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Crayfish are commonly used as bait and food or as something fun for the kids to play with, but crayfish also are important components of the food webs in aquatic ecosystems such as streams and ponds where they often occur. Among freshwater species, crayfish, along with mussels, are quickly becoming come of the most imperiled species in the country. Almost 50% of U.S. species of crayfish are already listed or in need of conservation recognition. Like most species, the alteration and/or destruction of habitat is greatly impacting their numbers. Additionally, crayfish are under siege from the introduction of new crayfish species, which are usually distributed into waterways by bait fishermen. Crayfish show a high level of endemism (being found only on one location) and specific species are often found only in one state. Even in the face of the geographic restriction, crayfish have a relatively low extinction rate and therefore are a species that should respond positively to effective protective management.
Written by Buck Ray. Buck is an environmental biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
This project is funded by the State Wildlife Grant Program. The State Wildlife Grant Program provides federal money to every state and territory for cost-effective conservation aimed at preventing wildlife from becoming endangered. This program is administered by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and continues the long history of cooperation between the federal government and the states for managing and conserving wildlife species. For more information, visit www.teaming.com.
Spavinaw Hills Wildlife Management Area
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The Spavinaw Hills Wildlife Management Area lies in the heart of the Oklahoma Ozarks within in the Spavinaw Creek watershed and immediately south of Spavinaw and Eucha Lakes. The wildlife management area is comprised of nearly 14,000 acres of forested limestone plateau that has been cut and dissected by at least eight intermittent streams to create a series of valleys or hollows. Despite the number of hollows and the proximity of two reservoirs, there is very little surface water on Spavinaw Hills WMA. Porous limestone (also known as karst) underlies the area and most of the area's rainfall percolates into the soil or into the limestone gravel on the floor of each hollow. The hollows contain a handful of springs and seeps, but no stretches of perennial streams. There are, however, small man-made pools on the area that provide water for birds and large mammals. These same pools are also magnets for the area's amphibian population and support abundant populations of gray treefrogs, spring peepers (a small forest-dwelling frog), pickerel frogs, green frogs, central newts and spotted salamanders.
Forests also dominate the drier, rockier ridges between the hollows, but these are forests comprised by black hickory, post oak and shortleaf pine with an understory of blueberries, sumac and wildflowers. Wildlife in this habitat includes the yellow-throated warbler, summer tanager, indigo bunting, tufted titmouse, eastern wood pewee, whitetail deer and gray fox. The southwest boundary fence takes in a remnant patch of tallgrass prairie called the Cochran Prairie, and an adjacent stand of oak savannah. In forest openings and on the prairie, occur species such as the great spangled fritillary (a large brightly colored butterfly), groundhog (aka woodchuck), yellow-breasted chat and eastern towhee.
For those hunters out there, many game species are present on the WMA. Obviously whitetail deer and squirrel can be found, along with quail, turkey, rabbit, coyote, bobcat and multiple species of waterfowl are also present. Look to your Hunting Guide for season dates and regulations.
Fishing is available at both Spavinaw and Eucha lakes. These are both owned by the City of Tulsa and within one mile of the WMA boundary. Both lakes are known for outstanding bluegill, largemouth bass and catfish. Spavinaw Creek also has bass and sunfish.
Written by Mark Howery. Mark is a wildlife diversity biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Christmas Bird Counts Might be Addictive!
Are you one of over 909,000 Oklahoman's that enjoy feeding the birds? Over the years, you have probably become comfortable identifying birds using your feeders. Would you like to take your backyard bird identification skills and expand your knowledge while at the same time contributing to one of the largest scientific databases concerning bird populations? This December consider participating in the annual Christmas Bird Count. Christmas Bird Counts provides an excellent chance to join more experienced bird watchers and learn more about wintering birds. Beginning bird watchers are especially welcomed and you will discover that many, many bird watchers including some prominent ornithologists (scientist who studies birds) were launched into a life long interest by participating in a Christmas Bird Count.
The count takes place within "Count Circles" which focus on specific geographic areas. Each circle is led by a Count Compiler and each group includes at least one experienced birdwatcher. In addition, if your home is located within the boundaries of a Count Circle, then you can stay at home and report the birds that visit your feeders or you can join a group of birdwatchers in the field.
To locate and contact your local Count Compiler you can visit the Oklahoma Audubon Council's website. You can learn more about the Christmas Bird Count database which provides data from over 100 years of surveys by clicking here.
*Based on the "2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation" conducted by the US Department of the Interior.
Written by Melynda Hickman. Melynda is a wildlife diversity biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
The WILDLIFE DIVERSITY PROGRAM monitors and manages the state's wildlife and fish species that are not hunted or fished.


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Here's a special book for you. A book that nearly didn't make it. A book that took a long time. A book that my family are very proud of.
This is my Dad's Phd.
My Dad passed away 3 years ago and was too ill by the time he was granted his Phd to really appreciate it. We only got sent a copy of his work a couple of months ago and its lovely to see it in real life. I even get a mention in the acknowledgements for my part in doing the typing – I'm really glad I could help.
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A British scientist claims to have become the first human to be infected by a computer virus, in an experiment he says has important implications for the future of implantable technology.
Dr Mark Gasson from the University of Reading infected a computer chip which was then implanted in his hand with the virus and then transmitted it to a PC to prove that malware can move between human and computer.
Chips that can be implanted into the body have been around for a while, and Gasson uses one in place of a security pass to gain secure access to the building, and to activate his mobile phone. But he says the implications for computer viruses in implants are far-reaching, and could potentially affect those with pacemakers and other medical devices.
Speaking to the BBC, Gasson said someone with an infected chip implant could potentially infect someone else, while a person with two devices under the skin could run the risk of viruses passing between the two chips.
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The field is quite broad, encompassing biomechanics; biomaterials; biomedical instrumentation (such as biosensors); medical imaging; biotechnology (the creation or modification of biological material for beneficial uses, such as tissue engineering); prosthetic devices and artificial organs; and rehabilitation engineering (the design and development of therapeutic and rehabilitation devices and procedures).
It is a new kind of engineering and therefore graduates with a degree in biomedical engineering are well sought after with a variety of career options open to them. Biomedical engineering teaches you the engineering processes in sensitive bodies, as opposed to other engineering degrees. This enables you to apply your knowledge of sensitive systems into many fields of engineering, enabling you to be the best kind of engineer. Currently, not only is medicine making advances, but so is machinery, and this occupation allows the combination of the two to help further medical achievements, and create treatments, artificial limbs, and artificial organs etc.
The biomedical engineering program (B M E) is interdisciplinary in scope. The participating faculty are from the Colleges of Engineering, Veterinary Medicine, Education and Agriculture. Biomedical engineers are concerned with the application of engineering concepts and analytical techniques to biological and medical problems. They are interested in developing new concepts, instrumentation, and materials for use with living systems. In addition, they seek to understand those phenomena of living systems which have functional capabilities desirable in the design of physical systems. Graduates of the program are able to understand scientific literature, formulate hypotheses, complete independent research or design projects and report their results. They engage in research or design careers in the various fields of biomedical engineering.A biomedical engineer is a must in a hospital. No hospital can perform without having a biomedical department, particularly hospitals which are into tertiary and secondary care. We have to look at a biomedical engineer as a resource which is on line with the management resource of an organisation and not as an engineer. Lot of hospitals use biomedical engineer as if he is just a component of engineering services of a hospital. He is a very intelligent resource which looks after the most expensive part of the hospital and so we need to use the resource adequately. He not only takes care of your equipment but forms an integral part of the hospitals management team. He also needs to constantly keep abreast of the new technologies that are happening. An institution head should look at a biomedical engineer as a guide.Biomedical engineering is a trendsetter in establishing a symbiotic relationship between engineering, medicine, biology, and physics. The main objective of the subject is to bring about an improvement in the overall quality of healthcare. Biomedical engineers can derive creative satisfaction by designing prosthetics, synthetic blood vessels, automated patient monitoring systems, blood chemistry sensors, ultrasound, and artificial intelligence for clinical decisions. State-of-the-art infrastructure helps engineers to delve profoundly into the highly regulated feedback mechanism at the genetic level and render humanitarian research activities.
It includes Electromedical Engineering, which includes bioelectric signal processing (EEG, EMG, ECG and such), imaging (such as CT Scan, Ultra sound scan, MRI, PET, X ray), interventional imaging like various forms of endoscopy, patient monitors, bioanalytical instrumentation like autoanalyzers, design and manufacture of biomedical disposables like syringes giving and taking sets. dialysis and blood collection and processing systems, artificial internal organs like heart valves, left ventricle assist devices, orthopedic and dental implants and a lot more besides.It is a multidisciplinary field, which can accommodate clinicians, engineers of various specialties, biochemists, microbiologists, toxicologists, veterinarians as well as bio technologists.It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to help improve patient health care and the quality of life of individuals.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
sea-gal - Israel's yacht club
established in 1992 the first Israeli Yacht-club and sailing school. providing Marine services for thousands of Israeli skippers in their sailing activities around the world as well as for students in their sailing courses. fleet of 18 yachts fully owned by us.
Sea-gal Sailing School: the largest sailing school in Israel.
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• Sea-Gal Charter & events Company: charter cruises holiday reasons/ The charters are provided with skippers and a range of extras for the pleasure of the cruise.also we use our Yacht Club well designed convention facilities
• Sea-gal Trade Company: Among our Graduates, about 10% are interested in buying a yacht. We provide them services for that purpose including yacht brokerage, financing, consulting and professional supervision in purchasing new or used yachts.
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locals (Israel)
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Junior Tim Flowers Finalist for Truman Scholarshipby Howard W. Hewitt • February 18, 2005 Share:
Tim Flowers '06 has been selected a finalist for a 2005 Truman Scholarship.
Flowers, Cicero, Ind., is scheduled for a finalist interview March 7 in Oxford, England.
The Truman Scholarship seeks to find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service; and to provide them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.
Andrew Schlewitz, a visiting professor of Political Science, helped Flowers craft his application. "The Truman Foundation Scholarship is a prestigious award granted to students who have promising careers in the public service field," he said. "It's an honor for Tim and an honor we have such a candidate here at Wabash College."
The Truman Scholarship Foundation receives between 600-700 applications annually for the 70-75 positions available. The program is the official and federal memorial to the nation's 33rd President, Harry Truman. The Scholarship is endowed by a $55 million trust in the U.S. Treasury.
Flowers is a member of Wabash Student Senate, editor of The Bachelor, past President of Young Democrats, member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Flowers spent last summer serving on the campaign staff of Governor Joe Kernan.


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Pole vault 3.45m
100m hurdles 16.8
400m hurdles 1:06.46
High jump 1.52m
ong jump 4.87m
High School Bests
55m hurdles 8.27
60m hurdles 8.92
100m hurdles 14.8
55m dash 7.27
60m dash 7.90
100m 12.5
200m 25.9
Pole vault 12 ft
Triple jump 37'3"
2010-2011: Competed in the pentathlon at indoor Heps... Consistent member of relay teams.
2009-2010: Collegiate best 3.45m in the pole vault at HYP...12th in pole vault at outdoor Heps.
High School: 2009 New England Champion in 55-meter hurdles…Set Rhode Island state records in 60-meter dash (7.90) and Pole Vault (12').
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It's springtime and word has it that home repair scams are operating at record highs throughout the United States, with their focus remaining on the elderly and naive.
Spring is prime time for such con artists as we all catch a slice of spring fever and begin contemplating fix-up jobs such as painting the house, barn, garage, or other outbuildings; shingling the roof; gutter repair or replacement; improving landscapes; trimming, removing, and/or planting shrubbery and trees, etc.
Home repair scams by itinerant or traveling con artists work like this:
They stop at your door, give you a hard sell, and offer sensational low prices. It might be for roofing, painting, landscaping or asphalting your driveway.
They insist that you pay at least a portion in advance and then they do very little work or no work and never return.
Remember, legitimate contractors very rarely solicit door-to-door. You must contact them at their place of business if you have work for them to do.
Be skeptical of the door-to-door types. The main rules are to check out a contractor and never pay large sums of money in advance to a contractor you don't know. And please assist elderly neighbors who might be pressured or intimidated into paying such con artists.
Some basic rules to follow:
*Ask for local references and check out all contractors. Call the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division to see if it has complaints. See if the contractor is registered with the State of Iowa.
*Get it in writing. Before any work begins, agree on a written contract detailing the work to be done, responsibility for permits, costs and any other promises. Put start and completion dates in writing. You usually have three business days to cancel a contract signed in your home.
*Don't pay large sums in advance if you don't know the contractor. Insist on a mechanic's lien waiver in case the contractor fails to pay others for material or labor.
*Be very cautious of credit or financing arranged by a contractor. Check first with your attorney or a local lender you can trust.
*Before committing to any type of contract or job to be done, elderly residents should talk to trusted family members, neighbors or friends before signing papers or paying any up-front costs.
Looking out for each other is a natural, healthy activity that can prevent some real heartache and financial loss when dealing with such cold-hearted con artists.


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Storyphone - Krypet - 15 December 2017 - Emissions - Feel This Place - Drum'n'GBR - Orarumelectro - Ghost Monk Footfalls 1 - Ghost Monk Footfalls 2 - Snowlstice
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Car Window Smashed in, Valuables Stolen at Rattlesnake Trail Head
On March 6, hikers at the Rattlesnake trail-head near Sawmill Gulch Road returned to their vehicle only to find the rear window smashed-in with a rock.
A laptop and purse were taken in the incident.
"It's the second vehicle break-in this week," said Missoula County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jason Johnson. "We see these kind of cases quite often, but as things heat up and more people hit the trail-heads, it's important that they not leave valuables in the vehicle where they can be seen."
Johnson suggests that items such as purses, GPS devices, cell phones, and other valuables be locked up in the trunk of the car where they cannot be seen or accessed easily without a key.
Information about the break-in would go a long way in helping investigators. Tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers anonymously at 721-4444. Those who submit information may be able to receive up to $1,000.


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Based in British Columbia, Canada, Wizard IT Services has been providing advanced IT and computing services to local and international clients for over 27 years. We have a wide range of expert system managers, developers and consultants recognized for their skills in the following areas: programming & development, security consultation, linux administration & installations and network systems.
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npv708 wrote:Lol @ my fantasy GM abilities for this week.
Waives Pitta = 15 pts
Passes on Flacco for Alex Smith = 35pts instead of TBD (probably less than 35pts)
Sits Shorts for Jennings = 19 pts on bench versus 2 pts in starting lineup
This is a pretty consistent theme for my team this year.
shafnutz05 wrote:Arian Foster....I truly love you
Froggy wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:Arian Foster....I truly love you
yeah, he seems to be good for 20 points almost every week.
npv708 wrote:And I'm officially eliminated from playoff contention...
7/9 players on my team under-performed against their projections this week
7/9 players on my opponents team outperformed their projections this week
I got slaughtered to put it nicely...
Letang Is The Truth wrote:fantasy match up this week that will decide my future and it will be a battle
team 1:
qb: rodgers stafford
rb: richardson charles
wr: aj green vjax torrey smith
te: gonzo
flex: felix jones
team 2:
qb: ryan peyton
rb: martin rice
wr: megatron marshall demaryius thomas
te: heath/vernon
flex: mike wallce
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Now you can go ahead, restart and boot into your new arch system.
Now you can go ahead, restart and boot into your new arch system.
Once at the command prompt, run a "pacman -Syu" to update your system, now run "pacman -S
Once at the command prompt, run a "pacman -Syu" to update your system, now run "pacman -S " and then add "ipw3945d" to the daemons line of rc.conf to add support for your wifi drivers at boot.
Now go through all of the other guides to setup your xorg etc.
Now go through all of the other guides to setup your xorg etc.
Revision as of 13:36, 31 January 2010
Thinkpad R60e
This Guide will explain how to install/setup Arch Linux on the Thinkpad R60e.
Installing The Base System
The best way to install any arch system in my opinion is to install the "base" meta package from the installer cd, as of 0.8 the default net install CD will have drivers for the ethernet card, so you can move your laptop next to your router, plug it in and install the base system via the net.
Once you have the packages and kernel installed, we move onto the bootloader.
Install the boot loader into /dev/sda and then when editing menu.lst you can find the kernel line then at the end at "
vga=773" to give support for a 1024x768 framebuffer.
Now the bootloader is installed, we can move onto editing the configuration files, first of edit the /etc/rc.conf.
- Set the keymap
- Go down to the networking section and change
eth0="dhcp", so you can automatically get a network IP at boot.
Now you can go ahead, restart and boot into your new arch system.
Once at the command prompt, run a "pacman -Syu" to update your system, now run "pacman -S ipw3945" and then add "ipw3945d" to the daemons line of rc.conf to add support for your wifi drivers at boot.
Now go through all of the other guides to setup your xorg etc.
Device Drivers
The main driver you need to install was the wireless driver, do this by:
# pacman -S ipw3945
# vi /etc/rc.conf
Now look for your daemons line..
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond )
And change it too..
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond ipw3945d)
That will load the graphics driver at boot.
Xorg Drivers
These can easily be installed by ...
# pacman -S xf86-video-i810
Then if you want a xorg.conf tweaked for arch and beryl...
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Alps Touchpad" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AIGLX" "true" EndSection
Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" EndSection
Section "Module" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "extmod" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "synaptics" EndSection
Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "Alps Touchpad" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "120" Option "RightEdge" "830" Option "TopEdge" "120" Option "BottomEdge" "650" Option "FingerLow" "14" Option "FingerHigh" "15" Option "MaxTapTime" "0" # Option "MaxTapTime" "180" # Option "FastTaps" "True" Option "MaxTapMove" "110" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75" Option "VertScrollDelta" "20" #Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" Option "MinSpeed" "0.5" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75" Option "AccelFactor" "0.015" Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200" Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200" Option "UpDownScrolling" "1" Option "CircularScrolling" "0" Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1" Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection
Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 300 190 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "SEC" ModelName "5643" EndSection
Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "ColorKey" # <i> #Option "CacheLines" # <i> #Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>] #Option "DRI" # [<bool>] #Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>] #Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>] #Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i> #Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "i810" VendorName "Intel Corporation" BoardName "Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" Option "VBERestore" "true" Option "DRI" "true" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "true" EndSection
Each section has been split up for easy viewing/reading/editing.
Further Setup
The following command will setup all required codecs for Arch and your thinkpad (or any other laptop).
# pacman -S gstreamer0.10-plugins libdvdread libdvdnav libdvdread totem-xine
Now for user adding.
# useradd -m <username> # passwd <username> # gpasswd -a <usernmae> audio # gpasswd -a <usernmae> optical # gpasswd -a <usernmae> storage
Now if you want your newly plugged in media (usb/dvd) to automount we need to install and setup HAL.
# pacman -S hal
Now in your daemons line of /etc/rc.conf add the daemon hal.
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond ipw3945d hal)


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"Quad" Pill Continues to Impress in Week-48 Results; Cobicistat Moves Forward in Battle With Ritonavir
The "quad" -- a once-daily, four-drug combination pill -- continues to sail relatively smooth waters on its route through the HIV drug development process. Building off its solid showing at CROI earlier this year, 48-week phase 2 data newly released at ICAAC 2010 show levels of effectiveness and safety that are similar to the drug combo that comprises Atripla (efavirenz/tenofovir/FTC).
The quad pill is a tablet consisting of two already-approved antiretrovirals, Emtriva (emtricitabine, FTC) and Viread (tenofovir), as well as two as-yet unapproved drugs, elvitegravir (an integrase inhibitor) and cobicistat (a novel booster drug previously known as GS 9350). The phase 2 study results presented here involved 71 HIV-positive people who had never before taken antiretroviral therapy and had no resistance to NNRTIs, NRTIs or protease inhibitors. Volunteers were randomized to receive either the quad pill (48 people) or Atripla (23 people).
After 48 weeks of treatment, the quad pill easily proved itself "non-inferior" to Atripla. People in both arms were highly likely to achieve an undetectable viral load: 90 percent of quad recipients versus 83 percent of Atripla recipients, a virtual dead heat due to the small number of people in the study. CD4 count increase trended higher among people taking the quad pill (up 240, on average) than those taking Atripla (up 162).
The rate of adverse events was similar between the two study arms (46 percent of people on the quad versus 57 percent on Atripla). Serious adverse events were very rare, and only one person discontinued treatment as a result (on the Atripla arm, due to thoughts of suicide, a potential side effect of the efavirenz in the pill). The type of adverse event differed a bit between study arms, with central nervous system side effects (such as abnormal dreams, dizziness, headache and trouble sleeping) occurring more frequently on the Atripla arm and rash occurring more frequently on the quad arm. The quad pill also appeared a bit more cholesterol-friendly than Atripla, while Atripla came out a little better on the triglycerides front (although people's cholesterol and triglyceride levels generally increased while on either pill).
The one blip on the quad's radar has been concerns that it may cause kidney impairment in some people. To examine this issue, the study investigators looked at volunteers' serum creatinine levels and estimated glomerular filtration rates (e-GFR), two measurements of kidney function. Creatinine levels leaped quickly at week 2 among quad recipients, but afterward those levels increased at a similar rate to that of people on Atripla. Similarly, the mean change in e-GFR dropped sharply during the first two weeks of therapy on the quad, but slowly stabilized afterward.
Wrapped into a nice little package with the quad-versus-Atripla study was a parallel study that compared cobicistat to Norvir (ritonavir) in a battle of booster drugs. (Both were taken with Reyataz [atazanavir] and Truvada [tenofovir/FTC].) Although I'm mentioning this second within this summary, it's worth noting that the development of cobicistat as a potential alternative to Norvir could ultimately be just as important to the evolution of HIV treatment, if not more so, than the development of the quad pill as an alternative to Atripla.
In short, cobicistat looks good: The cobicistat-containing regimen was just as likely as the Norvir-containing regimen to suppress viral load. The side effect profile is a little more uncertain: Lipid levels were better in the cobicistat arm, but the cobicistat appears to be the driving force behind the sudden creatinine and e-GFR changes among people starting the quad pill. That these changes appear to stabilize after the first couple of weeks is encouraging, but will likely not convince everyone. Phase 3 trials currently underway for the quad pill and cobicistat, thanks to their long duration and higher number of volunteers, should help resolve lingering questions about cobicistat's potential kidney effects.
Myles is the editorial director of TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
Elion R, Gathe J, Rashbaum B, et al. The single-tablet regimen elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF: "Quad") maintains a high rate of virologic suppression, and cobicistat (COBI) is an effective pharmacoenhancer through 48 weeks. In: Program and abstracts of the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; September 12-15, 2010; Boston, Mass. Abstract H-938B.


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Visions From The Tunnel
( Why Pick On Cherries)?
After the millionth ( or more ) time listening to a theist pick certain things from the bible and ignoring the rest ( can we say cognitive disconnect? Amen brothers ), I decided to ponder and reflect upon this. So, I've been doing a little reading, video watching, thinking, and guzzling Dr. Peppers.
The current position of most Christians I've talked to is that the bible is the inspired, inerrant word of god. Ooookay. Leaving aside that it is an ancient collection of laws, letters, proverbs, philosophy, etc. that span multi-generational, multi-cultural genres from various peoples/tribes that have been gathered over thousands of years from cultures either extinct or extremely different from ours, and did not start taking the form it is currently in until app. 300 yrs AFTER the death/resurrection of a messiah, what is the relevance? To me, or for that matter, anyone.
Short answer, none. Even to the theist. That is why I believe they have tunnel vision, cherry picking as necessary. But, so do we. Yep. To cherry pick is human. Most Christians I know personally either go to church infrequently, or not at all. Lip service only, but they say they still believe. But not in slavery, or polygamy, or rape marriage, or stoning people for working on Sunday, or eating certain foods, divorce, etc. Cherry picking.
Maybe the question should be why do we pick and choose the way we do, not so much that we do. This is something all humans do, atheists as well as theists. Why we emphasize some things, and kinda let other things have a pass. Probably, hell more than likely, there are multiple reasons that feed into this picking and choosing. Too many to get into here. We can all trot out our favorites, and all are right, for us. What we need to come to is a way to have something to agree on that will elevate the conversation so that we are not using beliefs ( or none ) as a blunt weapon, but as a point for dialogue.
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I agree with you, Kalliope. And it doesn't hurt that preachers only, or mostly, only preach the 'good' parts. Or the acceptable parts. And when they do get controversial, it is in line (mostly) with the prevailing attitudes of their flock and society at large. So that is what is mostly taught.
As for social acceptance, it is completely important. It defines us. We can't function alone. We are one of the most social animals on earth, and our mental health is dependent on this. Even the most solitary of us still interact. So, most of us 'go along to get along'. Again, picking and choosing. Thanks for the response, my friend. I really appreciate it.
Thanks, Steph. Always wonderful to hear from you. Thank you for the kind words. And I view solidarity as a goal, something to strive for. Is it achievable? Sometimes. Not always necessary. Sometimes, not even desirable. But I always try to understand where someone is coming from, as they are a precious commodity in this world. Not talking about extremists here, but your common, everyday person. For we do have more in common than we have in our differences. Trying to understand why we place more emphasis on one part of our lives than another, to me, is paramount to trying to understand the person. Anyway, thanks again. Will talk with you later.
I am confused. Please provide some examples that an overwhelming percentage of atheists use (to become an atheist and force their unexamined, unchallenged, "objective" beliefs on others to control society) that involve cherry picking. If you say that you can shoot gold coins out of your anus at will, my act of challenging you on it is not a blunt weapon. I do not feel obligated to be conciliatory or passive when you are shooting dung out of your anus and into my face while calling it gold.
I wouldn't put it quite the same way, but I too want to know about atheist cherry picking. I didn't think we had an agreed upon set of beliefs. One of my problems with athesim is that it's reactive, merely rejecting theism. That's why I prefer secular humanism.
If we don't herd any more than cats do, how can we cherry pick about shared commonality?
Hey Ruth. Sorry if I confused anyone. My problem for poorly wording it. I was trying to point out that we, as humans, not necessarily atheists , but all humans, cherry pick our way through life. Some of us less so than others. How what we hold dear, and what we dismiss, as people, is informed by many things. When, where we are born. Life experiences, our social status, monetary status, sex, you get the drift.
Just that this line of thought was started by an overheard conversation by two people at lunch, talking about religion, and even they couldn't agree.
Again, sorry for any confusion. My fault for not making myself clearer.
In The Meme Machine, Susan Blackmore posits that one of the reasons the Bible has survived for almost two millennia is precisely because it is self-contradictory, so it can be used to support just about any position. (For war? Against war? For slavery? Against slavery? And so on....)
Morality is like the matrix, a consensual hallucination that binds and blinds. So says Jonathan Haidt. And our reasoning is often just post-hoc arguments made up to defend emotionally-derived positions, hence they don't always make much sense:
Once you understand this psychology you can step outside the matrix, to at least understand why people are so tribal:
Atheists can step outside the matrix and lead the culture in a better direction by arguing that Culture A provides more happiness than Culture B. But Christians are stuck trying to make sense of their imaginary gods and books thereof.
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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Balls To The Wall
With All Hallows' Eve quickly approaching, it is only fitting that the creepy crawlies drop their masks and come out to play. They've always been here lurking in the corners watching our every move. Covered in drool, they hide their snorts and wait for the harvest season to end. They wait for their that one time of year when the darkness (née "winter") begins. These impatient soulless beings move from their corners to under your bed. They slither up beneath your covers and wrap their tentacles around your sleeping form. You kick and wrestle, but they are here to stay, my friends. With rings under your eyes and frustration in your heart, you carry these parasites with you until the final Hallowmas bell tolls on November 2nd and beckons them back beneath the floorboards. Until then... A soul cake, a soul cake... Please good missus, a soul cake... An apple, a pear, a plum or a cherry... Any good thing to make us all merry. Let's recap, shall we?
We continue our tawdry tropical tale at Benihana (Tadhana) with the moon full and our stomachs empty. A slow dimwitted boulder of a man, HayDouche (Hayden), stands lost and forlorn. He scratches both his balls and his head at the same time wondering what the hell just happened. One second he was bro-ing down with his Dudes and the next second his main Dude was sent packing. How the...? What the...? Who the...? So many questions, so little time to catch him up on how addition and subtraction works. And so, with a big question mark dangling overhead, HayDouche announces, "Tushie!" (I think he meant touché) Throwing around French words time and again is HayDouche's way of exercising his brain parts. Sometimes it works out for him and sometimes it can get a little awkward... like that one time he was standing in line to use a urinal and announced, "Après moi, we douche!"
Meanwhile on Rhode Island (Redemption Island) a similarly awkward scene is taking place. Pythagorus (Brad) was voted out at the last Tribal Council and is now trundling his way into his new home. Lugging his belongings in his little red wagon, Pythagorus knocks over the 'Do Not Disturb' sign hanging outside the rickety shelter where two sleeping forms lie in a compromising position. Candice of the Woodcocks and her submissive, Wifey (John), were dabbling in some light BDSM earlier and now we find Wifey bent over with a rock gag in his mouth and a wooden umm apparatus in his uhhh... well, you get the picture.
Paying no mind to the muffled Wifey who is simultaneously wincing and grinning, Pythagorus leans over him to shake Candice's hand, "Hey guys, I'm waving a white flag. It's a game. I apologize for... whatever. Quite frankly, I'm just glad I'm not going to get abused at Rhode Island anymore." Just wait until the sun rises and reveals Candice's chest of woodcocks. You don't know what abuse is!
Slithering deeper into the thick of night, we find ourselves at WangChung (Galang) amidst some uncharacteristic caresses and moans. Is it Cupcake (Tyson) and Aras in another one of their nuzzling embraces? Could it be KitKat (Kat) snuggling up to a large tree trunk thinking it's HayDouche? No and no. It is Medusa (Laura M.) and she is squishing her bosoms into Aras while kneading his shoulders with vim and vigor. Breathily, she coos into his ear, "You have a nice ass... I mean, lats! Lats! You have nice lats. You know, shoulders? The things on top of your arms." Medusa's hands then slide down the length of Aras' back to cup his "lats" good and firm. "Hmm yeahhhh," Medusa continues, "Grrrreat lats."
Laura B., a student of the game learning what she can from her tribe mates, then raises up her blanket to reveal her milky unshaven thighs, "Pssst Gervase, I've got room in my blankie. Wanna share?" Gervase panics and looks from Laura B., now with her tie-dyed tankini strap dropped over one shoulder, to Medusa ferociously squeezing Aras' "lats." Gervase stutters, "Uhh umm I'm OK right here." Laura B. winks at him coyly, "Well, the blankie is here if you need it. For future reference. Right here, Sexual Chocolate." The night ends with Gervase wide awake clutching his knees slowly rocking back and forth, "No blankie, no blankie, no blankie..."
The next day, bright and early, we find ourselves at the Rhode Island arena awaiting another battle. As the Benihana's march in, Dimples twirls his mustache and points out to Monica that her hubby, Pythagoras, was voted out at the last Tribal Council. While Dimples waits for the compulsory tears to fall, Creepy Creepster Laura B., desperate to make any sort of friend, awkwardly reaches over to caress Monica's thigh. Paying no mind to Creepster's creeping, Monica slowly wipes a tear off her cheek and sniffles quietly to herself as the victims are brought in one after the other.
Immediately and without haste, Monica asks Pythagoras if she can take his spot on Rhode Island...
"Can I take your spot?"
"Monica, you're a rock."
"I adore you."
"No, I adore YOU!"
"I just want to say that I'm not here cuz I'm a jerk."
"Monica, shut it! I just want to say that I have never shushed a woman and I am NOT a jerk."
*Pythagoras then turns his baseball cap, the one with the letters J-E-R-K stitched on the front, backwards*
Delighted and clapping his hands, Dimples points out that the reason everyone thinks Pythagoras is a jerk is because of Candice of the Woodcocks. He also points out, in that very bitchy Dimples way he has, that Candice has yet to spend time, any time at all, at either one of the tribes in this game. In response, Candice crosses her arms over her chest and mumbles, "Well, I've heard things." Up in the bleachers Monica sniffles, "Candice, you hurt my feelings when you called Jerkface, I mean Pythagoras, names." Candice snorts in reply, "Well, YOU hurt MY feelings when you wrote my name down and voted me out. So there!" It was all very dignified and mature... and awesome!
Ok scallywags, let's get to the duel. For today's Challenge, you will take apart a crate and use the planks to build a bridge. After you've completed your bridge, you will take the bridge apart and use the planks to solve a puzzle. The first two people to finish will stay in the game. The last loser-y sucker will go home forever. Survivors ready, go!
The Challenge begins with Candice of the Woodcocks quickly and easily gaining an impressive lead while the two men lagged behind and struggled to get their pieces into place. But then, out of nowhere, Wifey places plank after plank and whizzes past his Dom, through the puzzle building phase, and into first place. It is now down to Candice and Pythagoras. The music thumps louder as the fans in the stands weirdly begin to shout in favor of Pythagoras. It is down to one plank for both of the remaining duelers and, honestly, I couldn't decide who to root for. In the end, it didn't matter who I chose because, before I knew it, Pythagoras flips his final plank and finishes. So long Candice of the Woodcocks. You're outta here!
Through tears and sniffles, Wifey again has to decide whom to give the Hidden Immunity Idol clue to. Since Candice is no longer there to guide him, Wifey once again gives the clue to Monica who, once again, throws it into the fire. You know this chaps the Survivor producers asses. They love having an Idol in play but that crazy Monica keeps burning them up! As HayDouche would say, "C'est la feet!"
Speaking of feet, back at Benihana, Katie's are falling off. It seems she has caught the leprosy and now, one by one, her little piggies are crusting over, turning black and breaking off all over camp... This little piggy looks like nougat, this little piggy turned to foam, this little piggy crinkles like a leaf, this little piggy shrivels in the sun. And this little piggy went wee wee wee... until it was none. Katie, you are not alone for I, too, once had the leprosy. Actually, I didn't, but my mother made me think I did and that is much worse. When I was a wee little lass around the age of 6, I had a rash on my arm that itched and itched. Naturally, I scratched it day and night. I asked my mother, the woman I looked to for guidance and nurturing, what was wrong with my arm. My mother replied, "It's leprosy." So, the next day, there I am in school, in my little plaid uniform holding my crusty red arm up to a nun and proudly declaring, "Look, I have leprosy!" Yes, gentle readers, my mother is a sadistic evil woman who takes great pleasure in humiliating me whenever possible. Forgive me, Katie, but it is the deep scars given to me by my cruel and wicked mother that forces me to bestow upon you the following nickname... sorry, Crusty.
So, with Crusty busy chasing down her toenails and phalanges, Yogi Vytas decides that it is time to try to feel out Caleb and find out exactly where his head it at in the game. If you'll remember, it was Caleb who went against the Dude alliance last week and staged the coup that got rid of Pythagoras. The question on everyone's mind now is - where do Caleb's loyalties lie? Will he side with the remaining Dudes (HayDouche and Yogi)? Or will he flip and join Ciera and Crusty?
Yogi knows he could be in trouble if Caleb chooses to join the girls so he decides to take Caleb out fishing for a little bonding time to try woo him back to the Dudes. Out on the water with the waves gently lapping all around them, Yogi finally breaks the awkward silence, "That RuPaul is quite the guy, isn't he?" Caleb, not saying a word, slowly gives Yogi the side-eye. "Yeah, I like him. And sequins. Yeah, sequins can be cool too. Umm what else? That Modern Family is a good show, right? I think all men should be allowed to adopt babies." The silence grows louder as Caleb sighs and stares out over the horizon. "So, do you exfoliate? You have great skin. I need a lot of exfoliating." Caleb, with a face unmoving, maintains his stony silence. Yogi Vytas clears his throat awkwardly, "I knew a gay guy once. He was this junkie who used to... Oh wait, never mind. So, do you like Adam Lambert?"
I wish I could give you 2 snaps and a twist for effort, Yogi, but that was pathetic. Pathetic! Caleb is a bear. You're supposed to talk to him about motorcycles and facial hair and leather caps not sequins and RuPaul! Yogi, I think you need to regroup and try again. How about a little Vinyasa to loosen up the joints and bring some awareness to the situation at hand?
A gentle twist is great for squishing out all those uncertainties and self doubts.
Follow it with an inversion and let the blood rush to your head. You might be surprised to find your creativity and intellect recharged with new and innovative ideas.
See?! What did I tell you? Bears like to do yoga too! That is your "in" with Caleb, not Adam Lambert.
Armed with new mental awareness and insight, Yogi Vytas gathers up the remaining Benihana's for a mountaintop meditation. With the expansive sea spread wide before them, the Benihana's come together in nature's majesty and vow to try their hardest at the upcoming Immunity Challenge. It is time for their losing streak to end. All for one and one for all!
And that brings us to our next Immunity Challenge. Come on in guys! For today's Challenge, you will slide down the wedgie slide, grab a ring and toss it on some spikes. The first team to land 5 rings wins Immunity. In addition to Immunity, you will also be playing for a Reward of steak, vegetables, spices and a wok. Monica nods approvingly, "Ooh a wok!" Since WangChung has 800 more players than Benihana, they'll have to sit some people out. KitKat immediately spits, "Not me! I'm playing!" Monica and Medusa then roll their eyes at one another and reluctantly volunteer to sit out with the Creepster. Survivors ready, go!
Rather than go through this round by round, here is what you need to know. Monica and Medusa are pissed off at having to sit out. They are so ticked off that the bench they're sitting on breaks from all their sighs. Meanwhile, in the Challenge, it's a back and forth, back and forth, between the teams. Caleb scores, then Cupcake scores, then Crusty (with her ears and nose tumbling down the slide alongside of her) scores.
Finally, with one point away from victory for the Benihana's, we have HayDouche v. Gervase. The music is thumping, Ciera is on the sidelines absentmindedly chewing on one of Crusty's fingers in nervousness and the tension is thick. The two men slide down the slide, grab their rings and toss. And toss! And toss! And, oh my god, it's so close.... Toss! BENIHANA WINS IMMUNITY!!!
Back at WangChung, we finally, not of our own free will, get a chance to get up close and personal with Creepy Creepster. Creepster is a strange sort of a gal. She has a habit of shrugging her shoulders and making loud declarations that makes an already awkward moment even more awkward. Let's call it a "Shruglaration." For example, upon returning to camp, Creepster stands in the middle of everyone getting situated and shrugs her shoulders, "Well, I guess I get to experience Tribal Council for the first time." Her delivery is almost accusatory as if to say, "Thanks to you dummies losing I have to go to Tribal Council now." Then she puts her hands on her hips and just stands there. Her lips furl and she just waits, but no one replies. No one ever replies. Instead someone somewhere clears their throat while everyone else fidgets their feet uneasily in the sand.
Gervase, innocently minding his own business with that badonkadonk of his, is all of a sudden interrupted with the Creepster's mosey. And she does mosey. Like John Wayne, she moseys. Uh oh, here she comes, Gervase. Gird your loins. *mosey, mosey, shrug shoulders* "It'll be fine. I'm not going anywhere. I'm still packing though!" And then she waits. And waits. And waits for a reply. Gervase quietly wrings out his bathing suit and the second Creepster turns her head, he scurries back to camp to hide behind the shelter. Gervase isn't scared of much in this game, but Creepster creeps him out!
Creepster isn't finished yet. She's not even close to being finished. She has many more people to make feel icky and weird. Next up is Tina and KitKat. Uh oh, here she comes... *mosey, mosey, shrug* "Those sweet little friends of yours don't like you. You know, girls. Girls have rivalries. Women... sheesh!" And then she waits. And waits. Little did she know that she was dropping her "Shruglaration" on a girl whose head is filled with candy corn and jelly beans. KitKat stares at Creepster confused and asks, "What?" Creepster shifts her hips, shrugs her shoulders and says, "Women! They'll get ya every time. I felt it." KitKat asks again, "Huh?" Creepster looks to Tina for help, but Tina quickly removes her teeth and tosses them over her shoulder. She's staying out of this! Creepster tries again, "Just thought I'd throw that out there. Eh heh." KitKat stares wide-eyed back at Creepster and slowly sidles away to hide with the others behind the shelter.
While the others are covering themselves with palm leaves hoping Creepster doesn't discover them, Medusa is out on the boat with Aras. She tells us how she has gotten so close with Aras that they don't even need to speak of their alliance. They can simply look into each other's eyes and know they are one. While that is all well and good, it is also a bunch of hooey. The reason Aras never talks to Medusa about their alliance together is because THEY DON'T HAVE AN ALLIANCE TOGETHER! As far as Aras is concerned, Medusa is as important to him as the Thai woman back home he sees weekly for his rub downs. He goes in, strips off his clothes, gets massaged, happy ending, $20 on the counter... see ya next week! No more, no less.
So imagine how shocked Medusa would be if she knew that her telepathic buddy, Aras, is the one pushing for her to go home. Oh sure, Creepster is really freaky and annoying, but Aras thinks that Medusa could beat that pesky Pythagoras on Rhode Island making Monica all the more loyal to him. Personally, I don't understand this logic at all. I think it's whacky and makes a lot of assumptions. One assumption being that if Medusa were to reenter the game that she won't immediately turn everyone on her tribe to stone. Nevertheless! Aras quickly convinces Cupcake (with a simple smoldering look) and the plan is set in motion.
And this brings us to Tribal Council. Shiny and glistening in a flattering teal, Dimples turns his attention to the old-timers to find out how it is to be back playing Survivor. Gervase is animated and excited with his hands hither and thither, "Yeah man, this game is different! These people make moves!" Tina nods in agreement, "You know Dimples, back in my day we had to walk 18 miles to get water. 18! We didn't have shoes or machetes or, you know, FOOD! I can't believe all the food! By Day 5 I've played, and eaten, more than I ever did in my old season." Day 5? Oh dear, Tina might have a touch of the Alzheimer's. If I thumb through my Survivor notes, I see that early in the game Tina was the one who REFUSED to play or talk strategy. Remember? With Fancy Pants (Colton)?
Dimples then turns his attention to Monica and asks her how Blood v. Water changes things up. *raises hand* May I answer that, Dimples? It makes it boring! For the love of god, Blood v. Water is BORING. Boring, boring, boring. I hate it! I hate Rhode Island. I hate burning Idol clues. I hate cry babies! I hate it! *sigh* Maybe I'm being unfair. Some of the family drama is titillating. Perhaps it is Rhode Island that is chapping my ass. I despise Rhode Island with a fiery passion. It changes the way is game is played (or not played as the case may be) and it really ticks me off! Alright, sorry about the outburst, but it's been festering within me for a few weeks now.
Alright, so Bitch Dimples then turns to Creepster and asks her why she's even there. Thank god Bitch Dimples is here to save the day!
"Creepster, do you belong out here?"
"Well, Dimples... "
"Everyone wanted to play with Rupert instead. He's tie-dye! He's Rupert! You're you."
"I'm a part of this tribe now."
"Do you deserve to be here?"
"Yes, I deserve to be here. I fish, I help, I play. Yeah, I deserve to be here."
"Heh heh, that's what everyone says when they're about to be voted out."
"You're not Rupert!"
And scene.
Wow. I wonder who Dimples wants voted out tonight.
Alright, let's get to it. Enough dilly dallying. By a vote of you-never-saw-it-coming, Medusa you are the 5th person voted out of Survivor: Blood v. Water.
So, what did you guys think of the episode last night? Did the right Laura get voted out? Is Tyson thrilled to have his lover all to himself? Are leper parts around your camp contagious? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
21 comments:
- RebeccaOctober 17, 2013 at 4:03 PM
Those feet are gross!ReplyDelete
Great blog as usual.
- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 4:15 PM
Great recap, as usual. You know what I miss on the awful Redemption Island seasons? When the player talks to the camera right after they are voted out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 4:41 PM
You know what *I* miss on the awful Redemption Island? Pony boy.ReplyDelete
That's it.
-Elle Rose
- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 4:55 PM
I love the part about Tina taking out her teeth and throwing them over her shoulder.. i can't stop laughing!!ReplyDelete
Yeah, the feet were gross and RI was a bit of a fizzer with no one throwing abuse at Brad-Douche. Good to see Candice disappear.ReplyDelete
Hey, the teeth....so funny.
- MirrorGirlOctober 17, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Lala, your mother is evil, as in 'evil genius.' It's no wonder you're so bent.ReplyDelete
This week's blog had me laughing out loud throughout--my cat is still staring at me. Great job, as always.
- AnonymousOctober 17, 2013 at 7:28 PM
That is my favorite line also...Tina takes her teeth out! LmaoReplyDelete
Ohhhhh. I can just envision you in your little plaid jumper/uniform, pigtails, braces and multiple areas of basil cell carcinoma on your little arm. Well, don't you worry about a little rash. But the scariest part is standing there with a nun looking down at ya. Give me excision any day over a nun/teacher.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 18, 2013 at 7:14 AM
OMG!!! Why can't I get dat picture of Gervase rocking himself to and forth, whispering "No blankie, no blankie." I just can't shake it off.ReplyDelete
To be honest with u, I was kinda sad dat Laura.B was voted out; I was silently rooting for her. And u guys dare not read mischievous things into her massaging Aras, it was just a harmless & innocent rub; I wud like one though. But I still insist dat Aras must be crazy to insinuate at flirtations, and even CBS for such a stupid edit. Did Medusa cut a flirtatious figure in Samoa?
Anyways, C.Lala, where on God's earth did u run to? We tot maybe evil Russel had kidnapped u for some Return-me-to-Survivor-to-Win ritual. Or did u reli elope with GoldenBoy for a vacation? Well, it is gud to see dat u still av ur wits about u.
.....can't stop laughing. I dare not ever audition for Survivor for sheer fear of thee!ReplyDelete
- meggheggOctober 18, 2013 at 5:20 PM
Yogi, with his mastery of yoga, should be considered a one-manned threat to the other tribe. And I do wish they had shown him doing his one armed hand-stand push-ups.ReplyDelete
WangChung - I think that as long as they were winning, the alliance at WangChung was a great idea, but if that alliance starts losing challenges, the tribe doesn't have many members to lose before the alliance starts eating consuming itself. But, as it looks like the producers are changing things up next week, perhaps it doesn't matter except that they could re-join, later in the game.
As for the challenges, I liked the theme park water slide. I don't know how they got something that big moved in there, but it was a refreshing change. I wish they had made the players wear cameras so we could see what it was like going down the slide. How about two water slides facing each other, and the players armed with Samari swords? Now, THAT would be a challenge!
Speaking to your comments about Wifey and Candice, and their BDSM, I was surprised that the moment Wifey was voted out, he didn't scream out loud, "YiPPEEEEE!"
Maybe people are starting to pick favorites. I remember Tina's season, and while accurately predicting a winner is all but impossible, I've thought from the beginning that she cuts it for possibly earning this season's title.
Two things I don't get: 1) Why didn't Benihana take the fishing gear instead of the free meal - that's like taking the chase lounge, instead of the tarp, and 2) And why hasn't HeyDouce or Yogi already said screw it and formed an alliance with the girls - BEFORE Caleb decides to flip? This is not the first example of a 'strategy' play this season that totally confounds me!Replies
- AnonymousOctober 18, 2013 at 9:20 PM
They wont form an alliance because they are girls, and girls arent as strong as the men.Delete
Every year we go through the same thing, the young bucks get together, have a gun show amongst themselves to establish the male pecking order, convince themselves that girls are stinky and start to vote them out, then they find themselves decimated because they made themselves huge targets by constantly pointing out how strong they are.
Predictable and very amusing as they can never understand why their sausage fest always blows up in their faces...
- your motherOctober 19, 2013 at 10:05 PM
Darling, the reason I told you your harmless rash was leprosy was because you were giving me the shits that day. And now, after all these years, you belittle me on your stupid Survivor blog?! Why can't you be more like your sisters? They always treat me with respect! Dear, sometimes I think you were born with leprosy of the brain. Don't you ever vilify me in front of your readers again, you ungrateful little brat!ReplyDelete
Love, mommy. xoxoxo
I don't know what search term you googled to find the picture of the posing bear, but that pic was the perfect punchline to the preceding sequence. The episode of Survivor was pretty average, but that didn't prevent you from coming up with the best blog of the season so far. Definitely two weeks worth.ReplyDelete
Flash Gordon approaching!
- AnonymousOctober 19, 2013 at 10:41 PM
You're right, it IS boring with this RI and "loved ones" baloney (god I dislike that term. And all the players seem to be under orders to say it as frequently as possible). The only reason I'm watching this season is your blog. Thank you and keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 22, 2013 at 2:55 AM
Great blog, love your funny !ReplyDelete
The yoga bear! Perfect!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2013 at 4:21 PM
I just started reading your Blog at the beginning of this season. I was wondering why you are skipping some episodes??ReplyDeleteReplies
I had food poisoning last Thursday. The blog will return this week.Delete
It may have been better not to mention the leprosy incident before dining with your mother.ReplyDelete
I'm still laughing, thinking of Pythagoras losing the game via a 'puzzle' that counts from 1 to 100. ....Never have you dubbed a player a better name, Lala.ReplyDelete
I so hope you're feeling better, Queen Bitch!!!


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|"Map of Wilderland" by Christopher Tolkien
|General Information
|Other names
|North-east Middle-earth
|Large, inhabited region focussed around Mirkwood
|Lothlórien, Iron Hills, Mirkwood, Vales of Anduin
|Major towns
|Caras Galadhon, Dáin's Halls, Dale, Dol Guldur, Elvenking's Halls, Erebor, Framsburg, Lake-town
|People and History
|Durin's Folk, Elves, Hobbits, Northmen, Orcs, Eagles, Dragons
|Disaster of the Gladden Fields
The Great Plague
War of the Dwarves and Dragons
Sack of Erebor
War of the Dwarves and Orcs
The Fell Winter
Battle of Five Armies
Fall of Dol Guldur
Battle of Dale
|Images of Rhovanion
Rhovanion or Wilderland was a large region of northern Middle-earth. The Great River Anduin flowed through it, and the immense forest of Greenwood the Great was a part of it.
Properly speaking Rhovanion was the name of a small region east of Greenwood, which later was the Kingdom of Rhovanion, but the name was used for all of Wilderland by the late Third Age.
Many wild horses and wild kine roamed the plains of Rhovanion.[1]
[edit] History
[edit] First Age
In the First Age the Elves passed through it during the Great Journey, and much later the Atanatári (Fathers of Men) followed them. It is not otherwise mentioned until the Second Age.
[edit] Second Age
Rhovanion played host to two Silvan Elf kingdoms ruled by Sindarin lords: Northern Greenwood and Lórinand (or Lórien).
The great battlefield (or Dagorlad) of the War of the Last Alliance against the host of Sauron lay in the south of Rhovanion, and in the Gladden Fields of the Great River the High King of Gondor and Arnor, Isildur, son of Elendil, was killed.
[edit] Third Age
In the early Third Age, it was a quite populated area: in the north lay the Dwarven kingdoms of Erebor and the Dwarf halls in the Ered Mithrin, and the Mannish kingdom of Dale, in the north of the Great River Anduin lay the Mannish realm of Éothéod, and in and around the south and east of Greenwood the Great lived the Men of Rhovanion.
In T.A. 1248 Rómendacil II, who as Minalcar served as Regent to his uncle of Atanatar II of Gondor, destroyed all camps of the Easterlings even beyond the Sea of Rhûn, and a strong alliance with Rhovanion was forged. The King of Rhovanion at this time was Vidugavia - ruling the lands between Mirkwood and the River Running[2] - and Prince Valacar of Gondor served in his army and integrated with their culture. Vidugavia's daughter Vidumavi married Valacar, and their son Vinitharya became King Eldacar in 1432, which led to the Kin-strife in 1437. Eldacar fled to Rhovanion, and with a Rhovanion army, he reclaimed his Kingdom in 1447.
In the north of Greenwood lived the Silvan elves ruled by Thranduil, and in the south of Greenwood and across the river in Lórinand ruled Amdír and later Amroth. In the far south, near the great falls of Sarn Gebir, watched the northern guard of Gondor, and in the valleys of the Anduin lived Stoors (Hobbits).
In 1636 the Great Plague devastated Rhovanion, killing more than half its people. This left Rhovanion weakened, and in 1851 the Wainriders overran and enslaved Rhovanion. For 43 years Rhovanion was enslaved, but in 1899 Rhovanion revolted, while Gondor attacked the Wainriders from the west. Rhovanion was freed but left extremely weakened. Many Men of Rhovanion left for Gondor, where they were welcomed as distant relatives.
In circa 2460 Sauron returned as the Necromancer he took residence at Dol Guldur in the south of Greenwood. And Greenwood became evil and was renamed Mirkwood. The Dwarves of Erebor and the Men of Dale were destroyed and scattered when the Dragon Smaug took Erebor, and Gondor retreated from the Falls. Some Men still lived along the forest, notably the Beornings and the Men of Esgaroth upon the Long Lake. The Men of Éothéod removed south at the invite of Gondor and settled the plains of Calenardhon, later Rohan. After being driven out of Erebor the Dwarves relocated, some went to the Iron Hills, but most went to the Ered Luin in Eriador.
At the end of the Third Age, the Kingdoms of Erebor and Dale were restored as a result of the death of Smaug and the Battle of Five Armies, and Sauron was removed from Mirkwood by the wizard Gandalf. During the War of the Ring it held off an invasion by Sauron's forces, and after Sauron was defeated Mirkwood was clean again, and renamed Eryn Lasgalen, or "Wood of Greenleaves". Some time during the Fourth Age Gondor claimed large parts of it.
[edit] Boundaries
- To the east: the River Running and the inland Sea of Rhûn.
- To the north: the Grey Mountains and Iron Hills, home of the Dwarves.
- To the west: the range of the Hithaeglir, or Misty Mountains.
- To the south: the line marked by the Limlight river, Anduin, Emyn Muil, Dagorlad, and the Ered Lithui.
Important rivers were the Anduin or Great River, the Celduin or Running, and the Carnen or Redwater.
Major features were the forest of Mirkwood, and the Long Lake of Esgaroth.
[edit] Etymology
Rhovanion is Sindarin[3] for "wilderland" and contains rhovan, with the place-name ending -ion.
Wilderland was a Hobbit name.[4] Tolkien made Wilderland based on wilderness but with a side-reference to the verbs wilder, "wander astray" and bewilder.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Daniel Helen, "Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth transcribed" dated 10 November 2015, The Tolkien Society (accessed 5 August 2018)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 78
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 14
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 779
|Route of Thorin and Company
|Bag End · Green Dragon · The Shire · Lone-lands · Last Bridge · Trollshaws · Troll's Cave · Rivendell · High Pass · Front Porch · Goblin-town · Goblin-gate · Eagle's Eyrie · Carrock · Beorn's Hall · Wilderland · Forest Gate · Elf-path · Mirkwood · Elvenking's Halls · Forest River · Lake-town · Long Lake · River Running · Desolation of the Dragon · Ravenhill · Back Door · Lonely Mountain · Great Hall of Thráin


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Inside the home near 104th Avenue and Camelback Road, authorities collected hundreds of empty blister packs that held thousands of over-the-counter decongestant pills. The pills contain pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient used by meth cooks. The meth bill, HB 2175, is supported overwhelmingly by law enforcement leaders throughout Arizona. It would move pseudoephedrine tablets behind the counter, reduce the quantity that could be purchased at one time, and require a photo ID and signature from buyers.
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Monday, September 05, 2011
Responsibility and Independence
So after CA2 exam, my son was requesting for another movie outing with his friends and I playfully asked him to bring his little sister along. Was pretty surprised that he didn't react negatively. Unfortunately, the plan got cancelled.
With that in mind as the school holiday plan and coincidentally E was offering two free tickets. This is just perfect. So today, I am packing my kids off for a movie treat on their own.
A chance for them to be independent as well as teaching them responsibility. Though I am a little jittery but I guess this is how mommy will feel when their babies leave the nest.
Okay, enough of parenthood, now back to my kitchen ........
I tried once Champagne truffle moon cake that was popular in one of the 5 star hotel. Let me tell you I wasn't impressed with it. After V told me about a supplier near town that sell ready made champagne truffles at S$11.30/14 pcs. I went on to made my own version.
Will let my sister tried it as she is crazy over the reputable one.
The supplier also sell Brandy truffle. So here is my Chocolate mooncake with Brandy Truffles.
Verdict: I don't really fancy white chocolate but the hint of champagne seems stronger than those I ate before. The Brandy ones are really good, I am getting another box!
I hesitate to make Baked mooncakes all these years was because I know that you need a top and bottom heat oven to bake a good one as they required different temperature but seeing my fellow bloggers churning out beautiful ones, I am now tempted to try my hand on baked mooncakes but let's see how I cope this week with kids around.
Now, I am even thinking of ice cream mooncakes.... am I being too greedy? yes... my son is hating me right now because he can only moderate himself to one mooncake a day as he is on a strict diet. After next week when he ends his Taekwondo competition.... I doubt I can see extra moonies in the fridge by then.
BTW, I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September 2011) hosted by Happy Home Baking
Source: From M4M forum
What you need:
150g glutinous fried rice flour
200g icing sugar
65g shortening
150g cold drinking water
1 tsp cocoa powder (optional)
Sieve Flour and Icing Sugar
Add shortening
Add water, mix well until it forms a dough
Set dough aside for 20mins
Make the fillings into ball shapes each
Divide dough into small portion
Flatten dough to wrap up the fillings
Seal up dough to enclose filling completely
Press into mould
Skin: 20g
Fillings: 30g
29 comments:
wowowo!!! beautiful Truffles Mooncakes you have over there!!! Makes me drool!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 9:45 AM
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I want your Champagne truffle moon cake!! Lovely!ReplyDelete
Cld u share with me the contact for the supplier who sell the truffles? I really wanna make my own mooncake with truffles. thks alot :)
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 10:39 AM
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Cool! And very pro! That's worth $112 ($56 + $56 from a reputable R hotel) already! And your cost is only.... LOL! It's usually so cost effective to DIY.ReplyDelete
The one with dark brandy truffle is beautiful! Really very professional! Are u selling it? If yes let me know ok...lol!ReplyDelete
Don't drool Cuisine Paradise, make some.ReplyDelete
Ah Tze, sending some over. Catch.
CheezyHeart, sent me your email.
True, Passionate About Baking and ensure that it is low in sugar.
Wen, only for home consumption, no sales hehehe.
Edith, may I know where to buy the truffles ? I love to make them for my families and friends :)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much,
Kellie sent me an email.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Hi Edith,ReplyDelete
I'm interested to know where you got the truffles. Can you let me know what your email add is?
hi... lovely mooncakes u have there. I am also interested in the truffles. where can i buy them ?ReplyDelete
My email is email@example.com
Sorry, hasn't visited you for a long time. Been really busy.ReplyDelete
I just tried the champagne truffle by one of the 5 star hotel, not sure if we're talking about the same hotel. I took a small bite and refused to take another. The rest went into the bin.
I'm also toying with the idea of making an ice cream moon cake. But need quick hands, not sure if I can manage that since it's school hols this week, too much disturbance.
BTW, can't view your pics :-(
Edith, I could not see the photo, wonder why??ReplyDelete
Sorry about the pictures. I also don't know why, suddenly Photobucket went bonkers. Hope now it is okay.ReplyDelete
Dear EdithReplyDelete
I am Iris i use to read regularly,interesting blog,i am a new blogger myself hope to be able to exchange tips with you iam interested to know where can i purchase the truffles.May i email you for the address.Thanks with regards
Dear Edith Can you please let me know where can i get the truffles.Thanks.IrisReplyDelete
Thanks Edith, recv your mail!ReplyDelete
even if you said that the champagne truffles do not taste good, i dont mind trying them..but too bad, i dont think we have this selling over here where i'm staying!ReplyDelete
Thanks to all who wrote in and because of the volume of incoming mails, I might have missed yours. Please send me a reminder if I have not responded to you.ReplyDelete
Lena, such a pity that I can't mail to you because by then it would have melted.
Edith, you so clever made all these. I love Raffles Hotel's champagne truffle moon cakes.ReplyDelete
YB, I am not clever coz I have yet to do those nice mooncakes that many bloggers already done. Snowskin's are easy peasy. and I am happy to find the right truffles so no need to get from RH.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2011 at 8:50 PM
Hi Edith,ReplyDelete
Thanks very much for your guidance and lead. I agreed with you that the brandy choc truffles taste good! I made some and it was wiped out completely!!
- AnonymousAugust 27, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Hi Edith, may i know if you wrapped the brandy truffles with what kind of paste? is it lotus or other flavour? tks!ReplyDelete
Hi Edith,ReplyDelete
Can I find out from U where can I get the truffles?
Pls email me...THANKS!
Thanks for dropping by my humble blog. A little note sends a thousand encouragements.
Do leave a name rather than anonymous ID.
Let's learn and share together.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.


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Her representative has confirmed the baby was born on Tuesday and weighed in at 8.5 pounds.
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Philipps' Twitter announcement mimicked the way she told fans she was pregnant last year — she tweeted an image of a positive pregnancy test, and wrote, "So this happened…"


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Peter Booth is one of the key figures of Australian art in the late 20th century, whose dark, sometimes apocalyptic, paintings are charged with an intense emotional power and with symbolic meaning.
'Peter Booth is possibly Australia's most accomplished and respected figurative painter – I certainly think so,' says Paul Ryan.
Born in Sheffield in England in 1940, the son of a steelworker, Booth came to Australia with his family in 1957. He worked with his father in the steel mills until going to the National Gallery School in 1962 to study painting. He came to prominence in the 1960s with a series of minimalist black abstract paintings. By the late 1970s he had moved to nightmarish figurative paintings featuring monstrous allegories involving cannibalism, war scenes and mutilated bodies. Known for his visionary Australian landscapes, both urban and rural, Booth painted a series of snowy winter scenes in the 1990s after a trip to Russia.
The shy artist, who uses lashings of thick paint and always has a cigar clamped between his teeth, was the subject of a major retrospective called Human/Nature at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square in 2003/2004. His works are held in the National Gallery of Australia and all the other state galleries as well as in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Born in Auckland in 1964, Ryan moved to Australia as a child. He went to school in Australia, New Zealand, America and England and did a Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong. He has had regular solo exhibitions since 1988 and has exhibited in many group shows including the Blake Prize, the Dobell Prize, the Sulman Prize, the Fleurieu Landscape Prize, the Wynne Prize and the Sulman Prize. He has won eight art prizes including the 2006 Fleurieu Peninsula Art of Food and Wine Prize and the Faber Castell Drawing Prize. This is his seventh time in the Archibald Prize.