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Editor's note: CIDRAP News learned on Jun 10 that some of the Canadian indigenous groups that have been hit by serious cases of H1N1 influenza are not Inuit, but rather are among the groups known in Canada as First Nations or aboriginals. In particular, a Canwest News Service report referred to hundreds of cases and 20 hospitalizations at St. Theresa Point, a First Nation in northern Manitoba.
Jun 9, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – An official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that health experts are closely monitoring novel H1N1 influenza infections in Canada's Inuit populations, following reports that the communities are seeing more than their share of severe cases.
Keiji Fukuda, MD, told reporters at a press briefing, "We can say now that we know a larger number than expected of young Inuit people developed serious illnesses and had to get hospitalized."
He added that the WHO doesn't know if the trend is linked to socioeconomic factors, genetic factors, or chronic underlying diseases, and commented that Inuit groups were hit hard in some earlier pandemics. Fukuda is the WHO's assistant director-general for health security and the environment.
Yesterday, Joel Kettner, MD, Manitoba's chief medical officer, told reporters that 26 people were being treated in intensive care units for suspected novel influenza infections, which is unusual for an influenza outbreak, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported. He said more than half of the patients are of aboriginal descent, with an average age of 35.
Manitoba's health department said in a statement yesterday that 15 extra ventilators have arrived at the province's ICUs and that the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is helping the departments prioritize patients and was considering deferring non-urgent surgical procedures that would normally require use of the units.
As of yesterday, Manitoba said it had confirmed 40 novel flu cases in 6 of its 11 health regions.
Meanwhile, health officials in Canada's Nunavut territory today said the number of confirmed novel flu cases has jumped from 25 to 53, with six patients in the hospital, the CBC reported. Nunavut's population is primarily Inuit.
Donald R. Olson, MPH, research director for the International Society for Disease Surveillance, based in New York City, told CIDRAP News that the severe cases in Canada's Inuit populations are puzzling. However, he added that among remote populations, the 1918 pandemic influenza was more severe and didn't follow the age patterns seen in the rest of the world.
"Inuit groups didn't show the same apparent sparing of the elderly, so possibly the older proportion of the population had not been exposed" to previous viruses related to the pandemic strain, he said.
The medical literature tells of "flu orphans" from remote Alaskan villages who survived the 1918-19 pandemic, though their parents and grandparents died, presumably because they had not been exposed to earlier H1-like viruses.
In 2006 at a state summit in Alaska, former US Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt described the impact of the 1918 pandemic virus on Alaska's native populations. "The Alaska native population in Nome was decimated—176 of the 300 Alaska Natives in the region died," he said in comments posted on the HHS pandemic flu Web site. "The pandemic swept through communities, killing whole villages."
Preexisting health conditions may also have contributed to the severity of the 1918 pandemic in Inuit populations, which also had high tuberculosis rates in the early 20th century, Olson said.
Officials don't know if higher rates of chronic illnesses in today's Inuit populations are playing a role in the high number of severe cases. However, Health Canada reports that when compared to the rest of the nation, First Nations and Inuit people have 1.5 times the rate of heart disease, 3 to 5 times the rate of type 2 diabetes, and 8 to 10 times the rate of tuberculosis infection.
Yesterday, an Australian health expert from Darwin warned that the country's indigenous populations might be at greater risk for novel H1N1 infections.
Besides citing lack of exposure to similar virus and underlying conditions as possible risk factors, experts have also theorized that remote populations might have a genetic predisposition that makes them more susceptible to the virus, Olson said. But he expressed doubt that the factor is playing a role in Canada's current outbreak.
The signals coming out of Canada are worrying, he said. "The less developed world may have a terrible experience with this, though there is a lot of coughing and sneezing in the rest of the world," Olson said.
Danuta Skowronski, MD, a physician and epidemiologist at the University of British Columbia, told CIDRAP News that over the past few years, circulation of seasonal H1N1 viruses in North America has been patchy, and people in remote communities are likely to have had less exposure to the viruses than have people living in urban settings.
There's still much that researchers don't know about possible cross-protection against the novel H1N1 virus from exposure to previous H1N1 strains, she said. Though researchers have identified antibody markers and determined that seasonal vaccination offers little protection, they still haven't gauged the cell-mediated response—which can offer protection during severe infections—afforded by exposure to previous H1N1 strains, Skowronski added.
Public health officials will also be looking for environmental factors that might be contributing to the infections in the First Nations and Inuit groups, she said. For example, large numbers of people living in one household may have greater exposure to the virus. "This all needs to be assessed, because we're picking up possible signals of concern," Skowronski said.
See also:
Jun 8 Manitoba press release
Health Canada disease and health condition statistics
Ahmed R, Oldstone MBA, Palese P. Protective immunity and susceptibility to infectious diseases: lessons from the 1918 influenza pandemic. Nature Immunol 2007 Nov;18(11):1188-93 [Abstract]


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Ken and Frankie Lee
Investment in UNC Lineberger an "easy" decision
Ken and Frankie Lee of Durham, N.C. agree that UNC Lineberger is a great place to invest — but come at it from very different perspectives: Ken is a general partner with Hatteras Venture Partners and Frankie has been treated at UNC for melanoma.
Frankie explains, "Not only is the care exceptional, but there is a warmth you feel, a compassion that you feel that you don't get other places." She appreciates the expert care she receives from dermatologist Dr. Nancy Thomas and the technology that Dr. Thomas uses to monitor her patients for changes in their skin or moles. "We were lucky enough to find out about her through UNC Lineberger."
Ken says, "We had already made a planned gift to UNC, but wanted to do something for UNC Lineberger. My firm invests in start-up medical companies and after seeing all the exciting things happening in cancer research at UNC, deciding to invest in UNC Lineberger's future was easy."
He adds, "We've lived in California and have visited a number of private and public hospitals. Hospitals are all over the map in terms of their effectiveness and the way they handle patients. UNC is at the top of the heap. They have a 'squared away-ness' about them."
The Lees decided to make their planned gift unrestricted. Frankie says, "We felt like Dr. Earp would know what was the greatest need, so we'll let him decide."
Ken concludes, "We have so far to go in cancer. The successes we have had have been really exciting and prove that they have the capability to make a difference. I don't think you can name a person who hasn't been affected by cancer in some way. So it's priority one in terms of medicine. We need to beat cancer and so what better place than Lineberger?"

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Tweet replies! Thanks samanthakuhr!@peachrff they must be tired... Lots of contestants sleeping in the airport #amazingrace #tar22 #hongkong http://ow.ly/i/1ad3x 3:32 AM - 24 Nov 12
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Leg 1 (United States → South Africa → Zambia) Victoria Falls was the first ever location visited in the entire seriesAirdate: September 5, 2001New York City, New York, United States (Central Park Bethesda Fountain) (Starting Point) New York City (John F. Kennedy International Airport) to Johannesburg, South Africa (Johannesburg International Airport) Johannesburg (Lanseria Airport) to Livingstone, Zambia (Livingstone Airport)Livingstone (Victoria Falls - Knife's Edge) Livingstone (Batoka Gorge) Songwe Village In the first Fast Forward of the race, teams had to hike down a steep slope to the Boiling Pot on the Zambezi River. In the very first Detour for the entire series had teams choosing between Air and Land. In Air, teams had to take a zipline across the gorge and then experience a 54-meter gorge swing. In Land, teams had to take a long hike down the mountains. An unaired Roadblock (available as a bonus feature on the DVD set) required one team member to cook an ostrich egg, and both team members were required to eat it.
ALL we have to go on is one twitter suggesting Africa as a POSSIBLE destination. NOTHING is confirmed until we have further sightings. I also liked the direct flight to Katmandu!
Maun Botswana is only a 9 hour drive from Victoria falls. Maybe?
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Thank you all so much for taking the time to comment on and share our red, white & silver christmas dessert table!!
Here is the tutorial I promised for creating tissue snowflakes!
I hope I have described everything clearly enough for you!! Might be a good idea to look through all the instructions before you start! Any problems please let me know!! x
These instructions are for creating a small tissue snowflake, finished size approx 24cm. You can create 4 of these small snowflakes from just one sheet of tissue!!
1. Take a single sheet of tissue paper
2. Cut into quarters (set three pieces aside, you just need one piece to create your snowflake)
3 & 4. Working with the tissue paper in a portrait orientation, create an acordian fold approx 2cm thick.
5. Collapse folds
6. Take one end and fold in half (width-wise), ready for cutting. (You will be cutting both ends with an identical pattern, so keep the cuts for the first end in top half of length.)
7. Start with a rounded cut on the folded edge, then snip out a 'v'
8. Cut a long curved shape from the open edge.
10. And finally a small curved shape from the open egde
11. Repeat these cuts at the other end (to make them the same at both ends, fold in half and trace your cuts from the first end)
12. Open flat, so that you can see the pattern you have created
14. Open flat, and place a staple across the centre
15. Take a single layer from each half, and meet them up
16. Staple together at top and closer to the centre, then repeat for other side, so that you have a round fan shape.
Hang with transparent line.
Try changing the pattern to create different designs! The one above has a simple rounded end, with just two curved shapes trimmed from each side.
Have fun...and as always we would love to see your creations!!
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memorial day massacre in chicago
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pity it was so dark 'cos she is one BEAUTIFUL PEACH [and he plays his role ok]
Would love to be fucked by him
I did this and it was great! My prof had about the same size and his fucking was super.
WHats her name?
Any body intrested I gota hard dick!!
my 19 i mean 40 year old pussy lol
Are you guys really critiquing a porno? Get off then shut the fuck up!
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I vl fuck hard if I would be a there..
what's the professor's name
so retro ! the girl has a young body
great man great cock ,,,and great cumshot ,, thats why i love these men ,,,,,
i WANT TO FUCK HIM IN HIS EAR. k?
all fucker - i want you, im so wet now
very resourceful use it
Thats a sexy professor :D
i can see y he's the professor and i can also see why she's the student!
lol...nice scarf cock ring!
You can see her wedding ring on her finger, and I wish I was her..
i like
Oh miss smith XD
Oh, I need a professor like this...
does anyone know if she passed???
whats wrong with her speech?
Country porn? what's with the music?
shes deaf. im tellin u amadhigh
la aprobo?
shelooks young but her hand looks old.....
Good Lord! This POS has all of the hallmarks of REALLY BAD PORNO!!! Shitty sound (too much HPF and some sort of noise gate) Bad acting. Not good bad, mind you, just BAD. And of course, they resort to dubbing in some REALLY STUPID stock music. My advice to the producers of this: Either learn your craft or get out of the fuckin' business!!!!
I did it...I would kike to repete it...there's any professor here that wants to fuck myy pussy and my ass?
nice cock id luv to do it :) im sooo horny right now!
Reminds me of me when I proposition women in A.A. They'll fuck to survive.
Dude, this movie is almost a vintage one! Both of them must be granpa/ma now!!!
He has a magnificent cock...mouth watering
i wish i was her i love old man they have nice cocks
i wish i was her. i'm so horny
i wish i was her!
there u go A+
thats hw it shud be
**** Den er lam...
geiler film
Deaf chicks are hot
only deal my prefessor made with me he said i had to give him a strip and lap dance than he will bend me over the desk without a condom fuck me in my ass and cum inside me and if i was to loud he will stuff my panties in my mouth so other people cant hear
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< SIGs | PowerManagement
- 1 DeploymentGuide
Reduced wakeups
After releasing tickless kernel v2.6.21 had started search for application which do unnecessary wakeups. All these fixes should save power and money - comparison.
Reduced disk and network IO
Intelligent drive spindown
It was created a review of all initscripts because if user's would switch off unused services, they can reduce power consumption and make their boot faster. During the review was removed service bluetooth which is now switching on/off on demand that means every time the hardware is available. The other services couldn't be rewritten or removed. (Link to work with services in Deployment Guide)
is a dynamic adaptive system tuning daemon that tunes system settings dynamically depending on usage. It does so by monitoring the usage of several system components periodically. Based on that information components will be put into lower or higher power saving modes to adapt to the current usage. Devices could be handled by plugins which are currently providing ethernet network, ATA harddisk devices and cpu tuning.
Tuned can be executed as a service:
- service tuned start
After installation it is added into services started after boot. Tuned can run as a daemon, which is the default setting.
- tuned -d
Tuned has optional path to configure file. The default is /etc/tuned.conf but user can change it by:
- tuned -c /mypath/myconfigfile.conf
Tuned daemon contains two main parts:
- scripts for observing state of hardware/resources which is processed by plugins
- ktune for setting up sysctl and other values provided by kernel
With the default setting are switched on all plugins namely:
- net - switch ethernet card to slower transmission rate
- cpu - set value of DMA latency
- disk - lower/higher spindown value of disk (only for ATA)
Tuned contains few profiles for different use-cases. They can be set or changed by tuned-adm utility.
is providing various profiles.
- default
- desktop-powersave
- laptop-ac-powersave
- laptop-battery-powersave
- latency-performance
- server-powersave
- throughput-performance
- spindown-disk
is a linux tool which can find programmes that consume resources even if the computer is idle. The most resource consuming had been kernel but since version 2.6.21 is kernel tickless. PowerTOP is using various information provided by system. It combines all information and produce list of programmes which are more power hungry.
Basic goals of PowerTOP are:
- offer tips for low power consumption
- test application and their behaviour
- locate problematic applications
Introduction to statistics
States of CPU
C-states are idle states, P-states are operational. C0 means busy state of CPU, the other C-states mean CPU is idle. The higher percentage in C3 or C4 means that CPU is really saving some energy but it also means longer time when it comes back to C0 and executing instructions.
P-state shows the operational state, or the frequency the CPU is running at most of the time. Therefore if laptop is using low power profile and operating on battery, then OS will lower the C0 frequency and voltage which means CPU will be in higher P-state. Lower frequency means lower power. Reducing the voltage decreases the leakage current from the CPU's transistors, making the processor more energy efficient resulting in further gains.
Wakeups per second
should be small as much as possible. The wakeup is matching with C-state results.
Power usage
display information collected from ACPI in case laptop is on battery. It can measure how much time on battery is left.
Top causes for wakeups
In this part could be identified most power hungry application. Many application has been fixed to be more power friendly. As can be seen on the picture there are mostly hardware interrupts but also some user-space application. Example of dealing with problems:
- amarok - it can be used more power friendly player e.g. audacious is the best according power consumption
- npviewer.bin - flash application can be very power hungry
- firefox - it might be fixed in future releases
- USB-devices - on picture it's mice. The best solution is aware of using all USB devices while saving the battery.
Quite often it can be seen these which are displayed with solution:
- Disable 'hal' from polling your cdrom - cd/dvdrom won't be looking for new disc
- Enable USB autosuspend - not using USB devices or removing them can help
- Disable or remove 'pcscd' from your system - the same as USB
These things could help but they are often part of tuning profiles which can set a computer in lower power consumption state e.g. using tuned.
Battery Life Toolkit provides workloads which can simulate task and measure power performance of system running on battery.
BLTK has two parts:
- framework - responsible for launching the workload, statistics and completing results.
- workload - launch defined workload
- idle - doing nothing for comparison with other profiles
- office - editing files in oowriter
- player - using mplayer
- reader - reading document in Firefox
Workloads: Idle for 2 minutes:
- bltk -I -T 120
Reader, 4times:
- bltk -R -n 4
Office work:
- SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen bltk -O -n 1
Play something:
- bltk -P
1. Switch off all applications even in tray e.g. players. 2. Open only a terminal. 3. Run the command and remove adapter from laptop. 4. Statistics are usually stored in ~/.bltk directory.
It generates a lot of output files with detail of measurement but the most important is called stat.log which shows the power consumption of battery and CPUs.
Another command from bltk suite generate readable output.
- bltk -o
Power Managment tools
KDE Power Management
Where: System Settings -> Advanced -> Power Management
or from tray (plasmoid): PowerDevil
General Settings
Settings and Profiles
First of all it is needed Let PowerDevil manage screen powersaving on. Then can be enabled other things. Lock screen on resume is safety feature, it will asked for a password after display goes to power saving mode. When Enable warning notifications are enabled then a user is noticed about changes related to power management. For every issue can be set in Configure Notification action e.g. play sound, when suspend will be done. Here can be also set waiting before suspend action.
Profile Assignment
There are pre-set profiles for every action in regard to usage or state of battery. Performance profile is most suitable for laptop on Adaptor or for desktop computer, but that doesn't mean they can't use power saving options. The other profiles should be specified by users for their needs.
Advanced Battery Settings
Here can be redefined levels of battery capacity. For example if the battery is broken or old, it could be better to move low level at higher percentage.
Edit Profiles
For every profile exists set of settings. Disable desktop effects is suggested for all profiles except Performance profile. Dim display when idle for more than depends on hardware because some displays dim automatically when they are not on adaptor. Display is consuming most of the power, so it's recommended set this option for all power-saving profiles. When the system is idle option can be used for locking the session, turning off screen, suspend etc. Although here can be defined actions for laptop lid closed or pressing sleep/power button. This feature is more user-friendly than to save power.
From power management point of view is better to use automatically standby, suspend or power off than screen-saver. Especially when is screen-savers based on e.g. OpenGL, then it's power hungry application. Brightness of screen can be hardware dependent and some screens are changing brightness automatically.
CPU and System
This part is fully dependent on hardware possibilities of a current computer. In case there exist more than one CPU, then it is possible to switch it off. This usually doesn't apply for two core CPUs. CPU frequency scaling policy offers various modes executed by (kernel) governor. Available governors are stored for appropriate cpu here:
- cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
The default values is ondemand governor which keeps the system's speed at maximum unless it is pretty sure that the system is idle. Therefore this will be the mode that will save power with the least performance impact. On demand governor is "predicting" future load of CPUs, so it is not recommended to change the governor mode unless special behaviour of system is needed.
When loading profile execute executes a script that will be executed after switching to a current profile.
Display system capabilities from directory /proc in human readable format.
GNOME Power Manager
Tips & tricks
- switch to lightweight desktop Xfce?
- switch off all unused e.g USB devices


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When Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos went up to Siena College on Monday for an interview, he didn't know much about the school aside from the history of its men's basketball program.
That history — along with the community support and financial commitment to basketball — led to Patsos' leaving Loyola on Tuesday after nine seasons.
Patsos, 46, will be introduced at a news conference at the upstate New York school outside Albany on Wednesday afternoon.
In his first interview since accepting the job, Patsos said he was "sad" to leave Loyola and Baltimore after nearly a decade.
"I love Loyola, I love Baltimore," Patsos said Tuesday night. "This is a great sports town. It's a great university. I'm really proud of what we accomplished at Loyola. Siena is a tremendous basketball job. The bottom line is that I was surprised by the level of interest, not only at the school but in the Capital region. That's impressive for a guy like me."
Patsos, who had signed a five-year contract after taking the Greyhounds to the NCAA tournament last season, said he is appreciative of the near-decade he spent at Loyola, and the support he received from school president Father Brian Linnane and executive vice president Susan Donovan.
"I had a few bumps in the road early on. They let me grow as a coach," said Patsos, who inherited a 1-27 team and ultimately led the Greyhounds to consecutive seasons of 20 wins or more the past two years, the first time the program had accomplished that feat at the Division I level.
Terms of the deal at Siena have not been announced, but former coach Fran McCaffery, now at Iowa, was reportedly making in excess of $500,000 annually.
Patsos said he is looking forward to "the challenge" of rebuilding a Saints program that has gone to the NCAA tournament six times and the National Invitation Tournament five times since 1989 but had endured three straight losing seasons under Mitch Buonaguro, who was fired this year after the team finished 8-24.
Asked whether his move to Siena was precipitated by Loyola's decision to move next fall from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the Patriot League, Patsos said: "The Patriot League is a great move for the school, but it's a different type of recruit. I enjoy coaching all kinds of kids. Everything with the Patriot League is good, but I think at Siena you can recruit different kinds of kids."
Aside from the fact that the team plays in a 15,000-seat arena downtown that typically attracts between 6,000 and 8,000 fans — getting as many as 12,000 for local rival Albany — Patsos said he was particularly impressed with the future on-campus facilities.
Patsos said he was told of plans to build a practice facility and spend $15 million on renovations to the current athletic complex.
Though there has been speculation that Siena will be moving from the MAAC to the Atlantic 10 in the near future, Patsos said: "I love the MAAC. The MAAC's a great basketball league. This is a unique opportunity. Dean Smith always said, 'Take one of the best jobs in the conference, and Siena is one of the best jobs in the conference.'"
Patsos' former boss at Maryland for 14 years said Tuesday night that playing in Albany shouldn't be overlooked.
"I coached in Columbus, a state capital, when I was at Ohio State, and it's very important to the people at Siena that they have a good program there," former Maryland coach Gary Williams said. "Jimmy's personality and his ability to get people involved in the program, as he did at Loyola, was very important to who they hired there."
Williams said Siena is a "very good Eastern basketball school regardless of the league they play in" and called it a "very good opportunity for Jimmy." Williams added that it's important for a coach to be able to move when his name has marquee value. Before coaching his last 22 years at Maryland, his alma mater, Williams never spent more than four years in one place.
"You look around the country and you see [Andy] Enfield going to Southern Cal after two years at Florida Gulf Coast and Steve Alford leaving a good program [at New Mexico] to go to UCLA," Williams said. "It's the same idea. You don't know when you'll get opportunity or you'll always have that opportunity. When you do have that opportunity, you have to take advantage of that situation."
It is unclear what Loyola plans to do to fill its opening, though a person familiar with the situation said athletic director Jim Paquette will likely go through an outside firm to conduct a national search. An athletic department source said current assistant coach G.G. Smith, the son of new Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith, will likely get the most serious consideration among those on Patsos' staff.
Through a spokesman, Paquette declined to comment before the news became official Tuesday night.


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Waller helps No. 15 Fresno St. beat SDSU in OT
Fresno State knows it isn't easy to go undefeated.
The 15th-ranked Bulldogs won by seven points or fewer for the
fourth time this season, outlasting San Diego State 35-28 in
overtime on Saturday night.
"If you were to tell me we would come out score and 60 points,
then that is easy like a video game," Fresno State quarterback
Derek Carr said. "But nothing is promised on a football field. I
guess this makes for good memories and for a good talk 20 years
down the road."
Marteze Waller's 1-yard touchdown run on Fresno State's first
possession in overtime lifted the Bulldogs (7-0, 4-0 Mountain
Earlier this year the Bulldogs defeated Rutgers 52-51 in
overtime and edged Boise State 41-40.
"You couldn't write this in a script any better," said Marcel
Jensen, who blocked the potential game-winning field goal as time
expired in regulation. "We've won three games now down to the
wire. That locker room is full of competitors and when it is crunch
time, we are going to compete.
Fresno State also held on for a 42-37 win at Hawaii last month
after the Bulldogs led by 39.
Fresno State, which kept its BCS bowl hopes alive, held on for
the win when San Diego State quarterback Quinn Kaehler's
fourth-down pass to Dylan Denso was knocked away by Derron
Carr finished 35 of 57 for 298 yards passing and two touchdowns
– both in the second half. The Bulldogs were stymied in part to the
various blitzes the Aztecs were employing.
"It was a wake-up call for us," Carr said. "Once we got the
stunts and coverages down in second half, we could get more into a
The Aztecs (3-4, 2-1) trailed 28-14 in the fourth quarter before
Aaron Boesch scored on a 1-yard run with 9:37 to go. Tim Vizzi
recovered the ensuing onside kick and Chad Young's 27-yard scoring
run tied it at 28-all with 7 minutes remaining.
The Aztecs quickly got the ball back when Fresno State went
three-and-out. SDSU converted at the Fresno State 27-yard line on
fourth down with 47 seconds left on Adam Muema's three-yard run.
The Aztecs advanced the ball to the 20 before Seamus McMorrow came
on for the potential game-winning kick.
McMorrow, who earlier missed from 40 yards, had his 37-yard
field-goal attempt blocked by Jensen as time expired in
"You expect guys that practice all day long every day of the
week, you expect them to make a 30-some yard field goal," Aztecs
coach Rocky Long said. "The kick was low. It shouldn't have been
blocked if he had gotten the ball up."
Long didn't make his players available for comment.
The Bulldogs earlier extended their lead with a key defensive
play. With San Diego State trailing 21-14, Kaehler completed a pass
to Ezell Ruffin to the Fresno State 21-yard line. However, Jonathan
Norton forced a fumble and Ejiro Ederaine returned it 78 yards to
extend the lead to 14 points with about 10 minutes to go.
The touchdown stood after a long review.
"I was pretty certain I got it out but wasn't sure if he called
it down," Ederaine said. "When I picked it up, I looked at the
side official and he threw down the beanie and I thought he was
blowing the whistle. But I was showing him the ball and he was just
looking at me and it was kind of akward and my teammates were
saying, `Go, go, go.' So I started running."
Long wasn't sure the call was correct.
"If you stand on the sidelines you know the officials don't
blow the whistle a lot of times," he said. "Everybody just
assumes the play is over and they do that on purpose. They don't
blow the whistle a lot of times and the ball is still counted as
dead. I think everybody out there thought it was a dead ball,
including them."
Ruffin finished with 10 catches for 181 yards.
Carr got off to a slow start, missing 11 of his first 15 pass
attempts. Then, as he lined up split to the left side as wide
receiver Isaiah Burse took a direct snap and scored on a 10-yard
run to give the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead with 8:40 to go in the first
Muema scored twice to put the Aztecs ahead. His 10-yard TD run
tied the score with 8:43 remaining in the second quarter, and the
go-ahead score came on a 1-yard run with 6 1/2 minutes to go in the
Davante Adams tied the score on an 11-yard scoring reception
about 4 minutes later. His 16-yard reception put the Bulldogs ahead
21-14 with 12 1/2 minutes left in the fourth.
Carr struggled in the first half, completing 15 of 30 passes for
98 yards and no touchdowns. Thanks to his rough half, San Diego
State outgained Fresno State over the first 30 minutes, 233-111.
The Aztecs had more yards rushing (50-13), yards passing (183-98)
and first downs (11-8).
Kaehler wasn't much better, completing just 12 of his 24 pass
attempts. He finished 21 for 39 for 337 yards and no TDs.


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Why? Well, a number of reasons.
1) Any day on a bicycle is better than a day stuck in a car for the morning rush hour.
2) The numbers are in, and I got a favorable raise at work. Cost of living increase plus a little on top for merit. I'm not money-hungry, but this will help things.
3) I feel better than I have in a few days. I spent most of Monday evening and yesterday feeling like I was beginning to come down with something. This was probably related to spending a lot of time at the hospital with my wife, and a weakened, sleep-deprived immune system. While I never felt bad per-se, whatever was trying to beat me down, I warded off using some tricks I wrote about earlier this week. Namely, lots of vitamin C, some Echinacea tea at work, and I got about half an hour of sleep more than usual last night. I find it ironic that the malaise started creeping in hours after I wrote that article.
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Ah yes. Geekery: I am attending the first-ever Kansas City BSD user's group tonight. Unfortunately, the timing and location of it will force me to drive there. If there are any UNIX-savvy geeks reading from the KC area, check out The KCBUG website for details. I'll be there sporting my OPENBSD License Plates. Yes, that's my car. Yes, I still have that on my plates, but I have the newer design with the brown buffalo now.
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- Apertome said...
That license plate rocks. I've only used OpenBSD a little bit, but I enjoyed it. I'm more of a FreeBSD/Linux guy myself. I've never gone to a LUG or BSD user group meeting, although your posts about such things have me tempted to try it.
Congrats on the raise!
- January 09, 2008 9:59 AM
- dvicci said...
Alas, I'd love to go to the OpenBSD meeting, but Wednesday is my pool league night. Otherwise, I'd offer a car pool.
I used OpenBSD in previous lives in a distributed Snort sensor array, as well as an "dirty side" port scanner for our firewalls. Good stuff, that. I'm running FreeBSD at home as a server, but maintain XP for day to day use. Just never had the patience for the windowing systems on the *nix platforms. Sometimes, I just want things to work w/o having to fiddle with it too much. Good firewalls, AV, segmented networks and plain old (un)common sense has kept me infection free for years and years.
- January 09, 2008 10:28 AM
- Jeff said...
I have stomach thing going on, but I don't think it's from not washing my hands profusely. No, I'm pretty sure it's from all the hot sauce I dumped on my Thai food yesterday. Lava.
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A man who left his assigned post in the Army in 2001 and never went back was taken into custody on Tuesday, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI contacted the Sheriff's Office for assistance to locate Joseph Champion. According to the Department of the Army, Champion went missing from his assigned post on March 18, 2001.
A deputy spoke with Champion's wife at their home, and she told him that her husband was at work at the Spartanburg County Maintenance Shop on Broadcast Drive.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Firefighters in Chicago are still battling a massive warehouse fire on the city's South Side that officials say is one of the largest fires in recent years.
First Deputy Fire Commissioner Charles Stewart III says frigid temperatures made the fire more difficult to handle. Stewart says the Chicago Transit Authority brought in warming buses so that firefighters could seek relief from the cold. City crews also are working to salt the roads around the building to help deal with a build-up of ice.
More than 170 firefighters responded to the five-alarm blaze at about 9 p.m. Tuesday, and firefighters were still working to extinguish the fire Wednesday morning.
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Paul Donnelly wrote:I don't have much experience filtering spam from forums, but I've found it pretty easy to filter spam in my news reader just by checking for keywords (such as handbags, wristwatches, and the like). In this case, "wow gold" seems like it would catch all the spam so far. Would keyword filtering be possible in this case?
There should be some library in PHP that does spam checking, since it is pretty simple. This is Paul Graham's idea.
The idea is not to test "keywords" themselves - someone could make a joke about "Wow! Gold! Look!" - not to mention you own post - but the rest of the post could tell that it is not a spam. The idea is to create a (hash)table of words with some score for each word. The score of a word is calculated more or less like this:
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Off course, these numbers would be stored in the table themselves, this is just a scratch. Then you take some statistical average (or normal average) of the scores of each word in a post. Based on that score you can tell if the post is a spam or not. The simplest version of this idea wouldn't take 50 lines and would already be very efficient - at least according to Paul Graham.
I think I saw this in Paul Graham's book "ANSI Common Lisp" or "On Lisp", but I am not sure which. Anyway, for reference:


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Religious leaders ask Congress to condition Israel military aid on human rights compliance Tuesday, 9 October 2012Fifteen religious leaders representing many major faith groups in the country, have written a letter to Congress seeking to make U.S. military aid to Israel contingent upon its government's "compliance with applicable U.S. laws and policies."The signers say they "have worked for decades to support both Israelis and Palestinians in their desire to live in peace and well-being" and "have witnessed the pain and suffering of Israelis as a result of Palestinian actions and of Palestinians as a result of Israeli actions."http://www.hcef.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=790793206:religious-leaders-ask-congress-to-condition-israel-military-aid-on-human-rights-compliance&catid=1:news&Itemid=229
In response to our Christian call to be peacemakers, we have worked for decades to support both Israelis and Palestinians in their desire to live in peace and well-being. We have worked alongside our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers to help build a peaceful and resilient Palestinian civil society by supporting hospitals, schools, clinics, and social service agencies. These ministries include cooperative efforts with Israelis and Palestinians as well as with Jews, Muslims, and other neighbors here in the United States. Through our presence in the region, and regular visits to our partners there, we see first-hand the impacts of the conflict on both Palestinians and Israelis and hear from them directly about the reality of their lives. As Christian leaders in the United States, it is our moral responsibility to question the continuation of unconditional U.S. financial assistance to the government of Israel. Realizing a just and lasting peace will require this accountability, as continued U.S. military assistance to Israel -- offered without conditions or accountability -- will only serve to sustain the status quo and Israel's military occupation of the Palestinian territories. (Signatories included)Peg Birk, transitional general secretary of the National Council of ChurchesAlexander Patico, North American secretary for the Orthodox Peace Fellowship.Eli S. McCarthy, justice and peace director for the Conference of Major Superiors of Men; Kathy McKneely, acting director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.http://www.hcef.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=790793206:religious-leaders-ask-congress-to-condition-israel-military-aid-on-human-rights-compliance&catid=1:news&Itemid=229
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Arnold Schwarzenegger I Didn't Pay My Baby Mama 'Hush Money'
Arnold Schwarzenegger -- I Didn't Pay My Baby Mama Mildred Baena 'Hush Money'
Arnold Schwarzenegger SWEARS the money he religiously paid his baby mama for their secret son was not "hush money."
In an interview for "60 Minutes" on CBS that aired tonight, Arnold refused to answer questions regarding how he found out about Joseph -- the secret son he had with his former housekeeper Mildred Baena.
Arnold says he never had a point-blank conversation with Mildred about Joseph, he just "put things together" and secretly started sending her money.
Arnold says Mildred -- who was still working for him at the time -- never questioned the cash, saying she "knew what it was about," but insists it wasn't money to keep her quiet.
He then defends her and says,"Mildred is a good person. She was not out to get me or take advantage of me."
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MyISAM to InnoDB: Why and How
MySQL has a pluggable storage engine architecture that allows users to select the best storage engine for their application and workload. While InnoDB is the most popular storage engine, some users have had to rely on MyISAM for its full text search capabilities, and in some cases, better performance in applications that didn't require transactional capabilities. With the release of MySQL 5.6, those reasons are now gone: MySQL offers native support for full-text search in InnoDB along with significant performance improvements.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are plenty of challenges ahead as NATO hands over the country's security to the Afghans.
"We are still at war," Hagel said, warning the U.S. and its allies to remain focused on the mission while noting that the U.S. never intended to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely.
"That transition has to be done right, it has to be done in partnership with the Afghans, with our allies," said Hagel, who took over the Pentagon job a little more than a week ago. "Our country as well as Afghanistan, the region, and the allies have a lot at stake here. And our continued focus and energy and attention on Afghanistan is going to be very important."
He said it was vital to remember why the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in the days after the 9/11 attacks, including the need to rid the country of terrorists and a hostile government.
Hagel told reporters traveling with him that he plans to talk to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the recent order expelling U.S. commandos from Wardak Province. He would not say what his message to Karzai might be.
Karzai ordered that U.S. special operations forces leave within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with the commandos were involved in abusive behavior and torture.
The order comes despite worries that it could leave the region more vulnerable to al-Qaida and other insurgents. U.S. officials have said they have seen no evidence that American forces were involved in the abuse of Afghan civilians.
Hagel is slated to meet with U.S. commanders and Afghan leaders and plans to make his first detailed assessment of the increasingly unpopular war.
His unannounced visit comes at a turning point in the conflict, as U.S. and NATO allies set their timetable for the withdrawal of combat troops and pressure mounts on the U.S.-led effort to train the Afghan forces. Hagel must manage the transition as the U.S. steps up what will be a difficult and expensive extraction of equipment from the country even as Congress slashes billions of dollars from the defense budget.
"I need to better understand what's going on there," Hagel told reporters during the flight to Kabul. He said he wants an assessment on the progress of the Afghan forces as they prepare to take over the security of their own country.
Hagel traveled to Afghanistan four times during his two terms as senator for Nebraska, including once in 2002 shortly after the war began, in 2006 and twice in 2008. His final two visits were in 2008, once in February with then Sens. Joe Biden and John Kerry — now the vice president and secretary of state, and in July with then-Sen. Barack Obama.
While Hagel initially supported the Afghanistan war when he was senator, his enthusiasm diminished as the conflict dragged on for more than 10 years. He pointedly observed that militaries are "built to fight and win wars, not bind together failing nations." And in a radio interview this year, he acknowledged the nation's growing weariness with the war that has claimed the lives of more than 2,000 U.S. troops and wounded another 18,000, saying that "the American people want out" of Afghanistan.
His review of the war will likely be colored in part by his own military service. Hagel is the first Vietnam veteran to lead the Pentagon, and the first man to become defense secretary after serving only in the enlisted ranks. All the other secretaries with military service eventually served as officers. Hagel served in Vietnam alongside his brother, was wounded twice and was awarded two Purple Hearts.
There are currently about 66,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, down from a peak of about 100,000 in 2010. The U.S. troop total is scheduled to drop to about 32,000 by early next year, with the bulk of the decline coming over the winter months.
And, while there has been no final decision on the size of the post-2014 force, U.S. and NATO leaders say they are considering a range between 8,000 and 12,000. The size of that residual force is sharply smaller than what the top U.S. commander in the Middle East recommended. Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this week that his personal recommendation was for a U.S. force of 13,600, with the expectation that NATO allies would contribute another 6,000 to 7,000.
Hagel would not say what his assessment of the final post-2014 numbers is yet. But, he added that, "it is the Afghan people who need to make, and will make, their own decisions about their future. We can help. We have helped, as well as our allies. But there does come a time when that should be transitioned."
And the transition, he said, is happening in a way that give the Afghan people "a very hopeful future."
The U.S. is currently in the early stages of negotiating a bilateral security agreement with Kabul that would set the legal parameters for America's continued military and diplomatic involvement with the nation.
Another source of anxiety among the allies is Afghanistan's 2014 presidential election; Karzai, who has led the country since U.S. forces toppled the Taliban in late 2001, is not running and there is no obvious successor.
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The inaugural "Wine on the Tee" will be held Saturday at Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira Heights.
The event, set for noon-6 p.m., will feature Finger Lakes wineries and craft breweries, along with food vendors, door prizes and games. Tickets are $30 or two for $50. The golf course, owned by the City of Elmira, will be open with a discounted rate for 18 holes.
The wineries on hand will include Americana, Eremita, J.R. Dill, Sheldrake Point and Villa Bellangelo.
The breweries will include Ellicottville, Horseheads Brewing, Ithaca Beer Co., Lake Placid Brewing, Rooster Fish, Saranac, Southern Tier Brewing Co., Upstate Brewing Co., and Wagner Valley.
"We are also showcasing our rich history in our newly remodeled entrance with displays, pictures and articles from the past including pros Gary Player, Doug Sanders, Lannie Wadkins, Laura Baugh, Harold Henning, Bruce Devlin, Tony Jacklin, Ray Floyd , Joey Sindelar, Mike Hulbert, Jack Nicklaus , Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino when they played exhibitions at Mark Twain Golf Course," said organizer Brian Beasley in an email. "This coincides with the city's 150th anniversary celebration."
Golf casual attire is required. For more details, go to www.marktwaingolf.com or call 737-5770.
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The inaugural "Wine on the Tee" will be held Saturday at Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira Heights.


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Spinal cord stimulation is a treatment for pain that uses a mild electric current to block nerve impulses in the spine.
Alternative Names
Neurostimulator; SCS; Neuromodulation
A trial electrode will be put in first to see if it helps your pain.
- Your skin will be numbed with a local anesthetic.
- Wires (leads) will be placed under your skin and stretched into the space on top of your spinal cord.
- These wires will be connected to a small current generator outside of your body that you carry like a cell phone.
- The procedure takes about 1 hour. You will be able to go home after the leads are placed.
If the treatment reduces your pain by 50% or more, you will be offered a permanent generator. The generator will be implanteda few weeks later.
- You will be asleep and pain-free with
general anesthesia.
- The generator will be inserted under the skin of your abdomen or buttocks through a small surgical cut.
- The procedure takes about 1 to 2 hours.
The generator runs on batteries. Some batteries are rechargeable. Others last 2 to 5 years. You will need another surgery to have the battery replaced when it gets too old.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
Your doctor may recommend this procedure if you have:
- Back pain that continues or gets worse, even after surgery to correct it
Complex regional pain syndrome(CRPS)
- Long-term (chronic) back pain, with or without arm or leg pain
- Nerve pain or numbness in the arms or legs
- Swelling (inflammation) of the lining of the brain and spinal cord
SCS is used after you have tried other treatments such as medication and exercise and they have not worked.
Risks of surgery are:
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage
- Damage to the nerves that come out of the spine, causing
paralysis, weakness, or pain that does not go away
- Infection of the battery or electrode site (if this occurs, the hardware usually needs to be removed)
- Movement of or damage to the generator or leads that requires more surgery
- Pain after surgery
- Problems with how the stimulator works, such as sending too strong of a signal, stopping and starting, or sending a weak signal
The SCS device may interfere with other devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators. After the SCS is implanted, you may not be able to get an MRI anymore (discuss this with your health care provider).
Before the Procedure
Tell your doctor or nurse what drugs you are taking, even drugs or herbs you bought without a prescription.
During the days before the surgery:
- Prepare your home for when you come back from the hospital.
- If you are a smoker, you need to stop smoking. Your recovery will be slower and possibly not as good if you keep smoking. Ask your doctor for help quitting.
- Two weeks before surgery, you may be asked to stop taking drugs that make it harder for your blood to clot. These include aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), and other drugs like these.
- If you have diabetes,
heart disease, or other medical problems, your surgeon will ask you to see your regular doctor.
- Talk with your doctor if you have been drinking a lot of alcohol.
- Ask your doctor which drugs you should still take on the day of the surgery.
- Always let your doctor know about any illnesses you may have.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
On the day of the surgery:
- You will usually be asked not to drink or eat anything for 6 to 12 hours before the procedure.
- Take the drugs your doctor told you to take with a small sip of water.
- Bring your cane, walker, or wheelchair if you have one already. Also bring shoes with flat, nonskid soles.
After the Procedure
After the permanent generator is placed, the surgical cut will be closed and covered with a dressing. You will be taken to the recovery room to wake up from the anesthesia.
Most people can go home the same day, but your doctor may want you to stay overnight in the hospital. You will be taught how to care for your surgical site.
You should avoid heavy lifting, bending, and twisting while you are healing. Light exercise such as walking can be helpful during recovery.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Patients who have this procedure may have less back pain and need to take fewer pain medications. However, the treatment does not completely cure back pain or treat the source of the pain.
Kumar A, Pandey AK, Okun MS. Clinical neurophysiology. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradleys Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 32D.
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What was planned in lieu of helping you beat the sweltering summer heat, is now served to you when its pouring cats and dogs everyday, be it morning, noon or night! The sun is hiding behind the numerous beds of dark grey clouds as I write this, and the raincoats and umbrellas, the coats and the gumboots have all come out of their hibernation so we can jump in a puddle or two, splash about and have some fun as we walk down the street!
Down to business: My first ever event on the blog and I'm overwhelmed by the response. Thanks so very much everyone for your contributions! So sorry about the delay in posting the round-up. Blame it on my ill-health which took its toll on me. But here I am finally, all done with collating it, and I've stuck to a pretty simple format. The entries are in the order I received them. I don't think I have, but If you think I have missed any entry, please let me know and I'll update it right away.
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Deepti's Mango Shake
MD's Cantaloupe/Musk Melon Smoothie
Deepti Pawar's Sunset Slush
Deepti Pawar's Roasted Oat-Almond Smoothie
PJ's SPB Shake
PJ's Coconut-Fruit Smoothie
Aquadaze's Lemongrass Iced Tea
Nirmala's Protein Shake
Nirmala's Green Smoothie
Nirmala's Fruit and Carrot Smoothie
Deepti's Pomegranate Juice
Aliena's Watermelon Cooler
Aliena's Papaya Surprise
Aliena's Iced Tea
Kamala's Fresh Pineapple Juice
Jyoti's Strawberry Shake
Jyoti's Creamy Dates and Coffe Smoothie
Jyoti's Strawberry and banana shake
Jyoti's Honey Bee
Shubhada's Coco-Jumbo
Shubhada's Banana Smoothie with a dash of sin
Shubhada's Cucumber Buttermilk Mocktail
Nivedita Thadani's Green Grape Juice
Nivedita Thadani's Spicy Pineapple Juice
Nivedita Thadani's Watermelon Juice
Nivedita Thadani's Muskmelon Juice & Milkshake
Vidhya's Papaya-Banana Smoothie
Vidhya's Mint-Lemon Juice
Tushita's Tomato Juice
Suma Gandlur's Almond flavoured Dates-Banana Milkshake
Sweatha's Cinnamony Pumpkin Smoothie
Suma Rowjee's Orange Soda
Suma Rowjee's Cold Coffee
Prani's Pineapple Juice
Srimathi's Fresh Pink Orange Juice
N S's Strawberry-Celery-Banana Smoothie
Muskaan & Sadhana's Strawberry frosted flakes Shake
DaisyBlue's Dates Banana Shake
Namitha & Sunitha's Strawberry Preparado
Namitha & Sunitha's Mango Shake
Sonal Agarwal's Avocado Milkshake
Sonal Agarwal's Nirvana Mocktail
TurmericnSpice's Berry Smoothie
Divya Vikram's Green Monster
Food lovers' Lemonade
Food Lovers' Sapodilla milkshake
Umm Razeen's Burj-al-arab Smoothie
Umm Razeen's Abbadi Milkshake
Umm Razeen's Peanut butter-Banana Smoothie
Nags' Sharjah Shake
Nags' Sambharam/Spiced Buttermilk
Nags' Litchi-Lemon Cooler
Nags' Grape Tea
DK's Pomegranate Smoothie
Swathi's Strawberry Orange Pineapple Smoothie
Anu Nandu's Fresh Fruit Cocktail Juice
Priya's Cantaloupe Mango Berry smoothie
Cooking Foodie's Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Meenakshi's Pow Wow Date Shake
Nithya's Strawberry Smoothie
Priya Suresh's Cinnamon Flavoured Clementine Juice
Priya Suresh's Beetroot & Banana Smoothie
Priya Suresh's Orange Lassi
Priya Suresh's Cucumber & Mint Juice
Priya Suresh's Pineapple Lassi
Priya Suresh's Cardamom Flavoured Lychee Shake
Priya Suresh's Cornflakes & Banana Milkshake
Priya Suresh's Cantaloupe Melon Smoothie
Madhuri's Bubble Iced-Lemon Tea
Madhuri's Carrot Milkshake
Madhuri's Jal-jeera
Madhuri's Kokum Juice
Madhuri's Piña Colada
Madhuri's Pudina Juice
Madhuri's Raw-Mango Sharbat
Priya Suresh, a special mention to you for sending in those whooping 8 entries…you go girl!
Those were the contributions from the bloggers. Now over to the Non-bloggers, 2 of them are my best friends – Shrigowri and Rashmi and it was really sweet of them to have sent their entries over. Thanks a bunch girls! The third non-blogger is Sanyukta Gour. She has been kind enough to send me her contribution. The fourth non-blogger contributor is none other Daddy dearest! His contribution too means a lot to me…ever encouraging, ever enthused to try out new things, he sent me over a bottle of his latest hit 'Masala Mango Sharbat' and asked me to consider it his contribution for the first event on the blog…wasn't that sweet of him? 🙂 He said he'd leave the the picture-taking to me, but I didn't mind one bit since I love shooting pictures with food anyway. And I was getting one big bottle of the Sharbat all to myself too…didn't need anymore incentives on this one!
I've decided to feature Shrigowri's, Rashmi's and Sanyukta's recipes here. Will save Daddy's Masala Mango Sharbat for a regular post on CCN. Here we go –
Shrigowri's Raw Vital Powerhouse
When Madhuri first announced the event I first said yayy to myself. Why?? Because it was a very easy task for me to do. How? To post something that I do everyday.(Ok,I skip the weekends) So here is a days' drink.
I was brought up to believe that a right juice is a medicine by itself to any ailment or to just maintain one's well-being. Then comes the fact to me, that it is a drink to quench my thirst on a hot day. Also, I was taught by my mother whom I believe to be an encyclopedia on juice therapies not to add sugar to any juice be it vegetable or fruit .So I have always followed it and there is no added sugar in my drinks be it a shake, juice or a smoothie. According to nutritionists we are supposed to be consuming 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. But I believe it can never be achieved by just eating a regular meal. So, here is a simple way to accomplish that.But there is a small drill that you have to perform in order to reach the goal ! I'll tell you what it is. A few things I follow to maintain the best quality of the juice:
- Use all fruits and vegetables with their peel.
- Very carefully wash and wash and wash the vegetables/fruits/greens in warm/hot water.
- Cut them to the right size based on what you juice them out in.No need to finely chop them. Just big chunks will do fine.
- Since juices heat up a little bit during the process of making them [blending/juicing] it is best to use vegetables out from the refrigerator to keep them cool and not let them heat up to retain the nutrients in them.
- Drink up the juice as soon as it is made.I believe keeping it out oxidizes the juice and it results in a loss of nutrients which makes it no use in consuming if you want to reap all the goodness out of them.
- I use a juicer for these kind of juices.{ If you do not have one don't stop yourself from doing this.Just blend it in your blender/mixer and strain it through a clean sieve/cloth/sift separating the fiber and juice}
- At my house, this drink is consumed in the morning before breakfast.It's best to drink this the first thing in the morning if you can refrain from the habit of drinking coffee/tea. {Confession} I am not there yet !! So I have this an hour or two after drinking my morning tea.
Here's the recipe for the raw fresh juice I have used.
Servings: For 2 tall glasses
- 1″ Ginger
- 1 Anjou pear
- 1 Chinese pear
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Tomato
- Half a Mango with peel
- A quarter cabbage
- 2 handfuls mixed greens: Spinach, kale, lettuce, chard, arugula, mizuna, mache, radicchio ( this was from a mixed greens box)
Juice/blend together all the cut fruits,vegetables and greens that you have washed.There is no order to use up the ingredients.They have to be all in together at the end. So go ahead and do it as you like.If blending using a mixer/blender strain it. Give it a good stir and pour them in to glasses and drink it up as soon as possible. I don't think there is any other super food than this.You can add ice if you really need it. I don't.Please look up the nutritional values of each fruit or vegetable if you are interested in knowing about what they contain if consumed raw like this.
Remember the drill I mentioned? For variations in making these raw juices just open you refrigerator and grab 3/4 vegetables that you think you can consume raw. Use up any fruits you have at home. I wouldn't use bananas in this. It is just that it is good for a shake/smoothie. Any other watery fruit/vegetable will do well. Don't think too much.They all should add up to at least 5 together. You can go up to 8 also. Just get a hold on them and wash them. Also, just use up any greens you think that are not very strong in flavor. I have seen people using even fennel leaves and bulbs. I haven't been that daring yet!! You go on and try it and see what tastes good to you. The idea of using fruits and vegetables together is to create a balance in taste. So try all combinations that suit you best.Also you can use sprouts if you have any. Just use what you have readily available!!
Vegetables that you could use:
Carrots, beets, capsicum, cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, cucumber, beans, radish(very strong-so be careful in proportions), turnips, pumpkins(white and yellow), Broccoli( if available). Just anything that you find in the market easily will do.
Fruits that you could use:
Apples, oranges, melons, pomegranate, grapes, any seasonal fruits. Don't get fancy looking for pears/strawberries/blueberries which are not in season and are not native to the region and ones that cannot be procured easily.
Lime/lemons, ginger, garlic(if you are brave enough), mint.
The idea of using a juicer or straining the juice makes it easier only to consume as compared to a juice with these ingredients just blended together.So be sure to strain it if blending in a mixer. Just get innovative and try your hand at it. Oh and yes, I forgot to tell you that I have a secret recipe for the fiber that comes out of all this. I will post it in one of Madhuri's events that calls for fibres. Don't think I throw all that fibre away…NO WAY !!!
Rashmi's Melon Trio
For a considerably long time the only form of fresh juice that I knew were the ones we get in most of the juice places in Bangalore – 'Ganesh Fruit juice centre' and the like. Juices made from fresh fruits, sugar and water. I still enjoy them a lot; grape and mango juice being my favorites! But I have come to know fresh fruit juice can be made with no sugar or water added! Only the fruit!! Yeah I know.."Eureka" moment! 😛 Anyway, loved it..loved the wholesomeness in it. Well, this juice is inspired by one such juice joint 'Health Express' here in Melbourne. I forgot the name for the juice, so I'm calling it Melon Trio…water melon, honeydew melon and rock melon (cantaloupe). Add equal amounts of each melon in the mixer and voila thats our Melon trio! I have given a twist by adding a bit of ginger, pepper and a dash of salt and called it a mocktail. Don't go by it's pale colour…it tastes much better I can assure you of that. The Health Express has other options too..like a combination of carrot, celery, apple and lime and many such combos. Well, sky is the limit…go ahead make your own combination!
With Summer almost over and the on set of Autumn…sending this to Madhuri's 'Serve me Some…Juice' when it is still little warm here!
- 1 C (cup) – roughly chopped water melon
- 1 C – Honeydew melon
- 1 C – Rock melon (or what we call Cantaloupe)
- Ginger – about 1′ piece
- Peppercorns – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – to taste
In a mixer, grind all of the above well and pour it to the glasses. If you wish, chill before you serve. Do not strain..just drink!
Sanyukta's Almond Milkshake
Sanyukta says she loves to cook, but more than cooking she loves to be creative. She's an Architect by profession. Sayukta, considering you're an Architect (like me), that is not surprising at all!
- 1/2 cup Almond – soak in warm water for 1/2 hr and peel
- Milk – 1 ltr
- Sugar – as per your taste
- Water – to soak almonds
- Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
- Saffron strands – 3-4
- Almonds to garnish
- Take peeled almonds in a blender, with enough milk so the almonds are covered. Blend till the almonds are coarse in texture.
- Boil the remaining milk, add the ground almond paste, saffron and sugar.
- Cook for about 15 minutes till the milk is thick.
- Garnish with almonds, and serve it hot/cold as per choice.
Daddy's Masala Mango Sharbat
Thought I'd just give you a picture to drool at before I feature this on CCN, so here goes –
Here's another collage of all the visual treats for a parting shot.
Thanks very much everyone! Look forward to the 'Serve me Some…Salads' event round-up soon 'cos I've decided to tie myself to the chair and get it over with, before you all forget there was such an event here on CCN! I plan to restart 'Serve me Some…' once I'm feeling my normal self again. Till then, the recipes from my kitchen will flow in as always!
Psst, I must say again: Thanks so much for your patience with me. Love y'all. Warm hugs!


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CARY – Assistant Principal Eric Larson carried his hand-held camera as he walked up the Cary Junior High main hallway.
In single long takes, he was recording images of teachers doing kind acts for each other – and then paying it forward, such as opening a door for someone on crutches – helping pick up dropped papers or removing toilet paper from the shoes of someone who just left the bathroom.
"The exchanges were good, they're believable," Larson told the teachers after the first take.
After some editing, the song "One Day" by Matisyahu played in the background. The video debuted Friday as the school kicked off its fourth quarter.
This year, during quarterly assemblies, the school has shown videos produced by staff members. Each video had a message, such as how kindness to others can be a boomerang, or making the school the students' home.
Earlier this year, the third video was of five teachers from Cary Junior High showing off uncoordinated dance moves and serenading a dragon. They were lip-syncing and dancing to One Direction's "You Don't Know You're Beautiful."
To start off the year, teachers did a re-enactment of the Harvard baseball team's dance to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" that went viral on YouTube. Staff members wanted students to be
motivated to sign up for the school's various clubs and athletic opportunities.
They also wanted to change the climate of the building, to make it more inviting and less scary, math teacher Jill Natrop said.
"It was more, welcome to junior high, this was how your teachers got to school today," Natrop said. "I think when we did, we did it to be amusing, and never thought it would take off the way it did."
The second video involved most of the teaching staff. They had choreographed moves through the main hallways as they lip-sang to Phillip Phillips' "Home."
As an added bonus on Friday, teachers also created their own "Harlem Shake" video.
Each video includes a written message for students to read at the end.
"I want [the school] to feel welcoming, I want kids to be involved, I want kids to want to get up and go to school," Natrop said.
The videos have been popular.
"Had the students not reacted so favorably to the first one, we would have never done it again," Natrop said. "The kids were laughing, and the parents were supportive."
The videos have been shared on Facebook and YouTube.
Chris Thompson, a history teacher who usually wears a tie every day, said the students get to see their teachers in a different setting and maybe acting a little silly.
"I think it's important for students to see you in a different light," Thompson said. "So they see you're human, there's another side to you, another dimension. I think it makes the classroom part easier too, because they know you're real, you're not just this person who's always making demands of them. You have this other side of you."
Sixth-grader Evan Eckheart cheered when he saw one of his teachers in the kindness video. He said he has enjoyed the videos all this year.
"It shows they care about us and they're nice," Evan said.
Eighth-graders Brianna Waack and Carli Petri enjoyed how their teachers are willing to poke fun at themselves.
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Psychologists say having a mirror couple to socialize with allows us to learn from the ways other couples interact and negotiate differences.
The social interaction also allowed each individual to see their partners at their best, interacting in a warm and positive way with others. (Daily Mail)


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If he stays longer, EW and DK will probably find a way to destroy his character too.
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"Not only do 62 percent of new car buyers not shop at any other dealership, but 66 percent of new car customers don't even look at other dealers' web sites," notes Jeff Friedman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Friedman-Swift Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Stronger customer loyalty is perhaps the main reason cross-shopping is less frequent these days, notes Friedman.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Hand Stitched Gifts
11 comments:
- Nancy said...
Hi Carol,
The link to Gail's site isn't working...
thanks for reminding me about last years design. I love that bird...
- December 14, 2009 at 3:35 PM
- carol said...
If you click this picture and get to my Flickr site, her blog site is listed with a direct link. So sorry this one didn't work.
- December 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Jackie said...
What a wonderful gift to make and to receive! Just sweet!
- December 14, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- Annie of Blue Gables said...
can I come be your neighbor? I promise to make cookies or something for you for Christmas if I can.
merry Christmas
- December 14, 2009 at 10:19 PM
- Kris said...
I love that stitchery! It looks great!
- December 15, 2009 at 5:48 AM
- Cole's Corner said...
It's beautiful. I want one!
This is like the third year in a row I've wanted on your Christmas list..... aprons, those sweet rag dolls, and now these....
- December 15, 2009 at 6:59 AM
- Rettabug said...
These are so darn cute, Carol....lots of time & love stitched into each one. Thanks for sharing! ;-)
- December 16, 2009 at 3:59 AM
- amandajean said...
those are really really cute!
- December 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM
This is so cute! Thanks for the link - I think it's going to have to go on my TODO list!
- December 17, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- Karen said...
Oh, Carol, this is just charming! I love that saucy little bird at the top of the tree. Your friends and family are so lucky! There isn't anything you don't do well!
- December 19, 2009 at 6:25 AM
Well, this did go on my TODO list, and I made it for my Mum for Christmas and she loves it!
- December 27, 2009 at 4:12 AM


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Southampton boss Nigel Adkins is keen for his side to maintain their own identity in the Barclays Premier League and not try to emulate any other clubs.
West Brom - Southampton's opponents on Monday night - are a perfect example of a team that have come up from the Championship and now appear settled in the top flight but, although Adkins praised Steve Clarke's side, he stopped short of wishing Southampton could copy the Hawthorns' model of survival.
"They have a way of playing which suits them, they have a good manager there and some good football players," he said. "There is a great vision here at Southampton Football Club and what we have got to do is concentrate on what we do - a lot of other clubs can be highlighted but we need to focus on ourselves."
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