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Hickman, Bombers rally to top Stickhorses, 12-10
Matt Hickman (Salisbury) scored a hat trick, including two goals in the fourth quarter, to earn Player of the Game honors as the Baltimore Bombers rallied in the second half to defeat the Kentucky Stickhorses, 12-10, on Sunday at Du Burns Arena. Dan Marohl (UMBC, St. Mary's) added two goals and two assists, and Andrew Wasik chipped in two goals and an assist for the Bombers (4-3), who also got a goal from Michael Simon (Stevenson). Hickman took a game-high 17 of the Bombers' 55 shots; Kentuck finished with 56 shots. The Stickhorses (3-5) led 6-5 at the half and 7-6 after three quarters. Ginny Capicchioni made 22 saves in the Bombers net before being replaced at halftime by Adam Miller, who recorded 24 saves; both faced 28 shots.
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Towson coach Mathews will not return next season
The contract of Towson women's basketball coach Joe Mathews will not be renewed, the school announced Friday. Mathews, in his 12th season, will coach the rest of the season for the Tigers, who have a 9-17 overall record (3-12 in the Colonial Athletic Association) and next play Thursday at home against Northeastern. Mike Waddell Mathews has an overall record of 144-206 (.411) and a conference mark of 67-146 (.315) at Towson. During his tenure, the Tigers posted winning records five times, including a 22-10 mark in 2007-08. The 2007-08 season was the school's first 20-win season and set a school record for victories in a season.
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Martir's single caps Terps' 4-game sweep of Oakland
With Anthony Papio at second and one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, Kevin Martir hit a single up the middle as Maryland defeated Oakland, 4-3, and completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Golden Grizzlies (0-4) on Sunday. The Terps (4-3) won the first game of the doubleheader, 8-0. With the Terps trailing 3-2 in eighth, Jack Cleary delivered a clutch two-out hit to score LaMonte Wade and tie the game at 3. Jake Stinnett came on and pitched two strong innings out the bullpen to give the Terrapin offense a chance in the 10th. Oakland scored three runs, two earned, off freshman starter Alex Robinson and led 3-2 after four innings. Robinson scattered eight hits over seven innings while striking out nine in his second career start. In the opener, the Terps used a four-run seventh to defeat Oakland 8-0. Kyle Convissar and K.J. Hockaday (John Carroll) delivered in the inning: Hockaday singled through the left side, scoring Blake Schmit. Convissar stepped in and singled down the right field line, scoring Charlie White and Hockaday, who had stolen second. It was more than enough for Terps starter Brady Kirkpatrick and the Maryland bullpen.
More baseball: Mount St. Mary's (2-3) lost, 13-4, to Ohio State (5-2) in the second game of the Mount's seven-game Florida baseball trip in Port Charlotte. First baseman Sam Nott belted his third home run of the year in the loss. Things started well for the Mount as catcher Mark Quaranta (Loyola) drew a two-out walk in the first inning and Nott followed with a two-run homer to left field. The Buckeyes answered with a run in the bottom of the frame and two more in the bottom of the second to take a 3-2 advantage. ... Senior right-hander Cory Delange and two relief pitchers combined to pitch a five-hit shutout as host Nicholls State (5-2) edged Towson (4-2) in the third and deciding game of their weekend series. The Colonels scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning when they took advantage of the only Tigers error of the series to score an unearned run.
Softball: Maryland held No. 8 California scoreless through six innings and No. 13 UCLA scoreless for four innings in two close losses Saturday. The Terps had a bases-loaded rally in the seventh against UCLA (10-1) but were edged by the Bruins, 4-3, in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. 2/3 innings and allowed seven hits, one walk and notched two strikeouts in a commanding performance. In the nightcap against California (9-2), the Terps gave up three runs in the top of the first in a 3-2 loss. Lindsey Ziegenhirt hit a three-run homer for the Bears' only runs of the day. Maddie Martin pitched two innings and gave up just one hit — the three-run homer. ... Because of rain, the Mount's game with Delaware at the Jacksonville University Invitational has been canceled. The Mount will play Jacksonville on Tuesday at 6 p.m. to make up the rained-out contest from Saturday. Mount St. Mary's also will play St. Bonaventure at 10a.m. Tuesday.
Basketball: The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has released its pairings for the conference tournaments. Both men's and women's games begin Tuesday at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. The Bowie State men, the No. 4 seed in the CIAA North, will face either Shaw or Chowan at 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Bowie State women, the No. 6 seed in the CIAA North, will play Winston-Salem State at 3p.m. Tuesday. The men's semifinals and final will be televised on BounceTV and ESPNU. All games and postgame news conferences will be streamed live online at livestream.com/ciaa.
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NEW YORK — Mary Grace Ritchie Simcoe, 94, passed away unexpectedly November 25, 2012, at her home in New York City.
Mary was born an eighth generation Scotch-Irish American in Roan Mountain, Tenn., on September 5, 1918, the daughter of James Ruble and Laura Esther (Crowe) Ritchie. Her ancestors include the Overmountain Men, who helped America achieve independence in the Revolutionary war. Her grandfather, James Polk Ritchie, fought for the Union in the Civil War, after which he returned to farming. Her father left farming to pursue his education and became Elizabethton High School Principal and Superintendent. Her mother was also a teacher.
Mary graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1936, and from East Tennessee State University in 1940 with a BS in Home Economics. She taught school for three years at the grade and high school levels. During World War II she moved to Washington D.C. to work as a typist for the Federal government.
At 25, Mary discovered her love of modern dance and took classes with Martha Graham in Washington. She received encouragement and support from Martha Hill, Juilliard's first Director of Dance, who helped her get a scholarship to the summer dance festival at Connecticut College in 1948. In 1950, she enrolled at the Juilliard School of Dance, where her classmates included Paul Taylor. After Juilliard, Mary graduated from Columbia University Teachers College in 1955 with a Master of Arts in Physical Education and Dance.
While ushering at Carnegie Hall, Mary met Stanley Earl Simcoe of New York City, whom she married August 31, 1956. They had two sons, James Ritchie Simcoe and William Earl Simcoe of New York, who survive. Stanley passed away in 1963.
Until 2010, Mary enjoyed work for over 30 years as an usher at Broadway theaters, especially the Ambassador Theater, and at City Center, where she often saw dance concerts by her former teacher and classmate.
Mary loved to dance, exercise and swim, and up until her death was a popular member of Columbia University Gym. She loved people and was openly friendly to everyone. She encouraged and inspired many with her joy of movement and of life.
She was predeceased by her brother, Earl Milburn Ritchie, of Asheville, N.C., in 1985.
In addition to her sons, she is survived by granddaughters, Elizabeth and Julia Simcoe, sister-in-law, Naomi Ritchie, nieces Janis Rowe, Jeanne Murphy, Kay Carney, and many others.
A Memorial Gathering was held January 5, 2013, at Riverside Church in New York City. In accordance with Mary's wishes, she has donated her body to Columbia University Medical School. Donations in remembrance may be made to New York Public Radio at WNYC.org.

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Zhaoping Li, MD
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
Language Spoken
English, Mandarin
English, Mandarin
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License Number
(310) 206-1987
(310) 206-1987
UCLA Clinical Nutrition
200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 365-B
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1997, 2007
Cardiovascular Research, UCLA School of Medicine, 1989 - 1994
Cardiovascular Research, UCLA School of Medicine, 1989 - 1994
Internal Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 1997 - 1998
Internal Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 1997 - 1998
Internal Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 1994 - 1997
Internal Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 1994 - 1997
Medical Degree
MD, Beijing Medical University, 1986
MD, Beijing Medical University, 1986
|Cancer associated malnutrition, Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes, Food Intolerance, Gestational Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Nutrition Counseling for Cancer Prevention, Obesity, Overweight, Weight Management
Department Affiliation
Chief, Center for Human Nutrition - Division of Clinical Nutrition
Physician, Nutritional Medicine and Obesity
Chief, Center for Human Nutrition - Division of Clinical Nutrition
Physician, Nutritional Medicine and Obesity
- Livingston, EH, Liu, C, Sawicki, M, Glantz, G, and Li, Z. "Characteristics of bariatric surgery in an integrated VA health care system: follow-up and outcomes". J. Surg Res. 2003 Feb; 109 (2):138-43.
- Li, Z, Hong, K, DeShields, S, Saltsman, P, Bellaman, M, Thames, G, Wang, H, Elashoff, R and Heber, D. "Long-term Efficacy of soy based meal replacements vs. an individualized diet plan in obese type 2 dm patients: relative effects on weight loss, metabolic parameters, and c-reactive protein." Euro. J Clin Nutrition. 2005 Mar;59(3):411-8.
- Li Z, Maglione M, Tu W, Mojica W, Arterburn D, Shugarman LR, Hilton L, Suttorp M, Solomon V, Shekelle PG, Morton SC. Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity: A Meta-Analysis. Annals Internal Med 2005, 142(7):532-46
- Li Z, Seeram NP, Lee R, Thames G, Minutti C, Wang HJ, Heber D. Plasma clearance of lovastatin versus chinese red yeast rice in healthy volunteers. J Altern Complement Med. 2005, 11(6):1031-8.
- Li, Z, Seeram, N, Lee, R, Carpenter, C, Thames, G, Minutti, C, Bowerman, S. Cranberry does not affect prothrombin time in male subjects on warfarin. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006, 106(12):2057-61.
- Li, Z, Hong, K, Maxwell, M and Heber, D. "Weight Cycling In A Very Low Calorie Diet Program Has No Effect On Weight Loss Velocity, Blood Pressure And Serum Lipid Profile". Diabetes Obes Metab. 2007 May;9(3):379-85.
- Li Z, Aronson WJ, Arteaga JR, Hong K, Thames G, Henning SM, Liu W, Elashoff R, Ashley JM, Heber D. Feasibility of a low-fat/high-fiber diet intervention with soy supplementation in prostate cancer patients after prostatectomy. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 Apr;62(4):526-36.
- Yan E, Ko E, Luong V, Wang HJ, Romanova M, Li Z. Long-term changes in weight loss and obesity-related comorbidities after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a primary care experience. Am J Surg. 2008 Jan;195(1):94-8.
- Treyzon L, Chen S, Hong K, Yan E, Carpenter CL, Thames G, Bowerman S, Wang HJ, Elashoff R, Li Z. A controlled trial of protein enrichment of meal replacements for weight reduction with retention of lean body mass .Nutr J. 2008 Aug 27;7(1):23
- Fujioka K, Yan E, Wang HJ, Li Z. Evaluating preoperative weight loss, binge eating disorder, and sexual abuse history on Roux-en-Y gastric bypass outcome. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2008 Mar-Apr;4(2):137-43.
- Li Z, Henning SM, Zhang Y, Zerlin A, Li L, Gao K, Lee RP, Karp H, Thames G, Bowerman S, Heber D. Antioxidant-rich spice added to hamburger meat during cooking results in reduced meat, plasma, and urine malondialdehyde concentrations. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May;91(5):1180-4
- Chen S, Kim W, Henning SM, Carpenter CL, Li Z. Arginine and antioxidant supplement on performance in elderly male cyclists: a randomized controlled trial. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2010 Mar 23;7(1):13
- Li Z, Song R, Nguyen C, Zerlin A, Karp H, Naowamondhol K, Thames G, Gao K, Li L, Tseng CH, Henning SM, Heber D. Pistachio nuts reduce triglycerides and body weight by comparison to refined carbohydrate snack in obese subjects on a 12-week weight loss program. J Am Coll Nutr. 2010 Jun;29(3):198-203
- Li Z, Karp H, Zerlin A, Lee TY, Carpenter C, Heber D. Absorption of silicon from artesian aquifer water and its impact on bone health in postmenopausal women: a 12 week pilot study. Nutr J. 2010 Oct 14;9:44.
- Li Z, Treyzon L, Chen S, Yan E, Thames G, Carpenter CL. Protein-enriched meal replacements do not adversely affect liver, kidney or bone density: an outpatient randomized controlled trial. Nutr J. 2010 Dec 31;9(1):72.
- Li Z, Wong A, Henning SM, Zhang Y, Jones A, Zerlin A, Thames G, Bowerman S, Tseng CH, Heber D. Hass avocado modulates postprandial vascular reactivity and postprandial inflammatory responses to a hamburger meal in healthy volunteer. Food Funct. 2012 Nov 29
- Li Z, Deng ML, Tseng CH, Heber D. Hypertriglyceridemia Is a Practical Biomarker of Metabolic Syndrome in Individuals with Abdominal Obesity. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2012 Dec 21
- Li Z, Henning SM, Zhang Y, Rahnama N, Zerlin A, Thames G, Tseng CH, Heber D. Decrease of postprandial endothelial dysfunction by spice mix added to high-fat hamburger meat in men with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med. 2013 Jan 15. doi: 10.1111/dme.12120
- Maggard-Gibbons M, Maglione M, Livhits M, Ewing B, Maher AR, Hu J, Li Z, Shekelle PG. Bariatric surgery for weight loss and glycemic control in nonmorbidly obese adults with diabetes: a systematic review. JAMA 2013 Jun 5;309(21):2250-61. doi: 10.1001
- Ohlhorst SD, Russell R, Bier D, Klurfeld DM, Li Z, Mein JR, Milner J, Ross AC, Stover P, Konopka E. Nutrition research to affect food and a healthy life span. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]
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Alternate artwork for one of my favourite albums: "Cut Me And I Bleed".
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Albert, you are a man of many talents
Well done. One great looking set.
I second that!
...you won't forget me when I go.
Hello Albert, I have been trying to find the cd "Cut me & I Bleed" and have had absolutely no luck at all. Last night I tried to download it and guess what??? There was a virus in it. Do you think it is safe to download the song or CD's from Limeware??? It was something that I have never tried before and I admit.. it put a scare into me because I do not understand why someone would put a virus attached to his song. Now I am afraid to try again. Where did you buy your CD???? (I have heard it before on a German Radio Station and to be honest... I felt like he was just being a human being... he was hurt and was in the mood to sing about the pain he was in..) Dovey
" Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and yours""
I don't know the program that you've mentioned. Many times I buy my CD's through Ebay or Elvis days.
For example: this cd is being sold by someone on Ebay right now: ebay.com
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Thank You so much Albert. I have looked on Ebay before and could not fine it... I have a bid on it now and hope that it will not go to high. I have bought from these people before and their money & ours is so different.. that I am never really sure what the heck I owe them. ha ha.. Just kidding!!!! Thanks again.. I'll keep my fingers crossed!!! Dovey
Albert, your cover is by far superior to that of the original release.
I like the overall brown hue which gives a real classy style to it.
The only thing that might be discussed is a whether such a distinguished design fits to the contents of the CD.
Your cover art is beautiful Albert. I've been keeping an eye out for this CD as well as Dovey. I'm sure we'll run across a copy sooner or later.


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Hi all,
I figured this was a good place to start since I don't know about any of this. My dad (69) was just diagnosed with MCL. It appears to be on the indolent side as he has no symptoms (they actually found he had it by accident), but is in stage 4. He is supposed to start treatment on Tuesday. I don't understand the dosing, he will have 3 days in hospital/4 days out, then repeat for 6 months. I believe they are going to give him R-HCVAD and overall he is pretty healthy. I don't know wwhat to expect or what the chances are of success with this. I have read a few encouraging threads on this site, but each person is different. Is he too old for a SCT? I know that gives better chances of survival. He is very determined to kick this thing in the butt (and he has a great role model, as his father had lung cancer and was given 6 months to live, but ended up living for 9 years). We have a trip with the whole family planned for this winter, but I am not sure if we will be able to go. My dad insists that we are going and this gives him something to look forward to, but is he being unrealstic? What will all this chemo do to him and will he still be the same old dad I have known and loved all these years? I know it is a lot of questions, but it seems all I can do is think of the bad stuff and cry...I guess I want answers and maybe just a little glimmer of hope.
That sounds normal for R-CVAD. I don't know that he will feel well enough
to go on the family trip, but even if he does, he will probably have pretty
bad neutropenia (low absolute neutrophil count, neutrophils being a type of
white blood cell that help cells kill and digest microorganisms that
threaten the body). As such, he will be VERY susceptible to infections of
all kinds. This is serious because when you are in that state, any
infection can could land you in the hospital or kill you. I know I felt
pretty good during R-HCVAD, unlike most people, and the only thing that kept
me from "doing something stupid" was my wife. I don't know how old the
people will be on the family trip, and no offense intended, but kids under
about 12 are (as my doctor put it) "germ cesspools." Same with pets.
Stage 4 doesn't mean much with MCL, as you have it all over your body if it
is in your blood anyway. It's not like solid tumor cancers, where the fact
that you have tumors above and below your diaphragm is a really bad sign.
My experience with transplant places is that each one has its own
guidelines. How old you can be may depend on how good a match you have, in
addition to general health issues. I had no match, so the only choice was a
half-match from my brother (haploidentical). This type is considerably more
dangerous than matched transplants (largely because of the greater danger of
graft-vs-host disease), so there has usually been an age limit or 45 or so.
The only reason that I could have mine done was that Seattle was beginning a
clinical trial and had, only a couple of months before, changed the age
limit for half-matches to 65 (I was 62). But if any place will do a
transplant, it is Seattle. As one doc here in Michigan said, "Try Seattle,
they'll transplant anyone." And they have a good record. See
http://www.seattlecca.org/in-the-news-detail.cfm?InTheNewsID=56 (SCCA was
ranked first in outcomes in a four-year study by the National Marrow Donor
Program (NMDP) that measured one-year survival rates of patients among 122
transplant centers in the United States).
To return to my first point, I was a very impatient patient when I got the
MCL news and was likely to run off and do things I shouldn't (my wife
quipped that "he's a patient, but not very"). It sounds like your father is
the same way. You have to resist the temptation to act as if nothing has
happened. You can make it through this, but it is a serious business.
Thanks for the info. Don't get me wrong, my dad and the whole family does take this very seriously (my mom is a nurse). He just wants (like most people I am sure) to get on with his life. As a bystander it is very hard to know what he is going through and I just wanted some information on what to expect as he gets his treatments. Like I said, he is very healthy (never had a heart attack, never smoked, in fact, I have never even seen him get stitches or break a bone) so i am hopin that helps him along in the chemo process.
Hi DottiD,
I am copying and pasting an entry I wrote in "Newly Diagnosed . . ." This will forward many good websites for lymphoma and MCL.
Your dad should do just fine if he is in the health he is. I know of a 70 year old man that had an auto SCT. He said it was hard on him, but he survived and is hoping for more years ahead.
Realistically, the trip in the winter may be postponed. Each chemo cycle is harder to recovery from and by the end, your body is pretty beaten up. I was under the silly notion I could go home (lived out of state from my treatment hospital) between cycles - By the end of my six cycles I was thankful to have stayed close to the hospital. Don't set your family up for disappointment if you are unable to go away, it is better to focus on recovery and plan a real big bang vacation when he is fully recovered. We treated ourselves and family to a cruise to Alaska and it was absolutely wonderful to have health and reward after such a traumatic event.
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I was dx'd in April '08 with MCL. Really no outstanding symptoms, what made me see the doc were the lymph nodes swelling on the right side of my neck. Come to find out I had MCL, stage IVB, indolent, 60% bone marrow involvement, lymph system, no other organ or gut. I consider myself fortunate.
I had six rounds R hyperCVAD, auto stem cell transplant. However, I wasn't 100% responsive so the docs threw in BEXXAR and 17 rounds radiation. I did everything the docs recommended and I am cancer free today. Having cancer, hearing the type, wanting to live - all you can do is jump in the train and travel into the tunnel of survival. You can do it!
I encourage you to become your own advocate and begin to educate yourself, the more information and understanding you have concerning MCL and treatment the better off you will be and you might feel a little more in control of a very uncontrollable situation. There are wonderful web sites, this lls.org being one of them.
http://www.cancercare.org/pdf/booklets/ccc_mantle_cell.pdf - cancercare.org is a wonderful site.
When you are newly diagnosed, as many of us do, we go to the internet and read whatever pops up. Generally, the articles are old and out of date. The above sites are current and very informative. I used to be scared and unsure about my future, but now having followed along on these sites and the articles on research that the members post, I am very encouraged and I believe I will live a much longer life than the stats on the web say.
Typically, hyper-CVAD is administered in six rounds U.S., 8 rounds Europe. However, as I said, research is happening so fast, maybe four rounds is a new protocol. There is talk of a vaccine being researched, look on ACOR (last link). But I read, and I am just a layperson, the vaccine is considered for untreated MCL (you) and a part of the tumor needs to be extracted and saved. - Thats all I understand but I think it may be worth while understanding what is out there and being developed.
This link is to a telecast that took place in June. Listening in brought me so much hope for those of us with MCL. The docs discuss and explain all of the new treatments either available or coming down the pike.
I've probably overwhelmed you with information. Hyper-CVAD is an aggressive chemo regime. Auto stem cell transplant is just that - a transplant. Both are doable - the next few months will not be a walk in the park but with determination and the will to beat this cancer, you can do it.
Write to me on my private email and ask me further questions if you would like. I'd be happy to be of help.


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We barely think twice about basic survival, and we thrive. Everyday, we do what we love. We have one of the most rewarding careers in the world—simply capturing love and contributing beauty to people's lives…
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Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, studied 580 ethnically diverse women who took part in a multiphasic health checkup at Kaiser Permanente Northern California between 1984 and 1996. The researchers looked at women who had a subsequent pregnancy and compared those who developed gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy to women who did not have GDM.
The study found that the risk of GDM increased directly with the number of adverse risk factors present before pregnancy that are commonly associated with diabetes and heart disease: high blood sugar, hypertension, and being overweight. In addition, the authors found that adverse levels of blood sugar and body weight were associated with a 4.6-fold increased risk of GDM, compared to women with normal levels.
The study is among the first to look at routinely measured cardio-metabolic risk factors before pregnancy in women who later became pregnant and developed GDM. It provides evidence to support pre-conception care that leads to healthy pregnancies, as called for in a 2006 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That report suggested that risk factors for adverse outcomes among women and infants can be identified prior to conception and are characterized by the need to start, and sometimes finish, interventions before conception occurs.
Previous research has shown that women who develop GDM during pregnancy are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes after pregnancy. GDM is defined as glucose intolerance that typically occurs during the second or third trimester and causes complications in as many as seven percent of pregnancies in the United States. It can lead to early delivery and Cesarean sections, and it increases a baby's risk of developing diabetes, obesity, and metabolic disease later in life.
"Our study indicates that a woman's cardio-metabolic risk profile for factors routinely assessed at medical visits, such as blood sugar, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight, can help clinicians identify high-risk women to target for primary prevention or early management of GDM," said lead author Monique Hedderson, PhD, a scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.
Although the established risk factors for GDM are older maternal age, obesity, non-white race/ethnicity, having given birth previously to a very large baby, and a family history of diabetes, these risk factors are absent in up to half of women who develop GDM. This study is significant because it gives a better understanding of pre-pregnancy predictors of GDM that may help identify women at risk and get them into intervention programs before pregnancy.
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Encounters In World History Sources And Themes From The Global Past; To 1500Author:
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Summary: History is an encounter with the past, and the past is a history of encounters. Encounters in World Historyis designed to introduce students to both of these sorts of encounters. Using primary and visual sources, the authors employ the encounter theme as a fundamental organizing principle. By nesting sources in thematically integrated chapters, comparison and analysis of sources can be more substantive, while also pr...oviding more internal structure for instructors. At the same time, this is a world history reader, and it follows a chronological format. The material has been presented in such a way that instructors can craft their own courses, emphasizing the aspects they think most important. Chapters are organized so that the general theme is presented in a chapter introduction and then revisited in the separate introductions to specific readings. The readers can be used to highlight preferred eras, cultural zones, or themes, or a unique mixture of all three. [read more]
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Mario Lopez, a 39-year-old actor and television personality who co-hosts 'The X Factor' and 'Extra,' tied the knot with fiancee Courtney Mazza on Saturday, December 1, Extra TV reports.
The two wed in a ceremony in Punta Mita, Mexico, at the home of 'Girls Gone Wild' creator Joe Francis, according to the entertainment site. Lopez's friend and former 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria attended the ceremony.
Lopez and Mazza met when Lopez starred on the Broadway revival of 'A Chorus Line' in 2008. The couple announced their engagement in January.
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Book Review- Friends with Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook
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I'd like to start with a disclaimer. Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo, the authors of Friends with Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook, are friends. While I may be biased, knowing them for years also means I know the depth of the their knowledge and experience. And that's the big point of my review of their book - these people know what they're talking about because they live in social media every day and have for years. I've asked myself in the past - What would Darren and Julie do?... Continue Reading
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As you may know, we've published a number "in Plain English" videos over the last year or two that are related to Social Media. Taken together, there are 9 of them on subjects from Wikis to Twitter. We've learned along the way that: 1) Professionals like you find these videos useful for introducing social media concepts to others. 2) You would prefer to use "Presentation Quality" versions that are downloadable and look great on screens of all types. 3) You love quantity discounts. To serve... Continue Reading
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Wouldn't it be nice if every author actually lived in the world that they wrote about? It's one thing to be an observer, but yet another to be a resident. That's why it's my pleasure to point you to a new ebook by Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo of Capulet Communications. It's called "Getting to First Base: A Social Media Marketing Playbook". You can learn more (and purchase it) at SocialMediaReady.com. This video provides a quick overview too. I've known Darren and Julie for years and... Continue Reading
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Today the mail brings a letter from the IRS that says my wife never filed a tax return. Call the accountant, call the IRS, IRS says they have no record, we have all the forms-- I ask my wife if she asked the accountant if we filed electronically or not- she didn't ask but swears we did- I swear we didn't.
Now my wife hits panic mode as I tell her even if we didn't send it in, we're fine because we're in for a 2300 dollar refund. Do you think that calms her down? (women).
So, she goes on a wild goose chase, looking up old bank statements trying to find a deposit from the Fed-- none. I walk away.
Finally, finally, finally the accountant calls back for something and I force my wife to ask her about the electronic filing-- accountant says no, you needed to mail it in.
So, the state and federal returns go out tomorrow-- we're getting a little over $2500 between the two.
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The X-Files is an American Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on 10 September 1993, and ended on 19 May 2002. The show was one of the American FOX network's first major hits, and its main characters and slogans (e.g., "The Truth Is Out There," "Trust No One," "I Want to Believe") became pop culture touchstones. The X-Files is seen as a defining series of the 1990s, coinciding with the era's widespread mistrust of governments, interest in conspiracy theories and spirituality, and the belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life.[1][2]
In the series, FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are tasked with investigating the "X-Files": marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder plays the role of the "believer", having faith in the existence of aliens and the paranormal, while Scully is a skeptic, initially assigned by her departmental superiors to debunk Mulder's unconventional work. As the show progressed, both agents were caught up in a larger conflict, termed "the mythology" or "mytharc" by the show's creators, and developed a close and ambiguous friendship which many saw more as romantic than platonic.[3] The X-Files also featured stand-alone episodes ranging in tone from horror to comedy, in which Mulder and Scully investigated uniquely bizarre cases without long-term implications on the storyline. These so-called "monster of the week" episodes made up the bulk of the series.
The show's popularity peaked in the mid-to-late 1990s,[4] leading to a theatrical feature film in 1998. In the last two seasons, Anderson became the star as Duchovny appeared rarely, and new central characters were introduced: FBI Agents John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish). At the time of its final episode, The X-Files was the longest running sci-fi show ever on American television, a title since lost to cable's Stargate SG-1[citation needed]. The show was declared by TV Guide to be the second greatest cult television show[5] (Star Trek being number one) and the 37th best television show of all time.[6] In 2007, TIME magazine included the show on its list of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time".[7]
Contents [hide]
1 Idea and pilot
2 History
2.1 Season 1 (1993–1994)
2.1.1 Early production issues
2.2 Season 2 (1994–1995)
2.3 Season 3 (1995–1996)
2.4 Season 4 (1996–1997)
2.5 Season 5 (1997–1998)
2.6 Film (1998)
2.7 Season 6 (1998–1999)
2.8 Seasons 7 – 9 (1999–2002)
3 Episode types
3.1 Mytharc episodes
4 Future of The X-Files
5 Cast of characters
5.1 Recurring guest characters
6 Legacy
6.1 Television
6.2 "X-Philes"
7 Influences on the show
7.1 Television
7.2 Film
8 Awards
9 Broadcast history
10 Taglines
11 Merchandise
12 Ten Thirteen Productions
12.1 Millennium
12.2 Harsh Realm
12.3 The Lone Gunmen
13 See also
14 References
15 Further reading
15.1 Books
15.2 Essays
16 External links
[edit] Idea and pilot
California native Chris Carter, who had previously met with limited success writing for television, was given the opportunity to produce new shows for the struggling FOX network in the early 1990s. Tired of the comedies he had been working on,[8] inspired by a report that 3.7 million Americans may have been abducted by aliens,[9] and recalling memories of Watergate and 1970s horror show Kolchak: The Night Stalker,[10] Carter came up with the idea for The X-Files and wrote the pilot episode himself in 1992. He initially struggled over the untested concept—executives wanted a love interest for Scully—and casting. The network wanted either a more established or a "taller, leggier, blonder and breastier"[11] actress for Scully than the 24-year-old Gillian Anderson, a theater veteran with minor film experience, who Carter felt was the only choice after auditions.[12][13] Nevertheless, the pilot with both Anderson and David Duchovny was successfully shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in early 1993, and the show was picked up for the Friday night 9:00PM slot on the American fall TV schedule. Carter started a new company called Ten Thirteen Productions, named after his October 13th birthday, to oversee The X-Files.
Mulder in his basement office, now on display at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum.Carter's idea was to present FBI agents investigating extraterrestrials and paranormal events, but Carter also wanted to deal directly with the characters' beliefs. Carter said, "I think of myself as a non-religious person looking for religious experience, so I think that's what the characters are sort of doing too."[14] Dana Scully, in addition to being the scientific "skeptic" and a trained medical doctor, was open to the Catholic faith in which she was raised; while Fox Mulder, in addition to being an Oxford-educated psychologist and renowned criminal profiler, was the "believer" in space aliens, derisively nicknamed "Spooky Mulder" by his colleagues. Carter said, "Scully's point of view is the point of view of the show. And so the show has to be built on a solid foundation of science, in order to have Mulder take a flight from it... If the science is really good, Scully's got a valid point of view... And Mulder has to then convince her that she's got to throw her arguments out, she's got to accept the unacceptable. And there is the conflict."[15] Carter also felt Scully's role as the more rational partner and Mulder's reliance on guesses and intuition subverted the gender roles usually seen on television.[16]
In the pilot episode, Scully is assigned to the X-Files as Mulder's partner, in order to serve as a scientific check on Mulder's belief in the paranormal. In later episodes, it becomes apparent that she was actually set up in that role so that the government conspirators could contain the implications of Mulder's work, which they viewed as a danger to their devious plans. Notably, the powerful shadow government official known only as the Cigarette Smoking Man, or "Cancer Man", appears without any spoken lines in the first and last scenes of the pilot episode—although at that point his ongoing importance to the series had not yet been established.[17] The "unresolved sexual tension" between Mulder and Scully was also a central underlying theme from the beginning, although they were each given other brief romantic interests in future episodes. Carter thought the show should be "plot-driven", and was quoted as saying, "I didn't want the relationship to come before the cases."[18] For example, throughout the series, Mulder and Scully, with rare exception, refer to each other in a professional manner by using each others' last names, rather than calling each other by their first names, which might seem more personal.
Scene from the pilot, written by show creator Chris Carter. Initial episodes for The X-Files dealt with alien abduction.Carter's superior at FOX, Peter Roth, brought on more experienced staff members from the start, many of whom had previously worked with him at Stephen J. Cannell's production company.[19] Two of the most highly-regarded writers were Glen Morgan and James Wong. Their contributions to the first two seasons, such as the episode "Beyond the Sea", were particularly popular among fans,[20] television critics,[21] the show's actors, and even Carter himself.[22] Morgan and Wong also returned for the first half of the fourth season. Prior to their work on The X-Files, Wong and Morgan had worked extensively with David Nutter, Rob Bowman, and Kim Manners on cop dramas such as The Commish and 21 Jump Street. Nutter, Bowman and Manners all became frequent X-Files directors, with Nutter working on many of the darker episodes in the first three seasons. The duo of Wong and Morgan also had an important role in hiring several supporting actors on the show, as well as John Bartley, the cinematographer who gave The X-Files its early dark atmospheric look, for which he won an Emmy Award in 1996.[23] Bartley left after the third season and was replaced by directors of photography Ron Stannett, Jon Joffin, and ultimately Joel Ransom until the end of the fifth season.
The show, which made a big move to Los Angeles in its sixth season, was originally going to be filmed in California in the first place. Carter said, "we originally intended to film the pilot in Los Angeles. When we couldn't find a good forest, we made a quick decision to come to Vancouver. As it turned out, it was three weeks that turned into five years. The benefits of being in Vancouver were tremendous."[24] The temperate rainforest climate of Vancouver itself was also seen as crucial to The X-Files, allowing directors to create a mysterious, foggy aura,[25] seen as somewhat similar to that of then-recent TV hit Twin Peaks. Responsibility for casting the show fell to Randy Stone,[26] who had first recommended both leads to Carter, and to Rick Millikan, who predominately used local Canadian actors
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"Perfect," I scoffed bitterly after bubbling up through the whitewash with another bleeding gash. "What am I doing wrong?" I muttered while navigating the surge among partly exposed fingers of reef.
I refused to get out, determined to practice my backside tuberiding. I would make the drop, angle, stall, and the next thing I knew I'd be bracing myself for an inevitable coral collision. Despite the warmth of this remote Polynesian paradise, this was no place for a bikini. I'd ripped the back out of my favorite surf shorts on impact the previous day.
Another clean line rose and shifted. "It's yours, Lizzy. You've got this one," Tyler encouraged. I judged the approaching wall, put my head down, and stroked hard to get under the lip.
The wave and I stood up in sync. My arm dug into the face to slow my speed as a clear sheet of water cascaded into my right peripherals. The foamball roared, and the rainbow of reef warped into a coral kaleidoscope around me. But when the wave bent in on itself, I couldn't timely match its move. The face sucked me from the tube's safe "eye." We went up, out, and down together. Coral snagged my bare back while the water pushed shoreward. I sputtered to the surface to see that my hands and feet and knee were bleeding, too. Tears welled up in my eyes – not from the pain, but because I was trying so hard and couldn't get it right. "I sailed 8,000 miles to get here and I can't even surf these waves!?" I whimpered into the offshore wind.


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When we last left off, our Ultimate Avalanche was running and driving and had two new Dynatrac Axles with Detroit Lockers under some Tuff Country springs and shocks. This month we'll move away from the running gear and address some of the protection issues. First we stopped by the local Rhino Linings shop in Van Nuys to get the interior sprayed with a custom color lining. Our buildup then became a road trip when we headed east from Los Angeles to Denver with a stop at Poison Spyder Customs. Our Avalanche was outfitted with some custom rocker panel protection and a new rear bumper, and during that visit we also had a new Trail Ready front bumper and Warn winch installed.
Then we headed back to California where we visited some folks in Santa Rosa for an interior rollcage. After that it was back to L.A. for another round of Rhino Lining for the bed. This was all done in about two weeks of insane driving, fabbing, and living off of 25-cent Little Debbie oatmeal creme pies, fudge rounds, coffee, and Red Bull, which can be found at 8 out of 10 gas stations. Our Avalanche was starting to look very healthy. We, on the other hand, were beginning to look a bit ragged and scruffy.
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The Fall Trilogy Chapter 2 : Reconstruction, now availableYou liked chapter 1, you'll love even more chapter 2.
In this new adventure, you wake up in the basement of a skyscraper and your mission is too find a USB key.
You can now download this new chapter and play 30 minutes for free.
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Black Friday promotionDon't miss our Black Friday 2012 promotion : 50% off on all our games. Only today.
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We switched to Zendesk
Finally, we did it. We just switched to Zendesk for our support and we don't use email anymore.
Since we had a lot of issues with emails recently, we think it's a good decision.
I hope this solution will improve our support since we shouldn't loose your mails anymore. This also means that if you send us a message using our old email addresses, you probably won't receive any answer. So please, use the Zendesk support instead.
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The Fall Trilogy Episode 1 coming soonComing very soon on your Mac.
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You Guys Are Millionaires Right?A very good article to read if you want to understand an indie life.
"So you guys are rolling in money right?
No. In fact we've been losing money for the last 6 months. By losing money, I mean literally every month the amount of money in our bank account has been going down."
"People will spend hours researching a $2 purchase, browsing reviews, emailing the developer, checking online forums. Then they will go to a coffee shop they've never been before and buy a $4 coffee. From the developer they expect unlimited support, unlimited free updates. From the coffee shop they expect nothing except mediocre coffee."
"The real problem is that when you're a company of 2.5 people, piracy really hurts. "
You Guys Are Millionaires Right?
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Video walkthrough for Destination: Treasure Island
If you're stuck in the game, you can have a look at our video walkthrough. We produced it just for you.
As you can notice, the videos has been shot from an iPad, but the solution is also valid for the MacOS and iPhone versions.
We hope this will help enjoy and finish the game.
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Stuck in Secrets of Da Vinci HDAs many people, you maybe noticed you're stuck in two different places in Secret of Da Vinci 1.0 on the iPad :
- day 2 near the carriage
- inside the pigeon house.
There are 2 knowns bugs.
We're very sorry for this issues but the bugs were introduced at this end of the development process and, as you can imagine, we didn't see them. We fixed them as soon as we discovered them.
An updated version of the game has been submitted to Apple on January 28th, but as of today, we're still waiting for the review and validation.
We hope the new version ( 1.0.1 ) will be online on monday.
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Dracula 3 : The Path of the Dragon now available for Mac.
The game is now on sale on the store.
We currently don't have a demo available but we'll have one shortly. And it will be big, around 1 GB.
You can find more info here.
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Secret of the Lost Cavern for iPad coming very soonWe're ready to submit it to the AppStore and we can expect to see it live within 2 weeks.
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WWDC 2010 : we'll be there
Feel free to contact us if you want to meet us there.
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Nostradamus: the Last Prophecy trailerNostradamus: The Last Prophecy transports players to 16th century Provence, in a country ravaged by religious wars and devastated by the plague. Despite the end of her rule as regent three years ago, Catherine de Médicis still holds the reins of power, making her the target of repeated attacks by the French nobility.
In March 1566, upon falling victim to a terrible curse, she turns to her doctor and astrologer, Michel de Nostre-Dame, better known as Nostradamus. Too old and weak to take on such a mission alone, the famous prophet sends his daughter Madeleine to serve the Queen in her hour of need. However, as there are no female astrologers or doctors in medieval times, Madeleine must disguise herself, assuming the identity of her younger brother, César.
Alternating between Madeleine as herself and Madeleine disguised as César, players are plunged into a thriller where political scheming and ancestral prophecies are intertwined.
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Destination: Treasures Island coming to the iPad
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Secret of the Lost Cavern Full version for iPhone now available
You can buy it now for $4.99 on the AppStore. Just click here.
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Our iPads just arrivedWe received our 2 iPads this morning and we're working hard to get our games working on them.
We'll give you more news asap, but we can already say we'll have at least 5 iPad games within the next 6 months.
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Return to Mysterious Island 2 for MacWe're pleased to announce Return to Mysterious Island 2 for Mac is now complete and in final testing.
The game will be available as a download within 2 weeks.
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Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 4 now available on the AppStoreSecret of the Lost Cavern Episode 4 now available on the AppStore at this address http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/secret-lost-cavern-episode/id355300009?mt=8.
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Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 3 now available on the AppStoreSecret of the Lost Cavern Episode 3 now available on the AppStore at this address http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/secret-lost-cavern-episode/id350351206?mt=8.
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posted on 2010-01-21 16:25:31
Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 2 now available on the AppStoreSecret of the Lost Cavern Episode 2 now available on the AppStore at this address http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/secret-of-the-lost-cavern-ep-2/id348819879?mt=8.
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Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 2 almost thereEpisode 2 is ready to be submitted to the AppStore, so it "should" available within 2 or 3 weeks. We know we're a little bit late but we had a few issues with the localization. The good news is episode 3 is almost ready for submission and should follow in a couple of weeks.
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Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 1 now available on the AppStoreThis is it ! Secret of the Lost Cavern is finally available on the iPhone.
We started this project in december 2008. Yes, it took us almost a year to port it, adapt the gameplay, build new tools and optimize our code.
The game will be released in 4 episodes and Episode 1 costs only 99 cents for a few days. New episodes will be available monthly and you should see Episode 2 before Christmas, since it's ready for submission.
You can find more informations, screenshots and videos at this address.
You can buy on the AppStore just clicking here.
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How to remove oil stains from a driveway paved?
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When I saw my first glimpse of LittleBigPlanet back in 2007, I knew that Media Molecule had something special on their hands. The concept was arguably the most original thing I had seen in many, many years. Even though I received a ton of ridicule from many of my gaming-friends, I held firmly onto my opinion; LBP was going to be something special and would change the way that many people look at games. Sure enough, once the game finally saw a release, all of my reservations about the game proved to be true. LittleBigPlanet was a certified hit and it did in fact change the way a lot of people look at games. The first game gave its players a chance to do more than just "play" a game; once people get comfortable with the interface and tools involved, the possibilities would be endless. LBP players ended up doing more with the original game than anyone expected them too... and now that Media Molecule and Sony have released a new package with even more powerful tools (both in description of ability and quantity), I have a feeling that things are going to see it taken to levels beyond all of our imaginations.
I will be honest with you, I don't even know where to start when it comes to reviewing a game like LittleBigPlanet 2. On one hand, you can approach it like a straight forward game but I fear that judging it solely as a gaming experience cuts both the game and potential players short of the title's true potential. On the other hand, I could look at it solely as a set of tools but the truth is that not everyone will get into and use the create features. I think that you have to look at LBP2 from all angles and judge at on its package as a whole; you have to take everything into account and consider it a package deal. Under normal circumstances, I don't feel that you should judge something based solely on its potential, but in the case of LittleBigPlanet 2, you really don't have any other choice.
There is a "story" mode, or campaign, of sorts in LittleBigPlanet 2, but you should know going in that this mode isn't the focus of the game and you shouldn't judge it solely on its contents. Just because it isn't the primary mode of the game doesn't mean that its not important or enjoyable. In LBP2, Sackboy is being recruited by an organized group of heroes that call themselves the Alliance. This group, led by Larry Da Vinci, is a rebel group organized for the purpose of taking down the evil Negativitron which is wreaking havoc across the world. Da Vinci and the other high-ranking members of the faction will run you (Sackboy) through a series of levels meant to put you to the test and see if you are up to the challenge. Before it is all said and done, you and the Alliance will face off against the Negativitron and hopefully take it down.
The levels of the campaign serve a purpose above and beyond entertaining you with a tale. All of the levels are meant to introduce you to the concept of the game world, it's objects, give you a chance to stock your tool kit with items and stickers, as well as give you ideas for crafting your own creations. Each level is set up with a theme of sorts. One may focus on appropriate use of the grappling hook tool while another may focus solely on different environmental dangers or perhaps the physics of the game's bounce pads. It is all meant to be a learning experience. The gameplay changes quite a bit through the course of the adventure as things don't focus solely on platforming as the series has done in the past. Since the game allows you to create more than just platforming levels and games now, Media Molecule makes sure that you get a taste of more than just platforming in the adventure. You will still spend quite a bit of time running and jumping through the environment but players will also experience some racing / driving style courses and even a couple of well-designed shooter style stages involving a bumble bee. As I said before, this is all intended to provide you with inspiration for your own designs in the game's create mode. Everything that you experience in the game has been created using the game's tools; keep that in mind if you play through the game.
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How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
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How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 1:09 AM
How many of you have separate freezers and try and control costs by either breaking large pieces of meat, purchasing in bulk when prices are low or institutional, or put up precooked potrtions such as spaghetti sauce, pulled pork, or make up large amounts of flash frozen needs such as chopped onion or peppers for example when prices are very low?
Do you make up batch bases that you use commonly such as mirapoix, onions and peppers or other bases? How about reductions from what you'd normally throw away and used for latter flavoring or making up stocks? Saving rendred chicken fat or bacon drippings? Freezing what would be considered vegetable trash such as peelings, onion ends, celery trimmings for latter use in stocks?
I don't can as there is no economic or seasonal reason to do so down here where the savings would be worth it. I try to stay about a month ahead and no more, so freezer burn isn't an issue. My efforts are more about trying to save a buck and time efficiency to get a different home cooked meal made daily made with savings of time and around the limitations of cooking for two. There's also another motive should the we have outages because of weather, we have at least 2 weeks of resources that can be backed up with emergency power. That extends to a build up of canned, unpersishables,water, and fuel around April/May in anticipation of the storm season for a maximum of expectations of 2 weeks to a month without power which from past history is the norm.
Do many of you do any of this? I dont know what the savings are, but I'm sure we save a bundle each year. I try to save when items are bogo and buy as much as I can store for things we use recurringly. Coupons are generally a waste of time if store brands are involved. Otherwise, they do help on brand name products. None of the stores down here have allowed doubling or competitve discounts, so we don't have that advantage of multiple chains competing.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 1:39 AM
I don't obsess about it like some folks do, but since there are only two of us I quite regularly buy things in the larger packaging (meat, especially) and then split it out into portions that make a meal for us. I certainly don't keep separate freezers, nor do I make a point of having enough food to feed us for a month in the event of the apocalypse, but I do have quite a store of food on hand most of the time.
Saving bacon drippings doesn't fall into this category for me, as I do it because I love how things taste when fried in it. Has nothing to do with saving money. Most things like sauces and stocks I do several gallons at a time not through some effort to save money but because I don't know how to make less than that much, so I always have some in the freezer. Whether or not I save vegetable parts that would normally get thrown out depends on how much room I have in my freezer, but I pretty much always have a ham bone or two, at least a couple of chickens' worth of bones, and various containers of pan drippings if I didn't make gravy when roasting something.
The only time I buy things ahead specifically to freeze because they're cheap is in summer, when local produce is practically being given away. I chop onions and peppers to freeze, and my niece and I just started doing our own broccoli and cauliflower last summer. I also freeze or dry herbs from my garden, but that's not so much about saving money as the fact that they simply have more flavour, and what I preserve will last until more grows.
More than shopping ahead, I shop on sale. Rarely do I buy anything outside of the staples that isn't on sale that week, although I will make an exception if I have a specific recipe in mind or a party to attend. Most often, I end up basing my meals for the week based on what is on sale coupled with what I have in my house.
And then there are the days it comes in handy, like today. I found out on Friday I had to make Easter dinner, but I was working solidly all weekend and couldn't get to the store. I had bought a ham purely because they were on sale, and the rest of the dinner came from my freezer and pantry.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 9:40 AM
I don't spend but a few dollars at the Supermarket with mfr. coupons (double sometimes triple). The more coupons used the more likely Catalina (register printed) coupons for save $x off the next shopping order will roll-out.
I juice most of my vegetables rather than eat them. I use a local Butcher that supplies bacon ends chicken fat & whatever scrap I want or need...for a very low price.
I have a stockpile of Coco Puffs large enough to survive any disaster. We just had a natural disaster that was as bad as it could be...and the thing I know is that when that happens...preparing meals at home is the last concern I have.
Between making sure elderly folks in the neighborhood that have a difficult time getting around have or can find their prescriptions a location for a dialysis treatment etc. and the coffee drinkers have coffee...no time for cooking meals.. When the coffee drinkers don't have coffee...watch out. I learned that.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 11:07 AM
I'll do it with meat, usually I can find at least chicken or pork on sale in bulk or "family" packs. The store I usually get meat from has them all in the same big pack, so I will individually wrap each breast or chop for the freezer. If Wegmans has meat on sale, I'll buy a family pack, and each piece is already portioned off in it's own little shrink-wrapped section, so I just roll it up and stick it in the freezer. I can then just cut one out of the pack when I need to.
Other things I don't bother with, since I'm usually just cooking for me, so I don't need to have much on hand. But I am hoping within the next year or two to be moved and into a new house, where I'd like to start a garden and maybe a small greenhouse, then either eat right away or preserve what I'd grow, and not have to buy a lot of things at the store.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 11:56 AM
I try to freeze as little as possible and go to the grocery store nearly every day to buy fresh. Giant Eagle did have whole chickens buy one get one free so there is a whole chicken in the freezer. We go to an Italian specialty store and buy a couple of pounds of hot sausage which I portion and freeze. I do the same with Carle's brats. My kitchen cabinets are mostly empty as I buy things when I need them.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 12:10 PM
I buy cases of Vodka and put them in the freezer, I do this a couple of times a week!
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 4:55 PM
At least 6 months ahead....when it comes to alcohol. If I had to listen to the Super Loud 5000 generators for a few more hours...there would have been more disaster.
I found very cute canning jars...just for fun. I wouldn't survive long...if nature and outdoors were involved.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 5:07 PM
We don't stock up that much. Only the 2 of us and one is vegetarian. We have a lot of dry beans, lentils and such on hand. We buy vegetable stock in those containers like juice drinks come in and now Hunt's sells tomato sauce in the same kind of container which last longer. Rarely buy any kind of meat. We could eat out of our dry pantry for a few weeks.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 7:51 PM
I used to stock up, not so much anymore. If my favorite butcher puts his ground beef on sale, I will.I honestly dont have time to.Being on a bus, with an 8 hour day, exhausts me from shopping as I used to.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 9:04 PM
Our local IGA still has an in house butcher THANK GOD!
They do a first 10 days of the month a 10lbs sale.
10lbs of:
whole fryers
1/4 fryers
ground beef
ground chuck
ground sirloin
pork chops (various styles)
sausage (various styles)
various steaks
and more
I will usually buy Ground Beef (it's realllllllllllllly good stuff ground several times a day)
boneless center cut pork chops
chicken thighs
bulk sausage
I have a vacuum sealer and break it down into 1 - 2 lbs and vac it and freeze it.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Mon, 04/1/13 10:28 PM
I've been working 6-7 days a week, so I don't get to menu plan like I used to. I usually stop on my way home every night. I spend a lot more money that way but I just don't have the time to plan ahead. I do, however, cook a fresh meal at least 5 to 6 nights a week. We usually get take out once or twice a week. No frozen or packaged prepared foods though.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Tue, 04/2/13 7:00 PM
There's only 2 of us now; semi-fixed income. I buy bulk and re-package, often stuff on sale or pink slipped for the last day of sale and freeze. Leftovers get frozen or eaten in 2 days. Bones get saved in the freezer for making soups and stews. Sometimes when there is small morsel of meat left, it gets frozen and then a bunch ground together to stuff shells, make lasagna, a "revised" meatloaf, etc.
Things like veggies and potatoes get close "portion control" Leftovers, if any, get made into something else. Same with rice.
If my wife did the shopping, food costs would skyrocket 3-4X. I do 95% of the cooking.
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Re:How Many of You Do Portioning and Pre-preparation?
Sun, 04/7/13 11:09 AM
There are only two of us, also. I buy some things at Sam's (they have great pork chops) and freeze in meal sized portions. They have really good pork loins, but they are huge. I cut them into more manageable portions and freeze.
I freeze vegetables in summer when farmer's market has them fairly cheap.
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WASHINGTON — Affirmative action in university admissions survives for now, under a Supreme Court ruling in a closely watched case that involves the University of Texas.
People line up in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday before it opened for its last scheduled session.
In a 7-1 decision Monday, justices directed a lower appellate court to examine more closely the University of Texas' admissions policies that may take race into account. Though the university now faces tougher scrutiny, the decision leaves intact an earlier Supreme Court ruling that concluded racial diversity in college admissions can be justified as a compelling state interest.
"A university must make a showing that its plan is narrowly tailored to achieve … the benefits of a student body diversity that encompasses a broad array of qualifications and characteristics of which racial or ethnic origin is but a single though important element," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
The decision sends the University of Texas affirmative action challenge back to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. There, Kennedy said, judges must determine whether the university has demonstrated that its admissions program is "narrowly tailored" to obtain the educational benefits of diversity.
"Whether this record, and not simple assurances of good intention, is sufficient is a question for the court of appeals," Kennedy wrote, adding pointedly that "the reviewing court must ultimately be satisfied that no workable race-neutral alternatives would produce the educational benefits of diversity."
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Frustrating the hopes of some conservatives, including Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, the court's majority didn't use the University of Texas case to overturn a 2003 decision that involved the University of Michigan Law School. In that earlier ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the Michigan school's use of race as one admissions factor among many, and Kennedy reaffirmed this earlier conclusion as a "given" Monday rather than as something to be second-guessed.
"We're thrilled that the court has reaffirmed affirmative action as one tool that colleges can utilize," said Sherrilyn Ifill, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Bill Powers, the president of the University of Texas at Austin, said in a statement that university officials were encouraged by the ruling, although they still have a legal fight ahead of them.
"We remain committed to assembling a student body … that provides the educational benefits of diversity on campus while respecting the rights of all students and acting within the constitutional framework established by the court," Powers said.
The largely positive reactions from affirmative action supporters reflected, in part, relief stemming from their recognition that they may have dodged a bullet.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a Republican appointee who's since retired, wrote the 2003 majority opinion, which included the key conclusion that "student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions."
Justice Samuel Alito, a staunch conservative who's voiced much more skepticism about racial preferences, replaced O'Connor in 2005. Alito, nonetheless, didn't join either Scalia or Thomas on Monday in writing concurring opinions to voice disapproval of racial preferences.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the sole dissenter, and she underscored her points by reading a summary of her dissent from the bench.
"The court rightly declines to cast off the equal protection framework settled 10 years ago," Ginsburg said, though she added concerns about the rest of the court's decision Monday.
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