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Junior (2010-11):
Earned All-American accolades ... Finshed second at the NCAA Fencing Championship ... Collected 21 victories with a +53 scoring index to enter the medal round as the top seed at the NCAA Championship ... Winter Academic All-Ivy League ... Capital One Academic All-District second team ... Went 4-2 at the MIT Eric Sollee Invitational Feb. 6 ... Earned gold with a first place finish at the Northeast Regionals March 13.
Sophomore (2009-10):
Team captain ... Garnered All-America first team honors ... Finished second at the NCAA Championships ... First-team All-Ivy League ... Academic All-Ivy League … Claimed a second-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regionals ... Sported a 15-3 record at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished seventh at 2009 European Championships in Bulgaria ... Won the bronze medal at the Garret Penn State Open.
Freshman (2008-09):
Finished second at NCAA Championships, by winning 21 bouts and scoring 106 touches ... Earned All-America first-team status ... Won the gold medal at NCAA Regionals ... Named first-team All-Ivy League ...Took sixth in epee at Garret Penn State Open ... Posted a 3-0 record against Sacred Heart ... Won all nine matches at the Beanpot ... Finished 11-2 at the Vassar duals ... Went 11-1 at Part I of the Ivy League Championships ... Was named CollegeFencing360.com Fencer of the Week Feb. 11 ... Posted a 6-0 record at the Ivy League Championships, Part II for an overall Ivy mark of 17-1 ... Selected COOP Student-Athlete of the Week Feb. 23 ... Tabbed to CollegeFencing360.com national honor roll March 9.
Accepted to Harvard in 2007, but deferred admittance in order to train for the 2008 Beijing Olympics ... Along with senior Emily Cross, became the first Harvard female fencers and 14th and 15th in Ivy League history to qualify for the Olympics ... Competed for Team Israel, advancing to the round of 32 in the women's individual epee ... Four-time Israel senior's fencing champion (2005-08) ... Three-time Israel junior champion ... 2006 Junior World Cup champion ... Placed seventh in 2008 European Championships ... Won silver medal in 2007 World University Games ... No. 1 ranked world junior epee fencer in 2006 ...Enjoys reading and watching movies in spare time.

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As renewed negotiations get underway between Israelis and Palestinians, it's vital for the success of the endeavor to identify what went wrong in earlier discussions.
Secretary of State John Kerry wisely stressed in his July 30 briefing with Israeli and Palestinian leaders the central aim of "ending the conflict" and he emphasized as well the "end of claims" against Israel. These are basic tenets of any rational definition of peace and would mean, finally, the end of the drive to remove the Jewish state. They would mean genuine acceptance by Palestinian Arabs of the sovereign rights of a Jewish nation in what is an overwhelmingly Muslim-dominated region.
Notwithstanding the many previous signed agreements, hand shakes and photo ops, such acceptance has been largely cosmetic. While Palestinian leaders have endorsed coexistence in speeches for Western audiences, including at Washington think tanks and international gatherings, too often for the audience that counts most — Palestinian Arabs who live next door to Israel and who need to hear their leaders' clear affirmation of the legitimacy of the Jewish state — the message has been the opposite.
Indeed, the Palestinian leadership over the two decades since the signing of the landmark Oslo Accords in 1993 has failed disastrously to prepare the Palestinian people for peace with their Jewish neighbors.
Ironically, before Oslo, there was no Palestinian-controlled TV to demonize Jews, but after Israel's ceding of territory and authority, official media outlets came into existence that regularly glorify terrorist violence, deny Jewish ties to the land of Israel, denigrate Jews in crude stereotypes, vow expulsion of the Jews and claim all the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea as Palestine.
Regrettably, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues to play a double game. Thus on May 26, 2013, at the World Economic Forum, Abbas offered up the familiar public rhetoric, declaring: "We don't teach and we don't educate our children to hate or even discriminate against any religion, be it Judaism or any other." He said: "We strive to spread the culture of peace among our people."
Yet, for example, on July 3 another of hundreds of broadcasts on Palestinian television directly controlled by Abbas's Palestinian Authority featured young girls reciting crude anti-Jewish bigotry:
Oh, you who were brought up on spilling blood
You have been condemned to humiliation and hardship.
Oh Sons of Zion, oh most evil among creations
Oh barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs. (Palestinian Media Watch)
The murderers of Jews are constantly extolled in what is cast as a fight to the death with Israel. On May 9, 2013, for instance, a TV segment was devoted to praising and thanking Abdallah Barghouti, currently serving 67 life sentences for his participation in such terror attacks as the Sbarro Pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem. In that attack families were singled out for particular slaughter and included Malki Roth, a 15 year old who was lunching with her best friend. They're buried next to one another.
Extreme fabrications regarding Jewish history may seem to the uninitiated too ludicrous to take seriously – the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, is said to have no Jewish connection despite vast archeological, biblical and other evidence. Jesus is said to be a Canaanite Palestinian teaching Islam, a claim that repudiates Jewish and Christian history together. Moses is said to be Muslim. Newspaper columns and broadcasts in official Palestinian media deny any ancient Jewish ties to any of the land of Israel, relentlessly altering place names and substituting Muslim ones. The ferocity of the campaigns in every aspect of society, saturating Palestinians in false beliefs – and hatred – make the prospects of normalization almost impossible to imagine.Indeed, the content of the invective against Jews and Israel is so violent – one Gazan speaker urged the harvesting of Jewish skulls – that many in the West seem prone to averting their gaze from what is clearly genocidal rhetoric with vague claims that progress in the peace talks will help do away with the unpleasantness.
But the cycle of indoctrination and violence cannot be broken without facing up to its existence, to the need for Western media attention and, above all, to the necessity for the Palestinians' own leadership to halt the hatred and declare clearly in Arabic to Arab audiences that Israel and its people have a rightful place in the Middle East.Andrea Levin is executive director and president of CAMERA, Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.


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It was sometime around the 30-minute mark of episode 11 of the new Netflix original series "Orange is the New Black" that I suddenly felt that going to a women's prison might not be so bad. Even life-affirming.
I was in the process of binge-watching the 13-episode show, which premiered Thursday on Netflix. On this particular day, I was sick, on the couch, and emotional.
Binge-watching is a weakness of mine. It's total immersion therapy. I lose myself in the world of the show and a few days later — when I've come up for air — mourn the loss of it. I miss the characters, who now seem like familiar friends.


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Dwight Hoover wrote that when Robert and Helen Lynd "stepped off the train in Muncie, Indiana, in January, 1923, little did they know that they were to initiate a chain of events which continues to this day." The book that resulted from the Lynds' research in Muncie, Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture, celebrates the 75th anniversary this year, and continues to be an inspiration and valuable resource for scholars.
The review that appeared on the first page of the New York Times following the publication of Middletown in 1929 stated that the book "should be inscribed on tablets of stone and preserved for future generations." The book may not be in stone, but the vast research that it sparked through the years, and that shows no signs of diminishing in the future, has evolved through print, audio, film, video, and now digital media and the World Wide Web, to serve many generations.
The exhibit on 75 Years of Middletown provides evidence of the historical significance of Middletown and looks to the future of Middletown research. The photographs, publications, and other documentation used in the exhibit is only a sampling of the rich resources available for students, faculty, and national and international scholars to use in studying Muncie as Middletown.
Happy anniversary, Middletown!
Credits: The "75 Years of Middletown" exhibit was prepared by Joan Dutour and graduate assistants Hannah Cox and Anne Tonne. Web site and exhibit handout designed by Daniel Hartwig and Nicole Werner.


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Title:Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles
Authors:Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., Stevens, J.M., and Tolbert, G.E.
Publication Date:1954
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey
Ordering Info:USGS Publications Warehouse
Quadrangle(s):Fairbanks; Livengood
Bibliographic Reference
Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., Stevens, J.M., and Tolbert, G.E., 1954, Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, in Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., and White, M.G., Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in east-central Alaska, 1949: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 335, p. 1-3, 1 sheet.
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A handful of Westboro Baptist Church protesters picketing same-sex marriage in front of courthouses in Annapolis and Towson Wednesday were met with large groups of counter-protesters holding signs preaching tolerance.
In the state capital, more than 250 people gathered in the early morning, singing carols, to counter four members of the ultra-conservative Westboro Baptist, which is based in Kansas.
St. Anne's Episcopal Church, across the street from the Annapolis courthouse, organized the counter-protest there.
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You all know from my post the other day (Is He The One? Signs that He (Or She) Is the Love of Your Life), that I don't believe marriage is dead. However, I still question what I would want MY marriage to look like. As a Relationship Coach, I have a healthy amount of Analysis Paralysis with this subject. However, the following article does a great job of alleviating some of my concerns about a "lifetime of marriage" (it just sounds so daunting to me... how will I know how I will feel in 50 years??). Anyway, this is for all of my fellow commitment-phobes out there.
Is Marriage Dead?
Credit to: Match.com
October 22, 2007
When asked why all of her marriages failed, anthropologist Margaret Mead replied, I beg your pardon, I have had three marriages and NONE of them was a failure.
Why do Americans believe that one life long marriage is the only real road to happiness and success?
Marriage has changed more in the last 50 years than in the past 5,000. Yet many cling to traditions that evolved among our farming ancestors.
When our forebears began to settle permanently to the land, they began to need to cement their social ties. What better way than to wed your daughter with my son? One married someone with the right social, economic and political connections. Virginity at marriage, strictly arranged marriages, till death do us part, the belief that women are less sexual than men, and many other traditional beliefs about women, men and marriage arose.
The Greek, Roman, Chinese and early Christian philosophers and theologians regarded ones love of kin, God and civil duty as far more important than love for a spouse. Strong marital commitments were not regarded as the foundation stone of society until the 20th century.
Today love, communication and companionship have become central to a partnership. We are shedding many of our past agrarian beliefs and returning to patterns of sex, love and marriage that our ancestors practiced a million years ago traditions that are highly compatible with our ancient human spirit.
Forward to the past: this trend began with the Industrial Revolution. As men and women began to leave the farm for city work, they no longer needed to marry to maintain time honored social ties. And by 1800 more and more had begun to choose their spouses for themselves, live together before wedding, and divorce and remarry to make happier partnerships.
This Marriage Revolution continues. Today some 91% of American women and 86% of American men would not marry someone unless they were in love with him or her, even if this person had every trait they were looking for in a spouse. People in 37 other cultures agree; they want the chemistry of passionate romantic love.
Divorce is also becoming common. The American divorce rate is currently 43%, much like that of several other Western countries. But people are changing their attitude about marital separation, seeing it less as failure and more as the first step toward finding true happiness.
Romantic love within marriage, divorce, remarriage: these trends are not new. For millions of years in ancient Africa both men and women commuted to work to hunt or gather fruits and vegetables. The double income family was the rule. The sexes were economic, social and sexual equals. And men and women married and remarried whom they chose. As women re-enter the paid labor force in droves, we are reassuming these ancient life ways.
Today, for example, most men and women experiment with sex and love long before they wed. Many live together before they tie the knot. Some have children first, then marry. And many have two or three spouses across their lives. All are traditions from prehistory.
In fact, we no longer live in a traditional marriage culture. Older women are marrying younger men. Inter-racial marriages have increased dramatically. Homosexuals can now form legal bonds in several states. Older people are remarrying rather than settling with their children. Living together, commuter marriages, visiting marriages, polyamorous marriages, childless marriages, singlehood, bearing children out of wedlock, registered domestic partners, divorce, remarriage, step families: In short, we can no longer expect most people to spend most of their lives in one traditional style marriage.
But are we happy? The New York Times recently reported that 51% of American women are currently living without a spouse. Is this reason to panic? On the contrary, it may be reason to celebrate.
Take the widows. In past centuries most women died young; today they are enjoying their senior years. What's wrong with that? Others are still young. Unchained from the narrow routines of farm life, they can finally postpone an early marriage to explore their opportunities in a wider world. What's wrong with that? Last are those who have divorced. Finally, these women have the economic means to leave bad marriages to make good ones.
In fact, demographers and historians say that women in the western world are experiencing happier marriages today than at any time in history probably for two reasons. Foremost, many women (and men) can afford to walk out of bad marriages to make better ones. Second, with the current emphasis on companionship within marriage, people today expect more from their partnerships and are working harder on their relationships than at any time in history.
Despite these obvious, largely beneficial, and largely worldwide changes, Americans cling to their outmoded beliefs about traditional marriage. I wonder if they know what they espouse?
In historical times, most husbands had the sole responsibility for the family's economic worth, while most wives were uneducated and confined to kitchen, church and nursery. Virginity at marriage was required; divorce was almost impossible; and a double standard for adultery prevailed; even rape within marriage was excused.
I think it is time to practice the democracy we preach. Prince Charming. happily ever after. till death do us part. The belief that there is only one true love for each of us. These fantastical beliefs may be as damaging as the fantasy of the perfect female body. Most of us cant live up. So lets embrace what we see around us men and women following their own paths in their primordial drive to love.
And love is a drive. Deep in the human brain lie three circuits that evolved to foster reproduction: the sex drive, romantic love, and attachment to a partner. Each is associated with different brain chemicals and each interacts with the others. This, for example, is why casual sex is often not casual. Any sort of sexual stimulation activates dopamine systems in the brain and can trigger feelings of romantic love. And with orgasm comes a flood of oxytocin and vasopressin, chemicals the can create deep feelings of attachment to a partner. These brain systems will never be extinguished.
And marriage is not dead. In fact, United Nations data on 97 societies indicates that over 90% of men and women in most societies wed by age 45. But it is metamorphosing into many supple, varied patterns. Most important is the rise of the 21st century marriage form, what sociologists call the symmetrical, companionate or peer marriage: marriage between equals.
Its time to enjoy our freedom to be ourselves.
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With the cost of solid state disks (SSDs) going down, many organizations are considering using them. When you use SSDs, you need to change the way you think about designing storage for production SQL Server servers. SSDs use the same basic configurations for storage that you've always used, such as separate disks for data files, transaction logs, and tempdb; RAID 5 for the databases; and RAID 10 for the transaction logs and tempdb. However, you don't necessarily need to use the same design techniques when working with SSDs.
SSDs can be used in a variety of ways within the storage array, depending on the options provided by the storage array vendor. You can:
- Add the SSDs as a portion of the storage within an auto-tiering solution
- Use the SSDs as a second tier of cache, which is sometimes called flash cache
- Use the SSDs as traditional disks
In addition to being aware of these design techniques, you need to know about a potential bottleneck and your options when configuring local SSDs for a server.
SSDs in Auto-Tiered Storage Solutions
Many storage arrays include auto-tiering technology that stores the data being accessed the most on the fastest storage available. By introducing SSDs into the auto-tiered solution, the "fastest storage possible" becomes much faster. Because of this, the storage tiers that are accessed the most will have their requests serviced much faster than if SSDs weren't being used.
Knowing how much space is needed is the most important part of working with SSDs in auto-tiered storage solutions. The easiest metric to use is to look at the daily amount of data change for all the servers that are configured to use the auto-tiered storage. As long as the amount of SSD storage is a little larger than the amount of data that's changing per day on the storage array, all of the most recently used data for that day should remain within the SSD storage.
Flash Cache
Another way that you can use SSDs in a storage array is a design technique often called flash cache. When configured as a flash cache, the SSD becomes a second layer of caching. Although it's slightly slower than the normal layer of caching within the array, it's much faster than the traditional spinning disks on which the data usually resides. This second layer of caching is great for systems that access the same blocks of storage often, then quickly change to accessing another set of blocks often, such as an OLTP database application.
Applications that don't touch the same blocks of storage over and over again might not make the best use of a flash cache. Under normal circumstances, SQL Server falls into this category. SQL Server should access a block once, then keep that block cached until the block ages out of the cache.
However, SQL Server can make good use of the flash cache if it needs to write large amounts of data at once, provided that the flash cache is enabled at the LUN level and can be used for writes. The array will cache the written data on the SSDs if the amount of data that's being written at once is larger than the amount of data that can fit within the normal cache of the storage array. SQL Server will then be told that the data has been written to disk (just like with a normal cache). The storage array will later flush the data in the SSDs to the traditional spinning disks.
When using a flash cache within a storage array, the cache miss ratio might go up quite a bit. Storage administrators will need to keep this in mind when watching the performance metrics of the storage array.
All Flash All the Time
The most expensive and least flexible way to provision SSDs within a storage array is to configure them just like you would configure traditional spinning disks. Using this method, LUNs would be created on the SSDs and presented to servers.
If some portions of your database lie idle, putting the entire database on an SSD doesn't make the most sense from a cost perspective. However, some applications might be so important to the company that they warrant the extra expense of purchasing SSDs for them.
Potential Bottleneck
When you use SSDs in a storage array, there's a potential bottleneck that needs to be addressed. Because the storage has now become that much faster, great care needs to be taken when you configure the physical servers. You need to plug the host bus adapters (HBAs) or iSCSI network cards into the correct slots to get the maximum throughput possible. As Figure 1 shows, as the PCI technology has improved, the number of gigabits per second that can be pushed through the various slots has increased.
When installing the physical cards in the server, you need to keep in mind that not every slot will have the maximum amount of available bandwidth. Slots on servers' motherboards often share a back-end bus and therefore the available bandwidth has to be shared across all the cards on the back-end bus.
For example, suppose your server has two PCI Express 3.0 (x1 Link) slots on the motherboard. Each slot is capable of up to 7.69 gigabits per second. However, if both slots are on the same back-end bus and you install one HBA in each slot, the total amount of bandwidth available to both cards will be only 7.69 gigabits. If you're using 4-gigabit HBAs, this won't be much of a problem. However, if you're using 8- or 16-gigabit HBAs, you could see performance problems if you push both HBAs above 50 percent at the same time because the back-end bus would be at capacity. The only way to check for problems like this is to use diagnostics provided by the motherboard vendor or by manually looking at the server's motherboard to see how things are connected and then doing the math to see if the back-end bus is at capacity.
Local SSD Configuration
There are a couple of different ways that local SSDs can be configured for a server. They can be local disks that fit within the drive cage in which the traditional spinning disks are installed, or they can be PCI cards that are plugged directly into the motherboard.
SSDs in a drive cage. SSDs that fit within a drive cage (which is usually on the front of the server) are easy to install and configure because they're installed and configured like a traditional spinning disk. Replacing an SSD in a drive cage is also easy. You just need to remove it and install a new one. If the server is hot swappable, you don't even need to take the server offline.
The biggest downside to installing the SSDs in a drive cage is the amount of bandwidth available to the disks. Typically, the drive cage on a server will have either one or two connections to the motherboard (depending on the motherboard design). These connections will typically be external SATA (eSATA), which is limited to 6 gigabits per second for all the disks that are connected to the link within the cage. Because of this limitation, it doesn't really matter how fast the drives are because the total amount of bandwidth available would be the 6-gigabit limit. Even if you have two links available and the SSDs are balanced across both links, the total bandwidth available is limited to just 12 gigabits per second (6 gigabits per second per link). Given the speed of most SSDs that are available today, maxing out the 6-gigabit link can be done with just one or two SSDs per link. (Note that this might vary, depending on the drive and storage array purchased and other variables.)
Disks that are connected through the traditional drive cage are connected to the server through the normal RAID controllers within the server. As a result, all disk redundancy functions are handled through the RAID controller, which means that the disk redundancy is configured outside of Windows and is totally invisible to the Windows OS.
PCI cards. When dealing with local disks, another option is to use PCI card–based SSDs. The PCI cards connect directly to the motherboard through PCI slots, so they have access to much more bandwidth than SSDs connected through the local drive cage.
The biggest downside to PCI slot–based SSDs is that there's currently no hardware RAID configuration available for these PCI cards. This means that each card is presented to the Windows OS as a separate disk. Thus, you need to configure a software RAID solution within Windows using disk mirroring or disk striping to provide redundancy in order to keep the system running if a drive fails.
What SSDs Can and Can't Do for You
The biggest benefit from introducing SSDs into an environment is the performance improvement seen in the server's I/O subsystem. There can be other related benefits as well. Because the I/O is so much faster, the server might be able to run with less memory and therefore have a smaller buffer pool. If you're running SQL Server Standard and you need more memory than its limit of 64GB of RAM, it might be less expensive to install SSDs than to upgrade to SQL Server Enterprise and purchase more RAM. Similarly, if you need to use the snapshot isolation level, which will push the I/O requirements of the tempdb database higher (potentially much higher, depending on the SQL Server load), SSDs might be a way to get the needed performance for the tempdb database.
Although SSDs can provide performance benefits, some people think that they'll solve all their SQL Server performance problems. Sadly, they won't. SSDs don't change the way the SQL Server's optimizer works. Bad code will still generate bad plans, which will then stress the storage subsystem. The storage subsystem will be able to respond faster to these requests, which will effectively mask the problem, but it won't make the problem go away.
When it comes to performance troubleshooting with SSDs installed in the server, all of the normal rules and techniques apply. You need to find and fix the bottleneck. The biggest difference between SQL Server with SSDs and SQL Server without SSDs is that the one with SSDs has already had the slowest part upgraded -- the storage subsystem.
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HTC has delivered a handful of great devices in 2012, but none of them seemed to really resonate with consumers – until now. According to Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, the company is seeing a strong demand for the HTC J Butterfly in Japan which is exceeding initial expectations. There's no indication that there is a shortage of the HTC J Butterfly, but Peter Chou claims that HTC will ship a "large number" of phones by the end of December.
Based on our initial feedback, the phone has become very popular in Japan and we have been endeavoring to boost our shipments,Peter ChouHTC
It's impossible to know how many units were initially allotted to the Japanese market, but we are not surprised that consumers are reacting favorably towards the HTC J Butterfly. At it's core, the J Butterfly is very similar to the HTC Droid DNA which launched on Verizon Wireless a few weeks back. The phones share most of the same specs, but the Japanese variant trades in wireless charging for a microSD card slot and water resistance – a "must have" smartphone feature in Japan.
HTC plans to launch the phone in Taiwan in late December as the HTC Butterfly and will be pricing it at NT$22,900 (US$788), roughly 10% lower than the Apple iPhone 5 which starts at NT$24,900. There's still no news regarding the launch of the HTC DLX (the European variant of the J Butterfly), but we have a feeling that HTC will be holding it back in to make room for the mysterious HTC M7 which is rumored for an early 2013 launch.


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The spring issue of Rosacea Review recaps efforts by the NRS to spotlight the social impact and warning signs of rosacea during Rosacea Awareness Month, as well as a report on research, survey results and more.
The spring issue of Rosacea Review recaps efforts by the NRS to spotlight the social impact and warning signs of rosacea during Rosacea Awareness Month, as well as a report on research, survey results and more.
New research suggests that, for some rosacea sufferers, the condition may be linked to their gut.
New medical research into the process of facial flushing and redness has found that individuals with rosacea register greater nerve, blood vessel and sweating responses than people without the disorder when exposed to increased heat or stress. Results of the National Rosacea Society-funded study also uncovered a role for the autonomic nervous system, which helps operate key functions of the body without conscious control.
While physical exercise may be a common rosacea trigger, the right changes in routines can reduce the likelihood of a flare-up, according to results of a new patient survey by the National Rosacea Society.
Spring has sprung -- and so have many people's cases of rosacea. Many rosacea patients report that changing seasons are hard on their condition, and spring can often be the most challenging.
According to research reported at the recent American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting, rosacea is not rare in individuals with darker skin.
For many individuals with rosacea, every social occasion can feel like a minefield no matter how mild their condition, according to a new survey by the National Rosacea Society. April has been designated as Rosacea Awareness Month by the NRS to alert the public to the early warning signs of this chronic and conspicuous facial disorder now estimated to affect more than 16 million Americans.
The National Rosacea Society was honored for 20 years of serving the rosacea community at an educational symposium on the disorder during the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting in early March. Actress Cynthia Nixon, who suffers from rosacea, introduced Sam Huff, executive director of the NRS.
New information about the causes of eye irritation in rosacea and proper skin care were among the rosacea-related topics presented to dermatologists attending the recent 71st annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in Miami Beach.
A new survey by the National Rosacea Society found that while many rosacea patients also have other skin disorders, treatment for those other conditions may also reduce rosacea flare-ups.
Representatives of the National Rosacea Society will be attending the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting March 1-5 in Miami Beach.
In June 2000, health newscaster Christi Meyers at KRTK-TV in Houston reported on rosacea as a condition that is common but little known, but "as Baby Boomers age it's expected to become widespread."
Insensitive questions about facial appearance can be frustrating and embarrassing, but they also serve as opportunities to put people at ease and clear up any misconceptions. The National Rosacea Society (NRS) has designated this coming April as Rosacea Awareness Month to help educate the public on rosacea.
The Winter Rosacea Review is now online. This issue recaps a medical journal article outlining the differences between acne and rosacea and the importance of an accurate diagnosis, as well as a report on care for dry skin among rosacea patients during cold and windy weather.
Acne and rosacea — two of the most widespread dermatological conditions — can share common features, and accurate diagnosis is especially important because antibiotic resistance is a growing concern worldwide, according to Dr. Hilary Baldwin, associate professor of dermatology at the State University of New York-Brooklyn.
The National Rosacea Society (NRS) is now live on social media with its Facebook Page and Twitter account. Follow or friend the Society today to learn about rosacea-related news, receive updates on NRS activities, and become part of the rosacea community.
While cold blustery weather and ever-advancing age can make dry skin a menace for rosacea patients, medical therapy and careful skin care can help manage and control this problem.
Researchers have found that while instances of blushing were similar in all individuals, those with rosacea were more aware of and embarrassed by blushing than those without the disorder.
The holidays can be an especially difficult time of year for rosacea sufferers. So many common triggers for flare-ups -- cold and windy weather, indoor heat, hot beverages, emotional stress, alcohol and spicy foods -- are hallmarks of the season, they can be difficult to avoid. Here are some useful tips to help keep rosacea symptoms at bay.
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Come with me/forgive me (by pete astudillo)
Please remember! This translation is my personal work. It is sometimes difficult to translate word for word from spanish to english, so it may sound awkward in one languange when it is perfectly
Ral in the other. But I think you can get the general idea!
That's the way I like it
You're my life, you're my everything
Come with me, I want to make you my treasure
I want to give you what I keep in my heart
You are the owner of my love,
You are the one who I want with me
Don't ever go away, don't cause me any pain
Eveybody sing!
Come with me, I want to love you
Come to my side, I want to kiss you
With me you'll have everything you want
And until the day I die,
You will be my love
(a. B)with spirit!
With me you'll have everything you want
And until the day I die,
You will be my love
... (selena)... A big hand for my good friend pedro astudillo!
(pete)oh yeah! A greeting for all of our friends
From corpus christi that are here with us tonight
Let's hear a shout!
A song called "perdoname..."
Forgive me if I was cruel with your love
And listen to me, today I'm begging you like a child
Forgive me if I didn't know how to appreciate a faithful love
Well without you I'm worth nothing, and today I can only
Hope that you will forgive me
Without you I'm worth nothing, and if I end up
Losing you, the guilty one has been me
Forgive me, I didn't mean to hurt you
Forgive me, I realize now that I love you
Forgive me, I don't want to be without you even one minute
Forgive me, look at how I'm suffering
Forgive me, I'm guilty and I don't deny it...
That I was unfaithful... Forgive me
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CagePotato Roundtable #30: If You Took an MMA Fight, What Song Would You Walk Out To?
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It's safe to assume that most of you reading this have at least entertained the notion of taking an MMA fight. If you have, you've probably also given some thought as to the song that you would want playing as you made your walk to the cage. In today's CagePotato Roundtable, we're sharing our staff picks for the songs that we would use as entrance music — songs that get us fired up and would (hopefully) enhance the experience that is watching live MMA for those in attendance. Read on for our picks, and please continue to send your best ideas for future CagePotato Roundtable topics to firstname.lastname@example.com.
There aren't many scenarios in which suddenly being thrown into an MMA fight would not end in a violent, just pitiful death for me. That being the case, I'd want my entrance song to reflect my acceptance of this fate, while also being something that transcends all musical genres and really, all of humanity. What can I say? I'm a simple guy. I would want my entrance song to tell the attending audience that, contrary to the urine stain on my shorts, I do not fear death and in fact am fully prepared to torture my opponent's body so that his soul will be humble. For God is the teacher, I am his instrument, and his lessons are so…beautiful… (*smears pig blood on chest*)
Only one song meets all of the above criteria: "The Host of Seraphim" by Dead Can Dance.
You're probably familiar with Dead Can Dance even if you don't think you are. Aside from the fact that their haunting, neo-classical world tunes have been featured in countless films ("Seraphim", for instance, was featured in The Mist), Lisa Gerrard — who along with Brendan Perry makes up DCD — is a singer, composer, and musician whose voice has appeared on such iconic film soundtracks as Gladiator, Man on Fire, and Black Hawk Down. But for those of you who might not be familiar with the greatest musical group to come out of Australia in ever, I'd recommend that you check out their impressive catalog of work, which spans over 20 years and eight studio albums. A few of my favorite tracks: "Rakim," "Ulysses," "Sanvean" and "Spirit."Read More DIGG THIS


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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) - Officials say a Marine has collapsed and died after a day of training in the California desert in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps announced Sunday that the Marine, part of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., collapsed during personal time Saturday night at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twenty nine Palms.
He was flown to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, where he was pronounced dead.
The death is under investigation and the Marine's name is being withheld while relatives are notified.
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Tuscaloosa city officials heard details of a housing research study showing that at current growth rates, the private student housing market will outpace University of Alabama student demand by 2015.
Tuscaloosa city officials heard details of a housing research study showing that at current growth rates, the private student housing market will outpace University of Alabama student demand by 2015.
These findings were presented Tuesday to the City Council's Public Projects Committee by Joe Zanola, owner of the housing market consulting firm Zanola Company LLC and research firm MarketGraphics Research, which conducted the study for the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) in UA's Culverhouse College of Commerce.
The committee took no action on a list of recommendations from the mayor's Student Rental Housing Task Force that were presented in final form after Zanola's presentation. Rather, the committee voted to take action on them next week.
Four new recommendations include protections for historic districts, modifications to the Zoning Ordinance and limitations on where four- and five-bedroom unit complexes can be built.
As for the student housing forecast, Zanola told the committee the current list of student housing bedrooms that either are planned or under construction "greatly exceeds" forecasts for enrollment growth at UA.
"There are certain (things) we're seeing here that have foretold housing crisis in other markets," Zanola said.
These included occupancy drop-offs at student-based apartment complexes, an increase in incentives offered to lure new tenants and a drop in rental rates that, while they benefit the renter, can mean lowered or zero profits for the developers.
These conditions can lead to lenders adjusting their loan agreements with developers, work stoppages at ongoing construction sites, efforts by developers to shift the target of their projects — a difficult proposition, Zanola said — and overall uncertainty in the student housing market.
Zanola's research indicated that an additional 1,685 bedrooms will be needed to meet UA's student demand by 2018.
This need, however, could be met and exceeded starting next year when 1,496 bedrooms in new traditional or student-based complexes are planned to come online by fall and another 3,020 bedrooms are planned for 2015 or beyond, according to the findings of another student housing study presented to the task force last month.
This study, conducted by ACRE in conjunction with Rock Apartment Advisors, a consulting firm specializing in apartment markets across the South, led to the final list of recommendations from the Student Rental Housing Task Force that was approved unanimously Monday night by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission.
Mayor Walt Maddox formed the task force in June and tasked it with addressing the boom in new student housing developments. The task force's goal was to develop a series of policies for the City Council to consider.
While the Planning and Zoning Commission took no issue with the nine recommendations that, if followed, will change City Hall's policies toward the student and multifamily rental housing market, the City Council expressed some concerns about how these policies will affect currently proposed developments.
One of them, a new student-based apartment complex off Hargrove Road on what has become known as the Arlington site, has been maneuvering through the city's approval process for weeks.
Councilwoman Cynthia Almond was among those who questioned the fairness of following new policies that stand to hamper developments already in the pipeline.
"What I do have a problem with is changing the rules in the middle of the game, particularly for these two projects," Almond said,
City officials, including outgoing City Attorney Tim Nunnally, reminded the council that adopting the recommendations is not binding, meaning that developers can still make rezoning and other requests to gain permission for their projects, and the policies could be abandoned by the City Council at any time.
"It would not prevent the City Council from rezoning property in the future," Nunnally said.
However, John McConnell, director of the city's Planning and Development Services Department, which deals regularly with potential developers, said the adoption of the recommendations would be a sign to developers that the city's leadership is opposed — at least for now — to developments of this nature.
"By adopting a resolution of support," McConnell said, "you're sending a message to the community that you don't want to see any more (of these projects)."
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The Endure campaign began today, Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 5:00pm. I left the skeleton in the trunk all week so that it'd be ready. At 5pm today, I just went out to the trunk got the skeleton out. I attached the skeleton with a rope to my right wrist. Then I set about constructing the skeleton stand which felt grateful to have.
However, there was already a problem. I received the skeleton stand in the mail yesterday. The idea was to wheel the skeleton around with me on the stand. When I opened the box this morning, there was only half a stand in there! I ran into my roommate in the kitchen and told her the news and she said "oh wait there's a box outside, maybe it's the other part of the stand." I stood there surprised thinking how weird, why would they mail it in multiple boxes? She got it for me and I took the box and ran out the door because I was late.
I threw it in my trunk, planning on putting it together later. Later turned out to be 4:50pm. I pulled out the bottom portion and set it down on the ground and went to get the box with the other half. I pulled the box out and again thought weird, its light and there's supposed to be a big metal pole in it. I checked the name on the box and it was addressed to my roommate from Keen shoes! It wasn't the other half of the stand! It was a pair of shoes! *$^@%! Lol! Tomorrow, I will call the company to explain the situation. It appears that I will be carrying the skeleton from now on. I am a bit concerned as the skeleton is 5'5" and weighs 30 lbs.I picked up the skeleton and carried it inside to go finish some homework and talk to my friend, Ruth (in the red).
She took the skeleton to a table for me so that I could eat some dinner. I'm already feeling exhausted and it's only been two hours. Everything takes twice as long. I went to go borrow a photo card reader from the cage at school and it was broken. I had to pick up the skeleton and walk back there to get a new one and then come back. There's also a lot of metal pieces sticking out of the skeleton which I've already started to cut my hands on. I'll need to find some gloves to wear while carrying it. I finally got settled into do my work and I was adjusting the skeleton to ease up a little on the pull on my right wrist and one of the legs on the skeleton fell off. I called Jerry, who helped put reinforce the skeleton, for help. I'll be meeting him at 6am tomorrow for a leg reattachment procedure. It appears that a drill will be needed
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Lance Armstrong's former charity made the largest investment in its history Tuesday by giving $50 million to the University of Texas, marking the group's biggest splash since severing ties with the disgraced cyclist as it pushes to restore momentum and influence after a tumultuous two years.
The money will launch the Livestrong Cancer Institutes at a new medical school breaking ground on the university's 50,000-student Austin campus. Armstrong didn't attend the announcement in his hometown, and his absence was noticeable.
Livestrong President Doug Ulman said Livestrong has been immersed in ''pretty deep'' strategic planning and charting a new path since 2012, when Armstrong left the foundation - shortly before he admitted using performance-enhancing drugs after years of defiant denials. Armstrong created Livestrong in 1997, while being treated for cancer.
''Our organization has always said we're so appreciative of everything he did to get us to the point. Now the mission needs to live on,'' Ulman said.
Among the lowest points for Livestrong was when Nike cut ties with the foundation last summer - ending a partnership that built the cancer charity into a global brand and introduced yellow wristbands that became an international symbol for cancer survivors.
The relationship with Nike had generated more than $100 million of the roughly $500 million raised by Livestrong since its inception.
Now more than a year later, Livestrong is trying to send a clear signal that the foundation still packs financial wherewithal and relevance. The new cancer institute will focus on educating cancer patients and help then get access to treatment and resources.
''Looking forward, it's time for the Livestrong Foundation to embrace an even bigger mission,'' said Jeff Garvey, chairman of the foundation's board.
Armstrong won the Tour de France every year from 1999 to 2005, but those titles were stripped after a massive report by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency detailed doping by Armstrong and his U.S. Postal Service teammates.
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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Evaluating whether or not a QB has what it takes is a tricky business. Throughout history fan's have become fed up with the inconsistant play of QB's in their first few years in the league. Some QB's have been run ...
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Evaluating whether or not a QB has what it takes is a tricky business. Throughout history fan's have become fed up with the inconsistant play of QB's in their first few years in the league. Some QB's have been run out of town because a team and it's fans gave up on them. Rich Gannon comes to mind. Awful things were said about Gannon. You had your typical WhoDat's of the world that professed Gannon was a bum because he put up these numbers his first few years:
Rich Gannon
1990 Minnesota Vikings 14 349 182 52.1 2278 16 16
1991 Minnesota Vikings 15 354 211 59.6 2166 12 6
1992 Minnesota Vikings 12 279 159 57.0 1905 12 13
It wasn't just the numbers Gannon put up that the fans were fed up with. It was his leadership skills, he couldn't read defenses, etc, etc... Well, there was never anything wrong with Gannon. Some of it had to do with him experiencing normal growing pains for a 3-year starter and some of it had to do with coaching. Gannon went on to be a very good Qb and disproved all of his critics.
Rich Gannon
2000 Oakland Raiders 16 16 473 284 60.0 3430 7.25 84 28 11 28/124 42 8 92.4
2001 Oakland Raiders 16 16 549 361 65.8 3828 6.97 49 27 9 27/155 45 5 95.5
2002 Oakland Raiders 16 16 618 418 67.6 4689 7.59 75 26 10 36/214 48 8 97.3
Now, I know what your thinking. This is one isolated case and an exception to the rule. Well, I guess I'll just have to put that rumor to rest..........
John Elway
1983 Denver Broncos 11 10 259 123 47.5 1663 6.4 49t 7 14 54.9
1984 Denver Broncos 15 14 380 214 56.3 2598 6.8 73 18 15 76.8
1985 Denver Broncos 16 16 605 327 54.0 3891 6.4 65t 22 23 70.2
Even Hall of Fame QB's struggled in their first few years. Believe it or not, there were fans wanting to get rid of Elway. They complained he ran too much and he couldn't read defenses. The guy was constantly throwing into double coverage. They were sick of him throwing for 20+ interceptions per year. In his 3rd year he was actually worse than his first two. Imagine that. I know the fan's in New Orleans are much more knowledgeable than the fans in Denver. We would have understood and wouldn't have been calling for Elway's head. Right? WhoDat would have stood up for the guy and would have been his biggest supporter. Right WhoDat? You would have overlooked the 23 interceptions Elway threw in his 3rd year?
I could pull up more Qb's. Many more !! I have done that here in the past.
If you are convinced that Brooks is a bum and he's stupid as a rock. You might be right. I don't know. I do know that if we stick with Brooks, that it would be no different than what Green Bay did with Favre, or the Brocons did with Elway. Sticking with a QB has proved to be much more successful than playing mucical chairs at QB.
Maybe we could find our Kurt Warner or Tom Brady. But,I promise you that those are rare. I'll give Brooks some more time. Just in case I could be wrong. I know I might not have the background that some of you have to evaluate QB's. That's why I have to look at history.
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OKANOGAN U.S. Highway 97 has reopened south of Malott to alternating, one-way local traffic.
The wildfire that heavily damaged Pateros and the Chiliwist jumped the Okanogan River south of Malott, burning along U.S. Highway 97, which served as a fire break, between milepost 271 and 274.
As of 10 a.m. Friday, the state Department of Transportation said U.S. Highway 97 remains closed from milepost 240 to milepost 278, just north of Chelan to the scale house at the intersection of U.S. Highway 97 and state Highway 17.
State Highway 153 from Pateros to Twisp has reopened, but state Highway 20 from milepost 206 (Finley Canyon) to milepost 215 (Loup Loup Pass) remains closed.
Brewster was not touched by the fire, although the hills above town were charred, as were parts of Brewster Flat.
The fire also burned into the Chiliwist, with some homes lost. Active fire remains in the Davis Canyon area south of the Chiliwist.
In Pateros, there's heavy damage, with some businesses and homes burned. The school appears to be OK.
The fire is burning on the hill south of town, between the Methow River and Alta Lake.
Okanogan County has closed several roads because of the Carlton Complex wildfires.
As of 10 a.m. Friday, closures include Stokes, Gold Creek, Gold Creek Loop, Texas Creek, Libby Creek, Burma, French Creek, Bill Shaw, Watson Draw, Bear Creek, Balky Hill, Lester, Upper Beaver Creek, Davis Lake, Indian Dan Canyon, Paradise Hill, Benson Creek, Finley Canyon, Lower Beaver Creek and Starr roads.
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- The First Annual OSUM Gala
Performing LIVE as Michael White Trio, Michael White violin, Leisei Chen vocals & Mark Towns guitar at the First Annual Gala for OSUM - Operation Smiles Uplifting Military, the founder Dr. Montes and co-founder Dorothy Stinger. Michael is a korean war veteran, and will be one of his first patients to receive much needed dental treatments! Please come and join us for support this noble cause!!! This event includes food, drinks, silent auction and live performances. The Admission $67 Buy Ticket : Contact 323.522.5971 : Semi-Formal Attire


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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Sweet potato & red pepper soup
It is thanksgiving weekend and we have had lots of company. This was a yummy soup I made for lunch. The red pepper was an after thought, actually the whole soup was an after thought :P I just started with the basic soup stock vegetables (onion, carrot & celery). the creaminess is from the white potatoes. I think the sweet potato paired really well with the red pepper, and the color is very fallish. Served it with a fresh baguette that I bought at the farmers market and some homemade sun dried tomato hummus. YUM
1 onion-small diced
1 leek-white part only sliced
4 carrots-peeled, chopped
2 stalks celery-chopped
pinch of nutmeg
2 tsp dried basil
1 tsp paprika
1 large sweet potato-peeled and chopped
1 red pepper-seeded and chopped
3 small white potatoes- peeled and chopped
water to cover (about 8 cups)
2 tsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp maple syrup
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
In a large pot saute onions,leeks, carrots and celery. Add spices.
Saute until absorbed
Add sweet potato, red pepper, and white potatoes.
Fill with water
Bring to a boil. Simmer until all vegetables are soft
Blend in batches.
Season with the rest of the ingredients.
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I have tried my best but I really don't like swwet potatoes. So I thought. I guess I just needed to find a good preparation method. This soup sounds fantastic!ReplyDelete
that looks so good :) I will have to find time to try it out :DReplyDelete
Nice soup. Perfect soup recipe for this time of year.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2012 at 4:28 AM
This recipe looks great! I was wondering if you know how much of a difference using an apple cider, or white vinegar would make? Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
I think apple cider would work nicely with this soup too! Try it, and let me know.Delete
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Whether she is bringing us a modern classic design, or writing a helpful article about technique, Sandi Rosner brings a lot to Twist Collective. Today she shares just how worthwhile it can be to stick with an idea that doesn't work out right the first time. You can also find this post on her blog, here.
The new issue of Twist Collective was released last week, and I have a new design to share.
This pullover came about because I was curious about the possibility of shaping a sweater with cables. As you may know, the twisting action of cables draws the knitting in, making the fabric narrower. Instead of the usual increases and decreases to shape the waist, could I achieve the same shaping with a cable motif? I charted and swatched to figure out just how much cable was needed to produce the shaping I wanted. Then I knit the sweater.
And it wasn't right.
The scale was off. The cable medallion produced the waist shaping I wanted, but it was too small to make the visual impact needed.
I had three choices:
1. Take a trip down the river Denial and leave it as it was.
2. Remove the sleeves, take out the shoulder seams, and unravel the body of the sweater to the beginning of the cable, then re-knit.
3. Cut off the sweater at the bustline, unravel and re-knit the lower body of the sweater with revised cables panels, then graft the sections back together.
Monty, I'll take door number 3, though number 1 is very tempting.
I don't have photos of the surgery in process (it's just too much like taking photos of a crash at the side of the road). As you can see, the operation was successful. The re-scaled cables are so much better than the original. After blocking, even I can't find the line where the pieces were grafted together.
The sweater has a deep V-neck with cabled decreases for just a touch of sexy detail.
For the yarn, I wanted to use something a bit luxurious. Something soft and warm, with good stitch definition to show off the cables, but without bulk. Lorna's Laces Honor was perfect. It is 70% baby alpaca and 30% silk. The yarn is drapey, but not droopy. It caresses your skin in the most wonderful way. And the nearly solid color adds depth and richness.
At some of the wineries in Napa Valley, tastings of port are offered with small squares of dark chocolate - truly a match made in heaven. In my fantasy life, I'd wear this casually elegant sweater in front of a crackling fire, bathed in candlelight, curled up on the couch with a charming man, sipping port and letting squares of chocolate melt on my tongue.
Click on over here to buy the pattern and begin making your own fantasy.
Also in this issue, I have an article on knitting myths and why you might choose to ignore them. I had a lovely e-mail in my box this morning from the one and only Cat Bordhi, thanking me for the article. Made my day.


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Building a Healthier Beverage
Pop the top and hoist a cold one to the new approaches in making drinkables that function as more than mere thirst-slakers
We're a nation obsessed with health ... and with beverages. Making a healthier beverage in 2000 was easy -- you just added calcium or vitamin C and you were done. By 2005, all you needed was green tea or a squirt of pomegranate. But as we near the second decade of the 21st century, there's a whole lot more science and technology going into making better-for-you liquid refreshments.
Superfruits are still hot, both on their own and in familiar, antioxidant-loaded flavor combinations (think açai-blueberry). "As globalization continues and market demand continues to increase, we will likely see more superfruits that few have ever heard of making their way into our markets," says Sean Poynter, vice president of new product development for mangosteen-based beverage maker XanGo LLC (www.xango.com), Lehi, Utah.
But for all their popularity, there still are difficulties in playing in navigating the superfruit market.
"With the advent of a lot of healthy offerings over the past several years, many consumers accepted giving up a little flavor in exchange for health benefits," says Greg Quinn of The Currant Co. "Everyone in this business is watching this category carefully in the present economic environment. So far, it seems the high-end, refrigerated health beverages — usually featured in the produce departments — are holding their own and even seeing a little increase. While consumers are cutting back, they're still concerned with health benefits and will still spend more for a product that is healthier than a less expensive, less healthy one."
XanGo's Sean Poynter agrees. "The healthy beverage category is only going to continue to grow. The Natural Marketing Institute reported a 26 percent growth in functional beverages in 2008. Baby boomers represent the largest segment in our economy, and they are aging. As they do, they are changing the rules and saying that extending their lifespan is not good enough. They also want to improve their quality of life as they age, and this is where many are turning to functional beverages and foods to help support their ongoing health."
"When sourcing a superfruit from remote regions of the world, some companies may find managing their supply chain to be a challenge," he continues. "In 2008, our challenges included record high fuel and commodity prices. While prices have eased a bit, we are now in a period of less predictability."
Poynter also reminds that attention to relationships at each point of the supply chain is critical to success, especially as world economic and political turmoil continues.
"Political upheavals in various parts of the world are contributing to uncertainty," he says. "Any hiccups along the way could add unnecessary cost, diminish the integrity and quality of the fruit and disrupt the balance of supply and demand. That's where the strong relationships with suppliers and a good reputation and relationship with government leaders help."
Beverage trends extend to healthier drinks for kids, too. "There will be a continued effort in the development of natural, all-natural and organic beverages," says Thomas Arndt, president of Los Angeles-based Y Water Inc. (www.ywater.us), "a new concept in children's beverages," as its motto states.
The company manufactures organic, low-sugar beverages for children, packaged in Y-shaped bottles. The four varieties — Bone Water (enriched with calcium, fluoride and vitamins A, C and D), Brain Water (with zinc, molybdenum and vitamins B6, B12 and C), Muscle Water (with magnesium, potassium, selenium, vitamin A and C) and Immune Water (fortified with a complex of antioxidants including vitamins A, C and E) — have no preservatives, artificial coloring or artificial sweeteners, are infused with vitamins and minerals and provide a healthful alternative to sugary, non-nutritious choices.
Mostly, it's about flavor
In its list of the top 10 flavors for 2009, Bell Flavors & Fragrances (www.bellff.com), Northbrook, Ill., anticipates beverage flavors to keep pushing the envelope of the exotic. By tracking sample requests, global trend scouting and externally sourced data, the company predicts top upcoming flavors could include: yumberry, golden kiwi, lavender, South African peppadew, elderberry, the Asian citrus yuzu, juniper and Meyer lemon.
Hank's Gourmet Beverages (www.hanksbeverages.com), Trevose, Pa., is an early adopter of the functional carbonated beverages trend. Its Infusions line features "comfort" flavors — Berry, Green Apple, Orange Cream and Root Beer Float — infused with all-natural vitamins B12, C and E sourced from fruits and vegetables; calcium (from skim milk and cream); the powerful green tea extract antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); and more.
The continual growth of superfruits, especially in beverages, is a point of interest for Wild Flavors Inc. (www.wildflavors.com), Cincinnati. The company cites its experience with beverages, including juices, flavors, ingredients and extracts, as allowing it to create successful superfruit products. Wild is focusing on the current flavors as well as some unfamiliar ones coming over the horizon, including borojo, camu camu and baobab — all of which the company claims "extensive familiarity (for) sourcing, creating systems and applying to beverage concepts."
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Chipola Area
Ground Water Outreach Project
Project Co-Directors:
Dr. Santine Cuccio
Dr. David Hilton
850-526-2761 x. 3331
|Upcoming Events:
|Previous Events:
|2010 - to Present
Education students present lessons on the effects of pollution on
ground water to 200 students at Walton Middle School in Defuniak
Springs, FL.
Chipola College Science Department loans ground water quality equipment and 3-D model to area elementary, middle and high schools and to Emmanuel Christian School in Dothan, AL.
Chipola's Conservation Biology class enjoys field trips to Torreya State Park; Nature Conservancy Bluffs and Ravines Preserve; and St. Joseph Peninsula State Park.
Chipola's Earth Science class tours take a field trip to the Florida Caverns State Park in Marianna, FL.
|July 2009
|Chipola students Danny Rutherford and Debbie Yglesias presented at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center on the three-dimensionality of the water cycle, with an emphasis on ground water. http://www.eowilsoncenter.org/welcome.html
|May 2009
|Began a summer-long professional development project with area secondary education science instructors. The instructors learn to develop and implement a lesson plan, with rubrics related to content learning for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The project will be continued into the new 2010 contract.
|June 2009
|Established a partnership with Dr. Stephen Mbuyu and Dr. Katherine Milla of Florida A&M University, to develop and write a proposal for research on the watershed in the region.
|October 2008
October, Chipola professors Santine Cuccio, David Hilton and Allan
Tidwell accompanied the Ground Water Team members (Lori Holland, Danny
Rutherford, Debbie Yglesias
and Kari Kind-Adams) to the 2008 conference of the
Association of Science Teachers (FAST) in Orlando. The
team will deliver a presentation and provide supplemental
documentation. See the links below:
PPT: Longleaf Pine Study PDF version
DOC: Diameter and Height Correlation, Teacher's Guide PDF version
DOC: Student Data Sheet - Measuring Dowels PDF version
|Summer of 2008
|Chipola hosted a science-focused workshop, sponsored by the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium (PAEC), for area teachers who teach science in Grades 3-12. The workshop was mentored by Chipola professors Allan Tidwell, David Hilton, Santine Cuccio, June Mays and Virginia Baker and members of the Ground Water Outreach Project Team. Read more about the teachers' learning experiences and adventures in the October 31 newsletter.
|Old Timers Day
Date: May 3, 2008
|Video Presentation
|March 14-15, 2008
|72nd Annual Meeting of
the Florida Academy of Sciences in conjunction with the 85th Annual
Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Sciences, Jacksonville University,
Jacksonville, FL
Teacher candidates, along with Dr. Santine Cuccio, will present a PowerPoint presentation entitled Ground Water Outreach: Pedagogical Content Knowledge.
|February 2008
Carr Middle School Science Night
Teacher candidates present lab demonstrations to middle school students and their parents
|February 2008
1st Math and Science Workshop, sponsored by Chipola College Future Educator's Club (FEC) in association with the Chipola College Teacher Education Department
Teacher candidates present lab demonstrations to current and prospective instructors
|October 2007
|Florida Association for Science Teachers (FAST) Conference - Dr. Santine Cuccio and Science Education students will participate in a presentation / workshop with FDEP LIFE Director Greg Ira.
|September 2007
|Chipola's Earth Science class tours Florida Caverns State Park in Marianna, FL. Instructor Allan Tidwell
|May 2007
|Professional Development training 29th - 30th with LIFE program; area middle and high school instructors participated in the curriculum and field study training. Managed by JV Mathis
|April 2007
|Partner project with Marianna High School chemistry students. Instructor Whitney Cherry
|February 2007
|Project with Chipola College BS students. Instructor Santine Cuccio
|February 2007
|Students in Chipola's Secondary Science Methods course tour Marianna's Water and Wastewater Facility. Instructors Santine Cuccio and Allan Tidwell
|February 2007
|Chipola's Earth Science class tours Florida Caverns State Park in Marianna, FL. Instructors Allan Tidwell and Santine Cuccio
|January 2007
|Carr Middle School, Science Night. Presentation by Allan Tidwell and Santine Cuccio
|November 2006
|Blountstown Elementary School, Science and Reading Night. Presentation by Allan Tidwell and Santine Cuccio
|October 2006
|Partner project with Chipley High School science students. Students implement a well water study of wells in Chipley, FL. Instructor Caren Prichard with Dr. Stephen Shimmel and Dr. Santine Cuccio


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is it good ?
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Anyone ?
yk-lyss Titan E X C A L I B U R Wednesday 01/09/2010, 01:08
It's a very good mono all stars survivor deck, but mono decks don't get very far in survivor. I would add a sakrohm half to aid in the defense/attack manipulation that all stars lack.
My suggestion would be to keep Lamar Cr, Striker, Oyoh, Essie and add Marina. For the sakrohm I would put in Graksmxxt, Uranus and Trinmkkt/Skrumxxt. Ambre is good in the beginning stages, but once you lose pillz, it's better to switch to Morphun or Eyrik. Good luck!
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