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By Kirpal Singh Khalsa, Ph.D.
Reposted from http://espanolaashram.com
The Yogi (Yogi Bhajan) once recommended I start a diet of blended yogurt drinks. He specifically instructed that I incubate the yogurt an extra 24 hours. He called it sour yogurt. I was to blend it with various fruits, including figs and prunes. I asked if I could add some honey to the concoction. He looked at me and said, "Sugar is a poison to your body." At the time I thought he was exaggerating to make a point. Since then I have found that numerous researchers into the health risks of sugar refer to it as a poison. How can something that tastes so good be so bad?
The serious offenders in the world of sugars are the highly processed simple sugars such as fructose, glucose, sucrose, dextrose and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). They have no nutritional value, no fiber and actually rob your body of essential minerals. But our discussion will also include other sugar based sweeteners such raw sugar, honey, agave syrup, maple syrup and molasses. At least these sweeteners are less concentrated than the highly processed chemical sugars so they are absorbed into the blood more slowly and they do have some nutritional value. But over indulgence of any of these sugars will have long term serious negative consequences to your health.
In the words of Yogi Bhajan, "Anything which you eat in your life which turns into a quick sugar is a death note to you. It doesn't matter what: fructose, sucrose, honey, it doesn't matter at all. It doesn't matter what you are eating, anything you are directly eating as a sugar and it hits your bloodstream... your liver cannot take it." (11/17/89) As we shall see in this article, the liver is just one of the body systems that are compromised by overindulgence in sugar.
The single largest source of calories for Americans comes from sugar, especially from HFCS. Our consumption of sugar has increased from a teaspoon a day during in the seventeenth century to more than a half pound a day in 2009. Indeed, that year the average American consumed one hundred and eighty pounds of sugar. That is enough to make you sick.
Where Has All the Sugar Gone?
Where does it all come from? It's in your soft drinks, fruit juices, sports drinks, and hidden in almost all processed foods—from ketchup to pretzels to soups and cheese spread. We pour it on our breakfast food, mix it into our tea and coffee, it even hides in diet foods. Most infant formula has the sugar equivalent of one can of Coca-Cola. Our babies are being metabolically compromised from day one if taking formula.
So where does all of this sugar go? It is stored in your body as fat, in your thighs, your belly, in your cheeks and your bottom. No wonder there is an obesity epidemic in this country. The dramatic increase in obesity over the past thirty years can be directly correlated to the switch from sucrose to HFCS as the preferred industry standard for sweetener.
HFCS tricks your body into gaining weight by fooling your metabolism—it turns off your body's appetite-control system. It does not turn off your hunger hormone and does not stimulate the satiety hormone. The result is you eat more and develop insulin resistance. You can now see why fructose is the number one contributing factor to the current obesity epidemic.
Fructose rapidly leads to weight gain and abdominal obesity ("beer belly"), decreased HDL, increased LDL, elevated triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and high blood pressure—i.e., classic metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
Today more than 25 million Americans have diabetes. By 2050 it is expected that more than 100 million will have the disease. Among adults, diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness, kidney failure, and amputations of feet and legs not related to accidents or injury. Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death listed on U.S. death certificates in 2007. A person with diabetes has a shorter life expectancy and about twice the risk of dying on any given day as a person of similar age without diabetes.
The Sugar Habit Starts Early
As I mentioned earlier HFCS is used to sweeten baby formula and baby foods. Before they are one year old many babies are already addicted to sugar. Then parents commonly use sugar as a reward system. The Yogi says, "And that is the heaviest handicap in the childhood, "Ooh, baby, don't cry. Here it is!" And you put something in his mouth." (11/17/89) How often have we seen children who are picky eaters? They don't like vegetables, won't eat many foods, but give them a bowl of Frosted Flakes and they devour it.
My father rationalized the high sugar content of the diet he approved for me and my brothers and sisters by saying that kids run it off. Perhaps he had a point. In the 1950s and 60s we played outside everyday even in the rain. We rode our bicycles everywhere, played all sorts of sports and never stopped running around. Our neighborhood was safe and my parents did not allow us to watch TV on week days.
Things are different today. Many children today do not live in safe environments where they can just go out and play. Instead they stay home and watch TV, play video games or communicate through social networking. Plus, the physical education programs in many schools have been curtailed. Another difference is that the sugar we ate as kids was sucrose, common table sugar. The pervasive use of HFCS had not started. Today kids can stuff themselves with HFCS rich foods and still want more. It is no wonder that childhood obesity, a term we had never heard of when I was growing up, is at epidemic levels.
Sugar is Addictive
The use of HFCS in children's foods corresponds to other common childhood health problems. Studies have identified sugar as a possible cause of a rapid rise of hyperactivity or HDAD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Sugar is also associated with a rise in anxiety, adrenaline, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children. Once a kid is addicted, it is a difficult habit to break. Better to be aware from the start and not allow sugar to be part of your child's diet.
Let's not fool ourselves, sugar is addictive. Drugs such as heroin and meth stimulate pleasure centers in the brain and release the neurotransmitter dopamine, the brain's reward system. Sugar stimulates the same area and the same neurotransmitters. With prolonged use of drugs a dependency develops and increased amounts are required to stimulate the desired reward. So, too, does sugar require increasing amounts for the desired sense of satisfaction. Sugar addiction is a recognized medical condition and may be at the root of many food addictions.
The following lists some additional health risks associated with sugar. They were found in Appleton N. Lick the Sugar Habit (1996) Avery, 2nd Ed. 272 pp. Nancy Appleton's extensive list came from a vast number of medical journals and other scientific publications.
•Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease.
•Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
•Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.
•Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.
•Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach.
•Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.
•Sugar can weaken eyesight.
•Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
•Sugar can cause premature aging. In fact, the single most factor that accelerates aging is insulin, which is triggered by sugar.
•Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, leading to tooth decay and periodontal disease.
•Sugar can cause depression.
Other common health problems in which over indulgence of sugar may play a role include Candida infection, arthritis, canker sores, osteoporosis, chronic headaches, asthma, chronic constipation and gall stones. The list goes on and on. It should now be crystal clear to you just how damaging this poison is. You simply cannot achieve your highest degree of health and vitality if you are consuming a significant amount of it.
The Yogic Diet does not completely eliminate sugar from the diet. But it limits it to the occasional use of complicated sugars such as honey or maple syrup. To break a sugar addiction, try the Yogi's diet of fruits, nuts and vegetables for forty days. Include supplements such as Vitamin B Complex plus minerals to strengthen the liver. You will be amazed. Fortunately, your body has the ability to heal itself when given the basic nutrition it needs, and your liver has an incredible capacity to regenerate. If you start making changes today, your health WILL begin to improve, returning you to the state of vitality that nature intended.
Kirpal Singh Khalsa served as director of Guru Ram Das Ashram, Boulder, from 1972 – 1992. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado and taught in the Sociology Department from 1980 to 1992. From 1992 – 2003 he served as Academic Director for Sikh Dharma Education International and helped found Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar, India. He currently lives with the Sikh community in Espanola, NM.


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1. Stay calm.
2. Keep your voice down; tone compassionate.
3. Convey quiet strength and confidence.
4. Try not to look harassed and like you've lost control.
5. Do nothing to condone or condemn the behaviour; be neutral.
6. Do not reject the child by thought, word, or deed.
8. Hunker down to your child's level; be as little a threat as you can be during the tantrum.
9. Do not argue, reason with, or give ultimatums; just remain calm.
10. Do not spout mindless directives (For instance; "You're not making me happy!").
11. Do not appear to be against the child or treat her like an enemy.
12. Make sure your body language is non-threatening and sympathetic.
13. Do not threaten with dire consequences, bogey man, or Voldemort.
14. Note the triggering event, factor, or set of circumstances and make amends so it does not happen again.
15. Some reasons could be a growth spurt, new tooth, immunisation shots or other natural causes.
16. New experiences such as day care, new sibling, moving house, long trips, hospital visits, family get-togethers, end of family get-togethers may also upset young children.
17. Holiday season madness when adults show unpredictable behaviour.
19. Compromise; pick your battles; don't get finicky with your toddler's behaviour and come down on her for the little stuff.
20. Give her space by giving time instead of deadlines to work her way out of a tantrum episode.
21. Do not blame your toddler for ruining your shopping, or day, or life.
22. Be patient like the rock that lets the wave dash on it.
23. Allow the child to feel safe even amidst a tantrum.
24. Do not appear to withdraw your love; this will further traumatise her.
25. Build trust by not attacking.
26. Prevent tantrums in the first place by avoiding trigger events such as shopping during his nap times; leaving trigger objects such as cell phones within reach and then grabbing it when he picks it up; piling his plate with stuff you know he detests instead of introducing it stealthily or giving him options.
27. The child is most vulnerable amid a tantrum and needs love more then than when they are serene and lovable.
28. Try to understand the cause; communicate to your child that you're trying your best to do so.
29. The child may be soothed somewhat if she thinks you're genuinely trying to help.
30. If you can't find a reason just know that there still is a reason to this madness even if you are unable to find one at that point. Explore other scientific causes for your toddler's tantrums.
32. Check for emotional issues. Has the child's routines been disrupted to accommodate your errands? A tantrum is the child's way of reacting to it.
33. How many times a day do you say, "No!" to your toddler? If you do that a lot, try to balance the negative with positives.
34. Do not let the reaction of others bother you and cause you to act irrationally.
35. People are going to be giving well-meant advice on how to deal with tantrums, but they don't know your children as well as you do. Go with your gut feeling and not by prevailing wisdom.
36. People may not like a screaming child; they like a strident adult even less. Keep your composure.
37. Show genuine concern and communicate to him that you really want to help.
38. Convey your helplessness (of snatching the other kid's toy and presenting it to him because it's not right) and commiserate appropriately. He should understand that the reason you're not doing it is because it's not the right thing to do; it is not your way of taking revenge on him for throwing a tantrum.
39. Offer alternatives.
40. Distract.
41. Understand that tantrums usually cannot be cut short; it has to run its course.
42. Bringing it up later may not be a good idea because the child may not have a clear recollection of it; kids live in the present; kids have no adult logic.
43. Toddlers do not understand the concept of delayed gratification; which is why they want something right away and refuse to understand why not. She has to learn it the hard way when her tantrum does not make like magic and get her what she wants. Be aware of what she's going through and remain empathic. It's like you wanting the latest Samsung phone right away but a higher power says, "Nope, you've got to wait until next year!"
44. Don't expect the child to manage his tantrum.
45. A toddler tantrum is a form of self-expression although an extreme version.
46. Examine patterns of your own and your spouse's behaviour and how you express frustration, anger, loss, and sadness.
47. Is there something in your relationship that makes your child anxious?
48. A toddler has no sense of responsibility and cannot be held responsible for the tantrum. It's like catching a cold when the conditions are right to catch a cold; the kid is not responsible for catching a cold bug.
49. But parents have the responsibility to evaluate, find cause, and make relevant changes.
50. Or understand the repercussions.
51. Making him feel guilty can cause harm to his emotional development; his system is not ready for a guilt complex.
52. A tantrum is not necessarily misbehaviour to begin with, although in time it can become so.
53. Among siblings, one may throw tantrums while the other may not. Do not compare the two as this will lead to the good guy/ bad guy categorisation and promote sibling rivalry. This actually gives him negative reinforcement; "I'm the 'bad guy', it is okay for me to act out."
54. Kids unconsciously act out to fulfil your expectations, even negative ones. So do not discuss his tantrum behaviour when he is present.
55. Kids are different and have different personalities even within the same family. Childrearing has to suit the personality; it is not a case of one pattern fits all.
56. Do not label. Do not talk about the tantrum thrower as 'problem child' or 'little demon' etc. this may cause him to feel different and a 'freak'.
57. Some kids pick up cues from other kids' behaviour; possibly other kids at day-care or at a play group or from cousins at a family gathering, and even from cartoons and movies. If you're sure this is where it's coming from, explain gently why this is not nice, praise his earlier behaviour, and encourage him to go back to that.
58. Reward good behaviour, highlight and offer positive reinforcement rather than always bringing up what needs to be fixed. Don't wait for bad behaviour before you go scrambling to find something to reward; do it from day one. This is how you program your child to be good. Once he has this record, he'll want to maintain it.
59. Keep in touch with teachers, day care staff, coaches, instructors to find if he acts up outside the home. Also whether he has issues with bullying—as victim or perpetrator.
60. Do not leave the child alone during a tantrum, or locked up in the car, or in his room. Do not walk away from your child when she is having a tantrum in a public place. Be there.
61. This can create fears of abandonment which may compound their fears and frustrations.
62. As it subsides, hold her close and ask her if she feels better. Most kids seek out the presence of their parent once the melt down subsides. Do not reject their reaching out.
63. Remove him from the environment and help him settle down.
64. Once he has regained his composure and is smiling again, match your mood to his. Don't remain sulking when he is all happy and sunny.
65. Do not act like the long-suffering victim in order to make her feel like a villain.
66. At the end of it all, don't treat your child like a parole violator. A post mortem of the proceedings is not necessarily understood by a very young child.
67. If you have to bring it up, put the incident in a story. How Bunny threw a tantrum and upset all the other bunnies. Discuss Bunny's situation with her; ask her why Bunny got upset in the first place.
68. Get in touch with your inner child and put yourself in his place.
69. Align yourself firmly on the side of the child and tell her to let you know the next time she feels this way so you can both avoid this happening.
71. Do not counter the tantrum with smart comebacks or witticisms to make her feel stupid.
72. Do not shame your child publicly by pointing to other people and how they might by laughing at her behaviour. She'll grow up with low self-esteem and always have the feeling of being judged by others.
73. Validate her feelings of frustration, discomfort, being overwhelmed, fear, and powerlessness.
74. Tell her you understand but there is a better way to deal with it.
75. Make a secret code, such as "I'm upset". Ask her to use this the next time she feels low. She'll be happy to have a secret pact with you.
76. Yet another secret code is a special name you have for her when she has no choice but listen and obey. For instance, Katelyn could be Katie honey, sweetie, angel, princess and so on when she is nice, but a firm "Kate!" when she misbehaves.
77. Ignoring a tantrum believing that it will make it go away will only serve to make matters worse, especially if the tantrum was caused by a feeling of not being attended to in the first place. This is a form of passive-aggressive stance found in adult confrontations.
78. A genuinely sensitive child will be devastated by this reaction. Be aware of your child's true basic nature before you react to her behaviour.
79. Treat the issue as important even if it is the most ridiculous thing you've heard in your entire life. You are teaching your child the importance of validating the feelings of others.
80. Consistent eye contact, smiles, and conversation assures your young child that he is a part of your world and not outside it. This helps form bonds of attachment that go so far as to enable healthy relationships as adults.
81. Some kids act out if they are strapped to a pram or a car seat for lengthy periods of time and are deprived of regular human contact in the form of hugs and cuddles. Kids flourish on physical contact and fail to thrive when denied it. They may feel deprived and act out in frustration.
82. A feeling that he has to compete and try very hard to win your attention will fashion him into a whiny, strident, and annoying kid who will go to any length to get you to pay attention. As he gets older, his attention-grabbing gimmicks will get out of hand and veer towards bullying, self-harm, and criminal activity.
83. Once the tantrum episode is done with and the child is settled, get life back to normal and resume your day-to-day activities. Do not treat the child as if he is an invalid who needs extra attention and mollycoddling; this may program him to hit the tantrum button to get some quality attention from you. Instead give him the extra special treatment when he is in his best behaviour in order to encourage more of that.
84. How do you react when frustrated? Are you sending cues with your own behaviour?
85. Sometimes you have to give in and it's not a loss. For instance, if your toddler acts out because he does not want to share his toys, do not make him out to be an ogre. Respect his decision. Socialisation skills will kick in when he is older. How happy would you be if someone takes a shine to your iPad and decides she wants it?
86. Give the kid a break now and then. Don't be on her case the entire day monitoring her every word and deed. She does not have to be on her best behaviour 24X7.
87. Kids only know what they want and when they want it; which is right now.
88. Toddlers are not capable of rationalising and counter arguing; they can only say, "Why?" and not really understand your adult explanation, which is why they keep repeating, "Why?"
89. Toddlers are not capable of figuring out the best option.
90. Toddlers are not capable of coming to a decision, prioritising, or bargaining.
91. Toddlers are not capable of shrewdness in order to get something or make something happen.
92. Toddlers do not know the idea of postponement.
93. Toddlers do not plan for the future. So when they throw a tantrum, it's not a pre-meditated plan to make you suffer.
94. Toddlers do not know about "deserving" something.
96. The best way to encourage good behaviour is to treat them with hugs, happiness, and goodies when they are good on their own accord without your instructions or pleas.
97. Treats need not be sugary stuff; it can be a good block of uninterrupted quality time, impromptu story or song, cooking together, or gardening, or whatever you both enjoy.
99. Be reasonable and realistic and deal with tantrums on a case by case basis rather than one set of rules to fit all temper episodes. When you decree Time Out for all tantrum behaviour, you're not interested in finding out the root cause of what's distressing your child. You have confined your role to that of a mere disciplinarian when the situation calls for a loving, understanding, and caring parent.
100. Like all things in life, this too shall pass; your toddler will soon be replaced by a weird teenager; so enjoy her while you're still able to pick her up and hug her tight.
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In Landau and Lifshitz's Stat Mech Volume I is the comment:
However, despite this symmetry, quantum mechanics does in fact involve an important non-equivalence of the two directions of time. This appears in connection with the interaction of a quantum object with a system which with sufficient accuracy obeys the laws of classical mechanics, a process of fundamental significance in quantum mechanics. If two interactions A and B with a given quantum object occur in succession, then the statement that the probability of any particular result of process B is determined by the result of process A can be valid only if process A occurred earlier than process B?
Thus in quantum mechanics there is a physical non-equivalence of the two directions of time, and theoretically the law of increase of entropy might be its macroscopic expression. In that case, there must exist an inequality involving the quantum constant $\hbar$ which ensures the validity of this law and is satisfied in the real world. Up to the present, however, no such relation has been at all convincingly shown to exist.
Has there been such convincing work relating the direction of time and $\hbar$ since these comments were first made (somewhere between 1937 and 1975 by the dates in the prefaces)?


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The bid to have Father Nelson H. Baker become a Catholic saint won't come cheap, and the local parish pushing for his canonization has started appealing for financial aid to make it a reality.
Our Lady of Victory Basilica is seeking $250,000 to help cover costs associated with the pursuit of sainthood for the revered Lackawanna priest, who was known as "Padre of the Poor" for his broad charitable work.
And while parishioners and friends of the parish are expected to make the bulk of those contributions, a recent grant from the Foundation for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has expanded the appeal to Catholics throughout Western New York.
The $25,000 grant from the foundation comes with the stipulation that Our Lady of Victory raises an additional $25,000 on its own to receive the grant money.
"The foundation serves to help support Catholic efforts within the Diocese of Buffalo, and we felt that sainthood of Nelson Baker would really help people identify with their Catholic roots and remain loyal as practicing Catholics," said Richard C. Suchan, executive director of the foundation.
A canonization effort has been under way since 1987, and it reached a new level at the Vatican in 2011, when Baker was elevated to "venerable" status.
Only a Vatican-certified miracle now separates him from beatification, with the title of "blessed." A second miracle would propel him to sainthood.
Nonetheless, aside from the occasional Pope John Paul II, most candidates' paths to sainthood take decades, and the costs associated with what is known as "promoting the cause" can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There are legal fees and travel expenses and honorariums for doctors studying miracle cases, as well as the costs of translators, printing and the beatification and canonization ceremonies.
The average annual cost for the Baker cause is around $40,000 to $45,000, said Monsignor Paul J.E. Burkard, pastor of OLV.
Most of that is to retain a canon lawyer who serves in Rome as "postulator" – preparing and submitting all of the required documentation needed by various Vatican committees studying a candidate for sainthood.
OLV parish has actively solicited parishioners and friends to make donations as part of a capital campaign to raise $2 million. The parish so far has raised $1.5 million.
Most of the $2 million will be used for renovations and repairs to 16 stained-glass windows in the basilica's large dome, as well as plaster work inside the dome – all slated to begin in September 2014.
And $250,000 of the capital campaign was being set aside for Baker's canonization.
A potential miracle in 2001 as a result of Baker's intercession is currently being considered at the Vatican.
Burkard declined to elaborate on the recipient of the possible miracle. He wouldn't reveal whether it is a man or woman or the person's age or medical condition.
"No. No. No. Sorry about that," he said.
Burkard said everyone involved in the process takes an oath of secrecy.
"It's trying to keep the pressure off everyone involved in it until there's a final determination," he said.
The case was first presented to the Vatican in 2006. A panel of Italian physicians determined in 2011 that a cure in the case could not be explained in medical terms, then forwarded it to a second panel of seven doctors for further review.
That panel, which is examining some 1,100 pages of technical medical information, occasionally has made inquiries with doctors in the U.S. who are familiar with the case, said Burkard.
"It's the technical filling-in of the information they need," he said.
Burkard speculated that the process might have slowed somewhat because of intense focus at the Vatican on highly publicized canonization efforts for two popes, Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II.
"A lot of the energy of those people has to go into that," he said.
But Burkard said he doesn't know for certain where things stand.
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They say you only have one chance to make a first impression.
Michael Aldo did just that. A wide-eyed first-year safety in 2008,
he knew he probably wasn't going to be a starter. His role was most
likely on special teams, but that didn't matter. He just wanted to
get noticed. He just wanted make a play.
Seeing an Eph tailback running a toss to his right during a preseason scrimmage in Williamstown, it was Aldo's moment. He rotated to the deep middle and saw an opening. Coming straight downhill, only one thought came to mind: See what the running back sees and plug it where it leads. Barreling into the oncoming Williams player, Aldo made sure the collision caught the Amherst coaching staff's attention.
"I remember seeing him running the alley," says head coach E.J. Mills. "He made a tackle that we still talk about. It was one of the best form tackles I've ever seen in my 25 years of coaching."
Back in Williamstown for the junior varsity game the Sunday after the Jeffs' 2008 season opener against Hamilton, Aldo once again tried to make a play. But finding himself in a pile of players, he felt something happen to his hand. Toughing it out for the rest of the series, he eventually made his way to the sideline. His finger was dangling. The trainers took one look at it and knew - it was broken.
Playing football since he was eight, this was the first time Aldo had ever gotten hurt. It was frustrating, but he wasn't the type that took setbacks lightly. The following week he had surgery. Doctors placed two pins in his hand and wrapped it in a cast.
Eventually, Aldo made it back on the field, but he wasn't quite the same. Every time he hit someone, the pins in his hand moved. It was still pretty sensitive, even after the doctors removed the club prior to the season finale against Williams. He just never fell back into a rhythm playing with his "Mega-Man arm." It was a lost season. Strike one.
Aldo missed the fall 2009 semester for personal reasons, but he kept tabs on his teammates, who were having a special season. Unable to accompany the Jeffs to Williamstown as they pursued perfection, Aldo found another way to stay connected while working a shift at Best Buy. He turned every TV in the home theater department onto the NESN broadcast (much to the dismay of his manager since the game wasn't in HD).
While he isn't usually a "cheerer," Aldo couldn't help but get into the game. Seeing his friends hoist a NESCAC trophy and celebrate an 8-0 season was almost as gratifying as it would've been had he been there. Almost. As happy as he was for his fellow Jeffs, it was bittersweet and frustrating knowing he'd missed an opportunity to share in his teammates' championship experience. Strike two.
Returning to Amherst in the spring of 2010, Aldo was excited to get back to football, but his year away from the game showed. His conditioning wasn't quite there yet, nor was he moving around well. At the 2010 scrimmage at Williams, where he'd broken his hand two years earlier, he found himself on the field for a punt. It wasn't live play, so all he needed to do was get off his block. Running down the field, he slowed up. It was a dead ball and he knew he wouldn't have to make a tackle. That's when he saw someone fall toward him out of the corner of his eye.
"He landed on my knee," says Aldo. "I knew something was wrong."
Hearing close friend and teammate Kevin Ferber urge him to shake
it off, Aldo slowly got to his feet and made his way to the
sideline. Since he was able to jog, he didn't think it was anything
serious. Probably just a sprained knee. In the locker room after
the game, he saw head trainer Mark Klingensmith.
"Mark was doing the ACL test," Aldo says. "He didn't say anything to me, but he gave a look to one of the other trainers that said it all. My heart sunk right there. I pretty much knew."
An MRI exam and X-ray confirmed the demoralizing news. Aldo had a torn ACL and MCL. He was out for the year. Strike three.
Most people would have quit. Most people aren't Michael Aldo. In the training room the day after receiving the MRI results, he saw Mills. Not only did he vow not to let the injury beat him, he promised he was going to be back better and stronger than ever.
Over the next year, Aldo spent every moment he could in the training room, icing and rehabbing his knee. In the summer, his mom played the role of physical therapist, helping him stretch out and go through exercises. He eventually began running again, and during the weekends he'd meet with Ferber (who was interning in Boston) to do sprint and agility drills. The two had grown close over the years, and with news that Aldo was moving to linebacker for the 2011 season, they were thinking of ways to make plays together (and even how to celebrate afterward).
Their first chance came in the 2011 season opener at Bates. With the score tied at 7-7 and the Bobcats driving inside the Amherst 30 with less than 12 seconds remaining in the first half, Aldo sacked the quarterback and knocked the ball loose. Ferber picked it up and took it the length of the field for the score, changing the tone of the game and sparking a 20-7 win.
Able to contribute for the first time in three years, a finally healthy Aldo filled up the stat sheet - seven tackles, three sacks, two forced fumbles and a blocked punt. With three of his caused turnovers leading to 17 of the team's 20 points, he was named the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week.
Using that momentum, Aldo played an integral role in Amherst's climb to the top of the NESCAC standings. With the Jeffs carrying a 7-0 mark and a chance at perfection to Williamstown, he looked to make history on the same field that had already twice ended his season.
"There's one quote by John Wooden that's always stood out to me," says Aldo. "'Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.' I knew as long as I did the little things right, I'd catch a break sooner or later."
With Amherst already leading 24-6 in the third quarter, Williams found itself pinned inside its own 10-yard line. Creeping up from his safety position, Aldo lined up outside of the right guard. On the snap, he came flying in off the edge. He was unblocked and the quarterback never saw him coming. Making the most of his clean shot, he knocked the ball loose. And who was there to fall on it in the end zone? Who else - but Ferber. For once, things were working out for Aldo on Weston Field.
"I don't think I've ever had a better feeling for a kid," says Mills. "There were so many times that he could have just said 'I'm done. This isn't meant to be.' But he stuck with it and was able to come out, perform and contribute. He was our Comeback Player of the Year."
|Michael Aldo received a gift
from Amherst alumnus Dave Smith, with some specific
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Finally able to enjoy the championship that once eluded him,
Aldo took time to reflect on his journey while tending bar at the
50th reunion for the Class of 1962. Striking up a conversation,
Dave Smith '62, asked several students if anyone was part of the
Class of 2012. Aldo spoke up and shared his story (even though
he'll technically graduate in the winter of 2013).
Smith had a story of his own. Working the 50th reunion for the Class of 1912 when he was a senior, he was given a hat by an alumnus, with one directive: pass it on. Fifty years later, Smith intended to do just that. That's when Aldo made up his mind - he had to have it. The following day Smith brought the hat. They took a picture together and Smith asked Aldo to do the same thing: In 50 years, pass it on.
"It really made me realize you're a part of something so much bigger than yourself," says Aldo. "Seeing those guys and their love for Amherst made me respect and appreciate the tradition of this school."
The hat now sits tucked away in an airtight, zip-lock bag - a cherished possession Aldo hopes to one day give away. Over the years, he fought through the setbacks just for another chance to play the game he loves, with his friends - and front of his family. But now he plays for another reason - to honor those that came before him and to help those who wish to follow. His first impression on the football field may have been a big hit, but it's a lasting one as a leader that he now hopes to leave behind.
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A member of Cory Booker's campaign staff says the Newark, N.J., mayor plans to enter the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by the late Frank Lautenberg.
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The 74-year old writer, who is remembered for his revealing interviews with President Nixon, is thought to have died on Sunday.
A statement from his family said he had been due to give a speech aboard the Queen Elizabeth on Saturday evening.
David Cameron tweeted his condolences, and said: "My heart goes out to David Frost's family. He could be - and certainly was with me - both a friend and a fearsome interviewer."
Sir David, whose interviews with President Nixon in 1977 weres recently voted the best broadcast interview of all time, had interviewed the past seven British prime ministers and seven American presidents. Coaxing the truth out of President Nixon was said to take 29 hours of filming at a cost of $600,000, and Sir David had said he wished to do so because "he was the most interesting person in the world."
He spent two decades as host of Through the Keyhole and worked on The Frost Report and That Was The Week That Was.
The Frost/Nixon film was developed from a series of interviews between the then president and broadcaster.
Sir David joined the Al Jazeera team eight years ago, originally hosting a weekly current affairs programme before switching to one-off interviews. He joined the broadcaster after the BBC called time on his Sunday morning show Breakfast with Frost.
A statement said: "Sir David Frost died of a heart attack last night aboard the Queen Elizabeth where he was giving a speech.
"His family is devastated and have asked for privacy during this difficult time. A family funeral will be held in the near future and details of a memorial service will be announced in due course."
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DNA kits find folks have Neanderthals in the family tree
Scanning a printout of her ancestry results from a DNA testing company, Peggy Spatz announced that 2.7 percent of her genetic blueprint was handed down from her Neanderthal relatives some 50,000 years ago. That's right: She's part Neanderthal, and scientists say so is everyone else whose ancestors originated in Europe and East Asia.
Her husband, George, carries a slightly higher percentage of DNA from the Neanderthals, according to the results of his own DNA test.
"And I have friends who'll say that's not nearly as much Neanderthal as I really am," said George Spatz, 68, a retired Pacific Gas and Electric Co. manager who lives with Peggy, 53, in Foothill Farms in suburban Sacramento.
It's the latest twist in the search for family roots, and one that goes well beyond using census records to identify distant twigs on the family tree. Americans are swabbing their cheeks and spitting in vials to uncover their Neanderthal roots through genealogical DNA testing, which traces personal ancestry through analysis of an individual's genetic code. While documents can tell you who your great-aunt was with ease, DNA tests provide a broad view of ancestry, tracing a family's migration patterns through continents and centuries.
DNA testing has become so widespread among amateur genealogists that the kits proved to be a popular holiday gift item. The numbers of participants are steadily growing: National Geographic claims that more than 600,000 people have submitted DNA to its global Genographic Project database, for example, while 23andMe claims another 500,000 people in its own ancestry files. And the more people who are swabbing, the greater the size of the genetic database and the more information companies can provide.
"It's just really cool to have information about your genetics," said California State University, Sacramento, geneticist and assistant biology professor Andrew Reams. "Most people know nothing about the DNA in their cells. These tests tell you something unique about yourself."
On a cellular level, our biological history lives in human DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, which carries genetic instructions in the nuclei of our cells. Over the past two decades, the technology behind the sequencing of the human genome has rapidly increased in sophistication and decreased in price. Scientific research that was once painstakingly difficult, expensive and therefore limited to a few specific studies of human diseases has grown to include the widespread genetic sequencing of humans, plants, animals and the microbes lurking in the ocean and the soil.
In turn, the field of personal DNA testing to trace ancestry and, more controversially, health information has boomed, with an array of companies now offering DNA kits that typically range in price from $99 to $250. Scientists refer to this trend as genetic genealogy or, a little more dismissively, recreational genomics – but by submitting a cheek swab or small vial of saliva, consumers can learn where they came from and how their long-ago relatives migrated the earth over the millennia.
From fossil discoveries, paleontologists have long known that the earliest human ancestors lived in Africa. Various groups of those early humans began migrating more than 60,000 years ago into the Middle East and India and, slightly later, across the Mediterranean and into Europe – and later than that, into Central Asia.
Along the way, these early humans mated with Neanderthals: Genomics research shows that the DNA of the average person carries up to 4 percent of genetic sequences that coincide with those found in Neanderthal fossils. While sub-Saharan Africans – the homebodies – were long thought to be exempt from Neanderthal influence, new research has also found genetic evidence of Neanderthals among modern southern African tribes, suggesting a return migration 3,000 years ago.
Genetic scientists tend to dismiss DNA testing news about the Neanderthals swimming in the human gene pool as marketing, not science – mainly because to them it's nothing new.
"I find that to be one of the dumbest things in all of these tests," said Dr. Jonathan Eisen, a microbiologist with the UC Davis Genome Center. "It irks me to see people talking about that. It irks me to see scientific papers about that talked about on CNN. I guess people had something in their head that humans are pure.
"Every species in nature hybridizes with its close relatives. This is routine. From a human history point of view, it's somewhat interesting but not remotely surprising. Yes, it's cool to document your ancient DNA from a Neanderthal fossil, but there's nothing surprising about it."
'Parlor talk, not science'
At 71, Antelope resident Jim Rader is a retired teacher and self-taught genetic genealogist – "a hobbyist," as he put it – who gives classes to other genealogists on DNA testing. He rejects commercial DNA tests' estimates of people's Neanderthal genes altogether.
"In my opinion, it's another marketing gimmick," said Rader, who has submitted samples to several DNA testing companies. "The percentages are way too high to be realistic."
He cautions further that consumers should be aware that the results provided by DNA companies are based on studies of their own participants: An individual's genetic signature is measured only against that of other individuals who have submitted samples to the same company, not against a global population.
In Rader's case, Family Tree DNA estimated his ethnicity several years ago as 62 percent central European – and revised that estimate in October 2013, based on an updated and more comprehensive database, to 85 percent British.
In other words, the science behind genetic genealogy is far from exact.
"These are all preliminary results," Rader said. "They're still figuring out. The results are good for parlor talk, not for science."
But he's found personally that DNA testing – specifically, testing of the Y chromosome – can play a vital role in helping genealogists.
Through scouring several centuries' worth of documents and records, Rader has found 95,000 other people in this country with the surname Rader. But it was through testing his Y-DNA that he found distant cousins who can also trace their ancestry to an 18-year-old German immigrant named Johan Casper Rotter, who stepped off the ship Edinburgh in Philadelphia in August 1750.
"I found living males who thought they were descended from him, too, and I encouraged them to take the Y chromosome test," said Rader. "Three of us have exactly the same Y chromosome. So we're all descended from the same male DNA.
"Genealogy tells us that male is Johan. DNA tells us we're related."
'The ultimate mystery'
Glenda Gardner Lloyd, who has traced her roots for four decades and helped found the Sacramento Genealogical Society in 1978, donated a four-generation family tree and a blood sample to help establish the Brigham Young University DNA Sequencing Center. That was more than 20 years ago. Despite her long interest in her family's heritage, she hasn't dabbled in genetic genealogy since then.
But her brother has. At Lloyd's urging, she said, he had Y-DNA sequencing done to help fill in a specific blank on the Gardner genealogy chart: Who was the father of their ancestor, Henry Gardner, born in Morris County, N.J., in the 1700s?
"The results show there could have been an adoption or illegitimate child at some point in the line," said Lloyd, 75, who lives in Orangevale. "There have been matches but not a single one is of the Gardner surname. What that says is that somewhere there's a mix-up in the family.
"I think it's fascinating. I think genealogy is the ultimate mystery, if you like detective work. You're digging into your family's history."
Peggy Spatz loves uncovering that history, too: She's pieced together her genealogy for more than 20 years. George Spatz, on the other hand, has little interest in his own family tree. Last June, when they submitted their DNA for testing with Bay Area-based 23andMe and discovered their Neanderthal roots, it was health information they were hoping to find, not more relatives.
In November, the Food and Drug Administration ordered 23andMe to stop selling its personal genome testing service, which provided consumers with a list of possible disease risks, out of concern for how consumers would use that information. The company continues marketing its ancestry DNA testing services.
Customers like the Spatzes still have online access to their health results. What they learned, they said, was mostly the family health information they already knew.
Besides, said Peggy Spatz, "The test said I'm supposed to have blue eyes but I have green eyes. I decided not to be freaked out about the test. I realized, 'Take this with a grain of salt.' It's not perfect science. It's new science."
"Some pieces were dead-on but it's not infallible," said her husband. "The test said I'm supposed to have curly hair."
Instead, he's bald, the result of inheriting the male-pattern baldness gene.


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Orlando Evans offensive tackle Darrell Williams committed to the University of South Florida last week to play football.
That's not how it was supposed to be for the kid from Jamaica.
"I came here my ninth grade year. I thought I was going to be the next great basketball player," Williams said Sunday, recalling his move to the States from Kingston, Jamaica. "But when I got here I saw that all the basketball players were like 6-8 or 6-9 and so I knew I had to do something else to go to college."
So he chose football. Well, OK, former Evans football coach Greg Thompson chose it for him; talked him into joining the team.
"Coach Thompson said come to football, come to football and at first I didn't want to do it because I never had done it," Williams said. "He just persuaded me."
Williams hated it. He did anything he could to skip practice. Made up excuses. Lied to the coaches.
"That was a difficult task, with him being a tall kid, everyone wanted him to play basketball and learn the game of basketball or play soccer," Thompson said. "He made up a few excuses."
Until the day he ran into Thompson at Wal-Mart after having told the coach he could not make a weight session because he was going out of town.
"He caught me in a lie right there," Williams said. "I didn't really like football. I tried to find every excuse in the book."
But he was caught, red-handed, in front of his father Donovan Williams. Thompson, however, didn't rat him out.
"He was embarrassed because he was so weak when he got here," Thompson said. "So he made up a big story (to get out of weight training) about going out of town with his father. Then that Saturday morning I walked into Wal-Mart and the first person I saw was him and his father. I didn't let on to his father that he was being dishonest, but I told him if he ever did that again, I would let his father know. He never missed another day."
The stereotype for Jamaican athletes is that most of them are fast. Williams laughs at that notion.
"They don't think that when they see me," Williams said. "When I came here I was … well, I'll go ahead and say it. I was fat. I never lifted. I was about 6-3, 260 pounds and couldn't even do 10 push ups. They never thought I was fast."
Maybe not physically. But Thompson can't remember a faster learner, not to the level that Williams has risen.
"We stayed with him till we got him convinced that he could get his education paid for. I think that was the key," Thompson said of Williams, who is now 6-foot-5, 245 pounds. "Now his bench press is well over 300 (pounds). He couldn't dunk a basketball when he got here, but he doesn't have a problem with that now. He's just a great kid. He's going to do well in college."
He came to the States to live with his father. His mom Dawnette Lloyd figured there were more opportunities for education. Mom was right.
"She's happy for me, but she's still on me with the grades," Williams said. "She's glad I'm getting a scholarship so she doesn't have to pay for anything. I have a 3.0 GPA, and for the NCAA (Clearing House) the only thing left to do is send my SAT scores. The academic advisor (at USF) said I am on track for admission."
It was a quick rise to the top for Williams, yet it did seem like a long road.
"It took a lot of work to get where I am today … a lot of work," Williams said. "Between all the seniors playing on the team this year, I was the worst when I got here … I didn't know anything."
Chris Hays is the Sentinel's recruiting coverage coordinator and can be reached at
The Prospector: Evans' OT and USF commit Darrell Williams knew nothing about football when he moved from Jamaica in '08
Orlando Evans offensive tackle Darrell Williams committed to the University of South Florida last week to play football.


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The last week or so just flew by in a big blur. I celebrated my birthday with a big family party at my house, so all the cleaning, shopping, prep and cooking kept me pretty busy. I did get a chance to sneak away Saturday morning before guests arrived and give myself a manicure :)
For the main color I used Zoya Kelly, which is my favorite at the moment. I stamped it with Sally Hansen Celeb City which is a glitter packed silver I absolutely love for stamping.
I apologize in advance for the awful shape of my hands and nails, but the photos were taken after the party so they were pretty beat up...
My inspiration for the manicure was the pattern on the top part of the dress that I wore. I think they went together pretty well...
The Bundle Monster plate BM-224 was used for the stamping...
Thanks for looking!
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Presidential Veto
veto [Lat.,=I forbid], power of one functionary (e.g., the president) of a government, or of one member of a group or coalition, to block the operation of laws or agreements passed or entered into by the other functionaries or members.
In the U.S. government, Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution gives the president the power to veto any bill passed by Congress. The president's veto power is limited; it may not be used to oppose constitutional amendments, and it may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress. In practice, the veto is used rarely by the president (although Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed over 600 bills), and a bill once vetoed is rarely reapproved in the same form by Congress. The pocket veto is based on the constitutional provision that a bill fails to go into operation if it is unsigned by the president and Congress goes out of session within ten days of its passage; the president may effectively veto such a bill by ignoring it. The British crown's technical veto power over acts of Parliament has not been exercised since 1707.
American states have generally given their governors veto power similar to that of the president. In addition, more than 40 states have legislated a line-item veto, which, in varying terms, allows the governor to veto particular provisions of taxing and spending bills. In 1996, Congress passed a law that gave the president a limited ability to kill items in similar federal bills, but it was ruled unconstitutional in 1998.
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We were recently advised to sign up for the Southwest Airlines email list so that when that quirky carrier offers one of its famed Santa Fe, Sedona, or El Paso fare specials we can hop right on it.
An alternative would be to buy this fun little adobe bungalow right here in town. We could enjoy the hip desert vibe without having to wait in line to take off our shoes and have our luggage savaged and our person scanned with a wand.
Rumor has it that there are four or five houses in Charlottesville of this design, but we know of only two: one on Northwood Avenue and one on Evergreen. The Northwood house is a dead-ringer, but the one on Evergreen is iffy because it's painted white instead of cream with "adobe" red trim, and it has been nudged in the direction of a '50s, southern California aesthetic by a little black curlicue railing around the entryway. (It also lacks the flat roof.)
The location of the other two is a mystery.
Not much about this house is a mystery, however. The small bungalow sits on a slightly elevated lot with a low stone wall separating it from Harris Road that runs between JPA and Ridge (that's an important detail since there is also a Harris Street and a Harris Avenue in Charlottesville). A small tile-floor entry porch leads to a large bright living room with gas fireplace.
Inside, almost all rooms have arched doorways that open the space so much that from the front door, the unimpeded view through the living room, dining room, and kitchen to a bright sunporch on the back makes the whole first floor seem almost like one big open space.
Two bedrooms, the bathroom, and a small office on the right side of the house have doors, of course, but the bedrooms and bath are recessed off a small hall and are thus not visible from the entry. The big arches create a pleasant effect, serene and minimalist.
The rooms are of reasonable size, but they seem larger than they actually are not only because of the lack of doors but also because the ceilings are unusually high– the agent estimated 9'– also probably a conscious design element to help the space stay cool in the hot desert. Gleaming oak floors throughout (except kitchen and bathroom floor tiles matching the exterior stucco) contribute both to the openness and the tranquility.
The single bathroom has an old-fashioned footed tub (no claws in evidence) as well as a separate enclosed tiled shower. In the compact hall off the bath and bedrooms, a small linen closet and another tiny closet hide behind understated louver doors. The smaller of the two bedrooms has low built-in bookshelves, making the room ideal for a child.
The third bedroom (now used as an office) to the right of the front door was paneled for some inexplicable reason, but the current owners have disguised it behind white paint so that it almost passes as wainscoting. All the rooms have large double windows that let in as much light as "picture" windows without the '50s baggage attached to those poor relics of split-level ranchers.
The kitchen at the rear of the house is open and airy, with butcher-block counters and large beige floor tiles, more reinforcement of the southwest feel. A back porch just off the kitchen has been enclosed to create a very bright, window- and bookcase-filled sunroom and laundry room separated by a disappearing pocket door.
Gas fuels the forced-air furnace, and ceiling fans in most rooms probably mean that the AC use can be minimal. In fact, on the muggy, damp day we visited the place seemed unusually dry and comfortable. The flat roof is made of EPDM (ethylene propylene diene terpolymer), a single-ply rubber membrane that needs very little maintenance.
Outside, the small lot is nicely landscaped with boxwoods and a few perennials. One interesting feature of the house is that the lot next door is also for sale ($100,000), with the right of first refusal offered to the buyer of the house. So the possibility of expansion exists– or perhaps just protection– or elaborate gardening.
People who don't mind living in an anomaly– a desert house in the verdant Virginia Piedmont– will find this an interesting option: an unusual house in a convenient location near the University and I-64, in what appears to be A-1 shape. And all without having to drive to BWI.


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S3 E06 Episode 306
ENTREPRENEUR: Jared Joyce
PITCH: Five-Minute Furniture
ASKING FOR: $250k for a 25% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Jared has come up with a patented joint system that allows you to assemble furniture without the use of a screws, nails or tools. Heck, you don't even need instructions. He has over 30 designs that can be applied to any four-sided object. The bookshelves he brought into the tank were assembled in less than five minutes. He's made money through licensing, but believes that's not the right move with this product since the world will always need furniture.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Jared has no sales to date which has Kevin wondering why he put a million dollar value on his company. Jared says he has about 80 other products that his company has designed. Perhaps deals on some of them can be made after this one. Daymond feels like he's the one being interviewed to give money to this guy in the hopes of getting in on some of the other products. He's out. Mark believes Jared is serving too many masters with all his products. He's out. Robert like the product, but doesn't trust Jared to pay him back. He's out.
THE RESULT: Lori wants another Shark to put up half of what Jared is asking for 100 percent of the company. Kevin will team with her. Jared wants to plug into the network of the Sharks by partnering with them, but that's not something they want to do. They only want the company, not Jared. He can't take that deal.
UPDATE: Man Candle
A few years ago, Johnson Bailey was looking for a way to freshen up his stinky place. He wanted the place to smell good, yet manly. He created the Man Candle. His line of candles come in scents of pot roast, golf course, football, popcorn and draft beer—just to name a few. It didn't make a deal with a Shark, but the advice he got helped make his business flourish. His sales went from $70,000 a year to over $250,000. He's in a bunch of retail stores including some major chains. He now has fulltime employees in his manufacturing facility. Johnson feels like he's truly become a CEO.
ENTREPRENEUR: Raven Thomas
PITCH: The Painted Pretzel
ASKING FOR: $100k for a 25% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Raven started her business over three years ago when she began selling chocolate-covered pretzels. The tasty treats now come in unlimited flavor combinations. They are topped with unique toppings. She's had $75,000 in sales over the past year, has another $64,000 order that just came in and she has $140,000 in orders that she doesn't have the capital to fulfill. She's also in stores like Neiman-Marcus.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Kevin wants to know what's unique about the Painted Pretzel. That's easy. The taste. Mark adds that other companies don't have Raven's heart and soul. Lori wants to know why they should invest in her. Raven's answer is that she's showing her kids that she can be a success by following her dream. That's not a good enough answer for Kevin. He's out. Raven thinks he may change his mind when she tells him that she had to walk away from a $2 million deal from Sam's Club because she didn't have the capital to fill the order.
THE RESULT: Mark tells Raven he can sell the pretzels in his sports arena and movie theaters. He'll give her $100k for 25% if she'll say yes right now. Raven partners up with Mark. No other negotiations are heard in this very tasty deal.WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit http://www.ThePaintedPretzel.com
ENTREPRENEUR: Ryan Naylor
PITCH: Esso Watches
ASKING FOR: $35k for a 20% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Ryan says our bodies are bombarded by positive ions emitted by electronic devices every day. He produces watches that contain negative ions that helps restore the energy field in our bodies. He asks the skeptical Sharks if any of them want to test their balance. Lori volunteers. Incredibly, she feels the difference when she wears the watch. Ryan says he's had $120,000 in sales from a $10,000 investment with about $70,000 in profits.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Mark still thinks this is all a scam. He's out. Lori wants to know if Ryan has independent laboratory testing. He doesn't. Lori thinks this thing could be a liability nightmare. She's out. Daymond recognizes some of Ryan's designs as those in a line that's sold in a company he owns. He thinks this guy is lying, so he's out. Robert doesn't believe any of this. He's out, too. Kevin says that if Ryan admits this is a scam, he might invest. He doesn't do that, so Kevin is out. That was probably a wise move on his part since Mark threatened to beat the crap out of him if he invested.
LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.essowatches.com
ENTREPRENEUR: Rick Hopper
PITCH: ReadeREST
ASKING FOR: $150k for a 15% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Rick purposely trips and falls on his way into the tank. It's to illustrate the problem some people have when they lose their glasses. He's created an eye-glass holder the using magnetic back plates to hold everything in place. He's generated $65,000 in sales in a market-test mode. He's made over 100,000 magnets by hand. He has a utility patent and a registered trademark.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Daymond thinks that Rick wants him to work for a profit even after giving him the money. He's out. Robert sees this as small product that would possibly be sold at gas stations. He's out. Kevin thinks the evaluation of the company is too high. He's out. Lori offers Rick $150k for 65% of the company. She thinks she can make him a millionaire thanks to her connections. Rick asks if she'll consider taking 49%. He's reluctant to give up total control without buyout options and royalties. She wants an answer before Mark speaks.
THE RESULT: Mark does finally say something because he likes Rick. But he thinks there are better options out there. He's out. That leaves Lori. Rick takes the deal. That's good news because Lori has sold over $20 million worth of reading glasses in the past. Looks like Rick's eyeglass idea will have him seeing dollar signs in the future.
LEARN MORE: Visit http://www.readerest.com


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The Steel Shop Reengineers a Plant for Press Installation
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When metalforming company E & E Manufacturing, Plymouth, MI, recently had to clear an 80- by 120-ft. area of its 250,000-sq.-ft. shop to make room for installation of a press, it called on turnkey design and build company The Steel Shop, Chesterfield, MI, to manage the project.
The Steel Shop's craftsmen removed an existing building column and reinforced the roof to make for the equipment needed to construct the press pit and install the press. They also designed, fabricated and installed a mezzanine for the press controls and electrical service lines.
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"Dakshin" is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning "south". It symbolizes what we mean all about the best and most delicious of south Indian cuisine. We have been serving Chicago suburbs for more than 14 years and at Dakshin, we try to prepare each dish in its own unique and distinctive method with the blend of Indian spices and taking one step ahead with the blend of Chinese flavor to create unique and special varieties of food "THE SOUTH INDIAN and INDO CHINESE" style.
We take pride in providing each guest with a genuine Indian dining experience and our welcome comes from deep within our heart. We will strive to make your dining experience a return to those golden times when every meal was a feast. Our guests are not just our customers, they mean everything.


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To get real-world answers to some common questions about the truth of online learning, we reached out to Greg Beatty, PhD, who has taught both traditional and online courses for years. We found his responses to be reasonable, insightful, and helpful for anyone concerned about dubious marketing tactics.
Despite the fact that a majority of college presidents feel that current online class offerings offer the same quality of education as campus-based programs, some people still cling to the belief that online learning is less legitimate than traditional learning.
Recently, Pew Research Center made a survey of college presidents and the general public, to gauge their opinions and ideas about how online education fits into the overall educational landscape.
School is anything but free, and going back to advance your education is a serious decision to make. Many professionals wonder if earning an extra degree will really pay off in their career, and if it makes sense from a return-on-investment point of view.
Although every accreditation agency is going to have its own accreditation process which may vary slightly from one to the next, the standards for how a program is accredited remain generally similar.
Going to college can be a great way to ensure your future career success and salary. Succeeding in school likely isn't your only worry, however. With tuition rising every year, many students wonder how they'll ever shoulder the burden of paying for school. We've compiled this list of scholarships, to hopefully remove at least a little stress from your financial aid hunt.


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Two police have been injured, one critically, and a man is feared dead after a six-hour siege ended in an explosion in western Victoria.
The blast occurred at a Derrinallum property early on Saturday after police spent several hours negotiating with a man wanted over a violent incident.
The blast, thought to have been caused by an explosive device, levelled the man's house and several outbuildings and was felt for several kilometres.
Police said two officers arrived at the property investigating a violent incident that had occurred earlier in the week.
They said the man became irrational and threatened self-harm.
Trained negotiators were called in but it's believed the man set off the device, injuring the two officers, who are from an un-named specialist unit.
One was flown to The Alfred hospital in Melbourne, where he is in a critical but stable condition with head injuries.
His colleague suffered cuts and bruises in the blast and is in a stable condition at Geelong Hospital.
"It was just a an enormous bang. It was just unbelievable. It shook the house," one resident said.
The man is missing and is thought to be dead but his fate will be unclear until the police bomb response unit declare the large property is free of explosive devices.
Superintendent Don Downes said homicide detectives and the professional standards command are investigating.
"We were all there to make an arrest and to try to resolve the matter peacefully. That was our aim," he said.
The nearby Hamilton Highway will remain closed until Monday at least.
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