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For full proposals submitted via FastLane: standard Grant Proposal Guide proposal preparation guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines applies. (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide)
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SYNOPSIS The MME program supports fundamental research that enables the development of new and/or improved manufacturing machines and equipment, and optimization of their use, with a particular focus on equipment appropriate for the manufacture of mechanical and electromechanical devices, products, and systems featuring scales from microns to meters (proposals relating to nanomanufacturing should be submitted to the CMMI NanoManufacturing program, and those relating to the manufacture of electronic devices such as IC products should be submitted to the ECCS Division). Proposals relating to a wide range of manufacturing operations are encouraged, including both subtractive and additive processes, forming, bonding/joining, and laser processing. Of particular interest are proposals that relate to the manufacture of equipment and facilities that enable the production of energy products. Competitive projects will propose hypothesis-driven research that advances the frontiers of knowledge in relevant areas. Proposals submitted to the MME program should include a clearly articulated research (not developmental) objective and a coherent plan to accomplish the stated objective. Both experimental and theoretical work are supported. All proposals must include a statement outlining the societal benefits of the proposed activities, including the proposed research, in a separate section labeled Broader Impacts of the Proposed Work. Proposals accepted for consideration in the MME program must be fully compliant with the most recent version of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG). Persons submitting proposals to the program should review the GPG (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg) as it is updated frequently and submission requirements change.Investigators wishing to serve on a proposal review panel should send an email to the Program Director with a short biographical sketch, a list of areas of expertise and a link to their home page. REU/RET supplement requests should be submitted by March 31 each year.
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You wouldn't think it would be all that hard to be a vegetarian beer drinker.
I mean, I've had about a zillion different beers over the years, and I usually examine my glass pretty closely before taking a mouthful.
Not once have I noticed a pork chop in there.
Beer is made with water, malt, hops and yeast.
And yet, here I am at Old City's Khyber Pass Pub with my colleague Vance Legume, and he's holding things up wondering if the bartender's about to pour him a beer made with, I dunno, minced kitten parts.


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Special Radio Report: Now that marijuana is legal, what's next?
By KNKX • Nov 16, 2012
Now that marijuana's about to be legal, you might be wondering more about the details, how this will actually play out across Washington state.
KPLU reporters have created a special audio report by expanding our original series of stories, which takes you on a wide-ranging tour of how legalized marijuana will impact society, from routine traffic stops to intimate family discussions, from pot farms to public consumption.
Four fuzzy images are coming into focus:
- The federal government actually has a lot of options in choosing how to respond, but the pressure to interrupt the legalization experiments in Washington and Colorado will probably intensify.
- The Washington Liquor Control Board, and Governor-elect Jay Inslee, will have their hands full creating a marijuana infrastructure, from scratch, in the next few months.
- The legal impacts are the most immediate, but maybe not the most significant. The number of people charged for marijuana possession, without any other legal factors, is pretty small. For those individuals, it's of huge importance, but for the legal system, maybe not.
- For parents and children, there's a lot to learn, and good reason to watch how the law is implemented in 2014.
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Standards Bodies Urged to Support ITU's Climate Change Work
30 July 2008: The Global Standards Organization (GSC) has
called on its members to share their views and experiences with groups addressing
information and communications technologies (ICTs) and climate change, highlighting
the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Focus Group on ICTs and
Climate Change.
The GSC, an initiative of the ITU, the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute, the United States Committee T1 and the
Japanese Telecommunication
Technology Committee, held its thirteenth meeting from 14-17 July 2008
in Boston, USA. In its Resolution GSC-13/08 on ICT and the Environment, the GSC
acknowledged the positive and negative impacts of ICTs on climate change and
the environment, and encouraged its members to support the work of the ITU
Focus Group.
"The resolution promotes a spirit of collaboration and mutual
support to tackle climate change with the utmost efficiency," said Malcolm
Johnson, Director of the ITU's Standardization Bureau. "ITU gives all the
world's standardization bodies the opportunity to work together to apply the
power of ICTs to this greatest of all challenges," he added.
The ITU Focus Group
was established in July 2008 to work on the development of methodologies for
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What is your vision for the development of the life sciences market?van Ingen: Personally I am very bullish about this business and can see a long-term period of profitable growth both in revenues and in market share in the markets in which we operate. Gene expression, proteomics, and drug discovery and development are the three key immediate markets that Agilent serves.
What organizational assets have you developed to serve this community?van Ingen: I would have to say the alignment of our organization into businesses that focus on these specific market segments. Our bioresearch solutions business is very clearly focused on the gene expression market, with its associated drug and disease discovery segments, and our pharmaceutical solutions business is focused on bringing solutions to proteomics and pharmaceutical quality control and the drug discovery development segments of the pharmaceutical value chain. We also serve the bioagricultural market.
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I Love This -- not only because I was literally laughing out loud, but I was JUST on the Chick-Fil-A website, longing for one that wasn't 100 miles from my house.
Forbidden-Fil-A must make the pantheon of catch phrases!
Nice, you posted this on Sunday too.
I don't see many Chick-fil-A branches in my area :(
Brilliant! I always seem to get a craving for Chik-Fil-A on Sundays, the one day a week it is not available. Also, I used to live down the street from the founder's daughter. Everything in their house was cow themed. It was... weird.
A Bond villain you ain't.
I would happily pay $20 for a Chick-Fil-A sandiwch on a Sunday. Happily.
As the cows say...
Eat chikun!
Have you tried their spicy chicken sandwich? It's now the only thing I'll buy from there.
I have similar notions about McDonald's breakfast outside of their normal breakfast hours.
I just go to Wally World and get chicken patties and make my own Faux-Fil-A.
*sigh* Sane people prefer white meat, but I prefer leg or thigh. If only CFA sold more than breastsc, I'd like it more.
As a Canadian I am both curious as to what a "Chick-Fil-A" is and why it is not open on a Sunday.
Who can resist the siren song of the forbidden-jazz-hands-fil-a?
YAY JAZZ HANDS!!! And what better time to deploy them than when describing a forbidden siren song? My hands are trembling just typing that!
I do believe that "Forbidden-Fil-A" needs to make its way into everyday use.
Forbidden-Fil-A? Brilliant.
Chick-Fil-A no longer exists in my vocabulary.
15 cents of every dollar Chik-fil-A makes goes to support the Santorum campaign.
How's that chicken taste now?
Scott will make MILLIONS!!! MILLIONS, I say! Nothing more disappointing than craving a chicken biscuit on Sunday and realizing, "Oh yeah, Chik-Fil-A isn't open today...."
For those of you who don't have one nearby, you must not live in the South. Let me think....I have three within two miles of my house, and about eight or nine within ten miles. My only problem with Chik-Fil-A is that they use peanut oil to fry their chicken, and my tummy is starting to rebel.
I'll gladly pay you Monday for a Chick-fil-A Sunday.
I didn't get this at first. Apparently the Chick-Fil-A execs are fundamentalist Christians or something and won't work on Sundays? I knew they were anti-gay-rights, but the not-open-on-Sundays thing is pretty curious.
I, too, hunger for the Forbidden-Fil-A! Also, I will almost definitely use "'diabolical' doesn't necessarily mean 'good.'"
Anyone besides me pronounce it "Chick-Filla" (rhymes with gorilla)?
I got a watch from Chick-Fil-A, once. Surprisingly, it still keeps time on Sundays.
Rizz Rustbolt;
very silly.
(nobody's taking the current Republican candidates seriously, which the party should take note of)
...When your job pays so poorly that working at Chick-Fil-A looks like a way to make money (while further degrading the English language) it's time to steal the identity of a CEO and make off with his "parachute"
I used to live in Georgia and now I live in Canada. I would kill someone, right in front of their own mother, for a chicken biscuit from Chick-fil-A.
They are still privately owned so they can do the whole "not open on Sunday" stupidity. And if you can name me one corporation somewhere that doesn't support some idiot politician, I don't care what party they're affiliated with, I will probably call you a liar.
@Ryan: "As a Canadian I am both curious as to what a "Chick-Fil-A" is and why it is not open on a Sunday."
As a Canadian, you are probably also intrigued by our uniquely American "Google". My best friend is a Nigerian prince who needs your help to claim his multimillion-dollar birthright, and I will lead you to both the prince and teh Google for a mere $5000 finder's fee. Your ship has come in, my friend!
Scott, you should see this if you haven't already
Struggling with this one. Chick-Fil-A? Is that Fil-A as in fillet?
Personally I never eat chicken unless I've seen the whole beast and cooked it myself. But then - I would never eat Macdonalds (I did once - yeuch!).
I've never seen a Taco Bell (I learned that one from Demolition Man).
I am not Canadian, I'm a Brit, but I am also both curious as to what a "Chick-Fil-A" is and why it is not open on a Sunday.
As a gay person, I'm totally okay with never eating at Chick-Fil-A ever.
I heard those guys hate gays and give money to denting them equal rights...
the best chicken sandwich ever. the fries are great and the employees fall all over themselves helping you out. without a doubt one of the best fast food joints around.
Really nice conversation..its just that the term 'diabolical' doesn't seemed to be a good one. haha
As much as I like Chick-Fil-A chicken, I stopped eating there after finding out about their strong anti-gay stance. While it is technically their right to do with their money as they please, it makes me very uncomfortable that a portion of the money I'd be spending there would go to organizations with which I so vehemently disagree,
Clearly, they would benefit from Comic-Scott's diabolical leadership and influence.
While they are not open on Sundays, CFA does often hold meetings and other mandatory staff events on Sundays. Not open doesn't mean they let their peons take the day off too.
Well, basically, according to the Bible, God told His people to rest on the 7th day of the week, corresponding to the period between what we would call sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday.
A thousand and some years and some people attempting to (overly?) strictly define what constitutes "work" later, the Messiah comes and doesn't necessarily adhere to their definitions, so they say He's breaking Sabbath.
Then after He dies, rises and takes off for Heaven, His followers do and say some things that are commonly interpreted to mean that the day of rest is now the first day of the week, Sunday, of course, despite nothing in the Bible saying any such thing. (And then in sort of very recent times, some countries decided to make things "labor-oriented" by making Sunday the 7th day, when it would have been labor-oriented to begin with if people followed what the Bible said on the subject.)
Some businesses adhere to this thinking by not opening on Sunday, and others do not. Chick-Fil-A does, and that's their choice; I wouldn't mind being able to eat there on Sunday, but it's kind of far for me to go, either way.
Are there Chick Fil-As in Washington? I've never seen one. I assumed they were a Southern thing.
Yep, totally southern. They're all over here in Florida. I doubt they're in Washington; it seems to be the last state that national chains go to. ~Missy
the only thing someone needs to do with a crapfila is to shame the entire homophobic hater organization out of existence then open a better that doesn't promote hate, smell like wet cement and taste like greasy styrofoam packing peanuts.


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Midland, Church Point sweep top honors
By Chris Quebedeaux
CROWLEY – Midland's B.J. Cormier and Church Point's Shalen Handy garnered numerous honors for their performances during the 2008-09 basketball season and today they earned another - Most Valuable Player on this year's Post-Signal All-Acadia Parish teams.
Cormier played a key role in Midland's success, averaging 17.3 points, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals per contest.
He was most effective from long range, shooting 44.6 percent from beyond the three-point line (83-186). He finished the season with 468 total points.
Handy was also a force to be reckoned with, averaging 15.4 points and nine rebounds a game. The District 5-AAA MVP also totaled four blocks and four steals per game.
Their respective coaches, Todd Briley (Midland) and Timmy Jones (Church Point) were also recognized on the All-Parish team as Coaches of the Year.
Briley led his young squad to a 31-6 record and the District 7-B title while starting just one senior. His squad earned the No. 3 seed in the Class B playoffs. The Rebels were eliminated in the second round by Mount Hermon.
Jones guided his group to a 19-11 record overall and a second-place finish in District 5-AAA. The Lady Bears were the lone team to defeat league champion Northwest, doing so on the Lady Raiders' home court.
The Lady Bears earned the No. 19 seed in the Class AAA playoffs and were eliminated by eventual state champion Capitol in the second round by a slim margin of 65-62 in overtime.
Joining Briley and Cormier on the boys' team are fellow Midland Rebel Miles Sonnier, Crowley's Dexter Scott, Notre Dame's Nick Zaunbrecher, Church Point's Torey Boudreaux and Iota's Jordan Sylestine.
Sonnier, the District 7-B MVP, averaged 17.9 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 3.7 assists per outing. The standout forward finished his junior campaign with 448 total points.
Scott, the District 5-AAA MVP, helped lead Crowley to a runnersup finish in league play by averaging 17 points, three assists, six rebounds and two steals. The senior guard was also automatic from the free throw line, shooting 82 percent from the charity stripe.
Zaunbrecher was Notre Dame's top scorer, averaging 15.6 points while pulling down 8.7 rebounds. He also averaged 2.4 steals and two assists.
Boudreaux averaged 13.3 points and eight rebounds while Sylestine had 14.1 points, 5.2 assists and 7.2 rebounds.
The honorable mention list is made up of Midland's Colby Gantt, Crowley's Michael Harmon, Notre Dame's Charlie Ropp, Church Point's Kaliup Citizen, Rayne's Darius Bonhomme, Northside's Pierce Rivera and Iota's Colby Wickman.
Joining Jones and Handy on the girls' team are Church Point's Deniseo Citizen, Crowley's Sharae Henry, Notre Dame's Taylor Simon, Iota's Allison Baggett and Midland's Sharae Primeaux.
Citizen led District 5-AAA in scoring with 15.6 points per game. She also averaged four rebounds, three assists and three steals as the Lady Bears' point guard.
Henry, who was hampered by a foot injury for the last half of the season, totaled 11 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.6 steals for the CHS Ladies.
Simon led the Lady Pios into the playoffs for the second straight season, averaging 13.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 4.2 steals.
Baggett, a freshman guard, helped lead Iota back to postseason play by averaging 14.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.7 steals.
Primeaux wrapped up her senior season with 8.7 points and 6.4 assists in helping the Lady Rebels reach the Class B quarterfinals before falling to eventual state champion Fairview.
Earning honorable mention status on the girls' team are Northside's Tori Clement, Midland's Patricia Garrie, Notre Dame's Celia Charles and Kylie Pannell, Crowley's Lavetta Chaisson, Rayne's Trysteen Teer, Church Point's Alicia Arceneaux and Iota's Jade LeJeune.


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"Policy Scepticism" and the Impact of Northern Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on their Host Region: Accounting for Regional Budget Constraints
This paper replicates the analysis of Scottish HEIs in Hermannsson et al (2010b) for the case of Northern Ireland. The motivation is to provide a self-contained analysis that is readily accessible by those whose primary concern is with the regional impacts of Northern Irish HEIs. A comparative analysis will follow in due course. A "policy scepticism" has emerged that challenges the results of conventional regional HEI impact analyses. This denial of the importance of the expenditure impacts of HEIs appears to be based on a belief in either a binding regional resource constraint or a regional public sector budget constraint. In this paper we provide a systematic critique of this policy scepticism. However, while rejecting the extreme form of policy scepticism, we argue that it is crucial to recognise the importance of the public sector expenditure constraints that are binding under devolution. We show how conventional impact analyses can be augmented to accommodate regional public sector budget constraints. While our results suggest that conventional impact studies overestimate the expenditure impacts of HEIs, they also demonstrate that the policy scepticism that treats these expenditure effects as irrelevant neglects some key aspects of HEIs, in particular their export intensity.
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FFAF is on the warpath against 'hateful' atheists
ESTABLISHED in 2012, is the Freedom From Atheism Foundation (FFAF) has announced its intention to step up its battle against godless Americans after the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) posted another "offensive, and historically inaccurate, sign touting Jesus as a myth.
Writing for the Christian Post, one Mike Dobbins drew readers attention to the FFAFF:
Did you know an organisation exists to counter the FFRF and other intolerant atheists? If you or someone you know has been the victim of militant, confrontational atheism then the place to turn is the Freedom From Atheism Foundation (FFAF).
He added:
Created in 2012 as a response to intolerant atheists seeking the removal of a Veterans Memorial that displayed religious symbols, the FFAF has grown leaps and bounds and boasts over 120,000 followers on their Facebook page as of this writing.
The Freedom From Atheism Foundation was created as a grassroots civil rights Facebook group to help protect the rights of religious believers, address the rising tide of intolerant atheism across the world, and be a beacon of hope and support for victims of atheist hate.
FFAF's Dr Jim Ryan is quoted as saying:
History has demonstrated that atheists, especially once they get into positions of power, have been brutally repressive toward those who do not share their faith. While many atheists in the West, especially the New Atheists, claim to be promoting science and reason, it should be noted that they have repeatedly stated that their goal is to eradicate those religions and religious beliefs that differ from their own.
And more of this horseshit:
They are working to restrict freedom of religious expression and freedom of speech. There is every reason to suspect that if the intolerant atheists of today get into power they will be just as oppressive, if not more so, that the previous generations of atheists.
This drivel was effectively dismissed by The Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta:
FFRF's militancy is little more than a group of dedicated people writing letters to warn people that they are violating the Constitution. The attorneys there have no desire to stop the religious speech of individuals. They defend those rights. They don't sue churches for holding worship services or after-school Bible clubs for meeting. They only request equal treatment under the law.
Damn near all of their lawsuits involve Christians who cross the legal line in a way that would make Fox News flip out if any other group pulled the same shit. Like public school coaches pushing Christianity on their athletes, or elected officials using their office to promote their faith, or the IRS allowing churches to get away with endorsing political candidates.
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More lies about a secular organisation came at the weekend from Fox News's Megyn Kelly, who repeated stated that Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) is an atheist organisation.
It most certainly is not! The Huff Post's Chris Rodda put Kelly straight:
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And who makes up the whopping 96 percent that remains? CHRISTIANS! Yes, Megyn Kelly, 96 percent of the clients of this organization that you deliberately and repeatedly called an atheist organization are Christians.
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After takin' a swig o' grog, Jeremy Fisher belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> [rant off]
Feel better?
> For all the good it will do I have written expressing what I think, does
> anybody have any links to organisations who are opposing this corporate
> stupidity?
Don't know for sure, but start at the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Lawyers for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office and Schaeffler's attorney requested a continuance Dec. 19 at the pretrial conference, according to a San Fernando Superior Court official
The pretrial conference will resume Dec. 30.
Schaeffler is accused of stealing his former girlfriend's identity and using it to go on a July 2007 shopping spree.
The Santa Clarita victim asked for her name to be withheld to protect her from future identity theft.
The alleged victim was awarded $300,000 during a 2005 civil suit against Schaeffler, but was not paid, she said. Schaeffler balked at a plea deal Oct. 29 and decided to go to trial.
Schaeffler is being held in lieu of $110,000 bail.


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PHILADELPHIA - A European lawmaker whose anti-Islamic views once led British officials to ban him from visiting that country will address Temple University students on Tuesday, despite protests from campus organizations.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders has outraged Muslims by comparing their holy book, the Quran, to Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and for his calls to end Muslim immigration to the Netherlands.
Muslim students at Temple, a public university serving about 34,000 students, and their supporters plan to protest the evening event, which was organized by a student group called Purpose and is being funded by the California-based David Horowitz Freedom Center.
"The Muslim population at Temple feels attacked, threatened, and ultimately unsafe that Mr. Wilders has been invited to voice his hate-driven opinions," the Muslim Students Association wrote in a letter to university officials.
Brittany Walsh, the president of Purpose, didn't immediately respond to messages left by The Associated Press. She told the Philadelphia Daily News that her group does not share Wilders' opinions, but intends the event as a forum for students to "hash out unconventional views."
"I respect their opposition to it," she said of the Muslim students. The goal is to "promote freedom of speech and give students an education opportunity of a lifetime to raise concerns and issues with a prominent international figure."
Temple officials issued a statement saying the university "is a community of scholars in which freedom of inquiry and freedom of expression are valued."
"We respect the right of our student organizations to invite people who express a wide variety of views and ideas," the school said in a statement.
British officials once banned Wilders from visiting for fear it would spark violence. He successfully sued the government and visited Friday.
Wilders is scheduled to speak at Columbia University in New York on Wednesday.
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Many years ago, I was bombing my Zoke-Z1-equipped Klein down a trail in Ohio's Caesar Creek park when I took a wrong turn and found myself heading towards a farmer's field. I saw a flash, a glint, in midair fifty feet ahead of me and I jammed both brakes, coming to a heaving halt an arm's length away from a brand-new bit of barbed wire strung across the trail, presumably at the farmer's property line. It was at about the right elevation to catch me across the chest, but it would have caught a child at the neck.
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Friday, November 30, 2007
New Gig
A few weeks ago I reached an agreement with Trent Hendricks of Hendricks Farms and Dairy to help him produce a line of American, Italian and French style charcuterie products. I've got to split out for the farm now, so I don't have a lot of time to blog about this now. But here are a few photos of some of our output. There's a lot more stuff working that I have not photographed. We've got legs of lamb brining (for air dried "lamb ham") and beef eye rounds in cure for Bresaola. After I took these photos I hung 8 more rolls of pork pancetta and 4 versions made from lamb bellies.
Until we build out a special room for air drying we are doing it in the cheese room.
17 comments:
- tyronebcookin said...
- November 30, 2007 at 8:59 AM
- Scotty said...
I am soooo jealous! Best of luck on the new endeavor!
- November 30, 2007 at 10:08 AM
- IdahoRocks said...
That is sooo cool! I wish I could observe all the activity. I look forward to future posts.
- November 30, 2007 at 11:07 AM
- fiat lux said...
Go Bob go!
- November 30, 2007 at 11:31 AM
- Crazy Raven Productions said...
Rockin! Congrats!
(Heehee... lambhamlambhamlambham...)
- November 30, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Michael, Bob dG, Chef Pardus, Anyone...
I have a burning question that has been rolling around in my head like Tony's proverbial pachinko balls. It's off topic for this thread and I hope this venue is ok to pose it.
What defines a palate? Especially in children? While I know that some tastes are inherited (bitterness) and some certainly seems to be cultural, and I believe some aspects can be media influenced (my now grown son who steadfastly refused to eat eggs for almost 2 years when he was 5 after seeing that insipid commercial "this is your brain on drugs" with the egg frying in the pan), is most of the palate acquired? What makes one 3 year old happily slurp up oysters on the half shell (with hot sauce,no less), while others refuse to eat anything that isn't white?
As adults, why do I open my mouth to never before tasted foods and (mostly) like them, when I know other adults who still refuse to even try anything new? Is the palate of a person directly related to the idea of food (eeewww, raw fish, ewww tongue!) and if so, while we all recognize that raw fish, why will some try it and love it (or hate it) and some won't even try at all? Is the palate of a child determined by exposure to food? Will Tony's new daughter grow up eating everything? Something she inherits from her Dad?
And lastly, why are some (like myself) endlessly fascinated by food in all ways while for others eating is just something they do to stay alive? What constitutes this basic difference? I am hoping someone out here has ideas about this...it is driving me crazy!
(I posted this also at MR's site..just looking for insight!)
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- November 30, 2007 at 3:17 PM
- Jennie/Tikka said...
Mirinblue -
I don't have any science but I do have personal observations. The most eye-opening moment was provided by my hubby, who has the palette of a six year old at age 41.
Once upon a time, I caught him in the kitchen wolfing down all the pastrami in the fridge. It was located next to some roast beef that I bought because he specifically requested it (the pastrami was for me). Ordinarily this wouldn't be interesting - but I asked him why he was eating so much pastrami when he had been so ADAMANT that he ONLY ate roast beef and NEVER pastrami. He responded by saying - I HATE pastrami....I'm eating roast beef. I paused and repeated to him, "You HATE pastrami?" "Yes." "Asbolutely won't eat it??" "No." "Do you like what you're eating RIGHT NOW?" "Yes, I LOVE this." "Well, guess what - you're eating PASTRAMI!" "Nuh uh - I'm eating roast beef." Then I opened up the fridge and had him look at the labels the deli had put on the packages. His eyes got as big as softballs when he realized that he THOUGHT he hated something but actually LOVED it....and that he was guilty of that with other things, too. His opinion was based on some ijit's having mistaken one for the other once upon a time - and that opinion stuck with him. In his head he hated pastrami (because somebody ELSE hated it) - but in his actual experience...he loved it. If I'd presented him with a pastrami sandwhich as such, he'd have rejected it. If I told him it was roast beef - he'd love it.
Since then there have been NUMEROUS foods he's since stopped saying he hated because, as it turns out - he actually loves them!!
In several of these instances he'd actually never even tried them before.
When I worked at Caltech here in CA the Chefs would tell me all the time, "The higher the I.Q. the more bland they will want their food...with few exceptions to that rule." We saw it all the time.
All I can guess at is that it might come down to brain structure/chemistry/personality differences at the physical level - and psychologically, impressions ABOUT food versus actual experience with it. Or in other words - the more prone we are to take other people's opinions on as our own, the less likely we'll be to try the food ourselves and see if it's true for ourselves.
- November 30, 2007 at 4:00 PM
- redman said...
You Rock
I too am jealous
keep us posted on this endeavor, including details about temp/hum. for the geeks among us
- November 30, 2007 at 4:54 PM
- The Foodist said...
- November 30, 2007 at 6:48 PM
Good to see you empty your sandbox and replace it with salt. And lucky me lives less than an hour away!
Jennie - have you considered being a screenwriter? The strike's over now. That was one of the most entertaining stories I've read in a long time. (and well-written)
Just write the way you talk and it'll be very readable.
- November 30, 2007 at 8:00 PM
- Bob del Grosso said...
Thanks everyone! I'm touched by all the well-wishes. I've been angling for a gig like this for a long time. For many months I've been looking for an opportunity to work my craft without having to start from scratch (i.e. start my own business) and without having to go into a restaurant.
I'll do my level best to post about what's going on, but it's going to be a challenge.
Jennie, bless her, did a great job of trying to address some of your many extraordinarily profound questions (Sheesh, what did YOU eat for breakfast today? Whatever it was, I'm jealous.)
The only question that I feel competent to address asks about the meaning of the word palate as it refers to taste. One's palate is a set of expectations about how food should look, taste, smell, feels and, in some instances sound. I suppose that we could add the dimension of time to it so that the definition includes some expectation of how long all of these other characteristics should endure. That seems right to me.
Don't get me going about kids. I've got two. I made adult food into baby food for both of them. Now that they are adolescents one would eat the hair off of my head if given the chance and the other refuses to eat anyhting that isn't sweetened, salted or fried.
They both drive me nuts.
- November 30, 2007 at 8:06 PM
- Charlotte said...
I'm so jealous of your new gig -- I loved my foray into pancetta (have to make another one soon as the last one has mostly been given away) -- and I really want to learn to make cheese --but I need to rig some kind of humidity-control room. It's so dry here -- we only get 12 inches of rain a year. But I want to make lamb ham! Breasola! Fermented sausage!
- November 30, 2007 at 8:30 PM
- Bob del Grosso said...
Really all you need to create a space with the right humidity is a room with an air conditioner to keep it cool, and a humidifier. Granted the AC will such humidity out of the air, but if the room is well insulated it does not have to be on very much at all.
That's how the cheeseroom at the farm is set up and it works pretty well. Of course the best pace for cheese is an airy cave...
- November 30, 2007 at 8:53 PM
- Ed Bruske said...
great looking stuff, Bob. tell us more
- December 1, 2007 at 4:54 PM
- Charlotte said...
Hmm -- I have a canning closet in the basement that is nice and cool, maybe I'll have to see if I can find a good humidifier --
- December 3, 2007 at 4:24 PM
- Bob del Grosso said...
I'll be happy to tell more when I get caught up. I'm doing a lot more than making sausage. The kitchen has to be fitted out properly, machines need to be spec and bought, I've got to write a mission statement and NPR is coming on Wednesday to do piece for Science Friday on the science of cheesemaking... things are cooking!
If that closest stays close to 60 degrees, has good air flow then it sounds like it might be a winner. Good luck!
The cheese room is proving to be inadequate mostly because there are too many species of fungus in there. So we are going to build a special room for meat only, scrub it out and introduce the right kinds of fungus.
- December 3, 2007 at 4:59 PM
- Kevin said...
I'm making duck confit tomorrow. I have a New Year's Day openhouse planned featuring preserved meats.
- December 4, 2007 at 1:48 PM


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I sat there listening to those words from an African American gospel hymn in the midst of my own circumstance of being on the ninth day of a water-only fast for comprehensive immigration reform. In my weakened condition, I was grateful that I had done the opening prayer and wouldn't have to do the closing prayer! But fasting focuses you and it made me consider how Nelson Mandela would feel about a broken immigration system that is shattering the lives of 11 million immigrants, separating parents from children, and undermining the best values of our nation.
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Breast Cancer Health Center
New View in Debate on Breast Self-Exams
April 22, 2009 -- Women at high risk for breast cancer can benefit from performing regular breast self-exams, according to a Duke University doctor who found in a small study that self-exams were as good as mammograms and MRI in detecting new breast cancers.
"Self-exam should be taught to high-risk women," says Lee Gravatt Wilke, MD, assistant professor of surgery at Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C. She presented the findings of her study at this week's meeting of The American Society of Breast Surgeons in San Diego.
But an expert from the American Cancer Society says the study was small and its results are no reason to alter the current recommendations. The American Cancer Society considers breast self-exam an option in breast cancer screening; the organization changed its recommendation of breast self-exam in 2003.
Wilke and her team compared the ability of breast self-exam, mammography, and MRI to detect new breast cancers in 147 women at high risk for breast cancer due to having the genetic mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, a history of breast cancer, or other factors known to increase the risk.
The women were seen from mid-2004 through late 2007 at the Duke University Breast Wellness Clinic, which monitors and treats women at high risk for breast cancer.
The women had yearly screening with mammograms and MRI along with clinical breast exams and training in how to do breast self-exams.
The researchers compared breast self-exam to mammography and MRI in the accuracy of detecting cancers. The American Cancer Society recommends that high-risk women have a mammogram and MRI each year.
In all, 14 breast cancers were found in 12 women. Six were detected by breast self-exam, six by MRI, and two by mammography, she says.
They looked at the number of masses found by each technique and which ended up being cancer:
- With breast self-exam, 24 masses were found; six turned out to be cancer.
- With MRIs, 23 had abnormal results; six turned out to be cancer.
- With mammography, eight had abnormal results; two turned out to be cancer.
All the cancers but one were stage I, she says.


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Implementation of DSP SW for mobile video encoder
Zbaida, Khaled
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Issue date: 2000-03-15
University: Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu
Faculty: Tietotekniikan osasto
Department: Signaalinkäsittelyn laitos
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) approved the multimedia conferencing standard H.324 on March 1996. The Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) a working group under International Standard Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) also released its MPEG-4 audio-visual coding standard in 1998. The author presents a general overview of two multimedia standards H.324 and MPEG-4. In addition, GSM High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) service and the Wide band Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) for the third generation mobile phone systems are discussed to illustrate how mobile video telephony systems work via the network. The author presents H.263 lowbit rate video coding as one main element of the H.324 standard, where the author has implemented and tested the variable length coder and the optional deblocking filter using fixed-point digital signal processor. The testing results, analysis and optimization ideas for the implemented parts are presented. /Kir10
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what word on the milk carton tells you that the dairy eliminated pathogens when processing the milk?
what bacteria changes the outside completely and how does this change help other organisms in the envioroment?
saprophyte, it decomposes and releases nutrience in to the soil for other living things to use
explain how botulism occurs?
canned food poisening, the bacteria is enclosed in endospores which releases heat, once inside they can change reproduction system. they are anarobics
the first part of an organisms name,it is a classification group that contains similar, closely related organsims
taxonomic key
a series of paired statements that describe physical characteristics off different organisms
tell me when and how aristoles classified organisms?
4th century BC, he divided animals into three groups: fly, swim, run, walk, craw classified by behavior, apperence, and movement
when and what did lenaus use to classify? give an example.
1750s based on obsevable features. he used binomial nomenclature. a 2 part scientific name for each organisms. except:felis concolor= mountain lion or puma and felis domestius=house cat
how is the scientific name written?
it is italic or underlined. the genus name is capitalized and the spiece name begins with a small leter
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it always uses the same name for the same organism. it identifies only on spieces or organism
why are viruses not considered living things?
do not have cells, do not grow, do not use food or energy


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St Paul's Choir School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the only boys' choir school in America. The boys live and breath heavenly music, and the effects on the spirit can be magical.
This short video offers insight into the unique ethos of this unique academy. Other than rigorous musical training, St Paul's offers a full curriculum and the academic standards are high.
St Paul's is keeping the rich patrimony of the sacred music of the Church alive.
The school was founded in 1963, and celebrated its 50th year by sending a group of students to Rome to sing for Pope Francis.
This video by Catholic News Service/Chaz Muth can be viewed on YouTube here.
More coverage:
A report on the school from the Catholic News Service can be read here.
For more on the Choir school, see here.
For information on the Choir of St. Paul's, Harvard Square see their homepage.


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LEWISTOWN - Mifflin County sprinted to the win Wednesday when the Huskies shut out Cedar Cliff, 4-0, for a Commonwealth Division softball win. Of Mifflin County's four runs, two could be traced back to the Huskies' speed on the base paths as they moved to 13-3 on the season.
Earlier in the day, the Huskies put up the final runs to complete a 17-0, four-inning win over the Colts that was suspended for rain earlier in the season. In the second game, the Huskies struck early with a run in the first off a Kale Hunter single to right field to bring home Tara Kibe from second, but the runs were otherwise a slow, steady release compared to the deluge from the first game.
In the second inning of the nightcap, Maggie Wray reached on a line drive past shortstop Emma Midgarden for a single. Winning pitcher Shelby Lyter advanced Wray with a sacrifice bunt, then Taylor Dietrich connected for a double to right - the Huskies' only extra-base hit of the game - to bring Wray home for a 2-0 lead.
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Mifflin County second baseman Taylor Dietrich (11) attempts a double play after forcing out Cedar Cliff runner Rachel Knuff Wednesday in Lewistown.
In the third and the fifth, Mara Rhodes was the name of the game in scoring, as she outran two throws from shortstop for singles, both of which later resulted in runs. She sped home on a successful bases-loaded suicide squeeze by Wray in the third, and reached on a line drive up the middle by Olivia Riden for the final run of the game in the fifth.
"I think that's the best game that we've played all year. Kids were picking up the signs and executing them, and that's exactly what you want this time of year," Mifflin County coach Jack McCurdy said.
Overall the Huskies had nine hits against losing pitcher Tiffany White, and Hunter was one of the biggest contributors with one RBI in her 3-for-3 performance. Yet, if the Huskies were putting the ball in play for themselves, they were also ensuring that was not the case for the Colts, as Lyter struck out 11 and held Cedar Cliff to just two hits, thanks in part to the defense behind her.
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The Colts were in scoring position only twice. Riley Keefer led off the game with a triple, but Lyter sat down the next three batters to eliminate the threat. In the third, Keefer again threatened when she collected Lyter's only free pass of the game then advanced to second on a wild pitch, but there were already two outs and Lyter again came through with the strikeout to end the half inning.
"Early on I think (Lyter) was unhittable," said McCurdy, whose ace threw eight of her 11 strikeouts in the first three innings.
In the top of the fifth, the defense behind Lyter came through when Rachel Knuth singled up the middle for the Colts' second and last hit of the game, but was later erased on the base paths by a heads-up play between shortstop Wray and second baseman Olivia Riden.
In the play, Wray dove to her left for a line drive by Sam Meashey. The Husky couldn't quite snag the ball, but in her effort tipped it to Riden, who was covering second, to get the force out on Knuth.
Later in the inning, Riden also made a nice play to her left to grab a hard-hit grounder, allowing her to make the 4-3 play for the final out of the inning.
"I think the kids are playing with a lot of confidence right now, and they should be. We tell them all along how great they are in practices and so forth, and so we're really focusing on the mental aspects of the game," McCurdy explained.
Today the Huskies (13-3, 11-1) host State College, and while the game has importance from both a District 6 and rivaly perspective, McCurdy said the team is simply focusing on bringing its best game.
"I really want the kids just to come out and continue to focus on their game, and the result will be the result," he explained. "We're taking them one at a time at this point - inning by inning, out by out."
Wednesday was senior day for the Huskies. In between the two games, Lauren Bitting, Dietrich, Hunter, Tara Kibe, Lyter and Riden were recognized.


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Cooking a food in liberal amounts of water is least likely to affect the vitamin content of
vitamin A
Which of the following vitamins is involved substantially in energy transformation reactions?
Which of the following food groups ordinarily contains the highest amount of riboflavin when expressed per kcalorie?
A deficiency of what vitamin produces a characteristic cracking and redness at the corners of the mouth?
Which of the following nutrients functions to prevent the appearance of a bilateral, symmetrical dermatitis, primarily on areas exposed to the sun?
A low-protein diet in which corn is a principal food has been found to cause a deficiency of what vitamin?
What vitamin deficiency disease appeared in people who had subsisted on a diet high in corn and low in protein?
While researching your southern family history, you find that your grandmother had a sister who died fairly young. The symptoms leading up to her death included diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia. Because the family led a poor, corn-farming existence, you suspect this relative died of
When taken in large doses, which of the following vitamins is associated with liver injury and peptic ulcers?
Features of biotin in nutrition include all of the following except
a deficiency can be induced by ingesting large amounts of thiamin and folic acid, which interfere with its absorption
Among the following compounds that serve as coenzymes in metabolism, which is considered a vitamin for human beings?
A common drug for the treatment of tuberculosis is known to markedly interfere in the metabolism of vitamin
Which of the following statements reflects our knowledge of water-soluble vitamin toxicity?
Toxicity symptoms for vitamin B6 can be severe and irreversible
In what major way does alcohol intake affect vitamin B6 metabolism?
It dislodges the PLP coenzyme from its enzyme
All of the following are properties of folate in nutrition except
it functions primarily in the transfer of amino groups.
Which of the following vitamins is usually found in a form that is bound to one or more glutamic acid molecules in food?
A person with a disorder that limits absorption of bile is at increased risk for deficiency of
A deficiency of which of the following vitamins results in accumulation of homocysteine in the blood?
The appearance of vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms may be delayed due to high intake of supplements of
What vitamin is involved mainly with the replacement of red blood cells and digestive tract cells?
Physiological stresses such as blood loss, burns, measles, and cancer are known particularly to increase the risk of deficiency for
The absorption of which of the following vitamins is most affected by the disorder atrophic gastritis?
Vitamin B12
People with the condition known as iron overload may be adversely affected from taking supplements of
ascorbic acid.


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Literary elements, devices, and propaganda techniques.
In a narrative, the turning point in the action and/or the highest point of interest or excitement.
A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics.
General concept or idea, whether hidden or asserted, that the author is trying to convey to the audience.
The writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience. It may be serious, humorous, sarcastic, indignant, etc.
Point of view
The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative or presents information.
A struggle between opposing forces. Ex: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, etc.
A shift in a narrative to an earlier event that interrupts the normal chronological development of a story.
Placing normally unassociated words, phrases, or ideas next to one another, often creating an effect or surprise or wit.
An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage --dwelling on a point.
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
The elements of a statement contradict each other. Although the statement may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd, it turns out to have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth.


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Letters: OCTOBER 4
Bailout In perspective Rosenbergs betrayed Socialism, capitalism and public takeover Notes of appreciation
EDITORIAL: An insult to women
Sarah Palin's selection as the Republicans' vice-presidential candidate is an insult to women, and to the American people. It sent several disgusting messages.
Why McCain suspended his campaign
John McCain got lucky last week. Less than 24 hours after the New York Times broke a story about McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis' ties to the Freddie Mac, the big home lender that failed during the Wall Street collapse, the story disappeared from the headlines.


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quote: You could also try to figure out a way to make the tax-phobic American populace support publicly funded politics.
quote: It's (usually) great for the economy to be run by the free market and dominated by corporations and the wealthy, but it's blatantly obvious how bad it is for democracy.
quote: The reason we put up with it, though, is that most Americans don't want to directly pay for it with their taxes, so we're left to rely on those that do want to, and more often than not those entities do so with the expectation of return on their "donation".


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Hammerhead 34 Trimaran by Chris White Designs
An exciting cruising trimaran
This boat is a 34' version of the exceptional 54' Hammerhead. The smaller Hammerhead incorporates a folding crossbeam structure so that the boat can be transported over road. While I hesitate to call any boat of this size "trailerable", it is able to be moved to your back yard for winter storage or to the opposite side of the continent for some different cruising.
The accommodation layout sleeps up to 4 in two singles forward and a double bunk in the aft cabin. There is a comfortable saloon with a great view through large windows. Sailing performance is excellent. She has a pivot-up centerboard and rudder and an inboard diesel engine. In general this is very able cruising boat in a small package.
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|34' 0"
|Engine Yanmar
|18hp diesel
|Length Waterline
|32' 8"
|18 gallon tank
|Beam Overall
|Sail Area - Main
|377 sq '
|Masthead height from Waterline
|45' 7"
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - Classes, lectures and events are available to mature adults this semester through the Lifelong Learning program at Shepherd University.
In its second year, the program offers short, noncredit courses, as well as one-day lectures and tours, for retirees.
"The Lifelong Learning program is dedicated to meeting the interests of the mature members of our community who wish to engage in stimulating, fun discussions and activities in an academic setting," said Karen Rice, director of Lifelong Learning.
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"Older adults want to learn and keep their minds active," she said. "They also enjoy the social interaction with others that they receive from Lifelong Learning courses and the energy that is exuded on campus from students."
A variety of classes and lectures are available, such as "The American Intelligence Community and the CIA," Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and "King Lear: Comedy v. Tragedy," and "Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Biological Evolution."
Class instructors include a former CIA chief, high school and college educators and a former U.S. ambassador.
There is also a series of one-day lectures scheduled for Wednesdays at noon. Some of those lectures available are "How I Became Benjamin Franklin: The Story of the Making of Signers Hall," "An Environmental History of the Potomac, West Virginia's River" and "Male for Sale."
A one-day class, "Food for Life: Nutrition and Cooking Class," is set for Saturday, Sept. 29. Instructor Tracey Moody will explore how eating fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes can support your wellness goals.
One of the most popular classes is "Retirement Planning Today," which has two different sessions that meet for either two Thursday evenings or Saturday mornings. It is taught by Ed Slonaker, a certified financial planner and wealth advisor who has been in the financial services business for more than 25 years.
"He's going to talk about what it takes to retire and not just the investment side of it, but what are you going to do now that you're retired," Rice said.
In addition, a trip to Richmond, Va., to tour "Chihuly at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," a major exhibition of work by internationally renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly, is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 24.
Lifelong Learning has two different membership plans, as well as an introductory offer.
For more information and to download the registration form, visit www.shepherd.edu/life longlearning/ or call Karen Rice at 304-876-5135.


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Bruno SammartinoBruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino
- Birthdate: 10/06/1935 (age 80)
- Height: 5'10"
- Weight: 265 Ib
Sammartino held the WWWF World Heavyweight Cham...
-- TNA issued the following on Friday...
TNA Wrestling's Bound for Glory Pay-Per-View
Korakuen Hall Tokyo Japan
First Names Announced for Bound For Glory! Tickets on Sale This Weekend!
One of TNA's most anticipated events of the year is just around the corner! Bound For Glory will take place on October 12 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo!
Tickets go on sale THIS WEEKEND at the Korakuen Hall Box Office during the scheduled show from Wrestle-1!
Additionally, the following names have been announced for the event:
MVP Samoa Joe James Storm The Great Sanada EC3 Abyss Davey Richards Eddie Edwards Bram Manik And more to be announced soon!
Plus Team 3D will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame
For the first time ever, TNA broadcasts from the Land of the Rising Sun! Get your tickets this weekend and don't miss Bound For Glory on Pay-Per-View on October 12!
-- Below is a new double-interview with WWE Hall Of Famer Bruno Sammartino and TNA star Kurt Angle.


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The summary below is from the full report titled "Cardiac and Arterial Target Organ Damage in Adults with Elevated Ambulatory and Normal Office Blood Pressure." It is in the 19 October 1999 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 131, pages 564-572). The authors are J.E. Liu, M.J. Roman, R. Pini, J.E. Schwartz, T.G. Pickering, and R.B. Devereux.
It is well known that blood pressure measurements can vary. Some people will have high blood pressure (hypertension) when they are in a doctor's office but normal blood pressure when measured in other settings. Doctors use the term "white coat hypertension" to describe this occurrence, since the blood pressure is only high when the patient sees the doctor and doctors often wear white coats when they see patients. It is also possible that a person could have normal blood pressures in the doctor's office but have high blood pressure at other times ("white coat normotension"). People whose blood pressure is high more often than it is normal are at increased risk for heart disease and strokes.
The researchers wanted to see how common it is for people to have normal blood pressures in doctors' offices but high blood pressures in other settings (white coat normotension). They also wanted to see if people with this condition are at risk for heart disease and strokes.
295 adults who had normal blood pressures in doctors' offices and 64 adults who had definite high blood pressures (both in and out of the doctor's office).
First, the researchers measured ambulatory blood pressure [the blood pressure outside the doctor's office] in the 295 people with normal office blood pressures. To do this, they had the people wear portable blood pressure monitors. These are small machines that measure and record blood pressure as people go about their usual activities. They found that 61 of these people had high ambulatory blood pressure even though they had normal blood pressure in their doctors' offices. This left them with three groups.: 1) people who had normal blood pressure in and out of doctors' offices, 2) people who had white coat normotension, and 3) people who had high blood pressure both in and out of doctors' offices.
To see if people with white coat normotension were at risk for heart attacks and strokes, they did special tests of their hearts and of their carotid arteries. The carotids are blood vessels in the neck that lead to the brain. With an echocardiogram (ultrasound tests of the heart), the researchers measured the thickness of the heart muscle. Thickened heart walls indicate that high blood pressure has damaged the heart. The researchers also did ultrasounds of the carotid arteries to look for plaques or blockages in these arteries. Strokes can occur if pieces of these plaques break off and block blood flow to the brain. Ultrasound tests use sound waves to create pictures of internal body parts.
Adults with white coat normotension were older, were more overweight, had higher blood sugar levels, and had worse kidney function than those with normal blood pressure. They were also more likely to smoke. White coat normotension was more common in people with "high normal" blood pressure in their doctors' offices than it was among people who had blood pressure in the low to middle of the normal range.
The people with white coat normotension were as likely as those with definite hypertension to have abnormally thick heart walls and carotid artery plaques.
This study may help to explain why heart disease and strokes happen in some people who always have normal blood pressure in their doctor's offices. It also suggests that ambulatory blood pressure monitoring may be a better way to tell whether people have high blood pressure than measuring blood pressure during health care visits.
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