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In a world where it easy to instantly announce big occasions such as a baby birth via social media and texts, it is easy to lose the personal touch that brings people closer together. Although it is perfectly acceptable to let your acquaintances know about your newest addition via social media, it is important to mail baby girl or baby boy birth announcements to those who are closest to you. Here are a few more birth announcement etiquette tips to help you inform your family and friends of the big news in a proper way.
While you are most likely eager to show off your little one to as many people as possible, it might seem strange for someone who didn't even know you were pregnant to unexpectedly receive a birth announcement. For this reason, you should consider reserving your announcements for close friends, family members (even those who live in other states or countries) and colleagues.
Life suddenly becomes busier after a new baby arrives, so it is easy to get distracted and postpone putting your cards in the mail. However, the older your baby gets, the stranger it will be for your friends and family to receive a late announcement. Try to get your cards in the mail as soon as you can after the baby is born, and no later than six months after birth. While you're busy getting pictures of your little bundle of joy for the announcements, consider taking the opportunity to create a photo book starring your newest family addition.
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When I first heard about the original 2005 film Alone in the Dark, I was excited. A classic video game franchise brought to life on the big screen, what's not to love? Then I heard Uwe Boll was responsible...
For video game fans, there's nothing worse than to finding out Uwe Boll is connected to your favorite franchise and to many, he's the epitome of evil. In fact, all you have to do is Google "Uwe Boll" to see just how much gamers hate this filmmaker. There are numerous websites - see HERE and HERE - set up by hateful fans showing their disdain for this movie maker...and it's understandable.
These fans are angry as Boll has made movies that are down right terrible out of really good - and one might say even great - franchises. Be it BloodRayne, House of the Dead or even In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, each film takes for granted the original source material. It's almost like Boll has taken up working with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and thinks to himself, "Wow...what new material can I poop on?"
Sadly, Alone in the Dark 2 isn't much better.
This new direct to video movie once again features fan-favorite paranormal detective Edward Carnby. However, Christian Slater - who played Carnby in the original - is nowhere to be found and is instead replaced by Rick Yune (The Fast and the Furious). Honestly, if one didn't know Ed Carnby or his tie to the Alone in the Dark series, one might mistake Alone in the Dark 2 for any old SyFy "movie of the week"...and many of the "movies of the week" on SyFy are better than this.
In Alone in the Dark 2, we finds Ed helping a group of witch hunters remedy their witch problem. Like roaches, witches are a pesky bunch and this particular witch has been haunting and hunting one particular family for centuries.
While Boll isn't handling the writing and directing in this one, he's handed it over to Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch, two guys who've worked with Boll extensively. This - for fans - is a bad thing. A bad script and bad acting don't make it simple, but Alone in the Dark 2 makes even the first Alone in the Dark film look good...which it wasn't.
Even with fan-favorite genre actors like Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo (yup, he's in it! Did you miss his appearance? Me too!) involved, Alone in the Dark 2 still can't deliver. Granted, it does a decent job of establishing setting (yes, I actually jumped a few times!), but there's little pay out to be had here.
Special features on the DVD include audio commentary with Roesch, Scheerer, and actor Bill Moseley, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and a few cast interviews.
While the real question here is "How does Boll keep making movies?" one must ask oneself, should I watch Alone in the Dark 2 or not?
I did...but not because I had to...because I wanted to. For those who loved the first film (I liked the premise, does that count? And how many of us are there, really??), you might want to consider picking this up as a renter. For the rest of you, avoid this film like a witch with dirty teeth and fingernails that wants to rip and claw and scratch out your eyes and eat your intestines (Don't know that witch? Watch this movie and you'll meet her!)
Alone in the Dark 2 is rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, and brief drug content and is available on DVD and Blu-ray wherever fine home video is sold.
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ORLAND — "I started drawing faces when I was a little girl," said artist Jeanne Vodden. "When I found I could capture a likeness, I was hooked."
Vodden, who is based out of Jackson — in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains — is the featured artist at the Orland Art Center for the month of November. Encouraged at an early age to follow her art, she expanded her knowledge and experience through art classes offered in high school and college. After her sons were grown, she returned to study at the American River College in Sacramento, under the tutelage of Gary Pruner.
"I had such a great experience being back in school, and found with my little talent and much practice and study, I could become a decent artist."
Vodden works primarily with watercolor paints, but has occasionally used oils.
"My style is realistic with a magical touch," she said in an interview last week. "Sometimes I include a bit of fantasy in my work, but more often my unique color application gives the work a magical feel."
Over the years, Vodden has experimented with many mediums. However, she began teaching watercolor in 1994 and found that her work naturally gravitated toward that medium.
"As I taught, I became more and more proficient in the medium," she said. "I still paint a couple oil paintings per year."
This show, titled "Magical Mixtures of Light and Color," will be her first show with the Orland Art Center, though she has previously shown in the Chico area. The show features approximately 40 pieces of work, mostly watercolors. The paintings focus on a variety of subjects: flowers, faces, and dragonflies — to name a few.
"There is something for everyone, I think."
She achieves a richness and a depth with her art, namely due to her use of transparent glazes, playing with lights and shapes.
As this show will be an introduction of her art to the Orland Art Center audience, Vodden has chosen a variety of work for the gallery, including still-life, fantasy, floral/landscape and portrait.
"The commonality is in the magical feel created by my application of color and the way I use light in my work."
Vodden, who teaches regularly in Sacramento at University Art and various art workshops, has shown her work in many areas of California and other states like Wyoming and Washington. She plans to expand to Oregon and Montana in the near future.
As an artist, her desire is to "combine a child's sense of wonder with an experienced artist's hand."
For more information about Vodden, her art and upcoming shows, visit her website at www.jeannievodden.com or www.facebook.com/jeannie.vodden.
The Orland Art Center gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1-7 p.m. for the duration of the exhibit. More information can be found at www.orlandartcenter.com.


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"It is the playoffs, the energy is amped up, the excitement level, the focus, all those things are amped up now because you got yourself in the dance, but it's one and done," Pagano said. "You win you go on, you lose you go home. Obviously all those things are heightened."
Many of the Baltimore Ravens' players, particularly on defense, are friends with Pagano since he spent four seasons as a coach, including defensive coordinator, before taking the Colts' job. Two former Ravens – defensive end Cory Redding and safety Tom Zbikowski – are on the Colts.
Ravens safety and Fort Wayne native Bernard Pollard told Baltimore reporters how much Pagano means to some of the Ravens.
"Chuck is a great coach, I'm sure the fans are going to welcome him," Pollard said. "We're going to love him, we're going to embrace him At the same time, we've got to play him and we've got to beat him. We got to show what we're made of and go play."
Pagano emphasized all fond feelings and memories take a backseat to the game at hand,.
"We've made a lot of great relationships there over a four-year period and we had a great experience there, me and my family with that organization," Pagano said. "It's a top-notch organization like I said. But again our focus has got to be on us and preparing for the game."
The Colts play the Ravens in an AFC wild-card playoff game at 1 p.m. Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore.
It's not a stretch to say that Pagano, Redding and Zbikowski will have some edge in preparing for Baltimore's offense, given their history. The offense is slightly different since Caldwell took over as offensive coordinator when Cam Cameron was fired, but the personnel will be fairly familiar.
The Ravens rely heavily on quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Ray Rice, two longtime mainstays.
"Obviously I'll be able to share quite a bit with our football team," Pagano said. "A lot of intangible things, things that they won't be able to get from the video, just having the time that I spent there, I'll be able to share some of those things and be able to give them some stuff, again, that they wouldn't normally be able to get."
Pagano said that the Colts can also benefit from offensive coordinator Bruce Arians' knowledge of the Ravens since Arians faced them twice a year when he was with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
After the emotions of returning as Colts coach last week following his battle with leukemia, Pagano can concentrate solely on the game plan this time around. There will be some emotional reunion moments with his Baltimore connections, certainly, but that's peripheral to the game.
"My doc said, 'be prudent' if you remember," Pagano said, "but I may not be prudent this week in spending a lot of time in a lot of different areas in trying to get as much information out as I possibly can and help where I can."
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NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line.
Judy Scotchmoor
NCSE is pleased to congratulate Judy Scotchmoor on receiving the Pojeta Award, which recognizes "exceptional professional or public service by individuals or groups in the field of paleontology above and beyond that of existing formal roles or responsibilities," from the Paleontological Society.
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch reviewed Abby Hafer's The Not-So-Intelligent Designer (Cascade Books, 2015) for California Classroom Science.
Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Reservations are still available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon — as featured in the documentary No Dinosaurs in Heaven. From June 30 to July 8, 2016, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run conducted by NCSE's Steve Newton and Josh Rosenau.
As the only national organization that is wholly dedicated to defending the teaching of evolution and climate change in the public schools, NCSE is the perfect place to find someone to speak to your organization or university about issues relevant to evolution and climate education and attacks on either or both.
NCSE recognizes Donald Prothero, Katharine Hayhoe, Dana Nuccitelli, John Abraham, Andrew J. Petto, Paula Spence, and Skeptical Science for their tireless work defending and promoting science education.
In our modern, Internet-drenched world, misinformation travels at the speed of light. Whether in a webinar or IM'ing, in a Facebook debate or an online classroom, science education is unceasingly attacked, distorted, watered down, or just plain ignored.
NCSE is pleased to announce the winners of the Friend of Darwin award for 2016: Andrew J. Petto, a physical anthropologist, who formerly served on NCSE's board of directors and as the editor of Reports of the National Center for Science Education; Donald R. Prothero, a paleontologist and prolific author whose latest book is The Story of Life in 25 Fossils; and Paula Spence, a cartoonist and artist who has been contributing graphics of all sorts to NCSE for almost a decade.
Creationist effort results in windfall for group defending the teaching of evolution
Fiyyaz Pirani was perplexed. As the CEO of RapidWristbands.com, he was pleased to receive a massive order for over a hundred thousand wristbands. But as a socially responsible entrepreneur, he was not pleased that the order, from a creationist ministry, was for wristbands saying "DEBUNK EVOLUTION."
NCSE is pleased to announce the winners of the second teacher scholarships on our annual Grand Canyon raft trip: Brandon Haught of University High School, Orange City, Florida, and Crystal Davis of Hawthorne Math and Science Academy, Hawthorne, California. They will receive an all-expenses-paid eight-day raft trip through the Grand Canyon, guided by two members of NCSE's staff and joining twenty other NCSE members and supporters who purchased seats on the trip. The scholarship funds were donated by the generosity of NCSE's members.
The distinguished chemist Harry Kroto died on April 30, 2016, at the age of 76, according to Chemical & Engineering News (May 2, 2016).
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Claudia Schiffer, A Model Life
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer skillfully manages a career that proves that classic beauty will always be in fashion.
As Cigar Aficionado magazine approaches 20 years in print, we are taking a look back at some of the most memorable stories we have published over the years. In this step back into our vaults, we go to 1997 when we profiled the beautiful Claudia Schiffer.
Claudia Schiffer is talking tough. There's a problem in the world of fashion these days, she says—the fact that too often models have to look like junkies just to be cool. "I think fashion should be promoting beauty and health," she says. "That doesn't happen if the model looks anorexic, unhealthy, tired, if the photography makes her look as if she's on drugs or been out partying all night. That kind of thing can end up hurting young women or girls who feel they have to imitate the models they see in the magazines. That's not what fashion is about. For me, fashion is about beauty."
When Claudia Schiffer is the subject, that's what it's always about. The 26-year-old German-born supermodel has been called, by GQ magazine and countless others, the most beautiful woman in the world. Her face and body have graced the covers of more than 500 magazines, among them Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair and Time. She was the first model to make the cover of Rolling Stone. She has walked down runways for all the major designers and appeared in ad campaigns for Revlon, Chanel, Versace, Valentino and Ralph Lauren. Her image, on billboards for Kenar, has loomed above the millions of tourists in Times Square. She danced in a Fanta ad with Mickey Mouse for a reported $2 million. Last fall, she appeared on the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalogue wearing a diamond-encrusted brassiere worth $1 million. She also has a contract to do Pepsi commercials with Space Jam co-director Joe Pytka and has appeared in a TV commercial for cotton "Underware," which was censored in the United States.
John Fairchild, the publisher of Women's Wear Daily, once said that Schiffer "looks better in jeans than any model ever looked in Chanel." And on this rainy early spring day, as she exits the elevator at the Four Seasons Hotel on East 57th Street in Manhattan, it is clear that Fairchild knows whereof he speaks. She is clad all in black—simple, tight black Gucci jeans and a black wool V-neck Prada sweater—and she is radiant. Her long, glistening blonde hair glides gently and gracefully down her back. Her magnetic blue eyes twinkle; her soft, high cheekbones personify the blush of youth.
Designer Karl Lagerfeld has explained her success by saying that underneath the glamour she is "all work, very serious, essentially a smooth-running German business machine." While that may be a bit of an exaggeration, it is clear that she loves to work, loves her business, and has risen to great heights in the worlds of fashion and commerce.
She won't discuss her finances, but there is no doubt she is the world's highest-paid supermodel. That title was attained in 1992, Nash wrote, when she inked an exclusive global deal with Revlon for a reported $6 million a year for 10 years and surpassed the previous titleholder, Cindy Crawford. According to the Times, fashion insiders estimate her yearly income at as much as $14 million—or more. She has put out a yearly swimsuit calendar since 1990; she designs it herself, and industry estimates put her annual earnings from it at $500,000 (this year her royalties are going to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation). Her series of four exercise videos, "Claudia Schiffer's Perfectly Fit," for CBS/Fox, has made the best-seller list. She has published two books, Memories, a pictorial for young people about a fashion shoot, and Claudia Schiffer by Karl Lagerfeld, a black-and-white coffee table book she designed with photos by Lagerfeld.
In 1995, she and two of her fellow supermodels—Naomi Campbell and Elle MacPherson—and Tommaso Buti, an Italian restaurateur, opened the Fashion Cafe in Rockefeller Center. It was so successful that there are now Fashion Cafes in New Orleans, London, Jakarta and Barcelona; another supermodel, Christy Turlington, has joined the crew, and there are plans to open in 10 more cities this year, among them Mexico City, Manila, Paris, Singapore and Madrid. Last October she switched from the Metropolitan modeling agency—where she had been since her career began—to Elite, and, she says, things have gotten even busier.
Sitting in a lounge at the Four Seasons this Saturday morning, there is about Schiffer a clear and imaginative intelligence, a disarming friendliness. With Claudia Schiffer, in life and on a magazine cover, what you see is what you get.
Perhaps the most surprising thing about her this April day is that she is not exhausted. It is the end of Fashion Week in New York. She has completed two all-day shoots posing for two magazine covers—Cigar Aficionado and Cosmopolitan.
She has spent countless hours on fittings and taking part in two runway shows, for the designers Badgley Mishka and Halston International. Yet she also found the time recently to take her brother to a Knicks game, do a day-in-the-life photo shoot for Gala magazine, attend dozens of business meetings and spend a weekend with a 13-year-old girl who won a contest in Europe that allowed her to tag along with Claudia.
And there is no rest. Immediately after the interview, she will be off to another cover shoot, for Fitness magazine. Tomorrow morning, she will be on a flight to New Orleans to supervise several changes at that city's Fashion Cafe.
"I work all year long," she says. "There are no off seasons. And I travel all year long. I make sure I can go home"—as with many other European celebrities, home is Monte Carlo, for tax purposes—"for a couple of days every few months, even if it's only to switch things in my suit-cases. Whenever I leave I pack for at least two months."
Her schedule in the next two weeks is typical. After three days in New Orleans, she moves on to Los Angeles, to shoot a cover for Allure magazine. "I'll be in L.A. for one day," she says. "I arrive in the morning, and after the Allure cover I'm attending a charity event, a benefit for the Make-a-Wish Foundation," which helps seriously ill children. (She is also a spokeswoman for the National Breast Cancer Coalition Signature Drive and takes part in many events on behalf of Revlon to help cure the disease, as well as donating time with other supermodels in the fight against pediatric AIDS.) "Then I catch a plane at 1:35 in the morning and go directly to Lima, Peru. I arrive at 12:35 p.m., and the next morning I work from 7 a.m. all the way to 9:30 in the evening. The following day, it's the same hours. And then I travel to Chile and work for two days from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. And then I go to Argentina for one day. And then, finally, I'm back in Europe."
"It can be crazy," she says, "because when you don't have time to relax it can be very tiring. When I go back to the hotel room, there are always the daily faxes to look at, and the phone calls to be made if there's something urgent. And then it's time to sleep. Once in Monaco, I started work at 9 in the morning and worked all through the night until 6 a.m. I didn't know in advance I would be doing that, but if the photographer decides artistically that he doesn't have what he needs, you just keep on going until you have it. And it can take all night. So we finished at 6, and I had to take a 7 a.m. plane from Nice to Paris and catch the Concorde to New York. I didn't get any sleep. And when I arrived in New York I had to go straight to the studio."
But despite it all, she says, she loves what she does. "It's so much fun," she says. "Working with photographers, collaborating on a shoot, you can create so many different things. You can come in with one idea of what you're planning to do and then a couple of hours later you can change the idea to something completely different. I love the creative part of it so much."
On a typical morning she will have fruit for breakfast, along with tea and honey. "For lunch I try to have salads or vegetables or soups," she says. "And for dinner, chicken salad or tuna salad or a bit of regular chicken or vegetables. I try very hard to eat healthy. And it's not only for my figure.
Sure, I would like to keep it the way it is. But it's also for the energy. I have much more energy when I'm thinner. Sweets make me very tired. Heavy food, lots of meat, makes me tired."
When it comes to exercise, she tries to work out in a gym four or five days a week, an hour and a half or two hours a day, on the stationary bicycle, the Stairmaster, the treadmill and a new machine she has fallen in love with, the Transport, which is a cross between a bike and a treadmill that puts much less pressure on the knees. She also uses weights for her upper body, and sometimes for her lower body. But with all her travel, she says, "I need to have something I can do in hotel rooms." So she does a one-hour workout routine with her private trainer, Kathy Kaehler, that closely resembles those seen in her videos. "The tapes were first developed for me," she says, "so I could show people what I do."
The rigors of her work schedule and training are a bit like the rigor she brings to her business planning. The fashion writer Michael Gross has called her "the model who doesn't make mistakes." Schiffer doesn't quite agree, but does admit that she has "not made the same mistake twice." She continues: "I can't say I don't make mistakes. I do make them, but I try to think of mistakes—even though my first reaction is, 'Oh, my God'—as an experience I can learn from. I have lists of things where I remind myself I cannot do it this way again."
For her determination and her success, she unhesitatingly credits her upbringing. "The main structure of the way I think, the logic and the organization, comes from my parents," she says. "They are both very strong people. My father is a very successful lawyer. My mother helps my father a lot in his business. And she helps me a lot in my financial business—almost more than my father does. They are both really excellent. I admire their work ethic. They are very straightforward, logical and direct. I think that's what I've learned from them." To her parents she also credits what she calls "a very happy childhood," though it was not without some of the problems of youth.
Claudia Schiffer was born on Aug. 25, 1970, in Rheinberg, Germany, a small town about a half hour outside of Düsseldorf, to Heinz and Gudrun Schiffer, in a very upper-middle-class family that was soon to include two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and a sister, Ann Carolin. "We had, and have, a real family life," says Schiffer. "Even though my parents are very involved in their work, both of them were always there for us. Especially my mother. She became our hero, because she knew and answered everything. She would help us with our schoolwork, especially if we were having difficulty with a subject. She would sit down with us every afternoon and show us things, explain them to us."
Her parents would help her and her siblings in other ways as well. "They didn't want us to be getting the wrong influences in school or during the afternoons after school, so they made sure we were very much involved in other activities," she says. "I learned to play the piano. I took tennis lessons, aerobics, jazz, tap dancing, swimming classes. I think they helped a lot. Because of them, I don't drink. I don't smoke [cigarettes]. I'm not one of those people who likes to go out every night and dance until 6 in the morning. That's part of what they were trying to do. They wanted to have children they could trust, children who would come home and tell them the truth."
In school, she says, she was "kind of" popular, but not to the degree you would think. "I wasn't a star," she says. "There were other girls who were the stars, who were the ones everybody thought were beautiful, the ones everybody wanted to go out with. I had my friends, but I was never 100 percent part of them, because I was so different."
First of all, she says, she was too tall. And too thin. And too rich.
"Because I was so tall, I was very shy," she says. "When a teacher would ask me a question, I would be very embarrassed because I didn't want anyone to notice me. There was also a lot of jealousy in school because I come from a family that is very well known in the area where I grew up. There are five Schiffer brothers, and each has a successful business in town. We have a big house; my parents didn't have to worry about anything financially, and neither did the other Schiffer families. I wanted to be like everybody else, but my father and mother were both driving Mercedes, and if I came to school in a great outfit people would be very jealous. So because of that I never wanted to be the center of attention. After a while I wouldn't wear new clothes. My mother would always say, 'You're so beautiful, why don't you dress that way?' And I just wanted to be in jeans and tennis shoes.
She was near the top of her class in school, excelling in languages—she speaks fluent French and English as well as German—and for a while she thought of becoming a lawyer like her father. "I admire him very much," she says. "I even took Latin in school, because in those days if you wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer you had to learn Latin. I went to his law office and thought about working with him. I went to court with him many times, sat in the last row, and watched him and thought, 'Wow, this is what I'm going to do, too.'"
But one day in October 1987, she and some friends went to a Düsseldorf discotheque to dance. Aline Souliers of the Metropolitan modeling agency saw her, gave her a card and told her she had what it took to become a model. Claudia told her parents. "She met my parents the next day and invited them to come to Paris," Claudia says. They were hesitant, concerned that she complete high school.
"When we made the final decision to do it, I still had to stay to finish high school," she says. "I didn't tell anybody in school about it for six months. Even when they were doing the test photos in Paris and writing up the contract I didn't tell anyone, not even my best girlfriend. I thought, 'What if they find out. Then I'll really be different.' It was all done very discreetly. It was only the day before I left that I told my friends."
Once in Paris, the rise was swift. Editors at the influential Elle magazine saw her, liked what they saw and put her on their cover. It was Schiffer's first. Soon she was chosen for the coveted Guess? jeans campaign, which carried her face and figure around the world. Within a year, she modeled at her first fashion show—for Chanel. It led to work with Versace, Valentino, Dior and all the other giants of the fashion industry. Her relationships with Chanel and Metropolitan's Souliers would last until 1996.
"At first I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing," Schiffer says of her beginnings in the business. "I thought they were making a mistake about me. Why choose me and not these other girls at school, who I thought were much more beautiful? I thought I would be there a year, improve my French and go home. But I was lucky. I had a good start because my family was behind me. Some girls just starting out make the wrong choices because they have to do those things to make money. I was able to say, let's have fun, do things I like to do. And they turned out to be the right things."
In her nine years in the fashion world, Schiffer has learned that not all in the business do the right thing. There is, for one, the large drug subculture.
"There are a lot of drugs around," she says. "Especially lately, because drugs have become fashionable again. When I began in the late '80s, the drug world of those days was essentially over. People were more health conscious. But it's back again. Some people have nothing to do with it because of their education and beliefs, and some think it's cool. In the beginning I didn't even notice. I came from such a clean home. I was so naive. People would tell me afterward that everybody in the studio was stoned except me, and I had no idea. Now I notice. But it's not something I would ever do. I don't like to lose control over myself. I don't like the feeling of not controlling what I'm saying or thinking."
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The Yolo County Coroner's Office released the identity of the woman found dead in a Woodland cemetery Thursday morning.
Irene Hernandez Serrato, 20, apparently committed suicide inside the gates of St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery along the West Street section. However, her cause and manner of death are still pending, said Deputy Coroner John Clancy.
Police were dispatched to the southeast corner of the cemetery at 9:45 a.m. after receiving a call that someone had "potentially taken their own life with a firearm," said Woodland Police Sgt. Victoria Danzl.
Serrato was pronounced dead on scene at 9:51 a.m. She was a Woodland resident, Clancy confirmed.
Danzl said the victim suffered from a single gunshot wound, but did not release any details.
Awaiting the coroner, Serrato lay within feet from West Street, along the cemetery's southern border of trees.
Grieving family members were at the scene when officers arrived, but were not present at the time of the fatal gunshot, Danzl said. A police chaplain was seen talking with mourners just outside the cemetery gates, while detectives conducted an investigation where the body lay.
As a general rule The Democrat does not report on suicides, unless the person takes their life in a public place. The last time this happened was in June, when a Woodland man shot himself in his car while parked in the Costco parking lot. Costco is located in Woodland's Gateway Shopping Center, on the east side of town.
The man was transported by ground ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.
Xingguo (Matt) Shao, 49, lived near Costco. He was a scientist at UC Davis' Veterinary School of Medicine.
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Wiltshire Rural Housing Association claims it will only be able to build 16 new affordable homes in the next four years due to Government funding cuts.
The meagre total represents a third of what the association had hoped it would be able to afford in response to increasing demand throughout the county.
Other social housing is likely to provided through planning agreements with developers, which WRHA will then manage, but with fewer houses being built due to the financial crisis a shortage is still expected.
Richard Kitson, the association's chairman, said they would have to be realistic and accept that there would be no new Government money in the near future.
"We have got to do what we can, and try to build more than 16 homes," he said.
"We have always borrowed but will have to stretch our finances more, and make section 106 agreements with developers as cost effective as possible, ensuring some affordable homes are provided.
"Unfortunately it is quiet in the construction sector, and we are anxious not to reduce our standards in the process. We build for the long term."
Mr Kitson said the Govern-ment's funding, which is provided through Wiltshire Council, is half what they were allocated for the last three-year period.
The association owns nearly 250 homes across the county, helping particularly young and retired people to live in increasingly expensive rural areas.
"There is considerable need for affordable homes in Wiltshire, particularly among the younger people brought up in villages where property is expensive," added Mr Kitson. "We need to get closer to meeting that need."
Andrew Murrison, MP for South West Wiltshire, said other housing associations were building large numbers of homes despite the cuts in funding.
"I am sorry that Wiltshire Rural Housing Association will only be able to build a small number of new houses," he said.
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"It's time to look at pharmaceutical drug development as half-full," said new Rockefeller University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD to an audience of more than 100 academic, industry and patient members of the lupus community at the dinner reception of the Lupus Research Institute 11th annual Forum for Discovery. According to Dr. Tessier-Lavigne, the past decade of knowledge in immunology has paved the way for breakthroughs in lupus treatments over the next 10-20 years. He attributes his guarded optimism largely to the growing collaboration among industry, academia, clinicians and the private sector in translating research into clinical medicine. "Private organizations like the Lupus Research Institute have helped academia to identify drug targets, and industry is rapidly building on that work to do what they do best — develop new drugs and make them very well."
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Bearing out Marc Tessier-Lavigne's positive perspective is the abundance of recent news on lupus drug development at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Certainly the approval and launch by Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline of the first drug for lupus in 50 years, Benlysta™, signaled a seismic step forward for lupus treatment. Particularly encouraging is the degree of corporate Investment and the large number of drugs for lupus currently in the pipeline. More than 30 companies are working in lupus with four novel compounds in Phase 3 clinical trials.
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In October alone, significant announcements moved lupus forward. The Lupus Research Institute launched a bold new global research initiative that aims to find the fundamental root causes of lupus that can drive to a cure. Made possible by an $8 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Distinguished Innovators program will fund the work of many top scientists around the world who bring forth the most creative project proposals with the promise of advancing towards a cure.
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text: Basic beef chili is simple and satisfying By Detroit Free Press October 13, 2012 Story Share Detroit Free Press Super Easy Beef Chili is made with just six ingredients, not counting salt and pepper and the oil for saut�ing the onion. DETROIT -- A big pot of chili is popular fare for a cold-weather bash or family get-together.One reason, I am sure, is that it is a fairly simple dish to put together. And it can be one of those "anything goes" dishes.You start with a big pot. Then you start adding stuff. Meat, onions, tomatoes and anything else you like. Eventually you end up with a dish called chili.You can add beans too, although folks from Texas consider that a no-no.I often get calls from readers (and family members) who say, "Tell me how I can make this dish with ingredients I am familiar with," or "Give me a recipe for something that doesn't have a lot of ingredients."Today's recipe is just that. It's made with six ingredients, not counting salt and pepper and the oil for sautéing the onion.For this recipe, I sautéed the onion until it caramelized. This added a bit of sweetness to balance the chili powder. The other key point is to use a good Bloody Mary mix -- one that has good seasoning and a little spice to it.Use diced tomatoes, with or without chilies. And pay attention to the sodium content. Look for a low-sodium brand -- some are labeled "no salt added" -- because the Bloody Mary mix is often high in sodium.I am not a chili purist. I find that people like to doctor it up when it's served. Super Easy Beef ChiliMakes 8 cups. Prep time: 10 minutes. Total time: 1 hour. 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 large onion, peeled, chopped 1 1/2 pounds ground beef (such as sirloin) 2 cups favorite Bloody Mary mix (spicy preferred) 2 cans (14 ounces each) diced tomatoes with green chilies (or 28-ounce can diced tomatoes with juice) 2 cans (14 ounces each) kidney beans, drained and rinsed well 4 tablespoons (or more if you like) favorite chili powder, dividedFor serving (optional): Corn chips Shredded cheese Sliced green onions Sour creamHEAT the oil in a medium pot. Add the onion and sauté about 8 minutes until it becomes lightly golden brown.ADD the beef and cook until it browns, breaking it up as it cooks.STIR in the Bloody Mary mix and heat on medium-high, stirring and scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the tomatoes, beans and 2 tablespoons of the chili powder. Stir well.BRING to just a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover slightly and simmer 30 minutes. Just before serving, stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of chili powder. Serve with desired toppings.Nutrition information based on regular canned diced tomatoes and using lean ground beef: Per serving: 366 calories (32 percent from fat), 13 grams fat (4 grams saturated fat), 31 grams carbohydrates, 32 grams protein, 647 milligrams sodium, 72 milligrams cholesterol, 9 grams fiber. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 'Report for America' pilot project begins in Appalachia 4 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan 5 Good weather expected for Kanawha bands at Majorette Festival What's for Dinner? Warming meals for autumn chill Previous Story Culinary SOS: A little Southern comfort -- from Colorado Next Story


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Smashbox Halo Hydrating Perfecting Powder Reviews
Wonderful powder!As I mentioned in a couple other recent reviews, it has taken me a few years to rediscover Smashbox and the products because I wasn't too keen on them originally. Halo is a WONDERFUL loose powder if you want a lot of coverage, but you don't want to have that dry, powdery feeling on your skin. This has moisture particles IN the powder to hydrate your skin all day. Halo is one of the best powders if...read more you want a bit of coverage, but don't want to wear liquid foundation, OR if you wear liquid foundation underneath and Halo on top for super FULL coverage. I like the shades options that Halo has. There is fair, light, light/medium, medium, medium/dark, and dark. Personally, I think Smashbox tends to run a bit darker in their makeup than other brands, so people who have very pale, alabaster/porcelain skin may think that the fair might be too dark. Light is a great shade for me, but I noticed that the light/medium is better for more olive skin because it runs much more yellow. The price of $59 may seem like a bunch to people, but I like that you do get a large product AND a kabuki brush. Also, I like that you get to twist the top to shave the product for new, fresh powder every single time. This powder doesn't look too powdery on my skin either. Yes, it's a powder and just about all powders will leave a powdery finish, but this give a tolerable finish that doesn't look cakey or powdery, especially if you buff it in well. What I don't like about this product is how MESSY it can become! Be careful with how much you twist the top to shave the product because the powder can get all over the container. Also, the container is very bulky. It's not very travel-friendly because of its size. Although this a great investment for Smashbox fans, unless you use powder often, I personally would try something a little more friendly to your wallet. — 5 years, 5 months agovolta | 566 reviews
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Smashbox HaloThis is one of Smashbox's BEST products. It's pricey, so I recommend buying it in a kit with other items. It has the smoothest appication in the world and really helps minimize the fact that it's powder. It's like silk on the skin. It's one of those rare powders that s super moisturizing once applied. It blends well and leaves your skin looking flawless. It's my favorite powder on the market, bar none. — 5 years, 2 months agoMissPoison | 249 reviews
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Calling a powder hydratingMost powders are drying or make your skin look super dry. However, Halo doesn't leave my skin with that dry or dull look to it. This is like a mini miracle. Even though there is a limited amount of colors, it matches my skin. I have a hard time matching my skin with the BE powder. I wear Smashbox's Sheer Tint underneath this and a light dusting of Halo and I never look like I have caked on ma...read morekeup. I still wear moisturizer underneath because there is no SPF in this. This si the only reason I gave Halo 9 stars. We ladies no matter what color need SPF. — 7 years, 6 months agosweettpea29 | 280 reviews
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Why...?I've used this 3 - 4 different times and each time, I've experienced breakouts like you couldn't imagine. Everywhere I used this, a zit farm grew! Very bad! Looks beautiful when it's first applied, but within a few hours it's faded and made my skin look chalky. Also, if you have oily skin - this won't be your skins friend what so ever. Given the cost - there's MUCH BETTER options out there. — 6 years, 2 months agoSwoldierGirl72 | 342 reviews
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Great powderI have tried quite a few different powders and more often than not I do not like them because they end up just making my skin look dry but I had no such problem with this powder! It is my new fav, I love the way it lays on my skin and how it makes my skin look. Don't think I will ever try another powder! — 7 years, 10 months agoKikikins625 | 457 reviews
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Really greatEven though the price tag is very steep, I really love this and the price is well deserved. I have dry skin, and this gives me luminous (not cakey) coverage. I do not prefer the brush it comes with... I like BE's full kabuki brush, but this is not a review on the brush. I love the finely milled powder... not too much at first.. you can always make more. Unlike some other mineral powders, this does...read moren't make my face itch. Bonus! I am an in-between shade, so I have to touch up some spots, but other than that the texture and longevity of this hydrating miracle is great. — 8 years, 4 months agoleelu | 354 reviews
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The best I've found for dry skinThis is the best powder I have found for my dry skin. Wait a few minutes after applying your moisturizer because it will darken if your skin is too moist. I will buy this again because for once I believe I am getting what I have paid for. — 5 years, 8 months agoNotJustGingerly | 143 reviews
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AMAZED!!!This is a wonderful finishing powder...even though it's currently winter this product will leave your skin feeling moisturized and give your skin a satin-like finish. My skin has yellow undertones so it definitely gives my skin a perfect glow, all I need is some concealer then I use this powder and I'm good to go! The only reason I'm giving this product a 9 instead of a 10 is because of the price...if it was $15 less, I would swear by this product. — 4 years, 9 months agoMizzPink | 35 reviews
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i've tried betterthe cool thing about this powder is that it is very hyrdrating. however, the colors are very yellow, it looks cakey, and it feels heavy on the face. plus, for $60 i can but 2 bare escentuals foundations (which are my favorite anyway). don't waste your money. — 6 years, 2 months agomamalicious | 224 reviews
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Blocks: Mentees Improved Block
Maintained by Alan Reynoso
This Plugin is just a fix for the original mentees because the mentees have to click 3 times before reach the course, Mentees Improved hows the student courses with a direct link to the course.
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This Plugin is just a fix for the original mentees because the mentees have to click 3 times before reach the course, Mentees Improved shows the student courses with a direct link to the course.
To install Mentees Improved Block follow next steps:
1. Unzip the downloaded zip folder.
2. move folder menteesimproved to your [moodleroot]/block directory.
4. Login as administrator on your moodle site. Go to My Home
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- Fri, 9 Nov 2012, 2:47 PMConsider adding a readme.txt here.
- Fri, 9 Nov 2012, 7:25 PMIt doesn't work for me, I get this error:
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Might it be that you make the assumption that the tablenames are default moodle tablenames?
- Fri, 9 Nov 2012, 7:55 PMTo answer my own question: yes. Somewhere there's hardcoded that the prefix for tables must be mdl_
- Tue, 4 Dec 2012, 11:58 PMHello friends thank you for your comments, now those erros are fixed!!, best regards.
- Thu, 4 Apr 2013, 11:31 AMI still found hard-coded mdl_ prefix on lines 44 to 46 of block_menteesimproved.php. When I removed the prefix it worked:
FROM user_enrolments ue
LEFT JOIN enrol e ON e.id=ue.enrolid
LEFT JOIN course c ON c.id = e.courseid
- Fri, 30 Aug 2013, 4:48 AM{table} prefix fixed, thank you all!
- Tue, 10 Sep 2013, 11:34 PMHi, I get this in Moodle 2.5.2
The block menteesimproved does not define the standard capability block/menteesimproved:addinstance
line 606 of /blocks/moodleblock.class.php: call to debugging()
line 584 of /blocks/moodleblock.class.php: call to block_base->has_add_block_capability()
line 236 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_base->user_can_addto()
line 1866 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_manager->get_addable_blocks()
line 1005 of /lib/blocklib.php: call to block_add_block_ui()
line 355 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to block_manager->ensure_content_created()
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line 99 of /my/indexsys.php: call to core_renderer->header()
- Thu, 16 Jan 2014, 3:21 AMFixed "does not define the standard capability block" error and tested in versions 2.5.2 and 2.6 . All the best
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Adobe® Media Server 5 Standard software lets you reach a broad video audience on Adobe Flash® Player compatible and iOS devices. New on-demand and live HTTP delivery simplifies your publishing workflow and gets you started quickly.
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"Stone is a deceptively complex character, one whose problems are both interesting and completely believable…another strong effort in what is already an impressive series." —Library Journal
"Beautifully wrought…[an] immensely satisfying tale. Rarely if ever has Parker's fiction conveyed with solemn intensity the challenge of living a good life in a world of sin. The book's ultimate pleasure lies in the words, suffused with a tough compassion won only through years of living, presented in prose whose impeccability speaks of decades of careful writing." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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"Hard-hitting…and brutally frank…Parker reinvents, revises and reincarnates the hardball, tough-guy, deadpan mysteries of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Death in Paradise is a tough, clear-eyed, sardonic look at life and the raw deals it can dish out" —The Providence Sunday Journal
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Siamak N. Nabili, MD, MPH
Dr. Nabili received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), majoring in chemistry and biochemistry. He then completed his graduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His graduate training included a specialized fellowship in public health where his research focused on environmental health and health-care delivery and management.
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
- What is a bladder infection?
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What is a bladder infection?
Bladder infection is an infection of the bladder. Bladder infection is also called cystitis and is a type of urinary tract infection (UTI). The urinary tract is naturally sterile and when microbes invade it, an infection may result.
The bladder is a part of the urinary tract system. It serves as storage for urine before it is excreted from the body. Urine is produced by the kidney and it travels through ureters (one from the right kidney and one from the left) to pass into the bladder. The urine can then be eliminated from the body when bladder is full. The bladder contracts to empty its contents outside through the urethra (the connection between the bladder and outside of the body). Urethra length traverses the length of the penis in males, thus it is longer than the urethra in females.
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Similar to other fluids in the body, urine is normally sterile. Presence of bacteria in the urine may lead to bladder infection and other forms of urinary tract infection.
The most common way bacteria gain access to the urinary system from outside is through the urethra (the drainage from the bladder to outside of the body).
- Bacteria can travel from the rectum or the vagina towards the urethra to enter the bladder causing bladder infection or cystitis.
- Sometimes bacteria may enter the bladder via the urethra from nearby skin.
- In general, women are more susceptible to bladder infections due to their shorter length of urethra.
In terms of specific bacteria, E. coli. (Escherichia coli) is by far the most common organism responsible for bladder infection or cystitis. Staph organisms (from skin) and other gut bacteria (Proteus, Klebsiella, Enterococcus) are other bacteria that can cause cystitis and other forms of urinary infections.
Rarely, bladder infection can be caused by a fungus. Candida is the most common fungus to cause bladder infection. This can occur in patients with untreated kidney stones with recurrent infections or in individuals whose immune system is compromised.
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DALLAS — The growing popularity of Netflix, Hulu and other on-demand video rental services continues to take a toll on traditional brick-and-mortar video rental stores.
Dish Network reported that its subsidiary, Blockbuster will close about 300 of its stores in the United States in the coming weeks. The closures will result in the loss of about 3,000 jobs and leave the chain with some 500 U.S. locations.
The closures will affect underperforming stores or those nearing the end of their lease. Specific locations have not yet been announced.
Dish, a satellite pay-TV provider, acquired Blockbuster and about 1,700 stores in a bankruptcy sale in 2011. It closed about 500 Blockbuster stores last year.


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Expert Advice
When Hair Don't
Patrick McIvor
About two weeks ago, one of the most important United States fashion gala events took place, The Metropolitan Ball or as its more commonly known, the Met Ball. This is one of the few gala events that takes place in the US that could stand up to the traditional European balls, even prior to when the US and New York City Fashion Week became the premier international fashion statement. Many forget or don't realize that it's only in the last 15 years (or so) that NYC Fashion Week and the US became the Mecca for fashion. A lot of the reasons why we weren't prior are due to two main challenges.
I believe that one is history and sometimes understanding it too - the USA is not that old hence, either is our fashion, heck the French have been creating couture longer than we've been a country. Second, sometimes we just try too hard, a mistake I have made in my career. This year's Met Ball was a great example of this, instead of great dos, we had a ton of don'ts and the hair just tried too hard.
This year's Met Ball was hosted by Beyoncé, who is an amazingly talented, beautiful, fashionable, and will be historically important because of all she can do as a person. But, she is also as smart of a choice to host a "Punk Fashion Gala" as serving Chick-Fil-A sandwiches at a Gay Pride Parade. Sometimes things just don't make sense, not bad, but not a congruent choice either, almost like, " Why?" Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
I learned this lesson when I went back to NYC in the late 1990's to be color director for Nick Arrojo & Rodney Cutler at ARROJO CUTLER on 57th St. Like some of the people I'll be talking about, I had achieved some notoriety when Allure recognized me in their best of the best for colorists across the US and I had more ideas and opportunities… just because you can doesn't mean you should. This is what I believe happens often when things turn out, not necessarily "bad," but you look at it and know it's not GOOD. This year's Met Ball looked more like a Rube Goldberg machine, just because you can doesn't mean you should try THAT hard.
This year's Met Ball theme was PUNK: Chaos To Couture, again who thought Beyoncé? Was it the same person who thought Northwest Airlines should be changed to NWA (there was a band with those initials that had nothing to do with flying), and from there it was all down hill. Let's break down some of the looks.
The Good
With all the fashionable people, this unfortunately is the short list.
Rooney Mara and Sarah Jessica Parker nailed it. They were both themselves and the appropriate punk version of themselves. Rooney Mara took it to a minimum in Givenchy, using make-up, simple dark hair and some well-placed zippers to create couture punk. While SJP went with more and hit the mark with a Giles Deacon dress, a Philip Treacy feather Mohawk headpiece and velvet tartan thigh-high Louboutins. And, her hair did not disappoint either, creating a silhouette that balanced perfectly the Philip Treacy head piece while also creating a base that had interest with its braiding without distracting from what was already a lot, that just worked. From the front, SJP was spectacular from the top of her feathers to the tip of her toes, balancing her beauty with shape, form and fashion, but she was one of the few smart ones.
The Bad
This list has been edited already in 2 ways, first there were too many bad to list and this could have been called the ugly.
Miley Cyrus, does she think a Chia Pet is punk? This, I think, is what happens when you don't understand history, just because your hair is spiky doesn't make it punk, she looked like she put her finger in an electrical socket or one of those play-dough heads you can cut.
Madonna looked like a cheap lady of the night trying to be incognito, so no one will recognize her at her next PTA meeting or maybe she thought, "Would Natasha Fatale from Rocky & Bullwinkle wear this?" It was too much and too old.
Nicole Richie, she wasn't the right color to be punk, in fact she was so orange she wasn't even the right color to be human. From the white hair that would have been more appropriate at a British Barristers meeting, to the dress that was more a Nancy Reagan style (it just needed to be red for Nancy) than punk, how could Nicole be so off? Joel Madden is the father to her children.
Kim Kardashian, did she think it was a Mrs. Doubtfire convention? Hasn't Kim ever heard that patterns aren't slimming? I know when my wife was pregnant she always laughed that pregnancy makes you lose brain cells/common sense (temporarily); I think pregnancy has caused Kim to lose her fashion sense. After this outfit choice, the baby is going to slap her.
In life, with fashion and hair we have choices. Sometimes because we can doesn't mean we should and the Met Gala was a great example of this. You need to know your audience (Beyoncé hosting Punk), be age appropriate (Madonna), understand balance (Nicole Ritchie) and know when to say no (Kim).


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A Study Comparing The Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Trizivir VS Combivir & Atazanavir In Subjects With HIV
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The aim of this study was to assess whether TRIZIVIR, administered twice-daily was as safe, tolerable and efficacious as a combination of the drugs COMBIVIR administered twice-daily and atazanavir administered once daily. Over the course of 48 weeks, various parameters that measure safety, tolerability and efficacy of the investigational drugs were measured and compared.
|Infection, Human Immunodeficiency Virus I HIV Infection
|Drug: Trizivir Drug: atazanavir Drug: Combivir
|Phase 4
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|Allocation: Randomized
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|A Phase IV Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Compare the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Trizivir (Abacavir 300mg, Lamivudine 150mg, and Zidovudine 300mg) BID vs Combivir (Lamivudine 150mg and Zidovudine 300mg) BID Plus Atazanavir 400mg QD in Antiretroviral Naive HIV-1 Infected Subjects Over 48 Weeks
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- The primary endpoint was drug efficacy, measured as the proportion of study subjects who had plasma HIV-1 RNA less than 50 copies/mL at week 48 and did not meet the definition of virologic failure through this timepoint. [ Time Frame: 48 Weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- % patients with plasma HIV-1 RNA <50 and <400 copies/mL at weeks 24 & 48; Change from BL in plasma HIV-1 RNA and CD4+ measures; AEs; Time to virologic failure [ Time Frame: 48 Weeks ]
|Actual Study Start Date:
|April 26, 2004
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|March 1, 2006
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A Phase IV Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Compare the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Trizivir (abacavir 300mg, lamivudine 150mg, and zidovudine 300mg) BID vs Combivir (lamivudine 150mg and zidovudine 300mg) BID plus atazanavir 400mg QD in Antiretroviral Naive HIV-1 Infected Subjects over 48 Weeks
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
- Adults with documented HIV-1 infection.
- Past use of HIV drugs must have been less than 15 days.
- Plasma HIV-1 RNA between 500 and 20,000 copies/mL.
- CD4+ cell count greater than 100 cells/mm3.
- Willing/able to provide written informed consent.
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- Have AIDS at screening.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Underlying medical conditions considered to be significant for this protocol.
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Kumar PN, Salvato P, LaMarca A, DeJesus E, Patel P, McClernon D, Florance A, Shaefer MS. A randomized, controlled trial of initial anti-retroviral therapy with abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine twice-daily compared to atazanavir once-daily with lamivudine/zidovudine twice-daily in HIV-infected patients over 48 weeks (ESS100327, the ACTION Study). AIDS Res Ther. 2009 Apr 9;6:3. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-6-3.
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Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Sweet Potatoes: The intense orange color of sweet potatoes is part of what makes these tubers so healthy. They're chock-full of beta carotene, the precursor to vitamin A, which is essential for vision and a healthy immune system. You can drink your daily dose of sweet potatoes in this Sweet Potato Pear Cinnamon Juice
2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled
1 pear, peeled and core
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon chia seeds, optional
Juice the sweet potatoes, then the pear, following your juicer's specific settings for each. Stir in the cinnamon. Stir in the chia seeds if using and let soak for 5 minutes. Serve the juice immediately over ice, if desired.
Legumes: Lentils and beans contain complex carbohydrates, as well as fiber and protein. These qualities make it a food that fills you up.
Milk and other dairy products, like yogurt and cottage cheese, contain lactose — a type of sugar. Milk also delivers protein and sodium; the combination of these three components makes it a good beverage after intense workouts, according to research.
Fruit is the best way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Fruit gets its sweetness from fructose, which is balanced with fiber, water, phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals. While low-carb diets tend to shun sweeter fruits, like bananas and mangoes, these are actually a great source of quick energy.
Popcorn is actually a whole grain and it's high in antioxidants. Since the kernels pop up so big, you get 3 1/2 cups in a 1-ounce serving (if you air pop it, that clocks in at 110 calories and 4 grams of fiber).
Potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C and potassium and offer several other necessary nutrients, as well as a good dose of fiber — 4 grams in a medium potato. Although potatoes have a high glycemic index, it's rare that you eat them solo; mashing them with milk, topping with cheese and eating the fiber-rich skin takes that glycemic index down, keeping your blood sugar from spiking.
Whole Grains: Two sources you're probably familiar with are 100-percent whole grain pasta and bread, but explore other truly unprocessed grains — like rye, farro, oats and quinoa — for added health benefits. Each grain offers a slightly different profile: quinoa delivers "complete" protein, while oats are a great way to get cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber.


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Hi, I'm Stephany! I'm a member of the Produce Team at Bi-Rite 18th Street, and I'm also an experienced cook with a passion for food, community, and sustainability. This summer I'll be writing a series of posts highlighting my favorite summer produce along with ideas for how to prepare them. This is the very first post and I'm delighted to share my passion for food with you.
Up first: summer squash. I get excited when summer squash comes in because it's a fun, versatile section of our produce aisle that has tons of variety. Summer squash comes in a number of different varietals. Zucchini is the most well-known, but here at Bi-Rite 18th Street and Bi-Rite Divisadero we have lots of others, like Zephyr, Crookneck, Flying Saucers, Baby Acorn, Sunburst, Pattypan, Costata Romanesco and Eightball. Some of these don't look like what you think of when you think of squash, but trust me–they taste great. Most squashes share similarities in flavor–fairly mild, sweet and creamy–and are a good foil for bolder flavors.
We get summer squash from some of our favorite local farms, typically first from Balakian Farms, then from Happy Boy, Tomatero and Terra Firma as the season progresses. They're beautiful and delicious, but just as importantly, they're also easy and fun to prepare. Summer squash can be eaten raw, but it also cooks quickly. It's lovely in a shaved salad, tastes great roasted to bring forward sweetness, looks and smells beautiful next to those burgers and onions on your grill, and is rich and substantial sautéed. Smaller and rounder squashes like Eightball or Pattypan make fantastic ingredients for stuffings.
You can shave summer squash into ribbons using a peeler; you'll find that it comes out almost like noodles, making it a great substitute for pasta. If your shave it into ribbons, you can salt it (called "cold-sweating") and the salt will pull out all of the extra water; you can then hand-squeeze the water out after about five minutes. Then you can dress your noodles however you want. Personally I like them with pesto, basil or any kind of fresh, bright herb, and they also go well with cheeses, peas and other fresh summer produce like cherry tomatoes.
Here's a favorite recipe of mine using summer squash that I hope you'll enjoy! You can get everything you need for this recipe at either of our two market locations. Just ask our staff for help.
Summer Squash "Pasta" Salad
- 4 long summer squash such as Zucchini, Crookneck & Zephyr, for shaving
- 1-½ lbs mixed summer squashes such as Pattypan, Sunburst, Flying Saucer & 8 Ball, chopped into 1-inch chunks
- 1 lb English peas, shelled
- ½ pint cherry tomatoes, stems removed (I used Terra Firma Farm's Golden Nuggets, first of the season! We also have their Sungolds & Sweet 100s)
- ½ bunch basil
- 1 stalk green garlic, bulb halved and greens finely chopped
- 1 red spring onion, sliced thinly
- 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar (or to taste. Any milder/sweeter vinegar would work- champagne or white wine, or lemon juice)
- Olive oil
- Golden Valley Farm's Pepato Cheese to finish (Pepato is a wonderful peppercorn-studded aged sheep's milk cheese from the fine folks who make Yosemite Bluff, down in Chowchilla, CA. The pepper complements the natural sweetness of the squash and other veggies.)
- Shave long squashes into ribbons using a mandolin or vegetable peeler. (If you don't have one, a Benriner Japanese mandolin is one of the best kitchen tools you can have. They cost around $15 and are long-lasting and durable).
- Place squash shavings in a bowl, and salt generously. Toss to distribute salt and set aside. The salt will pull out the excess moisture from the squash so you salad won't get soggy. If you are eating it right away, you don't need to do this, but it helps tenderize it as well.
- Heat up a cast iron skillet over med-high heat. Add a little olive oil, and add half of the chopped squashes in a single layer. Avoid overcrowding the pan; if it is too crowded the squash will just steam. Giving them a hard sear caramelizes the sugars and brings out the natural sweetness, and adds a bit of nice crisp texture on the outside. Season with a little salt. Once they are browned, flip to brown on all sides. Set aside, and cook off the rest of the squash.
- Wipe out the pan, add a little more oil, then drop in the English peas. Sauté for 1 minute or until just barely cooked. Set aside. Add a bit more oil, then add the green garlic and cherry tomatoes, sauté until the garlic is browned and the tomatoes are starting to split. Set aside.
- Pound the green garlic with half of the basil to form a coarse paste. Add enough red wine vinegar, olive oil and salt to taste.
- Toss with the squash "noodles," roasted squashes, peas, tomatoes and spring onion. Finish with some torn fresh basil and shaved Pepato Cheese to taste.


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Beltran's homer barely holds up for Cardinals
PHILADELPHIA -- Beleaguered, a word that has fairly described a Cardinals bullpen without Jason Motte, vastly understated their situation in the bottom of the ninth Thursday night.
Consecutive hits to lead off the ninth by Ben Revere and Erik Kratz put the Cards, leading by a run on Carlos Beltran's opposite-field home run in the eighth, facing first and third with nobody out. Presumably, this was no place you would want to be with a bullpen that has yielded a .296 batting average by opponents this season. Yet when manager Mike Matheny went to the mound to discuss what to do next, crying was not an option. He says he knew the game was in the right hands.
"The crowd is going crazy, but you could sense the pulse there," said Matheny after the Cardinals held on for a 4-3 victory. "Edward [Mujica] was ready to make pitches, and he and [Yadier Molina] were on the same page. That's a nice place to be when the heat gets turned up."
Matheny felt so good about it, he pulled his infield up rather than playing for the double play that could keep his team alive into the 10th.
"I'm pretty aggressive by nature," he said. "I wanted to go for the win.
"I understand the road-home [strategy] and people take different viewpoints in that regard. But I thought we could have a couple things go our way and we could pull out a win, and it happened to work out that way."
Pinch-hitter Kevin Frandsen hit the ball right at shortstop Pete Kozma. Revere didn't break, even after Kozma slightly bobbled it. Frandsen was out at first, leaving second and third with one out for Jimmy Rollins.
Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright, watching on television in the clubhouse, said he was not afraid to watch and turned out to be rather glad he did. Mujica struck out Rollins with what Mujica insists is a change and everybody else thinks is a splitter. Whatever you want to call it, the same pitch got Freddy Galvis to ground out to seal the victory.
"His change was just dropping off the table; the one to Rollins looked like a Nintendo pitch," said Wainwright. "First and third, then second and third, that's a tough spot and he manned up."
To a man, the Cardinals thought their victory might have been the best of their young season.
"We did a lot of the little things right and that's why you end up winning a game like that," said Matheny. "This is the team we say we want to be, but you have to prove it."
Wainwright's stretch of shutout innings ended at 18, but the streak without a walk is now at 29 frames. He had finished his final inning of work when Beltran's drive, the quintessential Citizens Bank Park homer, barely made it over the railing.
"I stayed away and I didn't show in or think in," said Phillies reliever Mike Adams, who gave it up. "I made the mistake of staying out there too long and made the mistake that he could get a good pass on it. He took a pretty good swing and it went out.
"I thought it was over the left fielder, didn't think it would be over the wall," said Beltran.
He was no more sure that a Rollins liner -- hit with two outs just after Kratz's single had tied the game, 3-3, in the seventh -- was going to wind up in the glove Beltran extended well above his head.
"You throw your glove out, it happens so fast," said Beltran.
Almost as fast as Wainwright's heart was beating.
"It looked like his arm extended a couple feet longer than it actually is," said the starter. "Then he hit the home run.
"He almost got more than a hug from me. I gave him a big high five as well."
The Cardinals won this one by the inch. Yadier Molina lined a two-run double down the right-field line in the fourth that landed close enough to the foul line to make replays of umpire Alan Porter's call inconclusive. But they also executed, not just during the high-wire act in the ninth, but in getting David Freese, who had doubled to start the seventh after the Phillies had scored twice to tie the game in the sixth, around on Jon Jay's bunt and Kozma's sacrifice fly.
The Phillies came back again on a tiring Wainwright, and the Cardinals needed a hero. Beltran stepped up, as did Mujica, who inherited two runners from Trevor Rosenthal in the bottom of the eighth and struck out pinch-hitter Laynce Nix.
"One of the better team wins I have been a part of," said Wainwright. "It's the close ones that bring a squad together."
Jay Greenberg is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.