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Rotisserie Recipes on DadCooksDinner
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Rotisserie Recipes on DadCooksDinner
How To Videos
Video: How to Rotisserie a Rib Roast
Video: Rotisserie Grilling: Two Chickens
Video: How To Rotisserie a Pork Shoulder
Video: How To Rotisserie a Pineapple
Video: How To Rotisserie a Beef Tenderloin with Horseradish Mustard Crust
Video: How to Truss and Spit a Turkey for the Rotisserie
Video: Rotisserie Grilling Two Turkeys?
Video: How to Truss and Spit a Beef Tenderloin for the Rotisserie
Video: Rotisserie Turkey Legs, Brined and Honey Garlic Butter Basted
Video: Rotisserie Grilling: How to Truss Poultry
Video: Rotisserie Grilling: How to Truss a Roast
Basic Technique
Ten Steps to Rotisserie Grilling
How To Rotisserie Poultry
Video: How to Truss and Spit a Turkey for the Rotisserie
Video: How to Truss and Spit a Beef Tenderloin for the Rotisserie
Video: Rotisserie Grilling: Two Chickens
Rotisserie How To – Two Chickens, One Set of Spit Forks
Rotisserie Grilling – The Big Turkey
Poultry recipes
Brined Rotisserie Chicken
Rotisserie Chicken with Red Chile Marinade (Pollo Adobado) – picture at the top of the page
Rotisserie Chicken, Dry Brined
Rotisserie Chicken, Dry Brined with Rosemary, Lemon and Garlic
Rotisserie Chicken with Teriyaki Sauce
Rotisserie Chicken and Pineapple Hawaii Style
Rotisserie Barbecued Chicken
Rotisserie Chicken Zatar
Rotisserie Chicken With Fennel, Coriander, and Red Pepper Spice Rub
Rotisserie Peruvian Chicken (Pollo a la Brasa) With Drip Pan Purple Potatoes
Rotisserie Chicken With Chinese Oyster Sauce Glaze
Rotisserie Chicken with Knob Creek Maple Glaze and Drip Pan Potatoes
Rotisserie Chicken with Spanish Smoked Paprika Rub
Rotisserie Chicken with Italian Black and Red Pepper Dry Brine
Rotisserie Chicken Pollo Asado
Rotisserie Chicken with Tex-Mex Rub
Rotisserie Chicken Legs, Churrascaria Style
Rotisserie Cornish Game Hens
Rotisserie Cornish Game Hens, Brined and Herbed – picture above
Rotisserie Cornish Game Hens with Lime and Herbs
Rotisserie Cornish Game Hens with Port and Currant Jelly Glaze
Rotisserie Turkey
Rotisserie Turkey, Dry Brined with Orange and Spices
Rotisserie Turkey, Dry Brined with Cajun Dry Brine
Rotisserie Turkey Wrapped with Bacon
Rotisserie Turkey, Injection Brined
Rotisserie Turkey Breast, Dry Brined
Rotisserie Turkey Breast with Spice Rub
Rotisserie Turkey Breast, Dry Brined with Italian Spices
Rotisserie Turkey Legs, Brined and Honey Garlic Butter Basted
Rotisserie Duck
Rotisserie Duck, Peking Style
Rotisserie Duck with Pomegranate Glaze
Rotisserie Capon with Chestnut Stuffing
Pork recipes
Rotisserie Pork Shoulder Roast
Rotisserie Pork Shoulder Roast, Char Siu style
Rotisserie Boneless Pork Loin Roasts, Brined, Rubbed and Maple Syrup Glazed – picture above
Rotisserie Boneless Pork Loin with Apricot Glaze
Rotisserie Stuffed Pork Loin with Pepperoni, Provolone and Capicola
Rotisserie Rack of Pork, Apple Cider Brined
Rotisserie Ham, barbecue style
Rotisserie Baby Back Ribs
Rotisserie BBQ Baby Back Ribs
Rotisserie Spareribs, Dry Rubbed
Rotisserie Spareribs with Garlic, Oregano and Paprika Rub
Rotisserie Pork Belly
Rotisserie Barbecued Pork Belly
Rotisserie Pork Shoulder with South Carolina Mustard Barbecue Sauce
Rotisserie Fresh Ham with Injection Brine
Rotisserie Leg of Pork Roast with Injection Brine and Herb Rub
Rotisserie Pork Shoulder with Basic Wet Brine
Rotisserie Wild Boar Shoulder Roast (That's pork, right?)
Beef recipes
Rotisserie Beef Prime Rib
Rotisserie Beef Prime Rib, Reverse Seared on a Gas Grill
Rotisserie Herb Crusted Beef Rib Roast
Rotisserie Boneless Ribeye Roast with Garlic Crust
Rotisserie Boneless Ribeye Roast, Stuffed with Beef Sticks, Cheese and Peppers
Rotisserie Beef Chuck Roast Barbacoa
Rotisserie Beef Tenderloin with Shallot-Herb butter and Horseradish Sauce
Rotisserie Beef Ribs – picture above
Picanha – Rotisserie Top Sirloin Steaks, Churrascaria Style
Rotisserie Tri-Tip
Rotisserie Flank Steak, Churrascaria Style (Fraldinha)
Rotisserie Strip Loin Roast
Lamb recipes
Rotisserie Bone in Leg of Lamb, Moroccan style
Rotisserie Boneless Leg of Lamb, Greek Brinerated – picture above
Rotisserie Leg of Lamb Provencal
Rotisserie Lamb Shoulder
Rotisserie Whole Leg of Lamb with Orange and Fennel Dry Brine
Rotisserie Pineapple – picture above
Drip pan side dishes
Rotisserie Pan Potatoes – picture above
Rotisserie Pan Potatoes and Root Vegetables
Rotisserie Pan Soup, Barbacoa Style
Rotisserie Pan Sweet Potatoes
Rotisserie Pan Smashed Potatoes
Rotisserie Pan Bread Stuffing with Cranberries and Apples
Any other rotisserie recipes that you would like to see?
Let me know in the comments!
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2 weeks ago we used your technique for 2 chickens on a rotisserie over indirect heat from coals. Unfortunately the weather was windy and cool. We had to finish our chickens in the oven, they were still delicious. Do you have any tips for grilling in this type of weather.
@Laughing Collies:
Ouch. Windy and cool is a tough one. I wrote about winter grilling in a guest post at ThreeManyCooks.com:
…but wind is a killer for grilling. It sucks the heat right out of the grill. Here are some tricks I use.
Blocking the wind: If you can, move your grill to a sheltered location. My house shields my grills from our prevailing western wind. I'll move them around if I need to, based on the wind direction. (Note: Do this before you light the grill – rolling around with a grill full of blazing hot charcoal is not a good idea. And, grilling in an enclosed area is an even worse idea…do NOT move the grill into the garage. See that Winter Grilling post for details.)
Extra heat: Add more charcoal than you normally would. This doesn't help as much as blocking the wind, unfortunately, but it helps a little.
Insulation: If you have to deal with windy and cold on a regular basis, and you can't shield the grill from the wind, you might want to look at an insulated grill. The Big Green Egg/Kamado style of grill is made with thick ceramic walls, which trap the heat no matter what the wind is doing. (If you're looking for an excuse to buy another grill….there you go.) Unfortunately, they don't seem to make rotisserie attachments for kamado grills, so this would be for regular grilling.
In general, cold is easier to deal with – the heat builds up in the grill a little slower, but as long as the lid stays shut, it works fine.
I'm glad you liked the chicken, even with the weather issues. Good luck next time!
Hey Mike, thanks for your great web site, subscribing as we speak! I would like to know what you think about rotisserie cooking on my Blue Star char broiler. I have read your rotisserie set up instructions but my cook top has burners that run fore and aft and no cover. I love the grill and have had some success with my rotisserie (wow factor maxes out with guests). I am constantly adapting cook time for direct heat and no cover but the drip pan situation has me at a loss. Since my burners are directly under the spit I find that my drip pan "cooks off" any moisture I add and drippings flair up anyway. As I add moisture to the dry pan (to control flair ups) I feel like I am cooling the heat/cooking process and steaming the meat. I love the aroma in the house but the smoke detector and my wife's nerves can't take it. Any thoughts on this. Anyone else solved the problem? Thanks, Mike.
Just bought your book for Kindle. It looks like it will be very helpful to me. However, the instructions on preparing the rotisserie seem somewhat vague. Even with pictures of an infra red burner lit with the recipe, there is no mention of whether to use the infra red burner or not. The recipes I viewed stated " prepare the rotisserie for indirect heat ( high or medium). Any general rules for when to use infra red?
Read the "rotisserie grill setup" section for more details. I had to be a bit vague, because different grills will give different temperatures; some have infrared burners, and some don't. (Also, I didn't want to bog the recipes down with a whole lot of setup instructions that are in the rotisserie grill setup chapter.)
My general rule of thumb – when the recipe calls for indirect high heat, you want the infrared rotisserie burner on, because the internal temperature of the grill should be 450*F or higher.
For indirect medium, it depends on how hot your grill gets with the infrared burner on – you want a 350*F internal temperature, and should adjust your infrared burner and grill burners to hold that temperature. I set my Weber Summit with burners 1 and 6 to medium and the IR rotisserie burner to medium.
Hope this helps…
You got me wondering, so I checked – in the Rotisserie Grill setup, under step 4 – "turn off the burners in the middle of the grill", I mention that this is when to turn on the IR rotisserie burner.
I'm changing step 4 to say:
3. Turn off the burners in the middle of the grill, and turn on the rotisserie burner if you have one.
…(set up the burners steps for indirect heat)…
If your grill has an infrared rotisserie burner, turn it on now. It will help brown the roast.
I hope this makes things clearer – let me know what you think.
Helps greatly, thanks
You're welcome.
I can't seem to locate the enameled steel baking pans in your book. Where did you find yours? Also, have you tried/considered cast iron baking pans? I think they may work well and there wouldn't be issues of them wearing out.
Thank you
I grilled the Prime Rib Roast on my Webber Summit- it came out PERFECT! The crust was amazing and the ends… oh the ends. Thanks for a great recipe!
You're welcome. Glad it worked for you!
Your rotisserie book arrived this week. We are on L plates, roasted a chicken with veg in a tray underneath. Superb. Put 1/2 a lemon in the cavity & it was so moist. Thank you
You're welcome – glad you enjoyed it!
Could you please comment or explain the proper way to set the counter weight on ther rotisserie. I have had no luck at what seems to be a simple task. I have a 5 burner Vermont Castings with the factory rotisserie.
I would love a Copycat recipe for Kenny Rogers Wood Roasted Chicken. Thanks!
Oh, man, I loved that chicken. But the only Kenny Rogers Roaster near me closed over ten years ago, so I don't have much to go on…
I can do both – comment *and* explain.
1. I don't use the counterweight. It's not necessary. The rotisserie motor I got with my Weber set is strong enough to handle a 24 pound turkey, which is the heaviest thing I've ever put on the rotisserie. (I'm assuming the Vermont Castings rotisserie motor is a similar strength – I've never seen a motor rated for under twenty pounds.)
I used the counterweight for the first few years. Then I got my new Weber Summit grill, and it didn't come with a counterweight, even though it was a heavier spit, and had the exact same rotisserie motor.
So, my advice is to skip the counterweight.
2. If you do want to use the counterweight, here's what I would do. Truss and spit your meat, then secure it to the spit with the spit forks. Now, pick the spit up with both hands, and let the notches rest on top of your fingers, so the spit can rotate. It will settle with the heaviest part of the spit facing down. The counterweight should try to balance this weight, so attach it pointing straight up to even out the balance.
Bought your book recently through iBooks and I commend you for realizing that some of us like things electronically ( save a tree and all that). Perhaps the best rotisserie book I I own because of the thoroughness of your descriptions, your BBQ basics and your equipment recommendations (particularly the Themapen). Thanx and keep up the good work
Thank you – I'm glad you're enjoying my cookbook – it was a labor of love.
I can tell, and you should be very proud
I haven't cooked one in years – that cut is hard to get over here; it's usually turned in to a cured ham.
If you're cooking a whole leg of pork, go with indirect medium until it reaches 140°F to 140°F in the thickest part, about 3 hours.
For a smaller piece I would cook it like a pork loin – high heat, 140°F, probably 1 to 2 hours depending on size.
And, I would suggest a brine for this one – use one of the brines from the book, and brine it for at least 4 hours.
I'll try to find a leg of pork at my butcher so I can test this out and give you a more definitive recipe.
Good luck!
The recipe was nice, came out soft juicy. I had it on kabobeque rotisserie grill my wife gifted me.
Loved the recipes here, came out pretty soft and juicy.
I tried these reciepes on kabobeque bbq grill i bought recently.
Awesome grill for these reciepes
Do you have advice/recipes for small game birds, specifically quail? Need most impotantly temps and timing. We have a WebeR 300 Series gas grill (E-330 I think?). Thanx in advance.
Just a basic question:is it possible to use a rotisserie with a conventional barrel charcoal smoker where the lid can not close? the spit sits on the outside diameter of the barrel hence open lid. I have smoked and grilled various meats & seafood for many years & wanted to try rotisserie. I assume I can easily attain 300 degrees by offsetting coals in pans with a drip pan in the middle. the perfect browning is not my main criteria, safely cooked food is my goal.
thank you for your opinion
Any insight where to buy extra Weber forks for the rotisserie?
Hi Mike, Just bought your Rotisserie Book and about to embark on the first cook on my Weber kettle. I was just wondering what to do with the vents ??? I assume keep the closed for the high heat, but just wanted to know.
Cheers Mark
How about bone in chicken thighs on the rotesserie
Hi Mike, love your site. Going to grill some Cornish Hens this weekend. Fist time using a rotisserie. The instructions say to put about an inch of water in the drip pan and don't let the water evaporate. If I want to use your recipe for the potatoes in the pan, do I not use the water or do I use the water and let it evaporate before I put the potatoes in?
Thanks Rick
Thanks. New at doing rotisserie.
Mike V! You are my hero, I reference your site often and swear by your rotisserie recipes, we're doing a 3-bone rib roast as I type and our families & friends love the turkey & chicken we've shared in the past. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
I've been using your Rotisserie Grilling book for several years now and the food always comes out great. It's my go-to book for my charcoal rotisserie grill. However, it's missing something, Fish. I'd love to try a whole fish on the rotisserie. Can it be done? Any recipes?


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It seems so old school to try to classify social computing metrics but I keep getting the same requests from various internal teams, who are sometimes not familiar with some of the metrics, don't understand them, or simply use other metrics better suited to Web sites rather than social sites. A second goal is to evaluate the qualities of these metrics to determine if they are useful (e.g. using the SMART analysis approach). A third is to see the relationship of the metrics to each other—whether there are dependencies, or if some metrics are more meaningful when reported alongside or compared with others.
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Lots of Metrics, but what are their qualities?
So what should be
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Timely (current and possible to collect in good time).
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Can it apply across social environments of the same type? Is the metric relevant to a single social environment, or can it apply to many environments of the same structure (e.g., a discussion forum)?
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Is it a quality metric? That is, counting it does not really describe the value contained within it, so you need a secondary way of looking at the contents.
Is it helpful to look at it across different demographics? This is very insightful in some metrics, and just not necessary in others.
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The second-order
is to look at which metrics should be reported alongside each other,
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No conclusion here because this is on-going work trying to map out all these variants of metrics, but here's to hoping it inspires others to think and work along these lines.


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Terrible free throw shooter so far. Every team has to have an untalented 7-foot white guy at the end of the bench, but Krav is a little expensive for that role. Team grades (1-10 scale) Offense (4): They're a mediocre offensive group with limited ability. Shooting (3): The team appears to have solid shooters, but of that group, only Drummond and Krav have above-average (.490+) eFGs. Monroe misses an alarming percentage of his short-range shots, and the rest miss a lot of easy shots. 3-Point Shooting (3): Knight is the only one of this group above that is hitting above 35%, though to be fair, Singler is hitting exactly 35%. Still, English, Jerebko, Stuckey, and Middleton are all shooting below 30% from beyond the arc, and nobody on this team you can call a threat (excluding Calderon, who I'm not counting here because he's not signed for next season). Free-throw shooting (4). Their percentage this year is high, but that's based on Calderon, Bynum, Daye, and Prince. Singler and Middleton excel in this area, but Drummond, BoT, and Krav are three of the worst in the league (for BoT, who makes his name off of his offensive game, this is inexcusable). Ball-protection (3): The team is very turnover prone and doesn't pass all that well. Part of the issue is the Rolodex rotation that has sapped chemistry development, but Monroe and Knight are not good ball-handlers even though that is supposed to be their strength/role. Ball-distribution (2): Nobody up there is what one would call a "distributor." Hopefully Knight gets better. Rebounding (7): One of the best offensive rebounding teams in the league, actually - Drummond is already the best offensive rebounder in the league, and Monroe and Jerebko are pretty good at it, too (though Monroe pads this stat a lot with his own misses). Clutch scoring (1): Is there anyone in this group you would trust with the game on the line? Defense (3): For a team that is supposed to have a defensive identity, they really suck. Rebounding (6): They're actually okay. They give up a lot of inside shots, which means opponents are fighting for the ball, so that skews this. Monroe and Drummond are good defensive rebounders, and even CV is serviceable. Somehow, though, Jerebko is a terrible defensive rebounder, as he collects less than 15% of the available ones (that puts him at 200th in the league). Positioning (2): Terrible. They're out of position all the time because they're not athletic defensively. Their defensive system requires their wings to be able to close quickly, but they don't; I can't count how many times I've watched Singler and CV running to the corner to catch up to their man like someone waving for a taxi. I think this will improve with Drummond roaming the paint making up for PG mistakes, but it's pretty bad right now. Thievery (2): The Pistons do not get a lot of steals. Monroe is decent in this regard, but again, their system is a bend-but-don't-break (that does too much of both) because of a lack of athleticism among their players. Motor (3): Low defensive motor. To be fair, at this point in the season it's hard to judge because nobody really gives a crap. So summing it up, this team is missing leaders that can shoot and play defense at the 1,2, and 3 positions. That shouldn't be too hard to locate, right?


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The first thing users of the Linux operating system come face to face with is the shell. "Shell" is the UNIX term for a user interface to the system -- something that lets you communicate with the computer via the keyboard and display. Bash, the Free Software Foundation's "Bourne Again Shell," is the default shell for Linux, the popular free UNIX-like operating system. It's also a replacement for the standard UNIX Bourne shell, which serves both as a user interface and as a programming language. Like the FSF's other tools, bash is more than a mere replacement: it extends the Bourne shell in many ways. Features include command line editing, key bindings, integrated programming features, command completion, control structures (especially the select construct, which enables you to create menus easily), and new ways to customize your environment.Whether you want to use bash for its user interface or its programming features you will find Learning the bash Shell a valuable guide. The book covers all of bash's features, both for interactive use and programming. If you are new to shell programming, Learning the bash Shell provides an excellent introduction, covering everything from the most basic to the most advanced features, like signal handling and command line processing. If you've been writing shell scripts for years, it offers a great way to find out what the new shell offers. The book is full of examples of shell commands and programs that are designed to be useful in your everyday life as a user, not just to illustrate the feature being explained. All of these examples are freely available to you online on the Internet.This second edition covers all of the features of bash Version 2.0, while still applying to bash Version 1.x. New features include the addition of one-dimensional arrays, parameter expansion, and more pattern-matching operations. bash 2.0 provides even more conformity with POSIX.2 standards, and in POSIX.2 mode is completely POSIX.2 conformant. This second edition covers several new commands, security improvements, additions to ReadLine, improved configuration and installation, and an additional programming aid, the bash shell debugger.With this book you'll learn:
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This is a solidly written book that contained what I needed to learn the rudiments of bash. There are some advanced features I would like to see in it, but, all in all, I am glad to have the book as part of my library.
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Reviewer: GermWebsite: http://www.usalug.orgThe Book:Learning the bash ShellBy Cameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt334 pages2nd Edition January 1998ISBN: 1-56592-347-2Book Link: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash2/Code Examples: http://examples.oreilly.com/bash2/If you are a user of Linux/Unix, sooner or later you will need to use the shell. The Free Software Foundation's "Bourne Again Shell" is the most widely used. Learning the bash Shell Second Edition by Cameron Newman and Bill Rosenblatt is nearly indispensible in order to gain a fantastic working knowledge of the bash shell. The book is geared towards bash 2.0, but is also relevant to bash 1.x.This book is written for beginners and takes you from the basics all the way to system administration. Even the old pros are likely to learn a trick or two. It covers features of bash all the way to the "wow, I didn't know bash could do that!" level. People have come to expect well written, easy to read, and professional books from O'Reilly and this title is no exception.Chapter 1 starts with the basics. You will gain knowledge of the directory and file structure, how to install bash as your login shell, and the basics of interactive shell use. The successive chapters will take you all the way to system administration. Each chapter of the book builds on what you have learned in Previous chapters.Chapter 2 teaches you about command line editing. You can put bash in edit mode and edit command lines just as you would edit text with a text editor.Chapter 3 tells you how to customize your environment. One of the more useful things to me are aliases. Do you use a lengthy command quite often? Create an alias for that command and give your fingers a rest. The authors tell you how.Chapter 4 covers basic shell programming. You'll learn how to write and edit shell scripts.The book continues with coverage of Flow Control, Command Line Options, Input/Output Processing, Process Handling, Debugging, Getting and Installing bash, and Administration. It finishes with some extremely useful appendices covering Related Shells, Reference Lists, Loadable Built-Ins, Systax, and Obtaining Sample Programs.I am no guru, but I know my way around the CLI and one thing I found especially useful for me is Appendix B. It contains lists of options, built-in commands and variables, and I/O redirections among other commands.The authors have provided tons of examples from commands to scripts and the major scripts are available for download from O'Reilly at the link above.If you just want to be confortable using the command line interface or want to go all the way to a working knowledge of writing your own scripts and administering your system or a network, this is the book for you.It's a must have for anyone using Linux/UNIX. I give Learning the bash Shell 5/5 Big Grins.
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The University of the Ozarks Theatre's production of "In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play" was awarded the top two honors at the Arkansas State Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, held on the U of O campus Oct. 24-26.
The University Theatre production was selected for the Respondent's Choice Award and the Director's Choice Award, the festival's top honors. The last time Ozarks' theatre won both awards in the state festival was in 1992.
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Brown said the production could be selected for the regional festival, scheduled for Louisiana in February. In November, six university theatre companies from Region IV (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Texas) will be chosen to have a production featured at the regional festival in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Several individuals also received additional honors. Students Annie Williams, Utah Robertson, and Lauren Charters were awarded Irene Ryan Acting Awards for their work in the production. Sandra Davis was also awarded an excellence in performance award for her role.
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U of O President Richard L. Dunsworth was recognized for excellence in festival hosting as were the students in the university theatre company. Theatre Technical Director Lucas Hoiland was recognized for excellence in festival technical direction and Brown was recognized for excellence in festival organization and management.
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Among the premade raw food brands (commercially available), what are the best, and why?
I'm homecooking, after switching from Acana, and may or may not be ready yet to try raw. If I do raw, I will opt for premade raw...frozen.
I'd still like to feed human grade food, with clean, unspoiled ingredients and non-denatured meats, however. Suggestions, please?
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I have had two vets and they have had very different opinions on raw feeding. My first vet, who moved out of state, was very against it. She said she had seen dogs get very sick because of it and their owners were just trying to do what was best for their dogs. ... So I got a new vet at the same practice and asked her about it. She told me she was not against it. She did warn that my previous vet had her father's dog on it and the dog got Salmonella and almost died.
My Chinese Crested puppies are weaned directly to raw starting at 4 weeks of age.
I switched the Husky we adopted years ago to raw the day she came into our house. The vets estimated her age around 13 yrs. This was her before and after picture:
While we had her she came into heat (the rescue didn't know if she was spayed and didn't want to put her through potentially unnecessary surgery at her age) and developed Pyometra so she was not the healthiest dog but she never got sick from raw.
We just finished our first month on raw. It was a rocky start because we found out my dog is intolerant of chicken, but once we threw that out she did great. However I am among the masses that switched because I was seeing allergies and poor stool even with a good quality kibble. I don't think I would have switched if I hadn't been so frustrated with my dog's mediocre health and constant trips to the vet for antibiotics, ear drops, etc.
As far as cost goes, it is cheaper for us than Wellness Simple or Blue Buffalo Basics and I think she gets much better nutrition from it. I find it fun to prepare and no messier than human food. But I am of the mindset that if it ain't broke, don't fix it! You are lucky to have a dog that does well on many types of food. And you can always try raw for a bit and see how you like it.
A healthy dog's stomach Ph should be more than strong enough to kill salmonella. It's about 1 and salmonella usually dies at 3 or less. I won't say salmonellosis doesn't happen in healthy dogs, but I don't think it's comparable to human food safety where even one badly prepared chicken could knock you out.
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My girl was on Fromms and for the most part I was happy with it. Except she has always been very itchy, even on the grain free. I am giving raw a try to see if it helps. It's been a few weeks and she doesn't seem to be scratching as much. The real test will be when the snow leaves and things start blooming.
And her poop is so much better with the raw. And less of it!
I don't really see a downside...other than cost at the moment.
I was very worried about salmonella etc. But after doing a lot of reading and asking questions, I came to the conclusion that nothing is 100% safe. Dogs get sick on kibble too. I wipe down everything after I prepare her meal and my hands have never been cleaner...lol. She eats in her crate. At the moment I am feeding pre made raw, so it goes in her bowl. I wipe down her crate every now and then....less now than when we first started.
I had a dog that used to chow down on cat poop and he never got sick....
There's no no harm in caution. But the hype surrounding raw appears to be perpetuated and maintained by those with allegiance to the fast food industry, IE kibble. Dogs use poop from kitty litter boxes like a snack tray, dogs love a maggoty three week old chicken carcass full of all kinds of nasty. Dogs sniff and lick each other, usually in the most opportune time . Yuck. Healthy dogs without other critical issues should have no issue with cat poop, kibble, or raw meat with salmonella. Theres a trade off with everything. 1500% plus increase in bloat since the introduction of kibble, its a contributor.
How can best not be, a diet that their body was made to digest, and use of nutritional foods/supplements we know to help improve health?
|I worry about salmonella too. I work at a referral vet clinic and in the past two months (as long as I've been there) we've had 3 raw fed dogs in the ICU due to salmonella.
Sabo couldn't handle kibble. Poop was always soft-serve texture, coat was just Ok. Now his poop is great, even aftera digging session he's still shiny!!!!! I make sure to clorox the counter, cover with foil, separate my dogs meals, bag, take to freezer, soak equipment in hot soapy water, throw garbage out, clorox every surface I touched, empty dish washer, throw in food cutting tools and was on hot.
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Or conversely, if the above is true, why not stay the course? Fromm is one of the higher rated kibbles so if you don't feel comfy with the switch, carry on.
I am currently feeding my dog Fromm Large Breed Dog food and we have been very happy with it. I will add some pumpkin, frozen green beens or a raw egg to it from time to time. The stools are good and she seems very fit and has plenty of energy.
Well, it certainly sounds like you are being very deliberate about pursuing feeding raw which certainly is a plus. I do believe even dry dog food can become contaminated with salmonella, this past August there was a big recall involving a few big name brands due to a salmonella scare.....so a dog might contract salmonella in many ways...raw or not.
It seems a dog which can be more at risk for contracting salmonella is one which might be on antibiotics for certain maladies....I guess the antibiotics in some cases kill the "good" bacteria as well, making the dog more susceptible.
Overall, I think salmonella in dogs is a fairly rare occurrence BUT...if it happened to my dog, I wouldn't think it was so "rare".
My current dog is the first to be fed raw for me. So far, so good and I'm glad I made the change.
I wish you the best in your decision process and since you seem to be very thorough, investigating the possible change in diet.....I am sure you will make the proper choice....whatever that may be.
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Arsène Wenger, whose side have won their last three games, believes his faith in the spirit of his team will be vindicated in the long run.
The Arsenal manager suspects that critics have written off his side too quickly after their disappointing start to the campaign and has backed his players to the hilt once more ahead of Sunday's North London derby.
"Maybe people expected us to crumble completely with the start that we had but they don't know us well enough," said Wenger.
"We have a very strong mentality in the team. We are highly-focused and motivated and we know that Tottenham are a good side and that it can be a difficult game.
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By Nick Teale
If Arsène Wenger could change just one of football's laws, he would scrap throw-ins and replace them with kick-ins.
The Arsenal manager believes that some teams can gain an unfair advantage when the ball goes out of play because certain players are able to gain much greater distance on their throw-ins than others.
"For example at Stoke, for Rory Delap it is like kicking the ball," said the Frenchman.
"It is a little bit of an unfair advantage. He is using a strength that is usually not a strength in football.
"So [the rule I would change would be] maybe to play throw-ins by foot. Why not? I think it would make the game quicker."
And Wenger believes there is no reason why the change couldn't work. After all, it wouldn't be the most radical modification to the game's laws.
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly characterized one of Terrell Young's college opportunities. Young was offered a preferred walk-on spot at Southern Utah.
Judge Memorial coach Dan Del Porto wishes he had one more year with Terrell Young.
When Young joined the Bulldogs as a sophomore from Alpine, he was a little guy with some exceptional skills. As time has gone on, he's grown to 6-foot-3, and his shot has become one of the biggest threats on the floor.
One more year of grooming, Del Porto said, and he might've gotten a lot more college attention.
"He would've been on a lot of people's radar," he said. "He's just really improved by leaps and bounds, just from the time the season started to midway through."
As it happens, Utah State hopes it has found a promising prospect in Young, who will join the program this year as a preferred walk-on. The shooting guard has a clean stroke and a growing frame, elements the Aggies hope they can cultivate into a Mountain West-caliber player.
Since he has not signed a letter of intent, the team can't comment on Young, who decided to walk-on at Utah State instead of taking a similar opportunity at Southern Utah. He averaged about 10 points a game last year for Judge, and the Aggies coaching staff saw him live once. But they've expressed to Young that they think he has great upside.
He's unlikely to see much playing time as a freshman, with some of the Aggies' most established players in the backcourt and other guards coming in the latest recruiting class. But if he can show the ability to play at a high level, there might be more opportunities down the road.
For the Bulldogs, Young was a sharpshooter. He shot over 50 percent from 3-point range as a senior after recovering from a broken wrist he suffered the summer before. Del Porto says there's a lot to work on: taking the ball off the dribble, diversifying his options from catch-and-shoot, and just getting accustomed to playing DI ball.
"He's a competitor, and he wanted a chance to play at a bigger school in a bigger conference," Del Porto said. "Next year, he's going to be in practice every single day with really good players, and he'll get pushed. It will be really interesting to see where he's at this time next year."
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Dear Carolyn • My spouse recently started playing a computer game again. I really don't mind my spouse playing these games, but I feel like it is starting to interfere with our life and my happiness (I know that sounds selfish). The playing starts sometimes right after dinner and when I try to ask for help with bath/bedtime for our three young children, I get snippy replies back. When one of our kids tries to get attention, the kids get an equally snippy response.
The gaming goes on sometimes until 1 or 2 a.m., and then when morning rolls around and we are both trying to get to work, I am the one who dresses and feeds the kids. Since spouse is too tired from staying up so late, I am the one always up early on the weekends, too.
It is really wearing me down. I talked about it one evening and said I thought the game was more important than me, and things got better for a few days, but now it's back to the same old routine. I don't want to be a nag, but I am at a loss as to where to start this conversation again.
Dear Spouse • Please find a good, reputable therapist to help you figure out why you've shouldered two adult workloads and you're the one feeling apologetic. At the same time, you need to have a sit-down, kids-are-with-a-sitter conversation: The game must go. You will not stand for being the only one who cares about and for the kids.
This will require you not to stand for it, though, so don't have this conversation until you're ready to pack up his stuff.
Forget the whole "the game was more important than me" line of reasoning; your spouse is also neglecting kids, home, self, life. To Spouse, the game is more important than everything. You wouldn't be saying "You're entitled to your 'me' time" if Spouse were drinking from after dinner to the wee hours, and sleeping it off every morning while you took care of the kids.
Spouse is behaving like an addict, so you need to proceed accordingly. If Spouse refuses to quit, then you bring Spouse to counseling.
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'It could also open the door to other bidders. League sources say it's premature and speculative to really get into the bankruptcy. But keep in mind bankruptcy could free the team from the 30-year lease with the arena. The final say would come from a bankruptcy judge.'
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I recently bought an 1978 pearson 30. Paid $8500 and put another $8K into it to replace the atomic four with another atomic four. New running rigging and roller furler, good sails, average cosmetics on the outside, gps depth/knot meter, stereo, very well maintained and lots of extras. I agree with everything southernsmoke said. I bought a cheap, well appointed, old boat which was already maximally depreciated. I single hand this boat almost all the time so I would make sure everything on your boat comes back to the cockpit for single handing. I would have rented if there were more options in this area. If I decide that i'm not really into sailing I can sell this boat and lose very little. Keep in mind that almost all the boats in the marina never leave the marina (you don't want too much money rotting in the water). Also, my wife saw the boat, asked when we could sail to mexico, motored around on it once and will never leave the marina on the boat again!!
I wouldn't buy a boat again with a bad engine, too much hassel. Take your time, look, compare, read, dream about it, and make sure it has everything you want (don't plan on adding anything after you buy it, too expensive.) Some think dreaming is half of sailing anyhow!
I read this whole thread... And having bought a boat with similar goals less than six months ago, I want to throw my 2 cents in here.
The OP seems to be on the fence about what exactly he wants.. but assuming you're after something 25-30' you can get a decent boat for MUCH less than 20k.
Maybe I'm not in tune with the rest of the country, but the economy right now has put a new meaning of "buyer's market"
My only worry is that I might find 25' too small. Plenty enough room for our family of three, but the pop-top seems like it wouldn't be great for added guests, as I figure nobody should sit on top of it. I also worry about it handling rougher seas like some ~3ft ones I saw this summer coming home across the Sound in the evening. I figure I could maybe get it for $10k (13.5k asking price) by leveraging some comps. I'd have that "pride of ownership" and ability to sail at will. I think I might always be "what-if"ing myself regarding a larger boat, though, and it'd be nice to have more main-cabin berthing without building a custom insert."
Anyone selling anything right now in your price range falls into three categories:
A. boat has been on the market for far too long, obviously overpriced
B. Boat just got on the market from a non-distressed seller, who probably wont be able to get what he wants for it because of market conditions
C. boat is on the market from a distressed seller who needs to move this item.
You have a kid on the way, what you want is flexible (many types and makes will suit you) and you are trying to save money. I'd find some people in the "C" category, and offer, at absolute maximum, 60% of the asking price, unless the boat is listed at an already very low price.
I got a 1983 27' tanzer for significantly less than 10k. Price had dropped twice and I told the broker straight up that I had cash in hand, and if the owner wanted to sell that I needed an answer quickly or I'd just move on. They didnt even counter my offer. It needed a few routine things, but other than bottom paint, she was ready to sail that day. Six months later I've had no major problems, and I still have less than 10k into her, counting survey, all repairs, and painting I've done. My only regret, having seen the economy deteriorate even more since the summer, was offering what I did.
Shop around. Do tons of research. Get a surveyor. Do NOT pay too much money. Its a buyers market, and its only going to get worse for the sellers in the near future. Now is a great time to be buying a boat, if you can reasonably rely on your future income and job situation.
Just buy the boat! the sooner the better!
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I sailed a Santana 20 on Lake Washington once in choppy water, and took quite a beating. Last weekend my (admittedly pregnant) wife and I rented a J24 out of Orcas and sailed/motored around between there and Jones/Waldron. At one point a jackass in a powerboat (yes, really! ) blew past us and his wake jostled us a bit, enough that the Merc 5's prop came out of the water once and my wife kinda freaked at the motion. Back in June we passengered on a daysail on a C&C 36, and powering back at night we had (guesstimate) 3' swells that she wasn't doing too well with, so the comfort factor is important to me - especially when the baby starts coming along. I can join a club and maybe end up on 25' boats a lot of the time, but am concerned about how the comfort angle for the two of them, especially overnighting.
I sail the San Juans and Gulf Islands out of Point Roberts every summer and it is awsome scenic. My wife and I cruise in a 26' Macgregor and find it quite comfortable once we got used to the motion. The Mac is a corky boat but takes a lot of jostling in it's stride, we have even got caught in rip tides where we were tossed like a pair of jeans in an agitator wash tub. Rough seas happen, it goes with the sport, get over it and get use to it.
Cruising in a small boat is like camping, but you can stop at marinas for showers and supplies or just exploring. There is much to see outside the Puget Sound and it will always bekon you, resistance is futile, plan for it in your future. There are many small boats out there, it is a mecca, and always busy with other power boats ferries or commercial ships all of which create wakes, there are currents and rip tides too, but you will learn to deal with them, your wife too. Just get the boat and get out there, you'll see, it will be the best decision you ever made and you will never look back.
I agree with the other posters that you can find a good 30 ft. boat for under $20K. Heck I'll sell you my 1981 Hunter 30 for way less than that. I also strongly urge you to have any boat you're interested in professionally surveyed. Good luck with your search.
Now let me change gears for a minute.
After reading your posts I wonder if sailing is something your wife will really take to, even after the baby is born. If a powerboat wake freaks her out, or 3foot choppy waves make her uncomfortable, maybe boating isn't her thing. Heck, boats rock and roll all the time. If you're building your boat-buying decision around making this a family activity, you may be in for a big and costly disappointment.
IMHO nothing is going to contribute faster to marital discord than you spending $20K on a boat she's not comfortable aboard, then using it to spend weekends cruising around the bay by yourself or with friends, while she's left at home watching the baby. This is a recipe for disaster and I've got the scars to prove it.
Anyway, it sounds as if you have more to decide than what boat to buy.
P.S. My scars came from the time I bought a Honda Goldwing. Mama never did ride with me.
|I agree with JimsCal, I'm on a 1979 Lancer 30, practically everything onboard, except me and the electronics, is 30 years old and I've had her for 6 years and paid <15k. The diesel is still chuggin' along and sails still sailin'. The hull is in great shape, no blisters. I previously had a Westsail 32 whose cost was 4x. I'll take my cheap Lancer any day. Comfort-wise, a 30' 8,000 lb. displacement sailboat is gonna respond like a cork in 3' seas or in the wake of a splendid fast moving power boat.
|A Yankee 30 is a pretty nice boat... and if it has been sitting for three years... you can probably beat the price down a fair bit.
Let see how the weather holds and unfolds etc. If like yesterday, I am ok, if like today, with 15-20 knot winds, a 7th person on board y boat would be nice, or spouse may even duck out!
Also, I noticed across from me, a Yankee 30 for sale, and just found it online at Yachtworld too! They're ranging from 15-65K on Yachtworld, this one has not moved in the 3 yrs I have been in Edmonds. I would imagine bottom paint etc will need to be done along with some other trim work, but overall, she is nice looking. Probably on the high end for pricing IMHO.
Any suggestions on how I find / get signed up? I did some googling but found only an entry form for boat owners.
As to interiors, my wife's okay with pretty much anything.
Hmmmmm, Duck Dodge......hmmmmmmm.... that is about as close to craziness of racing as one can get! Three classe's, fast, slow and dinghy, no rules per say other than "Dodge the Ducks". Honestly, that would be a bad comparison to wht a race is! You might check out the Sloop Tavern YC based in ST by the Gmnt Locks. They along with the Shilshoal bay YC sponser monday night racing from April to July/August or there abouts ie Ballard Cup. That is a much better "Race" to try and crew/do.
Also as I mentioned earlier, David is doing the FWB race out of Edmonds, as am I, I believe I have a full crew, not sure about Jody either, whom is also racing. But he usually has his harem onboard..... but being a he is 38' he can handle a few more folks.
Racing on the sound in class's with 8-12 boats is a lot different than the semi organized caos of the DD!
Then as far as what boat, spouse came in and harrased me for typing here, but said, do not get in a real hurry, you will know the boat when you know it! at least we were that way when we bought are used Jeanneau. Even going into new ones, she pretty much knows as she walks into the cabin, it either yes or no! For her, Catatina's are a NO! in and out about that fast. Hunters inside is hit and miss, Bene's are the same way, the Oceanus as a whole is Yuck, the 36.7first is ok, the 34.7 is out the door, same with the J105, but the 109 she likes.....Jeanneaus are generally speaking she likes the interior.........Then again, there are others on here that will say the exact opposite of my wifes tastes for the above boats too! You will know what is your boat style and "your" boat when you see her! In the mean time get on as many as you can. And as a parent of "4" kids, yes there will be more along at times, ie friends etc.
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There are plenty of ways to get yourself on the water, ie there are races almost if not, "EVERY" weekend of the yr here in Seattle.
Windworks or Seattle sailing is another option to make sure you and spouse can get on a boat too. Either of them will not put you initially on anything from what I under stand much bigger than a 25-27' boat.
You still have access to there class's, use of boats etc, for about the same price per month as moorage or a payment in and of itself.
Another option, is to buy a boat and put it in the Windworks or SS program.
Another place to look at is "Sandpoint Sailing" they use smaller dinghy boats for there classes and members to use. Similar in program etc to WW or SS.
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one reason, i think, is that people are used to the dems being corrupt and used to them getting a pass.
Nixon, Ollie North, Gingrinch, Ted Stevens, Bush's WMD, ring a bell?
This is disturbing. They say they're not looking at Americans, but it is disturbing. I think if we're going to exist in an internet age, this is what we're going to get. As for medical records, they have not been confiscated by the govt. They're electronic in order to be shared between clinics. So if you end up in an ER several states away, your records could be accessed to see if you have allergies, drug interactions, etc.
I think if we're going to exist in an internet age, this is what we're going to get.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/06/07/progressives-must-stand-with-new-york-times-against-obama/this is written by a very liberal contributor to fox new. i know that some of you might find it shocking that fox has liberals, but they do.Julie Roginsky is a Fox News contributor and political and media consultant. She has served as a senior political strategist for Senator Frank Lautenberg and Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr., Albio Sires and Steve Rothman, among others. She was previously the Capitol Hill communications director for Senator Jon Corzine.what she misses is that this IS the progressive agenda. it is about top down government. top down depends on more and more government control. what is the number one means of control, outside of force? information. This is also part of the reason that government control of heath care is a progressive check box. it's got nothing to do, at the political level, with providing healthcare. it has everything to do with control.


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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience. With the 2012/13 campaign now well underway, 15 Gunners are currently away from the Club.
Arsenal.com tracks their progress throughout the season. Our Arsenal's Loanees page offers an overview and below is the latest instalment of our Loan Watch.
Sao Paulo 2-0 Tigre
Wednesday, December 12
Denilson started as Sao Paulo won the Copa Sudamericana in bizarre circumstances. The midfielder was booked as his team went 2-0 up at half time. Tigre refused to play the second half after a half-time altercation so the Brazilian side were awarded the trophy.
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Thursday, December 13
Joel Campbell started in Real Betis' draw against Las Palmas in the Copa del Rey. The striker was replaced 10 minutes after half time.
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Ju Young Park played 64 minutes as Celta Vigo beat Real Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey tie.
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Nicklas Bendtner started as Juventus beat Cagliari in the Coppa Italia. The striker was substituted after 44 minutes.
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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger took plenty of positives from the win over West Bromwich Albion but one post-match observation stood out: Jack is back.
Jack Wilshere has been back for some time, of course - Saturday was his eighth appearance since his 17-month lay-off with ankle and knee injuries - but according to Wenger the England international is now approaching the peak of his powers.
Wilshere was central to Arsenal's 2-0 victory over the Baggies, passing intelligently and accurately, closing down quickly, beating his man and, as Wenger noted, finding his "burst" again. The midweek rest obviously did Wilshere good.
"I have still to be cautious," said Wenger, "but Saturday was the first time I have seen him very, very close to the player he is. Yes [we've got] our young old Jack back.
"We have to see if he has no reaction but it was good to leave him at home in midweek [for the Olympiakos game]. To give him a breather from time to time, maybe two, three games and then one breather maybe.
"But when he plays at that level, and you are under the pressure we are under to win the games, it is difficult to leave him out.
Wenger elaborated. "He won balls when he closes down and he made a difference running with the ball," he said. "It is important in the middle of the park to be capable of passing people to create openings. He can do that.
"No [he is not at his maximum yet] but he is not far away on what he has done on Saturday."
Wilshere's enthusiasm for his football was obvious even before he was starved of first-team action for so long. Wenger believes the 20-year-old's approach to training has helped him find his form quicker than expected.
"He analyses well his game and is very demanding with himself," said the manager. "He works hard in training, he is a worker.
"He's an enthusiastic player - he goes for the challenges the day before a game. I don't hold him back because I think it is good to have that attitude. When the best players have that attitude, you have always a chance.
"I believe the surprising thing for me is that he is in advance [of his scheduled recovery]. I expected him to be back next year in February, at his best. He looks to be there much earlier than I expected him to be."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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About two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to work with the WebSphere sMash, DB2, and Rational teams on a pretty exciting project. It started during a meeting with the sMash team in which they decided to build a sample application to demonstrate at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last week. Given the lead team the first thought was to simply show off the application at various IBM expo booths. However, we quickly decided the best way to show off the coolness of sMash was to put it in the hands of users. This led us down a path that would include Rational EGL capabilities, the WebSphere sMash Amazon Machine Image (AMI), and the DB2 AMI.
In a little over a week, we delivered a meaningful Web 2.0 application and put it in the hands of conference attendees. Using WebSphere sMash, we produced services that allowed users to view and search for booths at the conference. Each booth at the conference started with a list of keyword tags, and users could add more tags to let other users know what to expect at the booth. We also delivered a Buzz feature that displayed an aggregated feed from both Twitter and Flickr containing entries about the Web 2.0 Expo.
The Rational team, which was already working on an EGL application that would run on attendee handhelds, leveraged the services from our new sMash application, being hosted on the Amazon EC2 infrastructure, to add to their capabilities. Our decision to host the sMash application on EC2 was driven by two factors. The first was that we had virtually no time to go through the in-house server acquisition process. Second, given sMash's capabilities to export and import applications, we were easily able to transfer our local application copy to the AMI instance with no code change. Once the application was imported into the running AMI instance, we changed a single configuration file to reference our newly running DB2 AMI instance which stored the booth data for the expo.
I just thought I'd share this example to highlight a couple of cool technologies, Rational EGL and WebSphere sMash, and to illustrate a scenario in which the IBM Amazon Machine Images deliver value. If you have any questions or want to see some of the application code, send us an email. Here's a couple of screen shots of the application:
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Marion Stevens, treatment monitor with the Health Systems Trust, reflects on adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare during Youth Month.With June being Youth Month, it's important to consider and reflect on the area of adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare. This is an area that is often ignored as we grapple with the reality that adolescents are choosing tobe sexually active, but cultural practices often limit open communication about sex with our cllildren. As nurses we have a responsibility to provide care of adolescents' sexual health, which also includes the results of unplanned pregnancies,abortion, spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV and maternal mortality and morbidity.
A situational Analysis: Existing Information, Education and Communication Strategies (IECS) regarding Adolescent Sexuality in the Piet Retief District, Mpumalanga
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The study investigated qualitatively the existing information, education and communication strategies regarding adolescent sexuality within and outside the health service to develop improved implementation of IEC-strategies and health service delivery in co-operation with the relevant stakeholders.