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Announcing Zero PointNovember 13, 2013
Zero Point– The first 3D 360 movie for virtual reality
We're excited to announce that we are in development with Zero Point, the first movie shot in 3D, 360 degree video optimized for the Oculus Rift head mounted display. In the film, we follow the pioneers of virtual reality; the researchers and developers creating an entirely new digital dimension. From combat training simulations at the Department of Defense, to research labs at Stanford, to indie game developers and hackers, this immersive video experience will bring viewers into the future of virtual reality.
Zero Point will fully immerse viewers into the movie
Recent advances in technology have set the stage for a massive upheaval and disruption—we believe virtual reality is poised to become the dominant medium for our generation. The rapid increase in resolution and pixel density at low cost, combined with rapidly increasing GPU graphics processing power, is now leading to the creation of a consumer market of virtual reality. What was once only science fiction has now become a reality.
The Oculus Rift head mounted display
Our extensive development experience on mobile devices has allowed us to rapidly build a 3D 360 video engine. Our software is capable of projecting high-resolution video at high frame rates into a full virtual sphere, with stereoscopic images and full head tracking. This creates a powerful sense of being inside the video – giving the viewer an unparalleled sense of scale and depth as they look around. It's like sitting in a 3D IMAX theater, except the screen surrounds you on all sides. We hope to help pioneer a new era of virtual reality through advanced graphics engineering and content innovation.
The movie will be displayed in high-resolution stereoscopic 3D in 360 degrees
Steven Spielberg recently said, "We're never going to be totally immersive as long as we're looking at a square, whether it's a movie screen or a computer screen. We've got to get rid of that and put the player inside the experience, where no matter where you look you're surrounded by a three-dimensional experience. That's the future."
That's exactly what we're working on at Condition One.
Condition One PivotsMay 7, 2013
There are some big changes underway at Condition One – we're pivoting. After careful consideration we've decided to pivot away from a business-to-business (B2B) software licensing strategy and focus on a consumer strategy.
This approach will allow for an important adjustment: a return to the immersive experience that we originally set out to build. In an effort to reach maximum distribution, in our B2B strategy we compromised on our user experience by building it for mobile devices. The graphics processing capabilities of these mobile devices – while impressive for their size – are currently not capable of the type of graphics intensive user experience that is at the core of the C1 experience. It's been absolutely necessary to go down this route as none of this would have been possible without mobile hardware - yet it's not the total immersion we envisioned.
It has been a difficult decision, but we're getting back to focusing on user experience over distribution. We're closing our B2B-focused New York office and are now working entirely out of Palo Alto, where we've built a strong engineering and design team that is already redeveloping our technology into a new product in line with our new consumer strategy.
Our position is still strong, and we are one step closer to getting C1 where it needs to be. We still have a significant runway remaining, and we have a complete vision that is guiding us into the future.
Moving forward, we will repackage our existing technology to rapidly prototype a consumer product. We've always believed that the consumer market held the largest opportunity – we had planned to use the B2B approach as a stepping stone, but we've found that this traditional approach was not a good fit for a technology as groundbreaking as C1. In today's rapidly changing digital world, putting C1 directly into the hands of the consumer now strikes us as a more appropriate approach.
We'll be spending the next weeks and months in R&D mode to work out the specifics of our consumer product. We'll be researching new applications of our technology. We believe that content innovation needs to go hand in hand with technical innovation to fully realize the potential of immersive experiences. The digital landscape is changing at breakneck speed – and C1 is changing with it.
We believe timing is the critical factor moving forward and we are in a position to seize market opportunities as they emerge. We will have many more details on our strategy as we move forward and we appreciate your support as we venture into new ground.
It's been a difficult decision, but as a startup, we can only succeed if we are constantly reassessing our market position, are able to learn from our experience and make timely decisions based on existing information.
In the words of Victor Hugo,"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come."
Our time is coming.
Best regards,
The updated Condition One app and webplayerApril 5, 2013
Just some updates on what we've been working on at Condition One.
Product Demos
We wanted to make it easier for you to try out or demo Condition One's capabilities. So today we've updated the Condition One showcase app, available in the iTunes store here: www.conditionone.com/app. Our new app is faster, smaller, has more content that you can download or stream. You can also upload your own videos shot with a wide angle lens or GoPro camera and view them in Condition One's immersive format.
You can also check out the Condition One web player first hand right from our homepage.
See You in Las Vegas at NAB!
Condition One will be exhibiting at National Association of Broadcasters convention. If you're going, come by our booth to see our latest demo. Our booth is in Central Hall #C-ST10 or swing by our presentation at the Akamai stage (SL02724) at 3:30pm Wednesday 4/10.
-Condition One Team
Condition One Unveils New Generation Software At CESJanuary 8, 2013
I am writing from Las Vegas in the middle of the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), the biggest tech event of the year, where we are unveiling the next generation of Condition One software.
Here's a look into the details behind our latest announcement:
• Ultra-HD 2.7K Resolution: The resolution of our new video player is now 5x sharper. We're now capable of displaying a 2.7K resolution, which is mind blowing on a retina display. You can check out a demo by downloading our showcase app for iPad and iPhone here.
• Live Streaming: We've always believed that Condition One has the power to bring people into a video in a unique and powerful way. With the goal of pushing the boundaries of storytelling even further, we have created a real time live-streaming solution to not only bring your audience into the story, but to bring them into the moment as it unfolds.
• Web Player: You asked us to bring the Condition One experience to the web… and we heard you! With Condition One, you can now make immersive videos for the iPad, iPhone, and the web.
• Camera Flexibility: Our clients shoot with many different cameras from the inexpensive, lightweight GoPro Hero 3 to the Hollywood grade RED Epic. We want to empower as many content creators as possible to create immersive videos and now we're revealing the cameras we use. We're excited to share that our technology is now compatible with a wide range of high resolution digital cameras including RED cameras, video enabled DSLRs, and GoPros.
The Condition One team is working at maximum velocity to make the Condition One experience even more immersive and powerful. Our new software was inspired by your feedback and we would love to hear what you think about the new features and product upgrades.
If you're attending CES this week, stop by our booth #75510 located on the 3rd floor of the Venetian. We'd love to give you a demo!
A New Way of Seeing the WorldOctober 15, 2012
"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." – Robert Louis Stevenson
Travel is about exploring new places– looking around, discovering stories, and experiencing culture. It is an immersive experience that allows the traveler to be fully engaged in a space whether it is a hotel, a beach, the middle of a forest, or an art museum.
Because travel itself is so immersive, there is no reason why travel discovery should not be just as engaging. Instead of travelers looking at pictures on websites or watching scripted video tours, imagine if people could actually explore popular tourist destinations, charming neighborhoods, and the interiors of hotels before they book their travel plans. Or maybe even experience what it feels like to go on an elephant ride in Bangkok, Thailand…
We hope that with Condition One, travel discovery can become almost as exciting as travel itself.
Check out more sample footage on our showcase iPhone and iPad app available in the iTunes store.
"Discover" Condition OneSeptember 30, 2012
Check out Discovery's new app "Hidden Worlds: New York City" featuring the Condition One video player — now available for free in the iTunes store. Three Condition One videos let you explore the East Side Access Tunnels beneath Grand Central, go behind the scenes at the new Fulton Street Metro Station, and ride the nostalgic carnival rides at Coney Island.
Condition One's Danfung Dennis at WPP StreamSeptember 25, 2012
Last week at WPP Stream, Danfung spoke about society's numbness to traditional media and his motivations to build Condition One.
Condition One comes to the iPhone!September 15, 2012
We're excited to announce an iPhone version of our Condition One showcase app, available for download here: Condition One iPhone app!
C1 Presents At The September NYTMSeptember 12, 2012
Last night Condition One participated as the final presentation in a stellar lineup at September's New York Tech Meetup! Our CEO, Danfung Dennis beelined straight to the Meetup from the airport to demo Condition One in front of a sold out audience at NYU's Skirball Center. The crowd was full of energy and we had a great time hearing everybody's feedback!
If you couldn't make it to NYTM last night, check out the magic of Condition One for yourself by downloading our showcase iPad app here. Thank you, NYTM for an awesome and inspiring night! And a HUGE thank you to Jessica Lawrence and Nate Westheimer for organizing such a wonderful event.
A new chapter for Condition OneJune 13, 2012
The last few years have been a journey, from the dust of Afghanistan to the red carpet of the Academy Awards. My work is now evolving into a new phase: building a technology company. I feel privileged to be working with an incredible team of graphics engineers and designers. Our R&D efforts are producing incredible new video technologies that will soon go live in the world.
We've started pilot programs with a select group of companies in a wide variety of verticals. We're working with great companies that include Discovery Communications, Mercedes, XL Recordings, The Guardian and Popular Science, all of whom are using Condition One technology to create powerful immersive experiences for their audiences and customers.
Popular Science, one of the partners in our pilot program, has just released an iPad app using Condition One technology. The app is an immersive video tour of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. You can download the iPad app here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/popular-science-atlas-immersive/id529337326?mt=8
We've been fortunate to have the support of Mark Cuban as a fellow entrepreneur, friend and investor. He has invested $500k for our seed round. As the pioneer of HD broadcasting, Mark is a true visionary who understands the space we're in and what it takes to introduce a new concept to a traditional market. He has helped to show us how we can push ourselves farther than we thought and identify opportunities that we once thought would be out of reach.
Mark's support has allowed us to hire top tier talent including our CTO Julian Gomez. Julian is a 3D graphics engineer pioneer with over three decades of experience. Gómez started his career at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, then worked as a senior engineer and scientist at Apple, Google, Macromedia, Sun Microsystems and co-founded several technology startups. At Apple, he was a member of the original QuickDraw 3D development team which paved the way for OpenGL – today's standard in 3D graphics. Gómez earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1985.
Our company is young, but this year and particularly our time within the TechStars program we've reached significant milestones. My work has been an evolution from still images to video and now into immersive experiences. Yet, I'm still motivated by the same idea: that the future of storytelling will be driven by technology and that visual communication can create a better understanding of one another.
Mark spoke about his investment in Condition One on a C1 video available on our showcase iPad app (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/condition-one/id440571303?mt=8). His words are transcribed below:
"Hi, my name is Mark Cuban and I'm here to announce to TechStars my investment in Condition One. Why? You know, everyone talks about the excitement of looking at video from multiple TV cameras and angles – that's so 2012. Condition One creates an alternative viewpoint, a panoramic unique experience in viewing video, one that is going to be the future of both on-demand and live entertainment, in your home and on your mobile device. Stay tuned, the best is yet to come!" – Mark Cuban


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30 Seconds To Mars
by Jen Cray
On their way to the Orlando date of their tour with Audioslave and Seether, the guys in 30 Seconds to Mars were left stranded on the side of the interstate when the transmission in their tour bus blew out. This inconvenience, coupled with certain bandmembers' obsessive all-night viewing of the TV series Lost, had left them all delirious from sleep deprivation. Still, they were kind enough to invite me into their dressing room, backstage at the Hard Rock Live, and give me a little insight into their world.
The name of your band... I read that you got the name from a book, Argus Apacase. So what is that book, I couldn't find any information on it?
Jen Cray
Jared Leto: Argus Apacase… it's a weird name, we're all mispronouncing it, actually. It's a really rare manuscript, it's hard to find.
And the name is a reference within the manuscript?
Jared: It's a reference -- a rough translation, so who knows. I think the idea is interesting, it's a metaphor for the future. It's a silly metaphor on one hand, but it's an idea that is being proven -- I think -- every single day. "Thirty seconds to mars" -- the fact that we're so close to something that's not a tangible thing/idea. Also Mars being the God of War makes it really interesting, as well. You could substitute that in there, but the thing that's nicest about the name and what's important for my brother and I when we were thinking about all of this, is that it be imaginative and really represent the sound of our music in as unique a way as possible. I think that it does that. It's different... It was either that or "Boiled Hard."
Boiled Hard?! That kind of takes you in a whole different direction. [To Jared and Shannon Leto] You guys started the band initially and you used to play under a different name every night. Do you remember any of those original names?
Jared: Yeah, well, there was Boiled Hard, Boiled Egg, Boiled Cabbage, and just Boiled Boiled. You'd get those fans that'd come out for Boiled Boiled and they'd be like "Hell, what the hell happened here, man?"
Jen Cray
Now you'll see fans making t-shirts that say "Boiled Boiled."
Jared: Boiled Harder...which is our sequel.
Matt Wachter: The rebirth. Shall rise again.
Jared: Reboiled... Hardest. You didn't know you could reboil something, but if you try hard enough. Reboiled, the name of record, The Hardest Boil yet. [This went on for a few minutes as the four deliriously tired guys entertained themselves with "Boiled" jokes until I changed the subject].
Aside from the name, the symbols that you use, where do they come from? Is that an homage to Led Zeppelin?
Jared: Not really an homage, but I think that symbols and signs and icons, you know, represent things in a different way. Music being this auditory experience, I guess it's nice to have a visual representation of those things. I always loved bands, when I was a kid, like Pink Floyd where you not only got the music but there was a visual world there that you could see, whether it was the artwork or in the films that they made that really took things to another level. So that was a goal for us in the very beginning as well. Zeppelin had that, um, The Who certainly had that...
Shannon Leto: [bursts out laughing uncontrollably] Sorry... Our bus broke down, and we didn't sleep.
Jared: I got about 23 minutes.
Matt: We were thumbing it on the side of the highway with tractor trailers just whipping by [laughs].
Well, I'll take it easy on you guys... So what was it like writing and recording in Africa? How did that change the direction you took with the album?
Tomo Milicevic: Incredible.
Matt: Had we done the entire writing and recording process in L.A. it would be a much different record. I think it took a change of scenery, and a change of physical location to kind of capture a different kind of feeling and theme for the record.
Jared: Just being away from everything you know, kind of forces you to think of everything differently.
Matt: You fall into that mundane, routine existence and we're not about that. We're a band that's about changing, and getting inspired and -- for us -- we had to travel halfway around the world to do it.
Jared: We probably would have made a record that we were proud of anywhere, but at least now we had a really interesting experience making it, as well. We also recorded all over the United States. We did some stuff in NY, up in Chicago, a few things in L.A. and you know, in 3 different production locations... It was nice to have that as part of your life experience.
Jen Cray
Who would each of you say is your biggest musical influence?
Jared: His [pointing to Tomo] is obvious.
Tomo: Zamfir. He's the panflutist from the Galapagos Islands. Just the melodies are incredible. And then came Morbid Angel.
Matt: If Joe Strummer and Johnny Rotten had a child that would be my baby.
Shannon: That wouldn't be yours, it'd be theirs.
Matt: It would be mine. I am held by no laws.
Did you ever get to see Joe Strummer?
Matt: Unfortunately not, he passed away before I ever got a chance to.
Jared: He probably didn't give a flying rat's ass if you got to see him. [everyone laughs]
Matt: That's the beautiful thing about him -- he didn't give a fuck.
[To Jared] Well, how 'bout you, who's your big influence?
Jared: Probably... It's a toss up between Menudo... [I laugh loudly]
Matt: He's serious...
Jared: ...and, uh...[long pause]
You can't really top Menudo... Well, you know Ricky Martin just came out with a new CD last week.
Matt: Really?!
Jared: No one shakes their bon-bon like I do, except Ricky.
Shannon: Yeah, Jared really can shake it with the best of 'em.
Jen Cray
Shannon. Musical influence?
Shannon: Do you remember Tiffany? [everyone laughs]
Jared: What about the blond one, before her? Debbie Gibson.
Shannon: Or Taylor Dayne... I like all sorts of music. I don't really have one influence, it's different people at different times in my life.
Not even one drummer who first got your interested in playing?
Shannon: No, different drummers at different points in my life.
Jared: That's the thing, there's not just one...
Matt: It's like saying 'What's your favorite band?' -- it changes.
Jared: I think Robert Smith may have influenced my guitar playing, and maybe Kurt Cobain as well. The fact that you could be completely average -- technically -- and have your talent and artistry be the most important thing. I think that changed music the most -- he probably changed music for most of us, saying that anyone could do it. You just had to believe in what you were doing...
Matt: ...and it has to be good.
Jared: It doesn't have to be, but even bands before [Nirvana] like Mudhoney -- who obviously influenced Kurt Cobain -- I loved Mudhoney, and that whole scene.
[To Jared] Do you find it easier to get inside a character within a song you've written as opposed to within a character for a film?
Jared: There is no character.
I guess that was a bad choice of words. When you lose yourself in the writing, when you create that world, is that a different mindset then for a movie role?
Jared: It's as different as you writing this article, and then taking photographs of the show. Which you do both.
Yeah. They're very different.
Jared: They both come from the same place, but they're different processes.
You also studied painting and filmmaking.
Jared: I went to school, I wanted to be a painter or a graphic designer. Large format, very graphic, visual 3-dimensional art I've always found really interesting. Like Damian Hurst's "Shit Smears" was an interesting show, and "Millenium Portraits"... It seems like a lot of the great art really does come out of England. I keep trying to get back there to look at it.
Do the rest of you have any other creative passions outside of music?
Tomo: Of course. We all have other interests.
Jared: Video games...
Tomo: I love to cook.
Jared ...Cracker Barrel... [Tomo starts making fart noises with his hands] ...fart noises with our hands...
Tomo: I could actually never do that, that's my first time.
Jared: Just now?
Tomo: Yeah!
Matt: Tomo's just a man of many talents. He can do the [popping noise with his finger in his mouth]. I can't even roll my tongue. [everyone starts rolling there tongues]
Shannon: Can you turn it upside down?
Jared: Can you burp out your colon in the Ganges River?
Can you what?!
Jared: Exactly... Burp out your tongue in the Ganges River.
Matt: I think Buddhist Monks can.


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Just learned about it in the paper. Powdered peanut butter available from Bell Plantation called PB2. http://www.bellplantation.com/It is an ultrafine powder made by roasting and pressing peanuts, which removes much of the fat.
Hmmm - I want peanut butter on the trail for the fat!Looks like a great product to reduce food weight - but I would miss the fat.-martin
I believe Walton Feed also carries it
isn't peanut butter useful because of its high caloric content by weight? so if most of the drying process is removing the oil...seems like you'd create something less calorically efficient by weight AND add an additional product that requires hydration...
I suppose an added "use" of peanut butter is it's taste and it's uncanny ability to make yucky food palatable. In terms of energy, if the bottle of powder weighs the same as a bottle of peanut butter, then yes, you would lose caloric concentration (fat produces 9 calories of energy per gram while protein and carbohydrates produce only 4 calories per gram). I assume that only carbs and proteins are left in the powder. We are going to buy a bottle tomorrow and let you know.
if nothing else, it could make for a killer addition to trail curry... mmm...
Pad Thai anyone?
gotcha - i wasn't thinking of it as a flavoring - was thinking of peanut butter on pitas, etc.
I just ordered some from BePrepared.com after I determined it was really made from peanuts and not peanut flavored powder as offered by some companies. It's mixed with water 1:1, so there will be a little bit of weight savings. And yes, there will be fewer calories unless a dab of oil is also added. Anyway it should be interesting to see what it's like.
I've tried both PB2 and the Walton Feed powdered peanut butters and I thought that everyone else might be interested in the differences:The nutrition facts are about the same on both. The peanut powder from Walton doesn't really have any additional fat (a tiny bit, but not much)– I guess they lose the oils when they dry it so it doesn't really matter which one you get as far as fat content goes.The PB2 has salt and sugar added so that it tastes like real peanut butter where the Walton peanut powder doesn't (or at least not as much – I don't have the package with me so I'm not 100%) so it's a little bit bitter. I guess it depends on what you're going to use it for – if you're going to eat it straight or mix it into a recipe.You can also use the Justin's peanut butter if you want to keep the fat content up although you're not going to loose the weight this way.We have the PB2 and the Justin's on our website:http://www.packitgourmet.com/Nut-Butters-c47.html
I've also made powdered peanut butter by adding tapioca maltodextrin. Sadly it didn't make it any lighter... just not as messy. Works with Nutella and other fats too.edited to spell maltodextrin properly (and I am still not sure if I have it correct)
Edited by Laurie_Ann on 10/06/2008 14:50:37 MDT.
Hi all! Well it finally arrived. Now I have a 1 gallon can (2 lb 15 oz) of peanut butter powder. Good thing it doesn't taste all that bad when reconstituted! Ingredients: partially defatted peanut powder. Calories/2 Tbsp: 70 Fat: 35 Sodium: 5 mg Carbohydrate: 3 g Protein: 7 gSuddenly I have an urge to go make some cookies.
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Historic Properties Receive TLC Before WinterSaturday, November 8, 2014
Climbing down from a ladder propped against the Matthew Curtiss House last week, John Bernabe considered his work. He and his crew with John's Painting out of Danbury spent time recently making improvements to two landmarks under the Newtown Historical Society's protective care: the Middle Gate Little Red Schoolhouse and the Matthew Curtiss House.
The Ripple EffectWednesday, March 26, 2014
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Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects. - Dalai Lama.


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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Brazilian falafel! Acaraje, the storied Brazilian street food at Sabor da Bahia.
You order is served, acaraje para viaje(acaraje to go).
The state of Bahia located in the North-East of Brasil is has the most distinctive african culture in the country. From capoeira(afro-brasilian martial arts dance),african derived music forms such as samba and axe(aah-shay), the west-african derived religion called candomble, to its cuisine with strong links to Africa, Bahia is a treasure. Dende oil(palm oil), extracted from the West African palm tree that was brought by slaves to Brasil is a defining ingredient in Bahia cuisine.
After missing eachother for the past month and a half due to my busiy schedule, I finally hooked up with Reni(hay-ne) and Ilma(Eel-ma) of Sabor da Bahia catering for some acaraje(a-cah-rah-jay) today. Acaraje is like a Brazilian version of falafel. A black eyed pea fritter which is deep fried in dende oil then shaped into ball, split open when cooked, and then stuffed with vatapa.Vatapa is a creamy paste made of bread crumbs, shrimp, coconut milk, and dende.Malagueta peppers, Brazil's chiles, are ground into a sauce to put in the acaraje, and a tomato salad adds to the party, but not without some dried shrimp thrown in.In Brasil, acaraje can be the size of a softball, quite a filling meal. This is street food, the most common item you will find in the colonial part of Salvador da Bahia called Pelourinho. The baianas(bahia women) wear traditional white clothes with a head wrap.Baianas are so cool that every samba school in Rio and Sao Paulo has a procession of baianas in traditional costumes.
Reni and Ilma make party size acaraje, the same size of falafel. And friend and I stopped over to watch them make it to order. This is a labor intensive food.Their are baianas in kitchens at our Brazilian restaurants here in LA, but they don't have acaraje. Too much work.
Black eyed peas, the foundation of acaraje.
Whole black eyed peas are first ground into smaller pieces. These are then soaked in water and peeled. The outer layer of the black eyed pea must be removed to yield a perfectly white batter.
Ground black eyed peas.
Malagueta peppers are soaked in vinegar and spices then kept refrigerated until use.You can buy them here in LA at the Brazilian markets, but the homemade version is much more satisfying.For Sabor da Bahia's pimenta(hot sauce), they mash it up so it spreads easily on the split open acaraje.
pimenta the traditional way.
When we peeked in the kitchen, the vatapa was in a bowl of warm water on the stove to preserve its consistency.
The batter for the acaraje is stirred constantly before deep frying, but only the hands of a baiana are suitable.Reni chatted with us about Bahia, and axe music, she is a singer. Never once did she stop stirring, loving care from baiana to the hot dende.
The hands of a baiana stir the dough for acaraje.
Acaraje deep frying in dende.
For $10, you get five acaraje, pimenta(hot sauce), tomato salad, and vatapa. The vatapa is thicker than many I've had on the street in Brasil, but for this smaller sized acaraje, it's perfect. The more runny vatapa would not stay on these party size delicacies. And, Reni and Ilma like it this way. I do too.They don't put the dried shrimp in their acaraje though because they haven't found the kind they use in Brazil here in LA, and Americans aren't used to eating whole dried shrimp with the shell on.To many starnge looks at teir catering events, so they don't put the dried shrimp with your order.They also make a version of acaraje called abara. It's a similar preparation except for that the ingredients are steamed in banana leaves. It's a Brazilian black eyed pea tamal with shrimp and dende.You get three abara for $10.
Acaraje stuffed with vatapa, salada de tomate, and pimenta.
Homemade malagueta peppers in vinegar.
Ilma and Reni's apartment is rich in Bahia culture.
Reni and Ilma are baianas, their apartment is immersed in Bahia culture, wish I could have heard Reni's music. She could'nt stop stirring balck eyed peas long enough to go put on her CD. This is a true gem. Acaraje, from a baiana cooked in her own home. Next best thing to being in Pelourinho and getting it on the street. All you have to do is call them a place your order. They have acaraje on Fridays, and need at least an hour to prepare your order, so call in advance.Call the day before,leave them a message if they don't pick up and they will get back to you. Abara is available every day. They work during the week, but sometimes can get orders out in the evenings Monday through Thursday.Their apartment is located near Overland and Venice Bl. in Palms, they'll give you their address to pick up your order when you call.I've been asking restaurants for years to make this stuff, thanks Reni and Ilma for this taste of Bahia.At present, Sabor da Bahia is the only place to get acaraje. Look for them at Brazilian festivals too.
Reni fries acaraje outside her apartment in her makeshift deep fryer.
Sabor da Bahia
The Authentic Taste of Bahia(located near Venice Bl. and Overland)
Catering and Festivals
orders are for pick up only
cash only
14 comments:
- Exile Kiss said...
Hi Street Gourmet LA,
Great find. This looks delicious; I'll have to check it out the next time I need something catered (wish they had a restaurant). Thanks!
- July 27, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- streetgourmetla said...
Just call them up and grab an order of five.I had it for lunch yesterday, it was fantastic.
- July 27, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- negussie said...
I had it three times already, and it is still finger licking good! At $10, it is a bargain. Try it once and you will get hooked (not a bad habit to have).
- August 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- streetgourmetla said...
Good for you negussie!! I just came back from having some more myself today with friends.It's such a sensational flavor.Absolutley addicting! Maybe I'll run into you there sometime, as I'm now a regular.
- August 1, 2009 at 8:19 PM
- Renni said...
Hello Street Gourmet LA,
We make this just the way we do in Bahia. "The old fashion way".
We are so happy to provide this to everyone who knows and enjoys ACARAJE.
- August 2, 2009 at 2:38 AM
- streetgourmetla said...
Hello Renni,I've had this on the street in Salvador, and your acaraje is absolutely the genuine flavor of Bahia.Muito obrigado!
- August 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Grecco Buratto said...
The best Bahian food I've ever tasted ! Renni and Ilma are a treasure not to be missed !
- August 2, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- streetgourmetla said...
Grecco, you speak the truth. Their food is not to be missed.
- August 2, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- Joshua Lurie said...
With "secret street food," I should have figured you were involved. This looks like an excellent spot. Thanks for sharing.
Do you know of any upcoming Brazilian festivals in L.A.?
- August 2, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- streetgourmetla said...
Yes sir,Sept. 12 is Brazil Day LA.I'm goin',how about you?
- August 3, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- Gastronomer said...
This is such a fantastic find! I studied a lot of Afro Latin religion in undergrad and have always wanted to eat the food of the orishas!
- August 10, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- streetgourmetla said...
Hey Gastronomer. You need to try this stuff.AFro-Brazilian cuisine is amazing, and with dende, you are truly in favor of the spirits!
- August 10, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Sarah said...
I never heard of these before and I am a big fan of falafel. I am definitely going to try these. Thanks for the recipe
- December 21, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- streetgourmetla said...
You're welcome, Sarah! Hope they turn out great.
- December 31, 2012 at 11:25 PM


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[Quoting William Buckley] I myself believe that the duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world. I further believe that the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level….
My book—which I entitled Sex and God at Yale—shows that Yale's liberals are still actively working to refashion American politics and culture. But the devil is in the details …
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Yale has educated three of the last four presidents, and two of the last three justices appointed to the Supreme Court.What kind of leaders will it [Yale] be supplying in ten years, given its current direction?
Unfortunately, what's happening at Yale is indicative of what is occurring at colleges and universities across the country….
… Here in the U.S., we take our liberty far too much for granted. To the extent that Yale and schools like it succeed in producing leaders who subscribe to the ideology of moral relativism … we will likely be disabused of this false sense of security all too soon.
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Festival of the Lion King, an original interpretation of the Disney animated film The Lion King, is a live stage musical performed in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Florida and in Adventureland at Hong Kong Disneyland. The show uses songs, dance, puppetry and visual effects to portray a tribal celebration in an African savanna setting filled with lions, elephants, giraffes, birds, zebras and gazelles. In this theater environment, Festival of the Lion King is a traveling celebration presented by Simba and his friends (including a band of four human singers). The show is in the form of a revue, and not a condensed version of either the film or Broadway show. The show features Elton John and Tim Rice's award-winning music from the movie.
Disney's Animal Kingdom version[edit]
The show is presented inside an enclosed theater in Disney's Animal Kingdom. Guests sit in four sections, each designated with an animal name: Warthog, Elephant, Giraffe and Lion. These animals are represented by large puppets on four parade-style floats, which were originally built for Disneyland's The Lion King Celebration parade. Guests are asked to make a noise corresponding to their animal at certain times during the show and children are sometimes pulled out of the audience to dance. The show is hosted by four performers dressed in costumes inspired by traditional African dress. Each has a Swahili name: Kiume (meaning "masculine and strong"), Nakawa (meaning "good-looking"), Kibibi (meaning "princess"), and Zawadi (meaning "the gift").
The story of the movie is not followed, being replaced instead with a circus style show featuring music from the films. Acts include acrobatic 'Tumble Monkeys', an Adagio (acrobatics) featuring performers dressed as birds Maji and Moto (Swahili for water and fire), a fire knife hyena, and an ensemble cast of dancers, puppeteers, and stilt walkers. The cast also performs annually for the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade which is filmed at the Magic Kingdom and is broadcast on Christmas Day on ABC.
Due to the construction on Avatar Land (based on James Cameron's successful film Avatar and its upcoming sequels) replacing Camp Minnie-Mickey (which was the show's original location). Instead of disappointing many fans by closing it forever, the show went into a several-month hiatus while Imagineers could build a new theater, the Harambe Theater, in an unused dense forest area in the Africa section of the park. When Camp Minnie-Mickey closed permanently on January 5, 2014, the area was ready for groundbreaking on January 10, 2014 to convert Camp Minnie-Mickey into Avatar Land.
Construction on the Harambe Theater was complete in May 2014. The show returned from its hiatus on June 1, 2014 in its newly built Harambe Theater location. This relocation was part of a wider expansion of Africa, which included a new path, restrooms, and new restaurant opportunities.[1]
Hong Kong Disneyland version[edit]
The show is featured in the "Theater in the Wild" in Adventureland. Similar to the theater setting in Disney's Animal Kingdom, guests sit in four different sections, each with an animal name: Warthog, Elephant, Giraffe and Lion. The show in Hong Kong has been arranged to a simplified version of the story of The Lion King along with the songs in the movie. The performance is mainly in English, but two actors dressed as monkeys summarize and translate Rafiki's lines into Cantonese in order to accommodate guests who do not speak English. Simplified Chinese subtitles, for Mainland Chinese visitors, are also projected onto the screens above each seating section. The show is presented to Simba by Rafiki (portrayed by a female actress, as in the Broadway musical) as a re-telling of Simba's life. Simba is represented by a large, elaborate puppet on a parade-style float decorated as a tribal-styled Pride Rock. The show does feature the same finale song as the show at Disney's Animal Kingdom, which features a medley of songs from the movie.
Clip from "Celebration Finale (Hakuna Matata/Can You Feel the Love Tonight/Be Prepared/I Just Can't Wait to Be King/Circle of Life)".
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- Circle of Life - 1:40
- I Just Can't Wait to Be King - 2:40
- Hakuna Matata - 2:04
- Tumble Monkeys (Sing, Sing, Sing/Playmates/Snake Charmer/Caravan/Hakuna Matata/Yes! We Have No Bananas/Hawaiian War Chant) - 3:56
- Be Prepared - 3:00
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight/Circle of Life (Medley) - 4:45
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight - 2:28
- Celebration Finale (Hakuna Matata/Can You Feel the Love Tonight/Be Prepared/I Just Can't Wait to Be King/Circle of Life) - 3:45
- Circle of Life (Bows) - 0:34
- King of Pride Rock Circle of Life Reprise (Instrumental) - 2:34
See also[edit]
- Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction and entertainment history
- Hong Kong Disneyland attraction and entertainment history
- ^ "Festival of the Lion King reopens on June 1 at Disney's Animal Kingdom". http://www.wdwmagic.com/. May 29, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
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- I hate my husband a little bit because he does have to to my drive everyday. Not that he gets to stay home (I'd go nuts at home all day everyday) but that he doesn't have to go out into the early morning bitter cold and sit in traffice. Maybe he should be my choffeur.
- I almost never drink water, at all. I drink about 32 oz. of crystal light on weekdays because I force myself but on the weekends I don't drink much of anything but coffee. I can only imagine how dehydrated I am every day.
- I am angry, all the time. I can tell everyone else is. I assume this to be a mixture of the economy and the weather. Maybe I should take up kickboxing again or just start randomly slapping people (I really don't think I'm a puncher) :gemini:
- I had previously tamed my bagel habbit and it's coming back full force, be afraid, be very afraid.
- My social phobia is getting much worse again, I just want to avoid everything and everyone but I can't. My exhibit is already starting to make me panic.
- I feel like I really don't know anything about photography and I should really learn techniques but I'm impatient and am not a manual reader.
- The song I Wanna Be A Rockstar makes me tear up, I have no idea why and am pretty sure I need serious help. It doesn't make me sad or happy, it just reacts a weird emotion in me.
- I have pretty much nothing of interest to share and when I have to renew my blog I'm debating if it's something I want to do. I have two domains and we really can't afford them both right now, not sure what I'll end up doing but I have a few months to decide.
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I get irritated when Roscoe gets to sleep in and I have to go to work.
You're a good photographer.
Sometimes blogs are too much work. I only update mine once or twice a week.
Just keep one and make a subdomain!
I'm excited for you about your exhibit, but I totally understand the social phobia. That is part of what has me so isolated right now. I have some people a few towns away who I could reach out to, but I don't – partly oout of social fear and partly because I fear I'll only end up letting them down like everyone else by canceling plans all the time.
Ugh…hopefully we're all going to cheer up and things will be better once this cold, gray, nastiness goes away!
You CAN'T stop blogging!!! *fights the urge to sing "don't stop believing"* If this place is costing you too much move over to something free like wordpress. Just don't leave meeeeeeeee!!!!!!! *sob*
thats it lady, next month we're all getting together. pick a date and we'll be there. damn this social phobia to hell and back!
we can spend the day in newport! that might be fun!
its a manly man and ed adventure! :whip:
i don't have to run it by crystal, i'm the man!
wait, i can't even type that.
i'll pass this info on to crystal and we'll work something out
just start randomly slapping people
Well, why the hell not? :whosnext:
Sure, why not? I'll join ya!
crystal is cool with the newport thing!! lets set a date!!
I have been seriously ignoring my blog. I have been facebooking, and that seems to be enough for me. Plus, I need to update lots of crap on my blog. Can I hire someone to do that?
I need to renew mine as well… I may, but I just as well may not.
I only drive 4.5 miles. Or so. Not bad, but somedays it is all I can do just to get there, and stay there. Work sucks sometimes.
Hope you get over the anxiety for the show. I would love to go, but the distance is too much. If you know what i mean.
H – I really should just let mine go but I love the commenting and interaction, I miss it when I don't blog.
B – I might. I did that before, my photoblog was on my regular blog as a subdomain but it took up soooo much space but i suppose that is still cheaper.
Giggle – I feel ya. I do hope a change in weather will brighten everyone up. I don't remember a winter making me feel so miserable.
Gwen – Just for you I won't stop. K?
Ed – We can come out there next time, you guys have made the trip out here more than enough times already. Mid-March might be good.
Ed – Sounds good to me, maybe by then I can take a long weekend too, which makes the whole thing that much easier. Run it by Crystal.
Metalmom – Sounds like a seal of approval.
Metalmom – it's on!
Ed – Alright, I'm thinking like March 21st or 28th? My exhibit is on the 7th so I'll need a weekend to recover.
TMP – I understand, all around :hug:


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I am trying to research a lamp which I purchased. The 95 year old owner told me it was purchased by his mother in the 1920's. The shade is unusual and i am having a hard time finding a similar one in books or online. Attached are pictures. The stem of the lamps allows for the lamp to be adjusted up or down. It is signed Miller under the base. I believe it is bronze or perhaps brass. What can you tell me about this lamp? Any information would be appreciated. It is all original. Am trying to decide whether to rewire and keep..or resell.
You have a very nice early 20th century lamp manufactured by the Edward Miller Company which was located in Meriden Connecticut. Your lamp was created using a transfer image technique to create the design in the glass using an acid etching technique. There are not many of these lamps that survived into the 2lst cemtury due to their potential for breaking plus when the Depression arrived the market for better lamps diminished. Details about the metal and materials are hard to discern from a photograph. Miller worked with both brass and bronze.
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Jones, a former major league outfielder who will play in Japan after the WBC, went 2 for 2 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
The Dutch national team will play against Seattle on Friday before heading to San Francicso for the World Baseball Classic semifinals on Monday.
Padres starter Eric Stults allowed two runs and four hits and a walk over four innings. Stults, the team's No. 4 starter, has allowed two runs or more in four spring starts.
Shortstop Everth Cabrera was 2 for 3 and scored once as part of a Padres lineup with several minor leaguers.


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20 Game-Improving Mods for Skyrim
Roleplaying games get a leg up on PC, simply due to mods. That has never been more true than with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Bethesda's gargantuan RPG keeps improving little by little, thanks to the way fans use the extensive, developer-provided mod tools. Not only has the game been overhauled by better, newer, and fancier graphics — mods also provide significantly better gameplay.
Read on for a list of the 20 best mods that significantly improve the vanilla experience, tweak some of the underlying systems, or replace parts of the gameplay altogether.
Download Link: Here
One of the flaws in vanilla Skyrim is that you can level yourself into a corner. Pick some wrong perks, or spread your points too broadly, and the game world steamrolls you.
This is where SPERG (Skyrim Perk Enhancements and Rebalanced Gameplay) comes in. SPERG replaces the vanilla skilltrees, gets rid of the 5-point upgrade perks most skilltrees have at the 0 position, and balances the world to boot. It also makes the game less grindy and more friendly to a broader array of play styles.
Dual-Wield Parrying
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Vanilla Skyrim leaves the player without a chance to block when wielding two weapons at once. With this mod, you're no longer defenseless. There are several versions, which don't all do the same thing, so choose the version you want to install carefully.
Frostfall – Hypothermia Camping Survival
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Frostfall adds an intricate survival system to Skyrim. With the mod installed, your character can freeze to death if you don't wear the proper clothing, get wet, or just, you know, stay outside in a raging blizzard for too long.
Deadly Dragons
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Skyrim's dragons can a bit of a disappointment, especially when reach high levels and a pack of wolves starts to pose a much more significant threat. This mod seeks to rectify that issue by making dragons more dangerous and offering a much bigger variety of dragon types, while also offering a bunch of other options like a configuration tool for dragon assaults, which makes dragon encounters less predictable and much more challenging.
Deadly Combat
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Deadly Combat makes Skyrim's ho-hum melee a bit more Dark Souls-like. This is achieved by lowering armor ratings, making blocking more effective, and turning shields into an essential component. The stamina costs of attacks and blocks have also been increased, so combat becomes a lot more intense and requires a lot more attention and tactics from the player. To top things off, the AI has been tweaked a bit, so now enemies won't rush the player but play as deadly teams that will seek to outflank and out-think the player.
ASIS – Automatic Spells Increased Spawns
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This mod gives enemies access to all spells and perks, while at the same time significantly increasing the number of mobs spawned. Most importantly, it gives enemies the ability to use health, magicka and stamina potions. The mod also tweaks the AI a bit, making the game more challenging and varied.
Touring Carriages
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MILWAUKEE — Derrick Williams scored 24 points, 20-year-old Kristaps Porzingis had 16 in his NBA debut, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 122-97 on Wednesday night in the season opener for each team.
Williams got easy looks under the basket to help New York open a 12-point halftime lead. The reserve forward started the fourth quarter with a dunk off an alley-oop pass from rookie Jerian Grant that made it 92-73.
The Knicks are hoping a revamped roster surrounding star Carmelo Anthony will help them rebound from a dreary 65-loss season. For one night at least, they got off to a nice start against one of the league's up-and-coming teams.
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Software fix enroute for iPhone 3G reception?
updated 09:45 am EDT, Thu August 14, 2008
Fix for iPhone 3G drops
Unusual reception problems with the iPhone 3G are indeed attributable to Infineon's 3G chip, say two anonymous sources. Described as "well-placed," the individuals claim that approximately 2 to 3 percent of iPhone traffic is suffering from connection troubles, which may also include continual shifting between 3G and 2.5G networks. By comparison, the normal rate of dropped calls for AT&T is about 1 percent.
Challenging statements from Nomura Securities, though, the sources say a software fix is not only possible but in development by Apple. The underlying issue is claimed to be how the Infineon chip deals with the handoff between cellular data networks; as with most 3G chips, it is continually gauging whether enough bandwidth exists for 3G to be useful. One source suggests that Apple has programmed the chip to be especially demanding, meaning that network saturation can more easily force iPhone users from HSPA down to EDGE.
As a result the greatest areas of 3G trouble are said to be in urban areas with large numbers of iPhone users, like Boston and San Francisco. The situation may even be worsening in places due to a sharp increase in activations, bringing the oversaturation threshold closer.
It is also noted though that the Infineon chip has generally not been used so intensely or produced in such large numbers, and could be ill-equipped. Others have suggested that AT&T has simply failed to build enough 3G infrastructure, something the carrier denies.


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|Upregulation of the plant protein remorin correlates with dehiscence and cell maturation: A link with the maturation of plasmodesmata?
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|PMID: 19901529 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|Remorins are plant-specific proteins found associated with plasma membrane microdomains, called lipid rafts. Recently, we have shown that this lipid raft marker also accumulates at plasmodesmata, likely within the plasma membrane lining these structures. Here, we have investigated the gene expression and protein accumulation patterns of remorin at the organ and cell type levels. We show that remorin level is significantly increased in dehiscent, mature and ageing tissues, as well as in source parts of the leaves, where mature branched plasmodesmata are in majority. These results suggest that remorin predominantly associates with mature branched plasmodesmata.
|Sylvain Raffaele; Emmanuelle Bayer; Sébastien Mongrand
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Creepy roles: Caleb Temple on "American Gothic," Frank Wheatley in "Sling Blade," Steve in "The X-Files"
For a while in the '90s, Black was a go-to child actor for creepy parts, appearing in everything from the dark cult favorite "American Gothic" to the kid who gets a close encounter with the evil oil in "The X Files." Today, Black's career is less dark. He's starred in "Jarhead," "Friday Night Lights" and "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift."
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Beauty Salon Training Project Raises Domestic Violence Awareness
October is Domestic
Violence Awareness Month The first round of trainings to
help beauty salon operations identify domestic violence has been successful in
Washington Heights, even as the issue continues to be a concern for families
citywide. At the launch for the second round of training on October 3,
Children's Services Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Child Protection, Jan
Flory, noted that domestic violence is an underlying issue in many child
protection cases. "This program combines the best of what we have to offer
in keeping children and families safe," Flory said. She noted that
providing services to women and children affected can be especially difficult
because women are reluctant to talk about domestic violence, and often feel
pressure to stay in an abusive situation because they depend on the batterer for
support. The salon initiative, run by Children's Services' Washington
Heights Family Preservation Program, keeps domestic violence in the
forefront and gives the social work interns who run the program the opportunity
to work with the community to build relationships, in addition to honing their
clinical skills, she said. Kathy Ryan, NYPD Deputy Chief of
the Domestic Violence Unit, noted at the launch that reports of domestic
violence have declined in the last five years from approximately 69,000 reports
in 2002 to a little less than 55,000 in 2007. Over the same period,
intimate partner homicides had been cut in half from 41 to 20. Saying she
hoped to see the program grow beyond Washington Heights and throughout the City,
Deputy Chief Ryan said "domestic violence is a crime, and everyone is a victim
even if they do not experience it personally." Also
speaking at the launch event was Danielle Roundtree, Miss New York U.S.A 2008,
who revealed that her family experienced domestic violence which forced her
mother to leave home at the age of 12. She promised to use her reign to
raise awareness about domestic violence. Other representatives from the
NYPD present at the event were Deputy Inspector Andrew Capul, the Commanding
Officer of the 34th Precinct, which services the Washington Heights/Inwood
communities, Police Officer David Feldman of the Domestic Violence Unit, and
Police Officer Haydee Pabey of the 34th Precinct. Ingrid Dominguez,
Site Director and Field Instructor of the Washington Heights Family Preservation
Program, said the program in its first year trained workers at 11 beauty salons
in the Washington Height/Inwood community, and has attracted additional
corporate support from Verizon, which this year is providing a $25,000 HopeLine
grant to support the project. AmeriGroup Community Care and Harlem-Dowling
Westside Center Respite Program, which helped launch the initiative, have
continued their support for the program which will train workers at an
additional four salons in the second round of training. The
program has garnered international attention from other cities in the US
including New Jersey and Florida as well as internationally from counties
including the Dominican Republic and England. The
initiative is part of the observation of October as Domestic Violence Awareness
month, and will train beauty salon owners and operators to identify warning
signs of domestic violence and provide domestic violence victims with safety planning assistance along with referrals to appropriate community resources. The Family Preservation Program field instructor /District Director and two Masters of Social Work interns will conduct domestic violence recognition training in the salons before the start of business hours. The three training sessions are offered in both English and Spanish. Salons have agreed to display posters specially designed for this project along with health and respite information to allow a woman to safely plan for her children.
The four new participating salons are Piscis Salon, by
Josephine Spa which hosted the event, Maria's 5 Star Unisex Salon, Nagle Unisex
and Amperio Unisex all located on Nagle Avenue in Washington Heights
Manhattan. If you or someone you know is in an abusive
relationship, call NYC's 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-621-HOPE
(4673) TTY: 1-800-810-7444 or 3-1-1 for general City services
information. Callers receive immediate assistance, including crisis
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A Zumbathon to raise funds for the North College Hill City Center is set for this weekend.
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Open Badges Research
Supporting cognition in systems biology analysis: findings on users' processes and design implications
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Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration 2009, 4:2 doi:10.1186/1747-5333-4-2Published: 13 February 2009
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We told you how soft drinks can make you gain weight. So, if you're trying to lose weight, it seems to only make sense to swap your sugar loaded soft drinks with the sugar free diet versions. Similarly, it probably makes sense to swap your sugar in food with diet sugar substitutes. Its true that it does reduce your calorie intake, but does it really help weight loss? Read on to find out..
Research at the University of Liverpool suggests that your body process artificial sweeteners (diet sugar) the same way that it process sugar. Like your taste buds cannot tell the difference between sugar and artificial sweeteners. Similarly, the receptors in your intestine cannot tell the difference between the two. As a result, when your intestines sense sweetness, it increases their capacity to absorb glucose, and they start looking for glucose to absorb.
But clearly, when you drink diet sodas, there isn't any sugar to absorb from the diet soda. But you might be snacking while you drink the diet soda- snacking on chips, cake, ice cream or anything that has high glycemic carbs in it. High glycemic carbohydrates are essentially glucose. So, all the glucose you consume along with your diet drink, get absorbed by your intestine receptors. Glucose is very easily absorbed in your system, and is stored as fat. And we've told you before how foods with high glycemic index promote fat storage.
So, this opens the question if diet drinks or artificial sweeteners really help you lose weight? Soraya Shirazi-Beechey, lead author of the study and a professor of Molecular Physiology and Biochemistry at University of Liverpool says "If someone wants to lose weight, I don't think artificial sweeteners are going to help. My recommendation is to eat natural foods, but to eat less of them." We support her opinion. This research is part of a larger group doubting the benefits of artificial sweeteners.
Now, if you're a soft drink addict, then switching to the diet version would help you cut calories, but for most of those who have a soft drink occasionally, the best way to lose weight, eat healthy, get a good diet plan, and get on a good weight loss program!- Articles, data, text, image or video content posted on this site is checked by the Fitho team of nutritionists & fitness experts, or by research/studies, and opinions are based on our wide experience in helping thousands of people get fit, lose weight & manage their health.


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EBOLA VIRUS KILLS QUICKLY. It hails from a family of hemorrhagic fevers that trigger massive internal bleeding. Seven years ago, during an outbreak in Africa, doctors stumbled on a possible cure. Part of the idea came from a group of Russian virologists who had worked for years on even more malignant strains of the virus. They were searching for the perfect biological weapon when they realized that the reason some people survived Ebola was the ability of their immune systems to generate antibodies to the bug.
Doctors from the World Health Organization put the broader theory to work in the summer of 1995, when 300 cases of Ebola surfaced in Zaire. Virologists isolated the immune particles from the blood of survivors and infused them into dying victims. Seven of the eight people who received the cocktail survived. Now a California biotechnology company, Abgenix, is working with a branch of the U.S. Army to fabricate these antibodies on a large scale in the hopes of mass-producing a cure.
Our modern war footing is riding on the success of efforts like this. Ebola is on the short list of bioagents believed to be the preferred weapons of would-be terrorists, along with such deadly germs as smallpox, anthrax, and botulism. The expanded list includes about three dozen bugs. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to vaccinate even front-line troops against all these potential weapons. There's only one alternative: Doctors need stockpiles of off-the-shelf antidotes.
With that end in mind, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have been sprinkling grants on researchers with relevant technology. But most of these are earmarked for basic research aimed at proving concepts rather than producing antidotes and vaccines. The grants Abgenix got from the Army are small potatoes compared with the ventures the company pursues with its private partners. The government funding may leave us with some interesting scientific ideas, but it is woefully insufficient for producing and stockpiling drugs that can be deployed in the event of an attack.
The federal grants going directly to private biotechnology companies are also allocated for just one- or two-year increments. Typically, drug development requires cycles of five or more years. The private capital that's comfortable funding these long-term ventures isn't interested in companies working on bioterrorism. "Venture capitalists don't count that as a commercial opportunity" says George Painter, president and chief executive officer of Chimerix, a San Diego-based biotechnology start-up that is developing an oral formulation of an intravenous drug called Cidofovir. The drug is believed to be an effective treatment for smallpox, and a pill form would be a valuable addition to national biodefense stockpiles. But Chimerix has had a hard time attracting capital to fund its endeavor. "When you work on bioterrorism, you're put in a different box. . . . It leaves you in limbo and puts your investors at risk," Painter says.
This is something that the New Jersey-based biotechnology company EluSys Therapeutics has also learned as it develops antibodies that could neutralize the deadly toxin that anthrax infection produces. These antibodies are being engineered to bind the anthrax toxin and could presumably be used for pre- and post-exposure--as prophylactic remedies or as treatments for active infection. The anthrax toxin causes its victims to suffer widespread inflammation and organ damage. To combat a wide-scale attack, doctors need a drug that could neutralize the toxin while it courses through a victim's blood. During the mail attacks last year, five of the eleven victims who reached the late stages of anthrax infection died despite the fact that they were treated with the antibiotic Cipro. The bacteria had already released an ample load of toxin.
None of these drugs will be available in the event Iraq unleashes bioweapons on American troops, and at current funding levels, none will be ready even in the next few years. Right now serious money from private investors wants no part of bioterrorism. There's no guarantee that companies will be able to sell successful products to the government, or that they'll be permitted to charge a fair price. There's also the possibility that companies will toil for five years to develop a countermeasure to one threat, while federal agencies will have already moved on to other worries. EluSys, for instance, recently received a grant for $2.8 million from the Army to accelerate the development of its antibody technology against anthrax toxin. But by most industry estimates, taking a complicated drug through preclinical development and getting it to the point where it can be tested in people can take $50 to $100 million.
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A FEW DAYS AGO on this page, I posted links to some of the documents released to reporters, at an August 25 press conference, by lawyers for anthrax-investigation "person of interest" Steven J. Hatfill. I also promised to make available the remaining such documents before this week was done. And so here they are--again, with an appropriate caution to readers that the following material was designed by its author, Hatfill attorney Victor M.
A LITTLE DOCUMENTARY appendix to my cover story about FBI "person of interest" Steven J. Hatfill in this week's issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD (The Hunting of Steven J. Hatfill). On August 25, Hatfill called a second press conference here in Washington (the first was on August 11) to deny all knowledge of and involvement in last fall's anthrax murders.
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What Nicole Richie and "The Simple Life" teach us about America and celebrity.
11:00 PM, Jan 15, 2004 • By MATT LABASH
WHENEVER I EXPRESS my penchant for reality television in the circle of snide, knowing, not-as-smart-as-they-think-they-are crosspatches that I'm cursed to call friends, I often do so defensively, as if I am advocating Satan-worshipping or kid-touching. No more. From it's earliest dawn--when MTV's "Real World" debuted in 1992--I have been there for reality television, and it has been there for me.
For those who watch television, it is a pointless exercise to pose as a television snob, for the simple reasons that even the most cerebral shows are generally accessible to the average seventh grader. The traditional narrative television vehicles--the drama, the comedy, the dramedy--have basically exhausted the possibilities with their endless parade of wacky neighbors and poker-faced detectives. While it's occasionally possible to find a refreshing spin on the form (HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm or Fox's "Arrested Development"), the medium has, for the most part, become like three-chord rock'n'roll: the music's still getting made, but most of the good hooks have been taken.
CONSEQUENTLY, when anything slightly different comes along, critics tend to wildly overpraise it. Take HBO's "Sex and the City," a critical darling. I have seen several episodes, and would rather watch puppies get railroad spikes driven through their eyelids, than to be subjected to Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall seeing who can out-blue-streak each other in the forced patter some have called the Vagina Dialogues. It is a show written by gay men who think they know how straight women talk. If straight women actually talked that way, I'd probably become gay, too.
Leaving aside the intrinsic entertainment value of voyeurism, there is nothing in the worst reality TV shows that isn't preferable in nearly every way. What, about the human condition (venality, envy, lasciviousness) can be illuminated by the jabbering yentas on "Sex and the City" that isn't better illuminated on even a dim-bulb reality show, such as "Paradise Hotel?" To do the unthinkable, and draw a parallel to books, I, like most, would say there's no rapture comparable to that provided by a great novel. But I'd rather read a mediocre work of non-fiction to a bad novel any day. At least with the former, its mediocrity is mitigated by the fact that it allows us to experience characters or events as they actually exist. The latter is nothing more than an endurance test inside some stranger's failed imagination.
THAT SAID, reality television, to take a giant leap, tells us much more about where we are as a species than traditional forms of television. The last time I took our cultural temperature, we were shallow, had short attention spans, and worshipped fame over nearly any other attribute. That makes us--en masse--a perfect audience for Fox's "The Simple Life," starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie (daughter of singer Lionel)--two spoiled rich-bitch socialites who do a contrived fish-out-of-water turn when they go live with a goober family down on the farm in the Ozarks.
Concluded just this week after an eight-episode run, "The Simple Life" was a ratings smash. Last month, when President George W. Bush did a special interview with Diane Sawyer on the heels of Saddam's capture, he was outdrawn by Paris and Nicole. Before my fellow conservatives start clucking about the end of civilization brought on by our youth, they'd do well to note that the "Green Acres"-rip-off was the favorite even among 25- to 54-year-olds. And Bush himself didn't do much to provide intellectual contrast, when he basically admitted in his interview, not for the first time, that you'd need to pull his eyeteeth to get him to read a newspaper. "The Simple Life" isn't mere junkfood. Rather, it's our just desserts.


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Located on a low rise or hill, it separates two parts of a valley which gradually falls away to the west and opens up to lower lying agricultural fields and terrace systems.
The community cemetery is located on a level area below the site slightly to the north-west.
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