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Taste of the NFL Helps Feed the Hungry: By the Numbers, with Photos
Last weekend's Taste of the NFL: The Ultimate Cowboys Tailgate Party offered up celebrity, entertainment and gourmet eats in a surprisingly badass setting at the Glass Cactus. And while my focus tends to be on cuisine at these sort of events, I'd like to tell you about the stuff that really matters: the event's impact on the cause of hunger, through its support for the North Texas Food Bank. OK, with a few choice details and food photos peppered throughout, just for fun.
15 the number of chef stations at the event
1 in 4 the number of children in the state of Texas who are at risk of hunger
47 million the number of meals provided by the NTFB in its first 30 years
97 the approximate number of single women who sighed audibly when Dallas star and friend of the NTFB Jesse Metcalf mentioned his girlfriend in the first four words of his speech
Kobe beef brochette with cipollini onion, shisito pepper and soy demi-glace by chef Scott Gottlich of The Second Floor
100 the percentage of dollars raised at the event that went directly to the North Texas Food Bank
Mini lamb meatballs with herb roasted tomatoes, wild arugula and tzatziki sauce by chef Aaron Henschen of Del Frisco's Grille
10 million the approximate number of dollars raised for hunger relief since the annual Taste of the NFL's inception in Minneapolis 1993
6,500 number of dollars in the winning bid for a five-course tasting for 10 hosted at Abacus by event host chef Kent Rathbun featuring special guest DeMarcus Ware and a limo ride
Smoked black soy pork loin steam buns with green mango-cucumber slaw and hoisin barbecue sauce by TNFL host chef Kent Rathbun of Abacus
7:05 time at which Dallas wedding band Emerald City got the party going
94 the number on Cowboy and NTFB supporter DeMarcus Ware's jersey
Cowboys truffled mac n cheese with American Kobe short ribs and meyer lemon wilted micro greens by chef Orazio Lamanna of Legends Hospitality at Cowboys Stadium
97 the number on Cowboy and NTFB supporter Jason Hatcher's jersey
$100 donations needed to feed a single hungry child for an entire school semester
Cavatappi with roasted shrimp, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes with a mascarpone and white garlic sauce by chef Sascia Marchesi of Zeppole at The Gaylord Texan
28 the number of corporate sponsors of Sunday's Taste of the NFL event
6 the number of celebrity hosts: DeMarcus Ware, Jason Hatcher, Kent Rathbun, Preston Pearson, Chad Hennings and Daryl Johnston
$231,095 the total amount raised at this year's Taste of the NFL event
Crispy pork belly with green mango salad by chef TJ Lengnick of Shinsei
693,285 the number of meals that will be provided by the money raised
$1 the amount of money it costs to buy three meals for hungry North Texans
Garlic sautéed gulf shrimp with curry roasted cauliflower puree; sherry dressed grilled radicchio and pomegranate gastrique by chef Ernie Mendoza of Suze Restaurant
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Ithaca College Psychology Students made presentations at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference. This is the 18th year our students have submitted their work for presentation at Scranton.
Prof. DePalma's Research Team studies health issues. This poster describes the results of their research on the way people deal with health management.
Prof. Beins and his students study humor appreciation. Students Nikki Pashka and Joann Agnitti pose with Prof. Beins (left to right) at their poster. This presentation details the results of their research concerning the factors that influence whether people find humor offensive.
Prof. Rader's Research Team studies infant cognition. Student Jeffrey North stands at his poster that describes visual information processing in infants.
Prof. Rader studies the effects of plants and flowers on cognitive functioning. Diana Scott presents the research. This poster describes the performance of research participants on different types of cognitive tasks and how the presence of greenery enhances or worsens performance.
Two student presenters, Jessica Bona (left) and Julia Rollison (right), from Prof. DePalma's Resesarch Team display the results of their research.
Prof. DePalma's students congregate at their poster at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference.
Four psychologists who support student research pose together at the University of Scranton Psychology Conference. They are (from left to right) Barney Beins from Ithaca College; Tim Cannon, the conference organizer from the University of Scranton; Mary Turner DePalma from Ithaca College, and Steve Specht from Utica College.
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The Heads Up on Head Lice
In India, the neem tree is known by the people as the village pharmacy as it is thought to hold the key to many health problems from rheumatism and heat rashes to head lice.
Neem leaves, seeds and oil were traditionally used due to their protective and health promoting qualities. The tree holds antibacterial and antifungal properties, as well as being an insecticide.
Scientists in the West noticed that although locusts have the capability to wreak devastation on many species of tree, time and time again, they bypass the neem tree. Investigations revealed that neem interferes with the ability of locusts and other insects to feed, grow and breed and thats why they avoid it.
The leaf, often found in neem creams, is anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, calming for red, inflamed skin, and antiseptic for damaged skin or spots. Dry, itchy skin conditions, eczema, and rough, bumpy skin rashes will all benefit from it, and it is unlikely to upset sensitive or delicate skin, even on young children.
Lets look at a few facts about head lice:
Its not only children with unwashed hair that get head lice. Head lice are indiscriminate. In fact, they prefer hair that is clean.
Head lice do not fly from child to child. The fact is they cannot fly. The only way they can move from one childs head to another is by walking, not flying and only then if the two children have had direct head contact for a prolonged period of time.
Only 1 in 5 people with head lice suffer from itching in the scalp. Regular checking of the scalp is the only way they can be detected. Nits stick to the hair shaft, even after treatment. Fine tooth combing is the only way to remove them.
The best prevention method for head lice is regular combing with a nit comb and detection. Shampoos and lotions such as Riddance head lice treatment will not prevent children catching head lice.
With all the many properties the neem tree has to offer, it is easy to see why it has been held in such high regard for so long.
For more tips and advice talk to one of the health experts at A.Vogel Herbal Remedies www.avogel.co.uk/health/head-lice/
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Last chance to join this holiday chorus
Monday's rehearsal will be the last chance for new singers to join the Nature Coast Festival Singers for their Christmas concerts. Music will be available to purchase before the rehearsal, which will be at 7 p.m. at Nativity Lutheran Church, 6363 Commercial Way.
The chorus will present the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah, as well as other Christmas songs.
Concert performances will start at 3 p.m. on these days:
• Nov. 23, Nativity Lutheran Church.
• Nov. 30, Faith Presbyterian Church, 200 Mount Fair Ave., Brooksville.
• Dec. 7, First Methodist Church, 8831 W Bradshaw Blvd., Homosassa.
All rehearsals are at 7 p.m. Mondays at Nativity Lutheran Church. Call Shirley Chaisson at (352) 597-2235 or Sandy Kaliscak at (352) 556-3428.
Registration to open for Girl Scouts group
The Spring Mermaids Service Unit of Girl Scouts of West Central Florida will have the following registration rallies:
• 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at West Hernando/S.T. Branch Library, 6335 Blackbird Ave.
• 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dairy Queen, 370 Suzanne Drive, off Commercial Way.
The Spring Mermaids is recruiting girls ages 5 to 17, as well as adult volunteers to serve as leaders. Annual membership is $10; financial aid is available.
Call Sarah at (352) 592-7897 or Roni at (352) 799-3020, or e-mail spring email@example.com.


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Originally posted on Fox Sports Florida | By SCOTT CARTER | Last updated 8/8/13
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The full-throttled panic that raced across social media platforms has quieted since Jeff Driskel's appendix became talk-radio fodder last week. Driskel's surgery was a success. Florida's junior starting quarterback, still recovering from his emergency appendectomy, is on track to rejoin his teammates in the huddle soon. Meanwhile, backup Tyler Murphy quietly has taken on the responsibilities that come with leading the first-team offense during the first week of fall camp. There have been more reps and more scrutiny than Murphy is used to. More questions on media day and more heads turned his way when he walks across campus. That's part of the gig. Murphy doesn't seem to mind. "I'm getting better. I'm making strides. I feel like I'm doing a pretty good job of running the offense, not perfect," Murphy said this week. "There's still a lot of work to be done. Jeff went 11-2 last year as the starting quarterback, so you've got to do a lot of stuff to beat out a quarterback that led the team to the Sugar Bowl." When news broke that Driskel, the only quarterback on the roster with a pass attempt, was going to miss the beginning of camp, worst-case scenarios started to flash across Twitter and the blogosphere. (Note: Receiver Trey Burton has 12 attempts from when he rotated to the position on occasion as a freshman and sophomore). Murphy heard about all of them. Without Driskel, the season was lost. Without Driskel, the offense was stuck in reverse. Without Driskel, the Gators might not complete a pass. Without question, there were reasons for concern. No team wants to start camp with its starting quarterback unavailable at the last minute. Still, Florida coach Will Muschamp offered a reasonable timetable on Driskel's return based on what he was told by doctors. Based on those reports, Driskel would likely be back around the middle of camp and with time to prepare for the Aug. 31 season opener against Toledo. So far, so good. While Driskel has not practiced, he has been a constant presence at camp to offer Murphy and the rest of the quarterbacks any tips he can provide. Muschamp recently said Murphy is the clear-cut No. 2 quarterback and that redshirt freshman Skyler Mornhinweg and true freshman Max Staver would battle for the third spot on the depth chart. Offensive coordinator Brent Pease is pleased with the way Driskel has remained involved during an important part of camp when the offense is being installed. "(He's) making himself more accountable to the situation of what really the goals for this team and the kids are," Pease said Wednesday. "It's to win the SEC. Not afraid to step up and say something. Hes demonstrated that. "I think when you get a kid who becomes vocalized in a good way and demonstrates that and talks to his teammates and challenges and encourages them, you know hes taken the next step because hes earned some respect." So has Murphy. A 6-foot-2, 208-pound redshirt junior, Murphy hasn't been in position as a team leader since his senior season at Wethersfield (Conn.) High, where he accounted for 30 touchdowns, more than 1,100 yards rushing and 1,100 yards passing as a dual-threat quarterback, and won a state title in the triple jump. Since he has been at Florida, Murphy has been buried behind John Brantley, Burton, Jordan Reed, Driskel and Jacoby Brissett on the depth chart. When Brissett transferred to N.C. State in January, Murphy moved up to No. 2 and secured that position with a solid showing in spring practice. In football parlance, Murphy is "one snap away." "I would be mad at him if he didn't give it his all and try the real deal and take over," said fifth-year senior Andre Debose, who suffered a season-ending knee injury at practice Tuesday. "That is what you are supposed to do in that opportunity." Murphy's focus during Driskel's absence has been to prove he is capable if Driskel should go down. He is trying to earn the respect that Driskel had to this time last year in camp. The day Murphy received the call about Driskel's appendectomy, he immediately prepared for what was to come. Or what might come. He reflected on when Brantley suffered an ankle injury in 2011 and Driskel and Brissett, neither with a pass attempt to their credit, had to face Alabama and LSU in back-to-back weeks. The results were worthy of deletion from the season highlight package. Should a similar situation play out in 2013, Murphy hopes he can draw upon this experience. "That's definitely in the back of my head as a possibility," Murphy said. "I'm just trying to be productive. But I feel like I've gotten a lot better, especially with the amount of reps I've been able to get. "I definitely got to be sharp every day. I was able to really watch Jeff grow as a leader and take things from that."
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Voters in the last election added two more Native Americans to the Minnesota House of Representatives, making a small Native Caucus of four women. They, in turn, joined with House and Senate members from Hispanic/Latino, Hmong and other Asian, Somali and Black American heritages to form a 14-member People of Color & Indigenous (POCI) Caucus to fight collaboratively for racial and economic equality issues during the 2017 legislative session.
New to the Legislature are Reps. Jamie Becker-Finn, of Roseville (District 42B); and Mary Kunesh-Podein, New Brighton (41B). They joined Reps. Peggy Flanagan, St. Louis Park (46A), who won a special election in 2015 and a full term in November; and three-term veteran Susan Allen, of Minneapolis (62B)
All Native and POCI members are DFLers. That means they are minority individuals combining talents within the minority party of both houses of the Minnesota Legislature. It also means they needed to work offensively and defensively with Republican lawmakers and committee chairs to seek new programs and funds while preserving programs and funds already serving their constituents and communities.
It is hard for me to imagine doing this job without the Native Caucus and the POCI caucus, said new House member Becker-Finn. I think there is strength in numbers, but it also gave me strength as an individual to look across the House floor and see Representative Flanagan and know that I was not alone in what I was fighting for.
Reaching out and banding together worked, at least in the eyes of Mary LaGarde, executive director of the Minneapolis American Indian Center. The caucus coauthored and supported legislative efforts for the Center's $155,000 renovation pre-design funding that was led by Rep. Karen Clark (62A), who represents that area of south Minneapolis.
LaGarde said design work and mechanical upgrade plans will be prepared by late fall at the earliest. Ever a diplomat, LaGarde said she was pleased that Gov. Mark Dayton, a DFLer, included the Centers funding in his state bonding bill recommendations, and that Clark and Allen were able to get Republican legislative leaders to study and accept the proposal. Key among them was Rep. Dean Urdahl (18A), R-Grove City and the House Capital Investment chair.
Given that there are now enough Native heritage members of the Legislature to actually work as a caucus, The Circle asked the four lawmakers to assess what was accomplished, what wasnt, and how working together in Native and POCI (pronounced posse) caucuses worked.
Allen provided a long list of bills either passed or incorporated into larger, omnibus legislation from the states Revisor of Statutes Office that included:
Of course, nearly everything else that passed the Legislature and was signed into law will have an impact on Minnesota Indian Country along with all other communities within the state.
For Allen, the dean of the Native Caucus, there was as much frustration over what wasnt done as there was satisfaction over what she deemed to be accomplishments.
The Legislature mostly ignored the chaos in Washington and how federal programs in transition might come back and harm state and local governments and their shared programs, she said. As a result, she added, the Legislature squandered most of the $1.65 billion (state) budget surplus by redistributing it to the wealthy and further widening inequality between the wealthy and people struggling to secure and maintain regular employment that pays a living wage.
The two caucuses working together did hold off legislative efforts to prohibit local governments, such as the city of Minneapolis, from addressing economic inequality issues such as raising minimum wages. They also were instrumental in preventing legislative efforts aimed at disallowing citizen protests.
The strength in numbers didnt just come from the members of the Legislature. It was also reflected by citizens who came to support the caucus members. For instance, a House debate on an oil pipeline amendment drew Native people and environmentalist allies, and was the most powerful day of my legislative career thus far, said Becker-Finn.
To hear the drum reverberate in our State Capitol it was a very powerful and also effective at showing how much people in our communities care about the issue, she said.
Kunesh-Podein, meanwhile, said being able to tell personal stories from family experiences helped other lawmakers grasp how public policy plays out in human terms. When funds for American Indian students and tribal schools were being excluded from initial budget bills, being a member of the POCI caucus gave me the courage and voice to raise this oversight on the House floor.
It also compelled me to share my familys history of trauma related to being removed from the Standing Rock Reservation and being sent to the Carlisle Indian Boarding School in Pennsylvania. At the end of the session, and after our collective perseverance and personal conversations with committee members, I was elated to see that monies were put back into the education omnibus bill.
Four members of the House help make other legislators aware of tribes and indigenous people, the members said. But even greater strength comes from teaming with POCI members who represent other marginalized communities in Minnesota, Kunesh-Podein said.
Immigrants live in constant fear of deportation; and womens reproductive rights and economic opportunities are under constant attack, she said. With POCI, she said, we have a powerful, collective voice for these constituents.
I am a traveler, for sure, but my love of the horse, the sound of horses on our Mother Earth, the chance to see a monarch butterfly, a back trail, and a ride with my grandchildren brings me to horse. And on Sandy Lake, it brings me to canoes. We have become a people who travel very fast, and many of us rarely stop to taste the fresh raspberries, harvest the medicines, or swim in our lakes. And perhaps we have forgotten our relationship to the natural world and the horse nation.
These past three weeks I have had the privilege of riding with great horsemen and women, mostly Dakota and Lakota who came to ride the proposed Enbridge pipelines this time in Wisconsin, where Enbridge has two main lines a triangle from Superior which stretches across Bad River, Lac Courte Orielles, and into Ho Chunk territory. The line turns towards the Great Lakes and to the proposed Line 3 route in Minnesota and through the heart of our manoomin (wild rice) territory. It is an epic time and in an epic time, we must be at our best.
I am inspired by courageous people. I believe that we all are, whether Delores Huerta, Nelson Mandela or the Crow Creek Boys who we came to know at Standing Rock. At 21, Mason Red Wing is young for a leader. Standing Rock changed his life as it did for many of us. We remember Mason and his brother Talon Voice from the early videos of the horses and dogs at Standing Rock. Many of those who travel, saw the grammas being arrested and thrown to the ground by Morton County.
I went out there to protect the women and children, to put our bodies in front of them, Talon Voice tells me.
The dogs came straight for the horses, as soon as they released the dogs. We had to drive them back.. he said.
Asked why they ventured so far into the woods and lakes to support us in our battle against Enbridge, Mason said, You guys helped at Standing Rock, so I said why not return the favor and come support you.
The men of Crow Creek, Rosebud, Cheyenne River, Sisseton, and Santee are seasoned and weathered for their young age. Their lives are much more tragic than many, yet their love of the horse and the restoration of horse culture inspires all and heals them.
We remember who we are when we see our relatives on horse back. It is not only a healing for Lakota people. What brings us together is often the spirit, the need for redemption, and the horse nation.
Tracy Hsu is from Elgin North Dakota, a K-12 Librarian in the school system. She rides through Minnesota with us. What really prompted me to go to Standing Rock was the kids on horses. I saw that on FB [Facebook], said Hsu. Those kids are Mason Red Wing, Talon Voice, Kaler Kirkie, Judson Stadel, Jason Skinny Bull, Elliot, Matt Pumpkinseed, and many more.
Tracy brought two half Percheron, half thoroughbred horses to ride along the proposed Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline. I wanted to show my support. You guys came to North Dakota. She pauses, I also wanted to represent what you call the Deep North. That there are a few of us that are here, who support you, who are conscious and are good people.
To Tracy, the violence of the oil industry was wrong. When they sicked dogs on people and closed the highway, I was all in. You dont get to do that to people... Our family ranch was on the Cannonball
she added.
The Black Snake
I became committed to ride this 200 mile stretch from Rice Lake Refuge in Minisinakwaang to Rice Lake at Gaawaabaabaanikaag, five years ago. For those years I have ridden, always with other riders better than I, this route proposed for the pipeline. The Keri Pickett film, First Daughter and the Black Snake tells much of our story in the ride against the current of the oil, and our commitment to face Enbridge on a long battle.
A journey is not always in your planner. Each day is like a journey to me, that is if I am able to take the Creator up on the offer. We stop at the East Lake Powwow and probably for the first time in years, 20 horses circle through the Dance Arbor, and the host drum, Swampy Cree, sings a jingle dress song for the horses. After all, many jingle dress songs are related to horse songs.
Half way through the ride we got word that our Great Elder, Anna Gibbs, had passed on. The Dakota remembered her and asked to escort our Waasabiik, Anna Gibbs, to her final resting place at the family cemetery in Ponemah. Tracy Hsu drives her white percherons to carry the casket, and the riders escort Anna. The ride and the journey are beautiful.
Lets be clear that what is being proposed in the failing days of the fossil fuel industry is a disaster of epic proportions. It is the same with the extreme mining proposals, the Confined Animal Feeding Operations, and the proposed Back Forty Mine of Wisconsin. They are all part of an extreme way of life, one which is not sustainable. A disaster of epic proportions, requires an epic answer, and courage. On the horse, and on the land and water, you find that courage.
Most of us have had little faith in a state or federal regulatory process. And it turns out that we are related. The proposed Line 3 would add more tar sands to Enbridges Mainline system, and would feed into a proposed 42 inch Line 66, called a twin to the Line 61 in Wisconsin. Another Snake, Line 5, heads through Bad River to the Straights of Mackinac where hundreds of water protectors gather. Line 66 crosses Ho Chunk territory, and for a time, Deer Clan Elder Bill Greendeer joins us on the ride.
The Enbridge Pipeline already cuts through one of thirteen Bear, Snake, Effigy and other mounds.
... The Ho-Chunk Nation is no stranger to the damage caused by the oil industry to our sacred sites within our traditional territory. In its current capacity, the Enbridge Pipeline has already caused the irreparable damage to many sacred site on our homelands
, Jon Greendeer, Executive Director of Heritage Preservation for the HoChunk Nation.
Eighty feet wide and 300 miles long, running the length of Wisconsin through neighborhoods, businesses, farmsteads, forests, rivers that is the swath of Wisconsin land controlled by Enbridge Energy Partners. Beneath that 80 foot swath are three pipelines carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil per day, and one pipeline carrying diluent pumped northward to extract oil from Canadas tar sands. Now Enbridge wants more and up to 300 feet more of easement.
Unlikely Alliances
The pipeline makes unlikely allies, linked through a dysfunctional and outdated system of infrastructure. People come to see us at every stop, bring food, water, and community feasts. In Marshfield, Wisconsin (site of the largest Enbridge spill in Wisconsin) we are sweaty from horses, and welcomed at the Presbyterian Church potluck with hundreds of people, including landowners who were deeply concerned about the Canadian company being granted eminent domain rights to expand a line in Wisconsin. We are put up in Tweeds farm, a newly elected Tribal Council man from Lac Couirte Orielle reservation, with whom we talk of local food economies, horses and a future.
Marjy Hanson, built her home 30 years ago near Marshfield. Wisconsin. To her, this is about property rights... I have paid taxes here as have many of my neighbors who will suffer similar issues and some who have it worse, they will lose their home. Truly my husband and I believe 80 feet is enough.
The heavy lobbying of the Canadian pipeline company came to bear. In the summer of 2015 the Wisconsin legislatures Joint Finance Committee, through the obscure Motion 999 process, changed Wisconsins eminent domain law to allow Enbridge to take private land through condemnations.
The proposed Sandpiper and Line 3 originally was slated to cross Lynn Mizners land, and after her she became intractable (ie: would not budge) Enbridge backed off and re-routed. So we camp in her yard and admire her sheep and her sheep dogs.
Each day is like a journey to me, that is if I am able to take the Creator up on the offer.
What Mason and the other horse people did at Standing Rock changed our perceptions of who we are and where we are in history. The truth is, we have become a people who live in a box, not only a house, a housing project, a city, but a computer, a phone, and a box, of our own social limitations.
I remember clearly Mathew King saying, the only thing sadder than an Indian who is not free, is an Indian who does not remember what it is like to be free
And in many ways that is this time. For the Anishinaabeg to be free is to make maple syrup, harvest medicines, net fish, harvest wild rice and live the life of these Northwoods and lakes. The Riders remind us to be free. The sound of the horse nation on our land reminds us of the larger life around us. I see the few monarchs, the quietude of our lakes, and am grateful.
(All photographs by Sarah Kalmanson.)
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is reminding Indian
Country that it needs to work with Congress and naturally allied groups
to support programs that cover the entire food chain, from producers to
consumers, who are all bunched together under what is called the farm
Two researchers with the Indigenous Food and Agriculture
Initiative (IFAI) at the University of Arkansas School of Law have
pulled together all that is at stake for Native people and tribes in a
new study, Regaining our Future: An Assessment of Risks and
Opportunities for Native Communities in the 2018 Farm Bill.
SMSC funded study shows how 70 percent of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture budget most years is used for various feeding, nutrition and
food safety programs that affect all Americans and all Native people
regardless where they live. The rest of the USDA budget is spread out
over conservation, water quality, trade promotion, economic development,
insurance and farm income stabilization programs that give the bill its
The study was prepared and written by the Initiatives
Janie Simms Hipp (Chickasaw Nation), a former senior advisor for tribal
relations to former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Colby D.
Duren, the IFAIs policy director and former staff counsel for the
National Congress of American Indians.
Their findings will come as
a surprise to many people on the knife, fork and spoon end of the food
chain. It happens about every five years when Congress rewrites and
updates food, farm, nutrition and related natural resource legislation
lumped together under the so-called farm bill.
While access to
food and good nutrition is important to all Americans, the Hipp and
Duren study stresses that Natives are involved in every step of the food
chain from farming and ranching on down, and Natives and tribes are
also engaged participants in soil, water and resource protection.
R. Vig, chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community,
emphasized those linkages in announcing publication of the new study.
a food and nutritional health crisis grips most of Indian Country, Vig
said. As Congress prepares to shape the next farm bill, there has
never been a more critical time for Native Americans to unite to defend
our interests.
Tribal governments, Native producers,
environmental stewards and Native community members must work together
to involve Congress in helping us solve this crisis, he added.
said in an interview that complexities for Native Americans with food
and agriculture policies come partly from their own diversity. Seventy
percent of our people now live in urban centers, she said. But our
land base is rural.
Meanwhile, she said, this often disconnects
Native food producers from urban consumers. We have always been food
producers. Our people need to feed themselves; we need to build out our
food system.
That is a SMSC objective and why it supports urban farming projects,
including in the Shakopee and Prior Lake area. That prompted SMSC
officials to reach out to Hipp and colleagues at the special Arkansas
center more than two years ago.
Hipp said that looking at farm bill
legislation title by title, a lot of people can read the report and see
themselves connected to the farm bill. It is the peoples bill, she
One of the smaller titles in the bill, for promoting American
food exports, actually has special importance for Minnesota tribes and
Natives entrepreneurs, given the number of special Native foods
companies based here. The study calls for including Native foods and
companies at all U.S.-led trade promotion tours and conferences.
is at stake for the Native Americans and nearly all other Americans
whose lives are touched in some way by the farm bill. Pressures are
building in Congress to separate the bill between programs for producers
and the food, nutrition and safety portions. That would break the
coalition that has kept the peoples bill as part of public policy for
nearly 150 years.
SMSC and Arkansas IFAI have allies for getting
the report out to tribal leaders and all who are engaged with Native
food and health activities. The studys announcement statement noted
Hipp and Duren consulted closely with Intertribal Agriculture Council,
Intertribal Timber Council and National Congress of American Indians in
preparing the report.
As for SMSC, supporting pure, or basic
research, across the breadth of Indian Country is not new. The
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative research project is a
continuation of a commitment made in 2015 by the Shakopee Mdewakanton
SMSC, the largest Native American philanthropic
contributor, launched a $10 million campaign two years ago called Seeds
of Native Health to improve Native nutrition and food access through
grants. As part of that, it funds research education and
capacity-building efforts, the tribe explained.
In has partnered in
that work with the American Diabetes Association, American Heart
Association, AmeriCorps VISTA, Better Way Foundation (Minneapolis-based
foundation supporting child well-being, family and community efforts),
the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Center for Indian Country
Development, First Nations Development Institute (Longmont, Colo.),
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (Los Angeles-based with state
programs), Notah Begay III Foundation (Pueblo, N.M. foundation that
supports childrens health initiatives), and projects and programs at
the University of Arkansas' IFAI and University of Minnesota.
The Regaining Our Future study is available online at SMSCs Seeds of Native Health site, at
http://seedsofnativehealth.org/regaining-our-future-report .
We applaud the courts for protecting our laws and regulations from
undue political influence, and will ask the Court to shut down pipeline
operations immediately. Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault
For the past two weeks, Minnesotans and tribal members have packed Department of Commerce meetings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on Enbridge Line 3. Thousands of people have come to ask questions of the state, in what is a very, very short timetable for a major project.
The DEIS is 5000 pages in length, but under heavy fire as inadequate. Four tribal governments have intervened in the process: Red Lake Nation intervened in mid June, Fond du Lac, White Earth and Mille Lacs all have filed as intervenors.
ome huge questions loom. Enbridge, for instance, has stated that it will take over $l.2 billion to remove the aging Line 3 with all the leaks and anomalies. But they have not stated who will pay for this or how much more it might cost if we were to clean up the legacy contamination under the line.
At all meetings, people (Native and non-Native) have asked why the Ojibwe communities should be sacrificed for a Canadian tar sands pipeline, when the tar sands industry is on its last breath.
The final DEIS is scheduled to be out in the fall and the pipelines certificate of need (what they need to begin construction) could be issued by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission as early as April of next year. At a St. Paul press conference in June, Minnesota State Representatives Mary Konesh Podien flanked by others, including Frank Hornstein, John Marty and Karen Clark challenged the adequacy of the states draft environmental impact statement and asked for a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on pipeline abandonment, prior to any new pipeline approvals.
The EIS is on a very fast track to keep with Enbridges convenience, and a Pawlenty imposed deadline. In comparison, the state of New York took seven years to review proposals for fracking, before the moratorium was issued. A federal ban on lead shot took decades for review.
Complex decisions take time, Honor the Earth Attorney Frank Bibeau said, particularly when there are thousands of comments as to the inadequacy of the EIS, and huge regional and global implications. The interests of Minnesota citizens require due diligence in review by policy makers.
In the meantime, two major legal cases, may impact significantly on the states liability and Minnesotas future.
In mid June, Michigans Attorney General filed new charges of involuntary manslaughter against five officials in the Flint Water Crisis investigation, among them the head of Michigans Health Department.
Michigan indictments on state negligence have resulted in l3 charges for state officials who did not act to protect the interests of Flint citizens. The city of Flint, Michigan came to international attention when their drinking water system collapsed. The Flint Water Crisis was and is a failure of leadership, a report issued by Michigan Attorney General Bull Schuette notes. ... A cause of the breakdown in state management was a fixation, a preoccupation with data, finance and costs instead of placing the health, safety and welfare of citizens first.
Michigans example may be a forewarning to Minnesota public officials. In particular, drinking water issues are already a concern in many northern tribal communities, and new threats will likely exacerbate those conditions, Bibeau said.
Meanwhile, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) continues to be challenged. Federal Judge James Boarsberg (DC) ruled in June that approval permits issued by the Trump administration violated the law in certain critical respects.
According to attorneys at Earth Justice, The Court did not determine whether pipeline operations should be shut off and has requested additional briefing on the subject and a status conference on June 21
The Standing Rock Tribe responded. We applaud the courts for protecting our laws and regulations from undue political influence, said Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II, and will ask the Court to shut down pipeline operationsimmediately.
The legal case involves similar issues to that of the proposed Line 3, particularly with regards to the environmental injustice of setting a pipeline near tribal people instead of near a white community, as was originally planned. DAPL was rerouted to be directly north of the Standing Rock reservation so as not to impact the city of Bismarck.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce notes that the tribal community bears the largest impact of this proposed project:, despite route alternatives. At Evidentiary Hearings, Enbridge leadership testified that the route through tribal lands was the least risk to the broader society. Not that different than DAPL. The DEIS also notes,
A finding of disproportionate and adverse impacts does not preclude selection of any given alternative.
As Earth Justice explains, The Obama administration made a carefully considered decision that these Treaty Rights needed to be respected in connection with an oil pipeline immediately upstream of the reservation. The Trump administration ignored that advice, and acted as if the Tribe does not exist.
In short, the Michigan indictments of State and County officials, and the Standing Rock federal court decision could have serious implications for Enbridges future in the region. As tribal governments line up on the side of their people, state and northern county officials might be cautious about those oaths of office. It seems that Michigans Attorney General found out the hard way that oaths were to serve the public. Northern counties and state may want to review their oaths of office in the face of massive pressure by a Canadian pipeline company.
A multimedia training program for Native American youth in the Twin Cities is taking a large step forward and becoming a competitive media production company serving a variety of clients in the metro area.
Since the beginning of this year, First Person Productions is attempting to be a self-sustaining and competitive multimedia production company, said Binesikwe Means, the program and companys media team leader.
First Person Productions, 1516 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, and its parent nonprofit organization, MIGIZI Communications, works with about 50 high school and middle school students each year.
Now, some of these students are becoming employees and work and learn by producing promotional videos, various training and educational media, public service announcements (PSAs), documentaries, radio programs and podcasts, and advertising and brand promotions that use audiovisual products.
Means said there are currently seven high school students at First Person Productions during after school hours. They are students at Roosevelt, South and Washburn high schools in Minneapolis and Harding High School in St. Paul. Enrollment is larger during the summer months.
For some, the training program is introductory to learn about multimedia and audio-visual equipment and discover ones own interests. Id say it is a hobby for me now, said Iliana Zephier (Yankton Dakota), a student at Roosevelt High School. But who knows.
For others it is clearly an attempt to access equipment, training and learn about their own talents and interests that may lead to post-secondary studies and artistic and business careers emerging as great 21st Century opportunities, said Means (Oglala Lakota).
That is where training and working in a real business environment share the same road leading to potential opportunities ahead. With any form of multimedia, communications and journalism, she said. They will (also) need to know the business.
Means worked for six years at In Progress, the nonprofit digital arts training program based in St. Paul, before joining First Person Productions in December to prepare for the latters expansion as an entrepreneurial company in multimedia production.
First Person Production is off and running by tailoring products and services for diverse clients. These services include filming and documenting events, making one to two-minute PSAs, talk show documentation, promotional spots, 30 to 90-minute commercials, training videos, documentaries, editing and DVD production services, and fundraising videos usable for groups involved with the annual MN Give to the Max Day.
Native, health and educational groups are among the companys initial clients.
Some include programs for Minneapolis Public Schools, the Indian Health Board, elder interviews for the Minnesota Historical Society, Center for School Change, Minneapolis Department of Health, Achieve Minneapolis, American Indian Cancer Foundation, and the Indigenous Peoples Task Force.
Some are nonprofit organizations that also seek to be viable entrepreneurial organizations as well, like First Person Productions. They would include Mixed Blood Theater, New Native Theater, and Running Wolf Fitness Center.
Still others have ties to the Native communities through philanthropic work. Among them are the Tiwahe Foundation, the Division of Indian Work and Native Americans in Philanthropy.
Adam Savariego (Upper Sioux), representing the University of Minnesotas Youth Development Leadership program, said he was astonished by the creativity and technical skills the students already possessed when they worked on a presentation for the Universitys program.
Another aspect of the training is that students will learn there are many different business forms that entrepreneurs may use to turn personal interests and talents into meaningful careers.
By seeking to become an ongoing, self-sustaining business, First Person Productions is emulating the multiple objective business plans of tribal-owned enterprises and cooperatives, including credit unions and mutual insurance companies, which are popular throughout Upper Midwest states.
These member-owned and operated businesses have a primary purpose of meeting business or service needs of members, insists Dutch economist and business professor Gert van Dijk, a leading international expert on cooperatives and their strategies. At the same time, the ventures must be sound enterprises in their own right to survive and succeed in competitive markets.
Where nonprofit businesses are different is that the members arent really a collection of shareholders. Rather, they are stakeholders beneficiaries and community members who share reasons for being connected or reliant on an enterprise.
First Person Productions is like a close relative of cooperatives and tribal-owned enterprises, said Graham Hartley, director of programs for MIGIZI Communications.
The nonprofit MIGIZI was launched in 1977 with the objectives of training youth and countering misrepresentations of Native Americans and their communities. This started with producing the first nationally distributed radio show and later television programming for the region. That was the initial enterprise of MIGIZI and the origin of First Person Productions, Hartley said.
From the start, MIGIZI has been a training vehicle for young Native people by introducing high school-age students to modern visual, graphic and audio technology and constantly evolving strategies for multimedia presentations.
MIGIZI has expanded over the years and now has several training and education programs serving Native and at-risk youth. Programs called Green Jobs Pathway, Native Academy, Native Youth Futures, Advancing Change and First Person Productions are somewhat interconnected.
The parent foundation helps students with paid internships when they are working on First Person products, Hartley said. And it also has a matching savings program that multiplies the amount of money students set aside in saving for future college tuition expenses.
The multiple goals of MIGIZA and First Person Productions impressed the Universitys Savariego as much as the students sophisticated skills.
I didnt know about their programs, he said. It blew me away.
This is exactly what I want to do in working with and empowering young people when I get my MED.
To learn more about MIGIZI and First Person Productions, or to see their products, services and prices, see their website at: http://www.migizi.org .
Line 3: Its the sequel to the Sandpiper but larger. Last year, the White Earth Ojibwe people joined with many others to stop the Sandpiper, the fracked oil pipeline. Now Enbridge is back with another line same route, same problems. This month, people will have an opportunity to ask questions and comment on Line 3, the Canadian based, 900,000-barrels-a-day, tar sands pipeline.
The Court ordered environmental review released by the Minnesota Department of Commerce is huge and offers some good information. It also brings some deep concerns, including why the No Build Option is not recommended.
The project would grant an entirely new corridor for perpetuity through northern Minnesota. That project is not technically a replacement since it is in a new corridor and is a much larger pipe.
Quesitons I might Ask
If you are a Native person, you might want to know why you dont matter. The Department of Commerce reports that American Indian communities and individuals have unique health issues associated with historical trauma and structural racism.
American Indians in Minnesota have greater health disparities and poorer health outcomes compared to other racial and ethnic groups in Minnesota
The report also states,
the uprooting of the people from their traditional lands
creates psychological and health impacts for generations. Displacement brought about a loss of traditional ways of making a living, of providing food for the table, and of being in relationship with one another
The report also says, The impacts associated with the proposed Project and its alternatives would be an additional health stressor on tribal communities that already face overwhelming health disparities and inequities
The Department of Commerce notes the Tribal community bears the largest impact of this proposed project, Any of the routes selected would negatively affect tribal resources and tribal members. The
relationship to the land and the rights tribal members have in the ceded territories complicates the traditional notion of mitigation. The ceded territories and the rights that go with them are not mobile and cannot be transferred
And then theres this,
A finding of disproportionate and adverse impacts does not preclude selection of any given alternative.
This finding does, however, require detailed efforts to avoid, mitigate, minimize, rectify, reduce, or eliminate the impact associated with the construction of the Project or any alternatives.
In other words, does this mean, deal with it?
The Department of Commerce also noted that the preferred project route would cross more wild rice lakes than any other proposed route.
Where is the spill data?
Enbridge has tried to bar the disclosure of this information from the public, stating that some bad actors might use this information. Park Rapids based Friends of the Headwaters pointed out that
Enbridge pipelines on its mainline route are exposed above ground or shallowly buried in many locations. Google Earth can be used to find such pipelines hanging above streams. This imagery reveals that many pipelines are within a few feet of each other. The type of person who would do deliberate damage already has plenty of information about where to do such damage
There are some spill scenarios in the report, but none has been done, for instance, on the St. Louis River. If I was Duluths mayor or city council, I would want to know what the plan was to protect the Great Lakes.
Theres not a lot of discussion of this in the document, although this is a pretty big problem and a precedent. There are at least eight operating pipelines in Minnesota, of which most have been around thirty or more years. This is the first abandonment of a line and would set a national precedent.
Lets say this problem does not get solved now
and so another five lines or so get abandoned, and then what? Time to fix the problem now. Lets find out whats under the pipes which Enbridge says are in a state of deterioration, in other words, they are leaking.
This year, Representative Rick Hanson (DFL, 52A) proposed the first attempt to give landowners a right to make decisions on pipelines in their territory. The idea of tribes and the state regulating abandonment in our pristine watersheds might be a good idea. Many landowners say that should be solved before we talk about any new pipelines.
The impact on the place the pipe comes from, where it goes, and the overall atmosphere from 900,000 barrels a day of tar sands oil might take a bit more work to figure out. Its more than the cancers and health impacts on the Dene people who live downstream from the tar sands projects.
One Canadian report notes, No one knows what will happen when a mine has exhausted a site, shuts down its operation, and leaves. Tailings pond abandonment is an unproven technology whose success is predicated on modeling rather than real world experience. . . . Billions of cubic meters of contaminated water soon will be sitting untended, with no active pumping, in abandoned ponds adjacent to the Athabasca River.
And finally, there is a question of need. The Toronto Globe and Mail suggests that pipeline companies and politicians are overbuilding tar sands pipe lines by 2.4 million barrels a day capacity. And it is not clear how much tar sands oil, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, will be produced in ten or fifteen years.
Now would be the time to ask if this pipeline is needed. Informational meetings are set to take place in June around Minnesota.
Pipeline 3 Meeting
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Enbridge Energys proposed Line 3 Pipeline Project has been made available for public review and comment. The DEIS was prepared by the Minnesota Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to evaluate human and environmental impacts of the proposed Line. Public meetings will provide an opportunity to learn about the info in the EIS and provide oral or written comments into record. Comments will be accepted through July 10 and may be emailed, mailed, or faxed. Email address: Pipeline.Comments@ state.mn.us. US Mail: Jamie MacAlister, Environmental Review Manager, MN Dept of Commerce, 85 7th Place E., # 280, St. Paul, MN 55101-2198. Fax: 651-539-0109. Include docket numbers CN-14-916 and PPL-15-137 on all comments. Personally identifying information is not edited or deleted from submissions.
Meetings will be held at the following times and locations:
June 6: 10am-1pm, Rice Lake Comm Center, 13830 Community Loop, Bagley.
June 6: 6-9pm, IRA Civic Center, 1401 NW 3rd Ave, Grand Rapids.
June 7: 10am-1pm, Park Rapids High School, Cafetorium, 401 Huntsinger Ave, Park Rapids.
June 7: 6-9pm, Palace Casino Hotel, 16599 69th Ave NW, Cass Lake.
June 8: 10am-1pm, Downtown Fair Center, 107 W 7th Ave, Floodwood.
June 8: 6-9pm, Central Lakes College, room E54, 501 W College Dr, Brainerd.
June 9: 11am-2pm. Maslowski Wellness & Research Center, 17 5th Street SW, Wadena.
June 12: 10am-1pm, Grand Casino Hinckley, 777 Lady Luck Dr, Hinckley.
June 12: 6-9pm, East Lake Comm. Ctr, 36666 State Hwy 65, McGregor.
June 13: 10am-1pm, FDL Tribal College, 2101 14th St, Cloquet.
June 13: 6-9pm, Intercontinental Hotel Saint Paul, 11 E. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul.
June 14: 11am-2pm, Staples Comm Ctr, 425 4th St NE, Staples.
June 14: 6-9pm, Initiative Found-ation, 405 1st St SE, Little Falls.
June 15: 10am-1pm, Henry's Catering Hall, 6774 MN-25, Foley.
June 15: 6-9pm, Phoenix Hotel, 210 MN-23, Milaca.
June 16: 10am-1pm, Grand Event Center, 2025 Rowland Rd, Mora.
June 20: 10am-1pm, Marshall Cty Central Schools, 310 W Minnesota Ave, Newfolden.
June 20: 6-9pm, Hallock City Hall, 163 3rd St SE, Hallock.
June 21: 10am-1pm, R. Engelstad Arena, Imperial Rm, 525 Brooks Ave N, Thief River Falls.
June 21: 6-9pm, Plummer Senior Citizen Center, 185 Minnesota St, Plummer.
June 22: 10am-1pm, Gully Comm. Center, 120 Main St, Gully.
June 22: 6-9pm, Sanford/Nielson Conv. Ctr, 1111 Event Center Dr NE, Bemidji.


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SNOOKER ace Paul Davison is thrilled the UK Championship is to remain in its "rightful home" of York.
The Pickering-based professional, who beat Gerard Greene in front of an army of home supporters at the York Barbican in last year's event before giving former champion Shaun Murphy a scare in the second round, said he was delighted by the prospect of once again appearing at the arena.
Davison was reacting after Barry Hearn confirmed on Thursday that the Fishergate venue would host the tournament this autumn after doubts had been raised about its future in the Minster city.
Hearn has moved to address logistical concerns raised by players following the 2013 tournament, which concluded last month with the Australian Neil Robertson taking the trophy.
It is likely this year's event will see the four table set-up in the main arena, which reverted to two tables at the last 16 stage, now in place up until the quarter-finals.
While the match lengths, and tournament format, will remain the same, the two table set up may also be in place now for the semi-finals, which would theoretically free up an extra day in the tournament calendar.
Davison said that only the Preston Guildhall, which was the long term home of the UK Championship during its formative years, could even come close to the atmosphere generated at the Barbican.
"I'm delighted and I am glad the UK is staying in York," he said. "I enjoyed every second of it last year – even the match I lost – and playing my games in the main arena was really good.
"It will be great to play there again. It is high-tiered seating at the back and you can take in every match. It's a fantastic venue and I haven't spoken to anyone who doesn't like it – players or spectators.
"It's the right decision. 100 per cent. For me, the Guildhall in the 1980s and 90s was a fantastic venue and only the Guildhall comes anywhere close (to the Barbican). It's great the UK is staying there."


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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is designed to protect a patient's healthcare information from unauthorized disclosure among other things. Laboratories, for example, may do so "for treatment purposes without patient authorization, as long as they use reasonable safeguards," by fax, email, telephone, etc. But what if the disclosure is unintentional?
As a department manager, I frequently review results, charts, and history for quality and workflow purposes. For example, I might review a history and physical of a person admitted from the ED who has had blood cultures drawn. It's easy to run across test results and healthcare information for people I know personally in the community. It's part of the job but falls within "treatment purposes." We can't help but see this kind of stuff in our professions, unless we work a city away.
I don't have access to all information. I can't look at results just because I know the patient. If it is within the course of my duties or work, that's fine. I might, for example, review a urine culture on a close relative that I didn't know had been collected as part of quality assurance. Like everyone else working at the hospital, I have to put a patient's personal information aside and be discreet.
This can be difficult.
What if, for example, a tech delivers a result to the emergency room and discovers her husband has just arrived with chest pain? She sees the chart, sees his name on a computer screen, or hears a nurse or doctor mention the name. It's impossible in these situations to remain objective. There's no way the tech can return to the lab and work, obviously.
This is an interesting dilemma, since it is understood in normal circumstances that the wife would be at her husband's side during this ordeal. HIPAA allows disclosure to a family member if the information is directly related to patient care or payment. But in this case the spouse learns of the event because of unintentional access to information that was impossible to ignore.
Has this happened to anyone? And how was it handled?
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Being a hospital in a small town, you remember names/people and lots of people know each other. Since I am not from the area, it doesn't bother me. Others, well-it's weird.
One time-the phlemb's sis came in the ER and she didn't know til she saw the labels. She clocked out and went to be with her with permission. Most people just leave work at the times of emergency.
However-if it's your blood work as an outpatient or a relative's, we ask someone else to result. We can also go to the sister hospital in our network for privacy. Example: I had blood work done and my insurance only covers in-network (i.e. has to be done at the hospital). I had the phlembs draw me and I spun it down and put it on the machine-I was working that shift. But, I went to another tech to do the results. I didn't look at them-strict hands off, eyes off.
I asked my former lab director about this exact thing-she had told me that it's such a gray area to just play it safe and have someone else result it. Even though it is your job to result-don't. Only if you are literally the only one who could result it (i.e. one tech on 3rd shift-no one else) would it most likely be ok.
I worry that by even telling someone their relative is in the ER might be a problem. What if it's your cousin coming in for something they don't want people to know about and you just show up in the ER, all concerned. Yep-that scares me more than resulting.


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We acknowledge the benefits that it can bring when used conservatively as it is gentle enough to not strip the skin or cause unneeded inflammation! We recommend once every other day or so…
What are Butylene Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, and Propanediol? I thought they were bad for you.
These are ingredients that are sometimes confused. Pentylene Glycol, found in our new Vitamin A treatment serums, is derived from coconut though ours is bio-identically made. It is non-toxic and not harmful. Propylene Glycol is derived from natural gas. This ingredient is toxic, harmful and NOT found in any Osmosis product! Zemea (Propanediol), found in Catalyst, is a corn derived alternative to Propylene Glycol that has received the ECOCERT seal. It is non-toxic and not harmful. Our bio-identical form of Butylene Glycol used in Deep Clean and Refresh, is the same form found in cocoa butter and the roots of the Common Rue plant. Both Pentylene Glycol and Propanediol are humectants, helping the skin to retain moisture.
Why are you using other preservatives instead of just Harmonized water?
We found that Harmonized water is a great 1st line of defense preservative but once exposed to microbes the energy or frequencies in the water molecules get used up and are unable to fight off any further exposure so we needed a second line of defense. The other two preservatives that you will find in Osmosis products include Dehydroacetic Acid and Honeysuckle extract. Honeysuckle is an all natural preservative derived from the flower bud. Dehydroacetic Acid has been through rigorous testing and has received approval for use by both the European Union and Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (one of the strictest review boards). It is 85% Organic, Eco Certified, and used as a food preservative. Since we are using these as a second line of defense we only need to use a small amount and are present at less than 1% in Osmosis Products.
The ingredient decks are so much longer, have you added a bunch of ingredients?
We have added a few key ingredients to our products like Synthe-6 (Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38) to help in maintaining our mission of providing the most corrective ingredients possible. The main reason why the ingredient decks look so much longer though is that we are now providing both the common name and the scientific name so that you have both names to reference in your pursuit of knowledge.
Are there any precautions to take when traveling with Osmosis products?
If you travel, you may have experienced your beauty products leaking or exploding inside your luggage, getting all over your clothes and other items. Certainly the last thing you want to deal with after a long day of travel. Air trapped in bottles can cause containers to explode when pressure changes. Make sure you remove any shrink wrap and open/close your product prior to travel. Placing any of your beauty products in ziploc bags is also a great back-up - just to be safe.
What form of phosphatidylcholine (PC) you use in your skin care formulations... Native PC, or Hydrogentated phosphatidylcholine (PC-H)?
There are usually 2 types of PC used in skincare. Pure, native PC like you mentioned (PC) and Hydrogenated PC (PC-H). Both are used for very different things. PC is used for it's liposomal, transdermal delivery properties. When you hydrogenate PC, you remove that property. PC-H is used only for it's highly emollient, moisturizing properties. We use PC-H in Quench and Refresh. But all the "delivery system" products (Correct, Renew, Calm, Clarify, Replenish, StemFactor and FI), all have PURE PC to ensure adequate delivery. Our supplier also indicated that that most if not all of the allergenic soy proteins are removed from PC, so people who have soy allergies, are not usually effected by topical PC.
Are your bottles recyclable?
Yes, they are recyclable under category 7.
Are your products gluten-free and vegan?
Our skincare products are gluten-free and mostly vegan. The skincare products that are not vegan include Shade, StemFactor and Immerse. Our Wellness Supplements are both gluten-free and vegan. Our Colour mineral makeup is gluten-free but not all products are vegan.
I have heard that Wormwood is in Restore. Isn't that bad for you?
We use Extract of Sweet Wormwood. We do NOT use pure Wormwood. Yes, it does indeed have amazing properties to it, and is now used as the #1 GLOBAL anti-malarial ingredient. It is HIGHLY effective in that application, and other short term clinical applications, as it shows no resistance. However, used long term it can become toxic to the body. In the initial research in the early 80's by the physician who actually created what is now Restore, they were looking at the Wormwood molecule in more depth. What was shown was that there was a specific component of the molecule (known as an endoperoxide bridge) that provided all the benefits to the body that we wanted, especially it's deeply therapeutic immuno-modulating effect, but without the toxic side effects of pure Wormwood. The process of extracting this section of the molecule is called Ozonolysis (literally exposing Wormwood to Ozone, hence the smell/taste), in effect producing a semi-synthetic ozonide. It is THAT extract, which we use in Restore. This is the molecule that has all the research behind it. So take comfort that we are NOT using plain old Wormwood.
Are Osmosis products natural and organic?
We have organic masks and a few organic ingredients elsewhere. We are 99% natural in the broad sense that ingredients like L-ascorbic acid are considered "natural" because they are bio-identical... even though everyone uses L-ascorbic acid made in a lab, not harvested from a fruit. We use a PEG in couple of products that does not cause harm to the skin or body, and there are a couple of ingredients that people object to like dimethicone. What we can definitively tell you is that we are non-toxic and that is the message we emphasize the most. In other words, when we use an artificial ingredient, it is only being considered if it adds a significant benefit to the performance of the product AND it is not creating any harm whatsoever.
My product looks/smells different than before?
Osmosis skincare products are made using a variety of natural, organic and botanical ingredients. Variations in color, fragrance and consistency are simply a result of natural variations in the materials used to make our products and in no way impacts their efficacy.
Do you test your products on animals?
We do NOT test on animals or endorse such practices.
What products are Oncology Esthetics approved?
Purify, Quench, Refresh PM and Organic Apple Mask
Are the brushes in your Colour collection sustainable and are any animals harmed?
We use the same manufacturer that makes top quality brushes for Laura Mercier, Trish McEvoy, Nars and many of the larger retail cosmetic companies. They are hand sewn and crimped. The handle is made out of wood and the brush ferrel is nickel. They use suppliers whose handles come from managed wood reforestation programs. Most of our brushes use goat or pony hair or a combination of both. Usually the mane or tail is shaved from the animals to acquire the hair quality. The animals are maintained with good nutritional diets to get better hair quality from them and no animal is ever killed for it. It would be an expensive process to acquire new animals all the time interfering with the sustainability of our brushes. We also use some squirrel hair with the same integrity for the squirrels. The only synthetic brush in our line is the Eyeliner/Brow brush.


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CBS TV correspondent Jeff Glor reports, in a special report, that US soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have been exposed to toxic environmental smoke and fumes from burn pits. As a result of the exposures they now allege medical conditions including respiratory condition and malignancies (cancers). A lawsuit is presently pending on their behalf.
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Select individuals using torture does not mean an entire race sanctions its use. You can't say in the same sentence "this race sanctions torture", and "because a couple people did it".
The entire section of "races" sanctioning is usage is just strange, and at the least mis-worded. Hossrex 09:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
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I don't believe it is appropriate for there to be a picture of a nude Patrick Stewart on the page (even if it is cleverly cropped). Children read MA. If there must be a picture of Patrick Stewart from "Chain of Command", couldn't we use another one? 188.8.131.52 14:52, September 10, 2012 (UTC)
- MA has usually taken a stance of, if it's appropriate enough to show onscreen, it's appropriate enough for us. For instance, we've been known to quote Kirk saying "bullshit" from the latest movie. Not to mention the fact that it's very illustrative of what the character was going through in the episode (didn't this debate rage over T'Pol's bum somewhere?). -Angry Future Romulan 14:57, September 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, there was such a debate about T'Pol's posterior. And Blair is quite correct that if it appeared on TV, it can appear here as well. 31dot (talk) 19:52, September 10, 2012 (UTC)


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The 'art' of quilting
Published: Sep 21, 2013
A group of women from diverse backgrounds have been meeting weekly to share their ideas and skills in the "art" of quilting, and now they're preparing for an exhibition at Doongalik Studios Art Gallery.
The exhibition by the Sew 'n' Sew Quilters will feature quilts created by members of the group, who have a wide range of experience. Some have been quilting for 20-plus years. Others are just starting out.
"Quilting in The Bahamas has become popular once again," said Pam Burnside, manager of Doongalik. "I am happy to see this form of communal activity returning to the country as we can certainly use more of it."
Burnside said the quilting community is also becoming more integrated into the fine art scene.
"I think that it is important to embrace and showcase those persons who produce high quality work. There is no need for there to be a separation between fine art and folk art because we can all benefit from our creative talents if we focus on excellence," she said.
Quilting is not only about the craft of quilting. It's also an important community tradition that provides an opportunity to socialize — the original purpose of quilting circles when they were first formed by women, particularly in island communities whose husbands were out to sea for long periods of time.
The women work independently on their own quilt projects within the group. Sometimes they have formal lessons but more often they spend their time helping each other with a project, whether it has to do with a quilt or a particular charity event. At their meetings, books, movies and news are discussed, jokes are told and treats are shared. The purpose is to have a relaxing and pleasant time together.
"Collectively we are proud to be able to show our work at Doongalik Studios," said the group's president, Margaret Finlayson.
The Sew 'n' Sew Quilters Exhibition opens on Tuesday, October 8 from 6pm-9pm and runs through Saturday October 19. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10am-4pm and on Saturdays 9am-1pm. For more information please contact the gallery at firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written. Master flutist and teacher Amy Porter has meticulously transcribed these pieces for performance on her upcoming CD. She has kept the integrity of the original Bach masterpieces while making them more idiomatic for the flute. These pieces are appropriate for teaching and performance, and are now available in this wonderful, newly edited collection, simply a must-have for any serious teacher or student.


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First of all, it's a NS app. i already buy it.
Is there a way that i can keep my iphone ip address on 192.168.20.2?
because i want to make a iphone hotspot and let other iphone connect to my network then play some 2 play games that only work in same wifi network(iphone app). but in order to work, the ip address got to be in the same range like 192.168.20.2 , 192.168.20.3...etc
(can't be 192.168.20.1 because app not recognize)
i try to manual assign ip address after the hotspot created, the first time is fine, but then i turn off and on again, it turn back normal to some random ip address. can pls fix it at next upgrade?
then another request, can pls make a sbsetting toggle for easy wifi sharing for on/off ? if u could, that will be more nicely~~
at last bug report, i could like to keep my usb/bluetooth sharing on after i turn off my wifi sharing. Every time when i done wifi sharing and turn it off, can that automatic turn back on for usb/bluetooth sharing? like remeber the last setting?
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If you want to have a share of a website (but don't want to run it), Viktorson.biz is now offering an opportunity to buy/sell their own shares. They are genuine opportunity and by buying their shares you are actually buying shares in a real established company (with its head offices located in the European Union - Bulgaria). The share price is estimated (but not guaranteed) to grow by about 500% for the period between May 2011 - January 2012. There is no time limit on how long you hold your shares you can buy/sell them anytime you want.
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Viktorson.biz currently accepts AlertPay only.
As you may know when investing it's important to know whether a business is sustainable or not, that way you can see the level of risk involved. Viktorson.biz is sustainable in terms that its main function is not the buying/selling of its shares. The company has been trading since 2007, and since has been making money from:
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Southwest Spaghetti Squash
READY IN: 1hr 50mins
Recipe by Cyn2938
I found this recipe in a Low-Carb cookbook. The sweetness of the squash mixes well with the spice of the other ingredients. Low-carb and vegetarian!
Top Review by sukline
Microwave the spaghetti squash to save time: cut squash in half and remove seeds, cover cut sides with plastic wrap, place cut-side down on plate, microwave until you can pierce squash with fork. Continue with recipe.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 spaghetti squash (3 pounds)
- 1 (14 ounce) can Mexican-style tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (14 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 3⁄4 cup monterey jack cheese, divided
- 1⁄4 cup cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut squash in half lengthwise.
- Remove and discard seeds.
- Place squash, cut side down, in greased baking pan.
- Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or until just tender.
- Using fork, remove spaghetti-like strands from hot squash and place strands in large bowl.
- Add tomatoes with juice, beans, 1/2 cup cheese, cilantro, cumin, garlic salt and pepper; toss well.
- Spray 1 1/2 quart casserole with nonstick cooking spray.
- Spoon mixture into casserole.
- Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
- Bake uncovered, 30 to 35 minutes or until heated through.
- Serve immediately.


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Sounds good. :) If you're running into trouble I'd also be flexible concerning the time.
Patch seems awesome, basically Lost Shores except hopefully a permanent feature. I`m definitely looking forward to seeing the rest of the storyline. Also, the laurel system looks to be yet ANOTHER currency in the game (how many is that, five-six? EDIT: EIGHT? Holy bad game design Batman!). Speaking of laurels, would anyone happen to know what the crafting starter kits do? The rest of the consumables are quite self-explanatory, but neither the game nor the wiki proved useful.
Far more than 8 currencies if you count dungeon tokens.
I've just signed up for the GH community forum. Squirrel, looks like you need to approve me to get access to the WvW stuff? I haven't done much WvW in the past but have jumped in over the last couple of days and have been really enjoying it so far. I'll be on again tonight.
On that note, I notice that I'm still a "peasant" in the guild - I don't post *that* much here but it looks like as an active forum member I should be upgraded a notch?
Hey BoB (ha, just made up a new name for you), just approved your GH group join request. I'll also take care of your guild member status when I get home tonight. Usually I don't check for every member if a promotion is in order, so that's handled based on requests (like yours).
No worries, thanks!
EPIC, the crafting starter kits give you enough crafting materials to get you to level 50 of a given crafting discipline (source).
Yeah that's really great. Pretty impressed, on the whole, with this update.
Ah, thanks for the explanation. Now, if only I had bothered to ask before spending a full gold in a vain attempt to level artificer to the point where I can actually refine the tier 2 mats collecting dust in my bank... In all honesty, the xp curve on crafting is utterly ridiculous.
If you want to speed through (i.e. cheat) at crafting, here's the place to look:
Good for alt leveling. Chef will net you 10 levels for around 1 gold.
For those who do not know I am doing a little community event The search for Ace Aviator the Amazing Asuran Adventurer. http://www.gunnars-hold.eu/threads/8...)?goto=newpost
Have look and join in on the fun :)
"A little"? You said you've got content to fill six months! That's more than Arenanet is delivering at the moment. :)
just a small event each month like this one :P
Just realised I'm on call for this. Boo and hiss.
The second part of Flame and Frost living story event is approaching:
Guild missions, ohhhh yeahhhh!
looking forward to those guild missions :D
Right, I've got a question I couldn't yet answer for myself. I recently stumbled across the GW2 Gem Cards, which come with a code for 2000 gems and cost ~25$/25EUR. Obviously, this would be a potentially good deal for someone from EU countries if those card codes would work across regions (for example by having someone in the US to help you out). The question is if it is indeed possible to use codes from US Gem Cards with an European account. As I said above, I couldn't find an answer to that myself. So, has someone else already made some experiences with these cards?
Edit: I should note that I have no trouble with buying gems directly with my Creditcard from time to time and that I love to support Arenanet, but I wouldn't mind a good deal every now and then.
I'm pretty sure they are region locked.


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Ismaail, Ali Ibrahim (2007) Modular structured multilevel inverter as a three-phase shunt active power filter with unified constant frequency integration control. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
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In recent years, the usage of power electronics equipments continues to increase, due to the increased usage of nonlinear loads and distributed power sources. These nonlinear loads generate harmonics and reactive currents, which lead to low power factor, low energy efficiency, low power capacity, and harmful disturbance to other appliances. These reactive currents will distort the voltage at the point of common coupling, reducing the quality of power delivered to other consumers on the network. Nowadays shunt active power filters (APFs), due to their flexibility and reliability are one of the most versatile and efficient solutions in the compensation of the load power factor and current harmonics. APFs provide only the harmonic and reactive power to cancel the one generated by the nonlinear loads or sources. This project presents a Modular Structured Multilevel Inverter (MSMI) as a three-phase shunt active power filter with Unified Constant Frequency Integration (UCI) control. Using MSMI APF with a unified constant-frequency integration controller, a unity power factor and low total harmonic distortion can be realized in all three phases. The proposed control approach employs one integrator with reset, along with several logic and linear components such as flip-flops, comparators, and clock. There are several important features of this implementation, it does not require three-phase load current and phase voltage sensing, also the nontrivial task of calculating harmonics and reactive current component is not required, and finally, it does not use any multipliers. These features make the proposed control approach simple, robust and reliable. The proposed three-phase MSMI APF with UCI control was simulated using MATLAB/Simulink. Simulation results have demonstrated a good suppression in harmonic distortion and improvement in the power factor of the power system.
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|Thesis (Sarjana Kejuruteraan (Elektrikal-Mekatronik dan Kawalan Automatik)) - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2007; Supervisor : Dr. Naziha bt. Ahmad Azli
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|active power filter, current harmonics compensation, modular structured multilevel inverter, unified constant-frequency integration control
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|25 Sep 2008 03:32
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