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Role of carbs, fats, and protein in bodybuilding - 06-14-2014, 05:34 PM
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Protein*-*Why Is It Important
Protein is one of the most important substances we consume. After this article you will know how much protein your body needs. The function it plays in survival, the way it is processed and used.
Other than water,*protein*is the most abundant nutrient in the body. Protein is a chain of linked units called*amino acids. The protein you eat is split apart into these amino acids, absorbed in the small intestines, then rearranged and put back in the blood stream. These new arranged proteins carry out specific functions to maintain life. All living tissues are made up of twenty-two essential and nonessential amino acids. Essential amino acids are not made by the body and must be supplied through diet. There are nine essential amino acids: Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, and Valine. The remaining thirteen are nonessential amino acids produced in the body and not essential to consume through the diet.
Twenty two in all. Amino acids are divided into 2 groups:
EssentialNon-essentialHistidineAlanineIsoleucineArginineLeucine Aspartic AcidLysineCysteineMethionineCystinePhenylalanineGl utamic AcidTryptophanGlutamineThreonineGlycineValineHydro xyproline*Proline*Serine*Tyrosine
Protein provides four calories per gram. The human body can do three things with protein calories; put protein in fat stores, use it as an energy source or use it to carry out functions vital to life. Protein calories will be used as an energy source when the body is lacking fat or carbohydrate calories for fuel. When the body receives sufficient quantities of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, protein will carry out its specific functions. These proteins functions include: replacement of old cells, building muscles, organs, blood, nails, hair, skin, and tissues. Protein also takes part in hormone, antibodies, and enzyme formation.
Fasting your body without proper protein intake will cause your body to slowly start shutting down. You must not only eat enough protein, but you must eat the right types. Without the right amount of essential proteins, no matter how much you eat, your body will waste the protein and not run properly.
A diet that is low in essential amino acids does not carry out all of its protein functions. Protein follows the all-or-none law: inadequate amounts of essential amino acids cause the body to excrete proteins in urine as urea. The remainder of the protein is converted to glucose, fat, or metabolized for energy. This lack of essential amino acids prevents proteins from performing their normal functions. Foods that have all nine of the essential amino acids are called complete proteins. Complete proteins include all food from animal products, milk, cheese, chicken, beef, and ext. Don't worry folks! Proteins that are incomplete (plant products) can be combined with complementary proteins that carry the missing amino acids to form a complete protein. Examples of incomplete protein are grains, cereals, and vegetables. To complement these proteins you would combine beans with grains, or nuts with cereal.
Now that you have an understanding of the right kinds of protein to eat, we will discuss how many grams you need to eat.
In*Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition, the Authors say, "The Committee on Dietary Allowances of the Food Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences states the RDA in grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day" (Whitney 153). If calories are sufficient in carbohydrates and fat, You divide your body weight by 2.2, this gives your weight in kilograms. You multiply your kilogram weight by 0.8, this gives you your daily intake of protein. A person who weighs 95 kilograms (210 pounds), would take 95 kilograms times 0.8. Their daily protein intake would work out to be around 77 grams, 12% of your calories would come from protein.
We do know that long bouts of exercising increases the need for nutrients, especially protein. In*Nutrition For Fitness and Sport with Powerweb*the author says, " a number of studies involving endurance athletes found that 0.97-1.37 grams of protein per kilogram per day were needed" (Williams 112).
Carbohydrates*-*The Bodies Preferred Source Of Energy
Are carbohydrates the bodies preferred source of energy? By the time you finish reading this article you will understand the bodies need, function and the roles carbohydrates play in our nutrition. We start our discussion by comparing complex and simple carbohydrates.
[http://www]Complex carbohydrates include bread, pasta and cereals. They are digested at a slower rate than simple carbohydrates. This slower digestion offers a more continual and stable flow of energy. Simple carbohydrates deliver the same amount of energy, four calories per gram, but at a far more rapid pace. Therefore, simple carbohydrates provide an immediate boost in blood sugar. But the boost comes with a price -- it wears off quickly and more is needed to sustain blood sugar levels.
As a result, excess food cravings are experienced and may cause individuals to increase their calorie consumption. Thus, simple carbohydrates should be avoided within your diet. They include sugar, honey, soda and candy.
Sugar and Carbohydrates are broken down into smaller versions called glucose. All cells in the human body depend on glucose. This makes carbohydrates the body's number one energy source. The brain and nervous system run directly off glucose. The human body will convert protein to glucose without enough carbohydrates in the diet. Carbohydrates spare other nutrients (protein), and allow these nutrients to carry out their intended functions.
Carbohydrates offer a thermogenic effect that will increase calorie burning. This will cause your body to burn more calories every time you eat. If your diet is high in fat, the fat is put faster into storage. To top if off, fat is much harder to take out of lipid (fat) stores and used as energy. Carbohydrates on the other hand, use 23 percent of consumed calories to store carbohydrates. In contrast, fat uses only 3 percent of consumed calories.
Carbohydrates should make up 50% to 60% of your calories. The majority of your calories should come from complex carbohydrates. Less then ten percent of your calories should come from refined sugars. This will decrease low blood sugar, increase energy expenditure, increase satiety and satisfaction. Carbohydrates are glucose, glycogen, sugar, starches, fiber, cellulose and various saccharides. In plain English, complex carbohydrates are the most desirable because they burn more slowly. Foods such as breads made from whole grains, fruit in its natural state (raw), and raw vegetables are examples of excellent carbohydrates.
Fat*-*The Misunderstood Nutrient
Fat is the world's most misunderstood nutrient! Everyone has told you about how bad excess fat is in your diet. In fact, this is discussed so much that the positive effects of fat is sel*** ever brought up. Fat has many functions that people overlook. Without enough fat in your diet, you will not be able to support good health. You say I'm crazy, well I'm not, it's true!
Lipids is the scientific term used for fat. Lipids have over twice as many calories per gram as carbohydrates or protein, offering a great energy source. Lipids are divided into categories; Cholesterol is an example of saturated fat.
[http://www]Saturated fats remain solid at room temperature, are found in animal sources, coconut, palm oil and in excess are linked to heart disease. Unsaturated fat are found in oils and plants. These unsaturated fats stay in the form of a liquid at room temperature. These fats found in oils and plants make up the essential fat you body needs through diet called linolaic acid.
Linoleic acid cannot be manufactured by the body, thus, it is an essential fatty acid that must be supplied through the diet. Fat accomplishes many things: It gives us energy for activities, providing nine calories per gram, surrounds and protects vital organs, takes part in cellular function and structure, gives a longer lasting feeling of satiety, regulates hormonal production, balances body temperatures, and transport fat soluble vitamins.
Fat is the last nutrient to digest and leave the stomach. This supplies a delayed feeling of satisfaction after eating. Once the fat arrives in the small intestine, bile produced by the pancreas comes in contact with the fat further breaking it up into smaller droplets. This process is called emulsification. Once the fat has been emulsified enzymes attach to the fat splitting it further apart. When the body has fully split apart the fat into glycerol, fatty acids and monoglycerides, the smaller versions are absorbed into the blood stream to be stored or carry out specific functions.
Fat intake should make up less than 30% of your daily calories, depending on individual preference, energy levels, and speed of digestion. For your body to receive the essential fat intake it requires, 3% of fat intake should come from Linoleic acid. For the safety of your heart, cholesterol should be limited to 300 milligrams a day.
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it sound cool.. you briefly describe all the point about carbs and protein.. I am quite agree with your point of view for body building protein ,fats and carbs are equally important as workout
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The city of Santa Cruz began its first day of mourning on Wednesday, following an unprecedented fatal shooting of two police officers conducting a sexual assault check.
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A suspect - Jeremy Goulet, 35, was also killed during the 3:30 p.m. shootout. Goulet was found guilty in 2008 of peeping at a woman while she showered in Portland, Ore., and also convicted of carrying a gun without a permit. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported he was arrested last week for disorderly conduct, and was fired Saturday from his job as a barista at a harbor coffee shop.
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The female barista filed a police report and talked to police as late as Tuesday afternoon. That may have been what sent investigators back to Goulet's residence Tuesday.
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"We at the Santa Cruz Police Department are like family," Santa Cruz police chief Kevin Vogel said at an emotional news conference Tuesday night. "I've known both of these officers for a long, long time and there just aren't words to describe how I feel personally about this and how our department is reacting to this horrific, horrific tragedy."
Baker had been with the department for 28 years and leaves behind a wife, two daughters and a son, Adam, who works for the department as a community service officer.
Butler leaves her partner, Peter, and two young sons.
"This is the darkest day in the history of the Santa Cruz Police Department," Vogel said.
Baker and Butler went to an address on North Branciforte Avenue as a part of an investigation Tuesday. In making contact with the suspect, Santa Cruz resident Jeremy Goulet, 35, an altercation ensued.
Both detectives were killed at the scene.
After going door-to-door in the community authorities say there are no more outstanding suspects or any danger to the community.
A Santa Cruz resident, who declined to give his name, said he was sitting in his house in the 800 block of North Branciforte Avenue when he heard gunfire across the street around 3:30 p.m. Police arrived soon, he said. That's when a suspect fired at police, hitting the two officers.
A while later, he heard a "multitude of gunfire" coming from an area nearby. He said police told residents to stay inside and not to leave.
Following the incident, schools in the immediate area were placed on lockdown.
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After the police were killed, a second shooting occurred a half-hour later while police were in pursuit of at least the suspect on Doyle Street. A barrage of gunfire erupted that left Goulet dead on Doyle Street, according to the Sentinel.
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- Culture War, Class War – Book 1
- Apocalypse Emergency – Book 3
- Apocalypse No – Book 4
- Ch 1 Strange Days
- Ch 2 "Ain't Born Typical"
- Ch 3 Perinatal Media
- Ch 4 – 21st Century, Its Discontents
- Ch 5 Birth Wars, World Woes
- Ch 6 Healing Crisis
- Ch 12 Through Gaia's Eyes
- Ch 8 Derailing War, Violence
- Ch 9 Regressions in the Service of Society
- Ch 10 Cultural Rebirthing, Where Lies Hope
- Ch 11 Control vs. Surrender
- Ch 12 Atman Projects vs. Surrender Solutions
- Ch 13 Peaceful Warriors, Silly Heroes
- Ch 14 To Move the World
- Afterword: Shamans … Scapegoats
- Wounded Deer and Centaurs – Book 5
- Prologue: For Earth's Sake, Get Real
- Chapter One: We Are a Fever
- Chapter Two: Ain't Born Typical
- Chapter Three: Projecting the Perinatal Zeitgeist
- Chapter Four: 21st Century and Its Discontents
- Chapter Five: Prenatal Imprints of Our Unnatural Self
- Chapter Six: Prenatal Oxygen Hunger and Fire
- Chapter Seven: Civilization and Apocalypse
- Chapter Eight: Return of the Centaur
- Chapter Nine: Prenatal Hunger Games
- Chapter Ten: "Bad Blood"
- Chapter Eleven: Prenatal Irritation-Revulsion
- Chapter Twelve: Toxic Womb ~ Toxic World
- Chapter Thirteen: Perinatal Printouts of Generations
- Chapter Fourteen: Birth Wars ~ World Woes
- Chapter Fifteen: The Unsung Consciousness Revolution
- Chapter Sixteen: Eden Arise, Call to Centaurs
- The Great Reveal – Book 6
- Experience Is Divinity – Book 7
- Falls from Grace – Book 8
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Recent Posts
- *Apocalypse NO: Apocalypse or Earth Rebirth & the Emerging Perinatal Unconscious* (2013) by Michael Adzema. (complete book, with my compliments)
- belief/religion/ritual *keep real* feeling *from happening*. They also keep truth from happening. They keep spontaneity and authenticity from happening. Therefore, when religion breaks down, all truth is liable to break loose.
- "your position on the abortion issue is the closest thing to a military uniform indicating on which side of the culture war you have enlisted" and what generation you are most likely from: Sixties & Millennial Generations Versus Gen X, and WWII and Fifties Gens
- the opposite of insanity is not normality … at all! The only sane response in an apocalypse emergency — a situation analogous to one's house on fire — is activism!"
- We learned, early in our lives, the world could not be relied on. We began an ever-increasing mistrust of it, which manifested, critically, in our relation to Nature. Control came in to fill the gap of mistrust that lay between need and satisfaction.
- the Universe has already experienced such apocalypse, now just a red planet…. It was much more fun, filled with life, creative divine noises, and manic whacky Chaplinesque movements, sounds, color, laughter… Instead,why not a hero's tale, billions of heroes…
- Republicans' intention is to cobble the ordinary person's power to get out from under the inexorable increase in their clearly felt suffering as the years go by. For this suffering and the helplessness about it is crucial to the directors' success.
- And so it began, with the blissful knowledge of Unity with All That Is turning psychotically into "I AM the Unity, I am all that is." So it went. I don't know why. But then there is that thing about it all being about greater wisdom…
- People *Are* Dying from Oxygen Deprivation … even the minute changes in our global atmosphere on the whole are having pervasive and dire consequences…
- this idea of getting more power at the cost of others' suffering — whether a "beast," an enemy, a slave, a prisoner of war … or one's own son — is rooted deeply in our cultural practices from the times of early civilization.
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School Reform's Shaky Foundations?
Philanthropy Daily has just published the most interesting review to date of my recent charter school philanthropy study ("The Other Lottery"). Scott Walter, an expert in charitable giving in the field of education, looks not only at the central finding (that there is no link between charter networks' performance and the amount of grant funding they've received) but also extrapolates to what the findings imply about the nation's top education foundations.
I'm curious to know if anyone else shares his interest in seeing the numbers crunched to allow education foundations to be ranked in terms of the performance of the charter school networks they have backed. Ping me on Facebook if you'd like to see that.


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More ways than ever to take advantage of the savings they can bring.
Ninety-one percent of women use coupons to get a good deal, according to a national poll from Smart Magazine. And they're gathering coupons from multiple sources: newspapers, e-mail and snail mail, online, at stores and from mobile phones. There are plenty of deals to be had; you just have to know a few tricks to get them.
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Save the inserts that come with your local newspaper, especially the Sunday editions. Note special sales, and cut coupons from the ad circulars.
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Some grocery stores have loyalty programs that give you access to additional coupons, either online or, in a more recent trend, through e-coupons that you can load onto your rewards card. When you swipe the card, the coupons automatically get credited to your total.
Check manufacturer's websites for coupons. You can also "Like" them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter to get even more savings. Consumer Reports recommends setting up a separate e-mail account for couponing to help minimize spamming.
Smart couponing tips
Stacking coupons is a great way to get a real steal. Look for sale items that you need. Then use a manufacturer's coupon and a store coupon on top of it. If the store doubles the coupon's value, that's even more savings.
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Kim Kardashian's rear is not the only thing that has been growing lately, so have suspicions! Sources tell Closer magazine the reality star is not as 'au naturale' as she may claim.
Kim Kardashian, 33, has gone to great lengths to prove to the world that she does not have butt implants. This may be true, but is the story the same for butt injections? "Kim hasn't had implants. She's had the fat from her tummy and thighs taken out by lipo, then injected into her bottom," a source tells Closer magazine. What do YOU think?
Kim Kardashian Butt Implants? — Has She Injected Fat Into Her Bottom?
Kim must have thought she squashed all talk of her altered behind when she got x-rays to prove she didn't have implants, but speculations have risen once again!
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Sure, scans can show that no implants are present, but that isn't at all proof that the famous booty is natural. It's possible that Kim may have had augmentation surgery that involves injecting fat taken from other parts of the body and injected it into her butt. Friends say that the new mom has always been obsessed with her backside, so could the allegations be true?
"She's always been obsessed with her bottom, and friends think she had a top-up treatment on it since giving birth," the source told the British magazine. "On a good day she loves her bum and boobs, but some days she wishes she was taller and slimmer."
Kim K's Butt Surgery
If Kim getting this treatment is true, she's definitely not alone in this plastic surgery trend. It's commonly called the "Brazilian Fill" or Buttock Augmentation, and it's becoming more common. Exotic dancers and everyday women alike are wanting to be slim yet curvaceous and are achieving it with this liposuction and injection procedure.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers?
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Once Gun-Shy, China Gains Deal-Making ConfidenceBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-02-05 Print
Emboldened by recent success and backed by
Beijing's deep pockets, an increasingly sophisticated China Inc is
poised to make bigger overseas acquisitions in its quest to secure
natural resources, technology and prestige.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Emboldened by recent success and backed by Beijing's deep pockets, an increasingly sophisticated China Inc is poised to make bigger overseas acquisitions in its quest to secure natural resources, technology and prestige.
State-run Chinalco's $14 billion swoop on Friday for a chunk of global miner Rio Tinto in China's largest foreign investment was funded by a state policy bank and underscores the ambition and financial might wielded by Beijing.
It affirms China's ability not only to identify deals, but to complete them -- something mainland firms have not always managed to pull off. Settling for minority stakes shows a recognition of political realities abroad and management limitations at home.
"The government has for several years had a policy called the 'go out' policy, in which Chinese companies are encouraged to do outbound M&A. Until now it's been more talk than action. Now you're finally starting to see real signs of activity," said Philip Partnow, managing director at UBS Securities in Beijing.
Outbound deals from China last year nearly doubled to $29.5 billion, according to Thomson Financial. The biggest was Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's US $5.6 billion investment in South Africa's Standard Bank.
"Clearly from a Chinese point of view, there is an appetite, an interest. I think Chinese companies after a number of years of strong performance have a lot of capital they can employ, and I think they have also become more skilled deal-makers," said Jonathan Zhu, managing director at U.S. buyout firm Bain Capital.
China's rising deal-making prowess stems from surging economic clout, increasing financial savvy, and hard lessons of the past.
Beijing has long been keen to buy abroad, but until last year its most noteworthy foray was its US$18.5 billion 2005 bid for U.S. oil producer Unocal, which was thwarted by political opposition.
Other failed deals include a bid by the parent of China Mobile for Millicom International Cellular. More recently, Australia's Nufarm Ltd ended talks for a US$2.7 billion sale to a group including China National Chemical Corp after the buyers were unable to make a formal offer.
"You try a few times, accumulate the experience so that you succeed the next time around. I think it really is a confluence of events that has led to more recent successes," said Bain's Zhu.
Chinalco's purchase of the Rio stake, backed with US$1.2 billion from U.S. peer Alcoa, shows China is an increasingly canny corporate player: the deal may thwart BHP Billiton's BHP.L bid for Rio, a tie-up that threatens to narrow China's choice of iron ore suppliers from three to two.
"There's an increased sophistication and awareness in terms of how to approach and execute on complicated cross-border transactions," said Colin Banfield, head of Asia ex-Japan M&A at Lehman Brothers, which represented Chinalco.
The Rio deal, financed by state-owned China Development Bank, is the latest to highlight the financial muscle at Beijing's disposal. In another deal, a government fund in December invested $5 billion in Wall Street's ailing Morgan Stanley.
While China's biggest companies are state-run, observers say Beijing tends to exercise its influence by setting strategic goals rather than picking acquisition targets. The companies have autonomy, but need government approval before making a deal.
Thus, it was Chinalco, not Baosteel as had been speculated, that wound up taking the stake in Rio.
China remains capable of the occasional clumsy maneuver.
Ping An Insurance, which last year invested US$2.7 billion in Dutch-Belgian financial firm Fortis, drew a rare rebuke on Monday from the People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party, for a planned $22 billion share sale that contributed to a market fall.
Ping An is believed to be building a war chest to make a big investment in a European player such as Prudential.
And China's timing is hardly infallible: its new US$200 billion sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corp, paid US$3 billion for a stake in U.S. buyout firm Blackstone Group ahead of its 2007 IPO.
Blackstone shares have since fallen 39 percent.
A key to China's recent M&A success has been its restraint: the biggest deals have been for minority stakes, which are more palatable overseas and easier for management to swallow.
"It's perceived to be safer to go in and buy only a part of the company rather than to try to buy the whole thing," Partnow said. "Chinese companies are concerned about the added execution risk of integrating and managing a large foreign acquisition."
The Rio deal stokes China's confidence after its loss of courage over Unocal, said Na Liu, strategist at Scotia Capital.
"With this initial success, we would not be surprised to see some Chinese state-owned enterprises begin to take a significant stake in Canadian, Australian, and American coal and oil and gas companies, without attempting an outright takeover," she wrote.
(Additional reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)
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Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel's lease on love is up.
The actors, who met as members of the original Broadway cast of Rent in 1995, have split up after nearly 14 years of marriage, E! News has confirmed.
"Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs have jointly decided to separate at this time," reps for the couple said in a statement. "Their primary focus and concern is for their son. We ask that you respect their privacy during this time."
Their son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, is 4. Diggs and Menzel tied the knot Jan. 11, 2003.
Menzel and Diggs costarred in the 2005 film adaptation of Rent, reprising their respective Broadway roles as saucy bisexual performance artist Maureen and yuppie landlord Benny.
People was first to report their separation.
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Sabrina: "My biggest accomplishment that I am most proud of is starting my company, Kick Rocks Enterprises; and joining with, Serenity Divine Productions, a company founded by my cousin, Channelle Primus.�
Our Model Of The Day
Where She's From: Beautiful Queens, New York-born model Sabrina Coulthurst traces her heritage to the Caribbean. She grew up in Dallas, Texas.
"The most important thing I learned is to never give up on anything you want, or feel you need to achieve, in life," she tells The Black Star News. "My cousin taught me that at a late age; but I am thankful for having that lesson taught to me."
Where She's At: "I am another step closer to becoming branded," she adds, of her modeling career. "I am currently working on several projects with Atlanta-based photographer, Robert Langford. I also want to expand the businesses, Kick Rocs Enterprises and Serenity Divine Productions, which my cousin and I own," she adds.
Sabrina is also in college and plans to complete her degree in International Business Management and Finance.
"My biggest accomplishment that I am most proud of is starting my company, Kick Rocks Enterprises; and joining with, Serenity Divine Productions, a company founded by my cousin, Channelle Primus," she continues. "These companies consist of consultation, logistic, and production departments."
"My biggest accomplishment in the modeling industry to date was doing a photo shoot with Akofavizions, owned by French director and photographer, Eric Samory. The promotional work I did with him ignited where I am at currently in the industry," Sabrina notes.
"Beauty only takes you so far in life. Physical features change for the better and for the worse. So you cannot always depend on looks," she adds. "With beauty it's said comes grace, but with brainpower comes wisdom. Beauty has me in this industry but my brainpower is what's helping me sustain in this industry."
So how does this young model prepare to step out?
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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual to perennial herb, ± branched
Leaves alternate; lower generally deeply 12-lobed, segments generally narrow; upper reduced
Inflorescence: heads discoid (sterile outer flowers sometimes ± ray-like); involucre cylindric to hemispheric; phyllaries many, graded, generally ± ovate, scarious-margined, tip appendages fringed to spiny; receptacle flat, long-bristly
Flowers: inner fruiting; anther bases tailed, tips oblong; style top minutely hairy, tips minutely branched
Fruit ± barrel-shaped, ± compressed, attached ± at side; pappus generally of stiff, unequal bristles or narrow scales
Species in genus: ± 500 species: especially Eurasia, n Africa (± 2 North America); some cultivated (waifs may including C. cineraria L., C. eriophora L., C. jacea L., C. moschata L., C. muricata L., C. salmantica L.)
Etymology: (Greek: ancient name)
Annual 110 dm, ± gray-hairy
Leaves resin-dotted, ± scabrous; lower 215 cm, entire to lobed, generally 0 at flower; cauline long-decurrent
Inflorescence: heads 1few; involucre 1015 mm, ovoid, ± cobwebby or becoming glabrous; main phyllaries ± straw-colored, appendage purplish, base spine-fringed, central spine 510 mm, slender
Flowers many; corollas 1012 mm, ± equal, yellow, sterile corollas slender
Fruit ± 2.5 mm, ± light brown, finely hairy; pappus bristles 2.53 mm, white
Chromosomes: 2n=18,24,36
Ecology: Disturbed fields, open woods
Elevation: < 2200 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, Desert (uncommon)
Distribution outside California: native to s Europe
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I am wrist deep in raw eggs and ground turkey, basil, rosemary and thyme. The peach-colored meat squishes through my fingers as I mix it with the homemade breadcrumbs I just pulverized out of gluten-free pretzels. It's 1:30 in the afternoon and I am standing in my stinky morning workout clothes making turkey meatballs for dinner.
I am telling you this because I do not like to cook. I do not enjoy the thinking up of a meal, the shopping for and prepping. I do not like managing the timeline of dinner, serving up various dishes nice and hot. I do not like begging my kids to please come to the table, not in a minute, but now. The day-long journey into dinner distracts me, pulling me away from a million other more important, more interesting, more pressing thoughts, endeavors and pursuits. It's that annoying fly that won't go away no matter how many times I swat at it.
Except somehow, today, it isn't.
It's been five days since the car accident.* For five days I've been moving in slo-mo, early to bed, waking groggy, a little headachy. For five days I've sobbed uncontrollably alone at the kitchen table and wept silently on the way to the bathroom. I've hugged each of my girls tightly and for too long, making them wonder what's going on as I breathe into their long, clean-smelling hair. I've said "yes" instead of "maybe" and "just a minute" and "we'll see." I've leaned in to my husband's broad chest and remembered all the good things he is. I've cancelled lunch plans and doctor's appointments and stopped myself from filling up next week's calendar and the next.
In this slowing down, I've thought a lot about my uncle. Two months ago, he found out that he has pancreatic cancer. I visited with him and my aunt last week – a beautiful visit on a sunny southern California day. I'd meant to fly down and take care of them – run errands, cook a meal, crack a few jokes – but they ended up taking care of me. They took me to Descanso Gardens, where we marveled at the blooming camellias, drank in tulips of every shade from claret to canary. Lilacs scented the air with their delicate perfume. I fingered blades of foreign, pink-striped grasses, wracked my brain for the name of a certain purple flowering plant (lupine) and inhaled a fresh arugula salad at the café.
Back at their house we ate some more because that's what people do when life is thrown into stark relief and the line is drawn between the possible and the impossible. We eat for comfort and comradery, but most of all we eat for the power and courage to cross that line. Right now, for my uncle it's difficult to eat, so we did it for him: bacon and maple flavored potato chips and Garden Salsa Sun Chips, chocolate chip cookies and Snickers bars, hummus and Israeli salads, baked chicken and baguette. Vodka tonics.
My aunt, who is caring and asking, advocating and scheduling, doling out meds and keeping us all in the loop, is an amazing, vibrant force. "This is my job," she said, not with resentment or resignation, not with feigned enthusiasm or heavy-duty sadness. She said this as if it were her next logical assignment, because it is. This is the life she is living.
For five days now I've been thinking about the life I am living. What is my job, here, now? For so long I've gently refused to settle in to this life all the way, as though it's some kind of way station to my real life, the one where cooking dinner, worrying about screen time and filling out camp forms doesn't define me. The one where I have oodles of time to write and my thoughts aren't stopped in their tracks by interrupting children and a vomit-prone dog, high-flying hormones and myriad must-dos.
I often feel as though I should be doing something else but life gets in the way. Really? Isn't it the other way around? Shouldn't life – caring, feeding, eating, listening, loving, saying "yes" – be what I'm doing and the rest of it be nonessential, hopefully pleasurable, add-ons? For today, my job is making turkey meatballs for dinner in the middle of the afternoon. Cooking for the people I love is not the worst job in the world. I'm not saying I'm applying for a full time position, just that in this moment, I am living my life, determined to cross over the line and into the possible.
*Neither I nor the other driver was hurt. Just a bit shaken up.
This is a Finish the Sentence Friday post where writers share their versions of a completed sentence. This week's prompt is, "The things I've seen this morning…" and is hosted by Kristi of Finding Ninee and co-hosted by Leanne Russell. One of the first things I saw yesterday morning, even before drinking my coffee, was two pounds of ground turkey in the fridge. The rest is history.


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China points to suicide blast in Urumqi attack
URUMQI, China (AP) — Chinese authorities say two religious extremists carried out a terror attack at a train station in far-western Xinjiang region by detonating explosives, in an apparent suicide bombing that also killed one other person and wounded 79.
The official website for Xinjiang's regional government said Thursday that police identified two suspects with a history of religious extremism, including a 39-year-old man from southern Xinjiang.
It did not explicitly call Wednesday's attack in the regional capital of Urumqi a suicide bombing, but said the two men detonated explosives at a train station exit and both died on the spot.
It was the third high-profile attack in seven months blamed on Xinjiang extremists that targeted civilians, in a departure from a previous pattern of primarily targeting authorities in the long-simmering insurgency.


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Killzone 2 Demo Debuts Thursday
Though the North American demo will be limited to those that pre-ordered the game from GameStop, the European demo will be available to the public, presumably including those in North America that make a European PlayStation Store account.
The demo will contain a tutorial, as well as two parts of the game's first stage, Sony Computer Entertainment informed Joystiq alongside confirmation of the release.
For those that in North America don't feel like dealing with the hassle of creating another PlayStation Store account, the North American PlayStation Store will provide public access to the demo on February 26, one day before the shooter lands in stores.
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#7 from 2013: A New Kind of Female Superhero: Burka Avenger
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Have you heard of a new superheroine called "Burka Avenger"? Burka Avenger is a new animated series for kids in Pakistan. Burka Avenger fights corrupt politicians and Taliban-look-a-like thugs who try to shut down a girl's school in a village. She is fully trained in martial arts and uses pens and books to fight the bad guys. During the day, her alter-ego Jiya is a teacher at an all-girls school. All in all, she represents a female vanguard of girl's education. So why would there be any criticisms coming from certain feminists circles in Pakistan? Her burka.
To hide her identity, she wears a flowing black burka to fight the bad guys. Those who have issues with it say Burka is a sign of oppression and cannot be used to empower women. Some also say that it sends a wrong message by implying a woman can only be successful if she is invisible.


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Brain food: How to 'trick' kids into eating healthy
When Christine Palumbo served food to her kids, she conveniently forgot to mention that it was healthy. She simply told them how delicious it would be -- even before they got to taste it.
If she announced that their plate was a nutritious concoction containing fish oil, iron and antioxidants that help boost their brain power and reduce the risk of chronic disease, they'd probably give her a funny look and lose their appetite.
"Don't remind your child that the food is healthy," says Palumbo of Naperville. "Kids don't care if it's good for them. They just want to know if it's going to taste good."
Palumbo, a registered dietitian-nutritionist and a 20-year faculty member at Benedictine University in Lisle where she teaches about nutrition, has developed a few techniques to make youngsters eat healthy -- and even enjoy it. Her children, now adults, have grown into relatively healthy eaters, she says.
One of her techniques is to avoid advertising the healthy contents on their plate. If the plate contains blueberries that happen to be rich in antioxidants, she'd say something like "look how crunchy these blueberries are." Another technique is the "no, thank you" rule. If a child doesn't like to eat broccoli, serve it anyway. But insist that at least two bites be taken before your child is allowed a "no, thank you" pass, she says. Hopefully, repeating this process frequently will produce positive results.
"Over time, in most cases, they will become more accustomed to the food" and more likely to eat more of it, she says.
For children who are afraid of trying new foods, called "food neophobia," Palumbo suggests the following trick. Tell them: "You have to taste it, but you don't have to swallow it," she says. The same principal applies -- over time, they're more likely to start eating it.
Forbidden fruit
It's fattening. It can cause heart disease and diabetes. In great quantities, junk food is a health hazard. But those naughty foods for which Americans pay billions of dollars each year have at least one positive attribute -- they taste good.
Trying to cut all junk food from your child's diet could have a negative effect, says Palumbo.
"If you never serve them junk food, it's going to become the forbidden fruit and the kids will sneak it behind your back," she says. "Every once in a while, it's a great idea."
Nancy Rodriguez, a registered dietitian and instructor at Harper College in Palatine, agrees.
"If you say no to something, they'll just want it more," says Rodriguez, who teaches "fundamentals of nutrition" at Harper.
Both dietitians believe that a small amount of junk food in a child's diet is not a terrible idea. At the same time, they encourage parents to sneak a healthy item into a junk food basket. For example, Rodriguez will occasionally buy a few hamburgers for her children at their favorite fast food restaurant -- but without the fries. She'll take it home for them and serve it with a side of veggies.
Another popular fast-food item that many kids beg their parents to buy is pizza. Rodriguez suggests insisting that your children eat a salad beforehand. That way, their tummies will have less room for large amounts of pizza and they'll still eat something nutritious.
She's also found ways to camouflage nutritious items into other foods that her children enjoy.
"Vegetables they are not fond of," Rodriguez says. "But I sneak vegetables into a pasta dish." (Hint: sauté veggies and add them into a marinara sauce).
Veggies, which help "fuel" the brain, can be concealed in a variety of dishes, she says. Try sneaking them into chili or a crock pot dish. Even if the recipe doesn't call for it, adding a few select veggies into a crock pot containing beef, chicken or pork generally won't hurt its taste.
For children with a sweet tooth, try offering natural alternatives to sugar-packed snacks. If made with real fruit, a smoothie is a healthy snack that tastes good. Strawberries, which are rich in antioxidants that help reduce the risk of chronic disease, topped with whipped cream can make a palpable dessert, says Rodriguez. In the morning, she suggests serving your child a toasted peanut butter sandwich drizzled with honey as a substitute for a Pop Tart.
"The Pop Tart is loaded with sugar. It's like drinking pop. You get a burst of energy and then you come crashing down," she says. "The peanut butter toast and honey has protein and fat and gives you a longer feeling of satiety."
Junior chefs
Many culinary aficionados believe that involving children in food preparation can serve as a vehicle for healthier eating. Kids are more likely to try unfamiliar foods, including certain fruits and vegetables, when they take part in the cooking process, says Sarah Stegner, a two-time James Beard award-winning chef and co-owner of Prairie Grass Café in Northbrook.
"If you can involve your kids, it makes a huge difference," she says.
It could be as simple as asking your child to help make dinner by gathering produce from your home garden, she says. If you don't have a garden, take them grocery shopping with you. Allowing children to have some form of control over what they eat and how it's prepared will make them want to eat the final product much more than if you made it alone.
There are many recipes that can be made with children in mind. One of Stegner's favorites, which she likes to make with her daughter, is veggies rolls with a sweet soy dipping sauce (see recipe).
"If I made it (alone), she wouldn't have wanted it," says Stegner, who is also one of the founding members of the "Healthy Fare for Kids" initiative, a grass-roots campaign in the Chicago area that asks restaurants to offer healthier food for children on their menus.
So far, the campaign has roughly 30 participating restaurants. In her restaurant, Stegner offers children a variety of healthy food alternatives, like a whitefish filet dusted in flour, pepper and sautéed golden brown with a side of season vegetables like carrots and broccoli. She was surprised how popular this dish became when she began offering it.
"That goes along with my theory that if you put good food in front of kids, they will eat it," she says.
In addition, she applies the same "junior chef" concept in her restaurant as she does at home. On Fridays, her restaurant hosts a "make-your-own-kids-pizza" program. Children can help make their own pizza by placing their choice of toppings on it before it goes into the oven. Stegner says that when left to their own devices, children have been known to make veggie-packed pizzas.
Tips for parents
Nancy Rodriguez, registered dietitian and instructor at Harper College in Palatine, suggests compromising with your kids when it comes to food. If your kids demand junk food, here's how to dress it up to make it healthier. Remember, moderation is key.
Pizza: If you serve pizza, make them eat a salad first (they'll have less room for pizza). Make sure the pizza has plenty of veggies on it.
Hamburgers: Buy them a hamburger at their favorite fast-food restaurant. But instead of fries, serve the hamburger with a side of veggies.
Desserts: Instead of sugar-packed snacks, offer your children a naturally sweet alternative like strawberries (rich in antioxidants) with whipped cream or bananas drizzled with chocolate syrup.
Snacks: If you're kids are tired of real fruit, offer them dried or canned fruit for a snack. Dried fruit is higher in sugar than regular fruit, but it's better than cookies. Canned fruit may not be as nutritious as the real thing, but your kids are more likely to eat it and it's more nutritious than sugary snacks.
Compounds with brain power
Fish oil: May help improve academic scores.
Carbohydrates: "Fuel" for the brain.
Iron: Low iron levels affect concentration.
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One of the Internet's most popular webcams is back live with a new litter of puppies based right here in the Bay Area.
The Shiba Inu Puppy Cam, which has garnered more than 26.5 million views, began in late 2008.
The puppies are in San Francisco, but that doesn't matter to the millions who log in to watch them.
The entire web watched the first litter, overcome with cuteness. Eventually though, the A-Team (Autumn, Ayumi, Amaya, Aki, Akoni and Ando) grew up and were adopted.
Then in 2010, the B-Team arrived. Same story. Bella, Beni-Bara, Bonsai, Bento and Byakko grew up and were adopted, leaving us Shiba-less once again.
We may have found some diversions in the meantime, but we longed for our first love, the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam.
The longing is over.
"The Shiba Inu Puppy Cam is back with a whole new cast of cuddly furry cuteness. Please join us in welcoming the C Team!! Everyone together now, 'Awwwwwwww....'" wrote Ustream on its Facebook page.
This litter was born April 14.
The C Team names all begin with the letter "c". In birth order they are: Chozen, aka "Zen" (boy); Chame (boy); Chisaki, aka "Saki" (girl); Charlotte (girl); Chiyoko, aka "Yo-Yo" (girl); and Chikara (boy).
Users can watch the live feed here. And you better watch now, the San Francisco couple says this is the last litter for Shiba Inu mom Kika.


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The winner of the Car of the Year Japan is Toyota RAV4
Volkswagen decided to publish the first teaser video about the new compact SUV.
Audi took up tests on public roads in Sweden in a restyled compact Q2 SUV.
Tesla has patented previously unused technology.
The Hyundai factory employees declassified the design of the front and rear bodies and interior of the car.
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Kevin Bacon just found another reason to be irrelevant -- just in case anyone but Kyra Sedgwick cares.
The actor can thank Facebook for eliminating the six degrees of Kevin Bacon theory. Now the Palo Alto-based social network has deleted two degrees to connect you with anyone else in the world.
A new study by Facebook says that the average person needs just 4.74 "hops" to get to connect with anyone else in the world.
And the number is shrinking.
In 2008, it took 5.28 degrees of separation to connect any two people in the world together. But more and more users on Facebook has shrunk the circle -- don't tell Google.
Facebook worked with researchers at the Università degli Studi di Milano in Italy to examine all 721 million of its active users.
The study comprised about 10 percent of the world's population. friendships.