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This guide begins by describing the problem of elder physical and psychological abuse and reviewing factors that increase its risks. It then identifies a series of questions to help you analyze your local elder abuse problem. Finally, it reviews responses to the problem and what is known about these from evaluative research and police practice.
Elder physical and emotional abuse are but two components of the larger set of problems related to maltreatment of vulnerable persons. This guide is limited to addressing the particular harms created by elder physical and emotional abuse. Related problems not directly addressed in this guide, each of which requires separate analysis, include:
Some of these related problems are covered in other guides in this series, all of which are listed at the end of this guide. For the most up-to-date listing of current and future guides, see www.popcenter.org.
Elder physical and emotional abuse are two types of elder maltreatment that frequently occur simultaneously. The National Center on Elder Abuse defines physical abuse as "the use of physical force that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment."1 Physically abusive acts include hitting, kicking, shaking, and a number of other acts. Emotional abuse (also known as psychological abuse) is defined as "the infliction of anguish, pain, or distress through verbal or nonverbal acts."2 Harassment, making threats, and intimidation are examples of emotional abuse. In some states emotional abuse of persons receiving formal health care is specified as illegal by statute. In Delaware, for example, a statute outlaws emotional abuse under this definition: "ridiculing or demeaning a patient or resident, making derogatory remarks to a patient or resident or cursing directed towards a patient or resident, or threatening to inflict physical or emotional harm to a patient."3
The first National Elder Abuse Incident Study found that approximately 450,000 older persons reported experiencing abuse or neglect in 1996.4 A later national study found that about 565,000 older persons reported experiencing abuse or neglect in 2003, with abuse substantiated in about one-third of those cases.5 Physical abuse made up about 11 percent of the substantiated cases and emotional abuse about 15 percent. Elder neglect, financial exploitation, and self-neglect made up the bulk of the remaining cases.
These figures underestimate the extent of elder physical and emotional abuse. Some older victims are unable to report their victimization because of cognitive impairments, and others are reluctant to report their mistreatment for one or more of the following reasons:
Less than a third of elder physical abuse victims contact the police about their victimization.7
Even though emotional abuse is the most frequent type of elder maltreatment—estimates suggest that approximately one in twenty older persons are emotionally/psychologically abused each year8—victims are especially unlikely to report emotionally abusive acts, primarily because there are no visible injuries and they may fear the consequences of reporting.9
It is commonly estimated that between one and two million individuals are victims of elder abuse in the United States each year.10 In domestic settings, estimates from the National Elder Mistreatment Study suggest that about one in 62 older persons, or about 575,000 in all, experience physical abuse each year.11 As the number of elderly persons living in the United States continues to grow, these numbers are likely to increase in the future. The percentage of people living in the United States who were elderly increased 15.1 percent between 2000 and 2010. A higher proportion of elderly persons now lives in the United States than at any time in its history.12
Regarding abuses occurring in institutional settings, a survey of nursing assistants from 10 nursing homes participating in an abuse prevention training program found that roughly one in six reported engaging in physically abusive behaviors and about half reported yelling at residents in the previous 30 days.13 There is some evidence that for-profit homes have more abuse complaints than nonprofit homes.14 Larger facilities also have a higher rate of complaints. While some have suggested that living in a nursing home is a risk factor for physical and emotional abuse, an estimated 90 percent of abuse cases reported to adult protective services (APS) occur in domestic settings.15
A survey of nursing assistants found that one in six reported engaging in physical abuse and about half reported yelling at residents.
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In both domestic and institutional settings, females are more likely than males to experience elder abuse.16 Males are more likely to abuse males and females are more likely to abuse females.17 Regardless of gender, among older crime victims, more than half have experienced both physical and emotional abuse.18 Among older women who experienced physical abuse, 95 percent also experienced psychological abuse.19 In addition, these acts do not occur just once; instead, they often re-occur among those victims who experience abuse.
In long-term-care settings, the majority of physical and emotional abuse is committed by nurse's assistants.20 Part of the reason that assistants have higher rates of abusive behavior is simply that they have more contact with residents than other staff. Another reason may be that the licensing and educational requirements for nurse's assistants are much lower than they are for nurses, physicians, directors, and other long-term-care staff.21
Laws of various kinds define elder physical and emotional abuse or prescribe the legal interventions available in these cases. These laws include:
Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia define elder maltreatment laws in their protective services legislation.23 Emotional abuse is prohibited in the APS statutes of 42 states.24 Some states have laws requiring APS workers and the police to share information on certain types of cases.25
Both elder physical and emotional abuse can have a devastating impact on victims, their family members, and communities. The consequences of these offenses include:
Researchers have only recently begun to explore the ties between mortality and elder abuse. One study found that elder abuse victims are about three times more likely to die prematurely than non-abuse victims.29 It is believed that many elder homicides are misclassified as deaths due to natural causes.
Understanding the factors that contribute to your problem will help you frame your own local analysis questions, determine appropriate effectiveness measures, recognize key intervention points, and select appropriate responses. This guide identifies the most common factors contributing to elder physical and emotional abuse. In some instances, additional factors may lead to abuse. After working with the various stakeholders involved in the collaborative response to elder abuse, law enforcement personnel will be able to identify risk factors that may not be addressed in this guide.
Elder abuse researchers and criminologists have cited various explanations for elder physical and emotional abuse. These explanations are easily understood through an examination of vulnerable targets, offender motivations, the absence of guardianship, and community and cultural factors.
Not all older persons experience victimization. Certain factors increase an older person's risk. Two commonly cited risk factors are the presence of Alzheimer's/dementia and dependency. Providing care to individuals with Alzheimer's and related forms of dementia is especially challenging and may increase the odds of committing abusive acts. In some situations, caregivers react to violent behaviors initiated by the individual with dementia, while in others the caregiver's aggression is tied to the strain that caregivers experience. Approximately one in ten caregivers of those with dementia reported physically abusing the individual in their care.30 Spouses are more likely to be violent toward care recipients who suffer from dementia, especially if they live in the same residence and if the care recipient sometimes hits the caregiver or is otherwise disruptive.31
Older individuals' dependence on their relatives has also been cited as a factor that makes them more vulnerable. Gerontologists use the phrase "generational inversion" to refer to the process by which older individuals lose their independence and become more dependent on relatives who once depended on them. The dependence can be emotional, logistical, or financial.32 Elders with cognitive impairments are especially dependent on others and this dependence increases the risk of victimization. About one-fourth of those dependent on others have experienced elder emotional abuse.33
The nature of the dependence may influence the victim's decision to contact the police. Being dependent on another person for care may cause victims to think about the consequences of not having the offender present to provide care. Dependence on a spouse for care inhibits older persons from reporting physical or emotional abuse by that person.34 Dependency varies across older persons. As a group, elderly persons are not nearly as dependent on younger persons as some may believe. Older people who report being mistreated are especially able to maintain independence in the criminal justice system and do things that make the system work for their interests.35
Offender motivations refer to factors that increase offenders' likelihood that they will be physically or emotionally abusive toward older persons. Offender motivations for committing elder abuse include the following:
The more socially isolated older individuals are, the more at risk they are for physical abuse.45 Socially isolated individuals are less likely to be protected by loved ones, public safety professionals, or other potential guardians. Isolation is so problematic in elder abuse cases that some have argued that when individuals actively isolate older persons to gain power and control over their lives, this amounts to emotional abuse.46 It is also argued that the isolation found in long-term-care settings may place residents at a higher risk for maltreatment.47
Community and cultural factors also contribute to elder physical and emotional abuse. In some cities, high poverty rates contribute to unemployment, which leads to adult offspring living at home with their aging parents. As noted, having unemployed adults live at home with aging relatives is a risk factor for elder maltreatment. In addition, residents providing care to Alzheimer's patients in disadvantaged areas are less likely to accept formal services, which may place them at a higher risk for maltreatment.48 Also, services available for older victims vary across rural and urban communities.49 Fewer services not only put individuals in some communities at higher risk for victimization, but the consequences of victimization are more difficult to address when certain services are not available.
Community factors also bear on institutional abuses. Urban areas, for example, have been found to have higher abuse rates in nursing homes.50 This difference potentially stems from the higher crime rates found in urban areas, and the difficulties of finding appropriate staff for these positions in these communities. In addition, nursing homes are distributed unequally across cities, making it more difficult for some loved ones to act as de facto guardians by visiting their aging relatives.
Cultural factors may also promote elder abuse. Cultures with high respect for the elderly have lower elder abuse rates.51 Cultures that devalue the elderly, in turn, promote values and behaviors that place older persons at risk. Ageism refers to attitudes or practices that systemically discriminate against the elderly population. Ageist attitudes foster abusive behaviors. In addition, a culture's level of altruism (willingness to help others) is tied to elder abuse. For example, institutional abuses have been tied to a culture's willingness to devote scarce financial resources to help those in need. The more charitable counties are, the lower their rate of institutional abuses.52 Similarly, putting profit (a cultural value) before high-quality health care places older individuals at risk for patient abuse.
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Jun-23-08 COAH TO HOST INFORMATION SESSIONS ON NEW THIRD ROUND RULES
TRENTON, N.J. – The Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) will host a series of regional information sessions for municipal officials, attorneys and other interested individuals to provide an overview regarding the revised third round rules. The first session will take place in Mullica Hill on Tuesday, June 24. All sessions are open to the public.
The sessions will cover various topics, including: the COAH process, COAH's third round requirements, elements of a petition for substantive certification, and the types of affordable housing eligible for COAH credit. Six different sessions will be held across the state from June 24 until July 21. Each session will last from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. A full schedule of session dates is listed below.
COAH adopted its revised third round rules and methodology on May 6. The new rules, which went into effect on June 2, 2008, continue to use a growth share approach which bases municipal affordable housing obligations on market-rate residential and non-residential growth. The rules establish a need of 115,000 units of affordable housing through 2018 (up from 52,000 in the previous rules) and will play a key role in Governor Corzine's commitment to provide 100,000 units of affordable housing over ten years. Additionally, as a result of the over 4,800 public comments received regarding the new rules, COAH has also proposed a series of amendments. The complete list of amendments was published in the June 16 NJ Register and will be open for a 60-day public comment period, which will end on August 15.
The rules establish a new growth share ratio of 1 affordable unit among 5 units and 1 affordable unit for every 16 jobs (previous ratios were 1 among 9 and 1 for every 25 jobs) and return to the previous age-restricted cap of 25% of a municipality's total obligation.
The revisions are the result of a January 25, 2007 New Jersey Appellate Court decision affirming many aspects of COAH's third round rules, invalidating others, and remanding certain issues to COAH for rulemaking. COAH unveiled the revised rules in December of 2007. During a 60 day public comment period, which ended on March 22, 2008, over 4,800 comments from 600 individuals and groups were submitted to COAH. COAH staff reviewed, analyzed and responded to all of the submitted comments.
As a direct result of this public input, COAH proposed several amendments to the new rules. They include: the deadline for municipalities to submit affordable housing plans to COAH has been amended to December 31, 2008; municipalities that approved affordable housing projects between 2004 and 2008 will receive a one-for-one bonus for each affordable housing unit approved; municipalities that include affordable housing units in smart growth areas near transit or those that include affordable housing units in redevelopment areas will receive a one-third bonus for every affordable unit approved; the number of jobs generated by warehouse construction will be reduced from 1.5 to 1 job per 1,000 square feet; COAH's vacant land analysis will be revised to incorporate new DEP spatial data to expand the definition of C-1 streams, remove environmentally sensitive lands from current sewer service areas and recompute the development capacity of lands supported by septic systems pursuant the pending DEP Water Quality Management Act Rule; and the use of recently released Highlands spatial and other data to recompute the development capacity of lands in the Highlands Planning Area. The revisions in vacant land analysis will result in a revised estimate of 1,012,692 acres of unconstrained vacant land in New Jersey.
COAH, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, facilitates the production of sound, affordable housing for low and moderate income households by providing the most effective process to municipalities, housing providers, nonprofit and for profit developers to address a constitutional obligation within the framework of sound, comprehensive planning.
Further information on COAH's revised rules is available by logging on to http://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/coah/.
Sessions Dates & Locations
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Gloucester County Library
389 Wolfert Station Road
Mullica Hill, New Jersey
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Warren County Technical School
Performing Arts Center
1500 Route 57
Washington, New Jersey
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Ocean County Library
Mancini Hall
101 Washington Street
Toms River, New Jersey
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Wayne Public Library
461 Valley Road
Wayne, New Jersey
Monday, July 14, 2008
East Brunswick Public Library
Meeting Rooms 2 and 3
2 Jean Walling Civic Center
East Brunswick, New Jersey
Monday, July 21, 2008
Atlantic County Library
40 Farragut Avenue
Mays Landing, New Jersey

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Page Six is reporting that Demi Moore will be filing divorce papers imminently. Ashton Kutcher already filed in December. They're fighting over cash money. Apparently it's taking so long because Ashton made a lot of it while they were married and doesn't want to hand over a fair share. According to sources, pro-Demi, obviously, she had hoped to keep the situation private, but Ashton being so obstinate, she's no choice but to threaten the prospect of a trial.
On the one hand…
Oh my God, you're not poor, get over it. Bruce Willis will never let you go hungry.
On the other…
Ashton Kutcher was arguably only elevated to the status he holds now BECAUSE of his relationship to Demi Moore. Before that, come on, he was hanging out with Diddy and making movies with Tara Reid. His inclusion on the A List had everything to do with Demi's profile. Which has everything to do with earning potential. So…isn't it only fair that she sees a cut of it? Your thoughts?
I've been procrastinating from a lot of work lately, hiding in bed and pretending my deadlines don't exist. Netflix is really, really great with that. Last night, on a break from House Of Cards, in the mood for some dumbness, I clicked on No Strings Attached. Because I like Natalie Portman when she's being funny. When she motions like she's swinging her dick around, it cracks me up every time. I wondered while watching though where Ashton was, personally, when he was making this film, a film about a single guy trying to hook up, which is what most of his movies are about. And while acting is acting, he's most convincing in these parts because, well, that's how we saw him/see him, even when he was a husband and stepfather, either as a result of his own presentation off camera or because we can't separate how believable he was in those roles. Consciously or subconsciously, was there any transfer there between fact and fiction? Or a subliminal desire to make those stories almost autobiographical?


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Happy 6th Birthday, iPhone!
It was exactly six years ago to the day when Apple's iPhone made its debut in the U.S. market. More than 356 million iPhone sales later, this smartphone has become a worldwide tech staple, a recognizable cultural icon and a product that's transformed the Cupertino company's business.
Online statistics portal Statista chronicled the iPhone's six-year journey in the infographic below.
Since the first iPhone model became available on June 29, 2007, the device has been through more than five updates, with the most recent iteration — the iPhone 5 — released in September, 2012. With each update, the latest iPhone generated a media frenzy and long lines at Apple stores across the world.
In the second quarter of 2013, the iPhone was single-handedly responsible for raking in half of Apple's revenue. In fact, with $22.96 billion in revenue for the quarter ending March 31 of this year, Apple's iPhone business alone is larger than giants like Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Walt Disney ($20.49 billion, $11.04 billion and $10.55 billion, respectively).
But the iPhone has also seen its share of growing pains, with antenna problems — dubbed "Antennagate" — and other quality issues like its scratch-prone nature. Apple has also been criticized for questions about its iPhone supply chain: Asian manufacturer Foxconn has been under fire for the treatment of its factory workers in China.
At six years old, the speculation about the next version of the iPhone continues. This time, it's the alleged "iPhone 5S."
So on this milestone day: Happy Birthday, iPhone!
In the six years, how many iPhones have you owned? Or have you opted for other smartphones over the years? Let us know in the comments.
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Thursday night's third and final public hearing on the Common Core State Standards was far less testy than the one that preceded it.
About 60 people came to the Ghazvini Center for Healthcare Education Auditorium at Tallahassee Community College to share their thoughts on the new national benchmarks, which are already being taught in schools statewide.
The speakers included parents, grandparents, teachers and taxpayers.
Some made the case for the Common Core.
Wayne Blanton, of the Florida School Boards Association, said the new standards would "help our students be more competitive on a national basis."
He dismissed the idea that the Common Core would remove power from local school boards.
"Common Core standards do not establish a national curriculum, nor do they require that educators teach a specific curriculum," he said. "Local districts, local schools continue to be responsible for the curriculum and the delivery of that curriculum."
Dorina Sackman, an Orange County educator who was named Florida's Teacher of the Year, urged parents to visit their schools and watch the standards being taught.
"See Common Core happening in the classrooms," she said. "It's absolutely wonderful."
Opponents, however, voiced concerns that the standards were poorly written and inappropriate for children in some grade levels.
There were also plenty of swipes at government.
"These standards are just another way for government to control the minds of people," said Carlos Ramirez, who teaches his children in his Tallahassee home. "Common Core seems to me like Common Communism."
Said Victor Hajos, a 75-year-old Tallahassee resident: "The more you get government involved in something, the worse it gets."
Gov. Rick Scott requested the hearings to get public feedback on the Common Core.
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Injury updates: Forsythe 'good to go'
ST. LOUIS -- The All-Star break provided some much needed rest for ailing Padres players.
Logan Forsythe twisted his knee last Saturday against the Giants, but with rest and some anti-inflammatory medication, he said Friday that his knee is "good to go" without restrictions.
"I've dealt with knees and the feet plenty of times," Forsythe said. "It's just one of those things, as much as you stay on top of it, it's kind of frustrating when it creeps back up, but I think it's OK."
• Left fielder Kyle Blanks is progressing toward a return from the disabled list as he recovers from tendonitis in his left Achillies tendon. Although he hasn't resumed full activity, Blanks said orthotics for his shoe has been a big boost to his rehab.
"Still a work in progress, but I definitely feel like I'm moving in the right direction," Blanks said. "I already see improvements in just the way I feel and how my body feels. I think just from there, it's a matter of doing everything [the trainers] let me do and seeing how it feels."
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On 7/30/09 I said, "But here's the real deal… the money to purchase all those Treasuries DOES NOT EXIST. It particularly does not exist if we are simultaneously going to push equities higher. It is my contention that we are on the edge and that there is a game being played by the Fed, the Treasury, and by the Primary Dealers to mask over reality."
Now we are learning exactly how they are masking over reality… They are using the Primary Dealers (the largest of which are GS and JPM) to bid on and buy Treasury debt and then purchase it back not but five days later in a money creation/laundering scheme designed for what can only be one purpose – to HIDE the fact that they are printing FAR MORE money than the $300 quantitative easing announced by Ben Bernanke.
The bid to cover numbers we've seen lately are just preposterous. As Point has been pointing out, when the Primary Dealer bids are removed, the bid to cover ratios are disastrous. There is DEFINITELY COLLUSION occurring here between the Fed, the Treasury, and the Primary Dealers.
Frankly, I HOPE the Chinese and other holders of our debt immediately end all buying activities from the Treasury. No, I'm not anti-American, I'm PRO-American and want the ruinous activities of the rogue central banks to stop destroying and bankrupting our country. I want the lies and manipulation to end, and I want a return to fiscal sanity!
Here's the meat of Chris's important article – great detective work Chris!
The Fed Buys Last Week's Treasury Notes
Here's a recent example illustrating that the Fed's actions are more consistent with financial desperation than economic health.
In concert with the claims I made in the prior Martenson Insider post, The Fed bought $7 billion in Treasuries today and even more yesterday.
This is at the upper end of their recent range of already exceptional purchasing activity.
If things are so rosy that every single dip is being bought in the stock market with a vengeance, I wonder why these printing operations are really necessary?
This $14 billion plus buying activity by the Fed represents fresh money created out of this air that was exchanged for the sovereign debt of the US. However, since the Fed has, for all practical purposes, never undone its permanent operations (hey, that's why they are called "POMOs") we can consider these additions of money as good as permanent themselves.
Looking at the maturity range we can see that these are all long-dated bonds with the one today specifically offering us a tantalizing clue as to how the shell game is being played.
Here's the Treasury announcement for the 7-year auction that came out on July 30 (last Thursday). Please note the specific CUSIP number circled. Every bond in this auction carries this specific identifying number.
And now let's look at the detail for this most recent POMO:
Good grief! Just last week, when the auction results were announced it was trumpeted to great fanfare that there was "more than sufficient" bid-to-cover, "strong demand" and all the rest.
And now it turns out that 47% (!) of the bonds that were taken by the primary dealers in that auction have been quietly bought by the Fed and permanently secreted to its balance sheet.
They didn't even wait a full week! A more honest and open approach would have been for the Fed to simply buy them outright at the auction but this way, using "primary dealers" and "POMOs" and all these other extra steps the basic fact that the Fed is openly monetizing US government debt is effectively hidden from a not-too-terribly inquisitive US press and public.
The speed of the shell game is accelerating.
This immediate repurchase of newly auction bonds by the Fed tells us that demand for these bonds is not nearly as high as advertised, and that things are not quite as strong as represented.
And oh, by the way, don't expect any stock market weakness while so many billions are being shoveled out the Fed and into the pockets of the primary dealers. They'll have to do something with all that freshly minted cash...
"The speed of the shell game is accelerating" is exactly correct. These people belong in PRISON not running the most powerful country on the planet.
Remember the RULE OF LAW? When the rule of law is not adhered to capital will flee. While it's fleeing already, I suggest that everyone get ready because once this little operation becomes perfectly clear, the green shoots rally will be exposed for exactly what it is – a money printing/laundering cover up of a desperate bankrupt nation looking to keep their debt game alive.


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The illicit trade in tiger and leopard skins has reached alarming proportions, posing a serious threat to the survival of the big cats, a conservation group said on Wednesday.
BANGKOK The illicit trade in tiger and leopard skins has reached alarming proportions, posing a serious threat to the survival of the big cats, a conservation group said on Wednesday.
"Detailed field investigations reveal the existence of well-organized syndicates trafficking tiger and leopard skins among India, Nepal ... and China," said the London-based Environment Investigation Agency (EIA).
The agency reported its findings at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the Thai capital, where improved enforcement against the flourishing illegal wildlife trade is a major theme.
EIA investigator Julian Newman said that research showed 56 tiger and 997 leopard skins were seized by authorities in India, Nepal, and China in the decade from 1985 to 1994. But over the last five years, he said 94 tiger skins and 1,079 leopard skins were seized.
There are only around 5,000 tigers believed to be left in the wild, and perhaps half of them are in India. Leopards are also endangered throughout their Asian range.
Of particular concern was the seizure in October last year in the Tibetan region of China of 31 tiger skins and 581 leopard skins. Tiger skins can fetch up to $10,000 each. The vast majority of the tiger products sold in China originate in India.
"We are really worried about the volumes coming out of India. Thirty-one tigers at once is really worrying," said Debbie Banks, EIA's tiger campaign leader.
International trade in all tiger species is banned under CITES, which regulates the global trade in wild plants and animals.
An economic boom in China and desperate poverty in much of rural India are stimulating the tiger skin market, driving demand on one side of the border and the economic incentive to poach and smuggle on the other.
"Tigers poached in India are ending up as luxury decor in the homes of wealthy Chinese and are often smuggled through Nepal," said EIA.
The findings in the EIA report, "The Tiger Skin Trail," follow warnings issued over the years by other conservation groups about the trade.
The two-week CITES conference ends on Oct. 14.
Source: Reuters


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The Hair Cleansing Complex is a luxurious daily routine blend for shampoo and conditioner all-in-one. It adds moisture and breakage protection to your hair with active lightweight cleansing gel. This powerful, yet gentle shampoo eases detangling and fortifies your hair without stripping it of its natural oils. The nourishing and conditioning base helps to gently remove dirt and pollutants from the hair. Cleansed hair is less stressed, softer, healthier and more manageable.
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Why launch a Men's Luxury skincare brand?
Category:Men Luxury skincare product line is designed for the 21st century man. It was formed around the simple idea of bringing medical grade top quality ingredients, utilizing latest scientific technologies, to develop luxury skincare products, formulated for men!
Are Category Men products also suitable for women?
Our products are uniquely formulated and maximized for men. Keeping all the differences between men's & women's skin, in terms of skin toughness, thickness, larger pores, and other variables. So women will find these products very effective for them as well, however, to be used carefully and sparingly.
Where are Category: Men products made?
Our products are developed and produced in FDA approved facilities in USA. We are constantly utilizing R&D to continue to develop new products, refine & optimize existing products to latest scientific learnings and ingredient combinations.
Why aren't your products available in Doctors' offices or retail stores? Why should we pay more for Category: Men products when many cheaper men's brands are available in retail stores and on-line?
We decided to create a Luxury Skincare line specifically for men because our research showed the vast efficacy differences between commoditized men's products currently being sold vs. products made with premium and pure ingredients.
We decided to sell on-line, removing layers of mark-ups. Similar products sold at the doctors office, and high-end retailers can run several hundred dollars more. We are also very proud to be "Made in USA" brand, using highest quality, highest purity ingredients available. We trust, that our products would stand on their own, and our customers, will be our best promoters. For us quality and efficacy is everything.
Indeed, our scientist have formulated these unique formulas with mostly natural and organic ingredients that are not only good for the skin, but also good for the environments, we are Paraben free and Cruelty free. Please refer to individual product label for specific list.
My father never used any skincare products? Why do I have to?
We are living in an age so vastly different from our parent's. The stresses of life, life-style choices, and quality of environment, has changed drastically just in the last 50 years, and its changing faster than ever.
We spend hours in automobiles, in front of blue light (computers, tv, & phone screens), etc. At the same time our environment has changed significantly; outside air quality, food quality, temperatures, proliferation of electro-magnetic radiation, frequent air travel, water quality, to name a few. These changes are affecting our skin, and bodies adversely. Prematurely aging us and impacting our lives, like never before.
We also know, looking better boosts our own confidence, and sometimes, although it is hard to admit, looks do matter, so why take a chance?
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Yes, and you are not alone. Most men have been afraid to try skincare products under the cultural fear. Thankfully those barriers have been broken and men now feel confident to use skincare products that make them look and feel better. With each shipment we provide our recommended daily routine chart sequence, also available on website, and instructions so you can use Category: Men products with confidence, and even customize your applications, based on your individual needs.
Why does the Green Tea Cleanser smell more like citrus vs. green tea?
We developed our green tea cleanser formula with a blend of unique natural ingredients. The natural orange, citrus and grapefruit notes are stronger than the mild green tea color, and scent. We did not add any color or chemicals to artificially overcome the natural notes, as the benefits of green tea are retained. The combinations works great and it smells good too. This product is amazing for skin, leaving a clean fresh, glowing, skin, just try it!
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I have a 1TB SATA hard disk from my old desktop, and the entire thing is an ext4 /home partition (/, /boot, and swap were all on another hdd). It is now in a USB2 enclosure and I want to use it to back up my current laptop /home.
To do this I need to shrink the /home partition on the 1TB backup drive. It only uses about 500GB so that shouldn't be a problem, I'll start the laptop with an Ubuntu live USB, plug in the 1TB drive, and use Gparted to shrink the 1TB /home partition to ~500GB.
Then I can create a second partition in the newly freed space, and
cp -ax my laptop's /home over to it.
Unfortuntely, Ubuntu Live USB can detect and mount the external hdd, and Gparted can see it's there, but Gparted can't read it and hence can't resize it. Disk Utility reports the drive is fine, no errors, so I'm not sure what's the problem. See linked pics, worth a thousand words.
Anyone know what the problem is here? Any pointers in the right direction much appreciated.


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Vestir Dylan Sprouse
Nome:Dylan Thomas Sprouse
Profissão:American Actor
Aniversário:August 4, 1992
Dylan has a twin brother, Cole Mitchell Sprouse, who is also an actor. They are collectively referred to as the Sprouse Bros. Their first prominent major theatrical film role was in Big Daddy. They began cultivating an adult image by starring in the independent theatrical suspense film, The Kings of Appletown in 2009. The brothers became the faces of Nintendo DS in August 2010.


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Square's Jack Dorsey Doesn't See Google as a Pickpocket
Square CEO Jack Dorsey said that he's not worried that Google's Wallet will take money out of his pocket.
"This is a very large space," Dorsey said, speaking on stage at D9. "What Google is doing is very interesting."
Google's payment plan validates what Square is doing, he said, but represents a different approach to the same problem. Dorsey said his company is focused on the payment methods people are using today and making that simpler for both payers and sellers.
"We need to change the way people pay for things," said Dorsey, who also leads product efforts at Twitter, the other company he co-founded. "It's really broken."


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Those chirpy Northeastern scamps who make up Field Music have just confirmed the release of a new record, early in 2012. The record, which will be released through Memphis Industries, is called Plumb and will come out on February 13 in the UK. It contains the following tracks:
- Start The Day Right
- It's Okay To Change
- Sorry Again, Mate
- A New Town
- Choosing Sides
- A Prelude To Pilgrim Street
- Guillotine
- Who'll Pay The Bills?
- So Long Then
- Is This The Picture?
- From Hide And Seek To Heartache
- How Many More Times?
- Ce Soir
- Just Like Everyone Else
- (I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing
You can listen to one of these tracks, the final one, in the SoundCloud player below, or download it for free from the band's official website.
The band have a couple of tour dates before the end of the year, followed by some new ones to support the new record. Have a look at them below:
26 - Middlesbrough, Westgarth Social Club
30 - London, Koko (Memphis Industries 13th Birthday Party)
18 - Glasgow, Stereo Feb
19 - Manchester, Deaf Institute
20 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
22 - Nottingham, Bodega
23 - Bristol, The Fleece


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'That Awkward Moment' proves that Michael B. Jordan is a star
Despite one charmer of a performance and one particularly hilarious party scene, "That Awkward Moment" is forgettable, a so-so time-filler you'd discover on late-night cable and later have a dickens of a time remembering the title, even the next day.
The Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller comedy manages to distinguish itself by taking the well-traveled rom-com out for some off-road riding. Instead of focusing on the hookups and hang-ups of women - the usual offerings in this genre - "Awkward" focuses on the dating predicaments of a trio of New York guys in their 20s. Sounds like the flip side to HBO's "Girls"? Not a chance. Despite being a little raunchy, this film plays it too safe.
What buoys "Awkward" are the performances of two of its rising stars, "Fruitvale Station's" Jordan - who gives the film its heart and steals every scene he's in - and "The Spectacular Now's" Teller, who earns decent laughs. They're better than the hit-and-miss script, especially the charismatic Jordan. The same can't be said of Efron, who pulls off a few comic moments, but still remains so overearnest in the dramatic parts you can't help but wince.
The ultimate failing, though, is the film's premise, which forces characters to act ridiculously just because of the inane plot device. As the production notes reveal, director and screenwriter Tom Gormican drew inspiration from Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost." However, his belabored contrivance just isn't credible: that three best buds would make a pact to not take their relationships from casual dating to the next level after one of them (Jordan) finds himself newly single - his wife is having an affair and wants a divorce.
Naturally, the stereotypical dudes - studly player Jason (Efron), uncouth funny guy Daniel (Teller) and sensitive sweetheart Mikey (Jordan) - struggle to keep the bet.
Jason, the least interesting of the three and the central character, meets his "match" in Ellie (a sexy Imogen Poots) at a bar. Meanwhile, Daniel connects with an opposites-attract friend Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis), and Mikey, well, let's avoid any spoilers here, since there are few to be had.
Despite the noble intentions to make a rom-com from the man's perspective, "That Awkward Moment" winds up feeling old-school. The quality and standards of cable TV shows such as "Girls" have upped the game for movies like this. And even though "Awkward" has its moments, it winds up lagging behind more daring endeavors on TV right now. The film industry had better keep up.
Cast: Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller
Director: Tom Gormican
Running time: 1 hour, 34 minutes


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(CNN) -- The folks in Buffalo are quite used to bad weather, but Tuesday night they were enduring a brutal trifecta of inclement conditions: unusually cold temperatures, high winds and almost another foot of snow.
It was so bad the Buffalo Sabres NHL team did something they haven't done since 2000: They told their fans to stay home and postponed their game at the First Niagara Center.
A blizzard warning is in effect for three counties until 6 a.m., forecasters said, and CNN affiliate WIVB reported one wind gust of 51 mph. There were also flood warnings in some areas because of broken water mains.
During an afternoon news conference, Erie County officials told residents to stay off the roads and said there was a significant number of road closures. Officials said it would be Wednesday afternoon at the earliest before most roads would be cleared.
But in a small bit of good news, part of Lake Erie was frozen over, meaning the lake-effect snow system pulled less moisture and snowfall amounts were significantly lower than first feared. Still, one area of Buffalo had 14 inches of new snow Tuesday, WIVB said.
The Sabres said their game against the Carolina Hurricanes would be played at a date yet to be determined.
Across the nation, many cities were still dealing with the effects of a polar vortex that dropped lower than normal and brought below-freezing temperatures to many states, including Florida.
And, unfortunately, the cold weather was also being blamed for one new death from hypothermia, authorities said Tuesday.
New York City saw a record low for the date. It was just four degrees in Central Park, breaking a record of six set in 1896.
That's not quite as bad as the all-time low of 15 below zero in 1934. But with the wind chill, temperatures still felt well below zero -- a 69-degree drop from Monday, when the weather was a relatively sultry 50 degrees with wind chill.
Temperatures plummeted below freezing somewhere in all 50 states Tuesday morning -- most, but not all, due to the arctic blast hovering like an ice chest, according to CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen. (The cold regions of California and Hawaii, for example, had nothing to do with the vortex.)
In Florida, despite the low temperatures, crops were not damaged, the state's Fruit and Vegetable Association told CNN.
Authorities have blamed at least 16 deaths on the cold so far, including 11 from traffic accidents and three involving hypothermia. A spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office in Illinois said Tuesday that one person had died as a result of the extreme cold.
And animals are suffering and dying, too. CNN affiliate WISH reported seven dogs froze to death near Indianapolis after being left outside, according to Marion County, Indiana, animal care officials.
At Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, Anana -- a polar bear who never grew the thick layer of fat that bears in the Arctic do -- had to be brought inside Monday. And at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, bald eagles and African penguins, "who are used to temperate climates," were taken off exhibit until the weather warms up, the facility reported.
Travel snarled
The weather left more than 500 people stranded on three Amtrak trains overnight in western and north-central Illinois, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said.
All three Chicago-bound trains -- two coming from California, and one originating in Quincy, Illinois -- stopped Monday afternoon or evening because conditions prevented them from going farther. At least one was stopped by "heavy snow drifting in a trenchlike area," Magliari said.
"The passengers were sheltered in place overnight," Magliari said. "It wasn't safe to take people off these trains ... because there wasn't a good way to get people to and from the trains in the bad weather."
Amtrak worked to make other arrangements, putting some passengers on buses.
All the trains had heat and electricity throughout, he said.
"It certainly wasn't as comfortable as anyone would have liked, but it was not unsafe," Magliari said. "It was the best thing to do in these temperatures in these conditions at that time overnight in that part of the state."
Jeanette Floyd, who boarded one of the California trains in Kansas City, praised the crew for helping to keep passengers positive, but said her trip -- which ended up taking more than a day from start to finish -- still was "one of the worst (experiences) ever."
"I can't feel my butt because it's just not there anymore, just sitting for literally 26 hours," Floyd told CNN Tuesday after arriving in Chicago by bus.
Floyd and other passengers said the crew gave them a complimentary meal during the stranding.
A fourth Amtrak train was stuck for nine hours Monday night and early Tuesday near Kalamazoo, Michigan, about 300 passengers had to wait more than nine hours to reach their destination, CNN affiliate WXMI reported.
"It was kind of like purgatory," a passenger told CNN affiliate WLS, adding that it was "not quite hellish because there was good company." The train, which was bound for Chicago, finally arrived at the city's Union Station on Monday night, WLS reported.
More than 2,600 flights were canceled within, into or out of the United States on Tuesday, according to flightaware.com. Nearly 6,000 were delayed, the flight-tracking website said.
New York resident Mindy Goldberg said her family's flight back from Mexico had been diverted to Boston because of the weather.
"I just called my kids' school to tell them they wouldn't be there, and she said, 'Everyone's stuck somewhere,'" Goldberg told CNN affiliate WBZ.
Ships ran into trouble as well. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock had to break through ice in Lake Michigan.
In Indianapolis, Los Angeles resident Jason Bentley decided to play in the snow outside the airport after learning that his flight home had been canceled Sunday. It was 15 below zero Farenheit (minus 26 Celsius).
JetBlue cancels Northeast flights to rest crews
"This is the wettest snow I've ever touched, the easiest snow to make a snowman and to have snowball fights," Bentley wrote in a CNN Facebook discussion. "It's also probably the worst (weather) I've ever been in because of the temperature."
"Sick as a dog. Car is dead. Roads are closed. Space heater died yesterday," Amanda Brooke of Valparaiso, Indiana, said on Facebook. "Missing doctors' appointments I've had for six months." She described herself as "cold, sick, and trying not to be miserable."
In Columbus, Ohio, Alexis Mitchell-Tremain posted that she still had to go to work. "So, it's layers of clothing, the hubby's big woolly scarf, and a lot of coffee."
Jason Coppula in Pittsburgh can relate. "I have about three layers on, two gloves, two (pairs of) socks, scarf and ski goggles," he wrote on Facebook.
This is what the steam fog over the Great Lakes looked like Monday from space (via @NASA). http://t.co/dXFLRgGRKP pic.twitter.com/BaosAhB5dr— Josh Levs (@JoshLevs) January 7, 2014
How cold is it where you are? @USCG Cutter Hollyhock had to break through ice as it transited Lake Michigan. pic.twitter.com/Vxn80MvVoo— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) January 7, 2014
Extreme wind chills mean flesh can freeze in as little as five minutes. Several major school districts are closed Tuesday, including those in Minneapolis and Atlanta, to prevent children from waiting outside at bus stops.
When will this end?
Temperatures should start edging higher on Wednesday. By Thursday, most of the country will be back to normal, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said. In fact, some temperatures may even be a bit higher than usual.
CNN's Carma Hassan, Kait Richmond, Deborah Doft, Matt Smith, Indra Petersons, Stephanie Elam, and Paul Vercammen contributed to this report.


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Home > Newsletter > Newsletter n° 95 [ENG]
In the face of the activism and dynamism of the promoters of Special Economic Zones and other investment projects favouring foreigners while politicians are quarrelling about electoral laws, the TANY Collective and the RSCDA-IO want to reinforce the debate about the Special Economic Zones law.
The agenda of the ordinary session of the National Assembly features for next week (1) the vote of the 033-2016 bill of August 17, 2016 which authorizes the ratification of the Establishment Agreement of the Mixed Commission between the Madagascar Republic and the Mauritius Republic, which is very reminiscent of the framework agreement of co-operation on the Taolagnaro (Fort-Dauphin) Special Economic Zone signed in Port Louis on March 11, 2016 (2).
Because the Malagasy leaders and decision makers have the undemocratic habit of ignoring transparency and getting laws passed without disclosing their content to citizens, we are calling once more for a debate on all draft laws about Malagasy lands before they are submitted to the National Assembly.
Furthermore the Special Economic Zones law has been voted on April 3, 2018 under the same very disputable conditions as the electoral laws which are the subject of the present political crisis. The general public is not aware of any amendment to the content of those electoral laws that could have been included after the declaration of the non conformity of several articles of the 2017 – 023 law by the Constitutional High Court (3). This vote must also be cancelled.
The President of the Republic recently declared that the SEZ do not constitute a sale of Malagasy lands but only "a renewable rent for 30 years". An advertorial broadcasted on several television channels repeating this argument is shocking to many citizens.
We want to recall that the law about land long lease in Madagascar opens the door to losing permanently Malagasy lands as it allows the hiring company to mortgage part of lands with banks. The best known case is the mortgage of several hectares of land with an international bank by a mining company in Ambatovy.
Furthermore, we repeat that land lease has the same effect as the sale of land for peasant families who cultivate and live on the concerned lands as they will be expropriated or evicted shamelessly, allegedly for
public benefit, while the recipients and beneficiaries of the SEZ are private investors.
The renewable nature of this lease implies an unspecified duration, all the more since the authorities' policy, in the last years, is always giving priority to investors, mostly foreigners, for the allocation and use of lands to the disadvantage of the interests of the large majority of the population.
In a video accessible to the public (4), a senior officer spoke about benefits that the SEZ is expected to bring to the country. After hesitating, he mentioned "dividends" (but he did not give any clarification about the source), and taxes that the employees hired by the SEZ companies would pay. It is obvious that it is neither useful nor necessary to allocate hundreds of hectares of lands mainly to foreign companies in order to bring such revenues to the State.
As this senior figure quotes the QMM company as a reference, the issue of "dividends" reminded the auditors of the recapitalization of QMM in December 2015, following which the dividends the QMM Company should bring to the Malagasy State for many coming years would be paid to the Rio Tinto company (5). Referring to the QMM company and reading some articles of the 2017 – 023 law raise concern that the expenses required for implementing the SEZ, which are estimated at 2 billion US dollars for the one in Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez), will come from loans which will become very heavy debts for Malagasy future generations (6). In any case, the example selected by this senior officer demonstrates that the SEZ will bring only little benefits for the State, while putting the entire population at high risk and danger.
In the same video, another big SEZ sponsor declares that the implementation of SEZ meets a "societal choice". We affirm that such a societal project is contrary to the interests of the majority of the Malagasy people, as the majority of families and future generations will lose large land areas that they will need to ensure their sustainable development.
- The absence of debate and consultation about this SEZ draft law at the national level ;
- the inclination to allocate the State sovereign power to the SEZ Regulation Authority ;
- the stubbornness and use of scandalous and expedient methods by political leaders to get the law approved on last April 3 at the National Assembly after the rejection voted by the Parliamentarians one week before ;
- the assertion by some senior officers that "resorting to SEZ is inescapable for the country" (7) ;
- the widespread dissemination of promotion messages in an unusually frequent way before enacting the law ;
All these raise many questions about the commitments already made by the national authorities to foreign individuals and/or groups.
Moreover, learning through the media that the SEZ Malagasy law was designed and written by an international expert (8) and seeing on the Internet images of "Malagasy SEZ" (9) that are completely out of phase with the real life of the majority of Malagasy people prompts the question whether the SEZ are not a new form of colonization, that is the "legal" enforcement of political and economic domination of a territory by foreign powers.
The TANY Collective and the RSCDA-IO call for the cancellation of the vote of the SEZ law and strongly support the citizens' demands for a land law that will ensure priority to the Malagasy population for the ownership and use of lands.
May 5, 2018
- For the Reasearch and Support Center for Development Alternative – Indian Ocean (RSCDA-IO) :
Randriamaro Zo, Coordinator ; email@example.com ; http://craadoi-mada.com
- For the Collective for the Defense of Malagasy Lands - TANY (Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches – TANY) : Rakotondrainibe Mamy, President ;
email@example.com ; http://terresmalgaches.info ; www.facebook.com/TANYterresm...
References :
(1) http://www.assemblee-nationale.mg/?...
Mercredi 16 mai 2018 , 10h00 - Salle des Séances
-Projet de loi N°033-2016 du 17 Août 2016 autorisant la ratification de l'Accord d'établissement de la Commission Mixte entre la République de Madagascar et la République de Maurice.
(2) http://sobikamada.com/economie/item...
However expressing doubts is allowed on the localization of the SEZ(s) referred by the Mauricius investors as they seem also interested in the SEZ of Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez)
(3) http://www.hcc.gov.mg/decisions/d3/...
(4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ6...
(5) http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/eco...
(6) http://www.ladepeche-madagascar.com...
(7) http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/L...
(8) https://www.africaintelligence.fr/l...
(9) http://test.befiana.com/zone-econom...
You should also read :
- The Special Economic Zone law : a gateway to land grabbing in Madagascar : http://www.terresmalgaches.info/spi...
- ADRESSE AUX SÉNATEURS : http://www.terresmalgaches.info/spi...


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I've added cocoa to bread before and it gives the final product a nice dark complexion with a subtle chocolate flavor that resides in the background. I also added some chocolate infused olive oil and chocolate flavored balsamic vinegar to make it interesting.
I used a mix of freshly milled flour along with some French Style flour from KAF and added some left-over mashed potatoes to round out the formula.
The final dough had a deep dark crust and interior with a soft open crumb. You can taste the chocolate undertones from the different chocolate flavored ingredients and the multi-grain mix makes this a healthy and tasty bread.
I used my BreadStorm program on my IPAD again to produce the formula below. I broke out the seed starter flour and water separately as you can hopefully see below. I'm really starting to get the hang of this program and once you figure it out it's a pleasure to work with and pretty simple.
Levain Directions
Mix all the Levain ingredients together for about 1 minute and cover with plastic wrap. Let it sit at room temperature for around 7-8 hours or until the starter has doubled. I usually do this the night before.
Either use in the main dough immediately or refrigerate for up to 1 day before using.
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the flours, black cocoa and water together in your mixer or by hand until it just starts to come together, maybe about 1 minute. Let it rest in your work bowl covered for 20-30 minutes. Next add the salt, starter (cut into about 7-8 pieces), potatoes, oil and balsamic vinegar and mix on low for 6 minutes and then remove the dough from your bowl and place it in a lightly oiled bowl or work surface and do several stretch and folds. Let it rest covered for 10-15 minutes and then do another stretch and fold. Let it rest another 10-15 minutes and do one additional stretch and fold. After a total of 2 hours place your covered bowl in the refrigerator and let it rest for 12 to 24 hours.
When you are ready to bake remove the bowl from the refrigerator and let it set out at room temperature still covered for 1.5 to 2 hours. Remove the dough and shape as desired. I made 1 large boule shape. Place your dough into your proofing basket(s) and cover with a moist tea towel or plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray. The dough will take 1.5 to 2 hours depending on your room temperature. Let the dough dictate when it is read to bake not the clock.
Around 45 minutes before ready to bake, pre-heat your oven to 550 degrees F. and prepare it for steam. I have a heavy-duty baking pan on the bottom rack of my oven with 1 baking stone on above the pan and one on the top shelf. I pour 1 cup of boiling water in the pan right after I place the dough in the oven.
Right before you are ready to put them in the oven, score as desired and then add 1 cup of boiling water to your steam pan or follow your own steam procedure.
After 1 minute lower the temperature to 450 degrees. Bake for 35-50 minutes until the crust is nice and brown and the internal temperature of the bread is 210 degrees.
Take the bread out of the oven when done and let it cool on a bakers rack before for at least 2 hours before eating.


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Boy this is hard. It should not be hard. I know how to do this. It seems so reasonable that this is doable, and I am trying really hard to hypnotize my brain into the clean eating healthy living mode. I'm trying to lose by just eating healthy most of the time but still allowing for some of this and some of that too. You know, a healthy smoothie for breakfast, and a healthy lunch, but a tiny bowl of ice cream or a piece of my daughters cake of the week in the middle of the afternoon. I was hoping by not sticking strictly to a totally clean diet I could stay faithful to it for life. I'm wondering though if the indulgences, which aren't healthy, aren't making it harder. I also don't know if I'm ready to bite the bullet and go strictly clean. I'm pondering this today, and trying to talk myself into it. I think I know what the right thing to do is. Am I strong enough to do it? Of course I am. The right question is will I do it? And if the question is will I do it and the issue is doing the right thing why am I wavering? I always need to do the RIGHT thing no matter what the issue is. I don't know why I think food gets different treatment in my life.
I don't have this figured out...OBVIOUSLY...but I'm working on it.
Lose at least two pounds.
Blog two more times.
Journal at least once.
Eat cleaner.
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Investigating pancreatic beta cell production and function
The vertebrate pancreas includes exocrine and endocrine tissues that are responsible for digesting food and regulating sugar metabolism, respectively. Several diseases associate with the pancreas, including pancreatitis, diabetes, and pancreatic cancer, amongst which diabetes is the most prevalent that inflicts more than 27 million individuals in the United States.
We investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying islet cell differentiation and function, which include multiple endocrine cell types that secrete insulin (beta cells), glucagon (alpha cells), somatostatin (delta cells), and pancreatic polypeptide (PP cells), respectively. Our basic strategy is to first unambiguously identify progenitors of each specific cell type, then examine the molecular networks and cellular interactions for their development and function. Our studies focus on the following areas:
1) Technology development: A challenge of studying development and organogenesis in mammals is our inability to follow specific cells during their development to understand thwir specification and function. The Cre-Lox-based technology allows for temporal and spatial cell marking and gene activity manipulation, with a drawback of marking all cells that express Cre that includes multiple cell types. We have engineered two inactive Cre fragments that can reconstitute Cre in cells that simultaneously express dual protein markers. This enabled the identification of beta-cell progenitor cells and high-resolution analysis of the genetic/epigenetic programs that direct the production of functional beta cells. It also allows us to examine how seemingly identical progenitor cells adopt different cell fate, either as pre-deterministic or stochastic model. In the former possibility, progenitor may have differential gene expression and differentiation potentials. In the later model, progenitor cells are identical, yet stochastic transcription of certain factors could bias progenitors to specific cell fate.
2) Novel mode of cell-cell communication for coordinated cellular differentiation: Notch-mediated cell-cell interactions were known to select a specific set of pancreatic cells as endocrine progenitors by activating the expression of Ngn3. Yet Notch signaling alone cannot account for the coordinated differentiation of neighboring cells adopt islet cell fate at same time windows. We have shown that gap junction-mediated information can control this coordinated differentiation. We are currently exploring whether miRNA-based mechanism coordinate endocrine cell differentiation through gap junctions, aided by RNASeq- and miRNAseq-based techniques.
3) Differentiation, survival, and function. With state-of-the-art technologies such as FACS-based cell sorting, RNAseq, and CHIPseq, we purify intermediate cell populations that have defined function and examine the genetic networks that direct cell differentiation and function. These studies avoid complications caused by unwanted cell types in tissue samples. We have identified several previously unidentified gene circuits that might participate endocrine differentiation and their role in islet production are being examined. We also identify factors that maintain beta cell survival during their function and stress, such as the Myt1 family of transcription factors. Lastly, we investigate how cellular structures, such as microtubules, direct beta cell function, in insulin vesicular transport and secretion. We are currently working on a hypothesis that microtubules in pancreatic beta cells act as a storage structure to fine-tune insulin secretion.
- Guoqiang Gu
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biol
2213 Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232
615-936-3632 (p)
Guoqiang Gu
615-936-3634 (p)
MeSH terms are retrieved from PubMed records. Learn more.
Key: MeSH Term KeywordAnimals beta cells Blotting, Western Cell Cycle cell death cell differentiation cell division cell function cell lineage cell maintenance cell marking Electroporation Embryonic and Fetal Development Endocrine System Epidermal Growth Factor Glycine GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits Integrin beta1 Intestine, Small islets Islets of Langerhans Keratin-19 Leucine Zippers Mitosis Mutation, Missense Pancreatic Ducts pancreatic progenitors Pregnancy regeneration Stem Cells Touch


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Greetings blogfriends! How are you? I know i ve been gone for a while. It is n't because of the baby though. I have been kind of freaked and i could not write here. My thyroid is a bit out of order and i feel a bit more stress than usual(which is a lot!!!). The hormone imbalance does n't allow me much sleep and i get more and more frustrated. When i get into bed all the crazy thoughts enter my mind and when i manage to shut them out i still can't get some shut eye. It used to be a lot worse before my doctor changed the dosage of my thyroid medication and i used to obsess about a biopsy i will be doing soon. Now i understand no sleep plus hormones equals crazy lady roaming the house at middle of the night thinking of life insurance policies. Whoever said Leos are overdramatic was obviously mistaken..We are the coolest, most collected of people!
Melina Nefeli is growing like a weed! Everyday i have to put away clothes that are too small for her. She is 10 weeks old now. She says gala(oh well, it sounds more like gallgaea) which is greek for milk. We keep repeating it to her and i am pretty confident she will learn how to say Shut Uup next. Unlike her mom she is sleeping all night long. By the way, i did n't see that coming . The baby to be calm and quiet and me giving new meaning to the word insomnia. Soon, my dosage will be once again changed and i will find solace into Orheus's arms.
Leanna passed on to me an award. If you do not know her yet, get over to her blog fast, she is the funniest woman alive! I have n't done an award in quite some time because i am very lazy, but tonight i felt like it. I was n't going to sleep so, what the hell?
By the rules, i have to tell you 7 things about me that i have n't shared with you in the past.
1. I am lucky enough to know my husband and my best friends since high school. One of them just moved to the Netherlands to study Arts and i do not know what i will do without her.
2. I am a compulsive reader. Even if i do not like a book i have to read it to the end. My favourite author is Marquez, his books have turned me autistic from time to time.
3. You all know i love plants, but when i was a child i used to hate the gardening chores my father used to give me. I did n't appreciate his garden either.
4. I do not like movies , i love watching tv shows. Whenever i have time i just love watching many episodes in a row. My sleepless nights were filled with teen wolf, drop dead diva and many others. I can't wait for the new season to begin.
5. My husband and i have completely different taste in music. That would not normally be a problem but we are both musicians, so there are a lot of disapproving looks going on. After 10 years of living together we are a lot more tolerant than we used to.
6. I get food fetishes. I obsess over a food and keep making it over and over until i can't eat it any more. My current obssession is eggplant.
7.I am a recovering sugar addict. It's been 10 hours since the last time, but it was n't my fault. Someone brought home a cake. I threw it away because i was doing so well. It has been a week. But i ate a couple of tablespoons. I am going to go cold turkey now. That means no honey either.
And now to the fun part of the award. I have to pass it along to 7 bloggers. Here they are
They are all wonderful unique bloggers and they always manage to bring a smile to my face.
Have a blessed month,week and day!


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Headley approaching timely return
SAN DIEGO -- Third baseman Chase Headley will head to Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore on Monday to begin a rehab assignment as he recoveres from a right calf strain.
Headley has been on the disabled list since April 25 and will join fellow rehabbing players Carlos Quentin and Casey Kelly on the Storm team.
Manager Bud Black said Headley will play in games this week, and if all goes well, Headley will be ready to return to the Majors when he is eligible to come off the DL next weekend.
"Chase is going to Lake Elsinore," Black said. "He's going to play tomorrow and Tuesday and we'll talk about Wednesday. I think he's going to stay in Lake Elsinore for the week. Hopefully he'll be ready to go when he comes off [the DL]."
Based on the early returns on how Headley is responding to baseball activities -- he took grounders at third base prior to Sunday's game -- all signs point to an on-time return for Headley.
"Chase is a possibility for the weekend," Black said. "He's a high probability."


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- Visitors to SharkWeek.com Can Control First Underwater 360-Degree Live Streaming Camera from Georgia Aquarium's Ocean Voyager Exhibit -
(Silver Spring, Md. and Atlanta, Ga.) - As Americans prepare to celebrate the 4th of July holiday, thoughts turn to summer rituals: trips to the beach, barbeques with friends and...SHARK WEEK. The annual summertime pop culture event will return to Discovery Channel on August 12, marking 25 years of celebrating the often misunderstood and feared creatures of the deep. Beginning today, viewers are invited to get a jump on the festivities and dive with sharks (no wet suit required) through Shark Cam, a live streaming underwater experience from the 6.3 million gallon Ocean Voyager Exhibit at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the world's largest single aquarium habitat, inside the world's largest aquarium.
In an online first, visitors to SharkWeek.com, GeorgiaAquarium.org and Ustream will have 360-degree access to the home of 33 sharks spanning seven species, which includes the largest species of shark, the whale shark, in addition to elegant rays and a full underwater ecosystem. Shark Cam audiences will be able to pan, tilt and move the 360-degree camera, powered by Immersive Media, to find their favorite shark-filled perspective. A second camera on the north side of theexhibit will offer an alternative stationary underwater view.
From August 13-16, Shark Cam visitors will be treated to twice-daily feedings and can participate in daily live chats with an underwater shark expert, submitting their questions in the social stream and to @SharkWeek on Twitter. Fin-atics can also visit SHARK WEEK on Facebook for regular updates, follow SHARK WEEK on Socialcam for Shark Cam selects, pin their favorite #SharkCam photos to a special Pinterest board and more.
For super shark fans, there is also the opportunity to go from watching to diving by participating in Georgia Aquarium's Journey with Gentle Giants Program. Guests twelve years of age and older can get face-to-fin in the Ocean Voyager exhibit while friends, family and fellow Shark Cam lovers watch the underwater adventure from home. Participants in this one-of-a-kind experience can choose to swim at the surface or dive down deeper (with SCUBA certification). For more information, visit www.georgiaaquarium.org/swim-with-whale-sharks.
Discovery Channel's SHARK WEEK is cable's longest-running programming event and will celebrate its 25th anniversary with eight all-new specials beginning Sunday, August 12 at 9pm ET/PT.
About Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to 100.8 million U.S. homes, can be seen in 210 countries and territories, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including, science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit www.discovery.com.
About Georgia Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world's largest with more than 10 million gallons of water and the largest collection of aquatic animals. The mission of Georgia Aquarium is to be an entertaining, educational and scientific institution featuring exhibits and programs of the highest standards; offering engaging and exciting guest experiences promoting the conservation of aquatic biodiversity throughout the world. Georgia Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums. For additional information on the Atlanta attraction and our animal conservation and research, visit www.georgiaaquarium.org and www.georgiaaquariumblog.org and follow Georgia Aquarium on social media at facebook.com/GeorgiaAquarium and on Twitter at @GeorgiaAquarium.
About Ustream
Ustream Inc. is the leader in live and interactive video streaming. The interactive platform connects broadcasters and viewers of unlimited size through innovative technology including co-hosting video features, IRC chat, Facebook, and Twitter. Ustream's free and premium solutions allow any broadcaster to create their own customizable channel with robust social andnotification features to enhance visibility and virility across multiple platforms. In addition to activating the embeddable features on external websites, users are able to broadcast and view content while interacting inreal-time directly from mobile phone devices, tablets, streaming players, smart TVs, and more. The company attracts millions of users ranging from music artists, celebrities, politicians, athletes, corporate executives, animal enthusiasts and gamers, all which have contributed to Ustream's Guinness World Record for the "Most Content Ingested by An Online Video Service." For more information, visit www.ustream.com andfollow Ustream on social media at facebook.com/Ustream and on Twitter at @Ustream.


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Reiki - Skerne Park
Skerne Park is a predominantly council owned housing estate in the southern part of the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated on the southern edge of Darlington. Wikipedia
Heidi Fawkes
Burneston, North Yorkshire, DL8 2HU
01677 988264
I am a Reiki Master Teacher and Oneness blessing/Deeksha facilitator, Homeopath and Light worker. I offer an integrated service to achieve optimum results when [...]Distance: 24.34 miles.
A Touch Of Calm mobile therapies
Newton Aycliffe, Durham
My name is Shirley and I offer a haven of tranquility. My aim is to offer relaxing treatments to my clients aiding health [...]Distance: 1.79 miles.
Reiki Twelve
Newton Aycliffe, Durham, DL5 5NG
My name is Karen and I became a qualified practitioner of Reiki in 2012. My lineage is Usui Shiki Ryoho. Since Reiki has had [...]Distance: 1.87 miles.
Reiki Healing
Newton Aycliffe, Durham, DL5
Join me for a session of relaxation, de-stress and tension release using the powerful, natural use of Reiki. This traditional Japanese therapy offers you [...]Distance: 2.41 miles.
Fern Reiki
Darlington, Durham, DL1 1SF
01388 763527
Lois Pringle, dedicated Reiki practitioner, trained and qualified in traditional Japanese Usui Reiki through The British School of Reiki Although most people seek to [...]Distance: 2.55 miles.
Made to Sparkle
Newton Aycliffe, Durham, DL5 4XH
Hi, we founded Made to Sparkle just over a year ago in March 2015. Monica is a Reiki Master Teacher and Massage therapist as [...]Distance: 2.57 miles.
The Jasmine Flower
Darlington, Durham, DL1 3DX
I am a level 1 practitioner and am passionate about helping people relax and help bring balance to your body and mind.Distance: 4.11 miles.
Vanern Healing
Darlington, Durham, DL3 0GB
Hello there! I'm Anna Murray, a mobile reiki therapist based in Darlington, my business is called Vanern Healing. Reiki is a very gentle natural form [...]Distance: 4.81 miles.
Reiki Healing
Ferryhill, City of Aberdeen, Dl178ar
I work from home or I can come to you xxDistance: 5.02 miles.
Reiki From the Source
Darlington, Durham, DL3 9EL
07800 985 292
Hello, I'm Carole Dawson Reiki Practitioner and Teacher. I have 30 years experience in Natural Therapy. I practice and teach in Darlington Newton Aycliffe and [...]Distance: 5.63 miles.
Your Holistic Hub
Darlington, Durham, DL3 6AT
I'm a Reiki Master, offering Reiki Healing sessions, Facials, Indian Head Massages and Card Readings.Distance: 5.64 miles.
My Vibrant Vibes
Darlington, Durham, DL3 7DP
You are a truly Amazing person, and you deserve to stay that way and Reiki will empower you , here at Darlington Wellbeing Centre [...]Distance: 6.04 miles.
Carolyne Hill
Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, TS21 3LN
When all our needs are met, our energy flows freely, enabling us to fulfill our potential. Unfortunately life circumstances often mean that our physical [...]Distance: 6.17 miles.
The Unicorn Tree
Darlington, Durham, DL1 5NG
The Unicorn Tree is an Holistic Centre offering a variety of therapies including Reiki, The Bowen Technique, Crystal Therapy, Shamanic Practices, Meditation. We are now [...]Distance: 6.23 miles.
Reiki Master James
Darlington, Durham, DL1 5DX
The benefits of Reiki include helping to relieve stress, focuses your thoughts for clear thinking, promotes self awareness, it can accelerate healing of wounds [...]Distance: 6.47 miles.
The Reiki Gift Company
Spennymoor, Durham, DL16 6DB
At The Reiki GIft Company, we love how simple and practical Reiki is and we\'re passionate about demystifying this amazing natural healing energy and [...]Distance: 6.65 miles.
Peaceful Mind Healing
Darlington, Durham
07842 227894
Hi. I'm Kate and I'm a Holistic therapist and tutor based in Darlington serving the North East and North Yorkshire. I offer Reiki, [...]Distance: 6.67 miles.
Stockton Spiritual & Holistic Healing Centre
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, Ts18 2DA
located in the heart of Stockton we offer Usui Reiki Healing, Seichem Healing, Spiritual Healing, Reflexology, Hot Stone Reflexology, Maternity and Fertility Reflexology, Indian [...]Distance: 9.1 miles.
Reiki- Healing Hands
Durham, TS28 4HG
REIKI TREATMENTS AND MUCH MORE .... MASTER/TEACHER .. COURSES AVAILABLE Reiki Crystal Healing Foot Therapy Stress Management Acupressure Indian Head www.reiki-healinghands.co.uk take a look at my website for [...]Distance: 9.25 miles.
Lisa Scott – Barefoot Dreamer
Eaglescliffe, Durham, TS16 0EZ
Reiki master, shamanic Practitioner, holistic therapist. I have a passion for birthing shamanic drums and run workshops if you would like to birth your own. [...]Distance: 9.31 miles.
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...although if you've never properly broken up, does it still count as a reunion show? Anyway...
New York post-hardcore outfit Glassjaw - truly a favourite rock act at the DiSopolis, even to this day - are to perform in Connecticut on December 31 as part of the Stillborn Fest.
The band - the exact line-up of which is uncertain right now, as Todd Weinstock, Dave Allen, and Larry Gorman left the band in '04 with Weinstock forming Men, Women And Children a little later - will play alongside the likes of Hatebreed and Overcast at the two-day festival. Frontman-cum-lynchpin and sometime Head Automatica singer Darryl Palumbo has hinted that new material may be released in 2007.
More details will almost certainly appear in due course at the band's crecently reactivated website, here.
Seriously, just how good is/was Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence? Very, that's how good. More on the Stillborn Fest here.


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- Classic Cornish creeks, coasts and cliffs
- Visit world famous Trebah Gardens and The Lost Gardens of Heligan
- See settings for Daphne DuMauriers ˜Rebecca and ˜Frenchmans Creek
- Traditional Cornish Cream Tea
- Exotic plants and sunny beaches contrast with craggy coves and stormy seas in the Celtic county of Cornwall, home to some of Britain's most atmospheric landscapes.
With the crashing waves of the Cornish coast never far from sight, we follow in the footsteps of novelist Daphne du Maurier on the South West Coast Path, visiting ancient fishing villages, secluded beaches and sub-tropical gardens. We explore storm-weathered castles, eat in traditional thatched pubs and sail across peaceful estuaries. One of the Walk's highlights is a trip to the mysterious Lost Gardens of Heligan, a once-neglected Victorian estate, now fully restored to its former glory. Another is the estuarial ravine garden of Trebah from where the US troops embarked for Omaha beach in the D-Day landings of 1944.
Sunday Overnight: Talland Bay Hotel
Monday Overnight: Talland Bay Hotel
Tuesday Overnight: Hotel Tresanton
Wednesday Overnight: Hotel Tresanton
Thursday Overnight: Budock Vean Hotel
Friday Overnight: Budock Vean Hotel
(Single Supplement US $565.00)
Departure: Truro Rail Station
Hotels - Where we stay
Talland Bay Hotel
Explore the coastal path just minutes from our seaview hotel, with its scenic walks to Looe and Polperro, or just relax in the wonderful gardens and enjoy fabulous food on the terrace overlooking the bay. The accommodation here is generously proportioned: each room is unique and impeccably presented with an ensuite bathroom including complementary toiletries and thick cosy bathrobes. The rooms have TV, safety deposit box, hairdryer, tea & coffee facilities, phone, radio and laundry service. The Terrace Restaurant is a unique dining venue. Ingredients are carefully chosen: the freshest seafood landed at Looe, excellent quality meat from nearby farms and seasonal local vegetables.
Hotel Tresanton
Originally created in the 1940s as a yachtsman's club, Tresanton is a cluster of old houses set on different levels. Completely restored and redesigned in 1997, the hotel has a casual but elegant atmosphere, very much in keeping with its seaside location. It even boasts its own cinema! All bedrooms are ensuite with magnificent sea views and are individually furnished with antiques and Cornish art. The restaurant, with a mosaic floor and terraces overlooking the sea, has a calm, cool Mediterranean feel. It specialises in the local fish, organic vegetables and excellent meat from a local Cornish butcher.
Budock Vean Hotel
Budock Vean is a privately owned, friendly hotel nestling in 65 acres of award-winning gardens and parkland on the banks of the tranquil Helford River. Its extensive leisure facilities include a health Spa and indoor heated pool, tennis court, golf course, snooker room and private foreshore with peaceful sunlounge. All bedrooms have private toilet, bath and shower en suite, direct dial telephone, hair dryer, tea & coffee making facilities and TV plus views over the golf course & gardens. Guests can enjoy a walk from the hotel through the valley garden with rare tree ferns, past ponds and waterfalls to the foreshore. Internet access is available in two of the lounges but not in guest bedrooms.
Start planning your trip
What Is Included in the Price of My Vacation
- Full-time services of two staff - a Walk Leader and Walk Manager
- backup vehicle for resting walkers and moving luggage
- Comprehensive Travel Information Package and Reading List
- Diverse itineraries with an emphasis on history, geography, culture, peoples, flora and fauna
- Demonstrations, wine tasting, admissions to museums and historic sites
- All ground transfers (ferries, cable cars, trains, etc.)
- Maps and unique souvenirs to commemorate your trip
- First-class accommodations with cultural and historical interest
- All meals - with choices - (Special dietary requirements? No problem!)
- Wine with dinner
- On-trail snacks and refreshments
- All gratuities at hotels and restaurants


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