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If papers on Aβ mechanism are an Alzforum reporter's bread and butter, this week offers a triple feast. Broadly speaking, the first two papers suggest ways to dampen Aβ toxicity by targeting underlying signaling pathways. In one study, Canadian scientists have used a lipidomics approach to identify specific phosphocholine metabolites that are elevated in AD. They show that accumulation of these lipids leads to tau hyperphosphorylation, and that blocking signaling downstream of the metabolites can dial down Aβ toxicity. The second study comes from researchers in Ireland who find that selective GluN2B glutamate receptor subunit antagonists can temper Aβ's disruption of synaptic plasticity. And finally, German scientists have created an ex vivo AD model that recapitulates key pathological features induced not only by Aβ, but also its partner in crime, tau. In this system, tau-induced neuronal death relies on NMDA receptor activation via Aβ. When it comes to Aβ toxicity, these three papers leave plenty to digest.
Abnormal buildup of Aβ peptides in the brain is a prime pathological feature of AD. What's less of a no-brainer, though, is why some people with heads full of amyloid readily succumb to disease while others resist it. Genetic variations that translate into skewed protein signaling may factor into this conundrum. But those differences are hard-wired, said Steffany Bennett of the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. "Our team is very interested in seeing how the microenvironment impacts on how neurons are sensitive or resistant to Aβ," she told ARF. Lipidomics, a relative newcomer in the broad-scale profiling world, combines mass spectrometry with other techniques to assess lipid changes as a readout for environmental effects. "The idea is, What changes in lipid species could render the cells or individuals resistant to the disease?" Bennett said.
Her current work, published online this week in PNAS Early Edition, builds on a recent lipidomics analysis by Lennart Mucke and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco. That study identified the arachidonic acid cascade as a key player in AD pathogenesis, and fingered aberrant activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) as the root cause of the changes seen in that pathway (Sanchez-Mejia et al., 2008 and ARF related news story). Whereas Mucke's team focused on the released arachidonic acid and its metabolites, Bennett and colleagues profiled what was left in the membrane once arachidonic acid was released.
First author Scott Ryan and colleagues extracted glycerophospholipids from posterior/entorhinal cortex of postmortem control and AD brain tissue. They expected to see widespread metabolic disturbances stemming from cPLA2 hyperactivity, but instead found elevations in a particular family of lipids, i.e., alkylacylglycerophosphocholines, or PAFs (short for "platelet activating factors" though they are found in the brain). The AD brain samples had higher intraneuronal levels of PAF isoforms with 16 carbon saturated (16:0) fatty acid (palmitic acid) side chains at the first position on the glycerol backbone. The finding suggests that phospholipase is particular about what lipids it attacks in the AD brain. "cPLA2 does not just generally hydrolyze membrane glycerophospholipids to generate excess arachidonic acid, but in fact seems to target specific lipids and in doing so disrupts networks of specific lipid messengers," Bennett explained via e-mail. Her team showed this not only in postmortem AD brain tissue, but also in symptomatic AD transgenic mice (TgCRND8), and in human neurons exposed to soluble, oligomeric Aβ42. Furthermore, the researchers took aim at the PAF metabolic changes by promoting hydrolysis of the accumulated PAF isoform or inhibiting PAF 16:0 signaling. In their hands, these manipulations protected neurons from Aβ-induced toxicity and prevented tau pathology.
Considering this study and newer lipidomics analyses of other phosphocholine networks that her lab hopes to publish soon, Bennett told ARF they seem to be "finding lipid species that are not only damaging, but in animals and people who appear to be resistant [to Aβ pathology], species that are protective." These data suggest it may be possible to fine-tune lipid networks to help neurons deal with accumulating Aβ. This could tie in with epidemiological observations that some dietary fatty acids, including docosahexanoic acid, may be protective against AD (see ARF related news story).
Another study suggesting therapeutic tweaks to improve neuronal response to Aβ comes from Michael Rowan and colleagues at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. His team set out to address an apparent paradox—namely, that NMDA receptor activation is needed for long-term potentiation, and yet the AD drug memantine, which blocks NMDA receptors, partly prevents Aβ-induced inhibition of this synaptic strengthening process. "We wondered if subtype-selective NMDA receptor blockers might throw some light on this question," Rowan wrote in an e-mail to ARF. His study also appears online in this week's PNAS Early Edition.
To test their hunch, first author Neng-Wei Hu and colleagues injected soluble Aβ into the lateral cerebral ventricle of anaesthetized rats and tested if co-injection of NMDA receptor subtype antagonists could protect against Aβ-induced LTP inhibition. Of three NMDAR compounds initially tested, only the one selective for GluN2B (>200-fold preference for GluN2B subunits) prevented the effects of Aβ at doses that did not affect control LTP. A more specific GluN2B antagonist (>3,000-fold selectivity over other GluN2 subunits), Ro 25-6981, was able to prevent the Aβ effects when offered systemically. Systemic treatment with similar doses of memantine could only restore LTP to levels two- to threefold lower than those achieved with Ro 25-6981. These researchers previously found that TNFα, a proinflammatory cytokine, mediates Aβ toxicity (Wang et al., 2005), and here they report that the cytokine inhibited LTP in a GluN2B-dependent manner and that the Aβ-induced LTP inhibition required TNFα activity.
Taken together, the data suggest that GluN2B selective antagonists are "potentially a major advance on memantine and lend support to proposed clinical trials of (these compounds) and possibly anti-TNFα agents in the treatment of cognitive deficits of AD," Rowan noted. Perispinal injection of an anti-TNFα antibody has been reported to produce quick cognitive improvement in a small, open-label trial (Tobinick and Gross, 2008), but these findings are highly controversial and have yet to be reproduced in a randomized, controlled trial (see ARF related news story and Live Discussion).
A third study affords a different sort of look at how neurons respond to Aβ. Writing in the November 18 Journal of Neuroscience, Christian Tackenberg and Roland Brandt at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany, have developed an ex vivo system that demonstrates what many AD animal models cannot—Aβ-induced spine changes and tau-dependent cell death. (Most AD models have the former but not the latter, even though it's the neurodegeneration that more closely correlates with disease progression.)
To recapitulate these two key AD pathologies, the researchers prepared hippocampal slice cultures from AD transgenic mice (SDL) expressing triply mutated human amyloid precursor protein, and brought in fluorescent-tagged wild-type or mutant tau using virus-mediated gene transfer. "With this model, it was possible to look at signal transduction mechanisms involved in both (Aβ and tau) pathways, to see whether they are overlapping or whether they are different," Brandt told ARF.
By introducing different tau constructs onto APP and non-APP backgrounds, and assessing spine changes and cell death in the presence or absence of inhibitors to various signaling pathways, the researchers could quickly determine which components are required for Aβ or tau pathology. "I think we are the first to show that the tau pathology is dependent on NMDAR activation via Aβ," Brandt said. Furthermore, the researchers found that some tau mutants behaved differently than wild-type tau in the ex vivo system. Several tau mutations are known to cause tau aggregation and neurodegeneration in frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), but the new data call into the question the validity of using these mutations to model AD. For example, R406W tau shows increased toxicity in the presence of Aβ, but another FTDP-17 tau mutant (P301L) does not. (The P301L mutation is present in the 3xTg mouse model of AD that exhibits both plaques and tangles; see ARF related news story.) Furthermore, blocking NMDAR activity tones down the toxicity of both wild-type and R406W tau, while GSK-3β inhibition only protects against the toxic effects of the former. All told, the data suggest that "Aβ-induced spine pathology and tau-dependent neurodegeneration are mediated by divergent pathways downstream of NMDAR activation," the authors write.
The ex vivo model should be useful for screening potential AD therapeutics. "The system is more accessible than a mouse would be," Brandt said. "You can simply add the drug, and in a relatively short time, determine its effect on two pathologies." His lab is currently testing compounds from AstraZeneca, and from Probiodrug in Halle, Germany. The group is also using the new system to delve further into mechanisms. "We really want to understand what happens downstream (of the two pathologies)," Brandt said. "What is the mechanism that actually kills the neurons? What comes after the tau? It is now possible to pinpoint the changes that happen and identify the mechanisms involved."—Esther Landhuis


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>From Mozartiana, collected and illustrated by Joseph Solman:
"Beethoven 'created' his music, but the music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely 'found' it—that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed."—Albert Einstein
"Emperor Joseph: 'Too fine for our ears, and an immense number of notes, my dear Mozart.'
"Mozart: 'Just as many notes, Your Majesty, as are required.' "—after the Vienna premiere of The Abduction from the Seraglio
"Homer is cruel. Michelangelo isn't funny, Shakespeare is uneven, Beethoven is German. Faulkner goes overboard and Ray Charles has let his band get too big, but the pleasures of Mozart are unqualifiable."—Roy Blount Jr.
"Mozart is happiness before it has gotten defined."—Arthur Miller
"It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart."—Karl Barth
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New reports are surfacing that imprisoned Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani was questioned by Iranian officials Wednesday about his case and the charges he's facing.
Present Truth Ministries, which has worked closely with Nadarkhani throughout his trial, said a group from Tehran came to interview the pastor.
It's unclear what their intensions were or what was said, but the American Center for Law and Justice warned that the meeting may not be a positive development.
"We are concerned that Iran could be attempting to put together a case against him, manipulating his own words, in order to prove false new allegations against him," Jordan Sekulow said in an email to CBN News.
Delivery of the verdict in Nadarkhani's trial has been delayed to Monday, Oct. 10.
Sekulow said the delay could be a sign that the judges have decided to consult with key religious and political leaders, including Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Earlier, Iranian media gave contradicting accounts of Nadarkhani's case -- even denying that he was facing the death penalty at all.
Nadarkhani has been convicted of apostasy from Islam and can be executed at any time. But a statement on the Iranian Embassy's website in London says the court has not issued a verdict.
Therefore, "the allegations...of the death penalty...are unsubstantiated," embassy officials said.Meanwhile, an Iranian news agency quoted a local official as saying Nadarkhani has been convicted of 'Zionism' and threats to national security. Both are death penalty offenses. Human rights groups say the regime's conflicting statements could be a sign that international pressure is working.
The American Center for Law and Justice's Jordan Sekulow offered his insight on the latest developments in Nadarkhani's case, on CBN News Channel Morning News, Oct. 5.CBN News has started an effort on Twitter to spread the word about Pastor Youcef's case.
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WARREN — A Warren police officer was placed on administrative leave. In an unrelated case, three Mahoning County sheriff's deputies are undergoing discipline in a traffic stop of a county official....
To discipline Shaw is the racist democrat unions!
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Nativio I hadn't counted "knowitall" among the haters. I believe whatever went on has been greatly exaggerated. Any citizen could do well to follow his business model...
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Not to mention, Nomore, for all we know, Facts is one of those AVI people and no piece of this public employee's car collection could buy his/her home!
Yes. I am baiting with that public employee comment!
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Ah.... Nomore, I think Facts was just referring to the rumor as to what Officer Shaw was up to with this towing incident.
Which has been floating around town all day.
I don't see any asset counting or hating in his/her posting... Just a wink-wink reference to what people have been talking about since this story broke today.
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Old cars? You're absolutely wrong "knowthefacts". That's a top notch fully restored collection, any 2 of which could purchase your home.
Thank God I've always believed in forming corporations and leaving my name off of assets. It's too easy for jealous haters to see what properties you own and try to count your money.
Better to keep prosperity out of the public eye. Let folks believe we're all broke, struggling and tinkering with old cars...
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So I am wondering how this all came up again- since the shift leaders let him go home that night and seemingly all was well- wonder who spilled the beans? I like the bean spiller- give them the extra 19,000 a year for outing the good old boys.
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Mahoning Co. elected officials and it's Sheriff Department is corrupt to the core. Warren city needs to clean up it's act as well.
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Shaw was just trying to be the Jerry Seinfeld of the WPD, collecting old cars.
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He's a great officer and exemplary guy all around. Anyone saying otherwise is probably envious that he's done well for himself. And just so you know Sloitdn he has a property manager who handles that. Just because an officer is disciplined doesn't always mean they've done wrong, maybe he told a shift captain the truth about themselves.
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Maybe Reuben Shaw got caught checking on his rental property and collecting rent from his tenants while on the clock.
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I've always known Reuben Shaw to be a good officer. I hope it isn't anything serious.
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Why was the FBI involved in a local OVI incident?
Or is there something else going on?
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Eyes, I get a kick out of the way the officers "hide" their cruisers at the back of the building while on their "breaks".
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The good old boys approach to a politician's OVI in Mahoning County was alive and well. Any of us would have been off to jail in handcuffs.
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What did Shaw do, police brutality on a free breakfast at the Mocha House?
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KRIV (Channel 26) is reporting that Galveston City Council voted to remove City Manager Steve LeBlanc during a special meeting on Wednesday.
LeBlanc was terminated in a 5-2 vote, according to a city press release, the station said.
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Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Batman, nannannannannanna Batmaaaan, Batman nannannannannanna Batmaaaan, Batman nannannannannanna Batmaaaan, Batman nannannannannanna Batmaaaan. For those who hasn't got it yet, the following words will be about the game Batman: Dark Tomorrow. A must-have or just another miss-used movie-license? Or in the case of this piece of software the question should be: a game of just a program made to annoy you? (PS its the last thing).
When you start the game you get to watch an intro that tells you the story of batman. Your parents are killed when you were young and 20 years later you are Batman, a guy running around in Black thights to help old lady's to cross the streets. This introduction is brougt to you like in a real movie, during the movie the credits roll over the screen. I reminds me of the beginning of Mafia but only worse.
The story of the game is a brand new in which you meet all your favourite enemies such as the Joker. It is rather banal and ain't used to add an extra dimension to the gameplay, it's just something inferiour used to justify the gameplay. It's rather worthless, it happens too often that you don't know what to do and even most of the "brainless" shooters have nowadays a storyline.
Let's talk about the graphics, well not much to say about that. They're okay I guess. Nothing special and nothing compared to the orgasmic graphics the latest E3 showed us with Halo 2, Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 but you can't expect such a graphics in a game like this. I saw very few errors and in general they're just plain okay. Nothing less, nothing more.
Now comes the bad part of the game, from now on it's all downhill. Where shall I start, this game has so much suckitude it's hard to know where to begin. Okay let's start with the controls and the view-angels. The angels are fixed and I think they always tried to pick the most unhandy angel. Well they achieved succesfull. I always felt like I had no survey of the situation, but the controls where even worse. The controls aren't very intuitive and they change together with the view-angels in the most unexpected way. I don't know what it is but they just suck big time. Whenever you want to change you're weapon it goes too slow and the buttons aren't well placed on the gamepad.
But we haven't discussed the gameplay. The gameplay is … present, but there ain't much positive left to say about it. I don't thing a single gamer on this planet would think it's enjoyable. You'll have to fight gang-members and other fella's but you only have 2 different buttons to fight them, to make combos you have to use the left-trigger. When you knocked someone out you have to handcuff him and when you do it they show a little animation while your ass is getting kicked by the other gang-members. Personaly I had more fun count the pixels on my television than the playing the game. There's no real challenge and doesn't play smooth. You get knocked down by only one punch while the enemies are immortal till you handcuff them. But after all, who needs gameplay anyway?
Next item on the list: the engine, I allready said the graphics were okay, which is true but the levels are incredible small and the loading times are too long for such a small area. It happens frequently you unintentedly go to another level while fighting with an enemy, well the enemy wont follow you and when you return he's gone.
The AI isn't that intelligent, the enemies just run to you and try to knock you down. But they do it properly I haven't discovered a bug on this issue.
This game was a nightmare to review, if you buy this game I'm going to hunt you down because of a violation of good taste. Do you want motivation to break the world-record gamepad-throwing, you can buy it but anyone who has some kind of intelligence and who is near this game I'd say: RUN BOY, RUN (unless you're a girl, in that case: mail me!!)
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Artist: RAMMSTEIN
Album: Mein Land (EP)
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Though we stuck together
With the hips like insects
I began to pray
And the field began to bloom
The seed was good and early this year
But the ground was not fertile
The old lap didn't receive
And all these tiny little snakes
Fell through the lattice-work
And freed a thunderstorm
Don't forget us
Will you remember in March?
The father ordered the field
The mother broke the heart
The children rose out of the skin
Onto the ground and sang loudly
Where can I seed myself?
My heart lies in dead earth
Don't forget us
Will you remember in March?
The father ordered the field
The mother broke the heart
Don't forget us
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The father has lost his heart
The mother tore it in two
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CHARLES TOWN - According to Jefferson County citizen Paul Rosa and Jefferson County Clerk Jennifer Maghan, something as simple as a missing metal pole could pose a safety and security risk to county employees in the Jefferson County Courthouse.
The pole, called a security bollard, was placed on the sidewalk outside the Jefferson County Courthouse to deter cars from driving onto courthouse grounds - or into the courthouse itself.
The bollard was removed in the recent renovation of the courthouse grounds, which included removal of ornamental trees and shrubs and the addition of concrete steps and a wheelchair ramp.
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A bollard used to stand in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse. The bollard was removed in recent renovations to the outside of the courthouse. According to citizen Paul Rosa and Jennifer Maghan, the county clerk, the lack of a bollard could be a safety issue.
Rosa addressed his concern to the commissioners at Thursday's Jefferson County Commission meeting.
"This is a matter of courthouse security," Rosa said. "In other places, people have intentionally crashed their cars into courthouses. It's a big vulnerability."
Rosa said a car could "go right through" the wooden doors of the courthouse. He said he had spoken to members of the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks commission about the missing bollard.
The incident Rosa cited occurred in Salem, Oregon, in 2006. A 38-year-old man named Christopher Lee Mills, allegedly upset about a divorce case he was going through, intentionally drove his truck into the Marion County Courthouse before setting fires inside the building, threatening police officers and shooting at them.
His rampage led to the total restoration of the Marion County Courthouse, originally built in the 1950s. The restoration cost $12 million.
Mills was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his actions.
"With more people acting against the goverment, especially local governments, asking for replacement of the bollard is not unreasonable," Maghan said. "As far as aesthetic and historical implications go, we've already modernized our historic courthouse anyway. I think (replacing the bollard) is a great idea, and it would protect the courthouse and the people inside."
Commissioner Lyn Widmyer told Rosa that someone's car would have to jump the curb in order for them to drive into the courthouse.
"When someone's determined, they could easily jump a curb to get in. In the Oregon case, the man drove up stairs," Rosa said.
Widmyer said in general, she would like to see an escape plan put in place for county employees in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency incident.
Neither the county commissioners nor Maghan knew what happened to the old bollard. Maghan said her guess was that it was discarded with the rubble after renovations were completed.
- Staff writer Mary Stortstrom can be reached at 304-725-6581 or www.twitter.com/mstortstromJN.


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Rangers' romp sends Otters to 7th loss in row
KITCHENER, Ontario -- The Erie Otters' disappointing season reached a new low Sunday afternoon.
Erie allowed its most goals since March in an 11-4 loss to Kitchener in front of 7,142 fans at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The Otters (15-29-3-5) also set a season worst with seven straight defeats, their worst stretch since ending the 2011-12 season with eight in a row.
This latest defeat occurred one night after being beaten 7-2 by Sudbury at Erie Insurance Arena. The Otters have surrendered 43 goals -- or roughly six per game -- during their extended skid.
"It's tough. Things aren't going well for this team right now," coach Kris Knoblauch said after Saturday night's loss.
Their struggles grew worse against the Midwest Division rival Rangers Sunday.
The Otters allowed an early lead -- earned when rookie Hayden Hodgson scored 2 minutes, 51 seconds into the game -- vanish by allowing two goals in less than 2 minutes. Tobias Rieder tied the game at the 4:08 mark and Justin Bailey scored 1:12 later. Bailey scored again with 4:33 left in the period to hand the Rangers (30-15-1-5) a 3-1 lead before Otters defenseman Adam Pelech netted the first of his two goals at the 16:47 mark.
Pelech, who returned from a four-game suspension for a game misconduct Jan. 23 against Saginaw, also scored on the power play midway through the second period to move the Otters within 4-3. But Rieder's second of three goals, scored 1:33 later, sparked four straight goals.
Rieder capped his hat trick with 49 seconds left in the second. Then Josh Sterk and Joshua Leivo scored early in the third to give Kitchener an 8-3 lead before J.P. Labardo scored his 17th goal of the season for the Otters. Kitchener added three more goals in the closing minutes.
Rieder added an assist to his three goals for a four-point outing. Brent Pedersen (two goals, two assists) also had four points. Bailey had two goals and an assist. Connor Brown had two assists for the Otters, who played without forwards Connor Crisp and Jake Evans.
Crisp was suspended for at least Sunday's game because he received a game misconduct for being the aggressor in a one-sided fight with Oshawa defenseman Charlie Dodero during Saturday's game. Evans suffered an arm injury while being struck by a shot from teammate Dane Fox.
The Otters surrendered 23 goals in a winless three-game weekend. They have given up 221 goals, the second-most in the OHL this season.
Kitchener scored six goals on 31 shots against Devin Williams, and then added the final five goals on 16 shots against rookie backup Daniel Dekoning. Otters starter Oscar Dansk remains out with a concussion. Williams has surrendered four goals or more in seven of 10 games since posting his first career shutout Jan. 9 against Owen Sound.
The Otters return to action Friday at Oshawa, followed by a trip to Belleville on Saturday.
In other news, assistant coach Peter Sidorkiewicz will be inducted into the Oshawa Generals' Hall of Fame May 29 at General Motors Centre in his hometown of Oshawa, Ontario. He played for the Generals from 1980-84, and won a league championship in 1983.
VICTOR FERNANDES can be reached at 870-1716 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitters.com/goeriehockey. Read the Shootout hockey blog at GoErie.com/blogs/shootout and post comments.


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Who will win the All-Star game Tuesday night at Citi Field in New York City? This will be the first game hosted by the Mets since 1964.
Both teams are stacked with pitching and power, with possibly a slight edge in the latter going to the American League with Chris Davis, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Bautista and Home Run Derby champion Yeonis Cespedes.
But the National League has some serious heat on the bump ready to quiet those big bats. Clayton Kershaw, Adam Wainwright and Sergio Romo are set to thwart the offensive potential of the visiting squad.
The National League leads the series over time having won 43 games to the 38 victories for the American League. The game has ended in a tie twice. Once in Milwaukee in 2002 and another in Boston in 1961.
So who will win the game tonight. Vote in the poll and tell us in the comments below.


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New scam involving funeral announcements
State officials are warning consumers about an e-mail scam that uses fake funeral announcements to infect your computer with malware. The e-mails (an example is pictured above) note only that an upcoming service will be held for a "friend," along with a link for more details. Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection say that if you receive a similar e-mail, delete it immediately. Do not click the link in the e-mail. The link will direct your Web browser to a foreign website, where a .zip file will automatically be downloaded. If the .zip file is opened, malware will be installed onto your computer. One e-mail received by a Wisconsin resident claimed to be from Eubank Funeral Home & Cremation Services, which is a legitimate company in Texas. The company has since put a warning on their website to warn the public about the scam. Similar e-mails may use the names of other businesses.


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Technically, today is the day I posted my first post a year ago! Though it took me another month and half to post my first recipe. But whatever, I think today marks one year completion of my dear blog. I never knew this milestone until recently, because I always remember my first recipe post as my first. So this dosa celebrations comes as such an excellent way to celebrate my blog anniversary too.
It all started and ended in such speed, that I just signed up and in no time, I had a blog on hand. Believe me, I never thought much when I was trying out my blog name. But down somewhere it reflects to what I think and do everyday. Seasons personify the different stages in life and hence how we cook for each season. So this blog is my humble way to record my seasonal cooking and hope it attracts people of all seasons.
I wish to thank each and every one of you for all your support and encouragement, I have been getting all these months. I wish it will continue to be so. Thank you for making this place a wonderful outlet for me. I had wanted to post 365 recipes by the one year mark, I have managed only 290. If I consider my first recipe post, I should try to reach that mark, hopefully! Out of these almost 80% are ones I have learnt from my mom and my mother in law. So I am happy my kids will not have to search far to look for our home made dishes. And I have always rejoiced knowing that somebody tried and enjoyed.
Coming to this Mela, I am overwhelmed with the response. I would like to thank each and everyone of you, who have sent in your entries and those who wanted to send but couldn't for various reasons, I understand we do have a life much bigger than this blog. And to all those of you, who are reading this right now!. Without any of you, this is not a success story!
For the Dosa Mela, we have 94 bloggers coming along with 172 entries. Out of these 167 are recipes and rest are generally on Dosa and its beauty. I have categorized the entries as Dosas made with Fermented Batter and those that are instant. Of course, by instant I don't mean right away, though there are some of those too. After all, you got to put in some effort, to get delicious results right.
And apart from those mentioned, we have those that need overnight soaking. I mean those that need soaking over 4+ hrs. I haven't really categorized these very strictly, but these can be made instantly too, within 2 hrs time.
Ok, before that some little technical information about Dosa, though most know what it is.
Dosa is a South Indian crepe, though now its widely available throughout the globe. It is rich in carbohydrates and proteins as its normally made with Rice and Lentil batter.
The different names this is called:
Bangla: Chapri
Gujarati: Pooda / Poodla
Kannada: Dose
Konkani: Pollo
Malayalam: Dosha
Marathi: Ghavan / Dheerda / Amboli
Tamil: Dosai
Telugu: Dosa / Minapattu
Tulu: Dose
Do let me know the other names, will update this list!
Dosa making
Regular dosa batter is made from rice and split, skinned urad bean blended with water and left to ferment overnight. In the dosa batter, the rice is very finely ground. The rice can be uncooked and/or parboiled. The urad bean and rice can be replaced with highly refined wheat flour to make a maida dosa or semolina for a rava dosa.
The batter is then ladled in small amounts onto a hot greased skillet, where it is spread out into a thin circle and fried with oil or ghee until golden brown. The dosa may then be folded in half and served, or it may be flipped to cook on the other side and then served.
Some of the common Dosa Varieties
Sada Dosa - Plain dosa
Ghee Roast - Dosa roasted with lots of ghee and made very thin
Paper Roast - Dosas made like papers.
Masala dosa - stuffing lightly cooked filling of potatoes, fried onions and spices. It wraps the dosa around a onion and potato curry. We now have many other masala filling instead of Potatoes.
Mysore Masala - Red chutney applied to its inside surface along with Potato filling
Rava Dosa - Made with rava or semolina, which doesn't need fermentation.
Wheat dosa - made with wheat flour, and served with coconut chutney.
Vella dosa - a sweet dosai made of jaggery[citation needed], with ghee/neyyi.
Ragi dosa - made of ragi or millet flour, usually considered "a poor man's fare".
Muttai dosai - eggs are added to the regular batter; the word muttai in Tamil means "egg".
Set dose - a popular type of dosa in Karnataka, which is cooked only on one side and is served in a set of two, hence the name.
Neer dosa - a dosa prepared from rice unique to Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts.
Pesarattu - a dosa prepared from moong dal; Andhra special. The variations include a) making from soaked whole moong seeds (along with green cover), which gives a greenish tint to the Dosa, and, b) making with yellow coloured moong dal (green cover removed and dal is refined), which gives a fine golden yellow tint to the dosa when roasted. Both these forms are famous in Andhra Pradesh, and are typically served with chutney made from Ginger and Tamarind.
Adai - a dosa prepared from a combination of dals namely Urad, Channa & Moong dal.
Appam - a dosa prepared from a combination of patted rice (Avalakki), rice & yogurt.
- source - wikipedia
Lets get on with the general entries.
Vegeyum through her lens, send us this interesting picture of a Dosa Maker plying his trade. As she was waiting for a train to arrive, all she could do was to capture the delightful picture.
The expertise required to make quick and fast dosas, for customers waiting eagerly to devour them, is one captivating scene. Hop on her blog to catch other interesting pictures. I got to tell you, pictures through her lens come out most beautifully!
Vegeyum was the first to send in her entry and I was so trilled getting my first one. She predicted that I will end up with many, she was so true. Thank you Vegeyum, for your wonderful words.
Jayashree shares with the us the picture of the expert dosa maker.
He is seen making many dosas at a time and served them excellent dosas with such skill during a function at their place.
From Sree comes a beautiful sketch portraying a Grandma making dosas hot hot!...Oh how I remember mine doing the same!. All her sketches are so captivating and this is no less.
Indira, not just content with the enrichment she gives us, with her cooking and knowledge, she has made Saturday a day for us to be enthralled with Sree's talent. So thank you Indira and Sree for the wonderful entry!
Have you ever wondered how easy it would be, if we can get those much needed recipes at a click.
Ramki has done just that. He has created pages with most sought out recipes and compiled as one. So check out his 1001 Instant Dosas!
I hope Lathamma wouldn't mind. She was busy and said I could take all the entries I wanted and I did just that!
Her tips on dosa batter is a must for all of us who ever had any doubts!. Thanks Lathamma for your wonderful tips and ideas. I didn't want to miss out your excellent entries for any cause.
Next comes the Dosas with no fuss, no fermentation but you will have to remember to soak them overnight!
I know all of us prefer the batter to be ready at hand for any quick need. But these do come quite handy, provided we remember on time to soak them overnight. I guess these can be made with about 4 + hours of soaking. But I am going to call these as Overnight Soaked Dosas, cos the authors say so!
For these dosas that require to be soaked overnight, Moong Dal contributes most! And if you are using Rice, its just a smooth batter that's required.
The entries are sorted by Alphabetical order.
Archy makes a green green dosa, that is with a green gram grean dosa. Well there are too many green in that and I simply love green!
This is the simplest we can get with no fermentation!
Cinnamon does a comeback entry with a lovely Onion Pesarattu. These are the ones that she used to order while visiting udipi restaurants. Hey Cinnamon, you sure will have company if we go together!
Not only that, she spends solid time reading through all the dosa Varieties on house. Another dosa lover on sight!
Sunshine mom recounts how a falafel turns into a dosa for my Dosa Mela. Well I am happy she has turned something into a dosa, else how do we ever get to see such a lovely creation!
Falafel is a deep fried ball or patty that is made from chick peas and spices. so I think its cool to make dosas out of these!
I think I have found another dear friend here. Home Cooked always orders Dosas, while all her friends used to order something else. But with all the passion she has, she feels bad that her dosas never come out well. Though, I don't think so looking at her dish.
Well HC, why bother with the hassles of fermenting when we have the versatile Moong Dal. She fell in love with these and she tempts us too!
Here comes no fuss Lady! All her entries were no fermentation, no fuss types. I guess being around her, we will get fed very fast and be most satisfied.
And gals & guys, if you ever get to taste her food, you better be lavish with your praises!
Kalai becomes all healthy and makes an Adai with Horsegram and Moong sprouts! I simply love it cos' its so green!
Such inspirational thinking is most welcome. Horsegram, I heard is very very good for health and if you are going to combine it with Moong sprouts. That makes one ultimately healthy dosa.
Pravs makes this lovely Pesarattu along with Upma. Being an andhrite, I can associate so well with this dish. And it looks so yummy.
Both these together can work out to be an ideal weekend bunch!
Seena comes with another Dal and Rice dosa. The dal can be either Channa dal or Tur dal. I think its excellent.
In the entire list, there are only couple of dosas with tur dal! Thanks Seena
Sushma comes with a dosa recipe that calls for a Cucumber! The cucumber gets ground with the soaked rice and what can be more tasty than that?
And not just that, she serves it with a Coconut and Jaggery Mix. For all you sweet lovers, this is a sure hit!
Ramya finally made it to the mela with a cucumber dosa!...its wonderful to have another cucumber dosa.
She says mangaloreans are known to be dosa lovers. Well I am all interested to know more varieties!
Priya, a non blogger sent me a recipe for coconut Dosa along with an yummy chutney. I made it and we all simply loved it.
Thanks for sharing this recipe with us, Priya.
My Mother in law has always been very innovative and she proved me further by coming up with a dosa that had every dal you can think of.
check out this very innovative dosa from her!
This one is my most favorite dosa that Amma makes so yummy. Its our famour Andhra Pesarattu. I was able to reproduce to far closer effect.
The other dosa called for curds, and I was curious. Works out best when you have extra curds on hand and not sure what to do with it!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Celebrating with Celebration of Dosas!
Technically, today is the day I posted my first post a year ago! Though it took me another month and half to post my first recipe. But whatever, I think today marks one year completion of my dear blog. I never knew this milestone until recently, because I always remember my first recipe post as my first. So this dosa celebrations comes as such an excellent way to celebrate my blog anniversary too.
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56 comments :
- Divya said...
So glad to be the first one to comment..or so I think!!!Maybe because I've been checking your blog every 10 mts today to check if you've posted the round-up...Mind blowing..thats what I can say!!and what a co-incidence that it marks your first post anniversary!!congrats!!!
- April 16, 2008 at 12:28 PM
- Priya Arun said...
This is a great round up.. Happy Anniversary to your blog.
Best Wishes,
Priya Arun
- April 16, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- Srivalli said...
Divya, Thanks for the support and enthusiasm...So glad that you have been checking this...And thank you very much for the wishes....it is indeed a coincidence...
- April 16, 2008 at 12:53 PM
- jayasree said...
Congratulations on your first anniversary. U have made the roundup more intresting with the intro to dosas and batter. As always u have come up with a lovely roundup. Happy to note that the dosa entries have crossed 101 mark.
Wishing you many more wonderful blogging years ahead.
- April 16, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Homecooked said...
Wonderful round-up Sri!!! Excellent job.
- April 16, 2008 at 2:52 PM
- sra said...
Happy Anniversary, Valli! Very nice round-up! I enjoyed the dosa makers' pix v much.
- April 16, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- Rachel said...
wow that is a neatly explained roundup....167 dosas is awesome..just can't wait to see them all!!!
Happy blogversary...if any celbrations at home you know where to leave the invite :D
- April 16, 2008 at 3:50 PM
- Raaga said...
happy anniversary... lovely phased round up :-)
- April 16, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- ms said...
thanks for being such a gracious hostess srivalli, your round up is thoughtful and detailed. Looking forward to the rest of the roundup!
- April 16, 2008 at 4:24 PM
- sunita said...
Sri, congrats on completing a year of blogging, wishing you many more...it's been a pleasure to have known you :-)
And looking at all those dosas, I am now feeling pretty confident that I'll be able to make some too :-D
- April 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- Asha said...
Congratulations on finishing the first year, my dear friend, hope your blog will be around or a long long time.Hugs!:))
Yay!! Thanks for rounding up the first edition all these yummy dose recipes,I was eagerly waiting for this. I have been cooking from other bloggers like crazy these days, you will see the list in my next post in few weeks. See you then Sri.
- April 16, 2008 at 4:48 PM
- Nupur said...
Truly a wonderful celebration. I now have a new dosa recipe to try out every weekend...life is good! Thanks for the dosa mela, Srivalli!
- April 16, 2008 at 4:55 PM
- Happy cook said...
Happy Birthday to your wonderful blog.
290 post in one year, thit is indeed a superb achievment.
And a wonderful way to celebrate the event with the start round up.
Looking forward to the rest.
Now i know were to come for dosa recipes.
- April 16, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- Saswati said...
Congrats Srivalli on completing a year:) I have been looking forward to this round up.In Orissa or in oriya language dosa is called Chakuli...you can add this to your list:)
- April 16, 2008 at 5:11 PM
- vegeyum said...
Happy anniversary to you !
what a great round up. I am so hungry from reading through them. 172 entries! Wow. Congratulations on a great event.
- April 16, 2008 at 5:33 PM
- Ben said...
Very informative post. I had never heard of Dosa before, but sounds tasty.
Happy first blogiversary! :D
- April 16, 2008 at 6:32 PM
- kamala said...
Congrats on your blog anniversary srivalli.Nice detail and wonderful roundup
- April 16, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Sunshinemom said...
Thanks for hosting and congrats on completing a year of blogging!! That was a beautiful round up - it just gave me so many ways to make dosas, though pesarattu is one of my faves.
- April 16, 2008 at 6:45 PM
- Lata said...
I am so grateful to you for initiating this, I could not participate in any of this as I had to avoid Idlis and Dosas due to my Gestational D. But, I know where to stop by for variety of dosas, I am a kind of person who eat and talk about dosa all the time. This is a great great way of putting things together.
I just could not stop myself from Thanking and appreciating for your wonderful work.
- April 16, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Trupti said...
Hello Srivalli,
Congratulations on completing one year of blogging.
167 dosa entries that's good. You gave a nice round up. Waiting for all entries and whishing you more happy blogging years.
- April 16, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Siri said...
Oh, finally the Dosa Queen is back with her goodies..:D.. man, time passed by so quick.. I feel like u have announced abt ur dosa mela just yesterday!... Nice writeup Srii.. as always.. delightful entries.. waiting for more!
- April 16, 2008 at 7:32 PM
- Trupti said...
hey srivalli did you get my Ragi & Bitter Gourd Utappa Entry?
- April 16, 2008 at 7:33 PM
- Cham said...
Congrats on your first anniversary. Gosh how many entries have u said? Dosas are dominating Sirivalli! Glad to see the first round-up.
- April 16, 2008 at 9:31 PM
- Miri said...
Congratulations on your first anniversary! And a great round up - looking forward to the rest! :)
- April 16, 2008 at 9:32 PM
- Uma said...
happy anniversary to your blog, Srivalli! the roundup is simply superb. waiting for part 2.
- April 16, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- bee said...
i love this event. thanks for all your hard work, dear sri.
- April 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
- Archy said...
Happy Aniversary !! Congrats !!
Lovely round up.. Bookmarked for the instant dosa Recipes !!
Waiting for dosa's to fermment now :P !!
- April 16, 2008 at 10:59 PM
- beachbirdie said...
Happy blog anniversary, congratulations on completing this year of blogging!
I discovered your blog only a few weeks ago and have enjoyed greatly! I have learned so much from you. I love your writing, recipes and pictures; I also love your personal stories.
I am new to Indian food but my family has discovered that they love it very much so we are trying to learn all we can. We are fortunate to have an Indian grocery though we live in a small town, and my husband has Indian friends at work. They help us to know when we are doing things right and when we need to change something.
Keep up the good work.
- April 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- Vanamala said...
Dear Srivalli
Congratulations for your gr8 success :)
Wonderful dosa's really really i missed this event.
Lovely Round-up.....waiting for somemore :)
- April 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM
- Mansi Desai said...
a great start to a festival that's gonna be long!! congrats on your anniversary too, and wish you many more successful year ahead Srivalli!:)
- April 16, 2008 at 11:46 PM
- Divya Vikram said...
Congrats on your first blogiversary..I was eagerly waiting for the roundup for the past few days..Will have a lot of varieties of dosas at home now..
- April 17, 2008 at 12:11 AM
- DK said...
This is what I would call a TREASURE...I hardly make Dosas (and my hubby's 'i dont like dosas' attitude doesnt help either ) and the ones I make have been already posted, reposted and reposted again and the recipe is almost same! But I sure am bookmarking all your pages on this event.
I have to say..I am sooo glad that u did this event...makes 'lazy-make-dosas' ppl like me ( which I think is probably jus me!!) reason to keep making more...This is mind blowing round up.
Congratulations on completing a milestone. It sure must mean so much.....
- April 17, 2008 at 12:16 AM
- Kalai said...
Congratulations on your first anniversary, Valli!! Gorgeous roundup, so far. Can't wait for the rest to finish fermenting so we can see those too!! :)
- April 17, 2008 at 1:18 AM
- Tee said...
Great post Srivalli! Such a variety of Dosas.
I have told you so many times that i will participate in your events, but for some reason or the other it never happened. Things were really crazy at my end, but now its all over and this time you will definitely see an entry from me in your next event.
COngrats on your blog anniversary!
- April 17, 2008 at 1:30 AM
- Skribles said...
Hi Srivalli,
Happy Anniversary to your blog!! Really descriptive round-up! With explanation of different types of dosas etc ... that was really nice ...
Looking forward to the rest of it :)
Thanks for hosting such a nice event!
- April 17, 2008 at 1:30 AM
- Richa said...
congrats on the blogiversary sweetie, many more to go!
i can hv dosa for breakfast, lunch & dinner, now i've so many to choose from :)
- April 17, 2008 at 1:55 AM
- ANJALI J. said...
thats a nice round up srivalli, keep up the good work...
congrats on ur blog anniversary..
- April 17, 2008 at 1:57 AM
- Namratha said...
Congrats on your first year Valli dear, wish u many more! :) I have been waiting for this round up, thanks for categorizing the entries, it definitely is a hugeee help!! Waiting for more Dosas :)
- April 17, 2008 at 3:19 AM
- Meera said...
Dear Srivalli,
Congratulations!! You have a lovely blog. Love your posts and recipes.
This is a great round up.
Hey, for the different dosa names -Gujarati - Pooda or Poodla.
& for Marathi - along with Dhirde and Ghavan that you mentioned, there is also "amboli".
- April 17, 2008 at 3:37 AM
- Sandeepa said...
Congrats Sri on your Blog turning a year.
Your round up is so very detailed and so fitting for your Blog-ivversary
- April 17, 2008 at 6:38 AM
- ServesYouRight said...
Happy Anniversary ! Lovely round-up!
Also, I'm hoping you haven't missed my post (Barley Brown Rice Dosa) :-)
- April 17, 2008 at 7:12 AM
- Pravs said...
Happy blog anniversary ! Nice info about the different dosa's and nice round up. Is there more dosa entries to come ?
- April 17, 2008 at 7:55 AM
- Nangil Girl said...
Happy blog anniversary!! You have a really good blog. I'm waiting to see the rest of the round-up.
- April 17, 2008 at 8:54 AM
- Ramya's Mane Adige said...
Congratulations on the anniversary!! And thats a beautiful roundup Srivalli!!! Looking fwd to the rest of the dosas too
- April 17, 2008 at 9:30 AM
- Srivalli said...
Thank you all for your wishes. Its been my pleasure in hosting this event!
Priya, Thank you very much for the wishes.
jayasree, Thank you, its my pleasure. And yes I should now have more to choose from
Homecooked, Thank you, I am glad I was able to do on time
sra, Thank you, me too...thats why I wanted these pictures to come in the front!
Rachel, hahah..thank you...you can drop in even otherwise too
Raaga, Thank you
ms, Its my pleasure, I was afriad that I may not do it on time. But its been good going through all of them
sunita, thank you. same here...:)...and yes you now have a variety!
Asha, I am so glad you came. Do come back soon...missing you around. Really, that will be too good. I can choose from that list and cook!
Nupur, Yes indeed. Me too, I am glad everybody liked this
Happy cook, Thank you my dear!...Yes something to keep me going right.
Saswati, thank you!...will surely update the post!
vegeyum, Thank you...and yes even I feel I got to go through all of them again!
Ben, Glad you came. Maybe now you can have something to cook from. Thank you!
kamala, Thank you for your wishes
Sunshinemom, The success is all because of all your enthusiatic participation!..thanks
Lata, Oh thats such a wonderful news, congrats!..Its my pleasure!...you are welcome!
Trupti, Thank you for your wishes...glad you liked them all
Siri, hahhah...thank you...yeah even I was shocked by the time...more is waiting for you!
Trupti, yes of course!
Cham, Thank you!...I said 167 entries...:)...glad we have them dominating, I like it that way!
Miri, Thank you ...more exciting stuff is on waiting!
Uma, Thank you!...Glad this was very interesting to all
bee, glad you do my friend, I have something just for you!
Archy, yeah yeah I have kept them all in good warm place to come up well!...thanks
beachbirdie, thank you for the wishes. I am so glad you let me discover you, My pleasure that you feel you have learnt!...Thanks for the kind words!...do keep coming!
Vanamala, Thank you so much...bad you missed it..but thats fine !
Mansi, Thank you for your wishes...
Divya, Glad I could meet the expectations!..
DK, Thank you!..thats bad to know..hahahah...you now have many to try from
Kalai, Thank you...yeah as I said I am having them just warm..will cook them soon!
Tee, you are a naughty girl, not blogging and all...do get back to regular stuff and participate more..missing you around!..you know what I am not having any more of those guesses..cos you aren't around!...:)
Skribles, thanks for dropping by...glad you liked it
Richa, thats so nice to know!..thank you for the wishes!
Anjali, thank you!
Namratha, Thank you..yes else it wouldn't be fun right!
Meera, thanks for the names, and glad you like the recap!
Sandeepa, hey bongmom, glad you came!...waiting for the rci round up and..yes thank you for the wishes
Smita, thank you!..and of course not..how can I..:)
Pravs, Thank you!..glad you foind them good..and you bet!..I have another 100 to present!
NG, thank you...glad you contributed
Ramya, thank you...will be out with it soon!
- April 17, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- Cinnamon said...
First, let me wish you on completing one successful year of blogging..
And that was a wonderful info about dosas... now I have found someone, who loves dosas as much as I do...
And that was a lovely round-up, and waiting for the fermented part :)
- April 17, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- LG said...
Congratulations on your blogiversary! and I am waiting to see fabulous dosas under one blog! Gr8 round up!
- April 17, 2008 at 12:35 PM
- SMN said...
Hey Srivalli Hats off nice round up that was with a nice write up...
- April 17, 2008 at 1:33 PM
- renuka said...
Congrats on your acheivement Sri,an excellent round-up and I've decided to try all the new ones and bookmarked it too
- April 17, 2008 at 1:34 PM
- Padmaja said...
Valli!! Congrats and heres to many many more to come!!
And what a way to celebrate your 1 yr with a mela!!
So wished to send something over but missed the deadline dear!!!
- April 17, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Prajusha said...
sri,Congrats on ur first anniversary..Lovely round up
- April 17, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- arundati said...
happy anniversary valli!! the dosa mela is off to a super roundup!!
- April 17, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- Jayashree said...
Congratulations on completing a year, Sri....gr8 round-up....thx.
- April 17, 2008 at 10:53 PM
- ranji said...
hey happy anniversery!!!thats a great round up...lovely recipes...waiting to see rest of the dosa entries.
- April 18, 2008 at 1:42 AM
- Roopa said...
Hi srivalli, !! you did an excellent job about the round up:) Yeah dosa being a versatile subject:) as there are lots of varieties:) lovely information and round up:) Happy anniversary too!! though a little belated:) sorry abt that:) Loved reading through the description of the round ups:)
- April 18, 2008 at 2:14 AM
- SHUBHA said...
Wow the round up looks mind blowing.... ur the queen of patience.... love u sri.... very very nice one...:) i was wondering y no one posted chatti dosai... my mom used to make it often... i wasnt keeping a track of event so was completely unaware of this dosa event.... hope it happens again...:( i came to know about this mela only on the last date and was too late to send any entries.... let me know if i can still send any entries.... would love to...:) thanx a lot..
keep doing the good work...:D
- April 30, 2008 at 5:08 AM


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A 38-year old Long Beach man will be extradited to Santa Barbara to face charges of attempted murder from a drug-related November 25, 2012 shooting.
Johnnie Lee Gray in in the Los Angeles County Jail awaiting his extradition to face charges locally. He is suspected to have ties to gang members in the Los Angeles County community of Lynwood.
Last November 12 around 7:20 p.m., a man was critically hurt by gunfire in the 1100 block of Bregante Lane on Santa Barbara's East Side. The victim spent months in the hospital.
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Victor Oladipo Selected for Rising Star Challenge
Orlando Magic rookie guard Victor Oladipo was selected to participate in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge during the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend. Magic fans can watch the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday, February 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET on TNT.
The Rising Stars Challenge consists of rookies and sophomores who are selected by NBA's assistant coaches. The roster will be finalized at a later date by TNT personalities. Fans will vote online to decide who will be in the starting lineup.
Currently Oladipo is averaging 13.9 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game, 3.8 assists per game and a team-high of 1.57 steals per game.
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Oladipo was named NBA's Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for the month of December. He recorded his first career triple-double with 26 points, 10 boards and 10 assists against the Philadelphia 76ers on Dec. 3. He has scored in double figures in 36 of his 46 NBA games and has tallied over 20 points six times, including a career high of 35 points against the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 15.
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Steven Adams - Oklahoma City - Center - Rookie
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Giannis Antetokounmpo - Milwaukee - Guard/Forward - Rookie
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Trey Burke - Utah- Guard - Rookie
Michael Carter-Williams - Philadelphia - Guard - Rookie
Anthony Davis - New Orleans - Forward/Center - 1 yr. experience
Andre Drummond - Detroit - Center - 1 yr. experience
Tim Hardaway, Jr. - New York - Guard -?Rookie
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Victor Oladipo - Orlando - Guard - Rookie
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Mason Plumlee -?Brooklyn?- Forward/Center -?Rookie
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