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I'm on the road today and tomorrow doing some archival research for a book project, so postings will be light. But here are a couple of placeholders in the meantime:
• I'm working on several energy and climate items, but for the moment it is worth noting that the indispensable Energy Information Administration (EIA) has produced an independent assessment of the EPA's so-called "Clean Power Plan" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to stop
global warming climate change . . . actually it won't stop anything. I haven't gotten through the whole thing yet as it is quite long and complicated, and includes multiple possible scenarios for compliance with the EPA's diktats. But suffice it to say the EIA isn't impressed. You can download a PDF of the EIA report here.
Keep in mind that when the EPA released the plan last year, they all but promised "if you like your utility rates, you can keep your utility rates." As I say, I'll have more to say after I've gotten through it more fully, but the EIA projects deadweight losses to the economy from the plan, as shown in this figure:
Stephen Eule comments on the U.S Chamber of Commerce energy blog (which you should bookmark and follow if you're an energy geek):
No matter how one slices and dices the data, EIA's analysis leaves little room for doubt that EPA's Clean Power Plan flops badly as a climate policy, even on the administration's own terms and using the administration's own methods, data, and exaggerated SCC.
Maybe creating a huge new bureaucracy to implement carbon dioxide regulations that would highjack well-established state authority, disrupt the entire U.S. electricity sector, jeopardize the reliability of the electric grid, raise electricity costs on struggling families, and yield an estimated net loss in wealth of $899 billion to $1.16 trillion is appealing to EPA. But for the rest of the country, it's a decidedly bad deal.
See more at: http://www.energyxxi.org/eia-analysis-shows-epas-carbon-regulations-all-economic-pain-no-climate-gain
• Second, don't miss Christina Hoff Sommer's latest "Factual Feminist" video, on where real oppression of women takes place, but which few feminists ever note:


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Students taking the first year bachelor of arts (FYBA) exam were "lost" on the Kalina campus where 1,600 of them had no idea of where the exam halls were.
Candidates who belonged to the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) had a tough time finding their exam room as their hall tickets did not clearly mention the venue. Many of these students, who were probably visiting the Kalina campus for the first time, realized that the vast university campus did not have any proper signage that students could find.
"All the 2,000-odd students were divided over four blocks and they were confused between Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Bhavan and Dr Shankar Rao Bhavan and there were no officers to help them around," said a parent.
There was complete pandemonium on the campus. In many cases, students reached the exam hall 45 minutes after the exam started."This, despite the fact that we were all on the campus an hour before the exam was scheduled to commence," said a parent.
In some classes, the fans did not work, claimed many others.
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on session, the exam room was different and students merely had an hour's gap between the two examinations."This was meant to be a lunch break but the students were too busy looking out for their exam seat. My child got so tired that she has taken ill," said another parent.
IDOL's public relations officer Ashutosh Rathod said that the seating arrangement had been made at three places because there were so many students.
Deemed univ CET called off
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences in Ahmednagar called off its common entrance test after the late-night Supreme Court order that private colleges and deemed universities cannot conduct their own entrance test. Nearly 3,865 students, who travelled from across the state to the exam centres, were shocked to find the test cancelled. Students who reached exam halls were asked to return and await further communication."We've mentioned that the exam has been deferred and candidates must await further notification..." said Dr Shashank Dalvi, Pravara Institute's vice chancellor.
In Mumbai, students came to Mithibai College for the exam to find it scrapped."All that the university had to do was message us about the updated exam status," said a medical aspirant. TNN

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Husum, 11th September 2017 - In addition to its focus on increasing internationalisation, the leading independent service provider Deutsche Windtechnik will also be presenting its new brand identity at the trade fair Husum Wind 2017. The brand relaunch prominently features large-format photographs of Deutsche Windtechnik employees in their highly specialised working environments as well as the company's refreshed design, which includes a new trademark. The new brand identity is not associated with a strategic realignment of the company. Instead, it underlines the company's fundamental culture of renewal and makes it easier to recognise the brand in an international environment.
"Since its inception, Deutsche Windtechnik has experienced steady growth. We began in Germany, expanded later into other European countries, and in early 2018, our company will be entering the North American market. We have always remained faithful to our beginnings. Despite increasing internationalisation, for example, our company is still called Deutsche Windtechnik. Admittedly, in some countries this can be a language challenge, but at the same time it is also a unique selling point and recognition feature," board member Matthias Brandt said. "We wanted to further strengthen our brand with an even more distinctive brand identity, precisely because we are active internationally. A certain amount of change and consistent development is always part of healthy growth."
New distinctive trademark
In its image element, Deutsche Windtechnik's new trademark contains two symbols of power: the arrow and the cross. They allow a wide range of interpretations, including the gears of a gearbox, the interactive exchange between companies, customers and partners, and the arrow as a symbol of dynamic power and the cross as a symbol for the location of a wind turbine or for reliability. "Everyone is invited to give his or her imagination free reign," Matthias Brandt said.
Focus on employees and corporate values
The brand identity relaunch also includes new editions of the Service Book and Expert Appraiser Handbook, which contain a wealth of specialised information on maintenance topics and showcase the broad range of services offered by Deutsche Windtechnik onshore as well as offshore. Together with the new series of advertisements that was recently launched, the newly redesigned image brochure also uses unique photos of employees and selected text messages to convey the values that the company lives by in its working culture and daily life. These include, for example, respectful and reliable interaction with one another, competence, dedication and strength of action. But fascination and enthusiasm for wind technology also form the understanding that employees have of their roles, and these traits make a significant contribution to the success of the company.


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Federal Reserve Board Chair, Janet Yellen gave her first congressional testimony since Donald Trump became president, giving a different picture of the economy then the president, whose been a vocal critic.
CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.
Fed chief challenges Trump on U.S. economyJanet Yellen testified before a Congress now dominated by Republicans following Trump's election. Yellen was the choice of Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, to oversee the world's biggest economy. CGTN's Owen Fairclough has the story.
President Trump claimed that banking regulations supported by Yellen and designed to prevent another global crisis have been harmful.
"I have so many people, friends of mine that have nice businesses, they can't borrow money. They just can't get any money because the banks just won't let them borrow — because of the rules and regulations," said Trump.
But Yellen showed up for this twice yearly grilling from lawmakers armed with figures to paint a different picture.
"A recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business, which is smaller businesses, indicated that only 4 percent of respondents were unable to get hold of the loans that they needed and the fraction of businesses ranking inadequate access to credit as their main problem stood at 2 percent, which is an extremely low number," said Yellen.
Another point of contention has been Trump's travel bans and plans to build a wall on the Mexican border. Yellen sees problems with restricting immigration.
On the broader economy, the Fed chief thinks conditions continue to favor raising interest rates, reversing years of ultra-low rates aimed at sustaining a fragile recovery.
But she also hinted that Trump's plans to stimulate the economy quickly with huge infrastructure spending and tax cuts may be risky.
Christopher Versace discusses US economy
For more on the state of the U.S. economy and its outlook, CGTN's Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Christopher Versace, a portfolio manager for The Street's Trifecta Stocks.


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It's where you want to be on Saturday night!!
By Patrick Daly
Updated: June 5, 2015
Don't miss one hell of a party at Newcastle West RFC victory dinner dance this Saturday night 6-June-2014 in Woodlands House Hotel. 240 tickets sold and the remaining 60 tickets are selling fast.tickets available at Tommy Kelleher barbers and Niall O'Connors.


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We just returned from a week at Walt Disney World which is famously known as the "Happiest Place on Earth!" But I have to say, it can be grueling for adults AND kids! I saw more tired, sweaty unhappy looking faces in the happiest place on earth, and, at times, I was fighting those feelings too. Luckily, I had a few things prepared to help us make it fun and enjoy our time there too.
1. Research is key! The key to any happy vacation destination is to research where you are going. Gone are the days of fancy free vacationing as a childless couple. Even if you take 20 minutes and look up your destination's kid friendly places and restaurants and list them, you will be so much more ahead. A place like Disney takes a bit more research and planning to be able to do what you want. I was in denial about this and did it at the last minute, but we were still able to hit the high spots and have fun.
2. Lower your expectations. And then, lower them again. If I have heard and experienced it once, I have a thousand times. You take kids to Disney (insert your destination), they have more fun in the hotel swimming pool! Plot out those must see areas at your destination, and then plan for a lot of down time too. Just say to yourself, this won't be our last trip here (if you love it) and then let go of the things you can't just fit in as you go at a (much) slower pace.
3. Bring Refreshments. Everywhere. In our plan to try to save money we packed simple lunches, snacks and water bottles everyday and used our $ to buy the fun stuff like souvenirs, ice cream and the irresistible Dole Whip.
4. Know your weather. Freezing cold? Blazing hot? Make sure you have emergency personal comfort reserves. Jackets, hats, ponchos, sunscreen. My new love are, chilly towels that you wet, snap and wrap around your neck to cool down. AMAZING.
5. Remember why you are there. I wanted my son to see and experience the magic that can happen on our vacation. A time that is just for us as a family uninterrupted by work, household demands and routine. We stayed up late, swam in the pool at night, met Mickey Mouse and rode the Dumbo ride about 400 times. This is what really makes family vacations special.
This can happen in your backyard too, but then you would probably worry about mowing the lawn first!
Happy Summer Everyone!
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text: Hi Bruce ... Thought you would enjoy seeing this incredible picture of Ciganka as we were sailing into Little Harbour, Bahamas cut from the ocean the morning of March 1st. A friend of ours, Captain Bruce on s/v Beacon 1, was sailing out of the cut making his away to the island of Eleuthra with his crew. Someone on board took this picture with his Samsung phone and did not alter it at all. How stunning! Enjoy Linda & Thomas Ciganka SEE all about this Trader 65 that has been chartering for over 20 years TRADER 65 Cargo Ketch boat plans To contact Ciganka for charters go to: www.SailingAdventures.org


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"Of Sales & Sin," Part 2 - In the second episode of our series on consumption taxes, we take a look at California's tobacco tax—where it came from, where its revenue goes, and how we might expect it to change in the future.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Friday, October 30, 2015
Sales Tax
"Of Sales & Sin," Part 1 - In this episode of the Politi-Cal Podcast—the first entry in our series on consumption taxes—we talk about California's sales & use tax, including how it works, who pays it, what purchases are affected (or exempt), and why we should think about reform.
Friday, October 2, 2015
The Politi-Cal Podcast will return shortly. In the meantime, let's take the weekend to reflect & ruminate on the tragedy that befell our friends & family in Oregon. Right now, our neighbors to the north deserve every ounce of love & sympathy we can send their way.
Feel free to share to show your support. #UCCStrong
Thursday, September 17, 2015
On September 9th, California celebrated its 165th year as a state. In honor of the Golden State's birthday, this two-part episode of the Politi-Cal Podcast looks at the history of statehood in California.
This includes how California first became a state and how people have tried (over 200 times) to divide it up into more states since then. These efforts range from serious (that time the state legislature and the governor actually did vote to split up the state) to silly (that time protesters near the Oregon border stopped traffic and handed out flyers proclaiming their independence) to comically bizarre (that time a professional golfer / actor tried to turn a World War II ship into an independent nation / tax-free seafood processing plant off the California coast). Enjoy!
Friday, September 11, 2015
Capital Punishment
In the second episode of the Politi-Cal Podcast, we talk about capital punishment in California. We cover the death penalty's rocky history in modern America, how the practice has changed over time, and ways to address the problems that affect it.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
In the first full episode of the Politi-Cal Podcast, we talk about redistricting in California, how we draw the lines around legislative and congressional districts. We cover its history, its effects, and how recent attempts at reform have changed it for good (and, hopefully, for the better).
Monday, August 24, 2015
Welcome to the Show!
In the inaugural episode of the Politi-Cal Podcast, we talk about what this series is about and what you can expect from it moving forward. Enjoy!
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After last week's Phoenix excursion and the second hummingbird baby flying off into the big world, we took a drive up to the Lower Antelope Canyon to see the stone sculptures. They are on Navajo land outside Page, Arizona, right near Lake Powell.
This area is actually out in the middle of "nowhere," from the point of view of someone with celiac, an auto-immune disease. In this case, you know I am talking about the gardener.
No offense to anything else about the town, but you don't want to get stuck in Page if you have celiac. While we were there I found an old blog post someone had written about just that issue. There is supposed to be an Italian restaurant that serves actual gluten-free food, but it seems pretty apocryphal to me. It was closed for the season when that blogger visited (three years ago), and it was closed on the day we tried to go (Monday). Using my gluten-free app, we drove from place to place–and each restaurant was closed. And to tell you the truth: they didn't look like the sort of places that would be genuinely gluten free. So we went to the only grocery store we could find. Since we had no microwave, I figured I would find some tuna salad for the gardener. Even the tuna salad had wheat flour in it!!! I bought some tough-as-leather chicken pieces and a tub of potato salad that I thought was just awful (tasting as it did of sweet pickle relish), but the gardener was satisfied. We tried two restaurants at the Lake Powell Resort and Marina while we were there. Both times he was glutened, probably by cross-contamination.
To see the stone sculptures you have to take a "hiking tour" through a Navajo company. I was worrying that my foot would develop a sudden, intense pain, as it occasionally does, and that I would hold up the group or at least the gardener. I needn't have worried about too much walking. It's not much walking. Instead, if I had known what it was I probably wouldn't have gone. You go down into the canyon via stairs, ladders, and walking very narrow, very rocky trails. I am afraid of heights and am claustrophobic, but those problems were nothing compared with walking on narrow rocky surfaces.
My reconstructed foot is very fragile. I need a flat enough surface to put my foot down in order to put my weight on it. Otherwise, the rebuilt navicular bone could crack. My tone would be different in this post if that, in fact, had happened. But the only reason it didn't is because the gardener, with his bad shoulder, had to hoist me through these narrow tunnels so that my weight would be on him instead of my foot. I was super careful how I placed my foot each time. Now that I have come through on the other side completely whole, I can say that I am so glad I did it. I wish everyone could see these beautiful natural artistic canvases of rock and light.
Because this is what you experience:
And this:
And this:
This one gives you the perspective of how far down we were.
That afternoon we were exhausted and went on a cruise of Lake Powell.
The way to do Lake Powell is to rent a big houseboat with a large family and/or friend group. Get one with a slide and grill! And explore all the northern canyons. When the kids were in high school, we rented a boat just like that in Lake Mead (closer to Las Vegas and near the Hoover Dam) and took their friends with us. It was such a fun family experience. Though these lakes are sort of "sister lakes," they are quite different. Many people prefer Lake Powell, but it is more solitary and Lake Mead has more of a sporting lake feel to it.
No, zero writing went on this past week. Lots of Perry hugs, though, when we got home. In fact, all the cats were so happy to see us walk in the door!


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Massachusetts Conservation
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first landscaped rural or "garden" cemetery in the United States. Established in 1831 in Watertown and Cambridge, Massachusetts, the cemetery was not only designed as a resting place for the deceased, but also as an attraction and pleasure ground, with picturesque landscapes, winding paths, a variety of horticulture, and sculptural art. Its success inspired other cemeteries' designs and in turn articulated the need for public parks and gardens launching the American parks movement.
In the early 19th century, Dr. Jacob Bigelow's concern that crowded cemeteries in congested urban areas might promote the spread of contagious diseases spawned his idea for Mount Auburn Cemetery. In 1825, Bigelow, a Boston physician and Harvard professor, invited a group of civic leaders to his house and proposed that they establish a new kind of cemetery. Located on the outskirts of the city, the new cemetery would place family burial lots in a landscaped setting filled with trees, shrubs, and flowers. In 1831, Bigelow's idea became a reality when the newly formed Massachusetts Horticultural Society agreed to take a lead role in developing a rural cemetery. They located a 72-acre farm in Watertown and Cambridge that was an ideal location for the cemetery and for an associated experimental horticultural garden. The key feature was a 125-foot central hill that provided spectacular views of Boston and Cambridge.
Henry A.S. Dearborn, President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Association, was largely responsible for the cemetery's design. Influenced by European naturalistic landscape design ideas, Dearborn incorporated ideas from English landscaped parks and the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris into his design for Mount Auburn Cemetery. Working with civil engineer Alexander Wardworth, Dearborn laid out the cemetery with winding roads that followed the natural contours of the land, naturalistic landscaping elements including wooded areas and reflective ponds, and panoramic views from the central hill's summit. Dearborn also established a separate experimental garden at Mount Auburn, planted with many domestic and exotic varieties of fruits, flowers, and vegetables. As news of the garden cemetery spread, horticulturalists from around the world sent gifts of seeds, including magnolia trees from Ohio and vegetable seeds from the London Horticultural Society. These gift plantings became part of both the horticultural garden and cemetery. By the end of the 1830s, Mount Auburn had several hundred trees planted.
The popularity of the new cemetery grew, and new cemetery lots sold quickly. In 1835, the cemetery became a private nonprofit corporation severing its relationship with Dearborn, and the experiential garden ended. The cemetery has continued to embrace horticultural experimentation and high standards of horticultural maintenance and practices as part of its mission.
Mount Auburn Cemetery has played an important role in conservation thinking by creating a designed landscape open to the public. The popularity of the design led to political support for local and regional parks and park systems. Mount Auburn has continued to incorporate conservation ideas over time. By 1870, with the growing interest in Mount Auburn as a destination for birdwatching, the Mount Auburn Trustees established a Committee on Birds that recommended plantings of trees and fruit-bearing shrubs that would attract birds. In the 20th century, Mount Auburn President Oakes Ingalls Ames further developed the cemetery's landscape as an arboretum and a bird sanctuary with his "hands-on" approach to managing the cemetery.
Mount Auburn Cemetery currently has a collection of over 5,500 trees, shrubs and other plants from around the world that cover the 175-acre cemetery. More than half of the trees on the grounds display labels, which give the botanic and common names, the date planted, and the native range of the species. Mount Auburn is also designated as a Massachusetts Important Bird Area. Some current conservation initiatives include planting native New England plants in the Consecration Dell area, managing the four ponds to provide good habitat for wildlife, and practicing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for control of insects.


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Physical songbook of sheet music for all songs on William Joseph's album, Within.
Pianist William Joseph's debut album, Within, mixes instrumental pop, classical compositions, and reworked rock tunes into an atmospheric mélange that seems to be aimed at a middle ground between classical and new age. Most likely appealing to fans of lite-classical artists such as Josh Groban and Jim Brickman, Within features Joseph at the piano backed by strings both real and synthesized as well as a shiny layer of orchestral and programmed beats all via the production wizardry of Grammy winner David Foster. Despite hip crossover attempts with Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir and the soft rock classic "Dust in the Wind," the album works best as a kind of background music as there isn't much difference between his "pop" tunes and such classical standards as "Ave Maria." A crisp technician, Joseph does display a marked intensity on the title track and that coupled with his darkly handsome, matinee idol looks should garner him more interest than this album might have otherwise
1. Within
2. Eternal
3. Stella's Theme
4. Butterflies and Hurricanes
5. Ave Maria
6. Kashmir
7. Homeward Bound
8. Piano Fantasy
9. Se Si Perde Un Amore
10. Dust In The Wind
11. Grace


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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Its Sunday... Time to Relax in the Garden
Posted by Full Bloom Cottage at 8:06 AM
3 comments:
- NanaDiana said...
Loretta- What beautiful, beautiful images! WOW- xo Diana
- September 18, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Atelier de Campagne said...
We enjoyed Sunday in our garden, but we were having an event. Hope you can make it one day Loretta! We had lovely weather and even lovelier people!
- September 19, 2011 at 3:45 AM
- sylvia said...
beautiful, love you blog,
hug from
- September 19, 2011 at 12:16 PM
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Here is an update for Project 365, which I have been doing since the start of this year. It features at least one illustration, for each day of the year. So here is 26th Jan 2013...
It's been a long wait but the Alley Girls book is now in progress! You might remember that I posted some rough designs for these characters some time ago. Here is one of the new characters fully coloured!
And here is a sneaky peek at my designs for different eye shapes for the girls. Can you guess who is who?
This cool dude was a commission I finished on 27th Jan 2013.... He was quickly sketched out some time ago and featured as one of my daily illustrations, do you remember? He's now been finished in Adobe Illustrator!
28th Jan 2013... The next illustration is a simple vector graphic for a client. It too was created in Illustrator.
And yet another vector illustration for a client on this day too! 29th Jan 2013.
While drawing this image I was forced to look at the way I sit at a computer and my posture, I must say I look very similar to the guy below, except I don't wear a tie!
30th Jan 2013...
These 3 faces are quick sketches of some new characters for a client. Hopefully you'll be seeing more of these in the future!
31st Jan 2013...
And here is the first chapter illustrations for ST VIPERS SCHOOL FOR SUPER VILLAINS - due for release later this year. You can head on over to The Viper's blog here to keep up to date with the book's progress!
Here is the illustration for the 1st of Feb, 2012. It is a snapshot from a bigger picture...
And as for today, 2nd Feb 2013, I'm pleased to announce that Timmy's book was finally finished! Here is one page for you, but I will be sure to let you know when the book is out for sale so you can see the rest!
Also a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my nephew who is 3 today.
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Latest News
Fire victim dies 7 weeks after rescue
A Lexington woman who was rescued from a burning home in January died Tuesday night.
Angela Cox, who was Gov. Ernie Fletcher's director of scheduling during his term, was pronounced dead at University of Kentucky Hospital.
On the morning of Jan. 17, Cox, 40, was pulled from her home at 3497 Boston Road by a couple and their sons who were driving by. She suffered extensive burns.
Since the fire, she had been in a coma and had undergone several skin grafts.
She died of complications from the burns, according to the Fayette County coroner.
Cox most recently was the executive assistant to the chief operating officer of Forcht Bank, but she lost her job in November, a friend told the Herald-Leader earlier.
A fund was set up at a bank in Cox's native Knott County to collect contributions.


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Next Winter 2013-2014 Campaign
When the stunning and creative ideology meets the super beautiful bombshells' attractive looks, we get what is called the popular British high street brand Next's next amazing campaign. What is especially specific and spectacular about them is that they offer extremely diverse and multifaceted options for just anytime and anyone. The flabbergasting Next winter 2013-2014 campaign is not an exception, this time featuring the American bombshell Kendra Spears, who looks just dazzling in the photos taken by Victor Demarchelier. Here she appears wearing various garments from camisoles to elegant dresses and jackets.
Talking about the new Next jackets more in-depth, we can start with a cool combination of a sweet rosy-with-peach camisole, topped by a faux fur zipper jacket. This is the case when chic meets sensual drives. The options are later expanded to some casual wear alternatives, featuring a combo of a cute mini length dress topped with a quilted leather jacket. The satin black top, paired with nice and a bit relaxed pants, all within the navy blue tones, is what takes these variants even further. Finally, it's the duo of a sweet peachy wool sweater and skinny leather pants that concludes these drives.
What comes next in the Next winter 2013-2014 collection can be identified with just one keyword "chic'. The third most important flow of ideas goes around the classy dresses, inspired by chic motives and desire to create maximum femininity accentuating silhouettes. The details that contribute to achieving this effect are quite diverse, first presented as great proportions of lace applied to a bordeaux knee length and absolutely to-die-for dress, later transformed into a sassy black option, having an alluring opening at the back, and finally demonstrated as a one-shoulder-off fluffy and glittery bordeaux piece, concluded with a pair of sequined skirt with combined velvet and leather jacket.
So, the next astounding and impressive suggestion of Next, this time also offering some perfectly fresh and girly options is unveiled and handed for our disposal. We just have to look through it and simply get inspired for our next fresh and hot winter looks!
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Mindfulness Training for Addiction Treatment
Mindfulness Training for Substance Abuse and Addiction
Psychology Today defines mindfulness as "a state of active, open attention on the present." When one is engaged in the regular practice of mindfulness, they are able to focus on "the here and now", rather than dwelling on past regrets or future anxieties. The practicer learns to calmly observe passing feelings and thoughts, accept them, and let them go, without self-judgment. Studies have shown that the regular practice of mindfulness has a myriad of benefits, including stress reduction, improvements in working memory, increased focus, less emotional reactivity, cognitive flexibility, and a decreased focus on "the problem". At Serenity Acres we believe that learning to engage in the practice of mindfulness throughout the day can be an invaluable tool in recovery and relapse prevention, as clients learn to handle life on life's terms with serenity and grace.


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Pantanal wetlands near Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Photographs courtesy ofHome,* which is an Elzevir Films-Europacorp co-production.*
We've seen Gucci's Jackie O bag, Balenciaga's gladiator footwear, and YSL's Muse satchel. Next month, those trend-setting fashion houses' parent company, PPR, will introduce its high-end take on the latest "It" accessory: environmental consciousness.
June 5, which is World Environment Day, marks the ambitious release of photographer turned filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Home. Backed by PPR with the resounding support of the company's C.E.O., François-Henri Pinault, the film is an expansion on the director's epic photo project Earth from Above. Intended to be both a love song and global battle cry, Home was filmed from the air above 54 countries over the course of 217 days. (As you would expect, the production's carbon footprint was offset.) The film is being released worldwide in 14 languages and in more than 87 countries at little or no cost to the viewer by premiering simultaneously in theaters and on DVD, television, and the Internet.
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
As Arthus-Bertrand pointed out, Home is an important film because there are six billion intelligent beings on this planet who can be moved to take action. And because we are not only intelligent but also fashionable ones, several PPR brands are unveiling limited-edition, sustainable items in solidarity with the project. A portion of all profits will go to Goodplanet.org, an environmental nonprofit started by Arthus-Bertrand in 2005.
Gucci creative director Frida Giannini unveiled an organic-cotton T-shirt yesterday. Available in men's and women's sizes, it features a natural-dyed combination of the Gucci symbol and Home logo on its front. The back of the T-shirt lists the 54 countries shown in the film.
Boats in the port of Mopti on the Niger River, Mali.
Sergio Rossi will present a sustainable shoe, dubbed the "Eco Pump" on June 5. Around this same time, YSL will roll out a limited-edition collection of T-shirts, tanks, and tote bags in organic cotton. Like-minded jewelry house Boucheron will auction its creation "The Magnetic Quatre," a combination of four types of gold, to benefit the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance, which promotes responsible mining practices. Meanwhile, Bottega Veneta will offer a Home tote bag in select Paris, Milan, and New York stores.
Alexander McQueen will introduce a limited-edition scarf that carries an eerie message on organic cotton. The scarf features an image of the Earth, its continents melded in the silhouette of his famed skulls. And no stranger to environmental advocacy, longtime vegetarian Stella McCartney will host a screening of Home at her West Hollywood store on the film's release date. Other public viewing of the film will take place in New York, Paris, London, and Boston. If you can't make a screening, then we suggest you watch it at, well, home.
To learn more about theHome* project, visit HOME-2009.com.*
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Hyundai Announces a New 10-Speed Transmission for 2014
Chicago, Illinois based Family Hyundai is excited about the future of Hyundais and the creation of a 10 speed transmission. This newly created transmission should have plenty of benefits for performance and efficiency.
by John Koutselas Monday, November 28, 2011
Just when it started to look like the engineers at Hyundai had thought of everything, their expert research and development teams have introduced a revolutionary new transmission design that will change the way automobiles are constructed. It used to be that 5-speed transmissions were the norm. Then, several years ago, a few vehicle manufacturers upped the ante and designed 6-speed transmission systems. Since then, not much has changed until now. Hyundai has just announced that they have developed and tested an unbelievable 10-speed gear box that they will implement in several of their 2014 vehicles. Drivers can get more information on this groundbreaking development and see what other technological innovations Hyundai offers in their current line of 2012 models at Family Hyundai.
Hyundais New 10-Speed Transmission Offers Improved Fuel-Economy and Lower Gas Receipts
Up until now, high-end transmission technology that helps provide a smoother ride, easier shifting, and increased fuel efficiency has been reserved for high-priced luxury automobiles. However, the engineers at Hyundai decided that all of these benefits should be available to a wider range of drivers. Thats why theyve decided to include their 10-speed automatic transmission in the upcoming 2014 editions of the Hyundai Equus and Genesis.
This upgrade is expected to raise fuel efficiency while reducing engine consumption and the resulting carbon-dioxide emissions. What does all of this mean for the typical Hyundai driver? It means theyll be driving in a smarter, more economic vehicle that sports luxury technology without the luxury price tag. It also means a cleaner drive that outperforms other vehicles on the road. This big news is all part of Hyundais dedication to quality and innovation, the same dedication drivers will find at Family Hyundai.
Up-to-Date Hyundai News at Family Hyundai in Tinley Park
With their new 10-speed automatic transmission, Hyundai is showing why they are ahead of the automotive pack, and Family Hyundai wants to show car buyers why they lead the way as the best dealership in Illinois. They have all the most recent news on the hottest vehicles coming off the assembly line, so for more information on this new Hyundai technology or any new Hyundai model, visit Family Hyundai today. Their entire inventory can also be viewed online, along with their hours and directions.
Family Hyundai is a premier dealership in Chicago, Illinois and proudly serves Tinley Park, Orland Park, Matteson, New Lenox, Frankfort, Joliet, and many other communities in the Chicagoland area. Family carries a large selection of new Hyundai vehicles and many used cars, trucks, and SUVs. Stop into Family Hyundai and see how they can assist you with all your automotive needs!
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Personal branding is one of the hot SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) trends for 2017. Having a personal, individual, unique brand helps market your business in multiple ways and therefore it should be included in your search engine optimisation strategy if you want higher domain and website rankings. Personal branding involves building an individual personality and image used for marketing and advertising. It's similar to company branding but it is focused on individual employees through the use of business cards and other media, rather than the company as a whole. You effectively become another outlet for your business brand and encompass the brand advocacy role.
Four benefits of personal branding
Why go to the trouble of designing and running one or more personal brands? Let's walk through some of the benefits.
1. You become the expert in your field and you're able to use your authorship to market the business. Facebook gives more weight to personal content rather than company content and more organisations are expected to follow suit of using the largest social media network in the future.
2. Having personal brands is an excellent way of increasing your reach. You can have more than one per company, each individual author is able to grow their own audience, increasing the total reach of the business as a result.
3. Building user trust is easier with individual brands. Modern consumers are naturally distrusting of corporations. Personal branding gives them a face, a personality and a name that they are more likely to identify with especially if you give out your personal mobile number and direct email address rather than the typical generic contact details. The customers are able to build stronger bonds with the individual, becoming loyal and trusting clients. Ultimately, trust and loyalty results in more sales and grows the business.
4. Market towards each segment of your audience with personal branding and print. Create a personal brand for each segment and target them using individual social media profiles. You need to identify buyers based on their needs and wants. For example if you're a design agency or graphic designer and you seem to work heavily in one particular sector then target your personal branding for that sector. For instance create business cards solely for graphic designing within the law sector if that's the clientele you're targeting, this makes the marketing more personable and more directed for the clients needs which will likely prove to increase conversion rates.
Be unique and relatable
Starting a personal brand is not complicated and it's inexpensive. Create individual brands for yourself and your chosen employees who are happy to be themselves and be advocates for the company. This will help market the company whilst developing personal reputations for your employees. To be successful, each individual brand needs to begin posting content and working on social media marketing and printing to engage with the audience on a regular basis, remember to integrate.
If you're ready to begin your personal branding quest then just before you start its worth checking out one of our previous articles: The Advantages Of Outsourcing Your Business Printing
Also its worth checking out this great piece from Business 2 Community: Why You Need a Personal Brand as a Small Business Owner
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…It is you.
(…this time, it really is.)
I am the one who has to fill the silence. Without meaning to be, I fell into the roll of The Communicator. I guess I am a natural at communication. So much so that, while it is never something I set out to be true, it became what has defined me.


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The minute I was introduced to Bell and Little Bell, I fell in love. I adore the style and the whimsical designs. I already have a long wish-list for our summer attire- it's all just too cute!
Plus perfect for spring break- swoon!
Plus perfect for spring break- swoon!
Anytime I can find an adorable shop that also has mini versions for my girls- I am sold!
These beautiful clothes are just begging for us to spend a day at the beach. Not only are they beautiful, but great quality and a huge range of adorable options.
We are smitten, so excited to share them today!
"Founded in 2000 by Alicia Bell, Bell is a lifestyle brand that captures the beauty and femininity of real women through vibrant prints, clean cuts and immaculate construction. Designed as a collection of ideal pieces for resort and warm weather wear, Bell's unique mix of a feminine Victorian aesthetic with modern tailoring tells a story of whimsy, sophistication and romance. All pieces within the collection are crafted with the utmost attention to detail in the USA, using the highest quality natural cotton fabrics and featuring bold custom prints from India.
The brand takes inspiration from vintage, yet is entirely contemporary. The concept for the Bell shirt is its ability to be customized to each individual using the Bell details to create a unique look. It is the classic tailoring in fine cotton shirting with details such as silk charmuse piping, satin covered buttons and Bell pleated cuffs that are the crucial element which sets Bell apart from the rest. Bell collections are currently available at retailers like Anthropologie.com, AliciaBell.com and independent retailers nationwide from Nantucket to Vail. Pricing for the collection ranges from $150 USD - $400 USD with the majority of the collection retailing under $200 USD. For more information on Bell or to browse the full collection, please visit www.AliciaBell.com."
Use coupon code SPRING20 for 20% off your order.
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* post sponsored by Bell, all thoughts and opinions are my own.


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Design Concept
The design of the Guggenheim Helsinki and its woven landscape are based upon a sensitive and sympathetic approach to the context and nature of Helsinki. The design encourages people to flow within a new cultural core that is linked to the rest of the city, through the port promenade and the pedestrian footbridge to the Observatory Park. This flexible access welcomes not only the visitors but also serves as a key cultural destination for the community.
The museum skyline is composed by independent volumes, highlighted by a landmark tower. These fragmented art exhibition spaces allow strong integration with outdoor display and events, while the lighthouse offers a new perspective over the city. This new museum concept together with the charred timber façade echoes the process of regeneration that occurs when forests burn and then grow back stronger.
Jury Statement
The scheme proposed a collection of linked pavilions, each orientated to respect the city grid, and anchored by a lookout tower. The building would cohere around a covered street landscape that expanded and contracted according to its interaction with the discrete pavilions and is animated by different activities. The Jury found the design deeply respectful of the site and setting, creating a fragmented, non-hierarchical, horizontal campus of linked pavilions where art and society could meet and inter-mingle. The connections between the pavilions have been well considered to permit a continuous gallery experience, if required.
The waterfront, park, and city each had a dialogue with the building yet the forms and materials were distinctive and contemporary, without being iconic. The drawings were imbued with a sense of community and animation that matched the ambitions of the brief to honour both the people of Finland, and the creation of the museum of the future.
It was recognized that further work would be needed to resolve vertical circulation, use of the main terrace, and the construction of the roof, but these issues were considered to be a normal part of design development, and the Jury had confidence in the strength of the design concept. The concept is extremely flexible and is designed to embrace evolving urban, museum, and technological requirements.
Meet the Winners
"Thanks to the bold vision of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the City of Helsinki, the international open competition process offered a unique challenge for practices around the world to partake in this exceptional project. Such events represent great hope for architects. We are delighted and honored to have been selected from among 1,715 entries. We are happy to share this victory with all the people we work with: our staff, our partners, and our clients. This great adventure brought us energy, joy, and dreams. The adventure now continues with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the people of Helsinki, and lovers of architecture and art." — Nicolas Moreau and Hiroko Kusunoki
From left: Jan Wurm, technical team leader, ARUP; Hiroko Kusunoki, Principal, Moreau Kusunoki Architectes; Nicolas Moreau, Principal, Moreau Kusuonoki Architects; Pekka Pakkanen, Architect, Huttunen Lipasti Pakkanen Architects. Photo: Ritta Supperi
Nicolas Moreau and Hiroko Kusunoki founded Moreau Kusunoki Architectes in Paris in 2011. Kusunoki, who earned her degree from the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo, began her career in the studio of Shigeru Ban. Moreau, who trained at the Ecole Nationale d'Architecture de Belleville in Paris, worked in the studios of SANAA and Kengo Kuma. In 2008, Moreau and Kusunoki left Tokyo together, so that Moreau could open Kengo Kuma's office in France. Notable projects undertaken by Moreau Kusunoki Architectes include the Théâtre de Beauvaisis in Beauvais, the House of Cultures and Memories in Cayenne, the Polytechnic School of Engineering in Bourget-du-Lac, and the plaza for the Paris District Court (designed by Renzo Piano) at the Porte de Clichy.
To learn more about Moreau Kusunoki Architectes and their design practice, visit the Checklist blog on guggenheim.org.


text: Andrea Rossi is reporting the testing phase for the one megawatt heat plant housed in a shipping container is now complete. This means a pending report from a "major independent third party certification institute," is underway and reportedly due to be released in about a month. More of this is discussed at Swedish author and journalist Mats Lewan's blog.


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|When We Were Kids
collage/acrylic painted papers on wc paper
image size approx 15 x 18
Friday, May 20, 2016
New Work: When We Were Kids
11 comments:
This has a playful quality and great color! Before reading your text, I knew this was about children`s activities.ReplyDeleteReplies
Children's activities sums it up nicely. I hadn't thought of it that way because I was so keyed in to my own memories. And thank you for the compliment on the color. I struggle to develop my own ideas about color usage so it's good to know that something positive is coming through.
Thank you as always for your observations and support. It's helpful!
I really relate to this work and in my mind I am subtitling it leap of faith. As children I think we take those leaps unaware of what impact they have for us in our futures.ReplyDelete
Another factor I really liked about this work was the color gray. For me that color is a mixture of all the colors or at the very least a mixture of complimentary colors, and therefore replete with innuendo and possible stories.
The action in this piece is key. I feel the movement, that sense of "whatever comes next" and it speaks to the child in me, beautifully reminiscent of who I used to be.Replies
I like that you gave the piece your own title! That's good and just what I want. I like when people ascribe their own meaning to whatever is in front of them. That meaning is just as valid as whatever it was that I meant the piece to say.
And your observations on the gray is quite interesting. Gray is a mixture of the primaries as you wrote and could certainly describe a multi experience viewpoint.
Great insight that you provided for me Carol. I appreciate that very much. Thank you!
I agree about the playful quality that Randall saw, but didn't relate it to a playground...and Carol, above, likes the gray and MY fav is the pink strip....perfectly placed to pop the Mr Green statue forward.ReplyDelete
I think it is great you can create work that gets us all involved with different interpretations. That is pretty powerful stuff!Replies
I love the name that you gave the statue. Mr. Green!! I was laughing when I added that element early on. It's such a goofball thing to do.
That playful quality seems to be coming out in most of these pieces and I have no idea how that is happening. If I tried to do it on purpose I know I wouldn't hit the right notes. It makes me wonder about the parts of ourselves that we are unaware of and how those parts might come out when we are engaged in our hobbies or creative efforts.
And I love that everyone added their own interpretation of what they thought was going on. That is so much better for me personally to have people making up their own minds about the subject of these pieces. It works much better for me than trying to force a particular way of seeing things onto people. Much better!
Thank you as always for your comments. I apprecaiae it very much!
And I mean "appreciate!" Happy fingers!Delete
Dear Libby the feeling I receive from this piece is a special joy. A great tribute to the child in each of us. Love the blues and deep green- makes the eye keep moving in a lovely circular motion. Also loved how you shared your memories of some of your younger years. Hope you have a delightful weekend. Hugs!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Debbie! I am finding that inspiration from these pieces is coming from all sorts of unexpected places. Kind of nice to have some childhood memories to draw on. Glad that the painting seems joyous to you. I think that is a really nice compliment:)Delete
Hope that you had a good week and that things are going well. Thank you for your visit!
This IS a happy piece indeed Libby. It is playful, just like a child on a playground. I often see a presence of water in these abstracts you are doing.ReplyDelete
Happy weekend!Replies
Thanks Lisa! I do tend to include water elements for some reason. I am not a great swimmer but it must be something that interests me since it keeps cropping up. You just never know right? And I love the idea of making happy work don't you? Seems like a great idea:)Delete
Thanks for your visit. I hope you are doing well.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it! I reply back in an email if you are signed in and I can see your address. Otherwise I will post the reply here under your comment. I tend to cut and paste my emails too so that others can experience the back and forth which I think is integral to blogging.


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Friday, 29 May 2009
Tomatoes: Lycopene, Cancer & Heart Attacks
Tomatoes are rich in the antioxidant lycopene that's been linked to reduced rates of cancers, especially lung, stomach and prostate cancers.
A study by the Harvard School of Public Health showed that men that ate 10 or more servings of tomato-based foods a week had a 45% reduced prostate cancer rate.
Lycopene is bound inside cell walls, making it difficult for the body to extract it from raw tomatoes. This explains why cooked tomatoes (ie tomato sauce) seem to be more protective than raw tomatoes or tomato juice- the heat seems to release the lycopene.
Lycopene is also fat-soluble so cooking tomatoes in oil (ie. tomato sauce!) enhances the absorption of the antioxidant.
What's causing some confusion is a study conducted at the Ohio State University on about 200 rats (a good model for human prostate cancer, supposedly). Some rats were fed diets containing whole tomato powder and others were fed rat food fortified with pure lycopene (and, consequently, received more lycopene than the tomato powder group). Reserachers caused prostate cancer in these rats.The rats fed the pure lycopene actually had more tumors and a significantly greater risk of death!
What this study suggests is that there seems to be other components in tomatoes that have a protective effect- the whole food is beneficial whereas isolated lycopene may not be.
It seems that tomatoes may also protect the heart. An Itailan study looked at the diets of 507 heart attack victims and of 478 controls- one of the items on the food frequency questionnaire was pizza. Surprisingly, regular pizza eaters (eating about 500g or just over 1/2lbs pizza a week) were 40% less likely to suffer a heart attack than those who never ate pizza!
Maybe the pizza eaters were eating less high saturated fat hamburgers. Remember that real Italian pizzas are not like the North American meat-lovers-pepperoni-3 cheese- stuffed crust ones- they have a thin crust and are dressed with olive oil, a lot of tomato sauce and some cheese. Another possibility that Dr. Schwarcz proposes is that the tomatoes may be responsible: That yellow stuff around the seeds of tomatoes contain flavonoids that have anti-clotting properties... possibly reducing the risk of heart attacks!
Bottom line: Aim to treat yourself to tomatoes, processed tomatoes or tomato products cooked in oil every day. Stay away from lycopene supplements until more research is done.
Friday, 22 May 2009
Are you a Gastrosexual?
" I made grilled portobello burgers with homemade whole wheat buns, pesto, provolone and roasted red peppers. Hope you don't mind".
A Gastrosexual: A person that cooks as a hobby and uses his/her culinary skills to impress friends and potential love interests. The British Daily Mail looked at a report, the 'Emergence of the Gastrosexual', published by the food company PurAsia. Here are the highlights:
- Gastrosexuals are typically: Male, aged 25-44 and upwardly-mobile.
- The tension between cooking and masculinity has been resolved- it is now perfectly acceptable for men to show a passion for food.
- Key motivations for the Gastrosexual: Self-actualization (cooking as a passion), cooking for praise and cooking to impress and even seduce potential partners.
- 23% of 18-24 year old men say they cook to potentially seduce a partner
- 48% of people say being able to cook makes a person more attractive to them
- In 1961, women spent 10 times as much time in the kitchen as men did. By 2005, although women remained the primary cooks, men started helping out a bit more- women spent only 2 times more time in the kitchen as men did.
- The increase in the number of women working full time post-war has contributed to the rise of the Gastrosexual male.
- 50% of the men surveyed prepared meals using separate ingredients everyday, spending an average of 41 minutes in the kitchen a day.
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Red meat linked with death
A study published in March's Archives of Internal Medicine looked at the meat intake of half a million Americans aged 50-71 for 10 years.
After controlling for age, race, BMI, education, smoking history, alcohol intake, caloric intake, fruit and vegetable intake, vitamin intake, hormone therapy and physical activity, researchers found that the more red meat and processed meat people ate, the higher the mortality risk- in fact, they had a 20-40% increased risk of death. They also had a higher risk of heart disease and cancer.
The participants that ate the most meat were more likely to be of white (non-Hispanic) ethnicity, married, smokers, have a higher BMI, higher caloric, fat and saturated fat intake, have lower education and physical activity levels and lower intakes of fibre, fruits and veggies. Remember, that all these factors were controlled for though.
So, how much meat were they eating? The subjects that are the most meat were eating about 160g red meat or processed meat per day- the equivalent of about a 5 oz steak a day. The ones getting the least meat were eating just under 1 oz a day.
This study adds to what we've already known: red meat and processed meat are major sources of saturated fat which have been associated with high blood cholesterol, heart disease and cancer. Meat has also been shown to be a source of cancer-causing agents which are formed during high-temperature cooking. Processed meats also contain carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Since it's pretty clear that eating a diet rich in red meat and processed meat puts your health at risk, try to limit your intake- there are so many delicious vegetarians options available now... try them! Also replace your red meat with beans and lentil-based meals, fish and/or white meat as often as possible.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Vitamin supplements undo benefits of exercise
First, some facts:
The more sensitive your cells are to insulin, the easier it is for the glucose (sugar) that's in the foods you eat to get used up by your body. When your cells become insensitive or resistant to insulin, the glucose doesn't get used up by your body but instead stays floating in your blood, causing high blood sugar. You body cries out for the glucose it needs to function causing your pancreas to over-compensate and produce even more insulin. This combination of insulin-resistance and insulin over-production by the pancreas leads to diabetes and/or obesity, increased risk of heart disease.
Inhaling oxygen produces free radicals. These free radicals attack the body causing you to age and also causes illnesses like heart disease and cancer and, eventually, death. 2-3% of the oxygen consumed by our cells is converted into free radicals.
When we exercise, we use lots of oxygen, increasing free radical production and all the stuff that goes with that.
Antioxidants are those highly publicized substances found in plant foods like fruits and vegetables that neutralize free radicals.That's why eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is good for you!
The Study:
It seems logical that taking supplemental antioxidants, like Vitamins C and E, would reduce the harmful effects of the free radicals produced during exercise and promote longer life and better health, right?
That's what German researchers thought when they decided to observe 40 young healthy men (half were pretty sedentary and half exercised about 6 hours a week)- randomly assigned, half took a combination of 1000mg of vitamin C (btw, the recommended intake is 75mg and 90mg/day for women and men respectively) and 400 IU of vitamin E (recommended intake is 33 IU/d)- these amounts are commonly found in over-the-counter supplements- for 4 weeks while the other half didn't. Both groups exercised, supervised, 85 minutes a day, five days a week for the 4 weeks of the study (workouts included biking, running and circuit training).
What they Found:
The exercisers NOT taking the antioxidants did have more free radicals floating around in their bodies but had a significant increase in insulin sensitivity (a good thing), as predicted. However, there was no increase in insulin sensitivity in those taking the antioxidants... but there were less free radicals.
It seems that the supplemental antioxidants prevent the health benefits of exercise when it comes to diabetes prevention. According to the authors, the free radicals produced during exercise are actually a good thing as they activate the body's defense systems against exercise-induced stress, allowing it to use carbohydrates (glucose) more efficiently, thus helping to prevent diabetes and possibly other diseases. Taking supplemental antioxidants blocks this process and therefore health promoting effects of exercise.
Bottom Line:
Antioxidants like Vitamins C and E found in food protect our body from damage and help prevent diseases like cancer- this doesn't change. However, taking high doses in supplemental form can be harmful.
As I've said before, if you're healthy and eat a balanced diet that includes a variety of fruits and vegetables, you don't need supplements!
Previous blog entries that drive this point home: Vitamin Supplements Can Kill You & Get Rid of your Multivitamin and Eat Real Food!
Monday, 18 May 2009
Wonder Foods
"Of course there are no wonder foods. There are good diets and bad diets."
Dr. Joe Schwarcz
I'm reading Joe Schwarcz's latest book An Apple a Day: The myths, misconceptions and truths about the foods we eat.
Wonderful read... will blog all about it in the days to come!
Friday, 15 May 2009
Supersized USA
Population: 293,027,571
Percent of population overweight, male/female: 72/70%
Percent of population obese, male/female: 32/38%
Percent of population over the age of 20 with diabetes: 8.8%
Percent of dieting men/women on any given day: 25/45%
Percent of all dieters who will regain their lost weight within 1-5 years: 95%
Caloric intake available daily per person: 3,774 calories
Annual alcohol consumption per person (alcohol content only): 9.6 quarts (~9 liters)
Cigarette consumption per person per year: 2,255
Sugar and sweetener available per person per year: 158 lbs
Soft drink consumption per person per year: 54.8 gallons (~207 liters)
Meat consumption per person per year: 275 lbs
McDonald's restaurants: 13,491
Liposuction surgeries per year: 400,000
Gastric bypass surgeries per year: 150,000
Percent paid by taxpayers for obesity-related medical costs: 50%
Annual spending on dieting and diet-related products: $40 billion
Taken directly from Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Calcium-fortified Doritos and Cheerios is a drug... What's going on?
In Canada, we're awaiting Health Canada's decision to allow the food industry to fortify packaged and processed foods with vitamins and minerals. The decision was supposed to be made end of March but because of division within Health Canada on the merits of fortification, it's been delayed.
Health experts are understandably worried that the proposal will pass and allow junk food manufacturers to add nutrients and market their products as healthy, exacerbating unhealthy eating habits and cause confusion about nutritional benefits of certain foods.
Packaged and processed foods are generally high in calories, sugar, fat, salt, negating any benefit derived from adding some vitamins or minerals to them.
Health Canada stated that its tests on focus groups demonstrated that people are not likely to choose fortified junk food over healthy food... but health experts are skeptical.
The industry group Food and Consumer Products of Canada, representing the majority of packaged foods on the supermarket shelves, argues that fortificaion would allow consumers to more easily meet daily nutritional requriements. That's great but we're not a nation that is nutritonally deficient... given our over-abundance of food. In fact, another concerns is that adding all these vitamins and minerals could lead to an overconsumption of nutients. In order to avoid this, Health Canada claims that the propsed policy will limit the amount of nutrients that can be added to food and won't be left to the the discretion of food manufacturers.
Canada's food industry also argues that the out-of-date and strict fortification policies in Canada make it difficult for them to keep up with other countries and develop innovative food products. Moreover, given the fact that the US allows more products to be fortified, harmonization would cut production costs. Maybe, but doesn't make it right.
The Americans are also more liberal in their labeling laws, something that's finally getting a bit more scrutiny. The FDA has taken action against General Mills for its misleading claims that Cheerios can reduce "bad" cholesterol levels by 4% in 6 weeks and ward off heart disease and cancers of the colon and stomach. (These claims don't appear on Canadian boxes because we're more strict with our labeling laws).
In its letter to General Mills, the FDA states that if the cereal does as indicated, it's acting like a cholesterol-lowering drug and should therefore be treated like a drug- and can't legally be marketed with the claim without an approved new drug application.
Hopefully Health Canada will make the right decsion and not allow fortification of packaged and processed foods... fingers crossed!
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Diet Myth #2: Eating at night results in weight gain
A review of the research indicates that eating late dinners or snacking at night will not lead you to gain weight faster. Rather, it's the total number of calories you eat in a day that matters... it makes no difference when those calories are eaten.
A 2006 study published in Obesity Research observed rhesus monkeys (supposedly an excellent model for humans) fed a typical North American diet for a year. The monkeys' eating patterns varied greatly- they ate between 6-64% of their calories at night. The monkeys that ate the majority of their calories at night did not gain more weight than those that ate more during the day.
Human studies have found the same thing.
That said, we do recommend you spread your calories throughout the day:
Eat breakfast to rev up your metabolism and break that fast and eat every 4-6 hours to keep your body and brain fueled and to regulate your appetite. If you do get hungry at night, stick with portion-controlled snacks of less than 200 calories- ie. small bowl of cereal, fruit, air-popped popcorn, yogourt, whole grain toast with peanut butter etc.
If you find yourself restricting your food intake all day and eating the majority of your calories at night, talk to your doctor. Night-Eating Syndrome, although not officially defined as an eating disorder yet, is a form of binge eating and is becoming more understood by the medical community.
Symptoms include:
- Little or no appetite for breakfast.
- Eating more than half of one's daily food intake after dinner. This behaviour continues over a period of at least three months.
- Feeling tense, anxious, upset or guilty while eating.
- Having difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep.
- Eating continually in the evening rather than bingeing in relatively short episodes.
- Experiencing guilt and shame from eating rather than enjoyment.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Does sugar make us fat?
Sugars are simple carbohydrates composed of a single sugar (ie. glucose, fructose) or 2 sugars together (table sugar, sucrose, is made of glucose linked to fructose).
In comparison, starch is a complex carbohydrate- made of lots of glucose molecules linked together in very long chains.
The long chains can't be absorbed by the intestine but have to be broken down to single units of glucose to be useable. Simple carbohydrates, though, are readily useable. But do they make us fat?
We know that a calorie is a calorie. Excess calories from sugar will lead to weight gain, just like extra calories from protein or fat. However, when you eat too much glucose at a time, the body can't handle it. What happens is that your pancreas makes too much insulin. Insulin is supposed to take the glucose and put it in your body tissues so it can be used. When there's too much insulin though, it grabs all your available glucose, including the little bit that's supposed to stay in your blood. The result is that your blood sugar drops and you feel hungry. You then eat more and those extra calories will lead to weight gain.
Moreover, your muscles cells start to resist taking in the excess glucose resulting in that excess getting stored as fat.
So yes. Eating too much simple sugars does put you at risk for weight gain.
Fibre slows down the absorption of glucose which is why a high fibre diet- a diet rich in vegetables, fruit and whole grains- prevents heath problems.
The Glycemic Index ranks foods according to how quickly they break down to glucose. Click here to read more about Glycemic Index from a previous blog entry.
In general, highly processed starchy foods- crackers, pretzels, cookies- and sugary foods- sodas, candies, desserts, sugary cereals- have no fiber and will cause havoc for your metabolism, providing a huge influx of glucose.
How much sugar is too much sugar?
Per day, it's recommended that less than 10% of your total calories come from added sugars (this doesn't include sugar found naturally in fruits and plain milk). In a 2000 calorie diet, that means you should be aiming for less than 50 grams (about 10 teaspoons) of added sugar a day. The average American eats double that a day.
Sweet tips to limiting your sugar intake
Avoid or cut back on non-diet soft drinks. A 12 oz can of Coke has practically your daily limit of added sugars, 40 grams!!
Watch out for fruit 'drinks', 'beverages', and 'cocktails'- they contain very little real fruit juice and a lot of sugar.
Limit candy, cookies, cakes, pies, doughnuts, granola bars, pastries and other sweet baked goods- eat fruit instead. Desserts in restaurants, with their huge portion sizes, have a large amount of added sugar. A medium chocolate milkshake at McDonald's has a whopping 111g sugar!
Remember that 'fat-free' does not mean 'sugar-free' or 'calorie-free' .
Look for breakfast cereals with less than 10 grams (ideally less than 8 grams) of sugar per serving- read the label!
I found this cool site, sugarstacks.com , that shows us how much sugar there are in some foods. Pretty eye-opening!
They use sugar cubes- 1 cube is equivalent to 1tsp or 4grams.
Friday, 8 May 2009
Julie & Julia
Foodie: An amateur who not only loves food, but is interested in it. Interests and activities of a foodie include the food industry, wineries and wine tasting, food science, cooking & baking, restaurant opening and closings, food fads and health and nutrition.
A foodie will never answer "what are you eating" with "I don't know".
I guess I'm a foodie...
This movie, about a famous chef and a foodie & blogger, looks amazing! Here's the excerpt from the project this movie was based on:
The Book:
"Mastering the Art of French Cooking". First edition, 1961. Louisette Berthole. Simone Beck. And, of course, Julia Child. The book that launched a thousand celebrity chefs. Julia Child taught America to cook, and to eat. It's forty years later. Today we think we live in the world Alice Waters made, but beneath it all is Julia, 90 if she's a day, and no one can touch her.
The Contender:
Government drone by day, renegade foodie by night. Too old for theater, too young for children, and too bitter for anything else, Julie Powell was looking for a challenge. And in the Julie/Julia project she found it. Risking her marriage, her job, and her cats' well-being, she has signed on for a deranged assignment.
365 days. 536 recipes. One girl and a crappy outer borough kitchen.
How far will it go? We can only wait. And wait. And wait…..
The Julie/Julia Project. Coming soon to a computer terminal near you....And now to a theater near you August 7th!
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Today is International No Diet Day!
The International No Diet Day, started by British feminist Mary Evans Young in 1992, is a celebration of body acceptance and body shape diversity and a day dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers of dieting.
The Body Image Coalition recommends:
- Celebrate your natural size, eat well and be physically active every day
- Pay others a compliment based on something other than weight-related qualities
- Don't compare your body to others
- Avoid fad diets and eat healthily
- Help young people understand that the image of beauty portrayed in the media are not normal.
Disappointment with diets shouldn't come as a surprise. I've blogged about the lemonade diet recently. There's the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet, the Subway diet, the Scarsdale diet (promising 1 lbs weight loss a day!), the cookie diet. The list goes on. The fact is, you'll lose weight if you follow these diets... at least for a little while. However, the more restrictive the diet, the more hungry you'll be and the more you'll crave once-favourite foods you've given up. You'll inevitably "cheat", leading to feelings of failure and hopelessness and, in turn, you'll most likely give up on all weight loss strategies, including the good ones like exercise.
A healthy sustainable diet with lots of choices, few (if any) restrictions and no 'special foods' that's not only good for your waistline but for your heart, bones, brain, colon and psyche is what will help you meet your goals and keep you happy and healthy for a lifetime.
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Watch out for The Joy of Cooking too much!
I just received the Mindless Eater newsletter put out by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab Team (founded by Brian Wansink, author of the great eye-opening book Mindless Eating) in which they report a study they did published in the Feb 09 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine. The group looked at 14 of the 18 recipes that appear in each edition of the very popular cookbook The Joy of Cooking throughout its 70 year history and found that the caloric content of the recipes increased by about 43.7% ! Furthermore, 17 of the 18 recipes showed an average of 63% increase in caloric content per suggested serving.
The authors found that in 1936, the average calories per recipe was 2124 and about 268 calories/serving. In 2006, the average calories per recipe rose to 3052 and about 436 calories per serving!
The recipes the team look at included macaroni & cheese, beef stroganoff, brownies, sugar cookies and apple pie. The caloric content increase is due to:
Changes in serving sizes.
What served 7 in 1936 served only 4 people in 1986!
In 1997, the basic waffle recipe made 12 six-inch waffles The same recipe in 2006 make 6 waffles.
The use of higher calorie ingredients.
For example, in the 1997 edition, the beef stroganoff recipe called for 2 Tbsp sour cream. The 2006 edition called for 1 cup!
Wansink points out that people often blame eating out for weight gain, but what we eat and do at home may be equally bad.
What can you do?
Rather than adhering to the cookbook's serving size suggestions, use your judgement. A recipe that claims to serve 4 can probably easily serve 6 or more. Make those brownies or cookies smaller. That cake recipe can be cut into 18 slices insted of 12 etc.
Don't feel that you need to follow a recipe to the letter. Use lower fat ingredients, ie. skim milk instead of 2% milk, low fat sour cream, lean meats. I always cut the sugar they ask for in half. Don't pack down the brown sugar. I replace at least 1/2 of the all-purpose flour (usually all of it) with whole wheat flour. I always use less fat. You can replace some of the oil they ask for in baked good with applesauce. Use less chocolate chips. Use less meat and add more vegetables. etc.
Beth Wareham, editor of the 2006 edition of the Joy of Cooking, even states that " in putting together the latest edition, writers and recipe-testers used their common sense in terms of ingredients and serving sizes, and they figured readers have some common sense of their own. "
Sunday, 3 May 2009
The 100 Mile Diet: Local Eating for Global Change
I recently finished the book the '100 Mile Diet: A year of local eating' and I highly recommend it- it will change the way you think about what you eat. The book has spurred a phenomenon (I actually blogged about the movement this time last year!), enticing many to move towards a local-based diet and even inspiring a TV show- The Canadian Food Network hosts the 100 Mile Challenge in which the Canadian authors of the book, partners Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon, challenge 6 families from Mission, British Columbia, to follow a 100-Mile Diet for 100 Days.
Not long ago, I blogged about another book that had a similar effect on me: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. (As I mentioned in that blog, if you don't have the time to read the book but have a free hour, check out Pollan's great lecture in which he covers the main point of his book by clicking Here). Equally inspiring but written in a completely different format, the authors of The 100 Mile Diet take turns writing the chapters of their memoir, sharing their experience of eating only foods within a 100 mile radius of their apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Alisa and James bring us through their very personal journey over their year: their daunting realization of what they wouldn't be able to eat (sugar, coffee, chocolate, chips, peanut butter, orange juice, Cola, canned soup, oreos, Ben & Jerry's, beer, Cheerios, all-purpose flour...), dealing with the monotony of eating a lot of potatoes during their first winter and their relationship troubles to discovering the joys of making a great meal from scratch using ingredients of known origin, learning how different and wonderful fresh food tastes, developing relationships with local growers (and with their food) and finally becoming completely self-sufficient on local foods... All while making their readers feel that they if they could do it, so can we.
Why should we aim to eat locally? The authors explain that we're so separated from our food and value it so little, even ignoring the huge impact eating factory-produced foods and foods shipped from across the country (or the world) has on our environment and our health:
A few facts from the book:
- The food we eat typically travels 1500-3000 miles before landing on our plate.
- A regional diet consumes 17 times less oil and gas than a typical diet based on food shipped across the country.
- The United States has lost 2/3 of its farms since 1920.
- Soft drinks, sweets and alcoholic beverages account for 25% of all calories consumed in America. Meanwhile, Americans eat half as many servings of vegetables recommended- 50% of the vegetables eaten include just 3: iceberg lettuce, potatoes and canned tomatoes.
The group Food & Water Watch just posted a great Virtual Grocer that allows you to find out where the food you buy comes from. Try it! It's so interesting.
For example, did you know that if you buy a kiwi in the States, there's a 4 in 5 chance it's imported- most likely from Chile or New Zealand. Asparagus? 57% of the asparagus sold in the States comes from Peru.
What can you do to eat more locally?
Start small- aim to try making one local meal a week, for example.
Find the farmer's market nearest to you and make it part of your weekly food shopping.
Consider joining a CSA- Community Supported Agriculture- allowing you to support a specific local farm by paying a lump sum at the beginning of the growing season and then receiving that farm's food products (whatever is in season) year-round. If you're in the States, Local Harvest is a great resource to find a local CSA; In Canada, click Here.
Buy local produce in bulk and learn how to preserve it. Click Here for more info on preservation.
Try planting a small vegetable garden!
Friday, 1 May 2009
Diet Myth #1: Fat makes you fat
It's almost summer, time to get bikini-ready, and the perfect time to debunk some of those diet myths!
Nope. Dietary fat does not make you fat.
- Randomized weight loss studies show little net weight change after a year of following a low fat diet- although people on the low fat diets generally lost 2-4 lbs after a few weeks, they also tended to regain that weight while continuing with the diet.
- In European country-to-country surveys , women eating the least amount of fat were the most likely to be obese while those with the higher fat intake were least likely to be so. (For European men, there was no relation between fat intake and obesity).
- In the United States, the gradual reduction of the fat content of the average diet from 40% of total calories to about 33% has been accompanied by a gradual increase in the average weight and a dramatic increase in obesity rates.
Bottom line:
The fat in your diet doesn't make you fat. You gain weight when you eat more calories (whether coming from carbs, protein or fat) than you burn off.
The goal is to cut back on bad fats (saturated and trans fats) and increase good fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats).
If you're already on a low fat diet, think about replacing some of those carbs with unsaturated fats.
An added benefit of replacing saturated fats and carbs in your diet with unsaturated fats is that your risk of coronary heart disease and stroke will decrease by :
- Lowering your "lousy" LDL cholesterol, - Preventing the increase of your triglycerides (fat in your blood),
- Reducing development of erratic heartbeats, the main cause of sudden cardiac death,
- Reducing the tendency for arterial blood clots to form.


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Haleigh Poutre's mother seeks documents from DSS
Lawyers for the biological mother of 14-year-old Haleigh Poutre, who nearly died in her adoptive home from alleged child abuse, yesterday asked a Suffolk County Superior Court judge to force state officials to turn over two key documents that they say will show the girl was wrongfully removed from her first home.
She should never have lost custody, said Wendy Murphy, a lawyer representing Allison Avrett of Agawam in a lawsuit seeking $12 million from the state.
Murphy is seeking two child-protection reports held by the Depart8ment of Social Services that were part of the states case alleging Avrett was an unfit mother.
Lawyers from the attorney generals office, who are representing the Department of Social Services, asked Judge Linda Giles to dismiss the entire case, saying that Avrett voluntarily consented to allowing her older sister, Holli Strickland, to adopt Haleigh at age 7 and that Avrett no longer has legal standing to seek redress on behalf of 8Haleigh for what happened to her.
The judge said she would rule later.
Avretts case is one of many lawsuits filed since Haleigh lapsed into a coma in fall 2005. Prosecutors say she was brutally beaten by Strickland and her husband, 8Jason Strickland, in Westfield.
Avrett acknowledges that she was a troubled single mother, but she said she was never accused of directly harming Haleigh and should not have been pressured by DSS into surrendering Haleigh to her sister. Avrett has said that DSS naively believed her sisters fabricated story that Haleigh was being abused by Avretts boyfriend.
Avrett argued that if DSS had reunified her with Haleigh, the child would have been safe.
The girl has since emerged from the coma and is being treated at a rehabilitation hospital.
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When we talk of maintaining skin and beauty, Shea butter is always a part of the discussion, probably because it is generally utilized in beauty products especially for the skin. It is edible, but women find this fat works far better on their skin than on their food.
Shea butter's magic started spreading as early as in Cleopatra's time. She was known for her obsession for beauty and had caravans of Shea butter delivered for her hair and skin regimen.
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Professional Negligence
For many years Nigel Pepper has been a member of the Law Society Negligence Panel. In this role the Law Society has referred clients of other solicitors to him for advice as to whether or not they have been the victims of professional negligence by their solicitors.
Nigel Pepper is also a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association, an Association which pools resources and seeks to grow the expertise of its members in this field.
Examples of cases in which we have been involved are the following:
- Obtaining compensation for the Estate of a miner who contracted lung disease from his exposure to coal dust where the solicitor who had been instructed failed to meet time limits and the right to claim compensation from the Coal Board was accordingly lost. In this case we worked closely with Pannone & Co who were able to provide expert advice as to the compensation which would have been obtained but for the default of the solicitor who had been instructed to handle the case.
- A claim against an insurance broker who, it is alleged, failed to advise upon the meaning and effect of the terms of a policy so that the insurer avoided liability to make a payment for non-compliance with the terms of the policy after the event giving rise to the claim had occurred.
Contact Nigel Pepper or Patrick Farrington in our Stafford office on 01785 211411.