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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post6697882287691819562..comments2016-06-29T01:21:07.833-04:00Comments on NAMI Blog: Returning to NAMI's Research Advocacy RootsKatrina email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-67838120950463994272010-10-25T11:13:56.416-04:002010-10-25T11:13:56.416-04:00Hey, I can't view your site properly within Op...Hey, I can't view your site properly within Opera, I actually hope you look into fixing firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-87771509317369189522010-09-30T08:44:15.986-04:002010-09-30T08:44:15.986-04:00What about a Center of Excellence for Schizophreni...What about a Center of Excellence for Schizophrenia? If you want to get back to NAMI's advocacy roots that is where your should be going. Schizophrenia, the most devastating of the mental illnesses is and has been neglected for a very long time. There seems to be a prejudice within NAMI against any advocacy for schizophrenia. I think it is time for those of us with loved ones suffering from schizophrenia to start over with a TRUE advocacy group. After 30+ years with NAMI I have found no real advocacy going on in the area of schizophrenia. Shame on NAMI -- your founders would be firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-5548992438027427782010-09-28T12:37:25.928-04:002010-09-28T12:37:25.928-04:00Reply to Anonymous: I'm guessing that the reas...Reply to Anonymous:
I'm guessing that the reason that SAMHSA cannot push this problem publicly is that government officials are not allowed to "lobby" for increased funding for their departments.

Thanks for this excellent post, Ken!Hakon firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-30211030369179431502010-09-18T12:44:36.081-04:002010-09-18T12:44:36.081-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Barrel of Monkeyshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-68622706929398770122010-09-18T12:40:24.022-04:002010-09-18T12:40:24.022-04:00Definitely a step in the right direction. Never fo...Definitely a step in the right direction. Never forget that the primary goal is addressing real-life challenges of people living with serious mental illness.

http://barrelofmonkeys2010.blogspot.comBarrel of Monkeyshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-61643582888231009072010-09-17T11:49:01.053-04:002010-09-17T11:49:01.053-04:00Finding the root cause of "mental illnesses", is a...Finding the root cause of "mental illnesses", is a worthy cause. My doctors thought, I had schizophrenia. When I got better, they thought bipolar. They were all wrong. I found, when I recovered, that I had traumatic brain injury at birth, from forceps. My symptoms were just from PTSD. My symptoms were trying to heal me. I learned how to cooperate with my symptoms by forgiving what ever they were, so I recovered. See: http://recoverybydiscovery.com/story.htm. Others have discovered the same facts. See: http://drmckenzie.com his book "Babies Need Mothers" and http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume7/j7_3_5.htm and Google "cause ptsd schizophrenia" for some more clues.Michaelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4892227988810695161.post-76287987586380514912010-09-16T23:44:02.547-04:002010-09-16T23:44:02.547-04:00It is encouraging to hear that NAMI is getting bac...It is encouraging to hear that NAMI is getting back to its grass root efforts of supporting research to find better treatments for its members.

This would be a prime time for NAMI to discuss in this article the provision in Obama's Health Care Reform for 30 Centers of Excellence for Bipolar and Depression across the country that were approved by law.

The bill authorizes $100 million for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 and $150 million for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2020. However, Congress will have to appropriate funds each year as part of the appropriations process for SAMHSA.

This past July 29 Congress appropriated 10 million dollars which is a fraction of the amount of funds needed. It is enough for one coordinating Center.

When the Centers of Excellence for Cancer were initiated in the 1970's President Nixon appropriate all the funds that were needed at once.
The Centers of Excellence for Cancer reduced the mortality rate for cancer by 40%.

We have not seen results like this for any brain disorders.

NAMI needs to get behind these Centers and push for funding the next 5 years. Did anyone hear anything about these Centers at the National Meeting in Washington.

If NAMI is really getting back to grass root supports of research
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Centers of Excellence for Bipolar and Depression.

The words need to match the actions. NAMI don't just talk the talk, walk the walk.

I think a much better job could be done advocating for these Centers.
This is a golden opportunity that can not be passsed up.

I even contacted SAMSHA who would
pass out the funds for the Centers once they applied and inquired why I did not hearing anything regarding this provision in the media when everyone was so hot to discuss Obama's Health Care Reform.
I was told that National Media have to pick this story up first and then SAMSHA will report on it.

That seems self defeating. This project is for SAMSHA so why wouldn't they be shouting about it from the top of the trees? Instead they just wait for someone else to take notice.

Something is terribly wrong with the lack of information and support behind this project that would provide a network of specialized hospitals that could potentialy provide better treatments.

There is nothing that makes sense to me about the way this is being handled.

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Carnival of souls: special San Diego Comic-Con Day Three edition
* No surprise here, but still nice: Geoff Johns will be writing a Flash ongoing series following Flash: Rebirth and Blackest Night: Flash.
* The Umbrella Academy writer Gerard Way will be doing a series called Killjoys with the great Becky Cloonan and cowriter Shaun Simon. Way says it will be to The Invisibles what The Umbrella Academy is to Doom Patrol.
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College Hockey:Hensick, Parse Lead All-CCHA Team
DETROIT — The CCHA has announced its all-star teams for 2004-05.
First Team
T.J. Hensick, Michigan (10 First Place Votes, 50 Points)
Jeff Tambellini, Michigan (7, 45)
Scott Parse, Nebraska-Omaha (10, 53)
Nathan Oystrick, Northern Michigan (4, 32)
Andy Greene, Miami (8, 49)
Tuomas Tarkki, Northern Michigan (6, 45)
Second Team
Rod Pelley, Ohio State (2, 24)
Bill Thomas, Nebraska-Omaha (0, 22)
Brent Walton, Western Michigan (2, 32)
Matt Hunwick, Michigan (4, 28)
Nate Guenin, Ohio State (3, 26)
Jordan Sigalet, Bowling Green (5, 38)
Honorable Mention
(Next six highest point totals regardless of position)
Sean Collins, So., D, Ohio State, (2, 23)
Jim Slater, Sr., F, Michigan State, (1, 21)
Dave Caruso, Jr., G, Ohio State, (1, 18)
Brandon Rogers, Sr., D, Michigan, (1, 18)
Dan Knapp, So., D, Nebraska-Omaha, (1, 17)
Eric Nystrom, Sr., F, Michigan, (1, 15)
CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees
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Jared Sylvestre, Sr., F, Alaska-Fairbanks, Mechanical Engineering
Jonathan Sigalet, So., D, Bowling Green, Health Science
Joe Van Culin, So., D, Ferris State, Business Administration
Jeff Jakaitis, So., G, Lake Superior, Business
Marty Guerin, So., F, Miami, Zoology
Jeff Tambellini, Jr., F, Michigan, Sport Management
Michael Eickman, So., D, Nebraska-Omaha, Pre-Dentistry
Alan Swanson, Sr., F, Northern Michigan, Construction Management
Cory McLean, Sr., F, Notre Dame, Finance
Nate Guenin, Jr., D, Ohio State, Finance
Paul Szczechura, So., F, Western Michigan, Business
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The O Heroes were out in full force in Eugene last Wednesday March 2nd for Dr. Seuss' Birthday and the nationally celebrated Read Across America Week. O Heroes participated in activities with eight different local schools!
At Gilham, Head Start, Spring Creek, McCornack and Cesar Chavez Elementary schools student athletes read books to students as well as signed autographs, took pictures and answered questions. At Cal Young Middle school, O Heroes served as the emcee's for the school's annual 'Battle of the Books' competition where the kids played a competitive game of trivia about the books they'd read over the course of the year. 2nd graders from O'Hara Elementary joined athletes at the player's lounge at the Moshofsky center where they broke into small reading groups to enjoy some of Dr. Seuss's classics and then got to tour the Casanova center and even play sharks and minnows in Autzen Stadium. (After the event, David Paulson of the football team tweeted, "Hop on Pop is still as good as I remembered.") At Adams, athletes participated in an exciting game of 'Are you Smarter than a 4th Grader?' at the school's family night reading celebration.
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Weary of playing fetch? iFetch wears your dog out for you, ball, after ball, after ball
No doubt, playing fetch with the family dog can be a whole lot of fun.
But some dogs just can't seem to get enough of a good thing and the owner can often lose interest long before Fido does.
Enter iFetch . This electronic gadget throws the ball for you.
It uses a small tennis ball and is designed for small to medium sized dogs. If tennis balls aren't a favorite, other similar sized balls (40mm diameter) work as well.
If your dog is really into the fetch thing, he or she just brings the ball back and drops it into the iFetch's wide-mouth hopper. The gizmo then winds up and they're off to the races again.
iFetch was funded through kickstarter.com, the web site that helps launch startups.
According to Kickstarter , the project was very successfully funded a little more than a year ago. The designers, the Hamill family of Austin, Texas, was looking to raise $20,000. They wound up raising $88,221 with 1,271 backers.
Dogster.com tried out iFetch and arrived at this bottom line: "For the ball-obsessed dog, iFetch launches mini tennis balls with ease so you don't have to."
Want one ? 100 bucks and you own it.
There is a pretty amusing video on YouTube that shows a miniature Dachshund going to town with an iFetch.
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Collectively, Penn State serves over 47,000 students each year. We have many campuses across the entire state of Pennsylvania.
Penn State's University Park campus in Centre County is the administrative hub of a statewide system of campuses. It is the primary site for graduate study and enrolls more than half of all Penn State undergraduates.
Recently Penn State implemented a teaching technique that eventually will reach new learners throughout the Commonwealth, and well beyond--the virtual Penn State
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The Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, PA, enjoys an excellent academic reputation and is particularly noted for its first-rate advocacy training, extensive international and business curricula, and numerous clinical educational opportunities.
Penn State Great Valley, near Philadelphia, offers master's degree studies in several fields.
The College of Medicine, in Hershey at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, which is owned and operated by Penn State, awards the doctor of medicine degree and, in conjunction with the Graduate School, the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in a few fields.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology (formerly Williamsport Area Community College) became a wholly-owned affiliate of the Corporation for Penn State in 1989 by an act of the state legislature.
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College Hockey:Weekend work-up, Feb. 11, 2013: Are we heading for a photo finish?
While winter was bearing down on the East Coast, the hockey in the Midwest couldn't have been hotter.
1. Notre Dame controls its own destiny. The Fighting Irish beat Michigan twice while everyone else around them split, most notably Miami and Western Michigan. It's the first two-game sweep Notre Dame has managed in the new year and it tightened the top of the standings considerably. Miami's in first place with 47 points followed by Western Michigan with 46 and Notre Dame with 44. Each team has the same number of games remaining and the Irish play the RedHawks this coming weekend and the Broncos Feb. 22-23.
2. Usually scoring four goals in a game means a victory. Not so for the proverbial victors of Ann Arbor. In five games this season, Michigan has scored four goals and not captured a win. The Wolverines lost 5-4 to RIT Oct. 11, tied Northern Michigan 4-4 Nov. 2 and lost 5-4 to Alaska Jan. 11. This past weekend against Notre Dame, Michigan scored four goals in each contest but the Irish netted seven Friday and six Saturday. Nine of the total goals scored between the Irish and Wolverines involved special teams play. A glance at the box scores looks like a road map for poor overall team defense and inconsistent goaltending with each team as guilty as the other.
3. In the second half of the season, the CCHA has self-sorted into three tiers. I was hoping that in the last season of CCHA play, four or five teams would be crowding the top and making a viable play for the title — how cool would a three-way tie for first be, with ties being broken by goal differentials or coin tosses? — but three teams are looking at No. 1 with three more teams competing for the remaining two first-round bye spots and five teams looking to finish as high as they can for the first round. The predictability of the structure is disappointing, but the speculation about order of finish is interesting at least — as is the unusual placement of a few programs. There are several races being run.
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Used to be that the sequence of events for most aspiring entertainers was: learn how to act/sing/play the guitar, get discovered, become famous, fall into obscurity, live happily ever after. However, if you are a celebrity with ties to Austin, then there is one additional step: Open a restaurant or bar.
Austin is full of creativity. It's the live music capital of the world, home to a flourishing independent film scene, and you can find comedy and theater pretty much any night of the week. As a city that thrives on culture and entertainment, it's no wonder that musicians, actors, and comedians flock here to make a splash. But when did becoming a restaurateur or bar-owner become part of the 10-year plan?
Austin's favorite sweetheart, Sandra Bullock, owns Bess Bistro, Lance Armstrong is at least a part-owner of the bar Six Lounge, and now Vince Young has joined the club with the Vince Young Steakhouse. Whether native or transplants, the celebrities Austin loves are putting down entrepreneurial roots and catering to some of their most loyal fans. Amidst their fame and fortune these establishments connect these big names back to a place they can call home, and their followers are eating it up—figuratively and literally.
In fact, this business model seems to work so well that Austinites are willing to let outsiders give it a go. Carlos Santana owns Maria Maria restaurants, and he has a location in downtown Austin. Well, perhaps he's not the best example of a successful outsider. In a town where most people would give Willie Nelson a kidney, it should come as no surprise guitar legend's tacos would be a hit.
Who's to say what the real lesson to be learned here is? With all these celebrities using their fame to open successful eateries and bars, perhaps the take-away is this: Aspiring restaurant owners, go learn how to act/sing/play the guitar, get discovered, become famous, OPEN A RESTAURANT, and live happily ever after.


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Moraine Park Technical College graduated its seventh and eighth class of students from the Manufacturing Skills Academy, Friday, December 20. Three students graduated from the welding training and nine from the Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machinist training. In total, Moraine Park has had 76 students graduate from the Skills Academy in the past year.
Moraine Park's Manufacturing Skills Academy offers 15-week boot camp sessions in either welding or CNC training. They were designed to combat a shortage of skilled manufacturing workers in Wisconsin. Moraine Park partners with many local manufacturing employers including Amerequip, Brenner Tank, John Crane and Mid-States Aluminum.
The boot camps combine a 72-hour paid internship with coursework, including Occupational Math, Print Reading, Team Building and Problem Solving and courses specific to their program. Skill training for CNC includes basic programming, machining and turning center, while welding students learn welding and cutting techniques.
Those who completed the CNC boot camp include: Andrew Behrensprung of Random Lake, Nicole Cross of Menomonee Falls, Jason Dorn of Oshkosh, Brian Heath of Oshkosh, David Hess of Eden, Taylor Knapp of Menomonee Falls, Ray Pinch of Fond du Lac, Roy Siewert of Berlin and Shawn Stapleton of Hartford. Those who completed the welding boot camp include: Paul Anderson of Kewaskum, Colin Schloegel of Grafton and Ian Wirtz of West Bend.
Both the welding and CNC boot camps are funded by grant dollars. The welding training is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor TAACCCT grant, and the CNC training is funded by the Wisconsin Workforce Partnership grant from The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, Inc.
For more information about Moraine Park's Manufacturing Skills Academies, visit morainepark.edu/bootcamps.
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Moraine Park Technical College has graduated its third group of participants from the STRAT (Strategy, Alignment, Talent) program.
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Participants included Angella Mattheis of Agnesian HealthCare; Tony Sizemore of Grande Cheese Company; John Campbell of Amerequip; Laurie Barz of Moraine Park Technical College; and Andy Theisen of Kondex Company.
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Martin Fauster at the Königshof gourmet restaurant reserves the limelight for the character of the finest ingredients, restrains his flavours and creates extremely subtle food.
Martin Fauster has been at the Königshof, where the gourmet restaurant offers spectacular views of Munich's Karlsplatz square or 'Stachus', since 2004. He has succeeded in perfecting the virtue he learned from Hans Haas – the art of omission and paring down to the essentials – thereby developing a style that is entirely his own. Fauster believes in letting the ingredients take pride of place and in using the most delicate preparation techniques to bring out their full character. He seasons sparingly, using as little salt as possible, and his flavours do nothing more than support his main ingredient, lifting it to a higher plane. Fauster's classic-based, technically brilliant cooking is one of the most concentrated produce-centred cuisines in Germany.
One outstanding and quintessentially tart dish is his oyster with apple must and bacon, in which he stuffs the oyster with poached apple to give it more substance and more character. This is accompanied by a lightly whipped apple must, whose gently fermented tartness widens the scope of the iodine-acidic interplay. Another illustration of Fauster's style is his scallop with avocado, white walnut and mushrooms, in which the scallop is very briefly grilled and served almost unmediated. The scallop's distinct taste is wonderfully brought out – enthroned if you will – by the interaction between the sweetness of the avocado and the nuttiness of the walnut. Whisper-thin slices of mushroom give the whole creation a pleasing, earthy foundation.
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Everybody has an opinion on Ahmad Brooks' hit on Drew Brees.
You can't turn on your TV set or surf the Internet without reading or hearing an opinion on the controversial tackle and its legality.
Ray Lewis
Tedy Bruschi.
Mark Brunell.
Who's next, Toronto crackpot mayor Rob Ford?
Predictably, the discourse has divided along lines of scrimmage and team allegiances. Former quarterbacks such as Brunell and Steve Young thought the hit crossed the line and merited a penalty. Former defenders such as Lewis and Bruschi supported Brooks and believe his hit was clean.
In their roles as ESPN NFL analysts, Lewis and Bruschi even went so far as to criticize Brees. Lewis called one of Brees' postgame comments "embarrassing," insinuating that he couldn't take a hard hit. Bruschi said Brees needed to "get tough," while supporting Brooks and the hit.
Just as Brooks crossed the line with the extra hot sauce he sprinkled on the end of his sack, Lewis and Bruschi crossed the line with their criticism of Brees' manhood.
"Don't even question Drew Brees' toughness, that's ridiculous," Saints right tackle Zach Strief said.
Not that Brees is above reproach. But you can't question his toughness. Not a guy who came back from reconstructive shoulder surgery weeks ahead of schedule to not only play but perform at a Pro Bowl level. Not a guy who hasn't missed a start because of injury in his 13-year NFL career. Not a guy who played through a severely sprained knee for most of the 2010 season.
Anyone who knows Brees, has played with him or covered him knows the warrior mentality he brings to the game. Underneath his good-guy, senatorial comportment lives a stone-cold killer, the ultimate competitor.
"For me, I took it the other way; it gave him toughness points," Saints fullback Jed Collins said. "When you see your leader take a shot, kind of like a WWF wrestler. ... He popped up, spit out blood, got back in the huddle and was wondering what the next play was.
"For him, I think it (the controversy) ended right there. He was focused on trying to win the game."
Brees downplayed the controversy Wednesday. He praised Brooks as a clean player who hit him with an absence of malice. Brees also laughed off the tackle, saying, "I saw the replay and it looked like I went go-go gadget neck. ... You look like a crash-test dummy when that happens."
Brooks might have started out at Brees' sternum but ended up around his Adam's apple. Violently.
Whether you agree with the new rules or not, referee Tony Corrente made the correct call, as NFL head of officials Dean Blandino confirmed Tuesday. It's like the 55 mph speed limit. The law is the law.
"I've been shocked it's become a story," Strief said. "He got pulled down by his head, and he's bleeding in the face. I don't care how hard you get hit in the chest, it's not going to cause your skin to break open on your face."
Even an old-school defensive coach like Rob Ryan agreed. "Those are the rules," he said. "You don't have to like the rules, but you gotta play by 'em."
Brees actually sympathized with Brooks and his fellow NFL defenders. He understands the challenges they face as the game evolves and understands why they would be upset at the call, especially one as critical as this one.
"I assume there was probably defensive players that disagreed," Brees said with a smile. "... But I can tell you how I felt when I got hit. It felt like I got my head ripped off. And I get up and I've got a mouth full of blood. So there was no doubt in my mind that, 'Hey, it's gonna be a penalty.'"
Question the call all you want. But don't question the man.
Lewis and Bruschi crossed the line when they called out Brees. He might be only a shade over 6 feet, but no one stands taller when it comes to toughness.


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Thousands Rally In Times Square To Mark 100th Anniversary Of Massacre of ArmeniansA rally in Times Square is marking the centennial of the killings of as many 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire -- today's Turkey.
NJ Air Force Vet Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Terrorism ChargesTairod Nathan Webster Pugh, of Neptune, New Jersey, entered the plea in federal court in Brooklyn Wednesday wearing a short-sleeved, blue prison-issued shirt.
Viral 'Turkey Slurpee' Stunt Can Be Dangerous, Doctors WarnThe "Turkey Slurpee" is a popular trick involving slurping up a slice of cold-cut meat, and more and more people are posting videos online to demonstrate their facility at it.
Five Little Known Facts About "A Christmas Carol"Carlo DeVito, author of "Inventing Scrooge" from sister company Simon & Schuster, shares five little known facts about Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol."
Best Non-Traditional Ways To Cook A TurkeyThink outside the oven this Thanksgiving with these non-traditional ways to cook your turkey main dish.
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Morton Williams Supermarket Boycotts Turkish Food Products In Support Of Israel"We will lift our own boycott of Turkish products when [Prime Minister] Erdogan changes his anti-Semitic course," said CEO Morton Sloan.
Turkish Man Gets Life Term For Staten Island Mother's DeathA Turkish court has sentenced 47-year-old Ziya Tasali to life in prison for killing Sarai Sierra in Istanbul last year.
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Great job!!! :smt023
wow, that thing looks wicked.
I always love seeing custom work, like you said before its not so much practical as it is fun, but damn,....who wouldnt wanna show up at the range and have their gun look like that...haha...awesome job man, great work/design...should see if you can get a company to bite on producing them...maybe get someone to buy the design..make some money! ENJOY!


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~SIGH~ I always forget something. This time it was my digital camera!
My recently married nephew was visiting from Boise Idaho and he found time for his dear old uncle. We took my NEW USP 45 and my older Sig Sauer P245 to the range. Damn, I taught that kid well. This is the result of being forced to be the babysitter since I was 13. My sis is a died in the wool liberal. Her son is a died in the wool CONSERVATIVE, pro-gun, pro hunting (fills his tag every year) CCW holder. My sis STILL can't figure out what happened. Duh.
The H&K shoots like a dream. Extremely accurate, the trigger pull was smooth, long and easy. Reset was short and crisp. It seemed to me that it shoots a hair to the left at about ten yards, but otherwise oner big ragged hole at that range. Let the kid shoot it (he started off at 7yds with the Sig P245 and he had one big ragged hole dead center--when he shot the H&K he remarked that it seemed to be shooting to the left. Have to "drift" those sights a bit.
The recoil was very minimal, even with ultra-hot +P+ loads. The big difference in loads was the amount of muzzle flash. The MagSafe had the most, which surprised me. The Hornady TAP's had the least and everything else was pretty standard. I did have a light primer on some of the 230gr Golden Sabers, but discovered that just re-pulling the trigger solved the problem.
I'll be running an IDPA match with this on JAN 13th so I'll try and get some pics then. The Galco "Concealable" works well, but it needs some of the Mitch Rosen "Leather Lightning" to smooth it up some. I'll be sending off for some of that tomorrow.
I had some problems with both the H&K and the Sig seeing my front sight sharply. They both have tritiums. I think this is an age problem that's never going to get any better. Still, all my groups were roughly centered at all ranges. I'm complaining because my formerly competition tight groups seem to be spreading. Just a little bit. I feel like the Sundance Kid when he said: Can I move? I'm better when I move. LOL Let's see how I feel after the IDPA match.
I didn't get the LEM trigger because it arrived in "Variation 1" mode. My seller offered to send it back, but I opted to keep the one I got, for a couple of reasons: It seems to offer more "options" and also, the money I saved on the LEM I'm putting into a new snubbie revolver in 44sp.


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A LETHARGIC start against relegation rivals Dukinfield cost AFC Bury dear.
Dukinfield, who started the match level on points with Bury in the Manchester League Premier Division, but with four games in hand, swept into a 3-0 lead in the first 30 minutes.
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Steve Simms gave Bury a glimmer of hope on the hour, slotting home from the spot after Mark Sandham had been upended in the box.
Tino Blake was then unlucky with a rising drive, but the visitors continued to stifle Bury and the fightback fizzled out.
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The Paradise Prophecy. Written by Robert Browne. Published by Dutton Publsihers. Available in hardcover, audio, and electronic versions.
The Paradise Prophecy is a masterpiece. The novel by award-winning screenwriter Robert Browne, is the novel most writers dream of writing. The main theme is the eternal struggle between good and evil, but like a bolt of good quality fabric, there are layers and layers of sub-plots. Browne was inspired by John Milton's Paradise Lost, the epic poem about Adam and Eve, and how the devil tricked them into losing paradise. Milton's epic poem, written in blank verse, has withstood the tests of time, still enthralling readers worldwide, as The Paradise Prophecy, also will.
Browne devotes attention to every detail. Browne's characters, Agent Bernadette Callahan and Sebastian LaLaurie, follow the threads of clues and non-clues surrounding the murders, committed by what appears to be a serial killer with supernatural powers. Agent Callahan, is a calm, cool, woman, with an analytical mind. She works for the Section, a government agency. Callahan wonders why her agency would send her on an assignment, code -078, which is the the code for the highest priority level, to search for the facts behind Gabriela Zuada's deat in Brazil.
Gabriela, a Christian singer of international fame, was worshipped by millions of fans. Gabriela's death does not seem to be connected to what Callahan considers the definition of a code -078, but then, those are her orders, so she travels to Brazil to comply. Callahan, in no way can imagine what is in store for her on this -078 assignment. Neither can Sebastian LaLauire, a religious historian, who had been working as a college professor, with a deep insight into the spiritual realm. Batty, as he was nicknamed as a child, who inherited the gift of vision from his beloved mother who passed away years ago.
Batty has been watching his life go down the drain, after the departure of his beloved wife, Rebecca. In his despairing loneliness, he has turned to drinking to numb his pain. Being told to take a break from his teaching position in a Christian college closes one more door in his life, but opens another, to what could be the ultimate mission. His gift is exactly what Callahan needs, if she is ever to solve the murders, and face the worse to come.
Agent Callahan is an intelligent and resourceful woman, who is thouroughly trained for anything -- except forces beyond her control. Like a divine appointment, Batty and Callahan form a team, whose sole purpose is to wrest the evil entity that is destroying lives and causing chaos in the world. Callahan is skeptical of the Brazilian detective's theory that something of inmense darkness lurks in the guts of these crimes. Batty, who knows better, is aware that the world's safety hinges upon their winning this battle.
Browne's The Paradise Prophecy, continues the quest for survival of good over evil, as told in the Book of Genesis, in the bible. It explains how God expelled Lucifer, along with the other angels who defied God. For centuries, these creatures have roamed the earth, destroying beauty and goodness, by causing chaos. Their mission is to tempt victims to fall into their master's crevices of hell. Michael, the Archangel, has been defending and protecting the innocent as he stands for God's rules. In The Paradise Prophecy, readers wil encounter a modern day Michael. Browne writes a convincing tale of what could happen, with an explosive surprise ending.
The book has a beautifully designed, embossed cover, and is illustrated throughout the book with exquisite drawings by Gustave Dore. The Paradise Prophecy can can be ordered from Barnes and Nobles Booksellers, Books & Books and Amazon.
Brief Q & A with Robert Browne:
RS: I did not eat breakfast, lunch or dinner until I finished The Paradise Prophecy. I was wondering what are your plans now?
RB: I have more projects in the works than I know what to do with, but I'm planning to write a sequel to The Paradise Prophecy. Hopefully one of many.
RS: Are you doing a book signing tour?
RB: No signing tour is scheduled at the moment, but I will let you know if that changes.
RS: How is it going with The Paradise Prophecy film options?
RB: The book has been optioned by Temple Hill, the producers of Twilight. They have it in development as we speak.


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Many of the legends and lore of vast riches are embedded in early Arizona history. Long before the white man came to Arizona, the land was inhabited by culturally advanced race of Indians who left irrigation canals, aqueducts, cities, and fortifications scattered throughout the valleys and canyons of the state.
The first white man to visit the region was a Franciscan missionary and explorer Marcos De Niza in 1539. He led an exploratory expedition from Mexico City into what is now Arizona and New Mexico. His accounts of riches and vastness of the land inspired other explorers such as Francisco Vasquez de Coronado to visit the area in 1540. This expedition discovered the Hopi Pueblos and the great Grand Canyon.
The news sread through Spain, and explorers heard of the Seven Cities of Cibola (seven cities of gold) which was located somewhat north of New Spain (now known as Mexico). Coronado set out to find the cities of gold he arrived in Cibola in 1540 and discovered the reports were noting more than stories. There was no golden cities. This did not deter more explorers to flock to the new land in search of riches.
The influx of explorers was soon discouraged by hostile Indians who were trying to protect their lands and way of life. The Indians resisted the colonization, but were eventually over powered. The Spanish Government made the region part of New Spain in 1598.
Christianity was soon to follow. It was introduced along with the Spanish culture to the Indians by the Jesuit missionary Eusebil Francisco Kino (1645- 1711). Father Kino founded many missions in northern Mexico and Arizona. Soon the Spanish established a prisidio at Tucson in 1776.
American settlers, traders, and explorers began to move into the region in the early 1800s. During the Mexican War (1846-1848), The United States troops seized control of Arizona and adjoining New Mexico. Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the war ended, and Mexico ceded all of Arizona and New Mexico north of the Gila River to the United States. The section south of the Gila was acquired by the US through the Gadsden Purchase in 1853.
Serious Indian uprisings occurred in the territory during the American Civil War and at several sporadic intervals until 1896. It also might be noted that Geromimo, a great Apache Chief was active and alive in the early 1900s.
The US congress rejected an application by Arizona for statehood in 1891, and was once almost made a single state with New Mexico. Finally, Arizona became a separate state on 14 February, 1912.
All of this activity and termoil in the early histroy of Arizona involved the attempt a gaining riches from the land. Many battles were fought between the Native Americans, Spainards, American over the control of the land and its riches. During these conflicts fast shippments of gold were hidden for safe keeping, mines were covered up, and shippment of arms and munitions were lost. Many of these lost mines, buried treasures, and lost loot have not yet been discovered and are still out there.
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Humans are continuously exposed to HAs, as demonstrated by detection of these compounds in cooked foods and human urine samples. The presence of 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]-quinoxaline (MeIQx)-DNA adducts found in human tissues, such as colon, rectum and kidney increased the concern about the health consequences of the intake of these compounds .
Although methods for estimation of HA dietary exposure in the population are still imprecise , in some studies epidemiological evidence suggests that consumption of high amount of HAs-containing meat products may induce colorectal, pancreatic and urothelial cancer . On the other hand, other studies did not show such association . Today, more than 20 mutagenic/carcinogenic HAs have been isolated and identified in cooked foods . Their formation is the result of complex reactions that involve creatine, free amino acids and carbohydrates through the Maillard Reaction (MR). The development of MR also occurs through a free radical mechanism which has been shown to play an important role in the formation of imidazoquinoxalines and imidazoquinolines .
The pathway of HA formation is shown in Fig.23. Creatine forms the amino-imidazo part of the molecule by cyclization and water elimination, whereas the remaining parts of the IQ compounds arise from Strecker degradation products, such as pyridine and pyrazine .
This hypothesis was verified in model systems , and the results were later confirmed also in meat-based system.
The presence of HAs in foods depend on many factors such as cooking method, time and temperature, the presence of relative amounts of precursors, enhancers and inhibitors, lipids, antioxidants and the water content. .In particular, supplementation with antioxidants is considered to be an effective measure to reduce HA exposure because of the hypothetical free radical pathway leading to HA formation. Single antioxidant compound and complex mixtures of antioxidants have been demonstrated to inhibit HA-induced mutagenesis or carcinogenesis. It is likely, that this effect is the final result of different actions interfering at various steps of the HA formation and of HA-toxic activity. In fact, antioxidants can act as inhibitors along the different pathways of the reaction, preventing the mutagens formation,
fig.23.Scheme of HA formation and possible sites for interference with antioksidants.
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fig.24.Scheme of HA formation and possible sites for interference with antioksidants.UDP-glucurosonosyl transferase (UDPGT);Sulfotransferases(SULT);Glutathione-S-transferase(GST);Prostaglandin H (PGH)-sinthase.
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through radical quenchers and free radical scavengers activity (as shown in Fig.23); as blocking agents, preventing the biotransformation of premutagens into reactive metabolites by inhibiting metabolic activation, by stimulating detoxification enzymes, or by scavenging reactive molecules; as suppressing agents modulating intracellular processes, which are involved in DNA repair mechanisms, tumour promotion and tumour progression (see Fig.24).
The aim of this review is to present the current knowledge on the ability of antioxidants to modulate HA-induced mutagenicity/carcinogenicity.
To better underline the differences of action and the potential efficacy of antioxidants to minimize the human health risk associated to cooked meat/fish consume the review was organised in two main paragraphs dealing on the effect exerted by synthetic and natural antioxidants, respectively.
Natural antioxidants
When tested as single substances, various natural compounds show marked antimutagenic activity in the Ames test and other mutation assays, but little is known about such activity when these compounds are present in food interacting with other food components, during cooking/storage and in the lumen of gastrointestinal tract. The studies about the activity of naturally occurring antioxidants on HAs have been divided into two groups, the first reviewing papers based on use of pure compounds and the second using food extracts and whole foods.
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Activity of pure compounds
Antioxidant vitamins
In a real food system, such as fried fish fibre, prepared by boiling, deboning, eviscerating, separating and pressing of snake fish meat, the addition of Vitamin C and α-tocopherol did not show any consistent effect on the formation of HAs. On the contrary, previous studies showed that these antioxidants were able to inhibit mutagen formation during the frying of beef . The addition of Vitamin E to the surface of the beef patties before frying, at the concentration of 1–10% of the fat content, produced a reduction of PhIP formation after cooking in the range of 45–75% . These results can be due to the ability of tocopherols to inhibit free radical formation and/or producing compounds which may react with HA precursors and prevent formation of 4,8- DiMeIQx .
The capability to decrease active metabolite formation is presumably responsible of the reduction of IQ-DNA adductformation exerted by leaves of Kidachi aloe, which are rich in α-tocopherol, and ß-carotene . Anyway antimutagenic effects and possible mechanisms of action of several vitamins against genotoxic HAs have been reported by Edenharder and co-workers. Results showed a lack of efficacy of ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol against HA-induced mutagenicity in the Salmonella/reversion assay.
Opposite results were obtained by Snyderwine and coworkers who hypothesised that ascorbic acid could prevent the oxidative break-down of N-hydroxy-IQ, enabling the mutagen to remain active for a longer time in vitro with a consequent enhancement of mutagenic activity. In fact, 0.5 and 1mM ascorbic acid, added to the plates, produced 11,000 and 11,500 revertants per plate compared to 1000 revertants per plate produced when N-hydroxy-IQ was co-workers was probably due to some metabolites of ascorbic acid or of N-hydroxy-IQ generated by cytosolic enzymes .
Phenolic antioxidants
Lee and co-workers suggested that flavones inhibited formation of IQ-type mutagens in a glycine/glucose/creatine model system reducing the formation of Maillard reaction products . Edenharder and co-workers some years later reported that, among the 30 flavonoids tested, all of them but two inhibited the mutagenic activity in the Salmonella assay; in presence of diosmetin and isorhamnetin a slight increase was observed. Among flavones and flavonols, the inhibitory effects increased in dependence on number and position of hydroxyl functions. This figure suggests that in poly-hydroxylated compounds the number and the position of OH groups are involved in the modulation of the activity of the enzymes responsible for IQ n-hydroxylation inhibition .
These in vitro evidences were not confirmed by an in vivo study performed to verify the effect of several flavonoids on hepatocarcinogenesis. Hirose and co-workers reported that quercetin, rutin, curcumin, daidzin, ferulic acid and genistein were co-carcinogens for MeIQx-induced hepatocarcinogenesis, because they were able to enhance GST-P positive focus development.
Also studies on ellagic acid and nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) gave apparently contradictory results. Ellagic acid reduced the formation of MeIQx but enhanced that of PhIP while NDGA had the opposite effect . The enhancement of MeIQx formation by NDGA could be explained according to the authors by the same alkylation mechanism described by Pearson and co-workers for BHT, while in the case of PhIP formation some reactive groups derived from ellagic acid were supposed to be involved .
Consistent evidences have been found using other phenolic antioxidants such as (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) which has been reported to suppress the formation of imidazoquinoxaline-type HAs in heated mixtures of creatinine, amino acids and sugars. Kato and co-workers demonstrated that generation of the mutagens in a heated chemical model system was effectively prevented by phenolic antioxidants, sesamol, esculetin and EGCG in a dose-dependent manner (being MeIQx content reduced to 35% of control in the presence of 100mM EGCG) and in heated-and-dried bonito meat by pre-treatment with 0.5% EGCG or 5% green tea extract. The mutagenicity of heated-and-dried bonito meat, tested on S. typhimurium TA98 strain with metabolic activation (by liver microsomal S9 system) after blue rayon extraction and determined as number of histidine revertant colonies, was dramatically reduced by pre-treatment with 0.5% EGCG and 5% green-tea extract resulting less than 50 and 30% respectively. The authors postulated these antioxidants acted preventing the formation, through Maillard reaction , of the unstable pyrazine cation radical. In a subsequent study, phenolic antioxidants such as green tea catechins and their major component EGCG, two flavonoids (luteolin and quercetin), and caffeic acid were found to decrease up to 75% both MeIQx and PhIP, and to reduce the total mutagenicity of heated mixtures . Also in animal experiments green-tea catechins have been shown to exert inhibitory effect against GST-P positive focus development.
As far as the mechanisms of action of phenolic antioxidants, beside the direct scavenging and reducing action and the modulation of enzymes involved in the detoxification system also a mechanism involving signal transduction has been described. The alteration of pathways that control apoptosis or cell-proliferation could explain the protective effect observed during the initiation phase of HA-induced carcinogenesis by several phenolic antioxidants.
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Activity of food-extracts and whole food
In the last years, many studies have been performed to test the effective capability and the mechanism of action of rich-antioxidant food in preventing HA-induced mutagenicity/ carcinogenicity. The attention for the use of whole food or food extracts is due to the need of increase our knowledge on the behaviour of antioxidants in conditions which can resemble as much as possible the reality.
Fruits and vegetables
Almost all studies present in the literature consistently showed a strong antimutagenic activity, detected in liverenzyme mediated bacterial assays, exerted by fruits and vegetables against HA action. This effect was strictly correlated to the presence in these foods of vitamins and related compounds (ascorbic acid, ß-carotene, retinal, retinoic acid,α-tocopherol etc.) having antioxidant properties .
Carotenoid-rich foods
Vitaglione and co-workers have reported that carotenoids from tomatoes inhibit the formation of imidazoquinolines both in chemical model system, containing as precursors creatine, glucose and glycine, and in meat juice model system, based on freezedried bovine meat juice. In particular using carotenoid extract at a concentration of 1000 ppm, inhibitions of 36 and 11% of IQx and MeIQx formation respectively in the chemical system and of 13% of MeIQx and of 5% of 4,8- DiMeIQx in the meat juice model system was observed. Quercetin, the main tomato flavonoid, tested at 10 ppm in the meat juice model system, exerted an inhibition of HA formation of 67% .
N-hexane extracts of some carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables such as apricots, oranges, Brussels sprouts, carrots, yellow-red peppers, and tomatoes were directly tested on histidine-deficient strains of Salmonella typhimurium . This study demonstrated a reduced mutagenic activity of IQ probably due to carotenoids (α-, ß-carotene, lycopene),xanthophylls (ß-cryptoxanthin, lutein), and also carotenoid esters (oranges) contained in the tested extracts. In particular, 100µg of orange extract reduced the bacterial mutagenicity of IQ by 27%. Previously solvent extracts from 13 fruit and 12 vegetable residues had been demonstrated to exhibit antimutagenic activity against IQ and 2-amino-3,4- dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (MeIQ) in S. typhimurium TA 98 assay .
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Anthocyanin-rich foods
Tart cherry tissue has been also demonstrated to exert inhibitory effect on HA formation in ground beef patties .
The potential beneficial effect of fruits has been recently confirmed by Miyata and co-workers who showed that grapefruit juice suppressed PhIP-induced colon DNA damage in a concentration-dependent manner. The migration of DNA and frequency of tailed colon nuclei as indicators of DNA damage were measured. In particular, a 40% reduction of DNA damage was observed in F344 rats given 60 mg/kg of PhIP by gavage after pre-treatment with grapefruit juice for 5 days. This result was independent of PhIP absorption in the intestine because serum level of PhIP was comparable between grapefruit juice—pretreated and non pretreated rats.
Furthermore, it has been reported that genotoxic activity of PhIP was strongly reduced in a dose-related manner by blueberries, blackberries, red grapes, kiwi, watermelon, parsley, and spinach and that protection by beverages, fruits, and vegetables against genotoxicity of HAs might take place by enzyme inhibition .
The administration of 5% purple corn color, an anthocyanin extracted from the seeds of corn, in rats pre-treated with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) and given PhIP in the diet, has been evaluated to reduce development of colorectal carcinogenesis . Furthermore, cacao liquor proanthocyanidins showed to inhibit in vitro mutagenicity of PhIP, as well as rat pancreatic carcinogenesis in the initiation stage, but not mammary carcinogenesis induced by PhIP.
The addition of soy protein concentrates (SPC) to beef patties also have shown to inhibit the mutagen formation in pan-fried beef patties during cooking. This effect was not related to protein alone but mainly to the phenolic antioxidant component in SPC such as chlorogenic acid. More recent studies have not confirmed this finding. In fact Lan and Chen found that soy sauce-marinated pork, eggs, and bean cakes show an increase of HAs. Moreover, adding soybean-oil during frying of fish fibre the same effect of enhancing HA formation was exerted .
Polyphenolic compounds from tea are effective inhibitors of HA formation in model systems. Several studies report that tea polyphenols attenuate mutagenic activities of HAs by various mechanisms such as: inhibition of NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase , inhibition of mutagenic activity of N-hydroxylated HAs in the absence of S9 in vitro and electrophilescavenging. The first mechanism has been recently recapitulated using specific isoforms of human cytochromes P450, including inhibition by epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) of human CYP1A2-mediated activation of PhIP in genetically engineered Salmonella strains . Data showed that the protection towards HA action depended not only from quality and concentration of antioxidants but also from their relative levels in food and from the influence of other minor food constituents on their activity.
This correlation has been demonstrated in green- and black-tea extracts whose antimutagenic activity reduction corresponded with reduction in antioxidants and in particular with a decrease in concentration of three catechins (catechin, epigallocatechin gallate and epigallocatechin) . Furthermore, an artificial tea produced by mixing nine of the major constituents found in green tea (including high level of EGCG and several other polyphenols) exhibited a smaller antimutagenic potency in Salmonella assays compared with the complete tea .
The bioavailability of potential antimutagenic compounds is another key-factor that has to be taken into account. Krul and co-workers evaluated the influence of the food matrix on the bioavailability of tea antioxidants using an in vitro gastrointestinal model, simulating the conditions in the human digestive tract. In particular, they investigated whether black tea and green tea preserved their antimutagenic properties against HAs, alone or together with milk at different fat content, after passage through the in vitro model. The antimutagenic activity of the filtrates obtained introducing in the gastrointestinal model tea extracts alone, together with MeIQx and with whole or semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, was determined in the Ames test. The maximum inhibition of mutagenicity in Salmonella assay was observed with black tea filtrates, while adding together with the tea extract whole, semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, a reduction of the antimutagenic activity of 22, 42 and 78%, respectively, was observed. The authors hypothesized that these findings were due to the formation of milk proteintea polyphenol complexes, resistant to gastric hydrolysis, with consequent reduction of absorbed antimutagenic compounds. Furthermore, antimutagens of green-tea, such as catechins (90% of dry weight) and quercetin, bind stronger to milk proteins than the antimutagens of blacktea, thus explaining why the effect of green-tea was more affected by milk than that of black tea . When tea and MeIQx were added together into a digestion model system, MeIQx mutagenicity was efficiently inhibited, green tea had a slightly stronger antimutagenic activity than black tea. Moreover, purified polyphenols from black tea extracts are more potent inhibitors of mutagenicity caused by PhIP in the S. typhymurium TA98 assay than the polyphenols from green tea extract . Application of polyphenols extracted from both tea varieties to the surfaces of ground beef before cooking is able to inhibit the formation of mutagens in a dose-related fashion . Furthermore, both theaflavins and theafulvins from black tea brews are able to prevent, at a dose-range 0.1–0.5 mg/ml, in a concentration-dependent manner, the DNA damage caused by heterocyclic amine 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-2) .
The chemical mechanisms implicated in the inhibition by tea extracts of both HA-formation and HA-induced mutagenicity/ carcinogenicity, have been amply studied.
Stavric and co-workers reported that extracts of various teas (green, oolong, orange pekoe, decaffeinated orange pekoe) and herbal teas (chamomile, orange spice, linden flowers), were able to inhibit the Salmonella assay mutagenic activity of eight different HAs. The effect was strongly dependent from the concentration of tea extracts and it decreased at high concentrations. In particular, studies on the antimutagenic actions towards IQ of tea extracts (green, pouching, oolong and black tea) using a Salmonella/microsome assay showed that they were due to a combination of two distinctive mechanisms: inhibition of the cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism of IQ to its mutagenic metabolite form and interaction with IQ promutagens and metabolites in such a way to reduce its mutagenic potential .
Tea polyphenols could have also additional mechanisms of protection against HAs, such as the induction of UDP-glucuronosyl transferase (UDPGT), another enzyme involved in phase II metabolism of HAs. This is the prevalent mechanism associated to the inhibitory activities of white, green, and black teas against IQ and PhIP-induced colonic aberrant crypt foci (ACF) and DNA adducts in the rat . In fact rats fed with white or green teas extracts (1.5 or 2% w/v), in place of drinking water, before treatment with PhIP or IQ had reduced parent compounds and sulfamate in the urine. Accordingly, the concentration of ring glucuronides increased .
White tea is also able to inhibit PhIP-induced colonic ACF inducing glutathione-S-transferase (GST) thus assessing glutathione-dependent reduction of N-acetoxyheterocyclic amines back to the parent compound .
On the contrary, liver S9 or microsomes from rats given aqueous extracts of green tea enhanced the mutagenic activity of 2-amino-6-methyl-pyrido[1,2-a:3,2-d]imidazole (Glu-P-1) and IQ in the Salmonella assay through the induction of CYP1A and consequent enhanced formation of N-hydroxylated HAs, which were substrates for further activation by bacterial O-acetyltransferase and by enzyme S9 .
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Olive oil
Monti and co-workers reported that olive oil inhibited the formation of different IQ-type HA, in a chemical model system. The fresh made oil was more effective than the same oil after 1 year of storage thanks to the presence in the first of largest amount of dihydroxyphenylethanol derivatives. Their data supported the hypothesis that HA formation partially involved free-radical reactions, thus a reaction between phenolic compounds and key intermediates of HA formation could also contribute to reduce the levels of HAs.
Previously Johansson and co-workers reported that using frying fats with an initial high antioxidant level lower amounts of MeIQx and DiMeIQx in the beef burgers and in the pan residues after frying were obtained.
Thyme, marjoram, rosemary and Monascus red extracts added, each at three different concentrations (4, 10, and 50 mg that is about 0.0005, 0.0025 and 0.00625%), in chemical model system, caused an increase of PhIP formation stronger for thyme, marjoram and Monascus red in comparison to rosemary flavour . No correlation could be found between the antioxidative properties of the tested food additives, measured by the Rancimat system, and the formation of PhIP. In fact PhIP content increased independently to pro- or anti-oxidative properties of flavours. The extracts of thyme and Monascus red showed an antioxidative potential measured toward rapeseed oil oxidation while marjoram and rosemary showed pro-oxidative properties. On the contrary, some years before Murkovic and co-workers found that the addition of spices including rosemary, thyme and sage to the ground beef, reduced the concentrations of HAs in fried beef. Balogh and co-workers also showed that rosemary oleoresin added directly to the ground beef patties or to the surface of the patties before frying, at the concentration of 1–10% of the fat content, produced a reduction of PhIP formation after cooking of 44%.
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We traveled east to spend Thanksgiving with family outside of Washington DC. I had been dreading the 10+ hours of flight time with toddlers, but it was actually kind of okay. After four years of frequent flights with tiny people, I think we may be entering a stage of less travel hassle. I mean, I don't want to jinx it or anything. Pirate is only barely two, after all. But we're past the stage where you have to bring every kind of entertainment possible, special milk/snacks/diaper disaster supplies, and I no longer need to haul a car seat through airports.
We had a great few days with family, eating and relaxing, and I took a bit of a break from the blog and most of social media. When I travel, especially when it's to spend time with family, I find it next to impossible to spend too much time on the computer. Not for some pious priority reason, but because time flies by and there are memories to be made. I wish I could apply that attitude to my regular life sometimes and wrench myself away from this screen more often. It's a complicated relationship.
On Friday I drove out to see a blogging friend Ashleigh and her beautiful fairy tale life in the country. Her internet service is intermittent, so we don't get to talk online as much as we used to. We spoke of the pros and cons of this sort of disconnection from the world wide web, a subject I can argue passionately from both sides. But mainly we talked about our lives before we became friends, and about the sadness that comes when a friendship is over. She made me warm cookies and coffee and we barely moved from her couch until darkness fell.
We flew back to Los Angeles on Saturday, bringing with us small colds. On Sunday we put up the Christmas decorations and stayed in pajamas until late afternoon. I am so excited to start the Christmas season. Each year it gets better and better with the kids, and I genuinely enjoy all the cheer that comes with this time of year. Most years I look around and think "How is it the holidays already?" but 2013 has been a long one and I'm glad to feel festive and, of course, thankful.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.


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The Lucky Penny Entertainment branch of Right Stuf, Inc. announced last week, plans to release the anime series "Sengoku Collection" on DVD at the start of August.
"Sengoku Collection" is based on the social networking game created by Konami, and the anime is directed by Keiji Gotoh (Kiddy Grade) and features animation from Brain's Base (Penguindrum). In the series, a parallel world version of Oda Nobunaga is a young girl in a conflict to gain control of the land, but a mysterious light takes Nobunaga as well as friends and foes to our world. Adjusting to a technology filled world, history's greatest warriors must adapt in order to survive, and while Nobunaga is determined to get home by collecting the "Secret Treasures", some of her counterparts seem to be thriving, like Tokugawa Ieyasu the pop idol and Uesugi Kenshin the voluptuous model.
Lucky Penny Entertainment will release "Sengoku Collection" in a Litebox-style DVD case, housing the complete 26-episode anime series, on August 5, 2014, with an SRP of $49.99. The series will include Japanese audio with English subtitles and on-screen translations. To learn more about "Sengoku Collection" you can visit the official page.


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Swifties take note: Taylor Swift is going to shimmy, drum and hair-flip her way through her Red Tour .
The long-awaited trek kicked off Wednesday night in Omaha, Nebraska at the CenturyLink Center. Swift took the stage to perform Red tracks and old-school tunes like "Sparks Fly."
"You see, this is the part that I've been really looking forward to for a very long time because this is the part where I say to you, Omaha, Nebraska: Welcome to the very first night of the Red Tour," she told the room at the beginning of the show. The announcement was welcomed to lots of cheers from the audience.
During the show, Swift had upwards of 10 costume changes, including one look where she sported a lace top, leather shorts and red flats and another outfit where she opted for a striped T-shirt with red pants.
In footage obtained by MTV News, Swift hair flips her way through "Red," drummed her way through "Holy Ground," and rocked out on guitar during "Sparks Fly." She was later joined by tour opener Ed Sheeran for their duet, "Everything Has Changed."
She'll play Omaha again on Thursday night (March 14) before taking the show to St. Louis on Monday, March 18. The 66-show trek will run right through September 21, when she's slated to wrap it up in her homebase of Nashville.
And, for fans wondering what they might get from the show, earlier this week Swift dished on what concertgoers will see when they come see her 2013 extravaganza. "I think from the Red tour fans can expect the unexpected," she said. "I think I really like the element of surprise and I love incorporating that into the shows. I like for these tours to be completely different from every single one we've done."
Are you planning on catching Taylor Swift on tour? Let us know in the comments!


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March 1, 2013
STANFORD, Calif. – For the second straight year, ESPN will broadcast Stanford's Pro Timing Day, with an exclusive ESPN3 live national broadcast on March 21 from Stanford's campus.
Twelve former Stanford football players will showcase their talents before representatives from all 32 NFL teams beginning at 11:15 a.m. PST (2:15 p.m. EST).
Former players expected to perform include Harold Bernard, Terrence Brown, Alex Debniak, Zach Ertz, Jamal Rashad-Patterson, Sam Schwartzstein, Terrence Stephens, Stepfan Taylor, Drew Terrell, Chase Thomas, Levine Toilolo and Daniel Zychlinski.
The day consists of classroom testing, weight room evaluations, on-field agility drills and football specific position drills. Pro Timing Day operates with a similar format to the NFL Combine held annually in Indianapolis each February.
"I'm very proud of this group of seniors, the most accomplished in school history," said David Shaw, Stanford's Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football. "We're honored that ESPN has again chosen to broadcast our Pro Day and showcase our players. This is another sign that our program is continually producing men who will be productive in the NFL on top of being outstanding scholars."
The class was the first in Stanford history to play in four straight bowl games and three BCS bowl games, including the school's first Rose Bowl Game championship in 41 years. The group compiled a 43-10 record, including a 25-2 record at Stanford Stadium.
The event is open to the public with the exception of the weight room session.
GoStanford.com will have complete coverage of Pro Day, including a recap of the day's events, video highlights, interviews and photos.
This year's NFL Draft is scheduled for April 25-27 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
While these 12 players look to the future, so does the reigning Pac-12 champion Cardinal. The returning team opened spring practice Monday, Feb. 25, and will hold its first open practice on Saturday, March 2, at the Elliot Practice Field. The practice will run from 9:30 - 11:50 a.m. and is free to the public. No cameras (still or video) or camera phones are permitted.


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School Common Name
Stuart Middle School
School Official Name
Stuart Middle School
Other Name
Jesse Stuart Middle School; Jesse Stuart High School
Last Address
4601 Valley Station Road
Year Opened
Stuart Middle opened in a building on the campus of Stuart High School in 1980. The following year Stuart High closed and its building became the home of an enlarged Stuart Middle School. Both Stuart schools were named for famous Kentucky writer Jesse Stuart, a renowned novelist and poet laureate of the Commonwealth.
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Resource Information
This resource is provided by the Jefferson County Public Schools Archives and Records Center, Louisville, Kentucky. See JCPS History Wiki and Blog Information for contact information.


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National Post ·
Will the real Michael Ignatieff please stand up?
I haven't written off the Liberal leader entirely ... yet. True, he's a Liberal. Still, he hasn't shown himself to be irredeemably condescending, enthralled by hollow, symbolic "solutions" and wed to ever-expanding government -- three of the four pillars of modern Liberal electoral philosophy. On the third point, at least, Mr. Ignatieff has shown himself to be no more enamoured of big government than the Harper Conservatives, who are about to start growing the federal government faster than any at any time since Pierre Trudeau was prime minister.
And Mr. Ignatieff cannot embrace the fourth Liberal pillar -- sneering anti-Americanism and intellectual nationalism -- because he lived for nearly three decades in the States. Heavens, he even wrote in The New York Times about "we" Americans. He cannot, as every Liberal leader since Trudeau has, conflate the national interest with the policy book of the Liberal party, since for 30 years he couldn't even bring himself to live here.
Give Mr. Ignatieff credit. By all accounts, he is most comfortable in the academic lounges of Harvard and the salons of London, the green rooms of the BBC and the Manhattan offices of the Times. Yet he has made every effort since Christmas to reach out to rural voters and to Prairie Westerners, to prove that he and his party are interested in more than just Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
Trouble is, when he gets out to the West and to rural Canada Mr. Ignatieff's messages start to cross. Since becoming Liberal leader by coronation four months ago, for instance, Mr. Ignatieff has praised Alberta's oil sands, but also told British Columbians they must get out of "basement industries" such as forestry, mining and oil and gas.
Back in January, at a pub in Vancouver's Gastown district, the Grit boss said of the oil sands, "everybody expects me to say they're terrible and shut then down. Absolutely not." Instead, while conceding that there were environmental problems with oil extraction from Alberta's northern muskeg, Mr. Ignatieff raved about the technological marvel of the oil sands. They will drive our future economic growth and increase Canada's strategic importance in the world, he explained.
He also, in no uncertain terms, lambasted the carbon tax proposals of his predecessor, Stephane Dion, insisting they "killed" Liberal prospects in the last election. Sometimes he has sounded more like the Premier of Alberta, Ed Stelmach, than Mr. Stelmach himself.
But then last week at the Sea to Sky Hotel in Squamish, B. C., Mr. Ignatieff claimed "We have to systematically get out of the basement end of the economy and into the top end." He said that Canada's traditional resource-extraction industries were "basement industries."
Mr. Ignatieff later explained what he meant was that rather than shipping raw logs and crude to other countries, we should develop our own furniture and petrochemical industries to process more of our resources here at home. Still, it was somewhat demeaning (and a little too urban) to suggest Canada's resource industries are "basement" or subterranean or backwards.
It's tough to square Mr. Ignatieff's gung-ho championing of the oil sands with his assertion that oil and gas extraction is a "basement" industry, and Canada would do well to get out of it.
That means -- for now -- that it is tough to tell whether Michael Ignatieff is an urban effete, just mouthing words he thinks Westerners and rural Canadians want to hear, or whether he is the real deal, a rare Liberal who understands more than the Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa Golden Triangle and Vancouver.


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|STARA BYSTRICA: Cadca
US Commission No. SLCE000083
Stara Bystrica is located in Cadca, N of Zilina. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing a public field, access is open to all with no wall or gate. 1-20 19th-20th century sandstone flat shaped tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions are in original locations. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Private visitors stop rarely.
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It always bothers me to see thugs on tv threaten a business owner if he or she does not give them money. Even before I had my own business it was disturbing to know that some promise to harm an owner and family members if "protection money" is not paid. A brave friend in seminary ran a guy out of his store after the intruder threatened him if he did not give money to him. Why does that happen in some communities and not in others? As far as I know, this has never happened in this area and I am grateful.
"There is no fear of God in this place." one Biblical person asserted. Where there is an awe of God and therefore respect for his laws, these criminal acts do not exist. When we lived in New York City, I walked my dog though many types of neighborhoods. I noticed that the Jewish areas were always safe, clean, and full of respectful folks who never threatened each other or anyone else. I did have a 130 pound Great Pyrenees with me, but I am convinced that love for the Old Testament kept them from a multitude of sins against themselves and others.
Jesus taught that we should treat others as we want to be treated. Even without supernatural conversions, society is much safer and more productive when we respect the laws of God. But as a minister of the gospel, it is my duty (and that of all Christians) to encourage everyone to have the law of God written in their hearts. In other words, God calls each of us to be born again, or converted to follow Jesus Christ as boss.
In 1949, the Isle of Lewis in Scotland had many God fearing folks, but they were almost all older people, for very few of the young adults or teens were converted. They were for the most part respectful of their elders, yet the Christianity of their parents seemed alien to them. They were drifting into lifestyles that would wink at, and finally embrace crime. After several became broken over the waywardness of the youth, they began to pray for revival. Largely through the prayers of two Smith sisters in their 80s, God sent the Rev. Duncan Campbell who spearheaded the revival that swept thousands into the kingdom of God.
It is easy to find many who criticize youth for their destructive behavior. But where are the Christians to "stand in the gap?" Where are the Christians starting prayer meetings to pray for deeper and deeper layers of repentance? Where are the Christians to pray as the Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne prayed, "Lord, make me as holy as a saved sinner can be?"