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There are many good reasons to choose Texel Island for your next holiday. With lots of fun activities and attractions, you will never be bored. A holiday rental home on Texel Island will put you close to many of the most popular attractions and will provide a comfortable place to return after a day full of adventure.
The beaches provide the backdrop for many of the activities in and near Texel Island. Boat tours, guided fishing excursions, sailing and windsurfing are a few of the choices. Cycling and hiking are also quite popular. Bikes are available for rent on the beach and in other locations throughout Texel Island. The bird watching is quite good in the area, and those serious about birding often travel just to try and spot a particularly elusive species.
With many interesting museums, fascinating historical sites and lots of family-friendly attractions, you will find that there is no shortage of things to do whilst on holiday to Texel Island. Have you ever tried your hand at metal detecting on the beach or just stumbled across an interesting item that someone left behind? The Maritime and Beachcombers Museum is dedicated, in part, to stuff that has been found on the nearby shores. The museum, which is located in an old beach house, also has kid-friendly activities. Historic structures, such as For de Schans, which was built in 1599 and has been visited by Napolean, also dot the landscape.
A holiday rental in Texel Island is also a great base for trips to Amsterdam. If your prefer you can also rent one of our Amsterdam apartments and make your short break memorable.
Texel Island winters are chilly and the summers are warm and pleasant. During the winter months, the average low temperatures are between 1° and 2° C and the highs are between 5° and 6° C. During the spring, the average low temperatures are between 6° and 9° C and the highs are between 13° and 17° C. It warms up even more during the summer when the average low temperatures are between 12° and 15° C and the highs are between 20° and 22° C. There is some rain each month. The most occurs during the winter months with up to 21 days per month. The least occurs during the summer with about 14 days per month.
The closest airport to Texel Island is Dan Helder De Kooy Airport (DHR), which is located about 14 km away. Another option is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), which is located about 90 km from Texel Island. There is a railway station in Dan Helder, 14 km from Texel Island. It is recommended that you have a car for use during your stay.


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Introduction by the column editors: Aggressive behavior is a major problem among mentally ill people—in the community as well as in institutions. Epidemiologic data indicate that aggressive behavior occurs more often among individuals with psychotic disorders, especially when they have persecutory delusions and hallucinations or a comorbid substance use disorder (1). Aggressive individuals, with their high frequency of unpredictable verbal threats, throwing of objects, breaking of furniture and windows, and physical assaults, tend to populate long-term units in psychiatric hospitals disproportionately (2). Psychotropic medications rarely ameliorate these behaviors, and even when they are able to suppress aggression, they often result in unacceptable side effects, including "chemical restraint." Physical seclusion and restraint are often used but have never been shown to yield benefits beyond temporary control.The treatment of choice for aggressive and destructive behavior is applied behavior analysis and therapy (3), including interventions that can teach patients alternatives to aggression and reduce the likelihood of future aggression (4). Social skills training has been shown to be effective in building behavioral repertoires that enable individuals to have their social and material needs met in appropriate ways (5), rather than through creating disturbances. A spectrum of positively reinforcing methods, including differential reinforcement of other behavior, differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior, use of environmental antecedents to change the patient's affect, and use of the token economy, have been empirically validated as treatment interventions to reduce or eliminate aggression (6,7,8).To contain and manage aggressive and destructive behavior, special inpatient units have been established where behavior therapy procedures can be implemented effectively and competently by interdisciplinary staff, usually supervised by a behaviorally trained psychologist. This month's Rehab Rounds column describes a unit at Arizona State Hospital that employs a multimodal array of interventions—especially social skills training—to modify aggression and build adaptive repertoires.
The psychosocial rehabilitation unit at Arizona State Hospital, formerly known as the behavior management unit, typically houses 25 to 30 male patients diagnosed as having psychotic and mood disorders as well as comorbid personality and substance use disorders. Over the past several years the primary reason for admission was one or more episodes of violent or uncontrolled behavior that was perceived as dangerous to self or to others. Until recently, violent behavior by patients toward staff and other patients was an all-too-frequent occurrence on the unit.
To decrease aggressive and violent responses to provocative interpersonal interactions in the psychosocial rehabilitation unit, we adopted a behavioral skills training approach that had been used successfully to teach other skills in an inpatient setting (4). We organized a social skills group program that addressed several topics related to improving interpersonal interactions: learning to be polite and courteous; becoming aware of how one's behavior toward another person can influence that person's response; learning how to avoid personalizing another person's reaction; and strengthening appropriate conversational skills to reduce profanity, putting other people down, and reacting with aggression when staff members are unable to comply with requests. The aim of the program was to increase respect for oneself and for peers and staff. The fundamental principle underlying the program was that teaching adaptive and appropriate behaviors to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness would "displace" intolerable interactions.
The group program was also designed to give participants a chance to express their difficulties with interpersonal interactions openly and to discuss how they perceived and experienced life on the unit. The main focus of the group was on how problematic social interactions with staff and peers resulted in difficulties. For example, participants were helped to realize that an argument between two patients about who gets to use the public telephone first could escalate rapidly to physical aggression. Moreover, participants discussed the immediate and longer-term consequences of their aggressive behaviors—loss of privileges, unmet personal needs, impaired relationships, and longer hospitalizations.
Group role playing with coaching and feedback was encouraged, with the expectation that participants would be responsive to the difficulties faced by their peers. Interdisciplinary staff members were encouraged to participate in the group sessions with the goals of modeling courteous interaction, reinforcing friendly interactions among patients, facilitating personal communication, increasing relevant disclosure, and making use of situations from everyone's daily experience. As time passed, staff members began to understand the antecedents to patients' aggressive behaviors, and they learned to make adjustments in their own behavior and response style that improved patient-staff communication.
We used a modular approach with particular topics designed for each group session along with an open-ended discussion period. The module consists of 11 topics (see box), each of which is the subject of a weekly one-hour group session on the unit. Rather than describe each session of the program in detail, we will use the eighth topic, "What to do when the answer is no," as an example. A clinician's manual of the module is available on request from the authors.
The 11 topics of the interpersonal skills module
Respect yourself and other people
Ways that people like to be treated
Ways that I can treat someone better today
Ways to tell people that now is not a good time for me
Big problems versus small problems
Poor interactions with other people result in me not getting what I want
Using profanity doesn't help get my needs met
What to do when the answer is no
When other people are not responsive to us
I don't put myself up by putting other people down
Deciding on the best response to other people
Patients in the psychosocial rehabilitation unit commonly became frustrated and angry when staff members did not comply with their requests, and many on the unit tended to react aggressively or violently. The first part of the eighth session is devoted to a discussion of how people can control their emotional reactions when they are told that they will not be allowed to do as they wish or that a request will not be granted. Participants are asked to talk about or to write down three positive ways in which they could respond if denied a request. They practice using these responses with a peer, with one participant playing the role of a staff member and the other playing the person who must react to having a request denied. This session allows participants to expand their range of coping techniques to deal with disappointment or frustration. Their requests are not belittled; on the contrary, staff members and other participants are supportive of their needs and are willing to explain what is difficult about agreeing to problematic requests.
To assess the effectiveness of the skills training group program in reducing the incidence of aggressive behaviors, the treatment team—a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a supervising nurse, a social worker, a rehabilitation therapist, and a lead psychiatric technician—selected ten patients to participate in an evaluation. This group included many of the most verbally and physically aggressive patients on the unit. These patients often displayed rapidly fluctuating psychiatric symptoms, which affected their ability to maintain attention and to process information. Most of the patients required prompts and encouragement to maintain their attendance in the group sessions.
The patients completed a 12-item multiple-choice test before the module began and after it was completed to assess their grasp of the concepts presented during the group sessions. Separate surveys were completed by each patient's primary nurse and primary psychiatric technician before and one week after the module was completed to assess aggressive behaviors and response patterns. The survey consisted of ten questions answered on a 5-point scale ranging from 0, indicating not at all, to 4, indicating most of the time. The nurses and the psychiatric technicians were unaware of the purpose or content of the skills training sessions. Both instruments are available from the authors.
All ten patients were male. Their ages ranged from 21 to 67 years, with a mean of 38 years. Eight were Caucasian, and two were Hispanic. Four patients had a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, four of bipolar disorder, one of schizophrenia, and one of paraphilia. Five of the patients had a comorbid axis II disorder, two had a seizure disorder, and two had a comorbid substance use disorder.
Half of the patients had been in the psychosocial rehabilitation unit for more than a year before the study, and all had been in the hospital at least that long. Two patients had been in the hospital continuously for more than ten years. Although nine of the ten patients were taking antipsychotic medications and eight were taking mood stabilizer medications, each had at least one—and usually more—verbally aggressive and physically assaultive incident in the month preceding the study.
Overall, the patients demonstrated acquisition of concepts discussed in the group sessions by increasing the number of correct responses on their 12-item multiple-choice tests. The mean± SD score increased from 7.5±3.1 before the module to 9.5±2.6 afterward (t=−2.38, df=9, p<.05, two-tailed repeated-measures t test). The mean± SD score on nurses' surveys of aggressive behaviors decreased from 19.8± 8.4 one week before the skills training module to 15.4±7.9 one week afterward (t=2.27, df=9, p<.05). Five members of the group displayed enough improvement to be transferred to a less restrictive unit. Two of these patients eventually were discharged to community settings.
Because of the success of the pilot study, our skills training approach to the management of aggression has been replicated on several other hospital units. Several dozen patients have completed the 11-session cycle, some of them two or three times. To assure that the groups on other units maintain a behavioral focus—for example, use role playing rather than just discussing a topic—experienced skills trainers periodically attend the groups to model the techniques and provide ongoing supervision. By using these quality assurance methods and by limiting the number in each group to five or six patients, we have found that the skills training techniques can be provided with high fidelity on a variety of units, such as those for forensic, female, or developmentally delayed patients, and yet can be adapted to the goals of each unit and tailored to the needs of each patient.
Interacting with people in a civil, courteous, and nonthreatening manner is an important skill to learn for persons who experience persistent, severe symptoms of psychiatric illness and exhibit aggressive verbal and physical behaviors. The results of this pilot venture suggest that patients in psychosocial rehabilitation units can learn the information and skills necessary for increasing their prosocial behavior and can decrease the number of aggressive behaviors they exhibit on the ward. These social skills not only improve patients' prospects for hospital discharge but also increase their chances of successful community living.
Behavior therapy programs on inpatient units such as the one Frey and Weller describe are a critical component of a system of care designed to facilitate successful community living for individuals with serious mental illness. However, remediating behavioral problems such as verbal and physical aggression in this patient group involves the same persistent application of a corrective teaching environment as remedying the client's neurochemical disturbances with medications (9). One way to do so is to train staff to use a "teaching interaction" that can be employed in vivo, 24 hours a day and seven days a week, whenever an aggressive or preaggressive interaction occurs.
In the teaching interaction, the staff member intercedes before, during, or immediately after an aggressive act. The staff member calls a time out and asks the offending patients to describe what happened in the problematic situation. If necessary, the staff member clarifies the event in a factual manner—for example, "He accused you of taking his cigarettes, and you got angry and pushed him." Then the staff member asks both patients to articulate alternative ways that they could have handled the provocation. If the patients cannot conceive of alternatives, the staff member offers prosocial examples to choose from—for example, "I could have gone to the nursing station and asked for help."
Then the patients role play one or more of the alternatives with coaching and reinforcement from the staff member. As a final step, the staff member asks the patients, each in turn, to recite what they have just learned from the teaching interaction and how in the future they might employ the alternative just practiced.
The continual use of the teaching intervention to remediate aggression and to instruct patients on prosocial alternatives meets the need for interventions that can deal with the spontaneous, ongoing events on a ward. Another example is the use of a time-out area on the unit, enabling patients to cool off without receiving any staff or patient attention after a preaggressive or aggressive act. In one study of the use of a time-out area, which was a chair facing a wall at the end of a ward's corridor away from the social center of the ward, 15 minutes of time out resulted in containment of more than two-thirds of aggressive behaviors without the need for medications or physical seclusion, restraint, or locked time out (10). The behavioral learning procedures described here as well as in other reports (11), along with inservice training programs to equip staff with the proactive competencies needed for interacting positively with aggressive patients, should help psychiatric professionals and organizations respond to the regulations on physical restraint and seclusion issued recently by national regulatory agencies.
Skills trainers must also bear in mind the potential for the transfer of skills learned in the ward atmosphere to less controlled settings in the community. Generalization strategies might include overlearning, in vivo practice, and teaching of problem-solving methods to enhance the durability of gains made.
Dr. Frey is a psychologist at Arizona State Hospital, 2500 East Van Buren Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85008, and Ms. Weller is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Arizona State University. Robert Paul Liberman, M.D., and Alex Kopelowicz, M.D., are editors of this column.
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Game of the Week: PRP vs. Southern
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Ellsberg: Wikileaks Logs Show Clear US War Crimes in Iraq—Manning Was Reportedly Motivated By Conscience
vruz: check your sources guys. it's safe to say that if the "research" is based on ad hominem attacks and hearsay, you're just spreading bullshit and propaganda. did you notice who funded that "research"? on to better things…
follows transcript of Daniel Ellsberg's commentary on DemocracyNow.org, via Daniel Ellsberg's Website
ELLSBERG: The conditions under which Manning is being held clearly violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution against cruel and unusual punishment—even for someone being punished, having been convicted. Here we have someone who has not yet been tried, not yet convicted, being held in isolation, solitary confinement, for something over 9 months. This is something that is likely to drive a person mad, and may be the intent of what's going on here.
The Wikileaks revelations that Manning is charged with having revealed, having to do with Iraq, show that in fact the US military in which Manning was a part, turns over suspect to the Iraqis with the knowledge that they will be and are being tortured. Turning these suspects over, with that knowledge, is a clear violation of our own laws and of international law. It makes us as much culpable for the torture as if we were doing it ourselves.
Moreover, the Wikileaks logs show, the order is given: "Do not investigate further." That's an illegal order, which our president could change and should change and must change with one call.
Reportedly, Manning was very strongly motivated, at one point, to try to change this situation, because he was involved in it actively, and knew that it was wrong. He found that it was not being investigated within the government and was not being dealt with at all.
That's a big difference between the Pentagon Papers and the WIkileaks logs. The former were higher level things which didn't reveal field-level war crimes. The Wikileaks actually do.


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Old-Fashioned Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe
- 1 leftover turkey carcass (from a 12- to 14-pound turkey)
- 2 cooked turkey wings, meat removed
- 2 cooked turkey drumsticks, meat removed
- 1 turkey neck bone
- 1 medium unpeeled onion, cut into wedges
- 2 small unpeeled carrots, cut into chunks
- 6 to 8 garlic cloves, peeled
- 4 quarts plus 1 cup cold water, divided
- 3 quarts water
- 5 cups uncooked egg noodles
- 2 cups diced carrots
- 2 cups diced celery
- 3 cups cubed cooked turkey
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 2-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- Place the turkey carcass, bones from wings and drumsticks, neck bone, onion, carrots and garlic in a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 1 hour, turning once.
- Transfer the carcass, bones and vegetables to an 8-qt. stockpot. Add 4 qts. cold water; set aside. Pour remaining cold water into baking pan, stirring to loosen browned bits. Add to pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3-4 hours.
- Cool slightly. Strain broth; discard bones and vegetables. Set stockpot in an ice-water bath until cooled, stirring occasionally. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Skim fat from broth. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, bring 3 qts. water to a boil. Add noodles and carrots; cook for 4 minutes. Add celery; cook 5-7 minutes longer or until noodles and vegetables are tender. Drain; add to simmering broth. Add cubed turkey; heat through. Stir in the parsley, salt, thyme and pepper. Yield: 10 servings (about 4 quarts).
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I used an organic turkey and did not put in the oven as I found the recipe after I had simmered it on the stove. Best soup I ever made after Thanksgiving!
This is the best turkey soup ever. Roasting the carcass and vegetables in the oven first adds incredible richness and depth to the broth. I liked making the noodles in a different pot then adding them to the broth, it keeps the broth from becoming too "starchy" or thick. I made Rustic Round Herb Bread (also on this site) to go with it. Yikes, the best!!!! Can't wait to have leftovers tomorrow. Can a soup like this be even better the next day? :)
What to do with a turkey carcass? This is the answer...don't throw it away. Wow - this is the best turkey soup...now, my "GO TO" recipe after Thanksgiving. Lots of flavor. After roasting in the oven, I used the pressure cooker (to save time) for 30 minutes. Refrigerated for few hours, skimmed the fat -just added the noodles & veggies to the broth for 10 minutes - no need to cook them separately. I like veggies that aren't overcooked & mushy in a soup. (Added to the BROTH: 1/2 tsp each of onion & garlic powder & poultry seasoning) Ate the same day for dinner. Yum!
Lots of turkey flavor just like mom used to make!
Roasting sounds like a great way to get additional flavor. I cook my noodles but do not add then to the pot but serve on the side. I find they absorb a fair bit of liquid and have to add more broth if served the next day.


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Simone's Romantic Home Filled with Personal Treasures
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Name: Simone LeBlanc
Location: Silver Lake - Los Angeles, California
Size: 1200 square feet
Years lived in: 8 year
Not long after I met Simone we were fully engaged in a conversation about her ultimate love story - meeting a guy in northern California, moving to Paris together, and living under the Eiffel Tower (the story was right out of a movie!). Unfortunately, the story ended with her moving back to Los Angeles while he stayed in Europe. As I looked around her home there were definitely remnants of her memories and treasures from Paris.
Simone may not have come back to Los Angeles with love, but she returned with many inspirations to create her new home. She intentionally keeps the overall lighting in her home dim to set a comfortable and sexy mood for the space. Simone's home is filled with personal treasures collected from travels, gifts from friends, and decor passed down from family.
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My Style: Rustic chic, relaxed and filled with personal treasures
Inspiration: Creating a comfortable environment for memorable nights with friends and family. The lived-in love of a European country home. Unique objects that when put together create a story.
Favorite Element: My collected treasures from my family, friends, and travels. I love that I have a painting that I found on the streets of Paris and next to it a hand carved wood serving tray that my grandparents brought back from Africa in the 1950s. Objects of experiences each carry memories which create a rich life.
Biggest Challenge: Editing beloved objects. I'm a high end gift consultant, so I meet incredible artisans and collectors. It goes without saying that they often have something I love. Editing is important; know what to pull out and what to put away.
What Friends Say: They ask if they can move in or at least come and spend evenings in my garden.
Biggest Embarrassment: My kitchen counter space is incredibly limited (as in I have none), which makes for a fine challenge when cooking with friends.
Proudest DIY: My entire home is a DIY; the curation of it all. I also love my reupholstery of my dining chairs - who knew white vinyl snakeskin could be a good thing?
Biggest Indulgence: Cashmere throws, linen robes, and a hand knit cotton bedspread that's worth its weight
Best Advice: Quality over quantity: purchase well made pieces that maintain their appeal.
Dream Source: Pottery shops in Dogtown, California, estate sales in Galveston, Texas, the flea market in Merida, Mexico, and local artisan shops everywhere. Treasures live in unexpected places.
Resources of Note:
- Amsterdam Modern
- Pepe's
- The Estate Sale
- Jason Arnold for Modern
- Lawson-Fenning
- Reform Gallery
- Ashes&Milk
- Summerhouse
- De Vera Gallery
- Lost & Found
- Heath Ceramics
- Japantown
- Palm Springs
- Benjamin Moore
- Roger Dunn
- Rugs from travels to Palm Springs
- Rugs from estate sales in Yountville, California
- Sefte
- Matteo Home
- John Robshaw
- Coyuchi
- Elder Statesmen (throws)
Thanks Simone!
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I love the mix of mid-century and "rustic chic" and the use of color. I also love the outdoor space, just curious about leaving the table outside? What if it rains?
I love the bedroom! It feels warm and cosy,maybe because of the oriental decor items.They remind me of Arabia.Excellent choice :-)
I love her kitchen! :) It looks so comfy...I'd love to sit down in there and enjoy a cup of coffee.
I love her kitchen! :) It looks so comfy...I'd love to sit down in there and enjoy a cup of coffee.
I love everything about this home-- the rugs, the sparkly pillows on the chair, the poufs and the color in the kitchen. The whole home has a warm, lived-in feel to it--gorgeous!
Wow... the kitchen and dining areas are SO serene looking & inviting. Plants, nice objects and wall art, organized, no clutter & lots of comfy charm. This is the kind of house tour that I like to come back and look at again.
Love, love, love your kitchen but, great overall!
what a lovely, lovely space :o)
Very nicely edited space. It looks like everything matters to the homeowner and has a place without it being cluttery or too "themed." I really like the colors, it seems warm and inviting and also quite personal at the same time.
Really lovely home.
The only thing I don't think I'll ever understand is the rugs at an angle look. I just always want to straighten them! :)
Ok, I just want to know how many ATers set the bar for DIY at "I didn't hire a designer to pick out my finishes/furniture/accessories for me"? ಠ_ಠ
<steals all the soap>
... I will return for the rug under the chairs in the living room. :|
lovely! your home has been bookmarked :)
Beautiful and intimate. I would love to call this home.
The stove is classic! The outdoor space ... I wouldn't want to leave. I'd spend all day out there!
No fair! Anyone that lives in Los Angeles has a head start because of all the great old houses and architecture (I'm from L.A.)!!
Gorgeous. Your bedroom feels a bit Morrocan to me, and I love that egg-yolk yellow for the wall and lightshade in your kitchen. When I was a child my friend's kitchen was that colour and I have loved it ever since. Your kettle is adorable too!
Great use of rustic and worldly pieces. The crystal bookends are amazing.
The photo of the sink area of your kitchen leads me to believe that I know your kitchen counter pain (what I can see of it looks exactly like mine). At least you have that beautiful old stove. There used to be one like that in our place, but the landlord broke it :(
Overall, I love your place.
Your home is very pretty. I love the sunburst-like print leaning on the table above the soaps. I don't want to be too pushy, but have you ever considered hanging that above your bed? I think it's such a bright cheerful print that would bring a nice vibe to your bedroom.
I LOVE that vintage kitchen, especially the tiles and old stove!
I also enjoyed looking at the art. It seems that a lot of homes we see decorate primarily with abstract works so this was a nice change.
I think your home is very charming! The outside space is beautiful as well. Well done.
@ paminparadise I second you when you write: "I am becoming skeptical of the repeated, overly enthusiastic comments that seem to accompany the most mundane and ordinary of interiors". Commenters overdosing on Facebook-speak, I suspect. It would be a shame if this turned people off reading the comments, where there are still helpful gems to uncover.
@ Simone I enjoyed these photos and explanations of your house a lot. Including the various angled rugs etc - they keep your eye on its toes...
Thanks to everyone for your comments.. A home is such a personal thing - I love reading about your reactions and relationships to the elements in my place. The most important thing to me is that my home feels authentic, inviting, and transforms with my evolving taste and lifestyle...what's better than a quiet Sunday morning with a strong cup of coffee and a bit of redecorating? Thanks again everyone!
Very nice. The lighting is perfect.
Pretty. Warm. Inviting. I found the outdoor area romantic.
This is a home where anyone would feel welcome and comfortable. I especially enjoyed the outdoor space and that kitchen stove is truly a treasure.
@helencox - so there is officially a 'facebook speak' now? and it includes alot of exclamation points hu? i didnt know that.
@paminparadise - im sure your comment was not directed towards this tour being mundane and ordinary right? cause that would just be rude.
Especially when this house is gorgeous!! and has great style !!!!!!!!
Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder!!!
(ps- fb speaks strikes again)
What brand were all the soaps on display? They look interesting! I could see the fragrances but not the brand. Ta!
A warm, welcoming and charming home.
Timeless, lovely & enchanting.
I think this is a very charming little house. I really like your pillows and your rugs. The retro kitchen is so cute, although I'd guess it can only accommodate enough "stuff" for 1-2 people.
I'd love to see a really great comforter on your bed, but then again, it is your house. :)
Loved the J.Borges in your kitchen!
Rustic chic, relaxed and filled with personal treasures>>>and dreamy!
@fioana - I definitely pull out a big comfy comforter from time to time for the bed. The piece on their now is a hand knit blanket from Matteo home - I can't get enough of it!
@Hollum - I made those for a Holiday Bazaar I hosted at my studio. They are delicious...If you're interested in some, email me! firstname.lastname@example.com
Love reading everyone's comments, even if we don't always see eye to eye...!
LOVE everything! I have that hanging lamp in kitchen...I kinda think it should be dropped a bit lower- about a foot. Anyone agree?
Your home is so romantic - it really makes me want to travel to France! :) And I feel you on the use of dim lighting - it's an easy way to totally transform the mood of a space.
I too love to have items around me that have special meaning. I'd love to hear the stories and adventures that went along with many of your pieces (especially the dress). You can look around and revisit the many places you've encountered. Very nice, personalized home!
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I have used the same priciple for several years. My daughter used to participate in High School Rodeo and we camped at rodeo grounds ALOT! to make sure she had something easy, healthy and quick I would prepare ahead of time. Brown the sausage with onions and a seeded minced jalepeno and set aside to cool. When cool, mix with the thawed hash browns, shredded cheddar and egg substitute (i use eggs we raise chickens). I froze this in the muffin cups sprayed with PAM. When frozen I put in a heavy freezer bag labled/dated. I put as many as I need in the refrigerator the night before, take them out to sit at room temp for 30 minutes or so......and let the oven pre-heat (375). I have used bisquits rolled flat and placed in the muffin cups for the "crust" or canned crescent rolls since we don't have easy access to the pizza dough in a can. i fill each cup, not sure why you would skip cups (?) We use salsa on these, it is really good and very easy.
Breakfast Pizza Cups
In order to make this recipe more heart healthy, we decreased the saturated fat and cholesterol by using egg substitute, lean ground turkey sausage, reduced-fat Cheddar cheese, and fat-free milk.
Yield: Makes 12 servings (serving size: 1 pizza cup and 2 tbsp. pizza sauce)
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Bake: 20 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 238
- Calories from fat: 20%
- Fat: 5.4g
- Saturated fat: 2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.8g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.7g
- Protein: 12.8g
- Carbohydrate: 34.6g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
- Iron: 2.5mg
- Sodium: 763mg
- Calcium: 64mg
- 1/2 pound lean ground turkey sausage
- 2 (13.8-oz.) cans refrigerated pizza crust dough
- 1/2 cup frozen hash browns, thawed
- 1/2 cup (2 oz.) shredded 2% reduced-fat sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1 1/4 cups egg substitute
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cups pizza sauce
- 1. Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat 10 minutes or until sausage crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain well on paper towels, and set aside.
- 2. Roll or pat 1 can pizza dough into a 15- x 10-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface; cut into 6 (5-inch) squares. Press squares into lightly greased muffin cups, skipping every other muffin cup. Repeat procedure with remaining can of pizza dough.
- 3. Spoon sausage evenly into crusts; sprinkle evenly with hash browns and Cheddar cheese.
- 4. Stir together egg substitute and next 2 ingredients; pour evenly into pizza cups, and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.
- 5. Bake at 375° for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden. Serve with pizza sauce.
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- COURSE: Breakfast/Brunch, Pizza
- CONVENIENCE: Kid-Friendly, Quick/Easy
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Eggs, Rice/Grains, Sausage
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat
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National Farm to Cafeteria Conference
Six talented Oklahomans made everyone "Sit Up!" and beg for more at the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference held April 2014 in Austin, Texas.
Select a gallery to view photos of growers and past events.
See more information on these events below.
Bixby Field Day
June 2008 - Oklahoma State University's Bixby Research Center Annual Field Day –– shows commercial and market gardeners their specialty crop research trials for the year.
Billings School at Turtle Rock Farm
March 2008 - Children at Billings School made three fun and educational field trips to Turtle Rock Farm in Red Rock for their school gardening project. Visit their website at www.turtlerockfarmretreat.com and click on school gardening project for more information and their project journal.
OSU Lane Organic Field Day
July 2008 – A farm field day where over 100 farmers attended to observe and learn about the many organic production research projects and their results the center has been working on.
Tulsa Farm to Student Event 2008
Fun event where several stations are set-up for students to learn where their food comes from, how it grows and taste many kinds of local foods. At this event students got to see how to cook and got to sample grilled fresh purple asparagus and also tomato salsa, make a planting pot and then choose and plant a tomato or pepper plant to take home, touch and learn about dairy cow and goats, learn about worm composting and many other activities. Sponsors included Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa County Cooperative Nutrition Educators and Master Gardeners, SW Dairy, Ag in the Classroom, Farm to School, Loretta's Goats and local produce and plants were purchased from Whitmore Farms, Crow Farms and Creekside Plants & Produce.
Univ of Oklahoma at Redland Juice Company
July 2008 - Farm to School Coordinator took several representatives of Univ of Oklahoma's food service to visit Redland Juice Company's vineyard and processing facility to sample the many flavors of 100% grape juice that they grow the grapes for and produce into juice. After the visit to Redland, we ventured on to Peach Crest Farm in Stratford to see their peach orchard and production fields.
Jenks School Farm to School presentation
August 2008 – Jenks School District was joining the farm to school program. As a kickoff to the new school year, Farm to School Coordinator gave a presentation to over 100 food service personnel about Farm to School and brought local produce and products for cooking demonstration and taste testing.
Future Farms Tour 2008
August 08 - Two day conference that included one day of bus tours across the state visiting many local farms and one day of workshops. Visit the Kerr Center website at www.kerrcenter.com/futurefarms_08/index.htm to download speaker presentations and see more photos.
September Fest 2008 – Event held at the Governors Mansion where thousands of families attending experienced many Oklahoma agriculture foods and activities. Farm to School's booth served watermelon salsa and cold slices of locally grown seedless watermelons. Special guests included Governor Brad Henry and wife Kim and Blazer's Hockey Coach Doug Sauter and player Stacey Bauman. Great help at the booth came from the Wellston FFA, family members and friends from the OK Dept of Agriculture.
Langston 4-H Summer Program – The Langston 4-H Summer Program and Farm to School Coordinator visited Sunberry Orchard to pick peaches and blackberries, Spencer's Orchard to tour his vegetable production fields with plasticulture and tour Rochelle King's Garden Spot to talk about her new farming venture. At each farm, local produce was purchased. The next day everyone met in the Langston kitchen and prepared healthy recipes and ate wonderful local foods.
Noble Foundation Hoop Houses – Season extension is a very important growing technique to help farmers extend their growing season to year-round production. Steve Upson at the Noble Foundation has been researching growing techniques in hoop houses for over 10 years and works with producers over the state.
"A Gardening We Will Go"
May 2007 - With Child Nutrition Directors from across the state - Two day bus tour taking child nutrition directors to visit local farmers markets, farms, school gardens and eating meals made with locally grown produce and products. The event was sponsored Ag in the Classroom, the Farm to School Program and the State Department of Education Child Nutrition Services.
Shawnee Food Service at Crow Farms
May 2007 – The entire staff of the Shawnee School District Food Service boarded a school bus and headed to Crow Farms to meet Ricky and Claudia Crow and see first hand how many of the crops that could be served in the cafeteria from Crow Farms grew.
OU & Chef Harry
September 2007 – Chef Harry, spokesperson for the National Watermelon Association, visited the University of Oklahoma as part of the farm to school program celebrating locally grown seedless watermelons being served all over the state. Watermelon salsa, watermelon lemonade and watermelon sandwiches were sampled by the students. Many students made their own designer smoothies inside carved out watermelons. Special guest included Lt. Governor Jari Askins.
Shawnee School and Chef Harry
September 2007 – Chef Harry did two presentation for Shawnee Middle School students talking about health and nutrition and also showing how to take traditionally unhealthy cake and cookie recipes and make them out of watermelon. Students participated in making the recipes and then taste testing along with the teachers and staff at the school. Special guest included Terry Peach, Oklahoma Commissioner of Agriculture, the Mayor and Superintendent of Shawnee and Rick Maloney, Asst Commissioner of Program and Marketing Director of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry.
Hinton School Watermelon Mania
October 2007 – Farm to School Coordinator gave six presentations at Hinton high school where they discussed food, health and nutrition. After the discussion, they made watermelon salsa, watermelon breakfast parfaits, fruit smoothies, & watermelon cupcakes all made with locally grown produce.


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Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes are a staple for many of us. Topped with butter and gravy, it's a key comfort food. Mashed potatoes are almost never boring. But, … Well, sometimes you do want those mashed wonders but you want them different.
This recipe is defines that different and delicious. With one cup of goat cheese added, no butter is needed at all. The combination of caramelized onions with that goat cheese is wonderful when imbedded inside the mashed potatoes. This is an excellent side dish for a steak or pork roast for an early Sunday dinner.
How to caramelize those onions? There are many techniques. Look for one here tomorrow that is richly satisfying.
In the picture above, we've got these mashed potatoes topped with more caramelized onions and some pulled pork. It's a one plate feast.
Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes
Yield: 6 servings
- 2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 ½-inch pieces
- 6 cloves garlic, peeled
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup goat cheese
- ½ cup caramelized onions
Place the potatoes and garlic cloves in a large, heavy saucepan and cover with cold water. Over high heat, bring the water to a boil. Lower the heat to medium, cover the pot, and cook the potatoes until they are just soft when tested with the tip of a knife, about 20 minutes.
While the potatoes are cooking, heat the butter and cream over medium heat in another saucepan. Reduce by one-fourth.
In a colander, strain the water from the potatoes and garlic. While still hot, pass them through a food mill or a ricer with the butter and cream. Add salt and pepper, fold in the goat cheese and onions, and serve warm.
Source: Texas Cowboy Kitchen by Grady Spears with June Naylor
Gorgonzola and Caramelized Onion Tart
Abigail Kirsch is renowned for her catering company, THE premier New York City event caterer. If you are ever fortunate enough to attend an event where she provides the food, then one thing is certain: you will be amazed at the richness and completeness of her recipes. They are visually stunning and then you tasted them and … You'll want more and you'll want to know how to create each dish.
Abigail shared some of her recipe treasures with us in her book The Bride & Grooms Menu Cookbook. This tart was inspired by that Bride & Groom trove. I was in a garlic mood and I had a half-filled bottle of white wine. So the garlic here and the wine are my additions to an already awesome recipe. Paired with a simple green salad, this tart is certainly a perfect meal for Sunday brunch or for dinner any time. The flavors here are intense, so a subtle white wine will be overmatched. Be bold!
Gorgonzola and Caramelized Onion Tart
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients for the Apple Cake:
- 1 pre-made 9" savory pastry shell of your choice
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or 2 tablespoons pancetta fat
- 2 large onions, chopped medium
- 1 head roasted garlic
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup heavy cream or half and half
- 4 ounces gorgonzola cheese, finely crumbled
- 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, washed, tough stems removed, chopped
Preheat the oven to 375˚F.
Heat the butter and oil (or reserved fat) in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, roasted garlic, salt, and sugar and cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is golden brown and caramelized, 15 to 20 minutes. Add the wine and deglaze the pan and continue to cook 5 minutes longer until all wine has evaporated. Cool slightly and evenly distribute in the bottom of the partially baked savory tart shell. valign="top">Whisk the eggs, cream, and Gorgonzola together in the bowl until thy mixture is well blended.
Pour the custard over the onion and bake the tart for 30 to 40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the corner comes out clean. Transfer the tart to a cooling rack for 10 minutes.
Inspired By: Bride and Groom Cookbook by Abigail Kirsch


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The burning wire [sound recording] : a Lincoln Rhyme novel
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This story is much longer than necessary, unless you enjoy listening to innocent people get tortured to death by electric shock. Shorter would have been much better without all the mayhem. 5 of 10 stars
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To each his own. I am a Lincoln Rhymes fan and again enjoyed the forensic hunt. I thought Deaver had a very creative subject and plot. For me it was 8 of 10.
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Toledo neighborhood has been hit by a strange kind of theft. Now a south Toledo
block watch is warning residents to guard their aluminum downspouts.
with metal thefts, people think of copper, but the new target lately is
aluminum. Thieves are swiping them from houses and taking them to scrap yards
for a quick buck.
thefts are occurring in the Crossgates neighborhood, near Glendale.
usually don't get calls about things like that, so the downspout one was a bit
unusual," said block watch leader Diane Routson.
She says
she is trying to warn residents of the thefts.
must be awful desperate to do something like that," said resident Gerald
Kenczewicz. "It makes you wonder."
has one main suggestion for residents in any neighborhood to protect their
call the police," she said. "If you don't get a response from 911, at least
make sure you file a report. That way, with their data-driven policing, they
have the information on file."
ways to protect your home: install lighting, security systems or cameras.
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Top 5 best sci-fi, fantasy and horror films of 2012
Dredd, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Chronicle and Cabin In The Woods are 2012′s best movies
1. Dredd
Director: Peter Travis
Distributor: Entertainment Film
The odds were well and truly stacked against poor old Dredd – a relatively low-budget adaptation of a comic-book character whose popularity peaked decades ago, a reboot of a much-maligned 1995 film, and to top it looked a bit like Indonesian cop movie The Raid, despite having been buried in post-production purgatory for so long that the first trailer had La Roux as its soundtrack. But Alex Garland and Peter Travis silenced them all with a raw and uncompromisingly violent take on the trigger-happy 2000 AD antihero, and its less than stellar takings belie – like Blade Runner before it – cult status. Who cares that we probably won't see a second great Judge Dredd film? Until summer 2012 there hadn't even been one of them.
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Director: Joss Whedon
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
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Director: Josh Trank
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
2012's surprise hit that lit the career touch paper on director Josh Trank – now rebooting Fantastic Four – and screenwriter Max Landis – whose forthcoming projects include a Frankenstein reboot and TV show Vigilant – Chronicle was a found-footage superhero hit, depicting the outcome of inflicting powers on a bunch of hormonal shits with chilling realism.
Buy Chronicle now on DVD priced £9.36 and Blu-ray priced £11.99 from Amazon.co.uk.
4. The Cabin In The Woods
Director: Drew Goddard
Distributor: Lionsgate
Trapped in the cellar at the abandoned, haunted house known as MGM, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel collaborators Joss Whedon (writer) and Drew Goddard (director) finally released their whip-smart spin on Eighties horror, The Cabin In The Woods, which managed to slip in references to everything from Hellraiser to The Ring.
Buy The Cabin In The Woods now on DVD priced £12 and Blu-ray priced £19.88 from Amazon.co.uk.
5. The Amazing Spider-Man
Director: Marc Webb
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Very much the underdog story in this year's crop of superheroic mega-events, but that's just how our friendly neighbourhood wallcrawler would like it. Despite early fanboy outrage over the corpse of Sam Raimi's trilogy being not yet cold, Marc Webb's moody outsider take won over not just the ticket-buying public, but the hardest of all groups to appease – you lot.
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I teared up when Ray Lewis was visibly emotional during the National Anthem.
I yelled in frustration - a lot - during the first quarter.
I cheered when Torrey Smith went up to grab a 25-yard pass in the second quarter.
I cheered when Ray Rice got the Ravens on the board, when Pitta gave Bmore the lead, when Boldin caught his second TD to give the Ravens a bigger cushion and when Danell Ellerbe and Cary Williams intercepted Tom Brady - and a lot in between, too (plus ranting at the officials on Twitter).
I jumped up and down and high-fived and hugged, but the most emotional, powerful moment was when I sat quietly, overwhelmed by the win but even more by O.J. Brigance's locker room speech.
"Your resiliency has outlasted your adversity," he told the team.
It's true, but anyone could just as easily say that about Brigance.
The team's senior adviser to player development, Brigance was on the last Ravens team to go to (and win) a Super Bowl and he was an honorary team captain for the AFC Championship Game.
He was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), or Lou Gehrig's disease, a degenerative disease that affects muscle function, back in 2007.
It's remarkable that even though he's lost most of his motor function and even uses a machine to speak, he's continued to be part of the organization on a daily basis, and I love the Ravens for so fully embracing him. (More)
ALS doesn't have a known cause, or a known cure.
To learn more, check out Brigance Brigade, Brigance's organization to support people living with ALS, or Team Gleason, started by former New Orleans Saints special teamer Steve Gleason, who was diagnosed with the disease two years ago.
Brian Dawkins & Chip Kelly
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Your metabolic process plays a large part in weightlifting. It won't matter if you are solid considering that you begin to lift weights your weight will slowly enhance. Nevertheless, it's still exceptionally the adonis index calculator essential that you are healthy more than enough to finish an one hour workout. If you cannot complete an one hr exercise then it won't be very easy for you to make use of the "No-Nonsense Muscular tissue Buildling" program. There are tons of referrals that you can utilize for increasing your health and fitness. Several of these feature using light dumbbells to wake up your muscular tissues. You won't merely obtain huge overnight without Rubbish Muscle Structure, as it's not a magic stick. It's merely an overview to inform you just what to do, and you need your body to be wide awake for it. You may be able to get the program and simply utilize the Inverted Training conditioning program to obtain on your own into an excellent fundamental shape to start your complete training.
2. Obtain a full health club encounter ready
Believe it or not, this is careless to some degree on Vince DelMonte's component. He is so thrilled to market potential consumers his program that he failed to remember to discuss that you have to have some weight lifting tools at your residence if you do not have a subscription to a gym. If you are a seasoned weight lifter then you most likely brand-new this already. However, if you are brand-new to the world of lifting weights then you might not have actually thought of this. Vince presumed that this prevailed sense, yet numerous men requested for a refund due to the fact that they do not have health club gain access to.
3) Be Prepared to Change Just what You Eat
The majority of muscular tissue building is recovery instead than exercise. The most fundamental part of constructing muscle is finding out ways to eat in different ways. If you don't intend to consume differently then do not start considering developing muscular tissue. Vince DelMonte's meal plans in No Rubbish Muscular tissue Structure have a tendency to be a little bit useless, specifically if you have family and you should tailor dishes to everybody; nevertheless, if this is a choice for you, they can absolutely help you eat better and in a manner that helps with max muscular tissue growth – they're cost-free with the program, so go in advance and try them if you like. However, you could should eat a few extra dishes every day if you actually wish to construct brand-new muscle fibers.
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Over weight folks are coming to be the norm and however this is quite pro-x10 side effects undesirable. The incentive for reducing weight is not just a much better looking physical body however likewise a physical body that is sharp, enthusiastic, solid and healthy and balanced. Couple this with a more positive self esteem and on the whole, the world would be a far better area.
Unfortunately, people attempt to lose weight by crash diet programs and taking in medicines that might have unpleasant negative side effects. Several do not recognize why they are overweight and merely manage the symptom (weight gain), commonly with little or no outcome. Like all difficulties, we need to take a look at the source of a trouble in order to better know how you can correct it. Below then are some usual sources of weight gain adhered to by common weight reduction solutions utilized today.
Excessive weight and weight gain oftens run in family members. This is very closely associated to bad household consuming habits too yet study has revealed a hereditary web link.
Little exercise and collision diet regimens actually reduce the metabolism. This makes weight loss more difficult.
Crash diets
When food consumption is considerably lessened, our physical bodies decrease metabolic process in order to conserve electricity. The physical body becomes enticed that meals supply is unreliable and will start to keep as much fat deposits as feasible. A person will certainly then pick up weight, also when back onto a typical healthy and balanced diet plan.
Comfort is consuming is rather typical. Meals is typically linked with how much is pro-x10 benefit and pleasant feelings. In time, food comes to be related to emotional addiction.
Socio-cultural factors
Because of lack of exercise and years of consuming incorrectly, folks end up being obese. Diets, convenience foods and quick power fixes make a massive contribution to weight gain.
Medical Conditions
Some health care disorders result in individuals grabbing weight. Some examples are: Hypothyroidism, Cushing's condition, Polycystic Ovarian Disorder …
Side effects
Certain drugs induce weight gain as a negative effects. These feature some dental birth control methods, anti-depressants, corticosteroids, lithium and anti-seizure brokers.
Although weight gain is typical prenatal, many ladies have a hard time to burn fat after giving childbearing.
Approaches in usage for losing weight
Medicine treatment
Prescription and nonprescription drugs are made use of to manage hunger. However, many of these items contain stimulants which trigger stress and anxiety and various various other wellness troubles. The physical body eventually experiences and dropped weight commonly returns when usage of the item is stopped.
If weight gain is associateded with psychological concerns, it would be far better to deal with those emotions. Psychotherapy assists identify psychological triggers and to uncover good methods to deal with them.
Way of life change
Also though transforming bad practices is tough, it is a lot easier in comparison to lot of people assume. Healthy and balanced diet regimens, uneven workout, a good mental strategy and a positive emotional quotient do much for a healthy and balanced physical body. This is a continuous procedure so instant outcomes are not anticipated. On the various other hand, the outcomes are long term.
All-natural Remedies
Herbal and natural solutions help people lose weight in a healthy and balanced way. They increase metabolic rate and induce the intestinal device. They offer a rich source of minerals and preserve healthy metabolic rate. Natural components assist in the fail of dietry fat and rid the body of dangerous poisonous substances. The result is a slimmer, energetic and healthy and balanced physical body. Outcomes are noticed promptly yet are extremely lengthy term. The very best part is that there are no unsafe negative effects!
Now you should attempt to recognize exactly why you are gaining weight. Be CNN.com practical with yourself. Then decide which would be the healthiest solution for you to reach your objective weight. Bear in mind that the physical body heals normally provided time (great deals of time) but in some cases needs an aiding hand as a result of the absence of nutrients in our modern-day diet regimens. You must not concentrate just on dropping weight however being healthy as well.
Important note
Constantly consult a doctor or diet professional before subjecting yourself to medical or radical way of life adjustments.
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The Hormone Leptin
The individual that has even more fat deposits, generates additional leptin ic5 while one that has less fat deposits produces less leptin. High blood degrees of leptin educate the mind to minimize cravings (concerning high fat establishments), which then outcomes in minimized food intake. Low leptin degrees (discovered in people with less fatty tissue) tell the mind to boost the cravings. Low leptin levels are discovered in people, normally after dieting. This scenario cause increased hunger, boosted consumption of meals and a rise in physical body fat establishments. This once again educates the brain to minimize the cravings, leading to lowered meals consumption. The hormone leptin is among the important bodily hormones that promote weight gain after a diet. Leptin does not enable you to starve (reduced leptin levels stimulate the cravings).
Now, you must be believing that high degrees of leptin in obese people need to minimize their cravings. Yet as a matter of fact, obese folks establish leptin resistance as their body stops reacting to leptin. Obese do produce big amounts of leptin however they are unable to reap its advantages. Emotional over-eating or binge eating makes the hypothalamus insensitive to the message conveyed by leptin. As hypothalamus gland dismisses high leptin levels, meals desires and weight gain lead to obesity.
The Hormone Ghrelin
Bodily hormone ghrelin likewise acts on the hypothalamus gland. This bodily bio trust lepti burn side effects hormone tells hypothalamus that the body requires food. Ghrelin plays an essential job in increasing your hunger. Skinny (lean) individuals generate more ghrelin than overweight people. Ghrelin levels go on altering throughout the day. Higher levels of ghrelin can be noticed prior to a dish. Considerably higher degrees of ghrelin can be noticed after a diet regimen program. This is the factor why dieters experience uncontrollable appetite resulting in overindulging and weight gain after a diet regimen. Really, your belly additionally produces peptide YY3-36, a hormone which controls the launch of ghrelin. Skinny folks create additional YY3-36 compared to obese.
Job of these Bodily hormones in Weight Loss
Since you learn about the job of leptin and ghrelin in inducing the appetite and keeping the satiation, you should intend to increase the production of leptin without boosting fat deposits establishments and likewise attempt to boost the sensitivity of the hypothalamus to leptin. You might include 'leptin meals' in your diet plan. Consult your doctor before selecting 'leptin diet regimen'.
Poor sleeping practices typically aggravate 'leptin resistance'. It is interesting to learn the connection in between leptin and the sleep bodily hormone 'melatonin'. You should have observed that overweight folks commonly fall victim to sleep apnea. If melatonin manufacturing is affected, leptin production additionally acquires had an effect on. So enhancing rest habits can assist preserve good leptin degrees. You must consult your doctor relating to melatonin supplements and leptin supplements. Staying clear of bad fats (saturated fatty tissue) and including excellent fats (like omega-3, canola oil, olive oil) in diet regimen can assist improve leptin manufacturing and can aid prevent leptin resistance also. Similarly, regular workout and low sweets diet plan could assist prevent or NYTimes.com overcome leptin resistance.
By having little and constant meals you could enhance the physical body's production of peptide YY3-36. This is the straightforward secret of weight loss. Simple dietary and way of living modifications can hence help achieve the target of weight management.
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There was a television commercial that played a couple of years ago for a tummy aid. It asked the problem, "Exactly how do you spell 'relief'"?
As an IBS patient, you may be asking yourself the very same inquiry isit safe to take leptiburn when on other medication when it pertains to ensuring normal bowel movements. Would not it be great to merely take a routine proboitic and be regular consequently?
Prior to we consider that concern, we should specify the term 'probiotic' and just how to take it. Right here's some information to aid you make a knowledgeable decision regarding using probiotics in your life:
What is a probiotic? A probiotic advertises healthy digestive tract vegetations and digestive equilibrium, or else known as friendly germs. It will aid you digest meals much more easily, while promoting appropriate bowel motions. I think about a probiotic as a required element initially phases of recovering IBS. You might intend to stop using one when your signs have actually reduced and monitor your bowel's reaction.
How do I take a probiotic? It is very important that you consult your doctor regarding utilizing a probiotic to assist fix your uneven excretion.
I advise taking a probiotic at the start phases of recovering IBS. Some leptiburn coupon probiotics come cooled and have real-time acidophilus, which assists to market great intestinal tract plants. Others do not. Your physician could assist you decide which is most appropriate for your circumstance. For those of you who have my e-book, there is a listing of probiotics that I advise in the sources section of the book. If you do not yet have your copy of The Full Overview of Achieving Liberty from IBS, you could order it via my website at [http://www.happyhealing.net/classes/ibs.htm]
Do I have to take a probiotic for life, once I start? The answer should be NO. The probiotic is just a band-aid to aid you in healing on your own from IBS.
Start initially by transforming your diet plan at a pace that you really feel comfy with. Begin getting rid of bothersome foods and including in additional foods that help enhance great digestive plants, as outlined in my e-book. The e-book will certainly offer you a step-by-step technique to healing on your own from IBS with the steps being ones that are little and manageable and developed for your individual speed.
I travel frequently. Should I take a probiotic? If your doctor believes it's needed, then of course, it would certainly be a terrific idea to take a non-refrigerated model of a probiotic vacationing with you.
This is often an excellent choice given that, on trip or throughout company trip, you are typically off routine for normal meals and might be eating different foods then your physical body is utilized to, making it harder to sustain effective defecation. The probiotic will certainly provide you with more than enough intestinal plants to obtain your with your travel, to ensure that you can relax and appreciate yourself.
Adhering to the above ideas after consulting your medical professional can assist you manage a lot more routine bowel movements much more easily and quickly. Now, isn't really that a terrific means to spell 'relief' on your own?
I believe so and so do the lots of IBS sufferers I have been lucky to work with. If you would certainly such as additional assistance in coping with IBS, satisfy see my website or e-mail me.


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Reston virus
|Reston virus (RESTV)
|Virus classification
|Group V ((-)ssRNA)
|Reston ebolavirus
Reston virus (abbreviated RESTV) was first described in 1990 as a new "strain" of Ebola virus (EBOV), a result of mutation from Ebola virus.[1] It is the single member of the species Reston ebolavirus, which is included into the genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, order Mononegavirales.[2] Reston virus is named after Reston, Virginia, US, where the virus was first discovered.
RESTV was discovered in crab-eating macaques from Hazleton Laboratories (now Covance) in 1989. This attracted significant media attention due to the proximity of Reston to the Washington, DC metro area, and the lethality of a closely related Ebola virus. Despite its status as a level-4 organism, Reston virus is non-pathogenic to humans, though hazardous to monkeys;[3][4] the perception of its lethality was compounded by the monkey's coinfection with Simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV).[5]
Pronunciation and nomenclature[edit]
Reston virus is pronounced 'rɛstən vɑɪrəs (IPA) or res-tuhn vahy-ruhs in English phonetic notation.[2] According to the rules for taxon naming established by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the name Reston virus is always to be capitalized, but is never italicized, and may be abbreviated (with RESTV being the official abbreviation).
Reston virus was first introduced as a new "strain" of Ebola virus in 1990.[1] In 2000, it received the designation Reston Ebola virus[6][7] and in 2002 the name was changed to Reston ebolavirus.[8][9] Previous abbreviations for the virus were EBOV-R (for Ebola virus Reston) and most recently REBOV (for Reston Ebola virus or Reston ebolavirus). The virus received its current designation in 2010, when it was renamed Reston virus (RESTV).[2]
A virus of the species Reston ebolavirus is a Reston virus (RESTV) if it has the properties of Reston ebolaviruses and if its genome diverges from that of the prototype Reston virus, Reston virus variant Pennsylvania (RESTV/Pen), by ≤10% at the nucleotide level.[2]
While investigating an outbreak of Simian hemorrhagic fever (SHFV) in November 1989, an electron microscopist from USAMRIID named Thomas W. Geisbert discovered filoviruses similar in appearance to Ebola virus in tissue samples taken from Crab-eating Macaque imported from the Philippines to Hazleton Laboratories in Reston, Virginia. The filovirus was further isolated by Dr. Peter B. Jahrling, and over the period of three months over a third of the monkeys died—at a rate of two or three a day.[10]
Blood samples were taken from 178 animal handlers during the incident.[11] Of them, six eventually seroconverted, testing positive using ELISA. They remained, however, asymptomatic. In January 1990, an animal handler at Hazelton cut himself while performing a necropsy on the liver of an infected Cynomolgus. Under the direction of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the animal handler was placed under surveillance for the duration of the incubation period. When the animal handler failed to become ill, it was concluded that the virus had a low pathogenicity in humans.[12]
Following the discovery of a filovirus in Crab-eating Macaques, an investigation tracing the infection was conducted by the CDC. The monkeys were imported from the Philippines, which had no previous record of SHFV or ebolavirus infections. It was suspected that the monkeys contracted both diseases while in transit aboard KLM airlines before reaching Reston. Shipments were tracked to New York City, Texas, and Mexico City, none of which produced cases of infection.[13]
By January 1990, Hazelton Laboratories recovered from its previous losses and began importing monkeys again from the same establishment in Manila that had provided the original animals. The imported monkeys became infected and were euthanized.[11] In early February the CDC received reports of the disease in Alice, Texas. In March the Division of Quarantine at the CDC secured a temporary ban on the importation of monkeys into the United States from anywhere in the world.[14]
Following the announcement of the filovirus disease outbreak in Reston, Virginia, a serosurvey was conducted to assess the prevalence of the infection. Of the several hundred serums received by the CDC, approximately ten percent showed some reaction to ebolavirus antigen—though usually at low levels. Counterintuitively, the majority of the monkeys found positive were from Indonesia.[15]
In May 1990 an investigation led by Susan Fisher-Hoch, Steve Ostroff, and Jerry Jennings was sent to Indonesia. During the investigation, it was hypothesized that there could be a cross infection since monkeys suspected of illness were typically placed in gang cages containing up to twenty to thirty other monkeys suspected of illness. Upon arrival they were told that most of the monkeys were imported from the island of Sumatra. The investigation team found no trace of the virus in either case.[16]
Following the investigation in Indonesia, an experiment was conducted in the level-4 lab at the CDC campus in DeKalb County, Georgia with thirty-two monkeys: sixteen Green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) and sixteen Crab-eating Macaques. Half of the sixteen Green monkeys and Crab-eating Macaques were infected with Reston virus and the other half with Ebola virus. Ebola virus infection was lethal to nearly all monkeys. However, most of the monkeys infected with Reston virus recovered in a month. The surviving monkeys were kept for two years to detect any trace of the virus - none was found. However, the monkeys continued to possess a high level of antigen.[5]
Following the test at the CDC campus in DeKalb County, two of the monkeys who had survived Reston virus infection were infected with a very large dose of the Ebola virus in an effort to produce an Ebola vaccine. One of the two monkeys remained resistant; the second died.[5]
The physical building in which the outbreak occurred was demolished on 30 May 1995 and a new building constructed in its place. This facility, which is part of the Isaac Newton Square office park, at 1946 Isaac Newton Sq W, became a PALS Early Learning and Child Care Center, then became a Mulberry Child Care and preschool center as of 2007, and as of 2009 it became a KinderCare.[17]
Reston virus reemerged in Italy in 1992, and again in a monkey export facility in the Philippines in 1996.
On 11 December 2008, pigs from farms slightly north of Manila, Philippines tested positive for the virus. The CDC and the World Health Organization are investigating.[18] On 23 January 2009, Philippine health officials announced that a hog farm worker had been infected with the virus. Although the man was asymptomatic and the source of the infection is uncertain, this could represent the first case of pig-to-human transmission of Reston virus - a fact that could cause concern, as pigs may be able to transmit more deadly diseases to humans. The situation is undergoing further investigation.[19]
- ^ Hazleton Research Products 1946 Isaac Newton Square W, Reston, Virginia, United States
- ^ At the onset of infection the body does not produce detectable amounts of antibody within the Blood plasma, however this does not signify that the patient is free of infection. When the body begins to produce antibody, it becomes "seroconverted".
- ^ Ebola virus has not been confirmed to spread naturally by airborne means with the exception of experiments conducted by USAMRIID and the Soviet Union. Since Reston virus is closely related to Ebola virus, it was inferred that it could not spread by airborne means.[13]
- ^ The test was developed for the 1976 Ebola virus epidemic. It responded well in outbreak situations where individuals had or have had a recent infection, however, the test conducted following Reston produced potentially ambiguous results.[15]
- ^ In an effort to evaluate the original test, Dr. Karl Johnson from the CDC tested San Blas Indians from Central America: which have no history of Ebola virus infection. It produced a two percent positive. Other researchers later tested sera from Native Americans in Alaska and found a similar percentage of positive. To combat the false positives a more complex test based on the ELISA system was developed by Tom Kzaisek at USAMRIID which was later improved with Immunofluorescent antibody analysis (IFA). It was however not used during the serosurvey following Reston.[15]
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- ^ McCormick & Fisher-Hoch 1999, p. 300
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- ^ Mayo, M. A. (2002). "ICTV at the Paris ICV: results of the plenary session and the binomial ballot". Archives of Virology 147 (11): 2254–60. doi:10.1007/s007050200052.
- ^ McCormick & Fisher-Hoch 1999, pp. 277–279
- ^ a b Waterman, Tara (1999). "Ebola Reston Outbreak Standford Honors Thesis". Stanford University. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ McCormick & Fisher-Hoch 1999, pp. 298–299
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- ^ http://www.kindercare.com/our-centers/center-details/303031/
- ^ Gale, Jason (2008-12-11). "Pig Ebola May Lead Scientists to 'Elusive Reservoir' of Virus". New York City: Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
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External links[edit]
- ICTV Files and Discussions - Discussion forum and file distribution for the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses