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Is Iowa really a red state? According to personal finance site WalletHub, Iowa is a red state. But didn't Iowa vote for Obama the last two elections? Not that kind of red state. WalletHub's map has states with the most burdensome taxes as red states, and those with less burdensome taxes as green:
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WalletHub analyzed how state and local tax rates compare to the national median in the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia. We compared eight different types of taxation in order to determine: 1) Which states have the highest and lowest tax rates; 2) how those rates compare to the national median; 3) which states offer the most value in terms of low taxation and high cost-of-living adjusted income levels.
WalletHub says Iowans have a tax burden 26% above the national average. They note, though, that when the rank is adjusted based on our cost of living, Iowa improves 10 places on their rankings.
This is a different measurement than the Tax Foundations well-known Business Tax Climate Index, which places Iowa at 11th-worst. Either way, it's not a healthy system. And nothing major is likely to happen to change it anytime soon. Still, the The Tax Update's Quick and Dirty Iowa Tax Reform Plan shows the way!
Supplies sales tax exemption advances. The Iowa General Assembly isn't entirely idle on the tax front. Sometimes that's a good thing, as in the House passage yesterday of HF 2443, exempting supplies used in manufacturing from sales tax. Business inputs in general should not be subject to sales tax, as they are likely to be taxed again when the finished product is sold.
Other than that, there isn't a lot else to report on the Iowa tax legislative scene. The speedway tax break remains alive. The bill to broaden the Iowa capital gain "ten and ten" exclusion hasn't cleared the committee level. Silly legislation continues to be introduced, like a 50% state tax credit for payments of principal and interest on student loans (HSB 673). Let's encourage crushing student debt burdens!
But sometimes its best when the legislature does nothing. It's hard to complain that HF 2770, the bill to pay doctors at their average charge rates with tax credits for "volunteering," has languished.
The TaxProf notes the Death of Former IRS Commissioner Randoph Thrower; Was Fired for Refusing President's Request to Audit His Enemies, quoting a New York Times story:
The end came in January 1971, after Mr. Thrower requested a meeting with the president, hoping to warn him personally about the pressure White House staff members had been placing on the IRS to audit the tax returns of certain individuals. Beginning with antiwar leaders and civil rights figures, the list had grown to include journalists and members of Congress, among them every Democratic senator up for re-election in 1970, Mr. Thrower told investigators years later. He was certain the president was unaware of this and would agree that "any suggestion of the introduction of political influence into the IRS" could damage his presidency, he said.
Mr. Thrower received two responses. The first was a memo from the president's appointments secretary saying a meeting would not be possible; the second was a phone call from John D. Ehrlichman, the president's domestic affairs adviser, telling him he was fired.
I'll just note here that Doug Shulman, worst commissioner ever, left on his own terms.
David Brunori, Hawaii Tax Credit Craziness (Tax Analysts Blog):
According to some excellent reporting in the Honolulu Civil Beat, the Legislature is considering a slew of tax incentives to promote manufacturing in the state. Yes, there are those (particularly established manufacturers) who would like to promote something other than tourism, hosting of naval bases, and pineapple production. The main proposal (SB 3082) would provide tax credits for employee training and some equipment purchases. The goal is to turn Hawaii into 1960s Pittsburgh or Flint Mich., in their heyday. I have my doubts.
I don't think that really plays to Hawaii's strengths.
Howard Gleckman, A Terrible Response to the Internet Tax Mess (TaxVox)
Under the plan, the federal government would let retailers collect tax based on the levy where the seller is located, no matter where the purchaser resides. This would apply to all retailers, as long as they had no physical presence in the consumer's state.
A firm could base its "home jurisdiction" on the state where it has the most employees, the most physical assets, or the state it designates as its principal place of business for federal tax purposes.
Given the nature of online sellers, changing locations to a no-sales-tax state would be fairly easy.
Interesting. I wonder if a "universal mail order sales tax rate" might ultimately be the answer. You could set this universal rate at, say, the average national sales tax rate, collect it from all buyers, and remit it to the delivery state through a clearinghouse run by the state revenue agencies.
Paul Neiffer, Cash Rents Equals Extra 3.8% on Sale. "However, once you are done farming and are simply renting the ground to other farmers (including relatives), then the rental income will be subject to the tax and even worse, selling the farmland for a large gain will result in extra tax."
Jana Luttenegger, Filing From Home, and Health Insurance Reporting on W-2s (Davis Brown Tax Law Blog)
TaxGrrrl, Taxes From A To Z (2014): J Is For Jury Duty Pay
Everything is spinning out of control! Suburban Cleveland Councilman Denies Getting in Brawl With Liberty Tax Sign Spinner (Going Concern)
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IT WAS a very tough decision for the judges but three Local Business Accelerator contenders have been selected as winners after taking part in a Dragons' Den-style event.
Betty Hobcraft, from Betty Blue's Loungerie, Kaia Vincent, from Brevity Marketing, and Sarah Evans, from RightBag, were picked from five finalists shortlisted for the event.
Five contenders made 10-minute pitches to the panel of judges – Gazette Newspapers' editor Mark Jones, RSM Tenon's Basingstoke managing director Nick Parker, and Lamb Brooks partner Simon Arthur.
All three businesses can look forward to receiving three months of free advertising from Gazette Newspapers and three months of business mentoring from Nick and Simon – and one of them will be selected as the overall local winner.
Betty outlined why she set up her online loungerie sales business in 2011 from her home in Hartley Wintney, after graduating from De Montfort University.
Despite suffering from ME since the age of 12, she has quickly started to make a name for herself, garnering some national press coverage when she showcased her wares at last year's Conservative Party conference as a finalist in an initiative called Start Up Hub UK.
Betty explained to the panel that she created Betty Blue's with the aim of offering women garments that are "sensual and alluring, yet warm and comfortable, so you can lounge at home looking like a Hollywood starlet of eras gone past."
She explained that she found a gap in the market which she said was saturated with either unisex type tracksuits or silken slips.
"I am looking to achieve sales of £30,000 for 2013, but I need some help," explained Betty, Sarah, from RightBag, also impressed the judges with her business that sources and sells laptop and mobile device cases, covers and bags.
The entrepreneur set the business up at her Hatch Warren home, in Basingstoke, after struggling to find stylish practical and feminine laptop bags.
In a short time, she caught the attention of BBC TV's Dragons' Den investor Theo Paphitis, who awarded her his Small Business Sunday twitter award. She has also won a WOW Award from the chief executive of Ann Summers, Jacqueline Gold. And most recently, she has won a Gold Website Award from Mumpreneur UK.
Nick Parker was particularly impressed with RightBag's website, designed by Basingstoke-based design agency theESCAPE.
Sarah told the judges: "I want to quadruple my sales, but it's not an easy task. Now I need help through mentoring and advertising for the business to grow."
Kaia runs Brevity Marketing from her Grove House offices at Chineham Court.
"Marketing has always been a passion of mine," explained Kaia.
"It's so important for businesses to have marketing to be successful, but one of the ways that small businesses struggle is that they can't afford a full-time marketing manager. What they do is struggle by. So Brevity Marketing provides an outsourcing service and expertise."
Among her local clients are Two Guys Kitchens and Wote St Recruitment.
Kaia, who is aiming for double growth this year – with some help from her mentors – spoke of a business hero of hers, Sir Richard Branson. She said: "Over 20 banks said no to Richard Branson, but he kept going and so will we!"
Excellent pitches were also made by the other two finalists – The Nautical Company, run by Sandrine Wyatt-Gonord, selling authentic Breton clothes and accessories, and schools procurement specialist Minerva Procurement Solutions, run by Lorraine Ashover. Both of these firms have already landed awards in prestigious business competitions.
All five finalists deserved to be LBA winners, but with just three places up for grabs, the judges chose the businesses that they thought, at this time, could best benefit from the mentoring and advertising prizes on offer.
The judges said: "We were very impressed with the presentations made by all five finalists. All five businesses show great promise and some have already chalked up awards successes.
"The people leading all five of these small businesses clearly have great drive, determination and passion which will stand them in good stead. We wish all five every success as they take their business forward."

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Major Disappointment: Carnival Glory Cruise Review by cocoasmomma
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Major Disappointment
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
First, I will say that the staff/crew were very very nice. I do not blame the crew at all for our bad experience. Our dining staff were wonderful, and did a great job. Also, our cabin steward was great. If it weren't for them, I would be really angry that we spent a dime with Carnival.
I found it upsetting that Carnival brags about how they have larger than average staterooms. I say this cannot be true. I also found it upsetting that Carnival says they refurbished this ship last year. If they did, they did not refurbish our cabin, as it was shabby, dingy and run down.
The food on the breakfast & lunch buffets was such a huge More disappointment!!! Poor selection and poor quality. I am not a picky eater, and I found myself grossed out by much of the food--even skipped several meals--rare for me. One of the most fun things about cruising is the wonderful food. Not on this ship. So sad.
I was amazed at how much cigarette & cigar smoke I had to breath. It seemed like the entire ship caters to smokers. I can understand allowing smoking on certain areas of the outside decks, and maybe one bar. This was not the case on the Glory. All the night clubs, the casino, the comedy club, the sports bar, and also some walkways were all smoke filled to the extreme! Ugh!!!!! We wanted to have cocktails and listen to music/dance, but the smoke ruined it for us. Just terrible!!!!
The cruise directors staff seemed kinda flat. They were pleasant, but they seemed like they were bored. Also, who dresses these people??? The uniforms were awful. Not professional. Seems like the employees are not real happy--like something is going on behind the scenes, and moral is low.
The entertainment was pretty bad. Again, I really don't blame the cast. The cast singers sounded good enough. I found the production to be extra cheesy. The costumes were bad, and the shows left way too much to be desired.
The common areas on the ship were not particularly clean. Finger prints, smudges, dirty bathrooms, etc. Overall, I felt the ship was dirty.
If we ever cruise again (and after this cruise, we most likely will not), we will never chose Carnival, it was just that bad. I have no idea how anyone would spend their hard earned money as a repeat guest. Carnival, you can do better that this!!!
If you live in a very small town, and are really dying to be around lots of annoying people, and have no clue what good food or good shows are, you might enjoy this cruise...otherwise DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!! Less
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After allowing myself to get engulfed by tremendous amount of online works last month, I conditioned my mind that I deserve a reward for the hard work. It's been a while I updated my wardrobe and so after skimming through online stores in Facebook, here are my sweet treats for myself:
I got lured shopping for all these because they're unbelievably low priced. Normally, you will find these costing about five hundred bucks in malls but the ones I got cost only Php 300 each. Nice quality. So..such a steal, di ba?
Shopping once in a while is not only a good reward for oneself but they're indeed a great stress buster, too. Hehe!


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At Conservation Northwest's Spokane office, you'll find Conservation Associate Derrick Knowles building support for the Columbia Highlands to protect wildlands and working forests on the Colville National Forest in the northeastern Washington.
Spokane is the hub of the Inland Northwest and the home of outdoors loving people who like to hike, boat, fish, hunt, and camp in and around the nearby mountains, lakes, and streams. We partner with local conservation allies and reaches out to local hunters and anglers, who share a love of the great outdoors, and we bring volunteers together to help restore lands and rebuild trails.
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Establishing a regular exercise routine is a great way to show your body you care and is much less painful than swallowing a greeting card. Demonstrate some physical affection with this Groupon.
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Evolve owner John Cook and each of his trainers make it a personal mission to practice what the gym preaches: honing the fundamentals of physical prowess. Each coach is either a current or former elite athlete in addition to an exercise professional, a fact that enhances their ability to inspire clients. In John's case, a competitive history in wrestling, powerlifting, and mixed martial arts combines with positive mantras to motivate his students.
Since its 1996 founding, Evolve has embraced functional workouts rather than monotonous jogs aboard the treadmill or races with a slinky down the same flight of stairs. Strength and conditioning classes include drills for agility, core work, stability, and endurance, and MMA and wrestling programs showcase tried-and-true grappling techniques. Though sports-performance sessions might focus on specific athletic skills, most other classes remain accessible to anyone hoping to amp up their training. Routines mix up their maneuvers daily to keep muscles on their toes, and a charged atmosphere of support eliminates the need for kettlebells that say "I wuv you!" when squeezed.


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How Would You Handle It: Co-Worker Gives TMI About Sex Life
Help a fellow Sugar reader out! This working girl is sick of hearing about her co-worker's sex life. What advice do you have for her? Read her question below and then leave your words of wisdom in the comments.
I work in an office where there's a small group of women my age. We eat lunch together a couple times a week and chit chat mostly about work stuff, though as we spend more time together it's only natural that the personal stuff has started to surface more often. Most of the girls are in serious relationships and I'm just starting to get more involved with one guy, and there's one girl who's all over the dating scene and is constantly over-sharing the intimate details of her nights out. She gets really raunchy.
She's only been working here for a couple months and the other girls are all ears when she dishes about her sex life, but it makes me really uncomfortable. I don't want to exclude myself from the group lunches, but I'm also getting sick of losing my appetite every time that girl opens her mouth. What should I do?


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In fact, the entire city of Philadelphia rallies around Papale, as he made the Philadelphia Eagles football team during an open tryout (the story is altered significantly from what happened in real life, but what does that matter?).
|It's hard to imagine what America would be like if restrictive covenants on residential property had never been declared unconstitutional: it's time to legalize freedom of association
The heroes are all white males, with Wahlberg's portrayal of Papale nothing short of magical. Especially a scene when he is on the verge of being cut by the Eagles, and he returns to his neighborhood on a rainy night to participate in a football game with old friends.
A neighborhood is father grew up in and still lives in and one where multiple generations of white families enabled an incredible amount of social capital to flourish.
This scene is one of the most beautiful three minutes you'll ever watch, because it shows grown men engaging in a sport that they had been playing for decades.
As the rains falls, you can feel a catharsis come over Wahlberg's character and his friends (a rift had grown between him as Papale had garnered more and more fame for his role with the NFL franchise).
Why bring this scene up?
Why bring up this movie, which depicts a Philadelphia far different than the one black people have worked hard to have renamed Kill-a-delphia?
Because this one scene (found on YouTube here) depicts what restrictive covenants dared to defend and protect: freedom of association.
Decades of government intervention/mandates and trillions of dollars to destroy the type of social capital restrictive covenants (and by de facto segregation) creates has resulted in tens of millions of white people being perpetual nomads, searching in vain for a community free of the intense burden black people inevitably become.
The consequences of a government dedicated to perpetual black improvement (conversely, a government dedicated to disenfranchising whites at any and all opportunity) means we see asinine ideas such a gentrification protection for black homeowners taken seriously.
In a sane society, anything causing property values to decline (i.e. a sizable black population) would be quickly legislated against, which helps explain why restrictive covenants were so vital to protecting the long-term investment in private property.
If an increase in the black population negatively impacts the equity in your home, why shouldn't a home owner desire to impede the growth of the black population; conversely, if a rising white population increases the value of the equity in a home, why wouldn't black people desire gentrification?
The same home, when surrounded exclusively by blacks, was worthless; now, with the rise in the white population, the once worthless property magically becomes quite valuable.
Which brings us to this. [Report Quantifies Displacement and Rising Housing Costs in Philadelphia,www.planetizen.com, 4-16-15]:
A policy report from the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities made news for recommending policies to disincentive, with taxes, real estate speculation.
The report also includes raw data on the transformation happening around the city.
"Last week, the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities (PCAC) released a policy report that contained some startling figures about displacement caused by gentrification in Philadelphia," reports Max Marin.
Noting that previous media coverage of the report by Plan Philly and the Philadelphia Daily News focused on the policy recommendations included in the report–namely that the city should enact a new "anti-speculation tax" to tax house flippers–Marin instead focuses on the data findings in the report that inspired the policy recommendation.
"Econsult helped conduct the research report, titled 'Development without Displacement: Keeping Communities Strong,' [pdf] using census data from 2000 to 2012. To our knowledge, it's the first report of its kind that looks at factors and conditions of Philadelphia's changing demographics over such a long period. It even offers a first-time estimate as to how many are being displaced from their homes, community spaces, businesses, and social networks."
Findings from the 12 years under study include:
Race is real, as reflected in the market forces found in shaping rising property values throughout Philadelphia.
- "the African-American population in gentrifying areas of South and West Philadelphia decreased by 29 percent, and by 22 percent in North Philadelphia."
- "'Housing cost-burdened' households were at 52 percent in 2012. That's a citywide increase of 10 percent. The 7th District, which is largely Latino, saw a city-high 20 percent increase in housing-cost burdened households in those years."
- "West Philadelphia's median home sale price increased 98%, twice the city rate; South Philadelphia's median sale price increased 184%, more than three times the citywide rate; North Philadelphia's median sale price increased 200%, nearly four times the citywide."
Adam Smith never quite understood the Invisible Hand guiding economics, but the Visible Black Hand of Economics is on clear display in Philadelphia.
When you watch the backyard football game in the rain from Invincible, you'll see what social capital looks like and the type of people necessary for the creation of a middle class.
The type of community the federal government has been at war with for decades.


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June Earl, a USO volunteer and a Blue Star Mom, places address labels on boxes that will be shipped to local U.S. troops overseas at the USO of Northern Ohio warehouse Thursday in Jackson Township. The boxes contain Christmas care packages including candy, hats, scarves and small decorated Christmas trees. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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"So far we aren't seeing a return to the time when cholera was such a scourge of humanity," says Stephen Ellner of Cornell. "But we are getting an explanation for outbreaks of cholera and diarrheal diseases in South America and the recent, higher-than- historic levels of cholera in South America and Asia." Ellner provided the model for the study. His coauthors are Mercedes Pascual (University of Maryland), Xavier Rodo (University of Barcelona), Rita Colwell (director of NSF and professor at the University of Maryland), and Menno Bouma (University of London).
Cholera is caused by a bacterium that lives among zooplankton in brackish waters and in estuaries and infects humans through contaminated water. Colwell previously had proposed a link between cholera outbreaks and El NiñoSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) events involving increased sea-surface temperatures and higher numbers of bacteria-bearing zooplankton.
Data on cholera incidence, which normally can rise and fall twice each year with local influences such as monsoons and seasonal temperature changes, came from a hospital in Bangladesh that had tested all incoming patients for cholera from 1980 to 1998. The Ellner model took into consideration recent frequencies of cholera cases, an ENSO index based on sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific, and seasonal variation in local climates.
Peaks in cholera incidence at the Bangladesh hospital were found to occur every 3.7 yearsexactly the same frequency as of ENSO events between 1980 and 1998. A separate analysis of climate variables by co-authors Pascual and Rodoincluding humidity in the troposphere, cloud cover, and the amount of absorbed solar radiationsuggested that the 11-month lag breaks down into a 6-month lag between an ENSO and increases in sea surface temperatures off the coast of Bangladesh plus a 5-month lag between increased sea surface temperatures and a peak in cholera.
This discovery comes at a time when some ecologists are predicting major increases in disease and death as global climate change provides ideal conditions for disease-causing organisms. Although public-health authorities will now have an 11-month advance morning beginning when an El Niño starts, Ellner says, "this model will be more useful when somebody figures out how to predict El Niño."
The study was supported in part by grants and fellowships from the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation.
Although CO2 is a greenhouse gas, conventional refrigerants called hydrofluorocarbons cause about 1,400 times more global warming than the same quantity of CO2. Also, the tiny quantities of CO2 that would be released from air conditioners would be insignificant compared to the huge amounts produced from burning fossil fuels for energy and transportation, says Eckhard Groll (Purdue University). This summer, Groll chaired the Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids, at which Purdue engineers discussed their progress on designing and assessing a portable CO2-based air conditioner.
CO2 is promising for systems that must be small and lightweight, such as automotive or portable air conditioners. CO2 systems must be operated at high pressuresup to five times as high as commonly seen in current technology. The high operating pressure required for CO2 systems enables the refrigerant to flow through small-diameter tubing, which allows engineers to design more compact air conditioners. In the past, however, heavy steel tubing had to be used. Now, extremely thin yet strong aluminum tubing can be manufactured, reducing the weight of the unit.
Environmental regulations now require that refrigerants removed during the maintenance and repair of air conditioners be captured with special equipment, instead of being released into the atmosphere as they have been in the past. The new "recovery" equipment is expensive and will require more training to operate, important considerations for the U.S. Army and Air Force, which together use about 40,000 portable field air conditioners. The units, which could be likened to large residential window-unit air conditioners, are hauled into the field for a variety of purposes, such as cooling troops and electronic equipment.
"For every [conventional] unit they buy, they will need to buy a recovery unit," Groll says. "That's a significant cost because the recovery unit is almost as expensive as the original unit. Another problem is training. It can be done, but it's much more difficult than using carbon dioxide, where you could just open a valve and release it to the atmosphere" since it is a natural, comparatively benign gas.
Groll estimates that CO2 systems will take another 5 to 10 years to perfect. His work is funded by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers, as well as the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute.
Yi Chao (NASA Jet PropulsionLaboratory), Michael Ghil, and James McWilliams (both of the University of California, Los Angeles) have found evidence of the PDO's two-part structure in a study of the past 92-year record of sea-surface temperatures in the North and South Pacific. Their results appeared in August in Geophysical Research Letters.
Compared with El Niño, "the PDO is larger, longer, and more difficult to visualize," said Chao. "An explanation might be that it isn't just one thing; it's potentially two big events going on."
In their study, the scientists clearly saw large-scale temperature oscillations of 12°C taking place in the Pacific basin approximately every 15 to 20 years. In addition to this regular and relatively short fluctuation in the Pacific basin's temperature, they found evidence of another temperature shift that appears to take place on a scale of about 70 years. At the beginning of this century, sea surface temperatures seem to gently drop to a low in the 1930s, gradually rise again until the 1970s, and then begin a similarly paced decline to the present. "While we were only able to see one cycle in our data, tree-ring records, which go back 200 to 300 years, and fishery data show a similar time-scale shift," Chao explained.
The PDO also reveals striking symmetry between the northern and southern Pacific. In its "cool" phase, the PDO is a giant, horseshoe-shaped arc of warmer-than-normal water off the coast of Japan, enclosing a wedge of cooler-than-normal water near the equator. In the new study, this pattern appears around 1976, 1957, 1941, and 1924.
"What's striking is that the PDO pattern is similar in both the North and South Pacific and covers a huge area from the Aleutian Islands to the South Pacific," said Chao. "No computer models developed so far have been able to reproduce this symmetric pattern across the equator. This symmetry is a key to understanding what creates the PDO."
The research was supported by NASA.
"When we released our original findings, they were somewhat controversial," said Davis, who has been using satellite data since 1990 to study changes in the ice sheet. "Our data indicated that overall, the ice sheet was maintaining a constant elevation, but we found great variability over short distances, with substantial thickening in some areas and strong thinning in other areas." After his study was released, Davis and a group of researchers led by Joe McConnell (Desert Research Institute) joined together to investigate the cause of the variability in elevation. Other universities who participated in the study include the University of Washington, Ohio State University, the University of Arizona, and the University of Nebraska. Funding was provided by grants from NASA and NSF.
Using ice cores from 45 to 400 feet (15 to 130 meters) deep that were collected from 12 locations around the southern Greenland ice sheet above 6,000 feet (X meters) in elevation, the researchers measured variations in the concentrations of dust and chemical compounds such as hydrogen peroxide, calcium, and ammonium. The researchers used this analysis to determine the amount of snow that accumulated each year over the time span of the cores. Ice core analysis and modeling revealed that areas where elevation changed dramatically had a corresponding variation in snowfall during the study period. Further analysis indicated these snowfall variations were consistent with natural fluctuations over decades.
A separate study by Lonnie Thompson (Ohio State University) used ice cores drilled through a glacier more than four miles up in the Himalayan Mountains. According to these cores, which give a highly detailed record of the last 1,000 years of climate in the Tibetan Plateau, both the last decade and the last 50 years were the warmest in that entire period.
"This is the highest climate record ever retrieved," Thompson said, "and it clearly shows a serious warming during the late 20th century, one that was caused, at least in part, by human activity."
The cores also revealed periodic failures of the South Asian Monsoon. In 1790, the monsoon cycle changed, and drought took hold on the plateau, a condition that cotninued for seven years until 1796, when the monsoons returned.
"That event was major," Thompson said. "It killed more than 600,000 people in one region of India alone. And that was at a time when global populations were much less than they are today [an estimated 980 million in 1800]. If a similar event occurred today, the social and economic disruptions would be horrendous." The ice-core record showed other serious monsson failures and ensuing droughts in 187677 and around 1640, 1590, 1530, 1330, 1280, and 1230, though none was as devasting as the 1790 event. Thompson's paper on the research, published last month in Science, offered no indications of what might have triggered the monsoon failures.
The data, however, do seem to point to the impact human activities have had on the region's climate. Core samples covering the last century reveal a fourfold increase in dust trapped in the ice and a doubling of chloride concentrations, suggesting an increase in both drying and desertification in the region.
The core-drilling expedition was supported by NSF.


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In afternoon we have meeting in Brother Samuel Kline's dwelling house.
If in a dwelling house, an oath must first be made before a magistrate, that is was suspected the goods were lodged there.
It was a happy and cheerful task to help you in building the first dwelling house in our dear Stockton.
Between us and the dwelling house there was a disused pigsty.
This day a conference of Elders assembled at the dwelling house of Brother Carpenter.
To the right is the mill and the dwelling house of the miller.
The installation of the electric plant in a dwelling house is done in the same way, and as regularly, as the plumbing is.
Bolder still, the wasp has taken possession of the dwelling house.
Of the architecture of the ancient monastery, there remains only a dwelling house of the seventeenth century.
He escaped the crowd and sat down upon a dwelling house stoop.


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A state judge on Wednesday refused to block Pennsylvania's controversial voter ID law. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson's 70-page order wasn't yet available on the court's website, but a docket entry noted that the law would not be enjoined.
Simpson did not rule on the case's merits, only on whether it could be enjoined. Opponents of the law are expected to appeal to the state's Supreme Court.
"We're not done, it's not over," Witold J. Walczak, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who helped argue the case, told the Associated Press. "It's why they make appeals courts."


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Dear friend,
I believe that I can help you.
When did this start?
Are you concerned for their safety
Do you not enjoy being seen as a married man with children?
You understand that I can best help you by having a back and forth conversation with you, but you seemed to have stepped away from your computer.
I can give you the best service if we are exchanging information.
If you are not with me in a few minutes, then I will save and exit from this chat and we can resume when we are both on line.
Ahh. I see you here.
Yes, I am concerned for their safety. I am always worried about someone bothering us or being placed in a dangerous situation. I just can't relax and this has been for years.
Have you ever been in a threatening situation at any time in your life?
A couple of times. But I was alone.
What kind of situations? War, childhood abuse, witness to horror, neglect, in an accident, and so forth?
Altercations with people in public.
Do you get into fights when you are on your own and when you are with your family do you feel vulnerable?
Here is an example of something. I would be very uncomfortable in a restaurant with them if we would be seated next to a table with let's say a group of loud college kids in there 20's. I would always be anticipating something to happen. The worry drives me nuts.
If you were by yourself in that same situation in the restaurant, what would happen?
I would probably still feel anxious and not enjoy the meal. But it would be less overwhelming.
Would you say something to the group
Might there be an altercation?
No, I probably wouldn't say anything. I would just ignore it and avoid conflict. It is just the anticipation that wears on me, I think the worst and nothing happens. This has been life for years and years.
What do you do to soothe yourself, if not get into an argument or start a fight? Any reaction or do you just kind of smolder?
I guess smolder, butterflies in the stomach, increased heart rate, nervousness. Afraid and I don't know why when nothing has even happened.
This is high anxiety, almost a panic attack with the butterflies and increased heart rate. Have you ever had a full-blown panic attack?
Numerous times, to the point that I have to leave for a moment to recollect myself (to the restroom or isolated spot). Then I go back and again it builds.
Has your family witnessed this?
No, because sadly we don't go out much. I fear even taking my 4 year old son to the park. I have to take him to a school yard that is isolated, no one around. And even then I start to panic that maybe someone will show up with other kids. I am there with extreme worry and once we get in the car and go home, I feel this adrenaline type flush and calm comes to again when I am in my house.
Were you ever bullied in any way by friends or family members?
When I was younger I was bullied from time to time, but I think it was just the normal bullying that kids in grade school and jr high would experience, nothing extreme. Talking to you makes remember that even growing up from the age of 4-5 I would always in the morning when getting ready for school be extremely nervous with butterflies in my stomach and afraid. This was even before times when I was bullied.
Were there issues at home that made you feel insecure or worried or afraid?
My parents would sometimes fight, loud shouting and numerous times as a young child we would hear physical contact to my mother and shouting and crying. Myself and my siblings would all be afraid and it was the same adrenaline flush after things were quiet.
Are you easily startled?
I was young exposed to this at about 3 thru 11 years old on and off. Through out my childhood.
Please elaborate on easily startled.
Jumpy. React to certain situations as if they startle you (like a jack-in-the-box could startle a little kid, for example)?
Not to that extreme, but its as everything when I am in public makes me nervous. Example, if I am in line at the supermarket and someone gets behind me. I get nervous and began to anticipate the worst. I start to think about not making a mistake or taking to long to check out my groceries because I don't want to have conflict with the person. male or female. But even more extreme with male.
That is called hypervigilant and was to be my next question.
Do you get bad dreams or ever get flashbacks to the bad times of childhood?
Please elaborate and I appreciate this session by the way. Thank you.
You have described the state of being overly, nervously watchful, which is called not just vigilance, but extreme vigilance.
No bad dreams or flashbacks to childhood, that I recall. But you are correct I am super aware of my surroundings when in public at all times. I just can't relax.
You have have the symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) It is a complex form anxiety caused by various types of trauma, including the many years of abuse that you witnessed, an perhaps endured yourself.
You get these attacks of panic sometimes, and you fear going out in public, especially with the family because you don't want to have a public attack. This kind of fear is called Agoraphobia and often goes with panic attack.
Let me give you the criteria for PTSD directly from the psychiatric "bible" of diagnoses, know as the DSM-IV.
You will look at it and see that a lot applies to you:
309.81 DSM-IV Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following have been present:
(1) the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others (2) the person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror. Note: In children, this may be expressed instead by disorganized or agitated behavior.
B. The traumatic event is persistently reexperienced in one (or more) of the following ways:
(1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions. Note: In young children, repetitive play may occur in which themes or aspects of the trauma are expressed.
(2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event. Note: In children, there may be frightening dreams without recognizable content. (3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated). Note: In young children, trauma-specific reenactment may occur.
(4) intense psychological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event.
(5) physiological reactivity on exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event.
C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by three (or more) of the following:
(1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma
(2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollections of the trauma
(3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma
(4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activities
(5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others
(6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings)
(7) sense of a foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span)
D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by two (or more) of the following:
(1) difficulty falling or staying asleep (2) irritability or outbursts of anger (3) difficulty concentrating (4) hypervigilance (5) exaggerated startle response
E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in Criteria B, C, and D) is more than one month.
F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Specify if: Acute: if duration of symptoms is less than 3 months Chronic: if duration of symptoms is 3 months or more
Specify if: With Delayed Onset: if onset of symptoms is at least 6 months after the stressor
I can't believe that it could be this. PTSD. I have experienced this my entire life pretty much, but I still have been able to persist and go to college, graduate and have a career.
It's all there in what you sent me to review.
That is what every mental health professional uses to diagnose
You can be helped with therapy and not drugs.
It is like somebody has been in an accident or beaten up an has been physically injured.
If they keep experienced the events that injured them (still falling off horses or getting tackled in football) then the injuries persist. They can heal.
Can this be inherited, so to speak.
You an heal. You were emotionally beaten up. You are not psychotic and don't have a mood disorder. You have been emotionally hurt.
Not really. Can you inherit a broken arm?
Let me recommend a great book for you.
Good point. I have a lot of grey hair for a 34 year old.
There are several out there that will help you on the road recovery.
You are lucky. At least you have a lot of hair. :)
Here is one good book:
There is a new book that I have only glanced at but it looks great and shows three different approaches to healing.
Thank you for the recommendation. I will definitely pick this book up and order.
There are both self-help books and they are a start.
You will recover now that you have an idea of what this about.
Thanks again, before I go. Could you please give me your thoughts on forcefully putting myself in the situations that fear me to desensitize??
Go to dinner with your family and pick a happy family place and be determined to have a great time.
You need to expand the envelope at a comfortable pace.
Elliott, in my 34 years of life I have never spoken to anyone about this. Thank you so much for your help.
Get the books and follow the suggestions and exercises. The are guides.
Thank you so much I am so honored to have your trust. I shall hold you in my prayers.
Thank you, XXXXX XXXXX now sign off and rate. Very valuable insight and advice.


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SIOUX FALLS — Homer El Knopf, 78, died on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 at the Sioux Falls VA Hospital.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, at Falls Church, 4060 S. Grange Ave. in Sioux Falls with burial at Hills of Rest Memorial Park in Sioux Falls.
Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls with the family present to greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m.
Homer El Knopf was born on June 9, 1934 on a rural farm at Summit, to Elmer and Gladys (Ness) Knopf. Homer graduated high school in Summit and continued his education as a student of life. His journey was enriched through his service in the U.S. Army from February 4, 1954 until being honorably discharged on January 13, 1956. He served in Germany.
During his early years he worked for the Milwaukee Railroad and the M & St. Louis Railway. On April 27, 1957 he was united in marriage with Anna Marie Wookey of Clark. In 1958 the couple made their home in Sioux Falls. Homer worked as a truck driver for Glendenning Motorways and Nash Finch. In 1981, he and Marie opened an Adult Foster Care facility in their home; it later became the K-nopf Assisted Living Center in which the whole family became involved until 2005.
Homer came from a loving family of 13 children. His first love was the Lord, and then his family. His family was everything in his life. He enjoyed family reunions. He loved traveling and vacationing with his brother and sister and their families. Homer shared his wisdom and gifts freely for the benefits of his family.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Anna Marie Knopf; children, Pamela (Mark McKleroy) Knopf, Michael (Kim) Knopf, Candace (Ron Kuper) Knopf, and Jeff (Heidi) Knopf; and daughter in law, Lisa Knopf. Special in his life are his 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his three brothers, Eugene (Aleda) Knopf, Ronald (Darlene) Knopf and Jimmy (Sharon) Knopf; three sisters, Vivian Schmeling, Joyce Roberts, and Ramona Rudebusch; and a sister-in-law, Marlene Knopf.
Homer is preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Gladys; son, Patrick J.; three brothers, Douglas Knopf, Robert Knopf, and Elmer Jr. Knopf; three sisters, Dixie Knopf, Shirley and her husband, Eugene Rudebusch, and Patty Rollings and her husband, Nicholas.
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Transecting the Days
November 17, 2012
By Kellen Witschen (St. John's University '14)
Last time we updated the blog, it was the night of the election. We were lucky enough to use the Conservación Patagonica (CP) main office as an internet refuge to get updates on the status of the election. We could only have one computer getting updates at a time because the internet would slow to a stop. As it got closer to midnight, many of us started to get tired and decided to go back to the campsite to go to bed. A few of the more dedicated members stayed until the results were finalized, which ended up being at 5:00 am! Everyone else woke the next morning and were greeted with the news that Obama had been elected as our president.
We took the morning off, letting people recover from the long night, and then got ready to do our first round of photo monitoring of the Patagonian steppe. Last semester's group had done grass surveying and our objective was to go back to the same areas (called quadrats) that they had designated and take pictures of them so their ecological succession can be monitored. Everyone took turns assembling the quadrats, aligning them to the north, pounding in reference markers, taking the pictures, and then navigating by GPS and compass to the next location. Along the way we had some close encounters with the wildlife. We finished 6 quadrats of zone 2 and then headed back to Los West Winds campgrounds. After eating dinner, Scott gave a very interesting natural history lecture on soil horizons and the function of mycorrhizal fungi.
The next morning we made a trip to Cochrane to resupply. Well, one group took care of errands in Cochrane while the other group was shuttling gear back and forth to the Stone House. Everything took longer than we thought, and we were unable take pictures of any of the east end quadrats that day. After eating dinner, Sam gave his natural history presentation which was a Jeopardy style birds of Chile quiz. We were tested on the morphology and behavior of 50 different birds that we had seen, and had to answer with their common and scientific names. The group called "#1 Team," consisting of Colin, Adele, and Ryan, took first place, and "Scott and the Hershey Squirts", made up of Scott, Ingrid, and myself, took second place. The "Aonikenk" with Matt, Kelly, and Fernando and the "Flying Unicorns" with Barrett, Heidi, and Kari came in third and forth respectively. Group "#1 Team" won a dinner in Cochrane, with everyone else as company.
The next morning we woke up early again to finish photo monitoring on zones 9 and 10 which are at the very east end of the Chacabuco Valley. The group that went to zone 9 finished without a hitch, but we were unable to take pictures of those quadrats in zone 10. With the majority of photo monitoring completed, we decided to pack up camp and journey back to the Los West Winds campgrounds. Many people took advantage of the amazing weather that we were having and spent the afternoon washing clothes, shaving, and laying out in the sun. I only mention the first two activities because of how rare it is to see such things happening here. Unfortunately, that afternoon we found out that we were unable to attend dinner with the Tompkins because they had an unexpected trip to Antarctica. We finished the day with Fernando giving a lecture on forming successful restoration models.
The nice weather held out for the next couple of days. Mornings were devoted to finishing readings and working on our essays. Sunday afternoon was filled with discussions lead by Sam, Colin, myself, and Kari. Monday afternoon we made another trip to Cochrane to get supplies for our 5 day camping trip down at the confluence of the Baker and Chacabuco rivers.
Tuesday morning we had discussions lead by Scott and Matt, gathered our gear, and then drove down to the confluence. We set up our camp among the many Matabarosa bushes near the shore of the Chacabuco river. The afternoon was free for finishing class readings and at the same time we took advantage of the many things the campsite had to offer. Some people went fly fishing, others laid on the beach, and a lot of people went swimming (which is better described as jumping into the cold water and getting out as fast as you can!). The upside was that we were able to keep our milk and other beverages cold by placing them in trenches dug into the sand bottom of the river. We ended the night with the first fire we have had since leaving Monreal many weeks ago, and a sense of excitement for the days to come.
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West Seneca, Wheatfield reschedule youth hockey tryouts
Tryouts for the Squirt leagues of the West Seneca Youth Hockey Association, postponed because of the blizzard, will be held Saturday at the town rink.
Squirt Major Tier II tryouts begin at 2 p.m. Saturday and Squirt Minor Tier II begins at 2:45 p.m.
Contact coaches with any questions. Contact information is available at www.westsenecayouthhockey.com.
The Wheatfield Blades also rescheduled travel hockey tryouts for the Pee Wee division.
Tryouts for the Pee Wee Minor AA will be at 7 p.m. Thursday and 5:25 p.m. Saturday.
Tryouts for Pee Wee Major AA will be 6:35 p.m. Saturday.
All tryouts are at Hockey Outlet, 3385 Niagara Falls Blvd, North Tonawanda.
Contact coaches with any questions. Contact information is available at www.wheatfieldblades.com


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Eminem Calls Kanye's Swift Ambush Uncool
Eminem has done his share of offensive things during his career, but according to the 'Recovery' rapper, Kanye West stepped over the line when he infamously snatched an MTV Video Music Award away from a deer-in-headlights Taylor Swift last year.
In an interview with Spin magazine (via NY Daily News), Em reflects on the moment, saying:
"He shouldn't have done that, man … I mean, she's a little girl."
Kanye's ambush has apparently been on Eminem's mind. In a song titled 'No Love' on his new album, Eminem asks "where the f— is Kanye when you need him?/snatch the mic from 'em/b—h, I'mma let you finish in a minute/yeah that rap was tight/but I'm about to spit the greatest verse of all time/," riffing on Kanye's declaration that Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' video was the greatest of all time.
While Em is on Team Taylor when it comes to this incident, he also gets a bit introspective in the interview. He tells Spin that in the harder times of his career:
"I was trapped in my head. I'd spent most of my career going against the grain. Calling bull****. And suddenly, I started running out of enemies … I started to become that cliché: my own worst enemy."
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Darwinism vs. design: Houston playwright discovers how open-minded Darwinists can be
Here I posted on a play and a Socratic dialogue on the ID controversy.
There's more: The Third Side by Thomas Vaughn, a play staged in Houston, Texas, produced by Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company critiques both intelligent design and Darwinian evolution:
After being pressed by a student, Biology Professor Henry Darden admits that he finds Darwin's emphasis on natural selection as the means of evolution unconvincing". This public confession thrusts Professor Darden into a culture war he wanted nothing to do with. As different sides claim him as their own, the collisions of science, faith and intellectual intolerance take a toll even on his family life as the controversy opens up both new and old wounds at home.
And this from the Writer's Notes,
The character Henry Darden's views are based on the ideas of well-qualified scientists. These professionals are not creationists, and they do not believe in Intelligent Design. Their credentials and their motives are impeccable. As a dramatist, I am not qualified to have a worth-while opinion on who exactly is right in this scientific debate, but it was the blistering, often personal attacks on these individuals by their colleagues that inspired this play.Tom Vaughan, you are going to get yourself Expelled if you are not careful. You don't need to agree with the ID folk to get Expelled. Just doubt Darwin, and bingo!
The hostility these men and women received, however, is nothing compared to the vitriol directed towards Dr. William Dembski, a leading advocate of Intelligent Design (ID). I want to personally thank Dr. Dembski here. Knowing full well that I did not agree with his views, Dr. Dembski still took the time to read the play to help assure the accuracy of how the ideas behind ID were portrayed. He even suggested a fine story note that I used and I think the play is better for it. I am very grateful for his trust, his generosity, and most of all his open-mindedness.
This stands as a stark contrast to some of those that I communicated with in the same capacity who hold the more mainstream view of evolution. They were openly hostile to not just the play but the very notion that these minority views should be given a voice at all. The interviews with the notable scientists these ideas are based on were attacked without being read. One individual even suggested that the interviews were probably just made up and not worth reading in the first place.
While this hostility came from only a few, and only from the academics, it was enough to assure me that the basic thrust of the play was essentially correct.
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Recipe by Nancy Sneed
This is in reply to a request. It sounds delicious but I haven't tried it yet.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 8 tablespoons butter
- 8 tablespoons flour
- 3 cups milk
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1 small chopped onion
- 1⁄2 chopped bell pepper
- 2 -3 stalks chopped celery
- 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
- 1 lb crabmeat
- Tabasco sauce
- salt and pepper
- pimiento (optional)
Directions See How It's Made
- Melt the butter in a sauce pan, blend in the flour and add the milk slowly, stirring until the sauce is smooth and thick.
- If sauce is too thick, add more milk.
- Sauté' in the butter; onion, bell pepper and celery until the vegetables are very soft.
- Add to the cream sauce.
- When ready to serve add the mushrooms and crab-meat.
- Season to taste with Tabasco, salt and pepper.


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I've noticed as I've been eating on primal for the last few weeks and have noticed that vegetables taste sweeter. Has anyone else noticed this?
No announcement yet.
Foods begin to have different flavors?
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Anna Kurz
Yes yes yes, this is because of your leptin receptors which inturn change your tastebuds - simple foods become so flavoursome
Good, isn't it. Only problem is that now sweetened foods taste like crapFour years Primal with influences from Jaminet & Shanahan and a focus on being anti-inflammatory. Using Primal to treat CVD and prevent stents from blocking free of drugs.
Eat creatures nose-to-tail (animal, fowl, fish, crustacea, molluscs), a large variety of vegetables (raw, cooked and fermented, including safe starches), dairy (cheese & yoghurt), occasional fruit, cocoa, turmeric & red wine
My husband and I laugh about how you know you're Primal when healthy foods taste like junk foods you used to love, but the junk foods now taste terrible. Yesterday, he was commenting on how his grass-fed cheese tasted like cheese-puffs, and the day before he was saying our wild blackberries tasted like Kool-aid. The same day, I was eating fried & dehydrated green beans and thought they tasted like donuts. I can't stand the taste of donuts now, but those green beans tasted delicious! Taste bud changing is totally normal!
If I eat an ice cream cone will that make it go back to the way it was where veggies taste bad again??
to clarify , I'm going out to eat tomorrow night and I've been pretty darn good about keeping the sugar at bay... and at the place I'm going I only get to go once every couple of months, and they have sweets/pasta I'm going to want to eat.. but I don't want to ruin all this taste change for one meal. Will one meal undo all this ?
Anna Kurz
Depends on how long your leptin receptors have been switched back on so to speak. Perhaps be on the safe side and only have a little
Originally posted by Anna Kurz View PostDepends on how long your leptin receptors have been switched back on so to speak. Perhaps be on the safe side and only have a little
You've switched over once already afterall, if worst comes to worst you can again. My experience is that it will take more than one meal, and in fact you probably won't enjoy it like you thought you would.
Definitely. Once I cut out the added sugar and processed carbs, fruits and vegetables actually have a taste and you start to develop enhanced tastes for the nuances of flavors. It's awesome.F 28/5'4/100 lbs
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath; do your research."
Originally posted by NewbiePrimal View Postto clarify , I'm going out to eat tomorrow night and I've been pretty darn good about keeping the sugar at bay... and at the place I'm going I only get to go once every couple of months, and they have sweets/pasta I'm going to want to eat.. but I don't want to ruin all this taste change for one meal. Will one meal undo all this ?
But if that's all they had there then I wouldn't eat it.
I used to hate sweet veg like parsnips and hate fruit in savoury dishes (e.g. apricots in lamb stew), now I love both.
things I used to love, like Chinese food, I can no longer stand. just thinking about how Chinese restaurants smell (fried foods!) makes me lose my appetite. I so much prefer my own cooking, that eating out is no longer a treat, unless I get a simple steak and salad.
Well, I went out to eat Thursday night. I will advice against this. I ate my fill of sushi, a little pasta, wanton, and ice cream.. It was delicious.... My taste receptors still loved this bad food. Sigh. Now I am having some cravings come up again AND I feel super tired. Not sure if that is related or not. The veggies do NOT taste as good today, although I still like them. I'm not sure if this is psychological or not. Lol
when i cut out grains and sugars, i was doing low-carb, so it was 6 weeks before i even had a blackberry. it was the most luscious fruit i'd ever tasted!! once the garbage goes, real food is amazing.
i know if i have any wheat or sugar i get very tired afterwards. if i have "too much" i feel utterly sick. soooooooooooooooo... i. don't. eat. them. because of how crappy i feel after eating this stuff, i don't WANT it anymore.
ymmv.As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.
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The antioxidant property and other health benefits of the most abundant catechin, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), are limited because of poor stability and permeability across intestine. Protecting the EGCG from the harsh gastrointestinal tract (GIT) environment can help to increase its bioavailability following oral administration. In this study, EGCG was loaded to hydrogel prepared from ionic interaction between an optimized concentration of gelatin and γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA), with ethylcarbodiimide (EDC) as the crosslinker. Physicochemical characterization of hydrogel was done using Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The dependence of the swelling degree (SD) of the hydrogel to the amount of gelatin, γ-PGA, EDC, swelling time and pH was determined. A high SD of the crosslinked hydrogel was noted at pH 4.5, 6.8 and 9.0 compared to pH 7.4, which describes pH-responsiveness. Approximately 67% of the EGCG from the prepared solution was loaded to the hydrogel after 12 h post-loading, in which loading efficiency was related to the amount of EDC. The
Green tea (
Among the major catechins, EGCG is the most abundant component of tea extract, accounting for about 48%–55% of the total polyphenols [
However, due to the poor oral bioavailability of tea catechins, its health benefits are limited. An estimated concentration of at least 10 μM is required for the EGCG to show an evident therapeutic result [
The addition of bovine, soy, rice milk, ascorbic acid and citrus juice resulted in the increase of post-digestion recovery of EGCG, EGC, ECG and EC [
Hydrogel, which is defined as a three-dimensional polymer network capable of absorbing an aqueous solvent [
The objective of this study was to load the EGCG into the ionic hydrogel prepared from gelatin and γ-PGA to protect EGCG from the harsh GIT environment for an oral delivery system. Further, optimization of the concentration between the two polypeptides was performed by using the factors of swelling degree (SD) and loading efficiency. The relationship describing the dependence of the SD to the concentration of the two polypeptides, the crosslinker, swelling time and pH was also discussed. The release profile of EGCG and the pH-responsive characteristics of the hydrogel were also investigated in
Only a few studies covered the potential of hydrogel based on gelatin and γ-PGA as a biopolymer vehicle for EGCG, a water soluble compound. Considering the oxidation of EGCG when exposed for a long duration of time, the loading efficiency of this hydrogel and the optimum loading time were also determined.
Dried green tea leaves were obtained from Ten Ren Tea Co. (Taiwan). Gelatin from porcine skin, type-A gelatin and N-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA). γ-PGA (Na+ form, low molecular weight) was acquired from Vedan (Taiwan). The salts used to prepare 0.15 M of phosphate buffered saline (PBS), such as KCl, KH2PO4, NaCl and Na2HPO4 salts, were all purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co. Hydrochloric acid was obtained from Fisher Scientific (Waltman, MA, USA). Solvents, such as ethanol and chloroform from Echo Chemical Co., Ltd (Taiwan) and ethyl acetate from Seed Chem Company (Melbourne, Australia), were used for EGCG extraction. The 95% EGCG standard used in the determination of extract purity was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co.
EGCG was extracted according to a previously reported method [
Ionic hydrogels were prepared according to a previous procedure with some modification [
Washed hydrogels were swollen in PBS for six hours, shaken also at 60 rpm, and the swollen weight was recorded at every 2-h interval, placing filter papers on the top and bottom of the hydrogels to pat dry before weighing. Lastly, they were dried in an oven at 65 °C for two days until dehydrated; then, the dried weight was recorded. The effect of the concentration of gelatin, γ-PGA and EDC on the hydrogel's capability to absorb water against time was determined using Equation (1).
FT-IR analyses of gelatin, γ-PGA, EGCG, loaded and unloaded dried hydrogels were done using a Jasco FT/IR-410 (Tokyo, Japan) in transmission mode in the wavelength range of 400–4000 cm−1. The thin disks were prepared from samples with the addition of KBr salt in a 1:100 ratio.
The miscibility of gelatin and γ-PGA was investigated using a Jade DSC (Perkin Elmer, Waltham, MA, USA) in the range of 25 °C up to 250 °C at a heating rate of 10 °C/min. Included in the thermogram analysis was the effect of the crosslinker on the thermal properties of the hydrogel.
The surface morphology of the freeze-dried hydrogel was examined using an SEM Tabletop Microscope-1000 (Hitachi, Tokyo, Japan) and a Field Emission SEM (JSM-7600F, JEOL, Tokyo, Japan). The solid samples were mounted on a stub using double-sided adhesive tape before being coated with gold using the ion sputter method (E-1010, Hitachi) and an auto fine coater (JFC-1600, JEOL).
Washed hydrogel was freeze-dried prior to loading. Then, EGCG was loaded by soaking freeze-dried hydrogel in a known EGCG solution in a covered 3.8-cm glass vial, shaken at 100 rpm. The EGCG solution was prepared by using PBS for a total volume of 10 mL. Initially, the optimum loading time was determined by monitoring the remaining EGCG in the solution as representative of the cumulative loaded EGCG against time up to 24 h using UV-Vis at 275 nm. Then, using the optimum loading time, uncrosslinked and different degrees of crosslinked hydrogels were soaked in EGCG solution. The loading efficiency was calculated as follows:
The loaded hydrogel was again freeze-dried to remove excess absorbed solvent.
The release of EGCG was done in three pH levels of solution, such as 1.2, 6.8 and 7.4, to act as GIT fluids, specifically simulating gastric fluid, the jejunal region of small intestine and the ileum segment, respectively [
Firstly, 40 mL of HCl solution at pH 1.2 and PBS at pH 6.8 and 7.4 were placed in a covered glass container and put in an oven at a temperature of 37 °C. Once the solvents at the three different pH levels maintained their temperature, EGCG solutions were prepared and continuously shaken at 100 rpm inside the oven, where light was not present, to avoid photo-oxidation. The initial concentration of EGCG in the three solutions was determined using UV-Vis spectroscopy. Then, the EGCG concentration was monitored for 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 h using a 1-mL aliquot. Fresh solution was added every time the aliquot was withdrawn.
One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the statistical significance (α = 0.05) of mean differences and the mean comparison following the Tukey, Scheffe and Bonferroni tests. Data analysis and graphical software (Origin 8, OriginLab Corp., Northampton, MA, USA) was used. All data are mean values with the standard deviation presented as the mean ± the standard deviation (
The hydrogel was prepared by the ionic interaction of type-A gelatin and γ-PGA with EDC as the crosslinker. During synthesis at pH = 7.4, gelatin with an isoelectric point (IEP) of 9.0 is cationic, while γ-PGA is naturally anionic. In
For the first 2 h of the swelling kinetics of increasing γ-PGA, as shown in
Notably, the trend is that as the concentration of γ-PGA increases, the SD also increases, but this is not evident between 0.5% and 1%, wherein it decreases. This only proves that the optimal concentration of the carboxyl group from γ-PGA to interact for hydrogel formation is 1%, above which, excess γ-PGA will interfere with the gelation process [
The effect of the crosslinker [ethylcarbodiimide (EDC)] on the ionic interaction of type-A gelatin and γ-Polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) for the synthesis of hydrogel at a pH=7.4 and a temperature of 4 °C.
Conversely, there is an inverse relationship between increasing concentration of gelatin and its SD, as shown in
The chemical crosslinker used is EDC (carbodiimide) is a non-toxic water soluble compound that acts as a catalyst for the formation of the amide bond between the amino groups of lysine and hydroxylysine of gelatin to the carboxylic groups of γ-PGA or to the carboxylic groups of glutamic and aspartic acid of another gelatin strand. EDC is not integrated in the linkage, as it only facilitates the formation of the bond, making it a suitable crosslinker [
As shown in
The swelling degree is one of the considerations in deciding the ideal formulation for synthesizing hydrogel; since, as indicated in various studies, SD has a proportional relationship with drug release [
The FT-IR spectra of the two polymers and EGCG are shown in
The characteristic bands in the FT-IR spectrum of extracted EGCG (65% purity) at 822, 1030, 1146, 1234, 1342, 1458, 1523 and 1620 cm−1 indicate the presence of C–H alkenes, –C–O alcohols, C–OH alcohols, –OH aromatic, C–O alcohols, C-H alkanes, C=C aromatic ring and C=C alkenes, respectively. At a wavenumber higher than 3200 cm−1, such as the characteristic band with a peak at 3363 corresponds to O-H linkage of phenolic and hydroxyl groups [
FT-IR spectra of extracted epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) (65% purity), type-A gelatin, γ-PGA, freeze-dried, unloaded hydrogel (10%-gelatin, 1%-γ-PGA and 1.3 mg/mL EDC) and EGCG-loaded hydrogel of the same formulation as that of the unloaded one. Peaks in the gelatin spectrum are not clearly shown, as its percentage of transmittance is relatively small.
Thermal stability of hydrogels, as well as miscibility between gelatin and γ-PGA are studied using DSC. Thermograms are presented in
Thermogram of gelatin, γ-PGA, uncrosslinked (no EDC) and crosslinked hydrogels using 0.75, 1.3 and 2.5 mg/mL EDC at a heating rate of 10 °C/min. Tm, melting point; Tg, glass transition temperature.
The thermogram of γ-PGA only shows one peak at approximately 73 °C, which is associated with its melting point, Tm. The thermal properties of hydrogel are affected by water content, and since hydrogel is hygroscopic, preparation upon DSC analysis can alter its water content and change its thermal property in comparison to what is usually reported in the literature [
The surface morphology and polymer networks of hydrogels are studied using SEM, as shown in
After loading of EGCG and a second freeze-drying, the surface of the hydrogel becomes smooth (
Scanning electron micrograph of the surface of freeze-dried hydrogel at 300× for (
Scanning electron micrograph of the cross-section of freeze-dried hydrogel at 300× for (
Hydrogels composed of polymers with ionic groups or dependent on ionic interaction between polymers respond to external pH. As the ionic group is either protonated or deprotonated, depending on its nature and pKa, the SD of the hydrogel significantly changes with pH [
The pH responsiveness of gelatin-γ-PGA-based hydrogel was determined with a phosphate buffer solution of pH = 4.5 and 9.0, since these values approach the pKa and IEP of glutamic acid and gelatin (high boom), respectively [
The SD at different pH values of uncrosslinked hydrogel (
EGCG was loaded into hydrogel by the post-loading method, since
As the crosslinking concentration increases, the hydrogel loading efficiency decreases, as shown in
The effect of the crosslinker on the loading efficiency of hydrogel
|Gelatin concentration (w/v%)
|γ-PGA concentration (w/v%)
|EDC concentration (mg/mL)
|Loading efficiency (%)
|68.71 ± 1.47
|67.37 ± 0.43
|62.72 ± 2.13
The optimized formulation of hydrogel at pH 1.2 posted a 51.72% cumulative release of EGCG compared to a lower EGCG release at pH 6.8 and 7.4 after 12 h (
The crosslinking of hydrogel can greatly affect its release profile properties (
Based on the
Diffusional exponent (
|3.86 × 10−3
|6.88 × 10−3
|4.92 × 10−3
To determine the stability of EGCG in
In comparison, the controlled release of EGCG from hydrogel provides stability for EGCG, as shown in
Concentration of free-EGCG against time at pH 1.2, 6.8 and 7.4 at a temperature maintained at 37 °C.
Synthesized pH-responsive hydrogel by ionic interaction between type-A gelatin and γ-PGA was successfully loaded with EGCG, as proven in FT-IR spectra. The optimization of hydrogel formulation is based on the swelling degree (SD) and loading efficiency. The swelling kinetics of hydrogel is proportional to γ-PGA concentration, but not to gelatin and EDC concentrations. Meanwhile, loading efficiency decreases as the degree of crosslinking increases, because of a lower SD. Thus, the post-loading mechanism is related to its swelling mechanism. The optimized hydrogel formulation is 10 w/v% type-A gelatin, 1 w/v% γ-PGA and 1.3 mg/mL EDC. The
The authors would like to thank the National Science Council, in part for financial support under contract no. NSC 101-2632-M-033-001-MY2, and Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital for project no. 10019. Gratitude is also extended to the Division of Biomedical Engineering, the National Health Research Institute for SEM microscopy.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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It does sound encouraging overall, although it sounds like they dumbed down a couple areas that are big points for me: a simplified character system *shakes a fist* and progressively unlocking islands. I realize this is a pirate game and makes more sense here than elsewhere, but I'm not a fan of this cop-out construct at all.
But I'll probably get the game anyway. You had me at trainable monkey pet, Piranha Bytes.
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