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- Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
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- Publication date: 17 January 2012
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In "The Flame Alphabet, " the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families. A terrible epidemic has struck the country and the sound of children's speech has become lethal. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate that people are going into hiding. All Sam and Claire need to do is look around the neighborhood: In the park, parents wither beneath the powerful screams of their children. At night, suburban side streets become routes of shameful escape for fathers trying to get outside the radius of affliction. With Claire nearing collapse, it seems their only means of survival is to flee from their daughter, Esther, who laughs at her parents' sickness, unaware that in just a few years she, too, will be susceptible to the language toxicity. But Sam and Claire find it isn't so easy to leave the daughter they still love, even as they waste away from her malevolent speech. On the eve of their departure, Claire mysteriously disappears, and Sam, determined to find a cure for this new toxic language, presses on alone into a world beyond recognition. " " "The Flame Alphabet" invites the question: What is left of civilization when we lose the ability to communicate with those we love? Both morally engaged and wickedly entertaining, a gripping page-turner as strange as it is moving, this intellectual horror story ensures Ben Marcus's position in the first rank of American novelists.
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BEN MARCUS is the author of three books of fiction: "Notable American Women," "The Father Costume," and "The Age of Wire and String, " and he is the editor of "The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories." His stories have appeared in "Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, ""The Paris Review, ""McSweeney's, ""Tin House, "and "Conjunctions. "He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and awards from the Creative Capital Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City and Maine. www.benmarcus.com
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"Marcus is a writer of prodigious talent . . . Formally inventive, dark and dryly comic . . . ["The Flame Alphabet"] reads like a dream." --J. Robert Lennon, "The New York Times Book Review" " " "To people who just want to read a good yarn and who think Ben Marcus is too weird for them, I'd say: Think again . . . The novel can operate on multiple registers: as metaphor, sociology, conventional thriller, and, at bottom, discourse on parenthood and family that is freakishly sad and incredibly good." --Fiona Maazel, "Book Forum " "There's something profound about Marcus's exploration of the power of language and the life-affirming nature of human breathing. He turns both these normally positive ideas on their heads, but that only makes the sound of a loved-one's voice, the feel of a child's breath against the skin, seem that much more precious." --Tyrone Beason, "The Seattle Times" " " "In the guise of a horror novel (albeit one written by a supremely intelligent literary novelist), Marcus has delivered a subtle meditation on the necessity as well as the drawbacks of human communication . . . in searing, sometimes hallucinatory prose." --Doug Childers, "Richmond Times-Dispatch" "An apocalyptic nightmare. Its vision is eerie, droll and heartbreaking, both lavishly written and haunting to behold. Language may be killing off the characters that Marcus invented, but his use of language could hardly be more vibrant." --Joan Silverman, "Portland Press Herald" "Incandescent . . . [The] apocalyptical plot serves as a vehicle for Marcus' blazing metaphysical insights inquiry into expression, meaning, self, love, and civilization." --Donna Seaman, "Booklist" (starred review) "Language kills in Marcus's audacious new work of fiction, a richly allusive look at a world transformed by a new form of illness . . . Biblical in its Old Testament sense of wrath, Marcus's novel twists America's quotidian existence into something recognizable yet wholly alien to our experience." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review and Pick of the Week) ""The Flame Alphabet" drags the contemporary novel--kicking, screaming, and foaming at the mouth--back towards the track it should be following. Ben Marcus makes language as toxic as it is seductive-- a virus that comes from much closer to home than we suspected." --Tom McCarthy "Ben Marcus is the rarest kind of writer: a necessary one. It's become impossible to imagine the literary world--the world itself--without his daring, mind-bending and heartbreaking writing." --Jonathan Safran Foer "Echoes of Ballard's insanely sane narrators, echoes of Kafka's terrible gift for metaphor, echoes of David Lynch, William Burroughs, Robert Walser, Bruno Schulz and Mary Shelley: a world of echoes and re-echoes--I mean "our "world--out of which the sanely insane genius of Ben Marcus somehow manages to wrest something new and unheard of. And yet as I read "The Flame Alphabet," late into the night, feverishly turning the pages, I felt myself, increasingly, in the presence of the classic." --Michael Chabon "I want the English language to do things it hasn't done before, and I want American fiction to do things it hasn't done before, and I want to be in a state of arrest at the moment of gazing upon a page of text, and Ben Marcus is one of those very few writers who can do that for me." --Rick Moody


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Partners HealthCare announced today that we that promoting healthy living in Chelsea, Lynn, Revere and Salem with gifts of $240,000 each. These funds will allow the communities of Salem and Lynn to join Mass in Motion, an initiative that works within communities to address obesity and encourage healthy living. In Chelsea and Revere, the gifts will allow these communities to build upon some great work already underway there. In Chelsea, the funding will support the work of 'Healthy Chelsea,' a community based coalition and in Revere the funding will support will support the work of 'Revere on the Move,' a partnership between the City and Revere CARES.
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The four year gift will enable the cities of Chelsea, Lynn, Revere, and Salem to build and expand on community-based coalitions consisting of city officials, health center and physician leaders, as well as other stakeholders to identify the communities' most pressing health needs and develop policies and solutions to address those needs. The goal is to improve access to healthy, affordable foods and physical activities so that healthy choices are easier to make.
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"Childhood obesity is a serious epidemic -- it is vital that we teach our youth the importance of healthy eating and exercise at an early age," said Senator Sal DiDomenico. "I would like to thank Partners HealthCare for their generous gifts to Revere and Chelsea, which will go a long way towards furthering and expanding wellness initiatives in our schools."
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The gifts help expand the number of communities participating in the Mass in Motion initiative and expand efforts to address obesity and promote healthy living. A recent Department of Public Health study showed that in Massachusetts:
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An electric cord supporting device or holder for use with manually operated equipment such as power tools, vacuum sweepers, electric lawn mowers and the like. This device embodies a hook or bracket type support through which the cord can be trained or reeved to keep it from dragging or becoming entangled with the mechanism to which it is attached or the workpiece involved or with the operator using the mechanism and is adapted in different embodiments to be worn on the operator's arm or belt or to be detachably or fixedly secured to a stationary support. A roller is preferably provided for engagement by the cord to facilitate the travel of the cord through this support or holder as the movements of the operator require.
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United States Patent [191 Baedke 1 CORD HOLDER [76] Inventor: Dale E. Baedke, 2105 E. Maple St.,
Des Moines, Iowa 50317 [22] Filed: Aug. 17, 1972 [21] Appl. N0.:281,433
[5 6] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,386,708 10/1945 -Morrison 2/312 928,006 7/1909 Thomas 248/304 X 2,504,005 4/1950 Davis 248/51 X" 230,701 8/1880 Haviland..... 248/215 1,164,928 12/1915 Corcoran 248/51 3,718,241 2/1973 Forsythe 224/5 A 2,602,575 7/1952 Olson 224/5 B 2,388,811 11/1945 ZatkoQ 224/5 A 2,261,046 10/1941 Anderson.. 248/51 1,522,684 1/1925 Howard 248/51 X 1,614,393 1/1927 Robinson 248/51 [111 3,809,349 [4 1 May 7,1974
' 2,606,733 8/1952 Kt'ajewski. 248/215 Primary ExaminerRoy D. Frazier Assistant ExaminerRodney H. Bonck Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Morton S. Adler [5 7 ABSTRACT An electric cord supporting device or holder for use with manually operated equipment such as power tools, vacuum sweepers, electric lawn mowers and the like. This device embodies a hook or bracket type support through which the cord can be trained or reeved to keep it from dragging or becoming entangled with the mechanism to which it is attached or the workpiece involved or with the operator using the mechanism and is adapted in different embodiments to be worn on the operators arm or belt or to be detachably or fixedly secured to a stationary support. A roller is preferably provided for engagement by the cord to facilitate the travel of the cord through this support or holder as the movements of the operator require.
2 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures 1. com) HOLDER BACKGROUND OF TI-IE INVENTION This invention relates to a holder for supporting an electric cord on manually operated power equipment and appliances and is preferably designed to be worn by the operator although it is not intended to be limited to that form of use.
In the use of portable power tools such as saws, drills, routers and sanders and with equipment such as electric lawn mowers, vacuum sweepers and the like, the operator must of necessity contend with electric cords of varying lengths depending upon the particular tool or appliance. The moving about of the operator or of the tool or appliance as the work is done causes a corresponding shifting of the relative position of the cord with the result that the cord either accidently or inadvertently becomes entangled either with the tool, the work or the operator and cannot only interrupt the work but can be, and frequently is, cut or damaged.
While some equipment such as the vacuum sweeper provides means on the handle for keeping the cord wound up, it is highly inconvenient to continually unwind and wind the cord as more-or lesser lengths are required and to hold excess cord length in ones hand for release or takeup as needed interfers with the efficient use of those type of tools where both hands are required or generally used. So far as can be determined, it does notappear that any attention has previously been directed to the problem outlined and, accordingly, the principal object of this invention is to provide a holder for the electric cord on manually operated power tools and appliances which willpermit the unrestrained use of the cord throughout its working length and at the same time keep such cord from becoming entangled with the tool, with the work or with the operator.
A further object herein is to provide a cord holder as characterized which may conveniently be worn on the I SUMMARY This invention provides a holder or support for the electric cord on a power tool or the like and preferably is in the form of a relatively narrow elongated U-shaped hook or bracket. In one embodiment, the bracket carries an elastic band to be conveniently worn on the arm of the user whereby the cord is supported by being trained or reeved through the lower closed U portion of the bracket. In a second embodiment, one side of the Ushaped bracket is provided with an integral inverted U-shaped closely spaced parallel arm which defines a clip capable of being engaged with a users belt. Preferably, a roller means is disposed within the lower closed end of the bracket to be engaged by the cord and to facilitate its movement relative thereto in respective opposite directions as the movements of the operator and the changing positions of the cord may require. Such holder, in a third embodiment, is also adapted to be either detachably or securely affixed to a stationary support in close proximity to the location of work such as a wall mounted nail, hook, screw or similar support.
The several objects of this invention together with the general details outlined and the advantages of the same will be more fully described in relation to the more detailed description of the accompanying drawmgs.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of this invention,
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is an illustration of this invention as shown in FIG. 1 being used for the electric cord ofa power drill and being worn on the arm of the person using the tool,
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of this cord holder shown attached to a support such as a persons belt or the like and being also shown with a transverse hole which defines a third embodiment by which it can be detachably or securely affixed to a suitable support,
FIG.'5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of FIG. 4, and
FIG. 6 illustrates the third embodiment mounted to a wall support.
' EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, this invention in its preferred embodiment is designated generally by the. numeral 10 in FIG. 1 and includes the combination of an electric cord holder 12, to be used with the cord on power tools or appliances as will appear, and a measn for supporting such holder which in FIG. 1 is shown in the form of an elastic arm band 14.
Cord holder 12, whichmay be of any suitable material such as wood, metal, plastic or the like, is generally U-shaped defined by the parallel spaces sides or arms 16 and 18 which are integrally connected at one end by the crosspiece' 20 and for purposes of description, the end defined by such crosspiece 20 is designated as the closed end 22 with the opposite end being referred to asthe open end 24. An endless elastic arm band 14 is secured in any suitable manner to side or arm 18 so as to extend therefrom as shown and for this purpose, I have preferably used a third side 26 which is complementary to side 18 and in juxtaposition therewith with a portion of band 14 being secured intermediate sides 18 and 26 such as by the pins or rivets 28 and 30 or the like. It will, of course, be appreciated thatband 14 can be secured directly to side 18 but the manner shown including side 26 provides a secure clamp-type attachment designed for efficient use.
Within the lower portion of holder 12 intermediate sides 16 and 18 and slightly spaced above the crosspiece 20, I have preferably provided a roller member 32 having an axis transversely of the longitudinal plane of holder 12 and which is mounted for rotation on the pin or rivet 30. Such pin as shown serves also to secure side 26 to side 18 and has been made elongated for attachment to side 16 to support the roller member 32 as described. In this regard, however, it will be understood that if band 14 is secured to side 18 without utilizing side 26, pin 30 will extend between sides 18 and 16 to support roller member 32.
Thus far described, the use of cord holder 10 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is best illustrated by reference to FIG. 3 where there is shown an operator 34 using a power drill 36 from which there extends the customary electric cord 38. Holder 10 is detachably arranged on the person of the operator 34 by slipping the elastic band 14 onto the operators arm as shown with the closed end 22 of the holder 12 oriented toward the tool 36 and the open end 24 oriented away from the tool. The cord 38 is then trained through holder 12 intermediate sides 16 and 18 so that it is in effect reeved over the roller member 32. Sides l6 and 18 will serve adequately to confine the cord 38 within holder 12 and as the operator 34 may move about using the drill 36, cord 38 will be supported in holder 12, kept free of entanglement with the operator 34 and the movement of the cord 38 relative to holder 12 will be facilitated by the lack of friction afforded by roller member 32. To assure that the free rotation of roller member 32 will not be prevented by the chance lodging of any drill or saw chips'or the like, crosspiece 20 is provided with the through opening or slot 40 directly beneath the roller 32 'While cord holder 10 is shown in FIG. 3 as mounted on the upper 'arm of the operator 34, this is not required and some persons may prefer to place holder 10 on the forearm depending upon the type of tool and place of work. In addition, it may be desirable for an operator to place a holder 10 on each arm whereby the cord 38 can be shifted between the two holders as the situation may require. The use of cord holder 10 as described may be advantageously used with all types of I power tools such as sanders, routers, drills and the like and including such appliances and machines as vacuum sweepers, electric lawn mowers and any similar device where care of an electric cord is, a problem.
Reference is now made to FIGS. 4 and where I have shown a second and third embodiment of this invention and where like parts to those previously described are given like numerals. The structure, purpose and use of holder 12 as seen in FIGS. 4 and 5 are the same as previously described and the modifications to be described are to provide only for the placement and support of holder 12 in a manner different from attachment with band 14, if desired.
As a second embodiment, side 18 is somewhat elongated so that its upper end portion 42 extends above the plane of the top end 44 of side 16 and, as will appear, this'also serves to accommodate the third embodiment. Athird side 46, corresponding in relative location to side 26 of FIG. 2, is disposed in relatively closely spaced parallel relationship to the outer surface of side 18 and integrally attached to side 18 at their upper ends by crosspiece 48 so as to form a clip 50 closed at the top and open at the bottom in reverse relationship'to the open end.24 and closed end 22' of the operator. Similarly, for purposes of attachment of holder 12 away from the person of the operator 34, I have for purposes of the third embodiment, placed a transverse opening 54 through sides 18 and 46 in the upper portion 42 thereof whereby such holder 12 can be detachably affixed to a hook, nail or the like or, as shown in FIG. 6 can be fixedly secured to a wall 56 by means of a screw 58 in which case the location of hole 54 above the plane of the top 44 of side 16 affords easy access for use of any necessary tool such as a screwdriver or the like.
Accordingly, from all of the foregoing, it is thought that a full and complete understanding of the construction and use of this cord holder will be had and its advantages appreciated.
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1. As a new article of manufacture, the combination of:
a support member for the electric cord on a manually manipulated power tool or like apparatus, comprislng,
first and second parallel spaced side members,
a crosspiece connected to said side members at one end thereof to define the closed end of a U- shaped cord support, v means carried by said support member to permit of its mounting to an anchor point in spaced relationship to the tool but in relatively close proximity 'to the place of use, comprising, a third side member disposed in juxtaposition to said second side member, I
an arm band having a portion thereof disposed intermediate said second and third side members,
fastening means securing said second and third side members together and in clamping engagement relative to'said arm band,
a roller member rotatably arranged intermediate said first and second side members in close spaced relationship above said crosspiece, and
said crosspiece being provided with a through opening directly below said roller member.
2. A device as defined in claim 1, including:
a pin extended through said first, second and third side members,
said pin being axially journalled through said roller member to support the same, and
said pin also serving as a second fastening means for securing said second and third side members together and in clamping engagement relative to said arm band.
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With India losing their tag of being the best team after losing to England in a humiliating manner, with a scoreline of 4-0, followed by a similar loss against Australia, it created lots of questions about the Indian Team as they got back to their way of being lions at home and lambs outside. But things turned worse when India lost to England at home, that too on tracks assisting spinners. English spinners got more assistance from the tracks than their Indian counterparts. Indian batsmen couldn't pick English bowlers while surprisingly, English batsmen looked more prepared and picked the Indian spinners with ease. This has created doubts in the ability of our batsmen as well as bowlers at home. With Australia touring India for four Test matches, every one's expecting Indian team to come back strongly and win the Test series comprehensively against a team lacking in experience, as their experienced campaigners Ponting and Hussey recently retired from international cricket. Its not going to be easy for Australians who are touring with a relatively inexperienced squad.
Mahindra Singh Dhoni, skipper of Indian team, is under the hammer after losing 10 of the last 14 Test matches before this series. There have been many comments about Dhonis captaincy being very predictable and bowling changes not being accurate according to the situation and field placements being very defensive. Personally, being in good form could help him to get back to his rhythm of captaincy and win matches for the nation while its a complete different story for Clarke, who had been one of the best in the past few years but pressure of leading an inexperienced side my wary him a bit but the way his form in the past twelve months should make him confident but the main concern will be his fitness who is suffering from hamstring.
Mathew Wade who is picked ahead of Haddin as gloves man was criticized for his sloppy glove work against Srilanka in Australia but he has impressed with his bat. This series is real test for this south paw with spinning tracks in the subcontinent expected to test him and he would like to take it as a challenge to prove his ability and shut his critics.
For me the main concern for both the teams is their spin department for India Ashwin, who is skippers trump card gave away a lot of runs and found it tough for filling the wickets column, Harbhajan Singh, who is about to play his 100th test is not the same bowler as he used to be in the past and Pragnan Ohja, who was the best bowler of India against England found it very difficult to pick wickets in domestic circuit. Positives for Indian spin bowling is that Harbhajan bowled good line and length in Irani Trophy and got the wickets for the classic off spinner deliveries and Australia being his favorite opponent should help his confidence while Ohja was very consistent in his approach without giving away any loose deliveries. Another import concern would be the number of spin bowlers in the playing eleven. Dhoni is criticized for under utilizing Harbhajan or using him only for containing the batsmen in the Test match against England. So playing two spinners would be ideal, with Ravindra Jadeja who can be handy with his left arm spin. Choosing the two of three should be the issue the coach and skipper discuss about. Coming to Australia Lyon is the lone spinner who had played a good amount of test cricket while his counter part Doherty who is generally an ODI bowler, is picked in the team keeping the spinner friendly tracks in subcontinent but Doherty had played containing role until now and was very successful but playing attacking cricket will be a new challenge for him and we have to wait and watch how he delivers it. Australia may follow the footsteps of England who won against India with two spinners.
Indian pace attack is very young with the likes of Bhubaneswar Kumar and Ashok Dinda lead by Ishant who came back from injury recently. With Ishant and Kumar being in good form in the series against Pakistan and England, the Indian skipper could use them for a good impact with the new ball. Kumars ability to swing the ball both the ways at a brisk pace with the new ball and the ability of Ishant to extract the extra bounce from the track with his height will make this duo threatening even on a flat batting track . One of the drawback in the pace department is the lack of experience where Zaheer could have been the ideal member to lead the pace attack. Australian Pace attack is also very young but has proved them. Starc who have been in great touch who will be the key for the Aussies who are led by Peter Siddle and Mitchell Johnson. With players like Bird and Pattinson, Australian pace bowling line up looks more formidable than their Indian counterparts but it all depends on the way they adapt to the placid flat tracks in India.
Both the teams are in transition phase. Win for any team will make them confident. It is an important series for youngsters in both the teams. On the paper both the teams look well balanced while India is having home advantage.
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Tripping? SERIOUSLY???
And always with the stupid penalties.
Not a good pass from Flacco :(
We punt and down the ball at the six yard line, but the rookie safety from ND gets a penalty and we punt again. This kick is just as good at the Giants call for a fair catch at the 10.
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I did say that having a good feeling about this game would be a bad thing.
Hey Samari, you have to LOOK AT THE BALL while defending. That is how you not get called for interference.
This is just getting fugly.
First and 10- Ward takes it over the right side for a gain of two.
2nd and 8- Pass from Eli to Ward up to the 25 yard line. Jacobs is heading to the tunnel though.
1st and 10 from the Giants thirty- Ward breaks through the middle up the Ravens 47.
1st and 10- Finally we stuff them for a two yard gain.
2nd and 8- Complete to Toomer for a gain of nine yards.
1st and 10- Incomplete to the TE, Kevin Boss.
2nd and 10- Swing pass to Burress who of course picks up a first down for about 14 yards. Geez our defense is looking like a joke right now.
1st and 10- Ward goes over the left side for about six yards. We suck.
2nd and 4- Manning complete to Ward over the middle for 10 yards. Yeah, we really blow chunks.
1st and goal- Pass attempt to Burress, pass interference on Rolle in the end-zone, so first and goal from the one.
Why even bother with the play-by-play here? They're gonna run it and get a TD.
EDIT: Never mind. They throw it to the wide open second string TE for a TD. My bad.
Game over folks...talk to you next week.


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Junior forward Kate Schwindel was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, her third career honor, while senior goalkeeper Sara Keane was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, her second honor of the season and the fourth of her career. Freshman defender Kadeisha Buchanan scored her first career honor and was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.
Today marks the first time one school has won all three awards since Missouri swept the accolades on Oct. 27, 2009.
The Mountaineer honors follow WVU's 2-0 showing on the road in the opening weekend of conference play. WVU traveled to Stillwater, Okla., on Sept. 27 and defeated the Cowgirls, 2-1. The team went on to snap then-No. 9 Baylor's 31-match unbeaten streak with a 4-3 victory in Waco, Texas, on Sept. 29. The Mountaineers also snapped the reigning Big 12 Conference Tournament champion's 17-match home unbeaten streak and were the first team to score more than one goal on the Bears all season.
Schwindel scored a goal and earned an assist in each contest, giving her six points on the weekend. On Friday, she connected on her third shot on-goal in the 42nd minute, giving the Mountaineers a lead they would never relinquish. She then helped extend WVU's advantage to 2-0, as she sent a cross to sophomore forward Kelsie Maloney for the team's second goal. Schwindel helped WVU jump out to a quick 2-0 lead at BU on Sunday. The Livingston, N.J., native set-up the team's first score, playing a ball behind two Bears defenders to Maloney, who cashed in on a one-vs.-one situation in the 23rd minute. Schwindel then tallied her own goal 14 minutes later, slipping behind the BU defense and receiving a through ball from junior defender Jess Crowder.
Through 12 games, Schwindel owns a team- and conference-best eight goals. She ranks second in the Big 12 behind teammate Frances Silva with 19 (eight goals, three assists) points.
Keane was instrumental in the Mountaineers' win at BU, as the Mt. Laurel, N.J., native made four saves in the first 45 minutes, allowing WVU to enter halftime with a 2-0 advantage. She followed that up with two more saves in the second half, giving her six total. No save was bigger than the stop she made on Bear forward Bri Campos, diving to meet her penalty shot at the right post and turning the chance away. Keane also made one save in Friday's win at OSU, with the Cowgirls' lone goal coming on a penalty kick in the 87th minute.
Buchanan and the Mountaineer defense held OSU to five shots, with only two shots on-goal. In Sunday's contest at Baylor, the Brampton, Ontario, native helped the Mountaineer defense post a first-half shutout. She also got into the scoring mix, netting her first career goal in the 60th minute. The WVU defense turned away six BU shots and five corners in the first 45 minutes. In total, the unit defended 15 Bears shots and six corners.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Department of the Interior's ongoing commitment to the development of renewable energy resources on public lands, Secretary Ken Salazar today celebrated the groundbreaking of the One Nevada Transmission Line (ON Line), a 235-mile transmission line in Nevada. Along with Senator Harry Reid and representatives from LS Power, NV Energy and the Department of Energy, Secretary Salazar lauded the project which will help deliver renewable energy to market.
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Yes I know… cereal toppings (not that exciting but in actual fact you see them everywhere). People love putting things on top of their cereal whether it's hot or cold. I updated my list!! I want to share some of my favorites and create a list in the comments section. Lets see if we can get to 100 different toppings and then create a super cereal.
For me, I have a wide variety of add ins for both hot and cold cereals.
I am a huge fan of fresh berries (of any kind, I am in love with nuts and raisins). I also like to add seeds if I have them kicking around. What I have been using often recently is dried fruit which is pretty fun as well. Now for hot cereal I do love both brown sugar and peanut butter. Please note that I do not include MILK as one of my toppings.
Zesty's Top 10 Cereal Toppings
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- Blueberries
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PeanutAlmond Butter
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So there you have it! I am excited to hear your favorite cereal toppings whether they are for hot or cold – I want to hear them all! I hope you have a great day. have to get my act together around here. Took the whole weekend off….. cannot remember the last time I did that. Lot of to dos.
Side note: Booked a trip to NYC for Mrs. Zesty and I – in early July. Somewhat jacked about that! We will have a restaurant gathering post again before we leave.
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Recommendations for 25th anniversary dinner in Rome
My wife and I are going to be in Rome for our 25th wedding anniversary in October. We have been to Italy a couple of times previously and have found lots of great meals and incredibly few poor ones. We are looking for recommendations for a place to have a memorable meal for our anniversary.
A few guides as to what we are looking for:
The food itself is always most important. The ambiance should be pleasant, with good service, but we are not looking for a "blow me away" location.
It should be Italian cuisine but can have a "twist". One of our favorite places in Boston is an Italian restaurant with a Peruvian chef who uses some Peruvian foods in his primarily Italian recipes. A place that adapts traditional recipes with modern techniques, for example, would be great.
We tend to lean toward relatively simple recipes done extremely well over elaborate preparations of complex or unique preparations. We once went to a place that made liquid french fries and just went away wondering why bother? Fresh seafood, meat, and pasta with a well planned and executed accompaniment is always great.
I won't say that price is no object but you would have to get what you pay for. A high-end place is fine if the food is worth it.
I appreciate any recommendations you can provide. This is my first post and I hope I haven't gone overboard with the detail but was trying to avoid just asking "What is the best restaurant in Rome?" without giving a sense of what we are looking for.
Thanks in advance!
I'd say definitely go to Metamorfosi. This very new restaurant would hit all of your buttons. It's a great atmosphere, without being stuffy. And while the location is nothing special (Parioli) you don't care about that, so fine! The chef is originally from Columbia, but has been cooking at some of the greatest restaurants in Italy. His cuisine is definitely 'creative' (his sous chef was most recently at Noma) so twists on Italian food is the big thing.
Not cheap, but the 90 euro tasting menu, which we did, was a complete bargain for the amount and quality of food. We also had the 30 euro wine paring, which was also perfect.
One last thing: We just spent out 21st anniversary there and were very very happy!
re: minchilli
Thanks everyone for the comments thus far. Without getting too much in the middle of the back-and-forth discussion (as I do appreciate everyone's suggestions), I do think that Metamorfosi is much more along the lines of what we were thinking of and may well give it a try. How would you compare it to Pipero al Rex, for which I have seen a lot of great reviews here? Any other choices anyone would like to mention?
re: foodislifelifeisfood
People have weighed in on the relative merits of Metamorfosi and Pipero al Rex as recently as four hours ago on this thread:
re: Octavian
Thanks and apologies! I am trying to use the info that's already here but it is hard to search through it to find what I am looking for.
re: minchilli
We have taken your suggestion and made reservations at Metamorfosi. It looks wonderful! I do have one further question if I may--what is typical attire there? We are certainly willing to dress up appropriately but I am trying to avoid having to pack a sport jacket if one is not needed.
re: foodislifelifeisfood
Jacket not necessary - my husband wore a dress shirt the first time (evening), a polo shirt the second (lunch). A nice shirt is completely ok.
Without question, Il Pagliaccio. Michelin 2 star and worth every euro.
It is not Italian cuisine, as such. But you'd never mistake it for being in a different country, as there are Italian influences all over the tasting menu. We ate at over 85 different restaurants last year - this was in the top 5, or so, experiences.
re: Harters
Have never been to Il Pagliaccio and will never go. It's not our type of food.
Having read your description of the dishes, with all due respect, I would take issue with one thing you said i.e. "but you'd never mistake it for being in a different country." If I went to that restaurant and did not know where I was at, one of my last guesses would be that I was in Italy. More likely my first guess would be New York.
As you said, it is not Italian cuisine as such.
re: allende
Each to their own tastes, of course.
I've more experience of Italian food than American food, having visited the country more often.
re: Harters
I'm puzzled.
You said that "Now, something distinctly Italian. Cannelloni stuffed with artichoke mousse, topped with smoked sardine."
I must have been missing something during the last 37 years of going to restaurants in Italy and living here for a good part of the year for the last 20 or so.
Is this really what you believe is distinctly Italian cuisine?
re: allende
and liquorice foam
re: jen kalb
Sorry Jen, I forgot about the liquorice foam.
@ Harters. Forgot to mention that I wasn't saying that I thought your meal was American food in any way. It isn't; it's fusion.
You can see that it is fusion from your description of the dishes (" cuisines much further to the east of Italy) and "A small potato had been turned to a perfect cylinder and then hollowed out to make an extremely thin tube. This had been deep fried to perfect crispness and then stuffed with crab. Alongside, a quenelle of mango. In itself, this absolutely delicious but it was accompanied by something frankly odd – a coconut milk and rice soup."
Fusion can be served anywhere. In this case it is served at Il Pagliaccio in Rome, but it could have been in a two star Michelin ( a two star Michelin, by the way, doesn't mean much in Italy) in Paris, London, New York, Chicago or Singapore.
When you have a restaurant that serves " a soup of mozzarella and oyster, soft and luxurious, topped with the sharp contrast of a Granny Smith and camomile granite" , that restaurant might be in Rome but really could be anywhere in the world.
In contrast, just to pick two other two stars... if you went to Da Renzo or Miramonti l'Altro, no matter what you thought of them, good or bad,, you'd know you were in Italy.
re: allende
Yes, I felt the dish was distinctly Italian. All three elements of the dish said "Italy" to me. Putting them together said it even louder.
Yes, I agree the cuisine is fusion which is why, in my review, I wrote "It's not an Italian meal, as such, rather a meal with some Italian culinary influences". I presume you missed that bit in your rush to create the perfect put-down
Of course, I have never lived in Italy, not have I been visiting Italian restaurants for 37 years/. It is, inded a great put-down - one of the best I can recall on the board. I'm sure the OP will have now realised that my views are worthless and iis waiting with bated breath for your recommendations :-)
re: Harters
Anyway the OP now has more info about Il Pagliaccio. In my experience (not of this restaurant) most Italian restaurants that offer Italian cuisine with a "touch" or "twist" dont go quite as far a the meal youve described - mostly they are fairly conservative in their variations. Licorice aside, I enjoyed reading about your meal.
re: jen kalb
Interesting to see what has happened to Il Pagliaccio in the Gambero Rosso guide, for whatever it's worth.
In 2011, it was vaulted into the top restaurants in Italy with a rating of 91. Usually, in fact I can never recall another instance where this wasn't so, once it is in that "exalted company" (some really mediocre restaurants in that exalted company), it stays there for a number of years, at least. That is, the Gambero Rosso never promotes a restaurant to a 90 and above, and then takes the rating away the next year.
That is, however, what happened with Il Pagliaccio. From an 88 in 2010 to a 91 in 2011 to an 89 this year and with one snide remark this year. Now perhaps the Gambero Rosso realized it made a mistake in putting this restaurant in its top category and adjusted its rating this year. Or perhaps, this year is a mistake and the restaurant will regain its glory in the guide next year. We'll wait with bated breath.
Just for clarification, that soup of mozzarella and oysters (no oysters in Italy) topped with Granny Smith and camomile granite, was really burrata and oysters
topped with Granny Smith and camomile granite. That changes everything and now the soup makes perfect sense in an Italian restaurant :)
re: allende
Just for clarification, is burrata not a mozzarella then?
re: Harters
Burrata is buratta and mozzarella is mozzarella. Totally different in texture, consistency and flavor. Is burrata partially made from mozzarella... of course.
Does burrata look like mozzarella. Of course. Ah, but the inside of burrata, so, so different, as is the taste.
re: allende
Thanks. I'm pleased my review was not inaccurate.
Hopefully this will now allow the OP to decide if the restaurant meets his spec (pleasant ambiance, good service, Italian with a twist). Certainly if I was in Rome wanting to celebrate a Silver anniversary, I could think of nowhere better. I'd be back in a heartbeat (although our 40th will be celebrated here in the UK)
re: allende
But isn't burrata a mozzarella "skin" stuffed with cream of some sort?
Chowhound is one of the most interesting forums around. it always amazes me to see how foreigners and foreigners who live in Italy look at Italian cuisine and how much Italian food is somewhat mistaken with traditional food. Anybody who knows me, know that I have the greatest respect for traditional cuisine as much as I have for creative cuisine. Reading the answers in this topic one question comes to mind and concerns the essence of Italian cuisine today. Fusion is still Italian as much as creative cuisine. The introduction of some ingredients which are not italian as such does not make that cuisine not Italian. The greatest chefs in Italy have some ingredients that come from far east or far west but nobody would classify them as not italian.
Italian cuisine has evolved as anything else in any other field. A Versace or Armani shirt with an English word printed on top does not make that shirt not italian, so why would a mango quenelle would be out of place in Italian cuisine? My father would eat a mango everyday about 25 years ago... A building made out of glass or a skyscraper in the center of Milan does not make that bulding a foreign building, so why smoked sardines should be considered something not distinctive italian, considered that my mother's fav food is smoked sarde with lemon juice oil and bread? The restaurants mentioned here (Metamorfosi, Pipero) are Italian but the Noma effect through John at Metamorfosi and Luciano's background at Pipero live in the real world and they travel, they read, they go to Piazza Vittorio (The Market for ethnic food in the center of Rome) and it is absolutely normal they use and enjoy foreign ingredients. Now, if anybody wants to eat traditional roman (because we can't say italian, it's roman traditional food) is one thing but stating that anybody who cooks something different than Amatriciana or cacio e pepe does not cook italian, well, that is something I don't agree with. PS btw, liquorice is italian more than many other ingredients (try and find real liquorice abroad!), don't find that much around the world and the use in Italian cuisine is just a new and intelligent way to highlight one of the best products we have in Italy. Amarelli is making a beer and a grappa with liquorice: would we want to say Amarelli is making a non italian drink? PS2: I would not really stress what happened to Il Pagliaccio in the gambero Rosso Guide. This was the guide that 15 days after printing the Roman guide in which it assigned 3 forks to Tassa, took them away in the National guide because...we really don't know. This is the guide that this year has assigned over 80 to the wrong restaurant (OS Club, but really meant Jolanda which was already closed) and several other "little" things which can be easily found on the web.
re: cristinab
I agree.
re: cristinab
Thank you for the excellent and articulate post.


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2012 Houston Texans preview: Defensive backs
If former first-round pick Jackson lives up to his promise, this will be one of the NFL's best
CORPUS CHRISTI - Jonathan Joseph changed the complexion of the Houston Texans' defense last season.
While Wade Phillips' arrival was necessary for Houston's defense to make the leap to elite, acquiring a lockdown may have been just as important. You can have the most complete front seven in football and still lose a lot of games because you can't stop the pass heavy teams around the league. It was even more vital for the Texans to get themselves a cover corner to replace Dunta Robinson, who bolted for big money in Atlanta two off-seasons ago, because of how reliant they are going to be on their pass rush over the next few years.
Even the best pass rushing teams can have little effect against good quarterbacks if the secondary doesn't hold up long enough for them to get into the backfield, something we saw an example of on Wednesday when Tony Romo picked apart New York's banged up secondary even with Jason Pierre-Paul and the like breathing down his neck.
Joseph was the Texans' backup plan after they fell out of the Nnamdi Asomugha sweepstakes, but because of the way the Eagles used Nnamdi in their coverage schemes (more as a rover than lining him up man-to-man), Joseph was actually the better player last season. Joseph was thrown at 91 times last season (including the playoffs), allowing only 51 completions, according to Pro Football Focus' tracking data. He only allowed 11.8 yards per catch, which pretty good for a corner, and he only gave up 168 yards after the catch. Joseph's interceptions (five) outweighed the touchdowns he gave up (3) and he also had 10 passes defended last season. When quarterbacks threw at Joseph, they had a paltry 64.4 QB rating.
Joseph made his opening statement as the newest weapon of Houston's terrific defense was in week two against the Dolphins when he held Brandon Marshall to just two catches and 39 yards. In week three, Joseph held Robert Meachem and Devery Henderson to a combined 31 yards on seven targets (four catches) against the Saints. Joseph's best game last season came when he put the clamps down on Roddy White, who is one of the best receivers in football,. Matt Ryan sure tried to get White the ball, throwing to him eight times while Joseph was on him in their week 13 match-up, but Joseph only allowed two completions for 31 yards. The week after that, Joseph held budding superstar A.J. Green to 57 yards and four catches. Joseph also shutdown Green in the post-season, holding him to just four catches (on nine targets) and 42 yards while also picking off one of the passes thrown Green's way.
Joseph will have a tougher job in his second season in Houston because the Texans' schedule has a few more top tier wide outs on it this season. Among the players he'll face throughout the year are: Justin Blackmon (a rookie, but a natural pass catcher that Blaine Gabbert will lean on), Demaryius Thomas (who will get the Peyton bump this season), Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, Torrey Smith, Stevie Johnson, Brandon Marshall (with Jay Cutler throwing to him again this season), Brandon Lloyd (I'd imagine Houston won't slide Joseph into the slot to handle Wes Welker), Rob Gronkowski (putting a corner on a tight end may be the only way to keep up with this guy), Reggie Wayne (who will be a 1,000-yard receiver again this season with Andrew Luck throwing to him) and the best receiver in football: Calvin Johnson.
That's a pretty strong list but Joseph has earned a strong reputation as a shutdown corner and he should give everyone of them, expect maybe Johnson, a run for their money when they matchup.
Flanking Joseph this season will be Kareem Jackson. Jackson had an up-and-down year last season, flashing some potential to be a sturdy complement for Joseph, but ultimately failing to have a positive impact overall. Jackson was burned for eight catches (on nine targets) that went for 97 yards and a TD against the New Orleans Saints (148.6 QB Rating against) and had a lot of trouble defending players who had several options on their routes, which is common for teams that have quarterbacks that read defenses as well as Drew Brees. Jackson also gave up 84 yards on three catches against the Baltimore Ravens in week six before giving up 93 yards on four catches to them in the divisional round of the playoffs. Jackson had quite a bit of help last season, too, because Phillips shifted his safeties over to his side of the field to aid him in coverage and tackling because he knew he didn't have to send that help Joseph's way. The Alabama product is entering his third season in the league, so there is room for growth here, but it's possible that he ends up being more of a nickel back rather than a number two corner going forward.
While Jackson was a bit disappointing last season, Brice McCain came out and dominated the slot receivers he was matched up against. This came after McCain had a horrid 2010 season that put his spot on the Texans' roster in jeopardy. As a nickel cornerback, McCain played 304 snaps as the cover man on a slot receiver. McCain only allowed 230 yards on 44 pass attempts, with only 23 of those passes being completed. McCain even had a pair of interceptions and the QB Rating against him was just 48.5. McCain led the league in coverage snaps per reception, a stat tracked by Pro Football Focus, at 13.2. That means McCain only allowed a reception every 13.2 plays as a slot corner, which is remarkable considering how bad his technique looked on the outside earlier in his career. Based on Football Outsiders' data, McCain had a success rate of 69% when covering slot receivers. McCain's emergence played a big part in Houston's improved performance in the secondary. While Joseph can single-handedly shut down a side of the field, no team can do without an underneath defensive back to slow down the Wes Welker's of the world, and McCain filled that role perfectly last season.
Houston also got much improved play from their safeties last season. Danieal Manning, who was signed last off-season along with Joseph, was the surest tackling safety in the league last season according to Pro Football Focus. Manning missed just two tackles in the run game and no tackles in the passing game last season. He attempted to make 29.5 tackles per every miss, which led the league by 6.5 attempted tackles. Manning did well in the run game and even better when defending the pass. Manning was targeted 38 times last season. 21 of those passes were completed for just 306 yards and one touchdown. Manning racked up three interceptions and held quarterbacks to a 57.6 rating when throwing his way.
Glover Quin, Houston's strong safety, slid down to play the slot some last year but spent most of his time back deep with Manning. Quin was not quite as good as Manning against the run and was significantly worse against the pass last season, but Houston used him effectively by shading him to Jackson's side and asking him to help finish plays that went to the side of the field. Quin also joins the front seven rather frequently on third down play and he can be pretty good in the open spaces in those situations. Quintin Demps will help provide depth at the safety position this season, as will Alan Ball, who will also see time as a nickel corner. They may not be dynamic playmakers, but in Phillips' system they can be put to good use.
Houston's secondary caps off what has become one of the most feared defenses in the entire league and they are one of the few teams well equipped to handle some of the pass heavy attacks that the modern day NFL is filled with.
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text: School Spirit Challenge for High Schools in Central and Southern Maine The school spirit challenge is a friendly competition between schools to show school pride and spirit, all while helping the community. The program is designed to promote the community and good stewardship with students of high schools in Central and Southern Maine through an ongoing food drive to benefit the Good Shepherd Food Bank.The SSC is all about showing off everything that makes your school a great place to be by demonstrating why you have the best school and the most community spirit.Schools will compete to raise the most pounds of food this winter. CBS 13 News and FOX23 will feature a different school every Friday on Good Day Maine from January 9 to February 27The participating schools are:1/9 – Mt. Ararat1/16 – Gould Academy 1/23 – Kents Hill1/30 – Cony & McAuley2/6 – St. Dominic2/12 – McAuley2/20 – School Vacation Week – no rally2/26– Lake Region2/27 – Boothbay & Winslow3/6 – School Spirit FinaleThe winner of the School Spirit Challenge wins the coveted Spirit Cup Trophy.


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HUNTINGTON -- Huntington High's shuttle hurdle relay team enters the West Virginia High School Track Championships with the second-best Class AAA boys time in the Mountain State.
Guess who's No. 1? Cabell Midland. That sets up a potential showdown between the Cabell County rivals Friday night in the finals at Laidley Field in Charleston.
"Make sure we've got everything down and be ready to give it our best," Huntington's Ryan Gatrell said.
Cabell Midland prevailed in the Region IV meet. The Knights ran 57.91 seconds to 58.63 for the Highlanders. Those are the two best times in the state.
Senior Payton Johnson leads off for the Highlanders. Zack Adkins is next followed by Ryan McGuffin and Ryan Gatrell is the anchor. Those three runners are just freshmen.
"Run as hard as we can and I try to bring it home," Gatrell said. "We know Cabell Midland has a good team."
Gatrell also qualified in the 110 hurdles and high jump. He turned in a 14.97 hurdles time in the regional, good for second. The winner. ... you guessed it. ... was Cabell Midland's Nate Moore (14.60). Those were the state's fastest qualifying times.
ln the high jump, Gatrell cleared a personal-best 6-feet in the regional to take second. He made that height on his third attempt. He came close at 6-2.
"I'd been in a slump," Gatrell said of his performances leading up to the regional.
That was quite evident at the Gazette/Friends of Coal Relays held April 26-27 at Laidley Field. Gatrell had a no-height effort.
"My steps were messed up and I didn't make it," Gatrell said.
Since then, Gatrell made necessary adjustments and he's been going higher on a consistent basis.
"My steps got better and it got warmer," Gatrell said. "I jump better when it's warm."
Gatrell will make his first state appearance in the high jump. Rankings indicate he's one of the underdogs, but placing high is possible. Jordan Hardiman from Jefferson has cleared 6-10.
"Going in I feel good," said Gatrell, whose personal best in middle school was 5-10. "So much is mental. You need everything to go right."
Bryce Jones from Huntington High qualified for the 100 (11.52) and as the 200 regional winner (23.32).
The Highlanders also have Sam Smith in the 800, Jack McGee running the 3200 and Andrew Ching in the pole vault along with their 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays.
Safiyyah Mitchell (200, long jump), Morgan Hensley (100 hurdles, long jump) and Ericka Budd (shot put, discus) lead the girls state entries from Huntington High.
Maggie Lafear is in the pole vault while the Highlander girls also have their 4x100, 4x200 and shuttle hurdle relays.


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Does Drinking Milk Cause Acne?
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If you live in the United States or Canada, you get bombarded with two kinds of information about milk and dairy products. The milk and dairy companies constantly remind us that dairy products are the main source of calcium and phosphorus in our diets and we simply have to have them in our diets (they say) for healthy bones and teeth. And then there are the detractors of the food industry who insist that milk and dairy cause a plethora of health problems.
We can't discuss all the legitimate, questionable, and totally out-there claims both for and against consuming dairy products. But we can shed some light on the issue of whether drinking milk may cause acne.
Milk Consumption and Acne in Teenaged Girls
In the 1990's, a team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health as well as other prestigious institutions around the world conducted the Growing Up Today Study, which tracked diet and health of 7,843 boys and 9,016 girls through their teen years until they reached adulthood.
Participants in the study were asked how often they consumed a standardized portion size of specific foods. They were asked about milk, chocolate milk, ice cream, instant breakfast drinks, cottage cheese, yogurt, cream cheese, hard cheese, milkshakes, and butter. They were asked about soy milk, whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, skim milk, and whether they consumed milk at all. Acne researchers also considered the teens' answers to questions about chocolate, French fries, and pizza, since these foods have also been linked to acne.
In 1999, the researchers asked about height, weight, and (in girls) contraceptive use, as well as a question about acne: "Compared to other people you know, how would you describe your acne." Multiple choice responses included:
- I almost never get any pimples.
- I sometimes have a few pimples.
- I usually have two or three pimples.
- Sometimes I get lots of pimples.
- Usually I have a lot pimples.
Then the researchers looked at all the data together. For teenaged girls, two surprising facts emerged:
- Girls who drank more milk had more pimples.
- The amount of fat consumed had no effect on the number of pimples.
That is, French fries, cheese, butter, and whole milk didn't make faces break out, but skim milk could.
The Harvard researchers did not track down whether milk from cows treated with recombination (artificial) bovine growth hormone had any relationship with acne. They believed that the real problem was that all milk contains testosterone-like hormones and these hormones can cause acne to break out, especially on girls. A more detailed study found that the girls who drank the most milk had about 20% more pimples than girls who did not drink milk at all.
Ten years later, the Nestlé company provided a more nuanced view of the issue.
What the Nestlé Company Says About Milk and Acne
You might think the world's largest producer of milk and powdered milk products might come to the defense of milk for kids and teens. But in 2011, the Nestlé company itself offered an explanation of why teens who drink milk tend to get more acne.
Milk products elevate insulin levels after meals. Milk does not contain insulin, and even if it did, the insulin would break down during digestion. However, the whey in milk stimulates the release of insulin and and substance called insulin-like growth factor-1. The growth factor reaches the skin and locks on the to part of DNA that encodes a regulator gene so that it cannot release the compounds that limit the skin's production of sebum. The skin produces more sebum, and pores that are already clogged form whiteheads and blackheads. If these pores are infected, they may also form pimples.
The same kind of result can occur after using large amounts of whey powder to make smoothies or eating protein bars after working out. The insulin-stimulating effects of whey are helpful after a workout, because the insulin that is released after eating the bar helps the muscles absorb the nutrients they need to remodel, enlarge, and strengthen themselves after they are stretched to their maximum capacity. But the effects on the skin are mostly detrimental.
Is It a Good Idea to Cut Out Milk from the Diet to Prevent Acne?
All dairy products don't have the same effects on the skin. The whey fraction of milk stimulates about 50% more insulin production than cheese, and cheese stimulates about 12% more insulin production than milk. Whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, and skim milk, however, all have the same effect on insulin production and the skin. The fat in a dairy product has no bearing on how much it aggravates acne. Butter, Dutch researchers has discovered, has no effect on acne at all—although margarine makes acne worse.
This means that teens who have acne need to avoid products that contain whey, such as:
- Sports drinks,
- Ricotta, and
- Brown cheeses (the kinds of brown cheeses that are especially popular in Scandinavia).
If there's still a problem, then cut back on other kinds of cheese and finally on milk, ice cream, and yogurt.
There is, however, to have your whey and eat it, too. Work for it. The very best time to consume any kind of product containing whey is right after you work out doing resistance exercise, lifting weights or or doing any other activity that causes a "burn" in your muscles. For about two hours after this kind of workout, the muscles are about 50 times more sensitive than usual to insulin. They need insulin to help them absorb the glucose, amino acids, and water they need to repair damaged fibers and to grow larger. Consuming whey products right after a workout helps your muscles and doesn't hurt your skin, but they need to be consumed during the first hour after your workout, not during or before. It's still OK to take other foods and beverages that don't contain dairy.
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i have a dry skin , non of my family member have acne nor in there teen age time .. but im the only sister whose havin acne from back almost 01 – 02 yrs .. yes i drink milk in morning on empty stomach and before going to sleep .. does this really cause my acne .. i mean sometyms .. my skin looks clearer bt .. sometyms i dnt even lyk to c my face in the mirror .. please advice me your best tips .. i fed up of my breakouts .. im not at all having oily skin.. to wash my face in the morning i use demoviva soap for clearing my marks .. in night before sleep i use milk + n yellow daal .. n wash my face with it .. advice me with best tips plz
I have been battling acne half my life. Then I came across an artical discussing the connection b/n acne and milk. my overweight sister loves junk food but stopped drinking milk pre-teen. She never had a pimple in her life. I cut out milk. im clear now


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Posted by Anonymous on 11/12/2012
What a wonderful little find!! Located in the heart of soho so after a long day of shopping so perfect to come across this place! Food was pretty great and service was even better our server took the time to explain plenty of dishes to us in detail I would Absolutely recommend this place
Posted by Anonymous on 04/12/2012
I went to Bari this weekend and was incredibly pleased with the service and the atmosphere. It is a very cool spot right in the heart of SoHo, however it is rather pricey.
Posted by Anonymous on 12/02/2010
Food outside? That's automatic nasty points to start. The food is whatever and the service is ridiculous. How do you dine in New York City, in the center of a tourist area, and have a waitress that barely speaks English. Weird. On top of that, they are rude. To make matters worse, tip is included. I'm sorry, but isn't that illegal?! This place should be removed from Broadway and replaced with something that better represents New York. Not some dingy cafeteria-looking place with a $22 burger.
Posted by anonymous on 11/07/2010
My friend and I walked in around 3:30 on a saturday for a late lunch. While the place was busy, it wasn't packed. We sat for a good 8 minutes after we were seated by the snooty hostess before the waitress even came to the table. She didn't even ask if we wanted a drink. After she took our order, we barely saw her. She only asked if the food was alright after I am sure she saw me shooting her looks of discontent. I'll admit, the food was delicious, but I will never go back there. The staff was rude and disinterested, which I am sure is due to the fact that the tip is tacked on to the end of the bill. The awful service you will receive here is not worth the pricey food.
Posted by anonymous on 06/16/2010
Tonight I had one of the most disappointing dining experiences of my life... I got to Bari around 9 with two girlfriends, and we ordered food pretty quickly after sitting down. Everything felt rushed. At 9:40 we were told that they were closing soon... Couldn't they have told us that before we sat down and ordered drinks and food?! We were pretty much ordered out by one of the "waitstaff" who was off duty. Can't even explain the rudeness!
Posted by Anonymous on 11/12/2008
Have been here twice, both times the food was good, but the waitstaff was at best disinterested and at worst openly hostile. I went in on a really slow night to have dinner, was basically ignored the whole time, and then was given a check with the gratuity included (after 7 years working in restaurants, I've never heard of putting automatic gratuity on a check for one person). Upon paying the check, the waitress confronted me, furious that I had not added an EXTRA tip to the one she gave herself. From other reviews I've read this seems to be quite common here.....there are hundreds of great restaurants in NYC, folks, don't waste your time with this one....
Posted by Anonymous on 10/04/2008
Located nearby, Cafe Bari became our substitute. Decor was sparse - three giant lampshades/lights suspended from the ceiling (which was high), and a wooden frame/art piece. Having said that, the restaurant space was narrow, so it was about right. Lots of windows & plenty of light. We were seated immediately. Service was quick and friendly. Burger was expensive - around $20 with the added charage for grilled onions - but it was delicious. The Fettucini Alfredo (with grilled chicken added) was also good, but again it was $20. Good coffee.