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Anderson, S.C. - A second half three-point barrage by the Tornados paced a career-high 31 points by Darius Moose as Brevard handed the Anderson Trojans their first South Atlantic Conference loss of the season in the Abney Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon, 83-74.
The Tornados (3-16, 2-8 SAC) hit their first six three-pointers in the second half and five Brevard players connected from behind the arc as Brevard outscored Anderson (14-4, 9-1 SAC) 55-34 in the second half as the Tornados won in the Abney Athletic Center for the second consecutive season.
Moose finished the game with 31 points and nine rebounds in the win, going 9-for-12 from the floor and 10-for-12 from the free throw line in pacing the Tornados to a 53.8 percent (28-52) field goal percentage in the game. Gaither Hendrix added 19 points, while Dominique Pickett hit his first three three-point attempts in the second half to score a career high 13 points in the contest. Michael Gist added seven points and eight rebounds off the bench in the win.
Taylor Shugart led four Trojans in double-digits with 16 points, going 7-for-9 from the floor as Anderson shot 27-for-61 from the floor as a team in the loss. Chandler Hash added 15 points off the bench, while Tyrell McDowell and Stephen Cobb were in double figures with 12 and 10 points respectively.
McDowell opened the scoring in the contest, going in for the layup on the opening possession for Anderson, but the Tornados held the early lead as Darius Moose hit his first five shots from the floor, including the first eight points for Brevard as BC went up 8-4 on a Moose three-pointer at the 15:47 mark. The Trojans came back to tie the game inside as Shugart hit three consecutive baskets in the paint for the Trojans, the last coming with 14:08 to play to knot the game up at 10 apiece.
The teams traded the lead multiple times over the next six minutes as Moose hit a layup and free throw to put the Tornados up 20-18, but Chandler Hash followed with a jumper in the paint at the 8:13 mark to tie the score at 20. Hash's basket started a 22-6 run, capped by a three-pointer by Lamb as the Trojans went up 40-24 with 1:26 left in the half.
Hendrix scored the final four points of the half with a pair of free throws and a floating layup in the lane, but Anderson held the 40-28 halftime advantage as the teams went into the break.
A Moose jumper on the opening possession opened the scoring in the second half as the Tornados come out of the gates firing from the outside. Pickett and Hendrix combined to connect on Brevard's first six three-point attempts in the second half in a ran spanning from from the 18:26 mark to the 14:54 mark as Brevard erased the first half deficit as a Hendrix three-pointer tied the contest up at 48 apiece.
The Tornados barrage from behind the arc continued as Moose tied the game up again at 60 apiece with a three-pointer from the top of the key, and the sophomore forward added a layup to put Brevard up 62-60 at the 8:37 mark. Gist followed with a three-pointer on the next BC possession to extend the lead to five at 65-60.
Brevard continued to press their advantage from behind the arc in the contest as Schauss connected from the left corner before Gist went in for the dunk off the pass from Pickett to give the Tornados the 73-66 lead with 5:38 on the block.
Jones and Hash fought back to lead the Trojans as Anderson battled back to cut the game to within one possession at 77-74 at the 1:47 mark after a Jones layup off the fast break. However, the comeback fell short as Pickett recorded two steals underneath the Brevard basket and Schauss scored the final four BC points as the Tornados split the season series with the Trojans, 83-74.
Brevard returns home to Brevard, N.C. on Wednesday, February 1st as they welcome Carson-Newman College for a South Atlantic Conference game. Tipoff between the Tornados and the Eagles in Boshamer Gymnasium is set for 8 p.m.


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Well again thank to UK anon for her posts.
Ive been through them and I must say after reading through all the linked information, that I am reminded of a saying.
"All roads lead to Rome".
The other day Trinity posted about the escalating situation with Israel etc.
[link to www.godlikeproductions.com]
and if readers follow that link they will find that I made an appeal to Trinity for some more information.
While that info wasnt directly answered, a day or so later he then went on to post this thread.
[link to www.godlikeproductions.com]
Most of the questions that I had put to Trinity on the above link I found were answered in the second link above.
But, I also found that by scrolling through the second thread and only looking for Trinity's posts there was a significant amount of "revealing" imformation that pretty well connects in with what UK anons posts above, also point to.
It does make one wonder, and certainly gives more than a little cause for concern that there are forces moving ever stronger towards forcing great change on us all in the coming times.
Using the likes of H5N1 influenza, which incidentally is already showing indications of further mutation towards H2H transmission in Egypt, now a centre of conflict , so very difficult to manage any outbreak as it should because of the obvious confusion and risks from all that turmoil.
And then not too far away on the same continent we are seieng that ebola could be on the verge of becoming a dangerous threat to peoples in that region.
Should it penetrate into a large community as it easily could, then it could rapidly spread into a massively destructive epidemic, wiping out huge numbers of people, numbers we would be very hard pressed to comprehend.
It would turn massive areas perhaps even whole regions into no-go zones, perhaps permanently.
One of the main reasons why this could surface in this region is because these people are still inclined to hold on to beliefs in witchcraft to explain the existance and spread of something as horrific as the ebola which is currently present in their communities.
Coming from that perspective, the potential there I would liken to holding a bomb in one hand and a flame in the other, and standing on banana skins, very precarious.
I guess that what I am really trying to say here is that from many different perspectives and sources, in one way or another we are likley witnessing a deliberate manipulation of people and instruments of death by a select group who likely have been running an agenda for many many years and apparently now possibly coming to a closing or at least critical stage in its execution.
I certainly hope that Im just being my paranoid self again, but I get this feeling like Ive been dangling on a big rubber band that is slowly bouncing up and down.
The likleyhood of all this being some grand plan being played out seems to come, and then receed, but then it comes back again, but each time it returns we seem to be in a worse situation that we previously were.
As I said, I really do hope that I am nothing more that a ranting fool seeing smoke and mirrors where there are none.
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From his thread at the top of this post.
I really loved this "teaser" from Trinity, really makes you wonder if there is more about him and GLP than we have come to believe.
Strange thing to say...
Re: This is how the middle east situation will escalate out of control....
Trinity If what has been said about you and who you really are is true. Then you truly are "IN THE KNOW" and I want to thank you for caring about us "CONSTANT READERS" I will head your warning
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Few will listen,
Of the few who listen, fewer still will understand,
Understanding does not mean believe,
Of the handful who believe, most may not know what to do,
Those who even know, how many will actually do ?
And the rare ones who have done it.......
Need not listen to you anymore.
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Ok, enough on my last two posts, we'll see if they generate any comment.
( Or offers to house me in the nearest straight jacket!)
But back to the business at hand.
News of another death from H1N1 swine flu, this case being in Venezuela.
Man Dies in Maharashtra allegedly suffering from H1N1 virus Posted on November 19, 2012 3:25 pm
A 34 year old man died today in a hospital in Maracaibo, allegedly suffering from the H1N1 virus. This was reported by the regional health director, Maria Moreno on Monday.
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In Pijoan hundred Sudden Death Chickens
Jambi Tribune - Monday, November 19, 2012 22:29
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SENGETI, Tribun-RT 05 Village Residents Pijoan, Outside City District Jambi, Jambi Muaro, swallowing losses slightly. It's a hundred local pet chickens that died suddenly. Chicken mortality events begin to take place on Saturday (17/11).
One of the people whose chickens died suddenly it was Suprianto. He claimed his chickens that died suddenly had about 50 birds. Starting last Saturday, and this morning still many are dead, "he said. He calls the dead chicken is a type of chicken.
He did not have a clear cause of death of the chicken. But before the sudden death of chickens spread in place, the same spread in the neighboring villages, the Village and Village Lopak Aur Strait, District Pemayung, Batanghari.
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I just cant seem to get away from it today!
For those of us feeling like a dose of the biblical!
WE now have a story from Sir Lanka of RED RAIN.
Sri Lanka Red Rain is having a cosmic connection..
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Posted by: The SINHALAYA News Agency, Colombo, Sri Lanka
(by Walter Jayawardhana)
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Director of the Astrobiological Center at the Buckingham University, England said the recent phenomenon of red rain in Sri Lanka is reportedly similar to the red rain in Kerala in 2011 and 2009 which definitely had some cosmic connection.
Wickramasinghe also said, "As far as the Kerala red rain is concerned, there is a mysterious microorganism that has defied identification so far. We have not been able to convincingly extract any DNA from them and Prof Louis has maintained that there is no DNA, but it can multiply at very high temperatures under high pressure conditions. I think there are all the signs of an alien bug! The Kerala red rain was preceded by a sonic boom that was heard, probably indicating that a fragment of a comet exploded in the atmosphere and unleashed the red cells that became incorporated in rain.
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For once I have nothing I wish to add to this!!
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The link will take readers to a short video on CPR.
There have been some new developmments that have made it miles easier to do and anyone can provide this life saving prodeedure, so I do beg all to take just a couple of minutes a watch this excellent presentation.
You might save a life one day because you saw this.
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There has been a fresh outbreak of H5N1 Highly pathogenic avian influenza, in Bangladesh.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
Information received on 19/11/2012 from Dr Musaddique Hossain, Director (Animal Health & Administration), Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Dhaka, Bangladesh
SummaryReport type Follow-up report No. 40
Date of start of the event 05/02/2007
Date of pre-confirmation of the event 22/03/2007
Report date 19/11/2012
Date submitted to OIE 19/11/2012
Reason for notification First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to the whole country
Related reports Immediate notification (30/03/2007)
Follow-up report No. 1 (30/04/2007)
Follow-up report No. 2 (24/05/2007)
Follow-up report No. 3 (08/07/2007)
Follow-up report No. 4 (17/12/2007)
Follow-up report No. 5 (16/03/2008)
Follow-up report No. 6 (24/04/2008)
Follow-up report No. 7 (11/06/2008)
Follow-up report No. 8 (20/11/2008)
Follow-up report No. 9 (17/12/2008)
Follow-up report No. 10 (06/01/2009)
Follow-up report No. 11 (22/01/2009)
Follow-up report No. 12 (29/01/2009)
Follow-up report No. 13 (03/02/2009)
Follow-up report No. 14 (10/02/2009)
Follow-up report No. 15 (26/02/2009)
Follow-up report No. 16 (12/03/2009)
Follow-up report No. 17 (13/04/2009)
Follow-up report No. 18 (17/06/2009)
Follow-up report No. 19 (14/07/2009)
Follow-up report No. 20 (20/09/2009)
Follow-up report No. 21 (20/01/2010)
Follow-up report No. 22 (31/01/2010)
Follow-up report No. 23 (02/03/2010)
Follow-up report No. 24 (25/04/2010)
Follow-up report No. 25 (17/06/2010)
Follow-up report No. 26 (10/01/2011)
Follow-up report No. 27 (03/02/2011)
Follow-up report No. 28 (13/02/2011)
Follow-up report No. 29 (24/02/2011)
Follow-up report No. 30 (06/03/2011)
Follow-up report No. 31 (24/03/2011)
Follow-up report No. 32 (21/04/2011)
Follow-up report No. 33 (12/05/2011)
Follow-up report No. 34 (07/07/2011)
Follow-up report No. 35 (08/09/2011)
Follow-up report No. 36 (21/12/2011)
Follow-up report No. 37 (15/01/2012)
Follow-up report No. 38 (19/03/2012)
Follow-up report No. 39 (22/04/2012)
Follow-up report No. 40 (19/11/2012)
New outbreaks (1)
Outbreak 1 Brothers poultry farm, Pabur, Kapasia, Gazipur, DHAKA
Date of start of the outbreak 23/10/2012
Outbreak status Resolved (23/10/2012)
Epidemiological unit Farm
Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered
Birds 4191 156 156 4035 0
Affected population A commercial poultry farm
Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1
Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered
Birds 4191 156 156 4035 0
Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds 3.72% 3.72% 100.00% 100.00%
*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
EpidemiologySource of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive
Control measuresMeasures applied Stamping out
Movement control inside the country
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
Vaccination prohibited
No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied No other measures
Diagnostic test resultsLaboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka (National Reference Laboratory) (National laboratory) Birds reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 24/10/2012 Positive
Central Disease Investigation Laboratory, Dhaka (National laboratory) Birds rapid tests 23/10/2012 Positive
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The Euroflu weekly summary of flu reports has been released and is as follows.
EuroFlu - Weekly Electronic Bulletin
Week 45 : 05/11/2012-11/11/2012 16 November 2012, Issue N° 462
Influenza detections in Europe still sporadic
Summary, week 45/2012
Influenza activity in the WHO European Region remains at a pre-season level, with several countries reporting sporadic detections of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2) and type-B viruses. The influenza positivity rate is relatively stable, as is usual for this time of the year. The number of hospitalizations due to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) remains stable, with none of the cases reported this week due to influenza.
Circulation of influenza viruses
Overall, a total of 95 specimens tested positive for influenza in week 45/2012, slightly more than in week 44/2012: 56 were type A and 39 were type B. Of the influenza A viruses, 33 were subtyped: 12 as A(H3) and 21 as A(H1)pdm09 (Fig. 1). Since week 40/2012, 311 influenza viruses from sentinel and non-sentinel sources have been typed: 206 (66%) were influenza A and 105 (34%) influenza B. Of the influenza A viruses 121 were subtyped: 64 (53%) as A(H3) and 57 (47%) as A(H1)pdm09.
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This process uses animal cells to grow the virus.
The thought does come to mind of some serious possible outcomes with this process.
If the viruses are being grown with animal cells, how can those using this technique be certain that they are not also growing any number of potential other unknown and unrecognised viruses that could be present in their host cells, which would also find their way into these vaccines?
FDA approves first-of-a-kind seasonal flu vaccine
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Explore and compare medications WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the first seasonal flu vaccine made using animal cell technology, rather than the half-century egg method.
The FDA approved Novartis' Flucelvax to prevent influenza in people 18 years and older.
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For reasons best known to themselves at this stage the WHO has made an announcement in the manner that they will report H5N1 in future.
I really do not like to see these types of change in reporting methods as changes often tend to skew averaging results and trends and this type of change could potentially mask some serious trends or changes.
Disease Outbreak News
Announcement: WHO to change the way it reports H5N1 cases
Henceforward, WHO will publish information on human cases with H5N1 avian influenza infection on a monthly basis on the Influenza webpage:
Influenza at human-animal interface - Monthly Risk Assessment Summary
Cases of human infection with H5N1 will only be reported on Disease Outbreak News for events that are unusual or associated with potential increased risks.
Member States will be continued to require to report information on every sporadic case of H5N1 human infection or novel influenza virus infection to WHO as per Article 6 of the International Health Regulations (2005).
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The sequencing that is now available on the novel coronavirus that has been found in Saudi Arabia is thought now to be closely related to fruit bats.
Sequencing supports novel coronavirus's tie to bat strains
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Nov 20, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – Complete genetic sequencing of a novel coronavrius isolated from a Saudi Arabian man who died in June supports earlier findings that the virus is most closely related to coronaviruses found in bats, according to a report published today in mBio.
An international team of authors reports that the novel virus, known as HCoV-EMC/2012, is most closely related to two species of Asian bats, one from Southeast Asia and one from Japan. The novel virus may be even more closely akin to a bat coronavirus found in the Netherlands in 2008, but not enough sequence data are available to establish that, the scientists say.
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This next article, I find to be a very rediculous reaction by Papua New Guinea to the recent H7 outbreak here in Australia.
That outbreak was detected early, locked down and all birds destroyed, with full decontamination completed.
There is no risk from this outbreak and to use it as an excuse to ban poultry products based on the reasons given seem preposterous at least to me.
Even the timing of this action, well after the event is inappropriate.
Please accept that my reasoning in this matter is not national bias, definately not so and far from it.
I would totally support a move such as this had it been when a risk was present, rather than being little more that political spin driving this knee jerk reaction.
PNG bans NSW chicken productsPosted 21 November 2012, 21:10 AEST
By Corinne Podger and staff
PNG has banned imports of poultry products from the Australian state of NSW following an outbreak of the H7 bird flu in the state earlier this month.
PNG has banned poultry products from the Australian state of NSW, including eggs, after an outbreak of the H7 bird flu. (Credit: ABC) .Papua New Guinea has banned imports of poultry products from the Australian state of New South Wales following an outbreak of the H7 bird flu in the state earlier this month.
It broadens an existing ban on eggs from NSW and follows several days of pressure from PNG chicken farmers who want all Australian poultry products blocked.
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There has been a forth case of novel coronavirus detected in Saudi Arabia.
Fortunately early detection and treatment in Riyadh hospital has seen this patient recover.
Date: 20 Nov 2012
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Ministry of Health announces coronavirus case in Riyadh
Ministry of Health announced yesterday [19 Nov 2012] the confirmation of a case of coronavirus infection in an individual admitted to a hospital in Riyadh. The ministry statement mentioned that the case was suspected upon admission to the hospital and specimens were sent to laboratories at the Ministry of Health and a sample was sent to a reference laboratory outside of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for confirmation.
The Ministry statement indicated that the laboratory results were positive for [infection with the novel coronavirus], and that the Ministry has taken all actions and precautionary measures to deal with this situation and are in accordance with established norms by WHO and those also recommended by the National Scientific Committee for Infectious Diseases, whose membership includes specialized consultants representing all sectors of government health.
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21 Nov 2012 Novel coronavirus - Saudi Arabia (17): 4th case, RFI
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Swift Action Eradicates Bird Flu at Egg Farm
21 November 2012
AUSTRALIA - Swift action by industry, New South Wales' Department of Primary Industries and the Livestock Health and Pest Authorities has successfully eradicated an outbreak of H7 avian influenza at an egg production farm near Maitland.
NSW Chief Veterinary Officer, Ian Roth, said the remaining birds on the property have now been culled and testing to date has confirmed that the virus has not spread.
"Samples from some 12 nearby facilities were tested as part of an extensive tracing and surveillance strategy," Dr Roth said.
"The State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute have so far indicated that there is no infection.
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In this next report we could be witnessing the first death in America from the flu, though the report is very short on details and is primarily again about the virtues of getting vaccinations, which this writer does find to be a little "predatory" by using a fatality to promote on behalf of big pharmacuticals.
I honestly that they thew bug pharmas, could easily be suspected to be sponsoring this extra attention to the flu that seems to be overly apparent all over the globe this year.
Good cheap marketing in the guise of a news story and hiding under the blanket of promoting "what is good for you".
It reminds me of how the anti smoking programme was originally begun against that "evil" way back in the early 1980's and just look at the way authorities have manipulated the wider communities to act as smoking is now something like an attempted murder, honestly we are losing our abilities to think for ourselves and make well founded personal decisions for ourselves.
That will be next, mandatory vaccinations for everyone every year?!!!
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1st influenza death reported this season
SAN DIEGO – An 89-year-old woman died from influenza — the first reported death in San Diego County of this year's flu season – and county health officials Wednesday encouraged residents to get vaccinated against the disease
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Well in my last post I admit to being a bit "tongue in cheek" regarding the possibility of Governments attempting to compel us into receiving annual vaccinations, but...
In this next article, well I smell a RAT, just who is actually really behind driving this alliance that is slowly creaping towards that eventual outcome, you get one guess, this is just too convenient!!
Sign vaccination campaign against influenza and pneumococcal
AM National November 21, 2012 - 12:00 AM
SAN PEDRO SULA. - The Health Ministry yesterday inaugurated the campaign and Pneumococcal Vaccination lnfluenza aimed at people over 60, diabetes, renal failure, depressed, and children from six to 35 months of age who have asthma and health workers.
The campaign, which will last two weeks, ending on the 30th of this month, during which time staff Metropolitan Health Region immunize seniors, so it has made an alliance with the Association of the Elderly, to to call on their members to get vaccinated.
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Last week we reported an outbreak of H5N1 avain influenza in an Indonesian village.
Today we have news of a another outbreak also In Indonesia, this time positively identifying the deaths as being from H5N1.
Bird flu outbreak in Jambi
Thursday, November 22, 2012 | 18:27
Officers tried to deal with bird flu (source: NaturalNews) Hundreds of chickens that died suddenly were known to occur in the two villages.
At least 800 chickens died suddenly in the village Nagasari, District Mestong, Muarojambi regency, Jambi, tested positive for bird flu after laboratory checks by the local Animal Husbandry Department.
"From the results of tests conducted on the dead chickens in the village of Naga farmers belonging Sari, positive bird flu," said Chief District Veterinary Office Muarojambi, Parahuman Lubis in Jambi, today.
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Last week we reported an outbreak of H5N1 avain influenza in an Indonesian village.
Today we have news of a another outbreak also In Indonesia, this time positively identifying the deaths as being from H5N1.
Bird flu outbreak in Jambi
Thursday, November 22, 2012 | 18:27
Officers tried to deal with bird flu (source: NaturalNews) Hundreds of chickens that died suddenly were known to occur in the two villages.
At least 800 chickens died suddenly in the village Nagasari, District Mestong, Muarojambi regency, Jambi, tested positive for bird flu after laboratory checks by the local Animal Husbandry Department.
"From the results of tests conducted on the dead chickens in the village of Naga farmers belonging Sari, positive bird flu," said Chief District Veterinary Office Muarojambi, Parahuman Lubis in Jambi, today.
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At first glance one would believe that the authorities making these headline assertions can give a total promise of their communities safety from H5N1 through the heroic almost magical actions these marvelous officials are so capable of doing just for the benefit of the people that they represent.
What an absolute load of crock.
They might have undertaken what would be considered routine precautions, but that cannot have any real impact on the vectoring in via natural influences of the likes of migratory birds.
Honestly these people are dangerous.
By giving this type of reassurance in the way it has been delivered, could easily promote a lax and careless attitude from the affected population which is of course potentually far more dangerous.
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By Ifham Nizam
There is no threat to Sri Lanka from the outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) in some parts of India, as authorities have already taken strict precautionary and quarantine measures to prevent the disease from entering the country, a senior medical officer assured yesterday.
Director General of the Department of Animal Production and Health, Dr. W.K. Silva, said strict precautions have been taken by tightening the quarantine procedures, with the assistance of Civil Aviation Department and Ports. Steps have also been taken to prevent the virus from entering the country through human migration, he added.
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You've just go to laugh...
Having just mentioned the topic of that truely lethal drug, tobacco...
I have just found this article that is now heralding the wonders that it now presents mankind with.
Oh, the irony
How tobacco could save our lives
By David Worthington | November 21, 2012, 4:50 PM PST
Plants can produce proteins that mimic viruses.
Tobacco is not commonly associated with good health, but the plant could one day help prevent pandemic flu. Canadian biopharmaceutical company Medicago is 'programming' tobacco plants with the genetic sequences of infectious diseases to produce virus-like particles to 'grow' highly effective vaccines at scale.
I wonder if they might be good enough to add in a "genetically modified" thingie that would also cause addiction to tobacco via vaccination, so that the drug companies can SELL us an easy cure to tobacco addiction too!
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In Hong Kong they are reporting that their flu detections are now at baseline levels.
Of note is the equal presence of H1N1 swine flu to the seasonal H3N2 flu, something worth monitoring in light of their high travel through put, in particular.
Local Situation of Influenza Activity (as of Nov 21, 2012)
Reporting period: Nov 11 – 17, 2012 (Week 46)
The latest surveillance data showed that the influenza activity was at baseline level.
In week 46,The number of Influenza viruses in the Public Health Laboratory Centre was 12, including 6 influenza A (H3) viruses, 3 influenza A (H1N1)2009 viruses and 3 influenza B viruses.
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With the greatest of apolagies to readers, I missed this article and it is important.
It relates to the outbreaks of H3N2v that was associated with county fair pig displays and the way that the CDC has attempted to handle this matter.
A way that I might add that has been scientifically at odds with the reporting coming out of the FDA at the same time and regarding the same topic.
We now have the following from the CDC.
CDC Reports More Cases, Hospitalizations and Nation's First H3N2v-Associated Death
The information contained in this web update reflects the situation at the time of posting. It may not reflect the current situation. Please see Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus Outbreaks for the most recent information related to H3N2v.
Today, CDC is reporting 12 additional cases of H3N2 variant virus (H3N2v) infection, as well as the first H3N2v-associated death, which was reported by the state of Ohio. The death occurred in an older adult with multiple underlying health conditions who reportedly had direct exposure to pigs in a fair setting.
Looks like all the noise that both this thread and the information that [link to www.recombinomics.com] was presenting with scientific backing, has elicited the above glossing over on the topic from the CDC.
But if the above wasnt a big enough insult, they then proceed to assert this...
CDC also has developed supplemental H3N2v guidance for schools. Last year, there was at least one outbreak of H3N2v in a day care setting in the fall and CDC believes it possible that localized outbreaks of H3N2v, particularly in schools or day cares, may occur as the weather turns colder and schools across the country are underway. "The guidance document is a heads up for schools to be aware of, and on the look-out for, illness with this virus," Finelli explains.
"It's important to remember that this is an evolving situation that could change quickly." Finelli concludes, "We're constantly looking at our data and re-evaluating."
Note where I have underlined in the above extract from the article.
This directly refers to the original emergence of H3N2v in Patient Zero.
It appears that the CDC is also attempting to gloss over what the real facts are in relation to the origins of H3N2v when a clearly genuine "Patient Zero" was identified.
From their article readers would be lead to believe that this influenza virus emerged in a Day Care Centre.
That Patient Zero was from a day care centre is correct, BUT this patient had been admitted to hospital and tested clean for influenza on admission to the hospital, which was for other medical reasons.
Patient Zero developed H3N2v while in hospital and well after admission.
This means that Patient Zero contracted the very first case of H3N2v, WHILE A PATIENT, in hospital.
That incident has never been explained by the CDC.
And now we are witnessing all this spin from the CDC when the topic is assumed to be forgotten.
Well, NOT by this writer.
I offered an apology to the CDC a while ago for the way I dealt with this specific matter, as it appeared that I may have been too eager to attack them and demand answers, but now with the way they are going about handling this and at this late stage, well I wonder.
I, on behalf of all who read this thread will continue to demand of the CDC an explain for how patient zero managed to contract the very first case of H3N2v in a hospital.
Furthermore, I do not accept the inference that patient zero could have caught that FIRST case of H3N2v at the day care centre.
From where?
There is no logic and this IS a cover up!
Do I have to actually say it?
"It is my strong conviction that this case of H3N2v was deliberatley administered to Patient Zero, by persons unknown as yet".
So now; prove me wrong.
Then I will apolagize again, but use science NOT spin.
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A regular and valued researcher and poster on this thread, Treyfish has turned up fresh information on the novel coronavirus that has recently emerged in Saudi Arabia.
He has started a thread here on GLP and I would strongly recommend readers to follow the link and read all that he has on this topic, some of which is quite concerning.
Here is the link to Treyfish's thread...
Thread: New SARS outbreak on the horizon - update Jordan deaths confirmed -9 confirmed cases
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After dissinfection, they are also permitting the distribution and sale of the affected poultry's eggs for consumption.
One must wonder at the wisdom of these measures.
Animal health officials have imposed a ban on the movement of chickens at a farm in southern Taiwan that has been found infected with low-pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza. Wong Yo-chu, director of the Chiayi County government's Animal Disease Control Center, said his agency will not allow the 15,700 chickens at the farm in Puzih to be moved off the premises, but they will be kept alive. "As it was low-pathogenic, we will not cull the chickens," Wong said, but the eggs laid by the chickens will have to be disinfected before they can be sold on the market.
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More information here on the novel coronavirus from Saudi Arabia.
4th Betacornavirus Case Raises Pandemic Concerns
Recombinomics Commentary 16:15
November 23, 2012
A new case of coronavirus infection was discovered in Riyadh, according to a statement by the Ministry of Health Tuesday.
"A citizen who visited one of the hospitals in Riyadh complaining of flu-like symptoms raised suspicion. Following appropriate tests and after cross checking the results in an specialized lab abroad, it was confirmed that the man tested positive for the virus," the statement said.
It said the patient was given appropriate treatment and his condition has improved.
The ministry asked the public not to panic, as the infection does not lead to serious complications. "There is no cause for worry. The discovered cases were few and isolated," it added.
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Again, we have some more information on the topic above from the same source.
Betacornavirus Cluster Raises Pandemic Concerns
Recombinomics Commentary 18:30
November 23, 2012
So far, only the two most recently confirmed cases in Saudi Arabia are epidemiologically linked - they are from the same family, living in the same household. Preliminary investigations indicate that these 2 cases presented with similar symptoms of illness. One died and the other recovered.
Additionally, 2 other members of this family presented with similar symptoms of illness, where one died and the other is recovering. Laboratory results of the fatal case is pending, while the case that is recovering tested negative for the novel coronavirus.
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This post reveals that the WHO is suggestiong that the novel coronavirus might actually be more widespread than currently thought and is suggesting greater testing over a wider area.
WHO Suggests Broader Betacornavirus Testing
Recombinomics Commentary 22:00
November 23, 2012
it is prudent to consider that the virus is likely more widely distributed than just the two countries which have identified cases. Member States should consider testing of patients with unexplained pneumonias for the new coronavirus even in the absence of travel or other associations with the two affected countries. In addition, any clusters of SARI or SARI in health care workers should be thoroughly investigated regardless of where in the world they occur.
The above comments are from the last WHO update on the novel betacornavirus (SARS-CoV like), which announces four more confirmed cases and two more suspect cases, which include two additional fatalities. Four of the cases (two confirmed and two suspect) are from the same family, strongly supporting human to human transmission.
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The WHO has released its Global Influenza Update, which is as follows.
Date: Fri 23 Nov 2012
Source: World Health Organisation (WHO), Surveillance and monitoring, influenza [edited]
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Influenza Update Number 173
- Countries of the Northern Hemisphere temperate region report increasing influenza virus detections, however none have crossed their seasonal threshold or announced the beginning of their influenza season.
- Countries in southern and south east Asia, except Cambodia, reported decreasing influenza virus detections. Cambodia has reported increased detections of influenza A(H3N2) for at least 6 weeks.
- In Sub-Saharan Africa, Cameroon has continued to experience circulation of influenza A(H3N2) but appears to have peaked and the rate of detections has decreased. Ethiopia and Ghana reported increases in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 while Madagascar, Kenya and Togo reported low circulation of mainly influenza B.
- Influenza activity in the temperate countries the temperate countries of the Southern Hemisphere is now at inter-seasonal levels
Countries in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere
Countries of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere reported continued increases in detection of influenza virus with an increase in rates of influenza-like illness (ILI) and per cent positivity of specimens tested. However, none have yet crossed their seasonal thresholds or announced the beginning of their seasons.
North America
Some of the southern states of the United States of America and Ontario in Canada have started to report an increase in influenza activity.
In Canada, Ontario reported increased influenza activity but the other regions of the country reported none. Nationally, the proportion of outpatient visits that were due to ILI [Influenza-like illness] was 1.9 percent slightly lower than the previous week of 2.2 percent but continuing a general upward trend for at least the past 6 weeks. The percentage of clinical specimens testing positive for influenza virus increased from 2.8 percent to 5 percent in the previous reporting week. 8 influenza outbreaks have been reported, 5 in long term care facilities and 3 in other settings. Of the viruses detected, 92 percent (87/106) were influenza A and 8 percent were influenza B. Of the influenza A viruses with subtype information, of which 91 percent were A(H3N2) and 9 percent were A(H1N1)pdm09.
In the United States of America, ILI consultation rates were at 1.4 percent, which is below the seasonal threshold (2.2 percent), and 7.5 percent of 4147 specimens tested were positive for influenza. The geographic spread of influenza was reported as regional in 4 states; 8 states reported local activity; the District of Columbia and 32 states reported sporadic activity. Among the positive influenza samples, 56 percent were influenza A and 44 percent influenza type B. Of the influenza A viruses with subtype information, 98 percent were influenza A(H3N2).
Since October 2012, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States of America has antigenically characterized 77 influenza viruses. All 41 A(H3N2) influenza viruses were A/Victoria/361/2011-like, the strain contained in the current trivalent seasonal vaccine. Of the 35 influenza B viruses characterized, 24 were B/Wisconsin/1/2010-like (B/Yamagata lineage) and 11 were from the B/Victoria lineage.
Figure: Influenza transmission zone - North America - number of specimens positive for influenza by sub-type:
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Influenza detections throughout Europe remain low, and at inter-season levels. However, there are reports of sporadic activity from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany,Norway, and the United Kingdom. Consultation rates for ILI and acute respiratory infections (ARI)continued to be low throughout Europe but are starting to rise and become widespread, presumably due to other respiratory viruses rather than influenza given the low influenza positivity rates among sentinel samples from ILI.
The proportion of samples from sentinel sites positive for influenza remained low but increasing, with 14 (2.3 percent) out of 608 samples testing positive, (10 influenza A, 5 of which were subtyped as (H3N2), and 4 influenza B (lineage undetermined)). From non-sentinel sites, 81 samples were positive (46 influenza A and 35 influenza B: 28 influenza A were subtyped as 7 A(H3N2) and 21 A(H1N1pdm09)). None of the SARI cases reported were positive for influenza.
Northern Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean
Some influenza activity has been noted in countries of the Middle East. Bahrain, Israel, Oman and Qatar have all reported increasing numbers of viruses in the past 2 to 3 weeks. Virus types and subtypes vary slightly between countries and numbers are small but influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 has generally been the most commonly detected virus in the area.
Temperate Asia
Northern China reported low influenza activity, with only 26 samples (2.8 percent) out of 922 positive for influenza. Of these, 96 percent were influenza A(H3N2). In Mongolia, ILI activity continued to increase, particularly in Selenghe province. Although the majority of ILI reported countrywide being attributed to non-influenza viruses, there was an increase in the number of samples testing positive for influenza, primarily A(H3N2). Japan has reported only 2 positive samples for influenza B (lineage undetermined).
Countries in the tropical zone
Tropical countries of the Americas
Influenza B and influenza A(H3N2) activity has been noted in Costa Rica and Nicaragua but has peaked in recent weeks. RSV [respiratory syncytial virus] activity has also been noted in the area with Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama reporting cases.
In the Caribbean, Jamaica has reported an increase of influenza B virus circulation and a high percent of positive samples for influenza virus. In Guadalupe and Martinique, the epidemic of respiratory syncytial virus continued to decrease. In the tropical zone of South America, influenza activity continued to decrease
In the tropical zone of South America, influenza activity continued to decline with low numbers of virus detections being reported. In Brazil, the overall trend of influenza was decreasing with influenza A(H3N2) being the main virus detected. In Paraguay, low levels of influenza B and influenza A(H3N2) viruses are being reported.
Figure: Influenza transmission zone - Tropical America - number of specimens positive for influenza by sub-type:
[link to www.who.int]
Sub-Saharan Africa
Cameroon was still experiencing circulation of mainly influenza A(H3N2), but appeared to have peaked and the rate of detections were decreasing. Ethiopia and Ghana reported increases in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, while Madagascar, Kenya and Togo reported low circulation of mainly influenza B.
Figure: Number of specimens positive for influenza by subtype in the middle Africa transmission zone
[link to www.who.int]
Tropical Asia
Influenza transmission continued in parts of tropical Asia.
India reported a continued decline in detections since peaking in mid-September. The most common influenza virus in the country was influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 with smaller amounts of type B. Detections in Sri Lanka, however, appeared to be increasing slightly with a higher proportion of A(H3N2) co-circulating with A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza B.
In Southern Asia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam reported decreasing detections of influenza positive samples, while Cambodia reported an increase. The most commonly detected virus differed between the countries with Cambodia reporting A(H3N2) in the large majority of cases while Lao PDR and Thailand have had more A(H1N1). In contrast with the other countries in the region, Viet Nam has reported mostly influenza B in recent weeks with very few influenza A viruses detected.
Influenza activity in Philippines, Singapore and southern China including SAR Hong Kong, remained at inter-seasonal levels.
Figure: Number of specimens positive for influenza by subtype in the Tropical Asian transmission zone
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Countries in the temperate zone of the southern hemisphere
Influenza activity has continued to decline in all temperate countries of the southern hemisphere and is now at inter-seasonal level. The only notable activity was in the southern cone of South America where Chile has reported a minor, secondary wave of influenza B transmission after a predominant influenza A(H3N2) season which peaked around the beginning of July.
Figure: Number of specimens positive for influenza by subtype in the temperate zone of the Southern Hemisphere
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Source of data
The Global Influenza Programme monitors influenza activity worldwide and publishes an update every 2 weeks. The updates are based on available epidemiological and virological data sources, including FluNet (reported by the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System) and influenza reports from WHO Regional Offices and Member States. Completeness can vary among updates due to availability and quality of data available at the time when the update is developed
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Got a gadget-lover in your life? We've got the perfect gifts for them! From a tool that lets you effortlessly transfer handwritten notes to iPads to speakers that pack major punch in tiny packages, there's something for everyone here. Go go, gadget gift guide!
1. Fujifilm Instax mini instant camera ($79.99, cvs.com and CVS pharmacies everywhere).
Photo enthusiasts kickin' it old school! This fab little camera is like Polaroid meets Instagram. It comes complete with batteries and Instax Mini film, and you can pick it up at your local CVS pharmacy. Cute, right?
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A 21st century update to the original retro! This classic '50s Bakelite-style telephone is undeniably chic in brushed gold by French designer David Turpin.
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The fashion-forward Zooka speaker for mobile devices, notebooks, and laptops is way cool. This sleek, sexy and ultra-portable Bluetooth-enabled device transforms Apple and Android devices into big sound audio systems that allow anyone to listen to music and watch movies five times louder. Party at my house!
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Extend their stylish ways into their tech gadgets and work spaces! The ultra-thin keyboard covers keyboards are like lacquered lovelies for the desk and wireless! They come in shiny white, red and black. Sweet!
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Standing Room Only: "They Stood for Obama, Not for Bush" Conspiracy Debunked
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Did you hear the one about the White House press corps standing for President Obama and not for President Bush? This manufactured yarn has been spinning through YouTube and right-wing media circles for the past few days.
Still don't know what I'm talking about? Allow Huffington Post's Jason Linkins to bring you up to speed:
A YouTube clip purporting to demonstrate -- through press room etiquette -- that the White House Press Corps has a greater level of fundamental respect for President Barack Obama than his predecessor has been making its way around the internet. In the video, the viewer is offered a side-by-side comparison between Obama's interruption of last week's press briefing to announce David Souter's retirement and another instance in which President George W. Bush entered the briefing room. In the former, the press corps stand up. In the later they remain seated. Here, you can watch for yourself:
I was inclined to be skeptical of this claim, since a single moment between Bush and the press corps in an eight year Presidency does not paint an accurate picture of their relationship. As it turns out, the comparison is pretty unfair, and you can take the word of someone who should know -- CBS News' Mark Knoller:
It's a long-standing practice for reporters to rise when the president enters the East Room for a news conference, but that hasn't been the case in the briefing room.
I checked with two colleagues who served as senior wire service reporters during the Bush Presidency and who, in matters of press protocol, the rest of us followed.
"The briefing room is always a more informal place," says Steve Holland of Reuters.
But the principal reason reporters remained in their seats, he said, was not to block the shot of TV cameramen and still photographers in the back of the room who were trying to make a picture of the president's walk-in.
For those keeping track of the debunked Obama/media love-fest conspiracies, this is number 8,253. Not bad for a little over 100 days into the President's first term.


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These sausage an bacon wraps (aka pigs in blankets) are part of the Asda Chosen By You Christmas range. They are seasoned pork sausages wrapped in smoky bacon and they contain no artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fats. The pigs in blankets should be cooked from frozen for 40-45 minutes in an oven pre-heated to 200c.
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Today we had an early Christmas lunch at my Grans house and I was in charge of picking up all the bits and pieces that we needed for the meal. As not everyone likes turkey (and we don't tend to have turkey anyway at Christmas), I bought a turkey crown and also roast beef. After buying the other trimmings to have with both meats, I spotted these pigs in blankets in the end freezer section in my local Asda store. I thought they would make a nice addition to our meal.
Whilst frozen, they don't look highly appetising but this is true of most frozen foods. I popped these in the oven alongside the turkey and the 45 minute cooking time was accurate in my experience. Once the cooking time and elapsed, I opened the oven and could smell the smoky bacon aroma as it seeped out. There was a fair bit of fat left in the tray after I dished up. The pigs in blankets aren't huge but you only need one or two alongside the other yummy treats on your plate. I personally had turkey, carrot and swede, roast potatoes, mash, cranberry sauce, gravy, a Yorkshire pudding and a few pigs in blankets. These were also well appreciated by the beef eaters and the children liked them with their meat too so not just for having with turkey.
The little sausages were of a good quality - meaty and well seasoned with no gristly or fatty bits evident. The pigs in blankets had a nice bite to them and the bacon was fairly crispy too. The bacon wrapped around them was streaky but not overly greasy or fatty despite how much fat drained out of it whilst cooking. The bacon not only smelled good but tasty equally as good as it had a flavoursome, smoky taste. Neither the sausage or the bacon tasted cheap or overly salty. They were very easy to eat and they were enjoyed by all. If I was cooking for this about of people again (I cooked for eight today), I would buy two packets a few people were asking if there were any extras so these went down a storm.
These little pigs in blankets are very tasty indeed. They may not be the healthiest but they add a bit of smoky, meat flavour to a roast dinner. I'm sure a lot of people would prefer to make their own and whilst they would probably be quick and easy to make, I personally couldn't be bothered to faff around with fiddly little sausages and bacon especially when I can buy a tray for £2.00. It is the easy option but when you have so much to do on Christmas Day, this will give you a bit more time if you don't need to prepare the pigs in blankets. Recommended!
Thanks for reading :)
You know it's getting near to christmas when Asda get out all their frozen party food . They all seem to be on offer at £1 at the moment, and as my freezer was getting a little bare, I decided to grab a few bits and bobs, including this pack of sausage and bacon wraps .
The packaging is very similar in design to the product pictured, with just a few small changes in design . It contained 10 rather than 12 of these.
Cooking these was incredibly simple just a matter of bunging them into a preheated oven for 20 minutes . As they cooked, a lovely meaty smell filled the kitchen. Once these were cooked, there was a huge amount of oil in the baking tray that had seeped out of these, and I found it neccesary to drain these on some kitchen towel as they seemed rather greasy .
Size wise, these aren't huge - a tiny bit bigger than your bog standard cocktail sausage perhaps, but still a couple of good bites in each. The bacon had gone lovely and crispy looking, and the sausages an attractive shade of brown .
Biting into one, the sausage is moist and perfectly cooked, and tastes like it has quite a high prok content . However, I did find it just a little bland, and rather lacking in texture . The bacon was very crispy, but I found it tasted rather salty and that it was a little too dry . In fact, I removed the bacon from most of my sausages as it was far too salty tasting to eat, and it also seemed to be incredibly fatty.
Per wrap, there are 79 calories, and 6.1g of fat. Rather a lor for a small sausage, so I guess caution is a good idea when eating these .
While I personally didn't enjoy the flavour of these too much, and found the texture left a little to be desired, I do think these would be enjoyed by other people - my daughter and friend who also ate these with me liked them a lot, so I guess it's a matter of personal taste . They could be a nice addition to a sunday lunch or a finger food buffet, and are very easy to cook .
I'm giving these 3 stars . Not brilliant, and I personally didn't enjoy them, but I'm sure others will .
My mum makes wicked sausage and bacon rolls for Xmas dinner, she uses cranberries and stuffing to wrap round the sausage before wrapping the whole thing in the bacon and they are delish. Last month though she discovered these ready made Bacon And Sausage Wraps in Asda and we've been having them with all our cooked dinners ever since! lol
You get 10 wraps in a pack for £1.00 and I reckon that's brill value especially because they are so yummy and quick to cook. They're a bit bigger than I was expecting, some of these wraps we brought from Tesco earlier in the year were so small that you would have needed a pack for each person I reckon! lol
They cook good in the oven, they took about 20 minutes and by that time the bacon had gone crispy and the sausages were cooked all the way through.
The only thing wrong with these I think is the bacon is a bit fatty, I know you should use fatty streaky bacon for these wraps but these looked very white before they was cooked and some of the fat stays a bit stringy feeling. It tastes nice though and the salt of the bacon gives the sausage a lovely flavour when you eat both of the together.
The sausage is good quality, they're made with pork sausages and they have a lovely flavour. They sausages are quite meaty and go lovely with the smokey bacon, the ends of the sausage go a bit dry while the wraps are cooking but you can stop that by stretching the bacon across a bit to cover as much of the sausage as possible.
The over all flavour of these is yummy, I love the combination of the sausage and bacon and think these wraps go lovely on any dinner. We won't use them for Xmas dinner because my mum does such wicked wraps of her own but I can see us getting through loads of them in the run up to Christmas!
Whilst wandering around Asda yesterday stocking up on tinned vegetables I remembered a review on here from someone who had mentioned that Asda had brought out their party food in readiness for the festive season (Thankyou Lools_24!)
With this information in mind I scurried over to the freezer sections and lo and behold I was met with the sight of a tall freezer full of these goodies. I love Asda at this time of the year especially for their choice of party foods so into my trolley I added these Sausage and Bacon wraps plus a few other boxes of tasty treats.
It looks like Asda have changed their packaging this year as my box is different from the one above, it is still a deep red colour and has illustrations of the wraps contained within but the box contains 10 not 12 as shown above.
Asda describe the wraps as being "Juicy pork sausages wrapped in smoky streaky bacon with added water" and nutritional information advises that a single sausage wrap will provide:
79 kcals
3.0g protein
2.9g carbs
0.2g of which sugars
6.1g fat
2.7g of which saturates
0.1g fibre
However if you can stop at just eating 1 then you have great self control because I think these are delicious!.
As we prepared a traditional Sunday dinner of chicken yesterday we cooked these to accompany the roast and it was like having a mini Christmas Dinner lol. The salty smokiness of the bacon and the meatiness of the sausage fills your mouth with flavour and you cant help but enjoy every mouthful.
They always remind me of Christmas and at just £1.00 for a box of 10 it works out cheaper to buy these then having to buy sausages and bacon seperately and preparing yourself. Theyre not the healthiest thing in the world and obviously contain a lot of fat, but the majority of sausages are like that anyway and for an occasional treat I dont think you can beat them.
Allergy advice warns that they contain gluten and wheat and may contain traces of nuts and/or seeds. There are a lot of ingredents listed so wont repeat here, chances are if youve ever had a sausage before you probably are aware of what they contain.
All in all they have to get 5/5 from me, for taste, flavour and value for money you cant go wrong. Available from Asda only (obviously) and priced at a quid!
I think most have you have guessed by now that Mr Lools and I have really been hammering the Asda Party Food so you have guessed it. Yet another review. This time around is Asda Sausage and Bacon Wraps
Asda Sausage and bacon wraps are part of the party food range. The packaging is branded consistently with the Asda party food range; a deep red cardboard box with a very festive look to it. There are 20 items per pack. There is an image of the cooked product on the front of the box.
The cooking instructions are also on the box and the sausage and bacon wraps should be cooked at 200C for 15-18 minutes.
A pack of 20 sausages wrapped in bacon costs £1. I think that is very reasonable as although the sausages are small you do get a lot for your money and if you were serving these at a party they are an item which as my mother puts it "bulks up the buffet table", meaning that you look like you have a lot on your buffet table!
***Sausage and Bacon Wraps***
When these are removed from the oven there is a lovely meaty scent very much like bacon sandwiches.
I personally like bacon to be very crispy therefore I was not disappointed as when these were removed from the oven the bacon had gone a dark colour and texture wise was very crispy without being burnt. The issue that I did have was that the bacon wrapped around at least half of the sausages in the pack was quite fatty and did not contain as much meat as I would have liked. Therefore when I tasted these I spent my time trying to avoid the fatty pieces of bacon.
Taste wise the sausage and bacon wraps are very much as you would expect from a traditional favourite. The bacon on the outside is crispy however is a little too salty for my liking and this salty taste is what hits you first. When you reach the mini cocktail sausages these have a meaty slightly spicy taste (like Cumberland sausages do). What I particularly enjoyed about the sausages was that they were pretty lean and contained no grisly bits. The after taste in your mouth is quite a salty one from the bacon
**Nutritional Information**
Per Sausage and bacon wrap
64 calories
2.8g fat
These are of reasonable quality and are pretty average taste wise. The sausages are not at all gristly and are lean and are wrapped in crispy bacon which makes a crunchy snack with a softer meat centre. However are let down as the bacon the sausages are wrapped in is too salty and on many of the sausages was a little too fatty rather than being meaty. Price wise £1 for 20 sausages wrapped in bacon is good value.
Not my favourite party food but a traditional classic that will be featuring on my festive buffet table but not as part of mine and Mr Lools' evening snacking menu!


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1003 -- Introduction to Communication -- 3 credit
Designed to introduce core concepts in the discipline of
Communication and to demonstrate applications in professional and
relational contexts. Course rotation: Fall and
spring. General
Education: Core -- Application & Integration
of Knowledge.
1503 -- Mass Media & Society -- 3 credit
Examines the role and impact of the media on individuals and
society. Topics include the historical development of the
mass media, along with media effects, ethics, legal considerations,
and the role of Journalism in society. Students develop a
deeper awareness of the media in their lives and a critical
perspective to become more responsible consumers of
information. Also listed as JRNL 1503. Course
rotation: Fall.
2003 -- Critical Thinking & Communication -- 3
credit hours
This survey course introduces critical thinking,
establishes its historical nexus with the discipline of
communication, and explores contemporary applications vis-à-vis
information literacy, media literacy, new media literacy,
quantitative literacy (i.e. numeracy), and visual literacy.
Emphasis will be placed on developing critical thinking skills
through intensive practice in in-class debate and deliberative
exercises, and analysis of communication artifacts.
Course rotation: Spring.
2103 -- Public Speaking -- 3 credit hours
Focused primarily on the construction of speeches. Includes
introductions to audience analysis, persuasion, and delivery
techniques. An additional focus is on developing appropriate
listening behaviors. Strong emphasis on attendance.
Recommended: ENGL 1013.
Course rotation: Fall and spring.
General Education: Core --
2201 -- Communication Presentations -- 1 credit
Meshes the world of PowerPoint and public speaking.
Strategies for creating basic PowerPoint presentations will be
introduced. Students will convey ideas using technologically
enhanced communication.
Note: This class is a
general elective, but it may be used in the Communication major
under the area of program electives. Course
rotation: Fall and spring.
2503 -- Interpersonal Communication -- 3 credit
An analysis of interpersonal effectiveness, verbal and
nonverbal techniques, encoding and decoding communication messages,
and interaction within relationships.
Recommended: COMM 1003. Course
rotation: Fall and spring. General
Education: Intermediate -- Inquiry & Analysis;
Intermediate -- Application & Integration of Knowledge.
2903 -- Communicating Effectively -- 3 credit
Applies fundamental communication concepts in personal
and professional situations, utilizing Lawrence Appley's
Communicating for Productivity to implement and test ideas
in simulation environments. Emphasis will be placed on
enhancing listening, questioning, and paraphrasing skills.
Students will develop a written, measurable plan for setting
attainable academic, personal, and professional goals; determine
when and at what standards those goals will be met; evaluate
progress toward acquiring those goals; and develop plans for
additional improvement which will occur after completion of the
course. Course rotation: Spring.
3103 -- Advanced Public Speaking -- 3 credit
An intensive application of the basic skills of public
speaking. Delivery is stressed as a critical component of
speech-making. Emphasis is given to critical thinking skills,
analysis of research findings, the impact of language on messages,
and critiquing and examining the delivery and speaking skills of
current political and entertainment figures.
Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in COMM
2103. Recommended: COMM 1003.
Course rotation: Spring.
3113 -- Public Relations Principles & Practices -- 3
credit hours
Students will learn how information moves inside and outside
organizations and how this information can be used to contribute to
organizational goals. For students considering careers in
public relations, this course will provide initial communication
planning and writing skills. For students interested in
communication applications part of careers in other fields, this
course will contribute to understanding communication applications
in modern organizations. Course rotation:
3203 -- Nonverbal Communication -- 3 credit
An integral study relating to body language, facial expressions,
vocal variations, proxemics, personal appearance, and
artifacts. Recommended: COMM 1003.
Course rotation: Fall.
3213 -- Intermediate Public Relations -- 3 credit
Helps students develop expanded skills in applying public
relations principles and practices to case studies that reflect the
realities of the profession today. As student skills expand,
there will be some work with real companies as clients.
Course rotation: Fall.
3303 -- Group Communication & Decision Making -- 3
credit hours
Study of time interaction and communication in small-group and
team situations. Emphasis is placed on role identity,
listening, conflict, problem-solving and decision-making.
Recommended: COMM 1003. Course
rotation: Spring.
3333 -- Internal Communication -- 3 credit hours
Focuses on the effect internal dialogue has on reasoning
choice and intention. The course explores the role that
conscious and unconscious discourse plays in our effort to
understand both ourselves and our environment; and thus become more
effective communicators. Course rotation: Fall and
3403 -- Family Communication -- 3 credit
An introduction to communication phenomena in the family
setting. Designed to help students understand how, through
communication, family relationships are developed, maintained,
enhanced, or disturbed. Students will learn verbal and
nonverbal skills that help promote healthy family
communication. Course rotation: Fall.
General Education: Mastery --
Engaged Local & Global Citizenship.
3503 -- Organizational Communication -- 3 credit
A management approach to communication within business
environments. Includes team approaches, problem-solving, and
development of professionalism.
Recommended: COMM 1003.
Course rotation: Fall.
3603 -- Intercultural Communication -- 3 credit
Provides an overview of the study of communication and culture
with an emphasis on the theory and practice of cross-cultural and
intercultural communication. It includes comparative studies
of communication practices in different cultures and subcultures
(cross-cultural) and descriptive normative studies of communication
between different cultures and subcultures (intercultural).
Recommended: COMM 1003. Course
rotation: Fall. General
Education: Intermediate -- Communication;
Intermediate -- Engaged Local & Global Citizenship.
3703 -- Communication & Aging -- 3 credit
A study of communication as it pertains to human social
development, with an emphasis on the effects of aging, generational
differences and social stereotypes on interpersonal communication
effectiveness. Recommended: COMM
1003. Course rotation: Fall.
General Education: Intermediate --
Engaged Local & Global Citizenship; Intermediate -- Application
& Integration of Knowledge.
3713 -- Gender & Communication -- 3 credit
An assessment of communication interaction as influenced by gender
differences and similarities. Intensive study of gender in
social and professional situations.
Recommended: COMM 1003. Course
rotation: Spring.
3723 -- Great Speeches -- 3 credit hours
Inquiry into and analysis of historically significant orators and
speeches. Themes and topics will vary from semester to
semester. Students will learn to apply critical inquiry
skills to the study of speeches and to discern the rhetorical and
societal factors that contribute to the assessment of
"greatness." Recommended:
COMM 2103. Course rotation: Fall.
4103 -- Conflict Resolution -- 3 credit
An intensive study of the nature of conflict, its causes and
consequences, and communication strategies for managing and
resolving conflict. Recommended:
COMM 1003. Course rotation: Spring.
4113 -- Advanced Public Relations -- 3 credit
Assigned work groups will plan and execute public
relations/communication strategies for area business
organizations. These plans will be expected to provide
measurable gains against client objectives. Students will be
expected to demonstrated exceptional professionalism, as
established in the course structure and content. Course
rotation: Spring.
4203 -- Crisis Communication -- 3 credit
Communication strategies for dealing with crisis situations
through prevention, readiness, and resolution of crisis situations
will be developed.
Recommended: COMM 1003.
Course rotation: Fall of odd years.
4403 -- Communication Law & Ethics -- 3 credit
Study focuses on media law and ethical considerations in
the contemporary communication environment. Topics include
the First Amendment, libel, invasion of privacy, information
access, free press and fair trial considerations, obscenity,
copyright, advertising, and telecommunication regulations.
Also listed as JRNL 4403. Course rotation:
4503 -- Interviewing -- 3 credit hours
A comprehensive study of interviewing techniques as applied in
diverse settings, including employment, performance appraisal,
health care, and human services. Students will demonstrate
understanding of relevant principles and techniques through
observation of and participation in a series of interviews in and
out of class. Recommended: COMM
1003. Course rotation: Spring.
4613 -- Creative Communication -- 3 credit
Building on the Transactional Process of Communication model,
students explore the use of creative communication in nonprofit
organizations to target publicity, leadership recruitment and
membership involvement. Units include mime, skits, clowning,
and monologue. The model used in class will center on
creative communication in a church setting because the College's
foundation is in the United Methodist church. Course
rotation: Fall and spring.
4713 -- Leadership -- 3 credit hours
Study of communication relative to values, leadership, and power
in organizational contexts such as business, professional, social,
educational, and political groups.
Recommended: COMM 1003.
Course rotation: Fall.
4723 -- Persuasion -- 3 credit hours
An advanced study of theories of human influence and
motivation and their applications with emphasis on commercial and
political advertising in mass communication and computer-mediated
communication. Course rotation: Spring.
General Education: Intermediate --
Communication; Intermediate -- Inquiry & Analysis.
4733 -- Political Communication & Public Affairs --
3 credit hours
Study of communication issues related to interest group
politics, including how interest groups use mass media to advance
their public policy agendas. Citizen disengagement and the
theory and practice of deliberative democracy are also
emphasized. Course rotation: Spring.
4903 -- Professional Internship in Communication -- 3
credit hours
A student may elect to participate in a professional
internship in a communication or communication-related field.
The internship must involve a minimum of 120 clock hours per
semester, for which at least 80 percent of the time at work
involves activities that meaningfully contribute to the student's
professional development for a targeted career. The
internship must be pre-approved and supervised by a Communication
program faculty member and comply with the program's guidelines for
professional internships. Grading: Credit/No
Credit. Course rotation: Fall and spring.
4993 -- Communication Capstone -- 3 credit
The capstone course gives all undergraduates in
Communication the opportunity for a culminating college experience
that focuses on their discipline and areas of interest and requires
them to integrate concepts from a related communication
course. A written report and oral presentation of that report
as well as a culminating reflection paper serve as the exit
assessment for the major. Communication majors only, must be
taken within the last two semesters prior to graduation or with the
program's permission. Course rotation: Fall and
spring. General Education: Mastery
-- Communication; Mastery -- Inquiry & Analysis; Mastery --
Application & Integration of Knowledge.


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worked for me. thanks.
I'm using vmware image of BT4 beta. 0trace failed to start with this message:
root@bt:~# 0trace.sh eth0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
[-] /bin/usleep not found on this system, sorry.
Looks like ubuntu doesn't have usleep installed by default.
Quick fix: compile this C file as usleep and put in your /bin folder
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main (int argc, char **argv) {
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worked for me. thanks.
standing inside /bin i did:
vi usleep.c and typed in what you wrote as sourcecode.
then gcc usleep.c, it seems like i accepted it.
but still i get the same error?!?
Okey sry guys , it works now!
i forgot to do this
$ gcc -o usleep usleep.c
"If your file is named usleep.c then type '-o usleep' as the parameter to gcc. This is basically your suggested name for the executable file that gcc would create. In case you typed something like the following"


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Hops Return to Rip City Radio 620 AM
Hillsboro Hops at Everett Aquasox - First Pitch is Friday June 13th at 7PM on Rip City Radio AM620!
The Hillsboro Hops (@HillsboroHops) and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment have renewed their partnership for the next two years, meaning Rip City Radio 620 will continue to be the team's flagship station. Clear Channel will air all 76 regular season games (plus any postseason games) live.
"I'm happy Clear Channel Media + Entertainment is continuing its partnership with the Hillsboro Hops and having the opportunity to broadcast baseball play-by-play to all fans in the greater Portland Area on Rip City Radio 620," said Robert Dove, Clear Channel Media + Entertainment market president.
The first broadcast will be Friday, June 13th, when the Hops open their season in Everett, Wash. The home opener is Wednesday, June 18th against Salem-Keizer. Both the road opener and home opener will feature special hour-long pregame shows beginning at 6:00 PM. Regular pregame airtime will be 30 minutes prior to the first pitch. Find the Hops complete schedule at hillsborohops.com.
"This is the strongest station I've been on in all my years calling baseball in Portland," said Burk. "It's great that our fans will know where they can find us for at least the next two years."
Burk will again be joined in the booth by veteran sportscaster Matt Richert. Richert has called high school play-by-play for 25 years, including the last five in Hillsboro. He is the voice of Pacific University athletics, and has also called basketball play-by-play for the University of Portland. Richert received the Oregon Athletic Directors Association Sports Media Award in 2004-05.


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Cluster rings are particularly sought out as they tend to multiply the looks of the individuals diamonds into one big impact statement! This 14k yellow gold one from the Victorian era is just spectacular.
Although the overall configuration is traditional in its flower form, it is unusual that the eight (8) outer diamonds surrounding the centered old mine cut diamond are teardrop or petal shaped and thus create a unique foliate image in diamonds. In all, nine (9) the superb and radiant diamonds have a total estimated diamond weight of 1.52 carats (I-J color range; VS2-SI1 clarity; one diamond has K-L color and one had SI1-2 clarity).
An atypical ornate gallery of pierced open work displays the diamonds to their best advantage. Gloriously engraved patterning ornaments the tapering sides which segue into a smooth silken shank. Eye popping and elegant.
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9/11 mastermind set to face US military courtKaren Greenberg in Turkish Press, March 11, 2012
Media Source
Nine years after his arrest in Pakistan, self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed could soon be back in court for the much-awaited "trial of the century."
After years of delays, a significant step took place last week when a former aide to Mohammed, Majid Khan, accepted a plea deal with US authorities that will require him to testify against other terror suspects at a tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
More than a decade after the 2001 attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead on US soil, the 46-year-old extremist known simply as "KSM" remains the ultimate figurehead in a legal battle fought by two successive US administrations.
President Barack Obama "can claim credit for killing (Osama) bin Laden and (Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar) Al-Awlaqi, so nailing KSM would complete the hat trick and help quiet the conservative fearmongers who say he's weak on terrorism," former chief US military prosecutor Colonel Morris Davis told AFP.
Victory in the trial could prove critical to Obama this year in his re-election bid, where he faces Republicans critical of his approach to terrorism.
The Democratic president had sought to hold a trial for KSM and his four accused accomplices in New York, just steps from the Ground Zero site where the World Trade Center's twin towers fell.
But congressional Republicans put an end to those plans by blocking the transfer of terrorism suspects to the United States.
The five September 11 defendants, known as the "Guantanamo Five" for their incarceration at the US naval base in southern Cuba, will face a trial under special military tribunals created by the George W. Bush administration after the attacks.
Procedures for the military tribunals, also known as commissions, were modified by the Obama administration.
KSM, along with Walid bin Attash of Saudi Arabia, Yemen's Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Pakistan's Ammar al-Baluchi or Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and Mustafa al-Hawsawi of Saudi Arabia, all face possible death penalties.
The 88-page indictment lists 2,976 murder counts for each of the victims of the coordinated attacks.
"Let's get rid of the alleged. KSM has admitted (the crimes) many times," said Michael Mukasey, who served as US attorney general under Bush.
KSM's first confessions were made when he was subjected 183 times to a simulated drowning method known as waterboarding and other so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques at a secret CIA prison after his March 2003 capture.
But "no statement obtained as a result of coercion can be used" in a military commissions trial, chief prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins said in an interview.
Although KSM has since repeated his confessions, the prosecution needs to obtain statements that are legally admissible in court.
This is where Khan's awaited testimony fills the gap. The Pakistani national, who lived legally in America and graduated from a US high school, pleaded guilty at Guantanamo to a reduced charge of "conspiracy" to commit terrorism in exchange for a lighter sentence.
"If Khan provides information on KSM and others, as has been suggested was part of the deal, it will no doubt speed up the prosecutions," said Karen Greenberg, a terrorism expert at Fordham Law School.
With Khan's testimony in hand, KSM can be officially tried before a Guantanamo judge, which observers say could take place at any time.
The person who presides over the commissions, a judge known as the convening authority, now has "everything he needs to make the decision but he's not under a timeline," Martins said.
Baluchi has requested that he be spared the death penalty, saying he played a lesser role in the attacks.
But, following a vote in Congress, if the Guantanamo Five plead guilty, "they're allowed to be executed," said Adam Thurschwell, a general counsel in charge of defending Guantanamo detainees.
Baluchi's lawyer, James Connell, said it is the convening authority's choice to decide a date for the trial.
"We don't want them to rush into a decision but on the other hand, we don't want them to drag their feet," he added.
Although the defendants might make pre-trial appearances soon, the crucial trial could be months away.
"KSM wanted to use the rest of the trial as an opportunity to deliver a diatribe against US policy," said appellate attorney David Rivkin.
KSM himself has declared that he wants to die and become a martyr.


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After Maya's best friend dies her family moves to a new town in a new state so everyone can get a fresh start. Maya's new bedroom faces the Janus House Apartments which is filled with a fascinating mix of odd people whom she loves to secretly watch. Then one night, a fairy flies into her room through the open window...
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Forums: Index > The Wizengamot > Planning to See The Exhibition In NYC?
Harry Potter: The Exhibition is running in New York City until September 5. If you're a member of the Harry Potter Wiki, and you're planning to visit The Exhibition, can I ask you to do this site a favour and write down the names and dates that appear on this Gryffindor Quidditch team Captains plaque that was featured in the GoF movie?
Do not try to take a photo of the plaque or anything else in The Exhibition. Visitors aren't allowed to take photos inside The Exhibition and I'd hate for you to get kicked out or something.


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'Jalayagnam', as the word speaks is a ritual for water utilisation. It has been implemented by
Hon. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy as a election promise to the cultivating people of state to bring 73 lakh
acres under irrigation in five years. This project accords the highest priority for the development of irrigation infrastructure, particularly
in backward and drought prone areas by taking up this program in a big way. Jalayagnam includes a number of irrigation projects by construction
of reservoirs and lift irrigation systems for lifting water from major rivers, particularly from Godavari to provide immediate irrigation
Jalayagnam programme to complete 30 major and 18 medium irrigation projects at a cost of Rs. 46,000 crores to provides
irrigation to an extent of 73 lakh acres besides stabilization of an existing ayacut of 21.32 lakh acres while providing drinking water to a
population of 1.2 crore and generating power to the tune of 1700 MW. Eight of these projects were to be completed before the kharif season of 2006.
The irrigation development was almost stagnant for the last decade and the previous governments were more concentrating on hi-tech
and neglecting agriculture sector on which approximately 70% of the population depends. The fact that 26% of the population, mostly in rural
areas, was living below the poverty line made him think whether science and technology had made a significant difference to the quality of life
in rural areas compared to towns and cities. Also the suicides of many farmers from the state made Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy to give more
significance and concentrate on the irrigation sector. Having recognized the importance of the agricultural sector for faster economic
development, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy started concentrating largely on its development and introduced several schemes for the benefit of the
farmers among which is Jalayagnam project.