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John Straw -- I'm John Straw, VP Sales at MailTel.
Richard Seltzer -- John, is Mailtel the same thing as Acorn Communications?
(I saw a presentation by Sue Rudd to GTE last week.)
John Straw -- Yes, we use MailTel so everyone does not confuse us with Acorn the computer co...
James Ciociolo -- Hello, I'm Jim Ciociolo, VP WW Sales, NetCentric Corp
John Straw -- Hi Jim, you guys did great with PSI, press releases all over the place...
Cimarron Boozer -- Hello. I'm Cimarron Boozer, VP Internet Products for FaxNet Corporation, a provider of enhanced fax services.
Richard Seltzer -- Welcome Jim (from NetCentric) and Cimarron
from FAXnet.
As soon as we have a few more people connected, I'd like you to tell us about your product offerings -- from a user/business perspective.
Barbara Hartley Seltzer -- Hi! I'm Barbara Hartley Seltzer. I thought that the Internet phone was still a future feature, but Rich reminded me we heard a demo two years ago.
Ed Jaros -- Good Afternoon (morning) everyone!
Richard Seltzer -- Welcome, Ed. Good to see you again.
Ed Jaros -- Glad I could make it. This will be a great discussion. Lots to talk about.
Bill Dunlap -- Hi all -- Bill Dunlap from Euro-Marketing. Very interested in the telephony products and all the new technologies to create community (perhaps Internet teleconferencing?).
Dave Cedrone -- Hi all, Dave Cedrone, Digital - ISP Program. I'm interested in Internet Telephony solutions for the ISP Marketplace
Ben Bauer -- Hi, Just dropping in...
Kathleen Gilroy -- I own OTTER, Inc, a company that develops distance learning programs.
Richard Seltzer -- Dave Sciuto -- Glad to see that you have connected. I know that you do a weekly radio talk show about Internet-related topics. Have you tried to use Internet phone or FAX capabilities in conjunction with your show?
DaveSciuto -- Richard, no we haven't. We have, although used, and continue to use CUSeeMe on a regular basis.
Richard Seltzer -- Bob@Cottage -- Glad to see that you have joined us. You deal with many small businesses that are getting started on the Web. Are any of them using Internet telephony/FAX regularly today? If so, are they doing anything interesting or creative to work these capabilities into their business models?
firstname.lastname@example.com -- My business concentrates on the local community. I offer customers without internet involvement advertising and business replies via fax through a local fax server program that I wrote. It simply forwards email responses to my local fax server which in turn faxes to the client fax machine @.10 per page.
Richard Seltzer -- Let's get started. Keep in mind that in this strange medium, you don't have to "wait your turn." What you type appears whenever you send the message. So it can seem a bit chaotic. That will mostly get straightened out in the transcript. John, Jim, and Boozer could you quickly give us a sketch of what your companies do in the area of Internet telephony and FAX?
Richard Seltzer -- Barbara -- I believe that there's a wide range
of quality.
(I'm hoping to hear more about that today.) And I also believe that the level of quality that the large telecomms provide today is not necessarily what ordinary folks want or need. I'm interested in "just enough quality" -- good enough to understand what's going on and have a good conversation. I don't need to pay exorbitant long-distance prices just to hear a pin drop.
Bill Dunlap -- Hi Richard - actually I'm not in Paris now, but the U.S. on an extended trip, to look for applications of the Internet that Europeans could use in their online business, in their multilingual environment. Last week I was blown away by http://www.placeware.com's auditorium (vocal and written). Now for telephony.
Bill Dunlap -- This may be a dumb question, but I have to ask it. I've been sending faxes over the Internet for over a year, using Faxaway. $0.10/page in the U.S., $0.35/page to Europe. How is your Net-faxing different, in usage and in pricing?
Ed Jaros -- Cimarron - Would the fax be sent through the net and forwarded to the service where it picks up a local fax forwarding service? Main savings being line charges?
Richard Seltzer -- Cimarron, Could you please clarify? Today, with a FAX/modem I can send FAXes from my PC. Don't you mean that with your product I could send them over the Internet without incurring long distance charges? If that is the case, what am I charged? And how does what you do differ from the Netcentric approach?
Cimarron Boozer -- The "fax" is sent over the Internet to our switch(es), where it is sent over the public network. There are big cost savings, especially if the originator is located outside of North America (USA).
Ed Jaros -- So at the end it is still sent over local phone lines but the long distance/ overseas charges are saved?
Cimarron Boozer -- "Broadcast" is a great use of Internet faxing technology. Just about all broadcasting done today is what I call "non-customized"; the same pages, with maybe a cover page difference. FaxNet's client is specifically designed to handle 'custom' broadcasts, i.e., using a Word mailmerge to send completely personallized, integrated documents to hundreds or thousands of recipients.
Cimarron Boozer -- Currently, messages can either go over the "public" Internet, through VPNs/WANs, or whatever; but all the protocols used currently for forwarding fax data are IP-based. Their is currently no 'standard' for inter-exchange of fax data, since the market is fairly new.
Richard Seltzer -- Cimarron -- the "broadcast" sounds like a particularly valuable feature. If I understand you correctly, I could send a FAX to hundreds of users simultaneously, with one "call." It also sounds like the three of you don't compete but rather complement one another. Am I missing something?
Richard Seltzer -- Cimarron, Jim and John -- Is it common that the messages go out over the public Internet and then are switched to ordinary FAX and phone? Or is this part of FAXnet's value-added? Are you all setting up your own switches worldwide, or are you partnering on this?
Cimarron Boozer -- Richard -- the quality of the fax is equivalent to that sent directly from the PC modem board; the benefits are cost, reliability of delivery (we can retry multiple times, etc), and broadcast -- we have hundreds of ports, you only have one on your PC (or a few on a fax server). Vis-a-vis NetCentric, we are focused on fax service -- NetCentric is primarily selling their technology/platforms to ISPs (I'll let Jim C. expand on this!)
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- I'm not sure what you mean by "inside
the Internet."
Please explain. I was under the impression that someone could send a FAX using your method and it would be delivered to any FAX machine anywhere, without incurring long distance charges. I also was under the impression that this is a shared application -- that it could sit on a LAN and anyone connected could use it, or an ISP could run it, making it available as a value added service for all their customers. Is that correct?
James Ciociolo -- Richard, Our servers are generally located within the network providers POP and the "sender" either can use our Faxstorm client, Winfax or browsers to send and receive faxes.
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- If the user has a choice of clients, what's the advantage of the Faxstorm client? And what does the user typically get charged by the ISP?
James Ciociolo -- The whole notion of using the net for applications like fax break down to using the internet backbone to transport the fax and using the local loop to deliver it to the last mile. So, for example an internet fax sent from Boston to Tokyo would use a local loop connection to connect to a NetCentric POPserver, the local(Boston) POPserver would route the fax to the POPserver in Tokyo and then deliver the fax via the local PSTN (pub tel lines)
James Ciociolo -- Richard, What we are trying to do is change the typical fax users everyday experience. This is to avoid standing in line for the fax machine. Desktop faxing is not new, but doing it over the Inet and having the ability for the user to "check their fax status" using the web is our little value add.
James Ciociolo -- Richard, We're not a fax service company like our friends at Faxnet. We're a software company. Our ISP partners are doing the deployments.
Ed Jaros -- James - Thanks for the quick explanation. How are docs sent. File format or ASCII or do I need a special program for it? Or do I send it to your local number here which transports it via Net to the local exchange at my end destination?
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- So you are setting up POP servers in Tokyo and all over the world. And it sounds like FAXnet is setting up local switches all over the world. is that head-to-head competition? Or what's the differentiator?
Richard Seltzer -- John -- In terms of positioning -- in terms of the user -- am I right in understanding that your product lets me hear my email from any telephone anywhere? and/or receive it on any FAX machine anywhere?
John Straw -- Richard, that is totally correct, full text to speech, and courtesy of Netcentric, full faxing of emails... Most importantly we believe that filtering of email before it hits your phone/pager/fax machine is mission critical - get rid of the CYA mail....
Richard Seltzer -- Jim and John -- Interesting. I didn't realize there was a tie-in between Mailtel and Netcentric.
John Straw -- Yes, we decided that our main focus was messaging not fax so we picked Netcentric as our fax partner. The Winfax deal they did with Symantec secured it for us....Jim still hasn't bought me a drink though...
Ed Jaros -- Richard - I've seen (heard) a demo on an Internet e-mail reader although I'm not sure what product it was. Neat stuff. Very computerized voice but it got the message across.
Cimarron Boozer -- We've heard that the entire desktop-to-fax (over the Internet) market is $5 million; incredibly tiny! My question for everyone is -- why? What are the barriers? It seems like such a great thing -- why isn't everyone doing it?
Cimarron Boozer -- Faxaway's model is to send ASCII email (or attachments); FaxNet lets you print from your application. The major difference is that we provide WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) for all the documents you fax -- a single page or a multiple recipient mailmerge. Our pricing is going to be similar to Faxaways.
Richard Seltzer -- Kathleen -- We're focusing on Internet telephone
and FAX
capabilities -- that allow you to connect long distance with out paying long distance charges. I could easily imagine incorporating such capabilities into a distributed training program (to cut costs and also to integrate talking to folks with the other training-related activities that could appear on your computer screen.) Have you experimented with any of that?
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- That's an interesting point about the billing. How close is that to being a simple package for sale to ISPs?
James Ciociolo -- NetCentric is focusing a great deal of engineering on a metering protocol called MSIX. Check it out at MSIX.org. This protocol will provide other IP applications to be metered and measured so that network providers can create QOS and billable services for voice, video, fax and document conferencing apps.
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- could you please explain some of the alphabet soup. I must admit that I'm non-technical. I look at this stuff from a business and user perspective.
James Ciociolo -- Richard- QOS = quality of service POP= point of presence
James Ciociolo -- Richard, Network providers will not deploy services that they can't bill for. The technology is cool but if they can't bill their customers for usage they cant create service offerings. That's why metering protocols such as MSIX are so important to the network providers as it provides them a means to measure minutes or transactions and bill for it.
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- That's an interesting point about the billing. How close is that to being a simple package for sale to ISPs? Meanwhile, though, aren't there lots of packages/products intended for running by the end user, without the ISP needing to get involved? And even those haven't really taken off. Can you account for that?
James Ciociolo -- Richard, We have billing for fax now and thru the MSIX org have 20 other application partners working with us to enable their app's to be measurable and metered for billing. check out http://www.msix.org
Dave Cedrone -- Too many questions Richard. ISP's look to IP Telephony as a value added service to differentiate their offering and generate a new revenue stream. There are a few models, Internet telephony is allows calls to be carried over the 'Net - no guaranteed QOS but lowest cost. Alternatively, ISP can build out private nets to guarantee QOS (higher cost), third model is phone over Intranets (corporate)
James Ciociolo -- Dave, I think that any application that currently rides over the PSTN (voice mail, fax, voice response) all fit into the IP telephony bucket. I see video mail, document conferencing with real time audio and video conferencing as hot areas to watch.
Richard Seltzer -- Dave -- good question. I'd like to be able to inventory the kinds of telephony related capabilities that are out there and how they interrelate and which are aimed at end users and which at ISPs or corporate intranets. Anything you could do to provide a quick taxonomy -- either now on the fly or as a followup message would be greatly appreciated.
Cimarron Boozer -- Dave -- I think the key differentiator is "real time" (e.g., Internet Phone, Video Conferencing, Shared Whiteboard, etc.) and non-real-time -- or store and forward (email with any type of attachment, fax, etc.) My opinion is that true 'real time' application use over the public Internet is a holy grail that internet phone, fax and others are still pursuing. There is lots of technology, but nothing has really proved its mettle (yet).
Dave Cedrone -- I'm learning Richard, not many answers yet. IP FAX seems to be the clear leader, less of a QOS issue than real time services. IP Phone is coming on as gateways enable PC to Phone and Phone to phone - expands the potential market. WEB integration with IP Phone enables customer service applications (clear value here). Unified messaging (email, FAXmail, Voicemail pager notification seems interesting for the mobile worker, as does 1# call routing. These app's seem further out on the timeline although I'm curious about other folks perspective. Collaboration services (whiteboards with IP Phone) I suspect are seeing limited scale use as yet. Internet Roaming is another interesting technology for mobile workers.
Richard Seltzer -- Dave -- Thanks for the answer. Could you please followup (probably by email) with a few quick definitions for those of us who are technical-vocabulary handicapped. (Maybe I should try to sit down with you for half an hour and try to sort it out and then write it up.)
Barbara Hartley Seltzer -- All of this technology seems to be pointed at the large companies. Is there anything out there for the individual lone user at home?
Richard Seltzer -- Barb -- Your question is like Dave's. We need to sort out what is available. Some offering are aimed at end users, others for companies and ISPs. It feels like this is a large and potentially very valuable topic. I want to continue this next week. And I'd really appreciate email messages between now and next week trying to sort out what is what and how the pieces relate to one another. Please send to firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll include such messages with the transcript.
James Ciociolo -- Bill, rates in the US seem to be in the .10c to .15c range for point to point and broadcast. Over the pond faxing is currently in the $1.00 plus range but stay tuned. Rates are going to fall as ISP's build out their POPserver backbones.
Ed Jaros -- Richard - I worked for
Pitney Bowes in their fax division for almost 2 years. The main cost to
fax surprisingly was labor. Faxing from the desktop was a significant labor
savings but the simplicity was still the thing that keeps stand alone machines
in the forefront.
I tried hooking up a few of my clients with a program called hydrafax but it turned out to be a nightmare and people didn't trust it. Something about seeing your page go that gives you peace of mind.
Cimarron Boozer -- Ed - I'd like to follow up on the issues you raised. Ease of use (does it work!) and simplicity. And the psychological issue of "did it really get faxed?" All store-and-forward approaches (including ours) have that problem; you must check the status, get an email back, or some other mechanism to make sure the fax gets to the target. With a 'real' fax machine, you hear the tones, etc., and get a warm and fuzzy. What can we do to solve this?
Ed Jaros -- Cimarron- Have you tried tying in to some of the larger fax companies line cannon and PB. Default # carries the fax to your local switch/ faxes through the net/ and delivers thru your switch on the other end to the # they dialed to send the fax all seemless to the person faxing. Simple but it has to be sent instantly to the other side so when they sit back down at thier desk they can call their customer knowing they got the fax.
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- It feels like there are a couple of issues with regard to firewalls. Digital has an enormous internal telephone network. Could we use Netcentric capabilities to replace that entire internal phone network? (That wouldn't be a firewall issue)? And is there any reasonably secure way to set up such a network so we could do external phone calls without compromising the security of the data part of our network? We're talking about enormous savings. What barriers do you come up against when talking to internal telecomm folks at companies like Digital?
Cimarron Boozer -- Richard - the firewall issue is much greater with 'real time' apps like internet phone. With fax, you can use store and forward -- both FaxNet and NetCentric clients can work with existing firewalls.
James Ciociolo -- Richard, You have to work thru the technical issues to address the intranet firewall security stuff. We've spent a lot of time on this problem.
Cimarron Boozer -- Richard -- If I knew the magic niche I would be out right now marketing to it ;-) I *do* know that our PR firm loves the customization of our client! We'll let you know!
Dave Cedrone -- I suspect the apps that have the greatest measureable cost impact and require the least behavioral change will happen first on the widest scale. Internet FAX (from traditional FAX machines vs PC's) is a good example. Internet phone (phone to phone via gateways or PC to phone) is next. Some of the other applications may take a vertical integration approach (WEB/Call Center Integration) as a customer service enhancement - offload as much as possible to the web site but still offer human interaction. I suspect we need to create more fully integrated solutions for the higher end technology than to expect mass adoption models.
James Ciociolo -- Richard, Another factor is that the typical Fortune 200 company spends around 15 to 20 million per year on fax. Cost savings are the buzz word of the 90's. CFO's like to save $'s. Desktop Iinternet faxing can be a big cost saver.
Richard Seltzer -- Jim -- Yes, the savings could be enormous. So why hasn't it taken off yet? Can you name a single Fortune 200 company that has committed to using the Internet for phone or FAX on a large scale? I can't understand why not.
James Ciociolo -- Richard, Nothing like this happens fast. (eg: ATM on the desktop) However, I can tell you that the F200 is really interested in Internet Fax and they will be demanding it from their network providers in the next 6 to 9 months. Up till now none of the major carriers have deployed and only one major backbone provider (PSInet) has deployed. You have to have patience in this market but once it takes off --hold on.
Ed Jaros -- here are some Gallup studies on Fax in fortune companies that some may find interesting: http://www.pitneybowes.com/pbi/prodsoftware/fax/fax_stats.htm
Cimarron Boozer -- Richard -
I agree that human nature (or habit) is the problem in adapting apps like
internet fax. This may change quickly, however, due to:
- the widespread adoption of Win 95 PCs
- increased comfort by users with apps such as Word, etc.
- connectivity to the Internet (everywhere)
Most important, users need to be educated that they *can* now take advantage of these capabilities. Amazingly, most people don't know that they have the capability afforded by NetCentric, Faxaway, FaxNet and others... We have a way to go!
James Ciociolo -- Cimarron, I agree 100% with your answer.
Richard Seltzer -- I'm still puzzled by the slowness of adoption. Vocaltec's Internet Phone has been around for over two years. Do you think that this will follow the route of The Chasm -- with a niche strategy. If so, what niches make good sense? If not, why not? And what's the alternative? Can we expect to see the major telecomm's doing an about-face and embracing rather than fighting this technology?
Richard Seltzer -- Cimarron -- The phenomenon that people don't understand that they can take advantage of these capabilities -- absolutely true, and absolutely incomprehensible. We are deluged with advertising for ten cents a minute long distance rates at a time when zero long distance is possible. Doesn't make sense to me. I do believe it may take a niche -- one tiny narrow application area where the benefit is overwhelmingly obvious, and then from there it takes off. But what niche?
Ed Jaros -- Richard - I still see most people puzzled by the Internet. Looking to sell them on a related idea is like putting the cart before the horse in many cases.
Cimarron Boozer -- Richard - My sense is that the major telecoms have too much on their plate right now. Internet phone, fax, and other 'value added' services are low on the priority list (although they certainly are looking). They're too busy worrying about acquisitions, market share, long distance, and regulatory changes...
Cimarron Boozer -- Cimarron Boozer, FaxNet Corporation, email: email@example.com http://www.faxnet.net
Ed Jaros -- Thanks for the discusion. Interesting topics and direction. See y'all next week. email@example.com
Francois Menard -- This is Francois of Mediatrix
Richard Seltzer -- Francois (from Mediatrix) -- Sorry. We're just winding down now. The chat normally runs from noon to 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time and it's 1 PM now. We'll be continuing the topic next Thursday at the same time. Meanwhile please check for the transcript of this week's session which I'll be posting in a day or two. Check http://www.samizdat.com/#chat
Barbara Hartley Seltzer -- I've learned a lot this session. Thanks. See you next week.
James Ciociolo -- James Ciociolo NetCentric Corp email@example.com http://www.netcentric.com
Dave Cedrone -- Dave Cedrone Digital Equipment Corp. firstname.lastname@example.com
James Ciociolo -- Richard and all, Thanks for the opportunity to join this chat session. Talk with you all next week. Jim
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Richard, a few quick notes on the Internet Telephony discussion. I'll try to catch up with the conversation when I return from vacation.
Internet Telephony as a term can cover a broad range of possible services. My limited research so far has led to the following topics that I would include under the umbrella of Internet Telephony. I'm sure there are many more that will be added to this list as we continue your Chat sessions:
IP Phone: This describes telephone service over an IP infrastructure. This could include IP Phone over a dedicated network - in effect a VAN, IP Phone over a private enterprise infrastructure (Intranet), and IP Phone over the Internet. The services provided over these different infrastructures would vary in cost and Quality of Service based upon the ability to dedicate network capacity to phone as an application Vs sharing the capacity with a range of services (e.g. email, web, file transfer...).
IP FAX: Similar issues to IP Phone in terms of the network infrastructure used to deliver the service. IP FAX is more forgiving of QOS issues than is a real time service such as phone.
Unified Messaging: The integration in a common mailbox system of email, voicemail, FAX. Paging notification of message receipt is often a function of Unified Messaging. Other features of this service include: Pager delivery of short message email's and text to speech for telephone delivery of email's.
WEB Based Call Center Integration: This provides for a telephone interface from a WEB page to connect the WEB user with a live person in a Call Center. Such a capability can be used to provide value added customer service and Help Desk applications. This capability can be further extended to include video conferencing and document sharing to further enhance the WEB Service experience.
Routing: Routing can be thought of both for inbound and outbound calls. Inbound a user can connect to a "foreign ISP" ISP (the user has no subscription relationship) via a local telephone call, can be authenticated by the users "home" ISP, and can have full Internet Access for the cost of a local call plus a roaming fee. This is a cost saving alternative over long distance dialing. Roaming can be enhanced with Tunneling to allow roaming back to a users Intranet through a secure connection through a firewall.
Outbound Roaming in my terminology refers to the ability to locate a user with a single telphone number that can route a call based on user instructions - also know as Follow-me-Routing. This is more of a telephony service than an IP Network service but could be combined with IP Phone IP FAX and Unified Messaging into a comprehensive mobile worker solution.
Collaboration: White board and application sharing are another category of tools that can be combined with Phone, or Videoconferencing to create innovative solutions based on the combination of the Internet and Telephony Service capabilities.
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So what if Ukraine falls under the blanket of some new Soviet Empire? Does it really matter to us? Remember back during the cold war? America was seen as the good guys. I miss those days.
With Putin rattling his saber and Obama doing what all good Democratic presidents do, see Jimmy Carter, shouldn't this fall out in our favor in the eyes of the rest of the world? Isn't that what we're all about now.
Courting world opinion is the newest trend in American politics. Somehow, the greatest country in the world has been reduced to begging for approval from third world nations like France and Spain. Countries that would no longer exist if not for the might and protection of America. Leading from behind is seen as the apex of enlightenment.
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Today, July 11, a donation and protest effort will take place in 61 cities across the country in order to raise awareness for the effort to end the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood. The National Gay Blood Drive is its second year to raise awareness for their effort. Last year, 1,000 participants were involved.
The effort involves gay men arriving at a blood drive location with another person —an ally or proxy—who is able to give blood in their stead. The gay men will fill out paperwork, knowing they'll be denied, but they're hoping the FDA will take note of just how many gay men are willing to donate. They're hoping that these rejected applications, as well as the postcards they send along, will help convince the FDA to pull back a ban that was put into place in 1983.
That ban was created at a time when it was not easy or effective to test for HIV in blood. As a consequence of that, men who have sex with men (MSM) have been barred from donating blood completely. However, now, testing for HIV has been simplified; there are even at-home tests. But still at issue, is that fact that someone positive with HIV can still test negative within the first 11 days of infection.
This year, the group has also started a White House petition. The group has one month (which will end on july 30) to get 100,000 signatures for the current administration to issue a response.
The argument for ending the ban is that it is discriminatory, and though the FDA has an obligation to monitor and protect those who receive the blood, the ban is no longer based on current science. Last year, the American Medical Association issued their support for ending the ban and proposed that bans be applied on a case-by-case basis, depending on each person's level of risk.
With blood shortages being such a problem, especially in times of emergency, would you support ending the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood?


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Luo Han Guo Herbal Tea
Luo Han Guo Herbal Tea Recipe
If you do not have a disposable soup poach to contain the luo han guo, just add it to the pot to simmer. Before serving, sieve the tea through a strainer.
Serves: 4 mugs
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
- 2 litres of water
- 2 luo han guo fruit (arhat fruit/ monk's fruit/罗汉果)
- 30g american ginseng fiber/"beards" (洋参须)
- 30g dried chrysanthemum flowers (朵朵香)
Tools (optional)
- disposable soup bags
- Using the back of your knife, gently crack open the luo han guo fruit. If you have a soup stock bags, you can place the smashed fruit, ginseng and chrysanthemum in soup bags.
- Boil water in a pot. Place soup bags in the boiling water and simmer for about half hour (if you like, you can discard the chrysanthemum pouch earlier). Discard soup bags (I try to press out excess liquids using a slotted ladle to minimize wastage), wait for the tea to cool and pour into serving cups. Serve warm or chilled.
Noob Cook Tip
I did not add any sugar since luo han guo is a natural sweetener so this drink is mildly sweet. I do not have a sweet tooth so it's sweet enough for me. If you like to add sugar, you can use either winter melon sugar strips (10 minutes before you off the stove flame) or rock sugar (just before you off the flame, stir to melt the sugar thoroughly) to taste. Note that if you are using winter melon sugar stripes, they will not dissolve – you can eat the winter melon for the crunchy sweet taste or you may discard it.
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I love it when u feature simple yet traditional chinese drinks/recipes. It's like giving it a modern feel all over again. This is what my grandma used to make every other week. I love how refreshing it is especially when it is cold.
thanks for your kind words daphne. I like to chill the leftovers and the next day, enjoy it chilled. It's extra refreshing like you said :)
This is my favourite drinks…beautiful photos as usual!
where can I purchase the monk fruit tea or the dried fruit? I have heard that it is very helpful when one has neck radiation and need it soon! Thanks.
I have an older Chinese neighbor who heard me coughng and came over to tell me about this tea. We do not speak each other's langauge but she was able to use gestures to describe what to do with this fruit. I made the tea and tried it since I have heard remarkable stories of Chinese herbal remedies. This tea helped immediately and has been the only thing that has worked for me. The Dr. I saw dismissed as a virus but gave no ideas as to relief. I am very blessed to have this lady as my neighbor.
Thank you for the recipes, I will enjoy trying some of them I am sure
where to buy the soup bag?
Hi, read about it here: http://reviews.noobcook.com/kitchen-tool-soup-stock-pouch/
tea dewa., rasa nya khas beda dengan tea lain,.aroma khas minum tea ini membuat rasa badan jadi lebih baih juga rasa yang saya kira tidak perlu di tambah dengan pemanis gula kasna rasa manis nya alami., ya dia ada hemmm original tea sebenarnya dari dewa tea.
Hi, I would like to buy a box of LoHanKuo. Do you knopw where I can get it? Thank you
I like mixing with my daily yin tonic. As we get older yin depletes and we dry up like prune.
Thank you.
Hi, I'm Lina Lee from Indonesia and would like to ask, why couldn't we boil chrysanthemum flowers as long as we boil lohanguo?
My family members love lohanguo and chrysanthemum flowers but usually I prepare them separately, lohanguo tea or chrysanthemum tea. It should be a good idea to mix them both.. Thanks..
Hi Lina, it's not advisable to simmer chrysanthemum for too long, as it may result in a bitter taste. Check out my chrysanthemum tea recipe at http://www.noobcook.com/chrysanthemum-tea/, where I only simmer for a few minutes.


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Making Organic Teas
The same 5-gallon buckets are perfect for brewing custom teas for each stage of plant growth. Early on, a compost tea is perfect for both watering and foliar spraying. Fill a nylon stocking with your chosen ingredients, which can include compost, guanos from seabirds and bats and a little bit of molasses to feed the microorganisms. Fill the bucket with water and use an air pump and air-stone bubblers to oxygenate the water for a few hours (this helps remove chlorine and other potential pollutants). Now dunk the nylon sock into the water and steep for two days while stirring occasionally and allowing the air stones to bubble throughout the process to keep everything aerobic (oxygenated).
Now you're ready to use the tea. Let it sit for a half hour or so to settle and then strain it into another bucket. You can feed this tea directly to the plant's roots by saturating the growing mix in your buckets and/or you can spray the leaves for the added benefit of suppressing foliar diseases. Use the tea immediately. It's only at its most effective for an hour or so.
Organics Outdoors
It's even easier to grow organically outdoors. If you've got the space, start a compost pile with leaves and kitchen scraps as well as lawn clippings (and even spent root-balls and used bubble-bag scraps).
Turn the pile once a week with a shovel or compost fork and you'll have plenty of free compost (a.k.a. "black gold") to mix into your outdoor soil and use as a nutritious mulch for your pot plants.
Outdoors, the bigger your container, the better. Loose organic mixes and plenty of sunshine encourage roots to grow at tremendous rates, leading to huge bushes that yield over a pound per plant and more! Better yet, dig your own hole deep and fill it with a variety of organic materials for a custom "seasoned" spot you can reuse year after year by simply replenishing the mix. Liquid seaweed and liquid fish as well as compost and guano teas combined with a healthy regimen of organic additives will keep plants happily thriving in the sun. Before long, you'll be growing trees with trunks that need a hacksaw to take down!


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Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6.
There are times in our walk with Christ that we struggle with the ministry He has called us to. We either worry about where the finances are coming from, if it is God's will, or we struggle just with day to day task. Remember this, Jacob was a changed man, for the better that is, after struggling with God. One thing I am confident in; when I know, that I know God has called me to a good work in Him, He is just to finish what He has started.
"God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" Numbers 23:19.
Our race is not run in vain when we stretch for that next milestone, especially when God has called us to it. God bless and have a great day!


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The Originals returns with new episodes tonight, and TV Guide spoke with Nathan Parsons about the possibilities for Jackson and Hayley:
"Hayley is a werewolf but she has no idea what that really means because she didn't grow up with the pack. She does not understand the traditions, and those traditions are very important to Jackson, so who knows if they could ever be together? She walks the line between the wolves and the vampires and both factions want her. As for Elijah, he's a pretty formidable opponent for Jackson but you'll start to see that the two guys are surprisingly similar. They both bear the responsibility of tending to a really messed-up family, and they share the pain and agony that goes with that."
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When I try to login with my Mojang account it says "Login Failed". Why does it do that?
closed as not a real question by deutschZuid, MBraedley, SevenSidedDie, SaintWacko, kotekzot Mar 29 '13 at 20:06
It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Did you buy a legitimate copy or are you using a cracked version? This is a known issue with cracked copies of Minecraft.
If this is not your problem then there really aren't many other reasons.
If these aren't the problem, then email Mojang. Also, check this site for info on if the servers are up: http://xpaw.ru/mcstatus/.
This can happen quite often, and it ofter works for me to go to minecraft.net while logging in. This may only work with Tekkit, and check your internet connection works.
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skinny love by blindbandit5Watch
©2012-2016 blindbandit5
come on, skinny love,
just last the year.
Just a sketch. No one in particular. I've missed drawing sleeping people.
Tell me what you think.
just last the year.
Just a sketch. No one in particular. I've missed drawing sleeping people.
Tell me what you think.
Love it
AHHH love Bon Iver<3 and great drawing!!
i love this song! its so cute and the picture is fantastic!!
you rockOo!
Skinny love is one of my favorite songs and your right the picture has nothing to do with it but it is simply brilliant.
This is really cool
this song= all my feels!!!! i love the drawing!
i love it!
Haha, my friend is OBSESSED with this song. Love the pic btw. It's really cute
SO lovely~ Love the poses~
GASP. i love that song! and this is seriously cute
aw you draw sleepy people nicely
AMAZING SONG! and a great picture
wow this is actually PERFECT! oh my god amazing poses are so accurate and i love the little interaction!
not gonna lie I thought it was Jason and Piper from the Lost hero, still really great love it!
love it, so cute
I freaking love that song and this is fantastic!
Ahhh I like this!
I adore this!
I loove it, they look adorable!
Aw, love it
Love this! Its so cute!
This could be Piper and Jason
love it!!
Haha, gotta love the random ways people find to sleep.
This is adorable. xD
This is adorable. xD
This is really good! One thing, the guy on the right's shoe is kinda blockish, almost looks like he's wearing a shoebox. Other than that, this is really good! <3
Oh gosh. It's adorable
So adorable!
I LOVE IT! This was me, every single day on the bus. It came waaay too early and I was waaay too tired by the end of the day. You did everything really well, but I do have to say I would've loved to see some extremely overstuffed backpacks.
This is really good You should make a tutorial on drawing sleeping people or something, because it really confuses me. -_-
I love how you drew the poses! It's really great! : D
Very cute! I love the poses
Reminds me of Jason and Piper from Heroes of Olympus
I was totally thinking the same thing!!!
Very sweet scene!
I like it, it's really cute! c:
Reminds me of clary and jace. :$
really cute <3
I love it!!!!!
Aw, that's adorable! I luv sleeping people. so cute. ^^
Beautiful. I love this picture and that song. :')
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I'm five weeks pregnant and accompanying my husband to the USA for two months. Can I get medical insurance? If so, what companies, premiums and coverage?
Having gone through this with my wife recently, yes, you can still get medical insurance. However you will need to get in contact with the individual travel insurance providers, as some may not cover pregnancy-related issues as it is a pre-existing issue. All will generally cover non-pregnancy-related issues.
My UK's provider explicitly covered any non-routine medical conditions associated with pregnancy, but not the routine ones (e.g. scans, etc.). We haven't tested it luckily.
I guess you need to find a few quotes from your country, call them and ask. It also might be included in terms and conditions (it was in my case).
Swetha has had her baby by now, but the question came up in the sidebar....
An important thing to consider when buying medical insurance is it usually covers the insured, and only the insured. Swetha was 5 weeks pregnant back in March, if she miscarries while on holiday her treatment will be covered by her insurance.
If you are >7 months and go into labor early, you may discover that your insurance will happily cover your hospital stay but will NOT cover the ICU care for your 6-weeks-premature infant, and that's going to be a LOT of money. The reason is quite simple - the policy is in the mother's name, not the child's. Can't purchase health insurance for someone who doesn't exist yet.
This happened in the late 1990s to an Alberta woman traveling to the states. The government health care back home was eventually shamed into paying the bill.


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A teenage beauty queen from Myanmar, the first winner of an international pageant from that country, is making international headlines this week after losing her title and being accused of then stealing the crown she won.
16-year-old May Myat Noe was crowned the winner of the Miss Asia Pacific World contest in Seoul this past May and was subsequently dethroned last week for being what David Kim, director of media for the pageant, described as "dishonest and unappreciative." Noe is also accused to making off with her tiara, which is valued at over $100,000, after being stripped of her title but she claims she was already on a plane heading back to Myanmar before hearing about the dethroning.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Noe addressed the situation and leveled some allegations of her own. Noe told reporters that she was forced to lie about her age and claim she was 18 in order to compete, as well as undergo a "head to toe" cosmetic surgery procedure provided by the pageant including breast implants, which she denies accepting. Noe also says she was asked to escort "some business tycoons whenever they require my company" in order to generate funds for a record deal.
Organizers, meanwhile, claim the former winner "lied and never had respect for the main organisation, the national director, the manager, media or fans who made her the winner." As for the crown, the AP notes that Noe said she didn't intend to steal it but will only return it if pageant officials apologize to her and the country of Myanmar as a whole for, according to a subtitled clip of her comments, "discrediting the integrity of our country."
"I don't want a crown from an organization with such a bad reputation," Noe said. A BBC News correspondent has reportedly said organizers are now considering legal action.


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LIfe...Stress...and Starting Over!!! You Can Do It Too!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
It's been quite awhile since I've made a Blog entry, but today seems to be just the day for doing it.
A lot has happened over the past year...and I think it's called "Life". My husband has had to endure several surgeries to his eyes because of Graves Disease and lost his job over all of it...afterall...you can't drive a fork lift, let alone a car, if you are having vision problems.
I have been his sole driver for the past two years as a result of this. My father who lived with us, also suffered two strokes just before Christmas and then a broken hip. We ended up bringing him back home and cared for him with the assistance of Hospice and then lost him in January. These past 2 years have actually been an emotional roller coaster ride and we have had our share of stress related issues to endure. So...as far as weight loss goes...that has actually been nill. The good news is that I have gained some weight back, but not more than I was when I started my weight loss journey. So today...my husband and I have decided to start our new journey together.
We have broken out our old stationary bicycle and have started our new diets...or should I say...our new way of eating healthy and taking care of ourselves. No more laying back and being the victims. It's a brand new day.
I'm writing this today because I know how difficult it can be to change your weight ticker when it goes the wrong way.
Don't be afraid of starting over. Life happens...to everyone. We all have stresses in our lives that get thrown at us and it can take it's toll on us...weight wise and in other ways.
Erase those thoughts that you just can't do this because you have to keep starting over.
You only lose if you give up. Remember....Today is a brand new day and you will feel good when you make the decision to start again.
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Sooke is Amazing
Sooke is the most amazing place! Ever since I arrived here in 1987 I have been struck by the fact that Sooke never fails to provide you with what you need.
In the beginning it was the small things - I arrived here with a University student's possessions so I needed furniture and a job. Everything arrived as required and before I knew it I was working and establishing a life. Even in those first few months I would comment "isn't it amazing how this place seems to provide everything you need".
As the years went by I had many life experiences - some extremely challenging. In 1990 I was partially paralyzed in a car accident. Sooke provided me with the people and tools I needed to heal my body. It took me over 10 years but eventually I was able to take a yoga class at the recreation centre. I cried when the class ended - making it through that class meant that maybe one day I could reclaim my life. Once again Sooke provided.
Three summers ago I was finally able to return to work for the first time since 1990. I took the money that I made from working and went to yoga teacher training. As soon as I finished my training last summer I wanted to give back to the Sooke community that had given me so much. The first idea that came to mind was to host a yoga camp. I asked the other Kundalini Yoga Teachers from Victoria to donate their time and energy. They all came out to Sooke and together we provided the opportunity for people to join together to experience yoga. It was so enjoyable that all the teachers dedicated themselves to volunteering again this summer.
We chose a date and location and started getting the word out about our yoga camp event. Registration went extremely well and over time we had plenty of people agreeing to come and camp. Then, with two weeks to go before our event, disaster struck - our original hosts could no longer accommodate our camping plans - it appeared that we were sunk. But once again Sooke came through with flying colours!
Out of the depth of my panic the perfect solution appeared - Ocean Wilderness Inn opened their doors to us. They moved their guests around to other rooms to allow us to meditate at 4:00 am. They created a beautiful eating/cooking area complete with linens on the table They gave us the use of every space and every room they had available. They provided a lovely grassy area for our yoga and we camped beside their beautiful gardens. Sooke people donated tents to use in case of rain and everything came together beautifully. Of course I should have known that it would - this is Sooke!
One aspect of our yoga weekend is a practice called seva - seva is "selfless service". We ask our participants to volunteer their time just as the teachers volunteered - everyone gets a taste of what it is like to give to others. I asked Lori Le Count of Ocean Wilderness Inn what our students could possibly do to help her out at the Inn. We needed to repay her gracious hospitality. In response we received a list of possible duties. Saturday we got to work. We swept together, weeded and harvested fruit for the Inn. Everyone was smiling and happy, glad in the knowledge that we were helping these lovely people, Lori and Andy, who generously took us in when we had nowhere else to go.
A few hours later I was talking to Lori about our seva. She mentioned that she was donating most of the fruit that we had picked to the Sooke Region Fruit Tree Project, which is run by Sooke Food CHI. This project collects excess garden produce and distributes it to those in need. Upon hearing about Lori's generous donation, I smiled, of course she is sharing her abundance I thought, this is Sooke and Sooke provides people with the things that they need! Thank you Lori, Andy and Sooke for being so amazing!
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Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) is a maximum security prison located in Lucasville and is the center of controversy over a new execution method after a prisoner's execution appears to go wrong after officials used a combination of drugs never before tried in the United States.
Ohio officials used intravenous mixture of the sedative midazolam and the painkiller hydromorphone, to execute McGuire for the 1989 rape and murder of Joy Stewart, a 7-month pregnant woman.
The previous lethal drug manufacturer refused to market the drugs any longer for capital punishment. Inmate Dennis McGuire took five times longer to die than the average execution and during his 26 minute execution on Jan. 16, he could be seen writhing in pain and struggling for air.
Prison execution guards filed incident reports saying he faked symptoms of suffocation and was coached by his lawyer on how to put on a 'big show'. The purpose of faking symptoms of suffocation is intended to stop further executions of this type.
The Stewart family had shared a letter to McGuire and he thanked them for their "kind words" before he died and he said, "I'm going to heaven, I'll see you there when you come."
McGuire's adult children cried several feet away in a witness room at the state death house where the execution took place. McGuire opened and shut his left hand as if waving to his daughter, son and daughter-in-law. Over a minute later he raised himself up, looked at his family and said, "I love you. I love you."
McGuire remained quiet for nearly five minutes, and then snorting and gasping for air for about 15 minutes. He also silently opened and shut his mouth several times as his stomach rose and fell.
"Oh my God," his daughter, Amber McGuire, sobbed as she watched her father's final moments. Coughing was the final sound and movement from McGuire, at 10:43 a.m. His death was pronounced 10 minutes later.
State attorneys had argued prior to the execution that McGuire would experience terror as he was put to death with the new lethal drugs. A federal judge agreed with the state but confirmed the new method was an experiment. Following the execution, federal public defender Allen Bohnert said McGuire's death is "a failed, agonizing experiment by the state of Ohio."
"The court's concerns expressed earlier this week have been confirmed," said Bohnert. "And more importantly, the people of the state of Ohio should be appalled at what was done here today in their names."
Dennis McGuire's family filed a lawsuit for cruel and unusual punishment following the execution. The lawsuit is not a monetary but an injunction to end this particular method of execution. The family is not asking, nor will they receive, any money from this lawsuit. The Stewart family and others feel the execution served as proper punishment for crimes against Joy Stewart and her unborn child.
Officials are investigating accusations that McGuire faked suffocation after prison incident reports state that the inmate was coached by his lawyer. Rob Lowe, the accused attorney was suspended but reinstated later this week when investigators could not prove the attorney coached McGuire into unduly dramatize his suffering.


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I'm not saying that didn't happen that way - but a lot of reports of gun discharges are changed slightly to make it more the guns fault than the owners.
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I'm not saying that didn't happen that way - but a lot of reports of gun discharges are changed slightly to make it more the guns fault than the owners.
another thing to keep in mind about this "story", is that the bullet was never found????
I would think that in a case of a weapons discharge inside a commercial building there would be a very thorough investigation.
There's way too much missing information to accept this one as presented.
just my nonprofessional opinion
Since the Ruger LCP manual is a little inaccurate (referring to a decocking lever), I decided to contact Ruger and try to get an answer concerning dropping the LCP. Please forgive the broken language in my question. Ruger's web site form limits you to 500 characters so I kind of had to "shorthand" my question a bit. My question:
Your owner manual for LCP says any gun can fire if dropped but it makes reference to decock lever which is not on LCP. Makes me think it is generic warning applying to your DA pistols and not so much to the DAO LCP. Accepting that any gun can fire if dropped, are any measures taken in design of LCP to reduce this chance such as disconnected or 2 piece firing pin, etc. Just trying to determine what my risks are and what engineering efforts were made to reduce those risks with the one I own.And their response:
You are correct, there is no decocking lever, the manual was misprinted and we are taking steps to rectify this. The Ruger LCP is a double action only pistol, which requires a long pull of the trigger to cock the hammer and then release the hammer to fire the pistol. The hammer is inside the slide and protected from a blow. The half cock notch on the internal hammer protects the LCP from jarring off. When the LCP is about to fire, the hammer comes even with the rear end of the slide, signaling the user that slight additional pressure on the trigger will fire the pistol. This pistol also features a manual slide hold open that locks the slide to the rear and allows the user to positively examine the chamber for safety, clearing and cleaning. The loaded chamber indicator view port allows the cartridge in the chamber to be seen when the slide is closed. The magazine itself comes from the factory with a bright orange warning that the pistol is capable of firing with the magazine removed. All Ruger firearms come with external locks, which positively prevent firing when correctly applied and used for safe storage.They never really addressed my question as to dropping and any safety features used to try and minimize firing on a drop. Sorry I couldn't come up with a better answer for everyone. I guess I could call them and try and explain my question better, but I was trying to get an answer in print so folks here didn't just have to take my word for what they said.
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Thanks for you effort in trying to contact Ruger, I 've been curious about this question myself. You are right, they really didn't answer your question and to me that's a bit worrisome.
There was an issue when Ruger brought out the SR-9 concerning the gun firing if dropped. Sure your information isn't referring to that?
OK...I am a man of action after reading all this thread. Solution: I will drop some of these little buggers from a couple of stories above street level. Send me yours if you would like to be included in this research project. Those that go off....I just leave on the pavement.
I hope Ruger find some way to solve this problem, because carrying around an uncocked gun is like carrying around a very expensive paper weight. That is the reason that kept me from buying it right way.
I wonder if the language in all those manuals has anything to do with lawyers?
In the response from Ruger they did not explicitly say that the LCP would not fire when dropped. However the description of the mechanism seemed to relate to engineering all directed at preventing an AD if it was jarred. I suspect that lawyers might prevent an explicit declaration.
Been carrying mine with one in the pipe since I got it in late April. Well, not quite. I didn't get a holster for a couple of weeks. And I carry my MK9 about 2/3 of the time - the LCP 1/3.
I did drop the LCP on a linoleum floor about two weeks ago when I got a little careless while changing from a pocket holster to an IWB holster. It was loaded. It didn't fire. Still gave me a bit of a scare, though.
It's on my hip now, with one in the pipe. I'm confident that this is a rumor, not a real problem. I'm also confident that a team of lawyers approved every word in the manual, with an eye to potential lawsuits and little consideration for the likely manner of use by owners. If they tell you to never load the gun, then you'll have trouble suing them if it goes off.
I reserve the right to change my mind regarding this problem/non-problem if I see some evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile, I'm not at all worried about it.
EDIT TO ADD MORE UNSCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS (or drivel, you decide): When firing this gun at the range, you can see the hammer come back and drop as you pull the trigger. Since the hammer sits well inside the back of slide, you can't drop it on the hammer. It doesn't weigh that much, so it can't hit the ground with much force if dropped from 4 or 5 feet. I really can't imagine this being a real issue. Any chance this is a rumor started by a Kel-Tec fan?
Well, if it is a "clone" of the Kel Tec as they all say. then it should also fire when dropped. Heck, I drop my guns all the time and they have never fired yet:22a: ( Just Kidding)
I can't believe this ridiculous and unfounded thread has made it to six pages.


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Conflicted Scientists to Sit on FDA Board Weighing Suicide Risk from Antidepressants The Food and Drug Administration has issued three waivers for this week's advisory committee meeting that will review data on adult suicide risk from antidepressants. Andrew Leon, professor of public health at Weill Medical School, Cornell, and a permanent member of the committee, received between $10,001 and $50,000 per year as a member of a data monitoring board for an "affected firm." Leon has consulted for Cyberonics, makers of the Vagus Nerve Shock Therapy System which treats severe depression, and Cortex Pharmaceuticals, which makes a class of compounds used for Alzheimer's and depression. In addition, Leon's research has been sponsored by Forest Laboratories, which makes Celexa, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Bruce Pollock, from the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, who will not be allowed to vote in on the issue, receives less than $10,001 per year sitting on the advisory board and speakers bureau for an antidepressant maker. Pollock also advises and speaks on behalf of Forest Labs, which makes the best-selling antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro; GlaxoSmithKline, maker of the antidepressant Paxil; and Pfizer, maker of Zoloft, a popular anti-depression drug. The third waiver was issued to Jean Bronstein, a retired nurse and consumer representative for the committee, who has stock valued from $5,001 to $100,000 in two affected drug firms.
FDA Board Weighing Ketek's Safety Waives Seven Members Seven waivers have been granted to members of the Food and Drug Administration's Anti-Infective Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees, meeting Thursday and Friday to discuss Sanofi-Aventis' antibiotic, Ketek.
Scientists Face Threats, Censorship for Work on Global Warming Naomi Oreskes, whose review of 928 peer-reviewed papers on climate change published between 1993 and 2003 showed universal acceptance of anthropogenic global warming, said last week that she had received hate e-mails and menacing phone calls and been threatened with possible litigation in the wake of publishing her Dec. 3, 2004, results in Science. Oreskes, speaking at a Dec. 6 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, said "there is enormous pressure on scientists not to speak on this issue." Daniel Schrag of Harvard University's Laboratory for Geochemical Oceanography told the Senate panel that several scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been prevented from mentioning global warming in their work, supporting allegations that NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen made earlier this year.
New EPA Procedures Squash Scientific Review The Environmental Protection Agency last week changed the way it sets standards for harmful air pollutants, including lead, ozone and soot, giving a greater role to political appointees, environmentalists say. EPA officials said the change, which largely tracks requests by the American Petroleum Institute and Battery Council International, will shorten its review of new health standards. "This is putting political appointees earlier in the process and minimizing the role of scientists," said Deborah Shprentz of the American Lung Association. Thursday's announcement follows controversial decisions this fall by EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to ignore a scientific advisory panel's near unanimous advice to strengthen regulations on soot. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), incoming chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released a statement Friday saying the "ill-advised" change to EPA's review process would be a "top priority for oversight in the 110th Congress."
NIH Scientist Admits Conflict of Interest A top scientist at the National Institutes of Health pleaded guilty Friday to conflict of interest charges for accepting $285,000 in fees and $15,000 in expense payments from Pfizer Inc. while his department was working with the drug company on Alzheimer's research, the Los Angeles Times reported. Dr. P. Trey Sunderland III, who was chief of the Geriatric Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, is the first official in 14 years to face prosecution for a conflict of interest at NIH, although the agency has widespread financial ties to the drug industry. Sunderlandsigned a plea agreement with federal prosecutors under which he will pay the government the $300,000 he accepted from Pfizer, perform 400 hours of community service, and serve two years of probation.
Elsevier Claims New Ethics Policy on Tap Mark Seeley, senior vice president and general counsel for Elsevier, told Insider Higher Ed that the world's leading publisher of academic and scientific journals is developing a general ethics guide for editors comparable to the one released by Blackwell Publishing last week. He also said that public shaming of scientists who violate misconduct and conflict-of-interest rules is a better way to deter miscreants than publication bans. The Blackwell guidelines suggested editors consider adopting a publication ban for a period of time if authors fail to follow conflict-of-interest disclosure rules. "From my personal perspective, the most serious thing you can do to punish someone in science who has broken ethics is to publish that," Seeley said. Elsevier publishes over 1,800 journals.
Troubled Canadian Medical Journal Gets New Editor The beleaguered Canadian Medical Association Journal has a new editor, Paul C. Hebert, an author, clinical researcher and professor at the University of Ottawa. According to a news release issued by the journal last week, Hebert is scheduled to assume his responsibilities in January. Hebert's appointment appears to bring an end to the turmoil that started at the journal in February, after the Canadian Medical Association dismissed the journal's top editors in response to complaints by the Canadian Pharmacist Association. Fifteen of the journal's 19 editorial board members then resigned in protest over concerns that the journal had lost its editorial independence. Eventually, the CMA Board accepted a new governance structure intended to protect the journal's independence.
FDA Warns Prof Who Profited from Heart Device Trial The Food and Drug Administration last week accused University of Cincinnati heart surgeon Randall K. Wolf of failing to properly warn patients about the risks of an experimental heart device made by AtriCure. The agency also accused Wolf of failing to disclose his financial dealings with the firm, including stock options, royalties and consulting fees totaling more than $200,000. At least four patients died shortly after undergoing the Atricure procedure, according to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The university subsequently removed Wolf as principal investigator in the trial, which is aimed at gaining FDA approval.
Purdue Investigates 'Bubble-Fusion' Research Purdue University confirmed last week that it is investigating the validity of high-profile "bubble-fusion" research, which, if proven, holds the promise of becoming an unlimited energy resource, Nature reports. Purdue professor Rusi Taleyarkhan has published three papers since 2002 claiming to have achieved nuclear fusion using the technique, but several scientists have accused Taleyarkhan of fraud.
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DEKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois University softball team suffered an 11-10 setback to Ball State at Mary M. Bell Field Sunday.
In a game befitting April Fools' Day, the two teams combined for 21 runs on 23 hits and five errors. Of the 21 runs scored, 14 were earned. With the Huskies' (13-19, 1-3) trailing 6-1 in the bottom of the third, Ball State (20-10, 1-1) committed four errors and NIU pounded out five hits as the Huskies scored seven runs in the frame to take an 8-6 lead.
After Dani Parrish (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) opened the third with a one out single, Stephanie Tofft (Lincoln, Calif./Lincoln) reached on an error by the Cardinal pitcher and the Huskies took advantage. Shelby Miller (Ottawa, Kan./Ottawa) drove in the first run on a single to right field and Jennifer Barnett (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) cleared the bases with a single up the middle to make the score 6-4.
A fielder's choice put Huskies at first and second with two outs. Pitcher Jessica Sturm (Wichita, Kan./Goddard) helped her own cause when she stole home on a double steal, pulling NIU to within one, 6-5. An RBI single by Ashley Kopp (Burr Ridge, Ill./Hinsdale South) and a RBI double by Amanda Sheppard (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) gave NIU a 7-6 lead. Nicole Gremillion (Missouri City, Texas/Elkins), who grounded out to begin the inning, reached on an error by the Cardinal pitcher to drive in Sheppard and give NIU an 8-6 lead.
However, that would be the only runs the Huskies would score until the bottom of the eighth inning. Ball State chipped away at the NIU lead, scoring two runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game, 8-8. The Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the eighth on two hits and an error.
"The reality of this game is that it doesn't come down to what happened at the end of the game," NIU head coach Lindsay Chouinard said. "The reality is, we went four innings after we scored seven, scoring none. When you really have a team down and you're in a position to put a hurt on them and you go quiet. Ball State is a good team. Ball State is a great hitting team, if you let them hang around within one of two runs, all the way up until the end of the game, at some point it's going to bite you."
Ball State did much of its damage in the second inning with six runs off starter Megan Dortch (Reno, Nev./Bishop Manogue). Dortch lasted an inning and a third before Sturm came in to pitch in relief. Sturm went six-and-two-thirds innings, allowing five runs, three earned, on eight hits and four walks.
Parrish led the way for the Huskie offense, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored, while Barnett turned in another solid performance at the palte, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
NIU continues MAC play Friday when the Huskies travel to Eastern Michigan for a doubleheader. First pitch for Game One is set for 12 p.m. Central Time.


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Camille Grammer is doing well after completing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for endometrial cancer.
"I rang the bell at MD Anderson Cancer Center, which marks that I have completed my chemo and radiation treatments. YAY," Grammer tweeted Jan. 3.
The former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star underwent a radical hysterectomy for early-stage endometrial cancer in October 2013.
Camille, the ex-wife of actor Kelsey Grammer, decided to get the surgery because of a genetic predisposition. She underwent genetic testing several years ago and was advised to get a hysterectomy back then, but held off until last year. Camille's mom is a survivor of Stage 3 ovarian cancer.
In November 2013, Grammer went on the Dr. Oz Show to discuss her cancer and alleged physical assault by ex-boyfriend, Dimitri Charalambopoulos.
Camille was granted a three-year restraining order against Charalambopoulos after he allegedly beat her in a Houston hotel room shortly after her hysterectomy. "I was physically abused and assaulted by this person and it was very traumatizing," she told Dr. Oz.
Camille has overcome the traumatic incident and is ready to move forward with her life. "I'm working with a therapist and I'm going to be okay," she said. "I'm doing well."
A radical hysterectomy involves the complete removal of the uterus, cervix, upper vagina, and parametrium. It's unclear exactly what causes endometrial cancer, which affects the lining of the uterus. Risk factors include hormone imbalance, high blood pressure and diabetes, and symptoms include pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding.
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T.M. Luhrmann: Belief is the least part of faith
(NYT) Some Sundays ago, I was part of a sermon in my university's church. It was the kind of ecumenical church in which I'd grown up. The minister and I sat on the proscenium above the congregation and below the stained-glass windows, and spoke about the ways that evangelical Christians understood God — a subject on which I had written a book. Afterward, there was a lunch open to the community. The questions people asked as we ate our avocado-and-cheese sandwiches circled around the puzzle of belief. Why do people believe in God? What is our evidence that there is an invisible agent who has a real impact on our lives? How can those people be so confident?
These are the questions that university-educated liberals ask about faith. They are deep questions. But they are also abstract and intellectual. They are philosophical questions. In an evangelical church, the questions would probably have circled around how to feel God's love and how to be more aware of God's presence. Those are fundamentally practical questions.
You could imagine that if you were going to spend an hour or two each week fretting over one or the other, you might opt for the practical. This choice is more real for many evangelicals than most secular liberals imagine. Not all members of deeply theologically conservative churches — churches that seem to have such clear-cut rules about how people should behave and what they should believe — have made up their minds about whether God exists or how God exists. In a charismatic evangelical church I studied, people often made comments that suggested they had complicated ideas about God's realness. One devout woman said in a prayer group one evening: "I don't believe it, but I'm sticking to it. That's my definition of faith."
It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark, but also a modern-day version of Pascal's wager: in the face of her uncertainty about God's existence, she decided that she was better off behaving as if God were real. She chose to foreground the practical issue of how to experience the world as if she was loved by a loving God and to put to one side her intellectual puzzling over whether and in what way the invisible agent was really there. [More]
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Pardon my Pee-Wee digression – I just couldn't resist.
I wanted to take this moment to alert all of my fans out in the Lone Star State about an upcoming appearance I have. I couldn't be more excited about bring ALL ABOUT EVIL to Austin's very own Alamo Drafthouse. To those of you who don't know, the Alamo Drafthouse is arguably one of the nation's leading movie houses, specializing in both repertory and first-run films, as well as some truly outrageous original events. There are four different theatres that comprise the Drafthouse in Austin, and all of them are simply gorgeous. I'm privileged to have ALL ABOUT EVIL screen at The Ritz. I hope you can make it!
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"The Alamo Drafthouse is proud to announce the one-night only screening of ALL ABOUT EVIL, the feature film debut of Joshua Grannell, the alter-ego to infamous drag queen of legend, Peaches Christ. Fresh from its WORLD PREMIERE at the San Francisco International Film Festival just two weeks before, ALL ABOUT EVIL is one of the most anticipated independent film releases of the year. Be one of the first to see it! Shot entirely in San Francisco, this genre-bending, horror-comedy is a love letter to not only some of the great B-movies of yore, but also to single screen movie theatres everywhere! Where else is there a better venue for such a message movie than Austin's very own Ritz Theatre?!
"In attendance will be one of the film's stars, none other than legendary Dreamlander MINK STOLE! Mink will be here to dish stories with Peaches about the making of the movie, from working with the other cult stars we love (like Cassandra Peterson, aka ELVIRA, and Natasha Lyonne) to what she thinks the future of cinema holds for cult films. But don't be surprised if these two pull something real special out of their collective bag of tricks. Unscripted! Unhinged! And Un-clean!
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