text: Repositório Colecção: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/8 2014-09-24T04:28:10Z 2014-09-24T04:28:10Z Carotenoid stability in fruits, vegetables and working standards – Effect of storage temperature and time Dias, M.Graça Camões, M.Filomena Oliveira, Luisa http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2334 2014-07-24T01:00:17Z 2014-02-02T00:00:00Z Título: Carotenoid stability in fruits, vegetables and working standards – Effect of storage temperature and time Autor: Dias, M.Graça; Camões, M.Filomena; Oliveira, Luisa Resumo: The effects of freezing and storage temperature on the mass fraction of a- and b-carotene, b-cryptoxanthin, lutein, lycopene and zeaxanthin in minimally processed fresh food products, were evaluated after sample preparation, extraction and saponification (only when strictly necessary). Effects of freezing and long-term stability were studied at two temperatures, 20 and 70 C, using high performance liquid chromatography (reversed phase columns, UV–Vis diode array detector) at time points during storage; measurement uncertainty was included in the evaluation. Stability of working standard solutions was also examined. Freezing did not affect the carotenoid mass fraction under the conditions studied. Carotenoids in orange, cherry, peach, apple, and kale were stable (except a-carotene and zeaxanthin in peach) for 13, 9.7, 5.7, 2.5 and 7.5 months, respectively. For these food sample matrices, no significant difference between the freezing/storage at 20 and 70 C was observed. Standard solutions (0.05– 5 lg/mL) were stable for at least 6 months at 70 C, except lycopene which at 0.05 lg/mL was apparently stable only for six weeks. 2014-02-02T00:00:00Z Traditional foods from Black Sea region as a potential source of minerals Albuquerque, T.G. Costa, H.S. Sanches-Silva, A. Santos, M. Trichopoulou, A. D'Antuono, L.F. Alexieva, I. Boyko, N. Costea, C. Fedosova, K. Karpenko, D. Kilasonia, Z. Koçaoglu, B. Finglas, P. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2007 2014-07-01T01:10:36Z 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z Título: Traditional foods from Black Sea region as a potential source of minerals Autor: Albuquerque, T.G.; Costa, H.S.; Sanches-Silva, A.; Santos, M.; Trichopoulou, A.; D'Antuono, L.F.; Alexieva, I.; Boyko, N.; Costea, C.; Fedosova, K.; Karpenko, D.; Kilasonia, Z.; Koçaoglu, B.; Finglas, P. Resumo: BACKGROUND: In the past few years, minerals have assumed great importance in public health. As a consequence, considerable research has been carried out to better understand their physiological role and the health consequences of mineral-deficient diets, to establish criteria for defining the degree of public health severity of malnutrition, and to develop prevention and control strategies. In most countries, there is limited information on the mineral content of traditional foods, and consequently it is very difficult to estimate mineral intake across these countries. RESULTS: Ten minerals were quantified in 33 traditional foods from Black Sea area countries. Our results indicate a considerable variability among the analysed traditional foods; nevertheless, the most abundant components were sodium (ranging from 40.0 to 619 mg 100 g−1, for kvass southern and herbal dish, respectively), potassium (varied between 45.5 mg 100 g−1 for millet ale and 938 mg 100 g−1 for roasted sunflower seeds), and phosphorus (22.2 mg 100 g−1 and 681 mg 100 g−1 for sauerkraut and roasted sunflower seeds, respectively). CONCLUSION: This is the first study that provides validated data on the mineral content for 33 traditional foods from Black Sea area countries, which is important in order to elucidate their role in the dietary pattern of populations and to preserve and promote these foods. 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z Program Obesity Zero (POZ) – a community based intervention to address overweight primary school children from five Portuguese municipalities Rito, A.I. Carvalho, M.A. Ramos, C. Breda, J. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/1988 2014-07-01T01:11:10Z 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z Título: Program Obesity Zero (POZ) – a community based intervention to address overweight primary school children from five Portuguese municipalities Autor: Rito, A.I.; Carvalho, M.A.; Ramos, C.; Breda, J. Resumo: OBJECTIVE: Results of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative indicated that on average one out of four primary-school children is overweight or obese. Portugal presented one of the highest prevalences of obesity. Childhood obesity prevention and treatment should be a top priority. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Program Obesity Zero (POZ), a multi-component, community-, family- and school-based childhood obesity intervention. DESIGN: Parents and children attended four individual nutrition and physical activity counselling sessions, a one-day healthy cooking workshop and two school extracurricular sessions of nutrition education. Waist circumference, BMI, physical activity level, sedentary behaviours, and nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitudes and behaviour were assessed at baseline and after 6 months. Diet was assessed using two 24 h recalls, at baseline and at 6 months. SETTING: Five Portuguese municipalities and local communities. SUBJECTS: Two hundred and sixty-six overweight children (BMI ≥ 85th percentile) aged 6-10 years, from low-income families in five Portuguese municipalities, were assigned to the intervention. RESULTS: Children showed reductions in waist circumference (-2.0 cm; P < 0.0001), mean BMI (-0.7 kg/m2; P < 0.0001) and BMI-for-age percentile (-1.7; P < 0.0001) at 6 months. Overall, children's intake of fruit and vegetables was <400 g/d throughout the intervention. After 6 months, higher fibre consumption and an apparent decrease in sugary soft drinks intake to a quarter of that observed at baseline (mean intake: 198 ml/d at baseline), with improvements in physical activity levels and screen time <2 h/d, were also observed. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggested that POZ is a promising intervention programme, at municipality level, to tackle childhood overweight and obesity. 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z Comparison of leafy kale populations from Italy, Portugal, and Turkey for their bioactive compound content: phenolics, glucosinolates, carotenoids, and chlorophylls Ferioli, F. Giambanelli, E. D'Antuono, L.F. Costa, H.S. Albuquerque, T.G. Sanches-Silva, A. Hayran, O. Koçaoglu, B. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/1937 2014-07-01T01:10:22Z 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z Título: Comparison of leafy kale populations from Italy, Portugal, and Turkey for their bioactive compound content: phenolics, glucosinolates, carotenoids, and chlorophylls Autor: Ferioli, F.; Giambanelli, E.; D'Antuono, L.F.; Costa, H.S.; Albuquerque, T.G.; Sanches-Silva, A.; Hayran, O.; Koçaoglu, B. Resumo: BACKGROUND: Kales are primitive leafy Brassica oleracea L. forms, widespread in local farming systems of several European countries and employed in the preparation of traditional recipes. Kales are also potential sources of healthy bioactive phytochemical components. The present study compared the bioactive compound content of kale populations from Italy, Portugal, and Turkey, either from local sources or grown in an experimental field. RESULTS: Total phenolics, glucosinolates (GLS), carotenoids, and chlorophylls were in the ranges 8310–38 110, 755–8580, 135–2354, and 1740–16 924 mg kg−1 dry matter, respectively. On average, locally harvested samples showed a total GLS content about twice as high as populations from the experiment. Conversely, pigments were significantly more abundant in experimental than in local kales, owing to the higher soil fertility. Portuguese samples showed higher phenolic and GLS amounts than Italian and Turkish kales, whereas some of the Italian samples were the richest in carotenoids. CONCLUSION: This paper represented the first cross-country comparison of local kale accessions with respect to bioactive compound amounts. Both geographic origin and growing environment appeared to be remarkable and discriminating factors in determining bioactive levels in leafy kales, with possible effects on their health-promoting and sensorial attributes. 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z


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She made beautiful music singing with gospel quartet The Daughters of Vision. Tragically, family friends say Lori Stanford, a wife and mother of three boys, was murdered -- shot multiple times in the family's home on the 3900 block of Bedford.
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"The world that we live in, it's a crazy world, and people make crazy decisions," said Pastor Charles Laster, a family friend. "It's devastating. I've cried for hours."
Pastor Laster says Tony is a musician, and the couple's three boys also sing. He can't imagine what would have caused this. We're told the boys were inside the house when the murder took place.
"Any children that have to go through such a thing, it's a tragedy," said Laster.
Sources say the suspect took the three boys to a friend's house before turning himself in to police. We're told the children didn't see anything. Their mother was killed in a different part of the house.
"I can't assume [any] motive. It could have been something that the family just had among themselves," said a neighbor, who described the family as "good hearted, church going" people.
According to Facebook posts, the couple just celebrated their 16th anniversary in January, but more recently, a friend says Lori posted something saying their marriage was through. Now her page is flooded with messages from grieving friends and relatives. One reads, "I'm so lost for words, why? why?"
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"It is hard to imagine anyone who will by the level of their skill and personality have a greater influence on the sport he loved so much," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Doug Beal said in a statement. "Gene's accomplishments are legendary, and he was truly someone who became larger than life."
Selznick was born in March 19, 1930, in Los Angeles, where he lived for most of his life outside of a stay in Brooklyn during his youth.
He attended Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, where he played volleyball. He later played the sport when he was stationed in Okinawa with the Army during the Korean War.
His broad-shouldered, barrel-chested, 6-foot, 2-inch frame could usually be found on a beach, especially in Santa Monica, where he showcased his talents and organized some of the first sand tournaments.
"There are still [Will Rogers] State Beach hangers-on who are convinced that the recent oil seepage off Santa Barbara resulted from reverberations from Selznick cannon shots pounded into the sand," The Times' Patrick McNulty wrote in a 1969 article about the sport.
Selznick was a dominant player who won 38 of the 63 tournaments he played in, with 19 runner-up finishes. He excelled on offense and defense, on the sand and on indoor courts.
He was captain of the U.S. men's national volleyball team from 1953 to 1967, and his teams won world championships in 1960 and 1966.
The versatile Selznick also coached the men's Olympic beach volleyball team of Sinjin Smith and Carl Henkel to a fifth-place finish in Atlanta in 1996 and the women's Olympic team of Misty May-Treanor and Holly McPeak to fifth place in Sydney in 2000.
"The first time I met him, to be honest, he really rubbed me the wrong way," McPeak said. "He told me how bad I was and that I could really use some work.
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Selznick, who was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1988, had endeavors outside of the sport. He owned parking lots along the Sunset Strip and managed restaurants. He loved to dance and had a famous sweet tooth that would rival that of any child. But he never strayed far from the game, one in which he earned countless honors and awards.
"I think he's probably put more effort and time into this sport than any other individual in the history of it," said his son, Dane, who also coached in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
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No Mike. The first time the world saw, it saw dining with publicans and harlots. The second time the world saw preaching to goyim. The third time it saw refusing to worship Caesar.
It would be useful for the world to see love. But it is more important that there be love. What the world sees is secondary.
Yes, maybe it's time for us to start changing the world from within (starting from within us) rather an from the outside first. Jesus said the world would know us as His disciples from our love. But is that what the world usually sees first?
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Date: July 12, 2012
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And what would you say if the mayor of Sarasota called you and said, "I know we told you two weeks ago you weren't good enough for me and my four City Commission colleagues, but now we have changed our minds. We'd like to offer you the city manager job."?
To be polite, you probably would say: "Thank you, I appreciate the offer and confidence in me, but I think I'm going to stay where I am." All the while you're saying that, you're thinking: "And you think I would now want to go to work for you guys? Are you kidding?"
And, really, are they serious? The commissioners are thinking they might want to try to persuade one of the four finalists they rejected to take the job?
Too late, commissioners. You've built a dirty nest, and now you have to sleep in it and figure out how to clean it up.
Here are suggestions on the latter:
1) Replace outgoing Interim City Manager Terry Lewis with Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown. Promote Brown to interim city manager and tell him the job is his to lose.
We know he and former City Manager Bob Bartolotta are under investigation for alleged email scrubbing. But if Brown hasn't been dismissed for that up to now, let it play out. The fact he is still deputy city manager says he has credibility and adds value to the organization.
Give him the opportunity to rise to the occasion. What's more, he knows the city and City Hall.
If Bartolotta thought enough of Brown to appoint Brown as his top assistant, that is tantamount to Bartolotta saying he had enough confidence in Brown to lead the city's day-to-day operations in the event the proverbial bus knocked Bartolotta out.
Commissioners Paul Caragiulo and Shannon Snyder should take one for the team. Get over their buggaboos about Brown being a Bartolotta guy. Express reservations about Brown, and then add: "I hope for the city he proves me wrong."
2) Appoint Mayor Suzanne Atwell as interim city manager. That would be a wonderful test for what it would be like to have an elected CEO mayor.
This idea will bring scoffs and "you can't do that" comments, but all the charter says about hiring a city manager is he/she "shall be appointed solely on the basis of professional qualifications."
Some might argue Atwell doesn't have the professional qualifications. But neither does the charter say what those qualifications must be.
3) Advertise locally for another interim city manager who will agree to serve for up to two years. The executive talent pool in Greater Sarasota is deep (Remember Jody Hudgins?). Once appointed, Mayor Atwell, commissioners and neighborhood association and business leaders should form a coalition to draft an acceptable charter amendment that would shift the city's governance to an elected CEO mayor.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Paying tribute to two decades of success in helping to curb the nation's dropout crisis, the National Guard Youth Foundation's ChalleNGe Champions Gala will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program by bringing together alumni from 20 years ago, this year's upcoming graduates and many in between, along with noted celebrities. The event, presented by BAE Systems, will be held on Tuesday, February 26th at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. from 5:30 – 10:00 p.m., ET.
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Since the first program started in 1993, ChalleNGe – which gives young people who have dropped out of school a second chance to earn a high school diploma, GED or return to high school – has helped more than 115,000 teens turn their lives around.
"Over the past 20 years, the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program has proven itself as a leader in combating the dropout crisis," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., co-chair of the National Guard Youth Foundation Honorary Board of Directors. "As one of the most effective tools for at-risk youth looking to turn their lives around, this is a program worth celebrating and strengthening, especially as it reaches this tremendous milestone. I am deeply proud of the National Guard's continued leadership and commitment to solving this national epidemic."
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Notables attending include NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., singer/songwriter Kaley Caperton, country music star LeAnn Rimes, WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston and Gospel legend Kenny Bishop. FOX News' Jon Scott will serve as emcee for the event.
This year, singer/songwriter and NGYF Spokesperson Kaley Caperton, will debut "Red, White and Beautiful," a song she co-wrote with country music legends Dave Robbins and Billy Austin to honor members of the National Guard who work to improve outcomes for troubled teenagers and those teenagers who have the courage to turn their lives around.
"I am so proud to be involved with the National Guard Youth Foundation, they do incredible work giving teenagers a second chance. I want for these cadets the courage to DREAM, the faith to BELIEVE and the drive to ACHIEVE. It will be my honor to perform 'Red White and Beautiful' for them," says Platinum Pen songwriter/artist, Kaley Caperton.
The event also underscores the importance of strengthening public-private partnerships to bolster the effort to re-engage out-of-school youth. The following individuals will receive ChalleNGe Champions awards for their commitment to combating the dropout crisis:
U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V.
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About The National Guard Youth Foundation
The National Guard Youth Foundation, a 501(c)(3), supports the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program's efforts to address the nation's high school dropout crisis by giving troubled youth a second chance, helping them graduate and continue their education or join the skilled workforce in America. The Foundation awards scholarships and facilitates internships and job opportunities for ChalleNGe graduates. The Foundation is also working with ChalleNGe to scale the program to impact more youth at risk of being lost and forgotten. To learn more about the Foundation's initiatives, please visit www.ngyf.org.
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My husband and I have been trying to conceive for about 2 years now. I have had multiple miscarriages and 2 ectopic pregnancies. I AM ONLY 24 #*&$^(@ YEARS OLD!!! How can this be happening to me?! It is so frustrating. I just want that little baby I see in my dreams every night. How can I cope with this. My fertility doctor is starting me on Clomid if I don't get pregnant by christmas. What can I expect?


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Eight months into 2011, and APD is already reporting 17 homicides throughout the city. Only two of the cases remain unsolved, says Sgt. Trish Hoffman. Officer-involved shootings are not included in those numbers. To see what's near your address, go to crimemapping.com. (EK)
Kirtland Air Force Base
Kirtland Air Force Base is a morass of frightening stuff—namely, nuclear weapons and a massive jet fuel hemorrhage. Although Air Force head honchos neither confirm nor deny numbers, an estimated 2,000 nuclear warheads lie in underground storage at the base. If the threat of a Duke City nuclear holocaust isn't enough, there's also Albuquerque's version of the BP spill. Millions of gallons of Air Force jet fuel creep closer and closer to southeastern Albuquerque neighborhoods every day. The base says the fuel seepage originated during a '50s era pipe leak. Although it hasn't hit drinking water wells, it has reached the monitoring wells and is nearing reserve water sources. (EK)
Red-Light Cameras
A contract with Arizona-based Redflex expired in Oct. 2010, and we thought they were gone. No such luck. A month later Mayor Richard Berry reinstated red-light cameras at 14 intersections throughout the city. Not only do the cameras catch you red-handed, estimates say that an additional $370,000 was needed in tax money to keep the program in place. On average, 73 citations are issued per month and make up one-third of the city's moving violation tickets. Data from 2010 put the intersection at Central and Coors as the clear frontrunner, with 3,036 citations issued between January and August. Add that to 4,385 citations at the same intersection in 2009. Fines are $75 and can be paid by mail or online. The question of whether to keep the system in place goes to Albuquerque voters on Oct. 4. For more on these robocop cameras: 1.usa.gov/abqredlightcameras. (EK)
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A few months ago I ran across the uber-left-code-pink-mobile:
Entertaining, yes, but not a huge surprise in the Breakaway Republic of Berkeley. But then yesterday, right there on Telegraph Avenue, two blocks from the university campus, I stumble upon something which looks like it should be hauling gear to a monster truck show in Omaha.
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Multinational Corporations and the State in Conflict: Structural Power and Domestic Structures as Determinants of Outcome
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Multinational corporations have been the source of contention and debate for several decades, among academics and politicians alike. Much of the discourse over multinationals has focussed on their perceived impacts on state sovereignty or deciphering whether they are harmful or beneficial to states. However, contending approaches provide us with little understanding of the sources of their power. This thesis approaches conflicts between multinational corporations and states with this as its central query. The three cases - Union Carbide in Bhopal, India; Toshiba Corporation and the United States; and pharmaceutical multinationals in Canada - are examined, collectively and individually, so as to evaluate the various prevailing approaches and assumptions regarding the power of multinational corporations. Although it is recognized that these approaches have their merits, the case studies strongly affirm the value and necessity of incorporating other factors into an analysis of the power of a multinational corporation during a conflict with a state. As such, the case studies establish that, in instances of contention with a state, structural power and domestic structures are more cogent determinants of outcomes, or power, of a multinational corporation than are traditional methods of evaluating power.
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Madison (WQOW) - In a straight party line vote, state Republicans
reject billions in funds to expand Medicaid. Tuesday afternoon, the state's
budget committee rejected accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid for the
next six years.
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why this decision was made in the way that it was," says Rep. Dana Wachs, (D-91st
Assembly District).
Tempers flared in Madison, as the state's
joint budget committee took up a vote on Medicaid expansion.
"I've been on the
BadgerCare waiting list since last year. Say yes to BadgerCare," shouted one
protester, as he was removed from the Joint Finance Committee Chambers.
On Tuesday, the Joint Finance
Committee rejected accepting $4 billion in federal funds to expand Medicaid
through 2019.
"Governor Walker
should be applauded for putting forth a healthcare reform that gives certainty
to how we're going to deal with this issue," says Committee Chair Senator
Alberta Darling (R-8th Senate District).
Republicans say there's
no certainty the federal money will actually be there for the next several
years, and taxpayers would remain on the hook for those costs.
"In the second
fiscal year of this coming biennium, our plan would spend $76 million, almost
$77 million in federal money, and their plan would spend $444 million dollars,"
says Rep. Dean Knudson (R-30th Assembly District).
But Democrats say the
governor's plan would knock tens of thousands of people off Medicaid, due to
tightening of eligibility requirements for the program.
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I think it's nonsensical and I think it's not very nice, to be quite frank. To
leave people, in the throws of living life with no alternative in health
insurance, I don't get it," says Rep. Wachs.
But the real battle
could just be beginning, as the Senate and Assembly must pass the budget
proposal as well.
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very controversial policy decisions that are being put upon us in this budget
without being pulled and voted on separately," says Rep. Wachs. "I think
there's a lot of people on the other side of the aisle that are scratching
their heads, too.
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is also looking at the expansion of the state's voucher program lateTuesday night.
The full legislature is expected to take up the budget proposal sometime this
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The Asian American Political Alliance is people. It is a people's alliance to effect social and political changes.
Besides being incredibly active during the Third World Liberation Front, AAPA was also directly involved in community outreach and development. AAPA would provide services to Oakland Chinatown, San Francisco Chinatown, Manilatown, and other Asian American communities. For example, a couple of AAPA members spent a weekend in Delano, CA in order to learn more the Delano Grape Workers' Strike. They were also very active in the fight for the International Hotel and mobilized many Asian Americans and other community members to prevent the eviction of the senior citizens living in the hotel. AAPA was more than a student organization. It was a community organization.


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Over the weekend, I chanced across the SAA winelist for June 2000, a family member's holiday momento. The wines in business class were Eikendal Chardonnay 1998 and Darling Cellars Groenekloof Pinotage 1998 while the so-called premier selection wines … [Read more...]
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Neil Ellis Elgin Chardonnay 2003
The inaugural RE:CM 10 Year Old Wine Awards attracted 73 reds from 39 producers but what of the whites from that vintage? Colleague Angela Lloyd pulled seven examples from her cellar and I added an eighth in the form of Vergelegen CWG Auction Reserve … [Read more...]
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Last night I revisited the Merlot 2010 from La Bri in Franschhoek for the first time since it won the trophy for best in class at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. I was on the panel along with Angela Lloyd and Anthony Rose which judged Merlot and … [Read more...]
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Earlier today the Cape Winemakers Guild facilitated a blind tasting of the wines to be sold at this year's auction by a group of local wine journalist, the venue being Nitida Cellars in Durbanville. Those participating included Tim James of The … [Read more...]
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06.04.07 - By Gabriel DeCrease: As fight-fans eagerly and cantankerously await and debate the upcoming rematch of the highly controversial cruiserweight boxing title-fight between Pole, Krysztof Wlodarczyk, and American, Steve USS Cunningham, I wonder, is all this attention grown out of genuine interest in the fight? I doubt it. The buzz is born of pure, unadulterated spite that flows both ways across the continental divide..
Cunningham did not enter the sport to the tune of blaring trumpets, and has not, until now, really been at the center of much hype or consideration. He has been little more than a steady, but undistinguished, contender. Wlodarczyk has hometown hero status in Poland. In fact, he may be the countrys most popular boxing fighter next to the now-depreciated Tomaz Adamek. However, Wlodarczyks renown fades fast when you look outside his native bordersor, at least, that was the case until this latest controversy began picking up steam.
Unlike Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton, Wlodarczyk has not managed to pick up legions of fans across Europe. Why? His record is thin, to say the least, and contains some surprisingly unspectacular performances against surprisingly unspectacular opposition. The same can be said, to a lesser degree, for Cunningham. Both guys have been good, but never great, especially not against each other. So why, again, all the talk about the rematch?
Why so much demand for a rematch that will probably be as much of a bore as the originaland no less controversial or disputed at that?
Oh yes, I know! Its because American and European fight fans, fighters, journalists, promoters, and matchmakers love to hate and slander one anotherand they will seize any opportunity to say they cannot get a fair decision on the others turf, that they get rookd on the payday, that the other side makes outrageous demands, and engages in all sorts of hometown hanky-panky to try to offset the odds or create an advantage.
In this case Cunningham was quoted as saying, I thought Poland and most of the people I met in Warsaw were great
but I dont think theyre capable of staging a fair fight especially when one of their own is in the ring.
Wlodarczyks people have continuously upheld the scoring, and their decisions regarding the many controversies leading up to the fight. It has been widely reported that Wlodarczyks manager, Andrew Wasilewski, has maintained publicly that Cunningham was not subjected to any cruel and unusual mistreatment, that he was not denied his right to a fair fight, and that the Americans were unreasonable in their expectation that they could dictate the terms and conditions of the fight down to the detail simply because they were traveling to fight Wlodarczyk for the vacant IBF boxing strap in his home country.
Richie Giachetti, Cunninghams manager and trainer, said The Polish commission told us four days before the fight that they were replacing an Italian judge with a Polish judge regardless of the fact he had never scored a world championship fight
they told me there would be no fight if the Polish judge wasnt allowed to score. Ive never seen anything like it.
Everybody, naturally, thinks their version of the truth is the only version of the truth. However, that is a risky tenet to embrace in a cruiserweight-world wherein 2005ONeil Bell won a decision over Dale Brown on all three cards after Brown dominated and tamed an unusually befuddled-seeming and ungraceful Bell for the duration.
Moreover, the cruiserweight division has not garnered sustained-interest since the fearsome, awesome days of a young, fresh, 190-pound Evander Holyfield punching his heart out in a division that was deep with the likes of Dwight Muhammad Qawi and Matthew Saad Muhammad. To even drop those names in print brings back a kind of terrific tremor of nostalgia that tells the tale of why the public has lost interest in the cruiserweight boxing crownand dont tell me its the lack of a unified champion. It is a lot more than a waist-full of belts that separates Wlodarczyk and Cunningham (and even their betters, ONeil Bell and Jean-Marc Mormeck) from The Real Deal and The Camden Buzzsaw.
The division is fallen from its peak. That is obvious. The issue at hand is that of a rematch that is being glorified so it can serve as a rationalization for geographically-opposed fight fans to get at one another like wild dogs.
Allow me to color in the background before lamenting the current foolishness. I will, for the sake of brevity, present a massively-truncated history of the recently-reinvigorated rivalry. Decades ago, Two Ton Tony Galento, plodding, rugged, brawl-happy, Depression-era slugger-contender was once asked how he felt about William Shakespeare. Galento snapped back, "Shakespeare? I ain't never heard of him. I suppose he's one of them foreign heavyweights. They're all lousy. Sure as hell, I'll murder the bum." Therein rests a candid expression of the animosity that existed long before Galento ever entered a ring, and has since endured with no less fervor in any decade since. Not to be too reductive, or to oversimplify the problem, butif I am to call it as I have seen itthe American boxing establishment views Europe as a breeding ground for soft, boringly-technical, porcelain-jawed amateurs that hide behind nervous footwork and long jabs that paw away from a fight. Americans (fans, fighters, writers, and just about everybody else) often make off-the-cuff claims that Euro-pugs have no heart, no fire, no stones, and these accusations are frequently supported with accusations that European champions will not put their titles on the line outside the support system of hometown fans and judges in their native countries.
There are plenty of fightersSven Ottke being the best examplewhose careers seem to validate these accusations. On the other end of the adversarial relationship, Europeans often look at American boxing fighters as one-dimensional bangers who lack the technical acumen to do anything but wing haymakers one-at-a-timeand fight dirty when they find themselves out-boxed and outclassedthink Sam Peter v. Vladimir Klitschko.
Euros are also often wary of dealing with what they consider to be a corrupt and biased crop of unscrupulous promoters with pockets stuffed with ill-gotten riches, steroid-pumped fighters, and crooked judges. And, to be fair, there is as much proof to confirm these accusations as there is to confirm the accusations from across the sea.
This hostility is not unique. With regard to the fight game, there is considerable enmity between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans, between various nations in the Pacific Rim, in the States there is a long-standing heated rivalry between the West Coast and the East Coast, between Los Anglesites and New Yorkers
the list of rivalries in boxingas in all thingsis nearly endless. And, to some degree they sell tickets, put butts in seats, and move pay-per-view units. But sometimes the rivalries get in the way of fair play and begin to stall the machinery. Healthy competition and a justifiable, or natural, pride in your tribe can become obtrusive and generate an icy and wholly unproductive stalemate. There is a reason, I suppose, that The Second World War is viewed as the grandest clash of military giants the planet has ever known, and the Cold War ignominiously collapsed and holds no special place in the collective consciousness. Nothing gets resolved in this case and partisan-pugilism is reduced to international prejudice. The latest run of The Contender pitted a team of American fighters against a team of British fighters. The point was to foster contempt. It worked, but it was mostly ugly, and excuses and insults are raining down in the wake. I refuse to even publicize the debacle by referring specifically to the fights. The Americans won, not that such a competition says anything about the quality of the boxing culture of a country, or a continent, though, clearly, it was meant to.
My goal here is not to take a side. Or evaluate the examples that might be cited to support either side of the feud. The only way to evaluate fighters is on a case-by-case basis. There are rugged, hard, unbreakable fighters from every corner of the globe. There are cotton-jawed, feather fisted wimps lacing up gloves with under the banners of every country with a prize ring. One man, in one career experienced the pinnacle of brass-balls determination and the depth of quitters hellI am speaking, of course, of Roberto Duran. So, does that make all Panamanian boxers simultaneously indestructible heroes and half-hearted milquetoasts? No. Every fighter can only be measured by his actions in each fight. The career of one fighter can be so variable and contradictory. How could one fight, between two guys, possibly have far-reaching implications about the greateror lessercharacter of two nations, or two continents? In a perfect world, the fans of both fighters would laude and honor any two combatants who put on a good show, make a good fight, or bleed gloriously to thrill the masses. In most fights, the fighters, no matter how bitterly divided beforehand, touch gloves to begin to the twelfth, or after a bloody-good round, as if to acknowledge the grander universality of fistic combat.
Back to the predicament in which the fight game currently finds itself. Unclench your fists, stop rattling off those nasty ethno-racial epithets and watch the damn Wlodarczyk v. Cunningham fight again. Both guys came up short, and looked a few rungs below a place at the top of the divisional boxing ladderwhich is what they have both since claimed. Steve Cunninghamthe taller, rangier of the twoused his jab somewhat effectively, but too sparingly from the outside and sometimes set up one-twos and combos that seemed tentative and never landed very cleanly. Wlodarczyk had little answer for Cunninghams work from a distance. But Wlodarczyk was just as dominant with his work in close-quarters. He pressed the fights most spirited action on the inside, and landed fewer, but harder punches that found their mark more fully.
Whether you are a die-hard Polish nationalist or a fifth-generation red-white-and-blue-blooded Yankee Doodle, you must admit, there was little sustained action. A tentative fight is hard to score. And whoever loses should go home blaming himself for underperforming, not blaming the judges or referee for not siding with them on a toss-up in which neither man stated his case.
If I were ringside and manning a scorecard I would have called it a draw. I was not impressed with what I saw. I was especially disappointed that neither of the two young, fresh, well-conditioned fighters was willing to do much more than sleepwalk through a sparring session. You could have predicted that Cunningham would do better work at range and give way to Wlodarczyk when pinned-down on the inside. Both fighters should have felt the urgent need to press the action in the fightand for the sake of their futures turn in a spirited, determined, dominant performance. All they gave was schlock from bell-to-bell and a lot of excuses afterward when the only thing worse than their fighting was the judging.
Not that he will get much credit in light of the controversy, but Tony Weeks did a fine job refereeing. And, incidentally, I have yet to see an interview in which Wlodarczyk or anyone from his camp complained or protested in advance of the fight that an American would be the third man in the ring.
In an unsigned article by an online boxing columnist, A Polish and a German judge ruled in favor of Wlodarczyk by the respective scores of 115-113 and 116-112, while the third judge, an American, saw the contest a near-shutout for the Philadelphia-born Cunningham at 119-109. When rules disputes arose in the week leading up to the fight
disagreements ensued on many issues including ring size, gloves to be used, and a last-minute judge change, issues which were never satisfactorily addressed by any of the usual and customary procedures normally adhered to in a world championship bout. Clearly, the American and European boxing worlds have reached an impasse.
The Poles pulled last minute maneuvers to tinker with the lineup at the judges table, monkeyd and with the regulations. The Americans went in with a bad attitude and started making sweeping indictments. Nothing that happened here contributed to a good, clean, fair, or entertaining fight. If I wanted this kind of drama I would watch daytime soaps. If I wanted legalese I would watch Judge Judy rerunsthough Mills Lane did, after all, preside over a televised, trumped-up courtroom.
And now, there will, no doubt be an instant replay of the fiasco. The rematch has already been scheduled, cancelled, scheduled, and called-off again. Last I heard the thing was 100% on for late May 2007, and scheduled, inexplicably enough, to be held in Poland. And now, as I am prepared to go to press with this lament the fight has been yanked from the calendar. Ridiculous.
I suspect that, humorously enough, as long as all the players are eager to slit each others throats, the fight will be made, eventually. But, honestly, I would rather see Mormeck and Bell, the better-but-not-great tops in the division, in my opinion, draw straws and dispatch these guys on a co-feature on the same card. They could hold the event in Antarcticato be ultimately guiltless in terms of geographical favoritism. That, sadly, is only a silly, but ideal, pipe-dream.
You know the rap. You know what will go down. Its the same-old-same-old: Blame-shifting, allegations after-the-fact, threats of litigation, and, of course, ironclad promises that neither side will ever trust the other again, promises that next time everyone will be more rigid, unreasonable. My crystal ball predicts the second fight will be a carbon-copy of the first and the controversy will rage, the allegations will stray from the actual context of the fight until cross-continental resentment finds another fight to manipulate into a figurehead for the cause of conflict.
My advice, lets all remember that as fans, fighters, writers, those in the business, and those in the know, we are all part of a fringe business that is already sporting two black-eyes and is routinely faced with bans and allegations from outside the sport. The dire need for solidarity ought to outweigh the basic lust for exclusionary contempt. The peoples of boxing need to huddle together in these dark times in which our beloved sport has been somewhat demoted from the high-perch of its heyday. Bad blood spilling over bad judging stemming from bad fights, is that really a good reason to pick fights across national borders? We need to clean up our collective acts so fights can come to blows where they belongin the ring, and famously at that.
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The way we see things is not necessarily the way things are. For instance, living with anxiety and depression can skew our perception of well, just about everything, causing us to withhold from living a fully engaged life!
Anxiety and depression are tantamount to fear--they are lower frequency energies that keep us from expanding into our authenticity.
The fear keeps us in our head, too preoccupied with the worrisome thoughts to notice our HERE and NOW. And when we are not focused on the HERE and NOW, we are not expanding…what IS expanding is the fear….so...here are a few exercises I learned that have helped me to rise above the tiny little mad ideas I have had to wrestle with and I hope they can serve you well, too…
1. Step back and get a broader perspective.
This technique can also be described as the FLY ON THE WALL technique...this was posted by a fellow Bliss Brigader, member in the online FYB Community, who said, "sometimes we become like the fly that wears itself out by slamming into the window trying to get outside. But if it'd just stop and back away from the window, it only had to move slightly to the left in order to fly through the opening and make its way outside."
2. USE MOTION MANAGE EMOTION----GET MOVING and let it flow….feeling trapped by fear sometimes brings us to a place of inactivity. What we tend to misunderstand about the human mind is that it does not exist solely within the brain. The brain, after all, is connected to the nervous system which runs throughout the body. Thus, emotions may get locked in certain areas of the body. I've both experienced and witnessed the release of powerful emotions while doing yoga, laughter yoga, pranayama and bodywork. You do not have to do yoga to feel this release--any kind of movement will do--walk around the block, jog or run, even just switching positions will help. Your movement breaks up the lock pattern your fear/ anxiety has on the body, and allows that energy to be transmuted into something else, something more useful. The cool thing is that movement not only helps interrupt the holding patterns, but it inspires the body to want to move more, which creates a perpetual cycle of healthier goodness--jump starting your internal processes, getting your organs pumping, affecting your hormones releasing those feel-good endorphins to balance out any discordant vibes and keeps the proverbial rust from setting in...
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Well, I'm pretty sure its the fact that as we get older, we are charged with handling more and more responsibility--and our childlike sense of possibility is exchanged for the anticipation of failure at that responsibility.
And at a laughter yoga session, I strongly encourage participants to forget about responsibilities and focus only on the here and now. We check responsibilities and fears at the door and come in with a sense of wonder and tune into our lost sense of possibility. We get kooky, we get silly, we get all sorts of funny and the laughter begins to flow...the more you attend, the more easily it becomes to laugh at will.
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