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Monday, March 7, 2011
Wicked Good Pecan Rolls
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...If you enjoy ooey, gooey, warm and chewy sweets, these rolls are meant for you. I made a large batch of them this week as a pre-Lenten treat for our neighbors and the Silver Fox. I also managed to freeze some for brunch on Easter Sunday. This recipe is another that I've pieced together from various sources. Rather than make a brioche dough, I used one developed for a challah that appeared in The New York Times Bread and Soup Cookbook. The recipe is a golden oldie, but it makes a gorgeous egg bread that is hard to beat. When I make challah I divide the dough, using half for bread and half for sweet rolls of one type or another. This is a dough that can be made with a stand mixer, so, while some kneading is required, I would classify it as easy to prepare. The filling is one I learned to make as a child and the topping comes Mark McGough who developed it for Martha Stewart. This is a very rich pastry that is made in Texas-sized muffin pans. If you prefer more modest bites, standard muffin pans can be used, though they will cook more quickly. My only caution, large or small, is to make certain the rolls are done before you remove them from the oven. Once they're out of the oven the pans should be inverted before the topping has time to set. This recipe makes wonderful rolls. If you like pecan rolls or sticky buns, you'll love these. Here are the composite recipes.
Pecan Rolls...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite with some help from Mark McGough
5-1/2 to 6-1/2 cups flour, unsifted
3 tablespoons sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
2-1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
Pinch of powdered saffron for color (optional)
1 cup warm water
4 eggs, at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1-1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
1-1/2 cups pecan or walnut pieces
1/4 cup corn syrup
1) To make dough: Combine 1-1/4 cups of flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl. Mix in softened butter. if using, stir saffron into warm water until it dissolves. Add a little at a time to flour mixture and blend thoroughly. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Blend eggs into batter, one at a time. Stir another 1/2 cup of flour into batter and beat at high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Blend in enough additional flour to make a soft dough. (I used a total of 5-1/2 cups flour) Knead dough on a lightly floured board about 8 to 10 minutes or until it is smooth and elastic. Place dough in a greased bowl, turning it once to grease top. Cover and allow the dough to rise in a warm, draft free place until double in bulk (approximately one hour). Punch dough down and let rise again until it has again doubled in size, about 45 to 60 minutes.
2) To make filling: Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
3) To make topping: Spray two 6 cup Texas-size muffin tins with nonstick spray. Melt butter in a medium sauce pan set over moderate heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and toasted pecan pieces. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Divide mixture among muffin cups.
4) To assemble: Turn dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Roll dough to form a 12 x 12-inch square. Spread 6 tablespoons butter over dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Roll dough into a cylinder. Use a sharp serrated knife to cut cylinder into 12 (1-inch each) slices. Transfer slices to muffin tins. Cover and let rise for 40 minutes.
5) To bake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place muffin tins on baking sheets to catch drips. Transfer to oven and bake until lightly brown, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately invert onto heatproof racks. Let sit for two minutes. Remove tins and continue to cool to room temperature. Yield: 12 pecan rolls.
You might also enjoy these recipes:
Bon Ton Bakery Cinnamon Bread - Eat Me, Delicious
Sticky Buns - Cookin' for My Captain
Honey-Nut Sticky Buns - Buttercream Barbie
Cinnamon Rolls Perfected - Sugar Pies
Pecan Sticky Buns - The Teacher Cooks
Schnecken - One Perfect Bite
Overnight Sticky Buns - Plain Chicken
Butterscotch Sticky Buns - Pinch My Salt
Apple Butter Sticky Buns - Modern Comfort Food
Caramel Apple Sticky Buns - The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Cinnamon Pecan Rolls - Foodista
93 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
What a georgous sight!! I imagine one of these with a cup of coffee would be almost a meal, though a forbidden one! Who wants to wait till dessert? Anything that even vaguely resembles this, Phil calls stickey buns. He lumps them all unde this one generic term. And I guess if it's shaped like a bun, and it's stickey, he has a point!
- March 7, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- The Sweetylicious said...
it look so lovely and tempting! yummy! (:
- March 7, 2011 at 1:00 AM
- Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...
I have never made these although I love to eat them- thank you for the inspiration!
- March 7, 2011 at 1:02 AM
- Lifewithspices said...
looks very yummy ..
- March 7, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- sally said...
What an great title! This roll does look wicked good!
- March 7, 2011 at 1:25 AM
- mia xara said...
It looks amazing and mouthwatering!Great for a coffee break (and for a nightly kitchen invasion)Have a great week!
- March 7, 2011 at 2:04 AM
- Diane said...
Mouth watering! Take care. Diane
- March 7, 2011 at 2:16 AM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
Oh my goodness . . . this looks amazing.
Glenda - March 7, 2011 at 2:23 AM
- Cindy said...
You have a very beautiful blog, Mary, thanks so much for visiting mine.
Your photographs are breathtaking. - March 7, 2011 at 2:24 AM
- Alessandra said...
Lovely, they sure look wicked good! Pecan are so expensive here in New Zealand, I suppose that they need to import them all from far away!
Alessandra - March 7, 2011 at 2:32 AM
what a lovely addition, I want to start experimenting with sticky rolls soon :)
- March 7, 2011 at 2:32 AM
- Red Nomad OZ said...
Whoa! Now you're talking! I'd even pass up the best OZ bakery in the land if I could get my hands on one (hell, make that a whole batch!) of those!
- March 7, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Very addicitive rolls,truly marvellous..
- March 7, 2011 at 3:16 AM
- Natasha cooks cakes and bakes said...
I freaking love peanuts! Are you a fan of peanut brittle? I may try making these myself. Hope all is well Natasha, from www.theramblesandshamblesblog.blogspot.com
- March 7, 2011 at 4:02 AM
- Martha said...
These are a favorite of ours as well and I like your recipe! Texas size muffin pans. Never thought of that!!! I may have to get one!
- March 7, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- muppy said...
This looks really delicious! My sort of sweets :)
- March 7, 2011 at 4:42 AM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
Yummmi.....So good Mary!!!!
I also love gooey and this is just my kind of treat.
Rita - March 7, 2011 at 4:45 AM
- Tanna said...
Those sound wickedly good for sure! ;) And, what's not to like about Texas sizeed pecan rolls?! Thank you, Mary. Blessings ~ Tanna
- March 7, 2011 at 6:31 AM
- kitchen flavours said...
This looks really good. Anything gooey is always fun to eat! And this looks like one that I would enjoy. Thanks for sharing!
- March 7, 2011 at 6:32 AM
- Lauren said...
The photo made me salivate. I'm thinking this isn't something with a gluten-free modification but they look delcious.
- March 7, 2011 at 6:44 AM
- Nina Timm said...
Wicked is just about the word I was going to descraibe these rolls. Bring the coffee, let's have a break together!!
- March 7, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- ann@Apples and Twinkies said...
Simply stunning, Mary. I'm going to attempt pecan rolls this week. I love these.
- March 7, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I would be so dangerous around these.
- March 7, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
This is the second time I have come across pecans this morning. I so wish I lived in Georgia!!!!
- March 7, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Kim said...
WOW! These looks so good, so sticky, so full of good stuff! I like that you use challah bread for the rolls, great idea!
- March 7, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- Gloria Baker said...
OM this look absolutely nice dear Mary! blessings dear! gloria
- March 7, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Clint said...
One word: sinful.
- March 7, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- Unknown said...
As a kid, pecan rolls would make me run the other way. Something about pecans on rolls that were sort of like cinnamon rolls but not..just didn't sit well with me!! lol Another food aversion I have overcome, thank god!!! These look so wonderfully gooey!!!
- March 7, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
You had me at "wicked good". And, with the addition of the nuts, a healthy treat. Right?
Bonnie - March 7, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook said...
You said it, WICKED GOOD! They look fantastic, and now I have to spend the rest of the day wishing I had one!
- March 7, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
This photo is an inspiration for me to get in the kitchen and cook these. My husband will be in heaven. To make it easier just send me yours that are in the freezer! Thanks for the link. You are so kind.
- March 7, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- The Food Hound said...
Sold! I never make sticky buns because they are labor-intensive and you can't make them ahead of time (as opposed something you can make the night before and pop into the oven the next am). But I really, really need to because I LOVE THEM!!
- March 7, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh forget it, these look AMAZING! Great idea to make them and freeze - I don't do that nearly enough! I would prefer the LARGE size myself!! :)
- March 7, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Big Dude said...
I usually don't pay must attantion to posts for sweets, but this is an exception - I love pecan rolls. When I was a kid, after the movies, we'd go to the downtown restaurant and get a pecan roll - sliced into three pieces and grilled in butter - I still drool when I think of them.
- March 7, 2011 at 9:19 AM
- Soumya Vineeth said...
This is so much inviting, these are well clicked and much tempting, hubby too drooling!
- March 7, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Yvonne @ StoneGable said...
Mary I haven't had breakfast yet, and I could just lick the screen! YUMMY! I LOVE pecans... not to mention sweet rolls!
Yvonne - March 7, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- A Bitchin' Kitchen said...
These look great! My boyfriend loves any kind of sticky roll/pecan roll/cinnamon bun type concoction. I might have to make these for him eventually!
- Maggie - March 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Rita said...
They do look wickedly good! Saving this recipe.
Rita - March 7, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Claudia said...
I've always shyed away from breakfast treats - thinking the pastry making was too daunting. These are indeed wickedly good and I will rethink my baking prowess instead of buying them.
- March 7, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- lena said...
i recently heard abt these sticky buns from a blogger too and great learning tips here!
- March 7, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Candace said...
I've got to get over my fear of yeast. I usually just pass over the recipes that has that included. I love pecan rolls so much. I think my coffee would taste much better right now if I had one. :)
- March 7, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Jennifer said...
I am feeling fatter just looking at those. YUM! I have only made Cinnamon Rolls, I may have to give these a try! Thanks for sharing!
- March 7, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- FOODESSA said...
In order to satisfy my sweet as well as savoury cravings...I sometimes separate recipes too. You're a wise woman Mary ;o)
For you to use the word 'wicked'...I do believe they are just that great ;o)
Have a wonderful day.
Flavourful wishes,
Claudia - March 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Mary, how delicious these look! I'll save these for the "later" pile as my office workers are yelling at me that I'm "derailing" their diets with my baked goods. Ha! Great post!
- March 7, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Rachel Cotterill said...
Those look amazing - somewhere between a cinnamon roll and pecan pie. Yummy.
- March 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM
That is for sure wicked and good - in all the right ways! I could definitely use on right now.
- March 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- RamblingTart said...
Oh, what decadent deliciousness, Mary. :-) Just seeing this picture makes me think of lazy Saturday mornings in my grandmother's kitchen, sunshine streaming through the windows as us kids sit around in our pjs munching on her baking. :-)
- March 7, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Harika baratam said...
Lovely...never heard abt this.
- March 7, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- That Girl said...
I love the dense quality of challah, and I can imagine it working wonderfully for these rolls.
- March 7, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Don't Make Me Call My Flying Monkeys! said...
Oh Mary, you are killing me with this one! I am at work and forgot my lunch and have nothing better then a McDonald's to choose from and you are tempting me with fresh hot homemade pecan rolls!! I guess I will just have to close my eyes and dream of the first bite.
- March 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Bizzy said...
This could be my guilty pleasure. I can just imagine, at the end of the day, when I need energy, sitting down to one of these.
- March 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- flying eagle woman said...
OHHHH so yummy - I want to go home and make some right now! Oh but wait, I'm stuck in this cubicle for another 6 hours. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I'm always on the lookout for THAT SPECIAL DOUGH.
We had something like these in our longhouse meal yesterday - I wish I'd taken a picture of our longhouse table...a table laden with delicious traditional "NDN" foods and then there, in sticky sweet glory - OUR version of WICKED GOOD PECAN ROLLS
Shawna - March 7, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Alexis AKA MOM said...
Oh Mary that is just sinful :)
- March 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Joanne said...
I feel like you've taken the best parts of each recipe and turned it into one deliciously amazing cohesive whole!
- March 7, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- teresa said...
oh YUM! these do look wicked good, i could never stop at just one.
- March 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM
I'm ready to make these, got the butter out to soften, but don't see a temp to bake at. I'll go with 350, or check one of my other recipes that's similar.
- March 7, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Pam said...
They do look wicked good! They make my mouth water.
- March 7, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Anonymous, fortunately you guessed correctly. The temperature has been added to the recipe. Blessings...Mary
- March 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- nanny said...
Mouth watering photo.....
Wish I had one for breakfast with a cup of hot coffee..... - March 7, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- egbkid said...
Wow! Those look sinfully delicious!!
- March 7, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Unknown said...
wowzer, oh my. This is my favorite one you have posted so far. Drop dead decadent yum.
- March 7, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- Shelley said...
These do look yummy! I haven't yet attepted to make challah. It's on my to do list. SOunds much more interesting than using a standard brioche.
- March 7, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- Jocie's Mom said...
OHMIGOSH! These look soooo good. I love pecans. I never get them here because I never know what to do with them. Problem solved now! :)
Thanks so much for sharing! - March 7, 2011 at 3:34 PM
- Sarah @ Modern Country Style said...
These look completely delicious! I love your photos too. They're making me drool!!
Sarahx - March 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
Oh my, these look so good!!
- March 7, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Reshmi Mahesh said...
Wow...this looks superb...
FunWidFud - March 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM
- Laural (bhealthier) said...
seriously!?! omg, mouth is still watering. Wow- those look absolutely incredible!
- March 7, 2011 at 5:12 PM
- Juliana said...
Mary, these rolls look fabulous, love the pecans on it...very gooey and sticky. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead :-)
- March 7, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Simply Life said...
oh wow! these look so professional! You can definitely start a business making these! :)
- March 7, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- Stevie said...
This has to be my all-time favorite naughty indulgence. Thanks for brightening my Monday. Wow! I wish that I was sitting in your kitchen with that big plate of cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven right in front of me.
- March 7, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Ryan said...
I'm craving cinnamon rolls/sticky buns/ pecan rolls after all of your delicious posts! Beautiful pictures as well! I'm sure your family and friends were absolutely thrilled with these delicious pecan rolls and thats a great idea to freeze some for Easter as well!
- March 7, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- Melissa @IWasBornToCook said...
Yum...this looks insanely delicious!
- March 7, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Renee Paj said...
omg...Mary...sinful. :))) Perfect for prelent...lol Have a wonderful day!
- March 7, 2011 at 8:50 PM
- mary beth said...
Wow Mary! You have me drooling with just the picture of these pecan rolls! I have not had much success with sweet rolls of any kind, but am determined to become as good at making them as I am at eating them! Thanks for stopping by my blog and saying HI! I love hearing from everyone who stops by! I'm going to browse through your recipes and I know I will be inspired.
- March 7, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- The Church Cook said...
Oh, yes. These look wickedly good! And thank you so much for your encouragement, Mary, during your recent visit! Will definitely look at Jamie's blog, too. Look forward to learning some wonderful things from you. :)
- March 7, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow, bookmarked and I thank you for the recipe, they look just wonderful;-)
- March 7, 2011 at 10:28 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
Wow Mary - You got me with this one. Whenever I'm in Panera's I can't resist their pecan rolls, but yours look even better. I may have to give in to temptation.
- March 7, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh Mary Mary Mary! These look incredible!! Mmmmm
- March 7, 2011 at 11:16 PM
OH wow!!! These pecan rolls look incredible! I will be making these very soon!! :)
- March 7, 2011 at 11:46 PM
- cocoa and coconut said...
Mary, must you tempt me always?! Those pecans on top really send me off
- March 8, 2011 at 1:14 AM
- Chele said...
I love recipes like this, its my kind of baking. They look such a treat and soooooooooo tempting. I'll be making these the next free weekend we get. Thanks for sharing with us.
- March 8, 2011 at 2:33 AM
- Katarina said...
These look lovely!
- March 8, 2011 at 4:07 AM
- Sprinzette @ Ginger and Almonds said...
Looks seriously wicked, and very tempting. How delicious.
- March 8, 2011 at 7:25 AM
- Elaine said...
The topping looks wonderful on these!
- March 8, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- tootie said...
These look heavenly!!
- March 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Lucie said...
I love the idea of using a challah base--this sounds great for an afternoon treat AND breakfast!
- March 8, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- Hannah Marie said...
Wow those look amazing Mary, I like all of the recipes you have posted so far!!!
- March 8, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- A little bit of everything said...
i love the sound of these rolls. love the pecan topping, such a wonderful and delicious idea.
thanks for sharing Mary - March 8, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- My Little Space said...
Oh god, another killer! Did someone just said forbidden? ha...
Kristy - March 9, 2011 at 5:40 AM
- Karina said...
Oh how I wish I saw these before Lent! I'm bookmarking to have on Easter morning.
- March 9, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- SashaInTheKitchen said...
Yum Mary - these look decadent and amazing. So delicious - I can't wait to try this
- March 9, 2011 at 10:55 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Anonymous, corn syrup has been added to the ingredient list. Thanks....Mary
- March 12, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Jim Brown said...
I am a 66 year old man living in Thailand and it is difficult to find good American food to buy here. So, I am forced to cook. I had to try these as I love pecan rolls. They came out absolutely delicious. I waited about 10 minutes after cooking before I had to have one. Decadent! Karo syrup here costs a fortune ($10) and pecans for this were about $9. It was well worth. I didn't have muffin pans so used a 9X13 pan for a substitute and it worked well. Thank you so much for this recipe.
Jim Brown - March 27, 2012 at 2:30 AM


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Grapefruit is a library for Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) with a focus on user interfaces. FRP makes it possible to implement reactive and interactive systems in a declarative style. With Grapefruit, user interfaces are described as networks of communicating widgets and windows. Communication is done via different kinds of signals which describe temporal behavior.
Grapefruit has the following important features:
- a push-based FRP implementation where signals
- can be memoized using ordinary variable bindings
- can be merged without doubling of simultaneous events
- cannot behave differently by starting them at different times
- a record system which makes it possible that
- input signals can be left out to get default behavior
- output signals can be left out to ignore uninteresting data
- output signals can be chosen and fetched by pattern matching
- an abstract UI implementation which can work with different backends which in turn use different toolkits to provide different look and feel with one and the same application code (At the moment, the only supported UI toolkit is GTK+ (via Gtk2Hs). We plan to support Qt in the future, making use of the HQK project's output.)
You might be interested in a comparison of Grapefruit to other FRP libaries
Released versions
Grapefruit is released on Hackage. If you do not have special requirements, you can install Grapefruit by saying cabal install grapefruit-ui-gtk grapefruit-examples
If you do not have installed the gtk
package yet, this command will also try to install this package. However, this will fail unless gtk2hs-buildtools
is already installed. See the Gtk2Hs website for further information.
Development versions
The source code of Grapefruit is on darcs hub at http://hub.darcs.net/jeltsch/grapefruit.
Running the examples
You can run the examples by typing the following lines into GHCi:
import Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.Circuit
import Graphics.UI.Grapefruit.UIBackend
import Examples.Grapefruit.Example
run UIBackend mainCircuit ()
Replace Example
with the name of the example to run and UIBackend
with the name of the UI backend you want to use. At the moment, the only meaningful replacement for UIBackend
is GTK
. Possible replacements for Example
are Converter
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, SetView
, Simple
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We do not provide ready-to-use executables since it is possible (at least in theory) to run the examples with different UI backends and an executable would be fixed to a specific backend.
Publications and talks
See the respective list on the new Grapefruit website.
Grapefruit has a mailing list and a project management website where you can report bugs, for example.
Below are some screenshots from the examples of an earlier Grapefruit version. The Simple example is also available in the current version, along with several other examples not mentioned here.
- Simple
- Clicking on the button adds a star to the caption of the button. This doesn't look very meaningful. However, Simple is actually a very important example since it demonstrates that feedbacks work—the output of the button is transformed and then used as the button's input.
- Codebreaker
- This is a Mastermind™-like game. The Add button is enabled if and only if the input field contains a valid code and the display box is enabled if and only if the list of guesses does not contain the code chosen by the computer. These properties are described in a declarative way in the source code.
- CircuitingObjects
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A while back we posted about an Australian 'motoring helmet' designed to protect motorists' heads in car accidents. It was designed in the late 1980's.
Then we recieved this tip yesterday. Another head protection device for motorists, this one developed at the University of Adelaide, in Australia. A serious product for the serious of protecting motorists from the dangers of driving. Despite airbags and seatbelts, motorists are victims of alarming head injury rates. Here's what the Centre for Automotive Safety Research [CASR] in Australia says:
The Centre has been evaluating the concept of a protective headband for car occupants. In about 44 percent of cases of occupant head injury, a protective headband, such as the one illustrated, would have provided some benefit. One estimate has put the potential benefit of such a device (in terms of reduced societal Harm) as high as $380 million, compared with $123 million for padding the upper interior of the car. This benefit derives from the fact that in a crash, the head strikes objects other than those that could be padded inside the car.
CASR were investigating the benefits of padding the inside of a car, which is a legal requirement in some jurisdictions. They discovered that although the head may strike any of a number of places in a car, many of which would be difficult to pad, that about half of all serious head injuries occurred to the forehead, side of the head or behind the ears. From these findings CASR embarked upon a project to develop a headband which could protect these areas of the head in a car collision.
The BBC wrote about the new product here.
Would you wear one? Any bicycle advocate worth their salt will dedicate the majority of their time to promoting cycling positively and highlighting the many benefits of cycling for the individual and for society. Unfortunately, it proves necessary to spend a great deal of time debunking well-established myths about the 'dangers' of cycling. The health benefits of cycling - both for the individual and society - are 20 times greater than the relatively small risk of serious accident. This is where the focus should lie. Increasing the number of cyclists in any urban environment fights obesity and a host of illnesses associated with our modern sedentary lifestyles. More citizens choosing the bicycle reduces injury rates. If you double the number of cyclists in a city, the risk of injury falls by one-third, due to the Safety in Numbers principle. Futhermore, in Copenhagen we've calculated that: For every kilometre cycled, society enjoys a net PROFIT of 1.22 kroner [$0.23].On the other hand, for every kilometre travelled in a car, society suffers a net LOSS of 0.69 kroner [$0.13].
Politicians here, like anywhere else, love cost-benefit analysis. Cycling and investment in infrastructure is fantastically profitable for a society. The Copenhagen calculations are based, among other factors, on reduced costs for wear and tear on the roads, the health benefits of cycling and the extended lives of healthier citizens. We're not even talking about testosterone cycling, merely pedalling to work, the supermarket, the cinema, etc. When more people cycle, there are fewer sick days, fewer hospital admissions and the working population is generally more productive. It is even more unfortunate that many of the people who are eager to keep the myths about cycling alive are cyclists. More often than not, cyclists who enjoy the adrenaline version of cycling and not the casual urban transport style on the rise in cities all over the world.Imagine if the most vocal advocates of 'going for walks around town' were racewalkers and racewalking clubs.
Copenhagenize.com, in the interest of exploring how logic works - or rather doesn't - thinks that the focus on the mythical dangers of cycling is misplaced. In logical terms, proponents of bicycle helmets should extend their campaign to include helmets for pedestrians and motorists. Anything less than that is misleading, statistically incorrect and just plain ridiculous.
Promoting the positive aspects of cycling seems so blatantly obvious, but it is, sadly, an uphill battle and has been for the past few decades.The time is ripe for Bicycle Culture 2.0. The more people who promote cycling as positive, the quicker we arrive.


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Baby Can't Dance (Or, Everything I Needed To Know About Post-Partum Mental Health I Could Have Learned From Jonathan Swift And Ally McBeal)
Ooooh. Is so big!
Svetlana gives Jasper's belly a poke. He giggles.
Is big baby. Is happy baby! He grabs her finger and yanks it into his mouth. And strong!
I shrug. I know that he's big and strong. I am, after all, the one holding him. With difficulty.
This is why you are post-traumatic stress. This is big boy who make big entrance. He come fast, he is big, it is BLAM, and you are stress.
I nod. That's one way of describing the circumstances of his birth.
And now, he is the BIG big big boy. And the strong. He is like Gooliver! This is the tired. You are tired from Big Gooliver.
I stare at her, blankly.
Gooliver? And the Poochins? I do not know this in English. The Poochins, they tie Gooliver?
Oh, I say. GULLIVER. And the Lilliputians?
Yes! This is this baby. GOOLIVER. He is big for you! So big for birth, so big for holding! So much for to make you tired, and stress.
I think about this. I wonder if the better analogy isn't that I'm Gulliver, and my children are the tyrannical Lilliputians, attempting to bend me to their tiny wills. Or that I'm Gulliver, and Jasper is a Brobdingnagian. Or that I'm a Brobdingnagian, and Jasper Gulliver. Emilia is almost certainly a Lilliputian, albeit a very, very tall one.
Whatever the case, Jonathan Swift is spinning in his grave, I'm sure, to hear his work reduced to awkward literary tropes - giants and little people, tyranny and oppression - exploited for the purpose of post-partum psychiatric therapy.
I'm missing a point here, I think.
I give my head a shake and shrug at Svetlana. I don't know, I say. He certainly exhausts me. But I don't feel oppressed by him. I'm just tired. And anxious. And tired.
You sometime want to escape?
Hell yeah. But not like 'oh god release me from these ties that bind' kind of escape. Just, you know, some kind of 'gimme a break' escape. A little bit of quiet, sometimes, maybe. A little bit of peace.
Peas. Yes. You need this. You have had some peas these weeks? She looks at her clipboard. These two weeks?
You need more peas.
She brightens suddenly, looking at Jasper, who is squawking and hooting like an angry squirrel to get her attention. He is not Hooliver! He is cartoon baby! Very big baby, very smart, very strong, but is still baby. Is still BABY.
She looks at me expectantly. I'm not sure where she's going with this.
You see. He looks like big boy. He is strong like big boy. But he is just baby. You tell him: 'YOU ARE BABY.' And then you put him down. And you do not worry. She leans forward as if to tell me a secret. He cannot dance.
I stare at her, again, blankly.
She raises her arms, elbows bent, and does jazz hands. OOGA-CHUCKA. This he cannot do. She leans forward again. He is just little baby. He stay where you put him. Do not need to hold him always. Do not need to tie him down with arms. He is baby. Put him down.
I put him down on the floor of her office, sitting upright against my legs. He immediately grabs one of his feet and chomps down happily.
You see? Is fine. And now you have arms. Maybe not always peas, but arms.
What I learned, then, yesterday: sometimes, a few minutes of free arms equals a decent measure of peas/peace, and any measure of peace does a mountain of good in an anxious life.
Also, that mixing and mangling metaphors and analogies is good for the soul. And that having a Slavic pantsuit-wearing, Swift-reading, Ally-McBeal-loving throwback of a psychiatrist isn't such a bad thing as I might have thought.
Postscript: that whole put him down and free your arms thing? Works best when he isn't shrieking in protest. That's not so peaceful. Just sayin'.
Need to work on that part.
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Around the world, pediatric cancer survival rates are failing to keep pace with real-life treatment and diagnostic opportunities.
Five-year survival rates for children with cancer went from 30 percent in the 1960s to 80 percent in the 2000s, but since then improvements have been sparse. Developing countries, those too often faced with few resources and treatment options, suffer the most. In Africa, an estimated four-fifths of childhood cancer patients do not survive. But the strict regulatory nature of pediatric drugs, including somewhat outmoded research methods, is just as problematic in Europe and the U.S.
An associate director at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Hematology and Oncology Products calls for global cooperation, insisting on the acknowledgement "that childhood cancer is a growing problem" that needs more international collaboration in clinical research.
Collaboration like The National Children's Cancer Society Global Outreach Program, which helps facilitate donations of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to countries in need. Since 1993, NCCS has distributed more than $292 million in medical help across 41 countries. That's more than 108,000 children who have been treated or helped by the joint efforts of NCCS and their pharmaceutical partners.
With collaborative efforts such as this, pediatric cancer patients from impoverished regions have better access to effective treatment, much-needed pharmaceuticals and methods for early detection. But there's still a long way to go.
Oncologists say international progress depends on increasing the quality and quantity of drug research, with an emphasis on modernizing regulations and cooperative outreach. Making headway in research, combined with a higher volume of global aid programs from resources like NCCS, means more information and treatment options will be available to low-income countries.


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Barcelona is Spain's second largest city, with a population of nearly two million people, and the capital of Catalonia. A major port located on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, Barcelona has a wide variety of attractions that bring in tourists from across the globe. The many faces of Barcelona include the medieval Old Town, the unique street grid resulting from 19th-century urban planning. The city has both long sandy beaches and green parks on the hills, pretty much side-by-side. Barcelona is also famous for a number of prominent buildings, of which perhaps the most-known are by the architect Antonio Gaudi, including his Sagrada Familia, which became Barcelona's symbol to many.
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vi. Prerequisites
Building an LFS system is not a simple task. It requires a certain level of existing knowledge of Unix system administration in order to resolve problems and correctly execute the commands listed. In particular, as an absolute minimum, you should already have the ability to use the command line (shell) to copy or move files and directories, list directory and file contents, and change the current directory. It is also expected that you have a reasonable knowledge of using and installing Linux software.
Because the LFS book assumes at least this basic level of skill, the various LFS support forums are unlikely to be able to provide you with much assistance in these areas. You will find that your questions regarding such basic knowledge will likely go unanswered or you will simply be referred to the LFS essential pre-reading list.
Before building an LFS system, we recommend reading the following HOWTOs:
Software-Building-HOWTO http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html
This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic" Unix software packages under Linux. Although it was written some time ago, it still provides a good summary of the basic techniques needed to build and install software.
The Linux Users' Guide http://www.linuxhq.com/guides/LUG/guide.html
This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software. This reference is also fairly old, but still valid.
The Essential Pre-Reading Hint http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/essential_prereading.txt
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Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
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Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
The Experience are interviewed at the BBC Broadcasting House on Portland Place in London.
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Hendrix jams with Al Sykes and John Mayall at Klooks Kleek in the Railway Hotel in Hampstead.
The band flies to Gothenburg, Sweden. Gosta Hansson interviews Hendrix for Goteborgs-Tidningen. The interview is published the following day. The Experience visit the Klubb Karl in Gothenburg.
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In the early morning hours, Hendrix reportedly becomes angry when fans try to get into his room at the Hotel Opalen. Police in Gothenberg arrest him for smashing a plate glass window. He is taken to a local hospital, where he receives stitches in his right hand. That night, the group plays at Lorensbergs Cirkus in Gothenburg. Mecki Mark Men and Baby Grandmothers are also on the bill. The first show set list is comprised of: "Foxy Lady," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Fire," "Hey Joe," "Come On (Part One)," and "Purple Haze." For the second show, the band plays: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Fire," "Hey Joe," "Foxy Lady," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Catfish Blues," and "Purple Haze." Oscar Hedlund interviews Jimi Hendrix and Gerry Stickells for Dagens Nyheter. The interview is published the following day.
Baby Grandmothers Gothenburg Jan 4 1968 Live Lorensbergs Cirkus Mecki Mark Men
Hendrix is interviewed for a January 6 Expressen story. Along with Mecki Mark Men and Baby Grandmothers, The Experience play the Sportshallen. Because of a sore throat, the band plays for only 35 minutes.
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The band flies to Copenhagen, where they are recorded for TV and interviewed by Carsten Grolin for Ekstra Bladet. The interview is published January 8.
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The Experience performs two shows at Konserthall in Copenhagen. One of the two sets is comprised of: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Fire," "Hey Joe," "Catfish Blues," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Purple Haze," "Spanish Castle Magic," and "Wild Thing." Hendrix is interviewed by Claes Hanning for a January 8 Expressen piece.
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The Experience fly to Stockholm for two shows at Stora Salen, Konserthuset. Mecki Mark Men and Baby Grandmothers open. During the first show, the band plays: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "EXP," "Up From The Skies," "Spanish Castle Magic," "Foxy Lady," "Little Wing," "Fire," "Catfish Blues," "The Wind Cries Mary," and "Purple Haze." Christian Stafstrom interviews Hendrix for an Aftonbladet story published January 9, and by Leif H. Andersson for "Pop 68 Special," a Swedish radio program broadcast on January 14. The band returns to Gothenburg so that Hendrix can attend his court appearance.
Konserthuset Live Mecki Mark Men and Baby Grandmothers Stora Salen
Hendrix checks in at Gothenburg police headquarters. He must report there every day until January 15.
The second Experience album, Axis: Bold As Love, (Reprise Records, RS 6281) is released in America.
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Magistrate Gunnel Ohslund presides over Hendrix's hearing at Gothenburg Municipal Court. Hendrix is found guilty of causing damage to the hotel room and fined 8,918 Swedish kronar.
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Jimi Hendrix attends a party at the Apple offices on Saville Row, where he is interviewed for the London Herald. The party is held to celebrate Apple's signing of The Grapefruit. Members of the Beatles, Brian Jones and Kathy Etchingham also attend.
Beatles Brian Jones Jimi Hendrix Kathy Etchingham London Herald Personal Saville Row
The band is photographed for Top Pop magazine. Under the direction of Paul McCartney, Hendrix records tracks for the self-titled, McGough and McGear (EMI Parlophone, PCS 7047, 1968) album at DeLane Lea Studios.
Jimi Hendrix Experience McGough and McGear Paul McCartney photograph Recording Top Pop magazine
The Experience returns to Olympic Studios to record "All Along The Watchtower," which features Dave Mason on 12-string acoustic guitar and Brian Jones on percussion. The session started with Jones contributing on piano, but these recordings were not released.
All Along The Watchtower Brian Jones Dave Mason Olympic Studios Recording the experience
Richard Robinson interviews Hendrix and Noel Redding for Hullabaloo at the Upper Berkeley Street flat. The interview is published in May.
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Hendrix is interviewed by Hugh Nolan for a February 17 Disc & Music Echo feature. Hendrix wins the publication's award for "Top World Musician."
The Experience fly to Paris for two shows with The Animals at the Olympia. Set 1: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Fire," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Spanish Castle Magic," "Catfish Blues," "Little Wing," and "Purple Haze." Set 2: "Killin' Floor," "Catfish Blues," "Foxy Lady," "Red House," "Drivin' South," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Fire," "Little Wing," and "Purple Haze."
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The Experience fly to New York, where they hold a news conference at the Pan Am Building's Copter Club. Hendrix is interviewed by Jay Ruby for Jazz and Pop (July 1968); Michael Rosenbaum for Crawdaddy (May 1968); Don Paulsen for Hit Parader (July 1968); Al Aronowitz for the New York Post (February 2); and Life magazine (April 1).
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A lot of folks running Windows Phone on an HTC or Samsung device have bemoaned at the some of the exclusive apps Nokia makes available only to their own Lumia line. While it makes sense for Nokia to differentiate themselves, we know that sting from feeling left out. No pouting today though, Nokia now is letting folks on non-Lumia devices get some more HERE action.
Previously HERE Drive Beta was available to everyone, but now you can add HERE Maps and HERE Transit to the list of apps.
Earlier today at Mobile World Congress Nokia pushed out an update to all their navigation and location apps – mostly rebranding them to HERE and adding the ability to sync with the HERE cloud. HERE Drive Beta was available to everyone, but Maps and Transit weren't. Check our coverage from that here. No word on if HERE City Lens will make its way to non-Lumia devices, but this is a good start we think. FYI: Forgot to add that the apps are currently available to users in the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Spain. Sorry for the any falsehope. We'll see if we can get anything on availability to other markets.
If you're reading to get these apps for your Windows Phone 8 device from HTC or Samsung, you'll want to go here for HERE Maps in the Windows Phone Store, use the QR code below, or swipe to the right in our app. For HERE Transit click this and you'll be in the Windows Phone Store, use the QR below, or swipe to the right.
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8:11: After they blame each other for the financial crisis, Obama tells us we don't want to hear them blaming each other. We just want to know how to stay in our homes and pay our bills. McCain sounds a little shaky and winded. He's wearing a shiny dark suit and a pink and red striped tie. Obama -- in an unshiny suit and a blue-purple tie -- seems relaxed. He's got a casual way of sitting on the stool.
8:20: The first 3 questions have been about the crisis, the third being, quite sensibly: How can we trust you guys who let us get into this trouble in the first place? McCain points to his record, and repeatedly tells us he's reached across the aisle. Does that make you trustworthy? The 2 men seem mainly to be recycling their old talking points more than speaking directly to the crisis.
8:28: An old woman emails in her demand that people be asked to make sacrifices. McCain repeats his ideas about cutting spending, and makes a second reference to an overhead projector that Obama procured for the Chicago planetarium. Again with the earmarks. What was the dollar figure on earmarks? I heard $1 billion. That seems like nothing compared to the $750 billion bailout. And what is the sacrifice? Not getting more earmarks? Obama reminds us of the way Bush told us after 9/11 to "go out and shop." Bush, it seems, could have demanded sacrifices, but Obama doesn't say what we should have sacrificed then or now, though he does advise us to be energy efficient. It's really not too inspiring, but I think Obama is trying to seem cool, solid, and not at all exciting. In the background, we see McCain writing, awkwardly, on a note pad, and maybe some of us think about McCain's sacrifices.
8:37: Tom Brokaw is in control! Obama will not be permitted to say something about taxes because "it's important." Ha ha. As I was writing "it's important," O said "it's important" again.
8:41: McCain thinks he's making a big funny by saying "I'll answer the question!" Because, you know, Obama didn't want to go on to the next question before. No one laughs, but he looks so happy with his wisecracks. "Too many lobbyists workin' there," he says, and I think he's trying to sound Palinesque.
8:44: McCain's plan seems to be to sound passionate and caring. And to say "Lieberman" frequently.
8:46: Jac is live-blogging too: "9:30 - Cringe-inducing word choice from Obama: "A lot of you remember the tragedy of 9/11..." He can safely assume we all remember."
8:47: I love Brokaw. Watch the damned lights! He finds it hard to believe the candidates aren't watching the lights. Obama pops up and says he's just trying to keep up with McCain. In other words, he did it first! That seemed a little dorky and childish.
8:50: I was just admiring Obama's elegant gestures with his long, thin hands, when McCain positioned himself in the background and made a hand gesture that can only be described as holding an invisible grapefruit in front of your chest.
8:55: Obama says that health care should be a right. (McCain called it a "responsibility.") Obama seems relaxed and smiling but also oddly pissed that McCain has been "throwing a lot of things out there."
9:01: We've finally arrived at foreign policy, and McCain seems very relieved. Obama takes the subject of Iraq and ties it to the economy: Iraq has a surplus, so why are we spending our money over there? He's made this argument many times, but it has more resonance this week.
9:05: What is Obama's standard for when we should intervene for purely humane reasons, where there are no American interests? I hear no statement of doctrine. What is McCain's doctrine? We should intervene whenever there is a genocide if we have the means to improve the situation. (That's why he stood up to Reagan about Lebanon.)
9:14: Obama says McCain has called him "green behind the ears." Some sort of moss or fungus?
9:27: The question is how we would respond to an attack by Iran on Israel, and McCain makes a strong connection to the military man in the audience who asked the question. Obama's answer recycles material about energy independence. He talks about negotiations and diplomacy. Okay, and then? What if there is an attack? Will you be there? I can't tell.
9:30: "What don't you know and how will you learn it?" A cute question. Cute and disturbing. Obama decides to just deliver his prepared closing statement. The last 8 years sucked. Can't get
9:34: I began this live-blog with a big mug of lapsang souchong tea, but about 15 minutes ago, I switched to cognac:
9:42: Wow. Over 600 comments! I'll need to go in there and see what you folks are saying. For now though, let's do a little poll:
9:55: I was scrolling through my HDTV recording, looking to photograph the "invisible grapefruit," and I noticed that Obama was wearing an earpiece. I photographed the freeze-frame and have set up a new post to display it.
10:09: I reconsider the perception of an earpiece. I don't see it in other frames. I'm sure a real secret earpiece would be way less visible, inside the ear canal.
11:21: I'm reading the comments, and the general opinion is that the debate was very boring. It was boring to me, because they were saying things I've heard before. Maybe some people are listening closely for the first time, and for them, it might have been interesting. But it should have been new and exciting for all of us, given the events of the past week.
6:55 am: When I woke up this morning, I decided to concentrate my mind on the question which man won.... Ah, what am I doing in this old post? Making a couple corrections. My new morning perceptions will be in new post.


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- A tight integration of today's and upcoming web standards, such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, RSS, SVG, Javascript, etc.
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Most of us have played games like poker and blackjack with friends. Up to a point, these games can be great fun. Unlike other forms of play, however, gambling taps into a side of the human mind that encourages damaging behavior, often to the point that many people have stories about friends or relatives who have lost everything to gambling.
Video gambling describes slot machines and the other electronic machines found in most casinos. Vastly profitable— generating up to 70% of casino revenues in the U.S.—these machines are also examples of experiences designed to manipulate user behavior.
The way gambling companies justify their revenue source is intriguing: they promote it as social and fun while also claiming to help people with gambling problems. Behind the scenes, however, they engage in all kinds of "optimizations" that encourage gamblers to spend and play more without stopping or burning out.
How do I know this? I have something to confess.
Early in my career I was one of those "dark side" UX designers at a video gambling company. I'm not proud of it, but I learned a lot about the psychological techniques they use. People often say that gambling companies are the masters of the dark side of UX and gamification, but not many of us know the details. I do, and I'm going to share them with you in this article, which supports a presentation of the same name that I've given on the topic.
From Seduction to Deception
As with many relationships, gambling starts with a seduction phase. The experience of walking into a casino is carefully crafted to deliver the promise of fun, pleasure, and riches using a heady combination of lights, music, and fantasy. It's no accident that the gambling machines are branded with themes from popular culture: they are designed to make you feel comfortable, appeal to you sexually, or provide aspirations to a new, higher social status. You may find it hard to believe but this stuff really works.
In-Game Patterns
Video gambling machines are designed to be easy to walk-up to and play. The learning curve is minimal. Once they've got you playing then a number of "dark patterns"—user interfaces designed to trick—are applied.
A disparity between perceived and real odds
The user interfaces on many machines hark to the old days with a physical lever that you pull and dials that spin around, alluding to the idea of natural randomness: like rolling dice or picking a card from a shuffled deck. In fact, the machine runs on software that tells the dials exactly how to spin and where to stop.
Although random number generators are used, the bounds of the randomness are predetermined, and the payout rate is set in favor of the house by about 10%. What's fascinating is that many casinos make this fact public on large signs (e.g. "The payout rate on these machines is 90%! Play now!"). Gamblers continue to play, in an attempt to beat or "game" a system that has been specifically designed from the ground-up to game them.
The gambler's reasoning is that although the house takes 90% of the money put in, this figure is an average across the entire population of players and, as an individual, they still stand to win a large amount. Of course, all gambling odds are stacked in favor of the house. What's fascinating about video gambling is the extent to which this is engineered. For example, slot machines are often networked, not just within single casinos but across multiple casinos, allowing payouts to be adjusted between games to meet profit margins.
High bet buttons are prominent, low bet buttons are hidden
All UX designers know that it's important to show a clear and prominent call-to-action to convert your business needs. This is why the "create account" button on a website tends to be big, and the "delete account" button tends to be a small text link tucked away deep in the settings page.
The exact same principle is used in video gambling machines. The big prominent buttons are always the ones that encourage you to spend more and continue gambling. The buttons that allow more sensible behavior tend to be just a little smaller or harder to find. When averaged over millions of players, these small design tweaks have a big impact.
The game's rules are so clear that you do not need to worry about learning curves. The thrill is there and the jackpot is poised to make you rich—why shouldn't you play longer? Deception goes along with dark patterns, unnoticed and exploiting psychological resorts of your mind.
Here are some examples.
- Interface is designed deliberately so you spend longer looking for the low bet button (when it exists) or the cash out button. Conversely, betting buttons and their placement make very easy to keep playing or gamble it all.
- You end up not noticing how many times you've lost because you "win" a few small or medium prizes as you play, but you've still lost more money than what you've won back.
- "Near misses"—one of the better-known tricks that makes you feel like you've just missed out on a win. This excitement causes your brain to release dopamine, creating a natural high. This is similar to the concept of "perceived scarcity"—also used in marketing to convince consumers that an offer is limited and they must buy it as soon as possible.
- Changing the currency from Dollars to credits hides from you the real money you're spending. By giving you control with the bet and the value of the credit, you lose your perception of money. Now it is just time in the machine: more credits equals longer play. Another careful ploy used is when a prize is won the sound of clinking coins is played to make you feel like you've won real money, not just credits.
The Grey Zone Is Not Flow
What started with seduction and a promise of riches has slowly become a relationship based on deception. A gambler's state of mind is far from Csikszentmihalyi's flow, in which an activity produces an experience so gratifying that people are willing to perform it for its own sake. When gambler's play video gambling machines, they want to get in what they call "the zone" because they can forget the rest of the world. This is different from the flow, as they do not experience clarity and do not need a motivation to achieve any goal. It's pure escapism.
Natasha Schull explains "the zone" in her recently published book Addiction By Design. She interviews true gamblers to explain their experiences losing their sense of time in front of the machine: minutes turn into hours, hours into days. The "Auto" button which allows not pressing any buttons at all to keep playing is perfect for this purpose—pushing the user into gambling in a more automatized way.
When gamblers are in the zone they become a money making machine. But these companies and casinos don't just stop with the machines. In the early '00s the Harrah's casino in Las Vegas hired a young PhD in economics named Gary Loveman who applied data mining to the gambling information system and created a loyalty program with massive success. Analyzing the data in real-time allowed seeing which users could play longer and what game and casino floor design changes were more profitable. Other companies copied the method and user research converted gamblers into figures that could be improved by handing out rewards.
Dark Design
Last year, information architecture and UX guru Louis Rosenfeld asserted in a tweet that "User experience is a strain of 21st century humanism." Think about what UX involves as a discipline: knowing the user needs, coordinating with engineering, and understanding the market. You may not find any other profession with as many inputs from different people and different areas. But an ethical dimension should be fundamental.
The elements of the video gambling experience are like the elements of any other webpage or software: they are designed to match the user needs and they align with the products' strategy. The problem with video gambling is that user needs are swallowed up by a compulsion to continue using the product, a compulsion that the product is designed to deepen and exploit. These elements are continually enhanced with iterated quantitative research to further optimize the experience, sucking the gamblers further in.
Aligning business needs with user needs can be a delicate balance, but video gambling raises the question of whether or not honesty and integrity should always be the overriding principle in any design choice. In my opinion, optimizing a form or payment system is one thing, but tricking a user into spending more money is another. What do you think?
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Common Tests During Pregnancy
The following are some of the more common tests performed during pregnancy:
First Trimester Prenatal Screening Tests
First trimester screening is a combination of fetal ultrasound and maternal blood testing performed during the first trimester of pregnancy. This screening process can help to determine the risk of the fetus having certain birth defects. Screening tests may be used alone or in combination with other tests.
There are three parts of first trimester screening:
- Ultrasound test for fetal nuchal translucency (NT). Nuchal translucency screening uses an ultrasound test to examine the area at the back of the fetal neck for increased fluid or thickening.
- Two maternal serum (blood) tests. The blood tests measure two substances found in the blood of all pregnant women:
- Pregnancy-associated plasma protein screening (PAPP-A)–a protein produced by the placenta in early pregnancy. Abnormal levels are associated with an increased risk for chromosome abnormality.
- Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)–a hormone produced by the placenta in early pregnancy. Abnormal levels are associated with an increased risk for chromosome abnormality.
When used together as first trimester screening tests, nuchal translucency screening and maternal blood tests have a greater ability to determine if the fetus might have a birth defect, such as Down syndrome (trisomy 21) and trisomy 18.
If the results of these first trimester screening tests are abnormal, genetic counseling is recommended. Additional testing such as chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, cell-free fetal DNA, or other ultrasounds may be needed for accurate diagnosis.
Second Trimester Prenatal Screening Tests
Second trimester prenatal screening may include several blood tests, called multiple markers. These markers provide information about a woman's risk of having a baby with certain genetic conditions or birth defects. Screening is usually performed by taking a sample of the mother's blood between the 15th and 20th weeks of pregnancy (16th to 18th is ideal). The multiple markers include:
- Alpha-fetoprotein screening (AFP). This blood test measures the level of alpha-fetoprotein in the mothers' blood during pregnancy. AFP is a protein normally produced by the fetal liver and is present in the fluid surrounding the fetus (amniotic fluid), and crosses the placenta into the mother's blood. The AFP blood test is also called MSAFP (maternal serum AFP).
Abnormal levels of AFP may signal the following:- Open neural tube defects (ONTD), such as spina bifida
- Down syndrome
- Other chromosomal abnormalities
- Defects in the abdominal wall of the fetus
- Twins–more than one fetus is making the protein
- A miscalculated due date, as the levels vary throughout pregnancy
- hCG. This is human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (a hormone produced by the placenta)
- Estriol. This is a hormone produced by the placenta
- Inhibin. This is a hormone produced by the placenta
Abnormal test results of AFP and other markers may indicate the need for additional testing. Usually an ultrasound is performed to confirm the dates of the pregnancy and to look at the fetal spine and other body parts for defects. An amniocentesis may be needed for accurate diagnosis.
Multiple marker screening is not diagnostic. This means it is not 100 percent accurate, and is only a screening test to determine who in the population should be offered additional testing for their pregnancy. There can be false-positive results–indicating a problem when the fetus is actually healthy or false negative results–indicating a normal result when the fetus actually does have a health problem.
When a woman has both first and second trimester screening tests performed, the ability of the tests to detect an abnormality is greater than using just one screening independently. Nearly all cases of Down Syndrome can be detected when both first and second trimester screening are used.
What is an amniocentesis?
An amniocentesis is a procedure used to obtain a small sample of the amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus to diagnose chromosomal disorders and open neural tube defects (ONTDs), such as spina bifida. Testing is available for other genetic defects and disorders depending on the family history and availability of laboratory testing at the time of the procedure. An amniocentesis is generally offered to women between the 15th and 20th weeks of pregnancy who are at increased risk for chromosome abnormalities, such as women who are over age 35 years of age at delivery, or those who have had an abnormal maternal serum screening test, indicating an increased risk for a chromosomal abnormality or neural tube defect.
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How is an amniocentesis performed?
An amniocentesis is a procedure that involves inserting a long, thin needle through the mother's abdomen into the amniotic sac to withdraw a small sample of the amniotic fluid for examination. The amniotic fluid contains cells shed by the fetus, which contain genetic information. Although specific details of each procedure vary slightly, generally, an amniocentesis follows this process:
- The woman's abdomen is cleansed with an antiseptic.
- The doctor may or may not give a local anesthetic to numb the skin.
- Ultrasound is used to help guide a hollow needle into the amniotic sac.
- A small sample of fluid is withdrawn for laboratory analysis.
- Strenuous activities should be avoided for 24 hours following an amniocentesis.
- Women may feel some cramping during or after the amniocentesis.
Women with twins or other multiples need sampling from each amniotic sac, in order to study each baby. Depending on the position of the baby, placenta, amount of fluid, or patient's anatomy, sometimes the amniocentesis cannot be performed. The fluid is sent to a genetics laboratory so that the cells can grow and be analyzed. Alpha-fetoprotein, a protein made by the fetus that is present in the fluid, is also measured to rule out an open neural tube defect, such as spina bifida. Results are usually available in about 10 days to two weeks, depending on the laboratory.
What is a chorionic villus sampling (CVS)?
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a prenatal test that involves taking a sample of some of the placental tissue. This tissue contains the same genetic material as the fetus and can be tested for chromosomal abnormalities and some other genetic problems. Testing is available for other genetic defects and disorders depending on the family history and availability of laboratory testing at the time of the procedure. In comparison to amniocentesis (another type of prenatal test), CVS does not provide information on neural tube defects such as spina bifida. For this reason, women who undergo CVS also need a follow-up blood test between 16 to 18 weeks of their pregnancy, to screen for neural tube defects.
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How is CVS performed?
CVS may be offered to women who are at increased risk for chromosomal abnormalities or have a family history of a genetic defect that is testable from the placental tissue. CVS is usually performed between the 10th and 12th weeks of pregnancy. Although exact methods can vary, the procedure involves inserting a small tube called a catheter through a woman's vagina and into her cervix and usually follows this process:
- Ultrasound is used to guide the catheter into place near the placenta.
- Tissue is removed using a syringe on the other end of the catheter.
- Another method is transabdominal CVS, which involves inserting a needle through the woman's abdomen and into her uterus to sample the placental cells.
- Women may feel some cramping during and after the CVS procedure.
- The tissue samples are sent to a genetic laboratory to grow and be analyzed. Results are usually available in about 10 days to two weeks, depending on the laboratory.
Women with twins or other multiples usually need sampling from each placenta. However, because of the complexity of the procedure, and positioning of the placentas, CVS is not always feasible or successful with multiples.
Some women may not be candidates for CVS or may not obtain results that are 100 percent accurate, and may therefore require a follow-up amniocentesis. In some cases there is an active vaginal infection, such as herpes or gonorrhea, which will prohibit the procedure. Other times the doctor obtains a sample that does not have enough tissue to grow in the laboratory, such that results are incomplete or inconclusive.
What is fetal monitoring?
During late pregnancy and during labor, your doctor may want to monitor the fetal heart rate and other functions. Fetal heart rate monitoring is a method of checking the rate and rhythm of the fetal heartbeat. The average fetal heart rate is between 110 and 160 beats per minute. The fetal heart rate may change as the fetus responds to conditions in the uterus. An abnormal fetal heart rate or pattern may mean that the fetus is not getting enough oxygen or there are other problems. An abnormal pattern also may mean that an emergency or cesarean delivery is needed.
How is fetal monitoring performed?
Using a fetoscope (a type of stethoscope) to listen to the fetal heart beat is the most basic type of fetal heart rate monitoring. Another type of monitoring is with a hand held Doppler device. This is often used during prenatal visits to count the fetal heart rate. During labor, continuous electronic fetal monitoring is often used. Although the specific details of each procedure vary slightly, generally, electronic fetal monitoring follows this process:
- Gel is applied to the mother's abdomen to act as a medium for the ultrasound transducer.
- The ultrasound transducer is attached to the abdomen with straps and transmits the fetal heartbeat to a recorder. The fetal heart rate is displayed on a screen and printed onto special paper.
- During contractions, an external tocodynamometer (a monitoring device that is placed over the top of the uterus with a belt) can record the patterns of contractions.
- Sometimes, internal fetal monitoring is necessary for a more accurate reading of the fetal heart rate. Your bag of waters (amniotic fluid) must be broken and your cervix must be partially dilated to use internal monitoring. Internal fetal monitoring involves inserting an electrode through the dilated cervix and attaching the electrode to the scalp of the fetus, called a fetal scalp electrode.
What are a glucose challenge and a glucose tolerance tests?
The initial 1-hour test is a glucose challenge test. If the results are abnormal, a glucose tolerance test is done.
A glucose tolerance test, usually conducted in the 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy, measures levels of sugar (glucose) in the mother's blood. Abnormal glucose levels may indicate gestational diabetes.
How is a glucose tolerance test performed?
The glucose tolerance test is done if the woman has an elevated 1-hour glucose challenge test.
Although the specific details of each procedure vary slightly, generally, a glucose tolerance test follows this process:
- The mother-to-be may be asked to only drink water on the day the glucose tolerance test is given.
- An initial fasting sample of blood is drawn from a vein.
- You will be given a special glucose solution to drink.
- Blood will be drawn several times over the course of several hours to measure the glucose levels in your body.
What is a Group B strep culture?
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) are bacteria found in the lower genital tract of about 25 percent of all women. GBS infection usually causes no problems in women before pregnancy, but can cause serious illness in the mother during pregnancy. GBS may cause chorioamnionitis (a severe infection of the placental tissues) and postpartum infection. Urinary tract infections caused by GBS can lead to preterm labor and birth, or pyelonephritis and sepsis.
GBS is the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborns, including pneumonia and meningitis. Newborn babies contract the infection during pregnancy or from the mother's genital tract during labor and delivery.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends screening of all pregnant women for vaginal and rectal group B strep colonization between 35 to 37 weeks' gestation. Treatment of mothers with certain risk factors or positive cultures is important to reduce the risk of transmission of GBS to the baby. Babies whose mothers receive antibiotic treatment for a positive GBS test are 20 times less likely to develop the disease than those without treatment.
What is an ultrasound?
An ultrasound scan is a diagnostic technique which uses high-frequency sound
waves to create an image of the internal organs. A screening ultrasound is sometimes done during the course of a pregnancy to check normal fetal growth and verify the due date. Ultrasounds may be performed at various times throughout pregnancy for different reasons:
In the first trimester
- To establish the dates of a pregnancy
- To determine the number of fetuses and identify placental structures
- To diagnose an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage
- To examine the uterus and other pelvic anatomy
- In some cases to detect fetal abnormalities
Mid-trimester (sometimes called the 18 to 20 week scan)
- To confirm pregnancy dates
- To determine the number of fetuses and examine the placental structures
- To assist in prenatal tests, such as an amniocentesis
- To examine the fetal anatomy for presence of abnormalities
- To check the amount of amniotic fluid
- To examine blood flow patterns
- To observe fetal behavior and activity
- To examine the placenta
- To measure the length of the cervix
- To monitor fetal growth
Third trimester
- To monitor fetal growth
- To check the amount of amniotic fluid
- As part of the biophysical profile
- To determine the position of a fetus
- To assess the placenta
How is an ultrasound scan performed?
Although the specific details of each procedure vary slightly, generally, ultrasounds follow this process. Two types of ultrasounds can be performed during pregnancy:
- Abdominal ultrasound
In an abdominal ultrasound, gel is applied to the abdomen and the ultrasound transducer glides over the gel on the abdomen to create the image. - Transvaginal ultrasound
In a transvaginal ultrasound, a smaller ultrasound transducer is inserted into the vagina and rests against the back of the vagina to create an image. A transvaginal ultrasound produces a sharper image and is often used in early pregnancy.
There are several types of ultrasound imaging techniques. The most common is two dimensional, or 2D. This gives a flat picture of one aspect of the image.
If more information is needed, a 3D ultrasound examination can be performed. This technique, which provides a three-dimensional picture, requires a special machine and special training. But the 3D image allows the health care provider to see width, height, and depth of images, which can be helpful in diagnosis. The 3D images can also be captured and saved for later review.
The latest technology is 4D ultrasound, which allows the health care provider to visualize the unborn baby moving in real-time. With 4D imaging, a three-dimensional image is continuously updated, providing a "live action" view. These images often have a golden color, which helps show shadows and highlights.
Ultrasound images may be captured in still photographs or on video to document findings.
Ultrasound is a technique that is constantly being improved and refined. As with any test, results may not be completely accurate. However, ultrasound can provide valuable information for parents and health care providers to help manage and care for the pregnancy and fetus. In addition, ultrasound gives parents a unique opportunity to see their baby before birth, helping them to bond and establish an early relationship.
What are the risks and benefits of ultrasound?
Fetal ultrasound has no known risks other than mild discomfort due to pressure from the transducer on the abdomen or in the vagina. No radiation is used during the procedure.
Transvaginal ultrasound requires covering the ultrasound transducer in a plastic/latex sheath, which may cause a reaction in patients with a latex allergy.
Fetal ultrasound is sometimes offered in nonmedical settings to provide keepsake images or videos for parents. While the ultrasound procedure itself is considered safe, it is possible that untrained personnel may give parents false assurances about their baby's well-being, or perhaps an abnormality may be missed. Having ultrasound performed by trained medical personnel who can correctly interpret findings is recommended. Talk with your doctor or midwife if you have questions.
What is genetic screening?
Many genetic abnormalities can be diagnosed before birth. Your doctor or midwife may recommend genetic testing during the pregnancy if you or your partner have a family history of genetic disorders and/or you have had a fetus or baby with a genetic abnormality.
Examples of genetic disorders that can be diagnosed before birth include the following:
- Cystic fibrosis
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Hemophilia A
- Thalassemia
- Sickle cell anemia
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Tay-Sachs disease


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Editor's note: Peter Matthiessen died Saturday, shortly after this story published and just days before this latest novel, In Paradise, is due to be released.
At age 86, Peter Matthiessen has written what he says "may be his last word" — a novel due out Tuesday about a visit to a Nazi extermination camp. It's called In Paradise, and it caps a career spanning six decades and 33 books.
Matthiessen is the only writer to ever win a National Book Award in both fiction — for his last book, Shadow Country, and adult nonfiction for his 1978 travel journal, The Snow Leopard.
Matthiessen is filled with the vitality of past adventures as he leads a tour of his country-style home on the East End of Long Island. I visited him in March, on the day before he was to begin a round of experimental chemotherapy for cancer.
On the living room wall are a dozen large black-and-white photographs of New Guinea tribal warriors. The pictures were taken in 1961 — half by the author, the others by his traveling companion, Michael Rockefeller, who disappeared on that expedition, and may have been the victim of cannibals. Matthiessen wrote a book about that journey called Under the Mountain Wall — one of his many nonfiction chronicles of man and his relation to the natural world.
His new novel, In Paradise, is based on a different kind of journey — a trek into the Heart of Darkness. In 1996, Matthiessen, who is a Zen Buddhist, traveled to Poland on a meditation retreat. It took place at the former Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. What he saw floored him — he recalls the barbed wire, the watch towers, and the crematoriums.
"The gas chambers were all blown up at the end of the war, so they are simply these grim-looking pale ruins out in the distance," he says. "It's a very grim scene. And so it's the enormity of it that just stuns you the first time."
Matthiessen tried to capture that experience in a book of journals, but he says the writing was flat. So he cast the story as a novel. The hero of In Paradise was born in Poland to a Jewish mother, but taken to America as an infant and baptized. Now, with a faded photo in his pocket, he is returning — 50 years later — to search for his mother in the place where she may have perished:
In this empty place then, at the end of autumn, 1996, what was left to be illuminated? What could the witness of warm, well-fed visitors possibly signify? How could such "witness" matter, and to whom? No one was listening.
McKay Jenkins is editor of The Peter Matthiessen Reader and has also done research at a concentration camp in Austria. "The way he articulates the rage, the despair, the existential delirium when you're in a place like this was precisely what I felt," Jenkins says."... What he does in this book is that he captures the incredible brokenness that one experiences at this place," Jenkins says. "[Matthiessen's phrase ] 'broken-brained and wholly broken-hearted' is precisely the way one feels."
With In Paradise, Matthiessen's career has come full circle — from writing about the extinction of animals in his early nonfiction, to writing about the extinction of man. "Man has been a murderer forever," he writes.
"The number of people killed in the past century — human beings killing each other is phenomenal, you know?" Matthiessen says. "How has civilization — so called — come this far and people are still designing tools to kill each other? For no other purpose than killing. Why are we doing it? Why are we doing it?"
Matthiessen says he wants the readers of In Paradise to consider the potential for evil in all of us.
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A new website — TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com — was indeed launched over the weekend by the Florida man who shot and killed a black teenager in an incident that has ignited a national discussion about race relations and racial profiling, one of his attorneys tells local news outlets in Orlando, Fla.
My Fox Orlando reports that the lawyer, Hal Uhrig, confirmed that the website "was in fact produced by the real George Zimmerman, who otherwise has gone into hiding as a special prosecutor determines whether he should face charges in the death of Trayvon Martin."
On the site, a statement said to be from Zimmerman says in part that:
"On Sunday February 26th, I was involved in a life altering event which led me to become the subject of intense media coverage. As a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, I have been forced to leave my home, my school, my employer, my family and ultimately, my entire life."
It goes on to ask for money to pay "living expenses and legal defense." As for the killing of Martin, which Zimmerman has told police was done in self defense, the website says "I cannot discuss the details of the event on February 26th, and [am] allowing law enforcement to proceed with their investigation unhindered."
Martin was killed on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, had called police to report a "suspicious" youth. Martin's family and supporters say the 28-year-old Zimmerman racially profiled the 17-year-old. They also say he was following the boy. Zimmerman asserted his right under Florida's "stand your ground" law to defend himself.
As we've previously reported, the Web played a key role in raising awareness about Martin's death. An online petition at Change.org that his family endorsed — calling for Zimmerman's prosecution — now has more than 2.2 million signatures.
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WASHINGTON >> It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president.
That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate they choose.
Even some members who support other candidates begrudgingly say the math doesn't add up for anyone but the former Massachusetts governor.
"I would be surprised if Romney doesn't get the number he needs," said Jeff Johnson of Minnesota, who supports former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Bob Bennett of Ohio was more blunt.
"Look, Gov. Romney's going to be the nominee, and he's going to have enough votes," said Bennett, who is publicly neutral but said he supported Romney four years ago.
Romney's chief rival, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, is pledging to stay in the race, hoping a victory in his home state's primary April 24 will give his campaign new life. But Santorum has fallen far behind Romney in the race for convention delegates, and RNC members are taking notice, even though most are publicly staying neutral, preferring to let primary voters decide the nominee.
The Associated Press has polled 114 of the 120 superdelegates, party members who can support any candidate for president they choose at the national convention in August, regardless of what happens in primaries or caucuses.
In the latest survey, conducted Tuesday to Friday, Romney has 35 endorsements, far more than anyone else but a modest figure for the apparent nominee. Gingrich has four endorsements, Santorum has two and Texas Rep. Ron Paul got one.
RNC members have been slowly embracing Romney. He picked up 11 new endorsements since the last AP survey a month ago, after the Super Tuesday contests. Over the course of the campaign, however, Romney methodically has added endorsements from every region of the country. In the U.S. territories, where voters help decide the nominee but can't vote in the general election, Romney has dominated.
Romney has endorsements from all three RNC members in Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. He was endorsed by two of the three members in Puerto Rico.
Romney may be struggling among voters in the South, but he was endorsed by two of the three committee members in Mississippi, Henry Barbour and Jeanne Luckey. Romney even has support from Robert Asher of Pennsylvania.
Santorum's only endorsements are from members in Iowa and Alabama. In Pennsylvania, state GOP chairman Robert Gleason is publicly neutral.
"I talked to Rick the other day," Gleason said. "He didn't even ask me to support him."
Texas GOP chairman Steve Munisteri said he talked to Santorum for about 20 minutes on Tuesday, when Santorum was in the state for a fundraiser.
Santorum told him "what I already believed, which is we're only a little over the halfway mark and that he thinks he'll do really well in the Southern states," said Munisteri, who has yet to endorse anyone.
"He should go into those states as the front-runner," Munisteri said. "If he can win Pennsylvania, he'd then be able to put a streak of five or six wins together based on all the Southern states holding primaries."
Seventy-two RNC delegates said they were either undecided or not ready to make a public endorsement. Many said they are eager for the nomination fight to end so the party can focus on defeating President Barack Obama in November.
But most said they are reluctant to ask Santorum to quit.
"The decision to get in or get out of a race is an extremely personal decision," said John Ryder of Tennessee, who is neutral. "He's got to decide when he thinks it is no longer politically valuable to continue."
"It is very hard to see any path for Sen. Santorum to the nomination. It is very hard to see any path for Speaker Gingrich to the nomination," Ryder said. "But they and their supporters have to make that final call."
In the overall race for delegates, Romney has 660 and Santorum has 281, according to the AP count. Gingrich is even farther behind, with 135, followed by Paul with 51.
Romney has won 58 percent of the caucus and primary delegates so far. At that pace, he would reach the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination, 1,144, on June 5, when five states, including delegate rich California and New Jersey, hold contests
Santorum met privately Thursday with conservative activists to work on plans to stop Romney's march to the nomination. The group decided to pressure Gingrich to leave the race, believing that would help unite conservatives behind Santorum.
Gingrich, however, has already scaled back his campaign to the point that he schedules few public events. In the three primaries last Tuesday, all won by Romney, Gingrich got 11 percent of the vote in both Maryland and the District of Columbia and 6 percent in Wisconsin.
Even if Santorum had picked up every vote for Gingrich, Romney still would have won all three primaries.
"It's over with," said Bennett, the RNC member from Ohio. "And if Romney carries Pennsylvania, that completes it. He'll be the presumptive nominee before the end of the month."
Associated Press writers Brian Bakst in St. Paul, Minn.; Kantele Franko in Columbus, Ohio; Peter Jackson in Harrisburg, Pa.; and Will Weissert in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report.