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A Study to Assess the Role of a Gluten Free-dairy Free (GFCF) Diet in the Dietary Management of Autism Associated Gastrointestinal Disorders (GFCF)
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Doctors at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) are doing a research study to learn if a gluten free-dairy free (GFCF) diet is helpful in improving gastrointestinal symptoms associated with autism.
Hypothesis: The gluten free/casein free diet (GFCF) will result in a higher proportion of subjects having reduction in gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Primary Study Objective:
- To assess the effect of a GFCF diet on GI symptoms associated with ASD.
Secondary Objectives:
- To assess if improvements in GI symptoms result in improvements in autistic behavior when using a GFCF diet in the dietary management of GI symptoms associated with ASD
- To determine the nutritional impact of a GFCF restrictive diet
- To assess the role of food allergies in the manifestation of GI symptoms
This is a 14-week study that requires between 5 & 9 office visits. All study related activities -including physical exams, blood samples and allergy testing - and an amino acid based supplement drink, are at no cost. Research study visits will take place at MGHfC in Boston, or at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Newton, or at Lurie Center/LADDERS in Lexington.
|Autism Gastrointestinal Symptoms
|Other: GFCF product with GFCF diet Other: product containing gluten and casein (milk protein) with GFCF diet
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Study to Assess the Role of a Gluten Free-Casein Free Diet in the Dietary Management of Autism Associated Gastrointestinal Disorders
- A study to assess the role of a gluten free-casein free diet in the dietary management of autism associated gastrointestinal disorders [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The effect of a GFCF diet on the dietary management of GI symptoms associated with autism is the primary outcome measure in the study.
|Study Start Date:
|April 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
test product
product free of gluten and casein
Other: GFCF product with GFCF diet
Group I: will receive the test product (product free of gluten and casein) with GFCF Diet for the 1st 6-weeks.
Group II: will receive the test product (product free of gluten and casein) with GFCF diet for the 2nd 6-weeks.
Other Names:
control product
product containing gluten and milk protein
Other: product containing gluten and casein (milk protein) with GFCF diet
Group I: will receive the control product (product containing gluten and casein) with the GFCF diet for the 2nd 6-weeks.
Group II: will receive the control product (product containing gluten and casein) with the GFCF diet for the 1st 6-weeks
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 17 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent / Assent, as applicable must be signed prior to executing any study related procedure
- Children, male or female, 2 to 17 years old (inclusive)
Confirmed diagnosis of ASD according to the diagnostic measures:
- DSM-IV Symptom Checklist
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule(ADOS)&/or Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised(ADI-R)within 18 months prior to entry into the study
Subjects must present with a current history of at least two of the following persistent GI symptoms as confirmed by the study physician:
- Diarrhea, as characterised by three or more loose stools a day for at least 8 out of 14 days
- Constipation as characterised by less than 3 bowel movements per week, for at least a 2-week period
- Esophageal reflux, as characterised by 3 or more episodes of regurgitation per day on 10 out of 14 days
- Abdominal pain manifested as pain after eating or self injurious behavior on at least 8 out of 14 days
- Suspected food allergy which is confirmed by a physician, as characterized as a recurrent reaction or association with specific foods
- Subject able to consume 3 tablespoons of study powder mixed in food daily for 12 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children with a history of anaphylaxis to dietary milk and wheat proteins
- Children with severe concurrent illness
- Children who are prescribed systemic steroids
- Children currently receiving chelation therapy, hyperbaric or antifungal treatment within 1 month of entry into the study and during the study period.
- Children with a confirmed diagnosis of celiac disease
- Subjects who have previously tried dietary elimination of casein and gluten for at least 1 month period and failed to demonstrate a response by parent perception
- Children who are unable to consume 3 tablespoons of study powder mixed in food daily for 12 weeks daily
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01116388
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77054
|Principal Investigator:
|Harland S Winter, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Harland S. Winter, MD, Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01116388 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 3, 2010
|Last Updated:
|April 7, 2015
Keywords provided by Harland S. Winter, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Food Allergy
Gluten free, casein free diet
Abdominal pain
Pain after eating
Self injurious behavior
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Autistic Disorder
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders
Chelating Agents
Sequestering Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Two Wiltshire businessmen are celebrating after seeing independent company Travel Counsellors win the Queen's Award for Enterprise.
Marc Fitchett, from Calne, and Michael Eaves, from Westbury, both run their home-based travel businesses under the umbrella of Travel Counsellors.
The company, which has more than 1,300 travel agents in eight different countries, received the award in recognition of continued growth and overseas expansion.
It has brought its business model, which focuses on providing customers with the highest level of personal service, to overseas markets including Australia, Canada, and Dubai.
Mr Fitchett, 56, who works from his home in Oxford Road and has worked in the travel industry for 11 years, said: "I'm so proud to be part of a company that has received the Queen's Award for a second time."
For more information, contact Mr Fitchett on (01249) 824726 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Call Mr Eaves on 01373 888620 or email michael.eaves @travelcounsellors.com.

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An Early WalkMystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Mr. Lal was having an early walk. He had just crossed a bridge when he saw a crowd of people. Rushing to them, he found that they were crowding around a dead woman. Lal was a famous detective. He took the case and started his investigation. The woman seemed to have come for an early walk, too. Seeing her handbag lying nearby, Lal ruffled through it and found what he wanted - her identity card. Her name was Lakshmi, and her house was about a ten minute drive away. Her number was also written on her card. Lal phoned the given number.
"Is this Lakshmi's residence?"
"Yes. And I am her husband. What do you want?"
"Sir, your wife is dead."
"What! No way!"
"Sir, come here quickly."
About ten minutes later, a car pulled up. The husband got down, and on seeing the woman, rushed to her and started crying. Lal was about to console him when something flashed in his mind. He quickly had the husband arrested. Can you tell why?
HintDid the husband come in time?
AnswerThe husband had come in the expected ten minutes ("her house was about a ten minute drive away"). In the telephone conversation, Lal had not mentioned where the wife was. But the husband seemed to have known where and had come directly to the spot. This made Lal suspicious.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Exercise and Fitness
Could you recommend a couple of work-outs using isometric exercises?
The most well-known isometric ab exercise is the plank. This can be performed on the knees or toes, depending on the strength of the core. The upper body is stabilized on the hands (like a push-up) or on the forearms. The most important thing for proper form is body alignment. The body should be in a straight line from the crown of the head down through the knees or ankles (depending on which position you use). The low back should be in a neutral position (slightly curved, like when you're standing up). The most common mistakes are having an excessive curve in the low back or between the shoulders and dropping the head.
The plank can also be varied in several ways. You can place the feet or forearms on a Swiss or Bosu ball. You can flip the Bosu on its back and place your hands on the flat portion (like a push-up). These options decrease stability and make the exercise more challenging.
You can do a side plank in the same fashion. Just shift the weight to the outside of the right or left foot and stack the other leg. Keep the supporting arm and shoulder stable and bring the opposite arm to the side of the body.
Other options include scissor kicks, bicycles, or lowering both legs and holding each positions for 10-30 seconds. Again, you must really watch the lower back when doing these. Never let it curve past a neutral spine.
You can hold the up position of a crunch for an extended period of time. You can hold the legs up when doing leg lifts in a Roman chair or while holding onto a pull-up bar. Make sure to maintain slow and controlled breathing throughout. Start with sets of small increments (10 seconds) and increase your time slowly. Never hold a position after you have lost proper form.
Really, any ab exercise in which the muscles are exerting force, but no movement is occurring would be considered isometric. So there are many possibilities. The disadvantage of any isometric exercise is that it only strengthens the muscles in that exact position. So I would recommend doing other ab exercises through a full range of motion, (concentric and eccentric contractions) or you will really limit your improvements.
Don't forget to strengthen other parts of the core. Pilates is a great option for those seeking to improve core strength.
Rebecca Nguyen, MS
Manager of the Faculty and Staff Fitness Program
College of Education and Human Ecology
The Ohio State University


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Guyer advances to Class 4A semifinals with 52-42 victory
SOUTHLAKE — Guyer's defensive coaches likely won't be happy with the way the Wildcats closed Saturday's state quarterfinal against a potent Birdville offense.
But a look at its performance in the third quarter is all it takes to realize the Wildcats' defense played a big part in their 52-42 win to advance to the Class 4A Division I semifinals.
After taking a 31-21 lead into halftime, Guyer coach John Walsh told his defense it needed to make one stop, as Birdville started the second half with possession. Instead, the Wildcats made two.
"That's the key to the game right there," said Walsh, whose team shut out Birdville in the third quarter. "We told them at halftime that in order to win the game, there had to be a stop as soon as we came out of the locker room, and we got two. They might have scored 42 points, but the defense came through right after half, and that was huge for momentum."
Guyer (12-2) advances to play Tyler John Tyler (13-1) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Midlothian for the right to play in the state championship game Dec. 22 at Arlington's Cowboys Stadium. It marks the fourth time in five years Guyer has reached at least the state semifinals.
"The ultimate goal is to win it all, but I'm real proud to say our program has been to the state semifinal four of the last five years, and there's not many programs that can say that," Walsh said.
The Wildcats advanced thanks, in large part, to those key defensive stops coming out of halftime — one on a three-and-out and the other coming on fourth-and-15 from the Guyer 21. Six plays later, Guyer extended its lead to 38-21 on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Jerrod Heard to Ellis Jefferson, who had set the score up with 49-yard reception on the previous play.
But the story of Guyer's game, offensively, was the usual suspect: a punishing ground game that rolled up a season-high 428 yards on 40 carries.
Heard led the way with 171 yards on 17 carries, scoring twice, while running back D.J. Breedlove racked up 158 yards and a score on 15 carries.
Breedlove set the tone early as he broke off an 84-yard touchdown run on the game's third offensive play to give Guyer the early lead.
"I split the secondary, and like [running backs coach Oschlor] Flemming said, I have one guy to beat and that's the safety, and if I win, that's a touchdown," Breedlove said. "I just took that advice and ended up scoring on it."
Walsh talked all week about the size Birdville (13-1) had up front defensively. It was the biggest defensive front Guyer has seen this year, but it didn't matter.
"The line just did a really good job, and I just made the most of it," Breedlove said. "I have the best offensive line. I have a lot of confidence in them. They're just really good. Their defensive line was good, but they just couldn't match us up front."
Heard didn't do all of his damage on the ground, as the Texas-bound junior completed 11 of 15 pass attempts for 172 yards and three touchdowns.
"When you get in these [playoff] ballgames," Walsh said, "I try to protect him [Heard] as much as we can, but he's our stud quarterback and we're in stud ballgames, and he's doing what he's supposed to be doing and taking over."
While the offense stole the show for most of the game, Guyer's defense got a big boost from junior defensive end Thomas Ferguson, who was matched up with Birdville left tackle Joas Aguilar, who has committed to Texas A&M.
Giving up about 75 pounds to Aguilar, Ferguson had two key third-down sacks that led to Guyer touchdowns on the ensuing drives.
"Ferguson was going against their very best football player," Walsh said. "That guy's going to Texas A&M, so for him [Ferguson] to make those drive-stopping plays was huge for us."
Ultimately, Walsh said, he might not have liked what he saw from his defense in the fourth quarter, but the fact that his team is playing next week will allow him to live with it.
"I think defensively we did a great job at halftime and in the third [quarter] of making adjustments and getting stops," Walsh said. "They made some timely trick plays that kept them in the game and their offense was tough, even when you're playing good defense.
"We should've closed out better in the fourth. They did a great job executing, and they're really good offensively. To come out 10 points ahead, I don't care if it's 52-42 or 12-2. I don't care."
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Guyer 52, Birdville 42
Guyer 21 10 7 14 — 52
Birdville 7 14 0 21 — 42
First Quarter
G — D.J. Breedlove 84 run (Brad Grems kick), 11:20
G — Jerrod Heard 11 run (Grems kick), 8:08
B — Barrett Shaw 7 pass from Justin Martin (Andrew Tucker kick), 6:08
G — Heard 8 run (Grems kick), 1:07
Second Quarter
B — Xavier Turner 2 run (Tucker kick), 9:44
G — Grems 28 field goal, 6:07
G — Ellis Jefferson 43 pass from Heard (Grems kick), 3:19
B — Turner 15 pass from Martin (Tucker kick), 0:46
Third Quarter
G — Jefferson 6 pass from Heard (Grems kick), 3:30
Fourth Quarter
B — Turner 35 run (Tucker kick), 11:54
G — Nate Maki 3 pass from Heard (Grems kick), 7:53
B — Barrett Shaw 42 pass from Sam Northey (Tucker kick), 7:36
G — Richard Whitaker 44 run (Grems kick), 7:08
B — Northey 11 pass from Martin (Tucker kick), 4:08
First downs 24 23
Rushing 40-428 35-214
Passing yards 172 247
Total yards 600 461
Passing 11-15-0 20-26-0
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0
Punts-avg. 1-38.0 3-32.3
Penalties-yards 4-36 3-25
Individual Statistics
Rushing: G — Jerrod Heard 17-171, D.J. Breedlove 15-158, Richard Whitaker 6-86, Nate Maki 1-8, David Haynes 1-5. B — Xavier Turner 19-146, Justin Martin 15-72, Sam Northey 1-(-4).
Passing: G — Jerrod Heard 11-15-0-172. B — Justin Martin 18-24-0-184, Sam Northey 2-2-0-63.
Receiving: G — Ellis Jefferson 6-123, Richard Whitaker 1-(-2), Preston Thrailkill 3-48, Nate Maki 1-3. B — Barrett Shaw 3-65, Collin Basinger 5-62, Dakota Reece 3-25, Xavier Turner 2-26, Sam Northey 6-48, Justin Martin 1-21.


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As previously mentioned, the trailer for The Pitt debuted on Gametrailers TV late on Friday night. If you haven't checked it out, it's now up on their site.
Moving on to other news, nominees for the ELAN Awards have been announced with Fallout 3 receiving nods in the following categories: Videogame of the Year, Best Console Game, Best PC Game, Best Sound in a Videogame Production, Best Art Direction, Best Game Design, and Outstanding Technical Direction.
At PSDTUTS, both Fallout 3 and Oblivion were included in a list of the Top 40 Video Game Covers of All Time.
Finally, Canadian site Game Focus has a new interview with Pete that went up today. Here's a snippet:
What mistakes and triumphs did Bethesda learned from Oblivion that helped you with Fallout 3?
A lot of it was learning about the big, open-ended experience. What kinds of things did people like or not like? How do we do that better, and different, in the Fallout universe. Technically we learned a lot about how to make the game run better on all these platforms, but much of it comes from the player experience and what they can do, and see, from moment to moment. I'm sure we'll learn a lot from Fallout 3 we can put into our next project.
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sorceress; I like Elodie, Morgana, and Aurora. A lot of these names I like, but they're too popular for me {Emma, Alice, Phoebe etc}
stormshine; I like Lyra. I also like Luna, but my cousin named her daughter that, which sucks because Luna is one of the few girls names that I ever loved, and now I can't use it.
bellerose; I like Persephone, but I don't think I'd use it. I like India too, but it's too popular for me.
cosmonaut; These names are a little too out there for me, for the most part. I'm also not sure they'd age well personally. Right now I'm leaning towards Edmund or Bram for a boy, because they sound great on any kind of guy, whereas I can only imagine Arianwen or Ceridwen on a very beautiful young girl. I can't see an older woman with the name. I'm also not a huge fan of "Gwen" names :/ I can't decide if I like Seraphine or not..
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The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation board of directors has made its funding decisions for 2012 education projects for dairy producers and their communities.
First, the Foundation continues to support three programs run by Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW): Youth Leadership Derby, Dairy Mentor Program and the Agriculture-Community Engagement program, a partnership between PDPW and the Wisconsin Towns Association. In addition, the Foundation will support PDPW's Visible Voice program, a new leadership and communications training curriculum for dairy producers.
The Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania will receive support for "Managing a Diverse Dairy Workforce," a series of one-day, on-farm professional development workshops for dairy producers in Pennsylvania. The sessions will be a joint effort with the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania and will include information for producers on the ins and outs of successfully hiring, retaining, training and managing a diverse workforce on their dairies.
Maryland Dairy Shrine Inc. will receive funding for "Humane Safety and Animal Care." This program, hosted at the 2012 Maryland Dairy Convention, will include information on animal welfare, dairy farm safety and milk and meat quality.
"Farmers need training and support to reach their full potential," says Dr. Matthew Iager, spokesperson for the Shrine. "Consumers want reassurance that their milk is produced in a humane environment. This program will have a 'trickle-down' effect, from our dairies to our consumers."
The North Carolina Association for Dairy Stabilization and Growth Inc. will receive funding for the "North Carolina Dairy 20-40," a high-intensity, management-focused workshop to excite and expand young producer networking opportunities and access to information. The workshop will engage young dairy producers, launch three local networks and provide guidance to start-up dairy operations.
"It is our intent to fill a void in education of the next generation, create networking opportunities to grow the industry and utilize technology to increase their access to information," says Matt Lang, Dairy Development Coordinator.
"All of the programs we support clearly align with the values and vision of our Foundation," says Deb Reinhart, dairy producer and chair of the Foundation Board. "They exemplify our Foundation's commitment to raising the bar of professionalism in our industry, so we can pass on a sustainable industry to the next generation."
Since its founding by dairy producers in 2002, the Foundation has made funds available for youth programs, community education programs and the National Dairy Animal Well-being Initiative. This year's competitive grant program focused on two key areas: 1) Building producer professionalism, and 2) Maintaining public trust within dairy communities.
The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation was established by Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin in 2002 as a way to raise funds and awards grants for educational programs. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) entity. For more information on programs funded and ways to donate, visit www.dairyfoundation.org.


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Making The Film
This Is Our Slaughterhouse
This short documentary follows the ten workers of Broerman Poultry Processing, revealing their surprisingly close relationships, despite the gruesome nature of their job. The colorful interviews and raw supporting footage give new perspectives on family values, hard work, and what happens inside a slaughterhouse.
The filmmaker Matthew Broerman writes "I never thought of making a documentary. It took a friend to convince me that not everyone grew up working in a slaughterhouse. I realized the slaughterhouse I had worked in all those years was bizarrely entertaining enough that it might make an interesting documentary. So in the fall of 2002 I began creating This is Our Slaughterhouse."
This film is available on DVD from the filmmaker "mbroerman(at)hotmail.com"
"Slaughterhouse" tells the tale of a family run chicken- and turkey-butchering operation with loyal employees and loyal customers, and the filmmaker is a member of the family. The workers have a genuine respect for each other and a healthy (if grim) sense of humor about their profession. In a business where workers have titles like "Gut Puller" and "Butt Cutter," you've got to keep a smile on your face. It's also pleasant to witness chicken "harvesting" that isn't filthy, foul or rife with brutality.


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Chokwe Lumumba (Courtesy photo)
NAACP interim President and CEO Lorraine C. Miller joined civil and political leaders across the country in mourning the death of Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.
Lumumba, 66, died of heart failure on Feb. 25. He was the second black elected mayor of Jackson, once a bastion of racial segregation and now is predominantly black. Lumumba had a legendary legal career in Michigan and Mississippi, once convincing Republican Gov. Haley Barbour to release two sisters who served 16 years in prison for a crime they did not commit.
Lumumba once served as the vice president of The Republic of New Afrika, an organization that wanted an independent black-majority country based in the Southeast United States. He was elected mayor of Jackson in May after serving four years as a councilman.
Miller, a District resident and the first female to serve as the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that Lumumba made a difference in Mississippi's largest city and capital.
"This is a devastating loss for the people of Jackson and the civil rights community nationwide," Miller said. "Mayor Lumumba had a long history as a front-line advocate for justice and was instrumental in the effort to free the Scott Sisters. He will be truly missed."


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CONCORD Rangers boss Danny Cowley has urged influential midfielder James White to "assess all the options" before agreeing a deal with Dover Athletic.
The Kent side were promoted to the Conference South last season and expressed an interest in bringing 25-year-old midfielder White to the Crabble Athletic Ground.
Leigh-based White enjoyed a successful season at Concord, popping up with the winning goal in the Essex Senior Cup final.
As well as cup success, the Beachboys enjoyed a stellar league campaign, finishing ninth in their first ever season at Conference South level.
"Dover have put an offer on the table and it is a very good offer," said Cowley.
"However, James White loves this club which should not be underestimated. He is settled here and, with Dover's promotion to Conference National there will be a lot more demanded of James.
"I don't want him to make a rushed decision, but I would love James to stay."
Cowley added he was looking to add to his squad but was finding it difficult on the club's tight budget.
"We have the smallest budget in the league," he said. "It is like banging my head against a brick wall at times but we will continue to go and look for the best deals.
"We won't rush into anything but there are plenty of good players out there and it is about making the right decisions for everyone at Concord."


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The first thing he needs to do, especially if innocent, is get out in front of this. The longer he waits, the worse he looks.
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The first thing he needs to do, especially if innocent, is get out in front of this. The longer he waits, the worse he looks.
Yeah seriously, why so quiet Manti? That prepared statement must be taking a lot of editing for someone with nothing to hide. You're already embarrassed why not get this over with?
Breaking news on ESPN
A man, in 2008, was scammed by this same guy from USC.
The man will not comment, but his cousins are speaking now. One of them (a young girl) says she tried to tweet Matain and tell him, and he blocked her
The USC kid told the girl that he hoaxed Mantain, and it was a game for him
Just really bizarre, I'm beginning to think manti was definitely hoaxed at some point, but he found out then and made a decision to keep it quiet. My biggest question right now is when did Manti actually figure out? When did he start hanging with Tuiasosopo did it start as a hoax on Manti and then they both decided they could maybe profit from it? This is going to make a great book.
All Te'o mailbag from Bill Simmons today http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...ll-teo-mailbag
I cant post from my phone, but tmz has pictures with a girl. I cant see the timeline of when they started dating.
I also saw Teo said he got a call Dec 6. He never said he figured out it was a Hoax the
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11:49 AM PT -- New photos have surfaced showing Manti and Alexandra sitting on Santa's lap together sometime around Christmas.
Alex also posted a photo on November 16, in which she thanked Manti for giving her a couple of leis, which she hung in her car.
The dates are consistent with the story Manti is telling friends.
Manti Te'o quietly began dating an actual living, breathing female human being ... shortly after he learned "Lennay Kekua" had died from cancer ... and the rebound chick is HOT ... TMZ has learned.
Sources close to Manti tell us ... the Notre Dame star met Alexandra del Pilar the weekend of November 10 -- when Notre Dame played Boston College.
Alexandra, 21, is a student at St. Mary's College in Indiana -- which is close to Notre Dame.
We're told Alexandra and Manti dated for nearly 2 months, but broke up recently.
There are rumors swirling that Manti created a fictitious GF to take the pressure off him from teammates and others who felt he should be dating, but his relationship with a real woman calls those rumors into doubt.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz2INICnx93
Manti Te'o is telling friends ... he knew the truth about Lennay Kekua in early December ... but continued the lie for 20 days for the sake of his team.
Sources connected to Te'o say ... it's true what ND Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick said Wednesday night, that Manti realized he had been hoaxed on Dec. 6, when he got a phone call from "Lennay" ... months after he thought she was dead.
But sources tell us ... Manti didn't tell his coaches about the hoax until Dec. 26 ... because he thought it would be a huge distraction while the team prepared to face Alabama in the BCS Championship.
During the 20 days, we're told Manti struggled over how to handle the situation ... but eventually felt compelled to come clean to his coaches.
Manti is currently training for the NFL combine -- and we're told he's getting a lot of support from the guys he's been training with.
Source reveals how Manti Te'o finally cracked the case
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Even after Manti Te'o was informed by the woman who played the voice of his fictitious girlfriend that her death was a hoax, she tried to rekindle their romance with another hoax.
The voice of Lennay Kekua told Te'o over the phone that she had to fake her own death a few months earlier in an effort to hide from drug dealers, Hawaii News Now has confirmed.
The Athletic Director for Notre Dame, Jack Swarbrick, revealed during a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 16., that a second hoax was attempted even after the first hoax was revealed. "Everything here had a story," Swarbrick said. "There was another story to explain what happened and to restart the relationship. And I'm not going to go into details of that, Manti can. But the next phase of the hoax was played out. Here's why we did what we did, and now here we are back. Still in character."
Sources tell Hawaii News Now's Mike Cherry that when the caller tried scam Te'o again, he had the caller send a photo to him with a date stamp, but his suspicions never waned.
The woman has not yet been identified, but many published reports point to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a 22-year-old man who is heavily involved with his church, as the person behind the Lennay Kekua character online. A reporter for ESPN said Friday that Tuiasosopo came clean in December and tearfully admitted to a friend that he had hoaxed the La'ie native and Punahou graduate.
Hawaii News Now spoke with Te'o's mother Friday. She said Te'o and his family are not yet ready to speak publicly, but they are working on something to be released. She gave no timeline for when that will happen.
Does thos Ronaiah have a feminine voice or is an actual woman involved too?
An article I read the other day said one other male and female were involved, and that the two makes would sometimes speak in low pitch tones to sound like a female.
My question is how gullible does one have to be to fall for this? I will take it one stop further and chance gullible to stupid.
And what was the end game for this Ronaiah? I get pranking as a joke, but this was elaborate. Did he want money? Extortion? Or is he just bat **** crazy?
Something still isn't sitting right. Ok nothing is really sitting right
Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o told the university that he tried to use the voice-chat service Skype to speak with his girlfriend, a person that later was revealed did not exist, reports CBSSports.com.
The report says that she refused to speak with Te'o using the service and that Notre Dame brought up the subject to Te'o during their investigation because the relationship happened online.
Earlier this week, Deadspin.com reported that Te'o was part of a hoax after they discovered the girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, not only did not die of leukemia as had been reported, but did not exist.
The school also identified Ronaiah Tuiasosopo and the role he played as the alleged mastermind but did not speak with him during the investigation, CBSSports.com learned. The school shared its findings with the Te'o family to act upon as it saw fit. Investigators found that Tuiasosopo attended the USC-Notre Dame game on Nov. 24. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that Kekua called Te'o on Dec. 6 to say she faked her death to evade drug dealers. The school did not contact the NCAA during the investigative process.Deadspin reported that Tuiasosopo planned the Kekua scam, according to his family and friends.
I am dead, but just saw the bottom scroller for ESPN. Teo sat down for an off camera interview this afternoon / this evening.
No reports yet of what was said
Picture of him, reporter, and lawyer, Why is the lawyer there?
Purdue was the catalyst to the hoax! Boiler up!
Ben Maller @benmaller
Manti Te'o DID allow cameras during first TV interview, however Te'o demanded an imaginary camera be used.
No homo I love Ben Maller best weekend overnight radio person ever he keeps me rolling. Everyone should check him out some times on 1260 he also does the NFL game day on fox dude is LOL funny.
Oh twitter account you so sexy. Oh stranger's voice on the phone, you're my beloved girlfriend.
Did anyone just hear Jeremy Schaap? I cant stop laughing ethier way now the guy is a fraud and a complete joke but I still dont believe what Teo said via Schaap.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The parents of a missing toddler pleaded not guilty to charges related to his death.
Both Calvin Melvin Jr. and Brittney Sierra pleaded not guilty to cruelty toward a child. Melvin also pleaded not guilty to providing false information to a law enforcement officer.
Their son, Dontrell Melvin, was last seen in 2011 when he was six months old. Investigators believe he is dead.
A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy discovered the boy was missing while investigating an unrelated child neglect case on Jan. 9.
Police say Melvin and Sierra blamed each other for the child's disappearance, but both told detectives where to find the child. Remains believed to be Dontrell were found buried in the back yard of a home the couple rented in Hallandale Beach.
"Their conspiracy to hide the whereabouts of their child after the child went missing is apparent," said Hallandale Beach Police Chief Dwayne Flournoy.
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Los Angeles, Sep 18 (IANS) Jonathan Cheban is upset with his close friend Kim Kardashian for not asking him to be the godfather of her daugther North West.
North West is Kim and rapper boyfriend Kanye West's first child. Cheban feels he is the right choice to be the godfather, reports radaronline.com.
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Worley, May meet new teammates at TwinsFest
MINNEAPOLIS -- Right-handers Vance Worley and Trevor May, who were both acquired in the trade that sent Ben Revere to Philadelphia, had a chance to meet their new teammates at TwinsFest at the Metrodome.
Worley, who is expected to be in the rotation after posting a 3.50 ERA in parts of three seasons with the Phillies, said he learned plenty during his time in Philadelphia pitching alongside Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels.
"Hopefully I'll bring a little bit that I did learn from being in Philly from Doc, Cole and Cliff," Worley said. "I took a little bit from each one of those guys, and hopefully I can show these guys what those guys could do too and build off each other here."
May, ranked as the club's No. 6 prospect according to MLB.com, spent 2012 in Double-A where he posted a 4.87 ERA with 151 strikeouts in 149 2/3 innings. He had his share of struggles in midseason, but said he's worked everything out heading into this season.
"I had real high expectations from that first month on, but stumbled a little bit," said May, who is expected to start in Triple-A. "I look back and think of it as growing pains. I thought I was a much better pitcher at the end of the year, even with the numbers at the beginning of the year, much better at the beginning than the end. All in all, a success. It might not have seemed that way on paper because the stumbling happened for a little bit longer than I would have liked. But I feel like I'm definitely closer to my goal than I was going into last year."


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Lowe's is set to pay $18.1 million as part of a settlement for numerous environmental violations, as ordered by an Alameda County Superior Court Judge on Wednesday.
There is one Lowe's store in Yolo County located in West Sacramento which unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste. The Yolo County DA's Office had a role in the investigations of Lowe's violations. As a result, the DA's Office will receive $807,000 in penalties and $25,000 in costs.
"Citizens of Yolo County demand no less of businesses than of themselves in obeying the state's environmental laws," said Yolo's District Attorney Reisig in a statement. "Today's action represents a major victory and emphasizes our commitment to our environment. I applaud California's Department of Toxic Substances Control and all of the prosecutors involved in this case."
The judgment is the culmination of a civil enforcement action filed in Alameda County, claiming that more than 118 Lowe's stores throughout the state unlawfully handled and disposed of various hazardous wastes and materials over a six and a half year period. Those hazardous wastes and materials included pesticides, aerosols, paint and colorants solvents, adhesives, batteries, mercury-containing fluorescent bulbs, electronic waste and other toxic, ignitable, and corrosive materials.
From 2011 to 2013, investigators from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, along with Yolo County DA investigators and other district attorney investigators and environmental regulators, conducted a series of statewide waste inspections of dumpsters belonging to Lowe's stores.
The inspections revealed that Lowe's was routinely and systematically sending hazardous wastes to local landfills throughout California that were not permitted to receive those wastes.
The inspections also revealed that some Lowe's stores were discarding directly into the trash items such as batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs instead of recycling them. These were items that had been gathered from customers at store recycling kiosks.
Lowe's was cooperative throughout the investigation and has implemented enhanced policies and procedures designed to eliminate the disposal of hazardous waste products in California. Stores are required to retain their hazardous waste in segregated, labeled containers to minimize the risk of exposure to employees and customers and to ensure that incompatible wastes do not combine to cause dangerous chemical reactions. Hazardous waste produced by California Lowe's stores will be taken to proper disposal facilities and is to be properly documented and accounted for.
Under the final judgment, Lowe's must pay $12.85 million in civil penalties and costs. An additional $2.075 million will fund supplemental environmental projects furthering consumer protection and environmental enforcement in California, and Lowe's will fund hazardous waste minimization projects of $3.175 million. The retailer will be bound under the terms of a permanent injunction prohibiting similar future violations of law.
Settlements from civil prosecutions are deposited in a trust account with the Consumer Fraud and Environmental Prosecution Division and may only be used in actions involving environmental violations. The Yolo County Environmental Health Department will receive $100,000 in penalties and $4,250 in costs.
San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney David Irey, one of the lead prosecutors in the case, complimented the efforts of the Yolo County DA's Office and Heidi D'Agostino.
"Nobody participated in more investigations of Lowe's stores throughout the state than Yolo County DA Enforcement Officer D'Agostino," Irey said in a statement. "This settlement recognizes District Attorney Reisig's commitment to these important statewide environment prosecutions."
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Wipro, an Indian electronics company that has previously participated in Indian editions of the Guide, makes its debut in the international version of Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics with 7.1 points – placing it in 1st position. Download Wipro report card
HP is still above most companies on the ranking, but has lost its top spot from the most recent edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, and now sits in 2nd position, with 5.7 points, behind newcomer Wipro. Download HP report card
Nokia moves up to 3rd position in this edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics. After three years at 1st position, Nokia fell to 3rd in last year's edition. Download Nokia report card
Acer moves up the ranking to 4th position, with a score of 5.1. Acer is showing a larger leadership role in its conversations with suppliers on a range of issues. This has resulted in increase scoring across the three criteria. Download Acer report card
Dell drops to 5th position, with 4.6 points. While Dell scores high overall, the company scores poorly on all Products criteria. Download Dell report card
Apple drops to 6th position, with a score of 4.6. Though one of the high scorers in this edition, Apple misses out on points for lack of transparency. Download Apple report card
Samsung moves up to 7th position, with 4.2 points in this year's Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics. Samsung is close to achieving a revised goal of eliminating some of the most hazardous substances from its products.Download Samsung report card
Sony moves up to 8th position, with 4.1 points. Sony was a top scorer in last year's Guide; it has lost significant points for not continuing its energy policy advocacy work for tougher greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. Download Sony report card
Lenovo drops to 9th place in this edition of the Guide. Lenovo made progress since the last Guide, but did not reach its extended goal of eliminating these chemicals from all its products by the end of 2011. Download Lenovo report card
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Panasonic falls back to 11th position in this edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, with 3.6 points. Download Panasonic report card
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HCL Infosystems is included in the global release of the 18th edition of the Guide for the first time, having only been included in Indian editions previously. With a score of 3.1, HCL shares 13th position with Sharp. Download HCL Infosystems report card
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Safety and Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin
A Weakness in Security Creates Increased Risk, Which in Turn Creates a Decrease in Safety, so Safety and Security Are Directly Proportional, but Are Both Inversely Proportional to Risk
By Eric Byres, PE, and John Cusimano, CFSE
In many languages, there is only one word for safety and security. In German, for example, the word is 'Sicherheit,' in Spanish it is 'seguridad', in French it is 'sécurité' and in Italian it is 'sicurezza.'
According to Merriam-Webster, the primary definition of safety is "the condition of being free from harm or risk," which is essentially the same as the primary definition of security, which is "the quality or state of being free from danger." However, there is another definition for security; that is, "measures taken to guard against espionage or sabotage, crime, attack or escape," and this is generally the definition we are using when we refer to industrial security.
Using these definitions, we can better understand the relationship between safety and security. The relationship is such that a weakness in security creates increased risk, which in turn creates a decrease in safety. So safety and security are directly proportional, but are both inversely proportional to risk. While this may all seem elementary, understanding the relationship between safety and security is very important to understanding how to integrate the two. Those that own and operate industrial facilities, especially those that many governments have defined as critical infrastructures, certainly understand the meaning and importance of safety and security relative to their operations.
In the context of industrial automation and control systems, safety systems are special control systems whose function is to detect a hazardous condition and take action (typically shut down the process) to prevent a hazard. They are typically one of many layers of defense in an overall protection scheme for the facility. Whereas, control system security refers to the capability of a control system to provide adequate confidence that unauthorized persons and systems can neither modify the software and its data nor gain access to the system functions, and yet to ensure that this is not denied to authorized persons and systems.
Until recently, the engineering disciplines of safety system design and control system security were effectively on separate, but parallel paths. Safety standards and associated engineering work practices are mature and well-established, based on decades of learning. On the other hand, control system security is a much newer field and has its roots in information system or IT security. Some say control system security is where safety system engineering was about 10 years ago.
So why is there sudden interest in integrating safety system and control system security disciplines? One reason is that safety integrated systems (SIS), once totally isolated, are increasingly becoming connected to or integrated with process control systems that connect to the outside world. This is a significant because a security breach of a SIS could directly prevent the SIS from performing its intended protection function, which could lead directly to a catastrophic event. On the other hand, a security incident in a control system, while still having the potent to be very damaging, should be limited to causing a process shutdown because the SIS is there to prevent a dangerous situation, provided it was designed properly and was not also compromised. The integration of control and safety systems raises significant concerns about the possibility of a common security vulnerability affecting both systems.
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Another reason for the sudden interest is a growing recognition of the many similarities between the safety and security life cycles, and that there are improvements and efficiencies to be gained by combining the two approaches. By addressing both safety and security fundamentally from the beginning, asset owners will be able to head off the need to perform a second costly process later to find and address security vulnerabilities.
This interaction between the safety of a critical system and security became painfully obvious to the owners of the Hatch Nuclear facility in March of 2008. According to data supplied by the Repository of Industrial Security Incidents (www.securityincidents.org), the Hatch Nuclear Power Plant near Baxley, Ga., was forced to shut down for 48 hours after a contractor updated software on a computer that was on the plant's business network. The computer was used to monitor chemical and diagnostic data from one of the facility's primary control systems. The software was designed to synchronize data on both systems. When the updated computer rebooted, it reset the data on the control system, causing the safety system to interpret the lack of data as a drop in water reservoirs that cool the plant's radioactive nuclear rods. The safety system behaved as designed and triggered a shutdown. The engineer was not aware that the control system would be synchronized as well or that a reboot would reset the control system.
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The Rhythmanalysis Lab is concerned with the observation, representation, and interpretation of rhythms in everyday life. Inspired by the work of Henri Lefebvre, it is a framework for projects, workshops, and investigations at the intersection of urban research, sound, and data science.
Will the (future) rhythmanalyst ... set up and direct a lab where one compares documents: graphs, frequencies and various curves? ... Just as he borrows and receives from his whole body and all his senses, so he receives data from all the sciences: psychology, sociology, ethnology, biology; and even physics and mathematics ... He will come to 'listen' to a house, a street, a town, as an audience listens to a symphony.
- Henri Lefebvre, "The Rhythmanalyst: A Previsionary Portrait" in Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday life. New York City: Continuum, 2004. Pg. 22.
Research: Sound, Urban Research
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Large-footed Myotis (Myotis macropus, formerly adversus), dragging its large feet through a stream trying to catch insects.
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Large-footed Myotis are small bats that live in caves, tunnels, under bridges and in trees in eastern and northern Australia. They are about 5 cm long with a grey-brown back and grey belly. They have very large feet to help them catch insects from the water and narrow wings to help them fly fast.
Large-footed Myotis hunt for food at night. They fly over creeks and rake their clawed hind feet through the water to catch fish and insects. They find flying insects by making small sounds through their mouths that humans cannot hear. The sounds bounce off objects and come back to the bat. The bats listen to the sounds that come back and are able to tell where things are. This is called echolocation.
Females can give birth to one live young three times a year. The young bats are born helpless and without hair and hold onto their mother's belly. The young bats feed on milk from nipples located under their mother's armpits until they are old enough to look for food themselves.
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April 15, 2007
I have been trying to figure out the best way to add NATURAL flavorings to chocolate by means of infusion. But I am having problems with tempering as well as grainy textures etc..
I am talking about making bars with flavors, not ganache.
Does anyone have advice on how to naturally infuse chocolate with ingredients such as rosemary, orange, coffee cardamon pods, or any other ingredient without using oils or other non-natural ingredients.
How do Vosges, Dagoba, Valrhona etc.. do it? Is it infused during melting, tempering, or does the choc have to be infused during conching? Is flavor added to cocoa butter?
May 29, 2005
The flavours must be oil based because that is the only way it will mix with the chocolate. If you go to the link below it will answer some of your questions. Many of us on this site are also members of eg gullet.
Hmmmm. Everyone knows that when you put a pound of butter in the fridge next to a n unwrapped onion, the butter takes on the onion smell... I've used this fact to my advantage in baking with all fat based ingredientst, and many Chefs will store white or black truffles (the mushroom ones...) in an airtight container with butter or some kind of other fat.
Chocolate is fat based and very prone to picking up odours, so why not intentionally let it pick up the odours you want it to?
April 15, 2007
Thank you so much for your answer Deb. I looked up the link and while it was informative, I'm not so much interested in inclusions like nuts, raisins, etc...
What I really want to know, and I hope you can help me, is: how do I infuse flavor (for instance, rosemary) naturally into chocolate.
Here's what I did when I tried the first time. I dried the rosemary out (to take out the water content) and then melted my chocolate. I added the rosemary into the melted chocolate and let it sit there for a while hoping to infuse flavor. Then I took it out and when I continued to temper my chocolate it just didn't work. The whole thing bloomed, AND it didn't taste a whole lot like rosemary - and was a little bitter.
Do you know how the big manufactures like say, Dagoba, add in their flavors? In the list of ingredients I did not see oil based flavors, just the ingredients themselves.
Thank you for your help.
If you don't mind increasing the cocoa butter content a little you can infuse the cocoa butter before adding to the chocolate, the amount will depend on what your infusing and how strong you can make the cocoa butter
Melt cocoa butter to 40 add your chosen infusion
Place into warm cupboard and hold at 40 until infused
Then cool to 30 before adding to your tempered chocolate
I hope this helps, I have made a few variations (chilli, orange zest, rose) using this method and it works well, keep a thought on how much cocoa butter you are adding and shelf life, if you had the machinery to make your own chocolate you could do this at an early stage to avoid increasing the cocoa butter content
April 15, 2007
Thank you so much JC. I was really wondering about about adding my flavor to the cocoa butter but wasn't sure of the process.
As of now I dont have the machinery to make my own chocolate so I can't do it that way, but I really want to experiment with using the best chocolate couvertures available and infusing them with my own flavor combinations.
Just a few questions:
1. How do I know how much cocoa butter to use?
2. how long do I infuse it for?
3. do the infusions have to always be dried (i.e not water based) or can it be used in it's natural state (for example rose petals) being that it is going into cocoa butter first?
I suppose I need to experiment to know these answers, but maybe you can tell me what you know as well.
Thanks for your reply also Foodpump.
I infused lots of things from basil, chilli dried, orange zest, lemon zest and fresh mint I tried them from 1 hour to 24 hours the best was the chilli and orange zest at 24 hours
I added 100g orange zest to 300g cocoa butter and held for 24 hours, I then strained and added 100g infused cocoa butter to 1000g 65% chocolate, there are however no rules other than your own taste I found this worked ok for me it did make the chocolate very fluid and change the mouth feel but delivered on taste
I then did change jobs and stopped looking into this as a way of flavouring but at the time found it to be the best way of keeping things fresh and natural
I hope this helps
April 15, 2007
March 17, 2008
I read with interest your post full of questions on my past and I am surprised, as you seem to have found my website, that you did not send me an email to ask for the details that you do not seem to find in the press. It was far more simple than to post your questions , that seem to overtone I am trying to hide something or spreading inaccurate information. I hope I don 't scare you!
YOu are right, most of the press embellishes everything as they want to tell stories that make people dream, and also tend to copy each other, so the same inaccuracies are quoted all over again . But this is totally out of my control. I do not " actively capitalize on my status as a "qualified agronomist", it is the press /people that systematically ask what i have studied.
I explain to all journalists that there is no school to learn what i know about chocolate and probably plenty of schools to learn some of the topics I do not know, but they systematically try to link the cause to effect, my past to what I am now.
All what you read is true but often inaccuratly quoted or links created when there is none. As a brief summary:
born in 1967 (I am 41 ) - femela - french father and german mother
born in mexico, moved to chile at the age of 7 and to Bolivia at the age of 10 then to France at the age of 14
A levels (Baccalaureat) scientific at the age of 17
Graduated the school CNEARC (Centre National d'Etudes des Regions Chaudes) in Montpellier (degree of engineer in Agronomy , specialised in tropical agronomy)- (6 months in Egypt as intern agronomist)
Then one year in Reading University for a Master in Agricultural Economics
I then realised i did not want to be an agronomist and explored "my creativity" : video, photo, cinema, television; I studied for one year (London) then worked in the film , documentary and advertising industry for 2 years, in France and in the UK, travelling all over the world for my job.
I then decided to go back to agronomy and applied for a job at the UN, and got it, a 2 year contract in Jamaica, from 94 to 96 but unfortunatly not in agronomy, it was development projects management.
I then came back to France and worked as manager of the chocolate departement at Ladurée for 3 years, then 3 years at L 'Oreal , then as a joke with friends, i applied for the position at Fornum & Mason and was surprised to get it.
The rest , I hope, does not need details.
I am more than happy to give any additional information if you explain to me what it is for. I may have problems to remember names of ex boyfriends, but i am happy to say the truth and only the truth as long as it does not hurt other parties.
A votre disposition, mister OZ.... Chloe
As I see it, Chloe's chief qualifications for her writing and public appearances are (1) an experienced palate (developed through personal consumption and as a professional buyer), (2) connections across the industry that make her very well informed, (3) a genuine and infectious passion for fine chocolate, and (4) a direct, elegant style of writing.
Whatever the nature of her work with the UN or in film or advertising, she is an effective, appealing advocate for fine chocolate.
July 31, 2006
On an editorial note, readers might be interested in my blog post [url="http://www.seventypercent.com/pod/?p=200"]here[/url], which discusses some of the issues raised by the moderated post.
Martin Christy
Martin Christy
January 16, 2006
I'd be interested in seeing a reply from Chloe Doutre-Roussell to oz choc's criticism. I'm certainly no chocolate expert and haven't read the book but it is very irritating when reading chocolate books and websites to find just such manifest contradictions and inaccuracies as described in oz choc's review. I certainly disagree with the defence that criticism should be mitigated because the intended market was non-professional. So what? I'm a non-professional but were I to pay genuine money for this book I would expect genuine information in return.
Martin writes in his blog post that Chloe is "quite capable of [defending] herself if required." I would imagine that a defence from Chloe is most definitely required given that the review appears to be well-researched and thoroughly referenced.
December 4, 2006
For some reason I cannot log into the blog to post.I personally don't get Samanthas lengthy effort to knock down Chloe or her book. Seems like someone is taking things way too personal. The book is intended for an audience who is learning about chocolate and is such, fills the role along with many other books.
I personally know Chloe and have seen her dedication to third world farmers in helping to bring their products to an international market. She is a hardworking person of high integrity and an asset to the chocolate community whether or not her "qualifications" seem qualified enough for you.becuase of her efforts internationally many small farmers have more than subsistence, they have a future.
As for cacao flavors, Hawaii has an emerging Cacao industry and is struggling with the same issues. At first people planted anything they could get a hold of, usually forastero. The resulting chocolate is bland. Growers have finally woken up to the fact that they need to reach for a world fine flavor standard to get the premium prices and have been working with the University to develop better flavor genetics for Hawaii's diverse climate zones. Education is needed and in need of sharing worldwide to keep the cocoa industry alive and the trickle down effect of keeping farmers farming..
August 6, 2006
HawaiiChocolate, you missed Martins final note:
Just a final note: some of you may want to comment on this, and we are not currently allowing comments on Seventypercent. This is purely technical as we have to move to new forum software which will allow one log in for the forum and the blog sections. This is coming soon, I promise! Meanwhile, please discuss in the forum.
"Porcelana: The Holy Grail of Pure Criollos" (Maricel E. Presilla)
"Porcelana: The Holy Grail of Pure Criollos" (Maricel E. Presilla)
November 19, 2004
Althoug I haven't read the book cover to cover, I still feel entiteled to recommend it. Some of the critisism above may (or may not) be justified, but I must say I dissagree with the credibility of the review. It has got a section about calories and Cloe's daily intake of chocolate, and states that her not gaining more weight is impossible. This is based on a simple calories in = calories out wich is a clear violation of the laws of thermodynamics (our bodies are not closed systems!), and such an obvious, althoug common, mistake. My advise is read it yourself and make up your own mind, because the review by oz choc does not seem all that well-researced to me.
(And sorry if this is post is unapropriate)
November 19, 2004
Originally posted by oz_choc
green - are you suggesting that the amount of energy entering a system (for example, a human body) is *not* equal to the energy leaving that system??
No I am not, I was unfortunately rather inaccurate in my previous post. What I ment was that since the human body is not a closed system, calories out differ from calories spent by walking/thinking/housework/working out. I am aware of what dieticians etc think about the subject, but a growing group of people working with nutrition and health are stressing the fact that the impact of what you eat on different hormones have more to say on weight gain/loss than how many calories you eat/use. Unfortunately I would say, these people are often regarded as quacks or related to the "wonder-diets" you see in different magazines.
October 13, 2009
Originally posted by oz_choc
In response to HawaiiChocolate's assertion that chocolate made from Forastero cocoa is "bland" ...
What, specifically (and briefly), do you find favourable about Forastero (as a general rule)?
I just read an article which was published in the [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/16/foodanddrink1"]UK Guardian online[/url] on November 16 this year. In the article, Chloe nominated Spruengli truffles made with Bolivian Felchlin couverture as being among the world's best chocolates.
I note that Felchlin's Cru Sauvage is currently nominated as one of the "Top Ten Bars" on this site, and it received a glowing review from Alex Rast.
When I do my reviews I try to ignore or at least mentally set aside any consideration of bean varietal, origin, manufacturer, country of manufacture, or indeed anything else extraneous to the actual flavour itself. There's nothing absolute that prevents a bar from a particular bean, or country, or manufacturer, from being great simply by virtue of that classification - nor anything that matter that prevents it from being terrible.
However, I think it's equally important to distinguish a general rule from an absolute principle - and there are general rules that can and do apply. For example, to make a statement like "men are stronger than women" - with regards to physical strength, is not necessarily true at the level of the individual and one can easily find women who are stronger not only than some other man you could find but stronger than almost any man. But the general rule, and it's a statistical one - applies, namely that if you were to take a random cross-section of men and women you'd find on the whole that the average strength of the men would be greater. In similar manner, while it's not impossible for, say, Hershey's to produce a great chocolate, I think most of us on this site would agree that it's rather unlikely to be what one encounters in practice. Finding an exception would not invalidate the rule. This is the kind of rule being applied (I think reasonably) to Criollos.
Where general rules go awry is when somebody uses their truth as a convenient excuse for systematic, categorical action invariably favouring one group over another regardless of circumstance. That's called prejudice and is to be condemned. However, and I am very strong on this, the mere indication of a general rule by somebody is NOT an indication of prejudice.
If Chloe has changed her mind about Forastero and organic cocoa, then that's great - but it seems that some people are still treating the old and totally out-dated opinions in her book as gospel.
Personally, I think the chocolate revolution has moved on.
My belief is that you can't really prevent people from drawing their own opinions from what they read so authors can be at most indirectly and tangentially responsible for the opinions of others.
With the understanding that terms like "Forastero", "Trinitario" and "Criollo" are necessarily inexact approximations, I think I'm going to tip my hand a bit here. I think to scale back on Criollo or Trinitario production would be a tragic mistake for the industry. Whatever you think of their relative quality, overall, it's hard not to observe as a general rule that Forasteros, Trinitarios, and Criollos offer different flavour profiles. Criollos are on the whole fruity and light, Trinitarios rather bolder with the occasional spicy hint, and Forasteros tend to be woodier. If, then, you were to end or reduce production of Criollo or Trinitario beans, you'd be in effect cutting out a giant swathe of the chocolate flavour spectrum, for good or for ill. There would be exceptions, no doubt - but they would remain rare and unique exceptions. This would represent a diminishment of chocolate no matter what.
One final point to the moderator - can I suggest that the title of this thread be changed to read "Criollo vs. Forastero" or something else such as that - which is the main topic under discussion, and the posts separated cleanly? As it is I think the thread conflates 2 unrelated issues - the question of somebody's professional experience and the question of quality in Criollo and Forastero beans.
Alex Rast
Alex Rast
July 31, 2006
A separate criollo / forastero thread would be a good idea, but that subject really takes of uniquely in your reply. It might be better if you start a new thread, cut and paste your text across and link to the new thread?
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Poets this year had a more specific task: to focus on "Santa Fe at 400," and write about the city different, be it past, present or future.
Finally, non-fiction writers were asked to consider "crime"—from any angle.
This week, SFR presents all the winners, and the winning entries from the fiction and poetry categories.
Please check this post next week to read all the nonfiction winning entries.
As always, participation in the contest was robust, and we relied heavily on our esteemed judges to pick this year's winners. Congratulations to all who participated. Keep writing—next year's contest will be here before you know it.
The Judges
Porochista Khakpour (porochistakhakpour.com) is a faculty member in the Creative Writing and Literature Department at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Khakpour was born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in Los Angeles. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Chicago Reader, Paper, Flaunt, Nylon and Bidoun, among many other publications. Her debut novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects, received acclaim from The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle, won the 77th Annual California Book Award in First Fiction and was a Chicago Tribune "Fall's Best" selection and a New York Times "Editor's Choice."
Miriam Sagan is the founder and director of the creative writing program at Santa Fe Community College. Sagan has authored more than 20 books, including Pushcart Prize nominee Tanka from the Edge, Map of the Lost, Gossip and Searching for a Mustard Seed. She has held residency grants at Yaddo and MacDowell, and is the recipient of a grant from The Barbara Deming Foundation/Money for Women and a Lannan Foundation Marfa Residency. In addition to working on site-specific poetry installations, Sagan writes and curates the poetry blog miriamswell.wordpress.com.
Robert Wilder (robertwilder.com) is a teacher and writer, whose column "Daddy Needs a Drink" appears the first Wednesday of each month in SFR. Wilder has published essays in Newsweek, Details, Salon, Creative Nonfiction, Working Mother, El Palacio, The Greensboro Review, The Colorado Review, and elsewhere. He has been a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, On Point and many other regional and national radio programs. Both of his nonfiction books, Daddy Needs a Drink and Tales from the Teachers' Lounge, have been optioned for sitcom adaptation. In 2009, Wilder was the only individual to receive the Innovations in Reading Prize by the National Book Foundation
1stJodi Drinkwater is very grateful for winning the Santa Fe Reporter writing contest for the second time. (She won in 2008). Writing about the cowboy for a second time was a great experience, and Jodi plans to continue to explore the cowboy's adventures. Jodi is a writer and painter in Santa Fe. To see more of her work, visit jodidrinkwater.com. Read her story HERE.
2ndAlex Greenspan was born and raised in New York. He went to college in Albany and is now traveling around America. He moved to Albuquerque about five months ago and, in about five more, he will be moving to New Orleans. It is his goal to forge a career as a writer and has no doubt that this will happen. Read his story HERE.
3rdThom Harding moved to Santa Fe this August, and is in love with the natural beauty and energy of this amazing place. Born in the UK, Thom lived in Boston during high school, then spent two years in Baltimore followed by two years in Florence, Italy, studying art history and painting. After graduating, Thom travelled and worked in India for a few months before moving out to New Mexico. His best times are spent reading, writing, hiking, working with kids, and making music and art. Thom has been writing for 10 years, and is greatly influenced by Pynchon, García Márquez, Tom Robbins and Kundera. Read his story HERE.
1stWhen Catherine Ferguson was 15, she traveled by car with her grandmother, Ruth Dickinson, from Phoenix to Santa Fe. They ate lunch at The Shed, then located in Burro Alley. Catherine was surprised that the tortillas were blue. She never forgot the beauty of northern New Mexico. In 1972, Catherine's mother, Susan Ferguson, took an art class at Ghost Ranch. Catherine visited and never left the area. She lives in Galisteo. Inspired by her love of nature and the Southwestern landscape, animals and trees, she paints watercolors, oils and retablos, reinterpreting this traditional New Mexican art form. She writes poems that express her passion for the life lived on this land. Catherine teaches retablo and watercolor painting. She is the author of eight chapbooks. In 2007, she received the New Mexico Book Award in Poetry for The Sound a Raven Makes, a collection with two other poets, Sawnie Morris and Michelle Holland. Read her poem HERE.
2ndSometimes Lauren Camp is a visual artist and sometimes a poet. For more than six years, she has hosted and produced radio programs on KSFR. Currently, you can hear her sophisticated stew of words and music on Audio Saucepan (Sundays at 5 pm). Her first poetry collection, This Business of Wisdom, was recently published by West End Press. Since she had never written a book before, she's particularly proud of this one. She leads creative writing workshops in Santa Fe, and exhibits her artwork around the country. Learn more at laurencamp.com. Read her poem HERE.
3rdEmily Pepin's family moved to Santa Fe with a U-Haul and two poodles when she was 9, at which point she screamed at a stinkbug and fell in love with the mountains. Since then, she has been published by Más New Mexico, the Santa Fe Reporter (where she was an intern in 2008), plain china: Best Undergraduate Writing 2009, The Redlands Review, and the Census anthology. She graduated from the University of Redlands in 2009 with a degree in English and human ecology. Emily leaves for West Africa in March 2011 as a Peace Corps volunteer. You can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read her poem HERE.
1stMario Gonzales lives in Santa Fe but works in Las Vegas. He is currently working on a novel about rural Mexico, luck and mystification. He has three children who have yet to legally emancipate themselves. He is grateful for their love.
2ndRichard Jay Goldstein lives and writes in Santa Fe, and has been publishing stories, essays, and poetry in the literary and sci-fi/fantasy/horror press for 20-some years. His wife is Santa Fe percussionist Polly Tapia Ferber. They have two grown-up sons and two really cute granddaughters.
3rdDianne Layden is a semi-retired college professor and writer in Albuquerque. Her field is American studies. She came to New Mexico in 1969 and left the state twice for faculty posts at the University of Houston and University of Redlands in Southern California. She returned in 2001 as an administrator at Santa Fe Community College. Campus violence is one of the subjects of her research. Currently, she teaches part-time at Central New Mexico Community College, where she has assisted with development of campus safety policies. Her research interests now focus on New Mexico history and culture. She is at work on a project on the Rudolfo Anaya—Bless Me, Ultima Landscape Park in Santa Rosa, which she has presented to the New Mexico Historical Society.


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A DRUNK in the back of an ambulance pushed a paramedic out, staggered off past Tesco, fell into some shopping trollies and ended up in a bush, a court heard.
Burnley magistrates were told how homeless Brian Fleming, 54, was banned from causing upset, alarm or distress by an anti-social behaviour order, but had been swearing and was aggressive.
He was abusive to police who helped him to his feet and who found a half-full bottle of sherry stuffed up his coat sleeve.
Fleming, who has a long criminal record, struck just 11 days after being given the ASBO.
The defendant, described by his solicitor as a 'chronic alcoholic' admitted breaching the order on February 7, was detained in the court building until 1pm and spent the two hours fast asleep in the corner of the courtroom.
Philippa White, prosecuting, said at 7.40pm, police went to Burnley Tesco after reports of a man in the back of an ambulance, being abusive to paramedics who were trying to help him.
Concerned shoppers outside the store entrance had called the ambulance after Fleming had collapsed.
Fleming pushed a paramedic out of the vehicle doorway, staggered off towards Tesco and was seen going past the main doors, where a young child was among those who saw him.
A police officer tried to detain him, the defendant attempted to move away from the ramp and fell into shopping trollies and then a bush. He was arrested and taken to the police station. Mrs White added the two-year ASBO had been imposed on January 27.
Fleming had a lengthy record and in recent years had many convictions for drunk and disorderly.
Mark Williams, for Fleming, said: "In terms of seriousness, his behaviour has never gone beyond the low-level, non-imprisonable, nuisance type of offending."
The defendant had managed to stay sober for a year, but relapsed last October.


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HARDEEP Singh Kohli is on the lookout for the greatest Indian takeaway in the UK, and his search reaches the Wyvern Theatre on Friday.
The writer, broadcaster and Celebrity Masterchef finalist has been ordering curries from local eateries during his live shows, then racing against time to prepare a curry of his own before it arrives.
His Swindon show starts at 7.30pm tomorrow, so there is still time to visit www.hardeeplive.com and submit suggestions for the town's best takeaway.
The show will culminate with audience members being invited on stage to sample both meals.
Tickets for the show cost £16.50, with a £1.50 per ticket booking fee. Call 01793 524481 or book at www.wyverntheatre.org.uk.


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'I know it's all speculation right now. But wouldn't it be in Regier's best interest, both professionally and financially, to see what his value is on the open market? Regier is not a foolish man. He knows there are few things more valuable in the NHL today than a quality general manager.'
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Keep kids learning
Worried your kid forgets everything they've learnt when not at school? Here's how to keep their brain sharp. more
It's just as important that your child eat healthy lunches and snacks at school as it is when she's at home. Nutritious school lunches are important as they will provide the fuel for her learning. Try encouraging your child to be involved in the preparation of her lunch each day - if she has a say into what's going into her lunchbox each day, she'll be more likely to eat it.
Because school lunch time is short, and your child may be more interested in playing with her friends than eating, it's best to stick to a lunch that:
For all these reasons, it's no wonder that the humble sandwich is still the mainstay of most schoolyard lunches.
When you're packing the lunch box, try to include:
Bread, in the form of a sandwich, is the most common lunch box food for kids. If your child is stuck on having a sandwich each day but is sick of what you are giving her, try changing the type of bread you put her vegemite on. There's a range of breads that include:
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot. Sources include Nutrition Australia and Go For Your Life


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I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS who have traveled to Africa, India and other exotic locations for some amazing wildlife photography. I also enjoy getting close to wary animals, photographing unusual and striking wildlife, and even witnessing and photographing life-and-death struggles. I just don't have to go far. I can do all of this close to home—sometimes even in my backyard.
I am talking about insect photography. (The techniques are the same for other small critters from spiders to centipedes.) Insects are the most common wildlife around the planet. They come in extraordinary shapes and sizes with stunning colors and patterns. When you view them up close through your camera's lens, they quickly become dramatic and wonderful subjects.
Insects and similar small critters are readily available, but they can also be challenging subjects that will test your photographic skills. Here are some tips for your next backyard safari in search of life in a macro world.
This means you can more easily photograph them early in the day because they can be sluggish. On the other hand, they can also be harder to find.
Lots of insects use flowers for food, both directly, through pollen and nectar, and indirectly, by eating the other insects that come to the flowers for pollen and nectar.
Extension tubes are a relatively inexpensive way to turn any telephoto into a close-focusing "macro" lens. They also work with zooms. (A note on extension tubes: While they work with all normal and telephoto lenses, some lenses just don't do well up close.)
Sometimes you can get your camera closer to insects by extending it at the end of your arm than by putting your whole head and body in close as you look through the viewfinder.
Many insects blend in with their surroundings, even if they seem quite colorful when you actually spot them. Pause at a clump of flowers and really look over the blossoms and all around them. You will often find some surprising insects there.
When you are out on a hike with friends, have them be your extra eyes as you search for buggy camera subjects.
A plain grass yard is pretty boring as far as insect life goes, but if you have a lot of flowers, shrubs and trees, you probably have a lot of insects around, too. As a bonus, a garden with varied species of plants rarely needs insecticides (in fact, they can be counterproductive, as they also kill predatory insects).
Rob Sheppard is a photographer, writer and photography teacher in southern California. He is the former editor of Outdoor Photographer and PC Photo magazines. Visit his blog Nature and Photography for more photography tips.


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Photo Gallery: Tamara Kaye-Honey's Interiors
See Tamara Kaye-Honey's whimsical but sophisticated work.
A relaxing place to curl up with a good book.
Checkerboard concrete floors and tall french doors create a stunning backdrop for a 1930's fainting sofa upholstered in Belgian linen. A lacquered chinoiserie side table and custom wingback chairs contribute to a great reading nook.
A custom Stark rug grounds an airy, spacious room.
Here, Kaye-Honey shows off her unique style, mixing traditional and contemporary aesthetics with flourish. Custom HOH furniture, vintage Karl Springer and of-the-moment art come together harmoniously.
Contrasting fabrics lend a fresh look to a vintage sofa.
A black rug made from Icelandic sheepskin looks extra soft when it's laid on a high-gloss hardwood floor.
Chevron-patterned upholstery pops against a white, custom cane-back chair.
Music is clearly the inspiration for this Kaye-Honey–designed living room: the wallpaper behind the 19th-century French daybed depicts the historic Venice Opera House, and a bust of Beethoven sits on the 1940s desk.
Deep navy walls and floors are offset by sophisticated orange furniture.
Kaye-Honey put this room together with a painterly eye. On the left, a fiery Murano chandelier hovers above the Palm Springs modern breakfast table. On the right, the collection of orange coloured Blenko glass creates a whimsical vignette.
Oversized windows and high ceilings emphasize the drama in this space.
Alternating klismos and Louis ghost chairs surround an ethereal table, which looks like it's barely there thanks to its vintage Lucite base. The 200-piece, pink-and-white vintage Murano glass chandelier shines, as does the custom, silver-leafed damask wallpaper.
For more design and decorating ideas, browse our Tamara Kaye-Honey photo gallery.
Intricate wallpaper creates a dynamic backdrop.
Layers of texture and pattern create a sense of warmth in a shared bedroom for two young girls. Matching white twin daybeds offer contrast.
A mini mohair upholstered chair is a luxurious addition to a girls room.
The fireplace silhouette, mirrored side table and vintage pink-and-gold ceramic lamp create a princess-perfect vignette in a bedroom shared by two young sisters.
An over-the-top, David Hicks-inspired space.
There's nothing modest or shy about this Tamara Kaye-Honey room: it's loud, exuberant and incredibly fun. White linen drapes with red banding help give the space its unique character.
For more design and decorating ideas, browse our Tamara Kaye-Honey photo gallery.
A colourful place to work and learn.
In a young girl's bedroom, California designer Tamara Kaye-Honey used a mid-century fun house mirror, poppy red flooring and bamboo-style lacquered furniture for a fanciful effect.
A graphic diamond pattern swathes a cosy room.
In the principal bedroom, Kaye-Honey judiciously contrasts the intensity of the patterned headboard, wall and drapes with an understated, cream-coloured bedspread.