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PHILADELPHIA – Louis J. Soslowsky, Ph.D. Fairhill professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and professor of Bioengineering, director of the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory and Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was named the 2010 winner of the Ann Doner Vaughan Kappa Delta Award by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Soslowsky presented his award-winning paper, "Understanding the Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Repair Response of Rotator Cuff Injuries: A Series of Interconnected Studies Developing and Using an Animal Model," Tuesday, March 9th at the 56th annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in New Orleans. The Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughan Award was officially presented the following afternoon at the opening ceremony of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting.
In Soslowsky's paper he presents his series of studies using a rat model that he identified, which demonstrates the impact of extrinsic and overuse factors on rotator cuff injuries of the shoulder and the importance of post-surgical activity levels in the healing response. Soslowsky's research has clinical applications which may directly translate into the treatment of rotator cuff injuries in humans. Based on his team's data to date, they and other researchers are now able to investigate true mechanisms of injury and healing at the molecular, cellular, and tissue level in this current rat model and other animal model series. "Dr. Soslowsky's career commitment to excellence in musculoskeletal research has been recognized at the highest level with this award," said L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at Penn Medicine. "This honor is well earned and well deserved."
According to Soslowsky, "the great apes may be man's closes animal relative, but it's the rat that may teach us the most about rotator cuff disease," the most common cause of shoulder pain and malfunction in adults and the subject of his research for the past two decades.
Soslowsky began his shoulder research as a graduate student at Columbia University where he received his undergraduate, graduate and doctorate degrees from 1986-1991. In 1991, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Orthopaedic Surgery and in their Bioengineering Program and rose to assistant and associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. He also served at the associate director of the University of Michigan Orthopaedic Research Laboratories in 1997, when he joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine as an associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering and was named director of Orthopaedic Research.
In 2002, Soslowsky was named vice chair for Research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Penn and a full professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering in 2004. Two years later he was the founding director of the Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders and then named the Fairhill professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2008. Soslowsky is also a fellow of the American Institute of Biological Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute on Aging.
A prolific publisher of research papers, Soslowsky currently serves as the research editor of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery; on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research; as an editorial consultant for the Journal of Biomechanics; isan active reviewer for the National Institute of Health and other agencies; past chair of the Division of Bioengineering of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; and a former member of the United States National Committee on Biomechanics.
An expert in orthopaedic bioengineering and functional tissue engineering, Soslowsky continues his research into structure-function relationships of tendons and ligaments, models for tendon injury, healing, repair and regeneration; and the biomechanics of the shoulder and elbow.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $5.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 18 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $373 million awarded in the 2015 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center -- which are recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report -- Chester County Hospital; Lancaster General Health; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2015, Penn Medicine provided $253.3 million to benefit our community.
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BEIJING (AP) Natalia Partyka serves by nestling the pingpong ball in the crook of her arm, just above the stump, then tossing it into the air.
The 19-year-old, who was born with a right arm that ends just below the elbow, is part of the Polish team at the Beijing Olympics - and the first table tennis player ever to compete in both the Olympics and the Paralympics.
"I'm not thinking too much about that but it's like a dream come true," she said. "It's a new beginning."
Disabled athletes have occasionally competed in past Olympics. Partyka is joined in Beijing by South Africa's open water swimmer Natalie du Toit, who lost her left leg in a motorcycle accident seven years ago and will be competing in the 10-kilometer event without a prosthetic limb.
Others have included legally blind runner Marla Runyan, who competed for the U.S. in Sydney and Athens, and Neroli Fairhall, a paraplegic from New Zealand who competed in archery in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Partyka, who started pingpong at age 7 following her older sister, laughed when asked whether it was more difficult for her to play.
"For me, no," she said this week after a training session at Peking University Gymnasium. "Maybe I have not-so-good body balance, but I have strong legs, so really it's not so difficult."
Despite the disadvantage, Partyka is an energetic player with an attacking style and will compete in the team competition with two of her Chinese-born teammates. She's ranked No. 147 in the world but had a notable win over No. 6 Li Jia Wei of Singapore during the world championships in February.
Wearing dangly earrings and a gold necklace with a pingpong paddle charm, Partyka is ebullient about just being in Beijing, beaming when she talks about the Olympics, the upcoming Paralympics, attending last week's opening ceremony and her country's chances in the team event.
"I hope we're going to play well and maybe we will win something," she said. "We will fight and see."
Poland, ranked No. 12, will have a tough battle in Group C against No. 3 Hong Kong, No. 6 Germany and No. 13 Romania. Games begin Wednesday.
Partyka, who won the gold at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, said people who don't know her are surprised when they first see her at tournaments. But now, "All the players know me so it's not a problem," she said.
She will be hanging around in Beijing after the Olympics to defend her title at the September event for disabled athletes.
The teen from the picturesque seaside city of Gdansk will return home this fall to begin college, where she will major in physical education. But she has big plans for the future.
"I always wanted to play table tennis and I love to play and I would like to play as long as possible," she said, setting her sights on the individual and team events at the 2012 London Games.

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Chiara Quartet's Creator/Curator Vol. 4 features Daniel OttPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: "Chiara String Quartet", brooklyn music, chamber music, classical, Daniel Ott, Lutoslawski, new music, New York, new york city, string quartets
Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 8pm
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York
The Chiara Quartet has been called "truly breathtaking" by The Washington Post. Their Creator/Curator series commissions composers to write new works as well as curate the concert program. This final installment features Daniel Ott, who has recently written scores for ballet choreographer Benjamin Millepied. Ott's new string quartet includes Odes to two composers who lost children – Liszt and Mahler – and he's chosen to pair it with Polish composer Lutoslawski's aleatoric string quartet.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Call (718) 222-8500 or visit www.galapagosartspace.com.
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Carl Cohn, director of the Urban Leadership Program in Claremont Graduate University's School of Educational Studies, has been tapped to lead a new task force formed to examine California's complex systems for serving students with disabilities.
The 32-member Statewide Special Education Task Force held its first meeting on Dec. 17 in San Mateo.
Students with disabilities are among the lowest performing groups in California schools. Programs and policies aimed at helping these students are often isolated and separate from the general education system. However, research shows that the most effective models are those that integrate special education as one of many programs of support under the umbrella of general education.
The task force will identify a vision for how California can best serve special education students. It will forward its recommendations to the State Board of Education, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the California Department of Education.
Cohn will co-chair of the task force with Fred Weintraub, a former administrator for the Council for Exceptional Children who currently serves as the federal court appointed monitor for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Other task force members are parents, teachers, school and district administrators, university professors, and policy-makers.
"This new task force demonstrates our state's commitment to bold and courageous policy reforms designed to better prepare all students for the 21st century," Cohn said. "Along with the Local Control Funding Formula and the Common Core State Standards initiatives, this new effort to craft a stronger mission and vision for students with disabilities marks our state's return to being a pioneering leader in putting the interests of children first. As always, I'm thankful that CGU values faculty participation in emerging state-policymaking, which enhances our ability to better prepare our graduate students to lead schools and school systems."
Cohn's career in education has spanned more than 30 years. In 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the state Board of Education, where he continues to serve.
He has worked as a teacher, counselor, professor, superintendent, and federal court monitor. He served as superintendent of the Long Beach Unified School District in California from 1992–2002. During his tenure, the district achieved record attendance, the lowest rate of suspension in a decade, decreases in student failure and dropout rates, and an increase in the number of students taking college preparatory classes.
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While filled with plot holes and more and more unrealistic as it goes along, this was an edge of your seat thriller that I enjoyed watching.
Going into this, I was expecting an "affair gone wrong" movie. I had no idea how horribly wrong it would go. I failed to foresee any of the plot twists, and that made it an exciting flick to watch.
Clive Owen is the shit, and easily one of my favorite actors these days. Jennifer Aniston ... so/so. She still struggles in any role other than a replica of her Friends character. The chemistry between her and Owen was good, her performance was average at best. I've never been a huge fan of her looks, but she looked very good in this movie.
The character development in this movie was good, as was the overall premise and story. It felt like, in an attempt to make this extraordinarily shocking and thrilling, the director took this movie a couple steps too far, which made it hard to believe these events could actually take place in real life. As I mentioned before, there were several plot holes the movie had me thinking about as I was watching, that slightly detracted from an otherwise enjoyable experience.
Unfaithful was a movie I really enjoyed because it was very believable (and because it featured Diane Lane). This was an enjoyable film of the same ilk that went just a couple steps too far in some spots.
I would definitely reccommend seeing this for the thrills alone. It's an entertaining movie. Its not gonna win any Oscars though.


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MADISON, Wis. — The deadline for the World Council Young Credit Union People (WYCUP) scholarship program is approaching. Interested applicants must submit their WYCUP nominations to World Council by Monday, June 16.
Five scholarship recipients will be announced during the awards ceremony on July 30 at the 2014 World Credit Union Conference in Gold Coast, Australia. In addition to the recognition, each scholarship winner will receive an all-expense-paid trip, including conference registration fee, travel costs, hotel accommodations and meals, to attend the 2015 World Credit Union Conference in Denver, Colorado, USA.
"A top priority everywhere today is to grow young adult membership. We find tremendous insights that the industry can tap from the generation itself," said Brian Branch, World Council president and CEO. "WYCUP provides a unique opportunity to equip and motivate young credit union professionals worldwide to help attract this demographic."
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These are all important things for memoir writers, too. Whatever you can find or see or use to bring back a memory is a tool to writing your life.
Seven more journal prompts:
Which historical figure do you most admire?
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Write about a wedding other than your own.
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Write about spiders.
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"We didn't take no fancy rock-star airplane [to get here]. [Pause.] All right, all right, we did take a fancy rock-star airplane. But we thought about driving. "
T. Boone Pickens
"I try to live by one simple rule," said T. Boone Pickens. "Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure they are not the same eight hours." He chuckled and then added, "But I have to tell you, I'm not doing so well these days following that rule. I need a hell of a lot more than eight hours to get in all the work I need to do."
At age 80-a time when most billionaire tycoons are happily retired-the famous Texas oil wildcatter is indeed working, in the words of one of his associates, "like an ambitious kid just making his way up the ladder." Besides running BP Capital in Dallas, an energy hedge fund that manages several billion dollars in assets, Pickens has recently published an autobiography titled The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future. Now he is crisscrossing the country, promoting an energy policy he calls the Pickens Plan. He believes it will help end America's $700 billion a year dependence on foreign oil.
His solution? Use wind energy for power generation and shift part of the country's natural-gas production into transportation for fleet vehicles such as buses and taxis. Such a move, he said, would cut our use of imported oil by more than 30 percent by the end of the next decade.
So far, Americans are enthusiastically responding to what Pickens has to say. His Web site (pickens plan.com) has received nearly nine million hits. Some 750,000 citizens have signed up to join what Pickens calls the "New Energy Army." Meanwhile, reporters constantly seek his opinions on everything from the price of oil to politics to the stock market's turbulence.
We interviewed him on his Gulfstream G550, while he was flying to California to meet with a group of corporate executives to discuss the Pickens Plan.
Time magazine once said you use your jet the way people in New York City use taxis. Is that right?
It's pretty close. I'm on this jet at least three days a week.
You've obviously had your Gulfstream designed to fit your needs exactly.
I like to call it "The T. Boone Express." I've put two large television screens up by my seat in the front so I can always watch the CNBC and Fox Business cable channels. I've got five phones scattered throughout the jet so I can always be in contact with whoever needs to get a hold of me. I've put a good-size table in the middle of the cabin so we can have meetings. And I've redesigned the back of the jet so that it contains two couches that fold out into a king-size bed, in case I need my eight hours sleep. I've even had the stripes on the jet's exterior painted orange, my favorite color [and the color of his alma mater, Oklahoma State University].
How big is your crew?
Well, there's no flight attendant. Before a flight, we stock the cabin with snacks and sandwiches and drinks, and that's it. Usually, I end up bussing the tables. As for the pilots, I've got two who work for me full-time and we pick up a contract pilot whenever we need to. We did have three full-time pilots, but one just quit. He
was in his twenties and had a young family, and he finally came to me and said, 'Mr. Pickens, as much as I love flying for you, I can't handle the schedule. I never get a chance to see my kids.' I told him he was doing the right thing.
Would it be possible to do what you do if you flew commercial?
Let me tell you what I did just the other day. Early in the morning, we flew out of Dallas to New York for a speech. Then we headed back to the jet to do a town meeting in Albuquerque, N.M., and then we raced back to the jet so I could get to Los Angeles to do Jay Leno that night. The next day, we were off to Salt Lake City to do a town hall meeting for the Pickens Plan. Someone said, "This is crazy. You'll never get in all these appearances." But we did. We always get there. And there wouldn't be a chance in hell for me to get there if I went commercial.
When did you buy your first airplane?
In 1969. It was a 421 Cessna that we flew mostly from Amarillo, where I then had my oil company, to Houston for meetings. We'd always have to stop and refuel on the way back. In 1972, after my company, Mesa Petroleum, went public, we stepped up to a jet, a 25B Lear. I mostly used a Lear for the next several years, especially when I was going to New York during the takeover days. [In the 1980s, Pickens launched several attempts to gain controlling interest in publicly held oil companies such as Gulf and Phillips Petroleum.] And then, well, I had to spend a little while using commercial flights again.
You're obviously talking about 1996 [when Mesa Petroleum itself became the target of a corporate raider, leading to Pickens' removal as CEO].
Yeah, I wasn't exactly rolling in money [Pickens was also going through a nasty divorce] and so I was back on Southwest Airlines. I wasn't complaining. I got to know a lot of interesting people and I had some good conversations. But when business started heating up again, I knew there was no way I could do what I wanted to do without my own plane. And let's be honest. Without the plane, I wouldn't be able to spend weekends at my ranch up in the Panhandle.
Is it true you went so far as to install a 6,000-foot concrete runway with adjacent hangar on your ranch?
Well, the ranch is 68,000 acres. We do have a little room for a runway.
Speaking of the Panhandle, that's also where you are starting work on what you have called "the biggest deal" of your career.
We're going to build the world's largest wind energy farm out there, as many as 2,000 wind turbines spread over four counties. When it's completed, it will generate enough electricity to power more than 1.3 million homes. We estimate the cost of the project to be at around $10 billion, but we're doing it. I'm putting my money where my mouth is. It doesn't make much sense that I would go around the country promoting wind energy if I'm not doing something about it myself.
In your now-famous television commercials, you say that we can't drill our way out of the energy crisis that is now facing us-a pretty remarkable comment coming from an oilman.
Look, I'm not suggesting we cut back on our oil exploration in the United States. But there's just not enough oil here for us to keep up with the demand, even if we drill in Alaska and everywhere offshore. If we don't come up with another plan, and if oil prices continue to rise, we could very well be spending $10 trillion for foreign oil within a decade. That would wreck us. We have to face facts: we need wind farms built from Texas all the way up through the Midwest. We need solar and other alternative energy. We have to get into these businesses. And that means getting our politicians to show some leadership. That means getting them to step forward and say, "We're going to do what it takes to end our fatal addiction to oil."
This fall, you attempted to make energy the top issue in the presidential campaign. What are your post-election plans?
Oh, I promise you, we've just begun. I want to bring one million people to Washington to demand that Congress and the White House come up with an energy plan within the first hundred days of the new administration. I am going to do everything I can to get Congress to approve tax credits for companies that invest in wind energy and other renewable energy sources, and I also am going to fight for tax credits for automakers that begin to build cars that run on compressed natural gas. There are seven million natural-gas-powered vehicles on the road worldwide, but only 150,000 in the United States, which is just ridiculous. Natural gas comes from fields right here in our own backyard. And if you have a car outfitted to burn compressed natural gas, then you would be paying one third the price to fill up that car that you would if you were using gasoline.
Your critics claim that what you're really doing is lobbying for tax breaks so you can get even richer with your wind farm.
Well, sure, I want to make a profit on my wind farm-I am a businessman, you know-but do you really think I'm doing this because I need more money? In the next 10 years, this country is going to need a 15-percent increase in the amount of energy we use, and do we really want it to come from more foreign oil? Do we really want to just sit here and keep doing nothing? I want people to look at me and say, "That old fart, he's 80 years old, he's out there still plugging, putting those wind turbines up at his age, and if he can do it, I can do it, too."
But are you really certain wind can become a major source of electricity for the U.S.? So far, wind supplies about 1 percent of the country's power. Some experts say it would cost $1 trillion to build enough turbines to get the kind of wind power that could provide 20 percent of our electricity.
You're not looking at the big picture. Compared to the $700 billion a year we pay for foreign oil, that trillion-dollar cost is not high at all. Now, does my plan solve all the energy problems we've got? No, but at least it's a plan. As I like to say, a fool with a plan is better than a genius with no plan, and right now, we look like fools without a plan.
In his New York Times column, Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman described you as "the green billionaire" because of your commitment to renewable energy. Do you ever have any qualms about your own carbon imprint, especially when you consider the amount of energy you use for your own jet?
Oh, come on. I'm working my ass off trying to make a significant change in this country, and I've got to get around this country to get out my message. Let me tell you what this country will look like if the Pickens Plan is enacted. We'll have wind and solar energy that leaves no carbon imprint whatsoever, and we'll have natural-gas-powered cars that will emit far less carbon dioxide and almost no carbon monoxide compared to standard gasoline-powered cars.
So obviously, we're going to be seeing the T. Boone Express in the air for many days to come.
Not only that, I'm on the waiting list to buy a Gulfstream G650. I'm told it will be about 10 years before mine is ready.
Your wife Madeleine couldn't get you bumped up higher on the waiting list? [Madeleine Pickens is the widow of Allen Paulson, who formed Gulfstream American after buying the Grumman American from Grumman Aerospace in 1978. She and Pickens married in 2006.]
Nope, we're waiting our turn. But that's all right. I'm not going anywhere. I've still got a hell of a lot to do before I say good-bye. A hell of a lot.
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Name: T. Boone Pickens
Age: 80
Occupation: oil and gas producer, hedge-fund operator and chief advocate of the Pickens Plan.
Transportation: Gulfstream G550, which he flies about 600 hours a year.
Personal: Lives in Dallas with his fourth wife Madeleine, whom he married in 2006.
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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Think Dividends, Not Coupons
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- We want dividends from stocks, not coupons from bonds, Jim Cramer told his "Mad Money" TV show viewers Monday as he offered investment advice for this week's Powerball lottery winner and the founder of Tumblr, who also received a big payday courtesy of Yahoo!
Cramer explained that his usual advice for the super-rich is that "you only need to get rich once," thus sticking with safe investments makes the most sense. That's why his typical portfolio would include foreign investments, along with gold, high-end real estate and even paintings, with very little invested in risky equities. For the moderately rich, equities are also too risky, and Cramer said he used to recommend U.S. Treasury bonds along with corporate and municipal bonds.
But these are not normal times, said Cramer, and the risks to bonds are too great, making them a sucker's bet at best. That's why he said that if he were advising this week's newly rich, he'd recommend high-yielding dividend stocks like master limited partnerships such as Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
Cramer said he'd also go with strong growth names like Johnson & Johnson
All equities have risks, Cramer concluded, but in today's market, those risks are less than that of bonds. Think dividends, not coupons.
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Seasoning over time. Try eBay if you really want one. A lot of people swear by the black coated PSTK pans from pizzatools.com, too. Other brands exist, too, that are black/anodized. But if your talking about a restaurant pan, it's most likely seasoned to black over hundreds of uses.
Those are the pans we use PTSK 14 inch...how do all of you clean them? Not the crisp bottom vs old plain Aluminum...wondering if we should just wipe them out vs washing with soap and water....
Here's some I found. I don't know if this is the degree of black that you're talking about, but I'd like to have one of these pans to give it a try for sure. Guy says he doesn't wash them so I bet they'd bake up a pie well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chicago-Style-Seasoned-Deep-Dish-Pizza-Pan10x2inch-buy2get1free-/261041883588?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc74f09c4
$20 bucks a pan...yikes!Found this deal...$5.75 per on a lot of 12. I'll buy em and ship to you if I can get a few members to commit to a couple.http://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-12-x-2-DEEP-DISH-PIZZA-PAN-LOT-12-/150886039314?_trksid=p4340.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D117%26meid%3D2527190012287615528%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D1065%26rk%3D2%26sd%3D261041883588%26
Nice write up Ed. I'm curious, do you feel there is an advantage of seasoning your own light colored pans versus just buying a dark anodized pan?
Not sure about the water only cleaning. Back in the 70's at pizza joints I worked at(can't recall ever seeing a health inspector) we would fill the sinks up with soap and water and have at 'em maybe once a year. These were thin crust pans though.
and it's black as a black cat in the Vietnamese jungle in the dark of the moon on a foggy night.
Well seasoned does not equal dirty. My dad would slap you right out the kitchen you hand him a dirty pan. I have 2 30yearold cast iron pans that my wife won't touch because she'll use soap. My pans are well protected by me, some say over protective. They are taken from use and are still quite hot and get scrubbed with hot water and a coating of lard before putting up NO SOAP, Too season a pan, several light coats of lard and trips to the oven. After several trips you have a small start. Mine are 30 years old and are just about right, black as tar and slippery as any high end superslickhi buck pan. And if needed, once in awhile, they get soap because they just got crappy but then it's an afternoon re-seasoning again. NO DIRTY pans in my house, used and seasoned proud of them and they ARE clean!!! Seasoned pans have NONO leftover food stuff in them, that's just nasty!!!jon


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A serious fire broke out recently in Wasau, Wisconsin, and firefighters on the scene managed to rescue an unconscious Labrador retriever using mount-to-snout resuscitation, MSNBC reports.
Although firefighter Jamie Giese had no medical equipment on site to try and revive the animal, which had inhaled a significant amount of smoke, he did what he would do for his human patients - administer mouth-to-mouth, or in this case, mouth-to-snout resuscitation.
"I have never been trained in that," Giese told the publication. "I've seen it on TV and pictures in the newspapers and things like that. We thought [the dog] was dead. We could tell he was trying to breathe, and our training for humans is airway, breathing, circulation. We had no tools handy, so it was mouth-to-snout."
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SLEEPY EYE – Several District 84 school board members voiced support for full-time counselor and choir director positions Thursday.
"I hear it all the time, make the counseling position at the school full-time," board member Sheila Schmid said.
Board member Joleen Dittbenner echoed Schmid's thoughts and said she favored a full-time choir position too.
Superintendent John Cselovszki said the school's full-time counselor now spends about five days a month at Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Schools.
"I'd like to see full-time choir and art teachers," said board member Casey Coulson. "It's not easy to find good part-time teachers."
Sleepy Eye High School Choir Director Mary Mulry is .7 FTE (full-time equivalent) and does not plan to return to the school next fall, Cselovszki said.
He said adding a full-time choir counselor, now a .75 FTE position, for fiscal year 2014 would cost another $11,842. Adding a full-time choir director would cost an additional $12,177.
Cselovszki said future staff projections are subject to future enrollment revenue and teacher and staff contract negotiations. He said the district recently added two paraprofessional positions to address student needs, at an annual cost of $26,127.
Based on current district enrollment of 580 students, fiscal year 2013 revenue would be $5,953,878. Cselovszki said with projected fiscal 2013 enrollment of 571 students, revenues would be $54,000 less, $5,899.878.
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Resignations of Tracy Bertrand effective at the end of the 2012-2013 school year. She was on a five-year leave of absence with the district. Other resignations came from elementary teacher Gwen Helget effective immediately and para James Glaubitz, who is a licensed teacher and plans to substitute teach.
Hiring Anita Weir as full-time special education instructor for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year @$13,232; Emily Kelly as a long-term 6th-grade substitute teacher for the remainder of the school year @ $14,625 and after-school program instructor @ $21.76/hr.; Nicole Jensen as head volleyball coach, effective 2013-14 @ $3,807; Mary Berdan as long-term substitute at the daily rate while Nicole Jensen is on (Family & Medical Leave Act) FMLA leave.
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quote Parmar1993Ok well while BAL might be quite good , I really don't think it, would be at all successfull as a standalone product as it is, though they might be able to make it marketable if they add more features options etc ..to it.quote oggmeistasuch as...?You know BAL is an additional extra it's an added part of the game which was added to make it more amicable particularly to new players and it proved successful and it has stuck
Other parts of the game which have been ignored and omitted are NOT additional extras they were part of the games original options and features, this to me is unforgivable
you've been really negative on here, maybe find some positives about the game as well.
thing is, BAL is very enjoyable, suits the gameplay well and I could genuinely play it until PES2014 comes out.
quote oggmeistasuch as...?You know BAL is an additional extra it's an added part of the game which was added to make it more amicable particularly to new players and it proved successful and it has stuck
Other parts of the game which have been ignored and omitted are NOT additional extras they were part of the games original options and features, this to me is unforgivable
quote RJW87I like BAL. as with teams in real life you have to gel into the team, you can't just leave because you arent getting service. all teams would be the same so stay longer than a season or so and reap the benefits.I can only comment on my events with the game. I wouldn't go as far to say the worst i found PES 6 to be awful, but it is definatly worse than 2012. The forward players read the game a lot better with through runs and switching the play.
The Be A Legend just dosen't feel acturate.I also pley on Top Player anmd have moved clubs twice, now playing for West Brom and still find the players would rather run the ball into the wings before losing it or play a ridiculas 40 pass back to the defence who then pas to the opposing team.
i have just realised all the teams are not up to date!!! how can this be when the season has been running for 2 months piror to release.
I just think that a few simple tweaks are needed to improve the overall playability, non more so than being able to rush the end of a match if you are subbed off, or if your not going to be put on in the first half dont make people sit through it.
quote SlatermillGood AI?
Did we play the same game?
This is the worst AI I ever seen in any game.
BL mode is impossible to play. the players cant pass the opposition defence, and as a result 90% of the game is played in the 2\3 of any teams side, then the a player try to attack in the opposition 1\3, lose the ball, the other team does the same etc in an endless loop.
Here are some numbers I calculated cuz of bordem (playing SS, getting the ball about 3-6 times a whole game. 10 mins play time. Proffesional mode) :
Total attacks of both teams - about 30 a game.
Total times ball is lost in the wings - about 25 a game.
Game scores after 6 games played (as an SS with Pascara) : 4 times 0-0. twice lost 1-0. both goals from corners.
You know how boring the game when you sit on the bench and watch the game played in X2.0 speed?
well now its worse. no situatuins near he goals. no shots. just losing the ball again and again and again. no metter if you play or not. even tried playing Midfield like I usualy do and the dunb AI players dont even try to run channels or into an empty space like they did in PES 2012. you just have to try alone or pass and see the player lose the ball.
Worst PES I remember.
quote Metal KnuckleWell my guy started out with an overall rating of 71 and I'm halfway through my 3rd season and I'm rated 86. I am a winger and the boots I'm using boost my speed stats up by about 4, which explains why my OA is fairly high at just 19. Without my boots I'm rated 84.quote ChelskimanCheers mate. I don't post much on here anymore, but I always appreciate the contributions you make to the PES forums each year (I see you're a big fan of BAL like me). One more thing - how is the BAL player development in this edition? Do you think it's a pretty good balance (i.e. do you think your player's attributes will eventually become too good, or not as good as you would have hoped by the time he reaches his peak?). How old is your current player compared to his overall rating? Thanks again for the info, really appreciate it.BAL is immense this year. New features include equipping boots that boost some stats. You earn new boots by being awarded man of the match. There's a thread dedicated to general BAL talk here and a few of us have our own story threads if you want to have a read (here, here and here)
Love your avatar btw.
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This set is a great companion to any Gears set you already have or a first set. The gears can be used to make a race car, an airplane, a motorcycle or anything...Read complete review
This set is a great companion to any Gears set you already have or a first set. The gears can be used to make a race car, an airplane, a motorcycle or anything your imagination can bring. The set includes a tethered motor, hand control with a forward and backward button, end connectors, wheels, propeller, glow in the dark stickers, and more. Children use problem solving and critical thinking skills as they put together unique vehicles. This hands on set can encourage some early interest in engineering and technology. There is no wrong way to build with Gears! Every creation is unique.When we received this set my son wanted to get started right away. We opened up the box and I followed the directions for the motorcycle. I think I did pretty good. My son wanted to change it up and make it a little more simple so he took parts off and made it his own style of motorcycle. He had lots of fun driving it around the house. He did have to follow right behind it because the cord is attached and it is a little short. He did have to be a little careful, because when he would go in reverse he would run over the cord and a few times he would get it wrapped around the wheel. So I guess my only complaint would be the cord. But that is so minimal compared to all the learning and fun he is having with it. This set is for 6 years and up, my son is 5 years old and just needs a little support.I received this set in exchange for a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.Read more at http://www.arizonamamablog.com/2013/07/learning-resources-gears-gears-gears.html#Xq79PkFvzSg7785x.99
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I bought these sets as a gift for my two older children (7 & 4 years). While they enjoy playing with the gears, the motorized hand-held remote DOES NOT WORK. Two...Read complete review
I bought these sets as a gift for my two older children (7 & 4 years). While they enjoy playing with the gears, the motorized hand-held remote DOES NOT WORK. Two of our playsets came with these remotes and both broke within a month of purchase--the gears had been used about 3 times. I called the customer service number and they refused to send two replacements even though two broke...but they sent one replacement. The replacement broke within 10 minutes of use. If you want to get the gears sets, stick with the hand cranked sets and don't pay extra for the motorized sets!!!
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By Anna Scetinina
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This product come in box with one element missing (to begin with) and thus construction was limited to less options as missing detail was one of key connectors. Battery operated part never moved the machines built - period.... Lots of noise, looks like it is going to move but never a success. It looked very promising but was such a disappointment as a birthday gift, never moved. Instructions poorly drawn. Worst piece I purchased thru Learning Resources ever.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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broken before play time
By robin
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The remote broke as soon as our 6 year old grandson started playing with it.
Great Imagination toy
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All the products are great and I was very satisfied with the speed in shipping and the quality of the product.
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It is colorful, but doesn't assemble well. It comes apart very easy.
My nephew's favorite new toy
By Grey Lady
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This was a Christmas gift for my three year old nephew, Holden. He loves building things, and is starting to get into RC cars. This was THE best gift he received, combining two of his favorite things. He's spent hours with it already. Henry, 1 year old little brother has to be kept away from the smaller parts, but the two love playing with the bigger gears. While a minor complaint, some pieces need a LOT of strength to put together or pull apart, giving even some adults here a problem. Still, a great purchase that I would recommend.
5 year old loves it!
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This toy was a gift for a 5 year old who loves to build things. The motor is an added benefit. His mother says that he loves it. He will enjoy this toy for years, as he gets older he will be able to build it without assistance.
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I was so thrilled when we were given the opportunity to receive this fun set free of charge in order to do an honest review on my blog. My son loves to build and play with remote control cars and this set combines to the two!It is so much fun and great for building skills like perseverance, crticial thinking, and problem solving. My son loves to build his own creations as well as use the guide to create an airplane, motorcycle, and car. Once he finishes his creation he then gets to actually move it with the remote control. It can move backwards and forwards and adds hours of entertainment. We love this and we definitely recommend it!**I received the product free of charge in order to do an honest review.**
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By Bekki
from Springfield, IL
So what is so great about this toy?? Well it's just cool! LOL My 13 year old even had fun with it. It's very hands on and we had a blast playing with it together…. the key word here is together!! She is 13 and well you know how teenagers are. They just don't appreciate how wonderful their parents are at that age! It is also great for building problem solving skills and critical thinking. Everything on the toy spins and moves as it goes across the floor and your child is in charge!! They build it and then they drive it! That by itself will build up a child's self esteem.


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To the Opening Session of the World Economic Forum
Dead Sea, Jordan
21 June 2003
Peace be upon you.
Professor Schwab,
Distinguished Members and Guests,
This is titled an extraordinary meeting, and it is, indeed, extraordinary. An unparalleled group is gathered here in Jordan at a critical moment in history, with an unmatched opportunity to help create a new future: a future of promise, a future of freedom, a future of peace.
Professor Schwab, my friend, I thank you for having the vision and the courage to believe in that future and to know that dialogue is the key to the door. It is a measure of your stature that you have brought together so many leaders, from different sectors, from different sides, who all have a role in this region's future. To everyone here, I thank you for your commitment and your efforts; now, and in the days and months ahead.
When we met in Davos, last January, we could not know we would meet again so soon – or that so much would happen in the meantime. Then, we talked about the looming war in Iraq. Now, we talk about speeding up humanitarian outreach, reconstruction and a credible Iraqi government that represents all its people. Then, we talked about winning a commitment to the roadmap to peace for Israel and Palestine. Now, we talk about making that commitment a reality: a comprehensive peace; two states, living side by side, in peace and security.
I have called this a critical moment. At no other time has there been such despair, and yet such hope. Such misery, and yet such promise. Such bloodshed, and yet such a passionate yearning for peace. Such risks – and yet such opportunity.
Less than three weeks ago, in Aqaba, we witnessed Palestinians and Israelis affirm their sincere intent to pursue the road to peace: to the Israelis, the roadmap offers collective security guarantees by all Arabs; a peace treaty and normal relations with Arab states; and an end to the conflict. To the Palestinians, it offers an end to the occupation; a viable, independent state by 2005; and the promise to live as a free and prospering people.
The roadmap has been sanctioned by the international community. It must now be implemented. This will require more than words and wishes. The friends of peace – within the region and around the world – must stay the course. That means real commitment, commitment that will test our leadership, resources, and, our deepest morality.
Since the Aqaba Summit, renewed violence has been a magnet for media attention. Extremists have tried to derail the peace process – to push it back into the old path of division and hatred and futility. When we hear this news, we must remember what the vast majority on both sides want. They want peace – to work and save, to send their children to school, to plan for the future. People are crying out for normal life, for freedom, for hope. These are the voices that count.
My friends, there must be no more missed opportunities. It is time to listen to the prayers, dreams and expectations of those who live in and love the Holy Land. It is time to lead the way to peace; a peace that works, a peace that lasts.
Tomorrow the Quartet – Europe, Russia, the UN and the United States – will meet here in Jordan to plan the next steps for the implementation of the roadmap. The fact that they set their meeting to take place now, side-by-side with this meeting, speaks to the part that this Forum is playing in an historic period of change.
Over the next two days, the members of the forum will focus their expertise on core challenges: identifying mechanisms to implement the peace roadmap – advancing economic, social and political reform in the region; fuelling the engines of growth and development; and promoting the reconstruction of Iraq, a reconstruction that respects the rights of its people to determine their own future. Binding these key issues together is a single thread: the need to make a safer future, and a better future, for this region – and the world.
The need is urgent. Just as we must act now to resolve regional conflicts, we must swiftly heal socio-economic despair. It's true that in the Arab world, there is much less extreme poverty than in other developing regions. However, there are still too many people in need, too many unemployed and more young people facing these harsh realities every day.
Indeed, half of the Arab population is younger than 18. These young people, like young people everywhere, deserve a future they can prosper in, a future with opportunity and hope. Cut off from that opportunity, is it any wonder they doubt the good of globalisation – or the goodwill of the developed world?
To change this, we must act. And I believe that action begins at home. We in Jordan – and many others, throughout the Middle East – are working hard to create a civic environment in which our people will thrive. The basic requirement is an inclusive, democratic civil society – one that guarantees rights, delegates responsibilities, honours merit and rewards achievement. The foundation stones on which we build are peace and stability, basic civil and political rights, essential services, freedom of expression, and the rule of law.
As many of you know, just this week, Jordan held Parliamentary elections. One hundred and ten new members of the Lower House will be joining the country's 55 Senators in working together for Jordan's future. Countless other Jordanians are on the same mission. Public officials, who are spearheading a new ethos of service and efficiency. Private-sector leaders, who are reaching around the world to create new and innovative business. NGO and community leaders, who are safeguarding children, empowering women, protecting the environment; and much more.
To affirm our commitment to human rights, we recently established the National Centre for Human Rights, as well as an independent Higher Media Council. This is our Jordan – a country that is working for accountability, transparency, and peace; a country, proud of its Islamic heritage, and facing the future with confidence.
I have taken the liberty to invite some of our young achievers to join us in these meetings. They are students from Jordanian universities, who represent the kind of excellence our country is working hard to nurture. I hope you will take the time to meet and talk to them – engage them in dialogue, hear their views, and take a moment to encourage them. Because these young people are the future, not only of Jordan, or even our region, but the world.
The fact is that in our borderless century, no country and no region can prosper in isolation. Every country has a responsibility to work for justice, peace and opportunity. But at the end of the day, success will come only when all nations work together to ensure these values on a global scale. This is the true partnership for human development, a partnership based on shared ideals and shared fates; a partnership empowered by a commitment to mutual respect and genuine dialogue.
This global partnership and dialogue is the strength of this forum – its not-so-secret weapon in the fight against poverty, want and terror. As these problems transcend regions, so must solutions. Your global perspective is the "force multiplier" that real answers need.
In fact, many key players in global development are right in this room. Some of you were involved in the international commitment to slash poverty in the least developed nations. Others have been involved in private-sector efforts to lessen the human costs of globalisation, and ensure access to its benefits. NGOs and public-private partnerships are working more effectively than ever to address global crises and problems.
Over the next few days, I ask you – who come together from so many professional fields and national experiences – to bring your insights to bear on our current agenda. I am confident that, working together, talking together, learning together, we can make a difference.
My friends,
Never have we been more in control of our fate. At no other time have we had such clear choices in our actions and decisions. And certainly, at no other place, can we better hear the cries of those who so desperately need us to succeed.
With a prayer for new beginnings, with faith in new freedoms and with hope for new partnerships, the people of the Holy Land welcome you.
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If you're reading this, you probably already know that Quinoa is something that you ought to be eating; It's nature's most perfect protein and it's worth noting that it's especially high in Lysine, a quality that's somewhat rare in plant-based protein. Compared to light-colored varieties, Royal Black Quinoa has a slightly earthier, nuttier flavor and its rich, dark color provides more visual appeal than common Quinoa's oatmeal-like appearance. It can be prepared simply, as rice, but I like it best when it's cooked with coconut milk, as part of a vegetarian curry; Try adding macadamias to your prepared quinoa — it's delicious. I like that Alter Eco, Royal Black Quinoa, is both organic and fairly-traded, and the price is reasonable. I only wish that it were available in larger quantities.
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I'm not sure just how to pronounce this but what I hear most often is key-no-a. I speak English but I'm amazed at how often I'm correceted on how to pronounce things. Quinoa is a pretty new item I think to most of us in the USA. I have been selling a lot of it on here and I've only been selling on here for about 2 weeks. I've sold about 6 bags in that time. I have a bag at home myself. I work at a grocery store and IHerb sells this for 3.00 cheaper, so you can see that their prices are good and fair. A woman at the store says that Quinoa is a very healthy and gluten free product. She recommended using it in any of your pasta salad recipes and says it is very tasty. I have yet to try it, but everyone I ask about it seems to be raving about it. If you found this review helpful please click on the yes button. Please remember to check out our daily and weekly specials for more terrific savings! Then go over to the freebies section and pick out a little something for yourself!
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I love love love love these and I always use them in my homemade crisp bread;) They taste excellent when made with amaranth flour;)
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Mixed with Rice and cook!!
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I don't find any difference in taste between the pearl or the black quinoa. Both taste the same though the pearl quinoa cook faster than the black quinoa. The black quinoa is a little firm after cooking.
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I grind this and add it to my waffle mix to boost nutrition.
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cooks just like any other colored quinoa. makes a beautiful backdrop for bright colored veggies ;D
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I don't use it often enough, which is a shame because it is really tasty and looks great when paired with bright coloured veggies.
Quinoa yes!
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Toxoplasma gondii in the peripheral blood of patients with ocular toxoplasmosis
- Correspondence to Dr Young-Hoon Park, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, #505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, Korea; parkyh{at}catholic.ac.kr
Contributors YHP is the sole contributor.
- Accepted 5 October 2011
- Published Online First 17 November 2011
I would like to thank Silveira et al for their article, 'Toxoplasmosis gondii in the peripheral blood of patients with acute and chronic toxoplasmosis'.1 It adds new insight to the pathogenesis of the reactivation of ocular toxoplasmosis, which is known to develop at the border of old scars and is attributed to the rupture of tissue cysts located within the old lesions. But sometimes new lesions are found to occur at a distance from the old scar. The exact mechanism of these findings of reactivation in ocular toxoplasmic patients is not known. The authors studied 20 patients including acute infected patients, patients with recurrent active toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis, patients with old toxoplasmic retinal scars …


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There's no denying that pet owners spend a lot of money on their dogs. According to the American Pet Products Association, Americans spent $50.96 billion on their animals in 2011. This year, that figure is expected to increase to more than $52 billion.
It's interesting to note that many dogs and cats are living longer as well. The Boston Globe reports that just 42 percent of dogs were over the age of 6 in 1987. In the years since, that figure has increased to 48 percent, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. Cats are living longer, too. In 1987, 29 percent of cats were over the age of 6. By 2011, 50 percent of cats lived past the age of 6, according to the newspaper.
Obviously, improved pet health has helped our furry friends live longer, fuller lives.
With many pets living well into their senior years, pet product companies have developed many new products that make life easier for older animals. One such product is routinely spotted in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston - the doggie stroller.
While some dog owners use these animal transportation systems as a way to pamper their lazy pets or show off a particularly pretty pooch, others use them for animals who truly need help getting around, due to arthritis in dogs or other health problems.
April Soderstrom, a dog owner from Boston, recently told The Boston Globe that a $130 jogging stroller purchased on eBay made it possible for her to transport her injured French bulldog, Louis, back and forth to the park near her home.
"I wanted to keep him happy," Soderstrom told the newspaper. "Louis loves it. He stands right next to it waiting to be picked up and put in."
While some pet owners may reuse a regular baby stroller to transport an injured pet, there are many models made specifically for animals on the market.
"It's crazy," Tierra Bonaldi from the American Pet Products Association told the news source. "Some cost hundreds of dollars."
She noted that the popularity of dog strollers started to increase about six years ago.
The high-end models come with convenience items like a cup holder, storage bin and brakes. Some are built on aluminum-alloy frames to ensure they're light and easy to maneuver.
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Your diet should be comprised of 10 to 20 percent EFAs, which can be as simple as drizzling extra-virgin olive oil or flax seed oil on your salad, topping cooked quinoa with sliced avocado, or sprinkling pumpkin or hemp seeds on a bowl of steamed veggies.
Avoid radical dietary changes and, instead, gradually replace processed foods with wholesome varieties, or start with making one meal a day alkaline. "It may take several weeks or more, but your body will start craving what's good for it and stop craving what's bad," says Brazier.
What About Protein?
When consumed in the right proportions, easily assimilated and alkaline-forming grains and veggies can counteract meat's acid-forming quality. "I eat animal protein but accompany it with a large amount of fresh vegetables and minimally processed grains like brown rice, quinoa or barley," says Kami Semick, of Bend, Oregon, current USATF 50-mile national trail champion and IAU 100K world champion.
While it's possible to eat small amounts of poultry and fish and still maintain a healthy pH, vegan endurance athletes like seven-time Western States 100 champion, Scott Jurek, thrive without any animal products. Brazier, a 2:29 marathoner and a vegan, satisfies his daily protein requirement with legumes, nuts and a hemp-protein drink mix made by Vega, a line of raw, whole-food supplements he created in 2004 (www.myvega.com). Eating a wide variety of veggies plus supplementing with a "green" drink like wheat grass or Green Magma (www.greenfoods.com), provides all the essential amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) your body needs to repair and strengthen muscles. Such chlorophyll-rich drinks also naturally cleanse the blood and raise blood-oxygen levels.
While alkaline athletes end up consuming fewer calories, their nourishing, high-fiber diets are more satiating than those comprised mostly of "nutrient-empty" calories from processed sources. They also report getting leaner while preserving muscle, which improved their strength-to-weight ratio and boosted their endurance.
"Eating an alkaline diet is a worthwhile investment," says Brazier. "It's a lifestyle, not a quick fix to better health. It takes time before you feel better, but once it kicks in, you really notice the benefits."
pH Food Guide
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- Carrot
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- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Tomato
- Garlic
- Green Beans
- Avocado
- Kale
- Spinach
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- Berries
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- Millet
- Tofu
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- Oatmeal
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- Cheese
- Peanut Butter
- Alcohol
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- Beef
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sphinx's Shoot
A few weeks ago I did another shoot with a male model named Sphinx (not his real name by the way, that's his stage name). When it comes to male makeup, it's pretty standard unless you're trying to do something funky. I may be working with him in the future and the next shoot I'm putting fun makeup on him! On this shoot I was also able to double as the fashion stylist...I picked out this outfit for him. I thought the white outfit would contrast nicely with the bright colors of the graffiti at the shoot location.
Sphinx came to me with a recent breakout. We had to make sure his skin was looking right. I used my trusty Cinema Secrets foundation and it worked like a charm. He was also looking a little pale so I used my Graftobian powder palette to give him more of a golden glow. His skin looks absolutely flawless in the pictures.
Here's What I Used:
-MAC prep & prime
-Cinema Secrets foundation
-Graftobian dual finish powder foundation
-Covergirl clear mascara
-Rite Aid chap stick
-spiked eyebrow pencil
15 comments:
- Monique said...
Wow. He looks hella sexy. Kudos on the outfit pick too Ren. Hmmm...wonder if he is into females? Lol. Is Cinema Secrets foundation good for oily skin and is it noncomedegenic? I'd love to try it. Where can I get it? And what is that powder you used on his face? Never heard of it but I am always on the hunt for the perfect face bases. Thanks Ren!
- August 12, 2008 at 10:08 AM
- Product Junkie Diva said...
You worked your makeup wand...he looks very natural.
Great work again!!!!
- August 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- Dominican Enigma said...
Very nice. You are so good with make-up mamma
- August 12, 2008 at 12:22 PM
- spankedelic said...
good job! loving the pics. i like the outfit. reminds of of a soulful, jazzy look =)
- August 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM
- Anne @ yummiebitez.com said...
his skin looks flawless! doesn't even look like he was breaking out. good job again sis!
- August 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Meisha said...
You worked your magic & he looks smokin' hott! Let me find out you're also moonlighting as a stylist! ;)
- August 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- CupcakeLove said...
you did a great job on making his skin flawless =) he's lookin sexxy ! where do you get your cinema secrets foundation? i'm kinda interested in that =p
- August 12, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- Mischo Beauty said...
Wow! You are really on your way!! Don't forget us beauty bloggers when you make it big!!! ;)
- August 12, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- mina said...
lol @ monique, I was thinking the same thing (if he was into females) - hey this is Atlanta and there are gays galore here!
Great job on the makeup, his face really is flawless!
- August 12, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- Askmewhats said...
FLAWLESS!!!! I couldn't even tell he's got breakouts! nice work sis!!!
- August 12, 2008 at 9:37 PM
- Monique said...
@Mina. Exactly! I use to live there and I know all about that. lol
- August 13, 2008 at 7:35 AM
- Calming Corners said...
You are awesome he looks sooo natural, great photos!
- August 13, 2008 at 8:50 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
ladies, sphinx is definitely into females, lol...he travels between LA and Atl so don't be shy!
- August 13, 2008 at 11:43 AM
- (g)ezebel said...
woah -- had a breakout? you did a great job covering it all up.
beautiful work, as always!!!
i'm going to need your autograph now, by the way. you're going to be famous very quickly, so i better get mine now!!
- August 13, 2008 at 12:25 PM
- kristine said...
ren, u did a great job w/his make up!
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For all its allusions to reality, it's an image that understands the power mystery has to create magic... Fine art photographer Karl Dmitri Bishop has unveiled his new series Samsara, a photographic exploration of cyclic existence informed by study of Buddhist teachings. Each image corresponds to a state in the bhavacakra, a pictorial representation that is rumored to have been devised by Buddha himself to help ordinary people recognize and transcend the impermanent physical world and its repetitive struggles. Samsara is something of a magnum opus. It defines and deepens the themes prevalent in Bishop's mythos, casting his signature theatrics as reimagined Tibetan symbolism. The direct translation to its title is "wandering through," as apt a phrase as any to describe the transient spaces his work creates. Aesthetically, the photos are some of the most striking in his portfolio; breathtaking, haunting images that present a mix of ethereal intrigue and muted sensuality.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 11, 2009) – U.S. middle blocker Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.) and his Greek team Olympiacos won the Hellenic league championship on May 7.
Host Olympiacos defeated Panathinaikos, 3-0 (30-28, 25-16, 25-19) in the final match to win the championship series 3 matches to 1.
Hoff was credited with 4.17 points on three kills and 1.7 blocks.
The Russian publication Sport Express Daily has run an interview with U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) following his team's victory in the Super League championship.
Zenit Kazan defeated Iskra Odintsovo, 3 matches to 1 in the final round.
In the article, Bll says, "I would like to forget about volleyball for several months and spend this time with my family.
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The Zenit Kazan web site also reports that Ball was the only player on the team to compete in all 32 Russian Super League championship matches in which the team participated. He also played 122 sets. His teammate Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawai'i) was close behind, playing in 31 championship matches and 115 sets. Stanley led the team in scoring with 502 points.
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Topic: Turning blocks into arrays
Simple problem I am trying to solve. I am often given a list of links which are conditionally output and concatenated with pipe characters.
Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3
My aim is to write a method which would allow me to achieve this as follows:
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I know I can capture a block within a helper, but i have no idea how to append each argument to an array that I can manipulate with join(' | ')
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
L'Oreal Sublime Bronze Luminous Bronzer Instant Action Self-Tanning Lotion
With the last days of summer ahead of us, I'm trying to hold onto my tan as long as possible! I'm of Pacific Islander (Filipino) descent, so I usually have somewhat of a tan year round. However, my skin does tend to get a bit sallow as it fades into the colder months. I no longer use tanning beds (yes, I used to do this before, I know I'm bad) and don't really lie out to tan. I'm trying to preserve my skin and avoid sun damage. As a result, in the last year or so I've been relying on Sunless tanners to give me that coveted bronzed glow.
I've been using Jergens Golden Glow express for a while now, but I had a chance to use a new product, L'oreal Sublime Bronze.
First Application
When I first tried this, I was surprised because it's so different from the Jergens version. This one actually comes out like a Brown Gel with gold glitters. My Jergens came out like a normal, white colored lotion. I prepped like I normally would by showering and exfoliating all over. I then like to rub this into slightly damp skin. After first application I noticed a huge difference. My skin looked nice and bronzy. The lotion leaves pretty gold shimmers onto the skin - bonus!
How Did It Hold Up?
A few hours later, I did a recheck and noticed a little bit of streaking - uh oh! I reapplied the product the next day and the difference is that I made sure to rub the product in until it was completely dry. Then I was streak free! My glow has lasted a while, I'm pretty impressed actually. The product instructions state to use this daily until you achieve your desired color, and then use once a week to touch up.
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-if you don't like shimmer and gold flecks, this isn't for you.
I really like this product. I think this will replace my former HG Jergens Global Glow. The bottle is also much bigger and I find that the product lasts a lot longer. I'm definitely using this for my bestie's wedding on October 2nd with our tea length bridesmaid dresses. Matter of fact, i'm using this year round. I would definitely recommend.
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8 comments:
- teeyah. said...
I'm so glad to read about you wanting to keep your tan. It's amazing how Filipinas go great lengths to achieve a fairer skin. But you're proud of it and wants more tan. Love your Pinay pride, Ren! :)
- September 17, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Sherry said...
nice lotion,not sure if Malaysia got it.
- September 17, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Crystal said...
Hey RenRen,
There's a sale of Kevin Aucion beauty products on this website called www.hautelook.com. This site has special limited sales on anything from beauty, to clothes, to sports gear. Its free to create an account and you save 50% and up on their stuff. Just wanted to let you know :)
- September 17, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- lifeis. said...
Oo sounds like a good product i'd try thanks!
- September 17, 2009 at 3:39 PM
- MakeupByAmberRashid said...
thanks for the review :) i've been looking for a self tanner that actually works on darker skin tones. cant wait to try this out.
- September 17, 2009 at 4:36 PM
- GiGi said...
tI have this in the wipes. Do you think it works the same?
I have also been usins Aveeno moisturizing lotion w/hint of color & the new dial up one.
Love the blog & ow really outgoing you are!
- September 17, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- ngocupham said...
I never use self tanning lotion before, therefore I am clueless about them. U should take a picture of you to see the result. Does it make u look orangish?? Or does it make u really dark.
- September 18, 2009 at 3:06 AM
- Bath said...
I never use self tanning lotion before, therefore I am clueless about them.great posting
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More than thirty-five years after the Vietnam War, Laos continues to struggle with the legacy of unexploded ordnance dropped by U.S. military aircraft seeking to disrupt military supply routes used by North Vietnamese forces. Surviving the Peace, a powerful short film produced by our partners at Mines Advisory Group (MAG), with support from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA), captures the kind of challenges facing rural families not only in Laos, but in dozens of countries around the world long after conflicts end, and what the United States is doing to help.
The film tells the story of a Lao family coping with the consequences of this continuing challenge. An unnamed Lao man tells how one night while tending a cooking fire, he was accidently blinded when the heat detonated a long buried piece of ordnance. The man and his wife talk about their daily life, and their struggle to make ends meet. The film also features the ongoing work by MAG and its local clearance technicians, supported by our Bureau's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, to find and safely dispose of these hidden hazards.
During the 1960s, more than 2.5 million tons of U.S. munitions were dropped in Laos, mainly in rural, unpopulated "drop zones" along its border with Vietnam. But in subsequent decades, as the population in rural areas of Laos continued to grow, there has been increasing pressure to reclaim potentially dangerous areas for expanding communities. Thus, these long-abandoned munitions continue to threaten the Lao people, especially in the poorer areas of the country, where the market for potential scrap metal recovered from unexploded bombs is only increasing the risk.
Since 1993, the United States has invested more than $47 million in supporting Laos to address these explosive remnants of war, as documented in To Walk the Earth in Safety, our annual report on U.S Conventional Weapons Destruction programs. As the United States works to help clear millions of pieces of unexploded ordnance in Laos, we consider agricultural land, as well as areas around hospitals and schools, to be top priorities. Another goal is to develop indigenous capability to address lingering threats from unexploded munitions and landmines. UXO Lao, the Government of Laos' semi-independent government agency charged with conducting clearance operations, receives a large percentage of this funding. State Department funding for independent clearance operations and school-based awareness education is also provided to several international non-governmental organizations in addition to MAG, including Norwegian People's Aid, Clear Path International, Catholic Relief Services, Spirit of Soccer, and the World Education Consortium.
The United States is the world's single largest financial supporter of Conventional Weapons Destruction, including Humanitarian Mine Action, helping many communities recover from conflicts by safely clearing landmines and unexploded munitions. Since 1993, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has delivered more than $1.9 billion in support in over 90 countries, saving countless lives through clearance operations, risk education, and survivors' assistance programs administered by more than 60 NGOs worldwide. We are proud of the work that the Department does to help families in Laos and other post-conflict countries, and are dedicated to continuing to support them in the years ahead.


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