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Jason Kidd "What The Kidd Did"
Jason Kidd "What The Kidd Did"
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NBA Playoffs Throwback: New Jersey Nets vs. Toronto Raptors, 2007 first round, game 1
Vince Carter returns to the city in the north taking on Chris Bosh and the 3-seed Raptors. How time does fly. Jason Kidd had 15 assists in the win and the Nets won the series 4-2. Sad Raptor fans consoled themselves by watching Drake on Degrassi.
2002 : Jason Kidd & Kobe Bryant
Song : Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf "Methods"
Song : Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf "Methods"
Jason Kidd tells everyone he "isn't being ironic" when he watches Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives on mute while listening to Smash Mouth.
Jason Kidd tells everyone he "isn't being ironic" when he watches Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives on mute while listening to Smash Mouth.
Reblogged: hipsterorathlete
YES!!!! YES!!!! After years of searching, I've finally found Jason Kidd's 1994 rap track "What The Kidd Did." I've long been searching for this song, where he talks about how good he is at basketball and everything else.
This is big day for me.
YES!!!! YES!!!! After years of searching, I've finally found Jason Kidd's 1994 rap track "What The Kidd Did." I've long been searching for this song, where he talks about how good he is at basketball and everything else.
This is big day for me.
Listen to famous 1994 rap star J Kidd "kick ass like Jim Kelly." And i'm pretty sure that's Money-B from Digital Underground in the background. WESS COAST!
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From @AndrewPerloff:
Interesting Jeremy Lin-Jason Kidd illustration from a newspaper my friend sent me from Taiwan. Slight editorializing?
Interesting Jeremy Lin-Jason Kidd illustration from a newspaper my friend sent me from Taiwan. Slight editorializing?
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If you've ever wanted a cartoon Kobe Bryant lighter, today is your lucky day.
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"This is different from watching the last Harry Potter how exactly?"
"This is different from watching the last Harry Potter how exactly?"
Uff, exactly. Come along on a journey to a nearaway place filled with magic and eye fakes.
Reblogged: realkingfish
"Do you think we won that trade yet?"
- Mark Cuban
"No layups!" is a constant refrain in the NBA playoffs, but rarely does it so directly determine the outcome of a game. Jason Kidd may be 38 years old, but he still lives that shit, delivering a double-armed takedown of Wade on a breakaway. Wade couldn't get the easy two, and then, still shaken by the J-Kidd collision, missed one of his two subsequent free throws. Maybe he thought Kidd was going to throw a cookie at him?
Kidd reached deep for the strength to foul this hard. He thought of his jealousy, when Jim Jackson stole Toni Braxton. He remembered the white-hot rage of Alonzo Mourning when he attacked Kenyon Martin for making fun of his bad kidney. He thought of the stupid face Keith Van Horn made every time he thought he was fouled, and how infuriating that was. But mainly, he remembered growing up on the mean streets boulevards of the Oakland Hills, going to prep school on the hardscrabble island of Alameda, and how it felt during college, when his favorite Berkeley cafe ran out of the organic tabouleh, and he had to eat his falafel with the regular kind. And all that resentment turned into pure aggression that denied Dwyane Wade's dunk attempt.
(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
(Sean Keane)
Game 3 Recap and Game 4 Preview: Where Dwayne Wade Happens
Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are on the same team. It's still hard for some to fathom. Not the fact that they are playing together but the fact that they are the top two players in the NBA.
Lurking all season in the shadow of a 6'9", 280 pound monster named LeBron is the second scariest force in the NBA. Wade is so good that sometimes his 6'3" frame eclipses the large and more imposing LeBron James.
Let's be clear for a moment, LeBron hasn't been bad, he just hasn't been LeBron. His numbers are very good for anyone else, people have just been "spoiled" to the point that they expect better. He's averaging 20.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 6 assists on 51.1% shooting in the finals. He also carried Miami through the three previous series while Wade was sleepwalking. Dwyane Wade has finally woken up. And he's hungry. Starving, even. He's momentarily become the best player on the planet, averaging an unreal 29.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.7 blocks, 1.3 steals on 56.7% shooting in the Finals.
I'm not sure why people find it to be an issue when Wade outplays LeBron in a game. It is, after all, Dwyane Wade. For some of us, this is a phenomenal "problem" to have. For others, it's nothing more than gasoline to help drive their LeBron James book burning. I think the issue for some folks doesn't stem from their disdain for LeBron as much as it highlights, as Kelly Dwyer pointed out last night, how underrated Wade has been for his entire career.
Dwyane Wade is the 2nd best player in basketball, and on some nights, he's the best player in the world. That's what makes this Miami team so lethal. It's a combination so good that it drove LeBron to torch his own legacy to be a part of. I'm surprised that more people can't comprehend the fact that it's okay for LeBron to deffer to Dwyane. Did Shaq and Kobe not share the spotlight to three rings? Didn't Kareem and Magic both win Finals MVPs? Didn't Tony Parker hoist up his own Bill Russell Trophy as Tim Duncan was crowned with his 4th title?
These things happen because great TEAMS win titles. And great teams are littered with great talent. That's how they get this far and that's how they win. And last night we saw exactly why the majority of NBA fans despised this Miami trio. On any given night, anyone of the Big 3 can light you up. You don't know who and you don't know how, but you know for damn sure it's going to happen.
I called Wade winning the Finals MVP coming into to this series for one reason, match-ups. LeBron has to deal with Shawn Marion, the best 1-on-1 defender Dallas has, while Wade is going at a 38-year old Jason Kidd and a 6'1" Jason Terry. Who do you think has the advantage here? Maybe we should applaud LeBron for having the basketball I.Q. to not force the action. The man is doing the exact opposite of what we grill Kobe Bryant for, he is facilitating his teams entire offense and leading them on defense, yet, for some reason, we find a problem with this. As J.A. Adande wrote today, "LeBron is in a no-win situation". We want him to be Jordan, when he is more Magic. We want him to win rings, but we want him to be selfish in doing so. But we hate how selfish he is off the court. With Miami up 2-1, I wonder what the knock will be on LeBron if they do win the title. "LeBron let Wade lift the Larry O'Brien trophy first"?
Oh, by the way, some All-Star named Chris Bosh hit the game winner for Miami last night. Unfair? C'est la vie.
But enough about Miami, let's get into a little Dirk-speak. The Big German almost did it again. 34 points and 11 rebounds might not be enough for this Dallas team. He's going to have to drop a cool 40 every night for Dallas to have a chance. JJ is over matched and the Jet seems to be gassed. Shawn Marion is the x-factor and the guy that most teams double off of but he has to deal with LeBron's recovery speed, which has been unreal, and the weary legs of covering that very same freak of nature on the other end of the court.
Spoelstra made some very good adjustments in this game after I burned him at the steak for his unwillingness to coach the final 7 minutes of Game 2. No series is over until it's over but the winner of Game 3 when the series was tied 1-1 has won the title 11 times out of 11 series. That's a staggering number and while historic stats don't tell the whole story, Miami can go ahead with a little reassurance. The game of basketball is about match-ups and adjustments. Miami will always have the match-up war won because they will always have 3 of the best 4 players on the court. Now it's on Spoelstra to make the proper adjustments to get this team in a position to win.
Let's take a look at the Eight Factors of this game and how each team will need to adjust going forward.
1. No Rebounds, No Rings - Miami got outworked on the glass for the second straight game. I have to fault Chris Bosh for this one as much as I have to credit Dallas' team effort. Bosh is averaging a puny 6.7 rebounds a game. Some of it comes from the nature of his playing style and some of it is due to how aggressive and menacing Dallas is in the paint. Chandler and Haywood have been bruisers all playoffs and they haven't toned it down one bit for the Finals but for Dallas, rebounding has become a team effort. Last night Dirk and Kidd stepped in to help Tyson control the boards. Dirk, who has always been knocked for not rebounding enough, collected 11 rebounds and it's that rebounding effort that helped Dallas stay in this game until the end.
2. J.J. Barea - I know he's tiny in stature, but Dallas has to find him and quickly. Maybe they need to get him in the game when Bibby will have to guard him because Mario Chalmers has outplayed JJ on both ends of the court. Dallas can't play Peja and JJ has been a non-factor so all Dallas has left on the bench is Terry. Last night Terry struggled too. Things are looking bleek if Dallas' bench, who player starter like minutes, can't find their groove.
3. Turnovers - Dallas had 18 assists in Game 3 and 14 turnovers. Miami, in contrast, had 20 assists and 10 turnovers. But turnovers from Dallas are more costly than those by Miami because, as Rick Carlisle, Miami turns turnovers into dunks at an amazing pace. Of course they do, they have LeBron and Wade shooting the passing lanes then throwing each other ally-oops. It's a guaranteed highlight every single time. Kidd has to do a better job taking care of the ball.
4. Odd Lineups - Miami went with a little more conventional lineup to end Game 3, with Mario Chalmers playing for Mike Miller. By design, this position isn't based on size, it's simply designated to be a 3-point shooter and for this game, Mario was the one who couldn't miss.
Spoelstra also made an obvious adjustment in Game 3 which he should have made in Game 2, he put Udonis Haslem on Dirk to close the game out. through out the game, Dirk was seeing a combination of Joel Anthony and Haslem. Joel did a good job, even blocked Dirk's unblock-able fadaway, but it was UD that earned the right to defend Dirk in the clutch and defend he did. Dirk ended the game with an ugly turnover and a missed fadaway at the buzzer. Here's the thing, Udonis is keeping Dirk to just 39% shooting. Everyone else has allowed Dirk to hit at a rate of 50%. I don't think Miami will use Bosh on Dirk again.
If Haslem is the one guarding Dirk for the last few minutes of Game 2, do the Heat lead this series 3 games to none? It's something to ponder.
5. Chandler, Marion, Haywood - Chandler was as great as he can be with a fully operational Dwyane Wade zooming around the hardwood. The issue for Dallas was that Haywood is out with an injury and Shawn Marion is struggling on offense. Although, Marion has done a good job of focusing his efforts on defending LeBron. but again, none of this matters when Wade is playing at 100% effectiveness. He can get to the cup at will and last night he did that. Miami outscored Dallas in the paint 40 to 22.
Many might find that to be odd, especially since Miami's only big man who can score prefers 17-foot jumpers. They forget that drives and dunks are also points in the paint and Miami has a duo that are the best in the league at finishing at the rim.
6. Like A Bosh - Chris Bosh absolutely stunk for the third straight game. But he hit the game winner. So like a Bosh to do such a thing.
7. Getting Dirk'd On - Or perhaps, Miami isn't getting Dirk'd enough. Dirk took 21 shots in this game and while that's above his regular season and playoff averages of 16 and 18 respectively, it's nights like this that Dirk has to carry a heavier load. If his teammates, who can be streaky shooters, aren't going to hit their shots, Dirk's going to have to take closer to 25 or 30 field goal attempts in a game.
I don't think anyone would have a problem with that, especially if Dallas wins the game.
8. Free Throws - Miami is still far behind Dallas in free throw attempts in this series and I don't think they are going to catch them. LeBron, who is crowned with more superstar calls than anyone I've seen in a long time, has had just 10 free throws in 3 Finals games. Some of it has to do with LeBron taking and making a lot of long jumpers. But LeBron just isn't getting the calls in this series and it's obvious, sometimes blatantly obvious. But that's not here or there, both teams can't change that or adjust for it. You live by what the officials call, or in this case, don't call.
For Game 4, I can see Dallas coming out motivated and desperate with a fired up Dallas crowd behind them. Game 3 was a very close game, as has this series, and I don't see that changing for Game 4.
We can expect Miami to be a little complacent considering they just won back home court advantage and have a respectable 2-1 series lead. But I expect a different outcome. I bet LeBron is going to take the idiotic question and article from some condescending reporter and use them to burn Dallas with a Wade-esque performance of his own.
Game 4 is Tuesday, 9:00PM EST on ABC. Tune in and don't forget to follow us on Twitter.
Dwyane Wade is so good that he takes surfing lessons… DURING THE GAME!
Eight Factors To Winning A Ring - NBA Finals Preview: Miami vs. Dallas
What started out as the wildest NBA off-season of all time quickly evolved into a much anticipated season. Never before I seen a team be crowned, uncrowned, and then crowned again only to again uncrowned once more like the 2010-11 Miami Heat.
Like the Titanic itself, LeBron's maiden voyage with Miami started out with celebration. As Pat Riley smashed his champagne of his newly built ship and South Beach's Big Three counted down championship that they had yet to win. This was the ship which could not be sunk. It wasn't a matter of "if" this team would win, it was a question of "how soon" and "how many".
Miami got off to a rough start and when they finally had looked like they had figured things out, more injuries and bad luck came their way. The journey to LeBron's first ring looked as cursed as the city of Cleveland. Although Miami was headed into the playoffs, many were still unsure their ability to surpass the Chicago and Boston icebergs.
Like an Arctic cutter, they shred through those teams in 5 games a piece. Lebron seemed to be running his propellers at maximum speed to close out two foes that had given him trouble through the course of this season and the last. The only thing preventing Miami from docking their ship at the Championship harbor now is the U-Boat from Dallas.
The Dallas Mavericks spent the majority of the season lurking below the public's radar. They put up a 57-win season, their 11th 50-win season in a row, yet many pegged them to be sunk by the Blazers. The media again picked Dallas to fall two more times, picking both the Lakers and Thunder to defeat them. And again, Dallas conquered, this time sweeping the 2-time champs and crippling the young guns of Oklahoma with a barrage of long distance bombs delivered with ultimate precision and efficiency.
So here we are today, the 2011 NBA Finals, locked in for a battle of an unstoppable offensive power and an unmovable defensive force. The narrative seems like a classic story from Greek Mythology (or a replay of the 2008 NBA Finals). Who shall overcome? Who's weakness will give way and allow their season to be swallowed up whole?
Here's seven factors that will determine who we crown the 2010-11 NBA Champion:
1. No Rebounds, No Rings - I'm putting this first because rebounding is one of the oldest concepts to winning that still plays a factor in the ever-evolving NBA. Many things have changed about the game but rebounding has remained a vital part of success. Perhaps it's those extra possessions that they can provide or pivotal stops when needed. I care to think that rebounds go further than that. The energy that a team puts into rebounding directly influences how hard they play on both ends. Nothing is as underrated as a clutch rebound. You never hear about it, but the grit that's on display by players who are hungry for those boards is the same grit that helps champions gut it out through June. Pat Riley wasn't kidding when he said "No Rebounds, No Rings". If it means anything to you, the Heat are ranked above the Mavs in both OReb% and DReb% in the playoffs.
2. J.J. Barea - JJ's been a big for Dallas as a 5'9" NBA player can be. He's provided ample scoring and a great change-of-pace that Jason Kidd's 38-year old body can no longer provide. The only problem for JJ and Dallas is that Miami might have the best back-up point guard they have faced all post-season.
Mario Chalmers might not have the reputation of a good NBA point but he certainly has the repertoire. Not only is Mario a potent 3-point threat, he's also a viable defender that has both the quickness and I.Q. to lock Barea up. This might be the most unheralded yet most important battle of the series.
3. Turnovers - Jason Kidd has been a prolific pocket-picker in these playoffs. He's nabbed himself 33 steals in 15 games, good for 2.2 a night. LeBron and Wade are pretty good at turning it over. Wade's averaging 3.3 turnovers a night and LeBron is giving it away 2.8 times a night.
But it's not just Miami who has issues. Dirk's losing the ball 3.2 times a night in the playoffs. If Miami can come up with some forced turnovers, they can get out and run the ball, something they excel at.
4. Odd Lineups - Miami's quickness and speed will have to be on full display if the Heat want to win the whole thing. Dallas showed some weakness when Oklahoma went with a smaller lineup and ran the heck out of the ball. (see Game 2, Western Conference Finals). If Miami effectively implements either their small-ball or odd-ball look, it could be an ugly series for the older and much, much slower Mavericks. Miami's small-ball lineup usually has LeBron James playing the 4 or even the 5 with Chalmers, Jones, Wade and Bosh running and gunning.
The odd-ball line up isn't that odd because it's the "dream" five that Miami envisioned would play the majority of the season. I call it the odd-ball line up because it dares to change the concept of basketball positions. Miami has used it since Haslem was healthy enough to play against Miami and it has Wade, LeBron, Bosh, Haslem and Mike Miller playing an undefined amoeba-like offense that has no positions, only nightmares for opponents. According to BasketballValue.com, that unit has played 23 playoff minutes together and is an astounding +46.34 points per 100 possessions, scoring at a efficiency rate of 124.39 and limiting opponents to 78.05. You should be very, very scared of those numbers.
5. Chandler, Marion and Haywood - The Dallas Mavericks will rely heavily on these three to lock up the middle and turn LeBron and Wade into long distance shooters.
According to NBA's Stats Cube, LeBron James shot just 31% vs. the Mavericks in two regular season games, both of which Dallas won. If Dallas can turn LeBron and Wade into jump shooters, like they have previously, they have a very good shot at winning the title.
6. Like A Bosh - Chris Bosh has been playing incredible this post-season. It's almost as if he's the 2nd best player on the Heat (someone wake up Dwyane Wade, we have reached the Finals!). In two regular season games vs. his home town Mavericks, When Bosh was on the floor with Dirk, he held Dirk Nowitzki to just 34% shooting. That's nearly 16% less than Dirk shot for the season. And here we all were, for years, thinking that Chris Bosh was the reason Toronto played no defense (I'm looking at you, Andrea…). Speaking of 7' Power Forwards that don't play defense…
7. Getting Dirk'd On - Okay, fine, I'll be the first to say it, Dirk's been getting a bad rap this entire season. According to Synergy Sports, Dirk's a decent defender, giving up just 0.82 points per possession. That's a decent mark that has him ranked 71st in the NBA.
But let's be honest here, the Mavs didn't get to their 2nd franchise Finals by riding Dirk's defensive prowess. Dallas is here because Dirk hasn't missed a mid-range-one-legged-fall-away jumper in over a month (okay, maaaybe he missed one). If Miami can't stop it wouldn't surprise anyone. No one can stop Dirk right now. He's averaging a silly 28.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.7 assists on 52% shooting from the field, 52% shooting from the homeland and 93% from the Wade-throw line. Which brings me to my favorite factor of them all…
8. Free Throws - Is it 2006 all over again? Coming into the Finals, Dirk is averaging 9.3 free throws per game and he is making 8.7 of them (93%). When I first read this number on NBA Stats Cube, I nearly fell out of my chair. Not because 9.3 is an obscene amount, Durant average 10.8 FTAs last season, but because it's an obscene amount for a player that spends the majority of his time 18-feet from the basket lobbing up impossible fall away after fall away. it's rare for someone that doesn't attack the basket to make so many trips to the line.
On the flipside of things, LeBron is averaging 9.1 Free Throw Attempts per game in the playoffs, hitting 7.1 of them. Bosh is getting 6.3 Free Throws a game, hitting 5.3 of them. And their best friend and infamous free-thrower, Dwyane Wade has gotten to the line 8.7 times a game in the playoffs, making 7 of them a game. Bringing Dwyane back to a place he was very familiar with in 2006 might be the catalyst that finally wakes him from his post-season slumber. If there has ever been a series that will see a ton of stand-still scoring, it's going to be this one.
With all of that said, here are the predictions from the NBAO crew:
Myself - Heat in 6 (for all the reasons above)
Doug - Heat in 6 in the boring series, In the Bronze medal series, Thunder in 7.
Keith - Mavs in 6, so says my psychic octopus.
Kristin - *Sobbing* Heat in 6
Mark - Bulls in 6, oh wait.
Thomas - Heat in 5. I really don't feel good about giving the Mavs that one game, but I feel obligated to respect the chance of there being one night where Tyson Chandler and/or Shawn Marion negates Bosh, Jason Terry & Jason Kidd are unconscious from the outside, & Dirk has a 4th quarter where he is getting calls & converting a few three point play opportunities. This Miami team is a force of nature and it's a little scary, and very depressing, to think this was the season the rest of the NBA had to exploit the holes in their roster. Just think of where they were the last time these two played back in December. Dallas won that game by 2. Sure, the Mavs are better, but how much better is Miami? The last 12 weeks Miami is 27-6. SIX LOSSES IN THREE MONTHS. It seems as if they are actually improving as the competition gets tougher. The player most "experts" thought would end up costing Miami dearly against Boston & then Chicago, Chris Bosh, is playing at an All-Star level(crucial when going up vs. a zone-like defense that the Mavs employ). Then there's LeBron…and Wade…Eh, I'm just going to stop now before I change my pick to a HEAT sweep.
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Lame-O Stat of the Night!
Nick Collison and Russell Westbrook each had more turnovers than made baskets for Oklahoma City.
Jason Kidd also achieved this dubious feat, though he only took three shots - and racked up eleven assists.
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The Lumière Brothers Artist Statement
Watching movies has led the direction of our current studio work, which is a response to our love of movies and movie watching. Through our artwork, we want to probe the intensity of the movie watching experience and explore the affection one can have for a movie and the inter- and extratextual relationships of movies. At times, we feel that we are reinterpreting, reevaluating, and reinventing the very things that we hold dear to ourselves as an art process. We consider ourselves not only consumers, watchers, recipients, and victims [of mass media and pop culture], but also agents of that culture. We are interested in the role that we play in this cultural landscape and ideas of hyperreality (the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy). The conversation isn't always deep or thought provoking and the statements may be frivolous and filled with positive hyperbole, but they are honest and affectionate responses.
The Lumière Brothers Biography
The Lumière brothers were born in Besançon, France, in 1862 and 1864, and moved to Lyon in 1870, where both attended La Martiniere, the largest technical school in Lyon. Their father, Claude-Antoine Lumière (1840–1911), ran a photographic firm and both brothers worked for him. It was not until their father retired in 1892 that the brothers began to create moving pictures. The cinematograph (A cinematograph is a film camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer) itself was patented on 13 February 1895 and the first footage ever to be recorded using it was recorded on March 19, 1895. This first film shows workers leaving the Lumière factory. The brothers stated that "the cinema is an invention without any future" and declined to sell their camera to other filmmakers such as Georges Méliès. This made many film makers upset. Consequently, their role in the history of film was exceedingly brief….or so the legend goes.
What really happened after the invention of the cinematograph in 1895? The next project that the brothers worked on collaboratively was a device known as the HDR or Hyper Dimensional Resonator. With this device, the brothers began to bend the time space continuum to suit their needs throughout the years. One of the most important of these cosmic leaps took place when the brothers decided to travel to September 5, 2003. This was the last recorded event of The Brothers time travels as described and dated in their journal titled The Lumière Cinematograph and HDR. From there, we can only assume that The Brothers have continued to exist throughout many different eras both past and future.
Is it a coincidence that The Time Machine, an 1895 novel by H. G. Wells was written the same year the brothers invented the cinematograph and refused to share it with other filmmakers?

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Sense of Place: The Flavors of New England
To understand the flavors and cuisine of New England, you need to understand one basic idea: It gets COLD up here!
Our growing season is pretty darn short, with heavy emphasis on fruits and vegetables that will last long into the winter.
What we lack in overall diversity, we make up for by planting as many different kinds of a single varietal as we can. Come to the farmer's markets toward the end of the season and you'll find more kinds of squash than you knew existed, greens galore, and enough root vegetables to fill a cellar!
Read on for more flavors of New England...
While New Englanders (thankfully) now have the option to supplement their diet with foods from other parts of the country, this list would have been the normal fare for your average Puritan settler.
Root Vegetables:
Other Vegetables:
Corn--both fresh and as a dried grain
Beans and Legumes--especially 'cranberry beans,' which are like kidney beans
Some stone fruits like plums
Shellfish--clams, oysters, mussels
Salt Cod (cod preserved in salt)
Finnan Haddie (smoked haddock)
Maple Syrup
New Englanders, what else would you add to this list?!
Related: Cooking by Feel: French Ingredients and Flavors
(Images: Flickr members bcmom, jurekd, and elaphurus licensed under Creative Commons)
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This is a great post - thank you! I live in New Hampshire, and last year put a major focus on squirreling away food for the winter. I grew beans for drying, made 15 gallons of hard cider, canned all sorts of tomatoes and apple chutneys, and purchased 100 lbs of hard squash, potatoes, beets and carrots to store. It was all locally grown!
My stash lasted well into winter, and it was a wonderful experiement. I still had to go to the grocery store, but it was nice extending local food well into winter.
(pulls up chair and sits down -- I grew up in Eastern Connecticut and Cape Cod.)
There are some other things to know about New England, actually -- what you say of produce is indeed true. But -- something should be said about New England summers, and the whole culinary institution of the clam shacks and lobster pounds that grew up around them. Yeah, it gets cold -- but for the brief shining moments of the summer, especially along the Cape, people want to bust out and get to the beach, because finally they can. And since 90% of New England's states have coastline, they have ample opportunity. (I think in Rhode Island you have more coastline than you do STATE in some places...)
When you're that close to the beach, you want something nice and fast and tasty, but casual. And when you're that close to the beach, you can get the absolute freshest seafood ever. No, EVER. And that is why going to New England in the summer you will find scores of tiny little places selling fried clams or lobster rolls out of a window, and the only seating is a picnic table or two out in the yard. Fried clams and lobster rolls are quick, simple, and tasty -- fried clams are nothing more than clams, rolled in fine cornmeal, and deep fried. Lobter rolls? Chunks of lobster meat, drizzled with butter, stuffed into a hot dog roll. And nothing more. Usually you don't NEED there to be anything more, because the lobster was swimming only three hours ago and is just that good.
And then there's the clambake, the NE PLUS ULTRA beach picnic. Clams you dug up on the beach that morning, maybe a couple lobsters someone was able to pick up, sweet corn that was picked just an hour earlier, maybe some potatoes and hot dogs for the people who aren't into "all seafood all the time", all layered together in a pit on the beach (or, in my family's case, a huge steel drum over the barbecue pit in Grandpa's back yard) with seaweed to provide the moisture, and you wait while everything steam-cooks -- nibbling on appetizers your dad's made using hardshell clams he just pulled out of the water five minutes ago and shucked on the spot -- and then it all comes out and everything is infused with this wonderful brininess that perfectly suits the sea air that's been giving you a whale of an appetite. All you need is watermelon for dessert.
When some friends, Vermont transplants, took me to visit New England for the first time a few years ago, it was at the beginning of March, and it was still snowing. It was a treat for a kid who grew up at the beach and then moved to the desert--the first time I ever got to see snow fall. While we didn't really have the opportunity to try a lot of local produce, my friends did take me to eat in more diners than I've ever seen in my life. It was awesome. I had a lot of good clam chowder and that stuff they call "chop suey," Lake Champain chocolates, and some amazing local cheese from one of Burlington's co-ops. I'd love to go back and have my first lobster roll!
O.k. empresscallipygos,
that's enough. I'm thoroughly jealous.
Point Judith has really cheap live lobster for sale there. I used to drive up there to get lobster and along the way there is great place to pick mussels.
Don't forget the Quahogs.
...Sorry, I got a little carried away. *blush*
(I live in New York now, and it isn't QUITE
(Arg: I meant to say, "I live in new york now, and it isn't quite the same.")
My husband and I honeymooned in Maine, which was the beginning of the end for my wedding figure. I ate my weight in lobster and clam chowder. We stayed at the Captain Lord Mansion in Kennebunkport, and every morning they served a communal breakfast of local berries, breads, yogurts and granolas. Fabulous! Maine, I miss you!
You guys are killing me!
I must make a pilgrimage.
As I sit researching my future home-to-be of Nashville, this lifelong New Englander's heart is breaking...
A Californian friend of mine once said to me that the only things that grow in New England are apples and rocks. (In a fit of frustration after not being able to find the ingredients for a meal he wanted to make, including the only supposedly local, fresh fish). This article proves him wrong ;)


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West Virginia lawmakers have cosponsored a piece of legislation that could allow people to remain on their current health coverage a little longer.
President Barack Obama said Nov. 15 his administration would follow a "transitional" policy, permitting health insurers to choose to continue coverage that would otherwise be terminated or cancelled for affected individuals and small businesses. Plans going forward in 2014 would be closed to anyone not currently enrolled in any type of health coverage. The president's decision was signed to ease the impact on millions of consumers who have received cancellation notices in the past several weeks.
However, the West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner said West Virginians who received possible termination through letters could be reinstated.
Jason Butcher, spokesman for the office of the state Insurance Commissioner, said they are currently crunching their numbers and looking at options.
"The thing everyone needs to remember was no one was cancelled," Butcher said. "There were notices of discontinuation which tells you (the) current product is no longer available when renewal comes up."
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has said the state would "comply with the law of the land."
During an interview on "The State Journal's Decision Makers," a weekend public affairs show, Tomblin said he would never ask the insurance commissioner to ask insurance companies to go back on something they have done.
After President Obama said people could have longer on their current policies, the insurance commissioner's office was backed up with duties, and Butcher said some of the letters already sent out could become obsolete.
The "Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013" was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 15. The bill would permit a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the individual market as of Jan. 1, 2013, to continue offering such coverage for sale during 2014 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The act is cosponsored by two West Virginia lawmakers — Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va. and Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.


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When people think about estate planning, they typically think of who will get their possessions.
Upon further thought, they recognize that the most important decisions they make will be the identity of trusted decision makers like guardians, executors, trustees, and agents.
If the individual has a will, an executor or personal representative is named in the will to manage the affairs of the estate.
This person has the responsibility of collecting all the assets of the person who has died, managing those assets, paying debts of the estate, and then distributing the assets to heirs or other beneficiaries.
A trustee is similar to an executor, except the trustee manages the assets of the trust rather than of the estate. Because trusts often remain in existence for many years, the role of trustee may be more important than that of executor.
An agent is the person you appoint under a power of attorney to make decisions for you in the event that you are not able to do so for yourself. The agent under a power of attorney for property will make decisions regarding the management of your financial affairs.
The agent under a health care power of attorney (also known as an advance health care directive or health care proxy) will make decisions regarding your health care.
If you do not have a power of attorney, it may be necessary to appoint a guardian or conservator to make financial and health care decisions for you if you are not able to make them for yourself.
In some states, a separate guardian or conservator may be appointed for the care of the individual and a different person appointed as the guardian or conservator of the property, or estate, of the individual during lifetime. You may appoint a guardian or conservator for your care in a power of attorney.
Guardians of minor children are "nominated" in the will by the last parent to die. Guardians are "nominated" rather than appointed because the courts will give preference to the nominee but are not bound by it.
If a court determines that the best interests of the child would be served by another choice, they need not heed your suggestion.
An example of this is the tragic case of Stephen and Sara Sherwood. Only nine days after his return from Iraq, Stephen shot his wife and then himself. This left his daughter an orphan.
The authorities in Colorado placed the daughter in the temporary care of Sara's sister, Ginny, and her husband, who then sought to be appointed as guardians.
Stephen's mother objected and sought appointment herself. The trial court looked to Stephen's will, because he was the last parent to die.
Stephen's will nominated his mother and the trial court considered itself constrained by that unless to do otherwise would have caused actual harm or danger.
The Colorado Supreme Court reversed that decision and instructed the trial court to determine which choice would be in the best interest of the child.
Many states also allow a child over a certain age, typically around age 13 or 14, to overrule the nomination of guardian in the will.
While the nomination of a guardian is not a guarantee, it does allow you to give the court guidance, which it will use to make its determination.
If all other things are equal, the court will heed your advice.
The nomination or appointment of trusted individuals to be guardians, trustees, or executors is the most important decision you can make with regard to your estate plan.
These individuals are charged with carrying out your wishes, whether in raising your children, managing your assets, or making distributions.
A qualified estate planning attorney can assist you in making these difficult choices and drafting documents to accomplish your goals.
Robert J. Kulas is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He has been engaged in the practice of law in Florida for the last 23 years. For more information or to attend an upcoming seminar, call 398-0720.
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Cool.. the "Fly to" command is loads of fun, simply enter a location on the Earth and you are flown there. Finally, a number of layers can be optionally displayed including restaurants, hotels, census data, and even historical imagery from Digital Globe... amazing!
Note: Google and others are on hand today at the Oreilly Where 2.0 conference in San Francisco and will no doubt be WOWing the crowd with a full demo as well as their future plans. I can't wait to hear more!
I was interested to read in the software license that use of any screen captures etc... is prohibited. This will be fun to enforce! Imagine Mapquest going after everyone who's posted screen captures of their maps online...
See http://earth.google.com, http://www.keyhole.com/
Glenn Letham is the founder, Managing Editor, and "Geo-evangelist" at SymbianOne.com & Spatial Media LLC. .
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I have a few satelite views down loaded but I have to say that of all of them, Google Earth is by far the best yet.
I can't get any view of Roswell on any of them but hey, I guess Uncle Sam controls even google. Sad.
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Cooks at Bolivian schools, who are the mothers of the students, take turns in preparing the food. They now cook more comfortably, because fuel efficient stoves use less wood and do not emit smoke. WFP/Ximena Loza.
Fuel Efficient Stove 'LOLA' Makes School Kitchens Smoke-Free in Bolivia
Cooking on stove tops with heavy exposure to smoke has always made preparing school meals uncomfortable and unhealthy for mothers in Chuquisaca schools. The smoke irritated their eyes and throats, and not only consumed a lot of firewood but also time. With the financial support of TRUVIA, the Association of Municipalities Supporting School Feeding in Chuquisaca (MAECH) and WFP, schools built ecological stoves nicknamed LOLA. "We are free of the smoke", said one mother.
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Teenagers plead innocent to slew of charges from vandalism spreeFebruary 04,2013Three teenagers allegedly responsible for a vandalism spree that damaged more than 100 vehicles, businesses and homes in the city late last month pleaded innocent Monday morning to a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges
According to court records, Jacob Ells, 18, of West Rutland, Cade Bowen, 17, of Castleton, and Cody Vanguilder, 17, of West Rutland, appeared in Rutland's criminal court to answer to three counts of felony unlawful mischief, 17 misdemeanor counts of unlawful mischief and a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment.
The trio was arrested Jan. 24 after police said an investigation revealed they were responsible for a rash of vandalism caused by pellet guns resulting in more than $55,000 in damages.
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Stocks To Profit From a Bad Flu Season
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Apologies if you are suffering from influenza this year but some of us have some investing to do! The early indications are that this going to be a nasty flu season so it's time to think of the kinds of stocks that could be key beneficiaries. I will put forward some names and would strongly suggest following the JPMorgan Healthcare conference for some more ideas on how things are faring.
A Nasty Flu Season?
Flu seasons have been relatively benign over the last few years but this year looks to hit a lot harder. For example in December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated this could be a bad season, saying:
This is the earliest regular flu season we've had in nearly a decade, since the 2003-2004 flu season. That was an early and severe flu year, and while flu is always unpredictable, the early nature of the cases as well as the specific strains we're seeing suggest that this could be a bad flu year.
Moreover it doesn't appear to have got any better since then with the CDC recently announcing the situation to be still accelerating. Of course, it is difficult to be sure how the season will play out, so investors should keep up to date with the latest information. One useful resource could be Google flu trends, which is currently indicating "intense" flu activity in the United States.
Quidel Kicks Things Off
One company has already reported preliminary results and cheered the market with its flu outlook. Quidel (NASDAQ: QDEL) is a manufacturer of rapid diagnostic testing solutions and virology assays and it recently indicated that its Q4 revenues would come in at $53 million-$54 million when the market had been forecasting around $44 million. Quoted from its recent press release:
We saw a sudden and early onset to this year's influenza season. I am pleased, however, with how well we were able to respond to the increased and rapid demand for our flu tests.
This is pretty much a confirmation of what the CDC and Google flu trends. Now the efficient market hypothesis devotees would no doubt have argued that this would have already been in the price. Unfortunately, they would have missed out on the 8% move upwards after the results, not to mention the near 20% move since the end of December.
So which other stocks are worth looking at?
Other Flu Plays
I hold one company with heavy exposure. French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi (NYSE: SNY) is the largest supplier of flu vaccines in the world. Its vaccines division, Sanofi Pasteur, provided nearly 200 million doses in 2011 and I would expect an increase this year. The stock has appreciated nicely since December and I am sure that this because the market is pricing in the bad flu season. However, if Quidel's performance is indicative then there maybe some upside left with positive news to be released.
Another leading (and European) player in flu vaccines is Novartis (NYSE: NVS). Its Optaflu vaccine is believed to be one of the fastest growing flu vaccines on the market. This would be good news for Novartis after sales of its Fluad and Agrippal flu vaccines were temporarily halted in Italy and Switzerland (its home market). No matter, the ban has now been lifted and Novartis' stock has been rising in anticipation of good revenues from the current flu season.
Yet another European "flu play" is Switzerland's Roche, whose blockbuster Tamiflu antiviral is a leading player in influenza treatment and prevention. However US investors can get exposure to Tamiflu by investing in Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD), which originally discovered Tamiflu but licensed it to Roche. Gilead earns significant royalties from Tamiflu and the marginal difference in sales will drop straight to Gilead's bottom line. If the flu season continues its current trend then Gilead could be a beneficiary.
The last company to look at is another European company with a US listing, namely GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK). Glaxo's Fluviral is one the best selling flu vaccines in the marketplace. Indeed this flu season is exactly what the "stock doctor" ordered for GSK after it endured a difficult year in the lab. The pick-up in its stock price recently is probably a function of the flu season and it may prove a catalyst for value players to look at the stock.
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Is there any way to prevent religious debates from turning into a big fight?
People discuss lots of things, politics, sports, anything
But when they discuss religious opinions, most of the time, they get all angry and try to win even with fight.
why is that? why that can't be a normal subject?
and more important, How can we prevent this?
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Tnx everyone for their replies. I enjoyed learning from different aspect for this problem.
I can only conclude this : Don't argue with someone unless they are open minded and ready to be changed and challenged.
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Feb 18 2013: I don't think conversations about religion need devolve into fights, but it does require a deeper understanding of religions. Here's what I mean.
A complaint I've heard about religion is that it must be understood as a set of literal guidelines for human belief. The criticism presumes that religions require their followers to blindly hold to dogma as a strict set of one to one of facts in order to be consistent. Since these religions are usually held within an antiquated and stifling cosmology, they end up being culturally destructive, intellectually stultifying, and spiritually desultory because they achieve little beyond chasing after their own shadows and delusions.
It's under this pallor that religion is often criticized. I recognize how this sort of criticism comes about, but I think religion (as a whole, anyway) is different from this.
For one thing, I think the failure of some religions isn't an indictment of religion wholly so much an example of religious morbidity. Religions live by struggling perpetually to continue speaking meaningfully in a changing world, a struggle they often fail at. But these struggles are not condemnations of religion so much as natural challenges faced by religion simply being itself. Fundamentalism is more religion's sick face than its true face.
Even more than this though, I see religion as a way of being conscious of the universe in it's totality. It comes from the radically narrative and lyrical character of our mind's arrangement and production of meaning, and is inescapable. In fact, provided we are able to think about religion in a functional and fruitful way, I see very little reason why we should ever want to do away with it. Our religious consciousness is a basic part of what we are, existentially speaking, as thinking and caring beings. The inescapability of religion (and more specifically religious consciousness) is precisely why we must look to understand religion in all its trappings; something to do deeply & well.
Feb 19 2013: ..."Our religious consciousness is a basic part of what we are, existentially speaking, as thinking and caring beings. The inescapability of religion (and more specifically religious consciousness) is precisely why we must look to understand religion in all its trappings; something to do deeply & well."
Your words remind me of what Jesus himself some 2000 years ago said on his sermon on the mt of olives "Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need" (Matthew 5:3). We all have a spiritual need. But many fail to pay attention to it. I don't think we have a religious need.
The religions created by men....the wanting to control the masses through laws and rules and mystique, have caused nothing but division and war.
They use spirituality and religion interchangeably.
Feb 20 2013: Its a good point Seth.
Dogmatic religious beliefs are somewhat different to more holistic views.
As a skeptic I find beliefs with lots of specifics such as who to kill and what to eat harder to justify than a Deistic approach. But see no proof for any deity and am suspect of the interpretations attached to many of our human experiences.
You know they still kill people they claim are witches in Africa and Papua New Guinea when someone gets sick etc.
Ignorance, intuition, superstition, spirituality, neurological experiences and the follies of the human mind etc without evidence can lead to lots of interesting beliefs and questionable actions. Others are more benign, especially if you grow up in a culture that is more developed in terms of human rights, scientific education, separation of church and state, not indoctrinating children in religious type beliefs etc.
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Blaine community sailing school schedules first mini regatta
By Jack Kintner
Blaine's sailing season gets underway this weekend, April 25 and 26, with up to a hundred sailboats filling the bay for the annual Semiahmoo Regatta.
In addition to the regular long race Saturday and shorter races Sunday, Drayton Harbor Maritime's community sailing school will be holding a mini-regatta of its own right in the middle of the marina as a grand finale to the two-day event.
Coordinator Ron Snyder said he hopes to have as many of the school's 28 graduates as possible show up to compete in the race which is set for the area immediately in front of the Blaine Harbor boating center.
The start/finish line will be where the MV Plover ties up and the course goes south along the visitor's float out to the breakwater and back.
Under Snyder's leadership the school has grown since beginning classes last summer, and now has seven identical Clancy boats, small single-sail dinghies with room enough for one adult or two children.
The hulls were farmed out to local sponsors and sailing students over the winter for refurbishing and painting and all look brand new.
The race is sponsored by Blaine's West Marine Express store and by Banner Bank, who is giving away hot dogs and refreshments for competitors and spectators.
Blaine Harbor is also chipping in with space and support and behind it all is Drayton Harbor Maritime, the non-profit foundation that operates the Plover and sponsors the sailing school.
Snyder said that in addition to the sailors trained by the school last year that qualified skippers off the larger boats in the Semiahmoo Regatta are also welcome to compete. Most if not all of the bigger boats will have finished their racing by the time the mini-regatta gets under way.
Snyder plans to hold a practice for those who feel they need it on Saturday afternoon, April 25, near Gate Three at the Monkey Island training site the school uses for their on-the-water classes. For those who are racing there will be a skipper's meeting at 3:30 p.m. at the base of the gangway at Gate Two.
"It should be a real hoot," said Snyder, "because instead of everything happening way out [in the middle of the bay], this will be right under everyone's noses."
This year's series of classes gets underway in June. Some have already filled but a schedule of available openings is posted at the Blaine Harbor boating center.


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I've seen and done so much in my lifetime already: art & photography, mathematics, soldier in the U.S. Army, taxi driver in Boulder, father of three, electronic and mechanical assembler, computer programmer extraordinaire, student of spirituality and WoW guild master.
If anything, it's taught me that the World is bigger and more mysterious than we can even imagine. That we are here to divine and fulfill our purpose and that we each have our part to play. As soon as we think we have it figured out, and our problems are "solved" ... the World will challenge us to advance to the next level. Change is the only true constant.
I have three great kids who live at their mother's most of the time: two sons (Logan and Lukas, ages thirteen and seven) and a daughter (Victoria, age ten). They're your typical kids these days: into computers and video games ... just like their Father!
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Is America a land of opportunity -- or disability?
More than 8.8 million US workers now collect the benefits, a sixfold jump since 1970 that cost the government $135 billion last year.
While the economy shows signs of gaining strength, another segment of the U.S. is growing even faster: the number of workers going on disability insurance.
More than 8.8 million disabled workers received payments from the government in January, a sixfold increase since 1970, when 1.5 million disabled workers received assistance, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
That trend has picked up in recent years, with the disability rolls surging by 24% since 2007, when the recession began, according to data from the Social Security Administration and the CBO.
That means 5% of the working-age population received disability in 2011, with 2012 outlays costing the government $135 billion. While it's unclear how that surge affects the country's biggest employers, such as Wal-Mart (WMT) and Kroger (KR), the trend means fewer adults in the workforce.
By comparison, disability payments outpace the government's ballooning spending on food stamps, which last year cost the U.S. $74.6 billion.
So what's going on with American workers? As outlined in an excellent Planet Money piece that looked at Hale County, Ala., where nearly one in four working-age adults receives disability, Americans are suffering from sometimes "squishy" medical diagnoses.
That means while one person claiming to suffer from back pain might receive disability, especially if he's a manual laborer, an office worker may not, the piece charges.
Of course, disability covers workers with a wide range of serious physical and mental problems, from autism to blindness. And the Social Security Administration, which doles out the payments, points to major demographic changes as the cause for the surge in disabled workers during the 1980s and 1990s.
For starters, more women, who started entering the workforce en masse several decades ago, now qualify for disability. On top of that, an aging population means more illness and injury, the CBO notes.
Men now represent fewer than 53% of people receiving disability, while the average age of recipients was 53, according to the Social Security Administration.
"We're not just living longer, but we're living disabled longer as well," Disability Insurance Services president Daniel Steenerson told CNNMoney.com.
Some are advocating for reforms, with Time's Joe Klein writing Tuesday that the "government has gotten sloppy about admissions."
Regardless of how you feel about the issue, one thing is certain: Some changes will be needed, given the CBO notes disability expenditures have exceeded dedicated revenue since 2009 and the benefit will exhaust its trust fund in 2016.
1. Take a few million older workers off the UE rolls, put them on SS and call them retired.
2. Take a few million more workers off the UE rolls, put them on SSI and call them disabled.
3. Take a few million more workers off the UE rolls, give them loans and grants and call them students.
This "squishy" situation is nothing but fraud, and what does this administration do about it? NOTHING. In fact they have allowed and encouraged it.......Democrats forever!!
By the way, wonder what color those 1 in 4 fine folks are? It doesn't matter........it's still costing the honest people a ton.
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text: content February 9, 2007 Printer Friendly In this issue Life Extension Update Exclusive Vegetables, beta-carotene, vitamin C associated with reduced risk of BPH Health Concern Benign prostatic hyperplasia Featured Products Advanced Natural Prostate Formula with 5-Loxin® Super Saw Palmetto/Nettle Root Formula with Beta-Sitosterol Life Extension magazine February 2007: An overlooked strategy to prevent prostate cancer, by William Faloon Life Extension Update Exclusive Vegetables, beta-carotene, vitamin C associated with reduced risk of BPH The February, 2006 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the finding of researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Pubic Health and Harvard University of a protective effect for vegetables, beta-carotene, lutein and vitamin C against benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a common condition in older men which is associated with lower urinary tract symptoms that are believed to be caused by enlargement of the gland and increased prostate smooth muscle tone. The study evaluated data from participants in the Health Professionals Follow Up Study of 51,529 dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, optometrists, osteopathic physicians and podiatrists who were enrolled in 1986. Dietary questionnaires completed upon enrollment were analyzed for fruit and vegetable intake and nutritional content. Health questionnaires were mailed to participants every two years to obtain information on new diagnoses including whether they had undergone surgery for an enlarged prostate or had a high-moderate to severe American Urological Association symptom index score for BPH. Of the 32,265 men who were eligible for the current study, there were 6,092 cases of BPH. After excluding men with low to moderate symptoms, 18,373 remained as non-cases. Although total consumption of fruit and vegetables had no significant association with BPH, the risk of the condition decreased with increased vegetable intake. Men whose intake of vegetables was in the top fifth of participants had an 11 percent lower risk of BPH than men whose intake was in the lowest fifth. Fruits and vegetables rich in beta-carotene, lutein, and those high in vitamin C were separately found to be similarly protective. In their discussion of the findings, the authors write that oxidative damage is believed to be associated with the development of BPH, particularly during states of chronic inflammation, therefore antioxidant nutrients found in vegetables such as vitamin C may be protective. They conclude, "Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that a diet rich in vegetables and in beta-carotene, lutein, and vitamin C derived from foods may reduce the occurrence of BPH." Health Concern Benign prostatic hyperplasia The current clinical philosophy concerning BPH is to postpone any form of surgery for as long as possible to avoid complications that may jeopardize the patient's quality of life. Stopping the progression of prostate enlargement through diet and pharmacotherapy should be the first approaches in the treatment of BPH (Djavan B et al 2002; Schulman C 2001). Specific lifestyle changes can reduce the symptoms associated with BPH. If you want to reduce symptoms associated with BPH: Eat ample amounts of fresh fish, fruits, and vegetables. The high mineral and vitamin content (especially of vitamins E and D) of these foods are essential for general health and metabolism but can also reflect positively on prostate cells. Reduce stress, both on and off the job. Exercise regularly. Keep your weight within normal limits. Keep track of the number of times you urinate during the night. See your physician as soon as you notice an increase in frequency. If your physician prescribes medication to treat your BPH, follow his or her directions precisely. Make sure your physician knows about all botanical extracts or nutritional supplements you are taking. To slow the natural progression of BPH and its symptoms, the Life Extension Foundation suggests that you have annual screenings, including a PSA test and a DRE. Neither of these tests can rule out prostate cancer; however, they can alert a physician to the need for further testing. http://www.lef.org/protocols/male_reproductive/benign_prostatic_hyperplasia_01.htm Featured Products Advanced Natural Prostate Formula with 5-Loxin® Advanced Natural Prostate Formula contains the most scientifically substantiated nutrients that have been shown to help protect the prostate gland and maintain its healthy function. The newest ingredient is a patented extract from the boswellia plant called 5-Loxin®. Published studies show that normal aging and poor diet causes levels of a dangerous enzyme (5-lipoxygenase) to increase, which can induce undesirable effects in prostate cells. 5-Loxin® has been shown to suppress 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and other pro-inflammatory factors that are deleterious to cells throughout the body, including the prostate gland. http://www.lef.org/newshop/items/item00975.html Super Saw Palmetto/Nettle Root Formula with Beta-Sitosterol Super Saw Palmetto/Nettle Root with beta-sitosterol combines the super critical extract of saw palmetto with a methanolic nettle root extract and boron to support a healthy prostate. The newest ingredient, beta-sitosterol, is the most active constituent of pygeum and interferes with the formation of prostaglandins that cause swelling in the prostate. Saw palmetto extract is included because of its favorable effects in helping to maintain healthy prostate function. Saw palmetto also acts as an alpha-adrenergic receptor inhibitor, reducing urinary urgency and inflammatory actions in the prostate gland. Nettle root extract (Urtica dioica) helps maintain a healthy balance of desirable prostaglandins. Nettle root also has an effect on the proteins that carry sex hormones, and balances hormone levels that affect prostate function. http://www.lef.org/newshop/items/item00808.html Life Extension magazine February 2007: An overlooked strategy to prevent prostate cancer, by William Faloon While benign prostate disease is not usually thought of as life threatening, the sleep disturbance it causes due to nighttime urinary urgency could very well increase mortality. That is because people who do not get enough sleep overproduce inflammatory cytokines that inflict damage to arteries, joints, bones, and neurons. So while benign prostate enlargement itself seldom kills, the chronic sleep deprivation it induces may very well hasten death. Since people are now living longer than ever, delaying the manifestation of prostate cancer is desirable, but may not result in the disease being altogether prevented. The lead article in this month's issue of Life Extension magazine is titled "Eating Your Way to Prostate Cancer." This article describes a little-known pathological mechanism that explains why ingesting the wrong foods increases prostate cancer risk. http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2007/feb2007_awsi_01.htm If you have questions or comments concerning this issue or past issues of Life Extension Update, send them to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 954 202 7716. For longer life, Dayna DyeEditor, Life Extension firstname.lastname@example.com 766 8433 extension 7716www.lef.org Sign up for Life Extension Update at http://mycart.lef.org/Memberships/NewsSubscription.aspx Help spread the good news about living longer and healthier. Forward this email to a friend! 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