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VerjuiceNot wine, nor vinegar
Literally verjuice means 'green juice'. It is the juice from unripe grapes, unripe apples, sorrel, goose berries, whatever, as long as it is sour. It is a common ingredient in medieval recipes, and even in later recipes up to the seventeenth century. Then it kind of got forgotten, until these days when it is making a slow come back. There are even commercial producers of verjuice again!
The taste of verjuice
Platina cites Macrobius' description of the taste of verjuice: Vinegar is sharper than verjuice ("acetum acerbius acore est", edition, II.26).
Verjuice will become milder as it gets older, and it will not keep indefinitively. It was used frequently in the Middle Ages. It could happen that in the summer the old stock of verjuice had gone off, or was simply used up. There are several recipes for 'summer verjuice', that were meant to tide things over until the new verjuice from grapes was again available. But this new verjuice was often too sharp in taste. If there was any old verjuice left, both kinds of verjuice were often blended (See the Ménagier de Paris, edition p.260).
This makes me wonder whether commercial verjuice is not more like old verjuice than new, because it has a very mild taste. You can even drink it like a refreshing grape juice.
Because verjuice was often not available the whole year round, alternatives are mentioned, like vinegar, gooseberry juice, lemon juice or rose water (which amazes me, because that isn't sour at all). In Northwest-Europe verjuice was probably made from apples rather than grapes. So apple vinegar may be an excellent alternative if you can't buy or make verjuice.
Make your own verjuice
In my garden grows an exuberant grape, a blue Frankenthaler, that has yielded quite a harvest this year (2006). So I decided to make my own veruice. After reading the discussion about verjuice on Florilegium and leafing through some historical texts I have chosen to proceed as follows:
Because the grapes already started to turn colour I harvested part of them on August 22 (2006, see picture on the left). First I shook the bunches firmly, to get rid of the little creepy crawlies. Then I plucked the grapes from their stems, very quickly and roughly. The grapes were NOT rinsed, because it seems that the natural yeasts on the grape skins will cause a light fermentation (it will never be much, because there simply isn't enough sugar).
Then the grapes had to be pressed. I don't have a juice extractor, and everybody around me who has ever had such an appliance had gotten rid of it a long time ago. It seems juice extractors are not popular.
I started the old-fashioned way by using a purée sieve, but soon I decided to just throw the grapes into the blender for a few seconds before putting them into a sieve under light pressure to release the juices. The first result was a brightly green, turbid juice that tasted very sour, but distinctly of grapes.
The next step was to leave the juice with some dry-roasted sea salt for a day and a half, covered with a folded linen cloth. There were no airbubbles left, so I presume that whatever fermentation had taken place was finished.
The last step was to filtre the juice through fine kitchen towels, and freeze it in ice cube holders. The juice never became completely clear, even after filtering three times (see piture on the right). When I tasted the end result, it was still more sour than commercial verjuice. But the taste of grapes was still there.
Recipes with verjuice on this site: Heavenly blue sauce, Meatballs in head-lettuce, Eggplants in eggplant sauce, Marinated veal cutlets.
Grape varieties and when to harvest for verjuice
You can't make verjuice of just any grape. Sources mention that there varieties that are good for making verjuice, and varieties that yield excellent wine, but there are no varieties that are good for both.
One of the grape varieties that is praised for its qualities for verjuice is the Gouais. This white grape is almost extinct (because not commercially useful), but its DNA is present in several new grape varieties that resulted from crossing it with the Pinot.
On Florilegium the discussion on when to harvest grapes for making verjuice has resulted in: "pick them before the grapes are ripe and start turning colour", which is interpreted as somewhere between the beginning of August and the beginning of September. I followed these directions. (Especially as it was already well into August before I even thuoght of making verjuice).
But from Pliny's Naturalis Historiae (edition 12.60) and the Ménagier de Paris one could conclude that grapes for verjuice must be picked earlier in the year, at the beginning of July.
Pliny mentions that the grapes must be the size of chick peas, and be picked before the dog days (after July 6th), the Ménagier advizes to blend old and new verjuice because "in july the ood verjuice is very weak and the new verjuice is still too green". So new verjuice was already available in July.
Verjuice in summer and in winter
Gheeraert Vorselman has provided us with two recipes for verjuice in his Nyeuwen coock boeck ('New cook book', 1560, edition recipes XVI.22 and XVI.23).
The recipe for summer verjuice was well known. An older version can be found in the Middle Dutch manuscript KA Gent 15.1. In Le Ménagier de Paris from the fourteenth century there is also a recipe for summer verjuice, which uses instead of vinegar and wine white (which means old) verjuice ("Vertjus d'ozeille", edition p.258). This kind of defeats the purpose of making summer verjuice because the old verjuice has run out.
The recipe for winter verjuice can also be found in the Medecynboec from 1593 by Carolus Battus(edition). The salt is not roasted, and the verjuice is boiled to conserve it.
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|To make green verjuice in the summer.
Take two thirds sorrel leaves and one third parsley. Grind these together, and strain them with some wine and vinegar through a sieve. And if you can't get any sorrel, take vine leaves instead.
|Om winterverjuys te maken.
Neemt verschen most van onrijpe druyven, ende doet daer in geroost sout, so matelic dat daer na niet en smake, ende dan doeter in een deel onrijpe mispelen.
|To make winter verjuice.
Take fresh must from unripe grapes, and add roasted salt, so little of it that it won't be tasted, and add some unripe medlars.
All descriptions of ingredients
Medlar - The fruit of a small tree (the Mespilus germanica) that is related to apples. The fruit resembles an apple, but what is at the core of the apple, is visible at the underside of the medlar. They are, even when fully ripened, unedible, they are too firm. The saying "rotten as a medlar" comes from the fact that only when the fruit is brown and soft through fermentation it can be eaten. And even then many people are repulsed by the medlar.
Medlars used to be added to must to enhance taste and durability, which is probably also why Vorsselman advizes added medlars to verjuice.
I didn't use medlars in my verjuice. Maybe next year.
Must - This is fermenting grape juice. When ripe grapes are pressed, the juice will ferment (through natural or added yeast). Must can't be kept in a closed container, the gasses must be able to escape. When the first, hefty yeasting is over the must will ripen into young wine. Must is only available just after the grapes are pressed after the harvest, for a short period. I once drank it in october in Wallis (the wine province of Switzerland). It was frizzy and refreshing in taste.
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- Carolus Battus, Medecynboec[...]. Hier is oock byghevoecht, eene seer excellenten, gheëxperimenteerden nieuwen Cocboeck. Dordrecht, 1593 (taken from Marleen Willebrands, De verstandige kok.[...]).
- G.E Brereton and J.M. Ferrier, Le Menagier De Paris: A Critical Edition (Oxford, 1981). The edition Le Mesnagier de Paris has the Oldfrench text, but not the notes, of Brereton and Ferrier, with a translation in modern French by Karin Ueltschi (Paris, 1994)
- M.E. Milham, Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, V. 168) . Critical edition and translation of De Honesta Voluptate et Valetudine . Med.&Ren. Texts & Studies vol.168, Tempe/Arizona, 1998
Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historiae Libri XXXVII. 1998 (reprint Teubner, Leipzig, 1892-1909 (internet edition)
- Gheeraert Vorselman, Eenen nyeuwen coock boeck. Edition E. Cockx-Indestege, Eenen nyeuwen coock boeck. Kookboek samengesteld door Gheeraert Vorselman en gedrukt te Antwerpen in 1560. Wiesbaden, 1971


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Last year, we posted a recipe for Mario Batali's Double-Chocolate Pot Brownies—and got a reaction we never anticipated. Many of you commented on the post and the recipe that we had done it wrong, all wrong. The heart of the matter? Not that we'd suggested putting pot in these brownies, but that the technique was flawed: The recipe never calls for the pot to be strained from the butter.
To be honest, and as you may have already guessed, we tested and photographed the non-pot version of the recipe (you know, since FreshDirect doesn't carry marijuana, legal concerns, and the low productivity that would come with serving pot brownies to the editors).
Mario jumped into the conversation to point out that his process—of not straining the weed—is the old-school way to make brownies: "Imagine the 70s," he wrote, "That's where all my technique was born and lives while Jimmy Page was in charge…"
Raquel Pelzel, who's co-authored eighteen books, including one she wrote herself, recently developed cannabis recipes for Cedella Marley's (Bob Marley's daughter) upcoming cookbook. She explained to us the differences between the old-school and new-school approaches to cooking with cannabis. She said that when cooking with marijuana became popular in the mainstream, in the 1960s and 70s, it was "used like oregano—you just threw it in." But Raquel equates this with "throwing fifty-dollar bills into a coffee grinder." As she puts it, "You're using a lot of material and not really extracting the T.H.C., the compound responsible for the psycho effects."
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Nowadays, people heat-activate the T.H.C. by cooking marijuana in a water and butter solution for 8 to 10 hours, then straining the butter to remove the buds—or by heating the marijuana then adding it to an oil or alcohol tincture. This, Raquel explains, leads to a better flavor (no munching down on marijuana buds) and saves marijuana. She did the math for us:
Mario's recipe calls for 4 grams of marijuana. If the marijuana used contains about 20% T.H.C. (which is around average), then using all four grams for nine brownies (the yield of the recipe) as he proposes comes down to a serving of 88 milligrams per brownie. Most edibles contain 10 to 15 milligrams of T.H.C. per serving, so 88 milligrams would lead to an intense high that would last several hours, and may not be enjoyable to most.
Instead, Raquel proposes infusing—that is, heating together and then straining out the solids—that same amount of marijuana in 2 cups of butter to make a large batch of cannabutter, as it's called. Just a 1/4 cup of it would go into Mario's brownie recipe, yielding a more palatable 10 to 15 milligrams of T.H.C. per serving of—and leaving you with 1 3/4 cups cannabutter for other marijuana-laced creations. (It will keep in the freezer for months.)
To go this route and use strained cannabutter in Mario's recipe (rather than folding the pot right in as he recommends), sub in 1/4 cup cannabutter mixed with 1/4 cup regular butter, since the recipe calls for 1/2 cup total butter. Raquel recommends this lower dosage to err on the side of caution—you can always eat more if necessary, and with a such low dose, the brownies will actually taste like brownies.
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Here are some of our favorite comments from the recipe so you can decide whether to go old-school or new-school (or to skip school entirely):
Alicia wrote, "You should NEVER leave the weed in the butter. That's just nasty! You gotta strain the butter."
"Is pot the reason Mario is stuck in a wardrobe coma?," wondered jk.
Jocelyn McAuley arrived at the same math Raquel did, adding "For the truly pot-brownie-curious, this dosage is NOT FOR YOU[…] shaking her head in legalized Oregon."
"Naive me thought this was a recipe for brownies that required you to mix the batter IN a pot and right now I'm just enjoying all the comments," said Liz Deutermann. (Others agreed.)
Some, like Chef Carlos, had other plans for game day, "Apparently we've learned a lot since the 70's about making buzzy brownies, not going down this road even if it's the Broncos. Going for margaritas instead!"
Heather Christine got to the root of the matter and tested them for herself, "This was a great brownie recipe! I did choose to add the optional ingredient and they were an excellent, dark and chewy brownie. I chose to add icing to mine and they were amazing~~!"
To strain or not to strain? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
EDITOR'S NOTE: We originally published this story in February of last year. We're republishing it in observance of today's holiday. Happy 4/20.
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Located in the distributor, in addition to the rotor, is a spoked reluctor which is pressed onto the distributor shaft. The reluctor revolves with the rotor; as it passes a pickup coil inside the distributor body, it breaks a high flux field, which occurs in the space between the reluctor and the pickup coil. The breaking of the field allows current to flow to the pickup coil. Primary ignition current is then cut off by the Powertrain Control Module (PCM), allowing the magnetic field in the ignition coil to collapse, creating the spark which the distributor passes on to the spark plugs.
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The distributor ignition system can be identified by looking for the presence of a distributor (with spark plug wires connecting the distributor cap to the spark plugs). If no distributor is found, it can be assumed that the engine uses a distributorless ignition system. Coverage of the distributorless ignition system is found later in this section.
Acura ignition systems are basically comprised of a distributor, an ignition control module, a control box, a high energy coil and related ignition wires. The distributor contains a reluctor mounted on a rotor shaft and a magnet mounted on a base plate. The pick-up coil is located around the rotor shaft but does not rotate with the shaft. The programmed ignition employed on these vehicles, provides optimum control of ignition timing by determining the optimum timing using a microcomputer in response to engine speed and vacuum pressure in the intake manifold, which are transmitted by signals from CRANK/CYL sensor, TDC sensor, throttle angle sensor, coolant temperature sensor and MAP sensor. This system, not dependent on a governor or vacuum diaphragm, is capable of setting lead angles with complicated characteristics which cannot be provided by conventional governors or diaphragms.
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Crested geckos are one of my favorite pet reptiles. They are relatively small and are very simple to house. I mean, they don't necessarily require heating or lighting. You just have to make sure that their enclosure is set around 75F to 80F, and the enclosure is taller than it is long.
These guys are pretty hardy reptiles and are one of the best beginner species that a newbie reptile keeper can raise and keep.
When thinking about getting a crested gecko or any other pet reptile, you want to make sure that you know how to properly care for the reptile, and the enclosure is probably one of the two more important aspects of properly caring for a reptile- the other being diet.
So, when setting up a crested gecko enclosure, you pretty much have two options- natural and simple. I always prefer simple because it's just so much easier to clean and care for, but below you can choose which option is best for you.
Enclosure Size
First off before you even get started, you want to make sure that you know what size enclosure that you will need. I like to house babies and juveniles in kritter keepers, and as they grow upgrade the kritter keeper until they require a tub of some sort.
By starting them in smaller enclosures you can prevent stress and the gecko can find it's food.
For adults, though, you want to make sure that you house ONE adult crested gecko in at least a 15 gallon tall aquarium. Remember crested geckos need height over length; they are arboreal reptiles.
If you want to house multiple crested geckos in an enclosure, it is only recommended if you house multiple females, as multiple males will fight, and male/female groups will breed, and the females will need at least 3 months of rest. But, anyway, you can house up to 3 crested geckos in a 29 gallon aquarium.
If you don't want to go the aquarium route, but want something that is a little lighter to move and easier to clean, you can always try the clear tubs. I prefer the 66 quart tubs for groups of 3 crested geckos. I house older juveniles in 22 quart tubs. (I believe these are the quart sizes, I still need to double check them)
Just remember if you want to go the tub route, you want to make sure that you drill air holes into the side of the tub and preferably screen a portion of the lid (meaning cut out a plastic portion and replace it with screen). This will allow for better ventilation.
Naturalistic Crested Gecko Cage
When it comes to a natural crested gecko enclosure, you want to be careful of smaller geckos. You do not want to introduce a hatchling or baby crested gecko into an enclosure with dirt, as younger geckos have problems catching their food properly and can end up with a mouthful of dirt. And even though crested geckos need CGD more than they need crickets, they sure appreciate crickets on occasion.
It's also not recommended to put new crested geckos into a full natural enclosure because you cannot properly watch them for illness during the quarantine period.
So, when making a naturalistic crested gecko enclosure, I would suggest waiting until the gecko is a little older, but in the end it's still up to you to decide.
With the natural enclosures, you should really use an aquarium over a plastic tub because more than likely you will be adding live plants, and your plants will need some flourescent lighting. Plus it will just be easier.
You want to use a Bed-A-Beast type substrate so that you plants can root themselves. Many people layer the bedding- for example expanded clay aggregate, window screen, and then Bed-A-Beast. This is helpful for the plants and drainage. I would suggest about an inch of the expanded clay aggregate and three to four inches of the Bed-A-Beast substrate.
And, if you wanted, adding some nice moss to the top of the Bed-A-Beast would give the set up a nice feel.
Before planting your live plants, you want to wash them off, to get rid of any pesticides and insecticides.
You want to plant your live plants in the aquarium and let them fill in before putting the crested gecko(s) in the aquarium. By letting the plants fill in, the gecko(s) will have more to climb on, as the plants will not be as frail and flimsy.
Plants that you may want to conside can include:
- Schefflera
- Pothos
- Peace lily spathiphyllum
- "Polka dot plant" (hypoestes sp.)
- "ZZ plant" (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)
- Spider plant
You don't have to use live plants in a natural enclosure, you can always use fake plants and vines just with the natural bedding. Another option is to use live plants, just leave them potted.
Although, the natural enclosures look so much nicer, they are a pain to clean.
Simplistic Crested Gecko Cage
Being just what it is a simplistic enclosure does not include substrate, plants, vines, or pretty much anything else. A simple crested gecko enclosure is truly pretty simple.
This is how I set up my enclosures, and you can go with it from here if you have any other ideas. I prefer using clear tubs, but you can still use glass aquariums with the simple set up.
You can use paper towels as a substrate, but I actually don't use paper towels or any substrate other than the bare tub floor. I find that it is easier to clean without the paper towels on the ground, and my geckos tend to find a way to mess up the enclosure with the paper towels.
For the décor, I prefer egg cartons and cardboard cup holders that you get from McDonald's. I find that the babies and juvies like the egg cartons, but not all adults care for them. The cardboard cup holders work great for older crested geckos to climb in and around, as well as curl up in.
For the larger kritter keepers and tubs, I will add fake plants, so that the crested gecko has more to hide in and play around. I have found that the small, suction plants work great for kritter keepers that are size medium and up. I use the medium and large suction plants for larger tubs. Sometimes I will mix up different sizes and different types in my larger enclosures. (For example, in my gargoyle gecko enclosure, I have at least 3 or 4 different types of fake plants.)
In larger tubs, you may want to include vines as well to give the gecko something to walk on. Although, I have never used them, I do like the look of them.
I typically add a humid hide made from a Glad tupperware container with a hole in the top, filled with Bed-A-Beast for the females to dig around in and to add extra humidity to the enclosure.
With the simple crested gecko cages, you can do a lot with them, and they are so easy to clean. Just dump and replace. There isn't much scrubbing involved except the walls of the enclosure.
I love this posting, it is very concise for being so short!
My question is this... What is the expanded clay aggregate and is there a product that is widely sold so that I can find it? I'm getting my gecko tomorrow and need it NOW, lol.
how many weeks/days do you have to wait before handling crestie
I feel the simple enclosure that you talk about is very cruel and selfish. i know a lot of breeders use these and its only for money profit.
If you cared about your reptile and its well-being, in fact any animal, you would try to accomidate it the best way.
Any Human can live in a closet given food and water, but would they be happy and i doubt they would live for very long.
i might get a crested gecko but what im really conserned about is were to get it from theres lots of places but i don't know id go to petsmart but they have high prices id go to petco but their pets arent healthy eh right now im looking at breeders i found this really cool one its only 45 dollars my grampa it going to give me money for christmas 35 dollars i only have 5 right now i could probly get a 5 in time
It is OK that he is resting on the bottom of his cage. He probily is bored or just is sleeping. If he is not sleeping, than he is resting
sorry about my misspelled words, typing from a phone. what i meant was do they always stay in the branches or is something wrong if they are walking around the bottom of their habitat? please help.
HI! I just bought my first crested gecko. Ive had him about a week, hes almost 3 months old. i went to the aquatic pet land in my area, and the sales associate told me that if my gecko is waling on the bottom of the habitat, hes unhealthy. he still climbs, he sits on his egg carton piece i put on there, he;s very energetic so i assume hes fine. os it bad that he chills on the bottom too?
I would recommend keeping him off crickets for a week. Then, fill a bottle cap with rephasy superfood. Next put your gecko and the food mix into a contanor with brething holes. You can easily tell if he is eating. If he is, he just does not like crickets. You should not feed him Baby food. Just Rephasy. He would be OK on only Rephasy, but start small with the crickets. One week, put him in a tupperware contaner with air holes and feed him one cricket. The next week, do the same, only with 2 crickets. Once he stops eating them, then try feeding him last weeks number. IE week3 he does not eat all three. Try going back to only 2 crickts, lioke last week. Hope this helps, Sammi
My friend gave ne a 3 month old with a ten gallon tank, a stick in it. And 2 jars of food. What do I need to add to make him healthy
I was at Petco and found some great vines. He loves to climb on them! My geckos name is The Lizard Of Menlo Park!
I have had a crestie for almost 3 weeks now. He seems perfectly healthy and happy but he doesn't seem to like eating crickets.
When I first got him he straight away jumped on them and gobbled them right up but he seems to be eating less and less of them. I've even had to start taking him out of his vivarium and putting him in a smaller container with breathing holes in so that I can monitor how much he is eating and to make sure that any crickets left over can be removed.
I made up a mixture of organic baby food (so there are no added sugars or anything), banana and crested gecko diet which he seems to love.
Is he going to be fine on just that mixture? And would you recommend me not giving him any crickets for a week or so to see if he will eat them after hes been without them for a while?
i am getting a crested gecko very soon and i am wondering how long i have to wait before i can take it out of its habitat to play with???
I just finished reading every comment and your post and i have learned a lot but i still got a few questions as i am getting a crested gecko in a few days. My uncle has given me a 20 gallon tank for now just i case i don't get one before i get him , will that be okay? I was looking at the tanks and would the exo-terra Natural Terrarium Mini/Tall tank be good , the dimensions are 30x30x45 cm/12" x 12" x 18" for there life or should i upgrade to a bigger one later on. so as to setting up the cage, and maintaining it changing the paper towel and spraying the cage evryday would be smart, is there anything else i should be doing regularly besides a whole main clean up? and the tanks from exo-terra come with lights , will this be a problem considering it can provide heat when it is turned on , and would it be a problem if i turned on the light for a bit? and is he okay in the dark, at night, i don't need to have a little loght for him or anything incase. any more tips or pointer will be very useful since this is gonna be my first reptile
About a week after I brought him home, my gecko passed away. I was so upset I didn't want to talk about it yet and today I felt a little better. when I found him he was alive but he was lying in the middle of the tank. his skin was very pale, his breathing was very shallow and about every 5 minutes he would open his mouth wide then snap it shut. after about 20 minutes of this he flipped on his back and struggled to get to his feet. i flipped him with a Q-tip and he just sat. the next moring he was in the same position that i left him, not breathing.Would you happen to know what might have caused his death?
Thanks!I used a moist Q-Tip and easily got the shed off is head, and by spraying the tank the shed came off his toes by its self. I'm just going to wait to get it off his tail. Thanks for all your help, Renee.
My wish has come true! I now have my little baby gecko. He has been somewhat active and seems healthy but, there is stuck shed on him which I was a little upset with. I'd like him to adapt to his environment first but I don't want this to cause further problems by letting the skin stay stuck to his toes! Should I wiat a few days, or get it off now? And how would I go about doing that safely? Hope to hear from you very soon, Renee
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Location: Food and Feed Safety Research2008 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416)
For pistachios: Apply the atoxigenic strain AF36 in commercial pistachio orchards. Complete the survival studies for atoxigenic strains previously applied in research orchards. Identify spatial patterns associated with aflatoxin contamination in pistachio orchards using processor library samples. Determine the incidence of AF36 among A. flavus isolates obtained from commercial pistachio orchards in 2006. For almonds: Determine the incidence of atoxigenic strains among A. flavus isolates naturally occurring in almond orchards at various locations. Initiate studies on biocontrol of aflatoxin-producing fungi in a drip-irrigated almond orchard using the AF36 strain of A. flavus. Determine establishment/survival of AF36 in an almond orchard and displacement of toxigenic A. flavus and/or A. parasiticus. Provide data from the biocontrol for an application to be submitted to the EPA to obtain an experimental use permit (EUP) to treat major acreage of almond orchards in "aflatoxin-hot" areas to reduce aflatoxins (no-cost objective). For figs: Follow the survival and spread of atoxigenic A. flavus strains previously applied in a research fig orchard. Prepare for application of AF36 in commercial fig orchards.
1b. Approach (from AD-416)
For pistachios: Continue research on biocontrol of aflatoxin-producing fungi using atoxigenic A. flavus strains: (1) apply the atoxigenic strain AF36 (currently working with EPA in order to apply AF36 in commercial pistachio orchards); (2) determine the survival of the atoxigenic strains, including the atoxigenic strain AF36 previously applied as a wheat formulation in two research pistachio orchards; (3) use the results from the aflatoxin analyses of "library" samples to identify spatial patterns of aflatoxin contamination in California. Library samples, which consist of 20 pounds of nuts taken at the processing plant as nuts are being unloaded, represent a valuable research tool because it is easy to collect numerous nut samples from many commercial orchards representing extensive acreage. The resulting information will assist in deciding which commercial orchards would be best for applying AF36; (4) determine the incidence of AF36 naturally occurring in commercial pistachio orchards with a history of high aflatoxin contamination. For almonds: The density of A. flavus and A. parasiticus and the ratio of toxigenic to atoxigenic strains will be determined in almond orchards and specifically the incidence of the AF36 atoxigenic strain of A. flavus. AF36 will be applied in experimental plots to obtain data on its survival, displacement of the toxigenic strains, and reduction of aflatoxin contamination in almonds. Data of survival of the atoxigenic strain(s) and the displacement of toxigenic A. flavus and/or A. parasiticus will be used to expand the application of registering AF36 from pistachios to include almonds. For figs: Continue research on biocontrol of aflatoxin-producing fungi using the atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus strain AF36. AF36 has been applied in a fig orchard in California, resulting in AF36 becoming the dominant A. flavus strain where it was applied. The survival and spread of the previously applied atoxigenic strain AF36 (no AF36 will be applied in 2007) will be measured in order to determine how many years after treatment AF36 will still be the dominant strain and the extent that AF36 will move outside the treated areas. All results will be statistically analyzed and summarized in preparation for applying AF36 large scale in commercial fig orchards.
3. Progress Report
Soil samples were collected in 2007 from 28 almond orchards from three regions: southern San Joaquin Valley, northern San Joaquin Valley, and the Sacramento Valley. Aspergillus flavus was more common in orchards in the southern region and A. parasiticus in the northern region, while the incidence of both was about the same in orchards of the central region. Densities of A. flavus/A. parasiticus in California almond orchards varied greatly from orchard to orchard, ranging from 2 to 219 cfu/g soil. The A. flavus S strain was 1.9, 1.8, and 17.0% of the Aspergillus sect. Flavi isolates for the southern, central, and northern regions, respectively. AF36 occurred naturally in almond orchards throughout California, making up 6.9% of A. flavus. However, AF36 was more common in the southern region (12.1% of the A. flavus isolates) compared to the central (5.9%) and northern regions (2.6%). Additional samples were collected in 2008. A biocontrol study in almonds was initiated in a research almond orchard. Prior to applying AF36, A. parasiticus (74.2% of the isolates) was more common in the soil than A. flavus strain L (15.0%) and A. flavus strain S (10.8%). The density of A. flavus/A. parasiticus in the soil was not significantly higher in the areas treated with AF36 than in nontreated areas. In the areas treated with AF36, 93.3% of the A. flavus isolates from soil were AF36 strain. In pistachios, percentages of AF36 among A. flavus isolates from soil in areas treated for biocontrol in 2004 and 2005 were 82.0%, 88.4%, and 50.9% for 2005, 2006, and 2007, respectively; while in the areas treated in 2003 and 2004 percentages were 84.8%, 46.5%, and 32.2% for 2005, 2006, and 2007, respectively. In addition, treatments did not differ significantly in density of A. flavus/A. parasiticus on surfaces of the hulls of freshly harvested nuts. Only one kernel out of 4,242 early split nuts was decayed by A. flavus, suggesting that applying AF36 does not significantly increase decay of nuts. Spatial patterns of aflatoxin contamination throughout the pistachio-growing regions in California are also currently being investigated. Atoxigenic strain AF36 was applied to commercial orchards in 2008 under an Experimental Use Permit granted by EPA and CDPR. The permit requires monitoring of propagules in the air. To achieve this, monitoring stations were set up in commercial fields to be treated and in control fields. These studies provide data needed for use of fungal biological control agents to prevent aflatoxins in pistachios and almonds. Activities on the project were monitored through meetings, phone conversations and emails. The cooperators made two presentations at the Aflatoxin Elimination Workshop.
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OMG! Velu, the Chairman of Lahari Music has filed an plagiarism case against Puneeth Rajkumar's upcoming movie Rana Vikrama. This is definitely a heart-rending story to all Puneeth aka Appu's fans.
Well, we all know that, Puneeth's Rana Vikrama is the most awaited movie of the year, 2015. Now, according to the latest reports, Rana Vikrama is in trouble. Yes, Lahari Velu has filed a plagiarism case against team Rana Vikrama, saying that they have used similar tunes in the movie.
However, Rana Vikrama stars Puneeth, Adah Sharma and Anjali in the lead roles. If the reports are to be believed, Rana Vikrama has finished the shooting and it will soon complete its post-production work and would reach the censor board in the coming week. But, will Rana Vikrama really reach the censor board even after Lahari Velu's plagiarism case? Well, we have to wait for the official updates by the filmmakers.
Recently, Rana Vikrama team officially released the audio of the movie in which, their is a similar song 'Jagave Ondu Rana Ranga' which was sung by veteran actor Dr. Rajkumar in earlier days. With respect to this incident, Velu has sent an official notice to the director Pawan Wadeyar, music driector V. Harikrishna and to the producer Jayanna.
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WILLMAR -- Emilio Florez, 35, of Willmar, was sentenced Thursday to 17 months in prison, which was stayed, 86 days in jail, $1,550 in fines and five years of probation on two felony drug and paraphernalia charges for possessing methamphetamine and cocaine and for storing drug paraphernalia in the presence of children.
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Mildred "Patty" Baena had an obsession with Maria Shriver
Patty Baena, Arnold Schwarzenegger's mistress, reportedly had an obsession with his wife, Maria Shriver.
According to sources close to the housekeeper, Patty found Maria "gorgeous" and wanted to be like her. Some say she even dressed in Maria's clothing and wore her jewelry.
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Susan Sarandon Covers AARP The Magazine
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Susan Sarandon covers the February/March 2014 issue of AARP The Magazine. In the interview she talks about moving on from relationship with Tim Robbins and on having no regrets. She also talks about her love of the game Ping Pong and her friend Melissa McCarthy.
On Moving on From Her Relationship With Tim Robbins Following Her Performance in Exit The King: "You can't do a meditation on death and stay in a situation that's not authentic. It made me examine where I was in my union and in my life, and to have discussions about making changes."
On Having No Regrets: "It's better to have made decisions that turned out badly and learn from them than to feel as if you had no choice and are resentful of the turns that your life takes...My life has been filled with happy accidents. The thing that's served me well is being able to change onto a different track when it's presented itself."
On Why She Loves Ping Pong: "Ping-Pong cuts across every demographic, age and body type. Girls can beat their fathers. And even if you're old, you can play it forever."
On Her Friend Melissa McCarthy: "I do not have the energy to keep up with her. I was in New York, and we made plans. Susan's like 'Dinner at 10:30! Then we're going to the club to play Ping-Pong, and then probably we'll go to another club afterwards.' I'm like...I can't even go to dinner with you."
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Real Estate Scandal and Planning Reform in Jerusalem
Jesse Fox describes the corruption present in Israel's land use planning and how efforts to increase regulation are unlikely to happen:
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Transcript: "We all know that pets are part of the family. As we prepare for the upcoming hurricane season, one of the things we want to do is make sure that everybody's prepared. That includes being prepared with your pets as well. May 8th is Animal Disaster Preparedness Day and what we'd like you to do is have a plan, be informed and be ready. We would like people to take the opportunity to make sure your pets are prepared, make sure you have everything that you need in case of emergency, and also if you need any help, go tohttp://www.ready.gov. Thank you. Good girl!" Deputy Rich Serrino, FEMA view the video
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Video - Dele Alli's continuing rise must rile Liverpool chiefs
Deli Alli has put pen to paper on a second Tottenham contract in the last 12 months, with Liverpool fans still fuming that the Premier League's best young player of this season is not on their books.
Alli joined Spurs from MK Dons in January 2015 but spent the remainder of the season on loan, helping the Buckinghamshire club into the Championship division last season.
He made his Premier League debut on the opening day of this season at Manchester United and has since gone on to make 25 Spurs appearances in all competitions.
Having made his England Under-21 debut in September, he capped his meteoric rise by making his first senior appearance in a Euro 2016 qualifier against Estonia the following month.
Liverpool chiefs are believed to have rejected the chance to sign Alli last January, with the £5m asking price being demanded by MK Dons and the insistence that the player needed to be loaned back to them for the second half of last season ending their interest in the player.
It has proved to be a big mistake for the Reds, with Alli emerging as a shining star for Spurs and England in the second half of 2015, with his reward coming in the shape of a bumper new contract.
We're delighted to announce that @Dele_Alli has signed a new contract with the Club which will run until 2021. #COYS pic.twitter.com/2BzSLQDl9L
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 12, 2016
At the tender age of 19, Alli still has much to prove at the highest level, but Liverpool appear to have missed out on a gem of a player who looks destined to have a bright future in the game.
What does @Dele_Alli make of his new contract and how he's settled in at #THFC? Watch - https://t.co/utuLkW4TR0 https://t.co/tIK1Qaxroj
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 12, 2016
After spending £32m to sign Christian Benteke and £29m on Roberto Firmino last year, Liverpool may now reflect that the best buy of 2015 may well have been plying his trade in League One.
Maybe this story is a reminder to all clubs that classy talent is available in the lower leagues of English football, if the top clubs can be bothered to give them a chance to shine.


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With just over two weeks until Election Day, many celebrities are throwing their Hollywood weight behind their candidate through official advertisements, fundraising events, personal endorsements, and now, Twitter.
"Villagers, I don't endorse politicians. Not my thing. However, Obama is the light & the future," Russell Crowe tweeted. "Keep going towards the light. Put America first."
Though he encouraged others to support the POTUS on Nov. 6, the Australian actor won't be much of a help to Obama at the polls — his foreigner status prohibits him from voting or even contributing to campaigns.
Nevertheless, Crowe — who reportedly split from wife of nine years, Danielle Spencer, earlier this month — made no secret of why he would chose Obama on the ballot. "Complex time for the world," he tweeted. "America needs to continue the Global awareness that Obama has set. A healthy America means a healthy planet."
Crowe's presidential talk comes as a bit of a surprise, given the Oscar winner's previously stated stance on Hollywood stars broadcasting their political persuasions. "I come from a culture where, in a public forum, you don't discuss sex, religion or politics," Crowe told the Houston Chronicle back in 2003. "I don't think being a celebrity gives you any right whatsoever to air your political views."
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Helicobacter pylori is a gram negative, microaerophilic, curved bacillus. It is motile, has flagellae and has a special affinity for human gastric mucosa.
Since its initial discovery it has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of gastroduodenal disorders including acute and chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulceration, gastric cancer and gastric MALT lymphoma.
Up to 50% of the population in developed countries such as Australia
will have evidence of H. pylori infection by the age of 50 years. The organism
is present in up to 92% of patients with active chronic gastritis, 88-100%
with duodenal ulceration, 58-100% with gastric ulceration and 46-94% with
gastric cancer. In duodenal ulcer disease eradication of the organism has
been shown to markedly reduce ulcer recurrence rates and possibly change
the natural history of the disease.
The organism is usually present in the gastric antrum and lives beneath the mucus layer. One of its special characteristics is its ability to produce urease, an enzyme that is not normally found in the human stomach.
Various methods have been developed for detecting H. pylori, including :
|Urease test
Histological examination is performed on endoscopic antral biopsy specimens. Numerous stains can be used including Haematoxylin & Eosin, Warthin-Starry, Giemsa. However, the results are not known immediately. Histological examination has the advantage of providing information on other mucosal abnormalities. This is particularly useful in the case of gastric ulceration, when the exclusion of malignancy is important.
The organism can be successfully cultured from antral biopsy specimens and grown in various media with enrichment at 37oC in a microaerobic atmosphere. The technique is very specific and permits strain typing of the organism. In addition to this antimicrobial susceptibility testing can be performed. The results however may take up to three days to be completed. At present H. pylori culture is mainly used in research and in assessing bacterial resistance after failed eradication therapy.
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been used in identifying the organism accurately. This technique has a high specificity and again allows for detailed identification of the organism's strain. It is a complicated technique and no commercial kits are available, confining it to research. It has been used to distinguish treatment failure with recurrence of the same strain of organism from reinfection with a new strain.
This is the least expensive test that can be performed on endoscopic biopsy specimens. It is based on the ability of the H. pylori to produce urease which is not usually present in the stomach. The urease produced by the organism converts urea to ammonia resulting in a PH change detected by phenol red. The tests usually give a rapid result but typical sensitivity at 1 hour is 71% which increases to 96% at 6 hours. Some of this delay can be overcome by warming the specimen which speeds up the reaction.
With all the endoscopic biopsy tests there is some potential for sampling
error particularly following eradication therapy. Following treatment with
acid inhibiting drugs and antibiotics bacterial suppression in the antrum
can occur with inhibition of urease activity and redistribution of the
organism to the gastric fundus. Thus antral biopsy specimens alone may
not detect the organism. Further, as the organism usually resides beneath
the intact mucus layer, biopsies from areas of intestinal metaplasia and
gastric carcinoma may also result in low detection rates. If H. pylori eradication
is being assessed on endoscopic biopsies, in addition to performing antral biopsies
one should also take specimens from the gastric body.
The serological test offered by the IMVS is the pyloritest (Orion Diagnostica). This is a total antibody latex agglutination test for the detection of H. pylori antibodies. When compared to histology and rapid urease test and culture in 90 patients it was shown to have a sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 95%.
H. pylori serology is useful in screening the population but a small
proportion of elderly patients do not mount an IgG response and up to 31%
of patients with positive serology may not have active infection. Antibody
levels drop very slowly following eradication of the organism and up to
65% of patients may remain positive for 12 months post treatment. Serology
is thus not useful in assessing eradication.
The breath tests are performed by asking the patient to swallow carbon- labelled urea which is metabolised by H. pylori produced urease to produce labelled carbon dioxide. This is absorbed into the blood stream and then exhaled in the breath of infected individuals as illustrated.
Broadly, two forms of urea breath tests are available, using 13C urea which is a stable (non radioactive) isotope or 14C urea which is radioactive.
At the Royal Adelaide Hospital we offer the following techniques :
1. 13C urea breath test
The procedure is :
The RAPID-13 kit is a 13C urea breath test kit.
2. 14C urea breath test
The procedure is :
In assessing eradication the CUBT should be performed at least 4 weeks following cessation of antibiotics or antibacterials. The optimal length of cessation of H2 antagonists and proton pump inhibitors (PPI's) is not fully known and may range from 2 days to 2 weeks.
At present we follow the recommendation of ceasing H2 antagonists for 9 hours (during the fasting period) and PPI's for 7 days prior to CUBT, if possible. Other possible causes of false negative and positive CUBT's are shown below:
|Result type
|Possible cause
|False negative
|Test performed too soon after antibiotics, acid suppression therapy
(should wait at least 1 month after eradication therapy)
|Rapid gastric emptying (post surgery)
|False positive
|Contamination with oral commensals (ie non-fasting)
|Achlorhydria, gastric atrophy
|Cost ($AUD)
|Rapid urease test
|13/14C Urea breath test
The HIC will pay a rebate for 13/14C urea breath tests for the following indications
MBS Item 12533, 1 Nov. 2008
CARBON-LABELLED UREA BREATH TEST using oral C-13 or C-14 urea, performed by a specialist or consultant physician, including the measurement of exhaled 13CO2 or 14CO2, for either:-
Established reasons for H. pylori eradication are :
The 7 day treatment regimen available through the PBS for the treatment of H. pylori is:
Nexium Hp7 (Astra)
This consists of
- Omeprazole 20mg bd
- Amoxycillin 1000mg bd
- Clarithromycin 500mg bd
It is available on restricted PBS benefit for the eradication of H. pylori associated with peptic ulcer disease
This regime has superior eradication rates compared to the earlier regimens such as HELIDAC (Pharmacia & Upjohn) and LOSEC HELICOPAK (Astra)
In some countries, including Australia, high rates of metronidazole resistance have been found and studies have shown eradication rates greater than 90% with well tolerated 7 day regimens using clarithromycin.
Following treatment based on a PPI, a clarithromycin/metronidazole combination regimen could be repeated.
This is a test for fat malabsorption. Following an overnight fast the patient
is given a 40ml liquid meal comprising a mixed fat meal (Calogen) and 200 mg
13C-Triolein. The triolein is digested, absorbed and metabolized in the body
and 13CO2 produced that is exhaled and then measured in the breath.
In this test breath samples are collected hourly for 6 hours following the meal. The activity in the breath sample is measured in a mass spectrometer and the rate of fat absorption calculated. If there is fat malabsorption the amount of the ingested dose absorbed and 13CO2 exhaled is reduced. The test has a reported sensitivity of up to 100% and 96% specificity for fat malabsorption (Newcomer et al 1979). However diabetic gastroparesis, thyroid disease and severe respiratory insufficiency may affect the test.
This is a sensitive and specific test for bacterial overgrowth in the small
intestine. It depends on the ability of anaerobic bacteria to metabolize 14C-Xylose
resulting in the production in the body of 14CO2 that can be measured in the
breath. If there is bacterial overgrowth more 14CO2 is exhaled. For this test,
following an overnight fast the patient is given 370KBq oral 14C-Xylose. A
single breath sample is then taken at 30 minutes and analyzed. Bacterial overgrowth
is confirmed if >0.00014% of the ingested dose is exhaled in the breath
at 30 minutes.
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We had the chance to catch up with ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper last week and here were a few of the takeaways as we shift draft preparations into a higher gear:
More intel on safety spot: Kiper sees Alabama safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix as the first safety likely off the board within the top half of the first round, with Louisville's Calvin Pryor projected closer to the end of the first round. Kiper noted Pryor didn't test particularly well in workouts. The next tier includes Jimmie Ward of Northern Illinois and Terrence Brooks of Florida State, while Washington State's Deone Bucannon is a bit of a rare breed as a bigger prospect at 6-foot-1 and 211 pounds. There has been some media-based chatter in New England about the Patriots adding a bigger safety, but it doesn't seem like Kiper is on board with the thought. "The intimidator isn't necessarily needed any more," he said. "The big hitter, you don't need that. The days of that big, intimidating safety are just about over."
Carr highlights polarization on QB views: When asked about this year's quarterback class, Kiper pointed to Fresno State's Derek Carr as an example of wide-ranging opinions from various teams. According to Kiper, some teams view Carr as being on the same tier as Johnny Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater and Blake Bortles, while others see him more in the eight to 10 range at the position and closer to a fifth-round talent. "There is a lot of polarization on a lot of these quarterbacks," he said. Kiper adds that some view Jimmy Garoppolo of Eastern Illinois as the best quarterback in this year's draft. "This is incredible. There are about a dozen quarterbacks that could be starters, and out of those dozen, there are some that argue that all 12 will never be a successful starter. This is a crazy year for quarterbacks. A lot of them. A lot of quantity. How much quality is debatable." Pittsburgh's Tom Savage, who we'd project is of interest to the Patriots, is viewed in the range of the third or fourth round by Kiper.
Getting a feel on the top cornerbacks: Oklahoma State's Justin Gilbert and Michigan State's Darqueze Dennard are viewed as the top two cornerbacks in the draft. "It's kind of a split around the league as to who the top corner is," according to Kiper. Gilbert's versatility might give him a slight edge. Kiper sees a line of demarcation to the third player at the position, but this is viewed as a deep position in the draft and a good year for those with a need.


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Easy peasy today.
Clinical work, short article, I'll be in and out of your brain in 20 minutes and I swear, you won't feel a thing.
In keeping with my relentless arguments that Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is operating a worldwide confidence game that sells commodity products to inventory-loading distributors who buy for the primary purpose of recruiting, we're going to check out a recent SEC press release regarding a pyramid scheme it just shut down.
Seeking Alpha pointed this gem out on Friday, so I decided to take a closer look. The headline, "SEC Halts Pyramid Scheme Targeting Asian and Latino Communities", looks like something that could be directly out of the Herbalife bear case.
And we also know that Herbalife exhibits all of the reasons that pyramid scheme Fortune Hi-Tech was shut down. So, if we can find some similarities here, we may be able to continue to strengthen our case that:
1. The SEC/FTC, et al. take pyramid schemes very, very seriously.
2. Herbalife, as it currently operates, is a pyramid scheme.
What we're going to do is rather simple - we'll have a look at the SEC's latest release, and we're going to compare and contrast that with what we already know about Herbalife's business model to see if we can come up with any similarities with the short argument against the company. Aside from, of course, the similarity that the SEC Enforcement Division already has an investigation ongoing with regard to Herbalife.
So, let's start from the top.
1. This shows similarity to Ackman's short thesis in Herbalife due to the fact that he claims the major constituency of people being harmed by Herbalife are the low income Latino communities.
Targeting minority groups - check.
2. This shows similarity to Ackman's short thesis in Herbalife due to the fact that Herbalife continues to bask under the cloak of being an MLM company, a term they hardly use and often substitute with "direct seller".
Posing as an MLM - check.
3. This is a massive one. Of all the steaming whoppers that Herbalife has put forth, the massively exaggerated income claims are really part of the smoking gun with this company. This shows that the SEC doesn't like lofty income claims, similar to the ones that John Tartol - who is on Herbalife's very own Board of Directors - has made. Tartol claimed that you could make $10,000 a month after just 300 days in Herbalife. On a $3,000 initial investment, that's 333% gains in 300 days. Divide by three, and we have...
Promising 100% gains or more in 100 days - check.
4. I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that "some investors" were likely the people involved early on in this project. Or, as we'd call them in pyramid speak, the top of the pyramid. The SEC is alleging that this company has funneled money from the bottom of the pyramid to the top. In Herbalife, we have a base of 3 million distributors that is ever-changing, and guys at the "top of the pyramid", like John Tartol, who in 2013 received over $3 million in gross compensation. ($2.9 million of which as a result of simply being a distributor, as per the company's DEF 14/D filed just days ago.)
Money going to "some investors" (i.e. the "top of the pyramid"), but not others - check.
5. This shows similarity to Ackman's short thesis in Herbalife due to again, not only the ethnic comparison, but the fact that many were left with nothing to show for their investment. Herbalife's own statement of gross compensation from 2012 (we don't have one from 2013 yet - don't know why) shows that 92% of all "distributors" earn less than $5,000/year. Many of these people likely bought excessive inventory to begin their stint as their "initial investment".
Leaving many with nothing to show for their investment - check.
6. This shows that the company made its money from selling to people involved in the business, with no other sources. Herbalife has yet to prove their sales that come from outside the network and have obfuscated and manipulated other facts to show anything but the meat and potatoes of this argument. They don't enforce their rules governing outside sales and most product is bought by distributors to "inventory load", not for the discount. Example? You can go on eBay right now and buy HLF's flagship product at the same "discount" you'd get as an HLF distributor, without having to sign up.
Company has no material revenue aside from in-network sales. Check.
7. While I won't claim that Herbalife made false claims about partnerships, what I will claim is that Herbalife uses their "partnerships" - all of which are paid for by Herbalife - to leverage the amount of credibility they seemingly have. The monies paid to the LA Galaxy, Cristiano Ronaldo, UCLA, and the big names on their "nutrition advisory board" are monies paid directly to lend credibility to their company when it needs it most. The SEC touches on that here by going after this company using big names to push its scheme.
Buddying up to big names for needed credibility - check.
Long story short, I'm not claiming that this press release sets any type of legal precedent. But, rather, that it certainly calls into question an odd number of - similarities - between this case and the items in question with Herbalife.
With something like this being released while Herbalife remains under investigation, it certainly would continue to give me pause about my investment in Herbalife, should I be long the stock.
One by one, the pieces continue to fall and the evidence continues to add up. We're bursting at the seams with the amount of circumstantial evidence we can possibly have that regulators are going to step in at Herbalife - we've compared the dead on similarities between Fortune Hi-Tech and now another pyramid scheme with that of Herbalife. Further, we know Herbalife meets all 7 of the SEC's own criteria - released in October - of what constitutes a pyramid scheme.
The reason the SEC/FTC et al. have not acted yet is because this is an extremely complicated case concerning an extremely complicated company. Regulators like to take their time, think critically, and get their work done right. This has to be a slam dunk if they're going to go after it, so it's going to take some planning. Planning that, no doubt, should result in a negative outcome for Herbalife.
I remain short Herbalife and have full confidence that the government will do its job, protect consumers and low income minorities, by eventually shutting down Herbalife and then reforming the MLM industry.
Best of luck to all investors.
Disclosure: I am short HLF. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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on dealing with mixed derivatives in ADI
dear sirs, i use the parabolized NV equations to solve a channel flow problem. after applying the coodinate transformation, i obtained one mixed derivative term in the difussion part of each equation. in order to use ADI to solved the transformed NV equations, how do i deal with the mixed derivatives? please advise. thanks.
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typing mistake==> NV is NS(navier stokes)
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club the cross derivative terms with source terms. so u get (Ap+Sp)*Phi_p =Sigma A_i * Phi_i + Su where Su=dp/dx+cross_derivative terms. u can now implement adi by repetitively calling TDMA. routine hope this helps
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Hi, I am looking to get my skin treated for acne scarring. I am 42 but am now starting to look quite old and tired. I think this is partly due to the acne scarring I have had since I was a child. Please could you let me know what type of acne scars I have and whether you think an improvement could be made. Please could you state what treatment I should be looking for. I hope the photos are ok. I genuinely appreciate any advice you can offer.
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Acne Scarring and what can be done as you age
I don't think your acne scarring is that bad from the photos. I have treated much worse. I think you need some facial rejuvenation along with treating your acne. I would approach through a multi layered approach and I can treat your facial rejuvenation and your acne scarring at the same time. I would also do co2 laser resurfacing.
Acne Treatment
There are different kinds of acne and different kinds of acne scars. At age 42, you are likely to beyond the age of having highly active acne. What bothers you at this point is likely the acne scarring that has occurred.
You are not alone! Often patients who had acne earlier in life will notice a worsening of the appearance of the skin in middle age. As aging continues to cause the facial tissues to descend, the acne scars that are tethered to deeper tissues elongate or become deeper leading to a worsened appearance.
There are many treatment options, including:
- scar excision
- subcision with soft tissue filler
- chemical peels
- steroid injection
- dermabrasion
- non-ablative laser treatment
- ablative laser treatment
As a rule, a combination of treatments produces the best result. All of these treatments rely on stimulating collagen production. In your particular case, I would recommend subscision with a soft tissue filler (like Radiesse), followed by non-ablative laser treatment. This would require 3-4 treatments, but you could expect a great result!
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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