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hi everyone... i'm planning on planting a couple of queen palms, along my block fence, somewhere in the future. however, i'm a bit confused by how far apart they should be spaced. everything i read says 15' to 25' but when i look at them in local yards there planted about 5' to 10' apart. will there be future problems, when the tree is full grown, if they're planted closer together? i think i know the answer to my next question, but... is it too cool to plant them now? my yards pretty bare still (new construction) and it's easier to plant things while my tortoises are hibernating. thanks, in advance for any advise you have to give. |
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- Posted by birdlady_in_mesa z9 AZ (My Page) on Sun, Jan 22, 06 at 16:02
I would think about 8-10 feet would be sufficient. Make sure that they get lots of trace elements, they have a tendency to struggle in our soils. HTH |
If I were getting a couple of Queen Plams, this is how I would space them: 1 in Southern California, the other in Florida. You might want to research how these plams do in AZ. Seem to have lots of problems. Best ones I have seen are in grass yards. I like the looks of the Windmill and Bismarck palms as an alternative to our standard Mexican and California Fans. |
LOL - I was thinking the exact same thing, Jim! Port a bella, you might want to plug "palm" into the search engine for this forum - there have been quite a few discussions about different ones that do well here. The Queens are overused despite their marginal performance here. Jim did mention a realllly cool one, the Bismarks (google the image if you haven't seen them). HTH! |
- Posted by lee_tucson 9 Arizona (My Page) on Mon, Jan 23, 06 at 3:16
port_a_bella I'd recommend planting Queen palms in the PHX area from around the last week in February to mid April. In Tucson the best time to plant them is in March and April. You can plant them as close or as far apart as you desire. When you plant them really close together they'll lean away from one another giving you a more "tropical" look. Jim in my opinion Trachycarpus fortunei is the worst palm readily available for sale in zone 9 and 10 AZ. Two things that palm hates, extreme heat and sun are two things we have no shortage of from April through October. Queens palms are actually much better suited for PHX and Tucson then the Windmill palm. Syagrus romanzoffianum can look just as good here in AZ as they can in CA and FL. Now can they look rather crappy here? Certainly. As they can in CA and FL. The biggest thing to maintaining a healthy Queen palm is the care. Most in the PHX area receive the same care as a Washingtonia. To most of the population a palm is a palm is a palm. So they must all get the same care. Weekly deep waterings are much more beneficial them frequent shallow watering. And as Birdlady perfectly stated, "make sure that they get lots of trace elements, they have a tendency to struggle in our soils". (Tucson) pagancat are you coming around to the dark side? Bismarckias do best when given ample irrigation. I certainly feel that Bismarckias are the most under utilized palm in zone 9 and 10 AZ. And they look great when compliment with a nice dark green Ficus. And certainly nothing says welcome to zone 9 and 10 AZ like subtropicals mixed with cacti and succlents. Lee |
- Posted by port_a_bella z9 AZ (My Page) on Mon, Jan 23, 06 at 20:49
wow!!! thanks for the input everyone. i'm going to wait till it gets warmer out... who knows what i'll choose to do by then. maybe i'll go with a tropical guava? i seem to change my mind every week... i guess i'm a typical woman. |
- Posted by aficionado (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 06 at 17:29
I say DON"T do queen palms. They need constant care and fertilizer. I just cut one down and planted an excellent blue yucca tree. While I took pretty good care of the queen, my neighbor does nothing with their King Palm and it always looks great and my queen looked like crap. Do the research, there are plenty of palms and yucca trees that do great in Arizona. |
- Posted by port_a_bella z9 AZ (My Page) on Tue, Jan 31, 06 at 18:03
don't worry...i'm taking everyones' suggestions and i'm not going with a queen palm. instead i'm thinking that i'll get a ruby x guava tree. i hear that they grow execptionally well out here. plus i love guava juice, and my tortiose will eat it too. thanks. |
You won't be sorry with the Ruby X Supreme guava tree. Grows super fast and is a big producer of large, juicy, sweet fruit. They are pretty trees too. Good luck finding one here though. I had to import mine from California (where I am from and visit frequently anyway so no big deal). Two years no problems. Tropica Mango on Baseline is hit and miss on inventory here. Give them a try if you still need to source a tree though. |
- Posted by port_a_bella z9 AZ (My Page) on Wed, Feb 1, 06 at 17:45
thanks...i'm going to look here first. if i can't find one here there's a place in vista, where my brother lives, that i can get one from. i'm thinking about getting one sometime in march. |
Vista! Home of the tropical fruit tree nurseries! California Tropical Fruit tree nursery and Exotica are two I go to. There are several others in the area that you can drive right by and find stuff there. Your brother will know where. I'm pretty much 'planted out' and can't fit anything else. Good luck! |
- Posted by port_a_bella z9 AZ (My Page) on Thu, Feb 2, 06 at 16:29
thanks... i was there a month ago and had a serious case of garden envy. that's when i first considered the guava tree for my yard. i was tempted to bring one home with me, but i knew that it's not the right time of the year to plant one. i can't wait for spring to get here... |
port a bella, If you are still looking for guava you can almost always find some at the event below: Spring Garden Festival - April 08, 2006 at 09:00 am until 03:00 pm |
- Posted by port_a_bella z9 AZ (My Page) on Sun, Mar 19, 06 at 15:38
thanks neilaz!!! i've put myself on a wish list at tropia mango nusery, if i don't get on by then i'll definalty check out the spring garden fest. otherwise i may just have to drive out to california... |
LOL- "... no.... must resist... not.. the dark side!!!" Geez, Lee, and you just had to put it next to a Ficus, too!>shudder< I must say, your pics show some of the best looking Queen Palms that I've ever seen.... it just doesn't seem to happen like that up here. Are they heat sensitive, or is it just the lack of micronutrients that make them look so bad? |
Pagancat, I'll chime in on your inquiry. Our alkaline soil is not great for Queens, not to mention our lack of humidity and dry winds, which is something you already are well aware of I'm sure, BUT: Most people don't water queen palms enough, and they require small monthly applications of a well balanced fertilizer with micro nutrients to look the best. I use OrganoPro. They would also appreciate a nice mulch, but not stacked up the base of the trunk! Cuts down on watering and improves the soil over time (need to keep adding regular applications of mulch as it breaks down). How many times have you seen Queen Palms planted on hot gravel yards? Nope, not a good idea if you want them to look good or if you don't mind working a lot harder than you have to (or should). I don't grow Queens; I dislike them (just my personal taste, or maybe lack thereof). However, the recipe above is good for most palms from tropical/semi-tropical areas. Washies of course are tough as nails (weeds) and are a different subject altogether. |
Aficionado, You mentioned your neighbor has a King Palm? Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana or Archontophoenix Alexandrae? Common names can be decieving but if he has a King Palm I would be interested to see a picture. I would expect that it is shaded by a large tree and eastern exposure at that for sun, frost protection and protection from dry dessicating winds. Common names can be decieving but if he has a King Palm I would be interested to see a picture if you wouldn't mind. That is a tough choice to try and grow here but if he's been successful that's pretty cool. |
- Posted by kellykettrick (My Page) on Mon, Jul 9, 07 at 13:15
My queen palms (in Phoenix...they were here when we moved in...) are looking sad. How much should they be watered? They look skinny and wimpy. I don't want to lose them!! |
- Posted by Desertlandscaper(email@example.com) onFri, Mar 19, 10 at 14:52
Haha, I like the CA and Florida joke... I have been through this one for years and years. Both in the nursery environment and in the landscape design/installation. The way I see it, there are 2 real alternatives to Queen Palms: Phoenix Dactylifera and Mexican Fans. Dactylifera are very pricey to get some with any size but they are very reliable, elegant, and fit much better to the desert. Mexican Fans are a lot less expensive but will not stop growing ! They also don't have quite the canopy of Queens or Date palms. Queens are just a bit risk. Besides just the nutrients, excessive water usage, etc. they get a fungus which spread through neighborhoods and is a real pain to distinguish. Also, Queen Palms only have a healthy life expectancy of 15-25 years in most cases. If you are looking long term and want some nice shady palms, it may be worth investing in the Date Palms. Bismark Palms are great, we use them a lot, but they take a while to get the lazy/shady size and lack the greenery look that people are going for with the Queens . If you calculate the cost of a few Dactylifera over 10-20 years - and the QUeens. With all the water costs and fertilizers, and replacements, fungacides, etc etc. It makes a lot more sense here in the desert. |
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- Procedures performed
- Estimated blood loss, specimens removed
- Post-op diagnosis
- Fluids
- Anesthesia
- Pre-op Diagnosis
- Name and Patient Hospital ID#
- Time of surgery
- Prosthetic devices or implants used, if any
- Complications, if any
There is a form on the Intranet under Hospital Forms titled Brief Post Operative Procedural Note that includes all of the above content. If this form is not used, the content above must be documented in Physician Progress Notes.
A written operative progress note (as defined above) will be present on the chart upon transfer to the next level of care, e.g.:
- Cath Lab to Cath Recovery
- OR to PACU
- GI Lab to Day Surgery Recovery
- Operating Room to ICU
Dictated Operative Report
Contents must include:
- Date of surgery
- Name of surgeon and assistant and/or other practitioners performing significant tasks
- Pre-operative and post-operative diagnoses
- Name of specific surgical procedure(s) performed
- Type of anesthesia administered
- Estimate blood loss
- Complications, if any
- A detailed, narrative description of techniques, findings, and the tissues removed or altered and their disposition
- Prosthetic devices or implants used, if any
- Patient name and hospital ID #
- Time of surgery
- Description of the specific tasks conducted by practitioners other than the primary surgeon
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By Theresa Kurtz FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State softball hosts Pacific for a midweek game on Wednesday, March 20 at 6 p.m. in Bulldog Diamond. The Bulldogs return home after four games on the road. About Pacific Scouting the Tigers Fresno State Leading the Nation Home Is Where the Heart Is "Discover Fresno State Athletics!" -- Bulldog softball returns to Bulldog Diamond on March 20 for a midweek game against Pacific at 6 p.m. Catch the action on ESPN 790 The Deuce, home Bulldog softball. Stay connected with the Bulldogs on Facebook (fresnostateathletics) and Twitter (@FSAthletics).


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New Ginger.io App Connects Behavior to Health
Your smartphone is watching you — to learn how your behavior might be affecting your health.
OK, maybe it's not at this very moment… but it could, thanks to a new app created by a Boston-based health IT startup company called Ginger.io.
The company's new "big data" app has been getting a lot of traction in the DOC lately, so of course we just had to take a look for ourselves.
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Akka.NET - One Year Later
I originally posted this at Beyond HTTP, Petabridge's official blog. Read the original there.
This month marks the one-year anniversary of Akka.NET and it has been a massive year for Akka.NET. In December of 2013, Roger Alsing and I had never met and we were both working on our own actor framework implementations in .NET.
Before it was Akka.NET...
My startup at the time, MarkedUp Analytics, was just starting its R&D efforts to begin developing its real-time marketing automation product on top of our existing in-app analytics product. We knew we needed the Actor model and reliable...
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My Next Thing: Petabridge - the Future of Distributed Software in .NET
After wrapping up MarkedUp, I took some time off to consider my future. Travel. See old friends. Catch up on rest.
During the entire time I was gone I received a steady stream of questions and inquiries about two open source projects I helped found:
- Akka.NET, the .NET port of Typesafe's wildly successful Akka distributed actor framework and
- Helios – a .NET port of Java's popular Netty socket programming library; Helios powers the network communication used by Akka.Remote and Akka.Cluster within Akka.NET. All of these developers reached out to me – asking how...
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In Response to a Letter from a Beginning Programmer
I received a heartfelt response from a new software developer in response to my "What Do You Need to Become an Elite Developer?" blog post. With his permission, I decided to post his letter and my response – with his name omitted.
Hi Aaron,
First, I want to thank-you for the article you wrote concerning becoming an elite programmer. I have not read it through entirely as of yet because I am overly tired making it difficult to process properly, so I will do so once I have had some rest. I did feel a sense of urgency to write this e-mail to you while I had it in my mind.
I made a career change to become a developer last December, and spent six months learning Ruby. I got my first position as a developer in July of 2014, and was in the position...
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The Next Fork in the Road
I had several friends and advisors review this post prior to publishing it; most encouraged me to go forward with publishing it but others cautioned that future investors / business partners may choose to pass on a deal with me due to the content below. I took time to consider their warnings. I've decided that any businessperson who would deny me business simply because I express what it's like to be a vulnerable, actual human being going through a sustained period of immense stress is someone I don't want to do business with in the first place. That being said…
It was just over a month ago that we made the decision to shut down MarkedUp, and in the time since I've been on the road visiting with family and friends I neglected during my three years of 100+ hour work weeks working on MarkedUp.
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Real-time Marketing Automation with Distributed Actor Systems and Akka.NET
I published a lengthy post on MarkedUp's blog yesterday about the new product we recently released, MarkedUp In-app Marketing Automation for Windows Desktop (with support for Windows Store, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android planned) and how it uses Akka.NET's distributed actor system to execute real-time marketing automation campaigns for our customers.
If you're interested in learning how to use actors inside your application or want to know how they can help you build types of applications that are virtually impossible to build over simple HTTP APIs, then you should read it (click here!)
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Tradeoffs in High Performance Software
I've spent down the past week tracking down an absolutely brutal bug inside Akka.NET. Sometimes the CPU utilization of the system will randomly jump from 10% to 100% and stay pegged like that until the process is recycled. No exceptions were thrown and memory / network / disk usage all remained constant (until I added monitoring.)
I couldn't reproduce this CPU spike at all locally, nor could I determine the root cause. No one else had reported this issue on the Akka.NET issue list yet, probably because the product is still young and MarkedUp In-app Marketing is the only major commercial deployment of it that I know of (hopefully that will change!)
I had to hook up StatsD to MarkedUp's production Akka.NET deployments to figure out what was going on ultimately[footnote: I open sourced our Akka.NET + StatsD integration into a NuGet package –...
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The Profound Weakness of the .NET OSS Ecosystem
I'm in the process of writing up a lengthy set of blog posts for MarkedUp about the work that went into developing MarkedUp In-app Marketing, our real-time marketing automation and messaging solution for Windows desktop applications (and eventually WP8, WinRT, iOS, Android, Web, etc…)
During the course of bringing this product to market, I personally made the following OSS contributions:
- Adding full CQL3 collections support to FluentCassandra, a project which Nick Berardi created and I am now maintaining;
- Inventing Helios, a high-performance TCP/UDP socket server middleware developed in the style of Java's wildly successful Netty project;
- Co-creating Akka.NET, a C# port scala's Akka project for distributed actor systems – I was largely responsible for writing the remoting layer, finite state machines, actor system extensions, and lots of other additions here and there;
- A reliable inter-process file-lock implementation in C#, used...
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Business to Business Services Are What Will Make Dogecoin Succeed
Following on from my previous post about the second / third generation cryptocurrencies advancing the start of the art, I've spent a lot of time participating in /r/dogecoin on Reddit and seeing dozens of new businesses start accepting Dogecoin every day.
I've mined a fair bit of Dogecoin so far (albeit on laptops, not dedicated mining rigs) and purchased a substantial amount, so I've been looking for some ways to spend or invest it.
Here's some of the purchasing that I've done or am considering at the moment:
- Purchased two music albums sold by individual artists directly to end users, for about 3000 doge combined;
- Sponsored an ACM hackathon at University of...
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Bitcoin Paved the Way, but it's Not the Future of Cryptocurrency
Until recently, I was extremely skeptical of cryptocurrency in general. In the midst of the investment speculation and mania in late 2013, when the price of Bitcoin first climbed to $500-$800, it smelled too much like digital Beanie Babies for my blood. So whatever interest I had in learning about the technology and its disruptive potential was buried underneath multiple layers of speculation sediment.
Two things piqued my interest, however: 1) I attended a Bitcoin meetup in Santa Monica and heard more about it and 2) the Jamacian bobsled team raised money to attend the Winter Olympics with a huge amount of support from Dogecoin.
So my interest in cryptocurrency grew and as an entrepreneur I wondered...
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The Taxonomy of Terrible Programmers
The MarkedUp Analytics team had some fun over the past couple of weeks sharing horror stories about software atrocities and the real-life inspirations for the things you read on The Daily WTF. In particular, we talked about bad apples who joined our development teams over the years and proceeded to ruin the things we love with poor judgment, bad habits, bad attitudes, and a whole lot of other bizarre behavior that would take industrial pyschologists thousands of years to document, let alone analyze.
So I present you with the taxonomy of terrible software developers, the ecosystem of software critters and creatures who add a whole new meaning to the concept of "defensive programming."
At one point or another, every programmer exists as at least one of these archetypes – the good ones see these bad habits in themselves and work to fix them over time....


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Students Home After Being Stuck in Kenya
MAQUOKETA (AP) Some eastern Iowa high school students are back home after being stranded in Kenya after an airport fire.
The 26 students and chaperones from Maquoketa were reunited with friends and family on Sunday evening.
The group, which had been on a weeklong mission trip, was scheduled to leave Africa on Wednesday. But a fire at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi halted international flights. The volunteer organization in Africa that worked with the group made accommodations for them to stay an extra few days.
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An easy meal for the weekend or during the week. Made the recipe as is and it was perfect!
Really liked this recipe. Love the tomatoes (used fresh), and used more like 2 c., also more tomato paste, and beans. I added more garlic. Also substituted fresh basil for the parsley. I served this on a bed of creamy polenta, and it was wonderful.
This was a really yummy recipe, but I made a few adjustments. I added smoked paprika to the sauce, extra garlic, and kielbasa (all on the recommendations from other reviewers). I also added 2t of red pepper flakes instead of the called for peppers, which was way too spicy for me, but my husband loved it! He can eat fire though!
Excellent. Very flavorful. Spice just right. Would serve this at a dinner event with friends.
This is fabulous as written, but I made some tweaks to suit the family palate. We added more beans, cut all the spice in the sauce except the smoked paprika (opting for hot sauce later for those who wanted it) and added kielbasa, which always goes well with shrimp stew IMO. It was amazing! This is going to be a new staple for our family. Even my 2.5-year-old loved it!
This dish was delicious and easy to make. I made it a little too spicy for my husband and daughters taste, but I loved the heat. I substituted red pepper flakes for the chiles, but added just a little too much. Used extra garlic and marinated the shrimp like others have done. Agree with the idea of adding some of the paprika to the sauce because this is the best flavor in the dish! Next time I make it I have some tweaks in mind: use more beans, add smoked paprika to sauce, less pepper flakes, take tails off shrimp and make more bread for sopping up the flavors. Yummy, yummy....
This was so good, fast and easy. My 1 year old loved it too. I was thinking for my husband I would throw some Italian Sausage in next time to make it a little more filling.
This is my first review here. This is a great rustic meal. I added a chopped onion in with the garlic like many people did. Substituted red pepper flakes for the chilis which I couldn't find, and fresh ground Italian Seasoning for the salt and pepper to reduce salt content. Served with a baguette and butter. Made a hit with my wife which was surprising because she's not a huge fan of beans.
I marinated the shrimp, as others have suggested, and finished the dish off with a squeeze of lemon. It made a comforting one-pot meal, though I think I'd prefer it as part of a tapas spread - and next time I'll add a pinch of smoked paprika to the tomato sauce and beans, too, because you can never have too much smoked paprika.
Overall this was a fantastic dish, I've made it twice already. I made some changes as well. I also added more garlic and marinated the shrimp in the time it took me to cook the dish, about 20-30 min. I added some onion in the beginning with the garlic and I liked the sweetness it added with the heat. I used dried Thai red peppers because I couldn't find the other ones, and my dish was pretty spicy.


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Atreyu, Chiodos, Hatebreed, Motionless in White + More Added to 2015 South By So What? Festival
A second batch of bands led by Atreyu and Chiodos have joined the 2015 South By So What? festival lineup.
A second batch of bands led by Atreyu and Chiodos have joined the 2015 South By So What? festival lineup.
For the first time in four years they took the stage together, and from the opening chords of 'Creature,' it felt as Atreyu had never really left.
Atreyu's return now includes the release of a new song called 'So Others May Live.'
Atreyu will be playing Sept. 11 at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, Calif., marking their first show in three years.
The recent news that metalcore veterans Atreyu would be reuniting sent a shockwave of delight through the rock community and beyond.
Atreyu are ending their hiatus, announcing that they've joined the lineup for the 2014 Aftershock Festival.
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Spring Color Preview 2013: A Blissful Balance
By: Sara Mason
Posted: February 28, 2013, from the March 2013 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.
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Each season has a distinct look, but a woman's makeup wardrobe is ever-evolving. "Makeup is not meant to go with clothes or the season, it's meant to go with us," concludes Towne.
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This is a very good moisturizing, nonirritating BODY wash, I can't use it on my face with rosacea. After one use got rid of dry, itchy, ashy winter skin on my legs and arms. Have to agree with orther reviewers it is a bit pricey for a drugstore body wash, but coupons for $3 off can be found.
I absolutely LOVE this stuff. I have eczema and I'm really sensitive, so I love how gentle it is. It does foam up nicely, but I do find I have to use a lot, and it's not cheap, considering it's a drugstore item. I'm not sure I would repurchase at full price, but if I can't find something comparable at a lower price point than I don't really see another option.
This is one of the best body washes I've ever tried. It ended up not totally agreeing with my skin, but it's already a huge improvement over all the scented body washes out there. It has some wonderfully moisturizing ingredients, and no irritating essential oils, fragrances or dyes.
There is a little bit of lathering action, which may have been the culprit, so I've had better luck with Aquanil and CeraVe cleansers (which I use as body wash and face wash).
So even though I personally won't buy this again, I would recommend it if you're looking for a gentle, non-drying, non-irritating wash; this should be on your list of products to try.
I have advanced rosacea and SD and tried this out of desperation as my face reacts badly to so many cleansers.
The FIRST time I used it, it seemed to work well and removed the dry patches of skin without causing a reaction.
The third time I used it, my face flamed and the rosacea stayed much worse for days. This is when I finally got bright enough to peel off the label and read the ingredients (Note: I hate companies hiding ingredients behind a label) and saw that tocopheryl acetate was in the middle of the ingredients--this is a skin sensitizer which means you can use it without problem at first and then it may hit you with repeated use.
From the truthinaging website: "Tocopheryl Acetate.....The CIR finds that there is strong evidence that it is a human skin toxicant, and in vitro tests on mammalian cells showed positive mutation results, linking it to cancer.
It has also been determined that Tocopheryl Acetate is a skin sensitizer that can instigate immune system responses that can include itching, burning, scaling, hives, and blistering of skin, according to The Natural Skincare Authority. A study published in Contact Dermatitis found that four cases of contact dermatitis were caused by cosmetic creams that contained Tocopheryl Acetate."
I wish more companies would pull tocopheryl acetate from their products--and it's found in many, many cosmetics.
NOTE: This does say body wash versus face wash, but my dermatologist said he'd recommended it to patients for their face.
This is a Godsend! It is by FAR the most moisturizing and gentle body wash my family has ever used. My son sees a dermatologist for his eczema that he has suffered with since birth. Before this, we could only use plain cetaphil and aveeno body oil in his bath. He is allergic to everything! This has helped his skin retain needed moisture and reduced the itching tremendously. I am currently using it on my acne prone face after it was dried out and irritated from a chemical peel. The flaking stopped and my face was soothed. HG for SURE.
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This is pretty good stuff and lives up to its claims. However, it is fairly expensive (approx. $14) for what it is, and the Eucerin Calming Body Wash (shower oil) is equally as effective for about half the price of the Cetaphil Restoring Body Wash. I would definitely buy this again if need be if I could not find the Eucerin body wash in the gold bottle.
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I've been trying to compile a "HG" list of products that my overly- sensitive, bad-natured, hissy-fit-having skin will agree to for a very long time.
All my life, I have suffered from what has been diagnosed as Cholinergic Urticaria (scratches appearing on skin after sweating/exercising) and Dermographism, where long, whelt-like scratches will present themselves on my back and arms for no apparent reason at any time. The scratches look as if someone/something has attacked your skin with a vengence. Needless to say, this causes terrible stinging, burning and inflamed skin and leaves the most unsightly marks.
On the days when these condition occurs (often, although it doesn't happen everyday and is not food-related that I can see), forget about taking a bath or shower because using soap and water on the skin can really be painful.
After having success with Cetaphil's bar soap and moisturizing cream, I decided to try the Restoraderm Skin Restoring Body Wash after finding it on sale at Target. Boy, am I glad I did.
Not only has my skin lost that tight, parched, hyper-sensitive feeling, but many of the old scratch marks on my back and arms seem to be lightening and fading as well. While I will never say it has cured my skin afflictions, this stuff has done more than I currently understand in limiting the occasion and amounts of those breakouts.
Many sincere thanks to Cetaphil; yesiree!! Yeah, this stuff is very expensive but, in my opinion, it's worth every penny. Finally I can add another product to years-long researched, but very, very short "HG" skincare list.
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Because there are two listings for this product on this website (see Cetaphil Restoraderm Eczema Moisturizing Wash), I am adding a note here too because I want to make sure you run, do not walk, to get this product (along with the moisturizer) if you have dry, sensitive, flaky, reactive skin. I wrote a longer review on the other listing. This product is amazing and it does what it says.
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This fragrance-free, non-soap body wash comes in a 10 oz. bottle and if you look at the Cetaphil website, you'll find coupons and specials. I've been dealing with patches of eczema and dry body skin for years. Most recently, I've been using Free & Clear which I love because of it's LACK of ingredients but it does leave me dry.
I've been using this for about a week and I have to say that it really lives up to the claims. It has a mild foaming action but rinses very thoroughly - which is a big plus for this type of cleanser. (No slipping in the shower which happens with so many other body washes!)
The real test will come in the winter but I think it is worth trying if you have dry body skin. My only negative comment is that 10 ounces is a pretty small bottle. Because I go to the gym, I usually take two showers a day. In a week, I've used a third of the bottle. It could be a serious chunk of change.
EDIT: As much as I think this is a quality product FOR THE RIGHT SKIN TYPE, I can't use it. It caused body breakouts in place that never had breakouts. Too rich, I guess. I've had to switch to Neutrogena's Body Clear to heal these blemishes.
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Interindividual differences in human CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 expression appear to be associated with variability in risk toward various types of environmental toxicity and cancer. These two genes are oriented head-to-head on human chromosome 15; the 23.3-kb spacer region might contain distinct regulatory regions for CYP1A1 and distinct regulatory regions for CYP1A2, or the regulatory regions for the two genes might overlap one another. From 24 unrelated subjects of five major, geographically-isolated subgroups, we resequenced both genes (all exons and all introns) plus some 3' flanking sequences and the entire spacer region (39.6 kb total); 85 SNPs were found, 49 of which were not currently in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database. Of the 57 double-hit SNPs, we carried out SNP-typing in 94 Africans, 96 Asians, and 83 Caucasians and found striking ethnic differences in SNP frequencies and haplotype evolution; the two CYP1A1 SNPs and the one CYP1A2 SNP that are most commonly used in epidemiological studies were shown not to be representative haplotype tag SNPs across these three human subgroups. Four BAC-transgenic mouse lines, carrying the human CYP1A2 and 15,190 bp of 5' flank, expressed only negligible basal or inducible CYP1A2 mRNA. A fifth BAC-transgenic mouse line, carrying both the human CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 genes and ample amounts of 3' flanking sequences, plus all of the spacer region--in the absence of the mouse Cyp1a1 or Cyp1a2 genes--expressed the human CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 mRNA, protein and enzyme activities in liver and nonhepatic tissues very similar to that of the mouse. Comparison of this hCYP1A1_1A2 transgenic line with hCYP1A1_1A2 lines carrying other common human haplotypes will enable us to evaluate function in human CYP1A1_CYP1A2 locus variability, with regard to toxicity and cancer caused by combustion products.
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When you take a peek inside actress Courteney Cox's gorgeous Malibu home, courtesy of Elle Decor, you certainly get the sense it was a place created by a talented team of architects and designers. What's less clear at first, though, is how integral a part of that team Cox was herself. Here's an example, from Elle Decor's article:
In the spirit of Monica Geller, the driven, perfectionist chef she played on Friends, Cox sure-handedly led the team through "intense" once-a-week planning meetings that lasted three hours. "I've been overseeing renovations of my homes for a long time, and I have strong opinions about what I want and why." She scrutinized every detail, down to the smoky color of the tennis courts. [Architect Michael] Kovac recalls a visit from the tennis court surface company representative, who displayed his 10 stock colors. None quite fit the bill. "Courteney got him to bring a sample of the pigments of every color they had, along with some paintbrushes and paper plates, and everyone on the building team worked on mixing the pigments into new combinations. She had to get it exactly right."
Sure enough, the first sentence of the article says, "Before becoming an actress, Courteney Cox wanted to be an architect," and her attention to detail has paid off. She's found a stunning location and created a truly beautiful home. Be sure to check out the Elle Decor article for more on the process of creating the home and, of course, for a couple dozen great photos. Here are some of our favorites.
A nearly all-white kitchen certainly makes it feel open, airy and inviting.
Outdoor fireplace with a rather stunning view, eh? This is built to jut out slightly over a drop-off overlooking the ocean and beach below. Not bad.
Stand-out feature of this bedroom: the custom-made zinc headboard and footboard. Note how the headboard extends beyond the bed itself and becomes a feature of the entire room.
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Serve on whole-wheat buns with plenty of veggies, and you'll have a BBQ meal that even a meat lover will crave again and again.
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Kid prepared and approved! I am always looking for a salad that my kids can make and then devour. This is a winner for kids and moms. Submitted by CHEF_MEG
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Quoted from smurfybear The best thing I ever did for myself after starting this lifestyle, was having dinner for breakfast.....I often have a steak with some brocolli for breakfast....I too was having eggs all the time, as too many carbs make me sluggish....Now, I have eggs maybe once or twice a week...Leftovers are also a great idea......I've even been known to have a salad for breakfast.....Breaking out of the "breakfast food" mindset took a bit, but there's no looking back now....Even my naturopath agreed that the dinner for breakfast idea is good, since depeding on what you have, can actually keep you fuller longer throughout the day......Hope that helps and good luck!!!
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Quoted from Lola try roasting it in the oven.....
Quoted from healthy4 however until then what do you all do? I miis my muffins and toast!!! I know I know no grains and I do feel better when off them but some morning when I am in a rush you just want that comfort quick grab and go food.any suggestions would be great...
Quoted from Debra+ Okra...if you steam or cook it too long it will turn slimy. I don't mind it at all. Ghee takes care of that. Also, I don't mind mixing my foods together where as some people do. Fresh okra is best, but it isn't always available that way, but it is available frozen. That tends to make it more slimy. It does make a nice thickener. Okra and green beans roasted in the oven sounds really good. Do you roast them like you would the asparagus fries with olive oil and whatever spice you choose? Debra
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Quoted from wwbailey That's weird Debra... the longer we cook it, the less slimy it gets Yes you roast them slow on low broil with olive oil and whatever spices you like. I've got the green beans going now. We do like ours browned.
Quoted from azzap Wow, thanks for all the okra tips. Now I've just got to find some With all the good info maybe you could create a show called "Okra" Cough, cough (tumble weed rolls slowly by)......c'mon people, I don't hear anybody laughing.........I'll just leave by the back door.
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But that day is not this day, or any day near to it.
And I know, if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest . . .
I was just sayin'...though I'm not even one-millionth-of-a-% convinced that December 21 is going to be any different than any other ordinary day, other than some strange things that may happen out of purely statistical chance. (Even the most unusual things that have ever happened in human history, ALL happened on *some* date.)
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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm for a few hours. Light a man AFIRE, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires" - Susan B. Anthony
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Now think about it - NOTRE DAME is is the Championship Dance.
Do you REALLY think HE would end the world BEFORE the do the Tango with the Crimson Tide?
If you look not too hard, there's a lot of imagery there - "God's Team" vs. all that Red from "way down South"!
And I know, if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest . . .
A lot of people felt something big was going to happen months before 9/11. I hope something like that won't happen and that instead you are predicting something good.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
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I'd say you might be on to something - for those who enjoy too much of
and wind up with cirrhosis of the liver or DWI.
As for the rest of us, the Mayan Calendar goes on and on my friend,
Some people started crafting it, not knowing what it was,
and they'll go on crafting it forever just because,
it's the calendar that doesn't end,
it just goes on and on my friend . . .
And I know, if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest . . .
Remember, if humans live, the Earth will die. But if humans die, the Earth will live.
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Earlier this year, James Hoffmann wrote a post on his blog about his experiments with a wine aerator. He found by pouring brewed coffee through such a device made the coffee taste sweeter and gave the flavours greater clarity.
How does an aerator work?
Water (which makes up a large percentage of both coffee and wine) naturally contains dissolved oxygen molecules. It's these molecules that support marine life in rivers and seas. Water gains most of its oxygen from the atmosphere and can only store a limited amount. There are two factors which affect the capacity of water to hold oxygen:
- Pressure – higher the pressure the higher the saturation point
- Temperature – higher the temperature the lower the saturation point
An aerator works by increasing pressure on the wine and then exposing it to air to increase the saturation of dissolved oxygen. This is only a temporary measure as when the pressure on the wine returns to normal it will slowly release the extra oxygen molecules until it reaches the original saturation point. But in this short time, the increased oxygen has already sped up the oxidation of the wine.
Oxidation of wine either by an aerator or by decanting is a controversial subject among the wine community. It can have both positive and negative affects. Daniel Sogg wrote a good article about this in the Wine Spectator.
Oxidation is usually considered a bad thing in coffee as it leaches away flavour. But this is concerned more with storage rather than actual brewing. Oxygen is said to be the worst enemy of roasted coffee beans as it shortens their shelf-life. However, the general consensus is that oxygen in the water used to brew coffee is a good thing as it helps extract the flavour. This has scientific grounding as oxygen atoms are very reactive and aren't particularly choosey about what they react with. So it's reasonable to expect oxygen to assist in breaking down the compounds in the coffee grounds into some that can be more easily dissolved in water.
Why did aeration make the coffee taste sweeter and give the flavours greater clarity?
When James wrote his post, he wasn't sure what chemical changes occurred in his coffee to make it taste better. To be perfectly honest I'm not either. I've been searching around the internet for a while and haven't come up with any answers. I guess that as oxygen is highly reactive it could have any number of affects on brewed coffee's chemical make-up. I've come up with two theories which may (or may not) have something to do with it.
1. Aeration could alter the pH of brewed coffee. High levels of CO2 are trapped inside the coffee bean when it's roasted. While most of this disperses into the atmosphere a couple of days after roasting, a small amount is still contained. When we brew coffee we see CO2 escaping, bubbling out of the bloom. Some CO2 won't escape though. It will be dissolved in water and form carbonic acid. By increasing the dissolved oxygen level in water, it should dispel more CO2 and will reduce the presence of carbonic acid and therefore raise the pH (slightly).
Other acids may also be broken down by oxidation; and many of the flavours in coffee come from acids. So fewer acids, equals fewer flavours, which in turn gives greater clarity to those flavours remaining.
James also had an interesting discussion on his blog about why coffee changes taste as it cools. Oxidation of acids may be another piece in this jigsaw.
2. Oxidation could break down complex sugars. Have you every noticed how a stale biscuit tastes sweeter. This is because oxidation breaks down starch into simpler sugars and it's these sugars we can taste. Coffee doesn't contain starch, but it does contain other polysaccharides which aren't soluble in water. It's possible that these complex sugars could oxidise and break down into simple sugars which are then soluble.
In Scott Rao's new book 'Everything but Espresso' he talks about a scale in coffee with clarity on one end and body on the other. Greater clarity equals less body and vice versa. Now much of the sensation of body in the cup is caused by insolubles. So one thing is for certain; for James to have achieved greater clarity, some of these insolubles must have been transformed by aeration into solubles.
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- Use freshly drawn water – use water freshly drawn from the tap. Re-boiling water is a big NO NO!
- Boil the water as quickly as possible – as I mentioned earlier the higher the temperature of water the lower the saturation point of dissolved oxygen. However, this isn't an instantaneous reaction. The loss of oxygen occurs slower than the rise in temperature. So the quicker we boil water, the greater the level of dissolved oxygen, as it takes time for oxygen levels to fall and reach equilibrium with the higher temperature of water.
To boil water quicker we can do the following:
- Keep the kettle clean – limescale slows the efficiency of the heating element.
- Use filtered water – the more impurities in water the higher the boiling point. Filters with an ion exchange, like a Brita one, are quite effective.
- Only boiling the amount of water you need doesn't just help save the environment!
- Manually turn the kettle off yourself as kettle's have the reaction of a sloth! They don't really, but rather then use a thermostat to measure the temperature of water, kettles typically rely on a steam sensor to tell when water is boiling. As the old saying goes: there's no steam without boiling water (or was that smoke without fire?). So there's a 10-20 second delay between water reaching boiling point and the kettle turning itself off.
Of course boiling a kettle quickly only gives you a temporary advantage and if you then have to wait for it to cool before using (you don't want to scorch those precious grounds), any advantage quickly diminishes. It would be much better if we could only heat the water to the desired temperature.
More and more kettles are now coming on to the market with built in thermostats. Some you can heat to anywhere between 60-100°C in 5°C increments. This would be ideal for making coffee. But are these kettles actually any good or are they a bit gimmicky? Speaking to someone actually in the industry (household appliance design that is) he said that the first kettles that came onto the market weren't very accurate at all. The temperature could be as much as 5°C out. But I would love to hear the experiences of anyone with a more recent model. See if it tempts me to take the plunge and buy a new kettle.


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