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Watch how to make this recipe.
To make the braised pork: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Pat the pork dry of any juices and generously season with salt and pepper. Heat the vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Place the pork in the pot and brown well on all sides. Remove the pork and reduce heat to medium, add the onion, carrot, celery, fennel, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Cook to soften the vegetables, about 10 minutes, then deglaze the pot with the wine, scraping up the bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. Add the chicken stock and stir, slide the pork back into the pot and bring liquids to low boil. Cover the pot and place in the oven for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, turning the meat 1/2 way through cooking. Keep the pork in the oven until the meat is tender and falls apart when pulled at with a fork.
Remove the pork from the pot, place on a platter, and when cool enough to handle, pull the meat apart with 2 forks, divide the meat and reserve one half. Strain the cooking liquids and add to the reserved pork.
To make the pickled onions and chiles: In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add the vinegar, water, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and coriander seeds, and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Arrange the onions and pepper rings in a small container with a tight-fitting lid and pour the brine over the top. Cool, cover, and store chilled for a minimum of several hours and up to several days. Cook's Note: The pickled onions and peppers make powerful companions to the smoky mild stew.
To make the red posole: Seed and stem the ancho chiles. Place the peppers in a pot and cover with stock, add a little water, if necessary, to cover. Reconstitute the peppers by bringing the liquids to a low boil, and then reduce the heat to simmer, and cook until the peppers are soft. Carefully transfer the peppers and their liquids to a food processor and process until smooth.
Meanwhile, heat about 2 tablespoons olive oil, a couple turns of the pan, in a skillet over medium heat, and add onions, garlic, and season with paprika, chile powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Cook until the vegetables are very soft, 10 to 12 minutes, stir in the pepper puree, hominy, cilantro, 2 cups chicken stock, honey, the juice of 1 lime, and 1/2 the pulled pork. Add just enough water to form stew as loose or thick as you like, 1 to 2 cups additional liquid. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal.
To serve, heat the stew over medium heat. Once hot, spoon the stew into shallow bowls and top with pickled onions and jalapenos, queso fresco, and serve with warm charred tortillas for dipping and wrapping.

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Last updated: April 19, 2012
Scientists Pinpoint Location of Possible Third Gene - Involved in Hereditary Breast Cancer to Chromosome 13
Scientists Pinpoint Location of Possible Third Gene
Involved in Hereditary Breast Cancer to Chromosome 13
August 2000
BETHESDA, Md. - Researchers in Finland, Iceland and Sweden, working with scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have found evidence of a new gene that appears to increase susceptibility to hereditary breast cancer. The study examined women who live in Nordic countries and who have three or more female family members with breast cancer.
The finding, published in the August 15 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may help explain why some women with a family history of hereditary breast cancer are at particularly high risk of developing the potentially fatal disease, even when they lack mutations in two previously identified breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2.
Initially, spelling errors in the genetic code of BRCA1 and BRCA2 were theorized to account for perhaps 90 percent of all hereditary breast cancers. However, more recent research suggests that these two genes account for a significantly smaller proportion of all hereditary breast cancers.
However, since all cancers are based on genetic mutations in body cells, whether they are inherited or triggered by aging or environmental factors, studies on cancer genetics can lead to improved diagnosis and treatment.
While scientists reporting in the current PNAS have not yet identified a third BRCA gene, they have succeeded in pinpointing its probable location to chromosome 13, in an interval of about five million base pairs. This is the same chromosome that also contains the previously identified BRCA2 gene, discovered in 1995. (BRCA1, discovered in 1994, lies on chromosome 17.)
The human genome -- the DNA on all chromosomes -- contains about 3 billion base pairs, misspellings and deletions of which can increase susceptibility to diseases. Mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 impair the body cells' production of tumor suppressor proteins.
"We've located what looks like a very good region in the human genome in which to search for a third breast cancer susceptibility gene," said Dr. Olli Kallioniemi, senior scientist at NHGRI and corresponding author for the PNAS paper. He is one of 35 scientists in 14 laboratories in the United States, Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Germany who collaborated on the study.
"Our results are preliminary results at this point," Dr. Kallioniemi stressed. "More work must be done to confirm these results in other populations, and we have yet to identify the DNA sequence of the gene. But if these results are confirmed, this new gene could account for up to one third of the hereditary breast cancer cases that cannot be explained by BRCA1 or BRCA2 in the Nordic population."
"I greet these research findings with a combination of excitement and caution," said NHGRI Director Dr. Francis Collins. "We've suspected for some time that hereditary breast cancer is triggered by many susceptibility genes. Once we have most of them identified and understood, we'll be able to tailor diagnosis and treatments much more effectively than we are able to do now."
"However, lots of research still remains to be done," he added.
The possible location of the suspected gene was first identified by applying a technique called comparative genomic hybridization, or CGH, to breast cancer tumor tissues. The tissues came from 61 women with hereditary breast cancer, whose BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes had no detectable misspellings. All 61 women lived in Finland, Sweden and Iceland, and came from 37 families with three or more hereditary breast cancer-affected female relatives.
Results from the CGH analysis revealed that genetic material had been deleted in this region of chromosome 13 at an early stage in the development of the tumors, suggesting the presence of a new cancer-causing gene there.
Further genetic studies were then carried out on a larger group - 334 in number - of affected women representing even more (77) Finnish, Icelandic, and Swedish families. These families were specifically chosen because their strong family history of breast cancer could not be attributed to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. These studies employed linkage analysis, a complex statistical method designed to determine the likelihood that a gene is inherited, or passed along from one generation to the next, and to find the location of this gene. The linkage analysis, in turn, supported the CGH evidence for a new breast cancer susceptibility gene in the same region on chromosome 13.
"While the probability of seeing linkage evidence this strong just by chance is less than two out of a thousand, we still need confirmation of this linkage in an independent set of families," said Dr. Joan Bailey-Wilson, another co-author of the study and a statistical geneticist at NHGRI.
Although this latest finding cannot be applied now to diagnosis and treatment, it will help researchers narrow their search for a new breast cancer gene, said Dr. Heli Nevanlinna, one of the study's co-authors and a geneticist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Helsinki University Central Hospital in Finland.
"If a new gene is found, it will provide another important means of diagnosis for families who are at risk of developing hereditary breast cancer," Dr. Nevanlinna added.
If the scientists are able to identify a third BRCA gene in the chromosome 13 region that they are studying, they and other researchers will have to conduct much more research to determine the new gene's possible role in more heterogeneous populations, such as in the United States. Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 can occur in very different frequencies in different populations, and it is likely the same would be true for any other breast cancer gene.
"There are probably other genes besides this one," suggested Dr. Ake Borg, another of the study's co-authors and a molecular geneticist in the Department of Oncology at University Hospital in Lund, Sweden. "And the importance of each of these genes may vary greatly, depending on the population."
The success of this study had much to do with the Nordic populations being studied, noted Dr. Rosa Bjork Barkardottir, a molecular biologist in the Department of Pathology at University Hospital of Iceland in Reykjavik.
"It might have been difficult to spot this candidate breast cancer region in other, more heterogeneous populations, since especially the Finnish population and Icelandic population are rather homogeneous," Dr. Barkardottir said. "Also, compared to other populations, it is easier to identify which families carry a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 and which families would be good in looking for a new BRCA gene."
In addition, Finland, Sweden and Iceland have extensive population records and cancer registries dating back several generations. This information helps researchers determine inheritance patterns for genetic-related diseases such as cancer.
For NHGRI researcher Dr. Tommi Kainu, another co-author, much of the credit for the study should go both to the researchers in the Nordic countries who recruited the breast cancer families, and to the families themselves.
"When these families came through cancer clinics and were diagnosed with breast cancer, they were asked to fill out a family questionnaire on the presence of breast cancer in their relatives," Dr. Kainu said. "And even in this difficult time in dealing with their own disease, they took an active part in the project. So, this study is also a tribute to them."
The next stage in the U.S.- Nordic team's research will be to identify the precise sequence of DNA in the region on chromosome 13 believed to contain the gene. In that region are some five million base pairs -- the chemical units of DNA. But within this region, there may still be 100 to 150 genes that must be evaluated one by one, in order to identify the precise gene responsible for the breast cancer risk.
Because the Human Genome Project has sequenced almost all of the human genetic code and made that data freely available to all researchers, the scientists have the templates from which to search, said Dr. Kallioniemi.
"But that's not to say this will be an easy job. There's still a lot of work to be done," he added.
Institutions participating in the study include NHGRI; the National Center for Biotechnology Information (also part of NIH); Deutsches Krebsforschungzentrum, Heidelberg, Germany; Tampere University and University Hospital, Finland; University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; University Hospital, Umea, Sweden; Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland; and Turku University Hospital, Finland. (A complete list of authors is attached.)
Support for the study was provided by the NIH, the Nordic Cancer Society, the Finnish Cancer Society, the Academy of Finland, the Sigrid Juselius Foundation, the Clinical Research Funds of the Tampere and Helsinki University Hospitals, the Icelandic Research Council, the Icelandic University Hospital Research Fund, the Swedish Cancer Society, Mrs. Berta Kamprads Foundation, the G.A.E. Nilsson Foundation, the F&M Bergqvist Foundation, the King Gustav V's Jubilee Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, and the Maud Kuistila Foundation.
Five groups totaling 35 scientists, representing 14 laboratories at eight institutions in five countries, contributed to the paper titled, "Somatic deletions in hereditary breast cancers implicate 13q21 as a putative novel breast cancer susceptibility locus," published in the Aug. 15, 2000 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Here is a list of all the co-authors and their institutions:
Group 1: Tommi Kainu1, Suh-Hang Hank Juo2, Richard Desper3, Alejandro A. Schäffer4, Elizabeth Gillanders1, Ester Rozenblum1, Diana Freas-Lutz1, Don Weaver1, Dietrich Stephan1, Joan Bailey-Wilson2, and Olli-P. Kallioniemi1. 1. Cancer Genetics Branch, NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. 2. Inherited Disease Research Branch, NHGRI, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA. 3. Abteilung Theoretische Bioinformatik, Deutsches Krebsforschungzentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. 4. Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Group 2: Mika Tirkkonen*1, Kirsi Syrjäkoski1, Tuula Kuukasjärvi2, Pasi Koivisto1, Ritva Karhu1, and Kaija Holli3. 1. Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, 2. Department of Pathology, and 3. Department of Oncology, Tampere University and University Hospital, Finland.
Group 3: Adalgeir Arason*, Gudrun Johannesdottir, Jon Thor Bergthorsson, Hrefna Johannsdottir, Valgardur Egilsson, and Rosa Björk Bardardottir. Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Group 4: Oskar Johannsson*1, Karin Haraldsson1, Therese Sandberg1, Eva Holmberg3, Henrik Grönberg3, Håkan Olsson1, and Åke Borg1. 1. Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; 2. Department of Clinical Genetics and 3. Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
Group 5: Paula Vehmanen*1, Hannaleena Eerola2, Päivi Heikkilä3, Seppo Pyrhönen4, and Heli Nevanlinna. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2. Department of Oncology, and 3. Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland. 4. Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University Hospital, Finland.
* Contributed equally to this work
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News & Notes: Game 95
Sunday, July 17, 2011 (6:05 p.m.) – Frontier Field
TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet 13
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
Buffalo Bisons (40-54, T4th(-16.0), North)
LHP Mark Cohoon (2-5, 6.48)
Rochester Red Wings (36-57, 6th(-19.5), North)
RHP Kyle Gibson (3-7, 4.17)
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons host the Rochester Red Wings in the second game of a two-game series at Frontier Field (6:05 p.m.). The Herd needs a win tonight to earn a split of the two-game set following Rochester's 4-2 win last night. After today's contest, the Bisons will move along the I-90 for a four-game series in Syracuse.
VS. THE RED WINGS: The Bisons are 6-5 against their closest rivals this season. The clubs split a pair of four-game sets earlier this season before Buffalo's two-game sweep this week. The Bisons (8-9) are in second place in the 2011 Thruway Series standings, three games behind Syracuse (11-6) and a game and a half ahead of Rochester (9-13).
ON THE HILL: Triple-A rookie LHP MARK COHOON makes his ninth start as a Bison tonight. The southpaw lost his last time out, July 7 in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre despite his strongest start at Triple-A. Cohoon struck out seven, walked none and allowed just three runs in six innings of a quality start. After winning his first game with the team on May 30 in Charlotte, Cohoon is 0-4 with a 6.53ERA in four starts on the road (20.2IP, 15ER)
CATCHIN ON: C RAUL CHAVEZ extended his hit streak to eight games last night with his first home run as a Bison. The catcher has hit .371 (10-27) with two doubles, a home run and four RBI since the streak began on June 29. Chavez has been the IL's top defensive catcher all season, throwing out 48.9% of would-be base stealers (23CS, 47ATT).
BIG GAME LUIS: INF LUIS HERNANDEZ drove in one of Buffalo's two runs last night and now has six RBI in the three games after the All-Star break. On the season, the infielder is second on the Bisons with 42RBI on the season. Hernandez is on pace to beat his career-high 50RBI he drove in at three different levels during the 2010 season (12 in 47 games with the Bisons).
BISONS BITS: LHP TAYLOR TANKERSLEY has struck out 11 in 5.0 shutout innings against the Red Wings this season…Last night's loss means the Bisons will have to wait until going to Syracuse to pick up their first road series win of the season…RHP DALE THAYER has converted eight straight save chances.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (47-46) took it to their rivals last night with a 11-2 thumping of the Phillies. OF SCOTT HAIRSTON homered, doubled twice and drove in five runs. LHP JON NIESE allowed just one earned run in seven innings to improve to 9-7 on the season. The Mets host the Phillies again this afternoon at 1:10 p.m.


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Lightfoot turns into a leadfoot
A WOMAN terrified residents of a Pittsworth street as she used her car to repeatedly ram a neighbour's tree and fence.
Police arrived in Cunningham St to find Lucy-Dawne Lightfoot driving across the road and ramming a tree and fence on November 6.
She reversed and continued ramming the property. A fence post was sticking out of her headlight.
Lightfoot, 31, was not wearing a seatbelt and her head hit the windscreen when she rammed the property for a fifth time.
She lost consciousness and her car began to roll backwards.
A police officer reached into the moving car and turned off the ignition. Her car was written-off.
Prosecutor Sergeant Tony Costa said Lightfoot had no regard for her safety or the safety of others.
She was angry at her mother. However, her mother did not live at the residence she damaged.
Lightfoot appeared in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court today and pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
She has a history of drug and mental health issues. Lightfoot was placed on probation for two years and disqualified from driving for 12 months.


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New Virginia law adds legal structure of 'benefit corporations'
Benefit corporations will have to meet social and environmental standards
- June 1, 2011
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Last year Maryland became the first state to allow a new class of businesses known as "benefit corporations."
Michael Pirron, CEO of Impact Makers in Richmond, believed Virginia could benefit from the same type of corporate entity because it allows companies to think beyond the bottom line. His company, an IT management and consulting firm, already had a mission of donating profits to charities.
So Pirron sent a copy of Maryland's law to Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan (D-Richmond). By late March of this year, a similar bill had been passed unanimously by Virginia's House of Delegates and Senate and signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Virginia's law lets a company state in its articles of incorporation that its purpose includes creating a general public benefit. Although a benefit corporation still would be expected to earn a financial return for shareholders, profit would not be the overriding concern. Benefit corporations are required to consider non-financial interests, such as economic development, and report on their social and environmental performance using third-party standards.
Pirron says that the law, which takes effect July 1, will allow company directors to think beyond maximizing shareholder value. It opens the door for what he calls "stakeholder capitalism" — maximizing profit while making an impact in the community.
"It's something that both liberals and conservatives can agree on," Pirron says. "From the liberal perspective, benefit corporations help with social justice, and from the conservative perspective, they allow the free market to take care of societal problems."
In his case, Impact Makers would have to make major structural changes to become a benefit corporation. "We'd like to become a benefit corporation, but it won't happen on July 1," he says. "[Impact Makers] didn't need capital investment at the start — we were able to grow organically. To become a benefit corporation, we would have to become two entities, a nonprofit foundation with a benefit corporation arm."
When he started Impact Makers in 2006, Pirron chose to make it a for-profit company, but he decided against having stockholders. That move allowed him to pursue his goal of developing a company that would help the community without facing the fiduciary duties of making a profit for shareholders. A company's board of directors can face litigation for making decisions that do not maximize shareholder value. Benefit corporations protect directors as long as they pursue their stated public benefit, Pirron says.
Benefit corporations add to a company's accountability, he says. "This whole social enterprise movement is a whole new segment of the economy. They will help differentiate between companies that say they're green and those that actually are." Pirron says people will want to buy products from socially responsible companies, and a new segment of investors will want to invest in these companies.
Jay Coen Gilbert, a founder of B Lab, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that certifies socially responsible companies, helped draw up the benefit corporation legislation adopted in Maryland. Requiring benefit corporations to meet third-party standards, he says, is an important part of the law. "[A benefit corporation] will be publicly recognized as a company that has voluntarily met higher standards of transparency," he says. "In the age of an increasingly skeptical public, that can be a useful marketing tool."
The third-party provision does not specify any standard or list of standards, however. It states only that the standards must be independent and transparent. Gilbert says that flexibility will encourage the development of a marketplace that would provide businesses with choices about which standard they would follow.
Bill Tate, an attorney at Hirschler Fleischer in Richmond, calls the independent third-party standards one of the legislation's greatest unknowns. "Who will assure that the third-party evaluations have substance or merit?" he says. "Will consumer-protection groups provide a rating or certification regime for the third-party evaluators?"
Tate says that the most significant advantage to benefit-corporation shareholders, as opposed to shareholders of another company, is the knowledge that their investments are serving a purpose higher than simply generating more money.
"It may result in little or no change to the capitalist model that has developed over the centuries," he says. "Requiring a benefit corporation's directors to think beyond the profit motive is a noble goal, and it raises interesting questions about the nature of a for-profit enterprise, the relationship of a corporation to its community and society in general, and the role of a director of a corporation. Whether anything changes remains to be seen."


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Big Second Half Fuels St. Norbert Past Cornell
From Sports Information Director, December 14, 2013 | Women's Basketball
by Dan Lukes, firstname.lastname@example.com, (920) 403-4077
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa - St. Norbert College turned in a virtuoso performance in the second half to key a 64-47 rout of defending Midwest Conference champion Cornell College at the Multi-Sport Center.
The Green Knights (6-1, 3-0 MWC) trailed 23-20 at halftime before outscoring the Rams (6-2, 3-1) by a 44-24 margin in the final 20 minutes. St. Norbert shot 62.5 percent (15-for-24) from the floor and had just five turnovers in the second half.
St. Norbert snapped a 28-28 tie on a Jill Kleiman 3-pointer with 15:58 left, and the Green Knights never were tied or trailed again. A pair of Taylor Dicus free throws on the next possession trimmed the Rams' deficit to one, but St. Norbert went on a 9-3 run to take a 40-33 lead, finished by a Lana Tomashek 3-pointer with 11:24 to go.
The Green Knights led 48-41 with 6:01 left, but Kleiman canned another 3-pointer for a 51-41 lead wuith 5:36 to go. Brianna Byrne's conventional three-point play, off a Kleiman assist, with 4:50 left put St. Norbert ahead 54-41 and salted away the win.
St. Norbert got off to a good start, leading by as many as seven points in the early going. The Green Knights led until Cornell took its first lead at 21-20 with 2:38 left before halftime. St. Norbert did not score in the final 6:21 of the first half, but Cornell managed just eight points during that time to lead 23-20 at the break.
Kleiman pumped in 21 points, matching her total from the first six games of the season. Kleiman made 8 of 17 field-goal attempts and was 4-for-9 from beyond the three-point arc. Morgan Heim added 12 points and nine rebounds, while Lana Tomashek had 11 points.
St. Norbert shot 41.8 percent (23-for-55) from the floor for the game, and held a commanding 44-31 rebounding edge.
Cornell was led by Dicus' 18 points and 12 rebounds. The Rams shot 35.3 percent (18-for-51) from the floor was were 1-for-12 (8.3 percent) from beyond the three-point arc.


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In just six seasons at the helm of the baseball program, Bob Prince has created a winning culture that has restored UMass Dartmouth to its contender status in the strongest conference in Division III. Prince has compiled an overall record of 122-127 (.490), including three 20-win seasons and pair of appearances in the finals of the Little East Conference Baseball Championship.
Prince was named head coach at UMass Dartmouth in August 2011, succeeding Bob Curran. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Prince is the athletic facilities coordinator.
In 2014, Prince guided the Corsairs to an overall record of 21-22, marking the program's most successful season in terms of victories since 2005. UMass Dartmouth won five of its final seven conference contests to post an 8-6 mark and earn the No. 3 seed in the annual Little East Conference Baseball Championship tournament. Prince led his charges to victories over intrastate rival UMass Boston and Southern Maine before suffering one-run losses to two nationally-ranked clubs (Eastern Connecticut, Southern Maine) to close the 2014 campaign.
In just his second season, Prince brought the Corsairs to the cusp of an NCAA Division III tournament appearance. Seeded fifth in the conference tournament, UMass Dartmouth rebounded from a first round loss with three consecutive wins—knocking out Western Connecticut, UMass Boston, and Eastern Connecticut—to advance to the 2013 Little East Conference Baseball Championship Game. The Corsairs gave top-seeded Southern Maine all they could handle, but their upset bid was eventually thwarted. UMass Dartmouth finished the 2013 season with an overall record of 18-23, a four-win improvement from 2012.
A tremendous motivator and recruiter, Prince has mentored eight all-conference honorees. Ryan Medeiros became the second student-athlete in program history to be voted as the Little East Conference Player of the Year, joining Pat Schultz (1998). Highly decorated, UMass Dartmouth captured six All-Little East Conference selections in 2014, the second most in program history since the conference was established in 1997. George Agostini and Mederios also garnered All-New England, first-team honors from D3Baseball.com and the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA).
Prince has developed a highly desirable culture that has attracted high-end talent. Nick Fuller '14 signed a professional contract with the Miami Marlins this past summer. He was the fourth UMass Dartmouth player to ink a professional deal and first since former All-American John Graham (Boston Red Sox, 1993). Fuller and Medeiros represented the Corsairs in the Cape Cod Baseball League, while Shawn Callahan signed a deal to play in the 2015 Alaska Baseball League for the Mat-su Minors.
Prior to joining UMass Dartmouth, Prince served as an assistant coach at Southern Maine since 2004. He helped the Huskies compile an overall record of 231-122-2, three NCAA Division III tournament appearances, two Little East Conference regular-season titles, and three 30-win seasons.
Before joining the staff at Southern Maine, Prince served as an assistant at St. Joseph's (Maine) from 2000 to 2003, working with another nationally-ranked NCAA Division III program. He also was an assistant coach with the Sanford Mainers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, one of the top collegiate leagues in the country, from 2000 through 2002. Prior to his collegiate coaching career, Prince served as the head coach at Wells High School and Traip Academy High School, and as head coach of the Southern York Breakers American Legion team.
A native of Wells, Maine, Prince was a three-time American Baseball Coaches Association All-American as an outfielder at Southern Maine, helping lead the Huskies to three appearances in the College World Series and their first national championship in 1991. A four-time member of the All-New England, All-Northeast and All-Eastern College Athletic Conference teams, Prince was named ECAC Division III Northeast Player of the Year in 1991, and played a year of professional baseball in Holland after his graduation. He holds records for the most doubles (63) and highest career batting average (.414) at Southern Maine, was named to the USM and State of Maine Halls of Fame, and was selected as one of the Sports Illustrated top 50 Athletes of the Century from Maine. He also served as the Huskies' equipment manager and intramural director.
A 1992 graduate of the University of Southern Maine, Prince holds a bachelor's degree in communications.


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Monday, 16 May 2011
Pho Noodle Soup Recipe - Vietnam (Gordon's Great Escapes)
Saturday evening, I'm at a family wedding, full of cake and gazing happily at the flickering tealights dotted around on my table. My 10 year old niece comes up to me and opens her hand and says, "What are these, Daw Daw?" Her palm is full of star anise taken from the table centrepieces. I say to her, "Smell one" and she does, and she says it smells spicy and faintly sweet.
I then take one pod and wave it through a flame and say, "Smell it again", and her eyes light up and she says it smells wonderful. I tell her that it's a spice used in Asian cookery and she runs off to gather more, and then insists I give them all the same treatment.
As I singe the anise pods one by one, she gets one of the wedding favours, a gauzy reticule full of sugared almonds, up-ends the sweets inside, and replaces them with the charred anise. She then reties the satin ribbon carefully and sniffs the newly-stuffed little pouch appreciatively.
That scent of charred star anise, of singed cloves and ginger, of fire-blackened garlic and onion, and of the smokiest of cassia bark spells absolute comfort and deliciousness to me. It's the heavenly fragrance of phở - the beautiful, delicately spiced, clear yet meaty broth of rice noodle ribbons and fresh, leafy herbs which is renowned as the national dish of Vietnam.
The origins of phở seem to have been lost in the mists of time, but the name apparently comes from the French pot-au-feu which shares many elements with phở including adding roasted onion to the broth for color and flavor. Tonight episode of Gordon's Great Escape sees Gordon visit Vietnam, where he will explore the native cuisine and hopefully find out more about where phở comes from.
Although phở gà or chicken pho is extremely popular, the classical version is phở bò or beef pho, and as a meat-lover this is my favourite too, as you can add flank, brisket, sirloin, tendon and even tripe, as well those addictively bouncy beefballs you can find in Asian supermarkets. And at the table, it's fun to tweak the toppings to your heart's content - a little more slivered onion, a touch more mint and a good dash of Sriracha chilli sauce. Here's my recipe for phở bò - Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup.
Making phở is a bit of a labour of love, but the process is straightforward and enjoyable and the end result is really worth the effort. Such a medley of colours and textures and flavours and scents is rarely found, and a bowl of steaming phở is a true joy to lift your soul on a chilly day.
My pho bo recipe on Channel 4 Food
Gordon Ramsay's Great Escapes - Vietnam
Monday 16 May on Channel 4 at 9 pm
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Cheers Mimi! I've been wanting to try cooking my own phở for ages and this'll be the recipe I try. There's something lovely and steamboaty about the way the beef cooks right in front of your eyes, just enough to taste great, when you ladle the broth in. Will watch the show too - have been overdosing on repeats of Far Flung Floyd and Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey lately and have been looking for a new show in the same vein.ReplyDelete
That was a nice little story at the start too. Beautifully evocative food writing in this post :D
looks amazing! : ) x as do all your recipes!ReplyDelete
@Alex - Ah steamboat *sighs wistfully*ReplyDelete
I really enjoyed the Cambodian episode so hopeful about tonight's :)
@Leluu - Uyen, that's a real honour and compliment coming from you! You're the best Vietnamese cook I know so thank you :) x
I have a summer rolls recipe coming up and will link to Fernandez and Leluu for full instructions on how to roll them - your photos are so good!
Story at the start is beautiful... as Alex said, absolutely super food writing, so evocative and such a perfect introduction.ReplyDelete
Looks good, though, I have to confess that anise flavours are one of the few things I really don't like.ReplyDelete
Am looking forward to the summer rolls.
I'm a bit addicted at the moment.
I guess it must be summer ;-)
I had no idea about the Pho - Pot-au-feu link, that's one of those really interesting factlets I want to dig deeper in *fires up wikipedia*.ReplyDelete
Like you I love star anise, but it took me a while to realise how intrinsic it is to mush Asian cooking. Whether it's a warming winter duck braise or the clear and delicious broth that comes with Pho - possibly the ULTIMATE clear soup for me. And up there with good miso as a healing draught.
@Kavey - Thank you dear!ReplyDelete
@Miss Whiplash - It's not very aniseedy at all, almost ephemeral in its spicing, and as there's such an interplay of notes, it's far from overpowering - do try :)
@The Grubworm - Asian penicillin :)
I love the smell of pho - the best sickness and hangover cure there is.ReplyDelete
Lovely post, MiMI! I adore pho, one of my favourite things in this world.ReplyDelete
@Greedy Diva - Yes, it's so alluring yet comforting at the same time!ReplyDelete
@Niamh - Thank you, Niamh - and me too :)
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If you have questions, comments, etc., about these use cases, send a note to the [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com WTP Dev List] or contact me, [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com Naci Dai].
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WTP 2.0 JEE 5 Use Cases
These scenarios are created to test the basic functionality that we would expect from WTP 2.0 to support JEE5. Please note that NO wizards are used other than the ones needed to create the servers, projects and add the necessary facets to these projects. The idea is if we are provided with valid JEE5 module and components (such as EJBs, JPA, Servlets, JSPs, etc), WTP 2.0 should support it. This includes Web, EJB, and EAR and Run As> Run on Server support. Of course this involves basic models for deployment descriptors (sans Annotation injections). Annotation support will only include that provided by JDT.
If you have questions, comments, etc., about these use cases, send a note to the WTP Dev List or contact me, Naci Dai.
Test Plan
As we get close to releasing 2.0, we will report on the status of these use-cases with each I-Build. After an I-Build is declared (Typically on Thursdays), we will run the following use-cases using this build and report any problems via [[1]]. To facilitate easy reporting and searching of these items, we will use an indexing key called JEE5-UC that you can type in the Status Whiteboard. Use cases and steps are numbered to make it easy to refer to them.
I recommend you to try these or similar use-cases yourselves and help us improve the quality of WTP tools for 2.0 release.
This use case is the most basic Web application scenario that involves creating the Web module, targeting it to a JEE5 runtime, and testing it using Run As> Run on Server
- Go to Installed Runtimes and add Tomcat 6 as a runtime.
EJB 3.0, and all other WTP JEE5 support should work with any server runtime that has JEE 5 capability such as JBoss, IBM WAS, BEA WebLogic Server, Oracle AS, JOnAS, Apache Geronimo among many others, although there maybe some delays in providing server adapters for all.
- Create a new Dynamic Web Project named HelloWorldWeb, select Tomcat 6 as the target runtime
- Select Dynamic Web Module 2.5, and Java 5 as facets, click next to accept defaults. A new Web 2.5 project is created.
- CURRENT I-BUILD now creates web.xml- you can add the following manually:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" version="2.5" metadata-complete="true"> <display-name>MyJEE5Web</display-name> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file> <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file> <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file> <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> </web-app>
- Add a new JSP file called test.jsp with the following content:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Insert title here</title> </head> <body> Hello World! </body> </html>
- Right click test.jsp, Choose Run As: Run on Server, select Tomcat 6 as the server
- Tomcat 6 starts and results are correctly displayed (using current code in CVS, 3/28)
The second scenario is a test of EJB 3.0 and EAR 5. Since EJBs are meaningless without a client, this use case involves creating an EJB 3.0 stateless session bean, that uses JPA 1.0 to map a simple class. A web application using JSF is the EJB client. Whole application is packaged as an EAR.
This use case is the most creates a simple POJO mapped using JPA 1.0. A stateless session references the entity manager to query the DB. The EJB jar is packaged in an EAR module
- Go to Installed Runtimes and add Glassfish as a runtime.
EJB 3.0, and all other WTP JEE5 support should work with any server runtime that has JEE 5 capability such as JBoss, IBM WAS, BEA WebLogic Server, Oracle AS, JOnAS, Apache Geronimo among many others, although there maybe some delays in providing server adapters for all.
- Create a new EJB 3.0 Project, with JPA 1.0 facet named HelloWorldEJB, select Glassfish as the target runtime.
- Make sure that HelloWorldEJB is added to HelloWorldEAR.
- Use the data tools to create a connection to the new Derby database named myderbydb. (Note: Can the data tools steps be clarified for those unfamiliar w/ Dali and Derby? Or can we provide a link to a pre-configured Derby DB?)
- Create a connection to it and create a new table using the following script:
CREATE TABLE HELLOWORLD ( `ID` varchar(10) NOT NULL, `MESSAGE` varchar(50) NOT NULL, `LANGUAGE` varchar(50) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`ID`) );
- Add a few rows of data such as
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- Create a package called demo and add the following class which is JPA mapped
package demo; import java.io.Serializable; @Entity public class HelloWorld implements Serializable{ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; @Id private String id; private String message; private String language; public HelloWorld() { } public String getId() { ...
(Note: We had to add an @Table(schema="APP", name="HELLOWORLD") in order to get this working.)
- Open your persistence.xml (create one if it does not exists in….) file, and make sure that it looks like:
<persistence version="1.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd"> <persistence-unit name="HelloWorldPU"> <jta-data-source>jdbc/MyDataSource</jta-data-source> <class>demo.HelloWorld</class> </persistence-unit> </persistence>
- Refer to Application Server manuals to create a new DataSource to the Derby database with the JNDI name "jdbc/MyDataSource".
(Note: We had to bring up the Admin Console for Glassfish by pointing to http://localhost:4848 and entering userid: admin password: adminadmin)
- Create a package called demo.session and create a class named HelloWorldSession, and make sure that it looks like the following:
@Stateless(name="HelloWorldStateless") public class HelloWorldSession implements HelloBeanFacade { @PersistenceUnit(name = "HelloWorldPU") EntityManagerFactory emf; public HelloWorldSession() { } public HelloWorld hello(String language) { Query query = emf.createEntityManager(). createQuery("select h from HelloWorld h where h.language = :lang "); query.setParameter("lang",language); List<HelloWorld> list = query.getResultList(); if (list.size() == 0) return list.get(0); return null; } }
- Add the interfaces as usual:
public interface HelloBeanFacade { public HelloWorld hello(String language); }
- You are done with creating an EJB 3.0 Module. Next you will create a client Web application.
JSF WEB Client for EJB
- Create a new Dynamic Web Project (Web 2.5, Java 5, JSF 1.1) named HelloWorldWeb, select GlassFish as the target runtime. Make sure that HelloWorldWeb is also added to the HelloWorldEAR.
- Select Dynamic Web Module 2.5, and Java 5, JSF 1.1 as facets, click next to accept defaults. A new Web 2.5 project is created.
- Go to module dependencies and add a dependency to HelloWorldEJB from HelloWorldWeb
- Add a JSF backing bean called HelloWorldBean as follows:
public class HelloWorldBean implements Serializable { String language= "en"; HelloBeanFacade helloBean; public String hello(){ if(helloBean == null) init(); return helloBean.hello(getLanguage); } public void setLanguage(..) public String getLanguage(..) private void init() { try { //JSF BEANS DO NOT SUPPORT INJECTION WITH // ANNOTATIONS so use Naming Context InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); helloBean = (HelloBeanFacade) ctx.lookup("HelloWorldStateless"); } catch (Exception e) { // Handle exception ... } } }
- Add the following managed bean to the faces-config.xml
<faces-config> <managed-bean> <description>hello world</description> <managed-bean-name>helloBean</managed-bean-name> <managed-bean-class> demo.web.HelloWorldBean </managed-bean-class> <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope> </managed-bean> ... ...
- Create a new file named hello.jsp. JSP file should look like:
<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f"%> <%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h"%> <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Hello World</title> <head> <body> <f:view> <h:form> <h:outputText value="#{helloBean.hello}"/> <h:selectOneMenu onchange="submit()" value="#{helloBean.language}" immediate="true"> <f:selectItem itemLabel="en" itemValue="en"/> <f:selectItem itemLabel="tr" itemValue="tr"/> </h:selectOneMenu> </h:form> </f:view> </body> </html>
- Select hello.jsp, Run As > Run On Server, the ear should be packaged and deployed with EJB and WAR, page should display the message.


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Significant discoveries continued to be made during the second and final week of the ABR excavation at Kh. el-Maqatir, June 1-5, 2009. During the first week ABR Board President Gary Byers cleared the gate entry way and found considerable evidence for an intense fire, evidenced by the limestone bedrock turning red. Oral Collins of the Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies continued the excavation of a section of the western wall of the fortress discovered in 2000. The wall at this point proved to be 3.3 meters wide and is preserved to a height of 1.2 meters. Just inside the gateway of the fortress ABR Director of Research Bryant Wood uncovered a portion of a building, perhaps an administrative center. In the northeast corner of the 6 x 6 meter excavation square a deposit of four vessels from the time of Joshua were found: a storage jar, a small cooking pot, a trumpet-base bowl and a dipper juglet. The four restorable vessels will provide important evidence for dating the fortress.
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The gate entryway at Kh. el-Maqatir showing reddened limestone bedrock caused by intense heat, possibly from the fire set by the Israelites recorded in Joshua 8:28. The west chamber of the gate can be seen in the background.
Square supervisor Oral Collins atop the western wall of the Kh. el-Maqatir fortress, where it is preserved to a height of 1.2 meters.
Deposit of restorable pottery from the time of Joshua found in a building just inside the fortress gate at Kh. el-Maqatir.
Volunteer Jacqueline Maestrado of Vancouver shows off the pottery she excavated in the northeast corner of Dr. Wood's square.
Square supervisor and Excavation Director Dr. Bryant Wood holds a dipper juglet from the deposit of pottery found in his square in the second week of ABR's excavation at Kh. el-Maqatir.
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With this post, we launch an occasional series, The Strategy in Action: Communities Respond to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. In these posts, we will spotlight some of the ways that diverse communities from across the U.S. are undertaking efforts to support and implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
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The whole exercise of looking back at this work and talking to the people on my team who were here and looking at the materials from that period of time in particular some of the evaluations put me in mind of the Zhao Enlai apocryphal story when the premiere of China was visiting Nixon and Nixon knowing that the Chinese premier was a big fan of French revolution history asked him what he thought the impacts of the French revolution were on western civilization today and Zhao Enlai replied, "it is too early to tell." And so I thought of this as I read some of the evaluations of the early work, which I think found some real successes in seeding some ideas and organizations which have continued to flourish and grow, but also which I think assessed I think this was maybe half a decade out, after the work - maybe in the mid 2004, 5 - assessed that one of the primary ideas that NCF and NIF had had which was to try to bring closer together religious pluralism agendas to social justice agendas, and house this newly merged agenda in the religious pluralism groups that we were supporting in the partnership together. The early assessment was that that didn't happen in the way that we had hoped it would. There were other successes, including incredible grants made to organizations that have flourished and grown, but that attempt to merge the agendas didn't quite take root and it was funny to be reading these materials in the middle of the current context, which of course are the most massive social justice protests to have ever been experienced in Israel. The largest protests of any kind in the history of the state of Israel, all about social justice and as I spoke with some of my Israeli team about our joint work together over the years again and again people brought up the fact, we thought that we hadn't been able to sort of make that merger between the two agendas with these pluralism organizations, despite the successes in pluralism, but what we're seeing now is that those seeds have blossomed and some of the same organizations that we, through the partnership, were supporting and working with back then ten years ago are now giving seminars on the connection between Jewish values, Jewish spiritual religious values and the social justice agenda of the protestors. And I thought this was just an incredible and beautiful thing. It's very hard to know the results after only five or ten years, of this kind of work, which I think goes to the nature of not just this area of the partnership, but of a lot of the work that we've done together. What has left the most indelible imprint on the NIF side has been the foundation's commitment to deeply intensive research and learning and mapping which result in strategic investments —this is a theory that we've emulate and try to operationalize on our side, but that theory actually turned out to be more successful than we knew five years ago looking at what we had done five years earlier. It took just longer.


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Office Depot Says It's Buying OfficeMax, Then It Isn't, Then It Is
Office Depot and OfficeMax are not off to the smoothest start in their marriage.
The two announced a so-called "merger of equals" that has Office Depot buying OfficeMax, giving OfficeMax holders 2.69 shares of Office Depot for each share they own. That would value an OfficeMax share at $13.50 as of Tuesday's close.
That announcement appears to have been rushed out after wild morning.
On Monday, WSJ broke word that they were in late-stage talks about combining forces to take on Staples and cut costs. Shares of both soared Tuesday, and even Staples joined in on the fun.


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If you're going to try to sport a prize-winning beard, the best advice I've heard is to keep trying, no matter how itchy it gets. After a while, it grows on you.
And so it has been with John Myatt, who two years ago took his facial hair to the next level and into the fascinating world of competitive bearding.
It wasn't long before he helped form the L.A. Beard and Mustache Club for like-minded fellows with similar ambitions.
Today, Myatt's big red beard can be easily seen from across the room, though it falls on the slightly shorter side when compared to national and international competitors.
"This is a huge beard for L.A. We're a mustache town," the 25-year-old said.
The group, founded in 2010, claims 40 to 50 members who meet regularly to honor and admire members' facial accouterments — tongues in cheeks.
The attraction is hard to put one's finger on. The group attracts all walks of life — nerds to cool kids and everyone in between — perhaps because it is open to facial-hair enthusiasts of all walks of life.
Among them is Jeffrey Moustache (whose real surname is Beard), the group's co-founder. His mustache measures 22 inches across.
As Myatt puts it, the club is more a support group for facial hair. About 40 or 50 meet once a month, usually at Timmy Nolan's on Riverside Drive, and continue their new friendships over a pint and a soul patch.
And like an Elks or Moose Lodge, there's an altruistic component as well — the group recently received its LLC status, affording it more prestige as it raises money for charities.
"It can't be just whiskers and beer," said member Al Underwood of Burbank.
But when the time comes to pit beard against beard, it's every whisker wizard for himself.
Bearding competitions are part beauty pageant, part dog show, Myatt said.
The larger ones are held in Europe, where Myatt competed last year. In the Verdi category (as in Giuseppe Verdi, who rocked a wild mane — look him up), Myatt became the first American to place at the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Trondheim, Norway.
Not bad for a beard that only occasionally sees conditioner or hair spray.
"For having the best beard in America, I hardly do anything," Myatt said.
Competitors are judged on shape, color, grooming, and whatever shapes they can curl and twirl from a can of wax.
Myatt's club will host its own competition for beards and mustaches 2 to 9 p.m. June 24 at The Bellasco, 1050 South Hill Street in Los Angeles.
After the event, it's back to serious business — auditing charities, holding the monthly meetings — until the next time these folically fortunate beardsmen face off again. And there will be Myatt, whose support group has grown into so much more.
"The beard started the conversation," said club member Nate Johnson of Burbank. "But you bond elsewhere."
BRYAN MAHONEY is a recent transplant from the East Coast. When he's not growing his own Fu Manchu mustache, he can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and on Twitter @818NewGuy.


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But here's the thing. I'm gona keep it real here. I tend to get so excited about what I want to sew and all the things I plan to sew that sometimes I spend so much time thinking about it and planning it that I never actually sew or finish anything. Nonsensical.
Much like creating a sewing blog has actually pressured me into sewing on a regular basis I decided to use this blog to pressure me into following through on some of these ideas.
I shall post some pictures of things I desperately want to make that fall within my current abilities. I shall shop for fabric that suits them and then I shall have myself some lovely new pieces by next weekend (fingers crossed!). Totally do-able.
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"Whether you're renting a South Bend apartment for University of Notre Dame football, for exciting indoor and outdoor recreation or for some other reason, you'll find a great home in this city on the St. Joseph River.
If you're a college student, a graduate or just a football fan, you'll love having an apartment in South Bend. In addition to the excitement and tradition of the University of Notre Dame football games, the city hosts a Football Fridays Block Party in downtown South Bend the night before each game. The party features live music, food, beverages and more.
If you like having fun things to do in your spare time, a South Bend apartment will be a terrific home for you. For water sports and activities, try kayaking or inner-tubing down the East Race Waterway - the first artificial whitewater course in North America. For something a little more low-key that anyone can enjoy, visit the animals at the Potawatomi Zoo. In the winter, you can go cross country skiing or winter inner-tubing in St. Patrick's Park.
For indoor fun outside of your apartment, South bend has many museums and other indoor attractions. To learn about the history of Indiana, explore the Northern Indiana Center for History. The South Bend Regional Museum of Art is fun for artists and art appreciators alike, and the Studebaker National Museum is a terrific museum for car buffs. For performing arts, catch a show at the Broadway Theatre League or relax to the sounds of music at the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.
Whether you're shopping for yourself or you need something for your apartment, South Bend has a variety of stores to suit any need. You can browse through eclectic shops at the Town and Country Shopping Plaza in South Bend or shop 'til you drop at the University Park Mall in Mishawaka, South Bend's twin city.
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If you can identify an upwards consumer trend, you can build a highly profitable business around it.
Consumer trends are determined by the habits or behaviors currently popular among consumers.
Data is often collected on these trends that includes information like how a consumer uses a product, and how they communicate about a brand with their social groups.
In this post, we'll go over a upcoming consumer trend, as well as identify three product opportunities and how you can build a profitable business piggybacking on their popularity.
Let's get into it.
Breaking Down A New Generation of Shoppers
Marketing budgets are often based off the spendings and lifestyles of the baby boomer generation. Recently, consumer trends and marketing efforts have started to shift.
With over 23% holding a Bachelor's degree or higher, the millennial generation is the most educated generation in history. Millennials account for 26% of the current US population.
They're also spending a lot of money online. They're simply tired of the idea of shopping malls. Traditional retailers, for the first time ever in 2014, generated half their sales growth through ecommerce, according to Stifel Financial Corp.
That means about $18 billion in revenue generated last year came from online purchases, an analysis of U.S. Census data shows.
So, what are some upcoming consumer trends being influenced by millennials? According to studies from Goldman Sachs, millennials are:
- More health conscious than previous generations
- Big fans of athletic brands
- More tech-savvy than previous generations
What's the underlying commonality here?
The millennial generation is interested in self-care and overall health, explains Tracy Naden, Allidura Consumer MD.
"They see a more holistic perspective and want to integrate these healthy choices through every part of their lifestyle such as a new diet, cleanse, or workout routine - they want to pinpoint what works for them personally."
A health conscious, tech-savvy, well educated, young online shopper. What more could a business ask for?
Let's take a look at the products they're buying based on this data.
Disclaimer: Before selling anything online you must first do your own due diligence to determine market demand and potential.
Wearables, also known as wearable technology, is a growing consumer fashion trend that's just waiting to be tackled. The designs often incorporate practical functions and features.
Google Trends: Interest Over Time for Wearables
Topsy: Tweets Per Day
A study from research firm IDC showed 19.2 million wearables were estimated to ship worldwide in 2014. That number is expected to hit 112 million by 2018.
No longer considered geeky or uncool, designer brands have started to make their way into the wearable space.
In August of 2014, Ralph Lauren introduced a Polo Tech shirt that merged biometrics into active lifestyle apparel, just in time for the U.S. Open.
With products like Google Glass, Fitbit, and the recently announced Apple Watch coming to market, there's an unlimited amount of possibilities in an unsaturated space, with plenty of room to innovate and experiment.
Example Products and Accessories:
As you can see, there's a lot of room to experiment here. You don't necessarily have to make the next Fitbit tracking device, but by building a product that acts as an accessory to the wearable, you can piggyback on its success.
Here are some ideas of products you could sell that are in the wearables space.
Product Examples to Piggyback on The Trend:
- Dropship Fitbit bands that offer a unique colorful design besides the original black band
- Source Apple Watch products from online marketplaces, including things like cases and straps for the watch
- Develop your own Fitbit band jewellery accessories
Up-and-coming Products
Charcoal Health Products
These days, purifying and cleansing your skin might look like a messy mud run. That's because beauty products infused with charcoal ingredients are a huge trend right now.
Google Trends Interest Over Time for Charcoal Health
Topsy: Tweets Per Day
Because of its natural detoxifying properties, charcoal acts as a magnet for toxins and impurities.
Everything from charcoal pills, to charcoal exfoliants - you can bet it's being turned into a health and beauty product.
The skin care industry in the United States is a $110 billion industry as of 2014, and is expected to continue to grow. On average, women aged 18 and older spend $144 per year on beauty products.
Example Products:
Sephora Charcoal
Caru Skincare
With health conscious millennials being a huge target market, there's no doubt that activated charcoal products will continue to grow.
And yes, it is the same charcoal that you'd use for your Fourth of July barbecue grill. Just don't try and grind up briquette from your grill and use it on your face. You'll need to do a bit of product research and sourcing first.
Up-and-coming Products
Matcha Tea
One emerging trend is the popularity of matcha teas. Matcha has been consumed in China for thousands of years. Buddhist monks drank it to remain calm and alert during long hours of meditation.
Google Trends Interest Over Time for Matcha Tea
Topsy: Tweets Per Day
A cancer-fighting, fat burning, all-natural powerhouse - matcha is an extremely healthy form of tea. The health benefits of matcha are greater than those of other teas, because drinking matcha means you're ingesting the whole leaf and not just the brewed water.
"We're seeing consumers seeking empowerment through health and finding ingredients with nutrients that meet their needs." - Neilsen.
Matcha meets the demands for energy, vitality and nutrition. It's packed with antioxidants, L-theanine, and beta carotenes. It also packs less of a caffeine punch than normal green-tea, which is perfect for anyone looking for a caffeine kick anytime of the day.
The tea market in the United States is a huge, and growing industry. According to the US Tea Association, some 80% of american households have tea in their kitchen, and more than 50% of the population drinks it on a daily basis. In 2013, more than 8 million pounds of green tea was consumed by the US and is continuing to be consumed at a growing pace.
Example Products:
Matcha Whisk
Matcha Skin Cleanser
Because matcha tea is growing as a consumer product so quickly, there's many ways you can piggyback on its popularity.
Product Examples to Piggyback on The Trend:
- Sell Matcha tea whisks
- Dropship Matcha tea from a reputable supplier
- Sell tea cups and kettles sourced from local artists
How to Identify an Upcoming Trend
Being able to identify an upwards trend on your own in addition to the ones we looked at can be tremendously valuable. There's quite a few resources online that can help you identify these trends.
Here are some examples:
It's a good idea to do your own research to make sure the product you're looking into isn't actually a fad. A fad can be dangerous when picking a product to base your business around, because they're generally very short-lived and popularity tapers off. You want to make sure that product demand continues for the lifetime of your business.
Now that you have an idea of what the next hot products might be, it's your chance to cash in on them.
Are there any other examples of products you can think of piggybacking on? Are there any other consumer trends you think will be popular soon? Let us know in the comments below!
About The Author
Tucker Schreiber is an ecommerce entrepreneur and Content Marketer at Shopify. Get more from Tucker on Twitter.


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