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When your body burns its stores of fat, it can be hard on your kidneys. And starting a ketogenic diet -- or going back to a normal diet afterward -- can be tricky if you’re obese because of other health issues you’re likely to have, like diabetes, a heart condition, or high blood pressure. If you have any of these conditions, make diet changes slowly and only with the guidance of your doctor.
Lots of apps and websites offer keto diet challenges—basically, a blueprint for the keto diet with a fixed starting and ending point (they typically last for a week to a month, though some may be longer). Speaking of apps, plenty of keto-centric ones are right at your fingertips (a.k.a., your smartphone), like the KetoDiet app, which can help you calculate your macros and track your keto diet effectively.
In terms of weight loss, you may be interested in trying the ketogenic diet because you’ve heard that it can make a big impact right away. And that’s true. “Ketogenic diets will cause you to lose weight within the first week,” says Mattinson. She explains that your body will first use up all of its glycogen stores (the storage form of carbohydrate). With depleted glycogen, you’ll drop water weight. While it can be motivating to see the number on the scale go down (often dramatically), do keep in mind that most of this is water loss initially.
Drink at least 2 liters (0.53 US gal) of water each day. Water has the double effect of both hydrating your body and filling your stomach with a certain volume of a liquid that has zero calories. The Institute of Medicine determined that an adequate intake (AI) for men is roughly 3 liters (0.8 US gal) (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day. The AI for women is 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day.
1 Reference for 5%: Blackburn G. (1995). Effect of degree of weight loss on health benefits. Obesity Research 3: 211S-216S. Reference for 10%: NIH, NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative. Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.pdf Cdc-pdf[PDF-1.25MB]External
A Cochrane systematic review in 2018 found and analysed eleven randomized controlled trials of ketogenic diet in people with epilepsy for whom drugs failed to control their seizures. Six of the trials compared a group assigned to a ketogenic diet with a group not assigned to one. The other trials compared types of diets or ways of introducing them to make them more tolerable. In the largest trial of the ketogenic diet with a non-diet control, nearly 38% of the children and young people had half or fewer seizures with the diet compared 6% with the group not assigned to the diet. Two large trials of the Modified Atkins Diet compared to a non-diet control had similar results, with over 50% of children having half or fewer seizures with the diet compared to around 10% in the control group.
There are theoretically no restrictions on where the ketogenic diet might be used, and it can cost less than modern anticonvulsants. However, fasting and dietary changes are affected by religious and cultural issues. A culture where food is often prepared by grandparents or hired help means more people must be educated about the diet. When families dine together, sharing the same meal, it can be difficult to separate the child's meal. In many countries, food labelling is not mandatory so calculating the proportions of fat, protein and carbohydrate is difficult. In some countries, it may be hard to find sugar-free forms of medicines and supplements, to purchase an accurate electronic scale, or to afford MCT oils.
#6) Zero-calorie beverages are okay. I drink green tea in the morning for my caffeine kick while writing. If you want to drink water, black coffee, or tea during your fasted period, that’s okay. Remember, don’t overthink it – keep things simple! Dr. Rhonda Patrick over at FoundMyFitness believes that a fast should stop at the first consumption of anything other than water, so experiment yourself and see how your body responds.
A study with an intent-to-treat prospective design was published in 1998 by a team from the Johns Hopkins Hospital and followed-up by a report published in 2001. As with most studies of the ketogenic diet, no control group (patients who did not receive the treatment) was used. The study enrolled 150 children. After three months, 83% of them were still on the diet, 26% had experienced a good reduction in seizures, 31% had had an excellent reduction, and 3% were seizure-free.[Note 7] At 12 months, 55% were still on the diet, 23% had a good response, 20% had an excellent response, and 7% were seizure-free. Those who had discontinued the diet by this stage did so because it was ineffective, too restrictive, or due to illness, and most of those who remained were benefiting from it. The percentage of those still on the diet at two, three, and four years was 39%, 20%, and 12%, respectively. During this period, the most common reason for discontinuing the diet was because the children had become seizure-free or significantly better. At four years, 16% of the original 150 children had a good reduction in seizure frequency, 14% had an excellent reduction, and 13% were seizure-free, though these figures include many who were no longer on the diet. Those remaining on the diet after this duration were typically not seizure-free, but had had an excellent response.
Fancy coffee drinks from trendy coffee joints often pack several hundred calories, thanks to whole milk, whipped cream, sugar, and sugary syrups. A cup of regular coffee with skim milk has just a small fraction of those calories. And when brewed with good beans, it tastes just as great. You can also try nonfat powdered milk in coffee. You’ll get the nutritional benefits of skim milk, which is high in calcium and low in calories. And, because the water has been removed, powdered milk doesn’t dilute the coffee the way skim milk does. Here are 11 metabolism myths you have to stop believing.
Where diets can complicate life, intermittent fasting may simplify it. Where diets can be expensive, intermittent fasting can be free. Where diets can take time, fasting saves time. Where diets may be limited in their availability, fasting is available anywhere. And as discussed earlier, fasting is a potentially powerful method for lowering insulin and decreasing body weight.
Studies have found that overweight people who ate a moderate-fat diet containing almonds lost more weight than a control group that didn’t eat nuts. Snacking once or twice a day is one of the easy ways to lose weight that helps stave off hunger and keeps your metabolism stoked. You can also pack up baby carrots or your own trail mix with the healthiest nuts you can eat, plus raisins, seeds, and dried fruit. Here are 30 healthy snacks that can help you lose weight.
A 2018 review of intermittent fasting in obese people showed that reducing calorie intake one to six days per week over at least 12 weeks was effective for reducing body weight on an average of 7 kilograms (15 lb); the results were not different from a simple calorie restricted diet, and the clinical trials reviewed were run mostly on middle-aged women from the US and the UK, limiting interpretation of the results. Intermittent fasting has not been studied in children, the elderly, or underweight people, and could be harmful in these populations.
The ketogenic diet is a mainstream dietary therapy that was developed to reproduce the success and remove the limitations of the non-mainstream use of fasting to treat epilepsy.[Note 2] Although popular in the 1920s and '30s, it was largely abandoned in favour of new anticonvulsant drugs. Most individuals with epilepsy can successfully control their seizures with medication. However, 20–30% fail to achieve such control despite trying a number of different drugs. For this group, and for children in particular, the diet has once again found a role in epilepsy management.
The first modern study of fasting as a treatment for epilepsy was in France in 1911. Twenty epilepsy patients of all ages were "detoxified" by consuming a low-calorie vegetarian diet, combined with periods of fasting and purging. Two benefited enormously, but most failed to maintain compliance with the imposed restrictions. The diet improved the patients' mental capabilities, in contrast to their medication, potassium bromide, which dulled the mind.
Conklin's fasting therapy was adopted by neurologists in mainstream practice. In 1916, a Dr McMurray wrote to the New York Medical Journal claiming to have successfully treated epilepsy patients with a fast, followed by a starch- and sugar-free diet, since 1912. In 1921, prominent endocrinologist Henry Rawle Geyelin reported his experiences to the American Medical Association convention. He had seen Conklin's success first-hand and had attempted to reproduce the results in 36 of his own patients. He achieved similar results despite only having studied the patients for a short time. Further studies in the 1920s indicated that seizures generally returned after the fast. Charles P. Howland, the parent of one of Conklin's successful patients and a wealthy New York corporate lawyer, gave his brother John Elias Howland a gift of $5,000 to study "the ketosis of starvation". As professor of paediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, John E. Howland used the money to fund research undertaken by neurologist Stanley Cobb and his assistant William G. Lennox.
Studies found that people who keep food diaries wind up eating about 15 percent less food than those who don’t. And, new research suggests logging what you eat is one of the most effective and easy ways to lose weight. Watch out for weekends: A University of North Carolina study found people tend to consume an extra 115 calories per weekend day, primarily from alcohol and fat. Then cut out or down calories from spreads, dressings, sauces, condiments, drinks, and snacks; they could make the difference between weight gain and loss. Here are 50 easy ways to lose weight naturally.
A review of multiple studies in the journal Nutrients found that ketogenic diets are connected to significant reductions in total cholesterol, increases in “good” HDL cholesterol levels, dips in triglycerides levels and decreases in “bad” LDL cholesterol; there are questions as to whether diets high in saturated fat negate these benefits. The same paper reports that a ketogenic may slightly reduce blood pressure, but science is still very scant on this point.
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders after stroke, and affects around 50 million people worldwide. It is diagnosed in a person having recurrent, unprovoked seizures. These occur when cortical neurons fire excessively, hypersynchronously, or both, leading to temporary disruption of normal brain function. This might affect, for example, the muscles, the senses, consciousness, or a combination. A seizure can be focal (confined to one part of the brain) or generalised (spread widely throughout the brain and leading to a loss of consciousness). Epilepsy can occur for a variety of reasons; some forms have been classified into epileptic syndromes, most of which begin in childhood. Epilepsy is considered refractory (not yielding to treatment) when two or three anticonvulsant drugs have failed to control it. About 60% of patients achieve control of their epilepsy with the first drug they use, whereas around 30% do not achieve control with drugs. When drugs fail, other options include epilepsy surgery, vagus nerve stimulation, and the ketogenic diet.
There’s also some evidence that it might help with type 2 diabetes. “An emerging body of research is finding that a keto plan may have some real benefits thanks to its ability to improve the body’s ability to use insulin and also help control appetite, which can result in easier weight loss,” says Karen Ansel, R.D.N., co-author of Healthy in a Hurry.
Lose It! This two-week phase is designed to jump-start your weight loss, so you may lose up to 6 to 10 pounds (2.7 to 4.5 kilograms) in a safe and healthy way. In this phase, you focus on lifestyle habits that are associated with weight. You learn how to add five healthy habits, break five unhealthy habits and adopt another five bonus healthy habits. This phase can help you see some quick results — a psychological boost — and start practicing important habits that you'll carry into the next phase of the diet.


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Slapping tariffs on aluminum imports could make beer more expensive, writes Joe Deaux over at Bloomberg Markets:
"Donald Trump’s efforts to save American metal-making jobs by punishing cheap imports may come with an bitter side effect: pricier beer.
That’s the view of Tim Weiner, senior commodity risk manager at Molson Coors Brewing Co. and its MillerCoors LLC unit. 'If there are duties on aluminum coming to this country, it will obviously get passed on to us and the customer,' he told an industry conference in Chicago Wednesday. 'Our prices will go up.'
The brewer’s warning juxtaposes the enthusiasm of producer Century Aluminum Co. at the prospect U.S. authorities will take action against unfairly priced imports. Following a World Trade Organization complaint filed by the Obama administration in January, Trump signed an executive memorandum in April initiating an investigation into aluminum imports as part of a push to bring back jobs to America’s rust belt.
But if the U.S. does impose import duties on primary aluminum, it will affect the roughly 5,000 brewers scattered across every congressional district, Weiner said. Asked about the likelihood of such duties, he said: 'It depends on whether it’s politically motivated, or business motivated. I think there’s political motivation for putting some tariffs on.'
About 60 percent of the brewer’s packaging is aluminum can, 'and we don’t expect that to change,' Weiner said. 'We’re giving our customers what they want, and what they want is cans.'..."


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Judith Blackstone is the Director of the New York City-based Center for Transpersonal Embodied Psychotherapy and the Woodstock-based Realization Center. She also teaches at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and Empire State College, both of which are part of the State University of New York. Living Intimately: A Guide to Achieving Spiritual Harmony in Relationships is one of her books.
- The Fullness of the Ground A Guide to Embodied Awakening
- Trauma And The Unbound Body: The Healing Power Of Fundamental Consciousness
- The Empathic Ground: Intersubjectivity And Nonduality In The Psychotherapeutic Process
- Belonging Here: A Guide For The Spiritually Sensitive Person
- The Enlightenment Process: A Guide To Embodied Spiritual Awakening (Revised And Expanded)

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Private equity pioneer Onex Corp. is living the dream these days.
After spending the better part of two years hunkered down through what company executives recently described as a "sluggish" period for initial public offerings, Onex and its private equity peers have experienced a sea-change in market sentiment. Surging equity markets and robust takeover activity mean PE firms are now seeing opportunities to exit investments through either IPOs or the outright sale of businesses to rival companies.
It's the perfect dynamic for a PE company that wants to exit an investment, as sellers have the luxury of playing off public markets against strategic buyers, running what investment bankers call a "dual track process" for selling a business.
Toronto-based Onex, founded in 1984 and currently managing a $24-billion (U.S.) portfolio, is said to be exploring the sale of two holdings, brokerage USI Insurance Services and trade show staging company Emerald Expositions Inc. As is their custom, Onex executives declined to comment on their plans for these two businesses. In a report on Onex published last month, CIBC World Markets analyst Paul Holden said: "We would not be surprised to see the monetization of investments in USI and Emerald Expositions in 2017."
Onex has already tapped a resurgent IPO market to take profits on a major holding. In January, the company sold a portion of its stake in Jeld-Wen Holding Inc. as part of the door and window maker's $575-million debut on the NYSE. Onex invested in the company in 2011. Jeld-Wen went public at $23 a share and is now changing hands at $30.
Rival PE firms are behind three other well-received Canadian IPOs. Financial backers cashed in by selling stakes in clothing retailer Aritzia Inc. late last year and restaurant chain Freshii Inc. in January, along with the soon-to-be-public parka maker Canada Goose Holdings Inc.
But not all recent exits by PE firms have taken the form of public offerings. With merger and acquisition activity playing out at a heady pace, due in part to low interest rates and a supportive credit market, Canadian PE companies have posted significant gains this year by selling businesses to competitors. For example, Brookfield Business Partners L.P. sold bathroom fixtures maker Maax Bath Inc. to rival American Bath Group in January. Brookfield pocketed $140-million, or 2.8 times its investment in the business, which was acquired in 2008. American Bath is a private company, controlled by Dallas-based PE firm Lone Star Funds.
Onex has already hired investment bankers to guide the potential sale of USI, according to a recent report from Reuters. Onex acquired the insurance brokerage in 2012 for $2.3-billion, putting $700-million of equity in the transaction. With Onex's backing, USI made a series of acquisitions that are now contributing to the company's results. CIBC's Mr. Holden noted that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (or EBITDA) are up 38 per cent over four years to $353-million annually.
Trade show company Emerald Expositions was purchased in 2013 for $950-million, with $350-million of equity from Onex. The same game plan of rolling up smaller rivals over the past three years boosted EBITDA by 64 per cent to $159-million a year, according to the CIBC analyst.
Over a storied career, Onex founder Gerry Schwartz has shown a deft and unsentimental touch when it comes to exiting investments. If everyone else in the market is a buyer, Mr. Schwartz and his colleages will be sellers. In recent months, it's become clear that the Onex team has an opportunity to cash in holdings in at least two businesses, at a time when both IPO and M&A markets are booming. Deals are coming, and the only debate is over how Onex chooses to exit.

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Technology was meant to make life so much easier. Paperless offices. Cheap communication tools. And, of course, robot vacuum cleaners. But instead we're lonelier, more stressed and getting our hair eaten by our electronic assistants. Woman's Day has noticed this shift as well, so, as part of a big—and quite rare—$1.5 million campaign via FCB, it's foisted a Zsa-Zsa Gabor-esque character upon the nation in an effort to give its readers permission to take a break without feeling guilty about it.
As a quintessential challenger brand, independent, family owned oil company Gull has tried a few things to get noticed, from themed toilets, to aggressive pricing (and criticism of the pricing structure of its national competition), to road rage reduction tools to docking wages of staff for customer theft. And, in an effort to draw attention to its biofuel, Gull Force 10, it worked with Contagion to create an edible billboard as part of its sponsorship of the Splore music festival.
A couple of years ago, Lion and Shine attempted to modernise the Speight's brand and launched a campaign featuring a nice Kiwi chap swimming against a tide of rudeness in New York. At the time, some felt it was a bit too close to Steinlager territory, but the sentiment of the Southern man was there in the tagline ‘knowing what matters since 1876'. Now the brand has gone back to its heartland territory with a big new campaign via DDB that focuses on the idea of mateship.
Last week's report on magazine readership and circulation figures once again reiterated that print is undergoing a period of transition as audiences shift their media consumption online. And looking at Nielsen's readership and ABC's circulation results, it's more of the same. However, there was some good news for the rural and community publications.
Since launching its 'Do your thing better' brand a few years back, Vodafone has generally looked for laughs rather than warm fuzzies (although it managed to tug a few heartstrings with its Warriors stunt on mother's day). But it decided to focus on the emotional power of connection for its Christmas push and it's taken Colmar Brunton's Ad Impact Award for its efforts.
The radio industry isn't alone in this bid to provide more accurate information to clients. Recently, the Magazine Publishers Association (MPA) announced the launch of a new Nielsen-provided methodology that quantifies the total audience potential (TAP) of a magazine by incorporating pick-ups into magazine reach and frequency schedules.
Last night, the New Zealand Direct Marketing Awards again celebrated the best examples of direct marketing in the industry. And it proved quite a fruitful night for the Clemenger Group as JustOne/.99 and Colenso BBDO/Proximity walked away with impressive hauls. PLUS: JustOne/.99 managing partner Amy Watson breaks her toe during over-zealous celebration.
Typically, agency folk harness their creativity to help clients’ businesses. But occasionally that creativity is put towards their own projects. And that's exactly what globally recognised young creative and burrito aficionado Ben Polkinghorne has done with the Bangerrito, a burrito-flavoured sausage that's made its way onto a few high end supermarket shelves and, all going to plan, might soon be seen in other markets.
ASB and Saatchi & Saatchi NZ have previously shown their prowess for Facebook campaigns through the hugely successful 'Like Loan' iniative, and the pair have now returned to the platform. But rather than focusing on home loans, the latest campaign aims to convince Kiwis to take up life insurance. The new campaign takes the form of a survey in a series of questions that aim to determine if you're replaceable.
For the first time since public relations company Edelman first ran its trust barometer survey, which gauges the levels of trust societies have in various organisations, search engines have overtaken traditional media as the most-trusted source for attaining general news and information.
With innovations in digital payment methodologies, our society is becoming increasingly cashless. And, according to a new Mastercard survey, Kiwis are slowly becoming okay with that, with many starting to warm up to the idea of digital wallets. The survey of shopping habits showed 75 percent of New Zealanders regularly shop online and two thirds are open to the idea of using a digital wallet.
Digital is no longer the siloed side project that's only tapped into if there's enough budget left over. It's now an integral part of the comms strategy of most major brands, and its prominence is only becoming stronger as the online audience grows. To investigate the changing face of digital, StopPress has launched 'Rise of the machines', a new series in which we chat to few brains in the industry about how the channel is evolving. First up is DDB's digital creative director Hadyn Kerr.
For those of you who have longed to put yourselves in the shoes of a criminal defence lawyer, now you can, in the digital world at least. TV2 has launched a new campaign in the form of an online game to promote its show How to Get Away with Murder, through the release of a murder mystery game that casts the player as part of a criminal defence team fighting to clear a client's name.
According to Spark Home, Mobile and Business chief executive Chris Quin, fewer than 40 percent of small businesses have a website. And of those that do, only a quarter have a website that's mobile responsive. So, in an effort to remedy this problem, Spark has released new promotion that offers business customers 24 months' access to a Putti mobile-responsive website.
Despite approaching his 80th birthday, contemporary pop artist Billy Apple (something of a human brand) hasn't lost the desire to create. And now, in collaboration with Saatchi’s design director Derek Lockwood, he has released a Billy Apple-branded cider.
Who's it for: Hallensteins by Lachlan McPherson and Friends and Perceptual Engineering
Why we like it: Hallensteins has made a habit of filming its ads overseas, and, judging by its sales results, it seems to be working. While this isn't quite as enthralling as the last one shot on the Bonneville Salt flats, you can't lose with a bit of Cuban exoticism. And the revolutionary aspects of the country's history tie-in nicely to its brand of 'brothers'.
Who's it for: Warriors by Special Group and 8com.
Why we like it: The 'fans staring seriously at the camera while reciting an earnest poem about their team/sport' is fairly common, some might even say a bit cliched (ANZ is currently slamming it in our faces with its 'Dream Big' campaign). But the fans seem to love this one. And that's the important bit.
Who's it for: Neon by DDB
Why we like it: Emotion generally tops rationality in advertising, as this clever piss-take shows. And unlike Lightbox, which took the 'look at all our shows' approach (and in a similar fashion to its Murmuration spot last year), Sky has gone with a more abstract idea to promote the launch of its SVOD service Neon. Given some of the reviews it has received so far, let's hope this doesn't fall into the 'good advertising making a bad product fail faster' category. Although with Sky still raking in the profits from existing subscribers, it can probably afford to join what chief executive John Fellet called a 'suicide pact'.


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Biswal, S (2010) Preparation of Hydroxyapatite Porous Scaffold. BTech thesis.
The present work deals with the preparation and study of bioceramic scaffold using hydroxyapatite powder as the source material. Hap powder was prepared by Co-Precipitation technique using Ca(NO3)2.4H2O and (NH4)2HPO4 as raw materials. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) spectroscopy and BET analysis were used to characterize the Hap powder and calculate its crystallite size, surface area and particle size. Polyethylene glycol (PEG – 600) was used as the pore former to produce the bioceramic scaffold. Bulk density, apparent porosity and compressive strength of the scaffold were calculated. Thereafter, characterization techniques like Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) were carried out to study the macro/micro pores and microstructure of the scaffold in detail. In the end, in-vitro bioactivity using SBF was done which was followed by a detailed SEM study of the SBF-treated scaffold which showed the growth of tissue over the scaffold surface.
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Philip Halpin, Senior Vice President & Head of Global Security for Brown Brothers Harriman, and James A. Gagliano, Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent, CNN Law Enforcement Analyst, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, headline ISC East’s Keynote Series.
ISC East, sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), is proud to announce not one, but two new keynote speakers for this year’s inaugural Keynote Series. The ISC East Keynote Series features veterans of the security industry who are well-known for their widely-respected accomplishments; and who are prepared to help security and public safety professionals gain new perspectives to arm them with the information they need to lead the security industry into the future.
Security Management & Analysis
Halpin plans to discuss how technology is poised to disrupt the physical security industryFeatured in the Day One Keynote on November 14th titled “Friend or Foe? Technology Disruption and the Physical Security Industry,” Philip Halpin, Senior Vice President & Head of Global Security for one of the country’s oldest and largest privately held financial firms Brown Brothers Harriman, will speak on how he deals with the demands on security and people management, while riding the wave of technology disruption. Halpin also plans to discuss how technology has changed how we work and live, and how it’s clearly poised to disrupt the physical security industry.
Day Two’s Keynote Series session on November 15th will highlight James A. Gagliano, a Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent, CNN Law Enforcement Analyst, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at St. John’s University. Gagliano’s session, titled “Twenty-First Century Best Practices: Reporting from the Front Lines on How Law Enforcement and the Security Industry are Confronting Emerging Threats, ” will discuss some of the 21st Century changes in law enforcement and security postures, as well as address recent responses to contemporary challenges, such as active shooters, bombings, VIP protection, and drone applications by identifying and breaking down an ever-evolving threat matrix.
“ISC East is honored to have Philip Halpin and James Gagliano as Keynote Speakers for our 2018 event. Their extensive experience managing real-world security and safety issues will be very valuable for our audience at the Show. The ISC East Keynote Series spans from corporate and private sector security to law enforcement and public safety, reflecting essential content in line with our ISC Security Events theme of Comprehensive Security for a Safer, Connected World,” said Will Wise, Group Vice President, Security Portfolio at Reed Exhibitions.
The SIA Education@ISC East Program helps security professionals learn from experts and take their security to the next levelIn addition to the Keynote Series, ISC East features SIA Education@ISC, an inspiring free education program composed of over 25 sessions that provide critical information on the newest and most relevant technologies in the industry. Brought to you by SIA, the SIA Education@ISC East Program delivers all-new content on the most current business trends, technologies and latest developments to help security professionals learn from experts, keep up-to-date and take their security to the next level.
Public Safety & Security
“The security industry attends ISC East not only for the diversity of technology solutions on the Show Floor, but for the practical education and thought-provoking keynotes for which the event has become known for,” said Don Erickson, CEO of the Security Industry Association. “Keynote speakers like Philip Halpin and James Gagliano combined with more than two dozen compelling SIA Education@ISC sessions, create an exceptional content program for ISC East 2018.”
Taking place November 14-15, 2018 at the Javits Center, ISC East is Northeast’s largest security trade show where over 7,000 security and public safety professionals convene in New York each year to meet experts from over 250 leading security brands through exhibits, education, networking events, and more. New this year, ISC East will be co-located with Unmanned Security Expo and Infosecurity North America, creating a fully comprehensive event for the security industry in New York City.
ISC East, sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), the Northeast's premier security industry convention for new products, solutions and technologies, announced its co-locating with Infosecurity North America and Unmanned Security Expo (USE). This move provides security professionals with even more opportunities to yield the benefits of robust educational sessions, listen to high-level speakers, explore new products and services, network with fellow security industry members and more. ISC East, Infosecurity North America and Unmanned Security Expo will take place November 14-15, 2018 at the Javits Center in New York City.
Cyber-physical Crime Prevention
"New York is considered home to some of the most influential technology brands in the world. And given the city's burgeoning cybersecurity space, bringing Infosecurity North America and Unmanned Security Expo here is a natural fit, as well as an excellent way to facilitate face time with the best and brightest the city has to offer," said John Hyde, Exhibition Director, Infosecurity North America. "We're on track to drive over 4,000 security professionals to the show this year - many of who are executive-level decision makers. Co-locating with these two additional leading security shows opens the door of opportunity, helping attendees meet new companies and professionals who all have one common goal: bringing home tangible tactics to fight complex, evolving cyber threats."
USE provides an area solely dedicated to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Ground Robotics & Vehicles (UGVs), counter-drone solutions
Counter-drone Security Solutions
The second year since its inception at ISC West in April 2017, USE provides an area solely dedicated to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Ground Robotics & Vehicles (UGVs), counter-drone solutions and the software and applications that support them. Attendees will have access to hands-on demos of the latest innovations in drone technologies, conversations with industry experts about changing FAA regulations, and more.
Infosecurity North America & USE
"With Infosecurity North America and Unmanned Security Expo co-locating with ISC East, attendees will have access to an abundance of resources and educational opportunities, arming them with the tools and skills needed to defend against today's emerging cyber-physical security threats," said Will Wise, Group Vice President of the ISC Security Portfolio at Reed Exhibitions. "We're looking forward to having these powerhouse conferences under the same roof for the first time and bringing the brightest minds in security together to knowledge-share."
Listed on Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Lists, ISC East was named one of the "Fastest 50" growing shows in the country by Net Square Feet of Exhibit Space and is continuing to expand. Through its partnership with Infosecurity North America and USE, ISC East will attract more attendees than ever before, providing them with access to new companies, associations and industry peers, all in the same convention center.
Paige DataCom Solutions, the developer of GameChanger, a new cable designed to significantly exceed the reach of traditional category cable, announced the results of an independent performance evaluation completed by UL LLC as part of its Marketing Claim Verification program. The UL assessment evaluated the performance of the award-winning GameChanger cable technology and verifies the claim that it delivers 1 Gbps performance and PoE+ over 200 meters.
"We are thrilled that the leading independent testing facility verifies that GameChanger delivers this type of performance at over twice the standard cable length," said David Coleman, VP of business development for Paige Electric Co., LP. “These results independently document that Paige’s GameChanger Cable really lives up to its name. With a reach that far exceeds traditional cable, it can save integrators and end-users an enormous amount of time, money and hassle across many different applications."
Paige’s GameChanger Cable
Paige’s GameChanger cable extends the reach for any Ethernet application including high definition video and PoE+ to 850’ without a repeater making it ideal for replacing a CCTV and for use in applications that are beyond the 100m reach of a traditional category cable. This cable eliminates intermediate IDF requirements and the need to install repeaters or transceivers, which are costly and introduce additional points of failure.
In April 2018, GameChanger was recognized by the Security Industry Association (SIA) as the best in Video Surveillance Hardware and Accessories in the New Product Showcase at the ISC West trade show. Previously, GameChanger was presented with the Platinum Award in the Cabling Installation & Maintenance 2017 Innovators Awards Program at the BICSI trade show.
HID Global, global provider of trusted identity solutions, sponsored a Mission 500 Care Pack initiative at the recent ISC West International Security Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. Mission 500 is a charitable organization that works closely with the security industry to serve the needs of children living in severe poverty across the United States.
HID’s Care Pack Build at ISC West
By using their intimate knowledge of the security industry, Mission 500 has helped focus industry efforts on sponsoring volunteer-driven initiatives. HID Global, a longtime supporter of Mission 500, sponsored a Care Pack Build at ISC West where volunteers loaded 500 bags with healthcare supplies. These packs were then distributed by The Children’s Health Fund and were personally delivered by Mission 500, HID Global, Freeman and the ISC West Security Events team.
Security 5k/2k Charity Run/Walk
In addition to the Care Pack Build, Mission 500 also hosted its ninth annual Security 5k/2k Charity Run/Walk at ISC West. Proceeds from this event, which raised $113,000, were donated to charity projects in both the US and Puerto Rico that help children living in poverty.
“HID Global is proud to sponsor an event with such a worthy cause,” said Rodney Glass, Senior Vice President and COO of HID Global. “HID remains committed to be a good corporate citizen by working with groups like Mission 500 and The Children’s Health Fund to help give back to communities in need.”
Delivering on high expectations, the first day of ISC West 2019 kicked off with a crowded Sands Expo Center and exhibitors putting forward their best new technologies. Developments seemed more evolutionary than revolutionary, but attendees quickly found plenty of interest.
Hanwha Techwin also showed off a new Android camera that can deploy new apps
The largest booth at ISC West, Hanwha Techwin, remained crowded throughout the first day as attendees checked out the company’s eight new thermal cameras offering features such as pan-tilt-zoom, H.265 encoding to minimize storage needs, VGA resolution and detection of temperature changes, all built on Hanwha Techwin’s Wisenet chip.
There is also a new 5-megapixel version of Hanwha’s popular 2-megapixel multi-sensor camera, and a new panoramic camera; multi-sensor panoramic cameras ‘stitch’ the images together rather than just aligning them. Hanwha Techwin also showed off a new Android camera that can deploy new apps developed as part of the Korean company’s role as a founding member of Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA).
Avigilon's H5 series
Avigilon is introducing a new line of cameras — the H5 series — with improved imaging and designed to provide deep learning/neural network processing at the edge. Improvements to video analytics will enable the cameras to track multiple moving objects simultaneously in a field of view and to track objects more accurately.
More granularity enables better differentiation among types of vehicles, and the cameras enable more detailed data to be pulled from video. The improved analytics engine will also support better face detection and recognition.
Operators can view the dashboard and react to information provided in a more digestible format
The new version of Avigilon Control Center 7 (ACC7) software will apply principles of AI to enhance an operator’s ‘Focus of Attention’ when monitoring live video. Video is fed into an AI engine that determines which events in the live footage are most worthy of an operator’s attention. Monitoring live video can be a challenge for human operators, whose short attention spans undermine the best surveillance systems.
Automation helps to direct that limited attention span to events most worthy of attention. A ‘dashboard’ displays clusters of cameras that are color-coded to reflect the types of activity that are detected. Rather than watching video, operators can view the dashboard and react to information provided in a more digestible format. Clicking brings up the live video.
Quantum Cloud Storage Platform
Video storage is another area of innovation at ISC West. The Quantum Cloud Storage Platform is flexible for video surveillance and industrial IoT applications. The architecture is built from the ground up for video surveillance applications and can scale from five cameras to millions of cameras in a simple deployment model — no settings or configurations needed. Products range from a small ‘mini-tower’ configuration for a retail store or gas station up to rack-mount servers that can accommodate thousands of cameras.
We make the storage piece so simple that you don’t have to think about it"
Quantum introduced the VS-Series in a range of server choices at ISC West. The hyperconverged and software-defined environment will support a combination of video management systems (VMS), along with access control, HVAC and lighting controls. Quantum worked with Johnson Controls to develop the products.
“It’s designed for an installer, not for an IT guru,” says Jamie Lerner, Quantum’s CEO, President and Chairman of the Board. “We make the storage piece so simple that you don’t have to think about it.” Quantum is showing its VS-Series publicly for the risk time at ISC West.
S2’s Magic Monitor
LenelS2 is a newly coined name in the industry — resulting from a recent acquisition. The combination of Lenel and the acquired S2 is playing out to the benefit of both product lines. For example, Lenel’s Blue Diamond mobile credentialing system can now be used along with the S2 Netbox hardware.
Lenel’s OnGuard is being combined into S2’s Magic Monitor unified solution that combines video, access control, and digital messaging. OnGuard is also benefitting from Magic Monitor’s graphics maps. The S2 Cumulus cloud-based service, focused on system health monitoring, is being applied to OnGuard.
LenelS2 is also developing a full commercial access control as a service (ACaaS) offering
The combined LenelS2 is stepping up with new solutions for frictionless access control, too. A ‘phone as a badge’ approach enables a door to be unlocked by a smart phone, even if it is in a pocket, locked and/or the app has not been opened. Another alternative is a ‘shake to open’ action that sends the credential to the nearest reader.
LenelS2 is also developing a full commercial access control as a service (ACaaS) offering, which is being previewed at ISC Show and will be released commercially later in the year.
Video surveillance product line
Mobotix is expanding its MOVE video surveillance product line with six new models announced at the show and broadening its reach into new vertical markets. A solutions approach offers both end-to-end Mobotix systems and other systems offered in conjunction with technology partnerships displayed in the Mobotix booth.
Top of the list of new verticals is education, and Mobotix’s edge-based approach includes programmable logic built in so that ‘technology can take over when the human element is the weakest.’ Automated response is faster and ‘seconds equal lives’ during an emergency. In an education scenario, the Mobotix system acts as an Internet of Things (IoT) device that offers more functionality than other manufacturers’ ‘cameras.’
There are 22 steps involved to ensure the cybersecurity of Mobotix products, reflecting a higher level of cybersecurity commitment
Mobotix has thermal products that are also finding uses in a variety of verticals, from oil and gas to manufacturing process control. Mobotix systems that can detect defects in products in the manufacturing process are expanding usage in applications beyond the traditional ‘security’ industry.
Mobotix is looking at the market in a completely different way, redefining how their products can fit into a variety of scenarios, and with a focus on cybersecurity. There are 22 steps involved to ensure the cybersecurity of Mobotix products, reflecting a higher level of cybersecurity commitment than some other manufacturers.
“There are so many features within our solutions, and we want to get the word out to the end users, so they understand the features,” says Thomas Lausten, Mobotix CEO. “There is untapped potential.”
The concept of door locks means something totally different in our current age of smarter buildings that house data-driven businesses. Hardware locks and keys are still around, but they co-exist with a brave new world of electronic locks, wireless locks, networked systems, and smarter access control. Locks can also increasingly be a part of a smart building’s flow of data. The opportunities of these new technologies and approaches are significant, but there are also pitfalls. I heard an interesting discussion about these topics presented by several business leaders from lock company Allegion at a press event at ISC West earlier this year. Here are some highlights from that discussion.
Q: What new developments in emerging technologies do you see in the coming years?
There’s opportunity for implementation of the technology to solve real problems"
Mark Jenner, Market Development Director: Connected locks, other types of sensors and all the data being aggregated inside buildings provide opportunity for data analytics. The buzzwords around technologies can cause confusion for integrators and end users, such as artificial intelligence, deep learning and machine learning, and what’s the difference among all of them? My opinion is that they are important, but the big theme across them all is opportunities for new business models for the integrator, and opportunities to solve problems for end users. And it’s not just technology for technology’s sake. There’s opportunity for implementation of the technology to solve real problems.
Devin Love, Market Development Manager: You can’t just have a solution looking for a problem. You see a lot of people who understand technology in their own lives, and they want to translate that into their businesses. That’s where I think it’s exciting. You now have all this technology, and people understand it to the extent that it improves their daily life. They go through their day with less friction, with more ease, and technology fades to the background. There are two levels of value. One is the longer, bigger, broader scope of what the technology can bring to a company using it, but on an immediate basis, there is the value of tracking how a business is running. These sensors are collecting data. For example, if you are a multi-tenant property, you can look at how amenities are being used. What do my residents really care about? That informs future decisions.
Robert Gaulden, Project Based Business Leader, Electronic Access Control: I have been studying the multi-family space for the last couple of months. The customer experience is really driving a lot of that technology adoption. What you’re seeing today, whether it’s a mobile device or some other device, is the ability to move throughout the property, and gain access to the perimeter and to your tenant space. All of this adoption is around that experience. There’s multiple players coming into the space, from Amazon wanting to deliver packages into the tenant space to residents who don’t want the inconvenience of using a key. Technology adoption to solve problems, and also to drive experiences, is where a lot of the balance will play out.
It’s important that we look at how integrators can use the technology to do business more effectively and efficiently"
Brad Aikin, Channel Led Business Leader, Integrator Channel: From an integrator perspective, there are two things. One is how they can approach end users, and the scope of what integrators consult with them about is wider. I think we as an industry are getting beyond those high-traffic, high-security applications. Those are still critical, but the value we bring around security and convenience is opening a new incremental opportunity. Also, the experience of the integrator and how they conduct their business is important, from generating quotes to communications to proactive servicing. It’s important that we look at how integrators can use the technology to do business more effectively and efficiently.
Gaulden: We as an industry, and we as manufacturers, need to understand what data we are generating so we can run our businesses more efficiently from every aspect, whether you’re the property manager, the building owner, the integrator, or whether you’re the manufacturer. These devices and technology are being pushed out everywhere and will generate the data. How we learn from that – especially when you apply security to it to be more proactive – provides huge opportunities.
Jenner: What data is important and what’s not? Folks get overwhelmed with too much data at some point. What’s important for an application at the end user level? What do they really need to solve the problem?
Love: Privacy gets involved as well, especially with consumer products. The attitude is “stay out of my private business.” But if you’re an employee now, all bets are off. Now you have a professional relationship with the people you work with, so there is a different lens that you look through when tracking data. You use the data to everyone’s benefit, and it’s a different paradigm than in your private life.
Aikin: Also, where does that data create a better experience for the person? That’s what drives the money and value: What level of information sharing makes my experience better? The technology is also getting smarter in terms of “how do we sort through the valuable information?”
Hardware locks and keys are still around, but they co-exist with a brave new world of electronic locks, wireless locks, networked systems, and smarter access control
Q: As facilities connect more devices and sensors, the cybersecurity threats increase. We have already seen Internet of Things (IoT) devices being used as the attack point of cyber breaches. What are the vulnerabilities that make those attacks possible, and how can integrators protect their customers?
Love: Certainly, this is an extremely – maybe the most important – piece of our industry. What is the point of everything we do if we can’t instill that trust? But what we need to solve here also comes with opportunity. There’s certainly hope. You’re not seeing a frontal attack on the technology. It’s usually some loophole, or some older device that hasn’t been updated, or wasn’t installed correctly, or it was social-engineered. The opportunity is, not that it can’t be solved, but that it absolutely needs to be solved – and it can.
Gaulden: Integrators need the ability to understand that cyber layer and what it means. Nowadays, everything runs on the network, and you won’t even get past the IT department to get on the network if you don’t have the right staff, the right credentials. From an integrator standpoint, you need the ability to add to your staff, to understand everything from the product level to the firmware and the software level, all the way to the deployment of the holistic system. You can’t just say, “That’s not part of our responsibility.” All these devices are now riding on the network. They can be protected from a cyber perspective, or you will have vulnerabilities.
As manufacturers and business consultants to integrators, we should facilitate the conversation, that it is one ecosystem"
Aikin: Everything is a communication device. With the concern and need comes an opportunity for the integrator. But it’s also in making sure integrators are having that conversation with end users and setting the expectations up front. What I’m providing you on day one is the best in the industry at this time, but tomorrow it may not be. My accountability and service are to maintain that environment and keep it running. I may not physically change the device you see, but the service I’m bringing to you is that security, and that comprehensive dialogue. The IT stakeholders already have that expectation, but there is a chasm in some organisations between the physical security and the IT stakeholders, and the integrator is facilitating that conversation. As manufacturers and business consultants to integrators, we should facilitate that conversation. It is one ecosystem.
Q: Aside from cybersecurity, what are some of the other threats that integrators should be aware of as they work with customers to implement the new trends and technologies we have mentioned?
Aikin: It is diversifying, all the options and the capabilities. With that comes confusion and misapplication. If I look at the trends around just wireless; I go back 10 years ago, there were even questions of whether wireless was a secure technology. That has progressed and continues to be part of the cyber conversation, just like any hardwired product. It’s something you have to maintain and be aware of. Wireless has really diversified. There is still a need for education within the channel, and most importantly, to the end user. There are still end users that assume a WiFi widget is the same thing as a Bluetooth widget is the same thing as a low-frequency widget. But they are all different. There are reasons there are different technologies. Nothing stifles the adoption of technology more than misapplication.
We have different architectures within our lock base and among our software partners to allow a mix of technology"
Gaulden: Integrators understand the differences in how various doors are used and how those applications will work. In the K-12 school environment, you want the ability for an instant lockdown, and a WiFi deployment probably isn’t your best option. You need a real-time deployment. However, my office door at headquarters doesn’t necessarily need real-time communication. I can pull audits off it once or twice a day. You have to mix and match technologies. For a high security door, you would proactively monitor it. But for a door where convenience is the goal, we can put electronic security on it but we don’t need to know what’s going on at any moment in time. We have different architectures within our lock base and among our software partners to allow that mix of technology.
Jenner: End users want the latest technology, but it may not be for their applications. Those things drive more costs into it, when end users need to be putting money into cybersecurity and some other things. That’s part of the misapplication. Another risk is interoperability. That’s a big piece of the technology and as things change. How do we do a better job of supporting open architecture? It may not be a standards-based protocol, although we use a lot of standards, but we just need to make sure whatever protocols we use are open and easily accessible so we can continue to work with them in the future. We know that when our devices go in, they will support other parts of the ecosystem from an interoperability perspective. That’s important for integrators to know: How is this going to be applied and integrate with something in three, four or five years from now? It’s an expensive investment, and I want to make sure it will work in the future.
Main photo: Business leaders from Allegion discussed new trends in electronic and wireless locks at a recent press event: (L-R) Robert Gaulden, Devin Love, Brad Aikin and Mark Jenner.
Ambarella is a big player in the video surveillance market, but not a familiar name to many buyers of security cameras. They don’t make cameras, but they make the computer chips inside. Founded in 2004, Ambarella began in the broadcast infrastructure encoders market and entered the market for professional security cameras in 2008. More recently, the company has also entered the market for automotive OEM solutions.
Between 2005 and 2015, the company has produced a progression of advanced camera system on chips (SoCs) designed, developed and mass-produced for the consumer electronics, broadcast and IP camera markets. An SoC includes an image processor as well as capabilities to run software and provide computer vision (analytics).
Development has been happening fast at Ambarella. In January, they introduced the CV22 camera SoC, combining image processing, 4K and 60fps video encoding and computer vision (video analytics) processing in a single, low-power-design chip. CVflow architecture provides DNN (deep neural network) processing required for the next generation of intelligent cameras.
The even newer CV2 camera SoC, introduced in late-March, delivers up to 20 times the deep neural network performance of Ambarella's first generation CV1 chip, also with low power consumption.
I caught up with Chris Day, Ambarella’s vice president of marketing and business development, at the ISC West show to find out more about the company.
Q: Your company is not as well known in the industry as it should be, given its widespread impact on the market. Would you prefer otherwise?
Day: I think we would prefer more visibility. If you talk to any camera maker, they know who we are. We do business with all the top-10 camera companies – Hikvision, Dahua, Avigilon, Pelco and the rest. Because we are a chip supplier, the end-customer deciding to buy a camera may not know what chip is inside. For that reason, we may not have the visibility. But if you are a camera maker, you know who we are.
Typically, it takes nine months to develop a camera, longer with an intelligent camera because you are importing so much software
Q: What are you hearing from your camera customers in terms of what they need, and how are they directing where you go with R&D?
Day: We have become a major supplier to those companies based on years of developing image processing – wide dynamic range, low light, and similar features – as well as AVC (advanced) and HEVC (high-efficiency) video encoding. That’s the heritage of our company and why we do business with all these companies. The next treadmill is computer vision – adding the intelligence into the camera. The goal is still being best-in-class in imaging and encoding, but now being best-in-class in adding the intelligence and being able to do all those things with very low power, within the “thermal budget” of the camera. That’s the next big wave.
Q: How far away is that in terms of the end-customer? How soon will he or she be able to reap the benefits?
Day: By the end of 2018, or maybe next year. We’re just beginning to sample the CV22, for instance, which is the first SoC directed to security cameras. Typically, it takes nine months to develop a camera, maybe longer with an intelligent camera because you are importing so much software. So, we’re talking about the end of this year or next year.
Q: Tell me about your current products and the next generation.
Day: The CV22 is sampling this quarter. CV2 we announced [in late March], which is a high-performance chip. The idea is that we provide our customers with different price/performance points, so they can produce a family of cameras with different capabilities. They have the same basic software model, so someone can invest in software once and then have different performance points without completely rewriting the software. That’s key. They might have 100 software engineers developing neural networks and all the features, so if you have to recreate that at different price points, it’s a lot of work.
Ambarella provides customers with different price/performance points, so they can produce a family of cameras with different capabilities
Q: Historically, video analytics have over-promised and under-delivered. What would you say to a sceptical user in terms of how much confidence they should have in the next wave of products?
Day: Ambarella has been in the security business for 10 years, and some of us have been in the business for 15 years. Every year I’ve been disappointed by the analytics I have seen at the ISC West show. Every year there are incremental improvements – 2 percent, 5 percent, whatever – but in general, I became a sceptic, as well. What is fundamentally different now is the neural network approach to computer vision. Even for us developing these chips: In CV1 we had a certain level of deep neural network performance. We produced CV22 in the same year with four times the performance, and then CV2 has 20 times the performance in the space of one year. That’s just at the chip level. But the neural network approach to analytics and computer vision is game changing if you look at the things you can do with it compared to traditional analytics approaches. If you look at what it’s doing in automotive and security, you will see significant development. I totally appreciate the scepticism, but I think it is completely game-changing at this point, based on the technology in the chips and based on what’s happening with neural networks.
Q: What do you think the next big thing is?
Day: I think the next big thing is the neural networks; it’s the intelligence in the camera. People have been pushing toward higher resolution, we’ve done 4K, we have incredible imaging even in really dark scenes. So we have been solving all those problems. And so now to add the computer vision and be able to do that in parallel with the image processing and high-resolution encoding, and all in a chip that is low-power. That’s the differentiator.
Q: What else is happening?
Jerome Gigot, Senior Director Marketing: There is a lot happening on the consumer side, too, with the home security market. You will see cameras in your home with more and more intelligence. Some are used for video doorbells. On some of the new cameras, we have package notification – you get notified if a package arrives, or if someone steals your package. And new battery-powered cameras are very easy to install with no wires.
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Recreation on a smaller scale is making its way into the St. Clair County landscape.
Pocket parks are a slice of land set aside where people can come together to unwind, engage in recreational activities, or even enjoy live entertainment. In St. Clair County, an existing pocket park is located on Military Street in downtown Port Huron with another currently under construction in the Village of Capac
Local leaders who helped bring them to the region appreciate their ability to offer a unique place to build community.
“We wanted to have strategically placed places that we can gather and highlight the businesses around it,” says Natacha Hayden, Director of the City of Port Huron
’s Downtown Development Authority
(DDA). “That’s the advantage of the Military Street pocket park.”
Completed in 2020, Hayden says the Military Street pocket park played a part in helping downtown Port Huron make it through the pandemic. Located within the city’s social district and set up to offer live entertainment, the park has become a place for residents and visitors alike that pushes foot traffic toward downtown businesses.
“Especially the restaurants that are in that surrounding area,” she says. “I can either bring a drink to the park, or even for lunch and dinner, you can enjoy those products outdoors.”
Though the Military Street pocket park is well-established, Hayden says there are more improvements to come and it is currently under construction.
The City of Port Huron recently saw a recreation millage pass, providing more taxpayer funding for park upkeep and development. Nancy Winzer, Director of Port Huron Parks & Recreation
, says it’s demonstrative of the value that both voters and city officials have for local recreation.
“It's a real testament to the city board, and that they're able to have the vision, to see how important recreation is to the people who want to work here, play here,” she says. “And we've seen a huge influx of people visiting here because of our parks.”
As one coastal pocket park continues its years-long growth, another is getting started just 30 miles to the west.
Travis Youatt first took on the role of village manager almost a year and a half ago and at the time, a space to gather in Capac was a need already identified by village council members.
Youatt saw an opportunity in an empty parcel of land on Main Street that was in the process of being cleared of contaminants from a previous business.
“So we saw that through,” he says. “And we really just wanted a place for people to gather to come downtown, so we could host events and bring people to Capac from all over.”
Sod is currently being laid at the park and a ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for July 13, marking its official opening to the public, and a kickoff to the village’s Music on Main Street summer concert series.
In the meantime, Youatt says the village is still waiting for the arrival of a few finishing touches including a few benches, a plaque, and Adirondack chairs which will sit around the park's fire pit.
Funding for the park was delivered in part by St. Clair County as well as grants provided by the Four County Community Foundation
and the Community Foundation of St. Clair County
“Placemaking is one of the priorities of the Foundation,” says John Tomlinson, Chair of the Community Foundation of St. Clair County’s Grants Committee. “Giving communities resources to establish spaces within their downtown areas for recreation and to provide gathering places is one of our priorities. The pocket park accomplishes this priority.”
The establishment of the Capac pocket park is only the start of what Youatt hopes to achieve for his community.
“It's just the tip of the iceberg and I know that's kind of cliche to say,” he says. “But Capac is moving forward and I feel like we're tipping the scale.”
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I made this Pirate Ship Cake for my daughter Merriweather's 6th birthday party. The kids loved it!
- 6 10" round cakes (use your favorite cake mix)
- 4 cans of your favorite frosting
- Pink and blue food coloring
- 6oz of melted chocolate
- Assorted candies for decorating
- Printed flags and skewers for the sails
1. Bake 6 10" round cakes according to the package. Cakes can be made ahead of time and frozen or wrapped well and left at room temperature overnight.
2. Mix 1 can of frosting with pink food coloring. Mix half a can blue. Mix the other two cans with 6oz of cooled, melted chocolate.
3. On a cakeboard, make two stacks of 3 cakes each. Cut out an oval section on one stack so the two stacks fit snugly against each other.
4. Undo the stacks and redo them with frosting inbetween each layer so they stick. Carve the cake into a boat shape by angling the sides.
5. Save the pieces that you carved from the cake. Use the saved pieces to make a rail, sides and back of the boat. Attach with frosting. Frost the exterior of the cake with the chocolate frosting.
6. Decorate cake with pink and white frosting. Use the blue frosting for the waves/water.
7. Finish decorating with different candy accents, such as chocolate balls for cannon balls, jelly candies in the water, and a graham cracker as a plank.
8. Attach the printed out sails with skewers.

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I’ve never understood why beets are on the no go list for so many people. They show up on the plate in so many different ways, they’re good through all four seasons, and they’re sweet and earthy without being too assertive. I hated pickles growing up, but my mother’s pickled beets were the exception. The only thing that can spoil borscht is too much vinegar. How many vegetables are good steamed, boiled, roasted or raw? You can even make cake with them.
Raw onions, however, give me pause. A little of those go a long way for me. I’ve even been known to discreetly slide thick rings of raw onion from sandwiches. I like them best when they’re chopped finely and used sparingly. The inclusion of raw onions in this week’s French Fridays recipe didn’t pose a problem for me, because they are thinly sliced and soaked in cold water to get the worst of the bite out. Then, they’re plunged into ice water until it’s time to sprinkle them on the salad.
The salad itself is made of cooked, diced beets in a herbed honey-mustard vinagrette. I roasted some heirloom beets, striped to match the red onion, and substituted Italian parsley for the fresh oregano. The tamed onions make a nice, crunchy contrast to the roasted beets. This salad can be dressed up (as in Trevor’s version) or dressed down – I served mine with Dubliner/thyme scrambled eggs.
For dessert, I roasted strawberries using Heidi Swanson’s method and served them over lemon sorbet. I substituted cognac for the port, but that didn’t seem to diminish the goodness.
You can find many other blogged descriptions of this week’s FFWD recipe here: Chunky Beets and Icy Red Onions
29 thoughts on “FFWD – Chunky Beets and Icy Red Onions”
Good photos! And very cool tip about soaking the onions.
Thanks, Tricia! I am going to be using that onion trick a lot now.
I have never seen beets like these before, but they are gorgeous! You are braver than me in trying the raw onion despite your dislike for them – I used jarred caramelized onion instead.
Thanks! I’m lucky to have access to heritage beets from a couple of local markets, along with the farmers’ markets. I was a little worried about the onions, but as long as you cut them into very small slices, the ice water trick does wonders. I think caramelized onions would be great with this, too.
I’m glad the onions didn’t scare you away! Your beets are so beautiful…I loved this one 🙂
Thanks, Liz! I really liked this salad. It’s so easy to get into a salad rut – AMFT has given me a number of good ideas to keep them interesting.
One of the reasons I passed on this salad was the use of raw onion…I love beets but my husband doesn’t and he hates onions! Your salad looks wonderful and your description makes me want to try it! Great job!
Thanks, Kathy! You should try the icy onions – I was so surprised at how mild and crunchy they were. You might be surprised at how much you like it.
Hi Teresa, I don’t understand why beets freak some people out and the red onions too!
I guess I like everything especially beets and have always considered them a treat. I forgot about using beets in a chocolate cake and I also like grated raw beets in a salad. Your salad looks delicious and I’ll be making Dorie’s vinaigrette again, I enjoyed it on the beets;-)
I’ve always considered them a treat, too. Grated raw beets are awesome – all the goodness and none of the heat in the kitchen. The vinaigrette was really good.
I love beets too! One of these days I’ll learn how to pickle them. Those striped beets you found are gorgeous – you made a lovely salad.
Thanks, Marcella. Beets are one of my favourites. I’m trying to grow some beets and am going to try and rope my mother into teaching me how to pickle some of them.
Good morning Teresa. Your description is lovely and your photos are WOW. I should re-do this recipe, it just did not click with me this week, and I love beets. Maybe it was all that raw onion…way too much. And I should have thought about something that would have complimented the beet salad rather than let it hide. Oh well, it’s nice to see what you all have done and I am getting inspired.
Thanks, Krissy! I don’t think I used quite as much onion as was called for in the recipe, as I had some leftover. Even so, I could have eaten more of it, since the worst of the bite had been taken away. I’m glad you’re getting inspired to have another go at it!
Your beets are beautiful. Now, there’s a sentence you don’t write everyday. The key to the onions is slicing them thin. It didn’t have the same effect when my husband cut them thicker when making bruschetta. They were still good, but I like the bite of the onions before I discovered Dorie’s soaking method.
That’s true! I agree that it’s important to make the slices very thin. I love the heritage beet varieties that have become available. They look beautiful and they have their own flavour qualities, too.
Beautiful color on those beets!
We always had beets out of a can as a child – and they were pretty off-putting. I am still not a fan (although, I am loving them baked into chips) and find that I like the golden ones roasted. Maybe someday 🙂
Thanks, Cher! I’m not sure commercially canned beets should be allowed, though I hear Australians like them on their hamburgers. I think you just need to keep trying the freshest ones you can find and try some heritage varieties – the flavours can differ a lot.
Those beets are beautiful! I’m making this today. I used some of the icy onions for next week’s salmon en papilotte, which I’m having tonight for dinner with the beet salad, and Dorie’s salmon and potatoes in a jar.
Thanks! I love your menu – so ambitious! Can’t wait to make the salmon this week.
I also wonder why there aren’t more beet fans out there. When I serve a beet salad for company, so many pass. No sense of adventure on their part, but it means more for me 🙂 This wasn’t my favorite version of beet salad, though I liked the onion treatment. Like you, I don’t love raw onions, but the icy water worked. I used this trick on a pasta salad tonight. I just love your photo with the ice cubes. It has such interesting reflections. Great post!
Thanks, Betsy! More for me is a good thing, but I still feel people are missing out. My partner wouldn’t even try this salad. I’m also going to be using the icy onion method for other dishes.
Hi Theresa…nice meeting you and thanks for dropping by my blog. I am so glad I joined the FFWD group and get to meet so many nice people who shared the same passion like I do. Love Dorie and her recipes 🙂 Your beets looks so good and I have never seen this color, like a salmon fillets 🙂 Love your pics…they are great ! Beautiful !
Have a nice day,
Thanks, Elin – great to meet you, too. They do look like salmon fillets, don’t they? I might have to make some more when I make the salmon recipe for this week’s post.
These beets are gorgeous, Teresa! Elin’s comparison to salmon is spot-on. I’m such a beet newbie, I want to try all of the different colors now.
I love heritage varieties. There are so many available to try now.
Thank you for your comment. Your photos are AMAZING and you have a lovely blog!
Thanks so much, Joan – that’s so sweet of you to say!
Your beets look so gorgeous, they have different shades of red to them:-) The beet is definitely a beautiful vegetable that can be enjoyed anytime of the year:-)


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Bonito is a fish which swims in the waters of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is a schooling fish which hails from the Tuna family. Since Bonito is a bony fish it is rarely eaten for its meat. Instead the dark, oily fish is carefully dried and shaved into very fine, intensely flavored flakes. The Japanese use these flakes to make a savory broth, while cats and dogs love the flakes just the way they are, right out of the container!
My cats absolutely love the Bonito Flakes
There is one product and only one product that goes into the making of Cat-Man-Doo Bonito flakes. That product is called Katsuowonus pelamis, known to us here in the U.S. as Bonito, a bony fish that hails from the Tuna family. It is wild caught approximately 300 to 500 miles off the South East coast of Japan in the salty waters of the western Pacific Ocean. Bonito is used extensively in Japanese cuisine for making a savory broth, but cats and dogs love the flakes just the way they are, right out of the container!
Once caught, the fish is processed both by hand and by machine in a temperature controlled factory. It is dried, then cut into very thin slices. The drying process alone takes 20 to 30 days. There are no additives or preservatives added to the fish at any point before, during or after the processing, and absolutely nothing has been introduced into the fish to compromise its purity.
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Neko ni katsuobushi 猫に鰹節 (bonito flakes to a cat): trusting the sheep to a wolf. (Katsuobushi, a dried, flaked fish used to make dashi, is often given to cats as a treat in Japan.) — at Japan Society.
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What hormone levels do you need to get pregnant?
Insufficient levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), which stimulates the ovaries to release an egg and start producing progesterone, can also be a cause of fertility problems. Normal levels of progesterone, which prepares the uterus for a fertilized egg’s arrival, must be present in order for a woman to get pregnant.
What is a good FSH level to get pregnant?
What Are Normal FSH Levels? A study on day 3 FSH levels and IVF outcomes showed that women with day 3 FSH levels lower than 15 mIU/ml had a better chance of pregnancy achievement per IVF attempt when compared to women with FSH levels between 15 mIU/ml and 24.9 mIU/ml.
What is a normal LH level to get pregnant?
women at the peak of the menstrual cycle: 8.7 to 76.3 IU/L. women in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle: 0.5 to 16.9 IU/L. pregnant women: less than 1.5 IU/L.
What should estrogen levels be for implantation?
They found that a single injection of either 3, 10, or 25 nanograms of estrogen was capable of initiating implantation. However, injection of three nanograms of estrogen was enough to prolong uterine receptivity in the mice for up to four days.
What is the best fertility drug to get pregnant?
Clomiphene (Clomid): This drug can trigger ovulation. Many doctors recommend it as the first treatment option for a woman with ovulation problems. Letrozole (Femara): Like clomiphene, letrozole can trigger ovulation. Among women with PCOS, especially those with obesity, letrozole may work better.
Do you need estrogen to get pregnant?
Estrogen holds utmost importance because it is necessary for the functioning of the uterus, both in the growth and maintenance of the uterine lining (endometrium) so that the fertilized egg can implant in the uterus with ease which will in turn result in sustaining pregnancy.
What is a normal FSH and LH levels to get pregnant?
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|Early follicular||3 – 10||2 – 8|
|Mid-cycle peak||4 – 25||10 – 75|
|Post-menopausal||> 20||> 15|
|Pregnancy||< 1||2 – 9|
What does an FSH test tell you?
What is a follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels test? This test measures the level of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in your blood. FSH is made by your pituitary gland, a small gland located underneath the brain. FSH plays an important role in sexual development and functioning.
Does high FSH mean poor egg quality?
FSH helps control your ovaries’ production of eggs. If the level of FSH is high, this may be an indication of poor egg quality and quantity. Estradiol is the primary female sex hormone and a form of estrogen.
Can you get pregnant with low LH levels?
If your LH levels are low, you may not be getting your period. Because LH triggers ovulation, low levels of LH can prevent ovulation, and thus pregnancy.
Does low LH mean pregnancy?
Will you have LH at all? No, LH surge does not remain elevated once pregnant. In fact, LH levels are really low during pregnancy (< 1.5 IU/L), and thus not active on end organs and tissues.
Can I use LH test for pregnancy?
They’re not meant to detect pregnancy and a positive ovulation test does not mean you’re pregnant — that’s what we have home pregnancy tests for! However, you may have heard about some women using their ovulation tests as a pregnancy test.
Does estrogen rise after implantation?
In the women implantation occurred, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) started to rise sharply 10 or 11 days after the LH surge. Progesterone and estrogen levels remained high during the implantation period.
What does estrogen do for implantation?
Estrogen Modulates the Window of Uterine Receptivity for Implantation. Uterine preparation to the receptive state by P4 and estrogen is critical to implantation in mice.
Can too much estrogen cause fertility issues?
Symptoms of high estrogen in men include: Infertility. Estrogen is partly responsible for creating healthy sperm. When estrogen levels are high, sperm levels may fall and lead to fertility issues.

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Leading smartphone company Sony is soon going to bring a strong and phone to the world. According to the information, company is planning to launch Sony Xperia XZ4. It is being told that this is going to be a very unique smartphone. According to media reports, this phone may be an upgrade version of the recently launched Xperia XZ3.
At present, many information related to this phone has been revealed, making it even easier to know. It is being told that the company can offer three rear cameras and bezel-less display in its latest handset. In the earlier information, there was a mention in the fact that the audio jack company will not be included in the handset. But now according to a new information, the smartphone includes 3.5mm headphone jack support.
According to the reports, the company can use the Snapdragon 855 processor in Sony Xperia XZ4 for speed and multitasking. If that happens, it will be the first smartphone in the world to be equipped with the Snapdragon 855 chipset. For this power, the company has given 3,900 mAh battery in this phone. It is being said that there are three cameras in the rear on this phone and there will be single sensor on the front panel for selfies. To save 6GB RAM, photos, video and other things, the company is going to give 256 GB of inbuilt storage in this phone.


The president was initially skeptical of his ability to take unilateral action.
Obama will announce in a speech Thursday night that he will provide temporary protections for up to 5 million undocumented immigrants, according to a senior Democrat familiar with the plans.
The president said he will announce Thursday that he will use his executive authority to expand temporary protections to millions of undocumented immigrants.
In a victory for environmental activists, Democrats blocked legislation to compel construction of the oil pipeline, but the vote leaves Republicans itching to return to the fight when they take over next year.
Congressional momentum for the massive oil pipeline has accelerated, but the president is signaling that he is increasingly skeptical of the project.
The president has signaled that he will not back down on issues like “net neutrality” and climate change.
The presumptive 2016 favorite would have to unlink herself from the president while courting his coalition.
If confirmed by the Senate, Loretta Lynch would be the first African American woman to hold the attorney general’s post.
U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, the daughter of a Baptist minister, would be the first African American woman to serve in that role.


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The Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians on the demise of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari.
Kyari died of Covid-19 in Lagos where he was being treated on Friday and was buried in Abuja Saturday.
In a statement by the Chairman of the Council, the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Alabi, on Sunday, the Council described Kyari as a quintessential and seasoned administrator, who impacted so much on Nigeria and that his memory will linger for a very long time.
The monarchs said the death should further reawaken the nation on the need to brace up and confront the menace of Covid-19 headlong and with every resource at its disposal.
“The entire traditional rulers in Ekiti State believe that though late Abba Kyari is dead, his good legacies which have been attested to by many people including Mr President remain immeasurable,” the statement added.
The monarchs commiserated with members of the immediate family of the late Chief of Staff and prayed to God to grant them the fortitude to bear the great loss.
Also, a former Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Gbenga Aluko, has described the late Abba Kyari as a foremost patriot and Nigerian with impressive records that would be difficult to match and forget.
Aluko said Kyari’s abrupt death was shocking, sad and devastating, taking cognisance of his immense contributions to the implementation of President Buhari’s development agenda.
In his condolence message to the president on Saturday, Aluko said the noble roles and the modest lifestyle lived by Kyari would remain evergreen in the hearts of Nigerians and particularly to his myriad of admirers, who relished his conduct and way of life.
Aluko revealed that the high profile death had again triggered the consciousness of Nigerians and redirected their psyche to the reality that the menace of Covid-19 calls for proactive actions and astute management to curtail its spread.
“I am saddened by this death, because it came at a time when President Buhari’s was gaining high velocity in the implementation of his agenda, where Mallam Kyari’s deep knowledge and wealth of experience were profoundly required.
“Many Nigerians could attest to the fact that Mallam Kyari was a stabiliser and think tank, who worked quietly to galvanise the presidency on behalf of President Buhari and brought stability to the administration and government.
“That penchant for efficient service delivery made him the fulcrum and the life wire of Buhari’s presidency.
“His death was untimely, having come when the president was revving the pedal of development, where the late Chief of Staff was seen as occupying and playing a central role to make Buhari succeeds.
“We pray that the Almighty Allah grants him Aljana fidau and gives the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss,” Aluko said


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Audio production refers to lots of different things. In general, it applies to audio engineering sciences, which deal with recording and reproducing sound via mechanical and electronic means. Audio production is in lots of areas from voice over work to dubbing, and musical recordings. Audio production is an exciting, thriving field. But it's not dominated by a handful of music industry insiders anymore. Today there are software programs available to consumers that allow them to produce their own music, sometimes at studio quality. Buy purchasing these computer programs, consumers can turn their home laptops into personal studios and give the pros a run for their money. Recording artist Moby famously created his hit album 'Play' using home audio production equipment only. Some of the top selling audio production software includes the following: Ableton Live, Reason, KORE, FL Studio, Pro Tools M-Powered, Sonar, Apple Logical Express, ACID Music Studio, n-Track, and Samplitude Music Studio. These programs allow users to upload their own content, sample other artists into their original work, and even edit their own personal music videos. There are some laptops that are ideal for musical production. Consumers interested in home audio production may want to visit their local Apple retailer because Macbooks receive excellent consumer satisfaction ratings in this area. For shoppers on a budget, Macbooks are probably too expensive. Other good brands for audio production include Dell, Toshiba, and Sony. Still, anyone seriously interested in audio production should visit their local electronics store to discuss tech specs and sound cards.