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Mel Wymore started taking testosterone just before menopause hit. As it turned out, he and his son went through puberty together. His son developed an Adam's apple and a deeper voice first. 'I trailed him,' Mel said.
Mel, an engineer and community activist in New York City, had been divorced for nearly 10 years when he made the decision to start transitioning his appearance. 'I sat down with the kids, and I pulled out an album of my childhood. I said: "You guys know that I'm not the typical mom because I date women, and you've seen me cut my hair short, and I'm discovering there is a boy inside of me that I've been hiding. I'm going to let that boy out."'
Mel switched to a masculine wardrobe, restyled his hair into a traditional man's cut, and wrapped his breasts to flatten them. 'One of the first things I did was bind my breasts. It was such a relief to get rid of the bras and to masculate my feminine qualities.'
His children were supportive; they were 12 and 15 at the time. But Mel said they had no idea what was to come. Nor did he.
Mel, like others in the transgender community, believed with a deep-seated conviction that his female anatomy did not conform to the way he felt inside. That is not the same as sexual orientation, which is about desire. People in the trans community like to say that sexual orientation is whom you want to go to bed with; gender identity is who you go to bed as.
According to global surveys, between 0.3 and 0.6 per cent of people worldwide consider themselves transgender. A 2016 questionnaire in the United States yielded similar results, which would give a figure of at least 1.4 million transgender adults in the US. These numbers do not take into account people who are afraid to admit how they feel. It's no surprise that the rate of people who identify as transgender appears to be higher in places with anti-discrimination laws.
Despite changes in MIC with amlodipine in the reduction group, no significant changes in ejection fraction were observed in these patients compared with patients treated with placebo ( Table 2 ). Absolute and relative changes in LIC were not significant in any of the study arms. In the reduction group, in which patients significantly reduced MIC, no significant differences in final LIC were seen at 12 months (11.7 [95% CI, 5.5-22.7] for amlodipine vs 13.1 [95% CI, 4.9-22.5] for placebo, P = .98). There was no significant change in serum ferritin values across the groups by the end of the study.
At 6 months, a subgroup of patients underwent MRI scans to assess MIC and LIC. Although not reaching statistical significance, the amlodipine-treated arm in the reduction group showed changes in MIC when compared with the placebo arm at this time point (−0.18 vs −0.06 mg/g, respectively, P = .16). In patients with MIC >1.16 mg/g (n = 7), median MIC at 6 months was significantly lower than baseline values (2.1 mg/g vs 2.6 mg/g, median difference −0.76 [95% CI, −1.14 to .31] mg/g, P = .047) in patients receiving amlodipine, with no significant differences in MIC in the placebo arm. No significant changes were observed in ejection fraction, LIC, or serum ferritin at this time point.
No patient died or was admitted because of cardiovascular complications during the trial. Four mild adverse events were reported in the amlodipine arm vs none in the placebo arm (13% vs 0%, P = .11; supplemental Table 3). Three patients (10%) in the amlodipine arm had their initial dose of 5 mg/day reduced to 2.5 mg/day because of mild ankle edema (2 patients) and dizziness (1 patient). All events subsided with dose reduction. One patient developed a mild cutaneous allergic reaction and stopped the medication after 15 days of use while continuing in the study. No significant cases of hypotension or bradycardia occurred in either of the groups during follow-up.
The results of this study show that oral amlodipine reduces myocardial iron overload when added to standard iron chelation in TM patients with myocardial siderosis, subject to some statistical limitations. Amlodipine has been used as an antihypertensive agent for several decades in both adults and children with a well-known safety profile, low cost, and wide availability globally. This may suggest that our findings could be broadly applicable even at locations with more limited resources or experience, where a higher proportion of patients with myocardial siderosis are geographically situated. Because patient inclusion in this trial occurred in multiple sites and with few limiting inclusion or exclusion criteria, we believe that our findings can be generalized to a large percentage of patients with TM.
We found that amlodipine lowered levels of myocardial iron but did not affect iron storage in the liver or serum ferritin, which is compatible with the mechanisms by which the drug blocks iron uptake. Most of the hepatic and serum ferritin-bound iron does not depend on active uptake by voltage-gated channels, so blocking calcium channels was not expected to affect liver or ferritin-bound iron kinetics. One important aspect of the drug is that because of its long half-life of approximately 50 hours, at steady-state there are relatively small variations in plasma concentrations between doses. Therefore, the pharmacokinetics of amlodipine makes it suitable for single dosing any time of the day, allowing for continuous blockade of channels and thus possible prevention of labile plasma iron entrance into cell at all times.
Although we did not specifically evaluate iron excretion, blockade of calcium channels appears to increase the iron transport within the kidney by prolonging the activity of divalent metal transporter-1 channels and would favor the use of amlodipine especially with longer follow-ups. Although this mechanism of iron excretion is acknowledged, the majority of iron excreted will always be substantially derived by chelation. The allowed changes in chelation strategies during the trial might also have affected the differences observed in iron concentration in each of the organs studied. However, there were no significant differences in chelator strategies in the beginning of the study or in the proportion of patients changing chelators in each arm during follow-up. Supplemental Table 2 shows that most of the changes observed were from minor dose adjustments of current drugs and not substantial changes including switching of drugs or combination vs monotherapy modifications. If biases had indeed occurred, they would also favor treatment with amlodipine, considering that fewer patients in the treatment arm of the reduction group ended the study receiving combination therapy vs the placebo arm, despite the improvement of MIC only in the former. A separate analysis per iron chelator type would also be very interesting, but we thought this would not be feasible in this study because of the acknowledged sample size.
The reduction of 21.3% in MIC observed in patients with initial iron concentrations above the normal mean value represents a decrease of −0.26 mg/g in myocardial iron in 1 year and confirms the findings from the previous human pilot trial that showed an increase of 30% in heart T2*. This result is also in line with the experimental data that demonstrated that voltage-gated calcium-channel blockade appears to be very effective in the heart, reducing 45% of the iron uptake in mouse myocardial cells. In patients with more significant myocardial siderosis using the more clinically common cutoff for myocardial iron overload (T2* <20 ms, MIC >1.16 mg/g), this reduction was −0.92 mg/g, a greater drop than previously observed in patients with comparable initial MIC levels treated exclusively with iron chelators, in whom changes have been reported in the range of −0.26 to −0.89 mg/g. Interestingly, comparable reductions in MIC after 1 year of treatment had only been shown with either high-dose combination iron chelation therapy or intravenous, continuous deferoxamine. In patients with baseline myocardial T2* <20 ms that received amlodipine, despite the significant MIC reduction observed, only 25% of patients received combination therapy (vs 50% in the placebo group) and none received intravenous treatment, again suggesting a lack of bias in the chelation regimens interfering with the results. The findings on this group, despite the limited number of patients, reinforce the results found in the larger reduction group.
Limitations of this trial include the short observation period and the relatively small number of patients included to assess whether the addition of oral amlodipine can decrease the incidence of cardiovascular events in this population. Although our sample size calculation was based on previous experimental and pilot studies, that stratification was done after randomization, no block randomization was performed, and each subgroup was analyzed separately may have led to underpowering and possibility of confounders. This design imperfection has to be taken into account when analyzing our results, although we tried to circumvent these limitations by demonstrating the treatment–effect interactions and performing adequate statistical treatment to the data despite the reduced numbers. Previous randomized controlled studies in this area are relatively few and the number of patients in these studies is in accordance with our sample size as well. Nevertheless, we believe that the results, presented along with previous studies, allow us to reach the conclusions regarding the benefits of amlodipine.
One important clinical limitation that might have been affected by the reduced sample size was the observation that amlodipine did not increase left ventricular ejection fraction even in the reduction group. The relatively low prevalence of reduced ejection fraction or severe myocardial siderosis upon trial enrollment, limiting the power of the study to assess these outcomes, might have led to this lack of improvement because patients already started the trial with relatively high ejection fraction values with small ranges for improvement. Despite that, previous studies have established MIC as a strong and consistent surrogate for clinical outcomes with even small reductions of MIC associated with improved clinical outcomes. Future trials with patients, preferably with a higher degree of myocardial overload or even with established heart failure, might help indicate whether amlodipine can also improve global ventricular function. Patients who might benefit more from this therapy are exactly included in this group, as suggested by our results in the group with a T2* <20 ms (MIC >1.16 mg/g).
In the prevention groups, although there was no change in MIC in these patients, our data cannot rule out the possibility that extended use of amlodipine might prevent myocardial iron accumulation with a longer observation period. Although a T2* of 20 ms has traditionally been used as a clinical cutoff for relative normality, in practice the normal mean 1.5 T T2* value in the heart is considered 35 ms (corresponding to a MIC of 0.59 mg/g). Our rationale for choosing 35 ms as the stratification cutoff in this study was based on these normal human levels and on the median values for this entire cohort of patients of 34.1 ms (95% CI, 30.9-36.4 ms). In agreement with that, a recent study showed that patients with apparently normal T2* from 20 ms to 35 ms could present with lower myocardial native T1 values, which are associated with higher iron deposits in the myocardium, while no patient with a T2* >35 ms had abnormal T1 numbers. Therefore, although there would still be an expected improvement from 20 ms to 35 ms because abnormal iron deposition seems to be present, no further increases in T2* should be anticipated after those values are reached—when iron concentrations are very close to the normal threshold and other factors interfere with T2* relaxation time. Preventing an increase in MIC in patients with these initially normal values would certainly be desirable, and future studies with the use of amlodipine in longer follow-ups might address that hypothesis. Finally, future studies may also help investigate whether amlodipine can prevent iron overload or help iron removal in endocrine organs that also absorb iron through voltage-gated channels, particularly considering the close association of cardiac siderosis with endocrine complications and the correlation of pancreas and MICs.
In conclusion, the use of oral amlodipine in addition to standard chelation therapy can reduce myocardial iron more effectively than iron chelation alone in patients with TM and myocardial siderosis, and may be useful in patients with a cardiac T2* below 35 ms.
Contribution: J.L.F was the principal investigator for the trial; S.R.L., M.P.A.V., K.Y.F., A.P., O.R.C., F.F.C., and S.T.S. were involved in the design of the trial; L.A.B.F. was involved in the analysis of the magnetic resonance imaging data; S.R.L., M.P.A.V., K.Y.F., G.R.B., D.M.T., T.H., and D.A.M. were involved in data collection and patient follow-up; and all authors contributed to the interpretation of the results and review of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest disclosure: J.L.F. reports personal fees from Novartis AG and Sanofi Aventis and nonfinancial support from Siemens AG, outside the submitted work. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.
Correspondence: Juliano L. Fernandes, Jose Michel Kalaf Research Institute, Av Jose de Souza Campos 840, Campinas, SP 13092-123, Brazil; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com .
The authors are grateful for the assistance of ABRASTA (Brazilian Thalassemia Association) for help with patient communication and support and acknowledge the work of nurse Suzamar Braga Cabral in assembling part of the clinical database for the study.
This study was supported by the governmental funding agency Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo and the Sultan Bin Khalifa Translational Research Scholarship.
The online version of this article contains a data supplement.
Those who have had a sense of mission and accomplished great tasks have not necessarily had the full light of the gospel. Abraham Lincoln, who aspired to be a "most humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty" in the preservation of freedom in the United States, [43] was gravely concerned with the danger of a major defeat on northern soil in 1862 during the Civil War, and he sought the Lord in prayer. Making a solemn pledge before God that he would free the slaves if Lee were driven back, he issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, following the Union victory at Fredericksburg. [44] Did the Lord raise up a Churchill to counter a Hitler? Winston S. Churchill was appointed British prime minister on May 10, 1940, the same day Adolf Hitler unleashed the might of the German Army and Air Force in the invasion of Holland and Belgium. "I was conscious of a profound sense of relief," wrote Churchill. "I felt as if I were walking with Destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour." [45] In the great plan of God, whom He "puts into the game" at any given moment may be decisive. God, the most intelligent being of the universe (see Abraham 3:18–19), is not only the great scientist but also the great manager and coach.
Migration of peoples. An eleventh means used by the Lord to accomplish His purposes is the migrations of peoples. To understand this, we must understand the covenants made to Abraham regarding his seed: that they would be holders of the priesthood and bearers of the gospel and that through them all the nations of the earth would be blessed (see Abraham 2:9–11). The children of Israel, through whom those promises continued, were warned that if they did not keep the commandments and statutes of God, they would be scattered among every nation, but they were promised that they would be gathered in, both to the knowledge of the gospel and to their lands of inheritance, in the last days (see Deuteronomy 28–30). Elder Bruce R. McConkie has stated: "'If a complete history of the house of Israel were written, it would be the history of histories, the key of the world's history for the past twenty centuries' (Compendium 85) and more, for Israel has been scattered among all the nations of the earth and has acted as a leavening and enlightening influence wherever her scattered remnants have found lodgement ( Articles of Faith , 314–27)." [46]
The scattering of the house of Israel has taken place by a variety of means. The Jews mingled with neighboring people to some degree, and numerous small groups moved to near and far. As a people, the Jews were twice scattered, first by the Babylonians in about 585 BC, and then, the remnant having been reestablished in Palestine, again by the Romans with the sacking of Jerusalem in AD 70. Expelled from parts of western Europe in the late Middle Ages, many found refuge in Poland, from which significant numbers migrated to the United States toward the end of the nineteenth century in response to Russian persecution. [47]
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Devil May Cry 4 (Demo): First Thoughts
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So today as I logged into the PlayStation Store to see if any new games were around, wouldn't you know it I found a demo for Capcom's Devil May Cry 4. So anybody who has owned a Playstation before has probably played DMC and kind of knows what to expect. I am proud to say from the looks of the demo Capcom does not disappoint.
Dante… what the heck, can you say uh oh?
So as most of you know in this installment, Dante is NOT the main character well at least not for the first half of the game. No this time around our misunderstood bad ass is Nero, and let's just say he is no push over. In the demo, you can either play Mission: Exterminator, where you have ten minutes to basically run around and kill as much stuff as you can or you can play Mission: Executioner where you do battle with the huge Ice Beast and then do battle to the death with an even bigger, and I mean huge fire engulfed beast who is no joke. The graphics on this game are gorgeous and I am not just saying that because I was playing it on a 46′ HDTV with a 25,000:1 contrast ratio. The game play was amazingly fluid even with multiple enemies on screen at once. Just beautiful.
Whether your shooting the bejeebies out of an enemy, slashing them to death with your huge sword, or giving them the business with that devil bringer hand the game play is intense and satisfying. I have to admit that I put this on my most anticipated list and was really hoping that it would be as good as I thought that they could make it and from the looks of the demo I will not be disappointed. I gotta say I dig Capcom for dropping the demo for this 1)at all and 2) so far before the actual release date. A lot of times games that have an established fan base and brand or a lot of hype surrounding it tend not to release demos (i.e. Assassin's Creed).
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The bottom line is that demo's are great, and the fact that the Sony and the game companies are releasing all this content free to their users says to me that they really get it. Great demos can really drive game sales. I have even seen games that didn't have demos at first come back with demos months after it was released like Kane & Lynch: Dead Men which by the way is the most popular post on my blog. The game was a really good one, it has a bit of a cult following the kinds of which I don't think even the developers of the game could have anticipated, so now they just recently released the demo.
Devil May Cry 4 is looking like it is going to be an awesome game and I can't wait to get my hands on the full version when it comes out next month, I already have it on pre-order. And when it does come out make sure to check back here for latest and greatest reviews and tips. Alright folks, its my birthday today so I am going out but I had to get this post up. Be good guys.
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Google is debating the right to forget. Not the right of the individual to forget, of course (they don't have the technology for that, at least not yet). Google is debating the right of the individual to ask to be forgotten by it – the vast commercial entity that now acts as our culture's entire collective memory.
Earlier this year, a ruling by the European Court of Justice allowed people to ask Google to remove information about them from its search index. So far, 90,000 individuals have applied for data to be deleted – everything from embarrassing photographs to information about criminal trials. Google opposes the ruling and is running seven public meetings about how best to balance the individual's right to be forgotten with the public's right to information (you can apply to attend, if you like, at google.com/advisorycouncil). I have to be honest, I'm probably not going to go. I'm too busy coming to terms with the fact that I live in a culture which has delegated the task of mapping the limits of our collective knowledge to an entirely unaccountable commercial entity. I don't remember a single meeting about that decision, never mind seven.
I mean, I know it's free. And it is terribly convenient. Plus it's bloody fast if you've got a good signal. But still. Because, despite what most search engines (apparently there are others) will tell you, "external memory" isn't just something that you add to your computer. It has a long and profound history. The first examples we have were drawn on the walls of the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave 30,000 years ago: bison, horses, lions, panthers and hyenas all immortalised, each one representing more than an animal.
They also reveal the deep-rooted nature of "symbolic capacity". This ability, some anthropologists argue, is the significant development in human history. When we evolved symbolic capacity, it allowed us to create "external memory stores" such as art, ritual, and eventually the written word. It allowed us to invent culture, the prism through which every individual's behaviour and experience is refracted. Eventually it helped us to build the internet – the place into which we appear to be pouring our culture for safekeeping.
But whose? Our hopes, our dreams, our memories, heavily filtered photographs of what we had for lunch… who keeps the keys to our past? Whose finger is hovering over "delete"? It's not just about Google, either. As Mark Zuckerberg would say, it's complicated.
My view is that we should consider the vessel itself – not just debate what we're adding to or removing from it (nobody questions search engine optimisation, and isn't that the approximate process in reverse?). If we are putting all our eggs in one or two vast online baskets, shouldn't we, the public, share a grip on the handle?
In 1942 George Orwell observed false propaganda about the Spanish Civil War passing into history, unquestioned, as fact. "This kind of thing is frightening to me," he wrote in an essay, "because it often gives me the feeling that the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world… I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be truthfully written… Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as 'the truth' exists… the implied objective of this line of thought is a nightmare world in which the Leader, or some other ruling clique, controls not only the future but the past… This prospect frightens me much more than bombs, and after our experiences of the past few years, that is not a frivolous statement." Until next week, I'll bid you a Shakespearean "Farewell. Thou canst not teach me to forget."
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How do you measure the success of an online business, given the current economic climate?
Tying in rather neatly with Chris Lake's blog post a couple of weeks ago, 20 ways to delight your customers in 2009, last week saw E.Factor hosting their Measuring Success event.
E.Factor is a relatively new online social networking-site that has already gone global, with a rapidly growing membership of business people and investors.
During the course of the session, the distinguished Sir Andrew Likierman discussed with upcoming entrepreneurs and SMEs the idea that a business cannot be measured by financial achievements alone.
Sir Likierman suggested that financial measurement is important, but by no means an accurate evaluation, as high amounts of cash within a business does not necessarily mean it will be successful for any given length of time.
We've already seen this happen with the dot.com bubble a few years ago, where start-ups were financed and valued with extraordinary amounts, only for much of them to end up going bust.
Valuations of a company can vary and are susceptible to a huge range of factors; more so, the bigger the company. For example, look at Yahoo!'s refusal to accept a $44.6bn offer from Microsoft back in May – and now, Yahoo!'s valuation is suddenly a great deal less, prompting job cuts and causing a sizeable headache for Jerry Yang and his team.
So how do you measure the success of a business – particularly online - given the current economic climate?
Businesses should be throwing other considerations into their valuations, including customer retention and satisfaction (all the more important in a recession), the net promoter score of a business and the rate of customer acquisition – again, this returns to Chris's earlier article.
As already mentioned, a financial return for a business does hold a great deal of weight for a company, especially in ensuring it will survive, but if you take a number of hugely successful internet corporations - the Facebooks, Youtubes, Twitters and Diggs of the online world - it's no secret that many are struggling to raise profits, or currently seem to have no real financial model. Yet, they have a far greater consumer base than most offline businesses – and can be often deemed more successful.
This could be in part due to the fact that online companies are generally rejecting the traditional business model of achieving success. Last month Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg declared that "growth is primary, revenue is secondary" to the site's business goals.
Facebook is an online giant and arguably, in focusing on achieving alternative objectives, rather than economic ones, this is likely to ensure the company continues to thrive, though its $15bn valuation is debatable.
So, as the recession looms, don't just put a value on a company by looking at the bank-balance – think of what it's worth in other ways.
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Great Topic, Online business can be very complicated and its hard to "measure" the success, or lack of ...haha. Thanks for sharing this with me, Great work!
Now to me this makes a lot of sense as in my previous role as global webmaster at STA Travel we developed a whole range of digital marketing intuitives which in hindsight seem to follow these principles and became one of the most successful web strategies in travel. These ranged from building social communities in facebook, widgets for customers to download, travel blog platforms for customers and not to forget the worlds first virtual travel agency in SecondLife.
So i have now been spending some time really investigating the various models and concepts around measuring these new digital strategies so i can ensure projects i work on in the future can have clear measurements of success.


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Orange Pound Cake
Orange Pound Cake made with freshly squeezed orange juice and orange zest is lightly brushed with an orange syrup then drizzled with an orange glaze. This pound cake is absolutely irresistible! It is very similar to the lemon loaf that I made back in December. As I was making the lemon loaf I knew that I wanted to try it out with oranges some day. That day came sooner than later since we have been "iced" in for the past four days. This rich and flavorful pound cake is certain to brighten any cold winters day. With the abundance of oranges in season right now, what are you waiting for?
Orange Pound Cake
Yield: 2 (9-inch) loaves
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1/3 cup grated orange zest (from 6 oranges)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
3/4 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Orange Syrup:
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup sugar
For the Orange Glaze:
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
4 to 6 tablespoons fresh orange juice
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom and sides of two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans; dust with flour, tapping out excess. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. With the mixer still running, beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the orange zest.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another small bowl, combine orange juice, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
While the loaf is cooling, make the orange syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir together the orange juice and sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved. Once dissolved, continue to cook for 3 more minutes. Remove from the heat.
Remove loaves to a wire rack on top of a baking sheet. Use a toothpick to poke holes in the tops and sides of the loaves. Brush the tops and sides of the loaves with the orange syrup. Let the syrup soak into the cake and brush again. Let the cakes cool completely.
To make the orange glaze, in a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and 4 tablespoons of the orange juice. The mixture should be thick but pourable. Add up to another tablespoon of orange juice if the mixture is too stiff. Pour the orange glaze over the top of each loaf and let it drip down the sides. Let the orange glaze harden, about 15 minutes, before serving.
Source: adapted from Dinner and Dessert
26 Responses to "Orange Pound Cake"
Wow this looks so tasty and beautiful! I love the looks of that orange glaze… yum! I will definitely have to try this!
Anything lemon or orange is a keeper in my book! We were going to do an orange cake for our wedding cake, but the bakery went under (boo!) and we switched to my second favorite, carrot cake. I must try this recipe! Perfect for winter!! And I bet the batter is pretty good, too 🙂
oooo i love how you put freshly squeezed orange juice into your bread! i was experimenting with freshly pressed fruit juices in my baking, but i haven't found a winner yet. this pound cake looks heavenly!
I love this! Citrus is one of my most favorite flavors. I put lemon or orange zest in everything I can. I like how this is orange cake, orange syrup and orange glaze. Yum yum yummm!
Ohhhh, Christina! This looks so delicious. I have a box of oranges that need to be used- this would be great! The glaze looks perfect. Beautiful job!
Oooh, that looks amazing! Love the glaze on top. I'm a huge fan of oranges and just bought orange extract, actually . . . this might be a fun project!
Beautiful. I love the orange flavor.
Yum! Looks delicious!
I make a similar cake that's lemon flavoured but orange sounds much more suited to January's cold months. Really warming and sunny. 🙂
I'd really love to have a slice of this. It looks truly wonderful. I favor any dessert or sweet made with citrus and I know this would be no exception. That cake has beautiful color and a gorgeous crumb. I hope you have a great weekend. Blessings…Mary
My family would love this!
wow we are loving the citrus season here too…i already made one orange carrot walnut cake and this is going to be my next. thank you for sharing!
Great to brighten up a cold day! I don't bake with oranges enough, and this sounds like a must-try.
This looks BEAUTIFUL!!! 🙂
I love this recipe. I once made a lemon cake similar to this, and I bet orange is delicious as well.
In the ingredients list you say 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter, but 1 cup of butter is only one stick. Which measurement is correct?
I take that back, sorry! My brain has been a little slow on the math lately. This recipe looks delicious, though!
Great idea! I make a lemon loaf too, but have never thought to make it with oranges. I'm sure its just as good. We just launched the all new seasonalpotluck.com and February is oranges month. If you'd like to link up your recipe, we'd love to have you! http://bit.ly/zDoNfx
I think that this is a very good summer cake as well. I don't think that it should be limited to any season, but would be wonderful any time of the year. Thanks I've been looking for a good orange cake recipe.
Baking this right now but in a bundt pan. I hope it comes out as wonderfully as yours did! The batter was fantastic!! Thank you for posting this!
This orange pound cake is AMAZING!! Best orange pound cake I ever ate. Moist and wonderful. Will try it in a bundt pan. I think everyone will love it. Thank you for your wonderful recipe,
I've made this recipe twice, my family LOVES it.
Its perfect and moist.
The second time I didn't have confections sugar and made with a brown sugar glaze, it was alright, but the original glaze was better.
Thanks for such a wonderful recipe! 🙂
I am not sure you are still working on this site but I found your recipe after trying many others and yours is by far the best. Everyone who tried it loved it and I made it again to give to my kids teachers. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I made this for mother's day this evening and it was absolutely incredible… The best orange cake I've ever had. I used Kerrygold salted butter and omitted the called-for salt, but otherwise followed the recipe to a T and it was divine. This is an heirloom recipe for sure!


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By Dr. Mercola
There's a common misconception that in order to eat healthy you have to sacrifice flavor. But anyone who's bit into a homegrown tomato or fresh peach knows this isn't the case.
Most junk foods can only dream of mimicking the flavors found in naturally grown foods. That's what most artificial (and even natural) flavors are mirrored after, and without them your favorite junk food would taste like the box it came in.
The reason why many people perceive junk foods to be so tasty is a testament to their scientific creators. And, yes, you could easily compare many junk foods to science experiments.
Junk Foods Are Designed to Lure You In
One of the guiding principles for the processed-food industry is known as "sensory-specific satiety." In a New York Times article, investigative reporter Michael Moss described this as "the tendency for big, distinct flavors to overwhelm your brain, which responds by depressing your desire to have more."1
The greatest successes, whether beverages or foods, owe their "craveability" to complex formulas that pique your taste buds just enough, without overwhelming them, thereby overriding your brain's inclination to say "enough."
The "flavor" in junk foods often come from sugar, which is more addictive than cocaine, combined with unhealthy fats and highly refined salt, all added in to create addictive food products.
In a Time Magazine interview discussing Moss' book Salt Sugar Fat, he explained:2
"The optimum amount of sugar in a product became known as the 'bliss point.' Food inventors and scientists spend a huge amount of time formulating the perfect amount of sugar that will send us over the moon, and send products flying off the shelves.
…When it came to fat, it was the amazing role of what the industry calls the 'mouth feel.' That's the warm, gooey taste of cheese, or the bite into a crisp fried chicken that you get. It rushes right to the same pleasure centers of the brain that sugar does...
When it comes to salt, what was really staggering to me is that the industry itself is totally hooked on salt. It is this miracle ingredient that solves all of their problems.
There is the flavor burst to the salt itself, but it also serves as a preservative so foods can stay on the shelves for months. It also masks a lot of the off-notes in flavors that are inherent to processed foods."
The biotech company Senomyx even creates novel flavor-enhancing compounds for the processed-food industry in order to make foods and beverages that taste good while reducing sugar and salt content. The synthetically engineered flavor enhancers work by triggering taste receptors on your tongue, effectively tricking your taste buds into sensing sweetness, saltiness, or "coolness."
…Natural foods, on the other hand, are simply naturally good. And despite the food industry's blatant attempts to create synthetic foods that outshine nature, many "health" foods taste better than their science-lab creations. If you need some examples, check out the list below.
13 Healthy Foods That Taste Better Than Junk Foods
1. Strawberries
Unless you overeat them, it is hard to go wrong with strawberries, as they contain powerful phytochemicals, such as ellagic acid that provide antioxidant protection, as well as directly inhibit the DNA binding of certain carcinogens.
Strawberries are also an excellent source of vitamin C, carotenes, zinc, potassium, iron, calcium, and magnesium, and they're high in fiber. Women who ate more than three servings per week of blueberries and strawberries even had a 32 percent lower risk of having a heart attack.3
The benefit was due to flavonoids in the berries known as anthocyanins, which are antioxidants that give these fruits their characteristic red and purple hues. Strawberries are among the most pesticide-contaminated produce, so you should strive to always buy these organic.
2. Blueberries
Berries like blueberries are among the healthiest fruits you can eat, again assuming you don't overdo it. They're relatively low in sugar while being high in fiber and heart-healthy antioxidants.
In one study, women who ate the equivalent of one cup of blueberries daily lowered their blood pressure after eight weeks.4 The women also had higher levels of nitric oxide, which dilates your blood vessels, thereby reducing your blood pressure.
3. Dark Chocolate
Chocolate – specifically the dark unprocessed raw cacao kinds – actually reduces the risk of cardiometabolic disorders, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome -- along with related problems like hypertension, elevated fasting glucose and triglycerides, high cholesterol, and abdominal obesity.5
In one study, the highest levels of chocolate consumption were associated with a 37 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease and a 29 percent reduction in stroke compared with the lowest levels!6 Other research has also shown that the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds in chocolate may lower your risk of heart attack and stroke considerably.
In fact, a wide range of accumulating scientific research has linked high-quality dark chocolate, cacao, and cocoa powder consumption to over 40 distinct health benefits.7
Antioxidant polyphenols in chocolate are so valuable because they have the ability to stop free-radical-mediated oxidation. This helps to decrease your risk of those and other diseases by directly interfering with one of the major preventable causes of chronic degenerative diseases.
If you can tolerate the flavor of raw cacao (including unsweetened cacao nibs, raw cacao powder, or unsweetened and not alkalized cocoa powder), then that's the absolute best option. But if flavor is what you're after, choosing chocolate with a cocoa/cacao percentage of about 70 or higher is a healthy alternative.
4. Almonds
Like most nuts, almonds are an excellent source of high-quality protein, healthy fats, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that can boost your health and even help with weight control.
One of the healthiest aspects of almonds appears to be their skins, as they are rich in antioxidants including phenols, flavonoids, and phenolic acids, which are typically associated with vegetables and fruits.
A study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry even revealed that a one-ounce serving of almonds has a similar amount of total polyphenols as a cup of steamed broccoli or green tea.8
Be careful not to overeat almonds, however, as they are high in protein with nearly one gram per almond. Most Americans consume three to five times more protein than they need, which can lead to elevated blood sugar, weight gain, kidney stress, leaching of bone minerals, and stimulation of cancer cells.
5. Pistachios
Nutritionally, over half the fat in pistachios is from oleic acid, the same healthy fat that is in olive oil. One study found eating two servings of pistachios a day lowered vascular constriction during stress, which means the load on your heart is reduced since your arteries are more dilated.9
Those eating pistachios also had significantly lower blood pressure. Past research has also shown that diets containing pistachios reduce systolic blood pressure and vascular responses to stress in adults with high cholesterol.10
Pistachios are high in lutein, beta-carotene, and gamma-tocopherol (vitamin E) compared to other nuts. Eating one or two servings of pistachios a day has been shown, in fact, to increase blood levels of antioxidants and, in turn, lower oxidized LDL cholesterol in people with elevated levels.11
People who ate pistachios, in particular, for 24 weeks even lost an average of 0.7 inches from their waists, reduced cholesterol by 15 points, improved their blood sugar, and lowered inflammation.12
They're definitely a healthy snack, but, like almonds, be careful not to overdo it due to their high protein content. One cup of pistachios has 26 grams of protein (contrast this to macadamia nuts which have about half that amount of protein in one cup).
6. Cherries
Cherries contain powerful antioxidants including quercetin, which is among the most potent in terms of antioxidant activity.13 Sweet cherries also contain fiber, vitamin C, carotenoids, and anthocyanins, each of which may help play a role in cancer prevention.
Further, cherries contain many anti-inflammatory compounds, and research suggests they may help to relieve pain from inflammatory osteoarthritis and gout. They even contain melatonin, which is a powerful antioxidant and free radical scavenger that helps "cool down" excess inflammation. It also plays an important role in sleep.
Keep in mind that cherries can be a significant source of fructose, as 10 sweet cherries or 1 cup of sour cherries contain about 4 grams of fructose. It's important to take this into account into your total fructose consumption for the day, which I recommend keeping below 25 grams. If you're insulin/leptin resistant, have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or are overweight, you'd be wise to limit your total sugar/fructose intake to 15 grams per day, including from fruit, until your insulin/leptin resistance has resolved.
7. Mangoes
One mango will give you about half of your recommended daily allowance of both vitamins A and C, as well as some B vitamins, polyphenols and beta-carotene. Mangoes contain calcium, iron, and potassium, are a good source of phosphorus, selenium, folate, and zinc, and even contain 17 of the 20 amino acids that make up the human body. One mango contains about 30 grams of fructose, so they should be eaten in moderation.14 If you're looking for the best-tasting mangoes, choose those that come from a local grower or orchard.
8. Cheese
Cheese contains the powerful nutritional triad of calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin K2, which together channel calcium into your bones and teeth while keeping it out of your arteries. This, combined with its omega-3 fats, make cheese a very heart-healthy food. Cheese also contains high-quality protein and amino acids, vitamins and minerals (including zinc, phosphorus, vitamin A, and B vitamins), along with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a powerful cancer fighter and metabolism booster.
Be sure you're choosing natural cheese, which is a simple fermented dairy product, made with nothing more than a few basic ingredients — milk, starter culture, salt, and an enzyme called rennet. Processed cheese is another product entirely. Ideally, the cheese you consume should be made from the raw milk of grass-fed animals raised on pasture, rather than grain-fed or soy-fed animals confined to feedlot stalls.
9. Avocados
Avocados are low in fructose and rich in healthy monounsaturated fat (which is easily burned for energy), and research has confirmed the avocado's ability to benefit vascular function and heart health.
Avocados are also very high in potassium (more than twice the amount found in a banana) and will help balance your vitally important potassium-to-sodium ratio. Avocados provide close to 20 essential health-boosting nutrients, including fiber, vitamin E, B-vitamins, and folic acid. Besides eating them raw, you can use avocado as a fat substitute in recipes calling for butter or other oils.
Research has also found that avocados are helpful for regulating your blood sugar levels,15 and they might help improve lipid profiles, both in healthy individuals and in those with mild hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol levels).16 Plus, due to avocados' beneficial raw fat content, avocado enables your body to more efficiently absorb fat-soluble nutrients (such as alpha- and beta-carotene and lutein) in other foods eaten in conjunction.
One 2005 study found that adding avocado to salad allowed the volunteers to absorb three to five times more carotenoid antioxidant molecules.17 Another boon of avocados—they're one of the safest fruits you can buy conventionally grown, so you don't need to spend more for organic ones. Their thick skin protects the inner fruit from pesticides.
10. Popcorn
Popcorn is not the healthiest food out there… but if you're going to eat it, you'll definitely want to avoid the popular microwave varieties.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is often used in microwave popcorn bags, and it has been linked to infertility and a slew of other health problems. For example, these "gender-bending" chemicals can disrupt your endocrine system and affect your sex hormones, but they've also been linked to thyroid disease, cancer, immune system problems, and increased LDL cholesterol levels.
Popping popcorn "from scratch" on the stove is a better alternative and gives you the option to salt and season to taste. I recommend using tasty and nutritious Himalayan pink salt instead of processed table salt. You can also use organic popping corn and a healthy oil like coconut oil -- and smother it with raw grass-fed organic butter.
11. Sweet Potatoes
Orange-colored sweet potatoes owe their appearance to the carotenoid beta-carotene. As an antioxidant, beta-carotene can help ward off free radicals that damage cells through oxidation, which can speed up aging and make you vulnerable against chronic diseases. This antioxidant can help support your immune system, as well as lower your risk of heart disease and cancer.
Research shows sweet potatoes can help regulate blood sugar because of their ability to raise blood levels of adiponectin, a protein hormone created by your fat cells, to help regulate how your body metabolizes insulin.
Sweet potato extract is said to help reduce inflammation in brain and nerve tissue throughout your body. The phytonutrients within sweet potatoes also influence fibrinogen, an important glycoprotein required for blood clotting. Together with thrombin and fibrin, balanced amounts of fibrinogen are important for wound healing and blood loss prevention.
12. Full-Fat Cream
Full-fat cream, particularly raw, organic, and grass-fed varieties, is a superfood for overall health and weight loss. In one study, women who consumed at least one serving of full-fat dairy a day gained 30 percent less weight over a nine-year period than women who ate only low-fat (or no) dairy products.18 Further, consuming 30 ml of cream daily reduced the risk of diabetes by 15 percent and 20 percent respectively, compared to those who ate none.19
In 2010, a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine proposed that it's the palmitoleic acid, which occurs naturally in full-fat dairy products, that protects against insulin resistance and diabetes.20 People who consumed full-fat dairy had higher levels of trans-palmitoleate in their blood, and this translated to a two-thirds lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to people with lower levels. For a truly decadent treat, try splashing some raw grass-fed cream over a bowl full of berries.
13. Watermelon
Lycopene is a powerful carotenoid antioxidant that gives fruits and vegetables like a pink or red color. It's most often associated with tomatoes, but watermelon is actually a more concentrated source. Lycopene's antioxidant activity has long been suggested to be more powerful than that of other carotenoids, such as beta-carotene.
In one study, after controlling for other stroke risk factors, such as older age and diabetes, they found that men with the highest blood levels of lycopene were 55 percent less likely to have a stroke than those with the lowest.21
A 2014 meta-analysis also revealed that lycopene decreased stroke risk (including stroke occurrence or mortality) by more than 19 percent.22 In addition to lowering your risk of stroke, lycopene has been shown to have potential anti-cancer activity, likely due to its antioxidant properties.
A 2014 meta-analysis of 10 studies also showed that dietary lycopene may protect against the risk of ovarian cancer among postmenopausal women.23 There is also some evidence from animal studies that lycopene may help with cancer treatment as well.
Watermelon also contains anti-inflammatory cucurbitacin E, or triterpenoid, which blocks the activity of the pain and inflammation-causing enzyme cyclooxygenase – the same enzyme blocked by COX-2 inhibitors, which include most NSAID drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen. While being very low in calories (about 46 calories in a cup) watermelon also contains an impressive variety of other important nutrients in which many Americans are lacking, including:
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B6
- Potassium
- Vitamin A
- Magnesium
Finally, watermelon should be enjoyed in moderation due to its fructose content. One-sixteenth of a medium watermelon contains 11.3 grams of fructose. In addition, eating melon (including watermelon) alone is best to avoid stomach upset. For more information, watch my interview on food combining with Wayne Pickering.
A Healthy Diet Can Be Delicious!
It's time to bust the myth that eating healthy can't be full of flavors you crave. Foods that are grown in healthy soil and ripened naturally in the field are easily the most delicious foods on the planet – and the list above is only the tip of the iceberg.
For more ideas about how to eat a healthy diet that's also delicious, check out my optimized nutrition plan, which is packed with food choices that will not only satisfy your body's nutritional needs but your taste buds' needs as well.


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Every Teamup Calendar has a control panel on the left hand side as indicated by the red block:
It hosts the date picker, the list of sub calendars and optionally, the about box.
It can be collapsed by clicking on the double arrow button to the top right of it:
By collapsing it, more space is available for your calendar. This can be especially useful for printing purposes. To show the Sidebar once more, click the arrow again.
In Settings > General Settings you can set the Sidebar to always be visible or always be collapsed:
In scenarios where the available screen space for the calendar is very limited, it is recommended to keep the Sidebar collapsed by default. Otherwise, keep it visible.
When embedding a Teamup Calendar in a website, it is often better to hide the Sidebar to allow for more space for the calendar entries to be displayed. You can use a calendar link with a parameter appended to it for this purpose.


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I needed to adapt the lesson so that I could use it with a kindergarten class and do it in a shorter amount of time, so this is what I did...
I focused on text to self connections for this lesson. I started by asking students to make predictions about why they thought I chose to read the book to them. (It is December. It is Christmas time and the book takes place at Christmas time.)
I stopped while reading when the mouse got popcorn at the movies, when the mouse built a snowman, and when he decorated the tree to have students partner talk about the connections they were making. First, I modeled thinking aloud and making my own connections. Then I had them partner talk. They talked about what they like to eat at the movies, what they like to do when it snows, and how they decorate their Christmas tree at home.
After reading the book, we retold the story by walking back through what the mouse asked for and the things that went together. I focused on things that go together and then we brainstormed other things that could go together like socks and shoes, pancakes and syrup, donuts and sprinkles, etc.
Then I did an interactive writing lesson with the students. Each child got a board, a dry erase marker, and an eraser. Students brainstormed ideas for things that went together. Different students took turns "sharing the pen" and writing with me on the chart paper while the rest of the group wrote the words on their boards.
Here is the recording sheet I used. It came from Kim Adsit's Reading is Fun! Comprehension Strategies unit. Students made connections to things they wanted that were like what the mouse wanted and that went together. Depending on the level of your students, you could have them write labels to go with their pictures.
the mouse head brown 6 X 6 (Clip the bottom 2 corners and round.)
the mouse paws (2) brown 3 1/2 X 2 1/2 (Clip the bottom 2 corners and round.)
the mouse ears (2) brown 3 X 2 (Clip the top 2 corners and round.)
the inside of the mouse ears (2) pink 2 1/2 X 1 1/2 (Clip the top 2 corners and round.)
eyes (2) white 1 X 1 (Clip all 4 corners and round.)
For more mouse fun, check out Deedee's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Math and Literacy Stations...


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A Danish study has suggested a link between the consumption of antibiotics during pregnancy, and an increased risk of asthma in children.
Hans Bisgaard, one of the study's authors and a Professor at the University of Copenhagen, told Business World Online that the study did not find antibiotics to be a direct cause of asthma, but a disrupter of the body's beneficial bacteria that strengthen the immune system.
"We speculate that mother's use of antibiotics changes the balance of natural bacteria, which is transmitted to the newborns, and that such unbalance bacteria in early life impact on the immune maturation in the newborn."
The Study revealed that children who were exposed to antibiotics were 17% more likely to be hospitalized for asthma, and 18% more likely to be given a prescription for asthma medication. Bisgaard's team also found that children of asthmatic mothers are at a higher risk of developing the condition. These children are also twice as likely to develop asthma if their mothers took antibiotics during the third trimester of pregnancy.
But this study isn't definitive, says Anita Kozryskyj, a Professor at the University of Alberta who also studies the connections between antibiotics and asthma. Kozryskyj, who wasn't involved in Bisgaard's study, suggests that asthma can be caused by the illness that the antibiotic was prescribed for.
"The results don't suggest that women should avoid antibiotics since some infections can be quite dangerous to the fetus," she said. " We're beginning to appreciate that some of the origins of asthma and changes to the immune system, maybe they start earlier than right after birth."


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Visit Montana State Parks and enjoy hiking, camping, fishing, swimming, boating and more. Basic outdoor knowledge, skills and awareness will help you and your family stay safe on your next adventure.
Your visit to a Montana State Park should be enjoyable and safe. Our parks are natural environments that require alertness, planning and respect for the environment.
Our public safety program promotes responsible stewardship of state park lands and resources in a manner that minimizes social and resource impacts and provides safe and family friendly park experiences.
Read more about our public safety program and tips to help keep you and your family safe in Montana's great outdoors.
Be prepared for emergencies. Bring a cell phone for use during emergencies and learn where emergency phones and help are located in the park.
Be weather wise
Get a weather report for the area, wear the proper clothes and bring the proper equipment. Bring additional clothing for unexpected weather.
Avoid overexertion. Heat and wind may be tiring and may cause dehydration.
Around wildlife
Do not feed or approach wildlife. Do not leave food or garbage items lying around your camp, this could attract unwanted wildlife visitors.
Swimming and water activities
Watch out for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Montana waters. Report HABs.
Learn to swim; it's never too late!
Wear a properly fitted personal flotation device when in or near the water.
Distances across rivers or coves are always farther than they appear!
Dangerous currents and sharp drop-offs may not be visible.
Swim with a buddy; never swim alone.
Never dive head-first into a lake or river.
Watch your children around water. Children should remain under close supervision at all times.
Children should wear personal flotation devices when playing in or near water.
Be sure your boat is properly registered and equipped with safety devices.
Unfamiliar waters may be hazardous; exercise caution.
When on or near the water, wear a properly fitted personal floatation device.
Be alert for submerged obstacles and floating debris on lakes and sweepers, strainers and log jams on rivers.
Stay on designated trails. Steep drop-offs, poisonous plants, rattlesnakes and unstable footing may exist beyond the trail.
Get a park map before hiking park trails.
Dress properly and carry the proper equipment.
Do not hike alone. hike with a partner or group.
Stay hydrated and carry adequate water.
Montana State Parks initiated an enhanced public safety initiative in 2010 as a means of improving the integration of public safety and emergency response into state park operations.
The program includes five new State Park Warden positions who serve as commissioned peace officers in the state of Montana.
The Montana State Parks public safety program provides a proactive and engaged uniformed presence that promotes safe outdoor recreation practices and compliance with park rules and regulations through education and outreach with park visitors.
Please contact a Park Warden or other park staff to report accidents, injuries, safety hazards, or other incidents that affect your safety, satisfaction, and enjoyment when exploring a Montana State Park.


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The Economy LGV Parking Block is an ideal solution for all kinds of areas such as car parks, factories or warehouses type areas where LGV activity may be frequent. More specifically, this LGV wheel stop is ideal for use regarding LGV set down areas where it can be installed into the ground in order to stop these vehicles from bumping into walls or other key areas.
The thick rubber material used to make these parking block ensure that they are suitable for use with larger vehicles, providing very effective means of preventing HGV's from bumping into walls.
- These LGV parking guides can be bolted directly into the ground quickly and easily (Note: fixings are not included)
- Located on the bottom of these rubber curbs are metal plates which must be unscrewed and turned so that the plates face outward. Once this is done the main screw can be tightened again and the plates can be bolted into the ground using the 4 pre-drilled holes provided on each one
- The thick black rubber material ensure that they will last a long time
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Where Do the Milwaukee Bucks Go with Their Roster from Here?February 25, 2013
The Milwaukee Bucks had plenty of questions to answer heading into the trade deadline last weekend.
Coming out of it, they seem to have just as many questions.
The Bucks were unable to pull of a deal for Josh Smith and decided to keep their backcourt intact, despite the fact that both Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings plan on testing the free-agent market (Ellis will likely decline his player option, and Jennings is slated to become a restricted free agent).
Sure, the Bucks did secure the biggest name that was available, J.J. Redick, but he too will be a free agent when the season ends.
So what exactly should the Bucks do with their roster?
Figure out who to keep
Ellis is probably playing his final season in Milwaukee. If he thinks he is worth more than $11 million per season, the Bucks should avoid crushing his delusions of grandeur.
He is a one-dimensional player that can score in bunches but doesn't do anything else well.
In fact, he doesn't really score all that efficiently either. He takes a ton of bad shots and is terrible on defense.
But the Bucks want to try for the playoffs this year, and who can blame them; their recent history has been somewhat disappointing.
Ideally it would have been nice to see the Bucks get something for Ellis, but it's just as well if they didn't receive a decent offer. No sense in giving the guard away.
But by no means should they get into a bidding war for him. The pairing of Ellis with Jennings was a noble experiment that essentially doesn't fit.
Redick is a good player to have around, but is he a starter on a playoff-caliber team? His bad defense would suggest that he isn't. But it will be interesting to see how he pairs with Jennings going forward.
It could be possible that the Bucks are holding a tryout for both Redick and Ellis over the final 20-odd games. But it is more likely that neither player will be in Wisconsin next year.
Now for the biggest question of the offseason: what to do with Jennings?
Jennings is about to become a restricted free agent, which means that the Bucks basically have the right of first refusal. They can match any offer that is extended to him.
Typically, restricted free agents stay put; the game is skewed towards the original team.
In the rare cases that players aren't extended with their original team, like Jeremy Lin last year, it typically is due to exorbitant contracts that the original team can't match.
The Bucks should have upwards of $20 million in cap space next year, so it is unlikely that any team will be able to pry Jennings away.
That being said, it is a very weak free agent class, especially with point guards after Chris Paul, so you may see a team or two go after Jennings.
If someone like the Dallas Mavericks decide to offer Jennings a maximum deal, should the Bucks opt to keep him?
The most likeliest of scenarios, however, has Jennings returning to Milwaukee.
Figure out the wings
The biggest holes on this roster heading into next year will be at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Provided the Bucks choose not to bring back Ellis, Redick or Mike Dunleavy, they will have a glaring hole on the wing.
Tobias Harris no longer figures into this equation after being dealt for Redick, and the rest of the wing players on the roster are basically "tweeners" that fit better at the 4 spot.
There should be a few options on the free-agent market, but nobody outside of O.J. Mayo would be a game-changer.
Tony Allen is a stud defender but offers little on the offensive end. Randy Foye is more of a combo guard, and the rest of the solid names are either aging or are likely to stay put.
The small forward crop is an even bigger mess. It contains has-beens like Metta World Peace, Richard Jefferson and Stephen Jackson.
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That being said, this is a very deep draft on the wings. Provided the Bucks have a mid-first round pick, they could get a very good small forward like Glenn Robinson III or Otto Porter.
Ideally speaking, the Bucks should try to fill one of these holes through the draft.
Since Mayo likely will go elsewhere, the Bucks might find it best to just re-sign Redick to a reasonable deal and try to replace him over the next few seasons.
Smith still in play?
The Bucks were unable to bring in Josh Smith via trade, but might they take a shot at him through free agency?
The Bucks lack scoring up front. They are a very backcourt-heavy team, relying on their guards to score and their bigs to rebound and defend.
Smith could be a genuine fit in Milwaukee. He can score in a number of ways, and he is athletic enough to play defense against both big forwards and small forwards.
Having Smith around would allow the Bucks to start Ersan Ilyasova. They could basically trot out a frontcourt of Smith, Ilyasova and Larry Sanders. This would provide defense and rebounding to go along with potent scoring.
So what should Milwaukee pay for Smith? The likely answer is a max deal. But would the Bucks be willing to pay that on top of whatever it takes to re-sign Jennings and/or Redick?
Outlook is cloudy
There is both good news and bad news surrounding the Bucks' future.
The good news is that they have some financial flexibility. They have largely been wise with their money and now have some cap space.
The bad news is that they have a lot of question marks on their roster and plenty of holes to fill.
They are not an elite destination for free agents, so they will have to either overpay or hope to draft elite players.
If they plan on remaining relevant in the East after this year, that might just be what they have to do.
All is not bad in Milwaukee. However, how they answer this offseason's questions will determine whether or not they will be contenders in the years to come.


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The LOOC Foundation has created a feature-length documentary and a beautiful hardbound portrait book called Warriors …In Their Own Words. As the title indicates, the book and DVD are a compilation of sentiments from men and women in uniform about what their service means to them and what they believe it means to the world. These works contain snapshots of insight from service personnel in every American military branch, and even testimonials from servicemen in the United Kingdom. Many of the men and women interviewed are currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, while others recall their service in World War II, Korea or Vietnam.Watching the documentary evokes a spectrum of emotions, from awe for what these men and women are willing to endure in the name of freedom to humbled thankfulness for their sacrifices. The portrait book drives home the timelessness of our need for warriors by opening with historical figures from the Peloponnesian War (431-422 BC), the Battle of Hastings (1066) and the French and Indian War (1731-1795).The Warriors project is to show that our men and women in uniform – our warriors – hear a calling. They believe in the validity of their mission, and they know the difference they make in the world is palpable. They have volunteered to serve a higher purpose than themselves. As Colonel James D. McGinley of the Marine Corps states: "Those who have never worn the Cloth of our Nation may call it the military, but those in uniform will always say The Service."Our warriors understand that America has a special calling to promote freedom and democracy. In the words of one Marine, "the United States is a beacon of light, whether we want to admit it or not." America's strength is further echoed in the confidence with which one soldier speaks of his calling: "There's no danger abroad that our troops can't handle."Warriors also acknowledge personal betterment as an incentive to serve. One naval officer describes the personal fulfillment that his service has given him: "There's nothing better than knowing that you have served your country and answered your calling."Another Marine attests to the sensation of a calling: "I felt it was my duty to do something. Because I can, I need to. Because there are so many who can't and want to …" As one airman describes it, his calling comes from a sense of duty: "It was just something that you needed to do, and you did it because it was expected."All of the warriors interviewed communicate their belief that, at its core, the mission of their calling is to defend America and freedom, both here and abroad.The calling to spread freedom and champion democracy did not originate with President Bush, or even with our Founding Fathers. The mission of democracy is much older than that, as Warriors reminds us through its selection of the famed funeral oration given by Pericles in commemoration of fallen Athenian soldiers for its foreword:"Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while there exists equal justice to all and alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit."Everything that is at stake now -- in Iraq and Afghanistan, in the threats posed by Iran and North Korea, in the insolence demonstrated by Russia in its invasion of Georgia -- is the same "everything" that has always been at stake for as long as men have made war. Our Declaration of Independence cites freedom as an unalienable right, not just for Americans but for all human beings. Our way of life, our very right to exist, is the "everything" for which our service men and women are willing to give so much of themselves. They fight to defend America's freedoms, and they fight to grant the gift of freedom worldwide.
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