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Celiac disease, also called celiac sprue, is a digestive disorder that occurs when an individual's immune system overreacts to the protein gluten, or other proteins within gluten such as gliadin, found in grains including wheat, rye, barley, and to some degree, oats. When a patient with the disease eats food that contains gluten, the immune system's response damages the intestinal lining. This causes symptoms of abdominal pain and bloating after consuming gluten.
Additionally, complications, including poor absorption, may occur if the patient continues to eat gluten-containing foods. When the intestinal lining is damaged, patients have difficulty absorbing nutrients.
It has not been determined what exactly triggers this reaction in celiac patients. However, celiac disease is associated with autoimmune disorders, such as lupus. Autoimmune disorders occur when the patient's immune system mistakenly identifies body cells as harmful invaders, such as bacteria. As a result, the immune cells in celiac patients attack the patient's intestinal cells.
Researchers at the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC) estimate that one out of 133 people in the United States have celiac disease. Prevalence is even higher, one out of 22 people, among patients who have immediate family members (parent or sibling) who have the disease. This suggests that the disease may be inherited (passed down through families) in some cases.
Individuals can develop this disease at any age, but it is most commonly diagnosed in patients who are eight to 12 months old or in patients ages 30-40.
Although there is currently no known cure for celiac disease, the condition can be managed with a gluten-free diet. In general, patients who strictly follow a gluten-free diet can expect to live normal, healthy lives. Symptoms usually subside in several weeks and patients will be able to absorb food normally once they avoid eating gluten. A dietician or certified nutritionist may help a patient with celiac disease develop a healthy diet. Patients with celiac disease may also find gluten-free cookbooks to be a helpful resource. Many products, including rice flour and potato flour, can be used as substitutes for gluten.
Blood tests
: If celiac disease is suspected, blood tests will be performed to determine whether or not the patient has autoantibodies associated with the disease. Specific autoantibodies in the blood bind to the patient's own body cells. This triggers other cells to attack and destroy cells in the intestinal lining. If these autoantibodies are present in a patient's blood, a positive diagnosis is made.
Blood tests may also be performed to determine whether or not the patient has antibodies to gluten. During this procedure, a sample of the patient's blood is combined with gluten to determine whether or not antibodies are present. If antibodies are present, it suggests the patient may have celiac disease.
: An intestinal biopsy may be performed to confirm a diagnosis, but it is not often required. This procedure is more invasive and expensive than a blood test. During the procedure, a thin, flexible tube called an endoscope is inserted through the patient's mouth and into the intestine. A small tissue sample is taken and analyzed under a microscope. If the intestinal tissue is damaged, a positive diagnosis is made.
Nutritional deficiencies
: When a patient with celiac disease consumes gluten, the immune cells attack enzymes in the intestine that are needed for digestion and absorption of nutrients. Therefore, nutritional deficiencies are a complication of untreated celiac disease. Children may experience stunted growth if they are not receiving enough nourishment.
Patients who continue to eat gluten despite their condition may develop anemia (low levels of iron in the blood) because they are unable to absorb iron, folic acid, or vitamin B12.
Patients who continue to eat gluten often have low levels of vitamin K and D because they are normally absorbed in the intestine. Vitamin K is needed for the production of blood clotting factors. Patients with vitamin K deficiency have an increased risk of bleeding. Patients with vitamin D deficiency may have low levels of calcium in the blood, which may lead to bone disorders such as osteoporosis (hollow, brittle bones).
If left untreated, poor nutrition can potentially be fatal.
Other disorders
: Celiac disease is associated with autoimmune disorders. The most common autoimmune disorders associated with the disease are lupus erythematosus, type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease, and microscopic colitis (inflammation of the colon). The prognosis for patients with co-existing autoimmune disorders depends on the specific disorder. Most autoimmune disorders are chronic. However, many disorders can be managed with treatment such as immunosuppressants and anti-inflammatories.
: Although there is currently no cure for celiac disease, the condition can be managed with diet. Symptoms will subside within several weeks and patients will be able to absorb food normally once they avoid eating gluten. However, it may take several months in children and two to three years in elderly patients for the intestine to fully recover.
: Healthcare providers may recommend a dietitian or nutritionist who can help a patient plan an appropriate gluten-free diet. These professionals can also help patients determine whether or not supplementation with vitamins and minerals is necessary.
Gluten-free diet
: Patients should avoid all foods that contain gluten. This includes any type of wheat (including farina, graham flour, semolina, and durum), barley, rye, bulgur, Kamut, kasha, matzo meal, spelt, and triticale. Therefore, foods such as bread, cereal, crackers, pasta, cookies, cake, pie, gravy, and sauce should be avoided unless they are labeled as gluten-free.
Many less obvious foods contain gluten. For instance, grains that contain gluten are often used in food additives, such as modified food starch and malt flavoring. Also, some medications, herbal supplements, and vitamins may contain gluten as a binding agent. Lipstick and postage stamps may contain gluten.
Studies have shown that a gluten-free diet may improve iron deficiency (anemia), malnutrition, anxiety, and depression. Some reports exist of mood swings or depression after adopting a gluten free diet, purportedly due to issues relating to dietary adherence. However, the overwhelming body of scientific evidence concludes that a gluten-free diet will reduce these symptoms.
How to avoid gluten
: Patients should carefully read the labels of their foods. To help patients identify foods like gluten, the U.S. Congress passed the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA). The law, which went into effect January 1, 2006, requires food manufacturers to clearly state on their packages whether the food is made with any ingredients that contain products derived from milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, or soybeans. This act also requires the FDA to develop and finalize rules for the use of the term "gluten-free" on product labels by August 2008.
Food products can become cross-contaminated with gluten if they come into contact with gluten. For instance, a knife that was used to cut bread should be washed thoroughly with soap and water before it is used to cut food for a patient with celiac disease. Cross contamination may also occur if bread and vegetables were cut on the same cutting board.
Hidden gluten can be found in some unlikely foods, such as cold cuts, soups, hard candies, soy sauce, and many low or non-fat products (such as licorice and jelly beans). Gluten may also come in forms such as vegetable proteins and starch, modified food starch (when derived from wheat instead of corn), maltodextrin, malt flavoring, and glucose syrup. Many common ingredients contain wheat or barley derivatives.
Patients with celiac disease should always ask about the ingredients in food when dining at a restaurant or someone else's home.
Patients should consult their healthcare providers and pharmacists before taking any drugs, herbs, or supplements because they may contain gluten.
Read the labels of cosmetics because some beauty products, such as lipstick, may contain gluten.
Use self-adhesive postage stamps because stamps that require moistening may be contaminated with gluten.
Foods that are safe to eat
: Today, patients can choose from a wide variety of gluten-free products at grocery stores. There are gluten-free substitutes for many foods and beverages, including cookies and beer. If gluten-free foods are not readily available at the local supermarket, they can be purchased online.
Patients can eat fresh meats, fish, and poultry that are not breaded or marinated. Most dairy products are safe to eat, as well as fruits, vegetables, rice, potatoes, and gluten-free flours that are made from rice, soy, potato, or corn.
Although amaranth, buckwheat, and quinoa are gluten-free when they are grown, they may become contaminated with other grains during harvesting and/or processing. Even though oats may not be harmful for most patients with celiac disease, they are often contaminated with wheat. Therefore, oats should be avoided as a precautionary measure.
: Patients with celiac disease do not necessarily have to give up their favorite foods because they cannot eat gluten. Substitutes for wheat flour can be used for many recipes. For instance, if a recipe calls for one teaspoon of wheat flour, patients can use 1.5 teaspoon of potato starch, cornstarch, rice flour, or arrowroot starch instead. One cup of wheat flour may be substituted with one cup of fine cornmeal, 3/4 cup of coarse cornmeal, 3/4 cup of rice flour, or 5/8 cup of potato flour. Gluten-free cookbooks are widely available to help patients maintain their quality of life with respect to food.
Integrative therapies
: There is currently a lack of available scientific evidence on the use of integrative therapies for the treatment or prevention of celiac disease. The therapies listed below should be used only under the supervision of a qualified healthcare provider, and should not be used in replacement of other proven therapies or preventive measures.
Unclear or conflicting scientific evidence
: In limited early research, oral zinc supplements did not seem to improve the clinical condition of patients with unresponsive celiac syndrome. More research is needed in this area.
Zinc is generally considered safe when taken at the recommended dosages. Use amounts regularly exceeding the recommended upper tolerance levels (greater than 40 milligrams daily) under a physician's guidance only. Use cautiously in patients with bleeding disorders, diabetes, or low blood sugar levels, or in patients taking agents for these conditions. Use cautiously in patients with high cholesterol or blood fats, a high risk of developing heart disease, various skin disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, liver disease, genitourinary conditions, blood disorders, neurological disorders, pulmonary or respiratory disorders, immune disorders, or kidney disease, or in patients taking antidepressants, potassium-sparing diuretics, antibiotics (particularly tetracyclines and quinolones), iron, penicillamine, thyroid hormones, or copper. Avoid in patients who are homozygous for hemochromatosis (a metabolic disorder involving the deposition of iron-containing pigments in the tissues and characterized by bronzing of the skin, diabetes, and weakness) or with a known allergy or hypersensitivity to zinc compounds. Avoid use of intranasal Zicam®.
Traditional or theoretical uses that lack sufficient evidence
: Buckwheat (
Fagopyrum esculentum
) has been suggested as acceptable for, or tolerated by, people with celiac disease. However, there is currently a lack of high-quality human studies in this area.
Use cautiously in patients with celiac disease, diabetes, or hypoglycemia. Use cautiously in those using agents that lower blood glucose, cholesterol, or blood pressure, or that increase sensitivity to light. Avoid nonfood parts of the buckwheat plant in pregnant women. Avoid with known allergy or hypersensitivity to buckwheat, its constituents, or members of the Polygonaceae family.
: Germ proteins in carob (
Ceratonia siliqua
) have been found to have similar properties as wheat gluten and have been used in gluten-free baked foods. Carob germ flour has been used as an alternative to wheat flour in gluten-free bread. However, there is currently a lack of human studies on the safety and efficacy of carob for celiac disease.
Use cautiously in patients with anemia, known allergy to peanuts and other nuts, complications with powdered, bulk forming laxative drinks, diabetes, or high cholesterol. Use cautiously if taking oral herbs or drugs. Use cautiously in hypouricemic patients. Avoid if allergic/hypersensitive to carob (
Ceratonia siliqua
), its constituents, or any plants in the Fabaceae family, including tamarind. Avoid with metabolic disorders, with a chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, or zinc disorder or deficiency, renal disorders, or acute diarrhea. Avoid in underweight infants. Avoid if pregnant or breastfeeding.
: Cassava (
Manihot esculenta
), also known as manioc or yucca, is a starchy root vegetable that is widely grown and consumed as a staple food source in tropical countries. However, potentially toxic levels of cyanic glycosides are naturally present in cassava, and, if not removed during processing, they are converted to hydrogen cyanide, which may cause a number of diseases, and in some cases death, particularly in the presence of protein-deficient diets. The world market for cassava is limited, due to the abundance of substitutes; however, it may be increasing in popularity as a wheat-free alternative for individuals with celiac disease.
Cassava is thought to be safe when taken in small amounts for short periods of time by people who are not malnourished. Cassava is thought to be safe in pregnant and breastfeeding women who are not allergic and who take it in amounts that are generally found in foods. However, levels higher than those normally found in the diet are not suggested due to toxins that may cause thyroid and brain defects in babies. Use cautiously when the cassava contains 50-100 parts per million of cyanogenic content and is taken for extended periods of time by otherwise healthy adults. Use cautiously in people who are taking birth control or chondroitin. Avoid if allergic or sensitive to cassava, its parts, or members of the Euphorbiaceae family. Avoid if allergic or sensitive to latex or to yucca. Avoid using when the amount of toxins in the cassava product cannot be determined. High levels of toxins in cassava may cause disease and death. Avoid in people who have iodine deficiency, malnutrition, or thyroid deficiency, or those who are eating a low-protein diet.
Folic acid
: The role of folic acid status in people with celiac disease has been investigated in preliminary research. High-quality human studies are needed in this area.
Use cautiously if receiving coronary stents and with anemia and seizure disorders. It is suggested that pregnant women consume 400 micrograms daily in order to reduce the risk of the fetus developing a defect. Folate is likely safe if breastfeeding. Avoid if allergic or hypersensitive to folate or any folate product ingredients.
: The role of iron deficiency in people with celiac disease has been investigated in preliminary research. High-quality human studies are needed in this area.
Use iron supplements cautiously in patients with gastrointestinal disorders, kidney disease, intestinal disease, peptic ulcer disease, enteritis, colitis, pancreatitis, hepatitis, or alcoholism; in those who plan to become pregnant; in uremic patients treated with dialysis; or in patients over age 55 with a family history of heart disease. Use cautiously during pregnancy for elevating iron stores in bone marrow. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should consult a healthcare professional before beginning iron supplementation. Avoid iron in patients with or at risk for iron overload, due to hematochromatosis (a disease in which too much iron is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, often genetic) or any other cause. Avoid in patients with hemolytic anemia. Avoid with known allergy/hypersensitivity to products containing iron. Contact hypersensitivity to iron has been reported.
: In early research, pancreatic enzymes, such as pancreatin, have been investigated as possible treatments for celiac disease. A conclusion on the safety or effectiveness of this use cannot be determined at this time.
Pancreatin supplements should be used only on the advice of a medical practitioner. Pancreatin is likely safe when taken by mouth in doses recommended by a healthcare practitioner for patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, a condition in which food is not properly digested because the pancreas does not make an adequate amount of digestive enzymes. Use with caution in patients with diabetes or hypoglycemia, or in those taking drugs, herbs, or supplements that affect blood sugar. Use with caution in patients at risk for developing headaches or with a history of migraines, or in patients with gastrointestinal, lung, respiratory, or kidney disorders. Use with caution in patients using calcium carbonate- or magnesium hydroxide-containing antacids, folic acid, or iron. Avoid in patients with allergy or hypersensitivity to pancreatin, pork protein, or any other components of pancreatin. Avoid in pregnant or breastfeeding women.
: Quinoa (
Chenopodium quinoa
) has been used as a substitute for wheat, especially by those on a gluten-free diet due to celiac disease or other conditions. However, high-quality human research is lacking.
Avoid if allergic or hypersensitive to quinoa, its constituents, or members of the Amaranthaceae family. Use unwashed quinoa cautiously because it is naturally coated with saponins. Avoid if pregnant or breastfeeding.
: The role of selenium deficiency in people with celiac disease has been investigated in preliminary research. High-quality human studies are needed in this area.
Use cautiously at doses from 27-2,310 milligrams daily, as well as in patients on hemodialysis, in patients with iodine deficiency, high cholesterol, or immune disorders, and in those using immunosuppressants, corticosteroids, antacids, erythropoietin (EPO), cholesterol-lowering medications, oral contraceptives, astragalus, or iron supplements. Avoid in patients at high risk of nonmelanoma skin cancers or at risk for developing diabetes. Avoid in patients with known allergy or hypersensitivity to products containing selenium; however, selenium is a trace element, and hypersensitivity is unlikely.
Vitamin E
: The role of vitamin E deficiency in people with celiac disease has been investigated in preliminary research. High-quality human studies are needed in this area.
Use long-term vitamin E cautiously. Use cautiously in patients with heart conditions, skin conditions, kidney impairment, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, retinitis pigmentosa (loss of peripheral vision), or in patients who smoke, or in preterm infants. Avoid high doses of vitamin E. Avoid above the recommended daily level in pregnant women and breastfeeding women. Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders or in those taking drugs that may increase the risk of bleeding. Avoid if allergic or hypersensitive to vitamin E.
Vitamin K
: The role of vitamin K levels in people with celiac disease has been investigated. Although vitamin K deficiency is rare, patients who have celiac disease have an increased risk of developing this condition. High-quality human studies are needed in this area.
Conditions that interfere with absorption of vitamin K may lead to deficiency, including short bowel syndrome, cystic fibrosis, malabsorption (various causes), pancreas or gallbladder disease, persistent diarrhea, sprue, and ulcerative colitis. Use cautiously in patients with skin or gastrointestinal conditions, in pregnant women, and in those taking lipid-lowering drugs. Injection into the muscle or vein should only be done by a healthcare professional. Many serious side effects have occurred after injection. Avoid in patients with known allergy or hypersensitivity to vitamin K. Avoid supplemental vitamin K in patients using warfarin or other blood-thinning agents unless otherwise directed by a healthcare professional. Avoid use of vitamin K3 supplements or menadiol.
Currently, there is no known method to prevent celiac disease.
Patients who have celiac disease can prevent symptoms from returning by adhering to a gluten-free diet. A certified dietitian can help patients plan appropriate and healthy gluten-free diets.
Patients should carefully read the labels of all food products. Food manufacturers in the United States are required to clearly state whether their products contain wheat.
If children have celiac disease, their baby-sitters, teachers, and other caretakers should be informed of their conditions.
Patients with celiac disease should always ask about ingredients in the food when dining at a restaurant or someone else's home.
Patients should consult their healthcare providers and pharmacists before taking any drugs, herbs, or supplements because they may contain gluten.
Read the labels of cosmetics because some beauty products, such as lipstick, may contain gluten.
Use self-adhesive postage stamps because stamps that require moistening may be contaminated with gluten.
Food products can become cross-contaminated with gluten if they come into contact with gluten. For instance, a knife that was used to cut bread should be washed thoroughly with soap and water before it is used to cut food for a patient with celiac disease. Cross contamination may also occur if bread and vegetables were cut on the same cutting board.
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: When a celiac patient eats gluten, or other protein components of gluten, such as gliadin, the body's immune system overreacts. Gluten is present in all types of wheat (including farina, graham flour, semolina, and durum), barley, rye, bulgur, Kamut, kasha, matzo meal, spelt, and triticale. The gluten is mistaken for a harmful invader, such as bacteria, and an attack is launched. Immune system cells flood to the stomach and intestine to destroy the gluten. However, among these immune cells are autoantibodies that attack the lining of the intestine by mistake. As a result, the intestinal lining becomes damaged.
Gliadin is a protein component of gluten, found in wheat and several other cereal grains of the genus
. Patients with celiac disease are sensitive to the ?, ?, and ? forms of gliadins. In response to gliadin, anti-gliadin IgA antibodies are produced, which are reportedly found in many patients with celiac disease.
: Researchers believe that many cases of celiac disease are inherited (passed down through families). Researchers estimate that if someone in a patient's immediate family (parent or sibling) has celiac disease, the patient has a 5-15% chance of developing the disease as well.
: It also appears that many cases of celiac disease develop after trauma, such as an infection, stress, physical injury, surgery, or pregnancy.
Other disorders
: Celiac disease is associated with autoimmune disorders. Autoimmune disorders occur when the immune system attacks the body by mistake. Autoantibodies in the blood bind to components of an individual's own cells, triggering other cells to attack the body. The most common autoimmune disorders associated with celiac disease are lupus erythematosus, type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease, and microscopic colitis (disorder that causes inflammation of the colon).
In general, patients who follow a gluten-free diet can expect to live normal, healthy lives. Most patients with celiac disease experience nonspecific symptoms after consuming gluten, including intermittent diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloating. Some patients may experience no symptoms.
If a patient is not absorbing enough nutrients, symptoms may include weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, gas, bloating, fatigue, foul-smelling or grayish stools that may be oily, stunted growth in children, and osteoporosis (hollow, brittle bones).
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As mentioned in the first segment of my two-part look at the compliance kerfuffle that is major college football, it has been a couple of years since Urban Meyer told the college football world how disgusted he was that the sport has been overrun with "garbage." Or as the rest of us call it: "cheating." Considering all that has transpired in the Gator program since then, it seems like longer than a couple of years. For some of you, the last two days have seemed like a couple of years, eagerly waiting for me to expound on this phenomenon of foul. For many of you, it seems like it takes a couple of years just to find the end of one of my loquacious columns. But I digress…
Well we know what Meyer was dealing with close to home. As noted in this space before, between the tenures of the past two great Gator coaches Meyer and Spurrier, every single other SEC team – as well as FSU and Miami – have gone on probation for cheating, with the lone exceptions of UGA and Vanderbilt. Some of them multiple times. Many of them will be going on probation again in the next four to five years. And perhaps even more irksome to Gator fans than this giant den of iniquity is the NCAA Committee on Infractions: a giant den of inequity. Just compare the infractions and resulting penalties levied against the Florida programs in the 1980s to any of the major infractions and associated sanctions lodged against the major programs since then. But again I digress…
Since Meyer released his remarks public consumption, it seems like every week a new major program across the country is being outed or busted for cheating. Oregon has been famously called on the carpet this week by the NCAA, citing major violations, and they will have to work hard to convince anyone that they didn't pay at least one man in excess of a quarter million dollars to scout and steer star players to Eugene. The other team in the 2010 national title game, Auburn, has to hope their little $200k "Newtonian issue" – as well as the many accusations levied against the Tigers' program in this month's Selena Roberts article – are never verified or they will land themselves on major probation; again. Then of course there is the recent saga on a far larger media scale of Jim Tressell, who committed a violation and then lied about it to the NCAA, and then lied a little more about it to spin the first lie, then lied a little more.
And speaking of adding insult to injury, cheating is alive and well in college basketball too. Close to home in the SEC, Bruce Pearl pulled a sweater vest himself a couple years ago, compounding a number of violations with dishonest statements to the NCAA. As we know, Pearl lost his job over it. But the worst part of his pink slip ordeal cast light on perhaps where the blame begins: in the A.D.'s office. Former Vols Athletics Director Mike Hamilton was the one in charge of Tennessee men's athletics, and he was the man who hired Pearl and cultivated the culture of permissiveness (at best) that allowed Pearl to operate as he did – and then he punished the players by announcing Pearl's likely firing less than 48 hours before they tipped off in the NCAA tourney. Hamilton was also the man who hired Lane Kiffin, who went on to set conference records both for the most minor infractions and the most verbal reprimands from the SEC office in a single year. And of course Kiffin and his one-and-done staff were also prominently named in the NCAA Notice of Allegations given to Tennessee shortly after his departure that led to the Vols' current two-year probation rip.
I mention the case of Mike Hamilton in particular because it is one of the relatively infrequent times when the Athletics Director feels the sting of the transgressions either directed or allowed to foment under his watch. It closely coincided with the firing of then-Southern Cal Athletics Director Mike Garrett, after he oversaw a department that landed on probation for major violations in both football and basketball. Note the common threads: if you want to stay off probation, never hire Lane Kiffin or an A.D. named Mike. The Athletics Director is usually the one doing his best Claude Rains impersonation claiming he is "shocked – SHOCKED – to find that cheating is going on in here!" But there is usually some degree of incredulity in the face of these claims of innocent surprise by the top dog in the athletics, particularly in the successful programs, because it simply is not credible to believe a boss can be so successful directing his department while at the same time not having any idea what is going on in it. These two firings – though done by the schools and not directly triggered by any NCAA sanctions mandate – may signal the beginning of a new trend where lack of institutional control is seen for what it is: very strong and focused institutional control in the effort to break NCAA rules. And the real coordinators, the real decision makers at the top of the food chain may finally start to feel the consequences of their actions. Whether they are crooked or not, they may ultimately be forced to implement compliance programs that force their coaches to remain above boards.
That lack of institutional control at the top was just as clear at Ohio State, and the point driven home is the same as at places like FSU in the past, where coaches and A.D.s wash their hands of the affairs and say, "Bowehs will be bowehs." Pearl was sacked and Tressell did not survive, both at the core because of the element of lying to the NCAA. Ask Dez Bryant how the NCAA feels about giving false statements. At least the Buckeye basketball team is clean. Never mind that just a few years ago head coach Jim O'Brien was fired, but only after the NCAA found violations of illegal benefits and academic fraud that led to three years' probation and financial reparations. They are clean now because Thad Motta is the epitome of integrity.
As was as Jim Tressell.
What this really underscores for Gator fans is not just how bad it is out there for the Honest Abes of the major college sports world (or how rare law-abiding coaches really are), but just how good the coaches at Florida have been since 1990. In coming weeks, I will break down the national Teams of the Decade in basketball and football for the last 10 and 20 years, respectively, and the early returns indicate that Florida will figure prominently in both analyses. And as I will highlight, this was done despite playing far more of the top-10 winningest teams each decade than any other team in the top 10. But that doesn't even compare to the handicap they face when you consider who is cheating.
In the 2000s decade, the Florida football team finished fifth in winning percentage (thanks Ron!). Of the four teams ahead of them, three of them were found guilty of cheating and sanctioned by the NCAA for violations during the decade: secondary violations by Oklahoma, and of course the rather massive cheating by Southern Cal and Ohio State. Only Texas remains clean among that group. In the previous decade of the 1990s, only FSU and Nebraska had better winning percentages than Florida, and we know both programs were hit relatively hard by the NCAA for again, rather massive cheating during the decade. When you combine the two decades of football, of the top 12 teams in winning percentage, only three teams played it clean: Florida, Texas and Penn State. And Penn State is of course now on massive probation for the lack of institutional control that had nothing to do with directly gaining an advantage on the field, but did unquestionably avoid incurring a huge institutional black eye that would have resulted in a decided disadvantage on the field in terms of being able to attract as many top athletes to a program tainted in such an unimaginable manner. So it did indirectly give them a competitive advantage by preventing a certain competitive disadvantage. The rest of them were all cited by the NCAA at least once, with nine of them cited multiple times: Ohio State, FSU, Nebraska, Miami, Tennessee, Michigan, Marshall, Oklahoma and Alabama.
The media certainly takes a jaded and hypocritical approach to the whole ordeal, mildly condemning the practice of cheating in vague and indirect terms while never whispering a negative word on air about the rouge programs' illegal practices as they praise their on-field success. And when anyone in the media does address the issue directly, it is in the vein of Barry Switzer's remarks on the Tressell misdeeds: "That's jaywalking to me. This stuff has gone on forever." Says the man whose lawlessness is so second nature that he forgets he is carrying illegal handguns when he goes through airport security. But this is the perspective of the only college sports talking heads who dare even speak on the topic: everyone's doing it, it's no big deal, and the fans don't really care as long as their teams win. Which may be true.
And why not? In college athletics, cheating pays. Nine of the twelve winningest programs of the last 20 years can attest. Since the Bowl Coalition/Bowl Alliance/BCS began holding definitive national championship games in 1992, through 2010 (I cut it there because we won't know about the potential cheating of Alabama, LSU or Notre Dame until a few years have passed, the window during which these things usually surface), there have been 19 title games with 38 teams playing for the ultimate bauble. Of those teams, 27 – that's a full 71% – have been sanctioned by the NCAA over that span of games for violation of the rules. Many of them multiple times. When and if Oregon and Auburn officially receive their sanctions, as most expect, that total will increase to 29 (76%). What's more, in the 19 seasons played since 1992, not a single title game has been played without at least one team that was cheating and sanctioned during that timeframe – not one single solitary game. And ten of the games – over half of them – pitted two sanctioned programs against each other (counting the foregone conclusion of the 2010 game).
Frankly, those are simply staggering statistics.
And yet, even with eight of the other top twelve national teams over the last two decades – and nine of the other eleven SEC teams- cheating (and half of the two new expansion SEC programs; the most recent of Texas A&M's four NCAA probations concluding in 1998), there was Florida under the guidance of Spurrier and Meyer sitting atop the list with 11 more wins than anyone else. And there is Muschamp hanging 11 wins on the scoreboard in only his second year of taking over a dumpster fire of a program. And in basketball, even with two of the biggest documented cheaters in college sports – Bruce Pearl and John Calipari – coaching in his own division a combined 11 seasons between them, there is Billy Donovan winning the SEC title yet again this year, and advancing to the Elite Eight for the third-straight season (while neither Calipari's program nor Pearl's former program even made the NCAA tournament). And in those nine national title football games that pitted cheaters against non-cheaters, the clean programs went a collective 6-3.
So perhaps there is hope for the chaste after all (that would certainly be good news for Tim Tebow's NFL career). For Gator Nation, that is certainly the great hope, because with probably the most drum-tight compliance department in all of college sports – boasting an official citation from the NCAA for being the model compliance program – Florida athletics will be braving the elements while continuing to fight the good fight. History shows it can be done. You can win the biggest of trophies on the biggest of stages – and do it frequently – by running an honest athletics program. The Gators have been doing it now shin-deep into its third-straight decade. It is comforting to know that the Florida programs continue to prove that you don't have to cheat to be the very best. Even when everyone else is doing it.


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Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's hilarious IFC show Portlandia takes place in (surprise!) Portland, Oregon, so it was only a matter of time before we saw someone from the Blazers land a role on the show. That honor went to All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge, who had a cameo in last week's episode as the boyfriend of a woman played by Penny Marshall. Check it out:
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The Mets also plan on meeting with free-agent closers Brian Fuentes and Trevor Hoffman today. There is also a chance they'll meet with Kerry Wood, too.
Reports also have the Mets talking trade with Seattle for J.J. Putz, Houston for Jose Valverde, the White Sox for Bobby Jenks and Toronto for B.J. Ryan.
"In the next four days, we will probably be more aggressive with dialogue with agents," GM Omar Minaya said. "And at the same time, we have some potential trades that are out there that we might be able to get done."
Meanwhile, the Mark Healey from Gotham Sports is reporting the Yankees are talking trade with Robinson Cano to the Dodgers for Matt Kemp.


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You can't find a psychiatrist in much of North Carolina. There isn't one in 28 of our 100 counties. In 18, there's one for the entire county.
At the same time, our adult-care centers, jails and prisons are jammed with mentally ill people. The state has cut the number of beds in its three psychiatric hospitals by half (from 1,750) in the past decade. That has left thousands of people without psychiatric treatment.
Mentally ill people also are crowding emergency rooms. It's there that North Carolina's best innovation in mental-health care in years is emerging. Telepsychiatry offers a way for mentally ill people in ERs to get treatment. Psychiatrists and psychologists use real-time video and audio meetings with patients and health care providers to treat people with mental health and drug and alcohol problems.
Of the counties without a psychiatrist, 10 are in northeastern North Carolina. In 2010, the Albemarle Hospital Foundation in Elizabeth City borrowed an idea from South Carolina, which had used a grant from the Duke Endowment to establish telepsychiatric care.
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Albemarle Hospital forged a partnership with psychiatrists in Jacksonville to develop a hospital-based system of telepsychiatry for northeastern North Carolina. The effort succeeded, according to the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research, a Raleigh-based nonpartisan research center, and was expanded to serve 14 hospitals in 29 counties. Four more hospitals were added in 2013.
The center, in a report released this month, found:
• The length of stay in emergency rooms for patients awaiting inpatient treatment declined from 48 hours to 22.5 hours.
• Eight percent of patients had to return to Albermarle Hospital within 30 days, compared with 20 percent before.
• The number of involuntary commitments decreased by 33 percent.
State Rep. Susan Martin, a Wilson Republican, thought the program should be expanded. Of North Carolina's 108 hospitals, 49 provide telepsychiatry. Wilson got $2 million included in the current state budget and $2 million in next year's budget (which starts July 1) so that all hospitals in North Carolina could participate. The program will be similar to the Albemarle Hospital program and will be run by East Carolina University.
Of the $2 million this year, more than $1 million will be spent on equipment and Web portal development. At the end of March, 23 hospitals had been added; two more contracts had been signed; and 40 more hospitals were in contract negotiations.
"I love this because it's real health care reform, and it changes the way health care is delivered," Martin told me. "This is an innovative way to provide care." Martin says everyone wins – patients, health care providers, law enforcement (which often deals with mentally ill people) and all of us who pay for emergency room visits of uninsured people with mental illness. The program has been embraced by Gov. Pat McCrory and his health and human services secretary, Aldona Wos, a physician.
There are challenges to telepsychiatry. The technology must protect patients' privacy. Psychiatrists, in not sitting across from a patient, might have difficulty in developing patients' trust (although the center reported that some children find it easier to be open when communicating through video).
Those issues are worth working through. The last decade has not been a good one in North Carolina for mental-health treatment. Telepsychiatry promises a step forward.


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It's been a turbulent year or so for the charter school founded by Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders. It's about to get even more turbulent.
According to 105.3 The Fan in Dallas/Ft. Worth, the Texas Education Agency has "started the revocation process" against Uplift Fort Worth, which sponsors the Prime Prep Academy.
Sanders acknowledged the situation on Twitter, accusing the co-founder of the school of being a "Crook and Heartless [sic]," and that the co-founder "hustled the state out of [$]45,000" for a food program. Sanders said he would repay the money himself if that would allow the school to continue to operate.
According to 105.3 The Fan, however, the situation deals with something other than money for a food program. Per the report, "some of the concerns centered around some 400 computers, bought with federal money, that instead of going to students were sold for profit."
Sanders has not been accused of any wrongdoing. For now, the question is whether the school will continue to exist. If significant federal money was misappropriated, it's fair to assume that the feds will get to the bottom of the situation — especially when there's a pretty big fish swimming around in potentially corrupt waters.


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WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday an appeal by Adelphia Communications Corp founder John Rigas and his son Timothy of their conspiracy and fraud convictions.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
The Med-X Campaign
The Med-X Campaign promotes the medical use of ecstasy to treat mental health problems. Currently, over 300,000 US veterans are suffering from PTSD. According to the first clinical trial ever conducted, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is three times more effective at reducing symptoms than current treatments. This is a really important issue for veterans and sufferers of trauma, so we have a good chance of generating buzz, making an important contribution to social change and improving the lives of millions of people.
Hello there! My name is Jason Roth and I'm self-starting a project named the Med-X Campaign. I'm a little nervous since I've never done something like this, but the purpose is to promote one tiny little change in public policy that will make a giant positive impact on society in the long-run.
In case you're wondering, I became interested in this issue while I was a pre-med student volunteering in the lab of UCSF professor Dr. John Mendelson (http://vimeo.com/15436997). I decided to use the next year and a half before starting grad school to work on this issue.
The first stage of this project is a splash page. People will come to the website, see the issue, and sign a petition of support.
I think my primary audience will be 20-somethings who are interested in changing the world. They don't like war but they like drugs.
I'd also like to partner with nonprofits that work with trauma, health professionals, veterans and veteran's groups, and women's groups.
My wildest goal would be to reach policy-makers like President Barack Obama :)
The Med-X Campaign logo will be appearing on a splash webpage. Your task is to combine two elements: MDMA, the drug known as ecstasy, with medicine. Focus on the pleasure of the cure rather than the pain of trauma. It should be catchy, comforting, and professional. The logo must aid the transformation of MDMA's reputation from a recreational drug into a government-approved prescription medication!
Whatever your design is, include the name: The Med-X Campaign
Please, exercise caution when using drug imagery!
NO psychedelic visuals or hippie-dippie style.
Colors I Like: Red, White, Blue
Themes: Healthcare, Veterans, Trauma,
One thought I had was to have the logo incorporate a cross.
See my mock site I made at medicinalmdma.com
Playing around with this idea, I made the Med Cross. I like that it combines a name of MDMA (X) with the Red Cross, but it also looks like a cancel button!
Here are some references you may find helpful:
news article : http://www.miller-mccune.com/health…gony-3541/
website: maps.org - MAPS is the premier nonprofit funding the research into MDMA therapy.
Also, there are a lot of decent illustrations in the attached MDMA History, you may find some inspiration there. Lastly, there is a journal article if you're curious about the science.
Thanks thanks thanks for your interest, looking forward to your designs :)
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That's OT Ken Ruettgers, who played with the Packers from 1985 through 1996, obviously in the holiday mood for a Monday Night Football game played on Halloween 1994.
So what on Earth is he wearing? That's one of the two throwback uniforms worn in 1994 by the Packers as part of the NFL's celebration of its 75th Anniversary (I'll cover the other in a later entry). It's a throwback to 1937. Not a terribly accurate throwback - the original featured gold numbers on the white jersey, but that's about as legible as it sounds. Rather than outline the gold numbers in navy, the Packers decided to use simply navy block numbers.
Since the look hearkened back to the leather-helmet days, and therefore doesn't translate perfectly into today's form-fitting armor look, the Packers simply stripped off all decals and went with simple gold plastic shells for their throwback games (providing a nice blank canvas for Ken). They didn't bother to change out the standard green facemasks, resulting in a somewhat patchwork appearance up close.
On October 31st, 1994, the Packers journeyed south to take on the Bears at Soldier Field. Playing in a torrential downpour, with gusts of up to 36mph, the Packers crushed the Bears 33-6.
The Bears, wearing 1920s-style throwbacks, turned the ball over five times in that game (the Packers managed not to lose it even once), didn't score until the fourth quarter, when the Packers had already put it away.
That picture above tells another story - look at all the empty seats. The foul weather resulted in 19,000 hardy Chicagoans deciding to stay dry and watch the game at home.
No word on whether or not Ruettgers took his helmet trick-or-treating in Chicago before heading back north.


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Looks like the original part number was 3931575. Used for all 68's with 4BC 327 & 350 engines except special high perf ones. Rochester carb was used with this manifold originally too.Steve


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From crisp, acidic and dry to acidic, staggeringly rich, and sweet
Known in the Anjou and Touraine districts of the Loire Valley as the Pineau de la Loire, the Chenin Blanc grape lends itself to an extraordinary range of styles, from bracing, bone-dry Savennieres and Vouvrays (there is also a sparkling version), to medium-dry or demi-sec, wines, to some of the world's most staggeringly rich late-harvest wines made in years that benefit from the arrival of botrytis.
General characteristics of Chenin Blanc include citrus fruits, peach, pear, apple, and quince; spring flowers and honeysuckle; occasionally a lanolin/wet wool element; and assertive mineral and earthy notes, sometimes reminiscent of fresh, sweet mushrooms.
Chenin Blancs in both dry and sweet styles are noted for their longevity -- especially those from Vouvray. The very sweetest bottlings from Chenin Blanc are among the longest-lived nonfortified wines in the world. Note that, compared to Sauternes for example, sweet wines from the Loire Valley are lower in alcohol, higher in acidity, and dominated by the aromas and flavors of fruit rather than oak barrels.
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Does your car have headers or stock manifolds? Headers tend to be more of an issue than stock manifolds. Also, check the battery voltage under a load test. Most parts houses can check the battery for you. Under a load test at half the rated cold cranking amps of the battery, the battery should still be putting out at least 9.5 volts. Basically you are looking for excessive voltage drop between the battery and the starter solenoid as well as checking to be sure that the battery is still strong. If all that checks out, time to check the starter. Worn bushings will let the rotor in the starter drag on the internal stator windings - this condition usually gets worse if the starter has been exposed to high temps from the exhaust system.
If you're talking about the stock console, that guage is not volts but amps and shows the present current draw and charging rate.


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Good news and bad news, Truebies: On the glass half full side of the equation, True Blood season 6 started filming in January! Hooray! On the glass half empty side, we won't actually see those new episodes until sometime this summer (the premiere date hasn't been set just yet). Yeah, I'll go ahead and say it: Waiting SUCKS.
Back to the glass half full thing, though -- since season 6 is finally in the works, the spoiler machine is once again in full gear! We've got the goods on everything from who's fanging who to who's brand new on the upcoming season of True Blood (which sounds like it should definitely be worth that suck-ish wait!). Ready?
True Blood Season 6 Spoilers
Sookie Will Fall for a New Supe
Forget vampires and werewolves. Rumor has it Sookie's love interest this time around will be a fellow faerie named Ben (played by Rob Kazinsky of EastEnders).
Bill Will Be ... Different
Cast and crew are tight-lipped about whether Bill Compton will return in Billith form or not, but Alexander Skarsgard did hint that Bill would be "kind of dangerous now, even for an old, strong vampire like Eric." (As long as he's not covered in blood, yuck!)
Bon Temps Will Get Some Fresh Meat (Down, Jason!)
Uh-oh. New character Nicole Jannsen (played by Jurnee Smollett) is described as a "do-gooder" in her early 20s, "a true bleeding heart" who's "not at all concerned with money; she's concerned with the common good and doing what's right." Jason will destroy her, oh no!
Pam's Relationships Will Get "Complex"
So says Kristin Bauer van Straten:
Things are a little complex, so we continue with the complexities in her relationships. Her relationship with Eric became strained during the season and they're in a quite a jam ... And she has this new progeny [Tara] and they're both gay. I don't know where that's going to go, but Rutina [Wesley] and I are extremely curious! I don't know what they're going to do with it.
We're pretty curious, too!
What are your predictions for True Blood season 6?
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Rihanna Pretty Much Says She Hasn't Been Hooking Up With Chris Brown
Rihanna is doing her best to put the rumors of her reignited romance with Chris Brown to rest. While the 'You Da One' singer hasn't addressed the whispers directly, she took to Twitter with some pointed, well-timed messages about infidelity.
RiRi retweeted a message from a fan, posting, "RT @WizKhalllifa: #TheresNoReason to cheat, there never is. If you're not happy with the relationship then don't be a coward, just end it." When a fan pointed out that the tweet wasn't from the actual Wiz Khalifa, Rihanna responded, "I know, just liked that tweet!"
Rihanna's appreciation for the tweet is likely at least in part due to rumors that she's been the "other woman" in a love triangle between herself, Breezy and his current girlfriend, model Karrueche Tran. The latest rumors claim Rihanna and Brown have been meeting in secret for over a year behind Tran's back. Brown's rep denied the claims, while Rihanna's rep declined to comment on them at all.
On the other hand, Rihanna may be responding to something else entirely. She was recently listed at No. 2 on a list of celebrities men would most like to cheat on their wives with. Or maybe she was being honest when she said she just liked that tweet.


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Voice of a Bear, Heart of a Writerby Steve Charles • March 3, 2010 Share:
It's hard to imagine a better pairing than Benjamin Percy's deep baritone voice and his story "Heart of a Bear."
Or a more intriguing first line: "The bear did not know he was capable of love. That would come later."
Or, for that matter, a more memorable reading.
(Listen to Percy read "Heart of a Bear" here.)
"I know when I read a Percy story that the language will startle, the imagery will transport me," said Wabash Assistant Professor Eric Freeze, introducing the award-winning author of the short story collections Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk and frequent contributor to Esquire magazine. Percy's novel The Wilding will be published by Graywolf Press in the fall, and his short story "Refresh, Refresh," in addition to being re-published as a graphic novel, is being produced as a film.
"There's something haunting in these stories that stays with me," Freeze said.
What will stay with the Wabash students Percy has worked and spoken with here during his two-day visit are his generosity and a demystified path to becoming a writer—an approach that values "single-mindedness," hard work, and attention to craft and the work of others.
"Often writers talk only about themselves," Seth Einterz '11 said after Tuesday night's reading and question and answer session. "But he also talked about other writers, what he learned from them, and I appreciated that."
Percy singled out Tim O'Brien, Flannery O'Connor, and Wabash College alumnus Dan Simmons '70 among many whose writing inspired him.
"He's been excellent with our students," said Freeze, who had worked with Percy last summer at Indiana's Ropewalk Writer's Retreat at New Harmony and instantly knew he would be a great fit for Wabash students.
Meeting with student writers earlier in the day, Percy emphasized the need for self-discipline and routine.
"Writing is revision, and one of the keys to revision is a regular, regimented schedule—time set aside every day, time to get yourself into the zone," Percy said. He quoted author Harry Crews—words Percy keeps by his desk: "You have to go to considerable trouble to live differently from the way the world wants you to live. That's what I've discovered about writing. The world doesn't want you to do a damn thing. If you wait till you got time to write a novel or time to write a story or time to read the hundred thousands of books you should have already read--if you wait for the time, you'll never do it. 'Cause there ain't no time; world don't want you to do that. World wants you to go to the zoo and eat cotton candy, preferably seven days a week."
"If you write regularly, you always know there's more timber coming, and you're not afraid to throw away what isn't working, those 'darling,' as Faulkner called them," Percy said. "I've thrown away thousands of pages." He offered the examples of writing ten revisions of a piece for Esquire, as well as two failed novels before The Wilding was accepted for publication. "Writing those other novels was not wasted time, because I learned to write this one by writing those."
Percy urged the young writers to turn off their cellphones, email, the internet and other electronic distractions.
"If you can't discipline yourself to unplug, you're not going to write."
Percy came to writing relatively late in his undergraduate career. Majoring in archaeology, he spent summers working as an intern in the Oregon of his youth. Eventually finding it unsatisfying, he was the summer gardener at the Many Glacier Hotel at Glacier National Park when he met and began writing pieces for his girlfriend (now wife), Lisa.
"She said, 'You should be a writer,'" Percy recalls. He took her advice and changed paths, eventually earning his MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University.
"I had a lot of catching up to do," Percy says of his first classes at SIU. "The majority of the people in that class were much more talented."
Percy countered with self-discipline and careful attention to the writing of authors like O'Brien and O'Connor, mapping out the ways the stories were constructed (using a grid system like that he had learned in archaeology) to better understand their structure. His first collection of stories, The Language of Elk, was published in 2006, and "Refresh, Refresh" won the Pushcart Prize that same year and was included in the anthology Best American Short Stories 2006. In 2007 he was awarded the Plimpton Prize by the Paris Review, and in 2008 he was among the winners of the Whiting Writer's Prize, which awards $50,000 to poets, fiction and nonfiction writers, and playwrights "of exceptional talent and promise in early career."
Percy chose to conclude his visit to Wabash by attending the Beta fraternity dinner for faculty on Wednesday night.
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Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of plasmid DNA - Agarose Gel Electrophortesis of plasmid DNA (Mar/06/2005 )
I have a pBSK+ phagemid of size 2958bp. I clone a gene of size 1167bp in this phagemid. Now, I subject the following to Agarose gel elctrophoresis:
(1) Uncut, native pBSK+, without insert.
(2) Uncut, pBSK, with my cloned insert.
So, they are basically closed circular DNAs.
What would be the band sizes against which I would observe the above 2 samples?
Please help... This is a student project.
You could run these samples against other closed circular plasmids to compare the sizes but it would probably be better to linearise the plasmid first. A closed circular plasmid will give a number of bands depending on the degree of supercoiling. What I would do would be to cut both plasmids with the restriction enzymes you used to clone so that you will be able to see that the fragment you cloned is the correct size.


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aressidi needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Tweetwhatyoueat ('TWYE' for short) is a Twitter mash-up that allows users to keep a simple but powerful food diary that users can update through their mobile phone, IM, or the web.
The Tweetwhatyoueat logo needs to be redesigned to guide a larger site redesign. In addition, a 73x73 badge will need to be designed for display on Tweetwhatyoueat's Twitter page as well.
Tweetwhatyoueat - http://www.tweetwhatyoueat.com
Two things need to be designed: 1) new Tweetwhatyoueat logo and, 2) a 73x73 pixel badge to be displayed on Tweetwhatyoueat's Twitter page here: http://twitter.com/twye.
The badge should relate to the newly redesigned logo. The logo needs to be redesigned to be more interesting and more fun! Tweetwhatyoueat is a food diary mash-up, so there's a lot to draw from. Being a mash-up, the logo can draw from Twitter iconography as well as imagery that relates to eating, eating less or knowing what you eat. All those concepts are fair game. I want a logo with character.
- The rounded font of Tweetwhatyoueat matches (though not directly) that of Twitter - I want to keep some sort of design "nod" back to Twitter whether its with the font, or something else
- Tweetwhatyoueat is one of many Tweetwhatyou...? sites. I want to be able to keep a consistent thread between those future logos and Tweetwhatyoueat's, so bear that in mind.
- Fun - I really want this logo to be fun, with character built in - whether its some artwork baked into the letters or sitting aside it, I'm going to base a redesign of the site off the logo.
- Some new palette options - my audience is probably about 50/50 male/female, so I'd like to see some other color choices other then the pink.
- Italics
- corporate looking logos - remember, this site relates to food, and what you eat. It should look "well fed" rather then lean. Could even be juicy or plump. Take a look at the current logo font choice to give you a better picture.
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So long ago seems that six-game winning streak. The Mets have lost five of their last six games since and will attempt to stop the slide this afternoon with this lineup behind Mike Pelfrey:
Jose Reyes, SS
Chin-lung Hu, 2B
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, RF
Jason Bay, LF
Ike Davis, 1B
Ronny Paulino, C
Scott Hairston, CF
Mike Pelfrey, RP
COMMENTS: Nothing wrong with giving Daniel Murphy the day off. Hu needs some playing time anyway. … Wright still batting third much to the chagrin of many. Terry Collins seems set on that. … Jason Bay returns to the lineup. He's still not hitting for power. When will that happen?


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While research leads turned into dead ends, I began to focus on updating my genealogy database, making up for my carelessness in the early days. You know, entering data based on reliable sources, usually with documents I had saved electronically on my computer hard drive, but no sources cited. Who needed a source citation when I had the original document? When I had finally realized the error of my ways, I suspected that my database really couldn't be in too bad a shape. Wrong again!
Lots of great information and facts about the 12,000+ ancestors are contained in the database however, my rookie way of thinking left me without having all of the facts displayed with proper source citations. Even though I find it easy to add the citations with my RootsMagic 4 software, it is nonetheless very time consuming. In addition to citing the sources, I have been attaching the supporting documents to the facts and although this takes just a few extra computer 'clicks,' it does represent even more time especially because I don't always remember where I filed the original document!
So, although I have been somewhat absent from blogging, I have been tediously busy with genealogy! The only time saver for me has been using a new computer that is so much faster at completing tasks than the five plus years old computer that I thought might last until I retire from my day job next summer. Lesson learned - when it takes twenty minutes for your computer to start up, it's time for a new computer!
As a footnote, I can't let today pass without mentioning that today is the 'anniversary of my death!' While that sounds a bit (?) melodramatic, it was on this date one year ago that I 'flatlined' while in the intensive care unit of our local hospital. I guess if you are going to have that experience, being in the intensive care unit is the best place possible. While I have some clear memories of that day, the moment of crisis is not one of them. Based on what the doctors, nurses and my wife, Ellen, have told me, the ascending paralysis caused by Guillain-Barre Syndrome managed to reach my chest, causing me to stop breathing and subsequently go into complete arrest. Ellen had been called into the hospital very early that morning by the nurses who had been observing my rapidly declining health. She arrived just as the medical emergency was called.
If not for the quick actions by the hospital's medical staff, I wouldn't be here today. I certainly owe them a huge debt of thanks!


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The Yuletide decorations at the White House are simpler this year. The gaudy tinsel and the 155,000 lights of 2004 have given way to a more natural look of Christmas trees decorated with white lilies and pink roses that are replaced as they wilt. Guests at the holiday parties are noticing a different tone to George Bush too. He has never liked the 26 receptions, the thousands of punishing or limp handshakes, the graceless requests for souvenir cuff links with the presidential seal. But at some of the smaller gatherings this year, Bush has freed himself from the photo line to circulate...
His Search For A New Groove
The President has had a dreadful year, and his approval ratings are anemic. What Bush is doing to try to reverse his second-term slump
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Americans spend over $200 billion annually on home improvement projects. These projects can vary from repainting a room to a whole-house renovation, but the one thing they all have in common is the generation of waste and debris. According to the EPA, an estimated 170 million tons of construction and demolition waste was generated in 2003, and only 20% of that material was recycled or reused. The good news is, with a strategic plan in place at the start of a project, the majority of construction waste can be reused onsite, salvaged, donated or recycled.
Using deconstruction VS demolition methods for renovation projects saves money by reducing the need to purchase new materials, as well as pay landfill charges for disposing of waste. Deconstruction is the systematic disassembly of a structure that preserves the materials and fixtures for reuse and recycling, versus demolition which largely destroys most of the materials. Intact materials and fixtures that will match the desired look of the final project can be incorporated into the renovation; remaining materials can be salvaged for sale or donation.
Salvageable materials include lumber, hardware (knobs and hinges), sinks, faucets, appliances, lighting and plumbing fixtures, doors, furniture, and so on. Charitable organizations like Habitat for Humanity or Goodwill readily accept these materials. (Material acceptance criteria varies, so check with your local branch first.) Materials that cannot be reused or salvaged are often recyclable. Commonly recycled construction waste materials include masonry scrap and rubble (concrete, brick, and stone), cardboard packaging, metal pipes and wires, pallets, dimensional lumber, etc. Other materials such as carpet and padding are accepted by some recycling services providers as well.
Even after reuse, salvage, and recycling options have been exhausted, there will likely be waste leftover from a renovation project. These materials are often too bulky and heavy to place in an ordinary trash can, but might not require a full-size dumpster. Waste Management offers a convenient and cost effective solution for construction debris called, Bagster. The Bagster is literally a 3-yard dumpster in a bag that can hold up to 3,300 pounds. They are available for purchase at most home improvement retailers. Once the Bagster is filled with waste, the user can schedule a pickup either online or by phone. With a reuse, salvage, and recycling plan in place at the start of a project, the remaining waste will be at a minimum.
For more information about reuse, recycle and salvage options, visit Waste Management at http://www.wm.com or click here to find a local Waste Management facility.