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The North Carolina Emergency Reserves is looking to expand its 100-person agency and recruit more volunteers.
The North Carolina Emergency Reserves is looking to expand its 100-person agency and recruit more volunteers.
Col. Barry Pearce is the personnel officer and has been with the reserves since the organization started in 2004.
�We are an all-volunteer force,� he said. �We are trained in CPR, AED, basic first aid, shelter management and disaster assessment through the Red Cross.�
Pearce said that the force is on alert for North Carolina-based disasters and are called into action when the local emergency services request their assistance after hurricanes and other disasters.
�We�re pretty much a North Carolina-based operation,� he said. �Our personnel come from all walks of life � attorneys, nurses and retired and former military. This organization is basically for anyone who really sees a need to help North Carolina.�
Onslow County is part of the 26th regiment, which is a smaller regiment, Pearce said. The agency has the majority of its force in Raleigh and east of Raleigh.
The volunteer-corps is open to all individuals 18 and over who have a desire to serve.
�NCER works alongside many other bonafide disaster agencies statewide,� an NCER press release stated. �Volunteers have the opportunity through training to work in a variety of special duties, including mass care and feeding, search and rescue, traffic direction, disaster response, first aid, communications and much more.�
Pearce said they�re always looking for a few good volunteers.
Once individuals turn in an application, the headquarter staff goes over it and determines rank.
�Rank is determined by different status,� he said. �A nurse would outrank a medical aid. College degrees mean something to us. A nurse with a master�s degree would outrank a nurse with a bachelor�s degree.�
Pearce said that the training volunteers receive is based around community disaster preparedness.
�All of the training is good toward helping your community,� he said. �It is geared around disasters. The training can be used around your home and in your own neighborhood.
�We are looking for people geared toward serving their community.�
For more information about the NCER, contact Pearce at 910-717-2627 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Or visit ncemergencyreserves.org.
Contact Daily News Reporter Tabitha Clark at 910-219-8454 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at @TabithaLClark or friend her on Facebook.

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Dime Magazine Article written by Kobe Bryant
Just read the new Dime Magazine article written by Kobe Bryant. I pulled this off another forum...so no propz needed. Its a good read if you haven't read it. Sorry if this is a repost...Enjoy...
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Kobe Bryant, in his own words
Kobe Bryant / Dime Magazine
The following story appears in Issue #22 of Dime, on newsstands now.
Hunger defines me. I've always been hungry, but now my appetite has risen to a new level. My will is greater than ever. The motivation to succeed runs through me like blood. In this 10th year, my 10th season as an NBA player, the mountain I once climbed to reach the top looms in front of me again. I realize how hard it will be to climb it, how much I will have to sacrifice and overcome to get to the top again, how many people have told me I can't do it. But I savor that challenge. Feed off of it. That challenge helps give me purpose and inspiration. It helps me define life.
At the beginning of this season there was a question floating around in my mind. What is my purpose? On one level I understood the reasons for why I do what I do, but on another level I felt an even greater commitment tugging at my soul. I'm a ballplayer, a teammate. A leader. But is that it? When I look back at my rookie season, I realize that all of the faces that once surrounded me are gone. I was a kid back then, eager to please, eager to find my place in a world that seemed familiar but different. The game was my refuge. I'd been going to it ever since I was six years old, in Italy, playing alone on courts thousands of miles away from kids who shared my same love. In a way, my dedication to basketball defined me. But that definition has grown. The struggles I've encountered over the last few years have made me realize just how much more there is for me to accomplish. I've begun a new phase of my life; I've opened new doors. And with new doors comes a whole new world of challenges.
In my life I have won and accomplished much. I own three NBA championship rings. I've had plenty of endorsement deals and made a lot of money from them. But still, I feel as if I have yet to fulfill the blessing that God has given me in my ability to play this game. I feel as if there is so much more to do, on the court and off it.
I don't know if this is how I am supposed to feel. Did MJ, Magic and the others feel the same way? In our society it seems like athletes are expected to care about winning the game, pleasing the crowd, and signing deals. Period. But am I supposed to obsess myself with winning only to win, retire and wonder if all my sacrifices were worth it? Is it OK for me to sacrifice time away from my children, time watching them grow up, missing Easter, Christmas and other special moments, to win a ring?
What I have come to learn is that my desire to win, the will to pursue my goals with the highest level of intensity and passion, defines me. But I have been careful to keep my motivation pure. The distractions that come with winning, the idea of playing for the money or playing for the fame and prestige I've watched all of these things consume other players. My thirst for domination is fed only by the game. I refuse to get distracted by outside forces.
This is a new book in my career. Volume 1 has already been written. Everything that I accomplished before is behind me: not forgotten, but placed on the shelf. My past success only serves as a measuring stick for my peers. A whole new crop of players has emerged since I came into the League. All of them want the honor of holding the title of "best all-around player". But I feel as if that quest is behind me now and a new one has taken its place. I am an underdog. A challenge was issued to me by everyone who said I would never succeed again, that I would never win another ring or enjoy another parade. I accepted their challenge. I accepted the doubt of every one who spoke of my downfall and used their words as fuel. I have a franchise to resurrect, a city of fans to uplift.
That mountain, the one that I climbed once and now face again, is huge. I'm looking up at it again. And because I know how hard it was to climb, I sometimes feel drained because I know how difficult it will be to conquer. It's much harder to go from top to bottom to the top again than it is to simply go from the bottom to the top. But desire is the ultimate fuel. Hunger changes any situation. My past experience gives me knowledge that backs up my will. I know what must be done. My team is sometimes unsure because my teammates have never climbed this mountain before.
At times it's frustrating and it tries my patience, but in the beginning years of my career my teammates were patient with me and trusted in the fact that I would figure everything out, so now I must return that favor to this generation of Lakers. This is our challenge, our mountain, and these are my brothers. I must guide them to the point we all want to get to. No matter what.
I have been learning about the ambition inside me since I was a kid. It was there during the hours I would spend on a playground in Italy and a group of my friends would come to me and tell me I would never be an NBA player. It was there during all the time I would practice alone, imitating the moves I'd seen on television and creating new ones to go with them. It was there when nothing else was there, and I learned to incorporate it with the game, to wrap myself in the game and seek my future within it. Whenever someone would say what my Italian friends had said, whenever anyone told me what I couldn't do, I would grab hold of that feeling inside me and realize that it was there for a reason. I have always had a purpose, a need to succeed. People who try to discourage me only add fuel to a fire that has always burned. Every phase of my life has brought me new risks and new rewards; in many ways I have always been the underdog. And through it all, through every struggle, the game has always been there. It has never left me alone.
I love the game. I really do. As a kid, when things were bad for me at school or at home, I would go to the park and envision the dream. You've probably had that same one: I'd be playing for the Lakers, winning championships and hitting the game winning shots. I'd listen to the crowd roar when I put the dagger in the other team's heart, and on the road I'd hear the silence of other teams' arenas. I've actually done these things in my career. But I had done them before, because in my mind and in my heart it felt so real to me. So when I was there I had been there before.
"I take it to the other team on both ends of the floor. I take pride in being able to do that. I HATE being scored on, even by players who some say are 'un-guardable.'" (Dime Magazine / Special to FOXSports.com)
What thrills me most about the game is the purity of it and the chance to master it. The process, the work, the beauty of it has always inspired me. I remember when I was 15 years old and wanted to be famous and be on TV. That desire didn't motivate me to play or overshadow the essence of the game, but like any kid I thought being a celebrity would be cool.
As I've gotten older and actually become famous I realize that it's not what I thought it would be. But this is a good thing. Because it means that, in my heart, I never played the game for "spotlight" reasons. I played because I loved it. I played because it meant more to me than even I knew. When I needed someone to lean on, a place to vent, a place to celebrate or a place to cry, the game became all of these things for me. And because the game has given me so much I know that I must give it the respect it deserves. I must work hard to master it, to show it my appreciation for all it has done for me as a person, as a man. That's the reason I'm able to play under severe pressure or stress. The game has actually helped me cope with it. It has helped me win. Not in terms of the points scored, but in terms of the struggles that I have overcome. More and more I feel like this is the reason I train so hard, why I push myself past every limit. The more obstacles that are placed between me and my goals, the hungrier I become.
Desire is a double-edged sword. It gives you strength; it gives you motivation and focus. But occasionally, because your ambition is so great, you wonder what will happen if your goals are not fulfilled. My biggest fear is not winning another title. But fear is a great motivator. I'm determined to lead this organization back to the top. The people who once celebrated me are the same people who doubt me now. They say that because I don't have Shaq that I can't win, that it's over. The only thing I truly worry about is that my drive and my will are sometimes too much for my teammates to handle. Do I expect too much from them? How can I elevate them to play with my same passion every night?
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Here's Part 2
What helps me understand and deal with this is the fact that I was once in their shoes. I once played a supporting role on this team. Back then I knew how much pressure Shaquille had on him to win a ring and I also knew I could help. So I studied the game offensively and especially defensively because I knew that if I could harass on the perimeter with him clogging the lane, it would demoralize our opponents more than anything we could do offensively. I also knew that the teams he played on in the past did not have a closer. No one could take the game over down the stretch or hit the game winner or make the key free throws. Those were Shaq's weaknesses, so I had to step up and make them my strengths. I knew how much more I could bring to the battle, but that wasn't my role. I was a scorer who became a facilitator in order to win. But now I worry because I know how hard that was for me to learn, how many sleepless nights I had and how much criticism and trade rumors I had to endure before I mastered my role. This is probably what my current teammates are going through. All I can do is pray that one day we will reach the same level of chemistry and understanding that existed between me, Shaq, Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, Robert Horry and all the other players I once went to war with.
The fears I have are soothed a little by the presence of Phil Jackson. Simply put, he is the best coach I have ever played for. Everything I have learned about the game can be traced to him and Tex Winter. They teach the game at such a deeper level than X's and O's. The game is a rhythm, a dance. Phil and Tex have taught me to feel the game. To think the game without thinking, to see without seeing. They taught me how to prepare. How to conceptualize the spirit of my opponents and attack them where they are weak. I've seen how prepared PJ gets before games, and as the on-court leader he is trusting me to do the same. So I do all the things he has taught me to do before tip-off and once the ball is in the air my mind is at ease and my body is ready to play. I take it to the other team on both ends of the floor. I take pride in being able to do that. I HATE being scored on, even by players who some say are "un-guardable". I don't believe it when they say "Oh, that player is just hot today." F--- that! Cool his a*s off then.
When we play on the road and the entire crowd is booing me it doesn't bother me at all. What I think about is simple: "When these fans leave this game I want them to remember how hard I fought and the passion and drive with which I played." I have always played this game with passion. And I always worked hard. When I saw the movie Rudy I remember thinking, "What if I worked that hard?" God has blessed me both physically and intellectually to play this game, so what would happen if I push as hard as the character in this film? I would love for people to think of me as a talented overachiever. Even though those fans may chant "Kobe sucks", when they leave that arena I want them to walk out with a different feeling than they came in with. When they leave they'll leave with the understanding that they have just witnessed a player give himself completely to his passion; they have just watched an athlete pour every ounce of his heart and soul out on that floor. And hopefully, when the next volume of my life is all said and done, they will respect and appreciate the years that I spent giving all of me to the game that means everything to me.
Recently I have come to visualize my place as a black athlete within our society. I've always been aware of our history, from Jackie Robinson to Sweetwater Clifton. But I never felt like I deserved to be a part of our tradition because I grew up overseas, in Italy. In that way I am very much different than many of my peers. I never truly believed that my own people wanted to identify with me. But that's the thing about adversity: while you're going through it, you look around yourself and see exactly who it is that's rallying behind you. During my time of struggle I saw the truth. My people held me down. Their love and support became an experience for me and that experience will be with me for the rest of my life. It gave me a completely different understanding of my role. I had been wrong about my impact. Now I see that I can be a force in the lives of our youth. They look up to me for guidance and support. They have shown me that even though I grew up in Italy, I am a part of black America. The color of my skin ain't paint! It is, in fact, more than a color: it's the signifier of my culture.
When I went to visit the victims of Hurricane Katrina and saw how their faces lit up when they saw me, how they embraced me, and how my presence lifted their spirits; I realized how wrong I'd been about everything. I've wasted all these years wanting to do things for our people but thinking I wasn't the one to do them, that I wouldn't be welcomed. But now I see that isn't true. The experience of Katrina and my own personal struggles brought me closer to our people. And through that closeness my motivation has become stronger and my purpose has become even clearer.
Being called a role model has become code for being "able to sell product." But the true essence of a role model lies in influencing our youth to be better, not perfect, not to buy sodas or fast food or whatever; but to be better, no matter the odds or the circumstances. As an athlete I am someone who is in a perfect position to inspire our youth. They look at us as heroes not just because we win, but also because we fail. They witness us overcome obstacles right in front of their eyes. There's no editing, no CGI; everything about it is real. They watch us fall, get back up, fall, get back up, and fall again. In the course of a 48-minute game or an 82-game season they see us climb an entire mountain. It's my duty to help them understand that falling is a part of life and getting up is a way of life. The will to overcome is crucial. And because basketball is a metaphor of life this is a lesson I can give them as I struggle to accomplish my goals. As I help to rebuild my team on the court, I can do the same off of it, helping to rebuild and restore the lives of the people I see in trouble by inspiring them to do what the "experts" say can't be done.
I have been an outcast my entire life. From being the only black kid in my town in Italy all the way to when I was 17 and playing in the NBA. What separated me from others, even more consistently than skin color or age, was my hunger. My mission. I've always been made to feel like there was something wrong with wanting to win so badly and wanting to become the best at what you do. But I have found a place to fit in amongst people with a similar vision, specifically my family at Nike. My a*sociation with them means much more to me than just an endorsement deal. At Nike I am surrounded by people and athletes who share my will and my commitment to be number one at all costs.
Kobe Bryant and his family after his 81-point game. (Noah Graham / Getty Images)
Last summer I had the honor of being invited to the Nike campus in Beaverton, Oregon for a ceremony honoring the company's co-founder, Phil Knight. We athletes had to wait in the green room before the show began. I found myself sitting amongst athletes that I had never met before but whom I felt right at home with.
Let me explain:
There are certain kinds of people that are purely driven. I can tell who they are simply by looking at them. I have faced so much criticism for my drive that at times it has alienated me from the majority: the people who are comfortable with second place, the people who hate against me because I am not. You know these kinds of people; they are the ones who fear winning, the jealous ones who envy and try to sabotage. They are the people who have been telling me I couldn't win all my life. Many times my drive to succeed has put me on an island all by myself because no one understood me, or they chose to misunderstand me. They chose to portray me as being something that I was not.
So on that day, sitting in the Nike green room with those other athletes, I saw the purity of drive in their eyes and it reassured me that it was OK to be different than others. It's OK to want to be the best. It's OK to feel like a loser if you don't win it all, and it's OK to bounce back with a stronger will, a deeper sense of determination, and a desire to destroy your opposition.
I have learned that it is OK for me to be me, and what being me entails. It means that I will not rest; I will not sleep, relax, relent or be satisfied until my goals have been met, the challenge answered and all my doubters silenced. I will not give in to my foes; I won't let down my teammates. I won't stop inspiring those who look up to me or stop giving motivation to those who motivate me. I will not back off until I'm back on top, back in the place where they said I could never be again. Mountains don't scare me. The LACK of mountains scares me. The climb up, the struggle for every inch of ground and every level of ascension is what feeds me. I welcome that challenge. I welcome that chance to be fed because no matter what no matter how hard, how far, or how many stand in my way, I remain determined.
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that sh*t is looooong as fu*k!! iv'e read pt.1 and some of pt.2, i'll have to come back and finish reading another time. but props for this article!
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Wassup dis lil boy fresh propin any one you give me props and yall stay kool
oh yea somebody let me know how to put a picture by my post
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Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
MANHATTAN -- Advancement professionals at Kansas State University earned 11 awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education at the District 6 meeting Jan 10-12 in St. Louis, Mo.
The K-State Alumni Association received eight individual awards -- two gold, four silver and two bronze -- with the Kansas State University Foundation earning two gold awards and a bronze.
The K-State Alumni Association earned the following awards: a gold in the alumni special events category for the Wabash CannonBall gala in Kansas City; gold for its Web site, www.k-state.com; silver for @K-State, an electronic newsletter aimed at alumni and friends; two silver awards for the Tradition Founders program in the annual fund support and fundraising direct mail categories; silver for the Wabash CannonBall as a special event organized around a special occasion; bronze for K-Stater Magazine; and bronze for the fall 2009 cover of K-Stater Magazine, which focused on sustainability.
"We are certainly excited about this recognition," said Amy Button Renz, president and CEO of the K-State Alumni Association. "It is wonderful to see our external communications recognized for our continual efforts to keep members of the K-State family linked to the university. It's also gratifying to receive recognition for programming that supports the university in providing student scholarships and additional funding."
Awards earned by the Kansas State University Foundation included: two gold awards for Good for K-State magazine in the development writing and fundraising brochures/publications categories; and bronze for its K-State Marching Band DVD in the fundraising video/DVD category.
"It is always an honor to earn recognition from your peers," said Julie Lea, vice president for communications for the Kansas State University Foundation. "External communications are team efforts that help keep K-State close in the hearts and minds of our generous alumni and friends."
The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education is a worldwide organization supporting colleges and universities by enhancing the effectiveness of the alumni relations, communications and fundraising professionals who serve them. District 6 includes 188 member institutions in Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.


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I've had my Semantic HTML ebook on sale for a couple of years now, so I think it's time to give it away free.
- Introduction to semantic HTML
- Why semantically correct HTML is better (ease of use, accessibility, SEO and repurposing)
- Comprehensive list of HTML tags, which to avoid and which ones to use, each with their
- semantically appropriate uses
- Tips for writing better semantic HTML, including a neat DHTML trick for automatically
- wrapping HTML tags in new tags
- Worked examples
Here's an excerpt from the introduction to the book
What is Semantic HTML?
Semantics is the study of meaning: how meaning is created and applied to signs. "Why does X mean X?" is a
question of semantics.
HTML is the markup language that we use to write web pages. It's understood by standard web browsers,
as well as dozens of other types of "user agents", including mobile phones, search engine spiders, aural
browsers etc.)
HTML consists of two types of things:
- Tags
- Text content
A few tags can be content of their own (like images, Flash movies, or metadata), but most HTML tags are used to apply structure to content.
Semantic HTML, or "semantically-correct HTML", is HTML where the tags used to structure content are selected and applied appropriately to the meaning of the content.
So, if you're wanting your HTML to be semantically-correct…
A

 paragraph tag pair should only be used to indicate a paragraph (which is a structural concept). It should never be used to apply space to a web page. Never, ever, use a series of
 tags to create space!
The HTML tags  (for bold), and  (for italic) should never be used, because they're to do with formatting, not with the meaning or structure of the content. Instead, use the replacements  and  (meaning emphasis), which by default will turn text bold and italic (but don't have to do so in all browsers), while adding meaning to the structure of the content.
Always separate style from content
HTML tags should never be used to apply presentation — that's the job of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). See http://webdesignfromscratch.com/how-html-css-js-work-together.cfm to learn more about how HTML, CSS and JavaScript fit together in web pages. (Note, perfect production practice also removes all JavaScript functions and event handlers from the markup as well!)
Why semantically correct HTML is better
Writing semantic HTML brings a wide range of benefits:
- Ease of use
- Accessibility
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Repurposing
Ease of use
First of all, semantic HTML is clean HTML. It's much easier to read and edit markup that's not littered with extra tags and inline styling. Clean markup also saves time and money when other people have to interact with it — say, a web developer who has to implement your page template in a content management system or any other web application.
A corollary benefit is that your HTML files are also smaller, so they load quicker.
Unless you've had to interact with HTML markup through media other than your web browser, it doesn't seem obvious to imagine that your web pages have a life outside the browser window — but they very often do. Web pages can be consumed by humans and machines in lots of different ways!
When you separate visual aspects (i.e. style) from the actual meaning of a document, you end up with a document that always means the same thing. The way it's presented or consumed can vary. One common technique web designers use is to apply different style sheets for different media. For example, you can apply a certain stylesheet only when a document is printed to paper, another one when it's viewed on screen, and yet another when it's accessed by a text-to-speech aural browser.
A text-to-speech reader also understands the tags  or  but it treats text output with those tags very differently to the way a visual browser responds. The TTS reader adjusts vocal tone or volume, rather than contrast or text style, which conveys the same meaning but through a different medium.
Search Engine Optimisation
Search engine spiders and crawlers, like Googlebot, represent another genus of user agents. They also consume web page content, in an attempt to discern the meaning within.
When a crawler finds a web page, it stores its assessment of what the page is about on an indexed database to use when matching people's search queries. The big question is — how do search engines match search terms to known pages to create a prioritised list?
Of course, they all do it a bit differently, but one of the keys to Search Engine Optimisation is to use plain old common sense. If you were a search engine, how would you do it? If you work through the problems a search engine faces, a few things soon become clear, often easily expressed prefixed with "all other things being equal…".
Let's say you have two web pages, each with exactly the same text content (10 kilobytes). One of the pages has an additional 5KB of HTML markup, neatly annotating the semantic meaning in the content.
The second page has 30KB of additional markup, with inline styles, lots of nested
 tags, and decorative imagery.
Now, the more graphically intense page might look better to human visitors (might!), but if each page contains the search term "bluebottle" 5 times, which would you (pretending to be a search engine) judge was most relevant to someone searching for "bluebottle"?
Clearly, it's the first, more lightweight page, for a few possible reasons:
- The keyword density of the lightweight page is greater. It features the search term five times in 15KB of markup, whereas the second page features it five times in 40KB of markup. Whatever the additional markup is for (the search engine might not be able to tell), it doesn't seem to be about "bluebottle".
- Each occurrence of the search term is likely to be higher up towards the start of the document in the lightweight page than it is in the 40KB page. All other things being equal, the earlier you find a search term within a document, it's more likely that the document is about that term, or the term is more prominent in the document's content.
- Assuming that the first document is neatly marked up with semantically correct HTML, it's more likely that the search term will be placed inside a higher-value tag (such as a heading, or link) than in a more graphical page (which might use an image as a link, perhaps without a proper alt attribute).
When your markup (content, with meaning) is separated from your styles (style sheets for different media),obviously the content can be understood more easily by all user agents. That means not only user agents you already know about, but ones you don't yet know about (like automated crawlers that create custom RSS news feeds on a certain topic, or image- or video-specific search engines), as well as others that have not yet been invented!
The last couple of years have seen mixing and mashing content emerge as a major feature of new web sites and applications. This can happen without the knowledge of the original site owner, but in most cases this freedom of content to move around the web, adapting to various media, is beneficial to the original creator.
Often in these situations, the content taken from a web page is formatted differently on the new remixed page, which makes it all the more important to remove any style content from the markup itself. (Note that inline styles, applied directly within HTML tags, override any other styles implemented through separate stylesheets, and so they would have to be stripped off programatically.)
Clearly, it's easier to grab and re-use content from any source, and apply it to any medium, when it doesnot contain any hard-coded style information, and also when it does contain semantic markup that can help a computer program understand the meaning and structure of the content.


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Heidi Klum won't be donning another wedding dress again just yet. The 39-year-old supermodel denied rumors that she's engaged to boyfriend Martin Kirsten after the two were recently photographed wearing matching Tiffany & Company diamond-and-gold bands.
"I did get a present from my boyfriend. He did give me a ring and he has the same," Klum told Omg! Insider on Wednesday, May 1. "I am not engaged. I am not planning to get married anytime soon. It's just a beautiful piece of jewelry . . . Just something nice."
Engagement ring or not, the Project Runway star says she is very "happy" in her relationship with her former bodyguard. "It is always hard to find the right partner," Klum explained, "and you don't ever know in the beginning."
Klum confirmed her relationship with Kirsten in an interview on Katie in September 2012. "I trust him with my children's life," she said. "He's a great man . . . and we just got to know each other from a completely different side."
The German model is mom to kids Leni, 8, Henry, 7, Johan, 6, and Lou 3, with ex-husband Seal. The couple split in January 2012 after nearly seven years of marriage. Klum filed for divorce that April, and it has not yet been finalized.
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N.M. Tech Hosts 2002 RoboRave, Dec. 5, 2002
SOCORRO, N.M. December 5, 2002 -- The third New Mexico ROBORAVE robotics competition for high school students will take place from 10 a.m.until 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, at the New Mexico Tech Gymnasium, with about 50 teams from New Mexico, El Paso, and Juarez high schools scheduled to compete.
Participating teams comprised of four or five high school students each will put their autonomous (not remotely controlled) robots to the test by programming the pie-plate-sized devices to follow a maze of black lines laid out on a white, four-foot by eight-foot sheet of foam-core board.
The competing robots then are tasked to deliver a ping-pong ball to a receptacle atop a small tower--all within an allowable three-minute period.
Most of the team-designed robots competing in New Mexico ROBORAVE are constructed of basic materials from Lego "Mindstorm" kits or New Mexico Tech Mobile Robot Kits (NMT-MRKs).


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Stocks looked to extend their winning streak for a fourth straight session Friday, rebounding off a weak open as banks advanced. The market is on track for what could be its best week in over a year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose after rallying 1.2 percent in the prior session following better-than-expected jobless claims data and some strong sales results from major retailers.
In today's economic news, wholesale inventories rose 0.5 percentin May, as expected.
Banks rebounded after being the biggest decliners at the start, with Citigroup and Goldman Sachs up more than 1 percent.
Johnson & Johnson was the biggest drag on the Dow after the company recalled more Tylenol and other over-the-counter drugs due to a musty, moldy order.
Google shares rose after the company said that China has renewed its license to operate a Web site in the country, ending a long standoff between the two.
Alcoa kicks off earnings season next week, reporting on Monday. Its shares rose ahead of the report.
Among other companies reporting next week are Intel , Google , Bank of America , Citigroupand General Electric .
Next week's earnings reports are expected to offer some insight on whether or not the economy is headed for a double dip.
"This isn't a double-dip, it's just a soft spot. We get one in every recovery," said Burt White, chief investment officer at LPL Financial in Boston. "We think the top line is going to definitely move forward and probably be at a post-recession post-crisis high and we're going to be moving in a very positive direction."
BP shares slipped as the Obama administration was preparing to unveil a revised moratorium on deepwater drilling after a federal court refused a request by the Obama administration to keep the prior ban in place while it decides the case.
On the M&A front, Airgas raised its bid for Air Products to $63.50 a share from its original offer of $60.
Reuters reported that Disney finalized a deal to sell its Miramax unit to construction magnate Ron Tutor and investment firm Colony Capital for between $600 million and $700 million in cash.
And BC Partners and Silver Lake Partners are buying health care company MultiPlan from Carlyle Group in a $3.1 billion private equity deal, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Property and casualty insurance company Ace looks to have been picked to replace biotech Millipore in the S&P 500. Millipore is being acquired by Germany's Merck.
On the retail front, Jefferies lowered its outlook for Best Buy , cutting the company to "hold" from "buy" on concerns over "continued softness" in electronic sales.
Meanwhile, UBS raised its rating on Costco to "buy" from "neutral," saying the stock's low price makes for an attractive entry point, particularly as sales at the wholesale chain remain attractive.
In Europe, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said budget cuts by EU countries will not lead the euro zone back into recession. The euro is holding near two-month highs amid Trichet's comments and the prospect of bank stress test results later this month.
On Tap for Next Week:
MONDAY: Fed's Lacker speaks; Earnings from Alcoa, Chevron (interim)
TUESDAY: Small business optimism report; International trade; Treasury budget; Earnings from Intel, Yum
WEDNESDAY: Weekly mortgage apps; Government report on retail sales; import/export prices; business inventories; Fed minutes
THURSDAY: PPI; Empire State survey; weekly jobless claims; industrial production; Philly Fed survey; Yellen nomination hearing; Fed's Lacker speaks; Earnings from JPMorgan, Novartis & Google
FRIDAY: CPI; consumer sentiment; Earnings from Bank of America, Citigroup, GE and Gannett


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Two members of the Bulldog women's swimming and diving team will represent Yale this weekend at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. Sophomore Paige Meneses and junior Rachel Rosenberg will be looking to qualify to compete at the 2011 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships held on Mar. 17–19 in Austin, Texas.
The meet will begin Friday with the preliminaries of the three-meter event. After six dives the top 18 divers will proceed to the evening's finals. The same progression will follow on Saturday for the one-meter event. Platform diving will be held on Sunday, though neither Meneses nor Rosenberg will be competing in this event.
Last year both Meneses and Rosenberg made it to the finals on the three-meter board. Rosenberg finished 15th with a final score of 477.25. Meneses was right behind her in 16th place with 467.10 points. In the one-meter event Rosenberg finished 12th with a total score of 456.70. Meneses just missed out on the finals in the one-meter by finishing 22nd, with the top 18 moving on to the finals.
Rosenberg had her best meet this season at home against Brown on Feb. 12. She put up 306.15 points to win the three-meter event, and 290.92 points to win the one-meter as well. Meneses had a great meet against Navy back in January, scoring 282.53 points in the one-meter event for her highest score this season. Meneses had her best three-meter performance against Vermont with 283.27 points.
The NCAA Zone A Diving Championships will be held in Annapolis, Md., at the Naval Academy's LeJeune Hall. Competition will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Mar. 11 and will conclude on Mar. 13.
Report filed by Tom Lynam '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Before he has even had a chance to form a new government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already under pressure from new US Secretary of State John Kerry to return to the negotiating table and make concessions to the Palestinians.
Fortunately for Netanyahu, the Palestinian leadership, famously never missing an opportunity to miss and opportunity, has already provided the Israeli leader with an "out."
The very day after Kerry phoned Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian officials began listing preconditions for even meeting with the Israelis.
Among those preconditions: The immediate release of all jailed Palestinians, most of whom have either tried or succeeded in killing Jews, and a full halt to the building of homes for Jews in areas claimed by the Palestinian Authority, including the eastern half of Jerusalem.
Both are red lines no Israeli government could cross, even one headed by the left-wing Labor Party.
Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum have blamed Abbas and his regime for scuttling peace talks over the past four years by refusing to talk without preconditions that would prejudice the outcome of negotiations.
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Installation & Removal of Spark Plugs
Doing the job right can help prevent performance problems, cylinder head damage and hours of hassle
Anyone who has had to remove a cylinder head to retrieve a broken spark plug knows how important it is to use care in spark plug installation and removal. In this article, we'll cover some of the most common plug installation issues and how to avoid some common pitfalls.
Over-tightening spark plugs or improperly cleaning the threads in the cylinder head before installation of the NEW spark plug is a very common issue that can cause thread damage. Overlooking these basics can lead to breakage issues during the next replacement.
Another issue is thread galling in aluminum cylinder heads. Galling or binding between the plug and head can destroy the thread and possibly result in plug breakage. To avoid this, it is important to let the engine cool down before trying to remove a spark plug.
Installation recommendations vary by spark plug design; however always be sure there is no carbon or other contamination in the cylinder head threads prior to installation. There are special taps available designed to "clean" the threads and remove residual carbon if necessary. Also, be sure the threads on the spark plug are undamaged. Never consider installing a spark plug – even one that's brand new – that has been dropped. Generally spark plugs come pre-gapped from the factory, however it is critical to always verify the spark plug gap meets the manufacturer's recommendation for the application you are working on before installing a spark plug into an engine.
Tapered-seat spark plugs should be installed by hand until finger-tight. Then use an additional 1/16th turn applied with a spark plug wrench to ensure the spark plug has been tightened to the manufacturer's recommendation for a 14mm thread. Alternatively, using a torque wrench, tighten the spark plug to approximately 7 to 15 lb. ft. for 14mm threads and 15 to 20 lb. ft. for 18mm threads to ensure a gastight seal. Overtightening a spark plug will stretch the plug body and potentially result in breakage upon removal.
For gasket-type plugs, install the plug until finger-tight. Then if the plug is being installed with a new gasket, use a spark plug wrench to apply a 3/8 to 5/8 turn – depending on head material. (See chart below.) When reinstalling a used spark plug with a used gasket, only ¼ turn is necessary, regardless of head material.
The Tougher Job: Plug Removal
It's not unusual to have difficulty removing a used spark plug. Be sure to allow the engine to cool before attempting the job, and always be sure to clean away all debris around the plug prior to removal or use compressed air to prevent entry into the engine. If the plug appears to be overly tight and/or there is corrosion surrounding its base, it is acceptable to apply a quantity of penetrating oil (rust breaker). After allowing the penetrant to do its job (most require at least 5 minutes), apply steady pressure with a spark plug wrench until the spark plug loosens. Do not yank on the wrench, as this could cause breakage.
For especially difficult to remove plugs, try loosening ¼ turn, then retightening. Repeat this process while reapplying penetrating oil until the plug is removed.
It's always a good idea to use a thread chaser tool to remove carbon and other contaminants from the threads in the head before installing a new spark plug.
Changing Your Vehicle's Spark Plugs
Labor Time: 30 minutes to 4.0 hours
Things you will need:
- One set of NEW spark plugs for your application
- Safety glasses/Goggles
- Gloves
- Spark plug socket and ratchet (size and length of socket will depend on your application)
- Spark plug boot remover or spark plug boot removal pliers
- Shop air and blow gun
- Penetrating oil (see MSDS for proper handling/ disposal and safety procedures) See sales associate for more details
- Spark plug thread chaser
- Di-electric grease (this may come in the replacement wire or spark plug boot set) See MSDS for proper handling/ disposal and safety procedures. See sales associate for more details
Tips and Warnings
- Evaluate the service procedure recommended by the manufacturer and be certain all of the necessary parts and tools are available. Many engine platforms may require removal of the upper intake manifold to gain access to the spark plugs. (Special tools and additional gaskets maybe required).
- Allow the engine to cool down to a room/shop temperature. (most applications). Attempting to remove the spark plugs from a HOT engine may cause the spark plug threads to seize, causing damage to the cylinder head threads.
- Remove spark plug boots by first twisting the boots back and forth until they move freely on the spark plug and then pull off while holding the spark plug boot, not the spark plug wire (if equipped). Label the wires to ensure that they are reinstalled in proper order.
- Aggressively pulling on the spark plug boot can lead to spark plug wire terminal pull out which will require replacement of the spark plug wire.
- Clean the spark plug recess area before removing the spark plug. Failure to do so could result in engine damage because of dirt or foreign material entering the cylinder head. Also contaminated threads may prevent the proper seating of the new spark plug.
- If the spark plug is difficult to unthread, STOP, and use penetrating lubricant and allow it to soak for at least 5 minutes. Then tighten the spark plug back up and try removing it again. It may be necessary to follow this procedure several times until the spark plug is removed.
- Use ONLY hand tools when removing or installing the spark plugs or damage can occur to the cylinder head or spark plug.
- Use only spark plugs specified for use in the vehicle. Do NOT use spark plugs that are either hotter or colder than those specified for the vehicle. Installing spark plugs of another type or heat range can severely damage the engine.
- Always check the gap of all new spark plugs before installing them into the engine. Installing spark plugs with the wrong gap can cause poor performance and may even damage the engine.
- Be sure that the spark plug threads smoothly into the cylinder head and the spark plug is fully seated upon install. Use a thread chaser, if necessary, to clean threads in the cylinder heads. Cross threading or failure to fully seat the plug can cause overheating of the plug, exhaust blow-by, or thread damage.
- Always tighten the spark plug to the manufacturer's recommendations.
Follow These 12 Easy Steps
- Purchase a service manual for your vehicle. It contains essential information for getting the job done safely and correctly the first time.
- If you don't already have them, obtain the tools necessary for spark plug replacement.
- Spark plug socket – This will have special padding inside to protect the spark plug's porcelain insulator
- Torque wrench – It is important that the spark plugs are tightened to the recommended torque
- Ratchet – Standard hand tool to fit the spark plug socket
- Extension – Depending on model and accessories, you may need special extensions and universal joints to reach one or more of the plugs
- Spark plug gap gauge – This gauge for checking the gap comes in a variety of styles. Make sure the gap for your engine is included
- Determine if there are any special procedures required to access the spark plugs. Sometimes other components will need to be removed or repositioned. Your service manual will give the specifics for your vehicle.
- The spark plugs are located near the top of the engine. On some vehicles, you'll have to remove an ignition coil for access to each spark plug. Other vehicles will have large wires attached to the spark plugs. Grasp the wire by the boot, rotate it and pull it off.
- If compressed air is available, use it to blow any dirt or foreign material away from the spark plug hole. This prevents debris from falling into the cylinder as the spark plug is removed.
- Unscrew each spark plug, using the special spark-plug socket, a ratchet and extension. Replace only one spark plug at a time.
- Check each of the plugs as you remove them - they will indicate the general running condition of the engine. In an engine running normally, the spark plug tip should be brown or grayish tan in color. If it is any other color, or if there are deposits on the tip, there is a problem with the way the engine is running. Your service manual should have a chart that will help you determine the running condition of the engine based on the appearance of the spark plug tip.
- The gap between the spark plug electrodes is a critical dimension that must be correct. Most spark plug gaps are set at the factory, but sometimes gaps can be wrong, even on new spark plugs. In most cases, you'll want to check the gaps of the new plugs, assuring they are to the specification listed in your service manual. In some cases, particularly with iridium spark plugs, the manufacturer recommends against checking and adjusting the spark plug gaps. Always follow the recommendations of the spark plug manufacturer.
- Before installing the new plugs, apply a thin coat of anti-seize compound to the threads.
- Thread one of the new plugs into the spark plug hole until you can no longer turn it with your fingers, then use a torque wrench to tighten it to the specification listed in your service manual. It is a good idea to slip a short length of rubber hose over the end of the plug to use as a tool to thread it into place. The hose will grip the plug well enough to turn it, but will start to slip if the plug begins to cross-thread in the hole – this will prevent damaged threads.
- Attach the ignition coil or spark plug wire to the new spark plug, assuring it is fully seated on the plug.
- Repeat the procedure for the remaining spark plugs.


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Dana's Low-Carb for Life (Podcast)
A New Alternative For Gelatin Fans
Happy 2013, everybody! Now that I've finished the Fat Fast book (soon to be available in Kindle and iPad formats)and the holidays are past, I can get back to work.
As I write this, it's been about an hour since That Nice Boy I Married and I finished a good , intense Slow Burn workout. As advised by my friend and weight lifting guru, Fred Hahn, we eat protein within an hour of our workout. Fred says that during that hour the muscles are primed to slurp up amino acids to repair and grow.
So we just had some grass-fed round steak I threw in the slow cooker earlier today, and now, to round out my amino acid profile, I am drinking my gelatin.
Yes, drinking it. I have a big glass of iced tea in front of me, heavily laced with gelatin. However, this is special gelatin. How? It dissolves in any liquid, hot or cold, and it doesn't gel -- your beverage stays liquid, even on ice.
This very cool product was sent to me by the nice people at Great Lakes Gelatin company. They ran across this blog, and discovering that I was a big fan of gelatin, they wrote and asked if I would like to try their Collagen Hydrolysate -- gelatin that has been broken down further so that it does not gel. Still contains the same amino acids. I thought "Why the heck not?" and happily accepted.
I am pleased to report -- should have reported sooner -- that the stuff is just as advertised. It dissolves beautifully in any liquid, hot or cold, and does not change the texture or flavor at all. You'd never know it was there.
As I have written, I have previously taken unflavored gelatin by putting a spoonful of the powder on my tongue and washing it down with water. However, I have been a big ol' health food freak for 35 years, swallowing any vitamin pill that came in reach. I have extraordinary powers of swallowing. Several people have written to say they find swallowing powdered gelatin difficult, or just plain unpleasant.
Great Lakes Gelatin Collagen Hydrolysate is a great solution. It will let anyone easily consume therapeutic doses of gelatin. I have not finished my free 1-pound canister yet, but will happily pay price for another when it's gone.
Great Lakes Gelatin Collagen Hydrolysate is pricier than simple gelatin purchased in bulk. A five pound box of plain gelatin runs just upward of $40; that's a considerable difference. However, if you want to dissolve it, you must use a hot liquid -- coffee, tea, or soup. Otherwise, you're stuck with my washing-down-the-powder method. The collagen hydrolysate is a whole lot more convenient.
I occasionally get asked if I'm still taking gelatin, and if I still think it's important. Yes and yes. I stopped taking it for a while when I got caught up in writing 500 Paleo Recipes. Then I got a cosmic dope slap and started again. Once again, I felt noticeably, dramatically better overnight.
If you've been wanting to try taking gelatin but have trouble getting it down, this is the product for you.
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Gelatin - Collagen?
I notice there is a substantial price difference between Collagen and Porcine. Do the benefits justify the extra cost, in your opinion?
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Collagen Versus Gelatin
I know of no special benefit of the collagen over plain gelatin, whether it's porcine (from pigs) or beef gelatin. (You can also get fish gelatin -- great for kosher cooking -- but it's pretty expensive and hard to find.)
The collagen is just easy, because it mixes into anything, hot or cold.
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Followup to Collagen vs Porcine
So that's ONLY the collagen that works that way? Where you can mix it with hot or cold? On the Amazon site, there are different choices and descriptions are lacking.
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great article and I just found it. I actually sent you an email too. Great website. My question is. You're writing, that you take a teaspoon and then drink water. But its powder. how can you swallow it, unless you completely dissolve it in water. Thanks.
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amount of gelatin
Hi, I just received my order of NOW Beef Gelatin Powder. I mixed 1 TBS per the package, into hot water with a fruit/herb tea bag and a tiny bit of stevia. It is good! I added a bit more hot water half way through and that way, even as it cools, it doesn't thicken because the water ratio is high.
My question is, for the benefits of gelatin, how much per day should we take? The bag says 1 Tbs per cup of water, but that is to make something jell. I'm interested in finding out how much to take for a therapeutic effect, as has been discussed.
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Low carb diet coach
I have a patient who knows low carb is good for him but just can't stick to it. He's open to working with a coach (phone or Skype is fine) to help him keep on the wagon. Anyone know of someone who could help out?
On another note, I just love Cook's Illustrated. In their last issue they had an article on how to cook the perfect soft-boiled egg every time, no matter how many you make. The recipe is easy: bring 1/2 inch of water to boil over medium heat in a sauce pan. Place eggs in the pan and cover. Cook for 6 and 1/2 minutes. Remove from pan and run under cold water for 30 seconds.
These are so easy to peel, and have a zillion uses. I like a soft boiled egg over Dana's Old Days Tuna Salad from her 300 15-minute book. I've given up poaching eggs for this fast and foolproof method.
Can't wait for the Fat Fast book to come out, too!
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fat fast book - on Kindle
I'm looking forward to your fat fast book. I hope it's on Kindle. I had a Kindle, briefly, that my daughter passed on to me when she got a new version. It didn't survive being stepped on.
Instead of buying a new one, I downloaded a Kindle cloud reader from Amazon. You can also get Kindle for PC. Both are free. I like the cloud reader because it comes up almost instantly. We don't have the fastest connection, and the cloud seems to work the easiest. I've read a few books with it on my laptop. There are a lot of offers for free books, too. I love the way that Kindle keeps my library, keeps track of the page I'm on, and can be enlarged or shrunk.
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Gelatin / bone marrow broth
I read the reference to bone marrow soup and wondered if there are any recipe/directions? I made a turkey tonight and saved the bones. I usually boil the bones to make broth, but wondered if there was something else I should do/know...like maybe you boil it for days or something.
My nails are so bad Im considering the fake ones, but I cant bring myself to really do that. So I started the gelatin this week. Im throwing a pkg of sf jello into my protein powder. If it improves my nails its nothing short of a miracle.
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Bone broth
Just so you know, it's not bone marrow broth, just bone broth. I save up enough bones to fill my slow cooker, stashing them in the freezer in the meanwhile. When I have a pot full, I put them in the slow cooker, cover them with water, add about a teaspoon of salt and a quarter cup of vinegar (wine or cider), cover the pot, turn it to low, and forget about it for a couple of days. (That's the cooking for a couple of days part.) Then I let it cool, strain it, and either make soup or store it in the freezer for future use.
Along with the gelatin, get some MSM. It's a sulfur supplement, and it does great things for nails and hair; good for joints, too. You should be able to get it at your drug store, KMart, Target, wherever. I take a gram a day, but it's seriously non-toxic, so you can take more if you like.
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Thanks for the response. Am alergic to surpher drugs, so don't dare try msm.
I've been on basic low carb for about a year and a half. Lost 40 #. Your cookbooks were the main reason I was successful. Often when I'm reading a recipe I wonder why you use some ingredients and have wished i had you on speeddial to ask questions about a recipe. Even tho you put your blog address in the books, still took this long to visit. Anyway, want to take this opportunity to thank you for all of the great advise and recipes. Your cookbooks make this new lifestyle (NOT DIET) possible. How can you complain about what you can't eat when you have food this good. And most are a flash to make. Can come home from work at 7 pm, have dinner on the table in 15 to 30 minutes. Love you dana.
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Prescription meds and gelatin
I just recently discovered the joys of gelatine (like, yesterday) and started taking it yesterday afternoon and this morning. I felt great when I woke up this morning and no hunger/cravings so far today. My question: I take prescription meds in the evening before bed and I wonder if there's any reason the gelatin might interfere with absorption of the medicines? I can tell you what the meds are if you'd like.
Brief history: I'm almost 70 and over the last five years have lost 100# by having food allergy testing and by eliminating eggs, dairy, wheat (and 99% of all grains), corn, soy, and of course sugar. I use xylitol and stevia in place of sugar. I never knew I had these sensitivities since I have never had ANY reactions to eating these foods -- except I gained weight. Unbeknownst to me, they were an addiction. Unfortunately, these holidays were extremely hard, and eating one cookie led to another, etc. etc. etc. and I've gained back about ten pounds. And it's so very DARK and COLD right now (zero degrees this morning) and I get depressed and I need to get the weight off and start feeling better right now!
So happy to have discovered your site yesterday and to start the gelatin. Plan to read a whole lot more!
Winnow (which means I sift and sort what I read and keep what works and "throw away" the rest ... :)
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Meds and gelatin okay
I wondered whether MAOI (mono-amine oxidase inhibitor) meds might interact with beef gelatin, as some beef products are contra-indicated, but couldn't find any information to say it was a problem. Other than that, there's no reason why gelatin should negatively interact with any other med - and a lot of meds are delivered in a gelatin capsule.
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I went to the link that is in your post and found that it wasn't the price of the product that is prohibitive...it's the delivery charge! $14.95 for delivery alone? A bit much. I will look around. In the meantime I have a question. I make chicken stock from the bones and meat from leftover chicken and it always is in a gel state when it's cold. Isn't that collagen? I use it in all my cooking that calls for braising or boiling. I also add it to vegetables I have sauteed on the stove. Do you think that's enough or should there be more supplementation? What are your guidelines?
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Gelling Broth
Yes, in fact it's gelatin. And it's part of why bone broth is a super-food. If you eat bone broth several times per week, that may well be enough.
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Fat Fast Book
Is the iPad and Kindle the only way to get the book? I'm very interested in it, but don't have either of those.
Love your writings!
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beef gelatin
Hi Dana,
My Mom always took gelatin capsules when I was a kid. And she had the strongest nails!
From reading, it sounds like you are talking about a different gelatin than knox or jello. You mention beef gelatin. Can you tell me if it has a beef taste? I used to mix jello in hot water and drink it like a sweet tea, before it cooled. I liked it. Now that I have type 2 diabetes, I don't drink hot jello anymore. I know there is a sugar free kind but I try and carefully choose where I use/add sweetener of any kind. If it does not have a beef taste, I might be able to come up with some way to drink it.
thanks for your suggestions.
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Beef Gelatin
No, "beef" just refers to the source. It's flavorless, and certainly could be used to make a gelatin dessert or a molded salad.
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I was very happy to see a new article from you on my home page this morning!!! I was also excited to see this new product till I saw the price. :(
I notice while looking at Amazon that NOW sells capsules (Beef Gelatin Hydrolyzed 550mg)and wondered-how much is that equal to vs 1 tablespoon? and if taking it in pill form would work? I've never been able to swallow it. I tried making it into a bowl of jello every day but that gets really tedious after a while and I'm get really sick of jello, even in assorted flavors!
I just read the comment about dissolving it in a hot cup of coffee and I'm trying that as we type :) It seems to have dissolved pretty well so that may turn out to be the helpful hint I need. I'd still like to know about the pill question though, and I haven't done a complete price comparison yet but I am curious.
Can't wait for the Fat Fast book!
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Thank you!
This is my second day stirring my gelatin (NOW brand)into my morning coffee. I drink 2 cups every morning so a heaping spoonful stirred in each when it's piping hot has worked wonderfully!!! Soooooo much easier than making (and eating) a bowl of jello every day! I love it when a helpful hint works for me so thank you Dana and scall0way for pointing me to this one!
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Interesting, though I always
Interesting, though I always dissolve my gelatin in hot coffee so don't usually have a problem. I wonder what symptoms you developed when you stopped the gelatin. I take it religiously for weeks, and then sometimes forget for week also, but I don't feel any different either way.
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Any difference between the porcine and beef kind?
Pros and cons of porcine vs beef?
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Pork versus Beef
None of which I am aware. They're pretty purified, so I doubt there's even much of a flavor difference -- ie, there's virtually no flavor.
Really, I'd go by price and any religious dietary restrictions you might have.
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Not so much symptoms of stopping
As "symptoms" of starting again: Far more energy, brighter mood, joints more limber, everything feels well-oiled, and I just plain feel younger.
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So glad to see a new post on gelatin. Several years ago I read the best article ever on gelatin by Ray Peat - I think you mentioned it on your blog and then I read it - and I've been taking gelatin ever since.
My hair has thickened and my nails grow longer and of course it's a "wonder drug" for any arthritic symptoms. Of course it's fairly cheap and doesn't need a prescription; that's probably why the only thing the general public knows about gelatin is Jello.
I've been using the Hydrolyzed form of gelatin for a while now, in a product called Osteo Bi-Flex NutraJoint Drink Mix with Gelatin. It's true it does dissolve quickly in cold liquids, but I don't even mind just dissolving a tb. of regular gelatin in hot water and then adding a cold beverage. In fact when My Osteo BiFlex is used used up, I'll continue ordering NOW gelatin from amazon because of the price.
Please keep up your blog! Some of us are just not Facebook fans - I closed my account long ago. Nice to see you posting again.
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- I love that our bedroom is for relaxation and romance. The colors, textures, and lighting make it a serene escape no matter the time of day. We get beautiful natural light during the day, and use table lamps at night to achieve a warm-lit glow. To pull the entire room together, we mounted a floating wall shelf above the dresser that holds the first original work of art we purchased on our honeymoon in Granada, Spain. It's a gorgeous watercolor of the Alhambra with green, gold, white, black, and shades of purple which I've used to inspire the color palette for the room. There is enough space for us to have a generous vanity, with a reclaimed wood console and a vintage white-wood cupboard for my jewelry. Because of the floor-to-ceiling sliding door that leads to the balcony, we have an incredible view of the Atlanta skyline that we can lie in bed and watch.
- What are your tips for creating a beautiful, healthy and organized bedroom?:
- 1. Storage is important. Clutter on table surfaces and clothes lying everywhere will definitely kill the mood (for both romance, and relaxation.)
2. Lofting the bed and/or investing in a box spring can add a touch of luxury to slipping under the covers.
3. Comfortable bedsheets and throw pillows are a must! Although sequin-covered or burlap-sack throw pillows may look perfect, they don't make for happy cheeks!
4. Use colors and textures that make you happy, promote sweet dreams, and speak to the intimate parts of your personality that you don't always get a chance to share in the other spaces of your home.
- In modern homes, bedrooms have become more than just a place to sleep; they can be a retreat, a home office, a library, a relaxation zone. What are some ways you make the most of your bedroom?:
- We really use the bedroom as a respite from the other spaces in our home. Whereas our living and dining area are made for entertaining, our bedroom has a serene glow to it. We (or, I) light candles, play LPs and slow dance, read late into the night, and take the time to enjoy the view in the early mornings and evenings. Because our bedroom leads directly onto the balcony, we can't wait for summer to enjoy a glass of wine at our very own rooftop happy hour!


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You Spent A Lot For The Right Engine Parts-Don't Let It Go To Waste With A Poorly Executed Valvetrain.
Of all of the processes involved in assembling a high-performance engine, properly setting up the valvetrain is perhaps the most critical. Failure to pay attention to the fine points can spell disaster, so it pays to fully understand what to look for as it relates to the engine's requirements. While an engine using mostly OEM parts can typically be bolted together with minimal fuss, as the list of aftermarket and race parts gets longer, it becomes increasingly vital that the system is validated by checking, measuring, and dialing-in the entire system, as required. We stopped in at Andy Mitchell's Outlaw Racing Engines in Upland, California, to look at the principle techniques and tools to do the job on a 509ci big-block Chevy we'll be covering in a future story. Nevertheless, the same ideas apply to all types of engines.
Piston-To-Valve Clearance
It's a fundamental truism that if the valves hit the pistons in an operating engine, the stage is set for an engine failure. Most stock engines leave the factory with generous valve-to-piston clearance, but in a high-performance engine, clearance here can become a scarce commodity. Modifications such as higher compression pistons, more aggressive camshafts, higher rocker ratios, milling, decking, or even the cylinder head design itself can put a crunch on the available clearance. An experienced engine builder considers the depth of the valve clearance notches in the pistons along with all of the above mentioned factors to select parts that will provide the required clearance. Often, when custom pistons are being ordered, the valve notch depth is specified to assure adequate clearance with the engine's parts combination.
When it is all said and done, the only way to know exactly how much piston-to-valve clearance there is in an assembled engine is to directly measure it. There are a couple of different techniques to accomplish this: measuring with a dial indicator at the valve tip, or checking the clearance with the use of clay impressions. Of these two techniques, the clay method is the more foolproof, and it also provides the engine builder with a look at radial clearance to the valve relief, something that the indicator method will not reveal. To check valve-to-piston clearance using the clay method, slugs of modeling clay are strategically placed in the valve pocket of the piston. The cylinder head and valvetrain is assembled, and the crank is rotated through two full revolutions in order to go through both valve events. Next, the cylinder head is removed, and the clearance can be determined by measuring the minimum thickness of the clay impressions.
Spring Load, Installed Height, And Coil Bind
The workhorse of an engine's valvetrain is the valvespring. When functioning properly, the spring's force ensures that the valvetrain is controlled to actuate the valves as intended by the camshaft lobe design. As rpm and the camshaft's specifications become more aggressive, the spring's requirement to maintain valvetrain control becomes more critical. Generally, more spring force is needed to overcome the inertia and negative acceleration of the mechanical valvetrain parts and the valves. Increased spring loads increase the strain on the valvetrain components, as well as the camshaft and lifters, requiring a fine balance between the supplied force and the mechanical limits of the parts.
In selecting valvesprings, the load must be sufficient to provide control for the application, preferably with a margin of extra capacity, while not overwhelming the limits of the mechanical parts. Just where these limits are depends upon the type of camshaft, and just as importantly, the quality of the valvetrain parts. Roller camshafts-such as the one in our 509 big-block here-can tolerate far more spring load than their flat-tappet counterparts, and most manufacturers will base the spring recommendation upon the type of camshaft and the requirements of the lobe design and intended rpm range. Spring loads are given in terms of seat load and open load, which provide the range of spring force over the operating range of the camshaft. Since a spring's force is dependent upon the amount of compression, it is important to pay attention to the actual installed height of the spring.
The installed height is the foundation for correctly setting up the valvesprings. Generally, the manufacturer will provide a specification of spring load at a given installed height, but it is up to the engine builder to confirm the installed height by direct measurement. Once the installed height is determined, the spring can be checked on a spring testing fixture to confirm the spring load at that height, and the noted load can be compared to the requirements of the application. The seat load can be adjusted up by adding shims to reduce the installed height, or the installed height is sometimes increased via retainer and/or valve lock changes or cylinder head machining to reduce the load.
Seat load is only half the picture, however, with open load being the other half. Open load is the amount of force applied by the spring when it is fully compressed at peak lift. Clearly, the first bit of information needed here is just how much lift is being delivered. While the camshaft specifications and rocker ratio can be used to determine the maximum valve lift, the most accurate means is through direct measurement. This is accomplished via mocking up the valvetrain and recording max lift with a dial indicator at the retainer. Subtracting the amount of valve lift from the installed height will provide the open height of the valvespring. The spring can be tested on a valvespring testing fixture at this height to determine the true open load. The seat and open load provided by the spring can then be compared to the requirements of the camshaft. Often, the expertise of the engine builder plays a major role in determining how much seat and open load is appropriate for a given engine combination.
Another critical aspect to be aware of when contemplating a spring combination is the coil bind clearance. The coil bind height simply refers to the height at which the valvespring coils are stacked solid. This specification is listed for most springs in the manufacturer's catalog, or it can be directly measured. Clearly, this relates the spring's physical design to the installed height and the valve lift at which it will be used. As noted, the installed height minus the maximum lift at the valve gives the open height specification. This open spring height has to be above the coil bind height of the spring, plus a margin of safety. Allowing 0.060 inch to coil bind is generally considered a safe margin.
Rockers, Pushrods, And Geometry
Transferring the motion of the camshaft to the valves is the job of the valvetrain. The key components here consist of the lifters, pushrods, and rockers, and can include studs and guideplates, depending upon the engine design. Considering a typical stud-mounted valvetrain as typified by a Chevrolet V-8 engine, there are geometry considerations that need to be kept in mind when setting up the valvetrain. With a stud-mounted rocker, the fulcrum position relative to the valve tip varies in relation to the pushrod length. Most engine combinations assembled with aftermarket rockers, cylinder heads, and/or lifters will typically require pushrods of a custom length. Determining the most appropriate length is part of the engine building process, with the objective being to provide the most advantageous geometry possible.
Ideally, the geometry of the valvetrain will provide for minimal scrub of the rocker at the valve tip, with the contact centered on the valve tip. By varying the pushrod length, the fulcrum height of the rocker is changed, providing the engine builder with a means to adjust the geometry. Typically, the valvetrain is mocked up with a light checking spring in place of the valvespring, and an adjustable pushrod is used to find the most advantaged length. The sweep of the rocker can be verified visually by coloring the valve tip with layout dye or a felt marker, and running the rocker through its motion.
As a general rule, the contact point of the rocker is moved inward to the valley side of the engine as the pushrod length is reduced, while the contact point is moved outward with longer pushrods. The shortest sweep is achieved if the length allows the rocker to achieve a 90-degree operating angle at mid lift. Depending upon the specific parts being used, and the associated rocker length, valve length, and stud position, an "ideal" geometry may not be possible, however, the builder must strive to achieve an acceptable "best compromise" through appropriate pushrod length selection.
In addition to the sweep motion of the rocker at the valve tip, an engine builder must consider the mechanical alignment of the rocker tip to the valve. This entails ensuring that the roller is centered on the valve. In an engine employing guideplates, the lateral alignment of the roller can be adjusted by shifting the guideplate laterally. Again, given variations in specific parts, it may not be possible to exactly center a pair of rockers without modifying the guideplates, however a "best compromise" solution of splitting the difference is usually sufficient unless there is a gross misalignment.


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It's now been about three weeks since any "Big Brother" contestants set off major controversies with racist and homophobic remarks or jokes about child pornography. Nonetheless, the CBS reality series increased its ratings from last week to win Thursday night.
"Big Brother," which had little competition in prime time among the major networks, drew 6.83 million viewers to its live elimination episode, according to preliminary numbers from Nielsen, up 8% from last week. The show generated a rating of 2.3 in the key 18-49 demographic, climbing 5%.
Results were inflated because of preseason NFL telecasts that affected about 3% of the country.
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CBS was the top-rated and most-watched network, bringing in an average 6.17 million viewers and a 1.7 rating in the 18-49 group.
Univision placed second in the group.
Meanwhile, all ABC's original shows rose week-to-week. The slapstick-laden obstacle course contest "Wipeout" grew 8% to a 1.3 rating, while "Motive" surged 38% to its 12-week high of 1.1 and cop drama "Rookie Blue" jumped 10%.
NBC's only original was "Hollywood Game Night," which drew 3.95 million viewers and rose 8% in the 18-49 age group to a rating of 1.3.
Fox was in all repeats.
ESPN pulls logo and credit from 'Frontline's' 'League of Denial'
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GREENWOOD, S.C. – The NCAA announced the fields for the NCAA Division II Baseball Regional Tournaments Sunday, with Georgia College (34-15) getting the No. 5-seed in the Southeast Region.
The Bobcats have drawn No. 2-seed Mount Olive College (40-11) in the first round, set for Thursday, May 15 at 3 p.m. at host Lander University.
The other matchups for the Southeast Region are No. 1-seed Lander taking on No. 6-seed Catawba College, and No. 3-seed Columbus State University will battle No. 4-seed USC Aiken in the double-elimination tournament.
The Bobcats boast one of the most potent offenses in the Southeast, ranking first in the nation in on-base percentage (.445) and runs per game (9.7). The Bobcats also rank third in home runs per game (1.14) and fourth in slugging percentage (.521).
Shortstop Daniel Bick (Alpharetta, Ga.) ranks fourth in all of Division II in runs per game at 1.29, ranking fifth in RBI per contest at 1.30 is designated hitter Taylor Hinshaw (Winder, Ga.). First baseman Clay Ardeeser (Loganville, Ga.) is .01 behind in eighth place.
The regional selection marks the second straight for Georgia College baseball, last year advancing to Championship Sunday before falling to Region Titleholder Coker College.
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