text: In some early videogames, the game engine did not have enough computational power to actually keep track of all moving projectiles (like the bullets fired from the player's gun), let alone incorporate realistic physical factors like atmospheric friction or gravity.In some games, this was mediated by placing a limit of OneBulletAtATime. In others, developers chose a Hitscan weapon.Hitscan weapons do not actually fire anything; instead, when the player pulls the trigger, the weapon traces a trajectory in front of the player and instantly hits whatever the line intersects with first. This differs from a ''projectile'' weapon, whose bullets are independent data objects with a known position and speed (be it fast or [[PainfullySlowProjectile slow]]) that the game actively tracks and checks against potential collisions. A hitscan can be useful in situations where the projectile is moving so fast that it would be difficult to track, such as with realistic lasers and bullets across short distances.It should be noted that hitscans ''can'' overlap with projectile tracking: In some cases, the ''actual'' attack is hitscan, but the game will still animate a fake projectile moving from point A to B. This allows EveryBulletIsATracer to play together with hitscan weapons. This can become particularly obvious if the tracer is too slow or the game supports BulletTime, as you can see enemies react before the "bullet" strikes them.In older shooters this was used for any bullet-based weapon, on the assumption that bullets moved too fast to evade or dodge anyway, and also to balance them against more powerful projectile-based weapons, which were trickier to aim. For example, in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', the pistol, shotguns and chaingun were hitscan, while the plasma rifle and rocket launcher fired projectiles. The {{BFG}} fired both projectiles as well as a form of delayed hitscan tracers. Hitscan enemies are often GoddamnBats, since the player is more or less incapable of dodging their attacks.Note that lacking or averting this trope does not ''necessarily'' mean that bullet projectiles behave realistically; for example, the game may still destroy projectiles once they reach an ArbitraryMaximumRange rather than having them follow a ballistic arc until they hit something. Gravity is also often [[NoArcInArchery not applied to projectiles]]; many (perhaps most) engines approximate the scanned trajectory as a straight line rather than a parabolic arc.Paradoxically, while bullets are often implemented as a hitscan, energy weapons are usually portrayed as [[PainfullySlowProjectile Painfully Slow]] FrickinLaserBeams. See also HomingBoulders.----!!Examples:* ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''. Any shot in the general direction of an enemy (or vice versa) was an immediate hit or miss, regardless of range.* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' featured hitscan detection for all bullet weapons and the secondary tracer rays of the BFG.** To be specific, the pistol, shotgun(s), and chaingun all use hitscan. The fist, chainsaw, and monster melee attacks are also technically hitscan, though the range is so short it's hard to notice. The BFG is a special case; its visible plasma ball is a low-damage projectile (well, low-damage compared to the combined total of the hitscan we're about to describe). However, when the plasma ball hits something, the weapon then immediately releases invisible hitscan "tracer rays" in the '''originally-fired direction''' from the player's current physical position (if you fire facing north, then move and face west, the tracers will still head north from where you currently are when the plasma hits something). There are 20 of these tracers spread equally in an arc centered on the originally-fired direction, and these tracers are responsible for most of the weapon's actual damage output.* ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' and ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' did likewise, though the nailgun, blaster, and hyperblaster fired modelled projectiles; the second game started a long-running trend for hitscan sniper rifles with the Railgun. The Gladiators are equipped with railguns, but have an 0.3 second delay between targeting and firing, allowing you a narrow window to dodge.* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' did this with fake tracers, resulting in the infamous ScrappyLevel "Sniper's Last Stand" where the player had to face off against eerily prescient hidden snipers with hitscan rifles. Worse, it also means that enemies' shots can continue to hit you while they're [[KnockBack flinching]] or aiming the wrong way, and they can even hit you around corners or from behind objects that are supposedly too high for them to shoot over.* ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye]]'' and ''PerfectDark'' both have fake tracers. In ''PerfectDark'' even ''crossbow bolts'' are hitscan.* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', where you can bind keys to slow time down and see bullets travel faster than the visible tracer does.* ''FarCry'' makes the fakeness of tracers obvious due to very long ranges in the outdoor levels; firing a weapon at water from long range will cause a splash long before the tracer arrives.* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' does it for all bullets, except for the realistic sniping sequence in "One Shot, One Kill" from ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''. Since the hitscan line is projected from the character's head rather than their gun, there is the frequent side-effect of enemy shots glitching around obstacles to hit the player.* The ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' games do this up until ''3'' with bullet weapons and some enemy weapons; the fake tracers were particularly irritating in the latter case, since you couldn't dodge attacks which appeared to be relatively slow-moving.* In ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'', all of the Smiths weapons do this, even Kevin and MASK's, who use throwing knives and grenade launchers respectively.* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' weapons appear to be all hitscan when not using VATS. This is most obvious when, through mods, using a scope on a normally unscoped weapon. The enemy will drop almost a full half-second before the tracer projectile reaches them at long ranges.** The Laser weapons you can use are in fact HitScan weapons, due to them being FrickinLaserBeams. This is their major advantage over the more damaging plasma weapons, whose {{Painfully Slow Projectile}}s have a very hard time hitting moving or distant targets, at least without VATS.** ''3'' and ''[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas New Vegas]]'' do somewhat avert this for killing shots with the cinematic camera, however; for example, take aim and fire at an unaware Powder Ganger from far enough away with a scoped rifle, if it hits him the game will do a ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''-style bullet cam towards him before he drops dead from the critical sneak attack bonus. Of course, you don't have to actually compensate for the Powder Ganger in question moving before you took the shot.*** From lengthy testing and messing around, New Vegas is a weird sort of hitscan - you do have to compensate for movement and often have to lead your target, but if it registers a hit the game seems to know in advance, if not necessarily right away. It's a bit harder to be sure in Fallout 3 without mods because the sights are either horrible or nonexistent.* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', most human weapons fire bullets and are hitscan. Covenant weapons, on the other hand, are almost all projectile weapons. Though it seems that the hitscan takes speed into account - this can be most easily seen with the shotgun. Firing it at the end of a wall causes the impact sparks on the near wall to appear noticeably before the far wall. In addition, the bullets (of, say, the pistol) are affected by the movements of the user. Bungie also made Marathon, which used projectile properties for all the weapons.* In ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'', all of the gunpowder weapons are hitscan, but they have other drawbacks:** The Automag is the only weapon in the game that needs reloading.** The Sniper Rifle has the slowest firing rate.** The Minigun has a slow ramp up and can still be dodged by your opponents in-game.** The Combat Assault Rifle in ''[[ExpansionPack Return to Na Pali]]'' has no drawbacks whatsoever, making it the most powerful weapon in the game.* ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'''s version of the ASMD energy weapon is hitscan, but the tracer is particularly noticeable as not being so - because of the small shockwave that appears wherever the weapon hits, you see a small expanding circle of energy that is later joined by the tracer itself. This weapon is also used in the popular InstaGib mutator, whereupon it becomes very clear that the instant you shoot something, it dies. The gibs from the body you hit will likely be scattered everywhere before the tracer actually makes it to the location where the body once was.* The pistol in ''[[VideoGame/LaMulana La-Mulana]]'' is hitscan, despite being a PlatformGame. It's also AwesomeButImpractical.* The older ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' games did this, allowing terrorists to get an [[BoomHeadshot insta-death shot]] from any range. And their accuracy wasn't affected by recoil or movement, [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard unlike yours]].* The Pistol, Shotgun, Plasma Rifle, and Firestorm Cannon in ''VideoGame/{{Turok}} 2''. Averted with the Bow, where the arrows are affected by gravity. (Just like real arrows!)** The Firestorm suffers ''badly'' from tracers hitting the target long after the bullet itself.* ''[=RoboWar=]'' originally had lasers do hitscan damage, but only 1/5 of power input, weaker even than rubber bullets. Lasers were later removed from the documentation (but left in the code for backward compatibility) and banned from tournament play.* ''VideoGame/{{Warzone 2100}}'', in spite of animating and tracking individual projectiles, flagged every attack using a hitscan: If the attack was declared a hit, the target ''would'' receive damage when the projectile reached the target's location, regardless of whether the target was still there, or how long it actually took for the projectile to get there.* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': All bullet and melee weapons are hitscan, it is just the graphical tracer effect that looks slower. Stand at a distance and fire [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Hitscan one of these weapons]] at a wall. The bullet hole decal appears instantly, with the tracer hitting half a second later. One can also turn on damage feedback to see it in numbers. Realizing this quirk will greatly increases a player's efficiency, as attempting to LeadTheTarget (to compensate for the non-existent travel time) will actually ''cause'' HeroTrackingFailure.** Also, while melee weapons initiate a short ranged hitscan attack, they do so only after a quarter-second delay to ensure that hits aren't made before the melee animation completes. The two exceptions to this rule are the Spy's backstab and when the Engineer uses his wrench on any of his buildings.** The original Team Fortress had a few mods like [=MegaTF=] that, among others, changed nailguns to be HitScan, in an attempt to lower ping and latency rates.* Lasers in ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 4'' are hitscan. This, along with good damage and range, made the Clan ER Large Laser the primary weapon of choice for online play for quite some time, well after the ExpansionPack (and later, ''[=MW4=]: Mercenaries'') were released. [[GameMod Later attempts by the fans to balance this]] only partially overcame this advantage, as lag issues (including the "No Damage Bug") tended to cause some players to miss with other, non-hitscan weaponry.** Lasers are also hitscan in the other games of the franchise, [[AvertedTrope except for ''[=MechWarrior=] 2'' and its spinoffs]].* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', shock magic spells (e.g. Lightning Bolt) are hitscan.* The blaster in ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' has a muzzle flash but fires no visible projectiles ... which is kind of bizarre in a 16-bit sprite-based platformer with minimal physics.* Bullets in ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'' are obviously hitscan, as they hit instantly even when in BulletTime, and their impact points often don't match up with the visible tracers, sometimes hitting the player around corners.* ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' had a (now fixed) bug in which a projectile was used and the hit would register before the projectile hit the target, also, arrows and throwing stars are known to "follow" an enemy like a heat seeking missle (Especially jumping ones).* ''[[VideoGame/{{Tribes}} Tribes: Ascend]]'' originally had mostly hitscan weapons during the game's beta. Acting on player feedback, before the game's release Hi-Rez slowly phased out hitscan weaponry until only sniper rifles, shotguns, and two types of pistol remained hitscan weapons. Assault rifles, [=SMGs=], and other pistols were changed to projectile weapons.* This is the main advantage of the ''VideoGame/Nitemare3D'''s pistol; the plasma gun and the magic wand both emit relatively slow-moving particles.* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, weapon tech has reached the point to where bullets are actually small pieces from a block of metal ("ammunition block") that are first significantly reduced in mass by a new element ("element zero"), and then propelled electromagnetically to such ludicrous speeds that the hitscan is pretty well justified.** Most of your powers have to be at least somewhat aimed because they follow a trajectory towards the nominated target, letting you do things like drop an Incinerate, Warp or Cryo Blast behind cover, and Shockwave takes a few seconds to reach the quarry, but the only delay in using Overload is the gesture you make while activating it; once it goes off, it hits the target instantly, so long as they're visible.* ''ResidentEvil'' uses this trope for most guns, at least prior to ''ResidentEvil4''. Because you don't really aim in those games, the guns appear to use a rather generous cone of damage in which firing will damage zombies - as long as you're facing the right direction, you'll usually hit. Presumably your character handles the fine aim control him or herself. This is what makes modes like Invisible Enemy feasible (along with the fact that you rarely NEED to kill enemies, though it is helpful).* [[Videogame/{{Elite}} Elite:Dangerous]], being closer to realistic, averts FrickinLaserBeams with laser weapons. Every other projectile weapon is properly modeled, even the extreme velocity [[MagneticWeapons rail guns]].* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'' uses hitscan for exactly one weapon: the Imperialist, a laser sniper rifle.!!Aversions:Note: For the sake of brevity, this is a list of games which do not contain hitscan weaponry ''at all''. Projectile modeling was common even in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''[='s=] time for certain weaponry (such as rocket launchers, which are never hitscan).* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' uses projectile modeling for every weapon in the game (with the Siren class having a special ability that jacks up bullet velocity, even!). So, they ALL avert this! Also, just because you don't see the projectile doesn't mean it is not there. There's a noticeable "delay" in a great majority of sniper guns, specially when you really need to snipe.** Except for ''one''. The Eridian Lightning hits instantaneously at all ranges.** In the second game, bullets from certain weapons (usually Torque's explosion shooting guns) take this to the point of being {{Painfully Slow Projectile}}s that you'll have to noticeably lead for human-sized targets less than ''ten feet away.''* Give or take any Shump or Platformer game never has hit scan, and often times will depict lasers correctly.* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' was one of the first games to make a big deal of not using hitscan weaponry at all; in BulletTime, every round fired can be seen as it travels towards the target.** Particularly notable in that every round on every weapon is fully rendered even when ''not'' in BulletTime. The player can sometimes get a glimpse of bullets traveling past the player and towards the camera even in real time.*** To show this off, on-target shots from the SniperRifle let you [[ArrowCam ride the bullet]] to the target. The FridgeLogic is that the game must know ahead of time whether or not the shot is on-target... the ArrowCam does ''occasionally'' trigger for a miss however, at least in the PC version, so presumably it's supposed to trigger when the game thinks there's a high probability of a hit.*** This is easiest to see in ''Max Payne 2'' when you meet one of Vlad's named mooks firing his [=AK-47=]. One of Film/TheMatrix mods has a bug(?) that makes EveryBulletIsATracer at all times (as opposed to just in BulletTime), and every shot has one.* ''[[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Battlefield 1942]]'' and all subsequent games in the series (excluding ''Battlefield Heroes'') also had realistic ballistics as a selling point; bizarrely, even the ''knife'' was a projectile weapon which "fired" a slow-moving instant death projectile fixed to the centre of the player's viewpoint.* ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' modeled projectile flight from all bullets, and weapon mods exist to make them fly straighter. It's also particularly helpful that EveryBulletIsATracer if you're sniping, as the bullets visibly drop over distance. It did, however, have an ''extremely'' strange quirk; the hit randomization rules for NPC targeting were also applied to the player. This meant that ''after'' you hit someone the game would basically roll a dice to check if you hit them, until ''Call of Pripyat'' removed this element.** The Gauss Rifle is functionally a hitscan weapon, as it's firing bullets at a much greater speed than the other guns.* ''AmericasArmy''.* ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint'' and ''VideoGame/{{ArmA}}'': If it goes bang, then the projectile behaves according to the rule of physics.* ''SniperElite'' is about keeping bullet and shooting mechanics as realistic as possible, at least without being overly aggravating. The player must account for flight time, bullet drop due to gravity, wind, and even the character's physical state. All of these can be toggled except flight time. The only jarring thing though is that certain effects like spalling from when the bullet hits a wall, tends to happen instantaneously.* Most flight combat games (''AceCombat'', ''{{HAWX}}'', etc.) require you to lead your shots when using the airplane's main cannons.* It's only apparent at longer ranges, but every bullet weapon in ''RedFaction'' has an actual projectile, and the rocket weapons have fuel, meaning that they will drop after a certain distance.* ''StarWarsBattlefront'' averts this by necessity, as the nature of blaster bolts (glowing brightly and moving rather more slowly than most bullets) would make HitScan weapons very, very obvious.** ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Dark Forces]]'' even lowers the damage of blasters the farther the bolt has to travel.** In ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Jedi Knight]]'', using Force Speed and [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou running into a shot]] from a blaster weapon would result in more damage than if you'd been hit while standing still. It seems like a decent amount of the damage caused by rockets (especially noticeable with the ones that latch onto you and wait for a few seconds before detonating) was purely from the impact.** However, one of the many technical books describing how the universe works describes that blaster bolts "hit instantly", and that the visible laser is really harmless. Of course, it's really just someone else's interpretation and not WordOfGod.* ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}''. All bullets, including those fired from rapid-fire weapons like the assault rifle, are tracked as regular projectiles, showing up on the player's [[EnemyDetectingRadar motion sensor]] in the process. They generally weren't affected by gravity, although grenades were. Also, the speeds Bungie set for most bullets were quite a bit slower than is realistic.* In ''VideoGame/SilentScope'' your bullet's trajectories are affected by gravity, by movement while on a vehicle, the wind, etc., requiring you to LeadTheTarget. One of the few arcade lightgun games to do this.* ''Police911'', where the bullets were [[PainfullySlowProjectile painfully slow]].* Unlike its predecessor ''FarCry'', ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' has no hit scan weaponry.* ''ViewtifulJoe'' bullets and tank shells travel instantly unless you activate SlowMotion before they fire. In Slow Mo you can see the projectile and punch them back.* The first two ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' games had an engine that did not support hitscan weapons at all, and used invisible projectiles instead for the Vulcan and Gauss cannons. However, they were so fast (around 10 times the speed of your ship) that it was just about impossible to dodge them.* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance'' and its sequels all model the ballistics of each and every projectile fired. However, the "Chance to Hit" system determines whether the bullet will be fired at the "perfect" trajectory required to strike its target dead-center, before the bullet ever leaves the gun. It is still possible for such a bullet to end up striking the scenery nonetheless.** The ''[=JA2 v1.13=]'' community patch adds a new system that works entirely with ballistics.* Averted in the [[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]] games. Beam weapons such as Kha'ak kyon emitters ''look'' HitScan, but modders have discovered that the game engine treats beam weapons as very fast projectile ones. This is normally transparent to the player because the projectiles are invisible, but occasionally -- typically while fighting very fast ships -- it can happen that the beam graphic crosses your target but the projectile isn't there yet, resulting in an irritatingly damage-free enemy.* Averted by all weapons in ''VideoGame/BloodCrusher2'' except for laser-shooting guns.* All kinetic weapons in ''{{Vanquish}}'' have visible projectiles that can be dodged in BulletTime.* In a rare case for video games in the 90s, the PC sci-fi game Outwars averts using Hitscanning for all weaponry, even for what amounted to a man-portable railgun.* All projectiles in ''VideoGame/{{Total Annihilation}}'' were modeled as moving projectiles, even (oddly) ones that would justifiably be hitscan such as lasers.* Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising incorporates bullet flight time and trajectory (as well as effects of wind on those), which is especially noticeable when shooting with sniper rifle at long range, but can also be noticed even with assault rifles at longer ranges (cca 50-100 m).* ''Videogame/PlanetSide 1'' and its sequel have travel times on almost all weapons, with only excessively short range weapons (i.e. shotguns) being hitscan in the first game. ''Planetside 2'' adds ballistic trajectories to all weapons, requiring players to aim above their target at long range; certain Vanu Sovereignty weapons have no bullet drop in exchange for slower projectiles.* In ''Videogame/{{Robocraft}}'' the SMG weapons and the railguns are both hitscan, however there is a cosmectic projectile fired from the barrel. This is particularly obvious when you see a plane seemingly dodge an anti-air fire barrage but still take damage in the process.----


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Study: Kids who live near traffic more likely to develop ADHD
Posted By Adan On May 27, 2013 @ 7:27 am In Medical Tyranny,Old Infowars Posts Style,Tile | Comments Disabled
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May 27, 2013
The study, which was conducted at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center used data on traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) collected as part of the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study (CCAAPS), a long-term epidemiological study examining the effects of traffic particulates on childhood respiratory health and allergy development.
Researchers looked at the medical data of children born in the city between 2001 and 2003 who were chosen based on family history and whether they lived near to or far from a major highway or bus route. They followed the kids from birth to age 7.
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Vikings' offense heats up in record-setting win over Ola
by Chris Goltermann
By halftime on Friday, the only suspense left from Northgate's game against Ola was which senior female member of the Homecoming Court would be leaving Henry Seldon Field wearing a tiara.
Any thoughts of a possible letdown by the Vikings had already vanished into thin air by that point in a record-setting 63-7 victory that crescendoed both early and late in Northgate's highest scoring effort in school history.
"I didn't expect that," said Viking head football coach Tommy Walburn. "It's just a catch 22 right there. We've got to keep running our plays and we subbed as much as we could with them keeping their starters in."
While only waiting for the envelope with the name of this year's queen ahead 35-0 at halftime, the Vikings had already crowned the Mustangs for five scores — including one from their defense — in a dominating effort that pushed their record to 2-2 with a second straight victory.
Northgate jumped out to a 21 point first-quarter before scoring twice in each of the final three periods.
"When you win everything just looks a whole lot better," Walburn said. "Homecoming worries me and it's not because I don't want them to be involved in it. It just expends so much emotion. It was a great crowd and a beautiful night for football."
The win equally added some more momentum for Walburn's lineup heading into an important three-game stretch against tough Region 4-AAAAA opponents Union Grove, Whitewater and Creekside starting with a trip to McDonough next Friday.
Coordinator Bubba Jeter's defense held winless Ola (0-4) to 52 yards and two first downs over two quarters of play while Kesley Dalrymple's offense converted on their first three offensive possessions.
In between, Torres Johnson scooped up an Ola fumble and scored when teammate James Skalski sacked Mustang starting quarterback Conner Schlottman inside the 10-yard line.
Schlottman, a senior starter at cornerback, found himself behind center on offense this week after a rash of injuries left Ola without its top-three signal callers.
Not that it might have made a difference against a Viking defense that held an opponent to two scores or less for the third time in four games so far. With Skalski at full strength for the first time this season and free safety Matt Smith back in the lineup, the unit held Ola to zero or negative yardage on nine of its first 21 rushing attempts.
Senior Christian Gaston and backup sophomore cornerback Kamari Ray each had interceptions in the victory. Along with his key sack, Skalski was perfect on extra-point attempts and added at least a pair of touchbacks on kickoffs.
The Mustangs, which managed to get on the scoreboard with 1:56 left to play in the third quarter on William Smith's 17-yard run only had one carry over 10 yards in their first-two periods.
Northgate's running game, meanwhile, continued to pick up steam for the second consecutive week, getting three scores from senior Benton Washington and two each from junior Kevin Teasley and freshman Mon Evans, his first and second touchdowns of a blossoming varsity career.
Washington led the way with 154 yards and three touchdowns on his first six touches of the game, including the first play from scrimmage to open the second half to push a 42-0 advantage.
The Viking senior accounted for both his team's two scores in the second quarter, running untouched for 44 and 39 yards on drives that took a combined three plays. Offensive linemen Austin Black and Jake Humphries sprung Washington twice with blocks without much of any challenge from an Ola defender afterwards.
Looking to open the passing game up after three weeks of little success, Viking quarterback Tyler Rowland answered by connecting on his first three attempts, the first two on long-yardage situations during third and fourth downs that led to scores.
Rowland's 34-yard fade to Armond Upshaw in double-coverage gave Northgate new life on its first possession, with Teasley scoring the first of his two touchdowns on the following snap from 21 yards out for a quick 7-0 advantage.
Then facing fourth-and-6 from the Ola 35, Rowland snuck a pass in tight coverage to tight end Kyle Feldbauer in stride at the goal line to put the Vikings ahead 14-0 with 3:02 left in the opening quarter.
"That's something that we know that we're going to have to do and we've worked on in practice all week. We know down the line that's going to be something he can do," Walburn said. "And early in the game we got in some long yardage situations. They made a couple of good plays and we were able to throw the ball."
Evans added a pair of long touchdown runs of 46 and 81 yards in the fourth quarter to push Northgate over the 60-point plateau for the first time in school history. Freshman Kyle Cater, who dressed out for the first time in his varsity career, also made his debut with a couple of solid carries late.
"I'm proud of those guys," Walburn said. "We brought [Cater] up from the JV just for this. It was just a good night for us."
Vikings 63, Mustangs 7
1st Quarter
NG — Kevin Teasley 21 run (James Skalski kick), 8:26
NG — Kyle Feldbauer 35 pass from Tyler Rowland (Skalski kick), 3:02
NG — Torres Johnson 7-yard fumble recovery (Skalski kick), 1:25
2nd Quarter
NG — Benton Washington 44 run (Skalski kick), 9:33
NG — Washington 39 run (Skalski kick), 7:20
3rd Quarter
NG — Washington 53 run (Skalski kick), 10:42
NG — Teasley 10 run (Skalski kick), 5:19
OLA — William Smith 17 run (kick good), 1:56
4th Quarter
NG — Mon Evans 46 run (Skalski kick), 6:16
NF — Mon Evans 81 run (Skalski kick), 1:06


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BIG EAST Women's Soccer Coaches Pick DePaul to Finish Fourth
Aug. 7, 2013
NEW YORK - Voting by BIG EAST Conference women's soccer coaches has DePaul picked to finish fourth in the inaugural season of the revamped 10-team league according to a BIG EAST announcement on Wednesday.
Marquette, the 2012 BIG EAST Championship titlist, has been picked to the win the 2013 BIG EAST regular-season crown.
The Preseason All-BIG EAST Team also was announced. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.
Georgetown, tabbed for second place, swept the individual preseason honors with Daphne Corboz being named BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, Emily Menges being named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and Emma Newins being named Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year.
Marquette has six returning starters for coach Markus Roeders and compiled an 18-2-3 record last fall while advancing to the NCAA Championship Sweet 16.
The BIG EAST was comprised of two divisions in 2012, and the Golden Eagles won their division with a 9-0-1 mark. Marquette received seven of the 10 first-place votes from the coaches in this year's poll and finished with 79 points.
Georgetown tabulated 75 points while garnering the other three first-place votes. The Hoyas, who lost 1-0 to Marquette in last year's championship game, finished 16-4-3 overall and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
This year, Georgetown will build around the trio of Corboz, Menges and Newins. Corboz, a junior, was the 2012 BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year after scoring 12 goals in conference play. Menges, a senior defender, was a first-team All-BIG EAST selection. Newins set a school record by posting 13 shutouts in goal as a freshman.
Villanova was picked for third place with 63 points. The Wildcats welcome back 10 starters, including defender Taylor Houck, from a team that finished 7-9-3.
DePaul was 9-10-2 last season and defeated Villanova 3-0 on the road in the first round of the BIG EAST Championship. The Blue Demons advanced to the league quarterfinals where they lost 1-0 at Georgetown.
Coach Erin Chastain's team returns nine starters and will be led by Preseason All-BIG EAST selection Kylie Nordness, a senior defender who was All-BIG EAST Third Team in 2012.
Nordness will anchor a defense that gave up less than a goal per game in conference play and also features defenders Sarah Gorden, Rachel Pitman and goalkeeper Megan Pyrz.
The DePaul attack will revolve around leading scorer Elise Wyatt, Ashleigh Goddard, Brianna Ryce, Amber Paul and Natasa Radosavljevic.
Providence, led by top returnee Catherine Zimmerman, was in fifth place. St. John's, chosen for sixth, is led by forward Amy Marron. The coaches tabbed Butler and star midfielder Sophie Maccagnone for seventh. Seton Hall was picked eighth followed by Creighton and Xavier.
The Preseason All-BIG EAST Team features the Georgetown trio of standouts with Corboz and Menges unanimous selections. The other unanimous picks were forward Maegan Kelly and defender Emily Jacobsen of Marquette along with Houck of Villanova.
In 2013, the BIG EAST will play a nine-game league schedule in one division. The BIG EAST has added three new members, Butler University, Creighton University and Xavier University.
The BIG EAST Women's Soccer Championship will begin with the opening round on campuses on Nov. 5. Six teams will qualify for the postseason with the No. 3 seed playing then No. 6 seed and No. 4 playing No. 5 in the opening round. The top two seeds receive byes to the semifinals. The semifinal round and championship game will be played Nov. 8 and 10 at Marquette's Valley Fields in Milwaukee, Wis.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – UB and the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation present an opportunity for visitors – including children – to learn what archaeologists do, how they work and what they can teach us about life along the terminus of the Erie Canal in Buffalo.
WHAT: The summer Demonstration Archaeological Excavation of the Erie Canal terminus in downtown Buffalo. The public is invited to watch the work, ask questions and learn about life on Buffalo's waterfront from 1700, when the first Europeans began to influence indigenous life and culture in this region, until the mid-twentieth century.
WHERE: The site is directly across Main Street from the "Webster block," bounded by Main and Hanover streets east of the Skyway pier. Hanover Street runs between Marine Drive and Prime Street. The site will be marked with large banners.
WHEN: This year, the excavation site will be deeper and wider than last year, so it must be opened with a backhoe on June 5. Two months of hand-excavation will follow. A team of archaeologists and historians will work from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (cleanup begins at 3 p.m.) on June 5, 15, 19 and 29; July 3, 13, 17, 27 and 31, and August 7, 10 and 21.
BEST TIME FOR PRESS COVERAGE: June 29 and beyond.
WHO: A team of professional archaeologists and historians, along with University at Buffalo graduate students, will conduct the excavation, which is sponsored by the UB Archaeological Survey in Department of Anthropology and the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation.
WHAT'S NEW: The excavation period is two months longer than in past years; large banners will describe the work going on; artifacts uncovered during previous digs will be displayed and their significance in understanding historical life on Buffalo's waterfront will be explained by the archaeologists. Because this dig is bigger and deeper than previously, some artifacts are expected to be older than in the past.
WHAT KIND OF ARTIFACTS WILL WE SEE? Because the canal terminus was an industrial and residential site for more than a century, as well a pass through site for immigrants moving west and ships moving east and west, the team so far has found a variety of industrial and maritime tools and tool parts, oyster shells, bottles, small metal objects, household items, ceramics, crockery and personal items like a doll, pipes, etc.
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my family's house was built and then we bought it. there's been no other owners. there were other people living in the house my nonna lives in right now, but my nonno and my uncles and his friends built a lot of additions onto the house back in like the 70s i think, totally changed everything about it, basically. dunno about my dad's side.
as for history, on my mum's side, my nonni immigrated here from poor villages in Friuli, Italy, in the 50s. my nonno was a bricklayer. they lived in a small house in an Italian area of downtown Toronto for years before moving to North York, where the house i described above is, and which is now part of post-amalgamation Toronto. They had 7 kids. one of them passed away in childhood. one of them, my godfather, is a medical doctor now.
Back in Italy, their families eventually began to do quite well for themselves. I'm not entirely sure what my nonno's side do, but i think one of them is a bank manager. On my nonna's side, her village formed a cooperative (Cooperativa) to produce and sell grape plants for growing wine, and it's quite a lucrative business.
i know a lot less about my dad's side. my grandpa is of Iriish descent, and his family had been here for several generations already. He remembers when Scarborough was basically all farmland, and worked as a coal miner up near Collingwood. He and my grandma had a lucrative business running a GM dealership i think, but that folded, and he started a much more cautious, less lucrative but more stable business doing... a bunch of stuff with trucks and buses? i think it's mostly retrofitting and... stuff. he was apparently quietly doing the environmentally friendly thing long before it was cool, or so i've heard from other people. my grandma is british. i know basically nothing about her family, but they haven't been here as long as my grandpa's side.
oh, and all sides of my family are Roman Catholic, to greater and lesser degrees. the grandparents (except for my nonno, who didn't like religion much) are all staunchly religious. their kids are all reasonably religious i think, to greater and lesser degrees. and the third generation, which includes me, vary from quietly agnostic (me), ambivalent about it (most, i think) and religious (one or two).


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Piperonyl butoxide with pyrethrins poisoning
Piperonyl butoxide with pyrethrins is an ingredient found in medications to kill lice. Poisoning occurs when someone swallows the product or too much of the product touches the skin.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Alternative Names
Pyrethrins poisoning; Lice medication poisoning
Poisonous Ingredient
- Piperonyl butoxide
- Pyrethrins
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Where Found
- Barc (also contains petroleum distillates)
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- End Lice
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- Coma
- Convulsions
- Difficulty breathing
- Eye irritation if it touches the eyes
- Muscle weakness
- Nausea
- Rash (allergic reaction)
- Salivation
- Shortness of breath
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- Sneezing
- Tremors
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- Vomiting
Home Care
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- Name of the product (ingredients and strengths if known)
- Time it was swallowed
- The amount swallowed
Poison Control
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Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. The patient may receive:
- Cleaning of exposed skin
- Washing and examination of eyes as necessary
- Treatment of allergic reactions as necessary
If the poison was swallowed, treatment may include:
- Activated charcoal
- Blood and urine tests
- Chest x-ray
- EKG (electrocardiogram, or heart tracing)
- Breathing support
- Intravenous (through the vein) fluids
- Laxative
- Tube through the mouth into the stomach to empty the stomach (gastric lavage)
Outlook (Prognosis)
Most symptoms are seen in patients who are allergic to pyrethrins. Piperonyl butoxide has a low toxicity, but extreme occupational exposures may result in more severe symptoms.
Keep all medicines in child-proof bottles and toxins in their original containers, labeled, and out of the reach of children.
Robey WC III, Meggs WJ. Insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides. In: Tintinalli JE, Kelen GD, Stapczynski JS, Ma OJ, Cline DM, eds. Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. 6th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2004:chap 182.
Borron, SW. Pyrethrins, Repellants, and Other Pesticides. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 77.
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LOOK MICHAEL, ME OL' CHINA, WE ALL SPEAK JAFAICAN NOW, INNIT? Cockney, One of the World's Most Famous Dialects, Will Disappearwithin 30 Years, According to Reports This Week. Harry Mount Discovers Why -- and What Is Replacing It on the Streets of London
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EVEN Professor Henry Higgins -- rarely lost for words -- would be dumbfounded. New research shows that the cockney dialect he battled so hard to beat out of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady will disappear from London's streets within a generation.
As its traditional speakers emigrate to Essex and Hertfordshire, the 650-yearold accent is dying off in London, to be replaced by multicultural London English, heavily influenced by West Indian patois, Bangladeshi and remnants of old cockney. The dialect won't die off altogether.
It will survive in the descendants of those Home Counties emigres. You can hear it happening today: teenagers in Essex speak like Henry Cooper and Barbara Windsor; in Lambeth, they are more likely to sound like Ali G. As cockney makes its way out of London, Kings Place, the arts centre in King's Cross, is building up a vocal time capsule of the old dialect, asking Londoners to talk to their grandparents and contribute cockney poetry and phrases to an archive (kingsplace.co. uk/celebrate-cockney) for performance at a future spoken word event. Paul Kerswill, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Lancaster University, the man behind the research, will next year publish his findings in Multicultural London English: the Emergence, Acquisition and Diffusion of a New Variety. "In much of the East End of London, the cockney dialect that we hear now spoken by older people will have disappeared within another generation," says Professor Kerswill. "People in their forties will be the last generation to speak it and it will be gone within 30 years. Since the 1950s and the New Town movement, more affluent east Londoners moved out of the capital and into Essex and Hertfordshire, especially to places like Romford, Southend and Hemel Hempstead, and they took their accent with them.
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Continued from Page 31 English, a new, melting-pot mixture of all those people living here who learned English as a second language. Ever since the 1960s, these areas of London have become home to immigrants from the West Indies, the Indian subcontinent and many other places, from South America and Africa to Central Asia and the Far East. Some of these people spoke the kind of English typical of their original countries. Others couldn't speak English, so children were speaking their native language at home but were learning English at school.
"This means that children were no longer learning their English dialect from local cockney speakers but from older teenagers, who themselves had developed their English in the linguistic melting pot. Out of all this, the new English which we call multicultural London English emerged, and this is the sound of inner-city London we hear today."
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A new Littlejohn Coliseum could mean a season of Clemson Tigers' basketball in Greenville, said athletic director Dan Radakovich.
The Clemson University Board of Trustees voted Friday to move forward with planning for possible upgrades for several athletic facilities, including a preliminary plan to spend up to $80 million to remake the basketball arena. The seating capacity would drop to about 8,500, but much of the interior would be reconfigured to add training and practice facilities for the men's and women's teams. The exterior would also get a face-lift, according to the athletic director.
Radakovich wants to completely remake the spectator experience at Littlejohn, from new sightlines to extensive wireless offerings and more.
"Our goal is for it to feel like two different buildings," Radakovich said.
That proposal, along with preliminary upgrades to the campus tennis and football facilities and a new, 10,000-square-foot Letterwinners Lounge, got initial approval Friday from trustees.
A stripped-down plan to fix up the west end zone area of Memorial Stadium — without a previously planned museum — got final approval to the tune of $8.8 million. Also approved were a $10 million state bond issue to fix up Freeman Hall and a $23.7 million bond for work on the Clemson Architectural Center in Charleston.
Radakovich said his department will need to raise much, if not all, of the money for the facilities' work he proposed Friday, which could exceed $100 million altogether. The board's vote clears the way for him and his staff to start raising that money, firm up specifications and put together a final proposals and price tags for board consideration.
The athletic director said he expects the men's and women's teams would need to find new homes for roughly a year during construction, with the Bon Secours Arena in Greenville as a likely site for the men. Phillip Sikes, spokesman for the basketball program, said Friday that head men's' basketball coach Brad Brownell would reserve comment until the Littlejohn project gets final approval.
The board of trustees also learned that the university's administrative council has approved the goal of making the campus smoke-free. A survey of staff, students and faculty is being prepared for campuswide input, according to Faculty Senate President Kelly Smith, but no final decision has been made.
Trustee Joe Swann expressed reservation about the idea of preventing people from smoking even if they aren't bothering others.
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A report on the possible ban is expected at the trustees' next quarterly meeting in February 2014.
In other business:
The university's $1 billion Will to Lead fundraising campaign has netted $712 million in contributions and planned giving, as of the first quarter of this fiscal year. Alumni association staffers acknowledged that giving slowed down earlier this year after President James Barker said he would step down and return to teaching, but giving resumed pace in this last quarter;
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Students in Cheryl Johnson's second grade class at Valley View Elementary School have a new way to curl up with a good book – Kindles.
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RAVENA Life is good from Justin Schipano's point of view.
The 2003 Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School graduate is now the varsity wrestling coach at his alma mater, and as such is taking control of one of the premier Colonial Council programs.
"It feels like I'm on top of the world," said Schipano, who replaces Henry Mormile Jr. "I've wrestled for that school since I was five years old. I bleed green and gold."
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To help the team along, Schipano is using his enthusiastic personality. He gives all of his wrestlers high fives and congratulates them after each bout, whether they win or lose.
"To know they have that enthusiasm behind them, that makes them want to fight more for you and to do the best they can," said Schipano. "As long as you keep their spirits up, the kids will fight for you."
That philosophy was put to the test when Ravena competed last weekend's Linda Stuart Memorial Duals at Colonie Central High School. The Indians struggled through both days against several larger programs such as Colonie, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Minisink Valley and Indian River. But, team wins were not important to Schipano.
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Apple logo taken off glass front, new plaza planned, other changes made
A new Apple Store planned for the Union Square area of San Francisco has been in the planning stages for some time, but a new revision to the company's plans that specifically addresses some prior concerns may finally win approval. The iPhone maker submitted new renderings and a new 3D architectural model redesigning a planned plaza with a new water feature, preserving but moving (slightly) an existing fountain, and breaking up an originally monolithic steel wall along Stockton Street.
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The revised plan also moves the iconic Apple logo from the two-story, all-glass front façade to the steel Stockton side. The 20-foot-high wall also now has a small incursion in it and more detailed plans for lining that side with trees, benches and other beautification efforts. The area is currently occupied by a disused Levi's clothing store that will be demolished once Apple gets final approval, as well as a Grand Hyatt hotel.
A rear plaza intended for the back of the store will now add a waterfall feature in addition to a pre-existing fountain originally designed by San Fransisco artist Ruth Asawa (who died earlier this year). The fountain and its placement inadvertently became a major sticking point in negotiations with the city, as Apple had originally intended to remove it entirely (Asawa's fountain designs are found throughout the city), but the government and residents objected to the idea.
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Renderings of the plaza (seen below) envision a cafe-like seating area that would mostly be in shade, and decorated with trees and other flora alongside the water features. The revisions signal that Apple is moving closer to approval on the store, and 9to5Mac reports that a press conference with the city is being planned, presumably to announce acceptance of Apple's latest design.
The Union Square store, once approved, will become the new home of the flagship downtown location, replacing the current store further down on Stockton street. Apple has presumably already obtained permission and approval from the Hyatt owners for the rear-area redevelopment, since at least a portion of the plaza area and the fountain itself belongs to the hotel.


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(Detroit Free Press) -- According to the state health department, two Michigan residents are among the 24 nationwide who have been sickened in the past two weeks by a strain of E.coli associated with recalled frozen foods.
The Michigan Department of Community Health said the two people were infected with E. Coli O121, which has been found in Farm Rich food products, manufactured by Rich Products Corporation in Buffalo, NY. The company has recalled almost 200,000 pounds of food, starting on March 28 and some of the products recalled include chicken quesadillas and mozzarella bites. A list that is being updated is at http://www.fsis.usda.gov.
While the ages, gender and location of the two Michigan residents are not immediately available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said more than 75% of the people infected are younger than 21, and that one-third have had to be hospitalized as a result.
E.coli O121 is similar to other forms of E.coli that cause diarrhea, cramps and sometimes fever. Illness lasts for about a week. The strain releases a toxin that kills blood vessel cells, leading to blood loss that is sometimes seen in people reporting diarrhea. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who become infected with E.coli O121, especially those under age 5 and the elderly are at risk for a type of kidney failure that starts when symptoms subside.
MDCH officials said in a statement that people who are suffering from bloody diarrhea should visit their doctors, and check their freezers for recalled Farm Rich products. The products are sold at major market chains and more than 47 stores all over Michigan are believed to be involved in the recall. The list is here: http://www.fsis.usda.gov
The 22 other people who have tested positive in this outbreak are located in 14 other states, including Ohio, New York and Texas. The USDA was notified of the outbreak on March 19.


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It's been such a long time since I looked at the Lola Cosmetics website. Remember when the brand was sold at Sephora? Gosh seems hundreds of years ago.
My first glance at the site and already lemmings are beginning to stir with the new Lola Masquerade Collection.
A fitting name, Masquerade, for a collection that features ways to hide, conceal, and create flawless coverage.
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Hmm I forsee an order in my future….
I'm very curious about both the concealer and the foundation. I'm trying to figure out if the foundation is a power or not, if it's a cream I could easily see myself becoming a good deal excited! And you know me and concealer…..
The Lola Masquerade Collection is available now at www.lolacosmetics.com
6/15/10 9:50 Marina:
I'm obsessed with anything relating to masks or masquerades…so this is definitely intriguing. I like the look of the foundation, but I'd NEVER pay $45 for it.
6/15/10 10:37 laura r:
Marina- Lola Cosmetics have recently surfaced in a big way on BeautyTicket.com. i had never heard of the marque (don't hurt me, Muse!) but i bet if you check back there in a few months you might see some of these goodies….
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For a PhD candidate entering graduate school, the first several weeks are exciting. Besides starting classes, the student must decide which professor's group to join and which research project to work on. One word of advice here. Make sure the topic starts out focused on a specific research topic.
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A vague, open ended research topic can be a lot of fun at first but can meander without producing much material for a research paper much less a thesis. My own experience is a good example. My professor departed for a sabbatical soon after I joined his group.


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I just heard about this.
Apparently an outbreak of listeriosis in some raw milk cheese last fall in Quebec lead to a temporary ban (??) on their production and/or sale.
I'm pretty sketchy on the details - but I do understand that a large quantity of such cheeses were confiscated from Atwater's fromagerie. I'm assuming others as well?
But I just don't really know the details.
So, could someone fill us in on what happened last fall and what is happening now?
Raw / unpasteurized milk cheeses
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
in and out
Abbott told me last night at bedtime he's been reading after I leave the room, even though he knows I don't want him to. I can't tell you how happy I was to discover he feels comfortable telling me that; it feels like a major success and a testament to our relationship. (And it solves the mystery of why he hasn't been able to wake up in the morning for the past week or so. I've worried the flu virus has been lingering in his system; now I know better.)
Anyone have any suggestions for what to do with the green tomatoes I've picked and brought in?
Happy Thursday to you.
20 comments:
- Frau said...
Gorgeous pictures! Wonder if you put in brown paper bag will they ripen like an avocado?
- October 29, 2009 at 1:29 AM
- Purple Flowers said...
I think it is so very beautiful that Abbott confided in you what he's been up to - reading after lights out. That is sweet and honest-something to treasure!
- October 29, 2009 at 4:16 AM
- Francesca said...
It's wonderful that he felt he could tell you! About the green tomatoes, they'll ripen sooner if you keep them together with a couple of apples (local wisdom, and it works!)
- October 29, 2009 at 4:56 AM
- Kwana said...
Good to know Abbott is reading. Maybe give him a time limit on it? Love today's pics.
- October 29, 2009 at 5:04 AM
- Jess said...
Try the green tomatoes fried.
Slice 'em up about 1/4" thick, dredge them in some egg and then corn meal, add some salt and pepper, and they're super tasty!
- October 29, 2009 at 5:13 AM
- KPiep said...
Our eldest has been having trouble getting to sleep lately...and so we talked her into turning the night light off last night. I am suspicious she's been reading, too.
It's in the blood...my mother read the encyclopedia under the covers with a flashlight when she was a kid. She made it to S before Grandma caught her!
- October 29, 2009 at 5:47 AM
- KPiep said...
PS. It's funny...I've had several conversations this week with various people about how unhappy I was with the way my wedding happened. Basically everything was what my parents wanted...with a few small exceptions. As I look back, I'm thrilled to be reaching 10 years, but am almost saddened to think about the actual wedding itself. I wish I'd been perhaps a little bit older, a lot more assertive and definitly more in control
All that to say that I'm very happy that you look back at yours with such fondness and happy memories!
- October 29, 2009 at 5:49 AM
- Ruth said...
I loooove these photos. You're such an amazing photographer!
- October 29, 2009 at 6:52 AM
- country girl said...
What beautiful pictures, thank you.
Green tomatoes add a yummy sourness and firm bite to salsa. Just be sure to have one green tomato to every three ripe tomatoes.
- October 29, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- Jennifer said...
Yes, do what Jess said -- though it may not be the healthiest option, fry those tomatoes. Another recipe is to slice the tomatoes, dip them in salt, pepper and chopped oregano dip in buttermilk and cornmeal and fry ... delicious!
Take care. I'm a big fan.
- October 29, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- Becky said...
So funny about Abbott reading after bedtime. Laura does the same thing, though I told her she could. She isn't having trouble getting up in the morning, or not yet. And I so clearly remember that reading in bed was my favorite thing to do. I would sneak and turn on my bedside lamp, hoping that my parents wouldn't hear. I felt like I was doing something really illicit. Unlike Laura, I read until late in the night and was a bear in the morning.
- October 29, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- Yiota said...
I love the relationship you've built with your sons. 'country girl' introduced me to blogland and your blog inspired me to start my own; I've read all the posts relating to your children to get insights and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say I've become a better mum.
Thanks a lot for the photo; it arrived today and it's great as I expected it to be. I'll blog about it once I find a frame that I like. Thanks again!
- October 29, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- Jess said...
You can also use green tomatoes in stew. Kind of like a pepper.
Just take out the core, and only use the rind, or the stew will be really soggy.
- October 29, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- nicola@which name? said...
beautiful photos. i love that you shared about abbott. mike and i have been talking about our parenting and how we want to foster that kind of honesty, trust, safety, and communication with our kids. lala has been testing out lying a lot and i haven't quite got my reaction/response how i want it yet.
we use green tomatoes for salsa.
- October 29, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Deidra said...
I saw Where The Wild Things Are this week with my son and my husband, and while I watched, I thought of your boys and their wonderful imaginations.
As for those green tomatoes, I can tell you that you should NOT use them for salsa verde. I tried a recipe that used green tomatoes instead of tomatillos. Don't do it.
- October 29, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Barbara said...
Oh that photo of the street near your church with all those gorgeous trees laden with fall colors makes me miss Michigan so much.
At least until snow falls. Then I'm glad I live in Florida!
I love that Abbott is reading after lights out. Reading is a good thing. Nice of him to tell you...you could compromise? Set a time limit for night reading- 1/2 an hour maybe?
Just wait until he is texting his friends after lights out. (I speak from experience here) Reading will look really good.
- October 29, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- pve design said...
I never say no to books or to reading.
As for the fried green tomatoes, photograph them, fry them and enjoy them, I love them on salads, sliced thinly with cheese.
happy day -
- October 29, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- Lyndsay said...
Fried green tomatoes dipped in ranch dressing! Yum...
- October 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Carol Saha said...
Not to sound stalkerish but I love you, your family, your blog, twitter, pictures.Your blog is one of my very favorites. I had to tell you that when I was little I would hold my book up to the light coming from the hallway to read late. Still love to read and often read when I should be sleeping.
- October 31, 2009 at 10:27 PM
- Renz said...
You always have perfect photos! I especially love the crafts your kids did and pasted on the wall it's so much better than any inspirational art out there :)
Awesome blog, glad I dropped by!
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I want to read "Big Boy" comics.
That said, this has happened to me a MILLION times while cleaning.
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I want to read "Big Boy" comics.
That said, this has happened to me a MILLION times while cleaning.
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I don't think I have ever had this NOT happen to me.
I freecycle lots of stuff, or leave it out front on our city's spring and fall giveaway days. I imagine (and often see) people's shining eyes when they pick up whatever-it-is. The stuff that is less gleamworthy goes to my favorite secondhand stores, with the quality varying according to how favorite they are. Savers gets the real rejects. Not much goes in the dumpster.
Having said that, whatever am I going to do with years worth of letters, short stories, reprints of fascinating net essays, and my old audio cassettes? Answer — scan, record, digitize and mulch.
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I am an official National Park Service Photographer. A big part of my job is to capture moments of people appreciating our national parks. I am the photographer and the NPS owns the copyright to this picture. It has been made public domain and thus I have the right to give you permission to use it. This image captures Union and Confederate soldiers walking along the sunken road together during the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Fredericksburg.