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Yerba Mate and Weightloss
Has anyone had any noticeable weightloss after consuming this delicious energy tea?
I use to drink this tea often while LC'n years back and feel as if on the days I would drink it I would have a loss the next day.
Just wondering if anyone feels the same or have tested it out? I just started drinking it again 2 days ago and love the energy regardless if it does help boost metabolism or not. I guess wishful thinking maybe. lol
No, no significant losses with Mate. Neither with green tea. I suspect you'd have to drink it by the bucketful if you want to notice anything! (and then you'd be losing weight from all the miles you'd be walking between the bathroom and back, LOL)
I like the energy and uplifting effect of both, and the alleged health benefits!
I use to drink Yerba mate when I was really into an active lifestyle. I use to rollerblade, hike, ski etc.... So maybe it was t the tea but the life....
there is a lot of disagreement on caffeine while low carbing. it used to be forbidden, then strongly discouraged, because it increases insulin output and the whole point of low carbing is to DECREASE insulin output.
some say the increase in metabolism evens that out, so there is no net difference. others still say it's bad. I suggest extreme moderation.
Yerba mate is known to be diuretic, that is the only thing I've noticed from drinking it, which I do regularly, is that I see a difference on the scale from the water weight dropping over the course of a few days. I have many different varieties of mate, oolong, and pur'eh teas, and they are all supposed to help with weight loss. I think the only really advantage to them is the diuretic factor, the extra exercise from walking to the bathroom :P and the fact that the more I drink, the less I eat lol.
Just my experience from a year of tea drinking. ;)
Yerba mate is the brew of choice here in Argentina. It has the reputation of being a appetite suppressant and it has worked for me as such.
Some Argentines can go all day drinking only mate without eating although they rarely do and the ones that do are usually not overweight so they may not be representative. The gauchos used it for this purpose so they would not have to stop for midday lunch under the searing sun.
I find it as diuretic as coffee for me so I am not using it as often. If you drink it Argentine style that is 3 ozs of yerba for a pint of water and drink it while the yerba is in the water you supposedly get 5 carbs. Whether they are net I have no idea. You also get a good mix of minerals as well though.
Yes, just steep the leaves in the bottom of the cup, or whatever you're using. My friend at work does that with all her loose leaf teas. I use tea balls and such for mine, because I find most teas get bitter if left too long. Oolong doesn't as much though.
The preparation here is different. It is traditionally served in a gourd with a metal "straw. You fill the gourd with yerba to 3/4 of its capacity,ensuring a low and a high side of the yerba mountaintain .You then dig in the straw on the low side and pour NON boiling water (85 degrees centigrade max) along the straw until you almost flooded the yerba on the low side . The first drink is bitter ,You repeat the process adding water and the taste gets less bitter with every "wash" The yerba on the high side is your reserve and as the yerba gets more washed out it incorporates itself automatically . The reason for doing this is that the nutrients are more accessible that way. A 30 second steep won't be any good as it is only bitter or not give you the full benefits. The whole process from bitter to washed out has its function. The first as a purifier ,the last to rehydrate.
Another way to make it is to make it in a saucepan again with 85 C degree water .Let it steep and then decant the tea in a teapot or cup .
You canmake it cold.It is then called terere and you basically let the leaves steep in water with added lemon juice and sugar. A bit like a weak lemonade.
Here is a video:
I've heard about the gourd method before, but never saw it, neat.
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"I think this is a 36 hour story," Ironfire Capital co-founder Eric Jackson said in an email. "By the time the roadshow starts, it will be forgotten." Jackson, a long-time Yahoo! shareholder, has recently pushed for Yahoo! to be acquired by Alibaba or Japanese conglomerate Softbank.
A division of Alibaba Group, Alibaba Pictures Group said it would delay its first-half earnings report after the company found accounting irregularities. The irregularities occurred prior to the 60% stake Alibaba took in the company, previously named ChinaVision Media Group. Alibaba spent $805 million for the stake earlier this year, amid several other acquisitions.
Read More: Time's Up! Alibaba or Softbank Should Buy Yahoo! NowAlibaba, which is partially owned by Yahoo! (YHOO), recently purchased AutoNavi, a company that provides digital map content and navigation and location-based solutions in China. In addition to the aforementioned Alibaba Pictures, Alibaba has acquired stakes in Youku Toudou (YOKU), Intime Retail, Singapore Post and Guangzhou Evergrande, a soccer team which Alibaba founder Jack Ma said he spent talking to the team's over for 15 minutes over drinks. "I don't think it's a big deal," said one hedge fund analyst who declined to be named. "I need to look more closely at what the issue is but unless it was outright fraud, [it's] probably not a big deal. Studio accounting is kind of complicated and filled with assumptions." When Alibaba purchased the stake in Alibaba Pictures, it shuffled the management team, bringing in its Chief Risk Officer, Shao Xiaofeng, replacing Chairman Dong Ping, a producer who has produced films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Journey to the West, Dada's Dance, and others, according to IMDB.com, a film and television database Web site.
China has been wrought with accounting issues over the years, with Alibaba Pictures Group being the latest. "It doesn't affect my views on the parent," Jackson said. "They went on a buying spree in China. They were bound to grab some companies with accounting issues." Alibaba recently restructured its deal with Alipay, ahead of the company's long-awaited initial public offering in an effort to limit its exposure to financial services, but potentially receive a larger pie of fees from those businesses.
The IPO has largely been rumored to take place in early September, with the roadshow happening after the U.S. Labor Day holiday. Alibaba's offering could be the largest tech offering in history, surpassing Facebook's (FB) IPO in 2012, which raised more than $18 billion.
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Sonny Barger uses the knowledge he's acquired over the course of six decades of motorcycle riding to pen his latest book,
Let's Ride Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcycling.
Mention Sonny Barger's name and a few things come to mind. Former leader of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels is one. "Baddest man on two wheels" is another. One-percenter is yet another. Absent from that list is accomplished author, an accolade Barger has achieved in the latter part of his life. He's penned four books and recently released a fifth entitled
Let's Ride Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcycling
which he corroborated on with Motorbooks editor and author, Darwin Holdstrom. Being the first tome written by Barger that I had read, like most people, I cracked the book open with preconceived notions but walked away with a deeper appreciation for the man.
What gives an outlaw biker the credentials to write a motorcycling guide? For starters, try six decades of riding motorcycles and over a million miles logged on two wheels where he's suffered only one serious accident. Add in the fact that Barger has been riding since the days when being a roadside motorcycle mechanic was a necessity if you wanted to stay in the saddle. Top that off with the fact that he's a true one-percenter, not just a fair-weather rider and at 71 years-old, he still logs an average of 25,000 miles-per-year on his Victory Motorcycle. He puts riders half his age to shame and lives by the creed he espouses.
Let's Ride Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcycling
is just that – a guide. It provides helpful insight into all aspects of motorcycling, from making the initial decision to become a motorcyclist to sage advice when purchasing a bike to basic maintenance tips. Barger's text is written in a frank, conversational tone that is easily interpreted by even novice and newbie riders. He doesn't try to talk over reader's heads in a jumble of technical jargon. He's a no-nonsense, straight-shooting type of person. When Barger advises against buying a custom chopper or bobber as a first bike on page 61, you should listen to him. He's lived through the chopper/bobber movement of American motorcycling history and knows first-hand "they are complete pains in the ass to own and ride." Newbies definitely don't need a first bike that could easily leave them stranded on the side of the road regardless of how many Biker Build-Offs their favorite custom builder has won.
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Soon Barger proves there's a lot more to the man than meets the eye in his book Let's Ride which is both comprehensive and at times humorous.
up a motorcycle and runs down the essential parts of the engine to readers in laymen terms. By the end of the chapter, readers should be able to distinguish the difference between a single-cylinder engine and a V-Twin and to know the differences in the four strokes of a four-stroke engine. And while I had always perceived Barger as solely a cruiser or bobber motorcycle rider, his knowledge about a broad range of motorcycles is impressive. He discusses German Boxers and British Triples with the same aplomb he uses while conveying the merits of a Freedom 106 V-Twin.
In the chapter called
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readers find out that "the baddest man on two wheels" lobbies for everyone to take a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. This from a man who you would think is anti-establishment. On the contrary, Barger claims "the single most important piece of advice in this entire book" is completing an MSF RiderCourse. He says even seasoned riders can benefit from their advanced training course. He even admits that he took the course himself and was the only person to drop his bike in the class despite easily being the one with the most miles logged on a motorcycle. Barger also outlines the MSF's pre-ride inspection technique called T-CLOCK for readers on page 100 and reinforces how important it is for riders to check tires, wheels, fluid levels and chain tightness almost every time before they hop on their motorcycle.
One of the other facts that contradict people's perception of the long-time Hells Angel is his insistence that riders wear the proper gear and helmet. Barger has gotten wiser with age because most of the pictures of him in his early years show him riding without a lid. But cancer of the larynx and a hole in his throat helped change his attitude and now he not only wears a full-face helmet, he conveys its importance to readers.
Anybody thinking about buying a used bike could benefit from Chapter 4:
Evaluating a Used Motorcycle
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, two things are apparent. Barger is a funny guy. His wry wit is interspersed throughout the book and can be found as early as the first two sentences when he ridicules the 1970s saying "Ride hard, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse," by stating "People said a lot of stupid things back then." His twisted sense of humor is displayed again when talking about the troubles that followed the first Harley Evolution V-Twin which led to t-shirts being printed with the humorous quip "See no Evo. Hear no Evo. Speak no Evo."
He's also a man who's passionate about riding motorcycles. It's evident in his writing, both in tone and subject matter. He likens the act of riding motorcycles to religion, stating "Most religions have ways to help you focus your thoughts – meditation, prayer, ceremonies – and in this way riding a motorcycle is a lot like a religion…For me, riding a motorcycle is like being part of a ceremony; it's a transcendent experience some would call holy (page17)."
Let's Ride
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May 18, 2014 11:36 PM
This is a hell of a great book. I think it should be in every HS Drivers Ed classroom across the US. I'm not a wannabe or a has-been nor am I going to trash 1%ers. This is America and you have the right to live your life as you see fit. I'm getting a Gunner THANKS to Sunny's book and my hubby's input. Bye Bye Sportster for me. I didn't know Sunny has ridden 1 million miles on the road. I'm jealous and don't care who knows. Hubby has been riding for almost 50 years. Any rider, beginner or advanced can get something from that book. I've read all of his books and he does have witty personality in his writing. I'd recommend all of his books.
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November 19, 2010 08:47 AM
Well the way I see it, if ya got a problem the Sonny writin this or any other book. Log off your freakin computer and look him up. I am sure if ya got the stones to voice your opinion, face to face. he'd bt THRILLED to hear it.
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September 10, 2010 06:21 AM
lemme tell ya bout patch holders-- one problem among many is this-- get into a lil disagreement-- an its a beatdown-- and you're the victim-- YOU SEE A PATCH HOLDER NEVER GOES 1 ON 1 regardless of who's right or wrong-- its just "the family" doin a beatdown-- real macho huh? one more lil thang-- if u ride solo u love your bike-- PATCH HOLDERS LOVE YOUR BIKE TOO............. oh we aint sposed to talk about bike theft huh? NAW -- after ridin 45 yrs hangin with the ruff crowd an hangin with the straights i'm qualified to know what im talkin bout........... i'll be down main street next mth...........
Pretjah -can't wait to read
September 9, 2010 02:20 PM
Thanks...been planning on reading this book for a while...even with a number of years of riding experience i'm still sure i'm gonna learn alot from it.
Rick Davis -Sonny
September 9, 2010 06:22 AM
Are bike books that scarce that you have to review the Hell's Angel founder' book on your website? Exactly what are you promoting? I have a darker view of M/C USA now.
Anthony -A must read
September 8, 2010 02:26 PM
Just finished this book and it is a must read for anyone even remotely thinking about buying or riding a motorcycle. I would go so far as to say it should be required reading prior to buying or taking any motorcycle safety course.
RICK -sonny
September 7, 2010 08:34 PM
great book who cares who or what people say he is one thing for sure he knows ridin
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Review
the 3800s are bullet proof
not as respected as they should be
Nice Car, Dead Relaible, And Can Be Faster Than Almost Anything For Less Than Half The Price — stock... nothing special. but after all my mods, i run side by side with evo. and even with all the mods included, and other interior/ exterior upgrades to look better. its still less than 1/4 of the price. all in all a great mod car
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Coupe Review
The engine. the 3.8 has some torque to it.
The brakes! It needs drilled/slotted rotors, and some better pads.
It May Have A Few Little Things Wrong With It, But Its A Great Car — Man, i love this car. its the first car thats ever been in my name. Currently, it has a couple little things wrong with it, and something that i need to get fixed. But other than that, its a great car. Definitely an attention getter. I have a lot of faith in the 3.8 under the hood.. except for my city milage. lol but even stock, i think the dual ehaust has a great note, with the rumble that you would want.
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Review
Lots of power, 3.8L Supercharged can keep up with the best.
GM did a horrible job putting these cars together.
Pontiacs Need To Be Treated With A Lot Of Car. Great For Power/high Speeds, Terrible For Reliabitly. — Car drives, and performs amazingly. Only negatives I can think of are the build quality. Several parts tend to fail, and some of the designs seem poor. The cost is pretty high, only due parts that always seem to break a lot. Over all I love it.
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Review
it looks good and drives great
not painted yet
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix SE Review
Quick for only a 3.3, Good gas mileage, sporty look, very comfortable.
Its only a 3.3... If you really want a Grand Prix go for the GXP or GTP
For A Se Its Pretty Quick And Very Smooth As Well As Good Looks And Comfortability — Performance: Pretty quick for a 3.3, beaten a couple mazdas, civics, preludes, and cobolts. Build quality: Quite, Smooth, and Drives like a dream. Appearance: Nice sporty look even for a four door. Interior is clean and uniform. Now has cold air intake and plan to get it supercharged. Cost of Ownership: $38 to fill up and using only 30mpg hw and 24 city. Easy to maintain smaller engine allows for easy maintanance space. Fun Factor: Very fun to drive and pretty quick without using your entire tank of fuel in the process.
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Shane writes:
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Coupe Review
rides like a cadillac
nothin really
Love Everything About It — i like everything about my car, performance, reliability, handling, it's leather interior, easy to work on for repairs, it's appearance, gets great gas mileage. My car is almost 11 yrs old and has 0ver 264k on it and is still goin strong.
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Coupe Review
Decent mileage, comfortable, decent cabin space
GM interior, Pontiac is no loinger a brand :'(
Nice For Both Commuting Or Playing Around — Comfortable, reliable, and had pretty much every option. Heat and A/C worked great, and dual zone was nice for a passenger. I like the way it looks, though the interior left something to be desired. Was heavy, front wheel drive, and automatic, but would go pretty quick in a straight line.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Review
Nice Car
Gas Guzzler
Its Great To Drive And Its Fast But It Eats Gas — Its just black with a white pinstripe. The car itself is a nice car and I can't complain overall. It def could use some aftermarket stuff put into it and the it should regularly serviced for sure. Thats about it.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Review
drive this car and you'll want to own a grand prix and fix one up yourself
not alot of reason to avoid it..there pretty good cars if you take care of them
This Car Is Awesome And Not Alot Of People Tend To Fix Them...so It Makes Them Stad Out — its a not very stock 3800 series II..bolt on..these engines have a lot of touque and acceleration...if you wanna kno how much line up against me...very fun to drive no body roll..lets line'em up and go
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix SE Review
Fun to drive
Bad gas mileage
Good Car — It was fast and very sporty. Wish it didnt blow a head gasket. Get a red one because after waxing it a couple hundred times it looks geart and it is very shinny. BUt i wish i had dual exhaust
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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2008 Pontiac Grand Prix Reviews
Fun, Powerful And Efficient!
The GXP has been a great car to own. I enjoy driving it daily, the additional power makes it fun to move through traffic with and just relax with minimal transmission shifting as it moves through corn... Read More
My Dream Car!
I love every thing about my car!!!!! gas mileage is great. about 400 miles on a full tank. its sporty but still a sedan. has good power. I would tell anyone to buy this car. wish Pontiac still made... Read More
2007 Pontiac Grand Prix Reviews
Bad Car
just wanting me car fixed. i love the car i have. didnt expect to have this many problems out of this car. this is really making me 2nd guess my car. hopefully my car can get fixed very very soon. Read More
Fun To Drive
Have loved this car ever since I bought it over a year ago. My kids call it dad's race car and always want to go for a ride in it. Wish GM would have kept Pontiac around big mistake getting rid of the... Read More
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix Reviews
Reliable And Powerful
I like everything about this car from Performance,Looks and Gas economy it was build to please its owner and drives. One thing dough, the competition did not know what was coming for them when Pontia... Read More
When This Motor Gos I Will Drop A New One In It
this is my first pontiac and i always new they were nice but until i bought this one i did not know just how nice and how much power they had i wont go back to anything else i promise that Read More
2005 Pontiac Grand Prix Reviews
the car drive good i get alot of horse power of the car and thats why i love it is a nice car to drive on the city and ill will get new wheels soon for it asap ,,,i like Read More
Thus Far Dependable
If I hadn't bought the extended warranty some issues would've peeved me to pay for. I.E., early on A/C compressor, some ball joint wear and steering shaft looseness. But all of these were covered and ... Read More
2004 Pontiac Grand Prix Reviews
Love The Wide Track New New Body Gp's
anybody looking for a reliable ,fuel efficient , full size sedan then this 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix is the answer, this car has great handling and performs well in all driving conditions, this car is l... Read More
Awesome Car
I like this model of car.//.. few years ago,,, nascar have it on track (grand prix)... since that .I like this car for nascar style on the street .. a lot of power and handling ... a lot of space ... Read More


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When Will It End?: Bryan Cranston To Join 'Gangster Squad'
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Look out James Franco, you're about to get Cranston'd!
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Tom finds his Huckleberry, Scarlett's gonna sing some more, a dude from 'Roswell' is going to do 'Roswell FM', and Gus breaks 'Breaking Bad'.
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This is one of the worst examples of war brutality. Anti tank dogs were first developed by the Soviet Union to take down German tanks during World War II. The idea was simple yet effective. Dogs were trained to find food under tanks and then starved before a battle. The dogs were then released in battle, jumping under tanks hoping for food. Each dog carried a 10-12 kg bomb which had a lever that detonated the bomb when the dog dived under the tank.
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Kyle Cummings, a 3-year old toddler, was almost killed when his egg collection hatched into Eastern Brown snakes.
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"DCT 55 is in one of the most desirable distribution areas in Chicago, with favorable supply dynamics for buildings of its size. We are thrilled to have found the perfect anchor customer," said Brian Roach, Regional Vice President of DCT Industrial. "In addition, given strong tenant demand and the building's state-of-the-art design, we feel confident about leasing the balance of the building."
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"Over the last year, DCT has acquired 1.7 million square feet and developed or redeveloped an additional 706,000 square feet in the Chicago market, bringing the Company's total portfolio to 7.8 million square feet, an increase of 31.7 percent," said Neil Doyle, DCT's Managing Director of the Central Region. "During the same timeframe, we have leased 1.6 million square feet, bringing our Chicago portfolio to 94.6 percent leased. In a highly competitive market like Chicago, this progress has exceeded our expectations and is a true credit to Brian and his team."For leasing information on DCT Industrial's properties and investment opportunities in the Chicago market, please contact Brian Roach at firstname.lastname@example.com. About DCT Industrial Trust Inc.® DCT Industrial Trust Inc. is a leading industrial real estate company specializing in the acquisition, development, leasing and management of bulk distribution and light industrial properties in high-volume distribution markets in the U.S. and Mexico. As of June 30, 2013, the Company owned interests in approximately 74.9 million square feet of properties leased to approximately 870 customers, including 12.3 million square feet operated on behalf of four institutional capital management partners.
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One person is dead after a fire at a home in St. Paul. Firefighters responded around 4:30 a.m. Sunday to the fire on Glendale Street. When they arrived, they found flames on one side of a row of townhouses.
Fire Destroys Spring Lake Park Townhouse
Two people were able to escape their Spring Lake Park townhouse after a fire broke out in the building overnight. The incident happened just before 11 p.m. Sunday on the 1300 block of Crown Oaks Drive.
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Oswego, Illinois
For population 25 years and over in Oswego:
For population 15 years and over in Oswego village:
1,878 residents are foreign born (1.0% Europe).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2012: $6,347 (2.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Aurora, IL (5.3 miles , pop. 142,990).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Chicago, IL (35.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities: Boulder Hill, IL (1.2 miles ), Montgomery, IL (1.6 miles ), Aurora, IL (2.3 miles ), Yorkville, IL (2.5 miles ), Sugar Grove, IL (2.8 miles ), Prestbury, IL (2.8 miles ), North Aurora, IL (2.9 miles ), Plainfield, IL (3.0 miles ).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Number of permits per 10,000 residents
Average cost (in $1000s)
Latitude: 41.69 N, Longitude: 88.34 W
Daytime population change due to commuting: -6,172 (-20.4%)
Area code: 630
City-data.com crime rate counts serious crimes more heavily. It adjusts for the number of visitors and daily workers commuting into cities.
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Crime rate in Oswego detailed stats: murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, arson
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2012, including police officers: 58 (48 officers).
This village's Wikipedia profile
Oswego, Illinois accommodation, waste management, arts - Economy and Business DataUnemployment in July 2013:
Unemployment by year (%)
Historical population
Historical housing units
Population change in the 1990s: +9,090 (+214.6%).
Work and jobs in Oswego: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Average climate in Oswego, Illinois
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Oswego-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Illinois state average. It is 131% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/28/1990, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 0.9 miles away from the Oswego village center killed 29 people and injured 350 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 6/13/1976, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 17.7 miles away from the village center killed 2 people and injured 23 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:Oswego-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Illinois state average. It is 96% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.0 MB, 4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 33.0 miles away from the city center
On 9/2/1999 at 16:17:29, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 56.4 miles away from Oswego center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:The number of natural disasters in Kendall County (10) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5
Emergencies Declared: 5
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 4, Floods: 3, Blizzard: 1, Snow: 1, Flood: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snow: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Tornado: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Birthplace of: Alex Magee - Football player, Julianne Sitch - Association footballer.
Medal of Honor Recipient born in Oswego: Robinson B. Murphy.
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Air Quality Index (AQI)
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 3.37. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 16.3 miles away from the city center.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 20.8. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 16.3 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 14.6. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 11.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 10.1. This is about average. Closest monitor was 6.5 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2012: 3.8%
(1.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 17.1% for Black residents, 17.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 32.6% for other race residents, 9.9% for two or more races residents)
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Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Oswego, IL47 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities in 2010
5 people in group homes intended for adults in 2010
77 people in nursing homes in 2000
2 people in religious group quarters in 2000
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Religion statistics for Oswego village (based on Kendall County data)Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 43.70%
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 9
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 14
Number of full-service restaurants: 48
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Oswego government finances - Expenditure in 2002 (per resident):
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Oswego government finances - Cash and Securities in 2002 (per resident):
16.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($62,704 average adjusted gross income)
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($73 average AGI)
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.36% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($52,868 average adjusted gross income)
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
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Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Oswego fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2011 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 15
Total length: 38 meters (125ft)
Total costs: $532,000
Total average daily traffic: 137,400
Total average daily truck traffic: 6,378
New bridges - Historical Statistics
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Oswego)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 49 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Oswego, IL)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 97 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Oswego)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 19 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Oswego)
Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 8901.00 , 8903.00
Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 8901.00 , 8903.00
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2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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BATON ROUGE, LA (FOX 44) — BATON ROUGE,LA (FOX44) — Twenty-five puppies will be off to their new homes on Monday.
It's all because the Companion Animal Alliance is taking part in its second "Puppy Transport" program. The dogs are being driven to several shelters in Norfolk, Virginia. Those shelters will then place them with loving families. Paula Shaw works for C.A.A. and is driving the puppies to their new homes.
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The start of the supercross series is always chaotic and stressful. Months of hard work boil down to a tangible moment when the gate drops and it's difficult to ignore the pressure and stay focused on the task at hand. Most riders struggled with the opening round jitters and the TLD camp wasn't immune. Team leader, Cole Seely, couldn't find his rhythm all day during practice and his teammates Jessy Nelson and Christian Craig had some of the same issues. Fortunately, when the gate dropped and it counted they performed.Credit: troyleedesigns
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FWIW, NTRPolice, I disagree that it is a bad idea to warn your partner of a short lob.
I have had partners explicitly ask me to warn them of short lobs. I give the warning if I think of it, and I appreciate it when they do it for me.
Yes, giving a warning runs the microscopic risk that some opponent someday might claim hindrance and claim the point. Failing to give a warning, however, risks that (1) your net player will be surprised by a short lob, and (2) that partner will dislike playing with you because you throw up short lobs but won't warn.
I think if we took a show of hands of how many people here have ever had an opponent claim hindrance if they say "Short" or "Watch it" or "Watch out" when they hit a short lob, very few people would say this happens.
I think it happens even less at the higher levels because players know that giving a warning is quite common.
I dislike it when I hit the ball out but a rule is a rule. If I hit out, I lose the point.
Whether or not the penaltY is called frequently the rule is there for good reason. Breaking it is, well, cheating, and you're basically putting your opponent in the unpleasant position of having to supervise YOUR behavior and adherence to the rules. And you're hoping they'll feel uncomfortable enough to not enforce the rule...
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Principal Investigator: Zhiyong Xi
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Abstract: Transmitted by mosquitoes, dengue is among the most important reemerging infectious diseases with an estimated 50 million to 100 million annual cases, 500,000 hospitalizations, and 22,000 deaths. Breaking the link between the mosquito vector and the dengue virus is the best option for protecting people. The endosymbiotic bacterium, Wolbachia, has long been promoted as potential vehicles for introducing disease- resistant genes into mosquitoes, making them refractory to the pathogens they carry. Pathogens are known to interact with Wolbachia and other symbiotic bacteria in several insect species. Given the large overlap in tissue distribution and intracellular localization of Wolbachia and dengue virus in mosquitoes, it is imperative that we characterize their interaction and determine the influence of Wolbachia on dengue transmission. Our long-term goal is to develop Wolbachia-based control strategies to block dengue virus transmission in mosquitoes. The objective of this proposal is to identify factors that enable Wolbachia-based population replacement to succeed in a way that reduces vector capacity to dengue virus. Our central hypotheses are that interactions between Wolbachia and dengue virus affect both the vector capacity of Ae. aegypti to dengue virus and the ability of Wolbachia to serve as a transgene driver. We formulated these hypotheses based on preliminary data that showed: 1) Wolbachia and dengue virus induce a host innate immune response and 2) the host immune response was correlated with the elimination of Wolbachia and suppression of dengue virus. The project has the five specific aims: 1). Initiate Wolbachia stock in Ae. aegypti. These stocks will be used on studies of strain- specific Wolbachia interactions with Ae. aegypti and dengue virus. 2). Identify molecular factors that determine the interactions between Wolbachia and dengue virus. We will design a novel dual-genome microarray, and utilize it to monitor gene expression changes in both Ae. aegypti and Wolbachia simultaneously in response to dengue infection. 3). Identify changes in dengue viral dynamics within Ae. aegypti due to Wolbachia infection. We will investigate the impact of Wolbachia on the oral susceptibility of mosquitoes to dengue virus, virus dissemination and transmission, and the potential of Wolbachia to select for more invasive dengue strains. 4). Identify Wolbachia-host interactions that are impaired by dengue infection. We will assess the impact of dengue virus on Wolbachia infection level, cytoplasmic incompatibility and maternal transmissibility. 5). Evaluate the mosquito fitness costs associated with dual infections of dengue virus and Wolbachia. We will focus on the fitness cost on the mosquito longevity, fecundity, and blood-feeding behavior. We anticipate this knowledge will improve genetic technology and its application in reducing vector capacity and blocking the transmission of dengue fever, thus, lead to better understand, treat, and prevent dengue fever. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE The research proposed here will aid in the development of the improved genetic methods to block the transmission of dengue fever, and improve our understanding on the ecology of dengue fever transmission in nature.
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- Wolbachia induces density-dependent inhibition to dengue virus in mosquito cellsPeng Lu
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1754. 2012..Our results will aid in understanding the mechanism of Wolbachia-mediated pathogen interference and developing novel methods to block disease transmission by mosquitoes carrying native Wolbachia infections...
- Wolbachia invades Anopheles stephensi populations and induces refractoriness to Plasmodium infectionGuowu Bian
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Science 340:748-51. 2013..stephensi populations with infected females repeatedly resulted in Wolbachia invasion of laboratory mosquito populations. Furthermore, wAlbB conferred resistance in the mosquito to the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum...
- Replacing a native Wolbachia with a novel strain results in an increase in endosymbiont load and resistance to dengue virus in a mosquito vectorGuowu Bian
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7:e2250. 2013..Our results suggests that replacement of a native Wolbachia with a novel infection could serve as a strategy for developing a Wolbachia-based approach to target naturally infected insects for vector-borne disease control...
- The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia induces resistance to dengue virus in Aedes aegyptiGuowu Bian
Department of Entomology and Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
PLoS Pathog 6:e1000833. 2010..These results underscore the potential usefulness of Wolbachia-based control strategies for population replacement...
- Response of the mosquito protein interaction network to dengue infectionXiang Guo
Department of Entomology and Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
BMC Genomics 11:380. 2010..The availability of genome sequences for both human and mosquito host greatly facilitates genome-wide studies of DENV-host interactions...
- Wolbachia induces reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent activation of the Toll pathway to control dengue virus in the mosquito Aedes aegyptiXiaoling Pan
Department of Entomology and Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:E23-31. 2012..Our discoveries will aid in the development of control strategies for mosquito-transmitted diseases...


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Seed dispersal curves: Behavior of the tail of the distribution
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Seed dispersal is important both to plant fitness and to plant population structure. We suggest that the tail of the seed dispersal curve is at least as important biologically as the modal portion of the curve, and we present a relatively simple, four-parameter model, based on diffusion principles, for the tail of the seed distribution. This model includes two types of qualitative behavior: algebraic tails (which tend to be longer and have greater 'reach') and exponential tails (which are shorter and have less 'reach'). We have selected 68 data sets from the literature, each giving a seed shadow that could be categorized statistically as (1) exponential, (2) algebraic, (3) neither, or (4) both models fit adequately. Algebraic shapes for seed-shadow tails were common in this sample, and tail behavior was not generally specific to a particular dispersal mode. This result may suggest that algebraic tails are generally favored by selection and can be achieved by several means, but limitations of existing data sets and of statistical methodology preclude final judgement. Smaller complete samples of seed distances would provide a better basis for the analysis of tails than do the present form of data sets (consisting of counts of seeds in discrete distance categories).
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- Seed dispersal curves: Behavior of the tail of the distribution
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Evolutionary Ecology
Volume 7, Issue 1 , pp 25-44
- Cover Date
- 1993-01-01
- Print ISSN
- 0269-7653
- Online ISSN
- 1573-8477
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- seed shadows
- distribution tail
- diffusion process
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- Authors
- Stephen Portnoy (1)
- Mary F. Willson (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Statistics, University of Illinois, 725 S. Wright St., 61820, Champaign, IL, USA
- 2. Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 2770 Sherwood Lane, 99801-8545, Juneau, AK, USA


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