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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 St. Louis Area ELL Teachers Collaborate in CLIMBS
The Content Language Integration as a Means of Bridging Success program– also known as CLIMBS– is designed to assist teams of K-12 educators in meeting the needs of their English Language Learner students, to build capacity and increase collaboration among educators at the local level. CLIMBS provides an introduction to the use of research-based approaches to scaffolding instruction in classrooms that include ELLs.
Over the course of a full semester– in five full-day, face-to-face meetings– teams of educators learn to implement the WIDA ELD Standards in ways that support ELLs' development of academic language and help ensure their access to intellectually challenging grade-level content. They do this by:
• Exploring cultural practices and the processes of acculturation
• Developing foundational understanding of second language acquisition processes
• Practicing strategies to differentiate instruction according to students' English language development levels
• Exploring formative assessment as a strategy to expand language learning for students
• Integrating WIDA ELD Standards, Features of Academic Language, and Performance Definitions for planning and instruction
• Collaborating with other one another to support ELL success
CLIMBS was originally developed by the Center for Applied Linguistics on behalf of the WIDA Consortium. Pairs of educators become CLIMBS Licensed Facilitators through the CLIMBS Facilitator Institute. Then, CLIMBS Licensed Facilitators offer the CLIMBS program in a district or local educational context, for teams of ESL/bilingual and general education teachers. EducationPlus' Marlow Barton is co-facilitating today's session in the Rockwood School District.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 September 2014 Top Reads
The Connected Classroom is the EducationPlus Learning Division blog. Here are the top five most visited posts for the past month– did you contribute to the clicks?
1] Spotlight on Sarah Spaunhorst @ METC 2015
2] Hangout with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
3] Leadership Matters: Principles for Principals
4] Help Good Principals become Great, and Great Principals become Better
5] Gateway Media Literacy Partners Presents STEM & MEDIA: A Natural Fit
Tags: EducationPlus, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, METC, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Leadership Matters: Principles for Principals
Yesterday, EducationPlus' new initiative, Principles for Principals, kicked off with more than 100 area principal and assistant principals gathered to hear from Dr. Sue Szachowicz. A retired high school principal, she shared the story of how her high school went from failing state tests to acing them. She spoke about how every school has their own DNA, and how leadership brings out collaboration in staff, which provides a united front to ensure positive outcomes for students. Several attendees tweeted during the session using #EdPlusP4P. In addition, Dr. Szachowicz, a Senior Fellow at the International Center for Leadership in Education, provided access to her presentation deck: Szachowicz | Leadership | St. Louis.
The event with Dr. Szachowicz was a free kick off to the new Principles for Principals Academy. EducationPlus, starting October 14, offers a comprehensive professional learning opportunity. If you were unable to make it yesterday, you are still able to register for the academy.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Help Good Principals become Great, and Great Principals become Better
Our new, year-long learning opportunity for principals and assistant principals starts this fall. EducationPlus has partnered with the International Center for Leadership in Education for this seven-session program. Up to three cohorts of principals and assistant principals will be created to accommodate geographic considerations of those participating. Additionally, content will be based on needs of the group. All will be facilitated by a representative from the International Center for Leadership in Education; participants must enroll is all sessions in the ongoing academy.Creating a Culture of High Academic Expectations, October 14
During this interactive course participants will learn about the benefits of a systems approach to improve student achievement.
Establishing Structures and Communicating a Shared Vision, November 11
Building leaders will take a closer look at the structures that are in place to support a successful implementation of a shared vision, including transforming learning and teaching.
Leading Change for Rigorous & Relevant Learning, December 9
Building leaders will take a deeper look at creating effective learning environments through the lens of the Daggett System for Effective Instruction.
Developing and Implementing Rigorous & Relevant Instruction, January 21
This course focuses on building a supportive, collaborative process with instructional staff to increase levels of rigor and relevance in their teaching and student learning.
Facilitating Data-Driven Decision Making, February 11
Instructional leaders will learn about data and how it is collected and used at district, school, classroom and individual student levels.
Leading Professional Dialogue to Support Rigor & Relevance, March 4
This training is designed to allow building leaders to take a deeper look at their roles in encouraging interconnectivity and collaboration through professional dialogue.
Sustaining a Culture of Instructional Excellence, May 6
Leaders will continue to develop an understanding of the organizational leadership that can transform learning and teaching.
Principles for Principals will help good principals become great,
and great principals become better.
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EducationPlus Member Early Bird Rate: $1,500 until Sept. 30 | Member Rate: $1,800 after Sept. 30 | Non-member Rate: $2,000
EducationPlus is also hosting a free kickoff event to this academy for administrators to learn more about the content being offered. Taking place September 23, Susan Szachowicz (author of Transforming Brockton High School: High Standards, High Expectations, No Excuses) will keynote and there will be an opportunity for attendees to network with one another. Register online to participate at the kickoff.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Library Media Specialist Academy 2014-15
Today's Library Media Specialist must play the versatile role of an instructional partner responsible for ensuring that students and staff are efficient and effective users of information. The annual LMS Academy focuses on the changing role of the Library Media Specialist in K-12 education. This eight-session long learning opportunity will assist LMS personnel in teaching and connecting the standards of AASL, ISTE and the NETS along with the Missouri Learning Standards.
Registration is open for all library media specialists and those interested in media literacy in K-12 education. Participants will:
• Understand media literacy as it applies to 21st century skills
• Network with colleagues working across the area & globally
• Learn digital tools that promote effective use of media for students
• Examine problem based activities and digital, web & media literacy lessons
• Examine best practices for Copyright & Fair Use
• Explore digital citizenship & literacy curriculum resources
• Contribute in an online learning community, Moodle
• Attend one day of the Midwest Education Technology Community Conference (METC)
All eight sessions meet at EducationPlus from 4- 7pm, except for METC. Participants have an option to earn 3.0 graduate credits for an additional cost of $100 per credit hour through Lindenwood University. Find all the dates, costs and how to register here. Participants will learn how they'll register for METC once the academy starts.
Tags: academy, EducationPlus, Gwyneth Jones, Jennifer LaGarde, Library Media Specialists, Literacy, media literacy, METC, professional development
Thursday, September 4, 2014 Utilizing Technology for More Effective + Efficient School Leadership
Registration is open for superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, librarians, media specialists, tech coordinators and teachers to attend the 2014-2015 TLA. This popular academy assists educators in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to use technology as a tool for more effective and efficient leadership in their schools.
The Technology Leadership Academy will help you:
• Develop a vision to improve student performance using technology
• Assess tech strengths and needs of your staff/students
• Develop a practical and useful technology plan
• Expand your network of colleagues
Cost for six, all-day sessions: $1,000. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop to the sessions. (For an extra $600, participants may purchase an iPad. Please contact Stephanie Madlinger at email@example.com.) In addition, participants have an option to earn 3 graduate credits for an additional cost of $100 per credit hour through Lindenwood University. Click on the image above for more information, including dates and locations.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014 Special Education Teacher Academy
This series from EducationPlus will be a 5-day program geared to new Special Education Teachers. Special Education Compliance Consultant Jeanne Rothermel will take time for discussions about issues participants may be struggling with and share resources that might be helpful to them.
Topics to be included:
Day 1 – Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The Special Education Process 101, to include information on Quality Eligibility Determinations
Day 2 – Monday, November 10, 2014
Managing Problem Behaviors, to include doing a FBA and writing a BIP
Day 3 – Friday, December 12, 2014
Standards-based IEP Development
Day 4 – Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Writing an Effective IEP, to include writing goals based on the standards
Day 5 – Monday, March 9, 2015
Wrap Up: Topic to be determined based on needs through out the series
Included in the package price will be the opportunity to attend one of the other professional development opportunities offered through the Special Education Division of the RPDC.
The Special Education Teacher Academy will be a total package cost of $150. The academy is designed for teachers new to Special Education, though veteran educators are welcome to participate in one or all sessions for a refresh.
These programs will be offered for individual enrollment if you choose not to register for the entire series. Register at www.edplus.org by September 17.
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Originally written on The Last Angry Fan | Last updated 2/24/13
Hedge maze corn rows? Wasn't it just last week that we were talking about oft-injured Andrew Bynum's latest kooky hairstyle? There was that bit of ridiculousness, and now there's this, a hairstyle that is more open to interpretation than a Jim Jarmusch film. Sure he hasn't scored a single point all season—these things happen when you don't play one minute of one game because of injury—and yes, it's fairly obvious that Bynum comes up with these funky hairdos to maintain what little relevance he has in the NBA, thanks mainly to sports blogs like this one who have nothing better to do than write about his hair. He doesn't seem to have a problem with that, so why should we? [@Eddie_Nieves via The Big Lead] The post Here's your now weekly Andrew Bynum wacky hairstyle update appeared first on Last Angry Fan.
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For immediate release:Monday, August 4, 2014
A Wondrous Sound:
Lyric Opera Chorus Celebrates a New Season
September 12 at 7 pm at Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church
includes excerpts from Il Trovatore, Anna Bolena,
Tosca, and Carousel
– This fall, the Lyric Opera Chorus
will give two special concerts that will feature the world-class ensemble performing
operatic excerpts from Lyric's 60th-anniversary season. Led by Chorus Master Michael Black, the Chorus will perform
at Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church (North Michigan Avenue and Delaware
Place) on Friday, September 12 at 7 pm and at Evanston's Alice Millar Chapel
(1870 N. Sheridan Rd.) on Saturday, November 22 at 3 pm.
concert's selections from Lyric's upcoming 2014-15 season include excerpts from
Anna Bolena, Tosca, Carousel, and the
Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore, as
well as beloved choral favorites from Nabucco,
Macbeth, Madama Butterfly, Carmen,
Die Fledermaus, and Fidelio, among others.
Lyric Opera Chorus is one of the best in the world. These special concerts
highlight the ensemble's incredible virtuosity, musicianship, and splendor, in
two venues perfectly suited for choral performance," said Anthony Freud,
Lyric's general director.
wanted to showcase our wonderful chorus for some time now and do so with repertoire
in which they excel. They are an opera chorus, and an incredibly fine one at
that, and should be seen and heard singing opera," said Black. "Soloists from
the chorus will perform throughout the concert so that audiences can also get
to know the many wonderful individual voices that make up this remarkable ensemble."
are $20 (general admission) and are on sale now. For more information or to
purchase tickets, visit lyricopera.org/wondrous-sound or
call 312-827-5600.
Complete Program
A Wondrous Sound: The Lyric Opera Chorus
Celebrates a New Season
Opera Chorus Michael
chorus master Jerad
September 12, 2014, 7 pm
Presbyterian ChurchNorth Michigan Avenue and Delaware Place, Chicago
November 22, 2014, 3 pm
Millar Chapel Northwestern
University 1870
N. Sheridan Rd., Evanston
MOZART "Placido è il," mar from Idomeneo BEETHOVEN
"O welche Lust" from Fidelio VERDI "Va pensiero" from Nabucco VERDI "Patria oppressa" from Macbeth VERDI "Vedi, le fosche" (Anvil Chorus) from Il Trovatore J.
STRAUSS, JR. "Brüderlein" from Die Fledermaus BIZET "Les voici, voici la quadrille" from Carmen PUCCINI "Humming Chorus" from Madama Butterfly DONIZETTI "A voi supremo Giudice" from Anna Bolena MASCAGNI "Easter Hymn" from Cavalleria Rusticana GIORDANO "Shepherdess Chorus" from Andrea
Chénier MASCAGNI "Inno
al sole (Hymn to the Sun)" from Iris PUCCINI "Te Deum" from Tosca RODGERS "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel BERNSTEIN "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide
$20 (general admission)
programs, and prices subject to change
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011 09:37
Apple to launch two iPhones, analyst believes
$350 price point, targeted at prepaid users
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 08:57
Is AT&T testing an LTE iPad?
Could be a 4G model is closer than we think
Monday, 27 June 2011 10:58
Singapore armed forces enlist iPad
About 8,000 tablets for tech savvy troops
Monday, 27 June 2011 10:31
iPhone 5 production to start in August
No rush it seems
Friday, 24 June 2011 11:34
Europeans get iPhone fever, survey reveals
40 percent of smartphone buyers to choose Apple
Thursday, 23 June 2011 08:38
Apple is going to sell TV?
iOS powered and Samsung to build
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:46
Lodsys asks for more time to answer Apple
But keeps sending out letters to developers
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:33
Apple's iCloud could be the biggest copyright trap in history
The music industry will know everything about you
Friday, 17 June 2011 12:03
Apple expected to release Sandy Bridge Macbook soon
Hardware ready to ship
Friday, 17 June 2011 11:33
Apple bans fanboys from filming live events
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Defined Contribution Is the Future for Retirement
Byline: Mike Foster
It is significant that Ron Sandler and Alan Pickering published reports on UK retail savings and pensions as the FTSE 100 index was sliding to a five-year low.In the absence of market recovery, tax hand-outs and savings compulsion, their reports will not stop the move away from defined benefit and the fall in retail fund sales. "Defined contribution is the future," says one analyst.
Government concern about the agonies suffered by individual savers and pension sponsors means key aspects from both of their proposed systems are likely to be adopted. Sandler's report, drafted by Daniel Oppenheimer of the Treasury, is seen as having the best chance of full adoption.
In contrast, certain Pickering recommendations in such areas as spouse benefit abolition are seen by the government as politically unacceptable. Others are sensible, but a final decision on Pickering has to await an Inland Revenue review of the industry.
Analysts applaud the way Sandler has pointed out that independent financial advisers (IFAs) lack independence because of their reliance on commissions paid to them by managers.
The payment of commissions helps explain why the 92% of schemes put forward by IFAs are active rather than passive, even though statistics suggest that, on average, passive schemes provide more reliable long-term returns.
Sandler points out that tracking errors for balanced funds have fallen from 3%-4% to 1% over 10 years. He says: "The result is likely to be that undiscerning retail investors will pay charges appropriate for active management in return for management which is quasi-passive."
Sandler also criticises with-profits schemes because of their opacity, and the way in which insurance company shareholders share in surpluses. But Sandler leaves the door open for IFAs, active managers and with-profits providers to continue to offer "stakeholder" retail products to the masses.
He demands that their offerings should be simple. He says that with-profits returns should not be shared with holding companies and he wants the creation of an IFA system where services are paid by the consumer, although fully disclosed commissions could be used by other advisers to offset this fee. …


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The Cards will travel across the country to Portland, Oregon for their first round game against the Davidson Wildcats on Thursday. The tip-off time has not been announced yet. A 4-seed isn't too much of a surprise, but having to travel 2,000 miles is bizarre. With Louisville having a shot at a 3-seed, I figured if they were to get a 4-seed, they would be rewarded by staying close to home. Davidson is 24-7 overall and has a win over Kansas. Their RPI is 64. Louisville shouldn't have too much trouble, but Davidson won't be a cupcake. I'll have much more info on the Wildcats throughout the week. I Hope to hear game times within the next few hours. I'm getting ready to record a podcast on the NCAA tournament. Make sure and check it out when it's published.
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The Indiana Pacers could be without two starters when they open the season Wednesday against the Washington Wizards.
Jermaine O'Neal and Troy Murphy are listed as doubtful. Jeff Foster and Ike Diogu likely will start if O'Neal and Murphy don't play.
"I'm still holding out hope that I'll be able to play Wednesday," O'Neal said Monday. "If not, we're pretty sure that I'll be able to play Friday (against the Miami Heat)." ...


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More CEOs and business chiefs today are exploring a wider range of opportunities for their companies than they've ever considered before. That's one conclusion of the recently completed 18th Annual Global CEO Survey by PwC. More than half of CEOs surveyed (56%) believe it's likely that their companies increasingly will compete in new industries over the next three years. Three in 10 entered a new sector or sub-sector in the past three years, and 21% have considered doing so.Read More »
The Pros and Cons of Obama's Corporate Tax Plan
President Obama and Congressional Republicans could come together around some version of the new plan in his budget bill for overhauling U.S. corporate taxes and linking it to boosting infrastructure spending. But CEOs and independent analysts see plenty of potential complications before any agreement that could significantly address both of these pressing national economic issues.Read More »
5 Key Takeaways From the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos
The annual World Economic Forum, which attracts hundreds of CEOs and policymakers from around the world to Davos, Switzerland every January, is considered by some to be the greatest concentration of public and private brainpower in the world. The panels and prognosticators gathered there always come up with prolific insights about the world to come. For CEOs who weren't able to experience the forum firsthand, here are 5 key takeaways from the discussions.Read More »
Lessons From the Super Bowl Successes of 4 Mid-Market Advertisers
Super Bowl XLIX was remarkable for many things—the great game, the bad coaching decision, the record-high viewing audience—but the advertising successes of mid-market companies may have been the most surprising development of any.Read More »
Union Membership in Steep Decline as Right-to-Work Picks Up Steam
Manufacturing CEOs looking to expand their facilities or open factories in states other than the one they're in now should track the progress of state right-to-work legislation and trends in union membership to discern their influence on politics and economics.Read More »
5 Great Cities for Growing Your Manufacturing Business In
Many CEOs are in the midst of decisions right now about where to site or expand a factory. Here are 5 locations that are catching their attention as U.S. manufacturing hotbeds, either traditional-and-growing or up-and-coming.Read More »
How the Bullish Dollar Is Challenging CEO Decision-Making
For many CEOs, the dollar's rise can be a decidedly mixed blessing. And a bullish dollar can test the mettle of even the shrewdest business tactician. It's possible, with quick action, however, to take advantage of the dollar's rise or at least buffet companies against it. But the temptation to do so can also backlash fiercely.Read More »
8 Lessons From McDonald's CEO Don Thompson's Demise
By the time McDonald's CEO Don Thompson "resigned" on January 28, the die pretty much had been cast on his leadership. Chief Brand Officer Gregg Easterbrook will try to take over as the chain's new CEO and succeed where Thompson, in his three-year tenure, clearly could not.Read More »
Why Tesla and Toyota's Patent-Sharing Strategies Are Not for Everyone
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda at least have agreed on one way to achieve their widely varying visions of the future of the automobile: open up their patents on the technologies they're promoting in the hopes of encouraging other automakers to contribute their own efforts in that area and create a critical mass of technology adoption and development that will push the company's choice of future power trains across the finish line first.Read More »
Can CEOs Trust Falling Oil Prices' Effect on Consumer Behavior?
As oil prices slide down to the $50-a-barrel mark and beyond, business chiefs are beginning to make decisions about the future based on the trend. But what CEOs are deciding depends on whether they think depressed crude prices are a long-term phenomenon, something just for the remainder of this year—or will disappear as quickly as they came.Read More »


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No. 21 Illini Continue Streak With Win Over Michigan
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Sophomore forward Jordan Hilbrands tallied her first career goal late in the second half to lead the No. 21 Illinois soccer team (9-4, 3-1 Big Ten) to a 1-0 victory over the Michigan Wolverines (3-6-4, 0-2-2 Big Ten) on Sunday afternoon before a crowd of 2,036 fans, the second largest crowd in history, at the Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium. The win marks the 13th in a row at home for the Illini, including a 6-0 record this season, and the 12th shutout during the span.
"We were better in the second half in terms of creating some opportunities," head coach Janet Rayfield said. "Michigan wanted this game to be as slow as they could make it and we let them dictate the pace of the game. We wanted to play faster, move the ball and make them chase a little more. They wanted to spend as little energy as possible, and we wanted to demand a little more energy from them. We did an okay job of that in the second half, but I think it could still be better."
The first half proved a struggle for both offensives, as the two teams combined for just four shots in the period. Illinois narrowly missed a couple of chances early in the half, while the Orange and Blue defense held Michigan to just one shot through the first 45 minutes.
The stalemate continued until the 79th minute, when Hilbrands collaborated with sophomore forward Laura Knutson for the game-winning goal. Knutson, in her first game back since injuring her ankle against Washington, flicked the ball to Hilbrands from the left flank. Hilbrands made a sharp move to beat her defender and put the ball in the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. It marked the team-leading fifth assist of the season for Knutson.
"(Knutson) just works hard in there," Rayfield said. "She got the flick, and we finally got the ball in behind them then Jordan finished it. For Jordan to put away the game-winner on a day where we really needed it, that's got to help her confidence."
The Illinois defense shut down the Wolverines in the closing minutes to preserve the shutout. Overall, the Illini out-shot the Wolverines, 11-5, while Michigan edged Illinois, 4-3, in corners.
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Learn below about these Magic Berries, Discover the history, a brief description of it's unique properties and effects, including it's current legal status and place in modern society. Explore the tropical berry with a taste bud twist!
A Short History
The fascinating natural wonder that is the Miracle Fruit Plant (Sideroxylon dulcificum / Synsepalum dulcificum), sometimes known as the Miracle Berry, Magic Berry or Agbayun (In West Africa) / Taami berry (Specifically in Ghana). A plant with special & unique properties native to the wet tropical lowlands of Ghana, West Africa. The word 'Synsepalum' originates from the Greek 'syn' which means with or together, with the Latin 'sepalum' standing for 'sepal' (the leaf-like section of a flower). 'Dulcificum' spawns from the Latin 'dulcis' which means sweet or pleasant, and 'ficum' meaning fig-like or sweet.
The plant was first documented by a French cartographer and explorer named Chevalier des Marchais during a 1725 excursion of West Africa. At this time Marchais witnessed indigenous tribes picking the miracle berry, and chewing them before meals. The tribes used the berries for the purpose of sweetening their native food and drink, which was a sour gruel created from stale bread, Pito or Pitto (a sour beer produced from grain that has fermented) and sour palm wine amongst other things.
In its native habitat the plant can grow to an astounding height of 20-feet, but in cultivation it's rarely known to reach 10 feet. The evergreen plant produces two crops of small red miracle berries per year (more with expert growers), with white flowers that are produced for many months.
Miracle fruit can be very beneficial health wise. Many times the fruit has been used to help chemotherapy patients that had lost appetites due to the flavor the medicine leaves in patients mouths. It has also been used to create low calorie foods that diabetics and dieters can enjoy without any added sugar. None of these statements have been approved by the FDA, but have been by the Japanese Administration which is comparable in testing. You can find more information on Health Benefits Here
Unique Properties & Effects
The Miracle berry is flavorless in taste, but contains an active glyco-protein molecule, within miraculin, which causes the effect. When the fleshy part of the miracle berries are eaten or the tablet fully dissolved, the molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds causing, some bitter and sour foods to taste sweet. The effect is known to last thirty minutes to an hour, in some rare cases up to 2 hours. Miracle fruit should not be mistaken as a sweetener, since its effects depend on what is eaten afterwards, however it does have the effect to sweeten selected items and bring out natural sweet flavor notes in sour based foods and drinks.
This is what makes miracle berry's properties unique compared with other natural/artificial sweeteners and what makes it truly stand alone in functionality. In essence the difference with miracle berry is when tasting a sour food, is what you are tasting is the natural flavor notes of the food and not the miracle fruit itself. The sour tastes are interpreted by our taste buds as sweet, so the miracle berry tricks our taste buds senses to decode the flavors differently, to how we would usually. With Sweeteners, for example the natural sweetener Stevia, what you taste is the food and the Stevia applied, therefore tasting both. With miracle fruit it brings out the NATURAL flavors that are already in a sour food or drink item, converting them to sweetness, as opposed to applying sweetness to it. So in summary you are applying nothing to the food or drink with miracle fruit!
Miracle Fruit in the Modern day & Legal Status
Later in the 1970s the effort to commercialize the fruits abilities ended in a controversial failure, Robert Harvey a post graduate bio medical student in the 1960's had come across the fruit and decided to begin a company, in which miraculin was extracted from the berry with the purpose of being used as a food additive in commercial food and drink products.
Miracle berry was later legalized to be used commercially in Japan, but accusations suggested that the project in the United States was sabotaged by the sugar industry to prevent loss of business. The FDA has denied that pressure was put on it by the sugar industry, but also refused to release any files on the subject. You can find a greater reading on the truth of Robert Harvey's story on this BBC UK news report here.
The Miracle Fruit now has a status in the United States where it can be grown, sold and consumed freely, however it cannot yet be used in food and drink products like Harvey had envisioned. Unfortunately, At the time even with the big investors on board, in the 1970's his company was unable to have the capital to pursue the years of funding for testing and research to prove the safety of miraculin, and subsequently the endeavor folded.
Ever since the fruit has been shunned from public eye with only occasional media attention briefly mentioning some uses and potential benefits. But from the Mid 2000's, growers and dedicated distributors such as ourselves, the MiracleFruitHut™ company, continue putting up a strong fight to regain attention, growth and development for the literally miraculous fruit.


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starting June 1st, to explore every dirt road in Colorado and Eastern Utah I can find.
June 1st eh?
You bring up another good point.
Here in the Front Range we can pretty much ride year around (with some time outs for blizzards, ice, etc.. but it usually melts off quickly)... but as you climb up that changes.
Every mountain pass can have its own unique calender dependent on the "micro climate" around a specific mountain as well as the shape of the specific mountain.
For example.. Webster Pass is 12,000 feet high. Right beside it is Red Cone which is 12,800 feet. Usually Red Cone will open BEFORE Webster! Why? Because Webster Pass has a wind swept cornice that literally will be 50+ feet deep so even though everything above it has melted off, it is still unpassable.
The view from Red Cone at 12,800 feet looking down on Webster Pass. If you look closely in the bottom right corner you can see a Jeep (tiny dot) to give some perspective. Red Cone is usually open and ride able before the pass below because the shelf road (visible) fills in with a snow cornice each winter
Red Cone is also an experience in fear if you don't like heights.. but more on that later (I think I literally left a 1/2 mile long skid mark on it the first time I rode it
So back to your June 1st date... that is awfully early in the season to get up really high. Usually I consider late July, August, and early September the "big months" for getting up to the highest stuff.
In fact here is a photo JjustJ posted last July 6th of the exact Webster Pass snow cornice I mentioned above. This is half way down Red Cone approaching webster and you can see the shelf road going to the left is still snowed in (I think we finally got through something like July 24th last year?). The dots on the snow shelf are people!
Moral of the story:
Stay flexible and have alternative routes planned for your trip. You might plan on doing a day riding over Hurricane Pass and California Pass only to find they are still snowed in... by being flexible you can re-route yourself easily over to Engineer Pass and Cinnamon Pass which tend to open up earlier each year (because they plow them
I'll try to give some idea to when a pass is open as I write about them.. but it really is a crap shoot. In the Rockies Regional forum here on ADV you'll literally see threads where we ask eachother "is this open yet?" when it gets close to the "normal time" for a local.
If you could pick any time to come to Colorado? Mid/late August is ideal for access.. but it can snow on the high stuff literally any day of the year.
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Title: Problems with post oaks in Milam Co., TX
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QUESTION:I have an old ranch in Milam County, Texas on the Brazos River with several large, old Post Oaks. Recently a few of these grand old trees have lost large branches and two have died. One has died, possibly as a result of the construction of a new house about 25 feet away; the tree first lost all its leaves, regrew them in the spring, then lost them in this summer's drought. After it lost the crown a second time, the bark started to peel off. I have another one of these great trees that is nowhere near any construction, has a healthy crown, but now has some bark shedding off the main trunk. Is this all natural aging or is there something I should be doing to preserve these trees? (besides stopping construction near them). Would fertilizer or pesticides help the situation or make it worse?
At least you are in the right place to have post oaks, as Milam County (as near as we can tell from those vegetation maps) is in the Post Oak Savannah of Texas. The trees that you have on your property almost surely grew from their acorns on the spot where they now stand. You can seldom buy a post oak at a tree nursery, because they are nearly impossible to transplant. Its roots are extremely sensitive to disturbance, and the tree is susceptible to oak wilt. Slow-growing and long-lived, it is not often used in landscape situations. Although the post oak is resistant to most diseases, it sometimes succumbs to chestnut blight.
Without actually seeing the tree, and not being plant pathologists, all we can do is give you some clues to do some detective work to try to figure out what in the environment has changed to cause the problem. You have already said that there was construction in the area to which, as noted above, the roots of the post oak are extremely sensitive. Soil compaction caused by construction materials being stored on the ground over the tree roots, cars or machinery being parked there for shade, and possibly digging for utility lines could all be the culprit.
USDA Forest Service website on Chestnut Blight specifically mentions that the disease attacks post oaks, but refers to it as "non-lethal" to that tree. However, you could examine the trunk for cankers, which could be causing the bark peel.
Do you have any idea how old your trees are? They are said to be long-lived, and grow to about 50 ft. tall under normal circumstances. There is always the possibility they have simply reached the end of their lifespan. As in almost all cases for the last two years in Central Texas, we tend to blame many plant problems on our extended drought and high temperatures. It has begun to rain again, at least for now, so hopefully your trees will perk up. If they do leaf back out in the Spring, consider watering the roots, which may extend out two to three times the circumference of the top of the tree, with a lawn-type sprinkler that will get moisture evenly over a lot of the root system.
Finally, you do have to consider the possibility of Oak Wilt. For information on symptoms, read this website Oak Wilt in Texas from the Oak Wilt Partnership, in which the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is a partner. From the same source, see the article How to Identify and Manage Oak Wilt in Texas.
Again, not being where we can actually see the tree, we would suggest you get some closer help from the AgriLIFE Texas A&M Extension Office for Milam County. And in answer to your question about fertilizer and pesticides-no and no. A native oak should not need fertilizer, because it is capable of drawing the needed nutrients from the ground, plus you never want to fertilize a plant under stress. And when you have no idea what you're treating, spraying a pesticide would be more damaging than for it to be left alone.
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... What are your thoughts on the Transgo shift kits for the 4th gen Rams 545RFE transmission? I have read alot of these being put into the 3rd gen Rams with good results, but I have not seen anything for the 4th gen rams. Did the 545RFE change so that these don't work on this version of the transmission or has something been updated in the transmission where people are just not needing them anymore?
I'm not familiar with the details of the TransGo shift kits for RFE transmissions, so I can't really give you an informed opinion on them. Since the shifts are all solenoid-controlled, about the only things you could change (hardware-wise) in the main valve body assy are the clutch apply orifice sizes, and the accumulator spring rates. Not being a Controls expert, I'm not sure how those changes would interact / cooperate with the solenoid controls. But it sounds like the shift kits work for those who try them.
The RFE controls did not change significantly (between 3rd and 4th gen), so I'd expect the same kit should work for both. We did change the diameters of the Solenoid Switch Valve (SSV) in 2009 MY, but I doubt the TransGo kit affects the SSV at all. However, if the TransGo kit
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Note that there WAS a significant valve body change for 2011 MY. We removed the OD solenoid from the solenoid module, which required some related changes in the holes in the valve body separator plate (steel plate), and the removal of two of the check balls. So for 2011+ trucks, you'd want to confirm with TransGo whether their kit will work.
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Aftermath 0.4 doesn't have a lot of extra features but it's our most stable version with over 20 fixes!
Aftermath is a hl2 mod which involves the player killing waves of the undead with your friends or alone using weapons, your knife or even blow them up with grenades and set them alight with Molotov's.
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14 comments by tingtom on Mar 29th, 2014
So Ive finally decided to kill off the mod, my ideas and dreams of becoming a successful and fun mod were made true and a large community was generated of people who wanted to kill zombies, but know my ideas have perished along with my time and my motivation.
Theres only so much you can do and what i did was fun and very educational, the source engine is a great engine to work with but id rather help others than drag around a mod that has halted in motivation and generally an actual team.
RIP Aftermath
Aftermath 0.4 doesn't have a lot of extra features but it's our most stable version with over 20 fixes!
Latest version of aftermath with a new map, a new weapon and some new features!
After the release we encountered a mass of bugs which were approached and found as we played on servers with freinds, this patch fixed over 20 bugs and...
Here it is!, after fixing and waiting for maps its signed, sealed and delivered ( not yet delivered ). A list of features is in the newest news ( ill...
I reuploaded with some new fixes also i added some code which should reset server which have been abandoned, i have also been set head admin of the zs...
Am I missing somthing? Every time I open up it never shows a multiplayer button. Just singleplayer, mp3, leaderboard, options, and quit HELP!
you have a very old version, well done
Are you sure you downloaded right version?
so you need 2 people at least to play multyplayer>?
It's Multiplayer. If you want to play alone you can just create a MP game -> settings: *players needed 1* and it will work.
I see the servers but no players. And the game won't allow me to play alone, it only shows I'm in spectator mode :/
When you join an empty server, just type "rtv" and change the map, then it will work
You need 2 players to start on the official servers since it's Multiplayer, if you want to play alone, do a create game then put on settings "Players to Start - 1".
on wave six no zombies come
Could be boss that you didn't see since it's invisible.
Hey, you need really to add a way to heal yourself and also a way to know you are with low health. I only noticed the blood trail following me after 5 rounds and I died with a single hit since I couldn't heal myself and there were no players on the server to keep the game so I had to start over.
i may of forgotten regenerating health, sorry we have a lack of testers and i have a workload from college
So it will be fixed in the next patch?
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I love this game lots, and I'm pretty sure you (The dev) have already thought of this but would you mind switching the fast zombies to the normal slow-ish zombies cuz its pretty hard to get to later waves. Could make the sprint less to compensate or make the character weaker. Also I can't find the pack-a-punch, if its in the game, rotfl.
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Lowest Rated (4 agree) 1/10
it gets a 1/10, cause theres no 0/10 rating available
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Lifevantage distributors have been using a ABC Primetime video from 2005 as their primary marketing tool for at least 8 years now. What's never mentioned is that the ABC Primetime video is part of LifeVantage's Marketing and PR. You can verify this yourself by seeing slide #34 on this LifeVantage presentation archived on the SEC website, just scroll down towards the end. This is LifeVantage's own presentation to investors detailing their marketing. The same presentation on slide 30 touts the Elizabeth Somers Placement of Protandim on the Today Show, which we know was part of her promotional work with LifeVantage.
I've been told that ABC has stopped LifeVantage from using it on its website. I haven't been able to verify this (it would be private a conversation between ABC and LifeVantage), but it makes sense as you won't see it there. Instead you see distributors spreading it on YouTube and coaching people to use it as a sales tool.
They often don't mention the details that one should consider. Here are a pile of them:
1. It is not disclosed that McCord makes millions from promoting the product. It would have been very easy for ABC PrimeTime to look up and realize that McCord declared himself at least a 10% owner in the company back in 2004. This financial relationship is not disclosed.
2. TBARS are measured, but the test was not run by an independent lab. It was run by McCord, which is particular important due to the financial bias and the fact that there is prior evidence of data rigging in the Protandim human clinical trial.
3. TBAR levels can be influenced by exercise, the placebo effect, or even drinking a glass of juice or taking a vitamin supplement. That's why TBARS is an unreliable test of oxidative stress.
4. Lowered TBAR levels have not been shown to result in any health benefit, and is not a definitive measurement of oxidative stress.
5. ABC has never done a follow-up piece. They also haven't reran the original piece to the best of my knowledge. If they were really the first to report this "fountain of youth," breakthrough product they would be crowing about it reminding us during commercials of Dancing with the Stars that it's coverage beats the other networks. Instead they appear to have stopped LifeVantage from spreading it tacitly admitting that it was sub-par work.
6. You would think a "medical breakthrough" would be getting front page news and not need to rely on a video from 8 years ago. Why hasn't USA Today, Time, NY Times, Washington Post, etc. covered it?
Primetime and Quiñones promoted faith healer "John of God" in 2005 too! (Update 10/28/2014)
Some might say that John Quiñones is extremely reputable, and clearly he can be trusted. I admit that I love him in "What Would You Do?"
However, just three months before the Primetime video on Protandim was put out, Quiñones and Primetime did another questionable "news" story. Read this about a faith healer calling himself John of God.
Interestingly Primetime went to Dr. Oz for a second opinion. Yes the same Dr. Oz that was being investigated in congressional hearings this year.
James Randi, of the non-profit James Randi Education Foundation was invited by ABC News to give his view on John of God. He has received a long list of awards proving his credibility. However, more importantly, he published the inside scoop about his appearance on ABC Primetime for the John of God show.
That Randi article is a particularly damning view of ABC Primetime's journalistic integrity. He was interviewed for an hour and given 19 seconds. James Randi specifically wrote:
"I had plenty more to say on the subject, and I said it. ABC-TV News didn't want it, and they discarded it, though if they had used it, viewers would not only have been better-informed, but would have understood the true nature of the information they were being shown. Folks, I'm not new to television; I'm very much aware of the fact that most of an interview can fail to be included in the final edited product, but much of what I provided for ABC-TV to use was pertinent data for achieving clarity on a controversial and critically important subject — and it came from an expert. Dr. Oz, who knows nothing about possible trickery, appeared in six lengthy inserts, offering what were in my opinion, the appropriately woo-woo phrases that ABC-TV preferred on screen."
Why would ABC Primetime put together a piece that played up the fantasy of a faith healer when it could have easily been explained? People like mystery and it is good for ratings. People like feel good stories, and someone who can heal others certain qualifies. It's the whole reason why Dr. Oz has such good ratings, but gets stuck in congressional hearings about why he's promoting unproven miracle claims of supplements.
ABC Primetime needed the ratings boost too. If you look at their ratings, they had declined every year for the previous 6 years to the point they were half of what they were before the decline. Clearly ABC Primetime was willing to take scams and report on them being potentially credible, and even ignore experts that could explain them.
(And lest you think that John of God is really another miracle that ABC Primetime uncovered, he's been thoroughly debunked here as well as in the Randi article.
At the end of the day, a smart consumer needs to realize that news outlets put together these puff pieces all the time. Why? Because people enjoy them and its good for ratings. You've seen it before with acai, resveratrol, garlic, hoodia, etc. ABC may have thought they were getting in early on a trend in 2005, but the other news organizations knew better and stayed away.
Furthermore, at the time ABC didn't know that LifeVantage and Dr. Joe McCord were Lying about the Creation of Protandim. They also didn't know that McCord would illegally say that Protandim is about cancer prevention. Back in 2005, Protandim was just being put together and this information simply wasn't known or in the last example, hadn't happened.
If anyone is pitching you an ABC video from 2005, tell them you have a Palm Treo smartphone to sell them. After it does the web!
Many thanks to Lisarob for putting together many of the points in this article.
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P. Powers Says:
September 14th, 2013 at 2:57 pm
Do you know what the side effects are for Protandim?
protandimscams Says:
September 14th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
People who are allergic to ragweed might be allergic to milk thistle. That's a pretty clear one. Probably more importantly, there haven't been any long-term studies to know what the side effects are.
Asking me what the side effects of Protandim is a little like asking about the side effects of ice cream or an apple. It's kind of a misguided question from the very beginning without establishing a reason for ingesting it. At least most people agree that ice cream tastes good, so it has that going for it. At least most everyone agrees that apples are healthy, so it has that going for it. Protandim can't claim either of these, so what's the point?
» Breaking News! Nick Bello is a Self-Promotional Blowhard Says:
September 20th, 2013 at 4:58 pm
[…] In the press release he points to the ABC video attempting to let it speak for itself. He omits The Truth Behind LifeVantage's ABC Primetime Video. […]
Lee Lancaster Says:
December 15th, 2014 at 8:12 pm
What are you getting out of this? It's obvious that your goal is to discredit "Protandim". Actually, it looks as though your goal is to discredit any MLM business.
For the record I'm not involved in any MLM but I'm confused as to what your motivation really is??
Please give me the courtesy of a reply.
protandimscams Says:
December 15th, 2014 at 8:29 pm
I love to help consumers make informed decisions and avoid fraud. It's not about discrediting Protandim, LifeVantage has already done that… it's just surfacing the information so that people can see it.
As for "any MLM business", after looking at over a hundred of them (a hobby of mine, keeps the brain focused), I've come to the conclusion that they suffer from very common problems. For one there's been a history of distributors making claims for oil that goes back more than 50 years… good reading on that: http://seekingalpha.com/article/2721525-myth-of-direct-selling-blinds-the-bulls-and-believers-at-herbalife. For another, as soon as the "business opportunity" is pitched as "recruit X number of people who recruit X number of people" like everyone I've seen, it fails and has the same fate as pyramid schemes.
The better question to ask is what does LifeVantage have to gain with all the marketing designed to ensnare consumers? Money… and millions dollars of it.
KeeK's Says:
December 20th, 2014 at 6:18 am
You are so wrong !
protandimscams Says:
December 20th, 2014 at 1:02 pm
Chrissy Fischetti, could you please explain which parts you find to be factually incorrect?
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