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Vision insurance leads to better eye health
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Employers sometimes question whether the extra money they pay in insurance premiums for vision care is really worth it. A new study by researchers from the University of South Carolina offers evidence that it is, because those with vision coverage are more likely to get needed check-ups and have better overall vision than those without coverage.
The findings are published this week in the Archives of Ophthalmology, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association network, and call into question the traditional approach of treating vision coverage as a frill rather than an essential part of an insurance plan.
The research was conducted by Sudha Xirasagar, a professor in the Arnold School of Public Health's Department of Health Services Policy and Management, and Yi-Jhen Li, a doctoral student in the program. The study was an offshoot of a class project Li developed.
"From the preliminary findings of that class project, we developed it into a bigger piece of work with major medical outcome and public health ramifications, linking eye visits to self-reported vision difficulty, not only in the general population but also the high risk subset of the U.S. population," Xirasagar said.
The authors compared eye care visits and vision impairment among working-age adults with and without vision insurance. The study included 27,152 respondents between the ages of 40 and 64 years who responded to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 11 percent of them had a diagnosis of glaucoma, macular degeneration or cataract. About 40 percent of the study's population had no vision insurance, although only 15 percent had no health insurance of any kind.
Individuals with vision insurance were more likely to report having had eye care visits in the past year, which can catch and treat conditions like glaucoma and macular degeneration before they worsen into permanent vision loss or blindness. Persons with vision insurance and eye visits also were less likely to report difficulty reading or recognizing friends from across the street. The opposite was true for those without vision insurance, who were much less likely to receive eye exams and reported worse vision overall. People with serious eye conditions had a similar percentage lacking vision insurance coverage, were less likely to have eye visits in the absence of vision insurance and were more likely to report significant vision impairment in the absence of eye visits.
The study also points out an alarming fact -- more than 11 percent of adults age 40 to 64 have serious eye conditions that can lead to blindness, including macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataract. As the American population ages, routine eye exams to identify these potentially disabling conditions early are increasingly important. Vision care insurance for adults, however, is often offered as a supplemental benefit to be separately purchased by employers, and not included as part of standard health plans.
Xirasagar hopes the study leads to the adoption of vision screening from the age of 40 as a basic preventive service. While vision coverage is considered a mandatory benefit for children under the federal Affordable Care Act, it is not required for adult plans.
"Lack of vision insurance impedes eye care utilization, which, in turn, may irrevocably affect vision," she said.
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A client sent me a good article today, http://nyti.ms/1ceYdAi, on high-impact exercise on bone mass. The researchers said they need more research to discover exactly how much force is required to maintain or build bone. They did recommend folks to run, jump, hop some. Since I'm not sure too many people will be able to or want to run, jump, hop, I added this link https://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-bone-health, which addresses bone health from the nutrition angle. If you are interested in running, jumping, hopping, and you're not sure what to do, give me a shout and I'll help you. This is all very depedent on the individual. Happy reading!


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Help! Rear Ended at 955 Miles: No Air Bags?
I have been the happiest little X3 owner ever - my very first brand new car ever and worth waiting a lifetime for! - and all was dreamy until a big old Suburban plowed into me. No one was hurt in this incident, which is the most important, but that said, I had a mere 955 miles on my sweet little X3 and am completely gutted by the damage she sustained. :cry:
I had been at a stop behind a big sister X5 so was smushed. The X5 had a small crack in the back; the Suburban behind me had a wrecked front end, parts and fluids all over the place, and had to be towed. My sweetie's hood is warped, the front license plate gone and bumper all mashed, and the back is a proper mess. Since she turned on (brave X3!), I took a chance and drove the 5 miles back to my garage because I was just before the Triborough Bridge into Manhattan at 6:30PM on Friday night and figured I'd still be waiting for a tow and messing up traffic.
Even though we were thrown pretty hard forward, the air bags never went off. I got an error message that my safety restraint system had malfunctioned; a system check showed that to be the case for both the driver and passenger restraint, but nothing else. Shouldn't the air bags have gone off?
Is it unrealistic to want a new X3? When someone would borrow my last car (a 1993 740i I inherited in 1997), I always knew everything that was suddenly wrong afterwards. This car is too new to me for me know what's different or wrong and I just don't want a repaired car, I want the perfect, pristine one I had owned for a mere month. I was thinking I would take it back to my BMW dealer as they have a body shop and have the adjuster go there: is this a good idea? I have great insurance but it's going to be the Suburban's insurance at issue - I don't know if it hurts or helps that it was a commercial T&LC vehicle.
Advice, suggestions, guidance would be much appreciated! I thank this forum for all the wisdom I gathered up when making the purchase (including rate shopping the extended warranty - Dan Dutton really does have the best pricing!).
I had a similar accident w/ my old x3, where the truck was rear-ended. I had the repairs done by the local BMW auto body shop. I thought they did a fantastic job w/ the repair. They repaired the truck w/ authentic BMW parts and returned it to me no different than the day that I took it off the lot. I had it for an additional 2 years and had no issues w/ it related to the accident.
I am not sure they are going to give you a new vehicle unless the insurance company feels that they x3 is 'totaled', and this would be unlikely considering how new the truck is and how much residual value that it has, but this is obviously based on how much damage your x3 sustained.
Good luck. Keep the forum updated w/ how things progress.
Thanks for the reply, Docal97. I was hoping it would help that the car is brand spankin' new but I suspect you are right about repair over replacement so I have read up on the boards about DV and the dreaded carfax report; any idea what the deal is in NY with DV?
As for the air bags not getting triggered, that is not unusual for them not to deploy in a REAR collision. The forward force was likely not enough for the computer to consider the incident serious enough to deploy (as it should since there is the possibility of injury from air bag deployment).
Clearly, you will need everything throughly checked out. Getting errors about the restraint system definitely warrants investigation and an explanation. Sounds like all of the safety feature did their job, but don't know why that would trigger an error.
Your safe, thats the most important part.
As for the vehicle, check for every single part, since it seems as though you may have some frame damage ($$$). However as long as your health is in the best condition possible after an accident, then the safety systems are doing their job. However again make sure you get the vehicle checked out from a certified BMW dealer or collision specialist.
Thanks so much for the wisdom! Good to know the air bags are not necessarily faulty.
The dealer I bought from has a body shop, but is about 45 miles out of town; I'd rather use them because no one in their right mind gets service from Manhattan BMW (pun intended). I was thinking of asking to have the car flatbedded to Spring Valley, rather than driving it up there goodness knows what could be wrong with the car. Overly skittish of me? My daughter took photos, will post them when her teenage self gets them to me.
Not sure what caused the error message, but imagine it could be from something like the seatbelts locking up when you were hit. It likely wasn't saying that they malfunctioned during the accident, but that they need to be repaired now.
Glad you weren't hurt. I have a 2 month old X3 and would be extremely bummed if that happened to me, I feel your pain. I was rear ended in my old (2009) X3 last year and it was repaired to perfection by my local BMW dealer. The damage not as bad as yours but they did a great job.
I also got T-boned while in a new Toyota 3 years ago. the car was very close to totaled but the insurance company wouldn't move on extra 2 grand to completely total it. It took 2 months to repair and was never the same. I don't know what the NY laws are but in my state if its the other guys fault you can (or have your ins) go thru the other guys insurance company. I also found pretty early on that insurance companies are scared to death of lawyers and doctors.
Glad you're safe, but you're probably not getting a new car unless it can be totaled by the insurance. I know how you feel though OP. I got my VW TDI a couple years ago (after waiting 13 months on the wait list) and 3 days after, some idiot backed into me in a parking lot. $2k damage
I've had various cars stolen, rear ended, badly vandalized, side swiped and only once did the insurance allow a complete replacement after the car was smashed into a wall and set on fire to destroy evidence from a robbery. If the vehicle is drivable, insurance is likely to repair the car.
You should always return to a BMW dealership for the repair to guarantee the warranty and protection from future problems.
As for going forward, the car should be OK except for possible rust problems of the damaged areas and depreciation. Your car VIN identifies repair costs, irrespective of the fault. So you will lose $$$ on a future trade-in.
Hope this helps and glad your story has a happy ending without injury.
Got my repair estimate: $26,000. Gulp. Called my dealer and asked what I would get on a trade in AFTER spending the $26,000 to repair. Answer? $31,000. For reals. Which to my mind meant my car is currently worth $5,000, not the $53,000 I paid less $26,000 in damage. Who would pour 26 large into that?
So I forwarded the dealer's email to my insurer and called to plead my case and lay out my math; they reassessed and called it totalled. :D I will get the entire $53,000 back in a check as I had value added rider to my insurance policy (go Fireman's Fund).
Happy ending. Ordering another X3 tomorrow! Now I am wondering if I should get the more comfortable seat....the only things I missed from my 1993 740i were the super comfy seat and the less tippy feeling when swiftly changing lanes to zip through traffic (yes I am one of those drivers).
Nice! Good to see a happy ending.
Woohoo! I'm very happy for ya.
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Organizers say the Stones will join Arctic Monkeys, Mumford & Sons as headliners at the three-day event. Elvis Costello, Primal Scream, Kenny Rogers and Billy Bragg are also among the artists expected to perform.
The Stones have been saying for weeks that they would like to play Glastonbury for the first time in their careers.
The band played a series of sold-out mini-concerts in London and the U.S. last November and December. Reports have suggested that there are also plans for them to play full world tour this year.
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he's asked the Board of Department of Water and Power Commissioners to demand a full financial accounting of $41,146, 900.08 the utility has given over the last ten years to a pair of trusts partially controlled by a labor union.
"I told the Commission to go in there, get that information, bring the daylight to every corner of this public utility," Garcetti said in an interview in Westwood.
"This is ratepayer money, it's not a private company, we should know how much we're putting in…and obviously, where it's being spent."
The trusts, called the Joint Training Institute and the Joint Safety Institute, were openly established with a city ordinance in October, 2000 and were designed to unify safety training efforts from the DWP and its union, Local Union No. 18 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
According to city documents the trusts were to each be paid a minimum of more than $1-million a year in perpetuity based on the number of employee hours worked at a rate of 25-cents per hour.
Even though the ordinance governing the trusts requires annual audits, none of the spending has ever been made public and the DWP and IBEW have fought efforts by the Los Angeles Times to obtain financial records.
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I want to involve my practice within a temple (a struggle of mine when it concerns organized religion, it is slowly falling away) and, more particularly, learn under a specific bhikkhu. At this time, I've only met in person once with the bhikkhu I have in mind and I want to know if there is a proper way in asking to learn under him? I am uncertain if that is practiced between laity and monastics (beyond group settings). I plan on attending dhamma talks and group meditation teachings (although I still struggle with the role of recitations / chantings).
Do lay persons traditionally learn directly under bhikkhu's?
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Bhitarkanika Conservation Area
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Kendrapara district, Orissa State, India
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The Brahmani, Baitarni and Mahanadi deltaic region of Kendrapara district in northeastern part of the coastal state of Orissa make up the Bhitarkanika Conservation Area (BCA). A mangrove wetland ecosystem having high genetic and ecological diversity, Bhitarkanika covers a total area of 2154.26 km2 of which Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park covers 672 km2, the Gahirmatha (Marine) Wildlife Sanctuary covers 1435 km2 while the buffer zone in the Mahanadi delta covers 47.26 km2. The natural boundaries of the Sanctuary are defined by Dhamara river to the north, Maipura river to the south, Brahmani river to the west and the Bay of Bengal in the east. The coastline from Maipura to Barunei forming the eastern boundary of the Sanctuary is an ecologically crucial habitat.
The climate of the area is tropical characterized by three distinct seasons: summer(March to June), winter (November to February) and monsoons (July to October).The annual temperature variation is from 15º C to 30º C and the average rainfall is 1670 mm. The relative humidity remains at 75% to 80% throughout the year and tropical cyclones are prevalent.
The delataic slopes of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary are extremely low lying and subject to regular tide inundation. The average elevation above mean tide level is between 1.5 and 2m and extends up to 3.4m (Dani and Kar 1999). The mangrove soils are fine grain silt or clay formed by the sedimentation of the Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers. Surface soils close to the rivers vary from 2 to 4m in depth and decreases gradually from shore to the mainland. The alluvial, silty soil is not very productive unless humus formed from the exuviae of organism such as molluscs and crustaceans are added to it (Chadha and Kar 1999).
The site epitomizes the merging of four different ecosystems namely terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems and shows all variations in genetic, specific and ecological diversity of both plant and animal communities. The peripheral areas in the buffer zone are dotted with numerous ornithologically important wetlands. The estuarine region of BCA can be classified into the outer funnel shaped estuarine zone and the inner narrow estuary. Tidal inundation causes heavy silt deposition and detrital content of the mangrove vegetation.
Bhitarkanika is a wetland of International importance and 2672 km2 area of wetland habitat has been declared as a Ramsar site in the year 2002.
The site contains 300 plant species belonging to 80 families of both mangroves and non-mangroves (Banerjee 1984). Bhitarkanika supports one of the largest mangrove plant diversity in India and has more than 82 species of mangroves and its associates. Fifty-five of the 58 Indian mangrove species (Bannerjee and Rao) and three varieties of Sundari trees (Heritiera spp.) including H.kanikensis which is an endemic species are found here. The characteristic mangrove species are Avicennia alba, A.officianalis,and Rhizophora mucronata, Excoecaria agallocha, Acanthus illicifolius, Sonneratia apetalaHeritiera minor.
About 62 species of invertebrates, 19 species of fish, and 5 amphibian species are recorded from this area. Twenty-nine reptilian species of which there are four species of turtles including Olive Ridley seaturtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), one species of crocodile (saltwater crocodile, Corcodilus), 9 species of lizards and 16 species of snakes including the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) are found here. BCA offers two types of bird habitats - one, riverine islands or heronry and second, the coastal wetlands along the eastern boundaries. Species diversity of birds at this site is 263 belonging to 63 families including 147 resident, 99 winter migrants, 15 vagrants and 16 local migrants (Gopi and Pandav 2007). Included in this list are more than 79 species of migratory waterfowl. In the site community nesting of aquatic birds (heronry) occurs and 12 wetland bird species nest and roost together annually (June to October). This habitat also supports eight varieties of Kingfishers including a sizeable population of endangered Brownwinged Kingfisher. Thirty-one species of mammals are reported from this area that includes five species of marine dolphins the humpbacked dolphin (Sousa), Irrawady dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), chinensis Pantropical spotted dolphin, Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and Finless black porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides).
Apart from being rich in biodiversity, BCA has immense social and cultural values. A large proportion of the local economy is dependent on the thriving fishing industry of Hilsa illisha,and Mullet spp. The area is also an important source of Lates calcarifer, Mystus gulio prawn such as Penaeus indicus and Penaeus monodon. Nearly 3000 to 5000 kg of honey is collected every year from February to May (Chadha and Kar 1990) especially by the honey collecting tribe, 'Daleis'. Nalia grass Myriostachia wightiana, found in the tidal banks and Bahumurga climber Flagellaria indica, found in the mangrove forest, are used for basket and rope making. Phoenix pendulosa is exploited for thatching purpose. Wild strains of salt-resistant paddy occur in these habitats and have immense potential for cultivation along the east coast of India.
Justification of Outstanding Universal Value
Floristically in terms of mangrove vegetation, BCA is the largest in India and second largest after Papua New Guinea. The mangrove forests perform important ecosystem function by breaking tidal surges and devasting cyclones. By doing this they restrict and slow down erosion of tidal banks, stabilize silt deposits near the river mouth and also protect the lives of millions of coastal inhabitants by decelerating strong wave and tidal action.
BCA is an important repository of fauna. It is the nursery and spawning ground for innumerable fish, prawn, crabs and other invertebrates including the endangered King Crab. It is one of the best reptile refuges in India as well as in the entire Southeast Asian region. Bhitarkanika also has a high density of the world's largest water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator). It is home to the largest population of the endangered estuarine crocodile in the Indian sub-continent. BCA contains one of the world's largest nesting and breeding grounds of the endangered Olive Ridley Turtle. The Gahirmatha beach, on the eastern boundary of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, supports the largest known nesting beach of the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtle in the world. Mating pairs congregate in large numbers in the coastal waters off the shore of Gahirmatha and nearly half million turtles nest on the beaches.
Of the 263 bird species recorded from the Bhitarkanika heronry, 17 belong to various categories of globally threatened bird species based on the IUCN Red Data List and Birdlife International. More than 25,000 birds consisting of eleven species nest in the heronry in less than 5 ha area. BCA one of the oldest and largest mixed species heronry in the country.
BCA provides employment to the local people through fishing, honey resource collection and tourism.
Statements of authenticity and/or integrity
Prior to 1952, the ownership over the forest land and non-forest land was with the Zamindars of erstwhile Kanika Raj. Consequent upon the enactment of Orissa Estate Abolition Act (OEA Act) in the year 1951, the ownership over the land was vested with the Govt. of Orissa and the Govt. in Revenue Department exercised control over the land till 1957.Thereafter, the forest lands were transferred to AthagarhForest Division for management purposes. Thus, the BCA has had a strong protection since 1951. As per provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, a part of the Bhitarkanika extending over 672 km2 in Chandbali Wildlife Division has been declared as a Sanctuary in 1975 for the protection of the saltwater crocodile population and later an area of 145 km2 of pristine mangrove forests was upgraded as a National Park in 1998. The Gahirmatha Marine (Wildlife) Sanctuary, an area of1435 km2 has been designated as a marine sanctuary in the year 1997.
BCA is surrounded by thickly populated and agriculturally prosperous alluvial flat land. Within the Sanctuary, there are 307 villages and hamlets replacing mangrove habitats to paddy fields and aquaculture farms. However, over two and half decades of successful conservation measures has resulted in a dramatic increase in the crocodile population and decreased mortality of nesting Olive Ridley Turtles.
Comparison with other similar properties
Mangroves are distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical zones between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn with the Malaysian and Indonesian region supporting the most diverse of mangrove communities. Mangroves derive their physical, chemical and biological characteristics from the sea as well as from inflowing freshwater from the upland forests. Once occupying 75% of tropical coastsand inlets, mangroves today, are restricted to very few pockets. Among the two mangrove distribution zones recognized, the eastern zone (East African coast,Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand Philippines, southern Japan, Australia, New Zealand, south eastern Archipelago) harbours a greater percentage of genera and species as compared to the western zone (Atlantic coast of Africa and America and Galapagos islands).
Around 70% of mangroves occur along the east coast of India and they include i) Ganga delta (Sunderbans), ii) Mahanadi delta (Bhitarkanika), iii) Krishna delta, iv) Godavari delta and v) Cauvery delta (Badola and Hussain 2003).
The Bhitarkanika mangrove ecosystem, the second largest mangrove forest of mainland India, harbours the highest diversity of Indian mangrove flora, the larges trookery of the olive ridley sea- turtles in the world, the last of the three remaining population of salt-water crocodiles in India, the largest known population of king cobra, water monitor lizard, one of the largest heronry along the Indian east coast, one of the highest concentration of migratory water fowl (Badola and Hussain 2003). The largest diversity of estuarine and mangrove obligate fisheries resource andprawns is found in BCA. The mangrove and the associated forests provide the subsistence requirement of timber, fuel wood, tannin, honey, thatch roof and fodder for local communities (Chadah and Kar 1999). Thus, in comparison to other similar mangrove habitats, BCA supports a wider range of flora and fauna and plays a greater ecological and economic role and is therefore of greater conservation value compared to other similar properties.


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While the Census aims to derive labour force status that is comparable with the LFS, there are a range of differences in the scope, coverage, timing, measurement of underlying labour force concepts and collection methodologies of the LFS and Census. Largely due to space limitations on the Census form, as well as constraints imposed by self enumeration, the Census uses less questions to determine labour force status.
Census data is also affected by non-response. LFS estimates only include fully responding questionnaires but are adjusted to account for any non-response. While Census and LFS survey counts may differ, the proportions of people in each industry and occupation category are similar at the broad level. For more information refer to the Census and Labour Force Survey feature article in Australian Labour Market Statistics, October 2007 (cat. no. 6105.0).
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So that's who ate the choccy cakeGorilla
So that's who ate the choccy cakeGorilla
i had my eye on the last piece of chocolate mocha cake in there the other day, but someone got there before me i had to settle for apple crumble cake with soya cream instead.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
I want cake now
Aww sounds like you had a lot of fun!
Hope you found everything fine.
I LOVE Food For Friends, its really vegan friendly and everything is yum.
When I go to Infinity there is rarely a chocolate cake!
I've had the carrot cake which was lush.
Don't forget Wai Kika Moo Kau for cake, they have a nice vegan fudge bar and often have one or two vegan sponge cakes too.
Food for Friends is also worth a go for tea and cake in the afternoons - they usually have a good choc cake on the dessert menu.
Did you get to Mint yet Troutina? I was curious about whether they still catered for vegans so looked at the menu recently and couldn't see anything vegan but I didn't go in and ask. I imagine they have the same cake supplier as Wai Kika so may well have vegan cake.
Oh, and Paskins Town House is a good and vegan friendly b&b if anyone else is wondering about where to stay. It's on Charlotte Street, a road off Marine Parade (Kemptown area, past Palace Pier heading towards to Marina).
My boyfriend and I went to Infinity Cafe this afternoon. We had gorgeous food but it wasn't cheap. We had the vegan special main course - some kind of veg and tofu tomato based food with some kind of gorgeous mash, fennel and some salad. He had a soy latte and I had vegan hot choccie. Then we shared a vegan cake which was cinnamon walnut and orange. Cost about £20 for both of us. The food was lovely and service friendly and have resolved to go there again more often.
Would love to get involved with the co-op that runs infinity foods shop and cafe. Does anyone know of anyone who has done this? Has it provided enough income and do they find it good working as a team?
Liz X
Ooh yeah I never think of going to Wai Kika.... for cake- I've only eaten there once, I must go back and take the other 'arf with me.Marrers
I haven't been to Mint yet- this thursday.
I'm getting worried I wont find anything to eat now!
She downloaded a pdf of the menu and saw a few items, so here's hoping!
Looks like you'll be okay, there is stuff to choose from but the range is a little disappointing in my view when you consider they used to be a veggie place. Strangely it appear the chips are vegetarian but not vegan!
Let us know what you think of it.
according to that website, it seems it's been under new management since January 2006, it's had a complete redecoration and menu change since i last looked. glad to see they're actually offering vegan dishes on the menu, it looks a lot better than before.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
They gave me milk in my coffee and non vegan cake last time I went in there and asked for vegan cake and black coffee. It was only when I'd eaten half of it that the horrible realisation started to dawn. I don't trust them any more and refuse to go in there!Marrers
Silent but deadly :p
Oh thanks very muchly!!Marrers
That must be what she saw.
Im glad there at least is something.
Now I just have to stop being so damn fussy and pick something!!
I'm sure it'll be fine.
If not- it's a shame I don't drink; maybe I could have drunk til my tastebuds disappear!!
Do you know for sure the cake wasn't vegan? Did they admit a mistake? Their cakes are very good, I don't think you can tell the difference from a non-vegan cake.Hemlock
They often make errors with orders, whatever you have, and the service can be very slow. I actually tend to only have tea and cake there - I think the main vegan meals are very dull.
I just had the burger when I went there- boring, I know!
Went to the George today- lovely as usual!
[Except for lipstick on my glass..but we'll forget about that...]
I had Roasted vegetable and houmous baguette with chips and salad.
With an orange juice it was £7.
i had one of the specials in the George on Monday - roasted vegetable and pesto pasta. i tend to go for the specials if there's one i like the sound of because they're usually good and you never know if you'll get the chance to have it again. they did have a cashew nut korma which sounded lovely but they'd run out by the time we ordered. i also had a side order of garlic bread with vegan cheese - it's so yummy.
also a quick reminder that Viva! members get a 25% discount on food in the George. it's saved me a fortune!
i don't really like the cakes in Waikikamookau, i had what was supposedly a choc fudge brownie and it just tasted of really sickly dates, not chocolatey at all. it's always packed when i fancy going in there and i agree that the vegan choice is quite poor.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
They must have changed it then cos it's very chocolately now. I'd avoided it for a long time thinking it would be boring but once they had nothing else and I was very impressed with it actually. You should give it another try! (It's very portable because it's so solid , worth getting to take away and having for a treat at home if it's too busy to sit in!)
It's chocolate with bits of biscuit and cherries in - solid but not a tooth-breaker!
i did buy some to take away, i ate it in the cinema (ooh naughty! ). it had bits of biscuit and cherry in like you described but i couldn't taste any chocolate. i found it far too sweet as it seemed to be almost all dates. maybe they have made it more chocolatey recently but kept the rest of the recipe the same.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Mmm I wish I'd had a look now!
I had a look in Infinity today after lunch to get some takeaway cake.
They had chocolate mocha and those flapjacks they regularly have.
I just didnt fancy them though.
I should kick myself for being so fussy- I'll miss this so much when I don't have vegan food to tap!
By the way, when i lived in Brighton, Redroaster on james st. had nice vegan cake and soya cappucinos (plus a good atmos). Love the george but last time i went, their once amazing nut burgers had shrunk! Or maybe i remembered them as being bigger. Ah life...
i went in Taj today and i have to say i'm warming to the place - if only for their range of vegan ice cream they had a couple of tubs of Soy Delicious - but only the vanilla, so i didn't buy any. that was the first time i'd seen any in there at all though.
however they had three varieties of Tofutti Cuties - strawberry, chocolate and cookies & cream - and some tubs of Tofutti chocolate cookies. they seem to have better stocks of Swedish Glace as they had the Mocha and Caramel flavours which are quite hard to find, even in Infinity or Holland & Barrett.
i also bought some Yaoh sun cream, and two new Redwood products - their chicken-style pieces and and vege-mince which will hopefully be good, and some vegan spring rolls. i found shopping in there a more enjoyable experience than usual and i'll probably go back again when i can afford to!
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Their real strengths arte some of the amazing tinned stuff (not very econlogical I know) but some of the Indian stuff is amazing: I love Patra and Surti Papdi. The vegan Wonton Soup is also pretty good....Gorilla
which is Taj? I've forgotten
Supermarkety type place in Brighton!
Do they label vegan well?
I think I'll pop in again soon- I've only been a couple of brief times.
Now I've been paid I can't wait to raid Infinity!
i have no idea what they are.Michael Benis
i haven't really looked at the tinned stuff they have in Taj but i'll probably check it out next time.
i don't know how much of their food is labelled as vegan, i've only really bought things i know are vegan in there so far in case i make a mistake reading the labels.
Jamie, Taj is in Western Road (the long road that heads west away from the shopping centre) opposite Waitrose. it's a bit of a long way from my house for buying frozen food but i think my ice-cream just about survived!
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Patra is patra leaves which are laid out and covered in a spicy tamarind and lentil paste. They are then rolled up into a kind of Swiss roll and steamed and shoved in tins. You buy the tin and open it, take out the Swiss roll, cut it into slices and fry. if you like you can spriknle a few sesame seeds on. Great stuff.Gorilla
Surti Papdi is a curry with little papdi pods, potatoes and yams in it.
They also have some wonderful other curries in tins - but you do have to check the ingredients to make sure they are butter (ghee) and yoghurt-free. Identical tinned dishes by different companies may not both be vegan.
They also have some great wholemeal yoghurt/milk-free nan. Then there are the cassavas - which are great fried in big chips. Peel them, chip them (BIG chips), parboil them and then give them a quick fry. Great!
Better stop now, otherwise I won't get any work done....
thanks for explaining those, Mike. i love Indian food but i must admit i'm not all that adventurous. those definitely sound like they're worth a try.
has anyone ever eaten in the Earth & Stars pub? they're an organic eco-friendly pub in North Laine and i've heard they do vegan food. i'm thinking of giving it a try next time i go out for a meal.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Isn't there a vegan forum meet up in Brighton this month? Can anyone tell me when where it is?
Liz X
It's on Sunday 30th, but I don't know exactly where it is. Here's the thread: http://veganforum.com/forums/showthr...?t=8985&page=8
i had lunch in Waikikamookau yesterday, a very nice parsnip soup and the most garlicky garlic bread i've ever had. i also ordered a mango and passionfruit smoothie which i didn't realise had milk and yogurt in - it's not mentioned on the menu, so a warning to anyone that doesn't know. it was only because i asked for the vegan soup that the waitress realised i would want a vegan smoothie as well so pointed it out to me. they put soya milk in the vegan ones although they do charge an extra 50p for it. it was very nice though.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
That new place 'Iydea' finally opens for lunch tomorrow.
Sounds good - for a fixed price, depending on quantity, you pick which dishes you want from a deli-style counter. Should be fast as they load it on as you choose and you get to eat it straight away. Similar to what Food For Friends used to be years back.
They will also be open for breakfast, not sure what time. It's on Kensington Gardens, just past Wai Kika Moo Kau on the opposite side.
(What we need is more places open in the evenings though.)
Also, people might want to know that the Pound Shop next door to Taj is selling Nouvelle loo roll 4 packs for £1 each. (They have redesigned their packaging so must have offloaded all the old style ones.)
thanks for that Marrers, i hadn't heard much about that place before, will it be all veggie?
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Yes, all veggie - but now you come to mention it I'm not sure how vegan it will be, I will have to pop in and ask. Let us know if you find anything out before I do.
Someone was telling me the Hop & Poles pub on Middle Street do a vegan Sunday roast. Has anyone been?
Also there is a thai place on the same road that they said was very good (serves meat but can make any dish with tofu).
Sorry if this has come up before
I'm from england but go to college in the US. I went vegan in America and had no problem finding vegan egg replacers (you can get the Enter-G egg replacer at any supermarket there, but it's not available in the UK) But now I've been in england and looking for an egg replacer for over a month, and I can find absolutly nothing. I know I can get it online but I have issues paying £5 shipping for a £2 product. I've looked in all the local healthfood shops and many of them have never even heard of egg replacers- of ANY brand.
Does anyone know of anywhere in Brighton, Hove or Worthing that stocks any kind of egg replacer? Or any brands of egg replacer? I know I can use tofu and flax, but I've never been pleased with the way they turn out. The kind I used was based on potato starch and several other things, but I can't even find potato starch!
brirgton they have it in , infinity whole food shop
I can't find anything on that place, where abouts is it?
from what i can remember its. on the same shelf as the jam's , behind the tea's, or just ask one of the workers.
Giggle ^-^paulvegan
I meant where the shop itself is, but I think this http://www.infinityfoods.co.uk is the website? It has a map which I can follow prividing this is the right place. Thanks!
i thought it was strange that you wanted to know exacley where in the shop, me is thick.
25 North Rd,
Brighton BN1 6DA
Tel: 01273 603563
Opening Hours:
Mon - Sat
9.30 am - 5.30 pm
Fri 9.30 am - 6.00 pm Sun 11am - 4pm
You live in Brighton, you're vegan and you've never been in Infinity!?!
Damn straight :}Troutina
The reason would be that I only turned vegan two months ago, and was in America at the time ^-^ I've been looking for Infinity one and off but have been going to health shops closer to my home. I found it yesterday though! (thanks!) and had a yummy tofu snack, banana alpro, two boxes of egg replacers and some egg-free mayonaise. I made some vegan 'tater salad for a BBQ and no one could believe it was vegan!
XD thanks. Actually when I went in I remembered where you said they were and found them right away! thanks ^^paulvegan
glad you found it
i read that there's a new cafe in Brighton that does vegan food. it's apparently called Uddaganana the article said it's in Kensington Gardens and the menu includes fry-ups, tofu burgers, salads and smoothies. a lot of the food is organic and some of it comes from the owners' own
allotment. sounds worth a look.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Ooh that sounds fabby!
There looked like a couple of new places opening at the far end, not the Kensington Gardens cafe end, the other end?
marres was on about it the food is meant to be boring, i'm going to give it a go , if anyone wants to join me.Gorilla
why does that keep happing to me.
I didn't try it myself, was just told by someone that it was a bit boring (bean stew and curry). Anyway if it'is cheap, wholesome and fast service even if the food isn't thrilling there will be times when it fits the bill! I'm definitely going to try it too but I'm not around and free til mid-late next week or the weekend.
Meanwhile I'm stretching my birthday to the maximum this week with some high end dining, got to make the most of any excuse to celebrate!
I'm having dinner at Blanch House tomorrow night, at Terre a Terre on Friday and it's my party with an all vegan buffet on Saturday!
Obsessed with food? Me?? Okay, I admit it. But you have to work hard to keep a figure like this you know!
wasnt blaming you Marrers,
rub it in with all this good food.
have you sorted the dj out?
Not quite, I've sorted my playlist and sent it but he hasn't responded yet (*bites nail nervously*). I'm sure it will all come right in the end!
If you haven't tried Iydea by the time I am next down maybe we can check it out together, along with Gorilla and VeganLiz if they are about too. There is also that new place Gorilla was talking about (unless it turns out her source got the name wrong and it's the same one - location is very similar).
ther did seam to be two places near each other today i hardley go down ther, i go the back route,
one wasnt veggie, it had veggie food etched on the window.
But hasn't that one been there for a while? I will check it out when I'm on my birthday shop-a-thon tomorrow and Friday!


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Michele from Ankeny, Iowa writes "I just watched a video by Worldstart instructing the use of Windows DVD Maker. What type of DVD should be used to burn the movie on to? Should it be -R or +R? I've heard that -R was recommended by a sales person but I have a stack of blank +R's at home. Thank you."
Hi, Michele. Thanks for the great question!
This is a question that has confused and fuddled customers probably since recordable DVD's came out. When I worked in electronics sales, this was a question that I was presented with a lot. The short answer is that, with most modern DVD players it makes absolutely no difference. Here's the long answer:
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This collection of teachings might be useful here:
Realizing Cessation
by Ajahn Maha Boowa
2.3 The defilement that forms the essence of the cycle (vaṭṭa) – which in Pali is termed 'avijjâ-paccayâ saṅkhârâ,' 'With unawareness as condition, there occur mental formations': This is the seed of becoming and birth, buried here in this mind. ... So now, is the mind us? Is it ours? Slash on down! Whatever is going to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. We feel no regrets. We want only the truth. Even if the mind is going to be smashed and destroyed along with everythign else, let's at least know with our practice. Strike on down! Ultimately, everything counterfeit gets smashed, while the nature of pure truth, of supreme truth – the pure mind – doesn't die and isn't destroyed. See? So now whether you call it inconstant, stressful, and not-self or not, at least make the mind pure, and it will gain release from all conventional realities. Inconstancy, stress, and not-self lie within the realm of convention (sammuti). Once the mind has gained release from these things, there's nothing more that can be said – even though we are completely aware. So what is there now to doubt? This is release from the prison, from the cycle that imprisons living beings, and us in particular – our mind in particular, now extricated right there. Freed right there. ... This is thus called the timeless (akâlika) heart, the timeless Dhamma, freed from time. It's a pure nature, always fully awake (buddho) like that. ... Even though we may have never said that we've given our life to defilement, that's what we've done for an infinitely long time, to the point where we can't count the times. Even in the single lifetime of an individual, we can't count the times. Take the realm of the present that's visible to us and work back to infinity: It's all come from the avijjâ-paccayâ saṅkhârâ embedded here in the heart for countless lifetimes. Nothing else in the cosmos has caused us to experience becoming and birth, and to carry the mass of all sufferings, other than this avijjâ-paccayâ saṅkhârâ. ... Birth and death, birth and death without ceasing: What is the cause? The Buddha has taught us, beginning with avijjâ-paccayâ saṅkhârâ, saṅkhâra-paccayâ viññâṇaṃ – 'With unawareness as condition, there are formations. With formations as condition, there is consciousness.' These are the causes. They're buried in the mind, which is why they cause us to take birth without ceasing. As soon as we destroy avijjâ-paccayâ saṅkhârâ, what happens? Avijjâyatveva asesa-virâga-nirodhâ saṅkhâra-nirodho – 'All that is needed is for unawareness to be completely disbanded from the heart, then nirodho hoti – everything else is disbanded.' What do you say to that? Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti – 'All that is needed is for unawareness to be utterly disbanded, and everything – the entire mass of suffering and stress – is disbanded.' And that which knows that unawareness is disbanded, that's the pure one. How can that pure one disband or be annihilated? It's an utter truth. (Things As They Are, p. 57-62.)
2.4 The land of victory, when all the defilements fall back in defeat: You don't have to ask about it. You'll know it on your own through the Dhamma immediately apparent to every person who practises to that point. The Buddha didn't lay any exclusive claims on it, but bestowed it as the wealth of every person who practises in dignity in the midst of this world of inconstancy, stress, and not-self. When the khandhas no longer carry on, we will attain full anupâdisesa-nibbâna with nothing more to worry about. ... As for the genuine Dhamma of results in the principles of nature, that's something to be known exclusively in the heart of the person who practises. This Dhamma can't really be described correctly in line with its truth. We can only talk around it. And particularly with release: This can't be correctly described at all, because it's beyond all conventions and speculations. It can't be described. Even though we may know it with our full heart, we can't describe it. Like describing the flavour and fullness that come from eating: Even though eating is something in the realm of conventional reality that can be described, and though we all have savoured the flavour and eaten our fill, still we can't describe these things at all in line with their truth. The Dhamma that can't be described: That's the genuine Dhamma. It doesn't have the word 'vanishes' or 'disappears' – simply that the world can't reach in to know it and touch it. As for annihilating this Dhamma, it can't be annihilated. When we practise in line with the tactics given by each of the Buddhas, we can touch it and become aware of it. The heart becomes an awareness of the Dhamma, a right and fitting vessel for the Dhamma – and there is no vessel more appropriate for receiving each level of the Dhamma than the heart. When it enters into the Dhamma in full measure, the heart becomes one with the Dhamma. The heart is the Dhamma. The Dhamma is the heart. Oneness. There is nothing but oneness, not becoming two with anything else. ... If we get weak or discouraged, we should reflect on the cemeteries of birth and death that will burn us forever: Is there anything good about them? The struggle involved in the effort of the practice, even though it involves hardship, is a means of cutting back on our becoming and birth. More than that, it completely eliminates becoming and birth, which are a massive heap of stress, from the heart, so that we can freely pass by and gain release. There are none of the various sorts of defilement – even the most subtle – infiltrating or coercing such a heart. This is what it means to be free in every way, above the world of rebirth – which is a conventional reality (sammuti) – through the power of our persistent endeavour. (Things As They Are, p. 97-103.)
2.5 This is the investigation of the mind. This level, when we have reached it, is where things are severed completely from becoming and birth in the mind, severed completely from all unawareness and craving. 'Avijjâ-paccayâ saṅkhârâ' – 'With unawareness as condition, there occur thought-formations' – is completely severed and becomes 'avijjâyatveva asesa-virâga-nirodhâ saṅkhâra-nirodho, saṅkhâra-nirodhâ viññâṇa-nirodho...' -- 'Simply with the disbanding of unawareness, with no remaining passion, thought-formations disband. With the disbanding of thought-formations, cognizance disbands....' all the way to 'this is the disbanding of this entire mass of stress.' When unawareness has disbanded, the formations that are the cause of stress disband and keep disbanding, just as the Buddha said, while the formations that continue as part of the khandhas become formations pure and simple, and aren't a cause of stress. The cognizance (viññâṇa) that appears in the heart is cognizance pure and simple, and not cognizance as a cause of stress. 'Viññâṇa-paccayâ nâmarûpaṃ, nâmarûpa-paccayâ saḷâyatanaṃ, saḷâyatana-paccayâ phasso' -- whatever is a physical or mental phenomenon, a sense medium, or a sensory contact is simply its own simple nature. It can't provoke the mind that has finished its task to the point of 'evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti' -- 'This is the disbanding of this entire mass of stress.' The words, 'evametassa kevalassa' -- 'all things mentioned here' -- have absolutely disbanded. This is called disbanding in full measure. When we disband defilement, craving, and unawareness, when we disband the world of rebirth, where do we disband it if not in the mind, which is the essence of the world of rebirth, the essence of unawareness, the essence of birth, ageing, illness, and death. The seeds of birth, ageing, illness, and death -- namely, passion and craving, with unawareness as their ringleader -- lie only here in the mind. When they are completely scattered from the mind, there is simply 'nirodho hoti' -- 'This is the disbanding....' (Things As They Are, p. 145-6.)
2.6 We now take this atomic mindfulness and discernment and shoot it into the central point of conventional reality, the point that causes living beings to founder in the wheel of the cycle (vaṭṭa) so that they can't find their way out, don't know the way out, don't know the ways of birth, don't know who has been born as what, where they have died, what burdens of suffering and stress they have carried. Mindfulness and discernment go crashing down into that point until it is scattered to pieces. And so now how can we not know what it is that has caused us to take birth and die? There is only defilement that is the important seed causing us to take birth and die, causing us to suffer pain and stress. ... When it has been made to collapse within the heart, what is the heart like now? How does the outer space of the Dhamma differ from the outer space of the world? Now we know clearly. The outer space of this purified mind: Is it annihilation? The outer space of the world isn't annihilation. If it were annihilation, they wouldn't call it outer space. It's a nature that exists in line with the principles of its nature as outer space. The outer space of the mind released from all forms of gravitational pull, i.e., conventional reality: What is it like? Even though we've never known it before, when we come to know it, we won't have any doubts. ... We won't have to search for witnesses to confirm it, the way we do with conventions in general. It's sandiṭṭhiko -- immediately apparent -- and only this fits perfectly with our heart and that outer space mind. This is what we referred to at the beginning when we talked about the outer space of the world and the outer space of the mind. The outer space of the mind -- the mind of nibbâna -- is like that. Just where is it annihilated? Who experiences the outer space of the mind? If it were annihilation, who could experience it? As for where it will or won't be reborn, we already know that there's no way for it to be reborn. We know this clearly. We've removed every defilement or conventional reality that would lead to rebirth. Conventional reality is the same thing as defilement. All things -- no matter how subtle -- that have been dangers to the heart for such a long time have been completely destroyed. All that remains is the pure outer space of the mind: the mind that is pure. You can call it outer space, you can call it anything at all, because the world has its conventions, so we have to make differentiations to use in line with the conventions of the world so as not to conflict. When we reach the level of the outer space mind, how does it feel for the mind to have been coerced, oppressed, and subject to the pull of all things base and vile, full of stress and great sufferings for aeons and aeons? We don't have to reflect on how many lifetimes it's been. We can take the principle of the present as our evidence. Now the mind is released. We've seen how much suffering there has been and now we've abandoned it once and for all. We've absolutely destroyed its seeds, beginning with 'avijjâ-paccayâ saṅkhârâ' -- 'With unawareness as condition there occur mental formations.' All that remains is 'avijjâyatveva asesa-virâga-nirodhâ saṅkhâra-nirodho' -- 'Simply with the disbanding of unawareness, with no remaining passion, thought-formations disband.' That's the outer space of the mind. The mind released from all gravitational forces: Even though it's still alive and directing the khandhas, there's nothing to bar its thoughts, its vision, its knowledge. There's nothing to obstruct it, nothing to make it worried or relieved, nothing to make it brave, nothing to make it afraid. It is simply its own nature by itself, always independent in that way. ... This is the place -- if we speak in terms of place -- where we run out of doubts about everything of every sort. We oversee the khandhas, which are simply conventions of the world, just as all the Noble Disciples do while they are still living. As for the mind, it has gained release and remains released in that way. As we have said, even though it remains in the midst of the world of conventions, this nature is its own nature, and those other things are their own affairs. Each is a separate reality that doesn't mingle, join, or have an effect on the others. When we say release from the world, this is what we mean. ... As for nirodha, the cessation of stress: When defilement is disbanded, from where will any more suffering or stress arise? When defilement and stress are disbanded for good, that's the outer space of the mind. As for the Noble Truths, they're activities, or our workplace. The result that comes from these four Noble Truths is something else entirely. As I've always been telling you: What is it that knows that stress and the cause of stress disband? When the path has performed its duties to the full and has completely wiped out the cause of stress, then nirodha -- the cessation of stress -- appears in full measure, after which it disbands as well, because it too is a conventional reality. As for the one who knows that the cause of stress has disbanded by being eradicated through the path so as to give rise to the cessation of stress: The one who knows this is the pure one -- the outer space of the mind -- and that's the end of the matter. (Things As They Are, p. 174-80.)
2.7 The word 'kammaṭṭhâna' has been well known among Buddhists for a long time and the accepted meaning is: 'the place of work (or basis of work).' But the 'work' here is a very important work and means the work of demolishing the world of becoming (bhava), demolishing (future) births, kilesas, taṇhâ, and the removal and destruction of all avijjâ from our hearts. All this is in order that we may be free from dukkha. In other words, free from birth, old age, pain and death, for these are the bridges that link us to the round of saṃsâra (vaṭṭa), which is never easy for any beings to go beyond, free. (Paṭipadâ, p. 13.)
2.8 In seeing dukkha, he will see it within himself every time it arises in him – and also, in overcoming dukkha he will know how he has overcome it in himself by the power of his samâdhi, sati and paññâ. As for the dukkha connected with life and death and what he will become in future lives, however many they may be that he will have to face up to, he is not concerned or anxious. Because the nature of all of them is collected within his experience in the khandhas which are before him right now and which have been taken in and known by this one heart which is at present training and correcting itself. (Paṭipadâ, p. 368.)


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Restaurant Offers Discount To People Who Pray Before Eating
UPDATE: According to WGHP, the restaurant has decided to stop offering the discount. Mary's Gourmet Diner received a letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Wisconsin informing her the policy is illegal, and threatened her with a lawsuit if she continued to offered the discount.
In what could be considered the bravest possible move in today's progressive society, a North Carolina restaurant is offering customers a 15 percent discount if they make a point of praying before they eat.
Mary's Gourmet Diner in Winston-Salem, N.C., recently began offering a special "grace" discount, ABC 13 reported. The family-owned restaurant is already at the center of a wave of local controversy.
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Salk professor Joe Ecker made national headlines in December when TIME magazine ranked his most recent study, in which his lab mapped the epigenome of two human cell types for the first time, the No. 2 most important scientific finding of 2009. Interestingly, the techniques Ecker's lab used to map the human epigenome - the mechanism that controls our DNA - were the same he previously developed to decipher the "epigenetic" code in plants. A renowned plant geneticist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecker was part of the team that sequenced the entire genome of Arabidopsis thaliana, a modest weed that has become the model organism for plant biologists. Discoveries first made in plants are now being applied toward better understanding human biology.
Were you at all surprised that the mainstream media picked up
on the epigenome story?
No. We knew it was a big deal. We spent the last two years racing against many other groups. There is a group of scientists in China that got $1.5 billion to work on epigenetics and other projects. And there were others in Singapore and Scripps. So there were some very good people out there working on this, yet here we are, this relatively small group at the Salk Institute that was able to complete the first two examples of the human epigenome and publish first in Nature. The good news for us is that we already had a lot of experience from working with Arabidopsis. So we had already worked out the methods. In fact our competitors were using our sequencing methods.
Can you explain epigenetics in basic terms?
The mechanism that controls the expression of DNA is the so-called epigenome. It sits on top of your DNA, hence the term "epi" (on top of). You can think of it as being the software in a computer. A computer running Windows looks very different from a Macintosh, it just depends on the software you are running. So in similar fashion, the epigenome is controlling the genome, making different cell types using the same "hardware" (genome).
So what controls the epigenome?
What we eat or the environment can cause changes in your epigenome. For example, there's a study that just came out about plastic containers containing bisphenol. It looked at changes in methylation profiles, not using whole genome sequencing, but using an array-based method. And sure enough it looks like bisphenol is having an effect on the epigenome. So that is a clear environmental effect of diet and toxins in the environment that are affecting your DNA methylation profile.
There are drugs on the market that target the epigenome.
Which diseases do they treat? And what other applications are possible
as science learns more about the human epigenome?
There are many places in your genome where the epigenome is in control. If you take a drug that affects the epigenome, you'd want to know specifically which area of the epigenome is being changed. But that's not entirely understood yet. The drugs on the market that affect the epigenome are primarily used to treat cancer. One of the characteristics in cancer is the silencing of tumor suppressor genes. So if these genes are turned off by the epigenome, which is a bad thing, you could potentially turn them back on by removing the DNA methylation. But of course these drugs also cause other changes in the epigenome. So trying to understand exactly what the drugs are doing depends on being able to look across the entire genome. I think physicians will soon begin to treat patients with a drug, isolate the cells from that person after treatment and look at the changes in their epigenome to understand their effect, good and bad. And then maybe in the future drugs can be designed to target the enzymes involved to control specific areas of the epigenome.
In your lab's recent study, your team mapped the epigenomes of two
human cell types: embryonic stem cells and fibroblasts. But this is just
the tip of the iceberg in terms of what still needs to be discovered.
Absolutely. The textbooks tell us that there are 250 or so cell types. Well, we know there is more than that. Our colleagues at Salk who study the retina tell us it alone has 20 cell types, and probably many more. Cell types are designated by their shape and size, but that's probably a very naive view of what cells are because as an embryo forms, for example, those cells are changing and moving. So cells that are in motion may look like the ones that aren't, but yet something is telling them to move. So they are genetically programmed differently. So you can imagine that there are millions of epigenetic states at one extreme, and minimally 250. Somewhere in between is the real number, which we don't know, but we've done two so far. So we're definitely at the tip of the iceberg.
What fascinates you most about plant genetics?
Not only what we eat but a lot of what we wear comes from plant material. And so I think its an area where you can have a lot of impact. So one of the goals of our research is to understand plants well enough to be able to manipulate them for various purposes: energy, biofuels, creating new crops that can withstand the changing environments. There are a lot of things about plants that have an impact on humans. Not necessarily disease, but impact human biology, hunger being at the top of the list.
What's the one scientific question in your field you'd
like to answer in your lifetime?
I'd like to know how much of what we see affecting the epigenome is transmitted into the next generation. That has very profound implications for human biology because some of the things that we don't understand about disease may be due to epigenetics. This is where plants actually help because the information gathered from animal and plant model systems can easily transfer from one another. And one of the things we know very well about plants is that they can have stable epigenetic events that last hundreds of years. So that means that if such an event can be stable and inherited over many generations maybe it's true in people as well.
So trying to understand the impact of the environment on plants and people is one of the goals that we have. What happens to the epigenome when you change your diet or in disease states such as if you have diabetes? Does either have implications for your kids or grandkids? Just like we try to understand how genetic mutations have effects on diseases, this is a whole other area I think that's ripe for trying to understand how people interact with their environment and how it affects them.


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Firstly let me say how manly your beard is and how much I will try to grow one and emmulate your masculinity.
However I have been informed by some dirty Vulcan that you have a regular "back, sack and crack" is this true?
I'm no gynecologist but I know a cunt when I see one.
I can assure you that all areas of the Frakesform are indeed manly, valiant and puissant.
If you don't believe me, watch the episode where I devolve into an ape or the one that I go mad and start thinking I'm in a play.
Manly from top to bottom.
Thank you again for your kind words. I am sure your beard will be both manly and honourable.
The streets are alive with the sounds of pain...EARN YOUR F***ING SCARS, SON!
Would Frakes consider the rusty trombone a manly position ?
Rusty Trombone
The act of performing anal cunnilingus while reaching up above the testicles to manually administer quick up and down motions to the penile shaft; resulting in a violent yet pleasant explosion. It is then customary for the female to then give a quick blow into the anus for good luck, the lips blowing into the anus sounds very similar to a trombones sweet melody. This was introduced to the Americas in the late 50's.
While receiving a rusty trombone I lost control of my bowels.
If you need a friend, get a dog !
I have a beard; sometimes I have a fairly long, full beard (no moustache though) and other times I go for sideburns and a goatee... which is more manly?
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What did Channing and Jenna name their baby girl?
(Yahoo!) - UPDATE: Tatum has formally announced the birth of his baby girl -- and released her name -- on his website.
"Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Channing Tatum are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Everly Tatum, who was born on May 31st in London," the message reads.
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum have a new tiny dancer in the family!
With "Magic Mike" for a dad and a former *NSYNC and Janet Jackson backup dancer for a mom, how could the pair's brand new baby daughter not have moves?
The first-time parents — who wed in 2009 — brought their new bundle of joy into the world on May 31 in a non-traditional location: London! Jenna, 32, chose to join her hubby of three years across the pond where he's been shooting a new sci-fi flick, "Jupiter Ascending," making their daughter a little bit of a Brit.
But, when Channing, 33, talked to omg! just weeks before the birth, he said the pair still hadn't decided whether to make baby an official dual citizen of the U.S. and England.
"I've heard like 17 different things," he told us, admitting the citizenship process was a little confusing. "We just asked the hospital and they didn't even really know, so I don't know how we're ever going to know. If we ever really wanted to make her a citizen, we'd go figure it out."
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Adata Technology has introduced its first 3.5-inch external hard drive with the new-generation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface.
The NH03-series HDD features transfer rates reaching up to 140MB/s, and includes 256-bit AES encryption to keep personal data safe and confidential.
Available up to 2TB, the new Adata external drive is backed by 3-year product warranty.
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'"I was coaching," Ruff said with a grin. "That's what it was. A little bit of complacency in that drill bothered me because our power play was making strides. You can't practice like that. You can't practice the power play and have it be effective the way we were practicing. I just chose to get my point across."'
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This Spring Break, Campus Ministry is sponsoring a Border Awareness Experience to raise consciousness about the issues facing the border such as immigration, economic development, human rights, and social justice. More than being an informational tour, it seeks to immerse the participants in the border culture and the realities of the many people and groups that live and work there. The food that we will eat and the conditions which we will live in are as much a part of the experience as the people and agencies.
The experience will be at The Annunciation House, a house of hospitality for migrants, in El Paso, Texas. Participants are expected to participate in three preparatory meetings and all the experiences of the trip. We will be living simply and in close quarters. For more information or if you want to apply online, following our links below.
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US takes Gold in skiing halfpipe
(NEWSER) – David Wise won the gold medal in the Olympic debut of halfpipe skiing today, cutting through heavy snow to easily outclass the field. The 23-year-old American scored a 92 on his first run through the halfpipe clogged by wet, soggy rain and snow all night. Mike Riddle of Canada took silver with a 90.6 and Kevin Rolland of France won bronze.
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Asustek Computer has announced its 15.6-inch 3D notebook, the G51J 3D, featuring Nvidia's 3D Vision solution.
Its price is estimated at about NT$50,000 (US$1,556), higher than the NT$37,900 for Acer's 15.6-inch 3D notebook. The G51J 3D is expected to hit market shelves in early December.
Powered by the Intel Core i7 processor, the G51J 3D features four physical cores working in tandem with the operating system and applications for additional performance. It allows users to utilize and launch multiple applications, and to enjoy high definition multimedia and processor-intensive games, Asustek said.
The G51J 3D features an Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M GPU with 1GB DDR3 video memory onboard, and comes with a pair of 3D Vision active-shutter glasses coupled with a wide-range infra-red emitter delivers stereoscopic images with clarity, brightness and depth-of-field (DOP) at full resolution without any viewing angle restrictions.
The GPU driver and a 120Hz 3D panel render each scene twice, delivering up to 60 images evenly to each eye, amounting to a total of up to 120 images at any given time.
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WATCH: Rebel Wilson and Ellen DeGeneres rap 'Watching Cats on The Internet'
Rebel Wilson and Ellen DeGeneres, aka the rap duo "Rebellen," performed their new hit "Watching Cats on the Internet" on Tuesday's "Ellen Show."
The pair, who last year astounded the audience with their rendition of "Shoop," sang the ridiculous song while wearing Adidas jumpsuits and bling.
Get ready for this specialness on ELLEN tomorrow!! pic.twitter.com/DpcCVIbvf6
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PDF: Criminal complaint
Related story: Apple Valley woman arrested after toddler ingests chili powder, dies
Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against an Apple Valley woman accused of killing her boyfriend's daughter with chili powder.
Amanda Sorensen, 21 was formally charged Wednesday with the murder of 2-year-old Joileen, as well as an act child abuse that caused the death of a human being, according to the criminal complaint. The last name of the girl was not released. No reason was given.
Sorensen's arraignment was Wednesday in Victorville Superior Court via closed-circuit camera from the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, according to court records.
The Marinello School of Beauty graduate faces a possible term of 25 years to life in state prison if convicted, according to prosecutors.
Deputies were called to the 20000 block of Cayuga Road on Sunday night when they found the toddler suffering from a seizure after ingesting the powder, authorities said.
The girl was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy will be performed.
Sorensen is the girlfriend of the toddler's father, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller. The father's name wasn't released.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact sheriff's Detective Rob Trostle or Sgt. Rick Bessinger at 909-387-3589.
Callers wishing to remain anonymous can call the WeTip Hotline at 800-78-CRIME (27463) or leave information at Wetip.com.
Reach Doug via email, find him on Twitter @CrimeShutterbug, or call him at 909-386-3925.