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I3C and DIM for Breast & Prostate Cancer Prevention
Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
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Renewed scientific interest in the cancer preventing properties of cruciferous vegetables has gripped the scientific community in the past few years. When digested, cruciferous vegetables, produce a variety of sulfur rich metabolites. Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and diindolylmethane (DIM) are especially important. I3C and DIM exhibit great potential for the prevention and part of the treatment for breast and prostate cancer. They may provide specific benefit in risk reduction for these cancers when associated with being overweight, which typically involves the most aggressive forms of breast and prostate cancer. This review brings you up to date on the current state of the science.
Epidemiologic studies, while sometimes inconclusive, support the intake of cruciferous vegetables for the prevention of breast and prostate cancer. U.S. researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute found that intake of cruciferous vegetables in premenopausal women was inversely associated with the risk of breast cancer. The researchers concluded, "cruciferous vegetables may play an important role in decreasing the risk of premenopausal breast cancer."
Researchers at Yale University found that men with the highest intake of cruciferous vegetables cut their risk for spreading and aggressive prostate cancer in half. These men had two or more servings of cruciferous vegetables per week, mostly broccoli and cauliflower.
Cruciferous vegetables contain sulfur rich glucosinolates that need to go through an enzymatic reaction before producing the cancer fighting I3C and DIM. The enzyme that does this is called myrosinase, which is actually part of cruciferous vegetables. When you cut or chew a cruciferous vegetable the enzyme comes in contact with the glucosinolates, starting the formation process of I3C and DIM. DIM is actually two I3C molecules connected together during the digestive process.
Unfortunately, various factors may reduce the cancer fighting potency of cruciferous vegetables. Boiling, steaming, and microwaving can reduce the activity of the myrosinase enzyme. Because glucosinolates are water soluble they are readily leeched into the water when cruciferous vegetables are boiled, reducing their content up to 58 percent. Due to these factors, eating cruciferous vegetables raw or lightly sautéing them will help maximize the amount of I3C and DIM that may be formed.
Fortunately, dietary supplements of I3C and DIM can provide high levels of these potent nutrients in a single and convenient capsule, wherein one capsule contains far more I3C and DIM than a serving of cruciferous vegetables.
I3C, DIM & Breast Cancer
The buzz about I3C and DIM got started a number of years ago when it was found that they directly influenced estrogen metabolism so as to make estrogen less problematic in terms of breast cancer risk. Estradiol can be metabolized to 16alpha—hydroxyestrone (16αOHE) or 2-hydroxyestrone (2OHE). If too much estrogen goes down the 16aOHE pathway it is considered "bad" because it can stimulate the growth of breast cancer. Balancing this potential issue is the 2OHE estrogen pathway, which is called "good" because it offers protection against breast cancer. Women with breast cancer are known to have higher levels of the "bad" 16aOHE. The ratio of good to bad is a primary indicator of breast cancer risk, a relationship that has also been demonstrated in postmenopausal women.
Researchers demonstrated in women at risk for breast cancer that a dose of 300 mg – 400 mg per day of I3C can significantly change the ratio of estrogen metabolism, reducing the bad and boosting the good. Doses of 200 mg or less were not effective. Other researchers using similar doses confirmed that I3C boosted 2OHE production while lowering 16aOHE as well as lowering estradiol and estrone. A recent human trial has again documented the ability of I3C to favorably impact estrogen metabolism in both pre- and postmenopausal women.
Not all women have imbalanced "good" and "bad" estrogen metabolism. Too much bad estrogen metabolism can be predicted by high estrogenic menstrual cycles (heavier blood flow, cramps, headaches) as well as cyst formation or endometriosis. Postmenopausal women with a prior history like this are also likely to have imbalanced estrogen metabolism. Any woman with an at-risk breast cancer profile, including family history, will want to minimize the likelihood that estrogen metabolism can go awry. And remember that all of these risk factors are increased if a woman is overweight.
The cancer fighting potential of I3C and DIM is not limited to estrogen imbalance. The scientific case that these compounds can inhibit breast cancer directly via multiple mechanisms has been building for more than a decade.
In 1998 University of California, Berkley researchers injected I3C directly into breast cancer cells. I3C halted the cancer cell division by blocking cancer cell DNA duplication. This lead to another study by the same researchers to see if the I3C was as effective as Tamoxifen, which carries numerous undesirable side effects. They injected the first group of human breast cancer cells with I3C, a second with Tamoxifen, and a third with I3C and Tamoxifen. The cells injected with Tamoxifen alone experienced a 60 percent inhibition in DNA synthesis, the cells injected with I3C had a 90 percent inhibition, and the combination had a 95 percent reduction. These studies support the use of I3C for the prevention of a recurrence of breast cancer.
Numerous human, animal, and cell studies followed and continue to this day, showing that I3C and DIM are potent nutrients to protect female health. This body of science was reviewed by the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center, a place where state-of-the-art gene related cancer research and nutrition takes place. Their scientists concluded, "Numerous studies have indicated that I3C also has a strong hepatoprotective activity against various carcinogens. Initial clinical trials in women have shown that I3C is a promising agent against breast and cervical cancers."
As explained in the above study by MD Anderson researchers, I3C and DIM have been proven to help protect against the human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. HPV is a common vaginal infection that is transferable to the mouth of men via oral sex and has been implicated in the dramatic rise in throat cancer in men.
I3C, DIM & Prostate Cancer
The same research group at Berkley also proved that I3C has powerful prostate cancer killing ability. In 2003 they demonstrated that I3C could directly interact with prostate cancer cells and kill them. They also showed that I3C lowered the production of prostate specific antigen (PSA). In 2005 they proved that I3C directly interacts with the androgen receptor to reduce spreading of prostate cancer. A finding of this nature is quite important, as I reviewed in an earlier feature length article, Prostate Cancer & the Androgen Receptor – A Clearer Picture of the Problem. In 2009 this research group published a detailed review of the science supporting the use of I3C and DIM relating to breast and prostate cancer.
Researchers at Wayne State University School of Medicine have also done extensive research on I3C, DIM, and prostate cancer. This is what they had to say, "The results from our laboratory and from others provide ample evidence for the benefit of I3C and DIM for the prevention and the treatment of prostate cancer."
Overweight, I3C, DIM & Cancer
As a person gains weight hormonal signaling systems become confused. Insulin does not work properly, which results in insulin resistance. The structure of insulin is very close to the structure of growth hormone. In fact, growth hormone signaling is referred to as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). When insulin and insulin-like signaling get confused, bad things can happen. Growth hormone, instead of repairing your body and keeping it young, can actually help cancer grow. Both breast and prostate cancer seek to hijack IGF-1 signaling to fuel their growth. While this is not necessarily the cause for the cancer, it is an important cofactor required for the growth and spread of the cancer. Hijacking IGF-1 signaling is easier in the already confused metabolism of an overweight person, which is why the more overweight people are, the more at risk they are for aggressive breast or prostate cancer.
Research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture now shows that part of the anti-cancer activity of I3C and DIM is the reduction in inappropriate excess signaling of IGF-1. This finding may have widespread application value for many types of cancer that hijack IGF-1 as part of their spreading process.
A fascinating new area of research is studying the impact of I3C on obesity. Animal studies are showing that I3C has a direct impact on white adipose tissue, boosting adiponectin to reduce insulin resistance while lowering triglycerides and leptin, in turn preventing weight gain from a high fat diet.
A second study by this research group found that I3C could reduce the inflammation associated with a high fat diet while propping up the ability of fat burning genes to work better. This study helped expand the understanding of the multiple beneficial mechanisms I3C contributes toward preventing weight gain or helping weight loss.
Collectively, these studies indicate that I3C and DIM play a protective role against the undesirable metabolic effects of obesity that contribute to breast and prostate cancer risk. Furthermore, they may actually help weight loss. Regardless, they offer protection to an overweight person.
I3C and DIM now have adequate science to support their use in the prevention of breast and prostate cancer, especially in those who are overweight and have issues with hormone imbalance. In women this means issues of estrogen surplus. In men this means prostate swelling or elevated PSA. Plus, it is a top choice nutrient to help prevent a recurrence for any person who has had breast or prostate cancer.
The wide array of gene signaling influenced by these compounds to reduce inflammation and improve hormonal communication is fascinating. Certainly, everyone should have several servings of cruciferous vegetables as part of their diet each week.
It is certainly nice to know that a simple capsule of I3C and DIM can provide the equivalent of 5-10 servings of cruciferous veggies. If you don't eat these veggies you could simply take one or two capsules per week. If you want therapeutic support then women need 400 mg of I3C per day and men need 600 mg.
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There is a forum for antique machines and a Southbend specific forum too.
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With only two days until its world premiere, NBC released the full soundtrack to its production of "The Sound of Music" on Tuesday (December 3).
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Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Sound of Music" follows a young woman as she leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to children of a Naval officer widower.
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If there's one word that sums up Panasonic's 2012 so far, it's "pragmatic". For the Japanese brand has not only given LCD technology as much weight in its latest range as plasma, it has also set aside its previous stridently-voiced distaste for passive 3D and launched no less than five passive sets of its own.
The smallest of these passive sets, the 32in Panasonic L32ET5, is the subject of our attentions today. And this immediately presents us with a potential problem.
The thing is, as we've argued before - such as in our recent review of the Sony 32HX753 - we just don't really "get" 3D on a screen as small as 32in. For us, 3D only really becomes effective when it's big enough to fill as much of our field of view as possible. And even in a small living room 32in is unlikely to be enough to remotely dominate anyone's line of sight.
That said, we're willing to cut passive 3D 32in sets like the Panasonic L32ET5 more slack than we are active ones. For starters, the TV's passive nature means that it ships with no less than four pairs of glasses included as standard, whereas all but the most high end sets in Panasonic's active 3D range come with no glasses included at all.
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This matters because it immediately makes the L32ET5's 3D approach a better financial fit for the sort of relatively casual user likely to be buying a 32in TV, since they don't to cough up potentially hundreds of pounds extra for optional active 3D glasses.
Anyone seeking to watch 3D on a 32in TV is also unlikely to be bothered much, meanwhile, by the passive format's slightly less detailed images versus active ones. And finally, having four pairs of 3D glasses included from the off syncs rather nicely with the set's potential as a second-room gaming TV, allowing groups of friends to play 3D games together without any further expenditure required.
The passive format also fits well with smaller screen sizes because it tends to make 3D images to look brighter than the active 3D format does, and brightness is almost always an issue with relatively small-screen TVs. Furthermore, passive 3D tends to support wider horizontal viewing angles and is easier to watch in bright light (due to its freedom from flicker), features that again chime perfectly with the relatively casual way in which a 32in TV is likely to be used.
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It looked as if the Boston red Sox were going to make a comeback, but that was not the case on Wednesday when they lost to the Oakland Athletics. The game ended 6-4 after some great hitting by Oakland set them out of reach for Boston.
The game came down to fielding and hitting. Playing against a team such as the Red Sox, no matter what state they are in, is always a challenge. One of the best teams in baseball did not get it's reputation by losing games. Due to injuries that have crippled their abilities, they have been taking some serious losses recently.
Oakland is just another team that has stepped in and taken advantage of them, even though this was a tough game, they still dominated. A great home run from Matt Watson helped his team win on Wednesday. Incidentally, it was his MLB first ever. Oakland claims it's third straight series with this victory against the Red Sox.
Taking the Red Sox at the plate, Gonzalez (9-6) pitched six innings for the win. He proved that no matter what, quality pitching prevails. Hammering the strike zone he allowed four runs and seven hits against a very formidable opponent. Performances such as these are what set teams like the Athletics up in the season.
Consistency, a strong fundamental baseball game with no flashy ineffective plays landed the Athletics the win. Michael Wuertz had a perfect ninth for his second save. Starting off on a nice stretch there, the way things are lining up, he could have any more before the year is out.
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On Wednesday, March 12, the Georgia Senate passed H.B. 702, a bill designed to place a Ten Commandments monument within the state capitol building or on its grounds. The bill previously passed the Georgia House. In addition to the Ten Commandments, the proposed granite monument will also contain the preamble to the Georgia Constitution (which states in part that the people of Georgia rely "upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God") and the "part of the Declaration of Independence which states that 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'"
Note: the monument will not include the entirely secular preamble to the U.S. Constitution, as described in the bill's summary on first reading and as reported incorrectly by numerous news sources. The original version of the bill did call for inclusion of the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, but that was swapped for the portion of the Declaration of Independence that refers to "a Creator." Yet the sponsor of the bill, Rep. Greg Morris (R-Vidalia), denied, with a straight face, any religious intent behind his proposed monument.
If enacted into law, this bill would be a clear and egregious violation of the separation between state and church. In reaction to the passage of H.B. 702, Erwin Chemerinsky, First Amendment legal scholar and distinguished attorney in the landmark Supreme Court decision Van Orden v. Perry, noted, "the Supreme Court has . . . made clear that putting up new Ten Commandments monuments, when the purpose is so clearly to advance religion, violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment."
The Georgia legislature needs to stop wasting time imagining new, creative ways to memorialize the Christian god and get back to work!
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danskeman wrote:Assuming this is so you can connect tablet to TV, I use a chromecast (you could use miracast as well) so you dont need fiddly cables at all.
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Some reviewers of this product haven't realised the EZMirror (hardware Miracast) mode is not the same as EZCast Mirror (software mirroring) mode and get crap performance so make sure if you get one that you set it to use EZMirror.
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I just bought a BMW future car cover for my 2013 328i sedan. It fits nice and took a moment with help of a friend to figure the best way to put it on. For anyone out their getting one of these covers consider these few minor details: No eyelets so no cable lock. although it would be easy for a thief to take any car cover locked or not. This is a form fitted cover so it does not just drape over the car. A good tip for putting it on easily is to unfold the cover on the car and just fit each side of the cars rear view mirrors into their respective fitted pockets. Once this is done, pull the front portion over the hood and grill, then do the same for the back half of the car. I dont feel like this is an extremely durable cover..only time will tell.
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Tiny pillows of marinated goat cheese are wrapped in a skin of prosciutto and baked, which is when the alchemy begins. The chèvre gets puffy; its belly goes pudgy. In contrast, the prosciutto thins, stiffens, and dries, becoming a lacquered shell that cracks tinnily between the teeth. Although it is perfectly fine to assemble the ingredients ahead, don't let the bundles linger after baking or the contrasts will diminish as they sit.
1 log (8 ounces) fresh chèvre cheese
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic, jarred or fresh
1 ounce prosciutto, cut into 8 paper-thin slices
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Cut the cheese in 8 rounds. Combine the oil and garlic, and dip the cheese into the mixture, turning the rounds to coat them evenly. Wrap each round of cheese with a slice of prosciutto and place on a sheet pan. Bake for 5 minutes, until the prosciutto is slightly crisp and the cheese is warm.
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Rise of the Lunchboxes
Okay, so we all know that there's nothing more manly than tight leather pants, chunky gold jewellery and a raging 100W full stack behind you on stage, right? (and some doughnuts just off the stage)
But, um, we're all really secure aren't we?
The trend towards portable "lunchbox" amps has been brewing for awhile now. I mean, who doesn't want to show up to band practice or a gig with a guitar case in one hand, a cab in the other, and your amp slung over your shoulder? And of course, your pedalboard the size of a house – but that's your choice, haha.
The first lunchbox amp that caught the public eye was the Orange Tiny Terror (was that actually the first one to be released?) – it was tiny, it was affordable, and it packed a punch for its size. This eventually spawned the Dual Terror, the Dark Terror (etc etc) and a bunch of stuff like the Vox Night Train, Blackstar HT5 and ZT Lunchbox also showed up. Personally, the Tiny Terror isn't really my thing – I'm not a huge fan of the Orange sound, and a lot of the cheaper lunchboxes seem to do one thing quite well, or a few things averagely, but up that point, nothing truly amazing that covered a wide tonal spectrum had been released.
As always, the big boys take awhile to respond, but when they do – boy, do they. Saddle up, motherfuckers.
The Weigh-in
Mesa Boogie Mini Rectifier
- 25 Watts
- 2 channels, each individually switchable down to 10W
- Independent 3-band EQ and Presence controls on each channel.
- Channel 1 – Clean and Pushed modes
- Channel 2 – Vintage and Modern modes
- Tube-buffered FX-loop, with hard bypass
- 12AX7 preamp tubes, EL84 power tubes
- Weighing in at 12 pounds – that's 4.6 kg for the world outside of USA
- Glows red like Darth Vader on the inside – LED lights, not tubes about to blow up
- 50 watts (what the what?? Yes, it really shouldn't be called a mini-amp, but it's Carvin's call)
- 3 channels, global output switchable down to 22W and 7W.
- Independent 3-band EQ and Presence controls on each channel.
- Channel 3 – Soak, Classic and Bright modes
- Channel 2 and 1 are identical – Thick, Classic and Intense modes
- Master solo boost
- Effects loop
- 120/240V AC switchable
- Footswitchable digital reverb
- Cabinet-voiced direct-out
- 12AX7 preamp tubes, EL84 power tubes
- Weighing in at 19 pounds (8.6kg)
- Glows red or blue on the inside – choose whether you want to be Vader or Luke Skywalker. Or you can switch it off, but that's just stupid and un-awesome.
So at face value the V3M has a much larger feature set than the Mini Rec – but is it better? It's definitely a bit heavier, but we'll forgive it there because it's really a 50W monster in portable format clothing.
Before I forget – I would like to say a BIG thank you to Jansen Professional Audio and Lighting in Auckland for being kind enough to send me the V3M to review! While pro audio is largely their focus, the managing director is a guitarist himself, and they stock Carvin guitars and amps, Egnater amps, Baden acoustics and a range of other brands.
However, keep in mind that I don't receive payment for doing these reviews – so I'll still be keeping it fair and objective.
Before I launch into the review and clips, let me first say this – I'm not necessarily going to talk about every single mode, or do a tone clip for all of them. I'm basically going to talk about the modes and settings that I personally thought sounded good, and go from there.
Clips are recorded with a Fender HRR60 Strat (two singles with a Dimarzio PAF Pro in the bridge), into either amp, into a Mesa Thiele combo, using an Audix i5 microphone.
As a bit of background – about 4 years ago I bought the 100W full-sized V3. I owned it for a couple of years, and gigged it in bands ranging from heavy metal to pop covers, in which it performed admirably.
In its purest form, the V3 is basically Carvin's take on the Mesa Dual Rec – and like the Dual Rec of that era, at the time I thought that it suffered from the same drawback, namely a lacklustre clean channel. In recent years, Mesa has upped the ante on its clean channels (since the advent of the Lonestar Special), and the newer Duals have beautiful, sparkly clean channels – I was curious to find out whether Carvin had been able to do the same.
Clean, cleanish, and in-betweenish
Let's start off with the clean channels. I'm pretty familiar with what the Mini Rec can do – the Clean mode is crisp and clear with vibrant depth to it. Definitely a big step up from the Dual Recs of old.
Put it into Pushed mode, and you start getting a very delicious, organic transition into light overdrive. It literally feels like it picks up where Clean mode left off – hit the strings a little harder and it'll cry and sing, but pull back and you can still get it to play nice with clean tones.
Pushed mode in itself probably covers as much sonic territory as many lesser amps. It's my favourite of the two clean modes – I actually use it exclusively for the most part. Switch to humbuckers and you can even rock the fuck out with some AC/DC – but that's for the gainier part of the review. A small downside is that it can get a little hairier at gig volumes, so ride your guitar volume or stay on Clean mode if you need crystal.
Me? I'd rather be dirty than clean anyway.
Curiously, on the V3 series Carvin elected to call the clean channel Channel 3. Is it a sign that they're focusing on the gain channels? Maybe, let's find out.
So, when I first plug into any amp, I'm a chronic 777-er. What the hell is that, you ask? Easy – I set pretty much all the control knobs to around 7 out of 10 and go from there. It sounds a bit stupid but it totally works. On clean channels, that usually yields a nice, present tone with decent girth and low end.
However I was slightly surprised to find that when I did that on the V3M, it sounded really dark. This was an instant reminder to EQ with my ears, not my eyes. The V3M has quite a wide EQ sweep, and so I had to bump the treble up to about 3 o'clock before I heard the sparkle I wanted.
Out of the 3 clean modes, I really liked Bright mode. It was, as the name suggests, bright – a nice, sparkly Blackface-esque clean. If you want a bit more compression when you dig in, hit up Soak mode, and you'll get just that. I was quite impressed – the clean channel so far was much improved compared to my original V3. My theory is that the EL84 output stage helps make the cleans better – but more on that later!
Classic mode was not quite to my taste – in comparison it seemed very flat and not very dynamic. But 2 outta 3 ain't so bad! And to be fair, you could probably use the flatter/darker sounding EQ in Classic mode to your advantage for smoky jazz playing.
Edit – let me talk a bit about the EQX switch on the V3M. Each channel has an EQX switch, which basically increases the range and effect of your 3-band EQ. To my ears, it's makes things sound "bigger" – effective for getting a meatier tone at low volume levels.
Listen to Bright and Soak modes here, The first bit has EQX off, then you can hear me turn it on for comparison – but in general I preferred the EQX off for playing at higher volumes.
Compared to the clean channel on the Mini Rec, the V3M has a crapload of clean headroom. This can be a plus or a minus, depending on what you want from the amp. If you want to retain pristine clean tones at stage volume, then this is a definite benefit. Even on 7W power mode with the volume WAY up (think gigging volumes), I found it difficult to get this channel to overdrive significantly, compared to the Pushed mode on the Mini Rec which slips easily into light overdrive territories. So, if you want lightly driven blues lick tones, unfortunately you won't get them here.
Not to worry though – I found a pretty great bluesy tone on the drive channel, on Classic mode with the drive just shy of halfway. Smooth, singing light gain. Revisiting Hey Joe, the first bit is done with the Ch. 3 (clean) on Bright, while the low-gain solo is done using the drive channel on Classic mode with the gain set to about 4.
More than adequate, but it's here that you get the sense that slightly overdriven tones were not the focus of the design brief, compared to the Mini Rec, which moves organically in gain levels between Clean and Pushed.
On the plus side, there is a crapload of clean headroom on the V3M. Even in 7W mode with the volume way up (hoping to overdrive the power tubes a little) I struggled to get it to break up. So if you need pristine cleans at stage volumes then the V3M is the winner here.
Okay – that's all we've got this time around.
Don't worry – you gainiacs will get your turn!! I just figured it would be better to pace it, since the first post was a lot of words and shit – no one wants to read that much waffle from me in a day. And let's face it – I just want to make you guys come back for more (insert evil laugh here).
In the next part of the review we'll explore some overdrive tones, how the amps react to cleaning up, and most importantly – this is a high-gain amp shootout after all – some metal.
Tune in next time, Samurai out!
And now with Part II of the review!


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I love my job. Each September, I joyfully copy my second graders' appellations onto name tags and into grade books – and then stand back to admire them. As I do so, I am often struck by the differences between parents' choices here and in my own country. For their first homework assignment, I always ask my students to find out more about why their parents chose their name, and then to share this information with the class. As a name fanatic, I can't help but devour these "name stories" and amaze at the naming differences on this side of the pond.
When I arrived in the United States as a college student from England, I met a fellow freshman who introduced himself as Grayson. Surely, I thought as we shook hands, that can't be his first name. When he affirmed that it was, I had to really make sure by asking him if Grayson was his "real name" and not a nickname. I knew "surname names" were prevalent in American movies and TV, but I was still taken off guard to meet people who actually had them. Since those days, I have become very familiar with the all-American surname-as-a-first-name phenomenon, having taught children with names from Keegan and Griffin for boys to Taylor and Emerson for girls. Though there are some exceptions, for the most part surname names are still thought of as characteristically American by many Brits.
The girls I grew up with at home in the 80s and 90s were named Holly, Georgina, Colette, Nicola, Fiona and Philippa. These names, though very commonplace amongst my generation in the UK, are rarities in America. Although these choices haven't all sustained in popularity, there are just as many girls' names in Britain today that have not entered the American mainstream (consider Freya, Poppy, Lucy or Ruby).
As a teacher in an American suburb, I rarely come across British families, but when I do, I can almost always identify them simply by their children's first names. When I saw that we had a new student named Maisie last fall, I knew beyond a reasonable doubt she would be British. The British trend for nickname names such as Evie, Millie, Alfie and Archie, as well as old-fashioned two-syllable names with an –ie ending, has yet to completely take off in the United States. I have taught at least one Sophia/Sofia every year in my American classroom, yet I would be taken aback to meet a little girl who goes by the familiarly British Sophie. Likewise, there were some names that I came across in my first few years in America that took me by surprise. Notably, the popularity of the girls' name Kristen and its alternate spellings left me bewildered; I had never come across it in the UK.
By now, you're probably thinking that I am going to make the argument that Brits are more traditional namers than Americans. Yet that would be far too simplistic when I consider that such classics as Elizabeth, Nora, Margaret or Mary are much more likely to be heard on toddlers stateside than back in England, where they are mostly still considered to be "old lady names." I would be shocked to meet a little John, a Donald or a Jerry in the UK, yet I have taught them all here in the US. In the United States it is simply not unheard of to name your child something that had its heyday in an earlier decade.
Part of the reason is the American tradition of bestowing the name of an older relative or ancestor on a newborn. Many of the little boys in my class were named after their fathers, while in Britain this is not as widespread. Parents back home often do choose to honor a family member, but if it happens to be a less "modern" sounding name, they are usually more inclined to put it in the middle spot than to use it for a first name.
One of the most interesting American naming traditions that I have discovered is that of heritage names. Some of the students I have taught in the US have had names that my British ears were truly amazed to hear on children; names such as Deirdre, Bridget, Graham, Albert, Terence and Geoffrey that faded from popularity several generations ago in the UK have a different feel on the other side of the pond. Although these names all originated in parts of the British Isles, to Brits today, they are more likely to belong to the grandparent than the baby. Yet in the United States, they may be powerful statements of English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh ancestry, and sound nothing but historical, mystical and grand.
In spite of many differences, I believe Anglo-American lines are becoming more blurred in today's world, possibly because of increased travel and technology. When I was growing up in England in the 1990s, it started to become fashionable to give babies names that had an American sound to them, which often meant Old Testament names that had never really taken off in the UK such as Zachary, Jonah and Joshua, or names that were considered wholly American like Brittany (catapulted into our national consciousness by Britney Spears) and Madison.
In today's world, we share much in common. Little Grace, Lily and Ava could be from either side of the pond, as could Jacob or Jack. In the US, British favorites such as Emma and Victoria are starting to sound more and more mainstream, while American choices like Sienna and Savannah are being heard around the UK. I predict that in the future, the name divide will not be so distinct. My American husband's cousin recently named her baby girl Charlotte Rose – a name I believe would sound equally familiar no matter which side of the Atlantic you are on.
Catherine Ens was born and raised in Manchester, UK. She is a graduate of Boston College at the Lynch School of Education. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts with her American husband, where she teaches second grade. She enjoys cooking, travel, and classic movies.


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In[1]:= Clear[f];
f[ x:{{_List, _Integer}..} ] := Sort[ Reverse /@ x ][[-1, 2]]
In[2]:= xx = {{{a,b,c}, 5}, {{d,e}, -3}, {{f,g,h,i}, 7}};
In[3]:= f[xx]
Out[3]= {f, g, h, i}
This is a trifle inefficient if your list is long, since it sorts the
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In Reply to: RE: Hammond 193L newbie impressions posted by firstname.lastname@example.com on May 07, 2009 at 04:40:56
The chokes used are 5 Henrys or greater, so their impedance at 60 Hz is greater than 1800 ohms and the current at 120 volts is less than 64 mA (reactive).
These chokes look like power transformers but without secondary windings. Their parasitic capacitance is what makes them act as filters for high frequency electrical noise.
You may add a fuse if you like, but be aware that many fuses degrade audio performance.
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At 60 Hz, a 193L just sits there in parallel with a reactance of 3015.33 Ohms.
We are talking steady state behavior, not transient.
It's probably the 'shock absorber' properties that make the difference you are noticing to line transients ?
The 193L will make the power factor ever so slightly more inductive, for whatever this may do to the loads in parallel. Maybe irrelevant.
Whether this makes an improvement, is probably another audioasylum subjective tweak.
Think of it's analogue as a capacitor charging up to a steady state DC value. Then what ?
My only question remains, why 193L ? Why not a smaller or larger value inductor ? Is that exact value of L important, and why so?
I fail to connect this tweak with the behaviour of an inductor at 60 Hz, to me it seems like the an "emperors clothes" tweak.
Inductance is almost always applied in series to choke out HF noise in power conditioners. Not much happens electrically in this scenario, apart from a very small increase of an almost un-measurable power factor degradation.
When you factor in the rest of the active residential AC loads, it get's lost in translation so to speak.
The fuse is for safety.
You can use a 1/4 amp or less, simply to protect the rest of the equipment in parallel.
The AC branch circuit breaker on the outlet may not trip in time if the 193L happens to short, unlikely, but then we have fire extinguishers handy when we least expect to need them.
I forgot to add...
If the Parasitic Capacitance of the 193L Inductor (have you determined this value empirically?) is what makes the tweak work, there are dozens of Power Conditioners out there that have capacitors in parallel that provide all of the benefits you are striving to achieve (it seems.)
What then make the parasitic capacitance of an inductor so special?
Why not just put a capacitor in parallel ?
Just curious to understand the rationale here.
You have some Inductive reactance at 60 Hz doing nothing and the parasitic capacitance it has doing something.
Seems like a cheap tweak if you have a stray choke "inductor" handy to act as a surrogate parallel capacitor.
Could be expensive mail order for a 193L Hammond if you don't.
Something just doesn't add up here, or maybe none of the above matters in the search for the line conditioner tweak of the century.
Even though I am skeptical, I am going to try this tweak when I get home in early june.
Sometimes the science and the results don't correlate somehow in the tweakers world.
I have the largest Hammond Choke they sell I bought years ago, a 193Q.
Do you think that this 10H, 500ma choke is OK as compared to the model you are using ?
Will report back what improvements I can perceive with a before-after test.
Fuse vs. sonics is a debate I choose to stay away from. In my mind safety first.
The chokes I've seen have resonances around 5 KHz, IIRC. This means they look like capacitors above that point. The capacitance involves the magnet wire insulation and air, and it likely has fewer problems than the typical synthetic polymers (polyester, polypropylene) used in line-rated suppression caps.
The size of the choke determines the magnitude of the parasitic capacitance and the winding resistance. The smaller chokes seem to be less effective, so your big one should work as well as or better than the typical 193L.
I don't use chokes in my setup, as I've found good performance with R-C filters using the Wima metallized paper line-rated suppression caps.
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Honestly can food is better than dry food for a cat but I feed both.
Hi, why is can food better for a cat? I feed Both my cats dry food. And they both drink lots of water.
Is dry food alone not good for cats?
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Goats milk as the only food?
I think that depends on how old the cats are and if they are currently eating wet food. I've always helped with it instead of being the person caring for the kittens 24/7. Are they eating wet food with the milk replacement?
If you haven't bought it before, you can buy goats milk from a regular grocery store in the dairy isle, at least where I live. If you can call around to local farms and ask, do that first, but be sure to tell them that you need it for your kittens, raw milk is illegal in many states and they will only sell it to you if you are using it as pet formula, so you have to be clear about that or they will say no. You can normally buy a half gallon for around $5 processed from a grocery store or $8 from a local farm, the raw is much, much healthier and nutritious.
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I spent a fortune on Z/P for our cat that had IBS 3 bags of all the different kinds,would not touch it, gave them to my daughter who has 2 cats would not touch it,also the tins gave her cat the runs.So we are giving it all away to the cats home now
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By Jean Hofve, DVM Cats are true carnivores, requiring a meat-based diet for optimal health. Their natural diet is prey such as rodents, lizards, insects, and birds. These prey consist primarily of water, protein and fat, with less than 10% carbohydrate (starch, sugar and fiber) content. Cats are exquisitely adapted to utilize fat and protein for energy. They are not at all like dogs and people, who are adapted to use carbohydrates for energy. When feeding our companion cats, the most logical strategy is to feed the diet that most closely mimics the natural prey diet. A homemade diet is an excellent way to accomplish this. Feeding more (or only) canned food is another wayone that is often easier for people to deal with. Canned foods are higher in fat and protein, and lower in carbohydrates, than dry foods. Their high water content increases the cats overall fluid intake, which keeps the kidneys and bladder healthy. The higher fat contributes to skin and coat health. Because the ingredients are more easily digested and utilized by the cats body, canned foods produce less solid waste in the litterbox. Another feature of the cats natural diet is variety. A hunting cat doesnt one day decide to eat only purple finches! He will eat any small prey he can catch: chickadees, mice, grasshoppers, robins, or rabbits. Likewise, we should feed our cats a variety of foods. Variety keeps cats from becoming finicky and food-addicted, lessens the chance of dietary excess or deficiency of any single nutrient, and may prevent the development of food intolerances, allergies, and inflammatory bowel disease. Feeding the same dry food year after year greatly increases the risk of these problems. With canned food, it is easy to vary the flavors and protein sources. Dry food typically contains 35-50% carbohydrates, mostly as starch. (The new grain-free foods may be as little as 20% carbohydrate). This is necessary because the equipment that makes dry food requires a high-starch, low-fat dough for proper processing. Cereal grains provide an inexpensive and plentiful source of calories, which allows manufacturers to produce foods containing adequate calories at an affordable price. A few dry foods provide less carbohydrates, in some cases substituting starchy vegetables and soy for cereal grains; but they are still heavily processed and just as dehydrating (if not more so) than regular dry food. Adult cats need 2-3 times more protein than dogs. Yet dry cat foods generally supply only about 1/3 more protein than dry dog foodsabout 30-35% in dry cat food compared to 20-26% for the average dry dog food. Kidney diets for cats in renal failure are even more restrictive with 26-28% protein (such diets should never be fed to normal cats; they will cause muscle wasting as the cat breaks down its own body for protein). Canned cat foods contain 45-50% protein, and canned kitten foods may contain up to 55% protein. (All percentages calculated on a dry matter basis.) Cats are attracted to food that has a strong meat or fat flavor. Pet food manufacturers go to great lengths to make their starch-based dry foods palatable to cats. They may coat the kibbles with fat or with animal digest, a powder made of chemically or enzymatically digested animal by-products. The result may be a cat who overeats, not because hes hungry, but because he loves the taste of the food and doesnt want to stop. (I think weve all been there!) Dry food is very dehydrating. Our feline friends descend from desert-dwelling wild cats who are well adapted to limited water resources. Their ultra-efficient kidneys are able to extract most of their moisture needs from their prey. However, the end result is that cats have a very low thirst drive, and will not drink water until they are 3-5% dehydrated (a level at which, clinically, a veterinarian would administer fluid therapy). Cats eating only dry food take in only half the moisture of a cat eating only canned food. This chronic dehydration may be a factor in kidney disease, and is known to be a major contributor to bladder disease (crystals, stones, FUS, FLUTD, cystitis). Caution: adding water or milk to dry food does not solve the problem; and the fact that there are always bacteria on the surface of dry food means that adding moisture can result in massive bacterial growthand a very upset tummy. The high heat used in processing dry food damages (denatures) the proteins in the food. The resulting unnatural proteins may trigger an immune response that can lead to food allergies and inflammatory bowel disease. There is increasing evidence that carbohydrates (starches and sugars) in dry food are simply not metabolized well by many, if not most cats. While obesity is caused by many factors, the free-choice feeding of dry food to a relatively inactive cat is a major player. Obese cats are prone to joint problems, liver and kidney disease, and diabetes. Recent research has shown that high-carbohydrate diets are to blame in most cases of feline diabetes. Many overweight cats are carbohydrate-intolerant, and should be fed low-carbohydrate diets (think Catkins diet!). This means canned food. Experts are now recommending canned kitten food as the primary treatment for diabetes. Many diabetic cats can decrease or even eliminate their need for insulin, simply by changing to a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet. Ultimately, canned food may be even more beneficial as a preventative for this devastating disease. Overweight cats may greatly benefit from a switch to an all-canned diet. Stick to foods containing 10% or less carbohydrate. Many all life stages and kitten foods fit this requirement. Carbs are usually not listed on the label. However, all you have to do is subtract the other ingredients from 100% to get an estimate of the carb content. Most cats lose weight more efficiently on a canned food than dry food diet. Even though theyre often eating more calories, these diets are much better suited to the unique feline metabolism. If your cat is not used to eating canned food, add it to the diet slowly in small amounts. It is so different in composition from dry food that it may cause tummy upset at first. If a cat wont eat canned food, its usually because of a dry food addiction, or because he isnt hungry enough to try something new. Start by putting the cat on a meal-feeding schedule, leaving dry food out only an hour each, morning and night. Once hes accustomed to the schedule, put a little canned food down first. 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Meanie wouldn't eat Ziwi Peak freeze dried either!
The main reason for feeding canned food is so that they get the moisture. Cats do not have a thirst like dogs, so they get their water from the wet food.
I feed my cat, BG chicken and Felidae chicken dry kibble. She was, and probably still is, overweight. She gets 1 tbsp of dry in the morning, early around 5:30, 1/4 can of the B.G. about 2 hours later and then repeat in the evening. I have to feed her small amounts or she will throw up! She currently weighs 11.5 lbs.
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I just talked to my friend who fed her kittens goats milk, she said she soaked hard food in the goats milk to make it soft and soupy then fed it to the kittens, and they are still healthy and doing great.
The kittens she found were strays and I remember I could hold both of them in my hands at the same time, I have no clue how old they were but prob not more then 2 months... they were small and wobbly.
As for hard vs. wet, I decided to feed my dogs hard food bc I could afford to buy them high quality hard food or low/mid quality canned food, so I went with the hard food for the quality. Also, hard food helps scrape the plaque off their teeth, wet food builds it. I would do the same with a cat.
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Thanx y''all for the info. I will check out those sites.
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My dad is 6''8". he''s had to modify or customize most boats he''s owned, in order to get a long enough berth. Only one, which was custom built to begin with, fit him.
However, customizing isn''t such a bad thing. We bought a boat with interior water damage from portlight leaks and ripped out a bunch of the interior. We are now rebuilding it abd plan to leave within a year. Our TOTAL budget was about $75k for the boat. For the same price as a "ready to go" boat that wasn''t just right, we will have a boat that''s near perfect for us.
Just a thought!
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Paul, a couple of add''l thoughts...
1. You''ll find every kind of boat out cruising, and I imagine that''s always been the case. But you need to refine your ''needs'' (different from your many thoughts and desires) further before being able to target specific boat brands/designs. I think that''s the point of Jeff''s comments about a trawler.
2. 6'' 8" is a problem. You''ll either need to settle on picking from a much smaller population of designs and buy (literally) into more boat than you otherwise ''need'' OR you''ll have to accept what many sailors with smaller budgets face: no standing headroom except perhaps in a few select spots.
3. $100K - which budget is that? Is it the ''all we want to spend for a sea-worthy boat'' budget? Or is it the ''base price budget''? For an older, larger boat of Taiwan ancestry, you can easily spend $40-50K to insure its reliability and safety. Things like replacing the rigging (standing & running), power train (new engine = $20K), new tanks, upgrading the main 12V wiring with a modern 12V electrical system - and more - are all possible upgrades to such a boat choice. But again, this is also driven by what you actually hope to be doing with the boat and your own set of priorities.
4. Having an open-ended itinerary ("Caribbean first, then perhaps the Pacific" is often heard) is the most expensive, most daunting of goals, because the bar is set so high in terms of onboard spares, basic systems in top shape, seaworthy functionality in every respect for long periods of time, and much more. E.g. just addressing ''chafe'' with an eye to crossing an ocean can be a huge investment in time and clever details; few folks reaching the Caribbean have even thought about it.
For some basic pointers on boat design characteristics and specific designs capable of offshore work, spend some time at John Neal''s site (www.mahina.com/cruise.html) but keep in mind this is one of those ''bar is set high'' sources since he''s talking about extended ocean voyaging. To get your collective feet on the ground, you both should consider reading Ocean Voyaging by Beth Leonard - again, it''s for serious offshore sailing but its big advantage for you is their step-by-step methodology for looking at what you need. She specifically ''classes'' boats into 3 levels of equipment and size, too - something you need to think about more. And I very much like how she approaches the financing of cruising, conceptually speaking. Lots of good value in that reading. And finally, when sorting thru specific systems needed, use Nigel Calder''s Cruising Handbook...but not so you can fall in love with all the systems he describes, but so you can understand the expense, complexity and effort that a bigger, more systems intensive boat can bring with it. His basic advice on hull design, rigs, etc. is also quite good.
Good luck! Don''t give up on the dream just because some of us are throwing cold water on it - besides, you''ll come to LOVE fresh water at any temp! <g>
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These Formosas (a.k.a. Leaky Teakys, Taiwan Turkeys) are certainly not my style, and all said above is certainly valid. However, there is the "Lost Soul" a Formosa 56 owned by "Bob Bitchin", publisher of "Lattitudes and Attitudes" magazine. It seems he and this Formosa 56 has completed voyages the "gurus" on this board can only dream about.
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I appreciate your comments. The reason I put up this thread was to obtain the info I can''t get from broker listings and listings on the net. The boats mentioned have an asthetic appeal of course but the lack of knowledge of the practical side is the point of the message. Maybe you have some suggestions on boats we should look at that would give us the room below we would like but be better under sail? Thanks
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One more point, Boats like these are a lot of heavy work to sail. Because of their enormous weight and large drag, they carry a lot of sail area and so when you do finally get around to sailing one, it is a lot of hard work compared to a better built or more modern design.
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You have listed three boats that are really not very good sailors at either the high end or low end of the wind range. The Formosas are poster children for poor build quality. These boats are below a "speed and performance" threshold or more to the point are a below a threshold where sailing ability is so low that actual sailing becomes a such rarity that you would probably spend fewer hours motoring in a trawler yacht.
I do not mean this as a put down but I keep experiencing this tendancy of people looking for liveaboard boats who have absolutely no interest in voyaging under sail. They want to go voyaging, but the sailing part is of no interest to them. You give up a lot of space and comfort if you are buying a sailboat to go voyaging but then choose a boat that does not sail well enough that you will actually use the boat as a sailboat.
If you are interested in comfort, and by that you mean motion comfort as well as room down below, then look for boats with less of a rolly motion.
I don''t know what your sailing experience is and why you are focusing on a sailboat instead of a power boat, but you seem to be focusing on shiver me timbers/''Captain Ron'' sort of romantic yachts rather than real sailboats that actually make sense as sailboats. If you want to buy a boat to go voyaging under sail, then buy a boat designed to sail well(which would preclude these). In the long run you will be happier. If you really do not care how much time you spend motoring then look for a nice trawler yacht.
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We are planning on retiring onto a liveaboard/cruiser and are gravitating towards Hardins,Formosas, and Vagabonds in the 44-51 ft range. Our budget is around 100k. Our plan is to buy in 2 years and liveaboard in Slidell,La while we outfit and finish topping off the kitty.(1-2yrs). Then we''re off to the Carribean and who knows where. I am 6''8" so a ''little'' room is neccessary and Debi is a great cook. We are really more interested in comfort(at anchor and underway) than speed and performance, while safety is always important. Any comments,pros,cons,and pitfalls on these boats or suggestions about others would be appreciated. Thanks, Paul
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