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It is estimated that close to 10% of the U.S. population has some sort of tattoo. Eventually, as many as 50% of them want to have laser tattoo removal.
There is good news for those who have an unwanted body design. Newer laser tattoo removal techniques can eliminate your tattoo with minimal side effects. Here's how it works: lasers remove tattoos by breaking up the pigment colors of the tattoo with a high-intensity light beam.
Black tattoo pigment absorbs all laser wavelengths, making it the easiest to treat. Other colors can only be treated by selected lasers based upon the pigment color.
Who Can Benefit From Laser Tattoo Removal?
Because each tattoo is unique, removal techniques must be tailored to suit each individual case. In the past, tattoos could be removed by a wide variety of methods but, in many cases, the scars were more unsightly than the tattoo itself.
Patients with previously treated tattoos may also be candidates for laser therapy. Tattoos that have not been effectively removed by other treatments or through home remedies may respond well to laser therapy providing the prior treatments did not result in excessive scarring.
How Do I Find a Reputable Doctor to Do Laser Tattoo Removal?
To have a tattoo removed, you want to make sure you find a reputable dermatologist or cosmetic surgery center to ensure proper treatment and care. If possible, you should obtain a recommendation from your family doctor for a dermatologist or skin surgery center that specializes in tattoo removal.
What Can I Expect During Laser Tattoo Removal?
Depending on the size and color of your tattoo, the number of treatments will vary. Your tattoo may be removed in two to four visits, though many more sessions may be necessary. You should schedule a consultation, during which time a trained professional will evaluate your personal situation and advise you on the process.
Treatment with the laser varies from patient to patient depending on the age, size and type of tattoo (amateur or professional). The color of the patient's skin, as well as the depth to which the tattoo pigment extends, will also affect the removal technique.
In general, this is what will happen during an office visit for tattoo removal using the newer lasers:
Most patients do not require any anesthesia. However, depending on the location of the tattoo and the pain threshold for the patient, the physician may elect to use some form of anesthesia (topical anesthesia cream or painkiller injections at the site of the procedure).
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"Osteoarthritis commonly affects the hands, feet, spine, and large weight-bearing joints, such as the hips and knees," said Dr. Lellman. "It is a form of arthritis that features the breakdown and eventual loss of the cartilage, a protein substance that serves as a "cushion" between the bones of the joints. Among the over 100 different types of arthritis conditions, osteoarthritis is the most common."
Dr. Lellman, who sees patients in two locations, at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware and at 95 Sargent Street, Rt. 9 in Belchertown, will discuss the symptoms and treatment options for Osteoarthritis.
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CINCINNATI – The Miami University men's track and field team used strong performances by its distance runners and throwing groups to finish day one of the All-Ohio Championships in third place on Friday night.
Miami put up 30 points on day one of the two-day competition, trailing only Akron (57 points) and host Cincinnati (43).
The RedHawks finished their evening in the 10,000m with Matt Stewart battling Ohio's Chase Robinson for the lead throughout. Stewart ended up placing second in the race, netting MU eight points after crossing the line in 31:17.74, less than four seconds behind Robinson. Freshman Stephen Biebelhausen added five more points by taking fourth with a time of 32:28.01 in the first outdoor 10,000m of his collegiate career.
Miami also got points from both Ryan Moncrieff (sixth; 9:32.29) and Zack McBride (seventh; 9:32.55) as the duo went neck and neck in the 3000m steeplechase to give the RedHawks five combined points in the team standings.
Over on the field side of things, Sam Spallinger took fourth in the long jump by landing his second leap 23-0 1/2 from the mark. Calen Settles also scored in the event by clearing 21-8 1/4, which was good for seventh.
One of the more impressive performances of the day came from Rob Stein in the hammer throw. The senior launched his fifth throw 180-8 to move him up to fourth in the final standings.
"Rob posted a nice mark in the hammer throw considering he wasn't 100 percent today," Miami head coach Warren Mandrell said. "That was a positive result for him. The 10,000m was a nice race and it netted us a lot of points. Matt Stewart was vying for the lead and Biebelhausen ran a nice race as well. Zack McBride had a solid PR in the steeplechase and Moncrieff did a nice job sticking around his time from last week."
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Why Get Tested?
To detect a bacterial wound infection, to determine which specific bacteria are present, and to isolate and grow the bacteria for subsequent susceptibility testing
When to Get Tested?
When the doctor suspects that your wound is infected by a pathogenic microorganism; sometimes after treatment of an infection to evaluate its effectiveness
Sample Required?
A sterile swab used to collect cells or pus from the site of the suspected infection; may also include aspirations of fluid from deeper wounds into a syringe and/or a tissue biopsy
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The Test Sample
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A bacterial wound culture is a test that is used to detect and identify bacteria that cause infections (pathogenic) in a wound. Wounds may be superficial breaks in the skin such as scrapes, cuts and scratches or may involve deeper tissues such as incisions, bites, punctures or burns. Any wound may become infected with a variety of bacteria. A culture helps to determine whether a wound has become infected, which type(s) of bacteria are causing the infection, and which antibiotic would best treat the infection and help heal the wound.
A culture is performed by collecting a sample of fluid, cells or tissue from the wound and placing it on or in appropriate nutrient media. The media encourages the growth of bacteria that may be present, allowing for further testing and identification. Typically, there is only one kind of bacteria found or one type predominates in a wound. In some cases, however, there may be severaltypes of bacteria present that have different requirements for growth. Some bacteria infecting a wound may require the presence of air (aerobic) while others require a no-oxygen or reduced-oxygen environment (anaerobic or microaerophilic). Care must be taken when handling the samples so that bacterial growth is encouraged and the probability of their detection and identification are optimized.
The next step in the testing process is to identify the different microorganisms present. Identification is a step-by-step process that may involve many tests and evaluations performed on the bacteria found growing in the culture. One such test, the gram stain, involves smearing individual colony types onto glass slides and treating them with a special stain. Under the microscope, the bacteria can be classified into gram-positive and gram-negative organisms and by shape into cocci (spheres) or rods. With this information and additional biochemical tests, the types of bacteria present can be identified.
For many of the pathogens identified in wound cultures, antimicrobial susceptibility testing is required to guide treatment and to determine whether the strain of bacteria present is likely to respond to specific antibiotics. In order to do this, a pure culture (isolate) of the identified bacteria must be available, which may require additional time in the laboratory to separate and identify each bacterial species.
The wound culture, gram stain test, and susceptibility testing all contribute to inform the doctor which pathogen(s) are present and what antibiotic therapy is likely to inhibit their growth.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A sterile swab may be used to collect cells or pus from a superficial wound site. From deeper wounds, aspirations of fluid into a syringe and/or a tissue biopsy are the optimal specimens to allow for the recovery of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
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In this post I'm going to have a little fun with VLANs. As I've been studying for the CCNA cert I've been reading how great VLANs are, so in this post i'm going to have a little fun with some really cool tools from the Backtrack distro. My aim is to demonstrate why simlpy placing hosts in a seperate VLAN might sometimes not be enough if you really don't want anyone to have access to them. Let's get started.
I start off by connecting to the LAN and getting a network address
dhclient eth0
I can see that I'm attached to the network 10.0.1.0/24
Next I fire up wireshark and check the network for DTP (Dynamic Trunking Protocol) frames and CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) frames.
I can see that I have both CDP and DTP frames present.
Now I want to tell the switch that my port is a trunk port, for this I'll use Yersinia and tell it to look at DTP.
yersinia -I
After I see DTP frames appear in Yersinia I launch the attack to configure the port for trunking.
Now I need to know the VLAN number that other networks are on. Before launching Yersinia I could only see traffic from my own network (10.0.1.0/24), now I can start to see traffic from hosts on another network (192.168.2.2).
Looking at the 802.1Q information in the frame I can see that the other network is on VLAN 2.
With this information I'll create a new interface in the new network and configure vconfig to tag the frames for VLAN2.
vconfig add eth0 2
ifconfig eth0.2 up
ifconfig eth0.2 192.168.2.200/24
Now I check I can ping the host I saw with Wireshark and I have a quick look at it's ports with Nmap.
ping -c 2 192.168.2.2
nmap 192.168.2.2
Great, I have plenty here to play with, and on port 80 ...........
Okay obviously this was staged but hopefully it illustrates two things. VLANs can be abused and Yersinia rocks!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Abusing VLANs With BackTrack
In this post I'm going to have a little fun with VLANs. As I've been studying for the CCNA cert I've been reading how great VLANs are, so in this post i'm going to have a little fun with some really cool tools from the Backtrack distro. My aim is to demonstrate why simlpy placing hosts in a seperate VLAN might sometimes not be enough if you really don't want anyone to have access to them. Let's get started.
16 comments:
Good post. I hope this helps hapless security engineers in design meetings.
- October 18, 2009 at 11:57 PM
- standalone-sysadmin.com said...
Interesting. This should only work in the case when the switch has been configured to automatically detect trunks, right?
- October 19, 2009 at 1:28 AM
- SynJunkie said...
standalone-sysadmin.com - Yes, although I'm yet to test it, I beleive that configuring ports as access ports would mitigate this vulnerability.
- October 19, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Tim Grossner said...
Correct - the vulnerability only exists if the switchport is configured as a trunk, or to autodetect them. If it was just configured as an access port and placed in a vlan, all is well.
- October 19, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Tim Grossner said...
Right, this is only vulnerable if the port is configured as a trunk, or to auto-detect trunks. If its configured as an access port and placed into a vlan, it should be fine.
- October 19, 2009 at 3:07 PM
So it's pretty common to configure access ports with SWITCHPORT MODE ACCESS but wouldn't it still accept the trunk unless you set it to NONNEGOTIATE?
- October 20, 2009 at 2:14 AM
Nevermind, according to the CCNA security book, SWITCHPORT MODE ACCESS blocks all trunking on that port.
SWITCHPORT NONEGOTIATE is for use on a port that is a trunk, but doesn't want to participate in dynamic trunking.
- October 20, 2009 at 2:23 AM
CCNA Security 101, disabled CDP and DTP on access ports.
- October 21, 2009 at 8:06 PM
- SynJunkie said...
Agreed, there are ways to prevent this. AS there are methods to prevent almost all attacks. Are these methods always used? I would say rarely. Especially on the infrastructure and especially on the soft and chewy center!
- October 24, 2009 at 10:25 AM
pruning vlans off the trunks would also mitigate risk of exposure to/from other vlans. im not sure off-hand what vlans would be allowed if the port negotiates, is it any vlan?
- October 26, 2009 at 6:56 AM
I don't know if it's a coincidence or not but if your IP is 10.*.*.* there's a VLAN hidden in the 192.*.*.*? Or any IP that's not 192 indicates a VLAN?
- June 24, 2010 at 4:53 AM
- SynJunkie said...
Usually al the VLAN's will have different network ranges. I have just used different classes of IP address to make things clear for the blog post.
- June 26, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Using VLAN hopping, it is still possible to access other VLANs, as long as the trunk port between two switches uses the attackers access VLAN as the native vlan.
The attacker could encapsulate a .1q packet inside another. When the packet is sent over the trunk, the first tag is stripped, and the packet is allowed unmodified over the trunk. On the neigboring switch, the packet is then sent on to the destination host in a different VLAN.
Yersinia allows for this kind of attack. "Sending double encapsulated 802.1Q packet ".
Solution: prune the native VLAN of the trunk.
- July 10, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- SynJunkie said...
Thats what I like, an attack and a solution.
Thanks for the comment
- July 21, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Any idea why yersinia freezes when I start it on BT4?
- October 6, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- SynJunkie said...
No, have you checked the BT forums, they are pretty comprehensive.
- October 6, 2010 at 9:50 PM


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[Peggy Klein of Ottawa, IL, the six millionth visitor at Swift's bridge, and William McAvoy, of Rochester, NY, the nine millionth visitor to A Century of Progress, holding their prize gifts at a reception held in their honor at Swift's Restaurant.]
[View of the Enchanted Island exhibit under construction in preparation for the Chicago World's Fair. Enchanted Island was built between the lagoon and Lake Michigan, and included a mountainside slide, a fairy castle, a mechanical zoo, a miniature railroad, and a theater, among other exhibits. This photo was taken in January of 1933.]
"'Be a swell person -- Take an Orphan to the Fair' is the motto of the movement started by the Mandel Brothers, State street department store, to help charitable Chicagoans take under-privileged children on World's Fair outings. Shown here is Leon Mandel, general manager, with the first of the groups to visit the exposition, composed of boys from the Bohemian Orphan asylum, the Illinois Protestant Children's home, and the Chicago Home for Jewish children. A special department, under the management of Mrs. Jennie Pervin, has been organized in the club women's bureau on the ninth floor of the store, to assist persons planning orphan parties; such persons may write, call in person, or telephone State 1500. Orphans, in groups of three or more, will be admitted to the Fair grounds for five cents each."
"'Have a World's Fair cane, boys," says Leon Mandel, general manager of Mandel Brothers, state street store, to these orphans from the Bohemian Orphan asylum, the Illinois Protestant Children's home and the Chicago Home for Jewish Children. He was host Wednesday (September 26th) to the first group to visit the exposition under the store's plan to assist charitable Chicagoans in taking underprivileged children on World's Fair outings. A special department, in charge of Mrs. Jennie Pervin, has been set up in the club women's bureau on the ninth floor, to help hosts organize their groups. For full information, citizens need only write, call in person, or telephone State 1500. Orphans will be admitted to the Fair in groups of three or more for five cents each."
"'Take an Orphan to the Fair.' Here we see Frank Mandel, brother of Leon Mandel, who started the campaign doing his bit toward making the campaign a success by taking a group of crippled children from the Martha Washington home for Crippled Children for an outing at the World's Fair. Mrs. Mandel is helping him entertain two of the children as they pose for photographers in the Court of Honor. The children are Alexander Pappas and Sylvia Cordinia."
"A happy group of visitors after their first day at the new World's Fair from York and York County Pennsylvania. The party, under the chaperonage of Glenn E. Bailey and J.W. Barwick, numbers 153, and is composed of 75 school children and 60 teachers. They already have visited all exhibit buildings, the Field Museum, Colonial Village, the Lama Temple and Fort Dearborn. They leave Friday for home, and are staying at Judson Court, University of Chicago."
"An enthusiastic crowd greeted the first appearance of the Bruce Toy Symphony Orchestra of Kansas City today (Tuesday) at the Court of States when it opened a three-day engagement. This unusual group of 60 children ranging from four to eight years, plays classical selections on marimbas, xylophones, orchestra bells, celestas, and a full complement of percussion instruments."
"Budy Mabry, age 11, of 106 North Edith Street, Albuquerque, New Mexico, has come to the fair all alone to see the sights."
"Children play house at A Century of Progress. Little Miss Joan Leavens, seven years old, of Wenatchee, Washington, is having lots of fun selling flowers to her sister, Margaret Leavens, nine years old, in the Puroil children's rest house in the General Electric Exhibits building at the World's Fair."
"Ernest Buehler, vice president of the Chicago Board of Education, receives a sample of the kind of milk which will be given free to children who visit the World's Fair on the special Children's Day which has been arranged in conjunction with Fair officials and the Mayor's Keep Chicago Ahead committee. The free milk will be donated by the Chicago Milk Foundation, and Carl Dysenroth, executive secretary of the foundation, here completes arrangements concerning it."
"Even the famous Brian Boru would be envious of the honors heaped on this younger Brian at the World's Fair yesterday after he won the title of the 'North Side's Most Beautiful Child.' Brian Joseph Burns, 2 years old, 229 East Superior Street, the calm winner, seems quite satisfied to pose for the camera and watch for the 'birdie.' The contest was part of the festivities attendant on the North Side Day celebration at A Century of Progress."
"More than 1,000 orphans from a score of orphan institutions in Chicago and vicinity were guests of the World's Fair yesterday (Wednesday). The happy children are shown entering the Fourteenth street gate of the Fair. They spent the entire afternoon on a tour of the Exposition grounds."
"Orphans from the Lydia Children's Home at 4300 Irving Park Boulevard visited the World's Fair today (Friday) as guests of William Daniel Johnson under the 'be a Swell Person' plan inaugurated recently by Leon Mandel."
"Politely stepping aside to let his sister enter the turnstiles of the World's Fair today (Wednesday, August 29th) won for William McAvoy, 10, of Rochester, N.Y., the distinction of being the nine millionth visitor to the Fair. William, who is the son of "Wicky" McAvoy, who was famous a few years ago as first string catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, is shown here being greeted by Col. Robert Isham Randolph, assistant to the general manager of A Century of Progress. The honored youngster was presented with many gifts and was the guest of the Fair for the day."
"Pursuing the quest for knowledge with the same zest with which they participated in greased pig races, pie eating contests, and other competitions staged at the Fair during the summer, thousands of Chicago school students are taking advantage of the reduced rate student tours offered by the management of the Chicago World's Fair. To enable students to see the many educational features of the Exposition, admission prices for children in groups of ten or more have been reduced to five cents with accompanying teachers admitted free. Here a group of sixth graders from the Lewis Champlin school are getting the visual instruction in the art of glassblowing from Maestro Romano Zanetti, one of the master craftsmen in the Venice-Murano exhibit."
"Roberta Nesbin, 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nesbin, Cleveland, who made her first airplane trip when she was 14 months of age, flew to the World's Fair from Cleveland yesterday (Tuesday, August 7th). She is shown here holding a beer stein her grandfather, the late Lawrence Mullen of Philadelphia, bought when he attended the Columbian Exposition here in 1893."
"Sarita Valiente, 10 year old visitor from Havana, Cuba, with both hands clutching nickels, is well prepared for her Children's Day visit to the Chicago World's Fair. A nickel is all it takes for anyone under 12 to pass practically any ticket office on the grounds that day. She is shown here in front of the Puerto Rican exhibit in the Court of States to which she paid a neighborly visit. Little Sarita is a niece of Guillermo Valiente, recently appointed Cuban vice-consul to Chicago."
"Smack! Together we make 15 million. That's enough for anybody. William McAvoy, (left) 10 years old thus greeted Peggy Klein, 8, as they met a reception at Swift's restaurant following the greeting of McAvoy as the nine millionth visitor to A Century of Progress - the Chicago World's Fair. He came through the gate at 10:35 a.m. on Wednesday. Miss Klein was the six millionth visitor at Swift's bridge. She lives at 510 Pearl street, Ottawa, Ill. and he lives at 371 Schofield Road, Rochester, New York. He is the son of Wicky McAvoy, formerly first string catcher for Connie Mack's Athletics and now the conductor of a bowling alley in Rochester."
"The Chicago World's Fair attracts the old and the young and the in-between alike. Photograph shows three generations of Cubans during a neighborly visit to the Puerto Rican exhibit in the Court of States. From left to right: J.R. Valiente, Elvira Lara Vda Valiente, and Sarita Valiente, all of Havana."
"The oldest and the youngest parishioners of St. Andrew's church of Calumet City, Illinois, Mrs. Valeria Perz, 73, and James Muschelwiscz, 3, were presented to an audience of their fellow-parishioners at the colorful ceremony held in the Court of States at the Chicago World's Fair on Sunday, July 8. The day was the church's official celebration at the Fair and an elaborate program of dancing, music, speeches and gymnastic exercises was presented."
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What comes next for Teresa Chambers? The Merit Systems Protection Board granted the former head of U.S. Park Police the right to reclaim her position as chief after being fired seven years ago.
Chambers tells Federal News Radio she wants the job back, but Interior still has some options.
Debra Roth, partner at the law firm Shaw, Bransford, and Roth, told Federal News Radio, filing an appeal in the case is not one of those options.
"Interior, at this point actually, does not have a right to appeal. The Office of Personnel Management on behalf of the Department of Interior at this point would have to appeal because Teresa Chambers has won," said Roth.
"Probably the most difficult thing for the agency to deal with" at this point, said Roth, is that there's someone in the position now. "The law recognizes that the person who's in the position...will have to be bumped. The department will have to find another position" for Salvatore Lauro.
"He has a right to a job that he's qualified for at that grade level, but he doesn't have a right to that job. She currently now trumps it as a matter of law. She has a right to that job," Roth explained.
"What will be most interesting, I think, will be whether they'll actually reinstate her to her former position because it is encumbered," said Roth, or Interior will find a "like" position, which would be very difficult.
There might be a determination made by Interior that putting Chambers back in her job will cause an undue disruption in the workplace. "That would be the more likely angle that agencies use," said Roth, "rather than seeing if they can get OPM, at this point, to appeal on their behalf to the Court of Appeals."
It's not like there's a wealth of past practice to lean on, said Roth. These kinds of rulings, to restore someone to a position bumping someone else who has taken over, happens "very infrequently, as you can imagine," said Roth, "because the reality is that most people lose at the MSPB and do not get their job back and the government moves on."
Roth, ever the attorney, adds that Chambers can go back to the MSPB if Interior can't prove the disruption of restoring her to the position is undue.


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David Greenwood
What is your favorite place on campus?
I have two favorite places on campus. The first, Desmet Hall, is located in the heart of campus. This was my sophomore year residence hall and a place where I experienced some of my greatest GU memories. The second is Foley Library. Foley provides the perfect accommodations to any students' study needs. It is one of the few places where I can go and take care of all my school work.
What about your favorite place in Spokane?
I love the Spokane Arena. There are so many great events ranging from hockey games to concerts. Every time I have been to an event I have always had a great time. There is always something interesting going on at the arena at any time of the year.
Which class and/or professor have you enjoyed the most so far?
My Managerial Accounting course sophomore year had to have been my favorite class.
Give us a fun fact about you:
My feet are the most ticklish spot on my body.
What extra-curricular activity do you enjoy the most?
Every year my friends and I form a coed volleyball team. It's great getting together with a common interest we all share and competing against other students. We've also won two championships, which is a nice bonus.
Even though you haven't left Gonzaga yet, what is your favorite memory so far?
During my freshman year my roommate and I created a duct tape wall over my friend's dorm. What was so great about our prank was that it was the first snow of the year. Since our friend is from Arizona and isn't around snow too often, he woke up screaming and yelling, "It's snowing! David, wake up!" Much to his surprise he opened up his door to a massive wall of duct tape blocking him from getting to his long lost dreams of snow.
David Greenwood
Hometown: Bainbridge Island, Washington
Graduation Year: 2014
Major(s)/Minor(s)/Concentration(s): Major: Accounting with Entrepreneurship Concentration


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As the Good Book says in 1 Corinthians 13:14, "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up my childish ways."
As a child, Christmas was mostly about me — at least in my own mind.
Not so as an adult. Having learned to be less self-absorbed, I don't think I'm alone in finding far more pleasure in giving than in receiving. The best gifts I receive now — Christmas or otherwise — are those feelings of satisfaction I get from giving. And I have to be careful here to not articulate that the feelings of satisfaction are about me, because they're not about me. Life, I've learned, is not about me.
No, the feelings of satisfaction I receive are directed to others. They're about other's happiness, about THEIR contentment.
My satisfaction now is found in the sense of possibility and the opportunities to make the world a little better place, if even for a few moments, through giving of my time or abilities or from other resources of which I have been blessed.
Yet, admittedly, some of my best memories still center on the joy and wonder of Christmas morning as a kid.
Our family tradition when we were growing up in Willowick, Ohio, was that we four kids could quietly tip-toe down the stairs from the bedroom we shared to rifle through our stockings hung on the wrought iron stair rail with care.
But we had to whisper. And we had to wait for Mom and Dad to emerge from their bedroom before we could do more than stare, mesmerized with rapt wonder, at Santa's generosity under the aluminum Christmas tree with its red, glass bulb ornaments and twirling color wheel.
Today, being a giver is more enjoyable than being a getter. But of the great Christmas memories I have, none beats that Christmas morning on Sunday, Dec. 25, 1960, 53 years ago tomorrow, when I was a getter.
I was nearly 8 years old. It snowed that Christmas Eve night, I remember, one of those heavy, blustery, northern Ohio snowfalls that used to pile up in drifts against the front door, offering opportunities of tunnels and snow forts and a needed respite for Mom and Dad later on during the day.
But even the early morning view of the snow through the living room picture window couldn't long draw my eyes that Christmas morning away from the big, wrapped box marked "To Barry from Santa."
We kids had decided to break the rules that morning and closely inspect, even feel and shake, the gifts under the tree. As the eldest among we four siblings, I'd been given the task to conduct an inventory, a dangerous mission I accepted without hesitation.
Frankly, I couldn't have cared less about what my brothers and sister had received that morning. The biggest box under the tree was for me.
My heart raced with expectation at the adventures hidden in that foil-wrapped box. What could this enticing treasure possibly be? I could hardly wait for the revealing of that gift, the pleas of my siblings to tell them the results of my inventory ignored.
After what seemed like f-o-r-e-v-e-r, Mom and Dad finally appeared. Yay!
Teasing us about waiting until after breakfast to open gifts and listening to our in-unison cries of "NOOOOOOOOO," Dad commenced his service as Santa's helper, doling out the gifts at a snail's pace. My only real package was always passed over in favor of what turned out to be new socks or underpants.
Finally, Dad handed me the big box and announced, "To Barry from Santa." I hungrily tore into that bright blue foil wrapping to reveal the best Christmas gift I ever received — The Fighting Lady.
The Fighting Lady was a motorized "assault battleship" toy on wheels equipped with a battery-operated, turreted gun whose rotation could be controlled by a lever on the ship's "bridge." Another lever shot plastic bullets across the room (often at my little sister) from the gun.
As if that wasn't enough, Lady was bristling with depth charges and a spring-loaded, "flyable" airplane that could be launched from her decks. She had a loud fog horn designed to thrill boys and irritate moms. Wow, was she built. She had it all.
The Fighting Lady — she was the neatest, coolest toy a 7-year-old boy could receive in 1960. And she was the Christmas gift I best remember receiving as a kid, above all the others, even to this day 53 years later. She was my all-time favorite toy until, as young men are prone to do, I tired of her, ultimately finding more interest in real, flesh and blood fighting ladies.
In more or less in the same shape I received her from Santa in 1960, first my Mom and then I kept her lovingly preserved in her original box. Giving being more important than receiving, I gave her to my own son in 1988 when he was 7.
She was played with by another generation of boys, cast aside, and forgotten among my son's newer, more desired toys. In the midst of decluttering and a score of household moves, she became lost at sea, the memory of how she disappeared now long gone. But one memory — the most important one — remains.
The thrill of that 1960 Christmas morning lingers, that memorable day when The Fighting Lady eased into the port of my of boyhood life bringing so much joy. While flesh and blood fighting ladies and giving (vice receiving) have become more important to me now, my childish ways are not completely, I suppose, given up. I wouldn't mind having her back.
Barry Fetzer is a columnist for the Havelock News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- B.Com., University of Toronto, 1999
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Pool, Veronika Krepely, Noah Stoffman, and Scott Yonker (2014), "The People in Your Neighborhood: Social Interactions and Mutual Fund Portfolios," Journal of Finance, forthcoming.Read Abstract ››
Stoffman, Noah (2014), "Who Trades with Whom? Individuals, Institutions, and Returns," Journal of Financial Markets, forthcoming. Read Abstract ››
Stoffman, Noah, Veronika Pool and Scott Yonker (2012), "No Place Like Home: Familiarity in Mutual Fund Manager Portfolio Choice," Review of Financial Studies, 25(8).Read Abstract ››
Stoffman, Noah, Amit Seru, and Tyler Shumway (2010), "Learning by Trading," Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, February, pp. 705-739. Read Abstract ››


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The little girl walked up the main stairway of the Buena Park hotel with her parents. At the top, she glanced into a ballroom and did a double-take, her eyes bugging out as if she had just seen Bigfoot.
Think of it, a girl who could not have been more than 6 is suddenly confronted with more than 100 Santa Clauses, each one dressed on this sunny January afternoon in full Santa regalia, clear down to the shiny boots.
She grabbed her father's legs, burying her head in them before mustering the courage to peer around them and back into the room.
Click here to watch a video about the real-bearded Santas.
It is why I went to the ballroom of the Knott's Berry Farm Hotel last weekend. Santa was having a reunion there. It was, for me, almost equally as strange. I had nowhere to hide.
The hotel had been decorated as if it were Dec. 24. A sleigh on wheels, laden with gift-wrapped presents, was parked just outside the front doors. Inside, in that second-floor ballroom, the Santas were sitting down to lunch.
How do I say this? Each one was a dead-ringer for the Santa I once believed in. Each one had a long, flowing beard. There were no fake ones, which I suppose was the entire point.
They were members of the Fraternal Order of Real Beard Santas, a Garden Grove-based organization formed in 1994 after 10 real-beard Santas took part in a commercial in Hollywood. All 10 sat down for lunch afterwards and, soon, an Order was born. Last Saturday's gathering was the 19th reunion of California, Arizona and Nevada real-beard Santas.
What I quickly learned is that these gentlemen each fully think of themselves as Santa, that being Santa is a real business, and it is one they operate as seriously as if they were surgeons.
Yet they are an extraordinarily fun group to be around. Most of them are retired, 60- to 70ish, men who can easily poke fun at themselves. Oh, and they take the "Ho-ho-ho" thing very seriously, too. My ears have barely stopped ringing.
I pulled up a chair next to Dave Fernandez, 64, of Ontario, who had just begun digging into his salad. He is a retired police officer.
He got started in the Santa business about 10 years ago. He was assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to work an identity theft ring. He had a white beard at the time. A Secret Service agent approached him about working an event that Christmas. He has been doing it every year since.
"It is not an inexpensive profession," Fernandez confides. He has five Santa suits, and at least five pairs of black boots, an ensemble he estimates has cost more than $10,000.
That does not include his wife, Donna's, Mrs. Santa Claus outfits and jewelry, which she says has cost them at least another $1,000.
Another thing I learned: Every real-beard Santa has a Mrs. Claus. I do not know if this is a requirement. With this group, it is just a fact. And she is a critically valuable asset to what they do.
Almost every Santa in the room, in addition to their retail and corporate work in November and December, avails their knees to foster children, those in group homes and those in county care because they have been abused.
"Some children," Fernandez explains, "are afraid of me, afraid of men, because they have been abused. They want to sit with Mrs. Claus instead of Santa. I understand it. I do not take offense."
Bernie Johnson of Fullerton, at age 58, might have been the youngest Santa in the group. Last Christmas was his first year working as Kris Kringle.


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How to get the Best SEO Services
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We all know that social media has been booming lately with more and more websites every day. It can be a very daunting task to try to increase your visibility to the masses in cyber space. That is why engaging in a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) site might be the best way to make sure your site can easily be found. A SEO is designed to improve your site by giving you advice about how to clean your website and make it more attractive to viewers. There are a lot of SEO companies so choosing the best one can be intimidating.
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Website Design for Dummies
Posted on December 30, 2013 by admin
Do you want to start your own business or non-profit organization? You will definitely need a website to advertise. Any business or nonprofit without a website does not realize that they are in the twentieth century. You cannot just rely on FaceBook, Twitter or email. You must have a landing page where people can learn about your business or nonprofit.
So what do you do if you do not know how to do website design? And what do you do if you do not have the budget to outsource to a company to get the best website design?
Your Content
First, you need to decide what kind of website you want to have. This is half the battle.
There are several questions you can ask yourself:
- What kind of information do your constituents need to have to know more about your organization. You want to make sure your web visitors know the following information:
⁃ You need to talk about your business. What is your business about?
⁃ You need to share your purpose of your company or nonprofit. What is your mission and/or vision?
⁃ You need to explain all the things your business does. What kind of services do you offer or what kind of programs do you have?
⁃ You need to provide your contact details. How can they contact you? Do you have a physical address that people can visit or are you an online only company? You should at least provide an email address.
⁃ If you have social media, you should include icons that link to your pages. These can include a variety of social media platforms: FaceBook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, Vimeo or Instagram. There are others out there, but these are the main ones. If you only want to choose few and you are a business, LinkedIn and Twitter may be the best ones to choose. If you are a nonprofit organization, Twitter and FaceBook may be the best choices.
- How many web pages do you want? There are positives and negatives to having many pages. You want there to be one focus on each page. However, you do not want to have your web visitors having to go through too many pages, so many that they give up on looking at your website and move to another company or to another place to donate. You probably want to have at least the following pages:
⁃ Home Page: this is the main landing page that your visitors will find on the internet.
⁃ Services/Products Page: this is where you will have at least one page where you will talk about the service you offer or the products you are selling.
⁃ Contact Details Page: this is where you will tell your visitors how to contact you.
⁃ About Us Page: this page provides a little background on your business or organization. You do not necessarily need a separate page for this.
⁃ Donate Now Page: this is a must if you are a nonprofit. If not, then you can just ignore this!
- What are the actions you want your customers or donors to take? The answer to this question will obviously depend on what kind of company you are.
⁃ If you are a nonprofit, you will want your visitors to learn more about your programs of assistance. You will want them to ultimately donate.
⁃ If you are a business, then you will want your customers to learn more about your company. Then you will want them to ultimately purchase your services or products.
Train Yourself
Then when you know what kind of content you want, there are several ways you can go about designing your web content.
▪ Take a Class: Many community colleges offer basic design classes. You will find that these are low-cost and can give you some great ideas and good training on creating a basic website.
▪ Software: There are many different software products you can use.
▪ Research: You would be surprised by the amount of articles, blogs and free webinars there are about online marketing and design. Set aside a week to train and research for yourself. Or if you do not have a week, set aside an hour each day to learn more about it.
▪ Ask a Friend: In this day and age, most people know some one who knows how to create websites. You can ask a friend to show you, and it should not take long to create the most basic of websites.
Jump In!
So you may not have the best website in the world, but it is better than no website. Just having your name in the global network will help your business and search-ability on google.
Just jump in and you will probably surprise yourself!
When starting an online business, there are many things to consider when choosing the right website design. A website is what tells the world about your business. It doesn't matter what anyone says, if your website isn't catchy or interesting enough, then you won't have as many visitors stay on your site. Same holds true if your site has too much going on, readers will get confused and leave. So you have to find a middle ground that makes your website a place that people want to come back to again and again.
Here are some questions for you to ask, in order to help you choose the right website design for your business.
1. What is the purpose of your website?
This is the first question that you need to ask yourself. What do you want visitors to your site to leave with? What are they coming back for? Are you looking to capture leads or new subscribers, educate visitors or sell products and services to your visitors? Getting clear on what you want your website to do is the first important thing to figure out before starting your website design.
2. Who is your target audience?
Who are the people that will be looking for your website? What are they looking for when they get to your site? If you already have a website, then who is your main audience? You want to have your site to be appealing to those visitors, so that they continue to return for more.
3. Are you going to design the website yourself?
Big businesses usually hire an individual or a company to designing and maintain their websites, but what if you're not a big company with the advantage of deep pockets yet? You can still hire a web designer, but you will just have to have them make it easily changeable for you. Also learning how to post your own content to your site can save you money on web design.
What most small businesses and individuals just starting out, and don't have the money to invest into website design do is create their own. It's very easy to create one yourself; you can simply use a blog platform like WordPress or Blogger. They are easy to use, and easy to maintain on your own. You can have your own website set up in a day or two, with your own theme. If you're not sure about how to create your own site, there are tons of videos online that will show you everything you need to do, from a to z.
4. Are you going to have someone else design your website?
If you have the extra money to have someone else design your website, then first thing is to begin looking around for the right designer. You want to find a company or individual that can take your vision and bring it to life, without charging you a ton of money in the process.
If you do decide to hire someone, try to be as clear as possible about what you want. They will create their own style if they don't have your vision in front of them, so come up with a list of details that you want to include in your design. You can also include any pictures that will help, ideas from other websites, or thing you don't want included.
5. What is your monthly budget for your website upkeep?
Come up with a monthly budget and stick to it. If you have a web designer that you want to maintain your site, then let them know beforehand how much you can pay per month. This will help them know what they can do for your site each month. If you have created your own website, then allow a budget for plug-ins and extras for your site. You can also include any marketing fees, like PPC or hire a marketing company. Marketing can help get traffic to your website for low daily or monthly costs.
6. Stuck on your design?
Do you like other websites that are in your niche? If so, you can utilize what they are using, especially if it is getting them traffic, and get ideas from them for your site. Then you can incorporate your own ideas as well. You're not going to steal their entire website design; you are just going to use the site to help you get more creative about your own design.
Choosing the right website design for your business is something that you must do at some point. If you have the money for a web designer, then you can hire one and have them come up with the total design. Every business owner needs one in order to have any presence on the web.


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On 16 August 1912, 17-year-old Virginia Christian was electrocuted at the Virginia Penitentiary for the 18 March 1912 murder of Ida Belote, her white employer. Today, she remains the only woman to be executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia since the General Assembly centralized executions at the Virginia State Penitentiary in 1908. That historic distinction may be about to change. Barring any intervention by the judicial system or Governor Robert McDonnell, Teresa Lewis will be executed on 23 September 2010 at the Greensville Correctional Center for her role in the murder of her husband, Julian Lewis. Lewis's pending execution has sparked renewed interest in the Christian case.
The Library of Virginia has a variety of documents concerning Virginia Christian's execution. Rather than summarizing the case, I will let a representative sample of 51 documents tell the story from all sides: Christian's family and her attorneys, Belote's family, the prosecutor, and Governor William Hodges Mann. These documents were drawn from various State Records collections including: Virginia Dept. of Corrections, State Penitentiary; Secretary of the Commonwealth, Executive Papers; and Records of Governor William Mann. Each image caption includes the citation of the document. The records of the Virginia State Penitentiary Collection, 1796-1991 (Accession 41558) are now open to researchers.
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I currently pay more taxes. that is doled out to the poor, than you make in a year.
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Bag Up Hunger at Foodland!
I love to eat! I have a long list of my favorite foods and places where I enjoy eating at. I guess you could say I take eating for granted. When I realized that so many Hawaii families don't have that luxury, I began to understand the importance of supporting our local food banks. Food banks work tirelessly to gather food and support from our communities so that they can help the thousands of individuals and families who struggle every day to feed themselves. According to a "Hunger in Hawaii 2010" report, 183,500 families benefit from the Hawaii Foodbank. That's 14% of our state's population.
Each year Foodland and Sack N Save commits our support to "Bag Up Hunger" with our annual in-store program. Customers are invited to make a donation of $5, $10 or $20, simply by tearing off a denomination slip from signs posted at checkout. The donations raised on each island go to the food bank on the island where the donation was made, and will help purchase the food banks' most needed items such as canned meats and vegetables for those in need.
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"I'm hungry." This is an unfortunate, but all too common phrase, said by the thousands of people in Hawaii who struggle to find their next meal. According to the Hunger in America 2010 report by Feeding America, more than 14% of Hawaii's population receives emergency food assistance. The face of Hawaii's hungry ranges in all ages, from young to old, and across all ethnicities of our island population.
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As a part of our ongoing push for local visibility in our stores, we've introduced new signs to help make buying local easy!
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Have you ever been so busy that you missed a meal because you didn't have the time to eat? Surely it happens to all of us occasionally, but once we realize it, we hardly give it a second thought because we know we can eat almost whenever we please - some families in our communities don't always have that luxury.


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Mill Creek officer, suspect injured in crash
The officer, who has been on the Mill Creek force for two years, was taken to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett where he was treated and released.
"He's fine," Mill Creek officer Ian Durkee said. "He just sustained minor injuries. He's home with his family."
The suspect -- an Everett man, 52 -- also was taken to Providence. His condition was not immediately available, but his injuries reportedly were not life threatening. A Lake Stevens woman, 29, was his passenger. She was taken to Swedish/Edmonds hospital for a medical evaluation.
Mountlake Terrace police first tried to pull over a 1994 Jeep Cherokee on I-5 near 220th Street SW, but the driver wouldn't stop.
The Jeep wound up driving through Mill Creek.
The injured officer was looking for a spot to deploy spike strips when a collision occurred between the police car and suspect's vehicle. The crash happened at the intersection of 35th Avenue SE and 180th Street SE about 1:20 a.m.
The officer's emergency lights were on, Washington State Patrol trooper Mark Francis said.
"The exact dynamics of the collision are still under investigation," Francis said.
Mountlake Terrace police will determine what allegations the suspect will face, Durkee said.
After the collision, the Jeep hit the curb, vaulted into the air, struck a power pole and landed on its side before catching fire.
It could have been worse.
"Fortunately the officer wasn't T-boned," Durkee said.
The patrol car received front-end damage.
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CWR1211SZ - EdgeStar 121 Bottle Single Zone Built-In Wine Cooler - Black and Stainless Steel
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EdgeStar 121 Bottle Single Zone Built-In Wine Cooler - Black and Stainless Steel
Keep your wines chilled and ready to serve when you use the EdgeStar 121 Bottle Single Zone Built-In Wine Cooler (CWR1211SZ). Able to hold up to 121 bottles of wine, this large capacity wine cooler is the ideal storage solution for growing wine collections.
Elegant Design:The sleek stainless steel trim, soft interior LED lighting and slide-out classic style wood-trimmed wire wine racks create a contemporary look that is sure to look great amongst any décor
Built-In or Freestanding Capable:Front ventilation allows for flush-with-cabinetry installation while the fully finished black cabinet allows for freestanding use, as well
Even Cooling:You'll never have to worry about hot spots or uneven cooling with this unit due to its powerful circulation fans, which work with the compressor to evenly distribute cool air throughout
Temperature Range:This wine cooler has a wide temperature range of 40-65°F, making it ideal for all wine types
Digital Controls:Touch controls and digital temperature display allow for easy temperature adjustment and monitoring
Carbon Filter:A built-in carbon filter protects your wine by acting as a natural barrier against harmful odors
Tinted Glass:The tinted glass door ensures that while your wine bottles are visible, they are safe from the potential harm of harsh light and UV rays
Safety Lock:You can rest assured that your wine collection is safe due to this unit's safety lock
Reversible Door:Because this unit has a reversible door, you can choose whether it will swing to the right or the left
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Buyer's Guide:
- Wine Refrigerator Basics
- Freestanding Wine Refrigerator
- Built-In Wine Refrigerator
- Single Zone Refrigerators
- Dual Zone Refrigerators
- Wine Serving Temperature
- Cleaning the Cooler
- Thermoelectric Cooling
- LED Lighting
- Tempered Glass Doors
- Thermostat Control
- Thermopane Glass Door
- Tinted Glass
- Auto Defrost
Wine Refrigerator Basics : Consumer Buyer's Guide
Wine refrigerators are useful for keeping the correct wine serving or storage temperature and humidity, particularly in warmer climates. There are two main types of wine coolers: freestanding wine refrigerators and built-in wine refrigerators. These wine coolers hold from 1 to hundreds of standard 750mL wine bottles. The ideal serving temperature for wine and champagne ranges between 40°F and 65°F (between 4°C and 18°C). Internal temperature is adjustable and some models have multiple independent temperature control zones for storing different types of wines, some refrigerators come equipped with slide-out shelves, auto defrost and safety locks. Most units come with a thermoelectric cooler that produces less vibration.
The most important difference between a beverage cooler, a refrigerator and a wine refrigerator is that wine refrigerators are set to a higher temperature range because wine should not be stored or served as cold as beer or other beverages. On average, wine coolers will not offer temperatures below 46ºF. Beverage coolers and refrigerators are similar, though beverage coolers frequently do not offer the adjustable shelving and door storage that a refrigerator will, and they often have glass doors in order to display the contents. A wine and beverage cooler has a wide temperature range so it may be used for either, but keep in mind if you want to store both at the same time you will either have too-cold wine or too-warm drinks depending on how you choose to set the internal thermostat.
Wine Refrigerator Models
Freestanding Wine Refrigerators:
Freestanding refrigerators are great for any floor space or area. All models feature either a single or dual temperature control zone. Other common attributes are a safety lock and auto defrost, although these are not available on all wine refrigerators. It's not recommended to use freestanding coolers in a built-in enclosure area since these units don't have a front vent to release the heat. The subsequent overheating will noticeably decrease the refrigerators ability to maintain its internal temperature and cool your wine, shortening the refrigerators overall lifespan as the compressor is continually overworked. The only way you can place the unit under your countertop, is if you allow sufficient space around the unit for the heat produced during operation to properly dissipate. We strongly suggest leaving a gap of 2 to 4 inches on each side of the cooler as well as on top and in the back to create the needed airflow around the unit. Place your refrigerator away from direct sunlight or any heat-producing sources, as this will force the refrigerator to work even harder, making it less likely to cool your wine properly.
The Most Common Freestanding Refrigerators are:
Freestanding on the floor:
These wine coolers can stand in any interior space around your home near an electrical outlet. They come in different sizes and in single or multiple temperature control zones.
Countertop Wine Refrigerators:
Countertop wine refrigerators are great for those who don't have the floor space or an area under their countertop for a wine refrigerator. Some can store multiple bottles.
Countertop Wine Chillers:
Wine chillers can chill a bottle in as fast as 5 minutes. They can sit on a table during dinner for easy access without being in the way, and moved back to the counter for storage afterward. Some models even come with a 12 Volt cigarette lighter plug if camping or tailgating.
Built-In Wine Refrigerators:
Built-in wine refrigerators are a good replacement for outdated trash compactors or any other older undercounter appliance in a kitchen or wet bar, making it perfect if you want to free up some floor space. Units include a front vent to dissipate compressor heat during operation; they also come in a variety of colors and sizes to fit anything from 15 to over 150 bottles. Its stainless steel or wood trim and doors add an elegant look to any space around the house. Always position your refrigerator away from direct sunlight or any heat-producing sources, like a dishwasher, as this will force units to work harder to keep cool. Placement near an appliance that may cause vibration such a trash compactor is also detrimental to sediments.
Wine Refrigerators, Best Usage Tips
Single Zone Refrigerators
A single zone wine refrigerator refers to a unit with only one thermostat control, the temperature control knob is often located on the back of the refrigerator. You may store both red and white wines together in a single zone unit if separate zones are unavailable. By placing your red wines in the top shelves of the unit you will be storing them in the warmest section of the cooler. There is usually only a 5 to 8 degree temperature difference between the top and bottom of a single zone wine refrigerator. Ultimately, your red wines will be too cold or your whites too warm depending on how you choose to set the master thermostat of the unit.
Dual or Triple Zone Refrigerators
A multiple zone wine refrigerator refers to units with 2 or more thermostat controls. Most coolers come with digital controls to adjust the different temperatures. The best way to accommodate both red and white wines within the same unit is to purchase a dual or triple zone wine cooler. Typically, white wines should be stored in the temperature range of 50ºF to 62ºF and red wines will be stored between 58ºF to 68ºF. A multiple zone cooler will allow you to maintain distinct and separate temperature zones within the same cooler. Many times these units will offer a larger storage capacity for one style of wine over the other so be sure to purchase the unit that best suits your individual drinking preference. For triple zone coolers, you can keep your ready-to-serve whites and reds at their appropriate temperatures and in the middle zone keep wines that are still aging at their correct temperature (50-60º F).
Wine Storage Temperatures vs. Wine Serving Temperatures
Many wine experts feel that red and white wines should be stored in the same temperature range (mid 50's Fahrenheit) for proper maturation. Some choose to store young wines a few degrees warmer and older wines a few degrees cooler. Wines that are not being aged can be stored at serving temperature and will last for up to 6 months. Properly stored wine should then be served in the temperature ranges discussed below
Wine Serving Temperature
Type of Wine
Temperature °F
Temperature °C
|Most Champagnes and Sparkling Wines
|Older or Expensive, Complex Champagnes
|52° - 54°
|11° - 12°
|Inexpensive Sweet Wine
|50° - 55°
|10° - 12.8°
|Rosés and Blush Wines
|50° - 55°
|10° - 12.8°
|Simpler, Inexpensive, Quaffing-Type White Wines
|50° - 55°
|10° - 12.8°
|Dry Sherry, such as Fino or Manzanilla
|50° - 56°
|10° - 13°
|Fine, Dry White Wines
|58° - 62°
|14° - 16.5°
|Finer Dessert Wines such as a good Sauternes
|58° - 62°
|14° - 16.5°
|Light, Fruity Red Wines
|58° - 62°
|14° - 16.5°
|Most Red Wines
|62° - 65°
|16° - 18°
|Sherry (other than dry Fino or Manzanilla)
|62° - 65°
|16° - 18°
|62° - 65°
|16° - 18°
Cleaning the Cooler
Caution: Make sure to minimize the exposure of water to any electronic or control parts.
Wine Refrigerator Features
Thermoelectric Cooling
Many smaller wine refrigerators employ thermoelectric cooling instead of utilizing a traditional compressor and refrigerant. A thermoelectric wine cooler will contain what is referred to as a cooling node which is simply a ceramic tile that has electrical current passed through it. As the electrical current is passed through the cooling node the outside of the tile will heat up and the other side (the side facing into the cooler) will cool down. Typically, a thermoelectric wine cooler will contain small fans inside the unit which help to evenly distribute the cool temperatures being created by the node throughout the interior of the unit. Due to the lack of a compressor, thermoelectric coolers will produce fewer vibrations which in turn will equal fewer disturbances of the sediments within the wine bottles. Please keep in mind that thermoelectric wine coolers are not completely silent as the internal fans needed to distribute the cold air within the cooler will produce some noise. Overall, they are usually quieter than compressor driven models.
LED lighting
LED creates light using nothing but the movement of electricity along the path of its semiconductor. LED's are now found on almost every electronic device. They work very similar to standard light bulbs, except for the fact that LEDs are much smaller, brighter and long-lasting. LED lights do not get hot, making them perfect for many electronic applications where heat is detrimental. they require far less electric power than traditional light bulbs due to their efficiency.
Tempered Glass Door
Tempered glass is four to five times stronger than standard glass and does not break into sharp shards when it breaks. Tempered glass is manufactured through a process of extreme heating and rapid cooling, making it harder than normal glass.
Thermostat Control
Every wine cooler comes with an adjustable thermostat so you can adjust the temperature accordingly. Different wines require a different temperature, that's why thermostats are really important when preserving your red or white wines. Some wine coolers have a single thermostat and others come with 2 or 3 independent thermostats to preserve different types of wine within one unit.
Thermopane Glass Door
Thermopane glass doors consist of two glass panes that contain air or gas sealed between them, making the glass stronger than one pane glass doors. They're warm to the touch, and minimize the potential of frost and condensation on the inside pane. Thermopane glass doors were developed to be more energy efficient.
Tinted Glass
Tinted, especially UV resistant, glass protects aging wine from sunlight. Ultraviolet light is harmful to wine because it degrades organic compounds, which ruins the wine's flavor. Sparkling wine is more sensitive to light than other types of wine and should be stored in the darkest parts of a wine refrigerator. It is still recommended that all wine refrigerators, even those with tinted glass, be kept away from direct sunlight as the heat from the light can keep the wine refrigerator from reaching optimal temperatures.
Auto-defrost is a technique which regularly defrosts the evaporator in a refrigerator or freezer. The auto-defrost element is compact and separated from the main cabinet space, allowing it to be heated for short periods of time to dispose of any ice that has formed.
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