text: Editorial introductions Section Editor(s): Schols, Annemie M.W.; Sidossis, Labros S.; Hardy, Gil; Lukaski, Henry C.; Delzenne, Nathalie M.; Mullin, Gerard E. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care: November 2014 - Volume 17 - Issue 6 - p v–vii doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000118 EDITORIAL INTRODUCTIONS Free Article OutlineOutline Article MetricsMetrics SECTION EDITORS Annemie M.W. Schols Labros S. Sidossis Gil Hardy Henry C. Lukaski Nathalie M. Delzenne Gerard E. Mullin Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care was launched in 1998. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The fields of clinical nutrition and metabolic care are divided into 15 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. Back to Top | Article Outline SECTION EDITORS Annemie M.W. Schols Annemie M Professor Annemie M.W. Schols is Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism in Chronic Diseases, and Scientific Director of NUTRIM graduate school for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), the Netherlands. Professor Schols is also leading MUMC-MOVE, one of the 4 Dutch centres for sports, physical activity and health in the Netherlands, supported by the Netherlands Research Council. The focus of Maastricht in this national initiative is in development and implementation of innovative biomedical technologies and behavioural strategies to adopt a healthy lifestyle in patients and in populations with an increased risk profile (i.e. obese children, frail elderly). Her translational research focuses on metabolic aberrations and molecular mechanisms of cachexia and skeletal muscle weakness in chronic diseases using COPD and lung cancer as clinical models. Furthermore she conducts physiological (nutrition, exercise) and pharmacological clinical trials in this field. She has published more than 250 international scientific publications and has a Hirsch citation factor of 42. Professor Schols serves in several scientific editorial boards and is a member of the Health Council of the Netherlands. Back to Top | Article Outline Labros S. Sidossis Labros S Professor Labros S. Sidossis received his doctorate from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA. He has served as an Associate Professor and Director of the Obesity Research Program at the Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and a Research Associate Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is currently Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Harokopio University in Athens, Greece. Dr Sidossis' research interests include the use of tracer techniques in the study of human metabolism, the biochemical mechanisms regulating lipid metabolism in humans, epidemiology of obesity in children and adolescents, behavioral therapy of obesity, nutritional management of morbid obesity and sports nutrition. He has received grant support from the National Institute of Health, USA, Novartis, Friesland, the Hellenic Swimming Federation and the European Union. Dr Sidossis has published over 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals and numerous abstracts in scientific congresses and meetings. He has been an invited speaker and has assumed committee responsibilities, in many congresses and conferences. He is also a member of the editorial board and a journal referee in several scientific journals. Back to Top | Article Outline Gil Hardy Gil Hardy Gil Hardy PhD has joint appointments as Professor of Clinical Nutrition in the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University and Professor of Pharmaceutical Nutrition at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he is involved with collaborative formulation, metabolic and clinical research into micronutrients, lipid emulsions and other nutraceuticals with colleagues in Australasia, the UK and Latin America. Gil trained as a biochemist, with degrees from Bristol and Cambridge Universities. He subsequently worked in Belgium and Germany before beginning post-doctoral research in the Metabolic Research Laboratory of Nobel Prize Winner, the late Professor Sir Hans Krebs in Oxford. Professor Hardy is Vice President of the Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AuSPEN). He has served on the Research Committee of the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), the Council of the UK Nutrition Society and was a founder member of its Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Group. He is past Chairman of the British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group, who in 2002 established the annual 'Allwood-Hardy' lecture jointly in his honour. An active member of ASPEN, AuSPEN, ESPEN and FELANPE he has lectured on nutraceuticals and pharmaceutical issues of nutrition therapy at many of their annual Congresses. Gil Hardy is Editor of Complete Nutrition Australasia, is a Section Editor for Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, Associate Editor of Current Research in Nutraceuticals and co-edits the 'Nutraceuticals' column for the international journal Nutrition. In all Professor Hardy has presented approximately 200 papers, posters and educational lectures in the fields of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Nutrition. He is recognised as a world authority on the pharmaceutical and metabolic properties of Glutamine and is the founder and organiser of the internationally acclaimed Oxford Glutamine Workshops. Together with other PN enthusiasts he represents IPANEMA (International Parenteral Nutrition Education and Methodology Advancement) a charitable trust, which sponsors satellite symposia at major scientific meetings around the world. Back to Top | Article Outline Henry C. Lukaski Henry C Dr Lukaski is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science and Clinical Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine at the University of North Dakota, USA, and a consultant to the US and international biomedical industry. He served for 28 years as Supervisory Research Physiologist, Research Leader and Assistant Center Director at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. His research focuses on the interaction of physical activity and micronutrients in humans, emphasizing iron, zinc, copper, magnesium, and chromium, to promote health and optimal function/performance. His work also includes development and validation of non-invasive methods to assess human body composition. He has published more than 150 technical publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, 50 book chapters, 160 short communications and invited editorials, one book, professional policy statements for the American College of Sports Medicine, and presented invited lectures at more than 500 universities, research institutes, and scientific and professional societies world-wide. Dr Lukaski is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the Human Biology Council and the Nutrition Society of Latin America. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, American Physiological Society, American Society of Nutrition, and British Nutrition Society. Dr Lukaski received numerous awards and recognition from the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service and scientific/professional groups for his contributions to the fields of nutrition and physiology, and development of young scientists. Dr Lukaski currently is a member of three, and past member of five, editorial boards, and an editorial consultant for a variety of peer-reviewed journals in physiology, nutrition, medicine, and sport sciences. He has served and continues to provide service as an advisor in nutrition to many national and international health agencies and research organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Defense, National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, and International and US Olympic Committees. As an NIH pre-doctoral trainee, Dr Lukaski received his Master of Science and doctoral degrees in physiology and nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He served as a post-doctoral research associate with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and was a Visiting Scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA. Back to Top | Article Outline Nathalie M. Delzenne Nathalie M Nathalie M. Delzenne is Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain. She is a lecturer in Nutrition and Biochemistry and is the leader of the research group in Experimental Nutrition at the Louvain Drug Research Institute. She is a Member of several international scientific committees (Member of the Council of the Nutrition Society as European representative, Member of the Scientific Board of the European Academy of Nutritional Science, Member of different working groups at the International Life Science Institute- Europe, Member of the International Scientific Association for the study of Prebiotics and Probiotics, and Member of the Scientific Council for several international food industries). After a PhD in Pharmaceutical sciences obtained in 1991, she performed a post-doctoral research (Inserm, Paris and Pasteur Institute, Lille, France) devoted to analyse the effect of nutrients on gene expression in the field of obesity. Back at the Université catholique de Louvain, she started an academic carrier and her team is developing projects in order to assess the fundamental mechanisms underlying the functional effects of prebiotic-type nutrients. The current hypothesis is the involvement of intestinal peptides and inflammatory tone in the modulation of food intake and glucose metabolism upon obesity and cancer by nutrients targeting gut microflora. She has been involved in several International European Project devoted to functional food (AIRII-CT94-1095; FAIR CT 97 3001; BIO4-CT97- 2145; GLK-2000-0086; grant from international Life Sciences Institute in 1998). Back to Top | Article Outline Gerard E. Mullin Gerard E Dr Gerard E. Mullin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine as well as Director of Integrative Gastroenterology Nutrition Services at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA. Nationally and internationally renowned for his work in integrative gastroenterology and nutrition, Dr Mullin has accumulated over 15 years of clinical experience in the field of integrative gastroenterology and earned his master's degree in nutrition while in practice. He also is former President of the Maryland and Long-Island Societies of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and in 2009 he was named by the American Dietetic Association's Honorary Member of the year. He is an Associate Editor of several nutrition and integrative medicine journals and serves on several exam committees including the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists, Certification for Nutrition Support Clinicians (Chair), the American Board of Integration Medicine (founding Board Member and Examiner). Dr Mullin was selected by Dr Andrew Weil to serve as a Senior Editor for the first book for physicians on integrative gastroenterology: Integrative Gastroenterology published by Oxford University Press in June 2011. He is also Co-Editor on the first digestive and liver disease nutrition book for healthcare professionals: The Gastrointestinal Nutrition and Liver Disease Desk Reference published by Taylor & Francis Group in 2011. Dr Mullin also coauthored the book, The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health, published by Rodale Press in 2011. Dr Mullin's writing and communications skills are diverse in both the medical and lay communities. He has been interviewed on radio and television and has contributed to stories in The New York Times, the Associated Press, ABC News, Good Morning America, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Martha Stewart Living, Rodale Press, Consumers Digest, Reader's Digest, Prevention, Natural Health magazine, More Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Body & Soul, Cooking Light, Women's World, Men's Health, Good Housekeeping, Glamour and more. Dr Mullin's biography has been included in Marquis Who's Who in the World and in Marquis Who's Who in America numerous times. His contributions and discoveries have led to multiple awards and his continued selection as one of "America's Top Physicians" by the Consumer's Research Council of America since 2004.© 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins


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I am now completely reassured that I am over the whole punny polish name bit so many brands have going. However it doesn't look like they plan on stopping with them any time soon, so I will work around it. For the remainder of the post, I will call this one KHALLL instead, with the exception of photo captions. I am officially on bad name strike!
This gorgeous dark teal shade is from a "Kolor Kollection" whose full name I will never, ever use here due to media over saturation. Not to mention Khloe no longer has a "Little Lam Lam", she has a skeevy, philanderer (birth) named Karim Kharbouch – well no wonder they picked him for her new beau, the name fits their brand image, which is what matters right? These people… But they did put their name on a reasonably decent nail polish line, and this is my favourite of that line!
KHALLL is a darkened teal creme. The formula is fantastic. I find this to be almost opaque with one coat but it does need 2 to be perfect. It applies smoothly, isn't sheer or streaky. Even the dry time is is surprisingly fast! The teal shade definitely leans a more foresty green, with a tiny bit of grey. It remains cool toned enough to not look awful on my skin. I am really liking this shade! A couple swatches. Had some trouble with this one and lens flare, it's so shiny!
The collection is starting to hit the discounters/clearance now. I'm not sure if they are phasing it out due to lack of interest in the "K" brand or if it naturally ran it's course but I'm glad to have found it for $2. If you were to only get one from this line, I'd recommend this one (if you like dark shades). This is also a pretty bang on dupe for MAC Deep Sea. Wonder if I can make it through the day without adding a shimmery topcoat!
EDIT: I made it a day. I then added a bit of Essence Miss Universe to the tips for a tone on tone french mani look. Close up of thumb:
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Bruno Mattei goes Blu: "HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD" and "RATS" in hi-def!Movies/TV,News Michael Gingold
Two of the grottiest Italian horror films ever are getting high-definition makeovers, as a double feature of flicks by director Bruno Mattei, co-scripted and co-directed by TROLL II's Claudio Fragasso, is coming on Blu-ray this summer.
Blue Underground has announced that it will issue a Blu-ray pairing HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD (pictured above) and RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR on August 26. HELL, a.k.a. NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES, follows a SWAT team to New Guinea to confront an outbreak of flesh-munching undead, a female reporter who goes topless to communicate with a native tribe and lots of stock footage; RATS is set in the year 225 A.B. (After the Bomb), when a gang of scavengers must battle for their lives against mutated, super-smart rodents. Both films will be presented in brand new hi-def transfers from the original uncut, uncensored camera negatives, in 1080p 1.85:1 widescreen with DTS-HD Master Audio, plus the following extras:
• "Bonded by Blood": Interviews with Fragasso and stars Margit Evelyn Newton, Franco Garofalo, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua and Massimo Vanni
• "Hell Rats of the Living Dead": Interview with Mattei
• Theatrical trailers
• Poster and still galleries
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text: Well... gee... I'd hope we wouldn't go here but... here we go. I'm not passing judgement on people's phobias. I will observe that D.C. (not sure why we're even still talking about it) and NYC are the two places in the U.S. which have been bombed recently. I guess I can see how that might give some folks pause for concern. Look... I put a proposal on the table to recover from D.C. I EMPHASIZE that we're NOT completely missing the April meting. I am working with the WG chairs and ISTO as we speak to set up week long phone bridging to facilitate as much of the work as possible. Could it be possible that some people are as concerned about dinging their air miles as much as others are worried about picking up radioactive socks? The counter proposal I'm hearing is to leave everything as it is (NYC included) for the rest of the year and try to schedule a May makeup. Does someone have a valid week in mind? Location? What about travel restrictions... that's only another month... month and 1/2. What happens when NYC roll around with light attendance? I actually thought moving Provo from Dec to Oct made a lot of sense. ---------------------------------------------- Harry Lewis IBM Printing Systems ---------------------------------------------- don at lexmark.com 03/26/2003 12:41 PM To: "Farrell, Lee" <Lee.Farrell at cda.canon.com> cc: "Gail Songer" <gsonger at peerless.com>, Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM at IBMUS, <pwg at pwg.org> Subject: RE: PWG> RE: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Rearranging PWG schedule I would agree with Lee. Not only do we need to maintain our rotational approach to meeting locations (east, middle, west, east, middle, west.....) but if we reduce the number of meetings to four, I believe we will significantly slow down the work. There's no rational reason to avoid Washington DC, NYC, etc. In fact, I was in NYC for the start of the war and will be back there in a little more than a week. --- FDR: "The only thing we have to fear is fear it'self - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." Frank Herbert: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." Benjamin Franklin: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Thomas Jefferson: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to too much liberty than to those attending to too small a degree of it." Jewel Kiltcher: "The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach." and finally..... Robert Heinlein: "Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor; and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms." ---- Charge on!! ********************************************** Don Wright don at lexmark.com Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors f.wright at ieee.org / f.wright at computer.org Director, Alliances & Standards Lexmark International 740 New Circle Rd Lexington, Ky 40550 859-825-4808 (phone) 603-963-8352 (fax) ********************************************** "Farrell, Lee" <Lee.Farrell at cda.canon.com>@pwg.org on 03/26/2003 02:19:59 PM Sent by: owner-pwg at pwg.org To: "Gail Songer" <gsonger at peerless.com>, "Harry Lewis" <harryl at us.ibm.com>, <pwg at pwg.org> cc: Subject: RE: PWG> RE: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Rearranging PWG schedule Gail, I suppose New York itself is not the critical item in my question about the October meeting. [Although the idea of staying away from New York for all future business seems a bit unrealistic. Surely by October, things will have settled down to an acceptable level of insecurity, no?] I was just noticing that all future (proposed) locations seem to be on the western half of the Unitied States (Provo, Vancouver/Portland/Seattle, Las Vegas). Are we trying to avoid *any* east-coast venues? lee -----Original Message----- From: Gail Songer [mailto:gsonger at peerless.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:11 AM To: Farrell, Lee; Harry Lewis; pwg at pwg.org Subject: RE: PWG> RE: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Rearranging PWG schedule For those of you with travel restrictions, do you have enough history with them to have an idea of how long they might last? Will we have to wait out the war and the orange alert? I don't know about anyone else, but personally, I'm not too thrilled about traveling to New York. (Says the girl who lives near a potential target for North Korean missiles) -----Original Message----- From: Farrell, Lee [mailto:Lee.Farrell at cda.canon.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:55 AM To: Harry Lewis; pwg at pwg.org Subject: PWG> RE: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Rearranging PWG schedule Harry, What's the fundamental goal here? To revisit the schedule for all future meetings in the year, or just up to (but not including) October? Is there any reason not to try to "squeeze in" four [newly scheduled] meetings into the remainder of the year? [For example, June 2-6, August 4-9, October 6-10 (why not still hold this in New York?), and December 1-5 seem reasonable goals for future meetings. Eight week separation on average, but still allowing four face-to-face meetings for the rest of the year. Given that this organization has already cut down this year's schedule of meetings to only five, I would think that we should avoid reducing it to four if we can. Any thoughts? lee =========================== Lee Farrell Canon Development Americas 110 Innovation Drive Irvine, CA 92612 (949) 856-7163 - voice (949) 856-7510 - fax lee.farrell at cda.canon.com =========================== -----Original Message----- From: Harry Lewis [mailto:harryl at us.ibm.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:29 AM To: pwg-announce at pwg.org Subject: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Rearranging PWG schedule To recover from cancelation of D.C. I've prepared a scheduling guide. <ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/misc/DCRecovery.pdf> ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/misc/DCRecovery.pdf As you can see, two weeks in June appear to be the best alternatives. Please identify any conflicts / alignments I have missed. We need to settle on the next meeting date quickly so people can reschedule their canceled flights. People flying AA seem to have the shortest amount of time and we may not be able to reschedule within their 2 day deadline! In this case I recommend these people reschedule for the Provo meeting in October. PLEASE HOLD DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC ON pwg at pwg.org NOT pwg-announce! ---------------------------------------------- Harry Lewis Chairman - ISTO Printer Working Group IBM Printing Systems ---------------------------------------------- (See attached file: C.htm) #### C.htm has been removed from this note on March 26, 2003 by Harry Lewis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.pwg.org/archives/pwg/attachments/20030326/1895d7e2/attachment-0001.html


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If you've been on Facebook at all these past few weeks, you might have noticed many of your friends' status updates asking you to "kik" them. For the uninitiated, Kik is the recently re-launched cross-platform messenger service for smartphone users – free real-time texting for all. The platform is similar in a lot of ways to the popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service – allowing for easy text message-like communications between your contacts. Within the first two weeks of its re-launch, Kik already has about 600,000 new users.
The application's concept is simple. Once you've created your account, the application checks your address book and suggests friends that you may know who have already downloaded it. Like instant messaging, the service is asynchronous, which means that Kik lets you see messages almost instantly, as well as notifying you when the person is typing a message. Much like BBM, Kik also lets you know when the message was sent, delivered, and read by showing an S, D, or R next to the message you just typed.
The one thing that BBM users have come to love so much about the BlackBerry service, no extra cost in using it. It's a free text messaging platform if you will. This is the biggest advantage (so far) with Kik – it's free and smartphone agnostic. What this really means is that Kik has the potential to replace text messaging plans – saving the end user a few bucks a month and possibly hundreds of dollars a year depending on the users particular text messaging plan. Shhh, don't let your mobile carrier know about it
We did say so far. Provided that Kik can build out its community, the possibilities of the program are endless. Lead developers have indicated that later versions of the viral messaging app could contain features such as streaming music or videos from one phone to another, or taping into your phones camera and allowing other users to see what your camera sees.
As the community grows we'll start to see some of the aforementioned enhancements. In the meantime, what are you waiting for? Get Kik-ing!


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North Carolina State University Opens Greenhouse Complex
North Carolina State University's Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI), located at the North Carolina Research Campus, has begun operations at three new greenhouses near the life sciences hub in Kannapolis.
The $340,000 greenhouse complex will strengthen N.C. State's infrastructure at the N.C. Research Campus, creating about 10,000 sq. ft. of additional space for plant trials and fostering relationships with business and campus partners that can rent space for individual or collaborative research projects.
PHHI scientists study plants – mainly fruits and vegetables – to discover and deliver innovative plant-based solutions to advance human health."We are using the greenhouses to determine the disease-resistance of certain strawberry plants," says Dr. Jeremy Pattison, PHHI's strawberry breeder. "Varieties that demonstrate ideal properties will then go to the Piedmont Research Station in Salisbury for evaluation of production characteristics, like yield, size and color. The data that comes out of the greenhouses directly impacts our strawberry breeding decisions."
Ultimately, Pattison aims to breed a superior N.C. strawberry via traditional methods, one that will extend the growing season and add value to the state's agriculture industry.
Pattison also has been a key figure in getting the greenhouses up and running, dating back to the research and development phase in 2008. This month he was part of the selection committee at PHHI that hired Megan Bame as the greenhouse operations technician.
In this newly created position, Bame oversees daily activities at the greenhouses, manages space allocation and helps ensure that research is carried out effectively and safely. Bame, whose background includes a master's degree in horticulture from N.C. State and more than 10 years of experience in the greenhouse industry, officially started work at the PHHI greenhouses on July 9.
You can learn more about the program at http://plantsforhumanhealth.


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Brady Hoke won't call Michigan State dirty, stays quiet on Gholston punch
Jeff Sainlar I AnnArbor.com
Upon review of the film, he also saw Gholston twist Michigan junior quarterback Denard Robinson's helmet after a play, and the late hit by Marcus Rush that knocked Robinson out of the game.
He saw it all.
But was it enough to call the Spartans a dirty football team?
"I don't know," Hoke said when asked for a comment during his Monday press conference. "What's your opinion?"
Michigan State was flagged for six personal foul calls during its 28-14 win over the Wolverines on Saturday, and had a total of 13 penalties.
Video: Brady Hoke, Mike Martin discuss Michigan State loss
Immediately following the game, Michigan State defensive lineman Jerel Worthy was asked if he thought the contest was dirty. He replied, "definitely." Spartans coach Mark Dantonio didn't say his team played dirty, but rather that the Spartans played with a great deal of emotion.
"You have to play this game a little bit angry," he said following the game. "Regardless of who you are playing."
Hoke said Michigan "always" sends a handful of plays to the Big Ten Conference office following each game, and said that was the case after the loss to Michigan State.
He did not specify which plays were sent in, saying that "I'm sure they have the film if it was on TV."
In 2009, Michigan linebacker Jonas Mouton was suspended for a game against Eastern Michigan following a punch thrown a week prior against Notre Dame. At the time, former Wolverine coach Rich Rodriguez said he didn't see the punch.
The Big Ten did, though, and made Mouton pay for it.
Asked further if he felt that Gholston should be suspended for his actions, Hoke said that isn't his decision to make.
"I'm not going to react to it, I'm a football coach. I'm not a referee or a rules maker," he said. "That's not for me to say. Did I see (the punch)? Yes. Does that happen in games? Yes. Is that sometimes part of the game? Yes."
Hoke also stayed quiet on the lack of a post-game handshake between both sides, saying he wasn't aware of any rule making that ritual a necessity.
"I don't know about protocol," he said. "That's a big word for me."
Michigan's players tended to agree with their coach Monday, refusing to call their in-state rival a dirty football team.
Football was being played Saturday, they said. For now, the Wolverines appear to be leaving it at that.
"Football's a tough game," Michigan senior center David Molk said. "The line between cheap and fair is pretty thin sometimes, and really it's in the eye of the beholder.
"It's never too rough. It's football. Come on, we wear a helmet and pads for a reason."
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2514, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 5:41 p.m.
Ndamukong Suh of the Lions plays the same way. So if you are calling Gholston a criminal is Suh also a criminal?
Lorain Steelmen
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 3:02 p.m.
Boys will be boys..... Gohlstin's probably asking this morning...'Hey, what's a fella got to do, to get a suspension around here?' (Maybe one of the Badgers can show him Saturday night.) We know now, that the officilas will NOT toss a guy for a punch to the throat, or an attempt to snap someone's neck. I'm sure the Badger & Husker coaching staffs will be showing these tapes, to their young men. I suspect that Bielema or Pelini, may not have the same 'let's all get along' mentality that Hoke has displayed. And lets' all hope that MSU wears those 'nifty' Spartan, uniforms again. They were oh so, stunning saturday! My hope is, that Wisconsin flattens MSU, and then MSU travels to Lincoln, and gets the crap beaten out of them over there. Maybe they'll have a road version, of that 'swell' Spartan uniform to wear out there.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 8:31 a.m.
I never have a problem swallowing my pride when Michigan is beat fare and square. And I realize that football in itself is a very dirty game. But the way MSU played on Saturday was an absolute disgrace to the Big Ten, and to college football. The worst part is, had MSU played the cleanest game of their lives, they still would have beat Michigan, but instead they chose to play dirty. I can deal with a punch here or there, after all, they do wear helmets. But what I'll never forget is the way they blatantly went after our best player. And all along Denard was one of the nicest guys on the field, helping other MSU players up and patting them on the back. And in return they tried to end his football career, and taunt him at the very end of the game. Just remember State fans, what goes around comes around. Think of us when you loose your 6th strait bowl in a row :-)
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 8:34 a.m.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 5:28 a.m.
I both agree and disagree with Coach Hoke and Coach Dantonio. I agree: football is both an emotional game and a game which inflicts bruises and sometimes sheds some blood. I agree that no coach should consider themselves rule-makers and that coaches should leave such judgements to officials who have that kind of job. But beyond that, I disagree that "anything goes" as both parties (U of M and MSU) seem to imply. There's a limit and that limit is defined by the phrase: the safety of the players. We are constantly reminded by coaches like Brady Hoke that they keep the well being and development of their players IN THE FOREFRONT of their own thoughts. Now we see a big contradiction to that claim. When student athletes get seriously injured (or killed) the STORY CHANGES. I also agree that there were at least a couple of personal fouls laid out by Michigan players. In fact, those fouls may have precipitated retaliation. So logically: the Big Ten might legitimately decide to suspend players on BOTH sides of last Saturday's "game." I can't help but wonder if Coach Hoke's blasé responses to questions about these fouls means that he's worried about losing a couple of players for a game or two. Let's just remember: if at any time a Michigan player under Hoke gets permanently injured: he is responsible. I hope that never happens, I really do.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 12:19 a.m.
In other news, AA.com asked MSU: When did you stop beating your spouse? sheesh.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 3:30 a.m.
And in response MSU smacked its spouse.
Daniel Allegree
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 11:42 p.m.
I will say that I do not agree with any players intentionally trying to hurt another player whether it be openly or under the pile. What Gholston was doing was very blantant I do not see how any of the officials did not see the punch that he threw at Lewan...not saying that Lewan was innocent on that play but what Gholston was doing all game long he had it coming. The late hit on Denard late in the 4th quarter also deserved to be severely punished. If Jim Delany had any kahunas he would at least suspend Gholston for at least 1 game no matter how important the game is...that type of behavior and dirty play deserves to be punished. If Sparty plays that was against Wiscy you can bet that those boys will retaliate and it may get out of hand. As for the game, it really turned for Michigan on the 4 and 1 call on the MSU you 9 yard line. They had all the momentum and at that point I don't think there was any need for a "cute" play call. If they score there they take the crowd out of it and at that point they have stemmed the tide of MSU. The defense played a pretty good game but I would say the play calling and the lack of adjustments on MSU blitzes didn't help Robinson at all. Sometimes I think Al Borges out thinks himself and it ends up costing UM in the end. The interception was the correct read by Denard on the blitz but you cannot expect Vince Smith who is a running back to run the hot route which he is not accustomed to running. That play should have been ran with either Roundtree, Gallon or Hemmingway. All that said, it was still a good game minus the few dirty plays that occured. This year UM will not collapse like they have in the past due to the coaching staff they have.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:54 a.m.
"This year UM will not collapse like they have in the past due to the coaching staff they have." New staff, same players, same gameplan, same opponents with good defense... The collapse has begun.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:56 p.m.
It's very simple. Whether you agree or not that rough play is part of football, there are conference rules about hitting someone in the face or intentionally trying to hurt a player. If you are caught doing it, you will be suspended. It's not JUST the rule, it's the right thing to do. If violence like this goes unpunished, it WILL escalate - not just on the field, but within the fan ranks too. We certainly don't want college football to turn into European soccer do we? Am I overreacting? I don't believe so. Hopefully the Big Ten will do what MSU apparently doesn't have the honor or integrity to do and suspend Gholston.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 5:36 a.m.
Sorry to be getting into this late but I want to say: Yes, you are absolutely right on this. If this kind of thing escalates, football will become either "soccer" or - hockey. Top football schools might want to disband their football teams and just turn all the players into boxers. At least with boxing, there's no doubt the beatings are by "enlisted personnel" whose job it is to give out (and take) beatings.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 10:06 p.m.
Simply put, it is sportsmanship, a characteristic lost on Mark Dantonio and the thugs he has recruited.
Chad Williams
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:37 p.m.
Let all the excuses begin now for poor hoke. How does a team with 100 yards in personal fouls win. They called the majority of them and all resulted in 15 yards and a first down. I think the headline should be how michigan couldn't capitalize off msu " dirty" play. Look folks msu is a rival game it seems like mich needs to up thr intensity more. Msu is sick of being overlooked to the big game. This is a wake up call. Msu played clean they woild have won by 20. Overall mich was just manhandled on both lines. Not one bit the physical team through 6 weeks. On the possession for msu countess had a chance to lay the wood on a guy that dropped a pass and he did was a weak push didnt even knock him to the ground. Msu made 3 yard gains into 6 yard gains. Physicality is a mentality not a measurement. If im dennard im screaming at my o line because they didnt protect him. After the helmet pull gholsten woulda been on my hit list. Nothing ilegall but it woulda sent a firm block or two woulda solved that. All said dnt think osu is a win they play defense too and now know mich is soft.
Fly Wheel
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:55 p.m.
Brady Hoke and the University of Michigan can't do this - but we as UM alums and fans of the Wolverines can do this - that is, keep showing (over and over) film from all of Sparty's dirty plays in last Saturday's game against the Wolverines on many of the "unofficial" UM sports sites. Once parents of high school recruits and the recruits themselves see Dantonio's lack of control which led to this lack of discipline and lack of respect from the Michigan State players, this should help (at least in-state) football recruiting for UM - and should hurt football recruiting for this regenade MSU football program. I never liked the guy - Dantonio (because of his personality - apart from the fact that he is MSU's head football coach) - and this dirty play / lack of respect / lack of control of his players - just reinforces my opinion. So, thank you MSU for signing Dantonio to a long term contract - MSU is already on the down side of their recent success - and signing Dantonio long-term should only add to that slide.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:51 a.m.
The gangsters and thug fanatics will be attracted to go to MSU, just like the players who loves tatoos and money went to Tressel and OSU. By theway, Tressel is Dantonio's buddy! lol
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:48 p.m.
Yes, exactly ... it will make a different to some. Now, there are *some* recruits who are drawn to that type of culture in a program. And some programs do manage to win with that type of player. But their success is tainted. It's not celebrated so much as acknowledged. I said in my other post that kids who yearn to be men of character will seek out coaches who will help them in that quest. We see the point of separation between UM and MSU. MSU seems to relish the "do whatever to win" attitude; UM and Hoke are absolutely stressing the "do what's right and good things happen" approach. Dantonio is an odd duck. On the surface he's all pious, but things like this make me wonder if it's all window dressing.
Lorain Steelmen
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:07 p.m.
Fly Wheel. EXCELLENT post! I never thought about the recruiting ramifications, and the damage Dantonio did, to his own program. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy!!!!!!!
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:52 p.m.
Maybe to the public the UM staff is staying mute but I guarantee those un sportsman like conduct film clips will be on hand as Michigan prepares for next years contest with MSU.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:45 p.m.
Gholston should have been ejected when he jumped on the pile of players on top of Robinson, reached down, grabbed Robinson's face mask and gave it a sharp twist. This was not a case of playing with reckless abandon or emotion; it was pure thuggery that could have seriously injured or paralyzed Robinson, who was completely pinned and immobile under the weight of the other players. He literally couldn't roll with the punch. Gholston needs to be disciplined and suspended. His conduct was not only unsportsmanlike, it was an egregious assault that could have resulted in great bodily harm. And it was completely intentional--the video makes that clear.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:16 p.m.
Danger of concussions are known. But apparently grabbing face masks and twisting the head and neck when a player is down is OK ??? And punches thrown after a play is over is OK too ?? Hope the BIG TEN officials can live up to their responsibility and suspend the player for at least a week. As noted it a suspension was given 2 years ago to a Michigan player that was guilty of just one infraction
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:49 a.m.
The twisting of the neck of any player? Gholston should be banned from the sport. Plain and Simple. After that, we will see if other players follow that example.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 12:20 a.m.
I watch pro football, don't you?
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8 p.m.
Hoke is playing this EXACTLY right. First -- it's a demonstration of manly class and graciousness that will resonate with the players. Young men with a flicker of character and integrity YEARN to become young men with character through and through. You watch over the next couple of years as Hoke and staff vacuum up the high quality recruits in Michigan and Ohio who seek out a coach who has what it takes to teach them how to be men of character. Second -- by taking the high road Hoke is allowing the press and others to do the dirty work. If he uttered one word in support of the notion the game was "dirty" the story would INSTANTLY become about Hoke and his view. As it is the story remains not about Hoke, or the Michigan team, but about MSU and what the Big Ten officials will do. Third -- this "Aw shucks, I'm just a ball coach" routine (the reference to "protocol" being a big word) is just an act. It's all about FOCUS. And not Hoke's focus. The PLAYERS' focus. It's all about getting the players to draw the proper lessons and use that learning going forward. A coach that gets distracted -- we had one of those the past three years -- doesn't serve the players well. For all the talking down of Brandon and Hoke and others on the staff by some on this board ... I'll say this: we have ourselves a solidly professional and intelligent staff who knows what they're doing. Time will illustrate this better than my words will.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:48 a.m.
Take the high road in accepting losses but not in physical abuse. It makes him a coward and makes Michigan look like a wimp at least mentally. A coach and a parent should protect their players and children against physical abuse. Maybe that is why UM played kinda scared that day, as an MSU player said, we fear in Robinson's eyes. UM will never beat MSU if they allow themselves to be abused.
Chad Williams
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:56 p.m.
Maybe he is man enough to admit his team was flat out punked and calling them dirty woulda made him look like a sore loser. Maybe he expected this to be a dirty game cause is noy a friendly we pay u a million dollars to play us game but a rival game. Im upset with how michigan didnt respond. Not saying in a dirty way but not even a hard hit or a real pancake block. They just layed there and took it.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:21 p.m.
I think you just quoted page 2 of Chapter 7 "Teaching Character to Players" in the Football Coaches Handbook. ;+}
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:15 p.m.
Well said.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:44 p.m.
I am most concerned that a multi-million dollar employee of a top US University finds "protocol" to be a big word.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:43 a.m.
Cracks starting to appear with the guy. He is confused to whether he would make a case about the dirty plays or play classy. Lloyd Carr in the clockgate never said anything negative, but he did imply that something negative happened to them. Sometimes when you are a coach or a parent and some abuse happened to your players and your family, you should fight for them and not remain silent. 4th and inches - Run the ball! The cracks are starting to show.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 12:21 a.m.
This is the midwest. You take what you can get, with the talent flight.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:02 p.m.
Silly ...see below.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:35 p.m.
Michigan Fans need to take a lesson from their new coach and the players... stop whining and making excuses to try and justify the reality of yet another loss to the Spartans. Football is fought in the trenches and is a battle...its not figure skating. If you want a clear picture of the game and how it was played, look at how Taylor Lewan took down William Gholston...he basically pulled him to the ground by his facemask. Perhaps this is why there is no mention by the MSU press, they understand football and how it has always been played. Why the drag to the ground by Lewan is not mentioned in this whole punching scenario here in Ann Arbor? Hummmmm…. Just like in Hockey the retaliation was what was penalized. So whether it is the game clock or claims of "dirty" play get a grip and just be happy with the fact that at lease some class is back at the helm of the Wolverines... if only it will trickle down to the crybaby fans.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:39 a.m.
Thuggery has no place in sports bro. That's a football game between academic institutions and not a gang war. Gholston should do that in the streets during gang wars and not on sporting events where sportsmanship is paramount.
Chad Williams
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 10:45 p.m.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:31 p.m.
I thought I was watching WWF smack down!! I've never seen someone get away with body slamming a quarterback!! MSMOO knew the only way to beat us was to play dirty! State stills sucks!!!!! Go blue!
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:28 p.m.
Gee, maybe if Michigan had been able to pressure the quarterback, they could have been called for some late hits too.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:41 p.m.
Now that's funny!!
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:16 p.m.
not as worried about the punch as the play where he unloaded on Denard who was at teh bottom of a pile of spartans and tried to twist his head off. cannot believe a media member did not bring that up.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:36 a.m.
The media did that on hoke and hoke did not make a deal of that. I dont know if a coach should protect his players or pretent to be classy. One thing for sure, Hoke lost to MSU, dirty or not, classy or not, Hoke lost.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:03 p.m.
Make sure when you report the punch to the face that you report what Lewan was doing to Gholston right before it happened - grabbing his face mask and holding him to the ground. ESPN showed the replay of it. Maybe a little dirty on UM there, but no one saw it, so it doesn't count. The freep mentions it, and it was replayed during the broadcast, if you have it on your DVR and want to see it. <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20111017/SPORTS07/110170443/Michigan-State-responds-complaints-about-rough-play" rel='nofollow'>http://www.freep.com/article/20111017/SPORTS07/110170443/Michigan-State-responds-complaints-about-rough-play</a> The twisted face mask on Denard was completely uncalled for and should have resulted in Gholston's being ejected from the game.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:35 a.m.
So what? Lewan's actions could be classified as part of the game, he did not punch Gholston nor did he break his arm. Punish Gholston for those criminal actions.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 9:04 p.m.
BeatTownBlue is exactly right, what Lewan did may have been beyond what's allowed, but it was less than what Gholston had already done to him. This was also shortly after Gholston's attack on Denard, if memory serves me correctly. After two attempts to severely injure opposing players, Gholston is lucky Lewan has enough class to retaliate in a way not intended to injure Gholston at all.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:44 p.m.
If you rewind your fancy DVR quite further back, near to the beginning of the game, you may be able to see where the whole Lewan-Gholston brawl stems from. Check the part earlier in the game where Lewan is taken out of the game for a while. You will be able to see Gholston using "arm bar" technique (after whistle is blow) attempting to break Lewan's arm.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7 p.m.
Good to see Michigan taking a positive spin on this. They need not admit to the bruising they took. The MSU game should serve as a big wake up call to every player on the roster and every one on the coaching staff. Move on, get ready to play five more games of football, then add a bowl game that is already in the bag. The B1G should suspend Gholston for the next game. That would hurt because WISC is next. I hope to get the news on Gholston's status, soon. This is not about Sparty being the better team, they were, but this about sportsmanship and respecting the other team's program. If Sparty nation is unable to do that, they lose respect for their accomplishments.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:41 p.m.
Dantonio is probably upset that more of his players didn't get personal fouls. In the locker room, he is probably yelling at them, asking about the other 6 guys!! "Why no injuries?" What an example to set.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:05 p.m.
Sparty under Dantonio has no class. It's evident from his praise of the "tragic hero" Jim Tressel. To him, a liar who gets caught is a tragic hero. The broadcaster who points it out is a nobody. Gholston will go unpunished by Dantonio. Only if the B1G suspends him, which they won't (Wisconsin is too big of a game), will he have to learn the repercussions of his actions.
Mr G
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 7:03 p.m.
MRunner73 ---- well said!
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 6:56 p.m.
Coach Hoke is a better man than I. After the late hit on Denard (the sixth flagged, dirty play by MSU on the day) I would have envoke the old mafia rule of "send one of our guys to the hospital, we send one of yours to the morgue." The fact that no one from Michigan retaliated made me both proud and sad. Proud that we're better than that, but sad that everyone from our team seemed comfortable in just taking that nonsense.
Lorain Steelmen
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 6:54 p.m.
Mr. Ed.....NO. msu HAD to play that way if they wanted to win. It was their only option. I was pleasantly surprized by the um defense, that kept msu in check. UM even recovered a fumble on a blown msu side ways lateral, and the a ball was given back to msu. It enabled another msu TD.
Chad Williams
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 11 p.m.
Im going to have to disagree with you today. What rivalry game doesnt have that extra unnecessary stuff going on. Mike Hart started it this and msu finished it. Sat was the little brother getting bigger than big bro. Michigan played that game like the first 6. No intensity to start and msu made sure it didnt pick up. I will say the defense is better at not making the offense score every possession but I see tackling big ten opponents isnt something they do well. Msu got an extra 2-3 yards every run and 5-10 every pass due to poor tackling. Guys are still tacking looking and diving to the ground. You cant tackle when u dive face first into the ground. They still dont finish tackles. They hit qnd stand while the other guy keeps moving forward for more yards.
Mr G
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 6:54 p.m.
Yes Mr Ed the Spartans could have won had they played a sportsman like game. It's a shame you won't see any of this reporting in the Lansing State Journal. MSU and the Football Coach need to discipline players who participated in this in appropriate behavior. If universities don't take some action this behavior will continue. Good job Ann Arbor News / Nick Baumgardner. Your reporting was fair, direct, and to the point.
Mr. Ed
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 6:44 p.m.
Do you really think the Spartans could have won otherwise.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 1:30 a.m.
They won the game but they have to face sanctions for the those criminals acts.
Tue, Oct 18, 2011 : 12:22 a.m.
Mon, Oct 17, 2011 : 8:30 p.m.
The Spartans played good defense to win without the actions of 2 rogue players and Michigan would have a respect for them. Now all Sparty did was to give the Wolverines plenty of strong reasons to play a much better game next year. And there will be no respect for MSU and Dantonio. Will this be the last game MSU wins for quite a while?


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Ripped from her adolescence to rule a war ravaged nation in 1951, Queen Elizabeth's decisive nature becomes apparent from the earliest days of her reign. Primarily a titular ruler, the British monarch holds great sway with the public and ultimately, each elected prime minister.
We eavesdrop on the private audience between the Queen and Prime Minister du jour. Only the avuncular Winston Churchill (Dakin Matthews) guides the Queen in her new duties; the rest sit at attention. Naturally, the play fans across sweeping historical developments in Great Britain and abroad. That adds to the show's infotainment value.
Along the way, audiences are privy to the interior design, in particular the chairs, where the two sit, rather formally. Each decade brings a slew of social and political complications, bound by the Prime Minister's personality. Naturally some were more to her liking than others. The competitive purse wheeling Margaret Thatcher (Judith Ivey) was not a favorite, but then, the ungainly and completely unvarnished Labor Party leader Harold Wilson (Richard McCabe) was appreciated. In fact, Wilson scores an invitation to Balmoral Castle replete with brisk walks, dogs in tow, stiff drinks and casual conversations in front of the fireplace.
Witty and wise, Mirren captures the deep creases of a life convulsed by political and technological upheavals, a tragic public heroine—her daughter in-law Diana—and a country constantly weighing the burdens and riches of a monarchy.
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Leather Pants/Pantalones de Piel: Mango, Shirt/Camisa: Zara, Necklace/Collar: H&M, Jacket/Chaqueta: H&M, Wedges/Zapatos: Ailanto, Bag/Bolso: Balenciaga
When it comes to Milan Fashion Week, it means a lot of shows, parties, interesting people and a lot of fashion. I had a great time but unfortunately I missed my flight on Saturday morning and didn't manage to attend some of my favorite shows I was invited to, like Burberry and Frankie Morello. The temperature was very low, however I had a great time. I went to the Calvin Klein show and the presentation the day after, as well as to Gazzarrini! Enjoy the pictures and stay tuned for more!!!


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I did some more painting on my Ork kommandos last night, I have started to highligt the yellow and the black. Also two kommandos have got a first highligt on the skin. My plan is that these four kommandos will be done in one or two evenings, then it´s time to do some Nob painting!
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Janvi was named a "Hero" by the Dallas Heroes Project in August of 2016. She was the youngest to ever been named a Hero by the organization.
Janvi began painting to express her pain and her feelings when she was undergoing treatment for cancer.
One of Janvi's favorite categories to paint when she was younger was flowers. She had an entire exhibit dedicated to flowers at her gallery event in February, 2017.
When Chris Greicius was diagnosed with leukemia in 1980 at just 7 years old, members of his community sprang into action to ensure his wish to be a police officer came true.
Thanks to thousands of other communities around the world, many more children have come to know the joy and power of a wish.
In February, Make-A-Wish North Texas surprised Janvi with her very own art gallery at F.I.G. Dallas, featuring over 50 pieces of her artwork.
Janvi's mother, Manu, is a dedicated volunteer, wish granter and ambassador to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Scotty Landry, President & CEO of Make-A-Wish North Texas, presented Janvi when she received the Indomitable Spirt Award at Make-A-Wish America in Phoenix.
Janvi and her parents sat down to chat about her journey and the impact Make-A-Wish has had on their lives at her gallery event in February, 2017.
Janvi's accolades have been recognized by numerous television outlets, newspapers and magazines.
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Childhood cancer survivor, Janvi Shahi, has taken a lifelong passion for painting and turned her talent into an inspirational story of giving. At just 18 years old, Janvi has already created hundreds of exquisite pieces of art. But it's what the Flower Mound native has done with her paintings that's truly stirring.
Janvi's Make-A-Wish journey began at the young age of 3½ when she qualified for and was granted a wish. After facing a relapse on the same day she and her family had just started celebrating beating her cancer, Janvi learned that a second wish was not an option, so she decided to take action and help other wish kids.
"I used to do art to help express my pain and my feelings when I was going through my treatment," Janvi said.
With a lofty goal of raising $100,000 for Make-A-Wish by selling her artwork, Janvi entered Wish Night 2017 $2,000 shy of eclipsing her mark with a very special painting up for auction. On stage, she unveiled a portrait of Chris Greicius, the seven-year-old who wished to be a police officer in 1980 that led to the global phenomenon Make-A-Wish has become today. With Greicius' mother, Linda Pauling, standing to Janvi's left, the painting sold for an inspirational $90,000, upping Janvi's total money raised for Make-A-Wish to nearly $200,000. The heart-warming moment was crowned when the two winning bidders donated the painting to Pauling for her to cherish forever.
"Make-A-Wish really makes me feel who I am today," Janvi said. "It made me realize I can help people while doing something I enjoy. I hope to keep Make-A-Wish with me wherever I go."
Through her art and by serving as a Wish Ambassador, Janvi has continuously served the cause she so passionately believes in. She has received numerous accolades throughout her life for her efforts and accomplishments. In October of 2016, Janvi was presented the coveted Indomitable Spirit Award by Make-A-Wish America, the highest award given to a volunteer each year.
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May 27, 2016
A ton of new things to complain about in this very fast paced episode. Share!!
May 20, 2016
Let's talk about it. It's important. Let's also talk about bad business practices, new prom traditions and old people tech support.
May 14, 2016
It is what it says it is.
May 7, 2016
Another fine episode with beer cans cracking and birds singing in the background.


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So...... I really hate when people start to fill their perfectly fabulous blogs with what amounts to daily advertisements for their Teachers Pay Teachers Store. I promise I will never do that..... But.......
I've been really delving into the topic of claim and counterclaim as I build a new AndrewJackson unit that is so Common Core Aligned the Common Core better step back... I mean it!
To help my kiddos build a strong argument I created, what I think, is a pretty good interactive notebook foldable for claim and counterclaim.
Pretty cover, eh? So... Mosey on over to my TPT store and check it out. It might be a wonderful gift for Easter baskets or at least as part of your egg hunt. I heard the kids are really loving the Common Core these days.... You may want to pick this up early for Christmas :)


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Hello, 2011!
I'm ready to get back into the swing of things, I think. Someone in our house turns 3 !!!! on Tuesday, and life can settle down back to normal after that.
I've been thinking of a few goals for the new year. Do you make New Year's Resolutions? I prefer to just think of it as long term goals for the year. Things that I know it's going to take me more than a day or a week to accomplish. I see a few bloggers writing about a word for the year, I like that idea. I think I even used it last year, but I don't remember what my word was. Things can change so much over a year! Right now, the word that comes to my mind is simplify. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by stuff, responsibilities, activities, commitments. I am hoping this year to simplify my life in general.
1. Simplify stuff! I want to get rid of 2011 things in 2011. I'll probably keep track of that here on the blog. I don't think I'll track the things I throw away, only the things I donate, gift, or sell.
2. Simplify schedule. Make sure we do preschool (Montessori time or otherwise) 2-3 times per week. We started off great this school year, but have really started to slack!
3. Simplify health. Eat breakfast and lunch every day! I am horribly bad about snacking and never eating a real meal until dinner time. And I wonder why I have no energy some days . . .
4. Simplify hobbies. I joined a destash-along on craftster.org, I am really going to try to do my sewing and knitting from what I already have on hand. I also joined a craftalong doing 50 projects in 2011 - I'm hoping this will help me to actually finish the projects that I start. Unless they're a gift for someone, a lot of the time they don't get any further than planning and purchasing materials! Hence the large fabric and yarn stash.
5. Simplify money. This is the year we need to plan a budget for food/household expenses. Hubby got a new job (yay!!!) but my hours keep getting cut at work when I need them the most. So either it's budget and stick to it, or work more days out of the week. Budget it is!
I started cleaning out the house with my kitchen. Today I boxed up 51 items for goodwill, mostly excess coffee mugs and sippy cups. And I haven't even touched my pantry yet! :)


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EU: Malting barley prices trending upwards on worries about dryness in UK and Scandinavia
The EU malting barley market is on fire with spring barley prices significantly up and still trending upwards, GrainCom said in their latest newsletter on July 6.
Worries about the crops in the UK and Scandinavia due to dryness are the main drivers for this price rally. With this price move the market reacts to the lower production outlook and consequently very tight (spring) malting barley S&D.
There was some firsthand selling on the way up but farmers dont really sell anymore certainly for good reasons - and now supply is lacking. GrainCom analysts expect further buying interest and consequently well supported markets.
In France the winter barley harvest is almost finished. Qualities are ok but a bit disappointing in terms of yields and calibration. The lower yields are a bit surprising as it looked more promising in the fields than it actually came into the silos. Some are worried that this will be also the case for spring barley.
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HandBrake is a program for transcoding video files. By default it transcodes video to H.264 format, so the files get compressed to a reasonable size while retaining high audio and video quality. There are versions available for Windows, OSX, and Linux. In this post I'm going to show how to install it in Linux Mint …Continue reading Install HandBrake on Linux Mint 13
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Last time, this round!
Today is treatment day. It's an odd feeling that's hard to describe. On one hand I'm excited that I'm receiving treatment and doing something proactive to get better. On the other hand, it's kind of hard to get excited about receiving Chemo. The good news here, of course, is that we don't have to go to San Antonio any more!
Today I want to talk about something that we haven't really brought up. The survivability of this cancer.
Practically everyone we've talked to has had a different opinion on the survivability of this cancer. When the doctors lump me in with the patients that have Pancreatic Cancer, it's pretty grim. Odds are close to 90% that a patient with Pancreatic Cancer will, even after surgery and treatment, have a cancer come back within 5 years. When it does it is particularly aggressive.
Here's the key; I don't have Pancreatic Cancer. My cancer is Ampullary. The Ampulla of Vater is the duct that runs from the pancreas to the small intestine. In a study I ready by the School of Medicine at UCLA (I may have that wrong, it might have been USC, I don't remember) only 0.02% of the cancers diagnosed each year are Ampullary. So what does that mean. Frankly, it means nobody knows!
Because so few patients are diagnosed with this type of cancer, there is no research done on it. Not only is it too hard to research because it's so hard to find test subjects, but even if you do, there's not enough money to be made in finding adequate treatment. Cancers like, Breast, Colon, Prostate which are much more common are the ones that get the research dollars. Don't get me wrong, I completely understand. I would direct the monies in the same way. But the bottom line is that they just have no idea what the real prognosis is going to be so they just lump it in with Pancreatic Cancer.
When I was disqualified for the research study, the doctor running the study told me that patients with Pancreatic Cancer have close to a 90% chance of reoccurrence. His hope was that with the vaccine he was developing that he might be able to reduce that to only 30%. I was disqualified because, according to him, my cancer only had a 30% chance of recurrence anyway. I could completely skew the results of the study. The bottom line is that they have no idea what's going to happen. Nobody has ever taken the time, money or energy to find out.
The other day I was talking to Lisa about this. I told her that truthfully, I may have 6 months left, or I could have 50 years left. I believe that's true for everyone. There is very little doubt in my mind that I will still be here for close to another 50 years. Lisa says that's because I'm the most stubborn person she's ever met. Maybe that it. Maybe it's just that I have faith that God's not done with me yet.


text: December 17, 2008 Siena Poll: Voters show strong support for raising income tax on wealthy Source: NYSUT News Wire NYSUT has long made the case to increase revenue by raising the personal income tax on the wealthy and a new poll by Siena College Research Institute shows voters overwhelmingly agree. DOWNLOAD: Siena Poll & Crosstabs (PDF) The poll, released the day after Gov. Paterson unveiled his dire budget plan, found voters overwhelmingly (78-17 percent) support a personal income tax increase on those making more than $1 million and strongly support (61 to 31 percent) an increase on those making more than $250,000. The poll found that if broad-based taxes are not increased, voters strongly oppose cuts in education (22 to 68 percent) and health care (21-65 percent). The survey was conducted Dec. 8-11 by telephone calls to 622 New York state registered voters. Voters also strongly support adequately funding for higher education. The poll found two-thirds of voters oppose using an increase in SUNY and CUNY tuition to help balance the state budget, rather than improve higher education. The governor has proposed directing only 10 percent of this spring's tuition hike for use by the colleges. NYSUT has repeatedly made the point that the state cannot cut its way out of this fiscal downturn. During times of crisis government must looks for ways to increase revenues. Restructuring the state income tax to shift more of the burden to those who can most afford to pay would actually reduce the tax burden for lower-income and middle-class families while ensuring everyone pays their fair share.


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eman2611 necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 23 design presentati da 19 designer.
-this is for a logo design for storage
-I will own all rights to winners logo
-logo must be original content created by designer
Dont waste precious house space
Desired Color Scheme:
to match homepage
Desired Style:
web 2.0
Accepted File Formats:
ai, vector psd
here is the link for design of the homepage: http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/contest/275?
description of storeatmyhouse: Welcome to Store at my house.com. We provide a way for you to search for storage space location anywhere in the US.
In addition, you can advertise or rent stoarge space, be it your basement, empty room or even the attic and charge other users who may want to rent it. This service is completely FREE.
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|Rabbit peaking out of mums
Did I forget to mention that I love rabbits any time of year?
Pumpkins are the perfect addition to fall. Sitting on the front porch. I was going to make a topiary but chickened out. I may give it a try later.
Made this wreath after seeing the one my oldest daughter has.
A sign to welcome soon to visit trick or treaters..
Don't know exactly what type of tree this is but aren't the berries in the fall pretty?


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Seven years and 13 days ago I had the second (of 3) breakdowns. This, the middle one, was by far the worst and the one that could've ended my life but in the end was my saviour. How strange that something so bleak and horrendous could be the best thing to ever happen to me.
30th September 2010: the date has been seared on my bran ever since and every year I've felt down in the lead up to it, the events have played on my mind and for a few weeks afterwards I've not been the most cheerful of people.
2017 though…. 2017 had been markedly different. I actually forgot about it! No constant thoughts, no dwelling on all that happened that day and has happened since. In fact until World Mental Health day on 10th October I wasn't paying much attention to the past at all.
And well, isn't that something to celebrate???
It's not perfect. After a couple of comments about being quiet I guess I'm not completely over the anniversary even if it's my subconscious that's still needing work rather than anything else.
Looking back on the last few weeks I have been quieter. I've not been that well either which could have played a part in that too. I've also been consumed with shouting at student finance England for nearly ruining my attempts at re-starting my OU degree (all fine again now). I've not really been keeping in touch with people. So there's still a way to go but I'm feeling quite pleased with myself today
I've got so many exciting things coming up in the next 12 months. I've got some challenges to work on (and because I love them so much I've got action plans to work on those challenges) and I'm looking forward to the future so much.
Here's to forgetting about breakdowns even more next year 🙂


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For this project I used:
- A picture frame. I got mine from poundland - they actually have a really good range of decorative ones.
- A glue gun (or a bit of strong superglue will do fine).
- Black paint.
- A strong fridge magnet - I had a big ugly advertisement one on the fridge already, so used that.
It's so super simple it doesn't really need much of an explanation, but here goes...
I took the back off the frame and took out the glass... (is there a craft use for a spare piece of glass? Let me know if there is, I never like throwing things away if there might be a use for them)
Then I painted the wooden back of the frame with a couple of layers of black paint (I just used a cheap tester pot from Wilko)...
Pancake was keen to assist, as always...
After I put the wooden bit back into the frame, I got out my trusty glue gun (seriously, the best thing ever) and stuck my magnet on the back.
Ta-da! A chalkboard on your fridge, for shopping lists or cute notes. The DIY button magnets can be found right here too, if you're interested.
Simple and quick crafting is where it's at when I've got a 15,000 word dissertation due in, eeek!


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Online reviews of Rentabooth and a new background
Hi All.
It's been a while since I last blogged. It's finding the time.
When it comes to reviews of Rentabooth, there are hundreds of them on the Feedback tab on the Rentabooth website. All of the reviews were unsolicited and have been copied directly from emails that we have received from satisfied clients. Here is a link:
In the last few months we have been asking our clients to post their comments/reviews on a website called Trustpilot. It is an independent company that reviews thousands of different companies of all types.
To view the reviews of Rentabooth, go here:
I do find it odd that we have four 5 star reviews on the Trustpilot website, yet we don't have a 100% perfect score!
Check out the new sparkly background we are now using! It gives you a really good idea of just how good our photos are.
The couple in the horror makeup really pushed the boat out for the Halloween party at the Daily Mix party in Central London.


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Some people never learn.
I'm one of those people. I'm going for try 3, and I'm 24 hours in. The difference is that this time I WILL succeed. Some changes :
I'm eating much healthier now
I'm eating after every nap
I'm sleeping with the lights dim
I'm doing 25 minutes naps
I'm slightly more awesome than before
If I'm not on it by the 28th, I lose $1500. And I like money.
I now know that by day 6, it will be gravy. 5 More to go, ladies!~WOO
I have video games.
Anyway... 3 or 4 naps down so far... no problems yet... but we all know how it goes by now.
So you are doing that sleep one does? Ah what's it called, the frequent naps never getting a full night's rest? I think that's quite sane actually. Some people don't need more than two hours sleep.
I've stopped counting exactly, but I'm around day 35 now.
How Steve Pavlina got on the schedule so quickly, I don't understand. I do understand why everyone gives up before they convert, though. It is hard. Especially that first week. I don't even think it's possible to get on it unless you refuse to even consider that you might fail. That's what I did this time, and it's made quite a difference.
Today we moved to Better Than Your Boyfriend, which required me to go through all of the old posts and edit them. At times it's easy to think that I'm not making much progress, but looking back at those old entries, It's like day and night (no pun intended).
I love to sleep. I've slept easily 10 hours on average my life so far. Even though I love sleep I realize one thing:
Needless sleep has easily been the most unproductive thing I've done in my life.
Oversleeping is horrible. For one I find sleeping more than 9 hours a day usually begets more sleep, making you actually feel drowsier the majority of the day even though you technically slept more than enough. Furthermore sleeping extra just takes up time. sleeping 10 hours a day as opposed to 6 or 7 means I'm not awake for a whopping 90-110 hours a month. This adds up really quickly. Those extra 3 hours could be used to learn a language, programming, watch a good movie or documentary, exercise etc. Imagine everyday you had 1 more hour to spend learning vocabulary or studying? Imagine everyday you had 1 more hour to come up with a strategy for your business?


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Barnardo's and local primary school join Cradlehall for their Easter celebrations
Residents at HC-One's Cradlehall in Inverness enjoyed a wonderful Easter where friends from the local community joined them to celebrate.
Children from the local Cradlehall Primary School made each of the Residents a beautiful Easter basket and they later joined staff and the Residents for an Easter egg hunt.
Barnardo's Works Project also visited the home, as part of their ongoing commitment to supporting Residents at Cradlehall Care Home, and enjoyed making lovely Easter bonnets with the Residents for their Easter parade.
Anne and Scotty, the home's therapy dog, judged the Easter bonnet competition with Flora winning the title. Congratulations Flora!
Barnardo's Works Project commented:
"We had a great time getting to know the Residents at Cradlehall and making Easter bonnets with them."


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Over the past couple of months, Lush has without a doubt been one of my favourite brands for haircare and skincare products. I'm sure you've all seen my numerous posts raving about the Big Sea Salt Shampoo, but today I'm here to talk to you about another favourite of mine, the Ocean Salt facial scrub.
Ocean Salt is a one of the more talked about Lush products and after a long time debating, I finally gave in and purchased the smaller tub just to give it a whirl. While Ocean Salt is described as a facial scrub, it can also be used all over the body, and has a lovely invigorating scent containing lime, coconut, sea salt and grapefruit, along with a vodka base. I'm very bad at describing scents so I'll just say that it's very fresh and uplifting and has a very ocean-y scent (you know what I'm talking about right?!). Personally, I don't find Ocean Salt too effective as a body scrub as it isn't as harsh as most considering it has to be mild enough to use on your face, however if you're after a more gentle body scrub, this would be a good choice.
Along with Big, Ocean Salt is also a little bit awkward to use as the salt crystals do fall all over the place so you just need to pay a little bit of attention so that you don't drop all of the crystals which would essentially just make it a cleanser. Ocean Salt really does work wonders and leaves your skin feeling so smooth and clear which is why this has definitely become one of my favourite Lush products. It removes any patches of dry or dead skin and leaves your face feeling lovely and clean. If you have dry skin and feel that your face is in need of a lil TLC, I'd definitely recommend Ocean Salt.
Ocean Salt can be purchased in store at Lush or online for $22.50 (120g) or $34.95 (250g).
Have you tried Ocean Salt? What do you think?