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Configure and use Varnish (TM)
Varnish ™ is a web application accelerator (also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy) that is installed and configured in front of any HTTP server and takes care of caching its contents. Varnish ™ is fast, typically speeding up delivery with a factor of 300-1000x depending on the architecture.
Varnish ™ requires a working compiler (such as gcc) to compile its configuration file, which is then dynamically linked into the server process.
Enable Varnish ™
Varnish ™ is disabled by default, so it cannot be started using the control script. To enable it, follow the steps below:
Rename the Varnish ™ control script from ctl.sh.disabled to ctl.sh:
$ sudo mv /opt/bitnami/varnish/scripts/ctl.sh.disabled /opt/bitnami/varnish/scripts/ctl.sh $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start varnish
Since Varnish ™ with PageSpeed is not currently supported by Bitnami, ensure PageSpeed is disabled. Follow this guide for more information on this.
Start Varnish ™
By default, Varnish ™ is configured to use the first free port after the selected Apache port. This should be enough to do a preliminary test and check all is in place. Follow these steps:
Execute these commands at the server console:
$ /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start varnish
Ensure Apache is running:
$ /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start apache
Now you should be able to access the index page on both ports 80 and 81.
Accessing the server through the 80 port will behave as if Varnish ™ were not enabled, retrieving all the data from the server.
Accessing the server through the 81 port will use Varnish ™ as a reverse proxy, serving cached contents and requesting Apache for non-cached content.
Check Varnish ™ status
Check what Varnish ™ is doing under the hood with the varnishlog command. To indicate which instance of Varnish ™ you are interested in, specify the Varnish ™ working directory which is located by default at /opt/bitnami/varnish/var/varnish/.
0 CLI - Rd ping
0 CLI - Wr 200 19 PONG 1340840690 1.0
0 CLI - Rd ping
0 CLI - Wr 200 19 PONG 1340840693 1.0
0 CLI - Rd ping
0 CLI - Wr 200 19 PONG 1340840696 1.0
If you visit your server URL though the configured Varnish ™ port (81 in our example), you will see more interesting output:
15 Hash c /favicon.ico
15 Hash c 184.108.40.206
15 VCL_return c hash
15 VCL_call c pass pass
15 Backend c 14 default default
15 TTL c 1976586397 RFC 120 -1 -1 1340840847 0 1340840847 0 0
15 VCL_call c fetch
15 TTL c 1976586397 VCL 120 -1 -1 1340840847 -0
15 TxResponse c OK
15 TxHeader c Server: Apache
15 TxHeader c X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.13
15 TxHeader c Content-Type: image/vnd.microsoft.icon
15 TxHeader c Content-Length: 0
15 TxHeader c Accept-Ranges: bytes
15 TxHeader c Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:47:27 GMT
15 TxHeader c X-Varnish: 1976586397
To get a clearer idea of what is happening, use the varnishstat command instead:
|Hitrate ratio:
|Hitrate avg:
|client_conn - Client connections accepted
|client_req - Client requests received
|cache_miss - Cache misses
The command shows much more information but a clear indication of whether it is working can be obtained by checking the Hitrate ratio (how often Varnish ™ finds the contents in its cache) and the cache_misses (how many times it failed and had to contact Apache).
After browsing the site for a while, you may find something like the below:
|Hitrate ratio:
|Hitrate avg:
|client_conn - Client connections accepted
|client_req - Client requests received
|cache_hit - Cache hits
Disable Varnish ™
In some cases it is necessary to disable Varnish ™. One example would be when trying to force HTTPS redirection with Apache (although you can also configure Varnish ™ with SSL).
IMPORTANT: Before disabling Varnish ™ make sure that all services are stopped and that Apache is running on port 80 as described in the Varnish ™ guide.
To disable Varnish ™, execute this command:
$ sudo mv /opt/bitnami/varnish/scripts/ctl.sh /opt/bitnami/varnish/scripts/ctl.sh.disabled
Restart Apache:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start apache
Use Varnish ™ with SSL
Varnish ™ is not compatible with HTTPS and needs an SSL terminator in front of it. However, it is possible to configure Apache to proxy all HTTPS requests to Varnish ™. Follow the steps below:
- Enable and start Varnish ™.
Modify the Apache HTTPS virtual host to proxy all its requests to Varnish ™ in the /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf file, by editing it to look like this:
<VirtualHost _default_:443> ... ProxyPreserveHost On RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME} ProxyPass "/" "http://127.0.0.1:81/" ProxyPassReverse "/" "http://127.0.0.1:81/" ... # Bitnami applications installed with a prefix URL (default) # Include "/opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami-apps-prefix.conf" </VirtualHost>
Configure the application to use the correct domain name. The steps to do this will vary for each application. As an example, if you are using WordPress, you would need to follow these steps.
Modify the /opt/bitnami/apps/APPNAME/conf/httpd-prefix.conf file and add the following line at the top of the file.
SetEnvIf x-forwarded-proto https HTTPS=on
In some cases, it is also necessary to modify the Bitnami application configuration to automatically redirects all HTTP traffic to the HTTPS port. The procedure to do this varies per application: some applications may require you to manually edit a configuration file, others may provide an administration interface, and still others may not require any specific changes.
As an example, if you are using WordPress, you would need to edit the /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php file and add the lines below before the WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL definitions:
if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'], 'https') !== false) $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';
Restart Apache:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
Customize Varnish ™
Varnish ™ is installed with a default configuration file, agnostic to the Web application being cached. Using this configuration file, although achieving high performance, could lead to some content not being properly refreshed in the Varnish ™ cache. As a result, users would see an outdated version of the site.
The solution is to use a custom VCL configuration file. There are multiple sources on the Internet that provide customized configuration files for different applications. A good source is the Varnish ™ example page.
This section discusses how to change the default configuration file to a WordPress-specific one. Follow the steps below:
The file requires some modification to register the port on which your Apache server will be running. This port can be read either from the Apache configuration file at /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/httpd.conf in the Listen directive:
... # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses. # #Listen 126.96.36.199:80 Listen 80 ...
Or by executing this command in a console:
$ egrep '^Listen ' /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/httpd.conf Listen 80
With this value (80), edit the downloaded file and update the section below with the port number:
backend default { .host = "127.0.0.1"; .port = "81"; }
NOTE: For Bitnami stacks, Varnish ™ is installed on the same server as Apache so the host can be configured as 127.0.0.1. You can also use Varnish ™ to cache a remote server, by providing the host's IP address.
Copy the file to the Varnish ™ directory:
$ cp /path/to/the/wordpress.vcl /opt/bitnami/varnish/etc/varnish/
Stop Varnish ™:
$ cd /opt/bitnami $ ./ctlscript.sh stop varnish
Modify the Varnish ™ control scripts to load the appropriate file. Edit the file /opt/bitnami/varnish/scripts/ctl.sh and change the VARNISH_CONFIG_FILE variable to point to the new file:
#! /bin/sh ... VARNISH_CONFIG_FILE=/opt/bitnami/varnish/etc/varnish/wordpress.vcl ...
Restart Varnish ™ (and Apache if needed):
$ cd /opt/bitnami $ ./ctlscript.sh start varnish $ ./ctlscript.sh start apache
IMPORTANT: Varnish ™ will not cache content if Apache's PageSpeed module is enabled. Find out how to disable this module.
Modify the default Varnish ™ and Apache ports
After checking all is working properly, you may want to change the Varnish ™ port to a standard one, usually port 80. If it was free at installation time, it should already be in use by Apache.
Follow these steps:
Stop Apache and Varnish ™:
$ cd /opt/bitnami $ ./ctlscript.sh stop apache $ ./ctlscript.sh stop varnish
The configuration of the ports will involve first changing the Apache port and then the Varnish ™ port. Move Apache to a different port, by editing the Listen directive in the Apache configuration file at /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/httpd.conf. Find the lines below:
... # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses. # #Listen 18.104.22.168:80 Listen 80 ...
and change them so that Apache listens on a different port:
... # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to # prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses. # #Listen 126.96.36.199:80 Listen 81 ...
Update your application configuration for Apache. For example, if your applications are configured for virtual hosting, change the port in the application configuration file for Apache as well as in the file at /opt/bitnami/apps/APP-NAME/conf/httpd-vhosts.conf. To know which applications are running under virtual hosts, check the file at /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami-apps-vhosts.conf, as this file contains the list of applications that you need to update, if any.
Configure Varnish ™ to use the old Apache port (80) and specify the new port for Apache (81) in the configuration file. Edit the file at /opt/bitnami/varnish/scripts/ctl.sh and update it so that it looks like this:
#! /bin/sh ... VARNISH_PORT=80 ... VARNISH_CONFIG_FILE=/opt/bitnami/varnish/etc/varnish/default.vcl ...
The Varnish ™ configuration file at /opt/bitnami/varnish/etc/varnish/default.vcl contains the port on which Apache is listening. Update it to reflect the new Apache port (81):
backend default { .host = "127.0.0.1"; .port = "81"; }
Restart the servers.
$ cd /opt/bitnami $ ./ctlscript.sh restart
Apache without caching should now be available at port 81 and Varnish ™ at port 80 as a reverse proxy for Apache.
NOTE: You can disable Varnish ™ at any time by following these instructions.
Block specified URLs from being cached by Varnish ™
It is advisable to block phpMyAdmin, phpPgAdmin and/or server-status from being cached and public. To do this. add the following lines of code to the end of the default Varnish ™ configuration file at /opt/bitnami/varnish/etc/varnish/default.vcl or in the Varnish ™ configuration file for your application:
sub vcl_recv {
if (req.url ~ "^/phpmyadmin/.*$" || req.url ~ "^/phppgadmin/.*$" || req.url ~ "^/server-status.*$") {
return (synth(403, "For security reasons, this URL is only accessible using localhost (127.0.0.1) as the hostname"));
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Michigan First Credit Union in Lathrup Village achieves those objectives through its Young & Free Michigan program. "Young & Free" is a marketing program developed by Currency Marketing and licensed for use by credit unions in eight states and two Canadian provinces.
The $640 million asset credit union introduced Young & Free Michigan along with new products for Gen Y members ages 17 to 25 in February 2011.
Michigan First wanted to build on its high school branches and partnerships with area universities to establish long-term relationships with Gen Y, says Linda Douglas, vice president of marketing.
A highly publicized contest to select a Gen Y "spokester" for a year-long term helped launch the program. Winner Janelle O'Hara now works for Michigan First to create weekly videos and daily blog posts on financial and lifestyle topics, appear at public events, and advise the marketing department ("A Gen Y convert").
Best Practices for Serving Gen Y
Brent Dixon, Gen Y adviser to the Filene Research Institute, recommends these best practices for serving this demographic:
1. Invest in self-service technology. Online-only banks' efficient, seamless product delivery is your primary competition.
2. Target key life events. Create "first time" products in areas such as auto loans and mortgages by tweaking the terms of existing products and bundling them with financial education or a financial advisor.
3. Differentiate yourself. Establish a compelling brand that can be clearly conveyed to Gen Y. Dixon says too many credit union brands are "lukewarm, safe, and begging to be ignored."
Before launching the program, Michigan First gathered information about Gen Y by inviting tellers from its high school branches to monthly meetings that provided free pizza in exchange for discussions of financial needs and decision making.
Designing products with authentic appeal to Gen Y is essential, says Douglas, because the group is intolerant of marketing missteps and wary of attempts to manipulate their loyalty.
"They see through anything they feel is hype, so we really have a peer-to-peer conversation going on between our spokesperson and Gen Y," Douglas says. An Overdrive Street Team of employees age 30 and younger work at public events to provide another set of peers for Gen Y prospects.
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When one of the most controversial calls in NFL history took place, Laird Hayes wasn't watching it during the Monday Night Football telecast.
Hayes, a Newport Beach resident and an NFL side judge entering his 18th season, said he was watching the movie, "Midnight in Paris."
"I absolutely refused to watch those scabs work," said Hayes, who made the big call on Mario Manningham's catch along the sideline during the Giants' game-winning drive against the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in February.
Hayes, a retired professor at Orange Coast College, will avoid watching some NFL games on TV for a different reason. He's back to work, along with the rest of the NFL referees after a deal was struck late Wednesday night.
"I can't wait," Hayes said of getting back to work on Sunday, when he'll be working the Tennessee-at-Houston game.
"It was all pretty predictable. We knew it was eventually going to get solved. We knew these guys were unqualified and would mess up. The games on Sunday were all bad because these people aren't qualified and trained to do what we do."
Hayes said he received several texts after the controversial touchdown call for what became Golden Tate's game-winning catch for Seattle against Green Bay. Hayes watched the replays of side judge Lance Easley make the call for a TD.
"It was kind of crazy; I couldn't believe what I was seeing," Hayes said. "It was clearly the incorrect decision. I think the side judge thinks the Green Bay guy [M.D. Jennings] was on offense. The Seattle guy [Tate] had one hand on it. [Easley] had no qualifications to be at that level. I think he got the teams switched up and then he kind of freaked out."
Hayes will be in Dallas Friday, along with the rest of the NFL officials to sign the eight-year deal they agreed to with the NFL.
Hayes said the NFL referees held and waited despite the NFL giving a take-it-or-leave-it low offer. But the breaking point came in the form of the failed call on the Hail Mary on Monday night.
During the two previous weeks, Hayes said he felt insulted when he heard reports the NFL said the replacement officials were doing fine and improving.
"I've got to think, 'you have to be kidding me,'" Hayes said. "I didn't appreciate it. But that's part of labor negotiations."
Hayes said he has received immense support from the community. It helps to also have his family in his corner, he said.
He'll still need their support because Hayes is prepared for higher expectations from players and fans regarding the officiating.
"We have to be ready to hit the field running and the expectations will be higher for us," he said. "We'll get handshakes, but as soon as we make a decision they don't like it won't be all happy. You expect to be yelled at, that's just part of the deal."
Hayes enjoyed some of his time off, but he is eager to get back to work. He attended his 45th high school reunion in Santa Barbara, and last week, he went to the USC football game against Cal.
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Our Tom Bihn Brain Bag contest was a success - good to see so many of you have more gadgets than you know what to do with, yet can put out the cash to buy a good bag to carry it all in! Nonetheless, one of you walks away with a bag, so you can continue spending money on stuff to fill it with. Using random.org, the winner of the bag was Shamit, otherwise known as Plexi. Congrats. For the rest of you, look out for our next giveaway very soon.
Intel's Dual Core Era Begins
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Intel has announced today that their dual core chips have shipped to computer manufactures Alienware, Dell and Velocity Micro to be sold in their new computers. The new systems are powered by the Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 running at 3.2 GHZ and the Intel 955X Express Chipset.
"With dual-core processor-based system availability, today is a historic date for the computer industry as PCs begin having "two brains" instead of one," said Don MacDonald, vice president of Intel's Digital Home Group.
The new dual core processor includes two full cores in a single processor and allows a system to process four software threads at the same time by using Intel's Hyper-Threading technology. Granted, all this power does not come cheap – each processor is priced at $999 and the chipset is priced at $50 in 1,000 unit quantities. Prices will probably drop when AMD joins the dual core game. Check out the full press release after the jump.
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Belkin iPod Mini Tunebase Impressions
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We recently got a new toy to try out with our iPod Mini - the iPod Mini TuneBase from Belkin. The item looks a little odd at first, but don't let the odd looks fool the value of this accessory. The TuneBase is a charger/dock and FM Modulator for your car. This item is easy to set-up and get working. You plug it right in to your cigarette lighter, attach your iPod Mini, and tune the TuneBase to the desired radio station using the digital tuner. That's it! Now you can enjoy your iPod in the car. All in all the Belkin TuneBase is a good accessory for anyone who wants to listen to their iPod Mini through their car radio. The Belkin TuneBase cost $79.99 and is available now.
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Adobe Aqcuires Macromedia For $3.4 Billion
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Adobe has announced that they will be acquiring Macromedia by purchasing all of their stock for $3.4 billion. Adobe and Macromedia are two of the industries leading companies for creative software. By combining the two companies, Adobe wants to help businesses communicate more efficiently and create titles that will enhance the creative software industry. "This is not a consolidation play. This is all about growth," said Bruce Chizen, Adobe's chief executive. "We're doing this because we believe the combined offerings will be even more compelling to our customers given the challenges they're going to face in trying to communicate information in this very complex environment."
(Thanks Veronica!)
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PSP UMD Movie Releases for 4/19
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Tired of only having Spider-Man 2 to watch on your PSP? Well, come tomorrow you will have 5 more movies to choose from for your PSP viewing pleasure. The New Release UMD movies are House of Flying Daggers, Hellboy, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and XXX. The price of the UMD's are actually very close (if not equal to) their DVD counterpart, so choose wisely.
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Bandai Bundles UMD With DVD Release
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Bandai has announced that the DVD release of Eureka seveN will include a package which includes both the standard DVD version of the feature, along with the Sony PSP UMD version as well. The version with the UMD will cost approximately $12 more than the version without. Compared to the pricing of standalone movie UMD's, these bundle packages could turn out to be a nice bargain.
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Paul from WinSupersite.com got his hands on the final version of Mac OS X Tiger and put it through the paces. He has posted his review, which goes surprisingly in depth, and seems to walk away a bit underwhelmed. Not that there is a major problem with Tiger, but rather he notes that the 200 additions really don't amount to much. Rather, Spotlight and Dashboard are really the only significant upgrades to an already solid OS platform.
Contrary to Apple's hyperbolic claims of "200 new features," Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger includes, in my opinion, only two major new features, Spotlight and Dashboard, and both were clearly influenced by other existing products and services. In this section, we'll examine both of these major new features.
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MSN Messenger On The PSP
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Yet another cool thing you can do using the PSP web browser hack. If you point your browser to http://mob.e-messenger.net/mobile/ you are able to sign in to your MSN Messenger account. This allows you to use the PSP to instant message your MSN contacts, no downloads needed.
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Apple has just pushed out iOS 6.0.2 for iPhone 5 and iPad mini, a minor bug-fix update to last fall's iOS 6 release. According to Apple it:
Fixes a bug that could impact Wi-Fi.
Sadly, we keep getting errors when trying to connect to Apple's over-the-air (OTA) software update service, so I can't see exactly what, if anything, is in yet it beyond that.
Go to Settings > General > Software Update on your iPhone 5 or iPad mini, and try your luck, and let us know what you get. You can also try tethering via USB to iTunes, though that's showing me iOS 6.0.1 still...
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Has Guided California & Brown To Multiple Championships
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Steve Gladstone, regarded as one of the premier rowing coaches in the United States, has been named the head coach of Yale's heavyweight crew. Yale Director of Athletics Tom Beckett made the announcement Monday. Gladstone led the University of California men's crew program to six IRA championships during two coaching stints with the Golden Bears and also served as the director of rowing operations at Brown where he won four Eastern Sprints titles. Most recently he was a director at the California Rowing Club, helping develop post-graduate oarsmen for the U.S. National Team.
"I could not be more pleased to be coaching the heavyweight men at Yale," Gladstone said. "To be a part of Yale's storied rowing tradition is indeed an honor."
Gladstone's 11 IRA championships tie him with Charles "Pop" Courtney of Cornell (1901-15) for the most varsity eight titles in the history of collegiate rowing. In all, Gladstone's Cal crews medaled at the IRA regatta 11 times in his 12 seasons since 1997 - five gold and six bronze – an unprecedented achievement in the 113-year history of the championship. Over that same period, he directed Cal to seven of 12 Pac-10 championships.
"We are thrilled to have this legendary coach join the Yale staff and return to a campus community, where he does his best work," Beckett said. "His expertise and experience will benefit everyone involved with Yale rowing."
During his first term at Cal from 1973-80, Gladstone guided the Bears to three undefeated dual-race seasons, an IRA title in 1976 and a Pac-10 championship in 1979.
As the director of rowing operations at Brown from 1981-94, Gladstone's crew triumphed four times at the Eastern Sprints, five times at the IRA regatta and twice at the National Collegiate Rowing Championships.
He returned to Cal in 1997, taking over a program that finished as high as third at IRAs just once since his 1980 departure. The Bears saw immediate success, capturing a bronze medal at the national regatta in 1997 and running off a string of four consecutive championships from 1999-2002.
From 2001-04, Gladstone added the director of athletics role to his duties at Cal, overseeing a department that placed ninth in the Directors' Cup for overall excellence in 2003 and 2004 and won five national team championships.
Gladstone began his coaching career in 1966 as freshman coach at Princeton for three years. He then took over as varsity lightweight coach at Harvard, leading the Crimson to four straight undefeated seasons, four titles at the Eastern Sprints and victories in the 1971 Thames Challenge Cup and Wyfold Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. During his tenure at Harvard, he served as the U.S. National team coach (1969 and 1973) and was a selector for the 1972 U.S. Olympic team.
A 1964 Syracuse graduate, Gladstone has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen and has also been a member of the Men's Olympic Rowing Committee. In 1984, he served as ABC's analyst for rowing events at the Los Angeles Olympics. He worked in the same capacity for NBC at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
Estonian nibbles: cod liver canapés
Photo updated in December 2008
Cod liver - tursamaks - comes in cans, and it's not very widely available or known these days. It was even less available during the Soviet era, when it was considered a real delicacy. Luckily, my grandmother knew somebody who knew somebody (essential for culinary survival back then) and somehow she managed to get a can or two every now and then. I love it.
You don't really do much with it. You drain it, mash it with a fork, mix with some chopped onion and pickled cucumber and boiled egg, season with salt and pepper, and moisten with some of the drained oil. You get a very slightly fishy, mushy and creamy concoction that is great for stuffing boiled eggs (in which case you only add chopped egg yolk to the 'salad') or for spreading on toasted bread. That's exactly how cod liver found its way to my family's Christmas dinner this year, as one of the starters, when we were eagerly waiting for the boozy sauerkraut, roasted pork and black pudding to crispen. It also did so last year (click on the Estonian-language link below for a picture from 2004). It is definitely not a typical dish on Estonian Christmas table, but it seems to have its firm place on my family's table, alongside with salmon roe canapés (left) that my parents love but I heartily dislike. Too fishy for my delicate palate:)
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Looks a bit disgusting this one, I must say, although I do like fishy things...hm...
- 8:20 pm, January 12, 2006
- Laura said...
Hi! I think I found your blog through Stephanie at Dispensing Happiness - since I'm feeling too lazy to go find the post -- I just wanted to say that the Sauerkraut Soup you wrote about a few month ago has been made probably about three times in my house since... it's awesome. Thanks for sharing that.
...of course those fishy things don't look bad either. :)
- 8:25 pm, January 12, 2006
- Zoubida said...
Hello Pille,
This is my idea of a good savory snack or appetizer. To me, the brown-greyish colour of a pâté always holds a promise of great flavours on a piece of good bread. And this one being fish is even more tempting, for an evening comforting nibble accompanied with chilly white wine.
- 10:12 pm, January 12, 2006
- chili&vanilia said...
Oh, I love this. I remember that in Hungary that cod liver was also a delicacy in my childhood, I haven't had it since ages..thanks Pille for bringing back that memory..
- 11:45 pm, January 12, 2006
- prof. evans said...
You are amazing. This is a fabulous site you have.
- 2:15 am, January 13, 2006
- Zoubida said...
Hi again Pille,
I wanted to let you know I tagged you for a Meme. I hope you don't mind...
- 7:34 am, January 13, 2006
- Pille said...
Anonymous - well, looks isn't everything:) I like this fish liver pate, although I don't crave it more than once or twice a year. Whereas I find shrimps in any form disgusting because of the way the look and am yet to brave myself to eat one. Yet I know that most people adore them. Maybe if I'd eat them blindfolded..
Laura - I'm glad you found your way here! The sauerkraut soup was delicious and good for cold winter nights. I'm gonna try it again in a few days, but this time taking into consideration the tips about using a potato instead of flour and when to add paprika.
Zoubida - that's exactly how this appetizer is to be enjoyed. Thanks for tagging me for the meme - I'll reply next week.
Zsofi - you're welcome. I guess quite a few of our childhood food memories are rather similar:)
Prof Evans - thanks for your kind words.
- 1:13 pm, January 13, 2006
- sha said...
Pille comfort food are very evocative.. it brings out the past full of memories,
Never had cod liver but I wouldnt mind trying at all....
kalo sabbatokiriaki file mou!
- 7:03 pm, January 13, 2006
- Pille said...
Dear Sha - if I find cod liver before coming to Greece in June, I'll bring you a can!
- 3:41 pm, January 27, 2006
This the first time I have ever really read anything to support a friends comment "This is as good as Cod Liver Pie".
I always thought he made it up or was repeating it wrong. Obviously I was wrong and it is real.
- 5:56 am, September 28, 2006


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Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a key company consultant.
The company, which had close to 400 employees in Providence and Timonium, Md., attracted top talent from the video game industry.
"I'm stunned, and I'm heartbroken,'' said R.A. Salvatore, a Leominster fantasy author who was a consultant to 38 Studios and whose son worked at the company. "This is one of the best teams I've ever seen assembled. They were doing amazing work.''
The unraveling of 38 Studios has been startlingly fast.
38 Studios received a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island in 2010 to move from Maynard to Providence. But Rhode Island officials held emergency meetings after the company was two weeks late on a $1.1 million payment this month and asked the state for millions more in aid to stay afloat. The firm is asking Rhode Island for more money, applying for $8.4 million in film-tax credits, which it could then sell to other companies.
The company didn't have enough cash to meet its payroll on May 15 and recently lost its chief executive and another top official. With its marquee product more than a year away from release, 38 Studios has been unable to find an outside investor to rescue the company.
"It's an unfolding tragedy here in Rhode Island,'' said Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee in an interview in Providence.
Chafee said that Schilling's plea for more aid from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp., which administers the loan guarantees to 38 Studios, fell short. "There was a feeling that we needed to be sold,'' he said, but Schilling failed to supply a workable business plan with a legitimate chance of success.
The political fallout continued in Rhode Island, as a member of the EDC board resigned Thursday and, Chafee said, two other members whose terms had expired asked not to be reappointed.
Schilling's company did not inform the governor's office about the mass layoff. Chafee said the state hasn't been able to confirm how many workers were let go. State officials have also struggled to get other critical details since 38 Studios ran into financial trouble.
"Communication has been very difficult,'' Chafee said. "It's come to the point where we have to verify what we hear.''
Chafee said he believes 38 Studios executives have tried hard to find additional investors, such as venture capitalists. Schilling has publicly said he already put in $30 million into the company, and he told state officials he didn't have any more money left to invest, despite his lucrative baseball career.
"He says he's all in,'' Chafee said. "Tapped out.''
The original loan guarantee package was approved during the administration of Chafee's predecessor, then-Governor Donald Carcieri, a Republican. Chafee, an independent, criticized the deal with 38 Studios in 2010, when he was a gubernatorial candidate.
Rhode Island has already provided the company about $49 million of the $75 million loan to 38 Studios. Chafee said he believed that if the company went under, taxpayers would likely be on the hook for an even greater amount, including interest and other costs. He also said that he thought the value of the intellectual property and other assets would be minimal, reducing the amount of money the state could later recoup. "Intellectual property is not worth a lot,'' he said.
Schilling's company, founded six years ago, has poured tens of millions of dollars into developing an elaborate role playing game code-named Copernicus. But such "massively multiplayer online'' games are notoriously costly and difficult to develop. Many wind up being scrapped, delayed, or never catch on with users.
Company spokesman Adam Kahn declined to comment Thursday, and Schilling has said little to reporters. But he has repeatedly taken to Facebook and Twitter to try to rally employees and raise hopes for the company's future.
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He also tried to rebut Chafee's claims that the company's first game, called "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning,'' was a flop. Chafee has repeatedly said that if the game performed better that 38 Studios would have been able to attract outside investors and wouldn't be on the verge of shutting down.
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Oct. 12: There will be a one-hour tour of Judge Yachts in Denton as part of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association's youth fishing seminar series. For a complete schedule and more information on the series, go to mssa.net/youthanglerclub or call the MSSA at 410-255-5535.
Boating safety
Nov. 7: The U.S. Coast Guard will give a one-hour presentation on boating safety as part of the MSSA's Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association's youth fishing seminar series. Starts at 6 p.m. Free. At Alltackle, 2062 Somerville Road, Annapolis. For a complete schedule and more information on the series, go to mssa.net/youthanglerclub or call the MSSA at 410-255-5535.
Hunter sight-ins
November: The Baltimore County Game & Fish Protective Association will host rifle and shotgun hunter sight-ins on club grounds at 3400 Northwind Road in Carney on Nov. 9, 16 and 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Nov. 17 and 24 from noon to 3 p.m. Information: Call Robert Batchelor at 410-592-9276.
Hurd 5K Run
Nov. 9: The Fifth Annual Heather L. Hurd 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk will take place at 9 a.m. at Harford Community College. The race honors the memory of Heather L. Hurd, a history major at Harford Community College from 1999 to 2003, who was killed in 2008 by a distracted driver who was texting. On-site race registration takes place in the Susquehanna Center auxiliary gymnasium from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Information: go to harford.edu/heather or call 443-412-2449.
Decoy exhibit
Through Nov. 3: "Crisfield Carvings — Bird Hunting on Broad Waters" will be on display daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Waterfowling Building at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum at Navy Point in St. Michaels. Free with museum admission ($13 for adults, $10 for seniors and $6 for children age 6-17, free for CBMM members and children 5 and younger). Information: 410-745-2916 or cbmm.org.
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Adra C. (Braley) Ashley was the wife of Captain Edward R. Ashley. They were married in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Early in their marriage she accompanied him on a whaling trip in the Pacific. They resided in Hilo, Hawaii, for three years, from 1857 to 1860, during which time they had their first child.While travelling home from Hawaii, Adra kept a diary describing the journey. Adra wrote this volume to one of her "whaling sisters" in Hilo and gives a thorough account of family life on ship, including illnesses, games, and even arguments. One of the most interesting passages in the diary discusses a visit to Aitutaki in the Cook Islands on December 20, 1859. After the visit, Adra described her impressions of the wharf, the market, encounters with the native islanders, and supper with a family of English missionaries, the Beals. Of this experience, she wrote:
The wharf was lined with natives and they all wanted to shake hands and say Good Morning! (for that is the way they accost strangers instead of Aloha as the Hawaiians do[)]. The [market] building was full and it seemed as though there were about five hundred Kanakas around me at once each one trying to get nearer than the others to make me buy his eggs, shells, corals, pine apples, piggs [sic] and chickens. O what a hurly burly! I thought I should fly. One old man seemed to be a little more considerate than the rest, sat down and fanned me. And I felt quite grateful to him, for it was exceedingly close... We visited all the public buildings, which consisted of a schoolhouse, and meeting house and very respectable looking ones they were. Over five hundred children attend that one school. Mr. and Mrs. Beals are the teachers. The Kanakas were very much pleased with Eddie and one nearly insisted on buying him for a hundred coconuts, but we thought we might do better and refused him.


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Judd Apatow and Paul Feig, co-creators of "Freaks & Geeks," are throwing their weight behind the new comedy from "Saturday Night Live" star Kristen Wiig.
Wiig, who has seven films slated for release in 2010, has long been poised to be the next breakout star from "SNL," but the appropriate lead role has eluded her.
Befitting a woman of her chops, she's decided to make her own opportunity, co-writing "Bridesmaids" with Annie Mumolo.
Apatow, who will produce, has as good a track record as anyone working today. And while most of Feig's directing has been for the small screen, it's been for some of the best shows on TV, including "Bored to Death," "The Office," "Mad Men," "30 Rock" and "Weeds."
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We can rephrase this: "Not every cloud brings rain." And that's true. Sometimes there are many clouds in the sky, but it doesn't rain. Don't judge things by appearances.
cloud (noun) = visible mass of water vapour high in the sky (usually white or grey in colour) | rain (noun) = water that falls from clouds in the sky
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The woman who got into a scuffle with security officers at Bob Hope Airport when they tried to confiscate a container of applesauce and other snacks has until Jan. 16 to condense her claim, otherwise, a frustrated judge may throw it out of U.S. District Court.
It will be the third time Nadine Hays has filed an amended complaint in her lawsuit stemming from the 2009 incident.
Her second amended complaint, in which she named more than 60 defendants — including the United States of America — was rejected by a U.S. District Court judge last month because it was too long and rambling.
In his decision to grant a request for a more definite statement from Hays, Judge Patrick Walsh stated that it had become clear Hays is "unwilling or unable to follow the rules and the court's orders."
After defense attorneys moved to dismiss her 125-page second amended complaint, Hays attempted to submit a 129-page substitute document.
Federal rules require "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief."
If Hays does not file the complaint on time, Walsh said he will likely dismiss the case.
Walsh limited Hays' next complaint to 25 pages — double spaced — and she must focus only on the April 16, 2009, incident at the airport and the arrest that followed.
In her last complaint, Hays alleged she was arrested based on a falsified citizen's arrest form and tampered evidence, including a surveillance tape that she claims was altered.
They are the same allegations she made in an earlier complaint, which was dismissed in May.
Hays was arrested after she tried to bring a cooler containing snacks, milk and soda onto a plane for her elderly mother and got into a tussle with Transportation Security Administration officials who would not permit the items past the checkpoint.
The case, filed more than 18 months ago, has failed to get past the complaint stage because Hays' actions "have prevented [it] from proceeding speedily or inexpensively," Walsh stated.
He said the court has "bent over backwards" to provide Hays with guidance on rules and the law.
"These filings require defendants' counsel and the court to devote needless hours trying to decipher them," according to Walsh's decision. "This court can no longer invest its time and energy into this case."
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Red and blue lights shine in your rearview mirror, strobing back
and forth. Your heart sinks, and your anxiety kicks in full steam.
There is a police officer behind you, pulling you over for speeding
or some other infraction. That's one of the worst feelings.
But, what is it like from the officer's
Growing up, it had been a desire of mine to ride along with a
police officer and check out the action from the officer's side of
the steering wheel. I was fascinated by police work from watching
re-runs of "CHiPs" as part of my morning routine before school
started. My brother and I would re-enact scenes from the show in
our driveway on our bicycles. He was Ponch and I was Jon Baker.
I recently had the opportunity to ride along with an Evansville
Police Department commander and Saint Meinrad alumnus, Dr. Darren
Sroufe. Darren serves on our Alumni Board, and I half jokingly
asked if I could do a ride-along with him some day. He said he
would gladly take me along.
Last September, I went on a ride-along with Darren in the
Offender Transport Vehicle, a reinforced 18-passenger van with
benches lining the sides in the back. This van is used mostly for
transporting offenders who have been arrested to the jail.
I could go on and on about the different situations we found
ourselves in, but my biggest takeaway from the experience was how
tense I felt during and after our shift.
We responded to some nuisance-ridden areas, and I was very alert
to my surroundings. I tried very hard to listen to the details
folks shared with us about a crime they may have witnessed.
I watched as they waved their hands around. I stared intently at
their facial expressions, trying to discern if they were being
truthful. I stayed attuned to my peripheral vision to pay attention
to our surroundings. All this while trying to be engaged with those
with whom we were interacting and following Darren's lead.
I asked myself: is this what every response, traffic stop and
investigation is like for a police officer? Does this internal
stress go away? How long can one stay so alert?
There is a wonderful charity and fraternity among police
officers because they know the rigors and stresses that come with
the job. When they are working, they have to be objective,
unbiased, professional and cautiously alert. They don't know who
has a weapon or how someone will respond.
I enjoyed my ride-along and it helped me understand the
perspective of the officer's side of the wheel. It gave me a
greater respect for the role law enforcement officers have in our
community, and now I better understand some of the tense and heated
encounters they face.
Always obey the laws, but if you do slip up and are pulled over
by a police officer, remember that he or she might be coming from a
very adrenaline-stimulated and dangerous situation. For Jesus says,
"I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved
you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know
that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." (John
Despite how inconvenient, embarrassing and disappointing it can
be to be pulled over, you could be the bright spot in an officer's
day, and you can share your faith with the officer by having a good
attitude and a humble spirit.
Here's to wishing you safe driving, and may God continue to
bless our law enforcement officers and emergency responders.
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Man admitting to being high on PCP arrested in Orange
Orange police have arrested a 19-year-old Orange resident for public intoxication after he was reported throwing rocks at passing cars and admitted to being high on PCP.
According to a report from OPD, Officer Corey Foreman responded to a call at about 1:13 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, regarding a man throwing rocks at vehicles who was possibly intoxicated near 14th Street and Inwood Drive. Upon arrival, Foreman reported he saw Xavier Dewayne Epps lying in the grass near the roadway in the 2000 block of 14th Street.
"As I was pulling into the scene, I observed Epps jump up and begin to attack a black female in the grass area where he was originally lying," Foreman's report read. "As I exited my patrol vehicle, I ordered Epps to stop. I could hear Epps screaming, 'Help me, Momma' repeatedly."
Foreman reported Epps would not get off the woman in spite of direct orders from the officer. Foreman discharged his X26 Taser, striking Epps in the back. During the five-second cycle, Epps rolled off of the woman and onto his back, where he was ordered to remain, according to Foreman. Epps attempted to get up and was ordered to stay on the ground. He refused to comply, Foreman reported, and the officer deployed his Taser a second time. After a moment of cooperation, Epps tried again to get up from the ground. He was once again ordered to remain still, and after refusing yet again, Foreman reportedly Tased Epps for a third time. Epps was placed into handcuffs and leg restraints at that time.
Acadian Ambulance arrived and treated the suspect, and Foreman removed the Taser barbs from Epps' back. Epps "was speaking as though he was out of his mind," Foreman reported, and admitted he had been smoking PCP, or phencyclidine. According to one witness, Epps threw unknown objects at his Hyundai and beat his vehicle's windshield with his bare fists causing approximately $1000 in damages. The female who Epps attacked declined to press charges. Epps was arrested for public intoxication and criminal mischief and transported to the Orange County Jail after being cleared by ambulance staff.


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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
The Atlantic
How Social Media Could Revolutionize Third-World Cities
"When a housewife in a working-class district of Mexico City gets fed up with the lack of working lights in her local park, she logs on to Twitter and complains directly to the city's mayor.
In an age of incessant digital chatter -- and in a city of 22 million -- this might seem futile. But the mayor, who has more than 600,000 Twitter followers, replies to her complaint within hours. He orders the city's public works department to take action. Several weeks later, he posts photos of new lights being installed in the park and thanks the woman for bringing the problem to his attention.
In fact, the mayor's Twitter feed reads like a gritty chronicle of life in a megacity. Potholes, of course, but also complaints and announcements about garbage collection, crime, traffic lights, construction delays, power outages, water supplies, bike lanes, flooded sewers, corruption, air quality, and the proverbial rude bureaucrat." READ MORE


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Fulham hoping Berbatov shoots down United
Fulham's FA Cup fourth round trip to Manchester United is live on ESPN this weekend. Click for details on how to subscribe
Fulham manager Martin Jol is hoping Dimitar Berbatov will score a hat-trick on his first return to Old Trafford since leaving Manchester United last summer.
Berbatov, 31, left United to join Fulham in August for £5 million after struggling to hold down a first-team place in the latter part of his stay in Manchester.
Jol takes his side to United this weekend for an FA Cup fourth-round clash and the Cottagers boss would love nothing more than to see his striker get one over his old side.
Asked if he expected a big performance from Berbatov on Saturday, Jol said in the Guardian: "You can write that but don't let me say that. Because if you are going to Man United they are Man United and we are Fulham, away from home. But I would love to see him score a hat-trick or something over there. But it won't be easy."
Berbatov has scored seven goals in 20 appearances since his move down south, with the former Bulgaria international often having to drop into a deeper role for the benefit of the team.
"The problem for me with Dimitar is that I need him in midfield and I need him up front," Jol said. "When he plays up front, he doesn't always see a lot of the ball. And then we would like him in midfield because he is a great No. 10.
"But every time he is in midfield, you lack a front player, so we've got to find the right balance. Sometimes we try to do that with [Hugo] Rodallega and sometimes with [Mladen] Petric but we haven't found the right combination yet."
Struggling to find the correct balance has seen Fulham fade from one the league's most entertaining sides at the beginning of the season to a struggling club in danger of being dragged into a relegation fight.
"The first three months of the season we scored plenty of goals. Only United had scored more than us at one point," he said. "We played with [Bryan] Ruiz and Petric against Norwich for example and scored five goals. It is about our balance. For the last four weeks Giorgos [Karagounis] played in midfield. I always had Danny Murphy playing there last season."


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Latin America's growth prospects: Made in China?
Global turmoil. Growing prospects of another recession. Crisis in the Eurozone. China's role as a global growth and recovery engine thrown into question.
The current situation looks worrying enough as it is for Latin America –and the rest of the world for that matter- but the region's growth prospects should be looked at beyond the current juncture and on the merits of its long-term strengths.
Here's why. The last ten years or so have been very good for many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. They have witnessed the consolidation of a stable and resilient
macro-financial framework, relatively high growth rates, and advances in the equity agenda.
This new economic face of the region was perhaps most clearly portrayed by a rather robust performance, especially of South American countries, in the context of the recent global crisis. In effect, compared to the middle-income country average, the region's recession in 2009 was relatively short-lived and, with the notable exception of Mexico, remarkably mild, which helped to make its recovery in 2010-2011 stronger.


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A new Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) program seeks to increase the independence of seniors and, by extension, alleviate the concerns of their relatives or caretakers.
The multifaceted linkAges program, sponsored by PAMF's David Druker Center for Health Systems Innovation, analyzes seniors' utility usage patterns as a way to warn caregivers – such as adult children – that a larger issue may exist.
According to the center's executive director, Martin Entwistle, the signal detection system is part of the program's larger overall goal to create a connected community that allows a growing senior population to "age successfully" and independently in their own homes.
Statistics compiled by the center reveal that 10,000 baby boomers have turned 65 every day since Jan. 1, 2011. The total number of people older than 65 in the U.S. will double by 2030, research reports.
Other aspects of the linkAges program include a senior-focused resource list – complete with user reviews – and a service exchange network that allows participants to "bank" hours providing a service for a senior, like taking the garbage to the curb for them weekly. That person's banked hours can later be spent on a service provided by another user in the system. Entwistle noted that the aim is to create a community of trusted individuals – akin to the friendly neighbor who checks in on the elderly person next door.
"Part of the problem we've seen is breakdowns in the fabric of society because people become isolated, families are scattered," Entwistle said. "The things that used to make it possible for this to just happen naturally are no longer in place. So when (elderly) people desire to live in their own home, they become isolated and they become at-risk."
At the same time, he noted, the program's utility consumption monitoring system can offer a sense of independence for seniors, without the feeling of having a caretaker constantly peering over their shoulder.
Existing technology tracks usage
The linkAges program uses technology already existing in homes, like PG&E SmartMeters, to track utility consumption and establish patterns of normal usage behavior by participating seniors. For instance, if a senior's electricity use experienced a significant spike over a span of several days – signaling a potential problem – the system would notify the caretaker of the change.
"Our thinking when we were working on this problem space was this: Is there a way that you can capture information almost without having to deploy anything new into somebody's home?" Entwistle noted. "What is it that we might be able to track that can help us?"
Entwistle said the system is the product of a developer challenge held 18 months ago. The winner of that challenge, Vevity, is now partnering with the center in a phased rollout of the program. Currently, several of the center's team members are testing the utility usage system and the program's additional offerings as well.
"We're using ourselves kind of as guinea pigs," he said with a chuckle.
Eventually, he noted, the center hopes to beta test the program in the homes of 15-20 seniors.
"If we track that data that is already being collected, can it tell us enough to know when things might be happening to an individual that we should be concerned about?" Entwistle asked. "It's patterns of behavior, so it isn't really looking for one thing happening. If we looked at the electricity usage of this person in their home over a period of time and then looked at it again, has it changed significantly? Is there a standard pattern? We're all creatures of habit."
Building trust
Entwistle readily acknowledged that the program's largest hurdle remains trust. Still, he noted that the overall benefits of the utility usage system – independence for seniors and peace of mind for relatives and caretakers – should outweigh "big brother" concerns.
"We're not being blind to people's potential concerns about having data from their homes captured," Entwistle said. "But is that a reason for not doing it, when the potential of doing it is so great?"
Entwistle added that the decision to participate in the program will rest with seniors themselves, while someone they already know receives collected utility data.
"Because there are processes to join, so to speak, then you'll probably trust more of the things that go on within it," he said. "It's done willingly, and you know people have been processed to some extent. It's very different than just opening your door to just anyone."
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- International friendlies round-up
Superb England stun Brazil
England claimed a superb 2-1 win in their prestigious friendly with Brazil at Wembley, Gareth Bale inspired Wales to a win over Austria and Gordon Strachan kicked off life a Scotland boss with victory over Estonia.
Brazil sensation Neymar claimed England were no threat with regard to the World Cup and were too reliant on Wayne Rooney. He was made to eat a portion of his words, as the Samba stars were second best - with Rooney on target for England. Fred drew Brazil level at the start of the second half but Frank Lampard, seemingly surplus to requirements at Chelsea, curled home a cracker to hand Roy Hodgson the win.
England carried the greater threat from the outset, with Julio Cesar doing well to keep out a drive from Rooney and Danny Welbeck scooping a shot over the bar.
Brazil had the chance to open the scoring, as they were awarded a penalty for handball by Jack Wilshere. Ronaldinho won the penalty and took it, but his low effort was kept out by Joe Hart who arguably did even better to keep out the follow-up effort. Neymar had the third bite at the cherry, but sliced the ball wide.
Theo Walcott was a constant menace, with his pace unsettling Brazil, and had a hand in the opener. The Arsenal man drove past his marker on 26 minutes and forced a save out of Cesar. The keeper could only parry the shot out and Rooney stroked the loose ball through a crowd and into the net.
Neymar, billed by many in Brazil as a future world player of the year, had a big chance to level but he lacked conviction when a cross came his way and he shot high and wide.
Walcott had the chance to double England's lead on the stroke of half time but Cesar kept out his shot and shortly after the restart Brazil were on level terms. A heavy touch from Gary Cahill when driving forward presented the ball to Fred and he took one touch before slamming a shot beyond Hart.
England swiftly regained their composure and Lampard produced a moment of class to restore the lead. A sloppy clearance from the visitors presented Lampard with no more than half a chance, but he curled the ball into the top corner from 20 yards.
Charlie Mulgrew's first goal for Scotland got new boss Gordon Strachan's tenure off to a winning start against Estonia at Pittodrie.
Celtic defender Mulgrew got the only goal in the 38th minute at the home of his former club when he fired in from a Charlie Adam free-kick - his first goal in dark blue.
Gareth Bale continued his sensational recent form with a goal and an assist as Wales claimed a 2-1 victory over Austria at the Liberty Stadium.
The winger made full use of Joe Allen's lovely lofted pass in the 21st minute before supplying a pin-point cross for substitute Sam Vokes to head in the second early in the second half. Captain Marc Janko pulled a goal back for Austria but Wales held on for a valuable win.
Ciaran Clark and Wes Hoolahan scored their first senior international goals to hand Republic of Ireland a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Poland .
Aston Villa defender Clark thumped home a 35th-minute shot to give Ireland the lead against the run of play, before Norwich midfielder Hoolahan - who had received warm applause when he was introduced as a second-half replacement for Shane Long - cemented victory 14 minutes from time with an accomplished finish.
Spain claimed a 3-1 victory in an entertaining friendly encounter with Uruguay in Qatar.
Cesc Fabregas gave Spain the lead as Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera flapped hopelessly at his long-distance strike, but Cristian Rodriguez levelled the scores after 32 minutes.
Spain triumphed, though, through two second-half goals from Pedro Rodriguez - the second courtesy of a superb Fabregas assist.
Germany came from behind to beat France for the first time since 1987 with a 2-1 win in Paris.
Mathieu Valbuena provided the finishing touch to a dramatic, action-packed first half by putting Les Bleus in front, but Thomas Muller and Sami Khedira turned the tables in the second 45 minutes as Germany started the year with a win. Although Germany's second goal should have been ruled out for offside, they had arguably done enough to celebrate victory in the French capital.
Substitute Marco Verratti spared Italy from a sixth consecutive friendly defeat by restricting Netherlands to a 1-1 draw with his last-gasp goal at the Amsterdam ArenA.
Cesare Prandelli's Azzurri offered precious little in attack before the break, leaving Gianluigi Buffon to single-handedly keep a dynamic Holland side at bay, with only Jeremain Lens breaking the Juventus goalkeeper's resolve.
Italy steadily rallied in the second half, thanks to the introduction of Pablo Osvaldo, Alberto Gilardino and Verratti, with the latter two combining to produce a late equaliser.


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Last updated: March 2016


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"This award is bestowed upon a fellow blogger whose blog's content or design is, in the giver's opinion, brilliant."When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to the said person so everyone knows she/he is real. Choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don't have seven friends. Show the seven random victims' names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with Honest Weblog. Well, there's no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten (10) honest things about yourself. Then pass it on!"
10 Honest Things About Me:
1. I have acrylic on my nails, but wish I could handle taking them off.2.I love a bold lip look even though I don't always wear it myself.
3.This exercise is hard!
4. I thought my locs would be low maintenance, but they still require up keep that i'm too lazy for =p
Now I understand why ppl that cut their locs off keep a short haircut.
5. I like Pleasure P's new song, Boyfriend #2 Shameful. Hahaaa!
6. I like shoes and music as much as I like makeup.
7. I've sailed around the world.
8. I love my Wii.
9.A kickback day at home for me would be to lounge on the couch with a big blanket and OD on cereal!
10. I've only owned fish as pets.
Also, from the sweet Tammy of Not a Rich Girl, she gave me this 'Your Blog is Fabulous' award!
The rules:
1.Put the logo on your blog or post.
2.Nominate at least 10 blogs which you think are fabulous.
3.Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4.Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
I'm awarding:
ALL OF MY FOLLOWERS (with a blog)!!!!! You are all FAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!