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The Atlantis bull's eye and canal possible popular origin of the red Atlantis C symbol (I will try and connect this image with the magic mushroom)
Plato's account of the layout of Atlantis claims it was constructed by Poseidon in concentric circles of water and land with a large canal extending from the central land element through the circular zones. This "bull's eye" design, which is sometimes identified with a C (because of the canal cutting the circle), can be seen as a symbol for Atlantis. This article by William Henry refers to the Atlantis seal or bull's eye and shows how even the 2004 GOP convention in NewYork possibly contained a veiled reference to the Atlantian C. http://site.williamhenry.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=31&Itemid=41
Since writing a post about the Isis (Sirius) rituals of 9/11 and finding stargates and wormholes in NASA mission patches, I have been trying to create a comfortable fit for these ideas with my personal views of Atlantis and magic mushrooms. My personal view of Atlantis is that it represents a past age where man and mushroom lived in a sacred union or symbiosis with each other. The destruction of Atlantis represents the separation of this bond and/or the suppression of its knowledge. Rather than a merely technologically impressive age I see a psycho-spiritually advanced human culture traumatized by the loss of its connection to the divine, facilitated in large part by the sacrament of the magic mushroom. Perhaps the impressive ancient structures, such as the ever increasing amount of underwater buildings found around the globe and the mother of all mysteries, the Pyramids of Giza, denote not merely technical wizardry but also magickal proficiency.
Some of these ideas I am happy to discover are not unique but are apparently shared by Graham Hancock in his new book, "Supernatural". Download an interview including discussion about ancient civilizations and the use of sacred plants with Graham Hancock here http://www.radiorbit.com/archives.htm.
Of importance before we continue with the comparison of Atlantean symbolism with magic mushroom use, we may note that as well as the fall of man into the "nightmare of history," (as Terence McKenna would say), the mushroom provides the possible connection between primitive man (or even primordial?) and modern semantic symbol-manipulating man. McKenna frequently commentated about the possibility that the missing link in the evolution of man into what we are today could be attributed to the introduction of entheogenic (god manifesting) plants and the diet of pre-man. I like to think of the image of the humanoid monkey creatures from "2001: A Space Odyssey" coming into contact with the black monolith (the mushroom) and being influenced to use tools.
William Henry says in his lectures, which you can view online at Google Video, that the bull's eye symbol is the two dimensional representation of the three dimensional phenomena of the wormhole or stargate.
The bull's eye symbol is found in many ancient cultures and he believes these are symbols of the stargate and are interchangeable with the concept of the Holy Grail and the Ark. The key to the stargate he says is the Blue Apples, represented by the occult grapes, the hermetic caduceus and Egyptian crux ansata.
Poussins "Autumn, or the Grapes of the Promised Land". Note the ladder (DNA) comming out of the grapes (blue apples or magic mushrooms) and up into the world tree and the heavens (blue sky with clouds).
I think it's plausible that the key is the same key I talked about in this blog post, the magic mushroom.
The blue connection is provided by knowing that psilocybin-type mushrooms are particularly identified by their tendency to bruise blue.
All of the psilocybin species described herein may be most conclusively identified by an enzyme that occurs with the psilocybin. This enzyme turns blue through an oxidation process after the flesh of the mushroom is damaged. Crack the stem to check for the reaction, which takes from 20 to 120 minutes to occur. The blue is similar to blue ink, unless the flesh of the mushroom is yellowish, in which case the color will appear blue-green. All psilocybin mushrooms (with the exception of one uncommon species that is not covered in this manual) turn blue in this manner.
Jan Irvin and Andrew Rutajit in their video lecture, the Pharmacratic Inquisition, identify Jesus, Mithra, the Virgin Mary and the blue Hindu deity Krishna with aspects of the magic mushroom. William Henry in the Atlantis article linked above shows us a fascinating painting of Jesus standing in front of concentric circles (possible stargate) again as a blue deity.
Further in the Pharmacratic Inquisition we learn how the symbols attributed to these deities, like the cross, the caduceus and the dove are aspects of the magic mushroom.
This account from Terence McKenna is pivitol to the argument. Here is McKenna's retelling of his brother's encounter with a stargate!
Dennis' story was the classic description of a shamanic night journey. He said that he had gone to the chorro and had meditated in the mission cemetery we had visited before. He had begun to return to the camp when he confronted a particularly large Inga tree near where the path skirted the edge of the mission. On impulse, he had climbed it, aware as he did that the ascent of the world tree is the central motif of the Siberian shamanic journey. As he climbed the tree, he felt the flickering polarities of many archetypes, and as he reached the highest point in his accent, something that he called "the vortex" opened ahead of him-a swirling, enormous doorway into time. He could see the Cyclopean megaliths of Stonehenge and beyond them, revolving at a different speed and at a higher plane, the outlines of the pyramids, gleaming and marble-faceted as they had not been since the days of pharaonic Egypt. And yet further into the turbulent maw of the vortex, he saw mysteries that were ancient long before the advent of man-titanic archetypal on worlds unimagined by us, the arcane machinery of sentient agencies that swept through this part of the galaxy when our planet was young and its surface barely cooled. This machinery, these gibbering abysses, touched with the cold of interstellar space and aeon-consuming time, rushed down upon him. He fainted, and time-who can say how much time-passed by him. Terence McKenna-True Hallucinations
I wanted to quote that entire piece as it is a vivid example of how no technology-at least, the westernized concept of technology-was required to open a vortex or stargate. The human body and psychedelic plants, here primarily the magic mushroom, were enough. He had the key (the magic mushroom) the ladder (the chakra system fueled with prana/orgone by meditation) and the physical talisman endowed with spiritual significance (the tree). It is also a beautiful passage that ignites the imagination and I feel is the highlight of entire book.
William Henry recognizes the human body as a stargate tool, the completely activated chakra system being the fractally self-similar* pillar, ark and tablet he believes necessary to open the gate. I am perfectly happy to accept that scientific technologies can or have been developed to facilitate the opening of doors to other dimensions or space/time locations but think it's important to note that the prepared shaman and his human body is enough. Quite possibly, in some extreme cases, the need for the "Blue Apples" or entheogenic plants is even unnecessary.
I like to think of this (Dennis' stargate ordeal) as an example of how we need not get too hung up on ancient Edenic, Atlantean, Egyption and crucifixion possible stargate events. These events can and quite possibly are happening right now as I believe some NASA mission patches and crop circles allude to.
Note the white C shaped possible wormhole allusion in the bottom of the STS-115 patch and yellow C in the STS-107 patch (Click in image to enlarge). A little later we will see these, and other, shapes in new crop circles.
*Fractal self-similar themes are ideas like the human pillar or chakra system as analogous to the Atlantean, Masonic and Kabbalistic middle pillar. The pillar is also the fractal representation of the caduceus and in its turn the magic mushroom. In other words, the magic mushroom is interchangeable for all the pillars we find in this stargate or wormhole discussion, the same way DNA, hurricanes and galaxies are fractal representations of each other. The stargate itself can be seen as a fractal self-similar DNA double helix, hurricane and galaxy. This goes a long way to explain the snake, coil and spiral imagery present on all levels of this stargate idea. The gods (like the blue Jesus and Krishna), many with serpent, amphibian and fish connections seem probable fractals of the gate and the mushroom itself.
Gilgamesh in the waterdoor on an Akkadian seal.
The theme of water and its strong connection to the stargate and magic mushroom is supported by the idea that the gate or vortex itself looks mercurial or like quicksilver when opened. Jesus walks on the water and Dennis McKenna sees "a swirling, enormous doorway into time" and "the turbulent maw of the vortex". The "Stargate" film and popular television show portrays the gate as a giant circular water door. Remember Neo in "The Matrix," dipping his finger into the melting mirror before entering the real world, evoking Alice's journey through the looking glass? On the cover of Terence McKenna's, "True Hallucinations," we see the magic mushroom with a waterfall coming out of its cap.
Water is the sacramental fluid you drink from the magic mushroom during its Holy Grail stage and also the urine of the reindeer the Siberian Shaman would drink, its slight poison having been neutralized thus. In the Pharmacratic Inquisition, the urine-drinking ritual is speculated to be the true source of the sacramental wine (as the saviors' blood) Christians drink during mass.
The shape of the red amanita muscaria magic mushroom during its many stages of growth is telling as synonymous with stargate themes and symbols. http://www.somashamans.com/aboutamanita.html
The egg stage is when the mushroom is round or oval, similar to the serpent egg (philosophers stone) or Vesica Pisces.
The egg, a step up the spiral fractal, in the sphere of the human body is the astral egg seen by mystics as surrounding the human body.
Notice how the astral egg's outline, in this particular image by Alex Grey, forms what looks like a set of wings. Could this be a reason why the wings are present around pictorial representations of the cosmic egg and the possible stargate (a fractal of the sun) in the Egyption and Sumerian solar orbs or winged discs?
Above we see the oval egg surrounded with serpent and spread wings on one of Crowley's Thoth tarot cards.
Jesus with halo inside the oval egg of the stargate (William Henry refers to this version as the "eye," another term for gate) shown as the Vesica Pisces (also the vagina down the fractal) found at Chartres Cathedral. Note how the halo causes the outline of the Vesica to look like archangel similar to the Alex Grey painting above.
The bulb state is when the cap resembles the sphere or sun and the circular vortex.
I pointed out in an earlier blog post (The key to Atlantis, the Magic Mushroom) how it is interesting to realize that Tiamat, the fabled second sun, is similar to the word Amanita.
Next the mushroom turns into what resembles an umbrella.
Here we see one possible connection to the the red Atlantian C symbol, the outline of the cap forming the arch (perhaps connected to the Royal Arch).
Further on to the flat round table which in profile gives us the T or Tau.
Possible progenator of the cross and crux ansata. The mushroom resembles the human body with arms outstretched. It is also the King Arthur round table, a celtic messianic myth.
There is a most extraordinary plate, illustrative of the whole subject, which representation I believe to be anterior to Christianity. It is copied from Moor's Hindu Pantheon, not as a curiosity, but as a most singular monument of the crucifixion. I do not venture to give it a name, other than that of a crucifixion in space. Manly P. Hall-"The Secret Teachings of All Ages"
We see three Tau's combined to form the Freemason symbol of the Royal Arch degree.
A red amanita with the symbol of the mushroom inside the golden circle or gate?
The Triple Tau inside the vortex from the exterior of a Freemason temple.
The final stage is the Holy Grail phase during which the cap has upturned completely and formed the challis.
King Tutankhamun's Alabaster chalice looks like three magic mushrooms to me. Is this an early representation of the three crucifixion crosses?
The gods Anubis and Isis feeding their mortal counterparts the magic mushroom.
The mushroom cap breaks through the universal veil during the egg-shape stage and the veil ends up surrounding the stem or pillar. We can comfortably connect the veil with the idea of "Isis unveiled" and the sash around the single pillar of Jesus' legs, as he is almost always portrayed on the cross. Headgear worn by divinties such as Jesus' thorny crown, Cybele's (Isis) Phrygian Liberty cap, Lady Liberty's (Columbia) spiked halo, the pope's red Zucchetto and the blue Egyption Khepresh are all quite probably magic mushroom-related imagery.
Winged Columbia looking at herself on top of the Capital building wearing her mushroom or Liberty cap and C-shaped laurel wreath. For more on Liberty caps, try link to post below.
Columbia, like Isis, travelling through the stargate waters on her celestial mushroom boat. We will see this boat again in a minute. Thanks to Freeman for these pictures. http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot.com/
C-shaped Atlantis hotel complex planned for completion end of 2008 in Dubai, including underwater hotels.
The Red C of Atlantis could very well be the red amanita muscaria in its Holy Grail stage and the source of the ark and arch connected to the stargate.
See the C-shaped arch element in this ancient cylinder seal depicting a speculated stargate event. The goddess Inanna with a snake eminating from her third eye in front of the pillar (magic mushroom).
Here she is again with wings like Columbia holding her C -shaped ring or magic mushroom.
Egyption divine boats used by their gods also have the distinctive C-shape of the magic mushroom and we have already seen how the mushroom can be connected to water.
The Egyption divine boat which looks a lot like the Holy Grail-stage mushroom and King Tut's chalice. It looks like the water pillar is growing out of an egg.
Thank you to the guys at the Gnostic Media forum for pointing me in this direction and for highlighting the above pic. Especially hunchback.
Above we see the boat lifted by a water pillar reminiscent of the Terence McKenna book cover, "True Hallucinations". See the ladder on the boat, the ladder to the stars?
A ladder to the holy light of the stargate and cosmic illumination on Time Magazine, you better believe it!
The C-shape or arch is seen again in modern acounts of wormholes.
Egyption stone carvings at Dendera show reliefs which some believe are proof of ancient Egyption mastery of electricity, as they have the appearence of strange light bulbs.
William Henry calls these serpent jars. They remind me of the jars seen in the hands of Mary Magdalene and other goddess figures like Inanna.
Mary Magdalene by Bernardino Luini, neo Sumerian goddess and a pre-Hispanic Peruvian Wari "Serpent Jar".
My third eye is saying these resonate with the pots of honey Terence McKenna used to talk about in his lectures, that the ancients used to preserve mushrooms in using honey as presrvative. Are these serpent jars the same honey mushroom pots?
Here's the scenario: you have this climax Edenic partnership society based on orgies and mushrooms and herding, and the drying continues. The mushroom becomes less plentiful. It becomes localized. It becomes seasonal. The mushroom festivals become further and further apart. Eventually this is recognized; there is an anxiety to preserve the mushroom. The obvious strategy then is to preserve it in honey. But honey itself has the capacity to turn into a psycho-active substance, mead, a crude alcohol. So what begins as a mushroom-cult, through a sincere effort to preserve the mushroom-cult, turns into a mead-cult a few thousand years later. The mushrooms are spread thinner and thinner, and the honey is more and more the focus. But look at the consequences of an alcohol-cult. Terence McKenna interview
Does this change from entheogenic, sacred and divine plants to the drinking of alcohol go some way to explain the connection of Jesus with grapes and wine instead of mushrooms?
Could this honey mushroom connection explain in part the fascination and veneration of bees by the ancients, still found today in the beehive symbol of the Freemasons and the French Fleur-de-Lis?
Image from Manly P. Hall's "Secret Teachings"
To see the Fleur-de-lis on Time covers as connected to the Canadian maple leaf
A honeybee is also called Apis, the same name of the Egyption bull-diety.
I see no difference between modern psychedelic encounters with gods and aliens induced by entheogenic plants and age-old classic contact events. The stargate events hinted at by the Eden story, the crucifixion, etc have no more import to me than the similar accounts given by modern stargate travellers. Terence Mckenna talked to the mushroom and was given the Time Wave Zero theory, indicating 2012 as the end date of history (without knowledge of the Mayan calender). Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson and Philip K. Dick all give accounts of transmissions from Sirius. Aleister Crowley channelled Aiwass to write "The Book Of The Law". Contact is possible right here and now if we become open to receive it.
Now for some good old conspiracy before we go. The Crest toothpaste company uses the red Atlantean C as their corporate logo.
Note the light from behind the E, just like the occult focus on the 5th letter of the alphabet seen in other logos like Dell's.
A waterdoor or stargate?
Red square and the C for compass, same as in the Freemasonic famous symbol. Maybe we can see the arch of a wormhole with a star in the middle in this "Compass Bank" logo.
More creepy corporate bull's eye logos
A memorial for the alleged Flight 93 crash (pictured above) was to be built, consisting of a huge Red Crescent of maple trees or a C directed towards Mecca (you couldn't make this shit up!). After some people started complaining about this preposed design (incorrectly labelling it as muslim), it has been changed to a giant red circle, somehow bisected with the trajectory of the Flight 93 plane. Sounds like they have changed the symbol from a C-shaped wormhole into an Atlantian bull's eye to me. Good job! The memorial is to be inducted on Sept 11, 2010 or 2011.
Thanks to Pedro Santos for pointing this resemblance out. Stargate and the NASA STS-115 patch
I have already indicated the stargate symbols on NASA mission patches in this post and discussed the matter as it relates to Isis (Sirius) rituals perpetrated by the fraternally-controlled government in a previous blog post at the "Brave New World Order".
Beautiful bull's eyes and wormholes
The possiblity of wormhole, gateway and vortex crop circles synchromystically connected to these matters was also discussed and I would like to add another point to the debate.
This season had a weird crop circle that didn't look like much til after I viewed it with Sirius and stargates on the brain. Now it looks like a dog (Sirius is the dog star) entering a C-shaped wormhole.
Sirius Satelite Radio's creepy corporate sigil. See the dog sitting on the O just like the dog in the crop circle standing on the O or sphere?
One more stargate then I'm done, for now...
The London eye--click on the link below to see my theory about this crazy structure.


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When Delta became the first American airline in many years to fly into Liberia last month, billionaire Robert "Bob" Johnson had a prime seat on that plane. That's because the inaugural flight was part of Johnson's ongoing effort to spur investment in the formerly war-torn West African nation.
Since hearing Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf lay out the challenges facing her country during the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006, Johnson has been determined to re-ignite the historic relationship between African Americans and the nation founded by former American slaves.
Johnson has committed to investing $30 million to help fund Liberian entrepreneurs and last year opened a luxury resort there. He has taken delegations of African Americans to Liberia and is encouraging African Americans to invest in the country the way that American Jews support Israel.
The first black American billionaire is a busy man, but he took a few minutes to answer questions from The Root about his Liberian push and why African Americans should invest in Liberia, even at a time when so many are struggling at home.
The Root: How did you come to form a relationship with Liberia?
Robert Johnson: I formed a relationship with the country of Liberia as a result of my participation in President Clinton's Global Initiative. I was introduced to, and talked with, the president of Liberia. I was impressed with her vision for the future of Liberia, her commitment to a democratic Liberia, and was aware of the longtime relationship between us and Liberia historically.
TR: What is your vision for this relationship?
RJ: What I'd like to see happen is to be of help to President Sirleaf and the people of Liberia in an effort to restore their country after 15 years of civil war to a very vibrant, functional, free democracy with a free-market economy that provides jobs and economic development; to make Liberia an economic success story in West Africa; and to create a strong middle class for the 3.4 million people living in Liberia.
TR: Talk about your leadership in this area.
RJ: I have worked very hard to get Delta to fly direct flights, I have a four-star hotel right outside of Monrovia and I am getting involved in housing development.
TR: What role specifically do you think African Americans should play?
RJ: African Americans should understand that we have a long, historical and cultural tie to Liberia. Liberia was founded by freed slaves from America. The first 10 presidents were former freed American slaves. Their flag is like ours. As African Americans, we should look at Liberia the way Jews look at Israel. This should be one of our primary causes, to make Liberia the gateway to West Africa economically.
African Americans should urge members of Congress to support [Liberia. I think we should support Liberia [financially]; African Americans are doing this already. There are a number of churches over there. Liberians need books; you don't have to send a check. It can be very simple things. You can support some of the organizations that are doing things in Liberia.
TR: Do you think this is the best investment for black Americans at a time when so many black Americans are suffering? The most recent census statistics show that nearly one in four black Americans lives in poverty.
RJ: I think we recognize that we have some tremendous problems at home. The whole idea of the wealth gap, the unemployment rate, is heavy for African Americans. We've got these problems, but like I said, if you are a businessperson and you want to invest in West Africa, Liberia is a good place to do it.
From an individual, personal standpoint, it may be tough to do things … but to the extent that you can, whether it is a book drive or supporting the understanding of our historical relationship with Liberia, that is a plus.
TR: Does the fact that you are asking African Americans to adopt Liberia for our own philanthropy signal to you a rise in the stature of black Americans?
RJ: We never had an African-American president. That is a huge statement for the man and the nation. At the same time, we have a huge gap in wealth creation, jobs and economic opportunities. Those two things are in conflict. Those contradictions have to be addressed. We cannot be lulled into the false sense of security. We've got to be able to look at the world as it is and move things in a positive direction that will benefit the 40 million African Americans in this country, and not just the select few of us.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a journalist who writes and blogs frequently about race.

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Vent Haven in Fort Mitchell, KY is the only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism, thank god. I'm actually pretty terrified of ventriloquist dummies, and had to keep taking breaks while editing these pictures, but this place is also pretty fascinating.
Located inside of a private home and several small surrounding buildings, the Vent Haven is not actually scary, in theory, but curator Lisa Sweasy is well aware that a large part of her job is to assist visitors in conquering their dummy phobia. She gets a kick out of those visitors, but also wonders: "Why would someone like that come here? Ninety percent of ventriloquism is uplifting and funny and cute. Clowns are scarier." Right Lisa. You're right. That is why I will not be writing about the clown museum.
Each room in Vent Haven is filled with dummies sitting in little chairs, dummy heads on sticks, or sometimes on tiered shelves that go all the way up to the ceiling. Walking through the creepy rooms, there is a feeling of being outnumbered, as miniature, creepy Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter grin at you from their spot above your head.
The bond between a ventriloquist and his dummy is so strong that no living vents are willing to donate their dummies, and neither are their children. It takes two generations of death for a dummy to finally be donated to the museum. I'm convinced that this is because the dummies have threatened to kill the families while sleeping, but I'm told that they "don't come alive at night and murder people." Whatever.
The last building on the tour is a classroom full of dummies sitting at desks, with one vacant desk where visitors can take a photograph. Aaaand now I have the shakes again.


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Baligh Yehia, M.D., M.P.P., M.S.H.P., Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), has received a 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award for his innovative work and leadership in the field of HIV health services and quality research. His teaching and scholarship focus on health outcomes of individuals living with chronic viral diseases and policies that affect those outcomes.Yehia received his undergraduate and medical degrees with honors from the University of Florida, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, and the Gold Humanism Honor Society, for his excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service. After medical school, he completed an internal medicine residency on the Osler Medical Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a fellowship in infectious diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. During his fellowship, he was award the Robert Austrian Award for his scholastic excellence and leadership. Yehia also holds a Master of Science in Health Policy Research from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Nominator, Ebbing Lautenbach, University of Pennsylvania, says, Yehia has an exceptional academic background and possesses a unique skill set which blends clinical medicine, health behavior research, and public policy. These tools have allowed him to cross disciplines and pursue innovative ideas.Through his active research on how health care delivery is organized, he has contributed to the development of policy on healthcare reform, access to medical care, performance measurement, and public health. Kelly Gebo, Johns Hopkins University, goes on to explain, Yehia described the organization of care in HIV clinics to determine areas for improvement; evaluated inpatient utilization to identify modifiable factors for reducing hospitalization rates; and examined antiretroviral medication errors in an effort to prevent adverse drug events and improve patient safety. Yehia's scholastic achievements were recognized by a career development award from the NIH/NIMH to study the relationship between retention in care and clinical HIV outcomes and to identify health system and patient factors influencing retention in care, a special citation for fellows-in-training from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame.In addition to being an outstanding researcher, he is also an active volunteer. He currently serves on the Clinical Affairs Committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and is a member of the American Medical Association GLBT Advisory Committee. He is past National Chair of the American College of Physicians Council of Associates and past National Chair of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow Section. He has served on the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education, American College of Physicians Board of Regents, and on the Maryland State Medical Society Board of Trustees. His leadership has been recognized by national, state, and local organizations.He resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he maintains an active research program and cares for patients at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases; and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
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* From the Faculty of Pharmacy (Dr. Kozyrskyj), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; the Division of Clinical Epidemiology (Dr. Ernst), Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada; and the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Dr. Becker), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Correspondence to: Anita Kozyrskyj, PhD, 210 Pharmacy Building, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2; e-mail: kozyrsk{at}cc.umanitoba.ca
Background: To address the major methodological issues of reverse causation and selection bias in epidemiologic studies of antibiotic use in early life and the development of asthma, we undertook a cohort study of this association in a complete population of children.
Methods: Using the health-care and prescription databases of Manitoba, Canada, this longitudinal study assessed the association between antibiotic prescription use during the first year of life and asthma at age 7 years in a 1995 birth cohort of 13,116 children.
Results: Independent of well-known asthma risk factors, asthma was significantly more likely to develop in children who had received antibiotics in the first year of life at age 7 years. The association with asthma was observed for antibiotic use in non-respiratory tract infections (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02 to 3.37). The risk of asthma was highest in children receiving more than four courses of antibiotics (adjusted OR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.14 to 1.88), especially among rural children, and in the absence of maternal asthma or a dog in the birth year. Broad-spectrum (BS) cephalosporin use was more common in these subpopulations of children.
Conclusions: Antibiotic use in early life was associated with the development of childhood asthma, a risk that may be reduced by avoiding the use of BS cephalosporins.
Key Words: antibacterial agents asthma child infant
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide, significantly impacts quality of life, and represents a significant cost to the health-care system.123 The increasing prevalence of asthma in the industrialized world over the last quarter century has produced several theories on its origins.4 In particular, the "hygiene hypothesis" postulates that growing up in a more hygienic environment with less microbial exposure may promote the fetal immune response, which is skewed in the atopic T-helper (Th) type 2 direction, whereas microbial pressure would drive the immune system toward a balanced Th-1 and Th-2 immunity.56 Studies7 of farmer children have suggested that exposure early in life to endotoxin from Gram-negative bacteria may be the key element of less hygienic environments, which results in a lower prevalence of allergy and asthma. However, many researchers have argued8 that the regulation of the immune response is not likely to be dependent on external microbial exposure and have proposed the "microflora hypothesis" of allergic disease. This theory posits that the maturation of the mucosal immune system during infancy, namely, the development of immunologic tolerance via regulatory T cells, requires the presence of commensal microbial flora in the GI tract.9 Evidence for this thesis comes from epidemiologic studies101112 that link variations in GI microflora and probiotic administration with less allergy and asthma, and from murine models131415 that document that antibiotic administration causes altered intestinal flora, impaired barrier function, diminished Th-1 immune responses, and allergic airway disease.
To date, the findings from epidemiologic studies have supported16171819202122 and refuted232425 an association between antibiotic use in early life and the development of asthma. Since oral antibiotics are frequently prescribed for upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children,2627 an understanding of the relation between antibiotic use and asthma is critical to clinicians and health-care policymakers worldwide. Previous attempts to assess whether the relationship between antibiotic use in early life and asthma is causal have been hampered by cross-sectional or retrospective study design, in which it is difficult to discern whether the association is subsequent to antibiotic use for wheeze-related respiratory illnesses that precede asthma. A recent metaanalysis28 of antibiotic use in the first year of life has reported a twofold increased risk of childhood asthma following antibiotic use, but no association among studies conducted prospectively. Further, some studies have been limited to high-risk cohorts2324 or to urban populations.25 We examined the association between oral antibiotic use in the first year of life and asthma at age 7 years in a large cohort of children who were followed up from birth and were living in urban and rural environments with universal access to health-care insurance. As a secondary objective, we tested this association in subgroups of antibiotics and subgroups of children. Preliminary findings from this research have been published in an abstract.29
Materials and Methods
This was a longitudinal study (known as the Study of Asthma, Genes and the Environment) of a cohort of 13,980 children born in Manitoba in 1995 and continuously registered with the Manitoba Health Services Insurance Plan (MHSIP) until 2003. The likelihood of asthma at age 7 years according to antibiotic prescription use during the first year of life was determined. Data sources were the complete health-care administrative records for the cohort, including all physician visits, hospitalizations, and prescription drugs collected by MHSIP in the provision of universal health insurance to Manitoba residents. MHSIP databases are reliable and valid data sources.3031 Database record linkages were achieved through anonymized personal identifiers. A family registration number permitted linkage of maternal and child records. This study was approved by the Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Manitoba and the Health Information Privacy Committee.
Current asthma at age 7 years was defined as at least two physician visits for asthma, one asthma hospitalization, or two prescriptions for any asthma drug (eg, ß-agonists, inhaled corticosteroids, cromones, or leukotriene receptor antagonists) in the year following the seventh birthday. This definition was chosen from a validation study32 in a subset of 539 cohort children who were recruited for clinical assessment by an allergist, on the basis of a high positive predictive value (94%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 82 to 99%) and high specificity (92%; 95% CI, 78 to 98%).
Antibiotic use during the first year of life was categorized by the number of oral antibiotic prescriptions (zero, one to two, three to four, and five or more courses, as classified in other publications25 testing the association between antibiotic use and asthma development). Penicillin, cloxacillin, cephalexin, cefadroxil, and erythromycin were defined as narrow-spectrum (NS) antibiotics. The remaining antibiotics fell into the category of broad-spectrum (BS) antibiotics. Physician visits for childhood infections were classified by the number of lower respiratory tract infections (eg, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia), upper respiratory tract infections (eg, otitis media, pharyngitis, and sinusitis), and non-respiratory tract infections (eg, genitourinary infections, cellulitis, and impetigo). Risk and protective factors for asthma, which were derived from health-care administrative records, included gender, urban location (municipality population, > 40,000) or rural location, neighborhood income, total number of siblings at age 7 years, the number of health-care visits made during the first year of life, and maternal history of asthma (at least one physician visit or hospitalization for asthma or one prescription for an asthma drug).
In order to control for reverse causation, 864 children who had received asthma diagnoses during the first year of life were excluded from the study. In a subset of 2,859 children, health-care database records were linked to parental reports of the presence of pets in the home during the birth year of their child. This information was obtained from a mail survey of the 1995 cohort on health and home environmental exposures.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted with a statistical software package (SAS; SAS Institute; Cary, NC). Variables were retained in models at the 95% level of confidence. Separate multivariate models were tested by antibiotic type (ie, NS and BS antibiotics), and for children living in urban and rural areas, for children with and without a maternal history of asthma, and for children exposed and not exposed to dogs at birth. Although the stratified analyses were based on a priori questions, the interaction term for antibiotic use and the stratum was tested for statistical significance. The type of antibiotic and the timing of its administration were compared among these subpopulations of children.
In the study cohort of 13,116 children at age 7 years, 50% were male, 57% lived in urban areas, 24% were from low-income families, 90% had siblings, 6% had current asthma at age 7 years, and 5% had a maternal history of asthma; 65% of children had received at least one antibiotic prescription during the first year of life, 3% of children had received NS antibiotics and no BS antibiotics, 52% of children had received BS antibiotics and no NS antibiotics, and 10% of children had received both types of antibiotics. The majority of children (55%) had received at least one prescription for a BS penicillin, 9% had received a BS cephalosporin, and 1% had received a BS macrolide (Fig 1 ). The linkage of a physician diagnosis with an antibiotic prescription dispensed within 7 days following the physician visit showed that 40% of children received antibiotics for otitis media, 28% for other upper respiratory tract infections, 19% for lower respiratory tract infections, and 7% for non-respiratory tract infections.
The interaction term for antibiotic use and presence/absence of maternal asthma was statistically significant (p = 0.03), as was the interaction term for antibiotic use and urban/rural location (p = 0.04). Limiting the analysis to 7,517 children living in urban areas reduced the association with antibiotic use to nonsignificance (Table 3 ). However, in 5,599 rural children the association remained among children receiving more than four courses of antibiotics (OR, 1.88). Antibiotic use was associated with asthma in children with no history of maternal asthma, especially in children who had received multiple courses of antibiotics (OR, 1.57). The interaction term for antibiotic use and the presence/absence of a dog during the birth year was also statistically significant (p = 0.03). The absence of a dog in the home at birth increased the strength of the association between more than four courses of antibiotics and the development of asthma (OR, 2.02).
In a cohort of 13,116 children born in Manitoba in 1995, we found an association between antibiotic use in the first year of life and asthma at age 7 years. Children receiving more than four courses of antibiotics were at 1.5 times the risk of having asthma develop than were children not receiving antibiotics. Our analysis was adjusted for reverse causation, health-care utilization bias, and many well-known risk factors for asthma, and used a health-care database definition of asthma with a high positive predictive value for allergist-diagnosed asthma.3334 Moreover, the association was observed for antibiotic use in the treatment of children for non-respiratory tract infections, for which the risk of asthma was doubled.
While our findings are consistent with many retrospective surveys and some prospective health-care database studies, they do not agree with a similar database study conducted by Celedon et al.25 These authors reported no association for asthma until age 5 years in children receiving multiple course of antibiotics. We speculate that the discrepant findings are related to differences in the populations studied. Almost half of our cohort of children lived in rural areas, while the study by Celedon et al25 drew its data from an urban population. We also did not find an association with antibiotic use in urban Manitoba children, but the risk was twofold greater in rural children receiving multiple courses of antibiotics.
Similar to its distribution worldwide, asthma prevalence was lowest in our rural children,35 which may be attributed to the protective effect of endotoxin exposure in farming communities in Manitoba.73637 Urban-rural differences in allergy and asthma are also supported by the microflora hypothesis. The gut microbiota of infants in more rural countries has higher levels of anaerobic bacteria, such as lactobacilli or bifidobacteria, and lower levels of Clostridium difficile.1138 These same patterns of gut colonization are more common in nonallergic infants than in allergic infants.3940 Antibiotics may alter the protective effect of gut flora in rural children but have little effect on the gut flora of urban children, who are already predisposed to the development of atopic disease. Of interest, Voor et al41 also reported an association between antibiotic use and atopy in Estonian children and not in more urbanized Swedish infants.
An alternate explanation for the increased risk of asthma from antibiotic use in rural children may be related to the type of antibiotic used, which has not been investigated in intestinal microflora studies of infants.383940 All antibiotics decrease anaerobic microflora in infants, but use of the BS cephalosporins leads to the significant suppression of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, and to the overgrowth of C difficile.424344 The microflora existing in rural Manitoba children may be subject to the more potent effect of BS cephalosporins. Voor and colleagues41 have offered a similar account for their findings of increased atopy following antibiotic use in Estonian children, but not in Swedish children; the former children were more likely to have received BS antibiotics. Still another explanation for the increased risk of the development of asthma among the rural children in our study may be related to the earlier administration of antibiotics following birth.45
Children who have received therapy with multiple antibiotics and were born to women without a history of asthma were at greater risk of the development of asthma than those who did not receive antibiotics. No antibiotic effect was observed in the presence of maternal asthma, which is consistent with findings from high-risk cohort studies.24 An increased sensitivity to antibiotics in the absence of maternal asthma may be analogous to the protective effects of dog ownership in children with no parental history of asthma.46 Postnatal maturation of Th-1 immunity is faster in genetically low-risk children vs high-risk children, so low-risk children are potentially more susceptible to the effects of antibiotic administration on intestinal microflora early in life than are high-risk children,47 in whom changes in microflora have already occurred.48 Alternatively, as with our rural children, the increased use of BS cephalosporins may explain the increased occurrence of asthma among children with no maternal history of asthma.
Lack of dog exposure during the birth year also increased the association of antibiotic use with the development of asthma among children receiving multiple courses of antibiotics. This concentration of risk for atopy with antibiotic use in children who were exposed to fewer pets in the first year of life has been reported by others.45 We hypothesize that lesser contact with dogs during infancy results in a lower microbial load and makes infants more vulnerable to the effects of antibiotics, especially if they are BS cephalosporins.
The strongest evidence against reverse causation in our study is the finding of an association between asthma and antibiotic use for the treatment of non-respiratory tract infections. The majority of non-respiratory infections were skin infections, which may represent misdiagnosed atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis in early life is a major risk factor for asthma, as between 50% and 80% of children with atopic dermatitis will have asthma in childhood.49 It is the earliest disease manifestation of future allergic asthma. However, recent findings50 on the immunogenetics of asthma and atopic dermatitis have identified the epithelium as a common pathway for the development of both of these diseases. It is plausible that skin infections early in life are manifestations of an impaired barrier function of the epithelium, including the GI epithelium, which leads to allergen penetration and subsequent inflammation. Antibiotic disruption of intestinal microflora may further increase this inflammation by preventing immunologic tolerance via regulatory T cells.8 This is suggested in our findings of a greater risk of asthma following antibiotic use in children with non-respiratory tract infections than in those with non-respiratory tract infections alone.
Our population-based study of a 1995 cohort of children identified antibiotic use as a risk factor for the development of asthma at age 7 years. While we have constructed our study to diminish the likelihood of reverse causation and confounding bias, and have implemented a validated definition of childhood asthma, we can neither confirm nor refute the causative role of antibiotics in the development of asthma. However, our study has yielded some interesting findings in subpopulations of children, which we postulate are due to the use of BS cephalosporins or to increased sensitivity to the antibiotic effect among children with a genetic predisposition to impaired barrier function of the epithelium. Further large-scale studies are required to determine the longitudinal associations between the composition of intestinal microflora, antibiotic use, and atopic dermatitis during infancy, and the development of asthma in low-risk and high-risk children. In the interim, it would be prudent to avoid the unnecessary use BS antibiotics in the first year of life when other antibiotics are available.
We would like to acknowledge the computer analysis support of Matthew Dahl and Shamima Huq; as well as the research support provided by Marilyn Lilley, Brenda Gerwing, Michelle Tillett, Ingrid Loewen, Rishma Chooniedass, Tanya Lilley-Chan, Donna Everette, and Joel Liem in the collection of data for the nested case-control study used to validate the asthma definition.
Abbreviations: BS = broad spectrum; CI = confidence interval; MHSIP = Manitoba Health Services Insurance Program; NS = narrow spectrum; OR = odds ratio; Th = T-helper
This research was funded by the Operating Grant, New Investigator Award, and by New Emerging Team Programs of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The results and conclusions are those of the authors and no official endorsement by Manitoba Health was intended or should be inferred.
The authors have reported to the ACCP that no significant conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article.
Received for publication December 17, 2006. Accepted for publication February 23, 2007.
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Dorothy Foehr Huck award winners include:
• Professor Paul Kerry, Brigham Young University, will be researching the life of Bayard Taylor, using the papers of this Pennsylvania-born author, translator and diplomat in the library's collection.
• Professor Kristine Thompson, Louisiana State University, will be researching photographic representations of death and mourning, from the 19th century to the present day, using the Jay Ruby Collection and other related materials.
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• Professor Carly Woods, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, will be researching "Women Debating Society: Gender, Citizenship, and Social Change in Debating Societies, 1840-1960," using the records of the Penn State Women's Debate Team among other sources.
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Tim Pyatt, the Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair and head of The Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State University Park, sees the incentive of travel grants as an excellent way to promote use and disseminate information about our collections. Now in its second year, the awards showcase the wealth of materials in the library.
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Paul Williams opened Cedar Creek Ranch 12 years ago. To those who know him, it probably wasn't much of a surprise, since he's had a passion for horses his entire life. The soft-spoken business major threw caution to the wind, and followed his heart … which led down the trail to the Cedar Creek Ranch.
"It's just how the cards played out," he said with a grin.
Initially opening a boarding stable, Paul expanded the business to include horseback riding six years ago. While he continues to board horses, he's expanded his own herd to include 32 horses in a variety of breeds — Saddlebred, Paints, Appaloosas, Rasofinos, Drafts and Morgans.
Seven days a week, four times a day, Paul and his staff lead horseback riders on a five-mile trail ride through some of the most scenic terrain the Illinois Valley has to offer. Passing by two historical sites – a Civil War cemetery and an old coal mine on the ride, riders not only enjoy the scenic ride but also the serenity and beauty of the area.
"It's truly a dream come true," Paul said. "When we're out riding, I tell the people, 'Welcome to my office.'"
Those folks who have visited Paul's "office" have come to Cedar Creek Ranch from all over the world, and repeat customers are not unusual. Paul said he encourages everyone to give horseback riding a try; he said he has first-time riders every day and doesn't want them to be intimidated just because they've never ridden a horse before.
"There was this guy from India here once, and we had him ready to get on a Paint (horse). The guy said, 'Are you putting me on a cow?'" Paul reminisced with a laugh. "I tell the first-time riders, 'If you know the difference between a cow and horse, you're already ahead of that guy.'"
Just a glance at Paul's horses will tell you they are well cared for; Paul said every horse is groomed before and after every ride. And Paul said all the horses have been trained for "countless hours and miles" before he ever puts a customer on one.
"All the animals ... well, they're like my children," he said. "I believe that if you take care of the animal, the animal will take care of you ...
"We don't wear them down. We train with kindness, softness and love — which the animals return to us," Paul added.
So if you're in the mood for a quiet outing in the country where you travel through the timber, trot through natural fields and cross the creek, Cedar Creek Ranch might just be the place for you. Rates are reasonable, and they encourage birthday parties, group events and seasonal events on request. There is a rider weight restriction of no more than 250 pounds. Reservations are required.
To learn more about Cedar Creek Ranch, call 815-481-3337 or visit their website at www.ccrstables.com.
Gunsmoke Grill
Mark Williams never dreamed he'd own a restaurant. In fact, the owner of the Gunsmoke Grill — situated in the middle of Cedar Creek Ranch, still seems a bit surprised that he's elbow-deep in fresh meat and homemade French fries.
But that hasn't stopped Mark from embracing this endeavor and creating a restaurant that speaks not only of good food and plentiful drinks, but also of a relaxing environment that causes one to kick back and enjoy life to its fullest.
Formerly employed by the House of Blues and Planet Hollywood in Chicago, Mark said his knowledge of the restaurant business was marginal, at best. But when he returned home to the Illinois Valley and Cedar Creek Ranch, he realized visitors to the ranch were looking for somewhere nearby to eat and drink.
"After a few years, we decided to keep them here," Mark said of those ranch visitors. "It started out simple, but it came out a complex restaurant. And I was the cook. I'd never, ever done it before in my life."
While Mark had a bit of experience cooking for himself and his family, who have Italian roots, he never dreamed he'd be cooking for the public. But that didn't stop the family from believing in yet another dream, as they banded together and began to build the Gunsmoke Grill on June 1, 2010. The restaurant opened a little over six months later on Dec. 22, 2010. The Gunsmoke Grill was designed/built by Dad Larry Williams, Cousins Sonny LaFollette of LaSalle and Jim Bender of Oglesby and the Williams brothers.
The finished product boasts a knotty pine interior that immediately makes you feel at home. The Northwoods, cabin-look of the grill is rustic, but not so rustic that city-slickers will feel uncomfortable. The fireplace adds an ambiance that makes you want to stay a while longer. Out back, diners/drinkers can enjoy the deck which spans the length of the restaurant and overlooks a valley with the family's horses grazing on the hillside. The family's three dogs — Shelby, Lucy and Sixx — provide a friendly welcoming committee in the parking lot.
But all the aesthetics in the Wild Wild West don't mean a darn thing, if the food doesn't do the trick, and Mark clearly pulled some of those tricks out of his cowboy hat to offer diners a meal they won't soon forget.
"We're known for our burgers. We get our meat fresh every day; it's never frozen. People also really like our fresh, hand-cut fries. We've got wraps, chicken sandwiches, a steak sandwich, appetizers ... We really concentrate on our service and our food," he said.
The signature dish at the Gunsmoke Grill is their Emery's 38 Special — a giant-sized burger topped with bacon, onion rings, American cheese, chipotle mayo and BBQ sauce, served with those homemade fries for only $9. Other favorites are the Blazing Saddle, the Fat Willy, the Hunter's Hoagie, the Cedar Sunrise and the Sixx Gun Steak. Diners can also choose from 14 different appetizers to start their meals. A children's menu is available as well as a full-service bar.
Mark said plans are in the works to offer some barbecued specialties, like ribs, brisket, chicken and all the tempting sides that go with them.
And if you walk out the side door of the grill, you'll find the outdoor Bull Pen — complete with tables and a stage, where the Gunsmoke Grill hosts a variety of bands on certain nights. Mark said they book local and national bands in the Bull Pen with differing sounds for different people, including rock, country, bluegrass and blues. The bands play at varying times, so those wishing to enjoy the music should call first for dates and times.
Soon, the Williams will be enclosing the Bull Pen to make if more weather-friendly during the winter months. At that time, the Williams will have a venue to offer people the ability to celebrate special occasions and meetings, as well as an opportunity for themselves to feature special entertainment and other activities.
Mark admits the transition from his life in the city hasn't always been easy ...
"It's unbelievable to me sometimes," he said. "I guess I've got the best of both worlds. I've brought a little of the city into the country. I guess it was God's plan; it's the way it was supposed to be.
"You know, if you go to Monari's 101 (in LaSalle), Earl Monari has this saying, 'You think this is easy?' Well, now I know exactly what he means," Mark said.
For more information on the Gunsmoke Grill, call Mark at 815-446-4017 or visit their website at www.Gunsmokegrill.com.


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South Dakota's Joe Glenn on Northern Arizona Loss, Western Illinois Game
The South Dakota Coyotes are about to enter year two of Missouri Valley Conference schedule the same way they arrived in year one, with one win in the first three games and Western Illinois up first in league play.
The Coyotes were completely shutdown offensively in the first half at Northern Arizona last Saturday night, getting outgained by the Lumberjacks 171-7 in the first 30 minutes.
Head Coach Joe Glenn told me there were lots of factors that contributed to the poor first half showing by his offense:
Despite the offensive woes, USD was down just 13-0 at the half, thanks to inspired play from the defense, which held NAU scoreless on its first six drives and forced a pair of turnovers on the night:
Offensive coordinator Wes Beschorner made some adjustments to the Coyotes game plan in the second half, and right away things started clocking, with quarterback Josh Vander Maten running the ball effectively and also throwing the ball downfield to a variety of receivers, as USD scored 16 second half points to close within six with 2:54 to play, but couldn't convert on an onside kick, and lost 22-16:
It's on to conference play now and the Leathernecks of Western Illinois are next. WIU won in Vermillion last season in the Missouri Valley opener, 24-17, as the Coyotes turned the ball over and allowed 128 yards rushing to running back Nikko Watson. Coach Glenn says it's no secret why Watson is so effective running the football:
Defensively, the Leathernecks are led by a pair of talented linebackers, JJ Raffelson (who had six tackles against USD last season) and Kevin Kinzel. Martinez Davis anchors a defensive backfield that has racked up seven interceptions in four games this season:
As for Western Illinois (2-2), the Leathernecks are +11 on turnovers, which is third best in the nation. WIU's two losses have been to FBS schools, Minnesota and UNLV.
Head Coach Bob Nielson isn't overlooking the Coyotes Saturday:
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I recently had the distinct pleasure of judging my first amateur wakeskate event. It made me realize how good the pros really are at wakeskating. Not that the riders involved didn't have some skills, but the level was definitely different than I've become accustomed to at events like the Toe Jam. While I am a big supporter of giving everyone a chance, this contest made me realize that maybe someone needs to put it out there that there is a level you should get to before entering a contest. Here's a check list:
– Be able to go wake to wake. You don't have to spin, or even grab, but making it from one side of the wake to the other at least once in your run is key.
– Land shuvs, every time. Shuvs are the first trick people learn, so you shouldn't fall on them, even if you are an amateur.
– Be able to link tricks together. One trick isn't going to win the contest for you, unless of course it's a wake-to-wake hardflip, but if you can do those, you probably shouldn't be entering amateur contests.
– Variety helps. Use your heelside and toe side wake. Do tricks in the flats and inside out. Before you enter your first event, you should try and learn a trick in every possible spot on the wake.
– Stay on your feet. Obviously getting up is a key to your run, so if you still struggle with that, maybe hold off for next season. But I'm going to assume you can get up, so keeping your balance is important. And presuming you've at least done a few tricks in there, the judges will reward a solid, stand-up run. It's better to be able to run out the clock rather than have your run end due to falls.


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While shopping for the elusive kaffir lime leaves (which I did find), I saw a bin of beautiful chartreuse pomelos. Pomelos were plentiful on our trip to Singapore and Thailand but expensive at $8 each. I ending up paying $4 for my small 2.5 lbs pomelo, here in Cincy. My intention was to try to recreate a pomelo salad that I had at an extravagant resort in Railay, Thailand - Krua Phranang Restaurant at Rayavadee. (Note - we did not stay at Rayavadee; it's way out of our price range, but not too bad as a splurge dinner destination. Our resort was like 1/10 the price.)
Pomelos require serious breaking down. The pith is thick, about 1/2 of an inch. And the membrane between the sections of the pulp is tough. Therefore, the only parts of the fruit that are edible is the pulp and the peel. My goal was to make the most of this delicacy and make the following shrimp salad and candy the peel. The pulp was a beautiful pink (much to my surprise) and it has a nice citrus flavor that is similar to ruby red grapefruit, but not as tart and sharp. The pulp is large and firm, making it easy to separate - perfect for a salad.
Pomelo Shrimp Salad - I wanted to capture those incredible Thai flavors, combining some fish sauce with palm sugar and lime juice. I added in some chili sauce for slight spiciness, kaffir lime leaves for that delicious clean & herbal lime flavor, and finely minced shallots for that mild and sweet pungency. Carrots were also added for texture and color contrast in addition to some sauteed shrimp. Delicious! The salad was sweet yet savory, tangy and spicy with great texture. Maybe next time, some chopped cilantro to add some green color and additional herbal flavor.
Candied Pomelo Peels - There is a lot of peel on a pomelo. Why let it go to waste? It can be preserved for a long time after preserving in a sugar syrup; and can be used creatively for garnish as needed. It took about 1 hour to cut and clean up the rind/peel. There is so much surface around, and the pith is very thick and Styrofoam-like. The trick is to remove as much as the pith as possible, the pith is very bitter. Once that is complete, the peels are blanched three times to remove bitterness from the peel. Then it is cooked in a sugar syrup until for 45-60 minutes. At this point, the peels have transformed into this beautiful chartreuse stained glass. Finally, after cooling on a rack, I tossed them in granulated sugar. Now, I can have a sliver of pomelo whenever I want, at least until they are gone.
-Erin Swing
The Sensitive Epicure
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Pomelo - In Season Now
4 comments:
- Michael said...
Nice post, making me hungry already. I bet the people at Tastespotting would love to read about this...http://www.tastespotting.com/
- March 2, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- Erin Swing said...
Thanks for the tip, but to no avail. They passed on it. Why?
- March 2, 2009 at 5:03 PM
- Justine said...
I just got a pomelo; thanks for the great ideas!
- March 13, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- Anna said...
Hi Erin
I love pomelo. I also do pomelo salad, Hong Kong style. You may want to view my blog: http://hongkongfoodblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/seafood-pomelo-salad.html
We eat pomelo peels as well. View my latest post.
Hong Kong Food Blog
- March 29, 2010 at 3:16 AM
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Once Devon (and others) left me a comment explaining it (THANK YOU!) I couldn't believe how simple it was. I think the word "key" confused me and made me try to make it more complicated than it was. When I think of a key, I think of something twisting to tighten, which I guess it does that but, I was imagining like a key to a door. It's an elementary concept but that doesn't mean it comes naturally to my brain!
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I haven't had them come loose since the first time I used the key to tighten them!


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Model X performance... is Elon going nuts?
Model X performance... is Elon going nuts?
There are likely to be a few "variants" on the S platform, too: the cabriolet, pickup, van, etc. Maybe announced soon, per Elon.
The beauty of the robotized line is that all can be produced together on it.
SMahindra21 >>> "...Why prolong the Gen III with the X?"
I think a major under appreciated factor affecting the timing of the Gen III is the battery cost. If the Gen III were completely designed and ready for production now it would flop. Why? Because the cost of the battery is currently too high to make an affordable AND desirable electric car. We need 3-4 more years of 8% per annum battery improvement/cost decline to make the Gen III possible.
Therefore the extra volume & profits of the Model X will help make the Gen III both possible and successful.
More profits equals more money available for Gen III R & D.
More volume (Model X combined with Model S) equals economies of scale necessary to drive battery & battery pack production costs down.
@ GoTeslaChicago
I agree with you on this. Because the most important (and decisive) part of an EV is the battery pack, which has to be able to store enough electricity to make a more than reasonable range possible, and which does not cost too much. Therefore, in order to be successful, it would be wise not to introduce the "Tesla GEN III car" too soon. Be patient and focus on the production of Model S, Model X, and other variants (i.e. station wagon, coupe, cabriolet) on this platform/skateboard.
IMHO Too much emphasis is being placed on performance 0 to 60 times etc. When reading in these forums and elsewhere the buying public seems to be much more focused on RANGE! including myself.
If the performance is comparable to other ICE vehicles in the Model X class of close competitors, range becomes king.
If I want 0-60 I could drive a top fuel dragster Blows the doors off anything on the road 0-60 but it only has less than a half mile range, which is not very useful.
For my $$ I'd rather pay a premium for RANGE!! Best in class range is WAY more useful to a BEV driver than face stretching performance.
Power is side-effect of having big battery, so you get both without any penalty to either.
@ Timo
Yes, because EV's automatically have instant torque, which is a great advantage.
Power being instantaneous has nothing to do with this.
Let me explain:
lets say you can drain one battery in half a hour giving it 2C rate.
Two batteries in parallel you can drain twice as much current without dropping voltage and without draining individual battery any faster than 2C, so you just doubled your power without causing any additional strain on batteries. It still takes half a hour to drain the battery, but you get twice the output.
Which means: Double the energy capacity = double the power capacity.
This leads to big battery = a lot of power pretty much automatically. People talk about power density just because of this relation.
Many anodes make light work.
I have to add here that "big" in this case means physically big. When battery chemistries change you might get upgrade to energy density without upgrade to power density which can cause problems if the battery size (physical) gets downgraded to keep capacity same.
This is problem with Li-Air -batteries, they don't have very high power densities, which means you need physically big battery to get power to move the car and get charge fast enough that you don't die to old age before you have charged enough to drive one day. Consequently you have battery that could go coast to coast (US) in one charge (and then take month to charge it back to full).
OTOH for traditional Li-Ion -batteries some lab results give absolutely insane C-rates, biggest I have seen was something in order of 10000C (meaning you can drain battery in about 1/3 of a second).


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