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A beer a day could keep brittle bones at bay. That's because beer is rich in silicon, an element that has been linked to bone health. But what type of beer should you drink?
Previous studies have shown that silicon can aid bone growth, and that moderate beer drinking is linked to increased bone density. Now Charles Bamforth and Troy Casey at the University of California, Davis, have discovered how much silicon each type of beer contains.
They analyzed 100 beers from around the world and found that the brews contained between 6.4 and 56 milligrams of silicon per litre, with an average of 29 milligrams per liter. Looking at the silicon levels in beer's ingredients, they found that most of it comes from the husks of malted barley.
The pair found that lighter-colored beers made from pale malted barley and hops, such as pale ales, are richest in silicon, while low-alcohol beers contain the least, along with stouts, porters and wheat beers.
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Jonathan Powell at the UK Medical Research Council's Human Nutrition Research Unit in Cambridge says that the results confirm previous work by his group showing that beer is a good source of bioavailable silicon, and that it improves bone mineral density in a way not seen with wine or spirits.
In 2004, his team reported that moderate beer drinkers had better bone density than non-drinkers, although excessive consumers had the worst bone mineral density of all (Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.0301225).
However, Catherine Collins, a dietician at St George's Healthcare National Health Service Trust in London, says that while the silicon from beer is useful for bone density, calcium found in foods such as dairy products does more to prevent osteoporosis.
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New research finds that an increase in brain magnesium improves learning and memory in young and old rats. The study, published in the January 28th issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities and supports speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans.
Diet can have a significant impact on cognitive capacity. Identification of dietary factors which have a positive influence on synapses, the sites of communication between neurons, might help to enhance learning and memory and prevent their decline with age and disease. Professor Guosong Liu, Director of the Center for Learning and Memory at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, led a study examining whether increased levels of one such dietary supplement, magnesium, boosts brain power.
"Magnesium is essential for the proper functioning of many tissues in the body, including the brain and, in an earlier study, we demonstrated that magnesium promoted synaptic plasticity in cultured brain cells," explains Dr. Liu. "Therefore it was tempting to take our studies a step further and investigate whether an increase in brain magnesium levels enhanced cognitive function in animals."
Because it is difficult to boost brain magnesium levels with traditional oral supplements, Dr. Liu and colleagues developed a new magnesium compound, magnesium-L-threonate (MgT) that could significantly increase magnesium in the brain via dietary supplementation. They used MgT to increase magnesium in rats of different ages and then looked for behavioral and cellular changes associated with memory.
"We found that increased brain magnesium enhanced many different forms of learning and memory in both young and aged rats," says Dr. Liu. A close examination of cellular changes associated with memory revealed an increase in the number of functional synapses, activation of key signaling molecules and an enhancement of short- and long-term synaptic processes that are crucial for learning and memory.
The authors note that the control rats in this study had a normal diet which is widely accepted to contain a sufficient amount of magnesium, and that the observed effects were due to elevation of magnesium to levels higher than provided by a normal diet.
"Our findings suggest that elevating brain magnesium content via increasing magnesium intake might be a useful new strategy to enhance cognitive abilities," explains Dr. Liu. "Moreover, half the population of industrialized countries has a magnesium deficit, which increases with aging. This may very well contribute to age-dependent memory decline; increasing magnesium intake might prevent or reduce such decline."


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Anna Fywell was an A level student at Richmond College.
She was interested in the way that artists were using science and was inspired by the artist Laura Splan who took images of malaria cells and made them into something beautiful. But Anna was interested in not just a beautiful image but a visual narrative. She had seen bacterial handprints and wanted to take it a step further. She wanted to create a self-portrait in bacteria . . .
Anna met with Professor John Ward at UCL. He created an agar gel with the right kind of consistency for this project. Anna imprinted her face in the agar. It was then put in the incubator and every few days she took pictures of the growing bacteria.
"In Photoshop I superimposed the bacteria onto a picture of my face. I ended up with eight images, the bacteria growing more with each image. I also began to degenerate my face. I knew at this stage that the project was about death and regeneration.
"We decompose but life in some form carries on. And there is a beauty in the bacteria - in the floral shapes and colours."
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LONDON: The Bank of England's chief has hinted that Jane Austen could become the new face of Britain's £10 note.
The bank's outgoing governor, Mervyn King, told lawmakers on Tuesday that the "Pride and Prejudice" novelist is the leading candidate to replace Charles Darwin on the banknote.
King's comments came after the bank earlier announced it will replace social reformer Elizabeth Fry with Winston Churchill on the £5 note, a move that prompted outcries that no woman except Queen Elizabeth II would be represented on Bank of England bills.
The bank has not yet made a decision on when the £10 note will be changed. Aside from Fry and the queen, only one other woman - Florence Nightingale - has appeared on the bills since historical figures were introduced in 1970.
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos National Laboratory had ample reasons to fire a Chinese-American computer scientist who is the target of an FBI investigation, the lab's director says.
Wen Ho Lee, 59, was fired for "totally defensible" reasons, said John Browne, who was in Washington, D.C., this week for long-planned meetings with Energy Department officials.
"I really should not and can't go into the specifics, but they were pretty clear-cut," he said Wednesday during a session with reporters.
Browne said that when he became lab director in 1997 he was told an employee was under FBI surveillance. He did not elaborate but said internal security officials told him about Lee's alleged violations of lab security policies.
It was not until last weekend that "all the pieces came together," and he and Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson independently concluded Lee should be fired, Browne said.
"He lost his job for security violations, not for espionage," he said.
China is suspected of obtaining secret nuclear warhead information from the northern New Mexico lab in the 1980s during the administration of Republican President Ronald Reagan.
Congressional Republicans are questioning the weapons lab's foreign visitor program and asking why the computer scientist kept his job and his security clearance for more than three years after the investigation began.
GOP presidential aspirants want national security adviser Sandy Berger to resign because, they contend, he did not move quickly enough to recognize serious security breaches at national labs when he learned of the investigation in 1996.
Browne also said Los Alamos, which developed the world's first atomic bomb in World War II, can't operate in secrecy today.
"We cannot put the fence back up and still be a vital national lab," he said. "We cannot have our people totally isolated scientifically."
Although Browne said the lab needs "to know who is coming to the lab and for what purpose," he also said it's important that researchers have contacts in the international scientific community - sometimes even with people from countries once considered enemies of the United States.
Lee, a U.S. citizen born in Taiwan, was fired Monday after working at the lab for nearly 20 years. He has not been charged with any crime.
Today's federal lab complex is balancing security and scientific concerns in an era when nuclear weapons are tested not by underground explosions but by supercomputer simulations.
"I think the basic tenets of security were a little more clear cut during the Cold War," Browne said.
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On September 13, 2011 the Junior Class of John F. Kennedy High School went on a tour of various locations around our local area as a supplement to their literature class.
The 51 Students, accompanied by two teachers and a bus driver, were trying to experience what it was like to be an explorer as they read selections of "Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles," by John Smith, selections written by the Spanish explorer, Cabeza de Vaca, and Christopher Columbus's "Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella".
They traveled from the courthouse in downtown Warren to the McKinley Museum in Niles, and then on to St. Columba's Cathedral in Youngstown, the Riverside Gardens at Mill Creek Park, Lanterman's Mill, and the Butler Art Institute. In addition to being an adventure as "explorers", the trip was intended to show students the good things about their area, since so many only focus on the bad.
It was an unusual teaching method that seemed to get through to the students. The next week, when reading their essays about the experience, many recounted the beauties of Mill Creek Park and interesting things they learned during the trip. Getting out of the classroom allowed students to connect with their literature, more so than simply reading it could have done.
Mrs. Tracey Ryser, the American Literature teacher who coordinated the trip, often uses unusual means to keep the class interesting, even when reading stories written hundreds of years ago. Following the field trip, Mrs. Ryser also had the students watch several clips from the blockbuster, "Avatar," to connect the lives of the characters to the story of John Smith.
"I thought our class became closer as a result of going on the field trip and experiencing all of the same things," said Danielle Covelli when asked what the best part of the trip was.
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Jose Mourinho's Chelsea may have suffered a disappointing loss against Everton over the weekend, but they will have to pick themselves up immediately to face FC Basel in a potentially tricky Champions League encounter this Wednesday.
Basel are an attractive side, but they are not as technically gifted as Everton were on Saturday, making them the perfect team to face after a minor setback. Although many are as good as writing Mourinho's eulogy after the defeat, it was exactly that—a minor setback.
Indeed, despite the result, there were many positives to take from this match. As Mourinho himself told BBC Sport, on another day it could have been 3-1 in his club's favour.
After all, the Blues had more possession and twice as many shots as the Merseyside club.
However, a loss it was, and that means that something must have gone wrong. Based on this match, then, here are three places in which Chelsea can improve in order to get the win against Basel on Wednesday.


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CS Industry Awards Recognize UCSB Team for LED Droop Research
Professors Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura of the Solid State Lighting and Energy Center were honored earlier this year as finalists for the 2012 Compound Semiconductor (CS) Industry Awards for their groundbreaking research on quantum wells to reduce LED droop. CS Industry Awards recognize the success and development along the entire value chain of the Compound Semiconductor industry from research to completed device.
The UCSB researchers have shown that increasing the number of quantum wells in an LED can slash its droop and the decline in device efficiency as current is cranked up. The team fabricated two high-power blue LEDs that differed only in the number of quantum wells. The LEDs fabricated by the researchers featured 20 nm-thick barriers, 4 nm-thick quantum wells and a 10 nm-thick undoped Al0.15Ga0.85N electron-blocking layer. "Though our wells may be a little thicker [than those used in many commercial LEDs], it is the best structure for a high output power LED at UCSB," revealed Nakamura, who has also been awarded a Millenium Technology Prize and "Technology" Emmy for his LED research and contributions to display technology.
Nakamura believes that LEDs with more quantum wells suffers from less droop because the current density in these structures are lower, reducing nonradiative Auger recombination. In addition, he argues that more quantum wells can reduce the overflow of carriers – particularly electrons – through the active region.The CS Industry Awards were created by Compound Semiconductor to recognize the vital individuals and companies that enable a company to achieve success in a competitive global market.
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Gamblers bet $35.5M on slots at Erie casino
Gamblers wagered $35.5 million on slot machines at Presque Isle Downs & Casino during the week of March 11-17.
The amount returned to gamblers was $32 million, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported.
The gross revenue -- the amount of gamblers' losses -- was $2.7 million, after subtracting $919,546 in promotional free plays.
Of the gross revenue, $1.4 million went to the state and $1.2 million to the casino.
During a comparable week in 2012, from March 12-18, gamblers wagered $43.6 million. The amount returned to them was $39.5 million.
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The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at Saint Vincent College will present an exhibit, "American Architecture in Coverlet Design," from Wednesday, Jan. 23 to Sunday, June 30. Admission is free and open to the public. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23. The Gallery, located on the first floor of the Fred M. Rogers Center will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Fridays, and 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. The Gallery is open by appointment on Saturdays and Sundays and is closed on Mondays. Woven into the fabric of many of the 19th century coverlets in the McCarl Collection are images of homes, churches, taverns, factories, state buildings, cityscapes and rural landscapes. "The most popular architectural style during the colonial years and through the early 19th century was consistently the Georgian or Federalist style, reflecting the colonies' English heritage," commented Michelle Mock, guest curator. "Greek Revival architecture grew popular during the years of the Early Republic, as a hearkening to Greek Democracy (and correspondingly a rejection of English style) seemed fitting for the new nation." "By the 1840s, however, architectural tastes had diversified, as highlighted in Andrew Jackson Downing's Cottage Residences, published in 1842," she continued. "Throughout the cities and countryside, a traveler could find Greek classicism, Gothic Revivalism, Italianate cottages, and Swiss chalets, as well as exotic examples based on Egyptian and Oriental architecture." "Visitors will see nods to each of these in the coverlets on display," she noted. "The most common architectural style depicted in these coverlets, however, is the Georgian style, perhaps demonstrating the weavers' nostalgia for an earlier time, a pride in a particular heritage or national roots, or simply the popularity of the design in American buildings. This exhibit highlights architectural designs woven into 19th century coverlets. Visitors will find images of monumental structures that remain today, such as the United States Capitol building, as well as buildings for the common people: taverns, factories, churches and humble homes. Busy urban cityscapes with eastern flair are included as well as rural homesteads with simple cabins and meetinghouses." Mock received her doctorate in history from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011, where she has taught courses on women's history and American consumer culture. Her book manuscript is on the modernization of the American home kitchen in the 20th century. The McCarl Gallery opened in 2008 and houses the lifetime collection of handmade American Jacquard woven coverlets of the late Foster and Muriel McCarl of Beaver Falls, which were a permanent gift to Saint Vincent College. Public exhibits of selections from the collection are shown throughout the year. Further information is available by contacting the McCarl Gallery, 724-805-2569, email@example.com or www.mccarlgallery.org.
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The Education & Labor Collaborative Forum will take place on Friday evening 3/28/2008 from 4-8 PM and Saturday morning 3/29/2008 from 8AM-2PM at the United Federation of Teachers, 52 Broadway, New York City, 5th floor.
Friday evening will include a social hour and panel discussion. Saturday will include continental breakfast, plenary panel discussion, 2 sessions of teaching workshops and action planning.
The proceedings of the Forum will be circulated via the website and in Organizing the Curriculum (forthcoming from Sense Publishers).
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This forum is made possible by the generous participation of co-sponsors including Adelphi's Ammon School of Education, The United Federation of Teachers, The American Labor Studies Center, The California Federation of Teachers, The American Association of University Professors, and The Laborers International Union.


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NORTHERN CAMBRIA - Trailing by three runs entering its final turn at bat, the Portage softball team would not allow a scheduled concert to serve as an excuse to throw in the towel.
Instead, the Lady Mustangs banded together for seven singles in the top of the seventh inning to lift the fifth-seeded visitors over Northern Cambria, 7-6, in a District 6 Class A playoff game Monday at the Northern Cambria Recreation South Complex. The Mustangs earned a semifinal date Thursday at unbeaten Claysburg-Kimmel.
"We're definitely not going to lay down. We're going to go down to Claysburg and give it all we've got," Portage coach Bryan Jubina said.
"If we can stick together and keep our heads in [the game], we'll be good," winning pitcher Emily McCabe said.
The quarterfinal-round game started 90 minutes earlier than originally scheduled because of a chorus and band concert that was scheduled at Portage Area High School later in the evening.
"Almost every girl on our team is in the chorus or band," Jubina said. "So [Northern Cambria] was nice enough to schedule it earlier. And who knows? With the [pending threat of] rain, maybe that was a good thing."
Portage (11-8) opened the scoring in the first inning after McCabe stroked an RBI single. She and Kaitlyn Dividock scored on passed balls to give the Mustangs a 3-0 lead.
The Colts battled back in the home half of the first on Amy Lieb's two-run single.
"We've been able to do that the entire year," Northern Cambria coach Paul Artley said. "Once we got down early in games we've had that ability."
An RBI bunt single by Becky Britton produced the tying run in the fourth. Britton's second RBI single of the day, followed by Kelly Lieb's two-run single in the sixth, gave sophomore right-hander Lakyn Fornari a three-run to protect.
The Mustangs erased the deficit, however, thanks to a two-run single by Haley Heidler and run-scoring singles from Courtney Jubina and Kaitlin Jubina.
"We just knew we had to do it or else we'd be going home," McCabe said.
"I told them, 'Hey. We've got to put some hits together,'" Jubina said. "They finally did."
Artley made no excuses for the way the game ended.
"It wasn't errors in that last inning [that hurt the Colts]. They were just hitting balls where we weren't. And we just couldn't get those three outs in that last inning," he said.
McCabe then retired the side in order to preserve the win. The junior right-hander struck out five, walked two and allowed 11 hits.
"In the last inning, once she had the lead she could smell blood," Jubina said.
Northern Cambria managed a 13-7 record despite starting the season without a pair of juniors who had been two-year starters.
"This group has really overachieved. This was a good senior group that just didn't want to lose," Artley said.
PORTAGE (7): Layo 2b 512, Gorba 1b 511, McCabe p 412, Divodock ss 421, Forst rf 411, Heidler cf 312, Madigan 3b 403, C. Jubina c 401, K. Jubina lf 402. Totals - 37-7-15.
NORTHERN CAMBRIA (6): Britton cf 313, Farabaugh dp 310, Fornari p 000, K.Lieb 3b 412, Lecorchick ss 401, Amy Lieb lf 401, Walters c 411, Ann Lieb 1b 311, Bernard 2b 311. Totals - 32-6-11.
Portage300 000 4 - 7 15 1
Northern Cambria200 103 0 - 6 11 3
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Umpires-Home, Skip Powell; Bases, Steve Roman, Tony Olsavsky.
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Staunch Employee Opposition Forces Union out of Multiple Kaiser Permanente Facilities Across Southern California
**Los Angeles, CA (July 9, 2007)** – A group of four Kaiser Permanente employees have forced the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers (SEIU-UHW) union to abandon multiple Kaiser Permanente units across the Southern California area after use of coercive union organizing methods. The action comes in the wake of unfair labor practice charges the employees filed just weeks earlier on June 21, and it will impact up to 400 Kaiser Permanente employees throughout the area.
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys helped Lisa Eklund and three of her co-workers file the federal charges at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the SEIU-UHW union and Kaiser. The charges alleged that union officials deceived Kaiser employees into signing union "authorization" cards that would later be counted as "votes" favoring unionization. Union officials also falsely told employees that signing the card was merely a request for more information about unionizing and promised higher pay raises and benefits. Lastly, SEIU-UHW officials engaged in unlawful bargaining over the employees' wages and working conditions before the employees had even selected union officials as their representatives.
On December 28, 2006, Kaiser management recognized SEIU-UHW on the basis of the "card check" count. However, Eklund's charge highlights that SEIU-UHW union officials manipulated the size of the bargaining unit and secured signatures from employees who were ineligible to participate in the "card check" organizing drive. Upon the heath care employees' request to disclose the names of employees who were eligible to participate, union officials were unable to indicate which employees were inside or outside of the alleged bargaining unit.
Within two weeks of filing the federal charges, the NLRB indicated its intention to formally investigate the apparently unlawful "card check" organizing scheme. Upon the NLRB Region 21's initial investigation, SEIU-UHW union officials and Kaiser rapidly abandoned the "card check" count.
"SEIU officials have been repeatedly caught red handed running roughshod over employee rights during these coercive organizing drives," said Stefan Gleason, vice president of the National Right to Work Foundation. "These campaigns give employees two basic choices- union 'yes,' or union 'yes.'"
"Card check" union organizing strips workers of the limited protections of a government-supervised secret ballot election in deciding whether or not to unionize. Instead, union agents frequently mislead or badger workers one-on-one into signing cards that are then counted as "votes" favoring unionization.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. –- The 1988 Indians were a lot like any Indians team from that era. They didn't win much and they often looked bad doing it.
In a 11-year stretch from 1978 through 1988, the Indians had three winning seasons and never finished higher than fifth in the American League East. The pain still lingers for many of those who watched.
So what makes the 1988 Indians worth more than a mention, especially when the Cardinals and Red Sox will play Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night at Busch Stadium? Certainly there are more pleasant things to discuss.
Right again, but that was before the '88 Indians turned into the cradle of managers, producing six current or former big league skippers, including John Farrell, who has the Red Sox in the Fall Classic in his first year on the job in Boston. Terry Francona, Ron Washington, Bud Black, Dave Clark and Charlie Manuel are the others. Manuel, the Tribe's hitting coach at the time, was the only non-player in the group.
These aren't merely interim, cup-of-coffee managers either. They've combined to win three World Series titles, seven pennants and lead their teams to 16 postseason appearances.
Francona is still stunned it happened.
"We were closer to the movie Major League than being managers," said Francona. "We weren't real good."
Francona, the Indians current manager, led Boston to World Series titles in 2004 and 2007. In eight years with the Red Sox, his teams never won fewer than 86 games in a season and went to the postseason five times.
This past season, Francona's first in Cleveland, he led the Indians to their first postseason appearance since 2007 as one of the AL's wild card teams. Cleveland is Francona's third managerial stop after Philadelphia and Boston.
Washington, a shortstop who hit .256 in 69 games for the 1988 Tribe, has spent the last seven years as manager of the Texas Rangers. He took the Rangers to the World Series in 2010 and 2011. In the last five years, the Rangers have nave never won fewer than 87 games a season.
Black, a pitcher like Farrell, has spent the last seven years managing the San Diego Padres. Black has posted two winning seasons.
Manuel succeeded Mike Hargrove as Indians manager in 2000 and led the Indians to the playoffs in 2001. Fired at the All-Star break in 2002, Manuel resurfaced in Philadelphia to become the winningest manager in Phillies' history before being fired late last season.
In almost nine years in Philadelphia, Manuel's Phillies reached the World Series twice, winning the title in 2008 and losing it in 2009, and winning five straight NL East titles. His career won-loss record stands at 1,000-826.
Clark, a former No.1 pick of the Indians, managed the last 13 games in 2009 for Houston after Cecil Cooper was fired.
The 1988 Indians finished 78-84 under the guidance of Doc Edwards, a former backup big-league catcher, who just finished his 57th year in pro ball. From Howard Rodney "Doc' Edwards sprung Farrell, Francona, Washington, Black, Manuel and Clark.
"I'd like to say yes," said Edwards, 76, when asked if he knew he was sitting on a managerial gold mine 25 years ago. "But I've got to say no. The one thing I will say is all those guys were serious about the game. "
Farrell was the Indians No.2 draft pick in 1984. He was 0-5 at Class A Waterloo in 1985 when he got a call from Bob Quinn, the former farm direction.
"I thought they were going to send me down to Batavia," said Farrell. "But they said they were sending me to the Maine Guides (Class AAA). I asked Bob, "Are you sure?'"
Edwards was the Tribe's Triple-A manager at the time and the two hit it off.
"In some ways he was almost like a father figure," said Farrell. "When things were going bad, he'd put his arm around me and say, "Everything is OK.' You felt that he trusted you and had confidence in you. That went a long way in letting you relax, go out on the mound and just let your abilities take over."
Edwards replaced Pat Corrales as Indians manager during the 1987 season. Farrell made his big league debut that year and in 1988 went 14-10, his best year in the big leagues.
"Doc had an immediate impact on me," said Farrell, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011 and 2012 before being traded to the Red Sox last winter. "He was a guy who I felt trusted me. That went a long way."
Edwards said he could tell right away that Farrell was serious about making a living in baseball.
"He threw 95 and wasn't afraid of anybody," said Edwards. " If his elbow had held up, he would have been a very good major league pitcher."
Farrell said he tries to use the personal touch that he learned from Edwards whenever possible.
"You always try to put the put yourself in the player's shoes," he said. "Then you draw upon, 'OK, how did somebody deal with me and did that work with me?' Those are things you draw upon for sure."
Farrell, Francona and Black gravitated toward each other on the 1988 club. They'd always talk about staying in the game after they were done playing.
"I remember standing in the outfield with Blackie and talking," said Farrell. "There was always a thought about remaining in the game. But to say what role that would be I didn't know."
Francona said he knew Farrell and Black could do just about anything they wanted with their lives after baseball.
"But the only thing I knew was baseball," he said. "I'm pretty sure if you asked Wash (Washington), he'd say the same thing. John and Blackie are special people. If they wanted to be a general manager, manage or be a pitching coach, they could do that.
"Wash and me, at that point in our career, were just hanging on."
Edwards spent a lot of time talking to his players on the bench before and during games.
"Ronnie Washington always had an idea about how to win a game," said Edwards. "He was the kind of guy who knew how to get a pick off at second base late in the game or take an extra base. He was always talking about that during the game."
Edwards played with Francona's father, Tito, in the minors and big leagues with the Indians.
"Terry was a lot like his dad," said Edwards. "You could talk with him and joke around on the bench, but when the games started, he was into it."Edwards spent a lot of time with Manuel that season and was not surprised at the success he had with the Indians and Phillies.
"Charlie and me were a lot a like when it came to handling players," said Edwards. "We tried to treat the players right. But when it came time to get something straight we weren't afraid to say, "This is way to do things right.'
"If I had a problem with a player, I always tried to handle it man-to-man, behind closed doors. I never wanted to make somebody look bad or embarrass them. As a player, I always hated that."
Edwards, who played with the Indians, Kansas City and the Yankees, says "I bet I've managed 12 to 14 players who have gone on to become big league managers, but I'd have to sit down and think about it to remember their names.' Besides the class of 1988, the one he could recall was Grady Little, who managed the Red Sox and Dodgers.
Edwards just finished his eighth season managing the San Angelo Colts, an independent team that plays in San Angelo, Texas.
Francona couldn't recall any magic elixir that Edwards dispensed to the 1988 Indians to help groom so many future managers.
"I'm just glad he let me play," said Francona.
Which is not a bad place to start.


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Erie's odd-even parking rules in effect
Erie's odd-even parking rules take effect today.
Parking will only be permitted on one side of a street in designated areas, depending on the date, on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the end of March. The parking regulations are posted in the designated areas, city officials said.
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Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson is leading the charge for yet another so called reform measure...folks like Johnson have been "reforming" the political process for the last 30 years or so and every one of the reforms has backfired. Now the pre-reform period is looked upon as a Golden Era of Arizona politics.
Johnson doesn't even attempt to be honest about his "reform" package. Check out this justification.
"Think about all the things that go on today," Johnson said. "Number one, the districts are so gerrymandered that by the time the primary is over the election is done.
Gerrymandered? That is, of course, complete bunk. The current districts were drawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission, using criteria mandated by voters and approved by the Justice Department.
So why aren't more of the districts competitive? Remember the old joke that everyone should line up alphabetically by height? That's funny because height and alphabetical order have no relationship to one another, so you can't form a single line based on both criteria.
For some reason, people who understand that joke, don't seem to see what has happened with redistricting. The districts have to be compact, respect communities of interest and be competitive. Those criteria have no relationship to each other...in fact, they actually conflict.
If you want to respect the communities of interest in Tucson and also make a district that is compact, the district is going to be overwhelmingly Democratic. If you want to respect the communities of interest in Scottsdale and make a district that is compact, the district is going to be overwhelmingly Republican.
So what if competitiveness becomes the primary factor? Then you will link Scottsdale with South Phoenix and the Catalina Foothills with South Tucson, Flagstaff with Kingman and Sun City with Buckeye. The districts will be competitive and bi-polar. They will not be compact and they will not respect communities of interest. In fact, the only way to create competitive districts is to....Gerrymander them. Which is, of course, NOT what we have...no matter how many times Paul Johnson claims otherwise.
Post Script: If Johnson's reform actually passes, it will have the opposite effect of what he intends. It will dramatically strenthen the polical parties and make the legislature much more partisan. I made those points here.


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Rights To and Not To
Joseph Blocher
Duke University School of Law
100 Cal. L. Rev. 761 (2012)
When and why should a "right to" include a "right not to"? If a person has a right to engage in an activity or to receive a particular form of procedural protection, under what circumstances should he also have a right not to engage in that activity or to refuse that process? The basic project of this Article is to show why these questions are important in American constitutional law, to explore how doctrine and scholarship have implicitly and sometimes awkwardly dealt with them, and to suggest normative frameworks with which they can be answered.
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Slideshow: A Bus Bound for Pittsburgh (and Heartbreak)
Photographer Brian Finke joins a busload of Jets fans on their way to the AFC Championship Game.
Photographer Brian Finke joins a busload of Jets fans on their way to the AFC Championship Game.
"I just had to go with the game plan."By Joe DeLessio
That viewer? LeBron James.By Joe DeLessio
Mark Sanchez was better than his team yesterday.By Will Leitch
The former NFL V.P. of officiating and an authority on such things says that the officials in Pittsburgh got the call right.By Joe DeLessio
The Steelers will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl after defeating the Jets, 24–19.By Joe DeLessio
It's all riding on the second-year QB.By Will Leitch
Another video-game simulation goes bad for the Jets.By Will Leitch
This isn't really a surprise.By Joe DeLessio
Rex Ryan is being awfully quiet and nice so far this week.By Will Leitch
For the most part, they protected Mark Sanchez.By Joe DeLessio
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When the battery icon is coloring red, click in the 3G JUICE , start smiling. Double the life from 10 to 100% in 2,5 hours with this extra battery which easily clips on your iPhone (also iPhone 4), iPod or iTouch. Featured in Gizmodo (NL) and New York Times (US).
If you normally can talk 6 hrs with your phone, now you can talk almost 12 hours. If you surf for 4 hours, you get almost another 4 hours.
We prefer to use this comparison because claims like 'up to 50 hours extra power' are measured under extreme conditions: all features are off and the 3G radio has to have a great reception. That's just not normal life.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has taken the first major step toward proposing regulations to protect unsuspecting pedestrians and the visually impaired from accidents involving hybrid and electric vehicles, including school buses.
"America's streets must be safe for everyone who uses them," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. "As we improve the environment with cleaner cars, we must also consider how it affects those on bikes and on foot."
The new action, which is mandated by the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010, will help NHTSA lay the groundwork for a proposed rulemaking to help pedestrians detect the presence of quieter vehicles. NHTSA will evaluate the merits of possible rulemakings, including requiring electric and hybrid vehicle makers to add sounds that alert the visually impaired and other pedestrians when these vehicles are operating in certain low-speed maneuvers.
A spokesperson for NHTSA confirmed to SBF that school buses are covered by the act.
In a 2009 report to Congress, NHTSA attempted to quantify the problem of hybrid crashes with pedestrians. The agency examined the incidence rates for crashes involving hybrid electric vehicles and pedestrians under different circumstances, using data from 12 states, and compared the results to those for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
"This study, which was based on a small sample size, found an increased rate of pedestrian crashes for hybrid vehicles compared to their peer ICE vehicles," NHTSA said in its new notice of intent.
To view the notice of intent, which seeks scoping comments on environmental issues related to the pedestrian safety rulemaking, go here. To listen to proposed pedestrian alert sounds, go here.
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Carrollton based plastic shopping bag plant pushes recycling
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Large rolls of recycled plastic await processing into shopping bags at the Hilex Poly manufacturing plant in Carrollton. The plant operates 24 hours a day, 360 days a year and employs 128. It's one of three plastic bag facilities owned by Hilex Poly in the state.
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Bates x The Future of Graffiti
Bates has been doing his thing for many years. Bates is highly respected as a style master across the globe. From block letters to all out colorful wild style burners that will make your eyes pop out of your head. Years of steady killing with an undeniable solidified stake in the graffiti game.
I really wanted Bates to get down so I sent him the first 2 volumes so he could see what I have been striving to accomplish. I am proud to announce he is on this next DVD "The Future of Graffiti : Black Book Sessions". Great insight and knowledge was shared by Bates making his segment extra dope. I don't think you or I have ever seen footage like this of Bates before. Flipping through his vast arsenal of sketches, letters, styles and color works make his segment a real deal window into the mind of a graffiti style master at its finest.
As for the core of the DVD, I go through a full color black book session from start to end. Character, background and all out wild style burner. I will cover all the aspects of completing an all out black book session from my choice of tools, tricks and techniques. Needless to say the kings in the bonus extras promise to be the perfect addition to this DVD.
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NBA Conference Semifinals: Heat 102, Celtics 91 (Miami leads 2-0)
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 12:07 AM
Miami Heat mascot Burnie whips the crowd into a "U.S. A." chant during a time out in the second half of Game 2 of a second-round NBA playoff basketball series between the Heat and the Boston Celtics, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Miami. The Heat defeated the Celtics 102-91. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Makey Makey Halloween Piano
Hershey Kisses, a pumpkin, and MaKey MaKey create an open source Halloween
We've been anxiously awaiting our chance to mess with a MaKey MaKey after we wrote this post, and we finally got our hands on one just in time for Halloween. MaKey MaKey's are based off Arduino, and you plug them into your computer with a USB cord. Basically you can alligator clip anything that conducts electricity and to make anything into a key.
After painstakingly carving our Opensource.com pumpkin, we used that, along with five pumpkin Hershey Kisses as our keys. We found a piano keyboard on the MaKey MaKey website that was written in Scratch, so you can easily change the keyboard to create your own version.
Jason Hibbets demonstrates our finished product:
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My Halloween is now complete.
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Jonathan Zimmerman: Why Ghana Doesn't Love Obama AnymoreRoundup: Historians' Take
Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of education and history at New York University. He is teaching in NYU's study-abroad program in Ghana this summer.
Here's a quick quiz culled from the opinion pages in Ghana, where I'm teaching this summer: Who is the imperialist race traitor waging war on Africa?
The answer, of course, is Barack Obama. The reason is the bombing of Libya, which is immensely unpopular over here. And so is President Obama, who now stands accused of betraying his own African heritage.
That's a big change from the last time I taught in Ghana, during Mr. Obama's state visit in 2009. His smiling face was everywhere, from T-shirts and soccer balls to billboards and murals. Gripped by "Obama Fever," as Ghanaians called it, massive crowds lined the streets to welcome the first African-American US president to Africa....
Astonishingly, some Ghanaians also have a soft spot in their hearts for Mr. Qaddafi. "Does Obama know what Muammar-al Qaddafi means to Africa?" one Ghanaian columnist asked last month, citing Qaddafi's generous aid to poorer African countries....
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In Brief: Copy of 'Mercy in the City' to give away
Faith giveaway: Enter to win book 'Mercy in the City'
We had two copies of "Frames" to give away.
The winners were Helen Berzonski of Erie and Tamara Peterson of Erie.
This week, we have Kerry Weber's "Mercy in the City." The Mercy associate's book is subtitled "How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned and Keep Your Day Job."
To enter the drawing, send your full name, address, city, ZIP and the keyword MERCY on a postcard to Faith, c/o Dana Massing, Erie Times-News, P.O. Box 6215, Erie, PA 16512-6215 or in an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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2 seminarians receive Ministry of Reader
Two seminarians from the Catholic Diocese of Erie were among nine recently instituted into the Ministry of Reader.
David Carter and David Whiteford were instituted by Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico at St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica in Latrobe.
Carter, of Parkville, Md., is the son of the late Kenneth and Shirley Carter and a 1972 graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
Whiteford, of Waterford, is the son of Gerald and Susan Whiteford of Waterford and a 2009 graduate of Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy.
Church commissions Stephen ministers
Summit United Methodist Church commissioned its Stephen Ministries ministers recently.
The newly trained class takes the number of Stephen ministers at the Erie County church to seven: Lynda Lagan, Connie Hoeke, Lori Costello, Linda Harpst, Florence Briggs, Janet Hull and Lynn Jarrell.
They will provide ministry, pastoral care, hospital visitations and ongoing care and support to the congregation at 1510 Townhall Road West and the community, officials said.
Erie church honored as shoe box collection site
An Erie church was recently honored for a decade of service to a ministry that delivers gift boxes to children affected by war, natural disasters, disease, famine, poverty and persecution in more than 100 countries.
First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant received the recognition from Operation Christmas Child, a project of the international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan's Purse.
The Erie church is a collection site and has accepted and then sent out more than 100,000 gift-filled shoe boxes.
"Reaching millions of children each year with the good news and great joy of God's love would not be possible without these wonderful ministry partners," said Leigh Fisher, mid-Atlantic regional director for Operation Christmas Child.
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Maybe it's a bit of an overdramatization to say Randy Wolf pitched the "game of his life" on Thursday, like so many have already said. Maybe it isn't. All that really matters, though, is that the Brewers won Game 4, 4-2, on 7 strong innings from Wolf. The only blemishes on his line were two solo home runs that weren't really his fault — he made a pair of good pitches, but Matt Holliday and Allen Craig were able to catch the jet stream flowing out to right field.
Wolf had one of the worst playoff starts of his career in his first appearance this postseason, but followed it up with his best. What was the difference between the two starts?
Let's start with his release point. Against the Diamondbacks, Wolf struggled to find a consistent release point as he was trying to figure out where any of his pitches were going. He never quite figured it out, which is clear when you look at the plot of his release points from Brooks Baseball.
Against the Cards, Wolf was much more consistent in his release points from the start. He was able to find a groove early — he became the first non-Gallardo starter to get through the first inning unscathed since Zack Greinke in Game 2 of the NLDS — and never really changed his process even as he tiptoed out of trouble.
The consistent release points yieled much better results when it came to location on Thursday night. Against the Diamondbacks, not only did Wolf have trouble finding the zone, but when he did it was up in the zone. Arizona was able to wait for him to work himself into trouble, then pounce when they got a pitch they could drive.
Thursday, Wolf didn't give the Cardinals much to drive — only a handful of pitches above the belt were actually in the strike zone, and nearly everything was down. No wonder Wolf was able to force 8 groundouts to go with his 6 strikeouts and 7 flyouts. And he did it without many of the favorable calls Kyle Lohse got (at least early in the game).
All told, it wasn't Wolf's quite best start of the season — in terms of results, it probably finishes somewhere in the middle of the pack — but it came in a big spot. The Brewers needed a strong start from somebody other than Yovani Gallardo if they were going to make this series as long as everyone thought it would be. They got it on Thursday, and they now have Zack Greinke on the mound with a chance to take a 3-2 lead back home.
I wrote a couple days ago after the Brewers split the first two at home that it was suddenly a best-of-five series, and they no longer had homefield advantage. Now, it's a best-of-three, and the final two will be in Milwaukee. For a team with the best home record in baseball, that means quite a bit.


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Cinema World Douglas, Douglas
Douglas, Cork City
Tel: 0214895900
Web: http://www.corkcinemas.com/cw.php
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Oldie but a goodie
(25 November 2011)
by: V T. 3 out of 5
I like this cinema, i only use it on a saturday morning when they have a great offer on of films for €4 per person and when you are bring kids along it makes it much kinder on your pocket. I like that i dont have to go near the traffic hot spots like blackpool and mahon, esp near christmas where parking is impossible. Ok its basic inside, toilet are chilly, but its clean and the seats are a pleather/leather and comfortable.Its value for money which will always win my vote!... Read more...
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Great little cinema
(13 September 2011)
by: claire r. 5 out of 5
This cinema doesn't look like much from the outside and I had dismissed it as being run-down for ages. But then I actually ventured inside and was amazed by it. They have all of the latest films showing and the prices are very good value, far better than any of the larger cinemas around. My boyfriend and I went to see the Inbetweeners movie during the daytime and it was just €10 for the two of us. The screens are a good size and they do good deals on popcorn and drinks combos too. Very... Read more...
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Had its day
(01 June 2011)
by: K P. 2 out of 5
I used to go here a lot when it opened first but it's not as enjoyable experience nowadays. It's quite run down and its biggest attraction is that you can often get to see something new here when it's sold out in some of the other cinemas. There is plenty of parking though and it's quite central in the Douglas area. ... Read more...
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Run Down but more compact and great popcorn
(04 August 2010)
by: karen g. 4 out of 5
Have been to this cinema recently and although it is a bit run down it is still a good spot to see a movie. It is closer to town and there is always loads of parking here. I find that the place is grand and compact especially if you are bringing young kids there isn't as much distractions in this cinema as the other bigger ones and the toilets are close enough to the cinema no matter what room your in.... Read more...
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Very dated but handy location
(08 April 2010)
by: Michelle N. 4 out of 5
I used to go to this Cinema before all the new omiplex ones arrived in Mahon & the City centre. It is in dire need of a revamp. Very tatty, old and worn. New carpet throughout would be a good start. Good selection of food and the staff are pleasant enough shame that they don't smile a bit more. Location is excellent right beside the shopping centre so great if us women want to head to the shops and let the men & kids hit the cinema.... Read more...
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Best Popcorn in Cork
(10 March 2010)
by: Anon O. 3 out of 5
This cinema is nothing special. Its old, outdated, doesnt have a wide a selection of films as mahon point, or the gate. However, also, unlike mahon point and the gate, it is easy to get parking, it is easy to get tickets (hardly ever booked out) and it also has the BEST cinema popcorn in cork. If i go to a cinema, i usually pick up a big bag of the manhattan stuff, but not here! I wouldnt dream of seeing a film here without getting popcorn from behind the counter.... Read more...
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It'll do!
(14 February 2010)
by: Lynsey C. 3 out of 5
This cinema is ok, but far from the best. It's very basic and quite run down and doesn't exactly amaze you with fabulous decor or lighting. It's also quite cold during the winter, which doesn't exactly make for a nice cosy snuggle in front of a movie with popcorn and snacks. There is plenty of parking, but it often doesn't have the films that other Gate Cinemas do - I would rather go to the one in the city or in Midleton.... Read more...
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Run Down theatre
(07 January 2010)
by: mari m. 2 out of 5
This is an old, run down theatre, by far the worst in Cork. The rugs are threadbare and the seats and sound systems aren't much better. I only go here if I absolutely HAVE to see a film and can't get in anywhere else. On the plus side, it's easy to find parking as they have a lot to themselves and it's convenient to downtown Douglas if you have other shopping to do or want to go to dinner.... Read more...
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Svetlana Kim is the author of White Pearl and I: A Memoir of a Political Refugee, which chronicles her journey from Russia to the United States, where she arrived with only one dollar in her pocket and a few words of English at her disposal; today, she is a leader among her peers in the business world, and has been honored with numerous awards citing her commitment, skill, and integrity. In February 2010, Orphan International Worldwide honored her with its Global Citizenship Award for her work towards saving the lives of children in Haiti.
Kim's stellar leadership, ethical business practices, and community service was recognized when the Euro-American Women's Council bestowed her with the Goddess Artemis Award. The EAWC brings together women of diverse backgrounds and accomplishments to work together toward the advancement of women's access to positions of leadership and to pave the way for the next generation of women business leaders.
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Having left the communist world behind, Kim has fully embraced the freedoms of the American political and social system, and has actively been involved in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; the Hillary for President presidential campaign; the Women's Campaign Forum; the Women's National Democratic Club; AARP Women's Leadership Circle; and Calvary Women's Services. She has held committee or officer positions with the Junior League of Washington, D.C. (Targeted Grants); the Asian Leaders Association of the Asian Academy Hall of Fame; the National Press Club (authors' committee); Capitol Speakers Club; and the Asian American Justice Center.
Kim shares her business acumen and managerial experience by serving on several boards of directors, including: the Asian Division Friends Society of the Library of Congress (Board Vice President, 2007 – present); the Global Advisory Board of the Euro-American Women's Council; the National Council of Asian American Business Associations (East Coast president, 2009 – 2010); the Asian Leaders Association; the Pacific Coast Immigration Museum; and Korean American Women's Chamber of Commerce. She also serves as a steering committee member of the Global Coalition for Korean reconciliation.
As a former Director for the Business Women's Network (a division of NBC Universal), Kim worked with over one hundred small businesses representing over $1.5 billion in revenues. She also served as a Director for Strategic Partnerships for the National Association for Female Executives.
Kim has been featured and profiled in Women's Life magazine in Seoul, Korea; the Asian Fortune; Networking Times; NASDAQ's Closing Bell; and The Gazette, a publication of the Library of Congress. In 2009, she delivered the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Keynote Address at the Library of Congress. She was chosen to attend the Asian American Pacific Islanders Celebration in the White House, among 50 other prominent Asian-American leaders.
Committed to giving back to her local and worldwide community, Kim has donated over 180 hours in eighteen months to the Calvary Women's Services in Chinatown in Washington, D.C. Additionally, she volunteers at the Office of Presidential Correspondence in the White House. F. Michael Kelleher, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Correspondence wrote about Svetlana Kim: "Your time and conscientious attention to every American who contacts our President is inspiring. Thank you for your hard work and your commitment to our office, to our President, and to our Nation."
Svetlana Kim's passion for helping young Asians achieve their own American dreams fuels her daily work and volunteerism. Married, she splits her time between Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.
Recognitions: Orphan International Worldwide 2010 Global Citizenship Award for Leadership in Helping Humanity, February 28, 2010, New York , NY., USA ILF (International Leadership Foundation) Award, July 23, 2009, Washington., D.C., USA EAWC (Euro-American Women's Council) "Goddess Artemis" Award, July 23, 2009, Athens, Greece Award from the Mayor of Athens, July 22, 2009, Athens, Greece Asian Academy Hall of Fame, February 4, 2008, Beijing, China UBS PaineWebber Excellence Award, 2002, New York City, USA Lancome President's Circle Award, April 1996, San Francisco, USA
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Some sort of thermal flask or lunchbox, filled with chilli, meat loaf or stew?
My husband is a farmer and also works tending graveyards and other people's properties. He is out in the outdoors working HARD. A salad will not do for my husband. I usually make him a sandwich and send some fruit. I want to get my husband off grains because he is having some joint pain and inflamation (a young fit 27 year old should not have this). Also he is a very basic eater. He does eat my more exotic creations but he is not used to them. He is weirded out by things that do not seem like the standard Americn idea of a meal. Suggestions?
Some sort of thermal flask or lunchbox, filled with chilli, meat loaf or stew?
You could look at making your own bread, paleo-style. TGIPaleo.com has a recipe I am going to try, its her Paleo Bread 2.0. Coconut flour, egg whites, and egg white powder are all included, which will give a big dose of filling protein. Then he can still have his sandwiches without all the irritating grains.
Other options-
Roasted chicken pieces served cold are usually tasty, that plus a big salad or other veggie side.
Sliced meat and cheese "wraps"
I was thinking about a thermos. Probably would not be great on 90 degree days but maybe on normal days. I will check out the bread recipe.
I work outdoors, and right now it's already close to 100, so I'm usually going for cool foods. I bring a small cooler and get a ton of ice in it.
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Boiled and peeled eggs
Pickles (check the ingredients)
Cheese (either sliced or chunks)
A few nuts
Sliced deli meat (again, check the ingredients)
I'm also a huge fan of the cans of carbonated water. Sometimes you just want those bubbles, and they really do the trick.
Take a glass baking dish. Put in a lb of ground beef that you've sauteed. Add one grated sweet potato if you like carbs. Whisk a dozen eggs and pour over the top. Bake until set. Slice. Put several slices in lunchbox with some hunks of raw cheese and a piece of fruit if you really like carbs.
Or hard-boiled eggs, cheese, and cooked strips of steak, and a can of sardines. Throw in a can of coconut milk for extra heavy days.
Either way, he won't be hungry.
If you add cheese, I find it really satisfying to roll sliced cheese with sliced deli-style meat (if you eat that) like a pinwheel; a large hamburger with whatever his favorite toppings are (just no bun - even my own SO does this now! and I am finding I like the "smothered" burger better without the bread now anyway); also a cheat to quick chili is to cook ground whatever meat (or sausage), then add spaghetti sauce, then season as you like adding heat/spice/cumin to make it taste like chili. Hard workers do need carbs but they don't need bread; does he eat sweet potatoes at all? If so, include them, and remember white rice is a pretty clean gluten/allergen free source of carbs (mix it in the chili) etc. Also, maybe have him try bulletproof (butter) coffee in the mornings, it should help his stamina all day: 1/2 to 3/4 stick butter, blended in hot coffee; you don't even need creamer or sweetener with it.
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Keep the ideas coming peeps! I've had a Big-Ass-Salad everyday for lunch for the past 6 weeks and I almost ready for a change.