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35 healthy habits that keep you young
Most people panic at the sight of wrinkles on their face and other signs of aging. While getting older is a fact of life, it doesn't have to cost you your looks or your health. What if we told you there is a way to fight the signs of aging? Yes, there are definitive ways to slow down the aging process while also improving your mental and physical health.
We all want to look younger and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles - without having to spend a fortune. Cosmetic products that are made with superfoods are a great option for anti-aging, but eating the actual superfoods has also proven to be just as effective.
The truth is, keeping yourself young is more than just enhancing your physical appearance. Don't you want to feel young too? After all, age is just a number. Think about your daily routine and your everyday habits - you might be aging yourself and not even know it.Maridav/Shutterstock.com
Get Up From Your Seat Often
"Most American spend the vast majority of their day sitting. This includes commuting to work, driving, sitting in front of a computer, watching television, eating, etc.," Alex Robles, MD, owner of whitecoattrainer.com explains. "This adds up to numerous hours of sedentary activity, which has been linked to obesity, metabolic abnormalities, and heart disease."Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com
Increase the Number of Steps You Take
"Similarly, we do a poor job of remaining active. If you work out one hour a day, four days a week, but are inactive the rest of the time, you are only 2 percent more active than a sedentary person," Robles says. "Increase the amount of walking that you do. This will keep your joints strong and mobile."Morakot Kawinchan/Shutterstock.com
Wake Up Early
"We have more willpower in the morning, so the wear and tear on your demeanor is lessened the more you get done," wellness expert and author of the upcoming book "Subconscious Power: Use Your Inner Mind to Create the Life You've Always Wanted" Kimberly Friedmutter explains. "Youth and energy go hand-in-hand, so do your chores earlier rather than later."oatawa/Shutterstock.com
Drink Your Vegetables Every Day
"It is recommended that adults get 5-10 servings of vegetables every day," Robles suggests. "How many do you get? Simply make a smoothie of three vegetables and two fruits every morning to get your day started off right with numerous vitamins and minerals to keep your body youthful."Maridav/Shutterstock.com
Carry a Water Bottle
"More often than not, we live in a dehydrated state. Dehydration can cause weakness, lightheadedness and increased blood pressure," Robles says. "By carrying a quality water bottle with you at all times, you are giving yourself a constant reminder to fill up and drink. Water is necessary for every metabolic process in your body."Moustache Girl/Shutterstock.com
"Taking five minutes right before bed to sit in a peaceful, undisturbed position can do wonders for your mental health and your sleep quality," Robles suggests. "Focus on taking slow deep breaths and concentrating on being present in the moment rather the worries of tomorrow. Chronic stress will age you fast!"Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock.com
"Different than working out, staying flexible and nubile keeps you active and with the movements of your youth," Friedmutter shares. "Practice meditation, sit under a tree or stretch while you're on the phone. Either way, being able to move freely keeps you young."FlyingFifeStudio/Shutterstock.com
Stop Slouching
The act of slouching includes lengthening and flexing your neck, a condition common to those stuck behind a desk all day. This can cause your skin to stretch, eventually leading to wrinkles. Fox News explains, "Practice good posture by checking it throughout the day: ear, shoulder, and hip should form a straight line when seated."Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com
Go to the Gym With a Purpose
Exercise is the key to youthfulness. "When you go to the gym, go with a purpose. Don't just show up and aimlessly work out. Have a plan and a reason for why you are performing those particular exercises," Robles suggests. "Write out a clearly defined goal, and do what you must to get closer to this goal. This will increase your chances of adhering to your routine and give you intrinsic motivation to continue it."Dusan Petkovic/Shutterstock.com
Pursue Strength Training Twice a Week
"Engaging in strength training will help build and maintain muscle mass, which is a critical component to healthy aging," says Susan Bowerman, a registered dietitian for Herbalife Nutrition. "Muscle mass increases metabolism, which can help protect against age-related weight gain, and also helps to maintain bone mass, which also tends to decline with age."SPK Lifestyle Stock Photo/Shutterstock.com
Perform Cardiovascular Exercise at Least 5 Times a Week for 30 Minutes
"Exercise that elevates your heart rate is not only good for your cardiovascular system, it's also helps to increase blood flow to the brain," Bowerman explains. "Regular exercise reduces your risk for cognitive decline as you age."nd3000/Shutterstock.com
Achieve and Maintain a Healthy Weight
"If you were at a heathy weight when you are/were in your 20s, that's a good target weight for you to maintain throughout your life," Bowerman suggests. "Age-related weight gain can be slow and progressive, but can lead to obesity as we age, which then increases the risk for obesity-related chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes."ESB Professional/Shutterstock.com
Stop Avoiding Fat Like a Plague
"The media has given fat a bad rap. Fat doesn't make you fat. Chronic overeating and bad genetics do," Robles says. "Fat is essential to your body and provides the basis for hormone development and cell membrane function." Robles suggests swapping out those sweets for mixed nuts and avocados. "The omega-3s in these foods will keep your organs from getting old and weak," he says.Yulia Furman/Shutterstock.com
Lower Your Cortisol
"Cortisol is the stress hormone. The more you have, the more you will age. In order to lower it, you need to sleep," Robles explains. "If you were to actually force yourself to get seven to eight hours every single night, you would be amazed at how great and youthful you will feel. You will be full of natural energy and not rely on caffeine all the time."designer491/Shutterstock.com
Do Something New
"Interested in a hobby or new sport? Perhaps a new destination? Getting interested reinvigorates your curiosity, and nothing says youth like learning," suggests Friedmutter. "Maybe a new language can inspire you? Inspiration, curiosity and interest keep you looking and feeling fresh and youthful!"matimix/Shutterstock.com
"When was the last time you focused on yourself? Mani-pedi, massage, tai chi, spray tan or meditative walk on the beach. Even a haircut for some is a stretch," Friedmutter says. "Keeping your grooming fresh and updated keeps you trendy and young."Chinnapong/Shutterstock.com
Quit Smoking
As if smoking isn't bad enough for you, add another reason to quit to your list - wrinkles. According to the Mayo Clinic, smoking is associated with skin damage and increased wrinkling on not only your face, but other parts of your body, including your inner arms. They explain that the nicotine in cigarettes impairs the blood flow to your skin, ultimately resulting in accelerated aging.Gorynvd/Shutterstock.com
Remove Your Makeup
Unless you want a bacteria buildup, it's extremely important to remember to remove your makeup before you go to bed. Not doing so may cause a layer of dirt to form on your skin, resulting in the appearance of aging, acne and other skin related issues.gpointstudio/Shutterstock.com
Moisturize Your Neck and Chest
Next time you are going through your skincare routine, remember to include your chest and your neck. The skin on our neck and chest is just as delicate as the skin on our face. We are constantly moving our neck, stretching it in different directions and creating wrinkles without even knowing it. Make sure you are applying your daily moisturizer, sunscreen and anti-aging products.Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock.com
Apply Moisturizer With the Back of Your Hands
If you apply moisturizer with your fingers, you are irritating your skin and creating new signs of aging. Using the back of your hand to apply your moisturizer helps avoid any movements (stretching) that can age your face.verona studio/Shutterstock.com
Use Sunscreen Regularly
"Signs of premature aging show up on the face, but also on the hands, which are exposed to sunlight frequently," Bowerman says. "Wear sunscreen on your face, neck, arms and hands regularly to reduce the risk of sun damage, which adds years to appearance."yurakrasil/Shutterstock.com
Practice Facial Exercises
It may sound funny, but try puffing your cheeks and blowing the air out through your pouted lips. Facial exercises are a great way to help fight the signs of aging. Similar to yoga, facial exercises help move your muscles and tighten up their appearance. According to Byrdie, the "Forehead Smoother" is a great way to prevent wrinkles from occurring on your forehead. Just make a fist with both hands and place the middle and index finger knuckles in the center of your forehead. Now, apply pressure with your fists and slowly slide them out to each side. End this exercise by gently pressing your knuckles into your temples.Tatyana Dzemileva/Shutterstock.com
Follow a Low-Information Diet
"Another source of stress (and thus aging) is the constant barrage of negative information we are fed from social media, the news, and magazines," Robles says. "Ninety-five percent of this information is useless to you and only serves to stress you out more. Only take in information that will benefit you and those around you."nelen/Shutterstock.com
Reduce Your Intake of Sugary Foods and Highly Processed Carbohydrates
"These foods have a high glycemic index, which means they cause relatively large and rapid rises in your blood sugar after you eat them, as compared to whole grains like brown rice or quinoa," Bowerman explains. "A high-glycemic-load diet (one which contains a lot of high-glycemic foods) can cause damage to the collagen in your skin, which can lead to premature lines, wrinkling and aging of the skin."Pormezz/Shutterstock.com
Avoid Liquid Calories
"Carrying excessive body fat is another quick way to ensure that you age faster than necessary. It is well known that excess calorie consumption is the biggest culprit. But many people struggle to decrease their caloric intake," Robles says. "One of the easiest ways to do it is to avoid liquid calories. Can you believe that the only liquid we need to survive is water? Eliminate or reduce your consumption of lattes, juices, sports drinks, energy drinks, and iced coffees. These are all extra calories that your youthful body doesn't need."sergey causelove/Shutterstock.com
Eat Fish Twice a Week
"Regular consumption of seafood provides a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are critically important to heart health," Bowerman recommends. "As the risk for heart disease increases with age, this is a healthy habit to start early on."Patpong Sirikul/Shutterstock.com
Consume Enough Protein
"When combined with strength training exercise, protein helps to build and maintain muscle mass, which tends to decline with age," Bowerman says. "Adequate protein is also important to maintain the health of your hair, skin and nails."4 PM production/Shutterstock.com
Use Herbs and Spices as Your Condiments Instead of Sauces and Spreads
Stay youthful by upgrading your condiments. "A lot of research is being done on the numerous health benefits of several herbs and spices such as turmeric, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, basil, and garlic," Robles says. "Potential benefits include anti-inflammatory properties, improved blood sugar control, blood pressure lowering and improved heart health. The best part is, you can buy all of these in large quantities for just a couple of dollars each."Dionisvera/Shutterstock.com
Eat a Fruit or Vegetable with Every Meal or Snack
"Fruits and veggies are nutrient-rich and relatively low in calories and provide an abundance of natural antioxidants which help the body fight the formation of oxygen free radicals," Bowerman explains. "These compounds can cause damage to cells, which can accumulate over time."SpeedKingz/Shutterstock.com
Eat a Good Source of Calcium Every Day
"Whether it comes from foods or supplements (or a combination), it's critical to achieve maximal bone mass by the time you reach about 30 years of age," Bowerman says. "After that point, it is more difficult for the body to increase bone mass much further, but adequate calcium intake can help diminish losses."goodluz/Shutterstock.com
Drink Red Wine
A little vino can go a long way. Red wine has the anti-aging compound resveratrol. Believe it or not, red wine is better for you than grape juice. According to WebMD, "Antioxidants sop up damaging free radicals that play a role in aging and age-related diseases. There is a much higher concentration of antioxidants called polyphenols, including resveratrol, in wine compared to grape juice." Red wine also helps reduce the risk of pre-cancerous skin lesions, lower your chances of diabetes and benefits arterial functions in your body, according to StyleCraze.ImYanis/Shutterstock.com
"You wear your attitude on your face, and grudges show like old habits. Being more forgiving allows a youthful light to come over you like springtime," Friedmutter recommends. "Call someone you begrudge and forgive them so you can have a youthful look."Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock.com
Socialize With Friends
Life is too short, so get out there and socialize. Make sure you take at least one day a week to meet up with a friend and catch up. Do you have a friend you had a falling out with? Learn how to forgive and let go. Research has shown that forgiveness enhances your psychological and physical well-being - less stress and lower blood pressure.Flamingo Images/Shutterstock.com
Find Love
"Puppy love, either new or with a rekindled attitude and mate you already have, brings a light of youth to those who see you," Friedmutter says. "Young love can be attained at any age, you just have to get re-interested in your mate or someone new."Ivanko80/Shutterstock.com
Watch Less TV
If you have binge-watched your favorite show on Netflix for the second time this week, you may want to consider cutting back. According to The Washington Post, a study published in JAMA Psychiatry concluded that "young adults who watch a lot of television and have a low physical activity level tended to have worse cognitive function as measured by standardized tests when they hit middle age." Need some inspiration to get off the couch and become more active? Shake up your routine by trying one of these trendy workouts.
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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864. Ancient gardening. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 41 (8 October): 965.
REVISION HISTORY: Scanned, OCRed, corrected and edited by John van Wyhe 2003-8. RN2
Ancient Gardening.—I should be very much obliged if any one who possesses a treatise on gardening or even an Almanac one or two centuries old would have the kindness to look what date is given as the proper period for sowing Scarlet Runners or dwarf French Beans. I am anxious to ascertain, as far as is possible, whether these plants can now be sown at all earlier than was formerly the case. The title, date, and place of publication of any old treatise should be given. Charles Darwin, Down, Bromley, Kent.1
1 Darwin received several replies, see Correspondence vol. 12, pp. 361-2. In Variation 2: 314, Darwin remarked 'I have not been able, by searching old horticultural works, to answer this question satisfactorily.'
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February 5th 1928. On this day, Catholic priest and novelist Andrew Greeley is born in Oak Park, Illinois.
Greeley was raised in an Irish Catholic community in Chicago and became a priest in 1954, at age 26. He took a doctorate at the University of Chicago, where he later taught sociology. A relatively liberal priest, he came into conflict with the increasingly conservative church hierarchy and was outspoken in his support of women's roles in the church and of birth control. He engaged in a 17-year-long feud with a cardinal in the Chicago archdiocese.
Meanwhile, he wrote nonfiction books on religion and sociology, and in the mid-1970s he turned to fiction. A short story he wrote entitled "Ms. Carpenter," about Mary, mother of Jesus, took first place in the Catholic Press Association's short story contest in 1978, and a year later he published a book, The Magic Cup, an Irish Legend.
Greeley's breakthrough novel was The Cardinal Sins (1981), about two young men from Chicago's West Side who become priests at the same time. The book became a bestseller, and Greeley followed it up with at least one novel a year for the next 15 years. Among his many works are Thy Brother's Wife (1982), Angels of September (1986), Wages of Sin (1992), and Irish Gold (1994). Sometimes criticized for the relatively high sexual content in his books, Greeley told critics that he attempted to portray real life, while subtly demonstrating the influence and power of religion.
He donated much of the wealth brought by his books to charity. Among his donations were a $1.5 million endowment to the University of Chicago for a chair in the sociology of religion, and a $1 million grant to inner-city Chicago schools. Greeley is also an active nonfiction writer, who has published more than 100 nonfiction books.


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House leader Crisanta Duran is finalist to be national "rising star"
Colorado House Majority Leader Crisanta Duran's just keep rising. Last month she was named the state Democratic Party's Rising Star. Friday she was announced as one of six finalists for the national Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award.
The award is bestowed by EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics. For Duran to win, her supporters need to vote online by clicking here. Voting ends on March 21 and the winner will be announced that week.
"Crisanta Duran's leadership embodies strength, integrity, and dedication," said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List. "Her efforts toward bridging the economic and social divide for all people does not go unnoticed, and it is why the EMILY's List community of over three million members is proud to announce her nomination for this award."


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Our target audience are WoW (World of Warcraft) Players. We want them to see our website, see how professional the design is and not doubt the legitimacy of our program. We have been in business for 2 years now and there should no longer be a doubt that our program can have a virus in it or not work as stated. We have built up a lot of credibility and we want our design to portray that we have a serious website run by credible coders. Whatever you can add in design be it icons or styling that brings that across is what will seperate your design from the rest and get us to choose your design.
We would like to revamp the design of the site http://www.ezwowgold.com , the selling page that our potential customers will see upon their first visit to our site. We want the design to convert them from potential customers, to customers.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-top-priority/Report: LaMarr Woodley still Steelers' top priority
Posted by Evan Silva on July 13, 2010 7:31 PM ET
On Tuesday night's Total Access program, NFL Network's Jason La Canfora threw cold water on a recent ESPN report that (falsely?) indicated the Steelers aren't in any rush to re-sign contract-year linebacker LaMarr Woodley. *The positivity of La Canfora's report was backed up by the Saginaw News on Tuesday.
According to La Canfora, re-signing Woodley remains the Steelers' "No. 1 priority." *La Canfora added that he can envision "no scenario where Woodley is not" a Steeler in 2011, going so far as to predict the Steelers would franchise tag Woodley if such a designation is still available. *La Canfora was adamant that Woodley isn't going anywhere.
The Saginaw News*wasn't quite as strong, but directly disputes ESPN. *According to the newspaper, the idea promoted in ESPN AFC North blogger James Walker's report "doesn't mean the Steelers won't sign Woodley to a new contract. *Once the new collective bargaining agreement is in place, the Steelers are expected to sign Woodley to a multi-year contract."
Granted, no new CBA is imminent. *Woodley could easily wind up playing out this season for his scheduled $550,000 salary, and making it to the winter of 2011 without a long-term contract in place. *However, the latest reports on the organization's feelings about Woodley indicate that he's viewed by the Pittsburgh front office as a building block and potential career Steeler. *Not someone the team is going to let get away.


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Deputies searching for burglary suspect who took off in handcuffs
$10,000 of stolen material recovered
The York County Sheriff's Department said it searched a wooded area in Cornish for a man suspected in a burglary who escaped from custody Monday morning.
The Sheriff's Department said a deputy pulled over a suspicious pickup truck driven by Kevin Lawlor, 31, of Standish, at 1:15 a.m. Monday.
During the stop the deputy noticed some precious metal in the bed of the truck.
The Sheriff's Department said the deputy suspected the metal may have been from a recent burglary at Contour 360 in Cornish on Friday.
The deputy placed Lawlor in the rear of the cruiser.
The Sheriff's Department said when the deputy turned his attention to Lawlor's passenger, Marc Murphy, 25, of Limington, Lawlor escaped from the cruiser still in handcuffs.
Lawlor has not been located.
While looking for Lawlor, deputies located what they believe was more stolen material.
Approximately $10,000 worth of material was recovered and is being held at the sheriff's office for processing, according to investigators.
Murphy is charged with possession of stolen property and is being held at the York County Jail.


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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 18 (UPI) -- The Taliban banned polio vaccinations in Pakistan's North Waziristan, tying the ban to U.S. drone strikes and fears the CIA would use the vaccinations as cover.
Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur said vaccinations would be banned until the CIA stopped its drone campaign that has mainly focused on North Waziristan along the Afghanistan border and considered a safe haven for insurgents, The New York Times reported.
The weekend announcement is a strike against polio vaccination efforts in Pakistan, one of three countries where the disease is still widespread, the World Health Organization says. (The others are Afghanistan and Nigeria.)
The North Waziristan tribal belt is where polio is most prevalent in Pakistan.
A UNICEF spokesman said health workers had intended to give the vaccine to 161,000 children under the age of 5 in a vaccination drive that was to begin Wednesday.
The country's polio campaign caused a furor last year when Dr. Shakil Afridi of Pakistan was linked to a CIA operation to verify Osama bin Laden's whereabouts with a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Abbottabad, where the al-Qaida founder was hiding before he was killed.
Afridi recently was convicted by a tribal court and sentenced to 33 years imprisonment. An appeal filed by his family is to be heard Wednesday.
Bahadur said there was a "strong possibility of spying on mujahedin [Islamic guerillas] for the U.S. during the polio vaccination campaign; one such example is Dr. Shakil Afridi."
Dr. Muhammad Sadiq, surgeon general for North Waziristan, said he received Taliban orders to cancel the vaccination drive.
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The majority of Shellharbour councillors have declared their support for a system that sees the city's seven councillors elect the mayor each year.
Councillor Helen Stewart said the reality was ''you can get a dud either way'', but said she believed the current system implemented by the NSW Government in 2011 was working.
On Tuesday night a mayoral minute by Marianne Saliba called for a report on the costs associated with holding a referendum on the issue, however the motion was defeated 4-2.
Cr Saliba said the fact Shellharbour residents had their rights to select their own mayor taken away was ''undemocratic'' and potentially changing mayors every 12 months was ''disruptive''.
''The decision on who should be mayor should not be one made by seven people when the mayor represents a city of 80,000,'' Cr Saliba said.
Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.However Cr Helen Stewart said under the previous system, which saw the mayor popularly elected ''democracy flew out the door''.
''We no longer have wards, which is a good thing, and we have seven councillors which is good because no political party can have a stranglehold,'' Cr Stewart said.
''I believe in this area [Shellharbour City] one political party would have an advantage and the person put up by that party will always be the mayor.
''I don't want to see that, I want to see people work together.
''I also think the councillors are the best people to evaluate how the person is performing in that role.
''If there is harmony and respect for that person then there is no need to change the mayor.''
Cr Peter Moran pointed out there was irony in the comment the decision was ''undemocratically taken away'', when it was made by a State Government that had been democratically elected.
Cr Saliba said it was undemocratic that Wollongong retained a popularly elected mayor and Shellharbour didn't.
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Hearn, Lafcadio
Hearn, Lafcadio lăfkä´dēō hûrn [key], 1850–1904, American-Japanese author, b. Lefkás, Ionian Islands, of Irish-Greek parentage. He was educated in Ireland, England, and France before immigrating to the United States in 1869. Handicapped by partial blindness, Hearn was a colorful, imaginative, but morbidly discontented man, who was most admired for his sensitive use of language in writing about the macabre and in creating strange exotic moods. Hearn first attracted attention with the originality and highly polished style of his
Fantastics,a series of weird sketches that appeared in a New Orleans paper. His first published book was One of Cleopatra's Nights (1882), a translation of six Gautier stories. In 1890 he went to Japan to write a series of articles for an American publisher. There he spent the rest of his life, writing what is considered his best work. He married a Japanese woman, taught in Japanese universities, and became a Japanese citizen in 1895, taking the name Yakumo Koizumi. Of his 12 books written during this period, Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894), Kokoro (1896), Japanese Fairy Tales (1902), and Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (1904) are most memorable.
See biography by E. Stevenson (1961).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Second Monday of the month, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Group Contact: Bob & Judy Lee at or 703-793-0369
The GOGO's are not just another community group. We are a multigenerational family, a place of refuge and support for so many. A body of love, sharing joys, pain, laughs, and sorrow as well as some activities and trips. The trips, however, are not about where we go rather it is about the fun we have getting there and returning. The activities are focused on life needs, caring for one another, educating ourselves and enjoying our Christian lives.


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Molecular imaging technique uses ultrasound and microscopic bubbles to target cancer cells
An imaging technique combining ultrasound and specially modified contrast agents may allow researchers to noninvasively detect cancer and show its progression, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). The technique enables researchers to visualize tumor activity at the molecular level.
"We hope this technique might be helpful for the early detection of disease," said Juergen K. Willmann, M.D., lead author of the study and assistant professor of radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. "It may help save lives by finding cancer—such as breast, ovarian or pancreatic cancer—in the very early stages, when it is still curable."
In the study, researchers intravenously injected microbubbles—gas-filled spheres small enough to travel through vessels—into mice with cancers. The microbubbles, which were paired with a new peptide (a molecule that consists of a chain of amino acids), were designed to travel through the vascular system and attach to integrin—a well-characterized molecular marker that acts as a "red flag" for tumor vessel growth, or angiogenesis. Tumor vessel growth occurs when active tumor cells create certain pathways to provide the tumor with a sufficient supply of oxygen, nutrients and other factors needed for growth.
Once the gas-filled microbubbles seek out the cancers and attach to their vessel walls, they send out strong signals that are picked up by standard clinical ultrasound scanners. The imaging signals produced by the microbubbles are reflected back to the ultrasound transducer and illuminate the areas that outline the tumor, thus providing researchers with a sonogram of tumor vessel growth on a molecular level.
"Ultrasound holds great promise for the application of molecular imaging because it is widely available, relatively inexpensive and safe. There is no exposure to radiation and repetitive imaging is not a concern," said Dr. Willmann. "Furthermore, the targeted microbubbles have great potential for translation from bench to bedside—which will be explored in future studies," said Sanjiv Gambhir, M.D., Ph.D., director of the molecular imaging program at Stanford.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound can be used to image blood perfusion in organs, to measure blood flow rate in the heart and other organs and to perform other applications—such as characterization of focal lesions in the liver. Current interest is focused on modifying contrast agents to make them specifically useful for molecular imaging. The microbubbles, paired with the new peptide that binds to tumor vessel cells as studied in the current research, may be more effective than antibody molecules, which are time-intensive to produce, are costly and may cause adverse reactions in patients.
Noninvasive imaging strategies such as the one described in the JNM study may be particularly helpful for diagnosing cancer in its earliest stages as well as for developing therapeutic agents to treat cancer and monitoring whether treatment is working.
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Happy Halloween from the li'l ladybug (and me too). 😉
What's everyone doing for Halloween?
Ava and I are heading over to Jody's work in the afternoon. They've invited the kids to come up and do a little parade around the office. Plus, just outside of where he works is the "munchkin masquerade" each year, where all the local businesses hand out candy to the kids.
After that we are going to hang out with some friends, get pizza and play games. Should be a fun day! We were contemplating going to a kiddie Halloween party that a friend was throwing as well, but she (the hostess) came down with something and called it off anyway. It sucks that she's sick, but it probably would've been too much for us to do in one day anyway.
I'm thinking about dressing up for the evening. I tried on a few things that I could come up just from my own closet tonight. I'm leaning towards going as a goth girl, though I might chicken out. I don't want to scare any of the little kids. 😉 Jody's going as a "bad ass." He pulled out his old leather jacket, which combined with his bald head makes him look rather menacing.
We had a good weekend here. I exchanged the camera bag I bought last weekend for a bigger one (backpack style) and picked up a tripod. I also did some reading of "Understanding Exposure" while hanging out at Border's (sans Ava and Jody) Friday night and read more of my camera manual last night and now have a basic understanding of shooting in manual mode. Yay! My pics aren't really crisp, but they aren't completely black anymore either. (Woot! Woot!)
Here's something I made today after I caught Jody and Ava napping together on the couch.
Also got some cleaning/organizing done in the house today. I have a whole table full of things to either sell or give away. I'm really on this kick of needing to get rid of stuff we're not using and/or won't be using anytime soon. Hooray for decreasing clutter! Now I just need to start listing the stuff on Craigslist or Freecycle and hope it goes bye-bye.
Back to photography (sheesh, can't shut me up about it, can you?), I got a few cool shots of a butterfly (who was kind enough to pose for me for a couple minutes while I figured out what mode to shoot in) and some flowers yesterday when the three of us went out for a lil walk in the neighborhood.
I'm totally enjoying playing with my camera and am looking into taking a photography class. There's one being offered for digital photography at a local photo store, but I'm not sure if it's what I'm looking for or not. I need to call and get more info. Oh, they are also doing an open photo show in November which I'm contemplating submitting a picture for. Anybody can enter, so why not, eh? Then I can say I've been featured in a photo show. 😉 hehe. Even if I don't enter, I plan to go check out the show and see what other photographers in this area are doing.
Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween. 🙂


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Patricia Heal
The crispy, cookie-like crust is incredible with the soft soufflé filling.
- Yield
- Makes 6
- Active Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Total Time
- 9 hours (includes, chilling, freezing and baking time)
- Lemon curd, almonds, and sauce:
- 1 cup plus 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 6 large egg yolks
- Pinch of coarse kosher salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) pareve margarine (such as Nucoa), diced
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 tablespoon water
- 1 16-ounce bag frozen blackberries, thawed
- Crusts:
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup (packed) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) chilled pareve margarine (such as nucoa), diced
- Soufflé filling:
- 4 large egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Pinch of coarse kosher salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Powdered sugar (optional)
- Special Equipment
- 6 4 1/2 x 3/4-inch tartlet pans with removable bottom
- For lemon curd almonds and sauce:
- Combine 1 cup sugar and cornstarch in medium saucepan; stir until no lumps remain. Gradually whisk in lemon juice, then egg yolks and salt. Add margarine. Cook over medium heat until curd thickens and boils, whisking constantly, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface. Chill until firm, at least 8 hours and up to 1 day.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Scatter almonds on rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with 1/2 tablespoon water, then 1 tablespoon sugar; toss to coat. Bake almonds until golden and crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Cool on baking sheet.
- Puree blackberries in blender. Press enough blackberry puree through strainer into bowl to measure 1 1/3 to 1 1/2 cups sauce; sweeten with 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar. DO AHEAD: curd, almonds, and sauce can be made 3 days ahead. Keep curd chilled. Cover and chill sauce. Store almonds airtight at room temperature.
- For crusts:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, sugar, lemon peel, and salt in processor; blend 5 seconds. Add margarine and blend until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball. Divide into 6 equal pieces. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of 4 1/2 x 3/4-inch tartlet pans with removable bottom; arrange pans on rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake crusts until golden, about 25 minutes (crusts may crack a bit). Cool on sheet. DO AHEAD: can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and place crusts in pans in freezer.
- For soufflé filling;
- Place 1 cup lemon curd in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and pinch of coarse salt in another medium bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, beating until whites are stiff but not dry. Fold whites into lemon curd in 3 additions. Divide soufflé filling among crusts, mounding in center. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours. DO AHEAD: <me>can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and keep frozen.</me>
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Push bottoms of pans up, releasing tartlets from pan sides. Arrange tartlets, still on pan bottoms, on rimmed baking sheet. Scatter 1 tablespoon sugared almonds over each tartlet. Bake tartlets until filling is puffed, golden brown, and no longer soft in center, about 20 minutes.
- Transfer tartlets to plates. Dust with powdered sugar, if desired. Drizzle some sauce around. Pass remaining sauce.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories795
- Carbohydrates96 g(32%)
- Fat43 g(66%)
- Protein11 g(22%)
- Saturated Fat8 g(42%)
- Sodium458 mg(19%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat12 g
- Fiber6 g(23%)
- Monounsaturated Fat21 g
- Cholesterol184 mg(61%)


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If Budgets are Moral Documents, what are we to make of the lack of one… for over three years?
Today Marks Three Years Since The Senate Passed A Budget; For A President Who Refuses To Lead, That's Not A Big Deal
The Senate Last Passed A Budget Three Years, 1,097 Days Ago. (S. Con. Res. 13, Roll Call 173; D 53-3, R 0-40, I 2-0, 4/29/09)
"In A Stunning Backtrack," Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) Canceled A Scheduled Vote On A FY2013 Budget Bill. "In a stunning backtrack that virtually guarantees Congress for the third year will be unable to produce a budget, Senate Democrats' top budget writer Tuesday canceled this week's expected votes on a 2013 fiscal blueprint." (Stephen Dinan, "Democrats Punt On Senate Budget Bill For 3rd Year," The Washington Times, 4/17/12)
- Conrad "Bowed To Pressure From Fellow Democrats" And Postponed Considering A Budget Until After The Election. "Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) bowed to pressure from fellow Democrats on Tuesday and postponed a committee vote on a 2013 budget resolution, most likely until after the November elections." (Erik Wasson, "Sen. Conrad Backs Off Plan to Vote On Budget," The Hill, 4/17/12)
- It Was A "Surprise" To Democrat Leaders That He Wanted To Pass A Budget At All . "So it was a surprise to Democratic leaders when Conrad indicated in a Fox News interview April 8 that he wanted to mark up a 10-year plan to guide the lame-duck session after the elections when major decisions such as expiring taxes will need to be addressed." (Humberto Sanchez, "Conrad Budget Plan Puzzling," Roll Call, 4/16/12)
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Says The White House Has "No Opinion" On Whether The Senate Should Pass A Budget. ABC NEWS' JAKE TAPPER: "The White House has no opinion about whether or not the Senate should pass a budget? The president's going to introduce one. The Fed chair says not having one is bad for growth. But the White House has no opinion about whether - " JAY CARNEY: " I have no opinion - the White House has no opinion on Chairman Bernanke's assessment of how the Senate ought to do its business." (White House Press Briefing, 2/8/12)
President Obama "Has Been All-Too-Willing To Avoid Making Tough Decisions." "One of President Obama's political weaknesses in his first term has been that he's all-too-willing to avoid making tough decisions, hesitant to expend political capital for potential long-term gain. Throughout his first term in office, he's had a cautious governing style, and has avoided taking on some of his party's core constituencies." (Josh Kraushaar, "Obama Trying To Have It Both Ways," National Journal, 11/30/11)
- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Admitted That The Administration Doesn't Have A Plan, But "We Don't Like Yours." GEITHNER: "What our budget does is get our deficits down to a sustainable path over the budget window. Why do they take off again? Why do they do that?" REP. PAUL RYAN: "Because we got 10,000 people retiring every day, and healthcare costs going up…" GEITHNER:"That's right. We have millions of Americans retiring every day, and that will drive substantially the rate of growth of healthcare costs. You are right to say we're not coming before you today to say we have a definitive solution to that long-term problem.What we do know is, we don't like yours." ( Committee On The Budget, U.S. House Of Representatives, 2/16/12)
According To CBO, The Massive Deficits Produced By Obama's FY2013 Budget Will Reduce Economic Output. "The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Friday that President Obama's 2013 budget will hurt the economy in the long term, arguing the larger deficits it would produce would reduce the amount of capital available to businesses. After five years, the CBO says, the Obama proposals would reduce economic output by between 0.5 percent and 2.2 percent." (Erik Wasson, "CBO Estimates Obama 2013 Budget Will Hit Economic Growth," The Hill's "On The Money," 4/20/12)
Obama's FY2013 Budget Increases The Deficit More Than His FY2012 Budget And Will "Have A More Negative Long-Run Effect." "The effects of the 2013 budget differ from those of the preceding budget in four main ways. In particular, the proposals for 2013 would do the following: Increase deficits by a greater amount, largely because of a greater increase in spending compared with that in CBO's baseline. Those larger deficits would provide a bigger short-run boost to output but then have a more negative long-run effect." ("The Economic Impact Of The President's 2013 Budget," Congressional Budget Office, 4/20/12)
"Larger Deficits Caused By The Budget Would Cause The Government To Issue More Bonds, Sucking Up Private Capital To Finance Its Debts And Thereby Reducing The Funds Businesses Could Use To Expand And Hire, The CBO Said." "Larger deficits caused by the budget would cause the government to issue more bonds, sucking up private capital to finance its debts and thereby reducing the funds businesses could use to expand and hire, the CBO said. An increased tax on capital gains included in the president's plan would also tend to reduce private capital, it says." (Erik Wasson, "CBO Estimates Obama 2013 Budget Will Hit Economic Growth," The Hill's "On The Money," 4/20/12)
- "Slower Economic Growth Tends To Increase Deficits By Reducing Tax Collection And Increasing Spending On Items Like Unemployment Insurance." (Erik Wasson, "CBO Estimates Obama 2013 Budget Will Hit Economic Growth," The Hill's "On The Money," 4/20/12)


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Jeff94969 brauchte ein neues T-Shirt Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 32 Designs von 11 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
North American Diesel Performance
We are a diesel truck performance company that tunes, repairs, and modifies for bigger power and better performance. We build trucks for show, street, and the race track, and we even broke a world record for fastest common rail Dodge on the planet. Big toys for boys who like to play outside. We are the diesel truck performance specialists.
Existing and new customers. Weekend racers to everyday street drivers. Our target demo for our clothing line is male and female from ages 22 - 45, single, family, and tending to be those that rely on their trucks for work. Carpenters, Oil Rig workers, Welders, Construction, etc. Rough necks who have lots of many and love ther big toys. We also target weekend outdoor enthusiasts such as snowmobilers, atv riders, dirt bikes, trailers, rvs, etc.
Looking for a design that we can carry across multiple articles of clothing (t-shirts, jackets, sweat pants, toques, hoodies, or even underwear). We are looking to begin launching a full lineup of clothing and these design(s) will be the foundation.
"Diesel Addict" is replacing our old brand "Got Smoke". Design(s) must be cost effective in both color & complexity. Design must be completed as Vector Art in Adobe illustrator with text converted to outines.
Some examples that will help with look and feel are:
UFC style clothing
Race Clothing
Think grungy, rough, with attitude.
We are looking for a unique and creative design that will be noticed on the streets and at the track. The design must incorporate our logo or business name and the phrase "Diesel Addict".
Design(s) for men and women, with consent to modify logo colors if needed to suite the gender.
Please see attached images for current Diesel Addict cloths. Please do not use the current design, we would like to see something completely new that expands upon the current look and feel.


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Klean Kanteen is part of a growing marketing trend that supports earth-friendly causes with a percentage of the profits from their product sales. (Think TOMS shoes – for each pair purchased, they send one to a child in need; or Boxed Water, which sends ten percent of its profits to world water relief foundations and another ten percent to reforestation efforts.) Klean Kanteen currently has two Special Edition bottles. A small percent of the profits from the sale of each goes toward the support of the causes these bottles represent.
Klean Kanteen: The Plastiki Expedition
You may remember The Plastiki from a previous blog post. This boat is made from plastic bottles and is now in the final week of its epic ocean voyage from the San Francisco Bay to Sidney, Australia. The purpose of this three-month expedition is to raise environmental awareness – to alert people about the dangers of environmental waste and global warming. Klean Kanteen's place in this equation is quite appropriate, as this vessel, like the Plastiki, is a reminder of the dangers of plastic waste – much of which is attributed to bottled water. By purchasing a Klean Kanteen, you can cut down on bottled water and the waste it creates. Even better – by purchasing a Klean Kanteen Plastiki Special Edition bottle, you can simultaneously support the Plastiki's voyage and mission, since $8 from the sale of each bottle goes toward her cause.
Klean Kanteen: Fill. Drink. Repeat
Fill. Drink. Repeat. This is the basic process whereby owners of the Klean Kanteen (or any other reusable stainless steel water bottle) stay hydrated. These bottles were designed by Shepard Fairey's Studio No. 1 for the launch of SHFT and feature the original "Fill. Drink. Repeat." artwork. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sale of these bottles goes to water.org (a well-known water charity co-founded by Matt Damon.) Not only do you get a cool product that helps you cut down on plastic waste. You also get the satisfaction of providing safe, clean drinking water to those who don't have access to it. So take a sip of the filtered tap water in your Klean Kanteen "Fill. Drink. Repeat." Special Edition bottle, sit back, relax, and watch the world change..


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How long can we hide under the illusion that we are a nation of morals, culture and high values, when everything we do actually shows that we are in fact immoral, barbaric and crass without any sign of rich culture and that we show no accountability, responsibility, and integrity in our daily lives?
Let's call spade a spade.
The young generation surfeit with consuming hamburgers, Coke, Levis jeans and Rs. 30,000 mobile phones needs to have access to sexual world and sometimes relieving off the sexual tensions is better than bottling it up to get unexpected results. The laborer who had a hard day working at the coal mine needs some entertainment. The rich VP needs to take away his mind from his monotonous number crunching. All of us (adults) need a dose of pornography once in a while in different degree. Why can't we just have adult movies screened where only the adults get to pay and watch, or rent out DVDs to those who want to watch it in privacy? Why can't we have pornographic magazines for sale in sealed envelope sold only to adults? In my opinion, this would actually bring down the sleaze that seems to attack young girls and adult women alike. Child rapes, Old women rapes, and all other woman rapes is quite rampant – it is not reported enough, that's all! Sexual craving is natural and needs to be relieved. If it is pornography that can do that job, why not?
AIDS is rampant in
What's with banning Playboy magazine when Internet provides all the access to internet surfing generation? What's with banning adult movies when every music video seems to beam sleaze and soft pornography into all middle-class homes during primetime? What is moral policing? Who are they? Why do we need them?
What happened to Kama Sutra? Why are our temples adorned with fornicating gods in various positions while we don't get to paint a nude goddess? Why are our ancient scriptures full of descriptions of lust, sex and eroticism while we don't get to write any? How come we get to be Victorian when
I say, 'Welcome Pornography! Come back to the


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A plan to give people who use payday loans more leeway in settling their debt passed the Idaho Senate.
The bill, which passed 21-13 March 10, would let borrowers set up a payment plan to return the money if they get behind.
It also blocks lenders from piling fees and interest onto the remaining balance if borrowers opt for the payment plan.
The bill's sponsor, Twin Falls Republican Sen. Lee Heider, says it can provide an out for someone "caught in a lending cycle."
But Nampa Republican Sen. Todd Lakey said he didn't think the government should be tasked with protecting people from their own decisions.
Other opponents argued it could unfairly target small lenders with less ability to stretch their loans.
The bill now heads to the House.


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Jade Swirl Earrings
These hand made earrings are crafted in our Melbourne studio. The patterns created as the resin fuses are unique to each piece.
Our resin pieces are handmade in Australia and inspired by nature. Each one is bespoke and individual to it's owner.
If you'd like to view this piece in person, visit The Rose Street Artists' Market in Fitzroy, Melbourne. We are there every weekend from 11am - 5pm and look forward to helping you find your new one of a kind piece.


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South Carolina star Michael Roth was 'Catfish' target
- Michael Roth says he was targeted by a %22Catfish%22 in 2010
- The former Gamecocks pitcher quickly became skeptical
- The person kept calling and texting him for nearly a year
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Former South Carolina pitcher Michael Roth says he was targeted by a "Catfish," a person pretending to be someone they weren't.
Roth, who helped lead the Gamecocks to back-to-back College World Series titles, details his story in a blog that's he's written.
"Catfishing" refers to a 2010 documentary that profiles a man who is duped by a woman who claims to be in love with him, only to find out that much of what she told him wasn't true. A subsequent MTV series based on people with similar experiences was later launched.
It's become a term that's been used much in recent days to refer to the Manti Te'o controversy, in which a Notre Dame linebacker says he had a relationship with a woman, only to later reveal that she never existed.
CIVIL SUIT?:Legal recourses for Te'o limited
Roth's situation is far less dramatic. He says in 2010 he began receiving text messages from a woman who clearly wanted to be in a relationship with him, and he engaged in conversations for a short time. However, Roth quickly became skeptical that she wasn't telling the truth about who she was, but says the woman kept texting and calling him for almost a year. He says the woman had a very rehearsed story, and may have tried to mislead other people with a similar tale.
Roth said the woman stopped sending him messages after the 2011 season.
COMPLETE STORY:Catch up on the latest in the Te'o hoax saga


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Naturepedic at 2014 Great Lakes Green Chemistry Conference
Naturepedic at 2014 Great Lakes Green Chemistry Conference
Naturepedic Founder Barry Cik was a panelist speaker at the 2014 Great Lakes Green Chemistry Conference, held in Cleveland, Ohio April 1-3. This year's focus was "Innovating for Success in Green Chemistry".
Active in organizations at both the national and local levels, Cik has long been a champion of finding safer, healthier alternatives for companies to make products and conduct business.
The conference explored how innovations in green chemistry can accelerate change in the Great Lakes Region (where Naturepedic is based), not just in business, but also in policy and public health and safety. The conference looked at ways to promote collaboration between business, academia, and legislators.
Naturepedic was previously recognized by an award from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) as a charter member for its 2025 Safer Chemistry Challenge Program.
The Challenge Program, began by NPPR in collaboration with the Great Lakes Green Chemistry Conference and Clean Production Action, recognizes company operations that reduce the use of hazardous and toxic chemicals by finding and selecting alternative, safer materials and chemistries.


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Pace Of Cord Cutting Continues To Quicken
from the ramping-up dept
While we've discussed cord cutting before, it seems like the entertainment industry has been slow to respond to it. It was only recently that Nielson seemed to acknowledge its occurrence, for instance, and even once television stations faced the facts and attempted to embrace internet streaming, they did so with the kind of guile and tact you'd expect out of a drunken giraffe. Lots of time delays, restrictions, and barriers to entry that will turn away the kind of person who is likely a cord-cutter. In other words, they're doing it wrong.
And they had better start learning to do it right, because the pace of cord cutting is ramping up. This from Moffett Research's Craig Moffett, former offerer of terrible broadband infrastructure advice and someone who previously indicated that cord cutters were "poor nobodies."
Moffett Research founder and analyst Craig Moffett said mid-day Tuesday that evidence of cord cutting has become more apparent in the latest set of figures...For the second quarter, publicly traded pay TV companies recorded a combined video subscriber decline of 380,000, "about the same as last year," Moffett said. "Household formation, however, was better than a year ago, meaning that the change in pay TV penetration was worse."In other words, the pool of potential customers has risen with no correlative rise in subscribers. That's an indication that more households are foregoing cable television entirely and, what with the ever-growing interest in entertainment from the public, that had better represent a huge concern for the industry. Television providers have done a horrible job of making their content available in the way customers want it, when the customers want it, and they result has been a declining subscriber base.
What's more, the crowning jewel that keeps much of that pay-TV revenue coming in has been live sports entertainment and if you look at the flagship station for that kind of thing, ESPN, the ratings hits have been massive. Couple that with a clearly stated goal by Google and others to expand sports streaming over the internet and you have a recipe for the decimation of cable TV.
All this, rather than giving customers what they want, how they want it, and when they want it -- and, hey, welcome to the reality party, Craig! Why don't you stick around awhile this time?
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Definition of collaboration: "The process of working jointly with others in an intellectual endeavor to bring about change, and it implies shared responsibility" (Hobson, 2006)
As the number of cases of children being identified with communication disorders increases, so does the need for cost effective treatment. Therefore, many therapists are looking to collaboration and co-treatment as a way to meet this need. This is evidenced by a recent survey of 695 music therapists, as 44.6% said they collaborate with SLPs (Register, 2002).
What is music therapy?
According to the American Music Therapy Association:
"Music therapy is an evidence-based, allied health profession that uses music interventions to accomplish individualized goals. Through musical responses, the board-certified therapist assesses emotional well-being, physical health, social functioning, communication abilities, and cognitive skills. Specifically regarding communication, music therapists are trained to adapt elements of music (e.g. tempo, rhythm, melody, harmony, and texture) to promote effective expressive and receptive communication skills.
Why utilize inter-, trans-, or multi-disciplinary collaboration between music therapy and speech therapy?
- It benefits the client's overall well-being
- It is cost effective
- Language and music are structurally similar in many ways
5 similarities between music and language*:
- Music and Language are universal and specific to humans
- Both have pitch, timbre, rhythm, and durational features
- Spontaneous speech and spontaneous singing typically develop within infants at approximately the same time.
- Music and language have auditory, vocal, and visual uses (both use written systems) and are built on structure and rules.
- Distinct forms of music and language exist and vary across cultures
*This is a non-exhaustive list
When You Collaborate with the Other Therapist:
- Communicate with one another on how to best address the needs of the client and what music interventions can be used to enhance and support communication areas the SLP is addressing with the client. Instrument play, singing, and movement to music can be created to address goals such as language acquisition, social-communication skills, language concepts, oral motor skills, breath control, and using targeted phonemes/blends. Research had found that music techniques promoted increased breath and muscle control (Peters 2000, Cohen, 1994), stimulated vocalization (Staum, 1989), developed receptive and expressive language skills (Miller, 1982), and improved articulation skills (Zoller, 1991).
- Co-Treat!
- Collaborate on goal development (find a time that will work for both of you – even if it's just for 10-15 minutes a week!). If meeting in person does not seem to work, try other technologies, such as email correspondence, using Skype, or an instant messaging program. This may work better for both of your schedules.
- Understand your limits (do not overstep your professional training bounds)
- Have a clear understanding of the other profession's scope of practice. MTs should look at the ASHA scope of practice and SLPs need to be aware of the CBMT scope of practice. By doing this, the professionals can avoid conflict, confusion, and misunderstandings.
- Understand each profession's strengths and areas of training
- Be flexible!
- Share information with one another: therapy news articles, ideas, pamphlets, research papers, etc.
- Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!
Don't (A.K.A, Possible Barriers to MT and SLP Collaboration):
- Forget that everyone is busy. Utilize your collaboration time well – be prepared, organized, and make efficient use of the other therapist's rare free moment.
- Get too easily frustrated. You, or the other therapist, may lack knowledge about the other profession. If this is the case, do your homework and read up on the other field!
- Assume that everyone thinks like you. There may be different professional perspectives and perceptions between the MT and SLP that may weaken collaborative efforts
- Be offended if some professionals are uncomfortable with the idea of collaboration. Some are of the opinion that collaboration leads to a blurring of roles in shared treatment
- Allow yourself to get sucked into professional competition or territorialism
Why Not?:
Let's make this happen! MTs and SLPs can benefit from shared knowledge, shared responsibilities, and team support (Abramson & Rosenthal, 1995, Andrews, 1990, Register, 2002, Vachon, 1987).
Be proactive – collaboration can improve the quality of life of your patient!
"Successful collaboration is most effective when those involved share a belief system about the overall care and treatment of the patient" (Hobson, 2006)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (n.d.). Standards and implementation procedures for the certificate of clinical competence. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from http://asha.org/about/membership- certification/handbooks/slp/slp_standards.htm.
Cohen, N. S. (1994). Speech and song: Implications for therapy. Music Therapy Perspectives, 12(1), 8-14.
Miller, S. (1982). Music therapy for handicapped children: Speech impaired. Project Monograph Series. Washington, DC: National Association for Music Therapy.
Peters, J. S. (2000). Music therapy for individuals who have communication disorders or impairments. In Music therapy: An introduction (2nd ed., pp.170-188). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
Register, D. (2002). Collaboration and consultation: A survey of board certified music therapists. Journal of Music Therapy, 39(4), 305-321.
Rychener-Hobson, M. (2006). The Collaboration of Music Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology in the Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Part II — Collaborative Strategies and Scope of Practice. Music Therapy Perspectives, 24(2), 66-72.
Zoller, M. (1991). Use of music activities in speech-language therapy. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 22.
Rachel See Smith, MA, MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist with a B.A. in communication disorders from Truman State University and a M.A. in music therapy from the University of Iowa. She currently works as an independent music therapy contractor in Austin, Texas, and maintains an informational music therapy blog, and the online paper, "The Collaborative Therapist."


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XITE: 300% faster response times for interactive TV
About XITE
XITE is a music video channel live in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada and Qatar with plans for global expansion. In 2015, the company launched Personalized Music Television which lets individual users personalize their viewing experience and tailor playlists with interaction through their TV. XITE is based in Amsterdam, with offices in New York and personnel in Belgium and Germany. More about XITE: http://xitenetworks.com/
Google Cloud Platform Results
- Triples responsiveness on interactive media with high-memory VMs on Compute Engine
- Cuts infrastructure costs by 20% with smart pricing and autoscaling
- Automates maintenance and optimizes availability with Kubernetes
By applying the latest technology to music television, digital music channel XITE has won an audience of over 15 million households in less than a decade. Available in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Qatar, XITE localizes its offering to fit the needs of its target market, with linear channels, VOD, and 4K offerings. Since 2015, XITE provides a personalized music platform that demands high volumes of memory, but high-memory VM configurations on its previous cloud provider meant paying for additional CPU capacity that it did not require. With Google Cloud Platform, XITE created an infrastructure tailored to its needs for lean efficiency."Our Personalized Music Television platform requires a lot of memory. Configuring for that in our previous cloud provider meant paying for more powerful machines with CPUs that we did not need. We had been with our previous provider for four years, but when we looked to Google Cloud Platform, we discovered its options for high-memory, low-CPU VMs. We really liked GCP's close integration with Kubernetes and the value of Google Cloud Storage. When we moved everything to GCP the responsiveness of our platform tripled overnight. Previously, 70 milliseconds was a good response time. On GCP, it's 20 milliseconds," says Roman Ivanov, Solutions Architect, XITE Networks International.
More VM options, major savings
Interactive media platforms rely on fast infrastructure to cut response times and minimize customer frustration. One of XITE's multiple digital offerings is a personalized music television platform that requires large amounts of memory to run neural networks training and cache data for real-time performance. As the company's interactive provisions grew in scope, it became increasingly challenging to maintain efficiency and cost-effective operations. XITE looked for a cloud solution that offered more VM options, economical storage, and simpler management tools.
XITE met all three needs with a switch to Google Cloud Platform. On Google Compute Engine, XITE spins up low-cost, high-memory VMs, enabling it to host more users per machine and increase performance for less. With over 150TB of music content alone, XITE makes further savings thanks to cheaper, reliable storage on Google Cloud Storage. Using Kubernetes as its automation and cloud management platform, XITE eases the burden on its DevOps and system administrators, as even unpredictable fluctuations in demand are handled by autoscaling and simple monitoring."Because things are so stable under the control of Kubernetes, we spend very little time monitoring what's going on and can spend more time improving our products. With our old cloud provider, we could never be that confident. We relied on a custom solution that we built by ourselves to manage it. We had to maintain lightness of the system and manage the number of nodes that were running ourselves. Kubernetes just works, and leaves our hands free to do new stuff," says Roman.
Three times faster, 20% cheaper
Switching to GCP, XITE experienced 300% faster response times on its interactive platform and a 20% reduction in overall infrastructure costs. The company has enjoyed multiple secondary benefits, too, such as faster transcoding of new material with parallel rather than sequential processing. Looking to the future, XITE is currently undertaking a proof of concept with Google Cloud Dataproc as a managed Spark cluster and planning a migration to a Google-managed ELK Stack."Uniquely with Google Cloud Platform we are able to do video content spotting. Labeling music videos is really important for us as the basis for our metadata. The Google Cloud Video Intelligence API allows automatic labeling of videos, so we're looking into it. If the proof of concept is successful, this will be a perfect match for us. We could leverage automatic spotting, reduce the level of human error, and exploit more precise labeling of music videos, which will improve the recommendations we can make for our audience. Only GCP offers this potential," says Roman.
About XITE
XITE is a music video channel live in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada and Qatar with plans for global expansion. In 2015, the company launched Personalized Music Television which lets individual users personalize their viewing experience and tailor playlists with interaction through their TV. XITE is based in Amsterdam, with offices in New York and personnel in Belgium and Germany. More about XITE: http://xitenetworks.com/