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Trophies tell you one thing, the stopwatch can reveal a little more, but ultimately you can only judge a driver by what your gut tells you. Mine says that a chap by the name of Jean-Eric Vergne is a bit special. Following in the line of Carlin's Red Bull-backed British F3 champions behind Alguersuari and Ricciardo he is now engaged in a thrilling duel with Robert Wickens for the Renault World Series. There are moves afoot to place the Frenchman in a Torro Rosso for Friday practice during the last few Grand Prix and if I was the type to take a flutter I'd bet he will shine.
A cool customer if ever there was one, Jean-Eric Vergne is 21 years of age and already one of the most experienced of those on the edge of F1. He's got the speed, a healthy dose of aggression and he just so happens to be a dashing young thing too. There is a rare collection of talent in the Renault World Series this year, to shine in this pack you have to be a decent peddler.
Clearly Red Bull believe in him, Jean-Eric appears to be following an identical path to Ricciardo; soon the Frenchman is to make his debut as a Red Bull Racing pilot at the Abu Dhabi young driver test after his practice outings for Torro Rosso. If it is up to Red Bull he would clearly be in Formula One soon, but a spanner could be in the works for Vergne in the form of the impending sale of Scuderia Torro Rosso. From Monza onwards Spanish oil company Cepsa will appear on the car and those better informed than I are predicting that this is part of a wholesale change of ownership for the team formerly known as Minardi. Let us hope that the new owners pick the fruits of Red Bull's labours and continue to support their young drivers, although Jamie Alguersuari as a Spaniard will be less worried by the presence of a major brand from his homeland than the Swiss Sebastian Buemi. With only two seats at the main Red Bull team, one of which will belong to Sebastian Vettel for as long as he wants it, there could be a few juniors looking for an alternative way into the top flight rather than the rookie-friendly Torro Rosso squad.


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NASSAU, Bahamas — If one was good and two was better, what would three great rounds feel like?
After a shaky third-round 75 for Tiger Woods at the Hero World Challenge, we'll have to wait at least until Sunday to find out.
Call it a reality check in this surreal beachside setting, where very little has felt real this week. The tournament isn't typical, with only 18 players competing on a tropical island in front of just a few hundred spectators. The tee times have all come between 11 a.m. and 1:15 p.m, so there have been no crack-of-dawn starts (except for jet-lagged Tommy Fleetwood) or hanging around waiting to peg it late in the afternoon.
During Tuesday's practice round, Woods himself was unusually open and jovial: he was walking, joking and cussing with reporters. Wednesday's pro-am was ultra-casual, with maybe two-dozen fans following along. Good shots drew sparse applause, if any at all. Torrey Pines, Riv and Bay Hill were worlds away.
Then, on Thursday, Woods went out in 34. It was surprising, to be sure, but not nearly as unexpected as what occurred on the 11th hole. As Woods tracked his second shot through the air, two fans approached him. They had moved inside the ropes and were now well into the fairway, camera phones in hand. Only when they got within 25 feet of Woods did security escort them back outside the ropes. There's been a lot of that this week — fans wandering wherever they please — enough that one marshal said of the boundary-pushing gallery, "They're all f—ing idiots."
Even Woods himself has been different, more amiable and accessible, with fans taken aback when the normally steely golfer responds to their "good shot!" with "thank you." It has happened many times this week, reminding observers of this new Tiger World in which we now live. As Woods told reporters today, there was a betting "line" on him simply finishing four rounds this week. "Times have changed a bit," he said.
After Woods's opening rounds of 69 and 68, another surprise came Saturday when his game regressed, making just two birdies against five bogeys and hitting only nine greens in regulation. It was a dose of reality for a man playing his first tournament rounds since early February.
"That's just the way it goes sometimes," Woods said. "I'm not the only one who's struggling at times out here."
Woods was always going to have a worst round in the Bahamas. Play 72 holes and you're almost certain to encounter bogeys. On Saturday, Tiger's worst-round-yet beat world No. 1 Dustin Johnson's mark of 76. Many others stumbled, too, on the windiest day of the week. When Woods eventually tapped in for 75, he was only a hair over two strokes off the field average for the day.
When Woods made the turn in 40, he knew it wasn't his day. Yet what followed was perhaps the best he has played the Albany back nine since his second-round 65 last year.
When he finally made his first birdie of the day, on the 14th hole, Woods retrieved his ball from the cup, turned to the crowd, walked a few paces and lifted his hat. He smiled and took a bow.
In that moment, it was worth remembering the social media videos Woods has posted over the last two months. The slow-motion swings, the sensational stinger — this whole process has been a bit like watching someone relearn how to walk on a balance beam. Except now Woods can't handpick the swings he wants the world to see. Over 72 holes, each and every one is broadcasted: the good, the bad and the yippy.
"There's so much more at stake," Wood said. "If you go out there at home and make nine birdies and five bogeys, who cares, but it matters out here."
A little bit this week, a whole lot more come January.
And a whole lot more still come the first week of April.

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All In One Community Center Announces1st Annual Health Fair
Orlando, Florida, November 21, 2014) All in One Community Center (AIOCC) is sponsoring a free, community , health fair at 1236 N. Pine Hills Road, Orlando, Florida, 32808. The fair will take place on Saturday, December 6th, 2014 from 10am-3pm. The health fair is designed to provide information and medical care to the underprivileged and those without health care.
The health fair is being run by the founder of AIOCC, Sherlyn Leonard, along with associates of this local 501 (c)3 (non profit organization. Her vision and passion is to support local communities through resources that promote family stabilization, social, economic and emergency services. Ms. Leonard said "their goal during this event is to let the community know what we have to offer and why we are here. We believe that the simple things in life can make a huge difference. We feel everyone needs a place to start and a fighting chance, that being said our community center is here to offer resources, like assistance with job search, affordable healthcare, free Safelink phones, and much more."
This fair will provide various health screenings which include glucose readings, blood pressure, mammograms , etc. There will also be lots of fun activities for the children (face painting and a bounce house.) Free food for refreshments and multiple local vendors will also be on hand to share services they also offer to the community.
This is a free, public event. Any voluntary donations will be greatly appreciated to assist AIOCC to continue to give back to the local community.
AIOCC has also partnered with the Florida Department of Children and Families and is a designated full service ACCESS office providing community outreach for health and social services to approximately 4000 residents since October of 2013.
To all the individuals and companies that would like to participate in this year's event, AIOCC would love for you to come out and participate/sponsor our annual health fair, let's get together and show our community that we are here to service them! For more information about this event, sponsorship or vending, please call 407.295.8683.


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Disabled activists were outside U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton's office Monday -- not to picket but to thank the 3rd District Republican for co-sponsoring legislation that would help guarantee their access to home-care services.
Tipton is one of 70 Republican and Democratic House members who are supporting the Disability Integration Act that is being offered by Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.
Kristen Castor, a Pueblo advocate for the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, said disabled activists spent a long summer pushing back against Republican efforts to distribute federal Medicaid funding to the states through block grants.
They feared a block-grant approach could lead to states requiring the disabled to be in nursing homes to get any benefits.
"The Disability Integration Act says that home-care services are also mandated by the Medicaid program," Castor said. "This is as close as we've ever come to getting home care on an equal footing with nursing home care. That's why we want to thank Mr. Tipton for supporting us."
Disabled people use more than 25 percent of all Medicaid funding and the federal program initial required the disabled to be in nursing homes to receive the money. Activists fought that policy in the courts in the 1980s and won the right to have Medicaid pay for home care as well.
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The generation that missed ABBA (mamma mia!) seems nevertheless to have welcomed, open-armed, all the Swedish-designed interiors and furnishings that money can buy. IKEA appears to have a magnetic aesthetic in the Bay Area. But will fans of the modern Scandinavian look still feel pulled toward Swedish chic if it means looking hard at what's behind the scenes of the global fashion industry? The West Coast premiere of "Gron Mode" ("Green Fashion"), aka "Eco Chic: Towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion," opens Feb. 19 at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, just off the historic square in the town of Sonoma. A sneak peek has convinced me the new Swedish clothes designs are smart and beautiful.
But this fashion show is not just about appearances.
Anyone eager to try on this new green line will also have to try on the relatively foreign concept of green fashion ethics. Kate Eilertsen tried on the concept and found a fit. As executive director, Eilertsen wants the "Eco Chic" exhibit to challenge and educate people about what is possible and sustainable in terms of humane, nonpolluting garment-manufacturing practices, and also to raise consciousness about the wastefulness in our everyday clothing-use habits. The clothes that visitors will see piled in the storefront window of the museum are neither the Swedish imports nor somebody's dirty laundry; rather, the small mountain of garments represents the 68 pounds of clothing each person discards every year in this country.
"I have a 25-year-old daughter," explains Eilertsen, "who discovered H&M and all of those fast-food-type clothing stores, where you buy it cheap, wear it a few times and then throw it away." Eilertsen says her daughter's fashion habits influenced her decision to bring "Eco Chic" to California, following its exhibition in Europe and New York. And it's "not just my daughter, but all her friends," says Eilertsen, who believes the Swedish fashion designers and manufacturers are taking a deep look at an ostensibly shallow industry and stripping away the most unethical elements such as exploitative labor practices and the purchase of materials from environmentally irresponsible suppliers.
"High fashion in a sustainable manner means thoughtfully sourcing your materials and dyes," explained Eilertsen. "And it means constructing the clothes in an ethical workplace, not a sweat shop." In a document issued by the museum, Eilertsen notes that "fashion-related businesses have been accused of destroying natural habitats, using more water than any other industry apart from agriculture, spreading toxic chemicals and producing carbon dioxide emissions" as well as participating in the common business practice of exploiting labor in poor countries.
A 2007 report by Luz Claudio of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences reports that for the roughly 1 billion garments made in China and purchased by U.S. consumers—
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The selected Swedish clothing designers and manufacturers featured in the "Eco Chic" exhibit boast a very different business ethic. Designer Anja Hynynen claims the use of "only materials that are organically grown and ethically produced," while Camilla Norrback says of her Ecoluxury clothing that wearers can "feel both beautiful and proud."
The Sri Lankan workers who construct clothing designed by members of the Dem Collective are paid three times the national minimum wage, while clothing from the Julian Red label boasts that "fair and organic production is reflected in all its production." Finally, the makers of Nudie Jeans boast a code of conduct "based on the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights" and a policy to work exclusively with democracies.
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Well, this latest news is less than thrilling, since I started using a cell phone at about 15 (it was a brick). Swedish researchers have found that children who started using cell phones before the age of 20 were five times more likely to develop cancer. The quote, please:
"People who started mobile phone use before the age of 2 had more than five-fold increase in glioma", a cancer of the glial cells that support the central nervous system. The extra risk to young people of contracting the disease from using the cordless phone found in many homes was almost as great, at more than four times higher.
No sir, I don't like it. I wonder, however, if there is a confounding variable in that kids with cell phones are much more likely (I'm guessing) to live in an urban area, where radio waves from towers, other cell phones, wi-fi, and so on are much more prevalent. Even if that's the case, it's still a pretty serious indictment of the radiation we're exposed to daily. I hope they're proven wrong, if only because according to their findings I'm in the danger zone.


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Working to different standards than what appeared around them, they decided to found MAKERS MARK – a foundation with the aim of promoting excellence in contemporary Maltese craft.
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We design and make objects that have to be felt to be appreciated. We get inspired by our clients and in turn we inspire them. Our products are made to be touched or worn, smelt, sat on or used. They are not concepts; they are actual products made by ourselves; therefore their provenance is known.
We use recognisable raw or recycled materials that we fashion into useful and desirable objects with our own hands and tools. We are in complete control of the whole process right from formulating the design through to the finished product.
Our exhibition will illustrate the whole "journey" starting from design (notes, sketches, models etc.), photographic documentation of 'making' to showcasing the final products. We will be having demonstrations of different manufacturing processes during the exhibition, with the makers explaining the process as well as their tools and where the raw materials they came from.


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A must-have in our RSVP by Talbots collection. The classically casual Fair Isle print is revamped for the holiday season. This soft, embellished sweater features a jeweled neckline in a subtle Fair Isle pattern.
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I know I love this house so much that this is actually my second time posting it!! It was previously published in a European magazine.
(It's in St. Bart in the French West Indies...my dream destination where I have never been.....)
This month it is featured in the American magazine "Coastal Living" February 2011 issue.
Writer & stylist credit: Jeremy Callaghan and photographer: Gaelle Le Boulicaut
I love white! Everyone knows this!! ....all three people that read my island blog......:)
The residence is owned by the former British Editor of Elle magazine, Alsia Thiry and her husband...a style maven and a maverick eye for design, style, and proportion, color and texture. She made the switch from fashion designer to interior designer.. She also helped form the trained eyes of English based designer's: Kathy Adam of Adam Design Ltd. and Lesley Batchelor or Studio DB to help define and execute her ideas (smart lad~ but didn't she know I was available...:))
There were many obstacles working on a small island- as I have worked on this island .http://www.parrotcay.como.bz/ where I designed three villa's)
I loved the low-maintenance floors -all white concrete to handle all of the traffic and sand and water...love it!
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Hello My CakeCentral GURU's and seasoned decorators....
I have taken the plunge, as I am in CA and CANNOT legally bake or decorate from my home, I have found a certified kitchen. I am on a very LIMITED start up budget. The kitchen is complete except pans utensils etc. It contains, cabinets, oven, 3 refers, a freezer, 3 sink system, sanitizer, hand sink microwave and is at our fairgrounds. My rent includes electricity and water.
I am nervous, worried, excited, driven, motivated and scared.
Can I do this? I think I can, yet wonder am I ready. I know I need more experience with cakes, yet I cannot keep making cakes and throw them away. Our area does not have a quality bakery the local Sav Mor Grocery store sell pre made and basic cakes. There are a few home bakers, yet no actual bakery. My teacher is excited for me and said "you can do this and I'm happy for you". That helps yet WOW....
OK, so questions?
Can I wear a ball cap and my hair in a ponytail and be legal in CA? I'm thinking no, and am shopping chefs hats (I hate, hate, hate hair nets)
I'm trying to generate a list of items I need other than the basics and I KNOW My list in incomplete, so please help. I have very little time and have to drive 1.5 hours or order online.
Help me with the abstract things we take for granted that I NEED.... PLEASE!
Oh yes, I also will continue working to pay for my business until such a time as I can work my shop full time.
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Nutty, wacked out ME
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I have long hair and wear it all completely up and under a kerchief when I'm in my business kitchen.
I'm not sure what CA requires, so you may want to contact them for some more info on your business.
Do you need to get your rental kitchen licensed and inspected through the state HD?
Also don't forget business insurance, and THE most important thing you'll need to do is to sit down and write a business plan.
Get all of your costs calculated, set a budget for yourself as far as purchasing equipment and ingredients and set your prices for your products. Then you'll want to get a website up and running and start marketing your business.
It's a lot to think about, make lists for yourself and cross all your "t's" and dot all your "i's" before you open for business.
Good luck!
2009 food code if that's what CA is using.
You really need to get your ducks in a row before you jump in.
Do you have to share this kitchen with anyone? If so, will your stuff be safe?
PM Indydebi..she is a "God" at this stuff..Although she lives in a different state she can sure help you with what you will need for start up equipment and give you VALUABLE advice that no one can give!!!
Hello all;
My ducks are lining up like they were trained. LOL
Permit - Done
Serv Safe- Scheduled
Inspection- Scheduling- 1/11/10
Insurance- 1/11/10
HACCP- Done
Forms - done
Supplies- 90% done
DBA - done
DBA filing 1/11/10
Rent set aside for 6 mos.... Done!
Sign contract for building 1/11/10 (No I do not share my kitchen)
Marketing, in the works
Opening Date March 1st
Accounting, set up
Orders are arriving
Familiar with CA Food Codes, most and working on the rest
If I have missed something please let me know.
I think she is asking for those little things that you never think of that you find indispensible. Or those little (or big) things that pop up. Sounds like the ducks are sitting patiently.
Good luck!!! I know it must be scary... but with orders lined up... I wish you much prosperity.
Thank you, you hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what I was asking.
Business Plan is coming along as well.
Yes, nervous and scared.....
Any zoning permissions or city permits needed?
Do you need a grease trap for your sink? (a good idea to have even if not required)
Here's a little "after thought" smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, although if you're renting it's probably the responsibility of the landlord to provide these. It doesn't hurt to ask.
Wow, I think my heart skipped a beat reading through all these posts, with nervous excitement for you.
I wish you very well in your business, it will be a success.
I'm sure it is very exciting, I can only imagine what you must be feeling. It looks like you have it all covered, anything that comes up now should be easy to handle.
In a few years time I'm hoping to be in the same shoes that you are right now!
Sending positive vibes/auras across the globe --> ~~> to you....
It sounds like you're getting there!!
From your first post, however, it seemed like it was going to be one of those *I'm-opening-a-bakery-'cause-everyone-says-I-should-they-love-my-cakes-how-hard-can-it-be?* thread!
Wish you the best of luck!
My dreams are filled nightly with all the twists and turns that may come my way....
I know how hard this is going to be
how many hours it is going to take away from my family
The possibility of immense struggle
The possibility of success (yet we learn from failure)
I have the support of my family and community.
I appreciate everyone's input and look forward to more of it.
Thank you
Been there, done that.
It'll be an immense success! you'll see.
Oh Gavi, what a breath of fresh air! I am so happy for you and I hope you make millions!
Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like a very exciting new chapter in your life. Because you said you are working I'm wondering who will be running your shop during the times you work? Just curious because I hope to be in the same position in a year.
Hello There,
I believe we met at the courthouse when I processed your FBN. This is Deborah from Cakes Unleashed!! Congrats on the new business. I, too, had to jump through all the hoops and it truly is rewarding once all that paperwork stuff is done. Sooooo, hang in there, Girly.
I noted that you stated in your forum post that our area doesn't have a "real" bakery and that's true. Perhaps we should open one!?!?! I have been doing this for three or so years now, starting out as gifts for friends and family and I just recently kicked it up a notch.
I lease two kitchens (paying as I go - per hour), and had to get the Serv Safe, etc. One of the kitchens had to have a new stove-top vent put in and I even stated that I wouldn't be using that and they still insisted it had to be in. But, after the owner agreed - it passed the inspection. That's the hard part.
Where are you getting yours Serv Safe cert, does it still have to be done in Sacramento? If there is closer place I'd like to know because I have someone that I want to start doing my baking for me and need to get them certified, as well.
Well, it looks like you've got matters in order. Good luck to you. I am anxious to have someone to refer business to when I get swamped and hope that you will do the same.
Best wishes,
what kind of mixer do you have?...just having a lil kitchenaid will REALLY slow you down....for me that's the most important piece of equipment.....and a good freezer.
i'm guessing you already got a nice oven.
good luck!...if you weren't a bit nervous, i'd be concerned about you.
I have a signed contract and have keys
I start cleaning on Sunday
Insurance is being quoted through four companies
I'll take my servsafe here in Quincy at Environmental Health.
Having a storefront bakery is my dream, and I do hope it can happen. Let's do lunch one day and chat a bit.
Mixer I have two kitchen aids, I have my eye on a 20 quart yet I cannot spend the 1,500.00.
It's time to get fliers, and some advertising done. I'm also baking samples to deliver to the locals. I hope to have them delivered by Feb 1st in hopes of Valentines orders.
I get to fill out insurance forms tomorrow, yipppeeee.
Well, I'm off to hopefully sleep tonight, I'll have a drink and take a melatonin.
start searching for restaurant auctions. you'll find killer deals on stuff that you will need if you decide to go the storefront route. I rented a storage unit for a year and a half before opening so that I could scour the auctions for deals. I managed to get all of my big kitchen stuff (20qt mixer, 3 double door commercial refrigerators,3 bay sink and double stack oven) for $1400.
start searching for restaurant auctions. you'll find killer deals on stuff that you will need if you decide to go the storefront route. I rented a storage unit for a year and a half before opening so that I could scour the auctions for deals. I managed to get all of my big kitchen stuff (20qt mixer, 3 double door commercial refrigerators,3 bay sink and double stack oven) for $1400.
i was going to suggest the same thing, a few months back i saw a 20 quart on craigslist for 500.00
i'd get a big food grade bucket....and make a bunch of icing ahead of time, or you'll be spending all day saturday just making little batches of icing....it'll drive you to madness.
rubbermaid makes one that will fit more that 30 qts of icing....on saturday i have to make at least 2 batches in my 30 qt...so you could imagine what that will be like.
This is slightly off topic, but I'm curious (if you don't mind sharing) how much you are paying for the rent? I am looking (in TX) for a rental space and am just curious what other folks out there are paying. I know it won't translate directly but I am curious. thanks!
The orders are beginning to arrive!
Thank you Cake Central!
mazel tov!
Congratulations! Acutally, this thread was very helpful. I am in a similar position. Just found a space and looking to move forward. Like you, I still plan to work my full-time gig. Baby steps for now!!
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The 2011 Mussels of the Month.
Acuticosta chinensis (Unionidae, Indotropical)
The December 2011 Mussel of the Month is Acuticosta chinensis. Acuticosta is a genus of six species from the Yangtze River in China.
The last Mussel of the Month of the year is Acuticosta chinensis. This species has been included in phylogenetic analyses of Chinese freshwater mussels, and as such its phylogenetic position is well understood: Unionidae, Unioninae, Unionini.
We don't have much to say about it. It is a good looking shell, and we will leave it at that.
Oxynaia jourdyi (Unionidae, Indotropical)
The November 2011 Mussel of the Month is Oxynaia jourdyi. Oxynaia is a genus of five species ranging from Indochina west to Burma.
Oxynaia is a genus of freshwater mussel that recently came on to our radar. We had received specimens of O. pugio that the folks at the California Academy of Natural Sciences collected in Burma, and we applied those in a phylogenetic analysis of tropical mussel lineages. That work has recently been published (Whelan et al., 2011), and the November Mussel of the Month is a good opportunity to discuss those results.
For the last long while, we had regarded the genus Oxynaia as part of a large poorly understood assemblage of incertae sedis Indotropical mussels (Graf & Cummings, 2006). Click here to see the classification that we used to apply on this web site. The reason those taxa were treated as of unknown phylogenetic position was simply because most genera had not been analyzed in any phylogenetic study. The available taxonomy dated from Modell (1942, 1964) and Starobogatov (1970). Those studies pre-dated widespread application of cladistic methods and were irreconcilably divergent in their hypothesized classifications. All we could say was that those mussels belong to the Unionidae.
Our recent analysis (Whelan et al., 2011) had much broader tropical taxon sampling than any previous study, and as a result we discovered a heretofore neglected clade, the Parreysiinae. The Parreysiinae includes not only Indian genera like Parreysia, but also African genera like Coelatura and genera like Oxynaia that extend east through Indochina. So far, we have only used molecular characters to resolve the Parreysiinae, but we are currently working to include morphological characters in a larger study of tropical freshwater mussels of the family Unionidae.
In the meantime, we have updated the preferred classification on this site.
Lampsilis virescens (Unionidae, Nearctic)
The October 2011 Mussel of the Month is Lampsilis virescens. Lampsilis is a genus of 24 species in eastern North America.
It is well known that freshwater mussels in general are imperiled in North America and elsewhere. the USA, the US Fish & Wildlife Service reports 71 species as endangered. One of these is Lampsilis virescens, known to those that can't read italics as the Alabama Lampmussel. The species has always been restricted to the interior basin in Alabama and Tennessee (Williams et al., 2008), but now it is only known from two tributaries of the Tennessee River.
Of course, we have already covered Lampsilis in our monthly exploration of unionoid diversity, but this is a special month for the genus. Our friends at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center have been raising L. virescens (among other state and federally endangered species) in captivity, and they are set to release a batch of vigorous juveniles into the wild. The hope is that stocking these freshwater mussels will replenish dwindling populations. Click here to see a pdf of their press release. We wish them — the mussels and the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center — the best of luck!
Click here to see the latest news on the release of Lampsilis virescens.
Unionetta fabagina (Unionidae, Indotropical)
The September 2011 Mussel of the Month is Unionetta fabagina. Unionetta is a genus of only two species in the Mekong River of southeastern Asia.
Unionetta is one of those genera about which we know almost nothing. A Google Scholar search reveals that the only publication in the last 10 years that cites this mussel is our own global species checklist (Graf & Cummings, 2007). Since things are busy with the beginning of the Fall semester, we will take the opportunity to keep this month's entry short.
Friersonia iridella (Unionidae, Neotropical)
The August 2011 Mussel of the Month is Friersonia iridella. Friersonia is a monotypic genus known only from southern Mexico.
Friersonia is a neat little mussel. We have made a bit of a study of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels, and this is one we run into a lot in collections.
What makes this freshwater mussel so interesting is its unique anatomy. There is no doubt that this animal is a lampsiline -- at least in Ortmann's mind, and that is good enough for us. The marsupium, that part of the outer demibranchs where larvae are brooded, is broadly similar to that seen in genera like Lampsilis. However, instead of being limited to the posterior part of the demibranch, it extends over the whole ventral margin.
So, here we have a shell that looks like it might fit nicely in Lampsilis or Villosa or one of those genera, but the reproductive anatomy is quite distinctive. We wish we knew what this meant. Is Friersonia some relictual lampsiline, the bearer of some ancient otherwise extinct morphology? Or, does F. iridella represent some highly modified off-shoot with a specialized marsupium?
Fossula fossiculifera (Mycetopodidae, Neotropical)
The July 2011 Mussel of the Month is Fossula fossiculifera. Fossula is a monotypic genus from tropical South America.
Fossula fossiculifera is one of those Neotropical mycetopodids that is emblematic of the lack of phylogenetic data available for tropical freshwater mussels. The family Mycetopodidae (as it is currently understood) is endemic to South America and sister to the Iridinidae of Africa (as far as we know). These caveats are necessary because no really robust test of mycetopodid relationships has ever been published. I few taxa have been analyzed here and there (reviewed in Graf & Cummings, 2007), but none of them are F. fossiculifera.
So, we are left with a dated traditional arrangement that was concocted in the 1940s by Modell (1942) and Lange de Morretes (1949). This classification, dividing the Mycetopodidae into 4 subfamilies, was endorsed by Parodiz & Bonetto (1963) and is maintained by Bieler et al. (2010). The four subfamilies — Mycetopodinae, Anodontitinae, Leilinae and Monocondylaeinae — are for the most part restricted to only one or two genera each. However, the Monocondylaeinae is has six genera: Monocondylaea, Tamsiella, Haasica, Iheringella, Diplodontites and Fossula. However, this is all a house of cards. We look forward to seeing it knocked down and replaced with a system with more explanatory power.
Ctenodesma scheibeneri (Unionidae, Indotropical)
The June 2011 Mussel of the Month is Ctenodesma scheibeneri. Ctenodesma is a genus of two species endemic to the island of Borneo.
There is little to say about Ctenodesma, other than that the genus is reported to be endemic to Borneo (e.g., Haas, 1969). However, the only primary literature we know of from the last 40 years that mentions Ctenodesma reports it from Sumatra (Marwoto, 1987).
Obovaria unicolor (Unionidae, Neotropical)
The May 2011 Mussel of the Month is Obovaria unicolor. Obovaria is a genus of 6 species found in eastern North America.
A few interesting things could be said about Obovaria unicolor, the freshwater mussel known by those that tolerate common names as the Alabama hickorynut. For example, it is endemic to the Mobile Basin, and it is of conservation concern in the state of Alabama.
But what drew us to choose this species as the MotM is the fact that it was originally described from Tuscaloosa, Alabama — home of the University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa is in our thoughts right now, and it is worth noting the early malacological contributions of the Druid City. Isaac Lea, renowned Philadelphia freshwater mussel describer, had a few contacts in Alabama with whom he traded material. The particular specimen shown here was collected in Tuscaloosa and sent north by a Dr. Budd.
Chambardia wissmanni (Iridinidae, Afrotropicall)
The April 2011 Mussel of the Month is Chambardia wissmanni. Chambardia is represented by 11 species in the Afrotropics. The genus is known from most major basins on the continent.
This is a hot time for Central African freshwater mussels, especially Chambardia wissmanni. Two major publications concerned with mussel conservation just became available, and we heard through the grapevine about some successful collecting in the Congo Basin. As strong supporters of both mussel research and conservation, we are pleased to have the opportunity to ride on the coat-tails of others.
The IUCN recently published the report for the Red List assessments of freshwater organisms in Central Africa. The mollusk chapter (Graf et al., 2011) was written by DLG in collaboration with Jørgensen, Van Damme, and Kristensen. And, just today, the Pan-African assessment for freshwater organisms arrived in our mailbox. DLG also contributed to the mollusk chapter in that publication (Seddon et al., 2011). Hopefully, an electronic version will be available shortly from the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit.
Finally, we've heard from David Gillikin of Union College in Schenectady that he had a successful collecting expedition to the Oubangui River in search of wily freshwater mussels. Gillikin and Steven Bouillon (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) managed to score quite a haul of Chambardia wissmanni. Whoo!
Sinanodonta woodiana (Unionidae, Palearctic-Indotropical)
The March 2011 Mussel of the Month is Sinanodonta woodiana. The genus Sinaodonta is native to eastern Asia, but one of the two species has been widely introduced.
Over the last thirty years, there has been significant research on the ecological impacts of exotic bivalves (reviewed in Cummings & Graf, 2009 for North America). This concern has been focused on venerid bivalves of the families Dreissenidae and Corbiculidae. However, freshwater mussels can be invasive as well — for example, Sinanodonta woodiana.
Whereas the stereotype of most freshwater mussels is that their ranges are shrinking, S. woodiana is expanding beyond its already broad distribution in temperate and tropical eastern Asia. This mussel was introduced widely as part of the fish trade, carried along during their parasitic phase. Watters (1997) not only documents several primary introductions — e.g., from Siberia (Amur) to Hungary, from China (Yangtze) to Romania, and from Taiwan to Indonesia, Costa Rica, and Hispanola — but also subsequent dispersal from secondary sources. For example, infected Hungarian fishes were imported to France. Mienis (2008) has continued to document spread of Sinanodonta woodiana.
The primary ichthyo-culprits are various species of carp (common, grass, silver, etc.), tilapias, and mosquitofish (Watters, 1997). Some of these exotic carp species are widespread in the United States (and annoying), and given the hardiness of this particular mussel, it is possible that it will spread widely here as well. It is unclear how annoying it will be.
As of 2010, Sinanodonta woodiana was reported in New Jersey. It begins...
Uniomerus columbensis (Unionidae, Nearctic)
The February 2011 Mussel of the Month is Uniomerus columbensis. Uniomerus is a genus of four species that is widespread in the Interior and eastern coastal basins of North America.
Like so many freshwater mussel genera, one of the claims to fame of Uniomerus is the extent to which the taxonomy is unsettled and purely utilitarian. For example, despite the amount of research on southeastern USA freshwater mussels, Uniomerus columbensis was elevated from synonymy in 2008 to cover the species found in the Apalachicola system (Williams et al., 2008).
Another interesting feature of (at least some) species of Uniomerus is their ability to withstand extreme dessication. According to Holland (1991), "U. tetralasmus were extremely tolerant of prolonged emersion, with a single individual surviving 699 days at 15° C and 100% RH."
This all contributes to our growing conviction that there is much fruitful systematic research waiting to occur in North America in general and the Gulf coastal basins in particular.
Lamprotula gottschei (Unionidae, Indotropical)
The January 2011 Mussel of the Month is Lamprotula gottschei. Lamprotula is a genus of around 20 species that ranges from tropical Asia north to Korea and Japan.
Lamprotula is emblematic of why the species of the Unionidae need to be revised. The genus was originally introduced by Simpson (1900) as a subgenus of Quadrula: shells with bumps on them, but from SE Asia rather than North America. That classification persisted for 100 years (Haas, 1969), and we listed 26 species in the genus Lamprotula (Graf & Cummings, 2007).
However, at the time, we were unaware of research that had been done in China that demonstrated that "Lamprotula" had species with both hooked and non-hooked type glochidia (Wu, 1998; Zhou et al., 2007). Not only was Lamprotula s.l. polyphyletic, but the species belonged to two different major clades! Today, we use the name Aculamprotula for the 5 species known to have hooked-type glochidia (subfamily Unioninae), and Lamprotula s.s. is retained for the rest of the species.
An analogous split took place with Inversidens and Inversiunio, and we suspect that it will occur again as the species of eastern Asia continue to be evaluated using modern methods.
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The motors spin slowly and constantly.
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The motors spin slowly and constantly.
I have several problems:
1. The calibration time takes so long around 70 seconds. What causing it?
2. At first, the robot works fine (not using wifi). Then after several minutes, the motors spin slowly and constantly in one direction. No balancing activities again. How to overcome this?
3. I also try the auto-rise feature without servo arm. But the robot moves forward like an RC car. It cannot rise. What parameter should I change? I've changed this part:
if ((angle_adjusted < 90) && (angle_adjusted > -90))
But it still moves in horizontal. Is it because my motors are not strong enough?
My motor has 40Ncm torque and current limit of 1.7 A per phase. And I use A4988 stepstick driver. It has Rs of 0.1 Ohm. So I calculate the Vref to limit the current to 1.5A:
Vref=1.5A*8*0.1 Ohm= 1.2 V
The drivers are buzzing quite loud though.
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Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans. The chemical name for vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the Latin name of scurvy, scorbutus, which also provides the adjective scorbutic ("of, characterized by or having to do with scurvy"). Scurvy often presents itself initially as symptoms of malaise and lethargy, followed by formation of spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from the mucous membranes. Spots are most abundant on the thighs and legs, and a person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized. As scurvy advances, there can be open, suppurating wounds, loss of teeth, jaundice, fever, neuropathy and death.
Scurvy was at one time common among sailors, pirates and others aboard ships at sea longer than perishable fruits and vegetables could be stored (subsisting instead only on cured and salted meats and dried grains) and by soldiers similarly deprived of these foods for extended periods. It was described by Hippocrates (c. 460 BC–c. 380 BC), and herbal cures for scurvy have been known in many native cultures since prehistory. Scurvy was one of the limiting factors of marine travel, often killing large numbers of the passengers and crew on long-distance voyages.[1] This became a significant issue in Europe from the beginning of the modern era in the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, continuing to play a significant role through World War I in the 20th century.
While today scurvy is known to be caused by a nutritional deficiency, until the isolation of vitamin C and direct evidence of its link to scurvy in 1932, numerous theories and treatments were proposed, often on little or no experimental data. This inconsistency is attributed to the lack of vitamin C as a distinct concept, an inability to reliably link different foods (notably present in fresh citrus, watercress, and organ meat) to scurvy. An additional concept required to understand scurvy was the degradation of vitamin C by exposure to air and copper and other transition metal salts such as those of iron, thus changing the links of foods to scurvy over time.
Treatment by fresh food, particularly citrus fruit, was periodically implemented, as it had been since antiquity. However until the 1930s, treatment was inconsistent, with many ineffective treatments used into the 20th century. It was a Scottish surgeon in the Royal Navy, James Lind, who first proved it could be treated with citrus fruit in experiments he described in his 1753 book A Treatise of the Scurvy,[2] though his advice was not implemented by the Royal Navy for several decades .
In infants, scurvy is sometimes referred to as Barlow's disease, named after Sir Thomas Barlow,[3] a British physician who described it.[4] However, Barlow's disease may also refer to mitral valve prolapse. Other eponyms for scurvy include Moeller's disease and Cheadle's disease.
Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they can synthesize their own vitamin C. However, humans and other higher primates (the simians—monkeys and apes—and tarsiers), guinea pigs, most or all bats, and some species of birds and fish lack an enzyme (L-gulonolactone oxidase) necessary for such synthesis and must obtain vitamin C through their diet. Vitamin C is widespread in plant tissues, with particularly high concentrations occurring in cruciferous vegetables, capsicum fruit including chilli and all colours of bell peppers, citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits), and almost all fruits including culinary fruits like tomatoes. The fruit with the highest concentration of vitamin C is the Kakadu Plum with nearly 3000 mg per 100g. Cooking significantly reduces the concentration of ascorbic acid.
Ascorbic acid has a number of centrally important roles in plants.[5]
Scurvy or subclinical scurvy is caused by the lack of vitamin C. In modern Western societies, scurvy is rarely present in adults, although infants and elderly people are affected.[6] Vitamin C is destroyed by the process of pasteurization, so babies fed with ordinary bottled milk sometimes suffer from scurvy if they are not provided with adequate vitamin supplements. Virtually all commercially available baby formulas contain added vitamin C for this reason, but heat and storage destroy vitamin C. Human breast milk contains sufficient vitamin C, if the mother has an adequate intake.
Scurvy is one of the accompanying diseases of malnutrition (other such micronutrient deficiencies are beriberi or pellagra) and thus is still widespread in areas of the world depending on external food aid.[7] Though rare, there are also documented cases of scurvy due to poor dietary choices by people living in industrialized nations.[8][9][10][11]
The Inuit[12] appear to be very healthy with a diet almost devoid of plants. They appear to get enough Vitamin C from raw fish and organs of marine mammals, and muktuk, the skin of the beluga whale.
Ascorbic acid is needed for a variety of biosynthetic pathways, by accelerating hydroxylation and amidation reactions. In the synthesis of collagen, ascorbic acid is required as a cofactor for prolyl hydroxylase and lysyl hydroxylase. These two enzymes are responsible for the hydroxylation of the proline and lysine amino acids in collagen. Hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine are important for stabilizing collagen by cross-linking the propeptides in collagen. Defective collagen fibrillogenesis impairs wound healing. Collagen is an important part of bone, so bone formation is affected. Defective connective tissue leads to fragile capillaries, resulting in abnormal bleeding.
Early symptoms are malaise and lethargy. After 1–3 months, patients develop shortness of breath and bone pain. Myalgias may occur because of reduced carnitine production. Other symptoms include skin changes with roughness, easy bruising and petechiae, gum disease, loosening of teeth, poor wound healing, and emotional changes (which may appear before any physical changes). Dry mouth and dry eyes similar to Sjögren's syndrome may occur. In the late stages, jaundice, generalized edema, oliguria, neuropathy, fever, convulsions, and eventual death are frequently seen.[13]
Scurvy can be prevented by a diet that includes certain citrus fruits such as oranges or lemons. Other sources rich in vitamin C are fruits such as blackcurrants, guava, kiwifruit, papaya, tomatoes, bell peppers, and strawberries. It can also be found in some vegetables, such as carrots, broccoli, potatoes, cabbage, spinach and paprika. Some fruits and vegetables not high in vitamin C may be pickled in lemon juice, which is high in vitamin C. Though redundant in the presence of a balanced diet,[14] various nutritional supplements are available that provide ascorbic acid well in excess of that required to prevent scurvy, and even some candies contain vitamin C as a preservative.
Many animal products, including liver, Muktuk (whale skin), oysters, and parts of the central nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and adrenal medulla, contain large amounts of vitamin C, and can even be used to treat scurvy.
Fresh meat from animals which make their own vitamin C (which most animals do) contains enough vitamin C to prevent scurvy, and even partly treat it. This caused confusion in the early history of scurvy, since the disease was only seen in people eating long-preserved diets or canned goods, but not in people eating any sort of fresh diet, including arctic diets primarily based upon meat. In some cases (notably in French soldiers eating fresh horse meat), it was discovered that meat alone, even partly cooked meat, could alleviate scurvy. In other cases, a meat-only diet could cause scurvy.[15] Some of these observations that scurvy was associated only with preserved foods prompted explorers to blame scurvy upon some type of tainting or poison which pervaded tinned foods.
Scurvy can be treated by eating food containing vitamin C (such as oranges, papaya, strawberries, lemon), tablets with vitamin C, etc.
Untreated scurvy is invariably fatal. However, death from scurvy is rare in modern times. Since all that is required for a full recovery is the resumption of normal vitamin C intake, it is easy to treat if identified correctly. Consumption of dietary supplements and/or citrus fruits are means by which to accomplish this.
Scurvy was documented as a disease by [19]
In the 13th century, the Crusaders frequently suffered from scurvy. In the 1497 expedition of Vasco de Gama, the curative effects of citrus fruit were known.[19] In 1536, the French explorer Jacques Cartier, exploring the St. Lawrence River, used the local natives' knowledge to save his men who were dying of scurvy. He boiled the needles of the arbor vitae tree (Eastern White Cedar) to make a tea that was later shown to contain 50 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams.[20][21] Such treatments were not available aboard ship, where the disease was most common.
Between 1500 and 1800, it has been estimated that scurvy killed at least two million sailors.[22] Jonathan Lamb wrote: "In 1499, Vasco da Gama lost 116 of his crew of 170; In 1520, Magellan lost 208 out of 230;...all mainly to scurvy."[23]
In 1593, Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins advocated drinking orange and lemon juice as a means of preventing scurvy.[24]
The British civilian medical profession of 1614 believed that it was the acidic principle of citrus fruit which was lacking, although they considered any acid acceptable when ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) was unavailable. In 1614 John Woodall, Surgeon General of the East India Company, published "The Surgion's Mate" as a handbook for apprentice surgeons aboard the company's ships. In it he described scurvy as resulting from a dietary deficiency. His recommendation for its cure was fresh food or, if not available, oranges, lemons, limes and tamarinds, or as a last resort, Oil of Vitriol (sulfuric acid).[25]
A 1707 handwritten book by Mrs. Ebot Mitchell discovered in a house in Hasfield, Gloucestershire, contains a "Recp.t for the Scurvy" that consisted of extracts from various plants mixed with a plentiful supply of orange juice, white wine or beer.[26]
In 1734, the Leiden-based physician Johann Bachstrom published a book on scurvy in which he stated that "scurvy is solely owing to a total abstinence from fresh vegetable food, and greens; which is alone the primary cause of the disease" and urged the use of fresh fruit and vegetables as a cure. In 1740, citrus juice (usually lemon or lime juice) was added to the recipe of the traditional daily ration of watered-down rum known as grog to cut down on the water's foulness. Although they did not know the reason at the time, Admiral Edward Vernon's sailors were healthier than the rest of the navy because of the daily doses of vitamin C his sailors received.[27] However, it was not until 1747 that James Lind formally proved that scurvy could be treated and prevented by supplementing the diet with citrus fruit, though not by other acids, in the first ever clinical trial.[2] In 1753, Lind published A Treatise of the Scurvy, in which he explained the details of his clinical trial and how scurvy was successfully eradicated from his test subjects (nuns). He then attempted to sell extracted lime juice as a medicine, but the lime juice had no effect in treating scurvy, due to the oxidization of vitamin C. Therefore, this solution was not adopted by the Royal Navy until the 1790s, and the idea that any acid would suffice continued in Britain into the late 19th century.
During the 18th century, scurvy killed more British sailors than enemy action. It was mainly by scurvy that [28] The Royal Navy enlisted 184,899 sailors during the Seven Years' War; 133,708 of these were "missing" or died by disease, and scurvy was the leading cause.[29]
James Cook succeeded in circumnavigating the world (1768–1771) in HM Bark Endeavour without losing a single man to scurvy, but his suggested methods, including a diet of sauerkraut and wort of malt,[30] were of limited value. Sauerkraut was the only vegetable food that retained a reasonable amount of ascorbic acid in a pickled state, but it was boiled to reduce it for preservation, and much of the vitamin C content was lost. In Cook's time it was impractical to preserve citrus fruit for long sea voyages. More important was Cook's regime of shipboard cleanliness, enforced by strict discipline, as well as frequent replenishment of fresh food.[31] The most effective rule implemented by Cook was his prohibition against the consumption of fat scrubbed from the ship's copper pans, then a common practice in the Navy. In contact with air the copper formed compounds that catalytically oxidised the vitamin C, destroying its efficacy.[32]
The first major long distance expedition that experienced virtually no scurvy was that of Alessandro Malaspina, 1789–1794. Malaspina's medical officer, Pedro González, was convinced that fresh oranges and lemons were essential for preventing scurvy. Only one outbreak occurred, during a 56-day trip across the open sea. Five sailors came down with symptoms, one seriously. After three days at Guam all five were healthy again. Spain's large empire and many ports of call made it easier to acquire fresh fruit.[33]
Despite advances, British sailors throughout the American Revolution continued to suffer from scurvy, particularly in the Channel Fleet. Scurvy was finally eradicated from the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, when Gilbert Blane, the chairman of the Navy's Sick and Hurt Board, implemented the use of fresh lemons. This led to a remarkable health improvement among the sailors and consequently played a critical role in naval battles, notably the Battle of Trafalgar. Other navies soon adopted this successful solution.[25]
The surgeon-in-chief of Napoleon's army at the Siege of Alexandria (1801), Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey, wrote in his memoirs that the consumption of horse meat helped the French to curb an epidemic of scurvy. The meat was cooked but was freshly obtained from young horses bought from Arabs and was nevertheless effective. This helped to start the 19th-century tradition of horse meat consumption in France.[34]
Lauchlin Rose patented a method used to preserve citrus juice without alcohol in 1867, creating a concentrated drink known as Rose's lime juice. The Merchant Shipping Act of 1867 required all ships of the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy to provide a daily lime ration to sailors to prevent scurvy. The product became nearly ubiquitous, hence the term "limey", first for British sailors, then for English immigrants within the former British colonies (particularly America, New Zealand and South Africa), and finally, in old American slang, all British people.[35]
The plant Cochlearia officinalis, also known as "Common Scurvygrass", acquired its common name from the observation that it cured scurvy, and it was taken on board ships in dried bundles or distilled extracts. Its very bitter taste was usually disguised with herbs and spices; however, this did not prevent scurvygrass drinks and sandwiches becoming a popular fad in the UK until the middle of the nineteenth century, when citrus fruits became more readily available.[36]
West Indian limes replaced lemons because they were more easily obtained from Britain's Caribbean colonies[19] and were believed to be more effective because they were more acidic, and it was the acid, not the (then-unknown) Vitamin C that was believed to cure scurvy. In fact, the West Indian limes were significantly lower in Vitamin C than the previous lemons and further were not served fresh but rather as lime juice, which had been exposed to light and air and piped through copper tubing, all of which significantly reduced the Vitamin C. Indeed, a 1918 animal experiment using representative samples of the Navy and Merchant Marine's lime juice showed that it had virtually no antiscorbutic power at all.[19]
The belief that scurvy was fundamentally a nutritional deficiency, best treated by consumption of fresh food, particularly fresh citrus or fresh meat, was not universal in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and thus British sailors and explorers continued to suffer from scurvy into the 20th century.
In the Royal Navy's Arctic expeditions in the 19th century it was widely believed that scurvy was prevented by good hygiene on board ship, regular exercise, and maintaining the morale of the crew, rather than by a diet of fresh food. Navy expeditions continued to be plagued by scurvy even while fresh (not jerked or tinned) meat was well known as a practical antiscorbutic among civilian whalers and explorers in the Arctic. Even cooking fresh meat did not entirely destroy its antiscorbutic properties, especially as many cooking methods failed to bring all the meat to high temperature.
The confusion is attributed to a number of factors:[19]
In the resulting confusion, a new hypothesis was proposed, following the new germ theory of disease – that scurvy was caused by ptomaine, a waste product of bacteria, particularly in tainted tinned meat.
Infantile scurvy emerged in the late 19th century because children were being fed pasteurized cow's milk, particularly in the urban upper class – the pasteurization killed bacteria but also destroyed vitamin C. This was eventually resolved by supplementing with onion juice or cooked potatoes.
At the time Robert Falcon Scott made his two expeditions (1903 and 1911) to the Antarctic in the early 20th century, the prevailing theory was that scurvy was caused by "tainted" meat, particularly tinned meat.[37] Accordingly, Scott's expeditions suffered from scurvy, though he initially did not record this in his notes on his 1903 expedition, because of stigma associated with the disease.[19]
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, an arctic explorer who lived among the Eskimos, proved that the all meat diet they consumed did not lead to vitamin deficiencies. He participated in a study in New York's Bellevue Hospital in 1935, where he and a companion ate only meat for a year while under close medical observation, yet remained in good health.[38] Some Antarctic expeditions, such as Scott's two expeditions and Shackleton's Ross Sea party, suffered from scurvy, mainly during inland sledge journeys when the men had access to a very limited range of food, virtually none of it fresh. Scurvy was rare or absent when they had access to a wider range of stored food or relied on seal meat.[37][39][40]
In 1907, the needed biological-assay model to isolate and identify the antiscorbutic factor was discovered. [41]
In 1927, Hungarian biochemist Szent-Györgyi isolated a compound he called "hexuronic acid".[42] Szent-Györgyi suspected hexuronic acid, which he had isolated from adrenal glands, to be the antiscorbutic agent, but he could not prove it without an animal-deficiency model. In 1932, the connection between hexuronic acid and scurvy was finally proven by American researcher Charles Glen King of the University of Pittsburgh.[43] King's laboratory was given some hexuronic acid by Szent-Györgyi and soon established that it was the sought-after anti-scorbutic agent. Because of this, hexuronic acid was subsequently renamed ascorbic acid.
Notable human dietary studies of experimentally induced scurvy have been conducted on conscientious objectors during WWII in Britain and on Iowa state prisoner "volunteers" in the late 1960s. These studies both found that all obvious symptoms of scurvy previously induced by an experimental scorbutic diet with extremely low vitamin C content could be completely reversed by additional vitamin C supplementation of only 10 mg per day. In these experiments, no clinical difference was noted between men given 70 mg vitamin C per day (which produced blood levels of vitamin C of about 0.55 mg/dl, about 1/3 of tissue saturation levels), and those given 10 mg per day (which produced lower blood levels). Men in the prison study developed the first signs of scurvy about 4 weeks after starting the vitamin C-free diet, whereas in the British study, six to eight months were required, possibly because the subjects were pre-loaded with a 70 mg/day supplement for six weeks before the scorbutic diet was fed.[44]
Men in both studies on a diet devoid or nearly devoid of vitamin C had blood levels of vitamin C too low to be accurately measured when they developed signs of scurvy, and in the Iowa study, at this time were estimated (by labeled vitamin C dilution) to have a body pool of less than 300 mg, with daily turnover of only 2.5 mg/day.[45]
Almost all plant and animal species synthesize vitamin C. Notable mammalian exceptions include most or all of the order Chiroptera (bats), and one of the two major primate suborders, the "Anthropoidea" (Haplorrhini) which include tarsiers, monkeys, and apes, including human beings. The Strepsirrhini (non-tarsier prosimians) can make their own vitamin C, and these include lemurs, lorises, pottos, and galagos. Ascorbic acid is also not synthesized by at least two species of Caviidae, the capybara[46] and the guinea pig. There are known species of birds and fish that do not synthesize their own Vitamin C. All species that do not synthesize ascorbate require it in the diet. Deficiency causes scurvy in humans, and somewhat similar symptoms in other animals.[47][48][49]
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Donald Trump might have found one way he thinks the United States has outfoxed China and Japan when it comes to trade deals: the value of the products exchanged between the economies.
[Joel Gehrke| May 29, 2016 |Washington Examiner]
"I'm not angry at China and I'm not angry at Japan," Trump said Sunday at the Rolling Thunder rally in Washington, D.C. "They send us hundreds of thousands — millions of cars. We give them nothing. You look at a trade imbalance: we send them beef, and they don't even want to take the beef. We send them wheat and they send us cars. The numbers are staggering."
That's an unusual statement for Trump, who had been complaining about the trade deficit a few minutes earlier, when he suggested that the American dollars spent buying foreign products were bankrupting the nation. But he made the remark while promising to toughen up international trade agreements and force military allies to pay for U.S. protection.
"I love Japan," Trump said. "We're going to continue to protect Japan, hopefully. But you always have to be prepared to walk, folks."
The United States has had a military presence in Japan since defeating the island nation in the second World War. Over the years, security treaties have been signed that allowed the U.S. military to remain stationed there in order to protect allies from Russia and China and secure freedom of navigation for global commerce sailing through the South China Sea.
But Trump wants Japan to pay for the U.S. protection. "Why aren't they paying 100 percent?" he asked in response to news that they pay for half the cost of the military installations there. "You know what kind of money we're talking about? And then they wonder why this country is poor, because we're a debtor nation."


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Core Shifter w/ Hurst stick for Ford Ranger : 1995-2011 (M5R1)
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- Stock stub for this model has an overall length of 127mm w/ 78.5mm below gasket
- IF your transmission has been serviced or changed, it MAY REQUIRE A DIFFERENT BASE. If you install the wrong one it will not work properly and could cause damage. To confirm, remove shifter stub and measure overall length
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Kit includes a Hurst chrome stick (# 4106) & classic knob, Core Shifters base, gasket, mounting hardware, dust cover boot, and installation instructions. Due to the tall factory console boot, a Hurst Super Boot is suggested (optional upgrade, additional charge) - which can be fitted into the stock plastic trim plate. Throw is reduced by ~ 33%. Comparable to discontinued Hurst # 3915021
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