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Apple & Blue Cheese Spread
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 2 hrs
A refreshing spring & summertime spread. The combo of the apples & blue cheese are perfect together. Don't leave out the onion. Believe it or not, it does enhance the dish. Enjoy.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1 apple (finely chopped)
- 1⁄4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1⁄4 red onion (finely copped)
- 1⁄4 cup toasted pecans
- Triscuit crackers (Thins)
- Beat cream cheese & sour cream in bowl.
- Add apples, blue cheese, onions & pecans. Mix well.
- Refrigerate 2 hours.
- Serve with triscuits or a blander tasting cracker.
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After I saw Parsley's lovely photo on PAC I knew I had to give this a try and what better time than Easter. Served this as our appy with triscuits as recommended and along side a veggie platter - it was wonderful. All the flavors, plus that little crunch extra from the apples. I made as directed and put in the fridge overnight. We'll be using this one often. It makes a lot so have left overs to enjoy with lunch today.
I really loved this. Its a little sweet, a little savory, and a little crunchy. Those Tricuit thin crisps are perfect dippers, and so are Wheat Thins and celery. I used light cream cheese and light sour cream otherwise no changes were made. Thanx for posting!
No changes in the recipe! Very good!! I probably would ad an additional tablespoon of red onion and increase the pecans to 1/2 cup. I am not a fan of blue cheese but did not think it was too overpowering. Definitely refrigerate 2 hours or more. PAC Fall 2009


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The Benton County Quorum court will decide whether to proceed with the purchase of a building $790,000.
It is the former USA Drug store near 15th and Walnut in Rogers.
Benton County judge Robert Clinard said he'd like to see the county collector and assessor and state revenue office move into the building.
He said it is twice the size of their current location and does not see why county leaders would not go along with the purchase.
"This is the kind of decision you need to make when we're making facilities decisions in the county. This is a 30-year decision…this building will serve its purpose for 30 years," said Clinard.
He said he is still figuring out what other city and county services would use the building.

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Now that the dust has settled, I've taken a bit of time to stand back and assess the state of our club. The only conclusion I can draw is that for most of us fans, we've never had it so good.
Only if you have been supporting Wolves since the 1950s can you have experienced a more exciting time in the club's history.
It looks like Wolves' first signing of the summer will be Jelle Van Damme from Anderlecht. He'll cost around £2.5 million and although described as a utility player, left-back is his preferred position and that is one that we need to fill.
So a good bit of business if Jez pulls it off? . . .
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Nitcznski wins in his return to Hershey
March 6, 2014 - Mitch Rupert
HERSHEY – Keeping his left arm wrapped his opponent's waist, Shawn Nitcznski kept working and circling to his left looking for an opportunity. He finally got it in the third period of his 126-pound preliminary match at the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championships on Thursday.
The takedown was a tack-on takedown, but one which provided the Sullivan County senior with a little extra cushion to let him know he had won the bout with Redbank Valley's Tanner Altobelli.
It was Nitcznski's first win at the state tournament since his freshman year. It's been a long trip back to Hershey for the wrestler looking to become the Griffins' first-ever state placewinner. He missed a run to states his sophomore year because of a broken ankle suffered at districts. Last year he failed to get out of sectionals in a stacked 120-pound weight class.
But now he'll wrestle at least two matches today, needed one win to win a state medal. The very same scenario he had when he qualified as a freshman in 2011.
"It still feels the same (in the Giant Center)," Nitcznski said. "I wanted to get this first one done and go from there. It comes to my mind that I only have to win one more. It's my senior year, so I have to go out and do what I can do and keep wrestling good matches."
Nitcznski picked up the first takedown in the first period and then controlled the final 2 ½ periods on his feet. He didn't allow a stronger Altobelli to get in on his legs, leaving Altobelli no other option than to take random swats at Nitcznski's legs hoping to make latch on to a knee.
But that third period takedown was the killer. Leading by just one, the takedown from Nitcznski put Altobelli in too big of a hole to climb out of, even with a minute to go. Nitcznski won, 5-2.
"I felt like when I locked up with him I was more comfortable," Nitcznski said. "I didn't think he was going to shoot out of the tie-up."
Canton's Garrett Wesneski did the opposite of Nitcznski, controlling his 195-pound preliminary on the mat. He knew Catasaqua's Rhaine Sziy could be funky on his feet, which he showed when he funk rolled out of a Wesneski shot in the first period for a takedown.
So Wesneski took control on the mat, first scoring a reversal in the second period, then tilting Sziy for three points. He nearly had more backpoints with a tilt later in the period. Wesneski, the second-ranked 195-pounder in the state, won 8-3.
"I was debating whether or not to go bottom with him this week," Wesnseski said. "I decided to go down because down here, you have to be able to get off bottom if you're going to win. When I got the reversal, I think it took the wind right out of him. He got really sloppy and let me tilt him."
For a moment, even Milton's Ryan Preisch got a little sloppy in his 160-pound preliminary. He got out of position in the first period against Jefferson-Morgan's Ryan Zalar. But Preisch, a returning bronze medalist, recovered and didn't give up a point before scoring a gall in 2:43.
"I didn't panic. I know that I'm OK if I get in that spot," Preisch said. "I felt great and in control. It was a little iffy spot there, but overall I felt good. I felt strong."
Montgomery's Isaiah Bobotas got a gentle reminder in the third period against Chestnut Ridge's Austin Buttry that he has to wrestle a full six minutes. Even though he was never in danger of losing, and won handily, 10-6. Bobotas was outscored, 5-3 in the third period and was taken down twice.
"I can't give up those points at the end," the senior returning state qualifier said. "I was content at 7-0, and I knew if I didn't do anything stupid I was probably going to win. But kids like that I should be majoring. I can't let up and can't take it easy."
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It wasn't bad enough you saddled tender-hearted Terry Bellefleur with that ridiculous ifrit storyline last year, "True Blood"? You couldn't just let him just fade back into the supporting cast to occasionally offering up his patented PTSD-tinged humor? You had to kill him? Well, Terry Bellefleur died for your sins, writers. Maybe there's some greater purpose to his offing, but it seemed to be a lazy death, an expedient way to dispose of a storyline that had just become embarrassing.
On the other hand, when the big death of the episode appeared to be Nora, infected with a deadly new strain of hepatitis by Gov. Burrell's goons in order to punish Eric, I turned to my husband and shrugged. Nora? Pffft. The other major death scene in the episode — Billith, imbued with Warlow's blood, day-walks into the governor's sun-dappled garden and rips his head off — left me a little cold, although Billith did prove himself quite the badass. It's like last season, when they introduced Chris Meloni as Roman, set him up as a possible Big Bad, and then dispatched him halfway through, before you even really knew how to feel about him.
We pick up with Lafaybett doing his darndest to drown Sookie. Bill can feel Sookie's distress, but it's daytime. Warlow instead comes to her rescue, tossing Lafaybett aside. He's about to kill Lafaybett, but Sookie tells him that it's her father possessing Lafayette. Warlow zaps Corbett right outta Lafayette, and Sookie tells her dead father to stay out of her life once and for all. Corbett disappears, as does another storyline that never seemed to go anywhere.
At Vamp Camp, Eric and Pam, silver-tipped stakes in hand, are at a standoff. Although
Pam is understandably pissed (and jealous) that Eric turned Willa, they work together to stake the LAVTF goons guarding them. Eric manages to pierce the one-way window behind which Sarah and Steve Newlin, Gov. Burrell and Pam's therapist have been watching. Eric stares down Steve through the hole. "I had nothing to do with this," Steve blubbers. "They made me!" More LAVTF goons rush in to subdue Eric and Pam.
Sookie explains to Lafayette that Warlow is a fairy vampire who can come out in the daytime. "Oh, there's goes the damn neighborhood," Lafayette says. Warlow then gets those vamp cramps fangers get when their makers summon then. He starts vomiting blood, and Sookie, having witnessed Jessica go through this, pulls Warlow into a happy fairy garden where Billith can't reach him.
Bill senses Warlow's absence, and seeks out Jessica, wondering whether he may have accidentally killed Warlow. But Jessica isn't there. He realizes that she must have been taken, and calls out to Lilith to no avail. He demands Professor Takahashi put him into a coma by draining his blood almost to the point of true death. Of ... course.
When Bill wakes up, he finds three of Lilith's blood-soaked minions, who rush into his body and transport him to the sunlit field where he finds a not-very-happy Lilith. Bill wants some answers, notably where Gov. Burrell is keeping Jessica, but Lilith has nothing but recycled fortune cookie sayings for him. Bill gets peeved. Lilith tells him he's acting put-upon, when he's the one who fought Salome for Lilith's blood. Bill's not having it. "You chose the wrong fairy, and you died the truth death because of your mistakes. Everything going on here is all on you." She gives him an image of his friends burning in the sun and tells him it's all on him, and to not seek answers from her again.
In fairyland, Warlow tells Sookie that at night, his vampire nature comes to the fore, and because he hasn't fed, he's worried he could hurt her. (Even though it's always daytime in fairyland, his internal clock is still working.) So he makes Sookie tie him up, with the knots forged with Sookie's atomic fairy hands. Shortly after he's tied up, he gasps and bares his fangs. Dinner time! But Warlow stays secured.
Sookie asks him about the contract; did he think he was just going to show up with the contract and expect her to become his fairy vampire bride? Warlow says the contract was drawn up hundreds of years ago, when arranged marriages were far more common. He tells her that if they decide to be together, they could live wherever they like, they could live in the day and the night, they would only need one another's blood to survive, and they would never have to hurt another human. "But I'd be a vampire," Sookie says, notably unenthusiastic about the prospect.
At Vamp Camp, Gov. Burrell does a soft-shoe into Eric's cell, where he's chained in a cage. "I want you to feel the same unmeasurable loss, to lose part of who you are," he tells Eric. The shrink has developed a thing for Pam, so he'll have to make do with Nora. Yep, Steve Newlin spilled the beans that Nora was Eric's sister. A doctor injects Nora, strapped vertically to a gurney, with the fatal-to-vamps strain of what Gov. Burrell is calling hepatitis V. Then the Governor wheels Nora in front of Eric's cage. "I love you, brother," she says, a bloody tear trickling down one cheek. "I love you, sister," he says.
At the local LAVTF recruitment center, Jason impresses with his knowledge of vampire characteristics, powers and weaknesses, including "beheadingism." Jason, pretending to be a righteous vamp-hater, is fast-tracked to Vamp Camp, where he comes face to face with Sarah Newlin. He pretends he doesn't know her, and Sarah plays along, but asks to spend a moment alone with him. That's when Jason tells her that he's going to free Jessica, and if Sarah tries to stop him, he'll tell the governor that Sarah is a whore for Christ.
Gov. Burrell visits Willa in her own cell, but she tells him she wants to be mixed with the general population; there are things she needs to learn about her true nature. Her father says that it's too dangerous for her, and that he's trying to find a cure for her through his research. "Are you gonna cure them all, Daddy?"
Professor Takahashi pumps blood back into Bill, who wakes up, just in time to hear the news that Gov. Burrell has partnered with the makers of Tru Blood to open a factory and put the drink back on the shelves at a discounted price. Hmmmmm. Bill decides he needs to take action, pronto, and chugs Warlow's blood, which gives him the ability to day-walk.
A vengeful Sarah asks Jason to observe one of their experiments, the copulation study. Inside the room, a handsome shirtless vampire named James is waiting. A hatch opens, and of course it's Jessica. James tells her what's expected of them, but says he won't do it. A UV ray spotlight sizzles the vampire's skin; Jessica can't bear to watch him being tortured, so she agrees to get it over with. "You're a beautiful person, and you don't deserve this," he tells her. "I'm not a person," she says. "Yeah, I do." Jason is just crushed, having to watch this. As Jessica starts to undress, James says he won't do it. Sarah orders him sizzled again and again, and then orders Jessica taken away. She looks over triumphantly at Jason.
In the garden at the Governor's mansion, Gov. Burrell is reading from the Bible. Bill strolls into the garden and unclicks his fangs. Gov. Burrell's bodyguards open fire on Bill, but he's bulletproof. With his Billith mind powers, he turns the guards' guns on each other, and they all die. Gov. Burrell refuses to tell Bill the location of the Vamp Camp, and says that with Willa gone, he might as well become a martyr for his cause, the extinction of the vampire race. "That aint' even gonna happen," Bill tell him, biting into the govenor's neck. "Cut off the head, and another will grow in its place," are Gov. Burrell's last words. Bill takes that literally, and rips off Burrell's head. "And I'll rip that (bleeping) head off too," Bill says, resting the Governor's head at the foot of his own statue.
Eric is watching Nora slowly die. She's chipper, all things considered. She thinks she's going to get to see Godric again. Eric decides he's going to get Nora out of there, and summons Willa, who playing Connect Four with Tara. Willa gets the vamp cramps, and Tara explains that it's Eric calling for her. Tara tells her to glamour a guard — of course, she's going to have to rip out his contact lenses first. Willia yoo-hoos to one of the guards. Next, we see the guard in Eric's cell, punching out the doctor overseeing Nora. The guard, under Willa's spell, unlocks Eric, and Eric gets dressed in his clothes, puts the doctor's coat on Nora, and leaves the cell, making like Willa is his prisoner. Eric starts searching for Pam while Willa says she has to free Jessica and Tara, too. "I guess," Eric shrugs.
Eric follows another scientist through a series of doors and finds himself in the Tru Blood plant. He notices that the new batches of Tru Blood have a secret ingredient: hepatitis V.
Back in fairyland, Sookie has been doing some thinking. She tells Warlow that she's had a tough life, always knowing what other people are thinking about her, and here's the consensus: she's a danger whore. And maybe they're right, she says. She tells him she has feelings for him that she can't deny, and maybe it's time she starts accepting this about herself. After double-atmoic-fairy-tying his knots, she offers up her neck to him. Warlow feeds, and then she bites his neck and drinks a little from him. Then she undresses him and then herself and they have magic fairy vampire sex, which is apparently quite a treat.
Terry, who last episode contracted with a former Marine buddy to kill him, shows up at Lafayette's house asking him to keep a key to his safety deposit box. Lafayette is of course suspicious and calls Arlene, who tells Holly, who has the bright idea of asking a vampire friend, Matt, to glamour Terry's woes away. Matt shows up later and rather efficiently does just that, telling Terry that the pain of his past and his terrible choices are forgotten, and that all he is now is a father, a husband and a cook. It seems to work.
At work the next day, Terry is in a wonderful mood, and Arlene is exuberant. As Terry is taking the trash out back though, crack! The sharpshooter hits Terry through the neck. Arlene hears the shot and rushes out. She cradles Terry and reminds him of all the joy in his life. As she sings him the lullaby he used to sing when Arlene was pregnant with Mikey, Terry dies. And yes, I'm tearing up now. Damn you.
And in tonight's other OTHER pointless storyline, Nicole (whose name I can never even remember from one episode to the next) tells Sam that Emma is sobbing in the next room because she's scared and lonely and needs her family. "She's got me," Sam says. Nicole: "You sure that's enough?"
Meanwhile, Jackson Herveaux gets a visit from Alcide. He lets Alcide know that Sam has been staying at the motel as well, but when Alcide breaks into their room, Sam, Nicole and Emma are gone. Alcide picks up Sam's scent from the bed sheets, but Jackson warns him that "sometimes what's good for the pack ain't what's good for the wolf." Alcide takes off; Jackson sniffs the sheets as well and follows.
Turns out Sam is returning Emma to Martha on the condition that Martha leaves the pack. He and Emma share a tender goodbye. A bit later, Alcide catches up with Sam and Nicole. Sam tells him that he gave Emma back to Martha; isn't that what he wanted? But Alcide says he led Nicole to his pack, and they threatened to out them. Nicole swears she won't, and Sam notes that the rest of Nicole's friends are dead. Jackson shows up just as Sam starts to taunt Alcide, "Are you gonna kill us or not?" Alcides eyes turn yellow, and then after a moment go back to brown. Alcide tells Sam and Nicole to disappear, and to never return to Bon Temps or Shreveport; he won't protect them if his pack finds them.
Sam and Nicole split; Jackson seems relieved. "I told you not to come," Alcide tells him. Jackson: "You were either gonna make the worst or best decision of your life. Either way, I wasn't going to miss it. I'm proud of you." Alcide: "Whatever."
Andy's only remaining daughter, Number Four, asks him for a name. In a sweet moment, he calls her Adilyn, after a "super-pretty, super-nice" girl he knew in first grade. She wants to remember her sisters as well, so he also gives her three other names: Braelyn, Charlaine (the name of author of the Sookie Stackhouse books, nice touch) and Danika.
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If you're looking for homemade Halloween costume ideas that involve little to no work, you're in luck! This No Sew Honeybee Costume from Heather Mann can be made in about 15 minutes, so your busy little bee can get to trick or treating!
Main Bee Costume:
- Black hooded sweatshirt
- Yellow duct tape
- 2 yellow chenille stems
- 2 yellow pom-poms
- Pencil
- 1/4" elastic band
- Safety pin
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun and hot glue stick
- Rubbing alcohol (optional)
Bumblebee Wings:
- 2 sheets stiff white or yellow felt
- 1 sheet yellow felt
- 1/4" elastic band
- Scissors
- Hot glue and hot glue sticks
- Pattern
- Lay sweatshirt flat on work surface. Put a duct tape stripe across the chest, stretching from one sleeve seam to the other.
- Add two or three more stripes of duct tape, equally spaced from each other.
- Add matching stripes on the back of the sweatshirt.
- For antennae, wrap a yellow chenille stem around a pencil to curl it. Fold one end of chenille stem around edge of hood. Tape the end on the underside of hood with a piece of duct tape to secure it in place. Attach a pom-pom to the free end of the chenille stem with hot glue.
- Cut a small slit in the inside layer of the waistband. Attach the end of the 1/4" elastic to a safety pin, and thread the elastic through the waistband until it goes all the way around and comes out through the slit. Cinch the elastic so the waistband is slightly gathered, but not uncomfortable. Tie the ends of the elastic together and clip excess. Tuck the knot inside the waistband.
- To make wings, use the pattern to cut two large teardrop shapes out of stiff white or yellow felt. Cut a smaller football shape ("center piece") out of plain yellow felt, and a 1x3" rectangle from the same felt. Cut two 12" pieces of 1/4" elastic.
- To assemble, lay the center piece good side down on work surface. Hot glue wings to the center piece. Hot glue each 12" piece of elastic to the center of the wings in a large loop, then hot glue the small rectangle of felt over everything to hide the edges of the elastic.
- To wear wings, put your child's arms through the elastic straps like a backpack.
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The British ambassador to Israel has promised Israeli athletes "a proper British send off" before the London Olympics this summer.
Matthew Gould, speaking to Israel's Olympic hopefuls at the Dead Sea on Wednesday, said he was looking ahead to "the start of the greatest show on Earth".
Mr Gould, the first Jewish British envoy to Israel, promised the Israelis that their security was paramount.
"We are doing everything possible to keep you safe," he said. "Forty years on, the lessons from Munich have not been forgotten."
While he said he hoped Britain would be triumphant on its home turf, he expressed hope that Israelis would "bring back a record collection of medals, and that Hatikvah will be heard in the Olympic stadiums".
"In London there will be many, many people cheering for you…who want to see you excel," he said.
He said that as the Olympic preparations gathered pace, Britain would be "a little less British and modest about our achievements, and instead be a bit more Israeli and really celebrate".


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Twin Shadow to play Turner June 3
Dreamy indie pop outfit Twin Shadow-stage name for Brooklyn based musician George Lewis Jr.-has scheduled a stop at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St., June 3 as part of its True Story Tour.
Twin Shadow's debut album "Forget" was co-produced by Chris Taylor from similar-minded act Grizzly Bear and released on Taylor's Terrible Records label in 2010 before getting picked up by more sizable indie 4AD. Twin Shadow released its follow-up, "Confess," last year. »Read Full Article
Present Music ends season with delicious fun
No one closes out a concert season quite like Present Music.
Milwaukee's new-music ensemble mixed art installations, solo and ensemble performances of music by the likes of Elliott Carter and Ted Hearne in Turner Hall Ballroom Friday evening. An after party, with food, drinks and live music from rock-ska band Something to Do, followed. »Read Full Article


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- An officer on patrol at 9:19 p.m. Monday saw a recently damaged post along the sidewalk in the 200 block of East State Street where there had been a decorative cigarette receptacle which appeared to have been struck by a vehicle.
- An officer at 8:53 p.m. Monday found an unsecured door on a closed business on Legacy Lane. The interior of the building was checked and found secure. The officer secured the door.
- A bicycle was found abandoned at 8:29 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of Continental Drive and taken to the police department.
- A man on Vine Avenue reported at 7:39 p.m. Monday that he received a threat from an unknown male on the phone while talking to his ex-girlfriend. He was told his options.
- A hit/skip was reported at 6:50 p.m. Monday when a vehicle parked in the 200 block of West Wilson Street was struck by an unknown vehicle, causing damage to the top of the bed on the right side.
- A man in the 1200 block of East Pershing Street reported at 6:29 p.m. Monday that he received a call from a person unknown to him accusing him of striking his vehicle. He was told his options.
- An officer stopped in traffic at 5:49 p.m. Monday noted a problem with the traffic signal for eastbound traffic on East Pershing Street at South Lincoln Avenue, reporting the light went through three complete cycles and stayed red for eastbound traffic, causing eastbound traffic to back up all the way to South Lundy Avenue. As the officer was preparing to get out and direct traffic, the signal finally turned green. It appeared the signal camera was blinded by the setting sun and may need adjusted or modified with a sunshade to prevent a similar problem in the future.
- A woman who owns a property in the 1200 block of East Third Street reported at 5:05 p.m. Monday that former tenants were on the property getting items that belonged to them. They had not been there for three months and she only wanted contacted by the former tenants to set a mutual time for getting the belongings from the garage. An officer spoke to them and they agreed that would be fine and left.
- A caller reported dogs at large at 4:46 p.m. Monday in the 500 block of Hawley Avenue, saying she believed they belonged to a residence in the 900 block of East Fifth Street. The owner was contacted and said the gate was accidentally left open and that's how they got out. The dogs were back at the residence and no violations were seen.
- A woman on West 14th Street reported at 2:15 p.m. Monday that a known male has been calling her residence in reference to her daughter who has a protection order against him.
- A clerk at Smith Oil, 968 E. State St., reported at 12:11 p.m. Monday that a man in a red Dodge truck left without paying for $30 worth of gas.
- A domestic in progress was reported at 10:06 a.m. Monday in the 600 block of South Broadway Avenue. Officers located the people in question, but they said there was no domestic. They had been arguing and she fell on the ice but was not intentionally pushed or thrown down. There were no other signs of violence.
- Leeann Dillow, of Southeast Boulevard, reported at 11:54 p.m. Sunday that someone stole a GPS unit from her unlocked vehicle.
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The owner of a large buy-and-sell coin operation based in the state capital wants to set the gold standard of professionalism with his new store in Minden.
Allen Rowe, the 42-year-old owner of Northern Nevada Coin, said he's been collecting coins since he was a kid.
"In college, I couldn't afford collecting anymore, so I started selling," he said. "Before I knew it, I was buying and selling my way through college."
What began as a passion turned into a career. In April, Rowe opened his newest store in Minden inside the Boule Building next to Saletti's.
"The main reason to come down her was to provide convenience for our customers," he said. "When gas prices hit $4 or $5 a gallon, driving became more important."
The Minden store is not Rowe's first expansion.
A Sparks native (now a Carson City resident), he started the business in Reno in 1993 by buying out his partner at the time. He moved to Carson City in 1998, and, a decade later, was able to relocate next to the capital's historic mint, now the Nevada State Museum.
"Within that location next to the Carson City Mint, I ended up with what I think is the best spot for a coin shop in the country," he said.
With approximately 25 employees, Rowe said his operation is one of the largest in the country.
"When I started, I was doing the wholesale side of the business - buying up coins from other dealers regionally and placing them nationally," he said. "When I came to Carson City, I added the retail side. Our business is one of the largest coin businesses in the country due to the fact that we do both wholesale and retail. We help supply a number of programs and companies you see on TV."
In August 2011, Northern Nevada Coin opened a store in Reno. This spring, they made the move to Minden, counting "good local ties" among contributing factors.
"We were looking at expanding into numerous markets, and this was the more natural location," Rowe said. "We have six people in Douglas County who work for us."
He said business has met expectations.
"It's increasing as people figure out we're here," he said. "We still have a number of people from Minden and Gardnerville going to Carson City. Some just like the store, others don't know we're here. But so far, the numbers are what we expected."
When Rowe discusses coin valuation, his voice heightens with relish.
"First of all, you're looking to make sure it's not counterfeit, if there are any minor subtleties in variation to the real coin," he said. "Secondly, you're looking at what condition it's in. Being able to look at a coin and assess its originality and its state of preservation makes a big difference."
Age doesn't necessarily make a coin more valuable, Rowe said. Rather, collector demand drives value.
"If you have 1 million coins and 2 million collectors, the value is going to go up," he said. "Ultimately, it's supply and demand."
Northern Nevada Coin is also a dealer of gold and silver. Rowe said high gold prices have made scrapping jewelry into a modern-day gold rush.
Rowe believes gold will remain the world's premier currency in the future, especially if fiat currencies continue to be weighed down by massive debt loads.
"We price gold in dollars, but as long as the government continues to spend and print money, the dollar will slide," he said. "Gold has world-wide value. Travel anywhere with gold, and someone will want to buy it. Travel with dollars, and they may not want to."
• In related news, Todd Kynett, formerly of Incline Village, has opened The Silver & Gold Shop next to Scolari's in Gardnerville.
Kynett cited 28 years of business experience in a press release.
"We're always buying diamonds, jewelry, silverware sets, and coin collections," he said.
Located at 1329 Highway 395, Suite 11, The Silver & Gold Shop is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
For more information, contact (800) 845-6360.


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Ready availability and easy collection of plasma, which contains a huge variety of protein classes, make it attractive for prospecting for protein biomarkers.
However, plasma is also one of the most complex sources to work with. Sample-to-sample variations complicate the effort to trace and compare peptides. Separating "noise" from a true signal with the pharmaceutical level of statistical significance requires processing thousands of samples. Multiple steps may be required to resolve individual components, which always carry the risk of losing peptides of interest.
Moreover, clinically important plasma peptides may differ in abundance by a factor of 1010 presenting a challenge for detection of multiple analytes. Only 13% of the peptides reproducibly change in abundance with the changes in patient's disease state. This represents a few thousand peptides, most of them less than 20 kDa. Such peptides are considered to be putative biomarkers.
Mass spectrometry (MS) seems to be perfectly positioned to deal with the complexities of the plasma proteome. Various combinations of MS and affinity chromatography (AC) or liquid chromatography (LC) strive to produce unbiased identification and quantitation of signature peptides. The specific advantage of MS in diagnostics is its ability to track complex biomarker sets virtually without limitation on the number of components. MS can detect subtle protein changes that cannot be detected using current techniques. (For in depth information on plasma biomarkers see www. clinicalplasmaprofiling.net).
The instrumentation is less expensive and more commonplace every year (see GEN, September 15, 2005, p.1). Nevertheless, the rate of introduction of new diagnostic tests based on plasma biomarkers is low. Diagnostic companies seem in no hurry to embrace proteomics technologies for routine testing.
Could MS-based tools and discoveries be integrated into diagnostics worldwide?
"The whole biomarker field is very MS-centered," says Bruce Haywood, business development leader for clinical proteomics, preanalytical systems, BD Diagnostics (www.bd.com). "But overall method reproducibility will be limited by the weakest link in the workflow. Even during the blood collection process, biomarkers are already subject to at least 20 different mechanisms of degradation."
BD Diagnostics used its considerable understanding of blood to develop BD P100 tube for plasma collection, specifically geared for discovery of plasma biomarkers. The tube contains a proprietary cocktail of protease inhibitors, EDTA anticoagulants, and other stabilizing components.
"P100 aims to preserve in vivo-like plasma proteome samples," continues Craig Gelfand, Ph.D., director of growth technologies. "Standardization helps to eliminate preanalytical variables. In effect, P100 may become an enabling technology for the entire plasma biomarker field."
For example, the elevated level of brain natriuretic peptide biomarker (BNP) is commonly used to diagnose congestive heart failure. BNP is rapidly cleaved by several proteases, which may lead to false-negative diagnosis. Blood collection with BD P100 would provide more reliable analysis.
BioVision (www.biovision-discovery.de ) reportedly secured a position in the field of differential peptide display with the patent "Process for Determining the Status of an Organism by Peptide Measurement," issued by USPTO in April. The company uses the term Peptidomics to describe the discovery process specifically related to native peptides.
Differential Peptide Display (DPD) technology analyzes peptides in both a qualitative and quantitative way. At the core of the DPD discovery process is the observation that each native peptide can be consistently mapped according to its mass-to-charge ratio (m/z), retention time on RP-HPLC and peak intensity. Differentially expressed peptides are sequenced by tandem MS and matched to the protein database. Quantitation of peptides is achieved without spiking with isotope-labeled peptides.
"We try to start with a well qualified population to minimize biological variations based on gender, ethnicity, age etc.," says Peter Schulz-Knappe, M.D., founder and CSO of BioVisioN. "We have achieved excellent levels of sensitivity, being able to detect peptides at concentrations less than 100 pmol/L and using less than 1 ml of sample."
To discover truly differentially expressed peptides, BioVisioN has to eliminate those peptides that fluctuate randomly across the population. To do that, the company processes up to a thousand samples per study, and can detect over 5,000 peptides at the same time.
In a feasibility study, plasma peptides were analyzed for changes resulting from glucose consumption (glucose tolerance test). Over 2000 peptides were detected but only 15 showed significant changes. Sequencing revealed known biomarkers, such as insulin and C-peptide, as well as previously undescribed peptides.
Caprion Pharmaceuticals (www. caprion.com) pursues biomarker discovery by using differential peptide expression of trypsin-digested samples, followed by peptide sequencing. Caprion's CellCarta platform generates 3-D maps of peptide isotopes. Even co-eluting or closely related peptides can be differentiated based on their signature ions. The sophisticated pattern matching algorithms are used to compare the peptide maps between normal and affected populations. Simultaneous tracking and measuring of almost 40,000 peptides per sample and across thousands of samples may result in only a handful of clinically relevant biomarkers.
To reach a statistically significant level of data, Caprion has to evaluate a large number of samples in a very standardized manner. "We industrialized proteomics," says Greg Opiteck, Ph.D., director of protein analysis at Caprion. "We go to great lengths to standardize sample acquisition and sample preparation. We learned how to remove random effects and to achieve a great consistency at every step of our process."
The company's platform is geared to toward early clinical development, providing insights into drug efficacy and toxicity. It can also be used in late pre-clinical studies to help in the compound nomination process. In a study with Wyeth (www.wyeth.com), quantitation of dose-dependent changes in classical pharmacodynamic markers was used to confirm anti-inflammatory effects of ERB-041, a selective agonist of estrogen-receptor . The study demonstrated that the compound reverses 80% of plasma peptides upregulated in adjuvant-induced arthritis.
Predicant Biosciences (www. predicant.com) is also looking for peptide signatures, but chose an approach that analyzes undigested proteins and peptides. After separation on a proprietary microfluidics chip, the output is fed directly and continuously into a mass spectrometer, which takes a "snap-shot" of the proteome every second. The company's signal processing system filters the data and reduces the number of analytes to about a thousand.
"Our separation process takes only 12 minutes, and can serve both discovery and routine assaying," says Shawn Becker, M.D., vp of market development. "Rigorous sample collection standards combined with the complete system integration allow us to achieve highly reproducible results, which is critical to our focus of developing diagnostic tests intended for large-scale clinical use."
In a technical feasibility pilot study presented at the National Cancer Institute's Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) meeting, Predicant described identification of a three-biomarker pattern for prostate cancer in men whose prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are not specific enough for use as a screening tool. The pattern had a positive predictive value of 40% and negative predictive value of 90%. The company is in the early stages of validating these results and is exploring other diagnostic applications as well.
A common error in biomarker discovery, according to Randall Nelson, Ph.D., president and CEO of Intrinsic Bioprobes (IBI; www.intrinsicbio.com), is that a protein exists as the same single entity in every individual.
"For example, troponin I is used as a biomarker for detecting heart attack. But troponin in plasma exists not as a single protein but as a family of breakdown products. Knowing how these species correlate with various presentations of heart disease would help to provide the correct diagnosis and to choose the correct line of treatment."
IBI finds "true biomarkers" within candidate biomarkers, he says. IBI's MASSAY platform identifies and quantifies structural changes (point mutations, post-translational modifications, breakdown products) that show a statistically significant correlation with a disease or a physiological condition, continues Dr. Nelson.
Since the level of structural diversity of plasma proteins is quite high even in normal population, all variant species have to be detected in the same analysis with the high degree of sensitivity (see Nedelkov, D. et al, "Investigating Diversity in Human Plasma Proteins", PNAS (2005) 102, 1085210857). The company utilizes proprietary pipette tips with immobilized polyclonal antibodies to sample low-level proteins directly from plasma samples. Using this immunoaffinity approach, several proteins can be sampled from the same well. When needed, isolated proteins are characterized further using trypsin-activated MALDI-TOF targets.
"We are able to detect protein modifications, such as point mutations and PTMs, which ELISA would not be able to differentiate," notes Dr. Nelson.
Plasma Proteome Institute (PPI; www.plasmaproteome.org) is attempting to perfect its own immunoaffinity method of enriching for specific tryptic peptides in plasma digests prior to quantitation by MS. The Institute aims to achieve sensitivity levels of five orders of magnitude over any current proteomics platform.
"In a typical protocol, multiple fractionation steps before MS are necessary to detect even medium abundance proteins. This is a big limitation of MS as compared to ELISA," says Leigh Anderson, Ph.D., CEO of PPI. "ELISA can very specifically detect proteins in small concentrations on the background of abundant proteins, but such assays are difficult to develop and multiplex."
To streamline pre-MS sample preparation, PPI specifically enriches the sample by capturing the tryptic peptides on 100 nanoliter anti-peptide antibody columns. Binding and elution of peptides from the affinity supports provide on average 120 fold enrichment, increasing sensitivity of detection by MS. The columns can be reused a number of times with little loss in binding capacity.
Dr. Anderson hopes that this low cost, high throughput method will become a gold standard for biomarker validation.
However, for peptide biomarkers and their MS-based detection platforms, the gap between discovery and diagnostics is still wide. Some of the outstanding issues include: finding ways to reduce the costs associated with validation of biomarkers or proteomic platforms, demonstration of biomarkers' clinical significance, minimizing technical complexity, gaining regulatory approvals, and reaching pharmaceutical levels of reproducibility and sensitivity.
"After we discover the markers, they could be easily tested in a routine IVD format, such as ELISA or RIA," says Lloyd Segal, president and CEO of Caprion Pharmaceuticals. The clinical testing of the biomarkers could be done concurrently with pharmaceutical clinical trials. Biomarkers could be evaluated for their positive predictive value one-by-one or as a group, just as any other parameter in the study. Therefore, the companion diagnostics based on plasma biomarkers can be more quickly developed and tested since the protein sequence is available. But the unfortunate economics of clinical diagnostics precludes diagnostic companies in investing into biomarker discovery. They are not willing to take on significant upfront costs and risks of biomarker prospecting," continues Segal.
"It is also hard to foresee that an MS-based system such as CellCarta would be used by clinical labs for routine diagnostics," adds Dr. Opiteck. "The payoff period would be too long, especially if the tests are used for conditions with low-incidence of occurrence. ELISA-based assays are portable, cheap, sensitive, easy to use and require minimal training to perform. If one cannot raise antibodies against particular biomarkers, perhaps those biomarkers should not be used at all."
"Tracking larger sets of biomarkers is more informative, but ELISA assays are limited to measuring just a few markers at the same time. It is more feasible to look at multiple markers simultaneously by using MS," counters Dr. Becker. "If diagnostic labs believe that an MS-based test is important and that there is enough clinical data supporting the system's sensitivity, specificity and its predictive value, then they will invest. Certain high-value tests may become an important source of revenue."
Nevertheless, Predicant Biosciences makes its first steps into the diagnostics field not by selling their system, but via an internal reference lab, which the company will own and operate. "It will all come down to how strong your clinical results are," adds Dr. Becker.
"Clinical diagnostic companies are generally risk-averse," agrees Dr. Nelson. "However, they are not afraid to invest in the range of a quarter of a million dollars for biomarker discovery." According to the company, IBI entered into research agreements with several diagnostic companies. At the present time diagnostic companies are after a protein biomarker. However, the proteomic platforms themselves may have a great potential in clinical diagnostics. Their acceptance in diagnostics would depend on changes in general misperception of their costs and technical complexity.
The solution may be in full automation, minimization of human involvement, and focused interpretation of the data. Dr. Nelson envisions that performing the diagnostics using the MASSAY platform would simply require loading of the plate into the robotic workstation. The MS output would show only changes related to the protein of interest, i.e., three peaks where before it was one. "It would be a disservice to the world not to introduce proteomics tools into clinical diagnostics," continues Dr. Nelson.
"The equipment manufacturers have to start designing systems with the clinical, and not research, goals in mind. And the scientific community has to show a lot more cohesiveness and collaboration in order to develop an MS platforms for diagnostics use," concludes Haywood. "Collaborations are absolutely critical to develop a reproducible and standardized work flow from the sample collection to the final result. Parallel studies, data sharing and tying in with systems biology are the main factors that will determine success of proteomics in the diagnostic world."
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Judge Approves Coppertone Sunscreen Class Action Settlement
By Kimberly Mirando
A federal judge has approved the Coppertone sunscreen class action lawsuit settlement. Class Members who submitted a valid Claim Form by the deadline will likely see their cash payments in the mail within the next 30-60 days. [UPDATE: Checks have been mailed!]
U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan granted final approval to the Coppertone sunscreen settlement on March 12, putting an end to allegations that Merck & Co. deceptively marketed its sunscreen products by exaggerating their benefits.
Under the settlement, consumers who purchased Coppertone sunscreen products in the United States between July 31, 2006 and October 5, 2012 will receive a cash payment if they submitted a Claim Form by the deadline of March 4, 2013. The amount of this class action settlement award will be based on how many people filed valid claims.
The settlement also requires Merck to discontinue using the terms "sunblock," "waterproof," "sweatproof," "all day" and/or "all day protection" in the labeling, advertising, marketing or promotion of all Coppertone sunscreen products.
If you missed out on filing a claim for the Coppertone sunscreen class action settlement, head over to our Open Class Action Lawsuits section to see which ones are still accepting claims. You can also have these settlements delivered to your inbox each week by signing up for our free weekly newsletter.
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The Renaissance High School Jazz Combo is scheduled to perform at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit.
The Detroit Public Schools says the students will play from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday in the Riverside Ballroom.
Several other jazz groups from the district also will play during the annual auto show.
The Martin Luther King High School Jazz Crusaders, Detroit School of Arts Jazz Vocals and the school's Jazz Combo, and the Renaissance High School Jazz Aficionados also will perform through Jan. 22 at the auto show.


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I recently returned from a trip to Alaska. I was staying in a park on the Kenai River and was fishing and cleaning the salmon right there.
I met people from all over our country; two of those I spoke with had been to events here. One man has a daughter who competes in horseback riding while shooting a gun. The other man had been here to watch a friend compete in a rodeo. They both stayed here a few days and were happy with where they stayed and where the events took place. Both were at our Fair grounds.
Why don't we support what we have and not spend millions on a facility downtown?
I believe citizens should be able to vote on such a tremendous change and possibly (probably) future taxes.
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Survey participants will receive free data reports that break down survey data by shop type (as shown in this example), number of employees and number of parts produced. An Executive Summary comparing data from the Top Shops benchmarking group with data from the other survey participants will also be available.
2013 marks the third edition of our Top Shops benchmarking program. It kicks off this month with a new, streamlined online survey found here that runs through February 15.
Top Shops aims to identify optimal shopfloor practices as well as operational and business metrics that define world-class competitiveness in discrete parts manufacturing. By participating in the survey, you'll be able to distinguish areas where your shop excels, and, more importantly, areas where you should focus your improvement efforts.
As with the past two surveys, this year's version prompts for financial, process, equipment, business strategy and human resources information, and also includes a few open-ended questions we hope you'll briefly answer. However, there are a couple of changes to this year's survey that are worth noting.
First, we're asking for data from only 2012, whereas previous surveys have prompted for information from the past couple of years. This will speed and simplify survey completion. Second, we're not asking for specific financial figures, such as gross sales or net income. Instead, we ask shops to supply financial measures as more general percentages. Examples include annual sales growth rate, ratio of net income to gross sales, and ratio of capital equipment expenditure to gross sales. Our thought is that this will encourage greater participation from shops that aren't inclined (or perhaps aren't permitted) to provide specific, possibly confidential, financial figures. Even so, all survey responses will remain confidential.
Survey answers will enable us to generate a series of free data reports that will be sent only to those shops that participate in the survey. These reports will separate the survey data into categories so you can make apples-to-apples comparisons of like businesses. Data will be categorized by the type of machining business (job shop, contract shop or captive operation), number of employees on staff in 2012 and number of parts produced in 2012. In addition, we'll create an Executive Summary that will compare responses from the Top Shops benchmarking group with those from the rest of the survey participants. This benchmarking group represents the top 20 percent of machining businesses, determined by totaling the points assigned to select business- and technology-related questions.
The reports will enable survey participants to compare shopfloor strategies and business approaches to similar companies so they can make sound decisions to emulate those identified as world-class operations. These reports will not only serve as a baseline "report card" of sorts, but also provide hard data that will eliminate the need to rely on gut feelings as a method of identifying and prioritizing improvement efforts. The only cost to you is the time it takes to complete the survey.
Top Shops Honors Program
The second element of Top Shops is an Honors Program that highlights a handful of the most successful participating companies in the benchmarking group, identified by responses to survey questions and follow-up interviews by me. Those shops will be profiled in our special August 2013 Top Shops benchmarking issue and accompanying digital magazine edition. Survey participants can opt out of the Honors Program if they choose. However, if you do want to be considered for the Honors Program, we ask that you provide as much detail as possible in the survey to give your company its best shot at being selected as a Top Shop for 2013.
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Our Top Shops Zone provides access to the Executive Summary from last year's survey, articles about key 2012 survey findings and profiles of the Honors Program winners for 2012. That Zone also includes the concise Top Shops 2012 digital magazine edition that provides an overview of our Top Shops benchmarking survey findings and includes a number of videos.
In addition, we've created a Top Shops LinkedIn group for decision-makers in North American machining facilities. That includes shop owners, managers, engineers, programmers and other senior personnel. For now, we are limiting the group to only these people—Modern's target readership. As of mid-December, the group has approximately 750 members. Click here to join the group.
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Richard Childress Racing's courting of Ryan Newman started long before Newman was told in July that he would not return to Stewart-Haas Racing next season.
Back in February, team co-owner Richard Childress began talking to Newman about 2014. At the time, Newman wanted to concentrate on 2013.
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But once Newman knew there was no hope of staying at SHR, he said, "it was a no-brainer for me to go back and knock on his door."
Those talks resulted in Newman and RCR striking a three-year deal last week for Newman to drive the No. 31 car currently driven by Jeff Burton.
The deal was announced Monday.
"After (New Hampshire), when I was told what I wasn't going to be doing, the conversations intensified," Newman said. "(RCR was) at the top, without a doubt. Richard and everybody at RCR are in a position to control their own destiny. They build their own cars. They build their own engines. They hang their own bodies.
"Everything is at the RCR compound, and that means a lot to me, because that keeps that information right there. And that, I think, is extremely important with the technology in our sport right now."
Newman, who barely missed the Chase for the Sprint Cup this year, will finish the season with SHR before replacing Burton, who is 22nd in the standings.
The team is still looking for sponsorship, although Caterpillar will be the primary sponsor for the majority of races next season, said RCR Chief Operating Officer Torrey Galida.
"Ryan is really going to add a lot to our organization and add another dimension for us," Galida said. "He's a proven winner. He's been very, very successful throughout his career, and we are always looking to add that kind of talent to our organization.
"We talked to him for a while about potentially becoming a fourth team here. We weren't quite able to pull that all together, but did find a scenario that we believe is going to work for everybody."
Newman has made the Chase in two of the last eight yards but was sixth or seventh in the standings from 2002-2005.
He has 17 career victories.
"I told Richard when I sat down in his bus a while ago, I said, 'Every driver is going to sit here and tell you that he wants to win. He wants to win races. He wants to win a championship. He wants to win a pole. But it's the drive and dedication and the inflection you hear in my voice when I say that to you,'" Newman said.
"I think that that makes a difference, because every car owner wants to win. Every car owner wants to make money and be successful, too. But I see the same things in him that he does in me, and that's why I look forward to the next three years."


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More than 200 home improvement exhibitors representing everything from windows to water treatment will assemble March 14-16 at the Washtenaw Farm Council grounds as part of the 18th annual Builders Home & Improvement Show. The Home Builders Association of Washtenaw County sponsors the three-day event, which runs March 14, 15 and 16.
Interest in exhibiting at the show has been high, said Sue Willis, marketing and advertising director of the Home Builders Association of Washtenaw County.
Heating and cooling, appliances, foam insulation, roofing, landscaping, floor coverings and more will be represented. "Companies want to display to the public the latest innovations and trends in home remodeling." Willis said.
That includes "green" building options, from environmentally friendly landscaping to home filtration systems. D.E. Calvert Construction, which specializes in insulated concrete forms, footings, sidewalks and more, will oversee a 25-foot-by-70-foot mini-house featuring green products, Willis said.
Even with a tight economy, exhibitors are lining up to participate in this year's show, Willis said. There is a waiting list for space.
"They see the benefit to using this as a marking tool as opposed to sitting back and waiting for the phone to ring," she said.
Between 6,000 and 7,000 people are expected to attend, Willis said.
The Washtenaw Farm Council grounds are located at 5055 Ann Arbor Saline Road, where exhibitors will fill the seven buildings at the site.
Hours are 3-9 p.m. March 14, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. March 15 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. March 16. Cost is $5 for adults. Children 12 and under are free. Call (734) 996-0100 for information.
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The University of Portland dedicated two new residence halls Sunday.
The buildings are named the Rev. Arthur Schoenfeldt, C.S.C. Hall and the Fred and Suzanne Fields Hall in honor, respectively, of a longtime university priest who died in 2007 and his sister and her husband, who donated $6 million to help finance the dorms.
Schoenfeldt and Suzanne Fields are the grandchildren of Col. David Dunne, one of the early financial supporters of the university who was a major donor for the construction of Christie Hall, the university's first dorm, built in 1911.
The new residence halls, on the north side of campus on North Monteith Avenue between Strong and Warren streets, will house 320 students and bring the total of dormitories on campus to 10.
The halls are the first dorms on campus to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certified and feature 24-hour common space lounges, study rooms, workout room, kitchenettes, chapel, outdoor plaza, wireless Internet access, storage and bicycle racks.
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Gah! Sister-in-law is having emergency gallbladder removal surgery today. This is the sister who went Primal when we did, dropped 20 lbs, and then fell off the wagon a couple of months later. I wish I'd known to advise her to take it slow on the fat increases and do some gallbladder flushy goodness. (I learned this this morning.) I wonder if her fickle wagon jumping back and forth shook things up in the wrong way. *shrug* Who knows. Poor darling is in pain and it makes me sad. I want to make it all better! But I know I can't, so I will send her shmoopy love notes via text and email and say prayers for her. Doing all this research on gall bladder function and gall stones (since I can't not learn about something that plagues a loved one) has me wondering if the episode of excruciating pain that I had back in mid March may have been a gall bladder issue. Interesting.
I am about 15.5 hours into a much needed fast as I type this. I did nothing yesterday that was physically challenging (unless you count laundry baskets and children as LHT). I snacked like crazy and felt sluggish and blah. Last night I decided if I was still feeling that way in the morning, I'd just fast. So I did. A neighbor left her bag of baby shower things at my house on Saturday, so I ran the quarter mile down the hill to her house and the quarter mile back up the hill. Then I did a few pull ups. It felt really good to get things moving and be out in the sun, even just for 5 minutes. I have bacon and a smoothie (banana, avocado, cream, blueberries, coconut oil, strawberries, lots o' spinach, and wild orange oil) awaiting the close of my fast in the fridge. Maybe I'll do bike tabatas or PEMs or lift some today, since I'm missing running night tonight.


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It is probably sugar. This is very common.
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I started my diet a few days ago, and I have been feeling very tense ever since. I'm using myfitnesspal as I go along, and my food diary shows that I'm about 300 calories short of my calorie "target" (my average number of calories per day is 1650), and about 140 grams short of my carb "target". It seems I'm addicted to something I've been cutting back on, although I'm not sure what.
Can you recommend any strategy for coping with this type of withdrawal? I suppose I could start with increasing the intake of proteins and veggies so as to attain my 1950 calorie target, but I doubt doing this will suffice to eliminate the withdrawal symptoms.
Thank you your thoughts.
Thank you Jim for suggesting that it is sugar my body's missing. I have always been into savouriness, though. Therefore my intake of sugar must have been pretty low even before I went on my diet. So I'm not sure it is sugar I'm addicted to. Or do you mean to say that my body is missing the blood sugar that it used to convert my carbs into? If that is the case, how do you fight sugar withdrawal?
Are you including saturated fat in your diet? Carb cravings are killed by the small addition of saturated fat, lard, coconut oil, butter. In my experience, eating a lot of lean meats and vegeable oils leaves you unsatiated and this often manifests as cravings. Fat phobia is rife but once you overecome it you find your food is much more satisfying both to the tastebuds and nutritionally. Some saturated fat is good for you.
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Thank you Claraflo for suggesting saturated fat. However, my cholesterol numbers are high, and I've been told by my GP to steer clear of saturated fatty acids. I'll have to find something else if I am to try and experience satiation while depriving myself of carbs.
Get a new GP or ignore his advice. Enjoy Saturated Fats, They're Good for You! by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD
I think you need avocados ~ higher (healthy) fat, tons of nutrients, delicious any way you eat them~
You need fat to quell the sugar withdrawal feelings....you will feel antsy, off, "rummagy" (as in rummaging around for that which you really want but not finding it), an unless you are a very controlled person, you will manage to stuff all kinds of things into your mouth while trying to figure out what "it" is you actually want. It's FAT, save yourself the heartache and dive in...you will feel calm, energized, stable and satiated, promise. Meat and fat.
Eat a stack of short ribs, an avocado, a well marbles steak, use butter on your meat. You "need" fat
Integrity is what we do when nobody's watching.
Doesn't sound too abnormal. Personally, when I take a break from paleo - when life gets in the way or my discipline goes for the holiday season or something - or eat some more generous carb paleo for a bit - like lot's of mashed potatoes - I get some kind of withdrawal symptoms too. Almost without fail I get a pretty killer headache after 2 or 3 days low carb. But then I guess my body adjusts and everything is okay.
For suggestions, I think avocados sound great. Personally I love them. Get over your fear of saturated fat. Read Track your Plaque by Dr. William Davis if you're concerned about your heart. I would throw in eggs. Even your gp, if he is at all competent, will agree that eggs do not have an effect on cholesterol or heart disease status. Eggs are great for getting calories in. Maybe be more liberal with the olive oil to dress the veggies you steam up. Oh, and eat twice as many veggies as you were before ;-).
Good luck
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Since 1947, Gail Millet's husband's family has owned a house on Minor Street in Kenner, a tree-lined avenue just a few blocks from Louis Armstrong International Airport.
In the 1980s and '90s, the Federal Aviation Administration bought out properties -- as close as a block away from the Millets -- to mitigate a potential lawsuit over airport noise pollution. Now, two decades later, Kenner seeks to put those vacant properties back into commerce. The first step: a rezoning that could affect Millet's neighborhood.
"I hate to see it change. But I think I have no choice," Millet said. "What can we do? Hope the city takes into consideration what we have to put up with?"
Millet was one of about 70 Kenner residents who came out Wednesday evening (Oct. 16) to hear more about a potential rezoning of the airport buyout properties. It was the first of two meetings planned to address the concerns of Kenner residents, before the rezoning ordinance goes before the Kenner's Planning and Zoning Commission, which then would make a recommendation to the City Council.
The potential zoning change, drafted by the city's Planning Department and the University of New Orleans, would create two new zoning districts -- AR 1 and AR 2 -- for the airport buyout property in Kenner's 1st and 2nd Districts. The zoning would prohibit residential property, as specified when the airport bought the land, but would allow various types of commercial development. The buyout properties in the 2nd District -- 14 acres -- were under discussion at Wednesday's meeting. Jay Hebert, director of Kenner's Planning Department, said the city would seek to rezone parcels within those 14 acres; some land must remain undeveloped because of restrictions on what can be built near airport runways.
Timothy Jackson, a senior UNO research associate who is working on the zoning ordinance, said the area presents a difficult problem: How could the city put vacant properties into commerce, yet please nearby Kenner residents?
"The intent is to develop these properties," Jackson said. "But at the same time to, recognize some of them are adjacent to or near by existing residential. There are two things the city has to do."
Councilman Joe Stagni, who represents the 2nd District, said the purpose of the meeting was to "air out some frustrations." And residents aired them. They worried that nearby commercial development would increase traffic on their streets, would worsen flooding issues and would change the feel of their neighborhoods.
"What we're worried about is a quality of life impact," said DJ Estopinal, who said he lives a block away from the buyout properties. "All of a sudden, that way of life is going to change. Kids won't be able to play in the streets anymore, because of traffic."
Residents also worried that nearby commercial property would lower the value of their homes. Several residents suggested that the new zoning be extended east, to Williams Boulevard. By having the option of commercial zoning on their homes, which are adjacent to the buyout property, they could sell at a higher value, rather than be pushed out.
Stagni said he supports the idea to extend the zoning area to Williams Boulevard, but that it surprised him: "The surprise to me in this meeting was that most people here today would like to extend AR to Williams."
The proposed zoning district would allow the land to be developed for such uses as parking, day-care centers, restaurants, office parks, cemeteries, medical offices, etc. It would also allow for light industrial uses -- such as mini-storage, enclosed auto repair and warehouses. It would also allow for medical services, government services, playgrounds and other public uses. And it would allow farming and cultivation. More intensive uses, such as a large office park, light manufacturing, or a school would be considered on a case-by-case basis. Adult book stores, truck stops, junk yards and livestock farming would be prohibited.
Ed Renton, who owns commercial property in the buyout area, spoke in favor of the rezoning. He said he thinks the rezoning would revive blighted neighborhoods and bring jobs back to Kenner. "It's blight," he said. "Nobody wants to go back there, because they feel they're going through an abandoned and dangerous neighborhood." To develop the surrounding neighborhood, Renton said, could help him find tenants for his commercial property.
Millet spoke near the end of the meeting against the push to rezone the entire area as AR2. At 79, she said she is reluctant to move and to pay a mortgage on a new home. "I am in the house where my husband grew up," she said. "My biggest concern is residents like me, who really don't want to move."
A similar meeting, for 1st District residents, will be held Oct. 22 at Heritage Hall in Rivertown. It will concern airport buyout property south of Airline Drive.


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The Maumee agribusiness said its profits were up 6 percent from $17.3 million, or 93 cents a share, for the same period a year ago, when it had revenues of $1 billion.
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GRAND RAPIDS -- While the high school boys basketball season tips off Tuesday for most local teams, four area O-K Conference teams got the action rolling Thursday afternoon.
Athletic directors, coaches and players from East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Christian, Jenison and Rockford gathered in Van Andel Arena banquet rooms for a news conference to kick off the seventh annual Jam at the Van, hosted by the arena and WBBL-FM (1076.3) and sponsored by West Michigan GMC dealers.
The games, set for Monday, Jan. 25, will be a special part of the season for these schools.
East Grand Rapids, which has eight of its 13 players coming off the state championship football teams, takes on host Grand Rapids Christian at 6:15 p.m. A year ago, these two teams shared top honors in the O-K White Conference.
"This is a great opportunity for our kids, coaches and fans," Grand Rapids Christian athletic director Mark Warners said. "It is extra special to come here."
The nightcap will feature defending O-K Red Conference champ Rockford hosting Jenison in a league matchup.
"We have played here before, and it's great for our athletes to play in a setting like this," Rockford athletic director Tim Erickson said. "We really appreciate what Bret Bakita (WBBL's program director) does for this event and to promote high school sports."
While it is a great venue, it is not easy to give up the home court for a critical league game.
"We played here in 2004, and it was one of the best experiences of the season," Rockford coach Steve Majerle said. "It is a great rivalry between Jenison and Rockford, and this game should be special again."
Added Jenison coach Brett Dyke, who also has played in the event: "This is a wonderful experience for our players, our school and our community."
Grand Rapids Christian first-year coach Mike Spicer simply is happy to coach for the Eagles. Playing at The Van is an added bonus.
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Jared Redell, East Grand Rapids' third-year coach, won't miss playing at Christian Quest Center this year. A year ago, the Pioneers lost their conference game there, then bowed out of the Class B quarterfinal with a loss to Zeeland East.
"I am glad I am not playing there," Redell said, laughing. "Playing at The Van Andel Arena should be great."
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Engel enjoying fresh start with Cougars
A change is better than a rest, so when Mac Engel learned he was no longer in the Spokane Chiefs' plans, he was only too willing to move to another team in order to stay in the Western Hockey League.
"There just wasn't a spot for me in Spokane. They had the goalie they wanted there in (Eric) Williams and a young guy coming up, so I was the odd guy out," Engel said Wednesday morning at the Centrium, while preparing to stop pucks for the Prince George Cougars in an evening game versus the host Red Deer Rebels.
"I got a fresh new start in Prince George. It's a great organization with great people running it and the guys in the room are unbelievable. I love playing with the Cougars. It's going well for me this season."
A Red Deer product who was the starting netminder for the midget AAA Optimist Rebels during the 2009-10 campaign, Engel was listed by the Chiefs and made the WHL squad the following season. He posted a 2.30 goals-against average as a back-up in his rookie season and last winter had a 2.69 GAA as Spokane's starter.
Yet the Chiefs deemed him expendable last fall and told him to go home and wait for a trade. The Cougars came calling in mid-October and Engel was off to Prince George in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft.
Engel, who stopped 31 shots in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to the Rebels, sees himself as not only the Cougars' regular starter, but a mentor to 17-year-old teammate Brent Zarowny.
"He's going to be a good netminder for this team, he has a bright future," Engel said of Zarowny. "He's very good goaltender, and with him working with me and us working together and pushing each other . . . it's made us a lot better as individuals and has also helped the team."
Engel, as his numbers would indicate — disregarding his current 3.31 GAA with a struggling team — has progressed through each of his three WHL seasons.
"I've improved in different areas. I worked with (goalie coach and Red Deer native) Dennis Sproxton for a couple of years in Spokane and he helped me a lot," said the 19-year-old. "I give him a lot of credit. We worked on quicker movements, getting my feet moving and tracking the puck. We also spent time on making sure I was always ready to play . . . always focused and not letting things bother me.
"That's always my goal now, to zone out all the distractions and focus on winning the game at hand."
The Cougars are also zoning in on securing the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Heading into tonight's meeting with the host Medicine Hat Tigers, Prince George sits two points back of the eighth-place Seattle Thunderbirds and five points in arrears of the Everett Silvertips, who occupy seventh spot.
"That's the focus of our team right now," said Engel. "This is a huge road trip for us and we're trying to get every point we can down the stretch. We're trying to catch Seattle and get that last playoff spot or even move up higher into seventh. Making the playoff is every team's goal and it's right there within our grasp. We're going to do everything in our power the rest of the season to get that spot."
Engel, who was named third star of the game when Prince George downed the Rebels 3-1 Jan. 19 at the Centrium, could return to the Cougars next season as a 20-year-old if team management decides he's worthy of filling one of the three allotted overage berths.
Another option would be to turn pro, providing he gets a free-agent offer. He insisted he'd be open to either avenue.
"Of course I want to move on and get to that next level, but coming back to Prince George for another year of development would be big for me as well," said Engel.
"The team has really helped me out a lot, especially the new (head) coach. Mark Holick works us hard and every day he demands the best from everybody. A full year of playing under him wouldn't hurt me at all."
In the event that Engel doesn't get a pro opportunity or said opportunity doesn't pan out, he'll have his WHL education scholarship funds to fall back on. In that case, would he at some point consider returning to Red Deer and playing for the RDC Kings, who will be back in the ACAC men's league next fall?
"That could always be an option, staying in my hometown for a bit," he said. "But I might be looking to get out there and find something new. That would probably be a bigger goal for me, to play somewhere else, get away from home and pursue my career with no distractions.
"The main goal is to move on in hockey and I'm just working as hard as I can right now with my team to get that playoff spot and go as far as we can."


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By Zoe Smith, United Kingdom, September 2012
Sandwiched in-between the affluent dwellings of Knightsbridge and Kensington, Notting Hill boasts the same stately elegance, with its rows of Victorian townhouses and cobbled side streets. Arguably the hippest district in West London, it's here that the slick and stylish meet downtown cool, with vintage stores jostling for space next to designer boutiques and art students ducking into dimly lit bars, while designer-decked hipsters dine on sushi platters next door.
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