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Omelet Recipe And Shopping List
Cooking for bodybuilding can lead to a monotonous ordeal of egg whites, chicken and protein shakes. Lean, high protein food doesn't have to be bland and boring. At the Sganzini house we have developed a series of recipes for my diet but are also tasty for the rest of the family. We will be posting a recipe each month to help you discover ways to spice up your menu. Also, we have included our grocery list so you can get an idea of how to shop for our recipes.
My Favorite Omelets
Remove the boredom and tastelessness from the usual egg-white breakfast with this tasty twist!
- 5 egg whites (include 1 yolk)
- 2 strips lean turkey bacon (browned and cut into bite size pieces)
- 4 olives (sliced) or try Kalamata olives for more flavor
- 1/2 ounce feta cheese
- 3 thin slices avocado
- 1 slice roam tomato (diced)
- Scramble the egg whites and yolk and pour into a good non-stick omelet pan.
- After one side is done flip the omelet completely over (this requires some practice during to the size of the omelet).
- Spread the ingredients on 1/2 of the omelet. When the bottom is cooked, fold the omelet in half and server.
We use feta cheese because a little bit goes a long way for flavor. If you are not a feta fan, you can change to a reduced fat cheddar or mozzarella. Kalamata olives are the best, but difficult to find at some grocery stores. Usually the deli or gourmet food section will be the place to look.
A quick and painless way to cook bacon is to use the microwave. Place several napkins or paper towels on a paper plate. Put the bacon strips on top of the napkins and cover with several more napkins and another paper plate. Microwave the whole apparatus for 2 - 3 minutes until bacon is crisp Remover the bacon and throw the mess (and fat) away!
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I am planning games for a cousin's shower and I always like the purse raid games. Remember the Let's Make a Deal TV game show? At the end, the host would give away $100 to whoever could find a random item in their purse. That was my favorite part of the show!
I was searching online for a printable version of this game and was coming up with lots of paid versions. I mean, really? $7 for a print-out of this game? No way! The free ones I found had strange items like a handgun? Really? I don't want to know if someone has brought a handgun to the bridal shower. Or maybe I do want to know if someone is armed....
I put together my own sheet for this game by compiling items from many of the lists I found.
The game is played by dividing the shower guests into groups of 3-4. The teams have 5 minutes to search through their purses for the listed items. Items can only count one time, even if all of the team has the same item. The team with the most points, wins! Feel free to print out and use.
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Celebrations show Thatcher's worth: Howard
PUBLISHED: 17 Apr 2013 07:39:34 | UPDATED: 17 Apr 2013 07:39:34PRINT EDITION: 17 Apr 2013Pallbearers carry the coffin of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as it arrives to be laid at the Crypt Chapel of St Mary Undercoft in the Houses of Parliament in London to allow lawmakers to pay their last respects to the iron lady on the eve of her ceremonial funeral. Photo: AFP
Former prime minister John Howard has said the fact some people are celebrating Margaret Thatcher's death proves she made her mark on the world.
But Australia's official representative at Baroness Thatcher's funeral wouldn't comment on plans by some protesters to turn their backs on her coffin as it is carried through London's streets on Wednesday morning.
Indigenous activists famously turned their backs on Mr Howard at reconciliation conferences when he was prime minister.
"I don't want to dignify that behaviour with answering that question," Mr Howard said when asked whether such a protest on Wednesday would be disrespectful.
Opponents of Lady Thatcher have vowed to pelt her coffin with eggs, coal or milk if they can get close enough – or simply turn their backs on the passing procession.
Mr Howard said Britain had an "unrivalled tradition of free speech" and he wasn't troubled by regular protests.
"People who leave no imprint on the world don't have people celebrating their death," he told reporters in London.
"The people who are attending from around the world ... is a measure of the enormous regard in which she was held."
Asked if Lady Thatcher's death had caused him to reflect on what sort of funeral he'd like, the former Liberal leader, 73, replied: "Good heavens no. Gee whiz. Lord no."
"Ask me about the (cricket) Ashes please," he said to change the topic before realising his words could be misconstrued and adding: "No connection."
Police are increasing security at Wednesday's funeral after two bombs exploded at the Boston marathon in the US, killing at least three people.
Mr Howard said the incident didn't make him more concerned about security.
"Life must and should and will go on," he said, adding Lady Thatcher herself demonstrated remarkable courage by delivering a 1984 conference speech in the aftermath of an IRA attack on the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
The former Australian PM said he shared "very similar views" to Lady Thatcher who was prime minister from 1979 to 1990.
"The great thing about her was you knew what she stood for - love her or loathe her," Mr Howard said.
"The worst thing in the world in politics is for people to have no idea what you believe in.
"You never had that problem with Margaret Thatcher."
Mr Howard said the Iron Lady, along with Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, brought about the downfall of the Soviet Union "which is the single most transformative political event in my lifetime".
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I am new to the Linux world and have what I think is a fairly simple question. I would like to know how to get information from a CD using the X Window System. Can you help me with this? —Anthony, firstname.lastname@example.com
First, mount your CD-ROM using the command mount /cdrom if /etc/fstab is properly configured. Otherwise, as root use mount /dev/hdb /cdrom. Your distribution probably offers some graphic tools to help with the task; remember man mount is your friend. —Alessandro Rubini, firstname.lastname@example.com
First, in an xterm, log in as root (su -root and type in the root password when prompted). Then, create a directory where the CD will appear to be:
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
Next, insert the CD and mount it on the directory you created:
mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/hdd /mnt/cdromThen, you should be able to cd to /mnt/cdrom and use the files on the CD. When you're done, the command
umount /mnt/cdromwill tell Linux to "let go" of the CD so you can eject it and work on another. —Scott Maxwell, email@example.com
When LILO starts to boot Linux, I get an error message saying, "BIOS32 extension does not exist. Sorry, this release still depends on it!" I am unable to boot Linux because of this. What should I do? —Mark, firstname.lastname@example.com
LILO must be installed on your MBR (Master Boot Record), on a floppy disk or the first sector of your Linux partition. If you have an IDE drive, it must be located before the 540MB limit; if you have a SCSI drive, it must be lower than cylinder 1024. Is your LILO installed in the proper location? —Daniel Lafraia, email@example.com
This message is printed by a SCSI driver which is compiled in your default kernel and is benign as you don't have that SCSI controller. Most drivers don't print any message when they fail detecting the hardware; in my opinion, this is good. It looks as if your kernel is locking when probing for some other hardware, but I can't tell which one. You should try to remove any strange ISA device installed in your system, then compile your own kernel, leaving out everything of no interest to you.
Note that most modern distributions use modules for each device driver in order to avoid probing for uninstalled peripherals. —Alessandro Rubini, email@example.com
At what speed is my modem connecting? I have REPORT CONNECT in my chat script, but it always indicates I am connected at 57600. How do I query the modem or pppd to find out the speed at which I am actually connected? —James M. Pothering, email@example.com
You need to make a change in your modem settings. Consult your modem's manual to learn which string to send, then use a terminal program such as minicom to instruct your modem to return the modem-to-remote (DCE) speed, not the computer-to-modem (DTE) speed. For example, for my modem I would type ATW2&W. This turns on "Report connection rate only as CONNECT XXXX" (W2) and saves the settings for the next use (&W). —Chad Robinson, email@example.com
I've upgraded to glibc 2.1, but certain older applications (StarOffice in particular) don't want to run now. How do I either convince StarOffice to like the new glibc, or else keep the old 2.0.7 installed just for StarOffice's use? —Tim Pepper, firstname.lastname@example.com
Here's a shot in the dark... Instead of executing "soffice" by itself to start StarOffice, execute the following:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/glibc_libraries_path soffice
Be sure to have the 2.0.7 libraries in a directory separate from all the rest of your system libraries (they typically reside in /lib). The command above should make StarOffice look for shared libraries in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH first before moving on to look elsewhere. Note that you do not want this particular LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable to be permanent; you just want to execute it when you start StarOffice. (Of course, replace /glibc_libraries_path with the actual path to your glibc 2.0.7 libraries.) —Erik Ratcliffe, email@example.com
You can influence how any application searches for shared libraries by setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (don't forget to use export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=..., so the environment variable's value will be visible to applications you run). The value of this variable should be a colon-separated list of directories to be searched before the usual locations.
Writing a simple shell script will make life simpler. Do something like this:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path_old_glibc/
exec soffice
If necessary, you can also force the issue with LD_PRELOAD:
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[Android] Delete duplicate contacts with Merge+
Posted By Briley Kenney On April 27, 2013 @ 5:15 AM In Android | No Comments
[1]One of the things I hate most about my Android device, is that because of all the different accounts I have stored on it, I end up with multiple contact cards for the same person. This means, I have the same person three or four different times across various social media networks and accounts. With stock Android you can merge or join contacts individually but the process of doing so can be a real pain. Merge+ is a simple Android app that will scan your Android phone and combine any duplicate contacts for you.
Main Functionality
Merge+ is an incredibly simple and straightforward Android application that does one thing — it merges any duplicate contacts on your phone or tablet in order to clean up your address book. In other words, it delete duplicate contacts. Merge is actually designed to go along with another app called Contact+ which offers a bunch of advanced contact information, but luckily it's not a prerequisite.
[2]I don't like using third party contact applications on my phone because I feel like they always cause unnecessary bloat. In fact, a lot of times it seems that even the stock contact organizer is a pain in its own right. Like many people, I use my phone for everything which means I'm signed into a wide variety of accounts including Gmail, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Path, LinkedIn, and I'm sure there's more. The problem is, a lot of these apps also synchronize your contacts to your device. This results in a lot of minor issues, namely multiple entries for a single contact.
Merge+ only does one thing, but it does that one thing very well. As the name implies, it will scan the contacts on your phone and automatically merge any duplicates. Of course, before joining any contacts it will ask for your permission and allow you to review the merger. This helps prevent the app from joining two contacts with the same name onto a single contact card.
Once the app is installed and opened, there are only two options for you to choose from. One option allows you to scan for duplicate contacts on your device. The other option is a link to the developers Contacts+ application. The Contacts+ link on the main page is directly below the "find contacts" button, which happens to be the main button you need to press. This is bothersome. Why? Well, because it's very easy to hit the wrong button by accident.
[3]When you tap the "find duplicates" button the program will scan your contacts and push a notification to the Android notification tray. The notification essentially tells you the status of the scanning process and also identifies how many duplicate contacts were found.
If duplicate contacts are indeed discovered, the application will prompt you to merge the ones with similar information. All you have to do is review the merger and then tap the "merge" button. That's it. That's Merge+ in a nutshell. It's simple, straightforward and there's no clutter- just the way I like it.
For reference, Merge uses about 20MB of RAM while running in the background. On my device it didn't seem to close on its own even when I removed it from the recent apps list. If you want to shut it down you'll have to use a task manager or the Android settings to force close.
Merge+ is an incredibly simple application that serves one relatively useful purpose — it finds duplicate contacts on your device and merges them into one. Ultimately, it helps eliminate the pesky problem of having multiple contact entries for a single person. Before joining any contacts, the application will allow you to review the merger, so you don't have to worry about the wrong contacts being joined. It's free, it works well and there's no bloat to contend with. What more could you ask for?
Price: Free
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Email Answer: Second Guessing A DIY
Question: Are there any projects that you wish you hadn't DIY-ed? I'm in the middle of one that's not going smoothly and I'm second-guessing my decision not to hire it out. – Holly
Answer: This question comes up fairly frequently – it even popped up during the Q&A portion of our talk at the Richmond Home & Garden Show earlier this month. The truth is that we both have trouble recalling a project that we got to the end of and said "man, I wish we hadn't DIYed that one." Maybe it's that post project rush of victory, the relief of completion, or the joy of saving money? Or maybe it's like childbirth and you forget the pain in hindsight? But there definitely have been PLENTY of projects that have elicited a major "what were we thinking?!?" moment mid-way through. I'll even cop to shedding a few tears over one. Okay, maybe two.
So I thought I'd break down four projects that nearly broke me down and share what each one has taught me (spoiler: it's not to stop DIYing, it's just to DIY smarter).
#1: The Bathroom Demo. I was still working my 9-5 at the time and Sherry was pregnant with Clara, so I carved out a Saturday to smash out all of the existing tile in our first home's only full bathroom. This was my first major reno project and I just totally underestimated the time, strength, and endurance it would require as well as the gigantic mess it would make. You can practically feel the exhaustion in the words of my post from back then.
Lesson Learned: Seemingly simple projects like removing the old stuff can be just as taxing and time consuming as installing the new stuff – especially in an older home where you're dealing with mortar and metal-mesh behind every last tile. But learning this the hard way means that we've become better at accounting for that step in our planning moving forward, and renting equipment that makes it easier (like the demolition hammer that saved me at the end of bathroom demo). So now, whether it's removing old carpeting or clearing the land for our deck (this is foreshadowing, btw) – we go into it expecting it to take time and energy, instead of blindly saying "we'll have that done in an hour, tops." In some cases it has even lead us to hire out a demo step, like removing the beams in our home's sunroom for $200, so we could get to the fun stuff faster and save our aching backs.
#2: The Patio. This was a project that we actually contracted out at our first house, but decided to tackle on our own at our second one. The crew at the first house knocked it out in a day, but we knew better than to expect any sort of speed for ourselves. We did rely on a local stoneyard to help us calculate and deliver materials, but somehow in ordering three tons of gravel we didn't quite the connect the dots that we'd later be manually moving and spreading three tons of gravel into place. So despite our best efforts to manage expectations, it still turned out to be a back-breaking job that had me and Sherry crying for mercy more than once (though not literally crying – that one comes later).
Lesson Learned: Moving materials from point A to point B can be a lot harder than it sounds, so take advantage of any help you can get – whether it's having supplies delivered to your site (which we did) or having a few extra sets of hands around when it comes time to haul something (which we didn't). There isn't much glory in hauling or lifting stuff, so it's something we've become more willing to pay for in dollars, instead of paying for it in lost time or aching muscles.
#3: The Deck. If I weren't going in chronological order, this is the one that would probably top my list of Most Second Guessed While It Progressed projects. And it took virtually forever to complete, so there was a lot of time to freak out. Oddly enough, in the end I have great pride in completing this project – and I gained lots of new confidence in my abilities – so I don't wish I had contracted it out at all. It truly is one of my proudest accomplishments to date. But there were a few times that I was on the brink of turning the project over to the professionals.
It was a perfect storm of some of my least favorite things about any project:
- Lots of manual labor (even though materials were delivered to our house, there was still lots of lugging and lifting)
- Lots of uncertainty (it was unlike any project we'd ever taken on, so there were plenty of unknowns and unfamiliar challenges)
- Lots of pressure (having to execute a structurally sound construction and pass multiple county inspections)
- Lots of heat (it was summertime in a very sunny outdoor spot)
The one element we were sure to eliminate from the story was a time crunch. We didn't give ourselves a deadline, which is the only thing that made all of those "hiccups" (that's putting it gently) bearable. And again, it's probably the project I have the most pride in completing – probably because it was my toughest. Oh yeah, and it totally made me cry once thanks to being totally exhausted and then falling and hurting my back. Still not sure whether it was the exhaustion or back pain that brought on the tears.
Lesson Learned: If all else fails, try to eliminate or reduce the time pressures of a project or loosen up a super strict budget if you can. Giving yourself the gift of a more flexible deadline or a budget with a little more padding can really turn those "how will I ever recover from this mistake??" moments into an "I can get through this" Rocky-music rally moment. And oh yeah, make sure your next house already has a deck so you don't have to build one again. (I'm kidding. Kind of.)
#4: The Hardwood Floors. This one makes the list because we totally disregarded the lesson that we learned from the deck: don't rush yourself. When our second house sold much faster than we expected, it caught us by surprise… and suddenly gave us a deadline for removing all of the upstairs carpeting, painting all the trim and doors up there, and installing the hardwoods. While we owned the house for a while before moving in, the priority had been to get our second house ready for sale. Then when our old house sold before even hitting the market (as opposed to around 6 weeks later, which is how long our first house took), suddenly those six weeks that we thought would be built into the process were gone and our closing date was looming a few weeks away, with all of that carpeting, trim, and hardwood flooring to deal with.
We did our best to learn from our previous projects by carving out time for demo (i.e. carpet removal) and enlisting my parents to watch Clara a few times so we could have two sets of hands doing as much as possible. But we still found ourselves racing the clock at the end, which translated to some super long and tiring days of under-pressure floor laying. This one made me shed tears of frustration more than once, and this time I can't deflect blame an injury. I was just dead tired and ridiculously ready to be done with laying plank after plank, day after day, in every seemingly endless room, hallway, and closet. And Sherry was right there with me. We were like a couple of cooks cutting onions. At midnight. While laying floors.
Lesson Learned: Even the best laid plans can blow up in your face. So by now we just do our best to expect at least one or two project derailments (and sometimes four or five) while reminding ourselves why we're DIYing something in the first place. Maybe we're saving money (which we definitely did with the floors). Maybe we're learning a new skill (which can propel your whole house-journey forward and allow you to tackle bigger and better projects down the line). And maybe at the very least we're proving something to ourselves about perseverance and determination (there's nothing like dusting your shoulders off when you're done, both literally and figuratively).
But if those things aren't the in cards, perhaps you'll decide that you're dealing with a job that's best left to the professionals – and there's no shame in handing it over. Especially if you did a little bit of the up-front stuff before realizing it was best left to an expert (every little bit helps, so that supremely annoying realization probably comes with some money-savings from the stuff you did before hiring someone). In a strange way, as our DIY know-how has grown, we feel more comfortable with calling in a pro. We'll gladly contract out work like our bathroom plumbing issue, our yard-leveling adventures, and larger electrical or load-bearing jobs that are just plain out of our skill set. After all, when you know just how taxing certain jobs might be, there's definitely a tiny thrill when you get to watch someone else take that off your plate. Especially if it leaves you enough steam to tackle something else on your list at the same time…
PS: If you want to read more about how we decide whether or not to tackle a project ourselves before starting, check out this post which bullets some of the evaluation criteria that we use before diving in.
Books, Toys, General Cuteness, and Narwhals
The bookcases in the nursery have officially been filled with board books, toys, stuffed animals, framed prints, and a few other random bobs and bits that I hope our little man will love feasting his eyes (and mouth?) upon. You know, in the case of those gummy blocks in the bottom right corner of this shot that Clara loved chomping on. Of course we still have a bunch of bigger toys, puzzles, and games that will probably get stored in baskets or some sort of cubby system in another area of the room, but it's nice to have some fun kid stuff on the bookcases that's easy to grab and gaze at.
This is the built-in to the left of the crib, which Clara helped me fill by offering up all of her baby books to "my baby" as she sweetly calls her brother on the way. She is well past the board book phase, so I was especially grateful that she wanted to hand them down as opposed to suddenly wanting to hoard them even though she doesn't read them anymore. She even brought in a few of her stuffed animals that she thought he'd like (two gators and a monkey).
Obviously these shelves will evolve as he grows and we get more items just for him that are based on his interests, but I did grab a few boxes from Target, like the three-tone green one below. Just to store things like crayons, blocks, and other small-scale games that feel more organized when they're corralled.
That crocheted cactus above makes me smile. Isn't he cute? We bought three of them a while back at a holiday craft fair here in Richmond and I was so excited to break them out as some can't-kill-it-if-I-try greenery for his room.
Here's the bookcase to the right of the crib:
That three-toned tree was one of Clara's favorite stacking toys when she was younger, so I was thrilled when she said she thought her baby would like it. She also dragged her blue crayon-truck out of a basket and said it was for the baby now (she's more into markers these days, but the gesture was still pretty touching since she colored that herself a few years back).
She also picked out the mustached man-doll for him at a recent craft fair, so I lifted her up so she could do the honors of placing him on the shelf next to a box of flashcards and a cute cloth covered photo album.
Another one of Clara's "creations" for her brother's space was this robot print that she colored a few years back (it used to hang here in our last house's hallway). We were going through frames in the storage room together and she said "he's going to like this one – can we use this one? I made it just for him." Regardless of the fact that she colored it well before he was conceived, it's the thought that counts, so onto the shelf it went. Along with a random teal oyster can that I found at an antique shop this summer (it feels like a cheeky nod to the whole barnacle nickname that Clara came up with this fall).
Besides going through old baby items and buying a few new things like those Target boxes, and the mustached man-doll, Clara and I also had fun making a little art project for the bun. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce Norman The Narwhal. He's FAR from a perfect specimen, but it was the sweetest project to do with Clara and I think I love him more for his handmade wonkiness than anything else. Dude has some serious character going on. So let's file this under "made by a kid with a little help from mom for her baby brother."
Here was our inspiration (which is nowhere near as wonky, and very charming indeed), and here's how Clara and I had fun subbing in paper mache for a styrofoam ball, made the horn a different way, used buttons for eyes, etc.
1 & 2. First we picked up a small wooden craft plaque from JoAnn for around $3 with a coupon, and we had fun painting it white together.
3 & 4. Then we made waaaay too much paper mache (seriously, it was a comically large batch) by adding water to flour and stirring until it thickened up. Clara LOVED this part, hence the comically large batch. She kept wanting to add more water and more flour and "stir, stir, stir" things up.
5. Next we used some newspaper to make our narwhal face, which was essentially just sort of a rounded blob of paper squished up and covered with paper mache with a flat back so it could sit against the plaque. We used small strips of newspaper coated with paper mache over our ball of crunched up newsprint to get it as smooth as possible on the surface, but that's sort of a relative term since it's still quite a lumpy little face that he has.
6. We used an old wooden dowel that was about 5″ long to create the horn.
7 & 8. First I just wrapped it with painters tape (using more on one end than the other for that tapered shape). Then I covered that with yellow polka dot washi tape that I had on hand, just because polka dots are cute and our inspiration narwhal had some pattern going on with his horn. We used a coat of matte Mod Podge over the whole thing to keep the tape in place and protect it a bit more (Clara loves Mod Podge and calls it Pod Modge, which makes me think of Padma Lakshmi for some reason).
9 & 10. When the paper mache narwhal face was dry, Clara helped me paint it blue with craft paint. I also used Aileen's Tacky Glue to secure a screw to the inside of the dowel of our horn, which we let dry for a nice long time.
11. Once our narwhal face was dry and the glue for our screw had cured up, we could screw it right in for that horned look. I even made a small pilot hole with our drill to get things started (Clara LOVES anything drill related, so this was a thrilling step for her as well).
Then we searched the house for some small round items to use as eyes, came up with some old pearl colored buttons, and drew a little smiling mouth with a sharpie as well as drawing some little black lines around the frame of the plaque. I did that while Clara watched and counted (she'd get to about 30 and then start over, which was pretty cute). And finally, we just used some black & white twine from the craft closet to create a little hanging device (one small picture nail easily holds this baby up).
Over the years I've been asked if I think obviously fake creations like these (or a ceramic ram head, or a cardboard deer head) might glorify the act of mounting an actual animal head. I'm sure everyone has different opinions about this (it's such a highly personal thing) but I've thought about it for a while, and I don't believe faux taxidermy makes any sort of pro-real-taxidermy statement. To me, it's just like using faux sheepskins in our house instead of real ones, or how people might buy faux fur coats. Another example would be how animal rights activists like Stella McCartney will design things with faux leather (real leather = against her beliefs, but she'll use the imitation to make a statement that there are great alternatives to the real thing).
Now I'm excited to start in on some other personality-adding details, like a pair of colorful curtains, and a large-scale mobile for over the crib. And of course we have a whole blank wall across from the crib to deal with, where we think we'll add a cubby-type cabinet for toys with a changing table on top and our bike art hanging above it – along with a bold green closet door.
But going back to that "large scale mobile idea," this is just some bad photoshop, but I have an old manzanita branch that I think could be fun with lots of colorful shapes hanging off of it at a ton of different lengths and depths.
So those are next on the list. What are you guys up to when it comes to bookcase-filling and art-making? Anyone else breaking out the paper mache? Clara kept trying to eat it, which was both comical and surprisingly ok (it is made from flour and water).
Psst- To see our nursery progress from the very beginning, here's the planning and rug-buying post, the dresser-sourcing post, the wall and ceiling painting rundown, the first half of built-in building, the second half of the built-in project, and how we added crown molding and a homemade crib skirt.


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Bossier City, LA (KMSS) — There will be a "In God We Trust" rally on July 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bossier Sheriff's Office Viking Drive Substation and to sign a pledge showing that you support the "In God We Trust" campaign.
Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington has taken a stand against the federal government for denying the Sheriff's Office federal grant funding for youth programs because of the mention of God and voluntary prayer in the programs. Whittington has made it clear that he will not remove God nor prayer from any of the programs.
There will be a live radio broadcast at the rally and American flags will be available to show patriotism. There will also be hot dogs and drinks for all.
Sheriff Whittington has received hundreds of phone calls and letters from individuals, groups and churches showing their support for his stance, and many have sent money and/or started fundraisers.
Although the Bossier Sheriff's Office doesn't solicit funds from the public, Sheriff Whittington has expressed his gratitude and will accept public support.
If anyone wishes to donate, please contact the Bossier Sheriff's Office at 318-965-3411 or write to the office at Young Marines/Youth Diversion, P.O. Box 850, Benton, LA 71006.


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The Maldivian government has today said it will review and potentially "correct" laws in the country it claims victimise young women and minors who have suffered sexual abuse.
President's Office Media Secretary Masood Imad told Minivan News the government would be holding consultations with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and other relevant authorities to discuss how minors who have been sexually abused were being treated in the country.
The comments were made as the Prosecutor General (PG's) Office today confirmed it had pressed charges against a 15 year-old girl from the island of Feydhoo in Shaviyani Atoll for having "consensual sexual relations".
A spokesperson for the PG's Office said the charges against the minor were unrelated to a separate case against the girl's stepfather over allegations he had sexually abused her.
"Protected, not punished"
President's Office Spokesperson Masood Imad said that from government's perspective, the 15 year-old girl was a victim who needed to be protected, not punished by authorities.
"We will be talking with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs over this manner and will review and correct the problem," he said.
Masood claimed that the Maldives had experienced a number of similar cases of late where young women had been victimised and punished by authorities – a situation he said the government was looking to prevent.
"We are reviewing this right now and if we have to go to the extent of changing existing laws then we would look to do this," he said.
While unable to comment on specific cases at time of press, Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) Vice President Ahmed Tholal told Minivan News that he was hugely concerned about the number of reports of sexual abuse against minors in the country.
Acting Minister of Gender, Family and Human rights Dr Mariyam Shakeela and Minister of Islamic Affairs Sheikh Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed were not responding to calls at the time of press.
The reported handling of the case by authorities has garnered significant attention this week in both local and international media.
A PG's Office spokesperson today confirmed that the charges against the minor were related to a separate offence of Sharia Law, which had been filed back on November 25, 2012.
The 15 year-old last year gave birth to a baby that was discovered buried in the outdoor shower area of a home on Feydhoo – her stepfather was later charged with sexual abuse, possession of pornographic materials and committing murder without intent.
The spokesperson said that another charge was filed against the girl's mother over claims she had failed to inform authorities of the alleged sexual abuse of her own child.
Judicial authorities told Minivan News earlier this week that the charges against the 15 year-old were yet to be filed with the Juvenile Court at the time.
Director of the Department of Judicial Administration Ahmed Maajid was not responding to calls at time of press.
NGO criticism
The charges against the 15 year-old girl have been slammed as an "absolute outrage" by NGO Amnesty International.
In a statement released yesterday, Amnesty International's Maldives Researcher Abbas Faiz stressed that suspected victims of rape and sexual abuse required counselling and support rather than facing prosecution.
"We urge the Maldivian authorities to immediately drop all charges against the girl, ensure her safety and provide her with all necessary support," the NGO's statement read.
Amnesty Intentional also raised concerns that should the minor be found guilty of "fornication" as reported in the media, she could potentially be flogged in line with sentencing for similar cases held in the country.
"If found guilty of 'fornication' the girl could be punished with flogging. She would likely be kept under house arrest until she turns 18 when, under Maldivian law, the flogging can be carried out. Flogging is a violation of the absolute prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment," Amnesty International stated.
"The Maldivian authorities should immediately end its use regardless of circumstances. The fact that this time a 15-year old girl who has suffered terribly is at risk makes it all the more reprehensible. Flogging is not only wrong and humiliating, but can lead to long-term psychological as well as physical scars."
Fornication offence
Back in September 2012, a 16 year-old girl was sentenced to house arrest and 100 lashes for fornication with a 29 year-old man.
Permanent Magistrate of Raa Atoll Hulhudhuhfaaru, Magistrate Abdul Samad Abdulla, sentenced the girl to eight months under house arrest, and for public flogging once she reaches the age of 18.
Ali Rashid, an official of the Hulhudhuhfaaru Magistrate Court, said at the time that the girl had been sentenced for fornication because she had confessed to it. However, the 29 year-old male with whom she was co-accused had denied the charges.
"The man said he hadn't committed fornication, but he admitted to having hugged and done certain other things with the girl. This amounts to sexual assault of a minor under the law. That's why he has got the minimum sentence possible under the relevant law, 10 years in jail," Rashid explained.
The official of the Hulhudhuhfaaru Magistrate Court referred Minivan News to Article 25 of the act detailing special actions to be taken in cases of sexual offences against children (Act number: 12/2009).
Article 25 says: "Unless proven otherwise, it cannot be considered that a child between ages 13-18 had given consent to committing a sexual act. And unless proven otherwise, it will be considered that the sexual act was committed without the child's consent."
In November 2011, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, speaking in parliament, raised concerns about the issue of flogging in the Maldives.
Speaking on the issue, Pillay said at the time, "This practice constitutes one of the most inhumane and degrading forms of violence against women, and should have no place in the legal framework of a democratic country."
Her statements and calls for discussion on the issue were met with outrage from then political opposition and religious conservative Adhaalath party, giving rise to protests and demonstrations. The Foreign Ministry, under the former government, dismissed the calls for discussion on the issue, stating: "There is nothing to debate about in a matter clearly stated in the religion of Islam. No one can argue with God."
19 Comments on "Maldives government to review laws that "victimise" sexually abused minors"
mohamed Naseem on Wed, 9th Jan 2013 5:59 PM
This wont be Nothing else The mother got divorce with small child,got step father she is forced rape and kill her baby also by the step father,they should not announce her name or know who she is and allow her to study she is too young to be thrown in Prison even by telling this to some one else she might get more trouble with her living because the next person involve is her mother
Shan on Wed, 9th Jan 2013 6:55 PM
Really cant understand the mindset of these people. how can you charge agianst a 15 years old child who got raped.unbelievable law
Damn on Wed, 9th Jan 2013 7:03 PM
finally.. a good decision by the idiots
Shaz on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 12:00 AM
Remove all Islamic laws that allow child marriage and state sanctioned pedophilia.
For example, Section 4b of Family Act legalizes sex with a child when she's attained puberty. This is the same loophole that made Ali Rameez justify calling an 11 year old girl, adult.
Sec 4 b of Family Act, courtesy of NGO FWMV https://twitter.com/FWMV/status/288289697019600896/photo/1
Bitter Truth on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 8:17 AM
Finally a step forward in the direction of sensibility
Lolly Dhiyaa on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 9:11 AM
this the islamic shariyya law, keep it up…
Ben Plewright on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 10:34 AM
In similar cases, Girl's are very often conditioned to give a man their all to feel accepted by and safe from him.
IF this were the case, she is yet again a victim.
It constitutes a tragedy that a Young Girl is punished for needing to feel loved, cared for, accepted – all children need to feel that. That she does not have the strength, the inner confidence to feel she can be accepted for the sake of the fact she is a human being with a soul is so sad, punishing her will dehumanize her even more.
Any body who challenges the ruling to punish her would be doing something deserving respect.
Prince shai on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 10:52 AM
Child Abuse in America
Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Every year 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving nearly 6 million children (a report can include multiple children). The United States has the worst record in the industrialized nation – losing five children every day due to abuse-related deaths.
Damn on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 11:31 AM
the reality is, child abuse is unfortunately common everywhere.. but in third world countries (and saudi arabia), fundamentalists (of all religions), have this perverted manner of altering religious laws to get to kids, whether is catholic priests and their disgusting scandals of child abuse, or whether its in places like yemen and saudi arabia where its not even morally wrong to force a 12 year old to marry an old man in the twenty first century, and in places like india where abuse statistics are as common as over half of all girls..
Blame fundamentalists and pervs who use religion or laws to get to kids
Wives and Concubines on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 11:43 AM
Common muslim tactic used by Prince shai here. If there are problems directly because of Islam, then talk about similar problems from western countries and claim that they are worse, to try and divert attention from the topic at hand.
mody on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 12:15 PM
this child abuse is not restricted to Islamic countries only. It is happening all over the world. Countries like UK, France and the biggest democracy India too.
This is nothing to do with the religion and it is happening because today, many people are practicing democracy without any foundry .
Patriot on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 1:15 PM
" President's Office Media Secretary Masood Imad told Minivan News the government would be holding consultations with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and other relevant authorities to discuss how minors who have been sexually abused were being treated in the country. ".
This is total rubbish! It should by now be known to this government if they were thinking of people!
Look at what was being done to the case of Noonu Maafaru!
Campaign material for the forthcoming election!
cabs on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 1:54 PM
child abuse isnt being brought into ? here the charges of fornication is being ?,surely a defenseless victim who couldnt contact anybody for help?,because of the persistent abuse at home(and those who were supposed to protect her her family her neighbors,her island rulers and the police all remaining silent are as much guilty is for allowing this crime to persist.AS for fornication we do not know if her family and neighbors pimped her, with no one to help help her what can she do but be a silent accomplice and accept the tragedy which befell on her as fate
ky on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 2:08 PM
What an absurd,if not obscene, situation that allows a child or anyone for that matter to be punished for being a victim of someone else's abuse.
Damn on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 3:01 PM
@neil didnt post my comment because I offended catholics? LOL so much freedom of expression, y'all are cowards pushing some agenda, and you arent helping, youre hurting
Ismail on Thu, 10th Jan 2013 7:50 PM
Finally something in the right direction.
Omar Hassan on Fri, 18th Jan 2013 9:08 PM
Nope. Wrong direction.
The new laws state that underage girls can be put into maafushi prison to turn them into criminals and drug addicts.
Omar Hassan on Fri, 18th Jan 2013 9:19 PM
Oh and dont forget the sick f**ks in the PG office who like watching little girls get flogged.
Denise on Wed, 27th Feb 2013 2:49 AM
Obviously the 29 year old man is the criminal and the 15 year old girl is being victimized twice. Sharia Law is total evil and anyone who follows it is also evil. Period.


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Fox News reports new Mac virus that is neither Mac nor viral nor new
July 30th, 2009
Daniel Eran Dilger
A report published by Fox News says that "online criminals are apparently so impressed with its scorching sales they are sending Macintosh computers an attack typically aimed at" Windows PCs. The story then falls apart in series of inept contradictions.
Fox published the story under a headlined expertly designed to 'electrify the base' by using both fear and sex: "Apple Macintoshes Targeted by Porn-Based Computer Virus."
FOXNews.com – Apple Macintoshes Targeted by Porn-Based Computer Virus
A porn-based virus?
Reality only becomes apparent in the story's ninth paragraph, which notes "the attack does not target a vulnerability in the Macintosh operating system," and then proceeds to describe the "virus" as a trojan that users have to manually download and install as an authenticated administrator.
"Once the user authorizes the transaction," the report warns, "the fraudsters can redirect his future browsing to fraudulent Web sites and possibly to steal his information or passwords or simply send ads for other pornographic Web sites and rake in advertising dollars."
Pity the poor porn browsers who are submitted to porn and exposure to ads on the web pages they browse, which might inevitably benefit the porn publishers! How insidious and tragic.
The report then adds, "researchers said the Trojan used in the attack is a rejiggered version of one that's been around for a couple years and requires that victims fall for a social engineering trick to work."
New and different?
Bizarrely, the story then suggests that this fake video player trojan, just described as being a years-old ploy, is now hot news at least in the minds of companies seeking to sell anti-virus software to Mac users.
"Intego, which makes Macintosh antivirus software and discovered the scheme this week, said it underscores the mounting threats to Mac users as the machines grow in popularity," the report said.
It then cites Intego spokesman Peter James as claiming, "this is the first really malicious criminal malware [for Macs]. We've seen some proof-of-concept malware, we've seen some worms, but this is different."
It's virtually impossible to find any statement in the article that is not contradicted within the next paragraph or two. However, mission accomplished: the story's headline establishes, for readers who don't really read, that Macs are being targeted by computer viruses, and suggests a need for installing a solution to this threat.
A faith-based approach to science news
Since that's what many people want to believe, and what unscrupulous fear mongers selling Mac anti-virus software want the public to believe, there is now additional "data" for supporting such a faith-based conclusion, in the form of a false headline. Never mind that the story itself is contradictory and based entirely upon reports from biased sources who profit from creating a climate of fear.
The report also fails to mention how anti-virus software would protect users, even the "online porn-hunters [who] are the intended victim of the latest ploy," from falling victim to a trojan. Does it block them from downloading every bit of software they try to install with warnings that it might be dangerous, as Mac OS X already does?
How much background processing power does the anti-virus software rob from the user in order to maintain vigilant outlook for the half dozen malware pranks in existence? Is that a good trade off? Fox doesn't say. The article is so fraught with bad reporting that it's hard to determine if this is some nefarious plot to serve misinformation to support the currently useless Mac anti-virus industry, or simply another example of ignorant incompetence.
Wrong to be Right.
Fox specializes in both. Sometimes, it fails to identify the country it drummed up support to invade. Note to Fox editors: Iraq is not Egypt. No wonder America can't read a map.
Other times, it appears that Fox really is intending to flat out lie, as when it identifies one disgraced Republican after another as a Democrat: Mark Foley, "wide stance" Larry Craig, former Illinois Governor George Ryan, and "gone missing" Mark Sanford.
18 comments
- 1 Netudo { 07.30.09 at 6:59 pm }
Porn base virus symptoms: Makes you horny.
Treatment: Cold shower. - 2 qka { 07.30.09 at 7:48 pm }
Fox is also the home of the traitor Bill O'Reilly.
- 3 walter { 07.30.09 at 8:56 pm }
First: your screenshot reveals that this is an Associated Press story, not a Fox News original story. The inaccuracies in the story come from the AP and could have appeared in any major news outlet.
Second: the errors in other stories you point out (mislabeling Iraq and Republican party members) are certainly no worse than the errors made every day by the object of every lefty journalist's dreams, the New York Times.
Your criticisms reflect poorly not on Fox News, but on the intelligence of reporters in general. These people have always thought they were smarter than they really are.
- 4 Orenge { 07.30.09 at 9:37 pm }
The reps-as-dems thing on Fox news is just weird. Do they do the reverse too? If so, then it's incompetence. If not, then it's a clever right-wing technique. People who aren't local to the state won't be familiar with a politician, so they'll believe all the "bad guys" are democrats! It's just crazy enough to be true. Maybe.
But let's face it, even if you take away the incompetent "honest mistakes," Fox news plays fast and loose with the truth in ways the Times never dreamed of. Unbelievable. Tell people what they want to hear… and profit! Then take it to the extreme…
- 5 The Mad Hatter { 07.30.09 at 11:09 pm }
You forgot to mention that bastion of journalism, the Daily Grauniad.
- 6 hmciv { 07.31.09 at 1:58 am }
Mac Users: if your Trojan is making you hoarse, you're doing it wrong.
- 7 Dafydd Williams { 07.31.09 at 2:04 am }
I think I recall reading that people recognise names before appellations or affiliations. At least, that's my recollection. I advise searching for the original research before taking my word for it.
If that's the case, however, it may be a ploy to take advantage of name recognition at ballot time.
- 8 walter { 07.31.09 at 7:55 am }
What about the "name the party" games played by many left-leaning major news outlets, including the New York Times and the Associated Press? When a Republican is in trouble, stories tend to list prominently the party affiliation in the headline or the lead paragraph. However, when Democrats are in trouble, the party affiliation is often omitted or listed toward the end of the story. Curious…
- 9 ebob { 07.31.09 at 7:58 am }
This story doesn't seem to be up to Daniel's usual level of research and analysis. This AP story was picked up by USA Today and Highbeam Research (which seems to simply be a feed aggregator). The headlines there were "Porn ruse shows Macs' are bigger target for crooks" and "Online Crooks Target Macs With Porn Ruse". [sic–The stray apostrophe really was in USA Today's headline.]
More interesting would be this article about an SMS vulnerability that Apple has known about for weeks and still not fixed (though Google fixed the same vulnerability promptly): http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10299378-245.html?tag=rtcol;pop
- 10 VeoSotano { 07.31.09 at 9:43 am }
It doesn't matter if the story comes from Fox or from AP or wherever… Fact is that it's FUD and missinformation. This kind of articles are the ones that Windows enthusiasts like to refer to (though always vaguely) when saying that Mac OSX has viruses and that it is only a matter of time that Apple's security state is the same as Microsoft's. Uh-oh!
- 11 Thomas { 07.31.09 at 12:31 pm }
Don't forget Intego's role in the fear-mongering. They will get out in front of the first whisper of trouble to pitch their products. They have no shame at all.
- 13 mihomeagent { 07.31.09 at 7:36 pm }
Yeah, Dan. That would be far more convincing if other networks did not make the same errors occasionally too in their Chiron graphics; if in a massive proportion of stories about Democratic malfeasants the party were not simply ignored while it is played up in stories about Republican malfeasants; and if there were any truth at all to your broadbrush smear of Fox watchers, as if you have any clue at all about what its audience reads or reads into. As usual, your unnecessary political turns in your articles only drag them down into ludicrous hysteria.
- 14 mihomeagent { 07.31.09 at 7:52 pm }
Oh, and by the way: The claim that the reason for your roping Fox into this because "the problem with the article was mainly in the headline" is even more risible than your lame justification that Fox readers just kant thumk deap enuff. Just one example of another outlet's headlining of the same Associated Press story: "Porn ruse shows Macs' are bigger target for crooks." Wow! There's some huge differences! That would sure not convey what Fox's headline conveyed, would it? Actually what it does is show that the Fox News headline did NOT, as you claimed it does and constitutes "the problem," contradict the AP story.
Clearly, the problem with the article is not mainly in the headline; otherwise your article wouldn't have needed to pick apart the serial contradictions in the article itself. But then, your real motivation was to bash Fox, anyone conservative who happens to watch Fox News, the Republican party, and — what the hell, you know it's true as I know it even if he's not mentioned — George Bush.
And now for the piece de resistance: Way to stay current, Dan. So hysterical are you to bash Fox (add the rest of the list here), you grope back to a story that is from November 02, 2007 — yes, 2007 — to find a sin for Fox to have committed. Yet your tone and breathlessness in this report of yours, dated July 30, 2009, with its reference to how the threat is already two years old, is meant to convey that you are talking about a recent or current Fox News report.
What's going on with that? Are you assuming that your readers won't "read into facts beyond the simple half dozen words in the headline (or talking point)"?
- 15 benlewis { 08.01.09 at 1:14 pm }
Wide Stance – LOL
- 16 walter { 08.03.09 at 11:41 am }
I should declare that a defense of Fox News is not a defense of the corrupt Republicans mentioned in this article. Craig is a dirtbag and Sanford should resign or be thrown out of office. And not just because he used taxpayer dollars to fund his escapade in South America, but because, if he can't be trusted by his own wife, then he certainly can't be trusted by the people of South Carolina. People in power should be held to high standards of conduct than simple legality.
One of the biggest problems of this country is its descent into party politics. People are more concerned about the advancement of their parties than doing what is right.
My question is, where is Watchdog Dan when other mainstream media outlets publish misinformation? This smacks of the same old partisan politics.
- 17 ejon123 { 08.03.09 at 10:22 pm }
Walter doth protest too much.
- 18 enzos { 08.05.09 at 5:27 pm }
Hi Dan.. map skills? … here's The Chaser team from "CNNNN" asking typical Americans in the street which country America should invade next. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp4iI59BfpQ
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- Date:17 Dec 2011
- Kick-off:17:30
- Venue:The DW Stadium
- Attendance:18,320
- Gomez (87)
- Sturridge (58)
Live Commentary
- 92:31 +2.31
Salomon Kalou takes a shot. Save made by Ali Al Habsi.
- 91:18 +1.18
Franco Di Santo challenges Mikel unfairly and gives away a free kick. Raul Meireles restarts play with the free kick.
- 90:47 +0.47
Headed effort from inside the penalty area by Franco Di Santo misses to the right of the target.
- 89:54
A cross is delivered by Ronnie Stam, Franco Di Santo has a headed effort at goal from just inside the area that misses to the right of the target.
- 87:16
A goal is scored by Jordi Gomez from inside the six-yard box low into the middle of the goal. Wigan 1-1 Chelsea.Assist by Hugo Rodallega.
- 87:14
Hugo Rodallega takes a shot. Save made by Petr Cech.
- 86:31
Unfair challenge on Mikel by Mohamed Diame results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Petr Cech.
- 85:53
Effort from the edge of the area by Florent Malouda goes wide of the right-hand upright.
- 83:37
The assistant referee flags for offside against Victor Moses. Petr Cech takes the indirect free kick.
- 83:09
Franco Di Santo has a shot on goal from outside the box which misses left.
- 81:50
The ball is delivered by Ronnie Stam, Frank Lampard makes a clearance.
- 79:07
Hugo Rodallega gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Frank Lampard. Daniel Sturridge leaves the field to be replaced by Florent Malouda. Petr Cech restarts play with the free kick.
- 75:40
Outswinging corner taken left-footed by Jordi Gomez played to the near post, clearance made by Didier Drogba.
- 75:18
Franco Di Santo takes a shot. Clearance made by Branislav Ivanovic.
- 71:50
Hugo Rodallega replaces David Jones. Franco Di Santo comes on in place of Conor Sammon.
- 70:54
Outswinging corner taken by David Jones, save by Petr Cech.
- 68:58
Corner taken left-footed by David Jones, Effort on goal by James McCarthy from deep inside the penalty area misses to the right of the goal.
- 68:22
Didier Drogba gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Gary Caldwell. Gary Caldwell takes the direct free kick.
- 67:39
Foul by Frank Lampard on Jordi Gomez, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Maynor Figueroa.
- 65:12
(Chelsea) makes a substitution, with Mikel coming on for Juan Mata.
- 64:05
Maynor Figueroa takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech. Corner taken short by Mohamed Diame.
- 62:04
David Jones takes a shot from a long way out which goes wide of the right-hand post.
- 58:04
Daniel Sturridge finds the net with a goal from inside the six-yard box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Wigan 0-1 Chelsea.Assist on the goal came from Ashley Cole.
- 56:58
James McCarthy concedes a free kick for a foul on Juan Mata. Free kick taken by Branislav Ivanovic.
- 54:14
Didier Drogba produces a drilled right-footed shot from deep inside the penalty box which goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 52:36
Maynor Figueroa concedes a free kick for a foul on Juan Mata. Direct free kick taken by Juan Mata.
- 50:59
Close range shot by Victor Moses goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 49:00
Corner taken by Juan Mata from the left by-line, James McCarthy manages to make a clearance.
- 48:49
A cross is delivered by Jose Bosingwa, Gary Caldwell makes a clearance.
- 48:23
Maynor Figueroa takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.
- 46:53
Corner taken by Frank Lampard played to the near post, James McCarthy manages to make a clearance.
- 46:43
Salomon Kalou takes a shot. Blocked by Mohamed Diame.
- 45:58
Shot from long distance by Jordi Gomez goes wide of the left-hand upright.
- 45:17 +0.17
Raul Meireles produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide right of the goal.
- 45:01
Oriol Romeu leaves the field to be replaced by Salomon Kalou.
- 43:01
Free kick awarded for a foul by Raul Meireles on Victor Moses. David Jones takes the free kick.
- 40:47
Unfair challenge on Raul Meireles by Conor Sammon results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Petr Cech.
- 40:17
Victor Moses takes a shot. Blocked by Branislav Ivanovic.
- 39:06
Outswinging corner taken from the left by-line by David Jones.
- 38:03
Header from close in by Didier Drogba misses to the left of the goal.
- 37:54
Raul Meireles takes a shot. James McCarthy gets a block in.
- 33:17
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Branislav Ivanovic by Conor Sammon. Petr Cech takes the direct free kick.
- 32:11
Mohamed Diame produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the right of the goal.
- 31:28
Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by David Jones, save by Petr Cech.
- 29:04
Jose Bosingwa produces a cross, clearance by Gary Caldwell.
- 28:05
Shot by Conor Sammon from 20 yards. John Terry gets a block in.
- 23:14
Didier Drogba produces a cross, Maynor Figueroa makes a clearance.
- 22:23
The ball is sent over by Jose Bosingwa, David Jones makes a clearance. Oriol Romeu takes a shot from 25 yards. Ali Al Habsi makes a save. Juan Mata takes the outswinging corner, clearance made by Maynor Figueroa.
- 22:05
Short corner taken by Juan Mata.
- 21:18
Didier Drogba is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Ali Al Habsi takes the free kick.
- 18:30
Antolin Alcaraz handles the ball and concedes a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by John Terry.
- 17:32
Foul by Raul Meireles on Jordi Gomez, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Gary Caldwell.
- 16:16
Inswinging corner taken by Juan Mata from the right by-line, James McCarthy makes a clearance.
- 13:37
John Terry takes a shot from long range which goes wide of the right-hand post.
- 12:35
The ball is crossed by Juan Mata, clearance made by David Jones.
- 9:50
The ball is delivered by Daniel Sturridge, clearance made by Gary Caldwell.
- 9:03
Daniel Sturridge delivers the ball, clearance made by Gary Caldwell.
- 6:06
Branislav Ivanovic challenges Victor Moses unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Gary Caldwell.
- 4:34
Corner taken short by Victor Moses.
- 3:18
Ronnie Stam challenges Juan Mata unfairly and gives away a free kick. Juan Mata takes the direct free kick.
- 2:23
Raul Meireles gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Jordi Gomez. Free kick taken by David Jones.
Match Preview
Martinez ready to attack Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is prepared to risk another 6-0 thrashing by Chelsea in search of a win. The Londoners routed Martinez's men by that scoreline on their last visit to the DW Stadium in the second game of last season. Wigan ultimately only avoided relegation from the Barclays Premier League on the final day of the campaign and they head into the home meeting with Chelsea again in deep trouble. The Latics lifted themselves off the bottom of the table with victory at West Brom last week but their Christmas schedule is tough with Liverpool and Manchester United coming next. Martinez is determined to approach the festive programme positively, though, and said: "I just feel these games are great opportunities for us to try to get something where nobody expects us to. "I don't like to go into a game thinking about it being damage limitation or just trying to get through unnoticed. "It is a unique opportunity to go and try to express yourself and test yourself to the maximum. "That means sometimes that will leave you exposed and you could end up on the end of a difficult scoreline but I think we need to be prepared to do that. "I think the only way you can get a positive result against the top sides is if you take risks. "You need to score goals and that is the only way you can do that. "I would rather give everything we've got and be heavily challenged and see what the outcome is. "If you look back, we had a heavy defeat with Chelsea at home and then we had a victory. "I would rather that than losing both games by minimal scorelines." Martinez is not fazed by the prospect of facing Chelsea at a time when they have started to find their form. Their manager Andre Villas-Boas had found himself under pressure after a difficult start to the campaign but the past fortnight has seen that change. Martinez said: "After the performance at West Brom - and the manner we had to get those three points where we were heavily tested in every aspect of our game - I just feel we are ready to go and compete with one of the top teams in the league and a team that probably have turned their season around. "They have had two unbelievable moments in their season, qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League and then being the first team to beat the impressive Manchester City this season. "So, we know they are going to be on top of their moment of form but we are ready to be ourselves and enjoy a good footballing day." Villas-Boas has claimed Chelsea have no plans to sign a striker despite the prospect of losing Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou in January. Villas-Boas has been linked with signing more than one forward when the transfer window reopens, including Chile prospect Eduardo Vargas, Real Madrid star Gonzalo Higuain and Napoli's Edinson Cavani. Anelka will join Shanghai Shenhua at the turn of the year while Drogba and Kalou could be unavailable for up to four weeks if Ivory Coast go far in the African Nations Cup. That would leave Fernando Torres, Daniel Sturridge and Romelu Lukaku as Villas-Boas' only recognised strikers and with the former still in the doldrums and the latter very much a raw teenager, Chelsea could end up short of goals during a crucial period of the season. Yet, Villas-Boas shrugged off these concerns when asked if that meant he needed to bolster his forward line next month. "I don't think so," said the Portuguese, who also pointed out that his side were not overly-reliant on a single goalscorer, unlike some of their title rivals. "Sometimes teams generate more goalscoring opportunities for certain people. "We are within Man City's range as the most attacking team. But we created for different players. That's why we have our goal sheet spread out through everybody, from (Frank) Lampard, to Sturridge, to Raul (Meireles), to (Juan) Mata. It's pretty diverse." Drogba looks certain to keep his place at Wigan, where victory would move Chelsea to within four points of leaders Manchester City, who host Arsenal on Sunday.
- Ali Al Habsi
- Gary Caldwell
- Antolin Alcaraz
- Maynor Figueroa
- Ronnie Stam
- David Jones
- Mohamed Diame
- James McCarthy
- Victor Moses
- Jordi Gomez
- Conor Sammon
- Michael Pollitt
- Steve Gohouri
- Albert Crusat
- Ben Watson
- Franco Di Santo
- James McArthur
- Hugo Rodallega
- Petr Cech
- Jose Bosingwa
- Branislav Ivanovic
- John Terry
- Ashley Cole
- Oriol Romeu
- Frank Lampard
- Raul Meireles
- Daniel Sturridge
- Didier Drogba
- Juan Mata
- Ross Turnbull
- Fernando Torres
- Mikel
- Florent Malouda
- Paulo Ferreira
- Josh McEachran
- Salomon Kalou
Match Report
Gomez stuns Blues Jordi Gomez stunned Chelsea with an 88th-minute equaliser to earning struggling Wigan a vital point from a 1-1 draw at the DW Stadium. Victory over Manchester City on Monday had put Chelsea right back in the Barclays Premier League title race but they huffed and puffed and had created little before Daniel Sturridge tucked away Ashley Cole's pass in the 59th minute. That looked to be that, but two minutes from time Petr Cech fumbled a weak effort from Hugo Rodallega and Gomez guided the ball into an empty net for his fourth goal in five games. Frank Lampard returned to the Chelsea starting line-up for the first time in three games in place of Ramires, who missed out with a bruised leg, while Wigan boss Roberto Martinez kept faith with the side that beat West Brom last weekend. Last season, Chelsea put six past their hosts at the DW Stadium but the Latics have shown encouraging form in recent weeks and they had the better of the game in the early stages. Victor Moses again stood out with his pace and trickery, and he played a part in a move that ended with Gomez tumbling in the penalty area, although contact from Cole seemed minimal and referee Martin Atkinson waved away the muted penalty claims. At the other end, Gary Caldwell did well to block a dangerous cross from Sturridge while John Terry had Ali Al Habsi diving with a well-struck shot from 30 yards that flew a yard past the post. Chelsea had settled and were pushing for the breakthrough, which they nearly achieved in the 23rd minute when a cross was only cleared as far as Oriol Romeu, who let fly with a volley that was pushed round the post by Al Habsi. Didier Drogba was a fraction away from the opener seven minutes before the break when he got his head to a lovely Raul Meireles cross but, under pressure from Ronnie Stam, he could not keep his effort on target. Wigan then felt they should have had a penalty when Branislav Ivanovic pulled his left arm across his body and into a shot from Moses, but again Atkinson was unmoved. The Latics ended the half on the offensive as Moses just failed to get a toe to David Jones' dangerous low cross. Salomon Kalou came on for Romeu at the start of the second half and took up position on the left, allowing Juan Mata to move into a central role behind Drogba. Gomez tried his luck with a volley that was always just the wrong side of the post, while Kalou made his presence felt straight away with a jinking run and shot that was blocked by Stam. The game was a bit more open now and Kalou set up Drogba for a shot into the side netting before the deadlock was broken in the 57th minute with a simple goal superbly executed by Chelsea. Cole was allowed to run into the Wigan half and pick out Sturridge with a pinpoint diagonal ball. The striker took the ball down with one touch on the right of the area before lashing it past Al Habsi for his ninth goal of the season. Wigan now had to commit more men forward and Figueroa's low shot from the edge of the box was heading into the far corner before Cech got a hand to it. Martinez made a double substitution with 19 minutes remaining, sending on strikers Rodallega and Franco Di Santo for Jones and Conor Sammon. There was a worrying moment for Chelsea when Terry landed awkwardly after a challenge on Di Santo but the skipper was able to continue after treatment. Some poor defending from Ivanovic then presented Wigan with a golden chance as his weak backpass let in Rodallega. Cech was out sharply to block but the keeper was stranded as Di Santo shot only for Ivanovic to make amends with a header off the line. Time was ticking away but Wigan did not give up and they got their reward in the 88th minute when Cech failed to hold a poke towards goal from Rodallega and Gomez turned the ball into an empty net.
Form Guide
- Wigan
- Chelsea LWLWWW
Last Meetings
- Chelsea
- 1 - 0
- Wigan
- 09/04/2011
- Wigan
- 0 - 6
- Chelsea
- 21/08/2010
- Chelsea
- 8 - 0
- Wigan
- 09/05/2010
- Wigan
- 3 - 1
- Chelsea
- 26/09/2009
- Chelsea
- 2 - 1
- Wigan
- 28/02/2009
- Wigan
- 0 - 1
- Chelsea
- 24/08/2008
Top Scorers
- F Di Santo 4
- M Diame 2
- G Caldwell 1
- AD Crusat 1
- B Watson 1
- J Gomez 1
- V Moses 1
- D Sturridge 7
- F Lampard 5
- J Terry 4
- JM Mata 3
- DN Ramires 3
- D Drogba 2
- FJ Torres 2
- N Anelka 1
- F Malouda 1
- JS Bosingwa 1
- RJ Meireles 1
- S Kalou 1
- Total goals 43
- Goals per game 14
- 1 (For) 4 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 1 (For) 3 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 4 (For) 4 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 4 (For) 3 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 1 (For) 2 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 1 (For) 5 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- (For) 1 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 2 (For) 6 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
- Total goals 62
- Goals per game 33
- 3 (For) 4 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 3 (For) Period 11-20 mins
- 4 (For) Period 21-30 mins
- 4 (For) 3 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 4 (For) 3 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 5 (For) 1 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 1 (For) 1 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 2 (For) Period 71-80 mins
- 7 (For) 6 (Against) Period 81-90 mins