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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will join members of the Wayne County Economic Development Board, Norfolk Southern Railway representatives, and state and local officials on Wednesday for a tour and update on the development of the Heartland Intermodal Gateway at Prichard.
"Intermodal cargo is a hot commodity and it's growing jobs. This is a prime time to take stock of the progress on construction at Prichard and chart out a comprehensive marketing strategy that will lead to solid opportunities and broad benefits," said Rahall, top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. "I have worked to make the federal government a full federal partner in this jobs generator since the Rahall Transportation Institute first identified intermodal cargo opportunities for our region. I stand ready to help build on what we have achieved to ensure this region captures its full share of modern day transport opportunities."
With Rahall's support, the Heartland Intermodal Gateway Facility at Prichard received a $12 million federal grant through the Fiscal Year 2011 National Infrastructure Investments, or "TIGER III," Discretionary Grants Program for construction.
"Governor Tomblin has helped move this project along on the State side and I believe this update will be beneficial to both of us as we strive to seize every opportunity the Heartland facility offers our State," Rahall said. "I look forward to continuing to work with our Governor to bring the vast potential of this facility to reality."
Tomblin helped to move the facility's development ahead through his completion of an operations agreement with Norfolk Southern. The West Virginia Port Authority owns the Heartland Intermodal Gateway facility and has worked in concert with federal agencies, Norfolk Southern and local officials to develop the intermodal cargo operation.
"The Heartland Intermodal Gateway Facility will play a vital role in helping our state successfully compete for upcoming economic development projects," Tomblin said. "The investments supported by Congressman Rahall and our state Department of Transportation have the potential to open a number of freight corridors and port destinations from Virginia to Chicago and will help our state strengthen its presence in both the trucking and rail shipment industries."
The Rahall Transportation Institute's (RTI) long-running work with the Prichard project has been multifaceted. Most recently, RTI has been identifying opportunities to improve the economic competiveness of regional shippers, better enabling them to tap into the lucrative international freight markets.
"Transportation research clearly points to the economic benefits that can be achieved by integrating various modes of transportation, like highway and rail, as seamlessly as possible. The Rahall Transportation Institute has worked to make the Heartland Intermodal Gateway a model of welding our region's economy to the global marketplace more seamlessly and efficiently. It is truly building jobs through transportation," said state Sen. Robert H. Plymale, who authored state legislation to provide a funding source for projects like the Heartland Intermodal Gateway at Prichard.
The Wayne County Economic Development Authority is helping to coordinate potential business development related to the Prichard facility with the aim of accruing the fullest possible economic benefit for the area.
"The Heartland Intermodal Gateway is a portal for commerce that holds job opportunities for the entire Tri-State region. Wayne County's partnership with all levels of government and Norfolk Southern will serve as a job catalyst, developing additional business and industry within our transportation hub that Congressman Rahall, Governor Tomblin and so many have worked so hard to build," said West Virginia Delegate Don Perdue, executive director of the Wayne County Economic Development Authority.
At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Rahall and Tomblin will participate in a project update meeting provided by the Wayne County Economic Development Authority, West Virginia Public Port Authority, West Virginia Development Office, and the Rahall Transportation Institute in the conference room of Allevard Sogefi USA in Prichard followed by a site tour.
HUNTINGTON -- The Heartland Intermodal Gateway at Prichard in Wayne County is expected to be completed in December 2015 and have a major economic impact on the Tri-State area and West Virginia, visiting business leaders were told Monday.
State Sen. Bob Plymale joined more than 30 economic development officials from around the Mountain State to view construction of the intermodal facility during a breakout tour during the West Virginia Economic Development Council's annual conference on Monday. Plymale, who has been a strong advocate for the facility for more than a decade, said the facility is nearly 50 percent complete.
While the Huntington area has many economic development sites to showcase to visiting business leaders, Plymale said the intermodal facility will be the only one of its kind in West Virginia, which makes it an obvious destination.
"If you're going to compete globally, you've got to have the ability to ship containers because that's what most things are shipped by," Plymale said. "Most industries are going to that containerization, and this facility will allow you free access to the Port of Norfolk and to the Midwest and West Coast. It gives you the opportunity ship to anywhere in the nation, and in the world."
Plymale said the intermodal facility would be advantageous for any company within a 75- to 100-mile radius, which includes businesses from Ohio and Kentucky. He said he recently spoke with Kentucky House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins, who called the facility a "game changer."
The Prichard site is a perfect location for such a facility, said Dan Motley, industrial development manager for Norfolk Southern Corporation. He said studies indicated the location, sitting along the company's Heartland Corridor rail line, the Big Sandy River, U.S. 52 and near Tri-State Airport, was a logical fit in the company's Heartland Corridor project.
"This sits right along our line that has (Norfolk, Virginia,) on one end and Columbus, Ohio, on the other," Motley said. "We already owned part of the site here, which helped, too."
Both Motley and Plymale said one of the key impacts the intermodal facility will have is it will provide a level of shipping production totally unavailable to businesses is the area. Plymale said he expects the facility will be appealing to businesses seeking to startup or relocate, and bringing those businesses to Heartland Intermodal Gateway at Prichard is good not only for the immediate area, but also for all of West Virginia.
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall are scheduled to provide an update on the intermodal facility Wednesday at Allevard Sogefi USA in Prichard.
The WVEDC annual conference also included tours to Heritage Farm and Museum and Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing. The three tour locations were designed to showcase the variety of economic development thriving in the Huntington area to the more than 100 economic development officials. The event also featured many guest speakers including Ann Barth, TechConnect executive director; Christy Bailey, National Coal Heritage Area executive director; and Russ Bailey, U.S. Foodservice president.
Gary Walton, Huntington Area Development Council president and event organizer, said the conference is not only a great resource for business information, but also a perfect networking opportunity. He said the opportunity to speak with leaders from around the state is invaluable for those in economic development. He said he's proud to be able to highlight the great things going on around Huntington to his peers.
The conference wraps up Tuesday at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena, following a morning of information sessions featuring a variety of local and state business leaders. The first session begins at 9:15 a.m., with the last beginning at 11:30 p.m.
Construction on a new section of the PATH - Paul Ambrose Trail for Health started Monday on Washington Boulevard between Glenwood Terrace and Holswade Drive (just east of Meadows Elementary School at Hal Greer Boulevard).
The new section will help link Ritter Park to Spring Hill Cemetery.
The project is being funded with private donations through previous Fit Fest events.
The sixth annual Fit Fest will take place at 1 p.m. this Sunday, Sept. 14, at Ritter Park. The event aims to create a healthier community and benefit the Paul Ambrose Trail for Health. Fit Fest is comprised of a 5K walk/run; 10K run; children's 25, 50 and 100 yard dashes; half-mile and mile runs; and healthy vendors and exhibitors.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The uncertainty in the nation's transportation infrastructure system is "creating an invisible crisis," according to the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Anthony Foxx, speaking Monday at the West Virginia Transportation and Infrastructure Summit, said forecasts show the U.S. will be $1.8 trillion behind in transportation infrastructure spending by 2020.
Part of that is caused by partisan gridlock over the reauthorization of the Highway Trust Fund, which in part reimburses states for federally funded highway projects. Money in the fund is expected to run out next month, and departments of transportation across the country will soon have to decide if they will stop or cut back highway projects and affect about 700,000 jobs.
"States can't plan," Foxx said.
Foxx, 40, pointed out past generations have worked to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure, including railways and the interstate highway system. But because Congress hasn't taken action — 27 continuing resolutions have been passed in the last few years to fund the Highway Trust Fund, but no long-term solution has been reached — the current generation is poised to leave things in worse shape for future generations.
"My generation of Americans started out pretty well," Foxx said. "We had the highest standard of living in the world, the strongest, most innovative economy, the best education. We did so because prior generations had blessed us with their own grit, their own determination, their own sacrifices, their own commitment to the future."
In recent years, the U.S. has begun to slip in global rankings. Some speakers at the summit suggested the nation's crumbling infrastructure system is at least partly to blame.
Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., a ranking Democrat on the House Transportation Committee, said other countries are continuing to invest in their infrastructure systems and pull ahead of the U.S. in terms of economic development and the ability to compete in the global marketplace.
"It is certainly a critical time for our nation's transportation and infrastructure," Rahall said. "Modern, safer transportation networks have induced economic development, brought jobs, improved opportunities and have increased the efficiency and profits of businesses here in West Virginia and beyond."
Although Congress has been slow to act on reauthorizing the Highway Trust Fund, the vast majority of Americans support increased spending on transportation and infrastructure. Frank Betz, executive director and CEO of the Rahall Transportation Institute at Marshall University, said a study found the U.S. spends less than 2 percent of gross domestic product on transportation annually.
"Americans overwhelmingly support increasing our infrastructure investment as evidence by consistent support for local investments at the ballot box," Betz said. "American satisfaction ranks 25th of 32 (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) nations for satisfaction in public transit and 17th overall for satisfaction with our roads.
"More than 90 percent of Americans support an increase in transportation infrastructure spending. With the federal gas tax stuck at 18.4 cents a gallon for 20 years, how can we expect to maintain a transportation system that is safe?"
Betz isn't the only transportation expert to note the stagnant federal gas tax. Others argue the tax no longer funds the transportation system as it did in 1993, as fewer people drive and fuel-efficient cars are becoming more popular.
"As cars become more and more fuel efficient, which is a good thing, the average car now gets 25 to 30 miles per gallon where 10 or 15 years ago it got 15 or 20," Larry Malone, project manager for West Virginians for Better Transportation, told the Daily Mail last week. "That means people can spend less on gasoline. When you spend less on gasoline, the number of gallons you buy, when that goes down so does the revenue to the road fund. The road fund is constrained right now because of better fuel efficient vehicles and also inflation has been eating away at the total dollars."
Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., have introduced a plan that would increase the gas tax by six cents and tie future gas tax increases to inflation. Other, similar plans are on the table as well.
Since 2008, the federal government has taken $50 billion from general funds to fund the needs of the nation's transportation infrastructure, said Pete Ruane, president and CEO of the American Road and Transportation Builders Union. As Congress stalls on the Highway Trust Fund, seven states have already cut back on their highway projects while 28, including West Virginia, have announced their plans to scale back. But it doesn't need to be that way, Ruane said.
"The opportunity is right there in front of us," he said. "Congress needs to seize the moment."
Nearly 20 employees from the Rahall Transportation Institute and the Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research left the office Friday morning to grab paint brushes and trash bags to do some summer sprucing.
Their goal was to touch up the Paul Ambrose Trail for Health mural located at the 10th Street underpass and clean trash and debris from the area. Employees from RTI and Bulldog Creative Services were the primary painters of the mural in 2011, and Emily Hagan, marketing programs project specialist for RTI, said getting volunteers to come out and maintain it has never been a problem.
"So far we have come out once a year to maintain the area," Hagan said. "We don't want to just come out one time, do a project and leave it alone. We want it to stay looking nice for the city."
Hagan said the underpass is a direct gateway connecting downtown Huntington with Ritter Park. She said she was surprised when she first realized how many people use the walkway for exercise or going from one place to another.
Amanda Payne, trails program manager, said as a Huntington resident she is happy to take part in helping the city look nice.
"In college I just lived a few blocks from here, and it's interesting to see the change this mural and the PATH have made," Payne said. "I run here and used to walk this way to go to work, and it's much nicer than just a plain wall."
The Paul Ambrose Trail for Health (PATH) is a bicycle and pedestrian trail system that provides free, healthy recreational opportunities for Huntington and surrounding areas. Hagan said reception of the initiative has been outstanding the past few years, and multiple cities have contacted RTI to inquire how they can replicate the PATH project.
Outdoor enthusiasts in West Virginia now have the ability to plan trips on about 4,000 miles of recreational trail entirely online, whether from a desktop, tablet or smartphone.
The West Virginia Trail Inventory is a digital map of hiking, biking, horseback, water and all-terrain vehicle trails throughout West Virginia that is believed to be one of the first of its kind in the nation.
Friday, officials at the state Division of Tourism debuted the inventory to a group of about 35 tourism and government officials from across the state.
Available online, the map provides a statewide look at where trails begin and where they go, regardless of whether the user is in the Eastern Panhandle or the Metro Valley.
"It's raw data in a form you can manipulate to your own needs," said Bill Robinson, the former state trails coordinator who helped with the project.
Users can zoom to individual trails, which can be overlaid on a variety of maps, including topographical and aerial perspectives.
"We had to be very specific about what we wanted to collect," Robinson said.
By clicking on a given trail, a user can see the uses for which the trail is approved, the elevation profile of a trail, the managing agency responsible for upkeep of the trail and what material comprises the trail's surface.
"A lot of this information has been GPS-validated," said Kurt Donaldson, a Geographic Information Systems Manager at West Virginia University. "There's a lot of purposes that can come from this."
Donaldson said the process to build the map has taken about two years, and is "about 90 percent" complete. Maintenance work will eventually be managed by the state Department of Transportation, which was the lead agency for the map's creation.
The trail inventory only includes trails open to the public on public land, so private trails, like those at Snowshoe Resort in Pocahontas County, are not included.
West Virginia University and the Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute at Marshall University have also assisted with the project. WVU and Marshall students have helped verify trail data and trail locations with portable GPS units, with WVU generally assisting in the northern half of the state and Marshall in the southern half.
Still, there are a few areas that aren't on the map just yet. For example, most hiking trails on public land in the southernmost counties in the state haven't been mapped, though Amanda Payne, the trail systems program manager at the Rahall Transportation Institute, said those trails are in the works for the next phase of the project.
Tourism officials hope the map will help boost awareness of recreational opportunities in West Virginia, both for out-of-state visitors and state residents.
"We're not competing against each other, we're competing against the couch," Will Miller, an outdoor recreation specialist with the state Division of Tourism, told tourism officials at Friday's meeting.
Donaldson and Robinson both said to their knowledge, the map is one of the only state digital trail maps in the U.S., though they said other states will likely create their own maps in the coming years.
Administrators are also encouraging the public to identify and report any corrections, errors or omissions about the map. Such submissions can be made at the map website itself under the "Submit Info" tab.
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HUNTINGTON -- Right in downtown Huntington there is a center dedicated to providing economic, policy and financial research and a variety of other services to the region -- and that center just brought in a new leader who plans to help it continue to prosper just like the businesses it works with.
Jennifer Shand, Ph.D., recently took on the role of director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Marshall University, which falls under the umbrella of the Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (RTI). She said she believes her ability to effectively communicate with business owners and leaders will be a valuable asset to CBER.
"I like to get to know people, to know what it is they are doing and make connections," Shand said. "I think sometimes researchers get too bogged down in the technique. Yes, there's power in doing the best analysis you can and make sure everything is completely correct in the academic sense, but if we can't present that in a way people can understand and digest then the information just goes into a paper and stays there."
CBER is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to being a resource for information. Shand said she is excited to help lead a top-notch research center and develop business and economy in West Virginia and the Tri-State.
The center focuses on energy, education, health, regional development and economics -- all of which are vital to Huntington and the region's growth, Shand said.
"Our most well-developed program areas are energy and national resources economics and demographics," Shand said. "We are trying to explore more how we can reach out to, particularly, the local community and local business. That's a relationship we look to really strengthen."
Shand said through her previous roles at the Economic Center at the University of Cincinnati and Virginia Tech's Office of Economic Development she became aware of CBER and Marshall University. When the opportunity presented itself to take the role of director in Huntington, she said she felt it would be a great fit -- and so far it has been.
Frank Betz, executive director and CEO of RTI and CBER, said the organization is honored to have Shand join the team.
"Her education, as well as her experience in the realms of regional economics and economic development will add tremendous value to our clients, partners and stakeholders," Betz said. "I look forward to working with her in continuing the CBER tradition of quality research and independent analysis to aid economic decision making in the region."
Shand said even in the small amount of time she has been in Huntington she has grown to love the city and surrounding region. She said she looks forward to helping expand business and economic development in her new community.
Shand received her Ph.D. in economics from The Ohio State University, with a specialization in international econimics and regional development.
She received her master's in economics from Miami University of Ohio and her bachelor's in economics and international affairs from James Madison University.
The saying "if you build it, they will come" might have been written for a movie, but it just as easily could have been written for Huntington's Paul Ambrose Trail for Health.
The 26-mile network of recreational trails, popularly known as the PATH, has been in development since 2007. Bethany Williams, program coordinator for the Huntington-based Rahall Transportation Institute, said the trail's growing presence has sparked a surge in recreational cycling, walking and jogging within the city.
"There has been a change," she said. "People seem to be thinking healthier. We're especially seeing it downtown, where bike lanes have been installed. People are riding bikes to work and school, as well as riding them for fun and fitness."
Such use dovetails precisely with developers' vision for the PATH. Williams said its namesake, Dr. Paul Ambrose, championed health and wellness as a form of preventative medicine. After Ambrose was killed in the 9-11 terror attacks, his family set up a foundation to help promote Ambrose's obesity-fighting ideals.
In 2007, Huntington-area officials began drawing up plans for a multi-use trail in and around the city. A public contest gave the trail its name in 2008, and in 2009 volunteers built the first new segment of trail in the city's St. Cloud Commons Park. Successful fund-raising efforts led to plans for segments in the Harveytown area and along the two sections of the city's floodwall.
So far, eight sections have been completed and are in use: a 4.8-mile stretch along the floodwall between Ritter Park and West Huntington; a 2.75-mile stretch along Memorial Boulevard between Ritter Park and Harveytown Road; a 1.7-mile stretch along the floodwall in Guyandotte; a 1.5-mile stretch through Spring Hill Cemetery; a 1.1-mile stretch that encircles Ritter Park; another 1.1-mile stretch that encircles St. Cloud Common Park; an 0.59-mile stretch along Harveytown Road; and an 0.25-mile stretch near the Ohio River in East Huntington.
Organizations began holding events on the trail in 2009.
The first was FitFest, a multi-distance run/walk and community event. Next was the Tour de PATH, a multi-distance bike ride in and along the trail network.
On April 3, the Tour de PATH will join forces with the Healthy Huntington Festival, the culmination of the Healthy Huntington 90-Day Challenge.
"The challenge gives Huntington residents a set of things to do every week that promote healthy living," Williams explained. "The gist is to add a few things every week, and by the end of 90 days it should result in some lifestyle changes. Holding the Healthy Huntington Festival at the end of that gives people a chance to celebrate the improvements they've made in their health."
The festival, headquartered at the city's Pullman Square shopping and dining area, will kick off at 8 a.m. with a 5K run/walk. Williams said event's vendors will focus on healthy eating and healthy habits that include exercise.
The Tour de PATH is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., also at Pullman Square. Williams said the event, which is free and open to all participants, is
"not just for adults, either. Kids are welcome, especially on the shorter ride, which is slower-paced for their little bikes.
"The rides include a 4-mile loop around downtown and Marshall [University]; a 7-mile loop that goes around Marshall and out to Ritter Park and back; and a Grand Tour of 26 miles that follows the PATH where it has been built. There will be two groups going out on the long ride, a slower-paced group and a fast-paced group."
Williams said the Huntington Police Department's bike patrol officers would accompany riders on the 4-mile circuit. "It's going to be a really safe ride," she said. "The only thing we ask is that riders wear helmets. Those who participate will be given a chance to purchase commemorative t-shirts."
City and county officials hope eventually to link the scattered segments into a single cohesive unit. It's possible to ride the entire trail now, but hopping from segment to segment involves riding on city streets or walking on sidewalks.
Williams believes the day will come when people throughout the city will be able to access the trail without traveling more than a few blocks.
"The plans are in place," she said. "Now it's a matter of securing the funding and doing the work to link the segments together."
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Identifying Responders to Xolair (Omalizumab) Using Eosinophilic Esophagitis as a Disease Model
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis(EoE) is a condition characterized commonly by vomiting, nausea, epigastric pain, dysphagia, heartburn and food impaction among other gastrointestinal symptoms along with obstructive esophageal symptoms in both pediatric and adult population. The pathology of this disease is postulated to be allergy mediated and the incidence of this disease is seen to parallel an increase in the incidence of allergies and asthma.
Most of the current therapies for EoE are directed at decreasing esophageal allergic inflammation and mirror the treatment options for allergic asthma. Swallowed corticosteroids and elimination diets or elemental diets have shown variable efficacy is improving symptoms. However, specific pathophysiologic mechanism of EoE is still largely unknown and there is no definitive treatment that completely resolves symptoms and histological findings. Omalizumab is a recently developed anti-IgE antibody that has been shown to decrease the use of inhaled and oral corticosteroids and improve asthma related symptoms in patients with allergic asthma. In this study, Eosinophilic esophagitis is being used as a disease model to study the mechanism of action of monoclonal Anti-IgE antibody in vivo. The resolution of symptoms clinically, and histological changes (and improvements) in response to treatment with Xolair (omalizumab) in patients suffering from EoE will be determined. The primary objective of this open label, study is to determine mucosal markers that will predict responders to Omalizumab (Xolair).
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Biological: Omalizumab
Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Identifying Responders to Xolair (Omalizumab) Using Eosinophilic Esophagitis as a Disease Model
- Our primary objective is to determine markers that will predict responders to Omalizumab(Xolair) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Secondary objectives will be determining the immunological changes in the tissue before and after treatment with Xolair (omalizumab) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Biological: Omalizumab
This is an open label mechanistic study to learn about the effect of Omalizumab on the clinical symptoms and immunohistological findings in established cases of EoE. The dosage for Omalizumab will be based on patient's body weight and baseline IgE level. Omalizumab will be administered subcutaneously every 2 or 4 weeks for total duration of 12 weeks. At enrollment, subjects will have EGD with biopsies performed to confirm diagnosis of EoE and further histologic analysis and special staining. Blood will be drawn for baseline testing and monthly for safety labs. At the end of the 12 week period, repeat endoscopy will be performed and biopsies taken to stain again for various mucosal markers like IgE, IL-13, IL-5 and Tryptase. The patients will be followed for response to therapy with regards to resolution of symptoms and improvement in histology findings on biopsy.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years to 76 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria
- Established diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, determined by eosinophils >15/high power field in the distal esophagus and/or microabscesses.
- Patients should be on therapy either by food avoidance or swallowed steroids, with no change in the food avoidance and steroid dose during therapy.
- One active symptom of disease (epigastric pain, vomiting, nausea, dysphagia or heartburn) at least 2 days of the week.
- Failed response to proton pump inhibitors or a negative ph probe test or Negative impedance study.
- Males and females between ages 12-76 years.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with gastrointestinal reflux disease.
- Eosinophilic disease in the stomach or duodenum.
- Peripheral eosinophil counts >1500 (hyper eosinophilic syndrome).
- Women of childbearing potential not using two forms of contraception method(s) including but not limited to condoms, diaphragm, oral contraceptive pills, other hormonal methods, intrauterine device or tubal ligation and vasectomy, as well as women who are breastfeeding
- Known sensitivity to study drug(s) or class of study drug(s).
- Patients with severe medical condition(s) that in the view of the investigator prohibits participation in the study (specify as required).
- Use of any other investigational agent in the last 30 days.
- Use of systemic or inhaled steroids within the past 1 month.
- History of malignancy.
- Require chronic immunosuppressive therapy including cyclosporine, methotrexate, etc.
- Have been treated with Xolair within the 12 months prior to screening.
- Patients with eosinophilic esophagitis in remission on swallowed steroids.
- Patients with asthma taking inhaled steroids.
- Serum IgE levels < 30 IU/l or > 700 IU/l
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01040598
|United States, Virginia
|O & O Alpan LLC
|Springfield, Virginia, United States, 22152
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|Oral Alpan, MD
|O & O Alpan LLC
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|Study First Received:
|December 27, 2009
|Last Updated:
|March 13, 2012
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by O & O Alpan LLC:
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
monoclonal antibody
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Digestive System Diseases
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
Leukocyte Disorders
Anti-Allergic Agents
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Respiratory System Agents
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Examples of foods you would never buy again once you learned to make them yourself
- cassoulady Jul 29, 2010 10:18 AM
I was interested in hearing about foods that you may have once bought at the store already prepared but once you learne how to make at home, you never bought again. For me, the first that came to mind was marinara sauce. Most recently, ravioli ( it took me time to get it right but I would never go back to store bought). What did you initially buy at the store that you will never do again once you learned to make at home?
Pizza.including the dough. Our favorite spot went under about 2years ago. We tried some other places, but nothing came close. Decided since I enjoy cooking and baking to give it a shot - Dough made 3 days ahead and allowed to rise in the fridge (flour half King Arthur Bread and half KA Sir lancelot). After the first time my wife declared we will NEVER buy pizza again...and now the toppings are exactly as we want them and it's piping hot from the oven!
re: FriedClamFanatic
Seconding the pizza dough...it just irks me to spend money on pizza when I make better at home. I tend to avoid eating at pizzerias because of this. Just made it tonight actually - a whole wheat dough with mozzerella, spicy marinara and turkey pepperoni.
re: mpjmph
recipe? please?
re: mpjmph
I totally agree on the pita bread. It's really not difficult at all, and tastes so much better homemade. In fact. I'm making some today!
Also, chicken stock, marinara sauce, pesto, roasted red peppers, and pierogi. Although I try to stay away from saying "never" if I can help it!
re: auburnselkie
would you mind sharing your pita bread recipe
Tomato sauce, marinara sauce, ravioli, lasagne noodles, ground beef, bulk sausage (haven't gotten around to casings yet), chicken stock.
Mexican salsas (99% of the time). refried beans, roasted green chilis, bread and butter pickles, kimchee, smoked fish, iced tea, fudge, some sausages, I'd like to make whisky but I need someone to show me hands on, trying it with just printed instructions wouldn't cut it.
re: MandalayVA
I would love your ketchup recipe, Mandalay, if you don't mind sharing. Thank you!
I can't go back to:
Pizza, corn tortillas, flour tortillas, bagels, salad dressing, refried beans, lemon curd or hot cocoa packets--gotta use real cocoa, puddings, whipped cream...gosh, lots of stuff I bet I can't even think of it all right now!
There are lots of things I don't buy prepared but that is just because I've always made my own and have never really liked store-bought, like tomato sauce, mac 'n' cheese, rice pilaf, cookies, gravies, any kind of sauce except hot sauce, spice blends.
There are also lots of things that I sometimes use or wish I could use the store bought or locally made versions. We make our own hummus because I can't have salt but I'd LOVE to have some of that red pepper hummous...nommm. Corn chips, especially the greasy ones, are so much more fun when packaged but, too much salt.
re: MandalayVA
I've made ketchup at home before and found the entire task totally too time and labor intensive and the incremental quality (if that) over store bought just wasn't significant enough to justify the additional costs and the aforementioned time and labor.
I'm curious if you do it because of dietary issues or just for the love of it?
Ketchup to me is one those things best left to professionals, same with puff pastry.
re: ipsedixit
I do it because I can only have a limited amount of sodium per day, 400mg. I've found that even little things like mustard and ketchup can really add up quickly. Bread and bagels, pasta sauce, jelly/jam, snacks and those addicting snack bars like cliff bars are the biggest suppliers of sodium for me so we make all those too.
I do like the salt-free ketchup store bought but it is very sweet and they, unfortunately, do not make a sugar free and salt free version. They only seem to make either or.
It can be very labor intensive but I have no patience so I just make it quickly with no-salt added tomato paste, vinegar (balsamic or whatever is on hand), cumin, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and allspice. I've been known to add a tiny bit of molasses at times.
I totally agree about puff pastry! But, I have tried it before and it isn't that hard although it doesn't quite fluff and crisp the way frozen pastry does. Lots of work for not the same results, at least for me.
re: MinkeyMonkey
What's your clif bar recipe?
re: edgarallanho
I have to say they really aren't like cliff bars but they do keep me from eating cliff, balance and granola bars!!
1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup masa harina, 1/4 cup agave sweetener, 1/4 cup uncooked millet, 1/4 cup unsweetened, finely shredded coconut, vanilla, almond extract, an egg. Blend, roll to 1/3 inch thick (1/4 inch makes them crispy and harder), cut into rectangles, and bake at 350 for eight minutes on one side then flip and bake five minutes on the other side. Made about 12 bars.
We always change it up using different flours, cocoa, raisins, nuts or cinnamon or cardamon. It is a fun and easy recipe to play with. My boyfriend made it up because one cliff bar is almost three thirds of my daily sodium allowance. This really does keep me from eating pre-made bars.
You'd probably have to tweek it some because we tweek everything due to being at 8250 feet altitude and because we put them in the toaster/convection oven. We use the bake setting.
I hope you like them!
Edit: I forgot to say that we sometimes use egg replacer (vegan white powder in a box) instead of an egg and they turn out really well. I think it gives them a bit more of a chewy texture.
re: MinkeyMonkey
Your ketchup recipe actually sounds good. I hate store ketchup - anything that sweet and vinegary needs lots of garlic - or less sugar - maybe both.
re: ipsedixit
Sorry, didn't see this until now. My ketchup takes me five minutes to make. Recipe here:
I double the recipe and cut down the Splenda to a TB--if you don't have a problem with sugar I would imagine you could use that but you might want to consider confectioner's sugar for consistency purposes. I've served this to people in red squeeze bottles and they've loved it. I started making it due to the sugar avoidance but fell in love with it on first taste.
re: MandalayVA
Thank you! I've bookmarked it. It is very similar to the one I've made only mine had molasses and chili powder. I'm going to try this one with agave. Thanks!
re: MandalayVA
I'll have to try that recipe made with real sugar! (I don't do sweeteners...) I don't mind buying ketchup but it looks like that would be cheaper and it has less gunk in it.
So many of those already listed: hummus, pasta sauces, flatbread, refried beans, roasted chiles and peppers, stock/broth, and macaroni and cheese.
Also any kind of soup, and rice pudding, and pre-made bloody mary mix (does that count as a food?). Some spice mixes, as well (once my spice cupboard was stocked, I took greater initiative in researching any type of mix I lacked, and I almost always can make my own from what I have on hand, and found that I prefer tailoring it to my taste).
I hope to add Greek yogurt and a larger selection of bread to my list soon.
re: onceadaylily
Second on the soup. Homemade soup rocks and is so easy!
re: onceadaylily
I think Boody Mary mix is one of the major food groups :)
re: c oliver
Done with care, it is almost the same thing as a salad. And once the splash of beef stock is factored in, it looks suspiciously like a decent pureed soup.
re: c oliver
Ditto on Bloody Mary mix, although the name takes me uncomfortably back to the Tudor dynasty and all those internecine executions.
I propose a new name: Tomato Gazpacho Gimlet.
And if you're not puttin' ground celery seed in there, then life is passing you by.
re: FoodFuser
For a time, I had access to a juicer. Fresh cucumber juice started out as a light and refreshing addition, but started to taste a bit cloying before I had finished the drink (I think I added too much). And the celery juice didn't hold a candle to the ground seed.
re: Passadumkeg
You MAKE those??? I'm very impressed. Is it difficult?
re: c oliver
No, I would love to make them and never have to buy them again. I make only wines & beers.
re: Passadumkeg
See? I actually thought you make them!
"Never" is a strong word, and a very long time.
That said, here are things that I have YET to buy since either learning how to make them or starting to make them at home:
- peanut butter
- biscuits
- granola
- gravy
- pie crust
- pizza dough
NO guarantees that I'll never buy those items again (heck, emergencies do arise), but since I started making those things at home, I have yet to buy them from a market.
re: ipsedixit
Yeah, I don't like to say "never." Gravy is a good one, though. I don't like store-bought gravy, so if I couldn't make it myself I'd just do without.
re: ipsedixit
Gravy is a good addition to the list. I remember my first Thanksgiving, scribbling 'gravy' on that long market list with the utmost sincerity, and scouring the shelf for the brand my mother always bought. I also remember the first Thanksgiving with the boyfriend, and the moment he asked me, "Where did you put the the giblets? And the liver?", my eyes darting to the trash can, and the look of horror on his face when I glanced back at him.
That was also the year I decided that asparagus was 'fancier' than mashed potatoes, and so I failed to comprehend the gravy crisis. Or the mashed potato crisis. I know, I can't believe he stayed either.
re: onceadaylily
Oh, wow, he was a saint. And you were serving asparagus in November :(
re: c oliver
Ha. I was waiting for someone to gasp aloud at the season.
re: onceadaylily
One of the things I like about you is your ability to poke fun at yourself.
re: onceadaylily
November was not a problem in older times if you used the Green Giant canned asparagus.
In those days before Chilean imports of fresh asparagus in November, Mom would serve the canned. I still eat at least one can a year in praise of her doing the best that she could.
re: FoodFuser
Ha. My mother served canned as well, with a sauce made from a packet. She's come along though. Once she realized that she managed to raise three children who loved to cook (and herself had far fewer people to cook for), she started looking at her kitchen with renewed interest.
re: onceadaylily
Ditto with my Mom & canned asparagus- I was a ten before I ever tasted the real thing. Until then I'd thought I didn't like it. Oddly enough, when I was a kid canned asparagus was the only vegetable my cat would eat, and he loved the stuff! Go figure...
re: eclecticsynergy
It's interesting and unique stuff. But I fear it will fade away as the generations move on and there is no longer the matriarchal connection with those mom's that served it because it was all that they could get.
The key to eating the Green Giant canned asparagus is in savoring the nostalgia, and sequestering the desire for the much finer crunch of today's fresh stems gently steamed.
It's what Mom did. And she did the best she could in those days of the Great American Culinary Desert.
Should we start a betting pool to wager the year that Green Giant finally abandons the canned product to focus only upon the frozen and the fresh? Put me down for 2019.
re: onceadaylily
Eh, I make a perfectly good gravy without the giblets. In fact, I prefer it to the one my aunt makes WITH giblets. I little buerre manie and the lovely pan juices and you're good to go.
I will say that the idea of asparagus in November horrifies me more than the potato or gravy issues. :-) Thanks for sharing your story...everyone needs a few good disaster stories, right? I'm sure we could make an entire thread about Thanksgiving disaster stories.
As to the original post, my list isn't too dissimilar to others. I would definitely put:
deli meats
cookies (except for Nilla Wafers...sometimes NOTHING will do except the real thing!) ice cream
curry paste
...and probably other stuff I can't remember. :-)
Things I can make and will not buy pre-made/pre-packaged unless there is a dire emergency:
Chocolate pudding
Chocolate Chip Cookies (most cookies actually)
Chicken/Turkey gravy
Pancake mix
egg drop soup
Chinese BBQ Pork (unless I happen to be in Chinatown)
pizza dough
cinnamon rolls
Things I can make but are just so darn hard or time consuming that I prefer someone else to make:
puff pastry
apple turnovers
wontons/Chinese dumplings
Roasted bell peppers. I agree with previous posters that "never" is a strong word, but it's been an awfully long time since I've bought chicken stock.broth-for many things, I'll use homemade veggie broth before canned chicken.
I wish I could say salsa, because homemade is much better and I do know how to make it, including several kinds that can be made even when tomatoes are easy. I still succumb to the storebought pretty regularly. Such a cheap date when it comes to salsa.
BBQ Sauce
roasted red pepper dip
Cole Slaw(s)
Potato Salad
Pizza dough
- i will go to the store and sometimes think about buying bread and I will be like...ehh, ill just make some instead.
Tomato Sauce/Marinara sauce?bbq sauce
- I think I dont buy these at the store mainly out of pride, because I know I can make it myself and generally better
re: The Professor
wow, you really would never buy beer?
re: cassoulady
Very rarely. There's no need to, unless I want to try something new that folks are buzzing about (even then, I usually buy only one bottle just to try it, because of past disappointments with commercial beer).
I've been brewing a long time (39 years as of last month) and have pretty much figured out how to make the styles I enjoy, and make them with good repeatability. I do it mainly because I like to, but a big bonus is the amount of money saved making my own. With the types of beers I like averaging $8 or $9 a sixpack for the commercial versions, I can duplicate most of them and in a few cases improve on them for a fraction of that cost (especially if I manage to get a good buy on grain).
Brewing is my "treehouse".
re: The Professor
Do you have access to an autoclave for bottle sterilization?
re: FoodFuser
No, but actual sterilization isn't necessary...just _really_ good and thorough sanitation.
I have bottled strong beers (which have already been aged conditioned in a keg) that are just fine (and in some cases, incredible) years after bottling. Even more normal strength beers that I've bottled to give away as gifts hold up fine for the time that passes betwen bottling and consumption.
Of course, If I had access to an autoclave I'd use it, but it would be a luxury, most certainly _not_ a necessity.
Like others, marinara sauce comes to mind - but my big one is roast chicken. I used to stop by Costco or Ralph's and pick one up for dinner when I was fresh out of school, and now I can't imagine it.
re: visciole
Would you mind posting your biscotti recipe?
re: MinkeyMonkey
I have used many recipes available on the web but I tend to like less sugar and I usually use at least part whole wheat flour, so I modify it to suit my tastes. Also you can add whatever flavorings or nuts, etc., that you like. But this basic recipe is pretty much it, though I mix the eggs and flour mixture by hand, and often am too lazy to toast the almonds:
They are SO easy and comparatively healthy, and they keep a long time. Hope you enjoy making them.
re: visciole
Thanks for posting this! Sounds like you bake the way we do, less sugar, more whole wheat :)
things that I almost never buy:
- mayo and mayo-based salads like coleslaw
- cinnamon buns
- gravy or some other easy sauce
- pie shells
- cake mix
- frosting
- whipped cream
- any kind of frozen meal
- most pre made stuff like soups or mashed potatos or mac n cheese
things I buy when i dont have time to make my own
- meatballs
- pasta
- bread
- ice cream
- pizza
- cookies
Deli meat (roast the meat myself, slice it up: way cheaper)
Pizza dough
Mac n cheese (baked and stovetop versions)
pie dough
whipped cream
tomato sauce (marinara)
refried beans
I could probably go on forever...
quiche, even with pre rolled frozen pastry it's so much nicer and you can use vegetables or cans of veggies and old bits of cheese up.
Mostly everything already mentioned by others as well as hella expensive marinades, rubs, spice mixtures, pesto, and gravlox. It just boggles my mind when I see people spending their bucks when it's SO much better AND cost effective to make your own! Everyone has to eat but there are those who don't enjoy cooking or eating, or want to spend their time point blank.
re: kemi5
There seems to be a burger joint nowadays on almost every commercial block in Toronto, where I live, but I can't conceive of ordering one - either from a chain or its fancy so-called "gourmet" equivalent - when it's so much tastier to put one together yourself from mainly fresh-ground chuck. Then to barbecue or grill it exactly the way you want it. Even the fancy restos can't seem to master cooking a burger medium rare. It's invariably done medium and beyond, the excuse usually being that it's dangerous to your health to cook ground meat less than medium. That's possible, I suppose, if the meat has been sloppily prepared in a busy commercial kitchen, but problem solved when you do it - correctly - yourself.
Several people have mentioned granola, and I will expand on that.
Simply: you can reduce the amount of oil, and honey, to bake up some good breakfast cereal. A Misto sprayer for oil gives us a reduced but complete application of oil.
It's really just about baking the oats. Try it a few times and you will perfect that art of toastie oaties..
re: CharlieKilo
Yes! We won't even order burgers in a restaurant any more.
Frozen or deli pizza
Fruit Turnovers (i.e. like pepperidge farms)
I've always liked them, but I just like mine better!
My list reads much like everyone else's:
*salad dressing
*gravy (I have NEVER in my life bought canned or jarred gravy; it was one of the first things I learned to make)
*roasted bell peppers
*roasted garlic
*Greek yoghurt (I adore it, but all you have to do is strain regular plain yoghurt through cheesecloth - or what's called huck toweling)
*Ranch dressing
*bread of almost every kind
*French fries, because spiced oven fries are a million times better. Well, ok, a thousand times better.
I'm still working on my sauce bolognese and mayonnaise.
Thinking of mastering granola in the solar oven - it's too hot to use the gas oven in the summertime, and given a low liquid content and enough airspace, many things do brown in a solar oven.
re: gentlyferal
Oh, and I totally forgot kombucha! Not so much a food as a folk health tonic. But delicious - given black tea, white sugar, and a lively kombucha culture, you can get a cloudy, bubbly brew that tastes of a good light lager, with winy and cidery notes. I've got a gallon almost ready on my kitchen table. A week or two after bottling, it'll be frothy enough to form a beautiful head when poured.


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Driving home tonight, the radio was on a station I don't normally listen to and the Dr. Drew show was on. He got a call from a young man, age 23, about to graduate college and become a teacher. The man admits to smoking marijuana daily since about age 16. Man wants to know how long he needs to stop smoking pot in order to pass his drug test to become a teacher. Dr. Drew tells him two months, tells him he is a marijuana "addict", responds that there is no such thing as "psychological addiction", says every marijuana "addict" he treats in California has their medical marijuana card (well, duh, who wants to be arrested?), tells the young man that the marijuana "addiction" has put him in denial and led to "drug motivational" thinking because the young man admitted he only wanted to know how long to stop smoking so he could pass and then start smoking again after he became a teacher.
The problem I have with the Dr. Drew show I heard is this reflexive labeling of someone who uses marijuana daily as an "addict". This young man sounds like he's doing OK. He's graduating college at age 23, just about right on time. He's becoming a teacher. If he was drinking a beer every day, would he be an alcoholic? Would his promise to drink beer after he became a teacher be an example of "alcoholic motivational thinking?" The only problem he has is the illegality of marijuana and the idiocy of collecting people's urine to judge their fitness for teaching children.
Some people have an unhealthy relationship with cannabis. According to NIDA, about 9% of users can develop marijuana dependence. All I ask is that Dr. Drew make it clear that 91% of us are not dependent, we just like to use cannabis! Like Hunter S. Thompson said, it's like beer, ice, and grapefruit – you could live your life without it, but why?
To be fair, Dr. Drew also says that if you want to smoke pot, go ahead, he doesn't want to stop anyone, but if you want to stop and want help he can help you. (For a hefty fee, of course, though I think he failed to mention that.) I think he's probably not in favor of arresting and imprisoning pot smokers. But when all you've got is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail – he's a drug counselor who sees only the most desperately addicted day after day, so every pot smoker looks like a future client to him.
He also mentioned Marijuana Anonymous. Now I know my Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, Thirteen Articles of Faith (whoops, wrong religion)… my father was an alcoholic and speed addict who then went through recovery, AA, NA, then got a BSW and became a drug and alcohol counselor when I was a teenager. I can spout Stuart Smalleyisms with the best of them. I know many people whose lives were saved by that program, but it was never for me – way too quasi-religious for my tastes.
As I read the "Twelve Questions" that Marijuana Anonymous asks regarding marijuana use in an effort to help you understand if you're an "addict", I can't help but notice how many of the questions merely observe an effect of marijuana prohibition, rather than any particular problem with marijuana use. For example:
#4. Do you find that your friends are determined by your marijuana use? (Well, yes, because outlaws tend to hang with outlaws. I'd love to have more friends that don't smoke marijuana, but they tend to be afraid of visiting a home where police may burst in at any moment to arrest "criminals".)
#7 Does your marijuana use let you live in a privately defined world? (Sure! It's not often that people who are breaking the law like to make that world public.)
#9 When your stash is nearly empty, do you feel anxious or worried about how to get more? (Yes, because I can't buy it at a store like a six-pack or a cigar.)
#11 Do you plan your life around your marijuana use? (You mean like avoiding national parks, non medical marijuana states, and states with per se DUID laws while on vacation? Or finding clandestine places to smoke marijuana? Sure!)
I also notice how the questions are only scary if you begin with an assumption that regular marijuana use is problematic. If you asked me some of these "Twelve Questions" about my dog, I could give you "yes" answers, does that mean I'm a Jack Russell Terrier "addict" (I am!)
#1 Has walking your dog stopped being fun? (Yes, but not always.)
#2 Do you ever play with your dog alone? (Sure, sometimes being alone with your dog – or getting high alone – is a nice way to relax.)
#3 Is it hard for you to imagine a life without your dog? (Impossible!)
#6 Do you play with your dog to cope with your feelings? (He's the best buddy to have on a down day – just like pot!)
Addiction is a powerful thing and I just hate the way it is tossed about by pop psychologists like Dr. Drew and Marijuana Anonymous. Yes, there is a consistent theme among those who abuse anything – pot, gambling, sex, shopping, internet, alcohol, heroin, etc. – but "addiction" should be reserved for those substances that alter the body's chemistry to the point where there is an undeniable physical need for the substance and without it severe complication can arise. Sorry, but if you force the pot smoker, gambler, shopper, or World of Warcraft player to go cold turkey, they do not risk death, but the alcohol, cocaine, meth, and heroin addict may die. The former people may have a serious psychological dependence, but the latter people have a physical addiction.
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Google Penguin 2.0: Shock and Awe, or Ho and Hum in the War on Spam?Written by Malcolm James on May 28, 2013
Google's predilection for names goes far beyond the tasty, and anyone involved in Web development is probably well aware that Google is a veritable Noah's ark when it comes to algorithm naming. One of those algorithms is Google Penguin, which just hit version 2.0 last week. Penguin is Google's answer to those who might target you when you're searching the Web using the big G's search engine.
We've long known that spammers are diversifying, making your e-life more treacherous by tying together a sticky web of confusion that includes email, social media, SMS texting, and the Web itself –which in a very real sense is the delivery mechanism for all that sticky spam. It's also reasonable to expect that users might use search engines like Google to check the validity of domains. It goes something like this: you get an email from a long-lost cousin you've never met, one who just so happens to be a Nigerian prince in desperate need of your account information and a grammar lesson. All you have to do is click that link, and that's where Google comes in. You go in and type in the link, for example, youreanidiotifyouclickthis.com, and voila! Google tells you that it's a perfectly safe link and that it's quite all right to click questionable links from Nigerian princes.
At least, that's what life might be like without Google Penguin. You see, Penguin is the algorithm that sits in the background and detects when badly-behaved websites use Black Hat SEO techniques, also known as spamdexing, which is the dark art of manipulating search engine indexing. By using techniques such as repeating unrelated phrases, Black Hat SEO aims to pump itself to the top of page rankings. Not so fast, say search engines like Google. These techniques violate our terms of service, and we're going to slap you down for being so sleazy (my words, not Google's). That's Penguin, and the fuzzy little fellow just turned 2.0.
According to a Webcast, Google Engineer and guru supreme Matt Cutts said that Penguin 2.0 is going to "have a pretty big impact on web spam. It's a brand new generation of algorithms. The previous iteration of Penguin would essentially only look at the home page of a site. The newer generation of Penguin goes much deeper and has a really big impact in certain small areas."
This is important because, as we all know, slimy things tend to be slippery, and so go the spammers.
In fact, just because you sound like a reputable organization, don't assume you can just get away with Black Hat techniques. According to searchengineland.com, the big losers are ones you might expect, like porn sites and game sites, but big well-known brands like Dish.com, the Salvation Army, CheapOair and Educational Testing Service are getting swatted off the Google ladder for being too spammy. In fact, in the list of the top 25 losers, only eight are porn sites, only three are game sites, and none of the porn sites are in the top 10, which is worth noting. You can see the list here.
Google takes this stuff seriously, and for good reason. The Web is a minefield and a moving target for malicious code and general sleaziness, and Google's at the top of the world when it comes to telling people where they can find things. They've even put up a report form that you can use to report sites that are still ranking after the Penguin 2.0 update: http://bit.ly/penguinspamreport.
So, with all the buzz about this major update, is all the hype a valid commentary, or much ado about nothing? Well, it might be a little of both. In his blog, searchmetrics.com founder Marcus Tober says that it's not the update he expected.
"Some small business sites were hit because they haven't taken SEO serious enough. Google itself confirmed that the impact wouldn't be as high as many thought – maybe this is just the calm before the storm and the big update is really coming in the future."
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I'm pretty skeptical this update will clean spam from search results. The previous updates didn't – they only shattered the landscape a bit but still spammy results continued to come at the top. Rather, these updates are good to promote PPC – if you want traffic, pay for it because when you rely on the free stuff (i.e. SEO), you can quickly land from page 1 onto page 101.
I'm glad that none of the sites I work on are in the Penguin 2.0 losers list! I work on legitimate sites, not porn or anything. But as per Marcus Tober's statement, several "business sites were hit". So I wanted to make sure. It's not that we don't practice correct SEO, it's just that I've heard of stories from friends who were hit by the previous Penguin even if their sites were good ones. Anyway, Penguin 2.0 is good news for us in the White Hat SEO business, but I hope it does its job better than the first one.
No porn sites on the list? Maybe it's because they don't need to aggressively market in the first place! They don't look for clients. Clients come to them, and when you need something, you're willing to turn tables and beds just to find it. Kidding, though. Well, it only shows who's really taking all these Penguin and Panda seriously.
Haha! You actually have a point there, Michael. Honestly, all these algorithm changes are now putting SEO on such instability, and many SEO specialists find themselves busier than ever. Considering the many laws that govern these porn sites and gambling sites in the first place, as well as the laws that are imposed by the federal or the state, they don't number many compared to commercial websites. It's therefore not surprising most of the changes happen on the latter.


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At exactly noon on Monday, 16-year-old Bria Bradshaw and her mother Charmaine walked into Tommy Pak's Kwik Stop in South Dallas, then stopped short. There was a horde of men and women in the convenience store, black and Korean, and most were in suits. There were video cameras set up toward the back, ... More >>
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Led by a little-known minister, protesters rallied to run a Korean store owner out of business. Then they learned a little more about that minister.
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Since I've moved around a lot, I've had many lineages....but I would probably base it on my Korean lineage.
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Kim Song Ki
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Craig Mills <---- Me
But I do feel it important to say that while this is the "official" lineage, most of the older Koreans did practice directly with Hwang Kee on a regular basis. While I was in Korea, I was always told that Kim Song Ki was a direct student of Hwang Kee (while my instructor and his instructor trained with Hwang Kee regularly as well, they did not consider him their direct instructor), but when you research the books here, there are a lot more steps!
Lineages are rather difficult to trace, because of the open way that we teach. For example, my American lineage, would go Myself, My Instructor, His Instructor, HC Hwang, Hwang Kee. So if you are a member of the US Federation, you are never more than 2 steps from the President with our system of regions and such.


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Dwight Yorke admits he is surprised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turned to management in his retirement but is certain his former Manchester United team-mate will receive a rapturous reception at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
The Cardiff City boss returns to his former club for the first time as a rival manager after moving from Molde to succeed Malky Mackay.
Although Sir Alex Ferguson noted how Solskjaer would analyse games from the substitutes' bench, fellow Treble-winner Yorke confesses he did not envisage coaching being a future career for his former team-mate.
"I didn't see it as a player," he told ManUtd.com. "I didn't see that happening to him. Clearly, he had other ideas. He is a very cool, calm and collected person. There will be no ranting and raving like other managers with Ole. I wish him every success as he's a great guy and, hopefully, he can be a good manager in the future."
Yorke believes the focus will still be on accruing three important points once the first whistle sounds despite the respect that will be paid to the Norwegian. In the wake of the Capital One Cup exit to Sunderland, the supporters' priority will be backing the team for 90 minutes rather than saluting a returning hero.
"Undoubtedly, he will get a great reception," added the Tobagan during the Trophy Tour presented by DHL. "I think that will be the case but we need to get more points in the bag. Ex-players go back and get a warm reception but it soon turns around straight after that. We welcome them in but need the three points."
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