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Article: Antipyretic analgesic drugs have different mechanisms for regulation of the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes and macrophages[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Antipyretic analgesic drugs (including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), resulting in decreases of the proinflammatory mediators prostaglandin E2 and nitric oxide (NO), respectively. Both mediators are regulated by nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), a key transcription factor in inflammation. Few reports have compared the efficacy and potency of anti-inflammatory drugs as NO inhibitors. In our study, we examined the effects of four popular antipyretic analgesic drugs on NO production induced in hepatocytes and macrophages. Mouse RAW264.7 macrophages treated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide showed the highest efficacy with regard to NO production; aspirin, loxoprofen, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen dose-dependently suppressed NO induction. Ibuprofen showed the highest potency in suppressing the induced production of NO. In rat hepatocytes, all the drugs inhibited interleukin 1β-induced NO production and ibuprofen and loxoprofen inhibited NO induction effectively. Unexpectedly, the potency of NO suppression of each drug in hepatocytes did not always correlate with that observed in RAW264.7 cells. Microarray analyses of mRNA expression in hepatocytes revealed that the effects of the four antipyretic analgesic drugs modulated the NF-κB signaling pathway in a similar manner to the regulation of the expression of genes associated with inflammation, including the iNOS gene. However, the affected signal-transducing molecules in the NF-κB pathway were different for each drug. Therefore, antipyretic analgesic drugs may decrease NO production by modulating the NF-κB pathway in different ways, which could confer different efficacies and potencies with regard to their anti-inflammatory effects. Copyright © 2014. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Article: A new flavanone and other flavonoids from green perilla leaf extract inhibit nitric oxide production in interleukin 1β-treated hepatocytes[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A new flavanone, shisoflavanone A (1), and several flavonoids were purified from the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction of green perilla leaves (Perilla frutescens Britton var. crispa form viridis), and their structures were identified. Shisoflavanone A was elucidated as 8-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxyflavanone based on its spectral data. Other constituents of the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction, i.e. 5,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone (2), negletein (5,6-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone) (3), luteolin (4), apigenin (5), esculetin (6), and protocatechuic acid (7), were identified. This is the first time that constituents 2, 3, and 6 have been found in green perilla. Shisoflavanone A and the other constituents (except 7) significantly inhibited nitric oxide production in interleukin 1β-stimulated rat hepatocytes, which have been used to monitor the anti-inflammatory effects of herbal constituents. The present findings suggest that these constituents, including shisoflavanone A, may be involved in the anti-inflammatory effects of green perilla leaves.
Article: Temporal and Spatial Dependence of Inflammatory Biomarkers and Suppression by Fluvastatin in Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Rat Colitis Model[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis in rats is widely used as an experimental model for elucidating the etiology of ulcerative colitis (UC) and developing its novel remedy. We investigated the temporal and spatial changes in inflammatory mediators such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the regions of rectum and distal colon and examined whether statins, which were designed to lower plasma cholesterol levels, influenced those mediators. Colitis was induced in rats by oral administration of 5 % DSS for 5 days, followed by 2 % DSS for 10 days. 5 % DSS rats were treated with fluvastatin (20 mg/kg) concomitantly for 5 days. The expression of inflammatory mediators of a sequence of four regions in rectum (R) and distal colon (D0, D1, and D2) was determined by quantitative RT-PCR. The peak of colitic damage, which was confirmed clinically and histopathologically, was found on days 4-6. The expression of TNF-α, iNOS, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1, interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-6 mRNA increased in R time dependently, showing the peak on days 4-6, and then decreased thereafter. The levels of mRNAs reduced from R to D0, D1, and D2 region dependently. Fluvastatin decreased the expression of these markers in addition to the prevention of DSS-induced damage. Results demonstrated that the expression of inflammatory biomarkers had time and region specificity and was markedly inhibited by fluvastatin. To obtain a precise drug effect for UC, it is important to elucidate the temporal and spatial dependence of inflammatory biomarkers in DSS colitis model.
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ABSTRACT: Flavanol (flavan-3-ol)-rich lychee fruit extract (FRLFE) is a mixture of oligomerized polyphenols primarily derived from lychee fruit and is rich in flavanol monomers, dimers, and trimers. Supplementation with this functional food has been shown to suppress inflammation and tissue damage caused by high-intensity exercise training. However, it is unclear whether FRLFE has in vitro anti-inflammatory effects, such as suppressing the production of the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and the proinflammatory mediator nitric oxide (NO), which is synthesized by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Here, we analyzed the effects of FRLFE and its constituents on the expression of inflammatory genes in interleukin 1β (IL-1β)-treated rat hepatocytes. FRLFE decreased the mRNA and protein expression of the iNOS gene, leading to the suppression of IL-1β-induced NO production. FRLFE also decreased the levels of the iNOS antisense transcript, which stabilizes iNOS mRNA. By contrast, unprocessed lychee fruit extract, which is rich in flavanol polymers, and flavanol monomers had little effect on NO production. When a construct harboring the iNOS promoter fused to the firefly luciferase gene was used, FRLFE decreased the luciferase activity in the presence of IL-1β, suggesting that FRLFE suppresses the promoter activity of the iNOS gene at the transcriptional level. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays indicated that FRLFE reduced the nuclear transport of a key regulator, nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). Furthermore, FRLFE inhibited the phosphorylation of NF-κB inhibitor α (IκB-α). FRLFE also reduced the mRNA levels of NF-κB target genes encoding cytokines and chemokines, such as TNF-α. Therefore, FRLFE inhibited NF-κB activation and nuclear translocation to suppress the expression of these inflammatory genes. Our results suggest that flavanols may be responsible for the anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective effects of FRLFE and may be used to treat inflammatory diseases.
Article: PP071-MON EFFECTS OF THE ENZYME-TREATED ASPARAGUS EXTRACT ON THE INDUCTION OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE IN HEPATOCYTES
Article: PP072-MON PUNGENT CONSTITUENTS OF GINGER SUPPRESS THE INDUCTION OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE IN RAT HEPATOCYTES
Article: Citrus Nobiletin Suppresses Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Expression in Interleukin-1β-treated Hepatocytes.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Nobiletin is a polymethoxylated flavone that is abundant in the peels of citrus fruits, such as Citrus unshiu (Satsuma mandarin) and C. sinensis. The dried peels of C. unshiu (chinpi) have been included in several formulae of Japanese Kampo medicines. Nobiletin may suppress the induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which synthesizes the inflammatory mediator nitric oxide (NO) in hepatocytes. A Citrus unshiu peel (CUP) extract was prepared. Primary cultured rat hepatocytes were treated with the CUP extract or nobiletin in the presence of interleukin 1β (IL-1β), which induces iNOS expression. NO production and iNOS gene expression were analyzed. High-performance liquid chromatography analyses revealed that the nobiletin content in the CUP extract was 0.14%. Nobiletin dose-dependently reduced the NO levels and decreased iNOS expression at the protein, mRNA and antisense transcript levels. Flavone, which does not contain any methoxy groups, also suppressed iNOS induction. Nobiletin reduced the transcriptional activity of iNOS promoter-luciferase constructs and the DNA-binding activity of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) in the nuclei. The suppression of iNOS induction by nobiletin suggests that nobiletin may be responsible for the anti-inflammatory effects of citrus peels and have a therapeutic potential for liver diseases.
Article: Active Hexose Correlated Compound Extends the Lifespan and Increases the Thermotolerance of Nematodes.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: http://functionalfoodscenter.net/files/69624283.pdf Background: Active hexose correlated compound (AHCC) is the extract from cultured mycelia of Lentinula edodes, a species of Basidiomycetes mushroom. AHCC contains various polysaccharides, including partially acylated alpha-1,4-glucan, which is one of its major constituents. The application of AHCC has been markedly increased in complementary and alternative medicine as a functional food because AHCC improved the prognosis of postoperative hepatocellular carcinoma patients. AHCC has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, such as the suppression of nitric oxide production in hepatocytes. AHCC might affect resistance to environmental stress, which is assumed to play a pivotal role in the longevity of many organisms. Objective: To investigate the effect of AHCC on longevity, we measured the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a model animal that is widely used to assess longevity. We also examined the effect of AHCC on resistance to heat stress, i.e., thermotolerance. Methods: The lifespan of C. elegans animals grown on media in the absence or presence of AHCC at 20°C was evaluated. Thermotolerance assays were performed at 35°C, the restrictive temperature of the animals. The effects of AHCC on lifespan and thermotolerance were analyzed with longevity mutants. Expression levels of stress-related genes, including heat shock genes, were measured by strand-specific reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction after heat shock. Results: Wild-type C. elegans animals exhibited a longer mean lifespan by up to 10% in the presence of AHCC in the growth media than animals in the absence of AHCC. Furthermore, AHCC markedly increased thermotolerance at 35°C. Epistasis analyses showed that lifespan extension by AHCC at least partly required two longevity-promoting transcription factors: DAF-16 (C. elegans homolog of FOXO) and HSF-1 (C. elegans homolog of heat shock transcription factor 1). After heat shock, AHCC activated the transcription of the heat shock genes, which are the targets of HSF-1. Similarly, the expression of hsf-1 mRNA was elevated following AHCC treatment. Recently, natural antisense transcripts were shown to regulate mRNA stability at the posttranscriptional level. In nematodes, AHCC increased the natural antisense transcript of the hsf-1 gene. Conclusion: AHCC conferred lifespan extension and thermotolerance to C. elegans. Our analyses suggest that the beneficial effects of AHCC on longevity are involved in the activation of at least two transcription factors, DAF-16 and HSF-1, most likely through an antisense transcript-mediated mechanism.
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ABSTRACT: Aim: Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in various inflammatory diseases. The only production of TNF-α in the liver is thought to be from hepatic macrophages known as Kupffer cells, predominantly in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Methods: Primary cultured rat hepatocytes were used to analyze TNF-α expression in response to the pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1β (IL-1β). Livers of rats subjected to LPS-induced endotoxemia were analyzed. Results: Immunocytochemistry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays demonstrated that IL-1β-treated rat hepatocytes secreted TNF-α, and RNA analyses indicated that TNF-α mRNA was induced specifically by IL-1β. Northern blot analysis showed that not only mRNA, but also a natural antisense transcript (asRNA), was transcribed from the rat Tnf gene in IL-1β-treated hepatocytes. TNF-α was detected in the hepatocytes of LPS-treated rats. Both TNF-α mRNA and asRNA were expressed in the hepatocytes of LPS-treated rats, human hepatocellular carcinoma and human monocyte/macrophage cells. To disrupt the interaction between TNF-α asRNA and TNF-α mRNA, sense oligonucleotides corresponding to TNF-α mRNA were introduced into rat hepatocytes resulting in significantly increased levels of TNF-α mRNA. One of these sense oligonucleotides increased a half-life of TNF-α mRNA, suggesting that the TNF-α asRNA may reduce the stability of TNF-α mRNA. Conclusion: IL-1β-stimulated rat hepatocytes are a newly identified source of TNF-α in the liver. TNF-α mRNA and asRNA are expressed in rats and humans, and the TNF-α asRNA reduces the stability of the TNF-α mRNA. Hepatocytes and TNF-α asRNA may be therapeutic targets to regulate levels of TNF-α mRNA.
Article: Natural Antisense Transcript-targeted Regulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA Levels.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Natural antisense transcripts (asRNAs) are frequently transcribed from mammalian genes. Recently, we found that non-coding asRNAs are transcribed from the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of the rat and mouse genes encoding inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which catalyzes the production of the inflammatory mediator nitric oxide. The iNOS asRNA stabilizes iNOS mRNA by interacting with the mRNA 3'UTR. Furthermore, single-stranded 'sense' oligonucleotides corresponding to the iNOS mRNA sequence were found to reduce iNOS mRNA levels by interfering with mRNA-asRNA interactions in rat hepatocytes. This method was named natural antisense transcript-targeted regulation (NATRE) technology. In this study, we detected human iNOS asRNA expressed in hepatocarcinoma and colon carcinoma tissues. The human iNOS asRNA harbored a sequence complementary to an evolutionarily conserved region of the iNOS mRNA 3'UTR. When introduced into hepatocytes, iNOS sense oligonucleotides that were modified by substitution with partial phosphorothioate bonds and locked nucleic acids or 2'-O-methyl nucleic acids greatly reduced levels of iNOS mRNA and iNOS protein. Moreover, sense oligonucleotides and short interfering RNAs decreased iNOS mRNA to comparable levels. These results suggest that NATRE technology using iNOS sense oligonucleotides could potentially be used to treat human inflammatory diseases and cancers by reducing iNOS mRNA levels.
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ABSTRACT: Antisense transcription is a widespread phenomenon in the mammalian genome and is believed to play a role in regulating gene expression. However, the exact functional significance of antisense transcription is largely unknown. Here, we show that natural antisense (AS) RNA is an important modulator of interferon-α1 (IFN-α1) mRNA levels. A ~4-kb, spliced IFN-α1 AS RNA targets a single-stranded region within a conserved secondary structure element of the IFN-α1 mRNA, an element which was previously reported to function as the nuclear export element. Following infection of human Namalwa lymphocytes with Sendai virus or infection of guinea pig 104C1 fetal fibroblasts with influenza virus A/PR/8/34, expression of IFN-α1 AS RNA becomes elevated. This elevated expression results in increased IFN-α1 mRNA stability because of the cytoplasmic (but not nuclear) interaction of the AS RNA with the mRNA at the single-stranded region. This results in increased IFN-α protein production. The silencing of IFN-α1 AS RNA by sense oligonucleotides or over-expression of antisense oligoribonucleotides, which were both designed from the target region, confirmed the critical role of the AS RNA in the post-transcriptional regulation of IFN-α1 mRNA levels. This AS RNA stabilization effect is caused by the prevention of the microRNA (miRNA)-induced destabilization of IFN-α1 mRNA due to masking of the miR-1270 binding site. This discovery not only reveals a regulatory pathway for controlling IFN-α1 gene expression during the host innate immune response against virus infection but also suggests a reason for the large number of overlapping complementary transcripts with previously unknown function. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00018-012-1216-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Article: Gomisin N in the Herbal Drug Gomishi (Schisandra chinensis) Suppresses Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene via C/EBPβ and NF-κB in Rat Hepatocytes.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Gomishi is the dried fruit of Schisandra chinensis Baillon (Fructus Schisandrae chinensis, FSC) and has been used in Japanese Kampo medicine to treat inflammatory and liver diseases. However, it is unclear which constituent of FSC is primarily responsible for its pharmacological effects. FSC was extracted with methanol, fractionated by hydrophobicity, and further purified. We measured the effects of each fraction or constituent thereof on the induction of the inflammatory mediator nitric oxide (NO), which was induced by interleukin 1β in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. The hydrophobic fraction markedly suppressed NO induction and reduced the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in interleukin 1β-treated hepatocytes. Gomisin N and γ-schizandrin, two major constituents of the hydrophobic fraction, significantly reduced NO production and the levels of the iNOS protein, mRNA, and antisense transcript. Gomisin N and γ-schizandrin also decreased the transcription of interleukin 1β and inflammatory chemokines. The overexpression of the p65 subunit of nuclear factor κB or CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β increased the promoter activity of the iNOS gene in the firefly luciferase assay, whereas gomisin N decreased the promoter activity. The anti-inflammatory activity of FSC and its constituents were analysed, and we demonstrated that gomisin N and γ-schizandrin are involved in the hepatoprotective effect of the FSC extract, which has therapeutic potential for liver disease.
Article: PP100-SUN CHLOROGENIC ACID IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE HERBAL DRUG KINGINKA (FLOS LONICERAE JAPONICAE)
Article: Chlorogenic acid from the Japanese herbal medicine Kinginka (Flos Lonicerae japonicae) suppresses the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat hepatocytes[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Background: Flos Lonicerae japonicae (FLJ; Kinginka) is the dried flowers and buds of the Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Thunberg. FLJ has been used as a Japanese Kampo medicine to treat infectious and inflammatory diseases. However, it is not clear which constituent of FLJ is responsible for its pharmacological effects. Methods: FLJ was extracted with methanol and fractionated by hydrophobicity. We measured the effects of each fraction on the induction of the inflammatory mediator nitric oxide (NO), which was induced by interleukin 1β in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. To estimate cytotoxicity, the activity of lactate dehydrogenase released from the hepatocytes was measured. The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) was analyzed by Western blot analysis and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Results: The methanol extract was fractionated into hydrophobic (11.1%), butanol-soluble (16.4%), and water-soluble fractions (72.5%). These three fractions dose-dependently suppressed the induction of NO and reduced the level of iNOS protein in interleukin 1β-stimulated hepatocytes. Chlorogenic acid, a major constituent of the water-soluble fraction, significantly reduced the levels of NO production, iNOS protein, and iNOS mRNA. Chlorogenic acid also decreased the levels of mRNAs encoding cytokines and chemokines that are involved in inflammatory disease. Caffeic acid, which is formed by the hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid, markedly reduced the induction of NO, although it did not exist at a detectable level in the water-soluble fraction. In contrast, other constituents of the water-soluble fraction, such as inositol fructose, glucose, and sucrose, did not affect the induction of NO. Conclusions: The anti-inflammatory effects of the FLJ extract and its constituents were analyzed by measuring the induction of NO and iNOS in hepatocytes. We demonstrated that chlorogenic acid, one of the main constituents of FLJ, is involved in the anti-inflammatory effect of the FLJ extract, suggesting its therapeutic potential.
Article: PP235MON SUPPLEMENTATION WITH FLAVANOL-RICH LYCHEE FRUIT EXTRACT INFLUENCES THE INFLAMMATORY STATUS OF LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS
Article: PP056MON FLAVANOL-RICH LYCHEE FRUIT EXTRACT SUPPRESSES EXPRESSION OF GENES INVOLVED IN INFLAMMATION IN RAT HEPATOCYTES
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Magnolia Dream Cheesecake Recipe
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"This is the best cheesecake you will ever taste!" You'll love the light, creamy texture bursting with peach and hazelnut flavor. Charlene Chambers, Ormond Beach, Florida
- 1 cup hazelnuts, toasted
- 12 whole graham crackers
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1-1/2 pounds ricotta cheese
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons hazelnut liqueur, divided
- 6 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 medium peaches, sliced
- Place a greased 10-in. springform pan on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square). Securely wrap foil around pan.
- Place hazelnuts in a food processor; cover and pulse until coarsely chopped. Set aside 1/4 cup for garnish. Add graham crackers and sugar to food processor; cover and process until finely chopped. Add butter; process until blended. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of prepared pan. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 325° for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl, beat the ricotta, cream cheese, sour cream and sugar until well blended. Beat in flour and 2 tablespoons liqueur. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into crust. Place springform pan in a large baking pan; add 1 in. of hot water to larger pan.
- Bake at 325° for 1-1/2 hours or until center is just set and top appears dull. Remove springform pan from water bath. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight.
- Toss peaches with remaining liqueur; arrange over top of cheesecake. Sprinkle reserved hazelnuts in the center. Remove sides of pan. Yield: 16 servings.
Originally published as Magnolia Dream Cheesecake in Taste of Home December/January 2010, p19
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I run the business side of Impact Theatre, a small theatre company in Berkeley. At every show we hand out audience survey cards, which people fill out in order to possibly win a prize and also help us gather demographic data which we use in grant applications. Of course we also have a line for email addresses.
Previously we did what Heidi Miller had done, adding those emails to our list, but around the time we started using Campaign Monitor we got religion about being good opt-in practitioners (our add form is double opt-in), so we added a little box for someone to check if they wanted to join the mailing list. The percentage of people at each show who gave us permission was about 10-20%, a very disappointing result. We thought maybe they were missing the box, so we bolded the box and the "add me to the mailing list" line. Still about 10-20%, depending on the night.
Since we now manage our mailing list responsibly, we don't add anyone who doesn't check the box. But it kills us that so few people actually check the box, and we don't know whether they a) just really don't want to be on it, b) still miss the box, or c) turned in their survey before they made up their decision that it might actually be nice to receive email from us.
We're hoping it's b) or c), obviously, but we thought we'd lost them regardless. Last night, however, I read an interesting article on the power of a simple thank-you note to your customers, and I realized I'd missed a huge opportunity.
I picked out 32 survey responses in which the person hadn't checked the box, and I sent an email to each person thanking them for coming to the show, inviting them to let me know what they thought of it, reminding them about the next show, and then telling them I noticed they hadn't checked the box. I wrote that if they deliberately didn't check the box, that was totally cool, but if they had actually wanted to be on the list (or if they'd decided later that they wanted to be), they could let me know or go to the signup page. I personalized the emails if I had something from their survey that I could work in, so they'd know it wasn't totally a form letter.
Since these emails were a one-time-only thank-you, I think it was ok to do. The purest of email marketers might just say thank you and leave it at that, and maybe that's what I should have done. I'm curious to hear others' opinions on the subject.
Finally, the results: in the 24 hours since I wrote those emails, two of my recipients chose to join the list, people who otherwise would have stayed off it. That's neither a fantastic raw number nor percentage, but hey, it's two more people who will probably come back and hopefully tell their friends about Impact. And everyone else who didn't respond, maybe they liked the attention even though they still don't want to be on the list, and maybe they'll be back, too. No one wrote to tell me to go to hell, so that's a good sign, right?
What I've always done is follow up with a personal email saying that I enjoyed meeting them, added something else relevant to the relationship and then mentioning that I have a newsletter.
Something along the lines of:
"Oh, and also, I write a monthly newsletter that I think you might find helpful, would you like me to send it to you?"
We have taken to this method: Ask people if they'd like to receive the newsletter and if they say "yes" simply collect and then put their info in your double-opt-in subscribe form. That will kick off an email to them that asks them to verify their address.
This acts as both a measure to ensure that they truly want to be on your list as well as a way to ensure every address you add is legitimate. From signup lists to typos from business cards, it's easy to get bad addresses in your list – unless you really enforce the double opt-in practices.
Thanks for the mention and for continuing the conversation. It's quite an interesting one, with lots of helpful suggestions for getting the word out via email without being obnoxious. Thanks!
Not involved in offline signup in anyway but reading this (for tips in case I do) I thought that maybe one way that Impact Theatre could improve the take-up of the Newsletter opt-in is to give them something for it – "A free ticket each month to one lucky subscriber" or simply just mention what they can expect. The customer might see that you profile emerging performers in your eNewsletter and think "oh, I would like to know that". Same goes for the other techniques – if you summarise what customers can expect from their registration or give them a thankyou for signing up, you may increase your take-up rate.
It's all speculative though – I have no experience in this :)
It's always hard to get customers to sign up for more mail. Including coupons or offering a service are couple of good ways. It's also smart to do something like Brian mentioned. The confirmation message is a good contact point for adding new information the user might be interested in having.
It all comes down to quality over quantity. It's better to have 10 actual readers than 100 subscribers who dump your email the moment it arrives.
Have you though about sending out reminders in your newsletter? Exclusive discounts are good incentives as well. A local theater where I live includes coupons from a local coffee shop. Maybe you should find some local businesses who would benefit from some extra publicity. You probably have a very targeted audience and marketers love target audiences.


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And, with that, awards seasons is off with a major bang. On the heels of last night's Gotham Awards announcements, the Film Independent has now announced their nominations for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards (best known to most as just "the Independent Spirits"). Per usual, the nominations are rounded...
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The Independent Spirit Awards and the Oscars never agree. Well, almost never. In 28 years of co-existing, the two organizations have only agreed once before – on Oliver Stone's Platoon back in 1986. It's not surprising since the Spirit Awards focus on celebrating a particular method of filmmaking that is...
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It's the biggest weekend in Hollywood, so of course Film School Rejects will be reporting live from the scene – and this time, they actually let us in. Wait, no, not the Oscars, the Film Independent Spirit Awards! The Independent Spirit Awards have been around in one capacity or another...
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The top nominations for this year's Indie Spirit Awards are no surprise. Winter's Bone continues its march through the woods to find its father and an Oscar with 7 nominations (which is almost all it was even eligible for). In a close second, The Kids Are All Right finds itself...
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Great new patch today!
Including a small feature preview of the Siegeworks expansion, defeated NPC towns now become your Ally, opening up trade opportunities. We've also fixed a bug with palisade walls and tweaked the rewards and payouts of PvP - greatly increasing the PvP rewards. In addition we've addressed the issues that stopped password recovery and referral bonus emails getting through, and fixed several other issues.
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OS X Reviewed
Nearly 15 years ago, I wrote my first review of Mac OS X for a nascent "PC enthusiast's" website called Ars Technica. Last fall, I wrote my last. Though Apple will presumably announce the next major version of OS X at WWDC this coming June, I won't be reviewing it for Ars Technica or any other publication, including the website you're reading now.
Those who listen to the ATP, the weekly podcast I host with Marco Arment and Casey Liss, know that I've been contemplating hanging up my OS X reviewer's hat for some time now. Producing thousands of words (and hundreds of screenshots) about each major release of OS X was my first real claim to fame on the Internet. The prospect of stopping has made me reconsider my public identity and sense of self. Who am I if I'm not "that guy who writes those OS X reviews"? But when I finally decided, the relief I felt let me know I'd made the right choice.
There is no single, dramatic reason behind this. It's an accumulation of small things—the time investment, the (admittedly, self-imposed) mental anguish, the pressure to meet my own expectations and those of my readers year after year—but it all boils down to a simple, pervasive feeling that this is the time to stop. I've done this. It is done.
When I started, I was at the forefront of long-form nerd-centric tech writing. Today, the world has moved on. I might have stopped with my OS X 10.9 review in 2013 if not for my love of round numbers and my expectation that OS X 10.10 would bring a complete interface overhaul that I really wanted to write about.
While OS X reviews were my public debut, the Hypercritical podcast brought me to a new audience starting in 2011. Hypercritical ran for 100 episodes, and in the years that followed I've recorded at least one podcast every week. (I'm currently a co-host of the weekly Accidental Tech Podcast and a regular guest on The Incomparable.) The one, long article I wrote about OS X for Ars Technica every year or two has long since been dwarfed by the volume of my audio output.
I still love OS X—and I still have many complaints about it. I will certainly talk about OS X 10.11 (whatever it's called) at length on ATP, and I'll read the many great reviews written by others when it's released. But neither podcasting nor writing have ever been full-time jobs for me. I've always had to fit them into my life alongside my actual job and my family. Right now, I'm looking forward to my first summer in many years that won't be dominated by stolen daytime minutes and long, sleepless nights in front of a screen with a noisy air conditioner blowing behind me. I'm content to have reviewed 10.0 through 10.10. Someone else can pick up the baton for the next 15 years.
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite – October 16, 2014
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks – October 22, 2013
- OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion – July 25, 2012
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion – July 20, 2011
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – August 31, 2009
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – October 28, 2007
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger – April 28, 2005
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther – November 9, 2003
- Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar – September 5, 2002
- Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma) – October 15, 2001
- Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) – April 2, 2001
- Here's to the crazy ones: a decade of Mac OS X reviews – May 12, 2011
- Five years of Mac OS X – March 24, 2006
- Mac OS X Public Beta – October 3, 2000
- Mac OS X Q & A – June 20, 2000
- Mac OS X DP4 – May 24, 2000
- Mac OS X DP3: Trial by Water – February 28, 2000
- Mac OS X Update: Quartz & Aqua – January 17, 2000
- Mac OS X DP2 – December 14, 1999
About My Yosemite Review
I reviewed OS X 10.10 Yosemite for Ars Technica. This is the eleventh major release of OS X, and I've reviewed them all. There are several ways to read my review.
- Read it for free on the web
- Buy it from Apple's iBookstore for $4.99
- Buy it from Amazon's Kindle store for $4.99
- Subscribe to Ars Premier for a month for $5 and get all of these options:
- Read it on a single, ad-free web page
- Download an iBooks-compatible EPUB file
- Download a Kindle ebook: two versions, one made especially for iOS
Here are my thoughts on the various reading options. This is mostly a repeat of last year's post about Mavericks, with some text carried over verbatim, but there is some new information.
The Web Version
The web version of my review is the canonical version. It has the best formatting, the biggest images, and includes mouse-over image toggle effects that can't be done in an ebook. It's also the most up-to-date. I believe that good writing for the web includes many links. A web browser is the best place to inspect and follow those links.
All the images in my review are Retina resolution. To see all the detail in the images, read the review on a screen with at least 1,920 "native" pixels of horizontal resolution. Most images are 1,280 pixels wide (presented to the browser with a width value of 640), but the "full-width" images are 1,920 pixels wide (presented to the browser with a width value of 960).
The free web version has ads, and it's split up into multiple "pages" (which are usually much longer than a single printed page). This kind of pagination annoys some people. I actually like it for very long articles because it helps me keep my place across multiple reading sessions. I can remember I was on page 8 instead of remembering the exact point in a very long, scrolling web page.
That said, I also really like how an Ars Premier subscription eliminates all ads from the Ars Technica website and gives me the option to view any article on a single page. I use single-page view on very long articles when I'm searching for some text using my web browser's "Find…" feature. I use it all the time on short articles.
Some people think Ars Technica forces me to break my article up into many tiny pages. That's not the case. I choose how to paginate the article. I like to break it up on logical section boundaries, which means that the "pages" vary widely in length. I do try to keep any single "page" from being too short, however.
The eBooks
My review is available on Apple's iBookstore as well as Amazon.com.
The Kindle and iBooks readers for OS X and iOS have their own strengths and weaknesses, but I think the iBooks version of my review has a slight edge over the Kindle version. Amazon adds a "delivery" charge of $0.15 per megabyte (varying a bit for different countries). This can really eat into the price of a $4.99 book. Like the web version, both ebook versions include Retina-resolution images, making them quite large. To control the size of the Kindle ebook, I used JPEG images throughout.
Unlike Amazon, Apple does not charge a per-megabyte fee in its ebook store. Since both ebooks are the same price, this means I make slightly more money from each iBookstore purchase than I do from each Kindle purchase. But there's something in it for you, too. The iBookstore version of my review uses lossless PNG images throughout. (Kindle version: 5 MB; iBookstore version: 25 MB.) In practice, I doubt most people will be able to tell the difference between the JPEG and PNG images, but I know which one I'd choose.
I've tried to make both ebooks available for purchase in as many countries as possible, but there are some limits on this that are beyond my control. If the ebook is not available in your country, remember that you can get both versions of the ebook by subscribing to Ars Premier.
The Stats
- 26,485 words.
- 113 images (54.3 MB)
- 479 original screenshots (3.56 GB)
- 8,283 words of research notes.
- 2,534 lines of Perl code across 12 scripts to generate three different formats from the canonical HTML source: Ars CMS, EPUB, and Kindle.
- All three formats were generated 171 times.
- I saved the document 3,525 times while writing it in BBEdit.
- The article content was constantly backed up onto 7 different hard drives on three different Macs in two different locations (thanks to Dropbox, Time Machine, and SuperDuper), and pushed up to two different online backup services (Backblaze and CrashPlan).
- Applications used: BBEdit, Dragon Dictate, TextEdit, Simplenote, Photoshop CS6, VMware Fusion, xScope, Xcode, Yojimbo.
My sincere thanks to everyone who reads the review, in any form, in whole or in part. You're the reason I've been doing this for the past fifteen years.
Creativity, Inc.
Most of the nonfiction books I read these days fall into two broad categories: books about people I admire and books about the creation of things I admire. Good books about the latter often turn into the former by the end.
The book I just finished, Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, had a head start on both counts. My love of Pixar is not surprising or uncommon. As for Ed Catmull, I've been aware of him and his contemporaries for decades (I had an Alvy Ray Smith quote in my .sig for a while in the 90s), but my nerd crush really stepped into high gear when I saw a video of Catmull's talk at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007.
It's difficult for me to describe my reaction to that talk—and to his new book—without sounding absurdly self-aggrandizing, but I'm going to give it a shot. Saying what other people are thinking is a proven formula for mass-market appeal employed by everyone from talk radio hosts to stand-up comedians. But as someone whose thoughts and interests have always been outside the norm, I've rarely heard excerpts from my own inner dialog voiced on a broader stage.
Ed Catmull does that for me. If you've listened to my Hypercritical podcast or read the article that inspired it, you will find many familiar topics and themes in Creativity, Inc. Now, believe me, I harbor no illusions about this overlap. I am not the guy who hears Louis C.K. tell a joke and thinks he could be just as funny because he had a similar thought once. But shared values and the fulfillment of common aspirations are at the heart of all hero worship.
Ed Catmull's dream was to create the first fully computer-animated feature film. As a child, I also dreamed of such a thing; Catmull and the rest of the people at Pixar actually made it happen. Similarly, as an adult, I've clung to the notion that critical thinking can be both useful and powerful. Creativity, Inc. explains just how powerful it can be when practiced by a handful of the most brilliant technical and creative people alive today.
Ay, there's the rub. It's so easy to hear the vaguest echo of your own thoughts expressed by someone fantastically smart and accomplished and view that as a cosmic endorsement of your approach to life. But that absolutely would not be in keeping with the message of the book—a message Catmull tries again and again to communicate to readers he knows will resist it.
Indeed, Catmull most often uses himself as an example of someone who has failed to see through to the heart of a problem. This is the true strength of the book. Unlike so many other tech-industry memoirs and business books, Creativity, Inc. is not an abstract exploration of a philosophy, nor is it a list of accomplishments interspersed with bold commandments. Instead, it is a deep, thoughtful investigation of a never-ending series of failures—and the reactions to those failures that eventually led to success.
Think of it: the man who invented texture mapping, made computer-animated films possible, and led his studio to release a string of amazing, Oscar-winning examples of the form decides to write a book…and then builds it around an examination of his own mistakes. Ed Catmull may not be your kind of hero, but he sure is mine.
Thirty years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced Macintosh. It was the single most important product announcement of my life. When that upright beige box arrived in my home, it instilled in me an incredible sense of urgency. I greedily consumed every scrap of information about this amazing new machine, from books, magazines, audio cassettes, and any adult whose ear I could bend. This was the future—my future, if I could help it.
The death of Steve Jobs in 2011 brought back a lot of these same memories. What I wrote then echoes my thoughts on the Mac's 30th anniversary.
I was 9 years old at the time. That year, my grandfather had changed my life by purchasing a Macintosh 128K, and convincing my parents to do the same. My grandfather also had a subscription to Macworld magazine, including multiple copies of issue #1, two of which I took home with me. I cut the Macintosh team picture out of one [see above] and left the other intact. (I still have both.)
I pored over that magazine for years, long after the technical and product information it contained was useless. It was the Macintosh team that fascinated me. That's why I'd chosen to cut out this particular picture, not a photo of the hardware or software. After seeing the Macintosh and then reading this issue of Macworld, I had an important realization in my young life: people made this.
That last part is the most important. It wasn't just the product that galvanized me; it was the act of its creation. The Macintosh team, idealized and partially fictionalized as it surely was in my adolescent mind, nevertheless served as my north star, my proof that knowledge and passion could produce great things.
Memories are short in the tech industry. For most people, Apple and Steve Jobs will always be synonymous with the iPhone, an uncontested inflection point in our computing culture. For me, the introduction of the Macintosh will always be more important. Though people who didn't live through it might not feel it as keenly as I do, the distance between pre-2007 smartphones and the iPhone is much smaller than the distance between MS-DOS and the Mac.
On a personal level, nothing will ever replace my tanned-plastic beauty, the greatest electronic gift I had ever received, or would ever receive. My attachment to the Mac explains why, in the late 1990s, I was desperate to know everything possible about the fate of Apple and the future of the Mac operating system. Almost fifteen years later—half the Mac's life—I've reviewed every major release of OS X and zero releases of iOS. Don't get me wrong, I love my iPad and iPod touch, but you never forget your first.
I'm eternally grateful to the people who created the Mac, and to the countless others who kept it alive and shepherded its rebirth. In this age of iOS, it's heartening to hear Phil Schiller say, "Our view is, the Mac keeps going forever." That's just fine with me.
The Road to Geekdom
Ask a room of computer geeks how they came to deserve this appellation and you'll likely hear many similar stories. "I got my first computer when I was very young. By the time I was a teenager, I'd logged thousands of hours at the keyboard doing everything imaginable with my computer: gaming, programming, networking, upgrades, the works."
That's certainly my story. I was lucky enough to get a Macintosh in 1984, and it changed my life. I spent so many hours in front of that computer, I often look back in wonder at how I found so much to do with so little. This was years before I had an Internet connection. I had very little software and no convenient way to get more. My dollar-a-week allowance didn't go very far. The only other person I knew with a Mac was my grandfather who lived two hours away. Nevertheless, I put in the hours—willingly, joyfully—and became the seasoned Mac geek you see before you today.
My Macintosh origin story is part of who I am. Being there from the beginning (and staying with the Mac, even through the dark times) gives me a useful historical perspective on the platform. But this is not the only road to geekdom.
The Mac is actually one of the few things I'm a geek about that I've been in on since the start. Geekdom is not defined by historical entry points or even shared experiences. A geek must possess just two things: knowledge and enthusiasm.
A Man Makes a Car
I became interested in remote control cars in high school after seeing a friend drive one in his backyard. He'd been building and racing RC cars since he was in elementary school. I was fascinated by these machines, but I worried I'd never be a "real" RC car geek like my friend.
I saved my money, bought a car, built it (badly) myself—and then crashed it. Undaunted, I bought replacement parts, fixed it, learned to drive it with far less crashing, and eventually bought a better car. Most importantly, I subscribed to Radio Control Car Action magazine and read every issue from cover to cover as soon as they arrived at my house.
A year or so later, I found myself in my local hobby shop answering another customer's questions about his car. It started to dawn on me that I now knew more about RC cars than the average hobby shop patron. I was no longer an outsider looking in.
Around the same time, I was engaged in one of those cheap-music-for-membership marketing schemes that led to me having to select some CDs on a whim. I ended up getting Achtung Baby, and it knocked my socks off. I'd been aware of U2 for years and had probably heard the hits from The Joshua Tree on the radio dozens of times, but I'd never really been into the band—or any band, for that matter. Achtung changed that.
I started to work my way backwards through U2's catalog, buying as many CD long boxes as I could get my hands on. I bought and read biographies of the band. At my local library, I devoured reviews of all their past albums in Rolling Stone and Spin. I found every magazine with a cover story about U2. When I couldn't find anything else in the stacks of back issues, I turned to the library's microfiche collection.
In college, I finally had easy access to singles, b-sides, and bootlegs, allowing me to complete my collection. I also had a fast, reliable Internet connection for the first time. This was beyond the local hobby shop; I was communicating with other U2 fans across the entire planet.
I learned to play the guitar (badly) and downloaded tab for my favorite U2 songs. Dissatisfied with the state of lyrics websites (some things haven't changed), I transcribed every U2 album, single, b-side, and rarity, leading to the creation of my first public website, The U2 Lyrics Archive. This was my first claim to fame on the net. (The site is gone now, but when the official u2.com website launched a few years after mine, it contained lyrics copied from my site, typos and all.)
A Sort of Homecoming
Remote control cars existed for decades before I got my first kit. Achtung Baby was U2's seventh album. Yet I was once a serious RC car geek and an unassailable U2 geek. It started with enthusiasm. Given the opportunity, I channeled that energy into a dogged pursuit of knowledge.
You don't have to be a geek about everything in your life—or anything, for that matter. But if geekdom is your goal, don't let anyone tell you it's unattainable. You don't have to be there "from the beginning" (whatever that means). You don't have to start when you're a kid. You don't need to be a member of a particular social class, race, sex, or gender.
Geekdom is not a club; it's a destination, open to anyone who wants to put in the time and effort to travel there. And if someone lacks the opportunity to get there, we geeks should help in any way we can. Take a new friend to a meetup or convention. Donate your old games, movies, comics, and toys. Be welcoming. Sharing your enthusiasm is part of being a geek.
Anyone trying to purposely erect border fences or demanding to see ID upon entry to the land of Geekdom is missing the point. They have no power over you. Ignore them and dive headfirst into the things that interest you. Soak up every experience. Lose yourself in the pursuit of knowledge. When you finally come up for air, you'll find that the long road to geekdom no longer stretches out before you. No one can deny you entry. You're already home.


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Wisconsin GOP legislator blacklists five reporters because they're "LIBERAL'S"
Pridemore is running for one of Wisconsin's top education posts, yet apparently hasn't yet mastered apostrophe usage.
Wisconsin state Rep. Don Pridemore, R-Hartford, is taking heat for blacklisting five reporters for seemingly no good reason. But perhaps he should be taking more heat for apparently being oblivious of the difference between "liberals" and "liberal's."
SEE ALSO: Wisconsin reporter impersonator has fetish for women lifting women
Pridemore is campaigning to become superintendent of Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction, and a memo leaked from his campaign to the Madison Capital Times reveals he instructed staffers not to give interviews or even return the calls of a handful of reporters he deemed to be ideological enemies.
Here's the memo, which was published on Jim Romenesko's blog:
In a report about the leak, Jack Craver -- one of the reporters blacklisted by Pridemore -- details some of the memo's absurd aspects:
Ironically, the memo is dated Dec. 21, before I had ever interviewed Pridemore. At the time, I was repeatedly calling the campaign to set up an interview. On Feb. 1, nearly a month-and-a-half after being put on the "no-call" list, I finally connected with Pridemore for a phone interview, in which we discussed his views on education.
Additionally puzzling is the fact that the only article Politifact has done on Pridemore rated a claim of his as "true."
Unlike many other Republicans, Pridemore's apparently unhappy relationship with traditional media is not mitigated by a happy one with conservative outlets.
"Will conservatives be stuck with Don Pridemore?" tweeted Milwaukee talk radio host Charlie Sykes, linking to a blog post by conservative writer James Wigderson, who lampooned the legislator for his professed support of arresting federal officials who implement Obamacare.
Even Media Trackers, the right-wing website that has feverishly attacked Pridemore's opponent, incumbent Superintendent Tony Evers, bashed Pridemore for missing the high-profile vote on the recent mining bill in order to attend a campaign fundraiser.
As Craver's Capital Times report circulated, Pridemore tried to minimize the political damage by spinning the memo's meaning. From the AP's Scott Bauer -- another of the blacklisted reporters:
Rep. Don Pridemore says he wasn't blacklisting 5 reporters, he just wanted to speak directly to them if they ever called
-- Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) March 18, 2013
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Iowa families need knowledge and skills to increase their long-term financial security. In 2009 the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation conducted a state-by-state survey to examine Americans' financial capabilities. In the Iowa study
Iowa families need knowledge and skills to increase their long-term financial security. In 2009 the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation conducted a state-by-state survey to examine Americans' financial capabilities. In the Iowa study
Twenty-five rural Iowa libraries participated in "Smart investing@your library®." The program promotes investor education resources and programming and is a collaboration of the State Library of Iowa, the Ames Public Library, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Participating libraries were located in Anita, Bayard, Buffalo Center, Chariton, Charles City, Creston, Denison, Hamburg, Hawarden, Iowa Falls, Kalona, Keokuk, Lake City, Le Mars, Leon, Marengo, Monticello, Mount Pleasant, New Hampton, Oelwein, Perry, Pocahontas, Story City, Waukon, and Winterset.
The State Library of Iowa was awarded a grant of $98,251 from the American Library Association (ALA) and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation to fund Smart investing@your library®. Beginning in fall 2010 and continuing in spring 2011, the libraries hosted courses that combined face-to-face and online learning taught by ISU Extension family finance program specialists. Three different courses were offered simultaneously at six weeks each: one for first-time investors, one for those preparing for retirement, and one for retirees. The courses provided information tailored to each age group and encouraged participants either to start saving and investing or to take a second look at their current situation and make changes. The program was especially concerned with helping those who might otherwise have limited access to important information relevant to their financial well-being.
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Definitely one of my favorites. What makes this organic mocha cocoa lip balm stand out from a myriad of similar products is its ingredients. Unlike many other lip balms, it has has castor oil as one of its main ingredients and doesn't contain as a preservative vitamin E, which is present in the overwhelming majority of lip balms and oftentimes genetically modified. Instead of it, this lip balm uses certified organic rosemary CO2 extract, one of the best natural preservatives. Rosemary is famous for its potent healing, rejuvenating, cell growth stimulating, anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, antibiotic, and pain alleviating properties, helping heal and protect dry, chapped, and sore lips. Another great thing about Badger Company and their lip balms is that they use CO2 extraction, the most effective and natural way to extract beneficial essences from plants. Carbon dioxide is a natural product and leaves behind no residues, unlike other chemical solvents often used for this purpose. Castor oil, one of this lip balm's main ingredients, does wonders for dry and chapped lips. It's known for its amazing anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-allergic, antioxidant, detoxifying, moisturizing, nourishing, soothing, and healing properties, making your lips hydrated, soft, smooth, and healthy. Its other ingredients are noteworthy, as well. Olive oil is known for its antioxidant properties and for deeply moisturizing, nourishing, regenerating, and softening the delicate skin of the lips, beeswax forms a protective barrier on their surface while still allowing the skin to breathe, aloe vera, rose hip, and seabuckthorn CO2 extracts are powerful antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents soothing and healing dry, chapped, and sore lips, stimulating cell renewal and collagen production, and preventing premature aging. This organic cocoa butter lip balm is great for people with sensitive lips susceptible to allergies and inflammation. Since I started using it, I've noticed a significant improvement in the condition of my lips: they're less dry and sore, more hydrated, softer, smoother, and healthier overall. I'm also impressed that this lip balm lasts long and feels great on the lips, which is hard to find, not to mention that it has a delicious mocha flavor. Will definitely order it again.
I have tried many flavors of this series of chapstick and for some reason, the Mocha Cocao version is far superior. It lasts longer, it feels better on the lips, and it protects better. After trying out three other flavors, I bought 5 of the Mocha Cocao. The only thing you should be aware of is that this product comes with an expiration date. Thank you iherb!