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DenMat Announces Signing a Purchase Agreement to Acquire PeriOptix Inc., Leading Provider of Magnification and Illumination Technologies
SANTA MARIA, Calif., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DenMat, recognized for innovative clinical dental technologies and materials, announced today its signing of a purchase agreement to acquire all outstanding stock of PeriOptix Inc., based in Escondido, California. The parties expect the deal to close in the next few days pending fulfillment of routine closing conditions. PeriOptix is one of the industry's leading providers of high-quality magnification and illumination technologies for dental and medical professionals.
"PeriOptix is widely respected for its superior clinical vision solutions," commented Steven Semmelmayer, CEO of DenMat. "From high-resolution lightweight loupes to the award-winning high-intensity SolarisTM LED headlight, PeriOptix empowers clinicians to see things better. Their innovative products are a perfect fit for dentists committed to exceptional restorative and other treatments."
Leading product solutions include the Air-XTM super-light frame system designed to be worn over existing eyewear, MicroLineTM "through-the-lens" loupes, the PanoramicTM and HogieTM flip-up lines, and the popular high performance AdivistaTM lightweight loupes featuring Adidas® sport frames.
"We are very excited that DenMat has selected us to join in its mission to enhance clinical performance by healthcare professionals through high-quality, innovative and differentiated products," commented Keith Tholin, President and co-founder of PeriOptix. "Our strategy is to focus on our core competencies in optics and illumination, and to introduce only products with distinctive features and improvements over existing products on the market. We know DenMat will continue this legacy while leveraging its marketing reach and distribution network."
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Kansas University student Kelsey Murrell got the word Saturday night that she will be joining an elite group whose alumni include world leaders, social activists and noted scholars. She is one of 32 people nationwide who have been chosen to receive a Rhodes scholarship, which will fund her studies at Oxford University in England for one or two years beginning in 2012.
Murrell traveled to St. Louis on Friday and was interviewed for the scholarship Saturday. A few hours after the announcement, she said the honor hadn't sunk in.
"I feel incredibly honored and thankful — and really, just speechless," Murrell said by phone from St. Louis.
Murrell is a senior majoring in creative writing and English literature, and plans on studying migration studies and refugee and forced migration studies at Oxford, according to a KU news release from last week. Murrell has written plays at KU, and aspires to teach literature at a university. Her plays have been honored by local and national festivals, including the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and other organizations, and at KU she founded the Contemporary Student Alternative Theatre, which encourages budding playwrights on campus.
She is currently working on her honors thesis, which looks at refugee stories and the refugee experience.
Murrell graduated from Kearney High School, in Kearney, Mo., a town of about 9,000 people. She said growing up in a small town has informed her plays, which are often set in small, rural communities.
Murrell is the 26th Rhodes scholar to come from KU. According to Jack Martin of KU's office of public affairs, that's more than all other universities in the state combined.
"I'm so thankful for all the people that have made this possible for me, especially the educators who have made a world of difference," Murrell said.
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London's KK Outlet is exhibiting a series of eye-popping posters made by the Colby Poster Printing Co. in Los Angeles, alongside some new pieces the print house created with designer, Anthony Burrill
London's KK Outlet is exhibiting a series of eye-popping posters made by the Colby Poster Printing Co. in Los Angeles, alongside some new pieces the print house created with designer, Anthony Burrill…
Colby was founded in 1946 and has a mix of clients on its books ranging from local steam fairs and governors' offices, to the Paris fashion store, collette. It seems the black-type-on-day-glo poster approach is favoured by all kinds – and is perfectly suited to rendering Burrill's large scale text pieces.
At KK Outlet, prints from the Colby archive will also be shown alongside new works by Burrill, which Colby has also produced. A limited edition run of Burrill prints have been created exclusively for Made in LA, and will be available to buy at the show.
To convey the full Colby experience the gallery has also commissioned some behind the scenes photographs that document the printing processes and the men and women who work at the print house.
The exhibition runs from today until October 27. More at kkoutlet.com and anthonyburrill.com. And more, quite possibly, than you can cope with at colbyposter.com.
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At a glance
The Netherlands might be small, but it packs a mighty punch. From the famed canals and impressive art collections of Amsterdam to the springtime tulip fields carpeting the lush countryside, Holland is a bicyclist's dream.
Outside of the large cities, visitors can revisit the Middle Ages through its remaining castles and grand estates. Other highlights of the Dutch countryside include the marshlands, wetlands, and beaches. The walled towns of Holland's trade and commerce routes are delightful to explore, and the maritime tradition of this coastal land is still seen in its quaint harbor towns.
Dutch tulips are iconic – a symbol of Holland. Mid-March through mid-May transforms the already beautiful countryside into a sea of reds, pinks, purples, and yellows. Another charming symbol of the country, Holland's many windmills are scattered across the landscape and make for postcard-perfect scenery.
Why cyclists love it
- Amsterdam is one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world, and the positive attitude toward cyclists is part of Dutch culture
- An abundance of bike paths through scenic lowlands and a network of preserved national parks
- Breathtaking green countryside, quaint windmills and beautiful medieval towns
- The famous tulip blooms each spring, highlighted on all bicycle tours in the spring
- Home to many of the most popular bike and boat tours, where visitors can enjoy the Dutch countryside from a boat deck on the extensive canals and waterways
Top spotlight
Bruges - Antwerp - Amsterdam by Bike and Boat
Two countries, Holland and Belgium, united in one route. Combining the highlights of Holland's Golden Age and the heydays of the Flemish trade cities in the Middle Ages.
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Holland by Bike and Boat, Southern Tour
The perfect tour to enjoy various highlights of Holland. You will visit small, picturesque towns and ride along the cycle tracks through the Green Heart and the small Lake District of Holland. Spring tours include a ride through the Keukenhof gardens to view the blooming tulips.
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Fast facts
Language: Dutch
Currency: Euro
Population: 16,500,000
Size: 2,119 square miles (5,488 square kilometers) - slightly smaller than Delaware
Border countries: Belgium and Germany
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Donald T. Grime, 78, of Archbold, Ohio, died Sept. 10, 2007, at his home.
He was born Feb. 6, 1929, near Archbold, the son of Lester and Hulda (Miller) Grime. He married Mary Stites on Aug. 9, 1947, and she survives.
Donald was a lifelong Archbold resident. He owned and operated D&W Collision Service. He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Archbold, a fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus, a lifetime member of the Fathers of Sons of Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a former member of the Elks, Eagles and Moose lodges.
Besides his wife, Donald is survived by two daughters, Barbara Grime-Parker and Patricia Grime-Coulon; three sons, Frank (and Cheryl) Grime and Andy (and Lois) Grime, both of Archbold, and Tony (and Deb) Grime of Camden, Mich.; 18 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; one sister, Margaret Saul of Bryan, Ohio; two brothers, Kenny (and Martha) Grime of West Unity and Wayne (and Nancy) Grime of Archbold.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter; a grandson; two sisters, Evelyn Grime and Doris Stamm-Wyse; and two brothers, Harold Grime and Leo Grime.
Funeral services are scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Archbold with Father Gary Ferguson officiating. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation is planned from 2 to 9 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Short Funeral Home in Archbold, with a Rosary Service at 8 p.m.
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The Indianapolis Colts are adding a sponsor logo to their practice jerseys.
The team said Wednesday it has finalized an agreement for players to wear an Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance patch when they open training camp Aug. 3 in Terre Haute.
Colts spokesman Craig Kelley says the deal was rolled into Farm Bureau's current naming rights contract for the team's Indianapolis practice facility, which runs another five years. Terms of the deal, first reported by The Indianapolis Star, were not disclosed.
NFL owners voted in March to permit the sponsor patches. The league, however, does not allow corporate logos on game jerseys.
The New York Jets will have the logo of Atlantic Health, a New Jersey-based health care provider, on their practice jerseys. Teams including Houston and Green Bay were exploring similar options.


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In the future, I wish I would do something great like open my own design studio. But that is the long future.


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play the game of life you want to play...
What Would Make You Up Your Game?
"You know, I don't think your performance has been good enough so far. You just need to raise your game".
Those aren't quite the words you want to hear at a mid-interview feedback session for the dream job you never thought you'd get a shot at. But there I was – head full with a steaming cold – sitting opposite a lady in a white suit wondering how on earth I could raise my game in the final group exercise.
I managed it; in fact I aced the final exercise and I knew it, then and there, that I'd got the job. And I was offered the job along with the £10k golden handshake a full year before I'd even graduated from Warwick Uni.
"You're not that great at change, are you? Not real, core belief change. You're very rigid."
Cue my jaw dropping on the floor. Doesn't she know that I'm GREAT at change? I'm always changing stuff. I was nomadic for 3+ years of my life. Not that great at change?!?!???
But she was right – the lady I'd booked a session with to help with a pain in my wrist had managed to pinpoint something rigid within my belief system that has since been game-changing. Much like the lady at my Accenture interview.
They were the last things I wanted to hear or believed about myself at the time. But they were game-changing words that changed my future and I'm grateful to those honest enough to utter them.
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Be Your Own (green) Boss!
Monday, Mar. 23, 2009 | 06:26 PM AT
For the longest time, the environment and economy were considered separate. I guess they had to be--given that most of the economy was based on debasing the environment. But I digress. If, in these tough times, you find yourself without work, take heart. It might be the best thing that ever happened to you. Because if you're interested in starting up a company--especially one that's environmentally and socially sustainable-- then there's tons of opportunity just waiting for you. Seriously!
About Oom (pronounced like it's spelt: ooooom)
So how did they do it?
Emploi Quebec: They help self-employed people start up their own companies and actually provide up to $320 a week for the first year to supplement an entrepreneur's income as they get started and build their clientele.
SAJE Montreal: This organization helps entrepreneurs develop a viable business plan and deal with all that hairy scary stuff like finances and accounting and filing taxes as a company. They have some great social networking as well.
Cercles D'Emprunt: Loosely translated, this means "Borrowing Circle". Pascale says this resource was incredible in the early days. The Cercle puts young entrepreneurs in touch with each other--sort of like an AA meeting where everyone gets together and shares their experiences. With a community of like-minded people around you and the synergy that creates, it becomes a lot easier to weather the ups and downs of a new business.
Grants: And let's not forget that lovely government money to help start up.
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hi geeta,
my idea for an enviromentally and socially sustainable business would be a flower shop that sells flowers that are pesticide free... not only would this be good for the enviroment but also for the people growing and cultivating them.
ps. we love your show !
Posted March 24, 2009 10:44 PM
Before, I really wanted to make a business that would maybe clean clothes and houses with all organic and earth-friendly materials, but some have already done so...
I think that there's a lot of people going to parks nowadays, so that tendency would help the business!
Posted March 26, 2009 06:02 PM
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Images via Yahoo! Sports and The Washington Post.
Images via Yahoo! Sports and The Washington Post.
Is Tebow Jewish?
I'll be honest, I lost my shit with the "Bro Hug? Bro Hug!" bit. Well played, gentlemen.
My previous experience watching Belugas involved them eating mainly fish and performing tricks at the Mystic Aquarium, but this one looks like he'd give a hummer for a pizza.
"Keep feelin for that ring, Dan-O"
That Marino one is gold.
I think it is funny that Bulaga reminds me of me Beluga, as in the whale.
Did Goodell seriously sign the dude's hat with an asterisk?
If so, he just became the greatest commissioner of all-time.
//If bro-hug hadn't done that already
By the transitive property, does that mean Bulaga is also the Cookie Monster?
Also, nice 61* reference.
Am I the only one here shocked that there is a black Packer fan in that picture?
@UU: Bulaga's high, screechy voice and blow-hole threw me off.
The Fat Hump in the 5th Pic looks like he's about to lose it.
A black dude with a Clay Matthews jersey and the Packers logo shaved into his head?
I'm sufficiently surprised for the week.
Did Goodell seriously sign the dude's hat with an asterisk?
What's all the fuckin' fussin' for? Cause Russel pack heat like he's the oven door?
Am I the only one here shocked that there is a black Packer fan in that picture?
Pretty sure he's a just a Grambling fan.
Silverback Hug
That's the anthem get'cha damn hands up!!!
Damn Montana looks like he's about 60 years old. I wonder if he was wearing his Sketchers along with his 4 SB rings?
It's not the Bradford entourage, it's the Bradford tribe.
"Big Chief Firehair said I go to land of big river, land that paleface call St. Louis. Receive many wampum in return."
Is Bulaga the illegitimate child of Roger Goodell?
Someone tell "Silverback" Williams that the original Silverback is going to set him straight in that pre-season game.
Even black Packer fans wear the jerseys of white players.
Oh Joe Montana, you snarky bitch.
Joe Montana leads the league in snark.
I never thought I'd live to see the day when a picture of Joe Montana reminds me of Emperor Palpatine.
Goddamn I hate getting old, and apparently so does Darth Montana's face.
"Oh, I'm afraid Dan Marino will be quite ringless when retirement arrives."
The GALL of Joe Montana.
Eat a dick, Monkey Business. Eat a basket of dicks.
Joe Montana = Malcolm MacDowell.
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Jonathan Wallace of Phenix City (Ala.) Central is not bothered by the fact that while other quarterbacks in the junior class have piled up the offers, he has landed only one.
"After sitting down and looking at it, this past year was my first year as a starter," Wallace said. "Some of the guys that have 20 offers have played longer than I have. I'm not mad, but it's something I use to motivate myself. I have to be able to show colleges I'm a good player and can play the position of quarterback."
Thus far, only Arkansas State has offered.
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But Wallace, the quarterback MVP at last Sunday's Rivals.com/VTO Sports Alabama Elite 100 Camp, suspects more schools eventually will pull the trigger. Auburn is one program from which he said he is getting a good vibe.
"I'm going there [Wednesday] for one of their practices," Wallace said. "Then I'm going there again Saturday for their spring game. I want to say [they might offer]. I've been in contact with them a lot. It's right up the street from me. I'm thinking Auburn more than everybody else may offer me."
Wallace said he also is hearing from Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Oregon, Tennessee, UCLA and Vanderbilt. Several of those teams plan to attend one of his spring practices, he said.
As of Tuesday night, Wallace had no visits scheduled after this weekend.
According to the 6-foot-1, 204-pounder, Arkansas State has impressed him.
"I haven't been up there for a visit yet, but we have two guys from the previous year at my school that signed with them," Wallace said. "Arkansas State offered me the day after signing day. I've been talking to one of the coaches up there. We've been talking ever since then. They've been showing me a lot of love."


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Source of Energy Production
Watermelon is concentrated with b-vitamins. B-vitamins are responsible for a lot of your body's energy production. This means eating watermelon can give you substantial energy. It also has high amounts energizing nutrients of magnesium and potassium.
Eating watermelon is a safe alternative to taking energy drinks prior to exercise. It also hydrates you due to its high water content as opposed to caffeine filled energy drinks that dehydrate you.
Watermelon is a natural source of nature's most powerful antioxidants.
It is a good source of the antioxidant vitamins C and A.
It is also a good source of the powerful antioxidant beta-carotene.
Watermelon's antioxidants can help prevent a number of things.
It reduces the risk of colon cancer, asthma, heart disease, osteoperosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and prostate cancer.
Kidney Disorders: Water Melon contains a lot of potassium, which is very helpful in cleaning or washing off the toxic depositions in the kidneys. Moreover, it is helpful in reducing concentration of uric acid in the blood, thereby reducing the chances of kidney damages and formation of renal calculi in it. Added to these, being high in water content, it induces frequent urinating, which is again helpful for cleaning of kidneys. Also, the anti oxidants present ensures good health of kidneys for a long time.
High Blood Pressure: A good amount of Potassium and magnesium, present in water melons, are very good in bringing down the blood pressure. The carotenoids present in them prevent hardening of walls of arteries and veins, thereby helping reduce blood pressure.
Diabetes: Diabetes patients, who are supposed to have low energy and low sugar diet, often complaint about starving since they don't get to eat their staple diet to their full, giving them a feeling of keeping half fed. Water Melons can be a good supplement for them.
In spite of being sweet in taste, a thick wedge will give you very few calories, since ninety nine percent of its total weight is composed of water and roughage. Moreover, the various vitamins and minerals such as potassium and magnesium help in proper functioning of insulin in the body, thus lowering the blood sugar level. Arginine, another component found in water melons, is very effective in enhancing impact of insulin on sugar.
Heart Care: Lypocene, a carotenoid found in abundance in water melon, improves cardiac functions. Beta carotene, known for its remarkable anti oxidant and anti aging properties, also keeps you young at the heart and prevents age related cardiac problems.
The roughage in water melon and its very low energy, with help from vitamin-C, Carotenoids and potassium (potassium cuts the risk of a heart attack), help reduce cholesterol and keep your heart safe.
Impotence: Arginine, present in water melon, is beneficial in curing erectile dysfunctions.
Arginine seems to improve sexual function in men with impotence. Arginine boosts nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels.
A study of 50 men with impotence reported significant improved sexual function after arginine supplementation.
Macular Degeneration
Eating watermelon can protect against the negative effects of macular degeneration.
Macular degeneration is just a fancy word for loss of vision.
Leave your worry of eyes on that beta carotene, that vitamin-C and those Lutein and Zeaxanthin.
They will ensure protection of your eyes from macular degeneration. They are experts in that.
These anti oxidants will protect your eyes from other age related ailments such as drying up of eyes and optical nerves, glaucoma etc.
Cancer Prevention
Watermelon is a rich natural source of lycopene, a carotenoid of great interest because of its antioxidant capacity and potential health benefits. Dietary consumption of the carotenoid lycopene has been associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer. Data from studies provides evidence that increased consumption of lycopene-containing foods might reduce the occurrence or progression of prostate cancer. The results of a study suggest that vegetables and fruits rich in lycopene and other carotenoids may be protective against prostate cancer.
To determine whether dietary intake of lycopene and other carotenoids has an etiological association with prostate cancer, a study was conducted of 130 prostate cancer patients. The prostate cancer risk declined with increasing consumption of lycopene, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin.
Nutrient Profile Per Serving
Vitamin A: 10%
Vitamin C: 25%
Vitamin B6: 10%
Vitamin B1: 10%
Magnesium: 7%
Potassium: 5%
That is the end of fruits one, our next fruit to look on next will be PAWPAW
Paw-paw has many nutritional and health benefits. It is easily digestible and aids in the digestion of other foods.
It is rich in vitamin A and C, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, iron, and soluble vegetable fiber.
It is recommended that paw-paw be taken regularly. Paw-paw is much desirable and enjoyed when eaten fresh and ripe. Taking it in this way makes it to become an excellent breakfast and desert. Paw-paw juice mixed with milk is an excellent blood tonic, dessert and appetizer. Paw-paw prevents stomach troubles, such as indigestion, constipation, and peptic ulcers.
Paw-paw is rich in enzymes called pa-pain, which help in the breakdown of protein into amino acids and digestion.
Eating paw-paw after a meal aids digestion and prevents bloating and chronic indigestion.
Paw-paw is very good in treating infective diarrhea, due to its emollient action. Paw-paw is rich in vitamin A, which helps in the prevention of skin problems like eczema, pimples, and acne. Paw-paw with its vitamin A helps to protect the eye.
Paw-paw is also very good for the skin because of the amount of vitamin A it contains, and not only does it make the skin soft and tight, but it also deals with skin disorders such as acne, pimples and eczema. The vitamin A in paw-paw is also good for the eyesight, muscles, and nerves. It known that paw-paw helps to tighten and smooths the skin, due to the presence of enzymes.
According to the DIY treatment recommended by spa expert Stella Cray can be tried thus: using a spoon, scoop out papaya seeds and throw away. Then scoop out the pink flesh and put in a blender with 6 ounces of plain yogurt, blend for about one minute until smooth. Stand over and old towel and using a circular motion, massage the mixture over problem spots like the stomach and thighs.
Wrap the area strongly with cellophane tape. Then grab a good book and read, relaxing for about 30 minutes before peeling off the plastic and rinsing skin with water.
It works because papaya's enzymes called pa-pains stimulates collagen production band slough off the top layer of dead skin cells to reveal softer smoother, and firmer skin. The warmed from the plastic wrap allows moisturizing yogurt to penetrate more deeply into the skin.
Massaging the body helps circulation, causing hydrating blood to flow to cellulite prone areas, plumping skin and reducing dimples. With repeated use, the vitamin C in the fruit strengthens the skin to further reduce cellulite. Paw-paw therefore can give you a cellulite free thighs.
Paw-paw improves digestion of protein and expels worms. The ripe fruits are rich in vitamin A, B, and C. Vitamin A is excellent for a good eyesight, muscles, nerves. The vitamin C is generally known to strengthen the immune system and assist in combating diseases.
As a worm expeller, chew two tablespoons of seeds of unripe paw-paw fruit, first and last thing in the morning and night respectively, for about three days. For malaria fever and jaundice, squeeze some yellow paw-paw leaves in water and take a glassful three times daily for seven days.
For stomach ulcer, cut a big unripe fruit of papaya and put in a bottle with water, store for four days, sieve and take half a glass, thrice daily for two weeks. For chronic external ulcers or sores, cut a piece of unripe pawpaw fruit and tie directly to the wound. Do this four times daily. Continue till the wound has dried, which will be in few days or weeks. To make the wound heal faster, eat plenty of ripe pawpaw.
For Asthma, burn the dry leaves of papaya and inhale whenever there is an attack. Also prevent further attacks by inhaling the smoke every night. The vitamin C in paw-paw fruit reinforces the entire immune system and gives the body the support that is required to overcome many diseases.
Malaria fever- Squeeze some yellow pawpaw leafs in water. Take a glassful three times daily for seven days. This preparation is also good for jaundice. The dosage is the same.
Diabetes- The green leafs of pawpaw are good foe diabetes-induced hypertension. Squeeze the green leaves in water and take a glass thrice daily. This preparation is also good for constipation.
Bronchitis- The root of the pawpaw plant is a good remedy for respiratory problems especially bronchitis. Bring some pawpaw roots to boil and take ½ a glass thrice daily. For cough, simply chew a tender pawpaw root and swallow the juice.
Piles- Pawpaw root is effective for the cure of piles. Prepare as for bronchitis. The dosage is half a glass twice daily.
Impotence- Cut two unripe pawpaw fruits into pieces (seeds and peel inclusive). Bring to boil in eight bottles of water. Take half glass thrice daily.
Anti cancer: The phenols in mangoes, such as quercetin, isoquercitrin, astragalin, fisetin, gallic acid and methylgallat, as well as the abundant enzymes, have cancer-preventing capacities. Mango is also high in a soluble dietary fiber known as pectin. Scientist have identified a strong link between eating lots of fiber and a lower risk of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. A cup of sliced mangoes (around 165 gram) contain 76 percent of the needed daily value of vitamin C, a potent antioxidant which helps protect cells from free radical damage and reduces risk of cancer.
Eye health: One cup of sliced mangoes supplies 25 percent of the needed daily value of vitamin A, which promotes good eyesight. Eating mangoes regularly prevents night blindness, refractive errors, dryness of the eyes, softening of the cornea, itching and burning in the eyes.
Helps in digestion: Mangoes contain digestive enzymes that help break down proteins and aid digestion. It is also valuable to combat acidity and poor digestion because of an enzyme found in the fruit which soothes the stomach. Due to the high amounts of fiber found in mango, it can be a helpful in keeping you regular, thereby helping or preventing constipation. Eating one or two small tender mangoes in which the seed is not fully formed with salt and honey is found to be very effective medicine for summer diarrhoea, dysentery, piles, morning sickness, chronic dyspepsia, indigestion and constipation.
Benefits to skin: Mango is effective in relieving clogged pores of the skin. What this means is that people who suffer from acne, which is caused by clogged pores, will benefit from mango. Just remove the mango pulp and apply it on your skin for about 10 minutes before washing it. Eating mango regularly makes the complexion fair and the skin soft and shining.
Helps in diabetes: Mango leaves help normalize insulin levels in the blood. Boil a few mango leaves in water and allow it to saturate through the night. Consume the filtered decoction in the morning for diabetic home remedy. The glycemic index of mango is low, ranging between 41-60. So, mango does not have any significant effect in increasing blood sugar levels.
For better sex: The Vitamin E that is abundantly present in mangoes helps to regulate sex hormones and boosts sex drive.
Beneficial for anemia: Mangoes are beneficial for pregnant women and individuals suffering from anemia because of their iron content. Also, vitamin C in the mango enhances the absorption of iron from vegetable food like rice. Generally women after menopause become weak and they should take mangoes and other fruits rich in iron.
Boost memory: Mangoes are useful to children who lack concentration in studies as it contains Glutamine acid which is good to boost memory and keep cells active.
Avoid heat stroke: Unripe mangoes, a rich source of pectin, when steamed and juiced with cumin (jeera), rock salt and sugar, provide an excellent remedy for heat stroke and heat exhaustion in summer.
Weight gain: Mangoes can be beneficial for people wanting to gain weight. A 100 gram of mango contains about 75 calories. Also, raw mangoes contain starch which get converted into sugar as the fruit ripens. So ripe and sweet mangoes when consumed with milk (rich in protein) can be very helpful in weight gain.
Nutritional Value of Mango
One medium sized mango comprises of:
Calories – 107
Protein – 0.84 g
Carbohydrate – 28 g
Total Fat – 0.45 g
Fiber – 3 g
Vitamin A – 6425 IU
Vitamin C – 45.7mg
Magnesium – 18 mg
Potassium – 300 mg
Calcium – 20 g
Cholesterol – 0 g
Saturated fat – 0 g
Mango is High in Iron
Mango is a fruit that is very high in iron. Women, especially, need to increase the amount of iron that they consume due to the large amounts that they lose during menstruation. Pregnant women also need to think about increasing the amount of iron that they consume. People with an iron deficiency, which is called anemia, would also benefit from the high amount of iron offered in mango.
Mango May Get Rid of Acne
It is believed that mango may help unclog pores. What this means is that people who suffer from acne, which is caused by clogged pores, will benefit from mango. All that you need to do in order to take advantage of this property of mango is apply thin slices to the area of skin that you want to clear up. Leave the mango there for about ten minutes before rinsing the skin with warm water.
Mango is an Anti-Inflammatory Fruit
One of the main benefits of mango is that it offers anti-inflammatory properties. This is known to help the body in a number of different ways. It can reduce pain from conditions such as arthritis. Mango is also known to relieve symptoms from asthma due to the anti-inflammatory benefits that it has to offer.
Pineapple is loaded with Vitamins and Minerals: The obvious benefits of pineapple are all the vitamins and minerals the fruit is loaded with. Its nutrients include calcium, potassium, fiber, and vitamin C. In addition it is low in fat and cholesterol.
It Strengthens weak bones: One of the benefits of pineapple is that it helps to build healthy bones. Pineapples are rich in manganese, a trace mineral that is needed for your body to build bone and connective tissues. Just one cup of pineapple provides 73% of the daily recommended amount of manganese. The benefits of pineapple can effect the growth of bones in young people and the strengthening of bones in older people.
It is Good for Gums: Your gums are very important to keep healthy. The gums hold the teeth in place and your teeth would be in bad condition if you have unhealthy gums. By eating pineapple, you are strengthening your gums to make it through the hard years later.
It Prevents Macular Degeneration: Pineapples contain a lot of beta-carotene that is good for the eyes and for your vision. Studies show that eating three or more helpings of pineapple a day may lower your chance of getting age-related macular degeneration, the main cause of vision loss in older folks.
IT Helps Arthritis (diseases of the joints): Bromelain is also considered an effective anti-inflammatory. Regular ingestion of at least one half cup of fresh pineapple daily is purported to relieve painful joints common to osteoarthritis. It produces mild pain relief. In Germany, bromelain is approved as a post-injury medication because it is thought to reduce inflammation and swelling.
Coughs and Colds: While many people often take extra vitamin C or drink extra orange juice when they have a cold, few consider eating pineapple. The benefits of pineapple when you have a cold or cough are the same as the benefits of orange juice, but there is an additional benefit of pineapple. Bromelain, which is found in pineapples, has been found to help suppress coughs and loosen mucus.
Digestion: The bromelain found in pineapples aids in digestion. Eating one slice of pineapple after each meal will reduce gas, bloating, nausea, constipation and the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Fresh pineapple juice also aids in removing intestinal worms.
Sinusitis and Bronchitis: Bromelain has been shown helpful for upper respiratory tract infections such as Sinusitis and Bronchitis. Bromelain helps to reducing nasal inflammation and break up the mucus in the nasal, sinus and respiratory area.
Blood Clots: Pineapples can help reduce the risk of blood clots due to the bromelain present in the fruit and thereby preventsing heart problems.
When you eat pineapples, you have a better chance at having a healthier life.
Nutritive Value : Per 100 gm.
Vitamin A : 130 I.U.
Vitamin C : 24 mg.
Calcium : 16 mg.
Phosphorus : 11 mg.
Potassium : 150 mg.
Carbohydrates : 13.7 gm.
Calories : 52
Pineapple is also Beneficial in the following condition :
It is regulates the gland and found to be helpful in cases of goiter(enlargement of the thyroid gland).
Dyspepsia (chronic digestive disturbance).
Bronchitis (inflammation of the bronchial tubes.)
High Blood pressure.
Fresh pineapple juice is also used in removing intestinal worms.
Fresh pineapple juice has been used to combat diphtheria and other infections of the throat or other parts of the body.
Prevents nausea (includes morning sickness and motion sickness), Take 230 cc. of pineapple juice or papaya juice.
Eating fruits does not mean buying fruits, cutting it and popping it into our mouths.It involves more than that.It is important to know how and when to eat fruits. Let me show you the correct way of eating fruits.
Research has shown that it is important not to eat fruits after your meals, fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach.If you eat fruits like that,it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
Bear in mind that fruits is the most important food but eating fruits after meals causes stomach discomfort as the fruits come in contact with the meal. The whole meal rots and ferments turning into acid.This could lead to cancer because the moment fruits come into contact with food in the stomach and digestive juices, the food begins to spoil.
Taking fruits on an empty stomach prevents graying hair,balding,nervous outburst and dark circles around the eyes. Fruits that are considered acidic like oranges and lemon don't cause harm because all fruits become alkaline in our bodies according to research.
The secret of true beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight lies in mastering the correct way of eating fruits.Try this and achieve your desired weight and beauty.
Soursop is a fruit that has the most delectable flavor. The soursop is a large fruit of a small, fast-growing tree. The fruit is picked from the tree before it has fully ripened as it will be badly bruised if allowed to ripen and fall. The fruit is mature and is ready for eating when it feels slightly soft and is light green externally. The skin is thin and is covered with conical nibs. The white, pulpy flesh, which contains juice, is peppered with small shiny, black inedible seeds, and has a pleasant, sweet-acidic taste. As it is rather fibrous, its squeezed juice makes a better choice, and has, in fact become more popular than the fresh fruit as such. Soursop has few seedless varieties, but they are rare, and tend to have fibrous flesh.
Medicinal Benefits: Soursop is not only a delicious and healthy fruit but it is use medicinally to treat illness ranging from stomach ailments to worms.
• The seeds, which have emetic properties, can be used in the treatment of vomiting.
• The leaf decoction is effective for head lice and bedbugs.
• The crushed fresh leaves can be applied on skin eruptions to promote healing.
• The juice of the fruit can be taken orally as a remedy for urethritis, haematuria and liver ailments.
• The juice when taken when fasting, it is believed to relieve liver ailments and leprosy.
• To speed the healing of wounds, the flesh of the soursop is applied as a poultice unchanged for 3 days.
• A decoction of the young shoots or leaves is regarded as a remedy for gall bladder trouble, as well as coughs, catarrh, diarrhea, dysentery, fever and indigestion.
• Mashed leaves are used as a poultice to alleviate eczema and other skin problems and rheumatism.
• The root bark is use as an antidote for poisoning.
• Soursop flowers are believed to alleviate catarrh.
• Decoction of leaves used as compresses for inflammation and swollen feet.
Nutrient Value per 100 grams servings:
• Vitamin: C 20.6
• Calcium: 14
• Iron: 0.6
• Calories: 66
• Dietary Fiber: 3.3g
• Protein: 1g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Sodium: 14mg
• Sugars: 13.54g
• Total Carbohydrate: 16.84g
• Total Fat: 0.3g
• Saturated Fat: 0.05g
• Monounsaturated Fat: 0.09g
• Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.06g
Culinary uses: eaten fresh as fruit; made into cakes, ice cream, preserved, beverages and for flavoring. The young soursop, where the seeds are still soft, is used as a vegetable. The fermented fruit is also use to make an apple cider-like drink.
• Vitamin: C 20.6
• Calcium: 14
• Iron: 0.6
• Calories: 66
• Dietary Fiber: 3.3g
• Protein: 1g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Sodium: 14mg
• Sugars: 13.54g
• Total Carbohydrate: 16.84g
• Total Fat: 0.3g
• Saturated Fat: 0.05g
• Monounsaturated Fat: 0.09g
• Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.06g
Culinary uses: eaten fresh as fruit; made into cakes, ice cream, preserved, beverages and for flavoring. The young soursop, where the seeds are still soft, is used as a vegetable. The fermented fruit is also use to make an apple cider-like drink.


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Lame duck coaches are never the best thing, and that's what Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington is right now.
Same goes for Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett. One of them deserves an extension, and one of them doesn't, and it's pretty easy to guess which is which.
Despite the mass of injuries in 2013 and the lack of offensive punch, the Rangers were playing a Game 163 to earn a fourth straight trip to the postseason in one of the best divisions in baseball. Now, the front office has addressed several of their roster deficiencies, but injuries are again a concern following Derek Holland's knee surgery that will have the club's No. 2 starter out until at least midseason.
It's hard to imagine a scenario where Washington wouldn't be brought back beyond 2014. It will be horribly disappointing if they don't make the postseason, but the AL West should be even tougher in 2014 with the moves the Seattle Mariners have made and you have to think the Los Angeles Angels will rebound a bit, along with Josh Hamilton.
"I'm not worried about that," Washington told ESPN Dallas. "That will take care of itself."
That's a good attitude to have, but the front office should give him an extension to get him out of the lame duck status. Jon Daniels has always supported Washington publicly and has never suggested he'll be looking elsewhere if the Rangers don't succeed this year, but that could be the message he's sending if he doesn't give Washington a new deal.
"He's been a huge part of what we've done here," Daniels said. "It's been a partnership from Day 1 and I expect that to continue going forward. We'll handle contracts and personnel matters privately."


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The National Association of Counties (NACo) in Washington, D.C., announces an opening for an Associate Program Director to lead the association's human services portfolio. The duties include a variety of professional assignments aimed at informing, educating and assisting county officials across the United States who are building early childhood development systems. This position requires an individual who is a self-starter, takes initiative and makes a good first impression of the organization and its programming. Applicants must have experience with and knowledge of human services, social services, education and child welfare issues with a focus on early childhood development.
This is a new position created to lead the Association's activities in a national initiative addressing early childhood development. This position offers a great opportunity to develop a new program area.
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My husband suffers chronic pain from an industrial electrical shock a few years ago. Many doctors later, he has been told that he has sustained spinal nerve damage - muscles have pulled away from spine and the nerves are exposed. We have tried everything from chiropractic to accupunture, with no luck. He is on oxicodone, which just minimizes pain a little. Can anyone offer suggestions? Many thanks.
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"For equities traders this could be the start of a huge bull run." Tech stocks may come under pressure after IBM, the one-time world technology leader, posted a new 2015 profit target and quarterly revenue that both missed analysts' estimates. COMPANY NEWS CREDIT SUISSE Credit Suisse said that it had not made losses trading foreign exchange after Switzerland's central bank suddenly abandoned a currency cap last week, causing a surge in the Swiss franc. NOVARTIS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG's injectable drug, Cosentyx, to treat adults with a moderate to severe skin disease called plaque psoriasis. SANOFI The French drugs group and its subsidiary Genzyme said the European Commission had granted marketing authorization for Cerdelga (eliglustat) capsules, a first line oral therapy for certain adults living with Gaucher disease type 1. 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Alcide DeGagné
Chairman and CEO
Alcide DeGagné founded Delta Partners in 1989 after a distinguished public service career in which he championed strategic thinking and public sector modernization.
When Delta Partners began as a firm that specialized in Change Management, this was a term that was not well recognized or understood by the business community. Alcide has been instrumental in driving acceptance and a broad understanding of the critical importance that Change Management processes play in any organizational transformation. As a result of his work, he was invited to contribute the chapter titled Transforming the culture of a public sector organization that was included in the book Management for Privatization: Lessons from Industry and Public Service, published by the International Labour Organization (a division of the United Nations).
With extensive private sector experience and as a former Assistant Deputy Minister in the federal government, Alcide understands the challenges faced by senior executives. At the municipal level, Alcide served as Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Ottawa, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Oshawa, and Commissioner of Management Services for The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.
In his role as Chairman and CEO of Delta Partners, his focus is on advising clients on the challenges facing senior executives who are working to create value in the face of competing priorities, rapid and constant change, a lack of resources, poor communication, company ambiguity, and less than ideal employee engagement.
As a result of his outstanding professionalism, service, integrity, and contributions to the profession, Alcide has been recognized as a Fellow Certified Management Consultant (FCMC). He continues to participate within the CMC Canada community as an Interviewer in the Certification Exam process. Alcide has an MBA from the University of Ottawa, and holds the FCGA designation from the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. He is also fluently bilingual.
During his spare time he enjoys painting and photography.
To see a more complete review of Alcide's professional background, please visit his LinkedIn profile.
Greg Tricklebank
Greg Tricklebank is a Principal with Delta Partners and a seasoned social science professional with more than twenty years of consulting experience.
He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) who specializes in qualitative and quantitative research methods, evaluation, organizational development, and change management.
Greg's professional passion has emerged around the complex interactions that are necessary to affect the culture and climate of the organization. In particular, he enjoys the challenge of embedded assignments that allow him to fully engage in change management interventions. Greg is a frequent contributor to the Delta Blog, often writing about aspects of culture, change management, and organizational development.
Prior to joining Delta Partners in 1993, Greg had twelve years of management experience in the not-for-profit health and social services sector. Highlights of this experience include management of a large-scale controlled clinical trial funded by Health Canada, coordination of the first humanitarian assistance project to the Former Soviet Union under the auspices of DFAIT, and establishment of a new permanent delegation in Ukraine for the International Red Cross organization.
Greg's formal education includes a BA in Economics and MA in Sociology from Carleton University, plus three years of advanced research in Organizational Sociology at the University of Oxford, Nuffield College.
During his spare time, Greg can be found on one of his favourite golf courses or cruising in the Caribbean.
For more on Greg's background, please visit his LinkedIn profile.
Debra Sunohara
Chief Operating Officer
Debra Sunohara has been with Delta Partners since 2007, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2012. In addition to her role as COO of the firm, Debra also serves as the Practice Lead for Project Management. She draws heavily on her Project Management background – Debra holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from the Sprott School of Business (Carleton University) and is a Certified PRINCE2® Practitioner – to manage the contracting vehicles, quality assurance processes, and client services operations that insure the results that Delta Partners' clients have come to expect.
In addition to her Project Management work, Debra studied at the University of Toronto, and holds a BSc in Molecular Genetics & Molecular Biology. She is a fluently bilingual francophone.
Debra's post PRINCE2 vs PMBOK: Comparing Apples and Oranges is the most-read entry on the Delta Blog by a wide margin.
For more information, visit her LinkedIn profile.
Geoff Schaadt
Executive Account Manager
Geoff Schaadt joined Delta Partners in 2010, and currently serves the firm in multiple roles. In addition to his consulting activities, Geoff is the Social Media Manager and the Practice Lead for Business Sustainability.
Delta Partners has made a significant commitment to the transparent sharing of information through a variety of platforms, and Geoff coordinates much of the activity on this website as well as other popular sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, SlideShare and Prezi. Geoff also writes for the Delta Blog, and is a frequent contributor on issues of corporate culture, change management, employee engagement, and leadership for the Global Food Safety Resource and Food Safety Magazine. In fact, he contributed the cover article for June/July 2013 issue of Food Safety Magazine – Creating a Culture of Food Safety.
A strong proponent for leaders understanding the fundamentals of learning, Geoff has established a reputation as a writer and speaker who eliminates the jargon and pseudo-science so often encountered in the "leadership development and coaching" space.
Geoff earned a BA at Purdue University, an MSc at the University of Arizona, and an MBA at the University of Ottawa. And, when he can find the time, he enjoys fly fishing and golf. Learn more about Geoff here.
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Executive Account Manager
The Managing Partner of Nexus HR Solutions since 2001, Ian joined Delta Partners in 2009 with the acquisition and merger of Nexus HR Solutions.
Ian's approach is to work collaboratively with an organization's executive team acting as a bilingual facilitator to identify key issues and provide advice to leaders in developing innovative business transformation solutions.
A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, Ian has over 35 years of experience in the Canadian Forces and the Public Service. He is a strategic thinker, problem solver and change leader who has consistently assisted organizations achieve their goals and objectives.


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Skeleton WordPress Theme
One highly-requested child theme added by the Theme Hybrid community on the themes survey was a "skeleton" child theme for Hybrid, which is basically a child theme with no styling (a starter theme).
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Best tips for fastest remounts?
I love fast dismounts and fast remounts. I hate to brake before a barrier and my goal is to accelerate to it and through it and to be hitting bike-speed before remounting. Blazing! (What fun!)
...But I do have a bit of a problem.
I can blaze my remounts but they're kinda wild. And they're usually jumpers with fairly hard landings on the saddle. I hate that.
I want one of those remounts that the pro's do where it looks like nothing has changed -- they go from running to being in the saddle.
I know that "hit the remount against the saddle with your inner thigh, just slide it up and over" stuff but I can't seem to do that while running fast.
My last running step ends up being kind of a jump. If I try to moderate it at all -- and stay down closer to the bike and saddle -- I end up snagging my foot on the front or rear tire! And, anyway, I'm still not that smooth or soft-landing. I'm going so fast that I bash something. At least if I jump I have a split-second to get everything lined up -- but I hate the hard landing (even though I make it work).
I'll probably break my seatpost soon if I don't smooth out and lighten up!
One thing i have been working on is eliminating the "stutter step" that happens right before i leave my feet - that last little half step that is not in stride. It's almost an unconscious thing and I have to actively think about not doing it. I still do it.
If you watch the pro races you never see anyone do that. Part of what makes them look so seamless going from running to in the saddle, is that they will hit it right in stride, no stutter.
It's only my second season racing so I don't really know what I am talking about but that's just one of my observations.
Yeah, getting over the stutter-step is phase one. I have that beat so phase two for me is working on a smooth landing. I need to get that pro style of "rolling" up and over and saddle, smooth and gentle. I don't know how they do it. They do that same bent-leg fling every time. Like mounting a low-horse without any hop. They aren't rushed. It's just one motion. But I'm sprinting over the barriers. I set my bike down and accelerate for a stride or two then I *hop* on. I can't avoid the hop and make it smooth. I think it's coz I'm doing a max run sprint to get the rolling bike up to speed for those strides before I remount. Or something. I have the books. I'll read up.
Practice, practice, practice.
Here's a visualizing aide I just got from the Scott Mares book: stand next to the bike then lift and put your right knee onto the center of the saddle. That's the feel. Also he says it make the remount feel like you're wrapping your arm around a pal's shoulder only your doing it with your leg... Also to make it feel like you're a running hurdler.
Then I recall a tip I read somewhere else, maybe: Practice remounting with hands in drops. Maybe gets you more forward and low. Less jump?
Yep, practice, but tips/drills appreciated, too...
Do you ever practice remounting at walking pace? I have short legs & can even remount w/ barely lifting my foot off the ground. Keep doing this & gradually get faster & faster.
slow down the remount speed till it is smooth at slower speeds, then gradually speed up. the smooth guys in our local A race are not really running all out, but they are butter smooth. smooth is fast.
new cx racers tend to fixate on the barriers . . . it's really not a big deal as far as race outcome. give me a newbie with a big V02 engine, and they could come to a complete top, take out a lounge chair, smoke-em if they gott-em, watch some TV, then step over the barriers, and resume racing, and not lose much ground. I exagerate, but you get the idea. it's still a bike race, biggest engine wins. A wise old cyclocross guru once said "You can lose a race on the barriers, but you can't win one". Yep, so true.
Running around the yard today, dismounting and remounting at speed, trying to figure it out. I'd say I got one really good remount out of 50. It seems like when I run my hips go up in the air or something. My running "float" height seems higher than my bike saddle. So I run then fling a leg over the saddle and DROP DOWN on it. If I don't leave the ground with my left foot then I can kinda fling my right leg over the saddle smoothly without air-time and a drop. But then I'm not running. If I run off my left foot I *LAND* on the saddle. Whew...it's weird and tough.
PS: Another thing is that it feels like I'm flying, soaring, really hurdling the barriers. But when I spectate it seems like the good racers are just running along like normal, not leaping, they just lift their feet over the barriers in time with their run. I've seen vid of myself and it doesn't really look like I'm leaping. Maybe it's just the change in feeling from being riding to running. I like it, but it seems that if I do the same kind of run when I remount then I *LAND* on my saddle and that's bad...
I gave up on the classic remount, just too painful at my weight. I cheat on the remount by touching the left foot on the ground an instant before my butt hits the saddle . . . to cushion the impact. it doesn't look pretty but I can do it pretty fast and get going again, and not lose much, if any, any ground to the guy next to me with the classic remount.
Just do what this guy does:
By the way, notice that he's got his leg over the saddle before he even comes into the picture.
Also, you shouldn't be landing on your butt. You should be "landing" on your inner thigh and sliding across. It should really be more like stepping across the saddle than jumping on.
In "The Complete Book of Cyclocross" Scott Mares describes it as being like putting your arm around a loved one. That's a great analogy and when you do it right you'll feel exactly what that means.
I race Cat 3 Cyclocross and I have a stutter step. There, I admitted it. In practice, I can eliminate it. In any hard effort where I'm already winded coming into the barriers forget it, I'm stutter stepping to beat. Today, I was forcing myself not to stutter and ended up with my left foot in the spokes of my rear wheel smashing my toe and nearly busting a spoke as I skidded to a stop. I am done trying. At this point trying not to stutter step has the potential of slowing me down more than not.
I just realized that when I stutter I *injure my frickin right shoulder*!
It's a second-lag where my arm is still trying to stabilize my upper body as I stutter. Ow, it hurts!
I'm gonna quit it and get back to insta-mount! ...Somehow. Practice!
Thanks for the good ideas.
Yeah, I've noticed that I can remount without taking left foot off ground. But I wanna remount when running/sprinting flat-out. Maybe that's silly but it's fun when it works.
Yeah, big engines win, but I also notice that my peers are my peers -- we're all kinda similar. I'm not racing against the #1 dude. I like to try to do better at my own level. And it's fun to see it keep creeping upward. It helped when I got a lighter bike this season (I'm just using my roadbike with CX wheels...barely). So I'm in the mix, say, with 5 guys. Well, I do know that I'm faster on the barriers so it really does seem like I'm placing quite a ways higher than if I did em like so many others do. Usually I move up at the barriers. But when I am well matched with those who I'm riding near then I notice that I'm STRETCHING THE BAND at each barrier. I put 20 feet on em each time. They often get those feet back. But on the last lap they usually don't... Barriers are fun!
Anyway, I've been practicing... I tried the remount with hands on drops idea. That didn't help me. Then I started just riding around hopping on and off just anywhere as I was riding my trail. I tried to keep the riding steady -- off then on while keeping it smooth, keep my head at same level. That really seemed to help! THEN what REALLY started helping was when I kept my hands on the TOPS all the time. I'd ride on tops then dismount and remount on tops. I was really able to stay smooth then. That was fun.
Now I'm remounting and landing on inner thigh each time. Another improvement!
...But I still "LAND" a bit too hard. My hips are flying too high then coming down. I notice if I try to not jump so high that I'll too often ram into the back of my saddle, bounce off then drop onto my rear tire. Not fun. Total cornball. Can't do that at a race! ...That can only happen when *I'M* the spectator, not the rider! :)
I suppose I just need to learn better how to gauge how high to launch as I'm running and remounting.
Also, it's starting to sound like the good dudes don't run much before remounting. I don't either -- like 2 or 3 steps -- but maybe it matters. Maybe I need to reduce it somehow.
Am I right to think it's a matter of gauging trajectory? If I'm running up to speed then remounting I'm making an arc thru the air. You want it high enough to get on the saddle but not so high that you DROP onto the saddle. Or am I looking at it wrong?
Oh, lastly, here's another big improvement I'm happy about: I'm getting MUCH MORE RELAXED about the whole barriers thing. I used to sprint em and notice my heart-rate would go up. I could get an advantage but it would be a cost. Now I'm working on coasting up and letting my diaphragm drop -- breathe deep -- and do the dismount and hurdles and remount WITH NO TENSION. It's impt to not tense the muscles but to let em fly and flow. My visualization is to go faster all the time but also to actually drop the heart-rate at the barriers. Running instead of riding is supposed to give the riding muscles a rest. Yeah, it's hard to make that work but it's good visualization. Smooth, smooth...
Hey, he's not doing the step-thru nor is he doing cowboy dismount. He's kinda doing a side-step that lets him reach down for his down-tube.
I notice I just grab my top tube.
Do the pros use quite a few diff ways to dismount, etc.? I suppose it's good to be able to change any which way depending on the situation.
New tip! It seems like I remount smoothly with low impact if I leap hard and FORWARD. I drive hard with that left leg. 45-degrees forward angle of thrust, it feels like. That lets me do that arching hurdle move with the right leg and I don't go UP as much but I go FORWARD with the accelerating bike. Then I'm suddenly in the saddle without a whump! I did a bunch of sweet remounts this way. But then I started screwing up again. I think I just was getting fatigued! I still had some forward leap but it wasn't high enough and I landed on the rear tire a couple times. Doh! ...Workout done for the day. Then I did a real race and was back to mostly semi-harsh landing remounts but at least they were fast. Practice!
Any tips for not landing on your balls? This is by far the scariest part of the remount for me.
You might simply have short legs for your height. Cyclocross pros self select for people with very long legs. Also explains why they seem to glide over barriers. You get a 6' 4" guy with the legs of a 6' 8" person, the bottom bracket of the bike is a smaller percentage of the total saddle height from the ground (and is closer percentage wise to leg length) and barriers seem shorter. This person simply doesn't have to jump very high (proportional to his leg length) to get his hips above his saddle, and his natural running stride carries his feet above the barriers.
Solution then is to find a bike with a lower bottom bracket. There's no help for the barriers issue though...
I suck at remounts and I know it. Did my first race of the season Sunday and yep, stutter f#$king stepped it on the remounts. There was no-run up and only one barrier so it wasn't a big part of this course and I don't think I gave anyone up but I still hate my lame remounts. I'll be trying to find a little time to practice my technique. People who do it well seem to have this funny hop up where both legs are bent at the knee and with feet pointing backwards. I can't figure it out. I think I have stocky squatty legs for my height, so maybe I'm genetically disadvantaged as Brian says.
My technique is to get to the barrier fast, do a little breaking, cowboy dismount, hurdle over the barriers quickly and then remount right away. There's no point in me running for a remount if my remounts are slow and ****ty. I get back in the saddle ASAP, click in, stand up and power stroke for a few cycles. I have passed back opponents who get a little ahead of me after the barriers with their running remounts. Likewise at the top of a run-up I get back on the bike early, while I'm still moving relatively slowly rather than sprint ahead on my feet for a few paces. It's not pretty or proper but it's my adaptation I suppose.
And when practicing DO NOT ever stutter step. Also do not ever mount your bike when practicing in any other style except the proper mount. One drill you can do is get a length of field that is a nice flat 50 meteres or so. Run a few steps and mount then immediately dismount (properly of course) and repeat over and over. Proper cross technique requires a lot of practice because what you are doing is training muscle memory. You cannot think properly in a cross race so you need to rely on muscle memory and that only comes from practice.
Also, it's probably a good idea to work on hamstring flexibility & strength if you intend to work on faster remounts (recent, painful lesson).
I went to a cyclocross clinic and the coach tried to beat a mantra into our heads: slow is smooth; smooth is fast.
it helps - when I remember it.
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The new series, which premieres on May 31, stars David Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess as two best friends who take one last shot at their dream of opening a restaurant. The show is based on Danish series "Bankerot" by Kim Fupz Aakeson and adapted by executive producer Clyde Phillips for AMC. The show follows Tommy Moran (Schwimmer) and Dion Patras (Sturgess) as they struggle to launch their eatery in the Bronx area of New York City, reports Deadline.
The network also announced some new castmembers for the series. Michael Gladis will play Patrick Woichik, aka The Tooth Fairy, the soft-spoken but brutally intimidating local mobster with a penchant for pulling teeth. Lorenza Izzo is Pilar Herrera, who meets Tommy in a grief group and is desperately searching for true love. Christine Adams plays Tommy's late wife Rie Moran; John Doman is Tommy's father Aidan Moran, a shrewd and ruthless businessman and unapologetic racist; and Elijah Jacob plays Tommy's 10-year old son TJ Moran.
Talking about Feed The Beast in an earlier interview, Clyde Phillips (Dexter, Nurse Jackie) said, "It's a show about damaged people, which is what I tend to write about." He added that the show also deals with the "underbelly of trying to open a restaurant in the last frontier of New York City, which is the Bronx."
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Hit up these seven off- 'the-strip' eateries while at ISA Expo 2013.
By Craig Miller
There is no place on this planet that has more wonderful outdoor adventures within a days drive. It is amazing what you can see in about an hour or less one way from Mandalay Bay. ISA is over at 4 p.m. on Saturday so you have time to get away and see some sights before it gets dark, or even stay Sunday after the show. In that hour range you have Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, and Mount Charleston. However, if you want to parse lots of options go to www.lasvegas.com/activities/outdoor-recreation.
I am going to focus on making this trip an epicurean adventure for you. If you will be in Las Vegas for the duration of ISA you will have the opportunity to eat over a dozen meals. I am going to recommend seven neighborhood restaurants you must try.
Remarkable eateries
My wife Sue and I have lived in Vegas for 34 years and are self-proclaimed "foodies." There are two great sensual pleasures in life and food is one of them. Sue and I ONLY frequent restaurants that have remarkable food, friendly wait staff, and prices that won't break the bank. The longest drive to get to one of these seven remarkable eateries is 20 minutes from Mandalay Bay, most are in the 10- to 12-minute range, all close enough to take a break from the convention floor for lunch.
My top recommendation is lunch or dinner at the Samosa Factory (www.samosafactory.net) for Indian cuisine. I don't care if you don't think you like Indian food; just try it. If you only go to one off-strip restaurant, go here. (They are closed Sunday). Samosa Factory is very small, quaint, and may be one of the best restaurants in Las Vegas, bar none.
Here is the drill. Wave off the menus. Rick is the proprietor and chef and also waits tables. Tell him, "Craig says we don't need a menu." Simply ask Rick to feed you. The only thing he needs to know is how hungry you are, if you happen to be vegan, vegetarian, or pescetarian, and if you are sensitive to hot spicy. For me it's simple: "Feed me Rick, I am hungry."


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What 45 Looks Like on Me
Each year around my birthday I take a selfie or have a kid snap a picture and share what I'm experiencing. In this year of "revive" I have another hair change planned and new glasses so I'll wait and post one from February.
Wow. 45. That's a crazy number. Thirty didn't bother me because I felt right on track for goals and God's direction. Forty wasn't too bad because the thirties had been tough, tough years in many ways.
That's inching to fifty. Yikes!
I'm at a place where we have a teen driving and getting college mail. Our talks aren't about Blue's Clues and dogs, they are about relationships, faith and the future. We watch Vines and Jimmy Fallon.
We also have a tween and this year especially we've noted the change. She wears headphones a lot and retreats to her room. She's finding me more often for girl chat, if she looks for anyone at all. She's caring more about her appearance and rolling her eyes more than I like (because even once is more than what I like.)
My husband and I are talking about parents and hospital stays. When is a pet's life no longer quality. Parts of the job that aren't fun. Grown up stuff that isn't full of laughs.
Then there are the changes. New home and transition. Being published and trying to savor that but needing to be working on the next thing, while marketing. Realizing more change is on the horizon.
And being tired.
So very, very tired.
As up to date and current as I'd like to think I am, and our son's friends are kind enough to play around, I feel that age, especially with bad knees. There are times I see more of my chiropractor than my husband and that's sad. The supplements I take doubled since last year. I can't stay up as late as I have in the past, not without a mandatory nap the next day.
It's a transition time and that's a little scary, but what is secure in my life—my faith and family, that gives me the courage to take a breath and move forward.
That's 45 on me.
What about you? What does your current age look like on you?
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Swan defends budget forecasts
The Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has called for a more sophisticated debate about budget forecasts, saying the conditions underpinning this year's budget could not have been predicted. The Opposition is continuing to attack the Government for failing to deliver a surplus this year as it promised last year. The Government says it's made the right choices to protect jobs and growth.
PETER LLOYD: Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has spent the day defending the Government's decision to deliver a $19 billion budget deficit, rather than the surplus promised last year. Mr Swan says it shows Labor is committed to making the right choices, even in difficult times.
The Opposition has a different story for voters. It says nothing in the budget can be trusted, because the Government broke the promise to return to surplus.
From Canberra, Naomi Woodley reports.
NAOMI WOODLEY: Emotions were running high in parliament this morning, as the Prime Minister introduced a key part of this year's budget, the legislation to raise the Medicare levy by 0.5 per cent to help pay for DisabilityCare, the national disability insurance scheme.
JULIA GILLARD: DisabilityCare starts in seven weeks time. And there will be no turning back.
NAOMI WOODLEY: By Question Time this afternoon traditional hostilities had resumed.
ANNA BURKE: Are there any questions without notice? The Leader of the Opposition has the call.
TONY ABBOTT: Thanks Madam Speaker my question is to the Prime Minister.
NAOMI WOODLEY: Tony Abbott lead off the Coalition's attack by reminding the Prime Minister of all the occasions she promised her Government would deliver a surplus this year.
TONY ABBOTT: 'Failure is not an option,' she said, and 'we won't fail'. Given that the Government is now forecasting a deficit of $19 billion for this year, how can Australians trust any of the commitments in last night's budget?
JULIA GILLARD: What you need to do as Prime Minister is you need to deal with the facts, and the facts are of course that in our economy we have seen circumstances that have led to very large revenue writedowns, that is less tax money coming into the Government than was expected.
NAOMI WOODLEY: The Government's budget catch phrases were peppered throughout the questions from the Labor backbenchers, although the mood was perhaps more muted than expected, after an election year budget.
MICHELLE ROWLAND: How does this budget help us build a fairer society by locking in funding for DisabilityCare?
LAURA SMYTH: Will the Minister outlined to the house how last night's budget builds a smarter and fairer nation by investing in our children's education.
DEBORAH O'NEILL: How does this budget build a fairer society?
NAOMI WOODLEY: The Opposition's focus was on the Treasurer, Wayne Swan. His opposite number, Joe Hockey, pursued the Coalition's twin themes of debt and deficit.
JOE HOCKEY: I refer to the Treasurer's answer where he said debt will peak at $356 billion. Treasurer if the debt cap limit is $300 billion, why don't you have the courage to increase the debt cap limit on your watch?
WAYNE SWAN: What the Shadow Treasurer is doing is quoting market value which admittedly does appear in the budget papers but what is issued is face value, and I've said to him earlier, we are below the cap.
I know he wants to try and confuse this because he wants to be a fiscal fear-monger and ape the tactics of the Tea Party in the United States, and run around the place saying that debt is unsustainable, net debt is low.
NAOMI WOODLEY: And the Coalition's education spokesman Christopher Pyne had questions about the specific funding of the Gonski education plan.
CHRISTOPHER PYNE: Can the Treasurer confirm that the budget reveals $3.1 billion in national partnerships and targeted program funding for schools will be cut, but only $2.8 billion will be redirected to a new school funding model.
WAYNE SWAN: Another question, another fiddle with the figures, Speaker.
NAOMI WOODLEY: The Opposition's main line of attack is that the forecasts in this budget can't be believed, because the Government didn't deliver on the promises it made last year.
The political folly of making such a strong pledge to return to surplus was also front of mind, when the Federal Treasurer gave his traditional post-budget address to the National Press Club. Wayne Swan says the economic conditions underpinning this budget are so rare, they could not have been forecasted.
WAYNE SWAN: We have coped with and responded to what has been a complexed, nuanced, changing policy environment. But it doesn't really lend itself to public commentary and reporting.
So if I did stand up here last year and say 'oh well look, I'm just not sure about that surplus number and it might disappear in six months' time if A, B, C and D happens,' I know what people would have been reporting.
I do hope we have now a much more informed discussion about all of these things and I look forward to playing my part in making that a much more informed discussion than it's been. And I accept my role in it in saying that 'maybe I've not done enough in that area, I should do more, I will, I hope you do too'.
NAOMI WOODLEY: The Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott will make his budget in reply speech, tomorrow night.
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Jose Roldan Arroya is resting in bed and barely mobile after being hit by a red SUV on the city's South Side Monday night. The driver never stopped.
"The truck comes and pushes him and he flips in the air," said family friend Sandra Gonzalez, who translated for Arroya.
Police on Thursday sent out a community alert as they look for a driver of the SUV. The vehicle was captured on the surveillance video of a Marathon gas station at 63rd and California.
Authorities initially thought the driver cut through the gas station to avoid a red light but later said it appeared the driver was instead trying to make a quick U-turn. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a mistake just as dangerous.
Arroya was struck on the street as he was getting into his minivan. His wife was already in the minivan and witnessed everything.
"He's mad," said Gonzalez of the SUV's driver. "The person who did this needed to stop and see what happened to him."
The gas station's surveillance video is now in the hands of Chicago police investigators. No one is in custody. The SUV appears to be an older-model Ford Explorer, but police have yet to confirm the make, model or license plate number.
"I feel really sorry for the family. They come in. They're customers," said Marathon clerk Keisha Albarki. "Hopefully, they'll catch someone."
A wheelchair-bound man who lives in the area said people are always speeding through the area. He said he's had many near misses.
"It's dangerous up here, everyone's in a rush," said Frederick Brantley.
Arroyo, who has three children with his wife, said his biggest concern now is his job. He's a mechanic during the day and office cleaner at night. He said he hasn't been able to work all week.


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Jordan's prime attraction is Petra, an unforgettably dramatic 2000-year-old city carved from sandstone cliffs in the south of the country. Its extraordinary architecture and powerful atmosphere imprint themselves indelibly on most visitors' imaginations.
There is a wealth of other historical sites, outstanding among them the well-preserved Roman city of Jerash, but also including Umm Qais, set on a dramatic promontory overlooking the Sea of Galilee, and Madaba, which has the oldest known map of the Middle East, in the form of a Byzantine mosaic laid on the floor of a church. After the Muslim conquest, the Umayyad dynasty built a series of retreats in the Jordanian desert, now dubbed the "Desert Castles", including the bath-house of Qusayr Amra, adorned with naturalistic and erotic frescoes. Centuries later, the Crusaders established a heavy presence in southern Jordan, most impressively with the huge castles at Karak and Shobak. The Arab resistance to the Crusader invasion left behind another fortress at Ajloun in the north.
Jordan is part of the "Holy Land": its religious sites include the Baptism Site of Jesus on the banks of the River Jordan, and Mount Nebo, from where Moses looked over the Promised Land. John the Baptist met his death at Herod's hilltop palace at Mukawir after Salome danced her seductive dance. Nearby is Lot's Cave, where Abraham's nephew sought refuge from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Your most abiding memories of a visit are likely to be of Jordan's varied and beautiful natural environment. With its sheer cliffs and red sands, austere Wadi Rum – where David Lean filmed Lawrence of Arabia – presents the classic desert picture of Jordan. Less well-known are the gentle northern hills around the Ajloun forests, hosting walks through flower-strewn meadows and cool, shady woodland. In the south, tranquil Dana overlooks a swathe of territory from verdant highland orchards down to the sandy desert floor, offering a memorable hideaway at the Feynan Ecolodge. The protected Wadi Mujib is a giant canyon, 4km wide at the top, that narrows to a high, rocky gorge carrying a fast-flowing river down to the salty Dead Sea, an inland lake too buoyant for swimming but perfect for floating, your body supported by the density of the salty water. Last but not least, Jordan has some of the world's best diving and snorkelling in the coral-fringed Red Sea off Aqaba.
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The fun day will take place in the store from 9.30am to 5pm, with staff dressed up as characters from Alice in Wonderland.
Parents who spend £50 or more in the store will be entered into a raffle with a chance to win a Thorntons Easter egg.