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Eva Mendes covers Marie Claire's March 2012 flaunting her femme fatale looks in a stunning Dolce & Gabbana dress. In the interview, the 37-year-old actress dishes on working with her beau Ryan Gosling, her idols, and she also reveals some of her secrets for sexy hair, bombshell body and glowing skin. Check out these highlights from Eva's interview!
Eva Mendes heats up Marie
Claire's March 2012 issue. The 37-year-old strikes a sultry pose
and surrenders to the femme fatale style of screen siren Sophia
Loren. In the accompanying interview, Eva dishes on working with
Ryan Gosling, her idols, but she also reveals some of her secrets
for sexy hair, bombshell body and glowing skin. In her latest film,
the art-house indie 'Girl in Progress', Mendes plays a single mom
who is so wrapped up in her own life that she fails to see that her
chess-champ teenager is turning into a party girl. "She's a
disaster, a mess, which I really love," Eva says of her
Throughout her 13-year career, Eva has mostly played the other woman. Besides being a talented actress, she is also international spokeswoman for famous brands such as Revlon, Pantene and Thierry Mugler. "I have taken the opportunities that have come my way and made the best of them," Mendes told Marie Claire.
And her role in 'Girl in Progress' is a turn and a first step towards her transformation from big-screen sex symbol to respected actress. Speaking about her idols, Julianne Moore and Annette Bening, Eva confesses that, "I have a girl crush on them. I'd kill to have half the careers they've had after 40."
On her personal issues, Eva admits that she solves them in the privacy of a therapist's office. She told the magazine that boundaries are a necessity and that this type of problems shouldn't be dealt with publicly. Boundaries, she says, are "necessary not just to be a celebrity, but to be a healthy individual." Currently, the actress is dating 31-year-old actor Ryan Gosling. The two are starring in the upcoming crime drama 'The Place Beyond the Pines'. On working with her beau, Eva admits that, "He's your dream costar. I have never felt so creatively satisfied on a film."
Eva sits down for a chat with Marie Claire and dishes on body
image. "It doesn't matter what you have or what you look like. It's
something everyone has to work at. I realize I have contributed to
a certain happy, healthy, empowered image, but that's not all of
me. I feel it's important to let women know that I have similar
struggles. What I tell girls is what they don't like about
themselves now, they will probably end up loving as an adult,
because that's what happened to me. When I am complimented on
things that I didn't like when I was 13, like my overbite and my
mole, that's when you realize that your imperfections are why
people love you," the actress says.
In the interview with the magazine, Eva reveals some of her beauty secrets. On her workout routine, the actress says that, "I run four to five times a week, mixing it up among distance running, intervals on a track, and running uphill on a treadmill."
As on her diet, Mendes admits that, "I don't eat meat and stopped eating chicken — my skin has gotten a lot better."
Speaking about her beauty favorites, Eva confesses that she's not so much into red lipstick. "I like Dr. Perricone products, which have a minimum of ingredients and really work. I also use Laura Mercier's moisturizing foundation and eyeshadows. I'm not a fan of red lipstick — I go for anything peachy or pinky," the actress says.
She then reveals a trick for sexy hair. "I have big, wavy, crazy hair, so it works best for me when I let it be. Here's a trick I learned from my mother: If your hair is a little greasy and you don't have the time to shampoo, put some baby powder at the roots and at the ends. It gives you that '70s textured look," Eva explains.
On the go-to outfit, the actress says that, "I'm not a big jeans girl. Usually when I go out, it'll be in a dress — something floral or ultrafeminine."
Read Eva's full interview in the March 2012 issue of Marie Claire.
Photos courtesy of Marie Claire


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Norman Lamb MP has challenged the Government to provide a clear plan for implementing the recommendations of the Mental Health Five Year Forward View.
The long-awaited report of the independent Mental Health Taskforce, published last week, highlighted the desperate state of mental health care in England. It contained 58 recommendations to improve services – including the introduction of comprehensive waiting time standards in mental health, 24-hour access to care for everyone suffering a mental health crisis, and an end to the practice of people with mental illness being shunted across the country to receive care.
However, the Government has so far failed to outline a clear strategy for implementing these recommendations. Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday (23rd February), Health Minister Alistair Burt could only offer the vague promise of a series of "rolling responses" to the Taskforce's report, without laying out any steps for achieving its vision.
People with mental illness still do not enjoy the same right to access treatment on time as people with physical health conditions; and because these access rights determine where the money goes in the NHS, mental health has always been under-funded. Norman Lamb and Nick Clegg began to rectify this in government by securing the first ever NHS waiting time standards in mental health, as a starting point in an ambitious programme that by 2020 would aim to provide a comprehensive set of access rights. The Taskforce report endorsed this ambition, but the Government is yet to clarify how and when this ambition will become a reality.
The Minister was also unable to put forward a strategy or timetable for ending the scandal of out of area mental health placements. During a House of Commons debate led by Norman Lamb in December, Alistair Burt pledged to develop a plan to reduce long-distance inpatient admissions after considering the findings of the Taskforce report and Lord Crisp's Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care.
Both reports have now concluded that the practice is unacceptable and should be eliminated nationally. However, when pressed for a timetable by Alistair Carmichael, Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland, Alistair Burt could only say that he'd "like to see it done as fast as reasonably practicable".
As well as calling for a clear action plan, the Liberal Democrats are holding the Government to account to ensure that the Taskforce's recommendations are properly funded. The report said that its recommended changes will require an extra £1 billion by 2020; but while the Government claims to have accepted this demand, it is believed that much of this money will be recycled from previous announcements, or taken from other parts of the health system that are already at breaking point and do not have resources to spare. The Minister's response to questions from MPs did not shed any light on exactly how much additional investment mental health will receive over the next five years, or where this funding would come from.
Commenting after the questions in the House of Commons, Norman Lamb said:
"This report sets out a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver real and lasting change to mental health services. But there has been a disappointing lack of detail in the Government's response so far, even though ministers have had many months to prepare.
"Mental health has always been the Cinderella service of the NHS, and change can only be delivered if there is a drive, ambition and clear vision at the heart of government. The 'Future in Mind' blueprint for transforming mental health services for children and young people, the Crisis Care Concordat, the first ever waiting time standards in mental health – these were all secured by the Liberal Democrats in government as part of a wider mission to achieve equality for mental health.
"Paul Farmer's Taskforce report endorses and builds on these important steps, but it is simply no good for the minister to stand at the despatch box and offer vague promises of a rolling programme of reform. With no detailed plan for delivering the change that's needed, there is a real risk that nothing will happen. Crucial proposals will be kicked into the long grass, and we will find ourselves in 2019 with the mental health system brought to its knees, and realise that the Government has left it too late.
"I am calling on the Government to develop, without delay, a clear and timetabled strategy for implementing the Taskforce's recommendations in full. We cannot afford to waste any time - and with NHS commissioners already planning next year's services, the Government has to act immediately."


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This is my take on CAS on Sunday #81 – Tic Tac Toe challenge:
As you may gather, I chose to go with the middle horizontal line! I stamped the Close to my Heart sentiment directly onto a silver foil cardstock (recollections) – using Stayz-on ink. I used a glitter chevron patterned paper for the backdrop and added just a few sequins for fun.
It is really difficult to take photos of shiny and glittery papers – they usually turn out with me and my camera reflected – adding in unasked for shapes and colors. You kind of have to sneak up on a shiny card, stalk it and catch it when the light is just right.
Speaking of taking pictures, here are a few taking in the last month which have inspired me:
My little Grand-dawg Fancy – at the dog beach one recent Saturday when Melanie came to hang out with me.
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OMG. I think I just found my BFF in a glass of Chardonnay! Or is that so very 2011? In that case, it's okay, because I'm talking about a 2011 wine. It fits.
My adventure to Calera actually began in Las Vegas at the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesar's Palace, Christmas 2012. While the visit to Caesar's was pretty horrific – in fact, I haven't returned – the one jewel was the glass of Calera Pinot Noir which was presented to me to make up for all of the Wine Fubars they had committed. I was good with that. Well, that one glass of the Pinot was ethereal, in spite of being served in the worst wine glass this side of Denny's. Worse, even.
That sent me on one of my adventures when I spent ten days in the Central Coast in May 2013. While I happily had my HQ at Paso Robles, there was also a strategic reason for staying there as well. Paso Robles is beautifully centrally located between everything, and I could visit everywhere without having to worry about traveling for too long a period of time or finding myself overly fatigued far away from "home." With that in mind, I had plans to visit Calera while I was there, and managed to wrap it together with a visit with my youngest son at Monterey Bay, a drive down Highway One, and of course, enjoying the beautiful wines.
I bought the only case of wine I've ever purchased at a winery, and still don't regret it. Although the bottles were 375ml, it was still not cheap. The wines are expensive for a reason. In fact, just a couple of months ago, Wine Spectator "discovered" Calera and showcased the founder, Josh Jensen. I found it to be a fascinating story and am happy that I have at least one of each of the showcased Pinots. Yes, I not only bought a case, but a couple of extra bottles. Just so I wouldn't run out. You never can tell. And then, Wine & Spirits magazine named Calera as one of its Wineries of the Year. The accolades go on and on. While I'm happy for the winery, the budget pest keeps telling that the accolades don't matter. And for those of you who care (I do!) the winery is organic and uses native yeasts. Love it.
In the case was this wonderful 2011 Chardonnay (Mt. Harlan), and I couldn't be happier. Before I sat down to taste/drink the wine, I prepped the video setup because I knew that it was going to be special. And it was.
The wine has the cream, vanilla, and butter that you'd expect from an oaked chard, but it's held so much in check that they are subtleties, not dominating features. It's balanced by white fruit – particularly pear (!!) and apple – and has a laser acidity that tells you that this is an excellent food wine. This is a complex Chardonnay, although oaked. This is not a butter bomb.
The 2012 is the current vintage, and I can't imagine that it would be a lesser wine than the 2011. I promise to do a tasting video for each of the Calera Pinot Noir wines, as well. They are well worth sharing – on video, I mean – although I plan to nom nom my way through them at dinner all by myself. Can't wait!
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Stoichiometric modelling (SM) of microbial metabolism
Tuesday 4th November 2014
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|Welcome from Orkun Soyer
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Taking a bottom-up approach: using metabolic models to study how interactions shape natural-occurring microbial communities
Co-authors: Rafi Zareki (Tel Aviv University), Omer Eilam (Tel Aviv University), Eytan Ruppin (Tel Aviv University)
Revealing the ecological principles that shape communities is a major challenge of the post-genomic era. To date, a systematic approach for describing inter-species interactions has been lacking. Using CBM, we independently predict the competitive and cooperative potential between 6,903 bacterial pairs derived from a collection of 118 species ' metabolic models and chart an intricate association between competition and cooperation. Utilizing ecological data from 2,801 samples, we explore the associations between bacterial interactions and coexistence patterns. The high level of competition observed between species with mutual-exclusive distribution patterns supports the role of competition in community assembly. Cooperative interactions are typically unidirectional with no obvious benefit to the giver. However, within their natural communities, bacteria typically form close cooperative loops resulting in indirect benefit to all species involved.
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D Fell (Oxford Brookes University)
Issues in Flux Balance Analysis
Co-authors: Mark Poolman (Oxford Brookes University), Hassan Hartman (Oxford Brookes University)
As the practice of genome scale metabolic modelling by FBA has become more widespread, certain procedures and assumptions have been automatically adopted, almost as a standard, whereas their utility and applicability should be assessed for each specific model and investigation. In addition, there are some recurrent biochemical errors that are not always being filtered out.
Amongst the procedures not being given sufficient thought are: 1. Optimisation by maximisation or minimisation? Maximisation is generally adopted even though the way that the linear programming algorithm operates results in artefacts in the solutions that are not present on minimisation and that require post-processing to remove. 2. Expressing the biomass formation as a pseudo-reaction with non-integer stoichiometry or as part of the constraints in the analysis. Again the former is more general even though it is almost impossible to ensure it is correctly stoichiometrically balanced and feasible. 3. Substrate consumption for non-growth associated cell maintenance is for ATP generation. We have shown that part of this extra substrate consumption in Arabidopsis cells is for NADPH, presumably to combat oxidative damage, and this has consequences for the predicted fluxes in central carbon metabolism.
Recurrent errors include: 1. Writing enzyme prosthetic groups as substrates and products of enzyme reactions. FAD and FADH are the most frequent culprits. This creates pool metabolites that could generate spurious redox interactions across the network that will not exist because these groups are contained and recycled entirely within the enzyme reaction. 2. ATP from nothing. There are published models that can generate the ATP to satisfy maintenance requirements without any flows into the metabolic network from external material. Needless to say, all subsequent analysis of such a model is valueless. Preventing this is an elementary reality check during model construction.
|10:50 to 11:15
|Morning Coffee and Discussions
|11:15 to 11:30
Importance of Standardising Genome-Scale Stoichiometric Models
Co-author: Orkun Soyer (University of Warwick)
Genome-scale stoichiometric model based approaches are increasingly being used for studying cellular metabolism, which has resulted in the development of stoichiometric models for a verity of organisms and cell types. However, many of these models vary significantly in terms of their syntax, chemical/reaction naming conventions, data structures, etc., mostly due to the use of different tools/methods for developing them. These variations often make the models incompatible; therefore, comparison/integration of multiple models become very difficult. In this talk I discuss about certain issues related to the lack of a common standard and emphasis the importance of standardising stoichiometric models.
|11:30 to 11:45
Standardisation of stoichiometric models: how and why
Interest in constraint-based modelling of metabolism using stoichiometric models has grown significantly over the last 10-15 years. Hundreds of curated models [1], and thousands of automatically generated models [2] are now publicly available, covering organisms in all three domains.
Despite attempts of standardising their representation, using community-developed formats such as the Systems Biology Markup Language, SBML [3], many tasks surrounding model building and analysis are hampered by a lack of interoperability between models.
Based on the speaker's experience in co-leading two large international community efforts in the development of consensus models for yeast [4] and human [5], approaches to model standardisation will be discussed. Moreover, the benefits of adopting a disciplined approach to model standardisation - automated model building, model checking, and 'omics data integration - will be demonstrated.
Such reliance on automated techniques will be of particular relevance to stoichiometric modelling of microbial communities, where the complexity of such models is likely to far exceed that of even the largest existing models of mammalian metabolism.
[1] Optimizing genome-scale network reconstructions. Monk J, et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2014, 32(5):447-52. [2] Path2Models: large-scale generation of computational models from biochemical pathway maps. Büchel F, et al. BMC Syst Biol. 7:116. [3] The systems biology markup language (SBML): a medium for representation and exchange of biochemical network models. Hucka M, et al. Bioinformatics. 2003, 19(4):524-31. [4] A consensus yeast metabolic network reconstruction obtained from a community approach to systems biology. Herrgård MJ, et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2008, 26(10):1155-60. [5] A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism. Thiele I, et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2013, 31(5):419-25.
|11:45 to 12:00
A Heinken (Université du Luxembourg)
Constraint-based modeling of microbial communities and their interaction with the host
Co-author: Ines Thiele (Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine)
The gut microbiota performs a central role in human well-being and disease, yet few constraint-based efforts have investigated the metabolic interaction between the host and this important ecosystem. In a first effort, we constructed an in silico model of a gnotobiotic mouse colonized with a single microbial species by joining a genome-scale, manually curated and validated reconstruction of the prominent human and mouse gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and a previously published mouse reconstruction, iMM1415. We depicted the trade-off between host and microbe biomass and predicted that the microbe rescued lethal host phenotypes (1). Subsequently, we developed a framework of alternating in silico and in vitro steps to elucidate the metabolic potential of a poorly studied gut microbe relevant for human health, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. The combination of metabolic modeling and in vitro culture revealed novel carbon sources and secretion products and allowed the definition of a chemically defined growth medium for the microbe (2). We then constructed an in silico gut microbial community model consisting of 11 microbes spanning three phyla. The community model was joined with the global human reconstruction Recon2 and the effects of the microbes on human metabolic phenotypes were systematically predicted. The microbes had a global effect on the predicted host body fluid metabolome that was significantly more pronounced for commensal than for pathogenic microbes. Finally, we discuss challenges that need to be considered when constructing a well-curated, representative gut microbial community model. We demonstrate that constraint-based multi-species modeling can accurately capture the interaction between the gut microbiota and the human host and should prove useful for modeling the influence of the microbiota in human health and disease.
1. A. Heinken et al., Gut Microbes 4, 28-40 (2013). 2. A. Heinken et al., J Bacteriol, (2014).
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B Olivier (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Exchanging stoichiometric models: interoperability at genome scale
Advances in the methods used to construct genome scale constraint based models and the wider adoption of constraint based modeling in biotechnological and medical applications have led to a rapid increase in both the number of models being constructed and the tools used to analyze them.
Faced with such growth, both in number and diversity, the need for a standardized data format for the definition, exchange and annotation of constraint based models has become critical. As the core model components (e.g. species, reactions, stoichiometry) can already be efficiently described in the Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) the Flux Balance Constraints (FBC) package aims to extend SBML Level 3 core by adding the elements necessary to encode current and future constraint based model.
In this presentation, focusing on how they might be utilized in modelling microbial ecosystems, I will introduce the SBML Level 3 FBC package and two related standards, SED-ML and the COMBINE archive.
I will also explain the need for the consistent use of reaction/species identifiers and a tool that is being developed to address this issue.
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Optimal metabolic dynamics resolved by cyclic FBA
Co-authors: Willi Gottstein (Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Theoretical Biology, Germany), Rainer Machne (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Theoretical Biology, Berlin, Germany), Ralf Steuer (Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Theoretical Biology, Germany), Douglas Murray (Keio University, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Japan)
We present a new variant of Flux Balance Analysis (FBA) that allows for dynamic modelling of metabolic cycles. In contrast to traditional dynamic FBA, which performs a series of simulations, discrete time frames are optimized simultaneously. The network is expanded to represent all species in every time frame and time transition fluxes are added to allow an exchange of metabolites between adjacent time frames. The steady state condition only holds true for the total process, and storage or depletion of metabolites throughout the cycle can be predicted. We apply this method to respiration cycles of continous yeast cultures to evaluate preferences of metabolic syntheses towards different energetic cellular states.
|13:45 to 14:00
Implementing Trade-offs in FBA
Co-author: Orkun Soyer (University of Warwick)
The implementation of higher level constraints in flux balance analysis, that impose global limits on flux rates, could considerably limit the amount of apriori kinetic information that needs to go into an FBA model. Two promising approaches in this direction are the notion of "molecular crowding", that sets a limit on the total allowable flux within a model and the membrane-space limitation approach, that limits total uptake flux. We use membrane-space limitation in an evolutionary scenario to find uptake fluxes on FBA models that lead to higher growth rates given a certain medium. Depending on the complexity of the medium, the trade offs forbid a unique solution and hence we see the emergence of multiple co-existing model "species" sharing a given medium.
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|Afternoon Tea and Discussions
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|Discussions (suggested topics): Limitations of SM, Optimisation function, Standardisation of SM models


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Danforth Lodge map: Shore of Lake Malawi in Malawi
Below is the most detailed current Google satellite map of Danforth Lodge. To zoom out, to see more, click the minus sign (-) at the bottom of the bar on the left.
For a Google map of all the lodges in the area, including Danforth Lodge, see our Google map of Shore of Lake Malawi.
Navigating around this Danforth Lodge map
Drag-and-drop the sliding marker along the vertical scale to zoom the map in (+) and out (-).
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|Danforth Lodge
Shore of Lake Malawi
|No. of bedrooms: 8 rooms – 2 of which are interleading
|Season: 1 March to 15 January
|Danforth Lodge, on the southern shore of Lake Malawi, is a beautifully situated lodge specialising in watersports, and trips on the lodge's yacht. It is also a lovely place to relax.
|Read more about Danforth Lodge
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text: With the invention of the printing press, the Bible no longer had to be copied by hand. That itself was a timely process and the final product was expensive due to low supply and high demand. The printing press was first was created in Asia during the 5th century B.C. In 1450, Johannes Gutenberg made improvements to increase the printing speed. Mechanical printing allowed for better accuracy during the printing process, and copies could be made faster, thus allowing more people to obtain the Bible at a lower price.


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The activities of the Research Chair in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health include teaching and pedagogy with regards to the epidemic. Such work can take various forms. From 2011-2013, I taught the interdisciplinary undergraduate course in HIV/AIDS. A copy of the course syllabus is available here :
I also regularly offer directed readings for graduate students working with me. These courses include topics such as
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Critical Social Science Perspectives on HIV/AIDS
- History of HIV/AIDS and Visual Culture
Some of my teaching is oriented specifically to community engagement and community initiatives. In the fall of 2013, I taught a directed reading on how to conduct interviews, as part of a project to teach three Theatre students how to gather data so they can eventually produce a documentary theatre piece on the history of AIDS Community Care Montréal (ACCM). In 2009 and 2010, I collaborated with the COCQ-Sida to teach two different courses on Community Based Research, one held in Montréal and one in Rimouski.
I work in collaboration with Universities Without Walls, and sit on their pedagogy committee. The Research Chair also organizes certain pedagogical activities to support young scholars, such as the Séminaire d'écriture pour les jeunes chercheurs.
If you are interested in graduate (MA, PhD) or postdoctoral studies in collaboration with the Research Chair on HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health, please contact Viviane Namaste directly.


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Winter is the best time for warm and comfy pajama sets. Finding pajamas are difficult because they are always so expensive and as moms, we know how quickly our children grow out of clothing. Usually when shopping in stores, pajama sets are $20-$30 depending on where you are buying them.
This winter season some of the "in" patterns are tribal and flannel. Since these patterns are so stylish, pajamas don't need to be just pajamas anymore. Outfits with these patterns can be considered regular clothing for children too, especially infants and toddlers. Being able to use pajamas interchangeably is really helpful when making a purchase since children's clothing is so expensive and that they do grow out of them quickly.
When shopping for children's clothing, you want to find the best price and what you can get the most usage out of. Pajama sets that are in the lower price range and can be used are regular clothing can are extremely helpful to moms! If that is what you are looking for, Toyzor has exactly that! They are adorable winter pajama sets that can be used as clothes too at an extremely reasonable price. Not only are you getting super cute pajamas for a great price, but you order them from your couch.
Here are a few pajama sets that you can do that with:
When having children, it is important to budget. It is very easy to spend tons of money on all of the baby products out there, especially if you have more than one child. Finding deals and discounted items is a great place to start when trying to save money. There are many options for different items so take a little bit of time to see where you can budget. It will help your family out in the long run.
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The Chowder House Cafe - Cuyahoga Falls
By admin23 on Mar 8, 2011 | In Akron, Restaurants
2028 Chestnut Blvd
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
First off, let me apologize for the photo- it doesn't do the food justice. I tired taking the picture with and without the flash, but no luck. I tried making some adjustments with photoshop, but this was the best I could get. In any case, these are the braised short ribs with demi-glace and garlic mashed potatoes, but I'll get to them in a minute.
The Chowder House Cafe is a very 'cute' place. The dining room is a small, cozy space decorated with a lot of art. Overall, a very nice atmosphere. To start with, I had a cup of their clam chowder, which they make a point of saying has no potatoes. I wasn't sure how that would work out...chowder without potatoes?!? It turns out that the chowder was so good, I didn't miss the potatoes at all. The 'broth' was thick and creamy and filled with big chunks of clams. The short ribs were very tasty, but a little fatty. Now, short ribs are a tougher, fattier cut of meat, but I've had them at places where it seems that most of the fat was roasted away so as not to seem overall too fatty. Non the less, these short ribs were very good, and the demi-glace and garlic mashed potatoes were great. The Chowder House was a nice place, and would be a great place to take a date. I would definitely visit again.
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Popular entertainer and publisher, Charly Boy and his wife, lady Di are in the news again. This time around, there is no stink of scandal but the spirit of love on spree as the couple are presently enjoying the bliss of second honeymoon, touring various cities of the world. Showtime caught up with the couple in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when the Area Father replied a text sent by Showtime to reveal where he was and what he was up to.
" I am in Addis Ababa, on my way to Dubai, en-route Jamaica. I am on my second honeymoon. I will return next week to Lagos before the 14th of February," he replied.
Charly Boy's publicist, Ali, also confirmed the development, saying that the couple are enjoying their second honeymoon prior to celebrating their 36 years of marriage. He revealed that Lady Di was never aware of the whole idea until she got to the airport.
"The couple spent a couple of days in Abuja before embarking on the honeymooning trip. Lady Di had no inkling of Charly Boy's plan and nearly fainted at the airport when she realised she was embarking on a second honeymoon", said Ali.
The Area Father is known for doing odd things and Ladi Di of all people, knows her husband could spring surprises at will but according to Ali, this second honeymoon after 36 years of living really knocked her off her feet.
It would be recalled that Charly Boy and Lady Di, started off together in Oguta, Imo state in the early 80's, as pepper soup sellers to make ends meet. Then relocated to Lagos to squat in Charly Boy's father, retired Justice Chukwudifu Oputa's Ikoyi home.
They are probably the most scandalised couple in Nigeria with their marriage entirely at the mercy of the media whims. There isn't anything about them that has escaped the media but the couple seem to have gotten stronger with each knock.


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HIV/AIDS News
Scientific Review Panel Confirms Condoms Are Effective Against HIV/AIDS, But Epidemiological Studies Are Insufficient for Other STDs
A special review panel led by HHS' National Institutes of Health has concluded that male latex condoms can effectively reduce transmission of HIV/AIDS. However, the panel's report also finds that epidemiological evidence is insufficient to determine the effectiveness of condoms in actual use for preventing most other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
The report confirms that correct and consistent use of condoms can reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission. Epidemiological studies also show condoms can prevent men from acquiring gonorrhea from a female partner, the report concludes.
However, the review panel concluded that epidemiological evidence is currently insufficient to provide an accurate assessment of the effectiveness of condoms in preventing spread of chlamydial infection, syphilis, chancroid, trichomoniasis, genital herpes and genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
The panel said that "because of limitations in study designs, there was insufficient evidence from the epidemiological studies on these diseases to draw definite conclusions" about the effectiveness of condoms in actual use. It noted that "the absence of definitive conclusions reflected inadequacies of the evidence available and should not be interpreted as proof of the adequacy or inadequacy of the condom to reduce the risk of STDs." The panel also recommended further well-designed research to help answer remaining questions.
At the request of former Rep. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Agency for International Development organized the workshop held in June 2000. Twenty-eight expert panel members analyzed more than 138 peer-reviewed, published studies on the properties and user patterns of the male latex condom during penile-vaginal intercourse.
Meta-analysis of several studies showed an 85 percent decrease in risk of HIV transmission among consistent condom users versus non-users. These data provide compelling evidence that consistent use of the latex male condom is a highly effective method for preventing HIV transmission, the report said. Studies also show a 49 percent to 100 percent reduction in risk of gonorrhea among men reporting condom use compared with non-users.
For the other STDs reviewed, existing studies were found insufficient to accurately assess effectiveness. For HPV, the panel found there was no evidence that condom use reduced the risk of HPV infection, but study results did suggest that condom use might afford some reduction in risk of HPV-associated diseases.
STDs, including HIV infection, affect more than 65 million people in the United States. Many STDs can cause infertility, problems with pregnancy, and can be passed from a mother to her infant. Long-term infection with HPV can cause cervical cancer if not diagnosed (through annual pap smears) and treated. In addition, most STDs increase the likelihood of transmitting HIV infection at least 2 to 5-fold. While most STDs can be treated successfully, no vaccine is currently available to prevent infection by organisms that cause STDs, except for hepatitis B.
The workshop summary, "Scientific Evidence on Condom Effectiveness for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention," is available on the Web at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/stds/condomreport.pdf
Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news.


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refuel agency raised awareness and interaction for (4) FX Network shows during the Comic Con Convention
refuel agency installed 8-foot tall statues, to represent the 4 FX TV shows, at sidewalk cafes and bars around San Diego. Each statue was embedded with free Wi-Fi access. Brand ambassadors helped take photos of passersby and posted those photos to Instagram with dedicated #hashtags. A mobile optimized sweepstakes linked to a gallery of the Instagram photos.
Conversation on Facebook for the 4 core shows and network sites rose over 47%. Twitter followers rose 5% during Comic Con. The photos and conversation from FX Icons contributed greatly to that, with over 3.5 Million Total Impressions, 500 Online Photos and Posts and a 26% Opt-in Rate.


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Mamoru ITOH
Mamoru Itoh is recognized as a pioneer on Japan's professional coaching scene, being Japan's first ever Master Certified Coach accredited by the International Coach Federation.
As the author of over 50 published books and numerous other works on communications and coaching, he has a deep interest in people's relationships and how they communicate with one another. Through his many years of research and experience in the field, he has accumulated a great wealth of expertise which he constantly puts to good use in helping numerous companies and individuals reach their goals.
Itoh is also an influential speaker, frequently lecturing to a variety of audiences, including local public service organizations, educational institutions, managerial associations, and business and coaching professionals. At the same time, Itoh offers executive coaching to corporate CEOs and executives.


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The city of Clarksville maintains 3 dispatch consoles for the Police Dept, 1 Fire/Rescue console, and a console for their NCIC terminal. These positions are staffed by city employees and they handle all radio traffic for police and fire calls with the city limits. Dispatchers for Montgomery County EMS and Montgomery County Sheriff's Office are staffed by 911 personnel. They handle all radio traffic for both agencies and also assist the 911 call takers when incoming call volume is high. When 911 calls and non-emergency calls are received for call processing, they are entered into our CAD system (computer aided dispatch) and forwarded to the appropriate agency and dispatcher. The call takers also page out and dispatch for the Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Services.
911 Dispatch Staff Size
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- 6 Shift Supervisors
- 2 Training Supervisors
Local Emergency Service Agencies
We provide dispatching and/or call-taking services for the following:
Law Enforcement
- Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
- Clarksville Police Department
- Tennessee Highway Patrol (transferred/relayed)
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- Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Service / 6 stations
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Please be advised, triOS College is not affected by the strike. All of our nine campuses are open and classes are running AS SCHEDULED.
triOS College was founded 25 years ago with the goal of helping students become job-ready graduates. To achieve this goal, we have put in place the most dedicated team of instructors and staff to ensure that your education is relevant and the learning environment supports focused learning.
We have a long history of success that is highlighted by the number of awards won by our faculty and students year after year. We are also the only college in Canada to be recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the seventh year in a row and now recognized as a Platinum Club member. We have turned thousands of students into successful graduates and our graduates are exceling in their fields and are making significant contributions to their communities.
As the world and jobs change, adult retraining is at the forefront of everyone's mind. We at triOS College are focused on our vision of improving lives by sharing our knowledge and passion for excellence and becoming the college of choice for people training for a new career or giving the credentials needed to those looking to advance their careers.
Whether you are attending triOS College to advance your career or start a new career, you will be supported by an exceptional team providing services such as ongoing career support and a modern learning experience to ensure your success.
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Workwear With Lovedrobe 2: Navy Textured Shift Dress
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Such beautiful pictures! Love the dress - it is perfect for work and a few cocktails afterwards. I really like the necklace too - you've definitely made the outfit your own.ReplyDelete
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You look very smartm sassy and all woman .. go you! A lot more of us could do with this confidence xReplyDelete
You look amazing in navy! With your hair and makeup, just wow. I'm loving what LovedRobe are doing now, so much goodnessReplyDeleteReplies
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I love this dress and this colour on you! And that necklace is a thing of beauty too. xxReplyDelete
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Flo (a.k.a Blogless Flo) lives in Rouen, France. She loves scrapbooking and cardmaking and is especially enjoying the fact that she can share and meet new people throught her hobby.
Flo does not have a blog but she has a board on Pinterest.
Flo wishes you joy and inspiration for the whole month!
Voici le sketch de Flo:
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Vintage, antiques, collectibles, handmade wedding decor, eco home decor, party & holiday decorations. Mixed media and altered art assemblages.
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Today freebie is Metal switcher (On/OFF).
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Welcome to Fire Freebies — website created by Jay Hafling, for web designers looking for resources and inspiration.
All resources published on this website are free and can be used for both personal and commercial purposes, I'll be happy to find out your comments and suggestions.


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Event takes place on May 14, 2017 at 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM
Community Field
Come and learn about the great sport of Ultimate Frisbee! The Holyoke Parks & Recreation Department is offering a free ultimate frisbee clinic in the Open Field at Community Field. Ages 6 – 13 are welcome! Registration is not required.
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Marie Osmond's Son Michael Blosil Killed Himself
Marie Osmond's adopted son Michael Blosil has committed suicide. He was 18-years-old.
Blosil, the middle son of Osmond's eight children, jumped from his downtown Los Angeles apartment building. He lived on the 8th floor of the Met apartment building on South Flower Street.
Blosil left behind a suicide note referring to a lifelong battle with depression.
An autopsy is planned for today.
Marie and brother Donny Osmond have indefinitely canceled their show at the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas.


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You can now get a free copy of the full length Looking for Home by signing up for Elle's Newsletter. Along with it, you will also get 2 free short stories. Please visit Elle's subscribe page at ElleFredrix.com!
As we've been warning of, we've removed all but the first 3 chapters of Looking for Home as Elle is publishing it at amazon.com. We'll post a link here when we have it.
First, let me start with an apology. I just uploaded the last bit of Looking for Home and realized that when circumstances had me abandon the site a few years ago, there were only two installations of the book left! I'm so sorry. If we had recognized that those installments would have been added ages ago.
As mentioned previously, we're getting things back into gear here. Elle is writing again and is hoping to have something to publish in the coming months. I outed her already and told everyone that Nan Donahue, the author of Looking for Home is actually her, so that cat is already out of the bag. However, since she plans to write as Elle Fredrix, she's okay with it. And who knows, she may still write something under her Nan penname.
Keeping with the books and writing theme, Elle has also started creating premade book covers for romance authors. Actually, not just romance covers as she will have a few for other genres as well, but romance will be the main category–of course! She says the creative process of book cover design helps with her writing, so that's a good thing for us and a good thing for authors looking for ebook covers. Far better than using one of those horrible cover creators! Anyway, I know some of our readers are also authors, so I wanted to give a shout out to Elle's other site.


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To evaluate the effect of ethanol solutions as post-polymerization treatment on the shear bond strength and the surface free energy of acrylic reline resins.Methods
Three reline resins (Kooliner, Ufi Gel Hard and Probase Cold) were manipulated and attached to 150 parallelepipeds denture base resin previously aged. Constructed specimens of each resin were randomly divided into control group (left untreated) or experimental groups subjected to different treatments: immersion in water or ethanol solutions 20, 50 or 70% at 55°C for 10min (n=10). Shear bond strength was tested and the failure mode was assessed. Surface free energy was calculated by determining the contact angle and estimated by the Wilhelmy plaque technique (n=5). Data were analyzed using Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests with Bonferroni correction (alfa=0.05).Results
Probase Cold showed higher values (p<0.001) in shear bond strength than other resins. There were no statistically significant differences (p=0.378) in shear bond strength between post-polymerization treatments. Kooliner showed lower values (p<0.001) in surface free energy than other resins. Considering the post-polymerization treatment groups, there were no statistically significant differences (p>0.05) in surface energy.Conclusions
Ethanol solutions as post-polymerization treatments did not deteriorate the bond strength of acrylic reline resins to denture base and neither their wettability.
Avaliar o efeito do tratamento pós-polimerização com soluções de etanol na resistência adesiva a tensões de corte e na energia de superfície de resinas acrílicas de rebasamento.Métodos
Cento e cinquenta paralelepípedos de resina de base protética, previamente envelhecidos, foram unidos a uma de 3 resinas de rebasamento (Kooliner, Ufi Gel Hard e Probase Cold). Os espécimes de cada resina foram aleatoriamente distribuídos por 5 grupos conforme o tratamento pós-polimerização: controlo (sem tratamento), imersão em água ou em soluções aquosas de etanol a 20, 50 ou 70% a 55°C durante 10 minutos (n=10). Foram realizados testes de resistência adesiva e o tipo de falha foi determinado. A energia de superfície foi calculada através da determinação dos ângulos de contacto pela técnica da placa de Wilhelmy (n=5). Os resultados foram analisados com testes Kruskal–Wallis e Mann–Whitney com correção Bonferroni (alfa=0,05).Resultados
Os valores de resistência adesiva obtidos com Probase Cold foram estatisticamente superiores (p<0,001) aos valores encontrados nas restantes resinas testadas. Não foram encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significativas (p=0,378) entre os valores de resistência para os diferentes tratamentos realizados. Kooliner apresentou valores de energia de superfície estatisticamente inferiores (p<0,001) aos das outras resinas. Entre os diferentes tratamentos pós-polimerização, não foram encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significativas (p>0,05) de energia de superfície.Conclusões
As soluções de etanol como tratamento pós-polimerização não afetam a adesão entre as resinas de rebasamento e a resina para base da prótese, nem a molhabilidade das mesmas.
In clinical practice, removable prostheses may require periodic relining with autopolymerizing acrylic reline resins. It can be done in laboratory (indirect technique) or directly in mouth (direct technique).1–5
During the polymerization of the acrylic resins, the conversion of monomers to polymers is never complete and some unpolymerized monomers remain within the material.6–9 These residual monomers can affect the mechanical and physical properties of the biomaterial or cause undesirable biological reactions when leached to the oral environment.7,8 Post-polymerization treatments that decrease the residual monomer content have become relevant.7 Recent studies showed that immersion of acrylic resins in water at high temperatures8,10,11 or submitting it to microwave radiation6,12–14 were effective treatments to reduce residual monomer. With the same goal, it has been proposed the immersion of polymeric materials in ethanol.15,16 Since water immersion treatment is dependent on temperature,11 promoting an additional polymerization of the resins and a decrease of residual monomer content,7,12,17 possible benefits of the interaction between ethanol aqueous solutions and temperature have been suggested.7
Under experimental conditions, a post-polymerization treatment based on a combination approach of ethanol–water solutions and temperature (55°C) for 10min, enables the reduction of the monomer content and cytotoxicity of acrylic reline resins.7 In this study, it was also showed that microhardness and flexural strength were not affected by the proposed treatments.7 However, there are other surface properties that are crucial for adequate performance of dentures. The effect of these post-polymerization treatments on the bond strength between acrylic reline resins and denture base and the surface free energy of the reline resins has not been investigated.
Adequate bond strength between the denture base and reline resins is essential for successful clinical performance.4,5,18 A weak bond can result in adhesive failure under low stress4,5 that could result in debonding between the two materials and gap formation with ingress of bacteria and fungus and promote staining.4,5,19,20
Surface free energy strongly influences the wettability of relining materials which is one of the most important factor that influences the denture retention.21 Also, along other surface properties such as hardness and roughness, surface free energy contributes to the adherence, bonding and colonization of fungal species.22–26
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of post-polymerization treatment with several ethanol solutions on the shear bond strength (SBS) between acrylic reline resins and a denture base resin, and on the surface free energy of the reline resins, according to the following null hypotheses: (1) the acrylic reline resins used do not influence the SBS to denture base resin; (2) post-polymerization treatment does not affect the adhesion of reline resins to denture base; (3) there are no differences between the surface free energy of the acrylic reline resins studied; and (4) the surface free energy of reline resins is not affected by the post-polymerization treatment.Materials and methods
Materials used in this study included one heat-polymerizing denture base resin, Probase Hot, and three autopolymerizing acrylic reline resins, Kooliner, Ufi Gel Hard and Probase Cold. Two of the relining materials could polymerized in mouth (direct technique) and the other should polymerized under laboratory conditions (indirect technique) (Table 1).
Materials used in the study.
|Powder/liquid ratio (g/mL)
|Polymerization condition
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|Probase Hot (PH)
Heat up to 100°C and let boil for 45min
|Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Liechtenstein
|Kooliner (K)
10min at room temperature
|GC America Inc., Alsip, Illinois, USA
|Ufi Gel Hard (UGH)
7min at room temperature
|Voco GmbH, Cuxhaven, Germany
|Probase Cold (PC)
15min at 40°C 2–4bar
|Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Liechtenstein
P=powder, L=liquid, SF=separating fluid, CON=conditioner, PMMA=polymethylmethacrylate, MMA=methylmethacrylate, PEMA=polyethylmethacrylate, IBMA=isobutylmethacrylate, HDMA=hexanedioldimethacrylate.
A modified flasking technique was used to make 150 denture base parallelepipeds (12mm×10mm×6mm) according to manufacturer's instructions (Table 1). To remove irregularities, their sides were grounded in a rotational grinding and polishing machine (DAP-U, Struers, Denmark) with 600-grit silicon carbide paper (Carbimet Paper Discs, Buehler Ltd., Lake Bluff, IL).27,28 All specimens were submitted to a standardized thermal cycling aging procedure (2500 cycles, 5–55°C) (Refri 200-E, Aralab, Cascais, Portugal) to simulate 3 months of intraoral condition.29
Using the same grinding and polishing machine, surfaces of denture base specimens were finished to a 3mm thickness, to simulate the preparation of the denture base to be relined. The thickness was confirmed with digital micrometer (Mitutoyo Digimatic, Mfg. Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan) with precision ±0.01mm.
The denture base specimens were randomly divided into three groups, corresponding to the three different acrylic reline resins. A perforated adhesive tape (Glossy White Film EA, Xerox) was positioned on the center of the surface of denture base providing a customized and uniform bonding area (3mm in diameter). As recommended by the manufacturer, specific adhesive was applied on this area and let dry for 30s after Ufi Gel Hard was used. With the Kooliner or Probase Cold specimens, the bonding areas were wetted with the corresponding monomer. Then, a silicon mold with a circular hole (5mm internal diameter×3mm height) was placed on the adhesive tape and filled with acrylic reline resin. Each acrylic reline resin was mixed and applied according to the manufacturer's instructions (Table 1). Polymerization of direct relining materials was carried out at 37°C to simulate the temperature of the oral cavity during the specific time. A pressure device (Ivomat, Ivoclar Vivadent, Liechtenstein) was used to maintain the indirect relining material under 40°C and 2–4bar for 15min.
The 50 constructed specimens of each reline resin were randomly divided into five groups (n=10) determined by post-polymerization treatment: 5mL of water or ethanol/water solutions of 20, 50 and 70% (by volume) at 55±2°C in closed plastic flasks for 10min. Control specimens of the reline resins were exposed to dry conditions at room temperature (no treatment).
After submitted to the post-polymerization treatment, specimens were stored in distilled water at 37±2°C for 48±2h in an incubator (Memmert, Schwabach, Germany) before SBS tests.
SBS was determined using a universal test machine (Instron model 4502, Instron Ltd, Bucks, England) with 1kN load cell and a crosshead speed of 1mm/min until fracture.
Fracture surfaces were analyzed with a stereomicroscope (EMZ-8TR, Meiji Techno Co. Lda, Saitama, Japan) and the failure mode was classified by 2 independent observers as: adhesive, if the failure occurred at the adhesive interface; cohesive, when failure occurred within acrylic reline resin; or mixed, when a combination of adhesive and cohesive failure was observed.
For the determination of surface free energy, 25 rectangular specimens of Kooliner, Ufi Gel Hard and Probase Cold (24mm×18mm×1mm) were obtained from cured strips in rectangular metal molds. The edges of each sample were polished manually with 600-grit silicon carbide paper (Carbimet Paper Discs, Buehler Ltd., Lake Bluff, IL). The specimens were randomly divided into the same five groups (n=5) of post-polymerization treatment and were stored in distilled water at 37±2°C for 48±2h in an incubator (Memmert, Schwabach, Germany) before measuring the contact angle and surface free energy.
Assays were made with a Kruss K12 tensiometer (Kruss GMBH, Hamburg, Germany) using the Wilhelmy Plate method by immersing plates into the test liquids, water and 1,2-propanediol, at a speed of 3mm/min, at 25±0.1°C. Advancing contact angles were used for surface energy (γ) estimation of the BC matrices, as well as its dispersive (γd) and polar components (γp) based on the harmonic mean method.30 At least five plates were independently tested. Equations for surface tension estimation were solved using the equation handling KRUSS-software program: contact angle measuring system K12 (version 2.05).
Data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 20 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). As normal distribution was not verified (Shapiro–Wilk test, p<0.001), data were submitted to nonparametric tests according to Kruskall–Wallis method followed by multiple comparisons using Mann–Whitney tests with Bonferroni correction. In all statistical tests, it was considered the 5% level of significance (α=0.05).Results
SBS ranged between 4.3MPa, observed in Ufi Gel Hard specimens with water post-polymerization treatment, and 16.0MPa found in Probase Cold specimens with the same treatment (Table 2). Only adhesives failures were observed.
SBS median (interquartile range) according to the three acrylic reline resins and the five post-polymerization treatments.
|SBS (MPa)
|Ethanol 20%
|Ethanol 50%
|Ethanol 70%
|5.3 (3.94)
|5.6 (2.79)
|6.0 (4.58)
|5.5 (3.43)
|6.2 (7.87)
|Ufi Gel Hard
|6.2 (3.51)
|4.3 (4.18)
|4.5 (2.28)
|5.6 (4.46)
|8.5 (3.59)
|Probase Cold
|13.5 (7.94)
|16.0 (9.44)
|12.7 (12.31)
|14.7 (8.94)
|14.0 (9.64)
SBS was significantly (p<0.001) influenced by the acrylic reline resin used (Figure 1). Probase Cold specimens yielded higher (p<0.001) bond strength than the specimens made with Kooliner or Ufi Gel Hard. However, no significant differences were found (p=0.378) between SBS observed among the several post-polymerization treatments (Figure 2).
Total surface free energy ranged between 32.2mN/m, observed in Kooliner control group, and 42.7mN/m for Probase Cold specimens submitted to ethanol 70% post-polymerization treatment (Table 3).
Surface free energy median (interquartile range) according to the three acrylic reline resins and the five post-polymerization treatments.
|γ (mN/m)
|Ethanol 20%
|Ethanol 50%
|Ethanol 70%
|32.2 (2.84)
|36.5 (2.91)
|32.7 (2.45)
|33.8 (2.84)
|36.4 (2.65)
|16.8 (3.46)
|16.1 (1.26)
|16.9 (1.64)
|18.3 (1.60)
|18.0 (2.95)
|15.5 (4.81)
|20.4 (3.25)
|16.1 (2.97)
|16.2 (3.46)
|17.4 (3.62)
|Ufi Gel Hard
|42.4 (5.34)
|41.2 (4.52)
|40.4 (3.76)
|37.4 (1.24)
|37.1 (2.72)
|21.3 (2.55)
|19.2 (1.79)
|21.2 (4.09)
|21.8 (3.04)
|28.8 (3.37)
|21.0 (7.66)
|21.5 (5.65)
|20.2 (1.64)
|16.1 (3.99)
|8.3 (4.43)
|Probase Cold
|38.8 (1.95)
|37.4 (4.58)
|37.3 (2.16)
|40.1 (3.30)
|42.7 (4.47)
|19.5 (3.79)
|18.6 (2.16)
|18.4 (3.76)
|19.2 (2.71)
|19.8 (2.28)
|19.6 (5.00)
|19.0 (4.97)
|19.1 (3.31)
|21.6 (5.66)
|22.2 (4.99)
Statistically significant (p<0.001) differences were found between acrylic reline resins (Figure 3). Kooliner's total surface free energy and polar component was significantly (p<0.001) lower than Ufi Gel Hard and Probase Cold, and no differences were found (p>0.05) between these two. No differences between post-polymerization treatments were found when total surface free energy was studied (p>0.05) (Figure 4).
Since ethanol post-polymerization treatment was considered an easy and effective treatment to reduce residual monomer in polymeric biomaterials and therefore to decrease potential toxicity,7 it was important to test the effects of this treatment on the unstudied properties of acrylic reline resins, bond strength to the denture base and the surface free energy.
In order to full field this requirement, one objective of the present work was to evaluate the effect of ethanol solutions as post-polymerization treatment on the bond strength between three acrylic reline resins (Kooliner, Ufi Gel Hard and Probase Cold) and a denture base resin (Probase Hot).
Shear bond strength test has been widely used in acrylic resins, since it represents a shear load directly to the reline-denture base polymer interface and therefore considered more accurate to what happens in the oral cavity compared to the tensile load test.5,27,31–34
In the present study, Probase Cold showed significant higher bond strength compared to the other resins. This result may be explained by the similar chemical composition of the indirect reline resin Probase Cold and the denture base resin, based on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) polymer and both having methylmethacrylate (MMA) as the monomer. Similar result was already found in earlier studies since PMMA based reline resin yielded a higher bond strength to PMMA based denture base resin than non-PMMA-based reline resin.27,35 Direct reline resins, like Kooliner and Ufi Gel Hard, have a different chemical composition than the denture base resin, since are based on polyethylmethacrylate (PEMA). These findings corroborate that bond strength is dependent on the chemical composition of both materials.18,27,31,33 Bonding of chemically activated reline resins to denture base resin seems to be achieved by penetration and diffusion of monomer into denture base resin polymeric matrix. As so, a monomer with smaller molecular weight (like MMA monomer with a molar mass of 100gmol−1 and present in Probase Cold) may be advantageous for bonding then a heavier monomer (like 1,6-HDMA monomer with a molar mass of 254gmol−1 present in Ufi Gel Hard).18 This fact suggests that greater crosslinking occurred between similar base materials. Another monomer with higher molecular weight than MMA is IBMA (142gmol−1), monomer available in Kooliner, which might have limited monomer penetration.27 This supported the theory that, when compared with conventional polymers based on methylmethacrylate, the bond strength of hard denture reline resins could not be so effective because of the low penetration of the monomers with relatively greater molecular weight.20,36 At this point, it may be concluded that the first null hypothesis of this study concerning the non-influence of the acrylic reline resins used on the SBS to denture base resin can be rejected.
Previous studies showed that surface properties, as hardness, are not influenced by post-polymerization treatments with hot water, microwave irradiation11,37 or ethanol solutions at high temperature.7 Similar results were obtained in the present study since no differences were found between post-polymerization treatments on bond strenght, which represents a relevant surface property. As so, the second null hypothesis of this study concerning that the post-polymerization treatments do not affect the adhesion of reline resins to denture base cannot be rejected.
Another way to characterize a solid surface is by its surface free energy values calculated by measuring the contact angle between the material and liquids with different polarity as water and 1,2-propanediol. Changes in the surface energy of the materials will directly impact their wettability. The retention and stability of removable dentures are dependent on the wettability of denture materials because it provides a condition in which saliva will easily spread over the surfaces.21,38,39
In the present study, the total surface free energy of Kooliner specimens had lower levels than Ufi Gel Hard and Probase Cold specimens. This can be possibly explained because of differences in the polymeric structure and polymerization of the resins. Kooliner undergoes a rapid polymerization reaction and solidifies quickly. It is likely that air voids are entrapped during mixing of the power and liquid components, which result in a porous structure on the surface.11,12,17 According to others studies, beyond the surface chemistry, wettability of a substrate is sensitive to the topographical texture40 and this parameter must be considered when surface free energy data are evaluated.41 Low contact angle indicates high surface free energy and good wettability and therefore the retention would be expected to be greater.21,41–43 As the contact angle increases, the surface free energy diminish and wettability decreases.21 Poor wettability showed in Kooliner specimens in the present study may lead to frictional problems and patient discomfort.21,44 At this point it may be concluded that the third hypothesis of this study which reflects no differences between materials can be rejected.
In the present study, there were no differences in surface free energy, and their components, between specimens submitted to ethanol solutions as post-polymerization treatment. On previous studies, hot water and microwave irradiation, showed no effect on these surface properties.11,37 This result is similar to those found by who demonstrated that ethanol does not considerably change the wettability properties of the PMMA polymer.16 Therefore, as there were no differences, none of the ethanol post-polymerization treatments evaluated in this study affect the lubrification around the relining denture. At this point it may be concluded that the fourth hypothesis of this study that surface energy is not affected by the post-polymerization treatments cannot be rejected.
Along with other surface properties such as hardness and roughness, surface free energy contributes to the adherence, bonding and colonization of fungal species. Oral candidiasis associated with prosthetic surfaces is by far considered the most common fungal infection in denture wearers and Candida albicans species being the primary etiological agent associated with this infection.22–26 The effect of the surface energy on Candida albicans adhesion to these materials remains to be investigated. Other parameters must be evaluated in the future, such as the surface roughness and microbiological assays. Furthermore, it is important to note that information obtained from this test is limited and in future this should be complemented with other surface analysis technique, the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), for example.
In respect to different ethanol post-polymerization treatments, the work of 2013 that proposed the immersion of Kooliner on 50% ethanol solution at 55°C during 10min and of Ufi Gel Hard on 20% ethanol at 55°C during 10min7 remains to be feasible, because not only enable the reduction of the monomer content and the biological effects, but also allows to maintain their properties, like microhardness, flexural strength, shear bond strength and surface free energy. This is a simple method and easy to achieve with equipment in a dental office to improve the biocompatibility of resins.Conclusions
Despite there were some differences between the acrylic reline resins used, neither the bond strength nor the surface free energy were affected by the ethanol solutions studied.Ethical disclosuresProtection of human and animal subjects
The authors declare that no experiments were performed on humans or animals for this study.Confidentiality of data
The authors declare that no patient data appear in this article.Right to privacy and informed consent
The authors declare that no patient data appear in this article.Conflicts of interest
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
The authors would like to thank VOCO GmbH (Cuxhaven, Germany) for the donation of the Ufi Gel Hard material evaluated in this study.


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Announced earlier today by IGN, Telltale has given us release dates for their new DLC exspansion; The Walking Dead: 400 Days! You better get prepared for some difficult choices– it will be out this week worldwide on all major systems.
Quoted from IGN,
- Tuesday, July 2nd – PlayStation Network (North America)
- Wednesday, July 3rd – PC/Mac (Steam, Telltale Games Store)
- Friday, July 5th – Xbox Live (Worldwide)
- Wednesday, July 10th – PlayStation Network (Europe)
- Thursday, July 11th – iOS (Worldwide)
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This recipe was developed by me for STAR Fine Foods. All opinions are 100% my own.
Dear Onions,
You burn my eyes and make me cry. But you just keep being awesome, and I'll let it slide. Deal?
Stuffed zucchini, tomatoes, bell peppers, and eggplant are all a delicious way to serve something in an edible bowl. And you can add these onions to the list!
This is part 3 of 3 in testing out the STAR Fine Foods new Cooking Oils. The one I used here is Mediterranean, infused with chili pepper, which features the flavors of pepper and cardamom. It's got some heat to it, which I thought was a perfect touch and balance to the creaminess of the cheeses and sweetness of the raisins.
Oh, be still my ever-lovin' onion heart! I loooooved these.
If you don't like onions – well, that'll really make me cry! Ha – this oil would also work well for marinating meat, sautéed vegetables, or using it in some grains like rice or couscous.
The Mediterranean Cuisine Cooking Oil is available online here. COMING SOON: Select Safeway/Vons stores.
Slow Cooker Greek Stuffed Onions
Serves 4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 4 hours on low
• 4 Vidalia or yellow onions, peeled
• 1/2 cup goat cheese
• 1/2 cup feta cheese
• 2 tablespoons STAR Mediterranean cooking oil
• 1 heaping tablespoon raisins
• 1 heaping tablespoon golden raisins
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• freshly ground black pepper
• Mint leaves for garnish
Slice about 1/3 off the top of each onion, then remove a small slice from the bottom so it will sit flat. Using a melon baller, carefully scrape out as much of the onion's core without ruining the onion. Place the onions in a slow cooker, pour in 1 cup of water, cover, and cook on low for 3 hours.
In the meantime, in a medium bowl, combine the cheeses, oil, raisins, pine nuts, and black pepper; mix together with a fork; set aside.
After 3 hours, remove the cover of the slow cooker and fill each onion with 2-3 tablespoons of the cheese mixture. Place the cover back on and continue cooking for 1 more hour, or until the cheese are melted and the onions are very tender. Spoon some liquid from the bottom of the slow cooker over the onions. Garnish with a mint leaf, if desired. Serve right away.
(adapted from The Gourmet Vegetarian)
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About Us
About Us: Join the Solution is a one-year research project in Northwest Arkansas assessing the mental health services, physical health services, and the distribution of basic needs (e.g., food, clothing, transportation) to students in NWA. The project focuses on students k-12 in the NWA Region.
Join the Solution is asking all administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and organizations providing services in the school to offer their observations and opinions regarding the current state of services to students. Additionally, we would like to hear your ideas and solutions to problems you have observed with respect to the distribution, access, or quality of these services. Your voice is vital in order to help Join The Solution understand and recognize where improvements can be made. With your support and contributions, we can work together in order to provide the best possible solution for Northwest Arkansas.
Mission: To identify the mental, physical, and basic needs of children in Northwest Arkansas, and to improve access to services.
Vision: A community where every child has access to sufficient resources within their community and receives the necessary care for their mental, physical, and basic needs.


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National Park Service Sites in Georgia Not to Miss
Experience the unspoiled beauty of Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore. Hike or paddled your way down the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Georgia plays host to several fascinating sites managed by the National Park Service.
Here's a quick rundown of lesser-known National Park Service locations in Georgia. As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday in 2016, use this guide to start planning your own Georgia national parks vacation on ExploreGeorgia.org.
National Historic Sites
Andersonville National Historic Site near Americus – Tour the historic Civil War prison site and Andersonville National Cemetery, where veterans are still being buried. The on-site National Prisoner of War Museum pays tribute to prisoners of all American wars.
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains – Tour the Carter boyhood farm, the Plains High School Museum and Visitors Center, the Plains train depot and other points of interest in the 39th president's hometown.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta – Tour King's birth home, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and the King Center, where Dr. King and Coretta Scott King were laid to rest.
National Heritage Areas Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area east of Atlanta – Explore granite "mountains" (actually monadnocks), wetlands and forests, a nearby monastery and numerous other historic structures and exhibits. Plan to spend at least a day learning about the cultures that have populated the area, hiking or biking trails, and discovering the natural and cultural secrets that make this region truly amazing.
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area in Augusta – What once played a role in both the Civil War and Augusta's once-booming textile trade is now a recreational corridor with easy access for paddlers and a tow path that can be used for hiking, biking and fishing. Take a guided boat tour to learn more about the importance of the Augusta Canal in the area's history.
National Trails Appalachian National Scenic Trail has its southern terminus at Springer Mountain within the Chattahoochee National Forest. Even if you never leave the state of Georgia, the "AT" will lead past waterfalls, through deep, green forests and to the peaks of some of the state's tallest mountains.
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, starting at the New Echota State Historic Site in Calhoun, the Trail of Tears commemorates the forced removal of members of the Five Civilized Tribes to Oklahoma beginning in 1838. Historic sites along the way include the homes of wealthy Cherokee leaders and the assembly points and gravesites that bear witness to the tragic mass relocation.
National Historic Monuments Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island – Learn about the battle between Spain and Great Britain for contested lands between Florida and Georgia. Explore the museum, visitor's center and archaeological site to learn more about this 18th century outpost.
Fort Pulaski National Historic Monument on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island – See the earthen forts that became obsolete during the Civil War, the moat that once protected the fort, the damage from Union bombardment, the Cockspur Island Lighthouse and interesting exhibits detailing the island's history.
Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon – See huge burial mounds constructed by the Mississippian culture around 1000 A.D. Explore the exhibits, hike the trails and learn about a place that's been occupied continuously for 17,000 years.
National Military Parks Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Fort Oglethorpe – See markers and monuments that tell the story of the Battle of Chickamauga, and learn why the Confederate's eventual loss here foretold the end of the Civil War.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta – Explore three battlefields with interpretive trails, a visitor center, preserved earthworks and a memorable view from the top of Kennesaw Mountain.
National Cultural Heritage Corridor Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. The Gullah/Geechee culture, originating with West African slaves brought to coastal North and South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida, can be seen in unique communities that this cultural heritage corridor is meant to preserve. Keep your eyes open as you travel the Georgia Coast for remnants of this distinct and colorful culture.


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Obituary: Darrell K. Sweet
Artist Darrell K. Sweet (1934) died on December 5. Sweet was scheduled to be the artist guest of honor at LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 Worldcon and had been honored as the artist guest of honor at Tuckercon, the 2007 NASFiC, in St. Louis and at the 2010 World Fantasy Con. Sweet's art appeared on numerous book covers over the years and was known for having an extremely high sell through rate. Some of his art was collected in the book Beyond Fantasy.
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Top 5 Reasons Boys are Better Than Girls
Here's a quick rundown of the top five reasons why having little boys is better than having little girls:
1. No whining (or less, at least)
2. No pink
3. No ballet
4. No make up
5. No growing up to be teenage daughters
And just for the sake of balance, here are five reasons that girls are better than boys:
1. No testosterone – 'nuff said
2. More than just sneakers
3. No Little League
4. No frogs, snails, and puppydog tails
5. No daughter-in-laws
If you have any ideas of your own to add (to either list) please feel free to chime in…
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Since I have 2 girls (16 & 19, and a grand daughter) and 2 boys (5 & 8), I can say I have thoroughly enjoyed both.. I couldn't pick one gender over another and see many similarities in both "sets"..
My daughters were 'one is peanut butter, the other is jelly' and that was just how they were.. my boys are 'white milk and chocolate'…
I skimmed over some of the other comments and how sad some couldn't just laugh about it.. there are differences, there are similarities, but each is individual and regardless, all loved.
If you don't have a son-in-law, you end up with a daughter-in-law.. may be just as bad (heck, you may wish for another mother-in-law instead, lol).
Edited to add: My youngest son *loves* pink AND makeup (he uses my makeup to make himself look like a vampire or to cover "scars"), my oldest daughter *hated* dressing like a girl and pink? forget about it.
Enjoy the kids!Comment by Judi — Feb 8th 2010 @ 8:01 pm
general comment:
it is hard to compare, it mainly depends on how you raise them.( i guess)
boys: generally easier( clothing..etc), someone you can rely on later, they are cool, more practical and less complicated emotionally. as for problems, i am sure they have their on issues yet having a sister and 2 girls i canot really tell you
girls: less trouble makers, emotional support, yet, PMS . i think they are also smarter in the sense of solving problems and get life going ( not in the sense of math and science)
the list can go on..and on..Comment by lin — Mar 7th 2010 @ 5:34 am
i guess the best thing is to make the best of the qualities you have weather you are a male or female, and teach your kids the same thing.. that is just my opinion
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Give her a solid start.
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That's the TOOTH!
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