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Custom designed Newton introduces new concept in customer comfort.
Ocean Frontiers Ltd., the dive operation that wrote the book on East End diving in Grand Cayman, has launched the first in a series of custom designed dive boats in a plan to upgrade and expand its fleet to accommodate the company's growth. Co-owner and Managing Partner Steve Broadbelt
says the new 46-foot Newton named "Gun Bay Diver" was built in the U.S.A. and designed to take the diving experience to the next level.
"We listened to our divers and gone one step further by adding features no other dive
shop has done before, so we've designed a dive boat that's more like a limo," he said.
"We want people to come aboard and have a different experience – to know that they're
getting something special."
Each diver has an individual pod with their dedicated tanks, a personal mask rinse bucket,
a crate for equipment, and other features, such as armrests with a cup holder, double
camera tables and a marine head that you would expect to find on a private jet. Broadbelt
said the entire design is customer centric and these details were added throughout a two-
year design process.
"Divers have a lot of stuff and gear with them, and our new boats gives them their own
personal space on the boat. We want our guests to realize that we at Ocean Frontiers
know what we're doing and we're serious about their comfort."
Jackie G., of Illinois, USA, was one of the first customers to experience the new boat and
rated Gun Bay Diver as "her new favorite dive boat and the crème de la crème." She
added, "the arm rests and individual mask rinse buckets are a genius idea, this is the
easiest and most comfortable dive boat I have even experienced."
Broadbelt says the Newton is equipped with the best engines money can buy, and they
are fuel efficient and emit less emissions, which is good for the environment.
With two additional boats in the pipeline, Ocean Frontiers is making a big commitment to
the future of Cayman diving.
"We are investing $1.2 million over the next five years to replace boats and upgrade our
fleet," he said. We have a many guests who come back year after year and we want them
to always have a unique experience when they are here."
The new fleet will be an extension of Ocean Frontiers' legendary 'Green Shorts' service,
where everything is taken care of for you and all you have to do is 'Roll out of bed and
onto the shiny new dive boat'. The dive boats will be named after historical marine
landmarks, sites or points of interest around the East End district.
"We have been operating out of the Gun Bay area for 21 years, and this is our home, so it is
fitting that we name the first of our new class of dive vessels, Gun Bay Diver," said Steve
Broadbelt. "We're looking forward to having all our new boats in operation."

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Use your insight in conjunction with website development tools. The trick to building a great website is bringing your vision to life. Proper web design tools can help with the process. Read on to learn more web design tips to add to your arsenal.
You website should be easy to scan. Studies have shown that internet users scan pages to find interesting articles. Using bolding, color changes and breaks between sections of text makes your content easier to scan and makes it more likely that visitors will return. Important content that you do not want visitors to miss should always be placed at the top of each page. This ensures your site is user friendly.
NoScript is your friend and a test your site has to pass in order for it to be deemed functional. This is a Firefox extension you can download, and it will check your site's readability. Some types of content, such as product ordering systems, won't work without scripts, however if your website looks completely blank without any scripts, you have work to do.
Use shortcuts. There are a million shortcuts you can make use of. There are some codes in HTML that allow for faster changes to each page than re-uploading each one.
Don't pile on the graphics. While you need graphics to create a website that looks well and works right, you don't need a lot of them, because they can clutter things. You need to not use graphics to decorate things, you need to be sure they're making your site better. Your site will be easier to navigate too if you keep the graphic clutter to a minimum.
There are free applications that will help you create your site. Investing in powerful software packages like Photoshop is only worth it if you think they'll pay off in the end. With a little search effort on your part, the kinds of tools you need can be found, and for free.
It is imperative to replace old content with new. For example, if your web page is promoting some event that occurred a year ago, you've probably lost a lot of your readers. Internet users want fresh information from updated and maintained sites, and letting stale content stay up screams carelessness on your part. Make sure you regularly schedule time to add new content, and to remove old.
Regardless of how the design of your website is created aesthetically, be sure to make all of your files small. This is because the speed of your website loading is directly influenced by the file sizes. A website that loads more quickly is always a top priority in web design. Remember that there are still lots of people who do not have high speed Internet. Perform a test of your website to be sure that it will load quickly on every speed of internet connection.
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Avoid using frames for the best website optimization. While many people like frames, information tends to not be easily seen via search engines. When information isn't seen, your ranking with the search engines goes lower. Your visitors will be few if this happens.
Consider using free software to design you website. Though expensive software is certainly available, free products can work just as well when it comes to setting up and running your site. A simple search is easy to do, and it produces a way for you to determine which free software and tools are best suited to your needs.
Navigation should be easy, clear and maintainable. Place all navigation links in areas that flow well and are easily visible so your visitors know where to go and remain on the site much longer. The navigational structure must be neat, consistent, and easy to access for your users to have a better experience.
Know everything you can about your subject. If you're going to have a blog site or something similar, you have to be sure things are done to learn about that subject before posting anything. By providing your viewers with information that is murky or false, you lose traffic. Having a good blog involves having an education on your subject.
Always provide text content for links when you set up the design of your website. This will let your visitors know what they're going to click on. When there is no text content on the link, a keyboard shortcut could be stumbled on.
In your website design, keep in mind that web browsers are more friendly to websites that have independent CSS pages and provide conditional loading. Testing and regular maintenance is much easier this way. All sites require maintenance from time to time and making that easier will save you time.
Keep your font selection professional and readable. The most well-designed sites use professional-looking fonts. Avoid fancy fonts that are hard to read or unprofessional fonts such as Comic Sans. Fonts on your website can be set to match the default font used by the computer of your visitors. Try to use common browser fonts so your users don't see unexpected type layouts.
Check links carefully before you include them on your site. Make sure the links all lead to valid web addresses. Before uploading any page, you should do a thorough test to identify any misdirected links. It's necessary because many visitors will see that the information that they're interested in is no longer available and if that occurs frequently on your site, they'll leave. Ensure everything works before making your website public.
Using a host's design tools to build your website is a good idea for the basic layout, but you don't want to rely on the design tools completely. It is ideal that you add an element of uniqueness and personality to your website. This will mean that you need come up with new design elements that are not obtainable by using the provided options of the host's WYSIWYG editor.
Practice practice practice, as soon as you start to learn about website design. You want to try out any little thing that you get your mind wrapped around. Practice makes perfect, and active practice is the best way to retain your learned knowledge. You don't want to move on thinking you learned a topic when you haven't properly understood it.
Practice each step of web design until you have it down pat. This is important so that you can make sure you are able to apply the knowledge you are gaining. You never want to read something great but not actually "get it" because you didn't try it out on your own.
Ask your friends who know website development if your knowledge about graphic design and server-side coding are relatively complete. You want to be sure that all the things you have learned so far has been retained in memory, as you never want to be designing a site and then all of a sudden become confused and lost.
HTML5 is a tool you are going to need to become familiar with. If HTML5 is something that is foreign to you, you have a learning curve ahead of you.
You want to ensure that each webpage within the domain, and it's sub-domains, has a tagline that can be clearly seen. The taglines should be in larger, bolder text so that visitors can identify them immediately. The tagline for your pages should give the potential customer basic information about what your website is about.
Do not try to force your users to do what you want them to do or go off on a tangent other than what they are currently interested in. In other words, don't push offers and survey into windows that must be completed before they can continue. When you narrow the viewer's choices, they're likely to back out to another website and badmouth yours.
Get help from a professional. There is much to learn from someone who has already mastered website design. Keep this up and you could become an expert one day.
Keep in mind that not everyone visiting your website will have a fast Internet speed. If you choose conversion at 5,000 kilobytes per second, that may overwhelm some users' connections. This can result in a video that is slow-loading and needs to buffer often.
It is not imperative that you handle all the design elements for your site. Web page design requires a thorough understanding of a lot of different things, such as web programming, content creation, search engine optimization, user interface design and graphic design. There is no shame in getting help when you need it. You can hire a company or pro that specializes in any area you're not well-versed with.
User friendly and consistent interface tools are essential. Anything with an underline must be a link, and links should change color when clicked. Providing visitors a user friendly site will ensure they return often.
Test the functionality of your website. It is important to do this for each step. Impartial, unbiased feedback will help improve your site. A slow-loading video may not bother you, but someone else may think otherwise. Always seek feedback from outside sources.
Put your logo near the very top of each webpage. This gives a coherency to each your web pages. This can also help you build brand recognition for visitors. Be sure your logo relates to your company.
When you are developing a website, take into account what your time management is like so you can finish it in a timely manner. There are many small, tedious tasks that are easily left for another day if you are not diligent. Those small jobs can add up to a ton of overwhelming work if left unattended to. Make sure you handle jobs as they arise.
Be sure the title of your site reflects what it is about. A web search will turn up many examples of "untitled document" or other similarly non-descriptive titles. It is highly likely that you will find this is commonly misunderstood. It's important that your site has a proper descriptive name. Search engines use it as a major part of their algorithms when it comes to search engine optimization.
If you develop sites that are functional across different platforms, you can attract more visitors. For example, learn Java, ASP, PHP and MySQL so you are prepared for any client who approaches tou. Take the time to develop skills that can be applied across multiple platforms, regardless of whether your needs are personal or professional.
Free web hosting might sound like a bargain, but it can quickly turn into a nightmare. Avoid it for any of your business needs. Although it is tempting to go for freebies, realize that your customers will have to navigate through multiple ads and spam. This is not good business and you will be giving your hard earned traffic and business name to the web host and potentially chasing customers away.
When designing your website, ensure that critical content is high on the page, beginning with the upper left corner. Visitors read starting at the left, so doing this ensures that they will see the best information first.
It seems simple, but using a good logo can help your website be more successful. You have to make sure that it represents the center of your company. If you can't make your own logo, hire a professional to make one for you.
Make sure every one of web pages has your logo placed at the top. This will help to link your pages together properly. It boosts branding as well. Try incorporating what your business stands for in your logo.
Keep resolution in mind when designing a site. Your content should be able to be seen on computers with different resolutions. You have many different options available on the web that will ensure your pages, graphics and videos can be viewed on most devices without issues.
After learning the facts about website development, you'll find that nothing is out of the realm of possibility. You can design a plain or fancy website. It just depends on the look you are going for. Use these tips to design the site of your dreams.
Use all the resources you can find. There are numerous magazines and books that are dedicated solely to designing web pages, and they cover almost every detail imaginable. You can tap into these resources to master the art and skills of a true web designer.


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One of the problems I've had over the years is that it is sometimes impossible to uncover details about my female ancestors. This isn't just a problem in doing African American family history. It comes with the territory when you do genealogy. So I was really excited when I discovered that I can identify my mother's mother's mother's mother's and, well – you get the drift. What this means is that on my mother's line, I've found my women ancestorsRead more
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My Aunt Clara was the first person I knew who was passionate about family history. In 1976, when I decided to start researching our family, I didn't know where to start. Somewhere I read that you should start by talking with your oldest relative. At that point, it was my maternal great Aunt Clara who was 81 years old. Born Clarissa Mae Weaver on December 1, 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio, Aunt Clara grew into a strong, feisty woman with anRead more


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For a smaller wedding or a party, I love these DIY place card rocks. Made with air dry clay, letter stamps, black architecture pens, and glossy varnish, they would make a great keepsake for guests.
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I am pondering along the lines of a little knit wardrobe capsule using some of the new fabrics I've gotten.
This is one of my favorite things to do..to work out some separates using the fabrics I have. Sketching out the plan, laying out the fabrics, deciding what will work together, and work back to what's in my closet.
1. Lace knit peplum top and a black ponte peplum top
2.This knit jacket from royal blue ponte.
Given my new found Shift Love, I just may have to switch to a ponte for my next one! Maybe with a little color blocked action going on before we drift out of that trend. And the perfect pattern? Has to be Vogue 1313.
And I'm thinking camel and charcoal. What do you think?
So, we'll be adding a couple of basics, a few bright colors, and a tiny bit of trend for the early fall.


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A Scifi Adventure Novel
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Gethyon has a new cover, new content (an extra 12.5K words plus the short story The Bones of the Sea), and a whole new blurb!
Abandoned. Hunted. Out of control.
Gethyon Rees had always felt at odds with the universe, and hoped for an escape among the stars. But discovering he has the ability to cross time and space with just a thought brings more problems than it solves: a deadly bounty hunter who can follow him anywhere, the unwelcome return of Tarquin Secker—the mother who abandoned him—and an ancient darkness that seeks him and all those with his talents.
When an unforgivable act sets him on the run, it'll take more than his unearthly powers to save his skin and the lives of those he cares about. It'll take a sacrifice he never expected to have to make.
A science fiction adventure novel previously published by BURST (Champagne Books), and part of the Travellers Universe. A 2014 SFR Galaxy Award Winner for Most Awesome Psychic Talent and a 2015 EPIC eBook Awards finalist in the Science Fiction category. Also now includes the SF short story The Bones of the Sea.


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No matter what your style is, I can bet you that 80% of your closet is denim. I pulled some of my favorite looks I saw on my Pinterest and Tumblr pages, from Kate Moss to Leandra Medine from Man Repeller. My go to denim is flared jeans (I'm extremely short, so they make me look a lot taller) and boyfriend style jeans. Each style for me has to be high wasted (again, due to being tiny).
What's your go to jean?
Photos via Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/blondewithhips & Tumblr http://www.roses-and-blood.tumblr.com


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By Julie Dixon // @ABroncoNole
As I mentioned in the North piece, the two teams practice differently, with the Texans leaning heavier on Special Teams play. This is a good thing because of the 100 guys here, maybe 40 go top three rounds, the rest will need an extra reason to be drafted over the younger guys who left school early because their talents was seen as better.
This mean for guys on the fringe, special teams is their bread and butter, a way in. Even if it's only the practice squad, it's a way to get into the NFL and be noticed by coaches.
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As travel bloggers, Gerard and Kieu of GQ trippin get to visit fabulous locations all over the world – but getting fabulous pictures of themselves? Well, that's a whole other story! After one too many photos where strangers captured their feet more than their beautiful surroundings, they decided to find a better way – by using Flytographer! Flytographer Goncalo captured these two as they explored the streets of Lisbon, taking in both the beauty and the quirks of this unique city.
From Gerard and Kieu's blog, GQ trippin, on their Flytographer experience: "We've all been there. You're on vacation and all you want is a decent photo of you and that iconic monument behind you. You quickly scan the crowd, pick that one person with a snazzy camera who looks like they might know a thing or two about taking pictures. You hand over your camera, kindly remind them not to forget to capture the background too. They grab hold, position the camera and instantly you know you've made the wrong decision… our camera man thought capturing our cheap sandals was far more important than capturing the 11th century Alhambra behind us."
"I cannot tell you how many feet pictures we've collected over the years — Taj Majal, Eiffel Tower, the Parthenon — it's just baffling and down right frustrating some times. I swear, it would be so nice if people walked around with a "student driver" sticker on their forehead, or in this case, "student camera". If not to save lives, than memories. After all, when am I going to get to revisit these places any time soon, right?"
"This is exactly why G spent weeks scouring the internet for a local photographer to take our surprised proposal in Prague. Only that time, he did it the hard way: posting questions on open forums, exchanging emails, negotiating price and relying on his gut that things would pan out. Thankfully, it did. I know this comes as a surprise, but apart from the proposal and our wedding day itself, we barely have any good photos together. Selfies don't count. So, imagine how thrilled I was to have found Flytographer!"
"Before arriving to Lisbon, our Flytographer concierge (yes, a concierge!) emailed us a short questionnaire to better understand us and what our expectations were, what we'd want out of our shoot. I simply said, candidly capture our goofy selves with a hint of Alfama in it, we wanted that Old District charm. On the day of, I snuck in a last minute request asking him to avoid capturing my arm fat and double-chin. It made him laugh, but I was dead serious."
"I'm happy to report, Gonçalo nailed it. And, he managed to keep my double-chin at bay too. Kudos for that!" – Kieu
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Edenred operates turnkey solutions based on cashless payment systems, including service vouchers, cards, and other electronic supports. Our programs grant conditional purchasing power to beneficiaries, ensuring proper use of allocated funds, prevents leakages and fosters social responsibility in areas such as: Education | Food and clothing | Health and nutrition | Transportation | Training and employment | Access to culture and sports | Dependent care.
Region Lombardie in Italy introduced school vouchers in lieu of the cash transfers being done towards the education of economically weak section students in the region. Vouchers were introduced successfully as the new service delivery management method to empower students to avail primary level, secondary level and vocational education. These vouchers are valid at public schools, private schools and vocational institutions. In addition to education allowance, these vouchers also have a fixed entitlement of food, books & transportation components. Edenred partners Region Lombardie in managing the voucher program including affiliation, issuance, settlement & reporting.
Beneficiaries: 2, 20,000 students
Outlay: 2.2 million Euros
Ticket Junaeb was specifically designed to answer the needs of disadvantaged children in Chile. This product has entitlements to cover the basic needs of students including education, food, transportation, health care and leisure.
Beneficiaries: 1,10,000 students
Allocated Amount: $400 per student per year
The Food Coupons program in Mexico is a social program implemented to provide the needy with access to food by increasing their purchasing power with dedicated allowances. The program targets old people who are more than 72 years and do not benefit from retirement allowances, women who are 16 years or more and are sole parents with children less than 14 years of age and unemployed disabled people who are 18 years of age or more.
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Convinced by the efficiency of Edenred solution for the administration of Food subsidies, JUNAEB renewed its trust. JUNAEB employs doctors who heal children and so far had to handle medicine stock. They wanted to avoid stock management. Since July 2010 Ticket Farmacia Card is used to administer subsidies provided to children for buying medicine. Some municipalities also started to use Ticket Farmacia since it is part of Convenio Marco (governmental referenced catalogue).
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Brick Patio Home, Well cared for in a very sought after location, Low HOA fees, with a common area park, + Trash, Snow Removal, Lawn Care, Management, Common Utilities, Exterior Maintenance 3 bed 2 bath 2 car garage, Separate dining room, bay window. Appliances stay. New roof 15, New furnace AC 14, New H2O 12, family room fireplace, Full daylight basement 25% finished. Nice covered deck. Some furniture stays.
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Jennifer Chiaverini is well known for her quilting series, but in recent years she has begun to write historical fiction centered around the American Civil War. This book once again features the Civil War, but has a few added bonuses: a famous poet, a contemporary church choir, and a link between the two.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a famous poet, happily married and a father of five in the winter of 1860. Abe Lincoln was just recently elected, and the rumblings of war were getting louder. Living in Boston, Henry's life was full of good friends, a beloved wife, and his work. Unfortunately, this would be one of the last supremely happy times of Henry's life.
In contemporary Boston, on a cold December night, Sophia races to St. Margaret's church to teach her children's choir class. She's a music teacher at a local school, and was just informed due to budget cuts her job will be eliminated at the end of the school year. The children's choir is a source of great joy for her, and she's planning on having them sing "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", a carol based on Henry's poem Christmas Bells, written in 1863.
At St. Margaret's church, a whole cast of characters round out the story: a young mother struggling to remain upbeat for her two children while their father is in Afghanistan; a priest who gives service to others but is closed off from his brother; a widow who comes to listen to the children practice on the piano donated by her late husband, and a young man who is in love with Sophia but doesn't know how to move beyond the "friend" stage.
You'd think Civil War Boston and contemporary Boston wouldn't mesh well in a story, but I found both stories equally compelling and wasn't bothered in the least by switching from one to the other. The connection of family love, yearning, memories, and a wish for peace and harmony is a foundation that makes this novel a wonderful Christmas read. I didn't know anything about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow before this novel, and I'm glad I've had a bit of an education about one of our beloved poets. It does hold true that people are the same, no matter what century or circumstance. We worry, we love, we mourn, we struggle to live a meaningful life. And through all that, music makes our hearts sing.
I think this would make a fantastic December read for anyone who likes a bit of history mixed in with a contemporary tale. Fans of Jan Karon or Debbie Macomber would definitely like it.
I'd like to thank Penguin Random House for a preview copy. I'm happy to kick off my Christmas reading with this lovely, gentle story.
Rating: 8/10 for a blending of two stories--one in the past, one contemporary, that makes sense. Using a poem to connect the two stories is pretty clever. All of the characters are likeable. A novel with chock full of Christmas.


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Hi Blog Fans,
It's been a while eh. I've been out of action for the last month, having had a stay in hospital and a few setbacks in recovery. I'm almost back to normal now though, and managed to do the preview for this kit that I had made before I got sick. It's been sitting there and I was hoping to get it posted before summer ended in the northern half of the world. lol
So here it is - its a bumper big one too. I think there is every garden vegie known to man .... well maybe not quite, but there are heaps of them. I feel healthier just looking at it.


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Good barbecue the flame of many TDCJ employees
Stuffed Fried Avocado
Barbecue Brisket
Barbecue Pork Ribs
Shrimp en Brochette
Spirit of lost colleague powers Telford cyclists across Texas
'Tis the season to sizzle
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As summertime sizzles in Texas, so do meats put on the pit by TDCJ prison employees who on their days off trade in their uniforms for aprons, their handcuffs for hand mitts, and their pepper spray for, well, pepper. Former Eastham Unit Major Billy Hirsch is one of the weekend grillers who competes in various cookoffs benefiting various community causes and organizations, including Texas Special Olympics and the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation.
And judging from the number of cook-off trophies he's won, Hirsch, now an assistant warden at the Polunsky Unit, barbecues a righteous rack of ribs. And his blue ribbon-winning beef brisket bathed in maple syrup (once his secret ingredient) is said to be simply scrumptious; perfectly pink throughout with just the right traits of tenderness and taste.
"I am very, very competitive," Hirsch said modestly. "I cook a good piece of meat."
Well, not always. Take the brisket Hirsch marinated in a whole gallon of liquid crab boil overnight a few years back while working as a lieutenant at the Estelle Unit and preparing for its annual barbecue cookoff. It looked great off the grill, but tasted bad enough to make even the heartiest Cajun cringe.
"It was awful, just absolutely awful," Hirsch said. "But you go through those things. You experiment and you fail as much as you succeed."
Capt. Michael Franks of the Woodman State Jail in Gatesville can relate. He once marinated a brisket cooked for his family in a bath of Big Red, the soft drink.
"It was the nastiest thing," Franks said. "That one never made it off the drawing board."
Needless to say, neither of the blown briskets were on the menu for the 6th Annual Eastham Cookoff in early April. The cookoff is just one of several held at TDCJ facilities throughout the year. In Gatesville, cooking teams compete each fall for the coveted cast-iron skillet awards during the Prison Boss Campfire Cookoff. Meanwhile, the battle over barbecue bragging rights has been waging at the Estelle Unit in Huntsville for nearly 10 years now. The Lewis Unit in Woodville held its inaugural flaming food fest a year ago.
So what makes for blue ribbon barbecue?
"Some people like it sweet and some like it spicy," Hirsch said. "Different people have different tastes so you never know what the judges are going to like. Even though you may cook the same brisket every time, you may not win every time. But for me, what makes it is moderation; not too much smoke, not too much sweetness, not too much spice. You want it in the middle somewhere."
"Slow cooking and injection," added Franks, a past member of the Beans & Franks and Sauce Slingers team who has been cooking competitively since 1995. "Inject your meat prior to cooking it. It comes out juicy."
"Good wood and patience," Ferguson Unit Assistant Warden Michael Davis said in short.
"I let my secret out and the next year almost everybody put out a brisket that had that syrupy taste to it," he said with a laugh.
But it's not only what's poured on or rubbed into the meat that counts, Hirsch said. Just as important is how the meat is cooked. Some cookers like to wrap their meats in foil (Hirsch does because he says it cuts down on the cooking time) while others might leave it naked. Some fire their pits with oak, others with hickory or mesquite. And some grillmasters also favor taking the meat off the pit for a period during the cooking process.
"Everybody always thinks it's an ingredient but sometimes it's a method," Hirsch said about what separates the pros from the pretenders. "There are a lot of tricks you can do right in front of somebody and they don't even think about it. But it's going to come down to tenderness and taste. If it tastes good and it's tender, everything else really isn't important."
While Hirsch's team once won third place at the Walker County Go-Texan Cookoff with a brisket topped with pineapple slices, he says his specialty is ribs, not brisket. He rates Estelle Unit Major Kevin Wheat as being one of the best in the Huntsville area at barbecuing brisket.
"I don't know what he does, but he cooks a mean piece of meat," said Hirsch, who also lists Food Service Capt. James Foxworth from the Lewis Unit and members of the Goodman Good Time Cookers from the Goodman Unit in Jasper as tough competitors.
Wheat, organizer of the Bushwhackers team at Estelle, insists that he uses only a store-bought spice rub on his award-winning brisket. He likes to tell people asking for his secret that he uses green wood from a scrub tree to fire his pit, a practice that would, of course, lead to instant indigestion.
"No, I just use the same old stuff I was taught to use," said Wheat, who picked up tips on barbecuing from Inmate Transportation employees while he was working at the Byrd Unit some years ago. "I just use the rub and then wrap it. I do put quite a bit of smoke in it, though. My briskets cook a whole lot longer than some people's. I've cooked them twelve to twenty hours before."
While Franks has won skillet awards for his brisket, his Shrimp en Brochette, bacon-wrapped shrimp stuffed with jalapeno peppers and mozzarella cheese, has been a consistent top prize winner at the Gatesville cookoff. He now organizes the event instead of competing in it, but he has passed his shrimp recipe on to his wife who continues to enter it in contests.
While serious-minded barbecue cooks use plenty of seasonings, secret or not, they shun sauce. In fact, Hirsch says slopping traditional tomato-based sauce on barbecue is as sinful as smothering a T-bone steak in ketchup.
"In a cookoff you hardly find anybody putting sauce on barbecue," he said. "We don't allow that as a rule because what we want to know is how you can cook a meat, not a sauce. We're not chefs, we're barbecue cookers."
What's surprising is that Hirsch, a faithful follower of the Food Network, doesn't even own a barbecue pit. He always uses one belonging to another team member. Nor does he go out for barbecue often.
"It's not because I don't think anybody can't cook it good, but when we do a cookoff you just get enough of it," he said. "I don't even want to smell smoke."
Hirsch, who often cooks with people outside his team, enters four to five barbecue cookoff contests a year. Entry fees and meat costs run him between $700 and $800, some of which he can recoup in cash prizes by besting the competition. And while teams compete in traditional categories ribs, brisket, and sausage organizers often have special categories. At Eastham, for example, cash prizes were awarded for the best margarita and the best dessert. There's also a Cook's Choice category that can be anything a cook wants to cook, even if it's a rattlesnake. Foxworth said one team entered a sautéed cow tongue in the Cook's Choice competition at the Lewis Unit cookoff last year.
Hirsch, who sticks to conventional cuts, said the most exotic meat he's actually eaten off the barbecue was goat liver grilled by a friend.
"I'm reluctant to try stuff that might kill you, but that goat liver was good," he said.
Besides the good food, TDCJ cookers say what they like most about barbecuing is the camaraderie they share at cookoff competitions.
"I get to spend a lot of quality time with a lot of my co-workers and just have a good time," Wheat said.
"I like getting back to the basics of nature and I think barbecuing is the rarest form of cooking," Hirsch added. "And it's not all about just cooking. It's about socializing, too. If I can go somewhere and have fun all weekend and at the end of the weekend win some or all of my money back, you can't beat a deal like that."
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Love this piece Joe, but I am going to take my favorite line here and change one word in it: ":Obviously it won't all come together immediately, and there will be setbacks and challenges, but for a FAN, this is a perhaps a once in a lifetime opportunity." This is going to be such a wonderful opportunity for fans to watch this group grow, get knock down but get up again, mesh, etc. I can not wait to see this happen.
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Bryan Gates didn't hold back when discussing his level of enthusiasm for the upcoming season as he prepped the Pelicans Summer League team for their first game. With Anthony Davis working on his game in the background (by choice I might add) and a gym full of young talent eager to prove their worthiness to join the already youthful Pelicans team full time, it's a pretty good spot for a coach. Gates is well aware.
"I might be the most excited guy in New Orleans," he said, and who could argue otherwise?
With a combined age of just under 23, Anthony Davis, Ryan Anderson, Eric Gordon, Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans and Austin Rivers might just have the highest upside of any young core in the NBA. All are under contract for multiple seasons, and as a result they should have a rather unique opportunity to grow and learn together as the faces of what in some sense is a brand new NBA franchise.
As McNamara said in his Summer League Preview, "The Pelicans finishing five is a known entity; They are all quality young veterans who are quasi All-Stars when healthy." There's not another team in the league that can claim the same about their roster.
Obviously it won't all come together immediately, and there will be setbacks and challenges, but for a coach, this is a perhaps a once in a lifetime opportunity. Look around the NBA as it's currently comprised and find another group of coaches working with so many young, talented players who under contract for years to come.
With the exception of perhaps Ryan Anderson, these guys are nowhere near their prime. Bryan Gates and the rest of the New Orleans Pelicans coaching staff will be integral in the development. You can argue that another job may be a bit easier and currently more victory-filled. Sure. But there's something special about building from the ground up, which is what the Pelicans are doing following two rather atrocious seasons.
I asked Gates about the challenges of coaching such a young team, and his first response was to say "It's great, man. We wake up and love what we do. This is why we coach, this is why we come to the gym. I love it. "
He later acknowledged that they may have to coach a little harder at times, or "cover things a couple times instead of telling them once". But even after that brief moment of accepting that things won't always be easy, he concluded his thoughts by saying that "it's a terrific deal for us".
Agreed. And it's a terrific deal for the fans as well.
Jeff Withey
Withey came over with Tyreke Evans in the deal that sent Robin Lopez to the Blazers and Grevis Vasquez to the Kings, but he's still not officially a Pelican.
He was at the early afternoon practice looking a bit anxious, but it wasn't because he was scared to be the new guy.
"I played against Anthony, I played with Jrue back in high school, and I know Tyreke pretty well. So I feel pretty comfortable," the big man said.
What's bothering Withey is that he hasn't been able to get into the action. It's unclear if the Kansas product will play tomorrow since everybody in the deal hasn't completed they physicals, the lone remaining obstacle to getting on the floor. He'll be at the game on the bench either way after spending the past few days at practice watching.
As for the trade itself, Withey said he was "shocked." He went on to say that it was a quick introduction to the league, drawing giggles from myself, Jim Eichenhofer and John Reid.
"You can see it in his eyes he's ready to go. He sits down sometimes then he stands up and walks over there and then he sits down and gets a drink of water that he doesn't need and then gets up and then he sits down, and then he just kinda keeps walking around. He's ready to go," Bryan Gates said of Withey.
Withey seemed happy with how things turned out for him on draft night, and as that quote by Gates might lead you to believe, he's really pumped to get on the floor with the Pelicans. "I think I'm a perfect fit for the franchise… Coach Monty, he loves defense, and that's what I'm all about. I take pride on the defensive end and I love getting stops." He went on to say that he's "really excited".
He been around for a few days now, and he's "starting to get the gist of it", but he acknowledges that he needs to get on the floor to really get the feel of things. "Watching plays and trying to get them stuck in your head is a lot different than going out and actually having defense on you."
"If I can play tomorrow it's probably going to be pretty rough for me." He said that he'll be focusing on defense if he does.
We'll be watching. The Pelicans first game of Summer League is Friday at 3pm Central Time. You can catch it on NBA TV.
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don't they do physicals in about 3 hrs? lots of time between now and 3ct.. what about the 2nd game?
That's what I was thinking.
It seem that all of our bigs (except AD???) will be one- or two-trick ponies, none doing an average job at everything.
Am I mistaken in that assesment, and is it a weakness?
RonJohn63 Perhaps – but this is normal. No team in the league except for (maybe) Memphis has two complete big men who can impact games positively in multiple ways.
ryanschwan RonJohn63 Well the Nets do as well now but I agree it's not a common thing.
Roger.That. ryanschwan RonJohn63 If I had to guess, I'd say that Ryan wouldn't count the Nets as having two complete bigs. IIRC, he isn't a big fan of Brooke Lopez.
RonJohn63 I personally don't agree with you. Smitty is a bruiser who sets hard screens and doesn't take any shit from anybody. He is a leader and is underrated defensively. Ryno is a great offensive rebounder for a perimeter big. he could easily be soft like Bargnani or Novak. I personally love ever move we made this year. Dealer Dell for GM of the year!
I'm excited, we have a young core that will grow together like the Thunder did. Only we didn't draft all of the players together.
The Pelicans vs Kincks summer leauge game will be on tv at 4pm eastern/3pm centeral NBATV.
" He'll be on the at the game on the bench either way", another typo or grammar error in this day and age of journalist!!!


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Review of Mette Holm's Beijing Diary – 25 years later; whither fared the Chinese? Jyllands-Posten, July 9th, 2014 (translated from Danish)
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# The new, updated version of Mette Holm's BeijingDiary is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand The Middle KingdomBy TOR TOLSTRUP
Did the drama on Tian An Men in 1989 lead China onto a democratic path?
We find one possible answer in Mette Holm's updated diary, which intertwines developments into historic events.
These days, 25 years ago, back home in Denmark a presumably very sad Mette Holm intensely followed the nerve racking events Beijing, which for weeks she had been in the midst of. But on May 23rd her editing equipment was shipped home, and on the 29th she followed suit and left Beijing. She had already spent half of the foreign desk's total budget for 1989 at TV-Avisen (the national Danish TV News programme she worked for).
And this is how short sighted economic consideration ended coverage in Denmark of the students' uprising's bloody conclusion, which for the ensuing 25 years came to symbolise the Chinese government's problematic handling of human rights; and also confirmed what Mette Holm states in her book: news doesn't into budgets.
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The economic and journalistic blunder of recalling her to Denmark soon resulted in her "Beijing Diary." And now, 25 years later, the book has found its final form in the new edition as the frame for putting into perspective China's development since the massacre on May 4th (sic. The date was June 4th).
The book is well conceived and well carried out. Of the last 30 years Mette Holm has spent a total of 10 studying, travelling and working in China. Given her deep knowledge of China, her opinion and assessments on developments since the students' uprising carry great weight.
This book is so fascinating and well written that it is indispensable for anyone who wants to know not only what happened to the little man who stood himself in front of the army's tanks on Tian An Men, but which path China took as a consequence of events in May and June, 1989.No crash helmet
With regard to economic development, we all know whither China fared: the country is a major power, which a few years from, now will probably be the strongest economy in the world.
But what about human rights, capital punishment, judicial reforms? How about democracy? Why were China's leaders so fearful of any marking of the uprising's 25th anniversary? And how is it that in the age of the Internet, Chinas Communist Party chooses to use it's absolute power to tightly control freedom of both information and expression? Or rather, as Mette Holm puts it: How long will China's leaders succeed?
Because the results of China's mad economic down hill race sans crash helmet become ever more obvious: The environment suffers severely. In many major cities the air you breathe is toxic as is the water in the tap, deadly food scandals flourish, and confidence in the leadership is fast eroding.
Will the Communist Party be able to continuously reinvent itself in order to hold on to power, asks Mette Holm. Or might China explode?
We won't find the answer in any near future.Tor Tolstrup is former Editor-in-Chief of and Japan and Asia Correspondent for the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten. He is the author of several books on Japan and Asia.
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Former prime minister and independent presidential candidate, John Patrick Amama Mbabazi criticised the deployment of the armed forces in urban areas, saying this was an unnecessary show of force intended to intimidate Ugandans ahead of the polls.
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Mugasa said serious questions should be asked on why the electoral commission wanted to stop people from entering polling stations with their phones. "It seems there is something they want to hide from the public," he said.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - People eating in restaurants are spending less and avoiding pricier foods, which means you can now add Canada's lobster fishermen to the long list of those hurt by the global financial crisis.
The C$1 billion ($775 million) a year industry is struggling to cope with a slump in demand in the United States and Europe that has pushed wholesale prices in some places down to levels not seen in 25 years or more.
"A lot of lobster is eaten in restaurants and restaurant sales are very sluggish, we're told," said Denny Morrow, head of the Nova Scotia Fish Packers Association.
"(With) this financial meltdown and the constant barrage of negative economic news ... I think consumers are choosing not to buy the high-end items," he told Reuters on Monday, saying demand for live lobster at this time of year is usually high.
The Canadian industry is centered in the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
Last year fishermen could sell their lobsters for as much as C$7 a pound. This year they are getting much less.
"Our season just finished and our prices were C$4 a pound to the fisherman. That's about 25 percent less than compared to last year ... (while) operating costs have increased by about 32 percent," said Ed Frenette of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association.
"Everybody is relating it to the financial crisis worldwide ... the American consumer just doesn't seem to be buying lobster, considering it to be a luxury item," he told Reuters.
Laurence Cook of the Grand Manan Fishermen's Association in New Brunswick said the market has stalled amid clear signs of what he called greed. Lobster that fishermen were selling for C$2.75 a pound is priced at C$12.99 in local stores, he said.
"People are being very cautious right now. They're not going to go out and buy a C$12.99 lobster, so they don't move, and because they didn't move, the price goes down further," he told Reuters.
"We need to get some mechanism in place to limit the amount of mark-up after they leave the boat."
Adding to the lobstermen's woes is the recent failure of Icelandic bank Glitnir, which had offered several Canadian food processors lines of credit.
"It's not a good situation ... if something isn't done we'll see homes gone and vehicles and boats (gone) because people were extended," Cook said.
In Nova Scotia, Morrow had a message for consumers in other parts of Canada and the United States.
"Tell everybody down there to eat lobster. You can't beat it right now, it's a great buy," he said.
($1=$1.29 Canadian)
Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Peter Galloway


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I hope you're sitting down, because I just heard of a holiday that I want to scream about! International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Yup, you read that right.
As the story goes, the parents of Joe and Ruth invented ICFBD to beat the winter doldrums in Upstate New York. The rules of the holiday are simple and easy to follow: eat ice cream…at breakfast…on the first Saturday in February. ( http://www.itzahckret.com/icecreamforbreakfast.html)
As simple as that tradition is, this could pose a tricky problem for those of us who are avoiding dairy. I plan on celebrating this February 5th with sorbet. Unlike sherbet and ice cream, sorbet does not contain dairy. It's not hard to find in a grocery store, but sorbet can be tough to find if you're out on the town. Here are a few national and local tips for where to celebrate ICFBD in dairy-free style!
Baskin Robbins:
Although they carry 31 flavors, it's worth calling ahead to your local Baskin Robbins to see if one of those flavors is their sorbet. It comes in Pink Grapefruit Sorbet and Daiquiri Ice. Additionally, and I'm not sure if this is sacreligious to ICFBD, but there are a few other dairy-free concoctions that Baskin Robbins serves: Strawberry Citrus, Peach Passion and Wild Mango Fruit Blasts which are free of all allergens (milk, egg, soy, peanut, tree nut, and wheat) according to their nutrition panel.
Ben & Jerry's:
I can always count on Ben & Jerry to come through for me in a pinch. And, they do in four different flavors: Berry, Mango, Lemonade and Pomegranate. Again, call ahead to make sure it's on your local franchise's menu.
Be aware that although Haagen Dazs and Cold Stone Creamery make sorbet, neither can guarantee they don't contain trace amounts of dairy (and/or other allergens in Cold Stone's case). Bummer!
Locally in and around D.C., Pulcinella's (McLean, VA) serves orange and lemon sorbet in their shells. Be aware if you also have a nut allergy: last I had checked these were manufactured in a factory that also handles nut products. Down the street, Sweet Leaf (also McLean) serves delicious strawberry and mango sorbets.
In Falls Church, both Clare and Don's Beach Shack and Lazy Sundae serve delicious homemade sorbets in a variety of flavors. Lazy Sundae regularly carries pear and pineapple sorbet, but I'm not certain sorbet is always available on the dessert menu at Clare and Don's; so again call ahead if you're going specifically for that.
If you know of any other local or national places that serve sorbet or dairy-free ice cream, help us celebrate International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day by posting a comment below. Happy ICFBD!


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Unusual Annuals For Summer Cover
Are you a Weekend Gardener that would like color in your garden all through the summer season?
But you'd like something more than just the great standby's marigolds and petunias?
Well, the good news is that there is no dearth of flowers that bloom all summer. The Mexican tulip poppy, or golden cup (Hunnemannia fumariifolia), has finely cut blue-green leaves on nearly 2-foot stems, and yellow poppylike flowers. Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena) grows 18-24 inches tall and has fluffy blue, white, or bicolored blooms nestled in finely cut leaves.
Finally, Painted tongue (Salpiglossis sinuata), a bit over 2 feet tall, has trumpet-like purple, blue, yellow or red summer flowers streaked with veins. Heat can blast it out of bloom, but its ideal for regions where the summers are relatively cool.


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On Friday, I slept in then got ready to head to work. I was supposed to have a date after work but that did not happen. I have some idea why I think it didn't happen but I'm trying not to think that way. All well, his loss! After work, I went to Niki's house to hang out with some friends and get some cuddle time in with Ryker!
I got up bright and early and got myself ready to head to Nashville with some girls from work. Our first stop was here!! It was so BUSY!! We got lots of good deals and were worn out by the time we left at around 4:30. (Pardon all the iPhone & Instagram pictures-Follow me @Krystal308)
We were supposed to be 8 minutes away from our hotel......2 1/2 hours later we arrived at the hotel!!
Little did we know, it was Tennessee State University homecoming and I think a Titans game as well....traffic was OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! I read a magazine, Kristin messed with her new iPhone, Jennifer merged her contacts on her phone and Abby played music. We made it through the 2 hours the best we could. Finally we got there and I had never been so happy to see a bathroom!! We checked in and started getting ready to head out for the night!!
The 4 of us at dinner!!
Me, Jennifer, Kristin & Abby
We got some appetizers to share for dinner!! They were yummy!!
We went to several different little bars and danced and sang our little hearts out!!
And evidently thought we were Cheerleaders again!!
We had such a great time last night and when the alarm went off this morning, none of us wanted to get up!! We all showered and got ready to get something to eat and do a little more shopping. I wasn't looking for anything in particular but they had a Pottery Barn!! I had never been to one before and I was in heaven!! I wanted to buy furniture more than ever!! I want to do everything in white, tan, grey, yellow....the neutrals were calling my name!! I just about bought all new bedding but talked myself out of it.
On our way home, we stopped at Patti's in Kentucky. We used to eat there when we were in college. It is a beautiful place with amazing food!! The flower pot bread and strawberry butter is my fave!!
Butterscotch pecan pie!! I don't normally order desserts but this is a must here!!
After we stuffed ourselves to the max, we walked around to a couple shops then headed on back home. I got home just in time to catch the last 20 minutes of Once Upon a Time. I then watched Revenge and Park Avenue. Love Revenge and haven't quite made up my mind about Park Avenue. Hope everybody had a great weekend!!


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Database of research projects FEDRA
Research project BL/C/56 (Research action BL)
Context and objectives
The project delivered a significant contribution to the water management problem solving in the Tarim river basin of the Xinjiang Province of the P.R. China. The Tarim river and basin forms one of the world's largest closed hydrological drainage systems, forms ideal land for agriculture (e.g., cotton production), but suffers from reduced water availability. Since the 1950's, excessive land reclamation, over-grazing, unreasonable utilization of water resources in the upper reaches of the basin in combination with temperature increase due to climate change, have intensified environmental deterioration. Since the 1970's a strong dry-out of the lower region has been observed. This dry-out seriously deteriorated the basin's downstream ecosystems, with an expanding desertification along the lower reaches of the river. In order to meet these problems, there is a strong need for integrated and sustainable water management planning in the region.
During Phase 1 of the project, a prototype decision support system has been set up based on linked river catchment hydrological and river hydrodynamic models. The 2nd phase of the project demonstrated that the prototype decision-support system can be applied for scenario-analysis in water management. Also training on the use of the system has been given to the local experts. The following set of scenarios were developed, implemented in the system, and the effects investigated on the Tarim river hydrology: climate change (global warming) till the 2050s and till about 2100, land use trends (historical since 1950 and projected till 2030), and upstream snow and glacier melting scenarios.
In order to meet the objectives, the project has:
• analysed future trends (by global warming) in precipitation, temperature and potential evapotranspiration by statistically processing and downscaling of climate model simulation results (GCM runs of the IPCC AR4 archive);
• analysed the effects of these climate change trends in precipitation, temperature and potential evapotranspiration on the hydrology of the Tarim basin: on rainfall-runoff and river flow and stages, during high and low flow periods (floods and droughts), and on groundwater levels;
• analysed long-term changes in land cover over the Tarim basin by means of available remotely sensed data (LANDSAT TM/ETM+ and CORONA), and investigated the impact of these historical land use changes on the hydrology of the basin;
• developed future land use change scenarios based on the Moland CA model, and investigated the impact of these projected land use changes on the hydrology of the basin;
• analysed the effects of upstream snow and glacier melting scenarios on the hydrology of the basin.
The impact investigations on the Tarim basin hydrology were based on the combined hydrological – hydrodynamic models developed for the lower Tarim river and the Kaidu subbasins. In order to enable impact analysis of glacier melting, additional models were developed for the Hetian subbasin.
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I've done lots of jewelleries to other people, but none to myself. Don't give me wrong - I love doing it and it's so much fun when other people than yourself like your creations. But I thought it would be fun to have a necklace of my own. So this is a necklace for me.
Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend and feel the inspiration!


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The human body is the most attractive shelter for a broad range of bacteria, both good and bad. They are comfortably settling down under the fingernails, lurking in the hairline, creeping on the skin, slipping in between the teeth, to say nothing of our internal cavities. Our guts provide bacteria with a perfect environment for cultivating in entire colonies. Pathogens find there the necessary warmth, moisture, protection, darkness, and nutrition for using all our resources to make us sick. One of those regular utilizes, who enjoys five-star conditions of our intestines to live and thrive inside, is Escherichia coli (E. coli).
What is the E. coli infection and what it does to us?
- Coli is a type of bacteria that inhabit the human and animals' intestines. In normal conditions, these bacteria can co-exist with a host body until the moment of possible overgrowth. Also, an individual can catch various types of E. coli, some of them are harmless, while others are causing infection. For example, E. coli O157: H7 has pathogenic nature and produces toxins, namely Shiga toxin that provokes illnesses and abnormal conditions such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting, and fever. More severe cases include dehydration, anemia, urinary tract infections, bloody diarrhea, and kidney failure. Such life-threatening symptoms may occur in immunocompromised individuals, such as pregnant women, children, people with allergies or other chronic conditions.
How and where you can catch the E. coli infection?
People, as well as animals, are permanent carriers of the different bacteria, including E. coli, which form the intestinal bacterial environment. Nevertheless, the harmful type of E. coli pathogens can captivate human body through several ways by entering with contaminated food and water or via personal contact.
Improper food handling and cooking lead to the E. coli infection. If you touch infected meat and do not wash hands after cooking, you can transmit the bacteria into your mouth easily. If you do not cook the infected meat up to 160°F, the bacteria could survive and enter your body either. Other ways to invite the E. coli pathogen inside include:
- drinking unpasteurized milk and homemade dairy products
- failing to wash hands before and after preparing or eating food
- eating raw fruits, vegetables, and seafood products
- using of serving dishes, cutting boards, and kitchen utensils that are not thoroughly clean
- using of expired products that stayed too long in the household
- eating products that are not properly washed
- improperly processed food, especially meats of cattle and poultry
Danger of bacteria
Contaminated water carries a lot of living microorganisms that could harm people. A lack of sanitation or absence of chlorine treatment leads to the possibility of obtaining E. coli pathogens inside your body. Sometimes, human or animal feces could get into lakes, swimming pools, irrigation canal or water supplies. As a result, people can swallow or grab a bunch of bacteria while swimming, drinking or washing products into contaminated water.
- coli pathogen can utilize person-to-person channel through the touch or other contacts with an infected person who did not wash hands after having a bowel movement. Also, bacteria can spread with a mutual touch to the object, food, and clothes. The same would apply to the contact with the infected animals if a person did not wash hands regularly and thoroughly after touching or working in the same environment with them.
Initially alerting symptoms of the E. coli infection
The earliest common symptoms of the E. coli infection can occur during the first five days after you have become a carrier. Symptoms could last for a few days or weeks occasionally and appear as follows:
- spontaneous watery diarrhea
- loss of appetite
- abdominal cramping
- gas
- nausea and vomiting
- fever
- fatigue
- weight swings
- food sensitivity
In the case, if the immune system sends a proper response, the symptoms may gradually disappear at home conditions. If symptoms do not recede, you should consider seeing a nutritional specialist around your area to receive a suitable protocol of actions to confront the disease.
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Severe symptoms of the E. coli infection
If the E. coli infection is ignored, and the bacteria have colonized a large part of the intestine, the disease can gain alarming proportions and may even become a matter of vitality. At this stage, professional assistance in treatment is inevitable. The more severe symptoms include:
- bloody diarrhea
- decreased output and bloody urine
- dehydration
- pale skin
- hemolytic uremic syndrome
- kidney failure
- loss of consciousness
- failure to take food
If you experience anything of the above, then the first thing you need is to get tested. Chen Ben Asher Wellness Clinic offers a wide range of tests to indicate E. coli presence for building a proper counter-strategy in an address of the progressing infection. The most relevant tests include the Comprehensive Stool Analysis, Food Sensitivity Delayed Test, DNA Analysis, and Organic Acid Test.
To get the most relevant test regarding E. coli followed by an individual approach in treatment click HERE
There are many ways to protect yourself from getting E. coli pathogens inside the body. Among them, the most effective one is to develop an intelligent behavior in operating with food. First of all, you should wash products before cooking or eating. Secondly, you should try to exclude raw milk and other unverified dairy products from the diet. When processing meat, do not forget that in your kitchen you are the main gourmet chef, who adhere to all standards of cooking, both temperature and time of roasting. Also, you should use only clean dishes, pans, knives, cutting boards, and other tableware. Yet, personal hygiene has not been canceled at all, so clean hands are a hefty bail for reduction E. coli risk as well. Watch your health, and your body will thank you with grandiose vigor.
E.coli (Escherichia coli). Accessed from: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/general/index.htmlrel="nofollow"
Diseases and Conditions: E. coli. Accessed from: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/general/index.htmlrel="nofollow"
Coli Infection. Accessed from: http://www.healthline.com/health/e-coli-infection?s_con_rec=true&r=1#Overview1rel="nofollow"


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12:07 a.m.
It was dark. Too dark. The cold night breeze wrestled with the tips of Callie's hair as she fumbled for the keys to her front door. She should never have driven herself, even if the bar was only blocks from their small home. She glanced back at the sedan parked crooked in the gravel drive and giggled. Nika was going to kill her for taking up both spots but there was no way she was going to attempt to straighten it out. With as much alcohol as she'd consumed she was lucky she'd made it back in one piece.
Thump. It sounded like it came from inside though it couldn't have been Nika already. Callie had left her back at the bar less than ten minutes ago and she had still been playing Saturday Night Fever out on the dance floor.
She finally found the right key and slid it into the deadbolt. The lock clicked and she pushed in the door. Thump. This time a little louder and definitely from inside.
Callie stumbled over the spinning threshold wishing that she'd stopped at her second round of drinks. But no, she'd chosen to drown her broken heart in the form of lemon drops. Then of all the places Danny could have gone he shows up at O'Malley's. It was bad enough he had already started seeing someone else but for her to come face to face with her replacement was too much.
Thump. There it was again. Probably Mr. Whiskers, Callie thought. Her fingers deftly felt for the light switch. She nearly face-planted when light finally flooded the room.
"Here silly Kitty," Callie called, kicking off a high heel and throwing her purse onto the coffee table. It landed with a soft thud and tipped over, flipping it and all of its contents onto the floor.
"Shit," she muttered, kicking off her other shoe on the way toward her bedroom. "Screw it. I'll get it in the morning." All she cared about at that moment was squeezing into her pajamas and crawling onto her nice warm pillow top.
"Here kitty, kitty," she called out again and smiled when Mr. Whiskers nuzzled her, running the length of his body against her leg. She pushed open the bedroom door fully and bent down to pick up the fat tabby. His fur was soft and comforting in her hands and at that moment Callie knew that after everything that had happened this past year, she wouldn't have made it without Mr. Whiskers. Suddenly, the fur on the cat's body stood up and its ears flattened, a low growl escaping his throat. Callie let him jump to the ground where he crouched and slowly made his way back into the living room. Something had his attention but a wave of nausea assaulted her and she remained sandwiched between the open doorway.
For a second the room spun on its axis and her drunkenness returned full force, bile working its way up her esophagus. She turned on her heel and headed for the bathroom, barely making it to the small tiled room before emptying her stomach and all its contents into the toilet. She slumped to the floor, both hands on either side of the seat and continued to dry heave. All this over a stupid guy, Callie thought, tears pooling at the corners of her eyes. She leaned forward, placing her cheek against the cold porcelain. It felt cool and oddly comforting against her flushed skin. Her stomach began to settle and when she closed her eyes sleep crept up on her.
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Nika checked her phone for the tenth time in as many minutes. She had texted Callie over an hour ago and still had no response. She should never have let her go home by herself. Correction. She should never have dragged her out in the first place. She knew her friend wasn't ready but she couldn't take another night of her moping around in her pj's watching reruns of I Love Lucy while she stuffed her face with moose tracks ice cream. Daniel was an ass. Everyone knew it. Had known it from day one. But it was Callie's life and she was about as stubborn as they come.
What she hadn't expected was for Daniel to show up, current hussy in tow, to stomp all over Callie's already broken heart. Jackass. He had even had the balls to ask Nika how Callie was doing. That conversation had ended abruptly when Nika told Daniel to take his pseudo-concern and shove it up his ass.
She slid her phone back into her pocket and grabbed her shot from the bartender, slinging it back in one gulp and slamming it down on the bar top.
"Woah," a familiar voice said. "Looks like someone is having an off night." She turned around to find the cock-eyed smile of Sheriff Brady beaming down at her. Nika was tall but still he towered over her, his entire frame filling her vision. At six feet five inches, Rick had been the town's pride and joy during his high school reign as Lehi Acres prized Center. But an accident his senior year had stifled any chance he had at pro status. Years later the towns people still loved him, making his progression from officer to Sheriff a very easy win.
"Just worried about Callie," she explained signaling Max, the bartender, for a beer this time.
"Yeah, I saw her ex a little while ago. Almost gave his new trophy tramp a citation for indecent exposure."
Nika almost choked on her drink but managed to swallow it first. "That's awful, Rick!" she chuckled.
"She deserves better."
"Speaking of…" she nudged him with her elbow. "Now that she's free, you should finally ask her out. You and I both know it's been a long time coming."
He winked and turned his attention to a man who'd called to him from the end of the bar. "I'll catch up with you later," he said and as suddenly as he'd appeared he was gone.
For a moment her spidey-senses tingled and an uneasy feeling swept over her. Someone was watching her. She took another swig of her beer and glanced around. A lot of the same faces filled her view, regulars who frequented the bar, but it would be almost impossible to place them all. Besides, no one was interested in her. She downed the frothy remains of her long neck and threw Max a tip. It was almost last call and she wanted to get home to Callie.


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