text: Latest blood pressure research Studying the brain could help us to better understand, and control, high blood pressure. June Davison talks exclusively to Professor Julian Paton about his BHF-funded research. For every three people who read this article, one of them will have high blood pressure (hypertension). While there's an armoury of drugs available to treat hypertension, nearly half of those who are prescribed medication for it still suffer from the condition. People with hypertension are at a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. A team led by Professor Julian Paton and his co-principal investigator Professor Sergey Kasparov is researching possible causes of hypertension. The Bristol-based team hopes that its research will inform the development of future treatments to help those who don't respond to current medication. "Some of the patients in our clinic are on as many as six or more tablets a day, and still have dangerously high blood pressure," says Professor Paton. "So, there is huge justification for why we need to do more research into high blood pressure and find better ways of treating it." Brain power The focus of Professor Paton's research is on the relationship between high blood pressure and the brain, specifically the areas called the hypothalamus and the brainstem. These older parts of the brain house different groups of neurons (nerve cells) that transmit messages via the autonomic nervous system, which controls blood pressure. "We don't control them consciously; they're controlled automatically," explains the professor. There is huge justification for why we need to do more research into high blood pressure and find better ways of treating it Most blood vessels throughout your body are 'innervated' or touched by these autonomic or sympathetic nerve cells. The activity of sympathetic nerve cells causes vessels to constrict, which generates our blood pressure. Blood pressure is necessary for blood to flow around the body, making sure your organs receive oxygen and nutrients. Some sympathetic nerve cells travel to cardiovascular 'target organs' such as your heart and kidneys. "These are important organs that also help to control blood pressure," he says. In stressful situations, our bodies can go into a state of what the professor calls 'fight or flight'. This is when the sympathetic nervous system becomes hyperactive, causing our blood pressure to rise briefly. This is completely normal as it's our body's way of priming us to either fight or flee from danger; higher blood pressure means more blood flow, which in turn supplies the additional oxygen and nutrients our muscles need. Critically, Professor Paton's team believes that, as well as signals travelling from the brain to the blood vessels, most organs can send information back to the brain. "For example, if you have a narrowing of the renal artery (the artery that supplies blood to the kidney) and the kidney isn't getting enough blood, the kidney starts 'screaming' signals at the brain to increase blood pressure. As a consequence, this increases blood flow to the kidney, but you become hypertensive," he explains. "And we believe that the brain responds in a similar way." The researcher: Julian Paton Julian Paton is Professorial Research Fellow in Physiology at the University of Bristol. Professor Paton describes himself as "half neuroscientist, half cardiovascular scientist". For many years, he's been involved in looking at how the brain controls blood pressure. "I grew up on a farm and was always intrigued with farm machinery and how it worked," he says. "Out of that curiosity came an interest in physiology, which is basically body mechanics. It's about understanding how the body functions, and why it stops working properly. I find the mechanisms involved in the maintenance of blood pressure fascinating, and we know less about the brain than any other organ, so it's a challenge. But, then, I am always up for a tough challenge." Professor Paton has been funded by the BHF since his PhD was awarded in 1987, for which he is most grateful. Selfish brain syndrome The BHF has awarded a £980,415 research grant to Professor Paton, which will further his research into what he describes as the "selfish brain hypothesis of hypertension". Essentially, this new theory says that when the blood flow to the brain is reduced, the brain activates the sympathetic nervous system to send out messages to constrict blood vessels around the body. This increases blood pressure, which provides the brain with more blood. While we need some constriction to maintain a healthy blood pressure, it's the over-activity of the brain (the most selfish organ) that causes too much constriction, which results in raised blood pressure. "We already know that when someone has high blood pressure, the nerve fibres that innervate the blood vessels are much more active," explains the professor. "We want to see if we can reverse the issue of poor blood flow into the brain in the hope that this will cause a reduction in the blood pressure" In many patients with hypertension, the vessels at the base of the brain are narrowed and have high resistance (or a low blood flow). Professor Paton's team is interested in what causes this high resistance because, if they can figure that out, theoretically they could reduce the restriction. This means the brain would no longer feel the need to send out an SOS for additional blood flow, and there would be no increase in blood pressure. "We want to understand more about why these vessels constrict, become stiff and why their walls thicken. All these things contribute to the resistance and starve the brain of blood," says the professor. "We want to see if we can reverse the issue of poor blood flow into the brain in the hope that this will cause a reduction in the blood pressure." The chicken or the egg? Key to Professor Paton's research is to find out which comes first: is reduced blood flow to the brain a consequence of hypertension or is it a decrease in brain blood flow that triggers the hypertension? He firmly believes it is the latter but, as he says, "We're putting the dogma on its head, which is pretty provocative. "Our first step is to confirm that if resistance to brain blood flow is increased, it definitely causes hypertension. We then need to work out what the triggers are within the brain that relay the 'poor brain blood flow' signal into increased sympathetic activity and high blood pressure. Once we've done this, we can start looking at targeting those triggers, which will hopefully result in a reduction of blood pressure." Mapping the mind The team is using the latest cutting-edge techniques, including radio-telemetry (a means of recording blood pressure remotely and continuously) and fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), to visualise the brain and its blood vessels, while at the same time record changes in blood flow. Professor Paton's team is also working to identify and manipulate the genes that control brain blood flow. The professor is optimistic about what the future holds. "We hope to see some initial results within 18 months and, if we make some exciting discoveries, we could think about testing patients with new medications or stenting vertebral arteries hopefully within the next five to seven years," he says. See our video of how to measure your blood pressure at home and find out more about choosing a blood pressure monitor. Get our 6 top tips for reducing your blood pressure. Read our expert's answer to a question about renal denervation to treat high blood pressure.


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To drive more than 1,100km, in a pre-war car, over three days—that's an experience we'll take any day. Marking its 8th year, The Flying Scotsman rally sees participants driving from Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire to the fabulous Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland. Driving over wolds and moors and by the coast to lochs and castles in vintage motorcars, the rally covers lands we don't normally take—a real test of driving endurance. This year, Esquire US fashion director, Nick Sullivan takes part in the rally as a co-driver to Simon Arscott of Churchill Classics vintage cars. Seated in a 1926 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre, and suited in a Dunhill peacoat, Mr Sullivan writes about his experience on Britain's most glamorous vintage car rally.
"You might want to think about braking round about now, I shouted above the hubble bubble of the Bentley's engine, as we hurtled downhill at 50mph towards a t-junction with a dry stone wall at the bottom of the valley. "Actually I've been on full brake for about fifty yards now" shouted back Simon the driver cheerfully. "I'll do the driving, you do the navigating". Righty-oh.
T-Junctions may be bad news for ninety-year-old brakes but they are good news for navigators; in reading the complex, mile-by-mile directions supplied by the Flying Scotsman Rally organizers the day before, a t–junction means you only have two possibilities, one wrong and one right. Or perhaps left. As a novice navigator, I liked these odds.
The Flying Scotsman, now in its eighth year, is so called because the first run in 2009 followed roughly the route - from London to Edinburgh - of the famous Flying Scotsman locomotive, once the fastest way from the Metrop to the Highlands. Part Downton Abbey and Part Mad Max, this is a real test of endurance for cars that by rights should be pushing up daisies. Many of the owners should too. Lovingly maintained by their owners who spend a small fortune to keep them on the road and a much larger one to buy them in the first place. One spritely 1931 Alfa Romeo Gran Sport Spider last sold at auction in 2015 for GBP2.4 Million, yet its new owner threw it with unconcealed glee at every ford, hairpin and chicane the Flying Scotsman could lay in its path.
The route changes year-to-year but invariably involves a generally northerly tack along back roads, hill climbs, open moors, short bursts of race track and an awful lot of mud and rain. Our motor car, number 24—a 4.5 litre 1928 Bentley—belongs to Simon Arscott, of Churchill Classics, a collector and dealer in rare British cars, mostly kept in upstate New York where he has also just opened a showroom selling all sorts of European gems from Astons to Porsches". But this one, his pride and joy, he keeps in a lock-up outside London. For 88 years old, she—I'm pretty sure she should be a she—is in remarkable condition, as are all 100 of the immaculate prewar cars in the Rally. Immaculate, that is, until they slip one by one through the official start line at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, roar off down the rhododendron-lined drive and head vaguely north. In front of them—and us—lie 700 miles of open road, thousands of navigational calculations, too many cowpats and not nearly enough tea and biscuits.
Arscott (driving) and Sullivan on day one at Belvoir Castle.
Starts are staggered a minute apart throughout so you are racing your own time rather than the car in front. Speed is therefore less important than dash. To that end we were kitted out in a suitably epic wardrobe (in keeping with the period motors) that would also, we hoped, keep us warm and dry (and of course pukka). First stop Alfred Dunhill.
The storied London brand's long history began in 1893, at the dawn of the age of the infernal contraption engine. Its enterprising founder, Alfred Dunhill, quickly launched Dunhill's Motorities, subtitled "everything but the motor" that at its peak numbered as many as 1300 products for daring adoptees of this terrifying new science. There were dashboard clocks, windproof tobacco pipes, oil headlamps, capacious furs and waterproof overcoats. An early stroke of Dunhill genius were Bobby Finders, part goggles, part binoculars to help speed freaks detect concealed policemen at a distance. Fast forward 120 years and the Dunhill team came up with suitably heroic looking calf leather double-breasted knee length car coats from this Fall's collection. Fully buttoned-up, with a vital bonded-wool lining and a detachable fur collar cocked at all times, they provided perfect cover from all the elements the North of England could throw at us. And man, did it throw.
Beneath our Dunhill coats we wore cotton mechanics overalls made by Manchester based Private White VC, a fixture in modern classic car racing as well as a burgeoning global fashion brand, its ethos rooted in utilitarian and military clothing. I went a bit overboard and purchased huge sheepskin lined gauntlets that proved as useless at driving as they were at manipulating the navigation book and stopwatch (but one stashed between the legs at least kept my phone dry). To keep the wind out, stout lug sole boots, heavy duty knitwear and raffish scarves across nose and mouth were topped off with a matched pair of World War II RAF leather flying helmets found on eBay and accessorised with faceted glass pilot's goggles. "You used to like dressing-up when you were a kid didn't you?" muttered team photographer Chris Floyd through his viewfinder as we sat at the start gate busting epic poses. Busted.
Mile after mile of asphalt gravel and dirt unrolled before us. The Bentley thundered up country never missing a beat until the electrics went. Fortunately there was always helping hands to bump start her until the pit crew could finally put the electrics right.
A 1930 Bentley Speed Six negotiates water near Caydale Mill, Old Byland.
Wind in open cars is relative. Stationary it was spring, almost balmy at times. At speed it was cataracts and hurricanoes that bashed the eardrums and pummeled the cheeks relentlessly. Two pieces of chamois leather stowed between our legs took the place of windscreen wipers for regular mops of the goggles and the tiny, frankly ineffectual windscreens in front of us. The Bentley had a fold up roof but no sides. It took ages to get up so anyway we only used it overnight to prevent the car being rained in. In the day-time roof-up was considered rather soft and not come il faut, amongst drivers, witness the scores of bedraggled soaked driver/navigator teams staggering into every longed-for and all- too-short break for tea and cake.
On the last stage of day one, up and over the North Yorkshire moors into Northumberland, we fell prey to two hours of sleet, freezing rain and out-and-out snow whilst trying to navigate our way to the first night's stop at Slaley Hall. "I still can't feel my fingers" said Simon in the bar, as his lifeless digits grasped the first of several Glenmorangies by the roaring fire. Everything was wet. The coats weighed a ton each.
The waterproof paper of my navigation book had held up remarkably well in the deluge. Unfortunately the battery of highlighters and marker pens I had used to mark out in it the next day's stages with key turns and vital directions had not held up at all. "Hard right at horse trough" and "slow through ford!" now read as a black smudges like drowned spiders. Dayglo green pen that had earlier highlighted out our precise route spread its sickly green glow across an entire map. I spread the pages like a fan in front of the fire and turned for solace to whisky. Back to the drawing board.
Arscott and Sullivan barrel down a dirt road on their way to a respectable 44th-place finish (out of 106).
Interim results at the sopping, frostbitten close of day one put us at 72nd out of 100 (cough). Finals put us at 57th (better). On day two we crossed the border in to Scotland and finished in Cumbernauld in 50th which meant (hurrah) we were—but only just—on page 1, a psychological triumph. On day three, after epic runs through the Ochil Hills, we pulled across the finish line at the stately Gleneagles Hotel, and against hope and all logic, we had crawled our way up the rankings to a final position of 44th. Booze and elation all round.
Barside talk at Gleneagles was of triumphs and tragedies, the 1929 Bentley that lost its sump feed and blew its engine doing 90 on the Humber Bridge, an Aston making a right turn rear-ended and put out of the rally by an oik in a Nissan. The Scotsman is no jaunt in the countryside. What it is is epic bucket-list fun. Talk however was where next? "Are you signed up for Paris-Peking yet?" "How about Madrid-Marrakesh or the Road to Mandalay?" Where do I sign?

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Ah - but the difference is, I want one that does walks and bike rides too - i.e. an off-road Sat Nav (which seems to be known as a GPS for some reason). I still want it to say turn left here - turn around NOW! and all that.... with a nice little coloured map to follow.... but just off the beaten track - easy you think?
Well we already have a Magellan GPS which is positively an antique being at least 8 years old - it eats batteries and then only manages to show us a squiggly map as to where we've been and how far we've gone. Flaming useless for what I want... we need something idiot proof, we can follow without having to stop and unfold a map every 10 mins... and it has to come with French countryside maps.
Anyway I discovered the following:
- A great site to ask questions.
- Memory Map - looks very interesting but doesn't quite hit the mark.
- The best thing we've found is the Magellan Crossover GPS - which seems to do what we want. The topographic maps for the Gard and Herault aren't ready yet though - but I'm not sure if we need them or not - are the walking maps included or what?
Oh, I forgot to say that we don't want something that you have to put through a Windows computer - we need something with a memory card...


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THE line-up for the 2012 Olympic Test event – The London Handball Cup from November 23-27 – has been announced.
Alongside Great Britain women will be a strong international line up of Austria, Angola, China, Poland and Slovakia.
The London Handball Cup is part of the London Prepares Series and takes place in the Handball Arena in Olympic Park. The event will give London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) the chance to test many parts of its operations including the field of play; results, timing and scoring systems and how teams work together.
The competition will see six teams divided into two groups, with teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group progressing to cross-over semi-finals, culminating in a gold/silver medal and bronze matches on the final day of competition.
Group A includes Slovakia, Poland and China and Group B includes Great Britain, Austria and Angola. China and Angola have also qualified to compete at the 2011 World Championships in Brazil, following just a few days after the London Handball Cup.
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday 23 November 2011
10:30 Slovakia v China
13:00 Great Britain v Angola
Thursday 24 November 2011
10:30 China v Poland
13:00 Angola v Austria
Friday 25 November 2011
10:30 Austria v Great Britain
13:00 Poland v Slovakia
Saturday 26 November 2011 – Semifinals and play off for 5th and 6th place
Sunday 27 November 2011 – Final and Bronze medal match
Tickets for the London Handball Cup will not be on general sale, but local residents, schools, colleges and members of handball clubs are being given the opportunity to attend the test event.
Debbie Jevans, Director of Sport at LOCOG said: "The London Handball Cup will allow us to test our operations prior to the Games, but we are also delighted to be hosting such high quality teams in the brand new Handball Arena. The test event will be competitive and exciting and a great chance for local residents and school children to witness top level Handball, many of them for the first time."
Paul Goodwin, Chief Executive of the British Handball Association said of the test event: "It is exciting to be part of the first competitive tournament played in the Olympic Handball Arena and we are looking forward to competing against some of the world's best teams in November."
The Handball Arena was the third Olympic Park venue to be completed in May 2011 and will have up to 6,500 capacity at Games Time. After the Games, capacity will be increased to accommodate up to 7,500 spectators as it becomes a multi-use venue for community use, athletic training and events.
* The website for the London Handball Cup has just been launched at www.londonpreparesseries.com/handball/index.html
It contains all the information about the competing nations and news in the run-up to the event.


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Here we go again. I'll be packing up some items from the big box of old Repsol swag for each giveaway, more info to follow!
I will be giving away something every so often, there is no telling when a contest will end or new a new one begins. What that means is, some giveaways may last a week, a day or who knows, even a few hours. So get your name in early so as not to loose out.
These giveaways are only for those members that have donated. To be eligible, All you need to do is choose "I'm IN" in the poll above. Unless your username shows up in bold before I close the poll, you will not be eligible for the contest.
Don't hesitate, there is no telling when this poll with close.
I'll be picking two winners this morning. The package contains four small Repsol stickers, four large Repsol stickers, four Repsol bumper stickers, two Repsol hats one retro Repsol shirt (sorry, only L) and one giant Repsol Poster.
Here is the list of eligible members
cbr_chick_nh, Dec_Tater, fredg3, johnny repsol, nutmegchoi, Repsol Dave, Repsol-guy23, repsol78, Rossifumi46, SIXDOG, Thrasher, waialaeboy, WRBSTi
Congratulations to cbr_chick_nh and waialaeboy
Please PM me your addresses so I can send these items out to you.
Don't worry folks, I'll have another contest up VERY soon, but there is no telling with the next one will end.


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I had my six month check up on Friday. I had to take the children with me because they are out of school already for the summer so I dragged them kicking and screaming downtown to the oncologists office. Luckily for me, his office is in a new building next to the old building where I had my chemo. I used to have a Pavlovian response when I would pull into the parking lot of that building, becoming nauseous instantaneously. Now I rarely think about the six months of chemo I had when I walk into the building, that is until I see the women in the waiting room in their wigs and then it all comes flooding back to me.
As we sat in the waiting room, Bridget hung her legs over the side of the chair and Luke complained about the show that was on the television. I was just hoping that it wouldn't be too long of a wait. My patience was dwindling with them on the second day of summer vacation. I noticed an older woman looking at Bridget and smiling. The woman had on a wig and had a port catheter in her chest. Finally she asked me, "How old is she?" I replied that she was six. "My granddaughter is six too and she has the same color hair." I noticed that she had an Irish accent.
I began to talk to her and then she got up from where she was sitting and came to sit next to me. Normally I wouldn't have engaged in such an exchange, I never talk to the person sitting next to me on an airplane much less a stranger in the cancer center waiting room. But for some particular reason I wanted to talk to this woman. Maybe I was intrigued by her accent, being Irish myself. I explained that Bridget had gotten her red hair from my Irish grandmother who was originally from Galway. "I am from Galway too." She said. "I lived in a town called Tuam."
"I am never going to Ireland again though" She said. "I went the first time and six months later I got breast cancer. I was cancer free for eight years and then I went back for my nephew's wedding and six month's later almost to the day my cancer came back. I tell you I am finished with Ireland." I looked at her and suddenly my fear of recurrence surfaced from the back of my mind. I usually try to keep it back there, but on this day I couldn't keep it at bay.
Sometimes I have a dream that I have a huge tumor on my leg and it is the size of a grapefruit. It is on my calf and I am walking around trying to pretend that it isn't there when someone screams out, "Look at that thing on your leg!" I look down and realize that I have cancer again. Then I wake up in a sweat. So today, I look at this Irish woman, from the same town as my grandmother and I hope that in eight years it doesn't happen to me.


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Invisible Traffick Intern Interview
In a few weeks we are going to be welcoming a lady called Victoria from America to the Invisible Traffick team. She is coming to spend some time with Invisible Traffick in both their Northern Ireland and Ireland base and we can't wait to have her with us! I got the chance to ask her a few questions before she arrives and here is what she said…!
Hi Victoria, we can't wait to welcome you as part of the team! Could you tell me a bit about yourself?
My name is Victoria Stanek. I just graduated from the University of New Hampshire in the United States with my Bachelors in Social Work. I love to be outdoors, close to nature. I enjoy kayaking and hiking.
When did you first find out about the world of human trafficking?
Good question. I think it was during my first year of high school. Someone from Child Voice came and told us about child soldiers in Uganda and how they were being kidnapped and forced to fight. That was the first form of human trafficking I had heard of. It was heartbreaking and really stayed with me. From then on I was really drawn to learning more about the atrocity of human trafficking whenever I could.
What has been your involvement in the field of anti-human trafficking work up until now?
Human trafficking has been my focus for all of my research papers and studies. I have tried to specialize in it where my time at in college has allowed. During my time at college I interned at a crisis center called HAVEN. HAVEN is a crisis center for men, women, and children who are victims or survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking. There, I was a client service intern. I worked on the hotline, I went to court with them to support them while trying to get restraining orders granted, I did a lot of emotional support and processing with clients. I supported clients while they worked with the police to press charges against those causing them harm. I also created an hour long training course on human trafficking and how best to work with survivors in a client service setting. In addition to this I did community outreach in local bars, tattoo parlors, restaurants, motels, and other places where I thought vulnerable individuals at risk of trafficking or those being trafficked may go. This outreach involved spreading word of my crisis center, HAVEN and the services we offered, as well as trying to educate the community about human trafficking.
Lastly, I just got back from a trip to Sri Lanka and Nepal with my brother. My older brother is starting his own organic, fair trade tea business, importing tea into America. I traveled with him to learn about the labor conditions in the tea estates we went to, ensuring that we were pleased with the way the workers were treated, their living conditions, and compensation. Labor trafficking is very pervasive in tea plantations (especially in India) so we wanted to be very careful as this business is being started about the people we source from and the things we support though the relationships we make. I learned a lot about labor conditions, living conditions, and social welfare in these countries. I also got the chance to meet with Asha Nepal and Maiti Nepal, two NGOs in Kathmandu that work to fight sex trafficking in Nepal. They do incredible work.
How did you find out about Invisible Traffick?
I was doing research about human trafficking and NGOs that fight human trafficking in Ireland when I came across Invisible Traffick's website. I was encouraged to learn about the great work you do and wanted to reach out!
Have you ever been to Ireland?
Yes, I have been to Ireland before. Once for a short trip about two years ago. For this trip, I am most looking forward to working with Invisible Traffick and learning all about the work you do, the differences in the field in the U.S. and Ireland as well as the similarities. I am excited to learn and do whatever I can to help during my time here.
Thank you so much Victoria, see you soon!


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Given the lack of options for consumers in many online industry sectors where one or only a few companies dominate, depending on empowering consumers is only a limited tool. As Julia Angwin notes, helping put a price on personal data only goes so far: "Before we had a minimum wage and limited work hours, people were willing to 'sell' their labor at extremely low prices for very long hours."[i]
There is a strong argument that federal regulators should be looking at how to structure data platform sectors to both promote more competition and encourage more consumer power within those sectors. Given the near-monopoly of certain platforms in search advertising and social networking, European regulators are already looking closely at the connection between industry concentration and the loss of consumer privacy. France's economy minister Arnaud Montebourg has argued that regulators should be looking at tighter regulation, including potentially moving to "unbundling" companies like Google, for example by separating its search arm, mobile, YouTube and email services into separate companies.[ii]
State attorneys general could be approached (with the goal of enlisting the US FTC or Justice Department in the long term) to support an antitrust lawsuit against Google around its overall dominance of the search-advertising sector. There is no exact equivalent in antitrust law precedent to Google's control of user data but the fact that no potential competitor cannot obtain enough user data to be a threat to the company's key search advertising market is analogous to other monopolists' attempts to deny key inputs to rivals, from the denial of key metals to industrial concerns[iii] or, possibly of more relevance, to the illegal attempt by Microsoft to eliminate the nascent threat of Internet browsers to its operating system monopoly by choking off distribution by Netscape. As the D.C. Circuit argued in United States. v. Microsoft, courts can infer antitrust liability "when exclusionary conduct is aimed at producers of nascent competitive technologies as well as when it is aimed at producers of established substitutes."[iv] Given the premium Cost Per Click (CPC) Google can charge advertisers because of its superiority in targeting users, combined with the fixed costs in maintaining such a multi-product platform to access this breadth of user data, it clear that Google will not face viable competition in the search advertising field without antitrust action by government agencies, especially given its relentless expansion into new sectors to expand its control of user data.
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A quick Google search seems to reveal if you manage People, Process, and Technology you've got everything covered. That's simply not the case. Data is separate and distinct from the things it describes — namely people, processes, and technologies — and organizations must separately and intentionally manage it.
The data management message seems a tough one to deliver effectively. Data management interest groups have hammered at it for years, but a sometimes preachy and jargon laden approach relying on data quality train wreck stories hasn't generally loosened corporate purse strings. Yes, financial companies' data-first successes in the 1990s paved the way for the '00s dot com juggernauts, whose market capitalization stems largely from innovative data management. Yet, we still have huge personal data breaches at some of our most trusted companies, and data scientists spend the bulk of their valuable time acquiring, cleaning, and integrating poorly organized data.
The first steps are often the hardest, so here's a short, no jargon, big picture guide to getting started with effective data management in three steps:


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Clever marketing stunt, but.../
I found this today:
Sure, this grabs my attention. Come on, a giant bottle of white-out on the street. BUT...I don't think it's enough to make me take the next step. In this case, writing down the address or at least remembering it the next time i do shopping. Wait a minute... shopping? Shopping for office supplies. The one product category most of us are in a long term purchasing relationship with. So why should I change? Just because of a, I admit, CLEVER marketing stunt? I don't think this is gonna happen. So this is no more than a temporary amusement on the way to the office.


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If you've been diagnosed with gingivitis, your dentist likely cleaned your teeth to help treat it, but you should also use the home remedies in this article to further treat gingivitis. Home remedies are inexpensive and effective.
Salt Water
Rinsing your mouth with salt water is an effective way to treat gingivitis. Salt is a natural disinfectant that promotes healing. Not only will salt water treat gingivitis, but it may also soothe inflamed gums, relieve bad breath, reduce pain, reduce bacteria and remove particles of food from tight spaces.
You'll want to add some salt to warm water and mix it well. You should rinse your mouth with the solution for 30 seconds. After you're done, spit the solution out. You should rinse your mouth with salt water two to three times each day.
Floss Daily
Flossing is an effective way to treat gingivitis. Flossing removes food particles from tight spaces in your mouth that can feed plague. Your toothbrush isn't able to remove all of the plaque off of your teeth because it can't reach some areas.
Brush Effectively
It's important that you brush your teeth for twice a day for two minutes each time. You may want to consider using an electric toothbrush rather than a manual toothbrush. Be sure to thoroughly brush your gums. A lot of toxic plaque could be there.
Baking Soda
Baking soda is a popular method to treat gingivitis. Baking soda offsets the acid in your mouth. By offsetting the acid in your mouth, you'll reduce the risk of tooth decay and gum disease.
Mix baking soda with a very small amount of warm water. The mixture should look like paste. Next, apply the mixture to your gums. Leave the mixture on your gums for two minutes. Rinse it off with warm water once you're done. Use this treatment method three times a week for the best results.
Lemon Juice
Lemon juice contains ingredients that help treat gum disease, and it contains vitamin C. Vitamin C helps fight off infections.
After you mix lemon juice with warm water, use the mixture as a mouthwash after you brush your teeth. If you use this method two times each day, you'll notice an improvement.
Final Thoughts
If you begin treatment early, you'll usually be able to reverse gingivitis by using home remedies. Home remedies are usually safe, but you should seek medical advice before use if you're pregnant, breastfeeding or have any other medical condition.


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Software Developer Kit
Use the Vuforia SDK: to build Android, iOS and UWP applications for mobile devices and digital eyewear. Apps can be built with Android Studio, XCode, Visual Studio and Unity.
License Manager
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These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.
- Overall, we rate Bloomberg Left-Center biased due to story selection that slightly favors the left and factually high due to proper sourcing and a clean fact check record.
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Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 48/180
Bloomberg or Bloomberg News was founded in 1981 by businessman and the former three-term (2002-2013) mayor of New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg. Bloomberg is a business-focused news organization headquartered in New York City. Bloomberg News is a division of Bloomberg L.P., which also includes a global television network (Bloomberg Television), digital websites, radio stations (Bloomberg Radio), subscription-only newsletters, and three magazines: Bloomberg Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets.
Bloomberg delivers business and markets news, data and analysis to its readers. Further, they also have a section under politics called "Trump Tracker" which tracks the latest news and reports on Donald Trump. Former editor of The Economist, John Micklethwait is the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News since 2015. Michael R. Bloomberg is the President & CEO.
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Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP (The parent company of Bloomberg News). According to Investopedia, Bloomberg Terminal (remote software used to access financial information) is the most expensive among financial data providers. Bloomberg News started to charge visitors for its content with a metered paywall in 2018, limiting users to view 10 articles per month, and 30 minutes of Bloomberg TV livestream daily. After 10 articles, readers have to become a digital subscriber to have full access.
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Michael R. Bloomberg Philanthropies' five areas of focus are public health, arts and culture, the environment, education, and government innovation. As a philanthropist, Bloomberg has given over $3.3 billion in support of education, public health, government innovation, the arts, and the environment. Michael R. Bloomberg is the president of the C40 Climate Leadership Group. Further, Michael R. Bloomberg endorsed Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidential election.
In review, Bloomberg publishes stories with moderately loaded emotional headlines such as this editorial:"America's Values Must Guide White House Diplomacy That's why the Trump-Putin summit is so risky", "Kavanaugh and Partisanship on the Supreme Court" and Trump Gives Putin a Win in Finland, Kindling New Outrage at Home." When it comes to sourcing, Bloomberg typically utilize themselves, but they also use credible sources such as CBS News, oyez.org, and the New York Times. They also re-publish articles from the Associated Press.
A 2014 Pew Research Survey found that 43% of Bloomberg's audience is consistently or mostly liberal, 28% Mixed and 39% consistently or mostly conservative. This indicates that Bloomberg is slightly preferred by a more liberal audience.
A factual search reveals that Bloomberg has published one half-true claim. This does not constitute a failed a fact check by our criteria.
Overall, we rate Bloomberg Left-Center biased due to story selection that slightly favors the left and factually high due to proper sourcing and a clean fact check record. (5/15/2016) Updated (M. Huitsing 10/07/2019)
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I do not want to ignite debates regarding conspiracy theories here. I guess it is obvious that whenever big chunks of money change hands, some dirty and unethical side to any form of business might also be present.
It is not different in the case of diamonds either. Blood diamonds or conflict diamonds refer to one such aspect that gives the industry a bad name.
Let us take a closer look at what these sad ringing words mean and what you can do to prevent further proliferation of this unwanted phenomenon.
In certain war-torn territories of Africa, conflict diamonds are mined and sold in order to finance the civil wars. For example, equipment for soldiers and the warlord's activity are directly supported through income made with illicit diamonds. More importantly, it is through inhumane methods and forced labor whereby civilians were brutally used to achieve the goals of these bloodthirsty warlords.
In the 1990s, many unsuspecting consumers didn't realize that they were indirectly supporting the wars through their purchases. At that time, the smuggled roughs were procured at relatively cheap prices by getting around the usual trading chains, especially via the big cartels like De Beers.
As of 2001, the trading of rough stones originating from Sierra Leone or Liberia became illegal in the United States until the Kimberly Process was officially launched. It was estimated that 99.8% of the diamonds are now mined from conflict free sources since its implementation.
By avoiding conflict diamonds, you can do your part by making sure that the money earned from such revenues goes towards the development of African countries. Properly sourced roughs create jobs for millions of people in Africa and are a vital source of income for government services like education and health programs.
No matter which part of the world you are in, you can put your mind at ease when shopping for an engagement ring by asking the following questions to your jeweler.
1) How do you ensure that your inventory doesn't consist of conflict diamonds?
2) Do you know the origins of your jewelry?
3) Do you have any company policies on conflict diamonds? Can I take a look at it?
4) Can you provide me with a written statement from your suppliers that guarantees these are not blood diamonds?
Of course, this list is not exhaustive and you can look up additional details at Amnesty USA. You should probably keep asking questions until you are 100% comfortable and sure of the merchant's practices.
If you have time to spare, you might be interested to watch a great documentary on the impact of these controversial stones on African nations. The entire video is about 40 minutes long.
If you are interested in making a donation to help the victims of blood diamonds in Africa, visit Hands For Africa. You can also sign a petition against unethical mining operations there.


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I caught up with this family before the weather turned cold, so the beach was windy but the light pretty stunning. I'd love to shoot at the beach all year round but not many fams are willing to brave it when it's been this cold!
This particular spot in Ocean Grove means a lot to the family, so it was pretty special to be able to photograph them here and include this part of the beach and their story into the session.


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To become a mentor, sign up at www.curiositymachine.org. To get involved with curriculum development, contact Andrew Collins or Tara Chklovski.
Tara Chklovski came to the U.S. from India for graduate school wanting to build airplanes inspired by birds. While she was working on her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California, she was surprised not to see the same drive to enter science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – STEM fields – in the U.S. as in her home country. Having realized that she wanted to solve this social problem instead of physics problems of flight, Chklovski founded the science-education nonprofit Iridescent.
Iridescent reaches out to K–12 students in underserved communities. Its flagship program is the Curiosity Machine, an online science-education platform that provides engineering design projects for students to build with the help of mentors who are STEM professionals.
Each project begins with a video in which a STEM professional describes his or her job and career path, explains essential concepts of his or her work, and introduces a design challenge: Build X so that it can accomplish Y. The students plan and execute their designs using common household objects, such as rubber bands and cardboard, and post their prototypes on the Curiosity Machine website. Mentors then correspond with the students online and help them troubleshoot or improve what they have built.
Because mentoring is done online, this outreach avenue is flexible and can be worked into the mentor's schedule. "I can mentor at any time as long as I have a computer and Internet connection," says Christian Marks, a mentor and a Ph.D. student in molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University. "I pick one day a week to claim projects and work on those after my work day is done."
While most of the projects focus on engineering and physics concepts, the mentors do not have to be experts in the field. Stephanie Agbu, a mentor and Ph.D. student in developmental genetics at Cornell University, says, "I draw on physics concepts that I learned in high school and college courses to help me mentor."
Students most often need help "solving problems they encounter when building their project designs," Agbu explains. "They may not fully understand the reasoning behind certain aspects of their design, so they do not always yield a functional unit. In this case, I try to help them think of modifications that will enhance their design."
Agbu adds, "The students also need help with thinking of multiple ways to carry out their projects. If a student successfully completes a design, I follow up with questions to help them think of another way they could have successfully done the project or how particular characteristics of their design would change if they were to modify one aspect."
The Curiosity Machine also offers STEM professionals the opportunity to get involved in curriculum development. They can come up with new design challenges based on their research. Although most of the projects on the website are engineering-related, Iridescent is interested in partnering with scientists to broaden its range of topics. Iridescent's staff helps translate complex research into easily understandable ideas and creates a video to capture the concepts of the challenge.
Iridescent also fosters collaboration with underserved communities by training educators, librarians and parents. In fact, the Curiosity Machine is used in a variety of ways in communities. The Chicago and Los Angeles public libraries run it as an afterschool program. In a five-week Curiosity Course, students go to the site, learn about the challenge, build their contraptions and then return home to work on their projects with their online mentors. The Curiosity Machine can be entirely home-based as well: Students start and work on their projects at home with their parents.
Chklovski says the idea for Curiosity Machine came from the model for Teach for America, in which recent college graduates teach in communities with limited access to high-quality education. Teach for America's model, Chklovski says, "was interesting to me because it's life changing" for the teachers. She wanted to provide similar opportunities that were enriching for both the community members and the STEM professionals.
Curiosity Machine mentors say they have found the experience fulfilling. "I encourage children to think critically about the tasks given to them and how they can solve problems they might encounter," Agbu says. "These are two important skills for engineers and scientists, so I am happy that I can help them develop these skills at an early age."
Marks says, "My favorite thing about Curiosity Machine is how excited students are about their projects. I love seeing the students succeed, and I am really impressed by their ideas."
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Yep, that's me right now and pretty much all week so far. It's official, I have got my first cold of the fall season. Ugh! My head and nose are stuffed up and I am coughing up a lung (or so it feels like) 0_o
This is ultimately why I have been MIA for the last several days. I hope and pray I feel better soon. I better *shakes fist* since my Birthday is November 5th. Hopefully things will get back to normal soon. :)
So onto the update....
As some of you may know last year around this time I went to visit family in Maryland/West Virginia area. I plan to once again come November 8th and plan on coming back on the 18th (or so). While away I fully attend to take a break from blogging, at least for the most part. All tours and reviews will still be posted on their scheduled dates. So no worries there but I feel I need this time to have some fun, read, and visit with my family. A small vacation from blogging if you will. With that said, if anyone notices a shortage in my posting you'll understand why. Once I return I plan on getting back to normal as well as working my tail off to get e-mailed read and replied to. I am so behind it's not funny. Thanks COLD! Ugh! ;)
A HUGE thank you and hugs to to my awesome, wonderful, and most of all SPECIAL friend, HILLARY!
Hillary is my part-time reviewer here at Bittersweet Enchantment and also one of my dear friends. I received a birthday card from her today that made me feel so appreciated and special.
Hillary you TOTALLY rock girl! I am super happy we meet and became fast friends. Without a doubt your reviews rock and you will always have a place here at BE. :)
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Obama's Relationship With Hispanic Voters Hinges On GOP
When you think about the party that has problems with Latino voters, it's usually the GOP. In 2012, they lost the Hispanic vote by more than 2 to 1, and long-term demographic changes could make that gap bigger. But President Obama and the Democrats also have their own problems with the Hispanic vote.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Robert Siegel. We've heard this cited many times. In 2012, Republicans lost the Hispanic vote by more than 2 to 1. Well, it turns out President Obama and the Democrats have problems of their own when it comes to Latino votes. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.
MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: President Obama promised to pass comprehensive immigration reform in his first year in office. Five years later, it hasn't happened. In the meantime, the president has deported record numbers of illegal immigrants, 2 million so far. Polls show that is hurting him with Hispanics. Frank Sharry is with America's Voice, an immigration reform advocacy group.
FRANK SHARRY: The president made a bad bet, that if he ramped up enforcement to record levels he would win over skeptical Republicans who might support him on passing immigration reform. It is highly likely that that's going to turn out to not work and what is likely is that he's going to be forced with not only the responsibility for record deportations, but the obligation to do something about it.
LIASSON: For years, Mr. Obama resisted the demands of Hispanic groups to address the immigration problem through executive action beyond the so-called Dreamers, young people brought here illegally as children. Here he is responding to a heckler.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so. But we're also a nation of laws. That's part of our tradition. And so the easy way out is to try to yell and pretend like I can do something by violating our laws.
LIASSON: That was in November. By March in the face of increasing pressure from Latino activists, the president asked his director of homeland security to review deportation enforcements. Last week, on PBS, Jeh Johnson said the administration has discretion when it comes to deportations, but...
JEH JOHNSON: We have to be careful not to preempt Congress in certain area.
LIASSON: Translation, although the president hasn't been shy about preempting Congress in other areas, on immigration, the strategy is to give John Boehner some space to see if the House Speaker can finally convince his own party to pass immigration reform this summer. In the meantime, the president is trying something else, identity politics.
MAYOR JULIAN CASTRO: Thank you. My fellow Democrats, my fellow Americans, my fellow Texans.
LIASSON: That's Julian Castro giving the keynote address at the Democratic Convention in 2012. Castro is the mayor of San Antonio, Texas and the man who's likely to be named the new secretary of housing and urban development. There are many good reasons to nominate Castro. It gives the Democrats brightest Latino star some invaluable executive experience, which many Democrats hope will elevate Castro just in case someone, say Hillary Clinton, wants to put him on the ticket in 2016.
And, says analyst Ruben Navarrette, it will earn the president points with Hispanics.
RUBEN NAVARRETTE: It's hard to find in the Hispanic community a bigger political star than Julian Castro and here's why. A full two-thirds, almost 70 percent of the Hispanic community are Mexican or Mexican-American and for them, this Mexican-American mayor, they're really proud of him. I think they're a little protective of him, too.
LIASSON: Which means it should be very hard for the Republicans, desperate to improve their own standing with Latinos, to beat up on Castro in a confirmation hearing. No one in either party disputes that nominating Castro is a smart political move, but it also highlights one of the Democrats weaknesses with Latinos.
Despite their big advantages at the ballot box, outside of the House of Representatives, there are surprisingly few Hispanic Democrats in office. Republican Daniel Garza of the LIBRE Initiative proudly ticks off the list of Republican Hispanic stars, Susana Martinez, Brian Sandoval, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz.
DANIEL GARZA: You know, on the Republican side, we have two senators and two state governors. While on the other side, yeah, it is a very skinny bench and the fact that you're going to showcase, you know, somebody at a mayor level to a cabinet position reflects that.
LIASSON: So right now, with respect to Hispanics, the president is in a holding pattern. He can appeal to Latinos by appointing Julian Castro, but on immigration reform, he's stuck waiting to see if House Republicans will act on legislation. If they don't, says Frank Sharry, then Mr. Obama will have some important decisions to make.
SHARRY: President Obama has a lot to do before he leaves office to determine whether Latinos view Republicans as horrible and Democrats as less bad or Republicans as the party that blocked immigration reform and Obama is the guy who, after rocky start, stepped in and took bold after to protect millions o people.
LIASSON: So the president's relationship with the fastest growing segment of the American electorate depends, at least for the moment, on what his Republican opponents decide to do. Mara Liasson, NPR News, Washington.
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Nicolas Rivals, a photographer from Paris, added red light installations to nature during his trip through Spain.
The geometric shapes and the red light, softly touching the area around it, create a special mood that you just can't take your eyes off.
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In case you're not familiar with PyPy yet, it's a Python interpreter with JIT compiler.
PyPy has many advantages. It can run Python code faster then any existing interpreter, has a lower memory footprint then CPython, it allows you to choose the right level of language abstraction for your code depending on how fast you need it to be since it supports running Python, RPython and allows you to provide C and C++ extensions and It's 99% compatible with CPython.
One of the major differences and what makes PyPy adoption a non-trivial process is the why PyPy interfaces with CPython extensions. If you're interfacing with C code you need to ensure that you use the right bindings.
CPython extensions use Python's C API which PyPy does not have. PyPy can run some CPython extensions using cpyext but those extensions will run slower on PyPy due to the need to emulate reference counting. That also means that Cython generated extensions will be slower.
PyPy on the other hand has support for the not very commonly used ctypes and CFFI which can be run on both interpreters. CFFI runs much faster on PyPy than ctypes so if you're targeting PyPy it's better to use it. I was told that CFFI has been known to be a bit slower than C extensions on CPython because it does not access the C API directly but it wraps it. I could not find evidence for that claim although it makes sense.
If you're interfacing with C++ code, there has been a discussion to port boost::python to PyPy but I don't think it has been done yet.
PyPy provides cppyy which is written in CPython and thus able to JIT out most of the binding related code. cppyy has multiple backends it can use. In this post I'm going to cover Reflex since it's the default and it is currently the most stable backend.
In this post I'm going to demonstrate how to run Protobuf 2.5.1 on PyPy. Protobuf's compiler generates Python code which relies on a CPython extension in order to interface with the Protobuf implementation and is I mentioned before this is not going to be as fast as it should be for PyPy. Google provides a pure python implementation of Protobuf in version 3.0 which is not yet release and breaks compatibility in some aspects from Protobuf 2.x.
This post describes how to implement Git hooks using Python. If you have some commit hooks in Python or any other languages please do share them in the comments as Gists or repositories.
If you've ever developed an open source project on Github you probably have heard about coveralls.io already but you, like me until recently are probably not measuring code coverage accurately enough if you have multiple testsuites (e.g.. unit, functional, integration).
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As of Setuptools 0.7 Distribute is now merged back into Setuptools.
This means that you should remove Distribute if you have it installed already and you probably do.You can find the instructions to do so here but I have encountered some problems during the process so I'll share my solution here.
I'm learning how to use Salt Stack so I started a new project that provisions a baseline Vagrant Box for Python development.
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Saint Patrick's Day is a national holiday in Ireland and is celebrated around the world with parades and celebrations. Saint Patrick is famous for bringing Christianity to Ireland and allegedly driving away snakes. Scholars suspect these are metaphorical snakes, as the climate in Ireland is too cold for snakes.
One of the largest Saint Patrick's Day parades is held in New York City, with a crowd of over one million people each year. The first Saint Patrick's Day parade happened in Boston in 1737. In Chicago, the city celebrates by dumping green dye into the Chicago river. It is a tradition that has been around since 1962, and it takes over 40 tons of dye for the river to reach the shade of green.
Saint Patrick was an Englishman whose given name was actually Maewyn Succat. He changed his name after becoming a priest. The shamrocks associated with the day were actually a part of Saint Patrick's ministry. He used them to explain the holy trinity. While Saint Patrick's Day used to be a dry holiday, it is now a holiday commonly associated with drinking alcoholic beverages. The traditional color associated with Saint Patrick was actually Saint Patrick's blue, a very light blue. The color green didn't become popular until the 18th century, when Saint Patrick's Day became linked with the Irish revolution.


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Tall Grass Arts Association
About Us
Tall Grass Arts Association promotes public education and appreciation of visual art through exhibitions, classes
and the Park Forest Art Fair.
Mission and History
Since 1956, TGAA has served artists, children, and the south suburban communities of Chicago in some of the most ethnically diverse and artistically and economically underserved communities in Illinois. Our mission statement, and thus our major goal, is to promote public arts; to encourage artists; and to support high quality visual arts programming through art school classes, exhibits, gallery and mini gallery/gift shop sales, the annual Park Forest Art Fair and special programs accessible to the general public of all ages. In recent years, TGAA has made great strides in developing and expanding its arts programming in an effort to reach out to artists, children, seniors, and the general public
We believe our goals have been met, annually.
Pursuit of Excellence
Our current goals are to maintain a gallery that displays the works of as many Illinois artists as possible, to operate an art fair that is reasonably priced so artists can participate and to establish class prices that encourage participation by low-income children and adults.
President - Diana Cruz
Vice President - Donnielesky Keys
Secretary - Pamela McDonald
Treasurer - Mary Dankowski
Board Members
Sharon Bean
Mae Brandon
Javier Chavira
Stephanie Compton
Nate Dutko
Luz Dominguez
Pat Edmunds
Tiffani Graham
Phyllis Hayes
Mary Kay Joens
Myrtle Martin
Sevena Merchant
Janet Muchnik
Sharon Newman
Gail Otterson
Sally Wallach
Bill Wild
Brenda Yeatman
Executive Director - Cody Ziebell
Driving Directions
367 Artists Walk
Park Forest, IL
We are located in the downtown
Park Forest Cultural Center
Gallery Hours
Tuesday-Saturday: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday and Monday: Closed
(708) 748-3377
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Older skin cells are constantly replaced by new ones. These newbies need a steady supply of nutrients to do their job. Certain foods have top-notch nutrients that keep skin smooth and supple, and fight all types of damage.
You'll want these 15 foods and nutrients for beautiful skin:
1) Water
Want moist skin? Drink water! Moist skin helps fine lines and wrinkles look less visible.
Try to drink eight glasses a day. Water in fruits, juice, vegetables and milk will count toward the eight.
2) Blueberries
Fitness Magazine reported that blueberries rank number one in antioxidant activity, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Their antioxidants protect against premature aging.
3) Antioxidants
Antioxidants are important to slow and prevent free-radical damage, wrote WebMD. Free radicals damage cells and break down collagen, leading to fine lines.
Find antioxidants in apricots, beans, beets, berries, peppers, spinach, squash and tangerines.
4) Vitamin C
Vitamin C is also a super-antioxidant. It helps heal blemishes and produce collagen which strengthens the skin's capillaries. Good sources are black currants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwis, oranges and papaya.
5) Strawberries
Strawberries have more vitamin C per serving than an orange. Research reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people who eat vitamin C-rich foods have fewer wrinkles and less age-related dry skin than those who don't.
6) Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are loaded with beta-carotene, another antioxidant that fights aging.
7) Vitamin E
Vitamin E protects against cell damage and promotes healthy skin cells. Vitamin E-rich foods include almonds, avocado, hazelnuts and pine nuts, as well as sunflower and corn oils.
8) Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3 fatty acids help skin's natural oil barrier to block acne and dryness, which leaves skin smoother and younger-looking, according to WebMD.Read more in HER Beauty
"The Top 10 Superfoods for Gorgeous Skin and Hair." Fitness Magazine. Web. 17 Mar. 2016.
Grumman, Rachel. "5 Foods for Healthy Skin." Health.com. Web. 17 Mar. 2016.
Lewin, Jo. "Eat Your Way to Fabulous Skin." BBC Good Food. Web. 17 Mar. 2016.
"Foods for Healthy, Supple Skin in Pictures." WebMD. WebMD. Web. 17 Mar. 2016.
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Some of the myths you hear about shampoo and hair loss are not true. For example, washing your hair every day doesn't necessarily make it fall out faster. But the kind of shampoo you use definitely has an impact.
For example, if you're currently using an inexpensive shampoo with sodium lauryl sulfate or ammonium lauryl sulfate you're likely damaging your hair follicles. Yes, these shampoos are pleasant to use because they make a lot of foam. But that lather isn't worth it because it's irritating your scalp.
Instead, switch to one of the best shampoos for hair growth that have sulfate-free formulas. They cleanse your hair and scalp and hydrate them at the same time. And that brings us to the next problem: salt.