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Fans injured after fiery NASCAR Nationwide Series crash at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - With the start of the Daytona 500 just hours away, NASCAR officials still have some cleaning up to do amid growing questions about fan safety.
The season opener will go off as planned Sunday less than 24 hours after at least 33 people were injured when a car flew into the fence during a NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway, sending a tire and large pieces of debris sailing into the stands.
"Just seeing the carnage on the racetrack, it was truly unbelievable," driver Justin Allgaier said.
The final-lap accident Saturday marred the second-tier Nationwide Series race on the eve of a spectacle often called the Super Bowl of motorsports. Late into the night, track workers were scrambling to repair a huge section of fence that separates fans from the high-speed track.
Speedway President Joie Chitwood III has a news conference scheduled for Sunday morning to give the latest update on repairs and any safety changes that could be made before the "Great American Race."
The 12-car crash began about 200 feet from the start-finish line as the front-runners approached the checkered flag. Leader Regan Smith attempted to block Brad Keselowski for the win, triggering a horrific pileup that could have been much worse.
The front end of Larson's No. 32 car was sheared off, and his burning engine wedged through a gaping hole in the fence. Parts and pieces of his car sprayed into the stands, including a tire that cleared the top of the fence and landed midway up the spectator section closest to the track.
The 20-year-old Larson stood in shock a few feet from his car as fans in the stands waved frantically for help. Smoke from the burning engine briefly clouded the area, and emergency vehicles descended on the scene.
Ambulance sirens could be heard wailing behind the grandstands at a time the race winner would typically be doing celebratory burnouts.
"It was freaky. When I looked to my right, the accident happened," Rick Harpster of Orange Park said. "I looked over and I saw a tire fly straight over the fence into the stands, but after that I didn't see anything else. That was the worst thing I have seen, seeing that tire fly into the stands. I knew it was going to be severe."
Shannan Devine of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., was sitting about 250 feet from where the car smashed into the fence and could see plumes of smoke directly in front of her.
"I didn't know if there was a car on top of people. I didn't know what to think," she said. "I'm an emotional person and I immediately started to cry. It was very scary. Absolutely scary. I love the speed of the sport. But it's so dangerous."
Chitwood said 14 fans were treated on site and 14 others were taken to hospitals. Local officials said 19 people were taken to neighboring hospitals, including two who were in critical but stable condition.
Because of potential injuries, race winner Tony Stewart skipped the traditional victory celebration.
Stewart, who won for the 19th time at Daytona and seventh time in the last nine season-opening Nationwide races, was in no mood to celebrate.
"The important thing is what is going on on the frontstretch right now," said Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion. "We've always known, and since racing started, this is a dangerous sport. But it's hard. We assume that risk, but it's hard when the fans get caught up in it.
"So as much as we want to celebrate right now and as much as this is a big deal to us, I'm more worried about the drivers and the fans that are in the stands right now because that was ... I could see it all in my mirror, and it didn't look good from where I was at."
There were at least five stretchers carrying injured people out of the stands, and a helicopter flew overhead.
Officials turned their attention to the track and the wreckage after injured were treated.
A forklift plucked Larson's engine out of the fence, and workers carried the tire out of the stands.
It was a chaotic finish to a race that was stopped for nearly 20 minutes five laps from the finish by a 13-car accident that sent driver Michael Annett to a hospital. His Richard Petty Motorsports team said he would be held overnight with bruising to his chest.
The race resumed with three laps to go, and the final accident occurred with Smith trying to hold off Keselowski through the final turn.
"It's Daytona. You want to go for the win here," Smith said. "I don't know how you can play it any different, other than concede second place, and I wasn't willing to do that today. Our job is to put them in position to win, and it was, and it didn't work out."
As the cars began wrecking all around Smith and Keselowski, Stewart slid through for the win, but Larson plowed into Keselowski and his car was sent airborne into the fence. When Larson's car came to a stop, it was missing its entire front end. Larson, who made his Daytona debut this week, stood with his hands on his hips before finally making the mandatory trip to the care center.
"I took a couple big hits there and saw my engine was gone," Larson said. "Just hope everybody's all right."
It appeared fans were lined up along the fence when Larson's car got airborne. But Chitwood said there was a buffer, adding there would be no changes to the seating before the Daytona 500.
"We don't anticipate moving any of our fans," Chitwood said. "We had our safety protocols in place. Our security maintained a buffer that separates the fans from the fencing area. With the fencing being prepared tonight to our safety protocols, we expect to go racing tomorrow with no changes."
Keselowski watched a replay of the accident and said it could cast a pall on the Daytona 500.
"I think until we know exactly the statuses of everyone involved, it's hard to lock yourself into the 500," Keselowski said. "Hopefully, we'll know soon and hopefully everyone's OK. And if that's the case, we'll staring focusing on Sunday."


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Souter Flurry
Last week, I published a run-down of Justice Souter's speech at Harvard, in which he offered a strong rebuttal to the textualist/originalist approach that has come to dominate our confirmation hearing debates. This week, there has been a flurry of commentary on the speech from Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times, Joan Biskupic of USA Today, and E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post.
This speech, however, was not only meant to address today's public and Souter's former colleagues. As I wrote two months ago, Souter is taking the long view towards restoring a balanced approach to judging thrown off-kilter by the Warren and Burger Courts' liberal overreach and the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts' conservative overcorrection. Souter's speech, then, may be taken in tandem with his valedictory Osborne dissent from last term, in which he advocated for the the law's restrained evolution–something that was common sense to liberals and conservatives several generations ago but today seems downright paradoxical compared to our current choice of calcification or activism.
Here's the relevant part of the dissent in full:
As for determining the right moment for a court to decide whether substantive due process requires recognition of an individual right unsanctioned by tradition (or the invalidation of traditional law), I certainly agree with the Court that the beginning of wisdom is to go slow. Substantive due process expresses the conception that the liberty it protects is a freedom from arbitrary government action, from restraints lacking any reasonable justification and a substantive due process claim requires attention to two closely related elements that call for great care on the part of a court. It is crucial, first, to be clear about whose understanding it is that is being taken as the touchstone of what is arbitrary and outside the sphere of reasonable judgment. And it is just as essential to recognize how much time society needs in order to work through a given issue before it makes sense to ask whether a law or practice on the subject is beyond the pale of reasonable choice, and subject to being struck down as violating due process.
It goes without saying that the conception of the reasonable looks to the prevailing understanding of the broad society, not to individual notions that a judge may entertain for himself alone, and in applying a national constitution the society of reference is the nation. On specific issues, widely shared understandings within the national society can change as interests claimed under the rubric of liberty evolve into recognition, see Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U. S. 479 (1965) (personal privacy);Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U. S. 558 (2003) (sexual intimacy), see also Washington v.Glucksberg, 521 U. S. 702, 752 (1997) (Souter, J., concurring in judgment), or are recast in light of experience and accumulated knowledge, compare Roe v. Wade, 410 U. S. 113 (1973), with Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U. S. 833(1992) (joint opinion of O'Connor, Kennedy and Souter, JJ.).
Changes in societal understanding of the fundamental reasonableness of government actions work out in much the same way that individuals reconsider issues of fundamental belief. We can change our own inherited views just so fast, and a person is not labeled a stick-in-the-mud for refusing to endorse a new moral claim without having some time to work through it intellectually and emotionally. Just as attachment to the familiar and the limits of experience affect the capacity of an individual to see the potential legitimacy of a moral position, the broader society needs the chance to take part in the dialectic of public and political back and forth about a new liberty claim before it makes sense to declare unsympathetic state or national laws arbitrary to the point of being unconstitutional. The time required is a matter for judgment depending on the issue involved, but the need for some time to pass before a court entertains a substantive due process claim on the subject is not merely the requirement of judicial restraint as a general approach, but a doctrinal demand to be satisfied before an allegedly lagging legal regime can be held to lie beyond the discretion of reasonable political judgment.
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So first, what are the ingredients in my new Radical Free+ super antioxidant formula, and second, what can this do for my health? And of course, how much can you beat the talk show product price of $50 for a 30 capsule bottle? Read on for a pleasant surprise.
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Now let's get into the ingredients, and more importantly, what these ingredients do in your body to produce vibrant health. Here are the ingredients:
Taking these herbs in the order above, let's look at the marvellous Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) extract first. It has been used for thousands of years as a liver tonic to revitalize and even re-grow healthy liver cells. A healthy liver is second only to a healthy colon in detoxifying your body. Milk Thistle stimulates release of bile from the gall bladder, which dumps into the intestine, where toxins can be excreted out the stool. Do you drink alcohol? Do you take over the counter medicines? Have you ever contracted hepatitis? Do you eat junk food sometimes? Even if your answer is no to all 4 questions, do your liver a big favor to keep it healthy. Take Milk Thistle regularly. Give your body this important building block for liver health.
Next is Bacopa (Bacopa monniera) extract, a lesser known herb. This is the mind power, brain booster herb, another super anti-oxidant. It contains more than a dozen important nutrients to enhance concentration, focus and alertness. It supports clear thinking. It supports quick learning. It increases concentration. Bacosides help protect the synaptic functions of the nerve tissues in the hippocampus, the seat of memory. Nerve impulses are transmitted across the synapses. Bacosides help keep the impulses strong for quick memory and cognition. We naturally become more forgetful as we age. We can take bacopa to improve cognition and even help reverse memory loss.
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) root. As herbs go, this one is a mouthful. Ashwagandha, also known as India winter cherry, exhibits anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-stress properties. It calms the nerves and helps you sleep. It can ease anxiety or restlessness, while it also reduces the symptoms of drug withdrawal. It provides nourishments for bones and muscles, and is taken for its anti-aging qualities. It seems to offer benefits against a host of health issues. It is thought by some to offer similar benefits as ginseng.
Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) extract. We've all heard that green tea is good for us. But what is good about taking green tea? Green tea extract is rich in polyphenols, bioflavonoids and antioxidants such as EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate). These fight free radicals. The antioxidant EGCG found in green tea is more effective in fighting free radicals than vitamins C and E. Some of the health enhancing benefits of ingesting green tea extract include: Help with weight loss. Prevents tooth decay. Can lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Fights abnormal cell growth. Prevents inflammation. Controls blood sugar levels. Supports liver function. Slows aging. Fights infections.
Finally, Turmeric (Curcuma Ionga) extract, loaded with the potent compound called curcumin, the spice that ignites your immune system into action. It may also help boost your immunity, help maintain normal cholesterol and put the brakes on aging.
Put these 5 Fantastic Herbal Extracts together, and what do you have? You have a super antioxidant formula that melts away sluggish feelings and fine tunes your body into vibrant health.
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LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Tablet full review
What's the best tablet for kids? Apple's iPad? One of the Android tablets? Er, the HP TouchPad..? Maybe none of these adult-aimed tablets but one specially made for children – Leapfrog's LeapPad Explorer Tablet for kids is tipped to be one of the most popular toys this Christmas. See also - Group test: Best tablets for children
[Update: A new model of LeapPad Explorer, the LeapPad2, is due in August 2012. Vtech's LeapPad rival tablet, the InnoTab, has also been updated: details of new VTech InnoTab 2.]
The LeapPad has been updated! Check out our review of the new LeapPad 2 children's tablet, which updates the original LeapPad reviewed here. Reviewed August 2012. Update: Now read our LeapPad 3 and LeapPad Ultra XDi reviews.
See also: VTech InnoTab 2 review
Powered by four AA batteries (buy a recharger!) the LeapPad is a tough-looking but still-pretty mini-tablet that boasts a 5-inch screen (400 x 712 pixels), built-in still and video camera, iPad-like accelerometer and its very own app store with around 100 available apps and games.
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It's aimed at kids aged 4-9 – just like the competing VTech InnoTab, reviewed.
Parents with a bit of cash will know that children love the iPad and its hundreds of apps and games for young ones.
The trouble is that the iPad costs from £399, and is designed to please responsible adults more than excited kids (apart from the Apple fanboys, of course!).
See: Best place to buy LeapPad 2
It's much larger than the LeapPad, too. Only the smaller-scale Android tablets are as suited to smaller hands. Anyone who's seen a child shake an iPad will know that it's rather unwieldy a toy. The LeapPad measures just 2.4 x 13 x 17.9cm – much more child friendly.
The iPad does boast many more kids' games and educational apps, but don't forget that you want to use it, too. There's not much chance of that with the LeapPad Explorer, and it might just keep your children and their greasy paws off your own tablet for a while.
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You can use your finger or the included stylus to control the LeapPad's touchscreen. And you can twist and shake it just like an iPad.
The stylus isn't strictly necessary but does add a level of precision if the child is a bit of a finger jabber. It can also be used to aid handwriting and drawing in some of the available apps.
The LeapPad is no cheap toy, however. For starters it costs around £80. For that it comes well equipped with multimedia features: still and video camera, voice recording via built-in microphone, and motion-based accelerometer.
Many of the 100 or so apps and games use these features, and it's the interactive nature of the play that makes LeapPad more than a time-wasting toy – not that there's anything wrong with one of those once in a while.
There are art and animation studios for children to create their masterpieces. The Photo Studio lets them edit pictures taken with the built-in camera. It's super simple to use. The LeapPad's Story Studio can be used to create an interactive book "All About Me" for stories about families, friends, etc.
There are apps to improve school skills such as reading and phonics, maths, art, music, language, geography, health and hygiene. You can set skill levels for each child, based on the age you input in their profile. This is set to year of birth, so should adjust as the child gets older.
My five-year-old daughter, a real pro on the iPad, didn't find it too childish. In fact she probably played on it longer than she would do the iPad in one sitting.
As with any iPad, iPhone or Android kids' app the cheesy monotonous music will get you in the end. Luckily there's a headphone jack – what are the best headphones for children. We recommend Griffin's volume-limiting MyPhones.
LeapPad works with all Leapster and Leapfrog Explorer cartridge games. Unlike iPad and Android games and apps the Leapfrog apps aren't priced from 69p or even £2.99. Prices start at £3.50 and many are £5 or £7.50. That's expensive in terms of mobile apps, so you're playing a premium even Apple wouldn't dare charge.
That said, if the £5 app teaches little Johnny to spell better or little Jane to develop her subtraction, or even keeps the child quiet for half an hour while you get on with some housework it could be money well spent.
Of course, even interactive educational apps and games are no substitute for proper parental interaction, books, pencils, pens, crayons, and physical exercise – that's true whether your child's tablet is a LeapPad, iPad or Galaxy Tab.
You set up to three users on each LeapPad, and customize profiles by adding your child's name and photo (via the built-in camera). You can also choose a pet to customize and nurture.
You sync the LeapPad via Leafrog Connect, which crashed a couple of times when I was using it. It could also be a little simpler to log into, as the instructions when trying to login while syncing are rather vague. That said, once you've got the hang of it it's pretty easy to get to grips with.
As with any self-respecting tablet there's even a protective carrycase for the LeapPad Explorer Tablet, and if it's a hit there should be plenty more.
The LeapPad Explorer Tablet is available in lime green and a purplish pink (from mid September 2011).
See also: VTech InnoTab children's tablet review
LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Tablet: Specs
- 5-inch screen
- 2GB storage memory
- 400MHz processor
- mini USB slot
- Dimensions: 2.4 x 13 x 17.9cm
- 4 AA batteries required
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Islamist militants in Pakistan blew up a bridge through the mountainous Khyber Pass early on Tuesday, severing a key supply route for US and NATO troops in Afghanistan. Periodic attacks on the route have pushed the international forces to seek alternative ones outside Pakistan.
All traffic on the bridge has come to a halt, The Press Trust of India reports, including dozens of supply trucks bound for US and NATO forces.
The bridge connects Peshawar, the largest city in the Northwest Frontier Province, with the Khyber Pass, the primary route into Afghanistan.
Militants have harassed NATO supply lines in northwest Pakistan for several months, conducting ambushes on convoys and attacking truck depots in Peshawar itself, according to the news service. It says Tuesday's bridge attack may be a result of increased security at supply depots.
The Associated Press reports that the bridge is about 15 miles northwest of Peshawar.
A NATO spokesman in Afghanistan confirmed that supplies along the route had been halted "for the time being," but stressed the alliance was in no danger of running out of food, equipment or fuel....
It was not immediately clear whether supply convoys could reach Afghanistan through alternative routes in the region, nor how long it would take to rebuild it.
The Khyber Pass is one of two routes into Afghanistan from Pakistan, according to Reuters. The other connects the Pakistani province of Baluchistan with the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
While the military provides few specifics of its supply operation, observers believe most of the supplies travel through the Khyber Pass, says Reuters.
The U.S. military and NATO have not given details of the supplies they get via Pakistan or a breakdown of how much comes on the two routes. The U.S. Defense Department says the U.S. military sends 75 percent of supplies for the Afghan war through or over Pakistan, including 40 percent of fuel.
Pakistani customs officials say under normal circumstances about 300 trucks with Western force supplies travel through the Khyber Pass crossing at Torkham every day, compared with about 100 through the Chaman crossing.
With the US planning to expand its Afghan operations, Tuesday's bridge attack highlights the need for secure supply routes. US planners say they are actively looking for routes that avoid Pakistan's volatile border areas.
There are 36,000 American soldiers currently stationed in Afghanistan, where they are training Afghan security forces and doing battle with a Taliban insurgency against the government of US ally Hamid Karzai.
There are plans to add as many of 30,000 additional troops to that total, reports Agence France-Presse. Last week, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated that as many as 12,000 could be in place by summer.
Reuters reports that US Central Command chief David Petraeus said last month that NATO had reached an agreement to transport supplies into northern Afghanistan through Russia and Central Asia, but would not provide specifics. Probable routes would bring supplies through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The bridge bombing follows more than a week of heavy bloodshed in Pakistan's increasingly lawless northwest that has claimed more than 80 civilian lives in nine days, according to the BBC.
Fighting has been focused on the Swat Valley, where Al Jazeera reports that more than 20,000 people have fled their homes due to fighting.
Wajid Ali Khan, a provincial minister, has said "the fighting in the valley has made it almost impossible for civilians to stay there".
Government forces and other state employees are bearing the brunt of many attacks by Fazlullah loyalists, Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Pakistan, said.
The decapitated bodies of policemen - complete with notes warning the authorities of further such attacks - have become a common sight on streets in Swat, Hyder said.
The Pakistani military says it killed 35 Taliban-allied militants in overnight fighting on Monday, according to the BBC. Local residents say more than 40 civilians were killed in the crossfire between government forces and insurgents.
Also on Monday, John Solecki, a US official with the UN High Commission for Refugees, was abducted while on his way to work in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan Province.
The New York Times reports that he is the first Westerner targeted in the city in recent memory. Baluchistan is home to several separatist groups with no history of attacks on foreign targets, but the province also has a small Taliban presence. While the identity of Solecki's abductors is so far unclear, they are believed to be Taliban.


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There are instructions online for 3D printers that can be built by anyone, and these kits "print" using various media such as plastics, food substances, or liquids that solidify after printing. "We are trying to explore a different technology; we are working on using electrophotography to print with powders," says Rojas. "Other techniques use powders but need some sort of glue. Laser printers use powders which don't need to be suspended in liquid and so we are working to use particles that fuse together, which means they don't require a binding agent."
The exploration of this technology means Dr. Rojas and his team might one day be able to print objects using materials such as ceramics or metals. "So far we are in the beginning stages," says Rojas. Because 3D printers work by layering material from the bottom up, microscopic surface defects —such as holes or bumps— in hundreds of layers can build up, causing major surface defects in the printed object. Without solving this issue, says Rojas, the technology cannot go much farther. So his research has revolved around avoiding such defects. "Microscopic bumps on hundreds of layers can really show up, so we are investigating ways of sensing the surface layer by layer as an object is being built."
Are some materials more susceptible to defects than others? Rojas explains that so far he has only tried printing with toner that consists of tiny five-micron particles. "We are using toner because that is what was available to us. We have seen other people using thirty-micron particles, but all materials are susceptible. Larger particles might not bring more defects, but they might be visible earlier in the printing process."
Alvaro Rojas came to RIT in 2006 from Colombia on a scholarship to earn his master's degree in Industrial Engineering. He earned a second master's degree, in Systems Engineering, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; he then returned to RIT for his PhD. He successfully defended his dissertation in the fall of 2013 and earned his doctorate. He has now traveled home to Cali, Colombia, where is on the faculty at Universidad Autonoma de Occidente. Dr. Rojas also plans to continue collaborating with his advisor, Marcos Esterman.
"I am looking forward to it and I love to teach, but I have mixed feelings because I love RIT and this will be a big change."


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In the beginning life began as a party! In fact there are parties from start to finish. But so often the church paints a picture of Christianity that is grey, dull and two dimensional. In this series, Rob Buckingham teaches how the kingdom of God is a party that is open to all and how the church should be attractive and full of life.
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Professor Diaz-Bernardo is an expert in strategic marketing and has been a part of IE Business School's faculty body for more than 12 years. Professor Diaz-Bernardo holds a degree in Engineering from Universidad de Oviedo (Spain), an MSc in Engineering from the University of Nottingham, an MBA from ESDEN Business School and he is a Doctor in Business Administration (Ph.D.) from IESE Business School. Professor Diaz-Bernardo is a very active international executive education instructor, especially in the areas of strategic marketing. Currently Professor Diaz-Bernardo serves as a Visiting Professor in executive education programs at Cornell University (USA), Reykjavik University (Iceland), Cornell – Nanyang Institute (Singapore), and Hong Kong Polytechnic (Hong Kong), among other international business schools.


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Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was a remarkable man. After an unhappy childhood, and an unpromising start to his career, he went on to write 47 novels and rise to the top of his profession as a senior civil servant in the Post Office.
Trollope's childhood and early years were the most difficult of his life. Unhappy and unpopular at school, his father's business ventures failing, and his mother for several years away in America, Trollope took to daydreaming, and creating stories.
Trollope was one of the most widely travelled men of his day. His Post Office work and personal travel took him across Britain, Europe, the Middle East, Egypt and South Africa. He visited the West Indies, the United States, Australia and New Zealand; and everywhere he went, he wrote.
Trollope is rightly known as one of the great Victorian novelists, creator of Barsetshire and of The Pallisers. But he was also a fascinating man, full of idiosyncracies and driven to write.


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I, personally, am very tolerant of gluten. You could even say I love gluten because ingredients that contain gluten often have a high fiber content… and we all know I love fiber. However, I have been interested in gluten free and lower carbohydrate baking lately. My biochemistry class has emphasized over and over again how our bodies do not need dietary sugar (glucose). We can make glucose from lactate (from weight lifting or heavy drinking…), amino acids (dietary or – hopefully not – muscle protein), pyruvate, or glycerol (from fat). So, I have been wanting to make more gluten free muffins (like my Lemon Poppyseed) and ever since Heather introduced me to coconut flour, I have had coconut flour muffins on the brain! With a few trials, I have created a gluten free coconut muffin that I have been enjoying every morning with some greek yogurt and shredded coconut!
*Recipe has been updated and improved! 9/10/2011*
GF Coconut Muffins
Recipe: Makes 6-8 muffins
Dry ingredients:
1 cup coconut flour
1 tsp baking soda
(optional: 1/2 cup sugar)
Liquid ingredients:
4 eggs
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 cup coconut milk
sweetener of choice (1 mashed overripe banana, 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup coconut nectar, the sugar listed above, or just the stevia listed below – I recommend a combo of liquid sweetener and stevia)
1 tsp vanilla extract
stevia drops, to taste
coconut oil to grease muffin pan
Directions – Preheat the oven to 350. Combine all of the dry ingredients in one bowl and mix. Combine all of the wet ingredients in another bowl and mix. If possible, use room temp milk so that the coconut oil doesn't harden when you combine them.) Pour the wet over the dry and combine with a spatula. Grease a muffin pan with some coconut oil and add the batter. If you wish, you can sprinkle some shredded coconut over the tops for a pretty effect. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes, or until they pass the toothpick test.
Coconut * coconut gets a bad rap because of its saturated fat content, but its fatty acids are mainly medium-chain triglycerides, not long-chain. The long-chain triglycerides are bad for our cholesterol levels, but coconut has been shown to improve cholesterol levels. Animal studies suggest that medium-chain triglycerides can increase metabolism.
Coconut flour * 1 cup contains 40 grams of fiber and 16 grams of protein. It is one of the lowest carb flours you can use!
Eggs * the yolk is where all the nutrients are! It contains tryptophan, selenium, iodine, B vitamins, and phosphorous, many of which are necessary for optimal metabolism. The egg white has 6 grams of complete protein!


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Saturday July 20th 2019 9:30PM
Hit the dance floor at Papa Charlie's as DJ Beavstar lays down the beat and then builds a dance track that keeps you going for hours. DJ Beavstar likes to party and being a local legend in his own mind, knows how to rock the scene right. Playing an esoteric mix of all things electronic, Beavstar is sure to get your head nodding and toes tapping. Come and check out the audio mind massage that is DJ Beavstar supreme.
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Kedco names funding partner, technical advisor for Enfield projec
Ireland-based Kedco plc has announced the Foresight Group as the preferred funding partner for its proposed 12 MW Enfield Biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) project in London, which is expected to break ground during the third quarter of 2013.The companies have signed a non-binding heads of terms for the provision of debt and equity facilities, which will help fund the construction and operation of the project. According to Kedco, the heads of terms are subject to the completion of due diligence, legal documentation and final investment committee approval.
Under the heads of terms, Kedco will retain a substantial equity participation in the project and will not be required to invest any additional funds on financial close. Information released by Kedco also notes that the financing structure will require a co-investor to invest alongside Foresight.
In a statement announcing the heads of terms, Kedco said that Foresight is expected to provide funding through its existing funds under management, including the Foresight Environmental Fund. A cornerstone of the fund was the London Green Fund.
"The Board is delighted to have appointed Foresight as our preferred funding partner for the Enfield Biomass CHP project," said Gerry Madden, CEO of Kedco. Foresight has been actively involved in the funding of Biomass CHP projects in the UK and we look forward to working with them to achieve financial close in the near future."
Kedco has also appointed Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd. as technical advisors on the project. Fichtner will manage the tender process for the EPC contract and negotiate with entities offtaking heat from the project. According to Kedco, the tender process for the EPC contract has commenced and discussions with contractors are ongoing.
The Enfield Biomass project is being developed by Kedco's wholly owned subsidiary Enfield Biomass Ltd. The project received planning permission from the Enfield Borough Council.
Kedco issued an update of the project in mid-March. At that time the company noted heads of terms had been received from two large feedstock suppliers for 100 percent of the feedstock required by the proposed plant. Power purchase agreements were also in the works with two major energy suppliers to purchase 100 percent of the plant's power output. In addition, Kedco noted that detailed discussions had been taking place with a large multinational corporation to purchase all of the heat generated at the proposed plant.


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Miles Austin made the Dallas Cowboy football squad, but he might get cut from Team Kardashian.
Kim Kardashian is dating the gridiron hunk, but according to her sister Kourtney, the celebutante is still in search of "that perfect person," People reports.
When asked whether Kim was interested in anyone else besides current boyfriend Miles Austin, Kourtney Kardashian said, "Kim is having fun. I don't think she's found that perfect person yet."
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But when pushed on just who, or what, her older sis might be into, Kim coyly replied, "She's dating her work. Kim is a workaholic."
In a happy coincidence for the big-curved celebrity, work has been putting her in touch with a lot of new men.
On the latest cover of Prestige magazine, Kardashian rests her hands on two unclothed muscle men. And in an homage to the movie the Graduate, the 29-year-old frolicked in a sea-soaked frock with tween it-boy Justin Bieber for Elle magazine.
Before Miles Austin, Kardashian had an on-and-off attachment to another football player, Reggie Bush. She has also been linked to soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo. Prior to the parade of jocks, Kim was hooking up with R&B artist Ray J, a relationship that produced her infamous sex tape.
Her career moves have been inspiring at least one wayward celebrity daughter: Montana Fishburne.
"Kim Kardashian's sex tape was released, but she still got past that," Montana, who has her own XXX release out now, said about the elder Kardashian. Talking with US Weekly, she said, "Even though she got all that negative attention for it, she still has these other ventures going on right now. That is what I want to emulate: having a tape come out and till being seen as a positive person."
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Posted by Editor on 06/5/98
Cycle BC Responds
To the Editor,
I am writing to give Cycling BC's side of the "Pro Comp Story" editorial posted June 3, 1998 on the Daily News.
The members of the cycling community are all surprised with the recent announcement of Pro Comp to pull out of event organizing. While their events have not come without controversy, it is important to remember that Dave Smith and his business have given a great service to the mountain biking population from the grass roots to the international level. We thank him for that, and we know that his contributions to cycling in Canada will be remembered by many.
I would, however, like to refute Dave's position that a letter written by Cycling BC to Pro Comp was the final straw. The letter to which you refer (marked personal and confidential, not addressed to Dave) was sent to Pro Comp after they had terminated their race organizer's contracts. This letter was written with the consent of our Off-Road Racing Committee. According to our sources, the reason for Pro Comp going out of business was due to instability with the parent company Pro Com.
I agree with Dave's statement that "cycling needs to be run more like a business". In order for Cycling BC to achieve it's mission, we need money to do it. It would also seem that CCA would share this philosophy as they have outlined the vision of an event marketing department within the organization in order to be able to get better sponsorship and support for national and international level events. I would disagree with Dave that the way the system is set up is impossible to run successful events. The vast majority of events in Canada break even and I feel that it would be unfair to blame the system for the ones that fail. Perhaps Dave should look at his own business practices for the real reasons behind the lack of money.
As the sport continues to grow, making a perfect schedule will be an ongoing challenge. If Dave felt so strongly that Pro Comp deserves a World Cup, he should have put the CCA appeals policy to test in order to make his case. The policy was created by the Canadian Centre for Sport and Law and I think that it is a fair way to deal with issues such as these. While it may easy to point fingers in situations like this, I think we all (magazine editors, organizers, riders, associations, sponsors...) bear responsibility to create a positive environment in which cases of pettiness, backstabbing and narrow mindedness are the exception, not the rule. Together we stand, divided we fall.
Cycling BC is committed to making all efforts to take a leadership role in developing this environment. If anybody would like to become directly involved in helping necessitate this change, my communication lines are open 24 hours a day to welcome you in getting involved in making cycling an enjoyable and rewarding experience for all.
Yours in Sport,
C. John Wakefield
Executive Director
World Cup Legacy in Motion as Velodrome Beginner Programs Kick Off
(courtesy CCSD)
Victoria (June 5, 1998) - One of the legacies of the World Cup of Track Cycling is ready to roll on Monday, June 8 at Juan de Fuca Velodrome.
Two programs aimed at teaching the basic elements of track cycling to beginners combine coaching by local track riders and riding converted bikes donated during the World Cup, held in Victoria May 28-30. Learn to Ride the Track is aimed at boys 14 + and men, and Women on Wheels Track Cycling is designed for girls 14+ and women.
When Olympic silver medallist and national team member Brian Walton launched Walton's Wheels last week, he called for the general public to donate unwanted bikes for the program, in addition to contributing $1,000 to kick start the Victoria pilot program. By the last evening of the World Cup, 14 bikes had been donated.
The four-week programs are offered three times during the summer. Women on Wheels Track Cycling runs Mondays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., June 8-29, July 6-27, and August 10-31. Learn to Ride the Track runs Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., June 9-30, July 7-28, and August 11-Sept. 1. The cost of each session is $30 for those under 18 years of age and $40 for others.
Each program culminates with special novice races at scheduled track cycling meets this summer. The June program will offer registration in the novice races at the Tim Hortons BC Track Cycling Championships July 4-5, the July program in novices races in the Tim Hortons National Track Cycling Championships July 24-26, and the August program will showcase its graduates at the Greater Victoria Velodrome Association's Season Finale, a wind-up meet on September 14.
The programs are designed by Steve Lund, Assistant National Team coach at the Commonwealth Centre for Sport Development National Cycling Centre, who trained the coaches to deliver his program. Lund also authored the extremely successful Women on Wheels road cycling program which taught 45 women the basics of road riding, many of whom competed in the novice race at the 7th Annual Re/Max Bastion Square Cycling Grand Prix.
Coaches of the women's program include former national team and World Cup riders Bonnie Luke and Anita Thyer, and coaches Maureen Kelly, and Julie Newton from the Women on Wheels road cycling program. The men's coaches will include BC provincial medallist Ian Barnes and coaches Tom Ward and John Luton of the weekly Thursday night track league.
The following bike shops are donating parts and labor to convert the donated bikes for use on the track:
1. Black Cat Bicycles
2. The Bike Cellar
3. Fairfield Bicycle Shop
4. Fort Street Cycles
5. Physical Culture
6. Bicycleitis
7. Brentwood Bicycles
8. Performance Bicycles
9. Rider's Cycles
10. Mac's Cycle Centre
The programs include skill and safety-oriented elements such as riding a track bike - which involves braking with a fixed gear vs brakes - , riding the banking, riding with others, and learning race skills such as starting. Participants must use track bikes, supplied for $5 per four-week session, and wear an approved bicycle helmet (CSA, ANSI, or Snell standards) and close fitting shorts or tights, cycling gloves, and cycling shoes or running shoes are recommended.
The programs are offered through a partnership agreement with Juan de Fuca Recreation, the Commonwealth Centre for Sport Development and the Greater Victoria Velodrome Association. To register, or for more information on participating, call 478-8384.
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