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Interferon alfa regulated gene expression in patients initiating interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C
Xuhuai Ji, Ramsey Cheung, Stewart Cooper, Qingqin Li, Harry B. Greenberg, Xiaosong He
Interferon alfa (IFN-α) is an approved therapeutic agent for chronic hepatitis C. To directly characterize the effects of IFN-α in humans, we used microarrays to profile gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from hepatitis C patients treated with IFN-α. Seven patients were studied using two strategies: (1) in vivo: PBMCs were collected immediately before the first dose of IFN-α, and 3 and 6 hours after the dose; (2) ex vivo: PBMCs that were collected before the first IFN-α dose were incubated with IFN-α for 3 and 6 hours. The microarray datasets were analyzed with significance analysis of microarrays (SAM) to identify genes regulated by IFN-α. We identified 516 named genes up-regulated at least 2-fold, at a false discovery rate (FDR) of less than 1%. In vivo and ex vivo studies generated similar results. No genes were identified as regulated differently between these 2 experimental conditions. The up-regulated genes belonged to a broad range of functional pathways and included multiple genes thought to be involved in the direct antiviral effect of IFN-α. Of particular interest, 88 genes directly relating to functions of immune cells were up-regulated, including genes involved in antigen processing and presentation, T-cell activation, lymphocyte trafficking, and effector functions, suggesting that IFN-α up-regulates multiple genes involving different aspects of immune responses to enhance immunity against hepatitis C virus. In conclusion, IFN-α-inducible genes can be identified in human PBMCs in vivo as well as ex vivo. Signature changes associated with diffeferent treatment outcomes may be found among these genes.
https://doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2003.50105
Chronic Hepatitis C
Interferon-alpha
Hepacivirus
Ji, X., Cheung, R., Cooper, S., Li, Q., Greenberg, H. B., & He, X. (2003). Interferon alfa regulated gene expression in patients initiating interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology, 37(3), 610-621. https://doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2003.50105
Interferon alfa regulated gene expression in patients initiating interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C. / Ji, Xuhuai; Cheung, Ramsey; Cooper, Stewart; Li, Qingqin; Greenberg, Harry B.; He, Xiaosong.
In: Hepatology, Vol. 37, No. 3, 01.03.2003, p. 610-621.
Ji, X, Cheung, R, Cooper, S, Li, Q, Greenberg, HB & He, X 2003, 'Interferon alfa regulated gene expression in patients initiating interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C', Hepatology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 610-621. https://doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2003.50105
Ji X, Cheung R, Cooper S, Li Q, Greenberg HB, He X. Interferon alfa regulated gene expression in patients initiating interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 2003 Mar 1;37(3):610-621. https://doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2003.50105
Ji, Xuhuai ; Cheung, Ramsey ; Cooper, Stewart ; Li, Qingqin ; Greenberg, Harry B. ; He, Xiaosong. / Interferon alfa regulated gene expression in patients initiating interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C. In: Hepatology. 2003 ; Vol. 37, No. 3. pp. 610-621.
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Impressive-looking yet quick and simple to make, this confection makes a perfect holiday or hostess gift.
Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or waxed paper. Put the chocolate in a wide, shallow microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high until it just starts to melt, about 1 minute. Stir with a spatula until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth, heating in additional 15-second increments, if necessary.
Gently stir half of the pomegranate seeds, the ginger (break up any clumps with your fingers), and the salt into the chocolate. Scrape the chocolate mixture onto the baking sheet and spread it into an 8×10-inch rectangle. Sprinkle the remaining pomegranate seeds evenly over the top, pressing them into the chocolate. refrigerate until fully set, about 30 minutes. Break the bark into chunks with your hands (be careful not to crush the seeds), and serve.
The bark will keep, refrigerated, for up to 5 days.
MINDBLOWINGLY TASTY! The flavours (sweet, salty, acid and mildly hot) and textures (melting, chewy, liquid) combine to give you a taste-bud-fire-work-bouquet-finale experience that will blow your mind. Beware: HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!!! Keep a batch stashed away in a secret hiding place because before you know it, there won't be any left.
I used a little more ginger than the recipe called for because I love ginger. It was easy and really delicious.
Simple, great recipe for a special treat or gift! I only used half the ginger - but next time will use more. Also, BEFORE PRESSING POMEGRANATE SEEDS ON, I DRAINED THEM on paper towel - therefore, they stuck to the chocolate without falling off!


the [RETIRED] diary of a Prison Abolitionist: Prisoner Support SOS:Thalia Outlaw, Mississippi.
From Sondra Dillard HumphreyApril 9, 2010 at 9:38pm at "FREE TALIA OUTLAW"
Thalia is incarcerated with the Scott Sisters.
Please keep Thalia in your thoughts and prayers. She is really having a tough time and needs to know that she has people who believe in her and who are fighting for her. You will never know how much your words of encouragement mean to her whether it be through e-mail or snail mail. Thank you so much!
You can either search by her name or her MDOC number, R7934. The minimum amount of credits you can purchase is $5 but the cost to send an e-mail is $.42 and it gets to her quickly. As always, I don't mind forwarding anything to her that you want to send through me.
Have a great weekend all and thank you so much for your continued support!


'Tis the Season…for lots of Sneezin'!
I hope wherever you spent the weekend you were lucky to enjoy some sunshine and warmer temperatures. Here in New York, it seemed everyone made the most of the glorious spring weather including yours truly. Of course, as I went for a long walk through the tree-lined, grassy suburban neighborhood where I grew up, it hit me – the pollen that is.
Timing is everything: Pollen counts tend to be highest between 5 am and 10 am. Unfortunately, that's when many people enjoy their get-the-day-started jog, bike ride or walk. If you can move the activity to a time that's not so pollen-heavy, great. If not, hopefully some of the following tips will help.
Don't forget your meds: I got allergy shots for many years when I was a kid. They helped make my acute reactions less severe over time, but I still battle through hay fever season. Today there are so many over-the-counter and prescription allergy medicines that can offer relief. (Important note: I do NOT like to take a lot of medicine, but I'd much rather take something for a few months than cut back on my workouts and start scratching my eyes out!) Talk to your doctor about what treatments might work best to alleviate your symptoms. To prevent the onset of those symptoms, it helps to take your medication one hour before your outdoor workout. If you get out of bed and head outdoors immediately, ask your doctor if you can take your medication before bed so it's in your system when you head outside.
Clean up: At the end of an outdoor workout, your clothes are covered in a lot more than sweat. Get out of that pollen-covered workout gear, take a shower and wash your hair as soon as possible. The longer that pollen lingers, the more severe your reaction can be. You also don't want to spread the pollen around your home by sitting on the couch or lying on your bed.
To wrap things up, the best advice I can offer is simple: listen to your body. If you're trying to get your heart rate up outdoors but all you're feeling is misery, be smart. Stop. Head indoors, shower and re-group. Maybe that's the day you turn to an air-conditioned group exercise class or pop in your favorite Zumba DVD in at home to help you have fun, be fit and feel fabulous!
Posted on April 14, 2014, in Fitness, Health and tagged Allergy Season Survival Tips, Exercise & Allergies, Laura DeAngelis, Motivation Monday, Outdoor Exercise, Personal Fitness, Pollen Counts, Zumba. Bookmark the permalink.	Leave a comment.


First performed in Naples in 1752, La Clemenza di Tito is often regarded as the most successful of the 20-odd operas that Gluck composed before the watershed of Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762. It sets the same Metastasio libretto that would provide the basis for Mozart's last stage work 39 years later, though treated in a much more prolix way – this recording, taken from concerts in Leverkusen last autumn, contains more than three and a half hours of music; Mozart's Clemenza runs to a little over two hours. And where Mozart was clearly fascinated by the relationship between Sesto and Vitellia in the opera, Gluck's treatment places Tito himself firmly at the centre of the action, though its musical highpoint remains Sesto's elaborate second-act aria, which Gluck later recycled in Iphigénie en Tauride. With Rainer Trost as Tito, Laura Aikin as Vitellia and Raffaella Milanesi as Sesto, this cast is vocally an assured one, and the performance under Werner Ehrhardt is certainly highly energised, perhaps occasionally just a bit too much so.


Some affected residents along the Epie Creek in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have bemoaned their loss and the discomfort caused them by floods that submerged their houses.
Southern City News learnt on Thursday that the impact of flooding caused by the overflow of the waters from Taylor Creek, tributaries of Orashi and Niger rivers, dealt a devastating blow to the residents.
A resident of the Onopa area of the Yenagoa metropolis, Joy Elvis, said the people were helpless as the assistance promised by the state government in its sensitisation messages had yet to materialise.
Elvis said, "It has not been easy; the water levels have been on the increase and it is usually expected at this time of the year, but on Tuesday the flood entered our houses, destroying properties. Since then, we have been under intense pressure. Worse still, some of us have no where to run to.
"We need help badly but no one seems to care. We have resorted to moving some of our valuable items to neighbours' houses because there are no shelters provided by the government yet.
Another resident, John Abide, said they had been compelled to use local canoes to access their homes, following the constantly rising water levels in the past few days.
He lamented that a lot of people affected were not reluctant to leave as they did not want to become a burden to their friends.
Abide stated, "So, what most people do is to adapt by making wooden platforms within their houses where important things are kept.
Yet another resident, who gave his name only as Preye, said the recent flood had left a sour tale in the mouths of many residents of the area.
She appealed to the government and public-spirited individuals to come to their rescue in order to give them a new lease of life.
"We know what happened to us is a natural disaster but we are appealing for help. We know that government's intervention will go a long way in ameliorating our predicament, " he stated.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State Government has said it is determined to ensure that no life is lost in the flood that is currently ravaging the state.
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, had, while giving an update of the situation, assured the residents that with the proactive steps the government had taken, there was no cause for alarm.


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Joseph Hellweg (2001) Launches Côte d'Ivoire Hot Spot for JSCA
— from Fred Damon
*Cultural Anthropology* has just launched its fifth Hot Spot --- Côte d'Ivoire Is Cooling Down? Reflections a Year after the Battle for Abidjan. The collection is guest edited by Joseph Hellweg, 2011 Ph.D. alum, and includes 17 essays. Visit the Hot Spot here.
Karenne Wood Present American Indian View of Jamestown at International Festival
— from Eve Danziger
UVa Anthropology graduate student Karenne Wood recently published an article on "Jamestown's Cultural Legacies: An American Indian Perspective," presented at the 22nd International poetry festival of Medellin (Colombia) - Tribute to the Spirit of the Aboriginal Peoples.
Click here to read the article.
U.Va. Class Looks at Nature to Reveal Our Past and Future
— from UVA Today
Archaeology doesn't just live behind glass in museums. Case in point: the research of University of Virginia anthropology lecturer Jack Stoetzel and his summer-school course, "Archaeology of Human Habitat," in which he emphasizes the notion that "we imprint our habitats with our culture" – not just in the past, but every day.
Stoetzel and his students are "looking for ways we have manufactured environments we have occupied" and thus "what it means for ourselves and future selves," since there is a cyclical relationship in the way that "we change something and the act of changing brings about new changes we respond to," said Stoetzel, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
As an example, Stoetzel said, "If a group of people decided to....(Read more)
"Reset the relationship with President Sullivan"- Communication from UVA Deans to the BOV
Please see attached the letter from deans of the schools at the University of Virginia, requesting that the BOV reconsider the decision of June 8, 2012, and restore Teresa A. Sullivan to the position of President of the University of Virginia.
TO: Board of Visitors, University of Virginia
FROM: Deans of the Colleges, University of Virginia
RE: Reinstatement of Teresa Sullivan, PhD
as President of the University of Virginia
We, the deans of the Colleges of the University of Virginia, respectfully request that the Board of Visitors (BOV) reconsider their decision of June 8, 2012 and restore Teresa A. Sullivan to the position of President of the University of Virginia.
The Deans do not make this suggestion lightly. We are aware of both the dedication and responsibility that the BOV has for the University, and the fact that the Board has acted in what they believe are the best interests of the University despite a substantial amount of discord evoked by the decision in the faculty, the student body, and many members of the staff.
Among the reasons for the BOV's decision were concern for the fiscal status of the University and more rapid action on fiscal and other issues, such as the role of on-line learning in our educational models and proactive approaches to the demographic changes that will occur in the faculty (retirements, etc.) in the next 5-8 years....
Often Misunderstood Today, Mayans Did Not Predict 2012 Apocalypse
The rock band REM may have sung, "It's the end of the world as we know it," but not according to the Mayans, despite some popular misconceptions about their ancient calendar.
Students in a University of Virginia summer course on "The Maya Today: Fiction and Reality" learned why the notion that pre-Columbian Mayans predicted the end of the world would happen Dec. 12, 2012, is all wrong. They learned not only the facts behind this misinterpretation, but also the basics of the complicated calendar system the Maya developed....(Read more)
Express Yourself: How to Voice Your Views Over the Teresa Sullivan Firing
The following useful resource was issued by George Cohen, UVA Faculty Senate chair, regarding the controversial ouster of President Teresa Sullivan by the Board of Visitors, led by Rector Helen Dragas. I include it here, in a slightly simplified version from the original, for your benefit and for the benefit of our department and university.
Please contact ant-web@virginia.edu for any corrections or additions to this posting.
Work of Ellen Contini-Morava & Eve Danziger to be Presented at Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium
— from Ellen Contini-Morava
Professor Contini-Morava will present a paper jointly written with Eve Danziger at the Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize on June 26.
The paper, "Introducing referents in Mopan Maya", is a preliminary report on the Mopan language project that they have been working on together since 2011, including a brief field trip to Southern Belize last summer.
Ethnocentrism, Virginia Style
— from The Huffington Post
The recent firing of University of Virginia (UVA) President Teresa Sullivan is a classic case of what anthropologists call ethnocentrism. It is a clear example of how ethnocentric thinking produces devastating social, political and educational results.
Most anthropologists say that you are ethnocentric when you use your own set of rules, procedures and beliefs to make judgments about other people who don't share your view of the world. I tell my anthropology students that there are two kinds of ethnocentrism. The first kind, which I like to call "my way or the highway" ethnocentrism, is characterized like....(Read more)
Anthropologist's NSF Project Tracks Gun Control in West Africa
With al Qaeda and Latin American drug cartels moving into some parts of Africa, small arms control has become a matter of great concern to those involved with security. Anthropologist Niklas Hultin, who taught in the University of Virginia's Global Development Studies program last year, is researching issues concerning gun control in Gambia on the west coast – a gateway for illegal trafficking.
Hultin, who will be a research professor in the College of Arts & Sciences' Department of Anthropology, has studied human rights, democracy and African legal institutions. He recently received a National Science Foundation grant to return to Gambia to research small arms use in West Africa, international small arms control and anti-transnational crime initiatives, he said. The Isaac Newton Trust at Cambridge University is also contributing funding for his two-year project....(Read more)
President Sullivan's Ouster: Anthropology & Linguistics Heads Join Campus-wide Outcry, Sign Letter of Protest
— from Dionisios Kavadias
The Department of Anthropology's Chairs Fred Damon (acting) and Susan McKinnon (incoming), and the LInguistics Program Director, Ellen Contini-Morava, participated in the camus-wide discussion with other faculty and staff leaders about the sudden dismissal of President Sullivan earlier this week. The resulting Letter of Concern and Protest, addressed to Rector Helen Dragas and reprinted below, bears their signatures.
Dear Rector Dragas and members of the Board of Visitors:
Yu-Chien Huang Awarded World Austronesian Studies Fieldwork Grant
— from Ira Bashkow
Yu-Chien Huang has been awarded a second major grant to support her fieldwork on the Yap Islands of Micronesia.
This World Austronesian Studies Fieldwork Grant for PhD Students comes from the World Austronesian Studies Project, an International Scholarly Exchange and Academic Research project commissioned by Taiwan's Bureau of International Cultural and Educational Affairs, in the Ministry of Education. Click here for details.
Congratulations, Yu-Chien!
Sherri Lynn Colby-Bottel to Lecture at California State University
Warmest congratulations to recent Ph.D. graduate Sherri Lynn Colby-Bottel (2012), who has accepted a position as Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fresno, for 2012-2013.
Rose Wellman, Lydia Rodriguez: Co-winners of 2011-12 Best Dissertation Chapter Award
Warmest congratulations to Lydia Rodriguez and Rose Wellman, who are the joint winners of the 2011-12 UVa Anthropology Department Award for Best Dissertation Chapter.
The two main criteria which guided the judges' decision process were 1) the clarity of each writer's main ideas and arguments and 2) the significance of the work to anthropology as a whole, considering its portability to other ethnographic contexts. The two winners did exceptionally well in each of these two categories. The judges also considered each submission's use of literature, definitions of key terms, accessibility to non-specialists, and interest for the reader, with respect to the question "Would I like to read more of this dissertation?" For each submission - not only the winners' - the judges answered this last question in the affirmative. The judges commend the writers for their efforts and look forward to reading their future contributions to the discipline of anthropology.
Dannah Dennis Wins Best Class Essay
Congratulations to Dannah Dennis, who has won the Department of Anthropology graduate student award for Best Class Essay in 2011-12.
Judges remarked that all entrants in this category were deserving of praise. The winning essay was chosen for writing that "flows beautifully", as well as for an intriguing choice of topic (an analysis of the movie 'CARS'), and deft analysis of character.
Award for Best Teaching Assistant in Anthropology Goes to David Flood
Congratulations to David Flood, who has won the Anthropology graduate student award for Best Teaching Assistant in Anthropology for 2011-12.
The applicants for this award all submitted excellent evaluations and insightful statements of teaching philosophy, thus making the decision a very difficult one for the judges.
David earned the win based on his teaching evaluations and statement of teaching philosophy. From the comments, it is clear that students not only learned a lot about the history of anthropology from David, but also felt comfortable and thoroughly enjoyed participating in his class. One student even felt the urge to describe Mr. Flood as an "AWESOME DUDE" - in all-caps! Most importantly, students appreciated his ability to make theory easier to comprehend, an ability which one student characterizes as "explaining difficult concepts in more understandable language."
Roberto Armengol Named Best Graduate Student Instructor 2012-13
Congratulations to Roberto Armengol for winning the 2011-12 Department of Anthropology award for Best Graduate Student Instructor.
The Best Graduate Student Instructor Award is given to the post-field graduate student who most exemplifies what it means to teach anthropology. A few of the key criteria most important to this year's judges include the candidate's attention to explaining and promoting anthropology's role within the global scheme of the Academy, and also making it relevant and insightful to students' everyday experiences. Also important was the candidate's ability to frame courses in a way that--through assignments, classroom activities, and overall organization of themes--is pedagogically creative and mindful of students' abilities to actively contribute to intellectual dialogue. The judges were pleased to see all candidates approach the teaching of anthropology with a level of professionalism, but also intellectual thoughtfulness, that makes them all worthy of praise.
Indeed, all applicants showed an impressive measure of the above virtues and all deserve our admiration and respect.
Yu-Chien Huang Awarded 2012 Academia Sinica Fellowship
Yu-Chien Huang has been awarded a 2012 Academia Sinica Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates in the Humanities and Social Sciences. This prestigious award by Taiwan's Academia Sinica will support her fieldwork on kinship, gender, food, and hierarchy on the Yap islands in Micronesia.
Two U.Va. Anthropology Students Receive Davis Prize for Guatemala Project
Roberto Armengol Wins Jefferson Dissertation Year Fellowship 2012-2013
Roberto Armengol has been awarded a Jefferson Dissertation Year Fellowship for 2012-2013. This fellowship, which is one of just two being given out across GSAS by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, will support him in writing his dissertation on the changing role of the state in the Cuban informal economy.
Congratulations, Roberto!
Lydia Wilson Marshall Becomes Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Gettysburg College
Lydia Wilson Marshall (Ph.D. 2011) has accepted a one-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA for the 2012-2013 academic year.

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"I thought I grew up eating the most authentic tortillas," says Jorge Gaviria, who confesses his dream was to open up the equivalent of Tartine Bakery for tortillas.
Photo by Graydon Herriott.
Masienda: In search of the perfect masa
Hosted by Evan Kleiman Dec. 30, 2022
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Jorge Gaviria, founder of Masienda and author of "Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple," reflects on starting his own company devoted to corn.
KCRW: So if you're young and ambitious and working in restaurants, what do you do? How do you push back against the corporate machine and carve out a little piece of the world to call your own? Growing up in a Cuban American household in Florida, Jorge Gaviria thought he knew masa.
Jorge Gaviria: I thought I grew up eating the most authentic tortillas. They weren't Mission, they weren't even Guerrero. They were a local brand from a local tortilleria in Miami, or so I thought. It actually turned out that they were using Maseca, which is what most of the tortillerias across the country use. They were all pretty much designed to taste exactly the same. They just felt like that local branding element that made it feel like it was sort of special to my hometown. It just had a Mexican flag on it and very, very bleached white tortillas that tasted as acidic as they smelled. But I grew up eating carnitas on the weekends. My favorite snack after school was just a munster cheese tostada, which is as much of a cultural collision as you can imagine it to be, made in a toaster oven.
"You couldn't take it (landrace corn) and grow it in Iowa with any success. It's been locally adapted for thousands of years and has a terroir and characteristic all unto itself," says Masienda founder Jorge Gaviria. Photo by Molly DeCoudreaux.
As Jorge broadened his horizons and developed his palate, he started to ask the question: How is a tortilla actually made?
Staging at a restaurant in New York, he saw tortillas being made "from scratch" — but with Maseca. He wasn't satisfied. At the time, his dream was to open up the equivalent of Tartine Bakery for tortillas.
Jorge Gaviria: I didn't have any concept or business plan how that would happen, it just sounded really cool.
With a lot of confidence and a lot of naivety, I was like, "All right, I guess the most important thing here that we need to figure out is the sourcing." You look around the U.S., even some of the darlings of the heirloom corn movement are all sourcing from similar places. There wasn't a lot of diversity in that story. I don't think it told the story that I was looking for of the foodway of masa. I think if you're going to trace that, you've got to go to Mexico.
During his research trips, Jorge saw how government policies had displaced subsistence corn farmers in Mexico.
I thought, "Man, that's amazing." What if we just leveled the playing field, or at least offered an option to this group of 3 million farmers that are still doing this work and growing the greatest quality corn in the world? What could happen?
Compact molinos, or mills, assist in the nixtamalization of the kernel-to-masa cycle. Photo by Graydon Herriott.
When he started Masienda in 2014, Jorge was sourcing most of his corn from Oaxaca. He has since branched out.
I think we're in six or seven states, depending on the year, on the harvest. But Oaxaca, despite being one of the smallest states in Mexico, it's about 4% of the total land share. It is the most biodiverse of any state. Of the 59 landraces, 35 of them come from Oaxaca, which is pretty amazing.
The term "landrace corn" refers to heirloom corn that has, over many years, been optimized and adapted to a particular area and climate.
You couldn't take it and grow it in Iowa with any success. It's been locally adapted for thousands of years and has a terroir and characteristic all unto itself.
Starting a masa company that required him to import heirloom corn from Mexico to the United States meant Masienda had to figure out a supply chain, one that was equitable for the farmers they worked with. The commercialization of quinoa was a cautionary tale.
When the ancient Andean grain became popular around the world, the demand drove up the price. Unfortunately, that meant poorer residents of Peru and Bolivia, who had eaten quinoa as a staple food, could no longer afford it. Jorge Gaviria didn't want the same thing to happen to heirloom corn.
Fresh masa is made from kernels of corn and applications reach beyond the humble, ubiquitous tortilla. Photo by Graydon Herriott.
It's really expensive for farmers to take product to market, especially given the rural areas that they live in. To take 200 pounds of corn to a market two and a half hours away when you don't have a car, you don't have access to public transportation, it's a non-starter. They would work with these intermediaries or coyotes in some cases, as they're known, to get corn to market. Sometimes they wouldn't end up getting paid or they'd get paid half of what they said they would get paid.
No one had ever paid cash at three to five times the commodity price in full and made them whole as soon as harvest was done. No one had ever thought about that or had certainly ever done it in that way.
From 12 farmers in Oaxaca to a network of approximately 2,000 farmers throughout Mexico and from 40,000 pounds of corn per year to 2 million, Masienda has grown. But Jorge has had to be careful.
We haven't necessarily scaled with each individual farmer, because they're growing for subsistence purposes. What they grow for themselves is really the priority. And if they have any surplus, that's what we buy. They're not commercial growers, in that true sense. They're truly subsistence farmers and we're just giving them that additional surplus opportunity there to sell it.
Compared to the 846 billion — that's billion with a B — pounds of corn produced each year in the United States, it's a drop in the bucket.
When I first started, I had two really strong drivers. The first was I wanted to "disrupt" Maseca and GRUMA. And I really wanted to stick it to the man. The truth is that convenient food exists for a reason. There's a reason, there's a whole structure that supports it and I've been pretty humbled. It's also really hard to produce food at scale. I got to give anybody who's producing food at that scale credit, no matter what their political or philosophical values are. It's kind of a miracle to do it and, frankly, not kill anyone.
Gaviria remains a student of masa but he has also become something of a teacher. This summer, he released a 271-page book, Masa: Techniques, Recipes and Reflections on a Timeless Staple. The book, which was the inspiration for this episode of Good Food, unpacks the kernel-to-masa process while sharing science, history, practical tips and plenty of recipes — tlayudas, tetelas, pupusas, atole, waffles, a masa samosa and a corn dog that actually tastes like corn. For Jorge Gaviria, it was both a practical and a personal mission.
Masa has been nine years in the making. I think, starting with my initial plunge into the subject, it was something that was really hard for me to train chefs on how to use our corn when there wasn't more than a page or two in a book anywhere on how to do this. Just seeing some of my heroes get totally flummoxed and humbled by making masa in house, to me was an eye-opening experience. I think there needs to be a dedicated resource for this.
Table Tortilla Masa
Makes 2.2 lbs (998g) Masa
(about thirty-five 5 in [15 cm] tortillas)
1 lb [455 g] dry field corn
1/6 oz [4.5 g] food-grade calcium hydroxide (1 percent cal to total weight of corn)
Rinse the corn in a colander to remove any debris or chaff.
Place the cal in a medium nonreactive mixing bowl and slowly incorporate warm water, stirring until the mix becomes a loose, smooth, and uniform slurry.
Pour the corn into a large nonreactive pot and add the cal mixture directly into the pot. Add just enough water to cover the corn by 4 in [10 cm] and stir everything together with a spatula to evenly incorporate.
Cover the pot (optional; however, it helps to get to temperature faster) and place over high heat. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to medium for a simmer. Using a fine-mesh sieve, skim any unwanted kernels or particles that float to the surface and discard.
Stirring frequently so the corn doesn't scorch at the bottom of the pot, set a timer and check the corn every 5 minutes for the following variables:
→ Remove a kernel and rub it between your fingers. If the skin easily slides off (I mean easily), we're nearly there.
→ Taste a kernel. When it's ready, it will be tender, but al dente (like a boiled peanut or roasted cashew) and have
a distinct tortilla flavor.
The skins' loosening and the texture and flavor development should take anywhere from 10 to 45 minutes,
depending on the corn's moisture content and density.
Continue cooking, if necessary, checking every 5 minutes, until the skins are loosened and you have reached the desired texture and flavor. Remove from the heat and cover the pot. Let the pot sit undisturbed for 6 to 12 hours.
Drain the steeped corn, now called nixtamal, into a colander. Rinse, massage, and agitate the nixtamal vigorously until it has reached your desired percentage of skin wash-off (I recommend about 50 percent, to start).
Grind the rinsed nixtamal. For a table tortilla masa, we want as fine a grind as possible—if you were to rub the masa between your fingers, the absolute ideal would be to feel no particles whatsoever.
Mix the masa manually or using a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment for 2 to 3 minutes, slowly adding water as needed, until the masa is as wet to the touch as possible without being sticky (that is, clumps should not easily stick to your hand). Perform the smush test. Adjust the water as necessary until no cracking occurs.
*THE SMUSH TEST*
To test the masa for the right level of moisture, roll a ping-pong-size ball (11⁄2 in [4 cm]) and flatten it between the palms of your hands. If the edges of the flattened masa are cracking, add more water until it passes the same test without cracking. (The ideal texture is moist but not sticky, pliable but not gummy.) Once it does, you're ready to get into tortilla pressing.
Storage: Table tortilla masa contains 57 to 70 percent moisture, which means that it will ferment quickly at
ambient temperatures. While I always prefer to use fresh masa immediately, you may choose to store it in the
refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Bear in mind, however, that refrigerated or
frozen masa will lose some elasticity over time, and you will most likely need to reincorporate additional moisture into the masa and mix it before use. If you are storing your masa at room temperature, I recommend holding for no longer than 4 hours. Even then, you may need to reincorporate a bit of moisture, as water will have evaporated from the masa, drying it out.
Note: This ratio was calculated using Masienda masa harina.
Reprinted with permission from Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple by Jorge Gaviria, © 2022. Published by Chronicle Books. Photographs © Graydon Herriott.
More: Did today's episode make you hungry? Find the works of those you heard on our masa show. You can also head to Masienda's website for their Masa Map, where you'll find a list of great masa spots around the country.
'Maíz is life' — the history, science, and politics of masa
Teosinte: Corn's wild unruly ancestor had a spiritual significance
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Punk rocker, DJ, musician and film-maker Don Letts give us his insight into what makes for a great film score and his role in the BBC's Sound of Cinema series.
By Jim Ottewill
When it comes to music, Don Letts is a man who has been there, done that, bought the t-shirt and made a few himself over the course of his colourful career.
Since the birth of punk, he's been an influential figure in both the twin spheres of music and film. Indeed his career has often straddled the two with the each medium taking it in turn to inform the other.
Don first appeared on London's music scene during the early days of punk. As a DJ, he was seen as a conduit to reggae music finding its way into the ears of punk rockers and was soon taken under the mentorship of the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm Mclaren before joining Mick Jones in his post-Clash hit makers Big Audio Dynamite.
Outside of music, Don has had his fingers in numerous cinematic pies, including The Clash: Westway to the World and much loved Jamaican smash, Dancehall Queen.
As a BBC 6 Music DJ, he's already played a part in the BBC Sound of Cinema series, dedicating his two hour show to his favourite soundtracks.
M spoke to him before the show aired to find out more about his career at the crossroads of sound and image…
How did you get involved in the Sound of Cinema series?
I guess I was right for it because of my show on BBC 6 Music and my 30 year career in film making, all of which has revolved around the combination of image and music.
It's interesting that people are talking about the impact of music on film and vice versa but I guess I'm coming from the third angle - the impact of these on the viewer.
What were your first impressions of sound and image on film?
I distinctly remember seeing [Jamaican crime film] The Harder they Come where I was taken by the ability of the film to use music to not only set up a scene but underscore the story too. It not only entertained but conveyed information and inspired.
It was through the likes of The Harder they Come, Performance and Walkabout that really made me think about how these elements worked together. You've got to understand that my generation were already prepped for this because we'd grown up with TV like The Avengers and Doctor Who. All employed music to create a scene and a vibe. We just didn't really think about it intellectually until much later on.
What do you think makes for a good score?
It has to be something both captivating and ignorable at the same time. A film shouldn't just rely on a soundtrack. Like Martin Scorsese's films. He's great with soundtracks but none of his films rely on the music. They're enhanced by the music but you know you could take the soundtrack away and replace it with another and it'd be just as good.
How have you chosen your music for your own films?
I can't answer that question really because to me, it's an instinctive thing. I've never really intellectualised the whys and wherefores. I mean in this Sound of Cinema series there are going to be a lot of documentaries where Neil Brand explains the mechanics of it and the scientific impact of minor and major chords on human beings.
But to me, it's always been more instinctive. I know that sounds like a cop out but it's the truth.
What are your favourite scores/favourite composers?
I've already mentioned The Harder They Come and Walkabout had a major impact on me. The whole blaxploitation side with the likes of Isaac Hayes, James Brown and Curtis Mayfield. Cinema's sound has made its mark in hip hop in terms of Boyz n The Hood, Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. It sort of goes all the way back to Performances and Walkabout to the likes of Baz Luhrmann and Quentin Tarantino who I both really like. They use music as soundtracks really well.
The hardest thing for me is that I'm as old as rock n roll. I'm like 58 years old so trying to remember the scenes these particular tracks went with is hard.
Which of your cinematic projects have been most satisfying?
The Harder They Come was a seminal movie for me. I remember seeing that and thinking I'd like to express myself visually. But I couldn't see a way forward until the punk rock DIY thing happened. I always wanted to make a London version of The Harder They Come – as I love this town. I was born and bred here. Through Chris Blackwell the very first feature film I made was called Dancehall Queen. It was a fictional story set in Jamaica and went on to be Jamaica's biggest selling movie ever. I'm very proud of it.
I'm a first generation British black and to have that so well received in Jamaica was a big deal. It actually premiered in the same cinema as The Harder they Come was shown. And when I saw three people fighting to sit in one seat, I knew I had a hit on my hands.
What about your other film projects?
I've done all the Clash videos. To be honest, the list goes on and on. Most of my documentaries have been about musical figures but I don't know how relevant they are to these series - other than underlining how everything I do is related to image and music.
Did film play a part in your role with Big Audio Dynamite?
Well a little twist to the tale was how I was a member of the band, but I couldn't play anything. So one of the most important things for me was flipping the script and taking dialogue from various movies and using it to write lyrics.
E =MC squared was a homage to [director] Nick Roeg. We employed dialogues from Performance, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Don't look Now, which was a twist.
So it was all about mixing and matching image and music. It's flipping the script. When I did put dialogue into films, it was because I couldn't play anything. But using my film knowledge I wrote lyrics with Mick Jones in the same way I'd do a synopsis or treatment for a film.
Ultimately, my whole life has been inspired by this combination of music and film. It still gets me out of bed on a day-to-day basis.
Read our full length feature - Score! Insider tips for writing soundtracks featuring interviews with the likes of Neil Brand, Coldcut and Jon Hopkins.
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U.S. Court of International Trade upholds Section 232 tariffs
On March 18, 2018, after receiving a report from the Secretary of Commerce Ross, President Trump, invoking Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, issued two proclamations imposing tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum imports.
On June 27, 2018, a group negatively impacted by the steel and aluminum tariffs, led by the American Institute for International Steel, filed suit against the government, challenging the constitutionality of the law and seeking to immediately end the tariffs. The group claimed, among other things, that Section 232 constitutes "an improper delegation of legislative authority in violation of Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution and the doctrine of separation of powers." (For reference, Article I, Section I provides that "all legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.")
On March 25, 2019, the U.S. Court of International Trade upheld President Trump's imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum. The court relied heavily on precedent in its decision. The three-judge panel specifically pointed to the 1976 Supreme Court ruling in Federal Energy Administration v. Algonquin SNG Inc., where the Court found that the Section 232 standards are "clearly sufficient to meet any delegation doctrine attack."
While not officially filing a dissent, Judge Katzmann entered an opinion dubitante, which means "the judge is unhappy about some aspect of the decision rendered, but cannot quite bring himself to record an open dissent." Katzmann recognized the precedent used by the court, but highlighted the need for "ascertainable standards" in the congressional delegation and action by the President. Here, however, President Trump used "virtually unbridled discretion" in applying the steel and aluminum tariffs.
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Terry Melvin Sims (February 5, 1942 – February 23, 2000) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Florida for the murder of George Pfeil, a sheriff deputy who was killed during a robbery at the Longwood Village Pharmacy in Longwood, Florida, in 1977. Sims was executed in 2000 with the use of lethal injection, becoming the first inmate executed with that method in Florida, after the previous execution, which was conducted under the electric chair, had been seriously botched.

Crime
On December 29, 1977, Sims along with three accomplices, James "B.B." Halsell, Curtis Baldree, and Clarence Eugene Robinson, committed a robbery at the Longwood Village Pharmacy in Longwood, Florida. Sims and Baldree entered the building, while Halsell and Robinson waited in the getaway car. Baldree went toward the back of the store to rob the pharmacist, while Sims watched the front door. They ordered the customers to enter the bathroom.

At the same time, 57-year-old former U.S. Marine Corps soldier and World War II veteran George Pfeil, a retired New York City officer (1946–1973) and the Seminole County reserve deputy sheriff (1973–1977), entered the store. When he saw that the place was being robbed, Pfeil and Sims began exchanging gunfire at one another. Pfeil was shot twice, both wounds being fatal. Sims was shot once but managed to flee the scene. Sims fled the state of Florida not long after, taking refuge in California. There, in June 1978, he was arrested after a failed robbery.

Trial
Sims was extradited to Florida to stand trial. At the trial, Halsell and Baldree testified that after Pfeil's murder, Sims bragged that he had "killed him with one bullet". Robinson was not present at the trial as he was not caught yet. In the end, Sims was found guilty of first degree murder and was sentenced to death. Baldree and Halsell were both convicted of their roles in the robbery and were both given two-year prison terms. Baldree and Halsell were eventually released, but were shot to death by Robinson in 1981 and 1982, respectively. Robinson's whereabouts were discovered and he was arrested on June 8, 1983, when he was identified for shooting and seriously wounding two FBI agents, Thomas Sobolewski and Dennis Wicklein, five days earlier.

Execution
In 1999, convicted killer Allen Lee Davis was executed in Florida by the routine method of the electric chair. During his execution, blood began rapidly pouring out of his nose, and witnesses reported that Davis was still alive after the electrocution stopped. The execution was considered by some to have been botched, and this prompted the United States Supreme Court to challenge the use of Florida's electric chair, temporarily halting all executions in the state.  By this time, other U.S. states had converted their execution method to lethal injection, and Florida soon also decided to change its method.

Sims, who had spent over 20-years on death row, was scheduled to be executed on November 2, 1999. However, a judge awarded Sims a stay of execution, rescheduling it to February 23 the next year. A week before his scheduled execution, Sims challenged the use of lethal injection, but his appeals were denied. On February 23, Sims was executed with the injection method, becoming the first person to be executed with it in Florida. His final words were "I love my family. I love all my friends and my rabbi". Since his execution, all other executions in Florida have been performed by lethal injection, although inmates can still choose to be executed by the electric chair.

See also
 Capital punishment in Florida
 Capital punishment in the United States
 List of people executed by lethal injection
 List of people executed in Florida
 List of people executed in the United States in 2000

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Members of a village in the Philippines gather for Bible study led by Marcelino Yongson. Marcelino and his wife Tess learned how to disciple believers and how to start small groups through a Samaritan's Purse training.
A Bible study in an impoverished Filipino community has resulted in hundreds of children, youth, and adults growing in their faith in Jesus Christ.
Tess and Marcelino serve God together in the Philippines.
Every medical test indicated that Tess had cancer. Doctors told her that the tumor was large and should be removed as soon as possible.
Yet, on the day of her surgery, the tumor was gone. None of the doctors could explain what had happened—but Tess knew.
Tess committed to serving God the rest of her life, and that passion led her and her husband Marcelino back to their hometown in the Philippines to start a ministry among children and young adults.
When she moved, she could hardly have expected the tremendous fruit she's seen after participating in a Samaritan's Purse evangelism training. The small Bible study she held in her home has now multiplied many fold, reaching hundreds of people in dozens of groups across the community.
Tess and Marcelino Yongson had only been Christians for a few months when Tess received the cancer diagnosis. They came to faith during a church retreat in Texas.
Adults and children are coming to faith through the Bible study started by Tess and Marcelino.
The Yongsons had moved to the United States from the Philippines years earlier to start a restaurant and although they worked hard, their business was failing and they were in debt. Yet, Tess knew that dreams of success no longer compared to her desire to serve God.
After they returned to the Philippines, Tess began reaching out to children in her village displaced by deadly Typhoon Haiyan, which had recently hit the country. She prayed with them and provided food and clothing.
She also invited children and youth to her home to study the Bible. "They were hungry for the Word of God," Tess said.
Tess was excited about having a Bible study in her home, but the group wasn't increasing in attendance. Tess had never been discipled, and she didn't know how to share her faith with others or how to start more Bible studies.
Many people in the village earn a living by growing vegetables.
Children and youth are encouraged to share their faith with family and friends. Some have even started Bible studies in their homes.
Marcelino takes time to teach the Bible to people in his village.
Valentin and Alima Caporina also participated in the Samaritan's Purse training and started a church in their remote fishing village.
Children in the Caporina's village also attend the weekly worship.
That's when the Yongsons connected with Samaritan's Purse, through our local ministry project that trains church and community leaders in the biblical foundations of Christian leadership, community outreach, and Christian counseling. They learned how to teach God's Word, disciple new believers, share the Gospel, and equip others to start small groups.
Before long, the spiritual impact was unlike anything they ever anticipated. Members of their group began sharing their faith and starting Bible studies in their own homes. Now, nearly 350 people are meeting in 40 Bible studies in the Yongsons' community and in neighboring villages.
Mylyn lives in the same village as Tess and Marcelino. Most people are farmers or travel outside the village for work in construction, as does Mylyn's husband. Construction jobs are physically demanding and the work is inconsistent, making it difficult for Mylyn and her family to sustain a stable income.
Mylyn was one of the first to participate in the village Bible study.
Mylyn was one of the first to join the Yongsons' Bible study. Although at the time she didn't know anything about the Bible, her heart was quickly overwhelmed by the Gospel and she prayed to receive Jesus Christ as her Savior.
Life is very different now that Mylyn has a personal relationship with Jesus. She is joyful and her family experiences more peace.
Her daughter has also come to faith in Christ, and Mylyn is praying that the rest of her family will soon become Christians.


Burks" former chief operating officer, Dawn Olivares, and her tech-savvy stepson have made plea deals with prosecutors and are expected to testify against him. Olivares became friends and worked with Burks on multilevel marketing companies since in the 1990s. Burks asked Olivares to join ZeekRewards and prosecutors said she collected at least $7.2 million for herself.
Burks allegedly pocketed about $11 million from ZeekRewards in 2011 alone, prosecutors said. He was a former county music disc jockey and performed as a magician in nursing homes in the 1980s and "90s. After Burks" company was shut down, federal investigators found a massive country music memorabilia collection that has since been auctioned off to refund investors.
Defense attorneys counter that Burks didn"t misrepresent the ZeekRewards program and didn"t mastermind a Ponzi or pyramid scheme. The parent company behind Burks" operations sold actual products — bids for the penny auction site or stakes in ZeekRewards, defense attorneys wrote in summing up expected trial arguments.
A court-appointed receiver said he"s recouped $356 million from ZeekRewards executives and about 9,000 investors who made big money before the collapse. About $250 million has been returned to about 107,000 claimants, attorney Kenneth Bell said in an email. His pursuit of another more than $225 million includes a bank in the former Soviet country of Moldova.


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USANA's Allie Henderson, public relations specialist who handles all Team USANA social media, was named one of PR News' People-to-Watch in PR in 2013 in the 2013 PR News People Awards.
What's Up, USANA? won Silver in the 2013 Davey Awards in the best website/blog category.
What's Up, USANA? received an honorable mention in the 2013 PR News Digital Awards — Best Blog (Organization).
USANA's social media team was honored with a Silver Stevie (Communications or PR Campaign/Program of the Year — Social Media Focused) in the 11th Annual American Business Awards.
USANA's Dan Macuga, chief communications officer, earned a Silver Stevie (PR Executive of the Year) in the <#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">11th Annual American Business Awards.
What's Up, USANA? received a Platinum Award in the 2013 Hermes Creative Awards, Blog (Corporate/Organizational) category. It's the second consecutive year this blog has been honored with a platinum Hermes award.
What's Up, USANA? earned an Award of Distinction in the 19th Annual Communicator Awards for the fifth straight year.
USANA received honorable mentions for two inaugural PR News Social Media Icon Awards — Best Social Media Team and Best Corporate Blog. Winners and honorable mentions "took chances, made incredible strides and understand the power of social media in public relations."
What's Up, USANA? earned Platinum recognition in the Creativity (Web Design)/Social Media Site category in the 2013 AVA Digital Awards, an international competition that recognizes outstanding work by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design, and production of media.
Summit Emerging Media Award
USANA's social media team earned a Summit Emerging Media Award for its efforts on a variety of platforms, including this blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, and LinkedIn. It's the second straight year USANA's social media has been honored with Summit EMA "leader" recognition.
W3 Award
What's Up, USANA? earned a W3 Silver Award — Best Business Blog.
What's Up, USANA? won Silver in the 2012 Davey Awards in the best website/blog category. For its efforts at the USANA 2011 International Convention, the social media team won a Silver award for marketing effectiveness/integrated campaign.
USANA's Dan Macuga, Chief Communications Officer, was a finalist in the 2012 PR News PR People Awards — PR Professional of the Year (Corporate).
USANA's Tim Haran, Senior Manager of Social Media, was a finalist in the 2012 PR News PR People Awards — Social Media Professional.
USANA Senior Manager of Social Media Tim Haran was a finalist in the 2012 PR News Digital Awards — Digital Communicator of the Year.
Ragan's Health Care PR & Marketing Awards
What's Up, USANA? received an honorable mention in the first Ragan's Health Care PR & Marketing Awards in the Best Blog category.
What's Up, USANA? received an APEX Award for Publication Excellence, which is an annual competition for publishers, editors, writers and designers who create print, Web, electronic and social media materials.
USANA's social media team was honored with a Bronze Stevie (Communications or PR Campaign/Program of the Year — Social Media Focused) in the <#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10th Annual American Business Awards.
What's Up, USANA? received a Platinum Award in the 2012 Hermes Creative Awards, Blog (Corporate/Organizational) category.
What's Up, USANA? earned a Silver Award of Distinction in the 18th Annual Communicator Awards.
What's Up, USANA? earned Gold recognition in two categories (Blog, Design/Social Media Site) in the 2011 AVA Awards, an international competition that recognizes outstanding work by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design, and production of media.
Summit International Awards
USANA is honored with two "leader" awards in the Social Network Marketing (USANA Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) category and Blog (What's Up, USANA?) category.
PR News PR People/Best Places to Work Awards
USANA's Dan Macuga, Vice President of Marketing, Public Relations, and Social Media, was a finalist in the 2011 PR News PR People Awards — Crisis Manager of the Year.
USANA was named one of the Top Places to Work (Corporation) in PR in the 2011 PR News Best Places to Work Awards.
What's Up, USANA? was a finalist in the 2011 PR News Digital PR Awards — Best Blog (Organization).
USANA was a finalist in the 2011 PR News Digital PR Awards — Best Use of Facebook.
Our efforts at #USANA10 (USANA's 2010 International Convention) earned us a Gold Award of Excellence for Marketing Effectiveness: Social Media in the 2011 Communicator Awards.
What's Up, USANA? earned a Silver Award of Distinction in the 2011 Communicator Awards.
The American Business Awards (Stevies®)
What's Up, USANA? and other social media efforts earned a finalist nod for Communications or PR Campaign of the Year — Social Media Focused.
PR News CSR Awards
What's Up, USANA? was a finalist in the 2011 PR News CSR Awards — Best Blog.
USANA's Tim Haran, Manager of Social Media Content, was named Blogger of the Year in the 2010 PR News PR People Awards.
USANA's Dan Macuga, Vice President of Marketing, Public Relations, and Social Media, was a finalist in the 2010 PR News PR People Awards — PR Professional of the Year (Corporate).
What's Up, USANA? was a finalist in the 2010 PR News Digital PR Awards — Best Blog.
USANA's Manager of Social Media Content Tim Haran was named a PR News Digital Communicator of the Year.
What's Up, USANA? was a finalist in the 2010 PR News Platinum PR Awards — Best Blog.
min Online
What's Up, USANA? was a Best Blog finalist in the 2010 min Best of the Web Awards.
What's Up, USANA's Tim Haran was one of three finalists for Blogger of the Year in the 2009 PR News PR People Awards.


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CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER - Original Soundtrack (W/Free Digital Download/Digital booklet)
SKU: BSXCD8831
BUYSOUNDTRAX Records, in association with GDI Records, is proud to present the original soundtrack to the 1974 Hammer Horror classic CAPTAIN KRONOS, VAMPIRE HUNTER. The soundtrack features music composed and conducted by Laurie Johnson (THE AVENGERS, DR. STRANGELOVE, FIRST MEN IN THE MOON) for the 1974 cult classic written and directed by Brian Clemens (THE AVENGERS, DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE, THE PROFESSIONALS).
Set in Eastern Europe, in the 1600s, CAPTAIN KRONOS, VAMPIRE HUNTER stars German actor Horst Janson as Kronos, expert swordsman and vampire slayer, armed with a samurai sword, along with John Cater (THE AVENGERS) as his hunchbacked assistant, Professor Hieronymos Grost. They are joined by the First Lady Of Fantasy, Caroline Munro (GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD, AT THE EARTH'S CORE) as the beautiful Gypsy girl, Carla, whom they rescue from the gallows at the beginning of the film. Together, they must unravel the mystery of a series of deaths in the countryside that has left once young and beautiful girls old and withered in their demise. Boasting exquisite Gothic set design, rich colorful photography, impressive make-up effects, and a bevy of beautiful actresses, all in typical Hammer fashion, CAPTAIN KRONOS is augmented by a superb score by composer Laurie Johnson, featuring one of the strongest main title themes that still commands the attention decades later.
Born in Hampstead, London, in 1927, Laurie Johnson undertook his musical studies at the Royal College of Music, where he would later return as a professor. He embarked on a professional musical career at the age of 21, composing and arranging for a variety of big bands, a love which continues to this day with his jazz ensemble, The London Big Band. Johnson began scoring films and television in 1956, and soon proved to have an affinity for quirky and fantastic films with his scores for Stanley Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE (1963) and FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (1964). In addition, Johnson scored episodes of THRILLER and THE AVENGERS for television, including the latter's popular title theme. Johnson also became associated with the legendary Hollywood composer, Bernard Herrmann towards the end of Herrmann's career.
The booklet contains liner notes written by noted author Randall D. Larson and a forward by Carla The Gypsy herself, Caroline Munro.
1. Innocent Maidens / Drained Of Life (2:06)
2. CAPTAIN KRONOS Main Titles (3:09)
3. Carla Released From Stocks (6:18)
4. Birthday Victim (1:32)
5. Victim Returns (0:57)
6. Kronos Meets Doctor Marcus / Evil In The Church (1:36)
7. Vampire Hunters Start Work (0:56)
8. Doctor Is Refused / Toad In The Hole (1:42)
9. Carla And Kronos (0:51)
10. Couple Kissing In The Woods / Girl Attacked Going Home (2:22)
11. Doctor Rides To The Castle / Doctor Enters The Castles (1:25)
12. Enter Sarah / Mother In Bed (1:17)
13. Bar Confrontation (1:16)
14. Surprise! (0:22)
15. Doctor Sees Figure (1:07)
16. Doctor Returns To Kronos / Setting Trap (1:26)
17. Girl Attacked By Bats (1:12)
18. Doctor Hears Noises (0:34)
19. Doctor Is A Vampire / Peace At Last (4:21)
20. Angry Mob, Magic Sword (3:48)
21. Vampire At Door / More Victims / Sarah At Father's Grave (1:39)
22. Kronos Is Protected (1:45)
23. Kronos Goes To The Castle / Carla Is Bait (1:34)
24. Stalking The Prey (3:00)
25. Bloom Of Youth / Father / Returns From The Dead (3:40)
26. Fight To The Death - God's Blade (2:48)
27. The End Of Lady Durwood (1:07)
28. Kronos Leaves / CAPTAIN KRONOS End Credit (1:44)
29. FX #1 - Spooky Cymbals (0:34)
30. FX #2 - Spooky Strings (0:31)
31. Trumpet (0:32)
32. Tymp Sweetener (0:58)
33. Tymp Sweetener #2 (0:06)
34. Sound Effects #1 (1:01)
36. Tubular Bells (0:34)
37. CAPTAIN KRONOS Theme Edit (3:33)
All Tracks BMI / PRS
Total Time (58:96)
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A DOGGONE HOLLYWOOD - Original Soundtrack Recording $8.95
A SOUND OF THUNDER - Original Soundtrack by Nick Glennie-Smith $8.95
A STAR BEYOND TIME: POPULAR SONGS FROM SCI-FI AND FANTASY $8.95


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'24: Live Another Day' trailer debuts during Super Bowl
The first trailer for the new series of 24 debuted during last night's (February 2) Super Bowl. 24: Live Another Day will bring Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) back to our screens for the first since 2010. The trailer features Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub, as Jack and an injured Chloe, as they walk through London in the middle of what appears to be a terrorist attack. The new series of the real-time action drama will comprise of just twelve episodes, rather than the usual 24, meaning some hours will be skipped. > Stephen Fry to play Prime Minister in new season of '24' 24: Live Another Day returns to Fox in the US on May 5, and will air shortly after on Sky1 in the UK. Watch the trailer below: [youtube height="315" width="560"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo4_r5RlBII[/youtube]
Rupert Grint compares JK Rowling to an 'auntie' he doesn't 'necessarily agree with'
Iris Prize Festival submissions open ahead of LGBTQ film fest return in October
Jujubee on returning to Drag Race after losing out in three finals: 'I like torture'


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Home>Egypt
Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah
Short form: Misr
Int'l short form: Egypt
Int'l long form: Arab Republic of Egypt
former: United Arab Republic (with Syria)
ISO Country Code: eg
Local Time = UTC +2h
Egypt does not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST) since 2011
Country Calling Code: +20
Capital City: Cairo (al-Qa hirah)
(pop. estimated 19 million in metropolitan area)
Alexandria (6 million), Aswan, Asyut, Port Said,Suez, Ismailia
Type: Republic run by a Military junta
Independence: 1922 (from the UK)
Constitution: 1971
Location:Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip
Area: 1 million sq. km (386 000 sq. mi.)
Terrain: mostly Desert, except the Nile valley and delta.
Climate: Dry, hot summers; moderate winters
Nationality: Egyptian(s)
Population: 82 million (2012)
Ethnic groups: Egyptian, Bedouin Arab, Nubian
Religions: Sunni Muslim 90%, Coptic Christian
Languages: Arabic (official), English, French
Literacy–total adult: 55.2%, male: 66.6%, female: 43.6%.
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc.
Agriculture products: Cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats.
Industries: Textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals.
Currency: Egyptian Pound (EGP)
In about 3100 B.C., Egypt was united under a ruler known as Mena, or Menes, who inaugurated the 30 pharaonic dynasties into which Egypt's ancient history is divided — the Old and the Middle Kingdoms and the New Empire. The pyramids at Giza (near Cairo), which were built in the fourth dynasty, testify the power of the pharaonic religion and state.
Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world. Nominally independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II.
The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile river in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt.
A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure.
In January 2011, a popular protest began against the Mubarak government, the objective of the protest was for the removal of Mubarak from power. Hosni Mubarak ruled the country since 14 October 1981. The former Egyptian politician and military commander was ousted after 18 days of demonstrations during the what is today known as the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
(Source: various sources)
Egypt is a member state of the League of Arab States
border countries: Palestinian territory (Gaza Strip), Israel, Libya, Sudan
related countries: United Kingdom