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Ricky Williams tells Ravens he will retire
According to numerous reports, Ravens running back Ricky Williams has informed the club that he will retire, and if he keeps that promise, it will end one of the most successfully interesting (or interestingly successful) careers in many years.
He rushed for 10,009 career yards (the 26th best total of all time) and 66 touchdowns (third-most among active players), and at one point early in his career, he was the greatest workhorse in the league, recording 313 carries for the Saints in 2001, 383 for the Dolphins in 2002 and 392 for Miami in 2003.
He only gained one more 1,000-yard season after that three-year stretch*, recording 1,121 yards in 2009 for the Dolphins.
Unfortunately for Williams and the Saints -- who traded their entire 1999 draft to the Redskins (plus a first- and third-rounder in 2000) for the right to draft him at the No. 5 spot in 1999 -- he was never a player who could turn around a franchise.
*Proving he could take a pounding and continue to perform at an NFL standard, there are only three other players who are currently active (Donovan McNabb, Champ Bailey and Antoine Wingfield) from the first round of the 1999 NFL draft class and only four from the second round.
Wrote Williams on his Twitter account: "Thank you all, but this ain't it, I'm gonna do something really special. "Be you and change the world."
"I don't care if it was for the second coming of Walter Payton, there was no way the deal could work out, " NFL analyst Chris Landry told the New Orleans Times Picayune in 2009. "And the fact that Ricky was a disappointment, a non-productive player for them, made it one of the worst trades of all time."
While he was introverted and, well, just kind of weird -- anybody remember that Sports Illustrated cover with Ditka in a tuxedo and Williams in a wedding gown? -- he had a resurgence when he went to the Dolphins in 2002, gaining a combined 3,225 yards in 2002 and 2003.
But he got in trouble with the league for drug usage and retired in 2004 before unretiring, and from 2005-08, he only played 13 games. Last season, he went to Baltimore to be the No. 2 back behind Ray Rice, and he accumulated 444 yards and two touchdowns. After the year, in fact, he spoke about returning next season.
"My body feels good and I know I'm going to train hard and so I'm excited about next year," Williams told the team's website. "I've grown a lot, kind of falling into a new role and a new city and a new organization, and I've gotten better. And like everyone else, I feel like I have something to build on for next year."
Here's the statement released by Williams:
"The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life," Williams said. "I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly, fun. I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much. I want to especially thank my family, coach Mack Brown, coach [Mike] Ditka, coach [Bill] Parcells, Ronnie Brown, Wilbert Montgomery and the Jamail Family for believing in me. As for what's next, I am excited about all the opportunities ahead -- continuing my education, running The Ricky Williams Foundation and whatever other opportunities present themselves.And here's what Ray Rice had to say.
"I was a big fan of Ricky before we were teammates, but being around him this year is the best thing that happened to me in my NFL career. As a young player, you need to be around a guy who knows what he is doing, and Ricky was tremendous to learn from. The way he took care of his body and the way he prepared, he always showed that he is a true professional. This past season with him is a year I will never forget. I had the best year with him beside me, and that was no accident. I believe that Ricky Williams is a Hall of Famer. All that he has done in his career, he deserves that. I was honored to share the field with him when he went over 10,000 yards. What an amazing accomplishment, as he is one of the best. I will miss him, but I wish him and his family well."
As Williams' career advanced, he's changed his identity. He used to be an aloof character who would conduct interviews while wearing his football helmet, but he's morphed into a spiritual voice on Twitter.
This isn't the first time Williams has retired, but it seems much more likely to stick considering that he'll turn 35 in May and he's playing a backup role in Baltimore. And if so, good luck to one of the more fascinating characters in the league. I'm sure we'll miss him more than he misses the game.
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Posted on: October 20, 2011 11:27 am
Top Ten with a Twist: New Faces
Posted by Josh Katzowitz
Every year, NFL teams make terrible calls. They draft the wrong player, they make ridiculous free agent signings, they let somebody quite valuable go to another team, they make their fan base collectively scratch their head.
Ah, but occasionally, these squads get it right. They draft the right guy, they sign the free agent that's on the cusp of blowing up, they take somebody valuable from another team, they give their fan base a reason to smile and cheer.
Last year, I recounted the Top Ten new faces, and among the group were Terrell Owens, a combination of Thomas Jones/Ryan Torain/Peyton Hills, and LaDainian Tomlinson. All those guys played well last year, but it just goes to show that this list has less than a one-year expiration.
That said, here are the best pickups thus far in 2011. As I wrote last year, "All of the following have impacted their new teams in many ways and all have made the front offices who signed them seem clairvoyant in the process (though, in the case of a couple players, the decision to add them wasn't exactly brain surgery). So, here's to those who have found a new lease on life (or a new burgeoning career) with their new team."
10. Paul Posluszny: Though we could argue about whether the fact the Jaguars stole Posluszny away from the Bills by signing him to a six-year, $42 million contract ($15 million guaranteed) will help the team during the long haul -- Jacksonville, after all, is 1-5 and most likely will lose its head coach sooner rather than later -- but Posluszny has been a tackling machine. As the middle linebacker, he helped hold the Steelers to 55 yards of offense and no points in the second half of Pittsburgh's 17-13 escape last Sunday while piling up a game-high 16 tackles. The Jaguars have a myriad of problems, but acquiring Posluszny, whatever the cost, was still a solid move.
9. Carson Palmer: OK, he's been a member of the Oakland organization for less than 48 hours. He's practiced exactly one time. It's still unclear whether he'll start this week (though I imagine he will), and I think there's a better he doesn't play well than him actually playing well. But the fact is: the Raiders are making solid moves, and they're doing all they can to win today. Sure, giving up two first-round draft picks will hurt, but you have to admire the attitude that says, "Screw it, we're going for it all this year." And if Palmer plays well and leads Oakland to the postseason, the Raiders will have completely flipped the script.
8. Daniel Thomas: When the Dolphins failed to re-sign Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, that put the onus on the second-round pick to step into a featured back role and immediately contribute. With Reggie Bush around to take some of his load, Thomas has done that, ranking 10th in the league with 249 yards despite a hamstring problem, and he's averaging a solid 4.4 yards per carry. He hasn't scored a touchdown yet, but then again, the Dolphins might be the worst team in the league, so not many touchdowns have been scored by that squad. That doesn't take away from the strides Thomas has made early in his career.
7. Victor Cruz: Technically, he's not a newcomer, since he made the Giants squad as an undrafted free agent in 2010, but considering he was placed on IR early in the season before he had accumulated any stats, I'll forgive myself. Cruz has become a player who makes outstanding, circus-type catches and then makes silly mistakes. But he's also caught 21 passes for 398 yards and three touchdowns, and behind Hakeem Nicks, Cruz has developed into a solid No. 2 receiver for a team that still should contend for an NFC East crown.
6. Johnathan Joseph: He was considered the poor man's Nnamdi Asomugha in the offseason, signing with the Texans for the reasonable cost of $48.75 million over five years. But he's been better than Asomugha this year, collecting three interceptions and nine passes defended for an improved Houston defense that ranks 10th in the league. Joseph, though he's flirted with injuries early on, was the right call for Houston.
5. Ryan Kerrigan/Aldon Smith: These two rookie linebackers are some of the most exciting new players in the league. For the Redskins and 49ers, respectively, the two have combined for 33 tackles, 7 ½ sacks, six passes defended, one interception and three forced fumbles. Forget about Von Miller and Nick Fairley as the two most important defensive rookies emerging from last year's draft. Kerrigan and Smith, so far, are the two best defensive freshmen in the league.
4. Jason Babin: I had Babin at No. 10 on this list last year, and with the Titans in 2010 -- in his only year with the Titans, it turns out -- he accumulated 12.5 sacks and 58 tackles. This year, he's been even better, and he's the new guy who's done the most damage with the Eagles defense. He ranks tied for third in the league with seven sacks, and though the rest of Philadelphia's squad has been disappointing, Babin has been a monster. With some scary tattoos.
3. Andy Dalton/A.J. Green: So much of the time, Bengals owner Mike Brown comes off as clueless (or maybe he's just ingenious). Like the time he said, "I don't apologize for our scouting. It's an easy target. But if you look at the real facts, you'll see it different" when it's clearly evident that many of Cincinnati's drafts have absolutely stunk. But Brown, also the general manager, hit a home run with Green in the first round of the 2011 draft and Dalton in the second. Green has made some incredible catches, and Dalton has played better than expected. Cincinnati is 4-2, and Green and Dalton deserve some of the credit. As does Brown.
2. Cam Newton: Unfortunately for Newton and the Panthers, we've begun to see him play a little more like a rookie recently (he hasn't even broken the 300-yard mark in the past two weeks!), but there's no denying that Newton is a special talent. No matter the amount of negativity and doubt Newton received before he took his first snap, he threw for 420-plus yards in his first two outings and then for 374 yards in Week 4. The Panthers aren't winning, but at least they're relevant these days. And exciting.
1. Jim Harbaugh: Forgive the guy for showing his belly, jumping up and down like he had just won tickets to see Justin Bieber, and giving Jim Schwartz a hearty handshake and a friendly tap on the back last week. He should be excited. The 49ers, through six games, are running away with the division, and the former Stanford coach in his first season in the NFL has been a huge reason why. Is Harbaugh the sole reason Alex Smith has played well or that the defense is ranked second in the NFL in points allowed? No, but is Harbaugh getting his team to play like Mike Singletary only could have dreamed about? Yes.
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Category: NFL
Tags: A.J. Green, Aldon Smith, Andy Dalton, Cam Newton, Carson Palmer, Daniel Thomas, Hakeem Nicks, Jason Babin, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Schwartz, Johnathan Joseph, LaDainian Tomlinson, Nick Fairley, Nnamdi Asomugha, Paul Posluszny, Peyton Hillis, Reggie Bush, Ricky Williams, Ronnie Brown, Ryan Kerrigan, Ryan Torain, Terrell Owens, Thomas Jones, Top Ten, Victor Cruz, Von Miller
Posted on: September 28, 2011 3:56 pm
Edited on: October 1, 2011 11:49 am
Film Room: Ravens vs. Jets preview
Posted by Eye on Football Analyst Andy Benoit
Ever since Rex Ryan left Baltimore to become New York's head coach, we've viewed these two teams as mirror images of one another – and understandably so. Both have young quarterbacks. Both have running backs entering their primes who are backed up by a sage veteran. Both feature an aggressive and deceptive 3-4 defensive scheme. And both talk abundant trash even though their respective rivals – the Patriots and Steelers – have all the rings.
Let's take a closer look at these teams' similarities.
1. Young quarterbacks
Something that stood out in Week 3 was how the Ravens and Jets heavily utilized play-action early on, but for different reasons.
The Ravens referred to it to allow time for downfield routes to unfold. They wanted to take advantage of a depleted Rams secondary that was starting undrafted second-year nobody Darian Stewart at safety and disintegrating Al Harris at nickel corner outside. (They succeeded, by the way).
The Jets referred to play action because they wanted to prolong the time that Raiders' defensive backs had to hold up in man coverage. They also wanted to coax the Raider linebackers into running out of position. (They succeeded, but only in the first half.)
Same offensive tactic, but with vastly different inspirations. The Ravens were trying to showcase their young quarterback, while the Jets were trying to simply make life easier for theirs (nothing wrong with that). This makes sense. Flacco has been around a year longer than Sanchez and is clearly a year ahead of him development-wise. He has a stronger arm and, as of late, more refined tools. He has really improved his pocket movement, becoming more consistent in resetting his feet before he throws.
The Jets are working with Sanchez in this realm. Entering this season, the USC star had a habit of bringing the ball down while eluding rushers in the pocket. This compelled him to reset both his feet AND throwing mechanics, which is too slow of a motion for the NFL.
For what it's worth, don't expect such a heavy dose of play-action in this game. Both defenses have savvy linebackers and are too likely to blitz. Instead, the key will be which young quarterback does the best job at diagnosing coverages and pass-rushing attacks prior to the snap.
2. The running backs
Let's get one thing clear: Ray Rice is a better football player than Shonn Greene. It's not even close. If Rice were a Friday night, Greene would be, at best, a Wednesday afternoon. Rice runs with superb balance and strength, and his lateral agility is second to none (especially when he gets to the second level). What's more, he's a demon in the passing game, both as a receiver and blocker.
Greene, on the other hand, has been somewhat disappointing. He sits out most passing downs and has 1,440 yards rushing…in 32 career games. One issue is Greene's more of a momentum runner than explosive runner. He excels on sweeps because those runs naturally allow him to hit the line of scrimmage going downhill. But sweeps don't work against elite outside linebackers (like, say, Terrell Suggs).
Between the tackles, Greene's vision and timing are very average. That's why the Jets made LaDainian Tomlinson a prominent part of their offense last season. Tomlinson is off to a fantastic start as a receiving back this season (12 catches for 196 yards and a touchdown), but that's in part because he knows how to outwit pass defending linebackers. On film, it's clear L.T. has lost a lot of his speed and quickness. If the Jets are to go anywhere in 2011, they'll have to ride Greene.
Same goes for the Ravens and Rice. Rice's production is not a problem, though the Ravens were wise to bring in a supporting No. 2 back like Ricky Williams.
3. The receivers
Derrick Mason is the X-factor. He was Baltimore's possession target last year and is now filling that role from the slot in New York. The crafty 15-year veteran is one of the few players in the league who does not need to get separation in order to be open.
Plaxico Burress is another one of those players. He's been, for the most part, his same old self this season (which is remarkable when you really think about it). His matchup Sunday night against Carry Williams will be worth watching. If you asked God to make a cornerback specifically for defending Burress, you might get Williams. He's only 6'1", 185, but long and upright, he plays much bigger than that. He has an intriguing combination of physicality and change-of-direction ability, and if asked to play man coverage, he won't be shy about using trail position technique (which will compel Burress to use his "speed" more than his strength).
It will be interesting to see what the Jets do with Darrelle Revis. The likely assignment will be Anquan Boldin, though last week, rookie Torrey Smith turned in a jaw-dropping three-touchdown first quarter that had the Rams redirecting their safety help concepts. Smith gets faster at the end of his routes, which is something all great deep threats do. Antonio Cromartie has the speed to run with him, so expect the Jets to trust that matchup. But expect the Ravens to readily go after it.
The weak link of both cornerbacking groups happens to be an ex-Boise State Bronco: Chris Carr for the Ravens and Kyle Wilson for the Jets. If it comes down to these ancillary matchups, the Jets have the overall advantage. Mason, their No. 3, is as reliable as they come. For the Ravens, newcomer Lee Evans (who now figures to be the No. 3 receiver) has not established any sort of a rhythm with Flacco.
4. The defensive lines
The Jets have a unique run-stopping approach with their three-man defensive line. Instead of asking their downlinemen to occupy blockers and fill two gaps, the Jets ask them to focus on physically manhandling the guy in front of them. The idea is this creates congestion through penetration and also defines the inside linebackers' path to the ball (David Harris and Bart Scott are tasked with reading the defensive linemen's action and attacking in the opposite direction that it's drifting. More on that in the next section.)
The Jets are the only 3-4 team in the NFL that plays the run this way.
This unique approach is why general manager Mike Tannenbaum drafted a fist-fighter like Muhammad Wilkerson in the first round. Tannenbaum would probably give his right eye for a chance to have a guy like Haloti Ngata. The Ravens 335-pound defensive end/nose tackle is the most destructive front line force in the NFL today.
Ngata has the power of a tug boat and mobility of a clipper. Truly, he moves like a linebacker. Expect him to spend most of his time at defensive end this season, as last year's second-round pick, Terrence Cody, has looked great at nose tackle.
5. The inside linebackers
These are the entertainers – the guys NBC cameras will fixate on Sunday night. The sagacious Ray Lewis and loquacious Bart Scott. Both back up their personas. Lewis no longer has elite sideline-to-sideline speed, but he compensates with instincts, ferocity and fundamentals.
He was a demon attacking Rams lead-blockers last week. The Ravens' defensive style will always allow Lewis to be productive, as so much of their run approach is predicated on his teammates occupying blockers.
Scott, who is as aggressive downhill as any linebacker in the league, has both an easier and tougher job than Lewis. It's easier in that he has a stellar running mate in David Harris. It's tougher in that, as mentioned earlier, he must read the defensive linemen's battles in front of him and pursue the ball accordingly.
The reason other 3-4 defenses don't take this type of approach is it requires great intelligence and pursuit skills from both inside linebackers. Most defenses don't have an inside combination like Scott and Harris.
So who will win? Check our expert picks for all Week 4 games.
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Category: NFL
Tags: Al Harris, Anquan Boldin, Antonio Cromartie, Baltimore Ravens, Bart Scott, Bart Scott, Carry Williams, Chris Carr, Darrelle Revis, David Harris, Derrick Mason, Film Room, Film Room, Haloti Ngata, Joe Flacco, Kyle Wilson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Lee Evans, Mark Sanchez, Mike Tannenbaum, Muhammad Wilkerson, New York Jets, Plaxico Burress, Ravens vs. Jets, Ravens vs. Jets Preview, Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Rex Ryan, Ricky Williams, Shonne Greene, St. Louis Rams, Terrell Suggs, Torrey Smith
Posted on: August 9, 2011 12:17 am
Did the Lions tamper with a player again?
Posted by Josh Katzowitz
RB Ricky Williams made big news today signing a two-year deal with the Ravens to bolster Baltimore's running back corps and to help take some of the load off Ray Rice.
But as the eagle eyes at Pro Football Talk point out, Williams' interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel about why he chose the Ravens might be grounds to charge the Lions with tampering. Yet again.
As Williams explains it, Scott Linehan -- former Dolphins offensive coordinator who worked with Williams when Nick Saban coached in Miami -- was (and still is) with Detroit as the offensive coordinator, and after a Lions-Dolphins game last year, he approached Williams and apparently said something along the lines of, "If you need a home, we'd love to have you on our team."
That, of course, is a violation of the agreed-upon rules, since Williams was under contract with the Dolphins at the time. Williams' final two choices for 2011 were the Ravens and the Lions, so Detroit ultimately didn't cash in on the apparent recruiting job. But it'll be interesting to see if the NFL investigates the matter and decides to punish the Lions.
As you might remember, the Lions aren't that far removed from the NFL punishing them for tampering (last February to be exact). In that case, Gunther Cunningham, Detroit's defensive coordinator, made comments to the media about wanting to pick up defensive players from his former employer, the Chiefs. As punishment, Detroit had to exchange its 2011 fifth-round pick for Kansas City's fifth-round pick (a 14-pick swing) and the Lions lost their sixth-round selection in the 2012 NFL draft.
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Category: NFL
Posted on: August 8, 2011 1:34 pm
Edited on: August 8, 2011 1:56 pm
Ravens sign RB Ricky Williams to two-year deal
Posted by Will Brinson
The Ravens went out and made one of the more underrated signings of the offseason, picking up fullback Vonta Leach before he could re-sign with the Texans. One problem: they'd already cut Willis McGahee and lost Le'Ron McClain to the Chiefs, leaving Ray Rice as the only running back worth using on their roster.
Enter Ricky Williams, who agreed to terms with Baltimore on Monday, according to Jamison Hensley of the Baltimore Sun.
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the deal is a two-year contract "worth up to $4 million."
It's a pretty tremendous signing for the Ravens, who get to reunite Williams with his former head coach in Miami Cam Cameron (the OC with Baltimore, natch).
But, more importantly, Baltimore has upgraded their running game at this point, because adding Williams gives them a perfect power complement to the elusive (but also strong) Rice out of the backfield.
With Leach blocking and Williams giving Baltimore a different speed out of the backfield, don't be shocked if the Ravens running game is once again impressive in 2011.
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Posted on: August 3, 2011 8:27 pm
Report: Tiki Barber works out for Dolphins
Posted by Josh Katzowitz
In case you were wondering if you would ever again hear about Tiki Barber's attempted comeback, wonder no more. Foxsports.com's Jay Glazer is reporting that Barber had a tryout with the Dolphins on Tuesday.
The Dolphins backfield certainly will look new this season after drafting Daniel Thomas in the second round and then dropping Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams. Then, they acquired Reggie Bush to complement Thomas.
It's possible Barber could find a place on the squad, but Lex Hilliard and Kory Sheets also are on the Dolphins depth chart, and those two are probably who Miami personnel want to see before they think about making a move on Barber.
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Posted on: July 18, 2011 9:42 am
Edited on: July 18, 2011 2:02 pm
Ahmad Bradshaw 'very interested' in Dolphins
Posted by Will Brinson
You don't need a crystal ball to know that the Miami Dolphins -- who are likely to rid themselves of Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown this offseason -- will be chasing a running back in free agency.
Their top target will likely be DeAngelo Williams (yes, we're assuming a reversion to old rules here), but there's no guarantee the 'Fins can pick him up, particularly if the Panthers really do want to re-sign him and John Fox picks up his pursuit in Denver.
So, how about a fallback option like Ahmad Bradshaw? Is that something the Dolphins might be interested in? Because if they are, Bradshaw is also interested.
"I represent Ahmad. He's training here in Miami and would be very interested in the Dolphins," Bradshaw's agent Drew Rosenhaus told Sports Xtra, per Omar Kelly on Twitter. "If they (Dolphins) are interested in Ahmad (Bradshaw), we're interested back."
I'm not sure if this constitutes tampering or not (I don't think so), but Rosenhaus waved at the Dolphins from the set of the show, knowing that the Dolphins watch. And maybe that doesn't count either. Whatever, predicting what the Dolphins need and then assuming your client fits that need isn't quite like figuring out where Hoffa's body is.
Rosenhaus also made an interesting point about the 'Fins running-back situation -- they'll try and find someone who can compliment rookie Daniel Thomas, who the Dolphins moved into the second round to draft in April.
Conveniently, Sports Xtra had a relevant guest to that topic -- one Daniel Thomas.
"I can go every down, but if we get a [scatback] it will help the team,"said Thomas who, per Kelly, also said he's more of an inside runner.
So, yeah, you can tell why Bradshaw would be interested in this job opportunity -- it involves getting paid handsomely to carry the ball often for a run-first team that isn't going to make you get beat up by going between the tackles as often as you would elsewhere.
Of course, the quarterback setup may dictate the Dolphins spending ability at the running back position. If Miami can strike early and pick up a quarterback who will push Chad Henne for the starting gig and/or someone they'd feel comfortable starting the 2011 season with, you have to imagine they'll know more quickly what they can spend on a running back.
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Archive for November, 2006
Missing: Christopher Selph, 24 Yrs., Humble, TX, 11/29/06
Posted on 29. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Christopher Selph, age 24, was last seen on Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 around 4:00 a.m. Christopher left his home in the 16000 block of Green Manor in Humble, Texas and has not been seen or heard from since. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a plaid jacket, and brown tennis shoes. For a downloadable […]
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Missing: Chris Freeman, 48 Yrs., Houston, TX, 11/29/06
Posted on 29. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Chris Freeman, age 48, was last seen in the 1700 block of Sullins Way in Houston, TX driving a red/orange 2004 Chevy Astro cargo van bearing license plate 51ZCS3 on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at approx 6:30 p.m. and has not been seen since. Mr. Freeman was last seen wearing a brown long sleeve shirt, […]
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Found Deceased: Keianthony Miller, 22 Yrs., Houston, TX, 11/26/06
Posted on 26. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Keianthony Miller, age 22, was last seen in the 700 block of Franklin at the Pink Monkey night club on Sunday, November 26, 2006 at approx 3:30am. Miller got in a possible altercation with an unknown black male at the club and has not been seen since. He was last seen wearing a black & […]
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Missing: Daniel "Wayne" Miller, 22 Yrs., Houston, TX, 11/24/06
Posted on 24. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Daniel "Wayne" Miller, age 22, was last heard from the evening of Thursday, November 24, 2006 and believed to be headed to Houston from McAllen to work with the Farrow Amusement Co. and has not been seen or heard from since. We now have information he may have been traveling to Nacogdoches, Texas. It is […]
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Found Safe: Gordon and Barbara Ferguson, 73 and 69, respectively, Houston, TX, 11/20/06
Posted on 20. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Gordon Ferguson, 73 years old, and Barbara Ferguson, 69 years old, were last seen at their home located in the 2000 block of Redway Lane in Houston, Texas, on Monday, November 20, 2006. Their gold 2004, Honda Odyssey, Texas license plate #Y62CJY is also missing. Gordon suffers from dementia and Barbara has the beginning stages […]
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Missing: Tiffany Cammack, 31 Yrs., Humble, TX, 11/17/06
Posted on 17. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Tiffany Cammack, age 31, was last seen on Friday, November 17th, 2006 around 10:30 a.m. Tiffany was on her way to Humble and has not been seen or heard from since. It is unknown what she was last wearing. Tiffany has a mole on the top left side of her forehead She was driving a […]
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Missing: Jason Roark, 26 Yrs., Lilburn, GA, 11/09/06
Posted on 09. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Jason Roark, age 26, was last seen at the Gwinnett Inn located in the 4100 block of Hwy 78 in Lilburn, Georgia on Thursday, November 9th, 2006. Jason was last seen wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. The vehicle he is driving is a 2001, Black, Honda Accord, with white Florida Gator decal in […]
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Missing: Coreen Wiese, 15 Yrs., Buxton, ME, 11/08/06
Posted on 08. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Coreen Wiese, age 15, was last seen at school in Buxton, ME on the morning of Wednesday, November 8, 2006. Coreen has a scar on her left cheek and wears braces. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue/grey sweatshirt and white tennis shoes. For a downloadable poster, click here.
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Missing: Erica Bradley, 17 Yrs., Allendale, SC, 11/06/06
Posted on 06. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Erica Bradley, age 17, was last seen on Monday, November 6th, 2006 around 10:45 p.m. Erica was leaving her job at Hardee's at 601 Railroad Ave W in Allendale and has not been seen or heard from since. She was last seen wearing a Hardee's work uniform with black pants, a beige shirt and black […]
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Missing: Patricia Peterson, 24 Yrs., Chandler, AZ, 11/05/06
Posted on 05. Nov, 2006 by smckinney.
Patricia Peterson, age 24, from Chandler, Arizona was possibly seen at the Petro Truck Stop in Milan, New Mexico on November 5th, 2006. She may have been "hitching" rides from truck drivers to get home to Chandler, Arizona. She was last seen on video getting into a truck with a woman named Tatina (Tina) Marsh […]

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Just returned from a technical trip to the Catalinas and hiked a portion of the TransCatalina Trail from below Little Harbor to Two Harbor (had electronics and a paid for room, so no camping). So thinking about the right season and doing the 50-miles or so in two directions, with side trips for about 100 miles. Just some observations from the small part of the trail done since water is an issue plus catching a ferry:Closing in on the isthmus, one can look across the island and see Los Angeles beach communities (probably San Pedro) in as background shadows. It's dry up here though.Trail merges with Banning Road, which becomes a trail itself (no cars, ATV, etc..) The distinction between trail and road was unclear as maps are not updated (in my opinion) at present time.Some work needed sometimes and again there's no water on the trailsOverlooking the Pacific, so it is worth the planning and expenseThere's a beach and a water spigot at Little Harbor, so any overnight camp would be around the campsite (though not necessarily in it due to $$$)These are paying car-campgrounds as guests pay for a limited number of RVs or whatever, though I met a family camping higher up in the desert, then picnicking down here and watering up before proceeding. Nice beach ...a little cold going in but not bad afterwards.Admittedly more campgrounds are open for sea kayaking but the trail intrigues me as a winter destination (seems they are going to have some drought in the backcountry - the main town of Avalon has a desalinization plant reportedly). My ferry was paid for this time but for a vacation this would be on my dime. After that I'm thinking some long days on the trail and some layover days in Two Harbors and finally Avalon. Thoughts?(ed: wc)
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Brewers place LHP Narveson on DL
Brewers have placed the Chris Narveson on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained middle finger.
By ANDREW GRUMAN FS Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Brewers have placed left-hander Chris Narveson on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained middle finger on his left hand.
No corresponding roster move was announced, but manager Ron Roenicke told reporters after Monday's 7-4 victory over the Cubs that a position player would be recalled from Triple-A Nashville prior to Tuesday night's game.
Narveson, who started the season in the bullpen to ease his way back from shoulder surgery, injured the finger warming up for what eventually was a scoreless inning in Saturday's loss to Arizona.
The 31-year-old has made two appearances and pitched two scoreless innings this season, allowing just a hit and a walk. Narveson was limited to just two starts in 2012, tearing his rotator cuff on April 15 against Atlanta.
Bringing up a position player will end Milwaukee's run with 13 pitchers on the roster. The Brewers decided to carry an extra pitcher to start the season, but it left them with a four-man bench. Because injuries have depleted an already short bench -- pitcher Kyle Lohse had to pinch hit in the 11th inning Sunday with a potentially tie-making run on third base -- bringing up a position player is something the Brewers have to do.
It's likely right-hander Mike Fiers will slide from the rotation to the bullpen for the time being because three April off days allow for the fifth spot in the rotation to be skipped a couple of times. Not only would that give the Brewers an extra bullpen arm, but Fiers would get a chance to work through his struggles in less pressure filled situations.
New closer: While it hasn't been made official, Jim Henderson appears to be Milwaukee's new closer, replacing the struggling John Axford.
Roenicke hinted in his pregame meeting with reporters that a change was imminent but wanted to talk to Axford first.
When a 7-2 game in the 9th suddenly became a save situation with the tying run on deck, Roenicke went to Henderson. It took 30 pitches and there were some tense moments, but Henderson eventually got Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro to fly out to the warning track with the bases loaded to end the game.
"Nothing bigger than Opening Day at Wrigley (Field) and the tying run on the bags and the winning run at the plate," Henderson said. "It doesn't get any better than that."
Henderson threw Cubs outfielder Dave Sappelt and Castro a steady diet of fastballs, eventually striking out Sappelt and getting Castro's fly out with his heater.
"That's what was working," Henderson said. "I wasn't going to get beat with my slider. I was going to keep pumping the fastballs and go at them very aggressively."
Axford has allowed eight hits, four home runs and six earned runs in 2-2/3 innings this season, collecting a blown save and a loss in three appearances.
Roenicke nixed any notion he was thinking of changing after Sunday's extra innings loss to Arizona, but apparently has changed his mind, at least for the time being. Because Henderson threw 30 high-stress pitches Monday, he probably won't be available Tuesday, making it unknown who would get the ball if the Brewers are faced with a save situation.
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# Bronze Dogon 14 Feb 2014 at 9:08 am
One of the rules I commonly suggest to people: "If someone's warning you about how toxic a chemical is, but they don't mention the dose, they are trying to deceive you."
I may want to extend it to how it's taken in.
# Lswanon 14 Feb 2014 at 11:00 am
Did you know websites like "The Food Babe" and "Natural News" use the same internet that is used to view pornography?? thats pretty much the level of logic she is using…
# tmac57on 14 Feb 2014 at 11:08 am
Sadly for Subway,they were at the same time being attacked by a viral Tea Party boycott message because of a perceived link between their brand and Michelle Obama,and the Tea Partiers jumped on the chance to also circulate this Food Babe bit of nonsense as further proof of how evil they were.
I suspect that they might also have been afraid of the Streisand Effect,if they chose to stand up to this wholly unfair attack. We all too well understand how refuting a myth or lie,can raise it's profile and cause the reader or observer to remember the lie/myth. It's a real quandary.
That's why it is important for scientists and skeptics and critical thinkers of all stripes to keep pushing the message to stop , think,and dig deeper for the facts and not just blindly accept these kinds of things that amount to no more than rumor or whisper campaigns.
# ccbowerson 14 Feb 2014 at 11:38 am
Did you know that cold air can trigger asthma? Cold air can also freeze a bucket of boiling water thrown into the air on a cold day. Cold air can also cause the death of nearly every living creature expose to it. Yet LG sold me a product that keeps cold air in my very own kitchen.
I wish someone had warned me ahead of time with a facebook post or email.
# Factoidjunkieon 14 Feb 2014 at 12:07 pm
Following ccbowers – water too cold or too hot can cause all kinds of hazards. Boiling water can scald and burn skin so thoroughly it can lead to very painful conditions – even death under certain circumstances.
That's why my household has a no pasta making rule.
# tyroon 14 Feb 2014 at 12:56 pm
I'm reminded of the fact that flour can be extremely flammable and can be very dangerous if it gets into the air. In the past there have been huge explosions. Wired magazine quotes a milling manager as saying "Flour dust that is suspended in air is more explosive than coal dust" http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/the-explosive-t/
Perhaps we should remove flour from the Subway bread. Just to be safe.
# elmer mccurdyon 14 Feb 2014 at 1:32 pm
It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping!
Sorry, I just felt that this needed to be said.
# aabrown1971on 14 Feb 2014 at 2:37 pm
@elmer: ROTFLOL
# steve12on 14 Feb 2014 at 3:23 pm
All you need to know about the 'Food Babe":
# Mlemaon 14 Feb 2014 at 3:24 pm
What a shame. I'm going to miss the soft, fluffy, bleached bread
# Mlemaon 14 Feb 2014 at 3:33 pm
i just read on Wikipedia that it can cause the same problems wherever it's handled "raw" – wouldn't that include the place where the bread is manufactured? Unclear to me. Certainly the risk wouldn't include subway, but I'm wondering if the stuff is really necessary if it's endangering workers?
And is there any significance to this study?:
# Mlemaon 14 Feb 2014 at 4:02 pm
Sorry for the consecutive posts – there are several studies on pubmed that indicate that baked goods made from flour containing azodicarbonamide contain semicarbazide, a carcinogen. The amounts very widely and the appearance is only after baking. The USDA says it occurs through the intermediate, biurea. There's more in the crust than the inside.
I'm not seeing any disagreement between these and the other articles I found on pubmed.
Even so, I suspect that the cold cuts are much more dangerous than the bread.
# kwillcoxon 14 Feb 2014 at 4:55 pm
Dr. Stephen – there is no good reason to permit this product. It has not been tested completely, shows signs of being dangerous, and causes problems in animals. Yet you act like we are wrong to be concerned, instead of simply permitting big food and big chemical to pour chemicals into bread. You are such a loathsome person, what a whore for big business.
In the UK, the H.S.E has identified azodicarbonamide as a respiratory sensitiser (a possible cause of asthma) and determined that products should be labeled with "May cause sensitisation by inhalation."
Why does the FDA allow azodicarbonamide to be used?
As usual, the FDA is pretty clueless when it comes to azodicarbonamide. The FDA's official database on food additives is called EAFUS, which stands for Everything Added to Food in the United States. EAFUS contains more than 3000 additives, including nearly 700 which have not been tested for toxicology. These untested additives are classified as EAF.
According to EAFUS, the classification for azodicarbonamide is NIL, which officially means, "Although listed as added to food, there is no current reported use of the substance, and, therefore, although toxicology information may be available in PAFA, it is not being updated."
While much of the world has recognized that this product should not be added to food, our own Food and Drug Administration apparently doesn't even know that most commercially made bread in the United States uses this chemical additive.
Azodicarbonamide is readily converted to biurea. In studies spanning over 1-2 years, rats and dogs received diets containing various amounts of biurea. In the 1-year study, rats and dogs ate diets containing 5 or 10% biurea (Oser et al., 1965 in Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 7:445-472). Most dogs from both dose groups died. Necropsy revealed massive, multiple renal calculi, bladder calculi, and chronic pyelonephritis. The main constituent (comprising 80-100%) of the calculi was identified as biurea.
Toxicity studies conducted in experimental mammals demonstrate acute toxicity. Azodicarbonamide was also found to be a mutagen in bacterial systems. No adequate studies of carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity, in animals or in humans, have been identified (yet), but case reports and epidemiological studies in humans have produced abundant evidence that azodicarbonamide can induce asthma, other respiratory symptoms, and skin sensitization in exposed workers.
The main toxic effect of azodicarbonamide in humans is asthmagenicity. Evidence of this effect has been found from bronchial challenge studies and workplace health evaluations.
There is also information to indicate that azodicarbonamide can cause skin sensitization in humans.
The occurrence of semicarbazide (SEM) in foods including baby foods, packaged in glass jars and bottles, was first discovered by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and industry through tracing the breakdown of azodicarbonamide. Due to this finding, the EFSA at that time in 2003 advised that SEM should be removed from baby foods as swiftly as technological progress allowed.
This advice was based on findings that SEM is a weak carcinogen in mice and has weak genotoxic activity (i.e. potential to damage genetic material or DNA) in vitro. The implementation of an EC Directive banning the use of azodicarbonamide in plastics used as food contact materials went into force in 2005.
In the U.K., the Health and Safety Executive body of regulation has identified azodicarbonamide as a respiratory sensitiser (a possible cause of asthma) and determined that products should be labeled as such.
Both The United States and Canada permit the use of azodicarbonamide at levels up to 45 ppm which is simply an arbitrary number that studies have not been able to confirm or deny correlation dosage to disease in humans.
Why Add This Ingredient To Bread and Cereals?
Simply put, it keeps bread fresher, longer. That means more bread and cereals can stay on the grocery shelf for extended periods.
But from my perspective, it is definitely another ingredient to be wary of. If any food additive is able to kill any decent size mammal (like a dog), that's probably not an ingredient I would want to consume.
Even a chemical that produces a disease such as asthma in its raw concentrated form is not tuned to the natural state of the human metabolism and does not belong in our food at any ANY dosage.
The food industry has made it their business to remove all living components from natural foods, essentially creating foods that no longer have any active microbials, enzymes or even absorable vitamins and minerals. Processed foods are dead and that's why they have no nutrient density.
Processed foods can last months or even years due to the removal of all microorganisms, enzymes, oxygen, and moisture in food. The more chemicals we add, inevitably the less nutrtion and the more risk with toxic overload.
# Kawarthajonon 14 Feb 2014 at 6:40 pm
Steve N, I think you are making light of Dihydrogen Monoxide. It is a potentially hazardous chemical. The UK is having serious problems with DM contamination lately!
# shchasmon 14 Feb 2014 at 6:43 pm
Everyone stop drinking water! There is hydrogen in it!
# ChrisHon 14 Feb 2014 at 10:19 pm
Steve12: "All you need to know about the 'Food Babe":"
I love the "vortex water." I can make that up in my own much cheaper blender. Though in the summer I usually prefer to put in some lime juice, simple syrup, rum, a wee bit of Cointreu and then water that is in its solid state. Then give it a whirl.
(for those who need to ask, it is called a "daiquiri")
# ChrisHon 14 Feb 2014 at 10:25 pm
Oh, and for those who do not want to click the link. Apparently in the office building used by Mercola they not only grow their own sprouts, but make "Vortex water." It is water that has been whirled in a blender. Probably an over priced one that he sells on his website.
# ChrisHon 14 Feb 2014 at 10:28 pm
" but make"… should be "they also." I think I was giggling too much.
I also just told my college age daughter this, and she laughed. She guessed it must be special water because it had been through lots of action.
# tmac57on 14 Feb 2014 at 11:13 pm
I only drink water that has been pre-processed by dinosaurs. True story
# kwillcoxon 15 Feb 2014 at 12:40 pm
The number of industrial chemicals known to trigger brain development problems like autism has doubled in just seven years, experts warned today.
A new study suggests toxic chemicals may be triggering increases in neurological disabilities among children, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia.
The researchers warn that chemical safety checks need to be tightened up around the world to protect our vulnerable youngsters from a 'silent epidemic' of brain disorders.
Their work also found that the list of chemicals known to damage the human brain but not regulated to safeguard children had also risen from 202 to 214.
These substances are found in everyday items including food, clothing, furniture and toys.
'The greatest concern is the large numbers of children who are affected by toxic damage to brain development in the absence of a formal diagnosis,' said Dr Philippe Grandjean, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
'They suffer reduced attention span, delayed development, and poor school performance.
'Industrial chemicals are now emerging as likely causes.'
He and his co-authors are calling for universal legal requirements forcing manufacturers to prove that all existing and new industrial chemicals are non-toxic before they reach the market place.
In the EU, the Reach (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) regulations already impose such rules.
But without them being applied globally, the world faces a 'pandemic of neurodevelopmental toxicity', warned Dr Grandjean.
'Current chemical regulations are woefully inadequate to safeguard children whose developing brains are uniquely vulnerable to toxic chemicals in the environment,' Dr Grandjean pointed out.
Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia and cerebral palsy affect one in six children worldwide.
Growing evidence strongly links these conditions to childhood exposure to hazardous chemicals such as mercury, lead, solvents and pesticides, say the scientists writing in the journal The Lancet Neurology.
Dr Grandjean and co-author Dr Philip Landrigan from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York believe this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The vast majority of the more than 80,000 industrial chemicals in widespread use in the US have never been tested for their toxic effects on the developing foetus or child, they argue.
'The only way to reduce toxic contamination is to ensure mandatory developmental neurotoxicity testing of existing and new chemicals before they come into the marketplace', said Dr Landrigan.
'Such a precautionary approach would mean that early indications of a potentially serious toxic effect would lead to strong regulations, which could be relaxed should subsequent evidence show less harm.'
A new international prevention strategy is needed that places the burden of responsibility on chemical producers rather than governments, say the experts.
The report follows up on a similar review conducted by the researchers in 2006 that identified five industrial chemicals as 'developmental neurotoxicants' – or chemicals that can cause brain deficits.
It offers updated findings about those chemicals and adds information on six newly recognised ones.
These include manganese, fluoride, chlorpyrifos and DDT (pesticides), the solvent tetrachloroethylene, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers flame retardants.
These six chemicals have been added to a list of five other neurointoxicants – lead, methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls, arsenic, and toluene – first identified by the same researchers in 2006.
The study outlines possible links between these newly recognised neurotoxicants and negative health effects on children.
Manganese is associated with diminished intellectual function and impaired motor skills, while solvents are linked to hyperactivity and aggressive behaviour and certain types of pesticides may cause cognitive delays.
They conclude: 'The total number of neurotoxic substances now recognised almost certainly represents an underestimate of the true number of developmental neurotoxicants that have been released into the global environment.
'Our very great concern is that children worldwide are being exposed to unrecognised toxic chemicals that are silently eroding intelligence, disrupting behaviours, truncating future achievements, and damaging societies, perhaps most seriously in developing countries.'
Dr Grandjean added: 'The problem is international in scope, and the solution must therefore also be international.
'We have the methods in place to test industrial chemicals for harmful effects on children's brain development
'Now is the time to make that testing mandatory.'
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# SteveAon 15 Feb 2014 at 4:54 pm
"In the UK, the H.S.E has identified azodicarbonamide as a respiratory sensitiser (a possible cause of asthma) and determined that products should be labeled with "May cause sensitisation by inhalation."
"In the U.K., the Health and Safety Executive body of regulation has identified azodicarbonamide as a respiratory sensitiser (a possible cause of asthma) and determined that products should be labeled as such."
The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) lists azodicarbonamide as a substance that can cause occupational asthma. The warning is for factory workers who might inhale it on a day to day basis.
The list also includes flour, opiates, sawdust, and cow urine (see the whole lot here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/asthma/substances.htm).
Breathing chemicals and particulate matter into your lungs (often over an extended period) is a very different proposition from ingesting something (often in negligible quantities).
And don't you think it's odd that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommended that SEM should be removed from baby foods 'as swiftly as technological progress allowed', but didn't say the same about azodicarbonamide?
# tmac57on 16 Feb 2014 at 11:06 am
If it wasn't obvious to veteran skeptics, kwilcox's two comments are almost 100% copy and pasted from other blogs.
Just select a choice paragraph and do a Google search.Very revealing.
Also, opening with a sentence like "You are such a loathsome person, what a whore for big business."
should be crystal clear evidence that kwilcox is trolling,rather than adding any useful information to the subject at hand.
# Mlemaon 16 Feb 2014 at 3:59 pm
Azodicarbonamide in bread forms a carcinogen. Since it's not necessary for bread-baking, why use it?
"If you require that no chemical that can produce toxicity at high doses should be in our food at any dose – then there will be no food left."
??? It may be impossible to remove every toxin from our food – but why add them?
# Mlemaon 16 Feb 2014 at 4:00 pm
…and water.
# MikeLewinskion 16 Feb 2014 at 6:04 pm
It may be impossible to remove every toxin from our food – but why add them?
The word 'toxin' has a specific meaning in medicine: toxins are substances created by plants and animals that are poisonous to humans (though arguably even this definition is still dose-dependent… every substance created by every plant and every animal is toxic at sufficiently high volume).
Wikipedia notes:
A toxin… is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms; synthetic substances created by artificial processes are thus excluded.
So it is a mistake to call azodicarbonamide a toxin.
I know that, outside of medical jargon, a toxin is something that causes toxicity, and that the broader class of "toxic chemicals" are mistakenly referred to as "toxins" on that basis alone. I realize it may seem like I'm nit-picking a little on this point, because there are more general uses of "toxic" and "toxicity" that extend beyond the strict classification of toxin as derived from living cells.
But even if we replaced your word "toxin" for "toxic chemicals" there's still a conundrum. All chemicals are toxic in the wrong dose, including water. Water is a vital component of bread. Why do we add water to bread if it is potentially toxic? Obviously because the dose makes the poison, and you'll never get water poisoning from eating too much bread (unless you drink too much water separately while washing it down).
Our human tendency to moralism likes to put all people and all things into "good" and "bad" categories, and so we mistakenly believe that toxicity is a property that a substance either does or doesn't have and corresponds to "good" and "bad". But it just ain't so. All chemicals are toxic. There are more properly only toxic doses, and non-toxic doses.
I suspect that, in vitro, almost all chemicals also have the potential to create carcinogenic (and tetragenic) effects, again depending on dosage. Our cells didn't evolve to live naked in petri dishes. I appreciate my skin, mucosa and immune system very much for the job of protecting my cells.
Take water again. Through metabolism, water breaks down into "reactive oxygen species" that sometimes have carcinogenic effects. In fact, radiation poisoning happens by splitting water molecules already in your body and generating a superabundance of those reactive oxygen species. The age and sex-related maximum x-ray exposures are based on the percentage of your body that is water.
So why add water to our food? We may not be able to eliminate it, but why add something that degrades into carcinogens as part of metabolism?
Do you see why that question makes little or no sense?
In making risk assessments of chemicals like azodicarbonamide, dose and method of exposure are just as important as they are for assessing the harm of water (and so the volume of water you can safely drink is necessarily different from the volume you can safely inhale).
# Davdoodleson 16 Feb 2014 at 7:30 pm
So, Dr Novella takes the time and effort to sift though mountains of sometimes confused information, patiently sets out the science in a clear, fact-centric manner, and then…
…so many people claiming to advocate for better public health simply ignore, crap on, or misrepresent what he has written. And cut-n-paste again the very tropes he has just addressed.
It's almost like improvement of public health isnt really much of a priority for them, and certainly not their first priority….
# steve12on 16 Feb 2014 at 11:02 pm
Chris H:
' I love the "vortex water." '
Isn't that awesome? And he even has experiments with vortex water vs. static water. Does that meant that Class V rapids water will cure cancer?
I've come to admire Mercola. It's like he's taunting his flock at this point, ya know?
"Yeah – that's right, I got a special machine that spins water in a special way that makes it healthier. Now BUY MY SHIT, MFers!"
# Davdoodleson 17 Feb 2014 at 12:55 am
"Vortex Water"
Maybe the unimaginative Merccola fellow got his idea from these water features outside the new wing of the Canberra (Australia) Airport:
Quite impressive, about five or six feet high and 3-4 wide.
# Mlemaon 17 Feb 2014 at 3:21 am
MikeLewinski, thank you for your comment. I'm afraid my own was poorly written. I didn't mean to imply that we shouldn't add water to food in preparation. Indeed there are foods which can't be prepared without water. I simply meant to say that I see no reason for adding many of the chemicals that we add to various foods. For instance, I suspect that adding azodicarbonamide to flour in order to make subway sandwich loaves is merely a way to use less flour per volume unit of the baked bread. Breads which contain azodicarbonamide have semicarbazide (a carcinogen) once baked. I linked to some studies on this. We can make delicious bread without azodicarbonamide. So why endanger workers at the bread factory and add a carcinogen to our bread? it doesn't make sense to me.
I see no reason to add it to bread except to increase the profit margin and make people feel like they're getting more bread for their money. Did you ever push down on one of those subway loaves? Not much bread in that bread.
And just to whet your appetite even more, here's the ingredients of other Subway foods (check out the "eggs"
also, regarding harmful chemicals and compounds in our food. One has to consider the additive and cumulative effects. This chemical is ok in small amounts. That chemical and this other chemical are also ok in small amounts, etc. But if we're eating all of them all the time – what then?
# Bill Openthalton 17 Feb 2014 at 4:04 am
Mlema –
The vast majority of people is healthier and living longer today than at any time in history. That should tell you something.
# Mlemaon 17 Feb 2014 at 4:34 am
the people who are really old right now were adults before we started putting this crap in our foods.
# Mlemaon 17 Feb 2014 at 4:58 am
and PS – what's it supposed to tell me about food additives? Do you really think azodicarbonamide and all the other additives in processed and fast food are helping people live longer?
# ziggyon 17 Feb 2014 at 7:01 am
Crystal Dihydrogen Monoxide has been wreaking havoc over this nation for weeks now!
I propose a ban on all soy food products because soy is the principle ingredient in many candles and plastic products.
I'm guessing an asthmatic doesn't do to well in a flour mill either.
# Bruceon 17 Feb 2014 at 7:14 am
"the people who are really old right now were adults before we started putting this crap in our foods."
Whatever other argument you may have, this is one that doesn't stand up to any kind of scrutiny. If those chemicals were killing us we would more people dying at all ages. As I have linked and discussed population data across the UK and the US before I won't rehash it here. The fact is people are living longer and have longer life expectancy at all ages. That little statement you made above has no data to support it, and if it does, I have not seen it yet.
# sonicon 17 Feb 2014 at 12:11 pm
Dose makes the poison.
Caffiene- a little- excellent probably health promoting, a bit more- OK, a bit more- sick, a bit more- dead…
Questions when it comes to food additives-
why is this in it?
Is there nutritional value?
Would a person like the product as much without the additive if he knew what the additive is and what it is for?
In the case of 'yoga mat' bread- we could bake a loaf without the additive and one with it.
We have the person eat a bit of the first loaf.
We then show them what we added- what it is, how we get it, what it's made of-
to the second loaf.
Would they still like the bread if they knew what you put in it?
Should we be telling people what is in their food?
# ChrisHon 17 Feb 2014 at 12:46 pm
Mlema: "the people who are really old right now were adults before we started putting this crap in our foods."
And when was that?
Have you heard of the 1902 "Poison Squad":
In 1902 Dr. Harvey W. Wiley (third from the left), chief chemist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the "human catalyst" who helped coordinate the national campaign for pure food and drugs, started research with human volunteers, officially designated the "Hygienic Table," to determine the effects of food preservatives on digestion and health. Overnight the press made the "Poison Squad" a national sensation. Wiley's research showed that such additives as borax, salicylic acid, and formaldehyde were harmful. He became convinced that chemical preservatives should be used in food only when necessary, that the burden of proving safety should fall on the producer, and that none should be used without informing the consumer on the label-basic principles of today's law and regulations.
You could probably read a couple of downer books about food safety history in the USA like The Jungle by Upton Sinclair or the first few chapters of Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation by Philip J. Hilts. But, someone has created a humorous gallery of food that my elderly parents had early in the twentieth century, the same parents who picked up smoking tobacco by mid-century:
# Mlemaon 17 Feb 2014 at 4:20 pm
Bruce, Chris H, I shouldn't have replied to Bill O's comment. I'm unwilling to start investigating stats, so I can't really argue about past life expectancy. Bill O. likes to imply that because we have a longer life expectancy than we used to that everything we're doing is helping our health. So, food additives are contributing to life expectancy. My reply was as ridiculous as his implication.
In the bigger picture We're eating lots more sugar – check the Subway ingredient list, everything has sugar in it, even the meat. Dextrose, corn maltodextrin, etc. whatever you call it, a sugar by any other name will taste as sweet. We have an epidemic of obesity and diabetes. My personal opinion is that this is a bigger problem than many other food additives and contributes to a lowered life expectancy.
PS – Chris H – the first photo I looked at was some kind of egg dish, and i couldn't look any further. Egads!
# Mlemaon 17 Feb 2014 at 4:27 pm
Dr. N: "…you are assuming that there is cumulative toxicity from multiple substances which are each individually below toxicity thresholds. Do you have any reason for this assumption?"
Only my understanding of physiology, which i admit is imperfect. Generally, i don't believe we test for cumulative and additive effects of all the various toxins we encounter daily. I think this is the same case for pesticide exposure. I do believe that the sugar and fat in the average US diet is a bigger problem than additives, although pesticides in children is probably a more immediate problem. I'm not a doctor, so of course these are my non-medical opinions.
# Mlemaon 17 Feb 2014 at 4:46 pm
"But I do agree that it is reasonable to ask, "why is this being added to our food?""
Dr. Novella, I have to thank you for that. When i look at this conversation, I wonder how many people defend the addition of azodicarbonamide to bread simply because the food babe makes scientifically inaccurate statements and seems to advocate a "naturalistic fallacy". It behooves us to abstain from reactionaryism.
# ChrisHon 17 Feb 2014 at 5:13 pm
Mlema: "In the bigger picture We're eating lots more sugar – check the Subway ingredient list, everything has sugar in it, even the meat. Dextrose, corn maltodextrin, etc. whatever you call it, a sugar by any other name will taste as sweet."
Yes, one of the things rubbed on pork bellies to cure bacon is sugar. Pickles are made in a brine with both sugar and salt. Sugar is added to bread dough to feed the yeast. All veggies will have a certain amount of sugars like fructose, glucose, etc, even lettuce. The Maillard reaction when browning meat is a reaction using the sugars that naturally occurs in muscle, though some will add sugar.
Nothing about that has changed in the past few centuries. The main problem with type 2 diabetes is that people eat too much because access to food is better. Much unlike when my dad was a kid during the Great Depression and the cupboard was bare (plus sometimes there was no wood for the stove). That has absolutely nothing to do with food additives.
# Mlemaon 17 Feb 2014 at 5:46 pm
ChrisH – I'm suggesting that sugar in the diet is a bigger health problem than other food additives.
"Nothing about that has changed in the past few centuries."
I'm not talking about naturally occurring sugars, I'm talking about sugar added to processed foods. If you look at the Subway ingredients list you'll see what i'm talking about.
"Yes, one of the things rubbed on pork bellies to cure bacon is sugar. Pickles are made in a brine with both sugar and salt. Sugar is added to bread dough to feed the yeast. All veggies will have a certain amount of sugars like fructose, glucose, etc, even lettuce. The Maillard reaction when browning meat is a reaction using the sugars that naturally occurs in muscle, though some will add sugar."
The Malliard reaction has nothing to do with the sugar added to Subway meats, eggs, etc. If I eat a turkey breast, I have no reason to expect it to contain added sugar. But I'd be stupid to think that Subway's turkey breast is just turkey breast. But it's all fairly irrelevant if I drink a 20oz soda with it. I seriously doubt that your Dad drank soda every day like lots of Americans do now.
And you don't need sugar to make bread. The flour provides adequate sugars.
I feel like you're trying to say that my concerns are irrational because "in the old days" people at lots of sugar. We eat way more sugar now than we used to. And it's added to many many foods unnecessarily. So much so that now many people think the taste of food without sugar in it is inferior. And so much so that more and more people are developing obesity and diabetes.
# Bill Openthalton 18 Feb 2014 at 6:04 am
Mlema –
The sugar is added because it works – people prefer eating sweet foods (and salty foods) because that's what the brain is programmed to like. And it's programmed to like it because it used to be an excellent strategy to eat as much of the sweet stuff as possible as it was very uncommon. The same applies to salt (as you probably know, salary comes from the practice of paying Roman soldiers partly in salt — it was a very precious substance). The problem is not the quality of the food, it's ease of access. Food is plentiful and cheap, and that surely is better than expensive and scarce.
Your beef is that you want the food producers to take responsibility for the health of their customers. While there are good reasons to keep one's customers alive, this is a long-term planning exercise that doesn't fit well with meeting quarterly business goals. And even if products would contain less sugar, how do you make sure people don't eat too much?
Ultimately, individuals are responsible for their health. And it's disingenuous to expect manufacturers that compete for the business of the customers to make their products less attractive — if the consumers want healthy food, they should choose it, it's available.
# Mlemaon 18 Feb 2014 at 3:53 pm
"Your beef is that you want the food producers to take responsibility for the health of their customers."
That's ridiculous. I'm just saying that since nowadays people eat a lot of pre-prepared foods at places like Subway, they might want to consider what's in those foods and even request that those foods be prepared with less salt and sugar. Sure people like sweets. They seem to like salt too. But they don't need to eat sugar and salt in all their food, and if they had a chance to eat food without added salt and sugar, they might like it. i do. I can taste the food better. You can always add sugar and salt. If you want to shake some sugar onto your turkey sandwich, that's fine with me. But suppose I've got a busy day? Suppose I'm working two jobs and more hours for less pay like so many working-class Americans are now? Shouldn't i be able to buy something quick to eat without having to consume added sugar and salt that i don't want?
"…if the consumers want healthy food, they should choose it, it's available."
So, you're basically admitting that fast food is unhealthy, and saying that most people prefer unhealthy food, and if somebody wants healthy food they can go to the grocery store, find it, prepare it ahead of time and carry it with them. OK. But what about the possibility that people THINK they are making a healthy choice by eating a subway sandwich? It may be better than some other fast food choices, but shouldn't people who are trying to avoid sugar and sodium know that it's not necessarily the best choice? It seems a bit discriminatory to only offer food that people who desire unhealthy food want to eat, and being a bit misleading about it. Me? I just skip the meat and soda. Cheese and veggies on bread is the best I can do at subway. And a carry-in coffee.
PS – since limiting sugar and salt in my diet, I find that sugary and over-salted food tastes awful.
If you're fortunate enough to have the kind of grocery in your town where they cook meat and slice it or piece it without processing and offer it for sandwiches at a deli counter, I would suggest you replace your subway visit with a visit to that place. And start checking ingredients at the fast food places you visit. Of course, since you equate healthy with less attractive, you can make it easy on yourself and just continue eating whatever is convenient because you think it tastes good and you're helping American business to make a better profit by eating unhealthy food. I guess I'm going to have to budget some more money to pay in taxes or health insurance so that you can have surgery for your colo-rectal cancer when it develops.
# Mlemaon 18 Feb 2014 at 3:55 pm
however, I sincerely pray that you are always healthy and never develop cancer.
# Mlemaon 19 Feb 2014 at 2:34 am
I've continued to think about this discussion, and i have to add to my last comment that at this point in my long love affair with comestibles, unless I can confirm that a dairy doesn't use bovine growth hormone and prophylactic antibiotics – I don't eat their cheese. And unless I can get meat or poultry from a farm I'm familiar with, I don't eat meat either. There's a heavy karma attached to most meat in the US right now, and much dairy. Antibiotics are heavily employed in an attempt to prevent the health problems associated with living in filth. Pigs and chickens are housed in cruel conditions and often slaughtered inhumanly. Chicks are dropped into grinders off of conveyor belts. That's not in your food, but it happens. It's to cull the males not wanted for breeding. I say – let the chicken reach adulthood picking insects from a yard or garden and chop his head off and eat him if you don't want to breed him. Too much karma. Fortunately I'm able to get local eggs from people who keep chickens. Eggs have complete protein and healthy fats.
I haven't exerted any effort in locating a humane source of meat because at this point I don't miss it.
People who live in the city will undoubtedly cry: this is impossible for me and I need these foods. I think I would do as much research as i could on suppliers, look for regional farmers markets or even find meat suppliers online which you can verify. Many will ship frozen meat to you. You have to pay a premium for such things – however – the price of meat is artificially low in the US. If you eat less meat and dairy you will be healthier. Quinoa, amaranth, beans, nuts are all good sources of protein.
You might want to try directing link traffic through http://www.donotlink.com/ when linking to sites like foodbabe (which would be properly rendered as http://donotlink.com/foodbabe.com/subway/) this will break the links and keep you from driving up linking traffic for bad sites like hers.
Just a friendly FYI.
# Brianon 27 Feb 2014 at 2:47 pm
Thanks so much for this article. It's what I've been saying to my friends for awhile.
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Fungus gnats are small insects (1/8 to 1/10 inch long) common in houseplant soil that is kept moist. Though adults are mosquito-like in appearance, they do not bother humans or pets. It is actually the larvae or maggots that injure plants by feeding on the roots.
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Occasionally, the Extension office receives calls or visits from gardeners or homeowners who want to know how to get an apple seed to germinate. Or, they want to know what kind of apple is growing on their property. Often, the gardener is trying to reproduce an old apple tree that was special for some reason (good quality fruit, planted by grandparents, etc.) Unfortunately, apples grown from seed will not be like the parent.
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-- Inner bark should be light green and the wood creamy white.
-- Best scions have more wood than pith; small diameter wood often has wide pith.
-- Older bearing trees produce poor scions unless pruned heavily. The best scions are toward the top of the tree. You may need a pole pruner even for small trees.
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-- Store in the refrigerator in a plastic bag with moist paper towels.
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