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GenJuice, University of California-BerkeleySmsPrep, Princeton UniversityMissOandFriends.com, Washington University in St. LouisBlack Swan Solar, Stanford UniversityMin.Us, Babson CollegeooShirts, University of California-BerkeleyBook Hatchery, University of Northern IowaMotycka Enterprises, University of ColoradoTrue You Cosmetics, Spelman CollegeToepener, University of Minnesota Solé Bicycles, University of Southern CaliforniaGetchaBooks, Tufts UniversityPoverUP, University of PennsylvaniaLucid Technologies, University of Miami
Founders: Arielle Patrice Scott (right), a senior majoring in Information Technology and Media (a major she created at Berkeley), runs GenJuice along with 2008 Berkeley grad Danielle Leslie (left) and Gleb Podkolzin.
Concept: Online news and entertainment for motivated young adults.
Goal: Be the MTV for the entrepreneurial generation.
Revenue: None; seeking seed funding.
Biggest challenge: Solidifying a vision. "We knew who our audience was, but didn't have a system for connecting. When everyone started asking for content, that's when it started making sense," Scott says.
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Founder: Breanden Beneschott, a senior chemical and biological engineering major who frequently tutored his sister in organic chemistry over SMS.
Concept: SmsPREP provides scheduled study SAT, ACT, GRE, and MCAT questions to subscribers via text messages.
Goals: Grow by increasing subscribers, offer GMAT questions, and incorporating a gaming aspect to the company.
Funding and revenue: Personal investment, plus $35,000 in seed funding from a business incubator. Subscription-based revenue model, from $9.99 to $19.99 per month.
Biggest challenge: Finding and hiring really good technical talent and developers for the site.
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Founder: Juliette Brindak began working on the social-entertainment site for tweens when she was just a teen herself. Today she's a CEO and a senior majoring in anthropology and public health.
Concept: Girls-only online community for tweens, where girls ages 8 to 14 can safely interact and get advice.
Funding: As of a 2008 investment of $350 million by Proctor & Gamble, the company was valued at $15 million. It relies on advertising, partnerships, and book sales for revenue.
Takeaway: "It's incredible that the company's aim—to instill confidence in girls—has actually been something that's happened simultaneously to me."
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Founder: Tom Currier is only in his second year of college, but he's already considered a serial inventor who has started nine companies and founded one non-profit. Currier recently brought on an experienced CEO who specializes in nanotechnology.
Concept: Create and patent innovations in harnessing solar and alternative energy.
Goal: Solve the world's energy crisis.
Revenue and funding: Undisclosed; currently working on a second round of investment.
Dream: Open up an invention shop in New Zealand. "The beauty of solar is you go where the sun is," Currier says.
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Founders: John Xie, a senior majoring in entrepreneurship, spent just a month creating this minimalist file-sharing site along with engineer Carl Hu. Now, the site is soaring in popularity—and with a SXSW app launch, it's getting plenty of investor attention.
Concept: The Web's simplest online file sharing.
Goal: Make online sharing easier, more accessible, and safer.
Revenue and funding: None.
Biggest challenge: "Staying in and working on the company while all your friends are out partying," Xie says.
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Founder: Raymond Lei was in high school when he decided to found ooShirts, upon being unable to find affordable customizable T-shirts for his tennis club. Now he's a sophomore business major at Berkeley.
Concept: Online custom-printing T-shirt company.
Goal: Continued overall growth in suppliers, customers, employees and revenue.
Revenue: About $2.2 million at the end of 2010.
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Founder: Nick Cash, a senior double-major in computer science and economics, is also pursuing a certificate in entrepreneurship.
Concept: A service that helps authors publish their works digitally across all e-reader platforms, free. Book Hatchery takes 15 percent of royalties; authors get 85 percent.
Revenue: With a dozen books published, the company has revenue of just more than $2,000 and is currently seeking angel investment.
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Founder: Emil Motycka is a senior majoring in economics and business. He built his sizable landscaping and groundskeeping company out of a class idea—from back in third grade.
Concept: Hired groundskeeping services (pay per job), landscaping projects, and outdoor-work contracts.
Funding: Recently acquired seven competing small companies; income of more than $250,000 per year.
Goal: Acquire more small competitors and bring them under a new umbrella brand.
Takeaway: "Through college, you got friends who always have the internships at the Wall Street firms, or the Silicon Valley tech companies—the sexy jobs—but when push comes to shove, I think a lot more money can be made doing something nobody wants to do."
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Founder: Jessica Truesdale, a senior sociology major.
Concept: Makeup line and beauty products inspired by women from her family as well as Hollywood beauty icons.
Funding: Undisclosed, but the brand's first line of lip products generated $8,000 in revenue.
Biggest struggle: "As a young entrepreneur, when I first started my business the hardest part for me was establishing the correct platform for marketing my company. Since there are so many various platforms to choose from such as print, radio, television, pay per click, I went through a process testing the best options."
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Founder: Senior Max Arndt's idea for an entrepreneurship class charmed his professor and fellow students, and now they're all working on selling and marketing the Toepener.
Concept: Hands-free door-opening hardware.
Funding: A $15,000 loan from the university, plus sales. The company hopes to break even by the end of the semester.
"Aha" moment: "I knew it was something of an annoyance to go to a public bathroom and touch the door handle. But there was no shock moment," Arndt says. "This class gave me that moment to solve the problem."
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Founder: With a mutual love for fixed-gear bikes, frat brothers Jake Medwell, a senior entrepreneurship major, and Jonathan Shriftman, a recent USC grad, are now bringing hipster wheels to the masses.
Concept: Importing and selling hip fixed-gear flexible bicycles at a flat-rate price of $310.
Goal: Bring fixies to the masses.
Funding: Bootstrapping, with sales of more than $300,000.
Biggest challenge: Not enough working capital. "We don't have enough money to buy bikes," Medwell says.
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Founders: Richard Mondello and Michael White, both Tufts juniors majoring in computer science, along with Michael Walker, a senior computer science major at Bard.
Concept: Aggregates college textbooks online by individual courses to find the best deals.
Goal: "To save as many students as much money as possible on their textbooks," Mondello says.
Funding model: The site earns affiliate commissions through Amazon.com, Half.com, ItBooks, and Chegg.
Advice: "I can't recommend enough going out—even if you're vaguely technically minded—and just starting something," Mondello says. "The last year has been the most action-packed learning experience that I've ever had."
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Founder: Sophomore entrepreneurship major Charlie Javice.
Concept: A non-profit microfinance initiative.
Funding model: Student investments and matching funding from sponsorships.
Goal: Mobilize and unite students around microfinance and its power to fight poverty.
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Founder: Tyler McIntyre, a sophomore triple major in entrepreneurship, marketing, and finance, is bootstrapping his third tech company.
Concept: A multi-platform messaging system.
Goal: "I'd really like to develop applications the world uses. The game's not about money for me; it's more about I want to meet somebody and have them say, 'I use that app everyday. It's the best app ever.'"
Funding model: Three channels of revenue, including app purchases, contracts to build applications, and advertising through networks (pay per click).
Status: "I'd rather have a million users than a million dollars."
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February 5, 2014
MISENHEIMER, NC - A triple-double from Mount Olive's (13-7, 7-3 CC) Dory Hines propelled the Trojans to an 86-65 victory over the Pfeiffer men's basketball team (5-16, 2-9). Hines finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the contest. Pfeiffer was led by Andrew Guerrero who finished with 14 points and hit 8-of-10 free throws. Charlie Wagoner added 10 points for Pfeiffer who were held to 37.7 percent shooting.
10 different Trojans scored and five players were in double figures. Dontrell Brite led the way with 14 points and Dominique Reed added 12. Hines, Jordan McCain and John Wieland each recorded 11 points for the visitors.
Mount Olive shot 55 percent from the field, including a shooting at a 61.3 percent clip in the first 20 minutes. Conversely, Pfeiffer was held to 27.8 percent shooting in the first half as Mount Olive went into the break with a 46-30 advantage.
The Trojans hit 55.6 percent from long range, going 10-for-18, while Pfeiffer answered with eight made threes on 20 attempts (40 percent).
Mount Olive led in rebounds by a 40-31 margin. Each team protected the ball, turning it over just nine times apiece.
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James O'Connor looks increasingly likely to start at flyhalf in Australia's Test against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday.
Quade Cooper's serious knee injury, sustained at the World Cup, has left a void in the position and it is one coach Robbie Deans appears to have asked O'Connor to fill. He trained there in the team's hour-long session, their first since arriving in London, on Tuesday, but Deans also has the option of running Berrick Barnes in the position.
O'Connor received the endorsement of scrumhalf Will Genia. 'He can ball play, he has shown that in Super Rugby [for the Western Force],'' Australian halfback Will Genia said. ''He really wants the opportunity and hopefully Robbie gives it to him. We will how see how he goes,' Genia said.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - McAvoy Layne this week filed his 1,000th Pine Nuts column, a weekly Twainesque observation filled with humor, wisdom and opinion.Pine Nuts was first - and always has been - published in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, and a former reporter for the Incline Village paper, Guy Clifton, is puoring though the 1,000 columns to compile a book of his favorites. The goal is to have the book ready within six months with proceeds of its sales going to the nonprofit Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation.Layne spoke to Lake Tahoe Action about his landmark filing on Oct. 19, the 100-year anniversary of his father's birth. Exactly 25 years earlier, during the elder Layne's birthday celebration, Layne impersonated Twain for the first time."I excused myself during dinner and went in the men's room and threw baby powder in my hair and came back as somebody else," Layne said. "Little did I know that I would never be that nervous again."Here's the interview:
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Men's Volleyball Avoids Sweep; Falls 3-1 at IPFW Kicking Off Indiana Road Trip
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FORT WAYNE, I.N. - Pfeiffer University fought off a sweep attempt but eventually fell 3-1 (25-21, 25-16, 19-25, 25-22) at IPFW in division one men's volleyball action on Friday night. The Mastodons improve to 11-9 overall with the victory while the Falcons fall to 14-7.
A pair of early kills by Caleb Brophy would help Pfeiffer out to a 12-10 lead in the opening set for Kyle Mariano kept the advantage at two with a kill just two points later. A Mariano ace and Brophy kill on back-to-back plays got the lead to 17-14 before Brophy broke a 17-17 moments later on another put down. The final swing for IPFW saw three kills come from Jeremy Swartz in a four-plan span to turn the tide resulting in a 25-21 comeback win for the Mastodons.
Sonny Hirini would get an early kill in set two before IPFW got a pair of kills from Andy Sellan racing out to a 13-8 lead. Keegan Robbins would chip in with a pair of late kills while Bryan Saunders put down the set's final kill for a quick 26-16 win.
Using several Mastodon errors, Pfeiffer bolted out to a 17-12 lead as Eric Edelman sandwiched an ace in between of two more Mariano kills for an 18-13 advantage. Brophy would pick up three of the Falcons' final four kills while Micah Bortner's put down kept Pfeiffer alive with a 25-19 set three win.
In set four, Mariano tied things up with a kill at 15-15 while an Eddie Rivera kill, Ramon Burgos ace and attack error by Pfeiffer gave IPFW their final bit of breathing room needed with a three-point, 18-15 lead. The Falcons would get to within one at 20-18 on an IPFW miscue and 22-21 on Mariano's final kill of the night but a Kevin Villela kill and ace on match point sealed the 3-1 win.
Sellan would lead IPFW with 16 kills on the night as the hosts hit .417 as a team in the win. Brophy would pace the Falcons with 14 kills while David Specian had 33 assists.
Pfeiffer will wrap up their Indiana road trip on Saturday night battling Ball State at 7:30 p.m. Live video and audio will be available through http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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Monday, 5 March 2012
There Is Nothing Like A Walk In The Woods
I've been a mother to two for six months. Adopting two children who have quickly become the lights of my life! As they are older, there is much pressure to do (though I'm sure this internal & external pressure can occur even if one has a wee babe in arms). I don't have many mummy friends, being only the second of all my friends to become a mother, the other had her first baby last year. The parents at the school gate are older and always seem so much more put together than I am. Their children seem to be masters at everything: yoga, ballet, tap, gymnastics, soccer, hockey, music, swimming and skating. They busily discuss how filled each weekend is with friend's Birthdays, which must be celebrated, and skiing and tutors and, and, and...For the first few weeks, or months, I wondered if I was doing my children a disservice. What if that tutor would make all the difference? What if not being able to skate yet becomes a sore point? What if they never catch up after such a rocky start in life? But slowly, one day, when on a long Sunday walk through the woods with a friend I realized something profound - my children are masters at nothing except being children. They know how to run, skip, hop and jump. They love collecting sticks (& counting them!), they like to giggle, laugh, tickle and be tickled. They like to explore and jump in puddles and visit farms and visit the ducks. And for them that is the good life.
Here's the truth, the six months has taught me a lot (though I have so much more to learn - oh how I hope the gaps close soon!), but most importantly it has taught me to listen to them, to push out the noise as much as you possibly can and just be. It has made me more and more committed to a simple life, a life not found by rushing to people's Birthdays each weekend, or spending each evening hurrying from one activity to the next. Yes, balance is important. Yes, hobbies can bring such joy. And slowly but surely my children are finding out what their interests are - for my daughter it is art, my son is a little actor (we are working on his confidence and I hope one day he will be at a place where he can join a small local theatre group). But more than that, if you ask my children what makes them happy they will answer: time with our family, going to the woods, knitting together and playing games. All of which are simple. All of which are free. All of which centre around just spending time together. And slowly but surely I'm learning the age old wisdom that there really is nothing at all like a walk in the woods with those that you love. The best things really are things that money can't buy.
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- LindaG said...
The best things really are things that money can't buy.
Amen. ♥
- March 05, 2012
- Martha said...
Family building first!, then there will be time for all the extras. Parents today push their kids way to much, and many end up pushing the children away. I am glad you do not underestimate the importance of bonding. :)
Mom to eight,(two adopted) and foster mom to many!
- March 05, 2012
- Terra said...
You sound like a wonderful mom. Let the children be children; as you said, they are experts at that.
I think there is too much scheduling for children, too many classes outside of school, etc. So you are on a great path!
- March 05, 2012
- Attila said...
What a lovely post; children DO need time to just be children. How many extra hours would you have to work to hothouse the poor little mites? No, they need YOU and each other and whoever else is involved and love and time and a walk in the woods.... not classes and tutors and pressure and competition.
- March 05, 2012
- Angela said...
Such a beautiful post and such a powerful reminder of what it means to just BE. I am so glad you are allowing your children to be children. Sometimes when I substitute teach I forget that I am with children -- they are more than just students (public education in general forgets that). I think it is wonderful that you have adopted two! They are so blessed to be in a family like yours. :-)
- March 05, 2012
- Robert Brenchley said...
I know how it feels since I became an instant stepfather to two traumatised kids who'd just been rescued from civil war in Sierra Leone. I'd have described them as the rulers of my life rather than the light; a lot of things went by the board when they took over!
- March 05, 2012
- sl.tudor said...
There is nothing like a child being a child..and watching them ..seeing the world through the eyes of a child is a most wondrous thing.The things we take for granted can be amamzing for them..i feel the same.I too see other mums almost frantically pushing the children to be grown up and sometimes wonder am i doing the right thing..but then i talk to my older girls and son and ask them this..i get " mum we had a great childhood full of happy days and laughing..going for walks and picnics just enjoying being with you and dad.."..so i live my life and let the little ones enjoy theirs..thats the key to happy children..no pushing no trying to get them to do things they don't want to..if they really want to then great but no pressure from me or dad..
You enjoy them littlies of yours and let them enjoy you.
- March 05, 2012
- claudia said...
My wish is that more parents would realize that the kids will develope much better if taught and shown the simple things in life. There is always time later in life to be frazzled if that is the way they want to go!
My parents were always "on the go", but luckily I had my gramma and grandpa to teach me what really counts!
- March 06, 2012
- Suzanne with Laughing Wallet said...
Wonderful perspective. There is all the time in the world to "do" and "achieve" - their lives will seem like a never-ending treadmill of it at some point! So, yes, let them be children! Some of my best childhood memories are playing with my friends and my visiting my grandparent's house - not my piano lessons or gymnastics classes. :)
- March 09, 2012
- Scarlett said...
I beg you to let the children be children! I have taken a lot of flack for not having my daughter in every sport. Not being willing to drive her to three or for activities a night. I think it is more important to let our children learn what it means to live in a happy family. Let them learn to be mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers. That is important. I don't hate sports, or other activities. I just don't think that it is best for our children to run from one thing to another.
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Three people were injured and one man arrested after a stabbing incident in West Point early Sunday morning.
Edward Cox, 41, of West Point, was arrested and charged with two counts of Domestic Violence Aggravated Assault and one county of Aggravated Assault after allegedly stabbing three people – including his son – following a domestic dispute early Sunday morning on Glendale Drive.
At approximately 12:40 a.m. Monday, officers with the West Point Police Department responded to a disturbance call at 611 Glendale Drive, which is located just off Highway 45-A in West Point.
Upon arrival, officers discovered that Cox had allegedly attacked Joshlyn Blair, 37, and Jaimarkuz Cox, 20, at their home on Glendale Drive. Cox had also allegedly attacked Cheryl Jackson, 48, of 912 N. Eshman Avenue, who was visiting Blair at the time of the incident.
According to reports from the West Point Police Department, Cox allegedly stabbed Blair and Cox several times with a knife, and he also cut Jackson near the throat with the knife. Cox then fled the area before officers arrived on the scene.
All of the stabbing victims were transported to the North Mississippi Medical Center -West Point to receive treatment for their injuries. Blair was then transported to the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo for treatment, and her condition was unavailable at press time.
Officers with the WPPD, Clay County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Marshal's Service began to look for Cox immediately after the incident, and the suspect was apprehended at 5:45 a.m. in the parking lot of the Huddle House restaurant in West Point. He was taken into custody without further incident.
Cox was taken to the Clay County Jail and charged with two counts of Domestic Violence Aggravated Assault and one count of Aggravated Assault. His initial court appearance is set for today at 2 p.m. in the West Point Municipal Court. Details of the investigation are still pending at this time.


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Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Full Member, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists; Medical Director, Marsha Rivkin Center Early Detection Program; Medical Co-Director, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Program, Swedish Cancer Institute; Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Member, Gynecologic Oncology Group, Member, Southwest Oncology Group; Member, Society of Western Gynecologic Oncologists; Clinical Faculty, University of Washington
Dr. Paley was voted "Top Doctors" in Seattle Magazine (2013, 2014).
Surveys were mailed to physicians in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The survey asked physicians to name the provider they would seek out or recommend to loved ones.
I strive to provide exceptional and comprehensive treatment with a compassionate and caring approach to women stricken with gynecologic cancers. I enjoy the long-term partnerships made with my patients, and consider myself privileged to be able to help women confronted with cancer. I have also enjoyed my involvement in the Hereditary Cancer Program, identifying women at increased risk for cancer and educating them about risk reduction strategies. This has been a large part of my practice over the past 11 years. In addition, my partners and I were the first in the area to perform robotic assisted minimally invasive gynecologic cancer procedures, a treatment that speeds recovery and allow women to complete cancer treatments more quickly and with fewer side effects.Personal Interests
I met my husband, Jon Paley, who is also a physician in the area, while in training at Duke University. We have two children, to whom we devote much of our time. We enjoy a busy and active life, and spend much of our free time boating, traveling and skiing in British Columbia.Medical School
Loyola UniversityResidency
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American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1988American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Subspecialty Examination in Gynecologic Oncology, 2000Additional Information:
Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Full Member, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists; Medical Director, Marsha Rivkin Center Early Detection Program; Medical Co-Director, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Program, Swedish Cancer Institute; Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Member, Gynecologic Oncology Group, Member, Southwest Oncology Group; Member, Society of Western Gynecologic Oncologists; Clinical Faculty, University of Washington
Dr. Paley was voted "Top Doctors" in Seattle Magazine (2013, 2014).
Surveys were mailed to physicians in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The survey asked physicians to name the provider they would seek out or recommend to loved ones.
Dr. Pamela Paley is the lead investigator for the following clinical trials currently available at the Swedish Medical Center:
Investigating the Use of Fluorescence Imaging in Endometrial Cancer Surgery
Ovarian Cancer Early Protection Program
McGonigle KF, Muntz HG, Vuky J, Paley PJ, Veljovich DS, Greer BE, Goff BA, Gray HJ, Malpass TW. Combined weekly topotecan and biweekly bevacizumab in women with platinum-resistant ovarian, peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer: results of a phase 2 study. Cancer. 2011 Aug 15;117(16):3731-40. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25967. Epub 2011 Feb 24.
Thrall MM, Paley P, Pizer E, Garcia R, Goff BA. Patterns of spread and recurrence of sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary. Gynecol Oncol. 2011 Aug;122(2):242-5. Epub 2011 Apr 9.
Paley PJ, Veljovich DS, Shah CA, Everett EN, Bondurant AE, Drescher CW, Peters WA 3rd. Surgical outcomes in gynecologic oncology in the era of robotics: analysis of first 1000 cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;204(6):551.e1-9. Epub 2011 Mar 16.
Andersen MR, Goff BA, Lowe KA, Scholler N, Bergan L, Drescher CW, Paley P, Urban N. Use of a Symptom Index, CA125, and HE4 to predict ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Mar;116(3):378-83. Epub 2009 Nov 28.
Lowe KA, Andersen MR, Urban N, Paley P, Dresher CW, Goff BA. The temporal stability of the Symptom Index among women at high-risk for ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Aug;114(2):225-30. Epub 2009 May 7.
Shah CA, Lowe KA, Paley P, Wallace E, Anderson GL, McIntosh MW, Andersen MR, Scholler N, Bergan LA, Thorpe JD, Urban N, Drescher CW. Influence of ovarian cancer risk status on the diagnostic performance of the serum biomarkers mesothelin, HE4, and CA125. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 May;18(5):1365-72.
Lowe KA, Shah C, Wallace E, Anderson G, Paley P, McIntosh M, Andersen MR, Scholler N, Bergan L, Thorpe J, Urban N, Drescher CW. Effects of personal characteristics on serum CA125, mesothelin, and HE4 levels in healthy postmenopausal women at high-risk for ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Sep;17(9):2480-7.
Andersen MR, Goff BA, Lowe KA, Scholler N, Bergan L, Dresher CW, Paley P, Urban N. Combining a symptoms index with CA 125 to improve detection of ovarian cancer. Cancer. 2008 Aug 1;113(3):484-9.
Veljovich DS, Paley PJ, Drescher CW, Everett EN, Shah C, Peters WA 3rd. Robotic surgery in gynecologic oncology: program initiation and outcomes after the first year with comparison with laparotomy for endometrial cancer staging. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jun;198(6):679.e1-9; discussion 679.e9-10.
Shah C, Pizer E, Veljovich DS, Drescher CW, Peters WA 3rd, Paley PJ. Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina in a patient with vaginal endometriosis. Gynecol Oncol. 2006 Dec;103(3):1130-2. Epub 2006 Sep 22.
Lamb JD, Garcia RL, Goff BA, Paley PJ, Swisher EM. Predictors of occult neoplasia in women undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jun;194(6):1702-9.
Judson PL, Jonson AL, Paley PJ, Bliss RL, Murray KP, Downs LS Jr, Boente MP, Argenta PA, Carson LF. A prospective, randomized study analyzing sartorius transposition following inguinal-femoral lymphadenectomy. Gynecol Oncol. 2004 Oct;95(1):226-30.
Everett E, Tamimi H, Greer B, Swisher E, Paley P, Mandel L, Goff B. The effect of body mass index on clinical/pathologic features, surgical morbidity, and outcome in patients with endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2003 Jul;90(1):150-7.
Stone B, Schummer M, Paley PJ, Thompson L, Stewart J, Ford M, Crawford M, Urban N, O'Briant K, Nelson BH. Serologic analysis of ovarian tumor antigens reveals a bias toward antigens encoded on 17q. Int J Cancer. 2003 Mar 10;104(1):73-84.
Goff BA, Sallin J, Garcia R, VanBlaricom A, Paley PJ, Muntz HG. Evaluation of p27 in preinvasive and invasive malignancies of the cervix. Gynecol Oncol. 2003 Jan;88(1):40-4.
Leeper K, Garcia R, Swisher E, Goff B, Greer B, Paley P. Pathologic findings in prophylactic oophorectomy specimens in high-risk women. Gynecol Oncol. 2002 Oct;87(1):52-6.
Gray HJ, Garcia R, Tamimi HK, Koh WJ, Goff BA, Greer BE, Paley PJ. Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix revisited. Gynecol Oncol. 2002 May;85(2):274-7.
Paley PJ. Angiogenesis in ovarian cancer: molecular pathology and therapeutic strategies. Curr Oncol Rep. 2002 Mar;4(2):165-74.
Paley PJ. Ovarian cancer screening: are we making any progress? Curr Opin Oncol. 2001 Sep;13(5):399-402.
Stone B, Schummer M, Paley PJ, Crawford M, Ford M, Urban N, Nelson BH. MAGE-F1, a novel ubiquitously expressed member of the MAGE superfamily. Gene. 2001 Apr 18;267(2):173-82.
Paley PJ. Screening for the major malignancies affecting women: current guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Apr;184(5):1021-30.
Goff BA, Paley PJ, Greer BE, Gown AM. Evaluation of chemoresistance markers in women with epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol. 2001 Apr;81(1):18-24.
Paley PJ, Swisher EM, Garcia RL, Agoff SN, Greer BE, Peters KL, Goff BA. Occult cancer of the fallopian tube in BRCA-1 germline mutation carriers at prophylactic oophorectomy: a case for recommending hysterectomy at surgical prophylaxis. Gynecol Oncol. 2001 Feb;80(2):176-80.
Paley PJ, Goff BA, Gown AM, Greer BE, Sage EH. Alterations in SPARC and VEGF immunoreactivity in epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2000 Sep;78(3 Pt 1):336-41.
Jain T, VanKessel K, Reed S, Paley P. Leydig cell tumor, mature teratoma, and nongestational choriocarcinoma in a single ovary. Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Jun;95(6 Pt 2):1031.
Paley PJ, Goff BA, Minudri R, Greer BE, Tamimi HK, Koh WJ. The prognostic significance of radiation dose and residual tumor in the treatment of barrel-shaped endophytic cervical carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol. 2000 Mar;76(3):373-9.
Horowitz NS, Tamimi HK, Goff BA, Koh WJ, Schmidt RA, Greer BE, Paley PJ. Pretreatment scalene node biopsy in gynecologic malignancy: prudent or passé? Gynecol Oncol. 1999 Nov;75(2):238-41.
Goff BA, Muntz HG, Paley PJ, Tamimi HK, Koh WJ, Greer BE. Impact of surgical staging in women with locally advanced cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 1999 Sep;74(3):436-42.
Paley PJ, Koh WJ, Stelzer KJ, Goff BA, Tamimi HK, Greer BE. A new technique for performing Syed template interstitial implants for anterior vaginal tumors using an open retropubic approach. Gynecol Oncol. 1999 Apr;73(1):121-5.
Cosin JA, Fowler JM, Chen MD, Paley PJ, Carson LF, Twiggs LB. Pretreatment surgical staging of patients with cervical carcinoma: the case for lymph node debulking. Cancer. 1998 Jun 1;82(11):2241-8.
Chen MD, Paley PJ, Potish RA, Twiggs LB. Phase I trial of taxol as a radiation sensitizer with cisplatin in advanced cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 1997 Nov;67(2):131-6.
Paley PJ, Staskus KA, Gebhard K, Mohanraj D, Twiggs LB, Carson LF, Ramakrishnan S. Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in early stage ovarian carcinoma. Cancer. 1997 Jul 1;80(1):98-106.
Cosin JA, Carter JR, Paley P, Chen MD, Johnson P, Fowler JM, Twiggs LB, Carson LF. A simplified method for detubularization in the construction of a continent ileocolic reservoir (Miami pouch). Gynecol Oncol. 1997 Mar;64(3):436-41
Paley PJ, Johnson PR, Adcock LL, Cosin JA, Chen MD, Fowler JM, Twiggs LB, Carson LF. The effect of sartorius transposition on wound morbidity following inguinal-femoral lymphadenectomy. Gynecol Oncol. 1997 Feb;64(2):237-41.
Paley PJ, Johnson PR, Adcock LL, Cosin JA, Chen MD, Fowler JM, Twiggs LB, Carson LF. The effect of sartorius transposition on wound morbidity following inguinal-femoral lymphadenectomy. Gynecol Oncol. 1997 Feb;64(2):237-41.
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I would like to know if these very expensive helmets (about 500€) are actually better than regular ones. I'm sceptical about the claim that they are three times safer: if they are so much safer, why do they not seem to be being used by professionals? I cannot find any serious studies supporting these claims, so am wondering whether they are in fact substantiated.
That's the inflatable "airbag" helmet. It's main claim to fame is that it isn't really a helmet, but sits in a (dorky looking) collar around your neck until needed.
First off, I'm skeptical that the helmet could be tested to most bike helmet standards at all, since the test procedures would not be designed for such a helmet. So it's pretty much impossible to say if it "meets standards", much less is better than others. For helmet testing info smf.org/standards/b/b90astd (thanks to @Ken Hiatt)
Secondly, the trigger mechanism can't rely (as a car airbag does) on waiting until impact to activate. So it must trigger based on sudden movements of the head and upper body. The reliability of this is questionable. (Keep in mind that a substantial number of head injuries while cycling are due to simply falling off the bike -- the old "forgot to unclip" problem, eg.)
Third, given the iffy nature of the trigger mechanism, false triggering would seem likely, and having the helmet suddenly inflate in a critical situation could be extremely disorienting and lead to an accident that would not otherwise happen.
Bicycle helmets are all certified to the same standard, so I would be sceptical of claims that one is safer than another. With bicycle helmets, a higher price usually gets you helmet that:
As for the Hovding helmet specifically, it looks like the main selling point is that it sits around your neck while you are not actively colliding with something. Some people seem to think that conventional helmets look dorky and all helmets seem to give you "helmet hair" to one degree or another. So, I would say that this is again a case where you are paying to get a helmet that gives you more of categories 2 and 3 above.


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Men's Soccer Can't Get Offense Rolling in 2-0 Blanking by Belmont Abbey; Possible NCAA Berth Awaits
November 4, 2009
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Sixth-seeded Belmont Abbey used a pair of second half goals to upset third-seeded Pfeiffer University 2-0 on Wednesday afternoon in the first round of the 2009 Conference Carolinas mens soccer tournament at N.E. Lefko Field. The Crusaders improve to 11-7-1 overall and will face second-seeded Limestone on Friday afternoon. The Falcons, ranked 24th in the latest NSCAA/adidas soccer poll, drops to 13-5 now awaiting word on a possible berth into the NCAA II postseason.
In a scoreless first 45 minutes of play, Belmont Abbey outshot the Falcons 6-4 as most of the shots came inside the first half hour of action. Alex Landim (Brockton, MA) and Nick Brindley (Northampton, ENGLAND each had early attempts trickle wide as Emmanual Yamson (Silver Springs, MD) for the Crusaders fired one shot into the hands of Pfeiffer keeper Alex Moreno (Huntersville, NC) and sent another attempt high above the net just minutes apart.
In the 58th minute, Yamson took a shot just inside the box that clanked off the crossbar as Belmont Abbey just narrowly missed taking a 1-0 lead. Just past the hour in the 61st minute, Belmont Abbeys Jack Reid (Nottingham, ENGLAND) sent a long pass down the field to Aaron Weldon (Nottingham, ENGLAND), who chipped the shot over Moreno and into the cage for a 1-0 Crusaders lead.
Seven minutes later, Jose Penaloza (Riverside, CA) stepped inside the 18-yard box, creating separation from the Falcon defense, and created separation on the scoreboard as his shot snuck in under the crossbar putting the visitors up a pair.
Pfeiffer had plenty of scoring chances late in the second half, but couldnt deposit any goals as Belmont Abbey had nine and ten guys back on defense at different times. Landim again took a shot in the 78th minute, followed by Fahret Salihovic (Charlotte, NC) in the 79th minute and Wilver Menacho (Santa Cruz, BOLIVIA) in the 81st minute, but all three misfired wide right. Belmont Abbey just missed out on a third goal of the day as Julian Ballesteros (Mira Loma, CA) hit the crossbar in the 83rd minute.
Pfeiffer outshot the Crusaders 18-13 in the match while the visitors held a 5-4 advantage with shots on goal. The guests could have had more scoring opportunities, but were whistled for seven offsides in the match. Brandon Alvarez (Dallas, TX) made four saves to earn the shutout while Moreno turned away three.


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Full-Foot Coverage
Combine deep kneading action with four innovative counter-rotating massage heads for the ultimate true foot massage.
Easy-to-Use Toe-Touch Control
No need to lean over to make adjustments- this foot massager has easy-to-use toe-touch control!
Full-Foot Coverage
Combine deep kneading action with four innovative counter-rotating massage heads for the ultimate true foot massage.
Easy to Use Toe-Touch Control
No need to lean over to make adjustments- this foot massager has easy-to-use toe-touch control!
- Features
- Deep kneading action simulates a true foot massage
- Soothing heat
- 4 heads for full foot coverage
- Innovative counter- rotating massage heads
- Easy to use toe-touch control
- Select massage or massage and heat combined
- LED illumination
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May 18, 2015
Received my foot massager for Christmass 2015 from my son and family. It has been the best gift every. Deal with plantar fascitis (heel spurs) and it gives me much relief. I have tired everything and this is the best!
- -Connie
January 24, 2015
My daughter gave this to me as a present It worked twice and now will not turn on! I cant return it because she bought it out of area. now she is out $50 and I have nothing. Buy another product!
- -barbara
January 14, 2015
I'm using this right now! I work in the Lumber dept at The Home Depot and am on my feet all day long on hard concrete. I love it there but it can leave my feet feeling tough, tired and a bit sore. I had been using tennis balls and the edge of the coffee table to release this pressure. Then, like most people here MY LIFE CHANGED. All the right spots were hit. I just didnt know it would feel this amazing and therapeutic for 50 bucks. After about 3 minutes I start to feel the BLOOD circulating in my whole body. after 20-30 minutes I have achieved a higher state of being. Soooooooo relaxing. 6/5 stars. I like to put my feet up after and just get that soothing tingle :)
- -Happy Customer
November 5, 2014
I'm 28 and I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis .I have been struggling with my feet for years. I tried everything to make my feet better and every time I felt as though I wasted my money. My husband hands were getting tired of all the pressure as he massaged my feet most night. I DISCOVED THIS MASSGER AND MY WORLD HAS CHANGED. I NO LONGER WISH TO HAVE MY HUSBAND TO MASSAGE MY FEET BECAUSE THIS MASSGER IS WAY BETTER THAN HIS HANDS LOL. Hope he doesn't kill me for that comment I just want to say good job at creating this machine guys. I just wish you guys came up with one that we could lay down and use. Ding if you do I would like credit
June 21, 2014
I have encountered what seems to be a common problem with this product. It stopped working less than 24 hours after I opened it. Lights come on, but no movement. Very disappointing and frustrating. At least it died so darned fast that all the packing materials are still around.
- -Ward
April 30, 2014
I received my shiatsu elite foot massager on 4/16/14 and i am very happy with the results. I have every problem you can think with my feet and live in and out of pain everyday. This massager has helped me to get some relief so i can go about my day a little bit better. I love the fact that it is not too loud and it feels like you are getting a real massage. I look forward to relaxing and reading when i use this machine. The free s/h was a bonus and i received it within one week. Thanks homedics for a great foot massager and the low price tag that came with it. I would recommend this product to anyone who has foot problems. Happy in ma. :)
March 5, 2014
Received from my son for Christmas and what a wonderful gift. the best ever. LOVE, LOVE it. use it everyday. everyone needs this.
- -Suz
November 18, 2013
I just got mine from Costco and it has 3 massagers in it and OMG this is just the thing you need for stress and relaxation. love love love TY HOMEDICS! Finally a company that understands!
- -Paula B
September 16, 2013
OMG !!!! I'm an entertainer and I'm on my feet all Night!!
My body was always aching, specially my feet and I'm in heaven !!!
I always found my self paying way to Much !! For feet massages and they were worthless !!! I only made a very small investment that's going to last me A Life Time !!!!! I LOVE IT !!!!
- -MiMi1982
November 20, 2012
I am a nurse and I stand on my feet from 8-16 hours a day. I love this, I got it as an early christmas present for myself and I wish I would have got this sooner. It helps my feet and the heat is so soothing
- -saraginnis
March 3, 2012
I have plantar fascitis,heel spurs,neuropathy... To me this is a life saver for my feet..If the one I have was to burn up because I use it so much I would buy another..If helps with pain to keep me able to walk on my feet..
- -msjackson
February 19, 2012
I received it as a Christmas present and I love it. My feet always need a massage because I stand at work all day. Just sitting down and using it after work, becomes so relaxing. My feet need to be pampered and this is the best foot massager I ever owned.
- -Patrcia
January 11, 2012
I have diabetic neurophy and I have tried everything to get relief. I know the directions say if you have diabetes not to use it but I was desperate for relief. I feel like I died and went to heaven all the creams and pills in the world don't feel as good as having my feet massaged. I wear socks and just use the heat for a short time. It does not get hot enough to burn. It is just a good warm feeling. However I would not recommend using the heat for more then a minute or two. There are days when I cann't even touch my feet and the massage just makes the pain go away. I hope the person who invented this wonderful machine was rewarded well. I do believe a home run was hit here! I also use it before bed to relax my feet and find that I am tossing and turning no more because for a time the pain is gone and I just fall off to sleep after having my feet massaged. Wow!!! I don't know what else to say. Oh I know, I also find myself walking better since the pain is reduced.
- -Donna
October 24, 2011
Oh my gosh are you KIDDING ME!!! Finally, a product to RAVE about. Talk about COMPLETE HAPPINESS!!! I'm BEYOND happy!!! It does't matter how much my feet hurt or get tired I have the relief waiting for me at home. My husband says, "What, now I'm FIRED"???!!! I have to say I do LOADS of research for products and this time just a little bit. I saw this on Youtube and it just LOOKED like it was just what I needed. I went out to Bed Bath and Beyond and BEST PRICE TOO. I'm whispering in different people's ears to GET THIS FOR THOSE THEY LOVE THAT HAVE TIRED, PAINFUL FEET. God BLESS the person who invented this I'm in HEAVEN!!! Now... If I can find something to help my husband with his back and neck issue's. I've tried the chair stuff like this but they HURT. Perfect for the feet though. YAY......
September 29, 2011
This massager is FANTASTIC!!! i work in a manufacturing plant and is on my feet all day....and cant wait to get home to use my shiatsu.
- -Star
December 4, 2010
I been waiting for this kind of massage that special for the foot only. And when I try this massager at the store...I have to have it!! Awesome and love it!!!
- -Belle
November 28, 2010
This is an amazing product. I bought this for my mother for her birthday and she tells me how much she loves it eveytime i see her. I had to try it myself and couldn't believe it. If you love getting your feet massaged, or you have aching, sore feet than you have to get this. With or without the heat it feels amazing. I have looked at alot of foot massagers and this one is by far the best. You cannot beat the price either. Fantastic product!!!!!!!!!
- -RelaxedAndLovingIt
November 28, 2010
I just bought this product from BBB. Best foot messager ever. It is light, and very efficient. The circular motion hits all the right spot. It is however for the foot only.
Also a bit noisy but tolerable. Great buy for the price.
- -SatFeet
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My main issue isn't with the software at all, I can learn it quick. My issue is the lost DATA. My IM history, and my threads and posts.
The search feature doesn't even work yet, and trying to find my 4 sale threads is gonna be a pain. I flip/make parts in order to fund my hobby, if I don't sell parts, I can't buy new ones. (the joy of being a homeowner)
I don't use this site to make money, I havea dayjob, I use it to fund my build. And it literally, just "cut" me off.
I'm really pissed that they didn't give us notice at all, I would have saved all my IM's and thread links on my HD.
It would be REALLY REALLY cool, if they could pull this data from the old server, and forward it in an e-mail or something....... I have faith that the VMG will make this software work like clockwork, they are some really smart people. Kinda like engineers. Problem is, engineers and techies, tend to overthink the "street" side of things, the "hustle" if you will.
Oh well, I'll quit bitch!ng and wait for my data to be forwarded.. .. . .. .


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Join us in supporting The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act, introduced in Congress yesterday by Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Representatives Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). This vital legislation will stop the transport of American horses to slaughter in Mexico and Canada, as well as permanently prevent it from occurring here in the United States. Please ask your Members of Congress to cosponsor the bill and help usher it to passage!
We've known for years that horse slaughter is an exceptionally cruel practice—whether it happens in the U.S. or elsewhere. Due to their biology and their psychology, horses cannot be slaughtered in a commercial setting without tremendous suffering and fear.
We also know that horse meat is not even safe to eat! Horses are fed de-wormers and other toxic drugs that can cause terrible reactions—including death—in people who eat their tainted meat. Consumers in the E.U. are just discovering the dangers they have unwittingly been exposed to, and the scandal grows daily.
In spite of this mountain of damning evidence, the USDA is currently processing an application for a horse slaughter operation here in the United States. Roswell, New Mexico, may soon become ground zero for horse suffering.
The ASPCA has worked closely with federal legislators and other advocacy groups to develop the SAFE Act. This bill will stop the pain and the suffering of equines caught up in this grisly business. Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to take action now to urge your U.S. senators and representative to cosponsor the SAFE Act.
I can't imagine eating a horse,a lamb or any animal that is named fed and raised as a pet.
It's time to end the horse slaughter now !
I can't imagine eating a horse,a lamb or any animal that is named fed and raised as a pet. It's time to end the horse slaughter now !
I can't imagine eating any animal. I would love a ban of all animal slaughter, but this is a start.
Please stop this horrific practice. Thank you!
I hate the idea of eating any pet animals please stop this!
We've said it before and we will say it again, this unnecessary cruelty and abuse of animals must come to an end! We can not continue to allow such senseless acts and we urge congress to act immediately!
Stop this cruel slaughter towards horses! They are our friends not a meal..


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Jealousy weakens life. Like the ice-cube in sun-light.
It's sad how some people are so jealous and intimidated by you that they only have negative things to say when they know absolutely nothing about you.
Chances are that when someone is hating on you, it's not about you at all. It's about them. It's their fear, their jealously, their boredom, and their insecurity.
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An old Cherokee told his grandson:
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Jealousy is the cousin of greed. We seem to focus on what we want and lose sight of what we really need.
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Never hate people who are jealous of you, but respect their jealousy because they're the ones who think you're better than them.
When you missed what you aimed that doesn't mean nobody else cannot get it right, don't hate them, don't be jealous. Instead try to make friend with them and learn how to get it right.
I'm Sorry.
Sometimes I get jealous thinking that someone else could make you happier than I could. I guess it's my insecurities acting up. Because I know I'm not the prettiest, smartest, or most fun and exciting. But I do know that no matter how and long you look; you'll never find somebody that loves you like I do.
Don't let jealousy fool you. It's just another name for insecurity
I never used to be jealous of anyone, and then I like you. I think I get it now.
When guys get jealous it can be kinda cute. When girls get jealous World War III is about to start.
Jealousy only eats up your beauty. Have more faith in yourself, you got something that other people don't.
People who are jealous of you are insecure individuals who lack at many things & suck at life. You can only pray for people like that hoping they don't fall too hard. They're dying to know your next move, your every move.
They secretly live their lives through you. When they shop they think of the hot sh*t they saw you in & when they talk to their friends they use your phrases, they badly want a chance to breathe the same air you breathe and taste the same food you taste & date the same people you date.
They just don't get it. They don't know how you have the ability to be so hot, classy, talented & sustain personality for days so they make up rumors about you to help their ego & kill time until they find out your next move. They wonder if you even think of them at times. Can someone die of jealousy? Yes, hopefully they'll die thinking of you.
Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.
Remember: people only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun & tired of their shade.
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School lunch has never looked so good
Schools are improving nutrition with locally grown food
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Students help themselves to fruit and vegetables at the salad bar at Hillcrest Elementary School in Lake Stevens earlier this month.
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Kitchen staff at Hillcrest slice cucumbers and red bell peppers.
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A tray of options from a recent lunch at Hillcrest Elementary School in Lake Stevens: Counterclockwise from top left are a half-cup of spinach, a quarter-cup of jicama, a quarter-cup of red pepper; a half-cup of kiwi; a "Beef Rib A Que" on a whole-wheat hoagie bun; a half-cup of sliced Washington gala apples; and 8 ounces of 1 percent milk. This meal is a total of 613 calories.
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The salad bar at Hillcrest Elementary School in Lake Stevens is prepared before lunch earlier this month.
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Everett High School cafeteria manager Judy Borovina serves macaroni and cheese during lunch last month. Dietitians tinkered with the recipe for about a year in an effort to reduce fat. The new recipe has carrot puree in the cheese sauce -- and in a taste test, students preferred it to its higher-fat predecessor.
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Everett High School cafeteria manager Judy Borovina serves macaroni and cheese with broccoli and ham during lunch in January.
Students in the Arlington and Snohomish school districts can eat apples recently plucked from the branches of Marshland Orchards in Maltby.
The salad bar in the Lake Stevens School District can include offerings of celery sticks from Fife, sweet red peppers from Wapato and cucumbers harvested from the fields of nearby Carleton Farm.
Of the 10 school districts in Western Washington that have formally joined the Fresh Food in Schools Project, a statewide effort to get Washington-grown produce in schools, four are in Snohomish or Island counties: Arlington, Lake Stevens, South Whidbey and Northshore.
The Stillaguamish Tribe recently announced a $100,000 grant to the Arlington School District to help its program continue and grow.
Lunch menus in school districts throughout the county are being transformed. Pizzas are made from homemade whole-wheat crusts. Offerings include build-your-own subs, teriyaki beef over brown rice and meatless entrees.
"I compare it to what I had as a kid," said Kristen Curtis of Snohomish, whose daughter attends Little Cedars Elementary School. "It's unbelievable the difference health-wise."
Part of the push for healthier food is coming from the federal government, which provides about half of the funding for school lunch programs. New nutrition guidelines, spelled out in a 280-page document to be phased in over 10 years, were announced last month.
Starting this fall, students no longer will be able to wave off offerings of fruits and vegetables with a simple "no thanks." Students will be encouraged to have servings of fruits or vegetables each day.
School districts, knowing that the new requirements were in the works, have been working hard even before they went into effect to make the offerings appealing.
Carrot sticks and grapes always have been popular, but students are now seeing snap peas, broccoli, mandarin oranges, jicama sticks, pluots and even roasted Brussels sprouts in lunch lines -- often introduced with "try me" samples.
In Everett, dietitians tinkered with the determination of lab-jacketed scientists to reduce the fat in the macaroni and cheese recipe. For about a year, they tested -- then abandoned -- using squash and pumpkin puree before finally settling on the winning combination: carrot puree camouflaged in the cheese sauce. The fat in each serving was trimmed to 14.8 grams from 16.4 grams.
In a blind taste test, students said it was tastier and creamier, preferring it to its higher-fat predecessor, said Debbie Webber, who manages the district's school meal programs.
Lunch programs have an economic incentive for finding tasty offerings.
Next school year, if a student qualifies for a free lunch and can't be persuaded to include a half cup of fruit of vegetables in the meal, "I won't get any money from the federal government for that meal," said Barbara Lloyd, food service director in the Edmonds School District. "Costs may go up and revenue may go down if I can't convince students to take fruit and vegetables."
Yet all the guidelines in the world won't improve student nutrition if kids don't actually eat the fruit and vegetables on their plate and the food ends up being thrown away.
"I don't want healthy garbage cans," Lloyd said. "I want healthy kids."
Parents and farms on board
It was a 2006 outbreak of foodborne illness that got Webber thinking. Spinach, a plant with a Popeye-associated reputation for being healthy, had been contaminated by E. coli 0157:H7. The bacteria-contaminated spinach had been shipped across the country before the problem was discovered, causing 205 people to become ill and killing three.
"That's when it hit me in the face: We better start seeing where it came from," Webber said of the produce used in Everett schools. "We wrote our bids to buy local whenever possible."
School districts such as Lake Stevens and Snohomish recently asked parents for suggestions on school lunches. Improving nutrition and buying local were high on the list.
Getting produce from Washington farms to local schools is not as simple as it might seem. Processors and distributors have to be found, Washington-grown crops need to be identified, and the produce needs to be cleaned, packaged, and delivered to area schools.
"They can't have 17 farmers showing up with wheelbarrows and tractors," said Mike Bennett, who owns Hendrickson Farms in Marysville, a food processor and distributor. "We've tried for years to put together and help support local food programs."
While school districts such as Everett, Lakewood and Bellingham frequently buy Washington produce, others still buy from out-of-state companies if they can get the food at a lower price, he said.
Liesa Postema, produce manager for Marshland Orchards, said that 22 varieties of apples are grown on their 60-acre farm in the Snohomish Valley. While in season, some of those apples are delivered to the Snohomish and Arlington school districts "fresh from the tree," she said.
Getting the first sales at local schools wasn't easy. "It took us probably two years to even get our foot in the door," she said. "There's so many hoops to jump through due to the billing system."
First, Snohomish signed on, then Arlington, and, most recently, the Kent School District has said it is interested.
"They want to do it, but there's a disconnect between wanting to do it and working with farmers," Postema said. "It's a different way of thinking of how the schools have to order. It's not going to be hundreds of pounds of this or that. They have to plan the menus differently."
Yet when the apples are delivered to local schools, students notice a difference, Postema said. "Kids are starting to ask for the apples by name … Fujis, honeycrisp, things other than the typical red school apple."
Going local isn't easy
Nicole Morin of Lake Stevens said she was thrilled when another PTA mom asked if she was interested in working to rally parents behind having the school district join the state's Fresh Food in Schools project.
"I had 15 to 20 emails or phone calls from parents in Lake Stevens," said Rita Ordonez, who coordinates the 10 fresh food projects in Western Washington schools.
Getting approval for Lake Stevens to join the program was the first step. Parents soon found out that getting fresher produce and healthier food options was far more complicated than they thought.
"As a parent, we can say we want to change this," Morin said. "There's a lot of red tape."
School districts are bound by tight budgets, federal regulations on nutrition levels such as calories, fat and sodium in each meal. There are regulations that spell out the bidding rules for buying enough food to serve thousands of meals each day.
The state is working with school districts to develop guidelines so the districts can write purchasing contracts with a preference for food produced closer to their communities, Ordonez said.
School districts deal in quantities hard for consumers to fathom. In a typical month, Edmonds, the county's largest school district, buys 4,708 pounds of lettuce. It serves about 10,000 meals a day. Its annual food bill for the 2010-11 school year was $1.496 million.
"For the most part, the school districts are the largest restaurants in the area," said Lloyd, with the Edmonds School District.
"There's not one farm that can produce the amount we need when we need it."
For all these reasons, school lunch serving lines were better known for quantity than quality.
Even Morin, who is volunteering to help improve the offerings in Lake Stevens, admitted that a year ago, her kids rarely bought hot meals at school. "When I looked at the lunch menu I saw, 'Oh, a lot of prepackaged, processed foods in there.'
"I think parents have been wanting to make a change for a long time," she said.
Kids take notice
In Lake Stevens, changes in meal planning began before students started classes in the fall, with cooking demonstrations and tours of farms in Snohomish County, said Mollie Langum, the district's food and nutrition supervisor.
This school year, menus include gala apples from the Okanogan Valley, Asian salads with snap peas, bok choy and snow peas, and a variety of vegetables, often Washington-grown when in season, in the salad bar.
Nicole Morin's son, 12-year-old Brooks Morin, a seventh-grader at Lake Stevens Middle School, is one of the students who is now buying some of those lunches. One of the things he likes most, he said, is that the food is a lot fresher.
"You can definitely tell," he said. "Some of the school food that they make or get, definitely it tastes better than it did before."
His sister, Samaya Morin, 8, a third-grader at Skyline Elementary School, said some work still needs to be done on the grilled cheese sandwich. "It's packaged grill cheese," she said. But she really likes the chili "with lots of vegetables in it."
"Their food is tasting a lot better than a year ago because they've just changed a lot of the ingredients," she said.
Comparisons of lunch buying patterns in the school district from September through January this school year versus last show a 3.5 percent increase in the number of meals served -- about 120 more students a day, Langum said.
"For me, that's huge," she said. "If you have 120 more kids per day and 180 days in school year, that 21,600 meals a year."
Nicole Morin said she hopes cooking demonstrations can be organized for the public on how to prepare fresh foods on a budget. She's like to see a fresh food representative added to PTAs to maintain the momentum with school lunches.
Meanwhile, in Arlington, school officials are just starting to think about how the $100,000 grant from the Stillaguamish Tribe should be used.
"I want to honor the gift and really do something that we can continue even after the money is gone," said Ed Aylesworth, food service director.
The push to get Washington-grown food in local schools was first presented at a meeting of the City Council and school district several years ago, said Bill Blake, longtime natural resources manager for the city of Arlington.
Farmers have to invest nine months ahead of time in buying seed and planting crops, he said. "They want to make sure they have a good sale at the end.
"We'll try to figure those things out … What does it take for infrastructure? Can we figure out what equipment may help? What gives farmers the certainty they can sell their produce … slowly building the amount of food coming locally into the program."
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Not only does he wish to rewrite the 4th, 5th, and 15th Amendments, but he's now gone far beyond his legal authority and eliminated Congress from the mix again.
Josh and I had a discussion about Gonzales (Bush's AG) who was forced out by both parties for exercising the authority for 'license to torture' among other things, including wiretaps, etc.
But now BO, along with HIS AG Holder, have decided that they have the legal right to have a 'license to kill Americans' without anything more than a SUSPICION of terrorist activity.
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October 3, 2012
Press Release: FTC Issues Revised "Green Guides"
The Federal Trade Commission issued revised "Green Guides" that are designed to help marketers ensure that the claims they make about the environmental attributes of their products are truthful and non-deceptive. The revisions to the FTC's Green Guides reflect a wide range of public input,...
Closing Letter: HP Inkology
September 27, 2012
Case: RMB Group, LLC, et al.
Closing Letter: Gilmour Manufacturing Company, Inc.
September 6, 2012
Closing Letter: G & A Investments, Inc.
September 6, 2012
Case: CVS Caremark Corporation
Press Release: FTC Warns Replacement Window Marketers to Review Marketing Materials; Energy Savings Claims Must Be Backed by Scientific Evidence
The Federal Trade Commission warned 14 window manufacturers and one window glass manufacturer that they may be making unsupported energy savings claims for replacement windows. The warning letters are part of an FTC effort to ensure that environmental marketing is truthful and based on solid...
Closing Letter: RJM Acquisitions LLC
August 27, 2012
Case: Government Careers, Inc.
Case: Trudeau, Kevin, et al.
Press Release: FTC Files Amicus Brief in Federal District Court Opposing Pending Settlement of Class Action Cramming Case Moore v. Verizon Communications, Inc.
The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in the phone bill cramming case Moore v. Verizon Communications, Inc. (No. 2 CV 09-1823 SBA) before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, opposing a proposed class action settlement of the case because it is not fair,...
Case: NBTY, Inc., et al.
Case: Facebook, Inc.
Closing Letter: OpenFeint, Inc.
July 31, 2012
Press Release: FTC Staff Comment to CFPB Supports Protection of Consumers Who Use General Purpose Reloadable Cards
In a comment submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), staff of the Federal Trade Commission expressed support for protecting users of general purpose reloadable (GPR) cards and for the CFPB's proposal to solicit information about the costs and benefits of extending additional...