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8 Types of Vitamin B and Their Health Benefits
This blog does not intend to provide diagnosis...
In this article:
- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
- Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
- Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
- Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)
- Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
- Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
- Vitamin B9 (Folate)
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
There are eight B-vitamins, and they all play important roles in overall health and in energy metabolism. They are specifically important in the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates, sugar, and proteins and help the body transform these important nutrients into energy.
All B-vitamins are water-soluble, which means that any unused or excess amount present in the blood is excreted in the urine. Most B-vitamins are never stored in the body. The exceptions are vitamin B12 and vitamin B9 (also known as folate). This is different from fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, K and E, which are stored in the body.
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
Vitamin B1 or thiamine is frequently forgotten and does not get the attention other B vitamins get. However, it's very important, and if you're deficient in vitamin B1, you can develop deficiency conditions known as beriberi, wet beriberi with congestive heart failure or Wernicke encephalopathy, a condition that affects the mind and memory.
However, more frequently, one may have a reduced appetite, fatigue, and sometimes delirium.
Risk factors for vitamin B1 deficiency
- Heavy alcohol use
- Digestive or malabsorption disorders
- Unhealthy diet
- Weight-loss surgery (malabsorption is common)
- Dialysis
- Taking diuretics and acid-reducing medications
Symptoms of vitamin B1 deficiency
- Lack of appetite
- Decreased muscle function
- Congestive heart failure
- Tingling in hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy)
- Mental confusion or speech difficulty
- Nausea and vomiting
Food sources of vitamin B1
- Yeast
- Whole grains
- Chia seeds/almonds
- Legumes (beans, lentils)
- Eggs
- Meat (beef, pork)
Most who take vitamin B1 supplements consume between 50 to 500 mg. These can be taken as part of a multivitamin, a B-complex, or individual supplement. B vitamins are also available in gummy formulations.
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
Riboflavin is an important vitamin that plays a role in energy metabolism. It is crucial for mitochondrial health and wellness, where it is part of two important coenzymes. Riboflavin helps break down fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, so they can be used for cellular energy. When consumed, vitamin B2 is absorbed in the small intestine. Bacteria in the large intestine are also able to manufacture riboflavin.
Risk factors for vitamin B2 deficiency
- Chronic alcohol use
- Consuming a vegetarian diet
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Digestive or malabsorption disorders
- Poor diet
- Weight-loss surgery
- Dialysis
- Taking diuretics and acid-reducer medications
Symptoms of vitamin B2 deficiency
- Fatigue
- Rash in the corner of the mouth
- Hair loss
- Anemia
- Cataracts
- Nervous system abnormalities
- Migraine headaches
Food sources of vitamin B2
- Egg yolks
- Organ meats (kidney, liver)
- Meats (beef, chicken and pork)
- Seafood (tuna, salmon)
- Green vegetables
- Chia seeds/almonds
- Soybeans
- Cereals (fortified)
Riboflavin has been shown to be effective in preventing migraines. A 2017 study in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, which evaluated 11 studies, concluded: "Riboflavin is well-tolerated, inexpensive, and has demonstrated efficacy in the reduction of adult patient's migraine headache frequency".
A 2014 study in Canadian Family Physician also demonstrated riboflavin's usefulness in children with migraine headaches.
Ideally, vitamin B2 should be consumed via diet, but if needed, it can be taken as part of a multivitamin, a B-complex, or individual supplement. Suggested dose: Adults – riboflavin 100 to 400 mg daily. Children – 100 to 400 mg daily.
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
Vitamin B3 can be found in two different forms: the first is niacin (also known as nicotinic acid), and the second is niacinamide (also known as nicotinamide). In either form, vitamin B3 is a precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), which plays a vital role in helping mitochondria — the cell's powerhouse — create energy.
Risk factors for vitamin B3 deficiency
- Chronic alcohol use
- Digestive or malabsorption disorders
- Poor diet
- Weight-loss surgery
- Dialysis
Symptoms of vitamin B3 deficiency
- Memory loss
- Headaches
- Fatigue
- Depression
- Apathy
- Delirium
- Vomiting
Food sources of vitamin B3
- Yellowfin tuna
- Poultry (chicken, turkey)
- Meat (pork, beef)
- Portabella mushrooms
- Brown rice
- Peanuts, nuts, seeds (chia seeds)
- Avocados, green peas, sweet potatoes
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)
Vitamin B5 is an essential vitamin. Humans and animals require vitamin B5 to help manufacture coenzyme A (CoA), an important enzyme required to metabolize fat, carbohydrates, and proteins. In other words, vitamin B5 helps convert food into energy. It also helps the liver break down certain prescription drugs and toxins. Animal studies have shown that mice who are deficient in pantothenic acid are prone to premature graying. However, there is no evidence that pantothenic acid reverses gray hair in humans.
Risk factors for vitamin B5 deficiency
- Heavy alcohol use
- Digestive or malabsorption disorders
- Poor diet
- Weight-loss surgery
Symptoms of vitamin B5 deficiency
- Irritability
- Fatigue
- Hypoglycemia
- Nausea and vomiting
- Abdominal cramping
Food sources of vitamin B5
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Meats (liver, beef, fish)
- Dairy (milk, yogurt and cheese)
- Egg yolks
- Sunflower seeds
- Peanuts
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
Vitamin B6 is involved in over 100 biochemical reactions in the human body and plays an important role in nerve and overall brain health. It is also important in the metabolism of sugar molecules, cholesterol, and protein. A 2008 study showed that "substantial proportions of some population subgroups" do not have sufficient vitamin B6 levels. A deficiency is also frequently present in those who are low in vitamin B12 and folic acid.
Risk factors for vitamin B6 deficiency:
- Regular or excessive alcohol consumption
- Obese or overweight
- Pregnancy
- Malabsorption conditions (leaky gut, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Being elderly
- Consuming a vegetarian diet
- Medications
Medications such as the diabetes drug metformin, and the diuretic furosemide, can increase the risk of vitamin B6 deficiency. Women who take birth control pills, or who are former users of birth control pills, are also at risk for vitamin B6 deficiency according to studies, so extra caution should be taken.
Vitamin B6 is absorbed in the jejunum, the mid-portion of the small intestine. Having good gut health is important for absorption of all vitamins and minerals.
Symptoms of vitamin B6 deficiency
- Seborrhea dermatitis (dry scalp)
- Fatigue
- Confusion
- Numbness/carpal tunnel syndrome
Food sources of vitamin B6:
- Meat (pork, beef, and beef liver)
- Poultry (turkey/chicken)
- Seafood (salmon/tuna)
- Chickpeas
- Bananas
- Potatoes
- Pistachios, nuts, seeds (chia seeds, in particular)
It is recommended that most adults consume 1 to 2 mg per day of vitamin B6, while most children need anywhere from 0.1 to 1.3 mg per day, depending on age. However, some believe the recommended levels should be increased. NOTE: Do not take more than recommended on any given supplement bottle. Vitamin B6 is available in a quality multivitamin, B-complex supplement, and also as an individual supplement.
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
Biotin, or vitamin B7, is sometimes referred to as "vitamin H", a reference to haar und haut, German for "hair and skin". Biotin is important for enzymes involved in the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. It also plays an important role in embryonic development — one in 60,000 children are born with a genetic mutation called biotinidase deficiency (BTD), which if left undiagnosed, can lead to severe health issues.
Biotin is commonly taken by those seeking a natural approach to reversing hair loss.
Risks for vitamin B7 deficiency
- Heavy alcohol use
- Digestive disorders
- Taking certain medications (anti-seizure medications, antibiotics)
Symptoms of vitamin B7 deficiency
- Hair loss
- Thin or brittle nails
- Depression
- Neuropathy
- Seizures
Food sources of vitamin B7
- Chicken liver/beef liver
- Salmon
- Eggs
- Yeast
- Avocado
- Sunflower and chia seeds
Suggested dose: Those who take a multivitamin or b-complex will ensure sufficient biotin. Individual supplements can be taken as directed on the label.
Vitamin B9 (Folate)
Folate, or vitamin B9, is an important water-soluble vitamin required for healthy cell division and proper nerve development. It is required for adequate production of DNA, RNA, and amino acids. A common form of the vitamin that is added to other vitamins and food is folic acid. The word folate is derived from "foliage", a reference to green leafy vegetables and plant foods, where folate is found in abundance.
In the United States, up to 20 percent of teenage females do not get adequate amounts of folic acid. A 2017 study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested up to 85 percent of women in the United Kingdom, aged 16-49, are at risk for deficiency. Men and women from Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East are also at risk.
Maternal intake of folic acid may reduce risk of autism in infants, according to a 2018 study in JAMA Psychiatry. Prenatal vitamins contain folate and can help prevent neural-tube defects as well as cleft lips and palates in babies. Women of childbearing age should take folate routinely to avoid these concerns should they become unexpectedly pregnant, according to many health professionals.
Risk factors of vitamin B9 deficiency
- Diets low in vegetables
- Taking certain medications (triamterene, methotrexate medications)
- Routine or excessive alcohol intake
- Malabsorption syndromes (leaky gut, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Taking medications that can reduce absorption (acid reducers, methotrexate, seizure medications)
Symptoms of vitamin B9 deficiency
- Neuropathy and nerve impairment
- Depression
- Anemia
- Memory Loss
- Elevated Homocysteine (increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and blood clots)
- Neural-tube defects in baby (if mother is deficient during conception and early pregnancy)
- Increased risk of certain cancers (colon, lung, pancreas, esophagus, and bladder)
Food sources of vitamin B9
- Vegetables (spinach, kale, cabbage)
- Beef and chicken
- Peas, beans and lentils
- Nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, peanuts)
- Seeds (flax seeds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds)
- Eggs
- Avocados
When diet does not provide sufficient folate, a folate or folic acid supplement should be considered. This is especially important in women of childbearing age. Vitamin B9 can be consumed as an individual supplement, as part of a B-complex vitamin, or as part of a quality multivitamin or prenatal vitamin. Suggested dose: The minimum dose is 400 mcg, and rarely is a dose more than 1,000 mcg recommended.
Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
Vitamin B12 (also referred to as cobalamin or cyanocobalamin) is an important nutrient that your body requires to help optimize brain, nerve, and blood health. The cobalt mineral plays an important role in its structure. Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin, meaning the body will eliminate what it does not need. One cannot overdose on this vitamin.
Studies from the United States demonstrate that up to one in six (17 percent) of those aged 60 and older are deficient in vitamin B12 while upwards of one in 15 (six percent) of those under age 60 are deficient. Many other populations around the world are equally affected. In the northern part of China, for instance, a 2014 study showed up to 45 percent of Chinese women were deficient in vitamin B12. African, Russian, European, and Middle Eastern populations also have high deficiency rates. Those with a reduced intake of meat are at increased risk for deficiency, as are vegetarians.
Medications such as metformin, a diabetes drug, and most acid reducers (omeprazole, pantoprazole, etc.) increase the risk of vitamin B12 deficiency as they inhibit absorption in the gut. Those who routinely drink alcohol and those who suffer from alcoholism also frequently have a vitamin B12 deficiency.
Signs and symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency
- Anemia
- Abnormal platelet count (can be low or elevated)
- Burning tongue (burning mouth syndrome)
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Depression and fatigue
- Hallucinations and confusion
- Insomnia
- Elevated homocysteine (increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and blood clots)
- Memory loss – vitamin B12 deficiency is more common in those with dementia
- Vitiligo – a skin condition where sections of the skin lack color (hypopigmentation)
One can also have numbness and tingling in legs and arms. Doctors refer to this as peripheral neuropathy. Common in those with diabetes, neuropathy sometimes also affects those with pre-diabetes (and even those without diabetes).
Food Sources of Vitamin B12
- Meat (beef/chicken/turkey)
- Fish
- Eggs
- Dairy products
- Spirulina (a blue-green algae)
When vitamin B12 levels are not sufficiently reached with diet, it may be taken as a supplement. It is available as a capsule, tablet, sublingual, or gummy. Additionally, vitamin B12 can also be found in a B-complex vitamin. Doses range from 100 mcg to 2,000 mcg.
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Depending on which direction you look, the taxiing strip at northern Maine's tiny Millinocket Municipal Airport is either New England's most blighted runway or its most picturesque. Out the left-hand window of an accelerating Cessna, I see the twin smoke-stacks of an abandoned paper mill surrounded by chain-link fences and corroding storage tanks. To the right is the cambered whaleback of Mount Katahdin breaching up from the green swells of the Maine highlands. It's like watching establishing shots for two different documentaries: on the right, a soaring, Planet Earth–style aerial; on the left, an image from Roger & Me.
"Look down there," says a voice in my headset. "You'll see some clear-cuts, but mostly it's been thinned pretty sparingly." The voice belongs to Mark Leathers, a 53-year-old forester who manages the 74,000-acre woodland parcel spread out before us. We're just east of Katahdin now, looking down at a seemingly untouched playground of wooded foothills and trout streams tumbling off the mountains to the west. The most dramatic of these is the East Branch of the Penobscot River. Leathers, perched in the plane's front seat, points out a few burly-looking Class IV whitewater runs. If he and his boss, conservationist and Burt's Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby, have their way, this wilderness will be America's next national park.
Suddenly, the Cessna takes a hard 45-degree tilt. "Check out the moose," yells Leathers. Sure enough, there's a cow wading in an oxbow pond below, head down, seemingly oblivious to the drone of our engine.
Technically, this Idaho-shaped chunk of land, which contains a 30-mile stretch of the International Appalachian Trail, is known as the East Branch Sanctuary. But around Millinocket it's simply referred to as "Quimby's land." The self-made millionaire owns it, along with 119,000 acres of other timber-company lands that she started buying up back in 2000, when Burt's Bees was raking in about $23 million a year. Her plan was to give the property to the National Park Service, thereby galvanizing other donations that would eventually establish a 3.2-million-acre wilderness in the last great undeveloped region east of the Rockies.
But the campaign stalled out of the gate. Public land is a tough sell in northern Maine, where residents are accustomed to hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and cutting timber. Many didn't cotton to the rhetoric of a wealthy environmentalist; others feared that the proposed park would spell the end of the region's struggling paper mills. The fact that Quimby first partnered with a Massachusetts conservation non-profit called Restore didn't help matters. She'd managed to align herself with the three groups viewed most skeptically in northern Maine: enviros, the federal government, and Massholes.
But a dozen years and a few hundred Ban Roxanne bumper stickers later, Quimby is back with more practical ambitions. Last spring she announced plans for a dramatically reduced 74,000-acre Maine Woods National Park just east of Katahdin, carved entirely from her own property. And thanks to better diplomacy and a new emphasis on economic benefit, Quimby is beginning to win hearts and minds. In the past two years, the region's chamber of commerce has come on board, and snowmobile clubs, logging operations, and other former opponents have lined up to endorse a special resource study—an essential precursor to the park. Alexander Brash, northeast regional director of the National Parks Conservation Association, calls the rebooted park "a realistic expectation," pointing to polls that show solid majorities of Mainers now willing to entertain the idea.
"People in northern Maine like living in the woods," says Quimby. "They like to fish and hunt and hike. But they don't see conservation as an abstract concept that needs protection. That's not important to them. What's important is jobs." And in the past decade, unemployment in the Katahdin region has fluctuated between eight and 28 percent.
"I've had a lot of experience creating economic prosperity," she continues. "Now people in this region need that, so it's a better story than, you know, 'Let's save habitat.' "
Quimby's connection to northern Maine dates to the mid-'70s, when she spent a decade living in a cabin and waiting tables before launching Burt's Bees. The daughter of an engineer and a stay-at-home mom, she was born in Massachusetts and headed west in 1969 to attend the San Francisco Art Institute. California's back-to-the-land movement soon got under her skin. In 1974, armed with a bachelor's degree, a microbus, and a few tattered issues of Mother Earth News, she and a boyfriend drove cross-country in search of a homestead. They landed near Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, where they bought 20 acres for $3,000. Quimby was still living in her cabin 10 years later—with twin children but without plumbing, electricity, or the boyfriend—when she met a beekeeper named Burt Shavitz. The pair went into the beeswax business, selling soap at craft fairs and, eventually, Manhattan boutiques. In 1991, Quimby concocted a recipe for lip balm, and within two years Burt's Bees was moving into an 18,000-square-foot headquarters in tax-friendly North Carolina. Clorox paid $913 million for the company in 2007.
Quimby, now 61, tells me about her rise while seated in the dining room of her tasteful colonial home in Portland. She smiles easily, but her speech is boardroom deliberate and sprinkled with business jargon. "Roxanne's casual appearance and style can lead others to underestimate the power of her insights and impact," says former Burt's Bees CEO John Replogle, now the chief executive at eco-products titan Seventh Generation. "She's extremely adept in the boardroom." Despite her intent to donate the property, Quimby refers to her woodland holdings as "investments." The returns, she explains, will be "accumulated by future generations."
If she were motivated by conservation alone, a donation to, say, the Nature Conservancy would be a lot easier than the proposed park. Quimby, however, wants her land to attract visitors—lots of them. She feels a deep kinship with George Dorr, who devoted his fortune to help establish Acadia National Park in the early 20th century, and is an admirer of author Richard Louv, who coined the term nature deficit disorder to describe kids' alienation from the outdoors.
"We have to reconnect Americans, particularly young ones, with nature," she says. "If we don't get people into the parks, then it doesn't matter how much land we conserve." In other words, the Maine woods need protection, but they also need marketing. To hear Quimby tell it, the park service is a superior brand to a big conservation group. It is also, she insists, a quintessentially democratic institution. Quimby, a dedicated liberal, argues that there are no political partisans in the backcountry—despite an election year already seething with antigovernment rhetoric. "To me, all that politics is just weather," she says. "But our basic American values? Those are climate. And in America, we put a value on our public lands."
If this sounds Pollyannaish, consider the numbers. Last year, some 280 million guests visited the national park system, which contains about 400 "units"—everything from parks and trails to monuments and historic sites. Tourists drop $11.3 billion each year in park gateway towns like West Yellowstone, Montana, and Bar Harbor, Maine. As Quimby says, "It's very well documented that park service units create jobs."
There are essentially two ways to create a national park. The first: Congress asks the National Park Service, which is run by the Department of the Interior, for a special resource study—an evaluation of a site's worthiness. The NPS outlines the would-be park's boundaries and budget and sends the study to Congress, which has the final say. Congress can ignore a favorable NPS analysis or even authorize a park that the service has not endorsed, as in the case of Alabama's Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area, which was designated in 2009 before the NPS even finished its study.
The other method is for the president to confer national-monument status by executive order. This privilege was granted under the 1906 Antiquities Act, which Teddy Roosevelt used two years later to create Grand Canyon National Monument, thwarting politicians tied to logging and mining who'd opposed a national park for decades. Ever since, monument status—which focuses on preservation rather than recreation—has been both an end run around the sticky congressional process and a training-wheels program for future national parks. But it can take a while: the Grand Canyon, for example, became a park only in 1919, after the monument's popularity and profitability gradually won over the opposition. Six new national parks have been designated in the past 20 years, most recently Colorado's Great Sand Dunes in 2004—and most of these were already national monuments. Not since Minnesota's Voyageurs in 1971 has a new national park been created from scratch—that is, via the large-scale acquisition of private land.
"The parks are so loved, we assume that they were handed down by a benevolent Congress," says Dayton Duncan, writer and co-producer of the PBS series The National Parks: America's Best Idea. "But when you start to turn over the rock of any national park, you find the opposite—that Congress is the last one to the table."
For Quimby, the fact that it's been 40 years since the creation of a truly new national park just means we're overdue. But she needs a majority of Maine's four federal legislators to adopt this view before it can go before Congress and the NPS. Only one of those members, Democratic representative Chellie Pingree, has backed the essential special resource study. Getting the rest of the delegation on board requires support from the rural north, where constituents tend to have better relations with timber companies than with government entities.
"I see the discussion about 70,000 acres of federal park as a real dangerous kind of precedent," says Patrick Strauch, executive director of the Maine Forest Products Council, an industry lobbying organ.
Already, the post-bubble political climate has ensnared many proposed public lands in a sort of culture-war catch-22. On the one hand, the Obama administration advocates investment in parks as a step toward economic recovery. In 2009, an incoming President Obama pledged more than a billion dollars of stimulus money to the NPS. But that largesse has since dwindled, and to date the administration has added just six park units. (Bush added 12 units during his eight years in office, Clinton added 19, and Ronald Reagan, whose first interior secretary, James Watt, was vilified for his anti-conservation policies, added 17.)
"With the change of administration came a real sense of excitement," says Duncan. "That has now collided with a new political reality in which the House is being held hostage by people who believe there is no role for government." Opponents of the Maine Woods National Park, Duncan points out, make largely the same arguments as those who protested the Grand Canyon a century ago: "A philosophy is taking hold that's very much in tune with the robber-baron era of the 19th century. Teddy Roosevelt came in and fought it then, but it's the same philosophy today."
So how do you win support for a national park when locals don't want it and the political climate seems untenable? Quimby started by mending fences with sportsmen, offering an additional 45,000 of her acres to the state. This land, which is just south of the proposed park, would allow hunting, snowmobiling, and timber harvesting.
"I was her harshest critic, no question," says George Smith, who served as director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine from 1993 to 2010. When Quimby asked to meet with him in 2006, Smith was flabbergasted. "But she changed her approach, and she did a lot to accommodate us—designating snowmobile trails, selling back some of the land."
Still, Quimby's primary tactic has been to focus on potential economic perks, pointing east to Acadia, where visitor spending has helped create some 3,150 jobs. She's pledged $40 million to get the new park off the ground—half from fundraising, half out of her own pocket. And if her timing seems poor in Washington, it couldn't be better in northern Maine, where paper mills have been closing at an alarming rate. Last year, unemployment in the Katahdin region hovered around 22 percent.
"At what point do you decide you'd better look elsewhere?" asks Smith. "When you've lost a thousand jobs? Two thousand?"
Quimby has set a goal of donating the land by 2016—the Park Service's centennial anniversary. The odds of meeting that goal seem long, but there's no denying Quimby's progress: endorsing a special resource study are predictable supporters like the Sierra Club and the state's Natural Resources Council, but also the Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce, a few snowmobile clubs, and a logging empire that's locally renowned for its role in the Discovery Channel show American Loggers. And Quimby's plan is certainly on the Interior Department's radar. She's friendly with Secretary Ken Salazar—they both sit on the board of the National Parks Foundation, which funnels private money to the parks. Last August, during a tour of the Northeast, Salazar and NPS director Jon Jarvis held an impromptu public forum in Millinocket. Salazar stressed his impartiality, but as former NPS northeast associate director Robert McIntosh tells me, "Reading the tea leaves, I don't think Salazar would have gone to Millinocket if he wasn't interested."
Then, of course, there's the presidential election. If Obama is victorious in the fall, nothing much changes, and Quimby continues lobbying for public opinion. Ironically, park supporters could benefit if Mitt Romney is elected—it would hasten the chance for an 11th-hour executive order from Obama. The truth is, national monuments are often designated during an outgoing president's final days in office: Clinton designated seven in his last week in office, and Bush created the 95,000-square-mile Marianas Trench Marine National Monument as he departed in 2009. Quimby, however, cares little for political football. She takes the counterintuitive view that local controversy bodes well for a future park—she is, after all, fighting the same slow battle that once created Acadia and the Grand Canyon. "In 100 years," she says, "the park will be there, and the objections will be long gone."


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I'm a sucker for Halloween. It's not the candy, or the skanky costumes (See Sexy Pizza Rat)… It's the element of creepiness, horror and decorations and just plain ol' being spooked! Every October, I typically dive deeper into horror movies of all varieties but I have no yet dived deeper into the Halloween themed music videos. So this year, I have compiled 10 music videos that have a Halloween-ie theme to them. If you think I missed a video let me know! I'm always looking to check out new ones! Here's what I've come up with so far.
10. The Specials – Ghost Town
You may have heard this song at the beginning of Shaun of The Dead. Definitely an oldie, but always a goodie! The video has a bit of a creepy, going crazy feel to it.
9. Rockwell – Somebody's Watchin Me
You can't go to a Halloween party without hearing this song. Plus the video has a creepy factor to it… very 80's = Very Awesome!
8. 30 Seconds To Mars – The Kill
3o Seconds To Mars do a phenomenal job in recreating their music video as a nod to The Shining. It helps that Jared Leto is also a major movie actor and has the right connects to recreate it. Ps. The bear scene really gets ya!
7. Nekromantix – Horny In A Hearse
Not a very well known band but Nekromantix are extremely popular in the Rockabilly/Psychobilly world. Most of their music is Halloween themed to begin with but this video really takes the cake. I mean, if you've got most of the horror movie classic villains in it, how could it not be?
6. Rob Zombie – Dragula
What Halloween playlist would be complete without none other than Rob Zombie. The dude has more love for Halloween than the Sanderson sisters in Hocus Pocus. This one just happens to be such a great video to a great song.
5. Misfits – SCREAM!
It would be a crime to no include Misfits. They're a horror punk band damnit! Trying to find an older music video from them with a Halloween theme was tough but I really fell in love with *Doyle* Misfits "Scream" video. Zombie outbreak in the middle of a hospital. Nuff said. It also pays a nice tribute to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at the end too.
4. Royal Blood – Outta The Black
If you have not exposed yourself to Royal Blood. Do so. now. 2 piece band outta the UK. Bass guitar and Drums. Oh plus this music video is epic as fuuuuuuug! Where else are you going to get a bunch of holiday Mascots (minus the ice cream) destroying people for candy?
3. Oingo Boingo – Dead Man's Party
Anything Danny Elfman does is magic. Case in point: Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas, Microsoft sound effects… Oingo Boingo… I mean I could go on. His resume is longer than my actual height (5'3). This is one of the best videos and one of the best songs to play during your Halloween party.
2. Wolf Alice – You're A Germ
I effin love this song. I effin love this video. Wolf Alice relives horror movie after horror movie in their video for "You're A Germ". Another band from the UK that demands to be heard and as they should. You got Zombies, masked murderers, discovering dead bodies everywhere… OH! and killer clowns! They've covered it all! Ps. I love you Wolf Alice! #FanGirl
1.Michael Jackson – Thriller
I know. It's obvious. But the music video still holds up to this day. It's one of the few music video to ever have credits at the end. Plus is Michael Jackson! Everyone loves 80's Michael! Except for maybe your racist grandparent or uncle… cause you know… everyone's got one. Enjoy!
*Turns around* *Thriller Eyes* Thriller Laugh*


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A Place for the King: The Biblical Foundation for Worshiping Jesus
- Jack Hayford The Living Way
- 2005 1 Aug
The living God dwells where His people worship, and life happens where He dwells. It is my conviction, therefore, that the life-flow of a church congregation will rise only as high as their worship of the Godhead. We cannot underestimate the importance of teaching the Word of God, but the Word itself reveals that worship is what the Christian Church is all about.
The book of Ephesians says that we who trust in Christ are to be "to the praise of His glory" (1:12), "built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit" (2:22). Peter describes the people of God as "living stones . . . being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood" (1 Peter 2:5). Each member of the Body is a part of the temple of the Lord, summoned to be a "living stone" of His dwelling.
God is looking for a place to dwell. We know of nowhere else in the universe except earth where God is not praised or welcomed. In the words of Jesus Himself, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20). During His ministry, Jesus had no home. When He was born, there was no room at the inn (Luke 2:7). In one sense, this is just an interesting analogy, but in another, it is a dramatic demonstration of the fact that God has a hard time finding a place to be on this planet.
In order for the foundation of our "spiritual house" to be firmly established, it is important that we understand the biblical grounds for worship. These derive from the saga of loss and recovery of humankind's fellowship with the Almighty God.
Stage 1: Lost Authority
Humanity is given dominion of the planet and gives it away.
In Genesis 1:26, we see humankind given rule and dominion over the earth: "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion . . . over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.'"
Authority over this planet and all its creatures was delegated to Adam from the Creator. Adam was given everything and was asked to obey God in only one thing. In violating that one thing, not only did Adam lose relationship with God, but also the dominion he had been given was lost (see Genesis 3).
Had that been all, it would have been bad enough. Man now lives on the planet without the right to rule over it, his relationship with the Creator has been severed and he must earn his living by the sweat of his brow. Loss of dominion also means that we now have an animal kingdom in turmoil.
And there is more. The consequences of Adam's disobedience are far greater. When Adam violated the trust God gave him by obeying the suggestions of another being, Adam submitted himself to another power. By so doing, he transferred the title deed to this planet into the hands of the serpent—Satan—whom Jesus referred to as "the prince of this world" (John 12:31, kjv). When Satan showed Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world and their glory" and propositioned Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me" (Matthew 4:8-9), Jesus denied the terms, but He did not challenge Satan's right to make the offer.
The Kingdom of God, intended to be administrated by man on earth, has been crowded off the planet by the kingdom of darkness. God could have taken back rulership, of course, but His desire has always been that the human race He created should rule the planet. Dominion was lost because of man's choice. God, out of His unfathomable nature of love, gave humankind the freedom to make that choice, just as He now graciously invites human beings to choose to receive eternal life through His Son, Jesus. Out of His perfect love, God did not—and does not—impose His rule.
Nevertheless, not everything has been lost by the fall of humanity into sin. Human beings are still created in the image of God. And we still have the right and the capacity to make our own choices. God desires for human beings to choose Him as their King, so that His Kingdom rule and blessings may be manifest on earth through them (see Mark 6:9-10).
Stage 2: Ministry from Within
The Lord begins the plan of redemption—the Levitical priesthood.
In the Old Testament, God prepares to introduce His King, setting the stage for the redemption of earth. He begins with Abraham, through whose offspring He intends to recover the planet and bless all its nations (see Genesis 17). But His chosen people—the children of Israel—wind up enslaved in Egypt. He then summons Moses, using him to deliver Israel, and declares His desire to make Israel "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:6).
God's original intent was that all Israel would be "priests." This plan was short-circuited, however, when the people rebelled against Moses' leadership following the fashioning of the golden calf. Only the Levites stood by Moses. As a result of this key incident, priesthood in the nation of Israel became restricted to this one tribe (see Exodus 32). (By the way, we should not give the Levites too much credit for their loyalty on this occasion, since they were prompted mostly by tribal affiliation to Moses.)
In the New Testament, we learn that Jesus desires for all those who name Him their Lord to be His ministering "priests." In an interesting parallel of the Old Testament experience, Church tradition singles out the "priesthood" as a select few. So instead of all the people of God reaching out to minister to the world, we end up with a segment of the Church ministering to itself—just as the priests of Israel ministered only to Israel.
Yet look at what the Scriptures say about the Church serving as ministering agents of Jesus Christ: "To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen" (Revelation 1:5-6, emphasis added).
Some people take these verses to mean that we will reign on earth when Jesus returns. But John is speaking in the past tense: The text says that "He loved us and washed us"—and we know this has already happened. Then John says, "He has made us kings and priests"—again, the tense of the verb indicates that this has already happened. We are His kings (who have dominion) and His priests (who worship) now. (This is not to discount the millennial rule; simply speaking, we do not have to rule all the earth to rule some of it.)
Stage 3: The Lessons Begin
The Lord introduces the role of worship.
When the Lord God appeared to Moses in the burning bush, He told him, "When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain" (Exodus 3:12, emphasis added). The Hebrew word that is used here for serve—abad—also means to be a servant of, or to worship. By saying they would "serve God," He meant that His people would worship Him. It took only one day for God to deliver the Ten Commandments, but His people remained at Mt. Sinai for more than a year, building the Tabernacle and being taught by God how to worship. As we have seen, God's plan for redemption, recovery of fellowship and resumed dominion was that His people would be priests, and priests lead worship.
Human beings would never be able to take back this planet in their own strength. Only in the context of their relationship with Him and the dominion that flows from His throne was the power of God ever going to touch earth. Hence, His deep desire to teach them about worship.
Stage 4: The Boundaries Grow
Worship is expanded under David's monarchy.
David's reign saw both the boundaries of worship and the boundaries of territorial land expand in an unprecedented manner. David had a heart for worship and taught his people a great deal about praising the Lord out loud. He wrote many of the Psalms, which ultimately became the early Christian Church's handbook for worship. Under David's leadership, the use of instruments and choirs was expanded. These things were not new in the worship of Israel, but they began to be systematized and structured in a way that reveals the important place worship occupied in the nation's life.
David also built a second Tabernacle. No one knows what happened to the first one; it may have fallen into disrepair during the reign of Saul. Passionate to see God's presence established in the midst of the people, David made a place for the Tabernacle in the heart of the nation. Although it was his desire to build a Temple, the Lord fulfilled that through his son, Solomon—and, just as He had done with the Tabernacle, God filled the Temple with His glory (see 1 Kings 8).
Tragically, however, because of the sins of the people, the Temple of Solomon was destroyed. And with that loss, Israel entered the years of exile.
It is important to underscore that under David's leadership, there was a correlation between the expansion of Israel's territorial boundaries and the expansion of the boundaries of its worship. As their worship grew, so did their dominion. The same holds true for the Church today: It expands in dominion in direct proportion to its worship. Indeed, I firmly believe that worship is the key to evangelism.
Stage 5: Victory over Darkness
God's own Son comes and "tabernacles" among us.
Jesus Christ epitomizes and personifies both the Tabernacle and the Temple where the glory of God dwells: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).
The word translated here as "dwelt" is the Greek word skenoo, which could equally be translated "tabernacled." Similarly, Jesus refers to Himself as the temple in John 2:19: "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
Everywhere Jesus goes, He proclaims that the Kingdom of God is present because He, the King is there. For the first time since Adam, there is a sinless man on the planet, and Jesus overcomes where Adam failed. He is here to establish a new breed of human beings—"a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9). These are the people whom God will use to reclaim the planet, and the way they will do that is through their worship.
For the same reason as the Temple of Solomon was destroyed, so Jesus—the living Temple of God's glory—is destroyed on the cross: because of the sins of the people. Yet the Bible tells us that if Satan had had any inkling of God's plan, he never would have wanted to see the crucifixion take place:
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. ~~ I Corinthians 2:7-8
There, at the cross, where Satan thought he had once again succeeded in expanding his "principalities and powers," the Bible says he was disarmed by Jesus who triumphed over them, making his kingdom of darkness into a "public spectacle" (see Colossians 2:15).
Not only does Jesus win victory over death on the cross, but by the power of His resurrection, He becomes the seed that, having fallen into the ground and died, then begins to bear fruit. All over the planet, He begets people who receive the power of His life and begin to come alive with dominion possibility, bringing the rule, power and presence of God to all the earth. No longer does man have to labor in the power of his flesh; now, the power of the Kingdom of God is "at hand" (Mark 1:15).
Stage 6: A Godly Habitation
Jesus prepares the Church to be a temple of living stones.
The Lord is now ready to build His people into a dwelling place for His presence. Jesus has prepared the Church to be a temple built of "living stones"—that's you and me! When we gather together, we become a place for God to dwell and for the dominion of His Kingdom to be established; the King is literally "enthroned" in our praises (Psalm 22:3). When we worship, God will come and dwell with us, with all the weight of His glory, His rulership and His dominion.
In this atmosphere—where worship ushers in the presence of God—four critically important things take place. First, the Word becomes incarnated in people; it becomes life, not just an intellectual exercise. Second, people are healed in the ongoing pattern of God's presence. Third, they come to know the Lord as His Kingdom is established. And, finally, as God empowers His people, their worship crowds out the borders of hell's domain.
When we come together in a worship service, God's people are built up as a habitation for His presence, as the "living stones" of His temple. Through our worship, an intimate and vibrant relationship with the living God is made possible: His assignment for us as His "royal priesthood" is restored; we become ministering agents of His resurrection life to the world; and we are enabled to move in the expanding dominion and rulership He intended for humankind from the beginning.
Excerpted with permission of Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, MI. © 2005, Jack Hayford. All rights reserved. You can order a copy of Manifest Presence at www.christianbook.com. Visit Jack Hayford's website here: www.jackhayford.com


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Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
In a dramatic turn of events, Sahara chief Subrata Roy on Friday said he is not absconding from arrest and is ready to "unconditionally follow" whatever direction the Supreme Court gives him today.
A day after the police visited his home in Lucknow to arrest him as per Supreme Court's orders but failed to find him there, Roy said he is still in Lucknow and had gone out for sometime to consult "a panel of doctors". Roy said he has "already informed police to do their duty".
Through a statement signed by him, Roy also appealed to the Supreme Court to allow him to be with his "ailing mother under house arrest till March 3, 2014", while adding that he was ready to reach Delhi even today, if court wants him to do so.
Issuing a non-bailable warrant against Roy, the Supreme Court on February 26 asked the police to arrest him and present before the court on March 4.
I am not absconding; ready to follow SC order: Subrata Roy
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Raising an emotional pitch, Roy said he was a "law abiding citizen" and not the one who will abscond.
"Last evening I had gone out of Sahara Shahar, Lucknow, to consult with a panel of doctors with certain medical reports of my mother and then I had gone to a lawyer's house also," he said.
Armed with Supreme Court's non-bailable warrant, a team of Lucknow police on Thursday raided Roy's house in 'Sahara Shahar' to arrest him but failed to find him there.
High drama marked the police action as a team of Gomti Nagar police station reached there to execute the warrant and conducted searches inside the residence.
Later, SHO Gomti Nagar Ajit Singh Chauhan said that Roy was not present inside the Sahara Shahar premises, while another police officer said Roy was not found at Sahara Hospital also.
Yesterday itself, Roy also tendered an "unconditional apology" to the Supreme Court for his non-appearance in a contempt case and sought recall of the non-bailable warrant issued against him.
Moving the apex court a day after it issued the non-bailable warrant to be executed by March 4, Roy had admitted that he had "erred" by his non-appearance under a bonafide belief that the court will permit him personal exemption from appearance for one day.
I am not absconding; ready to follow SC order: Subrata Roy
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
In today's statement, Roy claimed there was no direction against him by the Supreme Court in its orders dated August 31, 2012 and December 5, 2012, (with regard to depositing over Rs 24,000 crore (Rs 240 billion) with Sebi for refund to bondholders of two Sahara firms) and still he was "facing all this".
Roy, whose group claims to have net worth of over Rs 68,000 crore (Rs 680 billion) and which has been fighting a long battle with regulator Sebi over refund of investor money, said he is also sending this letter to the judges, along with the media.
"A lot of people advised me to get admitted in some hospital and I can remain there as it is the general practice to avoid courts on medical grounds. However, I hate to do such drama," he said.
"I have already informed police to do their duty as per direction of the Supreme Court. I am in Lucknow and with folded hands and with all humility I appeal to the Judges that if Court can allow me to live with my ailing mother under house arrest till March 3, 2014. But I leave it now on the Judges. If they call me today at Delhi, I shall reach there, or whatever direction Supreme Court shall give to me today, I shall unconditionally follow," he added.
Roy also accused "some negative minded emotionally confined media people" for his "agony and humiliation" and said some of these journalists were "sometime back thrown out of Sahara".
"They are bullying and indulging in character assassination of a son who is trying to perform his emotional duty towards his ailing mother.
"God forbid, if any untoward thing happens with my mother, in my absence, I shall never forget those people in my life," he said.


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Blogs Offline Mar 25 for Upgrade
By cfeskens on Mar 24, 2010 in Blog Notices
WITS staff will be performing maintenance on blog.willamette.edu the afternoon of Mar 24, 2010 beginning at 2pm, for a hardware and software upgrade. The blog.willamette.edu web site may be offline for short periods during that afternoon as we migrate data to our new platform. Please plan accordingly.


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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Goodies Giveaway: Dining Out Philly
To help me celebrate the blog's third birthday, six gluten-free-friendly Philadelphia restaurants and bakeries are offering you, dear readers and followers, the presents - six gift certificates as part of my "Dining Out Philly" giveaway. There will be six different winners in all (limit one gift certificate per winner).
Participating restaurants are the [NEWLY ADDED] Food For All Cafe and Market (7127 Germantown Ave., 267-297-7122) offering a $30 gift certificate, THE QUICK FIXX [GF pasta] (1511 South St., 267-273-1066), The Tomato Bistro [GF pizza] (102 Rector St., 215-483-2233), Zavino [GF pizza] (112 S. 13th St., 215-732-2400) - each of which is furnishing a $25 gift certificate - and Pure Tacos [all GF] (coming this Spring to 1935 Chestnut St.), where one winner can enjoy lunch every day for a week, a $50 value (two tacos and one drink per day for five days).
The all-gluten free Toté Bakery (1024 S. 9th St., 215-551-5511) and Sweet Freedom Bakery (1424 South St., 215-545-1899) are also offering $25 gift certificates.
To enter up to three different ways, follow the instructions below. Be sure to let me know of your top three choices; although winners will be randomly selected I will try to accommodate specific requests if possible.
Good luck!
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92 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 6:52 AM
Turquoise T. email@example.com. I would like to win the certificates for Tote Bakery, Sweet Freedom Bakery, or Zavino.ReplyDelete
Lisa R - I would enjoy Pure Tacos, Zavino, and Sweet Freedom. A nice taco lunch, a little pizza and wine for dinner, and a dessert so good, even my husband would go GF for it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 7:53 AM
Elisa S. elisaschrank [at] gmail . com I'd love to win any of these gift certificates. Tote Bakery, The Tomato Bistro or Zavino would probably be my top 3!ReplyDelete
Thanks for all of the great info you provide!Replies
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I would love the Pure Tacos gift certificate, Tote Bakery or Zavino! Thank you so much for doing this and congratulations on three years!! Hannah J.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Claire T. Tote, Tomato Bistro and Sweet Freedom Bakery Please!!ReplyDelete
- Marcella P.March 13, 2012 at 8:19 AM
I'd love any of these gift certs. as well! Tote, Pure Tacos and Sweet Freedom are my top 3!ReplyDelete
A gift card to any of the establishments above would be great, but I would love to check out Zavino, The Tomato Bistro or Sweet Freedom! Thanks. Email is email@example.com
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Cathy S. Tomato Bistro, Tote, or Sweet Freedom. Thanks for being a great resource!ReplyDeleteReplies
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- Lisa G.March 13, 2012 at 8:43 AM
I would like to win Zavino, Tomato Bistro or Sweet Freedom however ALL sound great!ReplyDelete
Kathryn M. I'd like to win the 1. Tote bakery gift certificate, 2. Zavino gift certificate or 3. the Quick Fixx gift certificate. email@example.com
I have to pick just THREE??? Ok, ok... Tote Bakery, Sweet Freedom and The Tomato Bistro :)ReplyDelete
- Melanie S.March 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I would go with Zavino, Tomato bistro and Pure TacoReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Congrats on the three years! I would love to win the Tote bakery and any of the pizza ones. Thanks for the opportunity! Julie S- firstname.lastname@example.com
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Lauren: firstname.lastname@example.com
I would love to try all but my top 3 would be Tote, Tomato Bistro, and Zavino!
This is a great giveaway! We have tried all of these places thanks to this very blog. I would love to win Tomato Bistro, Sweet Freedom, and Tote Bakery. Thank you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Kara - glad I could help!Delete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Molly H. - I would love to win a gift certificate to either Tote Bakery, Sweet Freedom Bakery, or Zavino! YUMM! firstname.lastname@example.com
- DanielleMarch 13, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Happy 3rd blogday! What a great way to celebrate. I would love to take my daugther to Sweet Freedom, Tote, or Tomato Bistro. Thanks! email@example.com
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Kristen E.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for doing this for us gluten free kids! I would love the Tote, Zavino, or Quick Fixx. But they are all wonderful places!
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Hi - I've never tried these but we are recently (family of 5) gluten-free. I'd love to take my kids to one of the bakeries and any of the restaurants. Thank you!!!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary, Michael! And thank you for doing this great work. My top 3 are Zavino (love the place), The Tomato Bistro, and Tote. - Rich S.ReplyDeleteReplies
Rich - thanks for your contributions!Delete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Dylan M: Pure Tacos, Tote Bakery and Zavino all the way!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Maura F. 1. Tote bakery 2. Pure Tacos 3. ZavinoReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 1:17 PM
keith m. 1. zavino 2. tomato bistro 3. tote bakeryReplyDelete
- Gina FoodyMarch 13, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Gina F. - I think Tote bakery is my favorite since they deliver fresh rolls to Paesanos - delicious! We also love their G-free pizza crust at Zavinos - now it is time to taste test The G-free pizza Tomato Bistro!!! Hope I win :)ReplyDelete
Lauren W. I'd LOVE to win the prizes from Zavino, Sweet Freedom, & Tote! They're my favs!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Gabriel A- I would like to win Sweet freedom, Tote, or Zavino for my gluten-free girlfriend!ReplyDelete
Shelley P.- firstname.lastname@example.com. I would like to win Tote, Pure Tacos, and Zavino. I've never been to any of these places and would love to try!ReplyDelete
Ariel L. I like Zavino, Sweet Freedom, or Tote!ReplyDelete
- Dina D.March 13, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Dina D.....Tote, Sweet Freedom, or Tomato Bistro would be lovely. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- Brian KMarch 13, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Brian K - I'd like Tote, Zavino, and The Quick FixxReplyDelete
- ChristinaMarch 13, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Christina R. I would love to win Tote, Zavino, or Pure Tacos. Thanks for all you've done!ReplyDelete
emily w. i would love to win pure tacos, zavino or quick fixx. THANKS!!ReplyDelete
I would very much appreciate Tote, Quick Fixx, or Zavino. Love this blog!ReplyDelete
Lara A. I would love to try the tomato bistro, tote or the quick fixx (or any of them)ReplyDelete
Am celiac new to Philly! Great to win pure taco, quick fixx or zavino. Or any of them!!!ReplyDelete
Zavino, Tomato Bistro, Sweet Freedom. Nom nom nom!!!ReplyDelete
- Chris MMarch 13, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Chris MReplyDelete
I would choose Quick Fixx, Pure Tacos and Tote.
I love this website - I just got diagnosed with celiac recently, and have used this website since I found out. It's how I learned about Quick Fixx, my go-to delivery choice now.Replies
Chris - glad to help!Delete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 9:19 PM
I would love and of the places in the Cenetr City area.If I win ,it would be one of the few things I have ove.If I do not win,I will enter more n try again.As usual,I thank you for making me aware of places I may shop,go out to dine,and take home new treatsmIm Ron Gold n hope to win.HMU at email@example.com
Thanks for reading, Ron!Delete
Moira M.ReplyDelete
Whatever is fine with me!!!
- Danielle OfnerMarch 14, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Would love sweet freedom bakery, quick fixx and tote bakeryReplyDelete
Erin B.ReplyDelete
My son is almost completely dairy free and gluten free so sweet freedom would be AMAZING for him!
i love sweet freddom!!! they are the best bakers ever! i want to win anything from sweet freedom or zavinos :)ReplyDelete
Neketa K.ReplyDelete
The Quick Fix,Zavino, Sweet Freedom. Thanks :)
Carrie HReplyDelete
I would lOVE to win Sweet Freedom Bakery, Pure Taco and Tomato Bistro!!
- Mary BethMarch 14, 2012 at 4:21 PM
mary bethReplyDelete
and i <3 Sweet Freedom Bakery!!! especially since i have a gluten allergy (plus an egg allergy)
- Leila E.March 14, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Sweet Freedom; Quick Fixx; Pure TacosReplyDelete
Mike L. firstname.lastname@example.com would love Sweet Freedom, Quick Fixx or Tomato BistroReplyDelete
I would love Sweet Freedom Bakery Please - firstname.lastname@example.com
Would love to win Sweet Freedom, Tote, or Tomato Bistro but any is fine!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Melanie H. - quick fixx for my standard penne with garlic olive oil, shrimP, and mozzarella. Sweet freedom for a lemon rasp bar or macaroon. Tote for bagels for the next mOrning!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 6:18 PM
Sara K. What a great deal! I would enjoy 1) Couch Tomato 2) Tote 3) Sweet FreedomReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:02 PM
Ilene L. Thanks for having such a great website! My picks are 1. Tote 2. Sweet Freedom 3. Pure TacoReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you very much, Ilene.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:07 PM
Toby G. I would love to win Tote, Sweet Freedom or Pure Taco. Congrats on your 3rd anniversary.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:12 PM
Jeff L. Your website has helped my family so much for the past 3 years. Thank you. We hope to win 1 - Pure Taco 2 - Tote Bakery 3 - Sweet Freedom Bakery.ReplyDeleteReplies
So glad to hear it, Jeff.Delete
What a great deal! 1 Sweet freedom and quick fixx.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:17 PM
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I would love to enter!
My Top 3: Tote, Pure Taco, Quick Fixz
Julianne R.ReplyDelete
My top picks are Tomato Bistro, Tote Bakery and Sweet Freedom. I'm new to Philly and eating gluten-free and this blog has been a wonderful guide. Thank you.Replies
Julianne, thanks for reading it!Delete
Kristen A. Thanks for all your useful information and for having this contest!! Top 3 - 1 Sweet Freedom 2 - Zavino 3 - Quick FixxReplyDeleteReplies
My pleasure, Kristen.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Lisa MReplyDelete
Happy 3rd Michael. Just found out I am gluten/wheat sensitive. Would like to win The Tomatoe Bistro, Sweet Freedom, Tote. Keep up the go work. Love this website.
Congrats Michael on 3 fab years of opening your posts anxiously awaiting what's new in the GF world. My Three are: Quick Fixx, Tote, and Tomato Bistro. Keep up the great work!!! Thanks for promoting the GF supper club, everyone is really enjoying them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Sara T - Zavino, Tote, Sweet Freedom!ReplyDelete
Laura ZReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to the greatest most helpful GF blog!
Pure Tacos, Sweet Freedom, and Tote!
Tomato Bistro, Zavino, or Quick Fixx would be greatReplyDelete
Thank you for maintaining this awesome resource! You are a blessing to the GF community.
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Kelley S.ReplyDelete
I love Tote more than a person should! I'm excited to try Pure Tacos when they open next month and I would love to try the pizza at Tomato Bistro. Thank you for your help and for having such an awesome blog!!
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Leigh GReplyDelete
We are so excited to try any and all of the gluten free options you listed! Our daughter (12) is Gluten sensitive and now the whole family tries to eat gluten free. Many of the alternatives on the market contain less than healthy ingredients so for the most part we simply omit bread and baked good from our diet. It would be wonderful to try some tasty, healthy options! Thank you gluten free philly for providing such a wonderful resource!!
- Ginnie M.March 15, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Ginnie M - 1. Sweet Freedom, 2. Food For All, 3. Quick Fixx :-)ReplyDelete
Maya G.ReplyDelete
Sweet Freedom, Pure Tacos, or Quick Fixx!
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2012 at 3:09 PM
All the possibilities sound delicious, but Sweet Freedom, Pure Tacos, and Quick Fixx would be my top choices.
Thanks fo the contest and the site,
Paul V.
Quick Fix
Vanessa F . Thank you for continuing to provide GF info & updates. Sweet Freedom, Pure Tacos & Zavino!! firstname.lastname@example.com
Matt B.ReplyDelete
Tote, Zavino, Quick Fix
Thanks for this informative blog! It makes us want to visit Philly constantly.
Sarah T. 1. Sweet Freedom 2 Zavino 3. Quick FixReplyDelete
Thanks so much for everything you do!!
- Rhonda MMarch 16, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Thank you so much for your blog! I've used it countless times when looking for places to go with my GF husband! I'm going to go with Food for All, Sweet Freedom, and Zavino.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2012 at 4:21 PM
Top three choices are Sweet Freedom, Tote, and Pure Tacos. Thanks so much for your great blog. I've been a celiac for many years and didn't really make much effort to replace all the carbs I had to cut. Last summer my 8 year old son was diagnosed and I'm so glad the world has finally started making edible choices for us! Now if we could just get the pricing in line, life would be great. Keep up the good work! Jane B.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2012 at 8:34 PM
I love Tote's bread and really enjoyed walking across the street to Paesano's and having a delicious corned beef sandwich, I was in heaven. Looking forward to Pure Tacos.ReplyDelete
- robin kMarch 16, 2012 at 9:14 PM
Robin K.ReplyDelete
Food for all, sweet freedom, tomato bistro
Thank you!
They all sound great!! Especially Sweet Freedom and Pure Tacos.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 17, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Liz S. email@example.com
Tote Bakery, Food for All, Pure Taco
Cheers to three years, Michael!


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Sydney Skyline from Farm Cove
G'day, Sydney. City skyline from our running path and the sandstone sea wall along Farm Cove. Kicking off and digging in with our National Geographic Journeys with @gadventures Explore Australia tour. You can learn more about our upcoming adventures in Australia in our latest blog post (link in profile). via Instagram http://ift.tt/1ncb8tc
One of the looks along the Manly to Spit Bridge Scenic Walkway in Sydney. A 10km track that takes roughly 3 hours, it's a little bit of the bush just outside the city center. A great day trip for us included the Manly Ferry and a walk from the bay to Manly Beach, Cabbage Tree Bay, the walkway, then a bus back through town over the Harbor Bridge. Sydney and its many faces. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Qj1QW9
A book, a beach, a bay view. And a world away in Crater Cove. If Manly Beach is too full, here's an option. It takes a little effort to walk here, but that makes this little slice of tranquility all the more sweet. Taken along the Manly Scenic Walkway in Sydney. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1SCaB0M
Daintree Rainforest - Queensland, Australia
The Daintree Rainforest, the oldest surviving rainforest in the world at 135 million years old. (For a little perspective, the Amazon rainforest is estimated at 10 million years.) Taken along the old Aboriginal hunting trail at Mossman Gorge, Queensland. #Australia via Instagram http://ift.tt/20lBaJ1
Palm Tree Point, Port Douglas. I'm a big fan of the well-timed appearance of a sailboat. If you grab just the right shady spot of choice at Rex Smeal Park, you get to watch them here off the Queensland coast all day long. Australia #lazysunday via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Jw0Hv9
Rex Lookout, Wangetti Beach - Queensland, Australia
Rex Lookout, near Wangetti Beach. A view from the steamy summer coast of Queensland. #Australia via Instagram http://ift.tt/1K60yhP
Lake Amadeus - Northern Territory, Australia
Happy Australia Day! Up in the air, a look at Lake Amadeus and the great salt lakes en route to Uluru (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1OTZmLk
Champagne sundowner. The close to our Australia Day. We were not at a loss for remarkable light as the sun disappeared around Uluru (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory. Central Australia gives good sunset. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1PQnpe5
Kuniya Walk at Uluru National Park - Northern Territory, Australia
One of the looks along the Kuniya Walk to the Mutitjulu watering hole at Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park. The name of the walk is taken from the Aboriginal story of the battle between the woma python (Kuniya) and Liru, a poisonous snake. Although this is the desert Outback, the area around Uluru has been surprisingly green thanks to recent rains.
Uluru at sunset. A sacred place for the Anangu, an Aboriginal people who have lived from and taken care of this land for an estimated 30,000 years. From afar, Uluru appears just a flat rock outcropping; up close, you see something different, details. Pair that with ancient creation stories, and you get a sense of texture very different from what most of us are accustomed. These stories are part of the "tjukurpa," the traditional Aboriginal law that teaches how one should relate to the environment and to other people. The oral hi/stories also serve as a sort of survival manual for finding water, hunting animals, avoiding poisonous plants, etc. While Uluru is beautiful in it's own right, it's the backstory of the Anangu people's relationship to it that makes visiting here a remarkable -- if not transformative -- experience. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1nQhdvZ
Kata Tjuta, Walpa Gorge Walk - Northern Territory, Australia
Look up! Kata Tjuta often plays second fiddle to Uluru, but it's just as remarkable. Taken on the Walpa Gorge walk, amidst some of the 36 domes that make up the site. This is the Outback, Northern Territory. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1ZXrz9r
Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre, Australia
Up in the air, Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre. Today's #nofilter special. The lake flash fills only a few times a century, including now. When it does, it becomes the largest lake on the continent, and water birds of all sorts from afar somehow know to descend on it almost immediately. Marine creatures even multiply on a fast-breeding cycle. Also, it's the lowest natural point in Australia at 50ft below sea level. One of the more colorful things I've seen from an airplane window. Taken on a flight en route from Alice Springs to Melbourne. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1SpyHL6
Centre Place, Melbourne. Musician and Street Art.
Centre Place, Melbourne. Ground zero for the city's brekkie scene. Sunday brunch soundtrack provided by busking violinist, visuals by street artists battling it out on the laneway walls. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1WUaJZ4
Street Art, Hosier Lane - Melbourne
Scads of street art, layers of graffiti -- Hosier Lane / Rutledge Lane, Melbourne. Just a taste of some of the luscious street art and mixed media tucked in the lane ways of the downtown central business district. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Q3uUhJ
Melbourne Street Art, Rutledge Lane - Victoria, Australia
Tree hearts and dumpsters as art. Rutledge Lane rubbish bins. Digging the visual cacophony of the Melbourne lane ways. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1QRmoHo
The Brighton Bathing Boxes at Dendy St. Beach just south of Melbourne. Originally built as ladies' changing sheds back in the 1800s, the beach boxes now sell for up to $260,000. You cant sleep in them or sublet them and you have to be a local taxpayer to buy one. We picked up Melbourne spot cycles ($3 for the day), cycled down the coast, fish and chipped at Port Melbourne, and peddled through St. Kilda along the way. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1P30C12
The 12 Apostles looking east on the Great Ocean Road. What you see is what you get -- light, shadows, hues and all. The epicenter of one of the world's more remarkable coastal road trips. Felt like Oz. #Australia via Instagram http://ift.tt/1QeG5nO
Gibson Steps, Great Ocean Road- Victoria, Australia
Late afternoon shadows and silhouettes. -- Gibson Steps, Great Ocean Road. Romantic, playful and artistic in turns. Random factoid and contrast to levity: the Great Ocean Road is considered the world's largest war memorial at 151 miles (243km) long, dedicated to fallen Australian soldiers in WWI and built entirely by veterans. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1nQH6vX
Late afternoon light -- MacKenzie Falls, Grampians National Park. After admiring them, we tacked on a little bush walk (in the direction of Zumsteins, for the locally aware) and came across some quick-moving kangaroos thumping their way across the track and through the bush. This is Victoria, Australia. via Instagram http://ift.tt/20IcZZ1
Chilling out when it's hot, hot, hot. South Beach Fremantle, Western Australia. If Brooklyn were a surf town. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1orRxGl
Mandalay Beach - Western Australia
Mandalay Beach, Western Australia. Among the top 5 (3?) most beautiful beaches I have ever experienced. I use the word "experience" deliberately. The power of the surf could be felt from a distance (at the time, a swim would be insane as the riptides were extreme), the finest sand my toes have ever felt, sparse people, dazzling light and blue, and an entrancing almost magnetic quality to the edge of the water. Eerie. I occasionally use the term "divinity of experience" to express the transcendent. This place was it. Noteworthy: the park service erected a plank walkway to a lookout and down to the beach. A handful of visitors could not bring themselves to walk down. I can only imagine why not. Humbling, nature is. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Xl4XzI
Elephant Rocks, William Bay National Park. Just outside of Denmark, Western Australia. This is for real. No filter, no fuss, no muss. Walk up, be blown away by nature, snap. Then put the camera away and take it all in. Or reverse the order. via Instagram http://ift.tt/2115kBT
Happy Valentine's Day...if you're celebrating, of course. A fitting scene, it seemed to me. Taken at Green Pools, Western Australia. #nofilter via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Tjgi4e
The Pinnacles of Western Australia. Like staring at a Dali painting. Mysterious limestone formations. Speculation runs between "remnants of ancient petrified vegetation" and "an over abundance of nutrients delivered to plant root systems at the surface." This is to say, we don't know. To not know is OK. And this happens a lot in this part of the world, once part of Gondwana, an even greater ancient continent that included modern day Africa and Antarctica. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1Wn5tMv
Early morning sunlight, just as it begins to carve and fill the aptly named Z-Bend River Trail -- Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia. via Instagram http://ift.tt/1oiDdzv


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Each occupant has a special welcome on board the PEUGEOT EXALT, whether the driver or a passenger.
The PEUGEOT i-COCKPIT®® delivers an intense driving experience dedicated to enjoyment. The small wheel trimmed in leather and "chiné", a natural wool-based mixed fabric, and the digital instrument panel are intuitively arranged in front of the driver for improved operation and reading. On the extended centre console, two folding touch screens emerge from the dashboard. The upper screen gives access to the on-board computer and the Hi-Fi and navigation systems. The second screen presents a permanently visible control bar to provide access to the automatic air conditioning and the Pure Blue system. To enhance the driving experience, nine Toggle Switches are located on the dashboard, evocative in their design of the world of music. The driver is free to associate Toggle Switches with functions, as desired. He can have a centralised control on command and drive more carefully.
The remarkable acoustic comfort achieved leaves you to discover an array of materials – natural wool-based "chiné" mixed fabric, aged leather, bare steel and ebony – used to finish the cabin. This high-end variety of wood is adorned with a unique design created by the trio PINWU Design.
The bucket seats made of composite material associate seat squabs and backrest in natural wool-based "chiné" mixed fabric with the side areas in aged leather. Steel remains bare in all areas where it does not come into contact with the bodies of the four occupants. At the elbows and arm contact points, EXALT is trimmed in warm toned wood. From the bottom of the windows, it gives way to a natural wool-based "chiné" mixed fabric used to trim the door panels, the dashboard and the interior roof. Between these two materials, a strip made by 3D printing conceals the speakers of the Hi-Fi system. Its structure draws inspiration from anechoic chambers where the dihedral partitions reduce acoustic interference.


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After a lot of teasing, and a lot of leaking, the Galaxy S IV is finally here. Last year's version, the S III, remains the world's most popular Android phone, having sold over 40 million units. Can the S IV live up to that kind of hype? Can Samsung make us feel like we're living in the future?
We took a deep dive into the S IV earlier today, and the verdict is in. It just may not be the one you were hoping for.
The first thing you'll notice about the S IV is that it's a dead ringer for the S III. In some ways, that was a neat trick to pull off; the screen went from 4.8-inches on the S III to a full 5-inches on the S IV, but it actually feels smaller. At 5.46 inches tall, 2.75 wide, and 0.31 thick, it's slightly narrower and thinner than the S III, and just 0.08 inches taller. It's also 0.9 ounces lighter at 4.6 ounces. They accomplished this by shrinking the bezel way down. It's the same basic shape as the S III, though it's a little bit more rectangular.
Samsung sold a ton of S IIIs, so to a certain extent it makes sense that they'd take an ain't broke, don't fix it approach. But to be brutally honest, in 2013 the design feels stale, dated, and boring. The S III's plastic back made it look and feel cheap; the effect is amplified on the S IV given how sleek and anodized the competition has gotten. There's just no innovation on this front, to the point that it's hard to take the S IV seriously next to a gorgeous piece of hardware like the HTC One.
At least the 5-inch "Full HD Super AMOLED" is very good-looking. It's a full 1080p, which gives it 441 pixels per inch (PPI). Indeed, it looked very sharp, and you can't discern individual pixels. Colors—especially greens and blues—were vibrant, although that's largely because AMOLED screens skew a little blue compared to phones with other display technologies. The blacks were nice and deep, though, and the screen was bright enough that you should be fine even when the sun is blazing.
We know that the S IV will be packing a flagship-standard 2GB of RAM and a hefty 2600mAh battery, which is certainly welcome news. It will come in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB options, with a micro SD card slot allowing for expanded storage. Naturally it will also have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, and NFC. The rear camera is 13MP and the front—which is also capable of 720p video chatting—has a 2MP sensor. It'll also have LTE (duh) with p to 100/50Mbps, which is quick. We still don't know what processor's running the show; Samsung would only say is that guts will be different from region to region (and possibly network to network). We'll have to wait until closer to launch for those details.
One of the few surprises here is that the S IV has an IR blaster, meaning that—like the HTC One—you can use your phone as a remote control for you home entertainment system. We love this feature, since remotes always seem to go missing right when you need them.
As with the S III, Samsung really tries to differentiate itself here with software. The S IV running the current version of Android (4.2.2, Jelly Bean), but you wouldn't necessarily know that because of the heavy TouchWiz UI, where more is more seems to be the philosophy. Some of the new features are definitely innovative, but they're just as often impractical. Let's go through some of the marquee additions:
Smart Scroll: So, all those rumors about the S IV tracking your eyes and auto-scrolling? Turns out that was something Samsung was experimenting with, but ended up not using (this time, anyway). Instead, the phone knows when you're looking at it, and then lets you tilt it up or down to scroll. Sounds neat! But unfortunately doesn't work very well. The S IV that we played with seemed to have trouble setting the base angle, so it would scroll up or down even when you didn't want to. When it worked it was fine, but more often than not it was a frustrating mess.
Smart Pause: Conversely, Smart Pause works quite well! This new feature automatically pauses a video you're playing when you look away. It works, but it's hard to think of too many cases in which you'd actually want to use it.
S Health: Holy crap, Samsung put a health tracker in its phone! Which is actually a great idea. S Health is an app that will track your steps, stairs climbed, and the ambient temperature and humidity, plus track your food intake and estimate calories consumed/burned. You can even track sleep with an optional accessory (see below). Fitbit and co. should be nervous, although I'm curious to see what kind of ding this puts on your battery life.
Air View / Air Gesture: Samsung did some borrowing from the Galaxy Note II, where you can hover with the S Pen (stylus) over the screen and it will preview information. Except with the S IV there's no pen; you just use your finger. You can hover over galleries to see previews of their contents, email headers to get the first few lines, or text in the browser to magnify something. Likewise, gestures let you switch between tabs in the browser or skip tracks by passing your hand left or right above the screen, scroll by passing it up or down over the screen, or answer calls by waving at it. Cool that you can do that, but ultimately, it was pretty useless. It's the same things you'd do in Android with simple swiping, just... a few centimeters above the phone. The only way I can see this being great is if you find yourself constantly eating buffalo wings and hate moist towelettes. More importantly, these features—particularly Air View—didn't work very well. Sometimes it would accidentally select something, and sometimes it didn't sense your finger at all. Other times it would register a slight hand movement and switch tabs when you didn't want it to. They were more annoying than helpful, ultimately.
Other Stuff: S Translator is a built in translation service that works as a standalone app (which does voice to voice translation), but also integrates into email, messaging, and Samsung's ChatON service (though not Gmail or Google Talk). Group Play allows up to 8 devices to directly connect via NFC for sharing photos and music, which, whatever, but the cool thing is it lets you game together. At launch it will work with Asphalt 7 and Gun Bros 2. Pretty cool idea. Adapt Display will change the color of your screen if it senses you're reading a lot of text on white, making it more of a sepia tone, which is easier on the eyes.
Truthfully, there are too many modifications to go into, and most of them aren't things you'll ever use. Which is really the S IV's biggest problem.
Samsung really revamped the camera app—which is to say it stole the interface from its own Galaxy Camera. That's not a bad thing. The on-screen mode dial is a really convenient way of selecting the mode you want. It has some really cool built-in features like Cinema photo, which is basically a cinemagraph mode. The UI for it was very nice. There's also Drama Shot, which takes a burst of pictures, and then combines them into one image, showing the subject at various points of his/her trajectory. It would be great for friends who do a lot of cartwheels.
There is also dual camera shooting, which uses both the back and front cameras at the same time, getting your face all up in the action. You can have your head in a hard rectangle, or a gaussian circle, or a heart, or you can do a split screen. Again, it feels more like Samsung is showing off what it can do, rather than giving you something you actually need.
There are some rather nice accessories for the S IV. Most appealing is a flip cover that has a little window cut out of it, which can light up by itself to show you incoming callers, text messages, and the time of day, so you don't have to open it to get that info. Pretty slick.
There are also a bevy of accessories that complement the S Health app. There's a wristband you can wear independently of the phone (in case you prefer running with out it), which will track your steps and monitor the quality of your sleep. It will then sync wirelessly with the app. There's also a connected scale and heart rate monitor. Again, this isn't good news for smaller fitness tracking companies.
Overall Impressions
There has been a ton of hype and build-up to this device, and ultimately, it left us feeling cold. The S IV feels uninspired. There are small spec bumps from the previous generation and there's a ton of software which will largely sit unused. There's just no wow-factor here.
I had the HTC One with me during my hands on time, and the difference is like night and day. For starters, the One is noticeably faster in every context. When flicking between screens, opening apps, and taking photos there was clear lag on the Galaxy S IV, whereas everything was almost instantaneous on the One. To be fair, this wasn't the final production version of the S IV, and who knows which processor was in the model I had. There's a chance it'll be faster at launch.
But even purely from a design perspective, the One absolutely crushes the S IV. When you pick up the One, you feel like you're holding something amazing, both in the build and the screen. When you pick up the S IV, you feel like you're holding an S III with a few extra bells and whistles.
We'll reserve final judgment until our full review. But already the S IV feels like a missed opportunity for Samsung, a company that had an inarguable lead over the rest of the Android pack and a chance to close the door. Instead, it's invited HTC, LG, and others right on in to take a run at the crown.
The Galaxy S IV will be available sometime in Q2 of this year on Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Cricket.


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ProQuota, what does it do ?
When you log in on a managed PC, your private settings (Profile) of
Windows and the applications are copied from the network to your current
PC. During the session, these copied settings on the PC are used and
changed if necessary. At logout, the (altered) settings are copied back
to the network. When you log in, at a later point in time, on a
different managed PC, these settings are copied to the new PC and your
own settings are available again. You may locate these settings under
C:\Documents and Settings\<loginname>.
ProQuota monitors the space that your Profile takes on the disk. Bacause copying the Profile takes time during login and logout, and because the physical disk space is limited, the amount of disk space for Profile is limited.
Be aware that backup software discriminates between Home directories (important) and other data. Store, therefore, your important data in your Home directory.
What can you do in case you receive a Proquota message:
- For Firefox and Thunderbird it would be smart to save your user profile somewhere under 'My Documents' (= home directory = U:\ drive).
- Store your documents in your Home directory and not on your desktop.


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/usr/bin/who [-abdHlmpqrstTu] [file]
/usr/bin/who -q [-n x] [file]
/usr/bin/who am i
/usr/bin/who am I
/usr/xpg4/bin/who [-abdHlmpqrtTu] [file]
/usr/xpg4/bin/who -q [-n x] [file]
/usr/xpg4/bin/who -s [-bdHlmpqrtu] [file]
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The who utility can list the user's name, terminal line, login time, elapsed time since activity occurred on the line, and the process-ID of the command interpreter (shell) for each current UNIX system user. It examines the /var/adm/utmpx file to obtain its information. If file is given, that file (which must be in utmpx(4) format) is examined. Usually, file will be /var/adm/wtmpx, which contains a history of all the logins since the file was last created.
The general format for output is:
name [state] line time [idle] [pid] [comment] [exit]
name User's login name
state Capability of writing to the terminal
line Name of the line found in /dev
time Time since user's login
idle Time elapsed since the user's last activity
pid User's process id
comment Comment line in inittab(4)
exit Exit status for dead processes
The following options are supported:
-a Processes /var/adm/utmpx or the named file with -b, -d, -l, -p, -r, -t, -T, and -u options turned on.
-b Indicates the time and date of the last reboot.
-d Displays all processes that have expired and not been respawned by init. The exit field appears for dead processes and contains the termination and exit values (as returned by wait(3UCB)), of the dead process. This can be useful in determining why a process terminated.
-H Outputs column headings above the regular output.
-l Lists only those lines on which the system is waiting for someone to login. The name field is LOGIN in such cases. Other fields are the same as for user entries except that the state field does not exist.
-m Outputs only information about the current terminal.
-n x Takes a numeric argument, x, which specifies the number of users to display per line. x must be at least 1. The -n option can only be used with -q.
-p Lists any other process that is currently active and has been previously spawned by init. The name field is the name of the program executed by init as found in /sbin/inittab. The state, line, and idle fields have no meaning. The comment field shows the id field of the line from /sbin/inittab that spawned this process. See inittab(4).
-q (Quick who) Displays only the names and the number of users currently logged on. When this option is used, all other options are ignored.
-r Indicates the current run-level of the init process.
-s (Default) Lists only the name, line, and time fields.
-T Same as the -s option, except that the state idle, pid, and comment, fields are also written. state is one of the following characters:
+ The terminal allows write access to other users.
- The terminal denies write access to other users.
? The terminal write-access state cannot be determined.
-T Same as the -s option, except that the state field is also written. state is one of the characters listed under the /usr/bin/who version of this option. If the -u option is used with -T, the idle time is added to the end of the previous format.
-t Indicates the last change to the system clock (using the date utility) by root. See su(1M) and date(1).
-u Lists only those users who are currently logged in. The name is the user's login name. The line is the name of the line as found in the directory /dev. The time is the time that the user logged in. The idle column contains the number of hours and minutes since activity last occurred on that particular line. A dot (.) indicates that the terminal has seen activity in the last minute and is therefore ``current.'' If more than twenty-four hours have elapsed or the line has not been used since boot time, the entry is marked old. This field is useful when trying to determine whether a person is working at the terminal or not. The pid is the process-ID of the user's shell. The comment is the comment field associated with this line as found in /sbin/inittab (see inittab(4)). This can contain information about where the terminal is located, the telephone number of the dataset, type of terminal if hard-wired, and so forth.
The following operands are supported:
am i
am I In the "C" locale, limits the output to describing the invoking user, equivalent to the -m option. The am and i or I must be separate arguments.
file Specifies a path name of a file to substitute for the database of logged-on users that who uses by default.
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of who: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, LC_TIME, and NLSPATH.
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
/sbin/inittab Script for init
/var/adm/utmpx Current user and accounting information
/var/adm/wtmpx Historic user and accounting information
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
|Interface Stability
date(1), login(1), mesg(1), init(1M), su(1M), wait(3UCB), inittab(4), utmpx(4), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)
Superuser: After a shutdown to the single-user state, who returns a prompt. Since /var/adm/utmpx is updated at login time and there is no login in single-user state, who cannot report accurately on this state. The command, who am i, however, returns the correct information.