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Since the start of COVID-19, many children have learned remotely at one point or another. While parents are anxious that their children not fall behind academically, eye professionals are concerned that undiagnosed visual problems will have an impact on the child's performance during the coming school year.
A child's capacity to learn can be harmed if visual problems go unnoticed. That is why, before the new school year begins, eye doctors strongly advise that children have a comprehensive eye exam.
While it may be tempting to depend on school-provided eye screenings, these superficial visual acuity tests can only detect a small fraction of vision problems. Only a comprehensive eye exam performed by an eye doctor can effectively diagnose and treat a variety of vision and eye health problems.
How Is Vision Affected By Online Learning?
The amount of time children spend staring at computer devices was already a concern before the covid pandemic, but the epidemic has further heightened these concerns. Children spent twice as much time on screens during COVID-related closures than they did before the pandemic, according to The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.
For one thing, staring at a digital screen for long periods of time strains the eyes, making children and adults more prone to digital eye strain, one of the most common symptoms of computer vision syndrome. People who stare at a screen for two hours or longer are at an increased risk of developing this condition.
Digital eye strain symptoms may include:
- Dry eyes
- Eye pain
- Eye fatigue
- Headaches
- Blurred vision
- Shoulder and neck pain
A combination of the following can trigger or contribute to symptoms:
- Poor posture
- Poor lighting
- Screen brightness
- Undetected vision problems
- Excessive time looking at a screen
- Glare and reflections from the screen
Aside from digital eye strain, multiple studies have revealed that children who spend a lot of time indoors performing 'near work' like writing, reading and staring at computers and other digital devices have a faster rate of myopia progression.
According to a study published in the American Academy of Ophthalmology's professional magazine, Ophthalmology, 1st graders who spent at least 11 hours per week outside in the sunshine had a slower progression of myopia. Around the world, researchers are investigating whether some component of sunshine, or the fact that children who play outdoors look into the distance, play a role.
Why Are Eye Exams Important?
Since visual learning accounts for up to 80% of a child's learning, even the tiniest vision problem can have a severe impact on their academic performance. By taking your child to their eye doctor once a year the optometrist can diagnose and treat refractive errors like myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism, as well as check visual skills like convergence insufficiency, binocular vision, focusing, and more.
Comprehensive eye exams are the most effective way to detect both minor and major eye problems. Children with a family history of vision difficulties should get their eyes examined more frequently, or as directed by their eye doctor.
Regular eye exams are important for everyone in the family, but they're especially important for individuals who spend a lot of time in front of a screen.
Don't put off your child's annual eye exam. Schedule an appointment with Cove Eyecare in Copperas Cove today!
At Cove Eyecare, we put your family's needs first. Talk to us about how we can help you maintain healthy vision. Call us today: 254-549-1142 or book an appointment online to see one of our Copperas Cove eye doctors.
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Q: At what age should I have my child's eyes examined?
- A: According to the American and Canadian Optometric associations, it's recommended that a child undergo their first exam between 6-12 months of age. The second time is at age 3.Before a child starts school they should have their eyes examined, and every 1 to 2 years after that, based on their optometrist's recommendation.
Q: If my child passes their school vision screening, do they need their eyes examined?
- A: Yes! School vision screenings briefly examine the eyes to detect a handful of vision problems, such as myopia. They don't look for visual impairments or other issues that could hinder your child's academic progress.Your optometrist will evaluate your child's eye health and vision, along with visual abilities, including eye-tracking and depth perception, to let you know whether your child's eyes are 'school-ready.'
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The Major League Baseball Players Association has declined MLB's proposal that would have delayed the upcoming season by one month and shortened the season to 154 games.
The players union says that it is committed to starting the season on time, despite the ongoing pandemic, which could continue to play havoc with the MLB season well into the summer.
The traditional start of the MLB season comes in late March, with Spring Training starting in mid-February. As of now, it's unknown when Spring Training will get underway.
"The MLBPA Executive Board and Player leadership reviewed and discussed the owners' proposal throughout the weekend and today," the MLBPA said in a statement. "The clear-cut result of these deliberations is that Players will not accept MLB's proposal, will instead continue preparations for an on-time start to the 2021 season, and will accept MLB's commitment to again direct its Clubs to prepare for an on-time start."
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A Big Bowl Of Yum Part V
The fifth bowl in a continuing series of dinners inspired by the question "How can we make a dinner out of the things that need to be used in the refrigerator, like NOW?" ;)
Tonight's contestants include: barley, cauliflower (tossed with olive oil, salt & pepper, roasted at 450°F for 15 minutes), leftover boiled potatoes from breakfast, collard greens (shredded, pan-fried with olive oil, salt, pepper and smoked paprika) onions, carrots and garlic.
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Israel fighting off millions of cyber attacks
Published November 18, 2012
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has repelled some 44 million cyber attacks on government websites since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, a government minister said.
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told reporters Sunday that all the attacks have been thwarted except one, which brought down a website for a short time.
On Saturday, the online terror group Anonymous announced that it had brought down 700 Israeli private and public websites, including the websites of several Israeli government offices, such as the Foreign Ministry and the Kadima Party. It did bring down the Foreign Ministry's Mashav department website, which coordinates Israeli aid missions to foreign countries, and the Kadima website remained down as of Sunday night.
The group also said it erased the database of the Bank of Jerusalem, though the bank's website is operational. It also released the personal information, including national ID number and e-mail, of at least 35,000 Israelis.
"For far too long, Anonymous has stood by with the rest of the world and watched in despair the barbaric, brutal and despicable treatment of the Palestinian people in the so called 'Occupied Territories' by the Israel Defense Force. But when the government of Israel publicly threatened to sever all Internet and other telecommunications into and out of Gaza they crossed a line in the sand," Anonymous said in a statement.
"We are ANONYMOUS and NO ONE shuts down the Internet on our watch. To the IDF and government of Israel we issue you this warning only once. Do NOT shut down the Internet into the 'Occupied Territories,' and cease and desist from your terror upon the innocent people of Palestine or you will know the full and unbridled wrath of Anonymous."
One year ago, Anonymous launched a cyber attack on several Israeli government and military websites, including government ministries, the Mossad and the IDF, after Israel intercepted Gaza-bound ships attempting to break the naval blockade.
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'Rambo 5′ May Focus on Sylvester Stallone Fighting Mexican Cartels
Sylvester Stallone has had two great franchise characters, Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, and was able to successfully resurrect both over the last decade. But, though Balboa's gloves are hung up (even if Stallone recently paid homage to that character), it looks like we're going to get a 'Rambo 5' that promises to be one of the most thoughtful of the Stallone sequels.
The German website Splendid Medien AG ran this press release, which mentioned the fifth film and the paragraph about it is translated thusly (h/t Slashfilm):
With "Rambo V" Sylvester Stallone returns to his signature role. This time he messes with the Mexican cartel. Stallone, who is also responsible for the screenplay, describes the new Rambo as his version of "No Country for Old Men." Producer is like the last "Rambo", Avi Lerner ("The Expendables 1-3″).
Stallone's version of 'No Country for Old Men' you say? That doesn't sound much like any of the previous entries, which turned a combat vet suffering from PTSD into the man who single-handledly won the Vietnam War after the fact. We're guessing (since it's been a plot point in the last three sequels) that Rambo will be hired to rescue someone who's being kept prisoner, but invoking the Coen Brothers piques our interest.
The press release aspect makes this seem legitimate, though there's no cast, crew or date of production start, which means this could just be something they want to make, but will never get around to actually making (not to mention, the television series, which was announced last year). That said, after the release of 'The Expendables 3,' it makes sense that Stallone would return to something that's worked for him before, and the man seems to want to keep working. We're guessing we won't see this until early 2016 if it ever does comes to pass.


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Steve Kaufman
Known for his association with Andy Warhol, Steve Alan Kaufman (December 29, 1960 - February 12, 2010) was a great American pop artist, activist and humanitarian. With the encouragement of his mother, Kaufman had his first show at the age of 8 at a Jewish Temple in the Bronx where he grew up. At just 14 he attained a scholarship to the Parsons School of Design, while going on to attend Manhattan's School of Visual Arts (SVA) where he met contemporary artists such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
By 16, Kaufman was going to Studio 54 and mixing with denizens of the 70's New York art scene. In 1981 Kaufman met Andy Warhol, who became a significant influence on the 19-year-old Kaufman, who worked under Warhol as his assistant at his studio, The Factory, producing original paintings and silkscreens. During this time Kaufman designed theme parties for various nightclubs, sold paintings to the likes of Calvin Klein and Steve Rubell, and even designed the graphics for NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
After graduating from SVA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kaufman held art shows in London and eventually left The Factory to establish his own studio, named "SAK", after the nickname Warhol had given to him based on his initials. Already an activist, having participated in an early AIDS awareness demonstration in which he was arrested, Kaufman attempted to make an impact on the Homeless issue by hiring homeless New Yorkers to assist him at his studio. He went on to raise millions for the homeless cause.
By the early 90's, Kaufman's work was highly in demand, but he wanted to remain in touch with a broad, public audience. He staged a one-man, one-night show painting 55 "Racial Harmony" murals in New York and appeared on TV and radio to promote racial tolerance. He also created an AIDS memorial in New York City and draped red fabric over the letter "D" of the Hollywood Sign in remembrance of everyone who had died of AIDS.
He eventually moved his studio to Los Angeles and in true Kaufman form, hired over a 100 ex-gang kids to assist him in his studio. During this time he created a new style called "Comic Book Pop Art," where he used original paintings of super heroes as icons. He also worked with the Martin Lawrence Gallery where he created limited editions of such icons as Beethoven and Marilyn Monroe, breaking sales records for a new artist.
In 1999, Kaufman's health began to deteriorate; he had a cardiac episode and suffered a motorcycle accident. Refusing to let his health slow him down, he continued exhibiting, but by 2003 he suffered a major stroke following Art Expo, NY. He designed a slower schedule but still managed to introduce a new art form—his "Uniques"—which were multiple originals of some of his most iconic paintings.
With his health seemingly improved in 2006, he ramped up an exhausting schedule of shows. But he again suffered a series of strokes, eventually dying of a heart attack in Vail, Colorado on February 12, 2010 during a show. Kaufman once said, "If I stop doing shows, I might as well stop living. This is what I live for. I had a great life, so please don't cry for me. I've had the life of 100 men." His memory, as well as his paintings, have made history and will continue to be cherished and valued for generations to come.
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Old Dominion Think Billy Ray Cyrus Was the 'Perfect Pairing' for Old Town Road
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The guys from Old Dominion played a game of "confess shesh" with PEOPLE Now, and they were asked about their pop culture guilty pleasures. "I think everyone is on the Old Town Road right now…and Billy Ray Cyrus was the perfect pairing." The group admits that the song is contagious and says although some feel that the song is making fun of country music, the song "is good."
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Each year Moody Gardens loves to throw a Mardi Gras ball! However, our ball is a little different from the popular Mardi Gras celebrations around the world. The Moody Gardens Special People's Ball is a unique celebration for people with special needs, their caregivers, and their immediate family. The Moody Gardens Mardi Gras ball provides the opportunity for people with disabilities to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebrations in a safe and exciting environment.
The 27th Annual Mardi Gras Ball for Special People will be on Sunday, February 10, 2013. This fun-packed event includes activities such as:
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The Caring Clowns from the University of Texas Medical Branch will be at the ball making balloon hats and animals, and Ronald McDonald will make an appearance!
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December 17, 2012
Kezeroth's Icy Apocalypse
We will NOT let Our World End on 12-21-12!
Sharpen your blades and bring your friends - we're going to break a prophecy! Log in this Friday at sundown. because we will ALL need to join together if we're going to defeat the Beast Quetzal! Kezeroth is still free to play his deadly game... and time is running out before he uses Quetzal's the power to claim his prize: the destruction of Lore itself!
Make sure you've reached the bottom of FrostDeep dungeon first, otherwise you won't be able to start this Friday's release.
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Save the world from Kezeroth and the Beast Quetzal to unlock the Broken Prophecy Limited Quantity Shop! We're not going to let the world end, and that means we'll still be here for the end of 2012... and you'll be able to log in at 2PM server time for the shop!
Apocalyptic Warlord
Don't miss Solrac's Apocalyptic Warriors (Warlord, Deathbringer, Infector, Miser) or J6's Post-apocalyptic Survival Bunker House! More art previews tomorrow!
And if you haven't been with us for a Limited Quantity Shop before, here's what's happening:
When we open up a Limited Quantity Shop in Battleon, the items listed will be in the shop with the stated prices and quantities. (Coming Wednesday!)
Once that item is sold out, it is never coming back. Ever. If you see something you like, then you're going to want to make sure you're awake and have the gold or ACs on hand to buy your chosen equips!
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Log in Friday and every day after until January 1st, complete all 12 Holi-Daily Quests, and you'll unlock a New Year's shop with two all-new armors! Each day, you'll get 1 more merge item (the quest will reward either member or non-member merge items) until you have all 12 and can create your new gear!
The member-only version of the armor will be color-custom! The merge items AND reward armors will be 0ACs so you can store them for free... forever!
Beleen's Birthday/Quibble Shops NEW Update!
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are the adventures of the stylish Chapel Smith, her hedgehog sidekick Rupert, her brother Barnaby, and the trials and tribulations of being a hat-obsessed preteen. Come join in with Chapel's weekly adventures as she navigates her geeky and mainstream obsessions, the joys of chores, family moments, and gaming battles against her babysitter/arch-nemesis, Fred. Updates every Friday at midnight PST!
Hi, I'm Emma T Capps! I'm 17 years old and I like to make comics, dresses, and friends. Since I started The Chapel Chronicles three years ago, I've had opportunities to exhibit and publish my work all over. In July 2013, I had a special installment of The Chapel Chronicles published in Dark Horse Presents #25, which was a highlight in my comics career so far – Chapel in the same pages as Buffy, who'd have thought?
I've been teaching comic book workshops at 826 Valencia, a San Francisco nonprofit writing and tutoring center, for three years running. The first time I taught there, only ONE student showed up, and I vowed to never teach again. But I perservered, and what I'm most proud of in teaching is raising the percentage of female comic students from 20% to over 50%. I've also been fortunate to teach at the Charles Schulz Museum, where I was the Cartoonist-in-Residence for July 2012. Teaching is one of my favorite ways to spread the comics love, along with exhibiting at comic conventions like NYC's MoCCA Fest and San Francisco's Alternative Press Expo. Please come say hello at one of these conventions or email me at email@example.com!
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If Isaac Newton spent more time in the locker room and less time in the laboratory, it may be a different world we live in today.
Lucky for us, old Ike put science ahead of skating, giving us a better understanding of the physical world and how it works.
Still, given his understanding of mathematics, physics and the laws of motion, Newton probably would have been a great skater with a dynamite shot.
The question is, can today's hockey players take the principles of Newton's laws of motion and apply them to their own game to make them a better player. Laura Stamm believes they can.
Stamm traded in the classroom for the hockey rink after her children were born, and has never looked back. One of the foremost authorities on power skating, Stamm still applies many of the same principles she drew on the blackboard to teach players of all ages and skill levels how to become better skaters. Only now she finds her students to be more eager to soak in the knowledge.
"Everything that I talk about in skating has to do with angles, angulations and centrifugal force. It all conforms to the laws of physics," says Stamm, who has written several books on the subject of power skating.
"I often talk physics to the high school age kids when I teach them because they understand it. 'How do you go forward? You have to push back. Why? Because every action has an equal and opposite reaction.' "
That's Newton's Third Law of Motion in action on the ice.
Science and mathematics are vital parts of our daily lives. Nowhere is that more evident than at the rink. From the ice we skate on, to the equipment we use, to the techniques we use to propel ourselves or the puck around the rink, science and math are everywhere in the sport of ice hockey.
So, can the same stuff that makes you yawn in class help you become a better hockey player? Joe Bertagna thinks so. A goaltender growing up in Arlington, Mass., Bertagna played his college hockey at Harvard University in the 1970s, one of the top academic institutions in the country, with a pretty good hockey team to boot.
"At one time I thought life was divided into work and play. Work were the things you didn't want to do and play were the things that you wanted to do. As a career I've combined work and play so what I do for work is play," says Bertagna, now commissioner of Hockey East.
"I think as a student you can do the same thing. If you don't look at it as work and look at it as what can I get out of this or how can I apply it to what I want to do when I'm not in the classroom, it makes the day go by quicker and makes your life more complete."
When it comes to being a good skater, understanding physics and the underlying mechanics can help coaches and players improve their skating technique.
"It's easy to say to a kid, 'why do you think you have to swing your arms forward and backward instead of side to side?' The harder you throw your free arm back, the harder it's going to throw your motion forward," says Stamm. "When I explain it that way, then they get it. They know that for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction."
There's Newton's Third Law popping up again at the rink.
Stamm talks about the angle of the body, the angle of the skate blade, the angle of the knee bend.
"When I talk about crossovers, they understand why you have to counter-lean your upper body to your lower body, otherwise you'll fall. It's all physics," says Stamm.
"They totally understand it. Making them do it correctly is another thing."
Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion is credited with inventing it in the 1950s; Bobby Hull popularized it in the 1960s; and Al Iafrate took it to new heights in the 1990s. We're talking about the slapshot, the most feared weapon in a sniper's arsenal.
Do you know what gives your slapshot that extra oomph? If you did, you might be able to improve the speed of your shot.
A good slapshot is mostly technique that comes from the power brought on by weight transfer. The weight of a player transfers from his legs up through his core, up to his shoulders, down his arms and into the stick in his hands.
Using the proper technique, a player hits the ice just behind the puck, which causes the stick to bow. When it comes into contact with the puck, the energy stored in the bowed stick is released into the puck. The overall motion of the shooter combined with the stick snapping back into place releases energy into the puck. A slight snap of the wrists at the end of the motion allows the puck to spin, which allows the puck to sail through the air in a stable trajectory, helping the shot's accuracy.
It's all part of Newton's First Law of Motion.
"Any object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force."
Bertagna has been coaching goalies for 36 years. He knows there is more to stopping pucks than quick reflexes. Any discussion he has with a goaltender, from a youth hockey player to an Olympian, always touches on angles.
"People think goalies are crazy, and I would joke that it's more of an art than a science, but I would say that there is a lot of science to what we do," he says.
"In all the teaching we do, with goalies of all ages, the most important thing about being a goalie is being in the right place at the right time, and under control. So you have to teach kids how to get some place, where that right place is. And that's where you get into the study of angles."
Why do the best goalies in the world make stopping a speeding puck look so easy? In large part it's due to playing the angles and basically cutting down the area that the shooter has to put the puck. By moving out away from the net, the goalie decreases the size of the window a shooter has to shoot at.
There's math and science in all aspects of hockey. The key is to understand the concepts and come up with a scouting report that puts them on your side.
That's why Stamm is convinced that you can reach kids by talking their language, and what better way to do that than by using science and math to help them become better hockey players?
"That's a great way to make them learn because this is something that they want to learn," she says. "If you can do that you're really doing them a service. It might even carry over to outside of the rink."


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MAY has arrived and with it brought a new STYLE OF SPORT CALENDAR. The theme this month is TRIATHLON. While May is actually National Bike Month, we were ahead of the curve and featured bicycles on our March Calendar of Bicycles. With summer coming, we wanted to feature lots of outdoor sports, so get ready for 31 days of all the hottest Swim/Bike/Run gear, apparel, and accessories for you seasoned competitors and those new to the sport.
MAY 31: FELT BICYCLES DA1. Here we are at the last day of the month and with so many incredible triathlon bikes to feature, we wanted to put one more in the spotlight. Comparable to Specialized's top of the line S-Works Shiv and priced at a meager $10,329, the sleek and sexy DA1 from Felt Bicycles clocks in at the world's fastest time trial bike and weapon of choice for the best triathletes on the international circuit. The focus at Felt is on optimizing rider position to maximize aerodynamic efficiency, comfort being a key factor in the equation. The frame is constructed from UHC Ultimate+Nano carbon fiber and optimized for Shimano Di2 11 Speed electronic shifting. The result is a race machine that is proven to be fast and responsive when the competition requires the best.
MAY 30: 2XU COMPRESSION CALF GUARDS. 2XU makes an extensive array of compression apparel and accessories very popular with triathletes and endurance athletes. These tight-fitting lycra garments are designed to support the muscles to reduce fatigue and injury. They increase oxygen flow to the muscles for improved training, faster recovery and stronger performance. The calf muscles are particularly prone to strain with the 3 sports of triathlon, and the 2XU Compression Calf Guards are a nice option in the warm summer months. They provide 50 SPF sun protection, plus they can be worn under a wetsuit making transition times faster.
MAY 29: KINETIC BY KURT ROCK AND ROLL TRAINER. Most triathletes and cyclists use an indoor trainer during those months when the weather prevents outdoor cycling. Some athletes use them regardless as great way to train on the bike in a controlled environment. The Kinetic by Kurt Rock and Roll Trainer takes the indoor cycling workout to a new level as the only trainer produced that mimics the natural side to side movement of the bike when cycling outdoors. Kinetic is recognized as one of the leading makers of indoor trainers and guarantees the construction and technology of their products with a lifetime guarantee.
MAY 28: ZOGGS PREDATOR FLEX REACTOR PHOTOCHROMATIC GOGGLES. There are lots of great open water swim goggles on the market, but these photochromatic goggles from Zoggs have to be one of the coolest options out there, with lenses that automatically adjust for changing light conditions. The flexible frame provides a secure, comfortable and leak-free fit, while the Curved Lens Technology allows a distortion-free, full 180 degree field of vision.
MAY 27: CLIF SHOT BLOKS. Newest to the line of Clif Shot products are the very tasty Clif Shot Bloks, each one providing 33 calories worth of organic carbohydrate and electrolyte fuel, critical during long training rides and runs. The Bloks come in an assortment of flavors so delicious you might be tempted to eat them even when you're not in training!
MAY 26: PEARL IZUMI TRI FLY IV CARBON SHOES. A triathlon specific cycling shoe is an important accessory for any triathlete looking to speed up their performance. We featured the high-end S-Works Trivent back on May 6, geared toward the elite level triathlete. The Pearl Izumi Tri Fly IV Carbon is an excellent shoe for all levels, and reasonably priced as well. It is extremely lightweight with a ventilated mesh upper and fully lined for sockless comfort. It features the large heel loop critical for triathletes for easy pull-on in the T1 swim to bike transition. The stiff carbon Power Plate optimizes the transfer of power into the pedal stroke and the concave shaping provides great overall support.
MAY 25: FUELBELT. For long distance training runs, continuous hydration is essential on the road and the FuelBelt is the best way to keep water and your preferred electrolyte beverages handy. The FuelBelt is available with 2-4 bottles, an integrated gear pouch, and is now in a variety of fun summer colors!
MAY 24: ISM ADAMO SADDLES. Adamos are considered the most comfortable performance bike saddles. The patented ISM design has eliminated the nose of the traditional saddle, which tends to force too much weight onto sensitive soft tissue, and directs the pressure onto the more supportive sit bones. The are a number of different models, designed for different kinds of competition and levels of riders. The Attack is the newest road racing saddle, just voted "Best In Class" by Triathlete Magazine, but The Breakaway and Podium are also very popular. The Saddle Selector on the ISM website, helps narrow down which saddle is best for you.
MAY 23: ADIDAS TRAINING SANDALS. You'll be stylin' round the pool deck this summer, before and after laps, in the hot collection of training slides from Adidas for both men and women. These no-slip flip-flops and sandals will pamper your feet with the super cushy Fitfoam® of the Chilwyanda and massage nubs of the Adissage. All come in a fantastic array of fun summer colors!
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MAY 21: CASTELLI ROSSO CORSA CLASSIC GLOVES. Chic Italian style and technical performance come together in this classic glove. Reticulated gel-padded palms, breathable mesh back and an anatomically designed shaped provide great comfort and protection. The smooth interior finish, slip-on wrists and central pull tab make them easy to put on and take off. The microsuede wipe panel on the thumb is another appreciated feature, especially out there on the road.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Sweet bajji
Almost a month ago I prepared this sweet bajji for an evening snack. I used plantain fruit (Etham pazham / Nenthram palam in Tamil) , a wild variety of banana. I have tasted this kind of bajji in Trivandrum, but in a long shape (Pazham pori). But I didn't want to use a lot of oil. So I sliced the fruit horizontally and dipped in AP flour , then deep fried it in enough oil.But if we want a bajji like that of the Kerala one, then slice the plantain longitudinally into 1/4 inch pieces.
Got this recipe from Malabar spices. Thanks to the author, the result was exactly like what I used to get from Kerala.
Today I got a much useful thought from Katherine about time and good friends. Thanks dear. Just wanted to share this and hope you all like it.
Ripe plantain (Nenthram pazham)- 1
All purpose flour / Maida - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 1 tsp (optional)
Sugar - 1 tsp
Baking soda - a pinch
Salt - a pinch
Water - 3 tbsp (just enough to make a thick batter)
oil to deep fry - 200 ml (1 cup)
Method :
Peel and slice the banana into long slices / round slices of 1/4 inch thickness.
Mix all other items except oil to make a batter like thick idly batter.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Reduce to medium flame, so that there is no smoke.
Dip the banana slices one by one and carefully fry both sides till we get a beautiful golden brown color.
Don't overload the oil . fry 4 to 5 round bajjis in a course.
Gently strain the fried bajjis using a slotted spatula and remove excess oil by placing them on paper towels.
Vazhai pazha bajji is ready!
Serving suggestions:
Serve as snack along with tea.
30 comments:
- Gita Jaishankar said...
Love this sweet bajji dear...looks very crispy and tasty...ideal evening snack especially during this cold weather :)
- Monday, February 22, 2010 6:43:00 PM
- Gita Jaishankar said...
Thank you very much for the loving words da...the link you have posted is very good...very thoughtful :)
- Monday, February 22, 2010 6:50:00 PM
- Nithu Bala said...
Lovely recipe..want to try right now..too tempting..
- Monday, February 22, 2010 7:04:00 PM
- Cool Lassi(e) said...
Banana Bajji looks awesome. I am drooling here.
- Monday, February 22, 2010 7:22:00 PM
- Gomathy S said...
I love this pazha bajji.. goes well with evening tea..
- Monday, February 22, 2010 7:37:00 PM
- Suparna said...
hey viki,
I love these bajjis the taste of it is priceless :) I love it with tea and just any weather is fine ;0
Thanks for the lovely post dearie :)
TC - Monday, February 22, 2010 7:56:00 PM
- Sushma Mallya said...
i love this snack & its been so long since i made it...sweet bajji looks delicious viki
- Monday, February 22, 2010 9:07:00 PM
- Ganga Sreekanth said...
crispy bujji..looks yummy...
- Monday, February 22, 2010 9:34:00 PM
- Unknown said...
this dish is so popular in the malay community here..they make this for breakfast..
- Monday, February 22, 2010 10:21:00 PM
- Neetz said...
wow..a yummy evening snack :)
- Monday, February 22, 2010 10:29:00 PM
- Ash said...
Yum! Yum! Yummy Yum! I love these sweet fritters..... It has been many days since I had them.....Well mom made them & I had them.... :-)
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/) - Monday, February 22, 2010 10:47:00 PM
- Priya Suresh said...
Wow such a delicious and prefect evening snacks..
- Monday, February 22, 2010 11:57:00 PM
- Tina said...
Tempting and delicious.....
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:42:00 AM
- Nandinis food said...
This is so scrumptious! I can gobble them up!
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:05:00 AM
- FH said...
Never made sweet Bajjis, looks and sounds yummy.
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:10:00 AM
- Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...
hmmm..very sweetyyy
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:10:00 AM
- Rachana said...
The bajji's will go really well with a cup of tea:) looks delicious.
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:25:00 AM
- Soma Pradhan said...
Looks so crispy and yummy. Always in for any fried food
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:22:00 AM
- Shama Nagarajan said...
delicious different bhaji dear
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:00:00 AM
- Hamaree Rasoi said...
Very Crispy and Good looking snack.Must have tasted graet as wee.
Deepa - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:01:00 AM
- Ushnish Ghosh said...
Dear Viki
WOnderful reminder. This was my evening snack most of the daya when I was in Kuwait for 3 years.
We had a shop down below, and every alternate day he used to make this ( half banana cut lengthwise) and moment I used to park my car, the helper will come rushing with 2 pieces wrapped in a paper..( that was the satnding order for him) ha ha .
We make it , but the banana ( generally the half rotten or over wriped ones) is mashed with atta and fried like pakodas,,,
kepp cooking and happy blogging - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:23:00 PM
- suvaiyaana suvai said...
looks yummy!
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:50:00 PM
- Cicily Antony said...
yummy evening snack...love this...
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:29:00 PM
- Home Cooked Oriya Food said...
yummy snack...
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:42:00 PM
- Sarah Naveen said...
Nice recipe..Such a yummy and perfect snack...
- Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:09:00 AM
- Devasena Hariharan said...
Looks good Vicky. This reminds me of my trivandram visit, where we had this bajji in a local shop. Long ones.
- Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:49:00 AM
- Siddhi Shirsat said...
hey viki ths banana bajjis i hv tasted in kerela whn i had been thr n thy wer superb...urs r very tempting...nice recipe, thnx for sharing
- Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:03:00 AM
- Ramya Vijaykumar said...
This is a wonderful snack, we call it katchayam, its made similar to this but we add semolina too...I love this very much, my fav!!!
http://memoryarchieved.blogspot.com - Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:43:00 AM
- Sandhya Hariharan said...
YUMMY... yumm... Beautifully done
- Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:44:00 AM
- Sashi said...
delicious bajji .. lovely for evening snack ..
- Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:29:00 PM
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Minimally Invasive Cervical Decompression
A cervical discectomy is an operative procedure which relieves pressure on the spinal nerves and/or spinal cord by removing the total or a part of the damaged intervertebral disc. Cervical discectomy is performed using minimally invasive approach in selected patients, if appropriate.
Cervical discectomy is a surgical procedure which relieves compression on the nerve roots and/or the spinal cord because of a herniated disc or a bone spur. This procedure involves making an incision on the front side of the neck (anterior cervical spine), followed by the removal of disc material and/or a portion of the bone around the nerve roots and/or spinal cord to relieve the compression on neural structures and provide them with an additional space.
Cervical discectomy is also referred to as decompressive spinal procedure as the surgeon removes compression on nerve roots by removing the total or a part of the disc and/or bony material that is causing pain. Your surgeon may choose a minimally invasive approach based on your condition and the specific surgical goals.
Minimally invasive cervical discectomy involves a small incision(s) and muscle dilation to separate the muscle fibers surrounding the spine, unlike conventional open spine surgery which requires muscles to be cut or stripped.
Herniated disc is a condition in which the soft, gel-like center of the disc (nucleus pulposus) has pushed out through the disc's tough, outer ring (annulus fibrosus). Besides, bony out growths also known as bone spurs or bone osteophytes are formed due to the accumulation of calcium in the spine joints. The pressure induced by a herniated disc or bone spur on nerve roots, ligaments or the spinal cord may cause pain in the neck and/or arms, numbness or weakness in the arms, forearms or fingers, and lack of coordination.
As most nerves to the body (e.g., arms, chest, abdomen and legs) pass through the neck region from the brain, pressure on the spinal cord in the neck region (cervical spine) can be very problematic. Patients with these symptoms are candidates for cervical discectomy procedure only after non-surgical treatment methods fail. Cervical discectomy can reduce the pressure on the nerve roots leading to pain relief.
Your surgeon recommends you for minimally invasive cervical discectomy procedure after examining your spine, medical history, and imaging results of cervical vertebrae such as X-ray, CT (computed tomography) scan or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). Surgery is recommended only after non-surgical treatment approaches fail. Before recommending surgery, your surgeon considers several factors such as your health condition, age, lifestyle and anticipated level of activity following surgery. A thorough discussion with your surgeon regarding this treatment option is advised before scheduling the surgery.
The procedure is performed with you resting on your back after injecting the sleep inducing medication (general anesthesia). Your physician makes a very small incision at the center of your neck on the front side, and gently separates the muscles and soft structures apart. Then a series of small tubes called dilators are inserted through the incision towards the spine. The sources of compression such as bone spurs and/or disc material are removed. Finally, after the procedure, your surgeon removes the tubes, brings back the soft tissues and muscles to their normal place, and closes the incision.
Sometimes, spinal fusion may also be done along with cervical discectomy which involves placing bone graft or bone graft substitute between two affected vertebrae to allow bone to grow between the vertebral bodies. The bone graft acts as a platform or a medium for binding the two vertebral bones, and grows as a single vertebra which stabilizes the spine. Spinal fusion also may be performed through the minimal invasive approach using "tubes".
In some instances, your surgeon performs the surgery using a posterior approach that requires the incision to be made on the back of your neck. Posterior cervical discectomy may also be done using minimally invasive surgical technique.
Post-operative Instructions
A specific post-operative recovery/exercise plan will be given by your physician to help you return to normal activity at the earliest. After surgery, your symptoms may improve immediately or gradually over the course of time. The duration of hospital stay depends on the treatment plan. In a few instances, surgery may also be performed on an outpatient basis. You will be able to wake up and walk by the end of the first day after the surgery. Your return to work will depend on your body's healing status and the type of work/activity that you plan to resume. Discuss with your spinal surgeon and follow his instructions for optimized healing and appropriate recovery after the procedure.
Risks or Complications
All surgeries carry risk and it is important to understand the risks of the procedure in order to make an informed decision to go ahead with the surgery. In addition to the anesthetic complications, spinal surgery is associated with some potential risks such as infection, blood loss, blood clots, nerve damage, and bowel and bladder problems. Failure to fuse the vertebral bones with the bone graft (fusion failure) is an important complication of spinal fusion which requires an additional surgery.
Before scheduling the surgery, discuss the benefits, risks and complications related to minimally invasive cervical discectomy procedure with your surgeon.


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Confession is key to PED forgiveness
In many cases, admissions usually lead to putting the subject to rest
Now when a lot of baseball fans think of Pettitte, performance-enhancing drugs aren't an issue. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
"We're an incredibly forgiving people," said Lance Morgan, chief communications strategist for the Washington public-affairs firm Powell Tate.
That's the thing many athletes do not understand. The same fans who embrace them and mythologize them do not want to hate them.
In fact, fans may admire players even more when they see them as having some of the same vulnerabilities plenty of others have.
"But you have to give them something to forgive you for," Morgan said. "If you don't acknowledge the problem, you're left with a question mark hanging over your head."
Pettitte didn't fess up willingly, at least not at the start. He'd steadfastly denied taking performance-enhancing drugs until he was one of 89 players named in the December 2007 Mitchell Report.
Rather than object to Mitchell's findings -- as some have -- Pettitte quickly issued a statement confirming he'd used human growth hormone. However, he initially said he'd only used HGH while rehabilitating from an injury in 2002.
Several weeks later, Pettitte expanded on the original confession to say he'd also used HGH after being injured in 2004. He said he hadn't revealed the second incident because he'd gotten the HGH from his father and was ashamed to drag him into the mess.
Regardless, Pettitte got the story behind him. He confirmed the reports and apologized to his teammates and his family.
Pettitte sat in front of reporters one afternoon at the Yankees' spring camp in Tampa, Fla., and answered every question. When he finished, there wasn't much else to ask. In the years since, Pettitte has successfully returned to a normal baseball life. The topic of performance-enhancing drugs almost never comes up.
When Pettitte is finished with baseball, it's likely that his use of HGH will be only a brief chapter in a long career in which he was beloved by teammates and respected by opponents.
In the long and occasionally tortured history of athletes and wrongdoing, almost no one has handled themselves better than Pettitte.
Yes, he denied the rumors of HGH use for a long time. He softened some of the sting of the lies because when he finally did confess, he admitted he'd felt shame for his actions.
Athletes and their confessions are a prominent topic of conversation with Lance Armstrong confirming years of suspicion about performance-enhancing drugs.
Would Armstrong have been better served if he hadn't waited almost three months after the International Cycling Union stripped him of his seven Tour de France championships?
By the time Armstrong sat down with Oprah Winfrey on Monday in Austin, Texas, it was almost impossible to find someone who believed he hadn't doped.
It wasn't just that he denied doping that's sure to continue to bother some people. It's how he denied it.
Regardless of what Armstrong says in the 2 1/2-hour interview that will air Thursday and Friday, many people will have zero sympathy for him.
Maybe it's the way Armstrong went about defending himself, how he seemed intent on exacting revenge against the people who accused him of doping.
Among baseball players, Armstrong's case most closely resembles that of Roger Clemens, who has loudly proclaimed that he never used performance-enhancing drugs.
He, too, was named in the Mitchell Report, but last summer he was acquitted of perjury in conjunction with those denials in front of a 2008 congressional committee.
After his testimony, a large number of Republicans and Democrats both believed that Clemens hadn't been truthful with them and referred the perjury case to the Justice Department.
Likewise, Hall of Fame voters don't believe Clemens. In his first appearance on the writers' ballot, he was named on just 37.6 percent of the 569 ballots, falling far short of the 75-percent threshold needed for induction.
Would a heartfelt confession have mattered? Mark McGwire, who wept throughout his 2010 confession of HGH and steroid use, was named on just 16.9 percent of ballots in his seventh year of eligibility.
But that confession did allow McGwire to return to baseball and become a highly regarded hitting coach, without a cloud of suspicion about what he might or might not have done.
Maybe we won't fully understand how much a confession helps until Pettitte, Jason Giambi and Alex Rodriguez -- all of whom have confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs -- appear on the ballot.
To the people who deal in crisis management and public relations, there's no simple answer.
"The cliché is to come right out and admit it and it goes away," Eric Dezenhall, author of "Damage Control: Why Everything You Know About Crisis Management is Wrong," wrote in an email. "This goes back to Watergate, the idea that if Nixon had just come clean and said he screwed up, the mess would have gone away. This is a canard spread by the press and college professors who have their own investments in this convenient theory. Nixon would have been chased out of town THAT DAY had he confessed."
Dezenhall points out that confessions are complicated. Sometimes, the people who are being accused are innocent. Also, there can be legal reasons for not confessing.
"So, you have a situation where the moral, legal and [public relations] dimensions are in conflict," Dezenhall wrote.
And -- and let's be honest about this -- sometimes cheating is profitable.
"While it may be immoral, keep in mind that plenty of people denied doping and had a number of productive -- and lucrative -- years before things went sideways," Dezenhall wrote. "How do you put a price on all those years? Crisis management is a salvage game, not totally winning or totally losing."
There's also a likability factor. Many famous athletes have plenty of people hoping for a reason to believe in them. Whether that's because they've been wrongly accused or because their confession is handled well sometimes makes no difference in the court of public opinion.
We like them because they played for our favorite team, or because they were a guy we admired from afar. If they did something wrong, we want to understand ... and forgive. There's a lesson to be learned there, too.


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Last year, Oracle (ORCL) CEO Lawrence Ellison made $96.1 million, Exxon Mobil (XOM)'s R. W. Tillerson made $40.2 million and Wal-Mart (WMT)'s Michael Duke made $20.7 million.
Soon, the SEC might require those companies to say how those salaries compare with the folks who work for them.
Although it's not clear when the SEC will finalize its proposal, the decision is expected soon. After that, it might take another year to implement.
The rule is a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms of 2010. But little progress has been made, partly because the rule lacked a deadline and partly because big companies lobbied against it.
"It's long overdue, and of the 400-plus rules from Dodd-Frank, it's the simplest," said Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate for Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group.
Companies say it's not so easy. Nearly two dozen groups and associations -- including those representing the petroleum, retail and financial services industries -- sent a letter to the SEC in 2012 complaining about the "significant hurdles and burdens " of collecting such information. They also say it's not useful to investors.
One big hurdle they complain about: Collecting pay data for employees overseas.
"Companies have no business purpose to collect that information globally," said Tim Bartl, president for the Center on Executive Compensation, which represents top corporate officers at the nation's largest companies.
But proponents of the plan say companies could virtually ignore overseas employees, due to the way the SEC intends to have companies report median employee pay.
The SEC is leaning toward directing companies to take a statistical sample of workers in the middle of the pay scale, Director of Corporation Finance Keith Higgins said in an August speech.
Such statistical sampling would virtually ignore most global employees, because "Chinese workers aren't anywhere near the midpoint," said AFL-CIO Office of Investment chief research analyst Vineeta Anand.
Still, it could be pretty embarrassing for companies.
While median wages aren't known for each company or industry, the average wage for all kinds of U.S. workers was roughly $43,000, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics August data.
That puts Oracle's Ellison's pay at 2,236 times the average worker's pay, Exxon's Tillerson at 936 times the average worker pay and Wal-Mart's Duke at 481 times the average worker pay.
Wal-Mart spokesman Randy Hargrove noted that Duke's compensation is in line with CEOs at similar companies. For example, Target (TGT) CEO Gregg W. Steinhafel also made $20.6 million.
Neither Hargrove nor Exxon spokesman Alan T. Jeffers would comment on the SEC rule. Oracle didn't return a request for comment.


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MSU scientists battle herbicide resistance
STONEVILLE -- Mississippi State University scientists are leading the charge in the fight against glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass with a research-based plan of attack.
Jason Bond, a weed scientist at the MSU Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, said Mississippi was the first state to discover Italian ryegrass that cannot be controlled with glyphosate, a common herbicide originally known as Round-up, in a crop situation. The weed has spread quickly since it arrived.
"We have 32 counties that contain glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass," Bond said. "The state with the next highest amount is Arkansas, and they have eight counties with this problem. We've been working on this challenge since 2005, and everyone is looking to Mississippi for recommendations."
Bond said he and his colleagues with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and the MSU Extension Service are very confident about the effectiveness of the research-based program they developed to control glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass. It is based on the use of other types of herbicide applied at specific times.
"Our program requires a minimum of two herbicide applications to even approach complete control," he said. "Ideally, growers will use fall, winter and spring herbicide applications for total control."
Bond said growers should make the first herbicide application in fall, from mid-October to mid-November; the second in winter, from mid-January to early February; and the third in spring, around March 1.
"Many of our Delta growers already use post-harvest herbicides in the fall," he said. "They do a lot of tillage after harvest and don't want to disturb the fields before they plant, so they put down an herbicide to control winter vegetation. That practice isn't typical in other states, so some growers hesitate to invest in that application. But to control glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass, they need to put down a residual herbicide to control it before it comes up."
Bond said growers who do not take steps in the fall to control glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass find it more difficult to control later. He and his colleagues have tested a variety of factors to develop their approach.
"We've sprayed around 50 residual herbicides to test their effectiveness, and we've found five or six that are active against glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass," he said. "We haven't kept track of post-emergence herbicides we've tried, but I'd guess easily over 100. Basically, at one time or another, we have sprayed every herbicide with any activity on grass species that is labeled for use in corn, rice, cotton or soybean."
Once Bond and his colleagues developed their recommendations and collected more data to verify their approach worked, they tackled the research from a yield perspective.
They began with test plots: some were free of ryegrass; some had been treated with two to three herbicide applications; and some were not treated at all and were carpeted with ryegrass.
"We applied different levels of our herbicide program and planted corn, cotton or soybeans," he said.
Then they monitored the yields from each test plot to see how the invasive weed impacted production.
In 2012, MSU researchers found corn was the most susceptible to yield reduction because of uncontrolled glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass.
"When we controlled glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass in corn, the benefit-to-cost ratio was 13:1," he said. "For every dollar spent to control glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass, we received a $13 return in corn yield. Even if that was only 2:1, the inputs still paid for themselves."
Unfortunately for growers, Italian ryegrass is not the only glyphosate-resistant weed they have to manage.
Mississippi has the dubious honor of having more documented glyphosate-resistant weed species than any other state. While new control technologies are on the horizon, for now, growers must battle some type of weed year-round.
Darrin Dodds, cotton specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said each year more weeds are identified as resistant to herbicides.
"Mississippi has had documented resistance to herbicides as far back as 1989, when common cocklebur was identified as being resistant to a certain class of herbicides," Dodds said. "But beginning in 2003, the number of weeds resistant to glyphosate began steadily increasing: horseweed in 2003; Italian ryegrass in 2005; Palmer amaranth in 2009; johnsongrass, common waterhemp, and giant ragweed in 2010; and goosegrass and spiny amaranth in 2012.
"Mississippi row crop producers need to be as adaptable as the weeds they fight, because herbicide-resistant weeds are here to stay," he said.
For herbicide program information, download Extension Publication 1532, Weed Control Guidelines for Mississippi. Information can also be found at the Mississippi Crop Situation Blog, http://www.mississippi-crops.com.


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The Beach
The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his wrists, bequeathing to Richard a meticulously drawn map to "the Beach." The Beach, as Richard has come to learn, is the subject of a legend among young travelers in Asia: a lagoon hidden from the sea, with white sand and coral gardens, freshwater falls surrounded by jungle, plants untouched for a thousand years. There, it is rumored, a carefully selected international few have settled in a communal Eden. Haunted by the figure of Mr. Duck -- the name by which the Thai police have identified the dead man -- and his own obsession with Vietnam movies, Richard sets off with a young French couple to an island hidden away in an archipelago forbidden to tourists. They discover the Beach, and it is as beautiful and idyllic as it is reputed to be. Yet over time it becomes clear that Beach culture, as Richard calls it, has troubling, even deadly, undercurrents. Spellbinding and hallucinogenic, The Beach by Alex Garland -- both a national bestseller and his debut -- is a highly accomplished and suspenseful novel that fixates on a generation in their twenties, who, burdened with the legacy of the preceding generation and saturated by popular culture, long for an unruined landscape, but find it difficult to experience the world firsthand.


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Healthy lifestyle changes alone may be enough to help some people reach healthy cholesterol levels. Other people will need to take a cholesterol-lowering medicine. Talk with your healthcare provider to see if you need medicine. Work together to find the best option for you.
There are 7 main types of medicine:
Statins. These include atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin. These medicines lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. They typically reduce LDL by about one-third. They can also help raise HDL (good) cholesterol and lower triglycerides (other blood fats). Statins slow the body's production of cholesterol. They also increase the liver's ability to remove LDL from the blood. In research on people who already had heart disease, statins greatly reduced heart attacks and heart disease deaths. They may also prevent first heart attacks in people who are at high risk for heart disease.
Bile acid sequestrants. These include cholestyramine, colesevelam, and colestipol. These medicines also lower LDL, although somewhat less than statins. These medicines bind with bile acids in the intestines and force them to leave the body through poop instead of being absorbed into the blood stream. The liver needs cholesterol to make bile acids and important growth and stress hormones. As more bile is lost, more cholesterol from your body is used up to make more bile.
Nicotinic acid (niacin). This B vitamin increases HDL and lowers triglycerides when taken at levels higher than needed in the diet. Nicotinic acid is sold as both a prescription medicine and a dietary supplement. But only the prescription form should be used to lower cholesterol. Some people don't tolerate the high doses because these medicines cause flushing or a burning or itching sensation.
Fibrates. These include gemfibrozil and fenofibrate. These medicines lower triglycerides. They may also lead to mild improvements in LDL levels.
Selective cholesterol absorption inhibitors. An example is ezetimibe. This medicine lowers cholesterol by reducing the amount of cholesterol absorbed by the intestines. Ezetimibe, bile acid sequestrants, and nicotinic acid are sometimes combined with a statin to help people reach their LDL cholesterol-lowering levels.
PCSK9 inhibitors. These include alirocumab and evolocumab. These newest medicines are injected in the skin and contain antibodies that bind to an important enzyme involved in the removal of LDL from the bloodstream. These medicines may lower LDL levels by almost half and can reduce the risk of heart attack.
Omega 3 fatty acid ethyl esters. This includes fish oils. This type of medicine is used along with diet and lifestyle to help people lower their triglycerides when the levels are above 500 mg/dL. This type of cholesterol medicine should not be used by anyone with a severe allergy to fish or shellfish due to the risk of a severe reaction.
Bimpedoic acid. This medicine is for people who can't have statins.
Your healthcare provider can help you find out your own risk and if you need medicine to control your cholesterol. Calculating a risk score is done by looking at certain things that are considered an increased risk for atherosclerosis. The risk calculator tool looks at:
Ages between 40 and 79 years
Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic measurements)
Total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol levels
History of diabetes
Current or past smoking history
Treatment for high blood pressure
Treatment of cholesterol with a statin medicine
Current use of aspirin
If you and your provider are unsure about your risk for developing heart disease, you may have a test to look at the total amount of calcium (plaque) buildup in your arteries. This test is called a coronary artery calcium score (CAC). This is measured using a CT scan. Other blood tests that look at subparticles of cholesterol and other markers for risk of heart disease may also be used.
Talk with your healthcare provider about your treatment goals. Know how your cholesterol and other factors affect your risk for heart disease or other complications. Plan to have regular monitoring and report any side effects from the medicines. Sometimes you may need more than 1 medicine to reach your cholesterol goals. Also make sure you understand how to get ready for cholesterol testing. You often need to fast before you have the test.


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cookbook 'bluepill', '= 2.4.2'
The bluepill cookbook has been deprecated
Author provided reason for deprecation:
The bluepill cookbook has been deprecated and is no longer being maintained by its authors. Use of the bluepill cookbook is no longer recommended.
(26) Versions
Installs bluepill gem and configures to manage services, includes bluepill_service LWRP
cookbook 'bluepill', '= 2.4.2', :supermarket
knife supermarket install bluepill
knife supermarket download bluepill
bluepill Cookbook
Installs bluepill Ruby Gem and configures it to manage services. Also includes a LWRP.
Bluepill is a pure Ruby service management tool/library, so this cookbook should work on any system. The attributes do set up paths based on FHS locations, see below.
- Chef 11+
- none
Default locations for bluepill are in "FHS compliant" locations.
- node["bluepill"]["bin"]
- Path to bluepill program, default is 'bluepill' in the RubyGems binary directory.
- node["bluepill"]["logfile"]
- Location of the bluepill log file, default "/var/log/bluepill.log".
- node["bluepill"]["conf_dir"]
- Location of service config files (pills), default "/etc/bluepill".
- node["bluepill"]["pid_dir"]
- Location of pidfiles, default "/var/run/bluepill"
- node["bluepill"]["state_dir"]
- Location of state directory, default "/var/lib/bluepill"
- node["bluepill"]["init_dir"]
- Location of init script directory, default selected by platform.
- node["bluepill"]["version"]
- Version of bluepill to install, default is latest.
- node["bluepill"]["use_rsyslog"]
- Enable configuration and use of rsyslog for bluepill.
Custom Resources
This cookbook contains an LWRP, bluepill_service
. This can be used with the normal Chef service resource, by using the provider
parameter, or by specifying the bluepill_service
shortcut. These two resources are equivalent.
service 'my_app' do provider bluepill_service action [:enable, :load, :start] end bluepill_service 'my_app' do action [:enable, :load, :start] end
The load action should probably always be specified, to ensure that if bluepill isn't running already it gets started. The
The recipe using the service must contain a template resource for the pill and it must be named my_app.pill.erb
, where my_app
is the service name passed to the bluepill service resource.
Be sure to include the bluepill recipe in the run list to ensure that the gem and bluepill-related directories are created. This will also make the cookbook available on the system and other cookbooks won't need to explicitly depend on it in the metadata.
If the default directory locations in the attributes/default.rb aren't what you want, change them by setting them either in the attributes file itself, or create attributes in a role applied to any systems that will use bluepill.
Example pill template resource and .erb file:
template '/etc/bluepill/my_app.pill' do source 'my_app.pill.erb' end Bluepill.application('my_app') do |app| app.process('my_app') do |process| process.pid_file = '/var/run/my_app.pid' process.start_command = '/usr/bin/my_app' end end
See bluepill's documentation for more information on creating pill templates.
License & Authors
Author: Cookbook Engineering Team (email@example.com)
Copyright: 2010-2015, Chef Software, Inc.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
bluepill Cookbook CHANGELOG
This file is used to list changes made in each version of the bluepill cookbook.
2.4.2 (02-19-2016)
- Loosened the dependecy on rsyslog so the latest cookbook can be used
- Updated testing dependencies and configurations
2.4.1 (11-10-2015)
- Require rsyslog ~> 2.0.0 to preserve Chef 11 compatibility
- Fix rsyslog restarting on RHEL
- Use platform_family when setting platform specific node attributes and fix bad syntax. This should improve RHEL support
v2.4.0 (09-17-2015)
- Updated the LSB Required-Start and Required-Stop comments of the LSB init script template to be valid
- Added name to the bluepill_test cookbook metadata for Chef 12
- If a defaults file on RHEL or Debian based systems exist for the service source that within the init scripts. Example if /etc/default/bar exists on debian for the bar service then source that
- Added .kitchen.yml file with vagrant based testing for local testing and moved the cloud based kitchen to .kitchen.cloud.yml
- Add Travis CI config
- Added rubocop config
- Updated Berksfile to 3.X format and removed yum cookbook that wasn't used
- Updated contributing.md and added testing.md documentation
- Updated development and testing dependencies in the Gemfile
- Added maintainers.md and .toml and added Rake task for generating the MD file
- Opscode -> Chef Software everywhere
- Added Travis and cookbook version badges to the readme
- Add rake file to easy testing
- Resolved all Rubocop warnings
- Added a chefignore file and added additional files to the gitignore
- Added source_url and issues_url metadata for Supermarket
- Never actually released
New Feature
- COOK-3705 - Add init.d script with LSB style
- COOK-3503 - Add why-run support
- [COOK-2507] - stringify language attributes
- [COOK-547] - Add
action to provider to reload services when template changes.
- [COOK-1295] - The bluepill cookbook does not create the default log file
- [COOK-1840] - Enable bluepill to log to rsyslog
This version uses platform_family attribute (in the provider), making the cookbook incompatible with older versions of Chef/Ohai, hence the major version bump.
- [COOK-1644] - Bluepill cookbook fails on Redhat due to missing default or redhat template directory.
- [COOK-1920] - init script should have a template file named after platform_family instead of using file specificity
- [COOK-1730] - Add ability to specify which version of bluepill to install
- [COOK-1592] - use mixlib-shellout instead of execute, add test-kitchen
- [COOK-1304] - support amazon linux
- [COOK-1427] - resolve foodcritic warnings
- [COOK-1106] - fix chkconfig loader for CentOS 5
- [COOK-1107] - use integer for GID instead of string
- [COOK-1043] - Bluepill cookbook fails on OS X because it tries to use root group
- [COOK-943] - add init script for freebsd
- [COOK-867] - enable bluepill service on RHEL family
- [COOK-550] - add freebsd support
- Fixes COOK-524, COOK-632
Foodcritic Metric
2.4.2 passed this metric
2.4.2 passed this metric


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...in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers.
-- from Barack Obama's inaugural speech
Obama's speech yesterday was the first inaugural address to acknowledge the existence of nonbelievers.
Of course, it wasn't all sunshine and light.
There was Rick Warren's "Oh God, you are so big" - "It all belongs to you" - "History is your story" - bullshit prayer to Jebus. There was the "So help me God" phrase in the of the oath of office, contrary to the constitution. And there was the usual "God bless America" crap at the end.
Still, it was a great speech. I even liked Obama's use of scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
The time has indeed come to set aside childish things (like believing stupid things that are contrary to all existing evidence) and become a nation of nonbelievers.


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Governor Evers Signs Amateur Radio Proclamation
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The WeComm network now consist of 12 voice repeaters linked via internet connections to provide the best possible voice communications between repeater sites. Our network now covers the majority of the State of Wisconsin, with a few fringe areas which are also very challenging RF areas. Our hopes would be to one day fill the remaining voids to offer complete statewide coverage.
It is an expensive endeavor running such a large network. The annual cost to run WeComm is $17,000.00. Post 9-11 grant money was readily available which aided in the development and execution of this network. But over time these grants are no longer available. As we search for new opportunities in the area of grant money we also want to remind the users of the network that donations are gladly accepted. There are several ways to donate to WeComm. Cash donations can be sent to the address below. If you use Amazon please think of us and log into AmazonSmile and select WeComm Ltd. Your price stays the same on the items you purchase and WeComm gets a % of the sale from Amazon.
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WeComm is designing and building statewide voice repeater and digital data networks, which will be primarily used by ARES/RACES to better serve its clients. These networks will use state-of-the-art technology not commonly used in Amateur Radio networks.
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