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Beware of 'Medical Acupuncture', says industry whistleblower
Those of us who have spent four years and thousands of hours of internship in an accredited school to learn to practice traditional Chinese medicine and have been Nationally Board Certified by the NCCAOM (NCCAOM.org) have long been worried about the existence of so-called 'Medical Acupuncturists'.
This official sounding moniker suggests something superior to a Licensed Acupuncturist (or as licensed in some states, though the education is the same, 'DOM' - Doctor of Oriental Medicine). However what this title actually delivers is a medical doctor previously untrained in acupuncture, who has taken a 100-200 hour course, much of which is learned in the students own home. While someone who has an MD is clearly very well educated in Western Medicine, this qualifies them to practice acupuncture about as well as if I, or any other acupuncturist were to practice surgery with 200 hours of training.
The press release below describes this situation in more depth. When making the decision to embark on an acupuncture treatment plan, make sure that your practioner has completed a four year program, earning a Masters degree in Oriental Medicine and that they have been Nationally Board Certified by the NCCAOM (NCCAOM.org)
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Beware 'Medical Acupuncturists', Warns MedicalAcupunctureFacts.com
WEBWIRE – Friday, April 24, 2009
Health industry whistleblower MedicalAcupunctureFacts.com (www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com) has issued a public warning to patients of so-called 'medical acupuncturists', as opposed to licensed acupuncture practitioners , suggesting that the lower training threshold and lack of specialization can be detrimental to both the acupuncture experience and the health of patients undergoing treatment.
(24 April 2009) - - Health industry whistleblower MedicalAcupunctureFacts.com (www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com) has today issued a stark warning to patients of so-called 'medical acupuncturists', urging them instead to opt for treatment under fully licensed acupuncture practitioners.
Unlike the 4-year L.Ac qualification, which requires over 3,000 hours of intense study and research, 'medical' acupuncturists are 'certified' after only 220 hours of study, some of which is undertaken at home without the benefit of the tutoring of experienced acupuncturists. Indeed, in some US states, medical acupuncturists require as little as 100 hours of training before practicing acupuncture.
Zhu Dan Xi, a spokesperson for MedicalAcupunctureFacts.com said the value of the L.Ac qualification should not be underestimated, and patients should be aware of the potential dangers of receiving treatment from an unlicensed practitioner.
"We hear horror stories on a daily basis from patients undergoing treatment from medical acupuncturists, which just further underpins our belief that 100-200 hours of training simply isn't enough. In the same way you wouldn't trust a so-called doctor with 100 hours training, we believe you shouldn't trust so-called medical acupuncturists either. These practices create a negative perception of acupuncture, and destroy the confidence of patients in what is truly a remarkable healing practice."
"As a result of the lack of training of 'medical' acupuncturists, we've seen a rise in recent years in the levels of bad feeling towards acupuncture, with frequent claims of painful and uncomfortable treatments which have little healing effect. As any L.Ac licensed practitioner will testify, this couldn't be further from the truth with well-executed acupuncture treatments, which can have a dramatic impact on health and wellbeing."
The World Health Organisation suggests 100-200 hours of study should serve as qualification for research into acupuncture alone, recommending a minimum further 1,500 hours of study prior to practicing as an acupuncturist. The L.Ac qualification, in contrast to the home-study route, offers 3,000 hours of structured study over the course of a number of years, the equivalent of a Masters degree, to produce knowledgeable safe and professional acupuncture practitioners.
- And this article comes from an MD who did one of the video course which are some doctors and chiropractors do in order to practice acupuncture. This physician quickly saw the limitations of this short course and did what very few doctors will do: went to Oriental Medical School. Fascinating read.
Abbreviated Courses In Acupuncture For Physicians Pose A Serious Problem
Sometimes, understanding one's background can clarify their particular point of view. So in the spirit of "full disclosure" I would like to tell you a little about mine.
I began my medical career in 1979 when I received my MD degree from Albany Medical College. I trained in diagnostic radiology at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. I entered private practice and spent 20 years doing full-service hospital radiology. It was at the end of these 20 years that changes occurred in my life, changes that made me look at my direction and commitments. It was at that time in my career when I discovered acupuncture, and the power this medicine has to heal. Please understand, I was awestruck at the conditions acupuncture could effectively treat —- conditions that from my previous medical training I knew were precisely those no one wanted to get stuck with because there was no effective treatment. I am a fellowship-trained interventional radiologist, and I have put needles into arteries, veins, solid organs, abscesses, tumors, pleural cavities, peritoneal cavities….you name it. But I had never felt the pull of Qi on a needle, I had never intentionally manipulated a needle to achieve a specific energetic effect, I had never contacted the energy of a meridian, nor used needles themselves, as instruments of healing. Here was a whole new science to learn. And the amazing thing is that it has a 3000 year history with millions upon millions of people undergoing clinical trial in China for 30 centuries!
So I enrolled in a course for physicians to learn "medical acupuncture". I attended two weekend sessions, watched videotapes, and read one book. This course was based on the work of one physician. The book we read was his book – the videotapes we listened to were him talking, and he gave nearly all of the lectures at the 2 weekends of instruction. On the last day of training, I happened to be sitting next to a doctor from San Diego, and I overheard him say, "My wife knows so much more about acupuncture than I do."
I subsequently found out this doctor's wife was a licensed acupuncturist. One thing led to another, and before I knew it, I was enrolled at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon in a Master's degree program in Classical Chinese Medicine. I will graduate from this same program in June. It is a 4-year program, and I have been able to complete it in 3 years by transferring credits from my medical school training. I feel very strongly that, in order to practice acupuncture at the level of competency which this medicine deserves, one must learn from many professors, observe with many clinical supervisors, and spend at least a few years to learn how to approach a patient in a holistic way with an entirely new set of diagnostic principles.
Remember, I am a scientist at heart, and this is the finest science that I have encountered. As a physician who has gone through Western medical training and now training in acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, I assure you that abbreviated courses in acupuncture for physicians pose a serious problem. That problem has to do with efficacy of treatment. Without a comprehensive education in the fundamentals of this science, and without appropriate hours spent in learning complex needling techniques, followed by supervised clinical application of all of this learning, it is not possible to effectively treat the list of diseases which the world now recognizes are amenable to acupuncture intervention.
The World Health Organization recognizes the ability of acupuncture to treat the following diseases: asthma, menstrual cramps, arthritis, sciatica, TMJ problems, allergies, anxiety, depression, bladder problems, kidney problems, childhood illness, colds, influenza, cough, bronchitis, constipation, diarrhea, dizziness, ear-nose & throat disorders, fatigue, gynecological disorders, genital herpes, herpetic neuralgia, heart palpitations, immune system deficiency, infertility, insomnia, numbness, poor circulation, PMS, sexual dysfunction, impotence, skin problems, stress-related illnesses, and weight gain or weight loss…and the list goes on.
Acupuncture is not a nice, short topic that can be covered during a seminar lasting for a few weekends. Suffice it to say, that it is not possible to treat the difficult diseases listed above after watching videotapes, reading one textbook, and attending two weekends of lecture with needling practice on a few other course participants.
I would like to give you a brief case presentation now, to try to illustrate in a nutshell why I am writing this letter. A 57 year old man presented 4 days earlier to the OHSU emergency room with sudden and complete blindness in his right eye. He was seen by an ophthalmologist, underwent carotid ultrasound, an MRI of his brain and MRI angiography , and was told that he had occlusion of his central retinal artery and would have permanent loss of vision in that eye. At the time of presentation his medications included lisinopril, metformin, and aspirin. Fortunately, the patient happened to have an appointment with his chiropractor, who heard the story of this man's sudden blindness and grim prognosis, and referred the patient to the acupuncture practitioner who worked in the same building. The patient was seen daily for 7 consecutive days for acupuncture treatment. On the second day, he could see a small circle of light in the center of his vision in the blind eye. Day by day that circle of light enlarged, and became clearer. At the end of 7 treatments he had 20/40 vision in the previously blind eye.
This is the power of this medicine in the hands of a skilled practitioner. This is what can be accomplished in Oriental Medicine. Someone in Integrative Medicine has given me a definition of their subspecialty as the medicine that "fills in the gaps". I think this is an apt definition, and there are many gaps in western medicine which need filling. Please give Oriental Medicine a chance by ensuring that practitioners who enter this field are adequately trained. Let's up the ante, and see whether we can embrace this amazing alternative healing science with practitioners who have enough didactic hours of lecture from a variety of acupuncture faculty, and enough supervised hours of clinical practice so that they are familiar with treating patients with all sorts of maladies such as cancer, asthma, palpitations, constipation, allergies, menstrual disorders….to name just a few common problems.
The way forward has been paved by the state of Hawaii. Hawaii requires that medical doctors be trained and tested for competency prior to administering acupuncture to patients. The Attorney General for the state of Hawaii issued a statement on August 18, 2003, declaring that "medical acupuncture" as performed by physicians is not substantially different from any other type of acupuncture, and therefore, physicians performing "medical acupuncture" should be subject to the same laws of licensure and proof of competency as everyone else.
We in the acupuncture field are at a crossroads. We can condone physicians doing acupuncture under-trained, unsupervised, unevaluated in terms of competency, or we can strive to raise the standard. I feel strongly that this is a public health issue. I feel strongly that allowing medical doctors with minimal training & without oversight by a non-professional organization is a dangerous and foolhardy policy. I'd like to respectfully remind you that we are talking here about a healthcare profession; we are talking about peoples' health & well-being; we cannot afford to have a double standard. The general public deserves parity in licensing so that competency can be maintained.
I therefore propose that the American Association of Medical Acupuncture evaluate their own training programs and consider complying with the World Health Organization's recommendations of 1500 hours of training in acupuncture for physicians interested in pursuing this medicine. The WHO standards for physicians performing "medical acupuncture" include 1000 hours of didactic (including needling technique labs) and 500 hours of supervised clinical training, which ensures adequate training for entry level acupuncture. In addition, I feel that physicians should be required to pass the NCCAOM examinations to ensure their competency in acupuncture evaluation and treatment. If the AAMA is willing to adopt these standards of 1500 hours and NCCAOM testing, I believe the future of "medical acupuncture" in the United States would be shifted from a position of tenuous efficacy to one of competency and powerful healing.
Dr. Marilyn M. Walkey MD


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SMOKEY POINT — Free coffee flows at rest stops on I-5 near Smokey Point but the stream of donations to nonprofits that provide the liquid pick-me-up has dried up.
Volunteers say travelers aren't aware they can get a cup of joe because a lighted "Free Coffee" sign went out awhile back and the state hasn't — and won't — fix it.
"The truckers look for (the sign). The drivers look for it. Now, nobody is interested in the coffee," said Mary Davenport of Everett, who volunteers at the coffee kiosk for several different groups. "(The state) put it there. They should maintain it."
The drop in coffee drinkers can add up to hundreds of dollars less in donations for churches, fraternal organizations, youth clubs, veteran groups and other nonprofits which sign up a year in advance for a tour of duty at two of the state's busiest rest areas.
"We definitely noticed a difference," said Linda Henson, co-founder of Harvest Vision Ministries in Sedro-Woolley. "It's cut everybody's donations about in half."
It is not a situation exclusive to Smokey Point. Metal signs emblazoned with "Free Coffee" are no longer in use at the other 35 rest stops in Washington where urns of coffee are brewed up for weary travelers.
The state Department of Transportation removed the signs as a matter of safety. Officials said volunteers would go out at the beginning of a shift to flip open the "Free Coffee" sign to be visible to drivers then return to flip it closed when finished.
Because the signs are near the freeway exit, it meant the volunteers, many of whom are older, were walking close to the highway.
"Putting them in harm's way is not a great idea from a safety standpoint," said Steve Holloway, the transportation department's operations and inventory manager for capital facilities. "We decided that we would no longer have those signs."
Under the state-managed "Free Coffee" program, qualified nonprofit groups sign up to staff a kiosk a couple days at a time. They must be on-site for every hour they sign up for — including through the night. Groups are allowed to offer drinks and some snacks, like cookies or danishes, without charging. Donation cans are always nearby.
Smokey Point was the only place with lighted signs which volunteers could switch on and off from the kiosk. Those were installed about a decade ago for about $6,000, Holloway said.
The state considered, then ruled out, putting similar signs at every rest area. The idea was nixed because of the expense of installing and maintaining them.
A couple years ago the state determined as a matter of policy to remove the metal signs. At the time, it was decided to allow use of the electronic signs at Smokey Point until they broke down. That has now happened.
It's not clear how much of an economic hit nonprofits have incurred at Smokey Point and elsewhere because groups do not report how much they collect in donations at the rest stops.
Henson said her group used to take in $500 to $600 on a weekday and in excess of a thousand dollars on a Saturday or Sunday. Now it's more like $300 during the week and $500 on a weekend.
It may not be worth it, given the requirement that groups staff the kiosk for 24 hours without interruption.
"We've done this for a number of years. I don't think I'll go and sign up for next year," she said.
Davenport, 68, said for one group she helps with the donations for Folgers she brews dropped from $1,000 in a summer weekend in 2013 to roughly $300 for the same period this year.
And Bob Duncan, president of the Everett Kiwanis Club for seniors, known as Golden K, said it's one of the chapter's best fundraisers. Or, at least it was.
"Donations have dropped off. I think the sign has a lot to do with it," he said.
Holloway said he and members of his staff have talked with representatives of different nonprofits about the impact but had not heard any complaints.
The state definitely wants nonprofits there because they provide a service, but keeping volunteers safe and keeping costs down are the bigger concern, he said.
"We have recently heard from a few folks. We haven't had any evidence from anyone that they lost money," he said. "We definitely would take a look at it."
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BIG TOP ROCK Circus Returns To Seattle
After selling out the tent in October 2011, Teatro ZinZanni has partnered once again with Seattle's beloved Kindiependent bands to bring the acclaimed BIG TOP ROCK music and circus series back as a special winter break treat for local families. This December, warm up those paws in the ZinZanni tent to the tune of Seattle's one-and-only Caspar Babypants, Recess Monkey, and The Not-Its!.
BIG TOP ROCK is a project of the ZinZanni Institute for Circus Arts (ZICA) in collaboration with Seattle's unique and nationally recognized Kindiependent music collective. Together, these two entities join the circus arts and kindie music together to create a 70-minute entertainment experience all ages (including parents!) can enjoy. Similarly to the wildly successful fall series, each show in the winter break series will feature a music set by a local kindie band. Peppered throughout each show will be circus acts performed by Teatro ZinZanni cast members as well as alumni from Camp ZinZanni, ZICA's summer camp program for 5 to 16-year-olds.
Designed with kids in mind, the seating in Teatro ZinZanni's 100 year-old spiegeltent will be altered for the best sightlines for kids and will include an area for little ones to bounce to the music. The lobby will open one-hour prior to each show for a carnival, featuring beanbag tosses and other easy-to-play games. Everyone wins with each play ($2 per game). Food and beverage concessions will also be available.
Caspar Babypants makes simple upbeat acoustic sing along music for babies brains and parentsears. Caspar Babypants is also known as Chris Ballew, Grammy nominated lead singer of the rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America. CASPAR says: "I want to make music for the very young because I admire their associative inventive imaginations and as an adult I nurture that same creativity in myself." (babypantsmusic.com)
Recess Monkey is the critically acclaimed, award-winning trio of three Seattle schoolteachers, who bring their special brand of undeniably hip, yet also kid-accessible music and humor to their shows for kids and families. Jack, Drew and Daron, the teacher rockers of Recess Monkey, regularly tour nationally and have sold out venues from New York to Los Angeles and dozens of cities in between. Their shows mix high-energy dance with catchy singalongs and feature songs from every album. (recessmonkeytown.com)
The Not-Its! are Seattle's most rockin' band making music for children. Their debut album, We Are The Not-Its!, took the kindie rock scene by storm, receiving a Fids & Kamily Music Award for one of the best family music albums of 2009-unprecedented for a freshman release. Featuring the vocals of Sarah Shannon (of lauded '90s indie-pop band Velocity Girl), The Not-Its! combine crunchy guitars with smooth, four-part harmonies, all nestled within "fantastic danceable pop gems about gettin' fancy, birthday parties, bath time and intergalactic play dates." (wearethenot-its.com)
About KINDIEPENDENT: Comprised of six of the region's top musical acts for kids, Kindiependent includes tot-rockers Caspar Babypants (aka Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America), Recess Monkey, The Not-Its!, The Board of Education, The Harmonica Pocket and Johnny Bregar & the Country Dawgs. A music collective of like-minded artists who are passionate about cultivating a vibrant kid's and family music scene in the Pacific Northwest, Kindiependent's mission is to develop a network of family-friendly artists and organizations that supports cultural innovation through creative collaborations and community events. (kindiependent.com)
Additional BIG TOP ROCK Cast Members Include: Teatro ZinZanni cast members Tobias Larsson and Domitil Aillott, Camp ZinZanni Alumni Max Peterson, Ezra Weill and Una Bennett. For complete cast bios visit http://zinzanni.org/bigtoprock/.


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"Everything here lasts." Dr. Luca Deiana and I are sitting in his office in Cágliari, the capital of the Italian island of Sardinia, where everything is old. The island is old, a craggy hunk of geologically ancient granite and basalt carpeted with sheep pastures dating back to before the birth of Christ. "There is a wild olive grove that is 3,000 years old. And we know from our grandfathers that there have always been old people here. In the 1800s some lived to be over 100. There is this way that we greet each other: Akentannos. 'To 100 years.'" As in, may you live so long. And in Sardinia, it would seem, you very well may.
Dr. Deiana and his team of researchers from the University of Sássari have been studying Sardinia's centenarians, particularly those from the remote mountains in the interior of Núoro province. In 1999 his Akea project (from akentannos) found 66 people in Núoro who were 100 years old or more. In a regional population of 276,800, that's three times the average in the rest of the Western world. But even that wasn't the most astonishing fact. In most places, as men know only too well, women outlive us by a wide margin. "Everywhere else you have four woman centenarians to every man," Deiana says. In Sardinia, though, "you have two to one. And in central Sardinia the ratio is one to one."
The statistic is so extraordinary that at first the scientific community refused to believe it, dismissing it as just another of the apocryphal reports of clusters of very old men that periodically pop up. (Remember those 100-year-old guys in the Caucasus eating Dannon yogurt in those TV ads? A big hoax.) But in Sardinia the myth has stood up to the scrutiny of demographers, and when I went there myself it was easy to see why. The place is overrun with extremely old men. Everyone I speak to, even casually, seems to have a 90- or 100-year-old in the family. And they are more than just old: They are the youngest old people you've ever met. They live alone, cook for themselves, run shops, recite Dante from memory, go hunting, walk up and down hills after their sheep for miles every day, and are exceedingly slim. And that's not all. Deiana chuckles now over the case of a 102-year-old man he met who, after fondling a social worker, was sued for sexual harassment.
More important for us aspiring centenarians, they are starting to share their secrets with the scientists who have arrived from around the globe to poke and prod these ageless wonders. The researchers have discovered a nexus of surprising and surprisingly applicable factors at play: a vigorous work ethic, a certain dark pragmatism, a thirst for wine loaded with potent heart-protective polyphenols, a richly satisfying diet that has as much in common with Atkins as it does with typical Mediterranean fare, and an unexpected twist on an important recent discovery regarding the size of one's diet that suddenly makes it applicable to millions more men.
An acquaintance of mine in Rome had described Sardinia as a kind of magical island of "strange little brown people with mustaches and hats who live with sheep and drink wine and never die." What he failed to add was that we can all live like Sardinians if we want to.
The Right Attitude
Quirino demurtas is 96, elfin, clear- eyed, with a full head of suavely combed white hair, and he is happy to explain the reason for his long and healthy life: "I don't really believe in medicine." I am sitting with him in a particularly centenarian-rich part of Núoro called Ogliastra. Bounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on the fourth, some call the region an island within an island. It once took 12 hours to get here from Cágliari by train, but I drove up in two, along a perilous Roman road twisting through spirelike balding mountains of rosy granite, often with nothing but a wire or a hedge separating my Fiat from a deep ravine. I am still dizzy.
"For years I would not take any medicines at all," Demurtas tells me. "I don't think they do much, and lots of times the doctor is using you as a guinea pig." Like me Demurtas has asthma. Like me he has been known to smoke. Unlike me he still does. "But I never inhaled," he points out, with Clintonian pride. Given all this I am frankly amazed by his good health and confused about why he is here, in his town's bright new clinic, allowing himself to be treated like a guinea pig. He enjoys it here, Demurtas explains. Besides, he says, "I am friends with Dr. Pilia's mother."
Dr. Pilia is Giuseppe Pilia, a dashing young geneticist who, after several years at Washington University in St. Louis, returned to his native village with funds from the U.S. National Institute of Aging to tease out some of the factors contributing to his neighbors' extraordinary health. This clinic now occupies what was once Pilia's old elementary school, and with help from his mother ("She knows everyone!" he explains, with a quick roll of the eyes) he has already lined up 6,000 of the region's 10,000 residents as subjects.
Pilia takes me upstairs to show me the two new sonogram machines his staff is using to measure the thickness of the citizenry's artery walls. Typically, the older the person, the thicker and stiffer his arteries, and the more likely he is to suffer a heart attack. Some people, though, maintain svelte arteries well into their middle years, making arterial thickness a good indicator of a person's "real," or biological, age, as opposed to the one on his birth certificate. I ask Pilia if he can show me Demurtas's arteries, and he has an assistant pull the sonogram results. The thickness of a healthy artery falls within a range of .3–.8 mm; thicker than .8, you have trouble. Pilia and I see that Demurtas comes in at .62 mm.
"You mean he has the arteries of a 50-year-old?"
"Right," says Pilia, considering Demurtas's ranking for the first time himself. "Wow."
So then the question becomes, how is it that Demurtas's arteries (if not Demurtas himself) are aging at half the rate of those of a normal man? Pilia says that genetics undoubtedly plays a part, but if previous longevity studies are an indication it won't be a huge part. For example, in a 1997 study on the island of Okinawa (the site of another famous centenarian cluster), 94 percent of the centenarians had the same average-to-poor genetic profile as the rest of the population.
That leaves plenty of room for environmental factors. Factors, for instance, like Demurtas's less than buoyant outlook on life. "If you ask around they will say people in Ogliastra are, well, depressed," says Pilia with a dry laugh. But, he points out, it's a depression without anxiety or much artery-constricting stress. Sardinia has seen a great deal of hardship over the centuries. There have been earthquakes, famines, and a near-endless string of invaders, starting with the Phoenicians and the Romans and continuing through the Spanish, the House of Savoy, and today's tourists, scientists, and journalists. Along the way the people of the interior seem to have adopted the attitude that whatever the foreigners can screw up they usually will, so you might as well focus on the few acres of rock and lichen you can control. It's similar to the conclusion that came out of a big U.S. study earlier this year discounting the role of positive emotions on cancer survival. A relentlessly upbeat attitude has probably been overrated in our society. If you really want arteries that will let you live to 100, you'd do better to follow the example of a Sardinian peasant and respond to everything, good and bad, with the same sort of droll fatalism. As Demurtas put it to me, "A girl once asked me, 'How can I live to be your age?' I told her, 'Don't die too early.'"
Pass the Cheese
After we visit the clinic, pilia takes me up the hill to sample another mystifying factor presumably contributing to the Sardinians' longevity: traditional central Sardinian cuisine.
Many people would assume that because Sardinia is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea the centenarians have benefited from a lifetime's immersion in the Mediterranean diet, recently lauded for its emphasis on fish, vegetables, and artery-scrubbing olive oil. But those people would be wrong. "You have to remember, a lot of these centenarians are shepherds," Pilia explains as we take our seats at a little restaurant called La Pineta. "If you talk to people 80 years old in the mountains, they don't know how to swim, even though the sea is at most 20 minutes from their home."
We start with young white blocks of sour cream cheese, which, Pilia explains, is cultured from fresh sheep's milk, right in the field. The bread, pistoccu, is flat and hard, designed for travel and meant to be moistened with water. This is followed by a chunky porcini soup, made from mushrooms that grow like kudzu in these hills. Then a main course of roast suckling pig and a stew of lamb meat, hearts, liver, and intestines. And then more cheese.
Although the average centenarian would probably enjoy a feast like this only once a week or so, some of these dishes, like the cheeses and pistoccu, can make an appearance at almost every meal. Thus, the first rule of traditional Sardinian cuisine is paradoxically the same as the recent advertising slogan of the American Dairy Association: "Ahh, the power of cheese."
The reason this works for the Sardinian centenarians has to do with what else they're eating on their nonfeast days, namely, loads of fresh fruit, nuts, seeds, fava beans, and artichokes and other vegetables, all of which serve to flush their systems with a purgative of fiber, phytoactive vitamins, and minerals. Much of their food is also locally grown and milled (if not plucked right from their own gardens or herds), further upping its nutrients. For those of you following at home, it's a good argument for buying organic, and, indeed, to this day Sardinia supplies Italy with two-thirds of its organic food. Even their cheese and meat are healthier than the standard non-grass-fed American Saran-wrapped varieties, because the emphasis on natural grazing methods heightens the concentration of heart-healthy omega 3 and conjugated linoleic acids.
Of course, some features of Sardinian cuisine seem designed less for their nutritional value than for their ability to shock unsuspecting foreigners. Take the famous casu marzu, or "walking cheese," a fresh pecorino dotted with live cheese mite larvae. (Thankfully, it's out of season when I'm there.) I mean, I know maggots are a source of protein, but wouldn't chopped almonds have sufficed? Still, maggot cheese is not the strangest food they eat. That title would have to go to tordi.
These are small, four-inch-long songbirds that feed on Sardinia's plentiful myrtle berries. They are netted and poached, then served cold, three or four at a time, garnished with myrtle leaves. Their eyes are black, haunting, their necks spindly. They look like a plateful of baby dinosaurs. You are supposed to eat them whole – everything but the beak, in a few greedy crunches – but I begin with a small nibble on a leg. The meat is both gamey and floral, deeply flavorful and surprisingly delicious.
Tordi are typically consumed only at celebrations, although, like caviar or pigs in the blanket, they can make their own fun. "Even if you have nothing to celebrate, it is a party," explains my server. They speak, in other words, to a particularly Sardinian philosophy that the centenarians seem to understand: Whenever the occasion presents itself, you are not to merely suck the marrow from the bones of life, meager though they may be; you must crush the bones between your teeth and eat life whole. Except, of course, for the beak.
What's in the Wine?
Consider efisio puddu, a former stonemason who has just celebrated his 102nd birthday. He lives in Selargius with his family, which surrounds us now in the tidy dining room. Among those gathered are his grandsons: round-faced Andrea, who sells magazines and flits into and out of the room, half listening; and Fabio, who is thin, intense, and observant, and isn't going anywhere.
"Please speak loudly," Puddu says. He went deaf in one ear when Cágliari was bombed during the second world war. He was a member of the state's military police at the time; it was his second tour of duty – he was already 42, after all.
"I never had any vices," says Puddu. "I never drank too much." If he had five lire in his pocket, he says, he would spend it on the operetta. "I always led a moderate life. A normal life." He chops the air with his hand and repeats: "Normalissima!"
This is not the first time I've heard this centenarian rejection of any suggestion of fanciness. It recalls a conversation I had yesterday with Antonio Argiolas, 97, a winemaker who first planted his vineyard in 1936 and during the grape harvest often slept there, while standing. "Work unceasingly," he advised, and as he said so a man walked straight into his house, money in hand, to buy a bottle of wine off him. Both Argiolas and Puddu seemed befuddled by the notion of desire. When I probed them for their favorite foods, their faces went blank, as if they didn't know the meaning of the word favorite.
I ask the members of the Puddu family if they will live as long as Efisio. They laugh. "We are going for 120," says his daughter Rosaria. But Fabio, the grandson, shakes his head. "Probably not," he says. "Genetics helps, but not without the lifestyle. My grandfather's life was very different, for many reasons. He was physically stressed, but not psychologically. The food is not the same as it used to be. There is pollution, genetic engineering, free radicals."
Fabio's mother explains that her son is a health food nut. She says this with a kind of fond exasperation, as if she were telling me he is mentally ill. "When my grandfather was young, everybody ate like this," Fabio says, picking up on her tone. "They ate meat once a week, at most." And, perhaps most important, "they ate less, and they drank less."
His grandfather nods along in agreement. How would you eat on an average day, I ask him.
"Normalmente!" he says (of course). Caffé latte in the morning, nothing more. For lunch, a fresh minestrone, followed by some pasta and beans, fruit, nuts, maybe a little meat, and cheese. The same for dinner, but less. And he has always had a glass of red wine with every meal.
A meager diet to be sure, by our standards – no wonder he never had any favorites. But I realize that Fabio may well be onto something. Over the past few years longevity researchers have identified calorie restriction as perhaps the most dramatic step an organism can take to extend its life span. The body, responding to the environmental stress of less energy, activates enzymes called sirtuins that boost the rate of cell repair, thus slowing the natural cellular deterioration at the crux of aging, and giving the undernourished subject some extra time to reproduce.
Some American longevity nuts have already been experimenting with a severely restricted 1,500-calorie-per-day diet, to try to mimic the life-lengthening results achieved in worms and primates. I don't know about you, but the thought of living to 110 with my stomach grumbling the whole time is my idea of hell. And that's what's so intriguing about the Sardinians: They seem to have achieved the same effect on 1,800 to 2,000 calories a day, or just 200 to 400 less than what I pig out on. As Lisa Walford, author of 'The CR Diet,' due out next spring, explains, they manage it by eating a healthful, satisfying diet that's consistently just a couple of slices of pistoccu short of what their body wants. Then they boost the effect by drinking glasses of rustic mountain-grown wine so teeming with polyphenols that it appears to trigger the release of more age-busting sirtuins.
Puddu and his fellow centenarians may well have unintentionally eaten and drunk and worked themselves into long, long lives – without wanting them, of course, or wanting anything. Just by being normalissima. While Fabio laments the decline of the traditional diet and lifestyle, his diet, which his parents view as trendy, shows how things may be coming full circle, and now I see the startling resemblance between the young man and the old. Fabio is sitting there, the same thin, angular face, depressed but without anxiety, 29 though everyone thinks he's 24 – a centenarian in training. He may not believe it, but if anyone in this room is going to make it to 100, I'd put my euros on him.
As I leave, Efisio grabs me with his mason's hands, still powerful, and puts a kiss on each of my cheeks. Fabio just shakes my hand solemnly. I say, "You look young, but you have an old soul."?Now he smiles, his face lit with the pleasure of being recognized. He searches for the words in English: "You look correct."


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A water-bound operatic spectacle based on the enchanting Edward Lear poem The Owl and the Pussycat is on offer during the summer of the Games, a new work from ROH2.
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The new work will be seen both on the water and banks of London's canals and waterways, stopping for performances at various points as it travels from west to east. This exciting new work is part of the 'Secrets' programme, a series of extraordinary site-specific collaborations taking place in a range of hidden spaces across the capital in summer 2012, led by major artists and leading cultural organizations and presented by the Mayor of London. Further information on these events can be found at www.molpresents.com/secrets.
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When we first received program inquiry from the library for July 7th, I thought it'd be the perfect day for Tanabata Festival as it is the very date Japanese are celebrating the summer festival. So what is Tanabata anyway? Commonly, it is the day you'd find festival many places in Japan, with tall bamboo trees with lots of ornaments hanging, usually made of colorful papers and/or Tanzaku-paper, a long square strip of paper with prayers written on it. We also know it is close to the day eating a bowl of eel-don (Teriyaki eel on top of steamed white rice), "Doyo-no-Ushi-no-Hi". But, traditionally in old days, it was the day Japanese people celebrated and prayed for good weather = rich (rice) crops in the fall. It also came with an ancient love story of Orihime, a weaving princess, who was representing a star "Vega" and Hikoboshi, a cow herd, as "Altair" star located either side of milky ways as they were separated by the Orihime's father, Tenkai, as they had made him mad by being lazy and not working hard after they married. It is said that if weather was good, a flock of magpie would come and make a bridge with their wings over the milky way so that the two could reunite each other. But if rained, it means Orihime is weeping too hard, the magpie cannot come thus the two could not cross the milky way and would have to wait until the next year. So, after all, it is all about the weather and crops, and nothing about bamboos or eel-don. Yet, people in Japan still celebrate this day the way they carried from ancestors while looking for the beautiful milky way in the night sky. So, luckily the weather today was perfect for the water-yoyo fishing games outside on a porch. Inside the community room, we set up tables for people to write their wishes and hang Tanzaku-paper on a bamboo tree. However, regretfully there was so little participants today. We suspected it was due to the July 4th holiday and many people may still be on vacation. Or, after many brutally hot days, people could be enjoying outdoor activities. So, we volunteers took advantage and enjoyed our relaxed chit-chat in Yukata, summer Kimono, with Geta-sandal, just like people must be doing in a summer day in Japan. Midori Shinye Project leader
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They've done museums, monuments and a fancy soirée, but with an exhilarating jet boat ride and a taste of Central Otago's best drops, it was finally starting to feel like a holiday for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Kate and William turned up to church on Sunday like good English royals, but it wasn't long before they'd taken off their Sunday best to see a rugby field battle – and later, discover what the New Zealand tourist haven of Queenstown had to offer.
The teams fought it out in Dunedin's Forsyth Stadium, and it was William's Clutha team who took home the trophy, winning 30-20 against the home side, who'd had a pep talk from both Kate and All Black captain Richie McCaw.
It was probably a relief for the duke after Kate's America's Cup yacht beat him not once, but twice, on Friday.
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After their chilly morning in Dunedin, the duke and duchess flew to crystal-clear Queenstown where the tourist activities began in earnest.
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The 21-Day Plan
Sure, we're suckers for a workout that promises flat abs and a tight butt as much as the next girl. But there's a more important reason to exercise: It makes you feel great. "Good mental health is just as important as good physical health, and exercise is crucial to getting both," says trainer Jeanette Jenkins, author of The Hollywood Trainer Weight-Loss Plan: 21 Days to Make Healthy Living a Lifetime Habit. Her plan celebrates all of the fab stuff that comes with exercise: more energy, better health, and the motivation to keep coming back for more. So while this routine will definitely help you see an improvement in the right-around-the-corner skimpy-outfits season, it'll also help you love the shape you're in, inside and out.
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Your 21-Day Makeover Plan
Day 1: Cardio, stretch
Day 2: Circuits A & C
Day 3: Cardio, stretch
Day 4: Circuits B & C
Day 5: Circuit A, stretch
Day 6: Circuits B & C
Day 7: Rest and rejuvenate (Repeat for weeks 2 and 3)
Circuit A
Chest, Triceps, and Rear
Do this circuit 4 times through (advanced, do it 6 times)
1. Push-Up/Plank Combo
Targets shoulders, triceps, chest, abs
- Begin in a modified push-up position, hands on ground slightly wider than shoulders and knees down. Keep a straight line from the top of your head through your legs, abs tight. Bend elbows 90 degrees, then push back up to start.
- Do 20 to 25 reps. (Not shown.)
- After your last rep, lift your knees off the ground so you're in a full push-up position with legs extended. Keeping abs tight and back straight, hold for 30 seconds.
- Challenge yourself: Do full push-ups; hold plank 60 seconds.
2. Chest Flye
- Lie faceup on the ground with knees bent, holding heavier dumbbells with arms extended, palms facing each other.
- Slowly open arms out to sides, keeping elbows slightly bent; stop when weights are about an inch above the ground.
- Push weights back to starting position. Do 15 reps.
- Immediately pick up the lighter set of weights and repeat; do 10 more reps.
- Challenge yourself: Do 25 reps with the 8- to 10-pound weights.
3. Reverse Lunge
Targets glutes, hamstrings, quads
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding lighter set of dumbbells with arms at sides, palms in.
- Lunge right foot behind you, lowering right knee toward ground; bend left knee 90 degrees, keeping it aligned over ankle.
- Return to start, driving body weight through your left heel; bring right knee to hip level (not shown).
- Repeat. Do 15 reps; switch legs.
- Challenge yourself: Hold heavier dumbbells and/or do 25 reps per side.
4. Squat/Chair Pose
Targets glutes, hamstrings, quads
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, holding lighter dumbbells on shoulders.
- Squat down, pushing butt behind you; keep body weight over heels.
- Push through heels to return to start, squeezing glutes. Do 20 to 25 reps.
- After last rep, drop weights and bring feet together. Resume squat position, keeping knees behind toes and extending arms in front at chest level; hold for 30 seconds.
- Challenge yourself: Use heavier dumbbells and hold chair pose for 60 seconds.
Circuit B
Back, Biceps, and Thighs
Do this circuit 4 times through (advanced, do it 6 times)
1. Plie Squat
Targets glutes, quads, inner thighs
- Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart with toes turned out, holding lighter dumbbells vertically in front of thighs.
- Keeping abs tight and torso tall, bend knees 90 degrees; keep knees aligned between second and third toes and weight in heels.
- Press back to start; squeeze your glutes. Do 15 reps.
- Challenge yourself: Use heavier weights and/or do 25 reps.
2. Biceps Curl
Targets biceps
- Stand tall with feet together, knees slightly bent. Hold a heavy dumbbell in each hand with palms facing up.
- Slowly curl the weights toward your shoulders, contracting your biceps.
- Slowly lower the weights to start and repeat. Do 15 reps.
- Immediately pick up the lighter set of weights and repeat; do 10 more reps.
- Challenge yourself: Do 25 reps with the heavier weights.
3. Inner/Outer Leg Lift
Targets glutes, outer and inner thighs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, arms extended at shoulder height, palms down.
- Lift left leg to side, squeezing outer thigh and glutes. Do 15 reps.
- Without touching floor, bring left leg in front of body, rotating inner thigh to face forward. Press left heel forward; do 15 reps (not shown).
- Switch sides and repeat from beginning.
- Challenge yourself: Do 25 reps per leg.
4. Back Flye
Targets upper back, shoulders
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, right leg about 3 feet behind left. Hold heavier dumbbells with palms facing each other.
- Bend forward from waist, extending arms toward ground diagonally just in front of left knee.
- Slowly open arms straight out to sides to shoulder level, contracting the muscles of your upper back. Slowly lower weights and repeat.
- Return to center and repeat; do 15 reps.
- Immediately pick up the lighter set of weights and repeat; do 10 more reps.
- Challenge yourself: Do 25 reps with the heavier weights.
Circuit C
Do this circuit 4 times through (advanced, do it 6 times)
1. Roll-Up
Targets deep (transverse) and "six-pack" (rectus) abdominals
- Lie faceup on ground with knees bent, arms extended next to ears, palms facing up.
- Reach your arms straight as you contract your abs and lift your head, neck, and shoulders off the ground. Keep your spine rounded, moving as smoothly as possible.
- When you're all the way up, pull your abs in tight and roll back down one vertebra at a time. Do 8 reps.
- Challenge yourself: Keep legs straight.
2. Side Reach
Targets obliques, deep (transverse) abdominals
- Lie on the ground on your right side with legs stacked, right arm on ground and left arm on top of left leg.
- Keeping abs pulled in, reach left hand down as if going to touch ankle (you'll move only slightly off the floor), feeling the contraction along your side.
- Slowly lower back down, using your obliques and abs to provide resistance. Do 8 reps; switch sides and repeat.
- Challenge yourself: Lift your legs slightly as you reach toward ankles.
3. Boat Pose
Targets deep (transverse) and "six-pack" (rectus) abdominals
- Sit on the ground with knees bent, feet hip-width apart. Place hands under thighs, inhaling deeply.
- Exhale, lifting feet off the ground (keep knees bent) and pulling abs in tight.
- Lean back slightly, balancing on your tailbone, and open arms wide out to sides. Hold for 8 breaths, return to start, and repeat. Do 3 reps.
- Challenge yourself: Straighten legs about 45 degrees to ground.
Calorie-Blasting Cardio Workout
These treadmill workouts are designed to blast 300 to 500+ calories in about 40 to 50 minutes. Choose from one of three levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and pick either a high-impact run or a low-impact speed walk on an incline. Don't have access to a treadmill? Do the same program outside on flat or hilly terrain. Follow your cardio workout with 5 to 10 minutes of stretching for your shoulders, chest, hips, glutes and legs.
Level 1
0:00-5:00: Warm up, 3.5 mph, 0%
5:00-7:00: Speed-walk, 4.0 mph, 0%
7:00-9:00: Run, jog (5.2-6.0 mph, 0%) or speed-walk (3.8 mph, 6%)
9:00-33:00: Repeat minutes 5:00-9:00 six more times, alternating 2 minutes of walking with 2 minutes of running or walking on an incline
33:00-38:00: Cool down, 3.5 mph, 0%
Level 2
0-5:00: Warm up, 3.5 mph, 0%
5:00-7:00: Speed-walk, 4.0 mph, 0%
7:00-22:00: Run, jog (5.2-6.0 mph, 0%) or speed-walk (3.8 mph, 6%)
9:00-39:00: Repeat minutes 5:00-22:00, alternating 2 minutes of walking with 15 minutes of running or walking on an incline
39:00-45:00: Cool down, 3.5 mph, 0%
Level 3
0-5:00: Warm up, 3.5 mph, 0%
5:00-10:00: Run, jog (5.2-6-0 mph, 0%) or speed-walk (3.8 mph, 6%)
10:00-12:00: Sprint (6.0-7.0 mph, 0%) or speed-walk (3.8 mph, 10%)
12:00-47:00: Repeat minutes 5:00-12:00 5 more times, alternating 5 minutes of running or walking on an incline
47:00-52:00: Cool down, 3.5 mph, 0%
Adapted from The Hollywood Trainer Weight-Loss Plan by Jeanette Jenkins with permission of G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of the Penguin Group USA. Copyright 2007 by Jeanette Jenkins.


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Stars Lounge Policies
- Only students with valid UIS I-Cards are allowed to check out equipment.
- Only one set of equipment can be checked out per UIS I-Card.
- Only a Stars Lounge Attendant is allowed to remove game equipment or place it back in the drawers.
- Please return all gaming equipment to the attendant 15 minutes before close.
- No sitting on the gaming equipment.
- The pool tables are not allowed to be moved. If an individual or organization moves the one or both tables there will be a $200 fee.
- No food can be served off of the gaming equipment. The only exception is when the pool table insert is used and the cover is on.
Guest Policy
- Stars Lounge is designed for UIS student use. Guests (defined as someone who is not employed by or taking classes at UIS) may utilize Stars Lounge as long as they are escorted by a UIS student/staff. If a UIS student chooses to check out equipment for their guest the student is responsible for the equipment.
- If a guest is using a gaming area and a student wishes to use that area the student takes precedent.
Event Reservation Policies
- Stars Lounge can be reserved for student events. Submit your request online at Student life forms.
- If the event time proposed is after normal business hours the request must be submitted at least 4 weeks in advance.
- Events held in Stars Lounge must be open to all UIS students.
- For events that take place after normally scheduled Stars Lounge hours, an hourly attendant fee may be assessed ($15/hour for student organizations, $30/campus departments).
- All events taking place in Stars Lounge will be required to set up a preliminary meeting with the Associate Director of Student Life or designee to discuss the event.
- Organizations are required to clean up after themselves. This includes removing all the materials and food products The Stars Lounge staff will take care of wiping down the tables and the floor area.
- Stars Lounge can not be reserved for personal use or non-UIS events (i.e. graduation parties).
Additional Policies
- No alcoholic beverages will be allowed in Stars Lounge.
- Only Stars Lounge staff members are allowed behind the counter.
- Stars Lounge Attendants have the right to ask a member to leave Stars Lounge. Failure to comply with the requests of a staff member may result in judicial action or police involvement.
- Stars Lounge does not provide change without a purchase.
- Animals are not permitted in Stars Lounge. It is unhealthy to have animals near food preparation. Service animals are the only exception to this policy.
- Any activity on campus undertaken for the purpose of sales, sales promotion, or political canvassing is strictly prohibited without authorization from the Associate Director of Student Life.
- If you would like to use the Stars Lounge patio for a group event, it MUST be registered through the Student Life office.
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Woman killed by SF truck identified as outrage grows
Outrage from residents and city officials escalated Friday as questions swirled over how a San Francisco parks employee apparently violated a city policy, tore across a bucolic park lawn in a city pickup truck and fatally ran down a mother who was enjoying the day with her baby and dog.
Thomas Burnoski, 57, is believed to have struck Christine Svanemyr of Daly City while she was lying in the grass with her baby and dog at Holly Park in Bernal Heights. Burnoski was booked into San Francisco County Jail late Thursday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run.
Svanemyr, a Zen monk and life coach, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her baby and dog are unhurt, police report.
"It's really upsetting to me that this woman is dead now," said Bernal Heights resident Rachel Bonnefil, who visits Holly Park every day to walk her dog. "It's always seemed to me that it's against policies to drive like they do. But it's a routine thing."
The San Francisco Police Department released few details Friday on its investigation into Svanemyr's death. Burnoski has been placed on administrative leave without pay.
No spotter in place
Sarah Ballard, a spokeswoman for the Recreation and Park Department, said she couldn't comment on an open investigation, but said the department's vehicle policy is that workers are never allowed to drive on park pathways, sidewalks, closed roads or the actual park area "merely for convenience purposes."
"If work requirements necessitate operating a city vehicle on a park-scape or other surface not designed for vehicle operation, utilize a staff person outside the vehicle to serve as a safety watch or otherwise guide vehicle movement," the policy reads.
No spotter was in place, according to police reports, and the site of the collision was well off any roadway.
"It was definitely on the grassy areas. It didn't have a sidewalk near it or a pathway," said police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza. Svanemyr was on the southeast end of the park when she was hit.
Driver training required
Ballard said employees who operate Rec and Park's 707 vehicles, which include mowers, cars and trucks, must complete training every two years. The department's vehicles include 312 road vehicles that travel more than 1 million miles a year.
Police said Burnoski left the park after hitting the woman but was detained by police several blocks away and taken to Ingleside Station for questioning.
Results of drug and alcohol tests are pending. Ballard said Burnoski has been an employee of the parks department since 2006.
Burnoski, who has been cited for talking on a cell phone while driving, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, has no recent criminal record. His daughter died in a car accident in April, according to newspaper reports.
In February, Bonnefil filed a complaint about Holly Park on Parkscan.org, a website that allows residents to submit their observations about parks to the city, contending that the drivers routinely used the pedestrian paths and went too fast. Other neighbors contacted at Holly Park after Svanemyr's death echoed her concerns.
Bonnefil said her complaint got no response from the city, but Ballard said a driver in those incidents had been fired.
Rec and Park officials said that they've received just four official complaints over the past two years about poor driving by employees. Bonnefil's complaint was one of two for Holly Park.
'Sick to my stomach'
Supervisor David Campos, whose district includes Holly Park, said Svanemyr's death "makes me sick to my stomach." He said he was angry to hear that the park department did not respond to a complaint.
"When it comes to park safety, you're thinking about a number of things, but the last thing you think of is that someone who works there is going to end up hurting someone who's there simply to enjoy the park," Campos said. "It's hard to fathom how something like that could happen."
Parks General Manager Phil Ginsburg released a statement Friday expressing condolences to family and friends of Svanemyr.
"This is a devastating day for all," he said. "The Recreation and Park Department is cooperating fully with the San Francisco Police Department as they investigate this accident." Ginsburg declined a request for an interview.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee called for a review of complaints about park employees, according to a spokeswoman for the mayor, and Lee met with police and park officials Friday.
"Parks are a place where people should feel safe," said spokeswoman Christine Falvey, adding that the mayor was committed to making sure something like this would not happen again.
Svanemyr was an ordained Zen monk working as the director of development for New Ventures West, an integral coaching company that helps people meet their full potential in life, according to the company's website.
She graduated from West Virginia University with degrees in anthropology, sociology and ecotourism and recreation management. She was a lifelong dancer who once performed at the World Cup in South Korea as part of the professional African dance group Azagano.
Born in October 2012
Her daughter, Isa Amalie, was born in October 2012. The company website said Svanemyr regarded the girl as "her greatest joy and teacher."
"Christy now understands her monk vows in a entirely new way," her profile states. "It's no longer a good idea to 'save all sentient beings' but her responsibility to try to do as much as possible to make this world a kinder, gentler place for our sons and daughters to be in."
In addition to her daughter, Svanemyr leaves her husband, Vegar Svanemyr.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Nanette Asimov contributed to this report. Vivian Ho and Kurtis Alexander are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: email@example.com, email@example.com


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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla are hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie next month at their home in Palo Alto, Heather Hoddon of The Wall Street Journal reports.
Zuckerberg and Christie, who's up for re-election, have a bit of history together.
The two first met in 2010, when Zuckerberg donated $100 million to public schools in Newark. Since then, Zuckerberg, Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have worked together on education reform.
"They admire his leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark's school children," Facebook spokesperson Sarah Feinberg told the Journal. "Mark and Priscilla are happy to host him at their home to support his re-election."


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The Strats team at Standard Chartered has six (6) open positions for typed functional programming developers, based in London and Singapore. Strats are a specialized software engineering and quantitative analysis team who build a broad range of software for financial markets users at Standard Chartered.
You will work on the trading floor, directly with traders, building software to automate their work and improve their efficiency. The focus of these role will be on market pricing feed automation and algorithmic pricing.
You will use Haskell for almost all tasks: data analysis, market data publishing, database access, web services, desktop GUIs, large parallel tasks, quantitative models, solvers, everything. This is a fast paced role – code you write today will be deployed within hours to hundreds of users and has to work.
These are permanent, associate director and director positions, in London and Singapore as part of the Strats global team. Demonstrated experience in typed FP (Haskell, OCaml, F# etc) is required. We have around 3 million lines of Haskell, and our own Haskell compiler. In this context we look for skill and taste in typed functional programming to capture and abstract over complex, messy systems.
Experience writing typed APIs to external systems such as databases, web services, pub/sub platforms is very desirable. We like working code, so if you have Hackage or github libraries, we definitely want to see them. We also like StackOverflow answers, blog posts, academic papers, or other arenas where you can show broad FP ability. A PhD in computer science is a strong advantage.
The role requires physical presence on the trading floor in Singapore or London. Remote work is not an option. You will have some project and client management skills — you will talk to users, understand their problems and then implement and deliver what they really need. No financial background is required. These positions have attractive remuneration for the right candidates. Relocation support will also be provided. Contracting-based positions are also possible if desired.
Applicants who don't necessarily meet all criteria but have an interest in working in Singapore in particular, and have an FP background, are encouraged to apply.
More info about our development process is in the 2012 PADL keynote, and a 2013 HaskellCast interview.
If this sounds exciting to you, please send your resume to me – donald.stewart <at> sc.com


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Countertop Ice Machines
Don't be fooled by the compact size of a countertop ice machine. These tiny powerhouses can produce up to 400 pounds of ice per day! Great for front of house and back of house alike, countertop ice machines work well in any self-serve beverage stations or high-traffic back line areas. With a countertop ice maker you'll get the efficiency and output you love of a traditional commercial ice machine while also salving your precious floor space. At Tundra Restaurant Supply you can shop countertop ice machines from the industry's leading manufacturers like Ice-O-Matic, Scotsman and more. For more information about commercial ice machines, check out our Ice Machine Buying Guide.
Commercial Ice Machine Ice Types
You won't get far in the ice machine buying process without knowing how much ice you need and what kind of ice you want. Countertop ice machines typically dispense nugget-style ice, which is also referred to as pearl, cubelet, chewblet, gem or even Pearl Ice®. Nugget ice is softer than cubed ice but denser than flaked ice, making it a great option for beverages. Customers also like that it's "chewable" and easy to dispense at self-service stations. In addition to nugget ice, you may encounter other ice types like full cube, half cube, flaked, gourmet and more. For a quick, easy way to learn about different ice types check out our handy infographic.
Commercial Ice Machine Maintenance
Like most restaurant equipment, your commercial ice machine would benefit from regular cleaning and maintenance. Due to the nature of ice production, it's easy for scale, slime and even mold to build up within the tubing of your machine or within the ice bin itself. Regularly cleaning your ice machine with an ice machine cleaner like this one from Scotsman can help. But the best way to keep your ice machine running smoothly is to utilize a water filter and change it regularly (timing depends on the water quality in your specific area). Water filters help remove contaminants and minerals that will slowly build up in the tubing and around the heating elements of your ice machine. The scale inhibiter in your water filter will also aid in protecting working elements in the machine as well. Water filters also make your ice look, smell and taste betters, so why wouldn't you invest in one?
Lastly, don't forget an ice scoop! There are plenty of reasons why you don't want someone's hands to be in contact with the ice (the poor marks from a health inspector is certainly one of them). Simple scoops like this one from San Jamar make it easy (and safe!) to dispense ice. You'd be surprised how many of those in the industry still use pint glasses as ice scoops. Apart from being a safety hazard (Do you realize how easily glass breaks?), pint glasses will earn you poor marks at your next inspection.


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Users Can Store Games and Game Data, Play Music, Transfer Wireless Internet Settings and View Digital Photos
LAS VEGAS, NV, JAN. 5, 2006 - Building on its strong entry into the handheld gaming market with high-capacity flash memory cards, SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced a gaming-oriented USB smart drive - the SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire™ - to serve the needs of console and PC video gamers. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where SanDisk is demonstrating several new products at Booth 30329, Level 3 of the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire will be available in four color-coded capacities: 512 megabytes (MB) in green, 1 gigabyte (GB) in white, 2GB in black and 4GB* in blue. The drive comes with an attractive metallic lanyard that attaches to a snap-on cap. When connected to a USB-enabled device, the Crossfire's indicator light pulses lime-green.
"The new gaming consoles, with their impressive graphics, are more than just gaming devices - they are multimedia centers," said Nelson Chan, SanDisk executive vice-president and general manager. "As such, people can also use them to view their digital photos and play digital music, and a smart drive is a fast and convenient way to access this content."
Microsoft's recently released Xbox 360™ features three USB ports. And early announcements from both Sony and Nintendo have indicated that their next-generation game consoles - PlayStation3™ for Sony and Revolution™ for Nintendo - will also support USB connections when the consoles go on sale next year.
Apart from consoles, personal computer gaming also can make use of smart drives to save game levels, previews and interactive game content, according to Christina Day, SanDisk's senior manager of product marketing for gaming cards and flash drives. In that vein, the SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire is U3-enabled, thus providing a platform to store a variety of applications, including PC games.** And the U3 user interface, called the U3 Launchpad, is specially designed for gamers, said Day.
Market research company IDC estimates that worldwide shipments of gaming hardware will grow 28.6 percent from 2005 to 2006, reaching 60.4 million units and generating revenues of $25.6 billion. "The launch of new consoles provides a number of opportunities for those supplying new products that take advantage of the unique features of the systems," said Schelley Olhava, IDC analyst. "Providing gamers with products that enhance the game experience is key to long-term success in this market."
For owners of the Microsoft Xbox 360 console, the SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire can be used to play digital music tracks and show digital still images on any television set that is connected to an Xbox 360. Also, gamers can use the SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire to transfer home wireless network settings from a PC to the Xbox 360.
Suggested retail prices for the SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire are $54.99 for 512MB, $99.99 for 1GB, $169.99 for 2GB and $329.99 for 4GB. The gaming drive will be sold in many of the 135,000-plus retail outlets worldwide where SanDisk products are available.
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S.
* 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.
** U3 functionality is not supported under Mac OS (any version).
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from
SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com
SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the and other countries. Memory Stick PRO Duo is a trademark of Sony Corporation. PSP and PlayStation are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI). U3 and U3 smart logo are trademarks of U3, LLC. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).
SanDisk Corporation
Ken Castle
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