, April 4: Championship
VOTE RIGHT NOW for the movie you want to win. Polling ends at 11 PM (PST) tonight. Plus check out the updated brackets below!
1. Star Wars Vs. 3. Terminator 2
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey Vs. 2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1. Blade Runner Vs. 2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7. Terminator Vs. 8. Serenity
UPDATE: Here are the latest brackets for your viewing pleasure.


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Fairfield County charities turn to galas to raise funds
Nonprofits use events to raise funds
STAMFORD -- Flowers flown from abroad. Live animals. Goody bags with luxurious gifts. Back in the financial world's heyday in the 1980s and 1990s, fundraising galas in Fairfield County were "hugely extravagant," says Elaine Ubiña, a photographic chronicler of the philanthropic scene with the website Fairfield County Look.
"Hedge funds ... the whole world of finance, everybody was just doing incredibly well and had less regard for the kind of money they were spending on the events," Ubiña said. "They knew there was always somebody who would underwrite" the lavishness of parties.
While the embellishments arranged for galas have been stripped down from years past, that has not meant any slackening in the number of special events put on by charities in Fairfield County and the rest of the greater New York City area.
"The competition is really fierce," said Christopher J. Riendeau, senior vice president of the Stamford Hospital Foundation.
Riendeau said that there are only five ways for nonprofits to raise funds: special events like galas, runs and golf outings; annual giving campaigns; large gifts of $25,000 or more from donors; planned giving in which nonprofits are named in donors' estate plans; and grants given by corporations and foundations.
As major gift-giving has decreased, more regional charities are undertaking special events, Riendeau said.
"The special event dollar, particularly on the corporate sponsorship side, is not infinite," Riendeau said. "It's definitely finite. I worry that we're going to get to this super-saturation point."
According to 2012 data from the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Fairfield County's $1.3 billion in giving ranks it 10th in the nation.
After hearing from donors that they were fatigued about the number of special events they are invited to, Stamford Hospital decided against having more than three special events, Riendeau said.
The hospital has a black-tie gala, a run/walk/bicycling event, and a golf outing.
The hospital's Dream Ball raised more than $700,000 which is partially earmarked to purchase additional equipment for the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Jack Moffly, co-founder of several lifestyle magazines covering communities including Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan and Darien, said that 50 years ago there would only be one or two galas in the autumn and only one or two galas in the spring.
Now there are two or three galas per week, Moffly said.
The gala season hits high gear in September and doesn't slacken until toward the end of July, he said.
Moffly agrees that corporate money has "dried up to a great extent," and there has been a correlated "enormous increase in the number of galas raising money for nonprofits. Those that are not raising money in that way have gotten on the bandwagon."
Anne Bradner, the Greenwich Historical Society's development director, said now there are so many nonprofits holding fundraising events for their good events that the events either have to be "really beloved" or really new and exciting to be truly successful.
"You can't get away with that tired old warhorse of a fundraiser," Bradner said.
The historical society has a brand in its Antiquarius gala fundraiser, the capstone of the Greenwich Winter Antiques Show and the holiday house tour, Bradner said.
When there was a dip in the antiques market in recent years, the historical society took a break from holding the antiques show and the Antiquarius gala, Bradner said. Instead, the historical society partnered with the Bruce Museum on a special event last year.
Following the market crash in 2008, "a lot of people cut back their giving small and large," Bradner said.
But the historical society, at least, is seeing corporate sponsorships come back.
"People are investing again in good nonprofit causes where they think they have an alignment with their businesses," Bradner said.
"The world changed in 2008," but special events can weather economic downturns, Riendeau said.
Donors will scale back on their participation in the events to what they can afford, he said. For example, a sponsor would take a $5,000 table instead of a $10,000 table.
However, special events are much less extravagant than they were in the past, Bradner said.
According to Bradner, in the 1990s, goody bags with fairly extravagant gifts were donated to be given out to special events attendees. Food is less opulent. Post-recession, decorations are more restrained too.
Now "donors don't want to see you spending the money about" those things, Bradner said.
Charity Happenings, an online social hub for philanthropists, found in a survey from three years ago that a majority, or 46.9 percent of respondents, wanted to see 75 percent of ticket proceeds go to charity. The survey found that 32.8 percent of respondents wanted to see at least 50 percent of ticket proceeds go to charity.
The food served at galas is getting simpler too.
Marcia Selden, the proprietor behind Marcia Selden Catering & Event Planning in Stamford, said that there has been a surge in interest in less fancy food at galas.
Customers want local, sustainable and green food, as well as small tasting plates, she said.
"It's not going to be oozing with sauces and butter and cream," Selden said. "It's going to be much cleaner food and healthy."
Selden has seen some galas have their attendance fall by almost half.
"People get bored with it," she said.
Even as a caterer, Selden said she looks to do new events all the time because of the novelty of working with a new organization and on a new cause.
Ubiña said the locations of parties also have changed as a result of budget-conscious gala organizers.
Instead of having the expense of paying for tents to accommodate hundreds of people, more charities are using country clubs where "it's almost a full-service kind of thing," Ubiña said.
There remains a concentration of events in Greenwich, Moffly said, because "that's where the money is the big money's here and it has panache."
However, Stamford is starting to host more galas because the Hyatt Regency Greenwich is the only venue in Greenwich in which really big events can be held, Moffly said.
Both Bradner and Riendeau said that special events do something for nonprofits than other forms of fundraising cannot do.
Special events create a community of donors around the organizations, remind donors about the nonprofits' missions and introduce new people to the causes, including for annual giving, they said.


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Treasury questions Cullens credibility in what must be a remarkable example of public servants sailing as close to the wind as they dare in criticising the conduct of a Finance Minister.
Bad enough that his projections are shown to be tissue paper thin, he is admonsished for 'not credibly explaining to the public' the rationale behind them.
This paper is the clearest signal yet that the the ridiculous bribe of $1,040 per year for every contributor for ever and ever is an unsustainable joke. Expect a National led government to shut the door to this folly by stopping the bribe for new entrants and by putting in a sunset clause for existing members. I'd guess about ten years.
So, if you want some professional financial advice, here it is. Get in quick while the going is good.
The best bit of the lot is Cullen admitting that he'll have to cut Gummint spending to fund KiwiSlaver. The Gnats and the Antique Media should gobble him up and spit him out.
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***So I have my top lists compiled, I just haven't been able to fully write it out yet. And since I will be in New York for New Year's, my top lists will not be out until I get back. Super sorry! I am super excited for y'all to read it still! And within my mixtapes which I DID finish (phewf) are a lot of my favorites of the year and of the decade! Have a great new years and enjoy the mixtapes! Stay tuned for my top lists within two weeks!***
Alright y'all. This mixtape is pretty sick. Not gonna lie. In it, lies some favorite tracks of mine throughout the decade as well as constantly looped tracks of this year! Unforgettable club hits, street bangers, and undeground smashes! This is a mixtape meant for pre-party, pre-drinking, and pre-PAAAAAAAAAAAAIN! I hope your home/car/headphones has a lot of BASS (how low can you go)!
You will need it.
Download: ATM's – New Year's Eve Mixtape (Link 2)!
*sorry for the bad link! i was away and didn't have time 'til now to replace it! enjoy!*
Playlist after the jump!


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Efficiency of Banks in Pakistan: A Non Parametric Approach
Banks play a vital role in growth and development of an economy through prudent allocation of capital resources and their efficient utilization. This study evaluates efficiency of banking sector of Pakistan, including both conventional and Islamic banking, for the time period 2006-2010 by covering a total of 22 banks; Sample includes 16 Conventional and 6 Islamic banks. Efficiency is measured through frontier non parametric technique of data envelopment analysis based on intermediation approach. During the sample period the banking sector was not much efficient in the year 2009 and the estimated efficiency scores recommend that Islamic banks performed more efficiently during the study period as compared to Conventional banks.
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The creep accused of getting an 11-year-old pregnant wants a court to believe he thought it was his wife the whole time.
And if you don't think this story could get worse -- or more bizarre -- just wait.
The girl was a friend of Michael Lacy's daughter. She was in the house for a sleepover.
West Virginia TV station WSAZ says 36-year-old Lacy -- whose dental hygiene leaves something to be desired by the looks of him -- told police he'd taken Lortab and Xanax the night of the sleepover.
Then he tells the cops he woke up to someone kissing his neck, and figuring it was his wife, he kissed back. Of course he doesn't remember anything else here -- he took all those painkillers.
The girl -- who was a virgin at the time -- is now nine weeks pregnant, and Lacy is facing sexual assault charges.
The horror of the story leads to a host of questions, from where was the mother at this time? Who takes serious narcotics when they're supposed to be in charge of a group of pre-teens? And how did an 11-year-old become pregnant?
Four years ago Britain announced its first official "youngest mother" was a girl who was the same age -- 11.
The world's youngest ever seems to be a 5-year-old Peruvian girl.
Now with puberty striking kids as young as 4 -- and more and more of them -- these sad stories are becoming more common according to researchers.
Girls are being compelled to act the age they look rather than the age they are, and they're often coerced into sexually mature relationships that don't meet their emotional age. Whether it's by a boy their own age closer to their age or an adult, they're being victimized.
Add to it the fact that the presence of a menstrual cycle enables the body to become pregnant, and it's compounding the tragedy of sexual assault with the stigma of being pregnant at such a young age.
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