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In tropical countries, papaya is sometimes called 'the melon that grows on trees' because by its structure, shape and taste it resembles melon with raspberry flavor. Papaya is actually a berry, although its fruits can be 20-30 inches long and weight up to 22 lb. The fruit is hollow inside, only meat which is 1-2 inches thick is edible. Slightly unripe papaya is hard and green.
The papaya leaf tea health benefits for digestion became known to Europeans in the XVI century. When in 1519, a Spanish conqueror Fernando Cortez reportedly suffered food poisoning somewhere near the Indian city in Mexico, local people made him a drink from papaya, and he quickly set up…
Uses of Papaya Leaves
In general, the papaya leaves have great medicinal potential. Here are only a few examples of organic papaya leaf tea health benefits.
- Dried papaya leaves, milled and mixed with honey, are an excellent remedy for cough and high temperature.
- Fresh papaya leaves, boiled in hot water, are a powerful malaria prophylactic.
- Papaya leaf juice can be applied to open wounds to speed up healing.
- Fresh papaya leaves, chopped and mixed with onions, help strengthen urinary bladder. This is especially useful for those with frequent urination.
- Papaya leaf juice can also be used as a skin cleanser.
- Fresh papaya leaves, cooked with slices of orange, help burn fat. This is a great food for weight loss.
- Raw leaves of this wonderful fruit, eaten at bedtime, act as a powerful aphrodisiac.
- Adding dried papaya leaves to tea helps cope with menstruation cramps.
- Papaya leaf juice is recommended for curing eczema.
Use of Papaya Leaf Tea for Medicinal Purposes
If you ever wondered, how to make green papaya leaf tea, you should keep in mind that papaya tea is prescribed solely for prevention and treatment of various acute and chronic diseases, as its taste is very bitter. It is not recommended as a regular drink. Of course, you can brew papaya tea for several seconds, and then add other herbs to get an unusual and delicious drink, but in this case, its therapeutic effect will be significantly weakened. We recommend that papaya tea should be steeped for 5-30 minutes to obtain a therapeutic effect and for 3-5 minutes to obtain a prophylactic effect. To reduce its bitterness add some honey or fructose.
Contraindications: Do not drink papaya leaf tea during pregnancy and if you are hypersensitive (allergic) to it.
Papaya Leaf Tea for Cancer Treatment
Scientists from the University of Florida have found that papaya leaf tea has an anticancer effect against many tumors, including cervix, lung, breast, liver, pancreas cancer and lymphoma. The leaf extract showed stronger anti-tumor results with the increasing of the tea dose. In addition, to the direct anti-tumor effect, it was reported to stimulate the immune system through the production of anti-tumor molecules – cytokines.
Now it's time to tell how to prepare papaya leaf tea for cancer treatment.
To prepare a perfect cup of tea, take one tea bag for one cup, and let it steep in freshly boiled water for about 5-10 minutes. Be careful, the bitter comes out when the tea is steeped too long!
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Advanced server load monitoring
In this article we'll discuss more advanced methods for checking on your server's load averages to help determine at what times your server's usage might be spiking.
If you've read our previous article on server load monitoring, you should have a good understanding of what a load average represents and how you can see the live load average of your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server using WHM (Web Host Manager).
For the examples below you'll need to login to your VPS or dedicated server via SSH (Secure Shell). You can read our guide on how to login to your server via SSH in order to figure out how to get logged in this way so that you can follow along.
Once you have your SSH client pulled up and successfully connected to your server, you should be presented with a prompt similar to:
At this prompt you should be able to type in simple commands to get back specific information from the server. Here are a few commands you might use when looking at your server's usage:
If you'd like to see the historic load average on your server, you can utilize sar -q. The -q flag is used to pull the load averages from your sar logs.
These more advanced commands can be used programmatically to build up more robust tools for you.
Below is an example that will go through all available load average reports and display anytime your load average would have been over a 1.00:
for log in `ls -1 /var/log/sa/sa[0-9]* | sed 's#@##'`; do echo $log; sar -q -f $log | egrep -v "Average|ldavg|Linux" | awk '{if ($5>=1) print $1,$2,$5}'; echo ""; done | less
Code breakdown:
|for log in `ls -1 /var/log/sa/sa[0-9]*';
|This sets up a for loop with a variable called log, the value stored in this variable is going to be the current sar log that we're looping through.
|do echo $log;
|This prints out the current sar log in our loop so we know any load averages that display under it will belong to that particular day.
|sar -q -f $log | egrep -v "Average|ldavg|Linux"
|This will run the sar command with the -q flag to show load averages, and the -f flag to load activity from a file. Then our $log variable is put in place so that it loads up the current date in our loop. Finally the egrep -v "Average|ldavg|Linux" commands strips aways any lines that contain those words, so all we're getting back are actual numerical load averages.
|awk '{if ($5>=1) print $1,$2,$5}';
|This uses the awk command which is used for controlling columnated data, we tell the server that we only want to print out columns $1,$2, and $5 but only when column $5 is greater than 1.
|echo ""; done | less
|This last part will simply print out a blank line after each loop to make it easier to read, and then issues our done command letting the server know we are done with the for loop that we started. Finally we "pipe" all of that information with the | character to the less command. This lets us easily page up and down through our results in the event that they took up more than one screen, and then you can just hit q to quit out of the date review mode once you're done looking at it all.
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What should I expect my shared server load to be at? Is the load only for my account or the entire shared server?
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Hello Jaden,
Server load is only seen by the System admins on shared servers. VPS server load should be below 1.0
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According to the federal bureau of investigation, reported burglaries increased by 3.5 percent in municipalities with a population of 1 million or more during the first six months of 2007. Violent crime increased by 1.1 percent in nonmetropolitan counties and in cities with a population of 10,000 to 24,999.
Such data has caused the public to be more security conscious. News about terrorism has convinced home and business owners that electronic security is more than a luxury. No one wants to become an FBI statistic.
According to a report titled "U.S. Physical Security Equipment Markets," published by Frost & Sullivan of Rockville, Md., "Americans now view security systems as a necessity rather than a precautionary measure for the home and workplace. Due to highly publicized incidents, the fear of crime and terrorism is driving demand for security equipment. Technological advancements and fierce competition in certain market sectors have made physical security equipment more affordable and reliable."
Of special interest in the area of alarm systems is the widespread adoption of wireless technology. Although wireless has been available in the security sector for decades, market forces have driven the general public to accept and trust a wireless solution. The popularity of the cell phone and all its variations is probably one of the most prominent.
More installing companies are turning to wireless for a variety of reasons.
1. Ease and simplicity of installation
2. Less dependence on unstable metallic wire prices
3. Lower labor costs
Why radio instead of cables
In some applications, it is extremely difficult or impossible to run or hide a wire. For example, there is no easy way to hide wires in the common A-frame retrofit application. Other examples include slab construction where there is no basement, cases where there is a second story on slab construction, and where there is no attic available to run wires.
The first wireless systems used add-on receivers that connected to a single initiating device circuit (IDC) or zone input. This approach, rarely used today, had its disadvantages.
These early wireless systems, made in the 1970s, were somewhat effective, but they lacked individuality. They were not able to discern one transmitter from another, which made it impossible for technicians to quickly determine the cause of false alarms, worn-out batteries or trouble indications.
Wireless reliability and costs
A growing number of equipment manufacturers now make wireless transmitters to which motion detectors, temperature sensors, door sensors and other devices connect. These multiple--identity receivers are capable of conveying individual transmitter identifiers to the main alarm control processor for analysis and action. Because of this, today's wireless security alarms are reliable, predictable and convenient.
Troubleshooting consists of reading the name or location of an offending sensor from an English-language readout keypad. The same information is sent to the central monitoring station, where operators analyze and act on it, notifying the authorities, the installation company and end-user when necessary.
The use of a unique identifier, as well as a general reduction in the amount of wire used, have led to widespread acceptance of wireless security systems among installation companies and consumers. This promises to reduce the amount of metallic wire used in a typical alarm system, which also will reduce the overall cost to the client.
Less metallic wire also means less labor. Labor often runs neck-and-neck with the cost of the material on an alarm installation job. When you factor in all the unknowns, labor can even outstrip equipment costs.
For this reason, many experts in the security field believe that wireless removes all the guesswork from the bidding process. It changes labor from an unpredictable element into a known quantity.
The mechanics of wireless
There are three basic types of security systems in use today: hardwire, wireless and hybrid. No matter which one you use, a typical security system consists of four elements:
1. Control system
2. User interface
3. One or more people sensors
4. A means of notification
In hardwired systems, metallic wires are used to electrically connect door switches, passive infrared (PIR) motion detectors, smoke and fire detectors, and other devices to the main alarm control panel. Two conductors typically are used for detection and two for power.
By contrast, in a typical wireless system, sensors and detectors contain small transmitters that are self-powered. Door/window and small pendant transmitters commonly use a lithium battery, which can last for five to eight years. Smoke detectors and motion sensors generally contain a 9-volt battery. Some of the alkaline models now on the market are designed to last two years or more.
The hybrid system is a combination of hardwire and wireless, having provisions for metallic wire with the convenience of wireless technology. This type of system offers hardwire inputs just like any strict hardwire system. In some cases, wireless is optional, while in others, it's integral to the alarm panel.
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If the alarm panel fails to see this special supervisory signal within a given time period, such as eight or 24 hours, the alarm panel will assume something has happened, and the central monitoring station will be contacted with the appropriate information. This gives the operators on duty the heads-up, so they can call the installing company, end-users and anyone else who should be informed.
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Though game development with Python and C++ is becoming more popular (take a look at Civilization IV), game development with Python alone is largely limited to hobbyist use. It is possible, however, with PyGame, a library written around the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL). PyGame isn't limited to game development, either. It can also be used in applications that require very graphical interfaces. In this article, we'll look into the basics of how PyGame is used.
PyGame may be obtained at its website, which also contains links to a number of projects written in PyGame:
Download and install PyGame, and we'll be ready to begin.
Getting Started
The first thing we'll do with PyGame is open up a PyGame window with a certain size and caption. We'll also fill it up with a background color and keep the window open until the user decides to quit:
import pygame
import sys
# Initialize pygame
# Create the drawing screen
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((256, 256))
# Set the caption
# Set a background color
screen.fill((159, 182, 205))
# Update the screen
# Wait for the user to quit
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
The above application is pretty simple to understand. We start out by initializing PyGame. Then, we create the window and a drawing screen, passing a tuple with the drawing screen dimensions. Next, we use the set_caption method to set a caption. We then fill the screen with a background color, passing a tuple of values for red, green and blue that generate a nice bluish color. When we make a change to the screen, we have to call update to display the change. Finally, we wait for the user to quit the application. The pygame.event.get method returns a list of events when called, and we examine this list for a pygame.QUIT event.
The pygame.QUIT constant is simply an integer. Each event type—whether it's for a key push or a mouse click—is a unique integer. An Event object returned by pygame.event.get also has other attributes that we can examine, depending on what type of event it is. For example, an Event object that represents a key push, pygame.KEYDOWN, contains a key attribute that contains the key pushed.
It is important to note exactly what screen is in this example. The screen object is a Surface object, which may be drawn on. Here, we fill it with a color, but note that we could also create a Surface and load an image onto it. Every image you create will be a Surface. Knowing this is important because Surface objects will be the building blocks of your applications.
{mospagebreak title=Using Images}
A solid background might get a bit dull, however, so let's create a graphical background by tiling an image across the screen. We'll use a simple cross for our tile so that the end result will look something like a blank graph. Download this image and put it in the directory where you plan to create the next script:
Tiling the above image requires creating a rectangle the size of the image and moving it across the screen, drawing the image at every position:
import pygame
import sys
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((256, 256))
pygame.display.set_caption('Tiled Background')
# Load the background image
graphTile = pygame.image.load('graphbackground.bmp').convert()
# Create a rectangle based on the image
graphRect = graphTile.get_rect()
# Determine the number of rows and columns of tiles
rows = int(256/graphRect.height) + 1
columns = int(256/graphRect.width) + 1
# Loop and draw the background
for y in xrange(rows):
for x in xrange (columns):
# Start a new row
if x == 0 and y > 0:
# Move the rectangle
graphRect = graphRect.move([-(columns -1 ) * graphRect.width, graphRect.height])
# Continue a row
if x > 0:
# Move the rectangle
graphRect = graphRect.move([graphRect.width, 0])
# Draw the tile
screen.blit(graphTile, graphRect)
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
The application starts the same as the previous one, but things change when we get to the background. The first thing we do is load our tile into graphTile. In the process, we call the convert method. This method basically prepares the image to be displayed. We can still draw the tile image without it, but the drawing speed will suffer. Next, we create a rectangle based on the tile image's dimensions. This rectangle will be used to draw the tile on the screen. We then determine the number of rows and columns of tiles there will be, making sure to round up so that we don't end up with less tiles than it takes to fill the screen completely. We loop through so that we can access each row and column, and we use the move method on graphRect, which simply moves the rectangle by the number of pixels specified, to put the rectangle in the appropriate row and column. The tile is drawn ("blitted") into each position. Finally, we update the screen and wait for the user.
This same method of loading an image and drawing it inside of a rectangle is, of course, not limited to what we use it for here. This principle can be applied anytime you want to load an image. I just think that tiling is a much more productive way to demonstrate images, rather than simply rendering a Python logo in the middle of the screen.
{mospagebreak title=Adding Text}
PyGame also makes it easy to insert text into applications. The pygame.font module is responsible for this, and it can be done in just a few lines of Python:
import pygame
import sys
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((256, 256))
screen.fill((159, 182, 205))
# Create a font
font = pygame.font.Font(None, 17)
# Render the text
text = font.render('Powered by Python and PyGame', True, (255,
255, 255), (159, 182, 205))
# Create a rectangle
textRect = text.get_rect()
# Center the rectangle
textRect.centerx = screen.get_rect().centerx
textRect.centery = screen.get_rect().centery
# Blit the text
screen.blit(text, textRect)
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
We start by calling the Font method, passing two arguments. The first argument is the filename of the text to use, but since we pass None, a generic font is used. The second argument is simply the size of the font, which we set to 17. We must then render the text we want using the font. To do this, we pass four arguments to render. The first argument is, obviously, the text that is to be rendered. The second is a boolean value that indicate whether or not antialiasing is to be used. The third argument is the color of the font, and the fourth argument is the background color. If the fourth argument is missing, the background becomes transparent. However, this is slow, and since we know what color the background will be already, we can just pass the color as an argument. Next, we create a rectangle and use centerx and centery to center it in the screen. Finally, we blit the text.
PyGame also supports some text effects—bold text and italicized text. Bolding or italicizing a font involves calling a single method:
It's possible to search for a specific font on the user's computer, and it's also possible to get a list of the user's fonts. We can also specify a list of fonts and have PyGame return the first match. This way, your application can fall back on another font if the best font isn't available:
import pygame
import random
import sys
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((256,256))
screen.fill((159, 182, 205))
# Search for Verdana and create a Font object
verdana = pygame.font.match_font('Verdana')
verdanaFont = pygame.font.Font(verdana, 13)
# Search for a font that does not exist and create a Font object
doesNotExist = pygame.font.match_font('doesNotExist')
dNEFont = pygame.font.Font(doesNotExist, 13)
# Search for a font that does not exist, followed by Arial, and create a Font object
arial = pygame.font.match_font('doesNotExist,Arial')
arialFont = pygame.font.Font(arial, 13)
print arial, arialFont
# Get a list of fonts
fonts = pygame.font.get_fonts()
# Create some random fonts
# get_fonts() merely returns a list of names, so we'll have to
match them
font1 = pygame.font.Font(pygame.font.match_font(random.choice
(fonts)), 13)
font2 = pygame.font.Font(pygame.font.match_font(random.choice
(fonts)), 13)
font3 = pygame.font.Font(pygame.font.match_font(random.choice
(fonts)), 13)
# Render text in verdana, doesNotExist, arial and the random
text1 = verdanaFont.render(str(verdana), 1, (255, 255, 255),
(159, 182, 205))
text2 = dNEFont.render(str(doesNotExist), 1, (255, 255, 255),
(159, 182, 205))
text3 = arialFont.render(str(arial), 1, (255, 255, 255), (159,
182, 205))
text4 = font1.render('Random', 1, (255, 255, 255), (159, 182,
text5 = font2.render('Random', 1, (255, 255, 255), (159, 182,
text6 = font3.render('Random', 1, (255, 255, 255), (159, 182,
# Make some rectangles
rect1 = text1.get_rect()
rect2 = text2.get_rect()
rect3 = text3.get_rect()
rect4 = text4.get_rect()
rect5 = text5.get_rect()
rect6 = text6.get_rect()
# Position the rectangles
rect1.y, rect1.centerx = 0, screen.get_rect().centerx
rect2.y, rect2.centerx = 20, screen.get_rect().centerx
rect3.y, rect3.centerx = 40, screen.get_rect().centerx
rect4.y, rect4.centerx = 60, screen.get_rect().centerx
rect5.y, rect5.centerx = 80, screen.get_rect().centerx
rect6.y, rect6.centerx = 100, screen.get_rect().centerx
# Blit everything
screen.blit(text1, rect1)
screen.blit(text2, rect2)
screen.blit(text3, rect3)
screen.blit(text4, rect4)
screen.blit(text5, rect5)
screen.blit(text6, rect6)
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
Here, we simply search for some fonts and then get three random fonts, displaying a string of text in each font. Notice how None is returned if a font does not exist. This is why it's a good idea to either specify a list of fonts or include the fonts you'll be using (provided that you are allowed to).
{mospagebreak title=Sprites}
Sprites are simply images that exist in the context of your background. They can be players, pickups or whatever. It's possible to simply load regular images and use them instead. Either way, you end up with the same thing. However, sprites simplify this, especially in more complicated situations where you have various images on the screen, and provide an object-oriented approach to it all.
Let's create a sprite by the name of StickMan based on this image:
We simply need to subclass pygame.sprite.Sprite, setting the image and the proper rectangle as an attribute. Then, we can blit it on to the screen:
import pygame
import sys
# Subclass pygame.sprite.Sprite
class StickMan(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, position):
# Call pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__ to do some internal
# Load the stickMan
self.image = pygame.image.load('stickMan.gif').convert()
# Create a rectangle
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
# Position the rectangle
self.rect.x = position[0]
self.rect.y = position[1]
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((256, 256))
pygame.display.set_caption('Sprite Example')
screen.fill((159, 182, 205))
# Create a StickMan sprite
character = StickMan((screen.get_rect().x, screen.get_rect().y))
# Blit the sprite
screen.blit(character.image, character.rect)
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
The sprite is rendered, but what if we want to move the sprite when a user presses a key? This requires waiting for the user to press a key, moving the sprite and erasing its old location. Let's extend our application to do this:
import pygame
import sys
class StickMan(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, position):
# Save a copy of the screen's rectangle
self.screen = pygame.display.get_surface().get_rect()
# Create a variable to store the previous position of the
self.old = (0, 0, 0, 0)
self.image = pygame.image.load('stickMan.gif').convert()
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.x = position[0]
self.rect.y = position[1]
def update(self, amount):
# Make a copy of the current rectangle for use in erasing
self.old = self.rect
# Move the rectangle by the specified amount
self.rect = self.rect.move(amount)
# Check to see if we are off the screen
if self.rect.x < 0:
self.rect.x = 0
elif self.rect.x > (self.screen.width – self.rect.width):
self.rect.x = self.screen.width – self.rect.width
if self.rect.y < 0:
self.rect.y = 0
elif self.rect.y > (self.screen.height – self.rect.height):
self.rect.y = self.screen.height – self.rect.height
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((256, 256))
pygame.display.set_caption('Sprite Example')
screen.fill((159, 182, 205))
character = StickMan((screen.get_rect().x, screen.get_rect().y))
screen.blit(character.image, character.rect)
# Create a Surface the size of our character
blank = pygame.Surface((character.rect.width, character.rect.height))
blank.fill((159, 182, 205))
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
# Check for movement
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
character.update([-10, 0])
elif event.key == pygame.K_UP:
character.update([0, -10])
elif event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
character.update([10, 0])
elif event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
character.update([0, 10])
# Erase the old position by putting our blank Surface on it
screen.blit(blank, character.old)
# Draw the new position
screen.blit(character.image, character.rect)
# Update ONLY the modified areas of the screen
pygame.display.update([character.old, character.rect])
The first change in the StickMan class is the addition of screen. This is simply a copy of the screen's rectangle and is used to check whether the sprite has gone off the screen. We also add old, which is also a rectangle. When the sprite is updated, we store its old rectangle here so that our program knows what to erase. The update method simply moves the sprite and checks to see if it has gone partially off the screen. If it has, then it's bumped back on to the screen.
Further down, we define blank, a Surface object that is blitted over the old position of the character sprite each time the sprite moves. We then check for keyboard input, moving the sprite ten pixels in the appropriate direction if the user has pressed one of the arrow keys. This is done by calling the update method described above. Next, we erase the old position by blitting blank over it, and we draw the new position. Finally, we make a call to update. However, note that we supply a list as an argument. The list contains character's old and new positions. By doing this, we tell PyGame only to update those areas of the screen. If we were to update the whole screen, then PyGame would have to redraw everything. This simply wastes resources since we have no need to update the entire screen when only two things have changed.


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In his semi-annual report to the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke said the economy has continued to expand at moderate "if somewhat uneven pace" and that the prolonged elevated unemployment has substantial costs on the economy and consumers.
In his prepared remarks, Bernanke said the Fed will continue its quantitative easing until it sees "substantial improvement" in the labor market.
Sen Tim Johnson, (D-SD), asked the chairman the best way to improve the anemic labor market and Bernanke cited the Fed's mandate to support economic expansion and employment and that the central bank has provided tools to help bolster job growth and strengthen the housing market.
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The Mid-Ohio Foodbank and its partners are tapping a new resource to raise hunger awareness: students.
The Mid-Ohio Foodbank and its partners are tapping a new resource to raise hunger awareness: students.
Art Action is an initiative launched by the foodbank with Growing Together Service Learning Network and Partnerships Make a Difference to engage students through service learning projects.
Area students have until Nov. 27 to research and create visual art projects that express how they perceive hunger. The projects include as T-shirts, painting, drawing and sculpture.
Yolanda Owens, of the Mid-Ohio Foodbank, said Art Action not teaches students about hunger but also allows them to express what the issue looks like to them.
"The face of hunger is changing," Owens said. "Hunger can be your neighbor."
More than 30 area schools through Partnerships Make a Difference's network are involved with Art Action.
"(The foodbank) really wanted to raise awareness about this and engage students," said Ellen Erlanger of Partnerships Make a Difference. "They really were seeking some new, fresh, creative, kid-friendly visuals to catch people's interest."
Before students can express themselves, they first have to become experts about the issue, Erlanger said.
"They are learning as they do it," she said. "The art piece is really a culmination of an in-depth learning experience."
Among the classes participating are the 28 students in Alicia McGinty's designing with material II class at Upper Arlington High School.
"I have one girl who looking to make plates," McGinty said. "Each plate would have a different statistic on it."
Other students, McGinty said, are using quilting fibers, fused glass, recycled material, linoleum printing and more. One student is making a collage of photographs depicting the hungry.
"She figured out (the hungry) look like everybody," McGinty said. "You don't always notice right away the people who are most needy."
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"Kids are a great resource," Miely said. "They get so passionate and motivated ... They want to do something about it. They want to be change agents."
Art Action began on Sept. 11, as part of Hunger Action Month. In December, the Mid-Ohio Foodbank will showcase selected pieces by students in kindergarten through second grades, third through eighth grades and ninth through 12th grades and will recognize participants with an event on Dec. 4.
For more information about Art Action, visit midohiofoodbank.org/pdfs/HAM/9.11.13-Art-Action.pdf or partnershipsmakeadifference.org.


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That became the responsibility of Lowell's Dennis Scannell, hired by Paramount Pictures in 1990 as "football coordinator" for the filming of "School Ties" after delays caused two earlier choices to pass.
Scannell, then the head football coach at UMass Lowell, called in Mike Esposito, a Wilmington High and Boston College legend who a year earlier had stepped down as Billerica High coach.
"We were told by the Paramount people that these kids were going to be big stars," says Esposito. "But we had no clue."
When filming of the football scenes began at the Middlesex School in Concord in 1991, O'Donnell was 21, soon to become famous playing opposite Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman." Damon was 20, his Cambridge buddy Affleck 19, six years before their big breakthrough with "Good Will Hunting." Fraser was 22, his most recent starring role having been as a caveman unfrozen in "Encino Man."
"We just thought they were good guys," says Rob Aylward, a former Tewksbury High and UMass Lowell quarterback who became leader of the football extras. "Come to find out they all become big stars."
Released in 1992, "School Ties" is not really about football. Set in the 1950s, the movie's principal theme is anti-Semitism confronted by a working-class Jewish kid named David Green, a star quarterback recruited from Scranton, Pa.
Executive producer Danton Rissner wanted the few football scenes to look genuine. The greatest challenge was Fraser, the movie's star. He looked the part until he had to actually play quarterback. Former NFL running back Esposito was instructed to work with Fraser, who was well-trained in the theater but could not throw a football.
"The first time I ever saw Mike Esposito close to tears," says Scannell with a laugh.
"He wasn't the most gifted of athletes," Esposito says about Fraser, who sent him Christmas cards for several years afterward. "But he worked real hard. He eventually became proficient at least at looking like a quarterback."
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Most of the extras in the football scenes were former local high school players. A year earlier a casting call was held in Boston. But Scannell says filming was delayed after Johnny Depp turned down the lead, and then the producers waited for Fraser to complete another commitment.
When Scannell came on board, he convinced producers it would be more convenient using Lowell-area extras. He called Aylward, who had in 1989 finished an outstanding career at UMass Lowell.
"Dennis told me to get 40 guys together the next day to run a full practice at Cawley Stadium in front of the Paramount producers," says Aylward, 44, now a Tewksbury High assistant coach. "I called everybody I knew. We were supposed to look like high school kids. So all my hairy friends got the boot."
Mike Thomas of Dracut, then an assistant on Scannell's UMass Lowell football staff, recalls the instructions from Paramount to find "2,300 white Anglo-Saxon-Protestant-looking 1952 kids" to be extras in school and football crowd scenes.
"So we went to Groton-Dunstable High, Westford, Tyngsboro, Dracut ... and told them we were doing a movie," says Thomas.
The producers wanted the actors to bulk up, to look more like football players. So in the summer of 1991, Damon, Affleck, O'Donnell, Fraser, Cole Hauser, Randall Batinkoff and others in the cast worked out at UMass Lowell with Charlie Rozanski, who was then an athletic trainer at the school.
"For six weeks, the future of Hollywood was walking around UMass Lowell," says Scannell. "And nobody paid attention."
Because nobody really knew who they were.
Actors and extras bonded like an actual football team, says Scannell, 61. Rissner even instructed Scannell to organize two "team" banquets, which were held at the Radisson Chelmsford and the former Hughes Restaurant in Lowell.
Practices at Cawley Stadium in Lowell prepared for two weeks of filming at the Middlesex School in Concord.
Stuntmen take a hit
Due to Fraser's football shortcomings, Aylward for a while was the star's double during game scenes. Aylward's body-type wasn't quite right, though. Director Robert Mandel then brought in former Syracuse quarterback Bill Scharr, who is seen in the movie from behind, diving over the goal line as Fraser for the winning score.
When renowned stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker arrived to coordinate collisions involving three stunt doubles, Scannell challenged his "team."
"They're bringing in stunt guys to run the ball because they think it will give it a more realistic look," he said.
The locals were offended.
"The first play they run with a stuntman is a toss sweep," says George Scannell, 52, a former UMass Lowell fullback who was an assistant on his brother Dennis' staff. "We had this kid, Ron Anderson, who was an All-New England cornerback for us from Tewksbury. A small kid, but great leverage. He hit the stuntman, picked him up, and then everyone else came in and speared the guy."
"And they weren't even filming it yet," says Thomas.
Aylward recalls rehearsing one play 10 times, with a stuntman doubling for Damon, insisting to be hit at full speed.
"I nailed him. He was done," says Aylward. "(Former Tewksbury teammate) Joe Vecchi nailed another stuntman. Matt Damon was saying, 'Do I really want to be in this scene?'"
"Our guys killed them," says Dennis Scannell. "When we broke for lunch the three stuntmen were lying under a tree. Our guys were looking like they won the Super Bowl."
Meanwhile, actors hired to play referees kept clumsily jumping into pileups, bumping into players, messing up shots. Dennis Scannell remembers director Mandel screaming, "Get these stupid refs out of here!"
Scannell fooled the director into believing Thomas, there as a crowd extra, was an experienced high school and college ref. Thomas was not, but kept his mouth shut while being driven off in a golf cart to the wardrobe department. His pay immediately jumped from $100 a day as an extra to the top of the non-union scale, $1,500, on filming days. Though Thomas is not listed in the credits (Scannell and Esposito are), he is the referee in the movie signaling the winning touchdown. Thomas' image also appeared in some movie promotional posters.
Karaoke night
During filming, the actors stayed at the Radisson Chelmsford and rented a get-away apartment at Princeton Properties on Princeton Boulevard in Lowell.
"They were around (the city). But nobody knew who they were," says George Scannell. "Imagine now?"
Thomas remembers the "team" going out with actors for a karaoke night at the China Blossom in North Andover.
"These were all talented kids," he says. "O'Donnell could sing. A couple could play the piano. The people in the place were like, 'Who are your friends?' "
While much of this was happening, life was imitating art. The UMass Lowell football team, also coached by Dennis Scannell, was going though its 1991 regular season undefeated. The actors even showed up for a Saturday night game at Cawley Stadium against Plymouth State, a 10-3 UMass Lowell victory on Scannell's 40th birthday.
The River Hawks won the New England Football Conference title before losing to Union in the NCAA Division 3 playoffs to finish 10-1. George Scannell says the coaches from 6 a.m. to noon attended filming at the Middlesex School, "then came back and coached UMass Lowell."
The agreement was all movie talk ceased in the car "as soon as we got to Chelmsford center," he says.
George Scannell appeared in the movie as a fullback for the rival school, taking a hand-off from Jeff Vecchi, a former Tewksbury High quarterback, and scoring a touchdown.
"That 7-0 lead lasted for about six days ... until they completed the shoot," Scannell says with a laugh.
Those who buckled up those 1950s helmets without facemasks and smacked into the future of Hollywood believe their former "teammates" would remember them. Aylward helped to coach Fraser's throwing mechanics. Two years later Fraser starred as baseball pitching phenom in "The Scout."
"Matt Damon and Cole Hauser were probably the best athletes," says Aylward. "Brendan Fraser, well, he was a really a theater guy."
"Every one of them was a good kid," says George Scannell. "That's probably why they made it (big). You could see how sharp a kid Matt Damon was. He introduced every one of us to his family members like we were stars."
Esposito, 59, caught a mild case of the Hollywood bug. He befriended script supervisor BJ Bjorkman and collaborated on a screen play about two football players -- one black, one white -- in Boston during school desegregation.
"Five producers looked at it," says Esposito. "But you have to be out there in L.A. pounding it and pushing it for them to really take a look."
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Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect seek more time to argue against death penalty
BOSTON – Attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev formally requested more time Friday to prepare arguments that their client should not be subject to a potential death sentence.
In a brief filed with the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, the defense told a judge the current Oct. 24 deadline set by the government does not allow for a "reasonable opportunity" to make their case about the death penalty, should it be sought in the case.
Prosecutors allege that Tsarnaev, 20, and his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan built the two pressure cooker bombs that exploded near the finish line of the world-renowned road race on April 15, killing three people and injuring more than 260. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a shootout with police days later.
Federal prosecutors have said they plan to make a recommendation by the end of the month to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about whether the death penalty should be pursued. Holder will have the ultimate say in the matter.
The defense needed more time to review evidence while still requesting additional material from prosecutors, and remains in the "early stages of independent investigation that literally spans the globe," the defense said in its court filing.
"This Court should exercise its inherent scheduling authority to ensure that the defense can make a meaningful presentation, which, in turn, will promote more fair, orderly and, indeed, cost-effective progression of the case," wrote the defense team.
Tsarnaev's lawyers include Judy Clark, a California attorney who has won life sentences instead of the death penalty for high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona.
The defense brief did not ask Judge George O'Toole to set a new deadline for arguments, instead asking for an indefinite postponement of the current timetable.
A request for comment from the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office was not immediately answered.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb said during a hearing earlier this week that he believed defense attorneys had already had a reasonable amount of time to respond, noting that the bombings occurred nearly six months ago.
Weinreb also said prosecutors weren't required to wait for input from the defense before making their recommendation to Holder.
Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen from Russia, was charged in a 30-count federal indictment, including 17 charges that carry the possibility of the death penalty. He has pleaded not guilty.


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Goat Cheese Nasturtium Ice Cream
Cooking with Flowers blends vibrant nasturtiums with soft, creamy goat cheese for an ice cream that's by turns grassy, peppery, and sweet.
Reprinted with permission by Miche Bacher. Copyright © 2013. Published by Quirk Books. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:makes about 2 quarts
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:Overnight, for freezing
- 1 cup (8 ounces) soft goat cheese
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2/3 cup sugar, divided
- 6 egg yolks
- Pinch sea salt
- 1/3 cup nasturtium flowers, finely chopped
Put goat cheese in a large (3-quart) heatproof container that has a lid.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, warm milk and stir in half the sugar. Simmer until sugar dissolves. Meanwhile, whisk yolks with the remaining sugar and salt in a heatproof bowl. When the milk has absorbed all the sugar—but before it comes to a boil—begin to temper your eggs by slowly pouring half the warm milk mixture over the yolk mixture while whisking vigorously. Then slowly pour the egg-milk mixture back into the saucepan, whisking vigorously. Heat mixture until it coats the back of a spoon and the temperature reaches 165°F on a candy thermometer.
Slowly pour mixture over goat cheese, whisking to fully dissolve and incorporate it. Fold in chopped flowers and chill mixture for at least 4 hours and up to overnight. Freeze in an ice-cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Let ice cream sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes before serving.
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The hotel also includes the city's truly best sushi at Blue Ribbon, which was once only located in New York. Here, we also get chefs Bruce and Eric Bromberg's beloved non-sushi dishes from the original Blue Ribbon restaurant: fried chicken with wasabi honey, marrow bones, and miso lobster. The elite Greek seafood restaurant enjoyed by midtown Manhattan moguls Estiatorio Milos even appears in the hotel; it's like visiting a refined fish market, where you have your pick of any finned friend, grilled whole with herbs. No offense to sea bass, however. We go right to the raw bar before hitting the deliciously smoky octopus, which is served with Santorini chickpeas, Kritamo capers, and sea fennel, an unusually addictive herb native to the Greek islands' coastal cliffs.
There are also fine restaurants from the Food Network's 'Chopped' judge Scott Conant (well known to foodies well before making a Food Network show). These include his signature Italian success, Scarpetta, and David Myers's L.A. take on a French brasserie, Comme Ça, which is set with a great view over the strip, where we recommend a seat on the terrace with a bowl of mussels and chorizo, served with perfect pommes frites. Fear not, traditionalists, because there's also a fine steakhouse under the roof in the form of the highly regarded STK. And there's Pizzeria, a small pie shop with excellent New York standards hidden at the end of a long hall lined with framed vintage Italian records.
We're even more intrigued by the Wicked Spoon food hall, which is literally the hotel's revision of the Las Vegas Buffet, where you will find cheffy upgrades of staples like macaroni and cheese (here, spiked with serious spices) as well as short ribs (spun Korean-style) and an homage to Roscoe's chicken and waffles (although we go for the gnocchi, as opposed to "fettuccine alfredo," served in a covered skillet). In short: Don't expect to check into the Cosmopolitan and spend time wandering the strip for other places to eat. Unless, of course, you've had so much excellent food you need a reference point to remember what barely passes for "decent."


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Yesterday we brought you the latest presentation from Nomura's Richard Koo, which he delivered at the Institute For New Economic Thinking conference in Berlin.
Koo's main viewpoint is that the world today is much like Japan has been since the late 80s: In the throws of a balance sheet recession, a period where the private sector's main objective is debt minimization. This calls for aggressive fiscal policy, as monetary policy doesn't work at these levels. There's no point in lowering rates when people can't or don't want to borrow more.
His presentation is pretty big, but it's a must-see. However we've also clipped out our favorite slides from the presentation to show you a condensed version.