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30 March 2011
Don't Forget Apple Galette
I don't even remember when I made this, but it was around a year ago, and I just ran into the photo in Andi's facebook photo album. I completely forgot that I was obsessed with Apple Galette for several months, and its rich, crumbly, salty-sweet goodness.
It's a bad time to be posting this, it being spring and not apple season at all, but I knew I would forget later, and you could consider filling it with asparagus or caramelized onions (both?) instead. I would If I were you.
Here's Jacques Pepin's recipe, which is definitely the best, and one of the only recipes I've ever truly followed. (Because when Jacques says jump, you say, "How high?")
Makes 8 servings
1/2 recipe pate brisée (see recipe)
5 large apples
1/4-cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
4 tablespoons apricot preserves
1 tablespoon Calvados or Cognac (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
1. Make pâte brisée. Roll out the dough 1/8 to 1/16 inch thick, in a shape that fits roughly on a cookie sheet—approximately 16 X 14 inches. (The best cookie sheets are made of heavy aluminum that is not too shiny.) If the dough is not thin enough after you lay it on the cookie sheet, roll it some more, directly on the sheet.
2. Peel and cut the apples in half, core them, and slice each half into 1/4-inch slices. Set aside the large center slices of the same size and chop the end slices coarsely. Sprinkle the chopped apple over the dough.
3. Arrange the large slices on the dough beginning at the outside, approximately 1 1/2 inches from the edge. Stagger and overlap the slices to imitate the petals of a flower. Cover the dough completely with a single layer of apples, except for the border. Place smaller slices in the center to resemble the heart of a flower.
4. Bring up the border of the dough | and fold it over the apples.
5. Sprinkle the apples with the sugar and pieces of butter, and bake in a 400-degree oven for 65 to 75 minutes, until the galette is really well browned and crusty. Do not remove the galette from the oven too soon; it should be very well cooked. It should be very crusty, thin, and soft inside. Do not worry about the discoloration of the apples after you peel and arrange them on the dough. The discoloration will not be apparent after cooking.
6. Slide it onto a board. Dilute the apricot preserves with the alcohol (or use 1 tablespoon of water if the jam is thick and you prefer not to use spirits) and spread it on top of the apples with the back of a spoon. Some can also be spread on the top edge of the crust. Follow the design so that you do not disturb the little pieces of apple.
Serve the galette lukewarm, cut into wedges.
Pate Brisee
Recipe From: Jacques Pepin
"Everyday Cooking"
Makes Enough for 2 Galettes
3 cups all-purpose flour (dip the measuring cup
into the flour, fill it, and level it with your hand)
1 cup (2 sticks) sweet butter, cold, and cut with a knife into thin slices or shavings
1/2 teaspoon salt
Approximately 3/4 cup very cold water
"In a well-made pâte brisée the pieces of butter are visible throughout the dough. If the pieces of butter get completely blended with the flour so that they melt during cooking, the pastry will be tough. The flour and butter must be worked and the water added as fast as possible to obtain a flaky pastry. If you work the dough too much after adding the water, it will be elastic and chewy. If you use too much butter and not enough water, it will resemble sweet pastry dough and will be hard to roll thin and pick up from the table; it will be very brittle before and after cooking, sandy, and with no flakiness.
This is deceptively simple dough. You may get excellent results one time and an ordinary pastry the next. Try it a few times to get a feel for it. Wrapped properly, it can be kept in the refrigerator for 2 or 3 days, or it can be frozen."
1. Mix the flour, butter, and salt together very lightly, so that the pieces of butter remain visible throughout the flour.
2. Add the ice-cold water and mix very fast with your hand just enough that the dough coheres.
3. Cut the dough in half. The pieces of butter should still be visible. Refrigerate for 1 or 2 hours or use it right away. If you use it right away, the butter will be a bit soft, so you may need a little extra flour in the rolling process to absorb it.
For one galette, roll half the dough between 1/8 and 1/16 of an inch thick, using flour underneath and on top so that it doesn't stick to the table or the rolling pin. When the dough is the desired shape and thickness, roll it onto the rolling pin and unroll it on the pie plate, tart form, or cookie sheet that you plan to use. Repeat with the other half or reserve for later use. Bake according to the instructions for the particular recipe.
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- Rachelle said...
Yum! This looks delicious! Apple desserts are always favorites at my house. I'll try this one out!
- June 14, 2011 at 2:07 AM
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Thursday, December 18, 2003
Late for the party as usual, I'll send along best wishes and all that, like most of my colleagues in the comics blogoshphereiverse, to my good friend Jules Schwartz, who was recently
taken with pneumonia
. Aw, OK, I've never met the guy, but I wish him well anyway. He was indirectly a big part of my formative years and early childhood. According to the
most recent update
on his condition at Harlan Ellison's website, he seems to be doing better. May the Schwartz be with him.
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Monday, March 18
Repeat Visit
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They are lovely photos and such cheery little birds. Makes me feel spring is on its way!ReplyDeleteReplies
If only the weather played fair, SueDelete
They're lovely birds, I've never seen one. It's so exciting when a new bird decides to visit the garden.ReplyDeleteReplies
It is, Jo and when we catch such a glimpse it makes us wonder what else visits the feeders when we don't happen to be lookingDelete
Lovely captures!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks BelindaDelete
There is always a happy feeling watching them. When I feel too tired in the garden, I would simply watch what the birds are doing.ReplyDeleteReplies
You can pass many a happy hour just watching them can't you, DianaDelete
If it wasn't for my husband spotting things in the garden I wouldn't have a clue. I don't think he has mentioned siskins yet although we did have a yellowhammer visit at the weekend.ReplyDeleteReplies
We haven't had a yellowhammer, Elaine so that makes us equalDelete
At least you caught them,I always keep watching as I know as soon as I try to get the camera they disappear.ReplyDeleteReplies
It was more luck than skill flowerladyDelete
What a lovely little bird Sue - and a lucky catch!ReplyDeleteReplies
Certainly a lucky catch, Janet but I didn't get a shot of the greenfinch which has become a rare visitor to out garden.Delete
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In a remote corner of Switzerland, there is a County where alpine traditions are distinctive of the folk life. While the majority of cantons introduced women's right to vote after the confederation did in 1971, the two conservative half-cantons: Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden refused to do so for a long time (!!!) so women were finally allowed to vote in local elections in 1990 (by decision of the federal court).
The Appenzell people have always been known as being musical.
In the 19th century, the fiddle and dulcimer were normally played for dancing purposes. Accompanying these instruments were the double bass or the «Basett». Practically during the whole of the second half of the 19th century , the so-called «Appenzell Quartett» was known throughout the whole country. In 1892, the «Appenzell String Quintett» was formed. It received its final formation at the turn of the century and remained unchanged until the First World War.
Since then, this composition of instruments is known as the Original String Music and has been all along dance music, i.e. it is known that it was expected from a good violin player that he knew approx. 500 pieces of dance music off by heart.
The basett is a string instrument which in size and sound lies between a double bass and cello.
The hammered dulcimer is a wide zither developed from the Persian santur which is hit by hammers or tongues. In the 11th century, it came from the Middle East to Europe and was increasingly popular among society between the 17th and 19th centuries. In Switzerland, the hammered dulcimer is known since the 16th Century, so in Appenzell, where it occupies an important position in the music.
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hi giuliano,ReplyDelete
this is a great blog, i'm glad i found it! is there any possibility of of re-uploading the "sweden - jämtland" and "norway - sven nyhus" files, as the rapidshare links seem to be dead.
by the way, i have put a link to this blog on scratchy attic.
- giulianoAugust 8, 2011 at 2:31 PM
Hi lefty,ReplyDelete
thanks for your interest, I'm very sorry for the lost links, no doubt there is some problem at mediafire, I'll try to re-upload as soon as possible
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"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. " — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Pratcher out, what effect does it have?
I really am not sure what, if any effect it will have. I like him, he was my second choice because he had progressive leanings (his work for HRC not withstanding) but the moment Cohen got in the race, he lost most of his potential support.
Will they be scattered, will they go to Cohen, or will they go to another African-American candidate who is as close to progressive as Pratcher was (and who would that be?)
Tinker is campaigning as a progressive female, but her money sources belie that, Stanton is campaigning as a progressive, while bashing Cohen because he's not a homophobe, Harris is honest and out-front about his leanings, but he is not as progressive as the others, Whitman is an anti-choice progressive (yes, it's possible, I guess), Redwing and the others are just out campaigning hard, period.
Your guess is as good as mine. go read the comments at both posts, and then say what you think!
I'm down until Thursday, aloha!~
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- David Holt said...
Both of your links go to the 'Cue.
- Tue Jun 27, 05:14:00 PM CDT
Aw, shuckers. Eye feex it for heem heeyer: David Holt's scoop.
- Tue Jun 27, 07:34:00 PM CDT
I'm not happy with his parting shot. It strikes me as ageist.
- Tue Jun 27, 07:40:00 PM CDT
- David Holt said...
That's just cause you're an old coot, my friend.
- Tue Jun 27, 09:10:00 PM CDT
- kibitzer said...
Well, shucks, I think it's fine if you want to credit WTL (a good man and true) with "breaking" the Pratcher withdrawal (and he certainly gave it full attention). But, hey, let's not get carried away. TP went away via an emailed news release!
- Tue Jun 27, 11:08:00 PM CDT
- amy said...
I saw this over at WTL.
It seems like Stanton is really playing dirty. Is he anti-Semitic?
- Fri Jun 30, 11:43:00 AM CDT
- Desi Franklin said...
Regarding Tyson's ageist comments, as a bona fide old coot myself now, I'm excited about the possibilities his generation offers for moving beyond the racial divisions that permeate everything in Memphis, whether it is politics, (repetitious) demographic patterns, educational choices, social habits, you name it. People my age and older of all flavors can't get beyond the racial divide - it continues to hold Memphis down, and that won't change until there are people who are willing to see things differently. Tyson is one of those people. Mature Memphians, unfortunately, even those with good intentions, keep falling into the traps of distrust and misunderstanding.
So maybe we old coots should pay attention to the ageist criticism and see if we can hear something new that might help us break up the old dynamics and move Memphis forward.
Ok it's past my bedtime so that's it for me.
- Fri Jun 30, 10:05:00 PM CDT
- democratblue said...
One silly misconception that is circulating in this campaign is that a candidate can be equated with every one of her contributors. (I'm talking about the ridiculous meme about Nikki Tinker that seems to have started with PolarDonkey (if it started elsewhere, I apologize).
Nikki Tinker is a supersolid Democrat devoted to issues that affect women, single parents and working families. Her endorsers, including the Steelworkers, the Pilots union, the Afro-American Police Association and the Social Workers Union, have all made sure that she is not going to sell out workers to big corporations. They believe that she is the best candidate to successfully push a progressive agenda. So let's please put that myth to rest.
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venerdì 10 febbraio 2012
Happy Birthday Charles !
Very few people know that Emma Wedgwood wasn't the only great love in Darwin's life.
Fanny Owen of Woodhouse, the sister of his school friend William Owen, was Darwin's first love.
Fanny was a pretty free spirit, unusual in Jane Austen times. She was great at riding and shooting and Charles admired her a lot for this reason.
When he went to University, they wrote to each other and he kept her letters in his desk for the rest of his life.
Charles said about her: "Fanny as all the world knows is the prettiest, plumpest, most charming personage that Shropshire possesses, and Birmingham too" and called her "la belle Fanny".
She called him "Postillion" and he called her "Housemaid" ; the couple very often went riding together across the country and rolled together on strawberries fields.
These were the years in which Darwin studied at Cambridge's Christ's College; a very good period for him.
He later wrote " Upon the whole, the three years I spent at Cambridge were the most joyful of my happy life"
In that period Charles developed a beetles mania and, with his second cousin William Darwin Fox, looked for rare species of beetles in the countryside around Cambridge. Darwin's enthusiasm was legendary….He wrote " no poet ever felt more delight at seeing his first poem published than I did at seeing in Illustrations of British Insects the magic words, 'captured by C.Darwin,Esq.'
Fanny reproved Charles, complaining that he preferred beetles to her! She wrote: "Why did you not come home for Xmas? I supposed some dear little Beetles kept you away! If I had wrote to you that I had found a Scrofulum morturorum you would come home!
He also established a dining club, named "Glutton Club"
They met once a week to eat meat of animals, "unknown to human palate"; the group would sample unusual meats, including delights such as hawk, bittern and old brown owl. But the Gluttons chickened out after digesting a particularly stringy and very hot old brown owl!
Darwin was an unusual gourmet.
On the Beagle his culinary experiments were even more extravagant, having a go at armadillo and an anonymous chocolate-colored rodent, which he announced as 'the best meat I ever tasted'. The tortoises from the Galapagos were used as sustenance (none of the shells were kept for science). Land iguanas were, according to Darwin, 'hideous animals, but are considered good food'.
Then he was given the opportunity to travel around the world.
And as Darwin was setting sail on his voyage on the Beagle, Fanny wrote: "You hope I shall not have forgotten you! "So do not my dear Charles talk of forgetting!
"The many happy hours we have had together from the time we were Housemaid and Postillion together, are not to be forgotten and would that there was not to be an end of them!"
Only four months later
when Charles arrived in Brazil, his sister sent him a letter to inform him that Fanny had married Robert Myddelton Biddulph!
he was obviously completely shocked!
Would Darwin's life be different if he had married " la Belle Fanny" instead of the "religious Emma"?
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Monday, December 12, 2005
Gallup, Cook continue Bush Upturn
New polls by Gallup and Cook/RT Strategies add further evidence that President Bush's approval ratings have improved significantly since Veterans Day. The new Gallup poll, taken 12/5-8 finds 43% approval and 52% disapproval. That compares to 38% and 57% in the previous Gallup poll taken 11/17-20. The Cook Political Report/RT Strategies poll, taken 12/8-11 shows a gain from 41% to 42% in approval, but also a gain in disapproval from 52% to 55% compared to the previous Cook/RT poll taken 11/17-20.
This is the first sustained upturn in the President's approval since January 2005. Based on a statistical model that incorporates the year long trend and "house effects" of polling organizations, the current estimated increase since Veterans Day is 2.66%. However, it is worth noting that the increase now looks stronger than the current model will allow. An updated model is in the works. Stay tuned. In the graph above the local regression line, which does not depend on that model, estimates that the current resurgence in support now appears close to the pre-Katrina levels of approval in late August. The upturn has taken place in less than half the time of the decline since Katrina.
There has been a great deal of speculation about "how low can he go". There has also been discussion of "free fall" in approval. The current evidence clearly shows that the Bush administration is still capable of rallying support. The questions now are "how long will the upturn continue" and "is it possible for the administration to restore stable and favorable approval levels"? There are few historical examples of second term presidents who have recovered from approval levels in the high 30% range. Thus any appeal to history rests on the weakest of evidence.
The substantive driving forces remain mixed. The economy is doing well by historical standards, and consumer sentiment has recently improved. Gas prices are down. But the war in Iraq continues to cost lives and money. The domestic agenda lacks a clear positive thrust. What next? Being an empiricist, I'll wait and see.
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20 x 16
oil on panel
In this painting I was interested in the color, value and intensity changes caused by light and shadow.
For those of you who enjoy seeing the beginning sketches, another one was posted on March 27th. For some reason it did not go out to those requesting notices of new postings. It can be seen on my Day to Day Painting site.


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While a trip to Ahmedabad is an easy and safe one, having the comfort of some help at hand is always nice. Though the wisest thing is to keep your hotel's number and card somewhere close, you can jot down a few numbers that may come handy:
A little peace of mind is something that you can happily do with and these numbers will assure you just that. Happy travelling!


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Yeah, I'm back to blogging. Yay!
So, it's spring in California. But not here. What does that mean? Um, sweet potato arugula salad, the perfect mix of winter-y root veggies and tender spring greens. The sweet potato and homemade honey mustard dressing (inspired by an old coworker who used to use condiments in the dining hall to make her salad dressings) cut the peppery bitterness of the arugula. This recipe doesn't use exact measures, just add ingredients as you see fit.
- Arugula
- Pecans
- Sunflower or pumpkin seeds
- Sweet potato
- Craisins
- Hard cooked eggs (Martha Stewart has the best directions for cooking eggs, see them here)
- Goat cheese
- 3 parts Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 part balsamic vinaigrette
- 1 part honey
- 1 part mustard of your choice (I recommend spicy brown or Dijon to add a little kick)
- 1 pinch black pepper
- Cook eggs according to these directions from Martha Stewart, or whatever method you prefer.
- Cook the sweet potato in the oven or microwave. I prefer the microwave, it cooks faster and I find that oven-baked sweet potatoes are too sweet for my taste.
- While sweet potatoes and/or eggs are cooking, combine other ingredients.
- To get the goat cheese into the salad from a chevre log, you have to crumble it. I've found that the best method is to cut off a piece of the log and break it into smaller pieces with my fingers. It's kind of messy, so if you have a better way, let me know.
- Allow potatoes to cool enough for you to chop them. Chop the potatoes, add them to the salad.
- Add the eggs.
- Toss. The goat cheese will spread out over the salad, especially if the eggs or sweet potatoes are still warm. If not, no problem, you'll have delicious chunks of goat cheese in your salad.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients together with a fork.
- Using a small piece of arugula, taste test the dressing and adjust as needed.
- Drizzle dressing over salad.


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I've been doing a lot more of these mouse studies. This is my favorite from this week :)
Mouse Studies
I saw on Ty Carter's blog that he often uses his lunch break to do quick studies, and I thought that was a cool way to sneak in some productive study time, so I started doing the same at work this week.
Unfortunately, I don't have a tablet at work, so these are all painted with a mouse. I thought it would be frustrating, but it's actually a great learning experience--since I can't rely on blending and fancy brushes, I have to be very exact with my color choices. It reminds me of when I learned to paint with acryla gouache in school. I didn't realize how much I've been using certain brushes, overlay layers, etc. as a crutch to observing color. So yeah, use the mouse and it will set you FREE!
Sketch Compilation
I've been sketching a lot more lately, so I thought I'd throw some recent doodles up here. Right now I'm kinda obsessed with mohawks and frogs :)
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Somehow making a double batch of coconut curry or chicken adobo (excess for lunch the next day), or the ultra simple meals like tofu/moyashi itame or parmasean chicken seem less cool then trying out new & daring recipes. I can't even remember the last time I baked a pie.
Till then, I thought I'd give you an ultra simple tofu recipe, which all you Jap-japs will roll your eyes at me over. "Who doesn't know how to make Age-DOFU?". Well, shush & move along then!
I don't know if you know this about me but I DO NOT CARE FOR DEEP FRYING. So this age-dofu is a real display of my undying love for my children, they just love it. Though every time I make it I remember how easy & deliciouly simple it is.
So here goes, You're gonna need some tofu. If you're brave enough to try kinugoshi-dofu (silk) tofu, (left) instead of momen-dofu (cotton) type (on the right) then be prepared for a royal mess, esp if it's cheap tofu. (Though the taste is much more soft & subtle.) I prefer momen for age-dofu as it's much easier to handle. Leave it to drain on a cake rack or something for at least ½ an hr. This is a step you don't want to forget unless you like getting "oil splatted".
So here's your tofu chopped up into thirds or fourths. (this tofu pack was longer than the "standard" type)
Next you'll need katakuriko (potato starch). The result is a much more crunchy crust, less fine of a covering than cornstarch & a really nice texture even when softened by tsuyu. But in a fix I'm sure cornstarch will do OK. And of course behind that is........our VAT of oil! (God, have Mercy! I just wanna dive in! Grrr!!) Now coat the tofu with the katakuriko. Not rocket science, eh? My only tip is, have your oil ready. Don't leave the tofu too long on any surface after coating or the starch will absorb the liquid in the tofu & stick to whatever you put it on.
Don't expect it to be a tidy process, but using hands is always fun. Tongs or hashi are out of the question.
Yes, I'm aware potatoes & tofu don't go together. So, I was multi tasking! Like I said I don't deep fry often so I was trying to make the most of it. I even made donuts the next day. Heat should be medium. And be patient cuz' it'll take about 10 min per side. Turn it over when it's golden brown & crispy. Well, I don't have a great picture of the end result, it was a "Chaos-lunch" day...but regardless, take it from me….Great eating & MUST BE EATEN HOT!! The steam from the inside can turn the crust into a rather unpleasant "gummy" texture on the bottom if you leave it too long.
Now lets talk toppings.
I personally think, daikon oroshi (grated daikon) & tsuyu on top are best for deep fried tofu. Please, don't just dump shoyu on it if you can help it. But there are so many toppings that you can put on age-dofu, or fresh tofu for that matter. (saving for another post)
If I had to choose my top 3 it would be: shiso, daikon & ko-negi (beefsteak/giant radish/chives).
............And that'll be the last deep frying for a long time God willing. Though there is a bit of an itch to make beer battered onion rings somewhere back there.
Till all the cows come home from the pasture, Later!


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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Star Washcloth
I was browsing around on Ravelry and I came across this sweet star-shaped washcloth. I had all of the supplies on hand and knew I had to make one right away. If you want to make one too, you can find the pattern here. I have a feeling I won't be stopping at one of these. They are easy and fun to make, not to mention that they are super cute!
This particular wash cloth is going to be part of a gift for a sweet, little bambina. I found this organic, all-natural baby wash at Target. It cost a bit more than I would usually spend on such a product, but it smelled so good and heck, it's for a gift, so I decided to splurge a little. I hope the wee one will be happy with her present.
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So here is the story of how we told our family our big new... and what the kids thought about it.
My little man and I took a trip to the local Babies R Us store hoping that we would be able to find an "I'm a brother" shirt and found this insanely cute one, which he loved. He insisted that he wear it that moment.
I called my husband. "He wants to wear the shirt now." I told him, to which his reply was an emphatic no, he wanted to wait until Christmas.
So I tucked the shirt away and smiled as my little man chattered away to his sisters about his new shirt that he was going to wear on Christmas... and I waited.
On Christmas day at Grammy's house we gave Josiah his new shirt... it took a minute for everyone to catch on, first the aunts and uncles then their cousin, finally the kids who said "No, my mom isn't pregnant" and we said "yes, she is."
Then comes the reaction. It was pretty much exactly what I expected but still a challenge to respond well to each of them.
Big Sister #1 says I don't want another baby.
Yep. I thought you'd say that, sweetie. I told her that I understood, I listened to her complain about how she would never have any time with us with another little to contend with. I reassured her that we would work hard to make sure that she had special times with just us... and told Daddy that he'd need to take a minute to talk with his baby girl.
Yep. My hubs is a superhero. After their little chat her attitude improved about 80% in the span of about ten minutes and she started talking about baby names. sigh a child after my own heart. I love to hear her discuss with her sisters what we should name the baby. She suggested Edward as a good baby name. I reminded her that we really couldn't name our baby after a popular vampire - to which she replied "Oh yeah, we wouldn't want the baby to scare himself." ha!
Big Sister #2 starts to cry.
I start to have a flashback to when my mom told my sisters and me that we were going to have another baby and my little sister started to cry. So I assume that these are happy tears. She is slightly offended that we kept this a secret from her for so long. I really wish I had told her earlier, but I don't think she would have kept the secret and the hubs really had his heart set on making a big announcement at Christmastime.
She beings to obsess about the new baby. She draws him/her a picture. She tells her sisters to be quiet because we do not want to disturb the new baby. Every day she asks how big the baby is. Every night she wants to give my belly and extra hug and kiss before she goes to bed.
Big Sister #3 still a little confused.
Wait a second... Mommy is pregnant? She doesn't look pregnant to me. Yeah... I'm still waiting for the light bulb moment but it hasn't come yet for her. I'm not worried - she'll hop on board the baby wagon soon enough.
Big Brother I love my baby.
It took him a couple days before he realized what it means that he is a "big brother" but once I told him that he had to be more gentle with Mommy because I have a baby in my belly he caught on really quickly. Every day he asks me if I still have that baby in my belly and if it is going to grow and grow and then come out so he can hold his new baby. I think it is so very sweet that he calls this baby "his" baby. I have always known that he would be a fantastic big brother. From the time he was 18 months and following around all the moms with strollers to watching him now with my friend's babies he is always very gentle and kind.
It is always tempting to worry about older siblings... how will they adjust to having a new baby in the house, will they accept the newest addition... but I try to just let those worries go and make an extra effort to make sure I take the time to let each of my kids know how special they are to me. From letting my oldest make dinner with me, to spending an extra minute with my youngest at bedtime. Those moments are really important - and when those moments happen nearly every day I think my little ones feel secure in my love and we both know that even if life gets a little crazy sometimes. We're going to be okay.
When I first found out that we were going to have another baby I spent a lot of time on pregnancy message board and browsing through some of the blog frog forums to find out what other moms did to announce their news - how about you? how did you share the big news with your family? Do you have any worries about siblings adjusting to the new baby?


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Isabelle's Bird Day Dinner (Feb 15)
STPM 2005 result was out yesterday. Just know this morning that my 2 cousins, Jerry (Bert Bert's elder brother) and Bert Bert have a safe pass on that. Congrats dear~
Now, they need to apply for entering local uni. For those of you who just got your STPM results... congrats! Whether the results were as expected, better or worse... you can't change them. The most important thing now is to apply for a course that you want. Choose wisely. Go to this Ke Xi Ji Fen, it provides good information for all the courses introduction of 9 local national universities, and the last year STPM score result of Chinese to enter each course (pdf file).
Good luck!
Bad Dinner
My CNY 7th day, I would say it was the worst day for me during my stay in Kuching. :P Had a conflict with mum... so didn't go to anywhere for the whole day, except evening went to my little cousin Isabelle's 1 yo bd celebration.
On the way, stopped in centre park area to let Lina (my brother's wife) to buy 4D. While waiting, I remained silent, didn't talk to my mum... Bored, so took this pic. Hey, those of you that are away from Kuching, still remember this building? :P
We had the dinner at Tsui Hua Lau (翠華楼) restaurant. Uncle held the dinner in buffet style. I would say the worst buffet I have had... in term of taste, food amount and service. Especially my auntie, she got so pissed off too.
So, wouldn't be much word for the food, just pictures.
These were the extra things uncle prepared besides the dishes from the restaurant. The Chai Kueh (radish cake), red eggs, ketupat (steamed rice cube is coconut leaves) and fruits.
Foods that prepared by the restaurant included... Fried rice. Bad taste...
Cantonese style noodle. Maybe the best among all the dishes, though it was justso so.
Prawn... pitifully stingy portion for 50 people. The prawn oledi gone before even 1/2 of the people get their turn to scoop it.
Sweet and sour pork.
Another version of sweet and sour pork ribs.
Mix vege. Look not bad, but the taste didn't go into the vege at all.
Sweet n sour chicken. Mum was complaining the chicken was so terribly done.
I wonder why everything 'sweet and sour'??
Maybe the best food of the nite, brought by my auntie... The satay...
And peanut sauce for satay. Well, at least I enjoyed this sauce.
This was fish fish's plate. Kekeke... I miss red egg so much ever since I read Julia's post about it, that I took it as my first choice.
Well, most of the things in this plate taste no good, but I'm the type that if I take that much, I will finish them all regardless its bad taste. So... dumped everything into my stomach. One more thing, I was hungry... Kekeke...
While we were busy eating... Bert Bert was so camera concious... *iish* Ai yor~ boy... eat first...
This was the first party Anson joined. See his new baby car? He really enjoyed this new toy of his. Mum bought it in a hurried with my Kakak the day before the party. :P
The main event of that nite, which might be the only enjoyment of Isabelle for that nite, is the cake cutting ceremony. Cute dolls on the cake huh~ ;)
Uncle whole family. Belle looks adorable with her pink clothes that nite. She has a very long body... Only 1 yo, but oledi got 80cm. Hmm... might be the tallest at home in the future. :P
Then, all the kids just squeezed in for singing the bd song loud loud... All are my cousins and nephews and nieces (just a small part of them). See the sexy red shirt gal? My cousin... guess what? She is having her second pregnant now... Ai yor~ hot mum...
"Yay! Belle cut the cake." After the candle was mistakenly blown off by her eldest brother, Danny. Kekeke...
"Wait mummy... my turn, my turn..." Danny grabbed over the knife.
"Mmmm~~~ I want too!!!" Muahaha!! Where can left out Damon (Belle 2nd elder brother)?
Ok... all the three have their share of the cake. Peaceful ending.
Regardless the noisy environment... Our little Anson just treated it as a lullaby song. See how sweet he slept? Now I believed what Lina told me before...
"Er Jie, you know? Anson slept the whole time when everyone came for his full month celebration. And only wake up once everyone gone."
Overall, the comments for the taste of the food was lousy. For 50 people, each of the dish was just one tray like that without any refill. What more, the service was really terrible! Only 2 ladies was available to serve the 5 tables!! We have to even pour the water by ourself. What worse, there even wasn't any drinks in the empty jugs!!
Hard to believe how they can give this kind of service after their so call nice renovation of the restaurant.
So, if you are thinking of making buffet party in this restaurant... THINK TWICE!!
Btw... dun you think the outlook of this restaurant look a bit like Red Lantern area? But I think it looks more like a love hotel in Japan. :P
Think this is my 1st time make such a bad comment on the place I've eaten!


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Psalm 77
7″Will the Lord reject forever?
Will he never show his favor again?
8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
Has his promise failed for all time?
9 Has God forgotten to be merciful?
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?"
When I read these words, I hear the music to the theme of batman and I picture scenes from the end of each batman episode? Will the Caped Crusader make it out alive? Is this the end of Batman? Will Gotham City be under control of the Joker? Stay tuned next week. Same bat station. Same bat time. Same bat channel. I watched those episodes with wide-eyed wonder? The situations all seemed impossible. Surely this was the end of batman. The more I watched, however, the more it dawned on me. It's not a matter of "if" he will escape, it's a matter of "how" he will escape.
The same can be said of our relationship with God. The history of the faithful is filled with impossible situations. There is always a Joker, a Riddler, or even a Catwoman who will try to stop the inevitable victory of the kingdom of God. Pharoah's army is behind them and the red sea is in front of them. An army of overwhelming force is bearing down and Gideon is down to 300 men. Shadrach Meshach and Abednego are going the fiery furnace and there is no way out.
The Christmas story comes on the heels of one of these impossible situations. It was a situation of utter despair. The Romans are in control, a few faithful people like Mary and Elizabeth, Simeon, and Anna are holding out hope but God hasn't been heard from in 400 years. The Christmas story is God's proof that His promises never fail. Some of us are in tough situations this Christmas. Jobs have been lost, health is failing, children are straying. Advent tells us to stay tuned. The last chapter has not yet been written. Death itself cannot even impede God's great march through history until its ultimate consummation in heaven. Stay tuned.


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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Coldest Day Of 2012 (And Winter!) So Far
Snark alert...today's high temperatures will likely be the lowest we've seen in 2012 so far. Considering yesterday's midnight high of 49 and Sunday's high of 54 are a good 15 and 20 degrees warmer than what we'll see today, it's a pretty silly but accurate statement. It's also going to be the coldest daytime high of winter so far as well as our daytime highs will likely only get just above freezing at the Airport, with many locations not even cracking 30 as a reinforcing shot of Nunavut chill is pushing into the region this morning.
Temperatures are starting out in the upper 20's and around 30 at the very early hour of this post and will move little through the morning hours, even falling this afternoon slightly as gusty northwest winds at 15-25 mph help drive wind chills into the teens and low 20's locally during the "warmest" portions of the day, probably into the single digits to our north as we work into the evening hours. Skies will feature a mix of sun and clouds through the day, with clouds increasing in coverage this afternoon thanks to the lake effect machine firing up and with an upper disturbance moving past to our north. The combination of those two factors will fire up flurries that could move through nearly any location, with snow showers possible farther north and west of the city. The wind and the reinforced chill will set up the coldest night of the winter season so far in the region as lows will crash into the teens for many, with single digits in the Poconos.
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At Slate, Daniel Engber has been doing a series called "The Paranoid Style in American Science" about "radical skepticism and the rise of conspiratorial thinking about science."
The first piece was on reactions to Richard Dawkins on atheism and the second on how industry (Big Tobacco in particular) have made doubt their product. The third starts with treating Ben Stein's insult to our national intelligence, Expelled. This film, in case you've been in solitary confinement lately, exposes the conspiracy of the all-powerful evolutionary biologists who are imposing Darwinism on us and suppressing the Truth of 'intelligent design'. (Before you turn your flamethrower on and head for the 'comment' button, that is a tongue in cheek summary. More seriously, the film argues at length, apparently, that evolutionary theory caused the Holocaust.) It has been excoriated repeatedly by knowledgeable folks over at scienceblogs.com, so no need to bludgeon that equine corpse here.
Engber uses the film as a way to tie back to his bigger topic, 'paranoid science'. He draws here on Richard Hofstadter's 1964 essay on "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" (available here, and absolutely worth a read). The present little stub of a post is mostly a public reminder to myself to eventually come back and write about how popular views of language do and don't fit into this — not just the peevologists, but also non-mainstream views about genetic relationships among language ('long rangers') and others. There must be lots of work in history of science, philosophy of science, etc. on this, if not yet for linguistics particularly.
By the way, this is post number 666 on this blog. Just in case things weren't sinister enough. That probably influenced the choice of image … .
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Heart Rate Monitoring, Heart Rate Monitors, Users and Fitness Regimens
The heart is the most important muscle in the human body (you probably know that) and should be monitored on a regular basis. The heart rate monitors work like precision instruments discerning everything happening within the external environment, body, and immediately reacting to them to help you achieve the most effective workouts.
They give you the safe window you can work out within by accurately measuring your heart rate. They do this by measuring your body's response to the unique movements you make during cardio workouts. Although you might not realize it, if you strain your heart during a workout, you risk putting it out of sync with where it really needs to be, making your workouts unsafe. A heart rate monitor and heart rate monitoring makes your workouts safer, fun and more efficient.
People who can use heart rate monitors
Everyone needs a heart rate monitor especially those who are involved in cardio workouts of whatever kind.
Recreational exercisers such as joggers and walkers benefit from a normal heart rate monitor in much the same way as professional athletes and sportsmen do. Heart rate monitors can help this group of exercisers burn fats, take advantage of their best aerobic zones and get the most out of their workouts regardless of how light theirs workout regimens are.
Cyclists need to build better endurance regardless of where they cycle. A heart rate monitor can help cyclists to measure training performance during serious endurance rides, easy tempo rides or on spaced interval rides. Moreover, you can use the heart rate monitors when cycling on the road, trail or stationary bike ensuring that you get more out of your workouts.
Runners need a heart rate monitor as it helps keep them stay in their aerobic peak zone on intense training days. For example, it can give you an alert if your body is becoming dehydrated or if your body is reaching a nutritional deficit, enabling you to make the necessary changes to keep your run not only interesting, but safe and truly beneficial.
Hikers and mountain climbers face a myriad of altitude challenges, fever and other challenges in their adventures. This group needs to use heart rate monitors to measure their heart condition to make the climb safer. The heart rate monitor is also very critical for the ride downhill as it tells you how your heart is responding to the cascade.
Weight loss enthusiasts also need heart rate monitors in their quest to lose weight. The most essential features this group of users need to focus attention is the calorie readers as they help them stay in line with their weight loss regimens, regardless of the cardio activities they are involved in.
Cardiac invalids also need to monitor their heart rate during their healing to ensure that they are healthy after a cardiac incident.
As you can see, heart rate monitoring, heart rate monitor, fitness and health are much related. If you fit into any of the categories of users above, work to get one to ensure that your heart muscle activities are measured for maximum benefits.


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MUSIC: "Our World" theme
Straight ahead on "Our World" ... New promise for an old malaria drug ... Aircraft flight recorders — are the black boxes really black? ... and a Website of the Week Veterans Day special...
LONCARIC: "And we were so hurt at what happened to these people that all the fellows there, even the infantry, we took our spare clothing and gave it to these guys."
Those stories, a life-saving approach to reducing hospital infections, and more. I'm Art Chimes. Welcome to VOA's science and technology magazine, "Our World."
An important and inexpensive malaria drug is making a strong comeback in the southern African nation of Malawi. Chloroquine had become ineffective as the malaria parasite developed resistance to it. A new study shows that the drug has regained its effectiveness, a decade after Malawi health officials stopped using it. But as we hear from VOA's David McAlary, the researchers are not yet recommending that chloroquine become a treatment mainstay once again.
McALARY: Public health experts consider chloroquine, introduced widely in the 1950s, to be the most important modern anti-malarial drug. It is inexpensive at about 10 cents per treatment, simple to administer, and in the beginning was highly effective in only a few doses. It helped control malaria and even eradicate the disease in some places during the global campaign of that decade.
But by the end of the 1950s, resistance had begun to emerge in the deadly form of malaria. Resistant forms of the parasite spread around the world and reached eastern Africa by the late 1970s.
University of Maryland physician Miriam Laufer says in many places, chloroquine's effectiveness dropped below 50 percent.
LAUFER: "By the 1980s, the resistance was so bad that people noticed that there were increased cases of malaria and increased deaths due to malaria. That was attributed to the failure of chloroquine to treat the disease."
McALARY: In 1993, Malawi become the first African country to shift from chloroquine therapy to a combination of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine. But these drugs fell to parasite resistance even faster than chloroquine, so nations are switching to the new, but more expensive combination treatments based on the Chinese herb artemisinin.
Now, a team led by Dr. Laufer has shown that the layoff in use has been good for chloroquine, making it a potential candidate for re-introduction. In a trial of 210 Malawian children, chloroquine was 99 percent effective, compared to only 21 percent effectiveness in the group that got sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
LAUFER: "Chloroquine worked remarkably well. There was only one case of chloroquine treatment failure."
McALARY: The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, attributes chloroquine's renewed success to the disappearance of a genetic mutation in the parasite as a result of the drug's disuse. The mutation had developed to protect the parasite against the compound.
Is this good news for public health?
WHITE: "It is good news, but I do not think we can go back to our reliable old chloroquine as it once was."
McALARY: Physician Nicholas White is an infectious diseases expert at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. He, like Miriam Laufer's group, points out that chloroquine should not be re-introduced as a single therapy against malaria in places like Malawi where parasite resistance to it has faded.
WHITE: "The problem is that although resistance can go away, the reality is that Malawi is surrounded by a sea of resistance in other countries and it would come back rapidly in people."
McALARY: White says that, instead, chloroquine should be completely removed from use to allow resistance to it to die everywhere before the drug makes a comeback, and then it should be only as part of a combination of compounds.
The currently recommended combinations use artemisinin, and, presumably, chloroquine could join it. But Nicholas White says that if these new mixtures are to have an impact on malaria, they must be made more affordable and available, requiring an international funding and distribution plan to help countries acquire them. David McAlary, VOA News, Washington.
Six years ago, on the cusp of the 21st century, United Nations member states adopted a package of development goals for the new millennium. The goals ranged from eradicating hunger and poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS. The agenda also included a commitment to cut in half the number of people without access to clean water and sanitation by 2015. On Thursday, the United Nations Development Program released a report on the global water crisis, which concludes that development goals cannot be met unless a global water action plan is put in place.
VOA's Rosanne Skirble has the details:
SKIRBLE: Each year two million children die from diseases caused by contaminated water. Kevin Watkins is lead author and director of the U.N. office that wrote the report. He says these deaths could be prevented with clean water and a toilet.
WATKINS: "Now that to me is a fairly powerful indictment of what governments are doing and what the international community is doing. Water and sanitation — this huge road block for human development and for human progress — is really not figuring on the domestic policy agenda for many countries."
SKIRBLE: Watkins says the problem has a lot to do with how water is governed and managed.
WATKINS: "The problem is the governments in the world do not treat it as a precious resource and they do not treat it as a finite resource. They treat it as a resource that is infinitely available to be diverted, to be used for the generation of power and to be used to provide water for cities, to be pumped into agriculture, often without any regard to economic efficiency."
SKIRBLE: The report finds that almost half the people in developing countries at any given time suffer from health problems due to unclean water and poor sanitation. This crisis in health care also holds back economic growth. The U.N. says Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, loses five percent of its Gross Domestic Product [GDP] a year, which is more than the region receives annually in debt relief and foreign aid.
The U.N. Human Development report calls for a Global Action Plan to mobilize resources and focus political action on water and sanitation problems. The U.N's Kevin Watkins says one important step toward ending the water crisis is the recognition of water as a basic human right.
WATKINS: "And they need to mean it, and mean it in the sense of national legislation which provides citizens with an entitlement of 20 liters of water a day as a right of citizenship."
SKIRBLE: South Africa could be a model. The nation already has a law that establishes a water entitlement.
SKIRBLE: The Global plan calls for increased international aid to bring the UN water and sanitation goals within reach. Watkins says that would require an extra $4 billion a year. or double what donor countries now contribute.
WATKINS: "We are talking about three or four days worth of global military spending to address a problem that is claiming two million lives a year. I don't think that is too much to ask."
SKIRBLE: Kevin Watkins, who heads the U.N. Human Development Report Office, says getting water and sanitation on the international development agenda calls for greater leadership by G8 nations or those with the greatest resources, technology and political power to end the crisis that largely affects the world's poorest people. I'm Rosanne Skirble.
Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations.
November 11 is Veterans Day in the United States, when we honor those who have served our country in uniform. The holiday is only one day a year, but every day our Website of the Week recalls the personal stories of those men and women.
PATRICK: "We are currently the largest oral history in the country. The Veterans History Project contains a little bit over 45,000 collections. That includes interviews, both audio and video. And in addition to those 45,000, we have tens of thousands of letters, photographs, diaries that people have submitted to the Library of Congress here for inclusion."
Bob Patrick heads the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress, online at loc.gov/vets, where you can experience many of those first-person interviews.
A few of the participants are well-known to Americans, but most are not, such as World War II veteran William Loncaric, who was with the American troops who liberated the Nazi Dachau concentration camp near Munich.
LONCARIC: "I've never seen anything like this in my life. And we must have had about 2,000 people who were ambulatory, and we were so hurt at what happened to these people that all the fellows there, even the infantry, we took our spare clothing and gave it to these guys."
If you studied history in school, you might have learned about a couple of big battles, or who won a war. The Veterans History Project goes deeper, adding a soldier's-eye view of military experience. Some of the interviews are conducted by professional historians. Others are family projects, and Bob Patrick says doing the interview is itself an important part of the legacy.
PATRICK: "I think they also help to inspire future generations. One very important part of this project is the intergenerational part of it: the granddaughter that sits down with her grandfather who fought in World War II, say, and hear his story. And that's another part of it that these veterans and these people who did serve have the opportunity to enlighten their families and also to enlighten the nation."
Experience wartime without getting mud on your boots, through the stories of the men and women who were there. Our Website of the Week is the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress at loc.gov/vets, or get the link from our site, voanews.com/ourworld.
MUSIC - Moe Denham - When Johnny Come marching Home Again
And we serve with pride at VOA's science and technology magazine, Our World. I'm Art Chimes in Washington.
Every time a commercial airliner crashes, investigators move quickly to recover the aircraft flight recorder, which brings us to an email we recently received from listener Vincent Maloba in Kenya. He asks a number of good questions about these devices, and for the answer we turned to a company that makes them, the venerable American aviation firm Curtiss Wright, which referred us to business development manager Nick Kidd.
He began with an answer to Mr. Maloba's first question, whether the so-called "black box" really is black.
KIDD: "They are. in fact. bright orange. The reason they're bright orange is to aid with the location of them after an accident. If an aircraft goes down in the sea there's also an ultrasonic underwater location beacon fitted, which, when it gets seawater on it, it pulses and ultrasonic pulse out which lasts for about 30 days, and with a hydrophone the accident investigators can home in on the location of that recorder."
Miniaturization and advanced materials have made today's flight recorders more survivable than ever, and they are routinely recovered from scenes of such utter destruction that you have to wonder how they — and the critical data they contain — could possibly have survived. Nick Kidd explained it's all about the packaging.
KIDD: "The outer case of the unit is a very hard system designed to withstand the impact and any metalwork crushing or spikes that may try and impinge in it, and typically those are either stainless steel or titanium cases. Within there, most of the space is taken up with thermal insulation, because the unit has to survive some pretty severe fire tests."
Today, the flight recorders weigh just three or four kilos. There are actually two separate devices, although they are sometimes combined in one box. One records sound from the cockpit - not just the voices of the crew, but also the sound of the engines, of switches being toggled, and so on. The other records a wide range of flight information.
KIDD: "Typically there is altitude and airspeed and time references, latitude, longitude, vertical accelerations, stick positions, flight control surface positions, position of the undercarriage and things like that."
The information, which used to be recorded on magnetic tape, is now stored in solid state modules, like the flash memory cards used in digital cameras. Investigators use the information stored on flight recorders to try to reconstruct the cause of an accident. And that information helps improve aviation safety.
Thanks to Nick Kidd of Curtiss Wright Integrated Sensing for the answers, and especially to Vincent Maloba in Kenya, for the questions. He's earned a special VOA gift as our way of saying thanks.
If you've got a question about science, technology, health or the environment, send it in. If we choose your question and answer it on the show, we'll be sending you a VOA gift, too. You can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or listen for our postal address at the end of the show.
An estimated one million people worldwide are diagnosed with lung cancer each year. In too many cases, patients die because the cancer is not diagnosed until it has progressed to a point where treatment is ineffective.
Now, a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that it's possible to identify lung cancer before symptoms, substantially improving survival rates.
The Early Lung Cancer Action Program — affiliated with 38 institutions in 8 countries — studied more than 31,000 men and women at high risk of lung cancer. Among the smokers or former smokers in the study, CT scans identified 484 with lung cancer.
Lead author Claudia Henschke of Cornell University says the results confirm that computerized x-ray scans can be effective tools for early diagnosis of lung cancer.
HENSCHKE: "If you're found to be in Stage I [lung cancer] — and 85 percent [of participants] were found to be in that stage — and you had prompt treatment, the 10-year survival rate was 92 percent."
Henschke says that unlike a conventional chest x-ray, the CT scan can pick up very tiny growths in the lung.
HENSCHKE: "Smaller than even a pea, maybe the size of a grain of rice. So you see it much earlier when it's much smaller and you simply can't see it on the chest x-ray. Whereas if you find it early where it is still confined to that part of the lung, and you cut out that part of the lung, then you are potentially cured."
Henschke urges those at greatest risk - especially smokers or former smokers around age 50 - to consult their doctors about the procedure. She says 15 percent of those scanned will require a follow up test to determine the appropriate course of action.
Finally, today: Hospitals are supposed to heal the sick, but too often infections and medical errors leave patients worse off than they were when they checked in.
Some 3,000 U.S. hospitals are taking part in a program to change that. The Hundred Thousand Lives Campaign is the first national initiative to help patients survive their hospital stays.
One small facility in Minnesota, St. Peter Community Hospital, has become a model after cutting its patient death rate by 60 percent in just 18 months.
Our report was written and reported by Faiza Elmasry in Minnesota and read in the studio by Susan Logue.
TEXT: Although St. Peter Community Hospital is quite small — it has just 17 beds — Medical Director Dr. Benjamin Chaska says the suburban Minneapolis facility faces many of the same challenges as do larger, urban hospitals:
CHASKA: "It's so complex to take care of patients. With all the different caregivers, all the different diseases, all the different drugs, mistakes are made. That actually turns out to be quite challenging. So challenging that in the late 1990s, the Institute of Medicine published a report looking [at the problem] nationwide. There were tens of thousands of people in the United States [each year] that were harmed or even died from health care that wasn't delivered correctly."
TEXT: Dr. Chaska says that in order to improve its medical services and do a better job of saving patients' lives, St. Peter Hospital in 2004 joined the One Hundred Thousand Lives Campaign. That's an initiative, sponsored by the private Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which aims to save the lives of at least 100,000 hospital patients by reducing infections and medical errors. The initiative targeted several problem areas, from infections in heart patients to surgical mishaps:.
CHASKA: "We took on the issue of reducing the errors in the care of acute myocardial infarction for in-patients and emergency patients, preventing adverse drug reaction from occurring, responding rapidly with patients who are on the verge of becoming unstable or who have become unstable, and preventing surgical infections."
TEXT: In many cases, Dr. Chaska says, major improvements have required only minor changes. For example, the hospital stopped using razor blades to shave the skin around surgical sites and switched to electric shavers. They also started using surgical gowns equipped with air hoses that warm up patients before and during surgery. In other cases, the changes meant new hospital routines.
CHASKA: "For preventing adverse drug events, we really focused on 'medical reconciliation,' which is making sure that everybody involved with the patient care and the patient are all agreed and understand what the patient actually is taking as compared to what the doctor thinks they might be taking. And we set up a team to respond rapidly to patient urgencies. [For example] if the person's blood pressure went too high, we were able to intervene before they had a stroke. Or if their blood sugar went out of control, we were able to intervene before they got into trouble."
TEXT: Dr. Chaska says the changes instituted at St Peter during the Hundred Thousand Lives Campaign had an amazing impact:
CHASKA: "We were able to reduce the rate of infection tenfold. We eliminated over 90 percent of the infections. We've had no unexpected deaths in our hospital since January 1, 2005. So that means that everybody that came here expecting to go home alive did."
TEXT: St. Peter CEO Colleen Spike says joining the One Hundred Thousand Lives Campaign was a significant learning experience.
SPIKE: "There was a lot of education that went on for the nursing staff. It's the standardized approach, to making sure that the care is delivered all the time in the same manner and in the same way no matter who is delivering that care. It sounds easy, but when you look at the number of people that touch a patient's life once that patient enters your door, it's not always easy to achieve. And that's where it takes a lot of staff education to get to that point."
McCANNON: "I think that St. Peter is a great example of a smaller hospital that offers a model for other peer facilities."
TEXT: One Hundred Thousand Lives Campaign spokesman Joe McCannon says St. Peter Community Hospital is the smallest facility in the country to make the campaign's list of 100 "mentor hospitals." That's a title, McCannon says, that comes with responsibilities.
McCANNON: "Being a mentor hospital is voluntary. We ask for hospitals that have done good work to raise their hands and tell their stories, to make themselves available to others. We found that hospitals have been very generous. They know how it feels to be alone. They know what it feels like not to know the way forward. They are very willing to collaborate, to improve the quality of care."
TEXT: The original aim of the Hundred Thousand Campaign was to save 100,000 lives over a period of 18 months. Campaign spokesman Joe McCannon says that when this phase ended last June, 122,000 lives had actually been saved. Next month, he says, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement will launch the campaign's second phase. The hope is that St. Peter and other participating health facilities will continue their efforts to reduce infection and mortality rates and set a higher standard for hospitals across the nation.
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It's a not-to-be-missed experience: a solo recital by the world's most famous cellist, in the gorgeous outdoor surroundings of Berkeley's Greek Theatre. Yo-Yo Ma's breathtakingly virtuosic recordings of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites more than 30 years ago became an instant classic; he re-recorded them in a series of award-winning videos in 1997. In his career, Ma has released more than 90 albums, earned 17 Grammys, and received the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Program Notes
Program notes are available online. [PDF]
Patron Information and the Greek Theatre
We looking forward to having you join us for the Yo-Yo Ma recital at UC Berkeley's historic Greek Theatre.
Recently named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the top 10 amphitheaters in America, the William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre (known to most simply as "The Greek") is a favorite performance venue of artists and audiences alike and is renowned for its intimate setting and spectacular views.
We hope the following information will properly introduce you to this well-loved venue order to make your experience as positive as possible:
Directions and Parking
Please see our Getting Here and Parking sections for all of the details on parking locations and drop off/loading zone information.
Your Seats
- Seating at the Greek varies from the temporary folding seats set up in the pit area (premium seats) and lower Sections A-F to the stone bench seating in Sections 1-10 above. For a more comfortable experience, we encourage you to bring personal seat cushions (or a folded up blanket).
- Seats in Sections 1-10 are accessible via a rather steep set of stone steps. We recommend wearing comfortable, flat shoes in order to navigate the stairs.
- Lawn Seats: You are welcome to bring a small blanket or cushions for seating in the Lawn area. Please note that large or structured lawn chairs cannot be brought into the venue. Please see below for an additional list of what to bring...and what not to bring.
Seating Map
The Ticket Office
The Box Office at the Greek Theatre opens for sales and will call 90 minutes prior to show time. The venue box office is only open on the performance day and is located at the north entrance to the venue. The closest intersection for mapping purposes is Hearst Avenue and Gayley Road.
What to Wear
As the Greek is an outdoor venue and the Bay Area's weather is notoriously fickle, we recommend both bringing suntan lotion and wearing comfortable, layered clothing in order to weather our famous fog. (As well as the stone seats and short walk to the venue from parking locations.)
Food and Drink
Various food and beverage options will be available for purchase within the venue, including a selection of beer and wine.
While you can bring in your own picnic items, please limit the size of your feast to a small container as the area around your seat is limited. You will not be permitted to bring alcohol into the facility. The venue will open 90 minutes prior to the performance start time.
The Weather
Please note that this event is scheduled to go on rain or shine.
Recap: What to bring
- Extra layer of clothing
- Blanket or personal legless seat cushion for comfortable seating
- Small picnic items if desired
What not to bring!
The following are not allowed in the venue: Strollers, large backpacks, large blankets, structured stadiums chairs, alcohol, cans, bottles, large ice chests, picnic baskets, lawn furniture, weapons of any kind, umbrellas, and pets.
The Greek Theatre is wheelchair accessible. Patrons who use wheelchairs or have limited mobility may be dropped off at the North gate for entrance via the wheelchair ramp in front of the Ticket Office.
Price: Tickets start at $30
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No, you pervs, Broadway will not be hosting live S&M demonstrations. That went out with the Giuliani administration. No, we're talking about Fifty Shades The Musical coming to the Big Apple.
Disappointingly Luckily, the stage version will not be a true-to-plot reenactment, but a full-on, singin-and-dancin parody.
The show, which was developed by the Chicago-based improv group Baby Wants Candy, just finished a successful (and, surprisingly, critically-acclaimed) run in the Windy City last month. Audiences will be treated to a live band and 11 original songs, with kitschy titles like "They Get Nasty" and "I Don't Make Love, I F***." While the play doesn't come with the racy rebellion of an NC-17 rating, we think it's rather refreshing to hear that someone will be having a little fun with the slightly ridiculous story of Anastasia and Christian. Performances start this weekend at the Gramercy Theatre, so round up your friends for a — ahem — titillating good time. (Entertainment Weekly)
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Animated. Starring the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody and Jim Cummings. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. 97 minutes. At major theatres. G
Disney provides a fairy-tale ending for animation lovers, returning to its roots with the artful The Princess and the Frog, a lovely toon destined to join the Mouse House's best-loved classics.
With a message that hard work gets you what you want in life, not wishing on stars or counting on princes, one of the most-worshipped little-girl idols – the Disney princess – finally joins the modern world.
Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin), The Princess and the Frog will soothe the eyeballs of the CGI-weary. Soft-edged and colour-saturated in hand-drawn good old 2-D, it offers an uplifting yet simple story that trips along with the help of jazzy toe-tappers, spirited Zydeco and inspiring gospel styles infusing a score of forgettable songs by Oscar-winner Randy Newman.
The mansions and lush gardens of 1920s New Orleans, streetcars trundling down gas-lit streets, a shadowy voodoo world and the Spanish moss-draped bayou provide the glorious backdrops.
This Princess is more than just a looker. Thanks to the movie's star, she's also got smarts, charm, drive and a sense of humour. The latter initially eludes spirited African-American wannabe restaurateur Tiana (voiced by Dreamgirls' Anika Noni Rose). But then, there's not much to amuse when turned into a frog.
Tiana is unlike frothy Disney princesses past, from her generous curves – she's a chef and looks like she eats – to her focus on hard work over daydreams. Labouring at two waitressing jobs leaves no time for wishing on stars for love, like her boy-crazy pal Charlotte (delightfully zany Jennifer Cody).
Neither is Tiana interested in trying to catch the eye of visiting royal hunk, the aimless Prince Naveen of Maldonia (Bruno Campos), who has come to New Orleans to listen to jazz. Now if she could land the contract for making her late daddy's legendary gumbo for the palace, that would be another story.
Evil slithers in wearing a skull-and-crossbones-festooned top hat. Sly Dr. Facilier (Keith David), a snake-hipped Creole voodoo villain with a pencil-thin moustache, has a direct line to the spirit world and can conjure up all manner of ghoul and spectre to do his bidding.
He's to blame for turning Prince Naveen into a frog and when the web-footed victim begs for his liberating kiss from Tiana, the spell backfires and she finds herself turning into the cutest amphibian this side of the Mississippi.
From there it's just a hop and a jump to the bayou to seek a cure. They meet up with Louis, a neurotic alligator who yearns to join a jazz band, and laid-back love bug Ray (Jim Cummings, wonderful), a sweet-talking Cajun firefly suffering the pangs of unrequited love.
Tiana has no time for her lazy frog prince and his let-them-eat-flies attitude. But he's not as shallow as he seems and she realizes that love can be more than skin deep – even green, slimy skin. "It's not slime, it's mucous!" the prince huffily informs her.
The tale, although lightweight, is told with good humour and enough goofiness to keep smaller audience members laughing at the antics of the crazy swamp critters.
Parents will appreciate the messages about the value of hard work and the rewards it can bring – although they are so oft repeated you may be tempted to sigh "enough, I got it."
But it is a good antidote for all those years of singing "Some Day My Prince Will Come" while mooning at a twinkling first star. The prince is still very welcome, but no rescue required.


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But I recently read an article around this video that said that true happiness comes from gratitude. And happiness is something that I have and continue to struggle with. And it's not that I don't appreciate what I have and what I've accomplished, it's just that I find myself so afraid of being arrogant that I have run screaming into the other direction toward modesty and writing off any successes or good fortune and pure luck.
When in fact, that's not true. I have worked my ass off [literally at times] for everything around me. So I'm taking a moment to document the successes of 2013. Because I have cursed it so much, I feel the need to point out that really, it wasn't that bad of a year.
January 13, 2013. My bakery turned 1. And I threw a party. And not just any party, a black tie, wear a fancy dress, drinking champagne, hanging out, supporting a non-profit kind of party. (and you thought your 1-year old's party was excessive.)
I made a lot of wedding cakes. I found out that 4 weddings in one day was simply too much for me. In total, I was part of 64 different weddings this year.
I hired a lot of people. I lost a lot of people. It was sad to see some of them go. But they all want to chase their own dreams, so I surely can't fault them for it.
In July, we went on vacation to Mexico. It was a disaster. Which might be one of the most entitled things I have ever said- I can't believe that going and sitting on a beach in another country with an endless supply of booze was difficult for me, but it was. And while I hated about 50% of the trip, the other half wasn't that bad. I would like to do it again this year. But maybe with more activities and other people. I just can't go from working 60 hours a week to LITERALLY DOING NOTHING BUT EATING, DRINKING AND SITTING. I couldn't handle it. I know, I know, I have problems.
But I'm thankful that we can afford to go and do these things.
August was particularly exciting, in that I got both my first national print mention as well as my first international mention. There was a line in Southern Living about the bakery on a page focusing on Heights/Hillcrest neighborhoods of Little Rock and then my rainbow polo cake got a 2-page spread in a German food magazine. August also marked my 33rd birthday. Wowsa. Where does the time go? I still feel in my 20s in my head. And luckily, I look that young on my face. Which I have a love/hate relationship with.
September and October were a blur of weddings and then rolled right into the holidays. Halloween to Thanksgiving into Christmas and New Years. Somewhere in there, I secured a deal with the Arkansas Travelers to be their exclusive cake supplier for the 2014 season.
December was particularly busy. I successfully defended my title as Sweet Potato Pie Professional Champion.
I landed the cover of a weekly newspaper/magazine type publication with my sugar cookies.
I then subsequently went on to make about 700 of those bad boys the week leading up to Christmas. I was surprised by the popularity of our French Macarons- being featured in Arkansas Life, then those photos were used in Sync again for A 'Favorite Things' issue, and the 'Best Bites' in December and again in a wrap up of the year issue the following week! What can I say, they love my macarons!
Overall, it was a hard earned year, but it was earned, none the less. And I'm thankful for all that has happened to me and for me.
Here's hoping that 2014 is just as successful, but maybe a little bit easier!


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|The front, sporting artwork by Masae Tanabe.
By popular demand, here is yet more Taku Sugimoto (杉本拓). 'Tori', released as a slimcase CD by the Off Site gallery to coincide with an exhibition ('Birdy Program') of bird* paintings by Masae Tanabe (たなべまさえ), is from the same period as 'Italia', and though I enjoy it less than that one, it's definitely something people need to be able to check out. Therefore, as it has been out of print for over a decade, I feel it is my solemn duty to share it with you, and I do not take this duty lightly. Now could some other people with old and rare electro-acoustic improv recordings in their collection please follow my example?
|The back of the CD. Not much to see, but posted here in the interest of historical research.
Four longish tracks here find Sugimoto-san performing live at the gallery, first on six-string bass guitar, next on electric guitar, then on contact microphone and his guitar case (!), and finally on acoustic guitar.
Limited to 400 copies, plus 100 additional copies that came with the book Tanabe issued especially for the exhibition.
*Tori (鳥) is the Japanese word for 'bird'. The kanji (character) is based on a drawing of a bird, as can be seen when you compare it to the bird in the artwork.
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Boca Juniors maintained their stranglehold at the summit in Argentina, extending their unbeaten run to 20 matches, while Flamengo soured Sao Paulo striker Luis Fabiano's largely-anticipated debut. In Mexico, Pumas UNAM capitalised as Jaguares were held, while David Beckham showed his prowess in MLS action. FIFA.com has all this and more in the latest review of the leagues across the Americas.
Argentina: Boca unbeaten, Racing suffer derby defeat
Boca Juniors continued their impressive run of form in Argentina, securing a 1-0 victory over Tigre on Sunday to move on to 24 points and five points clear of Atletico Rafaela, who themselves were boosted by a 2-1 comeback win over a nine-man Lanus side. An own-goal from Tigres' Diego Castano proved enough for Boca to maintain their lead atop the table and extend their unbeaten run to 20 games, making them favourites to clinch the title for the first time since 2008. In contrast, a chaotic eight-minute spell in the second half saw Lanus lose both Regueiro and Carlos Izquierdoz to red cards opening things up for Atletico to score twice and seal victory.
Racing Club, on the other hand, slumped down to third in the table, after they dropped a one-goal lead to draw 1-1 with Independiente in the derby of Avellaneda, making it their sixth draw in ten matches.
Brazil: Flamengo dampen Fabiano debut
It took nearly seven months for star-signing Luis Fabiano to make his debut for Sao Paulo FC. The Brazilian forward, making his first appearance since undergoing two surgeries, was greeted by 63,000 fans at the Morumbi, all ready to celebrate the striker's return against Flamengo. However, Flamengo had other ideas in mind as they spoiled the party in Sao Paulo, Renato Abreu scoring late to clinch a 2-1 victory. "It's amazing. It's always great to play these big matches, especially when you spoil an occasion like this one – with all due respect to what the fans did to greet Luis Fabiano," said Flamengo's Ronaldinho. "And, besides, that's the kind of match we must win if we want to keep hunting for the top spots," he added.
The triumph took Flamengo on to 44 points and six behind leaders Vasco da Gama, who missed their chance to widen the gap between them and nearest chasers Corinthians. After leading 2-1 in the first half against Corinthians, Vasco were pegged back by a second-half Danilo goal, levelling things at 2-2 and maintaining just a two point gap between the two. And finally, Botafogo dropped their opportunity to move up the table as they remained in fourth place after a 2-0 loss to Atletico Goianiense.
Mexico: Pumas roar again, Jaguares stumble
Pumas UNAM returned to the Mexican Apertura summit with a slender 1-0 success over America. Luis Fuentes was the solitary man on target as Pumas took advantage of a weekend of poor results for several other title-chasing clubs. Former leaders Jaguares were ousted from first place after a 1-1 draw with Atlas, while Cruz Azul lost 1-0 to Santos, Queretaro inflicted a 1-0 defeat upon Guadalajara, and Tigres were held to a 1-1 draw by Tijuana.
Meanwhile, the race to avoid the drop heated up. Under the guidance of new coach Jose Saturnino Cardozo, a recent run of good form has Queretaro focusing on the race for a place in the play-offs, while Estudiantes Tecos' survival hopes were revived by a 2-0 triumph over Morelia. Tijuana and Atlas's fight to stay afloat, on the other hand, were not helped as they both came away with 1-1 draws at the weekend.
USA: Galaxy resilient, Crew bounce back
"I honestly enjoy the assists more than scoring," said David Beckham, who recorded a league-best 15th assist in the LA Galaxy's 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday. Galaxy were in unfamiliar territory, down a goal at the break, but Beckham, in trademark fashion, served a pass into the area and Chad Barrett somehow managed to get a toe to it and score his second goal in as many matches. The win maintained Galaxy's status as the only MLS team still to be unbeaten at home this season, and put the Californians well within reach of nabbing the Supporters' Shield – an annual award given to the club with the best regular season record.
Seattle Sounders, meanwhile, were the ones to spoil Galaxy's hopes of clinching that piece of silverware, as they stayed within seven points of the Western Conference leaders after a 2-1 win over New England Revolution. Eastern leaders Sporting Kansas City salvaged a draw with San Jose Earthquakes just four minutes from time through Teal Bunbury. However, with just a single point collected, Sporting saw their lead atop the Eastern Conference reduced to just one point as Columbus Crew bounced back from a six-game winless run to defeat DC United 2-1 on Sunday. Eddie Gaven, returning from a two-month absence through injury, lifted Crew to victory with a dramatic diving header in the second half.
Universidad de Chile maintained their unbeaten status, drawing 2-2 with Deportes Iquique in the Chilean Clausura, while Colo Colo remained in second place despite losing 4-0 to Deportes La Serena. And still searching for answers were Universidad Catolica after a 2-0 defeat by Cobreloa, who, as a result of the win, climbed up to fourth place and level on 18 points with Audax Italiano.
In Ecuador, Liga de Quito leapfrogged Deportivo Quito into second place, LDU with a one-point advantage after the two sides finished all square with a goal apiece in their match on Sunday. Emelec, meanwhile, beat Independiente del Valle 2-0 and are four points clear at the top.
Finally, Penarol ran out convincing winners in a 3-0 victory over Rentistas, stamping their place atop the Apertura in Uruguay. Nacional also secured a resounding 3-0 win at the weekend, defeating Cerrito, while Cerro moved up to second place with a 2-0 success over River Plate.


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I was asked to design the cover for the "One Percenter Revolution" book from Quarto Publishing USA.
The book is a great look into the lifestyles of a new generation of biker in the US. I wanted the cover illustration to portray the younger, everyday Californian rider. Skateboard strapped to the sissy bar, kickstarting in the sunset.
Various illustrations which were created as original screen prints.
These have become very popular and recognisable since they were released.
Originally starting life as a sketch in a book, this ended up being developed for showing in the 2015 Oil & ink expo in the US. Its has also since been developed into a large wall mural and an original canvas piece.
Artwork commission by Roland Sands Design to promote the Hooligan race series at the 2016 Red Bull Day in the dirt.
I was asked to put together a teeshirt design for the cool folk at Hardcase Performance in Modesto California. Using and keeping their flaming bearded head logo as recognisable as possible.


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Mesothelioma Asbestos Exposure - One of the most common materials that were put to use for industrial purposes in the twentieth century was Asbestos. Unfortunately, Asbestos has also proven to be one of the most deadly industrial materials, because inhaling the fibers from asbestos can lead to a variety of different pulmonary issues and problems including asbestosis and asthma. Asbestos has also proven itself to be the direct cause for mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma asbestos exposure is a dangerous thing. It can take years for the fibers from the asbestos to work their way into the membranes around your lungs, your heart and your abdominal cavity. After an extended presence of these asbestos fibers, fluid accumulation can be caused and tumor development becomes likely. The first symptoms that tend to be associated with mesothelioma asbestos exposure include shortness of breath and a persistent cough. Unfortunately, these symptoms are also associated with a number of common lung problems, and this can significantly delay the mesothelioma diagnosis, allowing the disease to progress.
Mesothelioma is a lethal form of cancer that primarily attacks the membranes located around the lungs, around the heart and within the abdominal cavity. The most common form of mesothelioma is mesothelioma cancer in the lungs. The most usual characteristic about mesothelioma asbestos exposure is that the diagnosis of mesothelioma cancer typically occurs several decades after the patient's initial exposure to the asbestos.
Most people with mesothelioma asbestos exposure have worked in professions where they regularly inhaled the asbestos particles, or they were exposed in some other way to the asbestos dust. Even simply washing the clothing of someone working with asbestos can be enough to put a person at risk for developing the mesothelioma cancer. Unlike with lung cancer, there is no association between smoking and the development of mesothelioma, however the risk of other asbestos induced cancers can be greatly increased by smoking.
There are a number of presenting symptoms that are associated with mesothelioma asbestos exposure, including shortness of breath that occurs as a result of pleural effusion or the existence of fluid between the chest wall and the lungs, pain in the chest wall and weight loss. The diagnosis of mesothelioma asbestos exposure usually begins by suspecting mesothelioma through a chest X-ray or a computerized tomography or CT scan. Doctors will confirm the mesothelioma diagnosis by performing a biopsy, which is a tissue sample, as well as a microscopic examination.
Biopsies can be taken by inserting a tube into the chest with a camera attached, a process known as a thoracoscopy. This allows for the introduction of certain substances in order to obliterate the pleural space, preventing the ability of more fluid to accumulate between the young and the chest wall. The prognosis for mesothelioma asbestos exposure carries a relatively poor prognosis despite being capable of being treated by chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy. Early detection of mesothelioma definitely plays a large role in determining how treatable the disease is.
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