Authorities seized 26 tons of melamine-tainted milk powder from an ice cream maker in southern China three years after widespread use of the chemical in infant formula killed six babies, state media said Wednesday.
The discovery underscores China's stubborn problem with illegal food additives used to turn a quick profit regardless of the health risks.
Caches of toxic milk powder repeatedly have been discovered since a crackdown in 2008 that saw dozens arrested and a dairy farmer and a milk salesman executed.
The Global Times newspaper quoted police in the southern city of Chongqing as saying Tuesday that the Jixida Food Co. bought the milk powder a year ago to make pastries and ice cream.
The report said the tainted powder was stored in a warehouse and had not yet been used. Five suspects were detained and three could face criminal charges, the paper said, but did not identify their suspected roles in the contamination.
The report said the milk was traced to a company in Inner Mongolia but didn't say when it had been made. Other seized batches have been described as old stocks that were hidden when they should have been destroyed.
Adding melamine and water to milk and milk products makes the tainted, weaker products appear to have the correct protein content. Health problems from the industrial chemical include kidney stones and kidney damage.
At least six children died and nearly 300,000 children fell ill after consuming tainted infant formula in 2008.
That scandal prompted China to pass tougher food safety regulations and step up inspections.
A recent spate of new problems prompted the State Council, China's Cabinet, to last week order a renewed crackdown on the illegal food additives. So far this year, authorities have uncovered sales of drug-tainted pork, bean sprouts treated with a carcinogenic chemical compound, and old bread treated with sweeteners and dye to make it seem fresh.
2011年4月28日星期四
Sixteen budding businesses to watch, from the UW Business Plan Competition
Yesterday was my first exposure to the annual UW Business Plan Competition, held by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business — and it was great to be in the midst of all that entrepreneurial energy.
I was one of nearly 280 judges who were given $1,000 in fictional money to “invest” in at least five of the 37 teams pitching their businesses during the trade-show style investment round at the Bell Harbor Convention Center in Seattle.
That process led to a “Sweet 16″ of businesses that will compete in the next round, on May 26. Here’s the list, along with alternates. Lots of interesting businesses here, with many intersections with technology.
AgComm, UW Bothell, UW: Offers an affordable solution of hardware, software and services that help farmers monitor and combat environmental threats to their crops through a single web-based application.
Aqueduct Neurosciences, UW: Developing innovative medical device technology to improve the treatment of hydrocephalus through improved control, feedback, and failure prevention.
C6 Systems, UW: Developed a novel slow-pyrolysis system that turns woody biomass into charcoal, or biochar, at the site of forestry operations.
Fluentizer, UW: Windows PC and Android mobile software that helps people learn English at the level of a native speaker. It works like an audio book reader and provides translation for words that you don’t understand.
LodeSpin Labs, UW: Manufactures tracers for Magnetic Particle Imaging, a new medical imaging technology capable of replacing CT and MRI for imaging patients with heart disease and cancer.
Point of Care Technologies, UW: Developed prototype medical devices which interface with Android-based smart phones via Bluetooth.
PotaVida, UW: Provides a low-cost, reusable tool that takes the guesswork out of solar disinfection of water, for use in disaster relief and areas lacking potable water.
Pterofin, UW: Designs and manufactures innovative wind energy devices for residential and commercial use.
Punchkeeper, Seattle University: A customer loyalty smart phone application that digitally replaces paper punch cards making businesses more competitive while saving consumers money, hassle, and wallet space.
Rolling Stone Medical Ultrasound, UW: Provides radiation-free kidney stone detection and the application of “ultrasound-induced acoustic force” to reposition the stones.
SkyFu, UW: Provide small to medium-sized firms a comfortable and easy to use software platform to manage their Social Media presence and reputation. We are different from the competition in cost, scope and expertise.
Solanux, WSU, University of Idaho: Produces patented potato food ingredients with high amounts of resistant starch (RS) which help lower a person’s glycemic index response, improve insulin levels, and lower fat and cholesterol levels.
SoothieSuckers, UW: Creates all-natural ice pops infused with herbal remedies for children’s cough and cold.
Stockbox Grocers, Bainbridge Graduate Institute: A mini grocer tucked inside a reclaimed shipping container, to provide fresh produce and basic staples in urban food deserts.
Tripbox, UW: Makes leisure trip planning simple, smart and enjoyable by providing an easy to use online service that automatically generates an itinerary that optimizes cost, timing, and routes and allows users to further customize their trip.
Urban Canopy, UW: Provides SaaS software that guides customers through design, execution, and maintenance of green building initiatives, including LEED certification.
First Alternate: Feral Motion, Seattle University, UW: Provides the best automated filming experience in the action sports world.
I was one of nearly 280 judges who were given $1,000 in fictional money to “invest” in at least five of the 37 teams pitching their businesses during the trade-show style investment round at the Bell Harbor Convention Center in Seattle.
That process led to a “Sweet 16″ of businesses that will compete in the next round, on May 26. Here’s the list, along with alternates. Lots of interesting businesses here, with many intersections with technology.
AgComm, UW Bothell, UW: Offers an affordable solution of hardware, software and services that help farmers monitor and combat environmental threats to their crops through a single web-based application.
Aqueduct Neurosciences, UW: Developing innovative medical device technology to improve the treatment of hydrocephalus through improved control, feedback, and failure prevention.
C6 Systems, UW: Developed a novel slow-pyrolysis system that turns woody biomass into charcoal, or biochar, at the site of forestry operations.
Fluentizer, UW: Windows PC and Android mobile software that helps people learn English at the level of a native speaker. It works like an audio book reader and provides translation for words that you don’t understand.
LodeSpin Labs, UW: Manufactures tracers for Magnetic Particle Imaging, a new medical imaging technology capable of replacing CT and MRI for imaging patients with heart disease and cancer.
Point of Care Technologies, UW: Developed prototype medical devices which interface with Android-based smart phones via Bluetooth.
PotaVida, UW: Provides a low-cost, reusable tool that takes the guesswork out of solar disinfection of water, for use in disaster relief and areas lacking potable water.
Pterofin, UW: Designs and manufactures innovative wind energy devices for residential and commercial use.
Punchkeeper, Seattle University: A customer loyalty smart phone application that digitally replaces paper punch cards making businesses more competitive while saving consumers money, hassle, and wallet space.
Rolling Stone Medical Ultrasound, UW: Provides radiation-free kidney stone detection and the application of “ultrasound-induced acoustic force” to reposition the stones.
SkyFu, UW: Provide small to medium-sized firms a comfortable and easy to use software platform to manage their Social Media presence and reputation. We are different from the competition in cost, scope and expertise.
Solanux, WSU, University of Idaho: Produces patented potato food ingredients with high amounts of resistant starch (RS) which help lower a person’s glycemic index response, improve insulin levels, and lower fat and cholesterol levels.
SoothieSuckers, UW: Creates all-natural ice pops infused with herbal remedies for children’s cough and cold.
Stockbox Grocers, Bainbridge Graduate Institute: A mini grocer tucked inside a reclaimed shipping container, to provide fresh produce and basic staples in urban food deserts.
Tripbox, UW: Makes leisure trip planning simple, smart and enjoyable by providing an easy to use online service that automatically generates an itinerary that optimizes cost, timing, and routes and allows users to further customize their trip.
Urban Canopy, UW: Provides SaaS software that guides customers through design, execution, and maintenance of green building initiatives, including LEED certification.
First Alternate: Feral Motion, Seattle University, UW: Provides the best automated filming experience in the action sports world.
2011年4月26日星期二
9magnets teams with podiatrist on exceptional free learning tool
Portage, Indiana – In partnership with Dr. Alec Hochstein, Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Surgery, 9magnets LLC have developed a valuable application for patients, students, and physicians. The iPhone application, called iPodiatrist(TM), is available now for free in the iTunes App Store.
The application is the result of Dr. Alec Hochstein’s desire to bring a pocket podiatry guide into the hands of all iPhone users with feet. iPodiatrist(TM) is a complete resource, with an unprecedented amount of medical information, foot facts, educational videos, anatomy photos, podiatry reference websites, a fun foot themed game, and much more.
“We’re excited to help provide a valuable medical resource to all iOS users.” stated 9magnets LLC co-founder Cameron Banga, “With great foot condition information, fun foot facts, an action-packed game, educational videos, and more, this is the must-have medical app for all iPhone users.”
iPodiatrist(TM) is an exceptional resource on all topics foot related and the third medical application for 9magnets LLC, after completing Kidney Stone App and Prostate Pal in summer 2010 and winter 2011 respectively.
Located in Hobart IN, 9magnets, LLC was founded in 2010 by Cameron Banga and Michael Phelps. The team specializes in helping businesses and individuals bring their application ideas to life on the iPhone and iPad. They also work to help other mobile developers realize their mobile application marketing potential. To date, the team has developed 20 iOS applications and has received praise from the New York Times, Macworld, Fox Business News, MSNBC Health, and more. All Material and Software (C) 2011 9magnets, LLC / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The application is the result of Dr. Alec Hochstein’s desire to bring a pocket podiatry guide into the hands of all iPhone users with feet. iPodiatrist(TM) is a complete resource, with an unprecedented amount of medical information, foot facts, educational videos, anatomy photos, podiatry reference websites, a fun foot themed game, and much more.
“We’re excited to help provide a valuable medical resource to all iOS users.” stated 9magnets LLC co-founder Cameron Banga, “With great foot condition information, fun foot facts, an action-packed game, educational videos, and more, this is the must-have medical app for all iPhone users.”
iPodiatrist(TM) is an exceptional resource on all topics foot related and the third medical application for 9magnets LLC, after completing Kidney Stone App and Prostate Pal in summer 2010 and winter 2011 respectively.
Located in Hobart IN, 9magnets, LLC was founded in 2010 by Cameron Banga and Michael Phelps. The team specializes in helping businesses and individuals bring their application ideas to life on the iPhone and iPad. They also work to help other mobile developers realize their mobile application marketing potential. To date, the team has developed 20 iOS applications and has received praise from the New York Times, Macworld, Fox Business News, MSNBC Health, and more. All Material and Software (C) 2011 9magnets, LLC / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Exclusive Q&A: E-Teacher of the Year
National Online Teacher of the Year Kristin Kipp toured the nation's capital today, shadowing federal director of education technology Karen Cator on her daily duties and getting a taste of federal education policy.
Kipp is an English teacher for the 21st-Century Virtual Academy in the 84,000 student Jefferson County (Colo.) school system, an online school that has full-time offerings for grades 9-12 and part-time offerings for grades 7-12. The school, which opened in the fall of 2009, serves a population of students who have turned to online school as an option, often because they might otherwise be at risk of dropping out.
Kipp, who also previously taught for seven years in a regular classroom, won the online teaching award in March. She was selected from five finalists who were chosen for their outstanding online teaching and their advocacy work for the trade, said Southern Regional Education Board Director of Educational Technology Myk Garn, whose organization co-sponsors the award along with the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
Kipp sat down with the Digital Education blog to reflect on her career, which includes seven years as a face-to-face instructor and three as an online teacher, the award, and the benefits and challenges of entering online education. We bring you her insights below in this exclusive Q&A.
Digital Education blog: You spent seven years in a face-to-face classroom. So how did you end up teaching online?
Kristin Kipp: I initially started out teaching part-time online. I was actually an instructional coach, meaning I taught teachers, and I was really missing the connection with kids. So I started teaching online to sort of fill that void. At the time, I was afraid that it wouldn't be the same, that I wouldn't have that kid connection teaching online.
DE: There weren't other places you could find that connection? What was so unique about this opportunity?
KK: I was missing the kid connection, but I also love the technology. I love the bells and whistles of it all. And I got into this program where I got to work with a huge population of at-risk kids.
Our full-time online kids tend to be high-risk kids. They tend to be pregnant, or they need to work full-time because their families need money, or anything along those lines. I think that's where I got the passion for it. I started out because it was fun, and then I started working with those kids and went, "Wow, this is amazing work I get to do," because these kids wouldn't graduate high school if this program didn't exist.
DE: So there was an "Ah-ha!" moment?
KK: I have a student that I work with that, during her freshman year of high school, she considered dropping out because she missed so much school because she had kidney stones. She was gone all the time. And then her dad passed away from esophageal cancer. During her sophomore year of high school, she couldn't connect with anybody. Nobody understood what she was going through. She was missing so much school. She just considered saying, "Just forget it, I'm done." We opened the 21st-Century Virtual Academy during her junior year, and she came to us as sort of a last ditch, thinking, "Maybe I can do this." Maybe this will work. This is a kid that's Ivy league material, that would've dropped out if we weren't there to be able to sort of step into that gap and fill the void for her. Connecting with her during her junior year and realizing what she was going through, that's the moment when I really went, "Wow, this is good stuff that we're doing—this is amazing."
DE: How did your face-to-face experience help you become the online teacher you are today?
KK: I think because I started teaching face-to-face, I got to know my subject and how to teach it really well face-to-face. Then you add that extra element. "How do I do it online? How do I transfer the same skills, the things that I know really work into teaching English, teaching reading and writing?"
DD: Was it a difficult transition?
KK: Online teaching is not easier. It does not take less time than face-to-face teaching. And I think a lot of teachers are surprised that the learning curve is vertical when you do start to teach online. Because you're learning so many systems, all at one time, and you're trying to figure out, "How do I make this system communicate with kids, and how do I develop a community of learners in an online setting?" And it can be overwhelming. You feel like you sort of hit a brick wall and go, "What did I get myself into?" But then as you develop familiarity with the systems, it's not about the systems anymore. They just become the way you do business. And once you get past that learning curve, then you can get into the real meat of what's fun about it, and how you are connecting with kids. I can tell you, I know my students better than I ever knew them when I taught face-to-face. Hands down.
DE: How about teachers? Do you feel isolated away from other faculty, or do you have colleagues you can lean on?
KK: What's been fun about our program is that we, of course, started off small with five or six teachers. You mention it being isolating. I haven't had that experience at all, because we, from the beginning, said, "We're all going to be available by instant messenger all day, and if at any point, anybody needs anything, we're down the hall," figuratively speaking. I think we relied on each other a lot to go, "This isn't working, do you have some other ideas?" With one colleague, we call it the water cooler phone call. When things are just going nuts, we IM and say, "Do you have time for a water cooler chat?" We give each other a call and say, "OK, this isn't working, can you help me figure this out?" I think just that community of other teachers has been helpful.
DE: What does winning this award mean to you?
KK: I work for a very small program that I think does amazing things. I got involved with the award because we need the publicity and we need the marketing to be able to say we are doing something really amazing. And I think having the award, it's really pushing me. It's still such a new field. I'm constantly learning and trying to figure out what really is the best practice for how we do this. I'm definitely still pushing myself to think, there are better ways to do that. It's exciting to continue to explore that.
DE: What to you hope people learn from visiting with you during your trip to Washington? What do you hope to learn from them?
KK: I hope that they grasp that there are students all over the country who need an alternative educational approach, or need online learning for whatever reason. What I hope I will gain from them is just an understanding of what's happening at the national level and how's that going to impact our schools, and how can we help it impact our schools.
Kipp is an English teacher for the 21st-Century Virtual Academy in the 84,000 student Jefferson County (Colo.) school system, an online school that has full-time offerings for grades 9-12 and part-time offerings for grades 7-12. The school, which opened in the fall of 2009, serves a population of students who have turned to online school as an option, often because they might otherwise be at risk of dropping out.
Kipp, who also previously taught for seven years in a regular classroom, won the online teaching award in March. She was selected from five finalists who were chosen for their outstanding online teaching and their advocacy work for the trade, said Southern Regional Education Board Director of Educational Technology Myk Garn, whose organization co-sponsors the award along with the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
Kipp sat down with the Digital Education blog to reflect on her career, which includes seven years as a face-to-face instructor and three as an online teacher, the award, and the benefits and challenges of entering online education. We bring you her insights below in this exclusive Q&A.
Digital Education blog: You spent seven years in a face-to-face classroom. So how did you end up teaching online?
Kristin Kipp: I initially started out teaching part-time online. I was actually an instructional coach, meaning I taught teachers, and I was really missing the connection with kids. So I started teaching online to sort of fill that void. At the time, I was afraid that it wouldn't be the same, that I wouldn't have that kid connection teaching online.
DE: There weren't other places you could find that connection? What was so unique about this opportunity?
KK: I was missing the kid connection, but I also love the technology. I love the bells and whistles of it all. And I got into this program where I got to work with a huge population of at-risk kids.
Our full-time online kids tend to be high-risk kids. They tend to be pregnant, or they need to work full-time because their families need money, or anything along those lines. I think that's where I got the passion for it. I started out because it was fun, and then I started working with those kids and went, "Wow, this is amazing work I get to do," because these kids wouldn't graduate high school if this program didn't exist.
DE: So there was an "Ah-ha!" moment?
KK: I have a student that I work with that, during her freshman year of high school, she considered dropping out because she missed so much school because she had kidney stones. She was gone all the time. And then her dad passed away from esophageal cancer. During her sophomore year of high school, she couldn't connect with anybody. Nobody understood what she was going through. She was missing so much school. She just considered saying, "Just forget it, I'm done." We opened the 21st-Century Virtual Academy during her junior year, and she came to us as sort of a last ditch, thinking, "Maybe I can do this." Maybe this will work. This is a kid that's Ivy league material, that would've dropped out if we weren't there to be able to sort of step into that gap and fill the void for her. Connecting with her during her junior year and realizing what she was going through, that's the moment when I really went, "Wow, this is good stuff that we're doing—this is amazing."
DE: How did your face-to-face experience help you become the online teacher you are today?
KK: I think because I started teaching face-to-face, I got to know my subject and how to teach it really well face-to-face. Then you add that extra element. "How do I do it online? How do I transfer the same skills, the things that I know really work into teaching English, teaching reading and writing?"
DD: Was it a difficult transition?
KK: Online teaching is not easier. It does not take less time than face-to-face teaching. And I think a lot of teachers are surprised that the learning curve is vertical when you do start to teach online. Because you're learning so many systems, all at one time, and you're trying to figure out, "How do I make this system communicate with kids, and how do I develop a community of learners in an online setting?" And it can be overwhelming. You feel like you sort of hit a brick wall and go, "What did I get myself into?" But then as you develop familiarity with the systems, it's not about the systems anymore. They just become the way you do business. And once you get past that learning curve, then you can get into the real meat of what's fun about it, and how you are connecting with kids. I can tell you, I know my students better than I ever knew them when I taught face-to-face. Hands down.
DE: How about teachers? Do you feel isolated away from other faculty, or do you have colleagues you can lean on?
KK: What's been fun about our program is that we, of course, started off small with five or six teachers. You mention it being isolating. I haven't had that experience at all, because we, from the beginning, said, "We're all going to be available by instant messenger all day, and if at any point, anybody needs anything, we're down the hall," figuratively speaking. I think we relied on each other a lot to go, "This isn't working, do you have some other ideas?" With one colleague, we call it the water cooler phone call. When things are just going nuts, we IM and say, "Do you have time for a water cooler chat?" We give each other a call and say, "OK, this isn't working, can you help me figure this out?" I think just that community of other teachers has been helpful.
DE: What does winning this award mean to you?
KK: I work for a very small program that I think does amazing things. I got involved with the award because we need the publicity and we need the marketing to be able to say we are doing something really amazing. And I think having the award, it's really pushing me. It's still such a new field. I'm constantly learning and trying to figure out what really is the best practice for how we do this. I'm definitely still pushing myself to think, there are better ways to do that. It's exciting to continue to explore that.
DE: What to you hope people learn from visiting with you during your trip to Washington? What do you hope to learn from them?
KK: I hope that they grasp that there are students all over the country who need an alternative educational approach, or need online learning for whatever reason. What I hope I will gain from them is just an understanding of what's happening at the national level and how's that going to impact our schools, and how can we help it impact our schools.
Chongqing cops seize 25 tons of tainted milk
Twenty-six tons of melamine-tainted milk powder was found in Chongqing three years after the Sanlu milk scandal that shocked both the nation and the world, people.com.cn reported on Tuesday.
Five suspects were arrested and three of them placed in criminal detention, municipal police said on Tuesday. Police had got a tip on March 25 that Chongqing Jixida Food Company was planning to use melamine-tainted milk powder to produce pastry and ice cream.
They found 16 tons in the company warehouse. Initial investigation showed Jixida had bought it from a trading company in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for 22,000 yuan ($3,370) a ton, much lower than normal market prices.
The product could be traced to the Weilisi Dairy Company of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The 2008 scandal exposed the widespread practice of adding melamine – a chemical normally used in plastics and fertilizer – to watered-down milk to boost the product's protein read.
Melamine can cause kidney stones and kidney failure. It left at least six infants dead and sickened an estimated 300,000 people.
The government ordered a massive recall following the scandal but toxic milk products have continued to be uncovered.
Chongqing police announced on Tuesday that they would launch a 100-day campaign against food and pharmaceutical crimes.
Five suspects were arrested and three of them placed in criminal detention, municipal police said on Tuesday. Police had got a tip on March 25 that Chongqing Jixida Food Company was planning to use melamine-tainted milk powder to produce pastry and ice cream.
They found 16 tons in the company warehouse. Initial investigation showed Jixida had bought it from a trading company in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for 22,000 yuan ($3,370) a ton, much lower than normal market prices.
The product could be traced to the Weilisi Dairy Company of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The 2008 scandal exposed the widespread practice of adding melamine – a chemical normally used in plastics and fertilizer – to watered-down milk to boost the product's protein read.
Melamine can cause kidney stones and kidney failure. It left at least six infants dead and sickened an estimated 300,000 people.
The government ordered a massive recall following the scandal but toxic milk products have continued to be uncovered.
Chongqing police announced on Tuesday that they would launch a 100-day campaign against food and pharmaceutical crimes.
2011年4月24日星期日
Alexis Bellino packs a punch in floral bikini with a game of beach volley ball
Alexis Bellino looked to be waving the flag for her home town of Orange County yesterday when she hit an LA beach looking discernibly ‘orange’ herself.
Fortunately, the O.C housewife’s impeccably toned figure overshadowed her generously tanned skin, which may otherwise have left fellow sunbathers averting their gaze.
Alexis left her beloved Orange County to take a 45 minute drive up the coast to Santa Monica with her husband, Jim, and it wasn’t long before she was shedding her designer clothes to reveal an enviably sculpted physique.
Good sport: Alexis Bellino shows off her tanned, toned body as she plays volley ball oGood sport: Real Housewives star Alexis Bellino shows off her tanned, toned body as she plays volley ball on the beach in Santa Monica, California
Good sport: Real Housewives star Alexis Bellino shows off her tanned and impeccably toned body as she plays volley ball on the beach in Santa Monica, LA
On form: Alexis looks sensational in her floral bikini as she goes after the ball
On form: Alexis looks sensational in her floral bikini as she goes after the ball
Dressed in a tiny two-piece floral bikini, the Real Housewives of Orange County star had made every effort to see that her body was thoroughly beach worthy before she left her home that morning.
Alexis has made no secret of her surgically enhanced assets, which include her ample DD breasts, and was not shy to show them off in her bikini as she ran for the ball yesterday.
The 33-year-old has often spoken of her love of botox and self-tanning, which she gets her husband, Jim, to apply for her. But it would seem she may have gone one shade too far this time.
Arm candy: Alexis holds husband Jim's hand as they take a stroll down the beach in Santa Monica
Arm candy: Alexis holds husband Jim's hand as they take a stroll down the beach
The reality TV star’s tangerine-toned complexion has left some critics believing she looked more like Tropical Barbie than a bronzed beach Goddess.
Fortunately, her husband Jim did not seem to mind, and neither did the male admirers who watched on as she ran about the beach chasing her beach ball.
Alexis should also probably be credited for her brave face and big grin as she had complained of abdominal pain just a few days earlier and had been informed by hospital doctors that she was passing a kidney stone.
On Wednesday she tweeted: ‘Woke up this a.m. sweating with pain, drove to ER, and had a kidney stone! What?! Can you believe that? Now it's a waiting game to pass it!’
Fortunately, the O.C housewife’s impeccably toned figure overshadowed her generously tanned skin, which may otherwise have left fellow sunbathers averting their gaze.
Alexis left her beloved Orange County to take a 45 minute drive up the coast to Santa Monica with her husband, Jim, and it wasn’t long before she was shedding her designer clothes to reveal an enviably sculpted physique.
Good sport: Alexis Bellino shows off her tanned, toned body as she plays volley ball oGood sport: Real Housewives star Alexis Bellino shows off her tanned, toned body as she plays volley ball on the beach in Santa Monica, California
Good sport: Real Housewives star Alexis Bellino shows off her tanned and impeccably toned body as she plays volley ball on the beach in Santa Monica, LA
On form: Alexis looks sensational in her floral bikini as she goes after the ball
On form: Alexis looks sensational in her floral bikini as she goes after the ball
Dressed in a tiny two-piece floral bikini, the Real Housewives of Orange County star had made every effort to see that her body was thoroughly beach worthy before she left her home that morning.
Alexis has made no secret of her surgically enhanced assets, which include her ample DD breasts, and was not shy to show them off in her bikini as she ran for the ball yesterday.
The 33-year-old has often spoken of her love of botox and self-tanning, which she gets her husband, Jim, to apply for her. But it would seem she may have gone one shade too far this time.
Arm candy: Alexis holds husband Jim's hand as they take a stroll down the beach in Santa Monica
Arm candy: Alexis holds husband Jim's hand as they take a stroll down the beach
The reality TV star’s tangerine-toned complexion has left some critics believing she looked more like Tropical Barbie than a bronzed beach Goddess.
Fortunately, her husband Jim did not seem to mind, and neither did the male admirers who watched on as she ran about the beach chasing her beach ball.
Alexis should also probably be credited for her brave face and big grin as she had complained of abdominal pain just a few days earlier and had been informed by hospital doctors that she was passing a kidney stone.
On Wednesday she tweeted: ‘Woke up this a.m. sweating with pain, drove to ER, and had a kidney stone! What?! Can you believe that? Now it's a waiting game to pass it!’
2011年4月23日星期六
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