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The Big Bus Company was established in 1991 in London and has since developed an international brand covering 6 cities. The easily recognisable livery has become synonymous with quality, open-top, sightseeing tours, building customer confidence in the visitor experience Big Bus is able to provide.
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Also shortlisted during the review process were Sage Line 500, Sage Accpac, Oracle and Infor SunSystems. "We were relatively limited as there are not many solutions that can handle multi-currency and consolidations," explained Caroline, going on to say "In comparison to the other products that we reviewed, SAP Business One was extremely competitive on price. It also compared favourably on implementation time."
On the final decision Caroline said "SAP Business One ticked all the boxes in terms of the scope and functionality we wanted – especially the purchase side of things which is controlled from London. We chose SAP Business One because it is a truly international product and can do everything we need it to do and more. Also, we really liked the Vision reporting tool and the fact that it is compatible with Earnie [the payroll solution in place at Big Bus]."
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"Big Bus is now benefiting from a really streamlined purchase system, the reconciliation/Matching invoices of our manual purchase order system was a full time job, but now SAO has effectively halved the time spent on this allowing us to concentrate of further analysis." said Caroline, going on to say "The company has an Engineering Department responsible for purchasing all equipment; this too is more streamlined, meaning that the team are freed up to focus on the costs themselves rather than getting paper work onto the system – which is in turn saving money for Big Bus. One of the main benefits of having SAP Business One in place is that it is so much easier to track stock and keep an eye on it more efficiently – increasing productivity without having to add new members of staff in the Engineering Department is a real bonus."
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Prior to that I rode my really-nice Voodoo MTB around town. Front shocks, nice Mavic rims, full Shimano XT package. If I'd have bought it new it would have run at least $1500.
Guess what bike attracts the attention of sketchy mother****ers? My fixie. Nobody blinked at my Voodoo-- it was one mountain bike in a sea of similar-to-the-untrained-eye mountain bikes. The creepy guys hanging out in the shadows, on the other hand, seem drawn to any bike with skinny tires and one gear.
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Not content resting on numerous awards, the Capita Women's Birds of a Feather Snowboard takes flight as one of the premier all-terrain freestyle boards on the market, thanks to continual improvements in its design and construction. New for this year, a DS Select RFC Sustainable core offers high levels of snap, with a mid-level flex for smooth riding anywhere on the mountain. Also, the upgraded Fortress Kevlar-bound sidewalls ensure robust durability, giving your board substantial reinforcement in the case of a rail or rock impact.
The Birds of a Feather Snowboard features a true twin shape, making it a blast to float backside 180s into powder and spin through the jump line. Its Hybrid FK profile is more aggressive than many hybrid-rocker profiles on the market, due to it being predominately camber. Camber runs underfoot, just 5-millimeters past the binding inserts. After the binding inserts, large flat zones (i.e. zero camber) transition into a slight rocker just before the tip and tail kicks. Ultimately, this camber/flat/rocker profile delivers the powerful edgehold and aggressive feel of a predominately camber board, but with large flat zones for boosting ollies and stomping landings with authority. The small bit of rocker at the tip and tail increases float in deep snow, also providing a catch-free feel for pressing, buttering, and dorking around the mountain.
The new DS Select RFC Sustainable Core is comprised of poplar wood, which delivers a ton of snap, as well as a consistently smooth flex from tip-to-tail. Beech inserts under the bindings add extra stomping power and durability where you need it most. 2x 30-millimeter carbon fiber beams boost response and liveliness while reducing chatter. And to keep you from bogging down in deep snow, this board features a highly absorbent Wax-infused Rotation Sintered base for blistering speed.
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I picked this up for my girlfriend( I ride the DOA and this is the woman's version of it) Shes 5'6 and got the 150. It's stiffer than her last board which makes for predictability in chop and great at high speeds. A little stiff for her when buttering but that's not what she wanted the board for and if you're going that route just size down. She loves how the ride carves and is not hooky like traditional cambered boards can be.
I can't say enough about this board
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
My previous board was the 2014 Gnu Velvet Gnuru. I wanted to try a rocker and it had plenty of positive reviews. It was fun and bendy and I loved buttering and goofing around on it, but I just never had confidence. I would loose my edges on groomers and riding through powder was like riding a wet noodle.
I wanted to get back to a camber board and this board seemed like the best of both worlds! Regular camber in between the feet and rocker out to the tips. It has been amazing. I've ridden powder, groomers, park and also just goofed around on the mountain with it. I paired it with Now bindings (you need to check them out as well - subtle, but amazing feeling and awesome technology in a binding set). With the combo, I feel NO chatter when going through patchy, beat up areas of the runs. It's pretty amazing.
I'm 5'5" and bought a 150. I feel that it's pretty perfect for me. I'm in the stage that I'm progressing into learning tricks and advancing my riding and I feel that I have made more progress on this board in 2 days than I did on my rocker for 2 seasons. I'm riding switch now comfortably and just feel great trying everything out.
I don't want to ride anything else. I think it's shape is the best that's out there. Pop from the camber and rocker to get through deeper stuff and to spring off of. I LOVE it.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I don't really have a lot of experience with other boards to compare this one to, but I can definitely say with confidence that I love it! It's super easy to control, glides over powder better than my last board, and it lets me go through trees effortlessly.
I'm still trying to hone in my skills as a boarder, so it helps that the Birds of a Feather is so fun to use. Great float, stable no matter what I ride over or how fast I go, and it carves perfectly. I might have to buy a second one!
I'm 5' 4" and I bought the 148cm. The slightly shorter length gives me more control with top speeds and crazy terrain, but I think next time I'll get the 150 to float a little better over pow.
Do you mean 148/150? I'm 5'9" and looking at the 154!
Yes!! So sorry, that was a typo. Great catch :)
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This board is ideal for anyone looking to up their park skills. It's super poppy so you can hit huge air, and has a little bit of rocker in the tip and tail so riding switch is a piece of cake, that goes for butters too. This board is the top choice of riders at the Mt. Hood training camps.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
She kind of charges all of a sudden. I think this Birds of a Feather has really helped her improve and gain confidence on the mountain. Free riding in pow or groomers, she doesn't change her stance. The BOF has good float and is stable when the speed picks up. Since the board has a sintered base and some new added tech like Fortress Bound Kevlar sidewalls, I'm sure she'll get a couple or few seasons out of it.
That's exactly how I feel now that I have this board! It has completely changed who I am as a rider. I used to be too timid to try things because I didn't feel confident. Now, I realize a lot had to do with what I was riding. Riding the BOF now, I'll pretty much try anything and I'm positive and excited to try new stuff. Glad she found a great board. Your review was one of the reasons I went ahead and bough it. I'm so glad I did.
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Either one of those lengths would be appropriate for your height and weight. If you want a more nimble quick turning board go with the 142. If you want something that is going to be more stable at high speeds go with the 144.
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Prevalence of hyperuricemia and its related risk factors in healthy adults from Northern and Northeastern Chinese provinces
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Hyperuricemia (HUA) is a potential risk factor for developing insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we studied the prevalence of HUA and associated risk factors in the population of two provinces in northern China.
Based on the research of Chinese Physiological Constant and Health Conditions conducted in 2008–2010, we enrolled 29,639 subjects in a randomized, stratified study in four sampling areas in Heilongjiang Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. We collected 13,140 serum samples to determine biochemical indicators including uric acid(UA), glucose, blood lipids, liver function, and renal function, and finally a representative sample of 8439 aged 18 years and older was determined. We also defined and stratified HUA, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and lipid abnormalities according to international guidelines.
There were significant differences in the UA levels between different genders and regions. The total prevalence of HUA is 13.7%. Men had a higher prevalence of HUA than women (21% vs. 7.9%; P < 0.0001). As age increased, HUA prevalence decreased in men but rose in women. The suburbs of big cities had the highest HUA prevalence (18.7%), and in high-prevalence areas the proportion of women with HUA also increased. A stepwise logistic regression model was used to filter out twelve HUA risk factors, including age, gender, residence, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, impaired fasting glucose, hypertension, obesity, abdominal obesity, CKD, drinking and sleeping. After adjusting for these factors, the odds ratio of HUA was 1.92 times higher in men than in women. Compared with agricultural and pastoral areas, the odds ratio of having HUA was 2.14 for participants in the suburbs of big cities and 1.57 in the center of big cities.
The prevalence of HUA is high in northern China. The differences in HUA prevalence by geographic region suggested that unbalanced economic development and health education, therefore HUA prevention measures should be strengthened to improve quality of life and reduce health care costs.
Uric acid is the final product of purine metabolism in humans. However, the pathophysiology of hyperuricemia (HUA) or elevated serum uric acid (SUA) levels is not clearly understood. It has been reported that 18.8% of the patients with HUA developed into gout in a 5 year follow-up
The prevalence and incidence of HUA in the world population have steadily increased over the past 40 years
The main objective of this study was to estimate the trends of SUA levels and prevalence of HUA based on the recent, nationally representative samples of Chinese men and women (the Chinese Physiological Constant and Health Conditions (CPCHC) 2008–2010). We also evaluated associations of HUA with metabolic syndrome in this population.
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The population-based cross-sectional survey, Chinese Physiological Constant and Health Condition (CPCHC), was conducted during 2008 and 2010. Our research used the samples from Heilongjiang Province (2008) and Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region (2010) in this survey. To maximize the accuracy of prevalence estimates, subjects were selected using a random, multistage cluster sampling scheme in four regions of each province selected according to administrative and economic levels. The four regions of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia are Harbin city, Harbin suburbs, Mudanjiang, Hailin and Hohhot, Ulanqab City, Xilin Gol League, Bayannur, which belong to big cities, suburb of big cities, small and medium-sized cities and rural and pastoral areas respectively according to population and economics. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant before data collection. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
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The 2008–2010 CPCHC samples included 29,639 apparently healthy participants. Those who suffered from systemic disease involving diabetes mellitus, hypertension or other cardiovascular, renal, gastro-intestinal, pulmonary disease or cancer were excluded. Moreover, participants taking any medication known to affect carbohydrate and lipid metabolism were also excluded. Of the total number of participants, 44.3% (n = 13,140) were selected randomly to complete blood testing. After excluding individuals aged < 18 years, where the important variables was missing, and the results of biochemical tests exceeded four times the standard deviation of the sample, our final sample size was 8,439 adults (3,725 men and 4,714 women), of which 5,859 were Han Chinese, 954 were Korean-Chinese, 1,292 were Mongolian-Chinese, and 334 were of other ethnicity.
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A standard questionnaire was used to obtain demographic characteristics (age, gender, and ethnicity), socioeconomic data (education level, marital status, and occupation), lifestyle, past medical history, and lifestyle risk factors (diet, exercise, smoking, and drinking).
Body weight was measured to the nearest 0.1 kg on a calibrated beam scale and height was measured to the nearest 0.1 cm barefoot in triplicate using a wall-mounted stadiometer. Body mass index (BMI, an index for overall obesity) was calculated as body weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in square meters). Waist circumference (WC) was measured midway between the lower rib margin and the iliac crest at the end of a gentle expiration. Blood pressure was measured after the participant had rested quietly for at least 10 minutes, using an electric sphygmomanometer (OMRON, HEM-7000). Blood pressure was measured three times and the measurements were averaged. When subjects were found to be hypertensive, a physician review was performed to exclude secondary hypertension. All personnel who participated in data collection and anthropometry were trained medical personnel, and all devices were calibrated.
Laboratory measurements
All procedures were performed following a 9–12 hour overnight fast and all subjects were told to take bland diet before blood testing. Blood was drawn from the antecubital vein of the arm. Total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were measured with a Beckman AU Series Automatic Biochemical Analyzer (Japan), using Sekisui Medical (Japan) reagents. Uric acid (UA), Fasting blood glucose (FBG), creatine, and 17 other biochemical tests were measured with the same instrument, using Beckman AU reagents. All laboratories participating in the survey followed the same internal quality control program that was standardized by the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)was calculated by the CG/BSA formula
Definition or classification of HUA and other metabolism dysfunction
HUA was defined as SUA ≥ 416.4 μmol/L (male) or SUA ≥ 356.9 μmol/L (female). Blood pressure was classified as normotensive (SBP < 120 mmHg and DBP < 80 mmHg), pre-hypertensive (SBP: 120–139 mmHg and/or DBP: 80–89 mmHg) and hypertensive (SBP ≥ 140 mmHg and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg) by the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7). Body mass index (BMI: kg/m2) was calculated from measured weight and height. BMI was classified as underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5–25 kg/m2), overweight (25–30 kg/m2) and obese (> 30 kg/m2) by WHO criteria. Abdominal obesity was defined as WC ≥ 90 cm (male) or WC ≥ 80 cm (female) by IDF consensus. The American Diabetes Association criteria was used to classify FBG as normal glucose (FBG < 5.6 mmol/L), impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (FBG ≥ 5.6 mmol/L ≤ FBG < 7.0 mmol/L), and diabetic (FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/L). Dyslipidemia was classified according to ATP III, TG: Normal < 1.69 mmol/L, Borderline high 1.69–2.26 mmol/L, High 2.26–5.65 mmol/L, Very high ≥ 5.65 mmol/L; TC: Desirable < 5.17 mmol/L, Borderline high 5.17–6.24 mmol/L, High ≥ 6.24 mmol/L; HDL-C: High 1.56 mmol/L, Optimal 1.03–1.56 mmol/L, Low <l.03 mmol/L; LDL-C: Optimal <2.59 mmol/L, Near optimal 2.59–3.38 mmol/L, Borderline high 3.38–4.16 mmol/L, High 4.16–4.94 mmol/L, Very high ≥4.94 mmol/L.
Statistical analysis
Epidata 3.2 was used for data entry and verification. Data were entered twice by two different people, and inconsistencies were checked with the original records. SAS 9.2 was used for data processing and statistical analysis. For univariate analyses, SUA levels and the prevalence of HUA were described by gender, age and regional groups. Hyperuricemia was considered as the outcome variable, and 7 demographic indicators, 18 habits (including smoking, drinking, labor work, exercise, diet habit, sleeping, and sitting time etc.), 37 parameters on health status (including medical history, sub-health state) and 9 metabolic markers obtained through physical examination and biochemical tests were set as predictor variables. In multivariate analyses, factors that may affect uric acid or HUA were introduced into a logistic regression model. Sub-health and past medical history factors were not included in the model because of a large amount of missing data. The main factors include demographic information, metabolic indicators, and behavioral factors of life including eating habits, physical exercise, smoking and drinking status, sleep time and other factors. The impact of sub-health and medical history on HUA was confirmed by univariate analysis and expert judgment. Mean ± standard deviation was used to describe the levels of uric acid, which is continuous variable with a normal distribution. Prevalence (%) indicates the percentage of healthy Chinese men and women with a condition at the time of data collection. Quantitative indicator comparison was conducted by t-test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) post-test was used for group comparisons. Results between men and women were compared using the χ2 test. Qualitative data were compared by chi-square partitioning to allow α correction; P < 2α / n (n - 1) was considered statistically significant. The research applied binary multi-factor and non-conditional logistic regression models with stepwise regression. The entering criterion for the logistic regression models was 0.05, and the exclusion criterion was 0.10, to obtain the optimal model for the evaluation of the risk factors for HUA. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to study the associations between various risk factors and HUA. P <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Distribution of uric acid levels
In men, the average uric acid level over the age of 55 was lower than that under 55, but there were no statistically significant differences between average uric acid levels aged 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54 years and aged 55–64, 65–74, over 75 years respectively (Table
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The relationship between serum uric acid (SUA) concentration and hyperuricemia (HUA) prevalence by age group. The bars represent the mean SUA levels in male, female and overall at different age group and the lines represent HUA prevalence. Table S1. HUA risk factors in male participants. Table S2. HUA risk factors in female participants.
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The proportion of male and female in areas with different HUA prevalence
The proportion of male and female in areas with different HUA prevalence.
Risk factors for HUA
After stepwise logistic regression screening, 12 variables remained in the model. These were gender, area of residence, age group, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, impaired fasting glucose, hypertension, obesity, CKD, abdominal obesity, drinking, and sleeping time. Pearson goodness of fit showed a good model fitness (P = 0.9896). In the fully adjusted model with these 12 co-variables, the odds of women having HUA was 0.52 (0.42–0.64) times the odds of men (Table
Odds ratios for various risk factors were also calculated separately for men and women (Additional file
In the current study, two Chinese Northern provinces have relatively high HUA prevalence levels of 13.7% (21.1% in men and 7.9% in women). In the suburbs of big cities with higher standards of living, the HUA levels reach 20.3%, while HUA is only 10.4% in small and medium-sized cities with lower standards of living. To our knowledge, this was the first study to examine the differences in HUA prevalence by geographic region in areas inhabited by Chinese ethnic minorities. Our findings suggest that improved living standards bring about a series of changes in nutrition and metabolism which may have significant impact on HUA. In recent years, dozens of surveys on HUA prevalence in mainland China have been conducted
Similar to other researchers
Many studies have reported relationships between HUA prevalence and hypertension, high blood sugar, obesity and abnormal lipid metabolism and other metabolic abnormalities
In addition to blood pressure, other differences in HUA risk factors in different genders were obtained by stepwise multiple regression. Unique risk factors for women were mainly demographic characteristics such as marital status, while unique risk factors for men were mainly personal habits such as diet habits, smoking, alcohol consumption, and sleep time. This interesting phenomenon may indicate that men have less concern for their health. If this is true, active intervention measures to lower uric acid may be more effective for men. In addition, the study also found that participants from transportation and government agencies had high HUA prevalence (19.7% and 19.2%). A common feature of these two occupations is long periods of sitting. Additionally, it may not be possible for transportation employees to urinate on time; whether this factor could cause the increase of uric acid in renal tubular re-absorption remains to be further explored.
The study had several limitations. The study is based on a cross-sectional survey, which is unable to determine causality or the temporal relationship between metabolism indicators and HUA. In addition, parameters including some lifestyle factors and educational status were not filled in the questionnaire due to poor compliance of the local population, which resulted in the correlation of these parameters and hyperuricemia were unable to be analyzed completely because of a large amount of missing data.
In conclusion, the prevalence of HUA is high in northern China. The differences in HUA prevalence by geographic region presented here suggest that unbalanced economic development and health education may underlie differences in health. The government is suggested to develop programs to effectively control metabolic abnormalities, including HUA. Our research also shows that personal habits are closely associated with HUA. Additional attention should be given to healthy lifestyles and early interventions to control obesity and lipid abnormalities, to effectively reduce HUA risk and avoid the occurrence of gout.
Competing interests
All the authors declared that there are no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
LQ, XQC, JW carried out the experimental design, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript. JTL, TX performed statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript. YHL and HTD were responsible for the acquisition of data and manuscript revision. ZMG, YJW, HJH and JL participated in the study and the acquisition of data. GJZ conceived the study, participated in its design and coordination, and helped in drafting the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The present study was supported by the Special Fund for Key Basic Research Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2006FY110300). We are also grateful to the participants, primary care doctors and nurses who took part in the survey.
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In week eleven we got: one head romaine lettuce, one bunch carrots, one bunch green chard, one bunch spinach, one eggplant, two green peppers, two zucchini, two yellow squash, one bunch parsley, one bunch green onions, six ears corn, five tomatoes, and one bag of "kale salad."
Leafy Greens
So remember how I said I don't really like chard? I think I may have solved that problem. First I read Mindy's recipe for chard and onions. Then my father-in-law sent us five pounds of GAPS-legal bacon for our anniversary. Wanting to make the bacon go as far as possible, I decided to use it to enhance those dishes that we don't like as much, so we browned a couple of strips of bacon, cooked the onions and chard in the bacon grease, then added the chopped bacon on top when serving. Oh wow. Bacon plus onions plus chard is SO DELICIOUS. Since then I have used the same technique on two bunches of spinach and a lot of chard from our garden. They were all amazing. I think I'm over my leafy green issues…well, at least until we run out of bacon. 🙂
I did, however, have one greens failure: "kale salad." It's chopped kale, carrots and cabbage—the veggies that are in the bag in the picture above. I wasn't sure what to do with it when I picked it up so I threw it in the fridge to give myself some time to come up with something. When I looked at it a couple of days later it smelled funny. I think cut kale has a pretty strong smell but this just smelled like it had spoiled. I don't mess around with eating spoiled food so I tossed it in the compost. It was too bad, really, but I guess if we get another one of those I'll know to use it right away. Honestly I'm disappointed to get chopped veggies in my share, since they go bad so much faster than whole veggies, but unfortunately one doesn't usually have much say in these matters.
Zucchini and Yellow Squash
I still have several zucchini and yellow squash but the stash is mostly under control. I finally got tired of sautéed squash and onions so instead have been roasting the zucchini/squash with beets, carrots, and onions or making them into zucchini noodles that we eat with all sorts of things. I even tried making noodles with my mandolin (since I'd already gotten it dirty doing something else). Those noodles were particularly delicious—long and thin in a way that reminded me of angel hair pasta.
I also made some more vegetable chips. This time I used zucchini, yellow squash and eggplant. I didn't have any cilantro to make the cilantro marinade, so instead I just put all of the slices in a big bowl and poured on some olive oil, salt and garlic powder. It worked all right, although it was difficult to distribute the oil and I think the chips all turned out slightly greasier than I wanted. Next time I think I may go back to brushing on the oil or marinade. Even so, Jesse thinks the chips are awesome and has been enjoying snacking on them with slices of cheese.
Even though we can't eat corn on GAPS, I decided to take the corn that came in our share because Jesse's been starting to eat some non-GAPS foods. If all goes well he should be able to eat the corn sometime in the future. To preserve it until then, my plan is to steam it then freeze it, though I've yet to actually put this into action. Hopefully it's not too late—I actually have no idea how long corn lasts in the fridge.
Preserving Peaches
Last week we picked up twenty pounds of peaches for our preserving share. We got peaches last year, too, and they were such a success that I decided to order them again. Last year I did a mix of freezing and dehydrating. This year I decided to only freeze. While we enjoyed eating the dried peaches last year, I remember the drying process being a bit of a pain because I had to cut thin slices and make sure to remove any brown spots. Preparing the peaches for freezing was much easier: I cut relatively thick slices and while I did remove brown spots, I didn't worry about it as much as I did for dehydrating.
I washed and sliced the peaches before placing them into two gallon-sized freezer bags. To prevent the slices from freezing into one giant clump, I took the bags out of the freezer and banged them on the counter a few times a day after I first put them into the freezer.
For the moment the rest of the peaches are still in my fridge. I would've frozen more, but many of them arrived underripe so I decided to give them some extra time to ripen before I did anything with them. Since then we've been picking out the ripe ones to eat fresh, so depending on whether or not we get sick of them I may or may not end up freezing another gallon or so.
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narrative, and landscape. Troccoli does not venture to evaluate the art works in
the Anschutz Collection and she avoids comparison of quality among paintings
in the collection and of ability among artists represented in the collection. In an
effort to avoid examining the art through a Western history chronology, she
claims a new approach and admits that she is "less interested in ethnographic
'accuracy' than in esthetic matters." She embarks on a stylistic analysis of the art-
works in the exhibition. That line of discussion wanes, thereby demonstrating
that the genre of Western art presents only a small range of stylistic evolution in
artworks dating from 1820o to the present. In an effort to give credence to Amer-
ican art, Dr. Troccoli cites examples of European antecedents, which tend to
support the assumption that American art is somehow inferior to or derivative of
European art. This view is antithetical to the focus and intention of the Anschutz
Collection and serves to diminish her thesis.
Troccoli carefully sidesteps the association of Western painting with the depic-
tion of accurate historic detail, and, therefore, the study lacks the combination
of both stylistic and historical analysis with the interpretation of content. Troc-
coli intended to unite the Western art genre with mainstream American art his-
tory. Certainly, as a collector, Philip Anschutz understood that the Western story
is the American story. Painters and the American West should have reminded us of
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The Texas Folklore Society, I971-2ooo. Volume III. By Francis Edward Abernethy.
(Denton: University of North Texas, 2000. Pp. viii+232. Preface, index.
ISBN 1-57441-122-5. $29.95, cloth.)
Anyone reading this review should be cautioned that the reviewer is not only a
longtime friend of the author, but a past president of the organization whose
history is being reviewed. That being said, the reviewer will state up front, with
virtually no qualms, that he regards the product as an admirable achievement.
Objectively? Let's hope so.
Here is the concluding volume of three in which Francis Abernethy has
wrapped up the ninety-year history of the Texas Folklore Society, which he has
served as secretary-editor for thirty. Patently no one else could have written this
narrative, and he has poured heart and soul into it. Ab frankly admits that this
was the most difficult volume to write because he was in the big middle of it all.
He assumed the secretary-editorship from Wilson Hudson of the University of
Texas English faculty in 1971.
Upon assuming his new office, Abernethy had to officiate over an increase
in annual membership dues to $7.50 from $5.oo. But there were also prob-
lems of getting the Society's annual publication into print and in distribution.
These were not solved overnight-and they never seem to be permanently
Abernethy carries forward the Society's story in the context of successive presi-
dential terms of office. At the outset and at the conclusion of each of these en-
tries, he tells us what was taking place in the country and in the world at the
time. We even learn the prices paid for hotel rooms at conference sites. The So-
Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 105, July 2001 - April, 2002. Austin, Texas. The Portal to Texas History. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101222/. Accessed May 30, 2016.


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Fish oil– a powerful resource of omega-3 fatty acids– has actually attained large recognition as having near panacea-like recovery homes, understood to avoid or boost lots of problems, consisting of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, menstruation discomfort, focus deficit-hyperactivity problem, weakening of bones, atherosclerosis, renal troubles, anxiety, bipolar affective disorder, psychosis, endometrial cancer cells, psoriasis as well as even more. Scientific medical has actually sustained numerous of the cases for fish oil and also omega-3 fatty acids, as kept in mind at the National Institutes of Health and wellness. Omega-3 fatty acids could also aid in fat burning when absorbed the appropriate dose.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
The 3 main kinds of omega-3 fatty acids are eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA; docosahexaenoic acid or DHA as well as alpha-linolenic acid, described as ALA. EPA as well as DHA are lengthy chain fatty acids that are conveniently made use of by your physical body. EPA and also DHA are located in fish, algae essences as well as fish oil supplements. ALA is a brief chain fatty acid that have to be transformed by your physical body right into a lengthy chain fatty acid in order to be naturally beneficial. ALA could be located in flaxseed, flaxseed oil, canola as well as soy bean oil, walnuts and also in smaller sized amounts in environment-friendly leafy veggies such as spinach as well as broccoli.
Plant Resources of Omega
Plant resources of omega-3 supply a lot less total fatty acids. ALA resources such as flaxseed, walnuts or eco-friendlies are mostly exchanged EPA, leaving your physical body except DHA, records UNITED STATE Information. On the various other hand, the fermentation procedure relied on to develop algae-based supplements of omega-3 create DHA yet not EPA. In theory, you could take a mix of algae supplements and also various other ALA-based plant resources of omegas to obtain the appropriate equilibrium of EPA as well as DHA.
Fish Oil
Fish oil includes both EPA and also DHA. These omega-3 fatty acids could be acquired by consuming chilly water fish, such as halibut, salmon, herring, mackerel, sturgeon, bluefish, mullet, trout, anchovy, sardines and also tuna. Each 3.5 oz offering of fish supplies approximately 1 gram of omega-3 fatty acids, baseding on National Institutes of Health and wellness.
Omega-3 as well as Weight reduction
Research studies that connect fat burning to omega-3 fatty acids have actually concentrated primarily on fish oil. Both human and also animal researches recommend that the omega-3 acids in fish could help with weight management. Numerous researches from "The American Journal of Nourishment" as well as "International Journal of Excessive weight" recommend that 1.5 to 2 grams daily of fish oil could create fat burning of a number of extra pounds over a month approximately. Research studies, such as those explained at "The American Journal of Nourishment," show that workout and also fish oil donate individually to weight management. Those which took fish oil as well as worked out shed greater than those which merely took fish oil or worked out. Fish oil shows up to improve fat burning, at the very least partially, by raising body fat metabolic rate. A research from the College of Georgia released in the "Journal of Nourishment" discovered that the DHA in fish oil protects against pre-fat cells from being exchanged fat.
Some research studies of fish oil as well as fat burning, such as those released in "The American Journal of Nourishment" as well as "International Journal of Weight problems," have actually made use of doses from 1.5 to 2 grams of DHA/EPA. This totals up to 4 to 5 ozs of fish daily. Fish oil supplements have the tendency to can be found in 30 percent focus, one-gram pills, indicating you would certainly should take 4 or 5 pills every day to get to the 1.5 grams healing limit.
Restrictions as well as Care
Just before you desert your diet regimen as well as head towards the supplement alley of your drug store, take into consideration that the ordinary weight-loss in many fish oil researches totals up to merely a number of extra pounds. Still, any sort of assistance in the fight of the lump is valued. The several recorded perks of fish oil alone validate taking it for wellness factors.
Talk to your medical professional prior to substantial adjustments in your diet plan or supplement use. The National Institutes of Health and wellness forewarns that 3 or even more grams daily of EPA and also DHA could create extreme blood loss in some individuals and also taking extreme dosages of fish oil might raise the threat of movement.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. - Mrs. Kitty M. Reid, age 75, of Augusta, entered into rest on Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2005 at Doctor's Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced from Elliott Sons Funeral Home, 4255 Columbia Road, Martinez, Ga.
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- MaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
Yiriwali GroupMaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
Kanmono GroupMaliAgricultureFunding via Réseau de Micro-institutions de Croissance de Revenus (RMCR)
Sinignessigui I Group
They work with the microfinance institution Soro Yiriwaso to carry out their farming businesses during the rainy season. They are on their seventh agricultural loan cycle with the institution, and all of their prior loans have been repaid in full.
Madiara (shown in the photo standing in the center of the back row), grows crops of rice. With her loan, she intends to buy agricultural inputs and pay for the labor cost of maintaining one hectare of farmland. After the harvest, produce is sold in the village to a clientele composed of men and women.
Madiara expects to earn an average income of 190,000 FCFA per agricultural cycle. The money she earns will allow her to repay her loan and to reinvest in her business.
Elles collaborent avec l'institution de microfinance Soro Yiriwaso afin de mener à bien leurs activités agricoles pendant l'hivernage.
Elles sont à leur septième prêt de campagne agricole avec l'institution et tous les prêts précédents ont été correctement remboursés.
La spéculation cultivée est : riz avec MADIARA au milieu de la photo position débout.
Avec son prêt, elle compte acheter des intrants et payer les frais de labours pour entretenir : 1 hectare.
La production est vendue au niveau du village, après la récolte à une clientèle composée d'hommes et de femmes.
Elle compte réaliser un bénéfice moyen de 190 000FCFA par campagne.
Ce bénéfice lui permettra de payer son prêt et aussi de réinvestir le reste dans l'entreprise.
Additional Information
Important InformationSoro Yiriwaso is a microfinance institution that works primarily in rural and semi-urban areas of Mali to provide underprivileged communities with access to financial services.The organization facilitates access for disadvantaged clients, particularly women, to new resources and services, fostering solidarity and cooperation among its clients. Kiva lenders' funds will enable Soro Yiriwaso to expand its outreach and target even more underserved Malians involved in business and agriculture.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 12 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- At end of term
- Pre-Disbursed:
- May 6, 2013
- Listed
- May 23, 2013
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Possible
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Undocumented Migrants and the Failures of Universal Individualism
Ramji-Nogales, Jaya, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In recent years, advocates and scholars have made increasing efforts to situate undocumented migrants within the human rights framework. Few have examined international human rights law closely enough to discover just how limited it is in its protections of the undocumented. This Article takes that failure as a starting point to launch a critique of the universal individualist project that characterizes the current human rights system. It then catalogues in detail the protections available to undocumented migrants in international human rights law, which are far fewer than often assumed. The Article demonstrates through a close analysis of relevant law that the human rights framework contains significant conceptual gaps when it comes to the undocumented. It concludes by suggesting three alternate approaches-substantial reform of the current human rights system state-based political responses, and social movements-to protect undocumented migrants and other vulnerable populations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. WHAT'S WRONG WITH HUMAN RIGHTS? THE FAILURES OF UNIVERSAL INDIVIDUALISM A. Human Rights Law's Hierarchy of Suffering B. Human Rights Law's Disguised Political Dimensions C. Human Rights Law Obscures Global Inequality D. Human Rights Law Crowds Out Alternative Worldviews II. HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS A. Being Undocumented B. Human Rights from the Perspective of Undocumented Migrants C. The Contested Content of Human Rights Law.. 1. Territorial Security. 2. Procedural Due Process in Deportation Proceedings. 3. Nondiscrimination Based on Immigration Status 4. Family Unity. III. CONSTRUCTING VULNERABILITY: SOVEREIGNTY, GLOBALIZATION, AND HUMAN RIGHTS A. History of Human Rights: Sovereignty Challenged? B. Globalization and Human Rights: Manufacturing the Undocumented Migrant IV. REALIZING A NEW APPROACH TO PROTECTING UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS A. Ameliorating the Existing Human Rights Structure: More Universal, Less Individualist B. Long Live Sovereignty?: A State-Based Approach C. Social Movements: Aggregating Interests Beyond the State V. BEYOND HUMAN RIGHTS: ENGAGING WITH SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE
In recent years, advocates and scholars have made increasing efforts to situate undocumented migrants within the human rights framework. (1) Amnesty International's "Immigrants' Rights are Human Rights Campaign" declares that "[a]ll immigrants, irrespective of their legal status, have human rights." (2) The American Civil Liberties Union claims that "[njumerous international human rights documents firmly establish the principle that no human being can be outside the protection of the law or 'illegal' ... [and] that discrimination and abuse based upon immigration status is a violation of human rights." (3) Human Rights Watch goes so far as to suggest that "a human rights framework strongly supports a program of earned legalization for undocumented immigrants in the US." (4) Even Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney-General, stated recently that "creating a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in this country ... is a matter of ... human rights." (5) In a similar vein, legal scholars have noted that "irregular migrant workers are entitled to the full range of human rights" (6) and that "[m]ost human rights are guaranteed irrespective of an individual's immigration status; they are a function of a person's status as a human being, not as a citizen of a particular state." (7)
The assumption underlying these pronouncements is that international human rights law affords undocumented migrants substantial protection against the mistreatment, exploitation, and abuse they face in their host countries. They even suggest that the undocumented are recipients of specific rights under international human rights law, such as the right to nondiscrimination based on immigration status and the right to regularize their status. …


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Fri, August 23, 2013
10 Commandments to Live By
These are like the Ten Commandments to follow in life all of the time!
1. Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout the journey.
2. So why is a Car's WINDSHIELD so large & the Rear View Mirror so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move on.
3. Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes a few minutes to burn, but it takes years to write.
4. All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either.
5. Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!
6. Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!
7. When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
8. A blind person asked Saint Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"
9. When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
10. WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.
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We were having a debate over this in the SSFG forum and I was curious to know what some of the track guys thought. There has been a debate whether the differences between the smoothness of looseball hubs like Dura Ace, Campy, Suntour, etc. and high quality cartridge hubs (and BB's as well) like Phil Wood are noticeable only when spinning the wheel around in your hands, or also on the streets. Now obviously Phils have a good deal of drag right out of the box, but when they're broken in they spin pretty damn smooth, although not nearly as nice as a looseball BB or hub. There was one camp saying the difference is so negligable when you're actually riding that it would be more of a placebo to say they Dura Ace or something similar "makes" you faster, and another camp saying there was definitely a difference.
What do you track racers think? Experiences one way or the other?