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The 100 Innings of Baseball Spectacular was born in 2004 with the arrival of Curt Schilling to the Boston Red Sox as a fundraiser for Curt's Pitch for ALS program to aid the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease. The world's longest game continues 100 straight innings and lasts about 33 consecutive hours, and to date has raised just about $700,000.
The 14th Annual game in 2017 supports ALS through The Angel Fund. Walter Bentson, our umpire chief, continues his ALS fight. This game helped inspire Pete Frates, the Boston College baseball player and internet sensation responsible for the most succesful viral social media campaign in history: The Ice Bucket Challenge.
Date: Saturday, October 7, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 8
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Teams: Walter vs. Ratt
Amount Raised: TBD
Our ALS partner in 2017 is the Angel Fund Rich "Ratt" Kennedy, has been president of the Angel Fund for 20 years. Ratt lost his father to ALS, then his youngest brother to ALS in 1995. He's worked tirelessly raising money for Dr. Brown and his staff at UMass Medical Center at the Cecil B. Day Laboratory for Neuromuscular Research. In a cruel twist of fate, Ratt, while training for his 31st Boston Marathon in January of 2016 began getting a tingling in his legs. This sensation progressed over the next several weeks and his worst nightmare was realized when he was diagnosed with ALS in April of 2016 carrying the familia gene.
The past six 100 inning games, Ratt has been alongside Walter Bentson, our umpire chief also diagnose with ALS, the entire duration of the game.
Back will be the group of about 10 insane players who have played all 100 innings of all previous 13 games. We'll have our usual 15 6-man umpiring crews from throughout Mass rotating in every 2 hours supporting Walter, who will put on the umpiring gear at midnight for his annual appearance behind the plate.
Join the 2017 game of 100 Innings of Baseball on Facebook.
Date: Saturday, October 8, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 9
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Teams: Team Lembo 67, Team Rudy 44
Amount Raised: $34,250
Here's to the ballers who were there into the 75th inning when Mother Nature told all the boys and girls to stop playing ball and to come inside because it was way past bedtime. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
Thanks to all who played and contributed, including Dr. Robert Brown of UMass Medical Center and the Cecil B. Day Labortory who threw out the first pitch.
Visit the 2016 game of 100 Innings of Baseball on Facebook.
Date: Saturday, October 10, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 11
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Teams: Team Bentson 82, Team Frates 75
Amount Raised: $30,000
Visit the 100 Innings of Baseball, 2015 Facebook Event page for photos and updates from the game.
Date: Saturday, October 11, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 12
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Teams: FrateTrains 68, Bentson's Bashers 66
Amount Raised: $31,093
Date: Saturday, October 12, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 13
Time: 28 hours
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Score: 79 Third Base, 69 First Base
Amount Raised: $48,500
The world's longest game played its 1,000th inning, completing it's 10th straight year of 100 Innings of Baseball. This year, 21 Iron Men played the entire game, setting a record. Fundraising for ALS, this year via The Angel Fund, has surpassed $560,000. Thank you to all the players, umpires, sponsors and contributors who have pitched in to make this game a success over the last decade!
Chris Deane and Tom Trull earned co-MVP honors for their dish work, each catching more innings than knee-savers ever could have ever expected when they created their product. Well done, fellas.
Date: Saturday, October 20, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 21
Time: 30+ straight hours
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Score: Team Walter 90, Team Bentson 80
Amount Raised: $24,288
More than 100 players and 90 umpires from across a dozen leagues in New England completed the 9th annual 100 Innings of Baseball, including Boston Red Sox legend Lou Merloni. Since the game's inception, the game has supported ALS and has raised more than $500,000 – with proceeds this year supporting The Angel Fund. Walter Bentson, chief umpire and this year's event organizer, was diagnosed 11 years ago with ALS – and spent the midnight shirt with his customary half inning behind the dish. Appropriately, Team Walter defeated Team Bentson, 90-80, in 100 innings, after overcomming a 22-run deficit earlier in the in the 3-straight-hour affair.
Articles on this year's game:
Enjoy 150+ photos from the 100 Innings of Baseball Photo Album 1 and Photo Album 2. Or read up on 100 Innings of Baseball History with scores and photos from prior years. Join the game conservation on Facebook. And of course, thank you Reebok, VitaminWater, Extra Innings and the hundreds of individual donors who sponsored the game!
Date: Saturday, October 8, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 9, 3:30PM
Time: 30+ straight hours
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Score: Team Lembo 98, Team Rudy 93
Amount Raised: $18,166
The 8th Annual 100 Innings of Baseball for ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease, this year supported the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on behalf of umpire chief Walter Bentson.
Over the course of the game, Bill "Spaceman" Lee pitched twice, sporting the oldtimer glove and uniform worn by the Hollywood Stars. Gehrig Schilling, son of Red Sox legend Curt Schilling, and named after Lou Gehrig, pitched the 95th through 99th innings with support from his Medfield team, and recorded the hold in a tight ballgame. About 100 ballplayers participated in the game, including 16 players competing in all 100 innings. Other game highlights include a grandslam by Ryan Bere of the MABL Blue Jays, and the complete game from Bobby DeAngelis of Rutland, Vermont who played a 200-inning game earlier this season to set the new Guinness World Record. [More photos.]
Bill "Spaceman" Lee in Hollywood Stars attire
Gehrig Schilling tossing innings 95 through 99
Walter Bentson catches his inning at midnight
The "Iron Men" who played all 100 innings
Date: Saturday, October 9, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, October 10, 3:00 p.m.
Time: 30+ straight hours
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Score: Early Bird 73, Worm 72
Amount Raised: $24,000
Red Sox' legend Curt Schilling threw his 7th annual 100 Innings of Baseball to raise money for ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Curt named his son after Lou Gehrig. This year, from innings 96 to 99, the 15-year-old Gehrig Schilling took the diamond, joined by his Medfield teammates, as Curt Schilling managed the squad. The game was at Adams Field in Quincy, MA.
For the first time in the game's history, it was won in walk-off fashion. With the score tied 72-72 in the bottom of the 100th inning, Chad Griffiths of the MABL Boston Tigers drove in his teammate Dan Field to win the game dramatically. Notes:
The approximate 150 adult amateur players playing came from more than a dozen amateur baseball leagues across Greater Boston. In addition to Team Medfield, the teenage players came from the Newton Central Little League team and The Stable Baseball Academy in Woburn. 19 "Iron Men" played all 100 innings.
2010 proceeds benefit ALS and the Walter Bentson Scholarship Fund, a fund that supports the children of PALS (patients of ALS) for their higher education. Walter Bentson is president of the Boston Park League, the oldest amateur baseball league in the country, and is also the Umpire Chief of several amateur baseball leagues. He also has ALS. See photos. Read the Press Release.
Date: Saturday, September 6, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, September 7, 3:48 p.m.
Time: 31 straight hours
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Score: Team Schilling 103, Team Curt 59
Amount Raised: $30,000
For the sixth straight year, players from across more than a dozen different baseball leagues, including the Boston Men's Baseball League, Park, Yawkey, Cranberry, MIBL and BABL completed the Annual 100 Innings of Baseball Spectacular. Overall fundraising has approached $500,000 for Curt's Pitch for ALS, the charity of legend Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox. More than 100 players suited up over the course of the 2009 game, and 22 iron men played the entire game, all 31 straight hours, without a wink of sleep in between. These men are:
National Anthem from Adams Field in Quincy, MA.
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Date: Saturday, August 30, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, August 31, 3:10 p.m.
Time: 30+ straight hours
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Score: Knights 91, Daze 78
Amount Raised: $60,000
This Labor Day weekend, players from the Boston Men's Baseball League, Park, Yawkey, Cranberry, MIBL, BABL and several other local leagues successfully completed the 5th Annual 100 Innings of Baseball Spectacular to raise funds for Curt's Pitch for ALS, the charity of legend Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox.
Curt and Shonda Schilling were on hand Saturday afternoon to thank the participants for their support and to offer some words. After watching Mike Pollak of the MABL White Sox get hit by a pitch, Curt heckled: "Don't worry. That should feel better by the 70th inning."
When Curt addressed the players in attendance he also joked about the physical condition of some of the athletes saying: "Being here makes me want to work harder in the off season. I'm seeing some bodies around here that I don't want to resemble."
The big hitter appears to be Neil Sisson of the Medford Angels, one of 11 athletes to play all 100 innings. Sisson led all 100 Inning batters by going 18 for 34 at a .529 clip. Dave Joseph of the Brockton A's was the hero on the mound, tossing more than 35 of the 100 innings!
Date: Saturday, May 27, 9:30 a.m. through Sunday, May 28, 2:45 p.m.
Time: 29+ straight hours
Location: Adams Field, Quincy, MA
Score: Team Endurance 99, Team Stamina 72
Amount Raised: $65,152
This Memorial Day Weekend, we once again partnered with the ALS Association MA Chapter and Curt's Pitch for ALS to play the 4th Annual 100 Innings of Baseball Spectacular. Curt Schilling's wife Shonda even pitched on Saturday afternoon.
Teams and players from the Boston Men's Baseball League, Yawkey League, Park League, MIBL and Bambuu Leagues all participated and helped bring the fundraising total close to $400,000 since the game's inception. 100 Inning Games are also in planning stages in Rhode Island, Houston, Texas, and Omaha, Nebraska for 2008.
Date: Saturday, April 22, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, April 23, 4:00 p.m.
Time: 31 straight hours
Location: Fitton Field @ Holy Cross in Worcester, MA
Score: Team Stamina 69, Team Endurance 66
Amount Raised: $87,461
100 Innings pictures, media and more : 2006 Web Site
The 3rd Annual 100 Innings of Baseball lasted exactly 100 innings and lasted about 31 straight hours. More than 100 players suited up to play, and 22 players participated the entire game, including umpire Walt Bentson.
Down 65-66 in the 97th inning, Matt Dumas delivered a 2-RBI single to give Team Stamina a 67-66 lead, one they would not relinquish. Team Stamina went on to defeat Team Endurance, 69-66. Dumas also had the first hit of the game, 96 innings earlier in the top of the 1st. John Silk was the winning pitcher of record. Of note, Shonda Schilling (Curt's wife) pitched the 94th inning for Team Endurance, allowing 1 earned run off a hit batsman and a double.
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Date: Saturday, April 16, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, April 17, 4:30 p.m.
Time: 31.5 straight hours
Location: Campanelli Stadium, Brockton, MA
Score: Team Marciano 88, Team Hagler 79
Amount Raised: $108,873
100 Innings pictures, media and more : 2005 Web Site
For the second straight year, local ball players teamed up with Curt Schilling and The ALS Association, Massachusetts Chapter to hold a 100 inning baseball game. 175 players ultimately suited up and played in the marathon game to raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, MA -- home of the Brockton Rox professional baseball club. In fact, 21 players played all 100 innings! Ballplayers were primarily from Boston, but also came from Maryland, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine and even Canada to play.
Here's what Curt Schilling had to say:
In just two years time, this event is responsible for raising over $200,000 that
will go directly toward helping patients and families that are battling with ALS.
It is through the generosity, hard work, and creativity of people like yourselves
that we are able to slowly and surely get closer to the light at the end of the tunnel
and ultimately eliminate this horrible disease. We wish you all good luck with your
upcoming season and thank you again from the bottom of our heart."
Date: Saturday, April 17, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday, April 18, 6:00 p.m.
Time: 33 straight hours (101 innings)
Location: Kelly Field, Hyde Park, MA
Score: Gehrig's Stamina 100, Schilling's Endurance 51
Amount Raised: $111,949
100 Innings pictures, media and more : 2004 Web Site
Boston local amateur baseball players teamed up with Curt Schilling and The ALS Association, Massachusetts Chapter by holding what SABR confirmed is the longest baseball game ever played -- 101 innings. 183 players ultimately suited up and played in the record-breaking game to raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease. Ballplayers were primarily from the BMBL, but also came from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine and even Canada to play.
By raising donations, players earned contributions toward their league fees, as well as prizes, such as signed Red Sox jerseys, invitations to a private party held by Curt Schilling, Reebok cleats, Donruss baseball cards, Red Sox Green Monster seats, and much more. Corporate sponsors donated food and drink, and included Stop & Shop, Red Bull and Cafenation. Hundreds of other corporate and personal sponsors made financial contributions.
Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox' wife Shonda was in attendance on Sunday. Shonda went 1 for 1 with a single up the middle, scoring the 95th run in the bottom of the 93rd inning for Team Stamina. Curt Schilling was unable to attend, as the Red Sox were battling the Yankees all weekend.


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How dead are the insulin producing cells in a person with Type 1 diabetes? Has the immune system in its autoimmune reaction killed them all and for good? Is there no way that they can regenerate, or would the immune system kill them as soon as they form?
Just suppose it would be possible to "teach" the immune system that the insulin-producing cells were okay, that they are not foreign invaders that need to be killed. Would the insulin producing cells be able to regenerate?
What exactly happens in the honeymoon period? Have not all the beta cells been killed yet, or do they regenerate and what would be the effect of giving so immune system suppressing drugs?
By the time a person becomes clinically diabetic, that is to say they have constant glucosuria and hyperglycemia, the beta cells of the Islands of Langerhans are almost completely destroyed. Some minimal residual function can be detected after this stage for as long as a year in the form of C-peptide which is the fraction that breaks away from proinsulin as insulin itself is formed.
Islet cells can regenerate from pancreatic ductal tissue and a good deal of research is being devoted to exploring the mechanism for this. At the present any application to diabetes in man looks a long way off and all the evidence is that it would not be successful as long as the autoimmune process continues.
To understand the honeymoon period, you have to realize that the process of autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing cells usually occurs gradually over several years. At the time that clinical diabetes first becomes apparent, there is usually a small amount of insulin producing capacity that remains. The rather simplistic explanation of the honeymoon period is that when insulin is given by injection the bodies own insulin production is 'rested' and thus contributes to total daily needs.
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Cheers for Dubel
* Unfortunately, I missed the comments by Mike Farabaugh (The Evening Sun, Sept. 17) about Dr. Robert Y. Dubel, superintendent of the Baltimore County Public Schools, so what I have to say may be repetitious. I have firsthand knowledge, however, of Dr. Dubel's avid interest in sports in the Baltimore County schools. No matter what the sport -- be it football, basketball, wrestling -- no matter what the weather, no matter how many meetings before or after the game, did he miss a crucial game for Baltimore County.
He attended every possible game where a Baltimore County school was in contention for a state title and was a strong supporter of the MSA-Baltimore County rivalry. But more than just attendance at games and support for athletics, Dr. Dubel has been the guiding force, and a leader with a vision of what athletics can do for students.


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I CAN foresee Kevin Kilbane being the only new signing in Everton's starting line-up against Newcastle tomorrow.
After the derby defeat, people expect David Moyes to make changes, but that may not be necessary.
With Mark Pembridge having left the club, there is a space for Kil-bane to go straight in, but whether Francis Jeffers will start up front is the most intriguing question.
With the form Wayne Rooney has been in for England this week, you have to include the young lad, while Tomas z Radzi nsk i would be very unlucky to be left out. I would start with Jeffers on the bench.
Rooney played as part of a three-man forward line against Liechtenstein on Wednesday and Evertonians will be asking if he can do the same for the Blues. I can't see that happening.
If Kilbane starts in midfield there will be no place for three strikers. That's too much of a risk in terms of attacking players.
England employed the three forwards because they were facing inferior opposition. The Magpies are a different matter.
As for the other two signings, I consider James McFadden to be one for the future, while perhaps Nigel Martyn is lacking match practice and will be on the bench.
Certainly Steve Simonsen deserves to hold on to the goalkeeper's jersey. He had to wait a long time for his chance and although three goals went past him in the derby, he pulled off some good saves.
If Moyes does opt for Martyn, however, Everton will have fielded three different keepers in their opening three home games. Interestingly, they did the same at the start of last season.
Strikers no threat to Roo>
WAYNE Rooney received all the plaudits after England's win over Liechtenstein.
But now he has to forget about England for a while and focus on Everton. One thing is for sure - he won't be worried that Francis Jeffers is back at the club and competing for a striker's berth.
When you are young and playing for your country you are not concerned who your manager brings in because you know you are good enough to keep your place. Rooney can afford to leave the worrying to the other strikers.
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NEWCASTLE come to Goodison on a poor run of form. They haven't started this season in the same way they finished the last campaign.
Hopeful ly Everton don't suffer again at the hands of a team that suddenly bounces back - as Liverpool did.
Newcastle have some excellent players, particularly Alan Shearer. I have never agreed with his decision to retire from i nternational football.


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There are a number of restaurants in Jamaica where you can enjoy Jamaican and international cuisine!
The Houseboat Grill, Moored in the calm waters of the Montego Bay Marine Park Fish Sanctuary, The Houseboat Grill offers a unique setting for
an intimate, one of a kind dining experience. Enjoy dinner downstairs in our cozy dining room, upstairs on our upper deck under the stars. The HouseBoat Grill features a constantly evolving fusion menu created by internationally trained Chef Rich Nurse. Come casually elegant. Enjoy Happy Hour at The HouseBoat everyday between 5:30 & 7:00 p.m. Two for one on local brands!!!!!! Come by and chill out after work or play. Looking forward to seeing you!
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Delivering an innovative approach to architectural design, Hard Rock Café Montego Bay combines the traditional elements of the Hard Rock brand with warm Caribbean colors and earth-toned textures. Up to 360 guests can enjoy this unique atmosphere comfortably, whether they want to dine indoors, poolside, or on the patio deck.
Guests can soak up the sun in poolside lounge chairs, chat the afternoon away in our poolside cabanas, or hit the beach. Guests in town for a little business with their leisure can hold meetings in our 40-seat meeting room. Everywhere you look in Hard Rock Cafe Montego Bay, you'll be surrounded by exclusive memorabilia you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Tel 1 876-953-6505 Email firstname.lastname@example.com
The Pelican Restaurant - Located on the "Hip Strip" is Montego Bays place for mouthwatering Jamaican cuisine. Try our steamed red snapper with okras and bammy, ackee and salted codfish with boiled green bananas, yam and fried johnny cakes. Desserts include sweet potato and bread pudding. West Indian curries, escoveitched fish, jerk chicken, stewed peas, oxtail & more. Family owned & operated & serving only the freshest, truly Jamaican home-style dishes to Montego Bay patrons for almost 50 years.
Tel 876-952-3171 Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Pier One on the Waterfront,- Jamaica's freshest open air seafood restaurant, bar and entertainment centre. A favorite with visitors and locals alike Pier One offers a family friendly atmosphere with great Caribbean sunsets and tropical panoramic views of the bay. Perfect for lunch or all fresco dining or just sipping a tropical cocktail watching the boats go by. From Salads to Tofu, Jerk Chicken to Jerk Sausage Pasta our menu suits even the most finicky diner whether at lunch time or for dinner. For the Jamaican pallet we have the best Jamaican dishes, from Curry Goat to Oxtail.
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Nestled in an alcove beside a 17th century water mill. You can feel the history within the existing walls that once served as the foundation of a sugar cane plantation dating back to 1676. These very same walls now house an epicurean experience like no other that will ignite all of your senses. Feast your eyes on the picturesque views from any one of our tables that can only be described as magical. Savor the enchanting flavors designed by Christopher Golding – named "Best Chef" in Jamaica – who has taken quintessential Jamaican cuisine and has refined them with a mouthwatering modern day twist.
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Ranked the Best Seafood Among Montego Bay Restaurants! Our fine dining restaurant is the only place to experience a piece of incredible history while enjoying a first-class meal in Montego Bay. Marguerite's iconic seaside setting has been the crown jewel of Montego Bay for over 55 years. With an unparalleled level of service, the elegant and sophisticated almond terrace bustles with an eclectic mix of tourists and celebrities. Our signature offerings of creatively prepared seafood, table-side Ceasar salad presentation and an award winning wine selection.
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Island Grill real Jamaican jerk chicken, grilled over an open flame in Island Grill's own jerk sauce, a combination of just the right seasonings of allspice, scallion, thyme and the important scotch bonnet pepper in tasty mouth-searing proportions. A delicious alternative is the jerk fish. All these are complemented by favourites like pumpkin rice, coconut callaloo rice, soup, green banana fries, plantain or the popular Festival, cornmeal fritters.
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Shaded by Seagrape and Almond trees, the Seagrape Terrace offers al fresco dining with spectacular views across Sunset Beach and out to sea with the gentle caress of the trade winds whispering through the leaves. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the menus devised by Executive Chef Steve Sowa and Executive Sous Chef Hans Heusinkveld reflect the bounty for which Jamaica is renowned with a uniquely colourful and stylish Half Moon twist. The Seagrape Terrace comes to life in the evenings with nightly entertainment.
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Over fifty products comprising different types of patties, loaves, soups, porridges and traditional breakfast dishes. In an increasingly, fast-paced society, Juici developed a menu that reflected the taste of the Jamaican people, and offered them the kind of food most were accustomed to having.
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Located in the lush tropical hills just 3 miles west of Montego Bay City, the Restaurant, surrounded by a colourful tropical garden, offers the finest in Jamaican and foreign cuisine in elegant Jamaican splendor. The Day-O Plantation Restaurant is operated by well known musician Paul Hurlock and his wife Jennifer for over many years, and has become a favorite location for romantic weddings.
Phone 1 876-952-1825
We're a seaside eatery with a prime location at the Montego Bay Yacht Club. Offering breathtaking views of the Caribbean sea & the city.The Yacht Club marina adds a casually-Caribbean atmosphere where you can watch fisherman, sailors & yacht enthusiasts from all over the world in their daily activities.
All of these elements together makes for a comfortable, relaxing ambiance.
The menu is the brain child of executive chef Robbie Joseph who brings more than 35 years of culinairy experience to the Seahorse Grill. Offering fresh seafood, great steaks & a wide variety of international dishes, styled with a Caribbean twist.
Delivering fresh new ideas mixed with Jamaican favourites & some old time traditional classics.
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KFC - Howard Cooke Boulevard Phone 971-5356
Tony's Pizza - Located on the Hip Strip
Burger King - Hip Strip - located on the Hip Strip Phone 971-4642
Pizza Hut - Montego Bay Phone 971-5380
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This slick and stylish open face helmet from Bell is an original. In 1954 Bell founder Roy Richter formed his first helmet out of fiberglass - named the "500." It was and it still is known for it's premium quality.
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"Equality and Revolution chronicles the fascinating story of the rise of feminism and suffrage in late tsarist Russia, showing us a society in upheaval over its core identity. In analyzing the women's movements and their impact on the revolutions of 1905-1917, Ruthchild has given us a page-turning account that brings an era and a movement to life, demonstrating how far the notion of democracy could go in a revolutionary epoch."—Elizabeth Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"This will be the definitive study for years to come. Ruthchild provides a nuanced analysis of the feminist movement and its socialist opposition. Her analysis of the enfranchisement of Finnish women in 1906 is excellent."—The Russian Review
"Fascinating, clearly written, and well-researched. "—Slavic Review
"A deeply researched analysis of Russian feminists' struggles in the years before Communist rule. . . . Ruthchild demonstrates the importance of Russia in the broader history of women's suffrage. Thus, this book will be of interest beyond the field of Russian history. . . . Highly recommended for upper-level students and specialists in gender and Russian history."—The Historian
"Ruthchild's particular focus is the female intelligentsia and she provides case studies of key feminists. She charts in fascinating detail their participation in and contribution to civic life in Russia, especially in the period between 1905 and 1917. She also places this generation of feminists within the broader context of the pioneer feminists who had concentrated from the 1860s on philanthropic and educational causes."—SEER
"A clearly organized, highly readable, engaging and informative study. Ruthchild writes fluidly, vividly, accessibly and with passion for her topic, yet she retains academic rigor. Provides an excellent resource for teaching Russian and women's history as well as for comparative research projects on women's lives. It will be an asset to Russian political history courses and will be really informative—even inspirational—for the general reader."—The NEP Era
"The author of this ground-breaking monograph argues convincingly for a more comprehensive historical evaluation of the women's suffrage movement in Russia to correct past misconceptions and enhance recent research on the expansion of civil rights in the last decades of tsarist power."—Slavic and East European Journal
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While you might have seen or heard of Bikram Yoga studios all across the globe, we are an independently owned and operated studio. Bikram Yoga is simply our main focus, and method of yoga we practice and offer at our studio. This method of yoga is known for being practiced in a heated (40 degree) and humid (40 percent) environment. It is series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises to help move and stretch your body through your full range of motion. We first opened our doors in Red Deer in the Fall of 2010. Studio owners Breanna and Jackie purchased the studio in November 2015 and added Inferno Hot Pilates a year later. This past September we added Yin Yoga classes to our permanent schedule. We strive to offer yoga and exercise options suitable for everyone, regardless of your fitness level. Our boutique offers specialized activewear and accessories for use in a heated environment. We proudly source and carry Canadian made products when we can, and support ethical small businesses in the United States who make some of our favourite products!
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At least I'm now sleeping. I don't think there's much we can do to fight this insidious cult thing. It doesn't affect me directly, so I stay on the sidelines. I suppose the one thing to do to help is what you did--send the message out on twitter, facebook, etc. That's a positive. I'm requesting you be a "friend", okay?
No apology necessary! Spread the word as much and as far as you can. I might check out the "Useless without Coffee" group you're in. Sounds interesting.
Hi! Nice seeing you online as well. I had stepped away from my computer. Sorry I missed your chat.
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Taylor Swift Beats Beyonce To Top 2016 Highest-Paid Musician List With $170 Million
You go girl! Taylor Swift managed to beat out the likes of Beyonce, One Direction and Rihanna to be the highest-paid musician of 2016! Taylor earned a whopping $170 million this year! Click through to find out how she did it, and how other artists compare!
Taylor Swift, 26, is one busy woman, and it definitely paid off. The singer made an astounding $170 million dollars between June 1, 2015 and June 1, 2016 prior to taxes and management fees. Holy moly! Not only is Taylor the highest-paid musician, according to Forbes magazine's annual list, but she's the highest-paid celebrity under 30, and highest-paid across the board! Round of applause for this talented woman!
Forbes attributes Taylor's massive wealth to her millions of copies of 1989 sold, her seven-figure endorsements from Diet Coke, Apple, and Keds (among other brands), and a constantly sold-out tour. The 1989 tour actually broke the Rolling Stones' North American tour record. It's insane!
She's followed closely in second place by One Direction, who made a whopping $110 million before the band went on hiatus in early 2016. One Direction is actually the highest-grossing boy band of all time. Think about that; they've beaten N*SYNC and the Backstreet Boys! Their wealth is mainly due to their One The Road Again tour.
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Adele comes in third place with $80.5 million, and Madonna in fourth with $76.5 million, thanks to part of her Rebel Heart tour falling within the necessary time period. It's utterly shocking to hear that Beyonce comes in 17th place! But it makes sense when it's explained. Lemonade had just been released in April 2016, and she hadn't started her Formation World Tour yet. That phenomenal tour grossed nearly $5 million per city, according to Forbes. She could totally make it to the top of the list in 2017.
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Being a Tim Burton movie, the new "Dark Shadows" is an exercise in the sort of gothic fantabula with which the director's fans are familiar–perhaps, by now, overly so.
It is also the eighth Burton film to star Johnny Depp. This has often been a good thing in the past: Depp's natural star power is concentrated, in the manner of Harrison Ford, by his rather narrow range, and he's an immensely likable performer.
Here, though, his trademark charm can't fully animate a movie that, much like the 1999 "Sleepy Hollow," tends to wander about in search of a purpose.
The story has been cleanly distilled by Burton vet John August and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith from more than 1,200 episodes of the supernatural soap opera that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971, and lumbered around in syndication for many years thereafter. But the script's attempted condensation of this meandering tale is frustrated by the necessity of making room for nine lead characters (10, if you count Alice Cooper, who's brought in for a party sequence to perform his old "Ballad of Dwight Fry" as accompaniment to a shuddery flashback.)
The movie begins with a rich helping of backstory, in which we see that young Barnabas Collins (Depp), scion of a prosperous fish-canning family in 18th century Maine, was turned into a vampire by a jealous servant girl named Angelique (Eva Green), who was enraged by his rejection of her in favor of a dreamy young woman named Josette (Bella Heathcote). Angelique was secretly a witch, and after engineering Josette's suicide, she saw to it that Barnabas, now an accursed bloodsucker, was buried alive (or undead) in a chained coffin for the next nearly 200 years.
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I've had the redesign goal on the to do list for a while now. But other goals would tend to take its place. After months and months of avoiding wanting to update the design, I finally decided to get it done.
My goal wasn't to change the entire layout, but to improve it and to update the design. I wanted the site to be less boxy and more united in terms of color. I wanted to have more white space and more open. I wanted to include an option in design to offer bigger video sizes for each tutorial page.
What's in this new redesign for you?
I am always focused on what will be in it for you. So whether I am creating tutorials, ebooks, videos or products, I want to make sure that you become a better level designer and game environment artist from it.
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As you can see, it isn't major redesign but a much needed face-lift.
It was difficult to find exactly what I wanted so I decided to code html/css myself from ground up. This added to the time of how long it took me but in the end I got what I wanted. Coding the html/css was satisfying, even if it felt like I should do something easier, like find and use already created template. But I'm known to choose the harder road that I have to carve out myself. Sometimes that benefits me other times it sets me back.
So here are the changes and what I think they bring to you and your experience.
- The website is less blocky now. I wanted to open up and allow some breathing room. Before the background was dark and it isolated the main content in a narrow middle line. I wanted to have more white space and more breathing room.
- The layout itself is the same. I felt that the experience and navigation before wasn't an issue, but different boxes, colors and outlines didn't unite the content.
- Moved the main navigation to the top of the website.
- Expanded the main topic categories navigation for most visited tutorial topics and software.
- Store page changed to a lot simpler flow of products, and will offer much simpler way to see all products in a list and description.
- The website includes many other cosmetic changes in color and design; as well as technical changes in code.
- I made sure to be able to support older browsers as well, so the site was tested to work in older version of IE. But from stats most visitors are using Chrome or Firefox.
- Facebook comments have been added, but they aren't live yet. I'll enable them very soon. So you will be able to read and post comments on any blog post on the site.
So I hope you like the design changes and the site feels more open and easier to navigate. Most importantly, I wanted to improve the reason why you come to World of Level Design, the tutorials and your experience reading, watching and taking in the knowledge to become a better level designer and game environment artist.
If you find any issues please contact me. You can also tell me what you like or dislike about the redesign.


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Emma J Shipley has quickly become known worldwide for her beautiful, intricately patterned scarves made from the finest Italian fabrics. Her collection for Atelier Swarovski found inspiration in the mysterious snow leopard, with the leopard's majestic, patterned fur printed onto scarves and crafted into shimmering rings and bracelets. Clear and jet black crystals are arranged across the collection for designs reminiscent of the snow leopard's unique spots.
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Some semi-rational thoughts on Apple, U2 and nefarious marketing practices
Yesterday a new U2 album appeared magically in my iTunes folder and if you're one of the 500m other iTunes users, it magically appeared in yours too.
Depending on your iCloud settings, it may even be fully downloaded and ready to play on your desktop and your iPhone. Thanks Apple. Thank you very much.
This article is a more level-headed and reasonable version of one I wrote yesterday for my own music website. Let's see how a nights' sleep alters my opinion.
Audio stats: streaming and online radio growth in the US
The latest update to our Internet Statistics Compendium collects all the most interesting freely digital data and trends published to the web over the past few months.
Like us, Mary Meeker strives to analyse online digital trends and publishes her own slideshows biannually (hosting them online here).
Amid a wealth of insight, Meeker's recent stats collection highlights how online technologies are affecting traditional media. Her music consumption stats are particularly intriguing and relate to further research I've seen published lately.
Fight Club! Death to iTunes special: Google Play, Amazon, Spotify and more
Let's put this to bed.
I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to find a decent replacement for iTunes.
The reasons why I want to abandon the world's most popular music download service are many and varied.
iTunes is a deeply flawed experience. It's impersonal and slow, with lack of support for different file formats. It has a stubbornly rigid pricing model and no browser access whatsoever.
In fact I rarely use the platform to download. Instead I use a collection of different digital download sites to purchase MP3s online.
Yet I still use iTunes almost exclusively to organise and access my songs on both desktop and smartphone.
Surely there's an easier way. Well I'm going to try and find one. For the good of you, me and the music loving public of the world.
Google Play: a very poor alternative to iTunes
As of July 2013, the Google Play store officially reached over 1m apps published and over 50bn downloads.
As of the same date, iTunes achieved 575m registered users and it's adding 500,000 new accounts every day.
There is no denying the power and ubiquity of Apple's digital music service, after all it has transformed the way that everyone on the planet consumes music.
iTunes is a deeply flawed experience though. It's impersonal and slow, with lack of support for different file formats, a stubbornly rigid price model and no browser access.
In an ongoing series I've been checking out the competition to see if I can find a digital music platform that can finally trump iTunes.
So far, 7digital and Amazon MP3 have both shown many surprising wins over the Goliath of iTunes. I saved Google Play till later as I expected this to be where the true battle lies.
I was wrong.
Finding an alternative to iTunes: Amazon MP3
As of February 2013, more than 25bn songs had been downloaded from the iTunes store, averaging over 15,000 songs per minute.
There is no denying the power and ubiquity of Apple's digital music service, after all it has transformed the way that everyone on the planet consumes music.
Unfortunately iTunes is a deeply flawed experience. It's impersonal and slow, with lack of support for different file formats, a stubbornly rigid price model and no browser access.
In this ongoing series I'll be checking out the competition to see if we can find a digital music platform that can finally trump iTunes.
Previously I looked at 7digital, this time I'll be taking a look at Amazon MP3.
Finding an alternative to iTunes: 7digital
As of June 2013, iTunes achieved 575m registered users and it's adding 500,000 new accounts every day.
There is no denying the power and ubiquity of Apple's digital music service, after all it has transformed the way that everyone on the planet consumes music.
It's by no means a flawless experience however...
Google reveals the history of popular music, sort of
Google has launched a brand new feature called Music Timeline.
The timeline charts the rise of different music genres over time, highlighting specific album releases and key artists specific to that time and musical styling.
This visual representation of music history uses data from Google's own music download service Google Play, delving into the many preferences and downloads of its users.
Online music streaming doubled in 2013 - stats
In 2013, 7.4bn songs were streamed in the UK, doubling the previous year's total of 3.7bn.
This figure comes from the latest report by the Official Charts Company and the British Phonographic Industry, or BPI as it wishes to be known as nobody since the turn of last century knows what a phonograph is.
2013 saw an even bigger shift towards digital technology being the primary way that listeners discover and enjoy new music, helped with the continued increase of tablet and smartphone ownership, and the improvement of music streaming apps on mobile devices.
Here are some more digital music related stats from the report, which may feature names of artists you'll have to ask your kids about or consult your nearest NME reader.
HMV's responsive journey back to digital
This week sees the unveiling of HMV's completely overhauled responsive website, HMV.com.
This follows the recent desktop and app launch of HMV Digital, a music download service which aims to rival iTunes.
It's easy to dwell on HMV's troubled recent past: the economic downturn, the rise of the internet, eventual liquidation. But let's not do that here, after all HMV is very much looking towards the future.
Let's take a look at its new responsive website in detail.
Music industry agrees to new mechanical royalty rates deal
There is little doubt that digital is the future of music. The CD may not be dead, but it might as well be.
Its replacement for millions of consumers has been digital music services of various kinds, ranging iTunes and the Amazon MP3 Store to Pandora and Spotify.
BBC to create paid-for digital download service?
The BBC is said to be planning a new pay-to-download service for both its new and old TV programmes.
As reported by paidContent, BBC executives want to make all shows available as download-to-own (DTO) for around £1.89 per show from a service that it hopes would rival iTunes.
Corbis launches digital music licensing service
If you're a consumer, finding a buying your favorite tunes is as easy as opening up iTunes or heading over to Amazon.com or Google Play.
But where do you go if your business is in search of the perfect song for a presentation, corporate video or trade show event?


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i need one . or i need to take up smoking . i take both . im unhappy , even when im happy .
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ohmeqee quys im in love with my bf . like i fucking love him! you just dont understand . i can see him in my life forever even if we break up . iphone tmrww so things are getting together ! yay thank you god
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well its 2O1O guys ! i thank god for letting me see another year . omg only 5 more days until i get my iphone . yes god . im still trying to get my emotiona togther and lose weight and try help my bipolarness ( is that even a word ) . 2OO9 i got closer to god and thank him for that . if it wasnt for him i would have probably already killed myself . science fair project in two days and i did nothing . i mean i did the project i just have to put it together and i dont want to . uqh i hate honors chemistry . its stupid but i only have 5 months and its over . hopefully my mom decides to move so i can have a fresh new start . there is so much on my mind and little time . i just want to thank qod for allow bambi( nick name) to come in my life . he is awesome . i love him so much ! our relationship is weird . i mean are we friends , are we bf and gf , idk . neither does he . idc what we are im just happy that i have him
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Offering a Graduate Assistantship
Section IV. Item 3.
- The Offering Letter: An offer of a graduate assistantship will be made by the administrative unit to which funds are allocated for this purpose. The student will be notified of such an offer by letter.
No offer may be tendered prior to a student's admission to the Graduate or Law School.
If an offer is accepted, the original offering letter must be sent to Human Resource Services as an attachment to the Personnel Action Form (PAF).
Additional information as deemed appropriate by the appointing unit may also be included in this letter. Relevant hiring documents listed in the Human Resource Service Required Forms Matrix should be provided as attachments to the offer letter.
- Terms of Appointment. Graduate assistants are typically appointed for a semester, an academic year (August 16 through May 15), a summer session, or a full fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). If said appointment is for less than an academic term, the corresponding tuition waiver will be prorated according to the number of weeks of the appointment.
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The skin is a complex organ with many layers. Its structure is designed to minimize moisture loss from the body while preventing foreign materials from entering. To accomplish these functions, the skin must have a protective covering of lipids, or oil-soluble molecules. Exposure to everyday conditions can strip the skin of its protective lipid covering. Therefore moisturizers containing some oil-soluble components are often used to restore the skin to its natural condition. Most moisturizers use a mixture of oil and water soluble components called an emulsion. More recently, researchers have begun incorporating liposomes, or small spheres of lipids, into moisturizers. Not only are these bubble-like structures useful for restoring the skin's protective lipid layer, but they can also carry active ingredients inside of them, increasing the potency of some cosmetic products.
Nothing hinders a smile like dry skin. Skin must maintain a certain amount of water inside to remain stretchy and feel comfortable. However, splashing water directly onto your face makes it feel drier than before. So how do moisturizers add water to your skin and keep it there? They require a combination of water and oil to work properly. A few different techniques for delivering moisturizers to your skin exist. Moisturizers often incorporate emulsion systems, which are mixtures of oil and water. They may also add a more recently developed technology that uses vesicles, or microscopic "bubbles" made out of biological components. In this article we will first describe emulsions, and then go into detail about a kind of vesicle called a liposome, which is commonly used in moisturizers. We will also explain why utilizing a vesicular system is generally superior to using emulsions only. First, however, a brief review of the skin's components is helpful.
The Skin
The skin is made up of three main layers (see Fig. 1): the epidermis, the dermis, and the hypodermis [1].
As the deepest layer of skin, the hypodermis contains a layer of fat. It also houses blood vessels and nerves that are generally larger than those found in the dermis layer [2].
Within the dermis lie the blood vessels, nerves, and hair shafts, as well as sweat and sebaceous glands. The sebaceous glands produce an oily substance called sebum and secrete it into the hair shaft. Sebum migrates up to the top of the skin through the hair shaft, where it covers the outer layer of the epidermis, providing a protective barrier for the skin from the outside world. It consists of fatty acids, cholesterol, waxes, triglycerides, and a variety of other substances [1]. A small coating of sebum will protect the skin effectively. An excess of sebum leads to overly oily skin and can cause acne.
Within the epidermis are multiple sublayers. On the very surface of the epidermis lies a layer of fat [1]. Just beneath the fat is a layer of cornified cells, called the stratum corneum [1]. Beneath the cornified cells lies the horny layer, which consists of three sublayers [1]. At the bottom of the epidermis lies the basal layer, where cells are created. These cells then migrate up through the layers of the skin all the way to the stratum corneum, where they fall off the body [1]. This upward cell movement helps defend the skin from harmful invaders by acting like an ocean current, moving foreign debris up and out of the skin.
Why the Skin Needs Moisturizers
The epidermis is most relevant to this discussion, since cosmetic products target the cells in that section and are generally not able to migrate past it into the dermis [1]. Most cosmetic products that claim to improve the skin's appearance and texture act on the stratum corneum layer of the epidermis [3] because it is the outermost layer of the skin -- when it is scaly, the skin appears rougher. These products often fill in gaps between the cornified cells of the stratum corneum, creating the appearance of smoother skin. They may also serve as occlusives, meaning that they create a barrier on the skin through which water can not permeate. It may seem disadvantageous to apply such a barrier to the skin because it would prevent the skin from absorbing water in the air. The water content inside the skin, however, is generally much higher than that of the air. The moisture content in the stratum corneum should be about 15% [2]. The water content increases deeper in the skin, reaching about 80% in the dermis [4]. Therefore, in the absence of a barrier, water is much more likely to leave the skin than to enter it. Applying a barrier helps the skin retain more water.
In a perfect world, skin would be able to keep itself hydrated. In reality, however, irritants such as harsh cleansing products and excess exposure to environmental elements can upset the skin's natural balance by removing its lipids. When these protective oil-based products in the skin are removed, the effectiveness of its barrier decreases. Water can evaporate from the skin more easily. This problem is further compounded by the fact that the resulting water loss will decrease the barrier's ability even more.
Water is necessary for the skin to maintain its flexibility; when skin is overly dry, it loses its ability to stretch, causing it to crack and peel more easily. Faster peeling means skin cells are being shed more rapidly, which triggers an increase in the rate of cell production in the basal layer. When the process of cell growth, migration, and shedding is accelerated, the barrier is significantly weakened because the cells providing the barrier have not had time to fully mature [5]. Generally, as the cells rise to the surface of the skin, they lose all their components except their protein skeleton structure [6]. It is this layer of protein which provides the barrier against water loss. When the process of cell turnover is sped up, the cells reach the top of the skin before they have completely flattened and lost the rest of their components. These immature cells cannot prevent water from moving across them as well as the older ones can. Therefore, water is lost from the skin at a faster rate, and the skin is less able to defend against foreign invaders [5].
However, water alone will not increase the skin's moisture level. It can easily evaporate off the surface of the skin [3]. A protective lipid coating is necessary to prevent water from evaporating off the skin. A good moisturizer must be able to supplement this barrier with the incorporation of hydrophobic components. Ideally, a product will not provide a completely occlusive barrier for the skin, but will offer partial protection. By partially protecting the skin from the air, a product will not interfere with the epidermis' ability to manufacture its own lipids to restore the stratum corneum's natural barrier function [7]. This way an improved barrier function will still be observed after the product is removed [3]. Therefore, it is important that moisturizers have an oil component. However, oil-based formulas are messy and awkward to use, so moisturizers are generally water-based with some hydrophobic components incorporated.
An emulsion is a "mixture" of oil and water (see Fig. 2). Because of their chemical composure, oil and water do not naturally mix. The atoms within water have slight negative and positive charges on them, and so they are drawn to other charged particles. Water molecules are not able to bind to the uncharged molecules in oil, so they cannot properly mix with the oil and instead form a separate phase when placed in the same container. Therefore, a chemical that attracts both oil and water must be added to the mix so that the oil and water phases will combine. This chemical is known as a surfactant. A surfactant must have two parts, one that binds water and one that binds oil. Surfactants are found in many household products. One of the most common examples of a surfactant is dishwashing soap, which contains chemicals that bind both water and oil. When combined with water, the mixture is able to bind the greasy residues on dishes, pulling them off as the mixture runs over the dish. Water alone would simply slide over the oil, not able to remove it from the dish.
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How Emulsions are Formed
Water, an oil-based component, and a surfactant must undergo a process that thoroughly mixes them together. To ensure that the final product is water-based, the amount of water added to the mixture should be somewhat greater than the amount of oil-soluble substance added, so that mixing will produce an aqueous phase with small amounts of oil dispersed throughout. If too much of the oil-based product is added, the water and surfactant phase will not be able to "dissolve"? it all, and a separate oil phase will form. Alternatively, the emulsion will instead become oil-based, with small amounts of water mixed into it. The choice of surfactant affects the ratio of water to oil that can be mixed and still remain in one phase. Some surfactants are able to bond with more oil molecules than others, meaning that more oil can be dissolved in a given amount of water.
How Emulsions Benefit the Skin
The skin needs oil-based products, but they are messy to apply. Imagine having to smear petroleum jelly on your skin to moisturize it. Emulsions provide a convenient way to deliver oil-based products without the mess of handling them. After the product is applied, excess water will evaporate from the skin, leaving a layer of the oil-soluble product behind with some water [3]. In addition to delivering the oil-based product, the surfactant may bind the remaining water to the skin to increase its water content. The surfactant is able to do this because it is also still bound to the lipid or oil-based product that forms the protective barrier for the skin.
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Liposomes are small vesicles, ranging in size from 15 nanometers to 3.5 micrometers (see Fig. 3) [8]. The vesicle walls are made up of one or more concentric phospholipid bilayers. A phospholipid is a biological molecule with a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic hydrocarbon tail. The head is somewhat polar and so it attracts water, which is also a polar molecule (see Fig 4). The head of a phospholipid and a water molecule are like oppositely-charged magnets that attract each other. The phospholipid's tail, however, is not charged, and so it does not exert any attractive force towards the water. In a bilayer, there are two rows of phospholipids. Their tails point inward to the middle of the layer and their heads point outward, so that the surface of the bilayer on the outside and inside of the vesicle is hydrophilic. These vesicles may be empty or filled with an "active agent"? such as a vitamin or moisturizing compound that is meant to be released when the vesicle penetrates the skin. The agent may be either water-or oil-soluble.
How Liposomes are Formed
Liposomes can be created using a variety of techniques. The method that one selects depends on how many bilayers are wanted in the vesicular membrane and on the fragility of the active agent to be enclosed. A more fragile active agent would need to be surrounded by a greater number of layers. One common technique for creating multilamellar liposomes is explained below.
The vesicle wall is made up of lipids, or fat soluble molecules (Fig. 4). First, the lipids are dissolved in an organic solvent [10]. Any number of solvents will work; one example is t-butanol [9]. This solution is left alone until all the organic solvent has evaporated, leaving a thin coating of the dried lipid on the walls of the flask [10]. Most organic compounds boil at a much lower temperature than water, and so they may evaporate readily when left out. Then a water soluble active agent solution is poured into the flask [10]. Active agents can be nutrients, vitamins, or other additives used to improve the skin's texture and appearance. The flask is swirled to loosen the lipids from the flask wall and break up large clumps of lipids. The lipid pieces will automatically form closed vesicles, trapping some of the active agent inside [10]. The flask is then left to equilibrate for a few hours. Afterward, any active agent that was not trapped by the lipid vesicle formation must be washed away [10]. The liposomes will then be immersed in the moisturizer, which contains little or no active agent [10]. This procedure works fine for making small amounts of product, but when the process is "scaled up" by a company to mass produce a moisturizer, it is not feasible to use the evaporation technique to coat a container with dried lipid. Instead, a freeze drying method is used to coat flask walls with lipids [9].
How Liposomes Benefit the Skin
To understand the effect liposomes have on the skin, let's first examine what an empty liposome does when it comes into contact with the skin. The liposome migrates into the cornified layer, breaking as it comes into contact with the horn-like cells, much like a balloon that floats into sharp shrubbery and then pops. These pieces of liposome lipids will migrate into the stratum corneum [8], forming an occlusive barrier that slows water loss through the skin. The hydrophobic portions of the lipid will "repel" water. Since it cannot easily cross over the hydrophobic lipid tails, the water will remain within the layers of the skin. Here, the liposome walls are serving the same function that oil-soluble products serve in emulsions.
Now, imagine this liposome has an "active agent"? housed inside its vesicular membrane. The agent will escape from the vesicle when it breaks in the cornified layer. After the active agent is released, it will migrate further into the skin. The active agent will be more concentrated inside the skin than it would if it were evenly dispersed throughout the entire product for two reasons. First, a concentrated amount of the agent is introduced directly inside the skin when the vesicle breaks. Second, the vesicular membrane has again formed an occlusive layer at the top of the stratum corneum, which seals the active agent into the skin [8].
Benefits of Using Vesicular Systems
The use of vesicles to deliver active agents to the skin has a variety of advantages over distributing active agents throughout the entire product. The increased retention of the active agent within the skin as described above is one of them. Storing the active agent inside a vesicle also protects it within the product until it is ready to be used by keeping it in a more stable environment. It is not subjected to a high concentration of the aqueous medium when inside liposomes, and therefore it is less susceptible to degradation [11]. Also, because the vesicles travel slightly into the skin before releasing the active agent, the layers of skin above the release point are not exposed to the agent. Since most agents are not targeting these upper layers anyway, the use of vesicles makes them more effective and less likely to have side effects [11].
Another advantage liposomes hold over emulsions is that they do not contain as many surfactants. Once surfactants come into contact with the skin, they often emulsify the sebum on the top layer. This is not always desirable, as the sebum could then be stripped away, leaving the skin without its protective barrier and therefore prone to irritation [3].
Products that can benefit from using liposomes include moisturizers that contain components such as Vitamin A (Fig. 5). Occasionally, derivatives of Vitamin A may cause irritation when applied to the skin [5]. However, Vitamin A is useful in repairing the barrier when the skin's cell turnover rate has accelerated due to moisture loss. It can help the cells mature and grow larger, which improves the skin's moisture content and its ability to fight off foreign particles [5]. Therefore, it may be useful to incorporate Vitamin A into liposomes, which can migrate slightly into the skin and then release their contents. That way, the Vitamin A is carried to where it can actually be of use. Areas that do not need Vitamin A (closer to the surface of the skin) are subjected to lower concentrations of it, causing less irritation.
Emulsions and vesicular systems both serve the important function of retaining or increasing water content in the skin by incorporating some hydrophobic components, and the two processes are not mutually exclusive. While emulsions of oil and water have been used for centuries, liposomes have appeared only in the last few decades. Even when liposomes are used in a product, the product will most likely contain an emulsion, too. Liposomes, however, have been shown to have advantages that emulsions do not, making them a wise addition to many products.
By concentrating special agents in the skin layers, which actually benefit from them, liposomes can both increase their effectiveness and decrease the risk of irritation. They also require a smaller amount of these active agents than emulsions, which must have the agents dispersed evenly throughout the whole product. Even when liposomes contain water soluble active agents, they still provide a partially occlusive barrier to the skin. This barrier function is accomplished by the phospholipids that make up the vesicle walls of the liposome. The occlusive barrier will prevent both water and the active agent from leaving the skin, another way in which active agent effectiveness is increased.
Emulsions will probably always serve a vital function in cosmetics and in a wide array of other products, ranging from foods to pharmaceuticals to household products. Liposomes are an alternative to emulsions -- when their use is appropriate in a cosmetic product, they often increase the product's benefits. As a more recent development than emulsions, their full value to the cosmetics industry has not yet been realized. The use of liposomes in cosmetics can be expected to increase in the future.
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AFA Upset Over AAA "Family" Discount
From Gay Agenda:
Here we go again. The anti-gay American Family Association, lead by the Religious Right nut job Donald E. Wildmon, (living proof that Satan is alive on earth and more than likely never finished the second grade) has his panties in a wad over the American Automobile Association's decision to offer Gay & Lesbian couples a "family" membership.
On AFA's website, they have an email form in place where anti-gay bigots can email AAA's CEO to proclaim their displeasure with the organization for treating GLBT citizens as…well…citizens. Below is the text of that email.
Dear Mr. Darbelnet:
My family and I are deeply shocked and saddened that AAA would alter its Family Membership policy to include recognizing homosexual couples as being "married."
Thirty states have overwhelmingly voted to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. Yet AAA is treating homosexual couples as if they are married.
My family and I ask you to immediately reverse this policy of recognizing homosexual couples as if they were "married."
I will share your response with my family and friends.
"Deeply shocked and saddened." I suppose Donny has failed to remember that certain states have ended marriage discrimination against Gay and Lesbian couples, and I suppose he also has failed to remember that many of those couples have children which make them…well…a family.
I think we should all send an email to AAA to let them know how pleased we are with their decision to treat LGBT families as citizens and thank them for taking a step in the right direction by not letting religious ideology that promotes hate, intolerance, bigotry and discrimination.
You can send a note of thanks to:
Or write a letter of thanks to:
Robert L. Darbelnet, CEO
1000 AAA Dr.
Heathrow, FL 32746
Or simply pick up the phone and call:
Let's do our part to assure AAA their efforts towards equality and inclusion are greatly appreciated!
So everyone…gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, allies, and friends…please take the moment out of your day to send an e-mail, a letter, or make a phone call.
We have to thank those companies that support equality for their actions and not allow them to succumb to the pressures of the enemies of equal rights. An e-mail takes less than a moment, and it's effect is well worth your time!


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Thursday, November 22, 2012
5 Things to be Thankful for
It's November and the year is winding down and today across our nation we Celebrate Thanksgiving. On this day we give thanks for all of the positive things going in our lives and spend some quality time with our families and friends Induldging in food such as Turkey, Mash potatoes and of course Pumpkin Pie. On this Thanksgiving day I Give you the 5 things I'm most thankful for in sports this year.
#5 NHL Playoffs
This past NHL postseason is one of the best we ever saw. We saw the scrappy Florida Panthers make the playoffs for the 1st time in over a decade and take the eventual Eastern Conference Champion New Jersey Devils to a thrilling game 7 overtime. We saw the Blood bath that was Penguins-Flyers. Above All the 8th seeded L.A Kings became the 1st team in Sports history to win a championship as an 8th seed. It was sintulating and is a reminder of why we need to end this lockout and get the players back on the Ice.
#4 Rondo's Assist Streak
Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics is the best playmaker in basketball today. Watching him slowly chip away at Magic Johnson's 46 game streak of 10 Assist a more is a testament to his court vision and basketball iq on the floor. He is currently at 34 games straight with 10 or more assists.
#3 Jack Taylor
Jack Taylor of Grinnell College in Iowa dropped 138 points shattering an NCAA Record. The only problem was it was premeditated, The D3 school played 0-4 faith babtist and attempted to break the record listen to the video. He took 108 shots and 71 3 pointers. It was every Basketball purists nightmare. The reason this here is because everyone is suddenly a basketball purist now which is awesome.
#2 Bay area Baseball
Baseball in the the Bay area gave so many thrills to me and fans across the country. The Oakland A's and World Champion San Francisco Giants proved 2 things right in baseball circles. The Giants once again proved that pitching wins championships and that you don't need a bunch of homerun hitters in your lineup to win a World Series you just need guys who play the game hard and play it right. The A's Proved that a Small market team on a shoe string payroll can win…in fact they proved they can win a division title over the 2 time defending AL Champion Texas Rangers and L.A Angles. I love when teams prove the world wrong.
#1 The Real Heroes
I know Veterans day passed but make sure you give thanks for our troops and our war veterans for putting they're lives on the line everyday. They will spend thanksgiving away from they're families to protect our freedom's. We can not thank them enough for what they do and we owe them a lot of respect and gratitude on this Thanksgiving day. They are Bigger and more important then sports.
So there you have it what I am most Thankful for this year in sports. Have a happy and memorable
thanksgiving and Make sure you watch
lots of football today…..LETS GO RG3!!!!!
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Energy Estimation of Cosmic Rays with the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is part of the Pierre Auger Observatory and is used to detect the radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers. These observations are compared to the data of the surface detector stations of the Observatory, which provide well-calibrated information on the cosmic-ray energies and arrival directions. The response of the radio stations in the 30 to 80MHz regime has been thoroughly calibrated to enable the reconstruction of the incoming electric field. For the latter, the energy density is determined from the radio pulses at each observer position and is interpolated using a two dimensional function that takes into account signal asymmetries due to interference between the geomagnetic and charge excess emission components. We found that the spatial integral over the signal distribution gives a direct measurement of the energy transferred from the primary cosmic ray into radio emission in the AERA frequency range. We measure 15.8MeV of radiation energy for a 1 EeV air shower arriving perpendicularly to the geomagnetic field. This radiation energy – corrected for geometrical effects – is used as a cosmic-ray energy estimator. Performing an absolute energy calibration against the surface-detector information, we observe that this radio-energy estimator scales quadratically withmore »
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- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
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I've become an avid tea drinker since I realized there's more to tea than its relaxing aroma and that mild flavor that I've gotten used to. A cup of tea holds more health benefits than you can imagine. And since some of us are looking for ways to lead a healthier life, here are few of the reasons why tea should become part of our habit.
TEA HAS ANTIOXIDANTS Tea has antioxidants which help boost our circulatory system letting blood flow properly to all our organs so they can function at its best. Antioxidants also slow down the aging process, and it help cells to repair and regenerate. Many studies suggest antioxidants also assist our bodies in preventing cancer.