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What is the secret to Apple's success? After introducing the iPad 2 in March, Steve Jobs offered one answer:
It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough — it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing — and nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices.
Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple leaves the company without its founder and lead visionary, but still in very capable hands. As I've written, Tim Cook is better suited than anyone in the tech industry to run Apple and lead the company into the future.
The talents of Jony Ive, Phil Schiller and Ron Johnson (or Johnson's successor) will ensure that Apple's design, marketing and retail needs are well-met. The software teams have great talent and a clear road map, and Jobs' attention to detail and passion for perfection permeate Apple's culture from top to bottom.
Without Jobs, Apple's only missing piece is the role he unofficially filled for years: chief advocate for media, humanities and liberal arts. If that sounds trivial, remember this: At several key points in its history, Jobs' skill in this role saved and transformed the company.
Jobs famously isn't a trained programmer, engineer or MBA, or even a wunderkind dropout steeped in any of those fields like Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. (The New York Times even did a discussion panel earlier this year titled, "Career Counselor: Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?," contrasting the two founders' engineering vs. liberal arts approach to education — something of a false dilemma, even for Gates and Jobs, but a revealing one all the same.)
Instead, Jobs dropped out from Reed College after a semester, lingering only to crash on friends' dorm room floors and audit classes in topics like calligraphy that he found interesting in themselves, as he recounts in his 2005 Stanford commencement address:
I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
In the short term, this choice and this focus helped kick off desktop publishing, computational-graphic and architectural design, and a hundred other businesses and developments tied to personal computing. It helped make the Mac the computer of choice in education, the arts, academia and among literary and creative professionals — or consumers who wanted to feel like one. But it's also even a level higher than that.
The first Mac did more than just make Xerox's file-and-folders desktop metaphor popular; it transformed it from the WYSIWYG of office printers and copiers to a genuine graphic user interface, where richly visual creative activity could actually be made and experienced on the computer itself. As Wired contributing editor Steven Johnson writes, it "made the screen feel like a space you wanted to inhabit, to make your own. To paraphrase Le Corbusier, the Mac was a machine you wanted to live in."
The creative side of that equation played out most spectacularly at Pixar, Jobs' other great business success story. At NeXT, Jobs was able to learn about and experiment with the future of computing, focusing on networks and developing the software that would become iOS and OS X. But because of Pixar, Jobs returned to Apple with a hit company and better knowledge than anyone in the tech industry of how the creative industry worked, and even more importantly, how it didn't:
One of the things I learned at Pixar is that the technology industries and the content industries do not understand each other. In Silicon Valley and most technology companies, I swear most people still think the creative process is a bunch of guys in their early 30s, sitting around on an old couch, drinking beer and thinking up jokes. That's how television is made, they think. That's how movies are made.
And I've seen at Pixar that that couldn't be further from the truth. The folks on the creative side work as hard as any technology folks I've ever seen in my life; they're just as disciplined; the process is just as difficult and disciplined as an engineering process is.
The contrapositive is true, too. People in Hollywood and the content industries think technology is something that you just write a check for and buy. They don't understand the creative element of technology…. They don't understand that this stuff is created by people working extraordinarily hard, and with passion, just like the creative talent that they have.
These are like ships passing in the night. One of the greatest achievements at Pixar was that we brought these two cultures together and got them working side by side.
Jobs' ability to bring these two cultures together and translate between them contributed directly to Apple's transformation from a computer company to a media company. It helped Apple position the PC as a digital hub, storing, syncing and connecting post-PC digital devices like cameras, camcorders and MP3 players.
As much as the iPod, it allowed the company to succeed where everyone else had (and largely has) failed, as the iTunes store turned Apple into a digital media retailer. Finally, Apple's strength in media and software sales is largely what turned post-PC from a device category into an industry.
That's a much bigger deal than admittedly charming stories about weekend calls from Jobs complaining about the wrong yellow gradient in an iOS icon.
So where does Apple's post-PC, liberal-arts–and–technology spaceship go without Jobs at the helm?
Let me tell you what I hope is true.
I hope that as chairman of Apple's board, Steve Jobs continues to serve as Apple's chief advocate for the humanities and liberal arts. I hope he continues to speak the philosophy that what ultimately matters in technology is that a device is ultimately a vessel for human ideas and values and a tool for personal expression. I hope he steps back from the day-to-day business of the company to make that and that alone, apart from caring for his health, his sole responsibility at the company.
I hope by formulating and repeating the mantra that Apple is a company built on the synthesis of technology and the liberal arts, that Jobs has been preparing both Apple and its customer base for this transition for some time, arranging the company so that this can be his role for the foreseeable future.
I hope that this foreseeable future extends beyond the horizon, and that Steve Jobs can stay with Apple and if not with Apple, with his family and loved ones, for a long, long time.
Now let me tell you what worries me about Apple's future, even if all of this is true.
Apple's unique success with the iTunes store shows that "technology married with the liberal arts" is not just an issue of making devices that look pretty and are easy to use. User-centered design is a huge component of what Apple does and why it and other companies have been successful in the consumer market. But it's also a question of being able to translate between technology, media and creative industries. This ability is what delivers key partnerships; this ability is what allows technology companies to build platforms.
It's unfair to say that Tim Cook isn't a proven big-picture technology visionary like Steve Jobs, because nobody is. Jobs' only peer in the industry, Bill Gates, is semi-retired, too. And I doubt he's available (or would be welcome) to run Apple.
It's also unfair to say that Cook "isn't a product guy." He ran the Mac division for six years, steering it through product transitions that would have stopped other companies in their tracks, delivering better design and engineering at lower costs, and nearly quadrupling the division's sales and share during a crummy economy, at precisely the time when the iPad is cannibalizing laptop sales and the PC itself is supposed to be dead or dying.
As I've written before, someday people are going to reverentially study the success of the Mac during Tim Cook's tenure. It's a miracle.
Oh, and while iOS software now has a separate senior VP (Scott Forstall), iPod, iPhone and iPad hardware fall under the domain of Mac hardware senior VP Bob Mansfield, who reports directly to Tim Cook, not Steve Jobs. (He's always reported to Tim Cook.)
It's entirely fair, however, to say that Tim Cook is not a media guy. He's not a humanities–and–liberal-arts guy. He's an engineer and a businessman, and extraordinarily talented at both. But while he can easily coordinate design, engineering, business and product development, he doesn't have a proven track record translating between technology and the creative industries.
In fact, now that Jobs has stepped down, nobody in Apple's top-level executive team does. That is, at least not anyone with nearly the same force and visibility Jobs was able to bring to bear.
What's more, if you drill down to the VP level, there's nobody whose titular responsibilities include media partnerships. (By contrast, there are separate VPs for iPhone and iPad marketing, and a VP specifically for educational sales, aka the "real" liberal arts.)
Apple certainly has a directly responsible individual, or DRI in company parlance, for its different media partnerships, as it does for everything else in the company. But the visible face of its media efforts and strongest voice in intercompany negotiations has always been Steve Jobs.
This is an awkward place for a technology company with deep roots in media to find itself.
Arguably, Apple's been slipping for some time on this front, as Jobs and the company's focus have been elsewhere:
- It took years for Apple to ship an updated version of Final Cut Pro, its flagship product for video professionals. When it finally did, plenty of fans who'd had ample time to entrench themselves in the old UI declared their hatred for the new version.
- Apple took an unusually long time to acknowledge the potential of e-books on the iPhone and iPad. When the company finally launched iBooks, it had to engage in arguably shady, allegedly illegal tactics to nix Amazon's first-mover advantage.
- Apple still hasn't been able to crack IPTV or computing in the living room. Luckily for the company, nobody else (besides Netflix) really has either. Setting aside long-standing rumors of future Apple-made TVs, Google and Microsoft are right now probably closer than Apple to figuring this space out.
- By asking for a 30 percent toll on in-app sales — a millage that makes sense in principle and mostly works for software apps and some services, but is generally ruinous for low-margin media sales — Apple alienated media publishers and retailers and set them to work recreating their products for the open web. The media action isn't in the apps any more, and Apple's lost some ground and more chances at future revenue.
- Plus, you know, the social thing.
For about five years, even as Apple was recharging the Mac, taking smartphones by storm and making the first tablet consumers wanted to buy, its strategies for media, education and the creative industries — its ticket back to relevance after 1997 — have largely stagnated.
Sure, Apple had a strong store, best-selling media players and plenty of other opportunities for growth. But it was also bumping up against the limitations of Steve Jobs.
Jobs has a passion for software, consumer electronics and music. He has experience running a major movie studio. But he doesn't watch television or use social media. He generally doesn't play video games or read blogs or plow through e-books. (If he does, he isn't passionate or vocal about it. Maybe he secretly loves Halo. I don't know.)
For those of who are passionate about these things, Jobs and, by extension, Apple have literally had no idea what we want, why we would want it or how to deliver it to us.
Music was enough to beat the Zune or the Blackberry. It's not enough to beat Xbox, Facebook, Google or Amazon. With hardware competitors like HP falling away, that's Apple's next arena. If it can't innovate alone, it will have to choose its partners well.
Without a Steve Jobs to drive innovation in those markets, and without someone who's better than Steve Jobs at anticipating and reacting to the new media markets still emerging, Apple's going to find that battle very tough to win.
Apple needs more than just an advocate for media, creativity and the liberal arts now; it needs a champion. We all do.
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Quarterback Drew Brees has been working in head coach Sean Payton's offense since they both arrived in New Orleans in 2006. He has nothing to prove in the preseason, but if he needs a rep or two, at least he should be healthy enough now to get it. Brees returned to practice Sunday after missing about two weeks of action, including the Saints' first two preseason games, due to an oblique injury.
Fantasy Analysis:
Whether he's practicing or not, Brees remains a second- or third-round pick. His status for Week 1 was never really in doubt. It's sounds crazy, but you can basically lock Brees in for 5,000 yards and about 40 touchdowns for the fourth consecutive season.


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A decision everyone knew was coming became official Wednesday, as Utah gymnast Rachel Tidd made her retirement official.
Tidd hasn't trained since the 2005 NCAA Championships because of lower back problems. A junior, Tidd was third on the bars and 12th in the all-around last year at nationals.
Tidd spent some time in California undergoing a variety of treatments, but nothing has helped.
"While I have realized that this was the likely outcome for some time now, it was important to me that Rachel felt it was her decision to make," Utah coach Greg Marsden said. "She is a talented athlete, a great student and a wonderful person. Although we miss her presence in the gym, I believe this decision is best for Rachel's long-term health."


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Watch out, NHL ... Sid the Kid is back.
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby returns to the ice on Monday when the Penguins face off with the New York Islanders in his first game action since January.
Crosby had missed the time after suffering from consistent concussion symptoms following two hits to the head in back-to-back games last season.
Now that Crosby is back on the ice, USA TODAY will follow his return in a live blog right here in Game On!
Game over: Coach Dan Bylsma had Crosby out there again for the final shift. Final 5-0 Penguins. Two goals, two assists for Crosby. Mario Lemieux had a goal and two assists in his December 2000 return.
Final minutes: Crosby out with Evgeni Malkin and James Neal. Only a great save stopped Crosby from picking up a third assist.
Stat update: Even though Crosby has missed 20 games, he's now on a pace for 248 points
Crosby again: He throws a backhander on net from near the boards and it goes in. 5-0 Penguins. 17:34 left in the game.
Second period over: Crosby has played 11:41. He three points, six shots, is plus 2 and is 11-6 on the faceoff.
Powerhouse Penguins: With Crosby now back, a strong case can be made that the Penguins are the league's most intimidating team. Here's why they are much better than they were last spring in the playoffs
1. The Penguins' power play should be among league's best.
2. Crosby's presence makes Malkin and Jordan Staal more productive.
3. James Neal is significantly improved over last season.
4. Pens still have Marc-Andre Fleury and a quality defense.
5. When Crosby was playing last season, Kris Letang was a Norris Trophy candidate. He was less productive without Crosby.
6. Steve Sullivan gives the team another potential scorer.
Line change: Crosby just played a shift with Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz.
Fantasy news: With Crosby back, there are thousands of fantasy teams that just got significantly better tonight.
Stat update: Crosby now has more points than Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman, whose hit led to Crosby's concussion. Do you think Crosby knows that?
Stat update: With seven minutes left in the second period, Crosby has played 10:32.
Analysis: It's obvious that Crosby should put a super-charge into Pittsburgh's offense, particularly on the power play. With Crosby back, Evgeni Malkin will no longer see the other team's best defensive center. That should help boost his points total.
Penguins up 4-0: The Penguins score their fourth goal, and Crosby isn't involved. it seems almost disappointing. He's on the bench as Malkin makes a great pass to Steve Sullivan.
Penguins up 3-0: Crosby picks up his second assist. He feeds Kris Letang at the point and the rebound of Letang's shot is stuffed in by Malkin.
Second period under way: Malkin and Crosby together on a 4-on-4. Malkin feeds Crosby, whose shot is stopped by Anders Nilsson.
First period over: Crosby played 7 minutes, 10 seconds, had four shots and a goal and an assist. Plus, he won five of seven faceoffs.
And now an assist: Pascal Dupuis keeps the puck in the zone and Crosby feed Brooks Orpik, who scores. 3:31 left in the first period.
Stat: Crosby is now plus-66 in his career. You couldn't even make that up.
Crosby hit: On the power play, Crosby sets up Evgeni Malkin, who hits the post. He's also hit into the boards by Travis Hamonic and gets up fine.
Crosby scores: In Crosby's third shift, he beats the defense and scores on a backhander. 14:36 remaining in the first period. For historical comparison: Mario Lemieux had an assist 33 seconds into his first shift in the 2000 comeback.
First shift: Crosby's first shift since Jan. 5: 56 seconds, makes one centering feed broken up by defense. His line produces a scoring chance. Chris Kunitz hits the crossbar.
Game starting: Pens working the crowd by showing Crosby video before he comes on the ice. They also posted a gigantic No. 87 on the video screen
Pre-game skate: On the local television feed, there is a Crosby Cam for the pre-game skate. It reads Countdown to Comeback and it gives the time left until gametime.
Pre-game skate: Crosby skated onto the ice to a rousing ovation.
All the fans entering the game today received "Welcome Back, Sid" signs. It was owner Mario Lemieux's idea. When Lemieux came back from a back infection in January 1991, fans were given signs that said "Mario."
From the morning skate: Crosby has missed the Penguins' first 20 games. Could he possibly still be in the hunt for the Hart Trophy or even the Art Ross Trophy?
Certainly there is an outside chance. When Crosby went down last season, he was having his best NHL season. He was averaging 1.6 points per game, and he was on pace for 132 points.
If he duplicated last season's scoring average and played the rest of the games, he could still end up in the 99-100 point range. Vancouver's Daniel Sedin won the Art Ross Trophy last season with 104 points.
Right now, Phil Kessel is No. 1 in the NHL in scoring with 29 points.
Also, Mario Lemieux missed two months after being diagnosed with cancer in 1992-93 and still won the Art Ross and Hart trophies.
From the morning skate: Crosby did receive some contact in practice over the last three weeks, but it wasn't as any Penguins player wanted to hit him with force. "We would joke around and say if you are the guy who hits him you will be on waivers the next day," said Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik.
Orpik said he could see that opponents having a some reluctance to lay a heavy hit on Crosby. "Because he is the face of the league, you might be a little tentative, you certainly don't want to be that guy if something were to happen," Orpik said. "But I don't think I would ever approach games like that, being tentative, because this league is so good that if you ever approached games like that, you would be out of the lineup pretty quick."
This is what Islanders center Josh Bailey said about facing Crosby in his first game back: " If a check is there, you finish it. But we don't have any cheap (shot) players on our team that try to dirty (hit) guys."
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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The Carthage College men's lacrosse team (15-3, 9-1 Midwest Lacrosse Conference), seeded second, defeated third-seeded Augustana College (Ill., 11-6, 8-2 MLC), 11-8, on Wednesday, May 1 in a Midwest Lacrosse Conference Tournament semifinal game at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis.
Top-seeded and conference-champion Aurora University (14-3, 10-0) swamped fourth-seeded the College of Mount St. Joseph (9-8, 6-3), 27-5, in the other semifinal game at Vago Field in Aurora, Ill. The Spartans will play host to the Red Men in the Saturday, May 4 title game at Vago Field, beginning at 1 p.m.
Carthage jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but Augustana tied the game, 3-3, at 7:15 first period. The Red Men led the Vikings, 5-3, after the first period and 8-4 at halftime, but Augustana pulled to within a point at the start of the fourth period, 9-8. Carthage goals at Timothy Francis at 13:41, Jack Meachum at 6:47 and Mason Poage at 2:12 put the Red Men up by four, 12-8.
Mason Poage (Sr., Columbia, Mo./Hickman) led the Red Men with four goals and a ground ball. Danny Morse (Jr., O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township) scored two goals with two assists and three ground balls, Jack Meachum (Jr., Naperville, Ill./North) two goals with two assists and one ground ball, and Peter Slefinger (Sr., Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton-Warrenville South) had two goals, one assist and three ground balls. Hunter Douglas (Sr., Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) was 20-of-24 in face offs with 18 ground balls. Jesse Nagelberg led Augustana with three goals.


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Here's a link to the Ref CD (with recognition to Brak's Buddy for gathering the info and Sergio for the hosting) showing my thoughts on how the connection between the collar and backplate works.
Picture 195 - Collar/back join
Here's one showing the cod.
Picture 594 - Cod
The only differences I can see are underneath, it goes a little further, and the raised section on the front is a little more raised. That may be down to the angle of the photo on the MLC, as it's pretty straight on.
Also, it goes round the sides a little more to meet the kidney/butt plate half way round. I saw a photo of that which I'll look for and link to once I've posted this.
::EDIT - Found the one I was looking for
Picture 594 - Cod + butt plate join
You can just see a bolt (should be the same as the collar studs) and I recall this holding the cod piece to the butt plate, one overlapping the other similar to the collar/back plate, above - END EDIT::
The shape of the collar, back and shoulders looks good to me.
The only other observation is in relation to the chest armour. The protrusions above and below the diamond, where they almost make the left and right chest pieces meet, seem a little rounded, and ought to be slightly squared off. It might be down to the resolution of this crappy old laptop I'm using at the moment. Can anyone else with a better machine (probably all of you!) see it and agree/disagree?
Nice work Mardon!


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Are you loco for coco-nut? This large oval seed of a tropical palm, with edible white flesh (and clear liquid) within has been in the media spotlight for sometime now being touted as yet another food panacea. While people swear by it—whether oil, milk (including "milk" based products) or water—others demonize it. Don't mean to burst any bubbles here, but coconut is not a miracle food (nor will it make you drop dead)! It is a food with valuable health properties (like most every whole food out there) and if consumed in MODERATION it is healthy – just make sure it is not laden with tons of sugar and artificial ingredients. Research on coconut and its inherent health benefits is still in its infancy so let me do what I can to help you get your "nut" around the coco…
The "Benefits"
Part of the demonization of coconut comes from its saturated fat content. Yup, that's the same kind of fat in animal foods and the fat that "clogs your arteries". But, not all saturated fats are created equal!
While much of the saturated fat that we eat is part of long chain triglycerides (LCT), the saturated fat in coconut is part of medium chain triglycerides (MCT). MCT s are absorbed and metabolized differently than LCTs. Instead of circulating through our lymphatic system, MCTs head straight to the liver where they are processed and quickly metabolized into energy. Why is this good? Well, MCTs are much less likely to be deposited in your fat stores since they do a lot less circulating and while they can raise your "bad" LDL cholesterol, they most notably raise your "good" HDL cholesterol. This in turn causes your total cholesterol to HDL ratio, a risk for heart disease, to go unchanged or improve. But again, science on this topic is at best young!
These miraculous MCT's have also been cited as having antimicrobial, antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties that, in theory, have the potential to combat conditions from acne to HIV (quite a spectrum!). However, hard scientific evidence is lacking (something I am a bit of a stickler for).
The oil is safe as a moisturizer (in fact superb according to moi!) and one study from the National Institute of Health showed it to be as effective as mineral oil in wound healing (but that's just one study and it is necessary to have more solid evidence to confirm this). And, as far as weight loss (because it has also been promoted as a skinny supplement), there is no real science to prove its use as a weight loss supplement. So don't buy into any shed the pounds with coconut oil programs!
The Many Uses of the Coconut
Coconut comes in many forms nowadays. So, do you like it straight up or in oil form for cooking purposes? How about out of a can as thick creamy milk (but the one WITHOUT the additives) or as the "new and improved" sports drink? You can find it in bars, sold as "mainstream" milk, creamer, yogurt and even ice cream!
That being said, here are some pointers when picking products with coconut:
- Coconut oil comes as "virgin" (meaning minimally processed) and refined, the first being flavorful and the second fairly flavorless; both remain stable at high heat thus it is a good choice for pan-frying or sautéing. It is also great as a butter alternative for pie crusts and other baked goods.
- I most often use it as a daily moisturizer and I don't buy into all those fancy coconut oil "creams" on the market. I go straight for the cooking grade oil—it's a lot cheaper!
- The thick creamy milk is superb as a base for smoothies. Even as an ingredient in a delish dish like:
Coconut Cauliflower
- 1 head cauliflower, cut into small chunks
- 1 cup "lite" coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon brown mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
- 1/2 stick cinnamon, broken into pieces
- 6 whole cloves
- 4 cardamom pods
- 1/4 piece dried red chili , crumbled
- In sauté pan, heat oil on medium and add all spices. Cook for about 2 minutes, until you smell the aroma of the spices.
- Cut cauliflower and add to pan. Add coconut milk, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
All recipes © 2012 Stefanie Sacks
- On the sports drink front, simply put, if you are not someone who sweats a lot, coconut watercan help rehydrate. Perspiration causes your body to lose a lot of sodium and little potassium (both electrolytes). Although coconut water is high in potassium, it is low in sodium making it unsuitable as an electrolyte replenishing sports drink (unless additional electrolytes are added to the mix). That being said, it is a low-sugar and low-calorie alternative to what's on the market today. So weigh your options and perhaps replenish with some salted nuts and a cold bottle of coconut! Harmless Harvest happens to be my number one choice due to taste and freshness.
- On the bars, most that contain coconut also contain tons of sugar. So pick and choose wisely. My favorite is Oskribrand bars—they are the most whole and most pure.
- As far as the "mainstream" milks, creamers, yogurts and ice cream, don't think that just because it's coconut-based it is super charged for health support. Many of these products come chock full of sugar and fillers. They are all great alternatives if you need/want to be dairy-free, but like I say with everything, rotate your foods and choose among the many dairy-free alternatives out there including almond, rice, soy (always non-GMO), hemp and more.
Loco for Coco?
So, enjoy coconut and its many food products as a part of a healthy balanced diet, but know that it is not a miracle food. In fact, there is no such thing! If you put a food on a pedestal you not only lose sight of its benefits, but also your overconsumption can inevitably be more harmful than helpful!
Let's keep this conversation going. Please feel free to share your thoughts and opinions. I would love to hear from you!


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A.T. Kearney appoints Christine Laurens Chief Financial Officer
04 Jun, 2014, 09:00 ET from A.T. Kearney
CHICAGO, June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney has named Christine Laurens its Chief Financial Officer. Laurens brings more than a decade of experience and a truly global outlook to the role.
Johan Aurik, A.T. Kearney Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board, said, "Through various leadership roles with the firm, including Director of Finance in EMEA from 2009-2012, Christine has shown a steady hand at harmonizing our processes and implementing practices globally to support our growth agenda. We look forward to Christine stepping up to this key leadership role, and of course, benefitting from her global vision as she takes on her new position."
Notes Laurens, "I look forward to the new challenges this role brings and to spearheading innovative finance processes across our firm. I'm particularly excited about the role our finance team can play in supporting and driving A.T. Kearney's ambitions to double in size by 2020, becoming the most admired firm among our industry peers."
Christine Laurens began her career with A.T. Kearney in 2002 as Finance Director of Southwest Europe, and has served in various financial leadership roles from her base in France, including forecasting and reporting, cost optimization and reduction, internal controls, client relationships and real estate office management. She most recently served as VP Global Finance. During her tenure with the firm, she has acted as counsel through its management buyout in 2006, and has advised on strategic expansion, global processes and transparency.
Christine Laurens is a French born and educated CPA, who began her career at Ernst & Young. She received her degree from HEC Business School in Paris, and is fluent in three languages. She will relocate to the firm's Chicago office this summer.
About A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney is a global team of forward-thinking partners that delivers immediate impact and growing advantage for its clients. We are passionate problem solvers who excel in collaborating across borders to co-create and realize elegantly simple, practical solutions and sustainable results. Since 1926, we have been trusted advisors on the most mission-critical issues to the world's leading organizations across all major industries and service sectors. A.T. Kearney has 59 offices located in major business centers across 40 countries.
To learn more about A.T. Kearney, please visit http://www.atkearney.com.
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Lady Panthers get big win
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MABANK–The Mabank Lady Panther soccer team scored a huge 4-1 win over the visiting Whitehouse Lady Wildcats Tuesday.
Continuing another strong season was Savannah Henderson, who scored all four goals for the Lady Panthers behind assists from Vivian Duong and Kacie Williams.
The Lady Panthers end the first round of district play with a record of 4-1 and an overall record of 14-2-2.
They will started the second round of district games at home against the visiting Chapel Hill Lady Bulldogs on Friday.
They return to action March 8, when the host the John Tyler girls.


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Dec. 14, 2004
Recap | Box Score | Photo Gallery
TENNESSEE HEAD COACH Buzz Peterson:
"This was one of those games that I was concerned we would come out lacking intensity. But I am happy at how well we executed.
"We were pretty patient in not taking the outside shot when we had some opportunities. I wanted us to work on the inside-outside execution, and we did. Our guys were hesitant to take the outside shots, even though the crowd was hollering, 'shoot, shoot.' But we were working on our inside game.
"I will take a win any way we get it. It was not the prettiest, but our defense did a pretty good job. There is a virus going through our team right now, and we have just got to get rid of it.
"Kevin Spicer is a talented player, but he got into foul trouble. We took the momentum shortly before halftime, and we kept it throughout most of the second half.
"Now we move on and play New Mexico in The Pit at Albuquerque, which is a tough place to go. New Mexico is 9-1. Tomorrow we will start getting ready for the Lobos."
"We got off to the start we wanted. In previous games, we had had a slow start. We did a good job early of keeping the game in check. We had a few breakdowns defensively; they made three 3-pointers to build the lead, and we never recovered.
"We shot way too many 3-pointers. We usually do not take that many. We did not work the ball inside. We talked about it at halftime, and scored early in the second half inside.
"We need better leaders, and better point guard play. We saw we could compete for a time in this game. We have given good effort in every game, but we have been inconsistent offensively. When you play an SEC team like Tennessee, you are usually out-manned in size and strength.
"We will usually stay in a match-up zone longer than we did, but we did not cover, and we did not take away shots. We had to play man-to-man to get something going. We cannot allow any team to shoot in the 50-percent range.
"I thought Alex Oliver played pretty well until he got tired. I told him to play as long as he could, and he a decent game. He has scored in double-figures the last three games, and he has always played hard. Tennessee showed they had good outside shooters, and strength outside. They should be able to compete in the SEC this year."
Tennessee Notes
- C.J. Watson tied his career-high with 9 assists set three other times, most recently against Georgia 1/7/04. He also set a season-high with seven rebounds.
- The Vols continued their hot shooting, connecting on 55.6 percent (25-of-45) tonight. Over the last two games, UT is shooting 56.8 percent from the field (50-of-88) and is 14-of-24 on 3-pointers.
- Chris Lofton's last seven field goals have all been 3-pointers.
- The Vols had a season-high 19 assists and five blocks.
- Tonight's game was the first meeting against a SWAC (Southwestern Athletic Conference) team.
- For the second straight game the Vols set a season-high for first half points. They scored 38 tonight, bettering the 36 against Xavier 12/11.
- The 16-point halftime lead (38-22) was the largest of the season. The previous high was 12 against Stanford.
- The 26-point victory margin was also the largest of the season. The previous high was 12 against Stanford (69-57).


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The Leonard Lopate Show
The American Meal; Deepak Chopra's Weight Loss Advice; Foraging; Please Explain
4 segments
Winter Foraging 16 min
Please Explain: Butchery 31 min
On today's Food Fridays show: Abigail Carroll explains what our eating habits reveal about our national identity. Deepak Chopra talks about what mainstream and alternative medicine can tell us about why so many people overeat. Professional forager Tama Matsuoka Wong tells us what foods and ingredients you can find underfoot in the winter months. And this week's Please Explain is all about whole animal butchery—we'll find out about different cuts of meat and how best to cook with them.


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Size + Breast Implant Revision Q&A
Can I Increase the Size of my Existing Saline Breast Implants?
I have had Saline implants for about 4 to 5 years now. I had a baby about 3 months ago. I dont know why but it feels like my breasts have gotten... READ MORE
550cc or 600 Cc High Profile Silicone; Which Will Stick Out More?
I currently have 420 smooth round moderate saline implants. I am going back to get high profile silicone with either 550cc or 600cc. I just want to... READ MORE
Would of an Extra 100cc Make a Difference in Cup Size?
Hello, Thankyou for all the feedback I recieved on my previous questions they were very helpful...... I had another successful BA recently I went from... READ MORE
Increasing Size to 800cc next week, What Size Sports Bra Do I Need?
... what size sports bra should i get? i have had 3 enlargements already but im sure that 200cc increase gave me a 3 cup size increase but all the... READ MORE
Changing from Saline Implants to Silicone in 2 Weeks Worried About Size 475cc HP Too Big?
I am 35 yrs old, 5'2" and 116lbs. I currently have 270cc saline teardrop implants unders. This puts me at a 34B/C ( depending on brand). My PS has... READ MORE
Very Unhappy After Breast Augmentation? (photo)
I had BA done in 2005, round silicone, low profile, below muscle, 260cc, but I was very unhappy with the size. See 1st photo. I had it re-done 3 wks... READ MORE
BA from Over Muscle UK 38A to 38C 7 Years Ago,Got Capsular Contracture, Would Like to Go to A Large D?
I had a BA approx 7 years ago, and went from a UK 38a to a UK 38c (300cc implants). I since developed Capsular Contracture, and am going to have them... READ MORE
Can You Keep Your Under the Muscle Implant and Have One Put over the Muscle? (photo)
I have had implants under the muscle for about 10 years, I am 41 and have lost a lot of volume in my natural breast tissue, nursing and weight loss.... READ MORE
My nipple size and breast shapes look different. Should I be concerned at 3 1/2 weeks post op replacement of implants? (photo)
I had a replacement of 4 1/2 y/o implants on 8/4/14 from 225 silicone unders to 350 HP gummy bear unders.Both are softening up well, but I am just... READ MORE
Breast Keep Relaxing After Breast Augmentation and Lift What Can I Do Please?
I had a breast augmentation and lift and had 250cc implants my rt and lt breast both relaxed but rt more, then Dr did a mastyplasy lift and after this... READ MORE
Can This Dropped Implant Be Fixed? (photo)
I am changing my saline implants for silicone, mostly due to rippling and an injury to my right breast causing it to drop. Is it possible to make the... READ MORE
Implant Exchange Booked 12th Feb 2013. 275cc Round Overs Replaced with 470cc Anatomical Overs. Petite Frame?
My BA is booked for the 12th February 2013.I currently have 275cc round overs, I want my breasts bigger so I am having implant exchange with 470cc... READ MORE
I Am 5 Feet, 44 Years, 52 Kg. Can I Go for 450cc/500cc Silicon Implant. What Wiill Be my Expected Cup Size? (photo)
I am 5 feet, 44 years, 52 kg. After my childbirth & weight loss I have empty breast, On February,2010 I got 300cc silicon implant unders through... READ MORE
Which Breast Implants Size and Profile is the Best for Me? (photo)
5.6 feet; 120 pounds; Narrow, chest wall with visible bones; BWD: 11cm. I´d like to achieve a proportionate look and gain projection without going ... READ MORE
Should I Explant or Exchange to Smaller Size? (photo)
I got BA with silicone gel, tear drop medial pole, low projection poliurethane cover implants of 310cc and 355 cc. I am not happy with the size of my... READ MORE
Downing Sizing from a 700cc Implant to 300cc What Size Will I Be Roughly?
I'm down sizing my huge 700cc implants to 300cc in just over a week and I'm trying to get an idea of size. I'm terrified of making the wrong decision... READ MORE
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[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] The latest "Brick-by-Brick" Lego animation brings us a 2-minute highlight reel of Germany's 1-0 win over the USA. It includes Thomas Mueller's gamewinner as well as Jermaine Jones' accidental collisions with Referee Ravshan Irmatov and teammate Alejandro Bedoya.
The Americans, who still earned second-round passage, had a late chance after a nice passing sequence thwarted by little Philipp Lahm.


text: My cars been throwing the PO36 pintle out of position code since I bought it. This past weekend I decided after reading all the posts about cleaning the pintle to go ahead and do it. Looked to me to be about a 30-60 min job. It took me almost 2hrs just to get the dang fuel lines disconnected, bought 2 different tools and finally got it loose. Had to competely pull the fuel rail and stand it up to get enough clearance to get the one bolt off. I was totally surprised me to find that there was NO carbon build up at all...as a matter of fact there was barely any soot on the valve at all and nothing in the EGR holes in the manifold. I could not budge the pintle at all to clean the seat, which I thought was odd. All I could do was spray some carb cleaner on the part of the shaft I could see and then let it dry. Took almost 3hrs to get the thing apart but had it all buttoned up and running in 20 mins. I thought I was good to go, but after a hour, I got the PO36 code again. I'm thinking that perhaps the vavle is bad. Any ideas???


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Not disrespected, but motivated.
Those four words sums up the recruiting period for 2018 La Habra (Calif.) Sonora defensive back Chigozie Anusiem, as the tall 6-foot-2, 178-pound cornerback looks the part of a bona fide lockdown defender college programs would crave, but only holds one offer from Wyoming. Anusiem is looking for more – especially since his fellow teammates on his club team Explosive Athletic Training (EAT), Jeremy Moussa and Khoury Bethley, are starting to see the offers roll their way.
Additionally, he plays for a high school that not only isn't considered a household name in Orange County, but endured an 0-10 season last year.
Still, Anusiem doesn't feel discouraged about the way his recruiting session has gone.
"I don't feel disrespected, it just motivates me knowing that I am being over looked right now," Anusiem told Scout.
The Cowboys decided to pull the trigger on an offer before Anusiem competed at The Opening Los Angeles Regional on March 12. Anusiem not only wowed some of the volunteer coaches and spectators on the El Camino College sprint turf at The Opening, but he zipped his way to a 4.61 40-yard dash time.
He's already impressed with what Wyoming does defensively, as Cowboys cornerbacks coach John Richardson has emerged as the main guy trying to pilfer Anusiem.
"They play a lot of zone mixed with man and they also said that they like doing off man and press man," Anusiem said. "They like long corners because of the zone they play and they like getting interceptions, which is why they like their corners long."
The 3.0 student said that UCLA, Eastern Washington, Army, San Diego State and Minnesota have asked about him regarding his cornerback play. Regarding the Golden Gophers, Anusiem says new head coach P.J. Fleck contacted him.
"P.J. Fleck is cool. He's seen my film and told me that he would like for me to come out there (for an unofficial visit)," Anusiem said.
His frame, athleticism and hip angles allowed him to break up nine passes last season for the Raiders, as he emerged as their top secondary playmaker. A lot of his off-season training has been with Prentice Byrd, who now runs EAT.
"He has taught me to care about the little things and be a perfectionist," Anusiem said.
Like most aspiring college football prospects when they receive their first offer, Anusiem breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"It feels really good. I've been working on this since I was a freshman. I just remember all those days when I didn't want to get up, but I had to remember my goal (of getting an offer) and it feels amazing," Anusiem said.
But, there's still that part of him that believes the outside world around him is overlooking him, making him feel motivated, but not disresptected.
"Yes, most definitely," Anusiem said. "I feel like my school isn't a big-name school. People have said 'You've got an offer, but you're not that big, so I'm here to prove myself. It 100% drives me."


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A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR manging editor Bruce A. Dixon
It has been more than a generation since the historic prison uprising at New York's Attica penitentiary. Since then, both much and little have changed, not all for the better. If there is one lasting lesson of the Attica uprising for our day, what is it?
Remembering Attica, 40 Years Later
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR manging editor Bruce A. Dixon
"Correctional officers and New York state police poured a hail of gunfire into the prison, killing at least 39 people..."
Forty years ago this week, inmates in upstate New York's Attica Prison took their lives and destinies into their own hands. The prison, designed for 1200 inmates at the time housed nearly double that number, and inmates were limited to one shower per week and one roll of toilet paper per month. Arbitrary beatings and religious discrimination against Muslim inmates were common.
"We are men," an inmate spokesperson declared, "and not beasts to be driven as such."
Their demands were the mostly unremarkable stuff every human deserves --- decent and healthful food, and the ability to observe the dietary restrictions of some of their religions. They demanded warm clothing and bedding for the cold upstate winters, and serious efforts to exterminate their vermin-infested quarters.. They wanted books, self-improvement and educational programs to better prepare them to make a difference on the outside. They demanded medical care, transparency and justice in parole and prison administrative decisions, an end to religious and racial discrimination inside the prison, and the replacement of the prison warden.
They requested the presence of Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale and the Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan. Crack movement attorneys from around the country also flew in to upstate New York. It was 1971, and the whole world was watching. For four days, they negotiated with the office of New York governor Nelson Rockerfeller until the governor, eyeing a possible 1972 Republican presidential or vice-presidential nomination, shut the talks down and ordered a murderous assault on the prison.
Correctional officers and New York state police poured a hail of gunfire into the prison, killing at least 39 people, including ten correctional officers and civilian prison employees. After the re-taking of the prison, engaged in a savage orgy of reprisal beatings of surviving inmates, and dozens of murder charges were filed against the surviving inmates. Juries eventually acquitted all the inmates of murder charges, and although no police officers or state officials were ever indicted, the state eventually paid out tens of millions in settlements to surviving inmates and murdered correctional officers and their families.
"We've come a long way since Attica, and not all of it the way we'd like. "
Forty years on, both much and little have changed. Muslims in US prisons still experience vicious discrimination. Inmates nationwide are still denied adequate food and medical care, and the secrecy of prison administration continues to license arbitrary brutality on the part of correctional officers. The lowly corporal convicted of torture at Abu Ghareb was in civilian life a Pennsylvania prison guard.
But since the days of Attica, the US prison population has increased more than sixfold. We have become the world's first prison state, with nearly 70% of prisoners coming from the nation's brown and black one quarter. Imprisonment has become more and more the fate of the lowest income blacks as well. A college educated black man today stands one third the chance of incarceration he did in 1970, while today's black male high school dropout is seven times more likely to be jailed than his dropout uncle in 1970.
We've come a long way since Attica, and not all of it the way we'd like. The lasting lessons of Attica are that little will chance until current and former inmates, many times more numerous today than in 1971, again take their destinies into their own hands, declare themselves men, not beasts, and organize themselves and their communities in a political fight to roll back the prison state in their lifetimes.
For Black Agend Radio, I'm Bruce Dixon. Find us on the web at www.blackagendareport.com.
Bruce A. Dixon is managing editor at Black Agenda Report, and based in Marietta GA where he is on the state committee of the Georgie Green party. He canbe reached at [email protected]


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What makes a good doctor good?Friday, May 28th, 2010
What makes a good doctor good? It starts in the anatomy lab where medical students begin working with their first patients who donated their bodies to science.
WTOL's Chrys Peterson highlighted the UT Anatomical Donation Program in a detailed special report Thursday that covered the story from the angles of a donor family and from the students who learn from these generous donations.
But it's ultimately the patients who benefit from the well-trained doctors.
First-year medical students each study in the gross anatomy lab with a cadaver. When those students go on to become doctors, they will see at least 420,000 patients in their career. When you multiply that by the four medical students who learn from one donor, that cadaver will form the basis of training that will impact 1.6 million patients.
That's quite an impact from one generous donation.


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The man, known only as 'G', has lost his appeal against deportation in the Special Immigration Appeals Court (SIAC), the body that hears in private the evidence against terrorist suspects the government cannot charge but believes are a threat to national security. The judgment has dismayed human rights groups, who say that 'G' faces torture if returned to Algeria.
A 14-page document outlining the reasons for rejecting his deportation appeal says that John Reid, the Home Secretary, has been shown evidence that 'G' has provided 'important and active support to Islamic terrorists and extremists both in the United Kingdom and overseas'.
The suspect is alleged to have provided terrorists with false passports, helped extremists attend jihad training and raised funds for militant groups operating in Europe. The document also reveals that 'a number of his contacts remain at large, including some who are regarded as actively involved in terrorist planning'.
According to the judgment, 'G' was an active supporter of several Algerian terrorist organisations, as well as Abu Doha's group. Doha, known as 'The Doctor', is alleged to have been behind plots to attack the US embassy in Rome and to blow up Strasbourg cathedral. Doha, who is currently in a British prison but has not been charged with terrorist offences, is also wanted in the US over allegations that he organised a plot to blow up Los Angeles airport at the millennium.
According to an indictment lodged by the US authorities, Doha met Osama bin Laden in 1998 to discuss co-operation with al-Qaeda and provided logistical and financial support to a group of Algerian terrorists in London of which 'G' is alleged to have been a member.
Lawyers representing 'G' argue that he is suffering from severe mental illness and that there is a significant risk that he will harm or kill himself. However, Mr Justice Stanley Burton, the judge hearing the case, said he believed the Algerian government would provide the appropriate medication to avoid accusations of ill-treatment.
However, Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, warned: 'Deporting people to Algeria would irrevocably bloody the hands of this government. Let there be no mistake, this is sending people to kidnap and torture.'
'G' will not be automatically deported following the judgment, but will have the chance to launch a further appeal.