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Stephen Smith enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1981, and rose through the ranks to Captain of Marines. He earned his B.A. at San Diego State University where he also led the NROTC unit as the
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Does my body need fats?
Yes, it does. Dietary fats are essential to give your body energy and to support cell growth. They also help protect your organs and keep your body warm. Fats help your body absorb some nutrients and produce important hormones, too. Your body definitely needs fat – but not as much fat as most people eat.
How many different fats are there?
There are four major dietary fats in the foods we eat: saturated fats, trans fats, monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats. The four types have different chemical structures and physical properties. The bad fats, saturated and trans fats, tend to be more solid at room temperature (like a stick of butter), while monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats tend to be more liquid (like liquid vegetable oil).
Fats can also have different effects on the cholesterol levels in your body. The bad fats, saturated fats and trans fats, raise bad cholesterol (LDL) levels in your blood. The better fats, monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats, can lower bad cholesterol levels and are beneficial when consumed in moderation.
Do all fats have the same number of calories?
There are nine calories in every gram of fat, regardless of what type of fat it is. That's a lot of calories compared to carbohydrates and proteins, which contain four calories per gram. Because fats are so energy-dense, consuming high levels of fat – regardless of the type – can lead to taking in too many calories. That can lead to weight gain or being overweight. Consuming high levels of saturated or trans fats can also lead to heart disease and stroke. Health experts generally recommend replacing saturated fats and trans fats with monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats – while still limiting the total amount of fat you consume.
Are all foods labeled "trans fat-free" healthy foods?
Not necessarily. Foods labeled "no trans fat" or cooked with "trans fat-free" oils may contain a lot of saturated fats, which raise your bad cholesterol levels. "Trans fat-free" foods may also be unhealthy in terms of their general nutrient content. For example, baked goods tend to be high in added sugars and low in nutrients.
Can fats be part of a healthy diet?
Eating foods with a moderate amount of fat is definitely part of a healthy diet. Just remember to balance the amount of calories you eat with the amount of calories you burn. Aim to eat more vegetables, fruits, whole-grain/high-fiber foods, fat-free and low-fat dairy products, lean meats, poultry, and fish (at least twice a week). This will help keep your diet low in both saturated fats and trans fats.
What are some sources of healthy fats?
Dietary sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats include many liquid plant-based oils (such as olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, corn oil and safflower oil), as well as oily/fatty types of fish (such as salmon, mackerel, herring and trout), many nuts and seeds (such as walnuts and sunflower seeds), nut butters (such as peanut butter), and avocados.
What are the "bad" fats and which foods contain them?
The "bad" fats are saturated and trans fats.
Saturated fats occur naturally in many foods. The majority come from animal sources -- meat and dairy (milk fat) such as fatty beef, lamb, pork, poultry with skin, beef fat (tallow), lard, cream, butter, cheese, and other dairy products made from whole or reduced-fat (2%) milk. These foods also contain cholesterol. Many baked goods and fried foods can also contain high levels of saturated fats. Some plant foods, such as palm oil, palm kernel oil and coconut oil, also contain primarily saturated fats but do not contain cholesterol.
Trans fats are found in many foods. Some come from animal fat but the majority come from partially hydrogenated fat – especially in processed baked goods (pastries, biscuits, muffins, cakes, pie crusts, doughnuts and cookies), fried foods (French fries, fried chicken, breaded chicken nuggets and breaded fish), snack foods (popcorn, crackers), and other foods made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, traditional vegetable shortening or stick margarine. (Soft margarines typically contain very low levels of trans fats.)
What do most people eat more of – saturated fats or trans fats?
Americans generally eat more saturated fats than trans fats. For good health, limit your consumption of saturated fats to 5 to 6 percent of your daily calories and cut back on foods containing partially hydrogenated oils to reduce trans fat in your diet.
Are trans fats worse than saturated fats?
They should both be minimized in the diet, since both trans fats and saturated fats increase your bad cholesterol levels and your risk of heart disease. However, since trans fats may also decrease your HDL ("good") cholesterol (and may have other harmful effects), some experts believe that trans fats may be somewhat worse for you than saturated fats. That doesn't mean you should eat more saturated fats, or that you should substitute saturated fats for trans fats.
The American Heart Association recommends an overall healthy diet and lifestyle to combat heart disease and stroke. Limit your consumption of saturated fats to less than 7 percent of your daily calories and cut back on foods containing partially hydrogenated oils to reduce trans fat in your diet. In practical terms, this means eating a diet containing a variety of fruits, vegetables, and grain products, especially fiber-rich whole grains; fat-free and low-fat dairy products; legumes, poultry, and lean meats; and fish, preferably oily fish, at least twice a week.
Should I eliminate trans fats entirely from my diet?
Very small amounts of trans fats occur naturally in some meat and dairy products, so eliminating trans fats entirely is impractical for many people, except maybe vegans. We recommend limiting the amount of trans fats you eat by avoiding foods made with partially hydrogenated oils.
Should I worry about creating trans fats in my kitchen through cooking?
No. Trans fats are produced in a manufacturing process in which hydrogen is added to make liquid vegetable oils more stable. Cooking and frying in the kitchen does not create trans fats, even if the oil temperature is high enough to reach the smoke point.
What is the difference between partially hydrogenated oils and fully hydrogenated oils?
Hydrogenation is the process by which liquid vegetable oil is turned into solid fat. Partially hydrogenated oils contain trans fats. However, when liquid vegetable oil is fully hydrogenated almost no trans fats remain.
Some say that naturally occurring trans fats (such as conjugated linoleic acid [CLA]) are not as harmful as other trans fats. Is it true?
Some trans fats, including CLA, occur naturally in beef, lamb, and full fat dairy products. Studies suggest that CLA may not have the same negative effects on blood cholesterol that partially hydrogenated oils do, although the other trans fats in meat may. However, these foods are high in saturated fats and consumption should be minimized. The American Heart Association recommends limiting consumption of trans fats from all sources.
What's cocoa butter and what's its health effect?
Cocoa butter is a natural, yellowish-white vegetable fat extracted from cocoa beans. Cocoa butter is solid at room temperature and very stable. It is used to add smoothness and flavor in some foods, including chocolate. Cocoa butter has significant amounts of saturated fats. Foods containing cocoa butter can be high in calories as well as butterfat and sugar; therefore you should consider them as treats that you eat only once in a while.
What effect does dietary cholesterol have on heart health?
People get cholesterol in two ways – the liver makes cholesterol and many foods contain dietary cholesterol. Typically, the body makes all the cholesterol it needs, so people don't need to consume it. However, saturated fats and trans fats are the main "culprits" that can raise blood cholesterol. To lower blood cholesterol and reduce your risk of heart disease, reduce saturated fat to 5 to 6 percent of total calories and cut back on foods containing partially hydrogenated oils.
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Back in September when I had my painting spree in the living room/dining room/kitchen I did not paint the wall that connects to the stairwell. Exhibit A:
I wanted to eventually paint it a neutral tan color. Welll...... I got some swatches and thought the perfect choice was Benjamin Moore's Silver Fox. So I bought a gallon and this past Saturday, I went to town painting that wall.
Um, no.....
When it dried it had all these purple undertones and was not what I was looking for at all. I was so devastated, I didn't even want to consider another tan color. But I did anyway. I got some more swatches and my two favorites were coastal fog - a tan color from BM and stonington gray - a gray (obviously) color from BM. I bought a sample of each color and got them up on the wall. Once they dried I knew instantly what I wanted. Stonington Gray! It was love. Well, for me anyway.
Here's an in-progress photo, hence, mess everywhere. Just keepin' it real.
And all done and cleaned up.
The painting in the first photos is actually one made by my best friend. I most likely will add it back there, but we haven't gotten to that yet.


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Observing Student Representation
|Introduction | Representing Data | Problem Reflection #1 | Is This Circle Graph Correct? | Problem Reflection #2 | Classroom Practice | Observe a Classroom | Your Journal
The next day, Martina produced the first draft of a circle graph to represent her survey data. She agreed to have her teacher begin the whole-class discussion by asking the students to critique Martina's graph:
Here is Martina's data table:
Look at Martina's data and graph:
Naseem and Vanessa, his sixth-grade partner, are discussing their thoughts about the questions their teacher posed:
Naseem: I think our bar graph was much easier to make.
Naseem: Well, you can compare bars, too, but I guess the circle graph does show that, for example, baseball was about twice as popular as football, and soccer and basketball were about the same. Maybe she chose the circle graph because it shows the results for the whole group all in one circle, out of 100 percent.
Naseem: I'm not sure. Is the part for soccer the right size? Her table says it's 20%. What fraction is it?
Naseem: Her table says the soccer group is 12 out of 60. Is that close to, or the same as, 1/5?
Naseem: Hmm, I divided 12 by 60 and got 0.2. Is that 20%?
Naseem: So, the graph is correct.
Naseem: The smallest sections are supposed to be for baseball and football, and that's how they look. Also, they're probably right because the part for football is about half the size of the baseball section, and 8% is about half of 15%. I guess Martina did a good job. What do we have to write down?
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Johns Hopkins Defeats Rams in Opening Round of NCAA's
Johns Hopkins - 2, Farmingdale State - 0
Baltimore, Md. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team was defeated by 12th ranked Johns Hopkins University (17-3-1) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday evening. The Rams finish the season with a 17-5 overall record.
Johns Hopkins broke the scoreless tie 29:42 into the contest, as freshman forward Pamela Vranis (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) scored off the feed from freshman Kelly Baker (Ridgefield, CT./Ridgefield). Baker scored John Hopkins second goal of the game nine minutes later on a give and go into the box by freshman midfielder Amanda Yaccarino (Rumson, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven). Junior goalkeeper Amanda Maass (Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd) made six saves in the first half for Farmingdale State, as the Rams went into the break trailing 2-0.
Farmingdale State tightened their defense in the second half, holding the Blue Jays scoreless for the entire period. The Rams attempted two shots on goal after halftime, but were unable to cut into the 2-0 lead. Maass totaled 11 saves in goal for Farmingdale.
The Rams will be graduating only one senior this year, so they should be returning the core of their team for the 2011 season.


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Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Hawaii, as well as a nine-member volunteer crew, do hands-on training at Cornell University as part of a NASA study on space food.
Researchers have selected six "gastronauts" who will put outer-space menus to the test next year during a four-month simulated Mars mission, conducted on a barren lava field in Hawaii.
The mission, jointly sponsored by Cornell University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is known as HI-SEAS — which stands for Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation. It's part of a NASA study aimed at determining the best way to keep astronauts fed and in good spirits during a long-duration mission to a deep-space destination.
"We tend to say it's Mars, but as long as it's long-term space exploration, this research should apply," Kim Binsted, an associate professor at the University of Hawaii's information and computer sciences department, told me today.
The final six were chosen from nine finalists who spent several days in training last month at Cornell's test kitchens, where researchers develop all sorts of recipes for freeze-dried, canned, powdered or fresh-made foods suitable for spaceflight. Cornell has been doing these sorts of simulations for more than a decade — but the HI-SEAS mission is the most ambitious exercise yet.
The six crew members are:
- Oleg Abramov, a research space scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey's astrogeology branch in Flagstaff, Ariz.
- Simon Engler, a programmer specializing in robotics who's currently on an internship at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Kate Greene, a science and technology journalist, amateur filmmaker and open-water swimmer who is a native of Kansas and currently resides in San Francisco.
- Sian Proctor, a geology professor at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix.
- Yajaira Sierra-Sastre, a materials scientist and educator who is a resident in Ithaca, N.Y., and is currently working with disadvantaged school districts and communities in Puerto Rico.
- Angelo Vermeulen, a biologist, space researcher and visual artist from Belgium.
The three other finalists will be reserve crew members, ready to step in if one of the prime crew members has to leave the mission:
- Yvonne Cagle, a NASA astronaut and family physician who is currently on faculty and serves as the NASA liaison for exploration and space development with Singularity University in California.
- Crystal Spring Haney, a small-business owner, personal trainer and at-home mother of two from Kapolei in Hawaii.
- Chris Lowe, a space systems engineer from southeast England who currently resides in Glasgow, Scotland.
Binsted told me it was hard to narrow down the prime crew to just six. "If we could stick nine people in the habitat, we would have," she said.
Cornell University chef Rupert Spies works with finalists for the HI-SEAS simulated space mission during a training session last month.
In making the selection, the researchers wanted to strike a balance among the various skills that the crew members had to offer, and also come up with a team of "people you'd be happy to spend four months in a can with," Binsted said. The crew's cooking skills vary, she said: "There are a couple who cook quite a lot ... and a couple of people who don't cook at all."
"We wanted to have people who were willing to eat anything they'd be asked to try," Binsted said. "Of course, if you try something and you don't like it, that's fine."
The crew members will go through two weeks of additional training later this year, in preparation for the four-month exercise that begins next year in mid-March. They'll be paid $5,500 plus expenses for their time. In addition to trying out menus, the gastronauts will be pursuing their own projects in analog research or mission outreach. Binsted said the public will eventually be able to suggest recipes for the crew, or check out video updates on the mission blog.
All communication with the team in their habitat will be delayed to simulate the light-speed travel time for signals between Earth and Mars. The crew will also be required to wear simulation spacesuits anytime they venture outside the habitat, as if they were really living on Mars instead of in Hawaii.
Listen to interviews with candidates for the HI-SEAS space-food simulation.
The point of all this is to see how the crew's diet affects their health and morale during the kind of isolation and day-to-day routine that a space crew experiences. One of the big challenges for a long-duration space mission is the potential for menu fatigue. Having the same thing over and over again is bad enough on Earth. When you're confined in a tin can for a space journey, it's even more of a drag. Past studies have shown that astronauts eventually get tired of eating the foods they normally enjoy, and tend to eat less. That could lead to nutritional deficiencies — thus adding to the health risks associated with life in low gravity.
Binsted said the HI-SEAS crew will have a variety of menu items to try out: "A lot of freeze-dried fruits, vegetables and meats, textured vegetable protein, powdered eggs ... We'll have an international mix of ingredients, miso powder, dried tofu." During last month's session at Cornell, the finalists came up with their own menu items, including paella made with dried shrimp, coffee granita and a fruit smoothie using yogurt prepared from dried milk.
The researchers want to measure the time, power and water requirements for instant foods vs. crew-cooked foods. They'll also test their hypothesis that the rituals associated with food can be a morale-booster during an interplanetary journey. After all, that's why they call it "comfort food."
"It's hard to put a price tag on that," Jean Hunter, an associate professor of biological and environmental engineering at Cornell, said during last month's training session.
More about space food and simulations:
- Would-be gastronauts practice Mars cooking at Cornell
- Pale-faced crew emerges from 520-day mock Mars mission
- Space spice gets five stars from space station crew
- First Mars astronauts may grow their own food
The HI-SEAS mission is part of a three-year, $947,000 NASA study that also includes a head-down, bed-rest study at the NASA Flight Analogs Research Center in Galveston, Texas. In addition to Binsted and Hunter, the HI-SEAS research team includes Cornell's Bruce Halpern and Bryan Caldwell. Rupert Spies, chef and senior lecturer at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, will assist in the development of the study's menu. You can follow @HI-SEAS on Twitter or on Facebook.
Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter or following the Cosmic Log Google+ page. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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The House Ethics Committee announced today that it will continue investigating whether Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) misused campaign funds to pay for personal expenses, but it will do so without forming a formal investigative subcommittee.
In April, the committee began reviewing whether Andrews used money from his Congressional campaign and a leadership PAC to pay for a family trip to Scotland, to fly his daughter to Los Angeles because of her interest in the entertainment business and to pay for her high school graduation party. The case started in the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, which voted in March to send the matter to the House Ethics Committee for further review.
The committee's decision to continue reviewing the case informally was accompanied by a 244-page report and exhibits that detail the office's findings. The release was triggered by a mandatory disclosure provision in the ethics review process that gives the committee 90 days in most cases to either empanel an investigative subcommittee or release the office's findings.
"The Committee notes that the mere fact of conducting further review of a referral, and any mandatory disclosure of such further review, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgement on behalf of the Committee," Ethics Chairman Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) and ranking member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) said in a joint statement.
Andrews said in a statement that he is confident the committee will eventually exonerate him of wrongdoing.
"As the Ethics Committee stated today, it has reached no conclusion on this matter. As the Committee continues its review, the record will show that I have followed all rules and met all standards of the House," the statement read.
The bulk of the OCE report focuses on a trip that Andrews took with his wife and two daughters to attend a wedding in Edinburgh, Scotland, followed by a visit to London.
The wedding involved an individual whom Andrews met while working on a presidential campaign in 2003. Several years later, the individual "informally advised" Andrews on topics such as "electoral strategy, communications strategy and opposition research" but spent no more than 50 hours doing so in a three to four month period. In the years since, the two have communicated a "couple dozen" times and their interactions were personal in nature, according to the OCE report.
Even though the two had not interacted professionally in any capacity for several years, the Andrews for Congress or the Committee to Strengthen America campaign accounts either directly paid for or were later used to reimburse the cost of four business class tickets that totaled $16,574.88, a hotel bill of $7,725.66 at the five-star luxury resort The Balmoral, a $462.98 wedding gift and $2,610 in "petty cash" for on-the-ground expenses in the United Kingdom.
The Andrews family repaid the two campaign accounts for the expenses after reports of the trip surfaced in the media.
Andrews told OCE interviewers that he believed the trip to be a bona fide campaign expense because the individual getting married was part of a group of people that he "tried to cultivate" relationships with who might be of professional benefit in the future.
"My thought was that, you know, enriching and broadening this relationship would make him more likely to help me in the future if I asked him, or help the leadership PAC if I asked him," Andrews said during an OCE interview.
The OCE report also describes a party held at the Andrews residence last summer to celebrate both his campaign and his daughter's high school graduation. Some of the costs for the event were billed to the Andrews for Congress campaign.
Andrews also took at least six trips to Los Angeles last year with his daughter, which were covered by his campaign account and the leadership PAC. Though his daughter told a witness she was there to do "some music recording," Andrews said she was there because she was "old enough to be helpful with some of the things that campaign volunteers usually do."
Along with the statement released today, Andrews provided reporters with a legal summary of his defense. It emphasizes that the money in question was from political campaign accounts and not taxpayer funds, that the case originated based on allegations made by political adversaries and that candidates' families often attend campaign-related events. Even so, Andrews made the "political judgment" to return funds used for the wedding to avoid even the perception of wrongdoing, the background information said.
The committee's review of the case will continue as a Rule 18(a) investigation, a preliminary stage of inquiry that allows it to gather information until a formal investigative subcommittee has been formed. It is the final time the committee will likely comment on the matter unless it empanels a subcommittee or dismisses the case.


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In the past six years, Northeastern University has vaulted 42 spots in the powerful U.S. News & World Report college rankings. And not merely because it added programs, hired superstar faculty or built fancy facilities.
The private school in Boston also has made an all-out effort to increase the number of applicants for admission, dispatching its 30-person recruiting staff across the country and sending hundreds of thousands of personalized letters and emails to high-school students. It persuaded more than 44,000 students...


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For those of you who are feeling overwhelmed after beginning your study of ACE's Essentials of Exercise Science for Fitness Professionals manual, don't worry. This is a common feeling among many individuals who are getting started with this book, but luckily, it doesn't have to be!
As you start your career as a fitness professional, you must have a foundation in the human body and its systems. This book is designed to not only be used as a study guide, but also as a resource tool for the future. You are being introduced to the human body and, let's face it—much many of us don't know very much about our own systems.
Before we break down the five chapters, here's my favorite tip:
While working through the materials, picture how you would apply the information to a fitness-professional setting. If it's a very detailed topic, such as the structure of a nerve cell, recognize that this is not necessarily something you would directly use when working with a client. Therefore, it serves more as reference material. Continue to use this strategy as you go through the book, and it will become clearer which information is most important to your actual work as a trainer.
Here are the most important elements of each chapter:
Chapter 1
The most important aspects of this chapter are the anatomical position and planes of motion, the segmental movements in the three planes, and the muscles and their actions. You need to understand how both the muscle spindle and GTO function, as well as have a general understanding of the systems introduced in this chapter (cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, nervous and muscular). You do not, however, need to be able to reproduce all of the information. Remember, this is a fitness training application-based exam, not a science or anatomy exam.
Quick tip: You do not need to know the origins, insertions or blood or nerve supply of the muscles. You do need thorough knowledge of movement analysis, understanding how each muscle contraction creates the movement, as well as the actions of the muscles. (This will also come in more detail in Chapter 3.)
Chapter 2
Within this chapter, you need to take away some of the key points in exercise physiology. This includes the fitness components, when each energy system is used, the ventilatory thresholds and VO2max, exercising in the heat and cold, and environmental considerations. You do not need to be able to reproduce the structure of the energy components, the Kreb cycle, RER values or the food consumption diagram.
Chapter 3
Be sure to understand the fundamental movements, the postures, the primary action of the different muscle groups, the key aspects of human motion terminology (agonist, antagonist, synergist and co-contraction), open and closed chain activity and balance. This chapter is important for helping you understand movement analysis. While you are learning the muscles and their actions, get up and perform the actions! Picture the muscle, where it is located, how it is contracting and what movement will result. It's also a good idea to continue with muscle and movement analysis throughout your studies. Each week, work on one body segment. For example, work on the leg during week 2, the arm during week 3 and so on.
Chapter 4
This chapter is the only segment of your studies that focuses on nutrition. It is important to understand calories per gram of the macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein and fat), the main sources of the key micronutrients, and weight-management calorie deficit. Acquire a general understanding of the digestion pathway, the aspects of the MyPlate and the DASH diet and other special population recommendations. You will need to know hydration recommendations and nutrition needs—the amount of carbohydrates, protein and fat—for adults. You also need to make yourself familiar with how to do a calculation for the nutrition label sample. The multiple-choice questions at the end of this chapter are a great tool to show you the most important topics to focus on. You do not need to know how to calculate RMR or the RDAs of the micronutrients and minerals.
Chapter 5
The core aspects to take away from this chapter are the fuels used during exercise, thermoregulation during exercise, fluid intake, general training principles and stretching techniques. You do not need to be able to reproduce acute and chronic responses to exercise, the detailed aspects of hormones (a general understanding, however, is important) or specific neural changes and adaptations.
That covers what you need to understand from ACE's Essentials of Exercise Science for Fitness Professionals. Do not get bogged down, keep working through the materials and before you know it you will be ready to switch over to the main manual where you will start the fun stuff!


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Like many of the other 1,500-meter races during his outdoor track season at Oregon this spring, rising senior Matthew Centrowitz felt someone pull up on his shoulder shortly after the final turn.
And like all the other races, the 21-year-old Centrowitz had a response — an explosive kick that wasn't matched.
But this time, it was two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat providing the push. And this time, it was at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
That's the kind of company the former Broadneck standout is thriving against in his breakthrough year. Centrowitz won that June 27 race comfortably in the end, crossing in 3 minutes, 47.63 seconds.
In the spring, Centrowitz captured his third straight Pac-10 championship, then went on to claim his first NCAA title.
Next up for Centrowitz is the IAAF World Championships, which begin Saturday in Daegu, South Korea.
"Just to compete at the highest level is a tremendous honor, and I think it will give me valuable experience heading into my final year at Oregon," Centrowitz said in a recent phone interview. "Just meeting and being around all the professional athletes, Olympic champions, world champions — it's definitely going to be an incredible experience."
During his days at Broadneck, Centrowitz enjoyed the most prolific high school distance running career in the area — and arguably the state. He set the high school mile record at the prestigious Penn Relays, won three state cross country titles and a number of track titles, and he was named The Baltimore Sun's Male Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2007.
In his first two years at Oregon, he enjoyed success in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track, overcoming injuries and the transition to college 3,000 miles from home. But this year, it has all come together.
To qualify for the upcoming World Championships, he set a new school record in the 1,500 meters (3:34.69) at the Diamond League meet in Paris in early July and broke that mark (3:34.46) two weeks later in Monaco.
The Oregon school record once belonged to his father, Matthew, Sr. In 1976, the two-time Olympian set the mark in 3:36.70.
"It's awesome to have the same name as my dad, so when you look down the all-time list, you kind of do a double take because one shows the mark in the '70s and the second one is 2011," Centrowitz said. "So it's been great to share that with my dad, and it's great to be mentioned with the other guys like Joaquim Cruz and Alberto Salazar. It's an honor, and I'm taking it all in."
Oregon assistant coach Andy Powell described Centrowitz's outdoor season in the 1,500 meters as "pretty much perfect," and he wasn't exaggerating. Centrowitz, who will be one of the youngest members representing the U.S. at the World Championships, won every race he entered, including preliminaries.
"He had a lot of consistency, and it wasn't any one particular thing that was done dramatically different. He just put in good week after good week after good week," said Powell, who's in charge of the program's distance runners. "Every time he got out there, all spring, he just kept winning and gaining more and more confidence and it was one of those things — there's not much more you can ask for."
Centrowitz's success begins with extensive training and preparation. His running log is detailed. His early morning run is followed by stretching and flexibility work. He maintains a strict diet, makes sure to keep hydrated and sees a massage therapist, all while maintaining his academics and finding time to still be a college kid.
Simply put, he takes no days off.
"Matthew sets a great example on how to use your training to better yourself, rather than just go through the motions, and the guys on the team all respect him for that," said senior teammate and roommate Chris Kwiatkowski."He's always ready to go — each and every day — and there's no wasted day of training with him."
On race day, knowing he's put in the time to be at his best, Centrowitz's instincts take over.
"He's very efficient and, most importantly, I think his biggest quality is strategically. He's always very, very well prepared," said Oregon coach Vin Lananna, who also will coach the U.S. team at the world championships. "When you get in a race, sometimes you think you're in the wrong position, and Matthew can always get himself out of trouble. When the time comes to go with the afterburners, he's very good at getting where he's supposed to be at the right time."
The passion Centrowitz has for running has been fueled by his family. In addition to his father, who is currently the coach at American University, his mother, Beverly, was a college runner and his older sister, Lauren, also enjoyed a standout career at both Broadneck and Stanford.
"Kids get bedtime stories, but I always got running stories," Centrowitz said. "So it was one of those things where I embraced it at a young age and have been enjoying it ever since." "Having my dad, mom and older sister set me up and share their experiences in the sport, it's been great for me to learn from them and see all their successes and how they've handled the ups and downs."
And now, Centrowitz is making his own stories, the endings featuring that winning kick.
"Running means a lot to me," he said. "It's something I put a lot of energy into, a lot of focus and dedication into. And it's definitely something I'll have forever, along with all the relationships I have made along the way that have been very important to me as well."


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Well due recent changes I noticed that using flash on firefox was hijacking the sound on my system.
If you aren't a careless internet surfer and still want to use the latest amd64 flash version that didn't have the sound problems you can try this.
mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
then download this flash release.
Extract libflashplayer.so into the directory we just created and restart firefox.
Some other people say they have benefit by setting an environmental variable but that didn't work for me.
I'm not sure if the issue is only related to x86_64 yet.


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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The Miss America Pageant is returning to Atlantic City, N.J., after an attempt to give it more glitz by moving to Las Vegas, state officials said Wednesday.
Gov. Chris Christie's office said a news conference has been scheduled Thursday in the Jersey Shore resort for the official announcement, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will be joined by Miss America officials for the event.
The pageant was founded by an Atlantic City business group trying to extend the summer season into September. The first was held in 1921 with the winner, Margaret Gorman of Washington getting a $100 prize.
With the arrival of television, the pageant became a major national event, broadcast live to millions of people. But ratings peaked in the early 1960s and dropped sharply around 2000, and ABC decided to drop the broadcast in 2004.
The first Las Vegas pageant was held in January 2006, another break with tradition.
Lou Barthold, one of the executive directors of the Miss New Jersey Education Foundation, called the move a "big disappointment." He said he went out to Las Vegas for last year's pageant, and it just did not have the same feel.
"In Las Vegas, you were lucky to see anybody you knew other than going to the show," he said. "It's so large, so vast, with all the casinos out there."


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I can't think of a better time to review what I've done this year than on the last
day of the year. I did a blog-review last year and was quite surprised with what it revealed.
I. Drawing:
1. 10 Sketches
Dancer , Mime, Smiles, En Pointe, Sep 11, Diver, Tennis, Paddleboard, Prodigy, Swimmer.
I have no inclination to sketch animals!! Don't know why, possibly I'm turned off by all that hair. Haha!
2. 19 Birds…plus personalities!!
Zander, Zelda, Zach, Zamora, Louis, Alan, Fred, Henry, Donna, TV Tots, Keira, Judy, Rodgers, Goldie, Libby, Jen, Paris, Vicki, Patsy
3. Two Gnomes
Gnoah and Gnick. Fun ones that started as a gift for a friend. At least they aren't birds! Haha
II. Art Journal:
4. Art Journal Pages
Excited Art, Angel, Vegas, Shaped, Journal Jots, Who Says, Prep Page One, Prep Two, Marilyn Monroe, Prep Three
5. Watercolor Marker Doodles
Waterdoodle One , Two, Three, Fabulous Flowers, Flower Power
6. Doodle Directory
- Set 4 (60 doodle squares)
- Set 5 (60 doodle squares)
7. Doodle Letters
I've done few more letters, but it would've made this Composition lop-sided.
8. 17 Diptych Posts-
Partnered up with Chel at http://www.gingerblue.com/ and we completed 17 weeks of dual dyptych posts. Loved it and Thank You Chel!
I've realized you've got to have guts to be a photographer….especially if you want some decent shots….You have to put yourself out there…excuse the intrusion, smile, and pretend you know what you are doing!
9. "He Who Must Not Be Named" travel shots
To get these shots….you really have to be in the mood!! I try to totally ignore the strange looks and have some fun.
10. Colorful Shots
These are my favorite type of shots…..Color….And Lots Of It!!
*pretty proud of the glass bottles pic, made the EXPLORE list on Flickr for Jan 5, 2011.
11. 123 Posts (last year I did the Sketchbook project and I think that made me post more)
12. 12 Blog Banners (changed the banner each month)
13. 3 Blog Give-aways (Jan, May, Sept)
14. Etsy Shop Opened late January
15. New Blog at squarespace
16. Guest Room Prints from Blog Friend Rachel @ allididwaslisten.blogspot.com
17. Camera Bag Decorating
18. Deck
19. Study
I bet you guys would find that you've done a lot of creative stuff too. I think documenting it helps keep me on track with my progress. It also helps me remember something I haven't yet done but would like to do in the future.
Here's to 2011 and I hope everyone has a Wonderful 2012!!


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Best of 2012: The 52 Most Stylish Celeb-Mom Looks
Best of 2012: The 52 Most Stylish Celeb-Mom Looks
You won't find a single pair of mom jeans here! The most stylish moms in the world — including Gwen Stefani, Victoria Beckham, and Miranda Kerr — had some majorly fashionable moments in 2012! We've rounded up 52 of our favorite celeb mom looks of the year — from Jessica Alba's ever-chic jeans, T-shirt, and scarf combos to Rachel Zoe's avant-garde ensembles (always complete with skyscraper-esque heels). Keep clicking to find your favorite and get some mom-style inspiration!


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Volatile Cotton Sector Struggles to Balance Cost and Benefits
Cotton has been grown by human civilizations for thousands of years. Promoted as "the fabric of our lives" in a long-running U.S. advertising campaign, it remains by far the most important natural fiber for textiles, although it continues to lose ground to synthetic fibers. Cotton's share of all fibers worldwide was 88 percent in the 1940s and 68 percent in 1960. But by 2010 it had declined to just 33 percent, while synthetic fibers grew to 60 percent, and wool, flax, and cellulosic fibers accounted for the remainder.
Jan 27, 2015
Global Plastic Production Rises, Recycling Lags
For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise. Some 299 million tons of plastics were produced in 2013, representing a 3.9 percent increase over 2012's output. With a market driven by consumerism and convenience, along with the comparatively low price of plastic materials, demand for plastic is growing. Recovery and recycling, however, remain insufficient, and millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year.
Jan 20, 2015
Paper Production Levels Off
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Nov 17, 2014
Commodity Prices Kept Slowing in 2013 but Still Strong Overall
Global commodities markets fell an average of almost 9 percent in 2013, continuing a slowdown that began in 2012. The decade prior to 2012 has been called part of a "super-cycle," a 10–35 year trend of rising commodity prices. Previous super-cycles include U.S. economic expansion at the end of the nineteenth century and Europe's post-war reconstruction.
Oct 21, 2014
Global Economy Inches Upward as Environmental and Social Concerns Mount
The global economy grew at 4.49 percent in 2013, and the gross world product reached $87 trillion. For the fourth year in a row, the growth rate was slower than during the preceding year. Growth was affected by numerous adjustments in macroeconomic policies, by high unemployment rates, and by weak aggregate demand in the majority of the industrial economies in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). By contrast, emerging and developing markets continued to experience higher growth rates due to supportive policies. In fact, in 2013 emerging markets accounted for 50 percent of total global growth.
Jun 30, 2014
Jobs in Renewable Energy Expand in Turbulent Process
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), there may now be as many as 6.5 million direct and indirect jobs in renewable energy. This figure is an update of IRENA's previous estimate of 5.7 million such jobs, which was published in December 2013. Earlier assessments by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2008 and by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2012 had put the global estimate at 2.3 million and 5 million, respectively.
Dec 30, 2013
Global Economy: Looks Good from Afar But Is Far from Good
Gross world product increased to just over $83 trillion in 2012, a 4.85 percent increase over 2011. On the surface, this metric supports the argument that the worst of the global recession is in the past—and it is. However, closer inspection shows that while there is at least tepid growth globally, growth rates like the ones experienced in the prior 20–25 years now seem to be taking place in emerging economies. In fact, the total gross domestic product (GDP) of emerging economies is now roughly equal to that of all the advanced economies. Nominally, a growth rate just shy of 5 percent seems reasonable, but this rate of growth continues a pattern of slowing growth rates since 2010 and 2011, which were 6.35 and 5.67 percent, respectively. Ironically, one trend that seems continuous since 1980 is that the percent change in global GDP varies widely.
Oct 29, 2013
Mobile Phone Growth Slows as Mobile Devices Saturate the Market
More than 3.4 billion people own at least one mobile phone in 2013. This is equal to nearly half of the world's population. In addition, as of 2010 more than 90 percent of people worldwide were covered by a mobile phone signal, so most people at least have access to a mobile network.
Sep 27, 2013
Commodity Supercycle Slows Down in 2012
Global commodity prices dropped by 6 percent in 2012, a marked change from the dizzying growth during the "commodities supercycle" of 2002–12, when prices surged an average of 9.5 percent a year, or 150 percent over the 10-year period. This change of pace is largely attributed to China's shift to less commodity-intensive growth.Yet while prices declined overall in 2012, some commodity categories—energy, food, and precious metals—continued their decade-long trend of price increases.
Aug 29, 2013
Development Aid Falls Short, While Other Financial Flows Show Rising Volatility
As the world approaches its 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals outlined in 2000, development aid by the 26 members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development declined in 2012 for the second year. Preliminary data indicate that official development assistance (ODA) totaled $128.4 billion (in 2011 dollars) that year, down 4 percent from 2011's $133.7 billion. The 2012 figure marks a 6 percent decline from 2010, when global ODA peaked at $136.7 billion.
Apr 25, 2013
More Businesses Pursue Triple Bottom Line for a Sustainable Economy
As corporations of all sizes increasingly choose to monitor and report on their social and environmental impacts, a growing number of mostly small and medium-sized companies are going even further: they are volunteering to be held publicly accountable to a new triple bottom line—prioritizing people and the planet as well as profits.
Mar 26, 2013
Advertising Spending Continues Gradual Rebound Driven by Growth in Internet Media
Global expenditures on advertising grew 3.3 percent in 2012 to $497.3 billion. The United States continues to account for the largest share of total spending, although its share is shrinking. U.S. advertising expenditures grew by 4.3 percent in 2012 and are still nearly a third of the global total. The Asia Pacific region accounted for the fastest growth, however, with ad spending there increasing by 7.9 percent in 2012 (excluding Japan, which grew by 3.1 percent and is measured separately as a fully industrialized economy). Expenditures fell by 2.2 percent in Western Europe, the only region to see a decline, largely due to the ongoing Eurozone crisis. The 2012 growth continues the gradual rebound since advertising spending worldwide dropped by a sudden 9.6 percent in 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn.
Mar 19, 2013
The Looming Threat of Water Scarcity
Some 1.2 billion people—almost one fifth of the world—live in areas of physical water scarcity, while another 1.6 billion face what can be called economic water shortage. The situation is only expected to worsen as population growth, climate change, investment and management shortfalls, and inefficient use of existing resources restrict the amount of water available to people. It is estimated that by 2025 fully 1.8 billion people will live in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, with almost half of the world living in conditions of water stress.
Jan 30, 2013
Wage Gap Widens as Wages Fail to Keep Pace with Productivity
The economic crisis in 2008 was one of the harsher signs that economic globalization has gone hand in hand with increased volatility and turbulence. It caused the ranks of the unemployed to swell from 169 million in 2007 to 198.4 million in 2009, according to the International Labour Organization. Although the number temporarily dipped to 193.1 million in 2011, a preliminary estimate for 2012 indicates it was back up to 197.3 million. And the number of workers in vulnerable employment globally is estimated at close to 1.54 billion in 2012—about 55 percent of total employment worldwide—up from 1.39 billion in 2000.
Apr 17, 2012
Metals Production Recovers
Global production of key metals surged 14.3 percent in 2010 (the latest year with data) to a record 1.48 billion tons, in a robust recovery from the sharp decline spurred by the 2009 global recession.
Feb 22, 2012
Emerging Co-operatives
Approximately 1 billion people in 96 countries now belong to a co-operative—a form of business characterized by democratic ownership and governance—according to the International Co-operative Alliance. Co-operatives are low-profile but powerful economic actors, with the world's 300 largest ones generating revenues in 2008 of more than $1.6 trillion. If these businesses were a national economy, they would rank ninth in the world—ahead of the economy of Spain.
Feb 23, 2011
World's Forests Continue to Shrink
The world's forests shrank by 1.3 percent or 520,000 square kilometers from 2000 to 2010—an area roughly the size of France.
Feb 04, 2011
Global Output Stagnant
The gross world product increased by just 0.3 percent in 2009 as the Great Recession took hold in many of the world's economies. World output is expected to have recovered somewhat in 2010, with growth estimated at roughly 4 percent.
Nov 22, 2010
Unemployment and Precarious Employment Grow More Prominent
After declining from 2004 to 2007, global unemployment took an upturn in 2008 and then sharply rose to 212 million in 2009.
Nov 18, 2010
Materials Use Up
Global use of materials—the food, feed, forest products, metals, and minerals that constitute the foundation of modern economies—was up 2.7 percent in 2007, the latest year for which global data are available.
Jun 17, 2010
Roundwood Production Plummets
Global roundwood production fell by more than 4 percent in 2008 to 3.45 billion cubic meters, as the global recession drove a severe slump in wood-intensive industries, especially housing.
Jan 28, 2010
Ad Spending Slumps in 2008, Projected to Decline Significantly in 2009
Advertising expenditures worldwide fell 2 percent in 2008 to $643 billion, about 1 percent of the gross world product.
Jan 14, 2010
Growth in World Economic Output Slows
The world's total output of goods and services, known as the gross world product (GWP), rose by 5.4 percent in 2008, to $69 trillion.
Nov 12, 2009
World Labor Force Growing at Divergent Rates
The world's potential labor force, measured as men and women from the ages of 15 to 64, stands at 4.46 billion people in 2009, up 18 percent over the last decade.
Sep 03, 2009
World Metals Production Surges
In 2008, more than 1.4 billion tons of metals were produced globally—double the quantity of the late 1970s and more than seven times as much as in 1950.
Aug 06, 2009
Water Scarcity Looms
Water scarcity grows in urgency in many regions as population growth, climate change, pollution, lack of investment, and management failures restrict the amount of water available relative to demand.
Jul 23, 2008
Microfinance Surging
The number of "microborrowers" worldwide increased by 17 percent in 2006, according to data from the Microcredit Summit Campaign, continuing double-digit annual growth that averaged some 29 percent annually between 2001 and 2006.
Jul 09, 2008
Jobs in Renewable Energy Expanding
Driven by the gathering sense of a climate crisis, the notion of "green jobs"—especially in the renewable energy sector—is now receiving unprecedented attention.
May 06, 2008
Informal Economy Thrives in Cities
For many poor people in urban areas, the primary means of economic survival is the production or sale of goods or services through semi-legal or illegal ventures, known as the informal economy.
Jan 30, 2008
Carbon Markets Gain Momentum, Despite Challenges
The global carbon market has expanded quickly over the past two years, buoyed by new and continued interest among national and regional governments in curbing carbon emissions.
Jan 16, 2008
Global Economic Growth Continues at Expense of Ecological Systems
In 2007, gross world product (GWP)—the aggregated total of all finished goods and services produced worldwide—was expected to grow 5.4 percent to $72.3 trillion (in 2007 dollars).


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How The FBI's Desire To Wiretap Every New Technology Makes Us Less Safe
from the can-you-hear-me-now? deptHere they go again. Every year or so we end up writing about the FBI's desire for better wiretapping capabilities for new technologies, such as Skype. Basically, the FBI argues that because "bad guys" might use those tools to communicate in secret, they need backdoors to make sure that they can keep tabs on the bad guys.
But they're forgetting something: the FBI isn't necessarily the only one who will get access to those backdoors. In fact, by requiring backdoors to enable surveillance on all sorts of systems, the FBI is almost guaranteeing that the bad guys will use those backdoors for their own nefarious purposes. It's not security, it's anti-security.
This is why claims by the feds that we need cybersecurity legislation, like CISPA or the Cybersecurity Act, ring hollow. If they really wanted more protected networks, they wouldn't keep asking for specific security holes to be explicitly added to those networks.
Somehow, the FBI always thinks that if there are backdoors, only it will use them. That is extreme wishful thinking.
Two decades ago, the FBI complained it was having trouble tapping the then-latest cellphones and digital telephone switches. After extensive FBI lobbying, Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) in 1994, mandating that all telephone switches include FBI-approved wiretapping capabilities.
CALEA was justifiably controversial, not least because its requirement for "backdoors" across our communications infrastructure seemed like a security nightmare: How could we keep criminals and foreign spies from exploiting weaknesses in the new wiretapping features? Would we even be able to detect them when they did?
Those fears were soon borne out. In 2004, a mysterious someone — the case was never solved — hacked the wiretap backdoors of a Greek cellular switch to listen in on senior government officials … including the prime minister.
Think this could only happen abroad? Some years ago, the U.S. National Security Agency discovered that every telephone switch for sale to the Department of Defense had security vulnerabilities in their mandated wiretap implementations. Every. Single. One.


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NEW YORK, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Fortescue Metals , the fourth-largest iron ore producer in the world, is launching a $4.5 billion covenant-lite refinancing term loan, sources told Thomson Reuters LPC.
The five-year credit will launch at a bank meeting Wednesday. Credit Suisse and JP Morgan are joint lead arrangers of the deal, which will refinance existing debt via issuer FMG Resources.
Price talk on the loan is 475bp over Libor with a 1.25 percent Libor floor and a discount of 99 cents on the dollar. The loan will benefit from 101 soft call protection for the first year.
Commitments to the loan are due October 10. ANZ, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and UBS are co-arrangers on the loan.
This morning, Fitch Ratings assigned a BBB- rating to the new senior secured credit. Fitch said the loan will be guaranteed by Fortescue Metals Group Limited and its subsidiaries, which represent more than 95 percent of the group's assets and net income.
Fitch said the senior unsecured creditors will not be impaired, because the new $4.5 billion credit is less than 2.0 times the company's expected Ebitda of $2.5 billion to $3 billion.
Fitch's corporate family rating on Fortescue Metals Group Limited is BB+. Corporate family ratings from Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's are Ba3/BB-, while facility ratings are Ba1/BB+.
In September, Fortescue announced an underwriting commitment from Credit Suisse and JP Morgan for a $4.5 billion, five-year secured credit. Also in September, Fortescue Metals Group reached an agreement with Leucadia National Corp, where Leucadia will redeem $715 million in unsecured notes. The redemption of the 2006 royalty note is subject to closing conditions, including the closing of the new $4.5 billion facility.
(Editing By Jon Methven)
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Researching Resilience
Presented by Dr. Michael Ungar and Dr. Linda Liebenberg from April 28th – May 2nd, 2014, this workshop provided a comprehensive review of resilience theory as well as theoretical and methodological approaches (both quantitative and qualitative) to investigate the phenomenon across cultures and contexts. The workshop was designed to equip researchers in academic, government and NGO sectors, as well as graduate students, with the skills and tools to study resilience as a process across lifespans.
The workshop used international examples from the work of the Resilience Research Centre to illustrate the research process in action. Participants explored strategies that resilience researchers can use, as well as the challenges they face when working with vulnerable populations. Participants brought their own research questions and used the workshop to elaborate a research design tailored to their needs.
Workshop Objectives
The workshop began with five days of training that integrated a mixed methods approach to the study of resilience. Participants learned to assess the benefits of using either qualitative or quantitative methods for their research and combining the use of both when appropriate.
The workshop addressed all aspects of research, which include:
- Choosing relevant methods to research with vulnerable individuals, families and communities.
- The ethics of studying well-being in adverse contexts, such as in communities that face challenges with social justice and participation
- Collaborative research design
- Proposal development
- Sampling and the challenge of finding comparison and control groups
- Gathering cross-sectional and longitudinal quantitative data, as well as exploring different sources of qualitative data
- Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods data analysis as it relates to researching resilience
- Reporting findings
- Knowledge mobilization that engages stakeholders and impacts policy
- Problems to researching resilience that arise in real-world settings (e.g. remote northern communities, jails, poor urban centres, communities affected by war, etc.)


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Why is a Water Ionizer an Important Investment in Your Health?
Water is getting a lot of attention these days. Not only is most of the planet's water polluted and acidic, but we need half our weight in ounces for optimal health. After all, your body is 70% water, and your brain is 80% water! So it makes sense we need lots of water to flush and detoxify.
Most Americans have such weak thirst signals, that we mistake thirst for hunger, and consequently overeat. Being dehydrated is the #1 reason for low energy in the afternoon.
At first, it seemed less-than-natural to me to go through the process of purifying water, running it through a remineralizer, and then running it through an ionizer to increase the pH level of the water.
But it's an unnatural world we live in. Municipalities add toxic chlorine, chloramines, and fluoride to the water. Acids bombard us constantly, from the pollution in the air, to medications we take, to stressful environments and EMF's from our electronics---to the highly acidic soda, sugar, coffee, and processed foods we eat.
Fastest Way To Reverse Acidosis
Acidosis, a chronic low pH level, is the very basis of why we have disease. The blood will always maintain its pH, within a very narrow range, or we die. So it robs minerals of cells, tissues, and other organs to maintain that blood balance. Turning around our health must involve a shift to eating lots of alkaline foods---like greens and herbs, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes.
But the easiest and fastest way to shift the pH of the body to a more alkaline state is to DRINK ALKALINE WATER. Natural spring water with a lot of clean, organic matter in it is slightly alkaline, but almost no one is fortunate to have access to it.
Otto Warburg earned a Nobel Prize for his discovery that cancer cannot live in an oxygenated, alkaline state. Tony Robbins teaches an alkaline diet and lifestyle to his followers as the basis of wellness. pH balance is discussed too seldom among lay people and practitioners alike, but luckily, there are simple things you can do to shift your inner terrain to be more alkaline and therefore more healthy!
I've had a water ionizer installed under my sink since 2008! I researched the subject thoroughly, and in the WEBCLASS you can watch, I tell you all about why this is one of the very best investments in your health you can make. You'll learn a lot in the webclass about WHY to drink alkaline water, and why water loses its pH over the course of hours, so having one installed at your own kitchen sink is a must.
I'd also love to send you a no-cost eGuide on how the acidic water you're drinking may be stalling your weight loss--and how you can kick-start it again with alkaline water!
Life Ionizer has been in business since 1996. Let me share with you why I chose them over all the others I researched:
- They're the only company that custom calibrates your machine to your municipal water report.
- Units install under the sink to save counter space and avoid ugly hoses to your faucet. At the touch of a button, your faucet dispenses alkaline water.
- I bought mine retail price in 2008, but with our buying power, GreenSmoothieGirl now arranges a group buy to get YOU a wholesale price available NOWHERE ELSE. Once a year, we also get you some great freebies from Life Ionizer.
When you drink ionized water, you don't have that "sloshing" feeling, because you absorb the water so much more quickly and efficiently. Faster hydration helps circulation and regulates body temperature. Until I had my water ionizer, I had cold hands and feet all winter---that symptom disappeared and never returned! Ionized water also gives you huge quantities of antioxidants daily, detoxifies and oxygenates the body, and helps you absorb minerals from the water.
Learn more by watching the webclass, and grab the eGuide I have for you on losing weight with alkaline water!
Water Ionizer Models
- 5 Max Coat Grid or Flat Plates
- 5.5-10 pH & -500 ORP
- Up to 250 Watts
- 7 years parts and labor
- 7 Max Coat Grid or Flat Plates
- 3.0–11.0 pH & -700 ORP
- Up to 450 Watts of Power
- Lifetime Parts/10 Yr Labor
- for families of 2–4
- 9 Max Coat Grid or Flat Plates
- 2.5–11.5 pH & -800 ORP
- Up to 500 Watts of Power
- 30% stronger properties than the M7
- Full Parts/Labor Lifetime Warranty
- for families of 4-6
- 11 Max Coat Grid or Flat Plates
- 2.0–12.0 pH & -880 ORP
- Up to 800 Watts of Power
- 20% stronger properties than the M9
- Full Parts/Labor Lifetime Warranty
- for families of 4-6
- 11 Max Coat Grid or Flat Plates
- 2.0–12.0 pH & -880 ORP
- Up to 800 Watts of Power
- 20% stronger properties than the M9
- Full Parts/Labor Lifetime Warranty
Every Next Generation Model Includes:
- Convertible option: counter-top or under-counter
- 8 levels: 4 alkaline, 3 acidic, 1 purify
- Large multicolor LCD display
- Easy filter replacement
- Voice prompts
- Built-in pH indicator
- Digital filter life display
- Digital flow rate control
- SMPS energy efficient power conversion in water ionizers produces better quality water and extends system life
- Adjustable amperage for the perfect pH
- Advanced RADC automatic cleaning system
- Available in black with a charcoal face and silver with a black face
Under-counter models include a sink-mount faucet which controls the ionizer.
LIFE Grid Plates Technology®
The method used to ionize and alkalize water is electrolysis, the process of passing an electrical current through water. Electrolysis divides the water into two streams – one with alkaline minerals for drinking and the other with acidic minerals for sanitizing. LIFE Ionizers™ delivers an electrical current to the water through an array of positively and negatively charged Platinum coated Titanium plates. The more the water passes in and out of the Titanium grid system (Grid Plates) and the greater the electrical charge to the water (especially when powered by the newer SMPS power systems) – the higher the pH (potential of Hydrogen) and the ORP (Oxidation-Reduction Potential) of the drinking water. This type of operation, boosts the pH and ORP of the water by 5% to 10%. The result is healthy alkaline drinking water with an abundance of negative ions that can neutralize active oxygen (free radicals).
Grid Plates
Combining the strength of Flat plates and the performance of Mesh plates - Grid plates were developed for use in heavy duty commercial water ionizers like the LIFE Ionizer CL-2000, which makes 8.4 gallons of alkaline water per minute because Grid plates are stronger and more durable than any other type of plate. LIFE Ionizers uses heavy duty Grid plates in all new LIFE Ionizers, plus they have MAX Coat platinum plating – 8 layers of Platinum over Industrial Titanium. Grid plates give you 10 – 15% higher pH and antioxidant ORP levels when compared to flat or hybrid plates. The improvement in pH and ORP given by Grid plates is similar to the improvement you get from MESH plates – but Grid plates are much stronger.
LIFE Ultraviolet (UV) Technology®
UV (ultraviolet) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that can kill viruses and bacteria, providing an additional layer of protection for your water. Ultraviolet disinfection of water is a chemical-free process that utilizes radiation to inactivate microorganisms. The radiation destroys the genetic information contained in the DNA, so the bacteria lose their reproductive capability and are destroyed. Even parasites resistant to chemical disinfectants, such as Cryptosporidia or Giardia, are efficiently reduced by UV light.
Chemical free water purification – no harmful bi-products or chemicals added to your water.
Effectively helps sanitize water from bacteria, viruses, mold spores, fungi, cysts.
- Perfect for well water users
- UV radiation can be an effective viricide and bactericide
- Disinfection using UV radiation is commonly used in wastewater treatment
- Approved by the EPA for safe drinking water treatment
- Safe for pets and children, no hazardous chemicals
- Purification at water tap
Disinfecting drinking water
UV radiation can be an effective viricide and bactericide. Disinfection using UV radiation is commonly used in wastewater treatment applications and is finding an increased usage in drinking water treatment. Many bottlers of spring water use UV disinfection equipment to sterilize their water.
New York City has approved the construction of a 2 billion gallon per day ultraviolet drinking water disinfection facility. There are also several facilities under construction and several in operation that treat waste water with several stages of filters, hydrogen peroxide and UV light to bring the water up to drinking standards. One such facility exists in Orange County, California. NASA has examined the use of this technology, using titanium dioxide as catalyst, for breaking down harmful products in spacecraft waste water.
It used to be thought that UV disinfection was more effective for bacteria and viruses, which have more exposed genetic material, than for larger pathogens which have outer coatings or that form cyst states (e.g., Giardia) that shield their DNA from the UV light. However, it was recently discovered that ultraviolet radiation can be somewhat effective for treating the microorganism Cryptosporidium. The findings resulted in the use of UV radiation as a viable method to treat drinking water. Giardia in turn has been shown to be very susceptible to UV-C when the tests were based on infectivity rather than excystation. It has been found that protists are able to survive high UV-C doses but are sterilized at low doses.
LIFE Ionizers™ are the only ionizers available that offer UV Light Technology™. To ensure the maximum number of microorganisms are destroyed, we pass the water through a 9-stage filtration process before exposing it to UV light. This filtration removes large particles from the water, maximizing light transmittance through the water, increasing the UV dose, and ensuring that microorganisms are not shielded from the radiation. Filtration also ensures that the light source stays clear and strong. In fact, we guarantee our LIFE Ionizers™ with UV Light Technology™ will deliver UV light in doses high enough to effectively purify your water for five years.
LIFE Energy Frequency (EF) Technology™
LIFE Ionizers has always been first to offer many of the newest advancements in ionizer technology – and now we've done it again! LIFE Ionizers™ are the first to harness the power of the breakthrough science of "Quantum Biology." Quantum Biology applies some of the cutting-edge scientific theories of quantum physics to biological systems.
Beyond Ions! Beyond pH! Beyond ORP!
Though LIFE Ionizers™ already offer the latest advancements in making Alkaline Water, virtually all water ionizers can make water more alkaline. Some do it better than others, but the difference with LIFE Ionizers is in the high quality of the components and some of our exclusive, more advanced technologies like Grid Plates, Ultraviolet and Vitamin C technologies. And now LIFE Ionizers™ is the first and only company to go far, far beyond that with the introduction of Electronic Frequency Technology!
Frequencies are LIFE™
All life is fundamentally energy vibrating at various frequencies. How your body converts energy frequencies into biological processes is not fully understood, but the principles of Quantum Physics and Quantum Mechanics are beginning to provide some answers. For example, studies have shown that "quantum tunneling" is involved in enzymatic reactions. It also appears that energies used for chemical transformations by the body are quantum mechanical in nature.
LIFE Ionizer's™ proprietary Energy Frequency Technology™ is a trade-secret technology that "energizes" LIFE Organic Alkaline Water™ with 205 potentially health-building energetic frequencies using techniques derived from quantum physics. This means that your water is more than just purified and ionized—it's energized!
Your blood has many electromagnetic properties that could be influenced by energy frequencies. For example, oxyhaemoglobin and deoxyhaemoglobin in blood has magnetic properties, and the ionic current created by the electrolytes in blood plasma could be using proteins to serve like "semi-conductors," just like you find in electronic circuits.
Though modern quantum sciences are just beginning to explain some of these phenomena, way back in the 1920s Linus Pauling pointed out that at the heart of the covalent hydrogen bond is resonance, i.e., frequencies. In 1935 George Lakhovsky discovered that individual cells have two characteristics – capacitance and inductance – which are also elements of a radio receiver circuit. Robert Becker has shown that the shape and size of different cells is controlled by minute electric currents, which are in turn dictated by the electromagnetic field of the body. So this "new" science has actually been around for decades! LIFE Ionizers'™ Energy Frequency Technology™ was created by health care practitioners with over 30 years of experience in natural health utilizing energy frequencies. Now, drinking LIFE Organic Alkaline Water™ with EFT carries these potentially healthy electronic frequencies throughout your entire body. Many LIFE Ionizer™ users have reported balanced & vibrant energy, reduced fatigue and pain, better sleep and optimized performance.
NEW! LAZER Energy Technology
Bio-resonant Blue Laser Technology uses informational frequencies to erase negative frequencies and program it with healing frequencies. Boosting the energy content of water is believed to help counteract disorder and stress in the body. Energetic drain on a cellular level can lead to poor overall health.
Healing frequencies provided by bio-resonant laser technology help align the body's subtle energetic systems, the means by which all cells communicate. When the body's subtle energy fields are in balance, its internal healing mechanisms are activated.Health comes naturally to the body that is energetically balanced.
LIFE Super Pre-Filter Set
- Effective for hard water
- Two filters that remove; fluoride, lead, arsenic, heavy metals, hard water scale, chlorine, chloramines, fine sediment, VOC's, Iron, nitrates, taste, odor, sand, silt, rust, inorganic compounds such has pesticides and herbicides, and much more!
- Does not remove essential alkaline minerals
- Filter life: 2,000 gallons or approximately 1 year
- Continuous flow – no tank or water limit
- Not needed if using an RO
- Remineralizer not needed
- For use with both counter-top and under-counter ionizers
- Removes pharmaceuticals and chromium 6
- Exclusive wholesale prices - Pay the same price dealers pay, saving hundreds! No sales tax outside California.
- Lifetime Warranty backed by the oldest manufacturer and distributor of water ionizers - 20 years in business!
- 30-Day Money Back Guarantee – Only for Green Smoothie Girl customers!
- Free water report and analysis - LIFE Ionizer will evaluate your local water quality to make sure you have the right filters for your water quality.
- Free custom filtration - Based on your free water quality evaluation, you will get the right filtration for your water - absolutely free.
- Easy financing - You could pay less than you may be paying for bottled water right now!
- Free 750 ML Reusable BPA-Free Thermal Bottle - Designed to keep your alkaline water fresh and potent 300% longer than other bottles!
- Free 1-Year Membership to Alkaline Lifestyle.com -Free access to a members-only supportive community for personalized healthy eating and lifestyle choices.
- Free Alkaline Lifestyle Home Study Course – Got a specific issue? 6 eBooks teach how to tailor your alkaline water use to achieve your goal.
- Free 12-Month Video Guide for Alkaline Living - Learn how to live healthier, all year long!
- PLUS my Big Book of Green Smoothies, FREE!
- LIFE Grid Plates Technology™ – Increases the antioxidant power and pH of alkaline water by as much as 15%
- UV Light Technology™ (patent pending) – EPA approved protection from bacteria, viruses, and parasitic cysts
- Next Generation (EFT) Energy Frequency Technology™ – Adds 205 positive frequencies.
- NEW! LAZER Energy Technology™ – Bio-resonant laser technology used to erase negative frequencies from water and reprogram it with healing frequencies.
- 30 Day money back guarantee
- Lifetime warranty on parts and labor for high end LIFE Ionizers
- Industry Leading Certifications
- Physicians Desktop Reference
- In business since 1996
- Full technical staff for installation support
Ionizer FAQ's
The LIFE Ionizer will automatically shut off if there is a malfunction. It only uses as much power as a large light bulb so it doesn't really have the potential to be dangerous. The only time it would leak would be if the connections are not installed properly which you would know immediately. You are more than welcome to have one of our technicians walk you through the installation process over the phone.
No, the installation process is pretty easy. We provide a DVD, installation manual, and live phone support to walk you through it. You can watch installation videos here http://www.lifeionizers.com/support.html.
We do not normally offer returns on wholesale orders. However, through this Green Smoothie Girl promotion, we are offering a 30-day trial period. If you decide to return the unit, there will be a 15% restocking fee plus shipping.
Yes, and that's just the beginning. The customized filtration sets the industry standard and are primed to and ready to tackle the harshest contaminants from any water source, that includes arsenic, lead, mercury, chlorine, and much more!
The ionizer can fill an 8 oz. glass in just a few seconds. It takes about 2-3 minutes to fill 1 gallon. If you are using a reverse osmosis system with the ionizer then the flow rate takes about twice as long. Slower flow rate actually produces stronger properties in the water. The LIFE Ionizer has an electronic flow rate control which allows you to adjust the rate depending on your preference.
You can use your existing RO with the LIFE Ionizer. The only thing extra you will need is the Remineralizer.
No. The laser does everything the EFT does plus more.
When you purchase a LIFE Ionizer in the GSG Group Buy, you not only get the best deal possible, you're helping to support our mission through an affiliate compensation. I work with and recommend only the companies and products that I use myself!
This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and is not intended to substitute for the advice from your own physician or health care provider.


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Jordan.wiens needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
3 winners were selected from 98 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
Salt of the Earth
I am looking to design subtly Christian themed window stickers that people can put on their cars to get the attention of those around them without feeling like they are imposing or preaching.
Modern westernized Christians and Catholics who would like to display something about their faith on their vehicle without being "in your face." These are people who are familiar with biblical themes and would like to have a sticker that may cause someone around them to ask what it means and then open a door for discussion.
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The point of the verse is that Christians are on this earth to be the seasoning and/or preservative for others in this world.
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This design is totally open for creativity. Just remember that the words "Salt of the Earth" need to be visible to a driver behind the car that is displaying the sticker you have created.
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