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BRUSSELS -- There's one big reason why the United States has a dearth of execution drugs so acute that some states are considering solutions such as firing squads and gas chambers: Europe's fierce hostility to capital punishment.
The phenomenon started nine years ago when the EU banned the export of products used for execution, citing its goal to be the "leading institutional actor and largest donor to the fight against the death penalty." But beefed up European rules mean the results are being most strongly felt in the United States now, with shortages becoming chronic and gruesome executions making headlines.
In Ohio last month, Dennis McGuire took 26 minutes to die after a previously untested mix of chemicals began flowing into his body, gasping repeatedly as he lay on a gurney. On Jan. 9, Oklahoma inmate Michael Lee Wilson's last words were: "I feel my whole body burning."
The dilemma again grabbed national attention this week when an Oklahoma pharmacy agreed Monday to refrain from supplying an execution drug to the Missouri Department of Corrections for an upcoming lethal injection. Death row inmate Michael Taylor's had argued in a lawsuit that recent executions involving the drug pentobarbital would likely cause "inhumane pain" - and, ahead of a hearing set for Tuesday, The Apothecary Shoppe said it would not provide the drug.
EU nations are notorious for disagreeing on just about everything when it comes to common policy, but they all strongly - and proudly - agree on one thing: abolishing capital punishment.Europe saw totalitarian regimes abuse the death penalty as recently as the 20th century, and public opinion across the bloc is therefore staunchly opposed to it.
The EU's uncompromising stance has set off a cat-and-mouse game, with U.S. corrections departments devising new ways to carry out lethal injections only to hit updated export restrictions within months.
"Our political task is to push for an abolition of the death penalty, not facilitate its procedure," said Barba Lochbihler, chairwoman of the European Parliament's subcommittee on human rights.
Europe's tough stance has caused U.S. states to start experimenting with new drug mixtures, even though convicts' lawyers and activists argue they increase the risk of painful prolonged death and may violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
In an upcoming execution in Louisiana, the state is set to follow Ohio's example in using the untested drug cocktail used in McGuire's execution. It changed its execution protocol last week to use Ohio's two-drug combination because it could no longer procure pentobarbital, a powerful sedative.
The execution was scheduled for February, but was stayed pending a federal judge's examination in April regarding whether the state can proceed with the plan to execute Christopher Sepulvado, convicted in the 1992 killing of his 6-year-old stepson.
In 2010, Louisiana switched from the established three-drug protocol to a one-drug pentobarbital lethal injection, but eventually that drug also became unavailable because of European pressure.
"The lethal injection that they are using now in certain states has never been tested, verified, let alone been approved for executions," said Maya Foa of Reprieve, a London-based charity fighting the death penalty. "This amounts to using humans as guinea pigs. No doctor would ever do that."
Ohio prosecutors counter that condemned inmates are not entitled to a pain-free execution under the Constitution.
Even if the effect of the two drugs used by Ohio "presents some inherent risk of discomfort, that does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment," Christopher Conomy, an assistant Ohio attorney general, argued in court documents last month.
The U.S. execution dilemma goes back to 2005, when the EU restricted exports of goods "for the purpose of capital punishment or for the purpose of torture." That ban includes items such as electric chairs and lethal injection systems.
The drug shortage then started biting in 2010 when Hospira Inc., the sole U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental, a sedative that is part of the normal three-drug mixture, stopped production. A few months later, Hospira dropped plans to produce it in Italy because the government there asked for guarantees that it would never be used in executions.
States in 2011 switched to pentobarbital, but Denmark-based Lundbeck Inc., the drug's only U.S.-licensed maker, faced a public backlash and quickly said it would put the medication off-limits for capital punishment through a tightly controlled distribution system.
Fearing for their reputation, the companies never wanted to see their drugs used in executions.
As U.S. authorities started looking for other sources, Britain went ahead and restricted exports of sodium thiopental and other drugs at the end of 2010.
"This move underlines this government's ... moral opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances," Business Secretary Vince Cable said then.
Germany's government also urged pharmaceutical companies to stop exports, and the country's three firms selling sodium thiopental promised not to sell to U.S. prison authorities.
The EU then updated its export regulation in late 2011 to ban the sale of eight drugs - including pentobarbital and sodium thiopental - if the purpose is to use them in lethal injections.
That produced a flurry of action in the United States. In May 2012 Missouri announced it would switch to using the anesthetic propofol, infamous for its role in Michael Jackson's overdose death. But propofol, too, was manufactured in Europe, by Germany's Fresenius Kabi.
Missouri's plan prompted an outcry across Europe and the EU threatened to restrict propofol exports. That in turn provoked a medical outcry in the U.S. because propofol is used in about 95 percent of surgical procedures requiring an anesthetic, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Fresenius Kabi, whose slogan is "caring for life," swiftly moved amid a blitz of bad PR and EU threats to introduce a stringent distribution control to prevent sales to U.S. prisons. Another manufacturer, Germany's B. Braun, immediately followed suit.
In October 2012 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon expressed indignation, saying state and federal court systems, not European politicians, should decide death penalty policy. Still, a month later he backtracked and halted what was to have been the first U.S. execution using propofol.
Missouri and other states have since also resorted to custom-made batches of drugs, while refusing to divulge which pharmacy produced them - as in the case being heard Tuesday.
The secrecy has led to new lawsuits, not least after safety concerns over such drugs arose in 2012 after contaminated injections from a Massachusetts facility caused a meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened hundreds.
An attorney for McGuire's family supported the European position.
"I think it's right for the (pharmaceutical) companies to draw a line when people are using the drugs for the wrong purposes," said Jon Paul Rion.
In principle, there are a number of painkillers, sedatives and paralyzing agents that can kill if administered in high doses. But switching drugs will invite new lawsuits and could involve drawn-out bureaucratic or legislative delays - in addition to doubts about how quickly and mercifully these drugs can kill.
"Such botched executions go some way to debunking the myth that lethal injection is a humane way to kill someone," said Reprieve's Foa.
When Europeans criticize the U.S., they frequently cite the inequality of health care and the continued use of capital punishment.
Europe has seen autocratic or totalitarian regimes corrupting justice throughout the 20th century with people being executed for political reasons or without fair trial, resulting in strong opposition to the death penalty after World War II.
Western Germany forbade capital punishment after the war, just as Italy did. France, which gave the world the word guillotine, decapitated only a few people after WW II amid increasing public opposition.
"There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed," French Literature Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus wrote in 1957 in an influential essay.
France's last execution now dates back almost 40 years. In Eastern Europe, the death penalty was abolished after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
An international AP poll in 2007 found that about 70 percent of those surveyed in the U.S. favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder. In Germany, Italy and Spain only about 30 percent did so.
Overall, experts say Europe's judicial system is more oriented toward rehabilitation, not punishment. That is also reflected in drastically lower incarceration rates: Across the EU, about 130 people per 100,000 inhabitants are behind bars compared to 920 in the U.S, according to EU and U.S. Justice Department figures.
The death penalty has been abolished or suspended in all developed economies, except for the U.S. and Japan. Execution rankings have routinely shown the U.S. in the unusual company of China, Iran, Saudi-Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.
But the anti-capital punishment camp has also gained ground in the U.S.
The number of U.S. executions has declined in recent years - from a peak of 98 in 1999 to 39 last year. Some states have abolished the death penalty, and those that carry on find executions increasingly difficult to conduct because of the drug scarcity and doubts about how well they work.
Public support for capital punishment also appears to be retreating. Last year, 60 percent of Americans polled said they favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, the lowest level measured since 1972, according to Gallup.
To counter the drug shortages lawmakers in some death penalty states - Missouri, Virginia and Wyoming - are now considering bringing back execution methods such as firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers.
There are still about 3,000 inmates on death row.


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Since latency and speed are a major concern for any electronic trading system or high volume low latency stock trading system, it becomes absolutely necessary to understand and learn java logging in great detail and best practices and tips available on logging in java.
This is not just for the finance and investment banking domain but also for any java server or client application that requires speed and java logging at the same time.
Top 10 tips on logging in Java Applications
In this java logging tutorial, I have shared my experience with logging in Java, I have tried to answer fundamental questions on java logging like "Why we need logging in Java", "What are different logging levels in Java, and how to choose the correct logging level in java", "How incorrect java logging affect performance" and discussed the tools, libraries, and API available for logging in Java e.g. log4j.jar and java.util.logging package.Why we need logging in Java
This is a pretty basic java logging question and everybody argues that if we Java System.out.println() for printing messages then whey we use logging. Everybody who starts java starts with System.out.println() for printing messages in java console. But this is not at all powerful as compared to advanced Java logging APIs like log4j and java.util.logging.If you are writing a java application server then the only way to know what your server is doing is by seeing the log file of your server. suppose you don't write anything in your java log file then no body knows what your server is doing, it becomes increasingly important if your application is connected to upstream and downstream like in many stock trading systems or electronic trading system and get input from upstream, transforms and normalize it and send down to downstream. In case of any issue without java logs you won't be able to figure out what went wrong.
That's why logging in java is most important while writing any Java server application. Logging in Java is not by choice it's must to understand.
What are different logging level in Java
DEBUG is the lowest restricted java logging level and we should write everything we need to debug an application, this java logging mode should only be used on Development and Testing environment and must not be used in production environment.
INFO is more restricted than DEBUG java logging level and we should log messages which are informative purpose like Server has been started, Incoming messages, outgoing messages etc in INFO level logging in Java.
WARN is more restricted than INFO java logging level and used to log warning sort of messages e.g. Connection lost between client and server. Database connection lost, Socket reaching to its limit. These messages and java logging level are almost important because you can setup alert on these logging messages in Java and let your support team monitor health of your java application and react on this warning messages. In Summary WARN level is used to log warning message for logging in Java.
ERROR is the more restricted java logging level than WARN and used to log Errors and Exception, you can also setup alert on this java logging level and alert monitoring team to react on this messages. ERROR is serious for logging in Java and you should always print it.
FATAL java logging level designates very severe error events that will presumably lead the application to abort. After this mostly your application crashes and stopped.
OFF java logging level has the highest possible rank and is intended to turn off logging in Java.
These java logging levels are based on log4j logging level and little bit different than java.util.logging API which provides some more logging level like SEVERE, FINER, FINEST, FATAL etc as name suggest based upon criticality of your logging message you can choose any of this level for logging in Java.
Using log4j or java.util.logging API for logging in Java
I would recommend using log4j for java logging, you may argue that why not java.util.logging API. I agree java.util.logging API is also very powerful but I find log4j more intuitive and easy to use than java.util.logging API. You have seen logging levels in log4j they have optimized number of java logging level and each of them fully describes what it does.Another flexibility of log4j is that you can change the logging level of your java application without restarting your java application, by the way this you can do in java.util.logging API by using JMX if you have implemented that.
Log4j also provides flexibility to set logging level based on per class in its configuration file log4j.xml. You can either use log4j.properties file or log4j.xml for configuring java logging in your application while using log4j for logging in java.
Also, log4j is thread-safe. Log4j components are designed to be used in heavily multithreaded systems. On the other hand I found Formatter and Appender facility of java.util.logging API quite useful especially Formatter allows you to format java logging output as you want for logging in Java.
How logging in Java affects performance
Java logging severely affects performance of your application. Its quite common sense that more you log, more you perform file IO which slows down your application. That's why choosing correct java logging level for every single message is quite important.Since having no java logging is not a choice you have to have logging in java application, what you can control is logging level and logging messages on that level. So always log DEBUG messages inside isDebugEnabled() block as shown in below example of debug mode in java.
if(logger.isDebugEnabled()){ logger.debug("java logging level is DEBUG Enabled"); }
Uses either WARN ERROR or FINER, FINEST java logging level in production environment. Never use DEBUG level logging in java in production, I have seen sometime production running very slow and found that some one has put the java log on DEBUG mode.
10 tips on logging in Java
1) Use isDebugEnabled() for putting debug log in Java, it will save lot of string concatenation activity if your code run in a production environment with production logging level instead of DEBUG logging level.2) Carefully choose which kind of message should go to which level for logging in Java, It become extremely important if you are writing server application in core java and only way to see what happening is Java logs. If you log too much information your performance will be affected and same time if you don't log important information like incoming messages and outgoing messages in java logs then it would become extremely difficult to identify what happened in case of any issue or error because nothing would be in java logs.
3) Use either log4j or java.util.logging for logging in Java, I would recommend log4j because I have used it a lot and found it very flexible. It allows changing logging levels in java without restarting your application which is very important in production or controlled environment. To do this you can have log4j watchdog which continuously looks for log4j.xml in a particular directory and if founds loads it and reset logging in java.
4) By using log4j.xml you can have different logger configurations for different Java classes as well. You can have some classes in INFO mode, some in WARN mode or ERROR mode. It's quite flexible to do this to customize java logging.
5) Another important point to remember is format of java logging, this you specify in logger. Properties file in case of java.util.logging API for logging to use which java logging Formatter. Don't forget to include Thread Name and fully qualified java class Name while printing logs because it would be impossible to find sequence of events if your code is executed by multiple threads without having thread name on it. In my opinion this is the most important tips you consider for logging in Java.
6) By carefully choosing format of java logging at logger level and format of writing log you can have generate reports from your java log files. Be consistent while logging messages, be informative while logging message, print data with message wherever required.
7) While writing message for logging in Java try to use some kind of prefix to indicate which part of your code is printing log e.g. client side , Database site or session side, later you can use this prefix to do a "grep" or "find" in Unix and have related logs at once place. Believe me I have used this technique and it helped a lot while debugging or investigating any issues and your log file is quite large. For example you can put all Database level log with a prefix "DB_LOG:" and put all session level log with prefix "SESSION_LOG:"
8) If a given logger is not assigned a level, then it inherits one from its closest ancestor. That's why we always assign log level to root logger in configuration file log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG.
9) Both no logging and excessive logging is bad so carefully planned what to log and on which level you log that messages so that you can run fast in production environment and at same time able to identify any issue in QA and TEST environment.
10) I found that for improving logging its important you look through your log and monitor your log by yourself and tune it wherever necessary. It's also important to log in simple English and it should make sense and human-readable since support team may wan to put alert on some logging message and they may want to monitory your application in production.
11) if you are using SLFJ for logging in java use parametrized version of various log methods they are faster as compared to normal method.
logger.debug("No of Orders " + noOfOrder + " for client : " + client); // slower
logger.debug("No of Executions {} for clients:{}", noOfOrder , client); // faster
These tips and examples on logging in java is based on my experience and how I use logging in Java and by no means complete, I would love to hear some more tips from you guys and how you guys are using and customizing java logging. I would recommend reading detailed and official documentation for both java.util.logging and log4j to get complete and detailed information on java logging as well.
Logging is more art than science and its one of those skill which separates good developers with great developers. but logging has many aspect and its a general concept which is equally applicable to Java and other programming language:2) Which information goes to which level of logging?
Consistency is key knot just in logging but also in coding. doesn't matter which format you follow if you are consistent with that format than only it adds value but spends some time to decide your logging format so that it can capture all useful information.
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Okey dokey, a brief life's history. Hell it's quiet at work, I'm bored ridged, so I've decided to do the longest introduction to a forum ever. This by a man whose only claim to martial arts fame was that he once walked headlong into Terry O'neil at a KUGB tournament, once got double graded by Sensei Keinosuke Enoeda and got hit rather hard in the testicles by Dave Hazard.
For those who sensibly don't really give a damn and wish to skip the following peroration I'll start with a quick introduction which is all you probably want anyway.
Quick Intro: I'm a 2nd dan Shotokan practioner who likes to mix it a bit with just about anythng else I can get to train in.
Those of you as bored as I am here's the long intro:
As a kid I saw my first Bruce Lee film, oddly enough, on a family holiday to the coast where I was smuggled in to see Fists of Fury. I was blown away and determined to learn to fight like that (well what did I know). So when I got home I joined a Shotokan karate class, I was about 8. Anyway my dad did not drive so when my neighbour stopped going to class after a few months so did my lift. I was gutted but what could I do. So for the next 8 or so years I had to be content watching some of the worst martial art films coming out of china and buying some equally dire books. I still have some of the books which are a good read but not for the reasons intended when they were written. Anyway these films and books taught me loads, I could make strange noises while waving my arms about, fight (well wobble about a bit) while apparently drunk and lastly and most importantly fly through the air for about 50 ft. I'd only ever managed about 3 to 4 feet but I could feel the distance coming. Oh yes and one book told of a mysterious punch that when landed caused death years later. Quite what use that was the middle of a fight was uncertain and how it was ever validated was even less clear but I set about perfecting it. I do know that a chap I punched and knocked out in school when I was 15 did indeed die some years later. They say it was a motorbike crash but I think we all know better.
At 16 I got myself a motorbike, a beast of a Honda 125, and so located my nearest Shotokan club and joined. This was the early 80's and the club, part of the KUGB, was what you'd expect and of it's time. Tough, some questionable training practices, some big ego's, I loved it. Not seen so many eyes blackened, teeth knocked out, blood spilt and people rendered unconcious outside of a night club. I went along with my dad, probaby the biggst loony there, which was great for me. He in turn turned the house into a place to train. The garden had makiwara of various sorts, inside the house a large kick bag hung between the living room and the dining room, the floor littered with vaious equipment, boxing goves, head gear, pads of all descriptions, an entire wall hung with various weapons, nunchuks, katana, throwing stars, sai, tonfa, medievel mace, axes and swords, and bizarely a shotgun and my two air rifles. One day he'd been training and he said to me "see if you can hit me in the head". I refused. He asked again. I refuse. He asked......I punched him squarely on the nose. Boy did it bleed. It was great having a dad like that. He got me practicing headbutts on the heavy bag then laughed for about a week until the bruising left my forehead.
So for three years I trained at the club, trained at home with my mad dad and eventually got to 3rd kyu. By this time I was into throwing weights around at the gym, going out with my mates and having my head turned by young ladies. It was getting tougher and tougher to go karate training three nights a week, weight train, go for a beer with the mates and if lucky meet a nice lady. Something had to give and after an incident at the club I decided to give up karate. Something I'll always regret.
Jump forward nearly 20 years and I take my daughter and I to the local Shotokan club and restart my training. That was seven years ago, I still mainly doing Shotokan but mixing it with "reality" based stuff and anything else I can get round to doing. I'm also currently working on getting my daughter ready for her Shodan grading sometime in the next year which will be a proud day for me .


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Medicham, Gyarados, Hitmonchan, Crawdaunt, Shelgon, Venusaur, Pikachu, Zigzagoon or how about Jazz, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Ironhide or Megatron. If I have gotten you a bit confused here then I presume you are not a parent of a 6-10 year old boy. Those who do have sons in this age will straight away know what I am rambling on about - right?
The first set of names are a tiny selection of the almost 500 Pokemon and the next handful are of course the amazing Transformers! Well I have to say that A 'Levels, a Masters Degree and 7 years experience in motherhood did not really prepare me for the Pokemon and Transformer outbreak. Try remembering the names of the "cool & powerful" Pokemon? Or even worse, has anyone put together one of those Transformers?
I was getting fairly exasperated by all the hype Soeren and his buddies were causing about both the Pokemon and Transformers. What continually amazed me though was the fact that although Soeren had never seen any of the Transformer movies nor did he have any idea what Pokemon really was - but he sure knew everything he needed to to be able to survive in all "that World."
I hate being ignorant - really! And when there's a house full of boys talking Pokemon or fighting with Decepticons, I want to be able to at least say I understand. So, I do what I always do - I researched. I called up the powers of Wikipedia and Google to supply me with mighty information. Boy was I so not prepared for the media hype around both!
What interested me was the fact that Pokemon is actually a strategy game where players of the games are assigned as Pokémon trainers, and the two main goals for the trainers are: to complete the Pokédex by collecting all of the available Pokémon species found in the fictional land where the game takes place; and to train a team of powerful Pokémon to compete against teams owned by other trainers to become the strongest trainer, the Pokémon Master (thank you Wikipedia!).
It sounded fairly interesting to this 37 year old mum and I thought OK I should try to learn the basics of the game to show off my knowledge at the next boys meet. But alas - as the next boys meet came around it did not quite work out as I had planned. I was all going out explaining the Trading Card Game, bubbling with my new found knowledge, expecting the boys to get excited and invite me to play a round. Twelve set of eyes were staring at me and when I finally finished my monologue - they all seemed to breath a loud sigh of relief. I looked at them slightly puzzled, when one of them quirked
"Cool Soeren, your mum knows the game! Meeta - we don't play the game - we just trade cards!"
"What?" I thought, "what do they mean - they just trade cards?"
Then they began explaining what exactly each Pokemon does and which card is powerful. I had 6 boys chattering in Pokemon to me. They did not really understand the game but were just interested in gaining the strongest and most powerful Pokemon by convincing the owner to trade it and as I did not own any cards I was not to be a part of their game.
"Where is the sense in that?" I kept thinking.
But of course there was - it was the sense of 7 year olds. They were on the pre-level of Pokemon, you see. They had no idea how to play the strategy game nor did they spend time researching Pokemon, but they had figured out the basic goals already. They used their imagination to make up the rest - a lot more fun. I was too busy thinking like a 37 year old, but looking at it from a 7 year olds perception it's probably where I would start too.
A few weeks ago as I zapped through the channels of the TV, I stopped at a preview for one of the movies the channel was planning to show: Transformers ~ The Film! I was getting excited again. Maybe the film would show me how to finally put those robots together again. So I found myself on a Sunday evening all ready for 2 hours of Transformers. Somewhere halfway between the film Tom came into the room and looked at the TV then slowly turned his head to face me,
"What are you watching?" he asked with eyebrows raised
"Shhhh! Doing homework!" I said "Transformers - see this is Bumblebee it's an autobot, Optimus Prime too, it's the leader of the autobots ... and Megatron is the bad guy - it's a Decepticon!"
"Yeah! O - K!" he said sitting on the sofa next to me, eyes glued to the TV.
Well - yes - we watched the whole film! It was not a film I would want to watch twice and certainly not a film I would get Soeren to watch but it served it's purpose. I can totally see what attracts 7 year old boys to such things. The next day, I could not help it, I did casually mention it to Soeren that we watched the movie and saw the robots in action. I also went into all the details about how the autobots came to Earth to save it from the Decepticons.
"Oh yeah! I know all that! But we do not need to watch the movie to know that stuff - we read it in magazines." he said coolly only slightly impressed, leaving me gutted!
The moral of this story: do what you do best when the boys come around - make muffins - that always impresses them!
These Granola Goji muffins really did impress. They are made with wholesome ingredients like wholewheat flour, honey, apples, granola and goji berries - perfect healthy treats when the house is filled with transforming autobots and little Pokemon.
Whole Wheat Granola Goji Muffins
Printable version of recipe here.
100g butter, softened
80g honey
100g goji berries
2 eggs
120g whole wheat flour
1-2 teaspoons baking powder
150g granola, homemade or store bought
200g apples, grated and drizzled with 1 teaspoon lemon juiceMethod
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. Line a muffin form with paper forms or pieces of baking paper.
- In a large bowl whisk honey and softened butter with an electric whisk until creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time making sure each one has been nicely incorporated before adding the next one.
- Mix flour, baking powder, goji berries and granola together and then add to the egg-mixture. Using a rubber spatula fold in the dry ingredients.
- Add the grated apples and incorporate, then pour the batter into the muffin forms. If some of the goji berries are sticking out gently poke them into the batter so they are covered. They burn easily. Bake in the oven for approx. 30-35 minutes until nice and golden. Alternatively stick a wooden toothpick into the center of a muffin and if it comes out clean the muffins are ready.
- Serve these muffins warm with some butter and a dollop of my caramelized quince jam.
Food Guide Tips:
- Superfoods: Goji berries
- Make your own homemade low-sugar granola
Knowledge never goes to waste. At least now I understand what the boys rave about and can add to their fervor with my own anecdotes encouraging them into their own world of fun make believe. And when one of them comments "Hey Soeren, your mum is cool - she's not a Barbie mum!" I know that even if I still cannot make one of the autobots transform, I do receive certain regard for knowing the stuff that makes the eyes of 7 year olds shine.
This is my own entry to this month's Monthly Mingle. The theme was Brunch and boy have I gotten a lot of entries. Thanks to everyone who took part. I hope to share the feast soon.
More brunch treats from WFLH:
Orange Chocolate Muffins | Wholegrain Porridge with Goji Berries and Cashew Nuts | Nutella Flakey Swirls |
Daily Tiffin Reading Tip
Foods You Thought You Knew written by Hilda
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A and B Foundation Papers for a 4 inch Kaleidoscope Block |
- Each Kaleidoscope block is made using an A Foundation Paper and a B Foundation Paper.
- The Kaleidoscope effect is created by alternating a dark and light (white background) fabric. Start both the A and the B Foundation papers with a dark fabric and at number 1.
- Cut fabric pieces larger than required. I cut each of my fabric pieces 2.5 inches x 4 inches.
- Reduce the length of your stitches. This will make removal of the foundation paper a breeze and keeps your seams intact after the paper has been removed. I go as short as 1.0 on my Bernina sewing machine.
- Don't stitch into the seam allowances that run around the edge of the foundation paper.
- Don't remove your papers until after you have joined segment A and B together.
Kaleidoscope Block Patchwork - the back showing seam allowances. |


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Stress Management: Doing Guided Imagery to Relax
Have you ever been in the middle of a stressful situation and wished you could be somewhere else—like lying on a tropical beach? Guided imagery helps you use your imagination to take you to a calm, peaceful place.
- Because of the way the mind and body are connected, guided imagery can make you feel like you are experiencing something just by imagining it.
- You can do guided imagery with audio recordings, an instructor, or a script (a set of written instructions) to lead you through the process.
- You use all of your senses in guided imagery. For example, if you want a tropical setting, you can imagine the warm breeze on your skin, the bright blue of the water, the sound of the surf, the sweet scent of tropical flowers, and the taste of coconut so that you actually feel like you are there.
- Imagining yourself in a calm, peaceful setting can help you relax and relieve stress.
How do you do guided imagery?
To give guided imagery a try, follow these steps:
- Find a comfortable place to sit or lie down. Close your eyes.
- Start by just taking a few deep breaths to help you relax.
- Picture a setting that is calm and peaceful. This could be a beach, a mountain setting, a meadow, or a scene that you choose.
- Imagine your scene, and try to add some detail. For example, is there a breeze? How does it feel? What do you smell? What does the sky look like? Is it clear, or are there clouds?
- It often helps to add a path to your scene. For example, as you enter the meadow, imagine a path leading you through the meadow to the trees on the other side. As you follow the path farther into the meadow you feel more and more relaxed.
- When you are deep into your scene and are feeling relaxed, take a few minutes to breathe slowly and feel the calm.
- Think of a simple word or sound that you can use in the future to help you return to this place. Then, when you are ready, slowly take yourself out of the scene and back to the present. Tell yourself that you will feel relaxed and refreshed and will bring your sense of calm with you.
- Count to 3, and open your eyes. Notice how you feel right now.
It may help to have an instructor or audio recording to follow. You can also use a script (a set of written instructions), but hearing the instructions may be a better way to relax into the process.
Other Works Consulted
- Freeman L (2009). Imagery. In L Freeman, ed., Mosby's Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Research-Based Approach, 3rd ed., pp. 252–282. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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Medical Review:Patrice Burgess, MD, FAAFP – Family Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Christine R. Maldonado, PhD – Behavioral Health
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WASHINGTON – Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon today announced expanded eligibility for U.S.Department of Agriculture grants to improve access to fresh produce and healthy foods by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients at America's farmers' markets.
As a result of funding provided by Congress through the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012, USDA last year announced the availability of $4 million in funding to expand the availability of wireless point-of-sale equipment in farmers markets not currently accepting SNAP benefits. Today's action expands eligibility for grant funds to include direct marketing farmers, as well as farmers markets. Funds may be used to purchase or lease equipment or pay for wireless access. Funds are available to States through September 30, 2013.
"These grants increase the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables to SNAP customers and further encourage them to purchase and prepare healthy foods for their families using SNAP benefits," said Concannon. "In general, research shows that about 20 cents of every SNAP dollar spent on food ends up in the pocket of American farmers. Installing wireless technology at farmers markets expands the customer base for markets and increases the share of the SNAP dollar that goes directly back to local farmers and into local economies."
USDA has made expanding SNAP recipients' access to fresh fruits and vegetables through farmers markets a priority in recent years. In 2008, about 750 farmers markets and direct marketing farmers accepted SNAP. In 2012, over 3,200 participated – a four-fold increase in markets, which was accompanied by a six-fold increase in redemptions at these outlets.
Along with other criteria, a farmers market is defined as a multi-stall market at which farmer-producers sell agricultural products, particularly fresh fruits and vegetables (but also meat products, dairy products, and/or grains), directly to the general public at a central or fixed location. Direct marketing farmers are individualproducers of agricultural products. In order to qualify for the funding announced today, the direct marketing farmer must sell products at a market stall within a farmers market that is not currently participating in SNAP.
Research shows that many farmers markets and direct marketing farmers value their ability to accept SNAP as a means to attract a wider customer base and increase sales. At the same time, a significant number cited the cost of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) equipment as a barrier to accepting SNAP. These findings and others are part of USDA's Nutrition Assistance at Farmers Markets: Understanding Current Operations report released last week. Today's announcement helps to address this barrier by supporting farmers markets and direct marketing farmers in obtaining and operating EBT technology.
To find out more about available farmers market equipment funding or to learn more about accepting SNAP benefits at your farmers market, contact your SNAP State agency or visit http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/
USDA's Food and Nutrition Service oversees the administration of 15 nutrition assistance programs, including SNAP, that touch the lives of one in four Americans over the course of a year. These programs work together to form a national safety net against hunger. Visit www.fns.usda.gov for information about FNS and nutrition assistance programs.
Farmers' markets in both Scottville and Ludington begin in May. Ludington's market will be held on Friday afternoons while Scottville's market is moving from Saturday mornings to Tuesday afternoons to coincide with the Tuesday night Scottville Clown Band Shell concert series.


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Recent Incidents of Persecution
09/30/2009 India (CDN)-Hindu extremists chased a pastor into hiding on Sept. 19 in Lucknow . The All India Christian Council (AICC) reported that hardliners from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( World Hindu Council or VHP), Bharatiya Janata Party and Bajrang Dal (youth wing of the VHP) accused Pastor Bechu Azah Chhedi of forceful conversions as they arrived in large number at his church in Ramdaspur village and disrupted the worship service. The same group has attacked the pastor three times, reported AICC, and local Christians who found out about the extremists' plan hid him. The pastor has relocated for safety.
Jammu and Kashmir – Police detained Pastor Salamat Masih and three others on false charges of forceful conversion on Sept. 17 in Hira Nagar. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Hindu extremists from the Shiv Sena (Religious Army) beat the pastor and falsely accused him of offering 10,000 rupees (US$207) to each of three converts from Hinduism about to be baptized. Police arrived and took the pastor and the three others to the police station, keeping them in custody for two days as a safety measure; local people incited by the extremists were eager to attack them, reported a source. No case was filed against the pastor after the intervention of local Christian leaders.
Andhra Pradesh – About 10 Hindu extremists on Sept. 13 attacked a worship meeting of Opier Ministries Evangelical Church in Warangal , beating a pastor. The All India Christian Council (AICC) reported that around 1 p.m., the intolerant Hindus barged into the worship service conducted by Pastor Pilly Kumar, verbally abused and beat him, and destroyed a sign board bearing the church's name. The pastor filed a police complaint, but officers refused to register a case. In May the extremists had warned the pastor not to conduct worship services in the area, reported the AICC.
Madhya Pradesh – Police arrested eight Christians from Blessing Youth Mission (BYM) under the state's anti-conversion law on Sept. 12 in Katni. A source reported that Christians, including women, were on their way to visit their children at a BYM hostel. They were waiting on the railway platform when, as a Christian worker scheduled to pick them up arrived, railway police arrived and accused them of forceful conversion, blasphemy against Hindu gods and creating havoc. The charges included "deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of others with acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention." The Christians were detained for about 20 hours and released on bail.
Karnataka – A group of unidentified men attacked St. Francis De Sales Church near Hebbagudi, Bangalore early on the morning of Sept. 10. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the men were carrying weapons and broke into the building, damaging windows. The Press Trust of India reported that statues of Infant Jesus and Mother Mary on the premises were damaged. The group also tried to burn a van parked in front of the church building. Damages were estimated at about 200,000 rupees (US$4,144), reported the GCIC. The church has filed a complaint and a First Information Report at Hebbagudi police station. Last year Karnataka, ruled by the Hindu extremist Bharatiya Janata Party, faced a series of attacks on churches in Mangalore, Bangalore , Davanagere, Kodagu and other towns.
Karnataka – Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Shiv Sena (Religious Army) on Sept. 10 attacked a pastor identified only as Ramanjaniah, accused him of cheating people and of forceful conversion, then beat him and paraded him on the street in Tumkur. The Global Council of Indian Christian reported that the pastor was conducting a prayer meeting at a Christian's house when the intolerant Hindus stormed into the house and assaulted him. They tore a Bible and beat, punched and kicked the pastor and continued beating him as they dragged him about one kilometer. The pastor received hospital treatment for fractures in his face and leg. The extremists pressured police to restrain the pastor from future preaching, but officers only requested the pastor inform them before he conducts worship. They promised police protection should he require it.
Madhya Pradesh – Police arrested a Christian worker for "preaching to forcefully convert people to Christianity" based on a complaint filed by the Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sept. 8 in Barwani district. Sources reported that the RSS members dragged Gopi Krishnan of Friends Missionaries Prayer Band (FMPB) to the police station to file the complaint against him. The police booked him for joining in an assembly of more than five people after being commanded to disperse, and of abetment of the offense. Krishnan appeared before the sub-divisional magistrate the next day and was sent to Barwani district jail. He was granted bail on Sept. 10. FMPB representative Ravi Kumar told Compass that RSS members are pressuring Krishnan to leave his house before Sept. 30 or face harm. The Christian is scheduled to appear before a magistrate on Nov. 9. Local Christian leaders maintained that preaching to "forcefully convert" people does not take place in the area.
Rajasthan – About 30 Hindu extremists on Sept. 4 assaulted two Christian workers from Gospel for Asia and chased them into the jungle near Banswada. Sources reported that the extremists waylaid the two Christians as they were returning from a prayer meeting and viciously beat them and verbally abused them. The Christians fled and hid in the nearby forest. A Christian search team found the duo at midnight and gave them shelter. A Gospel for Asia representative said their names could not be disclosed for security reasons.
Orissa – Suspected Hindu extremists armed with country pistols and swords on Sept. 3 attacked Pastor Isaac Digal of Good Shepherd Community Church for holding a worship service in his house – beating him, his wife and daughter and ransacking his home in Kandhamal. The All India Christian Council reported that the extremists also took his mobile phone, bank book and ATM card. The Hindu extremists had reportedly made an earlier attempt to destroy his house and had threatened him several times. Police arrived at the scene, and the pastor filed a complaint. No arrests had been made at press time. Andhra Pradesh – About 30 Hindu extremists attacked a pastor and a church on Aug. 30 in Mudinepalli. The All India Christian Council reported the Hindu extremists installed a microphone on the roof of the church building, and a Hindu idol in front it, as part of the Hindu Ganesh festival. Pastor Solomon Raju asked the extremists and a local official to move the mike to some other place, with the Hindu hardliners responding by disrupting the Sunday worship service and beating the pastor. He filed a police complaint. No arrests had been made at press time.


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As soon as I got the ice cream maker home, I started thinking about what kind of cookies to use for ice cream sandwiches. I considered going with a big, thin chocolate chip cookie or maybe a chewy molasses number. I'll get to those options in time, but for my first ever homemade ice cream sandwiches, I finally decided on the chocolate malt cookies from Martha Stewart's Cookies. They are intended as a sandwich cookie in the book, I just replaced the chocolate malt filling with vanilla gelato. The cookies themselves are made with cocoa powder, malted milk powder, vanilla, and creme fraiche. They have a great texture which is a little crunchy on the edges and slightly chewy in the center, and they worked really well in ice cream sandwiches.
The interesting thing about assembling the sandwiches is that the ice cream needs to be soft enough to spread on the cookies, but you need to finish putting them together before the ice cream melts. This was tricky. I let the gelato soften in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes, and then, as I finished each sandwich, I popped it directly into the freezer. I felt a little bad that I wasn't able to make the sandwiches more gorgeous given the speed required to finish them in my warmish kitchen. They may not have looked perfect, but they tasted incredible with the hint of salt flavor in the gelato and the rich chocolate maltedness of the cookies. Not too bad for a first try. Stay tuned for more ice cream treats to appear here in the coming days and weeks.
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Saraswati Pujo is two days away and a reader sent in a mail asking for the recipe of Labra. Khichuri is an important part of this day for the Bengalis and labra is a mixed veggie dish popular as a side to the Khichuri. Since I never really liked Khichuri all that much, the day did not mean much to me food wise. There were other incentives of course like the sweet & sour kul, visiting the Pujos with friends and not doing any studies since the goddess resided on top of all our school books.
So anyway the main point is khichuri never excited me. Along with khichuri came labra, a mix of all vegetables and tomato chaatni a staple Saraswati Pujo lunch in most Bengali homes, at least the Ghoti homes. The intelligent Bangals of course ate their ilish.
Now I have never made a "Labra". I have made a ghonto, a charchari, a paanch-mishali but not a labra. I didn't even realize that I have never cooked a labra until I got this mail. Bengali mixed vegetable dishes are largely similar with delta differences and it is hard to decide whether you are cooking a ghonto or a labra when you have chopped and put in at least five different vegetables and forgotten whether you added ginger or bhaja masla.
I theoretically had an idea how to cook one though and said so in my mail. I mean five and more vegetables and little or no spice. How difficult can this get ?
But then I had an icky feeling in my stomach. The kind you have while explaining escape velocity to someone. Not that I go around doing such explaining but you know what I mean. Theoretically you know perfectly what escape velocity is but you have never experienced it and you think what if it doesn't work ? What if I run at a speed greater than escape velocity and still am unable to "break free", you think. Agreed NASA has done it but I haven't. So the doubt lingers.
That feeling bothered me for the last two days and finally I chopped up some radish, eggplant, cabbage, potatoes, butternut squash and cooked a "Labra" . The theoretical part was out and I had done the practical experiment which was a good thing because the labra made the husband immensely happy.Such simple joys of nature.
It was easy except for the chopping part but even that wasn't too bad.So essentially labra needs to have some leafy vegetables, usually thick cut cabbage along with firm veggies like potatoes and radish and soft ones like pumpkin and eggplant. As per my knowledge, it also DOES NOT need mustard but some ginger does it good.It tastes really good with Khichuri or some Dal and white rice.
I will try to post the Khichuri recipe which has been in my draft for long. If not make your own and enjoy it with this beautiful vegetable dish with a horrendous name on the 8th.
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Prep: Vegetables are the most important and only ingredient of a Labra. There is very little of other spices involved. So it is important the vegetables you use for this dish are fresh and taste good. Chop the following vegetables in roughly equal sizes and more or less equal proportion
Potato -- 1 large, peeled and chopped along the length
Eggplant ~ 1 Japanese egg plant, chopped in cubes
Radish ~ about 1/2 cop of cubed red radish
Cabbage ~ 1&1/2 cup of chopped cabbage. Cabbage should be chopped not thin but should be little thickly cut
Pumpkin or Butternut Squash(choose one that sweet and not over ripe) ~ 1 cup peeled and cubed. Since I find it difficult to peel a B.Squash, I microwave the squash for about 3 minutes and then peel
Cauliflower -- quarter of a medium sized one
Cauliflower leaves and stalk -- the tender leaves and tip of the stalks.
You can also add vegetables like few cauliflower florets, cauliflower stems and some drumsticks
Note: I have also done labra with broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini etc. All of them work well. Whatever vegetables you use, try to add little pumpkin and potatoes to get the best taste.
Heat White Oil or Mustard Oil in a heavy bottomed deep saucier or Kadhai
Temper the hot oil with a pinch of Hing, 1 tsp of PaanchPhoron and 3 broken dry red chili. When the spices pop add about 1 tsp of minced ginger. Note: You can also add ginger towards the end to get a more gingery flavor.
First add the potatoes. Sprinkle about 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder and saute the potatoes for half a minute.
Add the radish, followed by cauliflower. Saute covered for about 5 minutes and then follow with the eggplant. Saute for a couple of minutes. Sprinkle some water if the veggies tend to stick.Note: Add carrots/cauliflower/broccoli if using. The trick is to add the tougher veggies first followed by the softer and leafy veggies.
Next goes the pumpkin or butternut squash. Mix everything together. If the pumpkin is sweet you don't need to add sugar else add a little sugar towards the end. Cover and cook for next 4-5 minutes
Now add the cabbage or the cauliflower leaves or both. Mix all together and saute for a minute.
Add salt to taste. Add 2-3 slit green chili and a tsp more of grated ginger. Give a good stir. Add little water about say 1/2 cup and cover and cook. Check in between, if more water is needed add more water and cook till veggies are done. Break up some of the potatoes and the pumpkin unevenly with the back of your spatula and give a final mix.The dish should be a little moist and not totally dry.
Let it sit for 30 minutes or more, for all the flavors to come together. Serve with rice and dal or with Khichuri for Pujo.


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I had some pipian leftover from my turkey and pipian meal and I was wondering what I could use it for. The idea that most interested me was using the pipian to make some egg enchiladas for breakfast. It had been a while since I had last had enchiladas and I could just imagine them with a nice layer of golden brown melted cheese on top of the egg filled tortillas covered in moist pipian. I like h savoury foods for breakfast and the pipian egg enchiladas sounded like a great idea. I decided to keep it simple and I just scrambled the eggs (though you could easily use chopped hard boiled eggs) with some green onions for the filing. The enchiladas were pretty easy to make though they did need to bake for a while so they were not a quick breakfast, but perfect for a weekend. I still had a bit of pipian left and spread it out on the plates before serving the enchiladas on top. The egg enchiladas were nice and moist and the pipian worked well with the eggs and of course the cheesed helped as well. It was certainly a tasty breakfast!
Egg Enchiladas in Pipian
- 2 cups pipian
- 4 tortillas (6-8 inches diameter, I used whole wheat)
- 6 eggs (scrambled)
- 2 green onions (chopped)
- 1 cup cheese (grated)
- Spread a bit of the pipian on the bottom of your 8 inch square baking pan.
- Dip the tortilla into the pipian.
- Place some scrambled eggs onto the tortilla and wrap it up.
- Place the egg enchiladas into a baking pan and cover with the remaining pipian followed by the cheese.
- Bake in an oven until the pipian is bubbling and the cheese has meted and turned golden brown, about 20-30 minutes.


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NIC files (hdg.: Maya Society; imprint: Maya Society, at the Johns Hopkins University)LC in RLIN, 8-10-86 (hdg.: Maya Society)
Checklist of Mesoamerican manuscripts, 2003 (Maya Society; est. 1920 in Auburn Hill, Va. by William Gates; dedicated to collection and dissemination of information on Maya languages and culture; published more than twenty publications)
The Maya Society and its work, 1937: p. 3 (est. July 21, 1930 in Washington, D.C.; dedicated to promotion of knowledge and understanding of Indian races of Middle America, past and present, especially the Maya people and their country; publishing and research on topic)
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William Gates ethnohistorical materials in European languages, 1521-1940
Series — Box 104: Series 10 [Barcode: 31197232492600], Folder: 3, 3A, 4, 4A
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 10
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies, typescripts, and manuscripts from Gates' collection of ethnohistorical materials in European languages, primarily Spanish with some German and English texts.


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