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4 "magic" ingredients of a power salad
By Carolyn Malcoun, May 3, 2010 - 11:34am
Carolyn asks: What's your secret recipe for making a power salad?
Spinach, avocado, protein (chicken, fish, beans or nuts) and a light olive oil & apple cider vinegar dressing! YUM!
— Anonymous
05/03/2010 - 1:25pm
what type of ingredients do you add to your apple cider vinegar dressing? the last time I made it, it was way too vinegary
— Anonymous
05/11/2010 - 4:54pm
Variety of veggies, broiled chicken, low fat feta cheese tossed with a garlic, black olives, dill weed, salt, pepper, and wine and apple cider vinegar stirred together, then poured over the salad...I have this several times a week...oh, for the "olive oil taste", I also spritz the salad with pam olive oil spray and toss some more. This salad is amazing--it's large, filling and low calorie/low fat. It's also great with a handful of whole wheat cooked pasta thrown in.
— Anonymous
05/11/2010 - 6:46pm
I think 1 fruit 1 nut and 1 cheese makes every salad complete amongst other things....I enjoy strawberries, almonds and a little shredded organic antibiotic/hormone free cheese. Don't forget a little chopped avocado! :)
— occorak9
05/14/2010 - 10:27am
Organic everything...1/4 c.flat-leafed Italian Parsley,chopped, yellow bell pepper, baby field greens, chopped romaine, english cucumber(skins left on), celery, halved grape tomatoes, radishes, 1/4 c. chopped scallions, broccoli tops in bits, fresh blueberries, 1/2 sliced avocado, walnuts, topped with an avocado/ranch dressing and lots of fresh ground black pepper. This is my fav. salad combo when I need veggies. I eat a whole plate full for a meal with wholegrain baked bread and cheddar cheese on the side.
— Anonymous
05/23/2010 - 7:38pm
I love salad as well. I use 2 cups of spinich, A whole tomato a yellow pepper about half a cup of mixed lentils and mixed black beans, I chop a little low fat cheese into cubes, and 1 garlic clove. Dressing is 1 Tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, and 1 Tbsp of apple cider vinegar.
— Anonymous
06/09/2010 - 6:39pm
Romaine lettuce, LOTS of different colors, and my homemade ranch dressing (greek yogurt, chives, garlic) topped with black beans, sunflower seeds, and avocado. SO good!
— Anonymous
06/11/2010 - 12:10am
My secret is COLOR!! Red, yellow, green, orange... The foundation starts with lettuce or spinach--romaine, red-leaf, arugula, mixed greens (mesclun). Then the fun begins--red, yellow, and orange bell peppers, carrots, tomatoes--yellow & orange cherry varieties are also available now, yellow & green squash, purple cabbage, jicama, purple onion, green onion, broccoli, cauliflower, the list of veggies is endless. It all depends on what you like. I do not mix my fruit with my veggies, I prefer to eat them separately since veggies are blood builders and fruit are blood cleansers. But a mean fruit salad can be made from the endless colors of fruit that can be tossed together. The possibilities are ENDLESS!! And especially if you go ORGANIC & LOCAL!!! Let your imagination go wild.
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Just to share a ted talk I saw today, it's a very interesting concept…
Take a lookhttp://www.ted.com/talks/scott_rickard_the_beautiful_math_behind_the_ugliest_music.html
Just watched – interesting indeed
Will try to incorporate into my next release haha (not really)
Well… very interesting! That free-repetition music really sucks! Thinking about it my music is really based on repetions…
Brian Eno could sell a million copies of something like that…
I thought that some of Pink Folyd's early albums did this…..just joking. I do know that Pink Floyd once lost a copyright infringement case because the judge stated something like "what you create is not considered music. Therefore, you don't have a case."
Well I enjoyed 8:13-8:17 …. sounds like an audio logo hah.
Wow, that dude really put some passion into playing the music.
Gotta love TED talks.
Went over and was sidetracked by the Bobby Mcferrin vid. Love how he got the audience to follow his pentatonic scale.

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Charles Reyman is vice president of Communications for the Colorado Health Foundation.
Editor's note: This posting originally appeared in Health Affairs' GrantWatch Blog.
Statistically speaking, there's not much controversy as to whether obesity is a serious problem in the United States. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey shows that more than one-third of adults and 17 percent of youth were classified as obese in 2009 and 2010. In addition, the medical community is sounding the alarm over the dramatic increase in type 2 adult-onset diabetes in obese children.
Nor are there many arguments about whether obesity is costly (a recent article from the Obesity Journal estimates the nation's cost of obesity may be as high as $147 billion annually—approximately 9 percent of all U.S. medical spending). Another article forecasts that if obesity levels were to plateau at 2010 levels, the combined savings in medical expenses over the next two decades would be $549.5 billion.
What is subject to controversy, however, is whether federal, state, and local governments should take a more active role or retreat to the sidelines in regulating fat- and sugar-laden foods.
We are beginning to see some of that debate play out in the public square. In 2007, New York City issued a first-ever law restricting artificial trans fats in restaurants. Since then, other cities have followed suit. Last year, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed an outright ban on large servings of sodas. Elsewhere, municipalities such as El Monte, California, have weighed imposing a "soda tax" as a disincentive for consumers to indulge in sugary beverages (this also gives cities a much-needed revenue stream from those who continue to imbibe these "liquid candies").
Depending on your perspective, the government's role in determining what we eat is either a necessary intervention or a blatant intrusion on American free will. With the controversy percolating in town hall meetings, the airwaves, and the blogosphere, the Colorado Health Foundation decided to host a food policy debate as part of its 2012 Colorado Health Symposium.
With a tip of the hat to the movie "National Lampoon's Animal House," we titled this year's debate "Food Fight! Who Gets to Decide What Our Kids Get to Eat?" and turned our panelists loose on the following resolution: "Resolved: Healthy eating is a function of personal choice and should not involve government regulation."
Hank Cardello, a former food-industry executive who now works for the Hudson Institute and favors a market-based approach to combat the obesity epidemic, joined Lisa Katic, an expert in regulatory programs related to nutrition and obesity, in supporting the resolution. Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, teamed up with James O. Hill, founding executive director of the Colorado Center for Health and Wellness, in opposing the resolution.
As in past years, observers were given a hand-held device, enabling them to agree or disagree with the resolution and to identify the panelist who made the most persuasive points. Unlike previous years, when the resolution clearly polarized the pro and con factions on health care issues, our "Food Fight" engendered nuanced disagreement. All of the panelists supported personal responsibility and a government role on food policy. But they didn't concur on the balance.
A former food marketer, Cardello said he views personal responsibility versus regulation through a different lens than the other panelists. He said, "From a marketer's perspective, your boss is the consumer. . . . You tell us what products you like and what you don't like, what you want and what you don't want. And if we don't listen to you, we get into trouble." Cardello said consumers are doing "a pretty good job" telling the industry what they should (and shouldn't) be selling. He noted that over the past decade, consumers have reduced their consumption of soda calories by 25 percent. "[Consumers] are still taking in the same amount of liquid, but the amount of calories they're taking [in] is significantly lower."
While some might say the beverage industry isn't moving fast enough on lowering calories, Cardello maintains it's heading in the right direction. "Diet Coke didn't even exist in 1982; now it's the No. 2 (soft drink) product." He also mentioned that sales of "better-for-you" products sold in fast-food and quick-serve restaurants grew by 400 percent while traditional products declined by 300 percent. Historically, Cardello said, regulation doesn't achieve the goal of reversing obesity rates. Since the government imposed nutritional labeling requirements on packaged foods in the 1990s, Cardello noted that obesity rates have doubled. Overall, he concluded that regulations aren't getting the job done and that any governmental intervention should only come in the form of incentives for the food and beverage industry, not punitive measures. Meanwhile, consumers are "stepping up" demands for healthier food—which the industry is delivering.
"We tried personal responsibility, and obesity grows and grows," said Hill of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. "No doubt, if we leave it to personal responsibility alone, obesity rates are going to continue to go up and up." The fundamental problem, Hill said, is that most of what is convenient and relatively inexpensive is high in sugar and fat and offered in large-portion sizes. "What [that has] done is to create an environment with high rates of obesity," he said. "But guess what? Most people like this environment. . . . They'd like to weigh less, but they aren't really ready to do what it takes."
Hill maintained that he aligned himself with the "disagree" of the resolution ("Resolved: Healthy eating is a function of personal choice and should not involve government regulation."), but his position actually falls somewhere in the middle. "I don't think companies should be regulated strongly, but they're not going to [regulate] themselves. It's just too difficult for them to change." Countering Cardello's free-market position, Hill said that simply making better products available isn't enough. Since the government's ability to regulate food is limited, Hill suggested that governments can lead by example by regulating themselves beginning with banning unhealthy food in government offices, the military, and schools. The government also can encourage food companies to innovate, limit portion sizes, and reduce the energy density of packaged foods by adding more water. "If the industry as a whole did this, we could make a tremendous impact. But somebody [the government] needs to be the referee and make sure we do it fairly." Hill concluded that success in reducing obesity rates is a matter of supply and demand. "It isn't going to work if we don't have healthy foods, and people aren't going to eat healthy foods unless you give them a reason to choose those."
In presenting her position, Katic said she believes in personal choice, but she doesn't think that consumers should be left "on their own without any tools or resources to make better or healthier choices." Instead, Katic favors "empowering" consumers to "make the choices we want them to make." The government can help by raising awareness and providing education. She cited Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign as a "perfect example" of this dynamic at work. In confronting the obesity epidemic, the First Lady brought "all the right players to the table," Katic said.
"The food industry alone certainly can't solve this issue. We all know that obesity is a multifaceted issue and there are a lot of contributors involved," Katic said, listing urban sprawl, transportation, and sedentary work hours among them. "We know, for example, that less than 4 percent of the adults are getting the recommended thirty minutes of physical activity—or more—a day."
Instead of government regulation, Katic encouraged observers to consider effective programs that work with industry to improve nutritional standards. For example, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation brought together different stakeholders to set higher standards on food sold in schools. While the food industry wasn't initially on board with the effort, it became engaged through discussion, negotiation, and debate. As a result of the alliance's groundwork, soft drinks have been removed from 98 percent of the schools in the country—thereby decreasing the available calories in schools by 88 percent. Other advances in schools include reducing sugar and sodium levels while increasing the availability of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. While it's too soon to tell whether these efforts are working, Katic said they represent a step in the right direction.
Among the debaters, Wootan made the most impassioned case for government intervention in the obesity epidemic. "We know an overwhelming majority of Americans are obese or overweight. It's a tremendous burden on people as individuals," Wootan said. "One of the roles of government is to protect citizens from threats—both foreign and domestic. And obesity threatens the health and well-being of Americans." She pointed out that the U.S. Department of Defense is concerned about obesity because a growing number of young people are not fit enough to serve in the military. In business, companies consider the health of the local workforce in determining whether to branch out to new communities.
"Government also has a keen interest in obesity because of its cost," Wootan said. "Obesity costs upwards of $150 billion a year. More than half of that is paid by governments through Medicaid, Medicare and [federal] employee health insurance claims. So, government is already in the business of addressing obesity—they're just mostly in it on the tail end. We leave people to get sick, and then we clean up the mess in a very expensive way."
At the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Wootan said she works to implement policies designed to keep people from getting sick in the first place. Those policies include coordinating efforts to label trans-fat foods, improve school food, reduce junk food marketing aimed at children, and require calorie labeling at fast-food restaurants. "Our food environment has changed dramatically over the last thirty years in a way that makes healthy eating seem like swimming upstream. . . . We are not saying that personal responsibility is not the most important thing, but there is more to it than that. Obesity is a societal problem, and we all have a role to play in addressing it: parents, individuals, health professionals, organizations, food companies, manufacturers of sporting goods, and, of course, government."
Despite nuanced differences of opinion, the nays won with 73 percent of the audience of nearly 200 people voting against the resolution (compared with 56 percent who disagreed with the resolution prior to the start of the debate). The evening's big winners, however, were balance and proportion. Unlike much of the polarized debate occurring in the nation's capital and across the country, where ideological zero-sum gamesmanship rules the day, the Colorado Health Symposium's 2012 "Food Fight" debate demonstrated something different: the value of balance and proportion drawn from the strength of divergent positions.
Watch the video of the Food Fight debate at the Colorado Health Symposium.
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Anybody looking for a great book will love this! It's probably for people aged over 10 but anybody younger who is an avid reader would also enjoy it.
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[edit] Introduction
This is the second part of finishing off your paint job. Doing this will bring out the brilliance, while eliminating all impurities of the paint.
[edit] Basic concept
You've made the decision to finish your ride and it's going to be a show-quality paint job with "THE LOOK". Anyone can achieve the look; all it takes is some basic materials and lots of elbow grease. Sanding and buffing is the icing on the cake. It can be done and you can do it!
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Many car owners underestimate the value of a good wetsand job. It's only when attempting to buff the paint that they discover it's back to the drawing board (usually, they did not do enough wetsanding). So let me instruct you guys and gals in the process of wet sanding. THIS is the way to get a SHOW FINISH as opposed to a "20-20" paint job (looks good 20 feet away at 20 mph).
This method requires the vehicle panels to be straight and solid to begin with, and the paint to have been applied correctly. Start with a fender, side and flat parts and inspect them to see how much you must flatten. Cover all sharp corners with 1/2" masking tape and use 1000 grit wet/dry paper to begin, assuming everything is in very good shape: the clearcoat is flat, color is right, etc.
Use a 5 gallon bucket with a drop of dish soap, then blend it with lukewarm water. The dish soap will act as a wetting agent by removing the surface tension of the water, allowing the water to flow out on the panel instead of beading up. Use a good quality rubber sanding block and sand until the surface is completely flat. Use a 3M squeegee to clean the area, then stand back a little to inspect the sanded surface, and determine if any shine is present. The area must be kept clean and wet so squeegee it off frequently and dip your sanding block into the bucket often. If it's flat, go to the next area.
If the surface is still not flat and lacks a semi-gloss look, continue re-sanding the area until a semi-gloss, flat surface is achieved. The finer the paper, the more gloss to the semi-gloss will be seen. Continue doing this until the entire car is done with 1000. You must repeat this routine with every grit-level of paper you use!!! Now you will do the whole car in 1500, 2000, 2500, and 3000 grit. It will take anywhere from one week to 2 1/2 weeks to get it right. Then you can buff it out with ease using light pressure because the surface is pre-polished and it only takes a bit of buffing to do the rest. So go for it.
[edit] Buffing and polishing pads
There are many different types of buff or polishing heads. After the wetsanding routine all the way through 3000 grit paper, you can use a yellow buff foam pad that is stock with a plastic backing. These can be purchased at any car paint shop. You can trim off at least 1/2" of plastic around the outer back top of the plastic because it can hit the paint when you tilt the buff pad and cause a bad spot in the paint.
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For the buffing compounds, first use a very fine 00-white buffing compound. It makes a mess but it works!
Choose an area to begin on and spread out a one-foot diameter spot of compound/water mix. Use half-speed on the buffer motor to prevent excessive heat build-up and resultant burning of the paint. Use light downward pressure to begin. Be particularly careful with the speed and pressure on higher areas of the panel, like fender creases. You can burn through the paint very easily and ruin the whole job. As the compound begins to dry up, clean off the spot and see how it looks. If it's still dull, wet it and go again with a little more speed. Do not use full speed until you get some experience. It's better to spend more time on a panel at a lower speed than to go full-bore the first time around and burn the paint. Once the gloss begins to come around, put a tablespoon of undiluted compound mix on the spot and buff again, moving the buff around the area back and forth while increasing the speed a little. The area should be very glossy by now.
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One of the side effects of defining a regional literature, like that of the American West, is that inevitably readers will define the work (and thereby the region itself) by the authorial representations of only a handful of writers. Their books represent the few masterpieces that have reached beyond the constrictions of a specific place to connect with readers beyond their territory, and as a result, younger writers are forced to reckon with the great ghosts of the past, whose characters have become the prototypes a national audience expects. Laboring under such weighty expectations, most young writers will fail, producing, at best, works that merely summon the memory of the great book that came before.
Once in a very great while, though, a book comes along that not only embraces the grandmammas and grandpapas that set the standard, but also manages to eke out its own rightful place on the family homestead.
High Country by Willard Wyman represents volume 15 in the Literature of the American West Series (general editor William Kittredge) published by the University of Oklahoma Press, and the only disappointment surrounding this book will be the quiet reception traditionally accorded books published by university presses. Beginning in Depression-era Montana, the novel traces the life of Ty Hardin, who, at 15, leaves his family's failing ranch to apprentice himself to Fenton Pardee, a legendary mule packer in the Montana Rockies. Ty is shy, rail-thin, and more than a little smitten with Pardee's much younger wife, Cody Jo. Despite his uneasiness, though, Ty is a natural with the animals, and the life he begins that season, guiding packed mules across the Swan Range all the way to the Great Divide, is one that will inform every subsequent moment of his life. In one scene, illustrating Ty's first days as a packer, readers begin to sense the importance of his experience:
"The moon lifted and gave Ty a ghostly picture of the country below—the high lakes making darker stains above where the timber began. They rode down, crossing the lake-drainage just as a coyote lifted a cry from high above. Others answered, calling and yipping, making such a racket that the first voice was lost…The Bitterroot was almost forgotten as Ty rode into this new life with these new people."
When packing season ends, Pardee and Cody Jo arrange for Ty to stay in Missoula for high school. Only rarely does he return to the family ranch, choosing instead to stay in town where some of Pardee's well-seasoned workers initiate Ty in matters of sex and alcohol at their favorite local hangout, The Bar of Justice.
Much more than a coming-of-age novel, High Country follows Ty and his newly adopted family through World War II and its aftermath, all the way through to the 1980s. In the footsteps of his mentor, Ty becomes a packing legend in his own right, embracing a path that eventually leads him out of Montana and into the Sierra Nevada.
Early in their friendship, Cody Jo teaches the teenaged Ty to dance, insisting the boy has "natural rhythm." In prose genuine and utterly unpretentious, Wyman mimics that rhythm in his novel's arc, allowing the lives of Ty, Fenton, Cody Jo and others to intertwine and separate. Sex, marriage and death bring the characters close together and force them, often tragically, apart. All the while, Wyman's path remains seamless, straightforward, and so fearless that certain events will leave readers feeling as though their stomachs have dropped to their knees. Wyman's depictions of these lives help to make his book as grand as the mountains of its landscape. As a friend tells Ty, "I think your 'West' is these people. I think it's something inside them—that's 'the West.'"
High Country's book jacket describes Wyman's writing as "in the tradition of Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It." Additionally, the Swan Range of High Country is the setting of A.B. Guthrie Jr.'s The Big Sky. Despite these echoes of the most popular literature of the American West, High Country stands firmly on its own. Perhaps the success is because the packing trade (as opposed to fishing, for instance) hasn't been as thoroughly explored in Western literature before. Or, more directly, perhaps it's because having been a packer and guide in the Bob Marshall Wilderness and the Sierra Nevada for more than 40 years, Wyman knows this West and the people who populate it so well. Either way, he's a writer uninhibited by the masters of his own generation.
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During its prime-time lineup tonight, Fox News -- the chief production facility in the "industry of Obama-bashing" -- gave a mystifying level of attention to remarks critical of U.S. actions in Libya by Nation Of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
To begin the "opinion" portion of Fox's lineup, Glenn Beck spent an inordinate amount of time on Farrakhan's comments:
On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly cited Farrakhan's remarks as evidence of the left's displeasure with Obama's actions in Libya:
On Hannity, guest Cal Thomas openly wondered if Farrakhan's reference to Obama as "brother" was as "a racial brother or is it a religious brother?":
Right-wing media figures have a long history of using Farrakhan and other controversial figures in attempts to smear the president. For the record, the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremist groups in America, has criticized the Nation of Islam "and the deeply racist, anti-Semitic and anti-gay rhetoric of its leaders, including top minister Louis Farrakhan," which have "earned the NOI a prominent position in the ranks of organized hate."
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Journalist Vasil Dabrundashvili of GNS Studio was hunted by a group of seven people declaring themselves to be Media Group representatives during three hours in Zestaponi. They did not allow him to work.
Dabrundashvili said he was working on the video-story about recent intimidation of the Ninth Channel and INFO 9 journalists and he was interviewing a respondent near Zestaponi district police office.
"What do you think about Kakhi Kaladze and his political activities? What do you think about Georgian Dream? How much will they pay you for this story?" these questions were asked to Dabrundashvili by strangers.
"They were chasing me everywhere; they interrupted our conversation, trying to provoke me. I think it is interference into professional activities of a journalist," Dabrundashvili said.
Dabrundashvili said he had applied to the policemen standing thereby for help but they did not respond. He called patrol police. Two crews arrived. The journalist said the patrol police officers were filling in protocol for two hours.
"Finally the patrol police left without asking me to sign the protocol or getting my clarifiations. They said the car of the abusers was declared wanted. However, we detected the car parked 50 meters away from us," Dabrundashvili recalled.
He added the same group had assaulted another journalist of INFO 9 Eka Dugladze too.
"One of the cameramen told me that our footage will be aired on online television ITV.ge, like it happened in Eka Dugladze's case," Dabrundashvili said.
Media.ge could not get in touch with ITV.ge producer Teona Gongladze.
The interference into professional activities of the Channel 9 and INFO 9 journalists by some unidentified individuals declaring themselves to be Real TV, KKinfo.ge (unsearchable online) or Media Group started late in June, 2012.
Seven-member For a week journalist Ekaterine Dugladze of the INFO 9 Zetsaponi bureau was being haunted by a group of seven people equipped with video cameras posing some questions and hindering her professional activities. In Gardabani the KKinfo.ge representatives gave some provocative questions to journalist Nino Basishvili of the INFO 9 agency and did not let her work. In Guria the Real TV journalist was posing provocative questions to journalist Natia Rokva of the Channel 9 Batumi bureau and hindered her professional activities.
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Ms Bharati said that many of them were in touch with her and waiting for the BJP's performance in the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
She said that while one group within the BJP believe in ideology, the other is ready to go to any extent for the sake of power.
The leaders, who believe in ideology would leave BJP and join her party, she said.
Ms Bharati denied that she had any plan to rejoin the BJP.
''There has been no discussion on the issue since April 2006,'' she said adding that neither the BJP had sent any missive to her to join their party nor had she any discussion in this regard with any body since April 2006.
She described the report of her returning to BJP as a conspiracy by some people with vested interest. Ms Bharati said the BJP had already moved away from its ideology and no longer believed in Swadeshi.
Replying to a question, Ms Bharati said she was ready to make alliance with any party, who believed in her ideology like Hinduism, Ram Mandir and Ram Sethu.
She said she would not approach any political party for alliance if any party wanted they could approach "us".
Ms Bharati expressed her shock and regret over the serial bomb blast at Jaipur yesterday which claimed around 70 lives.
She said the central intelligence had the information about it but they did not share it with the state government.
Ms Bharati blamed the US for terrorism and said it happened as US crossed all limits, while dealing with the terrorism but when we wanted to deal with it they put a number of restrictions.
The kind of US policy would definitely disturb international peace, she said.
Terrorists supported by Islamic fundamentalists were creating problem in the country and ''We should fight it unitedly,'' she said.
The Bharatiya Janashakti leaders also demanded provision for reservation for backward classes women within the proposed 33 per cent reservations of seats made for women both in Assembly and Parliament.
Ms Bharati said Orissa is the only coastal state with large number of poor people in the country. People in the state die of hunger which is rich in minerals, diamond, rugby and other valuable minerals.
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The Spiders capped off an incredible decade of success with another double-digit win total, another trip deep into the FCS playoffs and for the fifth time in the past 10 years, finished in the top-10 of the final FCS poll, ranked #8 in the poll, which was released on Monday afternoon.
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Criminal Law Society presents "Innocent on Death Row" co-spsonsored by the ACLU, Human Rights Law Society, National Lawyers Guild, and Witness to Innocence
Randy Steidl was an average, hard-working guy from a small farming community in southern Illinois. When questioned about the 1986 murders of newlyweds Dyke and Karen Rhoads, Randy assumed the police were questioning many people in the area. He did not know either of the victims but cooperated with the police and gave a corroborated alibi for the night of the murders. It was a shock when he and a friend were arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death within 90 days.
Randy had poor representation, no DNA evidence against him, and witnesses who fabricated testimony against him due to police misconduct. He spent 12 years on death row trying to prove his innocence. Through the involvement of Center for Wrongful Convictions, a new sentencing hearing resulted in a sentence of life without parole in 1999. The center continued the fight for Randy's freedom for almost 5 more years.
An investigation by Illinois State police proved that local law enforcement and prosecutors had framed Randy and co-defendant Herbert Whitlock. The real person responsible was Karen Rhoads' employer, a man whose major campaign contributions to the governor's office made this case "too politically sensitive." The governor ordered the investigation against him to cease. In 2003, federal judge Michael McCuskey overturned Randy's conviction and ordered a new trial, stating that if the proper evidence had been originally investigated and presented it was "reasonably probable" that Randy would have been acquitted by the jury. The state re- investigated the case, tested DNA evidence, and found no link to Randy. State Attorney General Lisa Madigan did not appeal the ruling and Edgar County prosecutors did not retry the case.
On May 28, 2004 – after 17 years, 3 months and 3 weeks of wrongful imprisonment – Randy was released, escorted by his wife Patty, his mother Bobbie, and his brother, Rory – an Illinois policeman of 25 years. "I'm laying this cross down today," Randy said after leaving Danville Correction Center. "I'm not carrying it any more." His faith in God and the constant support of his family gave him strength and enabled him to "not let the system turn me into what they think I am, or what they wanted me to be while I was in prison."
Randy became the 18th person to be freed because of a wrongful conviction after serving time on the state's death row since Illinois reinstated the death penalty in 1977. He has been adjusting to his new life and working in the manufacturing business. Randy Steidl's strong witness helped to abolish capital punishment in New Mexico when he recently testified before the state senate. When Governor Bill Richardson, a longtime proponent of the death penalty, signed legislation repealing New Mexico's death penalty on March 18, 2009, he spoke at length about wrongful convictions and the possibility of executing an innocent person as his primary reasons for his decision to sign the bill. Randy seeks to become more active in the movement against the death penalty as he believes that "one innocent life lost by execution is not worth ten guilty persons being executed."
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2005: Lutui, a 2004 starter, will battle for starting time at right offensive tackle as a senior in 2005.
2004: Lutui, who came to USC in the fall of 2005 as a heralded junior college transfer, started all season at right offensive tackle as a junior in 2004 and did a fine job.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: He was named to the 2003 J.C. Grid-Wire All-American first team, National Junior College Athletic Association All-American first team, Super Prep JUCO 100 and All-Western States Football League first team as a sophomore offensive lineman at Snow Junior College in Ephraim (Utah). Snow went 9-1 and tied for fourth in the final NJCAA poll.
He spent his 2002 freshman season at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College.
He originally signed with Utah in 2002, but did not qualify for admission.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior two-way lineman at Mesa (Ariz.) High in 2001, he was a Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best of the Rest, All-State, All-Region and All-Conference selection.
As a junior in 2000, he made All-State, All-Region and All-Conference.
PERSONAL: He's a sociology major at USC. He was married in July of 2004 and his wife's name is Pua. Their son, Inoke Liuaki Moeltau ("Return a champion"), was born on Jan. 5, 2005, the day after USC's win in the 2005 Orange Bowl. His brother, Sam, was an assistant football coach at Southern Utah, where he also started on the line in 1995 and 1996. He is related to current BYU players T.J. Sitake and David Tafuna and former Cougar Ofa Mohetau. His nickname is "Deuce". He was born in Ha'api, Tonga.
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is a flagship nutrition education program funded by USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. Since 1969, EFNEP has worked in local Texas communities providing food and nutrition education to vulnerable limited resource families and youth. Today the program is located in eleven counties: Bexar, Cameron, Dallas, El Paso, Harris, Hidalgo, Kleberg, Nueces, Tarrant, Travis, and Willacy. Trained EFNEP educators teach basic nutrition, food safety, shopping on a budget, and food preparation skills to clients using hands-on activities and practical, easy-to-understand materials.
Last updated: 16 January, 2015
Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.


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Factors Affecting Hop Production, Quality, and Brewer Preferenceby Alfred Haunold and Gail B. Nickerson
Republished from BrewingTechniques' May/June 1993.
Declining yields of traditional noble aroma hops and the demands of modern production methods are leading hop producers to seek new varieties that retain the qualities of these popular hops while increasing their yield. Meanwhile, high-alpha bittering hops are increasingly being used solely for their bittering contributions. This review of the qualities of commercially available hops sheds light on the hop production scene and puts modern brewers' hop use in a new perspective.
Remarkable similarities and sometimes conspicuous differences distinguish hop varieties developed in major hop-producing countries during the past 50 years. Modern hops have been developed to satisfy both the demands of producers for improved yields and disease resistance and the demands of brewers for improved soft-resin content, aroma, and storage stability.
The trade generally recognizes two major groups: bitter or "kettle hops," and aroma hops. At least 50 major varieties of hops are grown around the world. All contain soft resins (alpha and beta acids) that contribute bitterness and components that contribute aroma, but the actual amounts and relative proportions of these compounds differ significantly from variety to variety.
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the three states in the United States where hops are grown commercially, produced marketable quantities of hops from 15 varieties on 42,266 acres in 1992 (Table I). Many, particularly the newer varieties, produced outstanding yields, while others lagged far behind in production. Some had high bittering potential with high levels of alpha acids, and others were relatively low in bittering value. Among the 15 varieties listed in Table I, 6 are valued primarily for their aroma potential, 5 for their alpha-acids potential, 3 for a combination of alpha-acids and aroma potential, and 1 (Cluster) for a combination of positive traits suitable for a variety of general brewing applications.
CHOOSING AMONG VARIETIESThe question of why brewers prefer certain hop varieties has been discussed for many years. Most brewers agree that a certain level of hop bitterness is essential to their beer. Some insist that it makes little difference where this bitterness comes from, while others distinguish between the "harsh" and "mild" bitterness associated with specific hop varieties and demand pleasant aroma, which they hope ends up - at least partially - in the finished product. The type of hop bitterness ("harsh" or "mild") may be associated with the relative proportions of alpha-acid analogs such as humulone and cohumulone (1). However, as major U.S. brewers reduced their hopping rates, taste perceptions associated with bittering quality became less important.
Many traditional brewers continue to prefer traditional, mildly bitter European noble aroma hops, such as Saazer, Tettnanger, Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, and perhaps Goldings and Fuggle, for their pleasant aroma characteristics and despite their relatively low alpha-acids content. Unfortunately, nearly all old aroma hop varieties produce low yields, which makes them unattractive for hop growers unless substantial price incentives are offered. In addition, many are susceptible to diseases such as downy mildew (incited by Pseudoperonospora humuli), powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca humuli Burr.), and Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum and V. dahliae), which makes them difficult and expensive to grow. Thus, the acreage devoted to growing most traditional noble aroma hops and the supply of these hops to the market has either declined in recent years or remained steady while demand has increased. Hop breeders have attempted to improve the yield potential of these hops by either selecting higher yielding clones by mass selection (2) or by breeding new varieties similar in quality to the older, traditional varieties but with improved yield potential and disease resistance (3-6).
FACTORS AFFECTING HOP PRODUCTIONWhy are the yields of many old aroma hops so low? All hop varieties originally started as seedlings from a cross or from a mutation following a cross. Over the years, yields of old varieties may have declined because of the introduction of off-types by careless planting or because of a lack of adequate resistance to diseases such as downy mildew, Verticillium wilt, or viruses. Selection and propagation of vigorous plants (mass selection) within an existing variety may lead to a more uniform new "variety" with higher yield potential; technically, however, such plants are only clones of the original variety obtained by vegetative propagation.
Hybrid vigor, a phenomenon often observed in the seedling progenies of many crops, is probably at least partly responsible for the higher yield potential of the new hop varieties listed in Table I. After many years and repeated cycles of vegetative propagation, however, hybrid vigor gradually declines. Most traditional European noble aroma hops were selected over 100 years ago, and it is reasonable and expected that their vigor and yield have declined over the years.
These old varieties were also developed when hops were hand-picked in the field without cutting the vines. Cutting the vines at harvest weakens the plant for the following season because it disrupts the translocation of food reserves to the perennial rootstock. Older hop varieties selected under a no-cutting regime are probably more adversely affected by modern machine harvesting techniques than are new varieties that were selected under those conditions.
Geographic area and season: Geographic area, the season, and specific microclimates affect the performance of a hop variety from the standpoints of both agronomics and quality. Relatively few hop varieties are widely adapted to and produce acceptable yields in a range of environments.
The alpha-acids content of the German variety Perle, for example, is 3-4% higher in Oregon than in Bavaria where the hop was developed. The U.S.-bred Nugget regularly has alpha-acids levels of 11-15% by weight in Oregon and Washington but only 10-12% in Germany, despite good cone production in both locations. Cascade, selected in Oregon, generally contains more alpha than beta acids when grown in Oregon but slightly more beta than alpha acids when grown in the Yakima Valley of Washington. Although the total level of alpha acids may fluctuate somewhat between seasons and locations, the alpha-acids composition of most varieties, as indicated by the relative proportion of major alpha-acids components such as humulone and cohumulone, changes relatively little, regardless of area of production or season (7).
The aroma and particularly the total quantities of major hop aroma components, such as humulene, caryophyllene, farnesene, and others in the essential oil, are affected by climate, but the relative proportions of these components vary relatively little, regardless of the area of production or the season. An aroma hop will always have its typical characteristics, regardless of where or when it was grown. The virus-free Saazer hop grown in northern Idaho is a typical Saazer, with yield potential and alpha-acids content enhanced by its virus-free status and favorable growing conditions. Although most of the nearly 300 compounds in hop essential oils are lost during brewing, some are found as transformation products in the finished beer in proportions related to the variety and hopping rate used by the brewer (8,9).
Seeded vs. Seedless hops: Most hops around the world are propagated by cuttings, are grown in the absence of male plants, and therefore are seedless. Growers would love to plant 2-4 male plants per acre, which would increase yields by as much as 25% because pollination stimulates the growth of the cone (Figure 1) and adds weight in the form of seeds. The seed coat, or perianth, is maternal tissue, and it also develops resin glands identical to those found on the bracteoles of the cones. Thus, the total soft-resin production of seeded hops on a per-acre basis is somewhat higher than that of seedless hops because of both the larger cone size and additional lupulin glands on the seed coat. The relative alpha-acids content expressed as a percentage of weight, however, is slightly lower in seeded than in seedless hops because of the dilutive effect of larger cone size and higher yields (10).
Oregon is one of only a few major hop-growing areas around the world whose customers still accept semiseeded hops; yields of seedless Fuggle and Tettnanger, two old European aroma hops grown commercially in Oregon, are too low for commercial production. Increasingly, however, the trade demands reduced seed content for Oregon hops below the traditional 6-8% currently allowed. This demand poses no problem for triploid varieties such as Willamette, Mt. Hood, and Liberty, which are genetically sterile and produce few if any seeds. Nearly sterile triploid males, which stimulate growth to produce larger cones without producing unwanted seeds, have been used in recent years to stimulate yields of diploid hops without affecting cone quality (10). Because of the chromosomal imbalance of triploids at meiosis (11), fertilization is impaired and only an occasional seed develops.
It is technically difficult to demonstrate why seeded whole hops could pose a problem for the brewer who practices traditional kettle brewing. The seeds are not crushed, and little if any seed fat is leached from intact hop seeds. Barley malt or grain adjuncts contribute far greater quantities of seed fats to the brew. Experienced taste panels, however, seem to be able to detect differences among test brews made with seeded or seedless hops. These differences, however, are not consistently in favor of seedless hops, although many traditional brewers are biased in that direction.
Seeded hops may, however, pose a problem for hop processors. When hops are ground to make powders, pellets, or extracts, seed fats leach out at various processing stages and ultimately can end up in the beer. To overcome this problem, processors developed elaborate deseeding techniques, and most processed hop products today contain little hop seed fats. The added expense of deseeding, passed on to the consumer, may be avoided by growing seedless hops. Recent sales contracts for high-alpha and aroma hops in Oregon emphasize reduced seed content.
THE CHEMISTRY BEHIND BITTERNESS AND AROMAAlpha-acids composition: Hop varieties differ significantly in relative proportions of humulone, cohumulone, and adhumulone, the three major alpha-acid analogs. Humulone and cohumulone levels vary inversely, and the level of adhumulone varies relatively little and generally accounts for only 8-15% of the alpha acids present. Traditional European aroma hops have low levels of cohumulone (17-24% of their alpha acids), whereas Cluster hops have a cohumulone content ranging from 38% to 42%, the highest among hops used for brewing. As much as 90% of the alpha-acids content of native North American hops occurs as cohumulone (12), and it is not known whether such hops have ever been used for brewing. Nugget, a new American high-alpha hop, has about 25% cohumulone in its alpha-acids fraction, which approaches the levels found in European-type aroma hops (13). Nugget, however, is valued primarily as a bittering hop because of its high alpha-acids content and the good storage stability of its soft resins.
Surprisingly, users of high-alpha hops have been little concerned with alpha-acids composition. There is no clear consensus regarding the relative bittering potential of the major alpha-acid analogs, which differ not only in chemical structure but also in physical characteristics (1,14). Low cohumulone content, however, seems to be favorable for head retention (1).
Composition of hop essential oils: Among the nearly 300 components of hop essential oils, relatively few appear to have any significance for beer flavor (Figure 2 and Table II). Myrcene, the largest component, generally accounts for 40-70% of the total oil content, depending on variety, but is readily oxidized and lost after harvest. Myrcene is generally present in lower quantities in aroma hops than in high-alpha hops. Humulene, generally present in large quantities in older traditional aroma hops (18-25% of the oil), undergoes transformation reactions to form epoxides and other oxidation products that contribute to beer aroma (8,9). The sesquiterpenes cadinene, selinene, and muurolene and their various oxidation products, often referred to as posthumulenes, may contribute to hoppy beer flavor in ways not yet fully understood.
Perhaps because of the relatively low hopping rate of many major commercial American beers, hoppy flavor is less obvious in many major brands than in microbrewery products. When high-alpha hops or hop extracts are used to obtain the basic bitterness, hoppy flavor may be further reduced because fewer hops are required to achieve the final bitterness.
INTERCHANGEABILITYIf a brewer is primarily concerned with bitterness, and particularly if the brewer uses high-alpha hops and the soft-resin extracts made from them, the varietal origin of the bitterness is of no concern. Several major brewers buy hops primarily on the basis of alpha content, regardless of varietal origin or alpha-acids composition, and they achieve a consistent level of quality in their beer. Others carefully select specific hop varieties grown in certain geographic areas with additional considerations given to growing season, farm management, and hop storage.
Alpha-acids content of specific hop varieties does make a difference, but if bittering is the primary objective, the variety with the highest alpha-acids content is probably the most cost-effective one, regardless of alpha-acid composition. A brewer might select bitter hops and use them interchangeably without fear of affecting the quality of the product. Such a brewer might also use a combination of bitterness plus aroma obtained from either a single variety or from varietal blends.
Traditional aroma hop users, however, focus their attention on low-alpha aroma hops. Within the aroma group, some varieties are more easily interchangeable than others. Tettnanger, Spalter, and Saazer, for example, are considered to be in the "Saazer Formenkreis" ("Saazer group of varieties") (15). These hops can be used interchangeably, although some traditional brewmasters hesitate to do so. Cascade, on the other hand, contains some aroma components not found in the same proportions in other aroma hops (Table II). Although Cascade was initially evaluated as a supplement for Fuggle, it soon became evident that its use had to be selective to avoid detectable changes in the flavor profile of established brands of beer. One major brewer and several microbrewers, however, established a successful specialty niche by using Cascade as a primary flavoring hop. Willamette, a triploid aroma hop developed from Fuggle, can readily be substituted for Fuggle despite its slightly higher alpha-acids content, which may even be an added bonus for the brewer (3).
Production of the traditional Hallertauer Mittelfrueh has declined significantly in Germany because of Verticillium wilt and low yields (4,16). The new German aroma hops Hallertauer Tradition and Spalter Select are now being evaluated by traditional aroma hop users who have found them to be comparable to traditional aroma hops in brewing performance (17). The oil chromatogram of the new American aroma hop Mt. Hood (5) is virtually indistinguishable from that of Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, and its slightly higher soft-resin content and composition resembles that of both Hallertauer Mittelfrueh and Hersbrucker, two traditional German aroma hops that have been used interchangeably in recent years, particularly whe1n Hallertauer Mittelfrueh was in short supply.
Because major users of aroma hops are likely to be blend brewers, it probably makes little difference if Saazer or Spalter hops are replaced by Tettnanger as long as the relative proportion in the blend remains unchanged. Experienced taste panels might notice some differences that may also be associated with minor variations in soft resins and their oxidation products, but the consumer is unlikely to detect any differences. A prime example is the folpet fungicide scare of 1986-1987, when large quantities of Saazer hops could not be imported to the United States because of fungicide residues for which there was no tolerance. Apparently, Saazer hops were successfully replaced in commercial brewery blends by Tettnanger and other aroma hops with similar brewing characteristics, and consumers detected no taste or flavor differences in the beer.
ON THE HORIZONRecent efforts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Hop Research Program at Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) are directed toward developing higher yielding Hallertauer Mittelfrueh-, Tettnanger-, and Saazer-type hops that resemble their parents so closely that their flavor and taste contributions to the finished product are virtually indistinguishable (4). The approach is to start with a regular diploid Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, Tettnanger, or Saazer hop with 20 chromosomes (2n = 2x = 20), to double the chromosome number by colchicine treatment (18) to obtain a tetraploid (2n = 4x = 40), and to cross the tetraploid with a male diploid hop having similar quality characteristics to obtain a triploid with 30 chromosomes (2n = 3x = 30). Two-thirds of the genetic contribution of the triploid seedling comes from the mother. Thus, the probability of finding a higher yielding type with quality characteristics very similar to those of the mother plant is increased.
Two new triploid Hallertauer types - Mt. Hood and Liberty - have been released thus far (5,6). Mt. Hood reportedly is now used by some brewers to supplement certain imported aroma hops. Liberty is in expanded brewing trials.
Triploid Tettnanger and Saazer types are now in various stages of field and laboratory testing. Their higher yield potential should guarantee not only increased availability but also reduced cost relative to imports. All should be suitable for replacing some traditional European aroma hops. Their higher yield potential will also guarantee a reliable supply of such hops in the future.
Traditional conservative brewers will always have an appreciation for the mystique of a Saazer, Spalter, or Tettnanger hop that "must be part of the blend." There is no logical reason, however, why a higher yielding hop cannot be created today that is equal to the ideal in most respects and also available in sufficient quantities at reasonable cost.
REFERENCES(1) F.L. Rigby, "A Theory on the Hop Flavor of Beer," Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. Proceedings, pp. 36-50 (1972).
(2) V. Rybacek, Hop Production. Phylogenesis of Varieties and Subvarieties. Developments in Crop Science 16 (Elsevier Publishing Company, New York, 1991), pp. 71-78.
(3) A. Haunold, S.T. Likens, C.E. Horner, G.B. Nickerson, and C.E. Zimmermann, "Columbia and Willamette, Two New Aroma Hop Varieties," Brewer's Digest 52, 36-39 (1977).
(4) A. Haunold and G.B. Nickerson, "Development of a Hop with European Aroma Characteristics," J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. 45, 146-151 (1987).
(5) A. Haunold and G.B. Nickerson, "Mt. Hood, a New American Noble Aroma Hop," J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. 48, 115-118 (1990).
(6) A. Haunold, G.B. Nickerson, U. Gampert, and P.A. Whitney, "Registration of Liberty Hop," Crop Sci. 32, 1071 (1992).
(7) G.B. Nickerson, P.A. Williams, and A. Haunold, "Varietal Differences in the Proportions of Cohumulone, Adhumulone, and Humulone in Hops," J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. 44, 91-94 (1986).
(8) V.E. Peacock and M.L. Deinzer, "Chemistry of Hop Aroma in Beer," J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. 39, 136-141 (1981).
(9) G.B. Nickerson and E.L. Van Engel, "Hop Aroma Component Profile and the Aroma Unit," J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. 50, 77-81 (1992).
(10) A. Haunold and G.B. Nickerson, "Hop Yield Stimulation by Triploid Males under Field Conditions," Crop Sci. 19, 27-31 (1979).
(11) A. Haunold, "Meiotic Chromosome Behavior and Pollen Fertility of a Triploid Hop, Humulus Lupulus L.," Crop Sci. 14, 849-852 (1974).
(12) A. Haunold, G.B. Nickerson, U. Gampert, P.A. Whitney, and R.O. Hampton, "Agronomic and Quality Characteristics of Native North American Hops," J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. (in press).
(13) A. Haunold, S.T. Likens, G.B. Nickerson, and S.T. Kenny, "Nugget, a New Hop Cultivar with High Alpha-Acids Potential," J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. 42, 62-64 (1984).
(14) K. Wackerbauer and U. Balzer, "Hop Bitter Compounds in Beer, Part I. Changes in the Composition of Bitter Substances during Brewing," Brauwelt International, pp. 144-148 (1992).
(15) H. Kohlmann and A. Kastner, Der Hopfen (Hopfenverlag Wolnzach, Germany, 1975), pp. 34-41.
(16) F. Gmelch and G. Rossbauer, "Hop Varieties in the Federal Republic," Annual Report (German Society for Hop Research, Huell, Germany, 1991), pp. 5-7.
(17) L. Narziss, "The New Hop Varieties," Hopfenrundschau International, pp. 18-25 (1992).
(18) A. Haunold, "Detailed Explanation of the Triploid Hop Breeding Program," Brewer's Digest 63, 40-41 (1988).
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