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LSU surprised most of the nation's prognosticators and capped the 2003 bowl season with a 21-14 upset of Oklahoma in the BCS title game in the Sugar Bowl on Sunday night (January 4).
The Tigers were voted number one in the Coaches Poll and claimed their first championship since 1958. USC was voted number one in the AP Poll.
The final Congrove Computer Rankings rank Southern California number one, followed by LSU and Oklahoma. The Sooners were the computer's preseason pick to win the national title.
LSU entered the game with the nation's best scoring defense and allowed the Tigers to build a 21-7 lead early in the third quarter. But Oklahoma had its chances to rally and cut the margin to 21-14 with 11:01 still left in the game.
A late drive took the Sooners to the LSU 12 before a fourth down Jason White pass to Mark Clayton was incomplete. Oklahoma got the ball back with just over two minutes left but that series ended on a sack near midfield.
Freshman Justin Vincent was named the most valuable player for his 117 yards rushing and 1 touchdown.
Skyler Green opened the scoring with a 24-yard burst around the right end on LSU's second possession of the game. The Tigers marched to the Oklahoma one-yard line on their opening drive but QB Matt Mauck fumbled the ball. The Sooners gave it back when Jason White was picked off by Corey Webster two plays later and LSU was back in business at the Oklahoma 32.
The Sooners tied the game in the second quarter after blocking an LSU punt and recovering the ball at the one. But LSU regained the lead at 14-7 by marching 80 yards on the ensuing possession and capping the drive with Vincent's 18-yard touchdown run through the middle of the Oklahoma defense.
LSU scored again on the second play after intermission when Jason White was intercepted for a second time. This one was grabbed by Marcus Spears and taken 20 yards to the endzone for a 21-7 cushion.
LSU was driving again when Mauck was intercepted by Brodney Pool who returned it 50 yards to the Tiger 30 to set up Oklahoma's final touchdown.
Sooner quarterback Jason White, who won the Heisman Trophy despite a rough outing in their Big 12 Championship game loss to Kansas State, completed just 13-of-37 passes for 104 yards with no touchdowns and 2 interceptions. The LSU defense held Oklahoma's potent offense to a net of just 137 yards.
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P.J. Daniels rushed for 307 yards and four touchdowns, three within a 10-minute span in the second half, to help Georgia Tech blow open a close game and rout Tulsa 52-10 in the Humanitarian Bowl.
It was certainly not the type of finish the Golden Hurricane were looking for after completing a one-season turnaround that saw their record improve from 1-11 in 2002 to 8-5 this year. The loss ended a five-game winning streak and dropped Tulsa to 4-7 in bowl games.
Georgia Tech was one of four teams that gained entry to a bowl game with a 6-6 record and the only such team to win. The Yellow Jackets improved their bowl record to 21-11 in their seventh consecutive postseason appearance.
Three times Ohio State staved off Kansas State comeback attempts to win the Fiesta Bowl 35-28 on Friday night as the Big 10 runners-up knocked off the Big 12 champions.
The Buckeyes jumped out to a 21-0 lead only to see Kansas State narrow the gap to 21-14. But Ohio State went on another spurt to seemingly put the game away at 35-14. As Lee Corso would say, "Not so fast". The Wildcats rallied again and victory wasn't secured for the Buckeyes until they batted away a "Hail Mary" pass on the final play of the game.
Kansas State finished a 15-game marathon season with an 11-4 mark while Ohio State ascended to 11-2. The Wildcats are 6-6 in bowl games. Ohio State is 16-19.
Eli Manning guided Mississippi to a 31-28 Cotton Bowl win over Oklahoma State on Friday (January 2) as the Rebels (10-3) secured their first 10-win season since 1971.
Mississippi spotted Oklahoma State a 14-7 lead in the second quarter before reeling off 24 unanswered points for a 31-14 lead. The Rebels then held off a Cowboys rally that fell short when Ole Miss ran out the last 4:38 of the game.
Mississippi has now won 6 of their last 7 bowl games and is 19-12 all-time in the postseason. Oklahoma State (9-4) fell to 10-6.
Also on Friday, Clemson rolled over Tennessee 27-14 to finish the season 9-4 and head to the off-season on a four-game winning streak. Their fortunes have turned dramatically since Tommy Bowden's team beat his dad, Bobby's, Florida State team. Entering that game on November 8, it looked like the Tigers were on the way to firing their coach, in jeopardy of missing the postseason altogether and finishing with a sub-.500 record.
Tennessee (10-3) continuously shot itself in the foot with foolish and expensive penalties that included two "pass interference" calls, two "unsportsmanlike conduct" penalties and two more for "roughing the quarterback".
Clemson coughed up nearly 400 yards passing to Tennessee quarterback Casey Clausen but choked off the Volunteer running game which only managed 38 yards.
Clemson evened its bowl record at 13-13. Tennessee is 23-20 after back-to-back losses in the Peach Bowl (they lost 30-3 to Maryland last year).
USC almost certainly won the AP National Championship on New Year's Day with a 28-14 victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl, leaving Oklahoma and LSU to decide the BCS Championship when they play in the Sugar Bowl on Sunday night.
Michigan (10-3) became just the second team all season to hold Southern California (12-1) to fewer than 31 points. No one had held them under 43 since Cal's 34-31 triple-overtime upset win over the Trojans.
USC improved its bowl record to 26-16 behind a relentless defense. The Wolverines slipped to 18-17 in their 29th consecutive bowl appearance.
Later on New Year's night, Xavier Beitia pushed a 39-yard field goal wide right with 5:30 to play and Miami held on for a fifth straight win over Florida State, 16-14, in the Orange Bowl. When the two teams meet at the start of next season it will be the third time they have squared off in 9 games, but the first time their game will count in the ACC standings.
The Seminoles (10-3) bowl record dropped to 19-10-2 as they lost consecutive postseason games for the first time since 1979/1980. FSU went from 1982 to 1996 without losing a bowl game (13-0-1) but is just 3-5 since then.
Miami finished 11-2 and is 35-3 in three seasons under Larry Coker. The Hurricanes' bowl record is now 15-12.
Purdue fell behind 24-0 to Georgia in the first half, then rallied to force overtime before falling 34-27 in the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Citrus Bowl) on New Year's Day.
The Bulldogs were attempting to run out the clock when Purdue forced a fumble and took over on the Georgia 34-yard line with 1:14 remaining. That set up a 44-yard field goal to tie the game.
In overtime, Georgia got the ball first and scored. Purdue's possession came down to a fourth-down pass that was intercepted in the end zone.
The Boilermakers closed out the season with a 9-4 record and dropped to 7-5 in bowl games. Georgia ended the season with a 10-3 mark and is now 20-15-3 in postseason play. Bulldog head coach Mark Richt is 32-8 in three seasons as the head coach in Athens.
The Gator Bowl game between West Virginia and Maryland was a rematch of a regular season contest - and both resulted in Terrapin romps. Maryland won the bowl game 41-7 after winning the regular season affair 34-7.
The victory gave the Terrapins their fifth straight win and tenth in their last eleven games as they finished the season at 10-3. Maryland has three consecutive 10-win seasons since Ralph Friedgen arrived in College Park as the head coach. They have also won their last two bowl games to raise that record to 8-10-2.
West Virginia's loss makes them the fourth Big East team to end the year with an 8-5 record. The Mountaineers are now 9-14 in the postseason. Since snapping an eight-game bowl losing streak with a win over Mississippi in the 2000 Music City Bowl, West Virginia has lost two straight.
Iowa got its first win in a major bowl since the 1959 Rose Bowl (defeated California) when the Hawkeyes drubbed Florida 37-17 at the Outback Bowl in Tampa on New Year's Day.
The loss gave Iowa back-to-back to-win seasons with a 10-2 mark for 2003, and sent Florida to its second consecutive 8-5 record under Ron Zook.
Iowa's over-all bowl record is 10-8-1. Florida has lost four of their last five bowl games (0-2 under Zook) to drop to 14-17 over-all in postseason play.
Boston College jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter of the San Francisco Bowl and held on for a 35-21 win over Colorado State in the final game of New Year's Eve.
The Eagles provided the Big East with their first bowl win of the 2003 season after Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh had turned up on the short end of their games. The win boosted BC's bowl record to 8-7 and their season mark to 8-5 as they won their fourth straight bowl game and ended the season with three consecutive victories.
CSU suffered its second bowl loss in a row as the Rams fell to 4-6 in postseason play and 7-6 on the season.
Arkansas (9-4) snapped a three-game bowl losing streak and won for just the second time in its last twelve postseason games when the Razorbacks scored a 27-14 triumph over Missouri (8-5) in the Independence Bowl.
Arkansas upped its bowl record to 11-20-3 with the New Year's Eve victory while Missouri declined to 10-12. The Tigers have faced 21 different teams in their 22 bowl appearances. The only team they have opposed twice is Georgia Tech. Despite their geographical proximity, Arkansas and Missouri had not played each other at all since 1963 and had met only three previous times in their history. The other two contests came in 1944 and 1906.
Utah turned a 7-0 lead into a 17-0 Liberty Bowl win over Southern Miss on Wednesday (December 31) by scoring 10 points in the final 3:24 of the game.
The defensive battle was won by the Utes who stopped Southern Miss drives twice in the closing minutes, the last one ending when Morgan Scalley returned a Golden Eagle fumble 74 yards for a touchdown.
Utah (10-2) has won its last three bowl games and is 6-3 in the postseason. Southern Miss (9-4) dropped to 5-9 in bowl games as they lost for the first time in three Liberty Bowl appearances. The Golden Eagles won the 1997 and 1999 Liberty Bowls over Pittsburgh and Colorado State.
Minnesota (10-3) reached 10 wins for the first time since 1905 when Rhys Lloyd kicked the game-winning 42-yard field goal with 23 seconds left to lift the Golden Gophers to a 31-30 Sun Bowl victory on Wednesday (December 31) over Oregon.
The Ducks (8-5) had just gone ahead 30-28 with 4:16 left on Jared Siegel's third field goal of the game but Minnesota rallied on the strength of a patient, run-dominating drive.
The win, which gave Minnesota an over-all bowl record of 4-5, was the first for any Big 10 team in the 2003 bowl season and offered a measure of revenge for the Golden Gophers who fell 24-20 to the Ducks in the 1999 Sun Bowl. Oregon is now 7-11 in its bowl history.
Carnell Williams scored twice, including a fourth quarter touchdown late in the game for insurance, as Auburn became the first SEC team in six attempts to win a Music City Bowl on Wednesday (December 31).
The Tigers' bowl record improved to 16-12-1 with the 28-14 win while the Badgers dropped to 8-7. Wisconsin came into the contest on a four-game bowl winning streak and had won seven of their last eight postseason affairs.
Auburn was tabbed as one of the top teams in the nation in the preseason but only managed an 8-5 record. Wisconsin began the year 6-1 but lost five of their last six games to finish 7-6.
Fresno State on Tuesday night (December 30) managed to do in a bowl game what they had failed to do in six previous regular season meetings - beat UCLA. The Bulldogs used a solid defensive effort in a 17-9 win to lift their final record to 9-5 and push the Bruins below the .500 mark at 6-7, the third team to finish the postseason with a losing record.
Fresno State upped its bowl record to 10-8, capitalizing on its fourth straight Silicon Valley Classic appearance. UCLA managed just 11 first downs in the game, 4 in the first half, as they lost for the fifth time in a row after beginning the season by winning six of their first eight games. The Bruins over-all bowl record is 12-12-1 but they have lost five of their last seven postseason games after winning eight straight bowl games from 1983-1991.
Washington State upset Texas, a 9-point favorite, in the Holiday Bowl on Tuesday night (December 30) in the biggest upset of the bowl season to date.
Both teams finished with 10-3 season marks as the Cougars improved their bowl record to 6-4 with the 28-20 win. Texas' postseason record declined to 20-21-2.
The Washington State defense sacked the Texas quarterbacks five times, forced a safety and scored on a fumble return. On offense, Jonathan Smith rambled for 109 yards and a score.
Navy was not expected to match up well with Texas Tech even though the nation's top rushing team was battling the country's top passing squad. In the end, the Red Raiders took home a 38-14 Houston Bowl win on Tuesday (December 30) as B.J. Symons passed for 497 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Texas Tech became the first team in NCAA history to boast five receivers with 75 or more catches in a single season, and Symons became only the second quarterback in history to throw over 50 touchdown passes in one season with 52. David Klingler threw 54 with Houston in 1990.
The lowlight of the game came when Texas Tech celebrated a touchdown by forming a ring of players in the endzone and tossed the football in the air. When it landed, they mimicked a bomb dropping and fell backward on the turf. The tasteless act offended many, especially the military academy they were playing, as the nation has been in an intensive battle against terrorism since the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans.
The Red Raiders improved to 7-19-1 in bowl games while Navy sunk to 4-5-1. Both teams finished 2003 with 8-5 records.
Nebraska beat Jeff Smoker and Michigan State 17-3 in the Alamo Bowl on Monday night (December 29) to give interim head coach Bo Pelini a win and snap a two-game bowl losing streak.
The Cornhuskers evened their over-all bowl record at 21-21 and dropped the Spartans to 7-10 in the postseason while ending their two-game bowl winning streak. Nebraska also secured a 10-win season, finishing with a 10-3 mark. Michigan State wraps up the season at 8-5 in John L. Williams' first campaign with the East Lansing school.
Pelini, the 35-year old defensive coordinator for Nebraska, was named the interim replacement when Frank Solich was fired on November 29.
The Cornhusker Blackshirt defense allowed just 19 yards rushing and limited Smoker to 159 yards passing while intercepting him three times.
On December 27, Virginia became the first team in 19 games to keep Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald out of the end zone and the Cavaliers won the Continental Tire Bowl 23-16.
Virginia's balanced attack produced 240 passing yards and 201 rushing yards while its defense limited Fitzgerald, who is expected to accompany many of this year's other stars in college football to early entry in the NFL draft, to 5 catches for 75 yards.
Both teams finished the season with 8-5 records. Virginia improved its bowl record to 6-8 and has won both Continental Tire Bowls ever played (they dumped West Virginia 48-22 last year). UVa had never attended a bowl game until the arrival of George Welsh in 1984. Al Groh replaced Welsh in 2001.
Pittsburgh's bowl record dropped to 10-13. The Panthers have been steered into the postseason in each of the last four years by Walt Harris, going 2-2 in those games.
Now, catch these numbers from the Insight Bowl: 399 yards passing by Bryan Randall, 156 yards rushing by Kevin Jones, 82 yards and a touchdown on four catches by back-up quarterback Marcus Vick and a 52-yard punt return for a touchdown by DeAngelo Hall - and all that was for the team that lost 52-49 on Friday night (December 26). California downed the Hokies on Tyler Frederickson's 35-yard field goal as time expired giving the Golden Bears their first bowl win since 1992 when they beat Clemson in the Citrus Bowl.
Cal's Aaron Rodgers added two rushing touchdowns to his two passing scores as he threw for 394 yards against a defense that completely fell apart over the last half of the season for the third consecutive year.
Bud Foster's defensive units allowed 123 points in the final 6 regular season games of 2001, 174 in the final six games of 2002 and 158 in the last six games this year. The Hokies won just two of their final six games in each of the last two seasons and three-of-six in 2001. They've allowed 105 points in their three bowl games over that span while losing two-of-three, giving them a record of 8-13 in those 21 games with 560 points surrendered
(an average of 26.7 points per game).
Three missed field goals and three kick-offs that went out-of-bounds added to Virginia Tech's undoing on this night.
Tech led 21-7 at the end of the first quarter and 28-21 at halftime. Then, California outscored the Hokies 21-0 in the third and held fourteen point leads of 42-28 and 49-35 in the final period, the last coming with only 6:26 left in the game. Tech drew even with two scores 1:17 apart as Hall tied the game on a punt return with 3:11 remaining.
Cal improved to 6-7-1 in bowl games and completed the season at 8-6. The Golden Bears were the only team to beat USC in the regular season, winning 34-31 in triple overtime on September 27.
Virginia Tech fell to 6-11 in postseason play, 5-6 under Frank Beamer, as the Hokies appeared in a bowl game for the eleventh straight season.
Virginia Tech moves to the ACC next year and begins the season against USC in Washington, D.C. on August 28. They will do so without Kevin Jones or DeAngelo Hall who have opted to forego their senior seasons in Blacksburg and enter the NFL draft.
Earlier Friday, Josh Harris rallied Bowling Green from an early 10-0 deficit and led the Falcons to their game-winning score with 4:06 left on a 3-yard touchdown pass to Cole Magner. The 28-24 win over Northwestern gave BGSU a final record of 11-3 as MAC teams won both of the bowl games they were involved in (Miami, Ohio crushed Louisville 49-28 in the GMAC Bowl).
Northwestern concluded the season with a losing record at 6-7. The Wildcats have not won a bowl game since the 1949 Rose Bowl when they downed California and are just 1-4 all-time in the postseason.
Bowling Green evened their all-time bowl record at 3-3 with their third consecutive postseason win that includes the 1991 California Raisin Bowl and 1992 Las Vegas Bowl.
Houston and Hawaii exhibited why it's entertaining to watch "lower tier" bowl games as the two teams battled for three overtimes before the Warriors prevailed 54-48 in the Hawai'i Bowl on Christmas night. But when the game ended, pandemonium broke loose with a major melee that took police intervention to finally halt.
Timmy Chang came off the bench to throw for 475 yards and five touchdowns for Hawaii, and Houston's freshman sensation quarterback Kevin Kolb hooked up with Vincent Marshall for an 81-yard scoring pass play that tied the game with 22 seconds left in regulation. That play came after Hawaii missed a game-clinching field goal
with 58 seconds left.
Hawaii (9-5) rallied twice from 10-point deficits after Chang replaced an injured Jason Whieldon as the Warriors improved their over-all bowl record to 6-10. Only once have they played in a postseason game not contested in Hawaii (a 1992 Holiday Bowl win over Illinois).
Houston finished the season at 7-6 after winning five of their first six games. The Cougars dropped to 7-7-1 in bowl games with their last win coming in 1980 at the short-lived Garden State Bowl, a 35-0 win over Navy.
Immediately after the game, punches were thrown and several players swung and tossed their helmets at opposing players as some teammates joined coaches in attempting to halt the pathetic display.
In an instant, the game transcended from being one of the most memorable bowl games of 2003 to a heaping pile of garbage. These were two teams who earned respect for the way they played on Christmas night, then promptly lost all respect for the way they acted when the game ended.
Oregon State running back Steven Jackson returned to his hometown to lead the Beavers to a 55-14 rout of New Mexico in the Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas Eve in what became his last college game as the junior will enter the 2004 NFL draft.
Jackson rushed for four touchdowns and scored another on a pass reception as he tied Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State vs. Wyoming in 1988 Holiday Bowl) and Sheldon Canley (San Jose St. vs. Kansas State in 1990 California Bowl) for the record of five touchdowns in a bowl game.
Oregon State dominated their opponent by racking up 536 yards on offense and limiting the Lobos to a paltry 84 total net yards.
The two teams ended the year with identical 8-5 records.
The inaugural Fort Worth Bowl failed to draw a packed house despite the presence of TCU in its home stadium, but the 10-point underdog Horned Frogs gave it their all before falling to Boise State 34-31 on Tuesday night, December 23.
The Broncos improved to 13-1 and stretched their winning streak to 11 games. They also kept their perfect bowl record intact at 4-0, but all of their other bowl appearances were in the Humanitarian Bowl on their home field.
TCU fell to 11-2 with a loss that wasn't in the books until a 51-yard field goal attempt fell well short with just seconds remaining. Kick-off specialist Mike Wynn was sent in to try the field goal due to an injury to starting kicker Nick Browne.
The two teams combined for over 900 yards on offense. Six Bronco players, including one starter, were ruled academically ineligible for the game. Five TCU players, including one starter who missed curfew, were suspended.
Philip Rivers completed 82 percent of his passes for 475 yards and five touchdowns as North Carolina State ripped Kansas 56-26 in the Tangerine Bowl on Monday night, December 22.
The Wolfpack rolled over the outmanned Jayhawks who entered the game having won just two of their last seven games in the regular season.
The loss dropped Kansas to 6-7 and kept them from completing their first winning season since 1995 when they beat UCLA 51-30 in the Aloha Bowl and finished 10-2 in Glen Mason's last year as head coach. He was lured away by Minnesota.
On Thursday night, December 18, in Mobile, Ben Roethlisberger and Miami (Ohio) flew past Louisville 49-28 in the GMAC Bowl. The junior quarterback announced after the game that he would enter the NFL draft a year early.
Roethlisberger threw for 376 yards and 4 touchdowns and Miami opened a 35-7 first-half lead, but Louisville cut the margin to 35-21 by halftime and closed to within 35-28 in the third quarter. The RedHawks pulled away in the fourth quarter and closed out the Cards with an interception return for a touchdown.
Miami has been shunned by bowls three times since 1995 when they produced records of 8-3 or better, including a 10-1 campaign in 1997, and had not appeared in a bowl game since being pummeled by San Jose State 37-7 in the 1986 California Bowl. But this time, it was impossible to overlook a team that concluded the season with a 13-1 mark and their first MAC championship since 1986.
The bowl season kicked off on the night of December 16 as Memphis put the exclamation point on a one-season turnaround that saw them improve from 3-9 a year ago to 9-4 this year with a 27-17 win over North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl.
It was the first appearance in a postseason game for Memphis since a 28-9 win over San Jose State in the 1971 Pasadena Bowl. It was also just the third bowl game in the history of Memphis football. They also beat East Tennessee State in the last of twelve Burley Bowls (Johnson City, Tennessee) in 1956.
North Texas has played in every New Orleans Bowl since its inception in 2001.
Memphis took advantage of numerous Mean Green penalties and mistakes to build a 17-3 halftime lead. But twice in the second half, UNT was able to cut the deficit to 7 points and the game was not salted away until Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 42-yard field goal with just 2:26 remaining.
Patrick Cobbs, the nation's leading rusher, was kept in check for much of the game but finished with 110 yards on 23 carries and two second-half touchdowns for North Texas.
Memphis QB Danny Wimprine was 17-of-23 for 254 yards and one score.
That Computes: The Congrove Computer Rankings and Weekly Picks correctly projected the winner of every game for 10 of the 117 Division 1-A teams. It missed just one time with 16 others.
The computer's preseason forecast came within two wins or less of predicting the final regular season records of 80 teams. It was exactly right for 16 teams, missed by one win on 32 teams, and missed by two wins on another 32 teams. It predicted the exact conference records of 23 teams.
It correctly projected the winners of both Big 12 divisions, Connecticut as the top independent, Miami (Ohio) as east division winner of the MAC, Georgia as east division winner of the SEC, USC as conference champ of the PAC-10, and North Texas as conference titlist of the Sun Belt.
The preseason forecast projected 43 of the 56 bowl invitees, placed nine in the correct bowl, and identified at least one of the national title game participants for the eighth time in eleven seasons.
The computer finished the season with a straight up record of 589-182, exactly the same as 2002.
Streaking: Miami (Ohio) ran the nation's longest winning streak to 13 with its GMAC Bowl win over Louisville. Boise State increased its winning streak to 11 with a Fort Worth Bowl win over TCU.
North Texas has won 18 straight over Sun Belt conference opponents.
Boise State has won 18 straight over WAC foes.
Army has lost 15 straight.
SMU has lost 12 straight.


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In most states, a breath test can be used as presumptive evidence in your trial for DUI. For every crime, the burden of proof is on the state, except when evidence is considered to be presumptive. When evidence is presumptive, the burden of proof shifts to you to disprove the evidence against you. In many DUI cases, a breath test showing a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or greater is presumptive evidence of being under the influence of alcohol.
A breath test measures the concentration of alcohol in your breath to estimate your BAC. With breathalyzers and BAC, the conversion assumes you're an average person. The breath test conversion doesn't take into account whether you're a man or woman, your height and weight, what you've eaten or how quickly your body metabolizes alcohol compared to an average person.
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Vitamin A supplementation to improve treatment outcomes among children diagnosed with respiratory infections
Biological, behavioural and contextual rationale
Acute lower respiratory tract infections, in particular bronchiolitis and pneumonia which are the most severe forms of acute lower respiratory tract infections, are the leading cause of mortality in children under the age of five1, 2. Pneumonia alone kills 1.8 million infants and young children every year3. Most of these likely preventable deaths occur in low-resource settings and are strongly linked to poverty, inadequate access to health care and undernutrition.
Several nutrition interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing the number of cases of acute lower respiratory tract infections and the potentially deadly outcomes associated with pneumonia. Vitamin A/retinol is involved in the production, growth and differentiation of red cells, lymph cells and antibodies4, and epithelial integrity. Because of its proven effectiveness in protecting against measles-associated pneumonia5, vitamin A supplementation has been investigated as a possible intervention to speed recovery, reduce the severity and prevent against subsequent episodes of acute lower respiratory tract infections6–11. The results have not been at all consistent. Some authors have reported no benefits6, 12–15, while others only described positive effects for specific groups such as underweight children16 or those with pre-existing vitamin A deficiency17. Vitamin A supplementation has also been found to increase the incidence of acute lower respiratory tract infections, mainly among children with better nutrient intakes16, 18.
Children with vitamin A deficiency seem to be at greater risk of illness and death due to respiratory tract infections19. Pre-existing deficiency appears to worsen infection and vitamin A supplementation has been shown to reduce the risk of death in 6–59 month old children by about 23–30%20. In the case of pneumonia that is associated with measles, large doses of vitamin A have a clear protective effect21, 22. Similar effects have not, however, been observed for acute lower respiratory tract infections using high and low doses of vitamin A. For example, lower doses have been associated with decreased risk of respiratory infection16, and high doses have been shown to have a negative effect23. There have been several theories put forward to try and explain the range of results and the possible biological mechanisms involved. For children with adequate vitamin A stores, supplementation with particularly high doses of vitamin A may cause a temporary malfunction in the regulation of immune function. This may result and perhaps lead to an increased susceptibility to infectious diseases18.
Two recent systematic reviews on the role of vitamin A supplementation in the prevention of respiratory infections among children have concluded that supplements should only be given to children with poor nutritional status1. The results also suggest that the dosage and potential adverse effects are important considerations when making recommendations1, 24. Over-dosage of vitamin A can cause toxicity that is associated with nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite that can further reduce nutrient intake. One study that evaluated the effects of a moderate dose of vitamin A found a positive effect among children with sufficient vitamin A intakes and no side effects of the supplementation were reported9. Whether or not these positive effects would be associated with the increased intake of vitamin A containing foods has not yet been examined. In low-resource settings with high rates of acute lower respiratory tract infections3, foods with significant vitamin A content such as animal products (liver, milk, cheese, eggs) or fortified foods may not be frequently eaten. Better access to foods rich in provitamin A, such as mangos and papayas, may therefore be necessary under these circumstances through dietary diversification and homestead food production programmes24–26.
1 Chen H et al. Vitamin A for preventing acute lower respiratory tract infections in children up to seven years of age. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008, Issue 1, No.: CD006090.
2 Dekker LH et al. Stunting associated with poor socioeconomic and maternal nutrition status and respiratory morbidity in Colombian schoolchildren. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2010, 31(2):242–250.
3 WHO/UNICEF. Global action plan for prevention and control of pneumonia (GAPP). Geneva, World Health Organization, 2009.
4 Olson JA. Vitamin A. In: Ziegler EE, Filer LJ, eds. Present knowledge in nutrition, 7th ed. Washington D.C., International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Press, 1996:109–19.
5 Ellison J. Intensive vitamin therapy in measles. British Medical Journal,1932, II:708–711.
6 Fawzi W et al. Vitamin A supplementation and severity of pneumonia in children admitted to the hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1998, 68:187–192.
7 Julien et al. A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of vitamin A in Mozambican children hospitalized with non-measles acute lower respiratory tract infections. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1999, 4:794–800.
8 Nacul L et al. Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of efficacy of vitamin A treatment in non-measles childhood pneumonia. BMJ, 1997, 315:505–510.
9 Rodriguez A et al. Effects of moderate doses of vitamin A as an adjunct to the treatment of pneumonia in underweight and normal-weight children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005, 82:1090–1096.
10 Stevensen C et al. Adverse effects of high-dose vitamin A supplements in children hospitalized with pneumonia. Pediatrics, 1998, 101:1–8.
11 Cameron C et al. Neonatal vitamin A deficiency and its impact on acute respiratory infections among preschool Inuit children. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2008, 99(2):102–106.
12 Long KZ et al. Supplementation with vitamin A reduces watery diarrhoea and respiratory infections in Mexican children. British Journal of Nutrition, 2007, 97: 337–343.
13 Donnen P et al. Randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial of the effect of a single high dose or daily low doses of vitamin A on the morbidity of hospitalized, malnourished children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1998, 68:1254–1260.
14 Kjolhede C et al. Clinical trial of vitamin A as adjuvant treatment for lower respiratory tract infections. Journal of Pediatrics, 1995, 126:807–812.
15 The Vitamin A and Pneumonia Working Group. Potential interventions for the prevention of childhood pneumonia in developing countries: a meta-analysis of data from field trials to assess the impact of vitamin A supplementation on pneumonia morbidity and mortality. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1995, 73:609–619.
16 Sempertegui F et al. The beneficial effects of weekly low-dose vitamin A supplementation on acute lower respiratory infections and diarrhea in Ecuadorian children. Pediatrics, 1999, 104(1):e1.
17 Si NV et al. High dose vitamin A supplementation in the course of pneumonia in Vietnamese children. Acta Paediatrica, 1997, 86:1052–1055.
18 Grotto I et al. Vitamin A supplementation and childhood morbidity from diarrhea and respiratory infections: a meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatrics, 2003, 142:297–304.
19 Ross A. In: Sommer A, West K, eds. Vitamin A deficiency: health, survival and vision. New York, Oxford University Press, 1996:251–273.
20 Glasziou PP, Mackerras DE. Vitamin A supplementation in infectious diseases: a meta-analysis. BMJ, 1993, 306:366–370.
21 Hussey GD, Klein M. A randomized controlled trial of vitamin A in children with severe measles. New England Journal of Medicine, 1990, 323:160–164.
22 Barclay AIG et al. Vitamin A supplements and mortality related to measles: a randomized clinical trial. British Medical Journal, 1987, 294:294–296.
23 Wu T et al. Vitamin A for non-measles pneumonia in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005, Issue 3, No.: CD003700.
24 Global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in populations at risk 1995-2005: WHO global database on vitamin A deficiency. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2009.
25 de Pee S et al. Orange fruit is more effective than are dark-green, leafy vegetables in increasing serum concentrations of retinol and beta-carotene in schoolchildren in Indonesia. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1998, 68:1058–67.
26 de Pee S, Bloem MW. The bioavailability of (pro) vitamin A carotenoids and maximizing the contribution of homestead food production to combating vitamin A deficiency. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 2007, 77:182–92.


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ground beef
1 cup
barbeque sauce
1 teaspoon
garlic powder, or to taste
1 cup
chopped fresh cilantro
4 slices
Monterey Jack cheese
8 slices
sourdough bread, toasted
lettuce leaves
4 slices
I typically try and follow the recipe exactly but I'll admit that the reviews scared me a bit too much on this one to do that. I went ahead and measured out a cup of barbecue sauce but only added a little bit at a time until I had the perfect consistency. I ended up using right at 3/4 cup and it was perfect. We really enjoyed these burgers. Instead of plain Monterey Jack, I kicked it up a notch with Pepper Jack. Even though I think plain ole tomatoes would have been perfect, hubby doesn't like them so I just added a couple tablespoons of salsa to each burger instead. I think the key to this recipe is to use your absolute favorite bbq sauce and not just any that are on special that week. My sauce of choice is Kansas City's own Gates. These were delish!
1 cup of barbeque sauce was way too much - it made something more akin to sloppy joe's than hamburgers. The "burgers" crumbled and fell apart from the excess liquid. Due to the weather, I cooked them on the stovetop instead of a grill so perhaps that made a difference, but I'd suggest cutting the bbq sauce at least in half.
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The sloppy joes tasted good, but for burgers I would also recommend only 1/2 c. barbecue sauce.
Very very tasty! Here is what I altered though... instead of grilling them I used my electric griddle. I also used turkey meat instead of beef so I had to put some bread crumbs in it to keep the pattys from falling apart. Also I only used 1/4 cup of bbq sauce. Last change I made was I minced the cilantro and mixed with the meat instead of just garnishing the top of the cheese. Turned out great!!!
i wish i'd made more! this was really good.
I judged how much BBQ sauce to use base on how well I thought the burgers would hold, so probably about 1/2 cup . I also grounded up a few slices of apple-wood smoked bacon, added saute onions and garlic..What flavor!
this was good, but next time i will use a bit less bbq sauce- the burgers has trouble sticking together
mmm, super yummy - made with Trader Joe's bbq sauce which is the best bbq sauce ever!
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Calories: 561
Calories from Fat: 212
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Monday, 03 January 2011
Ageism 2011
A few months ago, a local TV news program reported the "plight" of a 21-year-old, disabled woman living in a nursing home here in Portland, Oregon. She "found herself," the news anchor read from the TelePrompTer, "with an elderly roommate with no way out."
Imagine the uproar there would have been if the anchor had said, "found herself with a black roommate with no way out." But aside from my own email which was not acknowledged, apparently no objection was raised to this blatant ageism.
On page 4 of his important manifesto on elders titled, What Are Old People For?, geriatrician Bill Thomas notes that "[O]ld people are exposed to a bigoted ageism that is openly expressed and widely accepted."
No kidding. I have pages and pages full of them on my computer.
Another eminent geriatrician, Robert N. Butler, who died last year at age 83, coined the term "ageism" in the 1960s. He defined it thusly in his 2008 book, The Longevity Revolution:
"Ageism takes shape in stereotypes and myths, outright disdain and dislike, sarcasm and scorn, subtle avoidance, and discriminatory practices in housing, employment, pension arrangements, health care, and other services..."
"It is identical to any other prejudice in its consequences...Anthropologist Barbara Meyerhoff speaks about 'death by invisibility' when she describes an older woman who, 'unseen,' was 'accidentally' killed by a bicyclist."
Ageism kills more slowly too. In a live interview at the Washington Post, long-time Yale researcher Becca Levy discussed her study on whether aging stereotypes affect the health of elders.
"[W]e have found that when we activate negative age stereotypes, older individuals tend to show a decline in memory performance, self-confidence, will to live and handwriting," said Levy.
"In contrast, we have found that when we activate positive age stereotypes we tend to find beneficial changes in these same areas."
Negative age stereotypes are everywhere in media. With no effort at all, just my daily reading, I run across them constantly. When I remembered to do so, I saved them during 2010. Here is a sampling – about five percent of what I found. The emphases are mine.
Gabe Starosta at congress.org, in complaining about poorly designed government websites, had this comparison to make about the Social Security site:
"This site's primary audience is the elderly or those approaching social security age, and designers say the site looks like it was designed by those very same people."
Oblivious to the fact that people 46 and older make up 44 percent of all internet users, Christopher Beam repeats this theme in a recent technology story at Slate:
"As of 2010, the most-common Caps Lock users are enraged Internet commenters and the computer-illiterate elderly."
Old people, you see, are not only incapable of doing anything associated with computers, they are equated with rage-aholics.
The second most commonly repeated stereotype in the media is how elders dress, what they eat and when they do it – always with disdain. This is Eleanor Clift (who is old enough to know better) writing at PoliticsDaily:
"By 2050, the United States will look like Florida, with more old people taking advantage of senior-citizen discounts and enjoying early-bird suppers."
How is this different from writing, for example, "...black people enjoying watermelon and fried chicken" which she would never write and wouldn't get past her editor if she did?
Two days ago, Dan Brown at The New York Times repeated the slam:
"On New Year's Day, the oldest members of the Baby Boom Generation will turn 65, the age once linked to retirement, early bird specials and gray Velcro shoes that go with everything.
Don't for a minute believe Mr. Brown's use of the historical "once linked" will have any effect on the ubiquitous use of this derisive theme.
Ageism regularly creeps into stories at that supposed bastion of progressive thinking, Alternet, but this one particularly wrankled.
Because most Americans are born into a family faith, it takes of a lot of self-reflection, soul-searching, discussion and reading on religion, philosophy and atheism itself to give up belief in god. So much so, it is unlikely the young have any useful commentary yet. But Jenny McCreight seems to believe atheism's leading literary figures can be dismissed (along with gender and race) for their age:
"The individuals most commonly associated with contemporary atheism—Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett and Victor Stenger—are all male, white and, well, kinda old (69, 61, 68 and 75)."
Then there is young mommyblogger, Julie Ryan Evans, whose five short paragraphs about the arrest of a 73-year-old who had overindulged in the caffeine/alcohol beverage Four Loko, overflow with repeated sarcasm of casual ageism that taken together reveal her contempt for old people:
"Apparently the drink has crept its way off of college campuses and into the hands of the geriatric crowd...
"Now one could wonder if he just didn't know what he was drinking and the power of the stuff. The older you get, the harder it is to read the fine print and all...
"It's not surprising that the older set is jumping on the Four Loko bandwagon. Aren't they always chasing the train trend of the young?...
"But like all fad fascinations, their coolness typically comes to an end ... usually just when the older generations discover them."
With the possible exception of Ms. Evans, there is rarely intentional malice in these writers' negative references to elders. They come about through laziness - repeating words and phrases they read every day - and convention; unless you grew up in China or Japan, you've heard old people maligned all your life without ever being told it is as hateful as racist and sexist words.
Language matters. And repetition, as every advertiser knows, establishes credibility and familiarity. With each repetition, the product, service or idea becomes more deeply lodged in one's mind until even elders themselves sometimes do not recognize, in the case of ageism, that the idea is repellent.
Such memes as computer-illiterate old people interested only in the early-bird special at Denny's are repeated hundreds or thousands of times year after year until they are no longer perceived as demeaning and become how old people are acceptably defined – along with the consequences mentioned above.
After a long list of the many different ways elders are regularly discounted in newspapers, magazines, television, movies, the internet, even greeting cards, Dr. Butler, in his book The Longevity Revolution, wrote:
"It is time to change the language and imagery of old age in the media and sensitize journalists and writers about the language of ageism."
Journalists and writers will not do it on their own so in this new year, it is time to take up Dr. Butler's challenge. Instead of just collecting instances of ageist language for a blog post like this one, emails need to be sent to the perpetrators clearly stating the reasons for objecting to their language. Each and every time it happens.
Today, I am asking you to help. Send me the references when you see them – the quote and the URL to the article. Most often, they are in stories unrelated to aging. There was no reason for Gabe Starosta to use an ageist reference to make the point that the Social Security website is poorly designed. Christopher Beam could easily write a technology story without dissing elders' computer skills.
You won't have any trouble finding these – they are painfully common. Once you are sensitized to them, you'll see them everywhere.
Send a letter to the writer and the editor of the publication. In due course, I will publish a template you can copy and easily adapt to individual circumstances. During the coming weeks and months, I'll devise a petition or two for us to use along with whatever other methods occur to me; your suggestions are welcome and sought.
Back in the 1960s, the civil rights movement made the N-word unacceptable. The women's movement made the word "girl" so toxic that I once saw a reference in The New York Times to a "15-year-old woman."
When language changes, behavior changes. So this year, let's follow Saul Friedman's dictum as related by his wife Elke in last Saturday's post:
"The thread running through [Saul's] work was always the same: make the world a better place as best I can. In newspaperese: "The journalist's job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
This year, let's help make the world a better place and do some afflicting.
At The Elder Storytelling Place today, Kathleen Noble: The Day Mom's Hip Popped Out
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Ronni, the number one a.m. English radio station in Montreal relentlessly advertises three things that upset seniors:
"Have you made your funeral arrangements yet?"
"Are you afraid in your home? Do you have an alarm system?"
"Does your house have mold?"
The majority of listeners to this otherwise great station are seniors.
The station figures seniors want to hear these kinds of ads, but NOOOO.
Mom and her friends living alone in houses, DO NOT wish to be reminded of death, nor do they want to imagine someone breaking into their home and hurting them.
They also don't want to think their house may be crawling with mold.
There is nothing positive about these ads. All the ad really says is:
"Get off the stage now. You're done."
"Move on."
Our local paper here reported an auto accident involving "an elderly woman of 61." It was written by a young man around 30. It shocked me as at 68 I don't think of myself as elderly. Many of the 60-somethings I know are still working, running their households and driving quite well. I did comment to the paper on my view that it seemed sufficient to state a person's age without the added commentary of marking her as elderly. I got no reply but haven't seen more of the same. I haven't quite figured out when I would think I was elderly either, much older of course.
I've seen a lot of similar reporting. As Crabby Old Lady and I rant from time to time, "elderly" is a description of condition, not age - frail or those with some form of dementia. But newspapers more frequently use it as you've quoted.
That's good stuff to know. I have a file I've been keeping for a future post that I've named Scaring the Sh** Out of Elders.
In the U.S., all evening and a lot of nighttime television is filled with commercials for the icky things that go wrong with us in old age.
I get further steamed when the ads, at the end, are required to list side-effects which frequently include death.
The one that drives me 'round the bend tells viewers that if their anti-depressant drug isn't working, they've got another one to use IN ADDITION to the one you're already taking. One of the side effects is suicide!
Advertising for midage and young adults is more frequently about products that are fun and useful. Well, maybe except for all those wrinkle creams and hair coloring that covers gray - that probably scares the sh** out of them about getting old.
Then, if they watch the ads for old people, well...
It's all ageist. They all want to scare us to death whatever age we are.
Great post Ronni. I will repost on FB. Thanks for creating the template that will get us all communicating about ageist reportage. Hope this is a wonderful year for you.
It has been noted many times on this blog that the constant message sent out is that growing old is something ghastly and to be avoided as long as possible.
Think of the gazillion ads for wrinkle creams, age spot removers, health clubs, etc. that send out the message that only young is beautiful and age is ugly.
You can't pick up a publication that doesn't have an ad lauding the positive message to stay young and avoid looking, or feeling, old. It's as if old age is a terrible state of being and to be feared. Our youth oriented culture is demeaning to elders.
There is an e-mail that goes around periodically with photos of young stars and starlets of 40 or 50 years ago with the contrasting photo of the same people as they look now with sagging jowls, love handles, and -gasp- wrinkles.
The fact that they have probably learned that superficial beauty is fleeting and there is more to a person than physical appearance is ignored.
Madison Avenue has perpetuated the myth that looking old is to be avoided at all costs. The 'not-so-hidden' message is that old age is bad, bad, bad.
The thing that you didn't pick up on though is that for both these people, the 21 year old and the 'elderly' person, the nursing home is their real home. They are nevertheless given no choice - either of them - about how they share, who with, or even if they want to. Maybe the 'elderly' person didn't want to be forced to share with a 21 year old either.
Good point, ian. Nursing homes are not "homes" for people who must be there, because the individuals lose entire control of even the most basic acts of life. Choosing a roommate would be one of those basic things.
The Jenny Mcreight article is very badly laid out, but I think the reference to Dawkinhs et al is a quote, not her own words.
Its hard to tell, because it relies on indents alone to identify the quotes and the ad box messes everything up.
A bit of old style graphic design would have helped.
Checked the original article and yes it is a quote.
My personal goal is to remove the word elderly from the lexicon. It just resonates "frail" and all other like associations.
And don't get me started on dear, honey, sweety, etc. I do, by the way, make it a point to tell any salesperson or waitperson who calls me by one of those terms that I would appreciate it if they would not. Sometimes they ask why and I tell them that it's patronizing. They are usually amazed.
But speaking of amazing, the outstanding "I can't believe she said that" occurred on Flagler College radio (St. Augustine) on a Saturday morning a few years ago. Often programming is delivered by community members but this morning it was a couple of students and they were talking about social dancing. And then the female student said, "It's really gross though to see those old people out there with their wrinkles and those yucky age spots." She actually said that on the radio. I could hardly believe the combination of stupidity and insensitivity. I was really angry, but did nothing because I was involved in a variety of errands, etc. But I was wishing I could at least tell her grandmother on her :).
Ah, afflicting the comfortable. Starosta's statement afflicts's me no end, but others you mention go right over my head. Yes, you are right that unless we take a stand nothing will change, and I see I will have to train myself to see the irritations.
Did I say Happy New Year?
Excuse me but I'm more concerned about the "plight" of a disabled elder woman living in a nursing home with a 21-year old.
Happy New Year!!!!!
Brenda V:
"( patronizing) treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority : "She's a good-hearted girl," he said in a patronizing voice. She was determined not to be put down or patronized."
They are probably amazed because they haven't a clue what the term "patronizing" means.
What really gets to me is when a clerk somewhere calls me "young lady". At 81 I am NOT young but I AM a lady.
I called the manager of our local grocery store when the cashier kept referring to my husband as "young man" So far this has stopped it.
I agree that language is important and it sometimes confusing to me. I can recall writing something one time referring to myself as an elder and thinking it was inappropriate later. I'm 57. I thought, "I haven't earned that title." And some people feel that the world suggests frailty.
Speaking for myself, I have a lot to learn about my own ageism because I have been guilty when I was younger of saying (or thinking) some of these same things that I realize now are clearly insensitive. Thanks for keep me on my toes on this subject, Ronni.
Just yesterday a 70 year old acquaintence of mine, slanting her story to favor her husband's recent traffic accident, inferred that the other party was a "younger" female(32)and less experienced. Truth is her husband was driving too fast for weather conditions. Shame on us fickel humans....
I have always rankled when much younger people call those much older than them by their first names. When I was young, I was taught to address those older than me by their title- Ms., Mr. etc. I cringe when the staff at the doctor's office, bank, and other professional businesses call my mother (or me) by a first name. It is a sign of respect to use the first name only when invited to do so. Are titles ageist, or respectful?
""This site's primary audience is the elderly or those approaching social security age, and designers say the site looks like it was designed by those very same people."
Actually, that would make for good UI design. Unlike my former gym, which once ran a newsletter article on fitness tips for middle-aged people in light blue ink on a tan background. I suggested to them that the message may not have gotten across.
I've surveyed quite a few health care websites, and I found Medicare's to be the most well-designed.
Really, I find it best to ignore the mass media. We're just another market to those people. They want to make us feel dreary so we'll go out and buy stuff.
I think the best thing about old age is learning not to give a damn what anyone thinks of me. As long as I get my way, I'm happy!
"sticks and stones……"
Sometimes I question the age old theory that age brings wisdom. The problem as I see it is not language or the use thereof, but rather the issue of political correctness verses compassion for our fellowman. I speak of the kind of compassion that travels down a two-lane road, not a one-way road. If someone addresses us with a word of little consequence and we choose to label it as personally offensive – that's our problem, not theirs.
Compile all our individual likes and dislikes and I'm quite sure you could conclude that as a whole we could all never like the same thing. That's why we invented another word called "majority"! Unfortunately even that doesn't work completely because the minority seems to think it still has some say-so when the "majority" word is invoked!
I grew up in the south and the word "ma'am" is like the 'holy grail' of words when it comes to women and politeness. At least that's what a lot of our parents taught us. Yet I have read articles, including some from the New York Times if that has some grounds for creditability with some of you, that some women are insulted when the word "ma'am" is directed at them. Some are offended at the word 'grandma' and some here have noted they are offended at the word "young lady'. Most, if not all of these type words have been part of southern culture and considered 'terms of endearment' for ages.
I am fast coming to the conclusion that given all the requirements being put on me with regard to the do's and don'ts of how people want to be addressed in this day and time, I should just settle on a greeting similar to, "What's up you old bitch?" That covers age, gender, and is direct and to the point!
The real, fundamental problem we're facing is not ageism or sexism or "whateverism". Instead it's the tendency of that large proportion of the population who generalize about everything. All generalizations are false. Elders are not uniformly - ANYTHING. There are some good, bad, smart and stupid. Some of us are fun to be with (some of the time) and some are not.
The media generalize about everything, all the time (How's that for a sweeping generalization?)
Let's all live by the golden rule: ("Don't do anything to anybody that you wouldn't be happy to have done to you)
and avoid all generalizations in the New Year.
I am with mythster, and let's include those difficult to love 'groups' such as Republicans, Southerners, tea party folks, and Muslims!!!
Maybe we need to work on getting rid of group think.
I am trying to think of a good response to a recent article in the Bay Citizen about senior evictions. We have rent control here in SF so these seniors, some of whom have lived in the building 20+ years, were able to afford their rent. But the old landlord died, the new owner is a speculator and is booting them to the curb. But do you think that the comments show understanding and compassion? No way, no how. It's get out of town grandma, you haven't earned anything and you don't deserve anything. So just die! It's utterly horrible. I did respond but mine was the only voice of compassion. The other comments are a cruel commentary on how our culture view poor old folks.
Thanks for such a good idea, Ronnie. I will keep my eyes open and hope you will continue to keep us posted on similar examples as you find them.
Friends. We are all united in our plight and fight against ageism. Democrat, Republican, Liberal, whatever. I'm a ripe old 63.3 years old and I'm shocked that people my age are referred to as "elderly". I think that Ronni's post on this subject superbly articulated the situation and problem. There is talk of class warfare but generational warfare is intensifying. It has always been here but now the economics makes it far worse. "They" don't want to see us and are doing "Their" best to suppress and usurp elder role/status/wealth/etc.
We become invisible in the process. I feel it, know that it is happening, and will soon reach the point when people will wonder how much will be left for them and when will they get it--I must ignore this fact and live on. In fact, I'm going to make certain I spend all my money starting today. I'll not worry about posterity; it's all about me and full speed ahead. Damn the torpedoes.
I have always admired your writing and appreciate this blog. However, I couldn't help noticing that one of your tabs under TCB Features is "Geezer Flicks." Geezer means "an old person, especially an eccentric old man." As a 60+ male, I don't appreciate the word "geezer" any more than 60+ women probably relish the word "hag." Changing ageist language is not going to be easy since it's so buried in our collective psyche. Moral: We who want to change perceptions of aging need to be vigilant with our own writing and thinking. We've had many, many years of conditioning to devalue aging adults. Dr. Butler also described ageism as "the fearsome thought of growing old." This definition, to me, says everything about the internal motivations of most writers who demean older adults with disparaging language.
I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY CALL ME JUST SO LONG AS I GET MY MONEY....AND THAT IS IN CAPS LOCK....B'shaom Y'all
I agree that the ads for old people are ageist and only deal ailments. I often have thought don't older adults buy clothes, electronics, food? Apparently not according to media. Conversly you almost never see younger people featured in commercials about ailments that are quite independent of age like diabetes and arthritis. It's always middle aged people and older. It reinforces the meme of older people being sick and frail. I think this needs to change. Ageism not only affects older people but yonger people as well.
Watching the critically-acclaimed TV series 'Breaking Bad' for the first time. In episode two we have a reference by the character Jesse (played by Aaron Paul) to "changing my Granny's diapers" and in episode three, the character played by Marie Schrader (who works in a hospital) is commenting on a pair of white shoes she is wearing and says "I look like I should be serving soup to some disgusting old person".
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Soapbox Racing in Malmedy
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Around 50 teams will hurtle down a hill at lightning speed surrounded by hundreds of spectators in Pont on 17/08/14!
This is not a laughing matter... in fact, it's quite the opposite: it's the 8th round of the TPP championship.
The soapbox race has its rules, competitions and champions.
The vehicles are far from ramshackle: they have bodies in resin, suspensions, hydraulic disc brakes capable of stopping a box moving at 70 km/h in just 15m.
In 2011, the route was modified and is now the most technically complete in Belgium.
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Directions Pont village is located between Ligneuville and Recht. Follow signs at exits 12 and 13 of motorway E42 and from Ligneuville.
Pont, it's a soapbox bonanza!
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Sometimes the old version of something is better than the new one.
I felt this way about Windows Movie Maker — an easy to use, flexible, and free movie editing program that used to come preinstalled on Windows machines. With Vista and Windows 7 though, Microsoft is pushing Windows Live Movie Maker. In my experience, it doesn't have some of the features of the old Movie Maker. Maybe there are advantages as well, but I haven't found them.
Anyway, I just found out though that you can easily install the old v 2.6 Windows Movie Maker on a Windows 7 machine. (Don't know why I didn't try to do this before.:) Here's the link. Enjoy.
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Nairobi — THE International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) described President Uhuru Kenyatta's first term in office as one marked by infringement of fundamental rights.
In a statement, FIDH says that despite the commitments made by the Jubilee coalition during its electoral campaign, the first term had been "worrisome."
According to Atsango Chesoni, the KHRC Executive Director, "April 9th 2013 to April 2014 has been a period within which freedom of association and freedom of peaceful assembly have been constantly under threat, freedom of expression and of the press have been seriously infringed, and fundamental rights of non-discrimination have been jeopardized in various ways."
The FIDH President, Karim Lahidji, said that instead of fulfilling their obligation to ensure that victims of post-election violence got justice and redress, President Kenyatta and his vice, William Ruto, have spent their entire first year in office actively undermining these "non-derogeable rights."
"It is time for them to uphold Kenya's constitution and its international obligations," said Lahidji.
FIDH in conjunction with KHRC has published a briefing paper to mark the one year that Jubilee has been in government.
It states outlines the government's infringement of various rights of all citizens.
FIDH also faulted the new authorities for embarking on a "national, regional and international campaign aimed at undermining the functions of the International Criminal Court (ICC)" instead of ensuring that victims of human rights violations, and in particular victims of the 2007/2008 post-election violence, got justice and redress.


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Local Issue: Safety CenterSubmitted by Rob Hardy on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 1:24pm
On June 5, 2012, the City Council approved $7.28 million in lease revenue funding to finance the building of a new safety center. The project includes purchase of land at 1601 Riverview Dr. (behind Perkins Restaurant), construction of a police facility and fire department administrative offices, and upgrades to the current fire facility. The fire equipment would remain in the current facility. This marked an important (and contentious) milestone in a long process.
NEW (6/26/12): Statement from the City of Northfield regarding funding of the new safety center.
What's next: According to Northfield Finance Director Kathleen McBride, a plan will be developed in the next 4-6 weeks (by the end of July 2012), with purchase of the land in August or September.
Kickstarting a Career in Filmmaking: Sam Dunnewold and Kaitlin RandolphSubmitted by Rob Hardy on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 6:22pm
Kaitlin Randolph was writing stories before she started kindergarten in northern Wisconsin. Sam Dunnewold started making films as a seventh grader at Northfield Middle School. Sam was also a member of the last class of Northfield eighth graders to go through their entire middle school career in the building which is now the Weitz Center for Creativity.
Both Kaitlin and Sam ended up at Carleton College, where they majored in Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS). Now the two young filmmakers are preparing to graduate from college and embark on the next stage of their careers: making their first feature-length film.
With several other partners, they've created a production company, Lucid Films LLC, and have created a Kickstarter account with the goal of raising at least $5,000 before June 24, 2012.
Hauck leads Bull SharksSubmitted by Jeff Simonson on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 9:43pm
The Northfield Swim Club Bull Sharks swam hard last weekend while hosting a total of 17 teams at the middle school's Skip Boyum Pool. While every swimmer had excellent races with improved stroke technique and speed, the race of the meet belonged to Marcus Hauck as he qualified to swim at the state meet in the 50 backstroke with a time of 38.10. He's been on the verge of achieving state qualifying times in a few events for a few months and finally jumped into that level.
Other great swims belonged to Carrin Baker, who bravely volunteered to take on the 1000 yard freestyle minutes after swimming the 200 Butterfly for the first time. Both were excellent swims and she got out of the water smiling which speaks loudly for her character as a swimmer.
Local Issue: SkateparkSubmitted by Rob Hardy on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 5:43pm
Discussions about a permanent skateboard park in Northfield began six years ago, in June 2006, when a group of local youth organized the Northfield Skateboard Coalition. The Coalition, spearheaded by Joe McGowan, pitched their idea to the Northfield Parks and Recreation Board, and began fundraising for a skatepark. Between October 2006 and April 2007, $10,000 was raised through a matching grant from the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative. In 2011, the Northfield Union of Youth acquired equipment for a skateboard park, which is currently being stored by the city.
Northfield Swim Club needs new Bull SharksSubmitted by Jeff Simonson on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 11:21pm
The Northfield Swim Club is looking for new sharks to join their team! The recent successes of the Northfield Swim Club includes a 5th place finish as a team at the state championships in March. We want to win! And, we need you to do it!
The Northfield Swim Club Bull Sharks will be hosting a clinic for beginner swimmers starting April 16. The clinic will run for two weeks and meet Monday-Friday from 6-7 pm. This clinic will introduce all four competitive strokes, touch and flip turns and diving off the side of the pool with a possibility of diving off the starting blocks. After the clinic, the swimmer and family has an opportunity to join for the full season. Half of the clinic fee will be applied to the membership fee for all those who join immediately following the clinic. Come join our team!
Go Outside and P L A _ ! (We all need the Y)Submitted by Machelle Kendrick on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 6:52pm
"Go outside and play!" our grandma ordered as we sat on the floor directly in front of the giant Zenith TV set on a Saturday morning watching Bugs Bunny cartoons. We were all under the age of 7. The year? 1970. Fast forward to 2012 and parents aren't competing against just the giant Zenith anymore. Screen time for children appears in many more forms: the home computer, laptop, smart phones, PS3, Xbox, AND the plug-in drug known as television; and now even a screen is playing for passengers in the backseats of family vans.
Studies have shown that an average ten year old spends eight hours in front of a screen per day. While technology and other factors draw children indoors, conscious effort towards opening the door and stepping out is critical.
Three-Season Athlete Excels at a New Sport: Poetry RecitationSubmitted by Rob Hardy on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 4:08pm
On February 11, Andrew Wilson faced a choice. As a member of the Northfield High School boys varsity swimming and diving team, he could compete in the Missota Conference finals in Northfield, or he could head about 50 miles south to Mantorville to compete in the regional round of the Poetry Out Loud competition. Wilson chose to recite poetry.
Actually, the choice had been made three weeks earlier, when Wilson became aware of the conflict and approached Coach Davis to request permission to attend the Poetry Out Loud semifinals. It's an indication of his character that Wilson not only obtained his coach's permission, but was later chosen as one of the captains of next year's swim team.
It's an exceptional student who has to make the kind of choice that Andrew Wilson made, but Wilson—an ARTech junior who is also a star of the Northfield cross country and track teams—takes it all in stride.
"I like sports that make you push yourself to be your individual best," Wilson says. "Sports like swimming and running—and reciting poetry."
Sidewalk Poetry Contest AnnouncedSubmitted by Timothy Vick on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:03am
The Arts and Culture Commission of Northfield announces the 2012 Sidewalk Public Poetry competition to mark National Poetry Month in April. The competition is open from Thursday, March 1 to Saturday, March 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in April 2012.
This project is a partnership with the Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Public Library,and the Northfield Public Library, and the City of Northfield. This activity is funded by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council through the arts and culture heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
Take a minute to fill out this Carleton research survey and you might win somethingSubmitted by adam.gurno on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 9:06am
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Answer questions about diversity, immigration and what it means to be a citizen for the chance to win one of the two $50 Target gift certificates. Survey closes on at 5 PM on March 31, 2012. The survey takes between 5 and 10 minutes to complete.
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Holiday Ornament Hunt!Submitted by adam.gurno on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 11:31am
The Inaugural Winter Walk Holiday Hunt started at 6 a.m., Saturday morning, December 3!
If you love hunting for the horseshoe, you'll love hunting for the snowflake ornament, a new tradition starting this year courtesy of the Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce and organized by Tim Freeland. Click here to read more about it at KYMN Radio.
Fire destroys home before ThanksgivingSubmitted by adam.gurno on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:07pm
For information on how you can help the Haslett-Marroquin family, who lost their home to a fire on November 23, please click here.
HEY NORTHFIELD! We Need Your Votes!!Submitted by MaureenOKeefe on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 5:38pm
Laura Baker Services Association has been awarded a $1,000 grant as part of the 100 Ways of Giving Program sponsored by EMC Insurance Company in Iowa. The local nominating Insurance Agency is Heartman Insurance. Because of this nomination we NOW we have a chance to receive $25,000 more for our FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES program!
We're competing against 99 other nonprofit organizations, nation wide, for a chance to receive $25,000. At the end of the 100-day voting period (July 1-Oct. 8), the four nonprofit organizations with the highest combined scores from the EMC Insurance Foundation and public votes will each receive a $25,000 grant. We want to be one of those four, so help us out and vote!
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Citizens Redistricting Commission seeking community inputSubmitted by Bonnie Jean Flom on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 10:24am
Draw the Line Minnesota has announced the creation of a Minnesota Citizens Redistricting Commission that will be creating maps to share with Minnesota's judicial redistricting panel. The Commission will be taking citizen input and testimony in locations across Minnesota during the month of August. Northfield is hosting the 2nd Congressional District's hearing on Thursday, August 11, 2011, at 7 pm at the Northfield Senior Center (there will be a Spanish language interpreter present at the hearing). Citizens across the 2nd District are invited to participate as the 15-member multi-partisan and non-partisan group gathers input.
Buying Fresh Produce is a SNAP at Riverwalk Market FairSubmitted by Marika Christofides on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 2:20pm
For the second summer in a row, the Riverwalk Market Fair is providing easily-accessible fresh produce to low-income families and individuals in the Northfield area .
In the summer of 2010, Growing Up Healthy, a coalition of about a dozen organizations and agencies that share an overarching goal of improving community connectedness for marginalized families in Rice county, secured a grant from Rice county public health's State Health Improvement Program (SHIP) to purchase two EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) card reader machines—one for Northfield, and one for Faribault.
Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) swipe a card at the machine, located in the central tent, to get tokens that they can exchange for produce at participating farm stands in the market. The machine also functions conveniently as an ATM. Non-SNAP participants can use debit cards to get different-colored tokens for a small fee. Farmers and food vendors trade the tokens back for reimbursement from the Riverwalk Market Fair.
According to Growing Up Healthy, the program was born from the specific knowledge that the farmer's market offers fantastic produce, but that few low-income people take advantage of it. In Rice County alone, there are now 3,717 people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—1,986 adults and 1,731 children—with numbers growing steadily. A similar long-running project nearby in Iowa has reduced the stigma associated with using paper coupons (formerly known as "food stamps") and dramatically increased sales each year for farmers.
Northfield Notebook: Saturday, June 25, 2011Submitted by Rob Hardy on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 8:58am
One of Northfield's worst-kept secrets is Pizza Night at Red Barn Farm. The Winter Family farm on the south edge of Northfield is an idyllic place, made even more special with the addition of a wood-fired pizza oven. On Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the summer months, Tammy and Patrick Winter and their two children fire up the oven and set about the herculean task of making pizzas for the crowds of people picnicking on the lawn. Depending on when you arrive and order your pizza, it can take a while: we waited almost two hours for our pizza the first time we visited. But the relaxed and convivial atmosphere make it a pleasant wait. Adults sit on blankets sipping glasses of wine (bring your own), children run around happily, and often a band plays up beyond the bonfire of used pizza boxes. It feels like a weekly Fourth of July celebration or a family reunion. And the pizza, when it finally comes, is amazing. After Griff Wigley went for the first time on Wednesday, June 8, he reported on LocallyGrown that 130 pizzas were made. His post includes a good set of photos from that evening.
For our family, Friday is the traditional pizza night. I make my own pizza dough, and usually cook the pizza in the oven on a special pizza stone. Last night, since the weather finally cooperated, I decided to fire up the Weber grill and try making my own backyard wood-fired pizza.


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The Hollow Creamery is a fabulous dessert shop that offers homemade ice cream made with high-quality ingredients in a variety of unique flavors, espresso drinks and coffee, smoothies, italian sodas, tea, and fresh baked goods. We even serve Beer and Sangria!
We are focused on providing the best ice cream and coffee with the highest levels of customer satisfaction – we will do everything we can to meet your expectations.
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Friday and Saturday we expand the menu with grilled cheese sandwiches, pannini and soups. Often, we will add even more to surprise you! With a variety of offerings to choose from, we're sure you won't leave the shop dissappointed.
It is a great place to hang out with FREE WiFi.Look around our website, enjoy the photo gallery, read and comment on the blog and learn about the science of food from Signorello the Science Fellow!
If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact us. We hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. There's much more to come!
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Not sure this is even allowed?? Just curious.
Not sure this is even allowed?? Just curious.
Yes. Wilfred Dietrich from Germany, he of the famous Christ Taylor supay, did it several times and medalled in both. Chris Taylor did it as well, as have others but I'm not sure of their names.
I'm pretty sure Chris Taylor from Iowa St. wrestled both in 1972.
Yes sure!
The Olympics in Munich 1972:
Jan Karlsson (Sweden) won the silver medal 74kg freestyle
and Bronze medal 74kg Greco Roman.
Vasile Andrei from Romania

Olympic Games	 Senior	 Los Angeles	 FS	 1984-08-07	 6	 ROM	 + 100.0 kg

 Olympic Games	 Senior	 Los Angeles	 GR	 1984-07-30	 1	 ROM	 100.0 kg

The famous sup was in '72 right? I never realized how close Dietrich was to winning double golds in '60.
A career that spanned 5 Olympics competively wrestling double styles is pretty amazing
The above video is pretty amazing. That guy was huge, and that was def the five fingers up over the head! Sweet throw. Thanks for posting that vid!
Not the Olympics, but South Africa's Richard Adinall wrestled in both styles in last year's worlds. He didn't medal.


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Sunday Sampler: Explore your interests!
Posted on Apr 4, 2013 Event Date: Dec 31, 1969
Sunday Sampler is Back!
April 7, 14, 21
Grab a Friend, Choose two classes taught by the experts and explore new interests at the JCC. Enjoy snacks between classes.
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- Mini Yogis with Amazing Yoga Instructor Erin DeGroot
- Fit Kids with JCC Fitness Instructor Beth Henke
- Junior Cartooning with Toonseum
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- Guitar Heros with Rabbi Donni Aaron
- Creative Arts Boot Camp with The Children's Museum
- Around the World Yo-Yoing with Avery Paty
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- Creative Arts Boot Camp with The Children's Museum
- Let's Get Movin' with Snapology
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- Video Game Creators Club with Hi-Tech Learning
- Kit One, Purl Two with Squirrel Hill's Knit One
- Around the World Yo-Yoing with Avery Paty
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