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Well, since it's the stupid questions thread...
Does any have any insight into what's the ideal body type for a male singles skater? I used to believe it favoured shorter, stockier people like Elvis Stojko or Alexei Yagudin, who would have the necessary balance to land the jumps. However, at the other end of the rink is 5'10, dozen-surgery Plushenko, who's still quad-ing at 31. And 5'10, less injured but still relatively old Joubert, who can still do two-quad free skates. Now I'm starting to believe it favours rail-thin, tiny-bone-structure people like Hanyu (just look at the ease of his jumps!) But perhaps body type doesn't matter too much (within reason), and it's more about training/technique?
I guess this is really a beginner question...well that's what I am so here it goes:
How does the ISU decide which grand prix competition a skater goes to? Is it by draw or are there other deciding factors?
Welcome to Golden Skate, firal! There is no luck about it at all.
The rules change a bit from year to year. The rules for skater assignments to the 2014-2015 Grand Prix have not yet been published, but here are the rules from last season. The new rules usually come out in June or July. Note how important an assignment to Worlds is in these selection rules. Also note the importance of the Host countries' selections.
To see how this might work, here's the Season's Best List for Men
2.1 Seeded Skaters/Couples
a) Skaters/couples who have placed 1 6 in each of the 4 disciplines (Men, Ladies, Pairs, Ice Dance) at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 will be considered to be seeded skaters/couples and will be assigned, by draw, to skate in two events.
b) If any vacancies (less than 6 seeded skaters/couples per discipline) remain, the next ranked skater/couple frokm the results of the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships will be moved up to fill their position as a seeded skater/couple.
c) Come-Back Skaters/Couples: Skaters/Couples who were previously seeded (placed 1 to 6 within the past 10 years at a ISU World Figure Skating Championships) and subsequently did not participate in one more competitive seasons will be given priority consideration to re-enter the Grand Prix for selection of up to 2 assignments if they commit in writing to participating in 2 Grand Prix events and if such return is announced and confirmed by the date of the annual Selection Meeting. Such so called come back skaters/couples will not substitute any of the seeded skaters/couples, mentioned under a). Come Back Skaters/Couples must not fulfil the requirements of the minimum score and would be considered for selection as a Host Country Choice. A come back under this clause is allowed only once in their competitive career for any skater/couple.
d) If a seeded or come-back skater/couple withdraws from an assigned event, even for medical reasons, that skater/couple will not be assigned to another event.
2.2. Invited skaters/couples
a) Skaters/couples who have placed 7 12 in each of the 4 disciplines (Men, Ladies, Pairs, Ice Dance) at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 will be guaranteed to be selected for two ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events, provided that these skaters/couples fulfil the requirements of the minimum score. If there are any retirements from placements 7 12, the vacant places will be completed with the next ranked skaters/couples of the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships (placed 13 and below) will be moved up to fill their position as Placement 7 -12 skaters/couples.
b) Return of a Split Couple - Returning Split Couple Pairs or Dance couples, who were previously in the top 7 to 12 of an ISU World Figure Skating Championships in the past two seasons (2011/12 or 2012/13) but who split and now have a new partner, may always be chosen as a Host Country Skater paragraph as per 2.2.f) and in addition, may be considered as an Organizing Members Choice as per paragraph 2.2. g). They will be ranked in the list of Seasons Best scores by taking the seasons points of their partnership with their most recent previous partner, if proof is given in writing by their Member that they intend to continue their competitive career and their return is announced and confirmed by the date of the annual Selection Meeting. Such Pairs/Dance couples are defined as a Returning Split Couple and such Returning Split Couples do not need to fulfill the requirement of a minimum score.
c) Return of a ranked skater/couple - Return Skater/Couple A skater or couple, not included among those defined in paragraphs a) and b) above, who was previously in the top 7 to 12 at the 2011 or 2012 ISU World Figure Skating Championships but since was injured and/or did not compete at all during the entire 2012/13 season, may be chosen, if applicable, as a Host Country Skater, and in addition, may be considered as a Organizing Members Choice and will be ranked in the list of Seasons Best scores by taking the Seasons Best points of their most recent season, if proof is given in writing by their Member that they intend to continue their competitive career and their return is announced and confirmed by the date of the annual Selection Meeting. Such skater or couple is defined as a Return Skater/Couple and such a Return Skater/Couple does not need to fulfill the requirement of a minimum score.
d) Skaters/couples with an ISU World Standing placement of 1 24 (after season 2012/13) and skaters/couples with seasonal best scores in the top 24 (for season 2012/13) who do not hold an ISU World Standing placement of 1 24 will be guaranteed one (1) event if they do not otherwise meet the criteria listed in paragraphs 2.1 or 2.2 above and the minimum score. A listing of seasonal best scores for each season will be compiled to include the following events: * ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating and Final * * * * ISU Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating and Final ISU Figure Skating Championships Olympic Winter Games or Youth Olympic Games (if applicable in the year concerned) Other ISU controlled events as identified each season by the ISU Council.
e) Medallists from the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2013 and the gold medallists from the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2012/13 will be included in the selection process. Skaters/couples who have stated their intention to skate as Senior in the season 2013/14 might be included in the Grand Prix event(s) if they fulfil the requirements of the minimum score.
f) A maximum of three (3) skaters/couples in each discipline from the Organizing Member may skate in the Organizing Members event. This includes skaters/couples selected according to paragraph 2.1 and 2.2 above. If the Organizing Member chooses not to exercise its option for the three (3) skaters/couples in any discipline from its own country, the remaining slot(s) must be filled as per paragraphs 2.2 a) to e) above. The domestic skaters/couples should fulfil the criteria of being on the top 75 Seasons Best list when firstselected. It is not mandatory for the Organizing Members skaters/couple to fulfil the criteria of the minimum score but it is strongly suggested.
g) If any slot(s) remains open and if all skaters/couples as defined in paragraph 2.2. a), b) and c) above have been selected for one (1) event, the Organizing Member may select any skater/couple with a top 75 seasonal best score to fill the open slot(s).
h) In addition to the seeded skaters/couples, or come-back skaters/couples and the above-mentioned invited skaters/couples, each Organizing Member may select additional skaters/couples in accordance with selection procedures established by the ISU Grand Prix Coordination Group, provided that such skaters/couples have reached the minimum score as required. The maximum number of entries per event, however, is set as follows: Men and Ladies Pairs Ice Dance
i) not more than 10 but not less than 8 entries not more than 8 but not less than 6 entries not more than 8 but not less than 6 entries No invited skaters/dance couples may compete in more than two events of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. These events will count for points and Prize Money will be awarded according to placements.
j) k) l) A maximum of three skaters/couples from the same Member may compete in the same discipline of any individual event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Non-seeded skaters/couples will not be invited to another event in replacement if they choose not to skate in an assigned event. Non-seeded skaters/couples will not be invited to another event in replacement if, by medical reason, they withdraw from an assigned event. For the responsibility of the expenses please refer to paragraph 7.5 below.
2.3 Minimum Score for Grand Prix events
Each entrant to the Grand Prix six events must meet a minimum total score from ISU Events (GP, JGP, Championships, World Team Trophy (WTT) or in the five (5) selected international competitions as mentioned hereunder) of the previous season OR a minimum technical score in short program/short dance and free programs/free dance from such ISU Events or selected international competitions (last season or current season) to be included in the entry or the Alternate List (with exceptions and procedures as noted in paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 and 10). These scores will be published annually and be taken in dialogue with the ISU Technical Committee in each discipline and approved by the ISU Grand Prix Coordination Group. The events within the selected international competitions as listed hereunder from last season or the current season must meet the criteria that the composition of the Technical Panel fulfills the requirement of an ISU qualified Technical Controller and at least one Technical Specialist with an ISU qualification.
and here's the Men's Results from 2014 Worlds
1 Yuzuru HANYU JPN 282.59 3 1
2 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 282.26 1 2
3 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 275.93 2 3
4 Maxim KOVTUN RUS 247.37 7 5
5 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 246.35 8 4. may retire
6 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 238.02 6 6 may retire
7 Han YAN CHN 231.91 5 11
8 Max AARON USA 225.66 9 8
9 Chafik BESSEGHIER FRA 224.19 10 7
10 Tomas VERNER CZE 223.14 4 15 may retire
11 Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 215.51 15 10
12 Nam NGUYEN CAN 214.06 16 9
13 Ivan RIGHINI ITA 213.09 14 12
14 Peter LIEBERS GER 211.92 11 14
15 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR 211.24 12 13
If all 3 retire, Bychenko will be the 12th placed skater, and will get 2 spots, as will all the skaters placed ahead of him..
If Abbott and Kozuka retire, Han Yan and Max Aaron will be in the the top six seeds.
Things are complicated by not knowing for sure which skaters are retiring, or are choosing to take a season off.
Here's the top 24 list
1 295.27 Patrick CHAN CAN ISU GP Trophee Bompard 2013 16.11.2013 may take next year off
2 293.25 Yuzuru HANYU JPN ISU Grand Prix Final 2013/14 06.12.2013 qualified at Worlds
3 282.26 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN ISU World Championships 2014 28.03.2014 qualified at Worlds
4 275.93 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP ISU World Championships 2014 28.03.2014 qualified at Worlds
5 268.31 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN ISU GP NHK Trophy 2013 09.11.2013 taking next year off
6 262.98 Nobunari ODA JPN Nebelhorn Trophy 2013 28.09.2013 retired
7 255.10 Denis TEN KAZ XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 14.02.2014
8 252.55 Sergei VORONOV RUS ISU European Championships 2014 18.01.2014
9 247.37 Maxim KOVTUN RUS ISU World Championships 2014 28.03.2014 qualified at Worlds
10 246.35 Jeremy ABBOTT USA ISU World Championships 2014 28.03.2014 qualified at Worlds
11 246.20 Han YAN CHN XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 14.02.2014 qualified at Worlds
12 243.09 Jason BROWN USA ISU GP Trophee Bompard 2013 16.11.2013
13 242.56 Takahito MURA JPN ISU Four Continents Championships 2014 24.01.2014
14 241.24 Adam RIPPON USA ISU GP Hilton HHonors Skate America 2013 19.10.2013
15 239.87 Peter LIEBERS GER XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 14.02.2014 qualified at Worlds
16 238.36 Max AARON USA ISU GP Hilton HHonors Skate America 2013 19.10.2013 qualified at Worlds
17 238.02 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN ISU World Championships 2014 28.03.2014 qualified at Worlds
18 237.24 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS ISU European Championships 2014 18.01.2014
19 236.98 Michal BREZINA CZE ISU European Championships 2014 18.01.2014
20 236.09 Nan SONG CHN ISU Four Continents Championships 2014 24.01.2014
21 232.99 Tomas VERNER CZE XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 14.02.2014 may retire
22 231.77 Brian JOUBERT FRA XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 14.02.2014 may retire
23 224.86 Alexander MAJOROV SWE XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 14.02.2014
24 224.44 Richard DORNBUSH USA ISU Four Continents 2014 24.01.2014
And those who get at least one event from having a World standing in the top 24 (lots of duplicates)
1 5078 Yuzuru HANYU JPN Qualified at Worlds
2 4608 Patrick CHAN CAN may take next season off
3 4147 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN Qualified at Worlds
4 4035 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP Qualified at Worlds
5 3871 Denis TEN KAZ
6 3529 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN Taking next season off
7 3065 Michal BREZINA CZE
8 3018 Takahito MURA JPN
9 2911 Maxim KOVTUN RUS Qualified at Worlds
10 2800 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN May retire
11 2679 Jeremy ABBOTT USA Qualified at Worlds, may retire
12 2636 Han YAN CHN Qualified at Worlds
13 2622 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS
14 2589 Max AARON USA Qualified at Worlds
15 2531 Richard DORNBUSH USA
16 2426 Ross MINER USA
17 2388 Sergei VORONOV RUS
18 2372 Florent AMODIO FRA
19 2370 Alexander MAJOROV SWE
20 2344 Nobunari ODA JPN Retired
21 2303 Peter LIEBERS GER Qualified at Worlds
22 2283 Jason BROWN USA
23 2225 Joshua FARRIS
24 2203 Adam RIPPON USA
Finally, Junior Grand Prix Final Medalists, who are old enough, and chose to compete as seniors, are part of the selection process
1 Boyang JIN CHN 218.73 5 1
2 Adian PITKEEV RUS 216.24 2 2
3 Nathan CHEN USA 214.61 3 3 Will be 15 in May; I believe he will be doing another year in Juniors
And Junior Worlds Medalists who are old enough, and chose to compete as seniors, are part of the selection process
1 Nam NGUYEN CAN 217.06 1 1 Qualified at Senior Worlds
2 Adian PITKEEV RUS 212.51 7 2
3 Nathan CHEN USA 212.03 6 3 Will be 15 in May; I believe he is doing another year in Juniors
There are a total of 60 slots, 10 per event. 24 of those slots are filled by the 12 men who qualified at Worlds. The remaining 36 will be from the above lists, or will be host nation picks.
Last edited by dorispulaski; 05-03-2014 at 03:47 AM.
Why is back outside edge the only landing position for multi-rotation jumps? For a counterclockwise skater, this is the right back outside. It's pretty intuitive that the right back inside, left back outside, right front outside, and left front inside would quickly lead to a fall. However, it seems like the skater could still land on the left back inside, right front inside, and left front outside edges, and still have a free leg to stop the rotation. In particular, landing on a left front outside edge would seem to set the skater up to do an axel, which would then let the axel be second or third in a combination jump.
Now, NOT taking into account that Kozuka, Abbott, and Verner may choose not to retire, and NOT taking into account that other skaters may retire, (and of course, not taking into account any rule changes) we end up with the following approximate list of guys who will be skating on the Grand Prix next year.
Top 12 non retirees from Worlds (24 slots)
1 Yuzuru HANYU JPN
2 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN
3 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
4 Maxim KOVTUN RUS
7 Han YAN CHN
8 Max AARON USA
9 Chafik BESSEGHIER FRA
11 Kevin REYNOLDS CAN
12 Nam NGUYEN CAN
13 Ivan RIGHINI ITA
14 Peter LIEBERS GER
15 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR
12 Men from the top 24 World Standings, one spot each
5 Denis TEN KAZ
7 Michal BREZINA CZE
8 Takahito MURA JPN[/b]
13 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS
15 Richard DORNBUSH USA
16 Ross MINER USA
17 Sergei VORONOV RUS
18 Florent AMODIO FRA
19 Alexander MAJOROV SWE
22 Jason BROWN USA
23 Joshua FARRIS
24 Adam RIPPON USA[/b]
One men on the season's best top 24 list, not already accounted for, one event
20 Nan SONG CHN
Two medalists from the Junior circuit, if they choose to compete as seniors, one event each
1 Boyang JIN CHN
2 Adian PITKEEV RUS
Which leaves us, 12 men with two spots each guaranteed
15 men with one spot each guaranteed, for a total of 39 slots filled, with 21 slots left to fill, from a combination of host picks, which often give a second spot to some of the 15 men who have only one guaranteed spot, and host picks from the 25th through 75th slots on the Season's best list, and from Host federation skaters who did not otherwise qualify.
I understand that the Selection Meeting will be in June. After that is complete, we will still not know the whole Entry List for each event, because sometimes Host Nations list their Host Picks as TBA, pending the results of summer competiions, and other considerations.
Last edited by dorispulaski; 05-03-2014 at 04:10 AM.
This is something that's been bothering me ever since I heard Fernandez had to skate in his old boots (held together with duct tape!) because he couldn't adjust to new ones: Do skaters usually have an extra pair of skates when they compete? It just seems like you'd want to have a back up. What happens in a skate gets damaged during warm up or something? Game over?
At least twice that I can remember, skaters who lost or broke a skate borrowed someone else's. Mark Ladwig, a US pair skater, borrowed a skate from Rudi Swiegers, a Canadian pair skater, at a 4cc's.
Last year at Worlds, Yurii Bieliaiev, an ice dancer from Belarus, borrowed skates from Canadian skater Adam Johnson and Bieliaiev's partner, Victoria Kavaliova, borrowed skates from one of Scott Moir's relatives.
On the other side of the coin, I seem to remember hearing that Davis & White took 2 pairs of skates each to Olympics?
Last edited by dorispulaski; 05-03-2014 at 12:54 PM.
The way the human foot and leg are designed, landing with momentum traveling backward allows the skater to control that momentum and maintain flow horizontal flow across the ice while stopping (checking) the rotational momentum. The weight from the free leg stretched backward in the direction of travel and the weight pushed forward from bending at the knee and at the hip joint counteract each other to keep the momentum traveling backward. And the upper body is in a better position to check the rotational momentum more easily on the back outside edge than on back inside.
Traveling forward, bending the knee would only add more forward momentum. Our arms can't reach back nearly as far as they can reach forward. So there's nothing but the free leg stretching back to counteract that forward momentum.
The natural tendency would be for the whole body to continue moving forward and to fall on the face. As jennyanydots
says, landing with a toe assist from the other foot helps a lot with the control.
Here's a 1-revolution jump from an axel takeoff landing on forward outside edge (performed in both directions). Not much speed here, and it doesn't look especially stable -- imagine to check out of two or three full rotations in that position.
If our knees and hips bent both forward and backward equally, then all high-momentum skills could be done equally both forward and backward on skates. But nature didn't design us that way.
And then the humans who designed the blades for skating worked with what we've got to enhance those possibilities, which makes some of the skills potentially even more dangerous than they would be with different blade designs. Theoretically someone could design blades that made forward-traveling one-foot landings safe enough to execute with double and higher-revolution jumps, but whatever that design might be would probably also work against many other established skating skills.
Then there was the famous time when the heel of Michelle Kwan's boot broke off just before the qualifying round at 2001 Worlds. Her dad nailed it back on with a ten-penny nail. Michelle skated with one boot higher than the othher. She did seven triples including her triple-triple and went on to win her fourth world championship.
Woah, Evan had to borrow from Johnny? He's, like, twice Johnny's height!
Just one of the many reasons why Michelle Kwan is badass.
While I'm not the skating expert here, I suspect boots need to be broken in to. Even regular shoes need to be broken in to--new pairs never feel quite right. I dunno why they don't just alternate between two pairs, but I suspect Panpie is correct and neither pair would end up feeling quite 'right.' Better to risk the one pair that works since severe problems right at the moment of competition should be rare, unless you went to a poor manufacturer.
To the Original questioner: By the way, maybe you already know this, but the skate boots and blades are two different things, usually made by different manufacturers. I recently found out that my hometown has a company that supplies skates to some of the top figure skaters, including Patrick Chan and Gracie Gold. They've been here for some time, but I had never heard of them until just before the Sochi Olympics. They are a supplier for both figure skaters and roller skaters. Don't you know it, I forgot to include that little factoid in the "Where Are Y'all From" topic.
Patrick Chan has more than one pair of skates in use at a time. He sends his skates to Toronto for sharpening so he needs alternate pairs.


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He holds at least fifth-degree black belts in three forms of martial arts, so it's not wise to argue with him.
Yet Park started from the ground up when he began learning tae kwon do as a 6-year-old in South Korea. His students in Erie are doing the same thing.
"My students are learning special things. They go to competitions. Now they're good," said Park, who moved to Erie 14 years ago and now serves as grandmaster and owner of Park's Tae Kwon Do Academy, 4911 Peach St.
His students will headline a group of 200 to 250 entrants who are expected to compete in the 12th annual Great Lakes Open Tae Kwon Do Championship on Oct. 12 at Penn State Behrend's Junker Center.
1. How much discipline does it take to develop enough to compete in these tae kwon do competitions?
We have tae kwon do for learning form, for sparring, for breaking and weapons. Not only (do people win) medals and trophies, but (they learn) discipline for themselves. (There is) all kinds of different styles. They learn from different schools, but they compete (against) each other. We have lots of trophies here, lots of medals. (If they develop), we recommend (them) for state tournaments and national tournaments.
2. What can people gain from studying tae kwon do that applies to their lives?
Discipline, patience -- they make mistakes, sometimes they are very discouraged. But they (practice) more and (work) harder and they gain something. Some (gain) discipline, some patience, some more confidence. It's good for anybody (for) learning self-defense or physical exercise.
3. What motivated you to start this tournament 12 years ago?
Anybody can compete. There are four different categories -- a form competition (for kids as young as) 5, 6, 7 years old. Then older, like 10, 11, 12 years old, we have the same thing. A breaking competition, and a sparring competition. Sparring is Olympic style. (Those competitions provide) encouragement for each other.
4. What has tae kwon do meant to you after all these years?
This is not only my job, but I'm helping (by) teaching and making (people) healthier with more positive thinking. When your body is strong, your mind is strong. I want to make (everyone) have a strong body and mind (through) tae kwon do.
5. How much do you enjoy watching someone accomplish something they didn't think was possible?
My students are learning. They're learning special things. They go to competitions. Now they're good.
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Throughout out Wrestlemania's 25 year history, there have many, many great Wrestlemania Main Events that includes the likes of Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Randy Savage, The Rock, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Andre the Giant, The Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, John Cena, and others. But not every main event as lived up to the hype so a speak.
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Florida Governor Debate Delayed by a Fan [VIDEO]
Don't worry, it's not important to talk about education or anything of public interest. Let's make this about a....FAN. *facepalm*
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After seeing "The Lego Movie" on opening weekend, we made it a point to stop at Legoland Florida during our vacation.
I really hate the fact that my parents moved to Florida... until it's time for us to go down for a visit!
A video was taken by a woman traveling in the opposite direction. Warning! Video Is very graphic.
Remember this when you're planning that once-in-a-lifetime family trip to Disney World this summer. While you're there, there's a chance you'll stumble into a real-life low-budget horror movie about 'giant evil mosquitoes.'
Florida has a little bit of everything. There's sunshine, beaches, lots of old people, and a fair share of weird news. Here is something new from Florida that should entertain you. Take a minute to check out @_FloridaMan on Twitter. It will brighten your day.
You would grab your cell phone and start recording it right? That's what Tammy Snell's neighbor did when she saw two bears on Snell's front lawn.
Snell said the bears are just part of the scenery in her Longwood, Florida neighborhood and she and the other residents have no intention of trying to get rid of them.
The action was caught on video.
Usually it's the other way around. A Bonita Springs, Florida woman is accused of groping a TSA agent at a Southwest Florida International Airport and it's all on tape!
You go girl. Watch the groping video after the jump.
A Florida lawmaker has introduced a bill that would soon prohibit residents in her state from buying junk food like chips, pop, and cookies with food stamps, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Good idea, or too much government control?
Related: Check out these recipes for "Healthy Super Bowl Snacks"
Following the chaos on board our cruise ship, nothing like the horrible situation in Italy, we spent the last few days of our family vacation on Sanibel Island visiting my Uncle Joe.
He has a beautiful home with a lake in his backyard that is home to the amazing Florida wildlife, including alligators.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That was truly the case during my family's recent vacation.
It started on Friday, December 30th as we loaded up the car and started to make our way south. The next ten days provided experiences and memories we will not soon forget.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a law which requires the state's welfare recipients to take a drug test in order to receive benefits. In June, Florida Governor Rick Scott said the law requires residents be accountable, and noted that it isn't right for taxpayers to subsidize drug users' habits.


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HOLLAND, MI -- Hope College football players and coaches coach took to the newly artificially turfed field at Holland Municipal Stadium with smiles on their faces.
"The atmosphere was electric," Coach Dean Kreps said. "Our team is so grateful to (Hope College) President (James) Bultman and others for putting this project together."
"The players thought the turf felt great," Kreps said. "The rubber pellets are still getting worked in."
"Since it rained before we finished, I did hear a number of comments about how the turf was a great surface to continue practicing on," he said. "It also saves the grass (practice) fields from getting torn up when it's wet."
Designed to drain up to seven inches of water per hour, the field easily kept up with the light rain that wetted the lakeshore Thursday.
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After a Grandchild Dies, a Colorado Couple Donate Dogs to Help Save Others
A frantic search ensued as more than 100 officials and volunteers went door-to-door over a 400-square-block area looking for the 5-year-old. Two days later a blood-hound named Yogi, one of only three in the state trained for search and rescue, was finally enlisted. Given Alie's scent from a piece of her clothing, the dog spent two days tracking her to a stream near a canyon 14 miles from her home. There, her crumpled body was found stuffed in a khaki duffel bag. "That night I said to Richard, 'What are you going to do with all those emotions?' " recalls Leticia, a librarian for Frontier Airlines. " 'You have to do something good. Maybe you can stop this from happening again.' "
Within days Richard and Leticia, both now 50, created the A.L.I.E. (Abducted, Lost, Innocent and Enough) Foundation. At first unsure of how to help, the Berrelezes, who wondered why a bloodhound wasn't sent for earlier in Alie's case, decided to donate trained search dogs to jurisdictions that couldn't afford them. "The whole purpose of the blood-hound is to have a ready tool to locate a missing child within the hour," says Richard, whose organization has so far donated more than 100 dogs to law-enforcement agencies in 26 states and Puerto Rico. "It's huge what the foundation has done," says Officer Wayne Gibb, 40, of the Elizabeth, Colo., police department, who estimates his bloodhounds' success rate at 65 percent.
Over the years bloodhounds given by A.L.I.E. have picked felons out of lineups, located missing Alzheimer's patients and sniffed out fugitives in hiding. Eight months after the group began, Officer Glenn Bailey, formerly of the Cherry Hills Village police near Englewood, was called on to use the first of the Berrelez dogs to help find a 15-year-old girl. After her mother's car slid on ice during a snowstorm, the developmentally disabled teenager had bolted from the car. "The dog buried her face in the snow and took off at a dead run," says Bailey. Following a zigzag path, the hound, named after Alie, led Bailey to a Dumpster at a nearby building. "This little girl was crouched down behind it," says Bailey. "Her hair was all frozen and packed with ice. Alie ran over and licked her big-time." Though the rescue took all of 12 minutes, it may well have saved the disoriented girl's life. Bailey immediately phoned Richard Berrelez. "I said, 'Your dog just paid for itself.' He started crying on the phone."
Nearly eight years after Alie's death, the memory still easily brings tears to the former meat cutter and his wife of more than 30 years. They grew up in small Texas towns about 50 miles apart, met through friends in 1965 and soon began a family. Richard went on to earn a theology degree and preached part-time in local churches. "I thought about becoming a missionary," he says.
Today Richard's mission is clear: To cover the foundation's annual budget of $65,000, much of which goes to the breeders who sell him dogs, he holds regular fund-raisers, including an annual golf tournament. He has also delivered more than 3,500 speeches in seven years, sharing child-safety tips with parents and children. "I really see my dad as my strongest role model," says Gabrielle, 16, the youngest of the Berrelezes' four children (Joel is 35, Marivel 31 and Richard Jr. 25). "My parents inspire me."
It has been more difficult to raise Marivel's spirits. A single mother raising two sons alone, she still cannot bear to discuss her daughter's unsolved case. "Even at the happiest," says Leticia, "you see the sadness in her eyes." Not that Leticia doesn't know what her daughter is going through. "We all hurt," she says. "But we have to go on."
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November 25, 2008 -- The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has made presentations from its 2008 Scientific Retreat available online. The PCF's annual retreat provides a forum to review advances in prostate cancer research aimed at reducing death and suffering from this prevalent men's disease. The three-day event was held in October at Incline Village, Nevada, and was attended by 293 of the world's leading physicians and scientists engaged in prostate cancer research.
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"The Prostate Cancer Foundation's Annual Scientific Retreat is a unique conference. It provides a collaborative environment to share new data that might accelerate solutions for prostate cancer," explained Dr. Howard Soule, executive vice president and chief scientist for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. "It is the most sought-after invitation in the world for prostate cancer scientists. Each year we receive more requests for an invitation than we can accommodate.
"We are pleased to make the meeting presentations available to a broader audience and hope that this online distribution will support our mission to accelerate scientific exchange, discovery and development," added Soule.
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The Prostate Cancer Foundation is the world's largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research focused on discovering better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer. Founded in 1993, the PCF has raised more than $370 million and provided funding to more than 1,500 research projects at nearly 200 institutions worldwide. The PCF also advocates for greater awareness of prostate cancer and more governmental research funds. PCF advocacy has helped produce a 20-fold increase in government funding for prostate cancer since 1994. More information about prostate cancer and the PCF can be found at www.pcf.org.
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Hamilton storms to pole in Malaysia
SEPANG, Malaysia World champion Lewis Hamilton seized a dominant pole position in qualifying for the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix with a storming lap on Saturday that was almost the fastest ever at the
MILAN Italy's football federation (FIGC) has opened an investigation into alleged racist chanting after AC Milan midfielder Kevin Constant fired a ball into the stands and walked off the pitch in protest during a match on Tuesday.
The walkout by the French-born Guinean player, during a pre-season tournament match against Sassuolo in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, comes just months after a similar incident involving AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Boateng led the team off the pitch during a friendly in January in protest at racist chanting by the lower division side Pro Patria's home fans.
"The federation's prosecutor has opened an investigation to ascertain the extent of the racist episode which took place yesterday evening... which saw AC Milan player Kevin Constant subjected to chants from some supporters in the stands," FIGC said in a statement on their website (www.figc.it).
Constant was replaced during Tuesday's game that AC Milan went on to lose 2-1.
Milan's CEO Adriano Galliano condemned the abusive fans, but said Constant should not have walked off the pitch.
"The chants are despicable and must be fought," Galliani said according to state news wire Ansa.
"Total solidarity to Constant because it was unspeakable, but I have said it before, he should not have walked off the field."
Italy has a serious problem with discrimination in football, which shows no sign of being eradicated despite renewed efforts from the authorities.
Both FIFA and European soccer's governing body UEFA have vowed to take a tougher stand on discrimination and have recently approved new measures to combat racism.
Sassuolo are about begin their first season in Serie A, after winning the second tier title.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak and Steve Scherer; editing by Toby Davis)
SEPANG, Malaysia World champion Lewis Hamilton seized a dominant pole position in qualifying for the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix with a storming lap on Saturday that was almost the fastest ever at the
BERLIN Bayern Munich's perfect Bundesliga start came to a screeching halt when they drew 1-1 with Cologne on Saturday but they still protected their three-point lead after rivals Borussia Dortmund lost 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen.
LONDON As a manager brought up on steely Italian defensive discipline, Antonio Conte must have had some sleepless nights in the past week worrying about Chelsea's creaky rearguard.


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When your business is in a position where you are not able to satisfy the requirements to get a traditional business loan, but you will need cash to finish a project or for some other purpose, a hard money loan may be a course you can take. Hard money loans are actually alternative sources of small business financing. They are used whenever you cannot meet the requirements for financing business functions with classic sources of financing or funds are wanted fast and holding out for regular business funding is not realistic. Hard money is money that is furnished by private lenders, instead of financial institutions.
An HML is a loan based on assets made use of by companies that can not qualify for other sorts of loans to fund their operations. If a project comes up in which a small business wants to invest or if a company has used up their lines of credit, they can turn to hard money loans for their needs. Hard money loans can be found from mortgage companies, but are very often placed with private speculators.
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Hard money loans are not structured on the creditworthiness of the borrower. Instead, these loans derive from the particular collateral that may be provided to the lender. Just the collateral that can be offered to the financial institution is considered for a hard money loan. Various hard money lenders loan money to startup businesses and safeguarded the loan with the business-owners' building. This type of hard money lender won't loan cash unless the person has an asset which can be taken over in the event of nonpayment.
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The advantage of an HML is that loan providers work with organizations which have little income — like startups. The loans are often easy to sign up for and are provided in a short time – generally in a matter of a few days of applying. It is a straightforward strategy to access money.
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For quite a few local firms that have significant marketing monetary budget, Twitter is actually their singular way of marketing or advertising. It really is a lot more simple to build and add content material to a Twitter account rather than to keep up a website page. And additionally considering smaller business people are apt to work at the cash register, as opposed to the advertising and marketing division, Twitter's intimacy matches these folks well. A great number of super small companies are headed toward social media websites considering that they're accessible, very effortless and free. The structure of Twitter encourages users to propagate announcements to people within their particular group.
Twitter has recently been concentrating on training small and medium size businesses how they may start up and benefit from Twitter and Twitter expects to release reviews. Small business owners prefer Twitter since they will have a discussion with customers and prospects in a way that had been previously only conceivable in person. In short, the emotional trip amongst organizations and their patrons is reducing considerably. This is why you should be keen on getting as many followers as possible.
Picture Twitter as a simple and easy to dispatch immediate public messages to your primary target audience. Twitter is starting to become an ever more necessary website for internet dialog and contact. Reports show that Twitter is seeing close to 11.5 million unique site visitors every month and around 6.5 million tweets can be shared every day.
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Facebook Still a Leader in Sending Traffic to Your Website
The trend of social networking has reached the majority of us over recent years and there is no doubt that Facebook has emerged as the icon of the industry. Six million users could turn out to be one billion in the not too distant future if you remember it was only 2004 when this all began. The opportunity for any business to have a presence where there's this type of activity is now being utilized by those that understand the capability this can give them. In this article we will explore the reasons this has now turned out to be so important for organizations. Everyone's raving about Facebook "likes." In case you are a novice to Facebook, or perhaps a casual user of Facebook, you may not realize, or fully understand exactly what a Like is. Read this post and you will know all about them.
Facebook, in the opinion of a significant proportion of the public, is where families and acquaintances interact purely for interpersonal reasons. The fact is that when speaking to someone we know, we will often talk about either bad or good experiences and businesses are now aware of the importance of this. This is why it makes sense to buy likes on Facebook. In terms of how businesses are thought of, if Facebook users have been operating in the right way, this can really have a good effect especially since individuals now stay on the site for longer.
Facebook advertising and marketing is a further strategy if you want to devote some money and can compliment the traffic gained through Facebook pages. Google ads have turned out to be expensive and so the Facebook alternative has become more desirable especially in the way their ads can be set up. As with any paid advertising and marketing, you need to monitor your results and be aware of your budget restrictions.
The positive aspects to any business to share in the development of Facebook are clearly demonstrated and this can help you to be more profitable online. The research accumulated data using ten's of thousands of top keywords, thousands of websites, and millions of links, shares, and tweets. The ranking sites' content and articles included millions of Facebook comments, over a billion shares and billions of likes. The goal was fundamental: What aspects are pertinent today for a prime ranking in Google search results?
According to the data, social signals correlate greatly with superior rankings. Most of the top six signals are social, including Facebook shares, Facebook Likes, Facebook comments, and tweets. Backlinks are the only non-social position factor in the top six. Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ at this time strongly correspond with good positioning in Google's index. Here are a handful of additional important highlights within the study.
A recent trend in advertising in the media is the way that not only is a website address displayed but also a Facebook address for the business. The truth is, this is often now given precedence and this address is actually the business page for that corporation which is different to what we have got as a personal profile on Facebook. The fact that personal users can help market a Facebook business page is where authentic relationship marketing can come into play. Pages for a business present a way for anyone to "like" them and in doing so their ring of friends will see that they have achieved this. This is the viral consequence of Facebook and why so much emphasis is now being given to social media by businesses.
If a page has a great deal of Likes, people frequently consider that page to be an important or appealing one. Accordingly companies are very interested in increasing Likes — it can mean greater interest, which results in increased traffic, and eventually means considerably more sales. It happens that a business — or anyone — is able to buy Likes on Facebook. Buying Likes on Facebook is quick, simple and reasonably priced. Virtually any site that sells products or services would be wise to think about buying Likes as a marketing tool to showcase their website and business.
It is obvious to see that a well designed page can provide you with lots of choices. The page could inspire a person to like it for access to information that is then sent to an person's email account. In this way, the like count for a page is improving as well as the size of your email list. If done effectively, this can be a incredibly fast way of building an online business.


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An overview of the Cheatsheet Compiler for Fantasy Baseball. The Cheatsheet Compiler creates custom player ranking cheatsheets for your fantasy baseball league. Input your league settings such as roto or fantasy points, AL-only, NL-only or Mixed, keeper league, auction settings, starters by position and scoring categories, and let the Compiler do the heavy lifting creating your own cheatsheets. Includes average draft position data, a depth chart, MLB stats for all players from the past three years, and deep player projections that are updated right through to the start of the season.
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Water Geographies: Conflict & Sustainability is a service-learning course which aims to connect students with people's active efforts to learn about and protect water, and to help students make a difference in water-related issues they care about. To this end, students undertake two action projects of their choice, which constitutes about one-third of their grade.
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by Paul Theroux
The 18 stories in this book recount the experiences of a U.S. Embassy officer in London. He is a bright bachelor, turning 40, who is given to such cavalier comments as: "Language is deceptive; and though English is subtle it also allows a clever person—one alert to the ambiguities of English-to play tricks with mock precision and to combine vagueness with politeness. English is perfect for diplomats and lovers." Upon his arrival in Britain the narrator falls in love with a beautiful woman who, it turns out, is simply using him. In The Exile, he deals with a famous American poet who is pitifully insane. The 16th story, describing a dinner at the American Ambassador's home, is the best because Theroux has as two of his characters Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband, Denis. They seem more alive in this fiction than they ever have in newsprint. Theroux has the Prime Minister speak "in a hearty headmistressy shout." Her husband, on the other hand, "was kindly, he was funny, and he had...a way of throwing his head back and braying his approval." This is lightweight stuff, but deftly done, and far more entertaining than Theroux's overwrought 1982 novel The Mosquito Coast. (Houghton Mifflin, $13.95)
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text: The label Camper was created in the middle of the years 1970. Specialized in the shoes, the brand offers articles in limited editions while working with the designers in varied universe, such as the Campana brothers, Bouroullec brothers, Jaime Hayon, Alfredo Häberli and others. The freedom, the creativity and the comfort inspire the Camper products. This is as well a boutique which is established in the 8th Parisian district, at 4 Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré.


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How to Serve the Right Kinds of Fat for a Healthier Family
Photo Courtesy Lianne Phillipson-Webb
This week in my Healthier Family series, I am going to talk about adding the right kinds and amounts of fat to your family diet. For the longest time, I avoided fat. I ate skinless chicken breasts and dry toast. If I didn't, I felt like I had to do another lap around the block, to compensate my heart-health and waistline. But after going cold turkey on fat for years, I've recently started adding it back in.
Why would a nutritionist be advocating saturated fat? My body needs it. Not heaps, but some.
Fat transports the vitamins and minerals from my food. Plain broccoli is chock-full of calcium in need of transportation to my blood stream. I now add butter or ghee to most vegetables served at my table. Along with the naturally occurring vitamin D found in butter, it helps calcium's absorption, so my bones and teeth are stronger for it. And, of course, the taste is better.
Here's the skinny on saturated fat:
- Following a low-fat diet doesn't mean eliminate all pleasures. Eating small amount of saturated fat daily, spacing out your red meat intake like steak to two to three times a month is a good start.
- On the flip side, increase your polyunsaturated fat intake. Found in nuts, seeds and fish, this essential fat helps to improve just about any situation of heart disease, high cholesterol, arthritis, asthma, eczema and overall inflammation.
- Monounsaturated fat from avocados, olives and olive oil are a better and healthful choice. Enjoy guacamole or avocado as a side or piled on a salad along with a simple homemade salad dressing daily.
- Your goal should be about balancing your diet with more of the good and less of the bad.
Salad dressings are a fantastic way to enjoy more essential and monounsaturated fats by using extra virgin olive oil and flax or hemp seed oils mixed. Try out this recipe by drizzling over any vegetable or salad.
Vegetable or Salad Dressing
1/2 cup cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp grainy or dijon mustard
2 tbsp plus 1 tsp apple cider or balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp flax oil
1/2 tbsp maple syrup (optional)
Mix all ingredients into a jar and shake.
Store in the fridge and consume within one week. Olive oil turns cloudy and hard when chilled, so leave on the counter for 10 minutes before using.
Note: total recipe contains 114 g of fat. Use 1 tbsp daily over salad or vegetables.
Read More by Lianne Phillipson-Webb:
How to Cut Back on Salt for a Healthier Family
School-Safe, Seed-Based Snack Ideas and a Yummy Rice Crisp Square Recipe
Does Fatherhood Help Men Make Healthier Food Choices?
- Saturated fats are primarily found in animal products including dairy; butter, cream, whole milk, and cheese. Fatty meats like beef, veal, lamb, pork and ham are higher in saturated fats than poultry and fish. Vegetable based fats include shortening, palm kernel oil and coconut oil. Although coconut oil is a source of medium chain triglycerides–MTC for short–that actually boost metabolism, and is instantly used by the liver as fuel as opposed to storing it, so although classed as saturated, it's the best of the bunch.
- Saturated fats are used to manufacture cholesterol, so excessive intake can raise blood cholesterol levels -- especially the low density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol known as "bad cholesterol".
- Your daily intake of saturated fats should be less than 10% of total calories eaten. An average daily calorie count for a woman is about 2000 cal, so no more than 20g of fat per day. One tablespoon of butter is about 12 g of fat.
- When saturated fats are cooked or heated, they turn to trans-fats or hydrogenated oils which are completely foreign to your body. They wreak havoc and damage to arteries and tissues and should be avoided at all cost.
- Low fat options are often unhealthier than the full fat version. As fat is reduced, so is taste. The replacement is usually sugar or other sweetener to make up for that taste loss. In most cases, you're better off enjoying a smaller amount of the full fat version. A good example of this is yogurt.


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The recent article by Scott et al1 presents valuable scientific results concerning the relationship between placebo and nocebo effects and the endogenous opioid and dopaminergic systems. From an ethical perspective, however, it can be characterized as deceptive research, deceptively described. Participants were deceived about the experimental design. It is reported that they were informed that "We are studying the effect of a pain relief medication" and that they would receive either this medication or placebo. In reality, they received only a placebo in connection with a pain stimulus. Additional deception derived from informing participants about possible adverse effects of the analgesic study medication, which was actually a placebo. Furthermore, it appears that participants were not told that the purpose of the study was to understand placebo and nocebo effects. The deceptive description of the research is reflected in 2 statements reported in the article. First, it is stated that "Written informed consent was obtained in all cases." Unless "written informed consent" merely designates the signing of a consent document, informed consent was not obtained. The research involved deception about a key study intervention and probably also about the purpose of the research—2 basic elements of informed consent. Second, Scott et al reported in the "Methods" section that the disclosure to the participants was similar to typical placebo-controlled trials. In the "Comment" section, this point is repeated along with enumerating the basic elements of placebo-controlled trials, including "no deception" and "subjects who were aware that either an active or inactive drug could be administered." Unlike placebo-controlled trials, this placebo mechanism experiment deceived the subjects by only administering placebo, despite telling them that they could receive either a pain medication or a placebo. The ethics of research using deception is controversial.2 All the more problematic is deceptive research that is misleading about the use of deception.
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The MissionThe Lasallian Mission is an apostolic ministry of the Catholic Church that:
Today, the Lasallian movement encompasses 80 countries where over 4,800 De La Salle Brothers and over 80,000 lay partners serve over 858,000 students in 889 schools. In the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN), this includes 54 high schools, 14 San Miguel schools, 16 middle schools, 7 colleges and universities, 3 Cristo Rey schools, 2 elementary schools, and 15 education centers and other ministries. (Last updated July 2012)Lasallian schools are characterized by a 300-plus year tradition of student-centered, salvation-centered education. This tradition is well-expressed in the Five Core Principles of Lasallian Schools.
Five Lasallian Core PrinciplesMullen High School is a Catholic, Lasallian college preparatory school conducted in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle to give a human and Christian education to the young, especially the poor, by observing the Five Lasallian Core Principles.Faith in the Presence of GodThe Lasallian school nurtures belief in the living presence of God in our world. Faith in the presence of God calls all students into a deeper awareness of their saving relationship with a caring and loving God and to see the world through the "eyes of faith". At Mullen, this core principle is reflected each day through this Lasallian expression of faith: "Let us remember that we are in the Holy Presence of God."Concern for the Poor and Social JusticeThe Lasallian school calls its members to an awareness of the poor and victims of injustice and responds to their needs through programs of community service, advocacy, and justice education. At Mullen, this core principle is reflected each day through the Lasallian vision of Gospel living: "Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve."Respect for All PersonsThe Lasallian school engages in a concerted effort to respect the dignity of all persons. Respect-filled relationships are at the heart of Lasallian education and are a key expression of the acknowledgement of each other's identity as children of God. At Mullen, this core principle is reflected each day through this Lasallian mantra: "Live Jesus in our hearts...Forever."Quality EducationThe Lasallian school provides an education that prepares students not only for college and career but also for life. This education advances the students' abilities to use their talents to critically examine the world in light of the message of the Gospels and to take greater responsibility for their own education. At Mullen, this core principle is reflected each day through this Lasallian ideal: "Teaching Minds and Touching Hearts."Inclusive CommunityThe Lasallian school is a united community where diversity is respected, where no one is left out, and where everyone finds a place. Individuals within the school community recognize and accept another's strengths and limitations. At Mullen, this core principle is reflected each day through this Lasallian ideal: "The Mullen Family."
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Thankfully, Betty Sharrer shares her sought-after pickle beets recipe with us this week.
"Folks often ask me to bring my pickled beets to potlucks and picnics. Even some who don't like beets like these," she said.
But since man — and woman — doesn't live by pickled beets alone, check out this recipe from Barbara Hauck of Frankenmuth for Gooey Chocolate-Caramel Fantasy. Just the name sounds fattening. Her recipe is not only simple, it's tasty.
Pickled Beets
1 can small beets, sliced thin, drained
About 1/3 cup vinegar (cider is best), or to taste
About 1/3 cup sugar, or to taste
About 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 or 2 tablespoons minced onion, flaked or fresh
Heat vinegar, sugar, cinnamon and onion in a large saucepan. Simmer a few minutes. Add beets; heat thoroughly. Cool slightly.
Place in a glass jar. Cover and keep refrigerated. They will keep well as long as beets are completely submerged.
Betty Sharrer, Saginaw
Gooey Chocolate Caramel Fantasy
2 cups chocolate wafers crumbs, about 38 wafers
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 cups chopped pecans
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
1/4 cup whipping cream
In a medium mixing bowl, stir together wafer crumbs and melted butter. Press onto the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350 degree F. oven for 10 minutes. Cool slightly on a wire rack.
In a heavy medium saucepan, melt caramels in caramel ice cream topping over low heat, stirring often. Stir in the first 1/4 cup whipping cream. Remove from heat; stir in nuts. Spread over crust. Cool, cover and chill 1 hour.
For topping: In a heavy small saucepan, melt chocolate. Remove from heat; stir in remaining whipping cream. Drizzle or spread over caramel-pecan mixture. Cover; chill at least 1 hour.
Makes 12 serving with 457 calories.
Barbara Hauck, Frankenmuth
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Hedge funds go mainstream
Hedge funds, once the province of the super rich chasing benchmark-beating returns, are going mainstream.
Deutsche Bank's prime brokerage division has surveyed 60 global hedge fund managers with $528 billion in assets under management, and found that over half offered at least one mainstream investment product.
An additional 20% of respondents to the survey – entitled 'From alternatives to mainstream: hedge funds' changing role in the asset management industry' – not currently offering such a product said they would consider doing so in the future.
Anita Nemes, global head of capital introduction at Deutsche Bank, told Financial News: "For many investors it is not traditional equities, bonds or alternatives any more."
This idea of hedge funds running non-traditional hedge fund products - under which banner Deutsche Bank includes regulated structures such as alternative Ucits funds, as well as long-only funds – is not new. Over three quarters of manager respondents have been running non-traditional hedge funds for more than three years, the survey found.
The combined total of assets run by alternative mutual funds, $238 billion, alternative Ucits products, $222 billion, and long-only funds run by hedge fund managers, $177 billion, totals $637 billion, equivalent to over a quarter of the size of the $2.51 trillion global hedge fund industry.
Nemes said: "What really surprised me was how much growth there has been already."
The hedge fund investor base has matured in the years since the financial crisis, with institutional investors allocating greater portions of their portfolio to alternative asset classes. Respondents to Deutsche Bank's survey included 200 investors with over $625 billion invested to hedge fund assets.
Hedge funds typically charge less than the industry standard two and 20% fee model for more traditional investment products, but Deutsche Bank's survey found that lower fees were not the main reason investors were putting money in these offerings.
Investor respondents said that increased liquidity and improved transparency were the main reasons for investing in alternative Ucits and alternative mutual funds run by hedge fund managers.
Investors allocating to long-only funds run by hedge fund managers said that the key draws were manager skill and expertise, an expectation of better performance than from a mainstream long-only manager and better liquidity.
For hedge fund managers who succeed in entering the long-only or regulated alternatives market, growth can be substantial. Almost half of the managers who have embraced non-traditional hedge funds said that these products had driven more than 50% of their new business since 2008, according to Deutsche Bank.
Nemes said: "Providing customised solutions to investors is driving growth, rather than product sales. Hedge fund managers are becoming an ever bigger part of the overall asset management industry as opposed to being "alternatives" managers. They are focusing on developing partnerships with clients and servicing these investors across their portfolios."
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A recent health survey found people have trouble believing their extra pounds are weighing into their poor health. In fact, obesity related problems are a huge health indicator.
"All of the chronic diseases that we deal with, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes - they're all related to weight problems. It's anticipated that the next generation will not live as long this current generation if things continue to go the way they are," says Dr. Sal Lacagnina, Vice President of Health and Wellness for Lee Memorial Health System.
Still more than 53% of men didn't think their weight was a problem and 48% of women felt the same way. Experts see a rise in obesity that parallels the rise in diabetes.
"It doesn't surprise me that diabetes is on the rise, with our aging population and with the increased prevalence of obesity, I believe this trend is going to continue to rise. As you gain weight you become more insulin resistant, meaning that you can't use the sugar or glucose in your blood," says Sharon Krispinsky, a certified diabetes educator with Lee Memorial Health System.
The number one killer in this country is cardiovascular disease. Excessive weight is also a contributing factor there. Doctors use body mass index to help gauge heart health.
"A lot of people with high waist sizes or the high body mass index develop what we call metabolic syndrome and that's becoming more and more common in our country with increasing weight. The metabolic syndrome tends to carry with it a high risk of cardiovascular disease, a higher risk of myocardial infarction, higher risk of stroke," says Dr. Brian Taschner, an interventional cardiologist with Lee Memorial Health System.
The CDC reports people who are obese show up more in emergency rooms compared to the general population, this disproportionate rate being linked to crisis intervention. There is a solution to this heavy weight problem:
"Research has shown that even with a modest weight loss and regular exercise, and when I say modest weight loss its 5% to 10% of your body weight, you could reduce your risk of developing diabetes by 58%," says Krispinsky.
Discussing weight may be a sensitive issue, but one you should take up with your doctor.


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State and federal lawmakers are on hand to honor the war dead. Veterans for Peace started the observance in the sand next to Stearns Wharf about a decade ago. Organizers say Arlington West began as a protest against the American attack on Irag and the government hiding American troops coming home in coffins. Arlington West is now observed year round.
Arlington West
Crosses in the sand next to Stearns Wharf send the message our fallen heroes are not forgotten.
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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
While a sex scandal brews at rival CBS over a certain late-night host, NBC has some skeletons in this closet that the network seems to be voluntarily exposing on its own.
Jay Leno on Tuesday night added a brief post-script to a Today show segment earlier in the day about mentoring. As a result, a shocking secret about Meredith Vieira's early career came to light, prompting a sharp observation on Wednesday's Today show from her cohort Al Roker that even seemed to shock the good-natured Vieira and the always-stoic Ann Curry.
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If Handel company uses the cash basis of accounting instead of accrual basis
Revenue : MARCH, EXPENSE: April
Aladdin adjusts the accounts at the end each month. The adjusting entry at the end of January should include
A credit to Prepaid rent for $100
Assume. Aladdins adjusting entry at the end of February should include a debit to rent expense in the amount of
What effects does the adjusting entry in question 6 have on aladdins net income for February
Decrease by $100
An adjusting entry recorded March salary expense that will be paid in april, which best describes ..
Assets are not affected, liabilities are increased, and stockholders' equity is decreased.
Nine months has passed, and Metro has make no adjusting entries
Unearned Revenue $900, Insurance revenue $900
What is the effect on the financial statements of recording depreciation on equipment
Net income, assets, and stockholders equity are all decreased
For 20X3, Monterrey Company had revenues of excess of expenses
Revenues will be debited, expenses will be credited, and retained earnings will be credited
Which os the following accounts would not be included in the closing entries
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LOGAN TWP. — Twice on Feb. 12, a woman left a local Acme supermarket with a cart full of items without paying, police said.
The suspect, a white woman believed to be between 40 and 50 years old, stole about $600 worth of items altogether, store managment at the Center Square Road store estimated.
The thefts occurred about a half hour apart, said police, who were viewing surveillance video to try to identify the woman.
— A 44-year-old Logan Township man on Feb. 11 was charged with harassment and terroristic threats after a reported dispute on Main Street.
The man was committed to the Salem County Correctional Facility in default of $1,500 full cash bail.
— Police on Feb. 9 arrested two Pennsville women accused of leaving the Center Square Road Acme with shopping carts full of items without paying.
Angeline Johnson, 50, and Sharon Roe, 48, allegedly walked out with more than $240 worth of items altogether. Both were charged with conspiracy and shoplifting, and both were processed and released pending court appearances.
Roe was additionally charged with providing false information to police.
— A 24-year-old Woolwich Township man on Feb. 8 was charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) after a crash on Meetinghouse Road. The man was processed and released pending a court appearance.
— Police on Feb. 8 responded to a reported disturbance on Commerce Boulevard in which a handgun was allegedly seen inside a warehouse.
Officers searched the area but didn't find a gun, police said. But the men involved in the disturbance — a 23-year-old from Salem and a 31-year-old from Bear, Del. — were arrested on warrants out of Salem.
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Well, this can't really be spun as positive news, can it?
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward James Neal on injured reserve Tuesday, while injured defenseman Kris Letang is not prepared to return despite making progress.
Neal sustained an upper-body injury on opening night and left the game after logging less than four minutes of ice time Oct. 3 against the New Jersey Devils. In the 12 days prior to Neal going on IR, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma has said Neal would have to participate in a full practice before returning to action.
Bylsma said Neal's placement on IR is retroactive, so he would be eligible to come off at any time since it has been more than 10 days since he was injured.
To replace Neal on the roster, the Penguins recalled forward Harry Zolnierczyk from Pittsburgh's American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Zolnierczyk will play on Pittsburgh's third line with Brandon Sutter and Dustin Jeffrey on Tuesday night.
Zolnierczyk has played 44 NHL games, all with the Flyers. He has three goals and four assists in those games. He once filmed a teammate having sex with a girl and distributed the video to other teammates. He's also been punched out by Joe Vitale.
So, yeah….